Okay, welcome everyone. This is the City of Beverly Hills City Council regular meeting and parking authority meeting. Today is October 1st, 2024, a little after 7 p.m. and if I could ask Todd Johnson to please lead us in the United States of America to the Republic which it stands on nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Thank you if we could ask the city clerk if she would please call the roll. Good evening. We have two roll calls for this evening. The first one is for City Council. Council member Wells here. Council member Corman here. Council member Mirish here. Vice Mayor Nazarian here and Mayor Friedman here. The next is for the parking authority director Wells here director Corman here director Mirish here. Vice Chair Nazarian here and Chair Friedman. Here. OK, if we could have my colleagues join me at the podium for some presentations. They're not yours. They're not yours. They're not yours. They're not yours. They're not yours. They're not yours. They're not yours. Thank you. Only I happen here. Thank you. Okay. So this evening I would like to recognize a month of October as National Arts and Humanities Month as a collective appreciation of the importance of arts and culture in the city of Beverly Hills. Through our community services department, we offer a diverse range of programs and events designed to bring our community together that inspire creativity, spark imagination, and enrich the lives of residents of all ages and backgrounds. We host annual events that connect artists and their unique works of art in the community like the Beverly Hills Spring and Fall Art Chos. We also offer programs that highlight our cultural diversity, such as Festival Beverly Hills, our No Ru's Table display in honor of the Persian New Year, and we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month. Our city values are arts and culture offerings, and we are proud to have a large collection of sculptures on display in many of our public spaces. We truly set ourselves apart from other cities and are continuing to work toward adding more programs each year. On behalf of the City Council of Beverly Hills, we encourage everyone to get out this month and actively participate in the awe-inspiring visual arts, music, theater, and dance performances in our community. Now I'd like to welcome Matthew Brown, our Recreation Services Manager, up to the days to accept this proclamation recognizing October as National Arts and Humanities Month. center. Thank you. So now we're going to change this up a little bit. This evening I'm excited to welcome Nate Hatterley with Californians against retail and residential theft, who is here to make a special presentation. I'd also like to invite our police chief Mark Stainbrook and chamber of commerce president Todd Johnson to join us at the podium. Thank you. Great. I'll switch you. Hold on to that then. Thank you. My name's Nate Hadterley. Thank you for saying it correctly. That's amazing. I'm with California's against Rachel on residential theft, also known as CART. We've been in a coalition since early 2022 and we now are about a member, our members are about 300 large at this time, all on the focus of trying to figure out ways of lowering retail theft and property crime and residential theft. It's been a long road and we're excited to see that Prop 36 is on the ballot this year to kind of help give some more backing to our police and everything but we started doing these car awards last year. This is the third city to receive an award Lakewood was our first and Stockton was our second and Beverly Hills is our third now and we're excited for Beverly Hills and we're excited for Beverly Hills when we saw. We're given the award to the city, the police department and the chamber because of the collaborative effort that we've seen the three of you put together and especially the police department with the drones, the technology, the cameras, the city for funding them and backing the police and supporting them all through protecting the members of the chamber and making sure that people have a safe place to work, eat, shop, visit. It's an amazing effort that we've seen. And last year in 2023, we saw retail theft win up 35% in California. And because of the efforts in Beverly Hills we've seen a decrease in crime of I think it was 18% 12% since last year so we're we don't see drops very often so we're really excited to see Beverly Hills because of the efforts that you guys have put in place come down so I'm here on behalf of Cart to give the city the chamber and the police department our our CART award and we're excited to see this and we hope other cities replicate what you guys are doing here. So on behalf of the Chamber and the Police Department, gladly and the Council, gladly accept this award, you know, this really shows the efforts that business, government and our police department and our residents and businesses can do to contribute to the betterment of our city. And thank you very much for doing this and honoring us and we'll take a picture. sure. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This is a little tough one for me. A little more than four and a half years ago, we had a new French council that would come to our city, and we were invited myself and city manager George Chavez, and it was really one of the first official things I did as mayor of the city my first time around. And it was kind of really the first time we got out and we did it appropriately with masks and this, that, and the other. And this evening I couldn't be happier to recognize an incredible diplomat who has made significant contributions to our community. Council General of France in Los Angeles, Julie DuHot Bidou, please come up to the days. Council General DuHot Bidou serves as the most senior representative of France in the Southwest region of the United States. Based out of Los Angeles, her role is crucial in fostering international relations, business development, and cultural understanding. Since assuming her position as Council General in September 2020, DuHapido has aligned with the City of Beverly Hills mission to provide our community with exceptional customer service and the best quality of life. She handles everything related to France. The promotion of French culture supporting French businesses throughout the West Coast and attracting American investors. Her participation in the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games exemplifies her commitment to fostering inclusive dialogue and strengthening the ties between the United States and France. I know Julie had the opportunity to go back to France during the Olympics time and she's now our secret source as far as what to do and what not to do. She is actively invited both French and international communities to forge connections that transcend religious and cultural boundaries. On behalf of the City Council of Beverly Hills, we extend our deepest gratitude to Council General Dujot Bado for her invaluable contributions to our community. We honor her efforts in promoting collaboration, unity and understanding, and for strengthening the ties between the city and France. Council General, we applaud you for your dedication and contributions, and we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your exemplary service. So let me just say a couple of words that are not written here, and I've already expressed my comments before. Julie is one of the council general, I don't know, okay, I can say Julie now. Really participates in a lot of the events that Beverly Hills puts on. I don't think that she's missed a September 11th event the entire time she has been here. And she does live in our beautiful city. And I think I've been the guest at her home a couple times for events. And so all inclusive of the Beverly Hills community and certainly the French community. So Julie, we are all going to miss you and maybe just say a couple words. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor. As a diplomat, I always have a bit more than a few words to say. I'm sorry. Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Mayor, thank you Council members and distinguished guests. It's both an honor and a privilege to stand before you today as the French Council general. It's been an absolute pleasure to enjoy the beauty of the city. And I should also say with a source of pride that I have survived the six stop crossing between Lomita's cannon and Beverly Drive. So you may or may or may not know that France has 50% of the world's roundabouts. So if you need some French expertise for roundabouts, don't hesitate to call me. No more seriously. I'd like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Mayor and to the City Council for this recognition. I had never expected to receive such an honor. Four years ago, you've mentioned it when we were in the middle of the pandemic, the Mayor of Beverly Hills, Dr. Friedman, then and gave me and my family the warmest of welcomes despite the masks, the social distancing. Thank you again for this when we arrived. And four years later today I am proud and delighted to see the remarkable partnerships that have flourished, flourished between France and Beverly Hills. First and foremost I'd between France and Beverly Hills. First and foremost, I'd like to command Beverly Hills commitment to culture and the arts, a value that resonates deeply with France, as you all know. I'm particularly grateful to the City Council and the Rodeo Drive Committee for their dedicated efforts in promoting French artists, such as Mr. Brainwashed, but also Orlansky more recently. Your support for the arts strengthens our community and reflects the shared passion that we have for creativity. I should also mention the Beverly Hills Art Show. You've mentioned it too, which has become one of my favorite cultural events. I thoroughly enjoy participating in this celebration and I have to say on a more personal note that it was a true honor from my husband, who is a photographer, to display his work during the art show and that he will be returning in a few days. I also want to extend my sincere thanks to the City Council for accepting two years ago to host the very first besty day, open and free, in the Greater LA. That was two years ago and you've hosted it with Dr. Goll at that time and again last July. So thank you for this. This is an occasion to celebrate French culture, but also a testament to the spirit of unity and inclusiveness that defines this community here in Beverly Hills. I want to highlight as well the invaluable business ties that we have developed together. Our collaborations with the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and with the Rotary Club have highlighted opportunities to this business community here, business, trade, investment opportunities in France and I'm delighted to see the sister cities partnership between Beverly Hills and Cannes where I grew up being reactivated with potential collaborations on sustainable cities, urban planning, tourism, education, cultural exchange. A last word to express my deep appreciation for the police and the fire departments as a resident here and as the council general. Their dedication and bravery are the backbone of our community. And as you have said, I have had the honor of attending each September 11 commemoration and I am continually moved by the commitment. These heroes are a show to protecting us all. So thank you. Thank you again for your service. It has been an absolute honor to serve the bilateral relationship these last four years and an absolute pleasure to live here. To the point that my family and I have decided to stay here in LA after the end of my tenure. Thank you again, thank you all for your recognition, for this recognition, for your warm welcome and for your dedication to fostering a rich partnership between France and Beverly Hills for the profit of our communities. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You're safe. Thank you. But, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Oh, October 24th. Can you see that? Bringing back the HL. That would be great because I remember the discussion. We did have, but that was good. Here. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, so going on with our agenda, text BH, text messages on any city-related topic may be sent to 310-596-4265. City staff will acknowledge receipt of the text message within one business day, however, resolution of issues may take longer. Telephone call in number, our telephone call in number is 310-288-2288. And we are gonna call for public comment now and these are on non-agendized items and I believe I have two two-oral communications that are in chambers. The first one is Demetri. I'm not going to try because I can't read all the letters. I'm sorry. That's fine. Thank you. May I begin? Please. Thank you so much for hearing me out. I am a resident of Beverly Hills and a business owner. One of the owners of a store called Addict Concept and we have been blocked severely by a neighboring business called Shion Restaurant, which is not in compliance with many of the outdoor dining requirements. We've been trying to solve this situation for over a year now. And now that the deadline has passed, I would like to urge the council to address the situation with urgency. And consider to channel some of the or all of the penalties on businesses who are not in compliance to the actual businesses that are being injured by noncompliance and make the fee schedule stiff enough to discourage them continuing to operate as they are. They've been injuring our business for over a year now, and I would appreciate if this matter is promptly addressed. Thank you so much. Okay, thank you. We'll have somebody from Community Development take a look at it. Next speaker card I have is from Oscar at Coralusus is it? Hello, my name is Oscar Arreñez Canales and I come here as a speaker speaking in behalf of everyone here in this room. I speak, I want to speak in behalf of my Caucasian and white people in regards to, you know, I'm, I'm proud of you guys. You guys have gone through a lot, you know, in the old world. You guys, you guys killed each other. You guys murdered each other. Jews, Christians, Muslims. And you guys did all this in the name of God, you know. And then you guys have the privilege to be freed. You guys were tested to see if you guys were worthy to come to the new world. You guys came to the new world and you guys thought it was over. You guys came with the natives and you guys were like, finally we have peace. It was an over. There's people like you guys, a council that speaks. And they said you guys weren't ready. So you guys had to murder Native Americans because Native Americans murdered the great peace maker, because Native Americans didn't believe in him. They tested him till the end, and they said, show us that you are who you prove to be. And prior to the natives, there was black people. Blacks were the kings and queens of this world, and blacks murdered him too. And blacks denied him, so did the natives, and now is the white turns. October 7th, I will go be, I will go up to sentencing against the United States government. Not that I don't hate the United States government, I love the United States government, but I tested them just how you guys were tested. Your ancestors were tested. To see if you guys were worthy, and to see if I'm really about this. And I went all out and I ran in the bank, not to rob the bank, but to prove that I was ready to get murdered for this, to the truth. After you guys, if you guys don't succeed, I'm gonna be quite frank, you guys will get murdered for this to the truth. After you guys, you guys, if you guys don't succeed, I'm going to be quite frank, you guys will get murdered. Not simultaneously. It's going to happen simultaneously and the blacks will take over again. And they will have, they will be where you guys are at. And you guys will be the slaves. That's just you guys worse once were you guys were the savages. But I just want to tell you guys that I found you guys and I told you guys were the savages. But I just wanna tell you guys that I found you guys and I told you guys a long time ago and the later days you guys will have money. You guys will have gold, you guys have power. You guys looked at me and said, you crazy. And look at you guys