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GREATER
ECHO PARK ELYSIAN
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
KWAZI NKRUMAH
VICE PRESIDENT
MANICITO
“FENDER” SANTOS
TREASURER
EVA MEJIA
CHIEF
INFORMATION
OFFICER
PAUL BOWERS
AT LARGE
Jill ‘Rio’ Contreras
 SPECIAL EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING
 Friday, March 20,
2015
 7:00 P.M.
 MEETING LOCATION:
 Filipino American
Community Center
 1740 W. Temple
Los Angeles, CA 90026
 CERTIFIED
NEIGHBORHOO
D COUNCIL
 APRIL 16, 2002
 TELEPHONE:
(213)400 9155
 WEBSITE:
ECHOPARKNC.O
RG
 EMAIL:
INFO@GEPENC.
ORG
 MAILING
ADDRESS
 P.O. BOX 261046,
LA CA 90026
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES
Veronica Arellano
D1
Matt Sharp
D1
Vacant
D1
Judith Garcia D2
Richard CourtneyD2Vacant
D3
Ann-Marie
Paula Guadron D4
Holman
D2 Tad Yenawine D4
Gordon H. LakeD3 Jessica Cutler
Jill “Rio”
D4
Contreras
D3
Mellie Bautista D5
Carolina JimenezD5
Vincent
Rodriguez
D5
Alma Baja
D5
Avelyn J Tapia D5
AGENDA
I Administrative
items………………………………………………………………………………… 10minutes
a.
b.
c.
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
President’s Report
II Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items……………………………………6-8 minutes
(Public Comment will be limited to 90 seconds per person)
III Announcements…………………………………………………………………. 3 minutes
IV Reports of State Electeds, Council Districts, and/or Various City Agencies
.……… 10 minutes
V Community and Stakeholder
Organizations………………………………………………………6- 8 minutes
VI Motions and Resolutions………………………………………60 minutes
Discussion/possible action on the following agenda items for March 24,
2015 BOG Meeting:
A. Budget and Finance Committee Recommendations
1. At the February meeting, the Board voted that Gordon Lake, our new
interim Treasurer, would be designated to take over responsibility for
the purchasing card, among other responsibilities in overseeing
financial transactions. Eva Mejia was designated as a member of the
Budget and Finance Committee and former Treasurer to serve as second
signatory subject to approval by DONE. However, as Eva no longer
holds a seat as a Board member, DONE ruled that another Board
member with certification in the Treasurers Training Program would
have to be designated. GEPENC President Kwazi Nkrumah is hereby
designated to serve as secondary signatory, also on an interim basis
only, per his request.
2. Discussion and/or Possible Action on the recommendation from the
Budget and Finance Committee to change the account holder at Apple
One from Eva Mejia to Gordon Lake. [3-0-0]
3. Discussion and/or Possible Action on the recommendation from the
Budget and Finance Committee to change the account holder at ER
Copies from Mejia to Gordon Lake. [3-0-0]
4. Discussion and/or Possible Action on the recommendation from the
Budget and Finance Committee to change the account holder at USPS
from Eva Mejia to Gordon Lake. [3-0-0]
5. Discussion and/or Possible Action on the recommendation from the
Budget and Finance Committee to change the account holder at
GoDaddy from Eva Mejia/Kwazi Nkrumah to Gordon Lake. [3-0-0]
6. Discussion and/or Possible Action on the recommendation from the
Budget and Finance Committee to change the account holder at Public
Storage from Eva Mejia to Gordon Lake. [3-0-0]
7. Discussion and/or Possible Action on the recommendation and report
from Budget and Finance Committee on 7th annual Griffith Park Adult
Center Spring Fair application for financial support and participation by
GEPENC: NPG GPACC (Griffith Park Adult Community Center), GEPENC
should contribute $500.00 for the Spring Fair, serving seniors from
Echo Park and other areas.
8. Discussion and/or Possible Action on the report and/or
recommendations from the Budget and Finance Committee on the
approval of the January and February reconciliation reports.
