Minutes of the June 16, 2003 Board meeting

Ninth Annual Jim Davis Beautification Day -- Jim Snyder estimates that 150-170 volunteers will participate in this year's beautification day project. Volunteers will meet at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) building located at Colima Road and Dawnhaven at 8 a.m. Participants must be at least 11 years of age and must bring their own work tools (i.e. push broom, fan rake, dust pan, or square nosed shovel). The County will provide gloves, safety vests and bags. HHIA will provide refreshments. The project will end at noon.

"Welcome to Hacienda Heights" Monument -- Mike Hughes reported that the monument located on Colima Road west of Azusa Avenue has been replaced. It had been destroyed by a car that crossed over the median of the street. Kudos to Steve Feld who pursued the issue with the driver's insurance company until the sign had been replaced.
July 4th Parade Entry -- Thanks to Charles Norris and his wife, Carol, for creating an HHIA entry in the July 4th parade. They are designing a colorful entry that will promote HHIA visibility and membership. The Board approved spending a maximum of $500 to construct the entry.

Seventh Avenue Storm Drain Project -- The project to reline and repair the existing storm drain in Seventh Avenue between Clark and Orange Grove is scheduled to be completed by September. Traffic will be affected only at locations where entry to the drain must be gained through manholes.

Ninth Avenue Storm Drain Project -- the $4 million storm drain construction project proposed for the area generally bounded by Seventh/Ninth/Pomona Freeway/Gale has been postponed until next Spring due to delays in relocating conflicting utility lines.

Quetmetco Lead Smelter -- The AQMD has formed a Task Force to monitor activities of the Quemetco lead smelter. This is important because of recent announcements that this facility is causing an unacceptable cancer risk to residents of Hacienda Heights. Local residents, Lillian Avery and Tom Chang are on the committee. To provide more direct communication between the Task Force and HHIA, the Board approved a motion requesting AQMD to include the Environmental Chair of HHIA as a member of the Environmental Justice Committee monitoring the operations of Quemetco.

Shopping Carts -- Rudy Almeida reported that according to the manager of Vons, twenty shopping carts per week are returned by the cart retrieval company. This amounts to about ninety shopping carts per month that are abondoned in the neighborhoods of Hacienda Heights -- just from Vons alone! It is a misdeamor to remove carts from store property but is not enforced.