AGENDA

OLDER ADULTS ADVISORY BOARD

CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024

2:00 PM

 

WEST HOLLYWOOD CITY HALL

COMMUNITY CONFERENCE ROOM

8300 SANTA MONICA BLVD.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA  90069

 

 

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

 

“The West Hollywood Older Adults Advisory Board acknowledges that the land on which we gather and 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 before the meeting. The City TTD line for the hearing-impaired is (323) 848-6496.

 

Special meeting-related accommodation (e.g., transportation) may be provided upon written request to the Department of Human Services and Rent Stabilization at least 48 hours before 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 Human Services Division at (323) 848-6510 at least 48 hours before 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 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 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 Board without first being recognized by the Presiding Officer.

 

Each person addressing the 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 Commission 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 12:00 p.m. on the Older Adults 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 2:00 p.m.)

 

 

1.               CALL TO ORDER

 

A.              ROLL CALL

 

B.              PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

C.              SWEARING IN OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS

 

D.              APPROVAL OF AGENDA

The Older Adults Advisory Board is requested to approve the agenda for the meeting on April 24, 2024.

 

E.              APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The Older Adults Advisory Board is requested to approve the minutes of the March 27, 2024 Older Adult Advisory Board meeting.

 

F.              PUBLIC COMMENT

This time has been set aside for members of the public to address the Older Adults Advisory Board on agenda items or items of general interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Older Adults Advisory Board. Although the Advisory Board values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, it generally cannot act on items not listed on the posted agenda. This comment period shall be limited to 20 minutes, with three minutes assigned for each speaker.

 

2.              NEW BUSINESS

 

A.              RENT STABILIZATION DIVISION UPDATE

Gloria Aviles, acting division manager, will update the Older Adults Advisory Board on the work of the City’s Rent Stabilization Division.

 

RECOMMENDATION: Receive Presentation and Discuss.

 

B.              ITEMS FROM SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITY PROGRAM

City Staff will provide information about recent and upcoming programs sponsored by the West Hollywood Comprehensive Services Center.

 

RECOMMENDATION: Receive presentation.

 

C.              2024 OLDER ADULT AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Older Adults Advisory Board will receive an update on the Older Adult Award nominees from the Older Adults Month subcommittee and select a recipient. 

 

RECOMMENDATION: Receive an update and approve a 2024 Older Adult Award recipient from the list of nominees created by the Older Adult Month subcommittee.

 

D.              WEHO PRIDE 2024 PARADE PARTICIPATION

The Older Adults Advisory Board will call for volunteers for members interested in riding on the WeHo Pride Parade float on Sunday, June 2, 202. Volunteers will be entered into a random selection drawing, conducted by the City Clerk.  

 

RECOMMENDATION: The Older Adults Advisory Board will call for volunteers for members interested in riding on the WeHo Pride Parade float on Sunday, June 2, 2024.

 

3.               ITEMS FROM STAFF

 

4.               PUBLIC COMMENT

This time is set aside for the public to address the Older Adults Advisory Board on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Older Adults Advisory Board that could not be heard under Item 1.E. at the beginning of the meeting.

 

5.               ITEMS FROM THE BOARD

During this time, per Section 5.7 of the Older Adults Advisory Board bylaws, any member of the Board may request that an item of business within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction be added to a future agenda.  Such requests are subject to the approval of the Board.  During this time, the Board will also receive reports from its liaisons to City Commissions and Advisory Boards and will consider appointments of members as liaisons.

 

6.              ADJOURNMENT

The Older Adults Advisory Board will adjourn to its next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at West Hollywood City Council Chambers, located at 625 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069.