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Heat. Heat. Um, the council will please come to order. Sergeant, uh, we, uh, we do have a quorum, so call the role. Alakon, Alatory, Bernson, Jake, Fur, Galant, Goldberg, Hernandez, Holy, Miss Cowsky, Ry, Thomas, Sornius, Wax, Walters, Ferraro, 10 council members present, and a quorum, Mr. President. >> Okay, members, this is a meeting of the city council for the city of Los Angeles on the 13th day of uh February, 1998, Friday the 13th. There are 15 council districts in the city. The regular meeting days are Tuesday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We are currently being viewed by cable subscribers throughout the Los Angeles area on channel 35 and we're also being monitored by council phone. So the first order of business >> approval of the minutes. >> All right, Miss M Miss Sakowski and Mr. Savorich moves and seconds. There's no objection, unanimous vote. Next item, >> commendatory resolutions for approval. >> There no objection, unanimous vote. The chair recognizes Mr. Holden. The chair recognizes Miss Kanter. Do you have a presentation? Uh, are they all here? >> Still still lacking a couple people here. You want to talk? Just stand. Did you want to uh introduce them? You want Stan to introduce him? How would that be? >> Well, these these people ones that are here on your formal partners here. >> Okay. >> Mr. president and members of the council. It may be Friday the 13th, but it is also uh part of an effort. Today is part of an effort to celebrate the concept of peace instead of fighting with each other, instead of fighting with each other in the council, instead of fighting with each other in their communities, instead of fighting with each other around the war around the world, fighting wars around the world of which we seem to be getting closer and closer to. And it's my pleasure this morning to introduce to you Jerry Rubin, whom you've met many times before. He's here today in his capacity as a uh I guess the founder of the Alliance for Survival, the group that campaigns against war toys, campaigns against war, and campaigns for um doing things better in the world. And he's brought with him, as you'll see over on the left here, a very large Valentine's card. tomorrow being Valentine's Day in which we try to convey to the leaders of the world our desire as members of the world to have peace instead of war. And I wanted to uh Jerry and I sometimes have our differences, but we actually work together on a number of things. And one of the things that I feel very strongly about is that people who do work for peace ought to get some public recognition for it. And so I've brought this morning a certificate of appreciation >> for Jerry Rubin and the Alliance for Survival in honor of the Valentine for Peace. And I'm going to give that to him and let him explain it to you. Here you go. >> Well, thank you. This is an honor. >> And I forgot my Peacemaker t-shirt this morning. I'm sorry, >> Mr. Council President, council members, we wish you a very happy Valentine's Day in advance, one that's filled with love and peace. I'm very honored here and I want to thank Councilwoman Glenner for allowing us to prevent present this 8- foot tall love piece and nonviolence Valentine's card to you today for your public signatures. We will have it for public display in Santa Monica on the Third Street Prominade all day tomorrow from noon until midnight. Then to take it to a few more events and then hopefully we'd like to personally deliver it to the United Nations in New York City as a positive message for love, peace, and nonviolence. I'd also like to say publicly today that myself and the Alliance for Survival wish the very best to Mayor Richard Rearen on his wedding on Valentine's Day and wish he and his future wife the very very very best and a very very wonderful day to get married. I believe uh I want to introduce Aisha Mason, the LA coordinator for our season for nonviolence. You have endorsed that event. It's a positive event with hundreds hundreds of supporting events that'll be taking place. It's began already. It began on January 30th, the 50th memorial anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. And it will continue until April 4th, the 30th memorial memorial anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and we're very very grateful and honored to be here today. Good morning to all the members of the council on behalf of a season for nonviolence. And I'd like to thank you and Councilman Galanter for recognizing Jerry Rubin who is one of our local heroes who over time has consistently taken a stand for peace and nonviolence in our community. And I believe that each signature on this card, including yours, is each person's commitment, because your signature is your word for practice of non-violence in your life and our commitment to a society that honors the dignity and the worth of every human being and our commitment to live in a nonviolent world. Thank you so much. Let me just say thank you again to both of you for doing this and for coming in and bringing us the card. And council members, I know that we all like an excuse to get up and move around a little bit. There's a good one. Go and sign the card. And thank you for your attention. