VNC Board Meeting Agenda
Board of Officers Meeting Agenda
Westminster Elementary School (Auditorium)
1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, 90291
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Approval of the Agenda
3. Approval of any outstanding minutes submitted by the Secretary
May 19, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes
(see http://venicenc.org/files/090519VNCBoardMinutes.doc)
and
May 7, 2009 Special Board Meeting Minutes
(see http://www.venicenc.org/files/090507VNCBoardMinutes.doc)
Committee Reports are provided in written form when available
4. Consent Calendar
A Motion to acquire and use postal annex on Windward Circle for Venice Community Purposes
Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com): Postal Annex on Windward Circle is up for sale. Move that this property be used for local community purposes & send letter to Harmon, copy to Rosendahl, urging this.
B Motion to approve 415 Ocean Front Walk, Cadallic Hotel
Challis Macpherson (Chair-LUPC@VeniceNC.org): Regarding 415 Ocean Front Walk, Cadillac Hotel: Challis Macpherson, LUPC Chair, moves that the VNC Board of Officers accept the LUPC staff report, and approve the requested upgrade in their CUB as presented. [Unanimous]
5. Treasurers Report – expenditures thru 5/31/09 & amended Jan-Apr 09 reports accept reports as presented (The treasurers report is available online at http://venicenc.org/node/1200)
6. Scheduled Announcements (no more than 1 minute per report unless otherwise stated)
A Mike Newhouse (president@venicenc.org): (i) Abbot Kinney Festival Association Community Grants Program;
(ii) Appreciation for Emergency Preparedness work; (iii) Report from California Coastal Commission OPD hearing.
B Governmental Reports
• DONE: Deanna Stevenson
• LAPD: Officer Peggy Thusing, Senior Lead Officer
• State Assemblyperson Ted Lieu: Jennifer Zivkovic, Field Representative (310-615-3515; Jennifer.zivkovic@asm.ca.gov)
• Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: Jennifer Badger, West Area Representatives (310-479-3823; jennifer.badger@lacity.org)
• City Councilperson Bill Rosendahl: Arturo Piña, Field Deputy
• LADWP: VNC Representatives DeDe Audet & Challis McPherson
C Ethics Training Compliance Update
Linda Lucks (VicePresident@VeniceNC.org)
D AKFA Community Grants Program
Melissa Richardson Banks (213-446-3467; melissa@causeconnect.net) Abbot Kinney Festival Association (AKFA):
New Community Grants Program Announced for Venice-based Nonprofits Serving Local Youth and Families
Funded by Proceeds from Annual Abbot Kinney Festival
E Possible Partner and Grant for LAFLA’s DV Shelter in Courthouse
Karla Barrow (323-801-7967; kbarrow@lafla.org) Managing attorney for Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles:
The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles would like to propose the idea of a partnership with VNC and grant funds for the Domestic Violence Clinic housed in the Santa Monica Courthouse. The clinic is open every morning of the Court week and provides free services ranging from legal advice, representation with family law matters, and emergency restraining order petitions. It is staffed by an attorney, a paralegal, and several volunteers. The clinic serves low income clients from the Westside, including many Venice residents. We request your ideas and suggestions to facilitate collaboration.
F Nadine Parkos to provide title and text
Nadine Parkos (310-827-2188; nadineparkos@aol.com):
G Nadine Parkos to provide title and text
Nadine Parkos (310-827-2188; nadineparkos@aol.com):
H June 27 EcoFest on boardwalk
Linda Lucks (VicePresident@VeniceNC.org):
I Small Lot Subdivision Planning Commission Hearing Report
Challis Macpherson (Chair-LUPC@VeniceNC.org)
7. Announcements & Public Comment on items not on the Agenda (15 min, no more than 2 minutes per person – no board member announcements permitted)
8. Old Business
A Mike Newhouse (president@venicenc.org): Still need new chair of OFW Committee – Ira Koslow has stepped down.
B From the Community Improvement Projects Committee
I Approval of 2009-2010 Community Improvement Projects (30 min)
Ivan Spiegel (310-821-9556; ivan13147@verizon.net): As per Standing Rule 4, the Board must allocate the funds for the Community Improvement Projects for the upcoming fiscal year (2009-2010) at its June meeting. The applicants will be invited to make a 2 minute statement about their project (11 applicants-appx 25 minutes).
