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2 00:09:21,757 --> 00:09:22,274 Welcome to the city council 3 00:09:22,274 --> 00:09:23,342 meeting. 4 00:09:23,342 --> 00:09:23,843 Before we call the meeting to 5 00:09:23,843 --> 00:09:24,777 order, I 6 00:09:24,777 --> 00:09:24,977 d like to read the 7 00:09:24,977 --> 00:09:26,977 city 8 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,481 s land acknowledgment. 9 00:09:28,481 --> 00:09:29,949 The West Hollywood City Council 10 00:09:29,949 --> 00:09:31,384 acknowledges that the land on 11 00:09:31,384 --> 00:09:32,485 which we gather and that is 12 00:09:32,485 --> 00:09:35,288 currently known as the City of 13 00:09:35,288 --> 00:09:37,323 West Hollywood, is the occupied, 14 00:09:37,323 --> 00:09:39,723 unseeded, seized territory of 15 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:41,661 the Gabrieleno Tongva and the 16 00:09:41,661 --> 00:09:41,833 Gabrieleno Quich peoples. I 17 00:09:41,833 --> 00:09:42,728 ll 18 00:09:42,728 --> 00:09:44,430 call this meeting of the 19 00:09:44,430 --> 00:09:46,266 OCTOBER 6, 2025 City Council 20 00:09:46,266 --> 00:09:47,367 meeting to order. It is 6:08. 21 00:09:47,367 --> 00:09:48,802 Thanks for your patience. 22 00:09:48,802 --> 00:09:51,304 We are joined by a very special 23 00:09:51,304 --> 00:09:53,172 guest, will Colette Collar. 24 00:09:53,172 --> 00:09:56,772 Please join us to recite the 25 00:10:03,784 --> 00:10:05,784 Pledge of Allegiance. 26 00:10:05,952 --> 00:10:09,552 I pledge allegiance to the flag 27 00:10:09,589 --> 00:10:12,580 of the United States of America 28 00:10:12,580 --> 00:10:15,658 and to public for which it 29 00:10:16,429 --> 00:10:18,965 stands, one nation under GOD 30 00:10:18,965 --> 00:10:21,365 indivisible with liberty and 31 00:10:24,104 --> 00:10:26,104 justice for all. 32 00:10:27,173 --> 00:10:29,142 Thank you, Colette 33 00:10:29,142 --> 00:10:30,810 City clerk, MAY we please have 34 00:10:30,810 --> 00:10:34,410 a roll call. Yes, thank you, 35 00:10:35,281 --> 00:10:36,482 Mayor. Councilmember Erickson. 36 00:10:36,482 --> 00:10:37,851 Councilmembur Hang here 37 00:10:37,851 --> 00:10:39,851 Councilmember Meister, here, 38 00:10:40,187 --> 00:10:41,355 Vice Mayor Heilman, and Mayor 39 00:10:41,355 --> 00:10:42,356 Byers. Here we have a quorum. 40 00:10:42,356 --> 00:10:43,190 Thank you very much. City 41 00:10:43,190 --> 00:10:44,725 Attorney, will you please 42 00:10:44,725 --> 00:10:46,293 provide us with a report of 43 00:10:46,293 --> 00:10:48,228 closed session. 44 00:10:48,228 --> 00:10:49,262 Yes, hi, good evening. The city 45 00:10:49,262 --> 00:10:51,662 council convened a closed 46 00:10:51,765 --> 00:10:52,832 session this evening at 5 P.M. 47 00:10:52,832 --> 00:10:54,200 There were no members of the 48 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,636 public here to speak on the 49 00:10:55,636 --> 00:10:56,971 closed session agenda. The 50 00:10:56,971 --> 00:10:58,439 council spoke about the two 51 00:10:58,439 --> 00:11:00,841 items listed on the Posted 52 00:11:00,841 --> 00:11:02,309 agenda and took no reportable 53 00:11:02,309 --> 00:11:03,744 action and concluded a few 54 00:11:03,744 --> 00:11:05,245 minutes after 6 P.M. That 55 00:11:05,245 --> 00:11:05,812 concludes my report. 56 00:11:05,812 --> 00:11:06,780 Thank you. We 57 00:11:06,780 --> 00:11:07,748 ll move to 58 00:11:07,748 --> 00:11:08,782 approval of the agenda. City 59 00:11:08,782 --> 00:11:10,283 clerk, are there any changes 60 00:11:10,283 --> 00:11:10,817 from staff to tonight 61 00:11:10,817 --> 00:11:12,817 s agenda? 62 00:11:13,254 --> 00:11:16,254 Yes, Mayer, staff is requesting 63 00:11:16,590 --> 00:11:18,759 we table item f8. 64 00:11:18,759 --> 00:11:19,860 There is an f8. The appointment 65 00:11:19,860 --> 00:11:21,610 to the planning commission, 66 00:11:21,610 --> 00:11:21,261 correct. 67 00:11:21,261 --> 00:11:22,796 There 68 00:11:22,796 --> 00:11:24,970 s some time sensitive 69 00:11:24,970 --> 00:11:25,298 voting matters coming before 70 00:11:25,298 --> 00:11:27,698 the planning commission though, 71 00:11:30,203 --> 00:11:31,839 so. 72 00:11:31,839 --> 00:11:32,673 Additional time for applicants 73 00:11:32,673 --> 00:11:33,741 to submit 74 00:11:33,741 --> 00:11:34,975 um, but it 75 00:11:34,975 --> 00:11:36,577 s at the desire of 76 00:11:36,577 --> 00:11:37,978 the council. They have like 77 00:11:37,978 --> 00:11:40,447 several big items coming before 78 00:11:40,447 --> 00:11:41,140 them. 79 00:11:41,140 --> 00:11:42,383 So if we don 80 00:11:42,383 --> 00:11:43,117 t have a 9th 81 00:11:43,117 --> 00:11:44,510 person and something 82 00:11:44,510 --> 00:11:46,510 s 44, it 83 00:11:47,454 --> 00:11:49,190 could be a problem. 84 00:11:49,190 --> 00:11:51,250 I actually support waiting 85 00:11:51,250 --> 00:11:51,592 until we have more applicants 86 00:11:51,592 --> 00:11:53,592 and 87 00:11:54,610 --> 00:11:54,221 um, I, I think the clerk 88 00:11:54,221 --> 00:11:55,796 s 89 00:11:55,796 --> 00:11:57,598 office actually neglected to 90 00:11:57,598 --> 00:11:59,633 notify us that there was a 91 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:03,136 vacancy, so the first time I 92 00:12:03,136 --> 00:12:04,838 heard about it was when we were 93 00:12:04,838 --> 00:12:06,541 communicated two by one of the 94 00:12:06,541 --> 00:12:09,541 applicants. So I would support 95 00:12:10,678 --> 00:12:10,912 holding that for 2 weeks. 96 00:12:10,912 --> 00:12:12,912 I don 97 00:12:13,147 --> 00:12:16,160 t support that. And also 98 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,160 typically the city clerk will 99 00:12:19,587 --> 00:12:21,855 send out a notice to various 100 00:12:21,855 --> 00:12:23,225 planning that did go out 101 00:12:23,225 --> 00:12:24,726 Association did that go out? 102 00:12:24,726 --> 00:12:24,893 Yeah, we do have two applicants. 103 00:12:24,893 --> 00:12:26,194 It 104 00:12:26,194 --> 00:12:28,196 s not posted and we do have 105 00:12:28,196 --> 00:12:30,196 two applicants. Ok. 106 00:12:31,299 --> 00:12:32,300 My concern is also the agenda 107 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:34,700 for the planning commission 108 00:12:34,902 --> 00:12:37,302 that is coming up. 109 00:12:37,405 --> 00:12:38,606 And timing of appointment to 110 00:12:38,606 --> 00:12:38,973 those meetings. 111 00:12:38,973 --> 00:12:39,273 I, I don 112 00:12:39,273 --> 00:12:39,674 t think it 113 00:12:39,674 --> 00:12:40,740 s, we 114 00:12:40,740 --> 00:12:41,910 ve 115 00:12:41,910 --> 00:12:43,211 given it enough time for 116 00:12:43,211 --> 00:12:44,579 applications, but 117 00:12:44,579 --> 00:12:45,480 I, I also didn 118 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,282 t hear anything 119 00:12:47,282 --> 00:12:49,951 until I saw the email from one 120 00:12:49,951 --> 00:12:50,351 of the applicants. 121 00:12:50,351 --> 00:12:52,351 Yeah, I don 122 00:12:54,755 --> 00:12:55,990 t support it 123 00:12:55,990 --> 00:12:56,157 So the idea, so there 124 00:12:56,157 --> 00:12:57,225 s 3 125 00:12:57,225 --> 00:12:58,160 people who want to keep it on 126 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,428 the agenda and 2 people who 127 00:12:59,428 --> 00:13:01,330 want to keep it off the agenda 128 00:13:01,330 --> 00:13:02,531 for tonight. 129 00:13:02,531 --> 00:13:06,134 I think that means we keep it 130 00:13:06,134 --> 00:13:08,534 on the agenda tonight. 131 00:13:08,970 --> 00:13:12,407 Um, are there any other changes 132 00:13:12,407 --> 00:13:14,407 for my colleagues? 133 00:13:15,811 --> 00:13:17,811 Ok 134 00:13:18,313 --> 00:13:18,814 Wonderful. MAY I begin? Sorry, 135 00:13:18,814 --> 00:13:20,282 before I want I 136 00:13:20,282 --> 00:13:22,117 ll start at the 137 00:13:22,117 --> 00:13:24,520 end, um, I would like to see if 138 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:25,253 we can move f6 for serving 139 00:13:25,253 --> 00:13:27,489 entertainment studios in West 140 00:13:27,489 --> 00:13:29,489 Hollywood. 141 00:13:30,158 --> 00:13:31,292 Um, f5, the audit of vacant 142 00:13:31,292 --> 00:13:32,327 residential and commercial 143 00:13:32,327 --> 00:13:33,896 units. 144 00:13:33,896 --> 00:13:35,464 I knew, I knew one of my 145 00:13:35,464 --> 00:13:36,732 colleagues. I actually don 146 00:13:36,732 --> 00:13:38,732 t 147 00:13:39,535 --> 00:13:40,469 support moving that to, um, f4, 148 00:13:40,469 --> 00:13:42,104 the sponsorship of the 149 00:13:42,104 --> 00:13:43,380 community event, uh, with Cindy 150 00:13:43,380 --> 00:13:45,380 Handler. 151 00:13:47,242 --> 00:13:49,242 Yes 152 00:13:50,946 --> 00:13:53,415 Um, f2 cx1 youth group holiday 153 00:13:53,415 --> 00:13:55,415 event. 154 00:13:56,352 --> 00:13:58,220 Um, the sober drag bingo event 155 00:13:58,220 --> 00:14:01,220 with um Ite for Public 156 00:14:01,390 --> 00:14:03,390 Strategies. 157 00:14:03,425 --> 00:14:05,827 I know f3 is your item. Could 158 00:14:05,827 --> 00:14:06,294 we also move f3 to consent? 159 00:14:06,294 --> 00:14:07,829 Sure. 160 00:14:07,829 --> 00:14:10,766 There was one other item he 161 00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:12,802 skipped because it was his. 162 00:14:12,802 --> 00:14:14,360 F7, the amendment to the 163 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,436 pre-approved lists. Oh, you 164 00:14:19,475 --> 00:14:21,475 have questions? Ok. 165 00:14:22,444 --> 00:14:24,546 Um, is there uh 166 00:14:24,546 --> 00:14:26,946 is there, um, uh 167 00:14:28,510 --> 00:14:30,510 regarding pride 168 00:14:30,486 --> 00:14:32,421 Do people find moving prior to 169 00:14:32,421 --> 00:14:32,588 consent I e e3, sorry. 170 00:14:32,588 --> 00:14:33,189 It 171 00:14:33,189 --> 00:14:33,622 s up to you. We 172 00:14:33,622 --> 00:14:34,900 re on the 173 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:34,857 planning. You 174 00:14:34,857 --> 00:14:36,857 re good with 175 00:14:37,159 --> 00:14:39,328 moving it to consent. 176 00:14:39,328 --> 00:14:41,396 And are we ok moving d1 to 177 00:14:41,396 --> 00:14:43,396 consent? 178 00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:46,335 The uh cannabis security item. 179 00:14:46,335 --> 00:14:47,970 Yeah, I was just 180 00:14:47,970 --> 00:14:48,171 we discussed it and that 181 00:14:48,171 --> 00:14:50,171 s how 182 00:14:52,608 --> 00:14:55,544 it just for the sake of ok. 183 00:14:55,544 --> 00:14:58,470 Do we want to talk about out 184 00:14:58,470 --> 00:15:00,490 athletes fund, e4? Ok. 185 00:15:00,490 --> 00:15:02,180 Ok. 186 00:15:02,180 --> 00:15:03,619 Do we need to do a review of 187 00:15:03,619 --> 00:15:05,619 that city clerk. 188 00:15:11,127 --> 00:15:14,727 Yes, Mayor, I do have items 189 00:15:16,966 --> 00:15:17,968 d3e3f1f2, f4, and f6 moving to 190 00:15:17,968 --> 00:15:19,803 consent. 191 00:15:19,803 --> 00:15:21,710 Did I MISS Any? D1 192 00:15:21,710 --> 00:15:22,806 and d1 193 00:15:22,806 --> 00:15:24,140 Sorry, it was d1 not d3. 194 00:15:24,140 --> 00:15:26,140 Sorry, my apologies 195 00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:30,446 So again, that was d1, e3, f1, 196 00:15:30,446 --> 00:15:31,347 f2, f4, f6. 197 00:15:31,347 --> 00:15:33,347 3 198 00:15:34,750 --> 00:15:36,750 Thank you. F3 199 00:15:38,188 --> 00:15:40,757 on item f6, I do have some 200 00:15:40,757 --> 00:15:43,260 comments about the timing, um, 201 00:15:43,260 --> 00:15:45,461 in the staff report. So I would 202 00:15:45,461 --> 00:15:48,970 like to address that, and I 203 00:15:48,970 --> 00:15:49,565 will address it under um uh 204 00:15:49,565 --> 00:15:50,700 public or under councilmember 205 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:51,000 comments later. 206 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 But I 207 00:15:53,470 --> 00:15:54,972 m fine with leaving the 208 00:15:54,972 --> 00:15:56,306 item on the 209 00:15:56,306 --> 00:15:58,306 consent calendar. 210 00:16:03,346 --> 00:16:05,346 Yeah. 211 00:16:12,890 --> 00:16:14,324 Ok 212 00:16:14,324 --> 00:16:14,497 Thank you 213 00:16:14,497 --> 00:16:16,259 We 214 00:16:16,259 --> 00:16:17,460 ll, uh, go to Levine Act 215 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:19,196 disclosures. Can my colleagues 216 00:16:19,196 --> 00:16:20,664 review the agenda and report 217 00:16:20,664 --> 00:16:23,266 any Levine Act disclosures. I 218 00:16:23,266 --> 00:16:24,100 have none. None. None. Ok, 219 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:24,701 seeing none. We 220 00:16:24,701 --> 00:16:25,869 ll move to 221 00:16:25,869 --> 00:16:27,136 adjournment motions. Do any of 222 00:16:27,136 --> 00:16:28,873 my, I know we have some 223 00:16:28,873 --> 00:16:29,306 adjournment motions tonight. A 224 00:16:29,306 --> 00:16:30,700 Councilmember, I 225 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:31,341 m sorry, 226 00:16:31,341 --> 00:16:33,310 Icemeil Heilmann, do you want 227 00:16:33,310 --> 00:16:34,711 to begin? Yes, I 228 00:16:34,711 --> 00:16:35,679 d like to 229 00:16:35,679 --> 00:16:36,747 adjourn tonight 230 00:16:36,747 --> 00:16:38,747 s meeting in 231 00:16:39,116 --> 00:16:41,385 memory of Rob Henig. Rob was a 232 00:16:41,385 --> 00:16:44,187 devoted husband, son, a loyal 233 00:16:44,187 --> 00:16:45,556 friend to many, he lectured at 234 00:16:45,556 --> 00:16:47,556 ucla political 235 00:16:47,691 --> 00:16:49,927 Science department for 6 years. 236 00:16:49,927 --> 00:16:51,962 He opened his own law firm 237 00:16:51,962 --> 00:16:53,597 specializing in employment law. 238 00:16:53,597 --> 00:16:55,966 Throughout his life, he served 239 00:16:55,966 --> 00:16:58,369 as a mentor for many young 240 00:16:58,369 --> 00:17:00,136 attorneys, and he left a 241 00:17:00,136 --> 00:17:01,838 lasting impression on both his 242 00:17:01,838 --> 00:17:03,808 colleagues and community. He 243 00:17:03,808 --> 00:17:06,808 was known for his integrity, 244 00:17:07,645 --> 00:17:10,614 his grit, and his determination. 245 00:17:10,614 --> 00:17:12,216 He presented at various legal 246 00:17:12,216 --> 00:17:14,510 education programs, including 247 00:17:14,510 --> 00:17:15,786 the la County Bar, the Beverly 248 00:17:15,786 --> 00:17:17,888 Hills Bar, he served on the 249 00:17:17,888 --> 00:17:20,391 board of the aclu of Southern 250 00:17:20,391 --> 00:17:22,260 California. He was the past 251 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:22,527 president of the lgbt rights 252 00:17:22,527 --> 00:17:24,527 chap 253 00:17:24,529 --> 00:17:26,931 ter He was a founding board 254 00:17:26,931 --> 00:17:29,931 chair of what would become 255 00:17:30,334 --> 00:17:32,302 equality California. He served 256 00:17:32,302 --> 00:17:33,370 the la lgbt Center 257 00:17:33,370 --> 00:17:34,805 s legal 258 00:17:34,805 --> 00:17:36,473 referral program and on the 259 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:37,541 board of the Tom Finland 260 00:17:37,541 --> 00:17:39,143 Foundation. 261 00:17:39,143 --> 00:17:39,744 A celebration of, of Rob 262 00:17:39,744 --> 00:17:41,744 s life, 263 00:17:41,746 --> 00:17:44,746 as planned on Sunday, OCTOBER 264 00:17:45,316 --> 00:17:47,952 26th in the Doheny room of the 265 00:17:47,952 --> 00:17:50,952 ark, the West Hollywood Rec 266 00:17:51,389 --> 00:17:53,657 Center at 6:47 North Sambaende 267 00:17:53,657 --> 00:17:54,925 from 2:30 to 4, and I would 268 00:17:54,925 --> 00:17:55,293 request we adjourn in Rob 269 00:17:55,293 --> 00:17:56,561 s 270 00:17:56,561 --> 00:17:57,395 memory. Thank you. I think 271 00:17:57,395 --> 00:17:58,663 Councilmember Erickson would 272 00:17:58,663 --> 00:18:00,298 like to add, yeah, I would just 273 00:18:00,298 --> 00:18:00,898 like to thank my colleague for 274 00:18:00,898 --> 00:18:01,866 adjourning in Rob 275 00:18:01,866 --> 00:18:03,301 s memory. I 276 00:18:03,301 --> 00:18:05,360 got the chance to serve when I 277 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:06,471 was board PRESIDENT Of the aclu 278 00:18:06,471 --> 00:18:07,380 of Southern California with Rob 279 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:09,380 and 280 00:18:09,107 --> 00:18:11,750 he was just a delight to work 281 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:12,978 with and a true savant when it 282 00:18:12,978 --> 00:18:14,579 came to matters of the law, but 283 00:18:14,579 --> 00:18:17,382 matters of social justice, and 284 00:18:17,382 --> 00:18:19,150 I was so shocked to see this 285 00:18:19,150 --> 00:18:21,920 when he passed from our board 286 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:22,320 alumni list serve, but he 287 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,320 s 288 00:18:24,689 --> 00:18:26,324 touched so many lives and 289 00:18:26,324 --> 00:18:28,920 organizations and um he is 290 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:29,460 truly someone that just helped 291 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:30,929 shape what our community is 292 00:18:30,929 --> 00:18:31,863 today, and he will be deeply, 293 00:18:31,863 --> 00:18:33,131 deeply missed. Thank you very 294 00:18:33,131 --> 00:18:33,532 much, Mayor. Thank you, and 295 00:18:33,532 --> 00:18:34,766 I 296 00:18:34,766 --> 00:18:35,434 ll turn it to Councilmember 297 00:18:35,434 --> 00:18:37,834 Meister for our final 298 00:18:37,902 --> 00:18:39,370 adjournment. 299 00:18:39,370 --> 00:18:39,938 Thank you, Mayor. I 300 00:18:39,938 --> 00:18:41,938 d like to 301 00:18:42,307 --> 00:18:44,242 adjourn this evening, uh, in 302 00:18:44,242 --> 00:18:46,678 memory of Jane Goodall. Jane 303 00:18:46,678 --> 00:18:47,813 Goodall was a trailblazing 304 00:18:47,813 --> 00:18:49,748 naturalist whose intimate 305 00:18:49,748 --> 00:18:51,517 observations of chimpanzees in 306 00:18:51,517 --> 00:18:52,985 the African wild produce 307 00:18:52,985 --> 00:18:54,985 powerful insights that 308 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:57,820 transform basic concepts of 309 00:18:57,856 --> 00:18:59,925 humankind. Tenacious and keenly 310 00:18:59,925 --> 00:19:02,227 observant Goodall paved the way 311 00:19:02,227 --> 00:19:04,462 for other women in primatology. 312 00:19:04,462 --> 00:19:06,932 Though she is most well known 313 00:19:06,932 --> 00:19:08,400 for her 65 year study of wild 314 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,135 chimpanzees in 315 00:19:10,135 --> 00:19:11,537 Tanzania. In the latter part of 316 00:19:11,537 --> 00:19:13,772 her life, she expanded her 317 00:19:13,772 --> 00:19:16,208 focus and became a global 318 00:19:16,208 --> 00:19:18,608 advocate for human rights, 319 00:19:18,610 --> 00:19:20,545 animal welfare, species and 320 00:19:20,545 --> 00:19:22,280 environmental protection and 321 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,160 many other crucial issues. In 322 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,852 her 80s, she continued to 323 00:19:26,852 --> 00:19:28,540 travel 300 days a year to speak 324 00:19:28,540 --> 00:19:30,454 to schoolchildren and others 325 00:19:31,223 --> 00:19:33,192 about the need to fight 326 00:19:33,192 --> 00:19:33,492 deforestation, preserved 327 00:19:33,492 --> 00:19:34,893 chimpanzees 328 00:19:34,893 --> 00:19:36,361 natural habitat 329 00:19:36,361 --> 00:19:37,896 and promote sustainable 330 00:19:37,896 --> 00:19:38,497 development in Africa. She was 331 00:19:38,497 --> 00:19:39,798 91 332 00:19:39,798 --> 00:19:41,000 years old when she passed. 333 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:41,934 Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. 334 00:19:41,934 --> 00:19:43,200 Ok, we 335 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:43,369 ll turn tonight 336 00:19:43,369 --> 00:19:45,304 s 337 00:19:45,304 --> 00:19:45,571 meeting to presentations and 338 00:19:45,571 --> 00:19:46,572 first we 339 00:19:46,572 --> 00:19:47,773 ll recognize Colette 340 00:19:47,773 --> 00:19:49,800 who did such a tremendous job 341 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:50,109 of leading us in the Pledge of 342 00:19:50,109 --> 00:19:51,377 Allegiance tonight. Please join 343 00:19:51,377 --> 00:19:55,577 us up here for a photo and 344 00:20:37,357 --> 00:20:37,991 collect your certificate. 345 00:20:37,991 --> 00:20:39,392 Ok. And I 346 00:20:39,392 --> 00:20:40,793 ll turn it to 347 00:20:40,793 --> 00:20:42,195 Councilmember Erickson for our 348 00:20:42,195 --> 00:20:43,362 next presentation on ageism 349 00:20:43,362 --> 00:20:46,362 Awareness Day. Thank you so 350 00:20:47,990 --> 00:20:50,200 much, MADAM Mayer. Um, I am so 351 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,938 excited to print, uh, to 352 00:20:51,938 --> 00:20:54,938 proclaim this month on behalf 353 00:20:54,941 --> 00:20:56,242 of ageism Awareness Day, as my 354 00:20:56,242 --> 00:20:57,710 good friend Barbara Meler in 355 00:20:57,710 --> 00:20:59,279 the crowd has helped make sure 356 00:20:59,279 --> 00:21:01,314 educating our community on for 357 00:21:01,314 --> 00:21:03,116 many years. Adism refers to 358 00:21:03,116 --> 00:21:04,283 stereotypes, prejudice and 359 00:21:04,283 --> 00:21:06,283 discrimination towards others 360 00:21:06,319 --> 00:21:07,688 based on age. This applies to 361 00:21:07,688 --> 00:21:08,880 interpersonal institutional 362 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:09,856 cult 363 00:21:09,856 --> 00:21:11,391 ural and structural levels. 364 00:21:11,391 --> 00:21:12,726 Ages negatively affects older 365 00:21:12,726 --> 00:21:13,794 adults across healthcare, 366 00:21:13,794 --> 00:21:15,662 employment, housing, culture, 367 00:21:15,662 --> 00:21:17,564 and education, and addressing 368 00:21:17,564 --> 00:21:19,532 these biases benefits people of 369 00:21:19,532 --> 00:21:20,733 all ages by fostering dignity, 370 00:21:20,733 --> 00:21:22,468 respect, and equity across 371 00:21:22,468 --> 00:21:23,670 generations. 372 00:21:23,670 --> 00:21:25,639 Ageism often intersects with 373 00:21:25,639 --> 00:21:28,375 other forms of bias, including 374 00:21:28,375 --> 00:21:30,277 racism, sexism, and ableism, 375 00:21:30,277 --> 00:21:32,246 and these compounding 376 00:21:32,246 --> 00:21:33,680 inequities reinforced the 377 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,680 urgency of eliminating 378 00:21:36,816 --> 00:21:38,184 age-based, age-based bias as 379 00:21:38,184 --> 00:21:40,954 part of a broader inclusion 380 00:21:40,954 --> 00:21:43,124 goals. In 1987, the city 381 00:21:43,124 --> 00:21:44,992 established the senior advisory 382 00:21:44,992 --> 00:21:47,328 Board, now known as the Older 383 00:21:47,328 --> 00:21:48,629 Adults Advisory Board or the oa, 384 00:21:48,629 --> 00:21:49,997 something very important to 385 00:21:49,997 --> 00:21:51,898 know because Barbara Meltzer 386 00:21:51,898 --> 00:21:52,666 herself will glare at you from 387 00:21:52,666 --> 00:21:52,966 across the room 388 00:21:52,966 --> 00:21:54,334 if you don 389 00:21:54,334 --> 00:21:56,403 t say the word older 390 00:21:56,403 --> 00:21:57,404 adults, uh, to ensure that 391 00:21:57,404 --> 00:21:57,637 older residents, and she 392 00:21:57,637 --> 00:21:58,872 s done 393 00:21:58,872 --> 00:21:59,400 a lot in educating that. So 394 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:00,241 it 395 00:22:00,241 --> 00:22:01,275 s very good that we make 396 00:22:01,275 --> 00:22:03,744 sure we make that distinction. 397 00:22:03,744 --> 00:22:05,112 Um, have the opportunities for 398 00:22:05,112 --> 00:22:06,180 meaningful community engagement 399 00:22:06,180 --> 00:22:06,980 in the city 400 00:22:06,980 --> 00:22:08,615 s decision making 401 00:22:08,615 --> 00:22:10,217 processes and serve as a key 402 00:22:10,217 --> 00:22:11,685 advocate and liaison between 403 00:22:11,685 --> 00:22:12,986 the older adults, community 404 00:22:12,986 --> 00:22:14,488 organizations, the city council, 405 00:22:14,488 --> 00:22:16,323 city officials, and the broader 406 00:22:16,323 --> 00:22:17,357 community. The city of West 407 00:22:17,357 --> 00:22:18,960 Hollywood embraces aging as 408 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,595 part of its commitment to being 409 00:22:20,595 --> 00:22:21,796 caring, inclusive, and 410 00:22:21,796 --> 00:22:22,496 prioritizing the well-being and 411 00:22:22,496 --> 00:22:23,831 quality of life 412 00:22:23,831 --> 00:22:25,433 of older residents. The city 413 00:22:25,433 --> 00:22:27,868 council would like to proclaim 414 00:22:27,868 --> 00:22:29,803 OCTOBER 9, 2025 as ages of 415 00:22:29,803 --> 00:22:30,871 Awareness Day in West Hollywood 416 00:22:30,871 --> 00:22:32,706 encourages residents and 417 00:22:32,706 --> 00:22:34,441 community members to join in 418 00:22:34,441 --> 00:22:36,441 raising awareness, advocating 419 00:22:36,611 --> 00:22:38,145 for the elimination of ageism 420 00:22:38,145 --> 00:22:39,480 and fostering a society that 421 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:40,815 respects and empowers older 422 00:22:40,815 --> 00:22:42,617 adults. I would love to now 423 00:22:42,617 --> 00:22:43,884 invite up my dear friend, our 424 00:22:43,884 --> 00:22:45,386 former commissioner in the 425 00:22:45,386 --> 00:22:47,454 Human Services Commission, as 426 00:22:47,454 --> 00:22:49,189 well as a commissioner on the 427 00:22:49,189 --> 00:22:51,158 county board on ages of an 428 00:22:51,158 --> 00:22:53,558 older adults and the 429 00:23:35,270 --> 00:23:35,570 incomparable Barbara Meltzer. 430 00:23:35,570 --> 00:23:37,570 Yeah, it 431 00:23:40,241 --> 00:23:40,408 s your show. 432 00:23:40,408 --> 00:23:42,408 It 433 00:23:43,211 --> 00:23:45,147 s my show and what pressure, 434 00:23:45,147 --> 00:23:47,149 blood pressure, my gosh, thank 435 00:23:47,149 --> 00:23:49,500 you, thank you so much for this. 436 00:23:49,500 --> 00:23:50,919 Um, this is really, really an 437 00:23:50,919 --> 00:23:52,854 important issue for me and for 438 00:23:52,854 --> 00:23:54,389 many people. And while I am 439 00:23:54,389 --> 00:23:57,225 here, I would thank you for 440 00:23:57,225 --> 00:24:01,425 this, by the way. I would like 441 00:24:01,862 --> 00:24:03,799 just to give us a list of four 442 00:24:03,799 --> 00:24:05,000 forms of Aegisa, ok, it 443 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 s like 444 00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:08,567 just a little education. 445 00:24:08,567 --> 00:24:10,567 Internalized 446 00:24:11,673 --> 00:24:14,109 is one way. How we feel about 447 00:24:14,109 --> 00:24:17,109 ourselves as aging people and 448 00:24:17,979 --> 00:24:19,882 ageism of which older adults 449 00:24:19,882 --> 00:24:21,882 marginalize and discriminate 450 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,153 against other older people. 451 00:24:24,153 --> 00:24:26,153 Implicit 452 00:24:27,220 --> 00:24:29,524 the unconscious by it that 453 00:24:29,524 --> 00:24:31,524 includes attitudes, feelings, 454 00:24:32,361 --> 00:24:35,361 and behaviors towards people of 455 00:24:36,264 --> 00:24:38,501 other age groups that operates 456 00:24:38,501 --> 00:24:39,568 without conscience, awareness, 457 00:24:39,568 --> 00:24:41,568 or intention. 458 00:24:42,571 --> 00:24:44,571 Cultural 459 00:24:45,407 --> 00:24:47,407 the everyday invisible 460 00:24:47,776 --> 00:24:49,776 profoundly ingrained and 461 00:24:50,245 --> 00:24:52,245 normalized negative messages 462 00:24:52,681 --> 00:24:55,681 about ageism and old people 463 00:24:55,751 --> 00:24:58,200 embedded in movies, television, 464 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:58,821 songs, jokes, and many other 465 00:24:58,821 --> 00:25:00,821 things. 466 00:25:03,325 --> 00:25:04,927 Benevolent 467 00:25:04,927 --> 00:25:07,196 per pattern, I can 468 00:25:07,196 --> 00:25:09,196 t say the 469 00:25:09,431 --> 00:25:11,431 word, benevolent patronizing 470 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,202 beliefs that older people need 471 00:25:13,202 --> 00:25:15,202 to be protected 472 00:25:15,571 --> 00:25:17,540 and taken care of by younger 473 00:25:17,540 --> 00:25:20,540 people because they are no 474 00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:22,544 longer able to make decisions 475 00:25:22,544 --> 00:25:23,646 for themselves, and those are 476 00:25:23,646 --> 00:25:23,812 just some of the things we 477 00:25:23,812 --> 00:25:25,381 re 478 00:25:25,381 --> 00:25:27,283 fighting against. So thank you 479 00:25:27,283 --> 00:25:29,283 so much. 480 00:25:33,856 --> 00:25:34,991 Thank you. 481 00:25:34,991 --> 00:25:37,593 Thank you for your leadership, 482 00:25:37,593 --> 00:25:39,262 Barbara 483 00:25:39,262 --> 00:25:40,730 There are several significant 484 00:25:40,730 --> 00:25:42,664 awareness commemorations taking 485 00:25:42,664 --> 00:25:44,934 place in OCTOBER. In addition 486 00:25:44,934 --> 00:25:46,350 to ageism Awareness Day, 487 00:25:46,350 --> 00:25:47,871 OCTOBER marks National 488 00:25:47,871 --> 00:25:48,939 Disability Awareness Month. 489 00:25:48,939 --> 00:25:50,774 National Disability Awareness 490 00:25:50,774 --> 00:25:52,708 Month is a time to increase 491 00:25:52,708 --> 00:25:53,710 awareness about people living 492 00:25:53,710 --> 00:25:55,710 with disabilities and 493 00:25:56,145 --> 00:25:57,580 emphasized the importance of 494 00:25:57,580 --> 00:25:59,580 inclusive policies and 495 00:25:59,749 --> 00:26:00,583 practices. Since 1945, the 496 00:26:00,583 --> 00:26:01,918 month of OCTOBER has been 497 00:26:01,918 --> 00:26:03,919 observed as a way to pay 498 00:26:03,919 --> 00:26:06,289 tribute to all who fought for 499 00:26:06,289 --> 00:26:08,358 better laws, demanded better 500 00:26:08,358 --> 00:26:10,193 treatment, overcame ignorance, 501 00:26:10,193 --> 00:26:11,227 and indifference to make our 502 00:26:11,227 --> 00:26:12,462 communities better. In 503 00:26:12,462 --> 00:26:14,197 recognition of this month, the 504 00:26:14,197 --> 00:26:16,366 city of West Hollywood, in 505 00:26:16,366 --> 00:26:17,633 partnership with the Disability 506 00:26:17,633 --> 00:26:18,167 Advisory Board will host the 507 00:26:18,167 --> 00:26:19,836 diss 508 00:26:19,836 --> 00:26:22,305 ab il ities Health and Wellness 509 00:26:22,305 --> 00:26:24,274 Fair on Thursday this week, 510 00:26:24,274 --> 00:26:26,674 OCTOBER 9th, 2025 at Plummer 511 00:26:27,277 --> 00:26:30,113 Park. And on Wednesday, OCTOBER 512 00:26:30,113 --> 00:26:32,513 202, 2025. The city will also 513 00:26:32,515 --> 00:26:34,383 host the 27th annual Disability 514 00:26:34,383 --> 00:26:36,152 Service Awards, where we will 515 00:26:36,152 --> 00:26:37,586 recognize the leadership of so 516 00:26:37,586 --> 00:26:39,122 many incredible individuals in 517 00:26:39,122 --> 00:26:40,257 this community and beyond. We 518 00:26:40,257 --> 00:26:41,692 would like to take this 519 00:26:41,692 --> 00:26:43,160 opportunity to recognize and 520 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,761 thank our disabilities advisory 521 00:26:44,761 --> 00:26:46,630 board for all the work they do 522 00:26:46,630 --> 00:26:47,297 to bring awareness during this 523 00:26:47,297 --> 00:26:47,531 month and all year round. So 524 00:26:47,531 --> 00:26:48,699 please 525 00:26:48,699 --> 00:26:52,899 join us up here for a photo. 526 00:27:11,254 --> 00:27:13,254 Thank you. 527 00:27:54,565 --> 00:27:56,565 I kid. 528 00:27:57,340 --> 00:27:58,536 Thank you so much to the mayor 529 00:27:58,536 --> 00:27:59,903 and the city council. This is 530 00:27:59,903 --> 00:28:01,872 one of my favorite months of 531 00:28:01,872 --> 00:28:03,340 the year. The weather is 532 00:28:03,340 --> 00:28:05,740 gorgeous. I spent Sunday 533 00:28:05,742 --> 00:28:08,646 afternoon at the Aquatic Center. 534 00:28:08,646 --> 00:28:10,315 We get to have the health fair 535 00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:10,748 this Thursday, which is a great 536 00:28:10,748 --> 00:28:12,500 event. It 537 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:13,984 s a perfect time to 538 00:28:13,984 --> 00:28:16,387 get your flu shot, and to find 539 00:28:16,387 --> 00:28:19,123 out about many services the 540 00:28:19,123 --> 00:28:21,523 city offers, including ambiance 541 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,663 transportation, dial a ride, so 542 00:28:24,663 --> 00:28:25,196 many things that are taken care 543 00:28:25,196 --> 00:28:27,650 of here. 544 00:28:27,650 --> 00:28:27,237 I grew up in Seattle. I 545 00:28:27,237 --> 00:28:29,237 ve 546 00:28:29,934 --> 00:28:31,970 lived in New York and San 547 00:28:31,970 --> 00:28:33,904 Francisco, and hands down, this 548 00:28:33,904 --> 00:28:34,272 is the best place to live if 549 00:28:34,272 --> 00:28:35,239 you 550 00:28:35,239 --> 00:28:37,639 re a person with 551 00:28:37,775 --> 00:28:39,844 disabilities. The city of West 552 00:28:39,844 --> 00:28:41,212 Hollywood cares and takes many 553 00:28:41,212 --> 00:28:42,647 actions that improve the 554 00:28:42,647 --> 00:28:44,249 quality of life for people 555 00:28:44,249 --> 00:28:46,251 living with disabilities. I 556 00:28:46,251 --> 00:28:48,653 thank you so much for promoting 557 00:28:48,653 --> 00:28:49,521 our health fair this Thursday. 558 00:28:49,521 --> 00:28:51,222 And I know we 559 00:28:51,222 --> 00:28:53,558 ll see some of 560 00:28:53,558 --> 00:28:55,590 you on OCTOBER 22nd, as we 561 00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:56,627 celebrate 562 00:28:56,627 --> 00:28:58,462 services and people that do an 563 00:28:58,462 --> 00:29:00,432 outstanding job in our 564 00:29:00,432 --> 00:29:02,434 community. Thank you so much 565 00:29:02,434 --> 00:29:03,668 for having at Disabilities 566 00:29:03,668 --> 00:29:04,402 Advisory Board, and I 567 00:29:04,402 --> 00:29:06,700 m very 568 00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:07,138 honored and pleased to be the 569 00:29:07,138 --> 00:29:10,138 CHAIRMAN This year. Thank you 570 00:29:13,611 --> 00:29:15,611 so much. 571 00:29:20,952 --> 00:29:23,352 Thank you so much 572 00:29:24,890 --> 00:29:26,824 Thank you, Counsel Chair. Just 573 00:29:26,824 --> 00:29:28,393 to reminder that uh during 574 00:29:28,393 --> 00:29:30,328 disabilities Awareness Month 575 00:29:30,328 --> 00:29:31,463 that, uh, disabilities come in 576 00:29:31,463 --> 00:29:33,463 all 577 00:29:33,965 --> 00:29:36,368 uh forms, uh, many of which are 578 00:29:36,368 --> 00:29:38,270 visible, many of which are not, 579 00:29:38,270 --> 00:29:39,738 and GOD willing, we all live 580 00:29:39,738 --> 00:29:42,738 long enough that, uh, virtually 581 00:29:43,508 --> 00:29:45,877 all of us will experience one 582 00:29:45,877 --> 00:29:48,446 or more forms of disabilities, 583 00:29:48,446 --> 00:29:50,150 either permanent or temporary. 584 00:29:50,150 --> 00:29:52,150 Um, and, uh 585 00:29:52,318 --> 00:29:54,420 the, the, the mark of a of a of 586 00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:58,200 a good society that that that 587 00:29:58,290 --> 00:30:01,890 well serves its members is how 588 00:30:02,270 --> 00:30:04,463 it treats those who uh are the 589 00:30:04,463 --> 00:30:06,998 most vulnerable among us, and I 590 00:30:06,998 --> 00:30:10,598 think this city does its best, 591 00:30:11,237 --> 00:30:12,705 um, to, uh, uh, to serve and to 592 00:30:12,705 --> 00:30:14,106 watch out for for persons with 593 00:30:14,106 --> 00:30:15,407 disabilities, although we MAY 594 00:30:15,407 --> 00:30:16,242 have some disagreements, uh, 595 00:30:16,242 --> 00:30:16,475 obviously, and, and that 596 00:30:16,475 --> 00:30:16,675 s, 597 00:30:16,675 --> 00:30:17,676 that 598 00:30:17,676 --> 00:30:19,244 s natural and to be 599 00:30:19,244 --> 00:30:20,712 expected in a part of democracy 600 00:30:20,712 --> 00:30:22,712 Um. 601 00:30:22,848 --> 00:30:24,149 uh, I, I think we, we all have 602 00:30:24,149 --> 00:30:26,584 the, the, the best interests of 603 00:30:26,584 --> 00:30:27,753 the city at heart in trying to 604 00:30:27,753 --> 00:30:28,888 work together to best serve the 605 00:30:28,888 --> 00:30:30,423 needs of all of its citizens, 606 00:30:30,423 --> 00:30:32,925 and I thank you very much. And 607 00:30:32,925 --> 00:30:34,827 again, we hope to see you on, 608 00:30:34,827 --> 00:30:39,270 uh on Thursday and also on the 609 00:30:40,733 --> 00:30:41,734 22nd. Thank you. 610 00:30:41,734 --> 00:30:43,202 We think the disability 611 00:30:43,202 --> 00:30:44,670 advisory Board for joining us 612 00:30:44,670 --> 00:30:44,971 for this special commemoration, 613 00:30:44,971 --> 00:30:46,105 and we 614 00:30:46,105 --> 00:30:47,730 re also lucky to be 615 00:30:47,730 --> 00:30:49,473 joined by another fabulous 616 00:30:49,508 --> 00:30:49,709 board here in the city. The 617 00:30:49,709 --> 00:30:49,942 city 618 00:30:49,942 --> 00:30:50,943 s Women 619 00:30:50,943 --> 00:30:51,143 s Advisory Board. 620 00:30:51,143 --> 00:30:52,411 They 621 00:30:52,411 --> 00:30:53,946 re here tonight to receive 622 00:30:53,946 --> 00:30:55,381 proclamations for two other 623 00:30:55,381 --> 00:30:56,548 awareness commemorations taking 624 00:30:56,548 --> 00:30:58,217 place in the month of OCTOBER. 625 00:30:58,217 --> 00:31:00,452 It sure is a busy and special 626 00:31:00,452 --> 00:31:02,122 month. Breast cancer awareness 627 00:31:02,122 --> 00:31:03,123 and domestic partner and 628 00:31:03,123 --> 00:31:04,791 intimate partner violence 629 00:31:04,791 --> 00:31:07,260 awareness month or this month 630 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:08,261 as well. So OCTOBER is national 631 00:31:08,261 --> 00:31:09,695 domestic Violence Awareness 632 00:31:09,695 --> 00:31:10,930 Month in recognition of 633 00:31:10,930 --> 00:31:11,564 domestic violence and intimate 634 00:31:11,564 --> 00:31:12,832 partner violence 635 00:31:12,832 --> 00:31:14,200 as a national issue that 636 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,135 affects people of all ages, 637 00:31:16,135 --> 00:31:18,700 genders, races, cultures, 638 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:18,971 religions, educational 639 00:31:18,971 --> 00:31:20,941 backgrounds, sexual 640 00:31:20,941 --> 00:31:22,442 orientations, gender identities, 641 00:31:22,442 --> 00:31:24,344 and marital statuses. Domestic 642 00:31:24,344 --> 00:31:25,578 violence is also referred to as 643 00:31:25,578 --> 00:31:27,247 intimate partner violence and 644 00:31:27,247 --> 00:31:29,148 can take many forms. In 645 00:31:29,148 --> 00:31:31,150 addition to physical abuse, it 646 00:31:31,150 --> 00:31:33,550 can include sexual abuse, 647 00:31:34,530 --> 00:31:35,488 verbal abuse, emotional abuse, 648 00:31:35,488 --> 00:31:37,488 intimidation, controlling 649 00:31:37,958 --> 00:31:39,459 behaviors, isolating behaviors, 650 00:31:39,459 --> 00:31:40,460 and economic abuse. Over 80 651 00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:41,194 million people across the 652 00:31:41,194 --> 00:31:42,228 nation have 653 00:31:42,228 --> 00:31:44,197 experienced intimate partner 654 00:31:44,197 --> 00:31:46,597 violence in their lifetimes, 655 00:31:46,633 --> 00:31:48,735 with 10 million adults annually, 656 00:31:48,735 --> 00:31:49,902 nearly 20 people per minute are 657 00:31:49,902 --> 00:31:51,237 physically abused by an 658 00:31:51,237 --> 00:31:52,705 intimate partner. 659 00:31:52,705 --> 00:31:54,641 People from marginalized groups, 660 00:31:54,641 --> 00:31:56,877 including women and members of 661 00:31:56,877 --> 00:31:58,110 the lgbtq plus community are at 662 00:31:58,110 --> 00:31:59,312 an increased risk for 663 00:31:59,312 --> 00:32:01,312 experiencing intimate partner 664 00:32:01,414 --> 00:32:02,949 violence as abusers will often 665 00:32:02,949 --> 00:32:04,517 capitalize on existing social 666 00:32:04,517 --> 00:32:05,719 and economic vulnerabilities to 667 00:32:05,719 --> 00:32:06,519 wield control. 668 00:32:06,519 --> 00:32:07,754 This month, the city 669 00:32:07,754 --> 00:32:08,922 s lanterns 670 00:32:08,922 --> 00:32:11,124 along Santa Monica Boulevard 671 00:32:11,124 --> 00:32:12,726 will glow in the color purple 672 00:32:12,726 --> 00:32:14,161 to recognize domestic violence 673 00:32:14,161 --> 00:32:15,462 awareness and intimate partner 674 00:32:15,462 --> 00:32:16,897 violence Awareness Month and in 675 00:32:16,897 --> 00:32:18,532 remembrance of those who have 676 00:32:18,532 --> 00:32:20,767 died because of domestic 677 00:32:20,767 --> 00:32:22,335 violence, honor those who 678 00:32:22,335 --> 00:32:23,837 survived and to encourage those 679 00:32:23,837 --> 00:32:25,705 who work to end violence, to 680 00:32:25,705 --> 00:32:27,730 unite and stand with domestic 681 00:32:27,730 --> 00:32:28,875 violence and intimate partner 682 00:32:28,875 --> 00:32:30,478 violence survivors. 683 00:32:30,478 --> 00:32:32,312 OCTOBER is also national Breast 684 00:32:32,312 --> 00:32:33,313 Cancer Awareness Month, an 685 00:32:33,313 --> 00:32:34,715 annual campaign aimed at 686 00:32:34,715 --> 00:32:36,183 raising awareness of this 687 00:32:36,183 --> 00:32:37,317 disease and increasing public 688 00:32:37,317 --> 00:32:39,419 knowledge about the importance 689 00:32:39,419 --> 00:32:41,521 of early detection, diagnosis, 690 00:32:41,521 --> 00:32:43,457 and treatment of breast cancer. 691 00:32:43,457 --> 00:32:45,325 About every 2 minutes, 1 case 692 00:32:45,325 --> 00:32:47,395 of breast cancer is diagnosed 693 00:32:47,395 --> 00:32:50,598 in the United States, and in 694 00:32:50,598 --> 00:32:52,166 2025, more than 310,000 new 695 00:32:52,166 --> 00:32:53,734 cases of invasive breast cancer 696 00:32:53,734 --> 00:32:57,334 are expected to be diagnosed in 697 00:32:57,371 --> 00:32:59,390 women, and about 2800 cases in 698 00:32:59,390 --> 00:33:00,807 men. Additionally, nearly 4 699 00:33:00,807 --> 00:33:02,442 3000 women and men are expected 700 00:33:02,442 --> 00:33:04,144 to lose their lives from breast 701 00:33:04,144 --> 00:33:05,680 cancer this year. While the 702 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:06,881 breast cancer death rate in the 703 00:33:06,881 --> 00:33:08,583 United States has greatly 704 00:33:08,583 --> 00:33:09,850 declined in recent years due to 705 00:33:09,850 --> 00:33:12,250 advancements in early detection 706 00:33:12,453 --> 00:33:13,200 and treatment. Breast cancer 707 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,455 mortality remains 708 00:33:14,455 --> 00:33:15,756 disproportionately high in 709 00:33:15,756 --> 00:33:17,157 black women, and awareness and 710 00:33:17,157 --> 00:33:19,260 stigma can be barriers to 711 00:33:19,260 --> 00:33:21,361 detection and care in men, 712 00:33:21,361 --> 00:33:22,463 trans men, and nonbinary people. 713 00:33:22,463 --> 00:33:24,265 National Breast Cancer 714 00:33:24,265 --> 00:33:25,900 Awareness Month serves as a 715 00:33:25,900 --> 00:33:28,350 reminder to educate ourselves 716 00:33:28,350 --> 00:33:30,435 about breast cancer, assess 717 00:33:30,571 --> 00:33:32,239 personal risk factors, conduct 718 00:33:32,239 --> 00:33:34,174 regular self-exams, schedule 719 00:33:34,174 --> 00:33:35,743 timely breast cancer cancer 720 00:33:35,743 --> 00:33:37,378 screenings and contribute to 721 00:33:37,378 --> 00:33:38,946 fundraising efforts for breast 722 00:33:38,946 --> 00:33:40,615 cancer research. Early 723 00:33:40,615 --> 00:33:41,883 detection saves lives, and 724 00:33:41,883 --> 00:33:43,150 scheduling a mammogram, an 725 00:33:43,150 --> 00:33:45,586 appointment that can take as 726 00:33:45,586 --> 00:33:47,588 little as 15 minutes could save 727 00:33:47,588 --> 00:33:48,723 your life. Numerous free and 728 00:33:48,723 --> 00:33:50,424 low-cost services are available 729 00:33:50,424 --> 00:33:51,158 for those in need. So we thank 730 00:33:51,158 --> 00:33:51,592 and invite the Women 731 00:33:51,592 --> 00:33:52,793 s Ad 732 00:33:52,793 --> 00:33:53,928 vi s ory Board to join us for a 733 00:33:53,928 --> 00:33:56,328 recognition of these two 734 00:34:03,871 --> 00:34:06,271 awareness months. Thank you. 735 00:34:19,521 --> 00:34:21,521 2. 736 00:34:45,112 --> 00:34:47,112 The 737 00:34:47,215 --> 00:34:47,376 Uh, on behalf of the Women 738 00:34:47,376 --> 00:34:49,117 s 739 00:34:49,117 --> 00:34:52,717 Advisory Board for the city. I 740 00:34:53,355 --> 00:34:55,230 thank you all for this, uh, for 741 00:34:55,230 --> 00:34:55,457 making awareness so important. 