Better Balance For LB Brings Xmas To 14th St. Park
Nov. 2005: Better Balance For Long Beach Holds 1st Anniversary Picnic As 14th St. Park Neighborhood Celebrates Accomplishments, Faces Challenges
Aug. 2005: Elm St. Band To Play Aug 12 @ El Dorado Park...And Councilmembers Colonna & Gabelich Seek Report On Extending Muni Band Season
July 2005: Donations From Fans + Vice Mayor Kell's Donation Of Part Of Her Charter-Mandated Raise Will Fund Elm Street Band Concert in El Dorado Park Aug. 12
July 2005: City Hall Announces Coming Improvements @ 14th St. Park
May 2005: Councilwoman Lowenthal Announces 14th St. Park Closure At Dusk, Part of Pilot Pgm. To Increase Community Safety
April 2005: "Better Balance For LB" Says Multiple City Hall Agencies Have Agreed To Coordinated Approach Re Nuisance and Law-Flouting Activities In "14th St. Park"; Activist Says She'll "Trust But Verify"
Feb. 2005: El Dorado Nature Center Will Be Closed Wednesday Feb. 23 -- Evaluated Daily Thereafter -- Due To Downed Trees, Extensive Flooding On One Mile Trail
Jan. 2005: Councilwoman Lowenthal Requests Update on 14th St. Park Master Plan
Dec. 2004: News / Perspective: Awakening A Sleeping Giant: LB Activists Vow To Empower Nuisance & Crime-Impacted Neighborhood And Hold City Hall Accountable
Dec. 2004: LB Project Dev'ment Mgr. Amy Bodek Says Had Positive Sac'to Meeting w/ State Parks Officials & Staff re Scherer Park PD Stn. & Replacement 55th Way Park; Says She Provided Docs & Info
State Agency Will Now Review Materials; High Ranking Agency Official Indicates He's Pleased With Progress & Cooperation Received To This Point
Nov. 2004: San Gabriel River Draft Master Plan Suggests Making Part Of El Dorado Park's Northern Area Wetlands & Widening San Gabriel River With Soft Bottom Eastward To Partially Restore Floodplain
Nov. 2004: Meetings Scheduled Re Revitalization of Downtown's Lincoln Park (Civic Center Plaza)
Oct. 2004: Gala Opening Of Upgraded Skylinks Golf Course
Oct. 2004: New LB Golf Fee/Rate Structure Announced w/ Fee Increases, 30% Resident Discount & Three Pricing Tiers; Upgraded Skylinks Will Be LB's Priciest
Sept. 2004: City Staff Says Constructing Replacement Park (for lost Scherer Park land) On 55th Way Now Costing $2.5 Million More Than Originally Estimated (Nearly Double); City Hall Is Exploring Alternatives To Reduce New Park's Construction Costs; Budget Issues Not Expected To Impact Construction Timeline, Staff Says
Sept. 2004: Preview of New Skylinks Golf Course
Sept. 2004: Upgraded Skylinks Golf Course Opening Delayed For About A Month, Now Scheduled For End of October
Sept. 2004: New North LBPD Facility Begins Initial Operations In Scherer Park As State Agency Asks About 55th Way Replacement Park Not Yet Built
Sept. 2004: NLB's Houghton Park Now Has A State of the Art Skateboard / BMX Bicycle Facility
Aug. 2004: Delayed: El Dorado Park "Elm St. Band" Concert Moved From August 20 to August 27
Dec. 2003: Parts of Nature Center's One Mile Trail May Close Dec 15-30 For Selected Eucalyptus Removal, Native Tree Replanting Near Power Lines
Nov. 2003: Powerful Ceremony At Site Of Future Neighborhood Park To Be Named For Slain LBPD Officer Daryle Black
Sept. 2003: Nature Center To Close Sept. 8-12 For Tree Trimming, Says Diseased Or Dying Eucalyptus, Alder, Oak & Pine Trees Are Falling & Posing Safety Risk; 27 Trees Will Be Removed
Aug. 2003: The Beat Goes On: Elm Street Band To Perform El Dorado Park Concert: Aug. 22, 6-8 p.m.
