[Nfbc-info] Verizon Phone boxes

[Robert Stigile]

Hello All,
Last Thursday evening, at our monthly Board meeting, I announced that there was 
an on going issue, with Verizon and their phone boxes.
Today, there was a hearing with the Los Angeles Public Works department.
The Board of Public works, has placed a proposal on the table, that will be heard 
by the full Board and voted on Friday morning, September 25.
The proposal is this:
Verizon will start November 1st, in taking the Bios Boxes that they have placed 
on telephone poles at a height  of three feet or so, and move them to a height of 
no less then eight feet.
Any box that cannot be moved to this new height, will have a barrier placed from 
its bottom edge to the ground.
This will start in November of 2009 and has an ending date of December 2010.
We will meet in January, June and December to make sure that Verizon is 
continuing the work that they agree to, and that things are moving along.
If members live in the Los Angeles area, would like to attend Friday mornings 
meeting, they can, but should understand that it is mostly to have a final vote 
on this proposal.
The address is 200 n Spring Street on the third floor.
Also, I would like to let you know, that I was interviewed by CBS News, and the 
story aired at 3 pm and will air again at 6 pm.
You can find the story on video at www.cbs2.com and I was interviewed over the 
phone by ABC and that will air along with others that they interviewed at 6 pm as 
well.
Yesterday, Racquel Decipeda the Secretary of the San Fernando Valley Chapter, was 
interviewed and had her picture taken in front of a box in Granada Hills, which 
you can find in the Daily News today.
This has had an overwhelming amount of media on the subject today and the last 
couple of days, which I would just like to say, thank you to those who have 
helped make this outcome possible.
Again, the next meeting is Friday morning at 9:30 am, which I will give you 
another update after that meeting.
Thank you,


Robert Stigile