Hollywood Studio District
Board special meeting
September 13, 2021
Virtual Meeting
Approved on March 14, 2022

[6:36 pm] Meeting called to order. Anthony Conley presiding.
[6:36 pm] The roll was called.
Present (11): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, and Michael Tessler
Absent (4): Dasler Jimenez, Samir Srivastava, Ted Wachtel, and Senator Zavala

[6:38 pm] Anthony Conley gave welcome remarks.
[6:39 pm] Sirach Fortuna gave public comment regarding support for a community garden on Carlton Way.
[6:41 pm] Daniel Perez gave public comment on the Los Angeles Congress of Neighborhoods.
[6:43 pm] Ted Wachtel arrived at the meeting
[6:47 pm] Officer Rubalcava gave an update from the LAPD.
[6:50 pm] Mario Hernandez gave a report from the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment.
[7:00 pm] Doug Haines gave a report of PLUM activity.
[7:04 pm] Kate Pynoos gave a report from the Outreach committee.
[7:07 pm] Michael Tessler gave a report from the Public Safety committee.
[7:10 pm] On agenda item 8a, Kate Pynoos made a motion to "Approve the minutes of the July 12, 2021 board meeting."
[7:11 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Approve the minutes of the July 12, 2021 board meeting."
Ayes (12): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:12 pm] On agenda item 8b, Ian Phillips made a motion to "Approve the Monthly Expenditure Report for June 2021."
[7:14 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Approve the Monthly Expenditure Report for June 2021."
Ayes (12): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:15 pm] On agenda item 8c, Michael Tessler made a motion to "Approve the Monthly Expenditure Report for July 2021."
[7:16 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Approve the Monthly Expenditure Report for July 2021."
Ayes (12): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:18 pm] On agenda item 8d, Kate Pynoos made a motion to "Approve the Monthly Expenditure Report for August 2021."
[7:19 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Approve the Monthly Expenditure Report for August 2021."
Ayes (12): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:20 pm] On agenda item 9a, Damien Burke made a motion to "Appoint Sarah Serrano to the vacant neighborhood 6 seat which term will end on June 2022"
[7:22 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Appoint Sarah Serrano to the vacant neighborhood 6 seat which term will end on June 2022"
Ayes (12): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:24 pm] On agenda item 9b, Damien Burke made a motion to "Appoint Kamal Hassan to the vacant business tenant seat which term will end on June 2022"
[7:27 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Appoint Kamal Hassan to the vacant business tenant seat which term will end on June 2022"
Ayes (12): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:30 pm] On agenda item 10a, Laura Graves made a motion to "Approve a Neighborhood Purpose Grant up to $2,000 for the East Hollywood Farmers’ Market."
[7:44 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Approve a Neighborhood Purpose Grant up to $2,000 for the East Hollywood Farmers’ Market."
Ayes (12): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
Ineligible (2): Kamal Hassan and Sarah Serrano
The motion passed.

[7:49 pm] On agenda item 8e, Kate Pynoos made a motion to "Amend article VI, section 2(A)(5) of the bylaws by replacing "Ex-official" with "Ex-officio"."
[7:50 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Amend article VI, section 2(A)(5) of the bylaws by replacing "Ex-official" with "Ex-officio"."
Ayes (14): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Kamal Hassan, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Sarah Serrano, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:51 pm] On agenda item 8f, Kate Pynoos made a motion to "Amend the language in Article VII, Section 3(B) to reduce ad hoc committee quorum to a majority of committee members."
[7:53 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Amend the language in Article VII, Section 3(B) to reduce ad hoc committee quorum to a majority of committee members."
Ayes (14): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Kamal Hassan, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Sarah Serrano, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
The motion passed.

[7:54 pm] On agenda item 8g, Michael Tessler made a motion to "Amend the Bylaws article X, Section 4 to read 'Voters will verify their Stakeholder status through self-affirmation.'"
[7:57 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Amend the Bylaws article X, Section 4 to read 'Voters will verify their Stakeholder status through self-affirmation.'"
Ayes (12): Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Kamal Hassan, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
Abstentions (2): Alison Brotherton and Sarah Serrano
The motion passed.

[7:58 pm] On agenda item 8h, Guy Langman made a motion to "Amend the bylaws to remove the internal boundaries for residential seats."
[8:01 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Amend the bylaws to remove the internal boundaries for residential seats."
Ayes (13): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Doug Haines, Kamal Hassan, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
Abstentions (1): Sarah Serrano
The motion passed.

[8:05 pm] On agenda item 8i, Kate Pynoos made a motion to "Amend the bylaws to implement instant runoff elections."
[8:09 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Amend the bylaws to implement instant runoff elections."
Ayes (11): Alison Brotherton, Damien Burke, Anthony Conley, Laura Graves, Frankie Holt, Guy Langman, Ian Phillips, Kate Pynoos, Quenton Richards, Michael Tessler, and Ted Wachtel
Noes (0): none
Abstentions (3): Doug Haines, Kamal Hassan, and Sarah Serrano
The motion passed.

[8:10 pm] Doug Haines made an announcement regarding illegal dumping in the city.
[8:12 pm] Sarah Serrano made an announcement regarding her abstentions.
[8:12 pm] Michael Tessler made an announcement regarding flower planting.
[8:13 pm] Kamal Hassan made an announcement about the Hollywood Happiness Renaissance.
[8:17 pm] Kate Pynoos announced her resignation from the HSDNC Board in order to run for the CD13 seat on City Council.
[8:19 pm] Meeting adjourned.

The neighborhood council does not count abstentions as votes