CITY OF LOS ANGELES SILVER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. GOVERNING BOARD Meeting Minutes

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1 CITY OF LOS ANGELES SILVER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL 2898 Rowena Avenue, Suite 101 Los Angeles, California GOVERNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Wednesday, November 3, :00 PM Micheltorena Street Elementary School I. The meeting was called to order at: (not indicated) In attendance: Marian Aguilar, Michael Locke, Roberto Haraldson, Charles Wiggington, Robin Dakin, Rusty Millar, Sandra Emma Ruiz, Luis Lopez, Garry Willis, Laura Dwan, MichaelJohn Horne, Elizabeth Bougart-Sharkov, Peter Choi, Barbara Dakin, Martin Hittleman, Jane Renahan Not in attendance: Lewis Myers, Darren Morton, Jason Lyon, Salvador Sanchez arrived after new governing board took over) II. The minutes of 10/6/04 were approved as distributed III. Correspondence Jason Lyon submitted letter saying he would accept nomination for co-chair or secretary Barbara Dakin Let s recognize Michael Locke for putting on lovely event for SLNC Board. Moment of silence to honor Jason Lyon s father IV. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items none V. Special Presentations & Reports.01 INSTALLATION OF NEW GOVERNING BOARDMEMBERS Oath of Office administered by Ronald Stone, President of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners i. Elizabeth Bougart-Sharkov At Large ii. Martin Hittelman At Large iii.lorraine Kells At Large iv. Judith Borstein Region 1 (not present) v. Jacqueline Rivera - Region 2 vi.jeff Hradec Region 3 vii. Alvin W. Hopkins Region 4 viii. Genelle Le Vin Region 5 ix. Bea Gold Region 6 x. Gena Nason Region 7

2 VI. Roll Call In attendance: Michael Locke, Roberto Haraldson, Jacqueline Rivera, Robin Dakin, Jeff Hradec, Rusty Millar, Alvin W. Hopkins, Luis Lopez, Genelle Le Vin, Garry Willis, Bea Gold, Laura Dwan, Gena Nason, Elizabeth Bougart-Sharkov, Peter Choi, Barbara Dakin, Martin Hittelman, Jane Renahan, Lorraine Kells Not in attendance: Judith Borstein, Jason Lyon VII.Reports of Officers.01 Presentation of Executive Committee s Annual Report VIII.New Business.01 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember Marian Aguilar for her service to the community.02 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember and Treasurer Charles Wiggington for his service to the community.03 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember and Outreach Committee Chair Lewis Myers for his service to the community (absent).04 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember Sandra Emma Ruiz for her service to the community.05 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember Darren Morton for his service to the community (absent).06 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember and Youth & Families Committee Chair Robert Brooks for his service to the community (absent).07 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember Michaeljohn Horne for his service to the community.08 M/S/P to present Certificate of Appreciation to Boardmember and Vice-Chair Salvador Sanchez for his service to the community.09 Election of Officers i. M/S (Hittelman) to adopt the following process: Nominations will be opened from the floor for each officer position beginning with the Co-Chair. Board members may nominate or self-nominate. Nominees will then accept or not accept the nomination. Close nomination for the office and a list of the candidates for the office will be determined. Each candidate will be given up

3 to 1 minute to give a speech. A vote by show of hands will be taken. If no candidate receives a majority, then the name of the candidate with the fewest votes will be removed from the list of candidates and voting will proceed. This process will continue until one candidate receives the majority of the votes. The winner will then be announced. The process will be repeated for the remaining offices (Co-Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer). ii. (ALTERNATE) M/S/P (B. Dakin) 11-7 (Yes: Locke, Haraldson, Rivera, R. Dakin, Hopkins, Lopez, Gold, Willis, Nason, Choi, B. Dakin; No: Hradec, Le Vin, Dwan, Bougart-Sharkov, Hittelman, Kells, Renahan) : That the procedure used to elect officers of the SLNC governing board be as follows: Nominations will be opened from the floor for each officer position beginning with the co-chair. Board members may nominate or selfnominate. Nominees will then accept or not accept the nomination. A list of candidates for the office will be determined. Each candidate will have three minutes to give his/her qualifications for the position he/she is seeking as well as stating what he/she intends to do from that position in the coming year. After each candidate for a particular position has had the opportunity to speak, members of the board may ask questions of any of the candidates if so desired. A vote by show of hands will then be taken. If no candidate receives a majority, then the name of the candidate with the fewest votes will be removed from the list of candidates and voting will proceed. The process will continue until one candidate receives the majority of the votes. The process will be repeated for the remaining offices of cochair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. Alternate Motion then passed as a motion 14-4 (Yes: Locke, Haraldson, Rivera, R. Dakin, Hradec, Hopkins, Lopez, Gold, Willis, Dwan, Nason, Choi, B. Dakin, Hittelman; No: Le Vin, Bougart-Sharkov, Kells, Renahan) Voting proceeded as follows: CO-CHAIR VOTE ROUND ONE: 7 votes for Haraldson: Locke, Haraldson, Rivera, R. Dakin, Lopez, Choi, B. Dakin 4 votes for Millar: Hradec, Hopkins, Millar, Bougart-Sharkov 8 votes for Lyon: Le Vin, Gold, Willis, Dwan, Nason, Hittelman, Kells, Renahan Millar dropped CO-CHAIR VOTE ROUND TWO: 7 votes for Haraldson: Locke, Haraldson, Rivera, R. Dakin, Lopez, Choi, B. Dakin 12 votes for Lyon: Hradec, Hopkins, Millar, Le Vin, Gold, Willis, Dwan, Nason, Bougart-Sharkov, Hittelman, Kells, Renahan Lyon wins Co-Chair CO-CHAIR VOTE ROUND THREE:

4 10 votes for Haraldson: Locke, Haraldson, Rivera, R. Dakin, Lopez, Gold, Nason, Choi, B. Dakin, Hittelman 9 votes for Millar: Hradec, Hopkins, Millar, Le Vin, Willis, Dwan, Bougart- Sharkov, Kells, Renahan Haraldson wins Co-Chair VICE CHAIR: 14 votes for Locke: Locke, Haraldson, Rivera, R. Dakin, Hradec, Hopkins, Millar, Lopez, Gold, Nason, Bougart-Sharkov, Choi, B. Dakin, Kells 4 votes for Hittelman: Le Vin, Willis, Dwan, Hittelman Locke wins Vice Chair Secretary and Treasurer elected unanimously Officer Election Results: Lyon Co-Chair Haraldson Co-Chair Locke Vice-Chair Nason Secretary Dwan Treasurer.010 M/S/P (Lyon) to request that outgoing Treasurer Charles Wiggington remain Acting Treasurer until the newly appointed Treasurer receives certification training from the City, and authorizing him to do so under the supervision of the Executive Committee Prior to voting on Motion.011, B. Dakin motioned to table voting on Motion.011 until all Board members have had a chance to review all material about library. Board discussion ensued, debating whether it would be safe to wait or if action needed to be taken immediately. Speakers then approached the board on the library topic. Barry Weiner spoke on behalf of the SLRA and referenced a statement from SLRA President. The SLRA urges the SLNC to oppose Motion.011 Michael Saint-Onge, a librarian and also SLRA member, spoke in agreement with Weiner. Marilyn Oliver, an author, also supports the selected library site. She expressed concern over the 2 Silver Lakes feeling, and the disagreement may cause us to lose the site all together. Leon Older felt the library speaker from 2 meetings ago was untruthful and believes traffic patterns will be affected. Glen Dake, CD-13 Deputy, reminded the board and the audience that we have many opportunities to chime in on zoning and site issues

5 Wes Joe spoke on behalf of SLIA, and is concerned the site is in the most affluent, least populated area. There is no guarantee we will get the DASH service, so can t count on that. Avram Chill echoed this speaker, saying the site has the least amount of public transportation serving it, and the poorest residents will be the furthest away. Sandra Emma Ruiz said we need a more central location. Ruth Ross urged to pursue the DASH line Raquel Rivero said North Silver Lake is too congested to get to and recommended a more central location. Vaughan Davies questioned the definition of central. He pointed out that the selected site would serve many other communities besides Silver Lake that need library facilities. We should embrace this opportunity. More board discussion took place, with those opposing the location citing demographics and transportation issues, and those in favor saying there are many children in the area who will use the new library and we are sending the wrong message by opposing it. B. Dakin s motion lost 7-11 (Yes: Haraldson, Rivera, R. Dakin, Hradec, Lopez, Gold, B. Dakin; No: Locke, Hopkins, Le Vin, Willis, Dwan, Nason, Bougart-Sharkov, Choi, Hittelman, Kells, Renahan)..011 M/S/P (Bougart-Sharkov) 9-9 (Yes: Haraldson, Rivera, Hopkins, Le Vin, Lopez, Bougart-Sharkov, Choi, Hittelman, Kells; No: Locke, R. Dakin, Hradec, Gold, Willis, Dwan, Nason, B. Dakin, Renahan) Chair (millar) voted to break tie, voted Yes: The SLNC Governing Board does not support the Board of Library Commissioners decision of October 21, 2004 to choose Site 4 of their Option List (SW corner of Silver Lake Blvd. and Glendale Blvd.) for future location of the Silver Lake Public Library Branch. The SLNC Gov. Board requests that the Board of Library Commissioners further explore an alternate site more centrally located and therefore offering a better service to the entire population of the Silver Lake community..012 MOTION (Beautification) to hold a Gateway to Silver Lake planting/maintenance day, Saturday, November 6 and to spend up to $100 on supplies Hittelman amended motion to allow up to $260 as evidenced in Exhibit A and B from Beautification, reflecting total spend of supplies. This amended motion was passed to replace the original motion, and then passed as a motion (Renahan abstained) IX. Committee Reports Community Liaison (Willis) o Approved final design of website

6 o Sub committee formed to put together workshop of various SL community groups. Willis, Dwan and Marian Aguilar. Public Safety (B. Dakin) o Collecting traffic reports. Give Barb info on any issues. X. Agenda Items for next meeting XI.Announcements o Sat. 11/6 8-9p Storytelling festival at USC o Thurs. 11/18 SLIA holiday party at Russian Orthodox Church dessert potluck o SL Seniors Urban Market at the Rec Center Sat. 11/ fundraiser Meeting adjourned at (sorry, didn t note time. Now I know )