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> All right, Mr. Holden. Uh, Mr. President, members, once in a while, but certainly not too often that we uh uh congratulate and commend city employees for a job well done, where we have discovered that they work above and beyond the call of duty to please the people of the city that we represent and to make their communities more livable and a happy and a safer place in which to reside. side. Mr. President, we have one search person person with us today, Ed. He's worked in just about every area of the city of Los Angeles including Normandy 5, that's 8th, 9inth, 10th district and other parts in the first district as well in order to provide better housing, more support for businesses and to improve those communities by put developing a plan to revitalize them called the revitalization program of the inner cities. He's got so many things on here that he's we know that he has done and it's not all included, but I just want to summarize just a few. Mr. President, members, he's monitored buildings and land use control. I'll begin by saying Ed Soule with a middle initial O often helping us began working for the city of Los Angeles in 1974 with the department of general services. He joined CRA in 1979 appointed project manager of of Adams Normandy and Normandy 5 in 1992. That's when Bob Ferrell was still there and as you know a lot of work went on in that area Mr. Hernandez picked up part of it on reaportionment and so did I. And now we can take credit for having done the work. Pretty good, huh, Mike? And promoted to project managers for Adam Normandy and Normandy 5 and Mid City recovery redevelopment project in 1994. As a mid city project manner manager, Ed has implemented and I got to tell you, the mid city, we got that new development went on over there in Mid City. We got a grocery store with 50,000 square feet for rafts, the largest west of the Mississippi, doing the best business, among other things which I cannot identify item by item because it'll go on. But the graffiti and zero tolerance program, we know we have too much graffiti in our city, but here's the guy who said it goes up one day, it'll go down the next day, and CRA is going to help you do it. We got a new plan on how to do that. The CR CRA housing loans program, they got many of them in my district. in your district, Mike, and others. Commercial and industrial earthquake loans for four valuable businesses along the commercial corridor. And that's just the beginning. Coordinated CRA response to developers opportunities, monitors building and land use control, coordinated the drafting of urban design guidelines. Those guidelines are used not just in the 10th district, 8th, 9th, and 10th, but throughout the city and the urban area areas. He represented CRA's lead agency with the targeted neighborhood initiative program. That's a program initiated by the mayor where about 11 districts will receive about a million dollars per district. And in the program in my district, this guy has taken that money and maximized its use with the rehabilitation of the Ebony showcase which is known all around the world by entertainers and people who went to the Ebony showcase uh to enjoy themselves with entertainment. And so he has overseen rehabilitation for over 831 units of housing in the Normandy 5 project area, not counting what's he's done in the 10th district. Developed the Adams West senior citizen housing project consisting of a 52 units adjacent to the Normandy 5 with a grocery store in there. So he's really consistent and he led the efforts to implement the neighborhood commercial re-recovery program which provided agency financing financial assistance for the new re reconstruction of the West Adams hardware store following its devastation by the fire during the civil unrest and he attended all meetings he was invited to in the 10th district. I mean, I got to give the this family credit because it was they let Ed go. I mean, he can spend very little time at home there. His daughter's over there and his wife is right over here, Mrs. Soule. So, I think the whole family should join in this celebration because here's a guy who provide for them, but he really worked hard for us. And we at the city of Los Angeles, we won't ever forget it. Ed, we love you. We appreciate what you've done. Your heart is always in your work. And uh I'm so glad you live in the 10th district where you can see what the problems are and you can solve them without my bring them to your attention. