AGENDA
DISABILITIES ADVISORY BOARD
CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024
6:00 PM
PLUMMER PARK, ROOMS 5&6
7377 SANTA MONICA BLVD.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90046
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.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) will be available for check-out at this meeting. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting (e.g., a signer for the hearing-impaired), you must submit your request in writing or call the Department of Human Services and Rent Stabilization at (323) 848-6853 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The City TTD line for the hearing-impaired is (323) 848-6496.
Special meeting-related accommodations (e.g., transportation) may be provided upon written request to the Department of Human Services and Rent Stabilization 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 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 Social Services Division at (323) 848-6510 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The City TTY line is (323) 848-6496.
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.
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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
A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ROLL CALL
C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
D. PUBLIC COMMENT
The Disabilities Advisory Board values your comments; however, pursuant to the Brown Act, the Advisory Board cannot take action on items not listed on the posted agenda. Public Comment is three (3) minutes per speaker. This public comment period is to address the Advisory Board on Consent Calendar items, other agenda items (if the member of the public cannot be present at the time the item is considered) or items of general interest within the jurisdiction of the Advisory Board. Another period is also reserved for general comment later in the meeting for those that could not be heard at this time.
2. CONSENT CALENDAR
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and approve minutes of the March 27, 2024, meeting.
3. NEW BUSINESS
The Disabilities Advisory Board will receive a presentation from Los Angeles County Fire Department on emergency preparedness for persons living with a disability.
4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Disabilities Advisory Board will receive an update on Disabilities Awareness Month planning from the subcommittee.
5. EXCLUDED CONSENT
If a Consent Calendar item is excluded for separate discussion, it will be taken up at this time.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
This time is set aside for the public to address the Advisory Board on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board that could not be heard under Item 1 at the beginning of the meeting.
7. ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS
8. ITEMS FROM STAFF
9. ADJOURNMENT
The Disabilities Advisory Board will adjourn to its next meeting which will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at Plummer Park Rooms 5 & 6, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046.