CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
Council Chamber
455 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL STUDY SESSION
July 2, 2024
3:30 p.m.*
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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 Friedman at 3:30 p.m.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
AUDIENCE COMMENTS. Any person wishing to address the City Council on any matter may do so in writing, through email or in-person. However, the State open meetings law (GovernmentCode 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, pleaseemail or provide an in-person speaker card to the City Clerk prior to or during the meeting. Public Lester J. Friedman, Mayor
Sharona R. Nazarian, PsyD, Vice Mayor
John A. Mirisch, CouncilmemberCraig Corman, Councilmember Mary Wells, CouncilmemberNancy Hunt-Coffey, City Manager Ryan Gohlich, Assistant City Manager
Keith Sterling, Deputy City ManagerLaurence Wiener, City AttorneyHuma Ahmed, City Clerk Masa Alkire, City Planner
Chloe Chen, Senior Planner
Magdalena Davis, Community Outreach ManagerMark Stainbrook, Chief of Police Robert Welch, Utilities General Manager
Michael Forbes, Director of Community Development
None
comment via video conference or in-person will be no longer than three (3) minutes per each individual comment, subject to City Council discretion based on the anticipated length in the meeting. The CityClerk will read only the first three minutes (approximately 350 words) of a written comment. In theevent of a large number of written comments on one item, written comments may be summarized by the City Clerk’s Office. The entire written comment shall be archived in full as part of the record.
A -DIRECTION
1. Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency Staff seeks direction on consideration of cost-share participation in the Santa Monica BasinGroundwater Sustainability Agency.
Councilmember Corman recused himself from this item.
Utilities General Manager Robert Welch presented information related to this item.
Council provided their questions and comments.
Utilities General Manager Robert Welch and City Attorney Laurence Wiener responded to Council questions.Council provided their direction.
2. Proposed Retail Queueing Permitting Process
This is a report to explain the proposed retail queueing permitting process that would allow installation of queueing on the public sidewalk in commercial zones of the city. The temporary OpenBH program allowed retail queueing installations, and this is a follow up discussion regarding future allowances for this type of installation.
City Planner Masa Alkire and Senior Planner Chloe Chen presented information related to this item.Written Public Comment Read into the Record:
1. Kay Monica Rose, Rodeo Drive Committee President
Council provided their questions and comments.Senior Planner Chloe Chen, City Planner Masa Alkire, Community Outreach Manager Magdalena Davis, Police Chief Mark Stainbrook, and Director of Community Development Michael Forbes responded to Council questions.
Council provided their direction.
B -ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO CONSIDER (TIME PERMITTING)
None
C - IN FORMATION
3. National Night Out
The City Council is asked to encourage the community to attend the City’s annual National Night Out event. Staff invites the City Council to attend, perhaps between the closed session and the formal meeting.
City Manager Nancy Hunt-Coffey presented information related to this item.
PASSED, Approved and Adopted
this 19 day of November, 2024
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HUMA AHMED, City Clerk
LESTER J. FRIEDMAN, MAYOR
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