AGENDA – WHWCNC FULL BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 – 6:30 p.m.
VIRTUAL MEETING BY TELECONFERENCE
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In-N-Out Information For Public Viewing
In-N-Out Additional Images For Public Viewing
HOM Restaurant Information For Public Viewing
VIRTUAL MEETING TELECONFERENCING and PHONE NUMBER FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
In conformity with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 (MARCH 17, 2020) and due to concerns over COVID-19, the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council meeting will be conducted entirely telephonically.
Every person wishing to address the Neighborhood Council must dial +1 669 900 6833, and enter Webinar ID # 964 9371 2127 and then press # to join the meeting. Instructions on how to sign up for public comment will be given to listeners at the start of the meeting. The public is requested to dial *9, when prompted by the presiding officer, to address the Board on any agenda item before the Board takes an action on an item.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS
THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT – 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 to its programs, services and activities. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices and 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 you wish to attend by contacting the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment by email: NCSupport@lacity.org or phone: (213) 978-1551.
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AGENDA
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Public Announcements:
Office of Councilmember Bob Blumenfield – if available
Office of other Local and State Officials – if available
Other Public Announcements
Public Comment Period (on items not on the agenda): (2) minutes per speaker
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Approval of Minutes: Board Meeting, July 8, 2020
See attached support document ROLL CALL VOTE
Officer Reports:
President – Joyce Fletcher
Vice President – Sheppard Kaufman
Treasurer – Paul Lawler
A Budget Meeting will be held by teleconference on Wednesday, September 16, 7:00pm to reallocate the
2020-2021 WHWCNC Budget.
Secretary – Komalpreet Kaur Batth
Parliamentarian – Don Patterson
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Item No. (1) Treasurer – Paul Lawler
(20-052) Monthly Expense Report (MER) – July 2020
Discussion and possible action:
Motion to approve the WHWCNC Budget/Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Monthly Expense Reconciliation [MER] for
July 2020.
See support document for July 2020 MER ROLL CALL VOTE
Item No. (2) – Education Committee, Bill Anderson – Chair
(20-053) Neighborhood Purposes Grant for the Foundation for Pierce College earmarked for the sole purpose of supporting the Brahma Pantry
Discussion and possible action:
Over the past year the Education Committee has explored ways to support the work of the Brahma Pantry, a food pantry on the campus of Los Angeles Pierce College. The Brahma Pantry provides valuable services and support to help students fill gaps in their basic needs, such as housing, food, childcare, health care, and educational costs. Meeting food costs was difficult for many students before the pandemic and has become increasingly difficult because of employment loss and the looming threat of evictions. The committee’s fact-finding activities include several conversations between committee member Gina Thornburg and the pantry manager, as well as a visit to the pantry; a tour of the pantry last fall by three committee members; research on the plight of California community college students by committee member Dan Chernow; and a Q&A with the pantry manager, D’arcy Corwin, at the August 2020 Education Committee meeting. Therefore, the Education Committee finds that:
WHEREAS a recent research article in Ed Source (https://edsource.org/2020/community-colleges-struggle-with-students-food-needs-as-pandemic-increases-demand/634155) reports that out of 46 responses to an EdSource survey of the 115 community colleges in California, all 46 have campus food pantries, with 26 continuing to distribute food despite campus closures. Twenty-one say their food pantries have seen an increase of applications for food and/or an increase in the amount of food being requested; and
WHEREAS Governor Newsom defunded food pantries on the state’s community college campuses, removing $11.4 million for them from the California Community Colleges 2020–21 budget (https://www.google.com/search?q=California+Community+Colleges+may+
revision+budget&oq=California+Community+Colleges+may+revision+budget&aqs=chrome..69i57j33.12646j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#); and
WHEREAS LA Pierce College is the sole community college in the Woodland Hills–Warner Center Neighborhood Council district; and,
