Regular City Council Meeting - Oct 6th, 2025

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[9:20] LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: "The West Hollywood City Council acknowledges that the land on which we gather and that is currently known as the City of West Hollywood is the occupied, unceded, seized territory of the Gabrieleño Tongva and Gabrieleño Kizh peoples." STATEMENT OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESPECT: During public meetings, community gatherings, interactions with the public, and with one another, the City endeavors for all participants and attendees to conduct City business and treat others with respect, a core value of the City. This includes being polite, professional, and thoughtful when interacting with others. Our collective commitment to West Hollywood requires intention, cooperation, courtesy, consideration, tolerance, forgiveness, acceptance, inclusiveness, kindness, compassion, and patience. Our respect is expressed not only in the words we choose, but also in our tone, our demeanor, and our actions toward one another. PUBLIC COMMENT AND RULES OF DECORUM: The City Council values your comments and acknowledges the right of the public to address issues that are within the City’s jurisdiction and invites the public to do so during the City Council meeting.  However, this public participation must be balanced with the need of the City Council to conduct the public’s business in a fair and efficient manner, free from disruption or disturbance. The City offers multiples ways for the public to participate during the meeting. During the first Public Comment section of the agenda, any member of the public may address the City Council on items appearing on the Consent Calendar. Comments concerning other items on the agenda will be heard at the time the item is considered during the meeting; however, they may be offered at this time if a member of the public cannot be in attendance later in the evening. Members of the public may also comment upon any other item of interest that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council at this time, or later in the meeting under the second Public Comment period. Please see Agenda Item No. 1 below for more information. The City expects that everyone who participates in the meeting will do so with respect and dignity. Please refrain from using abusive, derogatory, and slanderous language, or behaving in a way that disrupts the meeting. Speakers should not bring to the podium any items other than a prepared written statement and/or writing materials. Speakers and any other members of the public may not approach the dais at any time during the meeting without prior consent from the Mayor. Speakers may only speak once on any agenda item. Donating public comment time to others is prohibited. Members of the audience shall not engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct, including the utterance of loud, threatening, or abusive language, whistling, stamping of feet or other acts which disturb, disrupt, impede, or otherwise render the orderly conduct of the City Council meeting unfeasible. Persons in the audience should refrain from creating, provoking, or participating in any type of unwelcome physical contact. Please see the Rules of Conduct for City Council meetings for additional rules and expectations for conducting the City Council meetings. If you would like additional information on any item appearing on this agenda, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (323) 848-6800. TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE OR AN E-COMMENT: Members of the public who wish to comment on matters before the City Council are strongly encouraged to submit written correspondence to publiccomment@weho.org or submit an E-Comment by visiting www.weho.org/wehotv no later than 12:00 p.m. on Council meeting day.  Note: Written Correspondence and E-Comments will not be read into the record during the City Council meeting; however, correspondence received by 12:00 p.m. will be forwarded to the City Council and posted on the City’s website as part of the official meeting record. Your comments and information will become part of the official public record. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address and/or phone number. TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT BY TELEPHONE: (Please note: This option is to provide public comment via phone ONLY. To view the meeting, please see information on how to view the meeting provided above.) 1.  You are required to register to speak via Zoom by emailing publiccomment@weho.org no later than 12:00 p.m. on the City Council meeting day, to be added to the Zoom Public Speaker List for the meeting.  Please include your name, the phone number from which you will be calling, and which item(s) you would like to speak on. 2. Dial-in 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting (the meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.).  During Approval of the Agenda items may be moved to the Consent Calendar; therefore, members of the public who have signed up to speak on any item with the City Clerk’s Office should be in the queue by 5:50 p.m.  **Please note that City Clerk staff cannot respond to emails during the meeting. This means that email and text message requests made to speak by phone on additional agenda items during the meeting cannot be accommodated during the meeting.
[9:35] CALL TO ORDER:
[9:46] PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
[10:15] ROLL CALL:
[10:41] REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION AGENDA:
[10:58] APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
[16:19] ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS:
[19:41] PRESENTATIONS:
[38:32] PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR:
[38:35] PUBLIC COMMENT:  The City Council values your comments; however, pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot take action on items not listed on the posted agenda.  The public comment period is limited to 20 minutes, with 2 minutes allotted for each speaker.  This public comment period is to address the City Council on Consent Calendar items, other agenda items (if the member of the public cannot be present at the time the item is considered) or items of general interest within the jurisdiction of the City Council.  Another period is also reserved for general comment later in the meeting for those that could not be heard at this time.  Public Hearing testimony will only be taken at the time of the hearing.
[1:13:30] CITY MANAGER’S REPORT: This time has been set aside for the City Manager to update the Council on important items initiated by staff or previously requested by the City Council.
[1:15:17] FISCAL IMPACT ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
[1:15:23] CITY MANAGER’S REPORT: This time has been set aside for the City Manager to update the Council on important items initiated by staff or previously requested by the City Council.
[1:16:26] FISCAL IMPACT ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
[2:42:57] PUBLIC COMMENT: This time has been set aside for the public to address the Council on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council that could not be heard under Item 1 at the beginning of the meeting.
[2:47:37] COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS:  This portion of the meeting is set aside for general comments, announcements, requests of staff, subcommittee meeting reports, and/or other issues of concern from members of the City Council.
[3:01:49] ADJOURNMENT:  The City Council will adjourn to its next regular meeting, which will be on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. at West Hollywood Park Public Meeting Room - Council Chambers.

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[9:21] Welcome to the city council
[9:22] meeting.
[9:23] Before we call the meeting to
[9:23] order, I
[9:24] d like to read the
[9:24] city
[9:27] s land acknowledgment.
[9:28] The West Hollywood City Council
[9:29] acknowledges that the land on
[9:31] which we gather and that is
[9:32] currently known as the City of
[9:35] West Hollywood, is the occupied,
[9:37] unseeded, seized territory of
[9:39] the Gabrieleno Tongva and the
[9:41] Gabrieleno Quich peoples. I
[9:41] ll
[9:42] call this meeting of the
[9:44] OCTOBER 6, 2025 City Council
[9:46] meeting to order. It is 6:08.
[9:47] Thanks for your patience.
[9:48] We are joined by a very special
[9:51] guest, will Colette Collar.
[9:53] Please join us to recite the
[10:03] Pledge of Allegiance.
[10:05] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[10:09] of the United States of America
[10:12] and to public for which it
[10:16] stands, one nation under GOD
[10:18] indivisible with liberty and
[10:24] justice for all.
[10:27] Thank you, Colette
[10:29] City clerk, MAY we please have
[10:30] a roll call. Yes, thank you,
[10:35] Mayor. Councilmember Erickson.
[10:36] Councilmembur Hang here
[10:37] Councilmember Meister, here,
[10:40] Vice Mayor Heilman, and Mayor
[10:41] Byers. Here we have a quorum.
[10:42] Thank you very much. City
[10:43] Attorney, will you please
[10:44] provide us with a report of
[10:46] closed session.
[10:48] Yes, hi, good evening. The city
[10:49] council convened a closed
[10:51] session this evening at 5 P.M.
[10:52] There were no members of the
[10:54] public here to speak on the
[10:55] closed session agenda. The
[10:56] council spoke about the two
[10:58] items listed on the Posted
[11:00] agenda and took no reportable
[11:02] action and concluded a few
[11:03] minutes after 6 P.M. That
[11:05] concludes my report.
[11:05] Thank you. We
[11:06] ll move to
[11:07] approval of the agenda. City
[11:08] clerk, are there any changes
[11:10] from staff to tonight
[11:10] s agenda?
[11:13] Yes, Mayer, staff is requesting
[11:16] we table item f8.
[11:18] There is an f8. The appointment
[11:19] to the planning commission,
[11:21] correct.
[11:21] There
[11:22] s some time sensitive
[11:24] voting matters coming before
[11:25] the planning commission though,
[11:30] so.
[11:31] Additional time for applicants
[11:32] to submit
[11:33] um, but it
[11:34] s at the desire of
[11:36] the council. They have like
[11:37] several big items coming before
[11:40] them.
[11:41] So if we don
[11:42] t have a 9th
[11:43] person and something
[11:44] s 44, it
[11:47] could be a problem.
[11:49] I actually support waiting
[11:51] until we have more applicants
[11:51] and
[11:54] um, I, I think the clerk
[11:55] office actually neglected to
[11:57] notify us that there was a
[11:59] vacancy, so the first time I
[12:03] heard about it was when we were
[12:04] communicated two by one of the
[12:06] applicants. So I would support
[12:10] holding that for 2 weeks.
[12:10] I don
[12:13] t support that. And also
[12:16] typically the city clerk will
[12:19] send out a notice to various
[12:21] planning that did go out
[12:23] Association did that go out?
[12:24] Yeah, we do have two applicants.
[12:24] It
[12:26] s not posted and we do have
[12:28] two applicants. Ok.
[12:31] My concern is also the agenda
[12:32] for the planning commission
[12:34] that is coming up.
[12:37] And timing of appointment to
[12:38] those meetings.
[12:38] I, I don
[12:39] t think it
[12:39] s, we
[12:40] ve
[12:41] given it enough time for
[12:43] applications, but
[12:44] I, I also didn
[12:45] t hear anything
[12:47] until I saw the email from one
[12:49] of the applicants.
[12:50] Yeah, I don
[12:54] t support it
[12:55] So the idea, so there
[12:56] s 3
[12:57] people who want to keep it on
[12:58] the agenda and 2 people who
[12:59] want to keep it off the agenda
[13:01] for tonight.
[13:02] I think that means we keep it
[13:06] on the agenda tonight.
[13:08] Um, are there any other changes
[13:12] for my colleagues?
[13:15] Ok
[13:18] Wonderful. MAY I begin? Sorry,
[13:18] before I want I
[13:20] ll start at the
[13:22] end, um, I would like to see if
[13:24] we can move f6 for serving
[13:25] entertainment studios in West
[13:27] Hollywood.
[13:30] Um, f5, the audit of vacant
[13:31] residential and commercial
[13:32] units.
[13:33] I knew, I knew one of my
[13:35] colleagues. I actually don
[13:39] support moving that to, um, f4,
[13:40] the sponsorship of the
[13:42] community event, uh, with Cindy
[13:43] Handler.
[13:47] Yes
[13:50] Um, f2 cx1 youth group holiday
[13:53] event.
[13:56] Um, the sober drag bingo event
[13:58] with um Ite for Public
[14:01] Strategies.
[14:03] I know f3 is your item. Could
[14:05] we also move f3 to consent?
[14:06] Sure.
[14:07] There was one other item he
[14:10] skipped because it was his.
[14:12] F7, the amendment to the
[14:14] pre-approved lists. Oh, you
[14:19] have questions? Ok.
[14:22] Um, is there uh
[14:24] is there, um, uh
[14:28] regarding pride
[14:30] Do people find moving prior to
[14:32] consent I e e3, sorry.
[14:32] It
[14:33] s up to you. We
[14:33] re on the
[14:34] planning. You
[14:34] re good with
[14:37] moving it to consent.
[14:39] And are we ok moving d1 to
[14:41] consent?
[14:44] The uh cannabis security item.
[14:46] Yeah, I was just
[14:47] we discussed it and that
[14:48] s how
[14:52] it just for the sake of ok.
[14:55] Do we want to talk about out
[14:58] athletes fund, e4? Ok.
[15:00] Ok.
[15:02] Do we need to do a review of
[15:03] that city clerk.
[15:11] Yes, Mayor, I do have items
[15:16] d3e3f1f2, f4, and f6 moving to
[15:17] consent.
[15:19] Did I MISS Any? D1
[15:21] and d1
[15:22] Sorry, it was d1 not d3.
[15:24] Sorry, my apologies
[15:27] So again, that was d1, e3, f1,
[15:30] f2, f4, f6.
[15:34] Thank you. F3
[15:38] on item f6, I do have some
[15:40] comments about the timing, um,
[15:43] in the staff report. So I would
[15:45] like to address that, and I
[15:48] will address it under um uh
[15:49] public or under councilmember
[15:50] comments later.
[15:51] But I
[15:53] m fine with leaving the
[15:54] item on the
[15:56] consent calendar.
[16:03] Yeah.
[16:12] Ok
[16:14] Thank you
[16:14] We
[16:16] ll, uh, go to Levine Act
[16:17] disclosures. Can my colleagues
[16:19] review the agenda and report
[16:20] any Levine Act disclosures. I
[16:23] have none. None. None. Ok,
[16:24] seeing none. We
[16:24] ll move to
[16:25] adjournment motions. Do any of
[16:27] my, I know we have some
[16:28] adjournment motions tonight. A
[16:29] Councilmember, I
[16:30] m sorry,
[16:31] Icemeil Heilmann, do you want
[16:33] to begin? Yes, I
[16:34] d like to
[16:35] adjourn tonight
[16:36] s meeting in
[16:39] memory of Rob Henig. Rob was a
[16:41] devoted husband, son, a loyal
[16:44] friend to many, he lectured at
[16:45] ucla political
[16:47] Science department for 6 years.
[16:49] He opened his own law firm
[16:51] specializing in employment law.
[16:53] Throughout his life, he served
[16:55] as a mentor for many young
[16:58] attorneys, and he left a
[17:00] lasting impression on both his
[17:01] colleagues and community. He
[17:03] was known for his integrity,
[17:07] his grit, and his determination.
[17:10] He presented at various legal
[17:12] education programs, including
[17:14] the la County Bar, the Beverly
[17:15] Hills Bar, he served on the
[17:17] board of the aclu of Southern
[17:20] California. He was the past
[17:22] president of the lgbt rights
[17:22] chap
[17:24] ter He was a founding board
[17:26] chair of what would become
[17:30] equality California. He served
[17:32] the la lgbt Center
[17:33] s legal
[17:34] referral program and on the
[17:36] board of the Tom Finland
[17:37] Foundation.
[17:39] A celebration of, of Rob
[17:39] s life,
[17:41] as planned on Sunday, OCTOBER
[17:45] 26th in the Doheny room of the
[17:47] ark, the West Hollywood Rec
[17:51] Center at 6:47 North Sambaende
[17:53] from 2:30 to 4, and I would
[17:54] request we adjourn in Rob
[17:56] memory. Thank you. I think
[17:57] Councilmember Erickson would
[17:58] like to add, yeah, I would just
[18:00] like to thank my colleague for
[18:00] adjourning in Rob
[18:01] s memory. I
[18:03] got the chance to serve when I
[18:05] was board PRESIDENT Of the aclu
[18:06] of Southern California with Rob
[18:07] and
[18:09] he was just a delight to work
[18:11] with and a true savant when it
[18:12] came to matters of the law, but
[18:14] matters of social justice, and
[18:17] I was so shocked to see this
[18:19] when he passed from our board
[18:21] alumni list serve, but he
[18:24] touched so many lives and
[18:26] organizations and um he is
[18:28] truly someone that just helped
[18:29] shape what our community is
[18:30] today, and he will be deeply,
[18:31] deeply missed. Thank you very
[18:33] much, Mayor. Thank you, and
[18:34] ll turn it to Councilmember
[18:35] Meister for our final
[18:37] adjournment.
[18:39] Thank you, Mayor. I
[18:39] d like to
[18:42] adjourn this evening, uh, in
[18:44] memory of Jane Goodall. Jane
[18:46] Goodall was a trailblazing
[18:47] naturalist whose intimate
[18:49] observations of chimpanzees in
[18:51] the African wild produce
[18:52] powerful insights that
[18:55] transform basic concepts of
[18:57] humankind. Tenacious and keenly
[18:59] observant Goodall paved the way
[19:02] for other women in primatology.
[19:04] Though she is most well known
[19:06] for her 65 year study of wild
[19:08] chimpanzees in
[19:10] Tanzania. In the latter part of
[19:11] her life, she expanded her
[19:13] focus and became a global
[19:16] advocate for human rights,
[19:18] animal welfare, species and
[19:20] environmental protection and
[19:22] many other crucial issues. In
[19:24] her 80s, she continued to
[19:26] travel 300 days a year to speak
[19:28] to schoolchildren and others
[19:31] about the need to fight
[19:33] deforestation, preserved
[19:33] chimpanzees
[19:34] natural habitat
[19:36] and promote sustainable
[19:37] development in Africa. She was
[19:38] 91
[19:39] years old when she passed.
[19:41] Thank you, Mayor. Thank you.
[19:41] Ok, we
[19:43] ll turn tonight
[19:45] meeting to presentations and
[19:45] first we
[19:46] ll recognize Colette
[19:47] who did such a tremendous job
[19:49] of leading us in the Pledge of
[19:50] Allegiance tonight. Please join
[19:51] us up here for a photo and
[20:37] collect your certificate.
[20:37] Ok. And I
[20:39] ll turn it to
[20:40] Councilmember Erickson for our
[20:42] next presentation on ageism
[20:43] Awareness Day. Thank you so
[20:47] much, MADAM Mayer. Um, I am so
[20:50] excited to print, uh, to
[20:51] proclaim this month on behalf
[20:54] of ageism Awareness Day, as my
[20:56] good friend Barbara Meler in
[20:57] the crowd has helped make sure
[20:59] educating our community on for
[21:01] many years. Adism refers to
[21:03] stereotypes, prejudice and
[21:04] discrimination towards others
[21:06] based on age. This applies to
[21:07] interpersonal institutional
[21:08] cult
[21:09] ural and structural levels.
[21:11] Ages negatively affects older
[21:12] adults across healthcare,
[21:13] employment, housing, culture,
[21:15] and education, and addressing
[21:17] these biases benefits people of
[21:19] all ages by fostering dignity,
[21:20] respect, and equity across
[21:22] generations.
[21:23] Ageism often intersects with
[21:25] other forms of bias, including
[21:28] racism, sexism, and ableism,
[21:30] and these compounding
[21:32] inequities reinforced the
[21:33] urgency of eliminating
[21:36] age-based, age-based bias as
[21:38] part of a broader inclusion
[21:40] goals. In 1987, the city
[21:43] established the senior advisory
[21:44] Board, now known as the Older
[21:47] Adults Advisory Board or the oa,
[21:48] something very important to
[21:49] know because Barbara Meltzer
[21:51] herself will glare at you from
[21:52] across the room
[21:52] if you don
[21:54] t say the word older
[21:56] adults, uh, to ensure that
[21:57] older residents, and she
[21:57] s done
[21:58] a lot in educating that. So
[21:59] it
[22:00] s very good that we make
[22:01] sure we make that distinction.
[22:03] Um, have the opportunities for
[22:05] meaningful community engagement
[22:06] in the city
[22:06] s decision making
[22:08] processes and serve as a key
[22:10] advocate and liaison between
[22:11] the older adults, community
[22:12] organizations, the city council,
[22:14] city officials, and the broader
[22:16] community. The city of West
[22:17] Hollywood embraces aging as
[22:18] part of its commitment to being
[22:20] caring, inclusive, and
[22:21] prioritizing the well-being and
[22:22] quality of life
[22:23] of older residents. The city
[22:25] council would like to proclaim
[22:27] OCTOBER 9, 2025 as ages of
[22:29] Awareness Day in West Hollywood
[22:30] encourages residents and
[22:32] community members to join in
[22:34] raising awareness, advocating
[22:36] for the elimination of ageism
[22:38] and fostering a society that
[22:39] respects and empowers older
[22:40] adults. I would love to now
[22:42] invite up my dear friend, our
[22:43] former commissioner in the
[22:45] Human Services Commission, as
[22:47] well as a commissioner on the
[22:49] county board on ages of an
[22:51] older adults and the
[23:35] incomparable Barbara Meltzer.
[23:35] Yeah, it
[23:40] s your show.
[23:40] It
[23:43] s my show and what pressure,
[23:45] blood pressure, my gosh, thank
[23:47] you, thank you so much for this.
[23:49] Um, this is really, really an
[23:50] important issue for me and for
[23:52] many people. And while I am
[23:54] here, I would thank you for
[23:57] this, by the way. I would like
[24:01] just to give us a list of four
[24:03] forms of Aegisa, ok, it
[24:05] s like
[24:07] just a little education.
[24:08] Internalized
[24:11] is one way. How we feel about
[24:14] ourselves as aging people and
[24:17] ageism of which older adults
[24:19] marginalize and discriminate
[24:22] against other older people.
[24:24] Implicit
[24:27] the unconscious by it that
[24:29] includes attitudes, feelings,
[24:32] and behaviors towards people of
[24:36] other age groups that operates
[24:38] without conscience, awareness,
[24:39] or intention.
[24:42] Cultural
[24:45] the everyday invisible
[24:47] profoundly ingrained and
[24:50] normalized negative messages
[24:52] about ageism and old people
[24:55] embedded in movies, television,
[24:58] songs, jokes, and many other
[24:58] things.
[25:03] Benevolent
[25:04] per pattern, I can
[25:07] t say the
[25:09] word, benevolent patronizing
[25:11] beliefs that older people need
[25:13] to be protected
[25:15] and taken care of by younger
[25:17] people because they are no
[25:20] longer able to make decisions
[25:22] for themselves, and those are
[25:23] just some of the things we
[25:23] re
[25:25] fighting against. So thank you
[25:27] so much.
[25:33] Thank you.
[25:34] Thank you for your leadership,
[25:37] Barbara
[25:39] There are several significant
[25:40] awareness commemorations taking
[25:42] place in OCTOBER. In addition
[25:44] to ageism Awareness Day,
[25:46] OCTOBER marks National
[25:47] Disability Awareness Month.
[25:48] National Disability Awareness
[25:50] Month is a time to increase
[25:52] awareness about people living
[25:53] with disabilities and
[25:56] emphasized the importance of
[25:57] inclusive policies and
[25:59] practices. Since 1945, the
[26:00] month of OCTOBER has been
[26:01] observed as a way to pay
[26:03] tribute to all who fought for
[26:06] better laws, demanded better
[26:08] treatment, overcame ignorance,
[26:10] and indifference to make our
[26:11] communities better. In
[26:12] recognition of this month, the
[26:14] city of West Hollywood, in
[26:16] partnership with the Disability
[26:17] Advisory Board will host the
[26:18] diss
[26:19] ab il ities Health and Wellness
[26:22] Fair on Thursday this week,
[26:24] OCTOBER 9th, 2025 at Plummer
[26:27] Park. And on Wednesday, OCTOBER
[26:30] 202, 2025. The city will also
[26:32] host the 27th annual Disability
[26:34] Service Awards, where we will
[26:36] recognize the leadership of so
[26:37] many incredible individuals in
[26:39] this community and beyond. We
[26:40] would like to take this
[26:41] opportunity to recognize and
[26:43] thank our disabilities advisory
[26:44] board for all the work they do
[26:46] to bring awareness during this
[26:47] month and all year round. So
[26:47] please
[26:48] join us up here for a photo.
[27:11] Thank you.
[27:54] I kid.
[27:57] Thank you so much to the mayor
[27:58] and the city council. This is
[27:59] one of my favorite months of
[28:01] the year. The weather is
[28:03] gorgeous. I spent Sunday
[28:05] afternoon at the Aquatic Center.
[28:08] We get to have the health fair
[28:10] this Thursday, which is a great
[28:10] event. It
[28:12] s a perfect time to
[28:13] get your flu shot, and to find
[28:16] out about many services the
[28:19] city offers, including ambiance
[28:22] transportation, dial a ride, so
[28:24] many things that are taken care
[28:25] of here.
[28:27] I grew up in Seattle. I
[28:27] ve
[28:29] lived in New York and San
[28:31] Francisco, and hands down, this
[28:33] is the best place to live if
[28:34] you
[28:35] re a person with
[28:37] disabilities. The city of West
[28:39] Hollywood cares and takes many
[28:41] actions that improve the
[28:42] quality of life for people
[28:44] living with disabilities. I
[28:46] thank you so much for promoting
[28:48] our health fair this Thursday.
[28:49] And I know we
[28:51] ll see some of
[28:53] you on OCTOBER 22nd, as we
[28:55] celebrate
[28:56] services and people that do an
[28:58] outstanding job in our
[29:00] community. Thank you so much
[29:02] for having at Disabilities
[29:03] Advisory Board, and I
[29:04] m very
[29:06] honored and pleased to be the
[29:07] CHAIRMAN This year. Thank you
[29:13] so much.
[29:20] Thank you so much
[29:24] Thank you, Counsel Chair. Just
[29:26] to reminder that uh during
[29:28] disabilities Awareness Month
[29:30] that, uh, disabilities come in
[29:31] all
[29:33] uh forms, uh, many of which are
[29:36] visible, many of which are not,
[29:38] and GOD willing, we all live
[29:39] long enough that, uh, virtually
[29:43] all of us will experience one
[29:45] or more forms of disabilities,
[29:48] either permanent or temporary.
[29:50] Um, and, uh
[29:52] the, the, the mark of a of a of
[29:54] a good society that that that
[29:58] well serves its members is how
[30:02] it treats those who uh are the
[30:04] most vulnerable among us, and I
[30:06] think this city does its best,
[30:11] um, to, uh, uh, to serve and to
[30:12] watch out for for persons with
[30:14] disabilities, although we MAY
[30:15] have some disagreements, uh,
[30:16] obviously, and, and that
[30:16] s,
[30:16] that
[30:17] s natural and to be
[30:19] expected in a part of democracy
[30:20] Um.
[30:22] uh, I, I think we, we all have
[30:24] the, the, the best interests of
[30:26] the city at heart in trying to
[30:27] work together to best serve the
[30:28] needs of all of its citizens,
[30:30] and I thank you very much. And
[30:32] again, we hope to see you on,
[30:34] uh on Thursday and also on the
[30:40] 22nd. Thank you.
[30:41] We think the disability
[30:43] advisory Board for joining us
[30:44] for this special commemoration,
[30:44] and we
[30:46] re also lucky to be
[30:47] joined by another fabulous
[30:49] board here in the city. The
[30:49] city
[30:49] s Women
[30:50] s Advisory Board.
[30:51] They
[30:52] re here tonight to receive
[30:53] proclamations for two other
[30:55] awareness commemorations taking
[30:56] place in the month of OCTOBER.
[30:58] It sure is a busy and special
[31:00] month. Breast cancer awareness
[31:02] and domestic partner and
[31:03] intimate partner violence
[31:04] awareness month or this month
[31:07] as well. So OCTOBER is national
[31:08] domestic Violence Awareness
[31:09] Month in recognition of
[31:10] domestic violence and intimate
[31:11] partner violence
[31:12] as a national issue that
[31:14] affects people of all ages,
[31:16] genders, races, cultures,
[31:18] religions, educational
[31:18] backgrounds, sexual
[31:20] orientations, gender identities,
[31:22] and marital statuses. Domestic
[31:24] violence is also referred to as
[31:25] intimate partner violence and
[31:27] can take many forms. In
[31:29] addition to physical abuse, it
[31:31] can include sexual abuse,
[31:34] verbal abuse, emotional abuse,
[31:35] intimidation, controlling
[31:37] behaviors, isolating behaviors,
[31:39] and economic abuse. Over 80
[31:40] million people across the
[31:41] nation have
[31:42] experienced intimate partner
[31:44] violence in their lifetimes,
[31:46] with 10 million adults annually,
[31:48] nearly 20 people per minute are
[31:49] physically abused by an
[31:51] intimate partner.
[31:52] People from marginalized groups,
[31:54] including women and members of
[31:56] the lgbtq plus community are at
[31:58] an increased risk for
[31:59] experiencing intimate partner
[32:01] violence as abusers will often
[32:02] capitalize on existing social
[32:04] and economic vulnerabilities to
[32:05] wield control.
