Nov/Dec 2002 | Issue No.8
Inside This Issue
New Slate Accepted by Board
The Nominating Committee has announced the slate of nominees for the
2003 Board of Directors for the Hollywood Media District Property Owners
Association. Each nominee is appointed for a two-year term. The BOD
accepted the slate at it's November meeting. These property owners were
elected at the annual meeting of the Hollywood Media District on December 12.
The Directors are: Jack Fleming, Advanced Digital Services Inc.; Tim
Mahoney, Hollywood Center Studios; Jacques Massachi, Ori Service Center;
and Albert Sweet, Sweet Development. At the November meeting of the BOD,
the board voted to increase the number of seats on the board to 15 from
13. Gene LaPietra, Arena Café, was voted in to one of the new seats.
This coming January will mark the beginning of the BID's 4th year in
operation.
Thank you to Fred Anawalt, Anawalt Lumber; Jeff Anthony, Iron Mountain
Films and Sound Achieves; Carol Cassella, Renmar Studios; Dennis Ho,
Digital Jungle; Ana Ramirez, Television Center; Brian Scane, Paladin Group
Inc.; and Billy Stabile, Stabile Automotive who volunteered their time to
serve on the Nominating Committee.
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New BID Forms in Hollywood
The Sunset Vine Business Improvement District was approved by City
Council on October 22 with a 52% approval of stakeholders. The boundaries
of the new BID are approximately Sunset Boulevard from the 101 Freeway to
Cherokee Avenue to the West; Selma to the North and DeLongpre to the
South. The new BID will begin operations in February 2003.
We welcome this 3rd BID in Hollywood along with ours and the Hollywood
Entertainment District on Hollywood Boulevard. This BID was formed primarily
to address clean and safe issues within their boundaries. There are 35
BID's in the City of Los Angeles.
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Gold's Gym, HMD Partner with Vine Elementary School
Vine Elementary School, 955 N. Vine Street, was the recipient of a
food drive sponsored by Gold's Gym, 1016 Cole Ave. According to Erlinda
DeSagun of Vine Elementary, 24 families benefited from the drive.
"It was wonderful. There was lots of canned foods (etc.) that we
were able to distribute," DeSagun said.
"We wanted to do something charitable for the holidays, so we contacted
Mary Lou Dudas of the Hollywood Media District, and she suggested doing
the food drive to help (Vine Elementary)," Steve Sweener, Vice President
of Operations at Gold's Gym, said.
Sweener said that Willy Banos, one of the owners of Gold's Gym, initiated
the project. Food was collected at all three Gym locations; Hollywood, North
Hollywood, and Downtown Los Angeles.
"Our staff pulled together to collect the food, and everyone responded very
well," Sweener said. "There was quite a bit of food."
To distribute the food, DeSagun asked each of the teachers at Vine
Elementary to submit one name per class of a child whose family could benefit.
The food was organized and packaged in paper bags, then distributed to a total
of 24 families on Nov. 27, just in time for Thanksgiving.
"They were so happy to pick up the food from here," DeSagun said.
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5 Things in 5 Months
On November 18th, the Media District hosted Councilman Tom LaBonge at the
offices of Tim Mahoney, HMD BOD Vice President, to discuss the goals of our
organization. LaBonge assured us that his staff would continue to assist the
Media District with the accomplishment of these goals.
1. Transportation - Our Department of Transportation area
supervisor, Brian Gallagher, had unexpected surgery shortly after our September
meeting. He has been unable to respond to our requests for additional diagonal
parking, meter changes and the engineering for McCadden's one-way proposal.
The petition for making McCadden one-way from Fountain will be presented to
the Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council in January for approval. Brian is
still recuperating and working part time. We hope to report some progress in
January. The council office will follow up with our letter to the Bureau of
Street Services requesting suspension of street cleaning in our BID. This
will increase parking 3 hours on cleaning days.
2. Highland Gateway - The permit to plant trees from Melrose to Waring
is in hand. The sidewalks are marked for exact locations of shade trees and
palms. Look for Hollywood Beautification at your door to get approval of the
tree locations within the next few days and planting should begin the 2nd
week in January. The balance of the Gateway; trees, 5 more medians, street
furniture and custom light poles will be able to go out for bid by March.
The Bureau of Street Services, our sponsor, applied for our federal grant
funding. We will have $645,000 grant plus $215,000 Prop C match. There will
be a Gateway meeting early in 2003 for all property owners to see the exact
location and design of the medians.
3. Underground Utilities - LaBonge and his staff are taking the lead
on this project. More news next month.
4. Prostitution & Drug Dealing - Clean Needles Now has relocated
from their Lexington address. LaBonge presented a motion to the City Council
to create an ordinance which will allow for cars used to solicit prostitution
or to purchase drugs to be impounded and possibly sold. This is a tool used
successfully in other California cities to reduce prostitution & drug dealing.
