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MINUTES
Meeting called to order by President Ernie Sanchez.
Roll Call: All were present but Scott Rubel, excused; Darlene Roker, excused. Unexcused were Diane Grigsby and Sara Lopez.
Public Comment:
Jack Fenn reported that Rec. and Parks has stopped clearing. There will be a public meeting regarding the planting and drip. Some plants have been torn out.
Lezle Stein announced low cost dog training. Lincoln Hts. Park rec center has requested $1835 to help with the cost of spaying and training lessons.
Alexa Teran reported on the elections of Cypress Park NC. Both libraries are getting cleaned. Saturday April 28, will be a clean up day and barbeques at the Cypress Park Community Center.
DONE report on empowerment training from 9:00 until noon. Has to do with marketing. Naheed Qureshi reported this and her # is 213 473-5391.
Eliot Sekuler commented on the renaming of Ave. 43. To Lummis Drive. There is a need to revisit this and send a letter to the councilman from district one. Two thirds of the residents need to agree on the name change. Everyone is invited to workshops on the Los Angeles River Master Plan.
Job Fair at Dodger Stadium on 3/17. One hundred different employers there.
Is there a need for a special meeting to let the city council know that we want to be able to have input concerning the River Master Plan? Public comment by March 19. 7:00 on March 8 and need to have a quorum of ASNC.
Josef Bray-Ali spoke on alleviating traffic on the Figueroa corridor. Youth and gangs were also talked about.
Pat Griffith reported that we can no longer use the main room free at Ramona Hall. Nest meeting will also be a city holiday for Cesar Chavez.
Board Discussion and Action Items.
1. Approval of minutes-Maggie Barto None available will be done next month.
2. Treasures report-Pat Griffith: There are new edicts from the general manager. 25% of our budget should be spent on outreach and 50% on community projects. The new policy is very restrictive about only the executive board can get and receive reimbursements. (we don’t have an executive board) It has been suggested that the treasure convey all the problems with this edict.
3. Motions from the Joint finance and Outreach Committees.
a. Sign on with Constant Contact or a similar ISP to provide formatting for the ASNC Outreach newsletter, that foes out l x per week. It is free if we have 50 or less e-mail addresses per month and $15 per month for up to 500. Constant Contact formats, and helps maintain sign ups for what is being sent out. Give you a template. There are concerns about inundating people with too much stuff. And will it eliminate duplicates. Motion passed.
b. Modify our Budget for this current year to move $100 from operations to outreach and 3000 from meeting expense to out reach. $4000 to go to Outreach. Motion passed.
c. Move to advertise and select individual(s) /business(es) for tasks. Advertisement to be via our ASNCwebsite and ASNC Alert and other local, free e-mail lists. Due date for applications and proposals to be three weeks from February 26 Board meeting. Administrative Assistant, Webmaster, General Meeting transcribing Secretary, and Booking assistant. Motion passed.
d. Establish a committee of elected officers and volunteers to review applications for these positions, meeting after three weeks, when applications are received, and that committee select individuals/businesses to be ratified by the Board at the March meeting. Motion passed.
e. Provide some education to all our Board members on how to update the calendar and forum sections of the ASNC website. Motion to table passed. |
4. Review existing committees for need and appropriate chair. There is a need for rosters of committees and their schedules. All committee people need to send an e-mail to Ernie with the information about their committees. Move to table and add liaisons. Motion passed.
5. The Arroyo Seco NC supports the proposed modifications to the NC-DWP Memorandum of Understanding. (MOU) Motion passed.
6. Report on DONE action on Bylaws amendments. A four page application was sent to done on what the bylaws say and what are the changes. This includes both the old and new bylaws.
Reports:
7. Committee Reports:
a. Local issues
I. Hermon received benches through rec and parks.
II. Montecito Hgts. Discussion of DWP {Helipad land coud be annexed to Debs Park. Chronic dumping problems. There is a site in CD on where they want to change the fence line.
III. Mt. Washington- Coptic church meeting held. Property in CD14 and borders Elyria Canyon. The developer has pieced together several properties and applies for development. The developer has been asked for an EIR but hasn’t done that. Mt. Washington wants the letter written again. Motion to resend the letter. Motion passed.
IV. Sycamore Grove- Josef cleaned a foot path and then it needs cleaning again. |
b. Rules and Elections- no meeting. New proposal for election by the June meeting.
c. Rec and Culture: Lummis Day fund raiser will be 5/5 for$35.00 at Heritage square. Entertainment. Outreach want to do a community garden block party. ASNC picnic the first weekend in August. 930 stakeholders. |
8. Liaisons:
a. Friends of Southwest Museum- A group has been formed to pursue litigation against Autry and the City.
b. General Purpose room: Will have its grand opening in March.
c. Planning Dept.- Zara will have more information next month. |
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