(BEVERLY
HILLS, CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS E-3
455 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
June 21, 2022
2:30 p.m.*
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The City Council may act on any item listed on the agenda.
PRESENT: Lili Bosse, Mayor
Julian A. Gold, M.D., Vice Mayor
Lester J. Friedman, Councilmember
John A. Mirisch, Councilmember
Robert Wunderlich, Councilmember
George Chavez, City Manager
Laurence Wiener, City Attorney
Huma Ahmed, City Clerk
Magdalena Davis, Special Events and Filming Coordinator Daren Grilley, Assistant Director of Public Works/City Engineer Jessie Holzer, Transportation Analyst
Keith Sterling, Chief Communications Officer
ABSENT: None
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 upon any 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 can be read, so others may have the opportunity to participate as well.
City Council Adjourned Study Session Minutes
June 21, 2022
A - DIRECTION
1. Recommendation of the Beverly Hills City Council Liaison/ Rodeo Drive/ Special Events/ Holiday Program Committee Regarding the Request for Temporary Street Closures and Special Film Elements for "Beverly Hills Cop 4"
Staff will provide a report to City Council on the recommendation of the Beverly Hills City Council Liaison/ Rodeo Drive/ Special Events/ Holiday Program Committee regarding the request to approve logistical elements for filming an upcoming motion picture, "Beverly Hills Cop 4" including a temporary street closure and special effects elements.
Special Events and Filming Coordinator Magdalena Davis presented information related to this item.
Netflix Supervising Location Manager Dan Cooley provided additional information.
Mayor Bosse and Councilmember Wunderlich provided their Liaison report.
Council provided their questions and comments.
Netflix Supervising Location Manager Dan Cooley and Special Events and Filming Coordinator Magdalena Davis responded to Council questions.
Moved by Vice Mayor Gold, seconded by Councilmember Friedman to approve the recommendations and the ability to review the final script.
Ayes: Councilmember Wunderlich, Councilmember Friedman, Councilmember Mirisch, Vice Mayor Gold, and Mayor Bosse
Noes: None
CARRIED
ITEM A-1: APPROVED
2. Commission Reappointments (Arts and Culture Commission, Cultural Heritage Commission, Health and Safety Commission, Human Relations Commission, Planning Commission, Public Works Commission, Rent Stabilization Commission and Traffic and Parking Commission)
The first terms of Arts and Culture Commissioner Liliana Filipovic, Cultural Heritage Commissioner Josh Flagg, Health and Safety Commissioner Erica Felsenthal, PhD, Human Relations Commissioner Rhoda J. Sharp, Planning Commissioner Myra Demeter, PhD, Public Works Commissioner Wendy E. Nystrom, Rent Stabilization Commissioner Neal Baseman, Rent Stabilization Commissioner Kathy Bronte, Rent Stabilization Commissioner Lou Milkowski, and Traffic and Parking Commissioner Ron Shalowitz are ending on June 30, 2022. They are eligible for reappointment to a second term of four years each and have submitted letters of interest to be reappointed.
City Clerk Huma Ahmed presented information related to this item.
Council provided their comments and expressed their support for the reappointments.
City Council Adjourned Study Session Minutes
June 21, 2022
3. Proposed Doheny Drive Bike Lanes
Staff recommends that City Council consider approval of Class I! Bike Lanes without removal of vehicle travel lanes or on-street parking on Doheny Drive between Burton Way and Whitworth Drive.
Assistant Director of Public Works/City Engineer Daren Grilley and Transportation Planner Jessie Holzer presented information related to this item.
Speaker:
1. Kory Klem
Telephone Public Comment:
1. David Gingold
Written Comments Read into the Record:
1. Marguerite Benward
2. Susan Cukier
3. Gregg Bond
4. Rose Kaiserman
5. Jason Neidleman
6. Robert Block
7. Andrea Spatz
8. Barbara Linder
9. Paula Pinhas
10. Ramsay Edwards-McNear
11. Louis Karlin
12. William Solberg
13. Abe Nobel
14. Derek Kramer
15. Jim Friedberg
16. Mark Elliot
17. Jodi Cohn & Marc B. Hankin
Council provided their questions and comments.
Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Daren Grilley and Transportation Planner Jessie Holzer responded to Council questions.
City Council unanimously supported the proposed bike lanes on Doheney Drive.
B - ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO CONSIDER (TIME PERMITTING)
None
C - INFORMATION
4. Housing Assistance Ad Hoc Committee Meeting Update
This report is for informational purposes only. This report will provide an update regarding the Housing Assistance Ad Hoc Committee Meeting.
City Council Adjourned Study Session Minutes
June 21, 2022
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 conventional bike lane on Roxbury Drive south of Olympic Boulevard.
Informational report only, item not discussed
6. Mayor's Cabinet Meeting Highlights - May 9, 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 4:09 pm to the Closed Session to discuss items that are identified on the agenda.
PASSED, Approved and Adopted
this 6'h day of June, 2023
Huma Ahmed
HUMA AHMED, City Clerk
JULIAN A. GOLD, M.D., MAYOR
This meeting was broadcast on live television, on City of Beverly Hills municipal government television access Channel BHTV10 Spectrum Cable.