BOARD OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONERS LINDA LUCKS PRESIDENT MICHELE SIQUEIROS VICE PRESIDENT ALBERT ABRAMS ESTHER CEPEDA DANIEL GATICA EUN SOOK LEE ------ BIANCA VITE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TELEPHONE: (213) 485-1360

CITY OF LOS ANGELES ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA MAYOR

DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT 334-B EAST SECOND STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 TELEPHONE: (213) 485-1360 TOLL-FREE: 3-1-1 FAX: (213) 485-4608 BONGHWAN KIM INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER E-MAIL: done@lacity.org www.LACityNeighborhoods.com

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BOARD OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
- 11:30 A.M. -

LOS ANGELES CITY HALL
10TH FLOOR CONFERENCE CENTER
- ROOM 1060 -
200 NORTH SPRING STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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1. Introduction (5 Minutes)

2. Call to Order and Commissioner roll call. (1 Minute)

3. Approval of the Minutes of October 7, 2008 Regular Meeting, and October 20, 2008 Regular Meeting. (5 Minutes)

4. General Public Comments - Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction. Public comments are limited to three minutes per speaker. (10 Minutes)

5. Discussion and possible approval regarding a proposed draft letter to City Council regarding Council File #08-0351 (where City Council is considering whether Neighborhood Council board members should submit financial disclosure forms yearly or in conjunction with opening a Neighborhood Council File). The text of the proposed draft letter is attached, and will be available as soon as possible on the Department website at www.lacityneighorhoods.com (10 Minutes)

6. Discussion regarding the ethics training that is mandated under State law for Neighborhood Council board members, discussion regarding the resources for providing ethics training, discussion regarding the remedies for increasing compliance with the mandated ethics training. (20 Minutes)

7. Discussion, review and possible action regarding BONC and DONE policy calendar. (15 Minutes)

8. Discussion, review and possible recommendation to DONE by the Commission regarding the purpose of the best practices questionnaire for neighborhood councils. (15 Minutes)

9. General Manager’s Report (BongHwan Kim, General Manager) (10 Minutes)

	Briefing on Departmental activities
	Staffing, budget and other operational matters

10. Commission Business - Comments from Commissioners on subject matters within the Board’s jurisdiction. (20 Minutes)

11. General Public Comments - Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction. Public comments are limited to three minutes per speaker. (10 Minutes)

12. Adjournment

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Future Meetings, Future Board of Neighborhood Commissioner Meetings (INFORMATION ONLY)

(Please note: The items listed below are tentative and maybe subject to change. You are encouraged to visit the City's website at www.lacity.org and subscribe to the Commission's agendas through the Early Notification System.)

Regular meeting on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 –Mount Gleason Middle School- Multi-Purpose Room 10965 Mt. Gleason Avenue, Sunland, CA 91040   Regular meeting on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. – City Hall 10th Floor Conference Center, Room 1060, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.   Regular meeting on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 – location to be determined.   NOTE: Regular meeting on Monday, January 19, 2009 will be in recess in observance of the Martin

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FINALIZATION OF BOARD ACTION:
Per City Charter Section 245, the Board’s determination shall become final at the expiration of the next five meeting days of the Council during which the City Council has convened in regular session, unless the City Council acts within that timeframe by a two-thirds vote to bring the action before them or to waive review of the action.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES:
If you challenge these agenda items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence on these matters delivered to this agency at or prior to the public hearing. California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 governs the time in which a party may seek judicial review of this determination. Under that provision, a petitioner may seek judicial review of any decision of the City pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5 only if the petition for Writ of Mandate pursuant to that section is filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the City's decision became final.

RECONSIDERATION:
The Commission may make a MOTION TO RECONSIDER and alter its action taken on any item listed on this agenda at any time during this meeting, or make a MOTION to RECONSIDER at its next regular meeting as indicated below:

If the Commission moves and approves a Motion for Reconsideration at the initial meeting wherein an action was taken, then the underlying item may be reconsidered at that time.

If the Commission moves and approves a Motion for Reconsideration at the next regular meeting then consideration of the item may only occur at this regularly scheduled meeting if the item for consideration has been placed on that meeting’s agenda. If the underlying item for reconsideration has not been placed on the agenda for that next regular meeting, then it shall be considered at a subsequent meeting pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.

PUBLIC ACCESS OF RECORDS
"In compliance with Government Code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to a majority or all of the Board of
Neighborhood Commissioners in advance of their meetings, may be viewed at the offices of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment,
located at 334-B East 2nd Street, Los Angeles, California 90012, by clicking on the Department's website at http ://www.lacityneighborhoods.com/ a e2.cfm?doc=staff re orts or at the Commission meeting. In addition, if you would like a copy of any record related to an item on the agenda, please contact Bianca Vite, Commission Executive Assistant, at (213) 847-7155 or e-mail: bianca.vite@lacity.org."

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BIANCA VITE
COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

DONE
334-B EAST SECOND STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

213 / 485-1360
213 / 485-4608 fax
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