[32:06] This month, the city
[32:07] s lanterns
[32:08] along Santa Monica Boulevard
[32:11] will glow in the color purple
[32:12] to recognize domestic violence
[32:14] awareness and intimate partner
[32:15] violence Awareness Month and in
[32:16] remembrance of those who have
[32:18] died because of domestic
[32:20] violence, honor those who
[32:22] survived and to encourage those
[32:23] who work to end violence, to
[32:25] unite and stand with domestic
[32:27] violence and intimate partner
[32:28] violence survivors.
[32:30] OCTOBER is also national Breast
[32:32] Cancer Awareness Month, an
[32:33] annual campaign aimed at
[32:34] raising awareness of this
[32:36] disease and increasing public
[32:37] knowledge about the importance
[32:39] of early detection, diagnosis,
[32:41] and treatment of breast cancer.
[32:43] About every 2 minutes, 1 case
[32:45] of breast cancer is diagnosed
[32:47] in the United States, and in
[32:50] 2025, more than 310,000 new
[32:52] cases of invasive breast cancer
[32:53] are expected to be diagnosed in
[32:57] women, and about 2800 cases in
[32:59] men. Additionally, nearly 4
[33:00] 3000 women and men are expected
[33:02] to lose their lives from breast
[33:04] cancer this year. While the
[33:05] breast cancer death rate in the
[33:06] United States has greatly
[33:08] declined in recent years due to
[33:09] advancements in early detection
[33:12] and treatment. Breast cancer
[33:13] mortality remains
[33:14] disproportionately high in
[33:15] black women, and awareness and
[33:17] stigma can be barriers to
[33:19] detection and care in men,
[33:21] trans men, and nonbinary people.
[33:22] National Breast Cancer
[33:24] Awareness Month serves as a
[33:25] reminder to educate ourselves
[33:28] about breast cancer, assess
[33:30] personal risk factors, conduct
[33:32] regular self-exams, schedule
[33:34] timely breast cancer cancer
[33:35] screenings and contribute to
[33:37] fundraising efforts for breast
[33:38] cancer research. Early
[33:40] detection saves lives, and
[33:41] scheduling a mammogram, an
[33:43] appointment that can take as
[33:45] little as 15 minutes could save
[33:47] your life. Numerous free and
[33:48] low-cost services are available
[33:50] for those in need. So we thank
[33:51] and invite the Women
[33:51] s Ad
[33:52] vi s ory Board to join us for a
[33:53] recognition of these two
[34:03] awareness months. Thank you.
[34:19] 2.
[34:45] The
[34:47] Uh, on behalf of the Women
[34:49] Advisory Board for the city. I
[34:53] thank you all for this, uh, for
[34:55] making awareness so important.
[34:55] Uh, just, I don
[34:56] t want to
[34:57] repeat anything that was said,
[34:58] but I just want to say one
[35:01] thing in regards to domestic
[35:03] violence, uh, our
[35:03] we
[35:06] re 3 women standing here
[35:08] right now. 1 out of 3 of us
[35:12] will either experience or have
[35:15] experienced either physical or
[35:16] sexual violence with an
[35:19] intimate partner. That is a
[35:22] global statistic 1 in 3, think
[35:24] about that, or have experienced
[35:26] or will experience that and
[35:26] that doesn
[35:28] t even include the
[35:31] more subtle abuse that happens
[35:33] when there is a partner that is
[35:33] abus
[35:36] ive that is abusive and with
[35:37] abusive behavior, controlling
[35:38] behavior, which is something
[35:40] that often leads to physical
[35:42] violence. Um, I do know that
[35:44] there is one other board member
[35:45] that would like to address this
[35:48] issue, so, uh, can I invite you
[35:51] to yes, thank you. Hi. So as
[35:52] our board is going to be
[35:55] focusing on dv this month. We
[35:57] are rolling out a campaign to
[36:00] express a raise awareness for
[36:01] the emotional abuse that
[36:01] happens, we
[36:02] re gonna have a
[36:03] social media graphic
[36:04] explaining all the different
[36:06] nagging, love bombing with a
[36:09] linked for people to get more
[36:11] resource resources also we
[36:13] wanna work with you more
[36:15] closely to help form
[36:17] legislation to help with
[36:18] resources such as the abuse in
[36:20] the family court systems, pets
[36:20] aren
[36:22] t allowed at shelters very
[36:24] often, so people, a big
[36:25] majority of the time people
[36:25] can
[36:25] t leave or don
[36:26] t want to
[36:27] leave. So you will be hearing a
[36:29] lot more from us and hopefully
[36:31] we can work with you and this
[36:33] county and the state to really
[36:34] have more resources available
[36:36] and against the really
[36:37] importantly, stop the abuse in
[36:43] the court systems. Thank you.
[36:45] And addressing breast cancer
[36:47] awareness, uh, and again, I, I
[36:47] don
[36:48] t want to repeat any of the
[36:50] statistics, but you cannot go
[36:53] into a room today and say, do
[36:54] you know someone that has
[36:56] breast cancer or has had breast
[36:57] cancer without every single
[36:59] hand going up immediately.
[36:59] And I
[37:01] m old enough to know that
[37:01] that wasn
[37:02] t always the case.
[37:04] You could ask in the same room
[37:06] and have maybe a third, maybe
[37:08] not even that, of people
[37:11] raising their hands. Uh, breast
[37:13] cancer is very pervasive and it
[37:15] is going now spreading as you
[37:17] have said to further groups
[37:19] than just women who have breast
[37:21] cancer, so we are really
[37:23] pushing very hard, um, would
[37:24] you like to? Sure.
[37:25] Sure
[37:28] Hi, Kat, how are you doing? Um,
[37:28] there
[37:30] s some information in the
[37:31] back for everybody. Um, we
[37:31] re
[37:32] doing something which at the
[37:34] point you brought up about
[37:35] self-checking. We, uh, campaign
[37:38] we are starting is the
[37:40] buddyCheck campaign. So this,
[37:41] one of the things that, um,
[37:41] we
[37:42] re trying to educate is that
[37:45] not only women over 40 can have,
[37:47] have, uh, can get breast cancer.
[37:50] So, um, the thing you should do
[37:52] is your friend, your mom, your
[37:54] sister, your aunt, anybody, any
[37:55] woman, woman, and
[37:58] id ent ify ing our non-binary
[38:00] persons should definitely
[38:02] um, check in with your friend.
[38:02] It
[38:04] s very important. It saved
[38:05] two of my friends
[38:05] lives when
[38:07] they were in their 30s. Um, but
[38:09] we also wanted to segue into
[38:11] something really fast that this
[38:13] is also menopause awareness
[38:14] month. And, um, menopause
[38:15] Awareness Day will be on the
[38:17] 18th, and we are doing a
[38:19] campaign called Is It Happening?
[38:20] And you can find some
[38:23] information in the back of some,
[38:25] um, excuse me, I have a little
[38:29] weird, of symptoms that um lead
[38:30] to, um, perimenopa
[38:31] use and menopause. Thank you.
[38:33] Thank you. Thank you so much
[38:35] for your work.
[38:37] Ok, we will now move into
[38:39] public comments. The city
[38:40] council values your comments.
[38:41] However, pursuant to the Brown
[38:43] Act, the council cannot take
[38:45] action on items not listed on
[38:47] the posted agenda. The public
[38:48] comment period is limited to 20
[38:50] minutes with 2 minutes allotted
[38:51] for each speaker. This public
[38:53] comment period is to address
[38:56] the city council on consent
[38:58] calendar items, other agenda
[38:59] items if members of the public
[39:01] cannot be present at the time
[39:02] the item is considered, or
[39:03] items of general interest
[39:04] within the jurisdiction of the
[39:05] city council.
[39:07] Another period is also reserved
[39:08] for general comment later in
[39:09] the meeting for those that
[39:10] could not be heard at this time.
[39:12] Public hearing testimony will
[39:13] only be taken at the time of
[39:14] the hearing, which we do have
[39:16] one tonight. City clerk, how
[39:18] many speakers do we have in
[39:21] chambers on Zoom? We have 17 in
[39:23] chambers and 2 on Zoom. Ok, so
[39:25] as that stands, that would take
[39:26] us beyond our 20 minute limit.
[39:27] If there are a number of
[39:30] speakers signed up for consent
[39:31] items. We
[39:32] ll see how quickly
[39:32] we
[39:33] re able to move through
[39:34] those, and then we
[39:35] ll, um,
[39:36] encourage members of the public
[39:38] to keep your comments concise
[39:39] with the idea that we are able
[39:40] to hear from as many people as
[39:42] possible in this first period,
[39:43] and I will keep track of time
[39:43] to see where we
[39:45] re at and maybe
[39:46] my, my colleagues will be ok
[39:47] with continuing. We
[39:47] ll see how
[39:48] we
[39:48] re going through this list
[39:49] though.
[39:52] Um, ok, uh, let
[39:53] s start with
[39:54] the
[39:56] speakers signed up here. I have
[39:58] Kathy Blavis first, followed by
[40:00] Stephanie Harker, followed by
[40:06] Anita Goswami.
[40:13] Me
[40:15] Good evening, Kathy Blaviss
[40:17] City of West Hollywood. I
[40:22] wanted to thank the city for
[40:23] acknowledging disability aware
[40:25] awareness month.
[40:27] And um
[40:29] I did not know that it was
[40:32] ageism, uh, awareness day.
[40:35] I, I just want to comment
[40:36] that
[40:41] there seems to be a dichotomy
[40:43] with celebrating disability
[40:45] awareness month and ageism Day
[40:46] and
[40:50] the concept of aging in place
[40:52] when so many people are
[40:54] affected by the scooters that
[40:56] are left on sidewalks. The
[40:58] delivery robots that block
[40:58] people
[40:59] s way.
[41:01] And now
[41:04] sadly
[41:06] the bike lane on Fountain
[41:08] Avenue in terms of the loss of
[41:09] parking.
[41:11] A lot of people who park are
[41:12] either
[41:14] elderly
[41:16] excuse me, older adults,
[41:18] seniors.
[41:20] There are disabled people that
[41:21] park a long fountain.
[41:24] And in terms of the bike lane,
[41:27] the mitigation would have
[41:29] people walking from Crescent
[41:31] Heights
[41:33] would have them walking from
[41:36] Plumberer Park parking. So as
[41:39] we celebrate disabilities
[41:42] and we celebrate ageism, and we
[41:44] celebrate the concept
[41:46] of aging in place
[41:48] There are things and obstacles
[41:49] put in the place of all of
[41:53] those things, that kind of
[41:54] contradict the celebratory
[41:57] aspect of what the city council
[41:59] is doing and
[42:01] um, I just find that to be a
[42:03] shame.
[42:05] Stephanie Harker, followed by
[42:06] Anita Goswami, followed by
[42:17] Scott Schmidt.
[42:19] Good evening, Stephanie Harker,
[42:21] City of West Hollywood. The
[42:23] disabilities Awareness Month
[42:24] should be a priority for all of
[42:26] us. The health fair is great
[42:29] and the awards event is always
[42:32] inspiring. The dabs staffed by
[42:33] dedicated hardworking group of
[42:35] appointed members. Quite
[42:36] frankly, every month we should
[42:38] be aware of people living with
[42:39] disabilities. It
[42:41] s why the ada
[42:44] was passed in Congress in 1990.
[42:46] I am also speaking on the
[42:47] Fountain Avenue Streetscape
[42:48] project, formerly known as the
[42:50] Bike Lane Project. Just last
[42:52] year, an item on the agenda
[42:55] sailed through on consent to
[42:56] not install an additional
[42:59] traffic signal and new
[43:01] crosswalks with handicap ramps.
[43:02] It was essentially voted down
[43:05] as the staff report said one of
[43:07] the disadvantages would be that
[43:09] it would encourage motorists to
[43:10] cut through fountain from
[43:11] fountain to Santa Monica
[43:13] Boulevard on a quiet side
[43:14] street.
[43:15] Fast forward to the bike lane
[43:18] project, the majority of you
[43:21] approved two weeks ago, which
[43:25] will cause 900 cars per hour.
[43:26] The staff
[43:28] s number 900 cars per
[43:30] hour to cut down side streets.
[43:32] The current plan as it stands
[43:35] is not safe for everyone. Not
[43:38] even bike riders, asking
[43:42] cyclists to cross 120 active
[43:43] driveways, many of which
[43:45] require blindly backing out
[43:47] across the bike lanes. That is
[43:48] not safe. I
[43:49] m calling for you
[43:51] to put the plan on hold so it
[43:53] can be redesigned as a truly
[43:54] safe street. Further, let
[43:55] s put
[43:57] this fountain plan on the
[44:00] NOVEMBER 2026 ballot. So every
[44:01] resident can let their
[44:03] preferences be known. Thank you.
[44:05] Anita Goswami, followed by
[44:07] Scott Schmidt, followed by
[44:08] Chris Baldwin. Hi there,
[44:10] Anitaaswami. I am the longtime
[44:11] resident of West Hollywood. I
[44:13] speaking on item d1 that was
[44:14] actually moved
[44:16] to the consent calendar
[44:17] regarding removing the
[44:18] neighborhood security guard
[44:21] patrol requirement for cannabis
[44:23] licensees. Um, I think this
[44:24] requirement should not be moved.
[44:27] These businesses by nature are
[44:28] cash-intensive. Customers are
[44:30] at a higher risk for robbery,
[44:31] especially with the changing
[44:33] economic conditions. We often
[44:34] hear the issues of public
[44:37] safety coming on. We, we see a
[44:38] lot more assaults going on. We
[44:41] just have that rise in crime,
[44:41] um, I
[44:42] m concerned about that.
[44:43] Having the additional security
[44:44] gu
[44:46] ard helps these businesses keep
[44:47] their reputation and keeps
[44:48] their customers safer. It
[44:49] s a
[44:50] known risk for this type of
[44:52] business, and frankly, a cost
[44:54] of doing that kind of business.
[44:55] The safety record they have is
[44:58] in no small part due to having
[44:59] security guards outside with
[45:01] what seems to be a continuing
[45:03] effort and a concerted effort
[45:05] by the city to reduce parking.
[45:05] It
[45:07] s even more important to
[45:08] keep that security at a
[45:10] 1,000-foot radius, finding
[45:12] parking near those stores is
[45:13] challenging and increases that
[45:14] customer vulner
[45:15] ability This is something, you
[45:16] know, again, talking whether
[45:16] it
[45:18] s seniors, disabled, whoever
[45:21] it is, those customers need to
[45:23] be able to get to that store
[45:24] and that
[45:24] s, again, part of that
[45:26] cost of doing business, but the
[45:29] city should be looking in terms
[45:30] of viable businesses, can we
[45:32] get there and park a, you know,
[45:34] uh, closely enough to keep
[45:35] those businesses in business.
[45:37] We need more safety in West
[45:38] Hollywood. I appreciate that
[45:40] the cannabis businesses
[45:42] recognize their risks and take
[45:43] those actions to keep it safe.
[45:44] We need to keep
[45:46] that security guard. Thank you
[45:48] Scott Schmidt, followed by
[45:49] Chris Baldwin, followed by
[45:54] Gabby Rojas.
[45:56] Good evening, Scott Schmidt,
[45:57] resident of West Hollywood,
[45:58] executive director of Emerald
[46:00] Village West Hollywood, uh,
[46:02] first to talk about item d1,
[46:04] the security guard, uh, mandate
[46:04] we
[46:05] ve just, you know, discussed
[46:07] this, I think, for 2 years
[46:09] almost. Uh, I want to thank the
[46:10] council for directing staff to
[46:11] bring it back. Thank the staff
[46:14] for bringing it back in a
[46:16] timely manner and um and thank
[46:17] Danny for meeting with the
[46:19] licensees last week to discuss
[46:20] all all of the issues, you know,
[46:23] this was something that was
[46:25] initially, I think it was in a
[46:26] response
[46:28] to challenges that there was on
[46:30] Melrose, a dispensary just
[46:32] outside the city borders and
[46:33] there was uh nuisances that
[46:35] were caused by that. What we
[46:35] ve
[46:36] seen in more than 5 years in
[46:37] West Hollywood is, you know,
[46:38] our businesses aren
[46:38] t having
[46:39] that problem for whatever
[46:40] reason. I
[46:40] m not going to get
[46:41] into speculation about what it
[46:45] is, but you know, this is a
[46:48] mandate that um has been
[46:49] extremely costly costly and
[46:51] burdensome, and so we
[46:51] appreciate the council
[46:54] willingness to work with this
[46:55] industry to relieve that
[46:57] um, that burden. There will
[46:58] still be security guards when
[46:59] the businesses are open. Uh,
[47:00] this will actually keep the
[47:01] security guards there so
[47:01] they
[47:02] re not walking around the
[47:03] whole time. Uh, so that
[47:04] s great.
[47:05] The other thing I wanted to
[47:06] weigh in on was since you also
[47:08] moved the pride item to consent.
[47:11] I saw a little peach in there
[47:13] about World Pride 2026 being in
[47:14] Amsterdam, uh, that would be a
[47:17] wonderful place for us to help
[47:18] spread those story of West
[47:19] Hollywood and what we
[47:20] re doing,
[47:21] specifically in the cannabis
[47:22] industry. And uh if y
[47:22] all wanna
[47:24] talk about ways that we might
[47:25] do that.
[47:27] Uh, give me, uh, some, some,
[47:29] some ideas. I will be there in
[47:31] a month uh for the Amsterdam
[47:33] Coffee Shop Awards, uh,
[47:34] spreading the word about West
[47:35] Hollywood. So, um, hopefully
[47:36] there
[47:37] s an opportunity to
[47:39] leverage all of the winter
[47:40] things, wonderful things that
[47:41] we have in our city, uh, next
[47:43] year. Thank you. Thank you.
[47:44] Chris Baldwin, followed by
[47:46] Gabby Rojas, followed by
[47:52] Ventura Griswold.
[47:54] Good afternoon. Uh, uh, good
[47:56] evening, actually.
[47:56] City Council, it
[47:57] s a pleasure
[48:01] to see you all, um,
[48:02] uh, good evening, Honorable
[48:03] Mayor Byers and the esteemed
[48:04] council members. I
[48:05] m here today
[48:07] as the PRESIDENT Of the ll
[48:10] Project to urge you to maintain
[48:12] the $100,000 funding, uh,
[48:14] allocation for women, the
[48:14] women
[48:15] s Freedom Festival and
[48:18] MARCH as part of WeHOpe
[48:21] Pride 2026. The ll project has
[48:23] been filling a critical void in
[48:24] our community since the closure
[48:27] of the Palms in 2013 when
[48:29] lesbians and queer women lost
[48:31] their gathering spaces. We
[48:31] stepped
[48:32] up. Today, the Women
[48:33] s Freedom
[48:33] Festival in
[48:35] MARCH represent
[48:37] more than events. They are
[48:39] lifelines for visibility,
[48:41] community, and artistic
[48:43] expression for those who have
[48:46] historically been marginalized
[48:49] even within lgbtq spaces. But
[48:50] before I move on to why this
[48:51] funding is essential. I
[48:52] d first
[48:53] like to thank everyone on the
[48:55] special events team, Cleo,
[48:57] Megan, and Carrie for their
[48:58] exceptional professionalism,
[49:00] guidance and support to ensure
[49:01] why to
[49:02] ensure we have a successful
[49:04] ride event. Now, why do I
[49:05] believe this funding is
[49:08] essential. First, the economic
[49:10] and cultural impact. These
[49:12] these events draw thousands of
[49:14] attendees to West Hollywood,
[49:15] supporting our local businesses
[49:17] and reinforcing, uh, who
[49:20] reputation as a welcoming,
[49:23] inclusive destination. Second,
[49:23] it
[49:24] s a platform for emerging
[49:25] talent. That
[49:26] s what we do at
[49:28] the l Project. Third, community
[49:31] building and action. Since 2015
[49:34] the el project has created
[49:36] multicultural intergenerational
[49:38] spaces where people connect
[49:40] beyond the bar scene. These are
[49:42] free, accessible events.
[49:44] That welcome everyone fostering
[49:46] the kind of inclusivity
[49:47] community, West Hollywood
[49:49] champions. Fourth of
[49:51] preservation of lesbian and
[49:51] queer women
[49:52] s history. And
[49:54] before my time is over, thank
[49:55] you very much.
[49:56] Gabby Rojas, followed by
[49:58] venture Griswold, followed by
[50:01] Carlos Sosa.
[50:03] Um, hi folks, good evening. My
[50:05] name is Gabri Rojas. I
[50:05] m from
[50:07] the Institute for Public
[50:08] Strategies are good. Um, and
[50:10] the safer weho Coalition, um, I
[50:11] just wanted to get up here and
[50:13] thank you folks for continuing
[50:14] to find and create cyber spaces
[50:16] in West Hollywood, um, as we
[50:17] know, folks are straying away
[50:19] from the usual drug and alcohol
[50:21] centered spaces whether it be
[50:23] to due to sobriety, safety, or
[50:24] the economy because drinks be
[50:26] expensive. Um, we know these
[50:27] sober spaces mean so much to
[50:28] our community, especially our
[50:30] youth. Um, we
[50:30] re seeing so
[50:31] Sober third spaces pop up
[50:33] all over the country and we
[50:34] truly believe that we have has
[50:35] the power to really uplift
[50:36] these spaces and be an
[50:37] innovator when it comes to
[50:39] their establishment as a norm,
[50:40] um, in our communities. So
[50:41] thank you for your time and I
[50:42] truly hope we see more of them
[50:45] pop up. Thank you.
[50:46] Apologies for saying your name
[50:47] incorrectly 4 times.
[50:49] Venture Griswold, followed by
[50:50] Carlos Sosa.
[50:52] Hi everyone, my name is Venture
[50:52] Griswold. I
[50:53] m a representative
[50:54] for Institute for Public
[50:55] Strategies and the SaferEHOpe
[50:57] Coalition. Thank you so much
[50:58] for moving our item to the
[50:59] consent calendar. We
[50:59] re really
[51:00] honored that you continue to
[51:02] trust us to create these sober,
[51:03] safe spaces in West Hollywood
[51:06] for folks. As you know, ips has
[51:08] been a long history of bringing
[51:10] sober events to West Hollywood,
[51:11] including our Fridayf concert
[51:13] this summer, which had over 100
[51:14] folks on the rooftop right here
[51:17] at the, the Aquatic Center and
[51:18] last DECEMBER, we held our
[51:20] first Slay the Night holiday
[51:21] drag bingo with
[51:22] Pickle, the drag laureate of
[51:23] West Hollywood, who is coming
[51:24] back for this event, NOVEMBER
[51:26] fast to sober, Octoberfest
[51:27] alternative, drag bingo. Uh,
[51:28] it
[51:30] s going to have substance
[51:31] use prevention throughout it.
[51:31] It
[51:33] s going to have like themed
[51:34] bingo that relates to substance
[51:35] use prevention. It
[51:35] s going to
[51:36] have a community resource fair
[51:37] that
[51:38] s carnival themed, and we
[51:38] think it
[51:39] s going to be a really
[51:39] good resource for the community.
[51:40] So thank you again for your
[51:41] continued support and we hope
[51:43] to see some of you there. Thank
[51:45] you, Carlos Sosa, followed by
[51:48] Mark Lee Lumpkins, followed by
[51:49] Michael Sedich.
[51:49] We
[51:50] re about halfway through our
[51:52] time, just as a time check.
[51:53] Good evening, Carlos Sosa,
[51:55] executive director of the City
[51:58] x1 Youth Group and uh
[51:59] organization locally here that
[52:02] services uh lgtb homeless youth,
[52:02] and I
[52:03] m here to speak on behalf
[52:05] of item f2, which is
[52:06] specifically for funding of our
[52:08] annual holiday events which
[52:11] mark uh their 23rd and 24th
[52:12] anniversary this year. It
[52:13] s, uh,
[52:15] as we approach the holiday
[52:17] season, it is probably uh
[52:17] amongst the city
[52:18] s most unique
[52:19] events as we
[52:20] re getting ready
[52:21] with our meal deliveries for
[52:22] Thanksgiving week
[52:24] to local encampments where
[52:24] we
[52:25] ve identified where local,
[52:28] uh, youth, uh, lgbt youth that
[52:30] are homeless are being as uh.
[52:32] Moving around, so we uh make
[52:33] delivery meals to them. And
[52:35] then on Sunday, DECEMBER 7th,
[52:37] we have a very special event,
[52:39] the tamale Wars, which is a
[52:41] Star Wars-themed event, uh,
[52:43] that has like Star Wars
[52:45] characters, Christmas trees,
[52:47] all sorts of amazing activities
[52:48] and our council members who
[52:49] attended last year can uh
[52:50] attest to that and we
[52:50] ll
[52:53] continue it again this year and
[52:55] we do all of this, uh, for our
[52:57] homeless youth, for our trans
[52:58] youth and our immigrant youth,
[53:00] all which are under attack by
[53:00] the current
[53:01] administration. We want to let
[53:03] them know we are their extended
[53:05] family. We are a community here,
[53:07] uh, for them and that we are
[53:09] partnering with a number of
[53:10] local organizations to provide
[53:12] them with transitional living,
[53:15] ged training, hiv testing, all
[53:17] types of amazing services for
[53:18] them as uh we
[53:18] re talking about
[53:20] ageism and youth as well this
[53:23] meeting, uh, the suicide rate
[53:25] amongst our uh older adults and
[53:26] our youth is really high during
[53:29] the holidays. So this is a, uh,
[53:30] opportunity to bring him to
[53:30] special
[53:32] events to let them know that
[53:32] we
[53:33] re here for them as a
[53:35] community and if anybody wants
[53:36] to sponsor us or uh help out
[53:38] beyond that, let us know. Thank
[53:40] you for your continued support.
[53:42] Thank you. Mark Lee Lumpkins,
[53:43] followed by Michael Sedich,
[53:54] followed by m. John Larsen.
[53:56] Hello, my name is Mark Lee
[53:57] Lumpkins, and I
[53:58] m PRESIDENT Of
[54:00] the Lot at Formosa Studios in
[54:01] West Los Angel in, uh, West
[54:04] Hollywood, excuse me. Um, I
[54:06] speaking in opposition of these,
[54:08] uh, city councils, uh,
[54:10] directing a draft ordinance to
[54:12] evaluate other methods to
[54:13] preserve the entertainment
[54:15] industry and ancillary uses of
[54:17] the City of West Hollywood
[54:19] studio. Um, primarily, um, this
[54:21] has come to light only this
[54:22] afternoon by sheer coincidence,
[54:24] we were, uh, part of the survey
[54:26] of the East
[54:28] um, Economic Development of, uh,
[54:30] West Hollywood, as you MAY all
[54:32] know, for the last 5 years, the
[54:35] industry has been in the desert
[54:37] with regards to, uh, bringing
[54:39] entertainment to, um, West
[54:41] Hollywood and in, in that
[54:42] matter to the United States or
[54:44] California, uh, we feel that
[54:46] this ordinance and this study
[54:48] will undermine the flexibility
[54:50] and the growth and changes that
[54:50] we
[54:51] re still in the middle of
[54:52] evaluating. Um, there seem, is
[54:53] there confusion? I
[54:54] m sorry. Oh,
[54:54] ok, I wasn
[54:55] t sure
[54:55] if I was speaking on the right
[54:58] thing. Um, in general, um,
[55:00] right now, the lot, uh, in
[55:02] particular, and our industry
[55:03] has been in such a matter of
[55:05] drastic change. We are looking
[55:07] at aai. We are looking at labor
[55:10] concerns, and this study and
[55:12] the questionable changes to the
[55:14] way that we use our space will
[55:15] be detrimental in what we are
[55:17] attempting to sell to the
[55:19] industry itself, which is a
[55:20] changing studio environment
[55:22] with the flexibility and the
[55:23] amount and the ability to pivot.
