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**A. Changes in Appendix A** : Reorganize the list with respect to the following organizations’ places in the categories
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**A. Changes in Appendix A** : Reorganize the list with respect to the following organizations’ places in the categories described below:
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i) _Civic Organizations_ : Move Resilient Palisades from the Civic Organizations category to the Environment category and move American Legion from Service Clubs category to the 2nd position of the Civic Organizations category. American Legion to serve as the primary member through the term ending
September 30, 2022. The Civic League remains in the 1st position of this category, and serves as primary member starting
October 1, 2022. They become rotating members in this category. (ii) _Environment_ : Resilient Palisades moves to the 2nd position of this category, serving as the primary member through the term ending
September 30, 2022. Temescal Canyon Association remains in the 1st position of this category, and serves as primary member starting
October 1, 2022. They become rotating members in this category. (iii) _Service Clubs_ : American Legion moves out of this category, leaving the Optimist Club, Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club and Rotary Club as the remaining members, in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions, respectively. Rotary Club serves as primary member through the term ending
September 30, 2022. The Optimist Club becomes the primary member starting
October 1, 2022. After considerable discussion and presentations made by the TCA President, James Alexakis, and Primary TCA Representative, Shirley Haggstrom, the TCA Primary Representative withdrew her request for postponement, and a vote was taken. The motion passed with 19 votes in favor, three abstentions and one nay. **B. Splitting the office of Secretary into a Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary.** The Recording Secretary will serve as a voting officer on the Board and on the Executive Committee. The Corresponding Secretary will be a non-voting Board Member, appointed by the Executive Committee with the consent of the Board, but not an officer and not on the Executive Committee (Bylaws Article VI, Sec.
3. A., B., and C and other miscellaneous places). The roles of each and their coordination is described in the amendments.This motion passed unanimously with one “friendly” amendment which clarified the definition of a “Member” in the Bylaws, with the addition of the words, _“"MEMBER" shall mean a voting Member of the Board as described in Article V.1.A and the non-voting Corresponding Secretary as described in Article VI, Section 3.B.”_ **C. Parliamentarian.** The Chair may appoint a Parliamentarian with the consent of the Board, as a non-voting advisor. The same person may serve as Parliamentarian and Legal Advisor or may be two different people. (Bylaws Article V,
1. D. and E.)This motion passed unanimously with one “friendly” amendment which clarified that the Parliamentarian may or may not be the same person as the Legal Advisor, with the addition of the following language in Article XIII, Section F: the Legal Advisor shall: _“Serve as acting Parliamentarian for the PPCC unless and until a Parliamentarian is appointed by the Chair pursuant to Article V, Section 1.D.”_ **D. Minor revisions, regarding officers’ terms and how the Board meets.** (
i) Clarifying that all officers are elected for a one-year term (Article VII, Sec. 4.C.) (ii) Not requiring that Board and certain other meetings be in-person, allowing the Board to decide between in-person and alternate remote means of meeting, and eliminating the determination of exigent circumstances (Article VII, Sec. 5; Article IX, Sec. 1).After considerable discussion, this motion passed unanimously. 10\. **Old Business** _–_ _None._ 11.**Informal New Business (from 6-6:45)**
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1. [CD11 Candidates Meet and Greet](https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CD-11-Candidates-at-PPCC.jpg) (remarks and some Q/A). The candidates for the Council District 11 race for City Council were present for a 45-minute presentation and question and answer period from our Board and audience. At least 100 people tuned in and were in attendance for the event. The candidates presented their points of view clearly and succinctly, within the allotted time and took 10 questions curated from the Board and Palisades community. See the forum recording here: <https://youtu.be/XvjiJLKqEs0> 12\. **Adjournment****.** The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm.
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MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 13th 2022
1.**Call to Order and Reading of Community Council’s Mission.** Maryam Zar read the Community Council Mission 2\. **Roll-call of Board members and Certification of Quorum** The President called roll and certified quorum.Voting Board members in attendance: Maryam Zar, Randy Young, David Card, Beth Holden-Garland, Murray Levy, Steve Cron, Haldis Toppel, Kimberly Bloom, Cindy Simon, Julie Silliman, Chris Spitz, John Padden, Nina Kidd, Greg Heidt, Eric Dugdale, Richard Blumenberg, Rick McGeagh, Shirley Haggstrom, Gabrielle Gottlieb, Jessica Rogers. Non-voting Alternates in attendance: Mary Schultz, Kevin Niles, Genevieve Bostik, Ryan Craig. 3.**Introduction of attendees** The President introduced Assemblymember [Jacqui Irwin](https://jacquiirwin.com/) ([AD44](https://a44.asmdc.org/)) and [Lori Mills](https://lorimills4stateassembly.com/), both candidates for AD42. They each gave remarks that lasted 20 minutes and took a series of questions that board members and the audience submitted to the chat. The President thanked them both and wished them well in upcoming elections on
November 8, 2022\. 4\. **Approval of Minutes -** the
September 22, 2022 minutes were approved as distributed. 5\. **Consideration of Agenda & Upcoming Meetings **– the agenda was considered as presented. 6.**Treasurer’s Report****-** the Treasurer reported that he has finally obtained a credit card and checks from the proper account and that there is $55,022.54 in the PPCC bank account at US Bank. 7.**General Public Comment.** None
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1. The President welcomed all new members!