B. Schools, Libraries and Community Organizations Committee
1. The Schools, Libraries and Community Organizations Committee
recommends GEPENC support for NPG GPACC (Griffith Park Adult Community
Center), up to $500 for Spring Fair support serving seniors from Echo Park
and other areas. (see #7 above under Budget and Finance report)
2. ( The Schools, Libraries and Community Organizations Committee also
recommended GEPENC financial support for 9 other projects or programs.
However, because none of the required paperwork was submitted with these
recommendations, neither Budget and Finance nor our Board can act on those
recommendations at this time.)
C. Planning and Land Use Committee
1. Discussion and/or Possible Action on update from PLUC Committee on
February Board discussion and decision in regard to the Master Plan
Development Zone Proposal. (Submitted by Anne-Marie Holman, PLUC CoChair): “Discussion and/or possible action for the GEPENC board to review
and possibly approve the draft of a community impact statement about the
Master Planned Development Zone proposal (City Council File #15-0128).
This proposal is on its way to the City Council after being approved by the City
Planning Commission in January. If passed, it would pre-package entitlements
for LA's largest developments, as the new zoning could fast-track projects of
5+ acres in size. This proposal had a preliminary discussion at the February
GEPENC board meeting (see item C2 on that agenda.) The board voted at that
time to 1) support and submit the letter advocacy agency SAJE sent on this
matter to the City Planning Commission in Dec 2015, and 2) research and
write a more locally-specific CIS about this matter, to be presented at the
March board meeting. If approved, the final version of this CIS will be
submitted for inclusion in the city's council file on this matter. Copies will also
go to relevant City Councilmembers and City Planning staff.”
This is the link to this City Council proposal:
http://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=15-0128
D. Public Safety Committee
1) Motion to have a CERT event as a Joint Event with Board and Public Safety
to find 25 people to do the 7-week module program.
http://www.fire.lacounty.gov/lacofd-cert-program/
2) Motion to send this to the Board to write a letter to Rampart and NELA
Our concerns regarding the LAPD statistics released for Echo Park is the lack
of analysis of increased displacement, houseless people, and lack of resources
in the community. Additionally, we find it problematic that LAPD is stating
that the increases of crimes are due to alleged gang related. This instigates
racial tension. Our committee believes it would be more useful for LAPD to
provide us with hard evidence for the reason behind these increased crimes
and ways to reduce these crimes without corporal punishment and increased
restorative justice for youth, especially.
3) Motion to have the Board write a letter to NELA and Rampart support Stop
LAPD Spying’s reasons for why not to support body cameras on officers,
please see attachment. Our concern is specifically of the Police manipulating
and editing footage to the advantage of the police. This is proven by the fact
that in the recent murder of “Africa” Charlie Saturmin Robinet in Skid Row LA
where the video was manipulated in mainstream media. See attachment.
General Motions and/or Resolutions:
1.The GEPENC Board shall review applicants/candidates for the vacant seats
in our 1st and 3rd districts and select new representatives to fill those seats at
this March Board meeting.
2. GEPENC shall make a determination as to other seats that should be filled
by new candidates due to violations of the attendance requirements by
currently listed Board members. Those seats shall also be officially vacated
and posted, and shall be filled prior to the commencement of the new fiscal
year, in accord with the procedures outlined for doing so in the GEPENC
Bylaws and Standing Rules.
3. Two representatives need to be appointed by NC to attend the Pat Brown
Institute Civic University, preferably a male and a female. The topics are how
to be effective at City Hall. The first session will be held on Thursday, April 2
from 6 until 9:30 P.m. at LAPD Auditorium downtown. The Mayor and the
President of CAlState LA will be present at the first meeting. This information
was disseminated by Gracy Liu on March 7, LANCC Meeting. (this item was
by Connie Acosta)
4. Committees are also asked to meet regularly during the first or second
week of the month so that the scheduling of Executive Committee and General
Board Meetings will not be disrupted. Locations for these meetings can vary.
The GEPENC Board shall bend every effort to establish a single regular
location and date for our monthly meetings, as rapidly as possible.
5. The GEPENC CIO shall immediately post invitations for the submission of
Neighborhood Purpose Grants. The posting shall list the requirements for
such grants. That information shall be provided by the Budget and Finance
Committee. All such applications must be submitted no later than the second
week in April (prior to the monthly Budget and Finance Committee meeting)
in order to receive funding during this budgetary cycle.
