ARROYO SECO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (ASNC)
MINUTES
OF THE MEETING
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5,-2009 á 07:00PM TO 09:30PM
MONTEREY ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE CENTER
5926 Monterey Road (at Avenue 60
in Hermon), Los Angeles CA 90042
Supporting
documentation for this meeting can be found at:
http://www.asnc.us/2009-archives/October
5, 2009_1009archives.htm
I.
CALL TO ORDER (Hank Shaeffer, presiding)
Meeting called to order at
07:25 PM.
II. ROLL CALL (Paula
Sirola)
Since the new secretary had not yet been elected, Hank Shaeffer asked Paula
Sirola to act as secretary pro tem and take the roll and record the minutes
until the secretary was elected.
Present: Michael Blatt, Scott Folsom,
Robert Hawkes, Mark Legassie, Pablo Lopez, Glenda Lubelsky, Tom Marble, Joseph
Riser, Ernie Sanchez, Hank Schaeffer, Paula Sirola, David Talbert, Ann Walnum
Absent: Robert Rakauskas, Jerry Schneider
A Quorum was established.
III.
COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT (Hank Shaeffer)
PUNCTUALITY
Mr. Shaeffer reminded Board Members to arrive promptly. The start of this eveningÕs meeting had been delayed considerably while waiting for a quorum to be established.
IV. RESIGNATION OF
OFFICERS
The Board moved to accept with regret the resignations of Yuwen Peng, Vice-President and Chair of Recreation, Culture, and the Arts Committee, and Joseph Clifford, Sycamore Grove Representative.
V. NOMINATION AND
ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS
1. On
motion duly moved and seconded, Judy Knapton was unanimously elected by the
Board to serve as Geographical Representative for Monterey Hills, and took her
place on the Board effective immediately.
Her term of office is to run until a successor is elected in June 2010.
2. On
motion duly moved and seconded, Anthony R. Guida was unanimously elected by the
Board to serve as Geographical Representative for Montecito Heights, and took
his place on the Board effective immediately. His term of office is to run until a successor is elected in
June 2010.
3. On motion duly moved and seconded, Glenda Lubelsky was unanimously elected Secretary of the Board, effective immediately. Her term of office is to run until a successor is elected following the June 2010 elections.
4. On motion duly made and seconded, Tom Marble was unanimously elected Vice President. His term of office is to run until a successor is elected following the June 2010 elections.
VI.
APPROVAL
OF AUGUST 24, 2009 MINUTES
After discussion, on motion duly made and
seconded, the Minutes of the August 24, 2009 Minutes were unanimously approved
as presented.
VII.
TREASURERÕS REPORT (Mark S. Legassie)
The
Treasurer presented a financial report, which has been posted on-line.
VIII.
ACTION ITEMS -- Funding Requests.
1. After discussion, and on motion duly moved and seconded, the request from Hermon Local Issues for $2,000 to support the Hermon Harvest Festival to cover the cost of materials (festival booths, prizes, and treats) for the annual community "Harvest Festival" was unanimously approved. The money to be drawn from Community Project funds.
2. After discussion, it was moved, seconded and unanimously approved that the following motion be postponed to the October 26th meeting of the Board:
(a) SIGNAGE PROJECT $3,000 - Motion that
ASNC provide funding in the amount of $2,500 for a Way Finding Signage Project
under a Community Beautification Grant. Funding is contingent upon award to the
Community Beautification Grant for the fiscal year 2009 – 2010. This
project has been under discussion for the last two months in the ASNC
Environment Committee, and the committee recommends the project. The project
would provide directional way finding signage to assist pedestrians find their
way to various cultural, historical, and recreational destinations (such as
Audubon Center, Debs Park, Heritage Square, and Lummis Home) from the Metro
Rail Gold Line Southwest Museum Station.
(b) SIGNAGE PROJECT Motion: to send a letter to Office of Community Beatification in support of the ASNC Way Finding Signage Project as part of the Community Beautification Grant application.
3. After discussion, and on motion duly moved and seconded, the Board unanimously approved the request from Monterey Hills for $140 to pay room rental fees for a LAFD CERT training class in Jan-Feb 2010 at 4225 Via Arbolada in Monterey Hills (Marshall Villas Clubhouse).
4. After discussion, and on motion duly moved and seconded, the Board unanimously approved the request from the CERT coordinator for $250 to be used to purchase moulage supplies to be used at the October 31 moulage class in Hermon Park, sponsored by the ASNC, SLNC & taught by the LAFD.