[55:25] For example, we are current
[55:27] ly in the midst of negotiating
[55:29] or and attempting to sell deals
[55:31] to the Olympics on various
[55:33] opportunities here at the lot
[55:34] with some of the restrictions
[55:35] that could come with this
[55:36] ordinance, it could impact
[55:38] those types of decisions so
[55:40] that we do ask that there be
[55:41] careful consideration with
[55:43] changing an industry that is
[55:44] already in a tremendous amount
[55:46] of change, trying to find
[55:48] itself again, not only for the
[55:51] labor, but the industry itself
[55:52] and the technology that
[55:54] coming at us so quickly. I do
[55:54] appreciate your time and
[55:57] listening
[55:58] Mark, uh, Michael Sedi,
[56:01] followed by m. John Larsen.
[56:01] And then we
[56:04] ll do a time check
[56:07] I, um, I think I can
[56:09] confidently speak for all of us
[56:11] opposed to the Fountain
[56:13] Streetscape project that we are
[56:16] tired of being accused of not
[56:19] caring about safety. Opposition
[56:20] to this ill-conceived design
[56:22] should never be mistaken for
[56:24] indifference to safety.
[56:26] It is not safe to create
[56:28] congestion and gridlock by
[56:30] eliminating lanes, fueling
[56:32] driver frustration and pushing
[56:34] people into reckless maneuvers.
[56:34] It
[56:35] s not safe to leave trash
[56:37] and delivery vehicles with no
[56:39] choice but to stop in traffic
[56:41] lanes, forcing drivers to
[56:42] swerve around them into
[56:44] oncoming traffic. It is not
[56:47] safe to send thousands of
[56:49] frustrated drivers onto smaller
[56:50] feeder streets as they
[56:52] desperately try to escape
[56:54] gridlock on Fountain. It is not
[56:56] safe to give cyclists a false
[56:59] sense of security by running a
[57:03] so-called protected bike lane
[57:07] across 120 driveways were
[57:09] crashes with vehicles are
[57:10] inevitable
[57:12] Putting bike lanes on Santa
[57:14] Monica Boulevard is safe
[57:16] I agree that this plan needs to
[57:19] be paused and alternate designs
[57:20] need to be studied, and this
[57:22] divisive project should be put
[57:23] on the ballot. Thank you.
[57:25] M. John Lauren will be next.
[57:26] And then we
[57:27] ll go to the Zoom
[57:28] speakers and then see if we can
[57:31] come back to the chambers.
[57:33] Hello. Hi, my name is John
[57:35] Larson. Uh, I, my building has
[57:37] 16 units in it, and I, I moved
[57:40] to that building in, in 1994
[57:41] after the earthquake in
[57:42] Northridge. I lived there for
[57:43] 32 years.
[57:44] We haven
[57:45] t had on-site
[57:47] management health for about 4
[57:49] years, and I went to City Hall
[57:50] to try to find out what to do.
[57:54] And, um, I was told to just
[57:56] tell the owners that we should
[57:58] have a manager or I, I got a
[57:59] piece of paper with lawyers on
[58:02] it to contact them to see if
[58:03] they could help, and I called
[58:04] every one of them and no one
[58:07] called me back.
[58:09] Um, I was
[58:11] uh
[58:12] that
[58:14] s sorry here
[58:15] Uh, about 2 years ago, there
[58:16] was a gentleman came to our
[58:17] building. His name was Blair,
[58:20] and he said he was with Sarat
[58:21] and he was managing another
[58:23] building and he was in be paid
[58:24] to watch ours as well, but he
[58:27] not an onsite manager. Um,
[58:27] there
[58:28] s many things that have
[58:30] not been addressed. Our manager
[58:33] used to do before, um,
[58:35] the services and so forth. I, I
[58:39] did have a hearing on JULY 15th
[58:41] asking the court the the
[58:42] hearing why there
[58:43] s not on site
[58:44] manager and I have not heard
[58:46] back from that either. So I,
[58:47] m just asking for any help
[58:48] you can give me. I thought it
[58:51] was a law on the books, but
[58:51] apparently it
[58:52] s, it
[58:52] s not being
[58:53] enforced. I
[58:55] m not sure, but um
[58:56] d like to have an onsite
[58:57] manager back is what I
[58:57] m trying
[58:58] to get.
[58:59] Thank you very much. Thank you
[59:00] Jonathan, you can probably go
[59:02] talk to our staff in the back,
[59:04] so if someone could come help
[59:08] this nice man.
[59:08] We
[59:14] ll go to Zoom for our next.
[59:17] For me to get this together, to
[59:17] get
[59:18] here.
[59:18] We
[59:20] re at time for the council
[59:20] chambers. We
[59:23] re going to go to
[59:25] Zoom Zoom Tom, we
[59:25] re going to
[59:26] go to Zoom and then we
[59:27] ll come
[59:28] back. Thank you, ma
[59:28] am
[59:33] I appreciate your time
[59:34] Joy this Mayor, we have one
[59:37] speaker in Zoom for the consent
[59:38] calendar items. Genevieve
[59:47] Morrow, please put a star 6.
[59:48] Genevieve, if you can hear us,
[59:50] here the next speaker for
[59:53] public comment.
[59:55] Can you hear? Yeah, go ahead.
[59:59] Yes, ok, sorry, I apologies,
[1:00:00] m technically challenged.
[1:00:02] Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor
[1:00:05] and Counciluncilmembs got to be
[1:00:07] moral PRESIDENT And uh
[1:00:08] president ceo for the West
[1:00:09] Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
[1:00:11] and bid manager for the Sunpi
[1:00:12] strip and the design district
[1:00:14] that we thank you for your
[1:00:15] support of our cannabis
[1:00:17] business and removal of the
[1:00:18] requirement for the security
[1:00:20] guard that goes into the
[1:00:22] neighborhood. Um, it was uh
[1:00:23] something
[1:00:24] that was, uh, you discussed
[1:00:25] last time, so it doesn
[1:00:26] t need
[1:00:28] any more conversation, um,
[1:00:28] you
[1:00:30] ve all received our letters
[1:00:31] for all of these items, but we
[1:00:33] do want to reiterate that we
[1:00:34] support gathering data for our
[1:00:35] vacancies. We
[1:00:36] ve asked that any
[1:00:37] regulation be passed based on
[1:00:39] clear data that supports any
[1:00:40] actions by the city and that
[1:00:42] the findings are not always
[1:00:43] evidence of something malicious
[1:00:45] by the landowners. Commercial
[1:00:46] real estate models are complex.
[1:00:48] I need to be carefully
[1:00:49] evaluated. You heard earlier
[1:00:51] from cim and the lot, and we
[1:00:52] encourage that you
[1:00:54] have courage, as you have
[1:00:55] stated to that that we look
[1:00:57] into how we protect our
[1:00:58] entertainment studios, but at
[1:01:00] the same time in here we
[1:01:01] balance preservation with
[1:01:04] flexibility, allowing for
[1:01:05] continued and continued
[1:01:07] innovation, economic vitality,
[1:01:09] and adaptability to industry
[1:01:11] shifts. And finally, we thank
[1:01:12] you for your support of our
[1:01:14] next activation on Sunset Strip,
[1:01:16] spinning sunset, spooky edition
[1:01:18] on OCTOBER 20th at pink. And
[1:01:19] then we
[1:01:21] re going to have a
[1:01:24] Halloween crawl on the stradd
[1:01:25] d les both weekends through
[1:01:27] Halloween weekend, and you can
[1:01:28] go to wwubdub the
[1:01:30] sunsetstrip.Com for more
[1:01:32] information. Thank you so much.
[1:01:34] Thank you. We do have about 7
[1:01:35] speakers left in council
[1:01:37] chambers, I think, in with the
[1:01:38] time available, we
[1:01:39] ll go ahead
[1:01:40] and continue to hear public
[1:01:41] comment rather than moving
[1:01:42] everyone to the end of the
[1:01:44] agenda. So apologies to the
[1:01:44] speaker who didn
[1:01:45] t hear that at
[1:01:46] the top, that we would be
[1:01:47] coming back. It was important
[1:01:48] to get through the consent in
[1:01:50] the 1st 20 minutes. The call,
[1:01:52] the council is supportive of
[1:01:53] continuing public comment. I
[1:01:53] don
[1:01:54] t see Tom DMille in the
[1:01:55] back anymore, so we
[1:01:56] ll go to
[1:01:58] Michael, Mike Nuttall, followed
[1:01:59] by Raphael Landen and then lit,
[1:02:05] etc.
[1:02:06] Hi the last meeting that we
[1:02:08] were at, I sat in my normal
[1:02:10] section, and this goes to you,
[1:02:12] Mayor Byers, but someone kept
[1:02:13] on calling you crazy over and
[1:02:17] over again for you just stating
[1:02:18] your opinion, and it took me
[1:02:19] back to my middle school days
[1:02:20] when I did a report in
[1:02:22] Elizabeth Packard. So I want to
[1:02:24] read this in 1860, after 21
[1:02:25] years of marriage and six
[1:02:26] children, Elizabeth Packard
[1:02:28] life shattered in an instant.
[1:02:29] Her husband had her locked away
[1:02:31] in an asylum, not for violence,
[1:02:33] not for instability, but for
[1:02:34] daring to disagree. She
[1:02:36] questioned his rigid
[1:02:38] caviism faith, and in Illinois
[1:02:40] at the time, husband needed
[1:02:40] no proof.
[1:02:42] No trial, not even a wife
[1:02:44] consent to declare her insane.
[1:02:47] Inside, Elizabeth uncovered a
[1:02:49] grim truth many women confined
[1:02:50] beside her were not mad at all,
[1:02:53] or crazy. They were wives who
[1:02:54] resisted daughters who
[1:02:56] disobeyed, women who dared to
[1:02:57] speak.
[1:02:59] Where others broke,
[1:02:59] Elizabeth
[1:03:00] sharpened her pen as
[1:03:01] she observed, she wrote, she
[1:03:03] waited. After 3 long years, she
[1:03:05] stood in court and defended her
[1:03:06] right to think for herself, and
[1:03:08] won, but freedom was only the
[1:03:09] beginning. She exposed the
[1:03:11] asylum system in her books,
[1:03:13] fought Lamiki face to face and
[1:03:15] forced reforms that curbed the
[1:03:17] power of women, of men to
[1:03:19] silence women under the
[1:03:21] disguise of madness. Elizabeth
[1:03:23] Packard refused silence. Her
[1:03:25] defiance nearly cost her
[1:03:26] everything, yet it
[1:03:27] s secured
[1:03:28] protections for
[1:03:29] generations of women to come,
[1:03:30] and I think today she
[1:03:30] s smiling
[1:03:31] Dan you.
[1:03:33] Thank you
[1:03:34] Raphael Landen, followed by
[1:03:35] Lynn, etc. Followed by Andrew
[1:03:37] Vee.
[1:03:40] Good evening, City Counciluncil
[1:03:41] members at this time I
[1:03:42] m, uh,
[1:03:44] against the bicycle lane
[1:03:47] project to fountain.
[1:03:49] In social teachings, there
[1:03:51] one principle called the common
[1:03:53] good.
[1:03:55] implies equality.
[1:04:00] However, if you favor uh the
[1:04:03] bicycle lane, um, bicyclist,
[1:04:05] and this favor.
[1:04:07] The people that live there, the
[1:04:09] residents
[1:04:12] that would be
[1:04:14] inequality that wouldn
[1:04:15] t be
[1:04:18] equality
[1:04:21] residents like me would lose
[1:04:23] the opportunity to lose uh
[1:04:26] parking spaces, also for my two
[1:04:28] tenants.
[1:04:30] So that would be again a
[1:04:35] perfect example of
[1:04:39] inequality versus equality in
[1:04:41] the principle in social
[1:04:42] teachings.
[1:04:43] Of the common good
[1:04:45] Thank you
[1:04:47] Lynne, etc. Followed by Andrew
[1:04:50] v, followed by David Eckert.
[1:04:51] And then we have 2 more after
[1:04:54] that
[1:04:57] etc. West Hollywood, Dear John
[1:05:00] Erickson, Chelsea, and Danny,
[1:05:02] thank you, thank you, thank you.
[1:05:04] Have some fountain coincidence
[1:05:05] to tell you about later.
[1:05:07] Tonight I want to talk about
[1:05:10] the largest threat to democracy,
[1:05:11] in my opinion, the world has
[1:05:14] seen on NOVEMBER 5th, the
[1:05:16] Supreme Court will begin
[1:05:17] hearing arguments on the king
[1:05:19] terrace. This isn
[1:05:20] t hard to
[1:05:22] understand. The king and his
[1:05:24] two-bed court of zero
[1:05:28] prestige are out to cause a
[1:05:31] huge worldwide depression
[1:05:31] whereby
[1:05:33] the billionaires would buy up
[1:05:35] everything on the cheap.
[1:05:38] Instant worldwide oligarchy. I
[1:05:41] was blessed to be friends of
[1:05:43] gay liberation founders. Harry
[1:05:45] Hay and archives founder Jim
[1:05:49] Kepner. Harry was brilliant at
[1:05:51] understanding politicians. If
[1:05:52] Harry were here now, he would
[1:05:54] be saying, we need to have a
[1:05:56] MARCH on the Supreme Court on
[1:05:59] NOVEMBER 5th when they start
[1:06:00] the tariffs debate. The king is
[1:06:01] sending
[1:06:04] troops to cities nationwide the
[1:06:04] law, he
[1:06:06] s attempting to use is
[1:06:10] in case of national emergencies
[1:06:11] and then, and doesn
[1:06:12] t mention
[1:06:15] tariffs. At worst, every
[1:06:18] democratic Democrat senator and
[1:06:20] congressperson should be on the
[1:06:21] steps of the Supreme Court
[1:06:24] NOVEMBER 5th, chanting, whose
[1:06:27] constitution. We, the people
[1:06:30] constitution, the absurdity
[1:06:32] that this nut case
[1:06:36] is sending troops to aggravate
[1:06:38] uh people the law that he
[1:06:41] using for these tariffs is
[1:06:44] illegal. The absolute absurdity
[1:06:44] that we
[1:06:46] re going through. So on
[1:06:47] OCTOBER 18th, there
[1:06:49] s a no
[1:06:50] king
[1:06:54] s MARCH and we the people
[1:06:56] Andrew v, followed by David
[1:06:58] Eckert, then we have Virginia
[1:06:59] Gili as our last speaker in
[1:07:01] chamber.
[1:07:03] With Andrew v, there you are
[1:07:04] Thank you. It
[1:07:06] s ok
[1:07:08] My name is Andrew, and I live
[1:07:10] on Fanton and Daon Creek Corner
[1:07:11] and I
[1:07:14] m not here to
[1:07:15] uh charge anyone about the
[1:07:17] phantom project, but I do have
[1:07:20] a plumbing uh um parking issue,
[1:07:21] uh, on Delore, um, I don
[1:07:22] t know
[1:07:22] if there
[1:07:24] s anything that can be
[1:07:27] done to restrict the parking
[1:07:28] because if you leave that place,
[1:07:29] I don
[1:07:29] t know, 8 o
[1:07:31] clock, do not
[1:07:32] come back until 7 because
[1:07:34] people are going to take it. I
[1:07:34] mean,
[1:07:37] this is only yesterday, $350. I
[1:07:39] had to bail my car out because
[1:07:40] they towed it. On the top of
[1:07:42] the citation, yada yada yada. I
[1:07:44] got 2 sons and a wife, so I
[1:07:46] accumulating a whole lot of
[1:07:48] parking, uh, tickets. I
[1:07:49] contributing a whole lot to
[1:07:51] this building and into West
[1:07:52] Hollywood because of those
[1:07:54] parking tickets, but I cannot
[1:07:55] help it. There
[1:07:56] s just no place
[1:07:58] to park.
[1:08:02] And uh if you guys will be able
[1:08:03] to just simply leave us at
[1:08:06] least a half a block for
[1:08:08] residents or one side of the
[1:08:10] street or something, but if you
[1:08:12] leave that place, I live in the
[1:08:14] corner exactly at Fountain and
[1:08:16] Dolores. And if you leave that
[1:08:16] place at 8 o
[1:08:17] clock, 9 o
[1:08:17] clock,
[1:08:19] do not come home. You will have
[1:08:20] no space, period. That
[1:08:21] s it.
[1:08:23] The.
[1:08:24] David Eckert, followed by
[1:08:25] Virginia Gilli
[1:08:26] and then we have one more
[1:08:27] speaker in Zoom. We
[1:08:28] ll conclude
[1:08:32] our public comment.
[1:08:35] Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor,
[1:08:37] and distinguished City
[1:08:38] Counciluncil members. Tonight
[1:08:39] d like to talk about a couple
[1:08:42] of issues. One, the Allied
[1:08:44] security uniforms. I think we
[1:08:46] as a city need to look at their
[1:08:47] universal a little better.
[1:08:49] There is a lot of black and
[1:08:50] with the hours being cut late
[1:08:51] at night, they
[1:08:53] re very hard to
[1:08:54] notice and they don
[1:08:55] t have any
[1:08:57] reflective quality to them, so
[1:08:59] they get lost in the mix. So I
[1:09:01] think that can be improved on,
[1:09:02] uh, Secondly,
[1:09:04] d love to see if the city
[1:09:07] could start uh doing mobility
[1:09:09] classes on bicycles, scooters,
[1:09:11] and just in general safety, I
[1:09:11] think it
[1:09:13] s important that we
[1:09:14] move forward with these
[1:09:16] different mobility options, but
[1:09:16] I don
[1:09:18] t think people truly know
[1:09:21] all the rules and of how to
[1:09:23] safely use any of them at this
[1:09:24] point. They
[1:09:25] ve been cut off
[1:09:27] many times by um cyclists that
[1:09:28] feel they have the right of way
[1:09:30] always and I, I
[1:09:30] m concerned
[1:09:31] about that. Lastly, I just want
[1:09:32] to make
[1:09:35] uh, the ce or uh the public
[1:09:37] know that Metro is considering
[1:09:39] a drastic change to Sunset
[1:09:40] Boulevard, where they
[1:09:40] re going
[1:09:43] to remove all permanent parking
[1:09:45] from Vermont to Havenhurst to
[1:09:48] make permanent bus lanes and
[1:09:50] remove one lane of uh traffic
[1:09:52] and and directions and I think
[1:09:54] at that point if that is their
[1:09:56] plan, I would love to see Santa
[1:09:59] Monica Boulevard did the same
[1:10:00] respect and with the issues
[1:10:03] that are being brought up about
[1:10:03] Fountain Avenue. I would love
[1:10:06] to see that street remain as a
[1:10:08] residential street. Yes, uh,
[1:10:09] slow it down and everything,
[1:10:11] but the parking, make that
[1:10:13] street again a parking thing. I
[1:10:13] think parking at that
[1:10:13] s what
[1:10:15] going to happen at sunset. We
[1:10:18] really need to start looking at
[1:10:19] an overall picture of what
[1:10:21] going on around us. Thank you.
[1:10:23] Virginia Gilli, and then we
[1:10:25] go to our final speaker in Zoom.
[1:10:31] Good evening. Excuse me, good
[1:10:34] evening, Mayor and Vice Mayor
[1:10:36] and councilmembers. I
[1:10:38] Virginia Gili, resident of West
[1:10:40] Hollywood for 35 years. And, um,
[1:10:42] ve had, I had quite a little
[1:10:44] list of things to talk about,
[1:10:46] but I only have a couple left
[1:10:47] because other people covered
[1:10:47] them.
[1:10:50] But, um, one of my concerns is,
[1:10:53] is that so many residents that
[1:10:55] I talked to have no idea that
[1:10:57] this is going on about Fountain
[1:10:58] Avenue.
[1:11:02] And um I think that, that, that
[1:11:04] that is the responsibility of
[1:11:05] the council.
[1:11:07] To get more information out. I
[1:11:09] really do.
[1:11:12] And um I was gonna speak about
[1:11:14] the bus company too. And I
[1:11:16] wondering about when the, when
[1:11:18] the bikers get to La Cieicca,
[1:11:21] do we have any ideas for
[1:11:22] remediation on that. It
[1:11:22] s a
[1:11:25] very steep hill, so going up is
[1:11:28] impossible, and going down, so
[1:11:30] that eliminates a lot of people
[1:11:30] that don
[1:11:31] t don
[1:11:32] t have a lot of
[1:11:35] strength to use.
[1:11:37] Uh Fountain Avenue is going
[1:11:40] west to get off of it, you know.
[1:11:43] And um
[1:11:45] yeah, I just think that, um, I
[1:11:47] really think we should try and
[1:11:49] put this on the ballot about
[1:11:51] Fountain Avenue. I don
[1:11:51] t know
[1:11:53] if you folks have discussed
[1:11:53] that, but I think it
[1:11:55] something that
[1:11:56] you know, would be good to
[1:11:58] decide. I, I know that money
[1:12:00] has already been allotted for
[1:12:03] it, but there must be some way
[1:12:05] to reconfigure that.
[1:12:08] So, thank you. Thank you. We
[1:12:10] go to Zoom for our final
[1:12:11] speaker on public comment.
[1:12:20] Thank you.
[1:12:21] Adam Darvish is our last
[1:12:23] speaker. Adam, go ahead. You
[1:12:25] have 2 minutes.
[1:12:27] Good
[1:12:28] Good evening. I
[1:12:29] ll make it
[1:12:31] short. Good evening, uh, Mayor
[1:12:34] Byers was mayor and counsel and
[1:12:34] staff. I
[1:12:35] m just calling about
[1:12:37] Halloween event, the upcoming
[1:12:39] event, and as a as a resident,
[1:12:42] I know many many residents just
[1:12:44] above Santa Monica Boulevard in
[1:12:46] the rainbow District have
[1:12:47] experienced a lot of activities
[1:12:49] after hours, after midnight,
[1:12:52] just asking the council for a
[1:12:54] better plan of managing through
[1:12:56] code compliance managing noise
[1:12:58] after midnight or even after 2
[1:12:59] a.M. There were a lot of people
[1:13:01] just hang out and party. You
[1:13:03] cannot sleep. The other comment
[1:13:04] I had was we
[1:13:05] re waiting for
[1:13:09] your plan on, on, um, managing
[1:13:11] the accident from Larrabee and
[1:13:11] Clark, I mean, I
[1:13:12] m sorry,
[1:13:15] Laurby on Palm Avenue and Park.
[1:13:17] Um for the recent events that
[1:13:19] happened are colliding with
[1:13:22] other cars or cars hitting
[1:13:24] condominiums or buildings on
[1:13:25] both streets. So thank you so
[1:13:26] much.
[1:13:28] Ok, that concludes our public
[1:13:30] comment. Thank you all so much
[1:13:31] for your comments and for your
[1:13:32] patience. That was a long
[1:13:33] period. We appreciate you all
[1:13:36] coming out tonight. Um, we will
[1:13:36] move to city manager
[1:13:37] s report.
[1:13:38] Thank you.
[1:13:40] Thank you, Mayor. Good evening,
[1:13:42] Mayor, Vice Mayor,
[1:13:43] councilmembers, and community
[1:13:45] members. Um, thank you for all
[1:13:47] of the public commenters this
[1:13:49] evening. I just have a few
[1:13:51] announcements. The city is
[1:13:53] excited to announce the pickup,
[1:13:53] the city
[1:13:55] s free weekend ride
[1:13:56] will return to service
[1:13:59] beginning Thursday, OCTOBER 9th,
[1:14:02] 2025 as part of the relaunch,
[1:14:05] the city is unveiling a fresh
[1:14:06] updated vehicle design and they
[1:14:10] debuting a, a pilot program
[1:14:11] a Thursday night rides from
[1:14:13] MARCH through OCTOBER as part
[1:14:15] of the Rainbow District
[1:14:16] initiatives. Uh, for more
[1:14:20] information, please visit
[1:14:23] www.Heehopepickup.Com.
[1:14:25] The city is inviting the
[1:14:27] community to learn more about
[1:14:28] and provide feedback on the
[1:14:30] zoning improvement program for
[1:14:30] West Hollywood
[1:14:31] s housing
[1:14:33] element as part of the program,
[1:14:36] the city is evaluating future
[1:14:37] zoning updates to reduce
[1:14:39] barriers to creating affordable
[1:14:41] housing and diverse housing.
[1:14:43] Join us for the in-person
[1:14:45] meeting on OCTOBER 8th, or
[1:14:47] online meeting on OCTOBER 16th
[1:14:48] for the second round of
[1:14:50] community workshops. The city
[1:14:53] will present the findings of
[1:14:55] for enhancement opportunities
[1:14:56] in residential and commercial
[1:14:57] priority areas.
[1:15:00] Um, and lastly, uh, Aides Walk
[1:15:02] Los Angeles will take place in
[1:15:04] the city of West Hollywood on
[1:15:06] Saturday, OCTOBER 13th,
[1:15:08] beginning at West Hollywood
[1:15:10] Park at 10 A.M. Due to the aids
[1:15:12] walk, there will be limited
[1:15:13] street and lane closures. For
[1:15:14] more information regarding the
[1:15:16] event or street closures to
[1:15:18] please visit the city
[1:15:20] s website
[1:15:23] at www.Weeho.Org and search for
[1:15:24] aids Walk.
[1:15:26] That concludes my comments.
[1:15:28] Um, thanks, David. It
[1:15:28] s nothing
[1:15:29] to do with what you said, um,
[1:15:30] but, um, I
[1:15:31] ve been noticing in
[1:15:34] a lot of the larger rooms,
[1:15:37] specifically the back room, the
[1:15:39] technology for conferencing and
[1:15:41] meetings is very outdated, um,
[1:15:42] and it doesn
[1:15:43] t work and we have
[1:15:45] to use a laptop screen that
[1:15:45] then doesn
[1:15:46] t work and the audio
[1:15:47] doesn
[1:15:49] t hook up and there
[1:15:49] s a
[1:15:51] little side computer that goes
[1:15:52] missing. I don
[1:15:52] t know. I
[1:15:53] m sure
[1:15:55] s somewhere, but the same
[1:15:56] thing goes for the really
[1:15:58] what was redone part in the
[1:16:01] first floor in the meeting room
[1:16:03] in the city hall, but could you
[1:16:06] just before you know you depart
[1:16:08] in many ways. Could you just
[1:16:09] spruce up the spaces just a
[1:16:11] little bit so these tech issues
[1:16:11] don
[1:16:12] t go beyond your your
[1:16:14] tenure because I know you
[1:16:15] always want to leave us better
[1:16:17] than you found us. Yes, we are
[1:16:19] continuing to look at the
[1:16:21] technology in those rooms
[1:16:23] unfortunately, technology
[1:16:24] changes really fast, and we
[1:16:24] haven
[1:16:25] t been keeping up. I know
[1:16:26] there
[1:16:26] s been a
[1:16:27] number of issues, so we are
[1:16:28] certainly looking at that.
[1:16:29] Thank you
[1:16:31] Any other comments or questions
[1:16:32] for city manager? Thank you for
[1:16:33] the report. We
[1:16:34] ll move to the
[1:16:36] fiscal impact on consent
[1:16:38] calendar city clerk.