6. All GEPENC Committees shall provide minutes or notes on their meetings
and decisions and these shall be posted monthly on the GEPENC Website.
7. Resolved: GEPENC supports the resolution of The Alliance of River
Communities (our regional NC grouping) requesting that the City Council
* Create a citizen commission specifically for input and oversight over
development, projects, construction and investment along the Los Angeles
River.
* Ensure that affordable, low income housing be part of every residential
development along the LA River and adjacent neighborhoods.
*Ensure that the impacts to property values and insurance caused by outside
investment are mitigated so that residents can stay in their homes, continue to
build equity responsibly, and that outside investment is monitored and
regulated property assessments do not spiral out of control.
* Insure that low and moderate income residents are protected from
displacement.
*Ensure that approved projects increase access to the LA River, contribute to
open, green recreational space, and that the River area is not left unprotected
against commercialization and profiteering.
In the recent LA Times article regarding the Tax Increment Financing being
considered as a potential avenue for additional funds, the concerns shared by
Councilmembers O’Farrell and Cedillo about affordable housing and
appropriate oversight are echoed by the ARC Neighborhoods and we
commend the Councilmembers on making these issues a priority. We urge the
City Council to ensure accountability for these and other neighborhood
concerns are met with a robust, extensive and exhaustive community input
process that includes creating a citizen commission on the revitalization of the
LA River. Such a Citizen’s Commission should either be directly elected by
community stakeholders or elected by the Neighborhood Councils in the area
adjacent to the river.
8. Zero Waste Franchise Resolution:
For a waste hauler to successfully win a contract with the city for one of the
eleven service zones, new standards and regulations for the environment,
workers safety, customer service and waste diversion must be met, so that
trash haulers can help Los Angeles improve air quality as well as meet its
“Zero Waste” goals, rely less on landfills and dumps and increase recycling
and repurposing of trash.
Neighborhood Councils, as part of their role to monitor city services for the
neighborhoods rightly, are concerned about what kinds of companies receive
these contracts, and what assurances exist that they will comply to the highest
level of customer service and accountability. Neighborhood Council
expectations are as follows:
1. High Level of Customer Service: includes metrics for missed
collections, wait times for customers that call with billing issues, web
and mobile applications, easy service request, container repair and
other customer service needs.
2. Recycling for all Angelinos and eventually offering Organics
Collections: providing organics and food waste collection to customers
that currently receive them as well as phasing in organics and food
waste collection to all customers.
3. Clean Vehicles: certified under Southern California Air Quality
Management District as Low Emissions Vehicles, and late model
vehicles (within 8 years)
4. Effective Coordination for pick up of Bulky and Illegally Dumped
Items: We urge all awarded contracts to go above and beyond their
contractual requirements and pick up illegally dumped refuse and bulky
items in partnership with reported service requests city-wide.
The Alliance of River Communities, comprised of 14 Neighborhood Councils
along the LA River and Arroyo Seco, urges the city to award contracts only to
waste haulers who can comply fully and beyond with the above standards and
commit to ongoing improvement of service delivery so that our
neighborhoods receive the best possible benefit of the Zero Waste LA
Franchise. We look forward to the new system and that it will ensure fair
rates, cleaner air, good jobs and recycling for all Angelinos. This will indeed
make Los Angeles a leader and model among the cities across the nation.
GEPENC joins with ARC in urging these criteria.
9. Discussion and/or possible action for the Greater Echo Park Neighborhood
Council (GEPENC) to support the motion passed by the Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council Coalition on December 6, 2014 requesting that
Councilman Parks start holding regular meeting of the Education and
Neighborhoods Committee forthwith. (Motion submitted by Connie Acosta.)
10. DONE has announced that May 1st shall be the deadline for any NC Bylaws
changes. NC’s need to approve Bylaws changes at the March or April NC
meeting to meet this May 1st deadline. The GEPENC President should report
on a limited number of Bylaws changes that need to be addressed prior to
May 1st by our Board in order to broaden the base of democratic community
participation in GEPENC.
