West Adams Board regular meeting September 15, 2025 Vineyard Recreation Center and Draft minutes — not yet approved [6:45 pm] Meeting called to order. Quintus Jett presiding. [6:45 pm] The roll was called. Present (9): Angela Gilbert, Quintus Jett, Blake Lynch, Ernesto Ramirez , Jhoiey Ramirez , Emily Reyes , Alexandria Sulaimankhil , Connye Thomas, and Julio Valdez Absent (3): Jace Dawson, Tora Miller, and Richard Williams [6:48 pm] Public Comment - Principle at Stella Middle Charter Academy. Seeking support for renewal, even though its not in CD10 many students come from West Adams. [6:49 pm] Richard Williams arrived at the meeting [6:50 pm] Jace Dawson arrived at the meeting [6:51 pm] Reminder to all to be on camera. New Los Angeles Charter Elementary presented, and let everyone know that applications are open starting in TK. Post cards available. Wants to know why there are so many helicopers flying over and is causing the school to lock down and would like support getting ahold of someone to discuss this with. [6:53 pm] Halloween Event on October 31st at Vineyard Rec Center w/ jumpers and kids activities. Baldwin Hills Rec Center also joined, Hwlloween event harvest festival and health fair - health care and mental health care also available 4-8PM. We have 3 rec centers in our district, Vineyard, Baldwin and Rancho Cienega rec centers [6:55 pm] Ann Hickambottom joined as a new resource at the state. District office is in Exposition Park , with other office in Sacramento. Legislative session ended and our senator passed out of both houses bills around labor and workers rights. Return on Jan 5th post bill making and spending time in the community. Reach out or visit the website for any assistance. [6:57 pm] Jonathan Mitchell- Field Deputy for Heather Hutt. Lots of calls about bulky items and 311 not picking it up. This could be due to manpower and reduced budget. Rapid response is available, reach out if service is needed. Always crucial to report things, it's the first step to getting resources and to hold accountability. RVs have been popping back up, the office is aware, SLO is off but when he returns this will be picked back up. Phone number, voice or text message . Question, was asked if there would be a tow storage lot in like they have in the valley? Yes, influx from east and west come to C10 and have been looking at various sanitation lots but nothing is finalized. Question, is it easier to send an email for general comms ? Yes, there is an email on the CD10 website or email Jonathan directly. Street Lighting repairs have been pushed back past the 60-90, up to 9 months. This is due to high volume, but CD10 is looking at solar as well. Question - Metro station needs to clean up at La Brea and Jefferson, Jonathan will look into this. CVS by Obama is still an issue with garbage. CVS at La Brea and Adams is still an issue, but Jonathan is on it. Jonathans Update - 213-509-9778, email jonathan.mitchell@lacity.org. [7:04 pm] Jace Dawson left the meeting [7:04 pm] Richard Williams left the meeting [7:07 pm] Dept of Neighborhood Empowerment - Alfonso Manzo joined. He is taking over for Octaviano , there is also a new Director as well due to restructuring. More regional, working with all neighborhood councils in south central . Homeless liaison meeting next Thursday, congress of neighborhoods is coming up, sign up to learn about the city at this event. [7:09 pm] Jace Dawson arrived at the meeting [7:10 pm] New Business. 7.1 - Presentation from the Ice Cream museum. Land Use Consultants and Museum Reps are here post land use meeting where they received unanimous support. 2 bars and , 3 stories, interior 55, exterior 80, parking and patios 9am-12am friday -sunday keeping in line with restaurants. Presentation has details on parking , tiki bar, food and exhibits, 3rd floor has the sprinkle pool and exhibits. Renderings were also shared. 75-90 minutes stay. Helps boost other businesses within the area. This area is becoming a key area for new entertainment offerings. Public hearing coming up for liquor. Construction EOY, open by EO 2026. Question, has there been thought around discounts for local communities and schools. Yes, this is a high priority. Motion to approve permit coming next. [7:23 pm] Request to email the presentation. [7:24 pm] On agenda item 7.1, Richard Williams made a motion to "Motion to approve class 2 conditional use permit for the on-site sale and consumption of a full line of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with the museum of ice cream - ZA-2025-3388-CUB" [7:25 pm] Q - How to plan managing the lines. All tickets are timed, and pre purchased, one person guiding managing and scanning tickets. 3/4 people to help manage this. Discussion on Austin - 2 years ago when the line was difficult - process is implemented to make things as fast as possible. Certain things that they are honest about - always higher crowds upon opening but will decrease over time since there are various peak demand times across traffic, parking. Q - Capacity planning question - how to control alcohol/loud crowds. Consumption is only on the upper floors . Licensing was done for Alta, Chulita, Cento, Farmhouse and more - those are popular and this location has alcohol as an accessory but it's not the key use case for the museum. Q's from chat - Does the museum of ice cream have an estimate of new jobs it will create and will the museum be encouraging travel by train? 