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Hollywood Studio District Bylaws, Selection, & Election Committee Regular Meeting

May 3, 2021 6:00 pm

Teleconference meeting. Attend through Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/98253890617) or by phone (1-669-900-6833, meeting id 982 5389 0617)

Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Welcome Remarks

4. General Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items

Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the committee’s jurisdiction.

5. New Business

“Agendas for all Meetings shall include an item referring to the addition of agenda items for upcoming Meetings. Stakeholders shall have the opportunity to request items be placed on upcoming agendas at this time.” HSDNC Bylaws (art. VIII, sec. 2, par A)

6. Approval of the Minutes

Anticipated motion: Approve the minutes from the April 5, 2021 meeting.

7. Appointing Ian Phillips to the HSDNC Board

Ian Phillips has submitted an application to be appointed to the HSDNC Board. "Any stakeholder interested in filling a vacant seat shall also present themselves at a Bylaws, Selection, and Elections Committee meeting to receive a formal recommendation to the Board. During the meeting, the committee shall ensure that the applicant meets the criteria for the vacant seat” HSDNC Bylaws (art. V, sec. 6, par. B)

Anticipated motion: "Find that Ian Phillips is qualified to fill the vacant HSDNC Board At-Large Seat and recommend that the HSNDC appoint him to that seat."

8. Appointing Quenton Richards to the HSDNC Board

Quenton Richards has submitted an application to be appointed to the HSDNC Board. "Any stakeholder interested in filling a vacant seat shall also present themselves at a Bylaws, Selection, and Elections Committee meeting to receive a formal recommendation to the Board. During the meeting, the committee shall ensure that the applicant meets the criteria for the vacant seat” HSDNC Bylaws (art. V, sec. 6, par. B)

Anticipated motion: Find that Quenton Richards is qualified to fill the vacant HSDNC Board At-Large Seat and recommend that the HSNDC appoint him to that seat.

9. Changing the name of the standing Public Safety Committee

10. Ex-officio officers

A previous Bylaws, Election, and Selection Committee recommended that the HSDNC modifies the bylaws by changing Article VI, Section 2, subsection A, item 5 from: “Ex-official member of all Committees” To: “Ex-officio member of all Committees”

11. Committee quorum

A previous Bylaws, Selection, and Election Committee recommended that the HSDNC modifies the bylaws by changing Article VII, Section 3, subsection B, second paragraph, second sentence from: “Quorum for Ad Hoc Committees shall be 50% plus one (1) of the number of Ad Hoc Committee Members.“ to: “Quorum for Ad Hoc Committees shall be 51% of the number of Ad Hoc Committee Members.“

12. Voter requirements

A previous Bylaws, Election, and Selection Committee recommends that the HSDNC modifies the bylaws by changing Article X, Section 4 from: “Voters will verify their Stakeholder status through documentation. Stakeholder status may also be established by means of declaring a stake (or interest) in the neighborhood and providing the facts to support that declaration.” to: “Voters will verify their Stakeholder status through self-affirmation.”

13. Residential subdistricts

A previous Bylaws, Election, and Selection Committee recommended that the HSDNC modifies the bylaws by a) Changing the first sentence of Article V section 2 subsection A. 1 from: “There shall be one seat for each of the seven Neighborhoods; each seat shall be open to any Stakeholder 16 years of age or older who lives within that Neighborhood.” to: “These seats shall be open to any Stakeholders 16 years of age or older who live within the boundaries of the HSDNC.” b) removing Article V section 2 “Internal Boundries” in its entirety, and c) Updating the Appendices accordingly.

14. Announcements

15. Adjournment