now. Christians, Muslims, Jews, whites, you guys run the world. So it's up to you guys what I saw him here. I'm reading the risk at all. If I die right now and I get judged by the council and they said, Hey, you be burned us. I didn't burn them. I just spoke the truth. How did to the natives and to the blacks. I love you guys. Thank you. Do we have anybody else in chambers who would like to address us on a non-agentized item? Seeing none will go to any electronic Have anybody else in chambers who would like to address us on a non-agentized item? Seeing none, we'll go to any electronic communications. We just have one written comment and this appears to be non-agentized. This is from David Codney. I am a local resident and have been of the area for over a decade. My frustration with the parking and permitting has become more and more recently and I am requesting that we look at the resources towards this topic. My block, corner of Camden and Wille Shore, Camden and Charlieville is consistently bogged down by patrons of local businesses. This is insured that residents paying for permits are not able to park on their assigned streets. Rarely do I see patrols for parking enforcement and when I do I make sure to thank them for coming around. Routinely see people parking on the street to go to work on rodeo or shop at sacks or even park for local events. I do not want to bash businesses. I am simply requesting to patrol the areas daily to discourage unpermitted parking. Having to renew my permits this month and the cost, while consistently not being able to find parking on my street, has raised frustrations for both myself and my neighbors. Before we vote on more resolutions, I would encourage, before we vote on more resolutions, I would encourage Council to enforce the codes and laws in the place. The placards, while archaic and outdated, I believe worked better and more efficient than the current system in place. Thank you for listening and I would be happy to assist in any way to ensure success to both the residents and city on this topic. That concludes public comment on non-agenda items. Okay, thank you. So we'll now go on to the parking authority consent calendar and I will ask Councillor Membruellas if she can read that. I think we are now back on regular sync. I move for the adoption of the consent agenda as follows number one consideration by the parking authority of the minutes of the meeting of April 16th 2024 number two can I'm sorry second. Second by councilmember Mirish. Director Wells. Yes. Director Corbin. Yes. Director Mirish. Yes. Vice Chair Nazarian. Yes. And Chair Friedman. Yes. And if I could ask councilmember Corbin if you could read City council consent calendar number is one through eight and I've already checked there were no polls So if you can start I Move the adoption of the consent agenda as follows number one consideration the City Council of the Minutes of the regular meeting of April 2nd, 2024. Number two, consideration by the City Council of the Minutes of the Studies Session meeting of April 16th, 2024. Number three, consideration by the City Council of the Minutes of the regular meeting of April 16th, 2024. Number four, review of budget demands paid, covering date September 10, 2024, September 23, 2024. Number five, payroll disbursement report, covering date September 10, 2024, to September 23, 2024. Number six, resolution of the Council of the City of Beverly Hills, suspending the collection of a transaction and use tax pursuant to measure RP. Number seven, approval of an agreement with O'Melvaney and Myers-LLP for special council services. Number eight, acceptance of the contract work for a day-to-dry baller's project by Concept Consultant Inc. In the final amount of $733,760 and authorization of City Clerk to record the notice of completion. Second. Before we take roll, Mr. Oscar Canales would like to speak on number six on consent, which is suspending the collection of a transaction and use tax pursuant to measure RP. Mayor, would you allow that? Sure. Come on up, sir. And speaking of item number six is number six. If you look at the, the, a big Beverly Hills is a six, right? A six is six miles. You can look it up on Google right now. It's just to show the fact that, you know, you white Caucasian people were everywhere. You guys are everywhere. There's not a place in this world where you guys aren't at. You guys are in South Africa, even at that. So to show the fact that you guys are everywhere, so you guys have the power to be able to bring up wrong world peas there's Muslims that are white as well so what I'm trying to say is that this is serious it's not like I told the natives and the blacks they took me as a joke you know and then they got slaughtered and they wondered why there's blacks that are looking at this like there's a saying the future already happened the past already happened, the past already happened, and the present already happened. So what we're happening right now, there's technology in the future that is beyond you guys' capability and I'll speak right now they're watching. And you guys are like, ah, that's a joke, that didn't happen, that's not possible, but it's possible on telling you. And there's blacks that are laughing at you guys right now because you guys didn't do nothing when I left. And you guys should have stopped me before leaving this room. And there's good black people. And there's good Mexicans. And there's good Asians. And all you guys were chosen in this room for a reason because you guys are cut out. And you guys are honorable and good people. You guys weren't you guys wouldn't be sitting here believe me So I'm trying to get out of This dude is you guys been waiting all your life your ancestors put you guys in this put your can make them Jews They were burned murdered tattooed Germans were burned murdered Killed Christians, murdered, killed. Christians were murdered, burned, killed. My last name is, I come from a Sephardic background, you know, so I just learned that I come from a Jewish background through my grandmother, Sosa, that means priest. And I came here to preach the truth. Not to like, I don't get nothing out of this, Sosa, that means priest. And I came here to preach the truth. Not to like, I don't get nothing out of this, you know? Just to speak to my truth. The only man that ever moved, or made a move from me in this lifetime was a volume in Putin. He went against Ukrainians. He murdered Ukrainians. And everyone that helped me behind the scenes, I love you guys. You guys know who you guys are. And I don't know, I don't know what else to do. I bought thunder to the Germans. You Germans thought we were left out, fuck, we fucked up. But I went to the mountains and I bought thunder. You guys wanted a miracle. You guys give us a fucking sign. And I gave you guys a sign. Nothing changed. About 10 seconds. There's good Mexicans. There's good blacks. And there's good Asians. And there's good whites. Just how there's good people on all sides that don't like me. You guys just got to figure out who to. All right. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Okay moving on now to our roll call. I still need to take roll. Oh I'm sorry. Thank you. Do you have a second? Yeah. So if I- Yes, you're absolutely correct with a motion in a second. There's a motion in a second. Motion in a second. Okay. Council Member Wells. Yes. Council Member Corman. Yes. Council Member Mirish. Yes. Vice Mayor Nazarian. Yes. And Mayor Friedman. Yes. Now moving on to item G1. Discussion of potential implementation of preferential parking prohibition for housing projects utilizing parking reductions. May we have an oral report on this matter from the Assistant Director of Community Development City Planner, Massa. Massa, Carter. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Friedman and members of the Council. This is a study session item for a discussion on preferential parking prohibitions, the possibility of moving forward with something like that. So the purpose of this discussion is to discuss whether to implement a prohibition on the use of preferential parking or overnight parking permits by projects that utilize state law, parking reductions or exemptions. So the motivation for this discussion is there is a concern that projects providing less than BHMC required parking may put a strain on on-street parking resources if able to use the city's on street parking programs. As background, the preferential parking program was established in 1977 and it was to accommodate the demand for on street parking, especially in higher density multifamily areas of the city. So residents of a particular area apply to create a preferential parking permit zone and then this permit zone allows on street daytime and evening beyond the normal restrictions that are posted on a block. In addition the city allows for overnight parking in multifamily zones if someone obtains a permit for overnight parking a resident of that area. So now the majority of all residential areas south of Santa Monica Boulevard have a preferential parking permit zones. And there currently is a existing shortfall on some streets in these areas of the city. So AB 2097 which came into law in January 2023, it was probably one of the most significant bits of legislation that affected local land use. It prohibits minimum parking requirements for most residential and commercial projects within a half mile radius of a major transit stop. And for the purposes of Beverly Hills with three train stations coming in, this covers quite a bit of the central area of the city. So this is not a reduction in parking but it simply exams projects from any applicable parking requirement. So beyond that there's been various iterations of state law for state density bonus that allows parking reductions by right if a project is requesting a residential density bonus. There has been various iterations of this and a reduction for all density bonus projects and then even more a larger reduction if you're within a half mile of a transistation. However, AB 2097 for all intents and purposes just sets it at zero. So since AB 2097 came into effect, there have been eight approved multifamily or mixed-use projects in the city. Four of those approved projects were exempt per AB 2097 and seven of eight projects provided fewer parking spaces than required under the municipal code. All provided parking but less than required under the municipal code. All provided parking, but less than BHMC requirements. Some of these projects, however, did provide more parking than the state requirement, and that might have been driven by market demand, a decision by the developer. So of the approved projects, two of these projects were in the mixed use overlay zone and they cannot participate in a preferential parking district or the overnight parking program because they are on commercially-zoned properties that are outside the preferential parking districts. Six of the projects that were approved are in multifamily-zoned and and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government and the federal government the legislation AB 2712, which was signed by the governor this month, only affects the city of LA, and it would prohibit the use of preferential parking for projects using state law parking exemptions. So this bit of state legislation that's only applicable to LA would apply to any project within a half mile of a major transit stop and applies to projects that are greater than 20 units. And the affordable units within these projects would still be able to participate in the preferential parking district. So this LA-specific state law is there's also additional pending discussion and this is currently at the assembly. It's a Senate bill 834. It's similar but it would apply state-wide. So the same as it would apply to projects within a half mile of public transit, it would not have that 20 unit requirement. So it would apply to all projects that were using an exemption from local requirements for parking. One other bit of state rulemaking or action that you might want to take into consideration is there was an AG opinion in 2016 by the attorney general Harris that local jurisdictions may limit preferential parking programs to residents only. This was to differentiate them from commercial. However, this may not be on the type of dwelling. So in the discussion in that opinion, it was between single family versus multi family. But there might have some knock on to your discussion today. So there are potential options for local action, R1, amend Beverly Hills Municipal Code to prohibit projects from using state law, parking reductions or exemptions from using preferential parking or overnight parking. So this would be a change to Title VII, articles 2 and 3 of the Municipal Code. A second option, which would be more at an ad hoc basis, would be at as a condition of approval to projects that use state law of parking reductions or exemptions, a condition that says they cannot participate in those two local programs. So, some of the considerations the council might want to take into consideration as you're talking about this is on site parking may still be provided about these projects, but it's just at a lower rate than the Beverly Hills municipal code. And what we're seeing is no one is actually taking the zero. They do provide some level of parking. Will this lead to private parking facilities such as in the commercial buildings nearby accommodating the parking demand? That is maybe a potential outcome. This whole situation could create a spillover effect on adjacent streets that are not in preferential parking program zones. I don't know if that pushes people to try to park in LA and walk a few blocks into their residents. And as far as on the ground, there's going to be different benefits for different residents. So different parking benefits based on which building a resident lives in. And with people moving into these new buildings, a consideration on how to notify these residents that they will not necessarily have access to city programs. Some other sort of more global considerations you might want to take into account or the chicken versus egg scenario by providing the parking. Does that correlate to a higher rate of car ownership and use of the parking resource? And there are some studies showing that if the parking is not available it might discourage car ownership and that's a lot of maybe the justification that the state is using in framing a lot of this legislation. And as far as climate action goals the use of preferential parking programs may diminish the incentive to use public transit and which is part of the projections for greenhouse gas reduction goals. So the recommendation is to discuss whether first, whether the council would like to implement a professional parking and overnight parking restriction on new housing projects that use state density bonus. And second, direct staff to further develop these potential options if you'd like to go in that direction. And should this be done through code changes or more on an ad hoc basis through a policy to use this condition in the project approvals. Thank you. Okay, thank you for the report. And I would now ask if there's anyone in council chambers who would like to be heard on this matter. If so, please bring up a speaker card not seeing any. We'll go to any electronic communication. We have one caller, Mr. John Luka. Good evening, John. Go ahead. Hi, good evening. Hi, good evening, Council members of the I want to make it clear that I send whole heart support of making this Beverly Hills law that I hope you the City Council will enact that any building, whether it be builders, non- just a standard development project, whether it be a bonus entity for whether you build a remedy, if that building does not abide by the parking standards of Beverly Hills, the entire building needs to be non-eligible. The address needs to be non-eligible for parking for daytime, for no overnight. No ifs and or buts. We have clear on this. It's a building. The opportunity to provide parking, but the developer chooses not to, because they don't want to spend the money. They don't want to invest in early hills. That builds their needs to know that those residents are not going to be eligible. Because on top of it, what's going to happen is I can