TUE JUNE 3RD AGENDA

Dear Wilmont Neighbors and Friends, 
Our June meeting IS Tuesday, June 3rd (we generally meet on the first Tuesday of every month) from 7 – 8:30 PM via Zoom. 
The LINK can always be found on our website www.wilmont.org.  Our agenda for the June meeting will be:

• Wilmont Updates (7 – 7:30 PM)
  • Entertainment Zone – Open container drinking being allowed in 1200 block of 3rdStreet Promenade; our focus will be on noise      and drunk behavior and driving on Wilshire and 1100 block of 3rd Street (EV)
  •  Reed/Miles Playhouse – Lots of activity and improvements (JS)

• Yoga in the Park starting Saturday, June 7th from 8 – 9 AM (BYOM) and going for the rest of June

• Make Music Day in the Park with live bands on Saturday, June 21st(summer solstice) from 2 – 5 PM
• Poetry in the Park with Betzi Richardson & Friends on Sunday, June 22 starting at 2 PM
• 2nd Saturdays in Summer - Live music/outdoor movies. Bring a blanket, beach/camp chairs and/or picnic. Enjoy a Wilmont tradition!!!
  • Sat. 8/9 – Live Music @ 6 PM; “The Wild Robot” @ 8 PM
  • Sat. 9/13 -  Live Music @ 6 PM; “Up” @ 7:15ish PM
  • Sat. 10/11 – Live Music @ 5:30 PM; “Wall-E” @ 6:30
• SB 79 (Weiner housing bill) – Creates the possibility of redevelopment of all Wilmont (R2 & R3 zoning) based on that we are ½ mile from bus stops on Wilshire that come every 20 minutes.  With the increased height allowed by SB 79 and the state density bonus our 2-4 story residential neighborhood could be completely gutted to allow 6-8 story buildings to be built and the displacement of renters and rent control as we know it.  SB 79 does not require any affordable housing. SMRR is against this bill, Ben Allen, our State Senator is against this bill and you should be too.  Wilmont sent out an email with a Call for Action to members on Monday 5/26 to write State Senator Ben Allen and Assembly member Rick Zbur to urge a NO vote on SB 79 (EV)
• New City Manager, Oliver Chi, who has served as Irvine’s city manager since 2021 (JS)

 

• Heather Averick, Director of SM Housing and Human Services Department (7:30-8 PM).  She will provide an overview of the department and will discuss why affordable housing is being built on public land. Q&A will follow her update. 

 
 

• Jonathan Maldonado, Civil Engineering Associate with SM Engineering Streets & Services (8-8:30 PM).  He will be discussing the California Avenue Street Reconstruction Project.  This project will change the streetscape on California from Ocean Avenue to 7th Street.  We are interested in how this project got elevated via the Capital-Improvement-Plan (CIP) since the city is in poor financial condition, how much is the city paying for and what is the CIP process to identify the projects that will be worked on.  Q&A will follow his update.