[1:16:41] Thank you, Mayor. Um, the
[1:16:43] fiscal impact on consent
[1:16:48] calendar with the addition of
[1:16:55] items d1e3f1f2, f3, f4, f 6 is
[1:16:59] 881,440 foreign expenditures,
[1:17:03] $0 in revenues and 13,0023 and
[1:17:05] waived fees. I also want to
[1:17:07] take this opportunity to read
[1:17:09] uh the ordinance of d1 into the
[1:17:10] record. Um, this
[1:17:14] is ordinance d on item d1, an
[1:17:15] ordinance of the City Council
[1:17:16] of the City of West Hollywood,
[1:17:17] California, amending Chapter
[1:17:21] 5.70 cannabis uses of the West
[1:17:22] Hollywood municipal code to
[1:17:23] remove the neighborhood
[1:17:24] security guard patrol
[1:17:25] requirement for cannabis
[1:17:26] licensees.
[1:17:27] Thank you. We have a motion in
[1:17:28] a second
[1:17:38] ll move to a full vote
[1:17:40] Thank you. Thank you. Ok, we
[1:17:43] move to item c1, the public
[1:17:44] hearing, item c1, Zoneex
[1:17:46] amendment to the accessory
[1:17:47] dwelling unit regulations and
[1:17:49] compliance with state law and
[1:17:50] implementation of the city
[1:17:51] housing element program, the
[1:17:53] public hearing is now open. Are
[1:17:54] there any disclosures from
[1:17:56] Counciluncilmembs?
[1:17:59] Seeing none. Um, how, Si Clerk,
[1:18:00] how was his hearing noticed as
[1:18:03] required by law. Terrific. And
[1:18:04] um we have staff
[1:18:05] representatives here for a
[1:18:07] staff report to my colleagues,
[1:18:08] first, we need a full staff
[1:18:09] report? Can we do an
[1:18:11] abbreviated report tonight,
[1:18:12] abbreviated is terrific. I
[1:18:12] don
[1:18:13] t think I need a report at
[1:18:16] all.
[1:18:18] s, do you want to just let
[1:18:18] the public know what we
[1:18:19] re here
[1:18:20] to do tonight so we can move
[1:18:21] through this quickly then.
[1:18:23] Thank you. Mayor Nick Marisic,
[1:18:24] director of Community Develop.
[1:18:26] Good evening, Mayor, Vice mayor,
[1:18:27] councilmembers. I
[1:18:27] m joined by
[1:18:28] my colleagues from the
[1:18:29] Community Development
[1:18:30] department and maybe I
[1:18:31] ll just
[1:18:33] jump right over to Associate
[1:18:34] Planner Michel Montenegro to
[1:18:36] provide an overview of the item.
[1:18:37] We know this is in compliance
[1:18:39] with state law, so go ahead and,
[1:18:41] yeah, yes, so the city council
[1:18:43] adopted an ad ordinance back in
[1:18:45] FEBRUARY. There are minor
[1:18:46] changes requested by hcd once
[1:18:47] was submitted. So we
[1:18:48] re back
[1:18:49] here as a cleanup ordinance to
[1:18:50] update and compliance with
[1:18:51] state law.
[1:18:52] Thank you very much. Do my
[1:18:53] colleagues have any questions
[1:18:54] for staff?
[1:18:56] I have a question, and it isn
[1:18:58] related to the substance of the
[1:19:00] ordinance. This to me seems
[1:19:04] like a perfect example where
[1:19:06] unfortunately a lot of your
[1:19:07] time is wasted. The planning
[1:19:08] commission
[1:19:09] s time is wasted.
[1:19:09] The council
[1:19:11] s time is wasted.
[1:19:15] We have to do advertisements in
[1:19:17] the newspaper for something
[1:19:19] that we have no choice. This is
[1:19:20] something that is required by
[1:19:23] state law that we have to do to
[1:19:25] have our ordinance be in
[1:19:27] compliance. So is there a way
[1:19:30] for us to avoid all of that
[1:19:32] time being wasted, and
[1:19:34] soliciting comments from the
[1:19:37] public when again we have no
[1:19:39] choice but to comply with the
[1:19:40] state mandate. Is there
[1:19:42] something that we can do to
[1:19:43] speed up the process for these
[1:19:46] kind of, and it seems like an
[1:19:48] almost annual change to the
[1:19:49] state law here.
[1:19:51] Yes Vice Mayor, um, I, you know,
[1:19:52] re happy to certainly
[1:19:53] explore if there are other ways
[1:19:55] we could go about this type of
[1:19:57] thing. I think this was
[1:19:59] somewhat unexpected given the
[1:20:01] communication from hcd um,
[1:20:02] following the submission of the
[1:20:04] more of the annual process that
[1:20:06] we went through previously, but
[1:20:07] we could certainly talk with
[1:20:09] the city attorney and
[1:20:11] brainstorm other ideas to
[1:20:12] address the issues that you
[1:20:13] just described. I mean, at a
[1:20:16] minimum, I think we should
[1:20:17] change the noticing
[1:20:19] requirements in terms of
[1:20:20] newspaper ads
[1:20:22] and spending that money, um,
[1:20:24] and things when we don
[1:20:24] t have
[1:20:26] any choice.
[1:20:27] Thank you. I see a motion, um,
[1:20:28] on the table and just to be
[1:20:30] clear, there are no members of
[1:20:31] the public who have signed up
[1:20:33] to speak on this item. Terrific.
[1:20:34] So I will go ahead if there
[1:20:38] no other questions or comments,
[1:20:39] ll close the public
[1:20:40] testimony portion of this
[1:20:41] public hearing. It seems that
[1:20:43] there are no other questions
[1:20:44] from staff, or I
[1:20:45] m sorry, from
[1:20:46] the council. Nope.
[1:20:48] So we have a motion and a
[1:20:51] second.
[1:20:53] And a vote. Thank you very much.
[1:20:54] Thank you to staff for the
[1:21:00] presentation tonight.
[1:21:01] ll move to, yeah, we
[1:21:01] re all
[1:21:02] set.
[1:21:03] We voted.
[1:21:05] This past 50
[1:21:11] re gonna move to item e1
[1:21:12] under unfinished business, the
[1:21:13] continued discussion of
[1:21:15] expanded noticing requirements
[1:21:16] for projects requesting
[1:21:17] development agreements.
[1:21:19] ll hand this back over to
[1:21:21] our staff to present. Thank you.
[1:21:22] Good thing we stayed. Good
[1:21:23] evening, Jennifer Alaer,
[1:21:25] Assistant Director of Community
[1:21:25] Development. I
[1:21:26] m joined still
[1:21:28] by the Long Range Planning team,
[1:21:30] including long range planning
[1:21:32] Manager Francisco Contreras and
[1:21:33] associate planner.
[1:21:34] Paige Portwood. I check who
[1:21:35] this swapped, who will be
[1:21:36] giving the staff report. Thank
[1:21:37] you.
[1:21:39] Thank you
[1:21:41] Good evening, City Council. My
[1:21:43] name is Paige Portwood. Um,
[1:21:44] tonight
[1:21:46] s, uh, item before you
[1:21:48] is a continued discussion of
[1:21:50] expanded noticing requirements
[1:21:51] for projects requesting
[1:21:53] development agreements.
[1:21:54] Here is an overview of the
[1:21:57] presentation.
[1:21:59] On MAY 19, 2025, staff
[1:22:00] presented its own text
[1:22:02] amendment to expand the
[1:22:04] noticing requirements, um,
[1:22:05] requiring a community meeting
[1:22:07] for projects seeking a
[1:22:08] development agreement. Um, City
[1:22:11] Counciluncil voted 5 to 0 to
[1:22:13] adopt an ordinance requiring a
[1:22:14] neighborhood meeting for
[1:22:16] projects, but city council did
[1:22:17] not elect to expand the
[1:22:19] noticing radius, thereby
[1:22:21] maintaining the current 500 ft
[1:22:23] radius for public hearings and
[1:22:25] community meetings for all
[1:22:26] projects. The city council
[1:22:27] directed
[1:22:29] staff to return with maps
[1:22:33] showing 500, 500, 750 in a 1000
[1:22:35] ft radii for a few previously
[1:22:37] approved sunset arts and
[1:22:39] advertising projects, including
[1:22:40] standalone billboards to
[1:22:42] visualize the reach of each of
[1:22:44] the radius.
[1:22:47] The staff report, um, depicts
[1:22:50] some of the neighboring
[1:22:51] jurisdictions and their
[1:22:53] requirements for development
[1:22:55] projects, which has been
[1:22:56] included in previous reports
[1:22:59] but might be printed to
[1:22:59] tonight
[1:23:00] s discussion.
[1:23:03] and to share the data that
[1:23:06] staff collected, we selected 5
[1:23:08] previously approved Sunset arts
[1:23:09] and advertising program
[1:23:11] Billboard projects and two
[1:23:12] development agreement projects,
[1:23:13] um, that aren
[1:23:14] t associated with
[1:23:19] billboards, um, 89, 20, and 90,
[1:23:21] 40 sunset Bill Boulevard are
[1:23:23] shown with the two asterisks
[1:23:24] while the data indicates
[1:23:27] expanding the radius to 750 or
[1:23:29] 1000 ft does increase the
[1:23:30] number of noticed properties
[1:23:32] overall. The percentage
[1:23:32] increase
[1:23:34] among the project addresses is
[1:23:35] inconsistent, where, for
[1:23:36] example, you
[1:23:37] ll see highlighted
[1:23:38] on the screen could range from
[1:23:42] a percentage increase of 45% to
[1:23:45] 143%.
[1:23:46] So tonight
[1:23:47] s recommendation is
[1:23:48] to receive this information and
[1:23:50] provide feedback.
[1:23:53] Um, that really concludes our,
[1:23:54] um, presentation. We are
[1:23:56] available for any questions.
[1:23:57] Thank you and thank you for
[1:23:59] providing the side by side
[1:24:01] comparisons for the cities and
[1:24:02] the percentage calculations in
[1:24:03] that chart. I really found that
[1:24:06] useful information and as
[1:24:07] somebody who requested more
[1:24:08] information about this specific
[1:24:10] item before making a decision
[1:24:12] the night it originally came to
[1:24:13] discussion. Those items
[1:24:14] particularly very much helped
[1:24:16] me. I will see who which of my
[1:24:16] colleagues would like to begin,
[1:24:18] Councilmember Meister.
[1:24:19] Thank you, Mayor, and as you
[1:24:21] know, this came from an
[1:24:24] initiative that I had brought
[1:24:27] forward to increase the radius
[1:24:31] to 1000. Uh, square feet. Um
[1:24:31] so, so it
[1:24:33] s, you know, it
[1:24:34] fine to compare our policies
[1:24:36] with other cities, but it
[1:24:38] also like comparing apples and
[1:24:39] oranges because not one of
[1:24:41] those cities has the density
[1:24:45] that we have and projects that
[1:24:47] intensify the use affect our
[1:24:49] residents differently, um, than,
[1:24:53] then they might um affect, uh,
[1:24:56] a less dense city. Um, the cost
[1:24:59] of increasing the radius is, is
[1:25:01] really negligible compared to
[1:25:02] the benefit of a development
[1:25:06] agreement. I mean, development
[1:25:08] agreement basically increases
[1:25:12] the value of the properties by
[1:25:13] millions and millions of
[1:25:16] dollars. So the fact that, you
[1:25:16] know, you
[1:25:18] re increasing, uh,
[1:25:21] the cost on, on this by, you
[1:25:28] know, a couple of 500 to $1000.
[1:25:30] Compared to the 500 square foot,
[1:25:34] 500 ft radius, uh, doesn
[1:25:34] doesn
[1:25:36] t seem like um a
[1:25:38] burdensome request, uh, and
[1:25:41] then finally this is about
[1:25:42] transparency, uh, I guess I
[1:25:43] speaking and not asking
[1:25:45] questions. Did we have speakers
[1:25:46] on this? I don
[1:25:47] t have any, so
[1:25:47] you
[1:25:49] re totally ok, ok, I just
[1:25:49] thought I
[1:25:51] d bring that up. Um,
[1:25:52] and again, uh, last but not
[1:25:54] least, this is about
[1:25:56] transparency and West Holl
[1:25:57] y wood is known for its engaged
[1:25:59] community, except that, except
[1:25:59] when we don
[1:26:00] t tell them what
[1:26:04] going on. And so, uh, I don
[1:26:05] I don
[1:26:07] t see where this is such
[1:26:10] a large burden for its somebody
[1:26:11] who is applying for a
[1:26:13] development agreement that is
[1:26:15] going to increase the value of
[1:26:18] the property by millions and
[1:26:21] millions of dollars, whereas
[1:26:24] the, the impacts of a project
[1:26:25] that
[1:26:28] s going to be much larger
[1:26:32] than what was uh was in our
[1:26:35] zoning ordinance, or in our
[1:26:37] general plan is um
[1:26:39] you know, that, that impact is
[1:26:43] also much, much greater than
[1:26:45] than an impact that everyone is
[1:26:46] expecting because that
[1:26:46] s what
[1:26:49] the zoning is. Um, so, you know,
[1:26:51] I think that
[1:26:54] I know that in uh staff report,
[1:26:56] it said something about some of
[1:26:58] the views that people don
[1:27:00] have the view of, say, the
[1:27:01] billboard, but you know, you
[1:27:03] going all the ways around and
[1:27:05] there is, there is going to be
[1:27:08] somebody who is impacted by by
[1:27:10] the light of that billboard or
[1:27:11] by the traffic that
[1:27:12] s generated
[1:27:14] by a project or uh you know,
[1:27:15] whether it
[1:27:16] s parking impacts or
[1:27:18] or whatever the impacts are, uh,
[1:27:20] light, parking, traffic,
[1:27:21] whatever.
[1:27:24] Um, I know that people have
[1:27:26] been affected by sunset
[1:27:29] billboards on De Longres, uh,
[1:27:30] and yet we don
[1:27:31] t consider them
[1:27:36] in, in our, in, in, in the um
[1:27:38] because of the radius. So, um,
[1:27:41] I would ask that my colleagues
[1:27:44] consider, you know, 1,000-foot
[1:27:47] radius and if not at least
[1:27:50] consider a 750 as a compromise.
[1:27:51] Thank you.
[1:27:52] Thank you, Councilmember
[1:27:53] Councilmember Erickson or Vice
[1:27:55] Mayor Heman? I don
[1:27:56] t support
[1:27:57] this. I, I don
[1:27:57] t want to get
[1:27:59] into the guise of I, I
[1:27:59] ve been
[1:28:00] serving on the planning
[1:28:02] commission, as I know Coner
[1:28:03] Meister has, as well as seeing
[1:28:06] how this gone. I think that
[1:28:08] what staff provided uh more
[1:28:09] than answered any additional
[1:28:10] questions I have, and I would
[1:28:13] like to keep it at 500 ft and
[1:28:13] that
[1:28:13] s where I
[1:28:15] m at tonight.
[1:28:18] Hang jumped up. So Vice Mayor
[1:28:19] He Councilmember Hang He
[1:28:20] s in
[1:28:23] the bathroom. Oh, ok. Um, so,
[1:28:26] um, I, I agree with
[1:28:29] Councilmember Erickson, um, we
[1:28:31] previously approved a 500 ft
[1:28:32] radius. We asked staff to give
[1:28:34] us more information based on
[1:28:35] this information. I don
[1:28:36] t think
[1:28:39] we should change our 500 ft
[1:28:41] radius, um, to me this is not a
[1:28:44] question about the cost of the
[1:28:44] noticing
[1:28:46] which I agree with
[1:28:48] Councilmember Meister is a
[1:28:49] relatively negligible. To me
[1:28:53] s more about is it necessary,
[1:28:53] I don
[1:28:55] t think this is about
[1:28:58] transparency. We already uh
[1:29:00] notice a radius of 500 ft
[1:29:03] around the development. We also
[1:29:05] require the site to be noticed.
[1:29:08] We do have public hearings for
[1:29:10] these projects with development
[1:29:12] agreements, not only does it
[1:29:13] have to go to the planning
[1:29:14] commission, but
[1:29:16] the development agreement has
[1:29:18] to be approved by counsel, so
[1:29:20] it will necessarily come before
[1:29:21] the city council. I, I
[1:29:22] m fine
[1:29:26] with leaving the radius at 500
[1:29:28] ft. The notion that um
[1:29:30] development agreements increase
[1:29:30] the value. That
[1:29:31] s true of all
[1:29:33] developments. They increase the
[1:29:35] value of the property. So it
[1:29:37] would make no sense to me to
[1:29:39] increase the radius for
[1:29:40] projects with development
[1:29:42] agreements and not do it for
[1:29:44] other projects that result
[1:29:46] in significant increases in
[1:29:48] value for the property owner.
[1:29:49] Thank you, Vice Mayor.
[1:29:51] Councilmembur Hang.
[1:29:54] Thank you, Mayor. Um, is there
[1:29:59] any like tangible proof that um
[1:30:00] or evidence that increasing it
[1:30:03] $750 or 1000 would increase any
[1:30:09] type of participation at all.
[1:30:11] Not to our knowledge at this,
[1:30:13] no.
[1:30:14] Thank you. So what is the state
[1:30:18] minimum requirement?
[1:30:19] Can you repeat the question?
[1:30:21] What does the state minimum
[1:30:23] requirement? 300 ft. And what
[1:30:25] is our requirement here? 500 ft.
[1:30:27] So does that mean that we are
[1:30:28] meeting the state
[1:30:28] s minimum
[1:30:30] requirement and then some
[1:30:30] correct? We
[1:30:31] re exceeding the
[1:30:31] state
[1:30:34] s minimum requirement.
[1:30:37] Great, thank you. Um, yeah, I
[1:30:38] just, I feel that we should
[1:30:42] leave this policy as is.
[1:30:47] Increasing it would not yield
[1:30:50] additional results and could be
[1:30:52] burdensome on staff time. Thank
[1:30:52] you.
[1:30:54] Thank you for the discussion. I
[1:30:55] see a motion in a second. I am
[1:30:57] in agreement with the 500, and
[1:30:58] as someone who was interested
[1:30:59] in seeing this information, I
[1:31:01] feel like the decision to make
[1:31:03] to leave it at the 500 ft
[1:31:05] continues to serve our city
[1:31:06] well. I, you know, we heard
[1:31:08] tonight in a number of ways
[1:31:11] that despite citywide mailers,
[1:31:13] despite numerous postings,
[1:31:14] years of conversation about a
[1:31:16] topic in town. There are still
[1:31:17] people who are saying that
[1:31:18] community members don
[1:31:18] t hear
[1:31:20] about things, and I believe
[1:31:21] that there is just a bigger
[1:31:22] barrier of
[1:31:23] engagement that the public sits
[1:31:25] with that regardless of how far
[1:31:26] we extend radii, there
[1:31:27] s other
[1:31:28] things that are those barriers.
[1:31:30] So I think the 500 ft has
[1:31:31] served the the Billboard
[1:31:32] project, especially when it
[1:31:34] comes to this conversation.
[1:31:36] Well, and I saw a motion in a
[1:31:37] second already for a vote, but
[1:31:38] wanted to make sure we
[1:31:39] wrapped with discussion, Vice
[1:31:41] Mayor. I just want to clarify
[1:31:42] the motion is to just receive
[1:31:45] and file the report and not
[1:31:49] change. Ok, thank you.
[1:31:49] I don
[1:31:51] t even think we needed
[1:31:52] a real vote on that, but that
[1:31:54] right.
[1:31:56] Ok, terrific.
[1:31:59] Thank you, Steph
[1:31:59] Uh, we
[1:32:01] ll move to item e2,
[1:32:03] Progress, updates, and material
[1:32:05] selection for the Hart Park
[1:32:09] Improvement Project.
[1:32:12] I see our staff representative
[1:32:14] team coming down for this item.
[1:32:16] And I do see one member of the
[1:32:19] public signed up to speak. Was
[1:32:20] there a presentation that
[1:32:20] you
[1:32:22] re providing us tonight?
[1:32:24] We would like the brief
[1:32:24] presentation. I
[1:32:25] m seeing yes
[1:32:27] from one member of council. So
[1:32:28] ll go ahead and take the
[1:32:28] presentation and then we
[1:32:30] invite our member of the public
[1:32:32] to come speak.
[1:32:32] And then we
[1:32:52] ll get into it
[1:33:12] It was brief.
[1:33:26] Right
[1:33:29] Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor
[1:33:30] and council Rick Abramson,
[1:33:31] manager of the urban design and
[1:33:32] architecture studio. I
[1:33:32] m here
[1:33:33] with Helen Collins, our
[1:33:35] director of public works, and
[1:33:38] Steve Campbell, our deputy city
[1:33:38] manager.
[1:33:41] Uh, tonight before you is a
[1:33:43] progress update and um
[1:33:44] discussion of the material
[1:33:47] selection for Hart Park, uh, we
[1:33:49] appeared previously and the
[1:33:51] council approved the design, uh,
[1:33:53] and so the one remaining
[1:33:55] element of discussion that
[1:33:56] evening was whether to go as
[1:33:58] synthetic turf or wood chips or
[1:34:01] some alternative. The council
[1:34:04] directed staff to do additional
[1:34:06] research and outreach and look
[1:34:09] at if there were any other uh
[1:34:09] materials
[1:34:11] other than wood chips that are
[1:34:13] organic or natural and would be
[1:34:14] acceptable. Working with the
[1:34:16] consultant team.
[1:34:22] staff was able to identify one
[1:34:26] other potential system that
[1:34:28] seems to hit at least as many
[1:34:30] of the markers as possible in
[1:34:33] terms of being uh uh organic
[1:34:35] and safe and readily
[1:34:36] maintainable. There is no
[1:34:37] perfect material in this case.
[1:34:38] There
[1:34:39] s pros and cons to each,
[1:34:40] um, but it
[1:34:43] s part of the, uh,
[1:34:47] updates we met with the ad hoc
[1:34:47] council
[1:34:48] s ad hoc
[1:34:51] Har Park subcommittee, uh, two
[1:34:51] meetings to discuss
[1:34:53] alternatives, some minor
[1:34:54] adjustments to the
[1:34:57] reconfiguration and the
[1:34:59] recommendation tonight is to
[1:35:01] move forward with an engineered
[1:35:04] wood fiber system, which is
[1:35:06] about a 12-inch thick system
[1:35:09] still with a wood chip type of
[1:35:10] material, but it has
[1:35:11] underlayments and drainage
[1:35:13] built into it, and it
[1:35:13] s a dense
[1:35:16] material that when compact
[1:35:19] actually meets disability
[1:35:21] needs as needs needs as well
[1:35:22] needs needs as well needs for
[1:35:23] needs for mobility
[1:35:25] considerations. Uh, it is a
[1:35:27] little bit uh more of an
[1:35:30] installation, but the long term
[1:35:32] maintenance apparently is less.
[1:35:33] We have talked to other
[1:35:34] jurisdictions who seem to be
[1:35:37] very happy with the material,
[1:35:38] um, but it is natural and
[1:35:41] organic, so it will need to be
[1:35:45] raked and sort of leveled uh on
[1:35:47] occasion too, and I think the
[1:35:48] manufacturer says
[1:35:50] it can be replaced up to 24
[1:35:52] months. I think that would be
[1:35:53] longer than we anticipate. I
[1:35:54] think it might be a couple of
[1:35:58] times a year, but still fewer
[1:36:00] cycles than perhaps what is
[1:36:01] happening right now.
[1:36:01] Um, we
[1:36:02] ve worked with the
[1:36:03] subcommittee and as I said,
[1:36:04] there have been some
[1:36:06] adjustments. There have been a
[1:36:09] number of comments received
[1:36:10] from the public over the course
[1:36:11] of this, uh, and we
[1:36:12] re happy to
[1:36:14] answer any specific questions
[1:36:17] that counsel MAY have. I will
[1:36:20] show you one image of the um
[1:36:21] the recommended material
[1:36:22] tonight, the engineered wood
[1:36:23] fiber and how it
[1:36:25] s a layered
[1:36:28] system but effectively looks
[1:36:30] like very similar to the wood
[1:36:31] chips that are out there right
[1:36:32] now.
[1:36:32] Uh, we
[1:36:34] ve also got some updated
[1:36:35] renderings that we thought we
[1:36:37] would share with the council
[1:36:39] too of how the design is
[1:36:40] progressing. We
[1:36:41] re hoping to be
[1:36:43] into plan check prior to the
[1:36:46] end of the year, uh, with
[1:36:49] bidding following that and help
[1:36:50] to be under construction next
[1:36:51] year.
[1:36:53] Thank you.
[1:36:55] Thank you. Um, unless there
[1:36:56] any questions at this time from
[1:36:57] the council, we
[1:36:58] ll go to the
[1:36:59] member of the public who signed
[1:37:01] up to speak. I see just one
[1:37:02] number, Bob Klaer. If you
[1:37:04] join us for public comment.
[1:37:05] And then we
[1:37:06] ll get into any
[1:37:09] discussion up here.
[1:37:17] Great shirt
[1:37:18] says I like dogs for those who
[1:37:18] can
[1:37:21] t see.
[1:37:22] So did Jane Goodall, by the way.
[1:37:24] She liked dogs better than
[1:37:26] chimps, she said.
[1:37:27] All right, wait, don
[1:37:28] t, I
[1:37:28] haven
[1:37:29] t started yet. That
[1:37:29] s not
[1:37:31] fair.
[1:37:33] Can you start me over there
[1:37:35] with that timer, please?
[1:37:36] It MAY be difficult to clear at
[1:37:38] this point because we started,
[1:37:38] but I
[1:37:40] ll acknowledge your six
[1:37:41] seconds. Before I begin, I
[1:37:44] like to thank council for
[1:37:45] finally, after exhaustive
[1:37:47] evidence was presented and many
[1:37:48] months of campaigning and
[1:37:51] protest, acceding to the
[1:37:51] community
[1:37:52] s overwhelming desire
[1:37:54] not to have artificial turf
[1:37:56] polluting our park. They are to
[1:37:58] be congratulated and thanked
[1:38:01] for in most cases considering
[1:38:02] the overwhelming scientific
[1:38:04] evidence doing the research and
[1:38:05] finding an acceptable and
[1:38:06] organic altern
[1:38:08] ative We do not understand why
[1:38:10] this alternative is not also
[1:38:12] being used at Plumberer Park or
[1:38:13] West Hollywood Park, but that
[1:38:15] a little beside the point
[1:38:15] tonight.
[1:38:17] I want to speak from the heart
[1:38:18] about this entire process.
[1:38:20] Throughout it, the vibrant and
[1:38:22] active community of Hart Park
[1:38:24] users has been excluded from
[1:38:25] the planning process, and when
[1:38:28] we did show up, we were treated
[1:38:30] as inconvenient adversaries. At
[1:38:32] no time was there ever an
[1:38:34] atmosphere of collaboration,
[1:38:35] cooperation, or participation
[1:38:37] with us. Plans were drawn up
[1:38:39] that were not posted at the
[1:38:40] park so that the community
[1:38:42] could make their feelings known.
[1:38:43] Meetings were held for which
[1:38:44] there was no outreach to the
[1:38:46] user
[1:38:48] community. I recognize none of
[1:38:49] my fellow community members
[1:38:51] here tonight, and I can tell
[1:38:51] you that that
[1:38:52] s because the
[1:38:54] overwhelming sentiment among
[1:38:56] those I talked to is one of
[1:38:57] fatalism and resignation.
[1:38:57] They
[1:38:58] re just going to do what
[1:38:59] they want to do and they don
[1:39:01] care what we want. Did anyone
[1:39:03] ask for a plaza, which will
[1:39:05] only attract the unhoused and
[1:39:07] require additional security. Of
[1:39:09] course not. Had any of you ever
[1:39:11] actually spent time with us and
[1:39:13] our dogs at the park, you
[1:39:14] d see
[1:39:15] how utterly unnecessary it is
[1:39:18] divide the dog play area into
[1:39:20] two separate smaller sized
[1:39:22] separated areas, but it has
[1:39:23] been painfully obvious that
[1:39:23] you
[1:39:25] re gonna do what you want
[1:39:27] to do regardless of our
[1:39:29] feelings. Hell, one of the two
[1:39:30] councilmembers on the Park
[1:39:31] subcommittee doesn
[1:39:31] t even have
[1:39:34] a dog, respectfully.
