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meeting to order, I would like

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to read the city

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s land

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acknowledgments. The West

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Hollywood City Council

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acknowledges that the land on

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which we gather and that is

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currently known as the City of

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West Hollywood is the occupied,

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unseeded, seized territory of

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the Gabrieleno Tongva and the

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Gabrieleno quih peoples. I

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officially calling this meeting

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of the FEBRUARY 18, 2025 City

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Council meeting to order at

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6:05 and will Ari Strasnoy join

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us to deliver the Pledge of

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Allegiance, please. I pledge

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allegiance to the flag. The

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United States of America and to

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the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under GOD

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indivisible with liberty and

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justice for all. All right,

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thanks, Ari. City clerk, MAY we

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please have a roll call. Yes,

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Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember

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Erickson. Here Councilmemb Hang

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here Councilmember Meister here

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Vice Mayor Heilman here, Mayor

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Byers here we have a quorum

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terrific. City attorney, will

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you please provide us with a

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report of the closed session.

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Yes, thank you. Good evening.

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The city council convened close

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session this evening to discuss

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one piece of business listed on

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the posted agenda. There were a

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few pieces of written public

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comment that were submitted on

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the agenda item, but no members

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on the item. The council

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discussed the one item of

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business and took no reportable

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action. The closed session

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concluded at 6 P.M. This

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evening. That concludes my

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report. Thank you so much. City

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clerk, are there any changes

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from staff to tonight

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s agenda

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as we move into agenda approval.

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Yes, Mayor, and just to

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reiterate for members of the

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public item c1 has been, uh,

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continued to a date uncertain.

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There are no other changes from

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staff from staff do my

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colleagues have any changes? Oh,

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Councilmemb Erickson, ready to

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go. Thanks. I

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ll start from the

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back potentially f7, Sister

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Cities program. I have comments,

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but I can make them under

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councilmember comments. Thank

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you. The Weeho loves local

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program expansion of new gift

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card program f6. I

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hold that for discussion. Uh,

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f4, annual Juneteenth event.

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Great. Uh, f3, West Hollywood

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Design District Street poll

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policy update and approval of a

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licensure agreement between the

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city of West Hollywood and it

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won

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t read anymore. Great. And

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m going to try an f2 as

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well, the sunset strip, uh,

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street pole banner policy

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update and approval. Great. And

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t know if I have any more

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me up I do d1, an ordinance of

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the City of West Hollywood,

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proving amendments to Section

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10.28.050 of the municipal code.

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Sounds great. Did you say? I, I

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did not, no. That

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s his. To

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move that to consent. Thank you.

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Terrific. So seeing nothing

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else, um, I have moved to

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consent item f2. Sorry, let me

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get there. F2, the sunset Strip

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update and approval license

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agreement, uh, f3, the West

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street pole banner policy

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update and approval license

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agreement, uh, for the annual

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programming and recognition of

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Black History Month 2026, uh,

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f7, the Sister City program. Is

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that correct? Terrific. What

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about f1? I

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m fine with that

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one. Ok, so almost. Ok Seeing

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no other changes. I actually

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have a procedural question for

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the city attorney. I just

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wanted to ask real quick for

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clarity. MADAM City Attorney, I

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know it

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s been precedent that

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if a council member wants to

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hold an item, it

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s possible or

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to remove an item, but normally

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need 3 votes to approve an

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agenda, correct? In order to

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prove the agenda, you need 3

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votes, a majority of the city

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council. What

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question is 3 council members

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acknowledgement up here to say,

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consent, but one person likes

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to hold it. We

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that out of tradition, but

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without actual procedural rules,

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right? Yeah, the courtesy has

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has questions to keep it on the

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agenda so that it can be heard

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in the regular course of

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business. Thank you. Thank you.

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the agenda in a second.

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Councilmemb Hang. Almost all

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votes cast. You cast your vote

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in the. Oh Almost Awesome, all

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votes in the motion passes 50.

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Thank you. Um, we

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Levine Act disclosures, city

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clerk, I believe you have a

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comment. Yes, I do. So for

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items f2 and f3 which were

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moved to the consent calendar,

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um, they are not subject to the

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Levine Act under California

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government Code Section 843085b.

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items on the agenda for tonight

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to make their disclosures, just

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keep that in mind. Thank you.

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Terrific. Uh, with that, do my

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colleagues have any other

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Levine Act disclosures to

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report tonight looking through

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the agenda? No? Ok, see nothing,

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adjournment motions. Do any of

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my colleagues have adjournment

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motions? I have one. You have

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one? Ok, COUNCILMAN Erickson,

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ll have to start with you.

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Thank you. I would like to

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adjourn tonight

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s memory of see

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Hendrick, who is the world

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first openly gay imam who was

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shot dead in South Africa this

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past weekend. Thank you very

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much. Um, I have 3, so forgive

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me for a little bit of

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verbiness, um, but I

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m going to

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get started first tonight we

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will adjourn in honor of Donald

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Shope, a distinguished

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professor of urban planning at

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ucla who passed away on

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FEBRUARY 6th at the age of 86.

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Donald Shoup

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s groundbreaking

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research and decades of

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scholarship in the field of

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land use planning reshaped the

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way cities approach parking,

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transportation, and urban

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design. As a faculty member at

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ucla since 1917. Before he

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influenced generations of

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scholars, students, and urban

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planners. His work particularly

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landmarked in his book The High

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Cost of Free Parking challenged

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conventional thinking and

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sparked a global movement

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towards parking reform. Shupe

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work illuminated how cities

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reliance on free parking spaces

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and excessive off-street

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parking requirements were

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contributing to traffic

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congestion, sprawl, pollution,

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and housing costs, ultimately

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halving urban environments. His

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innovative ideas led to

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widespread change with over

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3000 cities. Adopting some of

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his suggested reforms. His

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contributions extended beyond

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academia as his research gained

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acceptance and recognition

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worldwide. She

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s legacy

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continues to inspire and shape

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urban planning practices and

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his influence will be felt for

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years to come. Beyond his

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academic achievements, Shupe

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was a beloved figure at ucla

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and a mentor to so many. His

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contributions to the ucla

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Luskin School of Public Affairs

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and his leadership of the ucla

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Institute of Transportation

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Studies cemented his place as

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one of the foremost experts in

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the field, even after his

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retirement in 2015, Shu

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remained an active and engaged

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member of the ucla community

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eagerly anticipated to teach

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his renowned parking class this

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spring. Donald Shoup

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s work

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will continue to inspire future

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generations of urban planners

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and his impact on the world of

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urban design will endure as we

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reflect on his remarkable

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legacy and life of

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contributions. We extend our

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deepest condolences to his

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family, colleagues, and all

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those who were touched by his

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wisdom and vision. Next tonight

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we adjourn in memory of Tahiri

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Broom, a 29-year-old black

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transgender woman who

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tragically lost lost her life

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to gun violence on the morning

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of FEBRUARY 9th in Southfield,

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Michigan, while visiting from

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Detroit from her hometown of

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Cleveland, Ohio. She was known

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by the nickname of Tokyo.

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she enjoyed pretty things, was

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a self-described shopaholic,

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and unabashedly earning money

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to buy things. She was a fan of

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Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. She

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loved Forever 21 and Hot Topic.

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She was a vibrant young woman

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who enjoyed life. Her favorite

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aunt, Patricia Bender,

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remembered Tahiri by saying, my

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baby is sweet, pure, giving,

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humorous, and will do anything

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for anyone and shines a light

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so bright you

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ll see it shine

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forever. Family is really

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hurting from this loss, but

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justice will be served.

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Tahiri

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s name will live on

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forever. Me Tahiri

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s light

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continued to shine in the in

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the hearts of all who knew her

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and made her memory inspire,

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inspire us all to work toward a

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world that is safer, more

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inclusive, and more

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compassionate for everyone. Our

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thoughts are with Tahiri

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s

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family and loved ones during

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this incredibly difficult time.

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And finally tonight we will

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endurn in memory of Sam

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Norquist, a 24-year-old

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transgender man whose life was

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tragically cut short under

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circumstances of profound

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cruelty. Originally from

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Minnesota, Sam moved to New

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York in SEPTEMBER 2024 seeking

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new beginnings and connection.

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His journey, however, So sorry.

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His journey, however, led him

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into a situation marked by

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unimaginable abuse and

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suffering. Sam was reported

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missing on FEBRUARY 9th. The

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subsequent investigation

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revealed that he had endured

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over a month of relentless

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torture before his life was

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taken. 5 individuals have been

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charged with second-degree

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murder in connection to his

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death. His death along with

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Tahiri Broom

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s death,

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underscore the vulnerabilities

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faced by transgender

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individuals and the urgent need

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for societal change to protect

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and uplift marginalized voices.

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Our thoughts and deepest

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condolences are with Sam

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s

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family, friends, and all who

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have been affected deeply by

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this tragedy. Thank you. Next

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we

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re going to move on to

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presentations. We have 2

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presentations this evening and

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first we

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re going to just

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recognize um Ari again who led

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us in the pledge tonight with a

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certificate, so if my

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colleagues will join and

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celebrate Ari for a great

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pledge of allegiance tonight.

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Uh Yeah So good job. Ok And

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next we have a presentation for

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the American Heart Association.

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I

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ll begin. Whereas

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cardiovascular disease remains

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the world

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s leading cause of

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death and disability impacting

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millions of lives every year.

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And in the United States alone,

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more than 350,000 people

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experienced cardiac arrest

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outside of a hospital each year

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with approximately 70% of these

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incidents occurring at home and

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tragically, only 1 in 10 people

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end up surviving, and whereas

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each year more than 23,000

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children under the age of 18

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experienced cardiac arrest

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outside of a hospital in the

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United States with nearly 40. %

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of these cases being sports

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related. And whereas

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cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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or cpr when performed

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immediately can double or even

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aaa person

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s chance of survival.

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Yet only about 46% of those

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people who experience cardiac

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arrest receive cpr from

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bystanders while waiting for

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emergency responders to arrive.

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And whereas effective solutions

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such as awareness campaigns,

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cpr training, the

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implementation of cardiac

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emergency response plans and

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access to automated. External

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to defibrillators or AEDs have

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been proven to save lives, but

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more education and

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accessibility are needed to

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empower communities to respond

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effectively during cardiac

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emergencies. It

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s all messed up,

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so sorry. And whereas this

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learning and properly

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performing cpr gives bystanders

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the confidence to act swiftly

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in cardiac emergencies,

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increasing the likelihood of

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survival and by prioritizing

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immediate action, calling 911,

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delivering high quality cpr and

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using an aed when available can

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save more lives. And whereas

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the American Heart Association

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has set an ambitious goal to

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double the survival rate from

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cardiac arrest by 2030,

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transforming bystanders into

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lifesavers and ensuring that

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everyone everywhere is prepared

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and empowered. To be a vital

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link in the chain of survival,

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whereas the city of West

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Hollywood commends the life

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saving efforts of organizations

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such as the American Heart

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Association, whose unwavering

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commitment to combating heart

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disease and cardiac arrest has

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advanced public education and

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inspired people to save lives.

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Now, therefore, be it resolved

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that the city council, the city

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of West Hollywood hereby

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recognizes the importance of

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the ongoing fight against heart

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disease and stroke, and the

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support and supports the

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efforts to double the survival

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rate from cardiac arrest. The

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city hereby Claims FEBRUARY

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2025 as American Heart Month in

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West Hollywood and encourages

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all residents to engage in

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raising awareness, promoting

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heart health, and participating

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in cpr and aed trainings to

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save more lives. At this time,

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I would like to invite our

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representatives up from the

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American Heart Association to

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the diaspora photo, and to

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accept this proclamation. Thank

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you so much. Ok Thank you so

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much for this proclamation

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today. I am here today both as

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a marketer, as the cmo Foot

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Locker, but most importantly I

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am here for my passion as a

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board member of the American

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Heart Association. You rattled

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off all the things that I

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wanted to bring to light today,

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which is number one, more

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awareness and number 2, how do

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we, how do we get more people

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within West Hollywood to not

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only advance the importance of

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heart health, but also put meat

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behind those bones and actually

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do something about it, so I

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encour. All of you here to not

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only know your numbers but to

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also check our website for many

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ways that you can contribute

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within the community, but most

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importantly, take care of your

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heart, take care of your health,

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eat well and treat others

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kindly on behalf of the

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American Heart Association,

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thank you so much and we are

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very honored for this very

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great award. Thank you. Thank

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you so much. And with care for

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heart and mind, we will move on

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to public comment. Uh, the city

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council values your comments.

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However, Sorry, pursuant to the

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Brown Act, the council cannot

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take action on items not listed

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on the posted agenda. The

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public comment period is

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limited to 20 minutes with 2

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minutes allocated for each

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speaker. The public comment

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period is to address the city

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council on consent calendar

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items, other agenda items if

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the member of the public cannot

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be present at this time, uh,

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that the item is considered or

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items of general interest

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within the jurisdiction of the

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city council. Another period is

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also reserved for general

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comment later in the meeting

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for those that could not be

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heard at this time. Public

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hearing testimony will only be

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taken at the time of the

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hearing. If you signed up to

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speak on both consent calendar

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items and general public

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comment, as well as the items

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as, um, as well as an item that

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was moved to the consent

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calendar. You MAY take this

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public comment period to speak

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on the consent calendar items.

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You MAY also sign up to speak

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during the 2nd public comment

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period for your, for your

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general public comment. Lastly,

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speakers should not bring any

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items to the podium other than

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a prepared written statement or

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writing materials. MADAM City

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Clerk, how many public speakers

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do we have? We have 12

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individuals in chambers and no

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one in Zoom, ok. Can, uh, I

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will go ahead and read the

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first speakers. Um, I have my

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list here. So Jonathan Wilson

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will start there, followed by

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Christopher Clapp and Genevieve

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More after that. Well Mayor,

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vice mayor, and council members,

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i just want to say thank you.

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For moving forward with the

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Juneteenth event. I

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m very

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grateful for that. I

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m coming

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to you, Jonathan Wilson, as a

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member of society, I

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m a

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resident within West Hollywood

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as well as a business owner in

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West Hollywood. Um, one of the

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things is, yes, I, we

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appreciate this. Please note

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that um as we do planning,

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there MAY be a need for

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additional dollars. We

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re not

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too clear about that yet, but,

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you know, we

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re keeping things

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moving. The reason why I want

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to say there

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s to keep this,

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keep the idea open is that, you

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know, my company actually

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wanted to give some dollars, um,

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uccl they also want to give

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dollars um to the Juneteenth

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event only because it

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s such a

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big uh moment and right now in

581
00:23:36,637 --> 00:23:37,606
this time that we

582
00:23:37,606 --> 00:23:38,706
re in with

583
00:23:38,706 --> 00:23:40,107
with the federal government and

584
00:23:40,107 --> 00:23:40,507
some things that are changing.

585
00:23:40,507 --> 00:23:40,808
Maybe I shouldn

586
00:23:40,808 --> 00:23:42,142
t have said

587
00:23:42,142 --> 00:23:43,430
that, but I did. Um, some of

588
00:23:43,430 --> 00:23:44,444
the things that are changing

589
00:23:44,444 --> 00:23:46,181
out there, but the climate out

590
00:23:46,181 --> 00:23:47,248
there is really, really

591
00:23:47,248 --> 00:23:50,840
difficult for some people, and

592
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:51,252
I think as we move away from

593
00:23:51,252 --> 00:23:51,452
dei in some circles, um,

594
00:23:51,452 --> 00:23:52,153
there

595
00:23:52,153 --> 00:23:53,554
s gonna be a need to

596
00:23:53,554 --> 00:23:55,356
uplift people in other ways.

597
00:23:55,356 --> 00:23:55,890
And so I just want to make sure

598
00:23:55,890 --> 00:23:57,240
that we

599
00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,859
re open to different

600
00:23:58,859 --> 00:24:00,394
ways of thinking. It was

601
00:24:00,394 --> 00:24:01,395
complex, I guess to have money

602
00:24:01,395 --> 00:24:03,632
come from my company and for

603
00:24:03,632 --> 00:24:05,566
money to come from ucla at this

604
00:24:05,566 --> 00:24:07,702
time for this event. So just

605
00:24:07,702 --> 00:24:09,604
please keep in mind that um

606
00:24:09,604 --> 00:24:10,738
just be open to future ways of

607
00:24:10,738 --> 00:24:13,441
thinking, um, as we go for the

608
00:24:13,441 --> 00:24:15,343
next 4 months. So, thank you

609
00:24:15,343 --> 00:24:15,502
again for pushing this forward.

610
00:24:15,502 --> 00:24:17,311
I

611
00:24:17,311 --> 00:24:18,679
m very grateful, extremely

612
00:24:18,679 --> 00:24:21,283
grateful, and um. Thank you.

613
00:24:21,283 --> 00:24:23,683
Yeah Thank you, Christopher

614
00:24:23,685 --> 00:24:26,850
Clap. Followed by Genevieve

615
00:24:32,727 --> 00:24:34,162
More. Followed by Greg Rain.

616
00:24:34,162 --> 00:24:36,562
Good evening, Honorable Mayor

617
00:24:37,231 --> 00:24:38,233
Byers, Vice Mayor Heilman, and

618
00:24:38,233 --> 00:24:39,635
distinguished members of city

619
00:24:39,635 --> 00:24:41,437
council. Can you pull the mic

620
00:24:41,437 --> 00:24:41,970
down a little bit, yeah, thank

621
00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:43,970
you. I

622
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,208
ll start again, uh. Good

623
00:24:47,208 --> 00:24:49,608
evening, Mayor by Honorable

624
00:24:49,944 --> 00:24:51,579
Mayor Byers, Vice Mayor Heilman,

625
00:24:51,579 --> 00:24:53,979
distinguished members of city

626
00:24:54,349 --> 00:24:55,784
council and uh all esteemed, uh,

627
00:24:55,784 --> 00:24:56,919
city staff of West Hollywood.

628
00:24:56,919 --> 00:24:57,686
Uh, my name

629
00:24:57,686 --> 00:24:59,686
s Christopher Clapp.

630
00:25:01,156 --> 00:25:02,190
I live in Los Angeles and uh I

631
00:25:02,190 --> 00:25:04,192
have operated a business here

632
00:25:04,192 --> 00:25:05,527
in West Hollywood, uh,

633
00:25:05,527 --> 00:25:07,362
Petrogian restaurants and

634
00:25:07,362 --> 00:25:08,363
boutique on Robertson. Um, I am

635
00:25:08,363 --> 00:25:09,998
currently the vice chair and

636
00:25:09,998 --> 00:25:10,865
treasurer of the West Hollow

637
00:25:10,865 --> 00:25:11,900
Design District. Uh, I just

638
00:25:11,900 --> 00:25:13,636
wanna reach out and say thank

639
00:25:13,636 --> 00:25:17,172
you, thank you for your support,

640
00:25:17,172 --> 00:25:18,474
um, of our local. Community, um,

641
00:25:18,474 --> 00:25:20,874
specifically the item tonight

642
00:25:20,976 --> 00:25:22,511
f3, uh, the banner program is

643
00:25:22,511 --> 00:25:24,413
absolutely essential to our

644
00:25:24,413 --> 00:25:24,880
operations. Um, I

645
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,140
m inspired

646
00:25:26,140 --> 00:25:27,382
specifically by city staff

647
00:25:27,382 --> 00:25:28,249
Laura Bay, Laura d

648
00:25:28,249 --> 00:25:29,250
Ambrosia,

649
00:25:29,250 --> 00:25:30,586
and Paolo Kesperit, and I thank

650
00:25:30,586 --> 00:25:32,621
them for their guidance and

651
00:25:32,621 --> 00:25:34,657
continued support of our

652
00:25:34,657 --> 00:25:35,457
programming, um, so yeah, just

653
00:25:35,457 --> 00:25:36,925
uh a heartfelt thank you and I

654
00:25:36,925 --> 00:25:37,926
look forward to being of

655
00:25:37,926 --> 00:25:40,326
service to the constituents

656
00:25:40,429 --> 00:25:42,731
here in West Hollywood, um,

657
00:25:42,731 --> 00:25:44,366
thank you. Thank you. Genevieve

658
00:25:44,366 --> 00:25:47,570
More followed by Greg Rain and.

659
00:25:47,570 --> 00:25:49,172
Craig Williams after that.

660
00:25:49,172 --> 00:25:51,474
Thank you, Mayor. Good evening,

661
00:25:51,474 --> 00:25:52,541
Mayor, Vice Mayor, council

662
00:25:52,541 --> 00:25:54,443
members, Genevieve More,

663
00:25:54,443 --> 00:25:55,511
PRESIDENT, ceo of the West

664
00:25:55,511 --> 00:25:56,879
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

665
00:25:56,879 --> 00:25:58,380
and good evening to all the

666
00:25:58,380 --> 00:26:00,315
members of the public and the

667
00:26:00,315 --> 00:26:02,751
staff. I ditto what MR. Clapp

668
00:26:02,751 --> 00:26:04,519
said. I want to thank you, uh,

669
00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:06,522
our appreciation for both the

670
00:26:06,522 --> 00:26:07,223
business improvement districts

671
00:26:07,223 --> 00:26:08,391
banner program licensing

672
00:26:08,391 --> 00:26:10,459
agreement and also protects all

673
00:26:10,459 --> 00:26:10,631
of us, you as well as us, and

674
00:26:10,631 --> 00:26:11,427
it

675
00:26:11,427 --> 00:26:11,794
s an agreement that hasn

676
00:26:11,794 --> 00:26:13,429
t

677
00:26:13,429 --> 00:26:14,396
been in place for all these

678
00:26:14,396 --> 00:26:14,557
years, but I think it

679
00:26:14,557 --> 00:26:16,298
s

680
00:26:16,298 --> 00:26:18,601
welcomed and I want to thank

681
00:26:18,601 --> 00:26:19,234
Laura, uh, Byron. Apollo,

682
00:26:19,234 --> 00:26:20,536
Casperad and David Wilson for

683
00:26:20,536 --> 00:26:20,736
all the work that they

684
00:26:20,736 --> 00:26:22,736
ve done

685
00:26:23,473 --> 00:26:25,875
on that. Um, I also want to

686
00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:26,876
thank Mayor Byers for the Weeh

687
00:26:26,876 --> 00:26:27,810
Ho Loves local extension

688
00:26:27,810 --> 00:26:29,679
program and Tom Keeley and his

689
00:26:29,679 --> 00:26:30,746
team at Visit West Hollywood

690
00:26:30,746 --> 00:26:33,820
and we talked about it today at

691
00:26:33,820 --> 00:26:35,117
a board meeting. The chamber is

692
00:26:35,117 --> 00:26:36,652
also launching a Weehoe gives

693
00:26:36,652 --> 00:26:38,521
Back program, and we think

694
00:26:38,521 --> 00:26:41,391
combined with the who loves

695
00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:42,992
locals, the city, the chamber,

696
00:26:42,992 --> 00:26:44,227
visits West Hollywood can all

697
00:26:44,227 --> 00:26:45,928
drive traffic, and we have some

698
00:26:45,928 --> 00:26:46,463
case studies from other

699
00:26:46,463 --> 00:26:48,598
chambers recently at a

700
00:26:48,598 --> 00:26:50,967
conference that my just went to

701
00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:52,101
last week about, um, local

702
00:26:52,101 --> 00:26:54,170
programs that have a chamber

703
00:26:54,170 --> 00:26:55,371
that bought like gift cards

704
00:26:55,371 --> 00:26:56,105
for restaurants and gave it to

705
00:26:56,105 --> 00:26:58,275
the customers if they visited

706
00:26:58,275 --> 00:26:59,709
there, and I think they spent

707
00:26:59,709 --> 00:27:01,144
$15,000 and it generated about

708
00:27:01,144 --> 00:27:03,544
80,000 into the businesses, so

709
00:27:03,646 --> 00:27:05,150
we do think that this has legs,

710
00:27:05,150 --> 00:27:06,983
it has some strength and power

711
00:27:06,983 --> 00:27:10,190
if we all combine efforts. So,

712
00:27:10,190 --> 00:27:10,686
uh, you can go to WeHho

713
00:27:10,686 --> 00:27:11,154
Chamber.Com/WheeHhoGivesback uh

714
00:27:11,154 --> 00:27:11,421
for that pledge we

715
00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:13,356
re going to

716
00:27:13,356 --> 00:27:14,858
launch it on MARCH 1st and we

717
00:27:14,858 --> 00:27:16,359
have some media as well, so I

718
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,960
just want to thank you for all

719
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:20,563
that, um, because Right now we

720
00:27:20,563 --> 00:27:21,965
did do a survey, and we did get

721
00:27:21,965 --> 00:27:23,900
a good response from the

722
00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:25,100
businesses, and they are down

723
00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:25,201
about 25 to 50%. So while we

724
00:27:25,201 --> 00:27:27,201
weren

725
00:27:27,270 --> 00:27:29,239
t hit with the fires, I

726
00:27:29,239 --> 00:27:29,393
think the world thinks we

727
00:27:29,393 --> 00:27:30,340
re

728
00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:31,174
all burning or we have toxic

729
00:27:31,174 --> 00:27:32,108
air, so we

730
00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:33,544
re trying to say

731
00:27:33,544 --> 00:27:35,212
come into West Hollywood, we

732
00:27:35,212 --> 00:27:36,546
can help you and we can help

733
00:27:36,546 --> 00:27:37,214
the fire victims and first

734
00:27:37,214 --> 00:27:38,982
responders and give back to

735
00:27:38,982 --> 00:27:39,883
them and give back to everybody

736
00:27:39,883 --> 00:27:41,351
and our fellow businesses, but

737
00:27:41,351 --> 00:27:42,519
we all have to work together to

738
00:27:42,519 --> 00:27:44,154
give back and patronize our

739
00:27:44,154 --> 00:27:47,154
businesses, so thank you. Thank

740
00:27:47,657 --> 00:27:49,250
you. Greg Ring, followed by

741
00:27:49,250 --> 00:27:51,425
Craig Wil, Todd Holman

742
00:27:56,766 --> 00:27:58,201
after that. Good evening.

743
00:27:58,201 --> 00:28:00,103
Excuse me. Good evening,

744
00:28:00,103 --> 00:28:01,710
Honorable Mayor Byers, Vice

745
00:28:01,710 --> 00:28:03,471
Mayor Heilman, steamed City

746
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:05,909
council, and city staff. I am,

747
00:28:05,909 --> 00:28:07,770
uh, Greg Grang, resident of Los

748
00:28:07,770 --> 00:28:08,412
Angeles and the current

749
00:28:08,412 --> 00:28:09,880
Executive director of the West

750
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,880
Hollywood Design District,

751
00:28:12,183 --> 00:28:14,251
which is both a pleasure and a

752
00:28:14,251 --> 00:28:17,540
privilege, um, to hold that

753
00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:19,122
office, um, I spoke, um, via

754
00:28:19,122 --> 00:28:20,924
public comment on items b 11

755
00:28:20,924 --> 00:28:22,425
and f3 already, and I am simply

756
00:28:22,425 --> 00:28:23,960
here so you can see my face and

757
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:24,796
hear my sincerity when I too

758
00:28:24,796 --> 00:28:27,265
say thank you for your support

759
00:28:27,265 --> 00:28:29,330
of. The Design District and our

760
00:28:29,330 --> 00:28:30,134
programming, um, I followed

761
00:28:30,134 --> 00:28:31,602
instructions and did not bring

762
00:28:31,602 --> 00:28:33,504
anything to the dais, but I do

763
00:28:33,504 --> 00:28:33,771
have with me maps for

764
00:28:33,771 --> 00:28:35,771
tomorrow

765
00:28:35,973 --> 00:28:36,940
s art walk as well as,

766
00:28:36,940 --> 00:28:38,509
um, promotional materials for

767
00:28:38,509 --> 00:28:41,509
Design West Hollywood, which is

768
00:28:41,712 --> 00:28:43,781
MARCH 4, 5 and 6. It was

769
00:28:43,781 --> 00:28:44,515
originally a two-day event, but

770
00:28:44,515 --> 00:28:46,830
through community engagement

771
00:28:46,830 --> 00:28:47,618
and support. We have extended

772
00:28:47,618 --> 00:28:49,453
it to 3 days, and we look

773
00:28:49,453 --> 00:28:51,122
forward to making that an

774
00:28:51,122 --> 00:28:52,523
annual event for the city and

775
00:28:52,523 --> 00:28:53,891
the community. Thank you so

776
00:28:53,891 --> 00:28:56,291
much. Appreciate your support.

777
00:28:58,620 --> 00:28:59,463
Thank you. Greg, Greg Craig,

778
00:28:59,463 --> 00:29:00,632
you give those handouts to me,

779
00:29:00,632 --> 00:29:04,232
I can make sure the council

780
00:29:04,435 --> 00:29:05,904
gives them. Thank you. Next

781
00:29:05,904 --> 00:29:07,572
speaker is Craig Williams,

782
00:29:07,572 --> 00:29:10,572
followed by Todd Holman and

783
00:29:15,145 --> 00:29:17,682
Sarah Adolfson after that. Good

784
00:29:17,682 --> 00:29:20,820
evening, Mayor Byers, Vice

785
00:29:20,585 --> 00:29:21,619
Mayor Heman and city council.

786
00:29:21,619 --> 00:29:22,153
Um, I

787
00:29:22,153 --> 00:29:24,889
m Craig Williams, and I

788
00:29:24,889 --> 00:29:25,423
have the pleasure of being a

789
00:29:25,423 --> 00:29:27,423
longtime West Hollywood

790
00:29:27,892 --> 00:29:29,227
resident and I wanted to speak

791
00:29:29,227 --> 00:29:32,227
in support of an increased

792
00:29:33,197 --> 00:29:35,200
budget for the Juneteenth

793
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,670
celebration for 2025. Um, We

794
00:29:36,670 --> 00:29:37,268
re

795
00:29:37,268 --> 00:29:37,428
calling it an event, but I

796
00:29:37,428 --> 00:29:39,428
d

797
00:29:41,540 --> 00:29:43,441
like to. We purposed that to a

798
00:29:43,441 --> 00:29:44,742
celebration and a demonstration

799
00:29:44,742 --> 00:29:47,742
of our commitment to inclusion

800
00:29:48,813 --> 00:29:51,213
and diversity. There are 3

801
00:29:51,549 --> 00:29:52,384
things that I know for sure.

802
00:29:52,384 --> 00:29:54,784
The black people are

803
00:29:55,530 --> 00:29:56,121
entrepreneurs. Black people do

804
00:29:56,121 --> 00:29:57,789
spend money and the east side

805
00:29:57,789 --> 00:30:00,859
of West Hollywood has a lot of

806
00:30:00,859 --> 00:30:03,859
vacant storefronts. This is an

807
00:30:05,263 --> 00:30:06,130
opportunity for West Hollywood.

808
00:30:06,130 --> 00:30:08,599
To embrace and engage a

809
00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:10,502
demographic. That can

810
00:30:10,502 --> 00:30:11,537
accomplish those goals, and I

811
00:30:11,537 --> 00:30:12,304
think that the Juneteenth

812
00:30:12,304 --> 00:30:15,904
celebration, we hope to do that.

813
00:30:16,575 --> 00:30:19,575
Thank you for indulging. Mhm

814
00:30:20,879 --> 00:30:23,615
Todd Holman. Of Sara for the

815
00:30:23,615 --> 00:30:26,150
Human Services Commission. Good

816
00:30:27,953 --> 00:30:29,488
evening, We buyers. Vice Mayor

817
00:30:29,488 --> 00:30:31,888
Heilman and council members,

818
00:30:32,257 --> 00:30:33,725
Todd Hallman, 30-year plus West

819
00:30:33,725 --> 00:30:35,294
Hollywood resident, uh, Public

820
00:30:35,294 --> 00:30:35,594
Safety commissioner, but

821
00:30:35,594 --> 00:30:37,128
tonight I

822
00:30:37,128 --> 00:30:38,764
m speaking as a

823
00:30:38,764 --> 00:30:40,999
resident on behalf of

824
00:30:40,999 --> 00:30:43,340
Juneteenth. Thank you for

825
00:30:43,340 --> 00:30:44,870
proving the budget. I have been

826
00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:46,372
very open and honest with all

827
00:30:46,372 --> 00:30:46,872
of you how disappointed I

828
00:30:46,872 --> 00:30:48,741
ve

829
00:30:48,741 --> 00:30:50,309
been with this event over the

830
00:30:50,309 --> 00:30:53,479
years. I think this is a year

831
00:30:53,479 --> 00:30:55,380
for us to get it right. Um,

832
00:30:55,380 --> 00:30:57,315
social justice is on it. I know

833
00:30:57,315 --> 00:31:00,315
they have a subcommittee. They

834
00:31:00,752 --> 00:31:01,720
are meeting, they probably will

835
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,720
need additional funding,

836
00:31:06,250 --> 00:31:07,993
because we need this to be a

837
00:31:07,993 --> 00:31:09,428
jubilant Juneteenth celebration,

838
00:31:09,428 --> 00:31:09,995
especially with what we

839
00:31:09,995 --> 00:31:11,196
re

840
00:31:11,196 --> 00:31:14,196
dealing with in this country

841
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,134
today. Social justice is very

842
00:31:16,134 --> 00:31:17,135
important to us and I

843
00:31:17,135 --> 00:31:19,135
m also

844
00:31:19,505 --> 00:31:21,441
going to ask you to really

845
00:31:21,441 --> 00:31:23,841
stand behind this advisory

846
00:31:24,310 --> 00:31:26,745
board, not only for me as a

847
00:31:26,745 --> 00:31:28,847
black queer man, but for all of

848
00:31:28,847 --> 00:31:31,160
us, because their work is going

849
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,619
to affect all of us because of

850
00:31:33,619 --> 00:31:35,200
the climate we live in. We also

851
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,620
need to work on our diversity

852
00:31:38,891 --> 00:31:40,860
as a city. People of color

853
00:31:40,860 --> 00:31:42,662
coming on Friday and Saturday

854
00:31:42,662 --> 00:31:45,197
nights to West Hollywood does

855
00:31:45,197 --> 00:31:47,533
not diversity make. We need to

856
00:31:47,533 --> 00:31:49,535
do a better job and make West

857
00:31:49,535 --> 00:31:51,935
Hollywood more inclusive. I

858
00:31:52,438 --> 00:31:54,406
give a lot to the city. I love

859
00:31:54,406 --> 00:31:55,341
this city, but at the end of

860
00:31:55,341 --> 00:31:57,277
the day, I

861
00:31:57,277 --> 00:32:00,277
m a queer black man

862
00:32:00,947 --> 00:32:01,118
with a tribe in this city. I

863
00:32:01,118 --> 00:32:02,415
don

864
00:32:02,415 --> 00:32:05,415
t want the next generation

865
00:32:06,819 --> 00:32:08,287
to feel that way. So, please be

866
00:32:08,287 --> 00:32:10,222
there for social justice.

867
00:32:10,222 --> 00:32:13,822
Please be there for this event.

868
00:32:18,831 --> 00:32:19,765
We need this. Thank you. Thank

869
00:32:19,765 --> 00:32:20,667
Sarah Adolfsson Adolphen, sorry,

870
00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:22,301
I keep getting that wrong in my

871
00:32:22,301 --> 00:32:25,538
head. Thank you. And David Nash

872
00:32:25,538 --> 00:32:27,940
after that it all works. Uh,

873
00:32:27,940 --> 00:32:29,375
good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor,

874
00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:30,100
uh, council members. My name is

875
00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:30,477
Sarah Adolfson. I

876
00:32:30,477 --> 00:32:32,120
m here on

877
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,247
behalf of the Human Services

878
00:32:34,247 --> 00:32:35,281
Commission. As you know, the

879
00:32:35,281 --> 00:32:36,649
commissioner attend city

880
00:32:36,649 --> 00:32:38,351
council meetings to share

881
00:32:38,351 --> 00:32:39,652
information about vital social

882
00:32:39,652 --> 00:32:40,987
services provided by the city

883
00:32:40,987 --> 00:32:42,555
and its partners. Tonight I

884
00:32:42,555 --> 00:32:44,424
want to highlight the

885
00:32:44,424 --> 00:32:45,358
importance of cervical cancer

886
00:32:45,358 --> 00:32:47,294
awareness and preventative

887
00:32:47,294 --> 00:32:49,429
services. While cervical cancer

888
00:32:49,429 --> 00:32:51,731
rates have declined significant

889
00:32:51,731 --> 00:32:52,799
disparities persist. This year,

890
00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:54,167
an estimated 13,000 women in

891
00:32:54,167 --> 00:32:56,970
the us will be diagnosed, and

892
00:32:56,970 --> 00:32:59,500
more. 4000 will die from the

893
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:00,440
disease. Women of color

894
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,808
experience the highest rates of

895
00:33:02,808 --> 00:33:03,643
cervical cancer, with a death

896
00:33:03,643 --> 00:33:06,430
rate nearly 80% higher than

897
00:33:07,181 --> 00:33:08,248
white women. Furthermore,

898
00:33:08,248 --> 00:33:09,750
transgender men face barriers

899
00:33:09,750 --> 00:33:11,840
to screening, including

900
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:12,552
discrimination, lack of

901
00:33:12,552 --> 00:33:13,453
provider knowledge, and

902
00:33:13,453 --> 00:33:15,853
discomfort resulting in lower

903
00:33:15,989 --> 00:33:17,457
screening rates. Cervical

904
00:33:17,457 --> 00:33:19,626
cancer was once a leading cause

905
00:33:19,626 --> 00:33:20,760
of cancer deaths for women. But

906
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,129
thanks to increased prevention

907
00:33:22,129 --> 00:33:23,998
and screening efforts, the

908
00:33:23,998 --> 00:33:26,998
mortality rate has been reduced

909
00:33:27,468 --> 00:33:29,803
by 50%. When detected early,

910
00:33:29,803 --> 00:33:31,271
survival rate is 92%. Even more

911
00:33:31,271 --> 00:33:32,706
encouraging, over 90% of

912
00:33:32,706 --> 00:33:34,174
cervical cancers could be

913
00:33:34,174 --> 00:33:36,109
prevented by the hpv vaccine.

914
00:33:36,109 --> 00:33:38,144
So what are we doing? The city

915
00:33:38,144 --> 00:33:39,480
of West Hollywood Partners with

916
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,480
several nonprofit agencies to

917
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,883
provide crucial and life-saving

918
00:33:42,883 --> 00:33:44,180
services, including Planned

919
00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:44,685
Parenthood, offering essential

920
00:33:44,685 --> 00:33:47,850
reproductive and sexual health

921
00:33:47,321 --> 00:33:49,256
services. Including screenings

922
00:33:49,256 --> 00:33:50,691
such as pelvic exams and Pap

923
00:33:50,691 --> 00:33:53,526
smears. The Audrey Lord Health

924
00:33:53,526 --> 00:33:54,995
Program at the la lgbt Center

925
00:33:54,995 --> 00:33:55,929
providing identity sensitive

926
00:33:55,929 --> 00:33:57,498
health services, including

927
00:33:57,498 --> 00:33:59,400
cervical and other cancer

928
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,268
screenings and importantly,

929
00:34:01,268 --> 00:34:02,203
they offer self-collection test

930
00:34:02,203 --> 00:34:04,305
options for transgender men

931
00:34:04,305 --> 00:34:06,573
along with Pap smears and hpv

932
00:34:06,573 --> 00:34:08,608
testing. And then finally, the

933
00:34:08,608 --> 00:34:10,544
Saban Community clinic offers a

934
00:34:10,544 --> 00:34:12,412
range of services including

935
00:34:12,412 --> 00:34:14,470
obgyn checkups, Pap smears,

936
00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:15,316
screenings, lab tests, family

937
00:34:15,316 --> 00:34:16,884
planning, birth control, and

938
00:34:16,884 --> 00:34:17,251
cancer screenings. So if you

939
00:34:17,251 --> 00:34:19,220
re

940
00:34:19,220 --> 00:34:22,820
due for a screening, or you

941
00:34:23,557 --> 00:34:25,557
need supportive services,

942
00:34:26,393 --> 00:34:27,270
please

943
00:34:27,270 --> 00:34:28,162
visitehh.Org/humanservices or

944
00:34:28,162 --> 00:34:29,296
call 323-848-6510. Thank you.