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> All right. >> Very good. >> Bring your family up. >> Why don't they Mr. Holden. Could you uh maybe take him back there because we got >> presentation. >> I understand, Mr. Uh I know. I just want to play >> He's asking you. >> What's that? >> No. >> I want his family to be recognized for >> Oh, I agree. >> Okay. We're not going to play a lot of music today, Mr. Alec. >> Oh, thank you, Mr. Alator. >> You want to introduce your family? >> John, just our nighttime meeting. >> Oh, well, then can we do it Friday then? Let me see who's here. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Mr. President and members of the council, especially Councilman Holden, >> I'd like to thank you for this acknowledgement. And I'd like to also thank you for the 30 plus years that the city of Los Angeles have given me a job. And I also like to thank the team that work in the Adams Nomy area, the Nomy 5 area and the Mid City area plus the Washington Boulevard target neighborhood initiative because without the team which consists of the housing department, planning department, engineering department, contract purchasing and everything. none of the work that is being done could have been done and I wouldn't be standing here before you today. Um I also like to thank the council officers um Councilman Mike Hernandez, Councilman Mark really Thomas and especially Councilman Nate Holden for all the support their staff have given us and especially my deputy of min um of operation one Mr. Roy Willis who have always been very supportive of us. So to cut it short, it's the team that you see here before you that have done the work for the city of Los Angeles. And thank you very much. >> You're quite welcome. Thank you. >> You want to say a word? >> All right. >> Roy Williams, the manager, Mr. President. >> I would just echo all that has been said already. Ed has done a fantastic job and we thank all the council persons for their support and allowing us to do our work. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. All right, Mr. Ferraro for a presentation. Let's come back. family. >> This um Mr. the president, members of the council. Um, the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering is a nationwide nonprofit organization representing all disciplines of engineering and scientific endeavor. Its membership is made up of educators and professionals from all sectors of the technical community. The Southern California chapter of the IAE is comprised of a combination of the local engineering councils including the Los Angeles Council of Engineers and Scientists, the Orange County Engineers Council, the Los Angeles chapter of the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California, and the College of Fellows. The active membership of the Southern California chapter includes over 500 prominent and accomplished engineers and technical practitioners. Each year during the week following George Washington's birthday, the Institute of the Advancement of Engineering sponsors an event to highlight and celebrate the important contributions made by engineers and scientists. The city council is pleased as it has for many years to present a resolution in recognition of National Engineers Week. There are several IEA members who the council is being presented and they include Mr. David Wagner, president of the institute, an owner of the Wagner Pacific Engineering, Dr. Jerry Jroski, past president of IEA. I hope I didn't. He This is your chairman of the national engineers weekly award banquet and dean of the school of engineering at Lao Marrymont University. Mr. Manny Moya, president of the Los Angeles Council of Engineers and Scientists and Stan Zazak, the past president of the college of fellows. In attendance are also several members, several employees of the >> sir. Excuse me, Mr. Farrell. Can I just have people on the sides? We're trying to listen. We can't conduct business as long as you're talking. If you want to talk, why don't you go outside and talk? But it is very disruptive, especially to the president. >> Both Chris and Randy are here. >> Okay. Okay. In attendance are several employees of the city's engineers office who are receiving awards at the IAE awards banquet. They are uh Miss M Miss Chris Salav Salvagio >> Salvagio Savvajio I should be be able to pronounce that who is receiving an engineering outstanding outstanding new engineer of the year award for her work in the storm drain management and Mr. Randy McFarland who is a to who will receive the outstanding new engineers of the year award for his pro for his work in project management. Also joining us today is Mr. Sam Fukuda who is our city engineer and Red Martinez our public works commissioner. Now, I'd like to present this resolution and uh Stan, you want me to present this to you or to uh >> I think that >> who's who's gonna speak? Who's gonna represent? >> Dave Wagner, the president, >> David Wagner, you want to