WHEREAS members of the WHWCNC Education Committee have conducted due diligence in understanding the need for monetary donations to support the hunger-alleviation work of the Brahma Pantry; and
WHEREAS the Foundation for Pierce College is the fiscal agent responsible for receiving and paying out donations to the on-campus Brahma Pantry;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the WHWCNC Education Committee recommends that the board of the Woodland Hills–Warner Center Neighborhood Council APPROVE the following Neighborhood Purposes Grant:
According to the Office of the City Clerk Neighborhood Council Funding Program, issue a Neighborhood Purposes Grant in the amount of $2,500 to the Foundation for Pierce College, earmarked solely for the purpose of supporting the Brahma Pantry’s hunger-relief activities, including grocery-store gift cards for students during the pandemic and the purchase of food items for the physical pantry once the campus is reopened
See attached NPG Application and support documents ROLL CALL VOTE
Item No. (3) PLUM Committee, Lauren Coffman – Chair
(20-054) ZA-2019-5326
22503 – 22527 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 – In & Out Burger Restaurant
Discussion and possible action:
As pertains to Case ZA-2019-5326, having held 5 public meetings (two virtual) for the application filed by In-N-Out Burgers, Inc. regarding a development in the Ventura-Cahuenga Specific Plan section of Woodland Hills the Planning, Land Use and Mobility Committee hereby finds that:
WHEREAS, the Applicant has applied for LAMC section 12.24-W17, a conditional use to permit a drive-thru fast food establishment located in the C4 Zone within 500 feet of an R Zone. Pursuant to LAMC section 12.24-W27, a conditional use to allow deviations from LAMC section 12.22-A23 commercial corner development to (1) allow hours of operation Sunday through Thursday from 10:30 AM to 1:00 AM and Friday through Saturday from 10:30 AM to 1:30 AM, and (2) allow 14% window transparency on the exterior walls and doors fronting Capistrano Avenue; pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7C, Specific Plan compliance with the Ventura-Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan. Site Plan Review is required per LAMC 16.05 for a change of use to a drive-through establishment which results in a net increase of 500 or more average daily trips by DOT. In this case, there is a net increase of 759 average daily trips. The total number of daily trips is estimated at 915.
WHEREAS, the project Applicant has acknowledged and accepted the conditions of the Neighborhood Council and agreed to include them on a project summary page in revised project plan submittal;
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Planning, Land Use and Mobility Committee, for the findings and conditions stated herein, finds that the submitted application and plans for the proposed project at 22503 – 22527 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91364, and recommends that the Board of the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council adopt this motion of the committee as its own in SUPPORT of the requested actions as stated contingent upon adoption by the Applicant of the following conditions:
Conditions:
1.) All plans presented on August 27, 2020 at the virtual PLUM Meeting of the Woodland Hills – Warner Center Neighborhood Council (WHWCNC) shall be dated as such and re-submitted to Planning as an (updated) project application submittal.
2.) The applicant will not submit any significant, further updated plans without first presenting them to the WHWCNC for support.
3.) Additionally, all conditions herein shall be printed on one of the Project Summary pages as a commitment to and acceptance of these conditions.
4.) Prior to the issuance of any building permits relative to the development on the Project Site, a covenant acknowledging and agreeing to develop the Project Site in Substantial Conformance with the Project Plans, as approved by the Department of City Planning and consistent with the requirements of the Ventura-Cahuenga Specific Plan shall be recorded in the County Recorder’s Office. The agreement (standard master covenant and agreement form CP-6770) shall run with the land and shall be binding on any subsequent owners, heirs or assigns.
5.) Prior to the issuance of a building permit, vehicular ingress/egress and internal circulation shall be reviewed and approved by the Department of Transportation (LADOT). The LADOT approval shall be on a site plan that is in substantial conformance with the plan submitted to the Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council
FURTHERMORE; The PLUM Committee recommends that the City of Los Angeles Planning Department and Council District 3 Councilmember Bob Blumenfield be notified by the Woodland Hills – Warner Center Neighborhood Council Board of its approved motion and recommendation to support this application and its subsequent conditions.