945
00:34:29,296 --> 00:34:31,265
And Sarah, on behalf of all of

946
00:34:31,265 --> 00:34:32,200
us, I just want to offer our

947
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,835
condolences to you and your

948
00:34:33,835 --> 00:34:35,169
husband on the loss of your

949
00:34:35,169 --> 00:34:36,104
father-in-law, and if we could,

950
00:34:36,104 --> 00:34:36,704
I completely forgot that in my

951
00:34:36,704 --> 00:34:37,538
notes, but we

952
00:34:37,538 --> 00:34:38,806
ll be adjourning

953
00:34:38,806 --> 00:34:39,974
in in their memory tonight as

954
00:34:39,974 --> 00:34:42,777
well. Thank you so much. That

955
00:34:42,777 --> 00:34:44,111
means a lot to us. Thank you.

956
00:34:44,111 --> 00:34:47,111
Next speaker, we have David

957
00:34:47,314 --> 00:34:50,314
Nash. Followed by Jacob Shaw

958
00:34:55,890 --> 00:34:57,592
and Tony Solano. I think I

959
00:34:57,592 --> 00:34:58,426
heard my name. My name is David

960
00:34:58,426 --> 00:35:00,327
Nash. I

961
00:35:00,327 --> 00:35:02,296
m a 26 year resident of

962
00:35:02,296 --> 00:35:04,310
West Hollywood. Good evening,

963
00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:05,933
Mayor Byers, Vice Mayor Heilman

964
00:35:05,933 --> 00:35:06,101
and city council members. I

965
00:35:06,101 --> 00:35:07,302
m

966
00:35:07,302 --> 00:35:08,403
here tonight to thank two

967
00:35:08,403 --> 00:35:10,371
people who are very special to

968
00:35:10,371 --> 00:35:13,141
me in the city of West

969
00:35:13,141 --> 00:35:15,541
Hollywood. First, Larry Block,

970
00:35:15,710 --> 00:35:16,440
who owns Block Party. He

971
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:17,450
s been

972
00:35:17,450 --> 00:35:19,380
gracious enough to allow me to

973
00:35:19,380 --> 00:35:20,948
have a small art show in the

974
00:35:20,948 --> 00:35:24,386
back of his store through the

975
00:35:24,386 --> 00:35:25,253
end of the month. I greatly

976
00:35:25,253 --> 00:35:27,253
appreciate that opportunity.

977
00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:30,225
Both Larry and I share um a

978
00:35:30,225 --> 00:35:32,625
disability. We have very

979
00:35:33,762 --> 00:35:34,529
limited vision. And, uh, not

980
00:35:34,529 --> 00:35:36,464
just because it

981
00:35:36,464 --> 00:35:37,899
s me, but to,

982
00:35:37,899 --> 00:35:40,501
to renew and refresh your

983
00:35:40,501 --> 00:35:41,770
awareness of how people with

984
00:35:41,770 --> 00:35:42,938
disabilities can surprise you

985
00:35:42,938 --> 00:35:43,106
with their creative abilities.

986
00:35:43,106 --> 00:35:44,673
I

987
00:35:44,673 --> 00:35:46,108
d like each and every one of

988
00:35:46,108 --> 00:35:48,900
you to stop by and take a look

989
00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:51,346
at my art show in the back of

990
00:35:51,346 --> 00:35:54,182
the store. The very first

991
00:35:54,182 --> 00:35:56,551
customer I had first paying

992
00:35:56,551 --> 00:36:00,122
customer, I must say I greatly

993
00:36:00,122 --> 00:36:02,522
appreciate was Quartez Jordan,

994
00:36:02,524 --> 00:36:05,394
the manager of our aquatic

995
00:36:05,394 --> 00:36:06,528
center, he has become not just

996
00:36:06,528 --> 00:36:08,797
uh asset to the city, but a

997
00:36:08,797 --> 00:36:09,464
friend to me, I greatly

998
00:36:09,464 --> 00:36:12,464
appreciate that he purchased a

999
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,700
picture. And uh I gave more

1000
00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:16,906
thought to how much I

1001
00:36:16,906 --> 00:36:19,906
appreciate Cortez, and I looked

1002
00:36:19,942 --> 00:36:23,112
up the salaries in the city

1003
00:36:23,112 --> 00:36:26,114
open list, and I noticed that

1004
00:36:26,114 --> 00:36:26,448
his salary is about half of

1005
00:36:26,448 --> 00:36:27,516
Danny Revis

1006
00:36:27,516 --> 00:36:30,485
s and less than a

1007
00:36:30,485 --> 00:36:30,685
quarter of the city manager.

1008
00:36:30,685 --> 00:36:31,887
That

1009
00:36:31,887 --> 00:36:33,321
s an extensive operation,

1010
00:36:33,321 --> 00:36:36,325
those two pools up on the 4th,

1011
00:36:36,325 --> 00:36:37,660
pardon me, the 5th floor here,

1012
00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:37,827
and I think not just because

1013
00:36:37,827 --> 00:36:39,762
he

1014
00:36:39,762 --> 00:36:43,650
s been kind to me, but

1015
00:36:43,650 --> 00:36:44,433
because of the quality of work

1016
00:36:44,433 --> 00:36:45,968
that he supervises and the

1017
00:36:45,968 --> 00:36:46,468
importance of the aquatic

1018
00:36:46,468 --> 00:36:48,468
center, I

1019
00:36:48,804 --> 00:36:50,706
d like to see Cortez

1020
00:36:50,706 --> 00:36:52,275
Jordan get a raise. So thank

1021
00:36:52,275 --> 00:36:55,875
you for listening to me. Please

1022
00:36:56,545 --> 00:36:58,581
come to my art show and do give

1023
00:36:58,581 --> 00:36:59,915
more money to support the

1024
00:36:59,915 --> 00:37:02,315
Aquatic Center and Cortez

1025
00:37:03,752 --> 00:37:06,752
Jordan. Thank you. Thank you.

1026
00:37:07,990 --> 00:37:08,357
Jacob Shaw and Tony Solano. Or

1027
00:37:08,357 --> 00:37:09,525
just Tony didn

1028
00:37:09,525 --> 00:37:10,960
t make it. Good

1029
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,328
to see you, Mayor, Vice Mayor,

1030
00:37:12,328 --> 00:37:14,297
city council members. Thank you

1031
00:37:14,297 --> 00:37:15,231
for the opportunity to make

1032
00:37:15,231 --> 00:37:15,394
this public comment. Uh, it

1033
00:37:15,394 --> 00:37:16,799
s

1034
00:37:16,799 --> 00:37:19,680
very simple we have partnered

1035
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:20,202
with ucla Health, Jacob Shaw

1036
00:37:20,202 --> 00:37:22,571
and Tropicana have graciously

1037
00:37:22,571 --> 00:37:24,506
offered their Place of business

1038
00:37:24,506 --> 00:37:25,941
to host a blood drive. There

1039
00:37:25,941 --> 00:37:26,575
are some new changes that have

1040
00:37:26,575 --> 00:37:26,943
come about, so we

1041
00:37:26,943 --> 00:37:28,912
re very

1042
00:37:28,912 --> 00:37:30,547
excited to bring this about,

1043
00:37:30,547 --> 00:37:31,381
this coming Friday from 10 A.M.

1044
00:37:31,381 --> 00:37:31,614
To 3 P.M. If there

1045
00:37:31,614 --> 00:37:33,316
s anybody

1046
00:37:33,316 --> 00:37:34,317
that would like to make

1047
00:37:34,317 --> 00:37:35,851
donations to first responders.

1048
00:37:35,851 --> 00:37:38,254
We are hosting a table for that

1049
00:37:38,254 --> 00:37:39,540
as well. If anybody would like

1050
00:37:39,540 --> 00:37:40,523
to discuss potentially working

1051
00:37:40,523 --> 00:37:42,240
with us to host another blood

1052
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:42,992
drive within the city of West

1053
00:37:42,992 --> 00:37:44,361
Hollywood, our great city. I

1054
00:37:44,361 --> 00:37:45,395
would love to have that

1055
00:37:45,395 --> 00:37:47,130
conversation and I hope to see

1056
00:37:47,130 --> 00:37:50,300
some of you there. Thank you

1057
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:53,300
very much. That this coming

1058
00:37:54,304 --> 00:37:56,506
Friday from 10 to 3. And flyers

1059
00:37:56,506 --> 00:37:58,908
around. Thank you so much. Uh,

1060
00:37:58,908 --> 00:38:00,543
next speaker is Michael Nuttall,

1061
00:38:00,543 --> 00:38:02,120
followed by Annie Gianpicente

1062
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:02,846
and Steve Martin will conclude

1063
00:38:02,846 --> 00:38:04,214
our public speaker list. If

1064
00:38:04,214 --> 00:38:06,249
anybody else is hoping to speak,

1065
00:38:06,249 --> 00:38:08,251
please get your comments in.

1066
00:38:08,251 --> 00:38:08,752
Thank you so much. Hi my city

1067
00:38:08,752 --> 00:38:10,190
council. Uh, I

1068
00:38:10,190 --> 00:38:12,419
m back to talk

1069
00:38:12,455 --> 00:38:13,990
about trash. Um, one of the

1070
00:38:13,990 --> 00:38:16,326
things that I like to talk

1071
00:38:16,326 --> 00:38:16,490
about is trash, but currently

1072
00:38:16,490 --> 00:38:17,560
I

1073
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,696
m at 650 bags that I picked

1074
00:38:19,696 --> 00:38:22,990
up in the West. Community and

1075
00:38:22,990 --> 00:38:22,866
the TriWest area to be specific,

1076
00:38:22,866 --> 00:38:24,134
um, and the one thing that I,

1077
00:38:24,134 --> 00:38:25,702
one thing that I found that I

1078
00:38:25,702 --> 00:38:27,300
just like to educate people

1079
00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:28,371
about is that of the trash that

1080
00:38:28,371 --> 00:38:29,939
I find, I find water bottles a

1081
00:38:29,939 --> 00:38:32,809
lot, which is probably no

1082
00:38:32,809 --> 00:38:34,177
surprise to anyone, but what I

1083
00:38:34,177 --> 00:38:36,813
find double that amount are the

1084
00:38:36,813 --> 00:38:38,115
caps to water bottles, so my

1085
00:38:38,115 --> 00:38:39,316
ask or something to keep in

1086
00:38:39,316 --> 00:38:40,117
mind is that when we

1087
00:38:40,117 --> 00:38:41,185
re making

1088
00:38:41,185 --> 00:38:42,919
contracts or doing parties or

1089
00:38:42,919 --> 00:38:44,421
events, the water bottles that

1090
00:38:44,421 --> 00:38:45,188
have the caps that stay on

1091
00:38:45,188 --> 00:38:46,890
instead of fully coming off,

1092
00:38:46,890 --> 00:38:47,657
they can like, you know, pop it

1093
00:38:47,657 --> 00:38:49,392
off a little bit, are much

1094
00:38:49,392 --> 00:38:51,228
better. Then all the plastics

1095
00:38:51,228 --> 00:38:53,630
that end up in our street, so

1096
00:38:53,630 --> 00:38:53,963
just something to keep in mind

1097
00:38:53,963 --> 00:38:54,431
when we

1098
00:38:54,431 --> 00:38:56,831
re buying water bottles.

1099
00:38:56,967 --> 00:38:59,403
And then the second thing I

1100
00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:01,772
want to talk about was That

1101
00:39:01,772 --> 00:39:04,107
orange turd in the White House.

1102
00:39:04,107 --> 00:39:06,430
The National Park Service.

1103
00:39:06,430 --> 00:39:08,111
Removing the tea from the lgbt

1104
00:39:08,111 --> 00:39:09,446
plus, uh, the Stonewall

1105
00:39:09,446 --> 00:39:09,913
Monument, I think it was

1106
00:39:09,913 --> 00:39:10,780
repulsive. They

1107
00:39:10,780 --> 00:39:12,780
re trying to

1108
00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:15,686
erase the tea from lgbt plus

1109
00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:17,555
and I just think with the voice

1110
00:39:17,555 --> 00:39:19,590
that we have, the voice that I

1111
00:39:19,590 --> 00:39:20,958
have, that I want to stand up

1112
00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:22,292
and say that that part of the

1113
00:39:22,292 --> 00:39:24,428
community, the entire community

1114
00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:24,962
we love, we cherish them and we

1115
00:39:24,962 --> 00:39:25,863
see them and we won

1116
00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:27,230
t turn our

1117
00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:30,830
backs on them and thank you.

1118
00:39:31,402 --> 00:39:34,402
Thank you. Annie jumped Vicente,

1119
00:39:43,513 --> 00:39:45,150
followed by Steve Martin. There

1120
00:39:45,150 --> 00:39:46,116
it is, thanks, yeah, there was

1121
00:39:46,116 --> 00:39:47,485
actually a news article written.

1122
00:39:47,485 --> 00:39:48,519
Why did you, why did you all

1123
00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:49,921
censor me last time I was here

1124
00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:50,254
to speak, you wouldn

1125
00:39:50,254 --> 00:39:52,156
t show my

1126
00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:53,824
face. I know why, cause Chelsea,

1127
00:39:53,824 --> 00:39:55,192
I told you right before I gave

1128
00:39:55,192 --> 00:39:57,940
public comment exactly what I

1129
00:39:57,940 --> 00:39:57,895
was gonna do. You knew exactly

1130
00:39:57,895 --> 00:39:59,196
the public comment I was going

1131
00:39:59,196 --> 00:40:01,980
to give, and you told the

1132
00:40:01,980 --> 00:40:01,298
camera not to show you my face.

1133
00:40:01,298 --> 00:40:03,298
How

1134
00:40:05,637 --> 00:40:08,370
dare you? Yeah, uh,

1135
00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:09,941
Michael, thank you for, um, for

1136
00:40:09,941 --> 00:40:11,309
your, uh, uh, for your speech

1137
00:40:11,309 --> 00:40:14,909
and saying that, you know, you

1138
00:40:15,146 --> 00:40:16,647
stand with the t and lgbtqia

1139
00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:19,116
plus, um, the problem is though,

1140
00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:19,483
is in this city, I

1141
00:40:19,483 --> 00:40:21,483
ve now had

1142
00:40:23,855 --> 00:40:25,356
to, uh, I have been attacked

1143
00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:27,225
every single weekend just for

1144
00:40:27,225 --> 00:40:28,860
waiving the progressive pride

1145
00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:31,129
flag around the streets. People

1146
00:40:31,129 --> 00:40:32,964
call me, tell me that flag

1147
00:40:32,964 --> 00:40:33,631
belong does not belong here.

1148
00:40:33,631 --> 00:40:37,231
Why are you waving it? What

1149
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:38,535
even? Is that thing that flag.

1150
00:40:38,535 --> 00:40:41,273
What makes you think you could

1151
00:40:41,273 --> 00:40:42,841
wave it around? Why are you a

1152
00:40:42,841 --> 00:40:44,242
coward for not showing your

1153
00:40:44,242 --> 00:40:45,477
face just because how and I

1154
00:40:45,477 --> 00:40:49,770
both agree we should be wearing

1155
00:40:51,415 --> 00:40:53,317
masks. Did anyone catch that

1156
00:40:53,317 --> 00:40:54,352
protest this weekend in San on

1157
00:40:54,352 --> 00:40:54,953
Santa Monica Boulevard and

1158
00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:56,755
Crescent Heights where, you

1159
00:40:56,755 --> 00:40:57,623
know, trans people were very

1160
00:40:57,623 --> 00:40:57,889
upset that the city

1161
00:40:57,889 --> 00:40:59,758
s not doing

1162
00:40:59,758 --> 00:41:00,759
anything. You know, it

1163
00:41:00,759 --> 00:41:02,759
s been a

1164
00:41:04,696 --> 00:41:04,896
trans sanctuary city for Far

1165
00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:06,264
too

1166
00:41:06,264 --> 00:41:06,598
long and you haven

1167
00:41:06,598 --> 00:41:07,966
t

1168
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:10,366
done anything to strengthen

1169
00:41:12,103 --> 00:41:13,710
that, like, Like you are

1170
00:41:13,710 --> 00:41:15,700
allowing the federal government

1171
00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:19,344
to come in and just take us out.

1172
00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:20,846
I mean, like What what outrage

1173
00:41:20,846 --> 00:41:22,714
was there over the ice signs

1174
00:41:22,714 --> 00:41:24,683
that were, you know, on Santa

1175
00:41:24,683 --> 00:41:25,117
Monica Boulevard too, like,

1176
00:41:25,117 --> 00:41:25,684
like they

1177
00:41:25,684 --> 00:41:26,151
re, they

1178
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:26,685
re coming

1179
00:41:26,685 --> 00:41:27,850
for us and you

1180
00:41:27,850 --> 00:41:27,552
re, you

1181
00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:29,552
re just

1182
00:41:30,989 --> 00:41:31,957
gonna allow it to happen. Do

1183
00:41:31,957 --> 00:41:33,425
something to strengthen

1184
00:41:33,425 --> 00:41:33,926
protections for trans people.

1185
00:41:33,926 --> 00:41:34,560
We still can

1186
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,829
t afford to live

1187
00:41:36,829 --> 00:41:39,698
here in a trans sanctuary city.

1188
00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:41,199
None of us can. This is not a a

1189
00:41:41,199 --> 00:41:41,500
sanctuary city. This is just

1190
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:43,500
not. It

1191
00:41:46,471 --> 00:41:47,372
s a facade. Thank you,

1192
00:41:47,372 --> 00:41:47,806
Steve Martin, I believe you

1193
00:41:47,806 --> 00:41:49,806
ll

1194
00:41:54,747 --> 00:41:56,381
be our final speaker today.

1195
00:41:56,381 --> 00:41:58,781
Good evening, council members

1196
00:41:59,551 --> 00:42:02,921
and Mayor, um. I, I guess it

1197
00:42:02,921 --> 00:42:04,923
was about 500 years ago that

1198
00:42:04,923 --> 00:42:08,394
the Pope decreed that the sun

1199
00:42:08,394 --> 00:42:10,529
revolved around the earth. And

1200
00:42:10,529 --> 00:42:13,632
It just seems odd that in 2025

1201
00:42:13,632 --> 00:42:15,234
we would have a PRESIDENT Who

1202
00:42:15,234 --> 00:42:15,401
would suddenly decree that

1203
00:42:15,401 --> 00:42:17,690
we

1204
00:42:17,690 --> 00:42:17,269
re all simply binary.

1205
00:42:17,269 --> 00:42:18,971
There

1206
00:42:18,971 --> 00:42:21,971
s only two genders, men

1207
00:42:22,841 --> 00:42:25,311
and women, and Uh For some

1208
00:42:25,311 --> 00:42:26,579
people that might be amusing,

1209
00:42:26,579 --> 00:42:29,749
but it really impacts so many

1210
00:42:29,749 --> 00:42:31,917
people. And tries to trivialize

1211
00:42:31,917 --> 00:42:34,820
so many people. But I think we

1212
00:42:34,820 --> 00:42:34,977
need to take a long view, uh,

1213
00:42:34,977 --> 00:42:36,522
I

1214
00:42:36,522 --> 00:42:39,522
m part of that generation

1215
00:42:39,591 --> 00:42:40,993
that grew up illegal. Uh, there

1216
00:42:40,993 --> 00:42:43,329
was basically nothing about our

1217
00:42:43,329 --> 00:42:46,265
existence that we were allowed

1218
00:42:46,265 --> 00:42:50,136
to do. And despite all the laws,

1219
00:42:50,136 --> 00:42:51,304
um, as a young man, I was

1220
00:42:51,304 --> 00:42:53,172
persistently perhaps stubbornly

1221
00:42:53,172 --> 00:42:56,172
illegal, but the laws did

1222
00:42:56,575 --> 00:43:00,175
change and we did make progress

1223
00:43:00,313 --> 00:43:01,347
and what I think is most

1224
00:43:01,347 --> 00:43:04,347
important is that despite being

1225
00:43:06,850 --> 00:43:07,954
in a very long fight. Is that

1226
00:43:07,954 --> 00:43:11,190
It was most important to remind

1227
00:43:11,190 --> 00:43:11,691
people of our basic humanity.

1228
00:43:11,691 --> 00:43:12,191
And that

1229
00:43:12,191 --> 00:43:13,225
s what

1230
00:43:13,225 --> 00:43:15,225
s so important

1231
00:43:15,461 --> 00:43:16,630
in this particular fight with

1232
00:43:16,630 --> 00:43:19,432
the trans community because we

1233
00:43:19,432 --> 00:43:21,368
have so many people on school

1234
00:43:21,368 --> 00:43:24,270
boards in Congress and in the

1235
00:43:24,270 --> 00:43:26,706
White House and in the federal

1236
00:43:26,706 --> 00:43:29,106
bureaucracy who are really

1237
00:43:29,108 --> 00:43:29,509
trying to eradicate and

1238
00:43:29,509 --> 00:43:29,775
trivialize people

1239
00:43:29,775 --> 00:43:31,775
s lives and

1240
00:43:31,977 --> 00:43:33,579
you know, I heard a great

1241
00:43:33,579 --> 00:43:35,979
interview from a military

1242
00:43:36,816 --> 00:43:38,618
person who happened to be trans

1243
00:43:38,618 --> 00:43:39,152
who was so effective in talking

1244
00:43:39,152 --> 00:43:41,288
about what a wonderful

1245
00:43:41,288 --> 00:43:43,556
opportunity. They had to serve

1246
00:43:43,556 --> 00:43:45,525
to work in the military and how

1247
00:43:45,525 --> 00:43:47,994
much support they had from

1248
00:43:47,994 --> 00:43:51,298
their comrades in arms and how

1249
00:43:51,298 --> 00:43:53,367
wonderful it was to serve as in

1250
00:43:53,367 --> 00:43:55,269
the army and as to serve the us

1251
00:43:55,269 --> 00:43:56,236
people or serve the people of

1252
00:43:56,236 --> 00:43:59,239
America, and I just think that

1253
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:00,674
we need to be there and remind

1254
00:44:00,674 --> 00:44:02,442
people that we are talking

1255
00:44:02,442 --> 00:44:03,810
about friends, neighbors, and

1256
00:44:03,810 --> 00:44:06,179
people with real humanity.

1257
00:44:06,179 --> 00:44:06,946
Thank you. I believe that

1258
00:44:06,946 --> 00:44:08,248
concludes our public comments.

1259
00:44:08,248 --> 00:44:12,448
Any anybody show up in Zoom or

1260
00:44:12,886 --> 00:44:14,354
any other slips come in?

1261
00:44:14,354 --> 00:44:16,323
Additional speakers in chambers

1262
00:44:16,323 --> 00:44:16,790
or Zoom. Terrific. Then I

1263
00:44:16,790 --> 00:44:18,790
believe we

1264
00:44:18,792 --> 00:44:18,992
ll turn to the

1265
00:44:18,992 --> 00:44:20,393
staff

1266
00:44:20,393 --> 00:44:20,727
s table over here for our

1267
00:44:20,727 --> 00:44:22,727
city manager

1268
00:44:27,635 --> 00:44:29,136
s report. Good

1269
00:44:29,136 --> 00:44:31,805
evening. Thank you, Mayor. Good

1270
00:44:31,805 --> 00:44:32,806
evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor and

1271
00:44:32,806 --> 00:44:34,708
city council members. Um, I

1272
00:44:34,708 --> 00:44:34,942
will be providing the city

1273
00:44:34,942 --> 00:44:36,942
manager

1274
00:44:37,177 --> 00:44:39,146
s comments from the

1275
00:44:39,146 --> 00:44:40,314
staff table today. Happy Black

1276
00:44:40,314 --> 00:44:41,648
History Month. FEBRUARY is

1277
00:44:41,648 --> 00:44:41,848
Black History Month. It

1278
00:44:41,848 --> 00:44:43,848
s also

1279
00:44:44,118 --> 00:44:46,554
the time when we provide our

1280
00:44:46,554 --> 00:44:48,322
annual update on the city

1281
00:44:48,322 --> 00:44:48,990
s um

1282
00:44:48,990 --> 00:44:50,990
equity and inclusion

1283
00:44:52,192 --> 00:44:54,628
initiatives, um, the city is

1284
00:44:54,628 --> 00:44:55,629
continuing with our deia

1285
00:44:55,629 --> 00:44:56,430
initiatives regardless of the

1286
00:44:56,430 --> 00:44:58,432
direction that the federal

1287
00:44:58,432 --> 00:45:01,335
government is going. At this

1288
00:45:01,335 --> 00:45:03,271
time. Uh, joining me is Jamaica

1289
00:45:03,271 --> 00:45:03,838
Carter, our equity and

1290
00:45:03,838 --> 00:45:05,239
inclusion officer. She

1291
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,174
ll be

1292
00:45:07,174 --> 00:45:07,675
buying a brief presentation of

1293
00:45:07,675 --> 00:45:09,243
the city

1294
00:45:09,243 --> 00:45:10,544
s equity and inclusion

1295
00:45:10,544 --> 00:45:13,544
efforts over the last year.

1296
00:45:25,359 --> 00:45:26,961
Thank you. Hello. Good evening,

1297
00:45:26,961 --> 00:45:28,729
Mayor, Vice Mayor, council

1298
00:45:28,729 --> 00:45:30,164
members, and community members.

1299
00:45:30,164 --> 00:45:32,666
Thank you for the opportunity

1300
00:45:32,666 --> 00:45:34,340
to speak to you today. My name

1301
00:45:34,340 --> 00:45:35,769
is Jamaica Carter, and I serve

1302
00:45:35,769 --> 00:45:38,769
as the equity inclusion officer

1303
00:45:39,607 --> 00:45:41,750
for the city of West Hollywood.

1304
00:45:41,750 --> 00:45:43,440
Tonight I will provide an

1305
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:44,879
overview of our equity

1306
00:45:44,879 --> 00:45:46,879
initiatives, highlight our

1307
00:45:47,849 --> 00:45:49,216
vision for an inclusive city,

1308
00:45:49,216 --> 00:45:51,616
discuss our partnership with

1309
00:45:51,652 --> 00:45:53,387
gar, the government alliance

1310
00:45:53,387 --> 00:45:55,590
for Race and Equity and outline

1311
00:45:55,590 --> 00:45:56,592
the steps we are taking to

1312
00:45:56,592 --> 00:45:58,992
strengthen equity within city

1313
00:45:59,327 --> 00:46:02,327
operations. I will also share

1314
00:46:02,831 --> 00:46:03,798
updates on our draft city

1315
00:46:03,798 --> 00:46:05,798
organizational equity statement

1316
00:46:09,704 --> 00:46:11,306
and discuss what lies ahead. As

1317
00:46:11,306 --> 00:46:13,508
we shape our vision for equity

1318
00:46:13,508 --> 00:46:15,944
within our city, we recognize

1319
00:46:15,944 --> 00:46:16,111
that equity is not just an idea,

1320
00:46:16,111 --> 00:46:17,445
it

1321
00:46:17,445 --> 00:46:18,346
s an it

1322
00:46:18,346 --> 00:46:20,346
s an essential

1323
00:46:20,348 --> 00:46:22,684
framework for how we operate as

1324
00:46:22,684 --> 00:46:24,652
a city. We envision a city

1325
00:46:24,652 --> 00:46:26,220
where all community members can

1326
00:46:26,220 --> 00:46:27,722
thrive regardless of their

1327
00:46:27,722 --> 00:46:29,625
identity or background. Our

1328
00:46:29,625 --> 00:46:31,593
goal is to lead in creating

1329
00:46:31,593 --> 00:46:33,940
policies that are truly

1330
00:46:33,940 --> 00:46:34,997
inclusive and equitable,

1331
00:46:34,997 --> 00:46:36,698
ensuring that every individual

1332
00:46:36,698 --> 00:46:39,980
has access to opportunities,

1333
00:46:39,134 --> 00:46:39,868
resources, and representation.

1334
00:46:39,868 --> 00:46:41,269
Our vision is important because

1335
00:46:41,269 --> 00:46:44,138
it serves as a guiding

1336
00:46:44,138 --> 00:46:46,108
framework for our work. When we

1337
00:46:46,108 --> 00:46:46,809
prioritize equity, it creates a

1338
00:46:46,809 --> 00:46:48,809
stronger, more connected

1339
00:46:49,978 --> 00:46:51,980
community. And a strong vision

1340
00:46:51,980 --> 00:46:53,282
can inspire collective action

1341
00:46:53,282 --> 00:46:54,816
around shared goals and will

1342
00:46:54,816 --> 00:46:56,251
continue to shape our city into

1343
00:46:56,251 --> 00:46:59,851
a place where everyone has the

1344
00:47:03,910 --> 00:47:05,491
opportunity to thrive. In 2020

1345
00:47:05,628 --> 00:47:08,464
we joined the garr network.

1346
00:47:08,464 --> 00:47:09,865
Gare is a dyna dynamic peer to

1347
00:47:09,865 --> 00:47:11,299
peer learning and practice

1348
00:47:11,299 --> 00:47:13,569
network dedicated to advancing

1349
00:47:13,569 --> 00:47:15,404
racial equity in government.

1350
00:47:15,404 --> 00:47:17,873
This created a foundation for

1351
00:47:17,873 --> 00:47:18,774
our racial equity work during a

1352
00:47:18,774 --> 00:47:21,174
critical time and providing

1353
00:47:21,277 --> 00:47:22,678
staff with the tools to deepen

1354
00:47:22,678 --> 00:47:23,813
their understanding and

1355
00:47:23,813 --> 00:47:25,813
implement strategies for

1356
00:47:26,782 --> 00:47:28,684
advancing equity in their work.

1357
00:47:28,684 --> 00:47:30,686
The importance of our

1358
00:47:30,686 --> 00:47:32,870
partnership with ga cannot be

1359
00:47:32,870 --> 00:47:33,989
overstated. The equity

1360
00:47:33,989 --> 00:47:35,991
challenges we face today are

1361
00:47:35,991 --> 00:47:39,591
just as urgent as they were 4

1362
00:47:40,663 --> 00:47:41,297
years ago and even before that.

1363
00:47:41,297 --> 00:47:42,765
Addressing structural

1364
00:47:42,765 --> 00:47:44,765
inequities requires long-term

1365
00:47:45,434 --> 00:47:46,969
commitment and action and garr

1366
00:47:46,969 --> 00:47:49,338
provides essential support for

1367
00:47:49,338 --> 00:47:50,406
embedding racial equity in our

1368
00:47:50,406 --> 00:47:52,374
government systems through

1369
00:47:52,374 --> 00:47:53,742
training, coaching, and

1370
00:47:53,742 --> 00:47:56,112
strategy development. We can

1371
00:47:56,112 --> 00:47:57,847
better align our efforts with

1372
00:47:57,847 --> 00:47:58,548
best practices across cities

1373
00:47:58,548 --> 00:48:00,948
and ensure sustainable progress.

1374
00:48:03,619 --> 00:48:06,210
We also have gut team goals,

1375
00:48:06,210 --> 00:48:06,989
the gear teams are made up of

1376
00:48:06,989 --> 00:48:08,891
staff from various divisions,

1377
00:48:08,891 --> 00:48:10,826
and they have been making

1378
00:48:10,826 --> 00:48:12,294
significant progress over the

1379
00:48:12,294 --> 00:48:13,763
past few years and will

1380
00:48:13,763 --> 00:48:16,266
continue and we will continue

1381
00:48:16,266 --> 00:48:18,167
to support these efforts by

1382
00:48:18,167 --> 00:48:20,690
providing citywide training,

1383
00:48:20,690 --> 00:48:21,704
divisions specific training,

1384
00:48:21,704 --> 00:48:23,840
coaching support, long term

1385
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,240
strategy development. This is

1386
00:48:26,575 --> 00:48:28,575
important because without

1387
00:48:28,911 --> 00:48:29,679
Intentional action within the

1388
00:48:29,679 --> 00:48:30,446
organization inequity

1389
00:48:30,446 --> 00:48:32,846
inequities will continue to

1390
00:48:36,886 --> 00:48:37,720
persist. And it

1391
00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:38,921
s necessary for

1392
00:48:38,921 --> 00:48:40,290
our infrastructure to address

1393
00:48:40,290 --> 00:48:42,592
these challenges, to ensure

1394
00:48:42,592 --> 00:48:43,993
that racial equity is not an

1395
00:48:43,993 --> 00:48:46,393
afterthought but a foundational

1396
00:48:48,970 --> 00:48:49,566
principle in governance. Over

1397
00:48:49,566 --> 00:48:52,680
the past few months, we have

1398
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:53,570
taken a deep dive into the

1399
00:48:53,570 --> 00:48:55,970
equity landscape, engaging with

1400
00:48:56,373 --> 00:48:56,973
divisions to understand their

1401
00:48:56,973 --> 00:48:58,842
efforts and identify

1402
00:48:58,842 --> 00:49:00,677
opportunities to enhance and

1403
00:49:00,677 --> 00:49:03,770
expand their impact. Through

1404
00:49:03,246 --> 00:49:05,246
these conversations, several

1405
00:49:06,516 --> 00:49:07,985
key themes emerged. Equitable

1406
00:49:07,985 --> 00:49:09,152
resource allocation and access,

1407
00:49:09,152 --> 00:49:10,854
ensuring that fair distribution

1408
00:49:10,854 --> 00:49:11,855
of city services and

1409
00:49:11,855 --> 00:49:14,255
opportunities for both staff

1410
00:49:14,591 --> 00:49:16,393
and the community. Inclusive

1411
00:49:16,393 --> 00:49:18,194
language and communication,

1412
00:49:18,194 --> 00:49:20,594
fostering clear, accessible and

1413
00:49:22,765 --> 00:49:24,765
cultural responsive messaging.

1414
00:49:24,835 --> 00:49:25,669
Internal and community dia

1415
00:49:25,669 --> 00:49:27,237
education and training to

1416
00:49:27,237 --> 00:49:28,639
ensure that we equipped staff

1417
00:49:28,639 --> 00:49:29,673
and community members with the

1418
00:49:29,673 --> 00:49:32,342
knowledge and tools to drive

1419
00:49:32,342 --> 00:49:33,477
meaningful change.

1420
00:49:33,477 --> 00:49:35,245
Collaborative and community

1421
00:49:35,245 --> 00:49:36,680
centered engagement, partnering

1422
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:37,681
with residents to co-create

1423
00:49:37,681 --> 00:49:38,815
solutions that reflect and

1424
00:49:38,815 --> 00:49:40,216
serve our city

1425
00:49:40,216 --> 00:49:42,119
s diverse needs.

1426
00:49:42,119 --> 00:49:45,550
These insights are key to

1427
00:49:45,550 --> 00:49:47,491
guiding our our equity efforts.

1428
00:49:47,491 --> 00:49:48,926
And over the next year we will

1429
00:49:48,926 --> 00:49:51,326
remain focused on embedding

1430
00:49:51,895 --> 00:49:53,397
equity into all city functions.

1431
00:49:53,397 --> 00:49:56,997
We are committed to focusing on.

1432
00:49:57,167 --> 00:49:57,801
Equity strategies aligned with

1433
00:49:57,801 --> 00:50:00,201
broader city strategic plan

1434
00:50:01,338 --> 00:50:04,275
goals. An equity action plan

1435
00:50:04,275 --> 00:50:06,610
driven by community input.

1436
00:50:06,610 --> 00:50:09,100
Continued training for staff,

1437
00:50:09,460 --> 00:50:11,480
elected and appointed officials

1438
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:11,948
and also community members as

1439
00:50:11,948 --> 00:50:14,348
well as community equity

1440
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:19,560
initiatives. Furthermore, I am

1441
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:20,958
happy to share that equity is

1442
00:50:20,958 --> 00:50:22,930
not just an aspiration for the

1443
00:50:22,930 --> 00:50:24,461
city of West Hollywood as we

1444
00:50:24,461 --> 00:50:26,263
see here, our commitment to

1445
00:50:26,263 --> 00:50:26,864
equity is reflected in ongoing

1446
00:50:26,864 --> 00:50:28,864
initiatives that drive

1447
00:50:29,967 --> 00:50:31,335
meaningful change. From our

1448
00:50:31,335 --> 00:50:33,735
engagement with gar to

1449
00:50:34,272 --> 00:50:36,207
centering equity and public

1450
00:50:36,207 --> 00:50:37,709
safety and health initiatives,

1451
00:50:37,709 --> 00:50:38,509
addressing disparities through

1452
00:50:38,509 --> 00:50:40,509
responsive community training

1453
00:50:41,780 --> 00:50:43,614
and support services. We are

1454
00:50:43,614 --> 00:50:45,482
taking action. These efforts go

1455
00:50:45,482 --> 00:50:46,350
beyond statements, create real

1456
00:50:46,350 --> 00:50:48,750
change and lasting impact

1457
00:50:55,193 --> 00:50:57,128
across the city. Last year we

1458
00:50:57,128 --> 00:50:59,130
began a collaborative process

1459
00:50:59,130 --> 00:51:01,399
to draft a citywide equity

1460
00:51:01,399 --> 00:51:02,933
organizational statement.

1461
00:51:02,933 --> 00:51:04,435
Through staff input, group

1462
00:51:04,435 --> 00:51:05,736
discussion, and shared

1463
00:51:05,736 --> 00:51:07,104
perspectives we created a

1464
00:51:07,104 --> 00:51:09,504
statement that reflects our

1465
00:51:09,874 --> 00:51:10,775
values and aspirations. An

1466
00:51:10,775 --> 00:51:12,775
organizational equity statement

1467
00:51:13,244 --> 00:51:14,812
serves as a formal commitment

1468
00:51:14,812 --> 00:51:16,114
to equity and inclusion guiding

1469
00:51:16,114 --> 00:51:18,416
our decision making and

1470
00:51:18,416 --> 00:51:20,718
fostering trust. It unites

1471
00:51:20,718 --> 00:51:22,718
staff, leadership, and

1472
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:23,588
community members around shared

1473
00:51:23,588 --> 00:51:25,957
values and drives collaboration.

1474
00:51:25,957 --> 00:51:27,492
Towards a more inclusive

1475
00:51:27,492 --> 00:51:27,926
environment. I

1476
00:51:27,926 --> 00:51:29,127
m going to go

1477
00:51:29,127 --> 00:51:32,127
ahead and read the equity

1478
00:51:32,130 --> 00:51:34,320
statement. The city of West

1479
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:35,667
Hollywood is committed to

1480
00:51:35,667 --> 00:51:37,568
fostering a thriving inclusive

1481
00:51:37,568 --> 00:51:39,700
community where all people have

1482
00:51:39,700 --> 00:51:41,700
access to opportunities,

1483
00:51:41,205 --> 00:51:43,205
resources, and representation.

