Minutes of the April 16, 2007 Board meeting

The Board gave final approval to the proposed changes in the HHIA by-laws as introduced at the March 19 Board meeting.

L.A. County Deputy Sheriff Brian Sanford stated that the focus is on residential burglaries thinking that a raise in truancies may be the cause. An arrest was made for possible possession of controlled substances and weapons charges. The COPS team is working on truancies and conducted probation searches on some Happy Homes gang members, arresting several. Capt. Mike Smith introduced two of his new officers, Lieutenant Jimmie Baldazar and Operations Lieutenant James Wolack.

CHP motor officers Ben Sotello and Chris Valencia stated that the radar trailer is still being deployed at various locations. Some audience members indicated that the batteries must be bad because the trailer is not always working. Stop sign violations (California stops) are being enforced.

Gabriel Arenia, L. A. County Public Works Dept, discussed the graffiti abatement program and how to access its services, and advised that the program is in force on a seven day week basis.
An audience member asked about the tagging that affronts the 60 freeway and wishes it could be removed easier.

L. A. County Fire Dept representative, Henry Morales, discussed the importance of emergency preparedness for families. He reminded everyone that the fire season is upon us early this year due to the lack of rain and thorough brush clearance is an imperative. He also distributed brochures about arson fires and suspicious fires.

Supervisor Knabe's Field Deputy, Dickie Simmons, called to our attention that Town Sheriff Brian Sanford is available to address quality of life issues and has been very active in Hacienda Heights. The Community Connection newsletter is about to go into press. He discussed the stakeholders meeting on April 25 at the Steinmetz Senior Center regarding the use of the tipping funds and encouraged attendance.

Board committee reports were given by Shan Lee, Cindi Watanabe, Donna Steinmetz, Charles Norris, Jean Robson, Jim Snyder, Mae Chu and Scott Martin.

Tim Keeler shared that there would be a Celebration of Youth program on May 23rd at Los Altos High School entitled "Every 15 Minutes" and a mock fatal accident will be carried out.

President's correspondence was shared with Board members and is on file.