on behalf of >> President Ferraro and council members, good to see you. uh on behalf of the entire Southern California engineering community, I want to thank you for the recognition and uh your past support and uh we appreciate it very much. Thank you. >> Okay, Randy, you want to say something? >> Sam, I'm going up there. >> Yes. I I would only like to say I'm very proud of uh the engineers and uh uh architects that have received this award. The one person that's missing here is Bill Holland. He is also receiving award for sustainable design. He cannot be here because he is in San Diego giving a presentation to a seminar on sustainable design. It's his life. So I'm very proud of these employees. >> Sustainable design. Is that the city hall we're talking about? >> Mr. President, thank you very much and uh thank all of you. >> Thank you. All right, >> Ms. Glanter for presentation. She did it. Okay. Fine. All right. Next item. >> Items one through seven and 14 through 17 are items for which public hearings have already been held. >> All right. Any specials on these items? >> Item five >> and 15 >> and 15. >> I'd actually uh like item five to be held over until next Friday. >> Very good. Item number five will be held over until next Friday. All right. Any discussion, >> Mr. President? >> Yes. >> Item seven. I've been advised that Council Member Walters would like seven continued uh for 60 days to April the 14th. I need a motion from the floor. >> All right. Uh Walters moves and Mr. Wack second. There's no objection. That'll be the order. >> All right. And item 17, uh, Councilman Bernson has requested in his absence to have this matter continued to next Tuesday, the 17th, together with the arts, health, and humanities report to be submitted this morning by Council Member Fer. >> All right. Item 17 will be continued till next week. Ms. Goldberg, >> I'm sorry. I was not in the room. On item 14, did we hold that till Tuesday so that I can have it in my committee this afternoon? >> We did. continue to Tuesday. >> That's it. We will be done. We're going to take it today. So, it'll be here on Tuesday. >> That's right. >> Thank you very much. >> All right. There's no further discussion. Open the row. >> Close the row. >> 13 eyes. >> All right. Those items will be deemed adopted. Next item. do this today. >> What is it? >> No, we're not going to do it. So, will you just continue? >> All right. On item 16, if there's no objection, uh fourth with >> Yes, you did. On the balance of the regular agenda, items for which public hearings have not been held. >> I'd like to move for rec consideration on item 16. on item 15 16 >> 16 All right, there's a motion to reconsider. >> If there's no objection, that will be the order that's being >> Mr. President, I object to the reconsideration. >> All right, we open the role on reconsideration >> or I will close the role. Eight eyes, three nos. >> That item is reconsidered. >> Thank you, colleagues. >> You wanted special? Yes. I'd like to call it special. >> It's It's not showing there. I voted no. >> That'd be um >> But that would change the vote. Mr. >> 7 to four, Mr. President, then it fails. >> Well, ma'am, you know, look at >> that changes the vote. >> It doesn't change, >> Mr. Mr. President. when the item first went through. >> Yes or no? >> Excuse me, Mr. Holden, please. All right. >> The clerk tabulated the vote too soon before he called it. So, it really should be taken over again. >> All right. Why don't we listen to the item now? Open the ro. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I'm saying item 16 went by too fast, Mr. President. We were calling. Everybody was standing up asking for uh continuence on items and so forth. And that's why I was asking for reconsideration because I don't think we gave that proper attention at that time. >> All right. So you wanted for discussion. >> I wanted for discussion. All right. >> And again I think a vote was taken it passed and it all right. On reconsideration is asking for an I vote. Open the row. And Miss Walters close the row. Um, we're going to have to call it orally, Mr. President, because the machine's not >> recal that in the first place, Mr. President. We'd be having to debate over. >> This is uh to reconsider item 16. All >> right, >> Chick Fur Galanter. >> Goldberg. Hi, >> Hernandez. >> Hi, >> Holden. No, >> Ms. Ridley Thomas >> Ridley Thomas. >> He's not here. >> Savorich >> Wax Walters. 