Committee Chair Richard G. Cohen explained the proposed amendments and motion, and answered questions from the board. [No second was required as the motion was made by a committee of more than one voting member.] After discussion, a vote was taken on each of parts A, B and C above. Result: unanimous in favor of Motion A; unanimous in favor of Motion B; unanimous in favor of Motion C. The Committee Chair noted that the Committee is now working on amendments related to discipline and Code of Conduct provisions. This is a complicated topic and is taking more than one meeting for the Committee to address. Bylaws amendments related to this topic will be presented to the Board in due course. The Chair thanked the Bylaws Committee for its careful work in proposing these important revisions. 10.**Old Business** – None. 11.**New Business**.
11.
1. _City of LA Urban Forest Management Plan._ Kelly Comras (Area One 2nd Alternate & Landscape Architect). A number of people have been pushing for the last five years to have an Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP) developed for Los Angeles.
This is a proposal with the ultimate goal of replacing the tree canopy that has been lost to development and other conditions over the years.
The City has been responsive, and a year ago a report was funded and written up with three important recommendations: 1) that a Tree Coordinator be put in place for the entire City; 2) that an inventory of all street trees and trees in public places such as parks be developed; and 3) that a data base be developed and implemented to be used by all departments involved.
The goal is to achieve coordination with all agencies involved so that they all have access to the same information about City trees.
The AIA has issued a white paper supporting the proposal for a UFMP.
There is pressure being applied for the City to increase the amount of money in the budget in order to recruit and hire a trained person to become Tree Coordinator.
It is suggested that if a budget is approved and this plan goes forward, perhaps the Palisades could be a “Beta tester” for an inventory and data base of all street trees and trees on public land in the Palisades.
Tree People has an online petition where individuals can go on and indicate their support for a UFMP [[Petition](https://www.treepeople.org/urbanforest/petition)].
Questions and comments then took place.
Reza Akef noted that there should be homeowner education so that trees aren’t cut down or damaged or insufficiently watered.
Response: There should be a commitment by homeowners to the care and watering of trees.
Michael Terry (Palisades Beautiful President & Chair, Street Tree Committee): There is a consultant’s report (the “Dudek” report) that refers to the UFMP as an aspirational plan – a plan to make a plan.
Response: It is an advocacy plan to advocate for implementation of a UFMP.
It was explained that Dudek is a consultant hired by City to do studies on best practices regarding management of our urban forest.
The overriding goal of a UFMP is to recover the urban tree canopy that has been lost.
The City hasn’t made a definitive decision on what trees are allowed or not in our area.
Bill Bruns (Friends of the Library) related an anecdote about planting Brisbane Box trees years ago which caused problems with roots.
Michael Terry advised that this tree is on the current list of approved trees if the parkway is wide enough.
David Card reminded everyone of the April 25th PPCC board meeting, when we will hold a discussion about developing a workable street tree policy for the Palisades.
On April 6 there will be a volunteer clean-up and maintenance of the Los Leones trail from 9am-2pm. [See [PPCC Calendar](https://pacpalicc.org/index.php/calendar/)]
11.
2. _PPTFH Update_.
Sharon Kilbride, PPCC Homelessness Advisor.
The PPTFH has had many successes and challenges.
With funding and support from the community, they employ outreach workers (from the People Concern) who engage with homeless people, including passing out cards with information about available services.
From 2016 until now, PPTFH has gotten 104 people or 86% of the homeless population here off the streets.
Seventy-two people housed.
The outreach workers are very busy.
One day a week the workers must visit folks who have been housed to monitor their situations. PPTFH has signed another three-year contract with the People Concern.
They need funding so please be generous in donating to PPTFH.
Regarding enforcement, from 2016 to the present they have cleaned up 85 encampments on the hillsides and about 200 camps on the beaches.
They have posted restricted entry signs in high fire risk zones.
They have offered services to over 900 individuals since 2016.
Most of the homeless folks who come to the Palisades are from out of state.
It was relatively quiet in January and February because of the cold weather.
More people are expected to come over the summer. LAPD Capt.
Davalos (WLA Area Commanding Officer) has promised that we will have four beach patrol officers during the summer months (Rusty Redican and his partner plus two additional officers).
Officer Redican wants to try and get two more officers, for a possible total of six.
It is not certain that we will have more than four beach patrol officers this summer.
The next PPTFH community meeting is next Tuesday April 2 at 7pm in Library.
There will be a speaker from the County Dept. of Health Services and others who will speak about the criminal justice system for people with mental health or substance use disorders.
Visit the PPTFH [website](http://www.pptfh.org/) and sign up for the informative bimonthly newsletter.
Question: Are homeless people being shuttled or encouraged to come here from other cities or areas.
Response: We don’t really have way to prove this but have heard that this might be the case.
Another question was asked about an individual named “Oz” who sometimes sends email messages to PPCC board members complaining about the People Concern.
Response: These are just threats. PPTFH is happy with the People Concern. 12.**Adjournment.** The Chair adjourned the meeting at 8:55pm. **____________________________________________________________________** **ATTACHMENT: Item 6 (Treasurer’s Report)** **December 2018 Awards Gala Results** Revenue (all numbers rounded): **Revenue** Dinner tickets | $ 7,300
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Auction | 2,800
Donations | 500
Tribute ads | 11,000
Total revenue | $21,600