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PDF Copy of March 9th, 2020 Minutes
AGENDA
I. Call to order
II. Introductions
III. Approval of minutes for March 9th, 2020 meeting
IV. Public comment
This opportunity is reserved for any public comments to the Board pursuant to the Brown Act with the understanding that no action may be taken, nor discussion conducted on topics not on the agenda. It is the Board’s policy that persons in the audience may address the Board in connection with any particular agenda item during the public comment period. As provided by the Brown Act, each individual’s speaking time shall be limited to three minutes. Anyone desiring to speak during the public comment period must complete a speaker card and submit it to the Chair prior to the start of the meeting
V. Covid-19 and the safer at home: Effects on the community & businesses activity
a. Covid-19 Infection Rates
1. Pico Union
2. Harvard Heights
b. Unemployment in the City of Los Angeles
VI. BID activities during Covid-19 emergency and subsequent civil unrest
a. Updating businesses with latest relevant information via e-mail, social media and website
b. CD 1 Senior Meal Program
c. Support for open businesses
i. Working with the larger LA BID Consortium
1. What Covid-19 means for Downtown and Main Street
2. Draft Economic Stabilization Framework
3. Urban District Recovery: An Economic Imperative for the City of Los Angeles
d. Coordinating with LAPD and governmental agencies
e. Continued trash removal & illegal dumping reporting
f. Covid-19 business impact & needs surveys
g. Survey of open businesses in the district
h. The Albany Hotel Public Scoping Meeting
i. Proposed City Administrative Restaurant Alcohol Permitting
i. UNNC Zoning and Land Use Subcommittee
ii. UNNC Governing Board Meeting
VII. Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative Business Incubation Plan for the BLQ Pico BID discussion and vote presented by Franci Levine-Garter
VIII. Discussion of BID 2020 budget update
a. Assessment increase postponed for year 2021
b. Current assessment collection
i. LA County Assessor reporting
ii. Outstanding assessments
c. Budget purchase request: Urb-E electric scooter follow up
i. This purchase has been put on hold
d. BLQ LED sign repair update
IX. LAPD Report
a. Rampart Division
b. Olympic Division
X. Clean Streets Report
XI. Governmental Report
a. Council District 1
b. Council District 10
c. California State Assembly District 53
XII. Presentation – Craig Taubman from The Pico Union Project
XIII. Next Meeting 9/14/2020
XIV. Adjournment