7 uh six 7 to four. It fails. >> All right. Next item. >> The next item, Mr. President are items 8 through 13 for which public hearings have not been held. >> Uh Mr. President, could I respectfully be shown as a no vote on that cast on the initial one? >> I'll be glad to reflect that. Yes. >> All right. That is okay. Wait, wait. Hold on. Hold on. >> Items 8 through 13 are which uh public hearings have not been held. >> All right. Anybody want to be heard on any of these items 8 through 15? >> 13. >> 13. Item number 12. We have a card. >> 12. Which letter, Mr. President? >> Doesn't doesn't say. >> Mr. Altori, >> it's already called special. >> Yeah. Can we uh just continue 128 so we can have a chance to to discuss it in committee? >> That uh I don't have any objection to that. >> What was the letter on the one you want to 12 what you want to >> 12H >> committee arts health >> no to budget >> budget >> budget and finance all right >> all right >> 12B continue to February 18th >> 12B if there's no objection that'll be continued >> item number nine special or do you want to be heard Mr. wax. All right, that'll be called special. Anything else? Any other requests? Public hearing on those. >> All right, we'll move a public hearing on those items that have been requested. >> Item number 12. >> Did you want to take a a vote on the items that are not um called special, Mr. President? >> Yeah, that's that's fine. All right. Uh clerk open the roll on those that have not been called special. Those items close the row. >> 11 eyes. >> All right. Will be deemed approved. Item number 12. We don't we don't have a name. It just has M. >> Rick. >> All right. One. Is Rick Mahia? Mr. Mahia here. Rick Mahia. Mr. Mia. All right. >> Asking what item >> on what item. Uh, Mr. Mia. >> Uh, affordable housing. >> Affordable housing. >> Affordable housing. >> Affordable housing in the Ply Vista area. >> Oh, 15 was already called special. That's right. >> That's item 15, sir. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> That's all right. No problem. >> All right. We'll hold your card for uh when we have a comment if we have public comment. >> Anything else? >> All right. What's the next item? >> These are for 12. >> Well, you want to hear 12. All right. Uh want to take it up. >> This is on Bologna. This is on save on Bona Creek. Take it up, >> Ms. Galanter. >> Are we up to item 15 now? >> Okay. Item 15 is the uh bond the request from the developers of Ply Vista to be uh able to use bond financing for the first housing that they proposed to develop in the Ply Vista development. As I told you on Wednesday, we had a fairly long public hearing on this on Wednesday. And as I told you at the time, >> I had asked that we put the the vote over until Friday because does anybody care? because the um I was work trying to work with the developers to get an agreement from them that in exchange for being able to use this financing mechanism for housing that is already approved that they would offer some additional public benefit in the form of additional units to be set aside for affordable housing. I am very disappointed to tell you that in my most recent conversation with Ply Vista, which was with the project manager on my way into the city hall this morning, he he told me that they uh believe that the conditions they've agreed to in the subdivision map were uh more than um well, what he said was that they're more than anybody else has ever done. And and the nuts and bolts of it is that he didn't feel it was appropriate to agree to provide any additional units. And unless there is somebody here from Ply Vista who can give me more recent information uh on the basis of of that failure to reach the agreement I had hoped we would reach, I'm going to recommend that we uh use this bond allocation elsewhere. There will be another opportunity for PIA Vista to uh apply for bond financing in three months if they choose to do it. uh there will be another opportunity next year but there is a limited amount of this uh bond authorization available and I feel that and I hope you will join me in in feeling that uh rather than just handing it out to the first developer who comes in the door that we ought to be handing it out to the developers who are offering additional public benefits in exchange for it. And so I am disappointed to say this to you. I had really hoped that I would be able to come in today and say that that uh they had agreed to this and that they that we were going to move forward. We're not talking about a huge number of units, but I guess that depends on your point of view. So, I'm going to recommend I'm about to make it. My motion is reluctantly that we receive and file this item. >> Okay. Um, >> we did we did have a public hearing the other so >> just may take another minute. I I particularly want to thank the city staff who have worked very hard on this with with my staff. I also want to thank Mario Yuravage for his hours of labor on this. um the city attorney's office and the housing department really went way beyond the call of duty in helping us put together documents that that we thought were going to make this possible. Uh and I really appreciate their help. They deserve a lot of thanks. >> And the the item is Miss Glanders moved to receive and file item 15. And Mr. Wax, do you want to be heard on it? No, I had had a lot of questions about the cost of this to the city, but in light