RANKINGS FOR 2009-2010 VNC COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
Rank Applicant Project Amount Requested Amount Allocated
1 Masters In The Chapel Concert Series 2000 2000
2 Friends Of Coeur D’Alene Hummingbird Hangout Garden 1996 1996
3 Westminster School Yes We Can – Garden Benches 2000 2000
4 France Fagin Venice Youth Photography Program 2000 2000
5 Inside Out Arts Youth And Family Courtyard 2000 2000
6 Abbott Kinney District Association Festival Sponsorship 2000 2000
7 Oakwood Recreation Center Halloween Event 2000 2000
8 SPARC Building Beautification 2000 2000
9 Alex Stowell Metal At Muscle Beach 2000 2000
10 Mother Olivia Faire Tutoring Program 1688 405
11 Congregation Mishkon Tephilo Community Gilbert & Sullivan 1800 1599
Total 21484 20000
(Community Improvement Project descriptions are available online at http://venicenc.org/node/1200)
E From Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness and Vehicular Occupation
(The Committee Report, including the Minority Report, is available online at http://venicenc.org/node/1200)
I Motion for Creation of Single Room Occupancy Facility
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: Request that the VNC ask the Councilman of the District and the Mayor to support the creation a new Single Room Occupancy project in Venice to house the most critically at risk homeless as soon as possible, through either master leasing or purchasing an existing structure as opposed to new development, and to this end recommend that the the Council Office, the Mayor and the Los Angeles Housing Department consider the sites below as examples of appropriate sites for such housing:
585 E. Venice Boulevard (former Samy’s Camera), Zoning: M1-1
4096 South Glencoe, Zoning: CM-2D (storage use)
4230 S. Del Rey Avenue, Zoning: CM-2D (storage use)
as explained in detail in the Ad Hoc Committee’s report.
II Motion to Create VNC Ad Hoc Affordable Housing Committee
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: Request that That the VNC establish a Committee on Affordable Housing to promote the development of affordable housing and that said committee consider the following incentives:
• voluntary inclusionary zoning to allow an additional small affordable unit(s) (400 to 600 sq. ft.) per lot where lot size is adequate (i.e., those which now are allowed two or more units by right).
• selective re-zoning along major thorough-fares to allow owners ability to build more & smaller units/acre.
• Historical Preservation variances that create incentives to retain existing non-conforming affordable housing stock (not to include legalization of garage conversions unless code-required parking is provided.)
• the reduction – but not elimination – of required care-provider staff parking and occupant parking for facilities which house the previously homeless, including Single Room Occupancy (SRO) projects, and very
low to low income projects. (For example, instead of the current requirement of one parking space per unit in an SRO project, the City might only require .5 spaces per unit, recognizing that individuals at this income level frequently do not have automobiles.)
III Motion for LAPD to Create Homeless Liaison Team
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: Request that the VNC request the LAPD to develop a team of officers with special training and primary responsibility for outreach to, and liaison with, the homeless in Venice and CD 11 and local social services providers, per the report and recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness and Vehicular Living.
IV Motion for Limited Zoning Exemption for Permanent Supportive Housing
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: Request the VNC recommend to the Councilman of the District and Mayor that, for the purpose of construction or adaptive reuse to create permanent supportive housing or transitional housing for chronic homeless individuals only, that a zoning exemption be granted to increase the number of units per acre (while maintaining height limits) beyond City code and the Venice Specific Plan, if the units created are vested in perpetuity as affordable by the project developer, whether publicly or privately developed, and located in commercial or manufacturing zones only, per the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee.
V Motion for Greater City Subsidies for Affordable Housing
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: Request that the VNC recommend to the Councilman of the District and the Mayor that the City of Los Angeles factor in the high cost of land in the development of affordable housing and provide greater subsidies for areas of the City with high land costs where there are significant concentrations of homeless individuals, such as Venice, to allow the purchase of sites in, or adjacent to, these areas.
VI Motion to Create Vehicle-to-Housing Transition Program
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: Request that the VNC recommend that the City of Los Angeles establish a program, funded by the City, County and possibly private charitable sources, and operated by a non-profit social service provider, to provide first responders and off-street sites and services to assist vehicular dwellers, on a voluntary basis, find affordable housing, per the program outline and conditional use permit contained in the Ad Committee’s report and recommendations.