[1:39:37] s very disheartening and
[1:39:39] utterly democratic, and it has
[1:39:40] really
[1:39:41] bummed us all out because it
[1:39:43] feels like
[1:39:45] Nobody cared what we felt
[1:39:47] Thank you.
[1:39:48] With that, we
[1:39:49] ll come back to
[1:39:50] council discussion and
[1:39:51] deliberation.
[1:39:52] Would any of my colleagues like
[1:39:53] to begin and specifically
[1:39:55] thinking about the two members
[1:39:56] who served on that subcommittee.
[1:39:56] If there
[1:39:57] s any comments or
[1:39:57] reflections you
[1:39:58] d like to begin
[1:39:59] with. You don
[1:39:59] t have to.
[1:40:00] Just didn
[1:40:02] t know world to start.
[1:40:05] m just glad the debate about
[1:40:07] the chips is done. It
[1:40:08] s over.
[1:40:10] Um, and also I just want to
[1:40:13] bring up that the idea of um
[1:40:15] one of the exciting things
[1:40:18] about the dog area areas is
[1:40:19] that it
[1:40:20] s separated by a fence
[1:40:20] that
[1:40:23] s going to be movable. And
[1:40:26] so another discussion that can
[1:40:28] be had as this, you know, once,
[1:40:30] once we get there is program
[1:40:33] m ing of the, of the two parks
[1:40:34] whether they should be open
[1:40:36] most of the time and then have,
[1:40:38] you know, these separation so
[1:40:40] that people who aren
[1:40:42] comfortable with being in a, in
[1:40:46] a one size fits all park, um,
[1:40:48] ll have that opportunity to,
[1:40:50] to play, um, or, or the
[1:40:53] opposite. So those are still
[1:40:56] questions that um I think we
[1:40:57] can still address um it
[1:40:58] s, it
[1:41:00] too soon to worry about it
[1:41:00] right now.
[1:41:01] But I
[1:41:01] m very supportive. It
[1:41:02] I think it
[1:41:02] s going to be
[1:41:03] beautiful.
[1:41:04] Thank you, Councilmember
[1:41:08] Meister. Councilembur Hang.
[1:41:10] Thank you, Mayor. Uh, thank you
[1:41:13] very much for the, uh, robust
[1:41:16] presentation. Um, how many
[1:41:18] meetings have been held
[1:41:20] regarding this
[1:41:20] design. We
[1:41:21] re running in the
[1:41:22] park
[1:41:25] including this one, I think we
[1:41:27] counted 18 total meetings on
[1:41:29] Hart Park, um, that includes
[1:41:32] not only city council meetings,
[1:41:34] public facilities, disability
[1:41:36] advisory Board, older advisory
[1:41:38] board, historic Preservation
[1:41:39] Commission, uh, we also met
[1:41:41] with the sunset bid folks. We
[1:41:43] met with the actors studio. We
[1:41:47] met with a group from the Dog
[1:41:49] Guardian advocates, um, so
[1:41:49] ve, we
[1:41:51] ve tried to do, um,
[1:41:52] this intensive
[1:41:53] outreach from as many voices as
[1:41:54] possible.
[1:41:55] Thank you. And it
[1:41:58] s to my
[1:41:59] understanding that a sign has
[1:42:01] been posted at the park, right,
[1:42:02] to update the community in
[1:42:05] terms of what the city is doing.
[1:42:07] Yes, there were both flyers on
[1:42:09] the entry gates posted and then
[1:42:11] a poster showing the latest
[1:42:13] images that are in the staff
[1:42:14] report as well.
[1:42:16] So I do appreciate that taking
[1:42:18] that direction from the
[1:42:18] community members, and that
[1:42:22] just another layer of outreach
[1:42:24] that staff has been doing to
[1:42:25] outreach to the community. So
[1:42:27] thank you. Um, I
[1:42:28] m actually
[1:42:29] really excited about the design
[1:42:32] of the park. And um
[1:42:36] can you confirm if the the play
[1:42:38] area was expanded in this most
[1:42:39] recent design
[1:42:40] iteration. Yes, it
[1:42:40] s part of
[1:42:42] the process. There were
[1:42:44] comments about the size of the
[1:42:47] park, and we went, went back to
[1:42:48] the consultant and tried to
[1:42:49] adjust the geometries as best
[1:42:54] we can, but in the end, the new
[1:42:57] park cumulatively will be 23%
[1:42:59] bigger than the current area.
[1:43:02] Um, the larger dog play area
[1:43:04] will be slightly smaller than
[1:43:06] the current overall, um, but
[1:43:07] when you take the small and the
[1:43:08] large together, it
[1:43:08] s it
[1:43:09] s going to be significantly
[1:43:11] bigger and as Councilmember
[1:43:13] Meister said, one of the
[1:43:15] sort of creative moves in the
[1:43:18] design was to create an opening
[1:43:19] between the two so that there
[1:43:22] could be opportunities to have,
[1:43:24] um, a very large player with
[1:43:26] the length, like if you
[1:43:28] playing with the ball right now,
[1:43:30] we measured the diagonal about
[1:43:32] 85 ft. I think the new length
[1:43:34] is going to be something like
[1:43:36] 140 ft, so it
[1:43:37] s, it
[1:43:40] significantly, um, enlarged as
[1:43:40] a whole.
[1:43:43] And then if, if I recall
[1:43:44] correctly from the last
[1:43:47] subcommittee meeting, um, there
[1:43:50] were community members that
[1:43:53] were that had expressed
[1:43:55] excitement for the retractable
[1:43:56] gate because some of those
[1:43:58] owners, some of those pet
[1:44:00] parents had small dogs that
[1:44:01] they were afraid, you know, to
[1:44:02] be in the same play area as
[1:44:04] larger dogs, right? Am I
[1:44:06] recalling that correctly?
[1:44:10] Yes, Cosmer, we have heard from
[1:44:12] small dog guardians, um, and in
[1:44:15] fact, uh
[1:44:17] temporarily the aids Memorial
[1:44:20] area was fenced with a gate to
[1:44:22] grow grass because it had
[1:44:25] eroded and it was mistaken as a
[1:44:27] small dog park and so we
[1:44:28] found a number of small dog
[1:44:29] guardians going in there
[1:44:30] because they didn
[1:44:30] t want to
[1:44:32] interact with the larger dogs.
[1:44:34] So um we have heard that voice,
[1:44:35] yes.
[1:44:37] And I actually also want to
[1:44:40] thank you and your team for
[1:44:42] bringing samples of the
[1:44:44] engineered wood fibers to pass
[1:44:46] along to show members of the
[1:44:46] community who were at the
[1:44:48] meeting so they could touch it,
[1:44:49] see it, feel it, etc. So I
[1:44:51] think that was very helpful for
[1:44:55] the community members.
[1:44:56] And, um, yes, I don
[1:44:57] t have a
[1:44:59] dog, but I have a cat, and I do
[1:45:00] walk my cat sometimes. So thank
[1:45:03] you.
[1:45:04] Councilmember Erickson. We
[1:45:06] would just like to say the city
[1:45:09] of West Hollywood unequivocally
[1:45:11] supports cats as well as other
[1:45:14] animal companions of all sorts.
[1:45:16] So your cat is love is love at
[1:45:17] Danny. So whatever type of
[1:45:19] animal you want to have and
[1:45:20] take it to the dog park if you
[1:45:22] want. Um, I hate wood chips, um,
[1:45:25] so I think they are disgusting,
[1:45:27] um, and I would never take
[1:45:29] Winnie to Hart Park. Bob, you
[1:45:30] know this. I said this to you
[1:45:31] when we had a lovely meeting
[1:45:32] and we talked about many things,
[1:45:33] but
[1:45:34] I do want to thank Bob and the
[1:45:36] community members for their
[1:45:38] activism and the work that they
[1:45:39] did. Bob actually helped
[1:45:40] educate me on more things than
[1:45:42] I actually cared to know about
[1:45:42] and the binder that you
[1:45:44] provided, I think last year as
[1:45:46] well. Um, I am disappointed
[1:45:48] with some of the processes that
[1:45:49] have gone out in the community
[1:45:51] meetings. I remember I did go
[1:45:54] to a community meeting in 2020
[1:45:55] right before the pandemic at
[1:45:58] Hart Park and things obviously
[1:46:00] go with the flow and how things
[1:46:01] happen, but I do think the
[1:46:03] community, you know, uh
[1:46:05] ultimately does feel left out,
[1:46:06] and I understand that was never
[1:46:08] the intention, but as we do
[1:46:09] more infrastructure and
[1:46:11] projects, the more we can get
[1:46:13] out, the better. Um, I
[1:46:14] m glad I,
[1:46:14] I don
[1:46:15] t know what the synthetic
[1:46:18] wood chip looks like, um.
[1:46:18] So I
[1:46:20] m just going to trust my
[1:46:21] two colleagues on the
[1:46:22] subcommittee for it and glad
[1:46:24] that this can get done, maybe
[1:46:26] you could put it in my mailbox
[1:46:28] and I can touch it when I go in
[1:46:32] the next time. Um, but I hope
[1:46:35] that we can bring this uh
[1:46:38] this uh dog war uh to uh to an
[1:46:40] end woodchip war to an end here.
[1:46:42] Vice Mayor Heilman, no comments?
[1:46:45] Ok, terrific. I want to first
[1:46:46] start by thinking staff for
[1:46:49] your work, 18 meetings is no
[1:46:50] small feet and all the prep
[1:46:51] that goes into it and the many
[1:46:53] years of planning to get to
[1:46:54] this point. I want to also
[1:46:56] thank the subcommittee for your
[1:46:58] leadership, and it sounds like
[1:46:59] you
[1:47:00] re a disbanded subcommittee,
[1:47:02] maybe after this decision. So
[1:47:04] kudos to you and of course the
[1:47:06] community who I certainly hear
[1:47:08] the frustration about what the
[1:47:10] feeling of engagement and
[1:47:10] extension
[1:47:12] of information and outreach has
[1:47:13] looked like, but I also want to
[1:47:15] thank you because you took a
[1:47:16] hold of the moment and you
[1:47:17] really steered the ship in a
[1:47:18] different direction and had it
[1:47:20] not been for that surge of
[1:47:22] energy that came in and the
[1:47:24] intention that you brought to
[1:47:25] making sure that we all had
[1:47:26] that education. This could have
[1:47:27] looked a very different way at
[1:47:29] the end of the day. So we sit
[1:47:31] here with a project that I
[1:47:33] think reflects the voices that
[1:47:34] ve heard from, from the
[1:47:35] community and creates a very
[1:47:37] different and unique space in
[1:47:37] the city, one that I
[1:47:38] m looking
[1:47:39] forward to spending more time
[1:47:42] in. I know when we
[1:47:44] inaugurated the Rainbow Dog
[1:47:45] neon sign. It was a very
[1:47:46] special moment for the
[1:47:48] community and one of very few
[1:47:49] moments that the city really
[1:47:50] has to rally in that very
[1:47:52] special space. So as the plaza
[1:47:53] gets updated as that very
[1:47:55] incredible aids monument gets
[1:47:56] updated and as the whole park
[1:47:57] gets this refresh, I believe
[1:47:59] ll serve the folks who have
[1:48:00] been there and who know how
[1:48:01] special it is and invite a
[1:48:03] bigger sense of community into
[1:48:04] that space as well. So I
[1:48:05] really grateful that this
[1:48:06] project is moving forward and
[1:48:08] looking forward to seeing its
[1:48:10] next steps. Thank you so much
[1:48:12] And I also want to thank our
[1:48:14] government affairs liaison
[1:48:15] Hernan Molina, who
[1:48:15] s not
[1:48:16] represented at this table but
[1:48:17] has certainly been a part of
[1:48:18] the project team in advocating
[1:48:20] for funding for this project
[1:48:21] from all various levels of
[1:48:22] government. So shout out to
[1:48:24] Hernon for that work too.
[1:48:25] Ok, I think we have a motion in
[1:48:26] a second. We
[1:48:26] re ready for a
[1:48:32] vote.
[1:48:34] Terrific
[1:48:38] Thank you once again
[1:48:41] Uh, we moved item e3 to consent.
[1:48:41] So we
[1:48:43] re moving to item e4, the
[1:48:44] agreement without athlete fund
[1:48:46] to sponsor Pride House, la,
[1:48:49] West Hollywood.
[1:48:57] Wait for our team to join us.
[1:48:57] Ok, yeah, I don
[1:48:58] t know that we
[1:48:59] need a whole presentation. We
[1:49:02] held it back for a question, so
[1:49:02] ll allow Councilmember
[1:49:04] Meister to jump in.
[1:49:05] Thank you. There
[1:49:05] s no public
[1:49:06] comment, so we
[1:49:08] re clear. Ok,
[1:49:10] good. Um, so I just, I, I went
[1:49:12] through the agreement. I just
[1:49:14] want to make sure and also so
[1:49:16] that the community hears that
[1:49:17] the, the two, since we
[1:49:19] talking about dog parks, that
[1:49:21] the dog parks will not be
[1:49:24] impacted by this, by this, uh,
[1:49:25] you know, any of the events
[1:49:26] that Pride House does, because
[1:49:29] you know to a dog 17 days is
[1:49:30] like 4 months.
[1:49:36] Thank you. Good evening, Megan
[1:49:38] Reath Event Services supervisor.
[1:49:40] Um, so subsequent to the
[1:49:43] agreement before you tonight,
[1:49:46] we will execute a use a permit
[1:49:49] to use city property agreement
[1:49:53] without athlete fund, and that
[1:49:56] will define the dog park
[1:49:57] impacts. Um, I don
[1:49:58] t think we
[1:50:00] anticipate that the dog parks
[1:50:01] will be closed for the duration
[1:50:03] of the event, but with any
[1:50:05] large
[1:50:07] event during the build, there
[1:50:09] MAY be intermittent impact at
[1:50:12] times. We will, as we, you know,
[1:50:16] work with the producers to
[1:50:17] schedule um large
[1:50:19] infrastructure coming into the
[1:50:21] park. There MAY be times that
[1:50:23] the dog parks do need to be
[1:50:25] closed intermittently, like
[1:50:27] with any major event, we will
[1:50:29] make sure that um, you know,
[1:50:31] they are accessible to the
[1:50:33] public as long as is safely
[1:50:34] possible. So
[1:50:36] what I would suggest, since
[1:50:39] re a ways out from this is
[1:50:40] to ask Helen
[1:50:42] s team to to look
[1:50:45] at it and see how the entrances,
[1:50:47] uh, they can put, uh,
[1:50:49] alternative entrances on the
[1:50:51] other side of each of the dog
[1:50:52] parks. I know one would be
[1:50:54] fairly easy. The other 1 MAY be
[1:50:56] not as easy.
[1:50:58] Um, a small dog park, you know,
[1:51:01] could go on the north side, um,
[1:51:02] and I don
[1:51:03] t know about the
[1:51:05] large dog park, but, but we did,
[1:51:07] uh, we were able to keep it
[1:51:09] open by having that, that
[1:51:12] extra sort of gate on the uh on
[1:51:16] the east side of yes. I had my
[1:51:18] direction straight. So, um, so
[1:51:19] that was one of my concerns.
[1:51:23] And then, um, in the, um, in
[1:51:25] the agreement, uh, an
[1:51:28] attachment a, um, on page 5, we
[1:51:31] talk about, or I should say the,
[1:51:32] hang on one second, let me just
[1:51:35] get there.
[1:51:37] Um, we, we talk a lot about
[1:51:40] what the eligible uses of the
[1:51:42] sponsorship fee and, and what
[1:51:43] s, what it cannot be used
[1:51:44] for, but you don
[1:51:45] t really talk
[1:51:47] about what it can be used for.
[1:51:50] Is that pretty standard to not,
[1:51:52] to not include that.
[1:51:53] Do you know what I
[1:51:54] m talking
[1:51:55] about? I, I do know what you
[1:52:00] talking about. So we have gone
[1:52:04] through the eligible uses
[1:52:07] without athlete fund this
[1:52:08] agreement this evening, we
[1:52:11] asking that the council approve
[1:52:13] it as to form as final
[1:52:14] negotiations take place, and we
[1:52:15] can certainly work with the
[1:52:16] city attorney
[1:52:18] s office to see
[1:52:19] if they advise being more
[1:52:20] explicit in that area, ok,
[1:52:21] because that would, that would
[1:52:23] be one of my concerns. Um, and
[1:52:24] then I
[1:52:27] page 6 and page 11, where you
[1:52:29] talk about cancellation or
[1:52:31] termination. Um, I just want to
[1:52:33] also confirm there and again
[1:52:34] maybe you talked to the city
[1:52:36] attorney about it is that any
[1:52:38] funds that were dispersed, but
[1:52:40] not spent should be returned to
[1:52:42] the city. I know you, you bring
[1:52:44] it up in other places, but
[1:52:46] specifically on, on page 6
[1:52:47] where you talk about
[1:52:49] cancellation and page 11, where
[1:52:50] you talk about termination. It
[1:52:50] isn
[1:52:52] t, it isn
[1:52:53] t explicit. And
[1:52:53] that
[1:52:55] and to me, I just want, I want
[1:52:58] us to be um very specific about
[1:53:00] it, and the same thing on page
[1:53:06] 7, on, on uh the uh paragraph c,
[1:53:08] um, it says that the producers
[1:53:10] shall provide financial
[1:53:12] performance data within 30 days
[1:53:13] of the event, and I
[1:53:13] m just
[1:53:16] wondering, can we also make
[1:53:16] sure that that
[1:53:18] s if it, if
[1:53:18] there
[1:53:20] s cancellation or
[1:53:22] termination that that same
[1:53:24] requirement that within 30 days
[1:53:27] of cancellation or 30 days of
[1:53:29] termination that um they
[1:53:30] provide financial performance
[1:53:31] data as well.
[1:53:33] Absolutely, we can work with
[1:53:33] the city attorney
[1:53:34] s office on
[1:53:35] those items. Those are my
[1:53:36] concerns.
[1:53:39] Thank you.
[1:53:41] Are there any other comments or
[1:53:43] concerns to address, Vice Mayor?
[1:53:43] No, I
[1:53:46] m moving that we approve
[1:53:47] with the direction that
[1:53:48] s been
[1:53:49] given by our colleague.
[1:53:50] Thank you
[1:53:52] See a second to that motion as
[1:53:53] well, MADAM, MAY I say one
[1:53:55] thing? Oh, please, I would just
[1:53:56] like if it
[1:53:56] s, it
[1:53:58] s possible to
[1:54:00] give direction in this item or
[1:54:02] for the council just to have
[1:54:03] the coms department, make sure
[1:54:03] that they
[1:54:04] re doing all that
[1:54:06] they can to cross promote Pride
[1:54:08] House through city channels
[1:54:10] since it literally says Pride
[1:54:12] House la weho on it, um, and so
[1:54:14] I would love to make sure some
[1:54:15] of the programming that they
[1:54:17] doing leading up to the events.
[1:54:19] Um, also go to our channel
[1:54:21] specifically given the great
[1:54:21] staff
[1:54:23] report regarding pride itself
[1:54:24] and the impressions that was
[1:54:26] able to occur um talking about
[1:54:27] Pride House in terms of the
[1:54:28] Olympics might be a great
[1:54:30] tie-in. So if my colleagues are
[1:54:31] ok with it, just general
[1:54:34] direction for Pride House
[1:54:35] cross-communication as their
[1:54:37] events specifically around
[1:54:38] fundraising as well as other
[1:54:40] community opportunities. I know
[1:54:40] there
[1:54:41] s an incredible event
[1:54:44] with speed skater coming forth,
[1:54:46] uh, first openly gay speed
[1:54:47] skater, Sid, Well, correct me
[1:54:47] if I
[1:54:48] m wrong, um, coming forth
[1:54:49] and it
[1:54:50] s a great opportunity
[1:54:50] for further aware
[1:54:51] ness about Pride House. So if
[1:54:52] my colleagues are ok with that,
[1:54:54] the coms department to put that
[1:54:58] stuff out um would be helpful.
[1:55:01] Great. Thank you.
[1:55:01] Ok, we
[1:55:07] ll move to a vote
[1:55:08] Thank you to the staff team and
[1:55:10] thank you to the champions of
[1:55:11] Pride House.
[1:55:12] Uh, we
[1:55:16] ll move to, um, item f5.
[1:55:19] Seeing a number of these items
[1:55:23] under f move to consent f5 is
[1:55:25] the audit of vacant residential
[1:55:26] and commercial units.
[1:55:27] Councilmember Meister, I know
[1:55:28] this is your item. We do have a
[1:55:30] number of public comments. So
[1:55:32] would you like to give us a
[1:55:33] brief description and then
[1:55:34] ll move into public comment
[1:55:35] before we come back to
[1:55:36] deliberation. Yeah, I mean,
[1:55:36] basically I
[1:55:37] ll talk about the
[1:55:39] benefits of doing this. Um,
[1:55:42] first of all, as we all know,
[1:55:44] vacant units impact community
[1:55:46] vitality and long-term
[1:55:47] vacancies, both residential and
[1:55:48] commercial
[1:55:49] diminish neighborhood, uh,
[1:55:51] vibrancy, hurt local businesses
[1:55:53] and can contribute to blight
[1:55:55] and nuisance conditions. Um,
[1:55:57] economic and public safety
[1:55:59] concerns, empty storefronts,
[1:56:00] weakened business corridors,
[1:56:02] reduced foot traffic, and
[1:56:04] increased demands on code
[1:56:05] enforcement and public safety
[1:56:06] resources, and we
[1:56:07] re all very
[1:56:09] well aware of that. Um, housing
[1:56:11] supply implications, uh,
[1:56:12] residential units left vacant
[1:56:14] for extended periods, reduce
[1:56:16] the supply of available housing
[1:56:18] and distort
[1:56:20] our understanding of actual
[1:56:22] rental market conditions. Um,
[1:56:24] current, uh, our current
[1:56:26] tracking has some gaps. Uh, we
[1:56:28] have, um
[1:56:29] the existing, we have the
[1:56:31] vacant property registry, but
[1:56:33] that only captures properties
[1:56:35] that are substantially vacant.
[1:56:35] There
[1:56:37] s no system to track
[1:56:39] individual vacant units within
[1:56:41] occupied buildings, um, the
[1:56:42] audit will fill a key
[1:56:44] information gap. It will
[1:56:45] quantify how many units
[1:56:47] commercial and residential, are
[1:56:48] sitting empty and where they
[1:56:51] are located, uh, understanding
[1:56:52] why units remain vacant.
[1:56:54] Hopefully, the audit will
[1:56:56] explore reasons for long-term
[1:56:57] vacancies such as pending
[1:56:58] redevelopment, market
[1:57:00] speculation, or ownership
[1:57:03] strategies helping the city to
[1:57:05] design targeted policy
[1:57:07] responses. Um, it supports
[1:57:09] broader city goals, uh, the
[1:57:11] data will inform initiatives
[1:57:12] like the zoning Improvement
[1:57:15] Project and other housing and
[1:57:16] economic development efforts.
[1:57:19] It will actually give us a um
[1:57:24] a better understanding of the
[1:57:25] current situation and uh
[1:57:27] data-driven policymaking. You
[1:57:27] know I
[1:57:29] m all about the numbers,
[1:57:31] the audit provides a factual or
[1:57:33] will provide a factual
[1:57:35] foundation for potential
[1:57:37] programs or regulations to
[1:57:39] discourage unnecessary
[1:57:41] vacancies and promote active
[1:57:43] use of property, and it will
[1:57:45] promote a more complete picture
[1:57:47] of our community by
[1:57:48] understanding the full extent
[1:57:50] and causes of vacancy, the city
[1:57:51] can better
[1:57:52] plan for economic resilience,
[1:57:54] housing availability, and
[1:57:55] neighborhood will be.
[1:57:57] Thank you for the presentation.
[1:57:59] Appreciate that. Um, we
[1:57:59] ll go
[1:58:02] to public comment now. I see
[1:58:04] Wendy Goldman, followed by
[1:58:06] Anita Goswami, and then we have
[1:58:07] a number of citizen position
[1:58:08] slips. Ok.
[1:58:11] Hang.
[1:58:14] Good evening, Wendy Goldman,
[1:58:15] Cynthia Sunset Neighborhood
[1:58:16] Watch, resident of West
[1:58:18] Hollywood.
[1:58:20] The assessment of vacancies is
[1:58:21] important now more than ever.
[1:58:22] We don
[1:58:22] t have a housing
[1:58:26] shortage. We have a crisis of
[1:58:28] unlisted residential vacancies.
[1:58:30] Landlords have found a way to
[1:58:33] circumvent policies by keeping
[1:58:34] units unlisted without an
[1:58:36] accurate count of the vacancies
[1:58:38] developers take advantage of
[1:58:40] state laws and tenants lose
[1:58:42] amenities. For example, in my
[1:58:45] 38 unit building on the 9000
[1:58:47] block of Herot Street, at least
[1:58:48] 19 units
[1:58:49] are vacant. No new tenants have
[1:58:53] moved in for 5 years, 16 of us
[1:58:55] are over 60 and face safety
[1:58:56] risks.
[1:58:57] There are other vacant
[1:58:59] properties on Herod, including
[1:59:00] the long abandoned craftsman
[1:59:02] and duplex where 18 tenants
[1:59:04] were evicted more than 20 years
[1:59:07] ago in an eight unit building
[1:59:10] at 99,004 Herot has remained
[1:59:12] vacant for years. An easier way
[1:59:14] to collect residential data is
[1:59:16] via us Postal Service carriers.
[1:59:17] They know exactly how many
[1:59:20] vacancies exist, who has moved
[1:59:22] in or out, and whose mail is
[1:59:24] undeliverable or forwarded.
[1:59:25] After lengthy periods of
[1:59:26] uncertainty
[1:59:28] s time for the city to hold
[1:59:31] owners liable and to enforce
[1:59:33] vacancy tax policies that
[1:59:35] reduce the number of units kept
[1:59:37] off market. The artificially
[1:59:38] inflate the ability of new
[1:59:40] residents to move in and give
[1:59:42] an unrealistic economic picture
[1:59:44] to investors. Earlier this year,
[1:59:46] in response to local wildfires,
[1:59:47] council voted to allow
[1:59:49] short-term rentals for less
[1:59:51] than one year. Did the city
[1:59:52] manager provide follow-up
[1:59:54] report of this urgency policy.
[1:59:56] Our short term rentals
[1:59:56] providing
[1:59:58] housing to those displaced by
[2:00:00] the fires or vacationers.
[2:00:01] Compounding the off-market
[2:00:03] problem is the development of
[2:00:05] ADUs. Please prevent renters
[2:00:07] from losing amenities like
[2:00:09] parking, as 80Us are permitted.
[2:00:12] Our city streets cannot
[2:00:14] accommodate additional vehicles.
[2:00:15] Thank you.
[2:00:19] Anita Goswami
[2:00:21] Anita Anita Kiswami, longtime
[2:00:23] resident of West Hollywood. Um,
[2:00:25] I strongly support this because
[2:00:27] the city is spending
[2:00:29] significant resources of staff
[2:00:31] time and money to review and
[2:00:32] approve development projects.
[2:00:33] You
[2:00:34] re pushing densification.