of Miss Galanter's motions, and I I I'll save it for another day. >> Uh Mr. Holden, I know you want to make a speech because you got a lot of friends out there. >> Uh Mr. President, uh when I spoke last just a few days ago on this issue, >> you were very convincing. >> I was and beside in addition to being convincing and thank you, Mr. president. I said to the people who were here protesting that they had within Miss Galanther a person who had the highest of credentials and integrity. That's where I started my speak if you recall. And I said that uh on this issue, however, I was on the other side, but it's something that she had looked at very closely and will continue to look at. And I'm very pleased to hear her say today that the other side is not ready. And given the fact that they're not, she's recommend that we receive him file and not even consider this matter further. But I just want to say that uh I'm very very I want to congratulate Miss Galanther for studying it very closely. is something that most of us should do often before we act because we have to think of the consequences of our action. There is a burrow grind there, but my concern has always been the traffic in the area. The fact that Lincoln Boulevard is just bumper to bumper and I suggested to the developers early on in order to get my support, they would have to build an off-ramp from Highway 90 right onto the project and it would work. failing to do that. My vote has always been no from the beginning. Will continue to be no. And I just want to congratulate and thank everybody that we're going to have unanimous vote today. We're all on the right side. And God, I'm sure glad to be with the majority on this one for a change. I've been just a single. >> Are you Are you opposed to the receiving file, Nate, or you just want to be heard? >> Oh, I I've already been heard, Mr. President. I just >> Prepare the role on receiving file. >> I thank you very much. >> Prepare the role. Tabulate the >> joining the Holden fan club. 13 eyes. >> Would you uh would you lift him on your shoulders and carry him out side? We'd appreciate that. >> Next item. >> Five called special by council member Chick. >> Mrs. Mrs. Chick. Item five. >> Oh, we uh already moved to have that uh held over until Friday. >> Okay. There is somebody that wants to be heard on that. >> No, I believe he's already left uh feeling that he would have that opportunity next week. >> Okay. All right. Five has been continued until Friday. The next item, >> nine special wax. >> I wanted a just a brief explanation of what it what it is. Someone here to explain. It doesn't say yes. I think I voted against >> Mary Higgins from the CEO's office. The Bureau of Sanitation is removing one level of management from the refuge collection yards. What this does is provide a severance pay package to encourage the retirement of people um so that they can expedite uh elimination of that level. The overall savings will be $316,000 upon full implementation. The cost is approximately $240,000. >> $240,000 for how many people? >> Five people. >> And this eliminates one level of management. >> Mr. Goldberg. >> Yes. I think this was in ERC but in case you don't remember uh in the uh labor management committee they in this department they found out a number of things and ways to make a savings of approximately 25% of their total budget over three-year period and on in perpetuity. uh one of them involved uh removing a layer of management and in order to prevent the excessive bumping which would result from that removal which could upset as many I can't remember the number now but it was a vast array of people who would be bumped uh the goal was because all of these people were at or near retirement was to provide a an incentive for them to simply that group to leave voluntarily and then the department to carry on with the uh folks that uh uh were there that would continue uh the savings of about 25% uh in in 3 years time which is this is I believe the third year isn't it is it aren't we about to that 25% point now yeah this is the third year so this was a part of the plan from the beginning I believe and uh I I really want to commend the joint labor management committee for the efforts that they have done uh it's amazing amazing to find a department that can reinvent itself in such a short period of time. And I know that the uh mayor's office has also commented uh favorably on their ability to do this. So I would urge an I I vote. Uh >> any of if if not prepare the role on item number uh nine tabulate the vote. >> 12 eyes, one no. >> That is approved. Next item, >> fourth with on >> fourth with on that item. U members of the council, uh you've received a letter from the mayor regarding the secretary of housing and urban development, Andrew Como will be uh at a the Amateur Athletic Foundation headquarters uh Wednesday, February 18th from 9:30 to 11. And all members have been invited. Uh I just wanted to remind you that you do have a notice of that. Uh so if you can attend that would be appreciated. The Amateur Athletic Foundation which is on West Adams in Mr. uh you you do allow us to come into your district uh and every now and then. Okay, that's okay. Fourth with on item 13. The next item, >> this is time for comments from the public on non-aggenda items. >> Uh Mary Davis, Mary Davis and uh Brian Brian Hutchkins, Mary Davis. Is there a Mary Mary Davis here? >> You did you want to be heard? No, it's public. This is public comment. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Brian Hutchkins, you have the floor. >> Um, yeah. This is uh in reference to the 800t Valentine for UN complacency. Unfortunately, Jerry Rubin, uh, he's a UN fundamentalist and he apparently doesn't know anything about the history of the UN, although it exists. I could give the role of the special envoy to the Great Lakes region in Africa in thwarting any and all aid, humanitarian or medical aid to Rwanda, he being the nephew of former prime minister Jacretian of Canada of the British Commonwealth. the uh part because so much of that genocide that occurred in Rwanda and Zire was simply to get the minerals as they say. Corporations such as quote American Mineral Fields, actually a Canadian entity, got huge concessions from frontman Cabila, frontman for the Marcher Lord of Uganda, Yawari Musevani. Uganda is a hellhole. It is not it is not the uh new democracy, the new economy. The main point though is that Jerry didn't say anything, absolutely nothing about the biggest UN game going right now, which is the sanctions seven years, the the san the diplomatic mass weapon of destruction against the Iraqi people and children. He said absolutely nothing about that. And considering that we are about to be led pushed by Tony Blair and the so-called inspector at the UN, Richard Butler, into an all-out assault on the people of Iraq again, supposedly to get Saddam Hussein. I think it speaks a lot to the >> Mr. Hutchkins, uh the uh matter you're talking about is not under the jurisdiction of the city council. So, if you want to talk in public comment, please uh deal with the issues that we have some jurisdiction over. >> I thought this was public comment. >> It is public comment, but you're what you're talking about is not an issue that we have jurisdiction over. >> Well, well, council councelor Galanter gave him free reign to talk about >> the Mr. Hutchkins, please uh if you want to talk talk about something that we have jurisdiction over. That's what public comment is for. Since it was just a display of publicity, this is all I'm guess getting right to the heart of the UN thing. >> All right. Would you We don't have the UN under our jurisdiction. So, please >> Yes, you did because you just gave me >> That wasn't That wasn't an issue that we took up. >> Well, okay. It was just >> Okay. Will you step down, please? We have other people want to be heard. Mr. Robinson. >> Okay. Go ahead, >> Mr. President, members of Mr. President, members of council, before this goes any further, I'd simply like to say that at the risk of sounding patronizing, super sillious like some parvanu, Jerry Rubin and uh Tom Hayden are friends of mine. Thank you. Anyone else that wants to be on public comment? Mary Davis, is she Okay, the public comment period is closed. The next item, >> motions for posting a referral. >> There's no objection. Unanimous vote. Next item. >> You have a close session item 18 today. But before going in, I do have excuses on the desk, Mr. President. >> Okay. All those people not involved with the executive session, please leave the council chamber. >> Councilman Bernson has requested to be excused. personal business February the 11th the other day I'll however I didn't get a chance to introduce it we lost a quorum unanimous vote >> unanimous vote >> council member Wax has request to be excused personal business May 8th meets council policy >> unanimous vote >> council member Holden has request to be excused city business February 24th through the 27th all dates meet council policy >> unanimous vote >> council member Walters has requested to be excused city business to arrive at 11:30 on February the 17th meets council policy. Who? >> Yeah. >> Unanimous vote. >> Council member Goldberg has requested to be excused. City business Wednesday, February the 18th, meets council policy. >> Unanimous vote. >> Item 18, close session. >> Okay. Sergeant, will you uh clear the council chamber? Those not involved with the executive session. Uh we're back into executive into open session. Uh uh are there any other items on the table for adjourning motions, madam clerk? >> No, the desk is clear. >> All right. Will the audience and the council please rise for adjourning motions? Miss Chick. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to ask that we adjourn in memory of Miss Dolores Gibbs. Um Larry Rubin who is the principal at Sherman Oak Center for Enriched Studies, one of our LAUSD uh schools asked me to request this adjournment. Dolores Gibbs was a counselor at Sherman Oak Center for Enriched Studies uh passed away on February 4th. She always had the best interest of the students in mind and they will miss her smile and her deep involvement at the school. She's survived by her son Carlton Gibbs, age 16. and also um to adjourn in memory of a six-year-old boy, Lance Julian Keram, who is the son of um a DWP employee and LAPD reserve officer in the Southwest Division. Uh Abdullah and his wife Stacy Keram. Uh Lance, their son, passed away this week after a battle with kidney failure and unfortunately he died shortly before his father was undergoing surgery to um donate one of his kidneys to his son. >> All members on that miss >> I'd like to ask that we adjourn in memory of David our somewhat unusual case. David actually died 10 years ago. Um but his parents only found out last week what had happened to him. He was uh the young man was schizophrenic. He had been living in a group home and got got out disappeared and despite their um his parents were notified that he'd disappeared. They shipped the dental records to missing persons. They found out only last week that three years later, missing persons finally sent the dental records over to the county coroner's office. The coroner had had David's body from the day he disappeared. He was uh killed in a train accident and but they had no way to identify who it was. 3 years later, the dental records made it to the coroner, by which time, of course, the unidentified body had been cremated and buried along with all the other unidentified bodies that the coroner was holding. And so the only way his parents found out was his mother happened to call the coroner once again 10 years later to say, "Is there any word?" And they said in effect, "Funny, you should call." And told her what had happened. So I think that it is time for us to acknowledge that uh this family not only has the grief of losing their son but they have also had 10 years of totally unnecessary anguish over this and I would like to adjourn in David's memory and send our condolences to his mother, his father and his sister. >> All members Mr. Hernandez. >> Uh Mr. President, members of council, I thought it'd be appropriate if we also journ the name of Nathan Cook. He was a 20-year-old accidental college student who basically went biking up to Devil's Gate during the rains last week and his body was found in debris and u I'm sure Councilman Altori would like to join me on it as an alumnist and uh rarely did Ox College lose a student and uh he was an honor student and uh a very young man at the age of 20. >> Uh Mr. Holden, >> Mr. president is sad to announce the passing of Lewis Isaac William III in the residence of the 10th district since 1947. He was an active member in his church and civic groups leagues and the popner little leagues. He received a he was a honor. He was a hero in the war and he was in an all segregated army and therefore he only received a bronze star where it would have been a congressional medal of honor and retired as a supervisor in the United States post office. He also backed his wife who's Miss Virginia Hayes Williams whom we all know as president of the women's steering committee 10th district. The funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 17th, 10:00 a.m. at the Holy Cross Cemetery, 5835 West Lawson Boulevard in Culver City. He leaves nine children, his wife Miss Williams, two sisters, 13 grandchildren. Mr. President, we also would like to adjourn in memory of May Helen Lee. Miss Lee is the mother of Brian Lee. He's a longtime and dear friend of mine. My sons Chris, they went to school together. But Mr. Brian Lee is a sergeant with the sheriff department and they were very active in the Pastine area. His wife, her husband is Julia, Julius Lee, son Brian, and daughter Karen. And of course, she's going to be missed as well. >> Miss Walters. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I'd ask the council to adjourn in memory of Willie James Brown, who is the owner of the Brown Floral Shop, uh, located in the 9inth Council District. He's survived by his wife Janetta Brown passed away yesterday. >> I'd like the council first to adjourn in the memory of U. Ben Corman who was a longtime friend of our family and the loving father of Royce Menus who works with the city attorney's the CEO's office and um also Donald Wriggler who uh was the brother and um partner in all good deeds with Lloyd Wriggler. And I'll give the clerk I think all members should join on that. Okay. >> Uh call call the the services for Donald Wriggler are going to be sign >> uh the services for Donald Wiggler have been held. >> Okay. Uh call the role madam clerk. >> Council's adjourned. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.