VNNC Government Relations/Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting Agenda

May 29, 2016 (Sunday, 2:00- 4:00 pm)

MacLeod Ale Brewing Company 14741 Calvert Street — Van Nuys, CA 91411

  1. Call To Order & Pledge Of Allegiance To the United States of America.
  2. Roll Call (Quorum Call) (Members: Paul Anand (chair), Jason Ackerman, Jacob Lynn, Howard Benjamin, Richard Hopp (Stakeholder)
  3. Comments from the Chair (Parliamentarian) of the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council *Speaker Cards: 2, minutes, 2 Public Comment Times. (This includes speaker cards on agenda items — a limit of 10 minutes for the entire meeting per stakeholder.)
  4. Public Comment (On matters within the VNNC Board’s Jurisdiction.)
  5. Old Business:
    • A. None
  6. New Business:
    • A) The Van Nuys Neighborhood Council Bylaws Committee to review the Standing Rules of the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council and reconstruct them as needed.
    • B) The Van Nuys Neighborhood Council Bylaws Committee to review and propose revisions to “Article VI – OFFICERS” of July 2012 Version (http://vnnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/VNNC-Bylaws-2012.pdf) and Article V – OFFICERS of the 2015 Version
      • I) Section 1: Officers of the Board
      • II) Section 2: Duties and Powers
      • III) Section 3: Selection of Officers
      • IV) Section 4: Officer Terms
    • C) The Van Nuys Neighborhood Council Bylaws Committee to review and propose revisions to Article V Section 6: Vacancies: Subsection Two (2)
      • “If the vacancy occurs within sixty- (60) days of a regularly scheduled election, the Board will take no action to fill the vacancy and the vacancy will be filled at the next regularly scheduled election” 
      • Proposed change: To replace words ‘of a’ to ‘prior to a’ so that the sentence reads:
        • “If the vacancy occurs within sixty- (60) days prior to a regularly scheduled election, the Board will take no action to fill the vacancy and the vacancy will be filled at the next regularly scheduled election”
        • MOTION: to amend the VNNC Bylaws Article V Section 6: Vacancies: Subsection Two (2) replacing words ‘of a’ with ‘prior to a’ so that the sentence reads: “If the vacancy occurs within sixty- (60) days prior to a regularly scheduled election, the Board will take no action to fill the vacancy and the vacancy will be filled at the next regularly scheduled election”
    • D) The VNNC to Submit Community Impact Statements (CIS) in support of the following Council Files:7. 8. 9.:
      • I. CF 15-0524 “(Wesson-O’Farrell) Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils”
        • a. Motion to allow Neighborhood Council Board Members at least five (5) minutes of public comment when speaking to Los Angeles City Council on an item for which the neighborhood council has filed a CIS.
      • II. CF 15-0389 “(Wesson Krekorian) Neighborhood Councils Representatives / Addressing City Council, Commissions or Boards / Sufficient Presenting Time”
        • a. The City Attorney, with the assistance of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, and in consultation with interested Neighborhood Councils, be requested to report with options, including possible amendment to the Council Rules, allowing for official representatives of Neighborhood Councils or Neighborhood Council Alliances to address the City Council, its committees, City commissions, and boards with sufficient time to present the official view of their Neighborhood Council Boards or Alliances.
      • III. CF 15-0276 / 15-1138-S1 “(Bonin/Wesson-O’Farrell/Price) “Refurbished Decommissioned Buses / Mobile/Portable Shower Facilities / Homeless”
        • a. “the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) with the assistance of the Housing Department be requested to report on the feasibility of establishing a program of refurbished decommissioned buses to serve as mobile/ portable shower facilities for the homeless”
        • b. MOTION: The Van Nuys Neighborhood Council supports efforts to provide the homeless with resources for maintaining their personal hygiene by establishing a program of refurbished decommissioned buses to serve as mobile / portable shower facilities for the homeless
  7. Public Comments
  8. Announcements
  9. Adjourn

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