Andrea Canty, President Josyel Castellon, Vice President, Interim Treasurer Eddie North-Hager, Secretary Vacant, Treasurer Committees: Community Chair Brenda Robinson, Andrea Canty, David Tool, Brandon Floyd, Alternate Policy Chair Brett Shears, Josyel Castellon, Yelba Castellon, Christine Lee, Welcome and Call to Order EMPOWERMENT CONGRESS NORTH AREA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PO BOX 18769 L.A., CA 90018 www.nandc.org Thursday, May 7, 2015 MINUTES MLK Park Recreation Center (Western Ave. and 39 th St.) 3916 S. Western Ave. LA CA 90062 Area Representatives: Christine E. Lee, Area 1 Yelba Castellon, Area 1 Brandon Floyd, Area 2 Vacant, Area 2 Sabrina Brown, Area 3 David Tool, Area 3 At Large Representatives: Brett Shears Jon Tieuel Brenda Robinson Community Interest Positions: Vacant, USC Vacant, Business Roll Call of Present Board Members Andrea Canty, Jon Tieuel, Brandon Floyd, Brett Shears, Josyel Castellon, Yelba Castellon, Christine Lee, David Tool and Eddie North-Hager. 7:15 Announcements a. Council District 1 for Councilman Gil Cedillo Pedro Ramirez. Mini makeover for Hoover Union triangle plaza. Working with USC urban planning students. Passed out proposals on park. Final product in the next few weeks after four community meetings. From here to engineering. Eddie strongly recommends the presentation come to the NANDC board before the city. Will include drought tolerant plants. David asked for a performance space for Day of Dead and music at noon. Tree trimming and Street resurface looking for entire blocks to do at one time to save money and make the neighbors happy. Public Comment Comments from the public on non-agenda items are limited to 2 minutes per speaker unless the presiding officer of the board determines a different limit for a particular item. a. Mitzi Mogul and Roland Souza West Adams Heritage Assoc. June 6 house tour in West Adams Heights. Six houses on tour, including Ringe house (castle) Hattie McDaniel s house and Page Temple. This neighborhood and these homes set precedent for Shelley v. Kramer.
Funds used for preservation issues and to extend the HPOZ area. $30 for general admission. Volunteer docents needed. b. Denise Hamilton Common Peace Center Race Relay Would like the board to consider having her performance/interactive dialogue in race and ethnicity here. Would like the program to be initiative by NANDC. David would like to partner with a group like Holman Methodist Churches. She would like to be non-denominational. Andrea puts on the next community meeting agenda Third Thursday. c. Barbara Hupp Salvin School, 1925 S. Budlong. Won state award for physical education. Indoor soccer, outdoor sports, wheelchair, hockey, Christmas pageant, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, swimming. d. David Tool Handy Worker program. Saturday USC DPS will open the Little Free Library at Hoover Precreation Center 1 p.m. 11 to 7 on May 13 a fundraiser for DPS officer with cancer. May 16 at Community House, 28 th and Hoover, KidWatch Appreciation Day. e. USC USC Village is rising, along with Trader Joes and Fire State (set to open this summer). Eddie. David says that the city has money for bicycle lanes on Jefferson but looking for more info. Approval/Discussion: Board minutes for special meetings on April 14 and April 21, 2015. Brett noted that the Budget Day is June 27. And zip code from Yelba is 90007. Jon motion and David seconds. 9-0. Action/Discussion: NANDC Committees a. Community Brenda Robinson, Chair. Meeting was missed. May 21 is the next meeting. Denise Hamilton and Race Relay will be on agenda. b. Policy Brett Shears, Chair. i. Presentation by Tim Soule, Meta Housing. Proposed affordable housing development at the current site of Western Equipment Rentals (3664 Western Ave.). The presenter is seeking a letter of support from the full board. Built projects at Hollywood Western, Carlsbad, Long Beach. New site is near Foshay, mass transit and markets. Project will be subsidized by the city. Could begin construction in 2016 and take a year. 25,000 square feet 44 units, 15 1 BR (for those who need it most homeless or episodic homeless), 12 2BR and 16 3BR. One full-time on site. $18,500 income. Community space on the first floor. Bike parking. Five stories. No community outreach yet. 45 parking spaces. No ground floor retail. Landscaping on street. Current trees will be removed. Also built Adams and Central with Fresh and Easy on bottom but smaller sight. Richard Parks letter urging a mix of market and affordable units because too may of these developments are
dumping low-income and homeless shelters to the community. Tim says these projects help communities by helping people thrive. Gabriella Garcia says many people need help with paying the rent in Los Angeles so there is a huge need. Brenda would like some stats on moving their residents out of poverty. Crystal asks who will have priority? Tim said that the property will be marketed locally. Mandated to outreach to local community for contractors. Andrea would like to invite the community to hear the presentation and to do more outreach. Rent will be 30 percent of income. David asked for more community outreach. Tim says they need to turn in to council by May 23 to get on the list for funding. Andrea calls for the question. Brett makes motions to provide a letter of support but reserves the rights to review and pull support of the project, asking increased