[2:00:34] You
[2:00:35] re ruining neighborhoods
[2:00:37] via reducing planning reviews,
[2:00:39] notification, stripping parking.
[2:00:40] This is all ruining
[2:00:41] neighborhoods. What you
[2:00:44] doing is you are taking away
[2:00:44] and you
[2:00:47] re taking away based on
[2:00:48] some fluffy idea. Actually, uh,
[2:00:49] but anyway
[2:00:51] these efforts, this is back to
[2:00:53] what is the city actually doing?
[2:00:54] What city staff doing? You
[2:00:56] spoke earlier about, you know,
[2:00:57] time being wasted a planning
[2:00:59] commission and at city council.
[2:01:00] Well, let
[2:01:01] s start focusing that
[2:01:04] time and that effort on what we
[2:01:06] really have, getting a real
[2:01:07] baseline of what
[2:01:08] s going on in
[2:01:08] the city. I
[2:01:09] ve been walking
[2:01:11] around the city a lot lately,
[2:01:12] all over the city, not just my
[2:01:13] local neighborhood, and I
[2:01:14] yes, I
[2:01:15] m wearing my
[2:01:17] neighborhood watch t-shirt, but
[2:01:18] looking at other neighborhoods
[2:01:20] because we are all residents
[2:01:21] of West Hollywood. It is not
[2:01:23] one specific area. It
[2:01:24] s across
[2:01:26] all of West Hollywood, and we
[2:01:28] need to understand how much of
[2:01:29] that space is actually vacant
[2:01:30] because we can walk by it and
[2:01:33] we see it. I see it every day,
[2:01:34] but we need to look into why we
[2:01:36] have so much of it. We don
[2:01:38] need more development. We need
[2:01:40] to better use what we have. And
[2:01:40] that
[2:01:42] s both on a residential
[2:01:43] and a commercial level. We
[2:01:44] don
[2:01:45] t want West Hollywood to
[2:01:47] become a ghost town full of
[2:01:48] empty storefronts and empty
[2:01:49] apartments priced too high
[2:01:50] to rent. We
[2:01:51] re already seeing
[2:01:53] that with businesses on Sunset
[2:01:54] and Santa Monica as well as the
[2:01:56] residential streets. Again,
[2:02:00] looking for a clear, realistic,
[2:02:01] transparent baseline and
[2:02:03] analysis, and that means
[2:02:04] transparency throughout the
[2:02:05] process, not just direction and
[2:02:07] then a PowerPoint several
[2:02:07] months later. We
[2:02:08] ve got
[2:02:09] excellent city staff. Let
[2:02:09] s get
[2:02:11] them working on what really
[2:02:13] matters to this city. What
[2:02:15] really matters to the people
[2:02:17] here and put on hold the
[2:02:18] outside interests that just
[2:02:19] look at us as a piggy bank
[2:02:20] to take over. Let
[2:02:21] s do this for
[2:02:23] us. Thank you.
[2:02:24] Thank you both for your public
[2:02:24] comments. We
[2:02:25] ll go to Citizen
[2:02:27] position slips.
[2:02:30] Mayor, we have one, Kevin
[2:02:32] Burton in support of item f5.
[2:02:33] Thank you.
[2:02:34] Uh, we
[2:02:35] ll come to Counciluncil
[2:02:37] for discussion and deliberation.
[2:02:39] Uh, yeah, Councilor Erickson.
[2:02:41] So, um, well, I, I remember, I
[2:02:42] don
[2:02:44] t know if we both did the
[2:02:45] apartment registry together
[2:02:47] ages ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah, um,
[2:02:47] so I
[2:02:48] m generally in support of
[2:02:51] this. How do we get um as
[2:02:52] something that came in from the
[2:02:53] Chamber of Commerce. How do we
[2:02:56] make sure that
[2:02:58] uh larger building units that
[2:02:59] were addressed in that letter
[2:03:01] can comply and we can use that
[2:03:03] data.
[2:03:05] Correctly and not have a skew
[2:03:07] anything. And see, this is the
[2:03:10] one of the gaps is that the
[2:03:11] registry is great because when
[2:03:13] someone moves in, but when
[2:03:14] someone moves out, we don
[2:03:15] know that. There
[2:03:16] s no
[2:03:18] registration when they move out.
[2:03:19] So that
[2:03:21] s part of this, the
[2:03:23] issue, um, and, and why we need
[2:03:25] to look at what is actually
[2:03:27] vacant. We cannot tell that
[2:03:30] from the registrations.
[2:03:34] Vice Mayor Heilman
[2:03:37] Yeah, I, I support the goal,
[2:03:39] but not necessarily the
[2:03:41] mechanism that is reflected in
[2:03:44] the staff report. We already
[2:03:47] get information sort of
[2:03:49] collective information from our
[2:03:53] economic development, um, uh,
[2:03:55] leader Laura is here on what
[2:03:57] our vacancy rate is, what our
[2:04:00] commercial vacancy rate is. My
[2:04:01] concern, and I think the
[2:04:02] concern that you
[2:04:03] re trying to
[2:04:05] address is
[2:04:09] the, the notable commercial
[2:04:11] vacancies that uh seem to be
[2:04:13] vacant for a long periods of
[2:04:16] time that um maybe being kept
[2:04:18] off the market, those are the
[2:04:19] ones that I
[2:04:21] m concerned about.
[2:04:23] m not concerned about a
[2:04:26] vacancy that is temporary where
[2:04:28] one business goes out and
[2:04:29] another one is working on its
[2:04:30] tenants
[2:04:31] improvements, and it
[2:04:33] sometimes takes longer than we
[2:04:35] would like for them to get
[2:04:36] up and running. Um
[2:04:37] and the same and it
[2:04:39] s true with
[2:04:40] the residential units. I
[2:04:41] m, I
[2:04:44] not concerned with the vacancy
[2:04:46] that occurs because somebody
[2:04:48] moves out and two months later
[2:04:50] somebody moves in, that
[2:04:51] s gonna
[2:04:56] occur in, in any healthy
[2:04:58] environment with apartments.
[2:04:58] What I think we
[2:04:59] re concerned
[2:05:00] about and what you
[2:05:01] re concerned
[2:05:03] about is what Wendy is
[2:05:05] identifying property owners who
[2:05:07] are keeping residential
[2:05:09] units off of the market and not
[2:05:11] renting them out, not making
[2:05:13] them available for rent.
[2:05:16] So the, the idea of an audit
[2:05:18] seems like a different
[2:05:22] or or a mechanism that might
[2:05:24] spend a lot of time and money
[2:05:26] looking at units that were not
[2:05:28] really concerned about. I
[2:05:30] concerned and I, I wanna figure
[2:05:32] out a mechanism and ask our
[2:05:35] staff to figure out a mechanism,
[2:05:38] how do we identify
[2:05:39] um residential units that are
[2:05:42] being kept off the market for a
[2:05:44] substantial period of time. How
[2:05:49] do we identify those commercial
[2:05:51] units that are being kept off
[2:05:52] market and there don
[2:05:53] t appear
[2:05:55] to be any realistic efforts to
[2:05:57] rent them. Those are the things
[2:06:01] that I think contribute to our
[2:06:03] our, our concerns in the
[2:06:03] community
[2:06:06] s concerns, not the,
[2:06:08] the occasional vacancy that
[2:06:10] gonna occur no matter what.
[2:06:11] Yeah, and I agree with you that
[2:06:13] the part of the problem is,
[2:06:14] again, it
[2:06:15] s uh if you look at
[2:06:16] uh whatever the numbers are
[2:06:18] from that from the organization
[2:06:20] that puts out what the vacancy
[2:06:22] rates are, at least with the
[2:06:25] residential, they don
[2:06:25] t know
[2:06:27] because again, they
[2:06:29] re going by
[2:06:29] what
[2:06:29] s what
[2:06:30] s been registered
[2:06:31] and
[2:06:32] and since something was
[2:06:34] registered, someone MAY have
[2:06:36] left. I can tell you even just
[2:06:39] in my, in just within 3 blocks,
[2:06:41] where I walked the dog. There
[2:06:42] is a building that has been
[2:06:44] vacant. It
[2:06:45] s a 3-unit, uh, it
[2:06:46] a triplex that
[2:06:47] s been vacant
[2:06:50] for over 5 years. No, no, no,
[2:06:52] no signs of anything like
[2:06:54] anything happening. On my
[2:06:56] street, a single-family home,
[2:06:59] uh, the person had uh was asked
[2:07:00] to move when the property
[2:07:04] changed hands. It has been
[2:07:06] vacant since mid-covid with a
[2:07:08] sign coming soon. Um, and then,
[2:07:10] uh, even on, and then on
[2:07:13] Huntley, another, uh, building
[2:07:15] that has 2 units, vacant. I
[2:07:18] mean, for years, it just, so
[2:07:19] m just trying to figure out
[2:07:20] how, I agree, I don
[2:07:21] t want this
[2:07:23] to be an expensive endeavor,
[2:07:25] but I want it to be an
[2:07:27] effective, accurate endeavor so
[2:07:29] that we can really see what our
[2:07:30] current situation is, and
[2:07:31] especially as
[2:07:32] we go into talking about Zip,
[2:07:34] you know, we need to know what
[2:07:37] the actual, what the reality is
[2:07:40] and not base it on, on some,
[2:07:42] you know, magic number that
[2:07:44] happens from, you know,
[2:07:47] percentages that some real
[2:07:50] estate uh organizations send
[2:07:52] sends us so are you comfortable
[2:07:54] with asking our staff to come
[2:07:57] up with a mechanism to identify
[2:07:58] what I think we
[2:07:59] re trying to
[2:08:01] identify as you described the
[2:08:02] rental units that are being
[2:08:04] kept off the market for long
[2:08:05] periods of time. I don
[2:08:06] t with
[2:08:09] no sign of development, with no
[2:08:11] sign of movement, and, and I
[2:08:11] know we
[2:08:13] ve had concerns in the
[2:08:14] past with new developments and
[2:08:15] the
[2:08:18] the slow time it takes them for
[2:08:20] what they call absorption and
[2:08:22] and getting new tenants in
[2:08:24] there. I think if they
[2:08:26] actively trying to lease those,
[2:08:28] those are not concerned. Yeah,
[2:08:28] that
[2:08:30] s not the target, ok.
[2:08:32] I see Councilembur Hang and I
[2:08:33] have some comments as well.
[2:08:33] Councilor Burhang.
[2:08:35] Thank you, Mayor. Um, I want to
[2:08:37] thank my colleague for bringing
[2:08:39] this item forward. Um, I do
[2:08:40] appreciate the spirit of the
[2:08:42] item and you know we can
[2:08:42] t fix
[2:08:43] what we can
[2:08:44] t measure, right?
[2:08:44] So that
[2:08:45] s the whole purpose of
[2:08:46] this item. Um and I think it
[2:08:49] a good proactive step forward
[2:08:51] for the city. Thank you.
[2:08:52] I have some concerns based on
[2:08:54] what was written in the staff
[2:08:55] report, mostly with regards to
[2:08:58] the timing. We have agreed as a
[2:09:00] matter of council priorities to
[2:09:01] make sure that these aren
[2:09:03] things that staff would set off
[2:09:05] to do in this moment, and this
[2:09:08] is very much a crisis of in
[2:09:09] this moment and as you said,
[2:09:11] because of the pandemic. So my
[2:09:13] concern with what the mechanism
[2:09:14] might look like could be very
[2:09:16] different in a moment of time
[2:09:18] that is different from where
[2:09:20] re currently at. So that
[2:09:21] s the timing
[2:09:22] of what this would look like
[2:09:23] and the idea that we
[2:09:24] re going
[2:09:27] to try to measure vacancy,
[2:09:28] which is going to take time to
[2:09:30] do, and that could change over
[2:09:31] that course of time. So we
[2:09:32] not going to be able to get a
[2:09:35] point in time count of vacancy,
[2:09:37] and that this is coming from
[2:09:39] what feels like a momentary
[2:09:40] crisis. It
[2:09:41] s not real, so
[2:09:41] that
[2:09:42] s, I have a challenge
[2:09:42] about that. We
[2:09:43] re not going to
[2:09:43] be, it
[2:09:44] s unlike the
[2:09:44] homelessness count where we
[2:09:46] going to go out one night and
[2:09:47] count and then have a sense of
[2:09:49] what that data looks like. Yeah,
[2:09:50] I guess what I would
[2:09:52] say is that like if you look at
[2:09:55] what Wendy Goldman brought up,
[2:09:56] uh, her building, you know,
[2:09:58] half empty for how many years.
[2:09:59] s not really, it
[2:10:00] s not
[2:10:01] something that
[2:10:02] s happening over
[2:10:03] one night. This is, this is
[2:10:06] years in the making. So I, I
[2:10:07] don
[2:10:07] t, I don
[2:10:08] t see it as a
[2:10:10] point of time, in time, I see
[2:10:13] this as we need to do something
[2:10:15] about this now because it, it
[2:10:17] is continuing and it
[2:10:18] s getting
[2:10:20] worse. And I, uh, the
[2:10:20] commercial vacan
[2:10:22] c y aspect of it, I think, is
[2:10:23] differently complicated. I hear
[2:10:26] you on the residential side of
[2:10:28] it. I would wonder in a similar
[2:10:30] approach that we took when we
[2:10:32] started to rein in short term
[2:10:34] rentals and Airbnbs, code
[2:10:35] enforcement was looking at this
[2:10:37] in a much more significant way.
[2:10:39] I wonder if there is some sort
[2:10:41] of call out mechanism that the
[2:10:43] community could help with. We
[2:10:45] sort of had been community
[2:10:47] members that were identifying
[2:10:48] potential short term violation,
[2:10:49] rental violations within their
[2:10:50] own buildings, and that helped
[2:10:51] us create a
[2:10:52] paper trail, you know, a trail
[2:10:53] to follow for some of that
[2:10:54] enforcement mechanism. It does
[2:10:56] feel a bit like whack a mole,
[2:10:56] but what I
[2:10:57] m hearing in the
[2:10:58] staff report is how difficult
[2:11:00] ll be to, you know, comb
[2:11:01] over all of the city, and I
[2:11:03] think what we are trying to get
[2:11:05] to is an understanding of why
[2:11:07] this is occurring and what
[2:11:08] controls we have as a city to
[2:11:09] change that, and I don
[2:11:09] t think
[2:11:11] s going to take an entire
[2:11:13] city review to understand some
[2:11:14] of that scale of control that
[2:11:17] we MAY be able to differently
[2:11:18] impose, so just trying to see
[2:11:19] down the road, what are we
[2:11:19] trying to get to? We
[2:11:20] re trying
[2:11:20] to get to a situation
[2:11:21] where we as council are able to
[2:11:24] do something differently about
[2:11:25] the circumstances and with
[2:11:27] enough data and information we
[2:11:28] MAY be able to determine that.
[2:11:28] I don
[2:11:29] t know that we need a
[2:11:31] full vacancy count of the city
[2:11:32] or that that is the thing that
[2:11:33] will become helpful to our
[2:11:34] information. Is that making
[2:11:35] sense? Am I saying that well,
[2:11:36] like anything like market
[2:11:37] research, it
[2:11:37] s, you know, you
[2:11:40] can,, you can take a sample of
[2:11:45] that, um, and, and project, um,
[2:11:45] if you
[2:11:46] re comfortable with that
[2:11:49] sample, um, and, and it should
[2:11:51] be scientifically done and not
[2:11:51] like
[2:11:54] not an engaged, uh, you know,
[2:11:56] um, online survey that anybody
[2:11:58] can can answer. Uh, we should
[2:12:01] make sure that it is, you know,
[2:12:02] residents and and business
[2:12:04] people that are that are
[2:12:06] responding from the city.
[2:12:08] Were there any other comments
[2:12:10] from my colleagues? Um, so yeah,
[2:12:12] m, it sounds like the
[2:12:13] direction that we
[2:12:14] re getting
[2:12:16] towards is to not maybe follow
[2:12:17] what is directly outlined in
[2:12:19] this report, but ask staff to
[2:12:21] come back with something that
[2:12:24] would help us better assess
[2:12:27] vacant residential units and
[2:12:29] commercial units without maybe
[2:12:30] a whole citywide approach to
[2:12:32] that, but some sort of
[2:12:34] mechanism that we can use to or
[2:12:35] to capture the information
[2:12:36] that
[2:12:36] s happening potentially
[2:12:37] from community
[2:12:39] you know, outreach to us as a
[2:12:41] city and then staff can pursue
[2:12:42] that and
[2:12:43] look into that more. Yeah, and
[2:12:45] m happy to work with them if
[2:12:48] they want to bounce ideas off
[2:12:48] me. That, that
[2:12:49] s fine. Ok, and
[2:12:49] you
[2:12:50] re supportive of that vice
[2:12:51] mayor. Is that ok?
[2:12:53] Any
[2:12:55] disagreementer, yeah, city
[2:12:59] manager, just to go back to the
[2:13:00] timing aspect um so it
[2:13:01] s stated
[2:13:03] in the staff analysis section
[2:13:04] right now, as you all have said,
[2:13:05] we don
[2:13:05] t have a current
[2:13:07] mechanism and so that would
[2:13:08] have to be developed and that
[2:13:10] going to take some time. Um, as
[2:13:12] stated in the staff analysis
[2:13:15] that section this will be part
[2:13:16] of the work plan for fiscal
[2:13:18] year 2027. So at that time we
[2:13:22] come back with the mechanism,
[2:13:24] the only problem with
[2:13:27] that is that, you know, we
[2:13:29] talking about changing our
[2:13:32] zoning over across the entire
[2:13:33] city possibly, possibly.
[2:13:36] So, in order to do that,
[2:13:39] realistically, and to to to do
[2:13:39] something that
[2:13:40] s fair, you know,
[2:13:43] you really need to have an idea
[2:13:45] of what the existing condition
[2:13:47] is. So I, I
[2:13:48] m just concerned
[2:13:49] that that
[2:13:50] s not going to, you
[2:13:53] know, in some ways, maybe it
[2:13:57] will help, you know, counsel
[2:13:59] and in 2040, but it
[2:14:00] s not going
[2:14:02] to help us with direction for
[2:14:03] policies that we
[2:14:04] re making
[2:14:05] you know, this year and next
[2:14:08] year, but if I MAY, the zip
[2:14:10] zoning improvement program is a
[2:14:11] mandate under our housing
[2:14:13] element, which is part of a
[2:14:14] state, a statewide requirement
[2:14:17] for us as a city. That
[2:14:21] requirement includes 3,966 new
[2:14:22] units of building. It doesn
[2:14:24] say that we can apply existing
[2:14:25] units that happen to be found
[2:14:27] vacant towards that count. It
[2:14:28] is about new I understand that,
[2:14:31] but it also will, it would help
[2:14:33] us to know where they are
[2:14:36] and, and what and what
[2:14:39] affordability level they are,
[2:14:40] because even though we have
[2:14:41] requirements from the state, I
[2:14:42] don
[2:14:43] t know. I think we have, we
[2:14:44] know our city better than our
[2:14:46] state does, or, or we should
[2:14:47] want to know our city better
[2:14:50] than our state does, that we
[2:14:51] should have that information.
[2:14:53] We should, we should be able to
[2:14:56] say, you know, we have enough
[2:14:58] luxury units
[2:15:00] 10% of them are vacant because
[2:15:00] they
[2:15:02] re waiting for a $4500 a
[2:15:05] month rent to come around, um,
[2:15:07] but we have a shortage of
[2:15:09] affordable housing. So, I mean,
[2:15:11] I just, I just think we, we
[2:15:13] needed to inform our policies
[2:15:14] moving forward. That
[2:15:15] s, that
[2:15:17] the bottom line for me. And I
[2:15:17] don
[2:15:17] t disagree with that. I
[2:15:18] just don
[2:15:18] t want it to get
[2:15:20] conflated with the aim of Zip
[2:15:21] and where that
[2:15:22] s coming from
[2:15:24] because that is about
[2:15:25] recognizing the state
[2:15:26] s overall
[2:15:27] housing shortage, the region
[2:15:28] overall
[2:15:29] housing shortage, which is in
[2:15:31] the 600 thousands of units. So
[2:15:32] regardless of how many units we
[2:15:34] MAY find vacant in this city,
[2:15:35] that context still exists in
[2:15:37] the bigger region and so I do
[2:15:39] agree that it is important to
[2:15:40] have an understanding of what
[2:15:42] is creating the long term
[2:15:44] vacancies in some of these
[2:15:46] residential properties, and my
[2:15:48] guess is it has largely to do
[2:15:49] with the decision making of
[2:15:50] property owners and some of
[2:15:51] their poor decision making
[2:15:53] processes and, you know,
[2:15:54] selfishness that isn
[2:15:56] contributing to the larger
[2:15:57] beneficial, you know, what
[2:15:58] s happening in the city in a
[2:15:59] beneficial way, but I don
[2:16:00] know that that is something
[2:16:01] that we should think about when
[2:16:03] it comes to zip and the zoning
[2:16:04] improvement process. It just,
[2:16:05] they should be kept separate
[2:16:06] and I want to say that for the
[2:16:07] public
[2:16:08] s knowledge too, so
[2:16:10] re not conflating this idea
[2:16:13] of enough vacancy existing to
[2:16:14] account for the housing that we
[2:16:16] need to account for.
[2:16:19] I, I agree with you, Mayor, but
[2:16:24] I also think this is an issue
[2:16:26] certainly for people in Wendy
[2:16:26] building. It
[2:16:27] s a crisis in that
[2:16:29] building, and we need to get to
[2:16:31] the bottom of it, and with
[2:16:34] respect to commercial vacancies,
[2:16:36] we, we need to address the
[2:16:38] areas where there have been
[2:16:41] long term vacancies that um
[2:16:43] adversely impact the vitality
[2:16:45] of our community. Laura was
[2:16:47] kind enough to email me
[2:16:50] or send me the current vacancy
[2:16:56] rate, which is about 10.5 for
[2:16:59] retail 12.7 for office, so it
[2:17:02] has come down from the last
[2:17:03] report we saw. I know that we
[2:17:07] made some changes to the
[2:17:10] Pacific Design Center, Master
[2:17:12] plan to help address some of
[2:17:16] the office vacancies at their
[2:17:17] facilities, um
[2:17:19] and clearly we need to keep
[2:17:21] working at it, but our vacancy
[2:17:23] rates for the commercial and
[2:17:26] retail are not that out of line
[2:17:28] with other communities that
[2:17:28] doesn
[2:17:29] t mean that there aren
[2:17:32] areas that are of significant
[2:17:34] concern as well as properties
[2:17:36] that seem to be kept off the
[2:17:39] market for long periods of time
[2:17:40] that creates problems for the
[2:17:43] community. So I, I agree with
[2:17:44] Councilmember Meister that we
[2:17:45] need to try to move this
[2:17:46] forward as quickly
[2:17:48] as possible. Councilor Erickson,
[2:17:49] and I just think the ultimate
[2:17:51] thing that we have to realize
[2:17:52] is that people are sitting on
[2:17:54] vacant properties just because
[2:17:55] s cheaper to keep building
[2:17:58] vacant than it is to actually
[2:17:59] put people in it most of the
[2:18:01] time and when we see a lot of
[2:18:03] the vacancy tax conversations
[2:18:05] and as we have kind of talked
[2:18:07] about here multiple ways, um,
[2:18:08] most of those costs on the
[2:18:10] taxes get just passed through
[2:18:11] to the other tenants as a
[2:18:13] result. And so tenants actually
[2:18:15] ended up paying more, um, and I,
[2:18:16] and,
[2:18:17] and you know, I don
[2:18:17] t want to
[2:18:19] call it my my friend Wendy, but
[2:18:20] you know people aren
[2:18:21] t moving
[2:18:23] into her building, not because
[2:18:24] s not, you know, a place
[2:18:26] where you can live and be in
[2:18:27] West Hollywood. It
[2:18:28] s because
[2:18:28] there
[2:18:30] problems that I think have
[2:18:32] persisted and thankfully with
[2:18:32] her work in the neighborhood
[2:18:34] watch and trying to improve our
[2:18:35] street and the city needs to
[2:18:36] play a part in that. It
[2:18:37] s tried
[2:18:38] to help the vitality of the
[2:18:40] neighborhood, but her building
[2:18:43] is more
[2:18:44] uh costly just sitting there,
[2:18:45] no matter if there are people
[2:18:46] there or not, because it
[2:18:49] worth a lot of money sitting
[2:18:50] right below sunset, and having
[2:18:52] people in there is one thing to
[2:18:53] provide homes, but we aren
[2:18:58] landlords are trying to cash in
[2:19:00] on a lot of different ways and,
[2:19:02] and frankly the the social good
[2:19:03] of actually providing housing
[2:19:03] isn
[2:19:05] t being done and no matter
[2:19:06] what they do. And so, you know,
[2:19:07] I, I don
[2:19:08] t want to place the
[2:19:11] blame all on one entity, but
[2:19:13] rents are too high and the
[2:19:15] state is the one that controls
[2:19:18] a lot of commercial as well as
[2:19:20] residential rent restrictions.
[2:19:20] That
[2:19:21] s why we need to overturn
[2:19:23] Costa Hawans, the Ellis Act,
[2:19:25] and advocate for continued
[2:19:28] commercial lease, uh, rental.
[2:19:30] Uh, ways in which we can adopt
[2:19:31] those locally. So and that
[2:19:32] never going to change until the
[2:19:35] state actually moves.
[2:19:35] What I
[2:19:36] m hearing from staff is
[2:19:38] that the soonest this would be
[2:19:39] able to move forward is 2027,
[2:19:40] but you
[2:19:41] re requesting it move
[2:19:43] sooner. How, how do we square
[2:19:48] that?
[2:19:51] Maybe we, we refer it to our
[2:19:53] budget subcommittee and asked
[2:19:56] the city manager to look at
[2:19:59] this in the context of the
[2:20:02] other programs and ask our
[2:20:03] budget subcommittee if there
[2:20:05] are ways to expedite this.
[2:20:09] But it does sound like there
[2:20:10] agreement by everyone on the
[2:20:13] council that this is valuable
[2:20:14] information that we need to
[2:20:18] gather, um, and how quickly we
[2:20:20] can do that depends a lot on
[2:20:24] our other priorities. So, um, I,
[2:20:25] m at least expressing the
[2:20:27] view that we should try to move
[2:20:29] it forward as quickly as
[2:20:31] possible, but rather than
[2:20:32] trying to
[2:20:34] prioritize it with our other
[2:20:35] priorities right now. Maybe
[2:20:35] that
[2:20:37] s the appropriate way to
[2:20:39] move this forward tonight.
[2:20:40] Councilor Meister, you
[2:20:40] re in
[2:20:42] agreement. Any, ok.
[2:20:43] Are there any other comments or
[2:20:52] questions?
[2:20:55] Do you have clarity on the
[2:20:56] direction and the motion, City
[2:20:58] clerk. Yes, Mayor. So this will
[2:21:01] be, um
[2:21:03] deliberated with our budget
[2:21:05] subcommittee to expedite the
[2:21:08] process, um, and we are all in
[2:21:09] agreement. The council is in
[2:21:10] agreement that this needs to
[2:21:13] move forward, yeah, to discuss
[2:21:15] avenues for expediting.
[2:21:17] And this meaning some rever
[2:21:18] yeah, potential version of a
[2:21:20] mechanism, not yeah, this is
[2:21:25] the report was given. Great.
[2:21:27] I think the city attorney. Oh,
[2:21:29] m so sorry I was
[2:21:33] Yeah, I, yeah, ok.
[2:21:37] Ok, thank you. Um, well, item 4
[2:21:39] or f6 was moved to consent.