1484
00:51:43,207 --> 00:51:44,676
We recognize that equity is a

1485
00:51:44,676 --> 00:51:46,311
shared responsibility and an

1486
00:51:46,311 --> 00:51:48,280
ongoing practice that informs

1487
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:49,481
our policies, programs and

1488
00:51:49,481 --> 00:51:50,515
services rooted in our

1489
00:51:50,515 --> 00:51:52,515
foundational values of

1490
00:51:52,817 --> 00:51:54,819
inclusion and advocacy, we

1491
00:51:54,819 --> 00:51:56,688
acknowledge that systematic

1492
00:51:56,688 --> 00:51:58,688
barriers and historical

1493
00:51:59,624 --> 00:52:00,826
injustices have had have

1494
00:52:00,826 --> 00:52:02,826
impacted marginalized

1495
00:52:03,950 --> 00:52:05,950
populations including bipoc,

1496
00:52:05,497 --> 00:52:07,366
lgbtq plus displaced, disabled,

1497
00:52:07,366 --> 00:52:08,867
and aging communities. We

1498
00:52:08,867 --> 00:52:09,668
commit to actively dismantle

1499
00:52:09,668 --> 00:52:11,668
these barriers through

1500
00:52:11,736 --> 00:52:13,736
practices and systematic.

1501
00:52:14,172 --> 00:52:16,172
Change, that prioritizes

1502
00:52:16,307 --> 00:52:17,609
meaningful engagement, resource

1503
00:52:17,609 --> 00:52:18,310
distribution and empowerment

1504
00:52:18,310 --> 00:52:20,710
for residents and visitors

1505
00:52:21,513 --> 00:52:23,248
alike. This includes empowering

1506
00:52:23,248 --> 00:52:24,416
our city staff through

1507
00:52:24,416 --> 00:52:26,416
equitable opportunities for

1508
00:52:27,653 --> 00:52:29,154
development, decision making.

1509
00:52:29,154 --> 00:52:30,689
An active participating in

1510
00:52:30,689 --> 00:52:31,560
active participation in shaping

1511
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:32,657
the city

1512
00:52:32,657 --> 00:52:34,426
s future. Through

1513
00:52:34,426 --> 00:52:35,928
transparency, accountability,

1514
00:52:35,928 --> 00:52:38,328
and collaboration, we will

1515
00:52:38,764 --> 00:52:39,231
address current and historical

1516
00:52:39,231 --> 00:52:40,332
injustices and work

1517
00:52:40,332 --> 00:52:41,533
continuously to build a city

1518
00:52:41,533 --> 00:52:44,533
where everyone has seen, heard,

1519
00:52:44,703 --> 00:52:46,605
and supported. Together we

1520
00:52:46,605 --> 00:52:48,640
strive to uphold equity as the

1521
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,876
foundation of our policies,

1522
00:52:50,876 --> 00:52:51,142
practices, and vision for. West

1523
00:52:51,142 --> 00:52:53,142
Hollywood

1524
00:52:55,414 --> 00:52:56,282
s future. A strong

1525
00:52:56,282 --> 00:52:57,516
equity statement is important

1526
00:52:57,516 --> 00:52:59,952
and it provides clarity and

1527
00:52:59,952 --> 00:53:00,920
accountability. It serves as a

1528
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:02,855
framework for decision making

1529
00:53:02,855 --> 00:53:04,990
and ensures that our actions

1530
00:53:04,990 --> 00:53:06,725
align with our values. It helps

1531
00:53:06,725 --> 00:53:09,125
reinforce our commitment to

1532
00:53:09,194 --> 00:53:09,761
inclusion and serves as a

1533
00:53:09,761 --> 00:53:11,761
foundation for continuous

1534
00:53:15,401 --> 00:53:17,169
improvement. So I was, so as we

1535
00:53:17,169 --> 00:53:19,605
look ahead, we know that equity

1536
00:53:19,605 --> 00:53:20,706
is not a one-time effort. It is

1537
00:53:20,706 --> 00:53:23,106
a continuous process that

1538
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:25,944
involves. That evolves with

1539
00:53:25,944 --> 00:53:26,103
community needs, so it

1540
00:53:26,103 --> 00:53:27,846
s

1541
00:53:27,846 --> 00:53:29,982
critical to keep these goals in

1542
00:53:29,982 --> 00:53:31,317
mind. Equity as a continuous

1543
00:53:31,317 --> 00:53:33,317
commitment, collaboration and

1544
00:53:33,819 --> 00:53:35,819
shared responsibility.

1545
00:53:37,156 --> 00:53:38,224
Sustainability and active and

1546
00:53:38,224 --> 00:53:40,126
adaptive strategies by

1547
00:53:40,126 --> 00:53:41,660
maintaining our commitment,

1548
00:53:41,660 --> 00:53:42,628
fostering strong community

1549
00:53:42,628 --> 00:53:43,963
connections and adapting our

1550
00:53:43,963 --> 00:53:45,932
strategies. We ensure that our

1551
00:53:45,932 --> 00:53:47,634
city remains a model for

1552
00:53:47,634 --> 00:53:50,340
inclusive, uh, inclusion and

1553
00:53:53,773 --> 00:53:55,708
progress. Our work in equity

1554
00:53:55,708 --> 00:53:56,676
and inclusion is ongoing and it

1555
00:53:56,676 --> 00:53:58,676
and it

1556
00:53:59,780 --> 00:53:59,512
s, excuse me, and it

1557
00:53:59,512 --> 00:54:01,447
s

1558
00:54:01,447 --> 00:54:03,115
success relies on continued

1559
00:54:03,115 --> 00:54:05,352
commitment from city leadership

1560
00:54:05,352 --> 00:54:08,540
staff and the community. Even

1561
00:54:08,540 --> 00:54:09,489
as we face external challenges.

1562
00:54:09,489 --> 00:54:11,558
Including efforts in the at the

1563
00:54:11,558 --> 00:54:12,892
federal level to undermine and

1564
00:54:12,892 --> 00:54:14,460
discredit deia work. It is

1565
00:54:14,460 --> 00:54:16,329
imperative that we remain

1566
00:54:16,329 --> 00:54:17,330
committed. Equity is not a

1567
00:54:17,330 --> 00:54:18,197
political trend. It

1568
00:54:18,197 --> 00:54:20,197
s a

1569
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:22,536
fundamental, a fundamental

1570
00:54:22,536 --> 00:54:24,504
necessity for a thriving and

1571
00:54:24,504 --> 00:54:25,572
inclusive city by continuing to

1572
00:54:25,572 --> 00:54:27,600
prioritize these efforts, we

1573
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:28,375
protect the rights and

1574
00:54:28,375 --> 00:54:29,909
well-being of all. Together we

1575
00:54:29,909 --> 00:54:31,845
can create a city where

1576
00:54:31,845 --> 00:54:32,846
individuals are valued,

1577
00:54:32,846 --> 00:54:35,246
empowered, and included. Thank

1578
00:54:44,324 --> 00:54:47,924
you all for your time. Thank

1579
00:54:48,561 --> 00:54:50,463
you, Jamaica. Um, just one

1580
00:54:50,463 --> 00:54:52,432
other announcement. Wee Hores

1581
00:54:52,432 --> 00:54:53,399
will be presenting power and

1582
00:54:53,399 --> 00:54:55,799
progress during Black History

1583
00:54:56,903 --> 00:54:57,971
Month. This is an online

1584
00:54:57,971 --> 00:55:00,371
presentation via Zoom and

1585
00:55:01,175 --> 00:55:04,175
YouTube. It will be FEBRUARY 26

1586
00:55:04,177 --> 00:55:08,377
from 6:30 P.M. To 8 P.M. Um,

1587
00:55:08,415 --> 00:55:09,249
for more information, please

1588
00:55:09,249 --> 00:55:10,183
visit WeHho.Org/WheeHhoreads

1589
00:55:10,183 --> 00:55:12,752
and that concludes my comments,

1590
00:55:12,752 --> 00:55:15,222
Mayor. Thank you so much, City

1591
00:55:15,222 --> 00:55:15,856
manager, and we appreciate the

1592
00:55:15,856 --> 00:55:16,200
presentation tonight. Um, we

1593
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:17,658
ll

1594
00:55:17,658 --> 00:55:18,726
move on to the fiscal impact on

1595
00:55:18,726 --> 00:55:20,127
the consent calendar. City

1596
00:55:20,127 --> 00:55:21,195
clerk, what is the fiscal

1597
00:55:21,195 --> 00:55:21,595
impact on tonight

1598
00:55:21,595 --> 00:55:23,497
s consent

1599
00:55:23,497 --> 00:55:24,998
calendar. Thank you, Mayor. The

1600
00:55:24,998 --> 00:55:25,161
fiscal impact on tonight

1601
00:55:25,161 --> 00:55:27,161
s

1602
00:55:27,767 --> 00:55:30,167
consent calendar with the

1603
00:55:32,673 --> 00:55:36,273
addition of items f2, f3, f4,

1604
00:55:39,913 --> 00:55:42,913
f5, and f7 is $988,968 in

1605
00:55:44,218 --> 00:55:46,153
expenditures, $102,750. In

1606
00:55:46,153 --> 00:55:48,553
revenue and $6,584 in waived

1607
00:55:48,589 --> 00:55:49,790
fees. We do have a motion and a

1608
00:55:49,790 --> 00:55:49,947
second to adopt tonight

1609
00:55:49,947 --> 00:55:51,947
s

1610
00:55:58,632 --> 00:56:01,320
consent calendar. Terrific. And

1611
00:56:04,438 --> 00:56:06,407
the motion passes 50. Amazing.

1612
00:56:06,407 --> 00:56:07,742
So noting item c1, the public

1613
00:56:07,742 --> 00:56:08,309
hearing has been continued to a

1614
00:56:08,309 --> 00:56:10,309
date uncertain. We

1615
00:56:10,611 --> 00:56:11,745
ll move on

1616
00:56:11,745 --> 00:56:12,613
to legislative item d1, an

1617
00:56:12,613 --> 00:56:15,582
ordinance of the city council,

1618
00:56:15,582 --> 00:56:18,582
the city of West Hollywood,

1619
00:56:18,886 --> 00:56:20,321
approving amendments to Section

1620
00:56:20,321 --> 00:56:21,322
10.28.050 of the municipal code

1621
00:56:21,322 --> 00:56:23,722
regarding utilizing the parking

1622
00:56:29,230 --> 00:56:29,964
credits pool. Thank you to our

1623
00:56:29,964 --> 00:56:32,364
staff representatives who are

1624
00:56:36,170 --> 00:56:36,503
making their way to the table.

1625
00:56:36,503 --> 00:56:38,139
Whenever you

1626
00:56:38,139 --> 00:56:39,140
re ready, will you

1627
00:56:39,140 --> 00:56:41,540
please introduce yourself and

1628
00:56:43,178 --> 00:56:44,345
present the staff report. Good

1629
00:56:44,345 --> 00:56:45,113
evening, Mayor and members of

1630
00:56:45,113 --> 00:56:45,580
the council. I

1631
00:56:45,580 --> 00:56:46,114
m Jennifer

1632
00:56:46,114 --> 00:56:46,948
Alcaer. I

1633
00:56:46,948 --> 00:56:47,549
m the assistant

1634
00:56:47,549 --> 00:56:48,150
director of Community

1635
00:56:48,150 --> 00:56:48,383
Development, and I

1636
00:56:48,383 --> 00:56:50,351
m going to

1637
00:56:50,351 --> 00:56:51,819
give a brief overview of what

1638
00:56:51,819 --> 00:56:51,978
this item is all about and then

1639
00:56:51,978 --> 00:56:53,755
I

1640
00:56:53,755 --> 00:56:55,189
m here with um Bill Bortfield

1641
00:56:55,189 --> 00:56:56,157
and Vince Guarino who are going

1642
00:56:56,157 --> 00:56:59,757
to help us answer any questions

1643
00:56:59,995 --> 00:57:00,152
you MAY have. So, um, We don

1644
00:57:00,152 --> 00:57:01,529
t

1645
00:57:01,529 --> 00:57:01,797
have a PowerPoint, so I

1646
00:57:01,797 --> 00:57:03,797
m just

1647
00:57:03,965 --> 00:57:05,266
gonna, just gonna go, uh, the

1648
00:57:05,266 --> 00:57:06,735
parking credits program was

1649
00:57:06,735 --> 00:57:09,571
established in 2012, and at the

1650
00:57:09,571 --> 00:57:11,472
time, it was a tool that was

1651
00:57:11,472 --> 00:57:12,707
used to help businesses that

1652
00:57:12,707 --> 00:57:15,409
wanted to expand or property

1653
00:57:15,409 --> 00:57:17,779
owners that wanted to lease

1654
00:57:17,779 --> 00:57:19,815
their tenant spaces to um to

1655
00:57:19,815 --> 00:57:21,283
other types of businesses to

1656
00:57:21,283 --> 00:57:23,652
allow flexibility for that and

1657
00:57:23,652 --> 00:57:25,220
to allow our commercial

1658
00:57:25,220 --> 00:57:28,220
corridors to um flourish and

1659
00:57:29,457 --> 00:57:30,391
thrive. Um, at that time,

1660
00:57:30,391 --> 00:57:32,460
additional parking was required

1661
00:57:32,460 --> 00:57:34,363
for those types of changes, and

1662
00:57:34,363 --> 00:57:37,733
so that was a tool that we used

1663
00:57:37,733 --> 00:57:40,635
at that time. Since then, we in

1664
00:57:40,635 --> 00:57:42,471
2018, uh, the city lowered

1665
00:57:42,471 --> 00:57:44,871
parking requirements for many

1666
00:57:44,973 --> 00:57:46,341
of the commercial uses and

1667
00:57:46,341 --> 00:57:46,941
changed how and when new

1668
00:57:46,941 --> 00:57:48,941
parking requirements were

1669
00:57:49,277 --> 00:57:52,277
applied for a small conversions

1670
00:57:52,314 --> 00:57:55,500
and where um where those things

1671
00:57:55,500 --> 00:57:56,552
were required and in 2023, the

1672
00:57:56,552 --> 00:57:59,552
state adopted ab 2097, which hi

1673
00:58:00,923 --> 00:58:02,357
bi t s the city from applying

1674
00:58:02,357 --> 00:58:04,726
uh, minimum parking standards

1675
00:58:04,726 --> 00:58:06,227
to new projects and so now we

1676
00:58:06,227 --> 00:58:06,394
have because of those changes,

1677
00:58:06,394 --> 00:58:08,394
we

1678
00:58:08,631 --> 00:58:10,533
ve got more tools in the

1679
00:58:10,533 --> 00:58:12,134
toolbox to help businesses

1680
00:58:12,134 --> 00:58:13,636
expand and to help those tenant

1681
00:58:13,636 --> 00:58:16,338
spaces be used by different

1682
00:58:16,338 --> 00:58:18,306
types of businesses, um, so the

1683
00:58:18,306 --> 00:58:19,375
parking credits program is, is

1684
00:58:19,375 --> 00:58:21,209
not as critical, and in fact,

1685
00:58:21,209 --> 00:58:23,211
now we have a certain set of

1686
00:58:23,211 --> 00:58:24,212
businesses that pay the fees

1687
00:58:24,212 --> 00:58:24,413
for parking credits because

1688
00:58:24,413 --> 00:58:25,213
they

1689
00:58:25,213 --> 00:58:25,982
re required in their

1690
00:58:25,982 --> 00:58:26,716
conditions of approval, and we

1691
00:58:26,716 --> 00:58:28,170
have new business. Services

1692
00:58:28,170 --> 00:58:28,174
that come in and they aren

1693
00:58:28,174 --> 00:58:29,118
t

1694
00:58:29,118 --> 00:58:29,518
required to pay those fees

1695
00:58:29,518 --> 00:58:30,419
because they

1696
00:58:30,419 --> 00:58:31,420
re not required to

1697
00:58:31,420 --> 00:58:31,582
have parking credits. They

1698
00:58:31,582 --> 00:58:33,322
re

1699
00:58:33,322 --> 00:58:34,323
not required to provide that

1700
00:58:34,323 --> 00:58:36,659
off-street parking. And so in

1701
00:58:36,659 --> 00:58:37,726
order to try to make those

1702
00:58:37,726 --> 00:58:38,594
equal and provide equity to the

1703
00:58:38,594 --> 00:58:40,994
different types of businesses

1704
00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:42,698
that are long standing and new,

1705
00:58:42,698 --> 00:58:43,533
um, the most, the easiest and

1706
00:58:43,533 --> 00:58:45,902
most straightforward way to go

1707
00:58:45,902 --> 00:58:47,803
about that is to just eliminate

1708
00:58:47,803 --> 00:58:50,373
the fee associated with those

1709
00:58:50,373 --> 00:58:52,241
parking credits, so that nobody

1710
00:58:52,241 --> 00:58:54,610
has to pay that extra amount.

1711
00:58:54,610 --> 00:58:55,778
Uh, we did think about changing

1712
00:58:55,778 --> 00:58:56,378
the conditions of approval to

1713
00:58:56,378 --> 00:58:58,778
not require the additional

1714
00:58:58,914 --> 00:59:00,450
parking. But that takes a lot

1715
00:59:00,450 --> 00:59:01,417
of extra steps on the part of

1716
00:59:01,417 --> 00:59:03,386
the business owners. So while

1717
00:59:03,386 --> 00:59:04,386
that MAY be a long term

1718
00:59:04,386 --> 00:59:06,289
solution over time at this

1719
00:59:06,289 --> 00:59:07,890
point in time, um, it, it

1720
00:59:07,890 --> 00:59:09,910
presents an, uh, an

1721
00:59:09,910 --> 00:59:10,593
administrative challenge and it

1722
00:59:10,593 --> 00:59:12,495
presents extra extra steps for

1723
00:59:12,495 --> 00:59:12,695
those businesses that maybe

1724
00:59:12,695 --> 00:59:12,928
aren

1725
00:59:12,928 --> 00:59:13,496
t um aren

1726
00:59:13,496 --> 00:59:14,663
t equipped to do

1727
00:59:14,663 --> 00:59:16,532
that, um, to go through those

1728
00:59:16,532 --> 00:59:16,695
steps with the city. So that

1729
00:59:16,695 --> 00:59:16,865
s

1730
00:59:16,865 --> 00:59:17,366
what we

1731
00:59:17,366 --> 00:59:19,302
re recommending at this

1732
00:59:19,302 --> 00:59:20,770
time is to just eliminate the

1733
00:59:20,770 --> 00:59:21,304
fee and move forward and I

1734
00:59:21,304 --> 00:59:22,705
m, I

1735
00:59:22,705 --> 00:59:25,174
and the team are here with

1736
00:59:25,174 --> 00:59:26,142
Quest for any questions. Like

1737
00:59:26,142 --> 00:59:26,876
Terrific. Do any of my

1738
00:59:26,876 --> 00:59:27,810
colleagues have questions to

1739
00:59:27,810 --> 00:59:29,810
start, uh, Councillormer

1740
00:59:31,213 --> 00:59:33,613
Meister. Yeah, thanks. Thanks,

1741
00:59:34,717 --> 00:59:34,917
Jennifer. Um, so the fee, uh,

1742
00:59:34,917 --> 00:59:36,917
as it

1743
00:59:37,554 --> 00:59:39,389
s even showed in the um

1744
00:59:39,389 --> 00:59:41,324
in the staff report went

1745
00:59:41,324 --> 00:59:43,724
towards the parking improvement

1746
00:59:45,361 --> 00:59:47,630
fund. So how then do we improve

1747
00:59:47,630 --> 00:59:49,565
how do we, you know, have funds

1748
00:59:49,565 --> 00:59:51,965
then for the parking

1749
00:59:52,134 --> 00:59:52,602
improvement fund if we don

1750
00:59:52,602 --> 00:59:54,602
t

1751
00:59:54,938 --> 00:59:55,100
charge for parking credits. So

1752
00:59:55,100 --> 00:59:56,606
I

1753
00:59:56,606 --> 00:59:57,874
m gonna pass that question on

1754
00:59:57,874 --> 00:59:59,776
to, um, my partners from the

1755
00:59:59,776 --> 01:00:00,710
parking division. I

1756
01:00:00,710 --> 01:00:02,612
m mayor,

1757
01:00:02,612 --> 01:00:04,800
vice mayor and council members

1758
01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:06,480
Vince Greeno parking services

1759
01:00:06,483 --> 01:00:09,520
manager, uh, that is one of the

1760
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:09,285
impacts that it will have, uh,

1761
01:00:09,285 --> 01:00:10,420
uh, we

1762
01:00:10,420 --> 01:00:11,355
ll have to figure out

1763
01:00:11,355 --> 01:00:12,589
how we

1764
01:00:12,589 --> 01:00:15,589
re gonna address that uh

1765
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:20,160
revenue shortfall. Ok. Um, and

1766
01:00:22,632 --> 01:00:24,567
then my other question was, um,

1767
01:00:24,567 --> 01:00:27,300
The program required uh staff

1768
01:00:27,300 --> 01:00:29,506
to do a parking credit survey,

1769
01:00:29,506 --> 01:00:31,408
I believe every 6 months. Can,

1770
01:00:31,408 --> 01:00:34,945
do we, when was the last time

1771
01:00:34,945 --> 01:00:37,814
we actually did that survey? It

1772
01:00:37,814 --> 01:00:37,972
was uh before covid, we haven

1773
01:00:37,972 --> 01:00:39,216
t

1774
01:00:39,216 --> 01:00:40,283
had the demand for the parking

1775
01:00:40,283 --> 01:00:40,750
credits, so it hasn

1776
01:00:40,750 --> 01:00:42,750
t been

1777
01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:45,356
necessary to do the survey, um,

1778
01:00:45,356 --> 01:00:48,392
because we have less and less

1779
01:00:48,392 --> 01:00:51,195
businesses utilizing it. Ok, um,

1780
01:00:51,195 --> 01:00:52,663
ok, that makes sense. Well,

1781
01:00:52,663 --> 01:00:54,164
those are my only questions. I

1782
01:00:54,164 --> 01:00:54,331
might have comments, but I

1783
01:00:54,331 --> 01:00:55,265
don

1784
01:00:55,265 --> 01:00:55,565
t want to, if there

1785
01:00:55,565 --> 01:00:55,732
s, I

1786
01:00:55,732 --> 01:00:57,134
don

1787
01:00:57,134 --> 01:00:57,367
t know if there

1788
01:00:57,367 --> 01:00:58,100
s public

1789
01:00:58,100 --> 01:00:58,468
speakers. I don

1790
01:00:58,468 --> 01:00:59,970
t have any

1791
01:00:59,970 --> 01:01:00,904
public speakers on the item

1792
01:01:00,904 --> 01:01:03,904
Vice Mayor Heilman, did you

1793
01:01:05,709 --> 01:01:07,578
have comments? I had Sort of

1794
01:01:07,578 --> 01:01:09,180
one related comment. I know

1795
01:01:09,180 --> 01:01:10,140
that when we did the parking

1796
01:01:10,140 --> 01:01:12,140
s

1797
01:01:13,484 --> 01:01:15,884
credit, parking credit program,

1798
01:01:15,953 --> 01:01:18,221
it was utilized fairly

1799
01:01:18,221 --> 01:01:20,325
frequently around here with the

1800
01:01:20,325 --> 01:01:22,193
understanding that the parking

1801
01:01:22,193 --> 01:01:24,128
structure here would be

1802
01:01:24,128 --> 01:01:26,897
available for people. I have

1803
01:01:26,897 --> 01:01:27,531
come in on several occasions

1804
01:01:27,531 --> 01:01:28,866
where it

1805
01:01:28,866 --> 01:01:31,266
s very difficult to

1806
01:01:32,269 --> 01:01:33,537
find a parking space at all in

1807
01:01:33,537 --> 01:01:33,695
the parking structure and um

1808
01:01:33,695 --> 01:01:35,695
I

1809
01:01:36,173 --> 01:01:38,573
ve raised this. Previously,

1810
01:01:39,770 --> 01:01:39,277
but the overflow in the library

1811
01:01:39,277 --> 01:01:40,511
doesn

1812
01:01:40,511 --> 01:01:42,911
t always work either

1813
01:01:43,381 --> 01:01:45,349
because we have so many spaces

1814
01:01:45,349 --> 01:01:48,753
that are not utilized or not

1815
01:01:48,753 --> 01:01:51,655
able to be utilized because we

1816
01:01:51,655 --> 01:01:52,156
have the devices there and if

1817
01:01:52,156 --> 01:01:52,323
there aren

1818
01:01:52,323 --> 01:01:53,624
t aren

1819
01:01:53,624 --> 01:01:55,624
t valets or

1820
01:01:55,994 --> 01:01:56,161
people there to assist, you

1821
01:01:56,161 --> 01:01:58,161
can

1822
01:01:58,363 --> 01:01:58,522
t utilize those spaces, so

1823
01:01:58,522 --> 01:01:59,397
I

1824
01:01:59,397 --> 01:02:01,766
m completely supportive of

1825
01:02:01,766 --> 01:02:03,301
the item, and I appreciate you

1826
01:02:03,301 --> 01:02:06,270
bringing it forward, but I, I

1827
01:02:06,270 --> 01:02:08,390
hope that you will look at What

1828
01:02:08,390 --> 01:02:09,740
is causing those kind of

1829
01:02:09,740 --> 01:02:11,442
impacts because they are

1830
01:02:11,442 --> 01:02:13,445
impacting people who want to

1831
01:02:13,445 --> 01:02:15,814
utilize the library and utilize

1832
01:02:15,814 --> 01:02:20,140
the park, and I think some of

1833
01:02:20,151 --> 01:02:22,587
it is people who are employees

1834
01:02:22,587 --> 01:02:24,689
of other businesses, not to

1835
01:02:24,689 --> 01:02:25,656
mention the bdc where they

1836
01:02:25,656 --> 01:02:27,892
charge substantially more for

1837
01:02:27,892 --> 01:02:28,920
parking than we do, so maybe

1838
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:28,926
that

1839
01:02:28,926 --> 01:02:29,426
s something that needs to

1840
01:02:29,426 --> 01:02:31,826
be looked at. That

1841
01:02:33,431 --> 01:02:35,431
s all. Other

1842
01:02:35,934 --> 01:02:38,934
Any other questions? What? Go

1843
01:02:40,939 --> 01:02:42,730
for it. Um, how do we monitor

1844
01:02:42,730 --> 01:02:43,775
and police the five-story

1845
01:02:43,775 --> 01:02:45,760
parking structure to follow up

1846
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:45,243
on Vice Mayor Heilman

1847
01:02:45,243 --> 01:02:47,243
s

1848
01:02:47,378 --> 01:02:49,778
comments, uh, so specifically

1849
01:02:50,649 --> 01:02:52,840
if you park there, you can go

1850
01:02:52,840 --> 01:02:52,751
into the library and can you

1851
01:02:52,751 --> 01:02:53,952
still get validated for that,

1852
01:02:53,952 --> 01:02:56,855
or do you need to be in the

1853
01:02:56,855 --> 01:02:58,123
library a lot? Have we fixed

1854
01:02:58,123 --> 01:03:00,525
that little ticket snafu that I

1855
01:03:00,525 --> 01:03:03,494
realized when I was a Uh, when

1856
01:03:03,494 --> 01:03:04,428
I worked here at City Hall. So,

1857
01:03:04,428 --> 01:03:05,831
so we don

1858
01:03:05,831 --> 01:03:08,231
t the the validations

1859
01:03:08,767 --> 01:03:12,367
for the library only work in

1860
01:03:12,838 --> 01:03:14,806
the library garage. Great. Um.

1861
01:03:14,806 --> 01:03:15,807
Are we or have we implemented a

1862
01:03:15,807 --> 01:03:17,909
better valet program on the 5th

1863
01:03:17,909 --> 01:03:21,790
floor. When do we offer valets

1864
01:03:21,790 --> 01:03:22,514
up there on the top floor. Uh,

1865
01:03:22,514 --> 01:03:23,649
typically during uh council

1866
01:03:23,649 --> 01:03:25,484
members or during uh the

1867
01:03:25,484 --> 01:03:27,386
council meetings if we have the

1868
01:03:27,386 --> 01:03:29,488
demand. Has there ever been a

1869
01:03:29,488 --> 01:03:32,691
need to implement it or added

1870
01:03:32,691 --> 01:03:34,192
during the weekends when we see

1871
01:03:34,192 --> 01:03:36,595
more individuals um driving to

1872
01:03:36,595 --> 01:03:37,562
the dog park, um, but you know,

1873
01:03:37,562 --> 01:03:39,798
driving in general and parking

1874
01:03:39,798 --> 01:03:41,667
there, would it be beneficial

1875
01:03:41,667 --> 01:03:42,334
to have an option like that

1876
01:03:42,334 --> 01:03:45,334
exists on Saturdays and Sundays.

1877
01:03:45,805 --> 01:03:46,705
We can, we can look into that,

1878
01:03:46,705 --> 01:03:50,305
uh, one of the challenges is

1879
01:03:50,609 --> 01:03:52,611
that it, it tends to be uh the

1880
01:03:52,611 --> 01:03:53,645
folks doing the ballet or the

1881
01:03:53,645 --> 01:03:54,479
folks are coming in don

1882
01:03:54,479 --> 01:03:56,479
t like

1883
01:03:56,515 --> 01:03:56,681
to use the valet typically, but

1884
01:03:56,681 --> 01:03:56,848
we

1885
01:03:56,848 --> 01:03:57,315
ll, we

1886
01:03:57,315 --> 01:04:00,915
ll see what we can do.

1887
01:04:01,154 --> 01:04:03,689
Yeah, the only reason I ask is

1888
01:04:03,689 --> 01:04:04,690
I think any of us that know how

1889
01:04:04,690 --> 01:04:06,926
to park and where to park in

1890
01:04:06,926 --> 01:04:07,459
the city. No, not to park in

1891
01:04:07,459 --> 01:04:08,928
the five-story parking

1892
01:04:08,928 --> 01:04:09,940
structure, uh, when we need to,

1893
01:04:09,940 --> 01:04:10,796
it

1894
01:04:10,796 --> 01:04:12,331
s very nice. I appreciative

1895
01:04:12,331 --> 01:04:12,531
of it. However, I think if

1896
01:04:12,531 --> 01:04:14,531
there

1897
01:04:14,700 --> 01:04:15,401
s ways that we can

1898
01:04:15,401 --> 01:04:17,136
increase the opportunity for

1899
01:04:17,136 --> 01:04:18,504
people to park. I know the

1900
01:04:18,504 --> 01:04:20,606
weekends are very busy with a

1901
01:04:20,606 --> 01:04:21,641
lot of our events and so the

1902
01:04:21,641 --> 01:04:23,420
more accessibility we can have

1903
01:04:23,420 --> 01:04:23,943
for people to park there. It

1904
01:04:23,943 --> 01:04:24,109
s,

1905
01:04:24,109 --> 01:04:24,510
it

1906
01:04:24,510 --> 01:04:25,100
s better, but that

1907
01:04:25,100 --> 01:04:26,579
s just a

1908
01:04:26,579 --> 01:04:28,579
general comment. Councillor

1909
01:04:31,683 --> 01:04:34,187
Meister. Thank you, Mayor. Um,

1910
01:04:34,187 --> 01:04:36,856
I would like to suggest that we

1911
01:04:36,856 --> 01:04:40,259
have some type of parking needs

1912
01:04:40,259 --> 01:04:41,694
assessment study done. For that

1913
01:04:41,694 --> 01:04:42,195
parking garage because I mean,

1914
01:04:42,195 --> 01:04:43,996
maybe you

1915
01:04:43,996 --> 01:04:46,966
ve done it, but now

1916
01:04:46,966 --> 01:04:48,367
that the arc has opened and

1917
01:04:48,367 --> 01:04:50,303
programming keeps increasing.

1918
01:04:50,303 --> 01:04:53,673
We are seeing that it is harder

1919
01:04:53,673 --> 01:04:56,609
and harder to park in the

1920
01:04:56,609 --> 01:04:58,110
five-story garage and um I

1921
01:04:58,110 --> 01:04:59,979
remember when Oscar Delgado was

1922
01:04:59,979 --> 01:05:01,981
here and we had a project come

1923
01:05:01,981 --> 01:05:04,350
before us that wanted to reduce

1924
01:05:04,350 --> 01:05:07,350
their parking by 100 spaces and,

1925
01:05:07,386 --> 01:05:08,655
you know, at that time, no one

1926
01:05:08,655 --> 01:05:10,223
from staff said anything about

1927
01:05:10,223 --> 01:05:11,910
Well, maybe we

1928
01:05:11,910 --> 01:05:12,125
ll need those

1929
01:05:12,125 --> 01:05:15,595
spaces because of arc, but the

1930
01:05:15,595 --> 01:05:18,310
truth of the matter is that we

1931
01:05:18,310 --> 01:05:20,333
probably did need those spaces,

1932
01:05:20,333 --> 01:05:22,335
so I think we need to see

1933
01:05:22,335 --> 01:05:23,669
numbers around, around the

1934
01:05:23,669 --> 01:05:25,706
parking garage and and what the

1935
01:05:25,706 --> 01:05:26,506
needs are, especially as we

1936
01:05:26,506 --> 01:05:28,906
keep increasing programming at

1937
01:05:29,576 --> 01:05:32,576
the arc. Thank you, Councilor

1938
01:05:36,116 --> 01:05:38,151
Buring. Thank you, Mayor. Uh,

1939
01:05:38,151 --> 01:05:40,987
thank you for the presentation.

1940
01:05:40,987 --> 01:05:42,550
Um, I just wanted to note that

1941
01:05:42,550 --> 01:05:42,288
Cars are getting bigger too,

1942
01:05:42,288 --> 01:05:43,891
and I

1943
01:05:43,891 --> 01:05:44,458
ve noticed that in the

1944
01:05:44,458 --> 01:05:45,559
parking lot. It

1945
01:05:45,559 --> 01:05:46,927
s hard to park

1946
01:05:46,927 --> 01:05:47,794
when cars are just getting

1947
01:05:47,794 --> 01:05:48,862
bigger, trucks are getting

1948
01:05:48,862 --> 01:05:50,330
bigger, people are driving them

1949
01:05:50,330 --> 01:05:52,733
and parking them in there,

1950
01:05:52,733 --> 01:05:54,201
taking over more than one spot

1951
01:05:54,201 --> 01:05:54,467
1.5 spots, so that

1952
01:05:54,467 --> 01:05:55,202
s something

1953
01:05:55,202 --> 01:05:55,535
that can be looked into. It

1954
01:05:55,535 --> 01:05:57,203
s

1955
01:05:57,203 --> 01:05:58,605
something that we can control,

1956
01:05:58,605 --> 01:06:02,205
but you know, cars are just

1957
01:06:03,644 --> 01:06:06,800
getting bigger. Vice Mayor, I

1958
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:08,482
see a motion. Yeah, I was going

1959
01:06:08,482 --> 01:06:09,516
to move the item with the

1960
01:06:09,516 --> 01:06:10,917
direction that

1961
01:06:10,917 --> 01:06:13,317
s been given to

1962
01:06:13,420 --> 01:06:15,222
investigate the issues of

1963
01:06:15,222 --> 01:06:17,290
parking shortages and in the

1964
01:06:17,290 --> 01:06:19,627
five-story parking lot and also

1965
01:06:19,627 --> 01:06:23,300
looking at the issue of ballet

1966
01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:25,320
and when we utilize it and also

1967
01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:27,501
looking at the library parking

1968
01:06:27,501 --> 01:06:27,868
lot and see whether that

1969
01:06:27,868 --> 01:06:28,869
s

1970
01:06:28,869 --> 01:06:31,269
properly configured for maximum

1971
01:06:31,338 --> 01:06:32,706
use, so. Thank you, and we have

1972
01:06:32,706 --> 01:06:34,174
a second on the table. Are

1973
01:06:34,174 --> 01:06:37,174
there any other comments or

1974
01:06:37,345 --> 01:06:39,447
questions from my colleagues? I

1975
01:06:39,447 --> 01:06:40,881
question. Does, does your

1976
01:06:40,881 --> 01:06:42,283
motion include the idea of a, a

1977
01:06:42,283 --> 01:06:45,252
needs assessment. I mean, you,

1978
01:06:45,252 --> 01:06:45,452
it sounds like it. Well, I, I

1979
01:06:45,452 --> 01:06:46,587
wasn

1980
01:06:46,587 --> 01:06:48,155
t authorizing them to go

1981
01:06:48,155 --> 01:06:50,157
and hire a consultant to do a

1982
01:06:50,157 --> 01:06:52,557
needs assessment, but to

1983
01:06:52,994 --> 01:06:54,562
investigate and if they do need

1984
01:06:54,562 --> 01:06:56,330
a consultant to do a needs

1985
01:06:56,330 --> 01:06:58,730
assessment, then that would,

1986
01:06:58,933 --> 01:06:59,834
they would come back to us with

1987
01:06:59,834 --> 01:07:01,135
that terrific. I

1988
01:07:01,135 --> 01:07:03,135
m trying to

1989
01:07:04,271 --> 01:07:05,720
not go too far afield from what

1990
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:06,340
was actually agenda I guess I

1991
01:07:06,340 --> 01:07:08,375
would just ask, do you need a

1992
01:07:08,375 --> 01:07:09,276
consultant to do I mean, you

1993
01:07:09,276 --> 01:07:12,276
usually do parking studies all

1994
01:07:12,614 --> 01:07:15,817
the time. I mean, the parking.

1995
01:07:15,817 --> 01:07:17,718
Division There we go. I was

1996
01:07:17,718 --> 01:07:20,118
having trouble with my

1997
01:07:20,721 --> 01:07:22,723
microphone, uh, uh, we, we do

1998
01:07:22,723 --> 01:07:24,191
some of the surveys internally,

1999
01:07:24,191 --> 01:07:25,592
yes, but in this instance, I

2000
01:07:25,592 --> 01:07:29,792
think we would want to go out

2001
01:07:30,265 --> 01:07:31,499
and get a consultant. Could we

2002
01:07:31,499 --> 01:07:33,968
bring that back as a different

2003
01:07:33,968 --> 01:07:34,168
agenda item. Yeah, we

2004
01:07:34,168 --> 01:07:36,168
ll look

2005
01:07:36,337 --> 01:07:37,772
into it if we need to come back

2006
01:07:37,772 --> 01:07:38,806
for for with an item for a

2007
01:07:38,806 --> 01:07:39,140
consultant, we

2008
01:07:39,140 --> 01:07:39,299
ll do that. It

2009
01:07:39,299 --> 01:07:40,775
d

2010
01:07:40,775 --> 01:07:42,109
be great. Ok, so we have a

2011
01:07:42,109 --> 01:07:42,443
motion in a second on the table.

2012
01:07:42,443 --> 01:07:43,644
I believe we

2013
01:07:43,644 --> 01:07:44,645
re prepared for a

2014
01:07:44,645 --> 01:07:47,450
vote with the direction

2015
01:07:48,483 --> 01:07:51,483
included by Vice Mayor Heilman.

