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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:50 PM
Subject: Heart Park Update - December, 2004
Hello Everyone,
A lot has happened since our last update, most
importantly, four of us filed for elective office last Monday
morning: Ellen Allan for Mayor, Dave Wiggins for City Attorney,
Jim Light for District 1 Council Member, and myself for District
2. We call our slate 'Slow Growth 4 Redondo',
and all of us support Heart Park. In fact, all of us have been
fighting the massive development plans for our harbor area for over 3 years
now, and if we win our seats and the advisory vote in March, we will
be a huge step closer in securing some of this land for public
use.
There are 83 more days till the March 8th, 2005
advisory vote. Our next meeting is January
5, 2005. That's right, 2005 is upon us. It will be
our campaign kick-off meeting leading up to the vote. If ever
you wanted to help, now is the time. Meet us at the Beach Cities
Health District, 514 North Prospect Ave, The Redondo Room, floor B, at 6:30
p.m. We will be addressing two main goals:
First, we will be laying-out the strategy for the
campaign itself. I'll send out a reminder and more info the last week
of December.
Second, we want to move forward with an
initiative that re-establishes the zoning in our Harbor area that existed prior
to the Heart of the City mess. Most people don't realize that this area is
still zoned for 16-55 RESIDENTIAL units per acre, and has been under a
building moratorium for 1.5 years. Our aim is to force a special
election, which we are sure to win, and bring this zoning into compliance
with the General Plan, something our Council has failed to do. This is a
dangerous situation and requires a definitive and binding response if we are to
prevent a de-facto Heart of the City from happening. Otherwise, once the
moratorium is lifted, we run the risk of who knows what our Council would
'rubber-stamp' into that area.
This initiative is already written, but we need
funds for legal expenses, printing and binding that we estimate will
cost $2,000. Write a check to Friends of Heart Park for $10, $20, $50
or more and send to 125 South Broadway Redondo Beach, CA 90277.
One of the ways EVERYBODY can help is to find
venues where we can pitch our vision. Homeowner Associations are
great, luncheons, PTA meetings, club meetings...we will go anywhere anytime
(Jim, Don or myself), even on short notice. Just call me at
310-374-4001 or Don at 310-374-1405.
Finally, I picked-up the final drawings of
Katherine Spitz and Associates. Wait till you see them if you haven't
already. And get this, they are designing a t-shirt for
us! More on that later.
Bill Brand
Heart Park
p.s. Attached are some aerial photos I took
of the AES site recently - it was a beautiful day! Notice the lack of
open space to the east. And remember, half this land is not in use
- the tank farm has been out of service for at least 10
years.