JANUARY 2006

19^th AVE PARK NEWSLETTER

website: www.19thavepark.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO ALL OF OUR 19^th AVE PARK RESIDENTS

Our next meeting:

Date:  Thursday, January 12, 2006

Time:  7:30 PM

Place: Marriott Hotel (meeting room, refreshments and parking courtesy of the Marriott Hotel)

Our Guest speakers will be our New City of San Mateo Mayor, John Lee. John Lee has been a great supporter of our 19^th Ave Park neighborhood. Mayor Lee will address our residents in a Town Hall format. He would like to hear from you. The questions can be on any topic. What is City Hall doing or not doing that may be of a concern to you. Please join us, this will be a nice opportunity for us to get to know Mayor Lee better.

Our second speaker will be Chris Linvill, from Interior Decorator Window Treatment Designer. She will hold a free seminar on solutions for those beautiful but difficult Eichler windows. All 19^th Ave Park residents should receive a postcard in the mail with an invitation. If you want to know what to do for our Eichler windows, come to her presentation.

Congratulations to our 19^th Ave Park Neighbors for decorating their homes for the Holidays. By Jeanne Burke

The Beautification Committee toured the entire neighborhood to find the winners for this year’s best-decorated homes. It was a very difficult to pick out just a few homes. Many neighbors had done such a wonderful job of decorating their homes with lights and holiday decorations.

1^st Place Winner was 656 Joanne Drive, the home of Russell and Janet Allgire.

2^nd Place Winner was 686 Joanne Drive, the home of Jean Teresa Thrift.

3^rd Place Winner was 602 Vanessa Drive, the home of Chris DeCarpio.

Honorable Mention 687 Edna Way, the home of Jesus and Maria Diaz.

Please drive by and see the decorations before they are dismantled. The winners have a plaque posted on their front lawn. Our winners will be awarded their prizes at our homeowner’s meeting on January 12^th. We hope even more of our neighbors will take part in decorating their homes for the entire neighborhood to enjoy, next year.

Eichler Network  P.O. Box 22635 San Francisco, CA. 94122

The Eichler Network is a newsletter that is published quarterly and is dedicated to Eichler homes throughout the Bay Area. If you live in an Eichler home the magazine is free of charge and it is a good reference for items related to our Eichler homes. You may wish to check out their web site at www.eichlernetwork.com.

Street Sweeping and Recycling Schedule; January 2006

Street sweeping will on Monday, January 2^nd (HOLIDAY - no sweeping) and 16^th and Wednesday, January 4^th and 18^th. The sweeper is here between 9-11AM, so please remember to move your vehicles in order to avoid a ticket. Recycling by BFI is on Wednesday, January 4^th and January 18^th. Please recycle all your newspapers, cans plastics, glass, and cardboard. You may include your garden clippings as well! Just a note to remind residents that cans must be stored out of sight after BFI makes its pickup! We all want to be good neighbors!

**At press time of this newsletter, we received information that the petition to put the Bay Meadows II Project to a vote has fallen short of the required signatures. No vote will be taken and the project will go forward.

San Mateo United Homeowner’s Association meeting Jeff Hylton

Guest speakers were Leland Yee- 12^th District Assembly member and Darla Reams-City of San Mateo Deputy Director of Public Works. Representative Yee presented on the following: 1) Concern regarding state’s disaster preparedness citing a recent tsunami warning for Northern California where information was not disseminated through appropriate channels and the public was not warned. 2) Future of Bay Meadows- indicated that Assembly committee he serves on is very opposed to granting further gambling permits at Bay Meadows or other California sites. 3) Mentioned the significant infrastructure needs throughout the state and he and others are promoting Bond measures in June 2006.

Darla Reams presented factors of City’s progress/plans for dealing with FEMA and flood issues. The Master Plan projects total more than $73 million in our city. There are two major funding options for the projects that will be decided by a ballot measure: 1) city-wide parcel tax of $63/year for 20 years or 2) neighborhood by neighborhood assessment ranging from $244 per year to $748 per year. NOTE: If you currently are covered by the low insurance rates (pre-October 2001), your rate is grandfathered and can be granted in future sale of your home if coverage is maintained. (Please check with your own insurance company of this policy) For further information about the city’s flood mapping and FEMA questions, click on there web site address:  www.cityofsanmateo.org/dept/pubwks/fema_faq_mapping.html

What is Sacramento thinking More Big Brother?? The January 19^th, United Homeowner’s meeting at 7:30 pm at the Beresford Center is to review the State Legislature’s plans to establish laws requiring State oversight of Common Interest Developments and Condominium Homeowner’s Associations. This could lead to added regulations governing associations like ours. Everyone is welcome!

Martin Luther King Day Monday, January 16 will be observed at a 9:30 AM community celebration and breakfast at the San Mateo Cal Train Station followed at 10:30 AM by the Annual Freedom Train to San Francisco, a Market Street parade, and a festival at the SF Civic Center, all to honor Rosa Parks. Freedom Train tickets are $5 round trip and sold only at the CalTrian Station Celebration. Tickets are good on any return train. For breakfast reservations and information call 377-8708.

Using the ‘Dark Arts’ of Development to Create Great Places: A Practitioner’s Guide

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 6:00 PM Location: The Little Fox Theatre in Downtown Redwood City. There will be a $100 Fee payable at the door. New Urbanist Developer John Anderson will be speaking at the Forum at Redwood City; A Continuing Conversation on City Design.

ELECTION TIME FOR 19^TH AVE PARK OFFICERS

Election time is just around the corner for the 19^th Ave Park Board. If you are interested in getting involved, please drop a note to Jeanne Burke, our President, at 1603 Wolfe Drive. This is one way to have your voice count on issues that effect 19^th Ave Park. We need new people to get on board and help with the running of our Homeowners Association. We have less than one meeting a month. We also would appreciate your help and your fresh ideas. Please come to our next Homeowner’s meeting on January 12^th.  Who knows you may even wish to volunteer and get involved!

Henry Friedlander, 19^th Ave Park Newsletter Editor We welcome your articles and suggestions.