VII Motion to Create CD 11-wide Homeless Task Force
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: To assure that homelessness on the Westside is addressed as the regional issue that it is, request that that the VNC recommend that the Councilman of the District establish a CD 11-wide Homeless Task Force with two representatives of each neighborhood council and also representatives of residents associations to meet monthly with the Council Office, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, representatives of adjoining cities, service providers, representatives of appropriate county supervisors and county departments (County Mental Health, etc.), LA Housing Department, LAPD, LA City Attorney, etc., with the purpose of coordinating homeless services, educating the public about the solutions to homelessness, supporting increased private and public funding for services and housing for the homeless and reaching consensus on the siting of transition and permanent supportive affordable housing for the homeless.
VIII Motion to extend the Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness & Vehicular Occupation to September 18, 2009
Mark Ryavec (310 392 4843; delphiassociates@ca.rr.com) & Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) Co-Chairs: To continue the dialogue begun by this Committee with various agencies and officials, to advance the recommendations made by this Committee (or which will be made by this Committee), and to maintain a focus on the needs of the homeless in our community, request that the VNC confirm the decision of the Ad Hoc Committee that it continue to meet until its one-year renewal date on September 18, 2009, on the subject of Homelessness, and the related issues of development of affordable housing in and around Venice, on a once per month basis or as determined by its chair(s), and that it act as the VNC’s interlocutor with homeless serving agencies, both public and private, City agencies such as the LAPD and City Attorney and LAHD, County representatives, and LAHSA. The committee shall also hold meetings with various agencies to gauge progress in assisting Venice’s homeless population gain access to services and housing.
E From Co-Chair Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness and Vehicular Occupation
I Motion to Amend Motion to Create Vehicle-to-Housing Transition Program
Carolyn Rios (310-821-7922; crlynrios@ca.rr.com) to be presented by Linda Lucks & Karen Wolfe:
(i) Motion to change the language on page 5 of the Ad Hoc Homeless and Vehicular Occupation Committee Report (the first page of the Recommendation for a Pilot Vehicle-to-Housing Transition Program) as follows:
1. The City would adopt conditional use permit language (recommended language below) to allow the permitting of public or private lots as transition sites per the proposed attached language. The sites would be [DELETE: at least 300 feet from inhabited residences,] exempted from LAMC 85.02, no more than [DELETE: three] [ADD: six] vehicles would be allowed on a site at one time, and participants would [DELETE: be restricted to] [ADD: receive permits for] three month stays (renewable per request of Social Service agency) and must be of very low income status. [DELETE: (Examples of possible sites are below.)] [ADD: (5 – 10 lots would be added to list of possible sites.)] Other provisions are contained in the attached proposed permit language to protect the neighborhoods in which the sites are located.
(ii) Motion to change the language on page 5 of the Ad Hoc Homeless and Vehicular Occupation Committee Report as follows:
( ) Transitional Vehicular Residency on Parking Lots. Notwithstanding Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 85.02, the use of public parking lots and/or privately-held parking lots overnight as transition sites, with funded services providing for transition to affordable housing, for individuals living in their vehicles, limited to [DELETE: three (3)] [ADD: six (6)] vehicles or less, with stays of [DELETE: less than] three months [DELETE: per year, where the vehicles will be parked at least 300 feet from any inhabited dwelling(s) located on an adjoining or nearby parcel,] and the vehicle owner(s)/occupants are determined to be very low income as determined by the transition service provider or the Los Angeles Housing Department, in the CR, C1, C1.5, C2, C4, C5, CM, MR1, MR2, M1, M2, M3, P, and PF Zones, provided that: . . .
D From Rules & Elections Committee
I Standing Rule mandating Ethics Training for new Board members
Ira Koslow (310-392-0868; ira.koslow@venicenc.org): Request board adopt the following:
Effective July, 2009, any Board member who has not received a certificate of completion for the mandated ethics training will be prohibited from voting on any land use issues or financial expenditures of any city funds.
II Bylaw amendment limiting occurrence of petition elections [Requires 2/3 full board vote]
Ira Koslow (310-392-0868; ira.koslow@venicenc.org): Request board adopt the following amendment to VNC Bylaw VA1:
Receipt of this completed petition by the Secretary shall trigger this item being scheduled as an action item on the Agenda at a separate Election Meeting to be held not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) two hundred and ten (210) days following receipt of the completed petition. Notice of the Initiative, including the outline paragraph of fifty (50) words or less, shall be made in all public meeting notices and announcements for the upcoming meeting at which the Initiative shall be voted on. This time limit may be waived by a majority vote of the VNC Board if there is evidence of a time sensitive matter.
