Empowerment Congress Central Area Special Board Meeting

Welcome: Call to Order. – This special board meeting of the Planning and Redevelopment Standing Committee has been called in an abundance of caution to satisfy the Ralph M. Brown Act. The Planning and Redevelopment Standing Committees is a standing committee of the Empowerment Congress Central Area Neighborhood Development Council (ECCANDC) and is advisory in nature to the board. Any decisions made at this meeting are not considered board actions and shall go back as recommendations to the ECCANDC board for a final vote at a regular or special board meeting.

Roll Call

Review and possible approval of minutes from prior meeting

Discussion and make recommendations to the full board on planning and land use issues, business improvement district, problem properties and businesses in within (ECCANDC) neighborhood council boundaries.

1. Community Standards within ECCANDC Boundaries (Businesses, Home Owners, Property Owners)

2. Holiday Christmas Lights along Western Avenue from Martin Luther King Boulevard to Florence Avenue

3. Proper Land Use and Zoning along Western Avenue and ECCANDC Boundaries

4. Business Improvement Districts along Western Avenue

5. Social Equity and the Cannabis Business

6. Legal verse Illegal Cannabis Shops Pros and Cons

7. Neighborhood Community Assets & Resources & Services (Public Community Rooms, Parks, Schools,

   Libraries, Youth Activities, Adults Activities, Dinning & Family Fun, Tourism & Attractions in South LA

Public Comments – Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction. [Public comment is limited to 2 minutes per speaker, but the Board has the discretion to modify the amount of time for any speaker]

Adjournment
 Next Standing Committee Meeting will be on November 9, 2019