Ramona Neighborhood Association

133st barricades

Shiela Alverez — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:17:07 GMT

Re: Barricades on Hawthorne blvd at 133rd street (center divide). Is there any plans to improve the landscape by revising the center divide where these barricades have been recently placed?

How long will these unsightly barricades be part of our landscape????

Public Meeting

Allen — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:54:04 GMT

Memorial Center, Saturday, August 23 @ 9:30 am

Citizens getting together to help eradicate crime in our neighborhoods sponsored by the Hawthorne PD. Come see what it is all about and perhaps you, too, will get involved. This is open to all residents of Hawthorne or those who work in Hawthorne.

We are called: CHAT (Citizens of Hawthorne Action Team)
Check our website: www.hawthorne-chat.org/index2.html

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City Council Meeting - August 12, 2008

Allen — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:56:41 GMT

Did you know the city council will be passing a new ordinance tonight that will force homeowners to take care of their front yards? No more paving in, no more just plain dirt; you will have to care for the property and insure it is not a wasteland. Agree or disagree the council meeting starts at 6:00 pm and oral communications will likely start around 6:15 to 6:30 pm. Go and speak your piece.

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Ordinance #1932

Allen — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:12:26 GMT

Let it be known that at the July 22 Council meeting the council approved Ordinance #1932 which gives the Code Enforcement the right to ticket residents for not caring for their front yards and parkways because they negatively affect the asthetic quality of the surrounding neighborhood (ref. Section 6 thru 8). The fines start at $100 and may go up to $300 per incident or non-compliance. Be sure to get a copy of the ordinance from the City Clerk's office.

Allen Richards, President
Ramona Neighborhood Assn.

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Allied Waste

Allen — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:28:37 GMT

Dear Members,

Allied Waste memo minutes from the city in coordination with Ramona Tract:

Memo from.

PUBLIC WORKS

TO:                JAG PATHIRANA, City Manager
FROM:          ARNOLD SHADBEHR, Chief of General Services & PublicWorks
DATE:           June 06, 200

RE: Meeting With Allied Waste 6-4-08

We held a meeting with Allied on Wednesday, June 4th at 10:00 AM. In attendance:

From City: Arnie, Doug, Rick

From Allied: Greg Loughnane, Kurt Bratton, Mark Foley, Chris Coyle, Dawn Harris

I opened the meeting by explaining that it was William Wilson, Jesse Gomez, and Greg

Loughnane that designed and implemented the sweeper-coordinated trash routing. Thus, it

is Greg who is still with Allied and can remember what we all went through.

The problem of sweeper coordination in the Ramona Tract was the focus of this meeting. Allied (Mark, Chris, and Gilbert Alvarado) had met with Allen Richards of the Ramona Homeowners Association the week before to hear his concerns. Allied is consistently working after the timing windows. Other complaints included carts left in driveway, trash spilled, etc.

Allied stated that the sweeping timing windows in Ramona tract are very short, some are just one hour. This, in conjunction with the problem of cars parking after parking enforcement passes by, has caused them to miss the windows. I stated that the windows have historically been short to accommodate parking in the neighborhood, as parking is very limited.

Allied stated that they have helpers on the trash trucks in this neighborhood but not the other trucks. Allied also stated that they are spending nearly $125,000 annually on helpers and extra routing to accommodate the service challenges they have faced in Hawthorne. This amount is in on top of their proposed cost estimate, which assumed full automation.

It was suggested by Allied that sweeping windows be extended. Allen Richards has suggested that the opposite side of the street be allowed to park during the sweeping time.

I indicated that this is a possibility, though it would come at an expense to the City. I suggested that Allied get additional helpers and it was agreed that this could happen but Allied would need to be compensated. Kurt Bratton stated that he would prepare an estimate of the costs of these helpers.

It was also agreed that Allied will prepare a report of what timing changes should be made to make the Ramona coordination a success.

The streetsweeper will be met with once this information is in and, the sweeper's route may be altered. It was agreed that Allied should include observations from its drivers concerning the sweeper's timing and that, ultimately, it is preferable that the sweeper's schedule be altered as little as possible.

Customer service and lengthy hold times were also discussed. Allied claims that
additional staff have been hired and training has improved to assure that customer service will be improved.

Rick Carver discussed the importance of proactive illegal dumping service. Allied has on occasion been unresponsive to requests from City staff to remove items. The role of the police department and public safety in regards to this service was also explained. The details of the service (routes, response times, etc.) were explained again to Allied. It was also noted that Allied should be more proactively documenting properties that frequently dump illegally and share this info with City for enforcement purposes. Allied agreed to do its job as required.

Summary

Allied will be providing the City with two pieces of info:

A report on Ramona tract sweeper windows and how they should be changed to improve the situation

- A cost for additional helpers on trucks that service Ramona

Customer service will improve as will illegal dump service.

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Trash Bins 2X per week

Judy Ramirez — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:28:22 GMT

If any of our neighbors object to seeing Trash Bins on our streets 2 days a week, please respond to my e-mail. I personally object to seeing our big unsightly TRASH BINs 2 days a week! It is not acceptable! WHAT OTHER CITY HAS TRASH BINS 2 DAYS A WEEK? NONE!
OUR CITY MUST CHANGE THE PICK UP TO ONE DAY A WEEK ON A STREET. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 1 DAY ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE NEXT DAY THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS UNSIGHTLY AND UNACCEPTABLE! PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

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Street Parking

Eddy — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:16:54 GMT

Why is it that nobody cares for the neighbors? our street is one side parking only, but there are a few houses that have 5 and 6 cars each, on the day the sweeper comes they park their big cars and don't move them until next week for the sweepers again and so on... I think we should be nice with the neighbors and share the street, don't block the driveways...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Allen — Thur, 15 May 2008 00:39:01 GMT

Dear members:

Saturday, May 17, 10:30 am TO 2:00 PM

HAWTHORNE HOME DEPOT STORE
14603 Oceangate Ave.
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THURSDAY, MAY 15, MEMORIAL CENTER
K-9 COMMUNITY BBQ CHICKEN DINNER

All profits go towards K-9 Training and Equipment Fund

Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $2.50

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (kitchen closes at 7:00 PM

Make checks payable to Hawthorne Presidents Council)
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HAWTHORNE BUDGET WORKSHOP

Thursday, May 22, 6:00 PM

Hawthorne City Hall
4455 W. 126th St.

Come get an insight into the proposed 2008 - 09 City Budget
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HAWTHORNE ROTARY CLUB PRESENTS
LAS VEGAS NIGHT

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 6:00 PM TO 11:00 PM

ROBERT F. KENNEDY BLDG.
4500 W. 116th St.

For tickets, contact: Elisabeth Kise (310) 782-5390
Email: elisabethdc@hotmail.com

Make checks payable to: Rotary Club of Hawthorne
Mail to:

   Rotary Club of Hawthorne
   PO Box 154
   Hawthorne, CA 90250

ATTN: Elisabeth Kise

MUST BE 21 OR OLDER

Casino games
Live Entertainment
Buffet Dining
Silent Auction

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