[2:21:41] re on item f7, and I believe
[2:21:42] Councilmember Meister, you had
[2:21:44] some questions on this item,
[2:21:46] and I see a public commenter.
[2:21:47] Was that correct, Anita? Did
[2:21:49] you sign up to speak on this?
[2:21:51] Do you want to allow public
[2:21:52] comment. Anita Goswami, please
[2:21:54] come up for your public comment.
[2:21:58] Hi there, Anita Kiswami,
[2:22:00] longtime resident, uh, I agree
[2:22:02] with the person who submitted
[2:22:04] public comment against this. I
[2:22:04] don
[2:22:05] t want my city to taxes
[2:22:07] going for this. West Hollywood
[2:22:10] is the city that was built on
[2:22:10] activism. That
[2:22:11] s exactly what
[2:22:13] we did. This is how we started.
[2:22:15] ve been around since the
[2:22:16] early days of West Hollywood.
[2:22:17] We don
[2:22:18] t need to go elsewhere
[2:22:20] for this. Um, one of the things
[2:22:21] that I feel is if our city
[2:22:24] leadership feels they need to
[2:22:25] network and connect
[2:22:26] more if you need to be out
[2:22:27] there, and that
[2:22:27] s what you
[2:22:28] think is important for your
[2:22:29] career, and that
[2:22:29] s what you
[2:22:31] think is important for you
[2:22:33] personally. Have those
[2:22:35] organizations like Neroots come
[2:22:36] to West Hollywood. We
[2:22:36] ve got
[2:22:38] plenty of hotel space. We
[2:22:39] got great conference space.
[2:22:41] Come here and hold your
[2:22:42] conference. You can all go and
[2:22:43] do that there. That
[2:22:44] s, you know,
[2:22:46] and then you can go and do that
[2:22:48] networking here locally. I
[2:22:48] think that
[2:22:49] s something that we
[2:22:51] should really look at
[2:22:53] encouraging and promoting that
[2:22:55] this is what West Hollywood
[2:22:55] does. Um,
[2:22:57] also, I strongly review,
[2:22:58] reviewing that list of
[2:23:00] organizations on a, on, um, a
[2:23:02] regular basis as far as who
[2:23:04] went, what funds were spent,
[2:23:05] because when I went to
[2:23:07] conferences, I had to submit a
[2:23:08] report of what I accomplished,
[2:23:11] whom I met, and the benefits to
[2:23:12] my funding organization. And I
[2:23:14] think for all of these, like
[2:23:14] whether it
[2:23:15] s Netroots Nation,
[2:23:17] any of these kinds of
[2:23:18] organizations that I see there
[2:23:20] because I was looking at, I was
[2:23:21] looking at them and looking at
[2:23:23] their conferences. Ok, if West
[2:23:25] Hollywood is paying for those,
[2:23:25] then
[2:23:25] let
[2:23:26] s look at what kind of
[2:23:28] benefit that we are getting for
[2:23:29] that. Um,
[2:23:30] I appreciate your time. Thank
[2:23:32] you.
[2:23:33] Councilmember Meister. Yeah,
[2:23:36] and this is just a general
[2:23:39] question, not necessarily um
[2:23:41] directed at Neroots, uh,
[2:23:42] although I don
[2:23:42] t really know
[2:23:46] what they do, but um so it says
[2:23:49] in the staff report that um you
[2:23:49] know, it
[2:23:50] s a nonprofit
[2:23:51] organization that provides
[2:23:53] training resources and
[2:23:55] networking opportunities. My
[2:23:56] question, I guess, is to this
[2:23:58] maybe the city attorney is that
[2:24:02] ve always been under the um
[2:24:03] assumption that we, or I
[2:24:04] been told that we
[2:24:05] re, we can
[2:24:10] say, for example, take classes,
[2:24:11] educational classes because
[2:24:14] s for, for public officials,
[2:24:16] s considered a gift of
[2:24:18] public funds. So why we
[2:24:20] training at a conference be any
[2:24:22] different than being able to
[2:24:24] take a class at ucla or
[2:24:27] something. Uh, in, in land use
[2:24:29] or something that
[2:24:30] s that
[2:24:31] applies to, you know,
[2:24:33] being a, being a public
[2:24:35] official at a in a city, which
[2:24:36] you can do for the benefits
[2:24:38] that you get as a city
[2:24:40] councilmemb thanks to the
[2:24:41] organizational standards that
[2:24:42] ve approved. So you actually
[2:24:43] do get to take those
[2:24:44] educational classes for free.
[2:24:45] That
[2:24:45] s, that
[2:24:46] s not what I
[2:24:47] been told. Well, I helped
[2:24:48] negotiate that when I was a
[2:24:50] Labor PRESIDENT. I think staff
[2:24:51] can do it, but I don
[2:24:51] t know
[2:24:53] that counsel can
[2:24:55] ll leave it to the city
[2:24:57] attorney training classes and
[2:24:59] conferences that have
[2:25:00] educational components to them.
[2:25:00] I don
[2:25:01] t know exactly the
[2:25:03] specific classes that you
[2:25:04] wanted to take at different
[2:25:06] educational um
[2:25:08] facilities that I, I
[2:25:08] m not
[2:25:10] familiar with that issue having
[2:25:11] come up before.
[2:25:13] I, I know I, I
[2:25:14] m sorry, just as
[2:25:17] an example, as soon as I became
[2:25:20] a councilmember, I participated
[2:25:20] in usc
[2:25:22] s executive leadership
[2:25:24] curriculum, which is a program
[2:25:25] for elected officials out of
[2:25:27] usc, but that was paid for by
[2:25:28] the city in order to help
[2:25:29] support my leadership on this
[2:25:31] council, and I think a number
[2:25:32] of the conferences that we
[2:25:34] attend have that sort of baked
[2:25:35] in training and education as
[2:25:37] part of what it means to serve
[2:25:38] your role in the city, and I
[2:25:40] think the opportunity of going
[2:25:41] to a conference wherever it MAY
[2:25:44] is about helping bring back
[2:25:45] things to the city as I think
[2:25:46] ve done in many cases here,
[2:25:48] which is why I would support,
[2:25:49] you know, bringing more
[2:25:50] opportunities to this body and
[2:25:53] the future bodies. Ok, well, I
[2:25:55] was then I either misunderstood
[2:25:56] was given wrong information
[2:25:57] when I first became a
[2:26:00] councilmember. I asked if
[2:26:03] counsel was allowed to get
[2:26:05] tuition reimbursement, ok? And
[2:26:06] I was told no, that it
[2:26:08] considered a gift of public
[2:26:09] funds. So that
[2:26:10] s, that
[2:26:11] s my
[2:26:11] point.
[2:26:13] I thought we were, but maybe I
[2:26:16] can, you know, well
[2:26:19] but, but not counsel. Hey, I
[2:26:19] don
[2:26:20] t believe councilmembs get
[2:26:21] tuition reimbursement, but
[2:26:23] ll verify that. But that
[2:26:25] different than the training
[2:26:27] that conferences and things for
[2:26:29] the idea being that you
[2:26:30] getting educated. The reason
[2:26:31] you had to pay tuition for
[2:26:34] something is to get educated in
[2:26:38] an area, say, that is, that is,
[2:26:41] um, you know, applies to what
[2:26:44] re doing here and obviously
[2:26:45] trainings at conferences and
[2:26:46] conferences are not
[2:26:48] cheap. Um, so that is my point.
[2:26:49] Vice Mayor Heilman.
[2:26:52] Yeah, the, the list of
[2:26:55] organizations that we have is
[2:26:59] quite long and it allows the
[2:27:01] council members to go to
[2:27:02] various organizations to
[2:27:04] conferences where there are
[2:27:07] workshops and training programs,
[2:27:09] um, and there are, you know, as
[2:27:11] you can see in the agenda item,
[2:27:13] a number of different
[2:27:15] organizations. Um, I, I think
[2:27:18] it is valuable for councilmembs
[2:27:21] to go and to learn from other
[2:27:23] elected officials and from
[2:27:27] other experts in the field on
[2:27:28] different issues, a number of
[2:27:31] us have gone to the Victory
[2:27:33] Fund Conference where there are
[2:27:37] a lot of focus on lgbtq issues,
[2:27:39] but sometimes on other issues
[2:27:41] like housing issues, a number
[2:27:43] of us have gone to the National
[2:27:45] League of Cities or the League
[2:27:47] of California Cities. I
[2:27:49] supportive of this. My one
[2:27:51] concern is that this
[2:27:51] seems like it
[2:27:53] s very close to
[2:27:56] the edge to something that is
[2:27:59] more political rather than uh
[2:28:01] more generally educational, so
[2:28:01] I think that
[2:28:02] s something that
[2:28:07] we all need to be careful about
[2:28:09] moving forward that we
[2:28:13] attending conferences on behalf
[2:28:14] of the city that are really
[2:28:16] designed to be more generally
[2:28:19] educational on city issues and
[2:28:21] public service rather than
[2:28:23] that is really enhancing our
[2:28:25] roles in the political realm
[2:28:26] because we shouldn
[2:28:26] t be
[2:28:30] sponsoring, you know, we, we
[2:28:30] wouldn
[2:28:31] t support the
[2:28:33] councilmember going to the
[2:28:35] Democratic Party convention or
[2:28:37] the Republican convention or
[2:28:38] any other political convention.
[2:28:40] So that, that was my only
[2:28:42] concern about this, but I
[2:28:44] looked over the program and it
[2:28:50] does appear that there are
[2:28:52] significant substantive
[2:28:52] workshop
[2:28:54] s that focus on issues. So I
[2:28:55] comfortable with this.
[2:28:57] Thank you, Councilmember Hang.
[2:28:58] Thank you, Mayor. Um, I am
[2:29:00] generally in support of this
[2:29:01] item. Like the mayor, I
[2:29:04] actually just attended the usc
[2:29:05] Executive Education Forum over
[2:29:07] the weekend, and I learned a
[2:29:08] lot in terms of public policy
[2:29:10] and what the knowledge I will
[2:29:12] bring back to the council here
[2:29:13] of my colleagues, so I look
[2:29:15] forward to Councilor Merrickson
[2:29:16] going to this event and then
[2:29:20] sharing what he learns with us.
[2:29:21] Thank you.
[2:29:22] s for everyone, so you want
[2:29:23] to go together, let
[2:29:24] s go
[2:29:24] together. I do support, you
[2:29:26] know, I mean, look, you
[2:29:29] serving in the city council are
[2:29:32] my whatever $250 paycheck ain
[2:29:33] paying my rent, right? So I
[2:29:34] would fully, I mean, I know
[2:29:35] s a hold someone will call
[2:29:37] me a socialist eventually, but
[2:29:37] I think that if you
[2:29:38] re up here
[2:29:38] and you
[2:29:39] re serving your
[2:29:40] community, you want to go
[2:29:42] further education. I think
[2:29:43] cities, states, schools should
[2:29:45] be free, so I support you in
[2:29:47] whatever way we can figure that
[2:29:48] out. But yeah, this is for
[2:29:49] everybody. I mean, that
[2:29:49] s the
[2:29:49] best part about
[2:29:52] this list is, you know, um,
[2:29:53] a lot of the work that we do is
[2:29:55] doing it and the reason why
[2:29:57] this came to my attention is
[2:30:00] because I had flagged it
[2:30:01] earlier this year when
[2:30:03] registration was open, but of
[2:30:04] course completely forgot
[2:30:05] because I was looking at the
[2:30:06] program and then when I was
[2:30:08] looking at the program like
[2:30:09] Weiser Hemann said, and then
[2:30:11] when I noticed a bunch of my
[2:30:12] colleagues from across the
[2:30:14] country going to a very
[2:30:17] specific of panels on housing
[2:30:18] affordability, trans rights
[2:30:20] issues and other things that
[2:30:21] seemed like a different flavor
[2:30:22] than the victory fund. That
[2:30:23] where
[2:30:24] I flagged for me and I, I put
[2:30:25] it on the agenda for that way,
[2:30:26] that reason. I
[2:30:27] ve attended
[2:30:29] Neroots several times prior to
[2:30:30] my role in this council, and I
[2:30:31] think it should have long been
[2:30:32] on this list. I
[2:30:32] m really glad
[2:30:34] that you thought to do that.
[2:30:35] Thank you. Um, ok, I think we
[2:30:44] have a motion in a second.
[2:30:45] Thank you. That is our votes.
[2:30:48] re on our last item, item f8,
[2:30:50] appointment to the planning
[2:30:50] commission.
[2:30:55] this item did not get tabled
[2:30:57] and just speaking to my desire
[2:30:59] to see it not tabled. I do know
[2:31:00] that the planning commissioners
[2:31:04] have a heavy agenda. It has
[2:31:06] been a very full, the
[2:31:07] commission has been in practice
[2:31:10] for a while and to MISS An
[2:31:12] individual is a challenge for
[2:31:14] that commission, and I think
[2:31:16] that we have and people have
[2:31:18] applied to it. It was posted.
[2:31:19] It went through that process to
[2:31:21] delay the process as a
[2:31:22] disservice to the commission,
[2:31:22] and I know we
[2:31:23] re also
[2:31:25] nearly at the place of having
[2:31:26] full appointments to all the
[2:31:28] commissions, which would allow
[2:31:30] us to then recognize the
[2:31:31] outgoing commissioners, and
[2:31:32] ve been getting a few
[2:31:33] questions from the community
[2:31:34] about when we
[2:31:34] re going to be
[2:31:36] acknowledging our outgoing
[2:31:36] commissioners because it has
[2:31:38] taken us a very long year to
[2:31:40] fill these commission and
[2:31:41] advisory board roles and make
[2:31:43] an appointment. So that is what
[2:31:46] is prompting my feeling of we
[2:31:47] have an opportunity to take
[2:31:48] action. Let us see if we are
[2:31:49] able to take action tonight.
[2:31:49] Let
[2:31:51] s keep this on the agenda
[2:31:52] and see how we can move forward.
[2:31:53] So I just wanted to speak to
[2:31:53] that
[2:31:54] I, there
[2:31:56] s no need for a staff
[2:31:58] report on this? No? Ok, we do
[2:31:59] have a public comment and then
[2:32:00] Vice Mayor Heilmann, do you
[2:32:01] want to speak with I
[2:32:02] ll wait
[2:32:04] until the public, we
[2:32:05] ll go to
[2:32:06] Mark Edwards who signed up for
[2:32:07] public comment. We
[2:32:07] ll come back
[2:32:08] to Vice Mayor Heilman just
[2:32:15] after that.
[2:32:15] That
[2:32:16] s, that
[2:32:19] All right. Uh, Mayor, Vice
[2:32:21] Mayor, and councilmembers. I am
[2:32:25] Mark r. Edwards. I am a renter
[2:32:27] in West Hollywood and I love
[2:32:28] the city.
[2:32:30] A city built on creativity,
[2:32:33] courage, and community.
[2:32:34] As a community advocate in the
[2:32:35] land use practitioner for 20
[2:32:37] plus years.
[2:32:39] I experienced how thoughtful
[2:32:41] planning can shape lives. How a
[2:32:42] zoning change could make
[2:32:44] housing more affordable.
[2:32:47] How design could welcome rather
[2:32:49] than divide how policy could
[2:32:51] breathe life into art, small
[2:32:53] businesses, and sustainability.
[2:32:55] My work in land use, workforce
[2:32:56] development, housing,
[2:33:00] homelessness, and the arts has
[2:33:02] shown me that every decision we
[2:33:03] make about space
[2:33:05] is really about people
[2:33:07] and who we include
[2:33:08] I realized that the best way to
[2:33:10] keep serving the city I love
[2:33:12] was to help guide his future
[2:33:13] through the planning commission,
[2:33:15] which I previously served on,
[2:33:18] and I have strived in my
[2:33:20] efforts to listen, learn, read
[2:33:22] in partnership with others.
[2:33:24] I came here tonight ready to
[2:33:26] work collaboratively with
[2:33:27] fellow commissioners.
[2:33:29] City staff, residents to
[2:33:31] continue the plan of a West
[2:33:33] Hollywood that is equitable,
[2:33:35] vibrant, and resilient.
[2:33:37] Lastly
[2:33:38] ve carried the words of Bell
[2:33:40] Hooks to my heart.
[2:33:42] To tend the earth
[2:33:43] is always then to tend our
[2:33:44] destiny.
[2:33:48] Our freedom, and our hope.
[2:33:49] Mayor, Vice Mayor and
[2:33:51] councilmembers.
[2:33:52] Thank you for considering my
[2:33:53] appointment, and I asked for
[2:33:55] your I vote.
[2:33:56] So that together we can tend
[2:33:57] this city
[2:33:59] s destiny.
[2:34:01] s freedom and hope through
[2:34:02] planning rooted in
[2:34:05] wholeheartedness. Thank you.
[2:34:06] Thank you. I saw, uh, we have
[2:34:07] another public speaker added to
[2:34:09] the list, David Eckert, please
[2:34:14] join us.
[2:34:16] Hi, good evening again, David
[2:34:18] Ecker, uh, resident of West
[2:34:18] Hollywood. I
[2:34:20] m a little just
[2:34:21] concerned with that public
[2:34:24] comment. It just felt like a
[2:34:26] speech of please endorse me,
[2:34:28] and I, I did never, I, I would
[2:34:30] have loved to be on this
[2:34:32] commission. I never saw any
[2:34:33] posting whatsoever, so it just
[2:34:36] feels a little biased and this
[2:34:38] rush to uh put a committee
[2:34:40] together. You, your thought is
[2:34:41] that
[2:34:43] we need a ninth-member to split
[2:34:43] a vote, but you don
[2:34:44] t know how
[2:34:45] people are going to vote. So
[2:34:49] why are we rushing to fill out
[2:34:51] a nine-person agenda on
[2:34:52] something that seems very
[2:34:54] biased at this point. Thank you.
[2:34:55] Thank you
[2:34:57] Vice Mayor Heilmann, back to
[2:35:02] you. Yes, and I want to echo um
[2:35:02] MR. Eckert
[2:35:03] s comments, uh, and
[2:35:06] Mayor, you spoke about um
[2:35:09] making sure that we
[2:35:10] uh, make an appointment because
[2:35:11] otherwise it would be a
[2:35:13] disservice to the planning
[2:35:16] commission that has a number of
[2:35:18] important issues to address,
[2:35:19] but I think rushing an
[2:35:22] appointment to
[2:35:24] um the planning commission is a
[2:35:25] disservice to the community
[2:35:27] that the planning commission is
[2:35:32] supposed to serve. I also feel
[2:35:35] a great deal of trouble given
[2:35:38] the fact that the applicant who
[2:35:39] spoke tonight is already a
[2:35:41] declared candidate for the city
[2:35:44] council, so it seems to me that
[2:35:48] this is um a very clear effort
[2:35:50] to rush through a political
[2:35:52] appointment before
[2:35:54] the community has really had
[2:35:55] notice that there
[2:35:56] s a vacancy
[2:35:59] as I indicated the city clerk
[2:35:59] didn
[2:36:00] t notify the council of
[2:36:02] the vacancy. I only found out
[2:36:06] about it last week, and that to
[2:36:08] me is problematic, but I know
[2:36:10] the majority has spoken and
[2:36:11] they want to move forward with
[2:36:13] this, but I am very
[2:36:15] uncomfortable with it.
[2:36:16] Thank you, Councilmember
[2:36:18] Erickson, and then I have a
[2:36:19] question for staff. Yeah, thank
[2:36:22] you very much. Um, I just want
[2:36:24] to say that we have a number of
[2:36:26] commissioners who have already
[2:36:28] practically declared their
[2:36:29] candidacies for council
[2:36:30] elections, so let
[2:36:31] s not mix,
[2:36:33] you know, bananas and apples
[2:36:35] together, um, so just want to
[2:36:36] say that especially if you
[2:36:38] watched the Public Safety
[2:36:40] commission meeting last week.
[2:36:43] Um, additionally, um, I just
[2:36:45] want to also ensure that, you
[2:36:45] know, not
[2:36:46] to speak to the character in
[2:36:48] the room, but you know Mark
[2:36:49] served on the planning
[2:36:52] commission before. He has
[2:36:54] extensive knowledge and land
[2:36:56] use and has been in the city
[2:36:58] for a number of years and only
[2:36:59] actually had to step off the
[2:37:00] planning commission, so I don
[2:37:01] mean to tell your business
[2:37:03] because you got a very esteemed
[2:37:05] job working for Mayor Bass and
[2:37:07] sadly with la City, you know,
[2:37:08] first in, first out, but that
[2:37:09] type of knowledge is actually
[2:37:11] very much needed when we have
[2:37:12] zoning improvement issues,
[2:37:14] housing issues, and really
[2:37:15] critical issues before the city
[2:37:15] that
[2:37:17] frankly if you watched the
[2:37:18] planning commission meetings,
[2:37:20] they are a little bit divided
[2:37:22] with where they go. And so I
[2:37:23] fully support Mark Edwards
[2:37:25] appointment to the planning
[2:37:26] commission. He served his time
[2:37:28] and I believe he
[2:37:30] s a uh uh of
[2:37:31] current historic preservation
[2:37:33] commissioner, but his ability
[2:37:34] to step up in this needed time
[2:37:36] for our city is is much needed.
[2:37:36] I don
[2:37:38] t see this as a political
[2:37:39] appointment. I kind of take
[2:37:41] issue with that. I see it as
[2:37:43] pointing someone who frankly
[2:37:45] based on not to disqualify
[2:37:46] anyone else that would apply
[2:37:47] I won
[2:37:48] t be voting for anyone
[2:37:50] else, so more people can apply.
[2:37:52] m supporting Mark. So um
[2:37:52] that
[2:37:53] s just where it
[2:37:53] s gonna go
[2:37:54] because I believe he
[2:37:54] s the best
[2:37:56] person to fit this job at this
[2:37:57] time and can step in on day one
[2:37:58] and really get to work. So
[2:37:59] that
[2:37:59] s my, that
[2:37:59] s my opinion
[2:38:00] and I know we
[2:38:01] re not
[2:38:02] questioning his character
[2:38:03] because we all like Mark and
[2:38:04] s a great guy. So I don
[2:38:05] want to say that out loud, but
[2:38:06] um, I just want to say that out
[2:38:07] loud because I know that wasn
[2:38:08] your intention, Vice Mayor, but
[2:38:10] I, I intend to support Mark
[2:38:10] Edwards tonight, and I
[2:38:11] m happy
[2:38:14] to make that motion.
[2:38:17] I wanted to just quickly ask
[2:38:19] the, the, my understanding was
[2:38:21] the planning commissioner who
[2:38:22] resigned resigned the night of
[2:38:24] his meeting and then staff
[2:38:25] became aware that night. I
[2:38:26] don
[2:38:27] t know what requirements
[2:38:29] there are to tell the council,
[2:38:30] but it was at that time that
[2:38:32] the notices went out and I see
[2:38:34] that a number member, another
[2:38:35] member of a commission, Adam
[2:38:36] Bass, also appointed. That
[2:38:38] what I have in the application.
[2:38:39] So if it was just one applicant
[2:38:40] tonight. I can understand it
[2:38:42] feeling rushed, but there are
[2:38:43] two individuals, both
[2:38:45] who have applied previously,
[2:38:46] and I believe both who have
[2:38:47] served previously on the
[2:38:48] planning commission, which
[2:38:50] tells me that we are doing the
[2:38:51] thing that we often have
[2:38:52] trouble doing when we post
[2:38:53] these notices and hold them
[2:38:55] open for extended amounts of
[2:38:58] times in that we have
[2:39:00] difficulty finding applicants
[2:39:01] who are well suited for the
[2:39:04] role, and we have waited many
[2:39:06] weeks to make decisions because
[2:39:07] we hope to see a different pool
[2:39:09] of applicants, but both of
[2:39:10] these individuals would likely
[2:39:11] be a part of any pool of
[2:39:14] applicants, likely be the you
[2:39:14] know
[2:39:16] especially given the experience
[2:39:17] they have serving on a
[2:39:18] commission that needs people to
[2:39:19] jump in and be ready to go on a
[2:39:21] number of really tough issues
[2:39:23] coming up that that these would
[2:39:24] be the candidates that would
[2:39:25] rise to the top likely, so I
[2:39:26] just, I
[2:39:26] m, I don
[2:39:27] t, I don
[2:39:29] feel that this is rushed. I
[2:39:30] feel like we
[2:39:32] re moving swiftly
[2:39:33] to meet the moment, and I
[2:39:34] understand that that can feel
[2:39:34] rushed, and I don
[2:39:35] t, I feel
[2:39:37] especially tender that people
[2:39:38] who have indicated that they
[2:39:40] feel left out of this process.
[2:39:41] It is very wonderful to hear
[2:39:43] more people indicate interest
[2:39:43] in serving in these
[2:39:45] roles and that interest is
[2:39:46] always well received, and these
[2:39:48] roles are opening up
[2:39:49] unfortunately quicker than we
[2:39:51] can fill them in some cases, so
[2:39:52] I appreciate hearing from
[2:39:54] members of the community and
[2:39:55] want to continue to find more
[2:39:56] ways to keep people involved.
[2:39:57] So I just want to sort of make
[2:39:58] that statement. Councilor Bur
[2:40:00] Hang.
[2:40:02] Thank you, Mayor. I
[2:40:04] d like to
[2:40:06] nominate Mark. Mark was a
[2:40:07] former planning commissioner
[2:40:09] for the city. He is currently
[2:40:10] my appointee on the historic
[2:40:12] Preservation Commission. He has
[2:40:14] experience in land use and can
[2:40:16] step into the role that he
[2:40:17] previously filled on the
[2:40:19] planning commission without
[2:40:19] further training. That
[2:40:20] s what
[2:40:21] we need at this time. There
[2:40:21] s a
[2:40:22] lot of work that the planning
[2:40:24] commission does, and Mark has
[2:40:25] the expertise to carry that out.
[2:40:27] Thank you. Thank you, Councilor
[2:40:29] Meister. Yeah, I have a
[2:40:30] question. I don
[2:40:30] t know if you
[2:40:33] can answer this or not, city
[2:40:36] clerks, um, but how many years
[2:40:37] did Adam Bass serve on the
[2:40:40] commission, and how many years
[2:40:46] did uh MR. Edwards
[2:40:47] Apologies, Councilmember, I
[2:40:47] don
[2:40:48] t have that information in
[2:40:48] front of me. I
[2:40:49] d have to
[2:40:53] research.
[2:40:54] Ok, we
[2:40:55] re talking about
[2:40:57] experience here, and I believe
[2:40:59] that Anam Bass was on the
[2:41:01] commission for a longer period
[2:41:04] of time then then Mark, so if
[2:41:04] you
[2:41:06] re going to go with
[2:41:08] experience, then I would
[2:41:11] nominate Adam Bass. Thank you.
[2:41:15] so, uh, we have, uh, 10 yeah,
[2:41:15] you
[2:41:17] ll have to run a vote then.
[2:41:18] We have nomination for both
[2:41:19] Adam Baths. Yeah, that
[2:41:21] s right.
[2:41:24] So we can remove
[2:41:25] And then no way shape and form
[2:41:27] does this mean we do not like
[2:41:28] Adam Bass. I still love you,
[2:41:28] Adam, and I know you
[2:41:32] watching this.
[2:41:34] And Adam is my current uh
[2:41:35] appointee on the rent
[2:41:39] stabilization Commission.
[2:41:41] Ok, so I call upon you,
[2:41:41] councilmembers, please provide
[2:41:44] a name for me.
[2:41:47] Councilmember Hang
[2:41:48] Mark r. Edwards
[2:41:51] Thank you
[2:41:52] Councilmember Erickson. Mark
[2:41:53] Edwards.
