HHPNC Meets Thursday Evening

The Historic Highland Park Neighbohrood Council will meet on Thursday, April 5 at the Highland Park Adult Senior Center from 7-9 p.m.

The meeting is open to all members of the public.

Agenda

A) Call to Order
B) Roll Call
C) Guest Speaker: Bill Murray from the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
will speak on April Child Abuse Awareness Month.
D) Guest Speaker: Bennett Kayser Fifth District representative LAUSD Board of Commissioners
E) Council District 1 Report
F) Council District 14 Report
G) Mayor’s Office Report
H) Announcements
HISTORIC HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
Post Office Box 50791
Los Angeles, CA 90050
Telephone: (323) 256-8921
http://www.historichighlandpark.org
Certified as NC #33 May 28, 2002
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Chris Smith PRESIDENT
Rick Marquez SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
Mark Reback TREASURER
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CALIFORNIA
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
305 E First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 485-1360
ISSUE DIRECTORS
Mauro Garcia, CITY SERVICES &
TRANSPORTATION
Cathi Milligan ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Stanley Moore, EDUCATION & YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
Tina Gulotta-Miller HOUSING
David Baird, LAND USE
Teri Bonsell, OUTREACH
David Kekone PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Luis Antezana, Steve Crouch,
Janet Dodson, Erik Duarte,
Miriam Escobar, Trish Gossett,
Joan Potter, Ofelia Zuniga,
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I) Public Comments (Limited to 10 minutes, maximum 2 minutes per speaker)
J) Treasurer’s Report with up-to-date totals– Reback
K) Outreach Committee Report -Bonsell
ACTION ITEMS
1. Motion: Adoption of Agenda
2. Discussion and Motion: Approve Minutes for March 15, 2012
3. Discussion and Motion: Change the location of the HHPNC posting from the Police
Museum to the Arroyo Seco Library –Garcia
4. Discussion and Motion: Change HHPNC Board meetings from twice a month to once a
month on the first Thursday of the month –Baird
5. Discussion and Motion: Approve changes required by DONE to the proposed HHPNC
Bylaws by either:
Adding the following statement to the Proposed Bylaws, and deleting all other
references to agenda setting: “The process used for establishing the Board's agenda will be set forth
in the Board's standing rules, (Policies and Procedures) which may be modified from time to time.” with
a new Policies and Procedures containing the three allowable options listed below,
OR
Changing the Bylaws to reflect one of the three allowable options available for agendasetting
with less flexibility of change possible.
Agenda contents may continue to remain open to everyone.
The three allowable options are:
1. The Agenda Committee can be a Standing Committee which must post meetings and
hold them in public.
2. The Board can set the agenda for the next meeting at the end of the previous one with no
discussion over the merits of the item, and may assign someone to establish the order
and standardize the language.
3. The Board can simply assign a person, to establish the order and standardize the
language. .
–Dodson, Marquez, Bonsell
6. Discussion and Motion: Direct the Rules Committee to re-write the Agenda Policies and
Procedures for Board approval, to reflect DONE requirements. –Dodson, Marquez,
Bonsell
7. Discussion and Motion: Approve hiring a bookkeeper as an assistant to the Treasurer –
Gossett
8. Discussion and Motion: Approve hiring a clerk to record, write, and circulate the
minutes =Gossett
9. Discussion and Motion: Approve forming an Ad-hoc Election Committee –Bonsell
10. Discussion and Motion: Determine how much the HHPNC shall encumber for the NC
election process -Bonsell
11. Discussion and Motion: Approve letter to Neighborhood Councils and DONE regarding
the change in the Budget Advocate Budget Survey process–Gulotta-Miller, Marquez
12. Discussion and Motion; Select volunteers and set a date to do a complete inventory of
the HHPNC storage unit –Marquez
13. Discussion and Motion; Transfer HHPNC equipment, listed by DONE and the City
Attorney, that can no longer be used or be in the possession of the HHPNC (power
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washer, generator, moon bounce...etc.) to Highland Park American Legion Post 206 -
Marquez
14. New Business
15. Adjournment
“Bringing City Hall Closer to Home”