2016
01:07:53,922 --> 01:07:55,723
Terrific. Motion passes. Thank

2017
01:07:55,723 --> 01:07:56,124
you so much for your

2018
01:07:56,124 --> 01:07:56,491
presentation. We

2019
01:07:56,491 --> 01:07:58,891
ll move on to

2020
01:08:00,461 --> 01:08:02,931
uh Unfinished business, item e1,

2021
01:08:02,931 --> 01:08:05,670
the mid-year update on fiscal

2022
01:08:05,670 --> 01:08:06,134
year 2024, 2025 operating

2023
01:08:06,134 --> 01:08:09,134
budget and progress on work

2024
01:08:19,847 --> 01:08:20,182
plan priorities. Good evening,

2025
01:08:20,182 --> 01:08:22,182
whenever you

2026
01:08:36,264 --> 01:08:36,531
re ready. Ok. Um,

2027
01:08:36,531 --> 01:08:37,433
while we

2028
01:08:37,433 --> 01:08:39,833
re waiting for our

2029
01:08:42,704 --> 01:08:43,172
PowerPoint to load. Ok. It

2030
01:08:43,172 --> 01:08:44,239
s on

2031
01:08:44,239 --> 01:08:47,839
there. You just have to close

2032
01:08:55,785 --> 01:08:59,385
out of that. Thanks. There it

2033
01:09:06,428 --> 01:09:09,428
is. One second. Great, thank

2034
01:09:10,299 --> 01:09:12,200
you. Thank you for your

2035
01:09:12,200 --> 01:09:13,736
patience. Um, my name is

2036
01:09:13,736 --> 01:09:15,104
Christine Seret. I am the

2037
01:09:15,104 --> 01:09:16,205
assistant to the city manager

2038
01:09:16,205 --> 01:09:18,400
with me tonight is Melissa

2039
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:18,741
Linley, the budget officer, and

2040
01:09:18,741 --> 01:09:20,709
sitting at the dais with you,

2041
01:09:20,709 --> 01:09:21,977
of course, our city manager

2042
01:09:21,977 --> 01:09:24,813
David Wilson. We will be

2043
01:09:24,813 --> 01:09:26,749
presenting a report to you on

2044
01:09:26,749 --> 01:09:28,784
um the fy 25 mid-year budget

2045
01:09:28,784 --> 01:09:30,520
update and Melissa Linley will

2046
01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:33,520
be doing the, the presentation

2047
01:09:37,793 --> 01:09:39,762
for you this evening. Good

2048
01:09:39,762 --> 01:09:40,596
evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and

2049
01:09:40,596 --> 01:09:40,796
council members. I don

2050
01:09:40,796 --> 01:09:40,996
t think

2051
01:09:40,996 --> 01:09:42,996
that

2052
01:09:49,806 --> 01:09:50,370
s. Ok. Good evening. I

2053
01:09:50,370 --> 01:09:51,741
m

2054
01:09:51,741 --> 01:09:53,242
happy to be here this evening

2055
01:09:53,242 --> 01:09:53,576
to present the city

2056
01:09:53,576 --> 01:09:54,644
s midyear

2057
01:09:54,644 --> 01:09:56,120
budget. We

2058
01:09:56,120 --> 01:09:56,979
ll start by

2059
01:09:56,979 --> 01:09:58,581
recapping last fiscal year and

2060
01:09:58,581 --> 01:10:00,490
then dive into the current

2061
01:10:00,490 --> 01:10:01,517
fiscal year, including where we

2062
01:10:01,517 --> 01:10:03,419
are midyear and our projections

2063
01:10:03,419 --> 01:10:03,752
for the end of the year. We

2064
01:10:03,752 --> 01:10:05,752
ll

2065
01:10:06,623 --> 01:10:07,290
also update you on some

2066
01:10:07,290 --> 01:10:09,290
proposed organizational changes,

2067
01:10:09,792 --> 01:10:11,280
then touch on our departmental

2068
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:12,295
work plan priorities and look

2069
01:10:12,295 --> 01:10:15,295
ahead to the next budget

2070
01:10:15,398 --> 01:10:17,233
process. Let

2071
01:10:17,233 --> 01:10:18,834
s begin with last

2072
01:10:18,834 --> 01:10:20,503
fiscal year. All of the amounts

2073
01:10:20,503 --> 01:10:24,103
in this table are rounded to

2074
01:10:26,243 --> 01:10:26,810
the nearest million. Fi 24 was

2075
01:10:26,810 --> 01:10:27,710
another successful year

2076
01:10:27,710 --> 01:10:29,179
financially. As you can see

2077
01:10:29,179 --> 01:10:30,113
from this chart, we

2078
01:10:30,113 --> 01:10:30,880
re

2079
01:10:30,880 --> 01:10:32,880
providing some historical

2080
01:10:33,549 --> 01:10:34,617
context, starting with f I 20

2081
01:10:34,617 --> 01:10:35,451
and fy21, which, as you

2082
01:10:35,451 --> 01:10:36,919
ll

2083
01:10:36,919 --> 01:10:38,919
recall, were significantly

2084
01:10:39,121 --> 01:10:40,757
impacted by the covid-19

2085
01:10:40,757 --> 01:10:43,757
pandemic. You can see the

2086
01:10:44,661 --> 01:10:46,620
revenue surge in fy 22 and fy

2087
01:10:46,620 --> 01:10:48,310
23 as we rebounded. Some of

2088
01:10:48,310 --> 01:10:48,999
that growth was due to

2089
01:10:48,999 --> 01:10:50,934
recovering from the pandemic

2090
01:10:50,934 --> 01:10:51,768
and some was thanks to new

2091
01:10:51,768 --> 01:10:54,168
revenue streams like Measure

2092
01:10:54,204 --> 01:10:57,600
e-sales tax. And our digital

2093
01:10:57,600 --> 01:10:59,600
advertising programs. Are

2094
01:10:59,976 --> 01:11:02,976
adopted budget for fy 24 back

2095
01:11:03,380 --> 01:11:05,820
in JUNE of 23 was 151 million.

2096
01:11:05,820 --> 01:11:06,216
We made some adjustments

2097
01:11:06,216 --> 01:11:08,616
throughout the year, ending

2098
01:11:09,119 --> 01:11:11,519
with the revised mid-year

2099
01:11:12,388 --> 01:11:14,788
budget of $153.5 million. The

2100
01:11:14,959 --> 01:11:16,727
final results were better. Our

2101
01:11:16,727 --> 01:11:19,727
actual revenues shown here in

2102
01:11:20,130 --> 01:11:20,330
blue came in at 161 million.

2103
01:11:20,330 --> 01:11:22,330
That

2104
01:11:22,966 --> 01:11:25,366
s 7 million above budget.

2105
01:11:25,902 --> 01:11:28,271
And we spent less than

2106
01:11:28,271 --> 01:11:30,271
anticipated with actual

2107
01:11:31,207 --> 01:11:32,610
expenditures of 147 million 6.4

2108
01:11:32,610 --> 01:11:34,711
million below budget. This

2109
01:11:34,711 --> 01:11:37,711
resulted in a healthy surplus

2110
01:11:38,515 --> 01:11:39,483
of $14 million. While fy 24 was

2111
01:11:39,483 --> 01:11:40,484
a strong year. It

2112
01:11:40,484 --> 01:11:41,818
s important

2113
01:11:41,818 --> 01:11:43,753
to note that revenue growth was

2114
01:11:43,753 --> 01:11:46,289
more moderate than the previous

2115
01:11:46,289 --> 01:11:48,689
2 years. Our biggest revenue

2116
01:11:49,125 --> 01:11:50,661
sources, sales tax and hotel

2117
01:11:50,661 --> 01:11:52,563
tax saw slight dips. We also

2118
01:11:52,563 --> 01:11:53,998
had a temporary waiver of

2119
01:11:53,998 --> 01:11:55,998
business tax certificate

2120
01:11:56,534 --> 01:11:58,802
renewal fees, which impacted

2121
01:11:58,802 --> 01:12:00,270
revenues. However, we saw

2122
01:12:00,270 --> 01:12:02,670
growth in property taxes,

2123
01:12:02,706 --> 01:12:04,107
permits, and interest earnings,

2124
01:12:04,107 --> 01:12:05,842
which resulted in an increase

2125
01:12:05,842 --> 01:12:08,842
from the previous year of $0.9

2126
01:12:10,448 --> 01:12:12,848
million. On the expenditure

2127
01:12:13,484 --> 01:12:14,819
side, we saw increases across

2128
01:12:14,819 --> 01:12:16,253
all categories. This reflects

2129
01:12:16,253 --> 01:12:17,822
the return of services and

2130
01:12:17,822 --> 01:12:20,124
events that were deferred

2131
01:12:20,124 --> 01:12:21,692
during the pandemic, along with

2132
01:12:21,692 --> 01:12:23,930
some key investments, which

2133
01:12:23,930 --> 01:12:25,530
included the first year of

2134
01:12:25,530 --> 01:12:27,899
field operations for the care

2135
01:12:27,899 --> 01:12:30,301
team, increased support for the

2136
01:12:30,301 --> 01:12:32,236
pride in Halloween events and

2137
01:12:32,236 --> 01:12:33,671
economic study, marketing

2138
01:12:33,671 --> 01:12:35,806
support for local businesses

2139
01:12:35,806 --> 01:12:37,141
and some one-time capital

2140
01:12:37,141 --> 01:12:37,541
expenditures, including

2141
01:12:37,541 --> 01:12:38,175
construction and

2142
01:12:38,175 --> 01:12:39,977
pre-development costs for the

2143
01:12:39,977 --> 01:12:41,178
Holloway and Durim housing.

2144
01:12:41,178 --> 01:12:44,178
Program and the log cabin

2145
01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:46,484
renovation. Now let

2146
01:12:46,484 --> 01:12:48,484
s talk

2147
01:12:49,253 --> 01:12:52,253
about the current fiscal year

2148
01:12:52,256 --> 01:12:53,157
fy 25. The city

2149
01:12:53,157 --> 01:12:54,125
s financial

2150
01:12:54,125 --> 01:12:56,125
financial position remains

2151
01:12:58,763 --> 01:13:00,832
solid. Our fy 25. We adopted a

2152
01:13:00,832 --> 01:13:03,268
budget of 161 million for both

2153
01:13:03,268 --> 01:13:05,236
revenues and expenditures in

2154
01:13:05,236 --> 01:13:06,604
JUNE of 2024. Looking at the

2155
01:13:06,604 --> 01:13:08,539
mid-year numbers, which are

2156
01:13:08,539 --> 01:13:08,698
JULY through DECEMBER. We

2157
01:13:08,698 --> 01:13:10,698
re

2158
01:13:11,342 --> 01:13:14,342
right on track. Revenues were

2159
01:13:15,246 --> 01:13:16,681
72 million, which is 45% of the

2160
01:13:16,681 --> 01:13:18,681
original budget and

2161
01:13:18,750 --> 01:13:21,150
expenditures were 76 million or

2162
01:13:22,420 --> 01:13:23,822
47% of the original budget.

2163
01:13:23,822 --> 01:13:25,390
With supplemental expenditures

2164
01:13:25,390 --> 01:13:27,292
previously approved by council

2165
01:13:27,292 --> 01:13:29,160
and recommended mid-year budget

2166
01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:30,695
adjustments, the proposed

2167
01:13:30,695 --> 01:13:33,950
mid-year budget is balanced

2168
01:13:34,310 --> 01:13:36,100
with revenue and expenditure

2169
01:13:36,100 --> 01:13:37,569
budgets of 162.5 million and a

2170
01:13:37,569 --> 01:13:39,969
projected year-end surplus of

2171
01:13:43,375 --> 01:13:43,808
$30,000. Tonight we

2172
01:13:43,808 --> 01:13:45,243
re

2173
01:13:45,243 --> 01:13:46,778
recommending a few mid-year

2174
01:13:46,778 --> 01:13:47,500
budget adjustments. We

2175
01:13:47,500 --> 01:13:48,413
re

2176
01:13:48,413 --> 01:13:50,281
proposing a $1.9 million

2177
01:13:50,281 --> 01:13:52,681
increase in general fund

2178
01:13:53,180 --> 01:13:54,860
revenue, driven by higher than

2179
01:13:54,860 --> 01:13:54,258
anticipated interest earnings.

2180
01:13:54,258 --> 01:13:56,258
We

2181
01:13:57,389 --> 01:13:59,291
re also recommending a

2182
01:13:59,291 --> 01:14:01,291
$180,000 adjustment to general

2183
01:14:01,793 --> 01:14:03,793
fund expenditures, including

2184
01:14:03,829 --> 01:14:05,829
42,000 for recreation safety

2185
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:08,464
training and programming, and

2186
01:14:08,533 --> 01:14:10,435
138,000 as a one-time

2187
01:14:10,435 --> 01:14:11,303
allocation for hearing examers

2188
01:14:11,303 --> 01:14:13,239
hearing examiner services

2189
01:14:13,239 --> 01:14:14,306
related to parking. This will

2190
01:14:14,306 --> 01:14:16,708
allow us to maintain these

2191
01:14:16,708 --> 01:14:19,544
services while we complete a

2192
01:14:19,544 --> 01:14:20,612
request for proposal process to

2193
01:14:20,612 --> 01:14:22,612
secure more cost-effective

2194
01:14:23,448 --> 01:14:24,849
services in the future. We also

2195
01:14:24,849 --> 01:14:26,785
have some minor adjustments

2196
01:14:26,785 --> 01:14:28,454
proposed for the proposition a

2197
01:14:28,454 --> 01:14:29,689
and parking improvement funds

2198
01:14:29,689 --> 01:14:32,689
detailed and attachment aid to

2199
01:14:34,360 --> 01:14:36,428
the staff report. As a recap,

2200
01:14:36,428 --> 01:14:38,297
The council has already

2201
01:14:38,297 --> 01:14:40,297
approved supplemental

2202
01:14:40,732 --> 01:14:43,101
expenditures of 1.7 million for

2203
01:14:43,101 --> 01:14:43,769
public safety technology,

2204
01:14:43,769 --> 01:14:45,769
Halloween Carnival production

2205
01:14:47,390 --> 01:14:47,607
costs and a haunted trolley.

2206
01:14:47,607 --> 01:14:49,508
Local business marketing

2207
01:14:49,508 --> 01:14:49,842
support, the Women

2208
01:14:49,842 --> 01:14:51,276
s Freedom

2209
01:14:51,276 --> 01:14:53,245
Festival, and outdoor ice

2210
01:14:53,245 --> 01:14:54,246
skating rink, an additional

2211
01:14:54,246 --> 01:14:56,646
funds for special counsel

2212
01:15:00,185 --> 01:15:02,550
programs. This chart provides a

2213
01:15:02,550 --> 01:15:04,230
helpful comparison showing

2214
01:15:04,230 --> 01:15:06,423
prior your actuals. The

2215
01:15:06,459 --> 01:15:07,326
original fy 25 budget and our

2216
01:15:07,326 --> 01:15:09,326
proposed mid-year budget

2217
01:15:10,363 --> 01:15:12,763
highlighted in blue. The

2218
01:15:12,865 --> 01:15:14,865
proposed mid-year revenue

2219
01:15:15,200 --> 01:15:17,202
budget of 162.5 million is 1.9

2220
01:15:17,202 --> 01:15:17,370
million higher than last year

2221
01:15:17,370 --> 01:15:19,171
s

2222
01:15:19,171 --> 01:15:21,700
actuals. This is primarily due

2223
01:15:21,700 --> 01:15:22,175
to the reinstatement of

2224
01:15:22,175 --> 01:15:23,910
business tax certificate

2225
01:15:23,910 --> 01:15:25,445
renewal fees and some

2226
01:15:25,445 --> 01:15:27,280
conservative budgeting for

2227
01:15:27,280 --> 01:15:30,280
revenues like hotel taxes and

2228
01:15:30,616 --> 01:15:32,585
city permit revenues. The

2229
01:15:32,585 --> 01:15:34,585
proposed mid-year expenditure

2230
01:15:35,540 --> 01:15:36,990
budget of 162.5 million is 15.4

2231
01:15:36,990 --> 01:15:37,390
million higher than last year

2232
01:15:37,390 --> 01:15:39,590
s

2233
01:15:39,590 --> 01:15:40,493
actuals. This difference

2234
01:15:40,493 --> 01:15:42,762
reflects the 6.4 million in

2235
01:15:42,762 --> 01:15:45,131
savings we realized in fy 24,

2236
01:15:45,131 --> 01:15:47,534
as well as new expenditures

2237
01:15:47,534 --> 01:15:49,202
included in the fi-25 budget to

2238
01:15:49,202 --> 01:15:49,969
support the city

2239
01:15:49,969 --> 01:15:51,904
s priority

2240
01:15:51,904 --> 01:15:54,373
areas in areas like financial

2241
01:15:54,373 --> 01:15:55,342
stability, community safety,

2242
01:15:55,342 --> 01:15:57,342
infrastructure development,

2243
01:15:57,677 --> 01:15:58,178
community services, arts and

2244
01:15:58,178 --> 01:16:00,178
culture and community

2245
01:16:00,913 --> 01:16:02,382
engagement. With the

2246
01:16:02,382 --> 01:16:03,817
recommended adjustments or

2247
01:16:03,817 --> 01:16:05,852
projecting a balanced budget

2248
01:16:05,852 --> 01:16:07,153
and any excess revenues will be

2249
01:16:07,153 --> 01:16:10,153
allocated to reserves and our

2250
01:16:13,493 --> 01:16:14,828
capital program. Moving on to

2251
01:16:14,828 --> 01:16:15,395
organizational changes,

2252
01:16:15,395 --> 01:16:15,996
reflecting counsel

2253
01:16:15,996 --> 01:16:17,364
s direction

2254
01:16:17,364 --> 01:16:19,699
to consolidate staff and the

2255
01:16:19,699 --> 01:16:20,200
billboard program within the

2256
01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:20,667
community development

2257
01:16:20,667 --> 01:16:22,302
department. We

2258
01:16:22,302 --> 01:16:24,300
re recommending

2259
01:16:24,300 --> 01:16:26,403
3 new positions. A senior

2260
01:16:26,406 --> 01:16:27,407
planner, a project development

2261
01:16:27,407 --> 01:16:29,407
administrator and an

2262
01:16:29,443 --> 01:16:30,944
administrative specialist.

2263
01:16:30,944 --> 01:16:32,312
Additionally, hr is

2264
01:16:32,312 --> 01:16:34,312
recommending a reclassification

2265
01:16:35,215 --> 01:16:37,217
of an engineering position from

2266
01:16:37,217 --> 01:16:37,784
traffic management program

2267
01:16:37,784 --> 01:16:39,652
specialist to assistant

2268
01:16:39,652 --> 01:16:42,520
engineer. Funding for these

2269
01:16:42,550 --> 01:16:45,655
changes will be included in the

2270
01:16:47,461 --> 01:16:49,861
proposed fi26 budget. Finally,

2271
01:16:49,863 --> 01:16:50,698
let me point out a few things.

2272
01:16:50,698 --> 01:16:53,698
The attachments to the staff

2273
01:16:54,301 --> 01:16:55,736
report. Attachment aid details

2274
01:16:55,736 --> 01:16:56,803
the approved and proposed

2275
01:16:56,803 --> 01:16:58,305
budget adjustments for the

2276
01:16:58,305 --> 01:17:01,740
general fund as well as minor

2277
01:17:01,740 --> 01:17:02,576
adjustments to the Prop a and

2278
01:17:02,576 --> 01:17:04,512
parking improvement funds.

2279
01:17:04,512 --> 01:17:05,450
Attachment b outlines our

2280
01:17:05,450 --> 01:17:07,450
departmental work plan

2281
01:17:07,481 --> 01:17:08,150
priorities which are key

2282
01:17:08,150 --> 01:17:09,883
initiatives and ongoing

2283
01:17:09,883 --> 01:17:12,883
programs developed as part of

2284
01:17:13,253 --> 01:17:15,689
the fy 25 and 262-year budget.

2285
01:17:15,689 --> 01:17:18,392
It also shows our progress so

2286
01:17:18,392 --> 01:17:20,760
far in fy 25. Attachment c

2287
01:17:20,760 --> 01:17:22,797
provides an overview of the

2288
01:17:22,797 --> 01:17:22,963
budget schedule, looking ahead,

2289
01:17:22,963 --> 01:17:24,398
we

2290
01:17:24,398 --> 01:17:25,700
ll continue to monitor

2291
01:17:25,700 --> 01:17:27,234
economic conditions and ensure

2292
01:17:27,234 --> 01:17:29,503
the long-term financial health

2293
01:17:29,503 --> 01:17:31,939
of the city. Planning for the

2294
01:17:31,939 --> 01:17:33,407
next budget process, the 2nd

2295
01:17:33,407 --> 01:17:34,575
year update starts now. There

2296
01:17:34,575 --> 01:17:36,310
will be several opportunities

2297
01:17:36,310 --> 01:17:37,411
for input throughout the

2298
01:17:37,411 --> 01:17:39,380
process with two meetings of

2299
01:17:39,380 --> 01:17:41,515
the Finance and budget

2300
01:17:41,515 --> 01:17:43,840
subcommittee, and 2 meetings.

2301
01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:46,840
With city council or receive

2302
01:17:46,420 --> 01:17:48,422
and file item in MAY and the

2303
01:17:48,422 --> 01:17:49,890
fy26 budget adoption in JUNE.

2304
01:17:49,890 --> 01:17:50,858
Thank you, that completes the

2305
01:17:50,858 --> 01:17:51,250
report for this evening and

2306
01:17:51,250 --> 01:17:52,993
we

2307
01:17:52,993 --> 01:17:54,161
re happy to answer any

2308
01:17:54,161 --> 01:17:55,896
questions. Thank you both so

2309
01:17:55,896 --> 01:17:57,980
much. Which is my colleagues

2310
01:17:57,980 --> 01:17:58,533
like to begin comments, and we

2311
01:17:58,533 --> 01:17:59,700
do have one public commenter so

2312
01:17:59,700 --> 01:17:59,871
far, so we take that first, and

2313
01:17:59,871 --> 01:18:01,636
we

2314
01:18:01,636 --> 01:18:03,271
ll come back. Ok, great.

2315
01:18:03,271 --> 01:18:06,271
Kevin Burton, have you signed

2316
01:18:07,775 --> 01:18:09,944
up to speak. Anybody else would

2317
01:18:09,944 --> 01:18:12,613
like to speak? Get your slips

2318
01:18:12,613 --> 01:18:13,130
in Good evening, counsel. I

2319
01:18:13,130 --> 01:18:14,549
m

2320
01:18:14,549 --> 01:18:15,950
Kevin Burton, a resident of

2321
01:18:15,950 --> 01:18:17,385
West Hollywood, and I

2322
01:18:17,385 --> 01:18:18,653
m with a

2323
01:18:18,653 --> 01:18:20,254
group of community emergency

2324
01:18:20,254 --> 01:18:22,223
response team members here in

2325
01:18:22,223 --> 01:18:24,759
West Hollywood. We owe research.

2326
01:18:24,759 --> 01:18:26,160
I know this is about, this is

2327
01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:26,594
an update of the budget. I

2328
01:18:26,594 --> 01:18:28,950
think it

2329
01:18:28,950 --> 01:18:29,997
s a good opportunity

2330
01:18:29,997 --> 01:18:30,197
to start thinking about next

2331
01:18:30,197 --> 01:18:31,900
year

2332
01:18:31,900 --> 01:18:34,900
s budget. I want to

2333
01:18:35,103 --> 01:18:35,670
comment on, um, emergency

2334
01:18:35,670 --> 01:18:37,670
communications, which are

2335
01:18:38,706 --> 01:18:39,741
touched on in the work plan of

2336
01:18:39,741 --> 01:18:40,274
the community safety Department

2337
01:18:40,274 --> 01:18:40,541
where they say they

2338
01:18:40,541 --> 01:18:42,541
re going to

2339
01:18:43,711 --> 01:18:45,313
work on Depending the Nickho

2340
01:18:45,313 --> 01:18:47,181
Program where you can receive

2341
01:18:47,181 --> 01:18:47,415
email from the city or the

2342
01:18:47,415 --> 01:18:48,490
Sheriff

2343
01:18:48,490 --> 01:18:49,830
s Department during an

2344
01:18:49,830 --> 01:18:49,951
emergency. That

2345
01:18:49,951 --> 01:18:50,518
s all very good.

2346
01:18:50,518 --> 01:18:52,518
Uh, that

2347
01:18:53,354 --> 01:18:55,724
s one of many channels

2348
01:18:55,724 --> 01:18:57,192
the city can use, but it was

2349
01:18:57,192 --> 01:18:58,727
obvious listening to a

2350
01:18:58,727 --> 01:18:59,861
discussion among yourselves,

2351
01:18:59,861 --> 01:19:01,290
comments from the public at the

2352
01:19:01,290 --> 01:19:03,898
same occurred at the public

2353
01:19:03,898 --> 01:19:05,933
safety commission. That many

2354
01:19:05,933 --> 01:19:08,236
people in the city did not know

2355
01:19:08,236 --> 01:19:11,607
what was going on the night of

2356
01:19:11,607 --> 01:19:13,175
the Runyon Canyon sunset fire

2357
01:19:13,175 --> 01:19:15,110
and uh just did not pay

2358
01:19:15,110 --> 01:19:16,477
attention to the channels the

2359
01:19:16,477 --> 01:19:17,512
city was using, so I

2360
01:19:17,512 --> 01:19:19,140
d like to

2361
01:19:19,140 --> 01:19:21,883
suggest that the city resume

2362
01:19:21,883 --> 01:19:24,319
our program at used to have,

2363
01:19:24,319 --> 01:19:26,719
perhaps our council member

2364
01:19:27,122 --> 01:19:28,590
Heilman remembers the city had

2365
01:19:28,590 --> 01:19:30,726
emergency sirens in Plumber

2366
01:19:30,726 --> 01:19:31,426
Park, West Hollywood Park, and

2367
01:19:31,426 --> 01:19:33,962
I think those should be

2368
01:19:33,962 --> 01:19:34,462
considered. For next year

2369
01:19:34,462 --> 01:19:35,897
s

2370
01:19:35,897 --> 01:19:37,766
budget and the sirens of

2371
01:19:37,766 --> 01:19:39,734
yesteryear are not those of

2372
01:19:39,734 --> 01:19:41,169
this year, because many cities,

2373
01:19:41,169 --> 01:19:43,569
Sierra Madre Rolling hills,

2374
01:19:43,572 --> 01:19:45,972
especially Beverly Hills, use

2375
01:19:45,975 --> 01:19:47,476
modern sirens which each can be

2376
01:19:47,476 --> 01:19:49,476
individually activated, not

2377
01:19:50,345 --> 01:19:52,280
only do they siren, but they

2378
01:19:52,280 --> 01:19:53,582
broadcast messages. What is the

2379
01:19:53,582 --> 01:19:56,318
siren about? Where can you go

2380
01:19:56,318 --> 01:19:56,985
to get information. So I was

2381
01:19:56,985 --> 01:19:59,385
suggest you seriously consider

2382
01:20:00,856 --> 01:20:03,256
that. And speaking of

2383
01:20:04,793 --> 01:20:05,794
information about emergencies,

2384
01:20:05,794 --> 01:20:08,194
our website WeHhoresearch.Org

2385
01:20:09,197 --> 01:20:10,165
focuses on information. About

2386
01:20:10,165 --> 01:20:12,100
West Hollywood during

2387
01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:13,135
emergencies and also links to

2388
01:20:13,135 --> 01:20:14,200
the city

2389
01:20:14,200 --> 01:20:14,670
s own emergency

2390
01:20:14,670 --> 01:20:16,670
preparedness webpages. Thank

2391
01:20:19,842 --> 01:20:20,610
you. Thank you. Ok, back to us,

2392
01:20:20,610 --> 01:20:21,477
which of my colleagues would

2393
01:20:21,477 --> 01:20:22,244
like to begin? Vice Mayor

2394
01:20:22,244 --> 01:20:22,418
Heilman, looks like you

2395
01:20:22,418 --> 01:20:24,418
re

2396
01:20:27,316 --> 01:20:30,316
preparing. My only comment is

2397
01:20:30,386 --> 01:20:32,621
thank you for the presentation

2398
01:20:32,621 --> 01:20:33,121
and I support the revisions

2399
01:20:33,121 --> 01:20:34,122
that you

2400
01:20:34,122 --> 01:20:36,459
ve made, they all make

2401
01:20:36,459 --> 01:20:39,429
sense to me, and I look forward

2402
01:20:39,429 --> 01:20:41,864
to working with the mayor on

2403
01:20:41,864 --> 01:20:42,765
the upcoming budget. Get

2404
01:20:42,765 --> 01:20:43,799
started very soon. Councillor

2405
01:20:43,799 --> 01:20:44,767
Erickson, did you have comments?

2406
01:20:44,767 --> 01:20:47,703
Yes, thank you so much and

2407
01:20:47,703 --> 01:20:48,570
thank you, Kevin. Um, I, I saw

2408
01:20:48,570 --> 01:20:49,538
that public comment and was

2409
01:20:49,538 --> 01:20:51,390
that you that did that public

2410
01:20:51,390 --> 01:20:52,575
comment? Well, someone did a

2411
01:20:52,575 --> 01:20:53,610
public comment about sirens and

2412
01:20:53,610 --> 01:20:54,110
someone who lives next to

2413
01:20:54,110 --> 01:20:54,978
Plumber Park. I don

2414
01:20:54,978 --> 01:20:57,313
t know if I

2415
01:20:57,313 --> 01:20:59,382
would know a nuke was falling

2416
01:20:59,382 --> 01:21:01,150
or something was happening and

2417
01:21:01,150 --> 01:21:02,251
there would be scared to hide

2418
01:21:02,251 --> 01:21:04,653
underneath a table or something

2419
01:21:04,653 --> 01:21:04,920
like that if I heard a siren,

2420
01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:05,621
but that

2421
01:21:05,621 --> 01:21:08,210
s neither here nor

2422
01:21:08,224 --> 01:21:09,124
there. Um, thank you very much,

2423
01:21:09,124 --> 01:21:10,460
uh, Christine and David and

2424
01:21:10,460 --> 01:21:11,961
staff for putting this together.

2425
01:21:11,961 --> 01:21:12,119
Couple of questions and I

2426
01:21:12,119 --> 01:21:12,896
ll

2427
01:21:12,896 --> 01:21:13,363
get into my comments and I

2428
01:21:13,363 --> 01:21:15,363
ll

2429
01:21:16,699 --> 01:21:19,335
do that. How much um did the

2430
01:21:19,335 --> 01:21:22,935
offset of the business tax, uh.

2431
01:21:24,373 --> 01:21:24,640
Um Application cost or impact

2432
01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:25,441
the city

2433
01:21:25,441 --> 01:21:28,441
s budget. Is there a

2434
01:21:29,779 --> 01:21:29,946
dollar amount? Um, I think I

2435
01:21:29,946 --> 01:21:30,847
don

2436
01:21:30,847 --> 01:21:32,315
t have the exact number

2437
01:21:32,315 --> 01:21:33,650
with me right now. You can, you

2438
01:21:33,650 --> 01:21:34,984
can rough it. We had

2439
01:21:34,984 --> 01:21:36,419
anticipated it was going to be

2440
01:21:36,419 --> 01:21:38,819
about $2 million. We reduced

2441
01:21:39,550 --> 01:21:39,722
the budget for. And we did that

2442
01:21:39,722 --> 01:21:40,456
this last year, but didn

2443
01:21:40,456 --> 01:21:42,580
t we

2444
01:21:42,580 --> 01:21:43,893
do it the following year, the

2445
01:21:43,893 --> 01:21:44,862
previous year to that or some

2446
01:21:44,862 --> 01:21:45,262
version of that. Yeah, we

2447
01:21:45,262 --> 01:21:47,230
ve

2448
01:21:47,230 --> 01:21:48,598
had two rounds of it, one

2449
01:21:48,598 --> 01:21:50,233
initially during covid, the

2450
01:21:50,233 --> 01:21:53,203
early part of covid, and then

2451
01:21:53,203 --> 01:21:53,369
we did it again this past year.

2452
01:21:53,369 --> 01:21:54,571
It

2453
01:21:54,571 --> 01:21:56,506
s businesses were still

2454
01:21:56,506 --> 01:21:57,440
being impacted. Yeah, I think

2455
01:21:57,440 --> 01:21:58,374
definitely our businesses are

2456
01:21:58,374 --> 01:21:59,309
still being impacted in some

2457
01:21:59,309 --> 01:22:00,310
way. I think it

2458
01:22:00,310 --> 01:22:01,377
s a small

2459
01:22:01,377 --> 01:22:03,780
gesture of goodwill that we can

2460
01:22:03,780 --> 01:22:04,782
continue to look at and explore

2461
01:22:04,782 --> 01:22:06,316
if my colleagues would be

2462
01:22:06,316 --> 01:22:06,950
interested in that um to help

2463
01:22:06,950 --> 01:22:08,180
our businesses out. It

2464
01:22:08,180 --> 01:22:09,119
s it. It

2465
01:22:09,119 --> 01:22:10,530
is a nominal amount per

2466
01:22:10,530 --> 01:22:10,420
business and how you

2467
01:22:10,420 --> 01:22:11,621
re

2468
01:22:11,621 --> 01:22:12,956
registering, but every dollar

2469
01:22:12,956 --> 01:22:14,824
helps that we can give to our

2470
01:22:14,824 --> 01:22:15,250
business community. So if

2471
01:22:15,250 --> 01:22:16,193
that

2472
01:22:16,193 --> 01:22:17,660
s something my colleagues

2473
01:22:17,660 --> 01:22:20,597
be willing to explore or I

2474
01:22:20,597 --> 01:22:20,831
guess I can just give direction

2475
01:22:20,831 --> 01:22:22,650
if that

2476
01:22:22,650 --> 01:22:22,700
s possible. I would be

2477
01:22:22,700 --> 01:22:25,100
really interested in seeing

2478
01:22:25,100 --> 01:22:26,970
what that looks like in our

2479
01:22:26,970 --> 01:22:28,905
budget, um, uh, in regards to

2480
01:22:28,905 --> 01:22:32,709
the tax that was passed by the

2481
01:22:32,709 --> 01:22:35,145
voters this year, David, that

2482
01:22:35,145 --> 01:22:36,647
comes into effect when and how

2483
01:22:36,647 --> 01:22:37,948
much is that estimated to bring

2484
01:22:37,948 --> 01:22:38,449
in again? We

2485
01:22:38,449 --> 01:22:40,449
re talking about

2486
01:22:43,220 --> 01:22:46,123
the city tax, um, I do like the

2487
01:22:46,123 --> 01:22:48,992
1/3 of a 3 cent tax that we

2488
01:22:48,992 --> 01:22:50,961
passed overwhelmingly this past

2489
01:22:50,961 --> 01:22:53,330
year that was whh and it did

2490
01:22:53,330 --> 01:22:54,866
pass in NOVEMBER, and it is a

2491
01:22:54,866 --> 01:22:57,866
contingency tax so it only

2492
01:22:57,868 --> 01:23:00,104
comes into effect if another

2493
01:23:00,104 --> 01:23:01,639
regional entity attempts to

2494
01:23:01,639 --> 01:23:02,973
place a tax measure that

2495
01:23:02,973 --> 01:23:04,942
impacts our local cap, and if

2496
01:23:04,942 --> 01:23:06,377
it did go into effect, we

2497
01:23:06,377 --> 01:23:08,312
estimate it would be somewhere

2498
01:23:08,312 --> 01:23:09,746
in the neighborhood of 5 to

2499
01:23:09,746 --> 01:23:11,716
million dollars per year. Great.

2500
01:23:11,716 --> 01:23:14,850
And are we expecting a ballot

2501
01:23:14,850 --> 01:23:16,254
measure from the county to do

2502
01:23:16,254 --> 01:23:16,621
that, I believe that is up in

2503
01:23:16,621 --> 01:23:18,621
the air. That

2504
01:23:20,240 --> 01:23:20,191
s what. I No,

2505
01:23:20,191 --> 01:23:22,191
it

2506
01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:25,729
s not measure a, but that

2507
01:23:25,729 --> 01:23:28,980
did not, that did not, was not

2508
01:23:28,980 --> 01:23:30,101
subject to the cap, and so it

2509
01:23:30,101 --> 01:23:30,601
did not trigger measured whh,

2510
01:23:30,601 --> 01:23:32,601
the city

2511
01:23:33,370 --> 01:23:34,405
s tax right now that

2512
01:23:34,405 --> 01:23:35,940
taxes is like is active and

2513
01:23:35,940 --> 01:23:37,408
sitting in the wings. We are

2514
01:23:37,408 --> 01:23:38,376
not collecting any revenue

2515
01:23:38,376 --> 01:23:38,676
because there hasn

2516
01:23:38,676 --> 01:23:40,676
t been a

2517
01:23:41,312 --> 01:23:43,130
trigger event. And the soonest

2518
01:23:43,130 --> 01:23:44,815
that could be is 2026. It would

2519
01:23:44,815 --> 01:23:48,415
have to be a next regular

2520
01:23:50,210 --> 01:23:51,456
election. So we wait and see.

2521
01:23:51,456 --> 01:23:52,457
Wonderful, because I was

2522
01:23:52,457 --> 01:23:52,657
wondering about that because I

2523
01:23:52,657 --> 01:23:53,291
didn

2524
01:23:53,291 --> 01:23:54,592
t know if it had triggered

2525
01:23:54,592 --> 01:23:56,327
it yet, so that

2526
01:23:56,327 --> 01:23:57,828
s helpful

2527
01:23:57,828 --> 01:23:59,831
information and clarity in

2528
01:23:59,831 --> 01:24:01,365
regards to the budget

2529
01:24:01,365 --> 01:24:02,300
presentation for how we receive

2530
01:24:02,300 --> 01:24:03,670
it in JUNE. I know there

2531
01:24:03,670 --> 01:24:04,102
s a

2532
01:24:04,102 --> 01:24:06,102
number of infrastructure

2533
01:24:06,104 --> 01:24:07,405
projects that have really high

2534
01:24:07,405 --> 01:24:09,805
dollar amounts associated with

2535
01:24:10,942 --> 01:24:13,311
them. I know that we have a, a

2536
01:24:13,311 --> 01:24:14,212
memo and things about major

2537
01:24:14,212 --> 01:24:15,847
development project updates,

2538
01:24:15,847 --> 01:24:18,115
but I know some of these

2539
01:24:18,115 --> 01:24:19,183
projects are going to cost

2540
01:24:19,183 --> 01:24:21,553
Significant investments in our

2541
01:24:21,553 --> 01:24:23,488
budget in the coming 5,, 1015

2542
01:24:23,488 --> 01:24:23,922
years. If there

2543
01:24:23,922 --> 01:24:25,157
s a way

2544
01:24:25,157 --> 01:24:27,580
specifically that we could see

2545
01:24:27,580 --> 01:24:28,293
how or The city is paying for

2546
01:24:28,293 --> 01:24:28,793
that. I know we

2547
01:24:28,793 --> 01:24:29,728
ve talked about

2548
01:24:29,728 --> 01:24:30,462
bonds and we

2549
01:24:30,462 --> 01:24:31,796
ve done bonds

2550
01:24:31,796 --> 01:24:34,499
before, that would be helpful

2551
01:24:34,499 --> 01:24:34,999
to see how then we can

2552
01:24:34,999 --> 01:24:36,000
prioritize certain

2553
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:37,702
infrastructure projects for the

2554
01:24:37,702 --> 01:24:38,690
dollar amounts that are there

2555
01:24:38,690 --> 01:24:38,936
specifically I

2556
01:24:38,936 --> 01:24:40,339
m looking at the

2557
01:24:40,339 --> 01:24:41,874
carb grant with some of the

2558
01:24:41,874 --> 01:24:43,241
projects that are happening on

2559
01:24:43,241 --> 01:24:44,743
our streets. I know that helps

2560
01:24:44,743 --> 01:24:47,120
pay for and offset some costs.