[2:41:55] Camember Meister
[2:41:57] Adam Bass, but still a protest
[2:42:01] vote.
[2:42:06] Vice Mayor Heilman.
[2:42:10] And Mayor Byers, Mark Edwards.
[2:42:12] Thank you. Thank you. He
[2:42:12] s been
[2:42:17] nominated, uh, to fill the, uh
[2:42:19] unscheduled vacancy to 2027.
[2:42:21] Terrific. And with that, um,
[2:42:23] just to speak to the thing I
[2:42:24] had named already, the
[2:42:24] challenge that we
[2:42:25] re having in
[2:42:25] filling all the commission
[2:42:27] roles. So Councilmember Hang
[2:42:28] then would have an appointment
[2:42:29] to make to historic
[2:42:30] Preservation Commission, and
[2:42:31] then I believe we
[2:42:32] re full,
[2:42:33] re done with the commission
[2:42:34] and advisory board appointments
[2:42:35] for this current moment of time.
[2:42:35] That
[2:42:36] s correct. So we
[2:42:37] ll have
[2:42:39] to post the unscheduled vacancy
[2:42:40] that just occurred due to this
[2:42:42] appointment. Ok.
[2:42:45] Ok. Thank you. Thank you very
[2:42:46] much and congratulations. Um,
[2:42:47] ok, we
[2:42:48] ll move to excluded
[2:42:48] consent, which I don
[2:42:49] t believe
[2:42:50] we have any, so we
[2:42:50] ll move to
[2:42:52] our final public comment period,
[2:42:54] which do we have any?
[2:42:55] Ok, we have one member of the
[2:42:57] public signed up for the final
[2:42:59] public comment period, which I
[2:42:59] can
[2:43:02] t quite see yet.
[2:43:02] Go ahead, I
[2:43:03] ll have you call
[2:43:04] them up. I can
[2:43:05] t see them yet.
[2:43:14] Oh, Lena Lee. Yeah, come on up.
[2:43:16] Hi there. Hi. Uh, Mayor, vice
[2:43:17] mayor, and, um, esteemed
[2:43:18] councilmembers
[2:43:21] s My name is Lena and I
[2:43:23] speaking on behalf of cim Group.
[2:43:23] Um, I
[2:43:26] m going back to item f6,
[2:43:27] which was uh on consent, and I
[2:43:28] couldn
[2:43:29] t make the cutoff
[2:43:30] earlier. Um, along with a
[2:43:32] colleague of mine who commented
[2:43:34] earlier, we are the proud
[2:43:36] owners and stewards of the lot
[2:43:39] at Formosa. Um, we do have,
[2:43:40] however, serious concerns about
[2:43:42] the framing uh of the study and
[2:43:43] the proposal ordinance and
[2:43:45] wanted to share some of those
[2:43:46] today.
[2:43:47] Uh, preserving production is an
[2:43:49] important intention, but if not
[2:43:53] weighed equally, it would
[2:43:54] stimulating and adding
[2:43:56] flexibility for the related
[2:43:57] industries. We fear these
[2:43:59] efforts will have unintended
[2:44:01] adverse consequences. Uh, for
[2:44:02] the past 5 years, we
[2:44:03] ve watched
[2:44:05] operators and occupiers
[2:44:07] evolving their business models
[2:44:08] and so must we.
[2:44:10] For our facilities to remain
[2:44:11] relevant and economically
[2:44:13] viable. In order to maintain
[2:44:15] and preserve the physical
[2:44:16] condition of the, of the
[2:44:18] facilities. They require more
[2:44:20] flexibility and creative use is
[2:44:21] not less. So to highlight some
[2:44:24] of our, our caution on the
[2:44:26] initial staff report. When do
[2:44:27] policies initiate from
[2:44:30] preservation lens. It often
[2:44:32] yields additional protectionist
[2:44:32] restrictions.
[2:44:33] Production, entertainment are
[2:44:36] ever evolving, any stricter
[2:44:38] definition of ancillary uses
[2:44:39] will absolutely be limiting as
[2:44:41] the industry adapts.
[2:44:43] The mere rumor of the study
[2:44:45] will hurt us in active
[2:44:45] discussions with decision
[2:44:46] makers in the business
[2:44:47] community, we are trying to
[2:44:50] keep local to West Hollywood.
[2:44:52] Concerned also that the study
[2:44:54] isolates our property and the
[2:44:56] facilities at the lot, um,
[2:44:57] without more active
[2:45:00] participation prior to today.
[2:45:01] So before any additional city
[2:45:03] time and dollars are spent and
[2:45:04] this effort is underway. We
[2:45:06] advocating for a more thorough
[2:45:08] dialogue with staff to shape
[2:45:09] the framework and methodology
[2:45:10] of the study.
[2:45:12] So we urge you to take these
[2:45:13] apprehensions, um, into
[2:45:16] consideration. Thank you.
[2:45:17] Thank you
[2:45:21] Uh, and then I see Kyle Brazil.
[2:45:22] Apologies if I
[2:45:22] m not
[2:45:25] pronouncing that correctly.
[2:45:27] Yeah, Kyle Brazil, uh, live in
[2:45:28] West Hollywood, was unable to
[2:45:30] attend the last city council
[2:45:31] meeting where the Fountain
[2:45:33] Avenue project was discussed. I
[2:45:34] had hoped common sense would
[2:45:38] prevail, but it did not. We saw
[2:45:41] the city council choose
[2:45:43] disingenuous performative
[2:45:45] arguments for a bike lane to be
[2:45:47] put into Fountain Avenue rather
[2:45:49] than considering actual studies.
[2:45:51] I think the city has failed to
[2:45:52] address the safety issues
[2:45:54] created by that project, for
[2:45:56] example, traffic getting
[2:45:57] directed into oncoming traffic
[2:45:59] as a result of one lane in each
[2:46:01] direction when garbage trucks
[2:46:02] are stopped, when Amazon
[2:46:03] deliveries are on the road. The
[2:46:05] city council members that voted
[2:46:06] for that proposal offered
[2:46:07] nothing about the safety issues
[2:46:08] created by the proposal.
[2:46:09] They
[2:46:10] ve said nothing about the
[2:46:11] fact that more cyclists will be
[2:46:14] placed in driveways and in
[2:46:16] graduate like the, the safety
[2:46:17] concerns have just been
[2:46:18] completely ignored. MR.
[2:46:19] Erickson, I
[2:46:20] m troubled by your
[2:46:21] phone call to me prior to the
[2:46:23] election, where you told me
[2:46:24] this was a non-issue, this
[2:46:24] wouldn
[2:46:24] t happen
[2:46:25] for years there
[2:46:26] d be no impact,
[2:46:27] and now you
[2:46:27] re a proponent of
[2:46:29] expediting this. I think you
[2:46:31] willingness to mislead voters
[2:46:33] prior to an election and then
[2:46:34] double like completely flip
[2:46:36] your position is troubling. Um,
[2:46:38] I think it speaks a lot to your
[2:46:39] character. MISS. Byers, I think
[2:46:39] you
[2:46:41] ve spoken a lot about the
[2:46:42] need to educate the public on
[2:46:44] the matter. Yet there were
[2:46:46] multiple situations where you
[2:46:46] couldn
[2:46:48] t state basic facts
[2:46:49] about this. For example, you
[2:46:50] were like, I don
[2:46:51] t know that I
[2:46:52] agree or that you don
[2:46:53] t know
[2:46:55] how many bikers commute
[2:46:56] down Fountain Avenue. Have you
[2:46:57] looked into that to discover
[2:46:59] that 1% of commuters are
[2:47:01] cyclists, or are you still
[2:47:04] unaware? You also mentioned MR.
[2:47:06] Hang, you talked about your
[2:47:06] partner
[2:47:07] s collision, which I
[2:47:08] sorry for, but I don
[2:47:08] t think
[2:47:11] you explained how a bike lane
[2:47:12] prevents a collision for
[2:47:14] someone making a left hand turn.
[2:47:15] You all ignore the fact that
[2:47:17] the same type of solution
[2:47:19] implemented on Venice Boulevard
[2:47:20] actually resulted in more
[2:47:22] collisions, fewer cyclists, and
[2:47:24] continued deaths. So again, I,
[2:47:24] I mainly speak
[2:47:26] to just say, I get it that you
[2:47:27] think this is done. We
[2:47:28] continue to fight. I hope
[2:47:30] common sense and compromise
[2:47:31] will prevail, but I doubt it
[2:47:33] with this group. Thank you.
[2:47:34] Thank you. Are there any other
[2:47:36] members of the public sign up
[2:47:38] to speak? No? Ok.
[2:47:40] Thank you all for the meeting
[2:47:40] tonight. It
[2:47:41] s only 8:36. It
[2:47:44] amazing. Um, we will move into
[2:47:45] councilmember comment and
[2:47:47] meeting attendance reports.
[2:47:49] Who would like to begin
[2:47:49] No one
[2:47:50] s Councilmember Meister,
[2:47:52] over to you. Thank you. Sure
[2:47:54] thing, um.
[2:47:57] Attendance, uh, quake heroes,
[2:48:00] which was a great um
[2:48:02] documentary on and film about,
[2:48:04] about the Northridge earthquake
[2:48:08] and the, uh, citizens and just
[2:48:10] people who were living in those
[2:48:12] uh in those buildings who
[2:48:14] became heroes, uh, for their
[2:48:15] neighbors, and it was really
[2:48:18] amazing and very, very
[2:48:20] emotional and touching. Uh,
[2:48:21] Holloway interim housing
[2:48:23] project ribbon cutting. That
[2:48:25] was very, very exciting to see.
[2:48:28] Uh, I believe when it was like
[2:48:30] 2015 or 2016
[2:48:33] when uh uh the council at the
[2:48:35] time started talking about, you
[2:48:38] know, places that would make
[2:48:41] sense, uh, to be, uh, an
[2:48:44] interim housing project, and
[2:48:46] that was one of the locations
[2:48:49] that we had identified and so
[2:48:51] very excited to see that happen.
[2:48:53] Um, Halloween, well, you know,
[2:48:55] all the dogs were out, not the
[2:48:59] cats, but the dogs and uh we
[2:49:00] missed the cats
[2:49:01] um and but it was very, it was
[2:49:03] a fun event for everyone, for
[2:49:05] the dogs, for the guardians,
[2:49:08] and for the cats, for the um
[2:49:10] and for the children that were
[2:49:11] there. Uh, announcements, I
[2:49:13] think that the city manager
[2:49:16] talked about this, but there is
[2:49:17] a zip in-person community
[2:49:19] meeting on OCTOBER 8th at 6
[2:49:20] P.M. At Plumberer Park
[2:49:22] Community Center, room 5 and 6,
[2:49:25] and an online community meeting
[2:49:28] on OCTOBER 16th at noon. And if
[2:49:29] you go to the city
[2:49:30] s website,
[2:49:32] you should be able to register.
[2:49:34] You can go to Engageweho for
[2:49:36] more information. Um, please
[2:49:38] also check out the calendar for
[2:49:39] all of the even
[2:49:42] t s happening, uh, with our
[2:49:45] disabilities advisory Board for
[2:49:47] Disabilities Awareness Month
[2:49:50] and also want to wish uh uh my
[2:49:52] friends and family and and
[2:49:54] anyone who was observing a
[2:49:55] happy New Year. Thank you.
[2:49:56] Thank you.
[2:49:57] ll go over here to Council
[2:49:59] Burhang.
[2:50:02] Thank you, Mayor. Um, as far as
[2:50:04] my meetings and attendance are
[2:50:05] concerned. I attended the Art
[2:50:07] Walk opening reception at the
[2:50:10] Laika Gallery where I saw our
[2:50:11] my colleague Counciluncilmember
[2:50:14] Meister and her sister there.
[2:50:16] We were all tasting caviar,
[2:50:19] looking at art. I also attended
[2:50:19] Counciler Meister
[2:50:20] s Quake
[2:50:22] Heroes screening. I thought I
[2:50:24] was very educational, and it
[2:50:27] actually just reminded me how
[2:50:31] far this city uh has come in
[2:50:32] terms of being the first, I
[2:50:34] think, to offer earth to
[2:50:36] promote earthquake retrofitting
[2:50:37] for our many apartment
[2:50:38] buildings, so I want to thank
[2:50:39] our incredible city team for
[2:50:42] that. I attended the hall in a
[2:50:43] room housing, Grant opening. It
[2:50:44] was a beautiful event. Thank
[2:50:48] you to all the staff who were
[2:50:50] involved in making that happen,
[2:50:50] and it
[2:50:51] s a great step forward
[2:50:52] for our city. Um, I attended
[2:50:53] the remodel and grand opening
[2:50:55] of West Hollywood
[2:50:55] s only
[2:50:56] McDonald
[2:50:58] s. Um, I attended the
[2:51:00] la County next chapter
[2:51:00] writer
[2:51:02] s summit at West
[2:51:03] Hollywood Park. It was great. A
[2:51:05] lot of community members came
[2:51:07] out. Supervisor Horvat came out,
[2:51:10] which was fantastic too, and I
[2:51:13] also attended the Voices of
[2:51:14] Recovery symposium that they
[2:51:17] had in the ark, and it was
[2:51:19] great to see the recovery
[2:51:21] community come out to support
[2:51:23] one another in terms of
[2:51:25] educational awareness, you know,
[2:51:26] to come together as a community
[2:51:28] to help save lives, and that is
[2:51:31] Ally. Thank you.
[2:51:32] Thank you, Councilorrickson.
[2:51:34] Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank
[2:51:35] you to my colleagues and all
[2:51:38] their agenda items tonight. Um,
[2:51:38] I don
[2:51:39] t, I didn
[2:51:40] t read Vice
[2:51:40] Mayer Heilman
[2:51:41] s item as a
[2:51:43] punitive item, but I know there
[2:51:44] are a couple of public comments
[2:51:46] tonight. So maybe further
[2:51:47] discussion can occur because I
[2:51:49] know when things happen at 5
[2:51:50] P.M. And I know Lena and all
[2:51:50] them and we
[2:51:52] ve met before, so I,
[2:51:53] I maybe there
[2:51:53] s some
[2:51:54] conversations that still need
[2:51:55] to occur, but I didn
[2:51:56] t read it
[2:51:58] as punitive and so I just
[2:52:00] hopefully there can be some
[2:52:01] correction or understanding
[2:52:03] or connections with staff on
[2:52:05] that moving forward um to make
[2:52:06] sure we addressed that because
[2:52:06] that
[2:52:07] s not how I read it and I,
[2:52:08] knowing the Viceman, I don
[2:52:11] think that was his, his
[2:52:14] intention, um, so I just wanted
[2:52:15] to start there. Um, I have, I
[2:52:16] attended a number of city
[2:52:18] events just to highlight a few,
[2:52:21] obviously, um, the next chapter
[2:52:22] la County Library event
[2:52:23] yesterday was wonderful. Thank
[2:52:25] you to all that attended as
[2:52:27] well as the Holloway open house.
[2:52:28] Thank you again to all the
[2:52:29] staff who worked tirelessly to
[2:52:31] get the open house
[2:52:34] going. It was really a shining
[2:52:35] moment for the city and
[2:52:37] something for many years to
[2:52:37] come that I
[2:52:38] ll be very proud of.
[2:52:41] I also attended the Contract
[2:52:44] cities board of directors,
[2:52:46] executive board meeting, um,
[2:52:47] and then additionally, um, in
[2:52:49] my hometown press, the Rippon
[2:52:51] Press, there was an article
[2:52:52] written about when all of the
[2:52:54] students from my high school
[2:52:55] came to West Hollywood to learn
[2:52:57] about the lgbtq community. So
[2:52:57] if you
[2:52:58] re interested, you can
[2:53:00] go on and look, but they had a
[2:53:01] great time and I want to
[2:53:04] again thank staff and everyone
[2:53:05] who came about, including the
[2:53:06] mayor and my colleagues who
[2:53:07] might have met them when they
[2:53:08] were here, uh, including end
[2:53:11] the top of it was they really
[2:53:13] loved meeting Winston,
[2:53:15] Supervisor Ho talk at the la
[2:53:16] County Board of Supervisors.
[2:53:16] m glad that
[2:53:17] s what they took
[2:53:19] away from it. Um
[2:53:21] Additionally, um, Kyle, I
[2:53:22] recall our conversation a
[2:53:24] little differently, and when I
[2:53:25] said the project was going to
[2:53:28] happen, voila, here we are. Um,
[2:53:30] and additionally, when it comes
[2:53:33] down to Fountain Avenue safety,
[2:53:34] I believe since the last
[2:53:37] meeting there have been
[2:53:38] Danny, I
[2:53:44] m looking at you, 78,
[2:53:46] crashes, complete total wrecks
[2:53:47] on fountain.
[2:53:49] I think my last count, give or
[2:53:50] less, maybe 10, who knows, we
[2:53:52] can maybe provide extra numbers,
[2:53:53] uh, speeding, traffic
[2:53:55] enforcement. So my comments to
[2:53:56] our dear friends who continue
[2:53:58] to come and talk about the same
[2:53:59] thing, maybe go out and hold
[2:54:01] signs and tell people to slow
[2:54:03] down and to pay attention
[2:54:05] rather than coming here and
[2:54:06] understanding that traffic
[2:54:08] violence is true violence
[2:54:09] impacting our community members.
[2:54:11] We did so much outreach on
[2:54:13] Fountain Avenue, including an
[2:54:15] election that it is getting to
[2:54:16] be a little repetitive.
[2:54:17] And additionally, if you
[2:54:18] re not
[2:54:19] doing anything to help people
[2:54:21] on Fountain Avenue slowdown,
[2:54:22] maybe you should go out and pay
[2:54:23] your respects to Blake
[2:54:26] Memorial, which was vandalized
[2:54:27] immediately following the
[2:54:32] fountain vote.
[2:54:36] It was a memorial for an
[2:54:38] individual that was killed on
[2:54:39] Fountain Avenue was completely
[2:54:40] vandalized. Now I
[2:54:41] m not saying
[2:54:42] anyone here had anything to do
[2:54:43] with that, but it
[2:54:44] s disgusting
[2:54:45] that a memorial like that would
[2:54:47] be vandalized, and knowing that
[2:54:48] corner like I do because I walk
[2:54:50] my dog there all the time. It
[2:54:51] is shocking that that is some
[2:54:53] levels of which we would be
[2:54:55] having the conversation going
[2:54:56] on today and so I would hope
[2:54:58] maybe people would go pay their
[2:54:59] respects there then coming to a
[2:55:00] council meeting to
[2:55:01] further cause deaths and
[2:55:02] traffic accidents to occurring
[2:55:03] in the city rather than tra
[2:55:06] traffic.
[2:55:07] Inclusionary measures and
[2:55:08] preventing more traffic deaths
[2:55:10] from occurring in the future.
[2:55:12] So understanding your
[2:55:13] frustration, but I would urge
[2:55:15] you to check your priorities
[2:55:16] and figure out what you would
[2:55:17] like to do next.
[2:55:18] Thank you, Councilor Burks, and
[2:55:20] Vice Mayor Heilman.
[2:55:23] Thank you. I also attended the
[2:55:26] Holloway Ho House opening, and
[2:55:28] it was great. I want to thank
[2:55:30] Se for their engagement with
[2:55:33] that. Um, I also participated
[2:55:35] in the homeless subcommittee.
[2:55:38] We will be coming back with
[2:55:40] some discussion of homeless, uh,
[2:55:43] priorities and services. There
[2:55:45] is a bit of a disagreement on
[2:55:48] the subcommittee on some issues,
[2:55:50] um, and I think we need to get
[2:55:53] greater clarity from the
[2:55:57] council and make sure uh staff
[2:56:00] is understanding the view of
[2:56:02] the majority on the council. I
[2:56:04] attended the 30th anniversary
[2:56:06] of the Rocky Horror Show
[2:56:08] produced by West Hollywood
[2:56:12] own Lou Adler. Um, I do want to
[2:56:16] follow up on the concerns, uh,
[2:56:19] that John Larson raised about
[2:56:21] no on-site manager. I know that
[2:56:23] Andy spoke to him in the
[2:56:25] hallway, but this is just
[2:56:29] another example to me of a
[2:56:31] department that has lost its
[2:56:33] focus, not having an on-site
[2:56:35] manager is a violation of state
[2:56:36] law. I don
[2:56:37] t understand why a
[2:56:40] tenant has to file a petition
[2:56:43] to have that issue addressed. I
[2:56:44] don
[2:56:46] t know why our rent
[2:56:48] stabilization attorney isn
[2:56:50] sending them a letter saying
[2:56:51] that we are going to
[2:56:52] prosecute them for that
[2:56:56] violation, so I just feel that
[2:56:59] our department has consistently
[2:57:01] put the burden on tenants when
[2:57:03] there are violations, clear
[2:57:05] violations by the landlord, and
[2:57:08] I think the department has lost
[2:57:11] its original focus, which was
[2:57:13] to protect tenants from
[2:57:15] violations by landlords. Um,
[2:57:18] finally, on item f6, I would
[2:57:20] like us to um
[2:57:23] also ask that to be reviewed by
[2:57:26] the council of Budget
[2:57:29] Subcommittee because I did not
[2:57:30] agree with staff
[2:57:31] s, um,
[2:57:34] suggestion that this needs to
[2:57:36] be deferred the public speakers,
[2:57:38] I appreciate them coming out,
[2:57:41] but part of the reason to
[2:57:44] initiate this was because of
[2:57:49] rumors that the lot wants to um
[2:57:51] completely change what it
[2:57:54] doing there and replace the
[2:57:56] studio uses with completely
[2:57:59] different type of use, and
[2:58:02] there are other studios in the
[2:58:04] city where if we are really
[2:58:06] serious about protecting the
[2:58:08] entertainment industry. Our
[2:58:09] entertainment industry is under
[2:58:12] attack right now. We cannot
[2:58:15] allow those facilities to be
[2:58:17] converted to non-entertainment
[2:58:19] uses. I think that would really
[2:58:20] send a message to
[2:58:22] the entertainment community
[2:58:22] that we aren
[2:58:23] t really serious
[2:58:25] about protecting the
[2:58:27] entertainment industry, so I
[2:58:29] certain that as this moves
[2:58:31] forward, we will dialogue with
[2:58:33] the people at the lot, um, and
[2:58:36] with all of the other owners of
[2:58:38] studio properties, but we need
[2:58:42] to move forward with um
[2:58:44] protection before all of the
[2:58:46] studio and ancillary uses get
[2:58:48] demolished in our city, and
[2:58:49] then where are we going to be
[2:58:50] with our entertain
[2:58:52] ment industries? So thank you.
[2:58:54] Thank you. Thank you again to
[2:58:55] the public for your engagement
[2:58:56] in the meeting tonight. Thank
[2:58:57] you to staff for your great
[2:59:00] work. Uh, my meeting attendance
[2:59:02] report includes the Los Angeles
[2:59:03] County Affordable Housing
[2:59:04] Solutions Agency board meeting
[2:59:06] last month in the Clean Power
[2:59:07] Alliance Energy Committee
[2:59:09] meeting, as well as a number of
[2:59:11] wonderful community events, and
[2:59:12] the Holloway, the Holloway, the
[2:59:14] Holloway, what an amazing
[2:59:15] success. It was such a joy to
[2:59:17] be surrounded by so many in the
[2:59:19] community, just a big thank you
[2:59:20] and kudos to
[2:59:22] the many, many staff stewards
[2:59:24] of that work over the many
[2:59:24] years it
[2:59:26] s taken and so many of
[2:59:27] those staff are even no longer
[2:59:29] with the city, so it was just
[2:59:31] such a great moment to see some
[2:59:32] of those folks come back and to
[2:59:33] celebrate the work that has
[2:59:36] taken so long to achieve so
[2:59:37] much for the unhoused community,
[2:59:37] and we
[2:59:38] re so grateful to our
[2:59:41] partners at Enciia for their
[2:59:42] leadership now taking that into
[2:59:44] its next chapter, but really
[2:59:45] what a gem in our community and
[2:59:47] just a tremendous source of
[2:59:49] pride. I also wanted to thank
[2:59:50] our staff and our partner
[2:59:51] s that visit West Hollywood for
[2:59:53] the amazing work on the who
[2:59:55] Loves Locals program and this
[2:59:57] 2.0 rollout, the billboard, the
[2:59:59] mailers, the texts, it just
[2:59:59] felt like it
[3:00:00] s really getting
[3:00:01] out there and we
[3:00:02] ve also seen a
[3:00:03] tremendous amount of media
[3:00:05] coverage about it. People
[3:00:07] really healing this as a
[3:00:08] meaningful sort of discount
[3:00:09] program to provide to residents,
[3:00:10] and I
[3:00:11] m really looking forward
[3:00:12] to getting reports and data
[3:00:14] back from the usage and utility,
[3:00:16] but just seeing businesses
[3:00:17] embrace the program with big,
[3:00:19] you know, signs that they
[3:00:20] posting themselves or added
[3:00:20] little
[3:00:21] memos in the checks. It goes a
[3:00:23] long way and to my knowledge,
[3:00:23] the program
[3:00:24] s still open, so if
[3:00:25] you haven
[3:00:25] t got your gift card,
[3:00:26] you can still do that. There
[3:00:28] a lot of different range of
[3:00:29] amounts available and it
[3:00:30] downloads to your phone in many
[3:00:32] cases, so I encourage you to
[3:00:34] check that out and go enjoy the
[3:00:35] businesses with support from
[3:00:38] the city. And finally just I
[3:00:40] wanted to mention I was really
[3:00:42] thrilled to see news this week
[3:00:44] about San Francisco
[3:00:45] s speed
[3:00:48] cameras being effective tools
[3:00:51] to mitigate safety concerns on
[3:00:52] specific corridors, that
[3:00:53] is one of the major concerns we
[3:00:55] have in the city when it comes
[3:00:56] to street safety, and we
[3:00:58] been limited our ability to
[3:00:59] bring those speed cameras
[3:01:01] online due to state policy, but
[3:01:04] the pilot that is currently
[3:01:05] online in cities is what is
[3:01:07] supposed to create data and a
[3:01:08] pathway for more cities to be
[3:01:09] able to bring those speed
[3:01:10] cameras online. So I was very
[3:01:12] encouraged to see that
[3:01:12] information come out of San
[3:01:14] Francisco. Hopeful that our
[3:01:15] legislature will start taking
[3:01:17] that seriously and continue to
[3:01:18] hear the calls of cities like
[3:01:19] West Hollywood who want to see
[3:01:21] those cameras
[3:01:22] come into effect. The tickets
[3:01:23] are issued through Department
[3:01:23] of Transportation. It
[3:01:24] s a very
[3:01:25] different sort of program than
[3:01:26] I experienced when I was living
[3:01:29] in Arizona when, yeah, other
[3:01:29] things were happening, so I
[3:01:31] very hopeful about this program
[3:01:32] and want to continue our
[3:01:33] advocacy as a city to bring
[3:01:34] that because I think that will
[3:01:36] be another realm of solutions
[3:01:36] that we
[3:01:38] ll be able to engage to
[3:01:39] address many of the concerns we
[3:01:40] continue to hear plague our
[3:01:41] community. Thank you all for a
[3:01:43] great meeting tonight, a great
[3:01:45] start to OCTOBER. Many
[3:01:46] awareness month that we
[3:01:47] making, yeah, it
[3:01:47] s 9 o
[3:01:48] clock
[3:01:49] and we are adjourned. We
[3:01:49] ll see
[3:01:50] you next meeting
[3:01:51] OCTOBER 20th back here in
[3:01:52] Counciluncil chambers. Thank