Item No. (4) Safety & Transportation Committee – Sheppard Kaufman, Chair
(20-055) CIS Regarding CF 20-0769-S1 Advanced Provider Response Unit Expansion
Discussion and possible action:
Motion for the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council to submit a Community Impact Statement supporting Council File CF 20-0769-S1, and related File CF20-00874, directing the LA Fire Department and other City staff to present a plan for expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Advanced Provider Response Unit and to facilitate greater integration of mental health and social work professionals into the program in order to allow APRUs to respond to a greater number of non-violent mental health related 911 calls, thereby minimizing the need for police response in these instances.
See attached Council File Motions and research abstract ROLL CALL VOTE
Item No. (5) PLUM Committee, Lauren Coffman – Chair
(20-056) ZA-2020-2482-CUB-CU (ENV-2020-2483-CE)
21136 W. Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills 91364 – HOM, House of Meatballs Restaurant
Discussion and possible action:
A motion to upgrade an existing CUB for on-site beer and wine service to a CUB allowing on-site consumption for a full line of alcoholic products for a 3,134 SF Restaurant with 82 interior seats and 12 sidewalk/patio seats in the public right-of-way (revocable permit with Building & Safety is in effect). Applicant is requesting shorter operating hours: 10 AM-1 AM daily instead of 10 A.M. -2 AM, due to commercial/mini-center restrictions.
MOTION: As pertaining to Case ZA-2020-2482-CUB-CU, having held one public meeting for an upgrade from an existing beer/wine only Conditional Use Permit to a CUB allowing for a full line of alcohol on-site consumption in an existing 3,134 sq. ft. restaurant with 82 interior seats with hours of operation from 10 AM a.m. to 1 AM daily and an existing railed-off uncovered patio fronting Ventura Blvd. with 12 outdoor seats, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12:24 -W1/W27 CUB.
WHEREAS, the applicant attests that the following is true:
WHEREAS, the above conditions follow the proposed requirements for the Restaurant Beverage Program;
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Planning, Land Use and Mobility Committee, for the statements and conditions stated herein, recommends that this PLUM Motion regarding the Conditional Use Permit application and plans submitted on behalf of Lara Vittimo of GLPC, LLC, for HOM (House of Meatballs) located at 21136 W. Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91364, receive the support of the Board of the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council.
ROLL CALL VOTE
Item No. (6) Community Services Committee, Joyce Fletcher – Chair
(20-057) Board Resolution – Request for Street Repair
Three blocks of San Feliciano Drive between Ventura Blvd and Avenue San Luis Street, Woodland Hills 91364
Discussion and possible action:
September 12, 2020
Counsel member Bob Blumenfield
Michael Owens, District Director
Elizabeth Ene, Director of Planning and Land Use
Tim Glick, Field Deputy Woodland Hills
RE: WHWCNC BOARD RESOLUTION RE : Three blocks of San Feliciano Drive Safety Hazard
Dear Counsel member Blumenfield, Mr. Owens, Ms. Ene and Mr. Glick:
This letter is a follow up to WHWCNC letter dated February 24, 2020.
The genesis of the original request was a Board Resolution from the WHWCNC regarding addressing the hazardous condition of San Feliciano Drive between Ventura Blvd. and Avenue San Luis in Woodland Hills. Your constituents are becoming increasingly concerned about the state of the street, which is not only ugly, but also hazardous to both pedestrians, traffic and a veritable safety landmine at night.
The President of the board, Joyce Fletcher discussed the resolution with Michael Owens, who informed Ms. Fletcher that the restaurant on the corner (The Villa) has placed a hold on street repair because they are renovating their building. Does The Villa trump the constituents? Control the repair of a hazardous street? City Planning has kept the hold in place for many years. The restaurant renovation has been endless but should not effect the street or the sidewalk which is getting worse as a result of dereliction.