742 00:34:55,457 --> 00:34:56,258 Uh, just, I don 743 00:34:56,258 --> 00:34:57,726 t want to 744 00:34:57,726 --> 00:34:58,993 repeat anything that was said, 745 00:34:58,993 --> 00:35:01,229 but I just want to say one 746 00:35:01,229 --> 00:35:03,731 thing in regards to domestic 747 00:35:03,731 --> 00:35:03,898 violence, uh, our 748 00:35:03,898 --> 00:35:05,898 we 749 00:35:06,234 --> 00:35:08,634 re 3 women standing here 750 00:35:08,704 --> 00:35:12,304 right now. 1 out of 3 of us 751 00:35:12,975 --> 00:35:15,544 will either experience or have 752 00:35:15,544 --> 00:35:16,945 experienced either physical or 753 00:35:16,945 --> 00:35:19,314 sexual violence with an 754 00:35:19,314 --> 00:35:22,314 intimate partner. That is a 755 00:35:22,417 --> 00:35:24,620 global statistic 1 in 3, think 756 00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:26,555 about that, or have experienced 757 00:35:26,555 --> 00:35:26,855 or will experience that and 758 00:35:26,855 --> 00:35:28,490 that doesn 759 00:35:28,490 --> 00:35:30,890 t even include the 760 00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:33,228 more subtle abuse that happens 761 00:35:33,228 --> 00:35:33,795 when there is a partner that is 762 00:35:33,795 --> 00:35:35,795 abus 763 00:35:36,231 --> 00:35:37,499 ive that is abusive and with 764 00:35:37,499 --> 00:35:38,800 abusive behavior, controlling 765 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,969 behavior, which is something 766 00:35:40,969 --> 00:35:42,738 that often leads to physical 767 00:35:42,738 --> 00:35:44,240 violence. Um, I do know that 768 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:45,841 there is one other board member 769 00:35:45,841 --> 00:35:48,811 that would like to address this 770 00:35:48,811 --> 00:35:51,413 issue, so, uh, can I invite you 771 00:35:51,413 --> 00:35:52,881 to yes, thank you. Hi. So as 772 00:35:52,881 --> 00:35:55,117 our board is going to be 773 00:35:55,117 --> 00:35:57,586 focusing on dv this month. We 774 00:35:57,586 --> 00:36:00,560 are rolling out a campaign to 775 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:01,324 express a raise awareness for 776 00:36:01,324 --> 00:36:01,758 the emotional abuse that 777 00:36:01,758 --> 00:36:02,492 happens, we 778 00:36:02,492 --> 00:36:03,726 re gonna have a 779 00:36:03,726 --> 00:36:04,760 social media graphic 780 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,762 explaining all the different 781 00:36:06,762 --> 00:36:09,598 nagging, love bombing with a 782 00:36:09,598 --> 00:36:11,100 linked for people to get more 783 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:13,500 resource resources also we 784 00:36:13,569 --> 00:36:15,637 wanna work with you more 785 00:36:15,637 --> 00:36:17,106 closely to help form 786 00:36:17,106 --> 00:36:18,841 legislation to help with 787 00:36:18,841 --> 00:36:20,743 resources such as the abuse in 788 00:36:20,743 --> 00:36:20,944 the family court systems, pets 789 00:36:20,944 --> 00:36:22,378 aren 790 00:36:22,378 --> 00:36:24,147 t allowed at shelters very 791 00:36:24,147 --> 00:36:25,147 often, so people, a big 792 00:36:25,147 --> 00:36:25,314 majority of the time people 793 00:36:25,314 --> 00:36:25,848 can 794 00:36:25,848 --> 00:36:26,315 t leave or don 795 00:36:26,315 --> 00:36:27,783 t want to 796 00:36:27,783 --> 00:36:29,285 leave. So you will be hearing a 797 00:36:29,285 --> 00:36:31,153 lot more from us and hopefully 798 00:36:31,153 --> 00:36:33,255 we can work with you and this 799 00:36:33,255 --> 00:36:34,758 county and the state to really 800 00:36:34,758 --> 00:36:36,192 have more resources available 801 00:36:36,192 --> 00:36:37,260 and against the really 802 00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:40,260 importantly, stop the abuse in 803 00:36:43,733 --> 00:36:45,868 the court systems. Thank you. 804 00:36:45,868 --> 00:36:47,737 And addressing breast cancer 805 00:36:47,737 --> 00:36:47,904 awareness, uh, and again, I, I 806 00:36:47,904 --> 00:36:48,771 don 807 00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:50,606 t want to repeat any of the 808 00:36:50,606 --> 00:36:53,143 statistics, but you cannot go 809 00:36:53,143 --> 00:36:54,277 into a room today and say, do 810 00:36:54,277 --> 00:36:56,460 you know someone that has 811 00:36:56,460 --> 00:36:57,414 breast cancer or has had breast 812 00:36:57,414 --> 00:36:59,149 cancer without every single 813 00:36:59,149 --> 00:36:59,382 hand going up immediately. 814 00:36:59,382 --> 00:37:01,382 And I 815 00:37:01,451 --> 00:37:01,751 m old enough to know that 816 00:37:01,751 --> 00:37:02,986 that wasn 817 00:37:02,986 --> 00:37:04,887 t always the case. 818 00:37:04,887 --> 00:37:06,956 You could ask in the same room 819 00:37:06,956 --> 00:37:08,891 and have maybe a third, maybe 820 00:37:08,891 --> 00:37:11,161 not even that, of people 821 00:37:11,161 --> 00:37:13,196 raising their hands. Uh, breast 822 00:37:13,196 --> 00:37:15,650 cancer is very pervasive and it 823 00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:17,133 is going now spreading as you 824 00:37:17,133 --> 00:37:19,690 have said to further groups 825 00:37:19,690 --> 00:37:21,504 than just women who have breast 826 00:37:21,504 --> 00:37:23,306 cancer, so we are really 827 00:37:23,306 --> 00:37:24,307 pushing very hard, um, would 828 00:37:24,307 --> 00:37:25,641 you like to? Sure. 829 00:37:25,641 --> 00:37:27,641 Sure 830 00:37:28,245 --> 00:37:28,712 Hi, Kat, how are you doing? Um, 831 00:37:28,712 --> 00:37:30,800 there 832 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:31,181 s some information in the 833 00:37:31,181 --> 00:37:31,548 back for everybody. Um, we 834 00:37:31,548 --> 00:37:32,416 re 835 00:37:32,416 --> 00:37:34,170 doing something which at the 836 00:37:34,170 --> 00:37:35,852 point you brought up about 837 00:37:35,852 --> 00:37:38,252 self-checking. We, uh, campaign 838 00:37:38,288 --> 00:37:40,223 we are starting is the 839 00:37:40,223 --> 00:37:41,391 buddyCheck campaign. So this, 840 00:37:41,391 --> 00:37:41,558 one of the things that, um, 841 00:37:41,558 --> 00:37:42,826 we 842 00:37:42,826 --> 00:37:45,663 re trying to educate is that 843 00:37:45,663 --> 00:37:47,498 not only women over 40 can have, 844 00:37:47,498 --> 00:37:50,000 have, uh, can get breast cancer. 845 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,536 So, um, the thing you should do 846 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:54,671 is your friend, your mom, your 847 00:37:54,671 --> 00:37:55,372 sister, your aunt, anybody, any 848 00:37:55,372 --> 00:37:57,372 woman, woman, and 849 00:37:58,575 --> 00:38:00,810 id ent ify ing our non-binary 850 00:38:00,810 --> 00:38:02,647 persons should definitely 851 00:38:02,647 --> 00:38:02,820 um, check in with your friend. 852 00:38:02,820 --> 00:38:04,415 It 853 00:38:04,415 --> 00:38:05,115 s very important. It saved 854 00:38:05,115 --> 00:38:05,749 two of my friends 855 00:38:05,749 --> 00:38:07,718 lives when 856 00:38:07,718 --> 00:38:09,620 they were in their 30s. Um, but 857 00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:11,154 we also wanted to segue into 858 00:38:11,154 --> 00:38:13,900 something really fast that this 859 00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:14,458 is also menopause awareness 860 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:15,559 month. And, um, menopause 861 00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:17,460 Awareness Day will be on the 862 00:38:17,460 --> 00:38:19,697 18th, and we are doing a 863 00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:20,765 campaign called Is It Happening? 864 00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:23,200 And you can find some 865 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,603 information in the back of some, 866 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:29,272 um, excuse me, I have a little 867 00:38:29,272 --> 00:38:30,607 weird, of symptoms that um lead 868 00:38:30,607 --> 00:38:31,909 to, um, perimenopa 869 00:38:31,909 --> 00:38:33,760 use and menopause. Thank you. 870 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,111 Thank you. Thank you so much 871 00:38:35,111 --> 00:38:37,111 for your work. 872 00:38:37,548 --> 00:38:39,500 Ok, we will now move into 873 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:40,518 public comments. The city 874 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:41,919 council values your comments. 875 00:38:41,919 --> 00:38:43,454 However, pursuant to the Brown 876 00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:45,389 Act, the council cannot take 877 00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:47,224 action on items not listed on 878 00:38:47,224 --> 00:38:48,692 the posted agenda. The public 879 00:38:48,692 --> 00:38:50,661 comment period is limited to 20 880 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:51,895 minutes with 2 minutes allotted 881 00:38:51,895 --> 00:38:53,163 for each speaker. This public 882 00:38:53,163 --> 00:38:56,163 comment period is to address 883 00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:58,636 the city council on consent 884 00:38:58,636 --> 00:38:59,971 calendar items, other agenda 885 00:38:59,971 --> 00:39:01,380 items if members of the public 886 00:39:01,380 --> 00:39:02,507 cannot be present at the time 887 00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:03,741 the item is considered, or 888 00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:04,909 items of general interest 889 00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:05,776 within the jurisdiction of the 890 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:07,144 city council. 891 00:39:07,144 --> 00:39:08,345 Another period is also reserved 892 00:39:08,345 --> 00:39:09,280 for general comment later in 893 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,948 the meeting for those that 894 00:39:10,948 --> 00:39:12,150 could not be heard at this time. 895 00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:13,551 Public hearing testimony will 896 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:14,919 only be taken at the time of 897 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:16,354 the hearing, which we do have 898 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,222 one tonight. City clerk, how 899 00:39:18,222 --> 00:39:21,192 many speakers do we have in 900 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:23,861 chambers on Zoom? We have 17 in 901 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:25,129 chambers and 2 on Zoom. Ok, so 902 00:39:25,129 --> 00:39:26,830 as that stands, that would take 903 00:39:26,830 --> 00:39:27,965 us beyond our 20 minute limit. 904 00:39:27,965 --> 00:39:30,168 If there are a number of 905 00:39:30,168 --> 00:39:31,350 speakers signed up for consent 906 00:39:31,350 --> 00:39:32,300 items. We 907 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:32,170 ll see how quickly 908 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:33,304 we 909 00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:34,406 re able to move through 910 00:39:34,406 --> 00:39:35,440 those, and then we 911 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:36,374 ll, um, 912 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,410 encourage members of the public 913 00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:39,577 to keep your comments concise 914 00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:40,645 with the idea that we are able 915 00:39:40,645 --> 00:39:42,180 to hear from as many people as 916 00:39:42,180 --> 00:39:43,581 possible in this first period, 917 00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:43,948 and I will keep track of time 918 00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:45,820 to see where we 919 00:39:45,820 --> 00:39:46,484 re at and maybe 920 00:39:46,484 --> 00:39:47,319 my, my colleagues will be ok 921 00:39:47,319 --> 00:39:47,886 with continuing. We 922 00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:48,560 ll see how 923 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:48,954 we 924 00:39:48,954 --> 00:39:49,988 re going through this list 925 00:39:49,988 --> 00:39:51,988 though. 926 00:39:52,590 --> 00:39:53,625 Um, ok, uh, let 927 00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:54,893 s start with 928 00:39:54,893 --> 00:39:56,528 the 929 00:39:56,528 --> 00:39:58,463 speakers signed up here. I have 930 00:39:58,463 --> 00:40:00,465 Kathy Blavis first, followed by 931 00:40:00,465 --> 00:40:02,865 Stephanie Harker, followed by 932 00:40:06,605 --> 00:40:08,605 Anita Goswami. 933 00:40:13,345 --> 00:40:15,280 Me 934 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,680 Good evening, Kathy Blaviss 935 00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:20,715 City of West Hollywood. I 936 00:40:22,121 --> 00:40:23,955 wanted to thank the city for 937 00:40:23,955 --> 00:40:25,390 acknowledging disability aware 938 00:40:25,390 --> 00:40:27,250 awareness month. 939 00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:29,250 And um 940 00:40:29,728 --> 00:40:32,731 I did not know that it was 941 00:40:32,731 --> 00:40:35,100 ageism, uh, awareness day. 942 00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,701 I, I just want to comment 943 00:40:36,701 --> 00:40:38,701 that 944 00:40:41,273 --> 00:40:43,209 there seems to be a dichotomy 945 00:40:43,209 --> 00:40:45,209 with celebrating disability 946 00:40:45,811 --> 00:40:46,912 awareness month and ageism Day 947 00:40:46,912 --> 00:40:48,912 and 948 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,284 the concept of aging in place 949 00:40:52,284 --> 00:40:54,386 when so many people are 950 00:40:54,386 --> 00:40:56,856 affected by the scooters that 951 00:40:56,856 --> 00:40:58,424 are left on sidewalks. The 952 00:40:58,424 --> 00:40:58,657 delivery robots that block 953 00:40:58,657 --> 00:40:59,759 people 954 00:40:59,759 --> 00:41:01,227 s way. 955 00:41:01,227 --> 00:41:03,227 And now 956 00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:06,630 sadly 957 00:41:06,198 --> 00:41:08,333 the bike lane on Fountain 958 00:41:08,333 --> 00:41:09,301 Avenue in terms of the loss of 959 00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:11,301 parking. 960 00:41:11,703 --> 00:41:12,437 A lot of people who park are 961 00:41:12,437 --> 00:41:14,207 either 962 00:41:14,207 --> 00:41:16,207 elderly 963 00:41:16,342 --> 00:41:18,477 excuse me, older adults, 964 00:41:18,477 --> 00:41:20,212 seniors. 965 00:41:20,212 --> 00:41:21,647 There are disabled people that 966 00:41:21,647 --> 00:41:24,470 park a long fountain. 967 00:41:24,149 --> 00:41:27,520 And in terms of the bike lane, 968 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,354 the mitigation would have 969 00:41:29,354 --> 00:41:31,890 people walking from Crescent 970 00:41:31,890 --> 00:41:33,890 Heights 971 00:41:33,592 --> 00:41:36,592 would have them walking from 972 00:41:36,629 --> 00:41:39,629 Plumberer Park parking. So as 973 00:41:39,899 --> 00:41:41,899 we celebrate disabilities 974 00:41:42,168 --> 00:41:44,136 and we celebrate ageism, and we 975 00:41:44,136 --> 00:41:46,136 celebrate the concept 976 00:41:46,238 --> 00:41:48,273 of aging in place 977 00:41:48,273 --> 00:41:49,709 There are things and obstacles 978 00:41:49,709 --> 00:41:53,146 put in the place of all of 979 00:41:53,146 --> 00:41:54,847 those things, that kind of 980 00:41:54,847 --> 00:41:56,847 contradict the celebratory 981 00:41:57,917 --> 00:41:59,986 aspect of what the city council 982 00:41:59,986 --> 00:42:01,587 is doing and 983 00:42:01,587 --> 00:42:03,589 um, I just find that to be a 984 00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:05,900 shame. 985 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:06,158 Stephanie Harker, followed by 986 00:42:06,158 --> 00:42:08,558 Anita Goswami, followed by 987 00:42:17,970 --> 00:42:19,472 Scott Schmidt. 988 00:42:19,472 --> 00:42:21,872 Good evening, Stephanie Harker, 989 00:42:21,974 --> 00:42:23,275 City of West Hollywood. The 990 00:42:23,275 --> 00:42:24,811 disabilities Awareness Month 991 00:42:24,811 --> 00:42:26,747 should be a priority for all of 992 00:42:26,747 --> 00:42:29,382 us. The health fair is great 993 00:42:29,382 --> 00:42:32,850 and the awards event is always 994 00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:33,620 inspiring. The dabs staffed by 995 00:42:33,620 --> 00:42:35,540 dedicated hardworking group of 996 00:42:35,540 --> 00:42:36,789 appointed members. Quite 997 00:42:36,789 --> 00:42:38,491 frankly, every month we should 998 00:42:38,491 --> 00:42:39,425 be aware of people living with 999 00:42:39,425 --> 00:42:41,294 disabilities. It 1000 00:42:41,294 --> 00:42:43,694 s why the ada 1001 00:42:44,431 --> 00:42:46,433 was passed in Congress in 1990. 1002 00:42:46,433 --> 00:42:47,601 I am also speaking on the 1003 00:42:47,601 --> 00:42:48,935 Fountain Avenue Streetscape 1004 00:42:48,935 --> 00:42:50,637 project, formerly known as the 1005 00:42:50,637 --> 00:42:52,739 Bike Lane Project. Just last 1006 00:42:52,739 --> 00:42:55,141 year, an item on the agenda 1007 00:42:55,141 --> 00:42:56,609 sailed through on consent to 1008 00:42:56,609 --> 00:42:59,900 not install an additional 1009 00:42:59,460 --> 00:43:01,114 traffic signal and new 1010 00:43:01,114 --> 00:43:02,916 crosswalks with handicap ramps. 1011 00:43:02,916 --> 00:43:05,352 It was essentially voted down 1012 00:43:05,352 --> 00:43:07,287 as the staff report said one of 1013 00:43:07,287 --> 00:43:09,220 the disadvantages would be that 1014 00:43:09,220 --> 00:43:10,290 it would encourage motorists to 1015 00:43:10,290 --> 00:43:11,758 cut through fountain from 1016 00:43:11,758 --> 00:43:13,493 fountain to Santa Monica 1017 00:43:13,493 --> 00:43:14,127 Boulevard on a quiet side 1018 00:43:14,127 --> 00:43:15,995 street. 1019 00:43:15,995 --> 00:43:18,866 Fast forward to the bike lane 1020 00:43:18,866 --> 00:43:21,769 project, the majority of you 1021 00:43:21,769 --> 00:43:24,769 approved two weeks ago, which 1022 00:43:25,672 --> 00:43:26,206 will cause 900 cars per hour. 1023 00:43:26,206 --> 00:43:28,206 The staff 1024 00:43:28,508 --> 00:43:30,677 s number 900 cars per 1025 00:43:30,677 --> 00:43:32,912 hour to cut down side streets. 1026 00:43:32,912 --> 00:43:35,516 The current plan as it stands 1027 00:43:35,516 --> 00:43:38,752 is not safe for everyone. Not 1028 00:43:38,752 --> 00:43:41,152 even bike riders, asking 1029 00:43:42,289 --> 00:43:43,824 cyclists to cross 120 active 1030 00:43:43,824 --> 00:43:45,559 driveways, many of which 1031 00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:47,461 require blindly backing out 1032 00:43:47,461 --> 00:43:48,328 across the bike lanes. That is 1033 00:43:48,328 --> 00:43:49,429 not safe. I 1034 00:43:49,429 --> 00:43:51,310 m calling for you 1035 00:43:51,310 --> 00:43:53,234 to put the plan on hold so it 1036 00:43:53,234 --> 00:43:54,769 can be redesigned as a truly 1037 00:43:54,769 --> 00:43:55,670 safe street. Further, let 1038 00:43:55,670 --> 00:43:57,571 s put 1039 00:43:57,571 --> 00:44:00,407 this fountain plan on the 1040 00:44:00,407 --> 00:44:01,775 NOVEMBER 2026 ballot. So every 1041 00:44:01,775 --> 00:44:03,877 resident can let their 1042 00:44:03,877 --> 00:44:05,412 preferences be known. Thank you. 1043 00:44:05,412 --> 00:44:07,347 Anita Goswami, followed by 1044 00:44:07,347 --> 00:44:08,783 Scott Schmidt, followed by 1045 00:44:08,783 --> 00:44:10,751 Chris Baldwin. Hi there, 1046 00:44:10,751 --> 00:44:11,953 Anitaaswami. I am the longtime 1047 00:44:11,953 --> 00:44:12,353 resident of West Hollywood. I 1048 00:44:12,353 --> 00:44:13,588 m 1049 00:44:13,588 --> 00:44:14,522 speaking on item d1 that was 1050 00:44:14,522 --> 00:44:16,123 actually moved 1051 00:44:16,123 --> 00:44:17,391 to the consent calendar 1052 00:44:17,391 --> 00:44:18,926 regarding removing the 1053 00:44:18,926 --> 00:44:20,926 neighborhood security guard 1054 00:44:21,610 --> 00:44:23,630 patrol requirement for cannabis 1055 00:44:23,630 --> 00:44:24,998 licensees. Um, I think this 1056 00:44:24,998 --> 00:44:27,102 requirement should not be moved. 1057 00:44:27,102 --> 00:44:28,303 These businesses by nature are 1058 00:44:28,303 --> 00:44:30,303 cash-intensive. Customers are 1059 00:44:30,538 --> 00:44:31,839 at a higher risk for robbery, 1060 00:44:31,839 --> 00:44:33,274 especially with the changing 1061 00:44:33,274 --> 00:44:34,809 economic conditions. We often 1062 00:44:34,809 --> 00:44:37,211 hear the issues of public 1063 00:44:37,211 --> 00:44:38,712 safety coming on. We, we see a 1064 00:44:38,712 --> 00:44:41,382 lot more assaults going on. We 1065 00:44:41,382 --> 00:44:41,615 just have that rise in crime, 1066 00:44:41,615 --> 00:44:42,883 um, I 1067 00:44:42,883 --> 00:44:43,785 m concerned about that. 1068 00:44:43,785 --> 00:44:44,452 Having the additional security 1069 00:44:44,452 --> 00:44:46,540 gu 1070 00:44:46,540 --> 00:44:47,522 ard helps these businesses keep 1071 00:44:47,522 --> 00:44:48,856 their reputation and keeps 1072 00:44:48,856 --> 00:44:49,156 their customers safer. It 1073 00:44:49,156 --> 00:44:50,391 s a 1074 00:44:50,391 --> 00:44:52,226 known risk for this type of 1075 00:44:52,226 --> 00:44:54,228 business, and frankly, a cost 1076 00:44:54,228 --> 00:44:55,630 of doing that kind of business. 1077 00:44:55,630 --> 00:44:58,198 The safety record they have is 1078 00:44:58,198 --> 00:44:59,900 in no small part due to having 1079 00:44:59,900 --> 00:45:01,503 security guards outside with 1080 00:45:01,503 --> 00:45:03,104 what seems to be a continuing 1081 00:45:03,104 --> 00:45:05,674 effort and a concerted effort 1082 00:45:05,674 --> 00:45:05,840 by the city to reduce parking. 1083 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:07,800 It 1084 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:08,776 s even more important to 1085 00:45:08,776 --> 00:45:10,144 keep that security at a 1086 00:45:10,144 --> 00:45:12,144 1,000-foot radius, finding 1087 00:45:12,246 --> 00:45:13,981 parking near those stores is 1088 00:45:13,981 --> 00:45:14,816 challenging and increases that 1089 00:45:14,816 --> 00:45:15,916 customer vulner 1090 00:45:15,916 --> 00:45:16,784 ability This is something, you 1091 00:45:16,784 --> 00:45:16,951 know, again, talking whether 1092 00:45:16,951 --> 00:45:18,887 it 1093 00:45:18,887 --> 00:45:21,287 s seniors, disabled, whoever 1094 00:45:21,857 --> 00:45:23,825 it is, those customers need to 1095 00:45:23,825 --> 00:45:24,920 be able to get to that store 1096 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:24,959 and that 1097 00:45:24,959 --> 00:45:26,628 s, again, part of that 1098 00:45:26,628 --> 00:45:29,630 cost of doing business, but the 1099 00:45:29,630 --> 00:45:30,665 city should be looking in terms 1100 00:45:30,665 --> 00:45:32,500 of viable businesses, can we 1101 00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:34,369 get there and park a, you know, 1102 00:45:34,369 --> 00:45:35,937 uh, closely enough to keep 1103 00:45:35,937 --> 00:45:37,306 those businesses in business. 1104 00:45:37,306 --> 00:45:38,907 We need more safety in West 1105 00:45:38,907 --> 00:45:40,776 Hollywood. I appreciate that 1106 00:45:40,776 --> 00:45:42,377 the cannabis businesses 1107 00:45:42,377 --> 00:45:43,979 recognize their risks and take 1108 00:45:43,979 --> 00:45:44,646 those actions to keep it safe. 1109 00:45:44,646 --> 00:45:46,615 We need to keep 1110 00:45:46,615 --> 00:45:48,490 that security guard. Thank you 1111 00:45:48,490 --> 00:45:49,150 Scott Schmidt, followed by 1112 00:45:49,150 --> 00:45:51,550 Chris Baldwin, followed by 1113 00:45:54,823 --> 00:45:56,325 Gabby Rojas. 1114 00:45:56,325 --> 00:45:57,759 Good evening, Scott Schmidt, 1115 00:45:57,759 --> 00:45:58,827 resident of West Hollywood, 1116 00:45:58,827 --> 00:46:00,295 executive director of Emerald 1117 00:46:00,295 --> 00:46:02,631 Village West Hollywood, uh, 1118 00:46:02,631 --> 00:46:04,799 first to talk about item d1, 1119 00:46:04,799 --> 00:46:04,966 the security guard, uh, mandate 1120 00:46:04,966 --> 00:46:05,867 we 1121 00:46:05,867 --> 00:46:07,535 ve just, you know, discussed 1122 00:46:07,535 --> 00:46:09,371 this, I think, for 2 years 1123 00:46:09,371 --> 00:46:10,372 almost. Uh, I want to thank the 1124 00:46:10,372 --> 00:46:11,774 council for directing staff to 1125 00:46:11,774 --> 00:46:14,210 bring it back. Thank the staff 1126 00:46:14,210 --> 00:46:16,412 for bringing it back in a 1127 00:46:16,412 --> 00:46:17,613 timely manner and um and thank 1128 00:46:17,613 --> 00:46:19,348 Danny for meeting with the 1129 00:46:19,348 --> 00:46:20,816 licensees last week to discuss 1130 00:46:20,816 --> 00:46:23,885 all all of the issues, you know, 1131 00:46:23,885 --> 00:46:25,787 this was something that was 1132 00:46:25,787 --> 00:46:26,210 initially, I think it was in a 1133 00:46:26,210 --> 00:46:28,210 response 1134 00:46:28,423 --> 00:46:30,459 to challenges that there was on 1135 00:46:30,459 --> 00:46:32,161 Melrose, a dispensary just 1136 00:46:32,161 --> 00:46:33,896 outside the city borders and 1137 00:46:33,896 --> 00:46:35,640 there was uh nuisances that 1138 00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:35,231 were caused by that. What we 1139 00:46:35,231 --> 00:46:36,398 ve 1140 00:46:36,398 --> 00:46:37,533 seen in more than 5 years in 1141 00:46:37,533 --> 00:46:38,330 West Hollywood is, you know, 1142 00:46:38,330 --> 00:46:38,567 our businesses aren 1143 00:46:38,567 --> 00:46:39,935 t having 1144 00:46:39,935 --> 00:46:40,235 that problem for whatever 1145 00:46:40,235 --> 00:46:40,836 reason. I 1146 00:46:40,836 --> 00:46:41,970 m not going to get 1147 00:46:41,970 --> 00:46:44,970 into speculation about what it 1148 00:46:45,207 --> 00:46:48,144 is, but you know, this is a 1149 00:46:48,144 --> 00:46:49,745 mandate that um has been 1150 00:46:49,745 --> 00:46:51,180 extremely costly costly and 1151 00:46:51,180 --> 00:46:51,747 burdensome, and so we 1152 00:46:51,747 --> 00:46:52,114 appreciate the council 1153 00:46:52,114 --> 00:46:54,114 s 1154 00:46:54,283 --> 00:46:55,751 willingness to work with this 1155 00:46:55,751 --> 00:46:57,152 industry to relieve that 1156 00:46:57,152 --> 00:46:58,353 um, that burden. There will 1157 00:46:58,353 --> 00:46:59,688 still be security guards when 1158 00:46:59,688 --> 00:47:00,489 the businesses are open. Uh, 1159 00:47:00,489 --> 00:47:01,457 this will actually keep the 1160 00:47:01,457 --> 00:47:01,657 security guards there so 1161 00:47:01,657 --> 00:47:02,891 they 1162 00:47:02,891 --> 00:47:03,793 re not walking around the 1163 00:47:03,793 --> 00:47:04,227 whole time. Uh, so that 1164 00:47:04,227 --> 00:47:05,280 s great. 1165 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:06,462 The other thing I wanted to 1166 00:47:06,462 --> 00:47:08,898 weigh in on was since you also 1167 00:47:08,898 --> 00:47:11,767 moved the pride item to consent. 1168 00:47:11,767 --> 00:47:13,669 I saw a little peach in there 1169 00:47:13,669 --> 00:47:14,804 about World Pride 2026 being in 1170 00:47:14,804 --> 00:47:17,239 Amsterdam, uh, that would be a 1171 00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:18,874 wonderful place for us to help 1172 00:47:18,874 --> 00:47:19,508 spread those story of West 1173 00:47:19,508 --> 00:47:20,142 Hollywood and what we 1174 00:47:20,142 --> 00:47:21,344 re doing, 1175 00:47:21,344 --> 00:47:22,478 specifically in the cannabis 1176 00:47:22,478 --> 00:47:22,812 industry. And uh if y 1177 00:47:22,812 --> 00:47:24,470 all wanna 1178 00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:25,248 talk about ways that we might 1179 00:47:25,248 --> 00:47:27,248 do that. 1180 00:47:27,750 --> 00:47:29,752 Uh, give me, uh, some, some, 1181 00:47:29,752 --> 00:47:31,754 some ideas. I will be there in 1182 00:47:31,754 --> 00:47:33,122 a month uh for the Amsterdam 1183 00:47:33,122 --> 00:47:34,123 Coffee Shop Awards, uh, 1184 00:47:34,123 --> 00:47:35,992 spreading the word about West 1185 00:47:35,992 --> 00:47:36,192 Hollywood. So, um, hopefully 1186 00:47:36,192 --> 00:47:37,526 there 1187 00:47:37,526 --> 00:47:39,620 s an opportunity to 1188 00:47:39,620 --> 00:47:40,300 leverage all of the winter 1189 00:47:40,300 --> 00:47:41,865 things, wonderful things that 1190 00:47:41,865 --> 00:47:43,766 we have in our city, uh, next 1191 00:47:43,766 --> 00:47:44,968 year. Thank you. Thank you. 1192 00:47:44,968 --> 00:47:46,202 Chris Baldwin, followed by 1193 00:47:46,202 --> 00:47:48,602 Gabby Rojas, followed by 1194 00:47:52,475 --> 00:47:54,475 Ventura Griswold. 1195 00:47:54,644 --> 00:47:56,246 Good afternoon. Uh, uh, good 1196 00:47:56,246 --> 00:47:56,847 evening, actually. 1197 00:47:56,847 --> 00:47:57,414 City Council, it 1198 00:47:57,414 --> 00:47:59,414 s a pleasure 1199 00:48:01,170 --> 00:48:02,252 to see you all, um, 1200 00:48:02,252 --> 00:48:03,820 uh, good evening, Honorable 1201 00:48:03,820 --> 00:48:04,621 Mayor Byers and the esteemed 1202 00:48:04,621 --> 00:48:05,488 council members. I 1203 00:48:05,488 --> 00:48:07,356 m here today 1204 00:48:07,356 --> 00:48:10,793 as the PRESIDENT Of the ll 1205 00:48:10,793 --> 00:48:12,695 Project to urge you to maintain 1206 00:48:12,695 --> 00:48:14,231 the $100,000 funding, uh, 1207 00:48:14,231 --> 00:48:14,431 allocation for women, the 1208 00:48:14,431 --> 00:48:15,532 women 1209 00:48:15,532 --> 00:48:17,932 s Freedom Festival and 1210 00:48:18,335 --> 00:48:21,204 MARCH as part of WeHOpe 1211 00:48:21,204 --> 00:48:23,390 Pride 2026. The ll project has 1212 00:48:23,390 --> 00:48:24,574 been filling a critical void in 1213 00:48:24,574 --> 00:48:27,310 our community since the closure 1214 00:48:27,310 --> 00:48:29,645 of the Palms in 2013 when 1215 00:48:29,645 --> 00:48:31,382 lesbians and queer women lost 1216 00:48:31,382 --> 00:48:31,682 their gathering spaces. We 1217 00:48:31,682 --> 00:48:32,583 stepped 1218 00:48:32,583 --> 00:48:33,116 up. Today, the Women 1219 00:48:33,116 --> 00:48:33,717 s Freedom 1220 00:48:33,717 --> 00:48:35,118 Festival in 1221 00:48:35,118 --> 00:48:37,118 MARCH represent 1222 00:48:37,854 --> 00:48:39,423 more than events. They are 1223 00:48:39,423 --> 00:48:41,910 lifelines for visibility, 1224 00:48:41,910 --> 00:48:43,910 community, and artistic 1225 00:48:43,660 --> 00:48:46,229 expression for those who have 1226 00:48:46,229 --> 00:48:48,229 historically been marginalized 1227 00:48:49,366 --> 00:48:50,801 even within lgbtq spaces. But 1228 00:48:50,801 --> 00:48:51,902 before I move on to why this 1229 00:48:51,902 --> 00:48:52,336 funding is essential. I 1230 00:48:52,336 --> 00:48:53,670 d first 1231 00:48:53,670 --> 00:48:55,500 like to thank everyone on the 1232 00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:57,274 special events team, Cleo, 1233 00:48:57,274 --> 00:48:58,842 Megan, and Carrie for their 1234 00:48:58,842 --> 00:49:00,710 exceptional professionalism, 1235 00:49:00,710 --> 00:49:01,878 guidance and support to ensure 1236 00:49:01,878 --> 00:49:02,979 why to 1237 00:49:02,979 --> 00:49:04,848 ensure we have a successful 1238 00:49:04,848 --> 00:49:05,983 ride event. Now, why do I 1239 00:49:05,983 --> 00:49:08,285 believe this funding is 1240 00:49:08,285 --> 00:49:10,287 essential. First, the economic 1241 00:49:10,287 --> 00:49:12,687 and cultural impact. These 1242 00:49:12,723 --> 00:49:14,191 these events draw thousands of 1243 00:49:14,191 --> 00:49:15,626 attendees to West Hollywood, 1244 00:49:15,626 --> 00:49:17,728 supporting our local businesses 1245 00:49:17,728 --> 00:49:18,280 and reinforcing, uh, who 1246 00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,280 s 1247 00:49:20,997 --> 00:49:23,133 reputation as a welcoming, 1248 00:49:23,133 --> 00:49:23,302 inclusive destination. Second, 1249 00:49:23,302 --> 00:49:24,836 it 1250 00:49:24,836 --> 00:49:25,603 s a platform for emerging 1251 00:49:25,603 --> 00:49:26,337 talent. That 1252 00:49:26,337 --> 00:49:28,506 s what we do at 1253 00:49:28,506 --> 00:49:31,141 the l Project. Third, community 1254 00:49:31,141 --> 00:49:33,541 building and action. Since 2015 1255 00:49:34,611 --> 00:49:36,814 the el project has created 1256 00:49:36,814 --> 00:49:38,615 multicultural intergenerational 1257 00:49:38,615 --> 00:49:40,183 spaces where people connect 1258 00:49:40,183 --> 00:49:42,420 beyond the bar scene. These are 1259 00:49:42,420 --> 00:49:44,321 free, accessible events. 1260 00:49:44,321 --> 00:49:46,424 That welcome everyone fostering 1261 00:49:46,424 --> 00:49:47,758 the kind of inclusivity 1262 00:49:47,758 --> 00:49:49,193 community, West Hollywood 1263 00:49:49,193 --> 00:49:51,280 champions. Fourth of 1264 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:51,595 preservation of lesbian and 1265 00:49:51,595 --> 00:49:52,996 queer women 1266 00:49:52,996 --> 00:49:54,231 s history. And 1267 00:49:54,231 --> 00:49:55,432 before my time is over, thank 1268 00:49:55,432 --> 00:49:56,867 you very much. 1269 00:49:56,867 --> 00:49:58,470 Gabby Rojas, followed by 1270 00:49:58,470 --> 00:50:00,870 venture Griswold, followed by 1271 00:50:01,439 --> 00:50:03,439 Carlos Sosa. 1272 00:50:03,875 --> 00:50:05,409 Um, hi folks, good evening. My 1273 00:50:05,409 --> 00:50:05,910 name is Gabri Rojas. I 1274 00:50:05,910 --> 00:50:07,311 m from 1275 00:50:07,311 --> 00:50:08,713 the Institute for Public 1276 00:50:08,713 --> 00:50:10,470 Strategies are good. Um, and 1277 00:50:10,470 --> 00:50:11,148 the safer weho Coalition, um, I 1278 00:50:11,148 --> 00:50:13,350 just wanted to get up here and 1279 00:50:13,350 --> 00:50:14,918 thank you folks for continuing 1280 00:50:14,918 --> 00:50:16,388 to find and create cyber spaces 1281 00:50:16,388 --> 00:50:17,489 in West Hollywood, um, as we 1282 00:50:17,489 --> 00:50:19,924 know, folks are straying away 1283 00:50:19,924 --> 00:50:21,359 from the usual drug and alcohol 1284 00:50:21,359 --> 00:50:23,327 centered spaces whether it be 1285 00:50:23,327 --> 00:50:24,996 to due to sobriety, safety, or 1286 00:50:24,996 --> 00:50:26,431 the economy because drinks be 1287 00:50:26,431 --> 00:50:27,365 expensive. Um, we know these 1288 00:50:27,365 --> 00:50:28,933 sober spaces mean so much to 1289 00:50:28,933 --> 00:50:30,340 our community, especially our 1290 00:50:30,340 --> 00:50:30,601 youth. Um, we 1291 00:50:30,601 --> 00:50:31,769 re seeing so 1292 00:50:31,769 --> 00:50:33,700 Sober third spaces pop up 1293 00:50:33,700 --> 00:50:34,272 all over the country and we 1294 00:50:34,272 --> 00:50:35,473 truly believe that we have has 1295 00:50:35,473 --> 00:50:36,808 the power to really uplift 1296 00:50:36,808 --> 00:50:37,942 these spaces and be an 1297 00:50:37,942 --> 00:50:39,277 innovator when it comes to 1298 00:50:39,277 --> 00:50:40,478 their establishment as a norm, 1299 00:50:40,478 --> 00:50:41,346 um, in our communities. So 1300 00:50:41,346 --> 00:50:42,313 thank you for your time and I 1301 00:50:42,313 --> 00:50:45,116 truly hope we see more of them 1302 00:50:45,116 --> 00:50:46,830 pop up. Thank you. 1303 00:50:46,830 --> 00:50:47,819 Apologies for saying your name 1304 00:50:47,819 --> 00:50:49,860 incorrectly 4 times. 1305 00:50:49,860 --> 00:50:50,621 Venture Griswold, followed by 1306 00:50:50,621 --> 00:50:52,123 Carlos Sosa. 1307 00:50:52,123 --> 00:50:52,457 Hi everyone, my name is Venture 1308 00:50:52,457 --> 00:50:53,125 Griswold. I 1309 00:50:53,125 --> 00:50:54,559 m a representative 1310 00:50:54,559 --> 00:50:55,960 for Institute for Public 1311 00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:57,950 Strategies and the SaferEHOpe 1312 00:50:57,950 --> 00:50:58,430 Coalition. Thank you so much 1313 00:50:58,430 --> 00:50:59,300 for moving our item to the 1314 00:50:59,300 --> 00:50:59,397 consent calendar. We 1315 00:50:59,397 --> 00:51:00,398 re really 1316 00:51:00,398 --> 00:51:02,333 honored that you continue to 1317 00:51:02,333 --> 00:51:03,902 trust us to create these sober, 1318 00:51:03,902 --> 00:51:06,804 safe spaces in West Hollywood 1319 00:51:06,804 --> 00:51:08,740 for folks. As you know, ips has 1320 00:51:08,740 --> 00:51:10,642 been a long history of bringing 1321 00:51:10,642 --> 00:51:11,643 sober events to West Hollywood, 1322 00:51:11,643 --> 00:51:13,445 including our Fridayf concert 1323 00:51:13,445 --> 00:51:14,980 this summer, which had over 100 1324 00:51:14,980 --> 00:51:17,349 folks on the rooftop right here 1325 00:51:17,349 --> 00:51:18,750 at the, the Aquatic Center and 1326 00:51:18,750 --> 00:51:20,180 last DECEMBER, we held our 1327 00:51:20,180 --> 00:51:21,219 first Slay the Night holiday 1328 00:51:21,219 --> 00:51:22,200 drag bingo with 1329 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:23,221 Pickle, the drag laureate of 1330 00:51:23,221 --> 00:51:24,656 West Hollywood, who is coming 1331 00:51:24,656 --> 00:51:26,492 back for this event, NOVEMBER 1332 00:51:26,492 --> 00:51:27,993 fast to sober, Octoberfest 1333 00:51:27,993 --> 00:51:28,160 alternative, drag bingo. Uh, 1334 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:30,620 it 1335 00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:31,663 s going to have substance 1336 00:51:31,663 --> 00:51:31,830 use prevention throughout it. 1337 00:51:31,830 --> 00:51:33,265 It 1338 00:51:33,265 --> 00:51:34,900 s going to have like themed 1339 00:51:34,900 --> 00:51:35,467 bingo that relates to substance 1340 00:51:35,467 --> 00:51:35,767 use prevention. It 1341 00:51:35,767 --> 00:51:36,801 s going to 1342 00:51:36,801 --> 00:51:37,200 have a community resource fair 1343 00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:38,203 that 1344 00:51:38,203 --> 00:51:38,470 s carnival themed, and we 1345 00:51:38,470 --> 00:51:39,300 think it 1346 00:51:39,300 --> 00:51:39,905 s going to be a really 1347 00:51:39,905 --> 00:51:40,905 good resource for the community. 1348 00:51:40,905 --> 00:51:41,773 So thank you again for your 1349 00:51:41,773 --> 00:51:43,509 continued support and we hope 1350 00:51:43,509 --> 00:51:45,978 to see some of you there. Thank 1351 00:51:45,978 --> 00:51:48,130 you, Carlos Sosa, followed by 1352 00:51:48,130 --> 00:51:49,248 Mark Lee Lumpkins, followed by 1353 00:51:49,248 --> 00:51:49,415 Michael Sedich. 1354 00:51:49,415 --> 00:51:50,349 We 1355 00:51:50,349 --> 00:51:52,317 re about halfway through our 1356 00:51:52,317 --> 00:51:53,852 time, just as a time check. 1357 00:51:53,852 --> 00:51:55,720 Good evening, Carlos Sosa, 1358 00:51:55,720 --> 00:51:58,323 executive director of the City 1359 00:51:58,323 --> 00:51:59,691 x1 Youth Group and uh 1360 00:51:59,691 --> 00:52:02,910 organization locally here that 1361 00:52:02,940 --> 00:52:02,328 services uh lgtb homeless youth, 1362 00:52:02,328 --> 00:52:03,462 and I 1363 00:52:03,462 --> 00:52:05,397 m here to speak on behalf 1364 00:52:05,397 --> 00:52:06,732 of item f2, which is 1365 00:52:06,732 --> 00:52:08,834 specifically for funding of our 1366 00:52:08,834 --> 00:52:11,234 annual holiday events which 1367 00:52:11,570 --> 00:52:12,838 mark uh their 23rd and 24th 1368 00:52:12,838 --> 00:52:13,672 anniversary this year. It 1369 00:52:13,672 --> 00:52:15,700 s, uh, 1370 00:52:15,700 --> 00:52:17,420 as we approach the holiday 1371 00:52:17,420 --> 00:52:17,609 season, it is probably uh 1372 00:52:17,609 --> 00:52:18,578 amongst the city 1373 00:52:18,578 --> 00:52:19,479 s most unique 1374 00:52:19,479 --> 00:52:20,246 events as we 1375 00:52:20,246 --> 00:52:21,914 re getting ready 1376 00:52:21,914 --> 00:52:22,782 with our meal deliveries for 1377 00:52:22,782 --> 00:52:24,383 Thanksgiving week 1378 00:52:24,383 --> 00:52:24,551 to local encampments where 1379 00:52:24,551 --> 00:52:25,952 we 1380 00:52:25,952 --> 00:52:28,352 ve identified where local, 1381 00:52:28,387 --> 00:52:30,756 uh, youth, uh, lgbt youth that 1382 00:52:30,756 --> 00:52:32,391 are homeless are being as uh. 1383 00:52:32,391 --> 00:52:33,592 Moving around, so we uh make 1384 00:52:33,592 --> 00:52:35,494 delivery meals to them. And 1385 00:52:35,494 --> 00:52:37,397 then on Sunday, DECEMBER 7th, 1386 00:52:37,397 --> 00:52:39,832 we have a very special event, 1387 00:52:39,832 --> 00:52:41,901 the tamale Wars, which is a 1388 00:52:41,901 --> 00:52:43,302 Star Wars-themed event, uh, 1389 00:52:43,302 --> 00:52:45,171 that has like Star Wars 1390 00:52:45,171 --> 00:52:47,171 characters, Christmas trees, 1391 00:52:47,206 --> 00:52:48,340 all sorts of amazing activities 1392 00:52:48,340 --> 00:52:49,609 and our council members who 1393 00:52:49,609 --> 00:52:50,476 attended last year can uh 1394 00:52:50,476 --> 00:52:50,776 attest to that and we 1395 00:52:50,776 --> 00:52:52,776 ll 1396 00:52:53,947 --> 00:52:55,915 continue it again this year and 1397 00:52:55,915 --> 00:52:57,550 we do all of this, uh, for our 1398 00:52:57,550 --> 00:52:58,851 homeless youth, for our trans 1399 00:52:58,851 --> 00:53:00,153 youth and our immigrant youth, 1400 00:53:00,153 --> 00:53:00,653 all which are under attack by 1401 00:53:00,653 --> 00:53:01,988 the current 1402 00:53:01,988 --> 00:53:03,489 administration. We want to let 1403 00:53:03,489 --> 00:53:05,925 them know we are their extended 1404 00:53:05,925 --> 00:53:07,359 family. We are a community here, 1405 00:53:07,359 --> 00:53:09,295 uh, for them and that we are 1406 00:53:09,295 --> 00:53:10,763 partnering with a number of 1407 00:53:10,763 --> 00:53:12,699 local organizations to provide 1408 00:53:12,699 --> 00:53:15,990 them with transitional living, 1409 00:53:15,101 --> 00:53:17,370 ged training, hiv testing, all 1410 00:53:17,370 --> 00:53:18,171 types of amazing services for 1411 00:53:18,171 --> 00:53:18,938 them as uh we 1412 00:53:18,938 --> 00:53:20,907 re talking about 1413 00:53:20,907 --> 00:53:23,843 ageism and youth as well this 1414 00:53:23,843 --> 00:53:25,745 meeting, uh, the suicide rate 1415 00:53:25,745 --> 00:53:26,946 amongst our uh older adults and 1416 00:53:26,946 --> 00:53:29,216 our youth is really high during 1417 00:53:29,216 --> 00:53:30,384 the holidays. So this is a, uh, 1418 00:53:30,384 --> 00:53:30,750 opportunity to bring him to 1419 00:53:30,750 --> 00:53:32,119 special 1420 00:53:32,119 --> 00:53:32,286 events to let them know that 1421 00:53:32,286 --> 00:53:33,553 we 1422 00:53:33,553 --> 00:53:35,210 re here for them as a 1423 00:53:35,210 --> 00:53:36,957 community and if anybody wants 1424 00:53:36,957 --> 00:53:38,425 to sponsor us or uh help out 1425 00:53:38,425 --> 00:53:40,326 beyond that, let us know. Thank 1426 00:53:40,326 --> 00:53:42,261 you for your continued support. 1427 00:53:42,261 --> 00:53:43,262 Thank you. Mark Lee Lumpkins, 1428 00:53:43,262 --> 00:53:45,662 followed by Michael Sedich, 1429 00:53:54,774 --> 00:53:56,276 followed by m. John Larsen. 1430 00:53:56,276 --> 00:53:57,377 Hello, my name is Mark Lee 1431 00:53:57,377 --> 00:53:58,211 Lumpkins, and I 1432 00:53:58,211 --> 00:54:00,211 m PRESIDENT Of 1433 00:54:00,213 --> 00:54:01,614 the Lot at Formosa Studios in 1434 00:54:01,614 --> 00:54:04,118 West Los Angel in, uh, West 1435 00:54:04,118 --> 00:54:04,518 Hollywood, excuse me. Um, I 1436 00:54:04,518 --> 00:54:06,453 m 1437 00:54:06,453 --> 00:54:08,522 speaking in opposition of these, 1438 00:54:08,522 --> 00:54:10,900 uh, city councils, uh, 1439 00:54:10,900 --> 00:54:12,259 directing a draft ordinance to 1440 00:54:12,259 --> 00:54:13,827 evaluate other methods to 1441 00:54:13,827 --> 00:54:15,827 preserve the entertainment 1442 00:54:15,929 --> 00:54:17,130 industry and ancillary uses of 1443 00:54:17,130 --> 00:54:19,990 the City of West Hollywood 1444 00:54:19,990 --> 00:54:21,680 studio. Um, primarily, um, this 1445 00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:22,236 has come to light only this 1446 00:54:22,236 --> 00:54:24,636 afternoon by sheer coincidence, 1447 00:54:24,705 --> 00:54:26,740 we were, uh, part of the survey 1448 00:54:26,740 --> 00:54:28,740 of the East 1449 00:54:28,809 --> 00:54:30,577 um, Economic Development of, uh, 1450 00:54:30,577 --> 00:54:32,713 West Hollywood, as you MAY all 1451 00:54:32,713 --> 00:54:35,150 know, for the last 5 years, the 1452 00:54:35,150 --> 00:54:37,417 industry has been in the desert 1453 00:54:37,417 --> 00:54:39,620 with regards to, uh, bringing 1454 00:54:39,620 --> 00:54:41,288 entertainment to, um, West 1455 00:54:41,288 --> 00:54:42,756 Hollywood and in, in that 1456 00:54:42,756 --> 00:54:44,324 matter to the United States or 1457 00:54:44,324 --> 00:54:46,627 California, uh, we feel that 1458 00:54:46,627 --> 00:54:48,395 this ordinance and this study 1459 00:54:48,395 --> 00:54:50,297 will undermine the flexibility 1460 00:54:50,297 --> 00:54:50,464 and the growth and changes that 1461 00:54:50,464 --> 00:54:51,265 we 1462 00:54:51,265 --> 00:54:52,699 re still in the middle of 1463 00:54:52,699 --> 00:54:53,600 evaluating. Um, there seem, is 1464 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:54,301 there confusion? I 1465 00:54:54,301 --> 00:54:54,768 m sorry. Oh, 1466 00:54:54,768 --> 00:54:55,102 ok, I wasn 1467 00:54:55,102 --> 00:54:55,903 t sure 1468 00:54:55,903 --> 00:54:58,372 if I was speaking on the right 1469 00:54:58,372 --> 00:55:00,641 thing. Um, in general, um, 1470 00:55:00,641 --> 00:55:02,760 right now, the lot, uh, in 1471 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:03,811 particular, and our industry 1472 00:55:03,811 --> 00:55:05,679 has been in such a matter of 1473 00:55:05,679 --> 00:55:07,881 drastic change. We are looking 1474 00:55:07,881 --> 00:55:10,317 at aai. We are looking at labor 1475 00:55:10,317 --> 00:55:12,186 concerns, and this study and 1476 00:55:12,186 --> 00:55:14,880 the questionable changes to the 1477 00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:15,823 way that we use our space will 1478 00:55:15,823 --> 00:55:17,291 be detrimental in what we are 1479 00:55:17,291 --> 00:55:19,930 attempting to sell to the 1480 00:55:19,930 --> 00:55:20,695 industry itself, which is a 1481 00:55:20,695 --> 00:55:22,263 changing studio environment 1482 00:55:22,263 --> 00:55:23,998 with the flexibility and the 1483 00:55:23,998 --> 00:55:25,266 amount and the ability to pivot. 