5. After discussion, the Motion to allocate up to $750 in community project funds to the all-volunteer Friendly Arroyo Seco Trappers (F.A.S.T. -http://www.fasttrappers.org/) to purchase 12+ feral cat traps, 2-3 medical-recovery pet cages and miscellaneous supplies to help homeless pets through the Trap-Neuter- Return program, which helps reduce the number of pets at the Lacy St shelter. Equipment will be inventoried and owned by ASNC and stored in Hermon Community Church when not in use. Of note, TNR is sanctioned by the ASPCA and LA Animal Services. F.A.S.T. is an arm of the non-profit organization Friends of Hermon Dog Park and $800 in tax-deductible donations have been received thus far ($300 monetary for vet bills, antibiotics, food, and $500 in donated supplies from Frends Beauty Supply was amended to include the following language:
ÒThe Treasurer is authorized and directed either to (a) purchase the traps and cages, in which case they shall remain the property of the ASNC or, if the Treasurer determines this is possible, (b) to donate funds sufficient to purchase the traps and cages to Friends of the Hermon Dog Park as a Community Purposes Grant, with the proviso that the funds be used to purchase the traps and cages; it being the BoardÕs preference for the Treasurer to employ option (b) if this is possible.Ó
The motion was approved with 5 abstaining.
6. The motion to approve the purchase of an Adobe Dreamweaver software package for use by the new volunteer Webmaster in maintaining its Website; cost not to exceed $220 (from the Communications & Outreach budget) -- Communications & Outreach Committee was moved, seconded and unanimously approved.
7.
The motion to approve the purchase of a
digital camera and memory card -- total cost not to exceed $200 -- for use in
taking pictures of ASNC events, etc., for posting on the Website and other
publicity purposes -- Communications & Outreach Committee was amended to a maximum
expenditure of $300. The motion
was duly moved, seconded and unanimously approved as amended.
8.
The motion to authorize the use of up
to $300 from its "Outreach & Communications" budget to pay
for food and supplies for a combined Hermon Local Issues and Saturday morning community breakfast in
mid-November (in place of the regular 11/12 meeting) was duly moved, seconded
and unanimously approved.
9.
The motion
to endorse the City ClerkÕs Neighborhood Council Map per request of City Clerk
with the correction that Elyria Canyon Park should be shown as included within
the boundaries of the ASNC and the Mt. Washington community, was duly moved,
seconded and unanimously approved.
10. The
motion that the ASNC reverse its January 2009 Board action and return
oversight for the neighborhood council Website to
the Communications & Outreach Committee, as per ASNC Bylaws (Article VIII,
Section 3) was duly moved, seconded and unanimously approved.
11. The motion that all committee and liaison reports be sent in written form to the President, prior to the meeting, so that the reports can be included as Exhibits to the Agenda was withdrawn. If committee chairs and liaisons have action items to be discussed at the meeting, they can submit a request to speak at the appropriate point in the Agenda.
12.
After discussion, it was unanimously agreed
that any proposed action with respect to the Security Camera previously
approved for the Avenue 50 Studio be tabled to the next meeting of the
Board.
IX.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Local Issues.
(a)
Hermon
(b)
Montecito Heights
(c)
Monterey Hills
(d)
Mount Washington
(e)
Sycamore Grove
2. Communications and Outreach (Joseph Riser)
3. Budget and Finance (Mark Legassie)
4. Environment (Jerry Schneider)
5. Community Garden (Paula Sirola)
6. Public Safety (Mark Legassie)
X.
REPORTS FROM LIAISONS
(10 minutes)
1. LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS COALITION (Ann Walnum)
2. MW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM (Ann Walnum)
3. FRIENDS OF SOUTHWEST MUSEUM (Ann Walnum)
4. DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL WELFARE (Lezle Stein, thedogtrainer@hotmail.com, 323-225-6700)
5. DWP (Peter Parrish)
XI. AGENDA ITEMS FOR
NEXT MEETING
1. Purchase portable microphones for use by board and members of the public at future meetings.
XII. NEW BUSINESS (Committee referrals and/or future Board
agenda items). (10 minutes)
1. Future meeting dates and locations:
Next meeting date: OCTOBER 26,-2009 at 07:00PM, Monterey
Adult Day Health Care Center.
NOVEMBER meeting at
Monterey Adult Day Health Care Center.
XIII.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 09: 45 PM