9. New Business
A From Rules & Elections Committee
I Bylaw Amendment Regarding City 2010 Election Requirements [Requires 2/3 full board vote]
Ira Koslow (ira.koslow@venicenc.org): REC recommends (3-0-0) that the VNC Board comply with requirements specified in the Los Angeles City Council February 20, 2008 Amendment of its enacted May 30, 2001 Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils by adopting, & scheduling an election for stakeholder approval of, the below addition of Article XIII –– VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ELECTIONS (which conforms to the draft language distributed by DONE) to its Bylaws:
XIII –– VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Neighborhood Council Elections and Composition of Board of Officers: This Article explains the administration of Neighborhood Council elections by the City Clerk and provides information regarding Stakeholder membership, the board’s structure, and Stakeholder eligibility for voting and being selected or elected to a board seat. The provisions in this Article supersede any prior inconsistent provisions contained in the bylaws.
The Governing Board must, to the extent possible, reflect the diversity of the Neighborhood Council’s Stakeholders. Accordingly, no single Stakeholder group shall comprise a majority of the Neighborhood Council’s governing body, unless extenuating circumstances are warranted and approved by DONE.
Elections shall be conducted every two years in even-numbered years and shall be administered by the City Clerk beginning on April-June 2010. The rules and regulations promulgated by the City Clerk in conjunction with an election administered by the City Clerk shall take precedence over any inconsistent language in these bylaws. The term for each currently elected board member shall be extended through and until a successor is elected or appointed at the April-June 2010 City Clerk conducted election.
Beginning with the City Clerk conducted election held on April-June 2010, a board member’s term shall be for the duration of two years or until a successor is elected or appointed.
II Clarification of Factual Basis Stakeholder definition (10 min) [Discussion only]
Joe Murphy (Secretary@venicenc.org): REC recommends (2-1-0) that Board amend SR 17 as follows:
[DELETE]
17. Definition of Factual Basis Stakeholder under LA City Ordinance 179680
A Factual Basis Stakeholder is defined for all Venice Neighborhood Council purposes as an individual who lives, works, or owns property within the Venice Neighborhood Council boundaries.
[END DELETE]
[ADD]
17. Definition of Stakeholder:
As used in this Standing Rule 17:
(i) A Charter Stakeholder is a person who lives, works, or owns property within the Venice Neighborhood Council boundaries as defined in Article IX Sec. 906 (a)(2) of the Los Angeles City Charter and used in the October 23, 2008 VNC Bylaws and is qualified for all purposes specified in the Bylaws.
(ii) A Non-Charter Stakeholder is a person who does not live, work, or own property within the Venice Neighborhood Council boundaries but who may nonetheless qualify as a Factual Basis Stakeholder, as that term is used in LA City Ordinance 179680, for the limited purpose of running or voting for the board position of Secretary in elections required to be conducted by the LA City Clerk.
In conducting VNC Board elections, the City Clerk alone is responsible for determining whether an individual qualifies as a Non-Charter Stakeholder.
[END ADD]
(JDM Email to DONE, BONC, City Attorney & City Clerk is available online at http://venicenc.org/node/1200)
B LUPC recommended motion regarding 1020 Venice Blvd
Challis Macpherson (Chair-LUPC@VeniceNC.org): Regarding 1020 Venice Blvd: Challis Macpherson, LUPC Chair, moves that the VNC Board of Officers accept the LUPC staff report, and that the VNC Board of Officers recommend DENIAL of the application’s request for a zone change and any exceptions to the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan regarding height, density, parking and set-backs; and further, that the VNC strongly recommend that the City mandate that any exceptions granted under density bonuses or density bonus incentives granted within the boundaries of the VCZSP be in compliance with VCZSP. [6-0-2 & 1 recusal]
C Report on ‘The Delta’ (15 min)
Yolanda Gonzalez (310-902-8690; firstmateyo@yahoo.com): Approve the following letter:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Whereas: It is necessary for the State of California to take quick and prompt action to secure adequate water to supply the people of California;
Whereas: Taking water from the Sacramento River North of the Delta will not affect the Delta Smelt population;
Whereas: Salmon appear to be in decline around the world consistent with the climate change;
Whereas: The fragility of the Delta levee system will not be affected by a Peripheral Canal;
BE IT RESOLVED:
That the Venice Neighborhood Council promotes and affirms that it is in the best interest of all citizens that the California Peripheral Canal be funded, built and operated.
_______________________________________________
Mike Newhouse
President, Venice Neighborhood Council
10. Announcements & Public Comment on items not on the Agenda (15 min, no more than 2 minutes per person – no board member announcements permitted)
11. Adjourn (approx 10:00PM)
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