2561
01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:48,813
So what is the dollar amount

2562
01:24:48,813 --> 01:24:50,749
there additionally. In the next

2563
01:24:50,749 --> 01:24:50,913
1 to 2 years, I believe we

2564
01:24:50,913 --> 01:24:52,913
ll

2565
01:24:53,510 --> 01:24:53,685
be dealing with the full

2566
01:24:53,685 --> 01:24:55,530
renovation and amazing

2567
01:24:55,530 --> 01:24:57,122
opportunities that are log

2568
01:24:57,122 --> 01:24:58,957
cabin, and I know our log cabin

2569
01:24:58,957 --> 01:25:00,325
community, um, the West

2570
01:25:00,325 --> 01:25:01,326
Hollywood recovery community

2571
01:25:01,326 --> 01:25:01,794
has been asking about rents,

2572
01:25:01,794 --> 01:25:02,828
and we

2573
01:25:02,828 --> 01:25:02,987
ve spoken about, I

2574
01:25:02,987 --> 01:25:04,229
ve

2575
01:25:04,229 --> 01:25:05,764
spoken with David about this,

2576
01:25:05,764 --> 01:25:08,660
but if we can nail down on how

2577
01:25:08,660 --> 01:25:10,100
we would be able to continue to

2578
01:25:10,100 --> 01:25:11,360
support the recovery community

2579
01:25:11,360 --> 01:25:11,536
with just landing the plane and

2580
01:25:11,536 --> 01:25:12,360
how much they

2581
01:25:12,360 --> 01:25:13,905
re going to have

2582
01:25:13,905 --> 01:25:14,106
to pay every month. I know that

2583
01:25:14,106 --> 01:25:15,341
they

2584
01:25:15,341 --> 01:25:16,750
ve initiated their own

2585
01:25:16,750 --> 01:25:17,209
fundraising efforts, but I

2586
01:25:17,209 --> 01:25:20,145
would like to address that

2587
01:25:20,145 --> 01:25:21,680
sooner rather than. Um just for

2588
01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:21,839
peace of mind with them. I

2589
01:25:21,839 --> 01:25:23,248
ve

2590
01:25:23,248 --> 01:25:24,983
spoken with a number of them

2591
01:25:24,983 --> 01:25:27,520
and I understand those concerns,

2592
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:27,786
but something along those lines

2593
01:25:27,786 --> 01:25:28,854
with our infrastructure

2594
01:25:28,854 --> 01:25:29,921
projects, and then additionally

2595
01:25:29,921 --> 01:25:30,922
because there was a slide in

2596
01:25:30,922 --> 01:25:33,659
here and I know we

2597
01:25:33,659 --> 01:25:34,827
ve gone down

2598
01:25:34,827 --> 01:25:35,828
this road regarding staffing

2599
01:25:35,828 --> 01:25:38,197
where are and how are we

2600
01:25:38,197 --> 01:25:39,531
supporting some of our most

2601
01:25:39,531 --> 01:25:40,650
critical staffing areas. I know

2602
01:25:40,650 --> 01:25:42,650
that you

2603
01:25:42,434 --> 01:25:44,434
ve added 3 positions

2604
01:25:44,436 --> 01:25:45,904
with the billboards, projects

2605
01:25:45,904 --> 01:25:47,380
which we all approved a couple

2606
01:25:47,380 --> 01:25:48,273
of meetings ago, but there are

2607
01:25:48,273 --> 01:25:49,709
some other departments that I

2608
01:25:49,709 --> 01:25:50,209
think do require some looking

2609
01:25:50,209 --> 01:25:51,277
at. I

2610
01:25:51,277 --> 01:25:52,378
m looking at Nick and

2611
01:25:52,378 --> 01:25:52,578
Jennifer down here, everyone

2612
01:25:52,578 --> 01:25:53,679
s

2613
01:25:53,679 --> 01:25:55,281
favorite floor, the second

2614
01:25:55,281 --> 01:25:56,549
floor, I do think some more

2615
01:25:56,549 --> 01:25:58,830
attention to that. I do know

2616
01:25:58,830 --> 01:26:00,787
Parks and Rec is someone that

2617
01:26:00,787 --> 01:26:01,353
might be needing some more

2618
01:26:01,353 --> 01:26:03,353
staffing opportunities to

2619
01:26:03,722 --> 01:26:05,824
comment on the public

2620
01:26:05,824 --> 01:26:07,594
commenters around the pools, um,

2621
01:26:07,594 --> 01:26:09,280
and then looking at

2622
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:11,428
administrative or financial aid

2623
01:26:11,464 --> 01:26:12,965
assistance, uh, in on the

2624
01:26:12,965 --> 01:26:13,966
whatever floor the finance

2625
01:26:13,966 --> 01:26:14,934
department is on now, but

2626
01:26:14,934 --> 01:26:15,534
looking at how we

2627
01:26:15,534 --> 01:26:16,769
re continuing

2628
01:26:16,769 --> 01:26:18,704
to engage in our bargaining

2629
01:26:18,704 --> 01:26:20,239
units and our negotiating.

2630
01:26:20,239 --> 01:26:21,273
Opportunities there to help

2631
01:26:21,273 --> 01:26:22,241
support staffing at those

2632
01:26:22,241 --> 01:26:22,641
levels. I know we don

2633
01:26:22,641 --> 01:26:23,542
t give

2634
01:26:23,542 --> 01:26:25,445
direction on staffing. I want

2635
01:26:25,445 --> 01:26:25,712
to make that very clear so

2636
01:26:25,712 --> 01:26:27,712
everyone

2637
01:26:28,470 --> 01:26:28,211
s aware that

2638
01:26:28,211 --> 01:26:28,581
s

2639
01:26:28,581 --> 01:26:28,982
something David we

2640
01:26:28,982 --> 01:26:30,316
ll figure

2641
01:26:30,316 --> 01:26:33,919
out, although we did get into a

2642
01:26:33,919 --> 01:26:36,222
little bit of a gray area with

2643
01:26:36,222 --> 01:26:38,224
directing 3 positions. From the

2644
01:26:38,224 --> 01:26:39,792
da to the city to higher, which

2645
01:26:39,792 --> 01:26:39,992
are now immediately in the next

2646
01:26:39,992 --> 01:26:41,528
year

2647
01:26:41,528 --> 01:26:43,963
s budget, so I think the

2648
01:26:43,963 --> 01:26:45,432
public and the city can

2649
01:26:45,432 --> 01:26:45,932
understand the confusion there

2650
01:26:45,932 --> 01:26:46,900
with if it

2651
01:26:46,900 --> 01:26:47,867
s that easy for us

2652
01:26:47,867 --> 01:26:50,203
to say, you just need more

2653
01:26:50,203 --> 01:26:51,304
staff, so boom boom boom, there

2654
01:26:51,304 --> 01:26:51,671
it is, right? And I

2655
01:26:51,671 --> 01:26:52,739
m not

2656
01:26:52,739 --> 01:26:52,939
saying that we shouldn

2657
01:26:52,939 --> 01:26:54,807
t have

2658
01:26:54,807 --> 01:26:55,741
more staff or need more staff,

2659
01:26:55,741 --> 01:26:56,108
but I want to make sure it

2660
01:26:56,108 --> 01:26:57,944
s

2661
01:26:57,944 --> 01:26:58,979
very clear for the public and

2662
01:26:58,979 --> 01:27:00,130
internally with our staff on

2663
01:27:00,130 --> 01:27:01,948
how these processes work and

2664
01:27:01,948 --> 01:27:03,416
where the need and demand is. I

2665
01:27:03,416 --> 01:27:04,718
have spoken with the bargaining

2666
01:27:04,718 --> 01:27:05,719
units. I hear their concerns,

2667
01:27:05,719 --> 01:27:07,120
and I agree. With them and I

2668
01:27:07,120 --> 01:27:07,287
just want to make sure that

2669
01:27:07,287 --> 01:27:08,221
we

2670
01:27:08,221 --> 01:27:09,756
re addressing the critical

2671
01:27:09,756 --> 01:27:10,757
needs in our in our amazing

2672
01:27:10,757 --> 01:27:12,458
city hall to support the great

2673
01:27:12,458 --> 01:27:15,928
work that you all are doing,

2674
01:27:15,928 --> 01:27:17,264
that we all ask you to do more

2675
01:27:17,264 --> 01:27:19,320
um a lot, and I think about it

2676
01:27:19,320 --> 01:27:19,566
and I look at events and parks

2677
01:27:19,566 --> 01:27:20,200
and everyone, they

2678
01:27:20,200 --> 01:27:21,735
re doing a

2679
01:27:21,735 --> 01:27:23,170
lot more, so those are all my

2680
01:27:23,170 --> 01:27:23,403
comments. I support this item

2681
01:27:23,403 --> 01:27:24,204
and I

2682
01:27:24,204 --> 01:27:25,672
m looking forward to the

2683
01:27:25,672 --> 01:27:27,941
continued work and thank you

2684
01:27:27,941 --> 01:27:28,942
very much. Thank you, and I

2685
01:27:28,942 --> 01:27:30,176
just have one clarification for

2686
01:27:30,176 --> 01:27:32,812
the record that our city clerk

2687
01:27:32,812 --> 01:27:33,814
asked me to make, which is that

2688
01:27:33,814 --> 01:27:34,715
related to the reclassification

2689
01:27:34,715 --> 01:27:36,717
of the traffic management

2690
01:27:36,717 --> 01:27:38,552
program specialist. That is

2691
01:27:38,552 --> 01:27:40,554
correct and the staff report.

2692
01:27:40,554 --> 01:27:42,923
It is being proposed to reclass

2693
01:27:42,923 --> 01:27:44,910
to an assistant engineer, civil

2694
01:27:44,910 --> 01:27:44,924
engineer within the engineering

2695
01:27:44,924 --> 01:27:46,126
division. It

2696
01:27:46,126 --> 01:27:47,270
s not an assistant

2697
01:27:47,270 --> 01:27:48,528
city engineer. So I just wanted

2698
01:27:48,528 --> 01:27:50,230
to clarify that for the record,

2699
01:27:50,230 --> 01:27:52,199
and thank you for your comments.

2700
01:27:52,199 --> 01:27:53,767
I think David did want to

2701
01:27:53,767 --> 01:27:55,836
respond. I was just going to

2702
01:27:55,836 --> 01:27:57,204
add that yes, as part of the

2703
01:27:57,204 --> 01:27:57,404
budget process for the next

2704
01:27:57,404 --> 01:27:58,972
year

2705
01:27:58,972 --> 01:28:00,841
s budget update, we will

2706
01:28:00,841 --> 01:28:02,809
be having discussions with the

2707
01:28:02,809 --> 01:28:04,711
budget subcommittee, um, we

2708
01:28:04,711 --> 01:28:05,745
always have the departments and

2709
01:28:05,745 --> 01:28:07,680
divisions submit budget. Us

2710
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:08,480
based on their needs. We

2711
01:28:08,480 --> 01:28:10,480
re

2712
01:28:10,484 --> 01:28:11,986
also doing a classification and

2713
01:28:11,986 --> 01:28:14,386
compensation study, um, this

2714
01:28:14,388 --> 01:28:15,856
year right now currently that

2715
01:28:15,856 --> 01:28:17,291
will help inform the city on

2716
01:28:17,291 --> 01:28:17,491
some of those needs, um, so

2717
01:28:17,491 --> 01:28:18,792
there

2718
01:28:18,792 --> 01:28:19,827
ll be lots of

2719
01:28:19,827 --> 01:28:22,227
opportunities over the next

2720
01:28:22,262 --> 01:28:23,763
several months to talk about

2721
01:28:23,763 --> 01:28:24,640
staffing um for the next year

2722
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:25,980
s

2723
01:28:25,980 --> 01:28:25,532
next fiscal year

2724
01:28:25,532 --> 01:28:26,501
s budget. You

2725
01:28:26,501 --> 01:28:28,970
hear that, Vice Mayor. We have

2726
01:28:28,970 --> 01:28:30,371
lots of work to do.

2727
01:28:30,371 --> 01:28:32,771
Councilmember Meister, so yeah,

2728
01:28:33,274 --> 01:28:34,608
in the same vein I was going to

2729
01:28:34,608 --> 01:28:36,677
ask or say uh how many program

2730
01:28:36,677 --> 01:28:38,212
changes have Occurred since the

2731
01:28:38,212 --> 01:28:39,546
budget was approved that are

2732
01:28:39,546 --> 01:28:41,946
scheduled for the current

2733
01:28:42,382 --> 01:28:45,190
budget year. So how many of our

2734
01:28:45,190 --> 01:28:45,920
initiatives and program changes

2735
01:28:45,920 --> 01:28:48,920
have happened that that would

2736
01:28:49,690 --> 01:28:51,525
affect You know, staffing and

2737
01:28:51,525 --> 01:28:51,726
other things that haven

2738
01:28:51,726 --> 01:28:53,427
t been

2739
01:28:53,427 --> 01:28:55,827
necessarily addressed. And you

2740
01:28:58,832 --> 01:29:01,832
know, in this mid-year budget.

2741
01:29:02,303 --> 01:29:04,239
Well, I can tell you from a, a,

2742
01:29:04,239 --> 01:29:05,600
a budgeting perspective in the

2743
01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:06,708
supplemental expenditures that

2744
01:29:06,708 --> 01:29:08,276
have been approved at the

2745
01:29:08,276 --> 01:29:09,577
council level. It looks like we

2746
01:29:09,577 --> 01:29:11,977
have somewhere in the

2747
01:29:12,460 --> 01:29:13,848
neighborhood of 10 to 12 items

2748
01:29:13,848 --> 01:29:15,160
that came through with budget

2749
01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:16,317
requests, um, and those are

2750
01:29:16,317 --> 01:29:19,321
things that are on the work

2751
01:29:19,321 --> 01:29:21,156
plan and are being implemented,

2752
01:29:21,156 --> 01:29:22,757
um, expeditiously. We also have

2753
01:29:22,757 --> 01:29:24,525
items that come in through

2754
01:29:24,525 --> 01:29:26,494
council and or that are

2755
01:29:26,494 --> 01:29:28,263
adjusted on an ongoing basis

2756
01:29:28,263 --> 01:29:29,430
from our executive team

2757
01:29:29,430 --> 01:29:31,365
prioritization and repriorit.

2758
01:29:31,365 --> 01:29:32,934
Ization and that happens on an

2759
01:29:32,934 --> 01:29:34,100
ongoing basis, but items from

2760
01:29:34,100 --> 01:29:34,368
council, I believe they

2761
01:29:34,368 --> 01:29:36,368
re, um,

2762
01:29:37,105 --> 01:29:39,107
as I noted, there were, uh, I

2763
01:29:39,107 --> 01:29:40,800
think 10 to 12 they

2764
01:29:40,800 --> 01:29:40,441
re noted in

2765
01:29:40,441 --> 01:29:41,476
attachment a. They

2766
01:29:41,476 --> 01:29:43,545
re in one of

2767
01:29:43,545 --> 01:29:44,179
the pages on attachment a, uh,

2768
01:29:44,179 --> 01:29:45,880
and then there

2769
01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:47,281
s also, um,

2770
01:29:47,281 --> 01:29:48,716
There are also other items that

2771
01:29:48,716 --> 01:29:51,252
the city council brings that

2772
01:29:51,252 --> 01:29:52,186
get added to our kind of daily

2773
01:29:52,186 --> 01:29:54,586
and monthly look ahead

2774
01:29:54,623 --> 01:29:56,825
calendars. Yes, so I guess my

2775
01:29:56,825 --> 01:29:59,628
point is just that You know,

2776
01:29:59,628 --> 01:30:03,828
how is it, how is it affecting

2777
01:30:06,670 --> 01:30:07,350
staff. So, you know, 10 to 12.

2778
01:30:07,350 --> 01:30:09,971
Initiatives can be very um you

2779
01:30:09,971 --> 01:30:12,241
know, taxing on staff and or or

2780
01:30:12,241 --> 01:30:15,443
not. Um, so I think that as we

2781
01:30:15,443 --> 01:30:15,644
go into Uh, Our next year

2782
01:30:15,644 --> 01:30:17,644
s

2783
01:30:18,146 --> 01:30:19,470
budget, we have to, we have to

2784
01:30:19,470 --> 01:30:20,982
sort of incorporate that

2785
01:30:20,982 --> 01:30:21,141
possibility. So that we

2786
01:30:21,141 --> 01:30:23,141
re

2787
01:30:24,152 --> 01:30:26,454
ready for it as opposed to You

2788
01:30:26,454 --> 01:30:29,391
know, putting these through and

2789
01:30:29,391 --> 01:30:32,261
then and not having the budget

2790
01:30:32,261 --> 01:30:34,960
for it to increase staff or Or

2791
01:30:34,960 --> 01:30:34,296
whatever else is needed. So

2792
01:30:34,296 --> 01:30:36,296
that

2793
01:30:36,531 --> 01:30:38,467
s, that would be my

2794
01:30:38,467 --> 01:30:40,969
suggestion, um, and then I just

2795
01:30:40,969 --> 01:30:43,171
wanted to say that I agreed

2796
01:30:43,171 --> 01:30:45,707
with Kevin Burton, and I do

2797
01:30:45,707 --> 01:30:48,107
think that public safety

2798
01:30:48,544 --> 01:30:50,546
communications, um, have to be

2799
01:30:50,546 --> 01:30:52,848
looked at and uh I think that

2800
01:30:52,848 --> 01:30:54,917
the emergency sirens and

2801
01:30:54,917 --> 01:30:57,219
broadcasting system would be

2802
01:30:57,219 --> 01:30:58,353
well worth its uh whatever

2803
01:30:58,353 --> 01:30:59,454
investment it would take. Thank

2804
01:30:59,454 --> 01:31:00,550
you, Councilmember.

2805
01:31:00,550 --> 01:31:00,222
Councilmember Hang. Oh, I

2806
01:31:00,222 --> 01:31:02,222
m so

2807
01:31:02,691 --> 01:31:05,428
sorry. Yes, please, so yes, we

2808
01:31:05,428 --> 01:31:07,930
are looking at that. As part of

2809
01:31:07,930 --> 01:31:09,365
our response to the wildfires.

2810
01:31:09,365 --> 01:31:10,833
We have a committee of staff

2811
01:31:10,833 --> 01:31:12,701
looking at that and what we

2812
01:31:12,701 --> 01:31:12,868
were reporting back on that.

2813
01:31:12,868 --> 01:31:13,903
We

2814
01:31:13,903 --> 01:31:15,137
re not looking specifically

2815
01:31:15,137 --> 01:31:15,404
at the sirens at this point,

2816
01:31:15,404 --> 01:31:17,500
but that

2817
01:31:17,500 --> 01:31:17,773
s something that we

2818
01:31:17,773 --> 01:31:18,106
can consider for next year

2819
01:31:18,106 --> 01:31:18,440
s

2820
01:31:18,440 --> 01:31:19,741
budget as we

2821
01:31:19,741 --> 01:31:21,477
re looking at it.

2822
01:31:21,477 --> 01:31:21,678
Um, as far as staffing, I

2823
01:31:21,678 --> 01:31:23,678
m

2824
01:31:24,781 --> 01:31:26,182
sorry, well, I guess staffing

2825
01:31:26,182 --> 01:31:27,583
and priorities and all the new

2826
01:31:27,583 --> 01:31:29,418
initiatives that we do have, um,

2827
01:31:29,418 --> 01:31:32,588
we are looking at coming back

2828
01:31:32,588 --> 01:31:32,955
in APRIL to have a priorities

2829
01:31:32,955 --> 01:31:33,856
discussion. We

2830
01:31:33,856 --> 01:31:34,723
ll get a lot of

2831
01:31:34,723 --> 01:31:36,258
that from the budget

2832
01:31:36,258 --> 01:31:38,695
subcommittee, but I think it is

2833
01:31:38,695 --> 01:31:39,229
important to hear from the full

2834
01:31:39,229 --> 01:31:40,563
council as we

2835
01:31:40,563 --> 01:31:42,310
re developing our

2836
01:31:42,310 --> 01:31:43,533
work plans because there are a

2837
01:31:43,533 --> 01:31:46,435
lot of new initiatives and

2838
01:31:46,435 --> 01:31:48,571
things added during the year,

2839
01:31:48,571 --> 01:31:49,204
so having a discussion like

2840
01:31:49,204 --> 01:31:50,500
with everything incorporated

2841
01:31:50,500 --> 01:31:51,173
together and Including those

2842
01:31:51,173 --> 01:31:52,708
things that have been added

2843
01:31:52,708 --> 01:31:54,760
over the next year, MAY be

2844
01:31:54,760 --> 01:31:56,746
helpful for all of us. Sounds

2845
01:31:56,746 --> 01:31:59,746
great. Thank you, City manager,

2846
01:32:00,490 --> 01:32:01,784
Councillor Hang. Thank you,

2847
01:32:01,784 --> 01:32:02,785
Mayor. Thank you for the report.

2848
01:32:02,785 --> 01:32:03,286
I know that

2849
01:32:03,286 --> 01:32:04,687
s very arduous and

2850
01:32:04,687 --> 01:32:06,589
long, so I really appreciate,

2851
01:32:06,589 --> 01:32:09,910
we all really appreciate the

2852
01:32:09,910 --> 01:32:10,559
numbers, um, speaking of

2853
01:32:10,559 --> 01:32:12,528
critical need of staff, the

2854
01:32:12,528 --> 01:32:14,431
three new hires, the senior

2855
01:32:14,431 --> 01:32:15,298
planner position, the project

2856
01:32:15,298 --> 01:32:17,298
development administrator

2857
01:32:17,734 --> 01:32:19,200
position and the administrative

2858
01:32:19,200 --> 01:32:20,904
specialist for position. Would

2859
01:32:20,904 --> 01:32:23,239
you happen to have an idea of

2860
01:32:23,239 --> 01:32:24,173
when they will be onboarded. As

2861
01:32:24,173 --> 01:32:27,173
they will be revenue generating.

2862
01:32:31,214 --> 01:32:32,215
So this helps to begin the

2863
01:32:32,215 --> 01:32:33,316
recruitment process typically

2864
01:32:33,316 --> 01:32:35,685
recruitments can take anywhere

2865
01:32:35,685 --> 01:32:38,685
from 3 to 4 to 6 months. It

2866
01:32:40,230 --> 01:32:40,890
just depends on the positions,

2867
01:32:40,890 --> 01:32:43,326
but we anticipate towards the

2868
01:32:43,326 --> 01:32:44,460
end of this fiscal year to

2869
01:32:44,460 --> 01:32:46,860
hopefully have those positions

2870
01:32:47,163 --> 01:32:47,363
filled or close to filled so

2871
01:32:47,363 --> 01:32:48,298
they

2872
01:32:48,298 --> 01:32:51,680
ll be ready and up and

2873
01:32:51,680 --> 01:32:51,968
running for the start of the

2874
01:32:51,968 --> 01:32:54,968
next budget cycle which starts

2875
01:32:55,505 --> 01:32:58,505
JULY. Thank you. And with

2876
01:32:58,541 --> 01:33:00,410
regards to the staff, um, does

2877
01:33:00,410 --> 01:33:02,679
The city usually promote from

2878
01:33:02,679 --> 01:33:05,915
within, or are we going to do

2879
01:33:05,915 --> 01:33:08,786
an open requisition for it. It

2880
01:33:08,786 --> 01:33:11,221
depends. We often promote from

2881
01:33:11,221 --> 01:33:14,191
within some of our positions

2882
01:33:14,191 --> 01:33:15,158
require an internal recruitment

2883
01:33:15,158 --> 01:33:17,270
first before external some

2884
01:33:17,270 --> 01:33:18,595
positions do not, and we go

2885
01:33:18,595 --> 01:33:20,530
external, but often higher

2886
01:33:20,530 --> 01:33:22,465
internally for those as well,

2887
01:33:22,465 --> 01:33:23,901
so it really just depends, but

2888
01:33:23,901 --> 01:33:26,237
we always try to promote from

2889
01:33:26,237 --> 01:33:27,971
when then when there are people

2890
01:33:27,971 --> 01:33:29,707
who have the experience and

2891
01:33:29,707 --> 01:33:31,675
expertise for the position.

2892
01:33:31,675 --> 01:33:32,309
Thank you. Yeah, I mean, I

2893
01:33:32,309 --> 01:33:34,110
really appreciate these 3 new

2894
01:33:34,110 --> 01:33:34,978
hires. I think the creation of

2895
01:33:34,978 --> 01:33:36,713
this new billboard unit is

2896
01:33:36,713 --> 01:33:38,982
going to be vital to generating

2897
01:33:38,982 --> 01:33:39,883
more revenue for our city and

2898
01:33:39,883 --> 01:33:41,819
providing more staff to

2899
01:33:41,819 --> 01:33:44,188
actually carry that work out,

2900
01:33:44,188 --> 01:33:46,157
the important work, um, you

2901
01:33:46,157 --> 01:33:48,125
mentioned that the tot tax was

2902
01:33:48,125 --> 01:33:48,692
kind of on a kind of on a dip.

2903
01:33:48,692 --> 01:33:50,940
I know they

2904
01:33:50,940 --> 01:33:51,963
re not here, but on

2905
01:33:51,963 --> 01:33:53,964
a high level, do you know what

2906
01:33:53,964 --> 01:33:55,320
visit West Hollywood is doing

2907
01:33:55,320 --> 01:33:57,432
that hopefully bring those

2908
01:33:59,370 --> 01:34:00,238
numbers back up. That

2909
01:34:00,238 --> 01:34:02,238
s a great

2910
01:34:02,440 --> 01:34:04,840
question. Is Laurayry here?

2911
01:34:05,443 --> 01:34:06,143
Laura, do you, do you feel uh

2912
01:34:06,143 --> 01:34:07,745
able to answer that question,

2913
01:34:07,745 --> 01:34:08,679
or would you like us to, to get

2914
01:34:08,679 --> 01:34:11,382
a response from Visitw West

2915
01:34:11,382 --> 01:34:11,543
Hollywood. Ok, we

2916
01:34:11,543 --> 01:34:11,715
re we

2917
01:34:11,715 --> 01:34:13,317
re

2918
01:34:13,317 --> 01:34:14,251
going to see if they can get us

2919
01:34:14,251 --> 01:34:14,685
a response, but if not, we

2920
01:34:14,685 --> 01:34:15,586
ll

2921
01:34:15,586 --> 01:34:19,690
come back and provide one as a

2922
01:34:19,690 --> 01:34:19,891
memo. Thank you. And then, um,

2923
01:34:19,891 --> 01:34:21,891
when

2924
01:34:22,260 --> 01:34:23,427
s the last time the city

2925
01:34:23,427 --> 01:34:26,230
updated its fee schedules every

2926
01:34:26,230 --> 01:34:29,230
couple of years, every year.

2927
01:34:35,607 --> 01:34:35,907
Every year. Every year. Every

2928
01:34:35,907 --> 01:34:36,775
year there

2929
01:34:36,775 --> 01:34:38,142
s an item we look at

2930
01:34:38,142 --> 01:34:39,544
our fees and there

2931
01:34:39,544 --> 01:34:41,544
s an item

2932
01:34:41,879 --> 01:34:42,880
from staff for any updates, and

2933
01:34:42,880 --> 01:34:43,781
then every and I don

2934
01:34:43,781 --> 01:34:43,981
t know if

2935
01:34:43,981 --> 01:34:45,716
Annie

2936
01:34:45,716 --> 01:34:47,251
s here every 2 to 3 years

2937
01:34:47,251 --> 01:34:49,120
and we actually do a study and

2938
01:34:49,120 --> 01:34:51,560
it MAY be more like 3 to 5

2939
01:34:51,560 --> 01:34:52,324
years we actually do a full

2940
01:34:52,324 --> 01:34:55,324
study where a consultant comes

2941
01:34:55,894 --> 01:34:57,996
in and looks at our fees, but

2942
01:34:57,996 --> 01:34:59,764
generally every year we

2943
01:34:59,764 --> 01:35:00,732
reevaluate internally like the

2944
01:35:00,732 --> 01:35:02,867
actual impacts of certain

2945
01:35:02,867 --> 01:35:05,867
things in the related piece.

2946
01:35:05,870 --> 01:35:06,637
Great. Thank you. Do my

2947
01:35:06,637 --> 01:35:07,838
colleagues have any other

2948
01:35:07,838 --> 01:35:09,508
questions? Is he Vice Mayor

2949
01:35:09,508 --> 01:35:11,943
with a motion on the table. Did

2950
01:35:11,943 --> 01:35:13,111
you have any comments to add

2951
01:35:13,111 --> 01:35:14,513
for? Oh, and we got a second.

2952
01:35:14,513 --> 01:35:15,380
Um, I just wanted to add to, um,

2953
01:35:15,380 --> 01:35:16,314
you know, it

2954
01:35:16,314 --> 01:35:16,848
s a mid-year

2955
01:35:16,848 --> 01:35:17,816
report, and I

2956
01:35:17,816 --> 01:35:19,684
m aware that most

2957
01:35:19,684 --> 01:35:21,185
of the conversation tonight has

2958
01:35:21,185 --> 01:35:23,254
been about staff capacity. I

2959
01:35:23,254 --> 01:35:25,189
know we are great contributors

2960
01:35:25,189 --> 01:35:26,425
to the workload that staff is

2961
01:35:26,425 --> 01:35:27,993
constantly dealing with, so I

2962
01:35:27,993 --> 01:35:28,894
appreciate that and just

2963
01:35:28,894 --> 01:35:30,495
recognize our responsibility as

2964
01:35:30,495 --> 01:35:31,263
a council and making sure that

2965
01:35:31,263 --> 01:35:32,297
the items we

2966
01:35:32,297 --> 01:35:34,232
re putting forward

2967
01:35:34,232 --> 01:35:34,499
to are truly reflective of the

2968
01:35:34,499 --> 01:35:36,499
community

2969
01:35:36,701 --> 01:35:38,136
s needs at this time,

2970
01:35:38,136 --> 01:35:38,970
um, that balance of being a

2971
01:35:38,970 --> 01:35:41,405
counsel that so few are in this

2972
01:35:41,405 --> 01:35:42,600
way that actually bring items

2973
01:35:42,600 --> 01:35:44,310
forward on our agenda, I

2974
01:35:44,310 --> 01:35:45,944
believe, is what has made us

2975
01:35:45,944 --> 01:35:46,111
such an amazing city that

2976
01:35:46,111 --> 01:35:46,745
s so

2977
01:35:46,745 --> 01:35:46,979
responsive, and I

2978
01:35:46,979 --> 01:35:47,946
m deeply

2979
01:35:47,946 --> 01:35:48,880
aware that we can only

2980
01:35:48,880 --> 01:35:50,582
accomplish what we can

2981
01:35:50,582 --> 01:35:51,183
accomplish on behalf of the

2982
01:35:51,183 --> 01:35:51,650
community if staff

2983
01:35:51,650 --> 01:35:52,718
s able to

2984
01:35:52,718 --> 01:35:53,850
accomplish it, so we

2985
01:35:53,850 --> 01:35:54,986
ll be

2986
01:35:54,986 --> 01:35:56,388
recognizing that balance as a

2987
01:35:56,388 --> 01:35:58,556
counsel. I certainly will, as

2988
01:35:58,556 --> 01:35:59,357
somebody who brought multiple

2989
01:35:59,357 --> 01:36:01,293
items together tonight as we

2990
01:36:01,293 --> 01:36:02,795
move forward and just want to

2991
01:36:02,795 --> 01:36:04,263
reflect and honor our role in

2992
01:36:04,263 --> 01:36:04,597
the whole conversation as well,

2993
01:36:04,597 --> 01:36:05,264
so if there

2994
01:36:05,264 --> 01:36:07,199
s nothing else they

2995
01:36:07,199 --> 01:36:08,901
see a motion and a second on

2996
01:36:08,901 --> 01:36:09,701
the table. Vice Mayor Hellman

2997
01:36:09,701 --> 01:36:11,370
and I have acknowledged our

2998
01:36:11,370 --> 01:36:12,270
work to do for the next budget

2999
01:36:12,270 --> 01:36:13,772
cycle. We

3000
01:36:13,772 --> 01:36:16,172
re excited for that

3001
01:36:16,842 --> 01:36:18,276
and my vote is in. Terrific.

3002
01:36:18,276 --> 01:36:19,712
Thank you both for the

3003
01:36:19,712 --> 01:36:20,613
presentation. You too, City Man

3004
01:36:20,613 --> 01:36:23,549
David Wilson, we appreciate it

3005
01:36:23,549 --> 01:36:24,650
and we can move on to item e2.

3006
01:36:24,650 --> 01:36:27,650
Our update on major development

3007
01:36:30,255 --> 01:36:31,890
projects. And I don

3008
01:36:31,890 --> 01:36:33,890
t believe

3009
01:36:33,910 --> 01:36:34,993
we have a staff presentation in

3010
01:36:34,993 --> 01:36:36,620
our full report for this, but,

3011
01:36:36,620 --> 01:36:36,230
um, would you? No? Oh, he

3012
01:36:36,230 --> 01:36:38,230
s got

3013
01:36:48,607 --> 01:36:48,836
some. Ok, great. Maybe we do.

3014
01:36:48,836 --> 01:36:50,609
I

3015
01:36:50,609 --> 01:36:51,743
m happy to provide an

3016
01:36:51,743 --> 01:36:53,980
overview. Sure, ok, good

3017
01:36:53,980 --> 01:36:55,114
evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor,

3018
01:36:55,114 --> 01:36:56,349
counsel Nick Marisic, director

3019
01:36:56,349 --> 01:36:57,483
of community development,

3020
01:36:57,483 --> 01:36:58,351
joined by our assistant

3021
01:36:58,351 --> 01:37:00,186
director Jennifer Alkier and

3022
01:37:00,186 --> 01:37:02,121
our building and safety manager

3023
01:37:02,121 --> 01:37:03,622
Ben Galan. Item e2 is the

3024
01:37:03,622 --> 01:37:05,570
quarterly update on the status

3025
01:37:05,570 --> 01:37:06,992
of major development projects

3026
01:37:06,992 --> 01:37:08,694
around the city back in JUNE of

3027
01:37:08,694 --> 01:37:09,928
2023, the council requested to

3028
01:37:09,928 --> 01:37:10,950
receive these reports, and

3029
01:37:10,950 --> 01:37:11,831
we

3030
01:37:11,831 --> 01:37:13,800
ve expanded them over time

3031
01:37:13,800 --> 01:37:15,202
to a compass additional project

3032
01:37:15,202 --> 01:37:16,402
types such as those requesting

3033
01:37:16,402 --> 01:37:16,669
approval under the builder

3034
01:37:16,669 --> 01:37:17,670
s

3035
01:37:17,670 --> 01:37:20,390
remedy provisions of state law

3036
01:37:20,390 --> 01:37:21,540
and for the first time with

3037
01:37:21,540 --> 01:37:22,608
this report a list of

3038
01:37:22,608 --> 01:37:24,176
standalone billboard projects

3039
01:37:24,176 --> 01:37:26,412
being proposed under the Sunset

3040
01:37:26,412 --> 01:37:27,980
Arts and advertising program.

3041
01:37:27,980 --> 01:37:29,382
Attachment a covers major

3042
01:37:29,382 --> 01:37:30,283
projects and builders remedy

3043
01:37:30,283 --> 01:37:32,319
projects and attachment b

3044
01:37:32,319 --> 01:37:34,187
includes a map of these

3045
01:37:34,187 --> 01:37:35,788
projects, uh, the additional

3046
01:37:35,788 --> 01:37:36,689
billboard projects are listed

3047
01:37:36,689 --> 01:37:38,925
in attachment c and are shown

3048
01:37:38,925 --> 01:37:40,860
on a map in attachment d. I

3049
01:37:40,860 --> 01:37:42,862
know that the first project

3050
01:37:42,862 --> 01:37:43,629
listed in attachment a, the

3051
01:37:43,629 --> 01:37:44,930
Melrose Triangle project has

3052
01:37:44,930 --> 01:37:47,100
been a long standing item of

3053
01:37:47,100 --> 01:37:48,502
interest, and we do have a

3054
01:37:48,502 --> 01:37:50,902
significant update with this

3055
01:37:50,904 --> 01:37:52,720
report on this project. The

3056
01:37:52,720 --> 01:37:52,972
entitlements for the previously

3057
01:37:52,972 --> 01:37:55,372
approved project have now

3058
01:37:55,408 --> 01:37:57,410
expired. And there is no new

3059
01:37:57,410 --> 01:37:59,679
project that has been proposed

3060
01:37:59,679 --> 01:38:01,681
by the owner for the site at

3061
01:38:01,681 --> 01:38:02,548
this time. Given the excavation

3062
01:38:02,548 --> 01:38:04,985
work that took place on the

3063
01:38:04,985 --> 01:38:06,920
site, the city has required the

3064
01:38:06,920 --> 01:38:08,588
applicant to secure the

3065
01:38:08,588 --> 01:38:09,823
necessary permits to backfill

3066
01:38:09,823 --> 01:38:10,757
the excavated area and to

3067
01:38:10,757 --> 01:38:14,357
restore the site in a timely

3068
01:38:16,429 --> 01:38:18,565
manner. Part of the permitting

3069
01:38:18,565 --> 01:38:19,365
process requires a community

3070
01:38:19,365 --> 01:38:21,301
preconstruction community

3071
01:38:21,301 --> 01:38:21,635
meetings to be held, and the

3072
01:38:21,635 --> 01:38:23,403
applicant we

3073
01:38:23,403 --> 01:38:24,805
ve been informed

3074
01:38:24,805 --> 01:38:27,674
has been scheduled that meeting

3075
01:38:27,674 --> 01:38:30,674
for a Wednesday, FEBRUARY 26th

3076
01:38:32,780 --> 01:38:34,470
at 10 A.M., 3 P.M., and 6:30

3077
01:38:34,470 --> 01:38:34,847
P.M. Via Zoom, and they, uh,

3078
01:38:34,847 --> 01:38:36,847
the additional information

3079
01:38:37,250 --> 01:38:38,219
including the Zoom meeting

3080
01:38:38,219 --> 01:38:40,219
instructions and access

3081
01:38:41,121 --> 01:38:41,722
information has been sent out

3082
01:38:41,722 --> 01:38:44,122
to adjacent businesses and

3083
01:38:44,191 --> 01:38:45,492
residents within 200 ft. It

3084
01:38:45,492 --> 01:38:49,692
also can be found on a website

3085
01:38:50,897 --> 01:38:52,766
that the owner has set up,

3086
01:38:52,766 --> 01:38:54,668
which is

3087
01:38:54,668 --> 01:38:54,868
www.Melrose-triangle.Com.

3088
01:38:54,868 --> 01:38:55,435
That

3089
01:38:55,435 --> 01:38:57,104
s Melrose triangle.Com and

3090
01:38:57,104 --> 01:39:00,740
the owner has also set up an

3091
01:39:00,740 --> 01:39:00,607
email address, Melrose

3092
01:39:00,607 --> 01:39:01,442
triangle@gmail.Com where

3093
01:39:01,442 --> 01:39:03,477
community members can reach out

3094
01:39:03,477 --> 01:39:05,812
if they have questions and just

3095
01:39:05,812 --> 01:39:06,513
showing here a copy of the

3096
01:39:06,513 --> 01:39:08,848
notice which they provided to

3097
01:39:08,848 --> 01:39:09,783
us at the end of last week. Um,

3098
01:39:09,783 --> 01:39:10,284
finally, I would like to note

3099
01:39:10,284 --> 01:39:11,218
that we

3100
01:39:11,218 --> 01:39:11,885
ve submitted a

3101
01:39:11,885 --> 01:39:13,287
memorandum this afternoon with

3102
01:39:13,287 --> 01:39:14,288
updated in additional

3103
01:39:14,288 --> 01:39:15,656
information for attachments a

3104
01:39:15,656 --> 01:39:17,491
and c, and this is available

3105
01:39:17,491 --> 01:39:18,392
for the public through the

3106
01:39:18,392 --> 01:39:19,927
posted online agenda, and thank

3107
01:39:19,927 --> 01:39:22,229
you to the city clerk team for

3108
01:39:22,229 --> 01:39:23,697
their assistance in getting

3109
01:39:23,697 --> 01:39:23,998
that distributed this afternoon.