1484 00:55:25,266 --> 00:55:27,935 For example, we are current 1485 00:55:27,935 --> 00:55:29,903 ly in the midst of negotiating 1486 00:55:29,903 --> 00:55:31,740 or and attempting to sell deals 1487 00:55:31,740 --> 00:55:33,508 to the Olympics on various 1488 00:55:33,508 --> 00:55:34,909 opportunities here at the lot 1489 00:55:34,909 --> 00:55:35,743 with some of the restrictions 1490 00:55:35,743 --> 00:55:36,911 that could come with this 1491 00:55:36,911 --> 00:55:38,212 ordinance, it could impact 1492 00:55:38,212 --> 00:55:40,348 those types of decisions so 1493 00:55:40,348 --> 00:55:41,449 that we do ask that there be 1494 00:55:41,449 --> 00:55:43,351 careful consideration with 1495 00:55:43,351 --> 00:55:44,752 changing an industry that is 1496 00:55:44,752 --> 00:55:46,187 already in a tremendous amount 1497 00:55:46,187 --> 00:55:48,590 of change, trying to find 1498 00:55:48,590 --> 00:55:51,260 itself again, not only for the 1499 00:55:51,260 --> 00:55:52,193 labor, but the industry itself 1500 00:55:52,193 --> 00:55:52,360 and the technology that 1501 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:54,161 s 1502 00:55:54,161 --> 00:55:54,996 coming at us so quickly. I do 1503 00:55:54,996 --> 00:55:57,265 appreciate your time and 1504 00:55:57,265 --> 00:55:58,799 listening 1505 00:55:58,799 --> 00:56:01,102 Mark, uh, Michael Sedi, 1506 00:56:01,102 --> 00:56:01,669 followed by m. John Larsen. 1507 00:56:01,669 --> 00:56:03,669 And then we 1508 00:56:04,472 --> 00:56:07,410 ll do a time check 1509 00:56:07,410 --> 00:56:09,100 I, um, I think I can 1510 00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:11,279 confidently speak for all of us 1511 00:56:11,279 --> 00:56:13,480 opposed to the Fountain 1512 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,480 Streetscape project that we are 1513 00:56:16,117 --> 00:56:19,530 tired of being accused of not 1514 00:56:19,530 --> 00:56:20,521 caring about safety. Opposition 1515 00:56:20,521 --> 00:56:22,223 to this ill-conceived design 1516 00:56:22,223 --> 00:56:24,193 should never be mistaken for 1517 00:56:24,193 --> 00:56:26,193 indifference to safety. 1518 00:56:26,261 --> 00:56:28,530 It is not safe to create 1519 00:56:28,530 --> 00:56:30,298 congestion and gridlock by 1520 00:56:30,298 --> 00:56:32,298 eliminating lanes, fueling 1521 00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:34,169 driver frustration and pushing 1522 00:56:34,169 --> 00:56:34,335 people into reckless maneuvers. 1523 00:56:34,335 --> 00:56:35,837 It 1524 00:56:35,837 --> 00:56:37,972 s not safe to leave trash 1525 00:56:37,972 --> 00:56:39,741 and delivery vehicles with no 1526 00:56:39,741 --> 00:56:41,176 choice but to stop in traffic 1527 00:56:41,176 --> 00:56:42,978 lanes, forcing drivers to 1528 00:56:42,978 --> 00:56:44,880 swerve around them into 1529 00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,490 oncoming traffic. It is not 1530 00:56:47,490 --> 00:56:49,500 safe to send thousands of 1531 00:56:49,500 --> 00:56:50,652 frustrated drivers onto smaller 1532 00:56:50,652 --> 00:56:52,860 feeder streets as they 1533 00:56:52,860 --> 00:56:54,486 desperately try to escape 1534 00:56:54,622 --> 00:56:56,825 gridlock on Fountain. It is not 1535 00:56:56,825 --> 00:56:59,995 safe to give cyclists a false 1536 00:56:59,995 --> 00:57:03,595 sense of security by running a 1537 00:57:03,899 --> 00:57:06,299 so-called protected bike lane 1538 00:57:07,469 --> 00:57:09,137 across 120 driveways were 1539 00:57:09,137 --> 00:57:10,505 crashes with vehicles are 1540 00:57:10,505 --> 00:57:12,340 inevitable 1541 00:57:12,340 --> 00:57:14,676 Putting bike lanes on Santa 1542 00:57:14,676 --> 00:57:16,212 Monica Boulevard is safe 1543 00:57:16,212 --> 00:57:19,470 I agree that this plan needs to 1544 00:57:19,470 --> 00:57:20,349 be paused and alternate designs 1545 00:57:20,349 --> 00:57:22,117 need to be studied, and this 1546 00:57:22,117 --> 00:57:23,819 divisive project should be put 1547 00:57:23,819 --> 00:57:25,854 on the ballot. Thank you. 1548 00:57:25,854 --> 00:57:26,555 M. John Lauren will be next. 1549 00:57:26,555 --> 00:57:27,589 And then we 1550 00:57:27,589 --> 00:57:28,590 ll go to the Zoom 1551 00:57:28,590 --> 00:57:31,426 speakers and then see if we can 1552 00:57:31,426 --> 00:57:33,896 come back to the chambers. 1553 00:57:33,896 --> 00:57:35,865 Hello. Hi, my name is John 1554 00:57:35,865 --> 00:57:37,766 Larson. Uh, I, my building has 1555 00:57:37,766 --> 00:57:40,350 16 units in it, and I, I moved 1556 00:57:40,350 --> 00:57:41,270 to that building in, in 1994 1557 00:57:41,270 --> 00:57:42,638 after the earthquake in 1558 00:57:42,638 --> 00:57:43,906 Northridge. I lived there for 1559 00:57:43,906 --> 00:57:44,506 32 years. 1560 00:57:44,506 --> 00:57:45,874 We haven 1561 00:57:45,874 --> 00:57:47,476 t had on-site 1562 00:57:47,476 --> 00:57:49,411 management health for about 4 1563 00:57:49,411 --> 00:57:50,880 years, and I went to City Hall 1564 00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:54,117 to try to find out what to do. 1565 00:57:54,117 --> 00:57:56,519 And, um, I was told to just 1566 00:57:56,519 --> 00:57:58,421 tell the owners that we should 1567 00:57:58,421 --> 00:57:59,955 have a manager or I, I got a 1568 00:57:59,955 --> 00:58:02,910 piece of paper with lawyers on 1569 00:58:02,910 --> 00:58:03,492 it to contact them to see if 1570 00:58:03,492 --> 00:58:04,627 they could help, and I called 1571 00:58:04,627 --> 00:58:07,596 every one of them and no one 1572 00:58:07,596 --> 00:58:09,596 called me back. 1573 00:58:09,632 --> 00:58:11,632 Um, I was 1574 00:58:11,834 --> 00:58:12,350 uh 1575 00:58:12,350 --> 00:58:14,350 that 1576 00:58:14,237 --> 00:58:15,371 s sorry here 1577 00:58:15,371 --> 00:58:16,439 Uh, about 2 years ago, there 1578 00:58:16,439 --> 00:58:17,873 was a gentleman came to our 1579 00:58:17,873 --> 00:58:20,476 building. His name was Blair, 1580 00:58:20,476 --> 00:58:21,477 and he said he was with Sarat 1581 00:58:21,477 --> 00:58:23,450 and he was managing another 1582 00:58:23,450 --> 00:58:24,179 building and he was in be paid 1583 00:58:24,179 --> 00:58:24,913 to watch ours as well, but he 1584 00:58:24,913 --> 00:58:26,913 s 1585 00:58:27,384 --> 00:58:27,584 not an onsite manager. Um, 1586 00:58:27,584 --> 00:58:28,985 there 1587 00:58:28,985 --> 00:58:30,620 s many things that have 1588 00:58:30,620 --> 00:58:33,189 not been addressed. Our manager 1589 00:58:33,189 --> 00:58:35,658 used to do before, um, 1590 00:58:35,658 --> 00:58:39,610 the services and so forth. I, I 1591 00:58:39,610 --> 00:58:41,397 did have a hearing on JULY 15th 1592 00:58:41,397 --> 00:58:42,164 asking the court the the 1593 00:58:42,164 --> 00:58:43,300 hearing why there 1594 00:58:43,300 --> 00:58:44,734 s not on site 1595 00:58:44,734 --> 00:58:46,136 manager and I have not heard 1596 00:58:46,136 --> 00:58:46,326 back from that either. So I, 1597 00:58:46,326 --> 00:58:47,570 I 1598 00:58:47,570 --> 00:58:48,772 m just asking for any help 1599 00:58:48,772 --> 00:58:51,441 you can give me. I thought it 1600 00:58:51,441 --> 00:58:51,908 was a law on the books, but 1601 00:58:51,908 --> 00:58:52,275 apparently it 1602 00:58:52,275 --> 00:58:52,675 s, it 1603 00:58:52,675 --> 00:58:53,176 s not being 1604 00:58:53,176 --> 00:58:55,780 enforced. I 1605 00:58:55,780 --> 00:58:55,243 m not sure, but um 1606 00:58:55,243 --> 00:58:56,245 I 1607 00:58:56,245 --> 00:58:57,313 d like to have an onsite 1608 00:58:57,313 --> 00:58:57,580 manager back is what I 1609 00:58:57,580 --> 00:58:58,281 m trying 1610 00:58:58,281 --> 00:58:59,615 to get. 1611 00:58:59,615 --> 00:59:00,851 Thank you very much. Thank you 1612 00:59:00,851 --> 00:59:02,352 Jonathan, you can probably go 1613 00:59:02,352 --> 00:59:04,210 talk to our staff in the back, 1614 00:59:04,210 --> 00:59:07,621 so if someone could come help 1615 00:59:08,580 --> 00:59:08,224 this nice man. 1616 00:59:08,224 --> 00:59:10,224 We 1617 00:59:14,864 --> 00:59:17,600 ll go to Zoom for our next. 1618 00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:17,766 For me to get this together, to 1619 00:59:17,766 --> 00:59:18,635 get 1620 00:59:18,635 --> 00:59:18,802 here. 1621 00:59:18,802 --> 00:59:20,170 We 1622 00:59:20,170 --> 00:59:20,637 re at time for the council 1623 00:59:20,637 --> 00:59:22,637 chambers. We 1624 00:59:23,730 --> 00:59:25,375 re going to go to 1625 00:59:25,375 --> 00:59:25,675 Zoom Zoom Tom, we 1626 00:59:25,675 --> 00:59:26,843 re going to 1627 00:59:26,843 --> 00:59:27,477 go to Zoom and then we 1628 00:59:27,477 --> 00:59:28,678 ll come 1629 00:59:28,678 --> 00:59:28,844 back. Thank you, ma 1630 00:59:28,844 --> 00:59:30,844 am 1631 00:59:33,116 --> 00:59:34,317 I appreciate your time 1632 00:59:34,317 --> 00:59:37,210 Joy this Mayor, we have one 1633 00:59:37,210 --> 00:59:38,555 speaker in Zoom for the consent 1634 00:59:38,555 --> 00:59:40,555 calendar items. Genevieve 1635 00:59:47,264 --> 00:59:48,765 Morrow, please put a star 6. 1636 00:59:48,765 --> 00:59:50,500 Genevieve, if you can hear us, 1637 00:59:50,500 --> 00:59:53,203 here the next speaker for 1638 00:59:53,203 --> 00:59:55,203 public comment. 1639 00:59:55,739 --> 00:59:59,760 Can you hear? Yeah, go ahead. 1640 00:59:59,760 --> 00:59:59,243 Yes, ok, sorry, I apologies, 1641 00:59:59,243 --> 01:00:00,311 I 1642 01:00:00,311 --> 01:00:02,311 m technically challenged. 1643 01:00:02,546 --> 01:00:05,349 Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor 1644 01:00:05,349 --> 01:00:07,830 and Counciluncilmembs got to be 1645 01:00:07,830 --> 01:00:08,652 moral PRESIDENT And uh 1646 01:00:08,652 --> 01:00:09,786 president ceo for the West 1647 01:00:09,786 --> 01:00:11,389 Hollywood Chamber of Commerce 1648 01:00:11,389 --> 01:00:12,957 and bid manager for the Sunpi 1649 01:00:12,957 --> 01:00:14,358 strip and the design district 1650 01:00:14,358 --> 01:00:15,693 that we thank you for your 1651 01:00:15,693 --> 01:00:17,595 support of our cannabis 1652 01:00:17,595 --> 01:00:18,896 business and removal of the 1653 01:00:18,896 --> 01:00:20,497 requirement for the security 1654 01:00:20,497 --> 01:00:22,800 guard that goes into the 1655 01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:23,660 neighborhood. Um, it was uh 1656 01:00:23,660 --> 01:00:24,334 something 1657 01:00:24,334 --> 01:00:25,802 that was, uh, you discussed 1658 01:00:25,802 --> 01:00:26,703 last time, so it doesn 1659 01:00:26,703 --> 01:00:28,703 t need 1660 01:00:28,740 --> 01:00:28,906 any more conversation, um, 1661 01:00:28,906 --> 01:00:30,141 you 1662 01:00:30,141 --> 01:00:31,576 ve all received our letters 1663 01:00:31,576 --> 01:00:33,430 for all of these items, but we 1664 01:00:33,430 --> 01:00:34,478 do want to reiterate that we 1665 01:00:34,478 --> 01:00:35,413 support gathering data for our 1666 01:00:35,413 --> 01:00:36,313 vacancies. We 1667 01:00:36,313 --> 01:00:37,882 ve asked that any 1668 01:00:37,882 --> 01:00:39,350 regulation be passed based on 1669 01:00:39,350 --> 01:00:40,851 clear data that supports any 1670 01:00:40,851 --> 01:00:42,353 actions by the city and that 1671 01:00:42,353 --> 01:00:43,787 the findings are not always 1672 01:00:43,787 --> 01:00:45,523 evidence of something malicious 1673 01:00:45,523 --> 01:00:46,958 by the landowners. Commercial 1674 01:00:46,958 --> 01:00:48,459 real estate models are complex. 1675 01:00:48,459 --> 01:00:49,994 I need to be carefully 1676 01:00:49,994 --> 01:00:51,696 evaluated. You heard earlier 1677 01:00:51,696 --> 01:00:52,697 from cim and the lot, and we 1678 01:00:52,697 --> 01:00:54,298 encourage that you 1679 01:00:54,298 --> 01:00:55,800 have courage, as you have 1680 01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:57,301 stated to that that we look 1681 01:00:57,301 --> 01:00:58,636 into how we protect our 1682 01:00:58,636 --> 01:01:00,971 entertainment studios, but at 1683 01:01:00,971 --> 01:01:01,939 the same time in here we 1684 01:01:01,939 --> 01:01:03,939 balance preservation with 1685 01:01:04,375 --> 01:01:05,510 flexibility, allowing for 1686 01:01:05,510 --> 01:01:07,312 continued and continued 1687 01:01:07,312 --> 01:01:09,312 innovation, economic vitality, 1688 01:01:09,581 --> 01:01:11,480 and adaptability to industry 1689 01:01:11,480 --> 01:01:12,183 shifts. And finally, we thank 1690 01:01:12,183 --> 01:01:14,118 you for your support of our 1691 01:01:14,118 --> 01:01:16,821 next activation on Sunset Strip, 1692 01:01:16,821 --> 01:01:18,789 spinning sunset, spooky edition 1693 01:01:18,789 --> 01:01:19,230 on OCTOBER 20th at pink. And 1694 01:01:19,230 --> 01:01:21,230 then we 1695 01:01:21,459 --> 01:01:24,459 re going to have a 1696 01:01:24,563 --> 01:01:25,530 Halloween crawl on the stradd 1697 01:01:25,530 --> 01:01:27,198 d les both weekends through 1698 01:01:27,198 --> 01:01:28,633 Halloween weekend, and you can 1699 01:01:28,633 --> 01:01:30,568 go to wwubdub the 1700 01:01:30,568 --> 01:01:32,303 sunsetstrip.Com for more 1701 01:01:32,303 --> 01:01:34,372 information. Thank you so much. 1702 01:01:34,372 --> 01:01:35,673 Thank you. We do have about 7 1703 01:01:35,673 --> 01:01:37,776 speakers left in council 1704 01:01:37,776 --> 01:01:38,610 chambers, I think, in with the 1705 01:01:38,610 --> 01:01:39,440 time available, we 1706 01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:40,512 ll go ahead 1707 01:01:40,512 --> 01:01:41,580 and continue to hear public 1708 01:01:41,580 --> 01:01:42,380 comment rather than moving 1709 01:01:42,380 --> 01:01:44,150 everyone to the end of the 1710 01:01:44,150 --> 01:01:44,683 agenda. So apologies to the 1711 01:01:44,683 --> 01:01:45,317 speaker who didn 1712 01:01:45,317 --> 01:01:46,117 t hear that at 1713 01:01:46,117 --> 01:01:47,185 the top, that we would be 1714 01:01:47,185 --> 01:01:48,219 coming back. It was important 1715 01:01:48,219 --> 01:01:50,188 to get through the consent in 1716 01:01:50,188 --> 01:01:52,890 the 1st 20 minutes. The call, 1717 01:01:52,890 --> 01:01:53,324 the council is supportive of 1718 01:01:53,324 --> 01:01:53,495 continuing public comment. I 1719 01:01:53,495 --> 01:01:54,459 don 1720 01:01:54,459 --> 01:01:55,561 t see Tom DMille in the 1721 01:01:55,561 --> 01:01:56,562 back anymore, so we 1722 01:01:56,562 --> 01:01:58,363 ll go to 1723 01:01:58,363 --> 01:01:59,564 Michael, Mike Nuttall, followed 1724 01:01:59,564 --> 01:02:03,164 by Raphael Landen and then lit, 1725 01:02:05,604 --> 01:02:06,671 etc. 1726 01:02:06,671 --> 01:02:08,673 Hi the last meeting that we 1727 01:02:08,673 --> 01:02:10,542 were at, I sat in my normal 1728 01:02:10,542 --> 01:02:12,410 section, and this goes to you, 1729 01:02:12,410 --> 01:02:13,879 Mayor Byers, but someone kept 1730 01:02:13,879 --> 01:02:17,349 on calling you crazy over and 1731 01:02:17,349 --> 01:02:18,584 over again for you just stating 1732 01:02:18,584 --> 01:02:19,785 your opinion, and it took me 1733 01:02:19,785 --> 01:02:20,652 back to my middle school days 1734 01:02:20,652 --> 01:02:22,587 when I did a report in 1735 01:02:22,587 --> 01:02:24,689 Elizabeth Packard. So I want to 1736 01:02:24,689 --> 01:02:25,991 read this in 1860, after 21 1737 01:02:25,991 --> 01:02:26,825 years of marriage and six 1738 01:02:26,825 --> 01:02:27,158 children, Elizabeth Packard 1739 01:02:27,158 --> 01:02:28,593 s 1740 01:02:28,593 --> 01:02:29,994 life shattered in an instant. 1741 01:02:29,994 --> 01:02:31,897 Her husband had her locked away 1742 01:02:31,897 --> 01:02:33,499 in an asylum, not for violence, 1743 01:02:33,499 --> 01:02:34,867 not for instability, but for 1744 01:02:34,867 --> 01:02:36,568 daring to disagree. She 1745 01:02:36,568 --> 01:02:38,237 questioned his rigid 1746 01:02:38,237 --> 01:02:40,720 caviism faith, and in Illinois 1747 01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:40,639 at the time, husband needed 1748 01:02:40,639 --> 01:02:42,700 no proof. 1749 01:02:42,700 --> 01:02:42,374 No trial, not even a wife 1750 01:02:42,374 --> 01:02:44,374 s 1751 01:02:44,943 --> 01:02:47,412 consent to declare her insane. 1752 01:02:47,412 --> 01:02:49,281 Inside, Elizabeth uncovered a 1753 01:02:49,281 --> 01:02:50,783 grim truth many women confined 1754 01:02:50,783 --> 01:02:53,719 beside her were not mad at all, 1755 01:02:53,719 --> 01:02:54,686 or crazy. They were wives who 1756 01:02:54,686 --> 01:02:56,686 resisted daughters who 1757 01:02:56,855 --> 01:02:57,556 disobeyed, women who dared to 1758 01:02:57,556 --> 01:02:59,580 speak. 1759 01:02:59,580 --> 01:02:59,324 Where others broke, 1760 01:02:59,324 --> 01:03:00,580 Elizabeth 1761 01:03:00,580 --> 01:03:01,893 sharpened her pen as 1762 01:03:01,893 --> 01:03:03,462 she observed, she wrote, she 1763 01:03:03,462 --> 01:03:05,365 waited. After 3 long years, she 1764 01:03:05,365 --> 01:03:06,866 stood in court and defended her 1765 01:03:06,866 --> 01:03:08,267 right to think for herself, and 1766 01:03:08,267 --> 01:03:09,869 won, but freedom was only the 1767 01:03:09,869 --> 01:03:11,670 beginning. She exposed the 1768 01:03:11,670 --> 01:03:13,639 asylum system in her books, 1769 01:03:13,639 --> 01:03:15,740 fought Lamiki face to face and 1770 01:03:15,740 --> 01:03:17,900 forced reforms that curbed the 1771 01:03:17,900 --> 01:03:19,445 power of women, of men to 1772 01:03:19,445 --> 01:03:21,814 silence women under the 1773 01:03:21,814 --> 01:03:23,816 disguise of madness. Elizabeth 1774 01:03:23,816 --> 01:03:25,418 Packard refused silence. Her 1775 01:03:25,418 --> 01:03:26,652 defiance nearly cost her 1776 01:03:26,652 --> 01:03:27,190 everything, yet it 1777 01:03:27,190 --> 01:03:28,121 s secured 1778 01:03:28,121 --> 01:03:29,355 protections for 1779 01:03:29,355 --> 01:03:30,289 generations of women to come, 1780 01:03:30,289 --> 01:03:30,890 and I think today she 1781 01:03:30,890 --> 01:03:31,924 s smiling 1782 01:03:31,924 --> 01:03:33,426 Dan you. 1783 01:03:33,426 --> 01:03:34,526 Thank you 1784 01:03:34,526 --> 01:03:35,761 Raphael Landen, followed by 1785 01:03:35,761 --> 01:03:37,897 Lynn, etc. Followed by Andrew 1786 01:03:37,897 --> 01:03:39,897 Vee. 1787 01:03:40,366 --> 01:03:41,534 Good evening, City Counciluncil 1788 01:03:41,534 --> 01:03:42,902 members at this time I 1789 01:03:42,902 --> 01:03:44,470 m, uh, 1790 01:03:44,470 --> 01:03:46,870 against the bicycle lane 1791 01:03:47,206 --> 01:03:49,206 project to fountain. 1792 01:03:49,308 --> 01:03:49,675 In social teachings, there 1793 01:03:49,675 --> 01:03:51,675 s 1794 01:03:51,944 --> 01:03:53,412 one principle called the common 1795 01:03:53,412 --> 01:03:55,412 good. 1796 01:03:55,915 --> 01:03:57,915 implies equality. 1797 01:04:00,420 --> 01:04:03,790 However, if you favor uh the 1798 01:04:03,790 --> 01:04:05,792 bicycle lane, um, bicyclist, 1799 01:04:05,792 --> 01:04:07,326 and this favor. 1800 01:04:07,326 --> 01:04:09,620 The people that live there, the 1801 01:04:09,620 --> 01:04:11,620 residents 1802 01:04:12,865 --> 01:04:14,500 that would be 1803 01:04:14,500 --> 01:04:15,702 inequality that wouldn 1804 01:04:15,702 --> 01:04:17,702 t be 1805 01:04:18,672 --> 01:04:20,672 equality 1806 01:04:21,107 --> 01:04:23,610 residents like me would lose 1807 01:04:23,610 --> 01:04:26,120 the opportunity to lose uh 1808 01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:28,810 parking spaces, also for my two 1809 01:04:28,810 --> 01:04:30,810 tenants. 1810 01:04:30,583 --> 01:04:34,183 So that would be again a 1811 01:04:35,589 --> 01:04:37,589 perfect example of 1812 01:04:39,259 --> 01:04:41,561 inequality versus equality in 1813 01:04:41,561 --> 01:04:42,429 the principle in social 1814 01:04:42,429 --> 01:04:43,897 teachings. 1815 01:04:43,897 --> 01:04:45,231 Of the common good 1816 01:04:45,231 --> 01:04:47,231 Thank you 1817 01:04:47,233 --> 01:04:50,360 Lynne, etc. Followed by Andrew 1818 01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:51,710 v, followed by David Eckert. 1819 01:04:51,710 --> 01:04:54,671 And then we have 2 more after 1820 01:04:54,808 --> 01:04:56,808 that 1821 01:04:57,911 --> 01:05:00,514 etc. West Hollywood, Dear John 1822 01:05:00,514 --> 01:05:02,549 Erickson, Chelsea, and Danny, 1823 01:05:02,549 --> 01:05:04,484 thank you, thank you, thank you. 1824 01:05:04,484 --> 01:05:05,819 Have some fountain coincidence 1825 01:05:05,819 --> 01:05:07,520 to tell you about later. 1826 01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:10,190 Tonight I want to talk about 1827 01:05:10,190 --> 01:05:11,925 the largest threat to democracy, 1828 01:05:11,925 --> 01:05:14,270 in my opinion, the world has 1829 01:05:14,270 --> 01:05:16,163 seen on NOVEMBER 5th, the 1830 01:05:16,163 --> 01:05:17,965 Supreme Court will begin 1831 01:05:17,965 --> 01:05:18,432 hearing arguments on the king 1832 01:05:18,432 --> 01:05:19,599 s 1833 01:05:19,599 --> 01:05:20,567 terrace. This isn 1834 01:05:20,567 --> 01:05:22,536 t hard to 1835 01:05:22,536 --> 01:05:24,804 understand. The king and his 1836 01:05:24,804 --> 01:05:27,204 two-bed court of zero 1837 01:05:28,976 --> 01:05:31,450 prestige are out to cause a 1838 01:05:31,450 --> 01:05:31,745 huge worldwide depression 1839 01:05:31,745 --> 01:05:33,514 whereby 1840 01:05:33,514 --> 01:05:35,950 the billionaires would buy up 1841 01:05:35,950 --> 01:05:38,218 everything on the cheap. 1842 01:05:38,218 --> 01:05:40,618 Instant worldwide oligarchy. I 1843 01:05:41,221 --> 01:05:43,624 was blessed to be friends of 1844 01:05:43,624 --> 01:05:45,860 gay liberation founders. Harry 1845 01:05:45,860 --> 01:05:48,860 Hay and archives founder Jim 1846 01:05:49,230 --> 01:05:51,465 Kepner. Harry was brilliant at 1847 01:05:51,465 --> 01:05:52,900 understanding politicians. If 1848 01:05:52,900 --> 01:05:54,401 Harry were here now, he would 1849 01:05:54,401 --> 01:05:56,737 be saying, we need to have a 1850 01:05:56,737 --> 01:05:59,273 MARCH on the Supreme Court on 1851 01:05:59,273 --> 01:06:00,975 NOVEMBER 5th when they start 1852 01:06:00,975 --> 01:06:01,976 the tariffs debate. The king is 1853 01:06:01,976 --> 01:06:03,976 sending 1854 01:06:04,645 --> 01:06:04,979 troops to cities nationwide the 1855 01:06:04,979 --> 01:06:06,814 law, he 1856 01:06:06,814 --> 01:06:09,814 s attempting to use is 1857 01:06:10,618 --> 01:06:11,719 in case of national emergencies 1858 01:06:11,719 --> 01:06:12,386 and then, and doesn 1859 01:06:12,386 --> 01:06:14,386 t mention 1860 01:06:15,389 --> 01:06:17,789 tariffs. At worst, every 1861 01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:20,161 democratic Democrat senator and 1862 01:06:20,161 --> 01:06:21,896 congressperson should be on the 1863 01:06:21,896 --> 01:06:24,832 steps of the Supreme Court 1864 01:06:24,832 --> 01:06:27,232 NOVEMBER 5th, chanting, whose 1865 01:06:27,401 --> 01:06:28,169 constitution. We, the people 1866 01:06:28,169 --> 01:06:30,169 s 1867 01:06:30,371 --> 01:06:32,720 constitution, the absurdity 1868 01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:34,472 that this nut case 1869 01:06:36,344 --> 01:06:38,613 is sending troops to aggravate 1870 01:06:38,613 --> 01:06:38,913 uh people the law that he 1871 01:06:38,913 --> 01:06:40,913 s 1872 01:06:41,282 --> 01:06:44,118 using for these tariffs is 1873 01:06:44,118 --> 01:06:44,352 illegal. The absolute absurdity 1874 01:06:44,352 --> 01:06:46,352 that we 1875 01:06:46,554 --> 01:06:47,955 re going through. So on 1876 01:06:47,955 --> 01:06:49,955 OCTOBER 18th, there 1877 01:06:49,957 --> 01:06:50,157 s a no 1878 01:06:50,157 --> 01:06:52,157 king 1879 01:06:54,529 --> 01:06:56,598 s MARCH and we the people 1880 01:06:56,598 --> 01:06:58,466 Andrew v, followed by David 1881 01:06:58,466 --> 01:06:59,767 Eckert, then we have Virginia 1882 01:06:59,767 --> 01:07:01,536 Gili as our last speaker in 1883 01:07:01,536 --> 01:07:03,536 chamber. 1884 01:07:03,872 --> 01:07:04,238 With Andrew v, there you are 1885 01:07:04,238 --> 01:07:06,238 Thank you. It 1886 01:07:06,507 --> 01:07:08,507 s ok 1887 01:07:08,676 --> 01:07:10,979 My name is Andrew, and I live 1888 01:07:10,979 --> 01:07:11,380 on Fanton and Daon Creek Corner 1889 01:07:11,380 --> 01:07:13,380 and I 1890 01:07:14,249 --> 01:07:15,650 m not here to 1891 01:07:15,650 --> 01:07:17,185 uh charge anyone about the 1892 01:07:17,185 --> 01:07:20,588 phantom project, but I do have 1893 01:07:20,588 --> 01:07:21,556 a plumbing uh um parking issue, 1894 01:07:21,556 --> 01:07:22,123 uh, on Delore, um, I don 1895 01:07:22,123 --> 01:07:22,590 t know 1896 01:07:22,590 --> 01:07:24,590 if there 1897 01:07:24,892 --> 01:07:27,195 s anything that can be 1898 01:07:27,195 --> 01:07:28,930 done to restrict the parking 1899 01:07:28,930 --> 01:07:29,164 because if you leave that place, 1900 01:07:29,164 --> 01:07:29,798 I don 1901 01:07:29,798 --> 01:07:31,199 t know, 8 o 1902 01:07:31,199 --> 01:07:32,901 clock, do not 1903 01:07:32,901 --> 01:07:34,102 come back until 7 because 1904 01:07:34,102 --> 01:07:34,703 people are going to take it. I 1905 01:07:34,703 --> 01:07:36,703 mean, 1906 01:07:37,572 --> 01:07:39,700 this is only yesterday, $350. I 1907 01:07:39,700 --> 01:07:40,275 had to bail my car out because 1908 01:07:40,275 --> 01:07:42,770 they towed it. On the top of 1909 01:07:42,770 --> 01:07:44,445 the citation, yada yada yada. I 1910 01:07:44,445 --> 01:07:44,601 got 2 sons and a wife, so I 1911 01:07:44,601 --> 01:07:46,810 m 1912 01:07:46,810 --> 01:07:48,383 accumulating a whole lot of 1913 01:07:48,383 --> 01:07:48,547 parking, uh, tickets. I 1914 01:07:48,547 --> 01:07:49,918 m 1915 01:07:49,918 --> 01:07:51,320 contributing a whole lot to 1916 01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:52,387 this building and into West 1917 01:07:52,387 --> 01:07:54,156 Hollywood because of those 1918 01:07:54,156 --> 01:07:55,223 parking tickets, but I cannot 1919 01:07:55,223 --> 01:07:56,858 help it. There 1920 01:07:56,858 --> 01:07:58,193 s just no place 1921 01:07:58,193 --> 01:08:00,193 to park. 1922 01:08:02,970 --> 01:08:03,632 And uh if you guys will be able 1923 01:08:03,632 --> 01:08:06,902 to just simply leave us at 1924 01:08:06,902 --> 01:08:08,904 least a half a block for 1925 01:08:08,904 --> 01:08:10,639 residents or one side of the 1926 01:08:10,639 --> 01:08:12,274 street or something, but if you 1927 01:08:12,274 --> 01:08:14,843 leave that place, I live in the 1928 01:08:14,843 --> 01:08:16,211 corner exactly at Fountain and 1929 01:08:16,211 --> 01:08:16,712 Dolores. And if you leave that 1930 01:08:16,712 --> 01:08:17,279 place at 8 o 1931 01:08:17,279 --> 01:08:17,679 clock, 9 o 1932 01:08:17,679 --> 01:08:19,581 clock, 1933 01:08:19,581 --> 01:08:20,783 do not come home. You will have 1934 01:08:20,783 --> 01:08:21,384 no space, period. That 1935 01:08:21,384 --> 01:08:23,384 s it. 1936 01:08:23,486 --> 01:08:24,487 The. 1937 01:08:24,487 --> 01:08:25,554 David Eckert, followed by 1938 01:08:25,554 --> 01:08:26,989 Virginia Gilli 1939 01:08:26,989 --> 01:08:27,957 and then we have one more 1940 01:08:27,957 --> 01:08:28,257 speaker in Zoom. We 1941 01:08:28,257 --> 01:08:30,257 ll conclude 1942 01:08:32,828 --> 01:08:34,828 our public comment. 1943 01:08:35,297 --> 01:08:37,266 Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, 1944 01:08:37,266 --> 01:08:38,167 and distinguished City 1945 01:08:38,167 --> 01:08:38,331 Counciluncil members. Tonight 1946 01:08:38,331 --> 01:08:39,669 i 1947 01:08:39,669 --> 01:08:42,371 d like to talk about a couple 1948 01:08:42,371 --> 01:08:44,807 of issues. One, the Allied 1949 01:08:44,807 --> 01:08:46,142 security uniforms. I think we 1950 01:08:46,142 --> 01:08:47,243 as a city need to look at their 1951 01:08:47,243 --> 01:08:49,478 universal a little better. 1952 01:08:49,478 --> 01:08:50,879 There is a lot of black and 1953 01:08:50,879 --> 01:08:51,880 with the hours being cut late 1954 01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:53,248 at night, they 1955 01:08:53,248 --> 01:08:54,783 re very hard to 1956 01:08:54,783 --> 01:08:55,819 notice and they don 1957 01:08:55,819 --> 01:08:57,819 t have any 1958 01:08:57,920 --> 01:08:59,756 reflective quality to them, so 1959 01:08:59,756 --> 01:09:01,824 they get lost in the mix. So I 1960 01:09:01,824 --> 01:09:02,525 think that can be improved on, 1961 01:09:02,525 --> 01:09:02,892 uh, Secondly, 1962 01:09:02,892 --> 01:09:04,460 I 1963 01:09:04,460 --> 01:09:07,263 d love to see if the city 1964 01:09:07,263 --> 01:09:09,598 could start uh doing mobility 1965 01:09:09,598 --> 01:09:11,467 classes on bicycles, scooters, 1966 01:09:11,467 --> 01:09:11,733 and just in general safety, I 1967 01:09:11,733 --> 01:09:13,690 think it 1968 01:09:13,690 --> 01:09:14,604 s important that we 1969 01:09:14,604 --> 01:09:16,206 move forward with these 1970 01:09:16,206 --> 01:09:16,506 different mobility options, but 1971 01:09:16,506 --> 01:09:18,506 I don 1972 01:09:18,875 --> 01:09:21,678 t think people truly know 1973 01:09:21,678 --> 01:09:23,546 all the rules and of how to 1974 01:09:23,546 --> 01:09:24,247 safely use any of them at this 1975 01:09:24,247 --> 01:09:25,148 point. They 1976 01:09:25,148 --> 01:09:27,249 ve been cut off 1977 01:09:27,249 --> 01:09:28,650 many times by um cyclists that 1978 01:09:28,650 --> 01:09:30,870 feel they have the right of way 1979 01:09:30,870 --> 01:09:30,520 always and I, I 1980 01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:31,855 m concerned 1981 01:09:31,855 --> 01:09:32,855 about that. Lastly, I just want 1982 01:09:32,855 --> 01:09:34,855 to make 1983 01:09:35,491 --> 01:09:37,460 uh, the ce or uh the public 1984 01:09:37,460 --> 01:09:39,229 know that Metro is considering 1985 01:09:39,229 --> 01:09:40,229 a drastic change to Sunset 1986 01:09:40,229 --> 01:09:40,630 Boulevard, where they 1987 01:09:40,630 --> 01:09:42,630 re going 1988 01:09:43,660 --> 01:09:45,501 to remove all permanent parking 1989 01:09:45,501 --> 01:09:48,171 from Vermont to Havenhurst to 1990 01:09:48,171 --> 01:09:50,573 make permanent bus lanes and 1991 01:09:50,573 --> 01:09:52,242 remove one lane of uh traffic 1992 01:09:52,242 --> 01:09:54,244 and and directions and I think 1993 01:09:54,244 --> 01:09:56,790 at that point if that is their 1994 01:09:56,790 --> 01:09:59,820 plan, I would love to see Santa 1995 01:09:59,820 --> 01:10:00,984 Monica Boulevard did the same 1996 01:10:00,984 --> 01:10:03,520 respect and with the issues 1997 01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:03,886 that are being brought up about 1998 01:10:03,886 --> 01:10:06,256 Fountain Avenue. I would love 1999 01:10:06,256 --> 01:10:08,358 to see that street remain as a 2000 01:10:08,358 --> 01:10:09,693 residential street. Yes, uh, 2001 01:10:09,693 --> 01:10:11,628 slow it down and everything, 2002 01:10:11,628 --> 01:10:13,630 but the parking, make that 2003 01:10:13,630 --> 01:10:13,597 street again a parking thing. I 2004 01:10:13,597 --> 01:10:13,964 think parking at that 2005 01:10:13,964 --> 01:10:14,131 s what 2006 01:10:14,131 --> 01:10:15,966 s 2007 01:10:15,966 --> 01:10:18,100 going to happen at sunset. We 2008 01:10:18,100 --> 01:10:19,268 really need to start looking at 2009 01:10:19,268 --> 01:10:19,436 an overall picture of what 2010 01:10:19,436 --> 01:10:21,436 s 2011 01:10:21,971 --> 01:10:23,641 going on around us. Thank you. 2012 01:10:23,641 --> 01:10:23,941 Virginia Gilli, and then we 2013 01:10:23,941 --> 01:10:25,909 ll 2014 01:10:25,909 --> 01:10:30,109 go to our final speaker in Zoom. 2015 01:10:31,281 --> 01:10:34,281 Good evening. Excuse me, good 2016 01:10:34,584 --> 01:10:36,219 evening, Mayor and Vice Mayor 2017 01:10:36,219 --> 01:10:36,379 and councilmembers. I 2018 01:10:36,379 --> 01:10:38,379 m 2019 01:10:38,421 --> 01:10:40,858 Virginia Gili, resident of West 2020 01:10:40,858 --> 01:10:41,180 Hollywood for 35 years. And, um, 2021 01:10:41,180 --> 01:10:42,426 I 2022 01:10:42,426 --> 01:10:44,280 ve had, I had quite a little 2023 01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:46,230 list of things to talk about, 2024 01:10:46,230 --> 01:10:47,231 but I only have a couple left 2025 01:10:47,231 --> 01:10:47,798 because other people covered 2026 01:10:47,798 --> 01:10:49,798 them. 2027 01:10:50,767 --> 01:10:53,169 But, um, one of my concerns is, 2028 01:10:53,169 --> 01:10:55,672 is that so many residents that 2029 01:10:55,672 --> 01:10:57,542 I talked to have no idea that 2030 01:10:57,542 --> 01:10:58,676 this is going on about Fountain 2031 01:10:58,676 --> 01:11:00,676 Avenue. 2032 01:11:02,780 --> 01:11:04,849 And um I think that, that, that 2033 01:11:04,849 --> 01:11:05,916 that is the responsibility of 2034 01:11:05,916 --> 01:11:07,916 the council. 2035 01:11:07,918 --> 01:11:09,820 To get more information out. I 2036 01:11:09,820 --> 01:11:11,820 really do. 2037 01:11:12,255 --> 01:11:14,358 And um I was gonna speak about 2038 01:11:14,358 --> 01:11:14,691 the bus company too. And I 2039 01:11:14,691 --> 01:11:16,194 m 2040 01:11:16,194 --> 01:11:18,596 wondering about when the, when 2041 01:11:18,596 --> 01:11:21,650 the bikers get to La Cieicca, 2042 01:11:21,650 --> 01:11:22,700 do we have any ideas for 2043 01:11:22,700 --> 01:11:22,933 remediation on that. It 2044 01:11:22,933 --> 01:11:24,933 s a 2045 01:11:25,836 --> 01:11:28,772 very steep hill, so going up is 2046 01:11:28,772 --> 01:11:30,641 impossible, and going down, so 2047 01:11:30,641 --> 01:11:30,908 that eliminates a lot of people 2048 01:11:30,908 --> 01:11:31,308 that don 2049 01:11:31,308 --> 01:11:32,443 t don 2050 01:11:32,443 --> 01:11:35,113 t have a lot of 2051 01:11:35,113 --> 01:11:37,113 strength to use. 2052 01:11:37,448 --> 01:11:40,448 Uh Fountain Avenue is going 2053 01:11:40,585 --> 01:11:43,200 west to get off of it, you know. 2054 01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:45,200 And um 2055 01:11:45,956 --> 01:11:47,224 yeah, I just think that, um, I 2056 01:11:47,224 --> 01:11:49,928 really think we should try and 2057 01:11:49,928 --> 01:11:51,229 put this on the ballot about 2058 01:11:51,229 --> 01:11:51,529 Fountain Avenue. I don 2059 01:11:51,529 --> 01:11:53,980 t know 2060 01:11:53,980 --> 01:11:53,898 if you folks have discussed 2061 01:11:53,898 --> 01:11:54,199 that, but I think it 2062 01:11:54,199 --> 01:11:55,266 s 2063 01:11:55,266 --> 01:11:56,668 something that 2064 01:11:56,668 --> 01:11:58,736 you know, would be good to 2065 01:11:58,736 --> 01:12:00,338 decide. I, I know that money 2066 01:12:00,338 --> 01:12:03,338 has already been allotted for 2067 01:12:03,808 --> 01:12:05,710 it, but there must be some way 2068 01:12:05,710 --> 01:12:07,710 to reconfigure that. 2069 01:12:08,246 --> 01:12:08,407 So, thank you. Thank you. We 2070 01:12:08,407 --> 01:12:10,148 ll 2071 01:12:10,148 --> 01:12:11,116 go to Zoom for our final 2072 01:12:11,116 --> 01:12:13,516 speaker on public comment. 2073 01:12:20,691 --> 01:12:21,892 Thank you. 2074 01:12:21,892 --> 01:12:23,600 Adam Darvish is our last 2075 01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:23,310 speaker. Adam, go ahead. You 2076 01:12:23,310 --> 01:12:25,310 ll 2077 01:12:25,664 --> 01:12:27,499 have 2 minutes. 2078 01:12:27,499 --> 01:12:28,533 Good 2079 01:12:28,533 --> 01:12:29,670 Good evening. I 2080 01:12:29,670 --> 01:12:31,670 ll make it 2081 01:12:31,870 --> 01:12:34,500 short. Good evening, uh, Mayor 2082 01:12:34,500 --> 01:12:34,472 Byers was mayor and counsel and 2083 01:12:34,472 --> 01:12:35,507 staff. I 2084 01:12:35,507 --> 01:12:37,208 m just calling about 2085 01:12:37,208 --> 01:12:39,608 Halloween event, the upcoming 2086 01:12:39,644 --> 01:12:42,581 event, and as a as a resident, 2087 01:12:42,581 --> 01:12:44,820 I know many many residents just 2088 01:12:44,820 --> 01:12:46,170 above Santa Monica Boulevard in 2089 01:12:46,170 --> 01:12:47,552 the rainbow District have 2090 01:12:47,552 --> 01:12:49,854 experienced a lot of activities 2091 01:12:49,854 --> 01:12:52,254 after hours, after midnight, 2092 01:12:52,257 --> 01:12:54,826 just asking the council for a 2093 01:12:54,826 --> 01:12:56,928 better plan of managing through 2094 01:12:56,928 --> 01:12:58,863 code compliance managing noise 2095 01:12:58,863 --> 01:12:59,965 after midnight or even after 2 2096 01:12:59,965 --> 01:13:01,266 a.M. There were a lot of people 2097 01:13:01,266 --> 01:13:03,836 just hang out and party. You 2098 01:13:03,836 --> 01:13:04,536 cannot sleep. The other comment 2099 01:13:04,536 --> 01:13:05,637 I had was we 2100 01:13:05,637 --> 01:13:07,637 re waiting for 2101 01:13:09,141 --> 01:13:11,900 your plan on, on, um, managing 2102 01:13:11,900 --> 01:13:11,977 the accident from Larrabee and 2103 01:13:11,977 --> 01:13:12,611 Clark, I mean, I 2104 01:13:12,611 --> 01:13:14,611 m sorry, 2105 01:13:15,130 --> 01:13:17,583 Laurby on Palm Avenue and Park. 2106 01:13:17,583 --> 01:13:19,418 Um for the recent events that 2107 01:13:19,418 --> 01:13:21,818 happened are colliding with 2108 01:13:22,721 --> 01:13:24,189 other cars or cars hitting 2109 01:13:24,189 --> 01:13:25,491 condominiums or buildings on 2110 01:13:25,491 --> 01:13:26,358 both streets. So thank you so 2111 01:13:26,358 --> 01:13:28,126 much. 2112 01:13:28,126 --> 01:13:30,262 Ok, that concludes our public 2113 01:13:30,262 --> 01:13:31,496 comment. Thank you all so much 2114 01:13:31,496 --> 01:13:32,664 for your comments and for your 2115 01:13:32,664 --> 01:13:33,731 patience. That was a long 2116 01:13:33,731 --> 01:13:36,102 period. We appreciate you all 2117 01:13:36,102 --> 01:13:36,869 coming out tonight. Um, we will 2118 01:13:36,869 --> 01:13:37,736 move to city manager 2119 01:13:37,736 --> 01:13:38,704 s report. 2120 01:13:38,704 --> 01:13:40,239 Thank you. 2121 01:13:40,239 --> 01:13:42,174 Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, 2122 01:13:42,174 --> 01:13:43,575 Mayor, Vice Mayor, 2123 01:13:43,575 --> 01:13:45,511 councilmembers, and community 2124 01:13:45,511 --> 01:13:47,780 members. Um, thank you for all 2125 01:13:47,780 --> 01:13:49,848 of the public commenters this 2126 01:13:49,848 --> 01:13:51,316 evening. I just have a few 2127 01:13:51,316 --> 01:13:53,286 announcements. The city is 2128 01:13:53,286 --> 01:13:53,553 excited to announce the pickup, 2129 01:13:53,553 --> 01:13:55,221 the city 2130 01:13:55,221 --> 01:13:56,655 s free weekend ride 2131 01:13:56,655 --> 01:13:59,550 will return to service 2132 01:13:59,692 --> 01:14:02,920 beginning Thursday, OCTOBER 9th, 2133 01:14:02,294 --> 01:14:05,130 2025 as part of the relaunch, 2134 01:14:05,130 --> 01:14:06,865 the city is unveiling a fresh 2135 01:14:06,865 --> 01:14:09,865 updated vehicle design and they 2136 01:14:10,169 --> 01:14:11,738 debuting a, a pilot program 2137 01:14:11,738 --> 01:14:13,572 a Thursday night rides from 2138 01:14:13,572 --> 01:14:15,740 MARCH through OCTOBER as part 2139 01:14:15,740 --> 01:14:16,976 of the Rainbow District 2140 01:14:16,976 --> 01:14:19,376 initiatives. Uh, for more 2141 01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:22,479 information, please visit 2142 01:14:23,615 --> 01:14:25,184 www.Heehopepickup.Com. 2143 01:14:25,184 --> 01:14:27,190 The city is inviting the 2144 01:14:27,190 --> 01:14:28,521 community to learn more about 2145 01:14:28,521 --> 01:14:30,256 and provide feedback on the 2146 01:14:30,256 --> 01:14:30,656 zoning improvement program for 2147 01:14:30,656 --> 01:14:31,491 West Hollywood 2148 01:14:31,491 --> 01:14:33,426 s housing 2149 01:14:33,426 --> 01:14:36,362 element as part of the program, 2150 01:14:36,362 --> 01:14:37,997 the city is evaluating future 2151 01:14:37,997 --> 01:14:39,599 zoning updates to reduce 2152 01:14:39,599 --> 01:14:41,434 barriers to creating affordable 2153 01:14:41,434 --> 01:14:43,235 housing and diverse housing. 2154 01:14:43,235 --> 01:14:45,305 Join us for the in-person 2155 01:14:45,305 --> 01:14:47,407 meeting on OCTOBER 8th, or 2156 01:14:47,407 --> 01:14:48,508 online meeting on OCTOBER 16th 2157 01:14:48,508 --> 01:14:50,110 for the second round of 2158 01:14:50,110 --> 01:14:52,510 community workshops. The city 2159 01:14:53,212 --> 01:14:55,810 will present the findings of 2160 01:14:55,810 --> 01:14:56,516 for enhancement opportunities 2161 01:14:56,516 --> 01:14:57,717 in residential and commercial 2162 01:14:57,717 --> 01:14:59,717 priority areas. 2163 01:15:00,520 --> 01:15:02,289 Um, and lastly, uh, Aides Walk 2164 01:15:02,289 --> 01:15:04,791 Los Angeles will take place in 2165 01:15:04,791 --> 01:15:06,827 the city of West Hollywood on 2166 01:15:06,827 --> 01:15:08,662 Saturday, OCTOBER 13th, 2167 01:15:08,662 --> 01:15:10,363 beginning at West Hollywood 2168 01:15:10,363 --> 01:15:12,650 Park at 10 A.M. Due to the aids 2169 01:15:12,650 --> 01:15:13,633 walk, there will be limited 2170 01:15:13,633 --> 01:15:14,968 street and lane closures. For 2171 01:15:14,968 --> 01:15:16,903 more information regarding the 2172 01:15:16,903 --> 01:15:18,438 event or street closures to 2173 01:15:18,438 --> 01:15:20,441 please visit the city 2174 01:15:20,441 --> 01:15:22,441 s website 2175 01:15:23,510 --> 01:15:24,611 at www.Weeho.Org and search for 2176 01:15:24,611 --> 01:15:26,611 aids Walk. 2177 01:15:26,847 --> 01:15:28,810 That concludes my comments. 2178 01:15:28,810 --> 01:15:28,482 Um, thanks, David. It 2179 01:15:28,482 --> 01:15:29,916 s nothing 2180 01:15:29,916 --> 01:15:30,950 to do with what you said, um, 2181 01:15:30,950 --> 01:15:31,751 but, um, I 2182 01:15:31,751 --> 01:15:34,151 ve been noticing in 2183 01:15:34,688 --> 01:15:37,424 a lot of the larger rooms, 2184 01:15:37,424 --> 01:15:39,493 specifically the back room, the 2185 01:15:39,493 --> 01:15:41,762 technology for conferencing and 2186 01:15:41,762 --> 01:15:42,396 meetings is very outdated, um, 2187 01:15:42,396 --> 01:15:43,530 and it doesn 2188 01:15:43,530 --> 01:15:45,432 t work and we have 2189 01:15:45,432 --> 01:15:45,799 to use a laptop screen that 2190 01:15:45,799 --> 01:15:46,867 then doesn 2191 01:15:46,867 --> 01:15:47,670 t work and the audio 2192 01:15:47,670 --> 01:15:49,670 doesn 2193 01:15:49,302 --> 01:15:49,703 t hook up and there 2194 01:15:49,703 --> 01:15:51,638 s a 2195 01:15:51,638 --> 01:15:52,338 little side computer that goes 2196 01:15:52,338 --> 01:15:52,806 missing. I don 2197 01:15:52,806 --> 01:15:53,139 t know. I 2198 01:15:53,139 --> 01:15:53,306 m sure 2199 01:15:53,306 --> 01:15:55,142 it 2200 01:15:55,142 --> 01:15:56,844 s somewhere, but the same 2201 01:15:56,844 --> 01:15:58,846 thing goes for the really 2202 01:15:58,846 --> 01:16:01,282 what was redone part in the 2203 01:16:01,282 --> 01:16:03,684 first floor in the meeting room 2204 01:16:03,684 --> 01:16:06,420 in the city hall, but could you 2205 01:16:06,420 --> 01:16:08,210 just before you know you depart 2206 01:16:08,210 --> 01:16:09,489 in many ways. Could you just 2207 01:16:09,489 --> 01:16:11,424 spruce up the spaces just a 2208 01:16:11,424 --> 01:16:11,591 little bit so these tech issues 2209 01:16:11,591 --> 01:16:12,994 don 2210 01:16:12,994 --> 01:16:14,128 t go beyond your your 2211 01:16:14,128 --> 01:16:15,796 tenure because I know you 2212 01:16:15,796 --> 01:16:17,898 always want to leave us better 2213 01:16:17,898 --> 01:16:19,667 than you found us. Yes, we are 2214 01:16:19,667 --> 01:16:21,802 continuing to look at the 2215 01:16:21,802 --> 01:16:23,700 technology in those rooms 2216 01:16:23,700 --> 01:16:24,671 unfortunately, technology 2217 01:16:24,671 --> 01:16:24,872 changes really fast, and we 2218 01:16:24,872 --> 01:16:25,872 haven 2219 01:16:25,872 --> 01:16:26,730 t been keeping up. I know 2220 01:16:26,730 --> 01:16:26,540 there 2221 01:16:26,540 --> 01:16:27,774 s been a 2222 01:16:27,774 --> 01:16:28,942 number of issues, so we are 2223 01:16:28,942 --> 01:16:29,977 certainly looking at that. 2224 01:16:29,977 --> 01:16:31,646 Thank you 2225 01:16:31,646 --> 01:16:32,980 Any other comments or questions 2226 01:16:32,980 --> 01:16:33,447 for city manager? Thank you for 2227 01:16:33,447 --> 01:16:34,348 the report. We 2228 01:16:34,348 --> 01:16:36,317 ll move to the 2229 01:16:36,317 --> 01:16:38,486 fiscal impact on consent 2230 01:16:38,486 --> 01:16:40,486 calendar city clerk. 