community outreach (with NANDC per Andrea) and report back to the council, friendly amendment by Eddie to urge ground floor retail. David seconds. Passes 6-4 (Jon, Josyel, Brenda, David) ii. Community Impact Statement for Street Vending Ordinance. The City Council is considering regulating street vending (Council File 13-1493) and the board will discuss the various policy options and potential support for or opposition to the measure. Regulate or not regulate. Brett thinks regulation will minimize issues. Barbara Hupp says this is an obesity issue and there are many vendors near her school. Jon says no enforcement now because no funding. David points out that Councilman Cedillo says this is a done deal. Andrea says on every corner and brings down quality of life. Christine says this has been going on for several years and does not want vending in the streets to be permitted and points out Councilman Parks is against it. Andrea directs Brett to craft a letter to support regulation for the board to review. The board votes 5-4-(Andrea, Jon, Christine and Brandon)-1 (Brenda abstains) to support regulation/legalization of street vending. iii. Clifford Beers 1101 MLK next to McDonalds, for transitional housing at next Policy Meeting. Action/Discussion: Treasurer s Report. Josyel Castellon. a. Funds are still frozen. July through Jan. are complete. Feb through April needs to be completed. Josyel will try to finish over the weekend. b. Monthly Expenditures - Brett motions and Jon seconds to accept monthly expenditures 10-0. c. Call for a special meeting to approve Feb. through April and set budget for June expenditures.
Action/Discussion: Position of Treasurer - Becky Rhodes is asking to be appointed on the board. UCLA graduate and mortgage consultant. Third meeting attended. As business rep. Brett motions and Jon seconds to appointed. 10-0. Action/Discussion: Beautification ad hoc committee tabled to committee. a. Beautification ad-hoc committee - Banners on Jefferson Andrea Canty. b. Tree lottery Residents can submit their trees into a pool to request trimming. Andrea Canty Discussion: Elderly in the community Anat Louis is the Program Development Director for the LA Dept. of Aging (213.482.7242 Anat.Louis@lacity.org) and can assist with issue surrounding elderly living alone. David Tool Action/Discussion Alliance Organization Reports (5 min) a. SLAANC update Brett Shears a. LANCC update David Tool b. Budget Advocates update Budget Reps Appointment and Funds for Budget Advocates. The Budget Advocates have asked us to consider transferring any year-end funds to their account. The board will also appoint two budget representatives for Budget day to be held on June 27 th. Brett Shears c. Congress of Neighborhoods - The Congress of Neighborhoods committee has asked us to consider transferring any year-end funds to the event. Brett Shears Discussion Agenda setting for June 4 meeting (5 min) Policy Committee (Public Safety / Economic Development / Land Use) Official public notice for all committees: Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Council Committees COMMITTEE CONTACT INFORMATION MEETING LOCATION MEETING DATE/TIME Brett Shears, Chair brett.nandc@gmail.com USC Community House (Hoover St. and 28th St.) 2801 S. Hoover St. LA CA 90089 Third Tuesdays Community Committee (Outreach / Youth and Senior / Block club/ Beautification / Budget and Finance) Brenda Robinson, Chair Nandc.atlargebr@yahoo.com Expo Park Library 3900 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90062 (323) 290-3113 Third Thursdays
The Next Regular Meeting of the Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council Governing Board is: THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015. As a covered entity under 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. 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 the Dept. of Neighborhood Empowerment at 3-1-1. In compliance with Government Code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to a majority or all of the board in advance of a meeting, may be viewed at NANDC.org or at the scheduled meeting. In addition, if you would like a copy of any record related to an item on the agenda, please contact Eddie North- Hager at edwardnh@usc.edu. Agendas are posted 72 hours in advance at the Hoover Recreation Center, 1010 W. 25th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007 As covered entity under 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, assistive 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 prior to the meeting you wish to attend by contacting Andrea Canty at nandc.president@gmail.com. Ralph M. Brown Act 54954.2. (a) At least 72 hours before a regular meeting, the legislative body of the local agency, or its designee, shall post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, including items to be discussed in closed session. A brief general description of an item generally need not exceed 20 words. The agenda shall specify the time and location of the regular meeting and shall be posted in a location that is freely accessible to members of the public. If requested, the agenda shall be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. The agenda shall include information regarding how, to whom, and when a request for disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services may be made by a person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in the public meeting.