guarantee hand-fold if not many are still going to get disabled tackered. Legally, they'll legally get them, even if they don't deserve to have them. People can get them assigned, and those people will still be parking on the streets and will be making havoc on the streets that have preferential parking for the existing Beverly Hills residents and tenants who live in our city. And if we don't have something clear and I do not support an ad hoc basis, it needs to be clear from the get-go so that everybody knows who's considering to make a project or anybody who's considering to move into a building. Furthermore, I would support that just like we have the 24 hour notice that renters and landlords have to sign when 30 move them to the middle of the hill, there needs to be an amendment that says that you have to sign that XYZ address is not eligible for parking and they have to sign it on the dotted line. So that they understand that they're moving to a building that has no parking so that they can abide by the rules. The state of California is trying to do to make it so that they use public transit and don't put their cards on the streets for a building that was designed by a developer out of state developer out of town developer. Somebody who doesn't care about the quality of life at Beverly Hills. I hope that you will vote to make it clear and crafted with the best lawyers so that nobody can appeal it. I thank you for your time and please vote yes. Thank you. That concludes public comment on this item. That's no e-mails either correct. That is correct. Okay. So since this is technically a study session item that we're hearing in the evening and councilmember Mirish spearheaded putting this on, I'd like to have him either ask questions and or give comments. Thank you. I really appreciate Mayor, you're agendizing it. I think it's time we see that there are projects that are taking advantage of the state laws. Interesting, the LA law is an alignment with what I had suggested and what we should be doing. Basically, they're saying that if you're near public transit, you don't need to have parking. Well, if that's the case, then the theory and the reality need to actually align with each other. It's not just something that should allow then people to not have to, developers not to have to build parking and then to utilize the public streets. The idea is that people then must and should be using public transportation. I agree with everything John Lucas said. I think that we should adopt this. I think it should be a blanket policy that anytime a developer builds residential units with not to our code parking that there, and if they do build it to code parking, then really the residents don't need our preferential permit parking. So these buildings that take advantage of those rules should not be eligible. And also I think that landlords should, when they're renting it out, or selling, they need to notify tenants. John Lucas suggested that they should sign something, that's fine. But I think it should be on the lease, it should be in the advertising as well. That if someone's looking at an apartment, the landlord or the agent should say, hey, just so you know, there's not a parking space with this and you are not eligible to part to get residential permit parking. Be aware of that. That should be. So, and it's those kinds of measures that will ensure that the theory and the reality actually match. That's what we need to do. So there should be no surprises. Now, indeed, I think we've heard and we've seen it as well, and it's an ongoing problem. And we need to continue to do what we can. Disabled placard abuse, people getting disabled placards who actually don't need them in using that to circumvent preferential permit parking rules. We heard from Mossa that some, there are some streets, you might see some spillover effect to other streets. Well, we don't have overnight parking in Beverly Hills, so that probably is not going to be a problem. And we have seen in our city that basically pretty much, I don't know, would you say what percentage of the city has a permit issue or have, do we still have like 36 permits, zones or something like that? We have 70 some of. 70 something. So it's almost everywhere south of sunset. Right. So should there be a spillover effect, my guess is those residents would simply say we're going to have permit parking because here's the thing. If we don't do it, it's like musical chairs and you're taking away chairs. And you're going to actually, it's going to have a negative climate effect because people are going to go circling around looking for parking that doesn't exist. It's going to create more traffic. It's going to have all of the impacts that supposedly at least according to those in Sacramento or the justification for eliminating those requirements on the basis of being within proximity of public transportation. So I think it's something we should adopt across the board. I think we should do it now. And I think we should have requirements that landlords need to not only on the lease, but even ahead of time need to disclose to potential residents, to potential tenants, that permit parking will not be available. I think it's about time for us to do it. And it may also cause certain developers to say that we need to, you know, we're not going to build too much parking or too little parking, but it may give them an incentive to build what they feel is the right amount of parking. If they feel that the people are going to be renting, do want to have a parking space because they have a car. If they're renting to people who are just using public transportation, then it's not necessary. Then the talk is they shouldn't have to pay for expensive parking. That's fine. But again, the reality needs to match the theory. And that's why I think it's something that we should adopt. And I really thank again the mayor for agendizing it. I think it's about time. Thank you. Okay, thank you. And we will go to questions and comments. The ultimate question we're going to be asked at the end is whether or not we are directing staff to prepare an ordinance. So this is really just to discuss and ask questions, of course, but discuss whether or not that is something that we all would like to see done and if there's any specifics that we want to have included we should state that also so start with council member whales Thank you must have a few questions You mentioned that there's been aid approved multifamily our mixed use projects and I think you said six of those projects approved and are eligible for the PPP. Is that correct? Yeah, those are the projects that are located in multi-family. At least in my recollection, as a lot of these projects have been coming through, the planning commission is also making a condition that they if they don't have the municipal code requirements they don't meet the municipal code requirements for parking that we limit their ability to have access to the permits. What's been happening on the ones located in the mixed use overlay zone is there's been a condition placed on those that just reiterate that they're not eligible to participate in preferential parking or overnight parking. Are there's a commercial one? So like the ones on the most, you're not eligible anyway. They're not eligible because they're not located within the mapped preferential parking area. Okay. With regards to the handicap placards, that that would not apply in the situation for overnight and or parking on any of the streets. I couldn't speak to that. We do have Lieutenant Moreno and Chadlin as well here they might know a little bit more about the districts. I can save them the walk. The handicap placards do generally exempt people from the on street parking restrictions. It doesn't exempt you from street cleaning but most other time of day, all those sorts of things you're exempt. Okay. And that would be the case in this proposal. If we were to do this, if they were a resident on one of these new developments that didn't have the sufficient parking they would still be able to park on the different streets. Correct? Yes, if it's a general blanket, proof, and get out of it. Then I