Little Tokyo Property and Business Improvement District Advisory Committee Meeting
Wednesday, October 29, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
In-Person: Kajima Building, 5th floor meeting room, 250 E. 1st Street (Enter from 2nd floor parking level.)
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AGENDA
Call to Order
Public Comment
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The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person only. There will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda.
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Item 1: Report on LTBID meetings between Advisory Committee members and the Executive Directors of the Arts District BID and Downtown Industrial BID at their offices. Meetings thus far have included a tour of facilities and an opportunity to meet with safe and clean team leaders. There was also an opportunity to ask questions about staffing, vehicles, service hours, parking, trash dumpster locations and trash hauling, etc. Possible future visits may be to Fashion District BID and Chinatown BID.
Item 2: Progress Report on RFP (Requests for Proposal) submissions for (a) cleaning services; and (b) safety services. No action required at this time. Proposed timeline is as follows:
-Proposals Due 11/3/25
-Selected Vendor interviews 11/17/25
-Vendor Decisions 11/24/25
-Selected Vendor begins to hire staff 12/15/25
Item 3: Report by legal counsel regarding pertinent by-laws and procedures relative to adding LTP-BID Committee members.
Item 4: Discussion of suggested hiring timeline for LTP-BID staff positions:
-Executive Director
-Administrative Assistant/Dispatcher
-Clean Program Supervisor
-Safety Program Supervisor
-Communications Director
Item 5: Report on existing and proposed insurance coverage to ensure the property-based BID is in compliance with the City requirements.
Item 6: Outline of Little Tokyo P-BID proposed meeting schedule for 2025 and 2026.
Adjournment
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Materials relating to items on the agenda are available at www.visitlittletokyo.org/News-or-Reviews.html
PUBLIC INPUT AT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda-items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION
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Link to Download Document of Little Tokyo Property and Business Improvement District Advisory Committee Meeting Wednesday, October 29, 4:00-5:00 p.m.= https://files.constantcontact.com/1e4bb7a5301/6de2b6c7-d3cf-433e-a53b-ac274c6ac8fd.pdf?rdr=true