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2. The President noted that Area and At-large 1st and 2nd Alternates will be nominated tonight, per the determination of Committee of Three Chairs. Those nominees will be introduced today under Committee Reports for board affirmation.
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3. The President announced that the 2022 Awards Selection Committee has been appointed. Committee co-Chairs are Nancy and Kevin Niles. Committee members are Daphne Gronich (former COTY, per Bylaws), Barbara Kohn and Andy Frew. They have met and begun the call for nominees by putting out the linked press release [https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Awards-Nomination-Press-Release-2021.pdf.](https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Awards-Nomination-Press-Release-2021.pdf)
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4. The President announced that the 2022 Holiday Gala and Awards Event Committee has been appointed. Committee Chair: Haldis Toppel. Committee members: Cindy Simon, Sue Kohl, Karen Ridgley (and one more member pending). They will be working to hold an in-person event this year on December 8th, at Temescal Gateway event halls.
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5. The President shared that the Malibu/Palisades Chamber of Commerce has announced their call for nominations for the Women’s Business Leadership Awards. We are all welcome to nominate businesses we know.
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6. The President informed that board that she and others had held a productive and informative Orientation for all new elected reps and al new organizational reps and their alternates. See shared FAQ (<https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/New-member-orientation.pdf>). There will be a similar orientation held for Area and At-large Alternates as well as anyone else who’d like to attend.
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7. The President said she had been in touch with the Brentwood Community Council regarding the Cookies dispensary that recently opened on San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street. The location had one break in before it opened (delaying its opening) and another not long after it opened. The location of the business coupled with the break-ins have raised some alarm in Brentwood and the BCC has taken up the matter. She noted that our board will discuss the matter as new business below and consider a motion supporting BCC.
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8. The President noted that per our last meeting and approval of a number of amendments to the Bylaws, we will no longer be meeting by remote means as a function of an emergency (covid) but as a normal means of convening. We have left it to the board to decide how that will be, so she will ask the board to vote to approve meeting remotely for now, until such time when there is a consensus or a need to meet again in person. In the meantime, she has secured our ability to meet in the meeting room of the Palisades Library and is planning the Awards Gala on December 8th, at Temescal gateway Park, in person.
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9. The President reminded the board that on October 27th we will host the two candidates for County supervisor. _Please submit questions for the candidates to_[ _info@pacpalicc.org_](mailto:info@pacpalicc.org) _._ She will curate the questions and send them to the candidates in advance, just as with the CD11 forum.
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1. Dave Card announced that The Lutheran Church is doing a fundraiser run on Saturday, October 15th that will close some roads. The closures will be south of Sunset, east of Muskingum, west of El Medio, and include Asilomar along the bluff. Please see the church’s website under Events to see a map of which roads will be closed: <https://www.plc.cc/about-5>
The race starts at 9:00AM on Saturday, so the closure barricades will go up before then. Residents along closed roads should not leave their cars in the street. The race should be over by 10:30AM, and the roads will begin to open as barricades are lifted. This is a much tighter course, which should inconvenience fewer people.
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3. _From At-Large and Area Representatives - none_
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4. _From Organizational Representatives_
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1. Rick McGeagh, PPBA, reported that the Spooktacular at the Palisades Rec Center on Saturday October 29th, and PAB meeting on October 19th. Meeting link pending.
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2. Ryan Craig, Resilient Palisades, reported that the Leaf Blower program (buying Husqvarna battery blowers), seeking applications from gardeners in the Palisades to be awarded a free blower. 25 blowers to give away. Email: [connect@resilientpalisdes.org](mailto:connect@resilientpalisdes.org) with nominees. Next Wed, Resilient Palisades will host a presentation by Julieanna Heaver, a plant-based dietician, on health benefits and myths about a vegan diet, by Vegan Solutions team. And next Sunday, they will have a potluck for all their volunteers, and anyone interested in getting involved. Email RP with interest.
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3. Shirley Haggstrom, TCA, reported that TCA is started hiking again. First hike will be next Sunday, departing at 9am and will go up to the Waterfall. Go to [https://temcanyon.org](https://temcanyon.org/) to sign up/rsvp and see more programs.
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1. Noah Fleishman, CD11 District Director from the Office of Mike Bonin
Recommended use MYLA 311 app or website or call 311 to create service requests. Announced the re-paving of Temescal Canyon Rd over the course of two weekends in November: Bureau of Street services will be working on Nov 5 and 6th as well as Nov. 12 and 13th to repave Temescal Cyn Rd. There will be more information coming and alternate routes will be introduced to mitigate traffic impact during re-pavement, but this is a necessary upgrade of a failing road.
The George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon will be opening to the public on December 3rd. There will be an opening ceremony at 10 am (more info to come). This is an important passive park that the community has worked hard to make possible, and the council office is happy to announce this grand opening.
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2. Brian Espin. LAPD Senior Lead Officer for Pacific Palisades
Summary
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on October 13, 2022, where members approved bylaw amendments reorganizing committee categories, splitting the secretary position into recording and corresponding roles, establishing a parliamentarian position, and clarifying officers' terms and meeting formats. The meeting also featured presentations from state assembly candidates and updates from various organizational and government representatives.