guess my other question would be, let me just look. Can you clarify one thing for me? When you said under considerations or it says anti-parking may still be provided but at a lower rate, can you explain that to me? You mean lower number of parking spots or actual rate? Yes. I mean we have our Beverly Hills municipal code parking requirement. The ratios. And then you have AB 2097 that says zero. Okay. What we've seen is projects are not providing zero. They're providing some level of parking. Right. And then is there another limitation that's, is it 2107? Soon where landlords, they are not allowed to sign parking spots to the actual units they have to have them open for any and all tenants And then they can assign them they're not assigned with the units if you have if you rent a unit you don't have parking that's guaranteed you have to be in a pool I'm yes going to be coming into effect. Yes. Starting in 2025, maybe 1317 would require the unbundling of parking from rent. That's what I was talking about. So that will be an effect as well. So for these situations where they didn't meet our rate, so to speak, the rate that the number of spots they do have are not bundled with actual units themselves. I think anybody that had a unit would have the ability to access a parking spot if one was available, that's sort of the unbundling concept, yeah. But they're not assigned it to their unit when they rented. I think you would run the parking space. They're not allowed to do that starting with that. Right, so it would be an amenity that I think would be optional for the unit, but it wouldn't necessarily be assigned. Right. But I think they can assign it. It's just the tenant does not have to take the parking. So by unbundling it, they're referring to one price which has both the unit and the parking. Right. So it can be unbundled, so you'll have one price for the unit. They pay for it separately. One price for the parking, right, which is paid for it separately. If you pay for the parking, presumably it can be assigned, unassigned. But as well, if they don't have enough parking units, parking spots for the units, then that's part of the unbundling, so that's how they would just make it available for more equitable perhaps for people that are renting. It's separated. The parking is separated from the unit itself. Yes. Right? Yeah. So I like the idea of creating an ordinance that across the board, if new developments, residential developments are not meeting our code and they're going with the states allowing them to do, be it zero to whatever that number is, not allowing them to participate in the parking permit program on our streets. I also agree that including very clear language to the potential tenants for these units that they understand that they don't have parking available to them at the unit and or unless it's the unbundling that it may be limited, it's not guaranteed and that they're not available for parking on the permit parking on the street. I think that would be very important. And see what other thoughts I had on that. I think that's it for now. Thank you. So I would recommend going forward. Thank you. Council member Cor for now. Thank you. So I would recommend going forward. Thank you. Councilmember Corman. Thank you. Larry, I have a question for you. We talked about possibly changing municipal code. Would these municipal code provisions be potentially wavable under the density bonus program, or would they be in a different part of the code than the development code? These would be in a different part of the code and I don't think they would be considered Wavable under the density bonus program Okay, so that was my main question for you. I think this is a Thank you John for bringing this up. I think it's a good idea. I would support Implementing preferential overnight parking restrictions for properties that are under parked under our municipal code provisions. I would do it in a code change versus an ad hoc procedure. Larzy because I understand in a year or two we're going to start looking at potential ministerial projects coming forward under streamlining acts that Sacramento has been passing. And if this project ministerial, we're not going to impose ad hoc conditions. So if it's in the code, we can apply them. So I would go with that option. Obviously, a lot of people, when they look at this issue, they think, well, our on-street parking is a scarce resource. It's a fine-out resource, and to the extent people are building buildings that are under park, it stresses that resource to the detriment of the existing neighborhood. And I think that's true. But I also think it's important to recognize that AB 2097 and the density bonus parking reductions are all premised on a sacramental policy of disincentivizing people to owning cars for climate reasons and also it gets them into public transport which they think is better for the environment and makes the city less congested or rose less congested. And I think for us to allow buildings that are built, taking advantage of those provisions to get street parking actually undermines that Sacramento policy. So I wouldn't want to do that. And I think that's why you saw Sacramento pass AB 2712, which shown the applies to Los Angeles. But it, it actually says what we're talking about doing tonight. And then of course, as you pointed out in your report, Ma, said that we have SB834, which is percolating and sacramented, which would be a similar provision that would apply statewide, not just to Los Angeles, whether they pass that or not. I don't know. I don't think we have to wait. I think we can act on our own. And I think we should. I know you mentioned potential downsides, a spillover to adjacent neighborhoods, but I looked at the map of preferential parking areas and most of our blocks, especially near the multi-family areas, have preferential parking. So if we're talking about a spillover, we're talking about very few options in that regard within our city borders. And then you also mentioned that of course, commercial buildings, you could lease spaces to tenants. I don't think that's a problem because I mean obviously that would undercut Sacramento's policy, but it wouldn't affect our preffer our limited, we saw on street parking resource because those cars would be parked off the street. So I neither of those concerns I think are really that great from my perspective. And then finally I would support a code requirement of disclosure. That a building that is subject to these part over and is under park under park code. Therefore subject to these preference and overnight parking restrictions. Any lease has to disclose that to a prospective tenant. So they know in advance before they sign the lease, what they're leasing and the potential restrictions. And if they don't have a car, that's not going to be a problem. And if they do have a car, then they have to make that decision. So those are my thoughts on this subject. Thank you. Councillor Emerson. I think I said mine, the mayor mentioned something to me which I would completely agree with. We have a number of existing buildings that some of which are taking away parking to build units. I think that we need, we should apply this to that as well. If you're taking away parking from existing units, you're under parking it, and those additional units should not be eligible for permit parking. I would submit that that should be part of this overall discussion and the code changes that we make. And I thank the mayor for bringing up that point. Just as a clarification, are you talking about ADU situations where Talking that we have certain apartments for example that are taking away parking yes to build additional units I don't know if you want to call the made-use or additional units, but they're taking parking and they're Turning it into units will those units that obviously won't have parking should not be eligible for permit parking in the same disclosure requirements that would be required should be there as well. That when it's advertised it should say please note there is no permit parking available for this unit should be on the lease and it should be disclosed in all marketing