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Here are summary minutes from the 06/02/2024 Lindberg Park Community Meeting: 

• Dave Winslow: Dave, with assistance from the Block Captains, rated all damaged sidewalks in the neighborhood and submitted the list to the City for repairs of the most dangerous spots. The City has replaced four damaged sidewalks to date and will re-start the project this July.

• Sara Alexander reported that the July 4th Parade and Block Party is on schedule. Residents can go to the Block Party's website, https://lindbergparkblockparty.com/ to volunteer or donate.

• Ted Stevens, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services: Ted stated that the new AC in the Stone House has been installed ahead of the hot summer, and that the vegetation on Ocean Drive between Westwood and Overland has been removed to eliminate illegal camping, etc., and will be maintained. He said that all City playgrounds will be redesigned in the coming years and that there will be community meetings (probably this summer) to gather our input on any Lindberg Park redesign. Finally, he mentioned that the City will be sponsoring a Father's Day event at Vet's Park on 06/15/2024. Click here for details: https://www.culvercity.org/Events-directory/2024-Fathers-Day-Lunch-and-Games

• CCPD: Captain Andrew Bellante spoke about the success of the City's Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) Project in stopping dozens of stolen vehicles and vehicles that have been connected to a violent crime. Please see the attached CCPD presentation that Capt Bellante, Lt Michael Van Hook, and Officers Kieran Rock and Jaime Zuckerman reviewed with us.

• Arames White-Shearin, Assistant to the City Manager on Homelessness. Arames talked about the City's Mobile Crisis Team (https://www.culvercity.org/Services/Housing-Homeless-Human-Services/Mobile-Crisis-Team). Go here for more information regarding City Homeless Services: https://www.culvercity.org/Services/Housing-Homeless-Human-Services

• Vice Mayor Dan O'Brien and Councilman Freddy Puza: Councilman Puza spoke about the Drone Light Show that will be held Downtown on July 5th and the need for greater equity and inclusion for seniors in Culver City. Puza and Vice Mayor O’Brien fielded questions, and addressed concerns around the Better Overland bike path project. O’Brien committed to emphasizing to the City Council that the neighbors in our area are very much in favor of keeping the center turning lane in order to minimize Overland traffic congestion. He also said that the upcoming City budget will most likely include funding to install a sidewalk on the north side of Ocean Drive, extending from the footbridge to Overland. This will facilitate a safer school drop off and pickup. He emphasized that no trees would be removed for this project.

• Ross announced a Culver City City Council candidate forum being held on June 26th at the Elks Lodge on Washington Place. Use this link for details:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nonpartisan-culver-city-council-candidate-forum-tickets-857080580087. Note that LPNA is also planning to hold our own City Council candidate forum in the fall – most likely in late September/early October.

• With Nina Harvey leaving the Lindberg Park Neighborhood Association Board (thanks for serving Nina!), we now have a Board seat opening. If you're interested in joining the LPNA Board as an at-large member, then please send an email reply to this address.

The Lindberg Park Neighborhood Association (LPNA) would like to extend a big THANK YOU to our special guests who spoke and answered questions at our Community Meeting this past Sunday – CC City Councilmembers Göran Eriksson and Dan O’Brien and CCUSD School Board Members Dr. Kelly Kent and Stephanie Laredo.  We also want to express our appreciation to Lt. Michael VanHook, Sgt. John Tropeano and Officer Kieran Rock of the Culver City Police Department for presenting their comprehensive crime report and answering questions.  And lastly, we want to thank Arames White-Shearin, Assistant to the City Manager on Homelessness, for providing a lot of valuable information and updates on how the city is currently approaching the homelessness crisis.  As always, we really appreciate everyone sharing their valuable time, energy, and knowledge to allow our community to better stay connected to city government and the policies that shape our everyday lives.

And a big thank you to those who donated to LPNA.  Your generosity will help to make Lindberg Park an even better place to live.

As promised, attached is an electronic copy of CCPD’s presentation with the latest crime statistics and other valuable information.  We’ve also attached the informational sheet that Arames provided on the city’s current homelessness initiatives.

Also, as discussed at the meeting, here's the link where you can subscribe to Culver City Committee and Department notifications: City of Culver City 

In other news…

• Public Works let us know that the sidewalk and lighting repair work that we mentioned was scheduled to begin this week, will now be starting in two weeks.

• In answer to the concerns raised about knowing who Block Captains are throughout the neighborhood, we are in the process of revamping how information about our network of BCs is shared with the community and hope to have updates on this soon.

Have a spooky Halloween, a great rest of the year and, remember, in terms of safety in our neighborhood, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING and don’t be afraid to call CCPD.

Links:

• City of Culver City notifications

• Lindberg Park | Block Captains

Our neighborhood 4th of July celebration with food, music, and good fun! And T-Shirts!

For those of you who were not able to attend Thursday evening’s Lindberg Park Neighborhood Association’s Community Meeting with CCPD Chief Jason Sims, attached is a digital copy of the presentation that he and members of his team reviewed with us.

Thank you to all our community members who came out to participate in this important meeting.  Thanks again to Chief Sims, as well as Lt. Andrew Bellante and Lt. Brent Arney, for being proactive about setting up the meeting in the wake of recent crimes in/around our neighborhood.  And thank you to the large number of officers who were in attendance.  CCPD’s interest in meeting with LP residents and answering our questions is very much appreciated and speaks to the solid partnership that has developed between the CCPD, LPNA and our whole community.

After several years of LPNA engagement with the Culver City Traffic Department to improve traffic and pedestrian safety issues caused by the Culver schools-generated traffic, we are happy to announce that the proposed, citywide Safe-Routes-to-School Project is moving forward. Our neighborhood's improvements will include well-defined crosswalks at most intersections, curb extensions at Westwood and Ocean, and also at Ocean and Rhoda, bright-yellow crosswalks at the intersection of Westwood and Ocean, and marked bike lanes. The Project overview and detailed plans for each school location can be found at the Safe-Routes-to-School Project website listed below.  

https://www.culvercity.org/City-Hall/Departments/Public-Works/PW-Mobility-Traffic-Engineering-Division/PW-Project-MTE-Safe-Routes-to-School-Signing-Striping-Project

The Traffic Department will finalize this design and send it out for bids in May, submit the winning bid for City Council approval by mid-to-late summer, and commence work soon after. If you have any questions, concerns, or proposed changes, then please contact Andrew Maximous, Mobility & Traffic Engineering Manager at 310-253-5628 or via email at andrew.maximous@culvercity.org.