--- # Empowerment Congress Central Area NDC Joint Board & Planning and Redevelopment Committee Special Mtg Monday, Nov 11 Empowerment Congress Central Area Neighborhood Development Council Special Board Meeting Agenda of (Planning and Redevelopment Standing Committee) Saturday, November 16, 2019 - 10:00 am -12:00pm South Los Angeles Animal Shelter Community Room 1850 W. 60th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90047 1. 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 Committee 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. 2. Roll Call 3. Review and possible approval of minutes from prior meeting 4. 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. Letter of Support for or against Tom’s Liquor Store illegal alcohol sales 2. Mayor Garcetti Executive Directives Executive Directive No. 1 (Great Streets Initiative (Along Western Avenue, Areas 1,2,3) Executive Directive No. 8 Clean Streets Initiative (Along Western Avenue, Areas 1,2,3) 3. Business Improvement Districts along Western Avenue, Areas 1,2,3) 4. Community Standards within ECCANDC Boundaries (Update on progress?) 5. Holiday Christmas Decorations an, or Holiday Lights Along Western Avenue from Martin Luther King Boulevard to Florence Avenue (Update on progress?) 5. Public Comments – Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction. \[Public comment is limited to 2 minutes per speaker, but the Board has the discretion to modify the amount of time for any speaker\] 6. 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