A special Bylaws Committee meeting or meetings shall be called by the
President prior to the next Executive Committee meeting in April. The
President shall nominate a short list of people, who may be Board members or
stakeholders, who shall constitute this Committee, with the idea of presenting
definite proposals to the Board at the April Board meeting for acceptance or
rejection of simple and basic bylaws changes.
VII . Reports from officers and committee chairs………………………. 4
minutes
VIII. Future agenda items………………………………………………… 3 minutes.
IX.
Adjournment
Please see notice on the following page.
Por favor, vea el aviso en la proxima página.
GREATER ECHO PARK ELYSIAN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
SPECIAL JOINT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOG MEETING 10/23/2014
AGENDA
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mesa directive del concilio en referencia a cualquir asunto de la agenda, y
antes de que el concilio tome acción sobre el asunto. Comentario de public
sobre asuntos de agenda serán atendidos solamente cundo el respective
asunto está bajo consideración. El comentario del public sobre otros asuntos
que no aparecen en la agenda y están en la jurisdicción de concilio serán
escuchados durante el period del comentario del public en general. Por favor
note que bajo la ley de “Brown Act”, el concilio no puede hacer nada de
recomendaciones al respect durante el de un committee. El comentario del
public está limitado a dos minutos por participante, amenos de que el limite
de uno minute sea suspendido por el official del Concilio que preside la junta.
Las agendas de las juntas del Concilio de la Vecindad del Echo Park Elysian
son puestas a la vista del public en general para conocimiento en las
siguientes sitios: 1)) La Biblioteca del Echo Park – 1410 W. Temple Street, LA
90026; Las agendas también se pueden haller en el sitio official de GEPENC en
la red-electronica www.gepenc.org. El public, y miembros de la vecindad de
Echo Park Elysian también pueden suscribir al Sistema de notificación de la
ciudad de Los Angeles “Early Notification System” (ENS), a través del le redelectronica de la ciudad www.lacity.org, para recibir noticias de las juntas del
concilio de la vecindad del Echo Park Elysian. Para más información, llame a
Paul Bowers, Oficial de Información, al telefono (213) 400 9155, o escriba a:
[email protected].
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CONCILIO VECINAL 3 DÍAS DE TRABAJO (72 HORAS) ANTES DEL EVENTO. SI
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PAUL BOWERS, FUNCIONARIA DE LA MESA A CARGO DE INFORMACION, AL
213-400 9155, [email protected].
The public is requested to fill out a Speaker Card to address the Committee on
any agenda item before the Committee takes an action on an item. Comments
from the public on agenda items will be heard only when the respective item
is being considered. Comments from the public on other matters not
appearing on the agenda that are within the Committee’s jurisdiction will be
heard during the General Public Comment period. Please note that under the
Brown Act, the Committee is prevented from acting on a matter that you bring
to its attention during the General Public Comment period; however, the
issue raised by a member of the public may become the subject of a future
Committee meeting. Public comment is limited to 1 minute per speaker,
unless waived by the presiding officer of the Committee.
The agendas for the GEPENC meetings are posted for public review at the
following locations: 1)) Echo Park Branch Library -1410 W. Temple Street, LA
90026; as well as at the GEPENC’s official website at www.gepenc.org.
Stakeholders may also subscribe to the City of Los Angeles Early Notification
System (ENS), through the City’s website at www.lacity.org, to receive notices
for GEPENC meetings. For more information, you may also contact Paul
Bowers, Chief Information Officer, at 213-400 9155, [email protected].
As a covered entity under the Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act,
the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and
upon request will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access
to its programs, services, and activities. Sign language interpreters, assisted
listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided
upon request. To ensure availability of services, please make your request at
least 3 business days (72-hours) prior to the meeting by contacting Paul
Bowers, Chief Information Officer, at 213-400 9155, [email protected].
In compliance with Government Code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings
that are distributed to a majority of all members of the Committee in advance
of a meeting, may be viewed at the Neighborhood Council meeting or on the
Neighborhood Council website at www.gepenc.org. All agenda items are to be
considered as subject to discussion and possible action by the Board of
Governors.