My Belmont Heights

Minutes from our monthly meeting on June 11 have been posted on the BHCA website. Some important dates are noted including a public meeting to discuss the Colorado Lagoon draft EIR and project status. Minutes can be viewed at:

http://mybelmontheights.org/node/1013#comment-476

Please attend the monthly BHCA meeting this evening at 7 PM @ Fremont Elementary School. Among other issues, we will be discussing the "Light the Heights" event.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL BELMONT HEIGHTS RESIDENTS 

Pretty exciting news, I feel, the city has opened a survey asking for our views on the Mansionization of our neighborhoods. Unfortunately, no mention of the Heights. Still, it's well worth taking it.

http://longbeach.gov/plan/ncs

Thanks, and let's tell as many people as possible.

Report on the Meeting of the Housing & Neighborhoods Committee of the City Council (H&N Committee) July 17, 2007 At least 15 supporters of a Neighborhood Character Stabilization plan for Belmont Heights as well as other neighborhoods attended this mid-day meeting at council chambers on July 17th, 2007.

We're not the only ones grappling with the issue of mansionization and neighborhood change...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mansions19jul19,0,4419729.story?coll=la-home-local

 -Jerry

As Maureen Neeley said in her last post, there is considerable movement afoot at City Hall to stop or severely limit mansionization (demolition of older homes and/or over remodels).

“Neighborhood Character Stabilization” plan in the works
At the urging of many neighborhood groups throughout Long Beach, the City Council on Tuesday, June 5th, approved a motion to have the Planning Department bring to the Neighborhood and Housing Committee a plan to protect the character and fabric of our neighborhoods.

The NPC met on May 1 after everyone had had a chance to review the examples of zoning/ordinances from other cities which are facing similar issues as Belmont Heights.

Hi everyone,

Nice article this morning in the P-T Business section on preservation in Rose Park:
http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_5572071.

Last night I attended my first BHCA meeting. Having paid my 20 bucks to join, I'm interested in getting clear on just what the mission of the organization is.

Preface by Mike Stewart: This was posted in an effort to ensure that everyone in the neighborhood that is interested in Neighborhood Preservation is aware of activities by the su

The BHCA general meeting was postponed to Wednesday to Feb 28th.

Heights Preservation Committee update
At the BHCA meeting held on Wednesday, January 10th, the Heights Preservation Committee presented a plan of action to address the demolitions and "over-remodels" that are taking place within the Belmont Heights neighborhood.

Old? It's gold For owners of homes built when craft was king, replacing aging fixtures with new ones can be a costly error. By Danny Miller, Special to The Times

Location: Marc Coleman's House 212 Termino

Anyone interested in the current BH Historic Distict or would like more info. or to help with expansion are encouraged to come. (Agenda is posted below, under minutes).

What's Hot!: Historic Heights
by Tim Grobaty

SIGNS OF AGING: Parts of Belmont Heights are showing signs of age. Signs like the ones reading "Termino Ave." and "Broadway." Sixty-seven blue-on-white signs, specifically, that label the streets in one of Long Beach's most charming (and expensive) neighborhoods as thoroughfares of the Belmont Heights Historic District.

Attached is the Final Layout of the BHCA Historic Education brochure.

Inside the zipfile attachment are two files, (one is the font side & the other the back). Final layout size is 8.5x11 with a tri-fold.

BHHD Residents Show Support!

BHHD Residents Show Support!

Bette & Terry

Paul, Mike & Grace

BH Historic District Residents Come out to show support!
Watch for Monday's PressTelegram, Tim Grobaty's column.

BH Historic District Residents Come out to show support!
Watch for Monday's PressTelegram, Tim Grobaty's column.

Did you see them? They're inverted! Blue writing on top of a white background, instead of the traditional blue street signs of Long Beach. Attached is a photo that Gary Woodruff sent to me asking me to post to the site.

After months of work, the artwork for the Street Signs finally were approved and now has been handed off to the Department of Public Works, which will handle the procurement and installation of the street signs.  Following is an email excerpt

Attached is the Long Beach City Ordinance C-7802 which designates the Location, Description and Characteristics of the Belmont Heights Historic Landmark Disctrict - May 9, 2002.

Key Points of the ordinance

• The general boundaries
• Seventh Street on the north
• Fourth Street on the south
• Newport on the west
• Roswell on the east
• Map of district
• The predominant architectural style of the area is the Craftsman Bungalow. Out of 304 properties surveyed, 206 are contributing Craftsman Bungalows and 125 are pristine unaltered examples. Other contributing architectural styles include: Victorian, Mediteranean and Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Neo-Traditional. Only 37 homes (13%) are non-contributing.
• Guidlines and Standards for any changes

I wanted to post the artwork for the historic district logo.

Thanks to everone that helped.

Here is the link to the city municipal code that established the Cultural Heritage Commission: http://municipalcodes.lexisnexis.com/codes/longbeach/_DATA/TITLE02/Chapter_2_63_CULTURAL_HERITAGE.html It is this section of code that provides for the establishment of Historic Districts among other things. This is important because it essentially sits above a specific historic district ordinance in the hierarchy of code.

Hi,   I thought of something early this morning, it takes me a long time to process information.  We discussed trying to make all of Belmont Heights historic and that it would be ok for a street or area to be excluded.  My thinking is if a street choses not to be historic that they would not be able to change their mind as probably most of their houses would

This is a reminder that there will be a historic district designation and expansion meeting on: July 25th @ 7pm. The meeting will be held at Portfolio Cafe on 4th & Junipero. Anyone with interest in The current Belmont Heights HD and/or expansion are encouraged to come. See You There!