June 2003: Muni Band Concerts Underway Thru August 15, We Post Schedule
May 2003: Council Will Meet May 13, 2 P.M. As Charter Amendment Committee To Discuss Requiring Vote Of People To Convert Parkland to Non-Park Use
Feb. 2003: El Dorado Nature Ctr. Exhibits Watercolor Paintings -- Most With Images Taken From Nature Center Itself -- By Prominent Local Artist Willellyn McFarland Thru March 5
Jan. 2003:
Feds OK Taking Scherer Park Land For Police Stn.: "No Long-Term, Significant Adverse Impacts" Says Nat'l Park Service Pacific Regional Office
Nov. 2002: Scherer Park Decision: Court of Appeal Rules City Hall Met Legal Standards In Taking Park Land To Expand North Police Facility...But Court Orders Its Opinion "Unpublished" Where It Can't Effectively Be Cited As Precedent By Others
Oct. 2002: Stearns Park Neighborhood Ass'n Conducts Park Planting; See Pix
Sept. 2002: New Pocket Park Rises At Orange Ave. and San Antonio Dr.
July, 2002: Federal Bill To Study Making Lower L.A. River & San Gabriel River Part of Nat'l Park System Won't Include LB
July, 2002: LB Nature Center Seeks Volunteers for Training as Part of "Sharing Nature in the City" Program
July, 2002: Major July 18 Planning Comm'n Vote Recommends to City Council: Two For One Replacement of Parkland Taken For Non-Park Purposes; Parkland Taken To Be Replaced In Specified Areas; Putting Charter Amendment on Ballot Letting Public, Not Council, Approve or Quash Projects Taking Parkland For Non Park Purposes
July, 2002: LB Municipal Band Concert Schedule
July, 2002: Chinese Dragon Boat Races Coming July 27 & 28 -- Plus Add'l Events in August - At LB Int'l Sea Festival
July, 2002: City Hall Proposed "Parks in Perpetuity" Zoning Code Change, To Be Considered With New Open Space & Recreation Element, Would OK Taking Parkland For Non Park Purposes By Council Majority If Parkland Is "Replaced" Where "Needed"
July, 2002: Cong. Solis' Bill To Study Making Lower L.A. River & San Gabriel River Part of Nat'l Park System Not Marked Up July 10; Hearing May Take Place Before August Recess
June, 2002: Kell Kills Any Chance Of Her Own Park Charter Amendment Appearing On Nov. 2002 Ballot, Requests Council Postpone Discussion For Months, Still Hasn't Disclosed Text, Cites Open Space & Rec. Element to Gen'l Plan
June, 2002: 5th district Councilwoman Jackie Kell Wants Charter Amendment Committee To Discuss Ballot Measure re Construction in Parks; No Specific Draft
June, 2002: Congressional Bill To Study Making Lower L.A. River (and tributaries south of Arroyo Seco) & San Gabriel River Part of Nat'l Park System Stalls In House Committee, Perhaps Only Temporarily
June, 2002: Council Asked To Advance Charter Amendment Giving Non-Elected Rec. Comm'n Exclusive Power Over Leisure Activities in Parks and Rec. Facilities; Deletes Comm'n Authority Over School District Recreation
May, 2002: Nature Center Master Plan Follow-Up Meeting Set: June 1, 12:30-3:00 p.m., 2800 Studebaker Rd.
April, 2002: Council Votes 8-1 To OK $6.67 Million Contract For Expanded North Division LBPD Facility In Scherer Park
Mar. 2002: Gigi Fast Elk Bannister Readies Charter Amendment To Protect LB Park Land; Could Be Put On Ballot By Council Or With Petition Signatures
Feb. 2002: Cantrell & May File Council Appeal Over Water Dept. Plan To Take Chunk of El Dorado Park Land for Filtration Facility
Feb. 2002: Water Dept. Wants Chunk of El Dorado Park Land for Filtration Facility
Feb. 2002: Nearly 100 People Fill Public Meeting On Nature Center Master Plan
Jan. 2002: Jan 1, 2002: Car Club Event Draws Big Crowd to El Dorado Park; LB Park Officials Close Park Area Involved; Crowd Forms Along Studebaker Stretching from Spring to Wardlow, Eventually Disperses Peacefully
Sept. 2000: LB Activists Rally Against Taking Chunk Of Scherer Park For New NLB Police Substation
Aug. 2000: Park Advocates Wary As Grabinski Park Proposal Moves To Committee
July, 2001: Councilwoman Kell abruptly removes her agendized park protection ballot measure from agenda at July 24 Council meeting
July, 2001: Details of Councilwoman Jackie Kell's Proposal For Ballot Measure To Decide If All Future Building on City Park Property Will Be For Recreational Use
