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Hollywood Studio District Public Safety Committee Regular Meeting

September 29, 2020 6:58 pm

Zoom

Minutes

Draft minutes — not yet approved Edit Approval

[7:03 pm] Meeting called to order. Michael Tessler presiding. Edit

Edit Roll Call

[7:03 pm] The roll was called.

  • Present (3): Frankie Holt, Michael Tessler, and Theodore Wachtel
  • Absent (1): Damien Burke

[7:08 pm] Ted spoke about the objective of the committee and whether or not it should be given a new name. Edit

[7:12 pm] a. Guy discussed expanding to crosswalk safety and thinks that people don't think about. Frankie discussed downsides of a name change if it is too broad. Edit

[7:27 pm] Michael discussed creating task forces for specific issues. Taskforce on Homelessness - Ted, Guy Taskforce on Community Safety (SafeStreets) - Guy, Frankie, Taskforce on Racial Justice/Police Reform - Michael, Ted, Frankie Taskforce on Environmental (and FIre) Safety - More trash cans, recycling/dealing with - Ted, Guy Guy discussed data we'd have access too and bring it to our next meeting. Edit

[7:42 pm] Frankie discussed why people are afraid of calling the city for any kind of services and why we need to coordinate with outreach. Edit

[7:46 pm] Ted discussed that things take time and we won't solve every issue but we can get started. He also asked why people are afraid to call the city or get services. Frankie responded by explaining that her guess would be that people would be worried about immigration calls or just generally not trusting authorities or police involved. Edit

[7:50 pm] Meeting adjourned.