materials. Thank you. Vice mayor. Yes, thank you very much. So that was one of my questions with regard to ADUs. How parking is generally dealt with and would they be able to take advantage of street parking as the code stands now? As it stands now, yes, an ADU taking could be used to convert a multi-family garage into a unit, and that resident would be able to access our preferential parking program as things stand now. So, and would any of the decisions that we're making right now affect our HCD housing element? I think we're talking about the parking program and it's a title seven of the code So it's just how we're administrating that resource. I don't know if City Attorney would have I don't think so Because this is what Sacramento is proposing and so it would be if we moved forward with this it's something to support. It aligns with legislation that they're they're considering. Moving cars and making public transit more accessible. What are other cities doing to address this issue besides Los Angeles? I think Beverly Hills is maybe in the lead in California on addressing this issue. There are some international examples of if you are a new residential development that isn't providing parking. For example, the city of London does not allow you to access the on-street parking resource. And so does the city of Vancouver. So, but yeah, in the California area, I didn't see any examples yet. Right. And when I'm looking at the table that's on page four and on page five. It doesn't have the number of units in each project. However, what the trend seems to look like is that whatever our municipal code requirement is the projects that are being proposed or built are building less parking. So this absolutely is going to be affecting our communities and our streets with the rate that things are going less parking. So this absolutely is going to be affecting our communities and our streets with the rate that things are going right now. If people continue to have those cars. So I'm in agreement with my colleagues. I think that a code requirement is necessary to make it very clear, to make it clear with regard to disclosure, regardless of it's going to be bundled with the apartment or not, that tenants understand that they will not have parking with the unit or at least street parking. If parking is not provided, there will not be street parking. I also agree that it should be a code change, as was suggested, to streamline the projects. The projects that are going to be streamlined, it would make it more clear as far as having the code change is done. Because on street parking really is a scarce resource right now, and we want to be able to support Sacramento in some of the decisions that they make. And I agree also with regard to the spillover that most of the blocks already do have preferential parking from what I've seen. The only area that I would see that this may start to affect is in some of the areas that ADUs are going to be built and how that may affect some of the flats perhaps or areas that do not have the preferential parking language spelled out currently. Right, no, that's correct. Right. And I guess looking at the abuse of handicap placers can be held for another day. Those are my comments. Thank you very much. So, you know, Sacramento did with Sacramento did. It's a Yogi Berra line, right? And I don't quite get it. I know that there's a desire to disengage people from their vehicles. I think it'll come back to haunt us in the future, but in the present time we have to make sure that we are able to enforce what Sacramento thinks is a proper way to go. I do have a question about unbundling. If somebody could just explain to me, unbundling is something in the future, if it is in the future, is it something that is going to affect present people where they have a lease and they've had the bundle together and now they're gonna be disgorged from the bundle, or is it just something in the future for any new apartments that it'll be unbundled? Mr. Mayor it is AB 1317 would apply to apartments or rental housing for which a certificate of occupancy is issued after January 1st 2025 so it would not apply to existing buildings it would just be new buildings from 2025 forward. Okay. So probably even more important than to make sure that the disclosures are there for the new apartments, but I also, and I think my colleagues believe the same too, that in any event where a unit has been rented and the person moves out and then the land owner decides that he or she wants to take that parking space and make it some for some other use. If we're taking away parking, I think that there has to be a disclosure that the person is not entitled to parking. I think they need to sign off on that disclosure. And not only that, I think that they should also be made aware in the disclosure what the parking restrictions are on the street. So that there is just full disclosure. They know that no parking after 8 p.m. let's say. And you're not going to get a preferential permit for overnight or whatever. But I think both things should be given to the individual so that they know that they're not going to be able to get a preferential permit and what the actual limitations are. Certainly on that street and I know we have so many different preferential parking areas. I don't know how to handle that if they're on the border of one and there's a change but I think that's something should certainly be looked at in terms of the notification. Other than that, I agree with my colleagues have stated and I think we should move forward with it. I do think it should be a code change and see if there's anything else. No, and that's a bit big. Yeah, we will need a motion. So if, and I'll ask councilmember Amirish if he wants to make a motion. So I move to direct staff to prepare an ordinance, amending the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to prohibit the use of preferential parking permits and overnight parking permits by residents, a project with zero or reduced parking requirements pursuant to state law. And? And? Is it, it's or? And is it or is it no and but there's additional and also what about disclosing to yes and adding disclosure requirements thank you we have it yes thank you and adding the disclosure requirements as discussed I'll second We have a roll call. Councillor Member Wells. Yes. Councillor Member Corman. Yes. Councillor Member Mirish. Yes. Vice Mayor Nazaria. Yes. In Mayor Friedman. Yes. Okay. Moving on. Thank you. I'm off for the report. Thank you. Going on to item G2. Report from the city attorney on closed session items Nothing to report this evening and report from the city manager if any Nothing to report and we'll go to city council member and committee reports and comments starting with council member wills Thank you mayor Well today is our last meeting before the anniversary of October 7th and the massacre that occurred in Israel and as well the Jewish high holidays. During this incredibly frightening and challenging times for Jews worldwide, I would like to wish everybody a happy and sweet new year. And I hope for and pray for peace and health and safety and security for all Jews. This year is different because October 7th is occurring between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kapoor, which makes these days all the more solemn and thoughtful as we pray for the immediate return of the hostages who are still remain in Gaza for a year now as well as praying for the victims and the survivors of the attack of October the 7th. My family joins your families as we observe the holidays and these are our prayers for the New Year. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Bain McCormick. Thank you. I certainly echo Councillor Murwell's comments. Many people already know this but to the extent they don't, we had the flags that honor the people lost in October 7th. They've been replaced in the belly gardens park for the next two weeks, and I invite everyone to go and wander among them as we did this afternoon. And I think it's a very powerful experience in a statement of the world of our support, unequivocal support for Israel. On a different note, lighter note, we had the next night event on South River Drive on Saturday. I think it was well attended. A lot of young families were there, and I think it was a great success. It seems to be getting bigger every year, and I think it's something definitely we want to continue. And then the mayor and I attended a mediation on an important litigation matter downtown on Friday. We signed a confidentiality agreement so I can't discuss. But was discussed, but that was something that we did. And litigation committee met again today, but another matter. And we'll continue to meet again today, but other matter. And we'll continue meeting as needed. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Merrish. Thank you, and I'll echo those comments. We did today bring back the flag installation, and it is sobering to think that it's been almost one year and that there are still hostages in captivity. This time in addition we added flags for each of the hostages and we have signage on all four corners of the block that say October 7th Memorial Square. We may be the only city outside of Israel, certainly in the US, to have that. And I think it's extremely important for us to do so, especially as we see. There is so much, there is a tsunami of anti-Jewish racism and anti-Israel hatred, which is simply thinly veiled anti-Jewish racism. And we see that when Israel is itself under attack as has been the case today, you see people dancing. In the U.S., you see people celebrating, were interestingly enough in Lebanon. The non-Shiite, which is the majority of the country, have actually been grateful for Israel's intervention there and the hopes that they can perhaps get their country back. It's a world that is upside down and so I think it's really important that we're rooted and that we are on the side of good. Again, as Israel today was bombarded with hundreds of ballistic missiles from the, what I would consider the evil empire, which is the Iranian regime. May everyone in Israel be safe, our relatives, our brothers, our sisters, and may we collectively, including the U.S. deal with Iran so that the Iranian people can ultimately be free. And I know when that happens in the Iranian regime falls that Iran and Israel will be not only friends, but will have a very close relationship and hopefully be part of a region that will prosper. What is happening now is scary. It's sad, but hopefully it will lead to a new situation in the region which will lead to peace. The one thing I will say is that when we see some of the people in America in academia, especially pundits and that sort of thing, we know who our friends are and we know who our enemies are. I hate to say it in that way. And for the most part, we can only count on ourselves. And we do only have ourselves. But we do have other friends as well, and they are valued. Furthermore, I do want to say that, as do each meeting, that I propose that Qatar be declared a state sponsor of terrorism. Qatar is supportive of Iran. Qatar is supportive of a curriculum that fans the flames of anti-Jewish racism and that we should freeze the assets of Qatar and use them to compensate the victims of Qatar's sponsor terrorism, and that we ask the State Department to expel the Qatari consulate from Beverly Hills. As my colleague said, this is also the last meeting before Rosh Hashanah, which starts tomorrow night. It's a new year. And let's hope for a better year next year. Let's hope for a year in which we can enjoy peace in Israel and in which the flames, the unprecedented wave, the tsunami of anti-Jewish racism dies down. But I think it's been a learning experience. And certainly to all our residents who celebrate, to all our relatives, to our friends, to our family in Israel, should not to have made next year be a sweet year and a healthy year and a better year for all of us. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you very much. I have a few updates that I wanted to share. We met with the charitable solicitation liaison committee meeting and that meeting can be watched online with some of the local charities that participate in the city. We had our just in case city wide emergency preparedness fair at Roxbury Park. Thank you to the fire department and to just in case and for everyone who was able to attend there will also be another test going on and I can't remember the date off the top of my head. Do you know? Yes. October 17th. October 17th at 1030. So don't be alarmed if you hear it. It's only a test. And we also had the evening with the mayor at Greystone. And I wanted to congratulate our mayor on doing an excellent job. It was very informative. So congratulations. First six months. And we also had our New York sales mission. So I'd like to encourage anyone if you have any locations that you'd like to suggest for us. We're meeting to discuss it. Yes, but no, no, we had a meeting to discuss our New York sales mission. So if you, anyone who has suggestions on restaurants or businesses, the mayor, and I will be going to New York, and we want to encourage you to share any of those. I request Zaybars. Zaybars. Got that key? All right. And I do have some prepared remarks as well, because I wanted to acknowledge the difficult and heartbreaking situation unfolding in Israel and in the Middle East. Our thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by this conflict. And as my colleagues and I stand strong, Beverly Hills is a community that deeply values justice, liberty, and the sanctity of human life. And we stand united in our hopes for peace and an end to violence. With the high holidays upon us, we have increased security around our houses of worship to ensure that everyone can gather and practice safely. Additionally, over 1,400 flags, as has been mentioned, are now displayed on Santa Monica Boulevard commemorating the October 7th massacre. These are temporary and so they're going to be from September 30th to October 14th. These flags represent over 30 different nationalities reminding us of the tragic loss of life and ensuring that we never forget. It is a powerful symbol that such a tragedy should never happen to any race, culture, or religion, and it also signifies our support for Israel. And I'd like to wish everyone celebrating a happy, healthy, and sweet new year. Shana Tseva, may this be a time of renewal and hope, and may we continue to work towards a future of peace, justice, and unity for all. And we pray for the safe return of our hostages. And Shana Tava, everyone. So just a few comments. The next night event, which was last Saturday, was a tremendous success. Everybody really had a lot of fun there. It was really the work of the next Gen Committee. And I wanted to thank Tiffany Davis and Charles Smith for their work on it. It was a huge success. Families were out there. It's really interesting how it's kind of changed a little bit where it used to be primarily young professionals, mostly single, some married, where now those young professionals have families and we have a lot of kids coming to the event too. It started seven years ago and you're seeing a lot of those six, seven-year-old kids that are out there. This is going to be the first Russia-Shana and Yom Kippur since the tragic massacres of October 7th. As we recall, the massacre happened on Sivkha Stora, and this will be the culmination of the one year of mourning, which is traditional in the Jewish religion. I would say most of the deaths were people of the Jewish religion, but not all. There were all nationalities, all religions. It was indiscriminate. And I think I was interviewed today on KABC, and the interviewer asked me why is this important? And it's really important to memorialize those lost lives. I mean, that's what we're doing. Plus the individuals who are still held hostage, which is an absolute living hell. So I think that's what we all thought as a council as why we put them up is to memorialize it and make sure that people don't forget. So I thank everybody for doing that. Wish everybody a peaceful and sweet new year. And with that, we will adjourn this meeting to our next special meeting on October 10th. Everybody have a happy new year and easy fast. Thank you. I think we're...