2231 01:16:41,880 --> 01:16:43,524 Thank you, Mayor. Um, the 2232 01:16:43,524 --> 01:16:45,924 fiscal impact on consent 2233 01:16:48,329 --> 01:16:51,329 calendar with the addition of 2234 01:16:55,169 --> 01:16:59,507 items d1e3f1f2, f3, f4, f 6 is 2235 01:16:59,507 --> 01:17:01,507 881,440 foreign expenditures, 2236 01:17:03,977 --> 01:17:05,947 $0 in revenues and 13,0023 and 2237 01:17:05,947 --> 01:17:07,649 waived fees. I also want to 2238 01:17:07,649 --> 01:17:09,617 take this opportunity to read 2239 01:17:09,617 --> 01:17:10,818 uh the ordinance of d1 into the 2240 01:17:10,818 --> 01:17:12,818 record. Um, this 2241 01:17:14,555 --> 01:17:15,656 is ordinance d on item d1, an 2242 01:17:15,656 --> 01:17:16,824 ordinance of the City Council 2243 01:17:16,824 --> 01:17:17,992 of the City of West Hollywood, 2244 01:17:17,992 --> 01:17:19,992 California, amending Chapter 2245 01:17:21,162 --> 01:17:22,397 5.70 cannabis uses of the West 2246 01:17:22,397 --> 01:17:23,298 Hollywood municipal code to 2247 01:17:23,298 --> 01:17:24,499 remove the neighborhood 2248 01:17:24,499 --> 01:17:25,367 security guard patrol 2249 01:17:25,367 --> 01:17:26,401 requirement for cannabis 2250 01:17:26,401 --> 01:17:27,368 licensees. 2251 01:17:27,368 --> 01:17:28,636 Thank you. We have a motion in 2252 01:17:28,636 --> 01:17:28,796 a second 2253 01:17:28,796 --> 01:17:30,796 I 2254 01:17:38,613 --> 01:17:40,649 ll move to a full vote 2255 01:17:40,649 --> 01:17:41,116 Thank you. Thank you. Ok, we 2256 01:17:41,116 --> 01:17:43,116 ll 2257 01:17:43,485 --> 01:17:44,953 move to item c1, the public 2258 01:17:44,953 --> 01:17:46,421 hearing, item c1, Zoneex 2259 01:17:46,421 --> 01:17:47,855 amendment to the accessory 2260 01:17:47,855 --> 01:17:49,390 dwelling unit regulations and 2261 01:17:49,390 --> 01:17:50,425 compliance with state law and 2262 01:17:50,425 --> 01:17:50,585 implementation of the city 2263 01:17:50,585 --> 01:17:51,826 s 2264 01:17:51,826 --> 01:17:53,694 housing element program, the 2265 01:17:53,694 --> 01:17:54,762 public hearing is now open. Are 2266 01:17:54,762 --> 01:17:56,999 there any disclosures from 2267 01:17:56,999 --> 01:17:58,999 Counciluncilmembs? 2268 01:17:59,340 --> 01:18:00,602 Seeing none. Um, how, Si Clerk, 2269 01:18:00,602 --> 01:18:03,338 how was his hearing noticed as 2270 01:18:03,338 --> 01:18:04,306 required by law. Terrific. And 2271 01:18:04,306 --> 01:18:05,540 um we have staff 2272 01:18:05,540 --> 01:18:07,800 representatives here for a 2273 01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:08,276 staff report to my colleagues, 2274 01:18:08,276 --> 01:18:09,644 first, we need a full staff 2275 01:18:09,644 --> 01:18:11,246 report? Can we do an 2276 01:18:11,246 --> 01:18:12,413 abbreviated report tonight, 2277 01:18:12,413 --> 01:18:12,580 abbreviated is terrific. I 2278 01:18:12,580 --> 01:18:13,781 don 2279 01:18:13,781 --> 01:18:16,118 t think I need a report at 2280 01:18:16,118 --> 01:18:16,285 all. 2281 01:18:16,285 --> 01:18:18,187 It 2282 01:18:18,187 --> 01:18:18,954 s, do you want to just let 2283 01:18:18,954 --> 01:18:19,254 the public know what we 2284 01:18:19,254 --> 01:18:20,655 re here 2285 01:18:20,655 --> 01:18:21,957 to do tonight so we can move 2286 01:18:21,957 --> 01:18:23,492 through this quickly then. 2287 01:18:23,492 --> 01:18:24,459 Thank you. Mayor Nick Marisic, 2288 01:18:24,459 --> 01:18:26,859 director of Community Develop. 2289 01:18:26,862 --> 01:18:27,462 Good evening, Mayor, Vice mayor, 2290 01:18:27,462 --> 01:18:27,962 councilmembers. I 2291 01:18:27,962 --> 01:18:28,930 m joined by 2292 01:18:28,930 --> 01:18:29,531 my colleagues from the 2293 01:18:29,531 --> 01:18:30,198 Community Development 2294 01:18:30,198 --> 01:18:31,199 department and maybe I 2295 01:18:31,199 --> 01:18:33,199 ll just 2296 01:18:33,335 --> 01:18:34,937 jump right over to Associate 2297 01:18:34,937 --> 01:18:36,138 Planner Michel Montenegro to 2298 01:18:36,138 --> 01:18:37,172 provide an overview of the item. 2299 01:18:37,172 --> 01:18:39,700 We know this is in compliance 2300 01:18:39,700 --> 01:18:41,143 with state law, so go ahead and, 2301 01:18:41,143 --> 01:18:43,111 yeah, yes, so the city council 2302 01:18:43,111 --> 01:18:45,213 adopted an ad ordinance back in 2303 01:18:45,213 --> 01:18:46,748 FEBRUARY. There are minor 2304 01:18:46,748 --> 01:18:46,912 changes requested by hcd once 2305 01:18:46,912 --> 01:18:47,649 it 2306 01:18:47,649 --> 01:18:48,830 was submitted. So we 2307 01:18:48,830 --> 01:18:49,752 re back 2308 01:18:49,752 --> 01:18:50,786 here as a cleanup ordinance to 2309 01:18:50,786 --> 01:18:51,587 update and compliance with 2310 01:18:51,587 --> 01:18:52,621 state law. 2311 01:18:52,621 --> 01:18:53,455 Thank you very much. Do my 2312 01:18:53,455 --> 01:18:54,456 colleagues have any questions 2313 01:18:54,456 --> 01:18:56,910 for staff? 2314 01:18:56,910 --> 01:18:56,425 I have a question, and it isn 2315 01:18:56,425 --> 01:18:58,425 t 2316 01:18:58,427 --> 01:19:00,295 related to the substance of the 2317 01:19:00,295 --> 01:19:03,295 ordinance. This to me seems 2318 01:19:04,166 --> 01:19:06,168 like a perfect example where 2319 01:19:06,168 --> 01:19:07,703 unfortunately a lot of your 2320 01:19:07,703 --> 01:19:08,400 time is wasted. The planning 2321 01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:09,238 commission 2322 01:19:09,238 --> 01:19:09,572 s time is wasted. 2323 01:19:09,572 --> 01:19:11,700 The council 2324 01:19:11,700 --> 01:19:13,407 s time is wasted. 2325 01:19:15,344 --> 01:19:17,346 We have to do advertisements in 2326 01:19:17,346 --> 01:19:19,181 the newspaper for something 2327 01:19:19,181 --> 01:19:20,716 that we have no choice. This is 2328 01:19:20,716 --> 01:19:23,652 something that is required by 2329 01:19:23,652 --> 01:19:25,455 state law that we have to do to 2330 01:19:25,455 --> 01:19:27,890 have our ordinance be in 2331 01:19:27,890 --> 01:19:30,560 compliance. So is there a way 2332 01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:32,929 for us to avoid all of that 2333 01:19:32,929 --> 01:19:34,897 time being wasted, and 2334 01:19:34,897 --> 01:19:37,990 soliciting comments from the 2335 01:19:37,990 --> 01:19:39,168 public when again we have no 2336 01:19:39,168 --> 01:19:40,602 choice but to comply with the 2337 01:19:40,602 --> 01:19:42,500 state mandate. Is there 2338 01:19:42,500 --> 01:19:43,673 something that we can do to 2339 01:19:43,673 --> 01:19:46,776 speed up the process for these 2340 01:19:46,776 --> 01:19:48,711 kind of, and it seems like an 2341 01:19:48,711 --> 01:19:49,879 almost annual change to the 2342 01:19:49,879 --> 01:19:51,447 state law here. 2343 01:19:51,447 --> 01:19:51,747 Yes Vice Mayor, um, I, you know, 2344 01:19:51,747 --> 01:19:52,481 we 2345 01:19:52,481 --> 01:19:53,749 re happy to certainly 2346 01:19:53,749 --> 01:19:55,151 explore if there are other ways 2347 01:19:55,151 --> 01:19:57,219 we could go about this type of 2348 01:19:57,219 --> 01:19:59,556 thing. I think this was 2349 01:19:59,556 --> 01:20:01,424 somewhat unexpected given the 2350 01:20:01,424 --> 01:20:02,892 communication from hcd um, 2351 01:20:02,892 --> 01:20:04,361 following the submission of the 2352 01:20:04,361 --> 01:20:06,290 more of the annual process that 2353 01:20:06,290 --> 01:20:07,330 we went through previously, but 2354 01:20:07,330 --> 01:20:09,732 we could certainly talk with 2355 01:20:09,732 --> 01:20:11,834 the city attorney and 2356 01:20:11,834 --> 01:20:12,601 brainstorm other ideas to 2357 01:20:12,601 --> 01:20:13,703 address the issues that you 2358 01:20:13,703 --> 01:20:16,720 just described. I mean, at a 2359 01:20:16,720 --> 01:20:17,540 minimum, I think we should 2360 01:20:17,540 --> 01:20:19,209 change the noticing 2361 01:20:19,209 --> 01:20:20,777 requirements in terms of 2362 01:20:20,777 --> 01:20:22,780 newspaper ads 2363 01:20:22,780 --> 01:20:24,247 and spending that money, um, 2364 01:20:24,247 --> 01:20:24,481 and things when we don 2365 01:20:24,481 --> 01:20:26,490 t have 2366 01:20:26,490 --> 01:20:27,684 any choice. 2367 01:20:27,684 --> 01:20:28,751 Thank you. I see a motion, um, 2368 01:20:28,751 --> 01:20:30,153 on the table and just to be 2369 01:20:30,153 --> 01:20:31,870 clear, there are no members of 2370 01:20:31,870 --> 01:20:33,356 the public who have signed up 2371 01:20:33,356 --> 01:20:34,925 to speak on this item. Terrific. 2372 01:20:34,925 --> 01:20:35,292 So I will go ahead if there 2373 01:20:35,292 --> 01:20:37,292 s 2374 01:20:38,295 --> 01:20:38,461 no other questions or comments, 2375 01:20:38,461 --> 01:20:39,129 we 2376 01:20:39,129 --> 01:20:40,730 ll close the public 2377 01:20:40,730 --> 01:20:41,765 testimony portion of this 2378 01:20:41,765 --> 01:20:43,566 public hearing. It seems that 2379 01:20:43,566 --> 01:20:44,500 there are no other questions 2380 01:20:44,500 --> 01:20:45,335 from staff, or I 2381 01:20:45,335 --> 01:20:46,769 m sorry, from 2382 01:20:46,769 --> 01:20:48,137 the council. Nope. 2383 01:20:48,137 --> 01:20:51,507 So we have a motion and a 2384 01:20:51,507 --> 01:20:53,507 second. 2385 01:20:53,510 --> 01:20:54,745 And a vote. Thank you very much. 2386 01:20:54,745 --> 01:20:58,345 Thank you to staff for the 2387 01:21:00,317 --> 01:21:00,553 presentation tonight. 2388 01:21:00,553 --> 01:21:01,384 We 2389 01:21:01,384 --> 01:21:01,585 ll move to, yeah, we 2390 01:21:01,585 --> 01:21:02,520 re all 2391 01:21:02,520 --> 01:21:03,486 set. 2392 01:21:03,486 --> 01:21:05,486 We voted. 2393 01:21:05,555 --> 01:21:05,722 This past 50 2394 01:21:05,722 --> 01:21:07,722 We 2395 01:21:11,161 --> 01:21:12,696 re gonna move to item e1 2396 01:21:12,696 --> 01:21:13,697 under unfinished business, the 2397 01:21:13,697 --> 01:21:15,332 continued discussion of 2398 01:21:15,332 --> 01:21:16,500 expanded noticing requirements 2399 01:21:16,500 --> 01:21:17,834 for projects requesting 2400 01:21:17,834 --> 01:21:18,500 development agreements. 2401 01:21:18,500 --> 01:21:19,436 We 2402 01:21:19,436 --> 01:21:21,710 ll hand this back over to 2403 01:21:21,710 --> 01:21:22,306 our staff to present. Thank you. 2404 01:21:22,306 --> 01:21:23,306 Good thing we stayed. Good 2405 01:21:23,306 --> 01:21:25,208 evening, Jennifer Alaer, 2406 01:21:25,208 --> 01:21:25,775 Assistant Director of Community 2407 01:21:25,775 --> 01:21:26,609 Development. I 2408 01:21:26,609 --> 01:21:28,609 m joined still 2409 01:21:28,646 --> 01:21:30,247 by the Long Range Planning team, 2410 01:21:30,247 --> 01:21:32,116 including long range planning 2411 01:21:32,116 --> 01:21:33,216 Manager Francisco Contreras and 2412 01:21:33,216 --> 01:21:34,351 associate planner. 2413 01:21:34,351 --> 01:21:34,718 Paige Portwood. I check who 2414 01:21:34,718 --> 01:21:35,719 s 2415 01:21:35,719 --> 01:21:36,386 this swapped, who will be 2416 01:21:36,386 --> 01:21:37,554 giving the staff report. Thank 2417 01:21:37,554 --> 01:21:39,554 you. 2418 01:21:39,823 --> 01:21:41,792 Thank you 2419 01:21:41,792 --> 01:21:43,860 Good evening, City Council. My 2420 01:21:43,860 --> 01:21:44,940 name is Paige Portwood. Um, 2421 01:21:44,940 --> 01:21:46,940 tonight 2422 01:21:46,631 --> 01:21:48,132 s, uh, item before you 2423 01:21:48,132 --> 01:21:50,340 is a continued discussion of 2424 01:21:50,340 --> 01:21:51,268 expanded noticing requirements 2425 01:21:51,268 --> 01:21:53,268 for projects requesting 2426 01:21:53,404 --> 01:21:54,805 development agreements. 2427 01:21:54,805 --> 01:21:57,408 Here is an overview of the 2428 01:21:57,408 --> 01:21:59,408 presentation. 2429 01:21:59,877 --> 01:22:00,944 On MAY 19, 2025, staff 2430 01:22:00,944 --> 01:22:02,780 presented its own text 2431 01:22:02,780 --> 01:22:04,381 amendment to expand the 2432 01:22:04,381 --> 01:22:05,349 noticing requirements, um, 2433 01:22:05,349 --> 01:22:07,185 requiring a community meeting 2434 01:22:07,185 --> 01:22:08,719 for projects seeking a 2435 01:22:08,719 --> 01:22:11,119 development agreement. Um, City 2436 01:22:11,522 --> 01:22:13,457 Counciluncil voted 5 to 0 to 2437 01:22:13,457 --> 01:22:14,525 adopt an ordinance requiring a 2438 01:22:14,525 --> 01:22:16,360 neighborhood meeting for 2439 01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:17,828 projects, but city council did 2440 01:22:17,828 --> 01:22:19,263 not elect to expand the 2441 01:22:19,263 --> 01:22:21,263 noticing radius, thereby 2442 01:22:21,766 --> 01:22:23,668 maintaining the current 500 ft 2443 01:22:23,668 --> 01:22:25,136 radius for public hearings and 2444 01:22:25,136 --> 01:22:26,804 community meetings for all 2445 01:22:26,804 --> 01:22:27,271 projects. The city council 2446 01:22:27,271 --> 01:22:29,271 directed 2447 01:22:29,874 --> 01:22:32,874 staff to return with maps 2448 01:22:33,744 --> 01:22:35,744 showing 500, 500, 750 in a 1000 2449 01:22:35,846 --> 01:22:37,148 ft radii for a few previously 2450 01:22:37,148 --> 01:22:39,548 approved sunset arts and 2451 01:22:39,584 --> 01:22:40,919 advertising projects, including 2452 01:22:40,919 --> 01:22:42,420 standalone billboards to 2453 01:22:42,420 --> 01:22:44,789 visualize the reach of each of 2454 01:22:44,789 --> 01:22:46,789 the radius. 2455 01:22:47,658 --> 01:22:50,161 The staff report, um, depicts 2456 01:22:50,161 --> 01:22:51,796 some of the neighboring 2457 01:22:51,796 --> 01:22:53,164 jurisdictions and their 2458 01:22:53,164 --> 01:22:55,164 requirements for development 2459 01:22:55,467 --> 01:22:56,601 projects, which has been 2460 01:22:56,601 --> 01:22:59,100 included in previous reports 2461 01:22:59,137 --> 01:22:59,371 but might be printed to 2462 01:22:59,371 --> 01:23:00,772 tonight 2463 01:23:00,772 --> 01:23:01,239 s discussion. 2464 01:23:01,239 --> 01:23:03,239 Um 2465 01:23:03,808 --> 01:23:06,644 and to share the data that 2466 01:23:06,644 --> 01:23:08,790 staff collected, we selected 5 2467 01:23:08,790 --> 01:23:09,280 previously approved Sunset arts 2468 01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:11,480 and advertising program 2469 01:23:11,480 --> 01:23:12,951 Billboard projects and two 2470 01:23:12,951 --> 01:23:13,952 development agreement projects, 2471 01:23:13,952 --> 01:23:14,519 um, that aren 2472 01:23:14,519 --> 01:23:16,519 t associated with 2473 01:23:19,290 --> 01:23:21,290 billboards, um, 89, 20, and 90, 2474 01:23:21,793 --> 01:23:23,861 40 sunset Bill Boulevard are 2475 01:23:23,861 --> 01:23:24,929 shown with the two asterisks 2476 01:23:24,929 --> 01:23:27,329 while the data indicates 2477 01:23:27,398 --> 01:23:29,101 expanding the radius to 750 or 2478 01:23:29,101 --> 01:23:30,536 1000 ft does increase the 2479 01:23:30,536 --> 01:23:32,271 number of noticed properties 2480 01:23:32,271 --> 01:23:32,638 overall. The percentage 2481 01:23:32,638 --> 01:23:34,272 increase 2482 01:23:34,272 --> 01:23:35,674 among the project addresses is 2483 01:23:35,674 --> 01:23:36,241 inconsistent, where, for 2484 01:23:36,241 --> 01:23:37,409 example, you 2485 01:23:37,409 --> 01:23:38,844 ll see highlighted 2486 01:23:38,844 --> 01:23:42,444 on the screen could range from 2487 01:23:42,914 --> 01:23:45,350 a percentage increase of 45% to 2488 01:23:45,350 --> 01:23:46,840 143%. 2489 01:23:46,840 --> 01:23:47,253 So tonight 2490 01:23:47,253 --> 01:23:48,787 s recommendation is 2491 01:23:48,787 --> 01:23:50,456 to receive this information and 2492 01:23:50,456 --> 01:23:52,456 provide feedback. 2493 01:23:53,425 --> 01:23:54,760 Um, that really concludes our, 2494 01:23:54,760 --> 01:23:56,128 um, presentation. We are 2495 01:23:56,128 --> 01:23:57,896 available for any questions. 2496 01:23:57,896 --> 01:23:59,798 Thank you and thank you for 2497 01:23:59,798 --> 01:24:01,766 providing the side by side 2498 01:24:01,766 --> 01:24:02,901 comparisons for the cities and 2499 01:24:02,901 --> 01:24:03,935 the percentage calculations in 2500 01:24:03,935 --> 01:24:06,105 that chart. I really found that 2501 01:24:06,105 --> 01:24:07,973 useful information and as 2502 01:24:07,973 --> 01:24:08,974 somebody who requested more 2503 01:24:08,974 --> 01:24:10,509 information about this specific 2504 01:24:10,509 --> 01:24:12,100 item before making a decision 2505 01:24:12,100 --> 01:24:13,278 the night it originally came to 2506 01:24:13,278 --> 01:24:14,346 discussion. Those items 2507 01:24:14,346 --> 01:24:16,810 particularly very much helped 2508 01:24:16,810 --> 01:24:16,882 me. I will see who which of my 2509 01:24:16,882 --> 01:24:18,817 colleagues would like to begin, 2510 01:24:18,817 --> 01:24:19,851 Councilmember Meister. 2511 01:24:19,851 --> 01:24:21,721 Thank you, Mayor, and as you 2512 01:24:21,721 --> 01:24:24,156 know, this came from an 2513 01:24:24,156 --> 01:24:27,260 initiative that I had brought 2514 01:24:27,260 --> 01:24:30,260 forward to increase the radius 2515 01:24:31,697 --> 01:24:31,997 to 1000. Uh, square feet. Um 2516 01:24:31,997 --> 01:24:33,132 so, so it 2517 01:24:33,132 --> 01:24:33,297 s, you know, it 2518 01:24:33,297 --> 01:24:34,900 s 2519 01:24:34,900 --> 01:24:36,602 fine to compare our policies 2520 01:24:36,602 --> 01:24:36,768 with other cities, but it 2521 01:24:36,768 --> 01:24:38,236 s 2522 01:24:38,236 --> 01:24:39,739 also like comparing apples and 2523 01:24:39,739 --> 01:24:41,374 oranges because not one of 2524 01:24:41,374 --> 01:24:44,374 those cities has the density 2525 01:24:45,244 --> 01:24:47,680 that we have and projects that 2526 01:24:47,680 --> 01:24:49,682 intensify the use affect our 2527 01:24:49,682 --> 01:24:52,820 residents differently, um, than, 2528 01:24:53,652 --> 01:24:56,388 then they might um affect, uh, 2529 01:24:56,388 --> 01:24:59,559 a less dense city. Um, the cost 2530 01:24:59,559 --> 01:25:01,460 of increasing the radius is, is 2531 01:25:01,460 --> 01:25:02,929 really negligible compared to 2532 01:25:02,929 --> 01:25:05,929 the benefit of a development 2533 01:25:06,566 --> 01:25:08,601 agreement. I mean, development 2534 01:25:08,601 --> 01:25:10,601 agreement basically increases 2535 01:25:12,504 --> 01:25:13,872 the value of the properties by 2536 01:25:13,872 --> 01:25:16,209 millions and millions of 2537 01:25:16,209 --> 01:25:16,509 dollars. So the fact that, you 2538 01:25:16,509 --> 01:25:18,311 know, you 2539 01:25:18,311 --> 01:25:20,311 re increasing, uh, 2540 01:25:21,470 --> 01:25:25,247 the cost on, on this by, you 2541 01:25:28,187 --> 01:25:30,956 know, a couple of 500 to $1000. 2542 01:25:30,956 --> 01:25:33,956 Compared to the 500 square foot, 2543 01:25:34,940 --> 01:25:34,394 500 ft radius, uh, doesn 2544 01:25:34,394 --> 01:25:34,594 t, 2545 01:25:34,594 --> 01:25:36,594 doesn 2546 01:25:36,796 --> 01:25:38,831 t seem like um a 2547 01:25:38,831 --> 01:25:41,100 burdensome request, uh, and 2548 01:25:41,100 --> 01:25:42,702 then finally this is about 2549 01:25:42,702 --> 01:25:43,690 transparency, uh, I guess I 2550 01:25:43,690 --> 01:25:43,903 m 2551 01:25:43,903 --> 01:25:45,371 speaking and not asking 2552 01:25:45,371 --> 01:25:46,505 questions. Did we have speakers 2553 01:25:46,505 --> 01:25:47,506 on this? I don 2554 01:25:47,506 --> 01:25:47,674 t have any, so 2555 01:25:47,674 --> 01:25:49,542 you 2556 01:25:49,542 --> 01:25:49,843 re totally ok, ok, I just 2557 01:25:49,843 --> 01:25:51,445 thought I 2558 01:25:51,445 --> 01:25:52,813 d bring that up. Um, 2559 01:25:52,813 --> 01:25:54,981 and again, uh, last but not 2560 01:25:54,981 --> 01:25:56,516 least, this is about 2561 01:25:56,516 --> 01:25:57,917 transparency and West Holl 2562 01:25:57,917 --> 01:25:59,585 y wood is known for its engaged 2563 01:25:59,585 --> 01:25:59,986 community, except that, except 2564 01:25:59,986 --> 01:26:00,620 when we don 2565 01:26:00,620 --> 01:26:00,954 t tell them what 2566 01:26:00,954 --> 01:26:02,954 s 2567 01:26:04,524 --> 01:26:05,580 going on. And so, uh, I don 2568 01:26:05,580 --> 01:26:05,424 t, 2569 01:26:05,424 --> 01:26:07,361 I don 2570 01:26:07,361 --> 01:26:10,597 t see where this is such 2571 01:26:10,597 --> 01:26:11,965 a large burden for its somebody 2572 01:26:11,965 --> 01:26:13,533 who is applying for a 2573 01:26:13,533 --> 01:26:15,933 development agreement that is 2574 01:26:15,969 --> 01:26:18,380 going to increase the value of 2575 01:26:18,380 --> 01:26:21,380 the property by millions and 2576 01:26:21,340 --> 01:26:23,740 millions of dollars, whereas 2577 01:26:24,878 --> 01:26:25,790 the, the impacts of a project 2578 01:26:25,790 --> 01:26:27,790 that 2579 01:26:28,649 --> 01:26:32,249 s going to be much larger 2580 01:26:32,886 --> 01:26:35,289 than what was uh was in our 2581 01:26:35,289 --> 01:26:37,891 zoning ordinance, or in our 2582 01:26:37,891 --> 01:26:39,726 general plan is um 2583 01:26:39,726 --> 01:26:43,326 you know, that, that impact is 2584 01:26:43,964 --> 01:26:45,632 also much, much greater than 2585 01:26:45,632 --> 01:26:46,400 than an impact that everyone is 2586 01:26:46,400 --> 01:26:46,934 expecting because that 2587 01:26:46,934 --> 01:26:48,934 s what 2588 01:26:49,536 --> 01:26:51,405 the zoning is. Um, so, you know, 2589 01:26:51,405 --> 01:26:53,405 I think that 2590 01:26:54,875 --> 01:26:56,877 I know that in uh staff report, 2591 01:26:56,877 --> 01:26:58,678 it said something about some of 2592 01:26:58,678 --> 01:26:58,847 the views that people don 2593 01:26:58,847 --> 01:27:00,114 t 2594 01:27:00,114 --> 01:27:01,282 have the view of, say, the 2595 01:27:01,282 --> 01:27:01,452 billboard, but you know, you 2596 01:27:01,452 --> 01:27:03,117 re 2597 01:27:03,117 --> 01:27:05,486 going all the ways around and 2598 01:27:05,486 --> 01:27:08,122 there is, there is going to be 2599 01:27:08,122 --> 01:27:10,190 somebody who is impacted by by 2600 01:27:10,190 --> 01:27:11,124 the light of that billboard or 2601 01:27:11,124 --> 01:27:12,292 by the traffic that 2602 01:27:12,292 --> 01:27:14,292 s generated 2603 01:27:14,795 --> 01:27:15,229 by a project or uh you know, 2604 01:27:15,229 --> 01:27:16,664 whether it 2605 01:27:16,664 --> 01:27:18,733 s parking impacts or 2606 01:27:18,733 --> 01:27:20,634 or whatever the impacts are, uh, 2607 01:27:20,634 --> 01:27:21,469 light, parking, traffic, 2608 01:27:21,469 --> 01:27:23,469 whatever. 2609 01:27:24,839 --> 01:27:26,807 Um, I know that people have 2610 01:27:26,807 --> 01:27:29,207 been affected by sunset 2611 01:27:29,343 --> 01:27:30,744 billboards on De Longres, uh, 2612 01:27:30,744 --> 01:27:31,879 and yet we don 2613 01:27:31,879 --> 01:27:33,879 t consider them 2614 01:27:36,183 --> 01:27:38,653 in, in our, in, in, in the um 2615 01:27:38,653 --> 01:27:41,422 because of the radius. So, um, 2616 01:27:41,422 --> 01:27:44,580 I would ask that my colleagues 2617 01:27:44,580 --> 01:27:46,458 consider, you know, 1,000-foot 2618 01:27:47,128 --> 01:27:50,431 radius and if not at least 2619 01:27:50,431 --> 01:27:51,131 consider a 750 as a compromise. 2620 01:27:51,131 --> 01:27:52,834 Thank you. 2621 01:27:52,834 --> 01:27:53,935 Thank you, Councilmember 2622 01:27:53,935 --> 01:27:55,603 Councilmember Erickson or Vice 2623 01:27:55,603 --> 01:27:56,137 Mayor Heman? I don 2624 01:27:56,137 --> 01:27:57,171 t support 2625 01:27:57,171 --> 01:27:57,772 this. I, I don 2626 01:27:57,772 --> 01:27:59,400 t want to get 2627 01:27:59,400 --> 01:27:59,540 into the guise of I, I 2628 01:27:59,540 --> 01:28:00,575 ve been 2629 01:28:00,575 --> 01:28:02,110 serving on the planning 2630 01:28:02,110 --> 01:28:03,778 commission, as I know Coner 2631 01:28:03,778 --> 01:28:06,480 Meister has, as well as seeing 2632 01:28:06,480 --> 01:28:08,449 how this gone. I think that 2633 01:28:08,449 --> 01:28:09,551 what staff provided uh more 2634 01:28:09,551 --> 01:28:10,585 than answered any additional 2635 01:28:10,585 --> 01:28:13,288 questions I have, and I would 2636 01:28:13,288 --> 01:28:13,488 like to keep it at 500 ft and 2637 01:28:13,488 --> 01:28:13,755 that 2638 01:28:13,755 --> 01:28:15,223 s where I 2639 01:28:15,223 --> 01:28:17,223 m at tonight. 2640 01:28:18,159 --> 01:28:19,294 Hang jumped up. So Vice Mayor 2641 01:28:19,294 --> 01:28:20,270 He Councilmember Hang He 2642 01:28:20,270 --> 01:28:22,270 s in 2643 01:28:23,998 --> 01:28:26,969 the bathroom. Oh, ok. Um, so, 2644 01:28:26,969 --> 01:28:29,304 um, I, I agree with 2645 01:28:29,304 --> 01:28:31,206 Councilmember Erickson, um, we 2646 01:28:31,206 --> 01:28:32,741 previously approved a 500 ft 2647 01:28:32,741 --> 01:28:34,509 radius. We asked staff to give 2648 01:28:34,509 --> 01:28:35,643 us more information based on 2649 01:28:35,643 --> 01:28:36,144 this information. I don 2650 01:28:36,144 --> 01:28:38,144 t think 2651 01:28:39,130 --> 01:28:41,382 we should change our 500 ft 2652 01:28:41,382 --> 01:28:44,190 radius, um, to me this is not a 2653 01:28:44,190 --> 01:28:44,620 question about the cost of the 2654 01:28:44,620 --> 01:28:46,620 noticing 2655 01:28:46,688 --> 01:28:48,123 which I agree with 2656 01:28:48,123 --> 01:28:49,991 Councilmember Meister is a 2657 01:28:49,991 --> 01:28:50,161 relatively negligible. To me 2658 01:28:50,161 --> 01:28:52,161 it 2659 01:28:53,695 --> 01:28:53,929 s more about is it necessary, 2660 01:28:53,929 --> 01:28:55,863 I don 2661 01:28:55,863 --> 01:28:58,199 t think this is about 2662 01:28:58,199 --> 01:29:00,368 transparency. We already uh 2663 01:29:00,368 --> 01:29:03,720 notice a radius of 500 ft 2664 01:29:03,720 --> 01:29:05,700 around the development. We also 2665 01:29:05,700 --> 01:29:08,100 require the site to be noticed. 2666 01:29:08,100 --> 01:29:10,112 We do have public hearings for 2667 01:29:10,112 --> 01:29:12,114 these projects with development 2668 01:29:12,114 --> 01:29:13,915 agreements, not only does it 2669 01:29:13,915 --> 01:29:14,782 have to go to the planning 2670 01:29:14,782 --> 01:29:16,218 commission, but 2671 01:29:16,218 --> 01:29:18,618 the development agreement has 2672 01:29:18,653 --> 01:29:20,222 to be approved by counsel, so 2673 01:29:20,222 --> 01:29:21,657 it will necessarily come before 2674 01:29:21,657 --> 01:29:22,491 the city council. I, I 2675 01:29:22,491 --> 01:29:24,491 m fine 2676 01:29:26,395 --> 01:29:28,564 with leaving the radius at 500 2677 01:29:28,564 --> 01:29:30,650 ft. The notion that um 2678 01:29:30,650 --> 01:29:30,932 development agreements increase 2679 01:29:30,932 --> 01:29:31,833 the value. That 2680 01:29:31,833 --> 01:29:33,168 s true of all 2681 01:29:33,168 --> 01:29:35,170 developments. They increase the 2682 01:29:35,170 --> 01:29:37,973 value of the property. So it 2683 01:29:37,973 --> 01:29:39,942 would make no sense to me to 2684 01:29:39,942 --> 01:29:40,876 increase the radius for 2685 01:29:40,876 --> 01:29:42,876 projects with development 2686 01:29:42,878 --> 01:29:44,746 agreements and not do it for 2687 01:29:44,746 --> 01:29:46,115 other projects that result 2688 01:29:46,115 --> 01:29:48,160 in significant increases in 2689 01:29:48,160 --> 01:29:49,584 value for the property owner. 2690 01:29:49,584 --> 01:29:51,586 Thank you, Vice Mayor. 2691 01:29:51,586 --> 01:29:53,586 Councilmembur Hang. 2692 01:29:54,991 --> 01:29:58,591 Thank you, Mayor. Um, is there 2693 01:29:59,950 --> 01:30:00,362 any like tangible proof that um 2694 01:30:00,362 --> 01:30:03,320 or evidence that increasing it 2695 01:30:03,320 --> 01:30:05,432 $750 or 1000 would increase any 2696 01:30:09,338 --> 01:30:11,441 type of participation at all. 2697 01:30:11,441 --> 01:30:13,109 Not to our knowledge at this, 2698 01:30:13,109 --> 01:30:14,844 no. 2699 01:30:14,844 --> 01:30:18,214 Thank you. So what is the state 2700 01:30:18,214 --> 01:30:19,749 minimum requirement? 2701 01:30:19,749 --> 01:30:21,684 Can you repeat the question? 2702 01:30:21,684 --> 01:30:23,219 What does the state minimum 2703 01:30:23,219 --> 01:30:25,587 requirement? 300 ft. And what 2704 01:30:25,587 --> 01:30:27,456 is our requirement here? 500 ft. 2705 01:30:27,456 --> 01:30:28,190 So does that mean that we are 2706 01:30:28,190 --> 01:30:28,925 meeting the state 2707 01:30:28,925 --> 01:30:30,260 s minimum 2708 01:30:30,260 --> 01:30:30,560 requirement and then some 2709 01:30:30,560 --> 01:30:31,427 correct? We 2710 01:30:31,427 --> 01:30:31,627 re exceeding the 2711 01:30:31,627 --> 01:30:33,627 state 2712 01:30:34,630 --> 01:30:36,630 s minimum requirement. 2713 01:30:37,660 --> 01:30:38,968 Great, thank you. Um, yeah, I 2714 01:30:38,968 --> 01:30:42,568 just, I feel that we should 2715 01:30:42,938 --> 01:30:45,938 leave this policy as is. 2716 01:30:47,143 --> 01:30:50,460 Increasing it would not yield 2717 01:30:50,460 --> 01:30:52,480 additional results and could be 2718 01:30:52,480 --> 01:30:52,748 burdensome on staff time. Thank 2719 01:30:52,748 --> 01:30:54,383 you. 2720 01:30:54,383 --> 01:30:55,785 Thank you for the discussion. I 2721 01:30:55,785 --> 01:30:57,153 see a motion in a second. I am 2722 01:30:57,153 --> 01:30:58,187 in agreement with the 500, and 2723 01:30:58,187 --> 01:30:59,655 as someone who was interested 2724 01:30:59,655 --> 01:31:01,891 in seeing this information, I 2725 01:31:01,891 --> 01:31:03,860 feel like the decision to make 2726 01:31:03,860 --> 01:31:05,295 to leave it at the 500 ft 2727 01:31:05,295 --> 01:31:06,596 continues to serve our city 2728 01:31:06,596 --> 01:31:08,698 well. I, you know, we heard 2729 01:31:08,698 --> 01:31:11,134 tonight in a number of ways 2730 01:31:11,134 --> 01:31:13,690 that despite citywide mailers, 2731 01:31:13,690 --> 01:31:14,837 despite numerous postings, 2732 01:31:14,837 --> 01:31:16,390 years of conversation about a 2733 01:31:16,390 --> 01:31:17,206 topic in town. There are still 2734 01:31:17,206 --> 01:31:18,700 people who are saying that 2735 01:31:18,700 --> 01:31:18,541 community members don 2736 01:31:18,541 --> 01:31:20,900 t hear 2737 01:31:20,900 --> 01:31:21,478 about things, and I believe 2738 01:31:21,478 --> 01:31:22,212 that there is just a bigger 2739 01:31:22,212 --> 01:31:23,647 barrier of 2740 01:31:23,647 --> 01:31:25,482 engagement that the public sits 2741 01:31:25,482 --> 01:31:26,683 with that regardless of how far 2742 01:31:26,683 --> 01:31:27,500 we extend radii, there 2743 01:31:27,500 --> 01:31:28,685 s other 2744 01:31:28,685 --> 01:31:30,420 things that are those barriers. 2745 01:31:30,420 --> 01:31:31,554 So I think the 500 ft has 2746 01:31:31,554 --> 01:31:32,489 served the the Billboard 2747 01:31:32,489 --> 01:31:34,324 project, especially when it 2748 01:31:34,324 --> 01:31:36,724 comes to this conversation. 2749 01:31:36,726 --> 01:31:37,860 Well, and I saw a motion in a 2750 01:31:37,860 --> 01:31:38,461 second already for a vote, but 2751 01:31:38,461 --> 01:31:38,762 wanted to make sure we 2752 01:31:38,762 --> 01:31:39,663 re 2753 01:31:39,663 --> 01:31:41,980 wrapped with discussion, Vice 2754 01:31:41,980 --> 01:31:42,666 Mayor. I just want to clarify 2755 01:31:42,666 --> 01:31:45,135 the motion is to just receive 2756 01:31:45,135 --> 01:31:48,735 and file the report and not 2757 01:31:49,139 --> 01:31:49,373 change. Ok, thank you. 2758 01:31:49,373 --> 01:31:51,341 I don 2759 01:31:51,341 --> 01:31:52,909 t even think we needed 2760 01:31:52,909 --> 01:31:53,142 a real vote on that, but that 2761 01:31:53,142 --> 01:31:54,644 s 2762 01:31:54,644 --> 01:31:56,480 right. 2763 01:31:56,480 --> 01:31:58,480 Ok, terrific. 2764 01:31:59,249 --> 01:31:59,850 Thank you, Steph 2765 01:31:59,850 --> 01:32:01,850 Uh, we 2766 01:32:01,952 --> 01:32:03,954 ll move to item e2, 2767 01:32:03,954 --> 01:32:05,789 Progress, updates, and material 2768 01:32:05,789 --> 01:32:08,789 selection for the Hart Park 2769 01:32:09,493 --> 01:32:11,493 Improvement Project. 2770 01:32:12,395 --> 01:32:14,531 I see our staff representative 2771 01:32:14,531 --> 01:32:16,567 team coming down for this item. 2772 01:32:16,567 --> 01:32:19,690 And I do see one member of the 2773 01:32:19,690 --> 01:32:20,604 public signed up to speak. Was 2774 01:32:20,604 --> 01:32:20,771 there a presentation that 2775 01:32:20,771 --> 01:32:22,206 you 2776 01:32:22,206 --> 01:32:24,374 re providing us tonight? 2777 01:32:24,374 --> 01:32:24,908 We would like the brief 2778 01:32:24,908 --> 01:32:25,676 presentation. I 2779 01:32:25,676 --> 01:32:27,100 m seeing yes 2780 01:32:27,100 --> 01:32:27,177 from one member of council. So 2781 01:32:27,177 --> 01:32:28,780 we 2782 01:32:28,780 --> 01:32:28,845 ll go ahead and take the 2783 01:32:28,845 --> 01:32:29,140 presentation and then we 2784 01:32:29,140 --> 01:32:30,130 ll 2785 01:32:30,130 --> 01:32:32,283 invite our member of the public 2786 01:32:32,283 --> 01:32:32,917 to come speak. 2787 01:32:32,917 --> 01:32:34,917 And then we 2788 01:32:52,503 --> 01:32:54,903 ll get into it 2789 01:33:12,189 --> 01:33:14,189 It was brief. 2790 01:33:26,538 --> 01:33:28,538 Right 2791 01:33:29,700 --> 01:33:30,174 Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor 2792 01:33:30,174 --> 01:33:31,142 and council Rick Abramson, 2793 01:33:31,142 --> 01:33:32,143 manager of the urban design and 2794 01:33:32,143 --> 01:33:32,577 architecture studio. I 2795 01:33:32,577 --> 01:33:33,878 m here 2796 01:33:33,878 --> 01:33:35,113 with Helen Collins, our 2797 01:33:35,113 --> 01:33:38,150 director of public works, and 2798 01:33:38,150 --> 01:33:38,983 Steve Campbell, our deputy city 2799 01:33:38,983 --> 01:33:40,983 manager. 2800 01:33:41,319 --> 01:33:43,255 Uh, tonight before you is a 2801 01:33:43,255 --> 01:33:44,723 progress update and um 2802 01:33:44,723 --> 01:33:47,123 discussion of the material 2803 01:33:47,359 --> 01:33:49,600 selection for Hart Park, uh, we 2804 01:33:49,600 --> 01:33:51,460 appeared previously and the 2805 01:33:51,596 --> 01:33:53,898 council approved the design, uh, 2806 01:33:53,898 --> 01:33:55,199 and so the one remaining 2807 01:33:55,199 --> 01:33:56,834 element of discussion that 2808 01:33:56,834 --> 01:33:58,870 evening was whether to go as 2809 01:33:58,870 --> 01:34:01,206 synthetic turf or wood chips or 2810 01:34:01,206 --> 01:34:03,606 some alternative. The council 2811 01:34:04,609 --> 01:34:06,645 directed staff to do additional 2812 01:34:06,645 --> 01:34:09,800 research and outreach and look 2813 01:34:09,800 --> 01:34:09,547 at if there were any other uh 2814 01:34:09,547 --> 01:34:11,547 materials 2815 01:34:11,549 --> 01:34:13,251 other than wood chips that are 2816 01:34:13,251 --> 01:34:14,719 organic or natural and would be 2817 01:34:14,719 --> 01:34:16,622 acceptable. Working with the 2818 01:34:16,622 --> 01:34:18,560 consultant team. 2819 01:34:18,560 --> 01:34:20,560 Um 2820 01:34:22,494 --> 01:34:26,940 staff was able to identify one 2821 01:34:26,231 --> 01:34:28,631 other potential system that 2822 01:34:28,767 --> 01:34:30,568 seems to hit at least as many 2823 01:34:30,568 --> 01:34:33,710 of the markers as possible in 2824 01:34:33,710 --> 01:34:35,140 terms of being uh uh organic 2825 01:34:35,140 --> 01:34:36,675 and safe and readily 2826 01:34:36,675 --> 01:34:37,977 maintainable. There is no 2827 01:34:37,977 --> 01:34:38,177 perfect material in this case. 2828 01:34:38,177 --> 01:34:39,912 There 2829 01:34:39,912 --> 01:34:40,412 s pros and cons to each, 2830 01:34:40,412 --> 01:34:42,412 um, but it 2831 01:34:43,148 --> 01:34:46,148 s part of the, uh, 2832 01:34:47,519 --> 01:34:47,752 updates we met with the ad hoc 2833 01:34:47,752 --> 01:34:48,853 council 2834 01:34:48,853 --> 01:34:50,853 s ad hoc 2835 01:34:51,230 --> 01:34:51,991 Har Park subcommittee, uh, two 2836 01:34:51,991 --> 01:34:53,926 meetings to discuss 2837 01:34:53,926 --> 01:34:54,927 alternatives, some minor 2838 01:34:54,927 --> 01:34:56,927 adjustments to the 2839 01:34:57,329 --> 01:34:59,329 reconfiguration and the 2840 01:34:59,698 --> 01:35:01,233 recommendation tonight is to 2841 01:35:01,233 --> 01:35:04,102 move forward with an engineered 2842 01:35:04,102 --> 01:35:06,872 wood fiber system, which is 2843 01:35:06,872 --> 01:35:09,750 about a 12-inch thick system 2844 01:35:09,750 --> 01:35:10,443 still with a wood chip type of 2845 01:35:10,443 --> 01:35:11,777 material, but it has 2846 01:35:11,777 --> 01:35:13,790 underlayments and drainage 2847 01:35:13,790 --> 01:35:13,846 built into it, and it 2848 01:35:13,846 --> 01:35:15,846 s a dense 2849 01:35:16,782 --> 01:35:19,182 material that when compact 2850 01:35:19,685 --> 01:35:21,190 actually meets disability 2851 01:35:21,190 --> 01:35:22,488 needs as needs needs as well 2852 01:35:22,488 --> 01:35:23,655 needs needs as well needs for 2853 01:35:23,655 --> 01:35:25,324 needs for mobility 2854 01:35:25,324 --> 01:35:27,393 considerations. Uh, it is a 2855 01:35:27,393 --> 01:35:30,229 little bit uh more of an 2856 01:35:30,229 --> 01:35:32,164 installation, but the long term 2857 01:35:32,164 --> 01:35:33,320 maintenance apparently is less. 2858 01:35:33,320 --> 01:35:34,500 We have talked to other 2859 01:35:34,500 --> 01:35:37,360 jurisdictions who seem to be 2860 01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:38,504 very happy with the material, 2861 01:35:38,504 --> 01:35:41,473 um, but it is natural and 2862 01:35:41,473 --> 01:35:45,278 organic, so it will need to be 2863 01:35:45,278 --> 01:35:47,380 raked and sort of leveled uh on 2864 01:35:47,380 --> 01:35:48,381 occasion too, and I think the 2865 01:35:48,381 --> 01:35:50,149 manufacturer says 2866 01:35:50,149 --> 01:35:52,180 it can be replaced up to 24 2867 01:35:52,180 --> 01:35:53,486 months. I think that would be 2868 01:35:53,486 --> 01:35:54,787 longer than we anticipate. I 2869 01:35:54,787 --> 01:35:58,390 think it might be a couple of 2870 01:35:58,390 --> 01:36:00,326 times a year, but still fewer 2871 01:36:00,326 --> 01:36:01,695 cycles than perhaps what is 2872 01:36:01,695 --> 01:36:01,928 happening right now. 2873 01:36:01,928 --> 01:36:02,395 Um, we 2874 01:36:02,395 --> 01:36:03,496 ve worked with the 2875 01:36:03,496 --> 01:36:04,564 subcommittee and as I said, 2876 01:36:04,564 --> 01:36:06,964 there have been some 2877 01:36:06,966 --> 01:36:09,102 adjustments. There have been a 2878 01:36:09,102 --> 01:36:10,669 number of comments received 2879 01:36:10,669 --> 01:36:11,571 from the public over the course 2880 01:36:11,571 --> 01:36:12,305 of this, uh, and we 2881 01:36:12,305 --> 01:36:14,240 re happy to 2882 01:36:14,240 --> 01:36:16,640 answer any specific questions 2883 01:36:17,143 --> 01:36:20,113 that counsel MAY have. I will 2884 01:36:20,113 --> 01:36:21,347 show you one image of the um 2885 01:36:21,347 --> 01:36:22,582 the recommended material 2886 01:36:22,582 --> 01:36:23,950 tonight, the engineered wood 2887 01:36:23,950 --> 01:36:25,819 fiber and how it 2888 01:36:25,819 --> 01:36:27,819 s a layered 2889 01:36:28,540 --> 01:36:30,560 system but effectively looks 2890 01:36:30,560 --> 01:36:31,324 like very similar to the wood 2891 01:36:31,324 --> 01:36:32,258 chips that are out there right 2892 01:36:32,258 --> 01:36:32,825 now. 2893 01:36:32,825 --> 01:36:34,460 Uh, we 2894 01:36:34,460 --> 01:36:35,661 ve also got some updated 2895 01:36:35,661 --> 01:36:37,130 renderings that we thought we 2896 01:36:37,130 --> 01:36:39,660 would share with the council 2897 01:36:39,660 --> 01:36:40,100 too of how the design is 2898 01:36:40,100 --> 01:36:41,468 progressing. We 2899 01:36:41,468 --> 01:36:43,300 re hoping to be 2900 01:36:43,300 --> 01:36:46,539 into plan check prior to the 2901 01:36:46,539 --> 01:36:49,420 end of the year, uh, with 2902 01:36:49,420 --> 01:36:50,710 bidding following that and help 2903 01:36:50,710 --> 01:36:51,377 to be under construction next 2904 01:36:51,377 --> 01:36:53,377 year. 2905 01:36:53,647 --> 01:36:55,315 Thank you. 2906 01:36:55,315 --> 01:36:55,479 Thank you. Um, unless there 2907 01:36:55,479 --> 01:36:56,650 s 2908 01:36:56,650 --> 01:36:57,500 any questions at this time from 2909 01:36:57,500 --> 01:36:58,850 the council, we 2910 01:36:58,850 --> 01:36:59,519 ll go to the 2911 01:36:59,519 --> 01:37:01,488 member of the public who signed 2912 01:37:01,488 --> 01:37:02,589 up to speak. I see just one 2913 01:37:02,589 --> 01:37:02,750 number, Bob Klaer. If you 2914 01:37:02,750 --> 01:37:04,750 ll 2915 01:37:04,891 --> 01:37:05,525 join us for public comment. 2916 01:37:05,525 --> 01:37:06,459 And then we 2917 01:37:06,459 --> 01:37:08,859 ll get into any 2918 01:37:09,896 --> 01:37:11,896 discussion up here. 2919 01:37:13,934 --> 01:37:15,934 Hi 2920 01:37:17,104 --> 01:37:18,238 Great shirt 2921 01:37:18,238 --> 01:37:18,405 says I like dogs for those who 2922 01:37:18,405 --> 01:37:20,405 can 2923 01:37:21,174 --> 01:37:22,676 t see. 2924 01:37:22,676 --> 01:37:24,845 So did Jane Goodall, by the way. 2925 01:37:24,845 --> 01:37:26,780 She liked dogs better than 2926 01:37:26,780 --> 01:37:27,914 chimps, she said. 2927 01:37:27,914 --> 01:37:28,349 All right, wait, don 2928 01:37:28,349 --> 01:37:28,549 t, I 2929 01:37:28,549 --> 01:37:29,483 haven 2930 01:37:29,483 --> 01:37:29,917 t started yet. That 2931 01:37:29,917 --> 01:37:31,819 s not 2932 01:37:31,819 --> 01:37:33,287 fair. 2933 01:37:33,287 --> 01:37:35,255 Can you start me over there 2934 01:37:35,255 --> 01:37:36,924 with that timer, please? 2935 01:37:36,924 --> 01:37:38,292 It MAY be difficult to clear at 2936 01:37:38,292 --> 01:37:38,725 this point because we started, 2937 01:37:38,725 --> 01:37:40,327 but I 2938 01:37:40,327 --> 01:37:41,695 ll acknowledge your six 2939 01:37:41,695 --> 01:37:41,870 seconds. Before I begin, I 2940 01:37:41,870 --> 01:37:43,870 d 2941 01:37:44,300 --> 01:37:45,599 like to thank council for 2942 01:37:45,599 --> 01:37:47,435 finally, after exhaustive 2943 01:37:47,435 --> 01:37:48,869 evidence was presented and many 2944 01:37:48,869 --> 01:37:51,269 months of campaigning and 2945 01:37:51,305 --> 01:37:51,572 protest, acceding to the 2946 01:37:51,572 --> 01:37:52,873 community 2947 01:37:52,873 --> 01:37:54,375 s overwhelming desire 2948 01:37:54,375 --> 01:37:56,243 not to have artificial turf 2949 01:37:56,243 --> 01:37:58,579 polluting our park. They are to 2950 01:37:58,579 --> 01:38:00,979 be congratulated and thanked 2951 01:38:01,114 --> 01:38:02,783 for in most cases considering 2952 01:38:02,783 --> 01:38:04,552 the overwhelming scientific 2953 01:38:04,552 --> 01:38:05,820 evidence doing the research and 2954 01:38:05,820 --> 01:38:06,821 finding an acceptable and 2955 01:38:06,821 --> 01:38:08,389 organic altern 2956 01:38:08,389 --> 01:38:10,491 ative We do not understand why 2957 01:38:10,491 --> 01:38:12,526 this alternative is not also 2958 01:38:12,526 --> 01:38:13,794 being used at Plumberer Park or 2959 01:38:13,794 --> 01:38:13,994 West Hollywood Park, but that 2960 01:38:13,994 --> 01:38:15,362 s 2961 01:38:15,362 --> 01:38:15,863 a little beside the point 2962 01:38:15,863 --> 01:38:17,331 tonight. 2963 01:38:17,331 --> 01:38:18,832 I want to speak from the heart 2964 01:38:18,832 --> 01:38:20,334 about this entire process. 2965 01:38:20,334 --> 01:38:22,170 Throughout it, the vibrant and 2966 01:38:22,170 --> 01:38:24,105 active community of Hart Park 2967 01:38:24,105 --> 01:38:25,373 users has been excluded from 2968 01:38:25,373 --> 01:38:28,373 the planning process, and when 2969 01:38:28,609 --> 01:38:30,811 we did show up, we were treated 2970 01:38:30,811 --> 01:38:32,312 as inconvenient adversaries. At 2971 01:38:32,312 --> 01:38:34,348 no time was there ever an 2972 01:38:34,348 --> 01:38:35,949 atmosphere of collaboration, 2973 01:38:35,949 --> 01:38:37,651 cooperation, or participation 2974 01:38:37,651 --> 01:38:39,187 with us. Plans were drawn up 2975 01:38:39,187 --> 01:38:40,522 that were not posted at the 2976 01:38:40,522 --> 01:38:42,900 park so that the community 2977 01:38:42,900 --> 01:38:43,591 could make their feelings known. 2978 01:38:43,591 --> 01:38:44,759 Meetings were held for which 2979 01:38:44,759 --> 01:38:46,294 there was no outreach to the 2980 01:38:46,294 --> 01:38:48,294 user 2981 01:38:48,362 --> 01:38:49,730 community. I recognize none of 2982 01:38:49,730 --> 01:38:51,198 my fellow community members 2983 01:38:51,198 --> 01:38:51,899 here tonight, and I can tell 2984 01:38:51,899 --> 01:38:52,700 you that that 2985 01:38:52,700 --> 01:38:54,100 s because the 2986 01:38:54,100 --> 01:38:56,100 overwhelming sentiment among 2987 01:38:56,104 --> 01:38:57,706 those I talked to is one of 2988 01:38:57,706 --> 01:38:57,906 fatalism and resignation. 