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    AGENDAParks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Committee

    Tuesday, June 25th

    , 2013, 6:00pm

    DLANC Meeting Room

    453 S. Spring St., #1020

    1. Call to Order2. Roll Call3. Public comment on Non-Agenda Items within the boards subject matter. Public comments are limited to two

    minutes per speaker with a total time of ten minutes. (These parameters may be changed by the chair, depending

    on number of speakers and time considerations.)

    4. All items on the Agenda may be actionable.5. MOTION TO APPROVE: meeting minutes from May, 28th, 2013.6. MOTION to APPROVE: letter of support for the 7th Street bike lane going through downtown, from the Historic

    Core, Skid Row, to the River and all the way to Boyle Heights.

    7. MOTION to APPROVE: letter to Jon Mukri, General Manager of the Dept. of Rec and Parks requesting someonefrom his staff be present at one of our meetings to discuss his Departments plans for San Julian Park as soon as

    the transfer of the Park is made to the City of LA from the State of California.

    8. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: empty lot on Ceres near 7 th St. and the potential for a new green space,garden or Park- next steps to take to determine feasibility.

    9. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Green Fund update by Russell Brown. Discussion of a proposed Tree Bankfor future downtown development projects. Will explain recommendations from the DLANC Planning Committee.

    Proposed action: To be determined.

    10.DISCUSSION: update on CD14 Working Group for Skid Row by Tom Grode.11.DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Gabrielle Newmark will be explaining and demonstrating Tree Mapping,

    which is a technology already being used in San Francisco and other cities. She will be requesting funding a portion

    of this project for Skid Row and the Historic Core.

    12.DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: discuss listing on DLANC website (under PROS) all Parks and Green Spacesdowntown with a listing of support groups and or websites for each space. This information would be gathered to

    inform and direct all people about downtowns Parks & green spaces and how t hey might get involved with them.

    Someone would take this on as a project.

    13.Board Member Comments14.Discussion of next meeting date and location and possible agenda items15.Adjournment

    Jason Morris, Chair

    Katherine McNenny, Co-Chair

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