The vote at City Council will be held December 20th. The HMD Board of Directors
voted to extend the 3-month pilot program with armed officers through January 2003.
5. Media District Sign Overlay - LaBonge is also taking the lead on this project.
Look forward to continuing updates on our 5 Things in 5 Months.
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Hollywood Beautification Team Report
| Week of Sep. 9-15, 2002 |
Week |
Month |
Year |
| Trash Bags Collected |
273 |
1015 |
5432 |
| Business Graffiti (Sq. ft.) |
2464 |
5192 |
18260 |
| City Property Graffiti (# of cases) |
32 |
262 |
844 |
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Media BID Helps PAL
As part of the Community Outreach Services provided by the BID, the
Hollywood Media District has made a contribution to the Hollywood Police
Activities League (PAL) for their children's holiday function. The event
took place Dec. 14. Local children of low income families were given toys
and treats.
The BID donated $2,500 to the organization for this special holiday event.
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Meet Mr. Mike Zuvich
Mike Zuvich is the new Director of Security at the BID's field office,
corner of Santa Monica and Highland. Zuvich, who works for Langner
Security, replaced James Leonard last month.
"My goals for this job are to complete the task at hand which is to
revitalize this section of [Hollywood]; insure that the Officers assigned
are complying with post regulations, my directives; assisting with
Danielle Morrison of the Hollywood Beautification Team, and those
directives passed on by the Executive Director, Mary Lou Dudas," Zuvich
said.
Prior to joining the Media District's security team, Zuvich worked in
High Profile Protection. He began in the USAF in Law Enforcement among
other fields. A native of Hollywood, Zuvich has lived in the Los Angeles
area almost his whole life.
If you have questions or comments you would like to share with Zuvich,
he can be reached at 323-871-4150. The security office is located at 6775
Santa Monica Blvd #2A, on the corner of Highland Ave.
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HMD Spreads Cheer on City Streets
In Addition to the Media District holiday banners which are in place
on Highland Ave. and Santa Monica Blvd., the district has also put up
decorations on Cole, Cahuenga and Wilcox. Garland and ribbons were wrapped
around the antique-style light poles on these streets in celebration of
the season. Happy Holidays from the Hollywood Media District!
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HMD Calendar
HMD Board of Directors Visioning Session
When: Thursday, Jan. 9
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: To Be Announced, RSVP to 323-460-4770
Business Watch Meeting
When: Thursday, Jan. 16
Time: 12:00 Noon
Where: Hollywood Community Room
6501 Fountain Ave. (At Wilcox)
Media District Farmers' Market - New Hours!
Temporarily Discontinued
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GRAFFITI PAINT OUT AGREEMENT
Your consent is necessary to obliterate graffiti at your site. The Hollywood
Beautification Team, through the city, will assist in the acquisition of free
paint for your property or paint out graffiti using your paint.
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Activities Report
Through 12/31/02
(compiled by Langner Security Service)
| |
Week |
Month |
Year |
| Notification HBT |
0 |
3 |
113 |
| Notification LAPD |
1 |
6 |
175 |
| Patrol Request Business |
0 |
13 |
20 |
| Drinking Narcotic |
0 |
32 |
92 |
| Stolen Vehicles |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Loitering |
28 |
751 |
2744 |
| Day Labor |
Daily |
Daily |
Daily |
| Paramedics |
0 |
0 |
11 |
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Questions or Comments
Feel free to contact the Hollywood Media District using the following contact information:
Hollywood Media District
1304 North Highland Avenue #200
Hollywood, CA 90028
Phone: 323.460.6322
Fax: 323.460.6488
Executive Director: Mary Lou Dudas
MDudas@pacbell.net
Assistant: Devin Strecker
Devin77@pacbell.net
Hollywood Media District Field Office
6775 Santa Monica Blvd. #2A
Hollywood, CA 90038
Phone: 323.871.4150
Hours: 7am - 11pm, Mon-Sat
Security Supervisor: Michael M. Zuvich
Hollywood Media District Property Owners
Association
Board of Directors
Jeff Anthony, President - Iron Mountain Film and Sound
Tim Mahoney, Vice-President - Hollywood Center Studios
Eliza Thorne, Secretary - Seward Film Vaults
Don Robertson, Treasurer - Honda of Hollywood
Fred Anawalt - Anawalt Lumber Company
Carol Cassella - RenMar Studios
Jack Fleming - ADS
Morton Lakretz - The Crossroads
Michael Malick - Ramsey Shilling Real Estate
Jacques Massachi - Ori Service Center
Albert Sweet - Al Sweet Development
Gene La Pietra - Arena Cafe
Brian Scane - The Paladin Group, Inc.
Fares Wehbe - Hollywood Little Red School
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