2989 01:38:57,906 --> 01:38:58,907 They 2990 01:38:58,907 --> 01:38:59,841 re just going to do what 2991 01:38:59,841 --> 01:39:00,300 they want to do and they don 2992 01:39:00,300 --> 01:39:01,676 t 2993 01:39:01,676 --> 01:39:03,344 care what we want. Did anyone 2994 01:39:03,344 --> 01:39:05,747 ask for a plaza, which will 2995 01:39:05,747 --> 01:39:07,282 only attract the unhoused and 2996 01:39:07,282 --> 01:39:09,682 require additional security. Of 2997 01:39:09,717 --> 01:39:11,919 course not. Had any of you ever 2998 01:39:11,919 --> 01:39:13,489 actually spent time with us and 2999 01:39:13,489 --> 01:39:14,323 our dogs at the park, you 3000 01:39:14,323 --> 01:39:15,690 d see 3001 01:39:15,690 --> 01:39:15,891 how utterly unnecessary it is 3002 01:39:15,891 --> 01:39:17,891 to 3003 01:39:18,326 --> 01:39:20,462 divide the dog play area into 3004 01:39:20,462 --> 01:39:22,230 two separate smaller sized 3005 01:39:22,230 --> 01:39:23,831 separated areas, but it has 3006 01:39:23,831 --> 01:39:23,998 been painfully obvious that 3007 01:39:23,998 --> 01:39:25,567 you 3008 01:39:25,567 --> 01:39:27,568 re gonna do what you want 3009 01:39:27,568 --> 01:39:29,203 to do regardless of our 3010 01:39:29,203 --> 01:39:30,538 feelings. Hell, one of the two 3011 01:39:30,538 --> 01:39:31,306 councilmembers on the Park 3012 01:39:31,306 --> 01:39:31,940 subcommittee doesn 3013 01:39:31,940 --> 01:39:33,940 t even have 3014 01:39:34,977 --> 01:39:35,143 a dog, respectfully. 3015 01:39:35,143 --> 01:39:37,143 It 3016 01:39:37,279 --> 01:39:39,448 s very disheartening and 3017 01:39:39,448 --> 01:39:40,448 utterly democratic, and it has 3018 01:39:40,448 --> 01:39:41,983 really 3019 01:39:41,983 --> 01:39:43,951 bummed us all out because it 3020 01:39:43,951 --> 01:39:45,186 feels like 3021 01:39:45,186 --> 01:39:47,755 Nobody cared what we felt 3022 01:39:47,755 --> 01:39:48,324 Thank you. 3023 01:39:48,324 --> 01:39:49,692 With that, we 3024 01:39:49,692 --> 01:39:50,225 ll come back to 3025 01:39:50,225 --> 01:39:51,226 council discussion and 3026 01:39:51,226 --> 01:39:52,961 deliberation. 3027 01:39:52,961 --> 01:39:53,962 Would any of my colleagues like 3028 01:39:53,962 --> 01:39:55,630 to begin and specifically 3029 01:39:55,630 --> 01:39:56,331 thinking about the two members 3030 01:39:56,331 --> 01:39:56,932 who served on that subcommittee. 3031 01:39:56,932 --> 01:39:57,399 If there 3032 01:39:57,399 --> 01:39:57,933 s any comments or 3033 01:39:57,933 --> 01:39:58,533 reflections you 3034 01:39:58,533 --> 01:39:59,100 d like to begin 3035 01:39:59,100 --> 01:39:59,901 with. You don 3036 01:39:59,901 --> 01:40:00,168 t have to. 3037 01:40:00,168 --> 01:40:02,168 Just didn 3038 01:40:02,804 --> 01:40:02,971 t know world to start. 3039 01:40:02,971 --> 01:40:04,971 I 3040 01:40:05,240 --> 01:40:07,243 m just glad the debate about 3041 01:40:07,243 --> 01:40:08,177 the chips is done. It 3042 01:40:08,177 --> 01:40:10,177 s over. 3043 01:40:10,579 --> 01:40:13,582 Um, and also I just want to 3044 01:40:13,582 --> 01:40:15,918 bring up that the idea of um 3045 01:40:15,918 --> 01:40:18,887 one of the exciting things 3046 01:40:18,887 --> 01:40:19,121 about the dog area areas is 3047 01:40:19,121 --> 01:40:20,555 that it 3048 01:40:20,555 --> 01:40:20,755 s separated by a fence 3049 01:40:20,755 --> 01:40:22,755 that 3050 01:40:23,693 --> 01:40:26,950 s going to be movable. And 3051 01:40:26,950 --> 01:40:28,531 so another discussion that can 3052 01:40:28,531 --> 01:40:30,832 be had as this, you know, once, 3053 01:40:30,832 --> 01:40:33,680 once we get there is program 3054 01:40:33,680 --> 01:40:34,636 m ing of the, of the two parks 3055 01:40:34,636 --> 01:40:36,671 whether they should be open 3056 01:40:36,671 --> 01:40:38,774 most of the time and then have, 3057 01:40:38,774 --> 01:40:40,142 you know, these separation so 3058 01:40:40,142 --> 01:40:40,302 that people who aren 3059 01:40:40,302 --> 01:40:42,302 t 3060 01:40:42,478 --> 01:40:46,780 comfortable with being in a, in 3061 01:40:46,649 --> 01:40:46,916 a one size fits all park, um, 3062 01:40:46,916 --> 01:40:48,916 we 3063 01:40:48,918 --> 01:40:50,920 ll have that opportunity to, 3064 01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:53,655 to play, um, or, or the 3065 01:40:53,655 --> 01:40:56,580 opposite. So those are still 3066 01:40:56,580 --> 01:40:57,860 questions that um I think we 3067 01:40:57,860 --> 01:40:58,394 can still address um it 3068 01:40:58,394 --> 01:40:58,628 s, it 3069 01:40:58,628 --> 01:41:00,960 s 3070 01:41:00,960 --> 01:41:00,964 too soon to worry about it 3071 01:41:00,964 --> 01:41:01,197 right now. 3072 01:41:01,197 --> 01:41:01,764 But I 3073 01:41:01,764 --> 01:41:01,998 m very supportive. It 3074 01:41:01,998 --> 01:41:02,298 s, 3075 01:41:02,298 --> 01:41:02,665 I think it 3076 01:41:02,665 --> 01:41:03,666 s going to be 3077 01:41:03,666 --> 01:41:04,867 beautiful. 3078 01:41:04,867 --> 01:41:06,867 Thank you, Councilmember 3079 01:41:08,671 --> 01:41:10,671 Meister. Councilembur Hang. 3080 01:41:10,672 --> 01:41:13,609 Thank you, Mayor. Uh, thank you 3081 01:41:13,609 --> 01:41:16,980 very much for the, uh, robust 3082 01:41:16,980 --> 01:41:18,882 presentation. Um, how many 3083 01:41:18,882 --> 01:41:20,250 meetings have been held 3084 01:41:20,250 --> 01:41:20,783 regarding this 3085 01:41:20,783 --> 01:41:21,184 design. We 3086 01:41:21,184 --> 01:41:22,518 re running in the 3087 01:41:22,518 --> 01:41:24,518 park 3088 01:41:25,454 --> 01:41:27,657 including this one, I think we 3089 01:41:27,657 --> 01:41:29,825 counted 18 total meetings on 3090 01:41:29,825 --> 01:41:32,761 Hart Park, um, that includes 3091 01:41:32,761 --> 01:41:34,431 not only city council meetings, 3092 01:41:34,431 --> 01:41:36,431 public facilities, disability 3093 01:41:36,599 --> 01:41:38,334 advisory Board, older advisory 3094 01:41:38,334 --> 01:41:39,536 board, historic Preservation 3095 01:41:39,536 --> 01:41:41,337 Commission, uh, we also met 3096 01:41:41,337 --> 01:41:43,873 with the sunset bid folks. We 3097 01:41:43,873 --> 01:41:47,310 met with the actors studio. We 3098 01:41:47,310 --> 01:41:49,245 met with a group from the Dog 3099 01:41:49,245 --> 01:41:49,412 Guardian advocates, um, so 3100 01:41:49,412 --> 01:41:49,779 we 3101 01:41:49,779 --> 01:41:51,381 ve, we 3102 01:41:51,381 --> 01:41:52,382 ve tried to do, um, 3103 01:41:52,382 --> 01:41:53,783 this intensive 3104 01:41:53,783 --> 01:41:54,751 outreach from as many voices as 3105 01:41:54,751 --> 01:41:55,819 possible. 3106 01:41:55,819 --> 01:41:58,121 Thank you. And it 3107 01:41:58,121 --> 01:41:59,555 s to my 3108 01:41:59,555 --> 01:42:01,524 understanding that a sign has 3109 01:42:01,524 --> 01:42:02,926 been posted at the park, right, 3110 01:42:02,926 --> 01:42:05,161 to update the community in 3111 01:42:05,161 --> 01:42:07,797 terms of what the city is doing. 3112 01:42:07,797 --> 01:42:09,900 Yes, there were both flyers on 3113 01:42:09,900 --> 01:42:11,401 the entry gates posted and then 3114 01:42:11,401 --> 01:42:13,136 a poster showing the latest 3115 01:42:13,136 --> 01:42:14,905 images that are in the staff 3116 01:42:14,905 --> 01:42:16,905 report as well. 3117 01:42:16,907 --> 01:42:18,740 So I do appreciate that taking 3118 01:42:18,740 --> 01:42:18,975 that direction from the 3119 01:42:18,975 --> 01:42:19,843 community members, and that 3120 01:42:19,843 --> 01:42:21,843 s 3121 01:42:22,780 --> 01:42:24,848 just another layer of outreach 3122 01:42:24,848 --> 01:42:25,883 that staff has been doing to 3123 01:42:25,883 --> 01:42:27,117 outreach to the community. So 3124 01:42:27,117 --> 01:42:28,510 thank you. Um, I 3125 01:42:28,510 --> 01:42:29,987 m actually 3126 01:42:29,987 --> 01:42:32,823 really excited about the design 3127 01:42:32,823 --> 01:42:35,823 of the park. And um 3128 01:42:36,493 --> 01:42:38,394 can you confirm if the the play 3129 01:42:38,394 --> 01:42:39,329 area was expanded in this most 3130 01:42:39,329 --> 01:42:40,363 recent design 3131 01:42:40,363 --> 01:42:40,897 iteration. Yes, it 3132 01:42:40,897 --> 01:42:42,732 s part of 3133 01:42:42,732 --> 01:42:44,501 the process. There were 3134 01:42:44,501 --> 01:42:47,137 comments about the size of the 3135 01:42:47,137 --> 01:42:48,405 park, and we went, went back to 3136 01:42:48,405 --> 01:42:49,940 the consultant and tried to 3137 01:42:49,940 --> 01:42:52,940 adjust the geometries as best 3138 01:42:54,411 --> 01:42:57,113 we can, but in the end, the new 3139 01:42:57,113 --> 01:42:59,115 park cumulatively will be 23% 3140 01:42:59,115 --> 01:43:02,115 bigger than the current area. 3141 01:43:02,586 --> 01:43:04,288 Um, the larger dog play area 3142 01:43:04,288 --> 01:43:06,223 will be slightly smaller than 3143 01:43:06,223 --> 01:43:07,725 the current overall, um, but 3144 01:43:07,725 --> 01:43:08,359 when you take the small and the 3145 01:43:08,359 --> 01:43:08,992 large together, it 3146 01:43:08,992 --> 01:43:09,927 s it 3147 01:43:09,927 --> 01:43:11,610 s going to be significantly 3148 01:43:11,610 --> 01:43:13,163 bigger and as Councilmember 3149 01:43:13,163 --> 01:43:15,632 Meister said, one of the 3150 01:43:15,632 --> 01:43:18,302 sort of creative moves in the 3151 01:43:18,302 --> 01:43:19,971 design was to create an opening 3152 01:43:19,971 --> 01:43:22,440 between the two so that there 3153 01:43:22,440 --> 01:43:24,942 could be opportunities to have, 3154 01:43:24,942 --> 01:43:26,544 um, a very large player with 3155 01:43:26,544 --> 01:43:26,744 the length, like if you 3156 01:43:26,744 --> 01:43:28,712 re 3157 01:43:28,712 --> 01:43:30,180 playing with the ball right now, 3158 01:43:30,180 --> 01:43:32,150 we measured the diagonal about 3159 01:43:32,150 --> 01:43:34,551 85 ft. I think the new length 3160 01:43:34,551 --> 01:43:36,487 is going to be something like 3161 01:43:36,487 --> 01:43:37,522 140 ft, so it 3162 01:43:37,522 --> 01:43:37,922 s, it 3163 01:43:37,922 --> 01:43:39,922 s 3164 01:43:40,570 --> 01:43:40,791 significantly, um, enlarged as 3165 01:43:40,791 --> 01:43:42,791 a whole. 3166 01:43:43,628 --> 01:43:44,962 And then if, if I recall 3167 01:43:44,962 --> 01:43:47,264 correctly from the last 3168 01:43:47,264 --> 01:43:49,664 subcommittee meeting, um, there 3169 01:43:50,167 --> 01:43:52,567 were community members that 3170 01:43:53,400 --> 01:43:55,373 were that had expressed 3171 01:43:55,373 --> 01:43:56,908 excitement for the retractable 3172 01:43:56,908 --> 01:43:58,376 gate because some of those 3173 01:43:58,376 --> 01:44:00,244 owners, some of those pet 3174 01:44:00,244 --> 01:44:01,479 parents had small dogs that 3175 01:44:01,479 --> 01:44:02,847 they were afraid, you know, to 3176 01:44:02,847 --> 01:44:04,882 be in the same play area as 3177 01:44:04,882 --> 01:44:06,384 larger dogs, right? Am I 3178 01:44:06,384 --> 01:44:08,384 recalling that correctly? 3179 01:44:10,589 --> 01:44:12,824 Yes, Cosmer, we have heard from 3180 01:44:12,824 --> 01:44:15,827 small dog guardians, um, and in 3181 01:44:15,827 --> 01:44:17,495 fact, uh 3182 01:44:17,495 --> 01:44:19,895 temporarily the aids Memorial 3183 01:44:20,310 --> 01:44:22,166 area was fenced with a gate to 3184 01:44:22,166 --> 01:44:25,350 grow grass because it had 3185 01:44:25,350 --> 01:44:27,380 eroded and it was mistaken as a 3186 01:44:27,380 --> 01:44:27,304 small dog park and so we 3187 01:44:27,304 --> 01:44:28,707 ve 3188 01:44:28,707 --> 01:44:29,808 found a number of small dog 3189 01:44:29,808 --> 01:44:30,242 guardians going in there 3190 01:44:30,242 --> 01:44:30,609 because they didn 3191 01:44:30,609 --> 01:44:32,609 t want to 3192 01:44:32,644 --> 01:44:34,712 interact with the larger dogs. 3193 01:44:34,712 --> 01:44:35,880 So um we have heard that voice, 3194 01:44:35,880 --> 01:44:37,582 yes. 3195 01:44:37,582 --> 01:44:40,285 And I actually also want to 3196 01:44:40,285 --> 01:44:42,286 thank you and your team for 3197 01:44:42,286 --> 01:44:44,589 bringing samples of the 3198 01:44:44,589 --> 01:44:46,240 engineered wood fibers to pass 3199 01:44:46,240 --> 01:44:46,725 along to show members of the 3200 01:44:46,725 --> 01:44:48,930 community who were at the 3201 01:44:48,930 --> 01:44:49,561 meeting so they could touch it, 3202 01:44:49,561 --> 01:44:51,960 see it, feel it, etc. So I 3203 01:44:51,960 --> 01:44:54,696 think that was very helpful for 3204 01:44:55,660 --> 01:44:56,634 the community members. 3205 01:44:56,634 --> 01:44:57,200 And, um, yes, I don 3206 01:44:57,200 --> 01:44:59,200 t have a 3207 01:44:59,300 --> 01:45:00,138 dog, but I have a cat, and I do 3208 01:45:00,138 --> 01:45:03,108 walk my cat sometimes. So thank 3209 01:45:03,108 --> 01:45:04,109 you. 3210 01:45:04,109 --> 01:45:06,109 Councilmember Erickson. We 3211 01:45:06,511 --> 01:45:09,147 would just like to say the city 3212 01:45:09,147 --> 01:45:11,547 of West Hollywood unequivocally 3213 01:45:11,783 --> 01:45:14,520 supports cats as well as other 3214 01:45:14,520 --> 01:45:16,421 animal companions of all sorts. 3215 01:45:16,421 --> 01:45:17,922 So your cat is love is love at 3216 01:45:17,922 --> 01:45:19,124 Danny. So whatever type of 3217 01:45:19,124 --> 01:45:20,426 animal you want to have and 3218 01:45:20,426 --> 01:45:22,761 take it to the dog park if you 3219 01:45:22,761 --> 01:45:25,931 want. Um, I hate wood chips, um, 3220 01:45:25,931 --> 01:45:27,599 so I think they are disgusting, 3221 01:45:27,599 --> 01:45:29,168 um, and I would never take 3222 01:45:29,168 --> 01:45:30,302 Winnie to Hart Park. Bob, you 3223 01:45:30,302 --> 01:45:31,403 know this. I said this to you 3224 01:45:31,403 --> 01:45:32,837 when we had a lovely meeting 3225 01:45:32,837 --> 01:45:33,171 and we talked about many things, 3226 01:45:33,171 --> 01:45:34,706 but 3227 01:45:34,706 --> 01:45:36,608 I do want to thank Bob and the 3228 01:45:36,608 --> 01:45:38,144 community members for their 3229 01:45:38,144 --> 01:45:39,278 activism and the work that they 3230 01:45:39,278 --> 01:45:40,613 did. Bob actually helped 3231 01:45:40,613 --> 01:45:42,470 educate me on more things than 3232 01:45:42,470 --> 01:45:42,982 I actually cared to know about 3233 01:45:42,982 --> 01:45:44,850 and the binder that you 3234 01:45:44,850 --> 01:45:46,418 provided, I think last year as 3235 01:45:46,418 --> 01:45:48,520 well. Um, I am disappointed 3236 01:45:48,520 --> 01:45:49,788 with some of the processes that 3237 01:45:49,788 --> 01:45:51,890 have gone out in the community 3238 01:45:51,890 --> 01:45:54,259 meetings. I remember I did go 3239 01:45:54,259 --> 01:45:55,895 to a community meeting in 2020 3240 01:45:55,895 --> 01:45:58,631 right before the pandemic at 3241 01:45:58,631 --> 01:46:00,166 Hart Park and things obviously 3242 01:46:00,166 --> 01:46:01,767 go with the flow and how things 3243 01:46:01,767 --> 01:46:03,169 happen, but I do think the 3244 01:46:03,169 --> 01:46:05,370 community, you know, uh 3245 01:46:05,370 --> 01:46:06,772 ultimately does feel left out, 3246 01:46:06,772 --> 01:46:08,941 and I understand that was never 3247 01:46:08,941 --> 01:46:09,842 the intention, but as we do 3248 01:46:09,842 --> 01:46:11,430 more infrastructure and 3249 01:46:11,430 --> 01:46:13,346 projects, the more we can get 3250 01:46:13,346 --> 01:46:14,113 out, the better. Um, I 3251 01:46:14,113 --> 01:46:14,547 m glad I, 3252 01:46:14,547 --> 01:46:15,748 I don 3253 01:46:15,748 --> 01:46:18,184 t know what the synthetic 3254 01:46:18,184 --> 01:46:18,818 wood chip looks like, um. 3255 01:46:18,818 --> 01:46:20,152 So I 3256 01:46:20,152 --> 01:46:21,220 m just going to trust my 3257 01:46:21,220 --> 01:46:22,888 two colleagues on the 3258 01:46:22,888 --> 01:46:24,823 subcommittee for it and glad 3259 01:46:24,823 --> 01:46:26,625 that this can get done, maybe 3260 01:46:26,625 --> 01:46:28,360 you could put it in my mailbox 3261 01:46:28,360 --> 01:46:32,131 and I can touch it when I go in 3262 01:46:32,131 --> 01:46:35,802 the next time. Um, but I hope 3263 01:46:35,802 --> 01:46:38,104 that we can bring this uh 3264 01:46:38,104 --> 01:46:40,539 this uh dog war uh to uh to an 3265 01:46:40,539 --> 01:46:42,508 end woodchip war to an end here. 3266 01:46:42,508 --> 01:46:45,411 Vice Mayor Heilman, no comments? 3267 01:46:45,411 --> 01:46:46,612 Ok, terrific. I want to first 3268 01:46:46,612 --> 01:46:49,820 start by thinking staff for 3269 01:46:49,820 --> 01:46:50,500 your work, 18 meetings is no 3270 01:46:50,500 --> 01:46:51,818 small feet and all the prep 3271 01:46:51,818 --> 01:46:53,119 that goes into it and the many 3272 01:46:53,119 --> 01:46:54,387 years of planning to get to 3273 01:46:54,387 --> 01:46:56,722 this point. I want to also 3274 01:46:56,722 --> 01:46:58,991 thank the subcommittee for your 3275 01:46:58,991 --> 01:46:59,158 leadership, and it sounds like 3276 01:46:59,158 --> 01:47:00,359 you 3277 01:47:00,359 --> 01:47:02,394 re a disbanded subcommittee, 3278 01:47:02,394 --> 01:47:04,396 maybe after this decision. So 3279 01:47:04,396 --> 01:47:06,366 kudos to you and of course the 3280 01:47:06,366 --> 01:47:08,768 community who I certainly hear 3281 01:47:08,768 --> 01:47:10,300 the frustration about what the 3282 01:47:10,300 --> 01:47:10,570 feeling of engagement and 3283 01:47:10,570 --> 01:47:12,570 extension 3284 01:47:12,572 --> 01:47:13,806 of information and outreach has 3285 01:47:13,806 --> 01:47:15,208 looked like, but I also want to 3286 01:47:15,208 --> 01:47:16,242 thank you because you took a 3287 01:47:16,242 --> 01:47:17,677 hold of the moment and you 3288 01:47:17,677 --> 01:47:18,778 really steered the ship in a 3289 01:47:18,778 --> 01:47:20,246 different direction and had it 3290 01:47:20,246 --> 01:47:22,716 not been for that surge of 3291 01:47:22,716 --> 01:47:24,840 energy that came in and the 3292 01:47:24,840 --> 01:47:25,419 intention that you brought to 3293 01:47:25,419 --> 01:47:26,853 making sure that we all had 3294 01:47:26,853 --> 01:47:27,888 that education. This could have 3295 01:47:27,888 --> 01:47:29,550 looked a very different way at 3296 01:47:29,550 --> 01:47:31,458 the end of the day. So we sit 3297 01:47:31,458 --> 01:47:33,359 here with a project that I 3298 01:47:33,359 --> 01:47:33,526 think reflects the voices that 3299 01:47:33,526 --> 01:47:34,561 we 3300 01:47:34,561 --> 01:47:35,995 ve heard from, from the 3301 01:47:35,995 --> 01:47:37,630 community and creates a very 3302 01:47:37,630 --> 01:47:37,997 different and unique space in 3303 01:47:37,997 --> 01:47:38,498 the city, one that I 3304 01:47:38,498 --> 01:47:39,632 m looking 3305 01:47:39,632 --> 01:47:42,200 forward to spending more time 3306 01:47:42,200 --> 01:47:44,237 in. I know when we 3307 01:47:44,237 --> 01:47:45,605 inaugurated the Rainbow Dog 3308 01:47:45,605 --> 01:47:46,506 neon sign. It was a very 3309 01:47:46,506 --> 01:47:48,410 special moment for the 3310 01:47:48,410 --> 01:47:49,209 community and one of very few 3311 01:47:49,209 --> 01:47:50,677 moments that the city really 3312 01:47:50,677 --> 01:47:52,579 has to rally in that very 3313 01:47:52,579 --> 01:47:53,813 special space. So as the plaza 3314 01:47:53,813 --> 01:47:55,515 gets updated as that very 3315 01:47:55,515 --> 01:47:56,549 incredible aids monument gets 3316 01:47:56,549 --> 01:47:57,952 updated and as the whole park 3317 01:47:57,952 --> 01:47:58,119 gets this refresh, I believe 3318 01:47:58,119 --> 01:47:59,453 it 3319 01:47:59,453 --> 01:48:00,521 ll serve the folks who have 3320 01:48:00,521 --> 01:48:01,755 been there and who know how 3321 01:48:01,755 --> 01:48:03,156 special it is and invite a 3322 01:48:03,156 --> 01:48:04,424 bigger sense of community into 3323 01:48:04,424 --> 01:48:04,591 that space as well. So I 3324 01:48:04,591 --> 01:48:05,425 m 3325 01:48:05,425 --> 01:48:06,960 really grateful that this 3326 01:48:06,960 --> 01:48:08,462 project is moving forward and 3327 01:48:08,462 --> 01:48:10,970 looking forward to seeing its 3328 01:48:10,970 --> 01:48:12,966 next steps. Thank you so much 3329 01:48:12,966 --> 01:48:14,670 And I also want to thank our 3330 01:48:14,670 --> 01:48:15,269 government affairs liaison 3331 01:48:15,269 --> 01:48:15,803 Hernan Molina, who 3332 01:48:15,803 --> 01:48:16,637 s not 3333 01:48:16,637 --> 01:48:17,538 represented at this table but 3334 01:48:17,538 --> 01:48:18,839 has certainly been a part of 3335 01:48:18,839 --> 01:48:20,374 the project team in advocating 3336 01:48:20,374 --> 01:48:21,542 for funding for this project 3337 01:48:21,542 --> 01:48:22,443 from all various levels of 3338 01:48:22,443 --> 01:48:24,344 government. So shout out to 3339 01:48:24,344 --> 01:48:25,813 Hernon for that work too. 3340 01:48:25,813 --> 01:48:26,346 Ok, I think we have a motion in 3341 01:48:26,346 --> 01:48:26,713 a second. We 3342 01:48:26,713 --> 01:48:29,113 re ready for a 3343 01:48:32,520 --> 01:48:34,520 vote. 3344 01:48:34,755 --> 01:48:36,755 Terrific 3345 01:48:38,559 --> 01:48:40,959 Thank you once again 3346 01:48:41,262 --> 01:48:41,462 Uh, we moved item e3 to consent. 3347 01:48:41,462 --> 01:48:43,430 So we 3348 01:48:43,430 --> 01:48:44,832 re moving to item e4, the 3349 01:48:44,832 --> 01:48:46,366 agreement without athlete fund 3350 01:48:46,366 --> 01:48:49,366 to sponsor Pride House, la, 3351 01:48:49,736 --> 01:48:51,736 West Hollywood. 3352 01:48:57,244 --> 01:48:57,912 Wait for our team to join us. 3353 01:48:57,912 --> 01:48:58,746 Ok, yeah, I don 3354 01:48:58,746 --> 01:48:59,780 t know that we 3355 01:48:59,780 --> 01:49:02,249 need a whole presentation. We 3356 01:49:02,249 --> 01:49:02,421 held it back for a question, so 3357 01:49:02,421 --> 01:49:02,883 we 3358 01:49:02,883 --> 01:49:04,351 ll allow Councilmember 3359 01:49:04,351 --> 01:49:05,519 Meister to jump in. 3360 01:49:05,519 --> 01:49:05,853 Thank you. There 3361 01:49:05,853 --> 01:49:06,854 s no public 3362 01:49:06,854 --> 01:49:08,220 comment, so we 3363 01:49:08,220 --> 01:49:10,220 re clear. Ok, 3364 01:49:10,325 --> 01:49:12,193 good. Um, so I just, I, I went 3365 01:49:12,193 --> 01:49:14,195 through the agreement. I just 3366 01:49:14,195 --> 01:49:16,300 want to make sure and also so 3367 01:49:16,300 --> 01:49:17,598 that the community hears that 3368 01:49:17,598 --> 01:49:17,769 the, the two, since we 3369 01:49:17,769 --> 01:49:19,330 re 3370 01:49:19,330 --> 01:49:21,869 talking about dog parks, that 3371 01:49:21,869 --> 01:49:24,371 the dog parks will not be 3372 01:49:24,371 --> 01:49:25,740 impacted by this, by this, uh, 3373 01:49:25,740 --> 01:49:26,874 you know, any of the events 3374 01:49:26,874 --> 01:49:29,210 that Pride House does, because 3375 01:49:29,210 --> 01:49:30,478 you know to a dog 17 days is 3376 01:49:30,478 --> 01:49:32,478 like 4 months. 3377 01:49:33,548 --> 01:49:35,548 So 3378 01:49:36,551 --> 01:49:38,919 Thank you. Good evening, Megan 3379 01:49:38,919 --> 01:49:40,921 Reath Event Services supervisor. 3380 01:49:40,921 --> 01:49:43,325 Um, so subsequent to the 3381 01:49:43,325 --> 01:49:45,725 agreement before you tonight, 3382 01:49:46,728 --> 01:49:49,531 we will execute a use a permit 3383 01:49:49,531 --> 01:49:52,531 to use city property agreement 3384 01:49:53,101 --> 01:49:56,101 without athlete fund, and that 3385 01:49:56,270 --> 01:49:57,772 will define the dog park 3386 01:49:57,772 --> 01:49:58,372 impacts. Um, I don 3387 01:49:58,372 --> 01:50:00,750 t think we 3388 01:50:00,750 --> 01:50:01,777 anticipate that the dog parks 3389 01:50:01,777 --> 01:50:03,578 will be closed for the duration 3390 01:50:03,578 --> 01:50:05,460 of the event, but with any 3391 01:50:05,460 --> 01:50:07,460 large 3392 01:50:07,449 --> 01:50:09,884 event during the build, there 3393 01:50:09,884 --> 01:50:12,820 MAY be intermittent impact at 3394 01:50:12,820 --> 01:50:16,190 times. We will, as we, you know, 3395 01:50:16,190 --> 01:50:17,826 work with the producers to 3396 01:50:17,826 --> 01:50:19,826 schedule um large 3397 01:50:19,895 --> 01:50:21,396 infrastructure coming into the 3398 01:50:21,396 --> 01:50:23,465 park. There MAY be times that 3399 01:50:23,465 --> 01:50:25,133 the dog parks do need to be 3400 01:50:25,133 --> 01:50:27,133 closed intermittently, like 3401 01:50:27,836 --> 01:50:29,437 with any major event, we will 3402 01:50:29,437 --> 01:50:31,206 make sure that um, you know, 3403 01:50:31,206 --> 01:50:33,141 they are accessible to the 3404 01:50:33,141 --> 01:50:34,275 public as long as is safely 3405 01:50:34,275 --> 01:50:36,275 possible. So 3406 01:50:36,512 --> 01:50:36,683 what I would suggest, since 3407 01:50:36,683 --> 01:50:38,683 we 3408 01:50:39,882 --> 01:50:40,616 re a ways out from this is 3409 01:50:40,616 --> 01:50:42,251 to ask Helen 3410 01:50:42,251 --> 01:50:45,251 s team to to look 3411 01:50:45,720 --> 01:50:47,789 at it and see how the entrances, 3412 01:50:47,789 --> 01:50:49,591 uh, they can put, uh, 3413 01:50:49,591 --> 01:50:51,459 alternative entrances on the 3414 01:50:51,459 --> 01:50:52,862 other side of each of the dog 3415 01:50:52,862 --> 01:50:54,563 parks. I know one would be 3416 01:50:54,563 --> 01:50:56,699 fairly easy. The other 1 MAY be 3417 01:50:56,699 --> 01:50:58,334 not as easy. 3418 01:50:58,334 --> 01:51:01,236 Um, a small dog park, you know, 3419 01:51:01,236 --> 01:51:02,137 could go on the north side, um, 3420 01:51:02,137 --> 01:51:03,710 and I don 3421 01:51:03,710 --> 01:51:05,400 t know about the 3422 01:51:05,400 --> 01:51:07,375 large dog park, but, but we did, 3423 01:51:07,375 --> 01:51:09,979 uh, we were able to keep it 3424 01:51:09,979 --> 01:51:12,949 open by having that, that 3425 01:51:12,949 --> 01:51:16,585 extra sort of gate on the uh on 3426 01:51:16,585 --> 01:51:18,120 the east side of yes. I had my 3427 01:51:18,120 --> 01:51:19,721 direction straight. So, um, so 3428 01:51:19,721 --> 01:51:23,910 that was one of my concerns. 3429 01:51:23,910 --> 01:51:25,527 And then, um, in the, um, in 3430 01:51:25,527 --> 01:51:27,927 the agreement, uh, an 3431 01:51:28,431 --> 01:51:31,234 attachment a, um, on page 5, we 3432 01:51:31,234 --> 01:51:32,268 talk about, or I should say the, 3433 01:51:32,268 --> 01:51:35,404 hang on one second, let me just 3434 01:51:35,404 --> 01:51:37,404 get there. 3435 01:51:37,973 --> 01:51:40,376 Um, we, we talk a lot about 3436 01:51:40,376 --> 01:51:42,244 what the eligible uses of the 3437 01:51:42,244 --> 01:51:42,417 sponsorship fee and, and what 3438 01:51:42,417 --> 01:51:43,879 it 3439 01:51:43,879 --> 01:51:44,713 s, what it cannot be used 3440 01:51:44,713 --> 01:51:45,448 for, but you don 3441 01:51:45,448 --> 01:51:47,448 t really talk 3442 01:51:47,583 --> 01:51:50,419 about what it can be used for. 3443 01:51:50,419 --> 01:51:52,922 Is that pretty standard to not, 3444 01:51:52,922 --> 01:51:53,689 to not include that. 3445 01:51:53,689 --> 01:51:54,123 Do you know what I 3446 01:51:54,123 --> 01:51:55,558 m talking 3447 01:51:55,558 --> 01:51:55,925 about? I, I do know what you 3448 01:51:55,925 --> 01:51:57,925 re 3449 01:52:00,729 --> 01:52:04,329 talking about. So we have gone 3450 01:52:04,600 --> 01:52:07,000 through the eligible uses 3451 01:52:07,303 --> 01:52:08,638 without athlete fund this 3452 01:52:08,638 --> 01:52:08,972 agreement this evening, we 3453 01:52:08,972 --> 01:52:10,972 re 3454 01:52:11,641 --> 01:52:13,900 asking that the council approve 3455 01:52:13,900 --> 01:52:14,844 it as to form as final 3456 01:52:14,844 --> 01:52:15,878 negotiations take place, and we 3457 01:52:15,878 --> 01:52:16,212 can certainly work with the 3458 01:52:16,212 --> 01:52:18,140 city attorney 3459 01:52:18,140 --> 01:52:19,415 s office to see 3460 01:52:19,415 --> 01:52:20,884 if they advise being more 3461 01:52:20,884 --> 01:52:21,851 explicit in that area, ok, 3462 01:52:21,851 --> 01:52:23,353 because that would, that would 3463 01:52:23,353 --> 01:52:24,421 be one of my concerns. Um, and 3464 01:52:24,421 --> 01:52:26,421 then I 3465 01:52:27,323 --> 01:52:29,692 page 6 and page 11, where you 3466 01:52:29,692 --> 01:52:31,694 talk about cancellation or 3467 01:52:31,694 --> 01:52:33,629 termination. Um, I just want to 3468 01:52:33,629 --> 01:52:34,931 also confirm there and again 3469 01:52:34,931 --> 01:52:36,699 maybe you talked to the city 3470 01:52:36,699 --> 01:52:38,602 attorney about it is that any 3471 01:52:38,602 --> 01:52:40,270 funds that were dispersed, but 3472 01:52:40,270 --> 01:52:42,500 not spent should be returned to 3473 01:52:42,500 --> 01:52:44,874 the city. I know you, you bring 3474 01:52:44,874 --> 01:52:46,976 it up in other places, but 3475 01:52:46,976 --> 01:52:47,710 specifically on, on page 6 3476 01:52:47,710 --> 01:52:49,245 where you talk about 3477 01:52:49,245 --> 01:52:50,747 cancellation and page 11, where 3478 01:52:50,747 --> 01:52:50,914 you talk about termination. It 3479 01:52:50,914 --> 01:52:52,315 isn 3480 01:52:52,315 --> 01:52:53,149 t, it isn 3481 01:52:53,149 --> 01:52:53,816 t explicit. And 3482 01:52:53,816 --> 01:52:55,652 that 3483 01:52:55,652 --> 01:52:58,755 and to me, I just want, I want 3484 01:52:58,755 --> 01:53:00,757 us to be um very specific about 3485 01:53:00,757 --> 01:53:04,957 it, and the same thing on page 3486 01:53:06,429 --> 01:53:08,932 7, on, on uh the uh paragraph c, 3487 01:53:08,932 --> 01:53:10,433 um, it says that the producers 3488 01:53:10,433 --> 01:53:12,433 shall provide financial 3489 01:53:12,469 --> 01:53:13,537 performance data within 30 days 3490 01:53:13,537 --> 01:53:13,971 of the event, and I 3491 01:53:13,971 --> 01:53:15,971 m just 3492 01:53:16,140 --> 01:53:16,740 wondering, can we also make 3493 01:53:16,740 --> 01:53:18,675 sure that that 3494 01:53:18,675 --> 01:53:18,876 s if it, if 3495 01:53:18,876 --> 01:53:20,110 there 3496 01:53:20,110 --> 01:53:22,110 s cancellation or 3497 01:53:22,112 --> 01:53:24,480 termination that that same 3498 01:53:24,480 --> 01:53:26,880 requirement that within 30 days 3499 01:53:27,384 --> 01:53:29,252 of cancellation or 30 days of 3500 01:53:29,252 --> 01:53:30,754 termination that um they 3501 01:53:30,754 --> 01:53:31,956 provide financial performance 3502 01:53:31,956 --> 01:53:33,390 data as well. 3503 01:53:33,390 --> 01:53:33,991 Absolutely, we can work with 3504 01:53:33,991 --> 01:53:34,491 the city attorney 3505 01:53:34,491 --> 01:53:35,592 s office on 3506 01:53:35,592 --> 01:53:36,660 those items. Those are my 3507 01:53:36,660 --> 01:53:38,660 concerns. 3508 01:53:39,630 --> 01:53:41,265 Thank you. 3509 01:53:41,265 --> 01:53:43,567 Are there any other comments or 3510 01:53:43,567 --> 01:53:43,800 concerns to address, Vice Mayor? 3511 01:53:43,800 --> 01:53:45,800 No, I 3512 01:53:46,236 --> 01:53:47,739 m moving that we approve 3513 01:53:47,739 --> 01:53:48,139 with the direction that 3514 01:53:48,139 --> 01:53:49,740 s been 3515 01:53:49,740 --> 01:53:50,775 given by our colleague. 3516 01:53:50,775 --> 01:53:52,343 Thank you 3517 01:53:52,343 --> 01:53:53,444 See a second to that motion as 3518 01:53:53,444 --> 01:53:55,779 well, MADAM, MAY I say one 3519 01:53:55,779 --> 01:53:56,680 thing? Oh, please, I would just 3520 01:53:56,680 --> 01:53:56,880 like if it 3521 01:53:56,880 --> 01:53:58,115 s, it 3522 01:53:58,115 --> 01:54:00,840 s possible to 3523 01:54:00,840 --> 01:54:02,520 give direction in this item or 3524 01:54:02,520 --> 01:54:03,453 for the council just to have 3525 01:54:03,453 --> 01:54:03,720 the coms department, make sure 3526 01:54:03,720 --> 01:54:04,421 that they 3527 01:54:04,421 --> 01:54:06,821 re doing all that 3528 01:54:06,824 --> 01:54:08,259 they can to cross promote Pride 3529 01:54:08,259 --> 01:54:10,328 House through city channels 3530 01:54:10,328 --> 01:54:12,863 since it literally says Pride 3531 01:54:12,863 --> 01:54:14,310 House la weho on it, um, and so 3532 01:54:14,310 --> 01:54:15,650 I would love to make sure some 3533 01:54:15,650 --> 01:54:15,238 of the programming that they 3534 01:54:15,238 --> 01:54:17,101 re 3535 01:54:17,101 --> 01:54:19,770 doing leading up to the events. 3536 01:54:19,770 --> 01:54:21,605 Um, also go to our channel 3537 01:54:21,605 --> 01:54:21,872 specifically given the great 3538 01:54:21,872 --> 01:54:23,341 staff 3539 01:54:23,341 --> 01:54:24,909 report regarding pride itself 3540 01:54:24,909 --> 01:54:26,711 and the impressions that was 3541 01:54:26,711 --> 01:54:27,912 able to occur um talking about 3542 01:54:27,912 --> 01:54:28,879 Pride House in terms of the 3543 01:54:28,879 --> 01:54:30,615 Olympics might be a great 3544 01:54:30,615 --> 01:54:31,982 tie-in. So if my colleagues are 3545 01:54:31,982 --> 01:54:34,385 ok with it, just general 3546 01:54:34,385 --> 01:54:35,853 direction for Pride House 3547 01:54:35,853 --> 01:54:37,221 cross-communication as their 3548 01:54:37,221 --> 01:54:38,856 events specifically around 3549 01:54:38,856 --> 01:54:40,125 fundraising as well as other 3550 01:54:40,125 --> 01:54:40,325 community opportunities. I know 3551 01:54:40,325 --> 01:54:41,626 there 3552 01:54:41,626 --> 01:54:44,260 s an incredible event 3553 01:54:44,596 --> 01:54:46,431 with speed skater coming forth, 3554 01:54:46,431 --> 01:54:47,532 uh, first openly gay speed 3555 01:54:47,532 --> 01:54:47,732 skater, Sid, Well, correct me 3556 01:54:47,732 --> 01:54:48,799 if I 3557 01:54:48,799 --> 01:54:49,267 m wrong, um, coming forth 3558 01:54:49,267 --> 01:54:50,167 and it 3559 01:54:50,167 --> 01:54:50,968 s a great opportunity 3560 01:54:50,968 --> 01:54:51,902 for further aware 3561 01:54:51,902 --> 01:54:52,937 ness about Pride House. So if 3562 01:54:52,937 --> 01:54:54,872 my colleagues are ok with that, 3563 01:54:54,872 --> 01:54:58,900 the coms department to put that 3564 01:54:58,900 --> 01:55:01,179 stuff out um would be helpful. 3565 01:55:01,179 --> 01:55:01,413 Great. Thank you. 3566 01:55:01,413 --> 01:55:03,413 Ok, we 3567 01:55:07,318 --> 01:55:08,820 ll move to a vote 3568 01:55:08,820 --> 01:55:10,388 Thank you to the staff team and 3569 01:55:10,388 --> 01:55:11,822 thank you to the champions of 3570 01:55:11,822 --> 01:55:12,423 Pride House. 3571 01:55:12,423 --> 01:55:14,423 Uh, we 3572 01:55:16,628 --> 01:55:19,531 ll move to, um, item f5. 3573 01:55:19,531 --> 01:55:23,131 Seeing a number of these items 3574 01:55:23,268 --> 01:55:25,236 under f move to consent f5 is 3575 01:55:25,236 --> 01:55:26,704 the audit of vacant residential 3576 01:55:26,704 --> 01:55:27,638 and commercial units. 3577 01:55:27,638 --> 01:55:28,839 Councilmember Meister, I know 3578 01:55:28,839 --> 01:55:30,741 this is your item. We do have a 3579 01:55:30,741 --> 01:55:32,311 number of public comments. So 3580 01:55:32,311 --> 01:55:33,545 would you like to give us a 3581 01:55:33,545 --> 01:55:33,712 brief description and then 3582 01:55:33,712 --> 01:55:34,679 we 3583 01:55:34,679 --> 01:55:35,247 ll move into public comment 3584 01:55:35,247 --> 01:55:36,348 before we come back to 3585 01:55:36,348 --> 01:55:36,715 deliberation. Yeah, I mean, 3586 01:55:36,715 --> 01:55:37,549 basically I 3587 01:55:37,549 --> 01:55:39,451 ll talk about the 3588 01:55:39,451 --> 01:55:42,420 benefits of doing this. Um, 3589 01:55:42,420 --> 01:55:44,856 first of all, as we all know, 3590 01:55:44,856 --> 01:55:46,191 vacant units impact community 3591 01:55:46,191 --> 01:55:47,692 vitality and long-term 3592 01:55:47,692 --> 01:55:48,326 vacancies, both residential and 3593 01:55:48,326 --> 01:55:49,895 commercial 3594 01:55:49,895 --> 01:55:51,730 diminish neighborhood, uh, 3595 01:55:51,730 --> 01:55:53,432 vibrancy, hurt local businesses 3596 01:55:53,432 --> 01:55:55,901 and can contribute to blight 3597 01:55:55,901 --> 01:55:57,302 and nuisance conditions. Um, 3598 01:55:57,302 --> 01:55:59,271 economic and public safety 3599 01:55:59,271 --> 01:56:00,839 concerns, empty storefronts, 3600 01:56:00,839 --> 01:56:02,207 weakened business corridors, 3601 01:56:02,207 --> 01:56:04,142 reduced foot traffic, and 3602 01:56:04,142 --> 01:56:05,610 increased demands on code 3603 01:56:05,610 --> 01:56:06,244 enforcement and public safety 3604 01:56:06,244 --> 01:56:07,380 resources, and we 3605 01:56:07,380 --> 01:56:09,380 re all very 3606 01:56:09,615 --> 01:56:11,517 well aware of that. Um, housing 3607 01:56:11,517 --> 01:56:12,985 supply implications, uh, 3608 01:56:12,985 --> 01:56:14,853 residential units left vacant 3609 01:56:14,853 --> 01:56:16,889 for extended periods, reduce 3610 01:56:16,889 --> 01:56:18,900 the supply of available housing 3611 01:56:18,900 --> 01:56:20,900 and distort 3612 01:56:20,358 --> 01:56:22,627 our understanding of actual 3613 01:56:22,627 --> 01:56:24,396 rental market conditions. Um, 3614 01:56:24,396 --> 01:56:26,299 current, uh, our current 3615 01:56:26,299 --> 01:56:28,000 tracking has some gaps. Uh, we 3616 01:56:28,000 --> 01:56:29,969 have, um 3617 01:56:29,969 --> 01:56:31,937 the existing, we have the 3618 01:56:31,937 --> 01:56:33,872 vacant property registry, but 3619 01:56:33,872 --> 01:56:35,340 that only captures properties 3620 01:56:35,340 --> 01:56:35,774 that are substantially vacant. 3621 01:56:35,774 --> 01:56:37,209 There 3622 01:56:37,209 --> 01:56:39,278 s no system to track 3623 01:56:39,278 --> 01:56:41,180 individual vacant units within 3624 01:56:41,180 --> 01:56:42,648 occupied buildings, um, the 3625 01:56:42,648 --> 01:56:44,483 audit will fill a key 3626 01:56:44,483 --> 01:56:45,751 information gap. It will 3627 01:56:45,751 --> 01:56:47,186 quantify how many units 3628 01:56:47,186 --> 01:56:48,554 commercial and residential, are 3629 01:56:48,554 --> 01:56:51,257 sitting empty and where they 3630 01:56:51,257 --> 01:56:52,458 are located, uh, understanding 3631 01:56:52,458 --> 01:56:54,226 why units remain vacant. 3632 01:56:54,226 --> 01:56:56,228 Hopefully, the audit will 3633 01:56:56,228 --> 01:56:57,496 explore reasons for long-term 3634 01:56:57,496 --> 01:56:58,964 vacancies such as pending 3635 01:56:58,964 --> 01:57:00,964 redevelopment, market 3636 01:57:00,967 --> 01:57:02,967 speculation, or ownership 3637 01:57:03,870 --> 01:57:05,338 strategies helping the city to 3638 01:57:05,338 --> 01:57:07,338 design targeted policy 3639 01:57:07,707 --> 01:57:09,608 responses. Um, it supports 3640 01:57:09,608 --> 01:57:11,243 broader city goals, uh, the 3641 01:57:11,243 --> 01:57:12,511 data will inform initiatives 3642 01:57:12,511 --> 01:57:14,911 like the zoning Improvement 3643 01:57:15,114 --> 01:57:16,749 Project and other housing and 3644 01:57:16,749 --> 01:57:18,749 economic development efforts. 3645 01:57:19,719 --> 01:57:21,187 It will actually give us a um 3646 01:57:21,187 --> 01:57:23,187 uh 3647 01:57:24,190 --> 01:57:25,992 a better understanding of the 3648 01:57:25,992 --> 01:57:27,627 current situation and uh 3649 01:57:27,627 --> 01:57:27,860 data-driven policymaking. You 3650 01:57:27,860 --> 01:57:29,228 know I 3651 01:57:29,228 --> 01:57:31,397 m all about the numbers, 3652 01:57:31,397 --> 01:57:33,466 the audit provides a factual or 3653 01:57:33,466 --> 01:57:35,268 will provide a factual 3654 01:57:35,268 --> 01:57:37,268 foundation for potential 3655 01:57:37,804 --> 01:57:39,239 programs or regulations to 3656 01:57:39,239 --> 01:57:41,239 discourage unnecessary 3657 01:57:41,341 --> 01:57:43,610 vacancies and promote active 3658 01:57:43,610 --> 01:57:45,511 use of property, and it will 3659 01:57:45,511 --> 01:57:47,790 promote a more complete picture 3660 01:57:47,790 --> 01:57:48,314 of our community by 3661 01:57:48,314 --> 01:57:50,449 understanding the full extent 3662 01:57:50,449 --> 01:57:51,117 and causes of vacancy, the city 3663 01:57:51,117 --> 01:57:52,719 can better 3664 01:57:52,719 --> 01:57:54,254 plan for economic resilience, 3665 01:57:54,254 --> 01:57:55,822 housing availability, and 3666 01:57:55,822 --> 01:57:57,822 neighborhood will be. 3667 01:57:57,824 --> 01:57:59,325 Thank you for the presentation. 3668 01:57:59,325 --> 01:57:59,792 Appreciate that. Um, we 3669 01:57:59,792 --> 01:58:01,792 ll go 3670 01:58:02,862 --> 01:58:04,631 to public comment now. I see 3671 01:58:04,631 --> 01:58:06,165 Wendy Goldman, followed by 3672 01:58:06,165 --> 01:58:07,400 Anita Goswami, and then we have 3673 01:58:07,400 --> 01:58:08,801 a number of citizen position 3674 01:58:08,801 --> 01:58:10,801 slips. Ok. 3675 01:58:11,271 --> 01:58:13,271 Hang. 3676 01:58:14,207 --> 01:58:15,275 Good evening, Wendy Goldman, 3677 01:58:15,275 --> 01:58:16,743 Cynthia Sunset Neighborhood 3678 01:58:16,743 --> 01:58:18,311 Watch, resident of West 3679 01:58:18,311 --> 01:58:20,113 Hollywood. 3680 01:58:20,113 --> 01:58:21,815 The assessment of vacancies is 3681 01:58:21,815 --> 01:58:22,480 important now more than ever. 3682 01:58:22,480 --> 01:58:22,949 We don 3683 01:58:22,949 --> 01:58:25,349 t have a housing 3684 01:58:26,586 --> 01:58:28,622 shortage. We have a crisis of 3685 01:58:28,622 --> 01:58:30,524 unlisted residential vacancies. 3686 01:58:30,524 --> 01:58:33,600 Landlords have found a way to 3687 01:58:33,600 --> 01:58:34,761 circumvent policies by keeping 3688 01:58:34,761 --> 01:58:36,830 units unlisted without an 3689 01:58:36,830 --> 01:58:38,498 accurate count of the vacancies 3690 01:58:38,498 --> 01:58:40,667 developers take advantage of 3691 01:58:40,667 --> 01:58:42,669 state laws and tenants lose 3692 01:58:42,669 --> 01:58:45,506 amenities. For example, in my 3693 01:58:45,506 --> 01:58:47,174 38 unit building on the 9000 3694 01:58:47,174 --> 01:58:48,409 block of Herot Street, at least 3695 01:58:48,409 --> 01:58:49,810 19 units 3696 01:58:49,810 --> 01:58:53,180 are vacant. No new tenants have 3697 01:58:53,180 --> 01:58:55,348 moved in for 5 years, 16 of us 3698 01:58:55,348 --> 01:58:56,383 are over 60 and face safety 3699 01:58:56,383 --> 01:58:57,384 risks. 3700 01:58:57,384 --> 01:58:59,190 There are other vacant 3701 01:58:59,190 --> 01:59:00,887 properties on Herod, including 3702 01:59:00,887 --> 01:59:02,690 the long abandoned craftsman 3703 01:59:02,690 --> 01:59:04,425 and duplex where 18 tenants 3704 01:59:04,425 --> 01:59:07,425 were evicted more than 20 years 3705 01:59:07,661 --> 01:59:10,230 ago in an eight unit building 3706 01:59:10,230 --> 01:59:12,299 at 99,004 Herot has remained 3707 01:59:12,299 --> 01:59:14,301 vacant for years. An easier way 3708 01:59:14,301 --> 01:59:16,803 to collect residential data is 3709 01:59:16,803 --> 01:59:17,971 via us Postal Service carriers. 3710 01:59:17,971 --> 01:59:20,241 They know exactly how many 3711 01:59:20,241 --> 01:59:22,843 vacancies exist, who has moved 3712 01:59:22,843 --> 01:59:24,545 in or out, and whose mail is 3713 01:59:24,545 --> 01:59:25,780 undeliverable or forwarded. 3714 01:59:25,780 --> 01:59:26,847 After lengthy periods of 3715 01:59:26,847 --> 01:59:27,140 uncertainty 3716 01:59:27,140 --> 01:59:28,549 it 3717 01:59:28,549 --> 01:59:31,852 s time for the city to hold 3718 01:59:31,852 --> 01:59:33,954 owners liable and to enforce 3719 01:59:33,954 --> 01:59:35,455 vacancy tax policies that 3720 01:59:35,455 --> 01:59:37,225 reduce the number of units kept 3721 01:59:37,225 --> 01:59:38,593 off market. The artificially 3722 01:59:38,593 --> 01:59:40,561 inflate the ability of new 3723 01:59:40,561 --> 01:59:42,530 residents to move in and give 3724 01:59:42,530 --> 01:59:44,632 an unrealistic economic picture 3725 01:59:44,632 --> 01:59:46,667 to investors. Earlier this year, 3726 01:59:46,667 --> 01:59:47,835 in response to local wildfires, 3727 01:59:47,835 --> 01:59:49,303 council voted to allow 3728 01:59:49,303 --> 01:59:51,338 short-term rentals for less 3729 01:59:51,338 --> 01:59:52,639 than one year. Did the city 3730 01:59:52,639 --> 01:59:54,639 manager provide follow-up 3731 01:59:54,976 --> 01:59:56,177 report of this urgency policy. 3732 01:59:56,177 --> 01:59:56,477 Our short term rentals 3733 01:59:56,477 --> 01:59:58,477 providing 3734 01:59:58,479 --> 02:00:00,648 housing to those displaced by 3735 02:00:00,648 --> 02:00:01,783 the fires or vacationers. 3736 02:00:01,783 --> 02:00:03,250 Compounding the off-market 3737 02:00:03,250 --> 02:00:05,479 problem is the development of 3738 02:00:05,479 --> 02:00:07,221 ADUs. Please prevent renters 3739 02:00:07,221 --> 02:00:09,590 from losing amenities like 3740 02:00:09,590 --> 02:00:12,260 parking, as 80Us are permitted. 3741 02:00:12,260 --> 02:00:14,295 Our city streets cannot 3742 02:00:14,295 --> 02:00:15,296 accommodate additional vehicles. 3743 02:00:15,296 --> 02:00:17,296 Thank you. 3744 02:00:19,834 --> 02:00:21,802 Anita Goswami 3745 02:00:21,802 --> 02:00:23,771 Anita Anita Kiswami, longtime 3746 02:00:23,771 --> 02:00:25,673 resident of West Hollywood. Um, 3747 02:00:25,673 --> 02:00:27,875 I strongly support this because 3748 02:00:27,875 --> 02:00:29,711 the city is spending 3749 02:00:29,711 --> 02:00:31,790 significant resources of staff 3750 02:00:31,790 --> 02:00:32,947 time and money to review and 3751 02:00:32,947 --> 02:00:33,114 approve development projects. 3752 02:00:33,114 --> 02:00:34,416 You 3753 02:00:34,416 --> 02:00:34,583 re pushing densification. 