3110
01:39:23,998 --> 01:39:24,431
The staff

3111
01:39:24,431 --> 01:39:25,632
s recommendation is

3112
01:39:25,632 --> 01:39:26,700
for the council to receive and

3113
01:39:26,700 --> 01:39:26,858
file this report. We

3114
01:39:26,858 --> 01:39:27,634
re

3115
01:39:27,634 --> 01:39:29,536
available to answer any

3116
01:39:29,536 --> 01:39:30,504
questions. Thank you. Thank you,

3117
01:39:30,504 --> 01:39:32,904
Councilmemb Erickson is ready

3118
01:39:34,375 --> 01:39:35,943
to go. Thank you. Um, a couple

3119
01:39:35,943 --> 01:39:38,343
of items around Melrose

3120
01:39:38,812 --> 01:39:40,247
Triangle. Um, do you know

3121
01:39:40,247 --> 01:39:41,515
specifically how long it would

3122
01:39:41,515 --> 01:39:44,515
be so the community meetings

3123
01:39:44,618 --> 01:39:48,880
happen. And then what is it a

3124
01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:50,158
rough timeline. So the

3125
01:39:50,158 --> 01:39:50,315
community noticed that they

3126
01:39:50,315 --> 01:39:52,260
ve

3127
01:39:52,260 --> 01:39:52,960
distributed now or are

3128
01:39:52,960 --> 01:39:54,950
distributings says, quote, It

3129
01:39:54,950 --> 01:39:56,330
is anticipated that it will

3130
01:39:56,330 --> 01:39:58,699
take between 6 and 9 months to

3131
01:39:58,699 --> 01:40:00,134
fill the hole depending on

3132
01:40:00,134 --> 01:40:01,302
weather conditions and

3133
01:40:01,302 --> 01:40:03,504
availability of film materials.

3134
01:40:03,504 --> 01:40:04,972
Ok, so I have 2 questions to go

3135
01:40:04,972 --> 01:40:07,442
along with that. Now I had one

3136
01:40:07,442 --> 01:40:08,843
actually, but now 2.1. Are we

3137
01:40:08,843 --> 01:40:10,745
going to be making sure that

3138
01:40:10,745 --> 01:40:11,379
the dirt that they bring in is

3139
01:40:11,379 --> 01:40:13,247
tested to make sure it

3140
01:40:13,247 --> 01:40:15,247
s not

3141
01:40:16,551 --> 01:40:18,190
coming from any potential toxic

3142
01:40:18,190 --> 01:40:20,419
or environmentally unsafe area.

3143
01:40:20,421 --> 01:40:20,988
I have been asked by some

3144
01:40:20,988 --> 01:40:21,389
community members. There

3145
01:40:21,389 --> 01:40:22,656
s a

3146
01:40:22,656 --> 01:40:25,293
lot of dirt out there right now

3147
01:40:25,293 --> 01:40:27,228
and some of that dirt might be

3148
01:40:27,228 --> 01:40:28,163
be removed from areas that were

3149
01:40:28,163 --> 01:40:30,598
victims of fires and who knows

3150
01:40:30,598 --> 01:40:31,599
what could be going on, but is

3151
01:40:31,599 --> 01:40:33,340
there a testing requirement to

3152
01:40:33,340 --> 01:40:35,436
that, and if not, I want to

3153
01:40:35,436 --> 01:40:36,637
make sure that we add that to

3154
01:40:36,637 --> 01:40:36,871
whatever goes in there because

3155
01:40:36,871 --> 01:40:38,871
I don

3156
01:40:39,740 --> 01:40:40,341
t want what. Anyways, you

3157
01:40:40,341 --> 01:40:40,842
get where I

3158
01:40:40,842 --> 01:40:43,780
m going to, is

3159
01:40:43,780 --> 01:40:44,646
there a way in which we can

3160
01:40:44,646 --> 01:40:46,147
collect on any financial bond

3161
01:40:46,147 --> 01:40:46,481
or anything that we

3162
01:40:46,481 --> 01:40:47,582
ve had

3163
01:40:47,582 --> 01:40:47,917
there in with them if we didn

3164
01:40:47,917 --> 01:40:49,917
t

3165
01:40:50,418 --> 01:40:52,754
have one, I understand, but um

3166
01:40:52,754 --> 01:40:54,856
6 to 9 months is unacceptable

3167
01:40:54,856 --> 01:40:55,657
in my opinion. Is there an

3168
01:40:55,657 --> 01:40:58,657
expedited timeline that we can

3169
01:40:58,660 --> 01:40:59,895
give to them, I mean, I know

3170
01:40:59,895 --> 01:41:01,163
this seems like reductionist

3171
01:41:01,163 --> 01:41:01,964
and I understand I don

3172
01:41:01,964 --> 01:41:03,531
t have a

3173
01:41:03,531 --> 01:41:05,567
background and you know filling

3174
01:41:05,567 --> 01:41:07,469
holes in dirt, but like I did

3175
01:41:07,469 --> 01:41:08,803
grow up in the Midwest like how

3176
01:41:08,803 --> 01:41:11,639
long does it take to fill a

3177
01:41:11,639 --> 01:41:12,740
with dirt, I guess, really. I,

3178
01:41:12,740 --> 01:41:13,708
I, I mean, I don

3179
01:41:13,708 --> 01:41:15,978
t mean to be

3180
01:41:15,978 --> 01:41:16,979
like joking about it, but like

3181
01:41:16,979 --> 01:41:17,412
my my niece has filled a hole

3182
01:41:17,412 --> 01:41:18,380
that she

3183
01:41:18,380 --> 01:41:19,214
s built in the

3184
01:41:19,214 --> 01:41:21,917
backyard quicker than I think

3185
01:41:21,917 --> 01:41:22,840
this. Possibility. I I just

3186
01:41:22,840 --> 01:41:24,840
don

3187
01:41:24,686 --> 01:41:25,721
t get it. I

3188
01:41:25,721 --> 01:41:25,889
ll, I

3189
01:41:25,889 --> 01:41:27,880
ll ask

3190
01:41:27,880 --> 01:41:28,990
Ben to respond to some of those

3191
01:41:28,990 --> 01:41:29,991
questions. I will say that we

3192
01:41:29,991 --> 01:41:32,391
are anticipating a significant

3193
01:41:32,894 --> 01:41:34,897
number of truck trips required

3194
01:41:34,897 --> 01:41:35,798
in order to fully refill the

3195
01:41:35,798 --> 01:41:37,733
excavated area and Ben can

3196
01:41:37,733 --> 01:41:39,301
speak to that more. Sure, thank

3197
01:41:39,301 --> 01:41:41,670
you for the question,

3198
01:41:41,670 --> 01:41:43,710
COUNCILMAN Erickson. Uh, first

3199
01:41:43,710 --> 01:41:44,600
question was regarding

3200
01:41:44,600 --> 01:41:47,600
certification of the infill, so

3201
01:41:47,375 --> 01:41:48,910
both in the building code and

3202
01:41:48,910 --> 01:41:50,312
in our requests to the

3203
01:41:50,312 --> 01:41:52,248
developer, uh, the info does

3204
01:41:52,248 --> 01:41:53,349
have to be certified on site

3205
01:41:53,349 --> 01:41:54,383
before it gets shipped to West

3206
01:41:54,383 --> 01:41:54,683
Hollywood. So that

3207
01:41:54,683 --> 01:41:56,683
s already in

3208
01:41:57,653 --> 01:41:58,587
play. And regarding the second

3209
01:41:58,587 --> 01:41:59,288
question, it was regarding how

3210
01:41:59,288 --> 01:42:00,880
long it

3211
01:42:00,880 --> 01:42:03,688
s going to take to fill

3212
01:42:05,827 --> 01:42:07,229
the hole, so That holds about

3213
01:42:07,229 --> 01:42:08,431
270,000 cubic feet and each

3214
01:42:08,431 --> 01:42:09,265
dump truck is about 10 cubic

3215
01:42:09,265 --> 01:42:11,265
feet, so we

3216
01:42:11,601 --> 01:42:12,668
re going to have

3217
01:42:12,668 --> 01:42:15,680
about 27,000 trucks coming in

3218
01:42:16,505 --> 01:42:20,105
to infill that that hole, so,

3219
01:42:20,409 --> 01:42:24,900
um, again, as uh Director Nick

3220
01:42:24,113 --> 01:42:24,313
mentioned, it all depends uh

3221
01:42:24,313 --> 01:42:24,580
there

3222
01:42:24,580 --> 01:42:25,447
s there

3223
01:42:25,447 --> 01:42:27,490
s a few factors

3224
01:42:27,490 --> 01:42:27,684
that play into it, um,

3225
01:42:27,684 --> 01:42:27,850
obviously the weather, they

3226
01:42:27,850 --> 01:42:29,819
re

3227
01:42:29,819 --> 01:42:30,386
not going to be moving dirt in

3228
01:42:30,386 --> 01:42:32,386
there when it

3229
01:42:33,289 --> 01:42:35,191
s raining, um,

3230
01:42:35,191 --> 01:42:35,524
and uh also it

3231
01:42:35,524 --> 01:42:36,592
s availability

3232
01:42:36,592 --> 01:42:37,993
of infill, um. They

3233
01:42:37,993 --> 01:42:39,495
re going to

3234
01:42:39,495 --> 01:42:40,429
have to be going outside of the

3235
01:42:40,429 --> 01:42:43,333
county to to find material to

3236
01:42:43,333 --> 01:42:44,467
bring that in. So, uh, the

3237
01:42:44,467 --> 01:42:44,868
developer has identified 3

3238
01:42:44,868 --> 01:42:46,868
sites where they

3239
01:42:47,360 --> 01:42:47,737
re going to be

3240
01:42:47,737 --> 01:42:50,737
bringing material into the city.

3241
01:42:50,840 --> 01:42:51,808
So, again, it

3242
01:42:51,808 --> 01:42:53,176
s between 6 and 9

3243
01:42:53,176 --> 01:42:54,177
months. Great. Is there a

3244
01:42:54,177 --> 01:42:55,278
deadline that we can place on

3245
01:42:55,278 --> 01:42:55,678
there as a city to say if it

3246
01:42:55,678 --> 01:42:57,678
s

3247
01:42:58,147 --> 01:43:00,617
not done by DECEMBER 30th, 2025,

3248
01:43:00,617 --> 01:43:04,217
you now have to pay $10,000 a

3249
01:43:05,540 --> 01:43:05,755
day or anything like that. I

3250
01:43:05,755 --> 01:43:07,490
mean, they don

3251
01:43:07,490 --> 01:43:09,392
t have

3252
01:43:09,392 --> 01:43:10,860
entitlements on the property

3253
01:43:10,860 --> 01:43:11,928
anymore and um is there any

3254
01:43:11,928 --> 01:43:12,862
type of financial penalty that

3255
01:43:12,862 --> 01:43:13,240
we can apply to them. We

3256
01:43:13,240 --> 01:43:14,764
ve

3257
01:43:14,764 --> 01:43:15,310
been working with the city

3258
01:43:15,310 --> 01:43:16,666
attorney

3259
01:43:16,666 --> 01:43:18,802
s office to initiate

3260
01:43:18,802 --> 01:43:21,204
this process, so I would um

3261
01:43:21,204 --> 01:43:23,730
defer to her. I would, I would

3262
01:43:23,730 --> 01:43:25,475
defer to attorney advice on any

3263
01:43:25,475 --> 01:43:27,875
possible options with respect

3264
01:43:27,977 --> 01:43:29,445
to that. Understood the urgency

3265
01:43:29,445 --> 01:43:29,812
to get this filled as much as

3266
01:43:29,812 --> 01:43:31,247
possible. We

3267
01:43:31,247 --> 01:43:33,149
ve, you know, sent

3268
01:43:33,149 --> 01:43:33,849
them letters. We have them in

3269
01:43:33,849 --> 01:43:35,652
the plan check process just to

3270
01:43:35,652 --> 01:43:37,530
get permits to be able to

3271
01:43:37,530 --> 01:43:37,988
do the film. So it

3272
01:43:37,988 --> 01:43:39,923
s a long

3273
01:43:39,923 --> 01:43:40,924
complicated process, and we

3274
01:43:40,924 --> 01:43:42,580
will put whatever pressures we

3275
01:43:42,580 --> 01:43:43,593
can on them both through our

3276
01:43:43,593 --> 01:43:44,794
legal remedies and through our

3277
01:43:44,794 --> 01:43:46,263
permits that we can to get this

3278
01:43:46,263 --> 01:43:47,664
done as quickly as possible. I

3279
01:43:47,664 --> 01:43:50,990
mean, I just think that every

3280
01:43:50,990 --> 01:43:51,534
tool should be on the table

3281
01:43:51,534 --> 01:43:54,571
with this aspect, I think, you

3282
01:43:54,571 --> 01:43:54,771
know, I was councilmember,

3283
01:43:54,771 --> 01:43:56,771
land

3284
01:43:56,840 --> 01:43:58,408
s deputy when this project

3285
01:43:58,408 --> 01:43:59,760
first was going through

3286
01:43:59,760 --> 01:43:59,409
Councilmember Meister, I think

3287
01:43:59,409 --> 01:44:00,810
you weren

3288
01:44:00,810 --> 01:44:02,812
t on the council yet.

3289
01:44:02,812 --> 01:44:05,182
We, I know Vice Mayor Heilman

3290
01:44:05,182 --> 01:44:07,500
was, but you know, this. Been

3291
01:44:07,500 --> 01:44:09,450
reiteration after iteration. So

3292
01:44:09,486 --> 01:44:10,888
if it is legally feasible and

3293
01:44:10,888 --> 01:44:12,220
our my colleagues agree, I

3294
01:44:12,220 --> 01:44:13,524
would like to implement or look

3295
01:44:13,524 --> 01:44:16,226
at some type of penalty

3296
01:44:16,226 --> 01:44:19,226
structure for not getting it

3297
01:44:19,229 --> 01:44:19,763
done in 9 months max, 6 months

3298
01:44:19,763 --> 01:44:20,797
at the best. I don

3299
01:44:20,797 --> 01:44:21,732
t know what

3300
01:44:21,732 --> 01:44:23,600
those possibilities are. Is

3301
01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:26,203
there a bond on this project?

3302
01:44:26,203 --> 01:44:27,604
Yeah What are the requirements

3303
01:44:27,604 --> 01:44:27,905
for us to collect? I don

3304
01:44:27,905 --> 01:44:29,840
t

3305
01:44:29,840 --> 01:44:32,843
think the amount of the bond

3306
01:44:32,843 --> 01:44:34,178
was, it was lower than the cost

3307
01:44:34,178 --> 01:44:35,312
to fill the hole. It was, it

3308
01:44:35,312 --> 01:44:38,912
was much less than the actual

3309
01:44:39,816 --> 01:44:40,317
cost to fill the hole, um. Yeah,

3310
01:44:40,317 --> 01:44:41,184
so I did that

3311
01:44:41,184 --> 01:44:42,686
s just my only

3312
01:44:42,686 --> 01:44:42,849
comment on this item and that

3313
01:44:42,849 --> 01:44:43,720
s

3314
01:44:43,720 --> 01:44:45,990
all thank you very much. Thank

3315
01:44:45,990 --> 01:44:48,192
you, Councilor Meister. Thank

3316
01:44:48,192 --> 01:44:51,192
you, Mayor. Did you say 27,000

3317
01:44:53,731 --> 01:44:56,131
trucks. Yes. Oh Approximately,

3318
01:44:57,234 --> 01:44:59,503
yes, trucks, trips are trucks

3319
01:44:59,503 --> 01:45:02,503
Trips are, yeah, each, each

3320
01:45:05,309 --> 01:45:06,344
truck is a trip. 27,000 and and

3321
01:45:06,344 --> 01:45:09,944
did it take 27,000 trips to get

3322
01:45:11,882 --> 01:45:12,717
the Get it out, so That

3323
01:45:12,717 --> 01:45:13,584
s not

3324
01:45:13,584 --> 01:45:16,584
really included in in an

3325
01:45:17,421 --> 01:45:19,423
environmental Impact Is there,

3326
01:45:19,423 --> 01:45:20,123
was that, was there an

3327
01:45:20,123 --> 01:45:22,523
environmental impact report on

3328
01:45:23,428 --> 01:45:24,395
this? There was for the

3329
01:45:24,395 --> 01:45:25,330
original project. No, I

3330
01:45:25,330 --> 01:45:26,931
understand that. I

3331
01:45:26,931 --> 01:45:28,931
m saying

3332
01:45:29,867 --> 01:45:31,268
that for this specifically.

3333
01:45:31,268 --> 01:45:31,836
This is a slightly different

3334
01:45:31,836 --> 01:45:33,270
process. It

3335
01:45:33,270 --> 01:45:34,638
s somewhat of an

3336
01:45:34,638 --> 01:45:37,740
enforcement measure to get them

3337
01:45:37,740 --> 01:45:37,675
to fix a condition that they

3338
01:45:37,675 --> 01:45:38,176
created, so it

3339
01:45:38,176 --> 01:45:38,510
s not, it

3340
01:45:38,510 --> 01:45:39,477
s

3341
01:45:39,477 --> 01:45:40,111
going through a building permit

3342
01:45:40,111 --> 01:45:42,111
process, but it

3343
01:45:42,414 --> 01:45:44,315
s not going

3344
01:45:44,315 --> 01:45:45,783
through a normal discretionary

3345
01:45:45,783 --> 01:45:45,950
planning review process because

3346
01:45:45,950 --> 01:45:46,818
it

3347
01:45:46,818 --> 01:45:47,819
s essentially an enforcement

3348
01:45:47,819 --> 01:45:48,753
matter to get them to fix it,

3349
01:45:48,753 --> 01:45:49,200
but shouldn

3350
01:45:49,200 --> 01:45:51,200
t there be

3351
01:45:52,230 --> 01:45:55,230
mitigation? I mean, if there

3352
01:45:55,293 --> 01:45:56,394
are environmental impacts from

3353
01:45:56,394 --> 01:45:56,728
27,000 trips that hasn

3354
01:45:56,728 --> 01:45:57,996
t been

3355
01:45:57,996 --> 01:46:00,996
accounted for in the original

3356
01:46:05,770 --> 01:46:08,770
eir. Hellman. Well, I, I

3357
01:46:08,773 --> 01:46:10,808
suspect that there were, um,

3358
01:46:10,808 --> 01:46:11,676
the study of all of the

3359
01:46:11,676 --> 01:46:14,460
construction trucks that would

3360
01:46:14,460 --> 01:46:15,800
be going there if it had been

3361
01:46:15,800 --> 01:46:17,800
built, so I

3362
01:46:17,449 --> 01:46:19,451
m sure that the eir

3363
01:46:19,451 --> 01:46:21,753
considered not only all of the

3364
01:46:21,753 --> 01:46:23,154
trucks that were going to be

3365
01:46:23,154 --> 01:46:25,590
there for the demolition, but

3366
01:46:25,590 --> 01:46:27,592
then all of the trucks to pour

3367
01:46:27,592 --> 01:46:29,527
concrete, etc. So I

3368
01:46:29,527 --> 01:46:31,527
m sure the

3369
01:46:31,764 --> 01:46:34,764
eir studied probably well more

3370
01:46:35,467 --> 01:46:38,467
impacts than this is. Creating.

3371
01:46:39,537 --> 01:46:41,773
Thank you. Um, And then, um,

3372
01:46:41,773 --> 01:46:45,973
Did you say that it was 200 ft

3373
01:46:46,444 --> 01:46:46,744
for the notice. Or 500 ft. I

3374
01:46:46,744 --> 01:46:48,744
believe it

3375
01:46:48,814 --> 01:46:51,214
s 200 ft. That was

3376
01:46:52,151 --> 01:46:53,152
what was given to us from the

3377
01:46:53,152 --> 01:46:54,153
owner representative when we

3378
01:46:54,153 --> 01:46:55,787
received the notice, but I

3379
01:46:55,787 --> 01:46:58,490
would defer to our colleagues

3380
01:46:58,490 --> 01:46:59,424
in neighborhood and business

3381
01:46:59,424 --> 01:47:00,492
safety who enforced this

3382
01:47:00,492 --> 01:47:00,692
provision of the code if

3383
01:47:00,692 --> 01:47:01,927
there

3384
01:47:01,927 --> 01:47:02,460
s a question as to

3385
01:47:02,460 --> 01:47:04,129
because shouldn

3386
01:47:04,129 --> 01:47:04,329
t it be 500 ft

3387
01:47:04,329 --> 01:47:06,329
if it

3388
01:47:08,133 --> 01:47:10,603
s 500 ft. For notice of a

3389
01:47:10,603 --> 01:47:14,172
of anything. You know, uh, uh,

3390
01:47:14,172 --> 01:47:17,172
uh, commission meeting, um, it

3391
01:47:17,342 --> 01:47:20,879
seems to me 200 ft barely gets

3392
01:47:20,879 --> 01:47:21,790
into onto Rangeley. I mean

3393
01:47:21,790 --> 01:47:22,614
that

3394
01:47:22,614 --> 01:47:25,614
s not very, how many

3395
01:47:25,618 --> 01:47:28,180
people were actually noticed.

3396
01:47:28,287 --> 01:47:31,423
Or being noticed maybe we could

3397
01:47:31,423 --> 01:47:32,910
ask Vito. At a Midas to join us

3398
01:47:32,910 --> 01:47:35,910
here for that question. Thank

3399
01:47:35,527 --> 01:47:37,262
you. And to confirm the notice

3400
01:47:37,262 --> 01:47:40,262
I received included the 200 ft,

3401
01:47:43,769 --> 01:47:45,371
not 500. Uh, thank you, um.

3402
01:47:45,371 --> 01:47:47,206
Kilmer Meister staff is happy

3403
01:47:47,206 --> 01:47:50,206
to double check the noticing

3404
01:47:50,609 --> 01:47:52,545
that was done for the project.

3405
01:47:52,545 --> 01:47:53,512
Next Wednesday is the first

3406
01:47:53,512 --> 01:47:55,447
neighborhood outreach meeting

3407
01:47:55,447 --> 01:47:56,448
and the notices and postcards

3408
01:47:56,448 --> 01:47:56,982
are being mailed out. I

3409
01:47:56,982 --> 01:47:58,982
m

3410
01:47:59,852 --> 01:48:02,188
trying to confirm if it was

3411
01:48:02,188 --> 01:48:03,656
given the size of the project

3412
01:48:03,656 --> 01:48:04,256
that we increased the

3413
01:48:04,256 --> 01:48:04,624
notification, but we

3414
01:48:04,624 --> 01:48:06,624
ll confirm

3415
01:48:07,526 --> 01:48:08,594
that for you, ok, because when

3416
01:48:08,594 --> 01:48:10,563
the project went before council,

3417
01:48:10,563 --> 01:48:12,531
it was at least a 500 ft notice.

3418
01:48:12,531 --> 01:48:13,899
200 ft doesn

3419
01:48:13,899 --> 01:48:16,236
t even get you

3420
01:48:16,236 --> 01:48:18,636
barely across Santa Monica

3421
01:48:18,705 --> 01:48:20,340
Boulevard to the Norma triangle

3422
01:48:20,340 --> 01:48:23,900
or uh that area. So I just

3423
01:48:23,900 --> 01:48:24,610
think that it should be a 500

3424
01:48:24,610 --> 01:48:25,177
ft notice for this because

3425
01:48:25,177 --> 01:48:25,445
otherwise residents aren

3426
01:48:25,445 --> 01:48:27,445
t even

3427
01:48:27,847 --> 01:48:30,950
going to get it. Understood. So,

3428
01:48:30,950 --> 01:48:33,220
and I also would ask that uh

3429
01:48:33,220 --> 01:48:35,789
that staff, please reach out to,

3430
01:48:35,789 --> 01:48:38,789
you know, West Hollywood, West

3431
01:48:40,260 --> 01:48:40,760
Residents Association, uh, and,

3432
01:48:40,760 --> 01:48:43,290
uh, the Norma Triangle to let

3433
01:48:43,290 --> 01:48:43,329
them know. In case they haven

3434
01:48:43,329 --> 01:48:44,797
t

3435
01:48:44,797 --> 01:48:47,767
already seen or heard, you know,

3436
01:48:47,767 --> 01:48:48,434
when these meetings are

3437
01:48:48,434 --> 01:48:50,434
happening because 27,000 trips

3438
01:48:52,639 --> 01:48:55,242
are an awful lot of trips, um,

3439
01:48:55,242 --> 01:48:56,476
And then, uh, separate from the

3440
01:48:56,476 --> 01:48:58,780
Melrose Triangle. Uh, so thank

3441
01:48:58,780 --> 01:49:00,447
you for that. Separate from the

3442
01:49:00,447 --> 01:49:02,782
Melrose Triangle, I just, I, I

3443
01:49:02,782 --> 01:49:05,652
had asked to have the developer

3444
01:49:05,652 --> 01:49:08,589
names, uh, included in our, in

3445
01:49:08,589 --> 01:49:09,790
this, in this report and I

3446
01:49:09,790 --> 01:49:11,425
specifically asked for it

3447
01:49:11,425 --> 01:49:14,894
because, as you know, there are

3448
01:49:14,894 --> 01:49:16,496
several There are some

3449
01:49:16,496 --> 01:49:18,398
developers that have multiple

3450
01:49:18,398 --> 01:49:18,732
projects, and I think it

3451
01:49:18,732 --> 01:49:20,732
s

3452
01:49:21,267 --> 01:49:24,267
important for the public and

3453
01:49:24,671 --> 01:49:26,473
for counsel to, uh, to be aware

3454
01:49:26,473 --> 01:49:29,376
of that. So when we look at

3455
01:49:29,376 --> 01:49:32,976
these and we see that projects

3456
01:49:33,947 --> 01:49:36,347
are sitting there for 123, 12

3457
01:49:36,650 --> 01:49:38,685
years, um, that, that when they

3458
01:49:38,685 --> 01:49:41,540
come back to us to ask for a

3459
01:49:41,540 --> 01:49:41,921
development agreement or a

3460
01:49:41,921 --> 01:49:44,240
public benefits project, uh,

3461
01:49:44,240 --> 01:49:44,959
where they

3462
01:49:44,959 --> 01:49:47,359
re getting more and

3463
01:49:47,928 --> 01:49:49,960
more and more over and above

3464
01:49:49,960 --> 01:49:52,960
our zoning ordinance that we

3465
01:49:52,299 --> 01:49:52,733
consider You know, it

3466
01:49:52,733 --> 01:49:53,467
s

3467
01:49:53,467 --> 01:49:54,434
discretionary that we consider,

3468
01:49:54,434 --> 01:49:57,700
are they ever going to build

3469
01:49:57,700 --> 01:49:57,244
anything? And so I think it

3470
01:49:57,244 --> 01:49:58,400
s

3471
01:49:58,400 --> 01:49:58,438
really important. That

3472
01:49:58,438 --> 01:49:59,840
s why,

3473
01:49:59,840 --> 01:50:00,975
and I thank you for adding the

3474
01:50:00,975 --> 01:50:02,743
names. The one thing I would

3475
01:50:02,743 --> 01:50:04,678
say though is there are a

3476
01:50:04,678 --> 01:50:07,748
couple that are like, um, you

3477
01:50:07,748 --> 01:50:08,182
know,,,, 8920 Sunset Boulevard

3478
01:50:08,182 --> 01:50:10,170
llc and it

3479
01:50:10,170 --> 01:50:11,618
s not really the

3480
01:50:11,618 --> 01:50:12,453
owners or the developer

3481
01:50:12,453 --> 01:50:13,987
s name,

3482
01:50:13,987 --> 01:50:16,990
and this was something that I

3483
01:50:16,990 --> 01:50:18,259
talked to John Kiho about, uh,

3484
01:50:18,259 --> 01:50:19,694
the former community

3485
01:50:19,694 --> 01:50:21,128
development director or

3486
01:50:21,128 --> 01:50:23,128
developer whatever services

3487
01:50:23,597 --> 01:50:25,660
development services, uh, that,

3488
01:50:25,660 --> 01:50:28,402
that they would that they would

3489
01:50:28,402 --> 01:50:30,371
collect the. Actual names of

3490
01:50:30,371 --> 01:50:31,372
the developer versus just llc

3491
01:50:31,372 --> 01:50:32,205
because that doesn

3492
01:50:32,205 --> 01:50:34,205
t really

3493
01:50:37,412 --> 01:50:39,747
tell us anything because You

3494
01:50:39,747 --> 01:50:41,249
know,, 8500 whllc, the same

3495
01:50:41,249 --> 01:50:41,408
developer could be 80, you know,

3496
01:50:41,408 --> 01:50:43,351
I

3497
01:50:43,351 --> 01:50:45,886
m just making this up, but

3498
01:50:45,886 --> 01:50:46,721
8800, you know, Santa Monica

3499
01:50:46,721 --> 01:50:46,881
Boulevard llc, and we wouldn

3500
01:50:46,881 --> 01:50:48,881
t

3501
01:50:49,890 --> 01:50:49,423
know. So I think it

3502
01:50:49,423 --> 01:50:51,423
s important

3503
01:50:51,592 --> 01:50:51,858
for us to have the actual

3504
01:50:51,858 --> 01:50:53,294
developer

3505
01:50:53,294 --> 01:50:55,694
s name, in addition

3506
01:50:55,730 --> 01:50:58,466
to the whatever the official

3507
01:50:58,466 --> 01:51:01,703
name is, um, and then Um,

3508
01:51:01,703 --> 01:51:03,604
lastly, I would like to, um,

3509
01:51:03,604 --> 01:51:04,171
Ask about construction art

3510
01:51:04,171 --> 01:51:04,572
fencing, what

3511
01:51:04,572 --> 01:51:06,572
s happening with

3512
01:51:06,607 --> 01:51:08,442
that? There are certain

3513
01:51:08,442 --> 01:51:09,376
projects that are sitting there

3514
01:51:09,376 --> 01:51:11,613
and not being developed even

3515
01:51:11,613 --> 01:51:13,848
though they have their

3516
01:51:13,848 --> 01:51:14,250
entitlements, um, But they

3517
01:51:14,250 --> 01:51:15,683
don

3518
01:51:15,683 --> 01:51:17,819
t have their construction

3519
01:51:17,819 --> 01:51:20,521
art fencing yet. So, um, and

3520
01:51:20,521 --> 01:51:21,255
they, and just by the way, the

3521
01:51:21,255 --> 01:51:23,255
the Melrose Triangle

3522
01:51:23,391 --> 01:51:24,392
construction art fencing is not

3523
01:51:24,392 --> 01:51:26,493
being maintained. Um, but I

3524
01:51:26,493 --> 01:51:27,395
know that there are other

3525
01:51:27,395 --> 01:51:30,395
projects that have started, you

3526
01:51:30,532 --> 01:51:32,968
know, demolition, etc. I think

3527
01:51:32,968 --> 01:51:33,935
I think actually the one on La

3528
01:51:33,935 --> 01:51:34,936
Cieca and Santa Monica

3529
01:51:34,936 --> 01:51:35,403
Boulevard. I don

3530
01:51:35,403 --> 01:51:35,837
t think I

3531
01:51:35,837 --> 01:51:36,604
ve

3532
01:51:36,604 --> 01:51:39,400
seen construction art fencing,

3533
01:51:40,408 --> 01:51:43,778
and they have They have started

3534
01:51:43,778 --> 01:51:43,935
work there, um, So I think it

3535
01:51:43,935 --> 01:51:45,681
s

3536
01:51:45,681 --> 01:51:47,349
important that we, uh, you know,

3537
01:51:47,349 --> 01:51:49,840
follow up on that construction

3538
01:51:49,840 --> 01:51:50,850
art fencing and make sure that

3539
01:51:50,850 --> 01:51:50,285
even though they

3540
01:51:50,285 --> 01:51:52,285
re doing

3541
01:51:52,521 --> 01:51:54,222
nothing that, you know, that we

3542
01:51:54,222 --> 01:51:56,657
get our construction on fences.

3543
01:51:56,657 --> 01:51:57,625
Thank you. Thank you,

3544
01:51:57,625 --> 01:51:59,270
Councilmember Meister. Do, are

3545
01:51:59,270 --> 01:51:59,861
there any other comments or

3546
01:51:59,861 --> 01:52:02,261
questions from my colleagues,

3547
01:52:03,699 --> 01:52:06,699
Vice Mayor Hellman. Thank you

3548
01:52:07,350 --> 01:52:08,871
for Thank you for the update on

3549
01:52:08,871 --> 01:52:11,271
the projects. I really

3550
01:52:12,174 --> 01:52:13,708
appreciate it. Um. I, I share

3551
01:52:13,708 --> 01:52:15,510
some of the frustration. I know

3552
01:52:15,510 --> 01:52:17,479
you have frustration, we have

3553
01:52:17,479 --> 01:52:17,846
frustration that some of these

3554
01:52:17,846 --> 01:52:19,846
projects haven

3555
01:52:20,950 --> 01:52:22,484
t been built, um,

3556
01:52:22,484 --> 01:52:23,752
obviously the financial

3557
01:52:23,752 --> 01:52:24,720
conditions have changed

3558
01:52:24,720 --> 01:52:27,120
interest rates have changed

3559
01:52:27,156 --> 01:52:29,570
since some of these projects

3560
01:52:29,570 --> 01:52:30,625
were approved, um, market

3561
01:52:30,625 --> 01:52:32,127
conditions and market demand

3562
01:52:32,127 --> 01:52:33,629
has changed and and that

3563
01:52:33,629 --> 01:52:34,463
s, um,

3564
01:52:34,463 --> 01:52:35,397
so it

3565
01:52:35,397 --> 01:52:36,698
s understandable that

3566
01:52:36,698 --> 01:52:36,865
sometimes projects don

3567
01:52:36,865 --> 01:52:38,865
t go

3568
01:52:41,370 --> 01:52:43,272
forward. But I also think that

3569
01:52:43,272 --> 01:52:46,675
um we need to have some kind of

3570
01:52:46,675 --> 01:52:48,777
strategy as a city, and I think

3571
01:52:48,777 --> 01:52:52,140
maybe, um, you know, your, your

3572
01:52:52,140 --> 01:52:53,150
role is really to process the

3573
01:52:53,150 --> 01:52:55,415
applications and evaluate them,

3574
01:52:56,385 --> 01:52:58,954
and maybe we need to be looking

3575
01:52:58,954 --> 01:53:01,954
at bringing in somebody, um,

3576
01:53:02,658 --> 01:53:04,159
who has, um, some real estate

3577
01:53:04,159 --> 01:53:06,462
development expertise who can,

3578
01:53:06,462 --> 01:53:09,462
uh, from a city standpoint,

3579
01:53:10,399 --> 01:53:12,702
help us figure out uh How to

3580
01:53:12,702 --> 01:53:14,637
navigate these challenges, um,

3581
01:53:14,637 --> 01:53:17,637
You know, turning to the

3582
01:53:19,410 --> 01:53:20,476
Melrose Triangle, I, I hear my

3583
01:53:20,476 --> 01:53:22,876
colleagues very frustrated and,

3584
01:53:23,312 --> 01:53:23,746
but I also know that I don

3585
01:53:23,746 --> 01:53:25,247
t

3586
01:53:25,247 --> 01:53:28,847
really want the hole filled in.

3587
01:53:29,284 --> 01:53:29,518
I want the project built, um,

3588
01:53:29,518 --> 01:53:30,553
and it

3589
01:53:30,553 --> 01:53:32,622
s not likely going to be

3590
01:53:32,622 --> 01:53:35,220
built. Obviously the permits

3591
01:53:35,858 --> 01:53:37,360
have lapsed, um. So that means

3592
01:53:37,360 --> 01:53:38,728
that the hole does need to be

3593
01:53:38,728 --> 01:53:38,928
filled in until they figure out

3594
01:53:38,928 --> 01:53:40,229
what

3595
01:53:40,229 --> 01:53:40,396
s going to be done. I

3596
01:53:40,396 --> 01:53:42,231
don

3597
01:53:42,231 --> 01:53:44,567
t want to make it more

3598
01:53:44,567 --> 01:53:48,138
onerous for them, and, you know,

3599
01:53:48,138 --> 01:53:48,905
we can widen the, the, um,

3600
01:53:48,905 --> 01:53:50,907
noticing to the neighborhood,

3601
01:53:50,907 --> 01:53:52,308
but the neighbors are the ones

3602
01:53:52,308 --> 01:53:52,842
saying we want this hole filled

3603
01:53:52,842 --> 01:53:53,309
in. It

3604
01:53:53,309 --> 01:53:53,810
s ugly, it

3605
01:53:53,810 --> 01:53:54,711
s, it

3606
01:53:54,711 --> 01:53:55,778
s

3607
01:53:55,778 --> 01:53:57,280
terrible. It

3608
01:53:57,280 --> 01:53:57,440
s an eyesore, so

3609
01:53:57,440 --> 01:53:59,820
I

3610
01:53:59,820 --> 01:53:59,248
m not, I think sometimes

3611
01:53:59,248 --> 01:54:01,248
we

3612
01:54:01,951 --> 01:54:03,152
re being a little bit

3613
01:54:03,152 --> 01:54:06,752
inconsistent in terms of how we

3614
01:54:06,856 --> 01:54:09,826
deal with these. Situations. I,

3615
01:54:09,826 --> 01:54:13,596
I do think we also have to be

3616
01:54:13,596 --> 01:54:15,531
realistic that some of our own

3617
01:54:15,531 --> 01:54:17,333
actions have impacted the

3618
01:54:17,333 --> 01:54:20,103
ability of some projects to

3619
01:54:20,103 --> 01:54:20,263
move forward, um. You know, I,

3620
01:54:20,263 --> 01:54:22,263
I

3621
01:54:23,440 --> 01:54:26,440
ve heard from some people

3622
01:54:26,843 --> 01:54:28,812
that have hotel projects that

3623
01:54:28,812 --> 01:54:31,681
getting hoteliers to sign off

3624
01:54:31,681 --> 01:54:34,584
on it is challenging because of

3625
01:54:34,584 --> 01:54:36,719
the the wage ordinance and

3626
01:54:36,719 --> 01:54:40,319
because of the demand and in

3627
01:54:40,357 --> 01:54:42,259
this area. So It might be

3628
01:54:42,259 --> 01:54:45,729
helpful for us as some of these

3629
01:54:45,729 --> 01:54:47,564
projects are being looked at to,

3630
01:54:47,564 --> 01:54:49,733
to have somebody who can come

3631
01:54:49,733 --> 01:54:53,333
in and provide us and provide

3632
01:54:54,137 --> 01:54:56,472
our staff with some Expertise

3633
01:54:56,472 --> 01:54:57,140
almost from a development from

3634
01:54:57,140 --> 01:54:59,140
a developer

3635
01:54:59,410 --> 01:55:01,110
s, uh, viewpoint as

3636
01:55:01,110 --> 01:55:01,184
opposed to from the staff

3637
01:55:01,184 --> 01:55:02,346
s

3638
01:55:02,346 --> 01:55:02,880
viewpoint, uh, and I don

3639
01:55:02,880 --> 01:55:04,714
t know

3640
01:55:04,714 --> 01:55:07,717
who that person would be or who

3641
01:55:07,717 --> 01:55:10,530
that entity would be, but I, I

3642
01:55:10,530 --> 01:55:12,880
just think, I think we all want

3643
01:55:12,880 --> 01:55:13,957
these projects to get built, uh,

3644
01:55:13,957 --> 01:55:15,459
at least the ones we voted for,

3645
01:55:15,459 --> 01:55:17,494
the ones we voted against, we

3646
01:55:17,494 --> 01:55:18,295
might be happy they aren

3647
01:55:18,295 --> 01:55:18,496
t

3648
01:55:18,496 --> 01:55:20,331
aren

3649
01:55:20,331 --> 01:55:24,531
t built, but I, I, I worry

3650
01:55:24,568 --> 01:55:26,336
that that, uh, obviously, I

3651
01:55:26,336 --> 01:55:29,336
think we get played sometimes

3652
01:55:29,506 --> 01:55:31,808
by developers. I think we, you

3653
01:55:31,808 --> 01:55:33,744
know, and I think sometimes

3654
01:55:33,744 --> 01:55:36,130
they come forward with projects

3655
01:55:36,130 --> 01:55:36,314
to get approval. And they don

3656
01:55:36,314 --> 01:55:37,281
t

3657
01:55:37,281 --> 01:55:38,716
know themselves whether they

3658
01:55:38,716 --> 01:55:38,916
can actually be built because

3659
01:55:38,916 --> 01:55:40,651
they

3660
01:55:40,651 --> 01:55:44,251
re kind of doing it on

3661
01:55:44,254 --> 01:55:45,989
spec, hoping that some, uh,

3662
01:55:45,989 --> 01:55:48,392
hotel or some housing developer

3663
01:55:48,392 --> 01:55:51,295
we partner with them. So anyway,

3664
01:55:51,295 --> 01:55:52,830
those are my comments, but I, I

3665
01:55:52,830 --> 01:55:54,698
really appreciate the update.