100 staff immediately and could go up to 150 over time. Seasonality and transit benefits are apart of employees package. 20-25 employees per shift which rotate. Q - Is there a history component and what is the demographic? Child, adults, food and history with a focus on local brands. Ice cream comes for free, and cocktails are extra from 10am-11pm but it takes around 1hour to get to the sections with alcohol. Q - Sober hours for kids? there is not, how does this effect field trips since parents might not want their kids on a trip where there is alcohol. Locations partner with school and so far not incidents. Q - 55 parking on site, 70 for valet capacity - including people attending the museum. Less intensive from a car stand point then the office building that was originally meant to be there. Q - Baldwin Hills Rec Center said that City of LA won't let summer camps go to locations that sell alcohol, and LAUSD has the same rules for elementary for field trips. Museum can be closed down during field trips, where the alcohol isn't offered to mitigate these trips. Q - If license isn't approved, will the museum still open . The answer is Yes, but this is part of the expectation. Q - Private events . Q - Lots of bars selling liquor, in this area so call for a vote. [7:45 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Motion to approve class 2 conditional use permit for the on-site sale and consumption of a full line of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with the museum of ice cream - ZA-2025-3388-CUB" Ayes (6): Angela Gilbert, Quintus Jett, Ernesto Ramirez , Jhoiey Ramirez , Emily Reyes , and Julio Valdez Noes (3): Jace Dawson, Blake Lynch, and Connye Thomas The motion passed. [7:46 pm] Admin Packet amendment with 3 changes. [7:50 pm] On agenda item 6.2.1, Blake Lynch made a motion to "Motion approve amended FY25-26 Admin Packet" [7:51 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Motion approve amended FY25-26 Admin Packet" Ayes (8): Jace Dawson, Angela Gilbert, Quintus Jett, Blake Lynch, Ernesto Ramirez , Jhoiey Ramirez , Emily Reyes , and Connye Thomas Noes (0): none The motion passed. [7:52 pm] On agenda item 6.2.3, Angela Gilbert made a motion to "6.2.3 Motion to approve August 2025 MER" [7:52 pm] Richard Williams arrived at the meeting [7:53 pm] Approve expenses for August, we still can not approve july. NC Portal for the public that can look at money spent and allocated under the city clerk. [7:56 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "6.2.3 Motion to approve August 2025 MER" Ayes (8): Jace Dawson, Angela Gilbert, Quintus Jett, Blake Lynch, Ernesto Ramirez , Jhoiey Ramirez , Emily Reyes , and Connye Thomas Noes (0): none Ineligible (1): Richard Williams The motion passed. [7:57 pm] Referring the NPG to the finance committee since no immediate need for 7.3 [7:58 pm] Discussion on the minutes and how to use NC manager , no discussion. [7:58 pm] On agenda item 6.1 , Quintus Jett made a motion to "Motion to approve the minutes of WANC Board & Stakeholder Meeting on August 15, 2025" [7:58 pm] The assembly voted on a motion to: "Motion to approve the minutes of WANC Board & Stakeholder Meeting on August 15, 2025" Ayes (8): Jace Dawson, Angela Gilbert, Quintus Jett, Blake Lynch, Ernesto Ramirez , Jhoiey Ramirez , Emily Reyes , and Julio Valdez Noes (0): none Ineligible (1): Richard Williams The motion passed. [7:59 pm] Board vacancy announcement - education, business and at large. Email out to find people who are interested to fill vacancies in the October meeting. Action to add vacancies to the website Sub committees - 6 members have responded. Stakeholders can join sub committees. [8:05 pm] Jhoiey Ramirez - Parents who have have daughters 11-14 - arch, construction and engineering workshop. Jazz on the green, sept 27th $20. Jace - asked how many people signed up for each committee. Taste of Soul , Korean festival . Emily- Urban Resilience Task Force. Committees can have 4 board members, 3 is quorum. Events posted to calendar and west adams ladies social next week . [8:10 pm] Report Meeting with principal of Dorsey High School to discuss partnerships. Asked about members joining from the school as a board member or stakeholder. 2 emails were shared for communication. town hall meeting to take place at Dorsey open to all stakeholders in the area to discuss concerns and opportunities for improvement and to maintain community. Ties to civic engagement and forum on land use. End of October or Early November. Q - neighborhood council is a town hall, how does this differ? Idea to bring sr. class presidents to join. townhall is a partnership between WANC and Dorsey School and increase engagement with folks that don't come to meetings. Civic engagement can be a second town hall in the same forum. [8:21 pm] Refer 7.2 to the outreach committee [8:21 pm] Meeting adjourned. The neighborhood council counts abstentions as yes votes.