3754 02:00:34,583 --> 02:00:35,583 You 3755 02:00:35,583 --> 02:00:37,583 re ruining neighborhoods 3756 02:00:37,820 --> 02:00:39,654 via reducing planning reviews, 3757 02:00:39,654 --> 02:00:40,755 notification, stripping parking. 3758 02:00:40,755 --> 02:00:41,589 This is all ruining 3759 02:00:41,589 --> 02:00:41,789 neighborhoods. What you 3760 02:00:41,789 --> 02:00:43,789 re 3761 02:00:44,358 --> 02:00:44,725 doing is you are taking away 3762 02:00:44,725 --> 02:00:46,725 and you 3763 02:00:47,196 --> 02:00:48,964 re taking away based on 3764 02:00:48,964 --> 02:00:49,498 some fluffy idea. Actually, uh, 3765 02:00:49,498 --> 02:00:51,366 but anyway 3766 02:00:51,366 --> 02:00:53,268 these efforts, this is back to 3767 02:00:53,268 --> 02:00:54,803 what is the city actually doing? 3768 02:00:54,803 --> 02:00:56,304 What city staff doing? You 3769 02:00:56,304 --> 02:00:57,772 spoke earlier about, you know, 3770 02:00:57,772 --> 02:00:59,541 time being wasted a planning 3771 02:00:59,541 --> 02:01:00,141 commission and at city council. 3772 02:01:00,141 --> 02:01:01,976 Well, let 3773 02:01:01,976 --> 02:01:04,376 s start focusing that 3774 02:01:04,913 --> 02:01:06,815 time and that effort on what we 3775 02:01:06,815 --> 02:01:07,716 really have, getting a real 3776 02:01:07,716 --> 02:01:08,350 baseline of what 3777 02:01:08,350 --> 02:01:08,817 s going on in 3778 02:01:08,817 --> 02:01:09,684 the city. I 3779 02:01:09,684 --> 02:01:11,286 ve been walking 3780 02:01:11,286 --> 02:01:12,788 around the city a lot lately, 3781 02:01:12,788 --> 02:01:13,722 all over the city, not just my 3782 02:01:13,722 --> 02:01:13,922 local neighborhood, and I 3783 02:01:13,922 --> 02:01:14,389 m, 3784 02:01:14,389 --> 02:01:15,123 yes, I 3785 02:01:15,123 --> 02:01:17,123 m wearing my 3786 02:01:17,158 --> 02:01:18,460 neighborhood watch t-shirt, but 3787 02:01:18,460 --> 02:01:20,610 looking at other neighborhoods 3788 02:01:20,610 --> 02:01:21,762 because we are all residents 3789 02:01:21,762 --> 02:01:23,650 of West Hollywood. It is not 3790 02:01:23,650 --> 02:01:24,199 one specific area. It 3791 02:01:24,199 --> 02:01:26,199 s across 3792 02:01:26,235 --> 02:01:28,103 all of West Hollywood, and we 3793 02:01:28,103 --> 02:01:29,471 need to understand how much of 3794 02:01:29,471 --> 02:01:30,873 that space is actually vacant 3795 02:01:30,873 --> 02:01:33,800 because we can walk by it and 3796 02:01:33,800 --> 02:01:34,943 we see it. I see it every day, 3797 02:01:34,943 --> 02:01:36,911 but we need to look into why we 3798 02:01:36,911 --> 02:01:37,760 have so much of it. We don 3799 02:01:37,760 --> 02:01:38,313 t 3800 02:01:38,313 --> 02:01:40,216 need more development. We need 3801 02:01:40,216 --> 02:01:40,416 to better use what we have. And 3802 02:01:40,416 --> 02:01:42,184 that 3803 02:01:42,184 --> 02:01:43,686 s both on a residential 3804 02:01:43,686 --> 02:01:44,186 and a commercial level. We 3805 02:01:44,186 --> 02:01:45,154 don 3806 02:01:45,154 --> 02:01:47,189 t want West Hollywood to 3807 02:01:47,189 --> 02:01:48,624 become a ghost town full of 3808 02:01:48,624 --> 02:01:49,892 empty storefronts and empty 3809 02:01:49,892 --> 02:01:50,459 apartments priced too high 3810 02:01:50,459 --> 02:01:51,360 to rent. We 3811 02:01:51,360 --> 02:01:53,328 re already seeing 3812 02:01:53,328 --> 02:01:54,830 that with businesses on Sunset 3813 02:01:54,830 --> 02:01:56,198 and Santa Monica as well as the 3814 02:01:56,198 --> 02:01:58,198 residential streets. Again, 3815 02:02:00,690 --> 02:02:01,403 looking for a clear, realistic, 3816 02:02:01,403 --> 02:02:03,500 transparent baseline and 3817 02:02:03,500 --> 02:02:04,273 analysis, and that means 3818 02:02:04,273 --> 02:02:05,941 transparency throughout the 3819 02:02:05,941 --> 02:02:07,109 process, not just direction and 3820 02:02:07,109 --> 02:02:07,943 then a PowerPoint several 3821 02:02:07,943 --> 02:02:08,377 months later. We 3822 02:02:08,377 --> 02:02:09,545 ve got 3823 02:02:09,545 --> 02:02:09,812 excellent city staff. Let 3824 02:02:09,812 --> 02:02:11,180 s get 3825 02:02:11,180 --> 02:02:13,148 them working on what really 3826 02:02:13,148 --> 02:02:15,118 matters to this city. What 3827 02:02:15,118 --> 02:02:17,153 really matters to the people 3828 02:02:17,153 --> 02:02:18,321 here and put on hold the 3829 02:02:18,321 --> 02:02:19,655 outside interests that just 3830 02:02:19,655 --> 02:02:20,389 look at us as a piggy bank 3831 02:02:20,389 --> 02:02:21,157 to take over. Let 3832 02:02:21,157 --> 02:02:23,426 s do this for 3833 02:02:23,426 --> 02:02:24,426 us. Thank you. 3834 02:02:24,426 --> 02:02:24,994 Thank you both for your public 3835 02:02:24,994 --> 02:02:25,561 comments. We 3836 02:02:25,561 --> 02:02:27,663 ll go to Citizen 3837 02:02:27,663 --> 02:02:29,663 position slips. 3838 02:02:30,265 --> 02:02:32,535 Mayor, we have one, Kevin 3839 02:02:32,535 --> 02:02:33,636 Burton in support of item f5. 3840 02:02:33,636 --> 02:02:34,170 Thank you. 3841 02:02:34,170 --> 02:02:35,471 Uh, we 3842 02:02:35,471 --> 02:02:37,140 ll come to Counciluncil 3843 02:02:37,140 --> 02:02:39,341 for discussion and deliberation. 3844 02:02:39,341 --> 02:02:41,741 Uh, yeah, Councilor Erickson. 3845 02:02:41,978 --> 02:02:42,244 So, um, well, I, I remember, I 3846 02:02:42,244 --> 02:02:44,244 don 3847 02:02:44,246 --> 02:02:45,514 t know if we both did the 3848 02:02:45,514 --> 02:02:47,514 apartment registry together 3849 02:02:47,750 --> 02:02:47,950 ages ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah, um, 3850 02:02:47,950 --> 02:02:48,784 so I 3851 02:02:48,784 --> 02:02:51,121 m generally in support of 3852 02:02:51,121 --> 02:02:52,522 this. How do we get um as 3853 02:02:52,522 --> 02:02:53,923 something that came in from the 3854 02:02:53,923 --> 02:02:56,559 Chamber of Commerce. How do we 3855 02:02:56,559 --> 02:02:58,227 make sure that 3856 02:02:58,227 --> 02:02:59,462 uh larger building units that 3857 02:02:59,462 --> 02:03:01,130 were addressed in that letter 3858 02:03:01,130 --> 02:03:03,199 can comply and we can use that 3859 02:03:03,199 --> 02:03:05,199 data. 3860 02:03:05,468 --> 02:03:07,300 Correctly and not have a skew 3861 02:03:07,300 --> 02:03:10,400 anything. And see, this is the 3862 02:03:10,400 --> 02:03:11,941 one of the gaps is that the 3863 02:03:11,941 --> 02:03:13,309 registry is great because when 3864 02:03:13,309 --> 02:03:14,344 someone moves in, but when 3865 02:03:14,344 --> 02:03:14,511 someone moves out, we don 3866 02:03:14,511 --> 02:03:15,945 t 3867 02:03:15,945 --> 02:03:16,279 know that. There 3868 02:03:16,279 --> 02:03:18,279 s no 3869 02:03:18,714 --> 02:03:19,282 registration when they move out. 3870 02:03:19,282 --> 02:03:21,150 So that 3871 02:03:21,150 --> 02:03:23,686 s part of this, the 3872 02:03:23,686 --> 02:03:25,722 issue, um, and, and why we need 3873 02:03:25,722 --> 02:03:27,624 to look at what is actually 3874 02:03:27,624 --> 02:03:30,624 vacant. We cannot tell that 3875 02:03:30,627 --> 02:03:32,627 from the registrations. 3876 02:03:34,640 --> 02:03:36,640 Vice Mayor Heilman 3877 02:03:37,330 --> 02:03:39,435 Yeah, I, I support the goal, 3878 02:03:39,435 --> 02:03:41,637 but not necessarily the 3879 02:03:41,637 --> 02:03:44,637 mechanism that is reflected in 3880 02:03:44,741 --> 02:03:47,177 the staff report. We already 3881 02:03:47,177 --> 02:03:49,412 get information sort of 3882 02:03:49,412 --> 02:03:51,812 collective information from our 3883 02:03:53,316 --> 02:03:55,251 economic development, um, uh, 3884 02:03:55,251 --> 02:03:57,821 leader Laura is here on what 3885 02:03:57,821 --> 02:04:00,391 our vacancy rate is, what our 3886 02:04:00,391 --> 02:04:01,692 commercial vacancy rate is. My 3887 02:04:01,692 --> 02:04:02,659 concern, and I think the 3888 02:04:02,659 --> 02:04:03,193 concern that you 3889 02:04:03,193 --> 02:04:05,193 re trying to 3890 02:04:05,529 --> 02:04:07,529 address is 3891 02:04:09,660 --> 02:04:11,466 the, the notable commercial 3892 02:04:11,501 --> 02:04:13,770 vacancies that uh seem to be 3893 02:04:13,770 --> 02:04:16,106 vacant for a long periods of 3894 02:04:16,106 --> 02:04:18,609 time that um maybe being kept 3895 02:04:18,609 --> 02:04:19,176 off the market, those are the 3896 02:04:19,176 --> 02:04:21,780 ones that I 3897 02:04:21,780 --> 02:04:21,242 m concerned about. 3898 02:04:21,242 --> 02:04:23,242 I 3899 02:04:23,947 --> 02:04:26,483 m not concerned about a 3900 02:04:26,483 --> 02:04:28,840 vacancy that is temporary where 3901 02:04:28,840 --> 02:04:29,820 one business goes out and 3902 02:04:29,820 --> 02:04:30,530 another one is working on its 3903 02:04:30,530 --> 02:04:31,455 tenants 3904 02:04:31,455 --> 02:04:33,356 improvements, and it 3905 02:04:33,356 --> 02:04:35,260 sometimes takes longer than we 3906 02:04:35,260 --> 02:04:36,594 would like for them to get 3907 02:04:36,594 --> 02:04:37,728 up and running. Um 3908 02:04:37,728 --> 02:04:39,563 and the same and it 3909 02:04:39,563 --> 02:04:40,831 s true with 3910 02:04:40,831 --> 02:04:41,598 the residential units. I 3911 02:04:41,598 --> 02:04:41,999 m, I 3912 02:04:41,999 --> 02:04:43,999 m 3913 02:04:44,702 --> 02:04:46,169 not concerned with the vacancy 3914 02:04:46,169 --> 02:04:48,569 that occurs because somebody 3915 02:04:48,772 --> 02:04:50,807 moves out and two months later 3916 02:04:50,807 --> 02:04:51,141 somebody moves in, that 3917 02:04:51,141 --> 02:04:53,141 s gonna 3918 02:04:56,460 --> 02:04:58,149 occur in, in any healthy 3919 02:04:58,149 --> 02:04:58,782 environment with apartments. 3920 02:04:58,782 --> 02:04:59,517 What I think we 3921 02:04:59,517 --> 02:05:00,518 re concerned 3922 02:05:00,518 --> 02:05:01,840 about and what you 3923 02:05:01,840 --> 02:05:03,840 re concerned 3924 02:05:03,354 --> 02:05:05,289 about is what Wendy is 3925 02:05:05,289 --> 02:05:07,324 identifying property owners who 3926 02:05:07,324 --> 02:05:09,324 are keeping residential 3927 02:05:09,460 --> 02:05:11,162 units off of the market and not 3928 02:05:11,162 --> 02:05:13,798 renting them out, not making 3929 02:05:13,798 --> 02:05:16,198 them available for rent. 3930 02:05:16,767 --> 02:05:18,869 So the, the idea of an audit 3931 02:05:18,869 --> 02:05:21,269 seems like a different 3932 02:05:22,500 --> 02:05:24,275 or or a mechanism that might 3933 02:05:24,275 --> 02:05:26,678 spend a lot of time and money 3934 02:05:26,678 --> 02:05:28,313 looking at units that were not 3935 02:05:28,313 --> 02:05:28,713 really concerned about. I 3936 02:05:28,713 --> 02:05:30,515 m 3937 02:05:30,515 --> 02:05:32,517 concerned and I, I wanna figure 3938 02:05:32,517 --> 02:05:35,453 out a mechanism and ask our 3939 02:05:35,453 --> 02:05:38,556 staff to figure out a mechanism, 3940 02:05:38,556 --> 02:05:39,857 how do we identify 3941 02:05:39,857 --> 02:05:42,460 um residential units that are 3942 02:05:42,460 --> 02:05:44,496 being kept off the market for a 3943 02:05:44,496 --> 02:05:47,496 substantial period of time. How 3944 02:05:49,000 --> 02:05:51,502 do we identify those commercial 3945 02:05:51,502 --> 02:05:52,670 units that are being kept off 3946 02:05:52,670 --> 02:05:53,571 market and there don 3947 02:05:53,571 --> 02:05:55,571 t appear 3948 02:05:55,907 --> 02:05:57,675 to be any realistic efforts to 3949 02:05:57,675 --> 02:06:01,275 rent them. Those are the things 3950 02:06:01,279 --> 02:06:03,381 that I think contribute to our 3951 02:06:03,381 --> 02:06:03,648 our, our concerns in the 3952 02:06:03,648 --> 02:06:05,648 community 3953 02:06:06,384 --> 02:06:08,186 s concerns, not the, 3954 02:06:08,186 --> 02:06:08,453 the occasional vacancy that 3955 02:06:08,453 --> 02:06:10,155 s 3956 02:06:10,155 --> 02:06:11,656 gonna occur no matter what. 3957 02:06:11,656 --> 02:06:13,758 Yeah, and I agree with you that 3958 02:06:13,758 --> 02:06:14,580 the part of the problem is, 3959 02:06:14,580 --> 02:06:15,526 again, it 3960 02:06:15,526 --> 02:06:16,961 s uh if you look at 3961 02:06:16,961 --> 02:06:18,629 uh whatever the numbers are 3962 02:06:18,629 --> 02:06:20,833 from that from the organization 3963 02:06:20,833 --> 02:06:22,868 that puts out what the vacancy 3964 02:06:22,868 --> 02:06:25,303 rates are, at least with the 3965 02:06:25,303 --> 02:06:25,937 residential, they don 3966 02:06:25,937 --> 02:06:27,739 t know 3967 02:06:27,739 --> 02:06:29,107 because again, they 3968 02:06:29,107 --> 02:06:29,307 re going by 3969 02:06:29,307 --> 02:06:29,541 what 3970 02:06:29,541 --> 02:06:30,742 s what 3971 02:06:30,742 --> 02:06:31,176 s been registered 3972 02:06:31,176 --> 02:06:32,810 and 3973 02:06:32,810 --> 02:06:34,412 and since something was 3974 02:06:34,412 --> 02:06:36,347 registered, someone MAY have 3975 02:06:36,347 --> 02:06:39,785 left. I can tell you even just 3976 02:06:39,785 --> 02:06:41,286 in my, in just within 3 blocks, 3977 02:06:41,286 --> 02:06:42,721 where I walked the dog. There 3978 02:06:42,721 --> 02:06:44,122 is a building that has been 3979 02:06:44,122 --> 02:06:45,690 vacant. It 3980 02:06:45,690 --> 02:06:45,856 s a 3-unit, uh, it 3981 02:06:45,856 --> 02:06:46,558 s 3982 02:06:46,558 --> 02:06:47,459 a triplex that 3983 02:06:47,459 --> 02:06:49,459 s been vacant 3984 02:06:50,862 --> 02:06:52,797 for over 5 years. No, no, no, 3985 02:06:52,797 --> 02:06:54,233 no signs of anything like 3986 02:06:54,233 --> 02:06:56,633 anything happening. On my 3987 02:06:56,702 --> 02:06:59,102 street, a single-family home, 3988 02:06:59,204 --> 02:07:00,973 uh, the person had uh was asked 3989 02:07:00,973 --> 02:07:03,973 to move when the property 3990 02:07:04,142 --> 02:07:06,411 changed hands. It has been 3991 02:07:06,411 --> 02:07:08,513 vacant since mid-covid with a 3992 02:07:08,513 --> 02:07:10,715 sign coming soon. Um, and then, 3993 02:07:10,715 --> 02:07:13,586 uh, even on, and then on 3994 02:07:13,586 --> 02:07:15,487 Huntley, another, uh, building 3995 02:07:15,487 --> 02:07:18,900 that has 2 units, vacant. I 3996 02:07:18,900 --> 02:07:18,390 mean, for years, it just, so 3997 02:07:18,390 --> 02:07:19,691 I 3998 02:07:19,691 --> 02:07:20,793 m just trying to figure out 3999 02:07:20,793 --> 02:07:21,827 how, I agree, I don 4000 02:07:21,827 --> 02:07:23,827 t want this 4001 02:07:23,862 --> 02:07:25,697 to be an expensive endeavor, 4002 02:07:25,697 --> 02:07:27,599 but I want it to be an 4003 02:07:27,599 --> 02:07:29,168 effective, accurate endeavor so 4004 02:07:29,168 --> 02:07:30,703 that we can really see what our 4005 02:07:30,703 --> 02:07:31,237 current situation is, and 4006 02:07:31,237 --> 02:07:32,972 especially as 4007 02:07:32,972 --> 02:07:34,874 we go into talking about Zip, 4008 02:07:34,874 --> 02:07:37,609 you know, we need to know what 4009 02:07:37,609 --> 02:07:40,212 the actual, what the reality is 4010 02:07:40,212 --> 02:07:42,247 and not base it on, on some, 4011 02:07:42,247 --> 02:07:44,820 you know, magic number that 4012 02:07:44,820 --> 02:07:46,482 happens from, you know, 4013 02:07:47,453 --> 02:07:49,853 percentages that some real 4014 02:07:50,423 --> 02:07:52,325 estate uh organizations send 4015 02:07:52,325 --> 02:07:54,193 sends us so are you comfortable 4016 02:07:54,193 --> 02:07:57,663 with asking our staff to come 4017 02:07:57,663 --> 02:07:58,330 up with a mechanism to identify 4018 02:07:58,330 --> 02:07:59,980 what I think we 4019 02:07:59,980 --> 02:08:01,980 re trying to 4020 02:08:01,366 --> 02:08:02,768 identify as you described the 4021 02:08:02,768 --> 02:08:04,570 rental units that are being 4022 02:08:04,570 --> 02:08:05,972 kept off the market for long 4023 02:08:05,972 --> 02:08:06,539 periods of time. I don 4024 02:08:06,539 --> 02:08:08,539 t with 4025 02:08:09,242 --> 02:08:11,144 no sign of development, with no 4026 02:08:11,144 --> 02:08:11,377 sign of movement, and, and I 4027 02:08:11,377 --> 02:08:13,112 know we 4028 02:08:13,112 --> 02:08:14,780 ve had concerns in the 4029 02:08:14,780 --> 02:08:15,781 past with new developments and 4030 02:08:15,781 --> 02:08:17,781 the 4031 02:08:18,684 --> 02:08:20,519 the slow time it takes them for 4032 02:08:20,519 --> 02:08:22,880 what they call absorption and 4033 02:08:22,880 --> 02:08:24,240 and getting new tenants in 4034 02:08:24,240 --> 02:08:24,224 there. I think if they 4035 02:08:24,224 --> 02:08:26,224 re 4036 02:08:26,993 --> 02:08:28,761 actively trying to lease those, 4037 02:08:28,761 --> 02:08:28,962 those are not concerned. Yeah, 4038 02:08:28,962 --> 02:08:30,863 that 4039 02:08:30,863 --> 02:08:32,431 s not the target, ok. 4040 02:08:32,431 --> 02:08:33,199 I see Councilembur Hang and I 4041 02:08:33,199 --> 02:08:33,966 have some comments as well. 4042 02:08:33,966 --> 02:08:35,334 Councilor Burhang. 4043 02:08:35,334 --> 02:08:37,403 Thank you, Mayor. Um, I want to 4044 02:08:37,403 --> 02:08:39,390 thank my colleague for bringing 4045 02:08:39,390 --> 02:08:40,273 this item forward. Um, I do 4046 02:08:40,273 --> 02:08:42,109 appreciate the spirit of the 4047 02:08:42,109 --> 02:08:42,676 item and you know we can 4048 02:08:42,676 --> 02:08:43,176 t fix 4049 02:08:43,176 --> 02:08:44,478 what we can 4050 02:08:44,478 --> 02:08:44,711 t measure, right? 4051 02:08:44,711 --> 02:08:45,512 So that 4052 02:08:45,512 --> 02:08:46,946 s the whole purpose of 4053 02:08:46,946 --> 02:08:47,347 this item. Um and I think it 4054 02:08:47,347 --> 02:08:49,820 s 4055 02:08:49,820 --> 02:08:51,317 a good proactive step forward 4056 02:08:51,317 --> 02:08:52,885 for the city. Thank you. 4057 02:08:52,885 --> 02:08:54,253 I have some concerns based on 4058 02:08:54,253 --> 02:08:55,721 what was written in the staff 4059 02:08:55,721 --> 02:08:58,625 report, mostly with regards to 4060 02:08:58,625 --> 02:09:00,227 the timing. We have agreed as a 4061 02:09:00,227 --> 02:09:01,695 matter of council priorities to 4062 02:09:01,695 --> 02:09:02,162 make sure that these aren 4063 02:09:02,162 --> 02:09:03,396 t 4064 02:09:03,396 --> 02:09:05,832 things that staff would set off 4065 02:09:05,832 --> 02:09:08,368 to do in this moment, and this 4066 02:09:08,368 --> 02:09:09,869 is very much a crisis of in 4067 02:09:09,869 --> 02:09:11,771 this moment and as you said, 4068 02:09:11,771 --> 02:09:13,439 because of the pandemic. So my 4069 02:09:13,439 --> 02:09:14,641 concern with what the mechanism 4070 02:09:14,641 --> 02:09:16,710 might look like could be very 4071 02:09:16,710 --> 02:09:18,579 different in a moment of time 4072 02:09:18,579 --> 02:09:18,745 that is different from where 4073 02:09:18,745 --> 02:09:20,347 we 4074 02:09:20,347 --> 02:09:20,514 re currently at. So that 4075 02:09:20,514 --> 02:09:21,810 it 4076 02:09:21,810 --> 02:09:22,480 s the timing 4077 02:09:22,480 --> 02:09:23,249 of what this would look like 4078 02:09:23,249 --> 02:09:24,250 and the idea that we 4079 02:09:24,250 --> 02:09:26,250 re going 4080 02:09:27,654 --> 02:09:28,888 to try to measure vacancy, 4081 02:09:28,888 --> 02:09:30,356 which is going to take time to 4082 02:09:30,356 --> 02:09:31,692 do, and that could change over 4083 02:09:31,692 --> 02:09:31,865 that course of time. So we 4084 02:09:31,865 --> 02:09:32,726 re 4085 02:09:32,726 --> 02:09:35,596 not going to be able to get a 4086 02:09:35,596 --> 02:09:37,764 point in time count of vacancy, 4087 02:09:37,764 --> 02:09:39,966 and that this is coming from 4088 02:09:39,966 --> 02:09:40,834 what feels like a momentary 4089 02:09:40,834 --> 02:09:41,435 crisis. It 4090 02:09:41,435 --> 02:09:41,635 s not real, so 4091 02:09:41,635 --> 02:09:42,436 that 4092 02:09:42,436 --> 02:09:42,869 s, I have a challenge 4093 02:09:42,869 --> 02:09:43,270 about that. We 4094 02:09:43,270 --> 02:09:43,703 re not going to 4095 02:09:43,703 --> 02:09:44,700 be, it 4096 02:09:44,700 --> 02:09:44,871 s unlike the 4097 02:09:44,871 --> 02:09:45,370 homelessness count where we 4098 02:09:45,370 --> 02:09:46,139 re 4099 02:09:46,139 --> 02:09:47,641 going to go out one night and 4100 02:09:47,641 --> 02:09:49,610 count and then have a sense of 4101 02:09:49,610 --> 02:09:50,711 what that data looks like. Yeah, 4102 02:09:50,711 --> 02:09:52,379 I guess what I would 4103 02:09:52,379 --> 02:09:55,249 say is that like if you look at 4104 02:09:55,249 --> 02:09:56,717 what Wendy Goldman brought up, 4105 02:09:56,717 --> 02:09:58,652 uh, her building, you know, 4106 02:09:58,652 --> 02:09:58,820 half empty for how many years. 4107 02:09:58,820 --> 02:09:59,653 It 4108 02:09:59,653 --> 02:10:00,988 s not really, it 4109 02:10:00,988 --> 02:10:01,355 s not 4110 02:10:01,355 --> 02:10:02,322 something that 4111 02:10:02,322 --> 02:10:03,924 s happening over 4112 02:10:03,924 --> 02:10:06,861 one night. This is, this is 4113 02:10:06,861 --> 02:10:07,280 years in the making. So I, I 4114 02:10:07,280 --> 02:10:07,428 don 4115 02:10:07,428 --> 02:10:08,829 t, I don 4116 02:10:08,829 --> 02:10:10,865 t see it as a 4117 02:10:10,865 --> 02:10:13,767 point of time, in time, I see 4118 02:10:13,767 --> 02:10:15,803 this as we need to do something 4119 02:10:15,803 --> 02:10:17,571 about this now because it, it 4120 02:10:17,571 --> 02:10:18,720 is continuing and it 4121 02:10:18,720 --> 02:10:20,600 s getting 4122 02:10:20,600 --> 02:10:20,774 worse. And I, uh, the 4123 02:10:20,774 --> 02:10:22,342 commercial vacan 4124 02:10:22,342 --> 02:10:23,443 c y aspect of it, I think, is 4125 02:10:23,443 --> 02:10:25,843 differently complicated. I hear 4126 02:10:26,180 --> 02:10:28,482 you on the residential side of 4127 02:10:28,482 --> 02:10:30,551 it. I would wonder in a similar 4128 02:10:30,551 --> 02:10:32,586 approach that we took when we 4129 02:10:32,586 --> 02:10:34,488 started to rein in short term 4130 02:10:34,488 --> 02:10:35,723 rentals and Airbnbs, code 4131 02:10:35,723 --> 02:10:37,691 enforcement was looking at this 4132 02:10:37,691 --> 02:10:39,726 in a much more significant way. 4133 02:10:39,726 --> 02:10:41,863 I wonder if there is some sort 4134 02:10:41,863 --> 02:10:43,298 of call out mechanism that the 4135 02:10:43,298 --> 02:10:45,566 community could help with. We 4136 02:10:45,566 --> 02:10:47,235 sort of had been community 4137 02:10:47,235 --> 02:10:48,669 members that were identifying 4138 02:10:48,669 --> 02:10:49,804 potential short term violation, 4139 02:10:49,804 --> 02:10:50,905 rental violations within their 4140 02:10:50,905 --> 02:10:51,572 own buildings, and that helped 4141 02:10:51,572 --> 02:10:52,273 us create a 4142 02:10:52,273 --> 02:10:53,507 paper trail, you know, a trail 4143 02:10:53,507 --> 02:10:54,909 to follow for some of that 4144 02:10:54,909 --> 02:10:56,770 enforcement mechanism. It does 4145 02:10:56,770 --> 02:10:56,410 feel a bit like whack a mole, 4146 02:10:56,410 --> 02:10:57,177 but what I 4147 02:10:57,177 --> 02:10:58,913 m hearing in the 4148 02:10:58,913 --> 02:10:59,800 staff report is how difficult 4149 02:10:59,800 --> 02:11:00,382 it 4150 02:11:00,382 --> 02:11:01,716 ll be to, you know, comb 4151 02:11:01,716 --> 02:11:03,451 over all of the city, and I 4152 02:11:03,451 --> 02:11:05,386 think what we are trying to get 4153 02:11:05,386 --> 02:11:07,550 to is an understanding of why 4154 02:11:07,550 --> 02:11:08,656 this is occurring and what 4155 02:11:08,656 --> 02:11:09,557 controls we have as a city to 4156 02:11:09,557 --> 02:11:09,857 change that, and I don 4157 02:11:09,857 --> 02:11:10,240 t think 4158 02:11:10,240 --> 02:11:11,759 it 4159 02:11:11,759 --> 02:11:13,428 s going to take an entire 4160 02:11:13,428 --> 02:11:14,995 city review to understand some 4161 02:11:14,995 --> 02:11:17,990 of that scale of control that 4162 02:11:17,990 --> 02:11:18,433 we MAY be able to differently 4163 02:11:18,433 --> 02:11:19,100 impose, so just trying to see 4164 02:11:19,100 --> 02:11:19,734 down the road, what are we 4165 02:11:19,734 --> 02:11:20,100 trying to get to? We 4166 02:11:20,100 --> 02:11:20,902 re trying 4167 02:11:20,902 --> 02:11:21,970 to get to a situation 4168 02:11:21,970 --> 02:11:24,105 where we as council are able to 4169 02:11:24,105 --> 02:11:25,874 do something differently about 4170 02:11:25,874 --> 02:11:27,175 the circumstances and with 4171 02:11:27,175 --> 02:11:28,176 enough data and information we 4172 02:11:28,176 --> 02:11:28,421 MAY be able to determine that. 4173 02:11:28,421 --> 02:11:29,410 I don 4174 02:11:29,410 --> 02:11:31,445 t know that we need a 4175 02:11:31,445 --> 02:11:32,713 full vacancy count of the city 4176 02:11:32,713 --> 02:11:33,916 or that that is the thing that 4177 02:11:33,916 --> 02:11:34,616 will become helpful to our 4178 02:11:34,616 --> 02:11:35,951 information. Is that making 4179 02:11:35,951 --> 02:11:36,785 sense? Am I saying that well, 4180 02:11:36,785 --> 02:11:37,119 like anything like market 4181 02:11:37,119 --> 02:11:37,953 research, it 4182 02:11:37,953 --> 02:11:40,353 s, you know, you 4183 02:11:40,755 --> 02:11:44,955 can,, you can take a sample of 4184 02:11:45,920 --> 02:11:45,593 that, um, and, and project, um, 4185 02:11:45,593 --> 02:11:46,828 if you 4186 02:11:46,828 --> 02:11:49,228 re comfortable with that 4187 02:11:49,397 --> 02:11:51,199 sample, um, and, and it should 4188 02:11:51,199 --> 02:11:51,767 be scientifically done and not 4189 02:11:51,767 --> 02:11:53,767 like 4190 02:11:54,269 --> 02:11:56,305 not an engaged, uh, you know, 4191 02:11:56,305 --> 02:11:58,273 um, online survey that anybody 4192 02:11:58,273 --> 02:12:01,510 can can answer. Uh, we should 4193 02:12:01,510 --> 02:12:02,810 make sure that it is, you know, 4194 02:12:02,810 --> 02:12:04,646 residents and and business 4195 02:12:04,646 --> 02:12:06,147 people that are that are 4196 02:12:06,147 --> 02:12:08,820 responding from the city. 4197 02:12:08,820 --> 02:12:10,152 Were there any other comments 4198 02:12:10,152 --> 02:12:10,322 from my colleagues? Um, so yeah, 4199 02:12:10,322 --> 02:12:12,322 I 4200 02:12:12,921 --> 02:12:13,488 m, it sounds like the 4201 02:12:13,488 --> 02:12:14,289 direction that we 4202 02:12:14,289 --> 02:12:16,124 re getting 4203 02:12:16,124 --> 02:12:17,326 towards is to not maybe follow 4204 02:12:17,326 --> 02:12:19,227 what is directly outlined in 4205 02:12:19,227 --> 02:12:21,162 this report, but ask staff to 4206 02:12:21,162 --> 02:12:24,162 come back with something that 4207 02:12:24,833 --> 02:12:27,203 would help us better assess 4208 02:12:27,203 --> 02:12:29,138 vacant residential units and 4209 02:12:29,138 --> 02:12:30,772 commercial units without maybe 4210 02:12:30,772 --> 02:12:32,374 a whole citywide approach to 4211 02:12:32,374 --> 02:12:34,943 that, but some sort of 4212 02:12:34,943 --> 02:12:35,944 mechanism that we can use to or 4213 02:12:35,944 --> 02:12:36,144 to capture the information 4214 02:12:36,144 --> 02:12:36,879 that 4215 02:12:36,879 --> 02:12:37,879 s happening potentially 4216 02:12:37,879 --> 02:12:39,448 from community 4217 02:12:39,448 --> 02:12:41,283 you know, outreach to us as a 4218 02:12:41,283 --> 02:12:42,517 city and then staff can pursue 4219 02:12:42,517 --> 02:12:43,651 that and 4220 02:12:43,651 --> 02:12:43,818 look into that more. Yeah, and 4221 02:12:43,818 --> 02:12:45,554 I 4222 02:12:45,554 --> 02:12:48,230 m happy to work with them if 4223 02:12:48,230 --> 02:12:48,657 they want to bounce ideas off 4224 02:12:48,657 --> 02:12:49,491 me. That, that 4225 02:12:49,491 --> 02:12:49,658 s fine. Ok, and 4226 02:12:49,658 --> 02:12:50,492 you 4227 02:12:50,492 --> 02:12:51,827 re supportive of that vice 4228 02:12:51,827 --> 02:12:53,829 mayor. Is that ok? 4229 02:12:53,829 --> 02:12:55,431 Any 4230 02:12:55,431 --> 02:12:57,431 disagreementer, yeah, city 4231 02:12:59,168 --> 02:13:00,902 manager, just to go back to the 4232 02:13:00,902 --> 02:13:01,771 timing aspect um so it 4233 02:13:01,771 --> 02:13:03,606 s stated 4234 02:13:03,606 --> 02:13:04,740 in the staff analysis section 4235 02:13:04,740 --> 02:13:05,107 right now, as you all have said, 4236 02:13:05,107 --> 02:13:05,942 we don 4237 02:13:05,942 --> 02:13:07,760 t have a current 4238 02:13:07,760 --> 02:13:08,310 mechanism and so that would 4239 02:13:08,310 --> 02:13:08,480 have to be developed and that 4240 02:13:08,480 --> 02:13:10,412 s 4241 02:13:10,412 --> 02:13:12,982 going to take some time. Um, as 4242 02:13:12,982 --> 02:13:15,117 stated in the staff analysis 4243 02:13:15,117 --> 02:13:16,785 that section this will be part 4244 02:13:16,785 --> 02:13:18,822 of the work plan for fiscal 4245 02:13:18,822 --> 02:13:19,550 year 2027. So at that time we 4246 02:13:19,550 --> 02:13:21,550 d 4247 02:13:22,659 --> 02:13:24,827 come back with the mechanism, 4248 02:13:24,827 --> 02:13:27,227 the only problem with 4249 02:13:27,263 --> 02:13:27,431 that is that, you know, we 4250 02:13:27,431 --> 02:13:29,431 re 4251 02:13:29,699 --> 02:13:32,340 talking about changing our 4252 02:13:32,340 --> 02:13:33,902 zoning over across the entire 4253 02:13:33,902 --> 02:13:35,902 city possibly, possibly. 4254 02:13:36,439 --> 02:13:39,275 So, in order to do that, 4255 02:13:39,275 --> 02:13:39,642 realistically, and to to to do 4256 02:13:39,642 --> 02:13:40,443 something that 4257 02:13:40,443 --> 02:13:42,843 s fair, you know, 4258 02:13:43,112 --> 02:13:45,782 you really need to have an idea 4259 02:13:45,782 --> 02:13:47,550 of what the existing condition 4260 02:13:47,550 --> 02:13:48,951 is. So I, I 4261 02:13:48,951 --> 02:13:49,218 m just concerned 4262 02:13:49,218 --> 02:13:50,753 that that 4263 02:13:50,753 --> 02:13:53,288 s not going to, you 4264 02:13:53,288 --> 02:13:56,888 know, in some ways, maybe it 4265 02:13:57,327 --> 02:13:59,829 will help, you know, counsel 4266 02:13:59,829 --> 02:14:00,396 and in 2040, but it 4267 02:14:00,396 --> 02:14:02,396 s not going 4268 02:14:02,799 --> 02:14:03,666 to help us with direction for 4269 02:14:03,666 --> 02:14:04,333 policies that we 4270 02:14:04,333 --> 02:14:05,368 re making 4271 02:14:05,368 --> 02:14:08,871 you know, this year and next 4272 02:14:08,871 --> 02:14:10,639 year, but if I MAY, the zip 4273 02:14:10,639 --> 02:14:11,775 zoning improvement program is a 4274 02:14:11,775 --> 02:14:13,510 mandate under our housing 4275 02:14:13,510 --> 02:14:14,878 element, which is part of a 4276 02:14:14,878 --> 02:14:17,278 state, a statewide requirement 4277 02:14:17,981 --> 02:14:21,840 for us as a city. That 4278 02:14:21,840 --> 02:14:22,418 requirement includes 3,966 new 4279 02:14:22,418 --> 02:14:22,619 units of building. It doesn 4280 02:14:22,619 --> 02:14:24,220 t 4281 02:14:24,220 --> 02:14:25,488 say that we can apply existing 4282 02:14:25,488 --> 02:14:27,230 units that happen to be found 4283 02:14:27,230 --> 02:14:28,859 vacant towards that count. It 4284 02:14:28,859 --> 02:14:31,940 is about new I understand that, 4285 02:14:31,940 --> 02:14:33,897 but it also will, it would help 4286 02:14:33,897 --> 02:14:36,900 us to know where they are 4287 02:14:36,900 --> 02:14:39,135 and, and what and what 4288 02:14:39,135 --> 02:14:40,337 affordability level they are, 4289 02:14:40,337 --> 02:14:41,971 because even though we have 4290 02:14:41,971 --> 02:14:42,138 requirements from the state, I 4291 02:14:42,138 --> 02:14:43,306 don 4292 02:14:43,306 --> 02:14:44,741 t know. I think we have, we 4293 02:14:44,741 --> 02:14:46,210 know our city better than our 4294 02:14:46,210 --> 02:14:47,511 state does, or, or we should 4295 02:14:47,511 --> 02:14:50,380 want to know our city better 4296 02:14:50,380 --> 02:14:51,615 than our state does, that we 4297 02:14:51,615 --> 02:14:53,830 should have that information. 4298 02:14:53,830 --> 02:14:56,319 We should, we should be able to 4299 02:14:56,319 --> 02:14:58,388 say, you know, we have enough 4300 02:14:58,388 --> 02:15:00,190 luxury units 4301 02:15:00,190 --> 02:15:00,390 10% of them are vacant because 4302 02:15:00,390 --> 02:15:02,390 they 4303 02:15:02,659 --> 02:15:05,463 re waiting for a $4500 a 4304 02:15:05,463 --> 02:15:07,665 month rent to come around, um, 4305 02:15:07,665 --> 02:15:09,366 but we have a shortage of 4306 02:15:09,366 --> 02:15:11,902 affordable housing. So, I mean, 4307 02:15:11,902 --> 02:15:13,937 I just, I just think we, we 4308 02:15:13,937 --> 02:15:14,871 needed to inform our policies 4309 02:15:14,871 --> 02:15:15,339 moving forward. That 4310 02:15:15,339 --> 02:15:15,492 s, that 4311 02:15:15,492 --> 02:15:17,240 s 4312 02:15:17,240 --> 02:15:17,407 the bottom line for me. And I 4313 02:15:17,407 --> 02:15:17,974 don 4314 02:15:17,974 --> 02:15:18,241 t disagree with that. I 4315 02:15:18,241 --> 02:15:18,942 just don 4316 02:15:18,942 --> 02:15:20,610 t want it to get 4317 02:15:20,610 --> 02:15:21,746 conflated with the aim of Zip 4318 02:15:21,746 --> 02:15:22,613 and where that 4319 02:15:22,613 --> 02:15:24,613 s coming from 4320 02:15:24,615 --> 02:15:25,783 because that is about 4321 02:15:25,783 --> 02:15:26,650 recognizing the state 4322 02:15:26,650 --> 02:15:27,685 s overall 4323 02:15:27,685 --> 02:15:27,985 housing shortage, the region 4324 02:15:27,985 --> 02:15:28,252 s 4325 02:15:28,252 --> 02:15:29,353 overall 4326 02:15:29,353 --> 02:15:31,254 housing shortage, which is in 4327 02:15:31,254 --> 02:15:32,956 the 600 thousands of units. So 4328 02:15:32,956 --> 02:15:34,458 regardless of how many units we 4329 02:15:34,458 --> 02:15:35,826 MAY find vacant in this city, 4330 02:15:35,826 --> 02:15:37,928 that context still exists in 4331 02:15:37,928 --> 02:15:39,130 the bigger region and so I do 4332 02:15:39,130 --> 02:15:40,998 agree that it is important to 4333 02:15:40,998 --> 02:15:42,833 have an understanding of what 4334 02:15:42,833 --> 02:15:44,835 is creating the long term 4335 02:15:44,835 --> 02:15:46,570 vacancies in some of these 4336 02:15:46,570 --> 02:15:48,380 residential properties, and my 4337 02:15:48,380 --> 02:15:49,106 guess is it has largely to do 4338 02:15:49,106 --> 02:15:50,641 with the decision making of 4339 02:15:50,641 --> 02:15:51,942 property owners and some of 4340 02:15:51,942 --> 02:15:53,644 their poor decision making 4341 02:15:53,644 --> 02:15:54,144 processes and, you know, 4342 02:15:54,144 --> 02:15:55,112 selfishness that isn 4343 02:15:55,112 --> 02:15:56,514 t 4344 02:15:56,514 --> 02:15:57,749 contributing to the larger 4345 02:15:57,749 --> 02:15:58,549 beneficial, you know, what 4346 02:15:58,549 --> 02:15:59,751 s happening in the city in a 4347 02:15:59,751 --> 02:15:59,951 beneficial way, but I don 4348 02:15:59,951 --> 02:16:00,918 t 4349 02:16:00,918 --> 02:16:01,852 know that that is something 4350 02:16:01,852 --> 02:16:03,587 that we should think about when 4351 02:16:03,587 --> 02:16:04,689 it comes to zip and the zoning 4352 02:16:04,689 --> 02:16:05,790 improvement process. It just, 4353 02:16:05,790 --> 02:16:06,824 they should be kept separate 4354 02:16:06,824 --> 02:16:07,570 and I want to say that for the 4355 02:16:07,570 --> 02:16:08,125 public 4356 02:16:08,125 --> 02:16:08,292 s knowledge too, so 4357 02:16:08,292 --> 02:16:10,292 we 4358 02:16:10,461 --> 02:16:13,630 re not conflating this idea 4359 02:16:13,630 --> 02:16:14,199 of enough vacancy existing to 4360 02:16:14,199 --> 02:16:16,367 account for the housing that we 4361 02:16:16,367 --> 02:16:18,767 need to account for. 4362 02:16:19,837 --> 02:16:24,370 I, I agree with you, Mayor, but 4363 02:16:24,750 --> 02:16:26,176 I also think this is an issue 4364 02:16:26,176 --> 02:16:26,510 certainly for people in Wendy 4365 02:16:26,510 --> 02:16:26,844 s 4366 02:16:26,844 --> 02:16:27,979 building. It 4367 02:16:27,979 --> 02:16:29,647 s a crisis in that 4368 02:16:29,647 --> 02:16:31,883 building, and we need to get to 4369 02:16:31,883 --> 02:16:34,386 the bottom of it, and with 4370 02:16:34,386 --> 02:16:36,621 respect to commercial vacancies, 4371 02:16:36,621 --> 02:16:38,189 we, we need to address the 4372 02:16:38,189 --> 02:16:41,189 areas where there have been 4373 02:16:41,759 --> 02:16:43,694 long term vacancies that um 4374 02:16:43,694 --> 02:16:45,696 adversely impact the vitality 4375 02:16:45,696 --> 02:16:47,331 of our community. Laura was 4376 02:16:47,331 --> 02:16:50,302 kind enough to email me 4377 02:16:50,302 --> 02:16:53,902 or send me the current vacancy 4378 02:16:56,408 --> 02:16:59,408 rate, which is about 10.5 for 4379 02:16:59,911 --> 02:17:02,113 retail 12.7 for office, so it 4380 02:17:02,113 --> 02:17:03,881 has come down from the last 4381 02:17:03,881 --> 02:17:07,686 report we saw. I know that we 4382 02:17:07,686 --> 02:17:10,155 made some changes to the 4383 02:17:10,155 --> 02:17:12,524 Pacific Design Center, Master 4384 02:17:12,524 --> 02:17:16,124 plan to help address some of 4385 02:17:16,294 --> 02:17:17,996 the office vacancies at their 4386 02:17:17,996 --> 02:17:19,996 facilities, um 4387 02:17:19,998 --> 02:17:21,866 and clearly we need to keep 4388 02:17:21,866 --> 02:17:23,702 working at it, but our vacancy 4389 02:17:23,702 --> 02:17:26,438 rates for the commercial and 4390 02:17:26,438 --> 02:17:28,240 retail are not that out of line 4391 02:17:28,240 --> 02:17:28,440 with other communities that 4392 02:17:28,440 --> 02:17:29,274 doesn 4393 02:17:29,274 --> 02:17:29,574 t mean that there aren 4394 02:17:29,574 --> 02:17:31,574 t 4395 02:17:32,244 --> 02:17:34,146 areas that are of significant 4396 02:17:34,146 --> 02:17:36,248 concern as well as properties 4397 02:17:36,248 --> 02:17:39,183 that seem to be kept off the 4398 02:17:39,183 --> 02:17:40,718 market for long periods of time 4399 02:17:40,718 --> 02:17:43,255 that creates problems for the 4400 02:17:43,255 --> 02:17:44,590 community. So I, I agree with 4401 02:17:44,590 --> 02:17:45,991 Councilmember Meister that we 4402 02:17:45,991 --> 02:17:46,859 need to try to move this 4403 02:17:46,859 --> 02:17:48,627 forward as quickly 4404 02:17:48,627 --> 02:17:49,861 as possible. Councilor Erickson, 4405 02:17:49,861 --> 02:17:51,263 and I just think the ultimate 4406 02:17:51,263 --> 02:17:52,797 thing that we have to realize 4407 02:17:52,797 --> 02:17:54,166 is that people are sitting on 4408 02:17:54,166 --> 02:17:54,332 vacant properties just because 4409 02:17:54,332 --> 02:17:55,767 it 4410 02:17:55,767 --> 02:17:58,360 s cheaper to keep building 4411 02:17:58,360 --> 02:17:59,505 vacant than it is to actually 4412 02:17:59,505 --> 02:18:01,907 put people in it most of the 4413 02:18:01,907 --> 02:18:03,809 time and when we see a lot of 4414 02:18:03,809 --> 02:18:05,777 the vacancy tax conversations 4415 02:18:05,777 --> 02:18:07,646 and as we have kind of talked 4416 02:18:07,646 --> 02:18:08,747 about here multiple ways, um, 4417 02:18:08,747 --> 02:18:10,249 most of those costs on the 4418 02:18:10,249 --> 02:18:11,516 taxes get just passed through 4419 02:18:11,516 --> 02:18:13,618 to the other tenants as a 4420 02:18:13,618 --> 02:18:15,754 result. And so tenants actually 4421 02:18:15,754 --> 02:18:16,489 ended up paying more, um, and I, 4422 02:18:16,489 --> 02:18:17,356 and, 4423 02:18:17,356 --> 02:18:17,656 and you know, I don 4424 02:18:17,656 --> 02:18:19,656 t want to 4425 02:18:19,859 --> 02:18:20,860 call it my my friend Wendy, but 4426 02:18:20,860 --> 02:18:21,394 you know people aren 4427 02:18:21,394 --> 02:18:23,620 t moving 4428 02:18:23,620 --> 02:18:23,229 into her building, not because 4429 02:18:23,229 --> 02:18:24,763 it 4430 02:18:24,763 --> 02:18:26,598 s not, you know, a place 4431 02:18:26,598 --> 02:18:27,433 where you can live and be in 4432 02:18:27,433 --> 02:18:28,330 West Hollywood. It 4433 02:18:28,330 --> 02:18:28,233 s because 4434 02:18:28,233 --> 02:18:29,100 there 4435 02:18:29,100 --> 02:18:30,802 s 4436 02:18:30,802 --> 02:18:32,400 problems that I think have 4437 02:18:32,400 --> 02:18:32,938 persisted and thankfully with 4438 02:18:32,938 --> 02:18:34,307 her work in the neighborhood 4439 02:18:34,307 --> 02:18:35,374 watch and trying to improve our 4440 02:18:35,374 --> 02:18:36,575 street and the city needs to 4441 02:18:36,575 --> 02:18:37,109 play a part in that. It 4442 02:18:37,109 --> 02:18:38,644 s tried 4443 02:18:38,644 --> 02:18:40,212 to help the vitality of the 4444 02:18:40,212 --> 02:18:42,612 neighborhood, but her building 4445 02:18:43,150 --> 02:18:44,183 is more 4446 02:18:44,183 --> 02:18:45,985 uh costly just sitting there, 4447 02:18:45,985 --> 02:18:46,986 no matter if there are people 4448 02:18:46,986 --> 02:18:47,149 there or not, because it 4449 02:18:47,149 --> 02:18:49,149 s 4450 02:18:49,321 --> 02:18:50,990 worth a lot of money sitting 4451 02:18:50,990 --> 02:18:52,358 right below sunset, and having 4452 02:18:52,358 --> 02:18:53,926 people in there is one thing to 4453 02:18:53,926 --> 02:18:55,494 provide homes, but we aren 4454 02:18:55,494 --> 02:18:57,494 t 4455 02:18:58,300 --> 02:19:00,399 landlords are trying to cash in 4456 02:19:00,399 --> 02:19:02,334 on a lot of different ways and, 4457 02:19:02,334 --> 02:19:03,535 and frankly the the social good 4458 02:19:03,535 --> 02:19:03,702 of actually providing housing 4459 02:19:03,702 --> 02:19:05,204 isn 4460 02:19:05,204 --> 02:19:06,872 t being done and no matter 4461 02:19:06,872 --> 02:19:07,206 what they do. And so, you know, 4462 02:19:07,206 --> 02:19:08,140 I, I don 4463 02:19:08,140 --> 02:19:11,140 t want to place the 4464 02:19:11,978 --> 02:19:13,813 blame all on one entity, but 4465 02:19:13,813 --> 02:19:15,848 rents are too high and the 4466 02:19:15,848 --> 02:19:18,384 state is the one that controls 4467 02:19:18,384 --> 02:19:20,153 a lot of commercial as well as 4468 02:19:20,153 --> 02:19:20,353 residential rent restrictions. 4469 02:19:20,353 --> 02:19:21,921 That 4470 02:19:21,921 --> 02:19:23,989 s why we need to overturn 4471 02:19:23,989 --> 02:19:25,691 Costa Hawans, the Ellis Act, 4472 02:19:25,691 --> 02:19:28,910 and advocate for continued 4473 02:19:28,461 --> 02:19:30,496 commercial lease, uh, rental. 4474 02:19:30,496 --> 02:19:31,331 Uh, ways in which we can adopt 4475 02:19:31,331 --> 02:19:31,495 those locally. So and that 4476 02:19:31,495 --> 02:19:32,799 s 4477 02:19:32,799 --> 02:19:35,340 never going to change until the 4478 02:19:35,340 --> 02:19:35,268 state actually moves. 4479 02:19:35,268 --> 02:19:36,502 What I 4480 02:19:36,502 --> 02:19:38,104 m hearing from staff is 4481 02:19:38,104 --> 02:19:39,939 that the soonest this would be 4482 02:19:39,939 --> 02:19:40,539 able to move forward is 2027, 4483 02:19:40,539 --> 02:19:41,907 but you 4484 02:19:41,907 --> 02:19:43,342 re requesting it move 4485 02:19:43,342 --> 02:19:46,942 sooner. How, how do we square 4486 02:19:48,381 --> 02:19:50,381 that? 4487 02:19:51,818 --> 02:19:53,920 Maybe we, we refer it to our 4488 02:19:53,920 --> 02:19:56,320 budget subcommittee and asked 4489 02:19:56,656 --> 02:19:59,559 the city manager to look at 4490 02:19:59,559 --> 02:20:02,162 this in the context of the 4491 02:20:02,162 --> 02:20:03,530 other programs and ask our 4492 02:20:03,530 --> 02:20:05,930 budget subcommittee if there 4493 02:20:05,999 --> 02:20:08,999 are ways to expedite this. 4494 02:20:09,135 --> 02:20:09,369 But it does sound like there 4495 02:20:09,369 --> 02:20:10,837 s 4496 02:20:10,837 --> 02:20:13,373 agreement by everyone on the 4497 02:20:13,373 --> 02:20:14,340 council that this is valuable 4498 02:20:14,340 --> 02:20:17,340 information that we need to 4499 02:20:18,712 --> 02:20:20,714 gather, um, and how quickly we 4500 02:20:20,714 --> 02:20:24,417 can do that depends a lot on 4501 02:20:24,417 --> 02:20:24,579 our other priorities. So, um, I, 4502 02:20:24,579 --> 02:20:25,485 I 4503 02:20:25,485 --> 02:20:27,530 m at least expressing the 4504 02:20:27,530 --> 02:20:29,723 view that we should try to move 4505 02:20:29,723 --> 02:20:31,240 it forward as quickly as 4506 02:20:31,240 --> 02:20:32,158 possible, but rather than 4507 02:20:32,158 --> 02:20:34,158 trying to 4508 02:20:34,194 --> 02:20:35,662 prioritize it with our other 4509 02:20:35,662 --> 02:20:35,863 priorities right now. Maybe 4510 02:20:35,863 --> 02:20:37,640 that 4511 02:20:37,640 --> 02:20:39,466 s the appropriate way to 4512 02:20:39,466 --> 02:20:40,634 move this forward tonight. 4513 02:20:40,634 --> 02:20:40,834 Councilor Meister, you 4514 02:20:40,834 --> 02:20:42,135 re in 4515 02:20:42,135 --> 02:20:43,537 agreement. Any, ok. 4516 02:20:43,537 --> 02:20:47,137 Are there any other comments or 4517 02:20:52,946 --> 02:20:54,946 questions? 4518 02:20:55,383 --> 02:20:56,550 Do you have clarity on the 4519 02:20:56,550 --> 02:20:58,619 direction and the motion, City 4520 02:20:58,619 --> 02:21:01,188 clerk. Yes, Mayor. So this will 4521 02:21:01,188 --> 02:21:03,123 be, um 4522 02:21:03,123 --> 02:21:05,159 deliberated with our budget 4523 02:21:05,159 --> 02:21:07,559 subcommittee to expedite the 4524 02:21:08,195 --> 02:21:09,429 process, um, and we are all in 4525 02:21:09,429 --> 02:21:10,764 agreement. The council is in 4526 02:21:10,764 --> 02:21:13,000 agreement that this needs to 4527 02:21:13,000 --> 02:21:15,135 move forward, yeah, to discuss 4528 02:21:15,135 --> 02:21:17,710 avenues for expediting. 