3666
01:55:54,698 --> 01:55:54,999
It gives us a greater awareness

3667
01:55:54,999 --> 01:55:56,934
of where we

3668
01:55:56,934 --> 01:55:57,601
re at with all

3669
01:55:57,601 --> 01:55:59,170
these projects, Councilmember

3670
01:55:59,170 --> 01:56:01,939
Erickson. Yes, thank you so

3671
01:56:01,939 --> 01:56:03,730
much. I, I agree with what Vice

3672
01:56:03,730 --> 01:56:05,843
Mayor Heilman was saying, and

3673
01:56:05,843 --> 01:56:06,343
and then on the flip side is

3674
01:56:06,343 --> 01:56:07,412
why aren

3675
01:56:07,412 --> 01:56:08,579
t certain buildings

3676
01:56:08,579 --> 01:56:10,979
that are approved being

3677
01:56:11,149 --> 01:56:12,583
demolished. I look at Robertson

3678
01:56:12,583 --> 01:56:13,885
Lane continuing to be an

3679
01:56:13,885 --> 01:56:15,753
eyesore, the old buildings that

3680
01:56:15,753 --> 01:56:17,540
are just going to be demolished

3681
01:56:17,540 --> 01:56:17,955
anyways, and I

3682
01:56:17,955 --> 01:56:19,924
m wondering why

3683
01:56:19,924 --> 01:56:21,525
those buildings are just still

3684
01:56:21,525 --> 01:56:21,759
even there. Why haven

3685
01:56:21,759 --> 01:56:23,694
t we

3686
01:56:23,694 --> 01:56:25,163
demolished them? We passed an

3687
01:56:25,163 --> 01:56:26,698
ordinance. I mean, my

3688
01:56:26,698 --> 01:56:27,399
understanding is they meet all

3689
01:56:27,399 --> 01:56:27,565
the requirements. Maybe I

3690
01:56:27,565 --> 01:56:29,565
m not

3691
01:56:29,567 --> 01:56:30,969
hearing. Other sides of the

3692
01:56:30,969 --> 01:56:31,936
story, but those buildings

3693
01:56:31,936 --> 01:56:33,871
should just be demolished and

3694
01:56:33,871 --> 01:56:35,406
we could add temporary parking

3695
01:56:35,406 --> 01:56:36,307
for the businesses in that

3696
01:56:36,307 --> 01:56:38,709
district at this time being,

3697
01:56:38,709 --> 01:56:41,709
which I believe the developer

3698
01:56:42,547 --> 01:56:44,115
has offered to do to help

3699
01:56:44,115 --> 01:56:45,150
offset that the building not

3700
01:56:45,150 --> 01:56:46,618
being built yet, I think

3701
01:56:46,618 --> 01:56:47,252
personally some of these

3702
01:56:47,252 --> 01:56:48,920
buildings might not want to

3703
01:56:48,920 --> 01:56:51,656
fill in the hole. I totally

3704
01:56:51,656 --> 01:56:52,290
understand um. You know,

3705
01:56:52,290 --> 01:56:53,570
opening up Pandora

3706
01:56:53,570 --> 01:56:54,592
s box there

3707
01:56:54,592 --> 01:56:56,494
with having to redo the whole

3708
01:56:56,494 --> 01:56:56,660
project, but there are projects

3709
01:56:56,660 --> 01:56:57,929
we

3710
01:56:57,929 --> 01:56:58,863
re waiting on and I won

3711
01:56:58,863 --> 01:57:00,265
t go

3712
01:57:00,265 --> 01:57:01,833
into depth anymore about about

3713
01:57:01,833 --> 01:57:02,901
them, but why isn

3714
01:57:02,901 --> 01:57:03,101
t or why

3715
01:57:03,101 --> 01:57:05,101
haven

3716
01:57:06,204 --> 01:57:07,572
t, uh, the items along

3717
01:57:07,572 --> 01:57:08,273
Robertson between Melrose and

3718
01:57:08,273 --> 01:57:09,941
Santa Monica been demolished

3719
01:57:09,941 --> 01:57:12,941
yet. I know the developers

3720
01:57:13,878 --> 01:57:15,780
requested it. I believe with

3721
01:57:15,780 --> 01:57:15,938
respect to that issue, I don

3722
01:57:15,938 --> 01:57:16,214
t

3723
01:57:16,214 --> 01:57:18,214
think we

3724
01:57:18,684 --> 01:57:20,519
ve received a new

3725
01:57:20,519 --> 01:57:21,720
request from the property owner

3726
01:57:21,720 --> 01:57:24,389
since the council enacted those

3727
01:57:24,389 --> 01:57:25,123
changes, so if they sent you a

3728
01:57:25,123 --> 01:57:27,523
request tomorrow to demolish

3729
01:57:27,826 --> 01:57:29,227
the property. Would you be ok

3730
01:57:29,227 --> 01:57:30,362
with that? We would it

3731
01:57:30,362 --> 01:57:33,598
consistent with the code as it

3732
01:57:33,598 --> 01:57:35,134
exists now. Yes, thank you. And

3733
01:57:35,134 --> 01:57:36,680
they would have to improve the

3734
01:57:36,680 --> 01:57:37,690
property for parking or

3735
01:57:37,690 --> 01:57:37,536
something they couldn

3736
01:57:37,536 --> 01:57:39,104
t just

3737
01:57:39,104 --> 01:57:40,873
put dirt, yeah, no, I

3738
01:57:40,873 --> 01:57:41,540
understand there was a dirt

3739
01:57:41,540 --> 01:57:44,243
conversation before, so I get

3740
01:57:44,243 --> 01:57:45,744
that. And I see I would never

3741
01:57:45,744 --> 01:57:47,112
go against Jennifer. I see her

3742
01:57:47,112 --> 01:57:48,580
shaking her head, but these are

3743
01:57:48,580 --> 01:57:50,482
the types of things where I

3744
01:57:50,482 --> 01:57:51,516
think we could add some

3745
01:57:51,516 --> 01:57:52,952
benefits to the community,

3746
01:57:52,952 --> 01:57:55,888
parking, whatever it needs to

3747
01:57:55,888 --> 01:57:56,956
be there, space for pride, once,

3748
01:57:56,956 --> 01:57:58,357
uh, some of these bigger

3749
01:57:58,357 --> 01:58:01,660
projects happen in the next few

3750
01:58:01,660 --> 01:58:02,661
years, so look for that email.

3751
01:58:02,661 --> 01:58:05,661
Thank you, uh, Councillor Mur

3752
01:58:08,330 --> 01:58:11,330
Hang. Thank you, Mayor. Um,

3753
01:58:11,337 --> 01:58:14,173
just, I just had one. Quick

3754
01:58:14,173 --> 01:58:15,841
question, uh, for 9200 has, I

3755
01:58:15,841 --> 01:58:17,276
know that since the last

3756
01:58:17,276 --> 01:58:19,110
council meeting we gave clear

3757
01:58:19,110 --> 01:58:20,479
direction to bring it back to

3758
01:58:20,479 --> 01:58:23,248
the planning commission and to

3759
01:58:23,248 --> 01:58:24,149
back to the council, um. Do we

3760
01:58:24,149 --> 01:58:26,180
have any movement with the

3761
01:58:26,180 --> 01:58:28,418
developer? Are they keeping

3762
01:58:29,255 --> 01:58:29,422
that design or Yes, we

3763
01:58:29,422 --> 01:58:30,256
ve had

3764
01:58:30,256 --> 01:58:30,456
conversations with them, and

3765
01:58:30,456 --> 01:58:31,457
they

3766
01:58:31,457 --> 01:58:34,457
re coming back with a

3767
01:58:34,660 --> 01:58:37,660
revised design. It was very

3768
01:58:37,663 --> 01:58:40,132
exciting. Thank you. Ok, are

3769
01:58:40,132 --> 01:58:41,567
there any other comments,

3770
01:58:41,567 --> 01:58:42,501
questions, terrific. Um, yeah,

3771
01:58:42,501 --> 01:58:44,469
that 27,000 trucks number will

3772
01:58:44,469 --> 01:58:45,138
be sitting in my head all night,

3773
01:58:45,138 --> 01:58:47,373
um, but thank you all so much

3774
01:58:47,373 --> 01:58:50,973
for your work on these updates.

3775
01:58:51,244 --> 01:58:51,777
I guess I do have questions and

3776
01:58:51,777 --> 01:58:51,937
um and understand there

3777
01:58:51,937 --> 01:58:53,937
s

3778
01:58:54,113 --> 01:58:54,780
conversations going about our

3779
01:58:54,780 --> 01:58:56,181
inclusionary zoning ordinance

3780
01:58:56,181 --> 01:58:57,490
changes to that. I

3781
01:58:57,490 --> 01:58:57,283
m concerned

3782
01:58:57,283 --> 01:58:58,450
that it

3783
01:58:58,450 --> 01:58:58,751
s an amazing program

3784
01:58:58,751 --> 01:58:59,518
and there

3785
01:58:59,518 --> 01:59:00,486
s costs that get

3786
01:59:00,486 --> 01:59:01,530
added there. I don

3787
01:59:01,530 --> 01:59:02,422
t know how

3788
01:59:02,422 --> 01:59:05,422
realistic that slice of the

3789
01:59:05,758 --> 01:59:06,425
cost pie is in terms of all the

3790
01:59:06,425 --> 01:59:07,694
other costs underground parking

3791
01:59:07,694 --> 01:59:08,695
when we build. Underground I

3792
01:59:08,695 --> 01:59:08,855
know costs rise and if we

3793
01:59:08,855 --> 01:59:10,262
re

3794
01:59:10,262 --> 01:59:11,564
filling holes in the long run

3795
01:59:11,564 --> 01:59:12,665
anyhow, so I just, you know,

3796
01:59:12,665 --> 01:59:13,966
have some, so many different

3797
01:59:13,966 --> 01:59:14,967
things on my mind about what

3798
01:59:14,967 --> 01:59:15,901
else is contributing to costs,

3799
01:59:15,901 --> 01:59:16,535
and if we

3800
01:59:16,535 --> 01:59:17,369
re having honest

3801
01:59:17,369 --> 01:59:17,570
conversations about that,

3802
01:59:17,570 --> 01:59:18,300
there

3803
01:59:18,300 --> 01:59:19,271
s probably a lot of

3804
01:59:19,271 --> 01:59:20,340
things that we need to be

3805
01:59:20,340 --> 01:59:20,507
looking at, um, but that

3806
01:59:20,507 --> 01:59:20,840
s not

3807
01:59:20,840 --> 01:59:22,175
for now, it

3808
01:59:22,175 --> 01:59:23,142
s for later. I

3809
01:59:23,142 --> 01:59:24,210
appreciate this conversation

3810
01:59:24,210 --> 01:59:24,377
and thank you all. I think

3811
01:59:24,377 --> 01:59:25,578
we

3812
01:59:25,578 --> 01:59:26,120
re all set. We can move

3813
01:59:26,120 --> 01:59:26,613
forward and there

3814
01:59:26,613 --> 01:59:28,147
s no need for

3815
01:59:28,147 --> 01:59:30,450
direction, just lots of

3816
01:59:30,450 --> 01:59:33,450
conversation, so thank you. Um.

3817
01:59:33,920 --> 01:59:37,290
We can move on to a new

3818
01:59:37,290 --> 01:59:38,392
business item f1. Right? Yes. A

3819
01:59:38,392 --> 01:59:39,693
request for a commitment letter

3820
01:59:39,693 --> 01:59:41,127
for a ground lease and

3821
01:59:41,127 --> 01:59:42,128
authorization to issue a loan

3822
01:59:42,128 --> 01:59:44,528
from the Affordable Housing

3823
01:59:44,597 --> 01:59:46,320
Trust Fund in the amount of $1

3824
01:59:46,320 --> 01:59:47,900
million for development of an

3825
01:59:47,900 --> 01:59:50,300
affordable housing project at

3826
01:59:50,336 --> 01:59:52,710
1047, 1057 Crescent Heights

3827
01:59:52,710 --> 01:59:54,710
Boulevard and $200,000 for

3828
01:59:54,107 --> 01:59:56,507
associated plan check fees.

3829
01:59:57,511 --> 01:59:58,545
Perfect timing. Good evening

3830
01:59:58,545 --> 01:59:59,780
council members. I have a brief

3831
01:59:59,780 --> 02:00:01,281
presentation if you want it or

3832
02:00:01,281 --> 02:00:01,748
if we have questions, I

3833
02:00:01,748 --> 02:00:01,908
m I

3834
02:00:01,908 --> 02:00:02,249
m

3835
02:00:02,249 --> 02:00:03,583
seeing we

3836
02:00:03,583 --> 02:00:05,552
ve got one comment.

3837
02:00:05,552 --> 02:00:09,752
Ok, and I think we also have

3838
02:00:10,623 --> 02:00:12,159
some public speakers maybe So

3839
02:00:12,159 --> 02:00:14,128
no presentation, just ok. I

3840
02:00:14,128 --> 02:00:15,950
think we can allow our public

3841
02:00:15,950 --> 02:00:17,630
speaker, public comment speaker

3842
02:00:17,630 --> 02:00:17,965
to come up first, Tara

3843
02:00:17,965 --> 02:00:20,965
Barasskis, so I sing that?

3844
02:00:20,967 --> 02:00:24,567
Sorry. Thank you for coming out

3845
02:00:28,341 --> 02:00:29,677
tonight. Good evening, Mayor

3846
02:00:29,677 --> 02:00:31,212
Byers and members of the city

3847
02:00:31,212 --> 02:00:31,679
council. My name is Tara

3848
02:00:31,679 --> 02:00:33,470
Barauskas. I

3849
02:00:33,470 --> 02:00:34,181
m the executive

3850
02:00:34,181 --> 02:00:34,348
director of Community Corp.

3851
02:00:34,348 --> 02:00:36,160
We

3852
02:00:36,160 --> 02:00:37,484
re very excited to be here,

3853
02:00:37,484 --> 02:00:39,819
um, to get started with the

3854
02:00:39,819 --> 02:00:41,755
first step in this exciting

3855
02:00:41,755 --> 02:00:43,790
affordable housing project at

3856
02:00:43,790 --> 02:00:44,925
10:47 at 10:57 Crescent Heights

3857
02:00:44,925 --> 02:00:46,293
Boulevard. So just to give you

3858
02:00:46,293 --> 02:00:46,626
a quick update, we

3859
02:00:46,626 --> 02:00:48,129
ve currently

3860
02:00:48,129 --> 02:00:50,300
started working on our

3861
02:00:50,300 --> 02:00:52,650
conceptual drawings with our

3862
02:00:52,650 --> 02:00:53,567
architect Koenige, uh,

3863
02:00:53,567 --> 02:00:54,835
Eisenberg architects and, um,

3864
02:00:54,835 --> 02:00:56,403
we will be conducting our

3865
02:00:56,403 --> 02:00:57,171
community outreach in the

3866
02:00:57,171 --> 02:00:57,371
coming months. Um, so with that,

3867
02:00:57,371 --> 02:00:58,272
We

3868
02:00:58,272 --> 02:00:58,705
re hoping that you

3869
02:00:58,705 --> 02:01:00,705
ll be

3870
02:01:01,141 --> 02:01:02,242
supportive of this, um, ground

3871
02:01:02,242 --> 02:01:03,743
lease and loan commitments so

3872
02:01:03,743 --> 02:01:04,177
that we can keep our project

3873
02:01:04,177 --> 02:01:05,790
moving. So we

3874
02:01:05,790 --> 02:01:05,713
re happy to

3875
02:01:05,713 --> 02:01:08,516
answer any questions you might

3876
02:01:08,516 --> 02:01:09,283
have. Thank you so much,

3877
02:01:09,283 --> 02:01:10,251
Councillorm Meister, I believe

3878
02:01:10,251 --> 02:01:10,418
you had one comment. Yeah, I

3879
02:01:10,418 --> 02:01:10,651
don

3880
02:01:10,651 --> 02:01:11,252
t, I don

3881
02:01:11,252 --> 02:01:11,719
t know if it

3882
02:01:11,719 --> 02:01:13,187
s a

3883
02:01:13,187 --> 02:01:15,589
question. I, I just want to

3884
02:01:15,589 --> 02:01:16,823
make sure that we have

3885
02:01:16,823 --> 02:01:17,257
something in the commitment

3886
02:01:17,257 --> 02:01:18,910
letter like we

3887
02:01:18,910 --> 02:01:20,491
ve done in the

3888
02:01:20,961 --> 02:01:22,363
past that there is

3889
02:01:22,363 --> 02:01:24,363
collaboration and communication

3890
02:01:25,266 --> 02:01:28,866
with our, um, with that, with

3891
02:01:29,603 --> 02:01:30,705
Udas with our urban design and

3892
02:01:30,705 --> 02:01:32,600
architecture studio because

3893
02:01:32,600 --> 02:01:32,573
especially because this is our

3894
02:01:32,573 --> 02:01:33,173
property. It

3895
02:01:33,173 --> 02:01:33,331
s not like it

3896
02:01:33,331 --> 02:01:34,541
s

3897
02:01:34,541 --> 02:01:34,942
another, you know, it

3898
02:01:34,942 --> 02:01:35,476
s

3899
02:01:35,476 --> 02:01:36,760
somebody else

3900
02:01:36,760 --> 02:01:37,478
s property, um, I

3901
02:01:37,478 --> 02:01:38,846
would like to see that in the

3902
02:01:38,846 --> 02:01:39,380
letter, so it

3903
02:01:39,380 --> 02:01:40,815
s in Section 7 of

3904
02:01:40,815 --> 02:01:40,982
the commitment letter. It

3905
02:01:40,982 --> 02:01:42,216
s the

3906
02:01:42,216 --> 02:01:42,374
same language, so it

3907
02:01:42,374 --> 02:01:43,685
s

3908
02:01:43,685 --> 02:01:45,620
architecture design section on

3909
02:01:45,620 --> 02:01:47,588
page of the commitment letter,

3910
02:01:47,588 --> 02:01:47,746
which is attachment b. It

3911
02:01:47,746 --> 02:01:48,556
s

3912
02:01:48,556 --> 02:01:49,457
page, it

3913
02:01:49,457 --> 02:01:49,623
s the 3rd page, and

3914
02:01:49,623 --> 02:01:51,580
it

3915
02:01:51,580 --> 02:01:51,225
s the same language that

3916
02:01:51,225 --> 02:01:52,360
we

3917
02:01:52,360 --> 02:01:54,762
ve refined. We pulled it

3918
02:01:54,762 --> 02:01:55,462
from our last project, and I

3919
02:01:55,462 --> 02:01:56,697
know that specifically we did,

3920
02:01:56,697 --> 02:01:58,233
we went line by line with the

3921
02:01:58,233 --> 02:01:59,801
city attorney and I went with

3922
02:01:59,801 --> 02:02:01,136
you and we pulled the same

3923
02:02:01,136 --> 02:02:01,536
language, so so long as you

3924
02:02:01,536 --> 02:02:02,537
re

3925
02:02:02,537 --> 02:02:02,737
comfortable with that and

3926
02:02:02,737 --> 02:02:03,704
they

3927
02:02:03,704 --> 02:02:05,473
ve reviewed this as well,

3928
02:02:05,473 --> 02:02:05,740
and so at this point in time

3929
02:02:05,740 --> 02:02:06,240
everybody

3930
02:02:06,240 --> 02:02:08,240
s comfortable with

3931
02:02:09,310 --> 02:02:10,311
Section 7. Thank you so much.

3932
02:02:10,311 --> 02:02:10,478
Thank you so much. I think

3933
02:02:10,478 --> 02:02:12,280
we

3934
02:02:12,280 --> 02:02:12,580
re all set on this item then

3935
02:02:12,580 --> 02:02:14,580
tonight we

3936
02:02:15,317 --> 02:02:17,717
ll, thank you. All

3937
02:02:28,229 --> 02:02:30,970
right, thank you. Fantastic.

3938
02:02:30,970 --> 02:02:32,670
Item f2, f3, f4 went to consent.

3939
02:02:32,670 --> 02:02:33,535
. 0, f5 did as well. Wow, I

3940
02:02:33,535 --> 02:02:34,903
think we

3941
02:02:34,903 --> 02:02:36,338
re on item f6. We do

3942
02:02:36,338 --> 02:02:37,606
have one public commentary. I

3943
02:02:37,606 --> 02:02:40,600
know you had questions,

3944
02:02:40,410 --> 02:02:40,208
comments, vice mayor. I believe

3945
02:02:40,208 --> 02:02:41,810
she

3946
02:02:41,810 --> 02:02:43,611
s left. She did say it in

3947
02:02:43,611 --> 02:02:43,780
her comments earlier. So we

3948
02:02:43,780 --> 02:02:45,460
ll

3949
02:02:45,460 --> 02:02:46,214
start with you, Vice Mayor. I

3950
02:02:46,214 --> 02:02:46,547
can present if you

3951
02:02:46,547 --> 02:02:48,316
d like, no,

3952
02:02:48,316 --> 02:02:50,319
no, thank you for bringing this

3953
02:02:50,319 --> 02:02:51,860
forward. I think it

3954
02:02:51,860 --> 02:02:53,860
s a great

3955
02:02:54,422 --> 02:02:57,422
suggestion and I just have

3956
02:02:57,793 --> 02:03:00,793
concerns about how the Weeho

3957
02:03:00,962 --> 02:03:03,365
loves locals program, um, Uh,

3958
02:03:03,365 --> 02:03:04,833
existed or how it was

3959
02:03:04,833 --> 02:03:07,233
implemented last time. Last

3960
02:03:08,203 --> 02:03:10,839
time we got a poster, postcard

3961
02:03:10,839 --> 02:03:12,774
in the mail with no really

3962
02:03:12,774 --> 02:03:15,770
indication of who it was coming

3963
02:03:15,770 --> 02:03:17,120
from or what it was about and

3964
02:03:17,120 --> 02:03:20,315
it was just Weeho loves local

3965
02:03:20,315 --> 02:03:20,849
go on a website. I just think

3966
02:03:20,849 --> 02:03:22,849
it wasn

3967
02:03:23,752 --> 02:03:26,121
t very effective in

3968
02:03:26,121 --> 02:03:28,230
terms of getting people to

3969
02:03:28,230 --> 02:03:30,423
patronize local businesses, so

3970
02:03:31,193 --> 02:03:32,995
I just wanted to, to Uh,

3971
02:03:32,995 --> 02:03:33,595
emphasize that, and I

3972
02:03:33,595 --> 02:03:35,430
m hoping

3973
02:03:35,430 --> 02:03:36,464
that as this program is

3974
02:03:36,464 --> 02:03:37,299
implemented, it

3975
02:03:37,299 --> 02:03:39,299
ll be

3976
02:03:39,701 --> 02:03:42,701
implemented in a much different

3977
02:03:43,272 --> 02:03:43,806
way where we actually are, um,

3978
02:03:43,806 --> 02:03:45,806
communicating with our

3979
02:03:46,509 --> 02:03:48,770
residents in a way that will

3980
02:03:48,770 --> 02:03:49,445
encourage them to patronize

3981
02:03:49,445 --> 02:03:51,847
local businesses as opposed to

3982
02:03:51,847 --> 02:03:54,216
what was done last time, which,

3983
02:03:54,216 --> 02:03:56,184
again, and and I heard from a

3984
02:03:56,184 --> 02:03:58,860
number of businesses who said

3985
02:03:58,860 --> 02:03:59,540
they got no business whatsoever

3986
02:03:59,540 --> 02:03:59,255
from it. They, they didn

3987
02:03:59,255 --> 02:04:01,255
t even

3988
02:04:01,891 --> 02:04:02,825
know about. The program. So I

3989
02:04:02,825 --> 02:04:03,250
appreciate that feedback.

3990
02:04:03,250 --> 02:04:04,226
That

3991
02:04:04,226 --> 02:04:05,828
s great. Councilor Meister,

3992
02:04:05,828 --> 02:04:09,198
yeah, I, I would, I would

3993
02:04:09,198 --> 02:04:11,200
wonder. If we were, if we were

3994
02:04:11,200 --> 02:04:13,469
able to figure out metrics for

3995
02:04:13,469 --> 02:04:15,871
that last program so that we

3996
02:04:15,871 --> 02:04:17,400
could see how it, if it did

3997
02:04:17,400 --> 02:04:18,541
increase or not increase

3998
02:04:18,541 --> 02:04:19,709
business. I think that would be

3999
02:04:19,709 --> 02:04:21,711
important and it would be

4000
02:04:21,711 --> 02:04:24,800
important for this as well. Um,

4001
02:04:24,800 --> 02:04:26,515
I actually just wanted to see

4002
02:04:26,515 --> 02:04:28,517
if uh my colleagues would be

4003
02:04:28,517 --> 02:04:30,385
interested in under this

4004
02:04:30,385 --> 02:04:31,921
program to give residents and

4005
02:04:31,921 --> 02:04:34,921
visitors free parking on small

4006
02:04:35,992 --> 02:04:38,992
business Saturday. One day, you

4007
02:04:39,729 --> 02:04:42,665
know, let, let people just come

4008
02:04:42,665 --> 02:04:44,634
and park wherever and uh and

4009
02:04:44,634 --> 02:04:45,668
now not park wherever park at

4010
02:04:45,668 --> 02:04:47,637
meters for free right in front

4011
02:04:47,637 --> 02:04:47,795
of your house is what you

4012
02:04:47,795 --> 02:04:48,571
re

4013
02:04:48,571 --> 02:04:51,571
saying meter for free. They

4014
02:04:52,809 --> 02:04:55,645
have 2 hours. Um, but pocket

4015
02:04:55,645 --> 02:04:57,113
meters for free and um and give

4016
02:04:57,113 --> 02:04:58,147
our small businesses an

4017
02:04:58,147 --> 02:05:00,516
opportunity to to see those

4018
02:05:00,516 --> 02:05:02,385
people come out. Yeah, I, I

4019
02:05:02,385 --> 02:05:04,353
love that idea. Sorry, there

4020
02:05:04,353 --> 02:05:04,554
you go, I, I think you know if

4021
02:05:04,554 --> 02:05:05,321
that

4022
02:05:05,321 --> 02:05:05,788
s feasible, I

4023
02:05:05,788 --> 02:05:07,723
m happy to

4024
02:05:07,723 --> 02:05:09,726
support it. Um we love parking.

4025
02:05:09,726 --> 02:05:11,128
I was just having this

4026
02:05:11,128 --> 02:05:13,528
conversation, we love parking,

4027
02:05:14,970 --> 02:05:16,566
not parking minimums, but in my

4028
02:05:16,566 --> 02:05:17,934
opinion, but I was also um when

4029
02:05:17,934 --> 02:05:18,935
I was passing the lot at

4030
02:05:18,935 --> 02:05:20,370
Crescent Heights in Santa

4031
02:05:20,370 --> 02:05:22,705
Monica Boulevard, which Helen

4032
02:05:22,705 --> 02:05:24,240
made so sure got done so

4033
02:05:24,240 --> 02:05:24,398
quickly, you know, it

4034
02:05:24,398 --> 02:05:24,560
s it

4035
02:05:24,560 --> 02:05:25,307
s

4036
02:05:25,307 --> 02:05:27,177
fairly empty, and the reason,

4037
02:05:27,177 --> 02:05:28,245
you know, I know people want to

4038
02:05:28,245 --> 02:05:28,812
have other things built there,

4039
02:05:28,812 --> 02:05:29,246
but if there

4040
02:05:29,246 --> 02:05:31,415
s any outreach, we

4041
02:05:31,415 --> 02:05:32,820
could specifically due to that

4042
02:05:32,820 --> 02:05:32,449
community and those businesses

4043
02:05:32,449 --> 02:05:32,916
too. I don

4044
02:05:32,916 --> 02:05:33,350
t know if they

4045
02:05:33,350 --> 02:05:34,317
re

4046
02:05:34,317 --> 02:05:34,851
aware of it. I know it

4047
02:05:34,851 --> 02:05:35,819
s a big

4048
02:05:35,819 --> 02:05:36,253
empty parking lot, but it

4049
02:05:36,253 --> 02:05:38,187
s

4050
02:05:38,187 --> 02:05:39,222
another way to promote their

4051
02:05:39,222 --> 02:05:42,492
abilities to have that be in

4052
02:05:42,492 --> 02:05:43,226
that, that busy area too. Uh,

4053
02:05:43,226 --> 02:05:47,164
Vice Mary, did you want to make

4054
02:05:47,164 --> 02:05:48,198
a comment? Well, one, the issue

4055
02:05:48,198 --> 02:05:48,632
of free parking isn

4056
02:05:48,632 --> 02:05:49,633
t on our

4057
02:05:49,633 --> 02:05:51,101
agenda, so I don

4058
02:05:51,101 --> 02:05:53,501
t think we can

4059
02:05:54,504 --> 02:05:57,700
really address that tonight. I,

4060
02:05:57,700 --> 02:05:58,341
I am very skeptical of it, um,

4061
02:05:58,341 --> 02:06:00,341
particularly on Saturdays,

4062
02:06:00,843 --> 02:06:03,843
which are already very popular

4063
02:06:04,140 --> 02:06:04,248
in West Hollywood, but What,

4064
02:06:04,248 --> 02:06:05,490
what we

4065
02:06:05,490 --> 02:06:05,416
ve seen happen if we

4066
02:06:05,416 --> 02:06:07,384
re

4067
02:06:07,384 --> 02:06:07,584
talking about parking meters,

4068
02:06:07,584 --> 02:06:08,452
that

4069
02:06:08,452 --> 02:06:11,452
s where people are going

4070
02:06:11,855 --> 02:06:13,256
to park who are not turnover

4071
02:06:13,256 --> 02:06:13,790
customers, so if we

4072
02:06:13,790 --> 02:06:15,790
re talking

4073
02:06:16,590 --> 02:06:17,260
about doing something in our

4074
02:06:17,260 --> 02:06:18,461
parking structures that might

4075
02:06:18,461 --> 02:06:21,865
be something that we could ask

4076
02:06:21,865 --> 02:06:24,301
our staff to look at, um, and

4077
02:06:24,301 --> 02:06:25,869
so I, I, I have concerns about

4078
02:06:25,869 --> 02:06:26,360
us just doing it tonight. One,

4079
02:06:26,360 --> 02:06:28,360
it

4080
02:06:28,739 --> 02:06:29,206
s not on the agenda, and 2,

4081
02:06:29,206 --> 02:06:30,140
we don

4082
02:06:30,140 --> 02:06:31,740
t, we don

4083
02:06:31,740 --> 02:06:33,740
t know the

4084
02:06:33,610 --> 02:06:34,644
full impact of it. So Uh, I, I

4085
02:06:34,644 --> 02:06:36,479
think we should avoid any

4086
02:06:36,479 --> 02:06:38,683
discussion. Yeah, I appreciate

4087
02:06:38,683 --> 02:06:39,650
that. And just to bring back to

4088
02:06:39,650 --> 02:06:39,850
the program as this is, I

4089
02:06:39,850 --> 02:06:41,219
didn

4090
02:06:41,219 --> 02:06:42,687
t, you know, invent the

4091
02:06:42,687 --> 02:06:43,554
Weeh Ho Locals program. It

4092
02:06:43,554 --> 02:06:44,540
existed and I think it

4093
02:06:44,540 --> 02:06:45,523
s a

4094
02:06:45,523 --> 02:06:47,892
great model that needs to be

4095
02:06:47,892 --> 02:06:49,326
built on. Um, I know it did

4096
02:06:49,326 --> 02:06:50,794
give some businesses

4097
02:06:50,794 --> 02:06:51,762
opportunities to connect and

4098
02:06:51,762 --> 02:06:53,864
using that framework that

4099
02:06:53,864 --> 02:06:54,766
existed already. I thought this

4100
02:06:54,766 --> 02:06:56,601
gift card program, which, as

4101
02:06:56,601 --> 02:06:57,635
you saw in the staff report is

4102
02:06:57,635 --> 02:06:59,360
a program that a number of

4103
02:06:59,360 --> 02:07:00,605
other cities have run. It was

4104
02:07:00,605 --> 02:07:02,506
the city of Concord, California,

4105
02:07:02,506 --> 02:07:03,441
and a conversation I had with a

4106
02:07:03,441 --> 02:07:04,508
councilmember last summer. It

4107
02:07:04,508 --> 02:07:05,409
got me really excited about

4108
02:07:05,409 --> 02:07:06,744
what this opportunity could

4109
02:07:06,744 --> 02:07:09,180
look like. I knew then that we

4110
02:07:09,180 --> 02:07:11,181
were in the middle of our

4111
02:07:11,181 --> 02:07:12,617
economic study that um and soon

4112
02:07:12,617 --> 02:07:13,685
later learned that the

4113
02:07:13,685 --> 02:07:15,190
lunchtime hours and what we

4114
02:07:15,190 --> 02:07:16,921
were experiencing here as a

4115
02:07:16,921 --> 02:07:18,589
city, um, was that there was a

4116
02:07:18,589 --> 02:07:20,558
lot of decline in business and

4117
02:07:20,558 --> 02:07:22,226
so many of our own residents

4118
02:07:22,226 --> 02:07:23,461
are people who can better

4119
02:07:23,461 --> 02:07:25,629
participate in our businesses

4120
02:07:25,629 --> 02:07:26,730
with maybe a little leg up, and

4121
02:07:26,730 --> 02:07:28,665
I recognize that many of our

4122
02:07:28,665 --> 02:07:30,101
residents are living on fixed

4123
02:07:30,101 --> 02:07:31,536
or limited incomes that often

4124
02:07:31,536 --> 02:07:33,471
precludes them from being able

4125
02:07:33,471 --> 02:07:34,439
to participate in the

4126
02:07:34,439 --> 02:07:35,339
incredible business scene that

4127
02:07:35,339 --> 02:07:36,641
we have here, um, because of

4128
02:07:36,641 --> 02:07:38,209
some of that. Economic divide

4129
02:07:38,209 --> 02:07:39,644
that does exist in our

4130
02:07:39,644 --> 02:07:41,245
community, so my hope was in

4131
02:07:41,245 --> 02:07:43,614
delivering a gift card program

4132
02:07:43,614 --> 02:07:44,982
that could be sort of of the um

4133
02:07:44,982 --> 02:07:47,180
you know, purchase buy in and

4134
02:07:47,180 --> 02:07:48,386
then the city contributes an

4135
02:07:48,386 --> 02:07:49,955
additional percentage and that

4136
02:07:49,955 --> 02:07:51,220
way people have a, a, you know,

4137
02:07:51,220 --> 02:07:52,824
tab that goes a little bit

4138
02:07:52,824 --> 02:07:53,958
further at one of our local

4139
02:07:53,958 --> 02:07:54,325
businesses, um, so I

4140
02:07:54,325 --> 02:07:55,727
m really

4141
02:07:55,727 --> 02:07:56,394
grateful to visit West

4142
02:07:56,394 --> 02:07:57,595
Hollywood for their willingness

4143
02:07:57,595 --> 02:07:59,630
to be a part of this. I spoke

4144
02:07:59,630 --> 02:07:59,797
with Tom Keeley last week,

4145
02:07:59,797 --> 02:08:01,666
grateful for the chamber and

4146
02:08:01,666 --> 02:08:03,000
their help in getting this out,

4147
02:08:03,000 --> 02:08:03,168
but as Vice Mayor Hellman said,

4148
02:08:03,168 --> 02:08:04,570
it

4149
02:08:04,570 --> 02:08:05,470
s key that our residents

4150
02:08:05,470 --> 02:08:05,670
know about this. One thing that

4151
02:08:05,670 --> 02:08:07,272
wasn

4152
02:08:07,272 --> 02:08:08,206
t. Included in this and I

4153
02:08:08,206 --> 02:08:09,841
believe would be essential as

4154
02:08:09,841 --> 02:08:11,676
this comes back and gets

4155
02:08:11,676 --> 02:08:12,678
implemented and goes out to the

4156
02:08:12,678 --> 02:08:14,450
community is especially stops

4157
02:08:14,450 --> 02:08:14,212
at our boards and commissions.

4158
02:08:14,212 --> 02:08:16,470
I

4159
02:08:16,470 --> 02:08:17,482
m thinking about the older

4160
02:08:17,482 --> 02:08:18,416
adults advisory board first and

4161
02:08:18,416 --> 02:08:19,851
foremost because again it was

4162
02:08:19,851 --> 02:08:21,352
sort of targeted with those

4163
02:08:21,352 --> 02:08:21,553
folks in mind, people who

4164
02:08:21,553 --> 02:08:22,788
haven

4165
02:08:22,788 --> 02:08:22,953
t maybe felt that they

4166
02:08:22,953 --> 02:08:24,823
re

4167
02:08:24,823 --> 02:08:26,191
the businesses in our city are

4168
02:08:26,191 --> 02:08:27,559
accessible to them, um, and by

4169
02:08:27,559 --> 02:08:28,193
way of starting there and

4170
02:08:28,193 --> 02:08:29,227
helping everybody feel like

4171
02:08:29,227 --> 02:08:31,463
this is a community in a space

4172
02:08:31,463 --> 02:08:33,431
that you can be a part of that

4173
02:08:33,431 --> 02:08:34,299
we can start to invest more

4174
02:08:34,299 --> 02:08:35,266
deeply into our business

4175
02:08:35,266 --> 02:08:36,301
community. So that was the

4176
02:08:36,301 --> 02:08:37,502
mindset I approached this. I

4177
02:08:37,502 --> 02:08:37,735
deal with, although it

4178
02:08:37,735 --> 02:08:39,305
s

4179
02:08:39,305 --> 02:08:40,773
clearly open to everyone, um,

4180
02:08:40,773 --> 02:08:42,708
and I would hope that as this

4181
02:08:42,708 --> 02:08:44,476
comes back, staff also brings

4182
02:08:44,476 --> 02:08:45,978
maybe a cap or an investment

4183
02:08:45,978 --> 02:08:48,380
total that we could um put this.

