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1. Introduction of Board and Audience. Chairman Harry Sondheim called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. with the reading of the purpose of the PPCC as stated in its Bylaws. Members of the Board and audience introduced themselves.

2\. Adoption of Minutes. The minutes of the meeting of October 4, 2001 were adopted with the following changes:

* Item 3.1, Treasurer’s Report. “$10,06.19” is changed to “$10,906.19.”
* Item 3.5. Delete the last sentence that is in parentheses.
* Item 3.12. Add a first sentence: “Stuart Muller read sections of the minutes of the 6/6/2001 meeting of the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Board of Park Commissioners in which the Board voted to support Park staff recommendations and declare that Begl Construction Company, the contractor of the New Gym at the Palisades Recreation Center, be deemed a “Non-responsible Contractor” and ineligible to bid on City contracts. He noted that ......”
* Item 3.12. Delete the next to the last sentence: “Stuart requested ......”
* Item 3.13. Spelling correction in the seventh line: Change “stuck” to “struck."

3\. Announcements and Concerns. 3.1 Treasurer's Report. The Treasurer reported (through the Chair) that there is still $10,906.19 in the PPCC checking account and $4,750.21 in the savings account. It was noted that we still have received no invoice for the costs of printing our last Newsletter. 3.2 Ted Mackie reported that our web site which currently relies on the website of Bill Grieb poses a problem when Bill is unavailable. Ted proposed that we set up our own site either through ACZ.com, or some other company, at a cost not to exceed $25 set-up fee, $25 to register our name and a $15 monthly fee. Ted moved that we establish such a site without advertising. Motion passed unanimously. 3.3 For informational purposes Barbara Kohn indicated that banners to have been installed on PCH in the vicinity of Topanga Canyon Blvd. 3.4 Harry Sondheim proposed and Larry Niles moved that a letter be sent to Palisades merchants concerning certain undesirable activities, namely, the sale of merchandise on sidewalks, sandwich-board signs, signs taped to windows, and the use of the Village Green for commercial advertisements and that there be voluntary compliance with the various ordinances and other rules prohibiting these activities. The motion was seconded and passed with one abstention. 3.5 17633 Castellammare. There will be a hearing of our appeal of Zoning Administrator’s Approval of a Coastal Permit on Wednesday, October 30th after 4:30 p.m. at 11214 W. Exposition Blvd. 3.6 11711 Revello. There will be a hearing regarding geologic issues at the Department of Building and Safety, 201 N. Figueroa on Wednesday, October 30th, after 9:30 a.m. The Chair requested that Barbara Kohn look into this. 4\. Old Business. 4.1 A report on Mansionization that had previously been distributed by Frank Wilson and published in the Palisadian Post was again brought up for discussion. After lengthy discussion, especially from the audience, the report was sent back to the Mansionization Committee, by unanimous vote of the Board, for further consideration of five issues, namely: the definition of a “major remodel;” to consider “second story setback;” to consider “height envelope;” the definition of “enclosed space;” beight limitations, especially as related to existing hillside and other codes and ordinances and CC&Rs. Additional volunteers were solicited from the Board and audience to work with the Mansionization Committee. A meeting was scheduled for Monday, October 15th, at the home of Patty Burns, 15312 McKendree, at 7 p.m. Five members of the audience indicated on the sign-in sheet that they would like to work with the Committee. 4.2 Straw votes were taken to tentatively approve or reject proposed amendments to the PPCC Bylaws:

* Article VII, Section 3, B. No further change.
* Article VIII, Section 1, A (second sentence). Change to: “The organization to represent each Category in which there are two or more organizations listed shall be selected annually by a method approved by the Board.”
* Article VIII, Section 1, A (1). Change: “organizations” to “organization”. A suggestion to add words to the effect that organization representatives observe their duty of loyalty to the Board was rejected.
* Article VIII, Section 1, A (2). A suggestion that only one Alternate may vote at any one time and that Alternates are invited to attend all Board meetings was rejected.
* Article VIII, Section 1, A (3). Change the word “their option” in the second line to “at the option of the Representative.”
* Article VIII, Section 1, B(3). No further change.
* Article VIII. Section 2, A. Change the fourth to the last word from “end” to “commencement”.
* Article IX. Section 4. Delete the words “as the Chair deems necessary” from the first sentence. Reverse the order of listed items 4 and 5. Change the newly numbered item 4 to “Consideration of the Agenda”.
* Article IX, Section 5. No further change.
* Article IX, Section 6. Begin the section with “A copy of the Tentative Agenda ...” [If Subsection B is not to be included, then delete the “A” from Subsection A.]
* Article X, Section 2. Change to: “VOTING. At least two thirds of the votes cast by Board Members present, excluding abstentions, shall be required to pass actions that deal with substantive and policy matters before the Board. A majority vote (more than one half) of the votes cast by Board Members present, excluding abstentions, shall be required to pass motions of an administrative nature (e.g. approval of minutes, Treasurer’s report and motions to adjourn).
* Article X, Section 2, A. A suggestion to delete the “Example” in this section as being too detailed for inclusion in bylaws was rejected.
* Article X, Section 2, B. Reinstate, but change to: “Postponement. After a motion (other than a motion to adjourn) has been made an seconded, any Board Member who is an organizational representative may, by so requesting of the meeting, require a postponement of the vote on said motion until the next Council meeting provided that the member states that he or she is requesting the postponement for the purpose of consulting with the organization he or she represents. However, no vote may be postponed more than once except by Board approval by a majority vote of those present. Any other motion for a postponement of the vote on a motion must be approved by a majority of those present.”
* Appendix A. Approved changes:
* Section III. Add “8. Calvary School” and “9. Village School.” This section shall be divided in to two categories: “Public” and “Private” Representation from these categories shall alternate between the Pubic Schools and the Private Schools.
* Section “VI”. Delete: American Legion Baseball.. Add “YMCA”. Section “V”. Change heading to “Civic Organizations."
* Section VII. Change the heading to “Environment."
* Section VIII. Change the word “advice” in the note to “consent."

The remaining bylaws proposed changes which were deferred will be taken up at our October 25th meeting. 5\. New Business. Larry Jacobs moved and the Board approved that we may hire a person to take minutes of our meetings on those occasions when our Secretary is absent and when sufficient funds are available in our Treasury for that purpose. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 9:52 p.m. The next meeting of the PPCC Board will be held at Mort’s Oak Room on October 25th at 7 p.m. Minutes submitted by Acting Secretary Larry Jacobs. _________________________ [Return to top of page](https://pacpalicc.org/index.php/minutes-from-2001/)
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##### MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 4th 2001

[Names of members in attendance not recorded.]