4529 02:21:17,710 --> 02:21:18,606 And this meaning some rever 4530 02:21:18,606 --> 02:21:20,474 yeah, potential version of a 4531 02:21:20,474 --> 02:21:23,474 mechanism, not yeah, this is 4532 02:21:25,646 --> 02:21:27,848 the report was given. Great. 4533 02:21:27,848 --> 02:21:28,230 I think the city attorney. Oh, 4534 02:21:28,230 --> 02:21:29,784 I 4535 02:21:29,784 --> 02:21:32,784 m so sorry I was 4536 02:21:33,654 --> 02:21:36,540 Yeah, I, yeah, ok. 4537 02:21:37,124 --> 02:21:39,527 Ok, thank you. Um, well, item 4 4538 02:21:39,527 --> 02:21:39,694 or f6 was moved to consent. 4539 02:21:39,694 --> 02:21:41,629 We 4540 02:21:41,629 --> 02:21:42,630 re on item f7, and I believe 4541 02:21:42,630 --> 02:21:44,310 Councilmember Meister, you had 4542 02:21:44,310 --> 02:21:46,340 some questions on this item, 4543 02:21:46,340 --> 02:21:47,100 and I see a public commenter. 4544 02:21:47,100 --> 02:21:49,437 Was that correct, Anita? Did 4545 02:21:49,437 --> 02:21:51,372 you sign up to speak on this? 4546 02:21:51,372 --> 02:21:52,373 Do you want to allow public 4547 02:21:52,373 --> 02:21:54,609 comment. Anita Goswami, please 4548 02:21:54,609 --> 02:21:58,209 come up for your public comment. 4549 02:21:58,479 --> 02:22:00,414 Hi there, Anita Kiswami, 4550 02:22:00,414 --> 02:22:02,816 longtime resident, uh, I agree 4551 02:22:02,816 --> 02:22:04,352 with the person who submitted 4552 02:22:04,352 --> 02:22:04,521 public comment against this. I 4553 02:22:04,521 --> 02:22:05,954 don 4554 02:22:05,954 --> 02:22:07,255 t want my city to taxes 4555 02:22:07,255 --> 02:22:10,580 going for this. West Hollywood 4556 02:22:10,580 --> 02:22:10,658 is the city that was built on 4557 02:22:10,658 --> 02:22:11,759 activism. That 4558 02:22:11,759 --> 02:22:13,461 s exactly what 4559 02:22:13,461 --> 02:22:13,961 we did. This is how we started. 4560 02:22:13,961 --> 02:22:15,196 I 4561 02:22:15,196 --> 02:22:16,998 ve been around since the 4562 02:22:16,998 --> 02:22:17,298 early days of West Hollywood. 4563 02:22:17,298 --> 02:22:18,799 We don 4564 02:22:18,799 --> 02:22:20,401 t need to go elsewhere 4565 02:22:20,401 --> 02:22:21,837 for this. Um, one of the things 4566 02:22:21,837 --> 02:22:22,204 that I feel is if our city 4567 02:22:22,204 --> 02:22:24,204 s 4568 02:22:24,639 --> 02:22:25,840 leadership feels they need to 4569 02:22:25,840 --> 02:22:26,942 network and connect 4570 02:22:26,942 --> 02:22:27,342 more if you need to be out 4571 02:22:27,342 --> 02:22:27,775 there, and that 4572 02:22:27,775 --> 02:22:28,843 s what you 4573 02:22:28,843 --> 02:22:29,511 think is important for your 4574 02:22:29,511 --> 02:22:29,977 career, and that 4575 02:22:29,977 --> 02:22:31,813 s what you 4576 02:22:31,813 --> 02:22:33,414 think is important for you 4577 02:22:33,414 --> 02:22:35,490 personally. Have those 4578 02:22:35,490 --> 02:22:36,217 organizations like Neroots come 4579 02:22:36,217 --> 02:22:36,551 to West Hollywood. We 4580 02:22:36,551 --> 02:22:38,187 ve got 4581 02:22:38,187 --> 02:22:38,620 plenty of hotel space. We 4582 02:22:38,620 --> 02:22:39,855 ve 4583 02:22:39,855 --> 02:22:41,123 got great conference space. 4584 02:22:41,123 --> 02:22:42,591 Come here and hold your 4585 02:22:42,591 --> 02:22:43,325 conference. You can all go and 4586 02:22:43,325 --> 02:22:44,580 do that there. That 4587 02:22:44,580 --> 02:22:46,580 s, you know, 4588 02:22:46,862 --> 02:22:48,129 and then you can go and do that 4589 02:22:48,129 --> 02:22:48,463 networking here locally. I 4590 02:22:48,463 --> 02:22:49,531 think that 4591 02:22:49,531 --> 02:22:51,766 s something that we 4592 02:22:51,766 --> 02:22:53,801 should really look at 4593 02:22:53,801 --> 02:22:55,360 encouraging and promoting that 4594 02:22:55,360 --> 02:22:55,905 this is what West Hollywood 4595 02:22:55,905 --> 02:22:57,506 does. Um, 4596 02:22:57,506 --> 02:22:58,907 also, I strongly review, 4597 02:22:58,907 --> 02:23:00,642 reviewing that list of 4598 02:23:00,642 --> 02:23:02,311 organizations on a, on, um, a 4599 02:23:02,311 --> 02:23:04,346 regular basis as far as who 4600 02:23:04,346 --> 02:23:05,380 went, what funds were spent, 4601 02:23:05,380 --> 02:23:07,150 because when I went to 4602 02:23:07,150 --> 02:23:08,850 conferences, I had to submit a 4603 02:23:08,850 --> 02:23:11,860 report of what I accomplished, 4604 02:23:11,860 --> 02:23:12,820 whom I met, and the benefits to 4605 02:23:12,820 --> 02:23:14,423 my funding organization. And I 4606 02:23:14,423 --> 02:23:14,957 think for all of these, like 4607 02:23:14,957 --> 02:23:15,891 whether it 4608 02:23:15,891 --> 02:23:17,159 s Netroots Nation, 4609 02:23:17,159 --> 02:23:18,427 any of these kinds of 4610 02:23:18,427 --> 02:23:20,950 organizations that I see there 4611 02:23:20,950 --> 02:23:21,864 because I was looking at, I was 4612 02:23:21,864 --> 02:23:23,832 looking at them and looking at 4613 02:23:23,832 --> 02:23:25,233 their conferences. Ok, if West 4614 02:23:25,233 --> 02:23:25,500 Hollywood is paying for those, 4615 02:23:25,500 --> 02:23:25,667 then 4616 02:23:25,667 --> 02:23:26,401 let 4617 02:23:26,401 --> 02:23:28,360 s look at what kind of 4618 02:23:28,360 --> 02:23:29,638 benefit that we are getting for 4619 02:23:29,638 --> 02:23:30,538 that. Um, 4620 02:23:30,538 --> 02:23:32,641 I appreciate your time. Thank 4621 02:23:32,641 --> 02:23:33,676 you. 4622 02:23:33,676 --> 02:23:35,676 Councilmember Meister. Yeah, 4623 02:23:36,110 --> 02:23:39,611 and this is just a general 4624 02:23:39,681 --> 02:23:41,450 question, not necessarily um 4625 02:23:41,450 --> 02:23:42,117 directed at Neroots, uh, 4626 02:23:42,117 --> 02:23:42,518 although I don 4627 02:23:42,518 --> 02:23:44,518 t really know 4628 02:23:46,955 --> 02:23:49,625 what they do, but um so it says 4629 02:23:49,625 --> 02:23:49,992 in the staff report that um you 4630 02:23:49,992 --> 02:23:50,826 know, it 4631 02:23:50,826 --> 02:23:51,828 s a nonprofit 4632 02:23:51,828 --> 02:23:53,729 organization that provides 4633 02:23:53,729 --> 02:23:55,300 training resources and 4634 02:23:55,300 --> 02:23:56,832 networking opportunities. My 4635 02:23:56,832 --> 02:23:58,901 question, I guess, is to this 4636 02:23:58,901 --> 02:23:59,610 maybe the city attorney is that 4637 02:23:59,610 --> 02:24:01,610 I 4638 02:24:02,237 --> 02:24:03,839 ve always been under the um 4639 02:24:03,839 --> 02:24:04,100 assumption that we, or I 4640 02:24:04,100 --> 02:24:04,806 ve 4641 02:24:04,806 --> 02:24:05,440 been told that we 4642 02:24:05,440 --> 02:24:05,675 re, we can 4643 02:24:05,675 --> 02:24:07,675 t 4644 02:24:10,460 --> 02:24:11,714 say, for example, take classes, 4645 02:24:11,714 --> 02:24:11,881 educational classes because 4646 02:24:11,881 --> 02:24:13,881 it 4647 02:24:14,283 --> 02:24:14,450 s for, for public officials, 4648 02:24:14,450 --> 02:24:16,118 it 4649 02:24:16,118 --> 02:24:18,420 s considered a gift of 4650 02:24:18,420 --> 02:24:20,422 public funds. So why we 4651 02:24:20,422 --> 02:24:22,910 training at a conference be any 4652 02:24:22,910 --> 02:24:24,660 different than being able to 4653 02:24:24,660 --> 02:24:27,931 take a class at ucla or 4654 02:24:27,931 --> 02:24:29,432 something. Uh, in, in land use 4655 02:24:29,432 --> 02:24:30,320 or something that 4656 02:24:30,320 --> 02:24:31,701 s that 4657 02:24:31,701 --> 02:24:33,369 applies to, you know, 4658 02:24:33,369 --> 02:24:35,404 being a, being a public 4659 02:24:35,404 --> 02:24:36,739 official at a in a city, which 4660 02:24:36,739 --> 02:24:38,574 you can do for the benefits 4661 02:24:38,574 --> 02:24:40,276 that you get as a city 4662 02:24:40,276 --> 02:24:41,278 councilmemb thanks to the 4663 02:24:41,278 --> 02:24:41,444 organizational standards that 4664 02:24:41,444 --> 02:24:42,545 we 4665 02:24:42,545 --> 02:24:43,546 ve approved. So you actually 4666 02:24:43,546 --> 02:24:44,981 do get to take those 4667 02:24:44,981 --> 02:24:45,181 educational classes for free. 4668 02:24:45,181 --> 02:24:45,515 That 4669 02:24:45,515 --> 02:24:46,150 s, that 4670 02:24:46,150 --> 02:24:46,175 s not what I 4671 02:24:46,175 --> 02:24:47,450 ve 4672 02:24:47,450 --> 02:24:48,417 been told. Well, I helped 4673 02:24:48,417 --> 02:24:50,530 negotiate that when I was a 4674 02:24:50,530 --> 02:24:51,254 Labor PRESIDENT. I think staff 4675 02:24:51,254 --> 02:24:51,821 can do it, but I don 4676 02:24:51,821 --> 02:24:53,821 t know 4677 02:24:53,923 --> 02:24:54,850 that counsel can 4678 02:24:54,850 --> 02:24:55,858 I 4679 02:24:55,858 --> 02:24:57,860 ll leave it to the city 4680 02:24:57,860 --> 02:24:59,290 attorney training classes and 4681 02:24:59,290 --> 02:25:00,530 conferences that have 4682 02:25:00,530 --> 02:25:00,797 educational components to them. 4683 02:25:00,797 --> 02:25:01,932 I don 4684 02:25:01,932 --> 02:25:03,199 t know exactly the 4685 02:25:03,199 --> 02:25:04,634 specific classes that you 4686 02:25:04,634 --> 02:25:06,936 wanted to take at different 4687 02:25:06,936 --> 02:25:08,400 educational um 4688 02:25:08,400 --> 02:25:08,471 facilities that I, I 4689 02:25:08,471 --> 02:25:10,306 m not 4690 02:25:10,306 --> 02:25:11,441 familiar with that issue having 4691 02:25:11,441 --> 02:25:13,441 come up before. 4692 02:25:13,443 --> 02:25:14,610 I, I know I, I 4693 02:25:14,610 --> 02:25:17,100 m sorry, just as 4694 02:25:17,447 --> 02:25:20,183 an example, as soon as I became 4695 02:25:20,183 --> 02:25:20,717 a councilmember, I participated 4696 02:25:20,717 --> 02:25:22,352 in usc 4697 02:25:22,352 --> 02:25:24,120 s executive leadership 4698 02:25:24,120 --> 02:25:25,755 curriculum, which is a program 4699 02:25:25,755 --> 02:25:27,123 for elected officials out of 4700 02:25:27,123 --> 02:25:28,691 usc, but that was paid for by 4701 02:25:28,691 --> 02:25:29,893 the city in order to help 4702 02:25:29,893 --> 02:25:31,427 support my leadership on this 4703 02:25:31,427 --> 02:25:32,628 council, and I think a number 4704 02:25:32,628 --> 02:25:34,264 of the conferences that we 4705 02:25:34,264 --> 02:25:35,833 attend have that sort of baked 4706 02:25:35,833 --> 02:25:37,467 in training and education as 4707 02:25:37,467 --> 02:25:38,869 part of what it means to serve 4708 02:25:38,869 --> 02:25:40,237 your role in the city, and I 4709 02:25:40,237 --> 02:25:41,805 think the opportunity of going 4710 02:25:41,805 --> 02:25:42,606 to a conference wherever it MAY 4711 02:25:42,606 --> 02:25:44,700 be 4712 02:25:44,700 --> 02:25:45,175 is about helping bring back 4713 02:25:45,175 --> 02:25:45,341 things to the city as I think 4714 02:25:45,341 --> 02:25:46,710 we 4715 02:25:46,710 --> 02:25:48,211 ve done in many cases here, 4716 02:25:48,211 --> 02:25:49,312 which is why I would support, 4717 02:25:49,312 --> 02:25:50,815 you know, bringing more 4718 02:25:50,815 --> 02:25:53,830 opportunities to this body and 4719 02:25:53,830 --> 02:25:55,552 the future bodies. Ok, well, I 4720 02:25:55,552 --> 02:25:56,754 was then I either misunderstood 4721 02:25:56,754 --> 02:25:57,921 was given wrong information 4722 02:25:57,921 --> 02:26:00,757 when I first became a 4723 02:26:00,757 --> 02:26:03,157 councilmember. I asked if 4724 02:26:03,727 --> 02:26:05,829 counsel was allowed to get 4725 02:26:05,829 --> 02:26:06,930 tuition reimbursement, ok? And 4726 02:26:06,930 --> 02:26:07,364 I was told no, that it 4727 02:26:07,364 --> 02:26:08,599 s 4728 02:26:08,599 --> 02:26:09,467 considered a gift of public 4729 02:26:09,467 --> 02:26:10,835 funds. So that 4730 02:26:10,835 --> 02:26:11,350 s, that 4731 02:26:11,350 --> 02:26:11,469 s my 4732 02:26:11,469 --> 02:26:13,370 point. 4733 02:26:13,370 --> 02:26:16,440 I thought we were, but maybe I 4734 02:26:16,440 --> 02:26:18,840 can, you know, well 4735 02:26:19,900 --> 02:26:19,176 but, but not counsel. Hey, I 4736 02:26:19,176 --> 02:26:20,244 don 4737 02:26:20,244 --> 02:26:21,478 t believe councilmembs get 4738 02:26:21,478 --> 02:26:21,645 tuition reimbursement, but 4739 02:26:21,645 --> 02:26:23,447 we 4740 02:26:23,447 --> 02:26:23,780 ll verify that. But that 4741 02:26:23,780 --> 02:26:25,683 s 4742 02:26:25,683 --> 02:26:27,585 different than the training 4743 02:26:27,585 --> 02:26:29,186 that conferences and things for 4744 02:26:29,186 --> 02:26:29,346 the idea being that you 4745 02:26:29,346 --> 02:26:30,488 re 4746 02:26:30,488 --> 02:26:31,956 getting educated. The reason 4747 02:26:31,956 --> 02:26:34,158 you had to pay tuition for 4748 02:26:34,158 --> 02:26:37,758 something is to get educated in 4749 02:26:38,328 --> 02:26:41,264 an area, say, that is, that is, 4750 02:26:41,264 --> 02:26:41,431 um, you know, applies to what 4751 02:26:41,431 --> 02:26:43,431 we 4752 02:26:44,202 --> 02:26:45,903 re doing here and obviously 4753 02:26:45,903 --> 02:26:46,838 trainings at conferences and 4754 02:26:46,838 --> 02:26:48,773 conferences are not 4755 02:26:48,773 --> 02:26:49,940 cheap. Um, so that is my point. 4756 02:26:49,940 --> 02:26:51,940 Vice Mayor Heilman. 4757 02:26:52,843 --> 02:26:55,779 Yeah, the, the list of 4758 02:26:55,779 --> 02:26:58,779 organizations that we have is 4759 02:26:59,583 --> 02:27:01,519 quite long and it allows the 4760 02:27:01,519 --> 02:27:02,887 council members to go to 4761 02:27:02,887 --> 02:27:04,887 various organizations to 4762 02:27:04,956 --> 02:27:07,356 conferences where there are 4763 02:27:07,458 --> 02:27:09,360 workshops and training programs, 4764 02:27:09,360 --> 02:27:11,262 um, and there are, you know, as 4765 02:27:11,262 --> 02:27:13,497 you can see in the agenda item, 4766 02:27:13,497 --> 02:27:15,266 a number of different 4767 02:27:15,266 --> 02:27:18,266 organizations. Um, I, I think 4768 02:27:18,536 --> 02:27:21,439 it is valuable for councilmembs 4769 02:27:21,439 --> 02:27:23,174 to go and to learn from other 4770 02:27:23,174 --> 02:27:25,574 elected officials and from 4771 02:27:27,211 --> 02:27:28,446 other experts in the field on 4772 02:27:28,446 --> 02:27:31,215 different issues, a number of 4773 02:27:31,215 --> 02:27:33,170 us have gone to the Victory 4774 02:27:33,170 --> 02:27:36,170 Fund Conference where there are 4775 02:27:37,455 --> 02:27:39,624 a lot of focus on lgbtq issues, 4776 02:27:39,624 --> 02:27:41,426 but sometimes on other issues 4777 02:27:41,426 --> 02:27:43,328 like housing issues, a number 4778 02:27:43,328 --> 02:27:45,363 of us have gone to the National 4779 02:27:45,363 --> 02:27:47,980 League of Cities or the League 4780 02:27:47,980 --> 02:27:47,898 of California Cities. I 4781 02:27:47,898 --> 02:27:49,634 m 4782 02:27:49,634 --> 02:27:51,335 supportive of this. My one 4783 02:27:51,335 --> 02:27:51,902 concern is that this 4784 02:27:51,902 --> 02:27:53,305 seems like it 4785 02:27:53,305 --> 02:27:55,705 s very close to 4786 02:27:56,741 --> 02:27:59,177 the edge to something that is 4787 02:27:59,177 --> 02:28:01,790 more political rather than uh 4788 02:28:01,790 --> 02:28:01,613 more generally educational, so 4789 02:28:01,613 --> 02:28:02,380 I think that 4790 02:28:02,380 --> 02:28:04,380 s something that 4791 02:28:07,352 --> 02:28:09,787 we all need to be careful about 4792 02:28:09,787 --> 02:28:10,355 moving forward that we 4793 02:28:10,355 --> 02:28:12,355 re 4794 02:28:13,325 --> 02:28:14,993 attending conferences on behalf 4795 02:28:14,993 --> 02:28:16,895 of the city that are really 4796 02:28:16,895 --> 02:28:19,698 designed to be more generally 4797 02:28:19,698 --> 02:28:21,633 educational on city issues and 4798 02:28:21,633 --> 02:28:23,535 public service rather than 4799 02:28:23,535 --> 02:28:25,703 that is really enhancing our 4800 02:28:25,703 --> 02:28:26,504 roles in the political realm 4801 02:28:26,504 --> 02:28:26,704 because we shouldn 4802 02:28:26,704 --> 02:28:28,704 t be 4803 02:28:30,542 --> 02:28:30,776 sponsoring, you know, we, we 4804 02:28:30,776 --> 02:28:31,777 wouldn 4805 02:28:31,777 --> 02:28:33,777 t support the 4806 02:28:33,779 --> 02:28:35,480 councilmember going to the 4807 02:28:35,480 --> 02:28:37,316 Democratic Party convention or 4808 02:28:37,316 --> 02:28:38,950 the Republican convention or 4809 02:28:38,950 --> 02:28:40,719 any other political convention. 4810 02:28:40,719 --> 02:28:42,187 So that, that was my only 4811 02:28:42,187 --> 02:28:44,589 concern about this, but I 4812 02:28:44,589 --> 02:28:48,189 looked over the program and it 4813 02:28:50,290 --> 02:28:52,640 does appear that there are 4814 02:28:52,640 --> 02:28:52,731 significant substantive 4815 02:28:52,731 --> 02:28:54,366 workshop 4816 02:28:54,366 --> 02:28:54,666 s that focus on issues. So I 4817 02:28:54,666 --> 02:28:55,868 m 4818 02:28:55,868 --> 02:28:57,369 comfortable with this. 4819 02:28:57,369 --> 02:28:58,737 Thank you, Councilmember Hang. 4820 02:28:58,737 --> 02:29:00,238 Thank you, Mayor. Um, I am 4821 02:29:00,238 --> 02:29:01,473 generally in support of this 4822 02:29:01,473 --> 02:29:01,907 item. Like the mayor, I 4823 02:29:01,907 --> 02:29:03,907 d 4824 02:29:04,430 --> 02:29:05,744 actually just attended the usc 4825 02:29:05,744 --> 02:29:07,246 Executive Education Forum over 4826 02:29:07,246 --> 02:29:08,881 the weekend, and I learned a 4827 02:29:08,881 --> 02:29:10,182 lot in terms of public policy 4828 02:29:10,182 --> 02:29:12,518 and what the knowledge I will 4829 02:29:12,518 --> 02:29:13,986 bring back to the council here 4830 02:29:13,986 --> 02:29:15,530 of my colleagues, so I look 4831 02:29:15,530 --> 02:29:16,388 forward to Councilor Merrickson 4832 02:29:16,388 --> 02:29:19,988 going to this event and then 4833 02:29:20,258 --> 02:29:21,600 sharing what he learns with us. 4834 02:29:21,600 --> 02:29:21,233 Thank you. 4835 02:29:21,233 --> 02:29:22,661 It 4836 02:29:22,661 --> 02:29:23,296 s for everyone, so you want 4837 02:29:23,296 --> 02:29:24,300 to go together, let 4838 02:29:24,300 --> 02:29:24,997 s go 4839 02:29:24,997 --> 02:29:26,320 together. I do support, you 4840 02:29:26,320 --> 02:29:26,203 know, I mean, look, you 4841 02:29:26,203 --> 02:29:28,203 re 4842 02:29:29,935 --> 02:29:32,171 serving in the city council are 4843 02:29:32,171 --> 02:29:32,337 my whatever $250 paycheck ain 4844 02:29:32,337 --> 02:29:33,806 t 4845 02:29:33,806 --> 02:29:34,606 paying my rent, right? So I 4846 02:29:34,606 --> 02:29:34,775 would fully, I mean, I know 4847 02:29:34,775 --> 02:29:35,874 it 4848 02:29:35,874 --> 02:29:37,276 s a hold someone will call 4849 02:29:37,276 --> 02:29:37,911 me a socialist eventually, but 4850 02:29:37,911 --> 02:29:38,344 I think that if you 4851 02:29:38,344 --> 02:29:38,611 re up here 4852 02:29:38,611 --> 02:29:39,212 and you 4853 02:29:39,212 --> 02:29:40,146 re serving your 4854 02:29:40,146 --> 02:29:42,415 community, you want to go 4855 02:29:42,415 --> 02:29:43,983 further education. I think 4856 02:29:43,983 --> 02:29:45,485 cities, states, schools should 4857 02:29:45,485 --> 02:29:47,190 be free, so I support you in 4858 02:29:47,190 --> 02:29:48,287 whatever way we can figure that 4859 02:29:48,287 --> 02:29:49,188 out. But yeah, this is for 4860 02:29:49,188 --> 02:29:49,388 everybody. I mean, that 4861 02:29:49,388 --> 02:29:49,755 s the 4862 02:29:49,755 --> 02:29:51,755 best part about 4863 02:29:52,240 --> 02:29:53,959 this list is, you know, um, 4864 02:29:53,959 --> 02:29:55,270 a lot of the work that we do is 4865 02:29:55,270 --> 02:29:57,897 doing it and the reason why 4866 02:29:57,897 --> 02:30:00,300 this came to my attention is 4867 02:30:00,300 --> 02:30:01,467 because I had flagged it 4868 02:30:01,467 --> 02:30:03,236 earlier this year when 4869 02:30:03,236 --> 02:30:04,470 registration was open, but of 4870 02:30:04,470 --> 02:30:05,638 course completely forgot 4871 02:30:05,638 --> 02:30:06,739 because I was looking at the 4872 02:30:06,739 --> 02:30:08,140 program and then when I was 4873 02:30:08,140 --> 02:30:09,642 looking at the program like 4874 02:30:09,642 --> 02:30:11,444 Weiser Hemann said, and then 4875 02:30:11,444 --> 02:30:12,211 when I noticed a bunch of my 4876 02:30:12,211 --> 02:30:14,347 colleagues from across the 4877 02:30:14,347 --> 02:30:17,250 country going to a very 4878 02:30:17,250 --> 02:30:18,918 specific of panels on housing 4879 02:30:18,918 --> 02:30:20,720 affordability, trans rights 4880 02:30:20,720 --> 02:30:21,855 issues and other things that 4881 02:30:21,855 --> 02:30:22,922 seemed like a different flavor 4882 02:30:22,922 --> 02:30:23,900 than the victory fund. That 4883 02:30:23,900 --> 02:30:23,323 s 4884 02:30:23,323 --> 02:30:24,490 where 4885 02:30:24,490 --> 02:30:25,858 I flagged for me and I, I put 4886 02:30:25,858 --> 02:30:26,959 it on the agenda for that way, 4887 02:30:26,959 --> 02:30:27,627 that reason. I 4888 02:30:27,627 --> 02:30:29,228 ve attended 4889 02:30:29,228 --> 02:30:30,397 Neroots several times prior to 4890 02:30:30,397 --> 02:30:31,698 my role in this council, and I 4891 02:30:31,698 --> 02:30:32,265 think it should have long been 4892 02:30:32,265 --> 02:30:32,766 on this list. I 4893 02:30:32,766 --> 02:30:34,201 m really glad 4894 02:30:34,201 --> 02:30:35,669 that you thought to do that. 4895 02:30:35,669 --> 02:30:39,869 Thank you. Um, ok, I think we 4896 02:30:44,430 --> 02:30:45,544 have a motion in a second. 4897 02:30:45,544 --> 02:30:45,712 Thank you. That is our votes. 4898 02:30:45,712 --> 02:30:47,712 We 4899 02:30:48,415 --> 02:30:50,500 re on our last item, item f8, 4900 02:30:50,500 --> 02:30:50,951 appointment to the planning 4901 02:30:50,951 --> 02:30:52,951 commission. 4902 02:30:53,530 --> 02:30:55,530 Um 4903 02:30:55,522 --> 02:30:57,757 this item did not get tabled 4904 02:30:57,757 --> 02:30:59,459 and just speaking to my desire 4905 02:30:59,459 --> 02:31:00,460 to see it not tabled. I do know 4906 02:31:00,460 --> 02:31:02,860 that the planning commissioners 4907 02:31:04,697 --> 02:31:06,233 have a heavy agenda. It has 4908 02:31:06,233 --> 02:31:07,601 been a very full, the 4909 02:31:07,601 --> 02:31:10,337 commission has been in practice 4910 02:31:10,337 --> 02:31:12,720 for a while and to MISS An 4911 02:31:12,720 --> 02:31:14,441 individual is a challenge for 4912 02:31:14,441 --> 02:31:16,343 that commission, and I think 4913 02:31:16,343 --> 02:31:18,278 that we have and people have 4914 02:31:18,278 --> 02:31:19,846 applied to it. It was posted. 4915 02:31:19,846 --> 02:31:21,247 It went through that process to 4916 02:31:21,247 --> 02:31:22,215 delay the process as a 4917 02:31:22,215 --> 02:31:22,615 disservice to the commission, 4918 02:31:22,615 --> 02:31:23,517 and I know we 4919 02:31:23,517 --> 02:31:25,152 re also 4920 02:31:25,152 --> 02:31:26,520 nearly at the place of having 4921 02:31:26,520 --> 02:31:28,422 full appointments to all the 4922 02:31:28,422 --> 02:31:30,357 commissions, which would allow 4923 02:31:30,357 --> 02:31:31,758 us to then recognize the 4924 02:31:31,758 --> 02:31:31,927 outgoing commissioners, and 4925 02:31:31,927 --> 02:31:32,693 I 4926 02:31:32,693 --> 02:31:33,927 ve been getting a few 4927 02:31:33,927 --> 02:31:34,328 questions from the community 4928 02:31:34,328 --> 02:31:34,828 about when we 4929 02:31:34,828 --> 02:31:36,620 re going to be 4930 02:31:36,620 --> 02:31:36,964 acknowledging our outgoing 4931 02:31:36,964 --> 02:31:38,899 commissioners because it has 4932 02:31:38,899 --> 02:31:40,133 taken us a very long year to 4933 02:31:40,133 --> 02:31:41,369 fill these commission and 4934 02:31:41,369 --> 02:31:43,437 advisory board roles and make 4935 02:31:43,437 --> 02:31:46,140 an appointment. So that is what 4936 02:31:46,140 --> 02:31:47,308 is prompting my feeling of we 4937 02:31:47,308 --> 02:31:48,475 have an opportunity to take 4938 02:31:48,475 --> 02:31:49,676 action. Let us see if we are 4939 02:31:49,676 --> 02:31:49,846 able to take action tonight. 4940 02:31:49,846 --> 02:31:51,110 Let 4941 02:31:51,110 --> 02:31:52,179 s keep this on the agenda 4942 02:31:52,179 --> 02:31:53,470 and see how we can move forward. 4943 02:31:53,470 --> 02:31:53,980 So I just wanted to speak to 4944 02:31:53,980 --> 02:31:54,781 that 4945 02:31:54,781 --> 02:31:56,283 I, there 4946 02:31:56,283 --> 02:31:58,419 s no need for a staff 4947 02:31:58,419 --> 02:31:59,754 report on this? No? Ok, we do 4948 02:31:59,754 --> 02:32:00,888 have a public comment and then 4949 02:32:00,888 --> 02:32:01,589 Vice Mayor Heilmann, do you 4950 02:32:01,589 --> 02:32:02,290 want to speak with I 4951 02:32:02,290 --> 02:32:04,290 ll wait 4952 02:32:04,325 --> 02:32:05,493 until the public, we 4953 02:32:05,493 --> 02:32:06,660 ll go to 4954 02:32:06,660 --> 02:32:07,194 Mark Edwards who signed up for 4955 02:32:07,194 --> 02:32:07,528 public comment. We 4956 02:32:07,528 --> 02:32:08,729 ll come back 4957 02:32:08,729 --> 02:32:11,729 to Vice Mayor Heilman just 4958 02:32:15,403 --> 02:32:15,632 after that. 4959 02:32:15,632 --> 02:32:16,237 That 4960 02:32:16,237 --> 02:32:17,672 s, that 4961 02:32:17,672 --> 02:32:19,672 s 4962 02:32:19,674 --> 02:32:21,576 All right. Uh, Mayor, Vice 4963 02:32:21,576 --> 02:32:24,576 Mayor, and councilmembers. I am 4964 02:32:25,513 --> 02:32:27,214 Mark r. Edwards. I am a renter 4965 02:32:27,214 --> 02:32:28,716 in West Hollywood and I love 4966 02:32:28,716 --> 02:32:30,716 the city. 4967 02:32:30,818 --> 02:32:33,880 A city built on creativity, 4968 02:32:33,880 --> 02:32:34,155 courage, and community. 4969 02:32:34,155 --> 02:32:35,590 As a community advocate in the 4970 02:32:35,590 --> 02:32:37,492 land use practitioner for 20 4971 02:32:37,492 --> 02:32:39,427 plus years. 4972 02:32:39,427 --> 02:32:41,950 I experienced how thoughtful 4973 02:32:41,950 --> 02:32:42,430 planning can shape lives. How a 4974 02:32:42,430 --> 02:32:44,365 zoning change could make 4975 02:32:44,365 --> 02:32:46,365 housing more affordable. 4976 02:32:47,268 --> 02:32:49,170 How design could welcome rather 4977 02:32:49,170 --> 02:32:51,640 than divide how policy could 4978 02:32:51,640 --> 02:32:53,408 breathe life into art, small 4979 02:32:53,408 --> 02:32:55,408 businesses, and sustainability. 4980 02:32:55,510 --> 02:32:56,511 My work in land use, workforce 4981 02:32:56,511 --> 02:32:58,511 development, housing, 4982 02:33:00,381 --> 02:33:02,160 homelessness, and the arts has 4983 02:33:02,160 --> 02:33:03,885 shown me that every decision we 4984 02:33:03,885 --> 02:33:05,653 make about space 4985 02:33:05,653 --> 02:33:07,355 is really about people 4986 02:33:07,355 --> 02:33:08,857 and who we include 4987 02:33:08,857 --> 02:33:10,425 I realized that the best way to 4988 02:33:10,425 --> 02:33:12,260 keep serving the city I love 4989 02:33:12,260 --> 02:33:13,228 was to help guide his future 4990 02:33:13,228 --> 02:33:15,628 through the planning commission, 4991 02:33:15,663 --> 02:33:18,663 which I previously served on, 4992 02:33:18,700 --> 02:33:20,701 and I have strived in my 4993 02:33:20,701 --> 02:33:22,470 efforts to listen, learn, read 4994 02:33:22,470 --> 02:33:24,639 in partnership with others. 4995 02:33:24,639 --> 02:33:26,800 I came here tonight ready to 4996 02:33:26,800 --> 02:33:27,976 work collaboratively with 4997 02:33:27,976 --> 02:33:29,411 fellow commissioners. 4998 02:33:29,411 --> 02:33:31,413 City staff, residents to 4999 02:33:31,413 --> 02:33:33,248 continue the plan of a West 5000 02:33:33,248 --> 02:33:35,648 Hollywood that is equitable, 5001 02:33:35,717 --> 02:33:37,318 vibrant, and resilient. 5002 02:33:37,318 --> 02:33:37,479 Lastly 5003 02:33:37,479 --> 02:33:38,553 I 5004 02:33:38,553 --> 02:33:40,155 ve carried the words of Bell 5005 02:33:40,155 --> 02:33:42,123 Hooks to my heart. 5006 02:33:42,123 --> 02:33:43,592 To tend the earth 5007 02:33:43,592 --> 02:33:44,960 is always then to tend our 5008 02:33:44,960 --> 02:33:46,960 destiny. 5009 02:33:48,430 --> 02:33:49,798 Our freedom, and our hope. 5010 02:33:49,798 --> 02:33:51,433 Mayor, Vice Mayor and 5011 02:33:51,433 --> 02:33:52,534 councilmembers. 5012 02:33:52,534 --> 02:33:53,668 Thank you for considering my 5013 02:33:53,668 --> 02:33:55,470 appointment, and I asked for 5014 02:33:55,470 --> 02:33:56,938 your I vote. 5015 02:33:56,938 --> 02:33:57,205 So that together we can tend 5016 02:33:57,205 --> 02:33:59,205 this city 5017 02:33:59,307 --> 02:33:59,474 s destiny. 5018 02:33:59,474 --> 02:34:01,474 It 5019 02:34:01,777 --> 02:34:02,611 s freedom and hope through 5020 02:34:02,611 --> 02:34:04,611 planning rooted in 5021 02:34:05,280 --> 02:34:06,882 wholeheartedness. Thank you. 5022 02:34:06,882 --> 02:34:07,783 Thank you. I saw, uh, we have 5023 02:34:07,783 --> 02:34:09,384 another public speaker added to 5024 02:34:09,384 --> 02:34:12,384 the list, David Eckert, please 5025 02:34:14,523 --> 02:34:16,240 join us. 5026 02:34:16,240 --> 02:34:18,600 Hi, good evening again, David 5027 02:34:18,600 --> 02:34:18,494 Ecker, uh, resident of West 5028 02:34:18,494 --> 02:34:20,362 Hollywood. I 5029 02:34:20,362 --> 02:34:21,597 m a little just 5030 02:34:21,597 --> 02:34:23,997 concerned with that public 5031 02:34:24,233 --> 02:34:26,402 comment. It just felt like a 5032 02:34:26,402 --> 02:34:28,971 speech of please endorse me, 5033 02:34:28,971 --> 02:34:30,305 and I, I did never, I, I would 5034 02:34:30,305 --> 02:34:32,740 have loved to be on this 5035 02:34:32,740 --> 02:34:33,809 commission. I never saw any 5036 02:34:33,809 --> 02:34:36,479 posting whatsoever, so it just 5037 02:34:36,479 --> 02:34:38,547 feels a little biased and this 5038 02:34:38,547 --> 02:34:40,382 rush to uh put a committee 5039 02:34:40,382 --> 02:34:41,550 together. You, your thought is 5040 02:34:41,550 --> 02:34:43,219 that 5041 02:34:43,219 --> 02:34:43,986 we need a ninth-member to split 5042 02:34:43,986 --> 02:34:44,420 a vote, but you don 5043 02:34:44,420 --> 02:34:45,521 t know how 5044 02:34:45,521 --> 02:34:49,121 people are going to vote. So 5045 02:34:49,324 --> 02:34:51,460 why are we rushing to fill out 5046 02:34:51,460 --> 02:34:52,562 a nine-person agenda on 5047 02:34:52,562 --> 02:34:54,530 something that seems very 5048 02:34:54,530 --> 02:34:55,732 biased at this point. Thank you. 5049 02:34:55,732 --> 02:34:57,200 Thank you 5050 02:34:57,200 --> 02:35:00,200 Vice Mayor Heilmann, back to 5051 02:35:02,400 --> 02:35:02,304 you. Yes, and I want to echo um 5052 02:35:02,304 --> 02:35:03,739 MR. Eckert 5053 02:35:03,739 --> 02:35:06,139 s comments, uh, and 5054 02:35:06,675 --> 02:35:09,411 Mayor, you spoke about um 5055 02:35:09,411 --> 02:35:10,780 making sure that we 5056 02:35:10,780 --> 02:35:11,915 uh, make an appointment because 5057 02:35:11,915 --> 02:35:13,516 otherwise it would be a 5058 02:35:13,516 --> 02:35:15,916 disservice to the planning 5059 02:35:16,686 --> 02:35:18,654 commission that has a number of 5060 02:35:18,654 --> 02:35:19,722 important issues to address, 5061 02:35:19,722 --> 02:35:22,291 but I think rushing an 5062 02:35:22,291 --> 02:35:24,260 appointment to 5063 02:35:24,260 --> 02:35:25,728 um the planning commission is a 5064 02:35:25,728 --> 02:35:27,631 disservice to the community 5065 02:35:27,631 --> 02:35:30,631 that the planning commission is 5066 02:35:32,802 --> 02:35:35,905 supposed to serve. I also feel 5067 02:35:35,905 --> 02:35:38,541 a great deal of trouble given 5068 02:35:38,541 --> 02:35:39,776 the fact that the applicant who 5069 02:35:39,776 --> 02:35:41,777 spoke tonight is already a 5070 02:35:41,777 --> 02:35:44,580 declared candidate for the city 5071 02:35:44,580 --> 02:35:48,780 council, so it seems to me that 5072 02:35:48,952 --> 02:35:50,353 this is um a very clear effort 5073 02:35:50,353 --> 02:35:52,210 to rush through a political 5074 02:35:52,210 --> 02:35:54,210 appointment before 5075 02:35:54,257 --> 02:35:55,158 the community has really had 5076 02:35:55,158 --> 02:35:56,225 notice that there 5077 02:35:56,225 --> 02:35:58,225 s a vacancy 5078 02:35:59,950 --> 02:35:59,295 as I indicated the city clerk 5079 02:35:59,295 --> 02:36:00,863 didn 5080 02:36:00,863 --> 02:36:02,933 t notify the council of 5081 02:36:02,933 --> 02:36:06,436 the vacancy. I only found out 5082 02:36:06,436 --> 02:36:08,805 about it last week, and that to 5083 02:36:08,805 --> 02:36:10,440 me is problematic, but I know 5084 02:36:10,440 --> 02:36:11,741 the majority has spoken and 5085 02:36:11,741 --> 02:36:13,209 they want to move forward with 5086 02:36:13,209 --> 02:36:15,879 this, but I am very 5087 02:36:15,879 --> 02:36:16,479 uncomfortable with it. 5088 02:36:16,479 --> 02:36:18,414 Thank you, Councilmember 5089 02:36:18,414 --> 02:36:19,917 Erickson, and then I have a 5090 02:36:19,917 --> 02:36:22,219 question for staff. Yeah, thank 5091 02:36:22,219 --> 02:36:24,154 you very much. Um, I just want 5092 02:36:24,154 --> 02:36:26,560 to say that we have a number of 5093 02:36:26,560 --> 02:36:28,240 commissioners who have already 5094 02:36:28,240 --> 02:36:29,793 practically declared their 5095 02:36:29,793 --> 02:36:30,927 candidacies for council 5096 02:36:30,927 --> 02:36:31,995 elections, so let 5097 02:36:31,995 --> 02:36:33,530 s not mix, 5098 02:36:33,530 --> 02:36:35,198 you know, bananas and apples 5099 02:36:35,198 --> 02:36:36,366 together, um, so just want to 5100 02:36:36,366 --> 02:36:38,702 say that especially if you 5101 02:36:38,702 --> 02:36:40,604 watched the Public Safety 5102 02:36:40,604 --> 02:36:43,400 commission meeting last week. 5103 02:36:43,373 --> 02:36:45,375 Um, additionally, um, I just 5104 02:36:45,375 --> 02:36:45,709 want to also ensure that, you 5105 02:36:45,709 --> 02:36:46,376 know, not 5106 02:36:46,376 --> 02:36:48,478 to speak to the character in 5107 02:36:48,478 --> 02:36:49,780 the room, but you know Mark 5108 02:36:49,780 --> 02:36:52,180 served on the planning 5109 02:36:52,215 --> 02:36:54,250 commission before. He has 5110 02:36:54,250 --> 02:36:56,287 extensive knowledge and land 5111 02:36:56,287 --> 02:36:58,422 use and has been in the city 5112 02:36:58,422 --> 02:36:59,623 for a number of years and only 5113 02:36:59,623 --> 02:37:00,424 actually had to step off the 5114 02:37:00,424 --> 02:37:00,582 planning commission, so I don 5115 02:37:00,582 --> 02:37:01,692 t 5116 02:37:01,692 --> 02:37:03,360 mean to tell your business 5117 02:37:03,360 --> 02:37:05,362 because you got a very esteemed 5118 02:37:05,362 --> 02:37:07,130 job working for Mayor Bass and 5119 02:37:07,130 --> 02:37:08,332 sadly with la City, you know, 5120 02:37:08,332 --> 02:37:09,433 first in, first out, but that 5121 02:37:09,433 --> 02:37:11,168 type of knowledge is actually 5122 02:37:11,168 --> 02:37:12,703 very much needed when we have 5123 02:37:12,703 --> 02:37:14,172 zoning improvement issues, 5124 02:37:14,172 --> 02:37:15,172 housing issues, and really 5125 02:37:15,172 --> 02:37:15,673 critical issues before the city 5126 02:37:15,673 --> 02:37:17,341 that 5127 02:37:17,341 --> 02:37:18,676 frankly if you watched the 5128 02:37:18,676 --> 02:37:20,377 planning commission meetings, 5129 02:37:20,377 --> 02:37:22,713 they are a little bit divided 5130 02:37:22,713 --> 02:37:23,714 with where they go. And so I 5131 02:37:23,714 --> 02:37:25,150 fully support Mark Edwards 5132 02:37:25,150 --> 02:37:26,650 appointment to the planning 5133 02:37:26,650 --> 02:37:28,252 commission. He served his time 5134 02:37:28,252 --> 02:37:30,652 and I believe he 5135 02:37:30,955 --> 02:37:31,923 s a uh uh of 5136 02:37:31,923 --> 02:37:33,391 current historic preservation 5137 02:37:33,391 --> 02:37:34,959 commissioner, but his ability 5138 02:37:34,959 --> 02:37:36,727 to step up in this needed time 5139 02:37:36,727 --> 02:37:36,961 for our city is is much needed. 5140 02:37:36,961 --> 02:37:38,162 I don 5141 02:37:38,162 --> 02:37:39,897 t see this as a political 5142 02:37:39,897 --> 02:37:41,599 appointment. I kind of take 5143 02:37:41,599 --> 02:37:43,133 issue with that. I see it as 5144 02:37:43,133 --> 02:37:45,202 pointing someone who frankly 5145 02:37:45,202 --> 02:37:46,136 based on not to disqualify 5146 02:37:46,136 --> 02:37:47,339 anyone else that would apply 5147 02:37:47,339 --> 02:37:47,772 um 5148 02:37:47,772 --> 02:37:48,640 I won 5149 02:37:48,640 --> 02:37:50,708 t be voting for anyone 5150 02:37:50,708 --> 02:37:50,867 else, so more people can apply. 5151 02:37:50,867 --> 02:37:52,410 I 5152 02:37:52,410 --> 02:37:52,610 m supporting Mark. So um 5153 02:37:52,610 --> 02:37:53,144 that 5154 02:37:53,144 --> 02:37:53,778 s just where it 5155 02:37:53,778 --> 02:37:54,345 s gonna go 5156 02:37:54,345 --> 02:37:54,779 because I believe he 5157 02:37:54,779 --> 02:37:56,470 s the best 5158 02:37:56,470 --> 02:37:57,815 person to fit this job at this 5159 02:37:57,815 --> 02:37:58,983 time and can step in on day one 5160 02:37:58,983 --> 02:37:59,183 and really get to work. So 5161 02:37:59,183 --> 02:37:59,550 that 5162 02:37:59,550 --> 02:37:59,884 s my, that 5163 02:37:59,884 --> 02:38:00,885 s my opinion 5164 02:38:00,885 --> 02:38:01,318 and I know we 5165 02:38:01,318 --> 02:38:02,860 re not 5166 02:38:02,860 --> 02:38:03,153 questioning his character 5167 02:38:03,153 --> 02:38:03,320 because we all like Mark and 5168 02:38:03,320 --> 02:38:04,121 he 5169 02:38:04,121 --> 02:38:04,288 s a great guy. So I don 5170 02:38:04,288 --> 02:38:05,390 t 5171 02:38:05,390 --> 02:38:06,591 want to say that out loud, but 5172 02:38:06,591 --> 02:38:07,459 um, I just want to say that out 5173 02:38:07,459 --> 02:38:07,692 loud because I know that wasn 5174 02:38:07,692 --> 02:38:08,793 t 5175 02:38:08,793 --> 02:38:10,361 your intention, Vice Mayor, but 5176 02:38:10,361 --> 02:38:10,929 I, I intend to support Mark 5177 02:38:10,929 --> 02:38:11,829 Edwards tonight, and I 5178 02:38:11,829 --> 02:38:13,829 m happy 5179 02:38:14,132 --> 02:38:16,532 to make that motion. 5180 02:38:17,468 --> 02:38:19,870 I wanted to just quickly ask 5181 02:38:19,870 --> 02:38:21,238 the, the, my understanding was 5182 02:38:21,238 --> 02:38:22,407 the planning commissioner who 5183 02:38:22,407 --> 02:38:24,743 resigned resigned the night of 5184 02:38:24,743 --> 02:38:25,777 his meeting and then staff 5185 02:38:25,777 --> 02:38:26,211 became aware that night. I 5186 02:38:26,211 --> 02:38:27,479 don 5187 02:38:27,479 --> 02:38:29,147 t know what requirements 5188 02:38:29,147 --> 02:38:30,615 there are to tell the council, 5189 02:38:30,615 --> 02:38:32,550 but it was at that time that 5190 02:38:32,550 --> 02:38:34,152 the notices went out and I see 5191 02:38:34,152 --> 02:38:35,486 that a number member, another 5192 02:38:35,486 --> 02:38:36,420 member of a commission, Adam 5193 02:38:36,420 --> 02:38:36,580 Bass, also appointed. That 5194 02:38:36,580 --> 02:38:38,550 s 5195 02:38:38,550 --> 02:38:39,490 what I have in the application. 5196 02:38:39,490 --> 02:38:40,759 So if it was just one applicant 5197 02:38:40,759 --> 02:38:42,260 tonight. I can understand it 5198 02:38:42,260 --> 02:38:43,628 feeling rushed, but there are 5199 02:38:43,628 --> 02:38:45,163 two individuals, both 5200 02:38:45,163 --> 02:38:46,131 who have applied previously, 5201 02:38:46,131 --> 02:38:47,165 and I believe both who have 5202 02:38:47,165 --> 02:38:48,366 served previously on the 5203 02:38:48,366 --> 02:38:50,168 planning commission, which 5204 02:38:50,168 --> 02:38:51,136 tells me that we are doing the 5205 02:38:51,136 --> 02:38:52,403 thing that we often have 5206 02:38:52,403 --> 02:38:53,438 trouble doing when we post 5207 02:38:53,438 --> 02:38:55,373 these notices and hold them 5208 02:38:55,373 --> 02:38:58,373 open for extended amounts of 5209 02:38:58,677 --> 02:39:00,312 times in that we have 5210 02:39:00,312 --> 02:39:01,446 difficulty finding applicants 5211 02:39:01,446 --> 02:39:04,182 who are well suited for the 5212 02:39:04,182 --> 02:39:06,118 role, and we have waited many 5213 02:39:06,118 --> 02:39:07,652 weeks to make decisions because 5214 02:39:07,652 --> 02:39:09,200 we hope to see a different pool 5215 02:39:09,200 --> 02:39:10,889 of applicants, but both of 5216 02:39:10,889 --> 02:39:11,923 these individuals would likely 5217 02:39:11,923 --> 02:39:14,125 be a part of any pool of 5218 02:39:14,125 --> 02:39:14,625 applicants, likely be the you 5219 02:39:14,625 --> 02:39:16,261 know 5220 02:39:16,261 --> 02:39:17,290 especially given the experience 5221 02:39:17,290 --> 02:39:18,564 they have serving on a 5222 02:39:18,564 --> 02:39:19,898 commission that needs people to 5223 02:39:19,898 --> 02:39:21,567 jump in and be ready to go on a 5224 02:39:21,567 --> 02:39:23,468 number of really tough issues 5225 02:39:23,468 --> 02:39:24,369 coming up that that these would 5226 02:39:24,369 --> 02:39:25,904 be the candidates that would 5227 02:39:25,904 --> 02:39:26,304 rise to the top likely, so I 5228 02:39:26,304 --> 02:39:26,838 just, I 5229 02:39:26,838 --> 02:39:27,572 m, I don 5230 02:39:27,572 --> 02:39:27,806 t, I don 5231 02:39:27,806 --> 02:39:29,174 t 5232 02:39:29,174 --> 02:39:30,308 feel that this is rushed. I 5233 02:39:30,308 --> 02:39:32,100 feel like we 5234 02:39:32,100 --> 02:39:33,545 re moving swiftly 5235 02:39:33,545 --> 02:39:34,313 to meet the moment, and I 5236 02:39:34,313 --> 02:39:34,947 understand that that can feel 5237 02:39:34,947 --> 02:39:35,714 rushed, and I don 5238 02:39:35,714 --> 02:39:37,349 t, I feel 5239 02:39:37,349 --> 02:39:38,417 especially tender that people 5240 02:39:38,417 --> 02:39:40,190 who have indicated that they 5241 02:39:40,190 --> 02:39:41,687 feel left out of this process. 5242 02:39:41,687 --> 02:39:43,880 It is very wonderful to hear 5243 02:39:43,880 --> 02:39:43,989 more people indicate interest 5244 02:39:43,989 --> 02:39:45,524 in serving in these 5245 02:39:45,524 --> 02:39:46,558 roles and that interest is 5246 02:39:46,558 --> 02:39:48,260 always well received, and these 5247 02:39:48,260 --> 02:39:49,862 roles are opening up 5248 02:39:49,862 --> 02:39:51,230 unfortunately quicker than we 5249 02:39:51,230 --> 02:39:52,732 can fill them in some cases, so 5250 02:39:52,732 --> 02:39:54,000 I appreciate hearing from 5251 02:39:54,000 --> 02:39:55,401 members of the community and 5252 02:39:55,401 --> 02:39:56,902 want to continue to find more 5253 02:39:56,902 --> 02:39:57,869 ways to keep people involved. 5254 02:39:57,869 --> 02:39:58,837 So I just want to sort of make 5255 02:39:58,837 --> 02:40:00,505 that statement. Councilor Bur 5256 02:40:00,505 --> 02:40:02,505 Hang. 5257 02:40:02,541 --> 02:40:04,443 Thank you, Mayor. I 5258 02:40:04,443 --> 02:40:06,144 d like to 5259 02:40:06,144 --> 02:40:07,447 nominate Mark. Mark was a 5260 02:40:07,447 --> 02:40:09,315 former planning commissioner 5261 02:40:09,315 --> 02:40:10,983 for the city. He is currently 5262 02:40:10,983 --> 02:40:12,652 my appointee on the historic 5263 02:40:12,652 --> 02:40:14,620 Preservation Commission. He has 5264 02:40:14,620 --> 02:40:16,589 experience in land use and can 5265 02:40:16,589 --> 02:40:17,623 step into the role that he 5266 02:40:17,623 --> 02:40:19,910 previously filled on the 5267 02:40:19,910 --> 02:40:19,792 planning commission without 5268 02:40:19,792 --> 02:40:20,250 further training. That 5269 02:40:20,250 --> 02:40:21,260 s what 5270 02:40:21,260 --> 02:40:21,393 we need at this time. There 5271 02:40:21,393 --> 02:40:22,828 s a 5272 02:40:22,828 --> 02:40:24,296 lot of work that the planning 5273 02:40:24,296 --> 02:40:25,999 commission does, and Mark has 5274 02:40:25,999 --> 02:40:27,734 the expertise to carry that out. 5275 02:40:27,734 --> 02:40:29,502 Thank you. Thank you, Councilor 5276 02:40:29,502 --> 02:40:30,203 Meister. Yeah, I have a 5277 02:40:30,203 --> 02:40:30,970 question. I don 5278 02:40:30,970 --> 02:40:33,370 t know if you 5279 02:40:33,472 --> 02:40:36,242 can answer this or not, city 5280 02:40:36,242 --> 02:40:37,977 clerks, um, but how many years 5281 02:40:37,977 --> 02:40:40,713 did Adam Bass serve on the 5282 02:40:40,713 --> 02:40:43,713 commission, and how many years 5283 02:40:46,452 --> 02:40:47,520 did uh MR. Edwards 5284 02:40:47,520 --> 02:40:47,693 Apologies, Councilmember, I 5285 02:40:47,693 --> 02:40:48,354 don 5286 02:40:48,354 --> 02:40:48,788 t have that information in 5287 02:40:48,788 --> 02:40:49,756 front of me. I 5288 02:40:49,756 --> 02:40:51,756 d have to 5289 02:40:53,259 --> 02:40:54,293 research. 5290 02:40:54,293 --> 02:40:55,795 Ok, we 5291 02:40:55,795 --> 02:40:57,730 re talking about 5292 02:40:57,730 --> 02:40:59,980 experience here, and I believe 5293 02:40:59,980 --> 02:41:01,635 that Anam Bass was on the 5294 02:41:01,635 --> 02:41:04,237 commission for a longer period 5295 02:41:04,237 --> 02:41:04,437 of time then then Mark, so if 5296 02:41:04,437 --> 02:41:06,139 you 5297 02:41:06,139 --> 02:41:08,875 re going to go with 5298 02:41:08,875 --> 02:41:11,275 experience, then I would 5299 02:41:11,811 --> 02:41:13,713 nominate Adam Bass. Thank you. 5300 02:41:13,713 --> 02:41:15,713 Um 5301 02:41:15,715 --> 02:41:15,885 so, uh, we have, uh, 10 yeah, 5302 02:41:15,885 --> 02:41:17,651 you 5303 02:41:17,651 --> 02:41:18,585 ll have to run a vote then. 5304 02:41:18,585 --> 02:41:19,352 We have nomination for both 5305 02:41:19,352 --> 02:41:21,555 Adam Baths. Yeah, that 5306 02:41:21,555 --> 02:41:23,555 s right. 