4184
02:08:48,380 --> 02:08:50,849
I see that some cities started

4185
02:08:50,849 --> 02:08:51,750
with like $20,000 and once it

4186
02:08:51,750 --> 02:08:52,784
reached that threshold, they

4187
02:08:52,784 --> 02:08:54,185
were able to invest again. I

4188
02:08:54,185 --> 02:08:55,620
think that will also help us

4189
02:08:55,620 --> 02:08:55,854
understand some of the data

4190
02:08:55,854 --> 02:08:57,890
that we

4191
02:08:57,890 --> 02:08:59,592
re asking for, but I

4192
02:08:59,592 --> 02:09:00,526
also understood was that in the

4193
02:09:00,526 --> 02:09:01,460
gift card model, we

4194
02:09:01,460 --> 02:09:02,628
re able to

4195
02:09:02,628 --> 02:09:03,929
actually see which businesses

4196
02:09:03,929 --> 02:09:04,960
are using that and so I think

4197
02:09:04,960 --> 02:09:05,630
it

4198
02:09:05,630 --> 02:09:05,564
s a good opportunity for

4199
02:09:05,564 --> 02:09:07,564
businesses to further

4200
02:09:07,733 --> 02:09:09,167
communicate. Their services and

4201
02:09:09,167 --> 02:09:10,268
resources to our residents in

4202
02:09:10,268 --> 02:09:10,669
new ways too as part of that,

4203
02:09:10,669 --> 02:09:12,204
so that

4204
02:09:12,204 --> 02:09:13,538
s not our job as a city

4205
02:09:13,538 --> 02:09:14,574
to promote businesses, but I

4206
02:09:14,574 --> 02:09:16,509
hope this helps close the gap

4207
02:09:16,509 --> 02:09:17,877
and get people connected in new

4208
02:09:17,877 --> 02:09:18,577
ways. I saw that there was

4209
02:09:18,577 --> 02:09:19,578
another speaker that popped up

4210
02:09:19,578 --> 02:09:20,246
while I was going to

4211
02:09:20,246 --> 02:09:21,547
Councilmember, Hang, do you

4212
02:09:21,547 --> 02:09:23,449
want to jump in? Thank you,

4213
02:09:23,449 --> 02:09:23,816
Mayor. I think this is a great

4214
02:09:23,816 --> 02:09:25,651
item. It

4215
02:09:25,651 --> 02:09:26,218
s going to support our

4216
02:09:26,218 --> 02:09:26,652
local businesses. It

4217
02:09:26,652 --> 02:09:27,185
s, you

4218
02:09:27,185 --> 02:09:28,153
know, they

4219
02:09:28,153 --> 02:09:29,540
re suffering.

4220
02:09:29,540 --> 02:09:31,454
Everyone is suffering. So

4221
02:09:31,491 --> 02:09:32,458
anything we can do as a counsel

4222
02:09:32,458 --> 02:09:32,925
to promote within our city. I

4223
02:09:32,925 --> 02:09:34,861
think it

4224
02:09:34,861 --> 02:09:35,828
s a great idea. The

4225
02:09:35,828 --> 02:09:37,897
card will provide metrics like

4226
02:09:37,897 --> 02:09:38,931
you just said to our local

4227
02:09:38,931 --> 02:09:39,732
businesses as well in terms of

4228
02:09:39,732 --> 02:09:40,199
their services, so I

4229
02:09:40,199 --> 02:09:42,199
m in full

4230
02:09:42,601 --> 02:09:44,537
support of this item. Thank you.

4231
02:09:44,537 --> 02:09:45,204
Thank you. Are there any other

4232
02:09:45,204 --> 02:09:45,371
questions, comments? Great,

4233
02:09:45,371 --> 02:09:46,472
we

4234
02:09:46,472 --> 02:09:48,841
ve got a motion on the table.

4235
02:09:48,841 --> 02:09:49,776
No, no, it

4236
02:09:49,776 --> 02:09:49,934
s all great. It

4237
02:09:49,934 --> 02:09:50,576
s

4238
02:09:50,576 --> 02:09:53,576
nice other people supporting it.

4239
02:09:56,490 --> 02:09:56,983
Terrific. Thank you all so much

4240
02:09:56,983 --> 02:10:00,583
and great news. That was the

4241
02:10:04,156 --> 02:10:04,389
last item tonight. Woohoo. Um,

4242
02:10:04,389 --> 02:10:05,591
We don

4243
02:10:05,591 --> 02:10:06,626
t have any items on

4244
02:10:06,626 --> 02:10:07,427
excluded consent. Do we have

4245
02:10:07,427 --> 02:10:09,562
any final public comments

4246
02:10:09,562 --> 02:10:10,864
signed up for the evening? One

4247
02:10:10,864 --> 02:10:11,640
individual signed up, but

4248
02:10:11,640 --> 02:10:12,465
they

4249
02:10:12,465 --> 02:10:13,299
re not in chambers anymore.

4250
02:10:13,299 --> 02:10:13,833
All right, um, then we

4251
02:10:13,833 --> 02:10:15,833
ll move

4252
02:10:16,202 --> 02:10:17,270
on to councilmember comments

4253
02:10:17,270 --> 02:10:19,670
and meeting attendance reports,

4254
02:10:21,674 --> 02:10:21,841
who would like to begin? Ok,

4255
02:10:21,841 --> 02:10:22,441
we

4256
02:10:22,441 --> 02:10:24,144
ll start with Councilmemb

4257
02:10:24,144 --> 02:10:24,811
Erickson and then over to

4258
02:10:24,811 --> 02:10:27,113
Councilmember Hang after. Thank

4259
02:10:27,113 --> 02:10:29,490
you so much, MADAM Mayor. Um,

4260
02:10:29,490 --> 02:10:30,884
in terms of meetings I attended

4261
02:10:30,884 --> 02:10:31,818
the subcommittee ad hoc

4262
02:10:31,818 --> 02:10:33,319
committee non-Brown Act

4263
02:10:33,319 --> 02:10:35,188
Committee of the Commission and

4264
02:10:35,188 --> 02:10:36,155
Advisory Board meetings with

4265
02:10:36,155 --> 02:10:37,123
Councilmember Meister. I

4266
02:10:37,123 --> 02:10:38,124
attended the liability Trust

4267
02:10:38,124 --> 02:10:39,659
Fund board and oversight

4268
02:10:39,659 --> 02:10:40,930
meeting. I attended the West

4269
02:10:40,930 --> 02:10:41,995
Side City

4270
02:10:41,995 --> 02:10:42,963
s cag meeting where I

4271
02:10:42,963 --> 02:10:44,898
was appointed the voting

4272
02:10:44,898 --> 02:10:46,566
delegate for the cag to the

4273
02:10:46,566 --> 02:10:47,300
Santa Monica Bay Restoration

4274
02:10:47,300 --> 02:10:48,902
Commission and congratulations

4275
02:10:48,902 --> 02:10:50,360
to our own mayor, who is now

4276
02:10:50,360 --> 02:10:52,839
the vice chair of the West Side

4277
02:10:52,839 --> 02:10:53,640
Cities coc. Um, and then

4278
02:10:53,640 --> 02:10:56,640
additionally, I know that we

4279
02:10:56,709 --> 02:10:58,110
are going to be prioritizing

4280
02:10:58,110 --> 02:10:59,846
some infrastructure updates in

4281
02:10:59,846 --> 02:11:01,415
the coming meetings and I just

4282
02:11:01,415 --> 02:11:03,317
wanted to highlight some facts

4283
02:11:03,317 --> 02:11:04,317
to make sure that the record is

4284
02:11:04,317 --> 02:11:04,484
reflective of some things that

4285
02:11:04,484 --> 02:11:06,152
we

4286
02:11:06,152 --> 02:11:08,880
ve talked about in the past

4287
02:11:08,880 --> 02:11:09,656
in terms of paving history

4288
02:11:09,656 --> 02:11:12,920
Fountain Avenue was last paved

4289
02:11:12,920 --> 02:11:13,526
20 years ago and sealed 4 years

4290
02:11:13,526 --> 02:11:14,894
ago. Santa Monica, the

4291
02:11:14,894 --> 02:11:16,564
streetscape was completed in

4292
02:11:16,564 --> 02:11:19,266
the year 2000. I was a freshman

4293
02:11:19,266 --> 02:11:21,635
in high school. 60% repaved in

4294
02:11:21,635 --> 02:11:23,237
the last 3 years. Beverly is

4295
02:11:23,237 --> 02:11:25,637
Concrete street only patched

4296
02:11:26,600 --> 02:11:27,400
since cityhood, meaning 1984.

4297
02:11:27,400 --> 02:11:28,475
Melrose was paved last year

4298
02:11:28,475 --> 02:11:30,343
from croft to San Vicente and

4299
02:11:30,343 --> 02:11:33,790
only patched from San Vicente

4300
02:11:33,790 --> 02:11:33,713
to Doheny since cityhood. Major

4301
02:11:33,713 --> 02:11:34,548
infrastructure improvements.

4302
02:11:34,548 --> 02:11:36,500
This is something that I would

4303
02:11:36,500 --> 02:11:37,918
like us to focus on later as we

4304
02:11:37,918 --> 02:11:40,554
talk about what we should

4305
02:11:40,554 --> 02:11:42,523
prioritize. Fountain Avenue. No

4306
02:11:42,523 --> 02:11:44,240
recent major improvements ever.

4307
02:11:44,240 --> 02:11:47,594
In terms of the street. Santa

4308
02:11:47,594 --> 02:11:49,290
Monica. Streetscape project in

4309
02:11:49,290 --> 02:11:49,729
2000 bike lanes added from

4310
02:11:49,729 --> 02:11:51,499
Doheny to King

4311
02:11:51,499 --> 02:11:52,967
s Road, Beverly,

4312
02:11:52,967 --> 02:11:54,335
no major recent improvements.

4313
02:11:54,335 --> 02:11:55,803
Plans for a streetscape with

4314
02:11:55,803 --> 02:11:56,837
bike lanes and utility

4315
02:11:56,837 --> 02:11:58,305
undergrounding are in

4316
02:11:58,305 --> 02:11:59,206
development. Melrose, a

4317
02:11:59,206 --> 02:12:00,707
streetscape plan completed from

4318
02:12:00,707 --> 02:12:02,810
Croft to San Vicente and the

4319
02:12:02,810 --> 02:12:04,211
next phase includes San Vicente

4320
02:12:04,211 --> 02:12:05,450
Rohini. Um, these are just

4321
02:12:05,450 --> 02:12:06,480
important information that we

4322
02:12:06,480 --> 02:12:08,949
should keep on the top of our

4323
02:12:08,949 --> 02:12:09,917
mind as we talk about how our

4324
02:12:09,917 --> 02:12:10,918
infrastructure is lagging and

4325
02:12:10,918 --> 02:12:11,819
outdated, and these are just

4326
02:12:11,819 --> 02:12:13,321
the facts to support that.

4327
02:12:13,321 --> 02:12:14,121
Thank you, City staff for

4328
02:12:14,121 --> 02:12:14,555
helping provide that

4329
02:12:14,555 --> 02:12:16,230
information. That

4330
02:12:16,230 --> 02:12:17,240
s all. Thank

4331
02:12:17,240 --> 02:12:19,240
you, Councillor Marrickson.

4332
02:12:19,493 --> 02:12:21,628
Councilor Maur Hang. Thank you,

4333
02:12:21,628 --> 02:12:23,397
Mayor. Um, I have nothing to

4334
02:12:23,397 --> 02:12:24,465
report as far as meeting

4335
02:12:24,465 --> 02:12:27,465
attendants, um, I just wanted

4336
02:12:28,102 --> 02:12:30,138
to say that, you know, last

4337
02:12:30,138 --> 02:12:31,405
week there were signs that were

4338
02:12:31,405 --> 02:12:34,608
posted in West Hollywood in the

4339
02:12:34,608 --> 02:12:36,243
Rainbow District. That

4340
02:12:36,243 --> 02:12:36,410
indicated a ice as well as

4341
02:12:36,410 --> 02:12:38,410
ice

4342
02:12:38,646 --> 02:12:41,415
s phone number. I spotted

4343
02:12:41,415 --> 02:12:43,350
those signs. I reported them

4344
02:12:43,350 --> 02:12:45,453
immediately to our director of

4345
02:12:45,453 --> 02:12:46,721
Community safety who then had

4346
02:12:46,721 --> 02:12:49,224
Coke complis who took swift

4347
02:12:49,224 --> 02:12:51,159
action to have code compliance,

4348
02:12:51,159 --> 02:12:52,226
walk Santa Monica Boulevard to

4349
02:12:52,226 --> 02:12:54,495
remove all those signs. Um,

4350
02:12:54,495 --> 02:12:55,963
those signs were put up with

4351
02:12:55,963 --> 02:12:58,363
the intention to intimidate

4352
02:12:58,399 --> 02:13:00,434
people, to intimidate certain

4353
02:13:00,434 --> 02:13:02,137
members of our community and um

4354
02:13:02,137 --> 02:13:03,205
we will not be intimidated here

4355
02:13:03,205 --> 02:13:06,205
in West Hollywood. Thank you,

4356
02:13:06,307 --> 02:13:08,643
Mayor. Thank you account number

4357
02:13:08,643 --> 02:13:11,430
Ha. Councilormer Meister. Thank

4358
02:13:11,412 --> 02:13:13,348
you, Mayor. Uh, attendance, I

4359
02:13:13,348 --> 02:13:15,748
participated in the joint

4360
02:13:15,783 --> 02:13:17,285
policy committee meeting and

4361
02:13:17,285 --> 02:13:19,685
scag Regional council meeting.

4362
02:13:21,230 --> 02:13:25,223
I attended uh Virtually uh as a

4363
02:13:25,260 --> 02:13:27,662
as a just a Visitor and uh

4364
02:13:27,662 --> 02:13:30,532
Public speaker, uh, the West

4365
02:13:30,532 --> 02:13:32,500
Side Cities cag meeting. Um, I

4366
02:13:32,500 --> 02:13:34,200
was wondering uh if maybe the

4367
02:13:34,200 --> 02:13:34,669
city manager could answer a

4368
02:13:34,669 --> 02:13:35,103
question about what

4369
02:13:35,103 --> 02:13:36,238
s happening

4370
02:13:36,238 --> 02:13:39,238
with the lighting in West

4371
02:13:42,177 --> 02:13:44,577
Hollywood Park. Trailers. Helen,

4372
02:13:44,779 --> 02:13:45,246
come up and answer that. Um. I

4373
02:13:45,246 --> 02:13:47,246
know we

4374
02:13:47,482 --> 02:13:48,516
ve been waiting on the.

4375
02:13:48,516 --> 02:13:51,516
New lights to be installed

4376
02:13:59,895 --> 02:14:02,397
there. So just to give you a

4377
02:14:02,397 --> 02:14:05,200
brief overview, um, the light

4378
02:14:05,200 --> 02:14:07,702
base in on all the 41 light

4379
02:14:07,702 --> 02:14:08,303
structures in the park, um, we

4380
02:14:08,303 --> 02:14:10,538
saw deterioration on those

4381
02:14:10,538 --> 02:14:13,442
light bases, so we removed them

4382
02:14:13,442 --> 02:14:13,609
for safety, um, during the last,

4383
02:14:13,609 --> 02:14:15,377
it

4384
02:14:15,377 --> 02:14:15,544
s been about a year actually

4385
02:14:15,544 --> 02:14:16,612
we

4386
02:14:16,612 --> 02:14:18,280
ve been in conversations

4387
02:14:18,280 --> 02:14:20,680
with the manufacturer going

4388
02:14:21,283 --> 02:14:23,218
back and forth on, um, getting

4389
02:14:23,218 --> 02:14:23,618
replacements. Um, we haven

4390
02:14:23,618 --> 02:14:24,820
t

4391
02:14:24,820 --> 02:14:26,588
come to a mutual agreement on

4392
02:14:26,588 --> 02:14:27,289
what would be a suitable

4393
02:14:27,289 --> 02:14:27,589
replacement that we would agree

4394
02:14:27,589 --> 02:14:28,958
that wouldn

4395
02:14:28,958 --> 02:14:30,958
t. Deteriorate over

4396
02:14:31,627 --> 02:14:34,964
time, like the initial base. So,

4397
02:14:34,964 --> 02:14:36,298
um, we are. Currently in uh

4398
02:14:36,298 --> 02:14:36,465
final discussions with them and

4399
02:14:36,465 --> 02:14:37,900
we

4400
02:14:37,900 --> 02:14:40,169
re looking at other options

4401
02:14:40,169 --> 02:14:40,836
to move forward. Um, so in the

4402
02:14:40,836 --> 02:14:41,737
interim, we don

4403
02:14:41,737 --> 02:14:44,137
t have a, a

4404
02:14:45,574 --> 02:14:47,410
solution, but we are looking at

4405
02:14:47,410 --> 02:14:48,411
possibly either finding a new

4406
02:14:48,411 --> 02:14:49,879
base or looking at different

4407
02:14:49,879 --> 02:14:50,790
types of lighting in the park.

4408
02:14:50,790 --> 02:14:51,313
So we

4409
02:14:51,313 --> 02:14:53,749
ll be coming back to

4410
02:14:53,749 --> 02:14:54,450
council in the near future with,

4411
02:14:54,450 --> 02:14:57,620
um, our options to move forward.

4412
02:14:57,620 --> 02:15:00,620
Thank you, Helen. Thank you,

4413
02:15:00,789 --> 02:15:03,726
Vice Mayor Hellman. Thank you,

4414
02:15:03,726 --> 02:15:06,662
Mayor. Um, I attended the Weh

4415
02:15:06,662 --> 02:15:07,630
Hope Pride subcommittee. I also

4416
02:15:07,630 --> 02:15:09,980
attended various community

4417
02:15:09,980 --> 02:15:10,933
events including the winter

4418
02:15:10,933 --> 02:15:12,868
sounds. I did have some

4419
02:15:12,868 --> 02:15:15,771
comments on the sister cities

4420
02:15:15,771 --> 02:15:18,173
program, and I want to thank

4421
02:15:18,173 --> 02:15:19,141
you and uh councilmemb Hang for

4422
02:15:19,141 --> 02:15:22,141
bringing this forward, as you

4423
02:15:22,612 --> 02:15:25,612
noted, there was a previous

4424
02:15:25,982 --> 02:15:26,516
initiative to try to establish

4425
02:15:26,516 --> 02:15:27,417
a sister cities

4426
02:15:27,417 --> 02:15:28,885
relationship,

4427
02:15:28,885 --> 02:15:29,252
um, I, and I

4428
02:15:29,252 --> 02:15:31,652
ve asked staff to

4429
02:15:31,754 --> 02:15:33,189
try to retrieve. The files so

4430
02:15:33,189 --> 02:15:35,591
you can have access to it or

4431
02:15:35,591 --> 02:15:36,910
staff can have access to it. I

4432
02:15:36,910 --> 02:15:37,693
think it

4433
02:15:37,693 --> 02:15:40,463
s very important as we

4434
02:15:40,463 --> 02:15:42,365
move forward with this

4435
02:15:42,365 --> 02:15:44,767
initiative that we have clear

4436
02:15:44,767 --> 02:15:47,767
understanding of what our goals

4437
02:15:47,904 --> 02:15:50,904
are in establishing this, um,

4438
02:15:51,541 --> 02:15:53,476
are we trying to create an

4439
02:15:53,476 --> 02:15:55,476
economic relationship with

4440
02:15:55,911 --> 02:15:58,882
tourism and trade. Are we

4441
02:15:58,882 --> 02:16:02,285
trying to establish more of a

4442
02:16:02,285 --> 02:16:04,285
political relationship and

4443
02:16:04,687 --> 02:16:07,624
Expressing our alliance with a

4444
02:16:07,624 --> 02:16:09,959
community that MAY have similar

4445
02:16:09,959 --> 02:16:12,929
political leanings or be under

4446
02:16:12,929 --> 02:16:15,399
attack. Are we trying to

4447
02:16:15,399 --> 02:16:17,399
establish relationships where

4448
02:16:18,169 --> 02:16:20,203
we have uh local torchbearers

4449
02:16:20,203 --> 02:16:22,380
who could champion this

4450
02:16:22,380 --> 02:16:24,438
relationship. Part of the

4451
02:16:24,941 --> 02:16:27,377
reason, last time we were

4452
02:16:27,377 --> 02:16:28,878
unable to move forward, there

4453
02:16:28,878 --> 02:16:31,849
were people who had different

4454
02:16:31,849 --> 02:16:33,350
views of what a sister. Cities

4455
02:16:33,350 --> 02:16:35,118
relationship should be. There

4456
02:16:35,118 --> 02:16:37,554
were certainly people who were

4457
02:16:37,554 --> 02:16:39,954
associated with the Visitors

4458
02:16:40,424 --> 02:16:41,240
bureau who wanted to have a

4459
02:16:41,240 --> 02:16:42,392
sister cities

4460
02:16:42,392 --> 02:16:44,392
relationship

4461
02:16:45,261 --> 02:16:47,364
with Mexico City or a city in

4462
02:16:47,364 --> 02:16:49,166
Mexico because of the the

4463
02:16:49,166 --> 02:16:50,601
tourist possibility. There were

4464
02:16:50,601 --> 02:16:53,100
people from the Russian

4465
02:16:54,471 --> 02:16:56,440
speaking community who were

4466
02:16:56,440 --> 02:16:57,975
advocating for communities from

4467
02:16:57,975 --> 02:16:58,675
their home country or there

4468
02:16:58,675 --> 02:16:59,409
s a

4469
02:16:59,409 --> 02:16:59,609
particular arts district in St.

4470
02:16:59,609 --> 02:17:01,609
Peter

4471
02:17:01,745 --> 02:17:04,145
s. Pittsburgh that would

4472
02:17:04,180 --> 02:17:04,681
have been a great partner,

4473
02:17:04,681 --> 02:17:06,681
obviously that

4474
02:17:06,684 --> 02:17:08,520
s not on the

4475
02:17:08,520 --> 02:17:11,520
table anymore. Um, and then

4476
02:17:11,388 --> 02:17:14,291
there, there were also people

4477
02:17:14,291 --> 02:17:17,194
who had advocated for the Mora

4478
02:17:17,194 --> 02:17:19,663
district of Paris because of

4479
02:17:19,663 --> 02:17:21,598
the high concentration of arts

4480
02:17:21,598 --> 02:17:24,468
design and the lgbt community,

4481
02:17:24,468 --> 02:17:26,403
so I hope that as we move

4482
02:17:26,403 --> 02:17:28,872
forward, there will be some

4483
02:17:28,872 --> 02:17:30,741
thought about that and also

4484
02:17:30,741 --> 02:17:32,710
thought about those within the

4485
02:17:32,710 --> 02:17:34,678
community who are not part of

4486
02:17:34,678 --> 02:17:36,547
the city who will be part of

4487
02:17:36,547 --> 02:17:36,714
this initiative because it

4488
02:17:36,714 --> 02:17:38,714
can

4489
02:17:39,160 --> 02:17:39,550
t just be the city. It

4490
02:17:39,550 --> 02:17:41,550
s

4491
02:17:41,886 --> 02:17:44,355
got to also engage the business

4492
02:17:44,355 --> 02:17:47,355
community and the residents, so

4493
02:17:47,391 --> 02:17:49,694
those are just my suggestions

4494
02:17:49,694 --> 02:17:49,927
for thought as we move forward,

4495
02:17:49,927 --> 02:17:51,729
but I

4496
02:17:51,729 --> 02:17:52,596
m very excited about it

4497
02:17:52,596 --> 02:17:53,970
and you know, I

4498
02:17:53,970 --> 02:17:55,970
ll have some

4499
02:17:56,330 --> 02:17:58,903
free time in 2 years, so I, I

4500
02:17:58,903 --> 02:18:01,906
might want to be part of that,

4501
02:18:01,906 --> 02:18:02,373
yeah. I know you

4502
02:18:02,373 --> 02:18:04,373
re just trying

4503
02:18:05,900 --> 02:18:08,613
to send me away right now. I

4504
02:18:08,613 --> 02:18:10,481
got your comments earlier. I do

4505
02:18:10,481 --> 02:18:12,383
just want to follow that up and

4506
02:18:12,383 --> 02:18:14,180
say it has been in my time on

4507
02:18:14,180 --> 02:18:16,421
council and just the few short

4508
02:18:16,421 --> 02:18:17,689
years, a real honor and

4509
02:18:17,689 --> 02:18:19,524
inspiration to be a part of

4510
02:18:19,524 --> 02:18:20,725
some of the small conversations

4511
02:18:20,725 --> 02:18:23,528
and delegations that have come

4512
02:18:23,528 --> 02:18:25,290
to the city, mostly for some of

4513
02:18:25,290 --> 02:18:25,596
the political purpose and in

4514
02:18:25,596 --> 02:18:26,430
the exchanges we

4515
02:18:26,430 --> 02:18:27,231
ve had with

4516
02:18:27,231 --> 02:18:28,899
the Australian consul general,

4517
02:18:28,899 --> 02:18:29,333
you know, I know that they

4518
02:18:29,333 --> 02:18:30,534
re

4519
02:18:30,534 --> 02:18:31,802
looking to invite us as a pride

4520
02:18:31,802 --> 02:18:33,672
speaker in the month of JUNE to

4521
02:18:33,672 --> 02:18:33,872
go speak at their private event.

4522
02:18:33,872 --> 02:18:35,240
That

4523
02:18:35,240 --> 02:18:36,410
s a place where we have

4524
02:18:36,410 --> 02:18:36,308
multiple sort of relationships,

4525
02:18:36,308 --> 02:18:36,708
so there

4526
02:18:36,708 --> 02:18:39,430
s just so many

4527
02:18:39,430 --> 02:18:39,978
different opportunities. There

4528
02:18:39,978 --> 02:18:41,450
and with the Olympics coming

4529
02:18:41,450 --> 02:18:42,881
and the Pride House coming, it

4530
02:18:42,881 --> 02:18:43,848
felt all the more important to

4531
02:18:43,848 --> 02:18:44,916
really plant this seed and as

4532
02:18:44,916 --> 02:18:45,416
you said, sort of build

4533
02:18:45,416 --> 02:18:45,783
intention to what we

4534
02:18:45,783 --> 02:18:46,918
re really

4535
02:18:46,918 --> 02:18:48,252
trying to do. So just thank you

4536
02:18:48,252 --> 02:18:48,752
and thanks for sharing the

4537
02:18:48,752 --> 02:18:49,353
history. It

4538
02:18:49,353 --> 02:18:49,687
s really important

4539
02:18:49,687 --> 02:18:50,421
and I

4540
02:18:50,421 --> 02:18:52,821
m looking forward to

4541
02:18:53,580 --> 02:18:54,920
growing this in a bigger way. I

4542
02:18:54,920 --> 02:18:55,193
wanted to, and I just got a

4543
02:18:55,193 --> 02:18:55,994
note that we do have the old

4544
02:18:55,994 --> 02:18:56,161
staff reports, so we

4545
02:18:56,161 --> 02:18:57,963
ll get

4546
02:18:57,963 --> 02:18:59,431
them shared very soon. Thank

4547
02:18:59,431 --> 02:19:00,980
you so much. I

4548
02:19:00,980 --> 02:19:02,980
ll continue with

4549
02:19:02,367 --> 02:19:04,269
my attendance and then wrap up

4550
02:19:04,269 --> 02:19:04,803
with my comments, my meeting

4551
02:19:04,803 --> 02:19:06,803
attendants included the

4552
02:19:06,804 --> 02:19:07,405
National League of Cities

4553
02:19:07,405 --> 02:19:09,405
Transportation Ad advocacy

4554
02:19:09,508 --> 02:19:11,443
meeting, which was Very

4555
02:19:11,443 --> 02:19:13,378
frustrating look at how things

4556
02:19:13,378 --> 02:19:14,813
are changing very rapidly in

4557
02:19:14,813 --> 02:19:17,215
relationship to the cities, and

4558
02:19:17,215 --> 02:19:18,984
I also attended the lgbtq

4559
02:19:18,984 --> 02:19:20,619
elected leaders, local elected

4560
02:19:20,619 --> 02:19:21,252
leaders meeting the West

4561
02:19:21,252 --> 02:19:21,586
Hollywood Pride subcommittee

4562
02:19:21,586 --> 02:19:22,721
meeting. It

4563
02:19:22,721 --> 02:19:23,154
s crazy. We

4564
02:19:23,154 --> 02:19:25,154
re back

4565
02:19:25,523 --> 02:19:26,425
planning again for this year.

4566
02:19:26,425 --> 02:19:28,360
The Metro Service council

4567
02:19:28,360 --> 02:19:29,610
meeting and the la County City

4568
02:19:29,610 --> 02:19:30,796
Selection Committee meeting, as

4569
02:19:30,796 --> 02:19:31,763
well as the West Side cdc cog

4570
02:19:31,763 --> 02:19:33,332
meeting where, as Councilor

4571
02:19:33,332 --> 02:19:34,733
Erickson said, I was elected

4572
02:19:34,733 --> 02:19:35,801
vice chair, very excited to

4573
02:19:35,801 --> 02:19:38,603
serve that term and represent

4574
02:19:38,603 --> 02:19:40,939
our city in that capacity, um.

4575
02:19:40,939 --> 02:19:42,874
I was a speaker at Troy Masters

4576
02:19:42,874 --> 02:19:45,778
celebration of life this past

4577
02:19:45,778 --> 02:19:47,379
week and was just so honored to

4578
02:19:47,379 --> 02:19:48,347
reflect the many stories and

4579
02:19:48,347 --> 02:19:50,149
relationships that Troy shared

4580
02:19:50,149 --> 02:19:51,250
with our city and the many

4581
02:19:51,250 --> 02:19:53,510
staff members and members of

4582
02:19:53,510 --> 02:19:55,530
this council whose lives he

4583
02:19:55,530 --> 02:19:56,955
touched, so just really a

4584
02:19:56,955 --> 02:19:58,356
special night in celebration of

4585
02:19:58,356 --> 02:19:59,891
a very incredible human who we

4586
02:19:59,891 --> 02:20:01,260
all MISS Very deeply. I want to

4587
02:20:01,260 --> 02:20:02,394
give my thanks to the residents

4588
02:20:02,394 --> 02:20:03,796
of the domain apartments for

4589
02:20:03,796 --> 02:20:03,996
hosting my first meet and greet.

4590
02:20:03,996 --> 02:20:05,331
There

4591
02:20:05,331 --> 02:20:05,931
ll be more to come. Look

4592
02:20:05,931 --> 02:20:06,866
forward to continuing to

4593
02:20:06,866 --> 02:20:08,534
connect with folks in the

4594
02:20:08,534 --> 02:20:10,469
community in that capacity. And

4595
02:20:10,469 --> 02:20:12,371
just in terms of my comments, I

4596
02:20:12,371 --> 02:20:14,139
have to say I was very moved by

4597
02:20:14,139 --> 02:20:15,374
the equity statement read

4598
02:20:15,374 --> 02:20:15,874
earlier tonight and our city

4599
02:20:15,874 --> 02:20:16,575
s

4600
02:20:16,575 --> 02:20:17,943
ongoing commitment, especially

4601
02:20:17,943 --> 02:20:19,846
in these times, to the values

4602
02:20:19,846 --> 02:20:21,214
of diversity, equity, and

4603
02:20:21,214 --> 02:20:23,115
inclusion, and it happened very

4604
02:20:23,115 --> 02:20:25,484
quickly, but we did approve two

4605
02:20:25,484 --> 02:20:26,180
items tonight, one in

4606
02:20:26,180 --> 02:20:27,653
recognition of Junetee

4607
02:20:27,653 --> 02:20:28,988
Juneteenth with an expanded

4608
02:20:28,988 --> 02:20:29,822
budget for that social justice

4609
02:20:29,822 --> 02:20:30,389
advisory board to get to work

4610
02:20:30,389 --> 02:20:31,824
with. We

4611
02:20:31,824 --> 02:20:33,792
re very excited to see

4612
02:20:33,792 --> 02:20:35,227
what happens there as well as

4613
02:20:35,227 --> 02:20:36,729
new programming for Black

4614
02:20:36,729 --> 02:20:37,396
History Month in 2026 brought

4615
02:20:37,396 --> 02:20:38,698
with my councilmemb Erickson,

4616
02:20:38,698 --> 02:20:41,670
so thank you for that. That

4617
02:20:41,670 --> 02:20:42,568
idea, um, uh, just wanted, uh,

4618
02:20:42,568 --> 02:20:43,869
you know, reflect how important

4619
02:20:43,869 --> 02:20:44,804
it is these continued

4620
02:20:44,804 --> 02:20:46,472
investments and just thank the

4621
02:20:46,472 --> 02:20:48,707
city for our ongoing commitment

4622
02:20:48,707 --> 02:20:50,142
to this work, um, I want to

4623
02:20:50,142 --> 02:20:52,144
also recognize that the 22 of

4624
02:20:52,144 --> 02:20:54,981
the adjournments I read tonight

4625
02:20:54,981 --> 02:20:56,449
for the transgender community

4626
02:20:56,449 --> 02:20:57,917
members who were killed because

4627
02:20:57,917 --> 02:20:59,352
of who they are, where a

4628
02:20:59,352 --> 02:21:00,190
request that I received from

4629
02:21:00,190 --> 02:21:02,419
several members of the

4630
02:21:02,755 --> 02:21:04,190
community. I had multiple

4631
02:21:04,190 --> 02:21:06,192
people reaching out requesting

4632
02:21:06,192 --> 02:21:06,892
those that both of those

4633
02:21:06,892 --> 02:21:08,127
individuals be recognized, and

4634
02:21:08,127 --> 02:21:09,950
I deeply appreciate. The

4635
02:21:09,950 --> 02:21:09,995
recognition of our city

4636
02:21:09,995 --> 02:21:11,995
s role

4637
02:21:12,465 --> 02:21:13,400
in voicing and naming and

4638
02:21:13,400 --> 02:21:14,834
uplifting those individuals and

4639
02:21:14,834 --> 02:21:15,100
their stories in this way and

4640
02:21:15,100 --> 02:21:17,100
we

4641
02:21:17,236 --> 02:21:20,139
ll continue to be here to do

4642
02:21:20,139 --> 02:21:21,307
that work. Um, I want to just

4643
02:21:21,307 --> 02:21:23,543
also recognize as councilmemb

4644
02:21:23,543 --> 02:21:25,444
Hang said the I signs we were

4645
02:21:25,444 --> 02:21:26,912
quick to respond and spent a

4646
02:21:26,912 --> 02:21:28,448
long day of media responses and

4647
02:21:28,448 --> 02:21:30,283
making sure that people knew

4648
02:21:30,283 --> 02:21:31,284
what our city is truly all

4649
02:21:31,284 --> 02:21:32,852
about the sanctuary city that

4650
02:21:32,852 --> 02:21:34,888
we have long been. I look

4651
02:21:34,888 --> 02:21:35,555
forward to the Know your rights

4652
02:21:35,555 --> 02:21:36,923
campaign information that will

4653
02:21:36,923 --> 02:21:38,625
come out and in the meantime

4654
02:21:38,625 --> 02:21:40,590
encourage people to be more

4655
02:21:40,590 --> 02:21:41,427
familiar with your rights and

4656
02:21:41,427 --> 02:21:42,862
share this information, the

4657
02:21:42,862 --> 02:21:44,330
county Office of Immigration

4658
02:21:44,330 --> 02:21:44,530
has an incredible resource page.

4659
02:21:44,530 --> 02:21:46,266
They

4660
02:21:46,266 --> 02:21:46,900
re also beginning to host

4661
02:21:46,900 --> 02:21:48,900
events throughout the

4662
02:21:49,169 --> 02:21:50,237
communities, um, specifically

4663
02:21:50,237 --> 02:21:50,437
starting in East la, but

4664
02:21:50,437 --> 02:21:51,237
they

4665
02:21:51,237 --> 02:21:52,238
re making their way around

4666
02:21:52,238 --> 02:21:52,572
the county, and I believe it

4667
02:21:52,572 --> 02:21:54,730
s

4668
02:21:54,730 --> 02:21:55,575
really important that all of us

4669
02:21:55,575 --> 02:21:57,110
take time to understand our

4670
02:21:57,110 --> 02:21:59,379
rights and help empower those

4671
02:21:59,379 --> 02:22:00,780
around us with that full

4672
02:22:00,780 --> 02:22:02,382
information and just finally I

4673
02:22:02,382 --> 02:22:04,652
said it really quickly at the

4674
02:22:04,652 --> 02:22:06,253
end in my in the last item on

4675
02:22:06,253 --> 02:22:07,121
the Weeh Ho Locals program, but

4676
02:22:07,121 --> 02:22:07,321
I also would be remiss if I

4677
02:22:07,321 --> 02:22:09,321
didn

4678
02:22:09,990 --> 02:22:11,491
t. Think Laura and Paulo

4679
02:22:11,491 --> 02:22:12,492
specifically for your help um

4680
02:22:12,492 --> 02:22:14,828
both in researching this

4681
02:22:14,828 --> 02:22:15,962
initiative early on, but also

4682
02:22:15,962 --> 02:22:16,996
spurring my own encourage

4683
02:22:16,996 --> 02:22:18,310
enthusiasm and excitement for

4684
02:22:18,310 --> 02:22:19,666
this program. It really takes

4685
02:22:19,666 --> 02:22:20,701
all of us. I just want to thank

4686
02:22:20,701 --> 02:22:22,103
you both and recognize your

4687
02:22:22,103 --> 02:22:23,704
hard work behind the scenes in

4688
02:22:23,704 --> 02:22:24,838
support of our business

4689
02:22:24,838 --> 02:22:25,900
community, so unless there

4690
02:22:25,900 --> 02:22:26,106
s

4691
02:22:26,106 --> 02:22:27,400
anything else, I said a lot to

4692
02:22:27,400 --> 02:22:27,975
wrap it up. I think we

4693
02:22:27,975 --> 02:22:29,943
re all

4694
02:22:29,943 --> 02:22:31,278
set. Ok, so we have one more

4695
02:22:31,278 --> 02:22:33,313
special meeting adjournment. We

4696
02:22:33,313 --> 02:22:35,248
are adjourning this city

4697
02:22:35,248 --> 02:22:36,683
council meeting to this joint

4698
02:22:36,683 --> 02:22:37,384
study session of the city

4699
02:22:37,384 --> 02:22:39,520
council and planning commission,

4700
02:22:39,520 --> 02:22:41,455
very exciting meeting which

4701
02:22:41,455 --> 02:22:43,891
will take place here on Monday,

4702
02:22:43,891 --> 02:22:45,292
FEBRUARY 24th at 6 P.M. At the

4703
02:22:45,292 --> 02:22:46,159
West Hollywood Park Public

4704
02:22:46,159 --> 02:22:46,493
public meeting room council

4705
02:22:46,493 --> 02:22:47,194
chambers. We

4706
02:22:47,194 --> 02:22:49,594
ll see you all