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