CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
Council Chamber
455 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
September 20, 2022
2:30 p.m.*
Lili Bosse, Mayor
Julian A. Gold, M.D., Vice MayorJohn A. Mirisch, Councilmember Lester J. Friedman, Councilmember
Sharona Nazarian, CouncilmemberGeorge Chavez, City Manager Laurence Wiener, City AttorneyHuma Ahmed, City Clerk
Michelle Ramos-Vergara, Management Analyst
Shana Epstein, Public Works DirectorChief Mark Stainbrook, Police Chief None
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The City Council may act on any item listed on the agenda.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Bosse at 2:30 p.m.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1. AUDIENCE COMMENTS. Any person wishing to address the City Council on any matter may do so through email. However, the State open meetings law (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.) prohibits the City Council from providing a detailed response or acting uponany item not contained on the agenda posted 72 hours before a regular meeting and 24 hours before a special meeting. If you wish to address the City Council at this time, please email your comment or provide an in-person speaker card to the City Clerk prior to or during the meeting. Please limit your email remarks to three (3) minutes in length (350 words) that canbe read, so others may have the opportunity to participate as well.
Speaker:
1. David Gingold re: various commission meetings
City Council Study Session Minutes
September 20, 2022
A -DIRECTION
1. Per the Request of Mayor Bosse, City Council is Requested to Review and Provide Recommendations for the Update on CCTV Installation at Remaining Parking StructuresPer the request of Mayor Bosse, City Council is requested to review CCTV installation at remaining parking structures. Staff will give a schedule update for installation of CCTV cameras at the remaining five parking structures and discuss an interim plan for immediate implementations adding security cameras while the permanent installation undergoes design,bidding and construction.Police Chief Mark Stainbrook and Director of Public Works Shana Epstein presentedinformation related to this item.
Council provided their questions and comments and voiced approval to expedite camera installations for all remaining parking structures as a single multi-site project.
2. Request for City Council Direction to Award the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Legal Advertising and Notices Bid
Staff seeks City Council direction to award Fiscal Year 2022-23 contract(s) to locallyadjudicated newspapers eligible to publish legal notices and advertisements.
City Clerk Huma Ahmed presented information related to this item and introduced representatives from the BH Courier, BH Weekly and Beverly Press newspapers.
Speakers:
1. Karen and Michael Villalpando, Beverly Press
2. Lisa Bloch and John Bendheim, BH Courier
3. Josh Gross, BH Weekly
4. David Gingold
Council approved the recommendations and directed staff to award an additional fourth option (Option D). This option awards a contract for all legal and display ads to the BH Courier andcontract with the BH Weekly for display ads and legal ads based on the rates provided in their bids.
B -ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO CONSIDER (TIME PERMITTING)
None
C - INFORMATION
3. Innovations Day 2022
This item is submitted for City Council information. Since 2006, the City has held an annual all employee training and development day, which is observed on Columbus Day which is also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This year, the Innovation’s Day event will be held onMonday, October 10, 2022.
Speakers:
1. David Gingold
2. Robin Ross
Informational report only, item not discussed.
City Council Study Session Minutes
September 20, 2022
4. Start of Outreach for Metro Purple (D) Line Section 2 Station Naming This item is provided for information only for upcoming outreach. In 4th Quarter of 2022, Metro will begin soliciting input from cities, communities, and other stakeholders on preferred station names based on their Board-adopted naming criteria. The outreach kickoff will launch at the Beverly Hills Fall Art Show on October 15th, 2022 and the Station Artists will join the event.Informational report only, item not discussed.
5. Roxbury Drive Protected Bike Lane Pilot Project Update This report provides an update on the Roxbury Drive Protected Bike Lane Pilot Project installed in late 2021, which includes a southbound protected bike lane and northbound conventionalbike lane on Roxbury Drive south of Olympic Boulevard.
Speakers:
1. David Gingold
2. Robin Ross
Informational report only, item not discussed.
6. Revisions to the Adopted 2021 -2029 Housing Element in Response to Comments from the State Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentThis report provides an update on the revisions made to the 2021-2029 Housing Element in response to comments received by the California Department of Housing and CommunityDevelopment.
Informational report only, item not discussed.
7. Announcement of the Selected Members of the 2022-2023 Team Beverly Hills Program This item provides the names of the applicants selected to participate in the 2022-2023 Team Beverly Hills Program.
Informational report only, item not discussed.
8. Mayor’s Cabinet Meeting Highlights - August 8, 2022
This report provides monthly highlights from the Mayor’s meeting with Commission Chairs Informational report only, item not discussed.
The Study Session adjourned at 4:59 pm to the Closed Session to discuss items that are identified on the agenda.
City Council Study Session Minutes
September 20, 2022
PASSED, Approved and Adopted
this 18th day of July, 2023
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HUMA AHMED, City Clerk
JUL AN A. GOLD, M.D., MAYOR
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