Janice Hahn's Community Advisory Committee (CAC) will be meeting in a closed session on June 28, 2007.
It is not the first time the CAC has had a meeting where the public was not included. In the closed meetings I participated in, only the CAC members, Ms. Hahn and/or Gordon Teuber, her representative were in attendance.
If this upcoming meeting is like the previous closed meetings, there will be no representatives from the Bisno Organization at that meeting.
I have been informed by more than one current member of the CAC, that they will make no decisions or recommendations outside of the public view, which would have any impact as far as recommendation for what the CAC will bring to Ms. Hahn.
I don't like closed-door meetings. We found it necessary on only two occasions to have a member-meeting outside of the public' and Bisno's view. The two meetings dealt strictly with the functions and mission of the CAC and no decisions about Ponte Vista related items were made.
At this late stage though, I am leery of the need for a closed meeting. Perhaps it is just to get all CAC members more informed about the "tool box" for traffic. Perhaps they may discuss their path forward once they have made their recommendations to Ms. Hahn.
We have seen at recent CAC meetings, the Chairman, Mr. John Greenwood, and especially the facilitator, Mr. Victor Greigo, attempt to speed up the CAC's mission of creating recommendations. Even though we might not like to have to sit and listen to all CAC members speak their mind, watching Victor attempt to limit the speaking of any members of the CAC seems to me that he is trying to rush things along. Perhaps he was rehired for just that purpose.
Victor Griego and Bob Bisno do not live in this community. Any attempts by either person to speed the review and recommendation processes along should be frowned upon by everyone on all sides of the issue, I believe. Doing too quick of a job can mean a future nobody wan't to see.
I will try to have information posted about the closed meeting on Thursday night. Being that I was a member of the CAC, I still have contact with some of the members outside of the CAC meetings.
If the CAC decides anything or makes any recommendations for Ms. Hahn during any closed meeting, including this upcoming one, it would signal to all sides of the Ponte Vista issue that the CAC will become irrelevant and not in the best interest of OUR community.
6 comments:
My feeling is that Bisno is moving forward with his plan regardless of the CAC recommendations. He has probably let Hahn know that. So it's probably poop or get off the pot time for the CAC. The CAC is too fragmented to come up with one unified recommendation. I think their job will either be done, or Hahn will force them to toss an irrevalent recommendation together and call it good.
It will all be in Janice Hahn's hands. I'm not her biggest fan, but if she does the right thing on this one, I will be a huge supporter no doubt!
A "unified recommendation" just isn't going to happen. The anticipated CAC "majority and minority reports" seems a fair alternative.
I have to agree with you anonymous 8:44 AM.
In today's Breeze, Donna Littlejohn wrote an article about the closed meeting. She stated that there would be a majority and minority report, as I have believed.
I think there are four, but not five folks looking for less that 500 units being built at Ponte Vista.
I was suprised to read that Jerry Gaines has lowered his first idea of a total number of units from about 1,700, down to 1,225.
John Greenwood's plan calls for 893 units, with 93 single-family, detached houses on R1 sized lots.
If L.A. City Planning comes in with a recommendation of 1,500-units, or higher, that would be very bad.
I wonder what might happen if Jerry's number of 1,225 units was also recommended by the Planning Department? What might supporters' of Bob and supporters of R1, think?
Perhaps a new group like Citizens Organised for Responsible Development, if that was ever formed, might latch on to that number and run with, it as the compromise.
I must say I am also dismayed by the closed door meeting. None of the Neighborhood Councils have closed door meetings.
Kara
m richards, your suggestion of a new groupsimply boggles the mind. "Our Neighborhoods R-1" the group of citizens that figured responsible development begins with NO ZONE CHANGE at Ponte Vista.
5,000 units for Ponte Vista!
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