5307 02:41:24,524 --> 02:41:25,625 So we can remove 5308 02:41:25,625 --> 02:41:27,600 And then no way shape and form 5309 02:41:27,600 --> 02:41:28,161 does this mean we do not like 5310 02:41:28,161 --> 02:41:28,862 Adam Bass. I still love you, 5311 02:41:28,862 --> 02:41:29,360 Adam, and I know you 5312 02:41:29,360 --> 02:41:31,360 re 5313 02:41:32,310 --> 02:41:34,310 watching this. 5314 02:41:34,200 --> 02:41:35,402 And Adam is my current uh 5315 02:41:35,402 --> 02:41:37,802 appointee on the rent 5316 02:41:39,600 --> 02:41:41,600 stabilization Commission. 5317 02:41:41,740 --> 02:41:41,742 Ok, so I call upon you, 5318 02:41:41,742 --> 02:41:43,742 councilmembers, please provide 5319 02:41:44,110 --> 02:41:46,510 a name for me. 5320 02:41:47,213 --> 02:41:48,882 Councilmember Hang 5321 02:41:48,882 --> 02:41:50,882 Mark r. Edwards 5322 02:41:51,417 --> 02:41:52,219 Thank you 5323 02:41:52,219 --> 02:41:53,821 Councilmember Erickson. Mark 5324 02:41:53,821 --> 02:41:55,722 Edwards. 5325 02:41:55,722 --> 02:41:57,722 Camember Meister 5326 02:41:57,925 --> 02:42:01,395 Adam Bass, but still a protest 5327 02:42:01,395 --> 02:42:03,395 vote. 5328 02:42:06,199 --> 02:42:08,199 Vice Mayor Heilman. 5329 02:42:10,370 --> 02:42:12,106 And Mayor Byers, Mark Edwards. 5330 02:42:12,106 --> 02:42:12,472 Thank you. Thank you. He 5331 02:42:12,472 --> 02:42:14,472 s been 5332 02:42:17,177 --> 02:42:19,813 nominated, uh, to fill the, uh 5333 02:42:19,813 --> 02:42:21,314 unscheduled vacancy to 2027. 5334 02:42:21,314 --> 02:42:23,250 Terrific. And with that, um, 5335 02:42:23,250 --> 02:42:24,284 just to speak to the thing I 5336 02:42:24,284 --> 02:42:24,718 had named already, the 5337 02:42:24,718 --> 02:42:25,850 challenge that we 5338 02:42:25,850 --> 02:42:25,952 re having in 5339 02:42:25,952 --> 02:42:27,688 filling all the commission 5340 02:42:27,688 --> 02:42:28,823 roles. So Councilmember Hang 5341 02:42:28,823 --> 02:42:29,590 then would have an appointment 5342 02:42:29,590 --> 02:42:30,724 to make to historic 5343 02:42:30,724 --> 02:42:31,292 Preservation Commission, and 5344 02:42:31,292 --> 02:42:32,126 then I believe we 5345 02:42:32,126 --> 02:42:32,303 re full, 5346 02:42:32,303 --> 02:42:33,930 we 5347 02:42:33,930 --> 02:42:34,395 re done with the commission 5348 02:42:34,395 --> 02:42:35,596 and advisory board appointments 5349 02:42:35,596 --> 02:42:35,796 for this current moment of time. 5350 02:42:35,796 --> 02:42:36,229 That 5351 02:42:36,229 --> 02:42:37,640 s correct. So we 5352 02:42:37,640 --> 02:42:39,320 ll have 5353 02:42:39,320 --> 02:42:40,234 to post the unscheduled vacancy 5354 02:42:40,234 --> 02:42:42,135 that just occurred due to this 5355 02:42:42,135 --> 02:42:44,135 appointment. Ok. 5356 02:42:45,173 --> 02:42:46,941 Ok. Thank you. Thank you very 5357 02:42:46,941 --> 02:42:47,441 much and congratulations. Um, 5358 02:42:47,441 --> 02:42:48,142 ok, we 5359 02:42:48,142 --> 02:42:48,843 ll move to excluded 5360 02:42:48,843 --> 02:42:49,443 consent, which I don 5361 02:42:49,443 --> 02:42:50,440 t believe 5362 02:42:50,440 --> 02:42:50,945 we have any, so we 5363 02:42:50,945 --> 02:42:52,512 ll move to 5364 02:42:52,512 --> 02:42:54,810 our final public comment period, 5365 02:42:54,810 --> 02:42:55,582 which do we have any? 5366 02:42:55,582 --> 02:42:57,584 Ok, we have one member of the 5367 02:42:57,584 --> 02:42:59,253 public signed up for the final 5368 02:42:59,253 --> 02:42:59,421 public comment period, which I 5369 02:42:59,421 --> 02:43:01,421 can 5370 02:43:02,590 --> 02:43:02,924 t quite see yet. 5371 02:43:02,924 --> 02:43:03,691 Go ahead, I 5372 02:43:03,691 --> 02:43:04,292 ll have you call 5373 02:43:04,292 --> 02:43:05,793 them up. I can 5374 02:43:05,793 --> 02:43:08,193 t see them yet. 5375 02:43:14,301 --> 02:43:16,370 Oh, Lena Lee. Yeah, come on up. 5376 02:43:16,370 --> 02:43:17,471 Hi there. Hi. Uh, Mayor, vice 5377 02:43:17,471 --> 02:43:18,639 mayor, and, um, esteemed 5378 02:43:18,639 --> 02:43:20,639 councilmembers 5379 02:43:21,142 --> 02:43:21,315 s My name is Lena and I 5380 02:43:21,315 --> 02:43:23,244 m 5381 02:43:23,244 --> 02:43:23,611 speaking on behalf of cim Group. 5382 02:43:23,611 --> 02:43:25,611 Um, I 5383 02:43:26,180 --> 02:43:27,982 m going back to item f6, 5384 02:43:27,982 --> 02:43:28,482 which was uh on consent, and I 5385 02:43:28,482 --> 02:43:29,383 couldn 5386 02:43:29,383 --> 02:43:30,484 t make the cutoff 5387 02:43:30,484 --> 02:43:32,453 earlier. Um, along with a 5388 02:43:32,453 --> 02:43:34,321 colleague of mine who commented 5389 02:43:34,321 --> 02:43:36,724 earlier, we are the proud 5390 02:43:36,724 --> 02:43:39,127 owners and stewards of the lot 5391 02:43:39,127 --> 02:43:40,995 at Formosa. Um, we do have, 5392 02:43:40,995 --> 02:43:42,931 however, serious concerns about 5393 02:43:42,931 --> 02:43:43,865 the framing uh of the study and 5394 02:43:43,865 --> 02:43:45,133 the proposal ordinance and 5395 02:43:45,133 --> 02:43:46,367 wanted to share some of those 5396 02:43:46,367 --> 02:43:47,969 today. 5397 02:43:47,969 --> 02:43:49,537 Uh, preserving production is an 5398 02:43:49,537 --> 02:43:52,537 important intention, but if not 5399 02:43:53,207 --> 02:43:54,375 weighed equally, it would 5400 02:43:54,375 --> 02:43:56,211 stimulating and adding 5401 02:43:56,211 --> 02:43:57,546 flexibility for the related 5402 02:43:57,546 --> 02:43:59,681 industries. We fear these 5403 02:43:59,681 --> 02:44:01,182 efforts will have unintended 5404 02:44:01,182 --> 02:44:02,550 adverse consequences. Uh, for 5405 02:44:02,550 --> 02:44:03,852 the past 5 years, we 5406 02:44:03,852 --> 02:44:05,320 ve watched 5407 02:44:05,320 --> 02:44:07,210 operators and occupiers 5408 02:44:07,210 --> 02:44:08,222 evolving their business models 5409 02:44:08,222 --> 02:44:10,391 and so must we. 5410 02:44:10,391 --> 02:44:11,526 For our facilities to remain 5411 02:44:11,526 --> 02:44:13,195 relevant and economically 5412 02:44:13,195 --> 02:44:15,630 viable. In order to maintain 5413 02:44:15,630 --> 02:44:16,698 and preserve the physical 5414 02:44:16,698 --> 02:44:18,667 condition of the, of the 5415 02:44:18,667 --> 02:44:20,101 facilities. They require more 5416 02:44:20,101 --> 02:44:21,536 flexibility and creative use is 5417 02:44:21,536 --> 02:44:24,500 not less. So to highlight some 5418 02:44:24,500 --> 02:44:26,441 of our, our caution on the 5419 02:44:26,441 --> 02:44:27,442 initial staff report. When do 5420 02:44:27,442 --> 02:44:29,442 policies initiate from 5421 02:44:30,279 --> 02:44:32,214 preservation lens. It often 5422 02:44:32,214 --> 02:44:32,948 yields additional protectionist 5423 02:44:32,948 --> 02:44:33,849 restrictions. 5424 02:44:33,849 --> 02:44:35,849 Production, entertainment are 5425 02:44:36,351 --> 02:44:38,253 ever evolving, any stricter 5426 02:44:38,253 --> 02:44:39,854 definition of ancillary uses 5427 02:44:39,854 --> 02:44:41,523 will absolutely be limiting as 5428 02:44:41,523 --> 02:44:43,325 the industry adapts. 5429 02:44:43,325 --> 02:44:45,600 The mere rumor of the study 5430 02:44:45,600 --> 02:44:45,660 will hurt us in active 5431 02:44:45,660 --> 02:44:46,761 discussions with decision 5432 02:44:46,761 --> 02:44:47,629 makers in the business 5433 02:44:47,629 --> 02:44:50,629 community, we are trying to 5434 02:44:50,933 --> 02:44:52,901 keep local to West Hollywood. 5435 02:44:52,901 --> 02:44:54,236 Concerned also that the study 5436 02:44:54,236 --> 02:44:56,871 isolates our property and the 5437 02:44:56,871 --> 02:44:57,839 facilities at the lot, um, 5438 02:44:57,839 --> 02:44:59,839 without more active 5439 02:45:00,142 --> 02:45:01,610 participation prior to today. 5440 02:45:01,610 --> 02:45:03,440 So before any additional city 5441 02:45:03,440 --> 02:45:04,580 time and dollars are spent and 5442 02:45:04,580 --> 02:45:04,763 this effort is underway. We 5443 02:45:04,763 --> 02:45:06,763 re 5444 02:45:06,949 --> 02:45:08,450 advocating for a more thorough 5445 02:45:08,450 --> 02:45:09,818 dialogue with staff to shape 5446 02:45:09,818 --> 02:45:10,653 the framework and methodology 5447 02:45:10,653 --> 02:45:12,387 of the study. 5448 02:45:12,387 --> 02:45:13,856 So we urge you to take these 5449 02:45:13,856 --> 02:45:15,856 apprehensions, um, into 5450 02:45:16,358 --> 02:45:17,693 consideration. Thank you. 5451 02:45:17,693 --> 02:45:19,693 Thank you 5452 02:45:21,663 --> 02:45:22,265 Uh, and then I see Kyle Brazil. 5453 02:45:22,265 --> 02:45:22,865 Apologies if I 5454 02:45:22,865 --> 02:45:24,865 m not 5455 02:45:25,100 --> 02:45:27,100 pronouncing that correctly. 5456 02:45:27,269 --> 02:45:28,604 Yeah, Kyle Brazil, uh, live in 5457 02:45:28,604 --> 02:45:30,406 West Hollywood, was unable to 5458 02:45:30,406 --> 02:45:31,840 attend the last city council 5459 02:45:31,840 --> 02:45:33,342 meeting where the Fountain 5460 02:45:33,342 --> 02:45:34,509 Avenue project was discussed. I 5461 02:45:34,509 --> 02:45:37,509 had hoped common sense would 5462 02:45:38,146 --> 02:45:41,517 prevail, but it did not. We saw 5463 02:45:41,517 --> 02:45:43,286 the city council choose 5464 02:45:43,286 --> 02:45:45,286 disingenuous performative 5465 02:45:45,354 --> 02:45:47,189 arguments for a bike lane to be 5466 02:45:47,189 --> 02:45:49,425 put into Fountain Avenue rather 5467 02:45:49,425 --> 02:45:51,293 than considering actual studies. 5468 02:45:51,293 --> 02:45:52,594 I think the city has failed to 5469 02:45:52,594 --> 02:45:54,329 address the safety issues 5470 02:45:54,329 --> 02:45:56,980 created by that project, for 5471 02:45:56,980 --> 02:45:57,867 example, traffic getting 5472 02:45:57,867 --> 02:45:59,836 directed into oncoming traffic 5473 02:45:59,836 --> 02:46:01,437 as a result of one lane in each 5474 02:46:01,437 --> 02:46:02,438 direction when garbage trucks 5475 02:46:02,438 --> 02:46:03,672 are stopped, when Amazon 5476 02:46:03,672 --> 02:46:05,700 deliveries are on the road. The 5477 02:46:05,700 --> 02:46:06,275 city council members that voted 5478 02:46:06,275 --> 02:46:07,643 for that proposal offered 5479 02:46:07,643 --> 02:46:08,878 nothing about the safety issues 5480 02:46:08,878 --> 02:46:09,780 created by the proposal. 5481 02:46:09,780 --> 02:46:10,212 They 5482 02:46:10,212 --> 02:46:11,647 ve said nothing about the 5483 02:46:11,647 --> 02:46:14,216 fact that more cyclists will be 5484 02:46:14,216 --> 02:46:16,653 placed in driveways and in 5485 02:46:16,653 --> 02:46:17,687 graduate like the, the safety 5486 02:46:17,687 --> 02:46:18,588 concerns have just been 5487 02:46:18,588 --> 02:46:19,389 completely ignored. MR. 5488 02:46:19,389 --> 02:46:20,423 Erickson, I 5489 02:46:20,423 --> 02:46:21,958 m troubled by your 5490 02:46:21,958 --> 02:46:23,359 phone call to me prior to the 5491 02:46:23,359 --> 02:46:24,327 election, where you told me 5492 02:46:24,327 --> 02:46:24,560 this was a non-issue, this 5493 02:46:24,560 --> 02:46:24,927 wouldn 5494 02:46:24,927 --> 02:46:25,628 t happen 5495 02:46:25,628 --> 02:46:26,629 for years there 5496 02:46:26,629 --> 02:46:27,129 d be no impact, 5497 02:46:27,129 --> 02:46:27,997 and now you 5498 02:46:27,997 --> 02:46:29,965 re a proponent of 5499 02:46:29,965 --> 02:46:30,366 expediting this. I think you 5500 02:46:30,366 --> 02:46:31,868 re 5501 02:46:31,868 --> 02:46:33,269 willingness to mislead voters 5502 02:46:33,269 --> 02:46:34,704 prior to an election and then 5503 02:46:34,704 --> 02:46:36,706 double like completely flip 5504 02:46:36,706 --> 02:46:38,274 your position is troubling. Um, 5505 02:46:38,274 --> 02:46:39,742 I think it speaks a lot to your 5506 02:46:39,742 --> 02:46:39,913 character. MISS. Byers, I think 5507 02:46:39,913 --> 02:46:41,100 you 5508 02:46:41,100 --> 02:46:42,478 ve spoken a lot about the 5509 02:46:42,478 --> 02:46:44,414 need to educate the public on 5510 02:46:44,414 --> 02:46:46,415 the matter. Yet there were 5511 02:46:46,415 --> 02:46:46,649 multiple situations where you 5512 02:46:46,649 --> 02:46:48,184 couldn 5513 02:46:48,184 --> 02:46:49,820 t state basic facts 5514 02:46:49,820 --> 02:46:50,887 about this. For example, you 5515 02:46:50,887 --> 02:46:51,788 were like, I don 5516 02:46:51,788 --> 02:46:52,889 t know that I 5517 02:46:52,889 --> 02:46:53,890 agree or that you don 5518 02:46:53,890 --> 02:46:55,391 t know 5519 02:46:55,391 --> 02:46:56,760 how many bikers commute 5520 02:46:56,760 --> 02:46:57,927 down Fountain Avenue. Have you 5521 02:46:57,927 --> 02:46:59,429 looked into that to discover 5522 02:46:59,429 --> 02:47:01,364 that 1% of commuters are 5523 02:47:01,364 --> 02:47:04,364 cyclists, or are you still 5524 02:47:04,433 --> 02:47:06,200 unaware? You also mentioned MR. 5525 02:47:06,200 --> 02:47:06,235 Hang, you talked about your 5526 02:47:06,235 --> 02:47:07,370 partner 5527 02:47:07,370 --> 02:47:07,208 s collision, which I 5528 02:47:07,208 --> 02:47:08,271 m 5529 02:47:08,271 --> 02:47:08,705 sorry for, but I don 5530 02:47:08,705 --> 02:47:10,705 t think 5531 02:47:11,108 --> 02:47:12,809 you explained how a bike lane 5532 02:47:12,809 --> 02:47:14,444 prevents a collision for 5533 02:47:14,444 --> 02:47:15,879 someone making a left hand turn. 5534 02:47:15,879 --> 02:47:17,814 You all ignore the fact that 5535 02:47:17,814 --> 02:47:19,315 the same type of solution 5536 02:47:19,315 --> 02:47:20,750 implemented on Venice Boulevard 5537 02:47:20,750 --> 02:47:22,919 actually resulted in more 5538 02:47:22,919 --> 02:47:24,254 collisions, fewer cyclists, and 5539 02:47:24,254 --> 02:47:24,888 continued deaths. So again, I, 5540 02:47:24,888 --> 02:47:26,560 I mainly speak 5541 02:47:26,560 --> 02:47:27,240 to just say, I get it that you 5542 02:47:27,240 --> 02:47:27,204 think this is done. We 5543 02:47:27,204 --> 02:47:28,926 ll 5544 02:47:28,926 --> 02:47:30,600 continue to fight. I hope 5545 02:47:30,600 --> 02:47:31,394 common sense and compromise 5546 02:47:31,394 --> 02:47:33,497 will prevail, but I doubt it 5547 02:47:33,497 --> 02:47:34,965 with this group. Thank you. 5548 02:47:34,965 --> 02:47:36,166 Thank you. Are there any other 5549 02:47:36,166 --> 02:47:38,434 members of the public sign up 5550 02:47:38,434 --> 02:47:40,690 to speak? No? Ok. 5551 02:47:40,690 --> 02:47:40,537 Thank you all for the meeting 5552 02:47:40,537 --> 02:47:41,906 tonight. It 5553 02:47:41,906 --> 02:47:42,339 s only 8:36. It 5554 02:47:42,339 --> 02:47:44,800 s 5555 02:47:44,800 --> 02:47:45,750 amazing. Um, we will move into 5556 02:47:45,750 --> 02:47:47,750 councilmember comment and 5557 02:47:47,110 --> 02:47:49,120 meeting attendance reports. 5558 02:47:49,120 --> 02:47:49,580 Who would like to begin 5559 02:47:49,580 --> 02:47:50,247 No one 5560 02:47:50,247 --> 02:47:52,490 s Councilmember Meister, 5561 02:47:52,490 --> 02:47:54,284 over to you. Thank you. Sure 5562 02:47:54,284 --> 02:47:56,284 thing, um. 5563 02:47:57,220 --> 02:47:59,620 Attendance, uh, quake heroes, 5564 02:48:00,291 --> 02:48:02,760 which was a great um 5565 02:48:02,760 --> 02:48:04,995 documentary on and film about, 5566 02:48:04,995 --> 02:48:07,395 about the Northridge earthquake 5567 02:48:08,332 --> 02:48:10,934 and the, uh, citizens and just 5568 02:48:10,934 --> 02:48:12,903 people who were living in those 5569 02:48:12,903 --> 02:48:14,538 uh in those buildings who 5570 02:48:14,538 --> 02:48:15,972 became heroes, uh, for their 5571 02:48:15,972 --> 02:48:18,876 neighbors, and it was really 5572 02:48:18,876 --> 02:48:20,678 amazing and very, very 5573 02:48:20,678 --> 02:48:21,779 emotional and touching. Uh, 5574 02:48:21,779 --> 02:48:23,470 Holloway interim housing 5575 02:48:23,470 --> 02:48:25,447 project ribbon cutting. That 5576 02:48:25,482 --> 02:48:28,180 was very, very exciting to see. 5577 02:48:28,180 --> 02:48:30,721 Uh, I believe when it was like 5578 02:48:30,721 --> 02:48:32,721 2015 or 2016 5579 02:48:33,724 --> 02:48:35,626 when uh uh the council at the 5580 02:48:35,626 --> 02:48:38,620 time started talking about, you 5581 02:48:38,620 --> 02:48:41,620 know, places that would make 5582 02:48:41,866 --> 02:48:44,268 sense, uh, to be, uh, an 5583 02:48:44,268 --> 02:48:46,668 interim housing project, and 5584 02:48:46,770 --> 02:48:49,773 that was one of the locations 5585 02:48:49,773 --> 02:48:51,743 that we had identified and so 5586 02:48:51,743 --> 02:48:53,411 very excited to see that happen. 5587 02:48:53,411 --> 02:48:55,130 Um, Halloween, well, you know, 5588 02:48:55,130 --> 02:48:59,213 all the dogs were out, not the 5589 02:48:59,217 --> 02:49:00,251 cats, but the dogs and uh we 5590 02:49:00,251 --> 02:49:01,786 missed the cats 5591 02:49:01,786 --> 02:49:03,921 um and but it was very, it was 5592 02:49:03,921 --> 02:49:05,656 a fun event for everyone, for 5593 02:49:05,656 --> 02:49:08,656 the dogs, for the guardians, 5594 02:49:08,726 --> 02:49:10,228 and for the cats, for the um 5595 02:49:10,228 --> 02:49:11,830 and for the children that were 5596 02:49:11,830 --> 02:49:13,298 there. Uh, announcements, I 5597 02:49:13,298 --> 02:49:16,330 think that the city manager 5598 02:49:16,330 --> 02:49:17,535 talked about this, but there is 5599 02:49:17,535 --> 02:49:19,303 a zip in-person community 5600 02:49:19,303 --> 02:49:20,438 meeting on OCTOBER 8th at 6 5601 02:49:20,438 --> 02:49:22,406 P.M. At Plumberer Park 5602 02:49:22,406 --> 02:49:24,806 Community Center, room 5 and 6, 5603 02:49:25,242 --> 02:49:28,242 and an online community meeting 5604 02:49:28,413 --> 02:49:29,470 on OCTOBER 16th at noon. And if 5605 02:49:29,470 --> 02:49:30,480 you go to the city 5606 02:49:30,480 --> 02:49:32,480 s website, 5607 02:49:32,517 --> 02:49:34,686 you should be able to register. 5608 02:49:34,686 --> 02:49:36,387 You can go to Engageweho for 5609 02:49:36,387 --> 02:49:38,220 more information. Um, please 5610 02:49:38,220 --> 02:49:39,230 also check out the calendar for 5611 02:49:39,230 --> 02:49:41,423 all of the even 5612 02:49:42,293 --> 02:49:45,630 t s happening, uh, with our 5613 02:49:45,630 --> 02:49:47,320 disabilities advisory Board for 5614 02:49:47,320 --> 02:49:49,320 Disabilities Awareness Month 5615 02:49:50,435 --> 02:49:52,637 and also want to wish uh uh my 5616 02:49:52,637 --> 02:49:54,390 friends and family and and 5617 02:49:54,390 --> 02:49:55,473 anyone who was observing a 5618 02:49:55,473 --> 02:49:56,307 happy New Year. Thank you. 5619 02:49:56,307 --> 02:49:56,489 Thank you. 5620 02:49:56,489 --> 02:49:57,308 We 5621 02:49:57,308 --> 02:49:59,877 ll go over here to Council 5622 02:49:59,877 --> 02:50:01,877 Burhang. 5623 02:50:02,314 --> 02:50:04,416 Thank you, Mayor. Um, as far as 5624 02:50:04,416 --> 02:50:05,917 my meetings and attendance are 5625 02:50:05,917 --> 02:50:07,419 concerned. I attended the Art 5626 02:50:07,419 --> 02:50:10,550 Walk opening reception at the 5627 02:50:10,550 --> 02:50:11,223 Laika Gallery where I saw our 5628 02:50:11,223 --> 02:50:13,223 my colleague Counciluncilmember 5629 02:50:14,250 --> 02:50:16,261 Meister and her sister there. 5630 02:50:16,261 --> 02:50:19,261 We were all tasting caviar, 5631 02:50:19,298 --> 02:50:19,932 looking at art. I also attended 5632 02:50:19,932 --> 02:50:20,933 Counciler Meister 5633 02:50:20,933 --> 02:50:22,334 s Quake 5634 02:50:22,334 --> 02:50:24,636 Heroes screening. I thought I 5635 02:50:24,636 --> 02:50:27,606 was very educational, and it 5636 02:50:27,606 --> 02:50:30,606 actually just reminded me how 5637 02:50:31,420 --> 02:50:32,277 far this city uh has come in 5638 02:50:32,277 --> 02:50:34,746 terms of being the first, I 5639 02:50:34,746 --> 02:50:36,470 think, to offer earth to 5640 02:50:36,470 --> 02:50:37,490 promote earthquake retrofitting 5641 02:50:37,490 --> 02:50:38,617 for our many apartment 5642 02:50:38,617 --> 02:50:39,818 buildings, so I want to thank 5643 02:50:39,818 --> 02:50:42,210 our incredible city team for 5644 02:50:42,210 --> 02:50:43,589 that. I attended the hall in a 5645 02:50:43,589 --> 02:50:44,790 room housing, Grant opening. It 5646 02:50:44,790 --> 02:50:47,790 was a beautiful event. Thank 5647 02:50:48,260 --> 02:50:50,128 you to all the staff who were 5648 02:50:50,128 --> 02:50:50,362 involved in making that happen, 5649 02:50:50,362 --> 02:50:51,296 and it 5650 02:50:51,296 --> 02:50:52,531 s a great step forward 5651 02:50:52,531 --> 02:50:53,765 for our city. Um, I attended 5652 02:50:53,765 --> 02:50:55,334 the remodel and grand opening 5653 02:50:55,334 --> 02:50:55,835 of West Hollywood 5654 02:50:55,835 --> 02:50:56,102 s only 5655 02:50:56,102 --> 02:50:58,102 McDonald 5656 02:50:58,804 --> 02:51:00,672 s. Um, I attended the 5657 02:51:00,672 --> 02:51:00,906 la County next chapter 5658 02:51:00,906 --> 02:51:02,410 writer 5659 02:51:02,410 --> 02:51:03,875 s summit at West 5660 02:51:03,875 --> 02:51:05,711 Hollywood Park. It was great. A 5661 02:51:05,711 --> 02:51:07,679 lot of community members came 5662 02:51:07,679 --> 02:51:10,115 out. Supervisor Horvat came out, 5663 02:51:10,115 --> 02:51:13,219 which was fantastic too, and I 5664 02:51:13,219 --> 02:51:14,720 also attended the Voices of 5665 02:51:14,720 --> 02:51:17,120 Recovery symposium that they 5666 02:51:17,323 --> 02:51:19,325 had in the ark, and it was 5667 02:51:19,325 --> 02:51:21,600 great to see the recovery 5668 02:51:21,600 --> 02:51:23,962 community come out to support 5669 02:51:23,962 --> 02:51:25,297 one another in terms of 5670 02:51:25,297 --> 02:51:26,565 educational awareness, you know, 5671 02:51:26,565 --> 02:51:28,534 to come together as a community 5672 02:51:28,534 --> 02:51:31,104 to help save lives, and that is 5673 02:51:31,104 --> 02:51:32,538 Ally. Thank you. 5674 02:51:32,538 --> 02:51:34,400 Thank you, Councilorrickson. 5675 02:51:34,400 --> 02:51:35,942 Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank 5676 02:51:35,942 --> 02:51:38,430 you to my colleagues and all 5677 02:51:38,430 --> 02:51:38,444 their agenda items tonight. Um, 5678 02:51:38,444 --> 02:51:39,445 I don 5679 02:51:39,445 --> 02:51:40,312 t, I didn 5680 02:51:40,312 --> 02:51:40,679 t read Vice 5681 02:51:40,679 --> 02:51:41,780 Mayer Heilman 5682 02:51:41,780 --> 02:51:43,149 s item as a 5683 02:51:43,149 --> 02:51:44,650 punitive item, but I know there 5684 02:51:44,650 --> 02:51:46,619 are a couple of public comments 5685 02:51:46,619 --> 02:51:47,887 tonight. So maybe further 5686 02:51:47,887 --> 02:51:49,155 discussion can occur because I 5687 02:51:49,155 --> 02:51:50,189 know when things happen at 5 5688 02:51:50,189 --> 02:51:50,657 P.M. And I know Lena and all 5689 02:51:50,657 --> 02:51:52,458 them and we 5690 02:51:52,458 --> 02:51:53,359 ve met before, so I, 5691 02:51:53,359 --> 02:51:53,860 I maybe there 5692 02:51:53,860 --> 02:51:54,961 s some 5693 02:51:54,961 --> 02:51:55,761 conversations that still need 5694 02:51:55,761 --> 02:51:56,863 to occur, but I didn 5695 02:51:56,863 --> 02:51:58,264 t read it 5696 02:51:58,264 --> 02:52:00,990 as punitive and so I just 5697 02:52:00,990 --> 02:52:01,667 hopefully there can be some 5698 02:52:01,667 --> 02:52:03,102 correction or understanding 5699 02:52:03,102 --> 02:52:05,380 or connections with staff on 5700 02:52:05,380 --> 02:52:06,339 that moving forward um to make 5701 02:52:06,339 --> 02:52:06,539 sure we addressed that because 5702 02:52:06,539 --> 02:52:07,774 that 5703 02:52:07,774 --> 02:52:08,641 s not how I read it and I, 5704 02:52:08,641 --> 02:52:08,942 knowing the Viceman, I don 5705 02:52:08,942 --> 02:52:10,942 t 5706 02:52:11,778 --> 02:52:14,280 think that was his, his 5707 02:52:14,280 --> 02:52:15,348 intention, um, so I just wanted 5708 02:52:15,348 --> 02:52:16,715 to start there. Um, I have, I 5709 02:52:16,715 --> 02:52:18,617 attended a number of city 5710 02:52:18,617 --> 02:52:21,187 events just to highlight a few, 5711 02:52:21,187 --> 02:52:22,555 obviously, um, the next chapter 5712 02:52:22,555 --> 02:52:23,824 la County Library event 5713 02:52:23,824 --> 02:52:25,358 yesterday was wonderful. Thank 5714 02:52:25,358 --> 02:52:27,930 you to all that attended as 5715 02:52:27,930 --> 02:52:28,862 well as the Holloway open house. 5716 02:52:28,862 --> 02:52:29,929 Thank you again to all the 5717 02:52:29,929 --> 02:52:31,231 staff who worked tirelessly to 5718 02:52:31,231 --> 02:52:33,631 get the open house 5719 02:52:34,367 --> 02:52:35,969 going. It was really a shining 5720 02:52:35,969 --> 02:52:37,436 moment for the city and 5721 02:52:37,436 --> 02:52:37,870 something for many years to 5722 02:52:37,870 --> 02:52:38,905 come that I 5723 02:52:38,905 --> 02:52:41,875 ll be very proud of. 5724 02:52:41,875 --> 02:52:44,578 I also attended the Contract 5725 02:52:44,578 --> 02:52:46,479 cities board of directors, 5726 02:52:46,479 --> 02:52:47,614 executive board meeting, um, 5727 02:52:47,614 --> 02:52:49,149 and then additionally, um, in 5728 02:52:49,149 --> 02:52:51,500 my hometown press, the Rippon 5729 02:52:51,500 --> 02:52:52,919 Press, there was an article 5730 02:52:52,919 --> 02:52:54,587 written about when all of the 5731 02:52:54,587 --> 02:52:55,955 students from my high school 5732 02:52:55,955 --> 02:52:57,624 came to West Hollywood to learn 5733 02:52:57,624 --> 02:52:57,858 about the lgbtq community. So 5734 02:52:57,858 --> 02:52:58,826 if you 5735 02:52:58,826 --> 02:53:00,294 re interested, you can 5736 02:53:00,294 --> 02:53:01,562 go on and look, but they had a 5737 02:53:01,562 --> 02:53:04,970 great time and I want to 5738 02:53:04,970 --> 02:53:05,265 again thank staff and everyone 5739 02:53:05,265 --> 02:53:06,433 who came about, including the 5740 02:53:06,433 --> 02:53:07,267 mayor and my colleagues who 5741 02:53:07,267 --> 02:53:08,868 might have met them when they 5742 02:53:08,868 --> 02:53:11,738 were here, uh, including end 5743 02:53:11,738 --> 02:53:13,272 the top of it was they really 5744 02:53:13,272 --> 02:53:15,175 loved meeting Winston, 5745 02:53:15,175 --> 02:53:16,210 Supervisor Ho talk at the la 5746 02:53:16,210 --> 02:53:16,374 County Board of Supervisors. 5747 02:53:16,374 --> 02:53:16,644 I 5748 02:53:16,644 --> 02:53:17,311 m glad that 5749 02:53:17,311 --> 02:53:19,479 s what they took 5750 02:53:19,479 --> 02:53:21,548 away from it. Um 5751 02:53:21,548 --> 02:53:22,950 Additionally, um, Kyle, I 5752 02:53:22,950 --> 02:53:24,351 recall our conversation a 5753 02:53:24,351 --> 02:53:25,886 little differently, and when I 5754 02:53:25,886 --> 02:53:28,889 said the project was going to 5755 02:53:28,889 --> 02:53:30,724 happen, voila, here we are. Um, 5756 02:53:30,724 --> 02:53:33,127 and additionally, when it comes 5757 02:53:33,127 --> 02:53:34,595 down to Fountain Avenue safety, 5758 02:53:34,595 --> 02:53:37,164 I believe since the last 5759 02:53:37,164 --> 02:53:38,699 meeting there have been 5760 02:53:38,699 --> 02:53:40,699 Danny, I 5761 02:53:44,504 --> 02:53:46,707 m looking at you, 78, 5762 02:53:46,707 --> 02:53:47,674 crashes, complete total wrecks 5763 02:53:47,674 --> 02:53:49,243 on fountain. 5764 02:53:49,243 --> 02:53:50,946 I think my last count, give or 5765 02:53:50,946 --> 02:53:52,680 less, maybe 10, who knows, we 5766 02:53:52,680 --> 02:53:53,748 can maybe provide extra numbers, 5767 02:53:53,748 --> 02:53:55,182 uh, speeding, traffic 5768 02:53:55,182 --> 02:53:56,417 enforcement. So my comments to 5769 02:53:56,417 --> 02:53:58,385 our dear friends who continue 5770 02:53:58,385 --> 02:53:59,753 to come and talk about the same 5771 02:53:59,753 --> 02:54:01,288 thing, maybe go out and hold 5772 02:54:01,288 --> 02:54:03,657 signs and tell people to slow 5773 02:54:03,657 --> 02:54:05,692 down and to pay attention 5774 02:54:05,692 --> 02:54:06,628 rather than coming here and 5775 02:54:06,628 --> 02:54:08,195 understanding that traffic 5776 02:54:08,195 --> 02:54:09,730 violence is true violence 5777 02:54:09,730 --> 02:54:11,999 impacting our community members. 5778 02:54:11,999 --> 02:54:13,567 We did so much outreach on 5779 02:54:13,567 --> 02:54:15,202 Fountain Avenue, including an 5780 02:54:15,202 --> 02:54:16,637 election that it is getting to 5781 02:54:16,637 --> 02:54:17,938 be a little repetitive. 5782 02:54:17,938 --> 02:54:18,272 And additionally, if you 5783 02:54:18,272 --> 02:54:19,573 re not 5784 02:54:19,573 --> 02:54:21,410 doing anything to help people 5785 02:54:21,410 --> 02:54:22,476 on Fountain Avenue slowdown, 5786 02:54:22,476 --> 02:54:23,377 maybe you should go out and pay 5787 02:54:23,377 --> 02:54:23,644 your respects to Blake 5788 02:54:23,644 --> 02:54:25,644 s 5789 02:54:26,881 --> 02:54:27,882 Memorial, which was vandalized 5790 02:54:27,882 --> 02:54:29,882 immediately following the 5791 02:54:32,987 --> 02:54:34,987 fountain vote. 5792 02:54:36,524 --> 02:54:38,920 It was a memorial for an 5793 02:54:38,920 --> 02:54:39,493 individual that was killed on 5794 02:54:39,493 --> 02:54:40,828 Fountain Avenue was completely 5795 02:54:40,828 --> 02:54:41,596 vandalized. Now I 5796 02:54:41,596 --> 02:54:42,864 m not saying 5797 02:54:42,864 --> 02:54:43,665 anyone here had anything to do 5798 02:54:43,665 --> 02:54:44,432 with that, but it 5799 02:54:44,432 --> 02:54:45,934 s disgusting 5800 02:54:45,934 --> 02:54:47,201 that a memorial like that would 5801 02:54:47,201 --> 02:54:48,870 be vandalized, and knowing that 5802 02:54:48,870 --> 02:54:50,405 corner like I do because I walk 5803 02:54:50,405 --> 02:54:51,973 my dog there all the time. It 5804 02:54:51,973 --> 02:54:53,341 is shocking that that is some 5805 02:54:53,341 --> 02:54:55,243 levels of which we would be 5806 02:54:55,243 --> 02:54:56,811 having the conversation going 5807 02:54:56,811 --> 02:54:58,780 on today and so I would hope 5808 02:54:58,780 --> 02:54:59,314 maybe people would go pay their 5809 02:54:59,314 --> 02:55:00,215 respects there then coming to a 5810 02:55:00,215 --> 02:55:01,149 council meeting to 5811 02:55:01,149 --> 02:55:02,450 further cause deaths and 5812 02:55:02,450 --> 02:55:03,585 traffic accidents to occurring 5813 02:55:03,585 --> 02:55:06,540 in the city rather than tra 5814 02:55:06,540 --> 02:55:07,288 traffic. 5815 02:55:07,288 --> 02:55:08,490 Inclusionary measures and 5816 02:55:08,490 --> 02:55:10,890 preventing more traffic deaths 5817 02:55:10,992 --> 02:55:12,427 from occurring in the future. 5818 02:55:12,427 --> 02:55:13,661 So understanding your 5819 02:55:13,661 --> 02:55:15,730 frustration, but I would urge 5820 02:55:15,730 --> 02:55:16,565 you to check your priorities 5821 02:55:16,565 --> 02:55:17,599 and figure out what you would 5822 02:55:17,599 --> 02:55:18,834 like to do next. 5823 02:55:18,834 --> 02:55:20,340 Thank you, Councilor Burks, and 5824 02:55:20,340 --> 02:55:22,340 Vice Mayor Heilman. 5825 02:55:23,872 --> 02:55:26,708 Thank you. I also attended the 5826 02:55:26,708 --> 02:55:28,243 Holloway Ho House opening, and 5827 02:55:28,243 --> 02:55:30,445 it was great. I want to thank 5828 02:55:30,445 --> 02:55:33,445 Se for their engagement with 5829 02:55:33,748 --> 02:55:35,617 that. Um, I also participated 5830 02:55:35,617 --> 02:55:38,170 in the homeless subcommittee. 5831 02:55:38,954 --> 02:55:40,955 We will be coming back with 5832 02:55:40,955 --> 02:55:43,358 some discussion of homeless, uh, 5833 02:55:43,358 --> 02:55:45,758 priorities and services. There 5834 02:55:45,794 --> 02:55:48,396 is a bit of a disagreement on 5835 02:55:48,396 --> 02:55:50,565 the subcommittee on some issues, 5836 02:55:50,565 --> 02:55:53,402 um, and I think we need to get 5837 02:55:53,402 --> 02:55:55,802 greater clarity from the 5838 02:55:57,806 --> 02:56:00,409 council and make sure uh staff 5839 02:56:00,409 --> 02:56:02,677 is understanding the view of 5840 02:56:02,677 --> 02:56:04,713 the majority on the council. I 5841 02:56:04,713 --> 02:56:06,481 attended the 30th anniversary 5842 02:56:06,481 --> 02:56:08,583 of the Rocky Horror Show 5843 02:56:08,583 --> 02:56:08,783 produced by West Hollywood 5844 02:56:08,783 --> 02:56:10,783 s 5845 02:56:12,254 --> 02:56:16,458 own Lou Adler. Um, I do want to 5846 02:56:16,458 --> 02:56:19,610 follow up on the concerns, uh, 5847 02:56:19,610 --> 02:56:21,330 that John Larson raised about 5848 02:56:21,330 --> 02:56:23,131 no on-site manager. I know that 5849 02:56:23,131 --> 02:56:25,367 Andy spoke to him in the 5850 02:56:25,367 --> 02:56:28,367 hallway, but this is just 5851 02:56:29,305 --> 02:56:31,173 another example to me of a 5852 02:56:31,173 --> 02:56:33,542 department that has lost its 5853 02:56:33,542 --> 02:56:35,577 focus, not having an on-site 5854 02:56:35,577 --> 02:56:36,578 manager is a violation of state 5855 02:56:36,578 --> 02:56:37,946 law. I don 5856 02:56:37,946 --> 02:56:40,346 t understand why a 5857 02:56:40,349 --> 02:56:43,919 tenant has to file a petition 5858 02:56:43,919 --> 02:56:44,870 to have that issue addressed. I 5859 02:56:44,870 --> 02:56:46,870 don 5860 02:56:46,989 --> 02:56:48,557 t know why our rent 5861 02:56:48,557 --> 02:56:49,910 stabilization attorney isn 5862 02:56:49,910 --> 02:56:50,893 t 5863 02:56:50,893 --> 02:56:51,894 sending them a letter saying 5864 02:56:51,894 --> 02:56:52,895 that we are going to 5865 02:56:52,895 --> 02:56:55,295 prosecute them for that 5866 02:56:56,798 --> 02:56:59,401 violation, so I just feel that 5867 02:56:59,401 --> 02:57:01,571 our department has consistently 5868 02:57:01,571 --> 02:57:03,139 put the burden on tenants when 5869 02:57:03,139 --> 02:57:05,408 there are violations, clear 5870 02:57:05,408 --> 02:57:08,110 violations by the landlord, and 5871 02:57:08,110 --> 02:57:11,347 I think the department has lost 5872 02:57:11,347 --> 02:57:13,549 its original focus, which was 5873 02:57:13,549 --> 02:57:15,717 to protect tenants from 5874 02:57:15,717 --> 02:57:18,117 violations by landlords. Um, 5875 02:57:18,687 --> 02:57:20,857 finally, on item f6, I would 5876 02:57:20,857 --> 02:57:23,257 like us to um 5877 02:57:23,893 --> 02:57:26,562 also ask that to be reviewed by 5878 02:57:26,562 --> 02:57:28,962 the council of Budget 5879 02:57:29,465 --> 02:57:30,166 Subcommittee because I did not 5880 02:57:30,166 --> 02:57:31,701 agree with staff 5881 02:57:31,701 --> 02:57:33,701 s, um, 5882 02:57:34,537 --> 02:57:36,940 suggestion that this needs to 5883 02:57:36,940 --> 02:57:38,942 be deferred the public speakers, 5884 02:57:38,942 --> 02:57:41,811 I appreciate them coming out, 5885 02:57:41,811 --> 02:57:44,781 but part of the reason to 5886 02:57:44,781 --> 02:57:47,781 initiate this was because of 5887 02:57:49,419 --> 02:57:51,530 rumors that the lot wants to um 5888 02:57:51,530 --> 02:57:51,420 completely change what it 5889 02:57:51,420 --> 02:57:53,420 s 5890 02:57:54,357 --> 02:57:56,960 doing there and replace the 5891 02:57:56,960 --> 02:57:59,196 studio uses with completely 5892 02:57:59,196 --> 02:58:02,196 different type of use, and 5893 02:58:02,532 --> 02:58:04,767 there are other studios in the 5894 02:58:04,767 --> 02:58:06,536 city where if we are really 5895 02:58:06,536 --> 02:58:08,404 serious about protecting the 5896 02:58:08,404 --> 02:58:09,839 entertainment industry. Our 5897 02:58:09,839 --> 02:58:12,239 entertainment industry is under 5898 02:58:12,943 --> 02:58:15,679 attack right now. We cannot 5899 02:58:15,679 --> 02:58:17,347 allow those facilities to be 5900 02:58:17,347 --> 02:58:19,347 converted to non-entertainment 5901 02:58:19,516 --> 02:58:20,817 uses. I think that would really 5902 02:58:20,817 --> 02:58:22,850 send a message to 5903 02:58:22,850 --> 02:58:22,518 the entertainment community 5904 02:58:22,518 --> 02:58:23,887 that we aren 5905 02:58:23,887 --> 02:58:25,321 t really serious 5906 02:58:25,321 --> 02:58:27,321 about protecting the 5907 02:58:27,390 --> 02:58:27,757 entertainment industry, so I 5908 02:58:27,757 --> 02:58:29,757 m 5909 02:58:29,993 --> 02:58:31,995 certain that as this moves 5910 02:58:31,995 --> 02:58:33,797 forward, we will dialogue with 5911 02:58:33,797 --> 02:58:36,500 the people at the lot, um, and 5912 02:58:36,500 --> 02:58:38,401 with all of the other owners of 5913 02:58:38,401 --> 02:58:41,401 studio properties, but we need 5914 02:58:42,138 --> 02:58:44,240 to move forward with um 5915 02:58:44,240 --> 02:58:46,477 protection before all of the 5916 02:58:46,477 --> 02:58:48,646 studio and ancillary uses get 5917 02:58:48,646 --> 02:58:49,780 demolished in our city, and 5918 02:58:49,780 --> 02:58:50,714 then where are we going to be 5919 02:58:50,714 --> 02:58:52,714 with our entertain 5920 02:58:52,950 --> 02:58:54,510 ment industries? So thank you. 5921 02:58:54,510 --> 02:58:55,519 Thank you. Thank you again to 5922 02:58:55,519 --> 02:58:56,486 the public for your engagement 5923 02:58:56,486 --> 02:58:57,854 in the meeting tonight. Thank 5924 02:58:57,854 --> 02:59:00,423 you to staff for your great 5925 02:59:00,423 --> 02:59:02,125 work. Uh, my meeting attendance 5926 02:59:02,125 --> 02:59:03,930 report includes the Los Angeles 5927 02:59:03,930 --> 02:59:04,628 County Affordable Housing 5928 02:59:04,628 --> 02:59:06,300 Solutions Agency board meeting 5929 02:59:06,300 --> 02:59:07,164 last month in the Clean Power 5930 02:59:07,164 --> 02:59:09,164 Alliance Energy Committee 5931 02:59:09,366 --> 02:59:11,101 meeting, as well as a number of 5932 02:59:11,101 --> 02:59:12,369 wonderful community events, and 5933 02:59:12,369 --> 02:59:14,400 the Holloway, the Holloway, the 5934 02:59:14,400 --> 02:59:15,505 Holloway, what an amazing 5935 02:59:15,505 --> 02:59:17,574 success. It was such a joy to 5936 02:59:17,574 --> 02:59:19,309 be surrounded by so many in the 5937 02:59:19,309 --> 02:59:20,443 community, just a big thank you 5938 02:59:20,443 --> 02:59:22,443 and kudos to 5939 02:59:22,847 --> 02:59:24,382 the many, many staff stewards 5940 02:59:24,382 --> 02:59:24,882 of that work over the many 5941 02:59:24,882 --> 02:59:26,183 years it 5942 02:59:26,183 --> 02:59:27,618 s taken and so many of 5943 02:59:27,618 --> 02:59:29,687 those staff are even no longer 5944 02:59:29,687 --> 02:59:31,488 with the city, so it was just 5945 02:59:31,488 --> 02:59:32,723 such a great moment to see some 5946 02:59:32,723 --> 02:59:33,891 of those folks come back and to 5947 02:59:33,891 --> 02:59:36,260 celebrate the work that has 5948 02:59:36,260 --> 02:59:37,194 taken so long to achieve so 5949 02:59:37,194 --> 02:59:37,427 much for the unhoused community, 5950 02:59:37,427 --> 02:59:38,996 and we 5951 02:59:38,996 --> 02:59:41,990 re so grateful to our 5952 02:59:41,990 --> 02:59:42,500 partners at Enciia for their 5953 02:59:42,500 --> 02:59:44,168 leadership now taking that into 5954 02:59:44,168 --> 02:59:45,469 its next chapter, but really 5955 02:59:45,469 --> 02:59:47,271 what a gem in our community and 5956 02:59:47,271 --> 02:59:49,540 just a tremendous source of 5957 02:59:49,540 --> 02:59:50,541 pride. I also wanted to thank 5958 02:59:50,541 --> 02:59:51,675 our staff and our partner 5959 02:59:51,675 --> 02:59:53,510 s that visit West Hollywood for 5960 02:59:53,510 --> 02:59:55,479 the amazing work on the who 5961 02:59:55,479 --> 02:59:57,815 Loves Locals program and this 5962 02:59:57,815 --> 02:59:59,383 2.0 rollout, the billboard, the 5963 02:59:59,383 --> 02:59:59,784 mailers, the texts, it just 5964 02:59:59,784 --> 03:00:00,418 felt like it 5965 03:00:00,418 --> 03:00:01,185 s really getting 5966 03:00:01,185 --> 03:00:02,153 out there and we 5967 03:00:02,153 --> 03:00:03,421 ve also seen a 5968 03:00:03,421 --> 03:00:05,560 tremendous amount of media 5969 03:00:05,560 --> 03:00:07,240 coverage about it. People 5970 03:00:07,240 --> 03:00:08,392 really healing this as a 5971 03:00:08,392 --> 03:00:09,660 meaningful sort of discount 5972 03:00:09,660 --> 03:00:10,600 program to provide to residents, 5973 03:00:10,600 --> 03:00:11,950 and I 5974 03:00:11,950 --> 03:00:12,763 m really looking forward 5975 03:00:12,763 --> 03:00:14,866 to getting reports and data 5976 03:00:14,866 --> 03:00:16,101 back from the usage and utility, 5977 03:00:16,101 --> 03:00:17,602 but just seeing businesses 5978 03:00:17,602 --> 03:00:19,270 embrace the program with big, 5979 03:00:19,270 --> 03:00:19,441 you know, signs that they 5980 03:00:19,441 --> 03:00:20,538 re 5981 03:00:20,538 --> 03:00:20,772 posting themselves or added 5982 03:00:20,772 --> 03:00:21,973 little 5983 03:00:21,973 --> 03:00:23,474 memos in the checks. It goes a 5984 03:00:23,474 --> 03:00:23,841 long way and to my knowledge, 5985 03:00:23,841 --> 03:00:24,509 the program 5986 03:00:24,509 --> 03:00:25,111 s still open, so if 5987 03:00:25,111 --> 03:00:25,643 you haven 5988 03:00:25,643 --> 03:00:26,978 t got your gift card, 5989 03:00:26,978 --> 03:00:27,147 you can still do that. There 5990 03:00:27,147 --> 03:00:28,212 s 5991 03:00:28,212 --> 03:00:29,246 a lot of different range of 5992 03:00:29,246 --> 03:00:30,781 amounts available and it 5993 03:00:30,781 --> 03:00:32,217 downloads to your phone in many 5994 03:00:32,217 --> 03:00:34,118 cases, so I encourage you to 5995 03:00:34,118 --> 03:00:35,620 check that out and go enjoy the 5996 03:00:35,620 --> 03:00:38,200 businesses with support from 5997 03:00:38,790 --> 03:00:40,910 the city. And finally just I 5998 03:00:40,910 --> 03:00:42,427 wanted to mention I was really 5999 03:00:42,427 --> 03:00:44,161 thrilled to see news this week 6000 03:00:44,161 --> 03:00:45,630 about San Francisco 6001 03:00:45,630 --> 03:00:47,630 s speed 6002 03:00:48,366 --> 03:00:50,766 cameras being effective tools 6003 03:00:51,202 --> 03:00:52,403 to mitigate safety concerns on 6004 03:00:52,403 --> 03:00:53,705 specific corridors, that 6005 03:00:53,705 --> 03:00:55,407 is one of the major concerns we 6006 03:00:55,407 --> 03:00:56,574 have in the city when it comes 6007 03:00:56,574 --> 03:00:56,749 to street safety, and we 6008 03:00:56,749 --> 03:00:58,643 ve 6009 03:00:58,643 --> 03:00:59,844 been limited our ability to 6010 03:00:59,844 --> 03:01:01,713 bring those speed cameras 6011 03:01:01,713 --> 03:01:04,382 online due to state policy, but 6012 03:01:04,382 --> 03:01:05,883 the pilot that is currently 6013 03:01:05,883 --> 03:01:07,520 online in cities is what is 6014 03:01:07,520 --> 03:01:08,487 supposed to create data and a 6015 03:01:08,487 --> 03:01:09,288 pathway for more cities to be 6016 03:01:09,288 --> 03:01:10,822 able to bring those speed 6017 03:01:10,822 --> 03:01:12,240 cameras online. So I was very 6018 03:01:12,240 --> 03:01:12,758 encouraged to see that 6019 03:01:12,758 --> 03:01:14,259 information come out of San 6020 03:01:14,259 --> 03:01:15,594 Francisco. Hopeful that our 6021 03:01:15,594 --> 03:01:17,462 legislature will start taking 6022 03:01:17,462 --> 03:01:18,663 that seriously and continue to 6023 03:01:18,663 --> 03:01:19,998 hear the calls of cities like 6024 03:01:19,998 --> 03:01:21,132 West Hollywood who want to see 6025 03:01:21,132 --> 03:01:22,100 those cameras 6026 03:01:22,100 --> 03:01:23,101 come into effect. The tickets 6027 03:01:23,101 --> 03:01:23,936 are issued through Department 6028 03:01:23,936 --> 03:01:24,336 of Transportation. It 6029 03:01:24,336 --> 03:01:25,671 s a very 6030 03:01:25,671 --> 03:01:26,972 different sort of program than 6031 03:01:26,972 --> 03:01:29,141 I experienced when I was living 6032 03:01:29,141 --> 03:01:29,908 in Arizona when, yeah, other 6033 03:01:29,908 --> 03:01:30,142 things were happening, so I 6034 03:01:30,142 --> 03:01:31,276 m 6035 03:01:31,276 --> 03:01:32,477 very hopeful about this program 6036 03:01:32,477 --> 03:01:33,712 and want to continue our 6037 03:01:33,712 --> 03:01:34,613 advocacy as a city to bring 6038 03:01:34,613 --> 03:01:36,348 that because I think that will 6039 03:01:36,348 --> 03:01:36,581 be another realm of solutions 6040 03:01:36,581 --> 03:01:38,316 that we 6041 03:01:38,316 --> 03:01:39,618 ll be able to engage to 6042 03:01:39,618 --> 03:01:40,718 address many of the concerns we 6043 03:01:40,718 --> 03:01:41,954 continue to hear plague our 6044 03:01:41,954 --> 03:01:43,389 community. Thank you all for a 6045 03:01:43,389 --> 03:01:45,391 great meeting tonight, a great 6046 03:01:45,391 --> 03:01:46,458 start to OCTOBER. Many 6047 03:01:46,458 --> 03:01:46,643 awareness month that we 6048 03:01:46,643 --> 03:01:47,226 re 6049 03:01:47,226 --> 03:01:47,526 making, yeah, it 6050 03:01:47,526 --> 03:01:48,260 s 9 o 6051 03:01:48,260 --> 03:01:49,261 clock 6052 03:01:49,261 --> 03:01:49,461 and we are adjourned. We 6053 03:01:49,461 --> 03:01:50,295 ll see 6054 03:01:50,295 --> 03:01:51,363 you next meeting 6055 03:01:51,363 --> 03:01:52,640 OCTOBER 20th back here in 6056 03:01:52,640 --> 03:01:54,640 Counciluncil chambers. Thank