CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD

SPECIAL TELEVISED MEETING AGENDA

DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024

6:00 PM

WEST HOLLYWOOD PUBLIC MEETING ROOM – COUNCIL CHAMBERS

625 N. SAN VICENTE BOULEVARD

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90069

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

“The West Hollywood Disabilities Advisory Board acknowledges that the land on which we gather and that is currently known as the City of West Hollywood is the occupied, unceded, seized territory of the Gabrieleño Tongva and Gabrieleño Kizh peoples.”

To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) will be available for check out at the meeting. If special assistance to participate in this meeting is required, (e.g., an American Sign Language interpreter for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing), you must call or submit your request in writing to the Office of the City Clerk at (323) 848-6800 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The City TTY line is (323) 848-6496.

Special meeting-related accommodations (e.g., transportation) may be provided upon written request to the Office of the City Clerk at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. For information on public transportation, call 323.GO.METRO (323/466-3876) or go to www.metro.net.

                    If you would like additional information on any item appearing on this agenda, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (323) 848-6800.

RULES OF DECORUM

Members of the audience shall not engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct, including the utterance of loud, threatening or abusive language, whistling, stamping of feet or other acts which disturb, disrupt, impede or otherwise render the orderly conduct of the Disabilities Advisory Board meeting infeasible.  A member of the audience repeatedly or continuously engaging in any such conduct shall, at the discretion of the Presiding Officer or a majority of the Disabilities Advisory Board, be subject to ejection from that meeting.

Any person wishing to speak in connection with any item of business on the agenda shall first complete a speaker request slip and submit the slip to the Secretary.

No person shall address the Disabilities Advisory Board without first being recognized by the Presiding Officer.

Each person addressing the Disabilities Advisory Board shall do so in an orderly manner and shall not make repetitious, slanderous or irrelevant remarks, or engage in any other disorderly conduct which disrupts, disturbs or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the Board meetings.  Any person who so disrupts the meeting may, at the discretion of the Presiding Officer or a majority of the Board, be subject to ejection from that meeting.

TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE OR AN E-COMMENT:

Please email jbritton@weho.org no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Disabilities Advisory Board meeting day, to have your comment read for the meeting.  Please include your name and indicate which item(s) you are commenting on.

TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT BY TELEPHONE:

(Please note: This option is to provide public comment via phone ONLY. To view the meeting, please see information on how to view the meeting provided above.)

1. You are required to register to speak via Zoom by emailing jbritton@weho.org no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Disabilities Advisory Board meeting day, to be added to the Zoom Public Speaker List for the meeting.  Please include your name, the phone number from which you will be calling, and which item(s) you would like to speak on.

2.  Dial in 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting (the meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.).

3.  Public comments are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.

Note 1: Public comment will become part of the official public record. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address and/or phone number.

Note 2: Staff are unable to respond to emails during the meeting. All requests to speak by telephone must be confirmed in advance and requests to speak on additional agenda items cannot be accommodated during the meeting.

1.       CALL TO ORDER:

2.       ROLL CALL:

3.       PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

4.       APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

5.       PUBLIC COMMENT:  The Disabilities Advisory Board values your comments; however, pursuant to the Brown Act, the Disabilities Advisory Board cannot take action on items not listed on the posted agenda.  The public comment period is limited to 20 minutes, with 3 minutes allotted for each speaker.   

6.       CONSENT CALENDAR:  The following routine matters can be acted upon by one motion.  Individual items may be removed by the Disabilities Advisory Board for separate discussion.  Items removed for separate discussion will be heard following Unfinished Business Items. The title is deemed to be read and further reading waived of any ordinance listed on the consent calendar for introduction or adoption.

6.A.    POSTING OF AGENDA:

SUBJECT: The agenda for the meeting of Wednesday, October 23, 2024, was posted at City Hall, Plummer Park, the Sheriff’s Station, and at the West Hollywood Library on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

RECOMMENDATION:  Receive and file.

6.B.    APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

SUBJECT: The Disabilities Advisory Board is requested to approve the minutes of the prior Council meeting.

RECOMMENDATION:  Approve the minutes of September 25, 2024.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.

8. NEW BUSINESS: 

8.A.    2024 DISABILITY SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS

SUBJECT: The Disabilities Advisory Board will present the 2024 Disability Service Awards:

Lovedy Brydon Differently Abled Individual Award to Myra “Mikie” Friedman

Nonprofit Award to Disability Community Resource Center
Business Award to California Rehabilitation Institute

Media Award to Brandon Ross Garcia, editor of WeHoOnline

9.       EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR: Items removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion are considered at this time.

10.     ITEMS FROM STAFF:

11.     PUBLIC COMMENT: This time has been set aside for the public to address the Disabilities Advisory Board on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Disabilities Advisory Board that could not be heard under Item 1 at the beginning of the meeting.

12.     ITEMS FROM BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS: 

13.     ADJOURNMENT: The Disabilities Advisory Board will adjourn to its special meeting which will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at Plummer Park, Room 5 & 6, 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, 90046