(Unofficial) DLANC News

The Parks, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) committee will be meeting on June 30 at 6:30pm on the yellow patio at Pershing Square. Special items on the agenda include:

• Presentation by Elizabeth Peterson concerning the PAL program for at risk youths.
• Presentation by Louise Capone - Director of Programming Pershing Square, Dept. of Park of Recreation. Presentation on summer events, fall DLANC sponsored Pershing Square Friday night film series and organizing a late night cycling event.
• Presentation by Maxwell Billieon-Recent park deal he has completed with the city of L.A.
• Presentation by Dramastage concerning Downtown LA Summer Theatre in the Parks.

Read the full agenda….

The Economic Development committee will be having its regular monthly meeting at 1100 Wilshire on Tuesday, June 24 at 6:30pm. Special items on the agenda include:

• Update on status of RFP for Police Headquarters restaurant space.
• Motion to support a Broadway walk. Motion of support to allocate $2,500 towards insurance, permitting and other infrastructure requirements for community events support.
• Discussion and possible motion on supporting cultural tourism by including an arts education component with the new Grand Avenue Park
• Discussion on how to best work with Mayor’s Jobs committee on issues facing Downtown.
• Motion asking the CRA to work with the NC on developing guidelines on uses for the Crown Coach Site.

Read the full agenda….

The Planning & Land Use committee will have it’s usual monthly meeting next Wednesday, June 25 at Villa Flores. Special items on the agenda include:

• Presentation by Marie Rumsey (CD9) and CRA Staff regarding Washington Boulevard redevelopment projects.
• Presentation by Tim Meier regarding proposed residential condominium project at 1340 S. Olive Street.
• Presentation by Lee Rabun regarding CUB application for Seven Restaurant at 7th Street and Grand Avenue.
• Presentation by Lee Rabun regarding CUB application for proposed restaurant/nightclub at 911 S. Hill Street.
• Presentation by the McCarty Company regarding CUB application for Cecil Hotel.

Read the full agenda….

The final election results are now available. The only difference from the preliminary results is that Mamta Patel was elected as City West Resident director, and Shannon Parker was elected as a Social Services Provider director instead of Mai L. Lee.

Mary Wentz and Scott Bytof remain deadlocked in the race for South Park Resident director, and that position will be settled by a coin flip.

No votes were received for any candidates for the Alameda East Business director position. I believe this means the position will have to be filled by a town hall meeting of the appropriate stakeholders.

There is apparently no agenda, but the Affordable Housing ad-hoc committee will be meeting tonight, June 17, at 6:30pm in the Project 50 offices at 108 E. 5th St.

Preliminary election results are available from the City Clerk’s web site. If the results hold up, and possibly depending on a couple of coin tosses, here is your new DLANC Board of Directors (returning board members are marked with a *):

• Arts, Cultural and Educational Interests: Shane Guffogg*, Anna Danielle Duran
• Arts, Cultural and Educational Interests, Professional Artist: Brady Westwater*
• At-Large: Alex Cha
• Business
  • Alameda East: unknown (no votes were counted in this race yet)
  • Area-wide: Hal Bastian*
  • Central City East/Toy District: James Doizaki*
  • City West: David Hurtado
  • Downtown Center: Jon Toktas
  • Fashion District: Brandon Coburn
  • Historic Downtown: Michael Delijani*
  • South Park: Michael Pfeiffer
• Resident:
  • Alameda East: Michael Francesconi
  • Area-wide: Russell Brown*
  • Area-wide Artist: Dawna Nolan
  • Area-wide Homeless: Henry Proctor
  • Bunker Hill: Russell Chan
  • Central City East: General Jeff
  • City West: Jerard Wright or Mamta Patel* (tie, will be settled by coin toss if it holds up)
  • Civic Center: Stanley B. Michaels*
  • Fashion District: ANT
  • Historic Downtown: Patricia (Patti) Berman
  • South Park: Scott Bytof or Mary Wentz (another tie to be settled by coin toss)
• Social Service Provider: Antoinette Falice, Mai L. Lee, Wendell Blassingame
• Workforce, Private Sector: Ashley Zarella
• Workforce, Public Sector: Gunnar Hand

Congratulations to the winners! I hope you have the wisdom to select a good set of officers. (My advice: pick new ones. Russell and Brady would be better off as board members and maybe committee chairs.)

I have mixed feelings about pointing to this, but a fairly heated discussion about the upcoming election, and Russell and Patti’s candidacies specifically, broke out over on blogdowntown.

This month’s Board of Directors meeting will be on Tuesday, June 10 at 6:30pm in the Los Angeles Theater. This is the last chance to see the current board members in action before the election on Thursday. Special items on the agenda include:

• Planning Committee motions:
  • Motion regarding proposed Figueroa & Olympic sign district.
  • Motion regarding proposed art and jazz lounge at 810 S. Spring Street.
  • Information item: EDAW, Inc. design charette for capping Hollywood Freeway in Downtown.
  • Motion regarding proposed revision to DLANC’s western boundary.
  • Update on Historic Resources Survey, Phase III. Proposed action: PLUC recommends that DLANC approve $1000 to fund printing of oversized survey maps.
• DLANC 2008-2009 Q1 Budget.
• Motion: To request the City of Los Angeles turn City Hall South into a home for arts & cultural icons instead of tearing it down.
• Introduction to candidates in June 12, 2008 Election.

Read the full agenda…

There will be a Candidate Forum on Wednesday, June 4 at 6:30pm at the Palace Theatre (630 S. Broadway). This will be your chance to ask candidates what they plan to do, if elected.

I am not sure if I will have time to get all the candidate statements on this site before the election on Thursday, June 12 because of my own commitments.

All of the candidate statements are on the City Clerk’s website.

The Election ad-hoc committee is meeting tonight, June 2, at 6:30pm in the DLANC Outreach Office. The full agenda:

1. Discussion DLANC Election Thursday June 12, 2008.
2. Candidate Forum Wed June 4, 2008.
3. Outreach needs to downtown stakeholders.
4. Outreach program to downtown stakeholders.
5. Follow up with candidates
6. Volunteers needs and resources available.
7. Other issues as required.