As a backdrop, the area of concern is outside a normally high traffic area, the Woodland Hills Library. As such, pedestrians of all ages walk the area in all sorts of lighting and weather conditions. While the surrounding streets have been debrided and repaved, this high traffic area seems to have been forgotten. We wondered if this was because of some error in mapping and its omission on the Bureau of Street Services? We are aware that there are some missing streets that your office has been diligently trying to locate and suggest that this may be one of the sought after escapees.
Regardless of why this street has been ignored, the grim fact is that it remains not only an aesthetic eyesore but a potentially a huge “sore” for anyone whose foot gets stuck in the uneven street, or a car is damaged by multiple pot holes. Everyone is aware of the toll badly paved roads takes on our vehicles in terms of repairs. But in an area with high pedestrian traffic, the fear is heightened by the worry that one of the elderly residents will not be able to safely navigate such a rocky road while in route to our beloved library, and fall and sue the City. This somber scenario is totally preventable by debridement and repaving.
The WCWHNC advocates for our residents. You are our champion in the process. Please champion our concerns and make this slip (hazard) and possible property situation from low priority to high priority status.
By way of the original February 2020 Board Resolution, we request you respond within 30 days and take action on this issue.
Very truly yours,
Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council
ROLL CALL VOTE
Budget Committee – Paul Lawler and Joyce Fletcher, Co-Chairs
Community Outreach Committee – Peter Fletcher, Chair
Community Services Committee – Joyce Fletcher, Chair
Education Committee – Bill Anderson, Chair
Environmental Committee – Karen DiBiase, Chair
Governance Committee – Don Patterson, Chair
Homelessness Committee – Ray Cole, Chair
PLUM Committee – Lauren Coffman, Chair
Public Safety and Transportation Committee – Sheppard Kaufman, Chair
WHIP Committee – Heath Kline, Chair
Ad-hoc – Westfield Promenade 2035 Project – Joyce Fletcher
Ad Hoc Committee – Measure A. Parks Program -Peter Fletcher
Ad Hoc Committee – Arts Fees and Cultural Amenities – Lauren Coffman
At-Large – Sheppard Kaufman, Gina Thornburg
Area 1 – Aaron Quantz, Karen DiBiase, Komalpreet Kaur Batth, Tamara Johnson
Area 2 – Brian Drapkin, Paul Lawler, Sean McCarthy, Ray Cole
Area 3 – Nancy McLean, Angela Dawson, John Sandy Campbell, Alex Farassati
Area 4 – Don Patterson, Bill Anderson, Martin Lipkin, Dena Weiss
Area 5 – Jason Green, Peter Fletcher
Area 6 – Pat Patton, Gilbert Yablon, Heath Kline, Lauren Coffman
Area 7 – Ginny Sand, Joyce Fletcher, Houton Hormozian, Tim Root
Youth Member – Vacant
Announcements: The next Regular Board meeting will be held on September 14, 2020 by teleconference. Please visit the website calendar page at whcouncil.org for the date and time. The Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council may hold a teleconference Special Meeting if needed. Please visit the website calendar page to see if there is a Special Meeting posted.
Meeting dates for or the upcoming 2020 -2021 year; the proposed Board meeting are usually held the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm.
Due to COVID 19 ALL in person meetings have been moved to virtual teleconference.
HOWEVER, please check the www.whcouncil.org website calendar page for any changes that may occur.
Adjournment of meeting:
*THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT – 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 to its programs, services and activities. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices and 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 you wish to attend by contacting Joyce Fletcher, at (818-340-6554 or email j.fletcher@whcouncil.org or the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment at (213) 978-1551 EmpowerLa@LACity.org
*PUBLIC ACCESS OF RECORDS – 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 our website: www.whcouncil.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 Joyce Fletcher at (818) 340-6554 or email j.fletcher@whcouncil.org
*PUBLIC POSTING OF AGENDAS – agendas are posted for public review as follows:
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