Echo Park Neighborhood Council · Held · Special
Echo Park Neighborhood Council special meeting, August 26, 2026
From the minutes: The Echo Park Neighborhood Council's board on Aug. 26, 2026, passed a Request for Action supporting small business protections, C-TAHO and vacancy taxes, recorded as 10-0-2-2-5, chose Edendale Branch Library as its 2027 polling place with voting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and made Owen Reese its second card holder, according to minutes in the council's meeting files. The minutes record motions, and no votes, on naming two planning committee chairs to speak for the council and on up to $1,000 for a website redesign. The agenda was for a special meeting held on Zoom.
Outcomes for the August 26, 2026 meeting of the Echo Park Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | Online by Zoom |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted August 26, 2026) |
| Minutes | Official minutes |
| City Council districts | Council District 1, Council District 13 |
Outcomes come from the minutes in the council’s Sept. 22 meeting files, a Drive folder linked from its agendas page. The document prints no meeting date; its file name is “8.26.26 Special BOG meeting minutes” and its motions follow this agenda item by item. Tallies are given as the minutes print them, and the minutes do not label the columns. Fourteen board members attended and five were absent; the meeting ran from 7:05 p.m. to 8:07 p.m. (minutes).
3.c.i. Request for Action on small business protections and vacancy taxes
- What it asks: A Request for Action supporting small business protections, C-TAHO and vacancy taxes. The agenda does not name the recipient or a council file (agenda).
- Who brought it: Planning and Land Use Committee, 5-0-1-1 (agenda).
- What happened: Passed on a motion by Grant Bowlds, seconded by Mansoor Khan; the minutes record the vote as 10-0-2-2-5 and do not list names (minutes).
Other votes
- Speakers for the council (3.c.ii): Grant Bowlds moved and Mansoor Khan seconded naming Bowlds and David Toppelberg to speak for the council on those issues at events held by SAJE, Public Counsel, SNELAS and others. The minutes record no vote (minutes).
- Website redesign (3.d): Grant Bowlds moved and Uwe Bald seconded up to $1,000 for a website redesign. The minutes record no vote (minutes).
- 2027 election (3.a): Edendale Branch Library was chosen as the polling place for May 26, 2027. The minutes list 12 votes for Edendale and five for Echo Park Branch Library, with four members’ names on both lists. Polling hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. passed 12-0-1-6, and the election worksheet with that site and those hours passed 13-0-0-6 (minutes).
- Money (3.b): The July expenditure report passed, recorded as 11-0-0-2-6. Owen Reese was made second card holder; the minutes record that vote as 12-0-0-2-5 and list 11 members voting yes (minutes).
- Earlier minutes: The board adopted minutes dated July 29, 2026, the date this agenda also gives, with 11 yes votes and none opposed or abstaining (minutes).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 3.c.i | Request for Action supporting small business protections, C-TAHO and vacancy taxes | Passed, recorded as 10-0-2-2-5 (10-0-2-2-5) |
| 1 | Call to order, roll call, land acknowledgement and minutes the agenda dates July 29, 2026 | Minutes dated July 29, 2026 adopted, 11 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions (11-0-0) |
| 2 | General public comment | |
| 3.a | Pick the Edendale or Echo Park library as the May 26, 2027 polling place, set hours and approve the election worksheet | Edendale Branch Library chosen, 12 votes to 5 for Echo Park Branch Library; hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. passed 12-0-1-6; election worksheet passed 13-0-0-6 |
| 3.b | July 2026 expenditure report and a second card holder | July expenditure report passed, recorded as 11-0-0-2-6; Owen Reese made second card holder, recorded as 12-0-0-2-5 |
| 3.c.ii | Name planning committee chairs Grant Bowlds and David Toppelberg to speak for the council on those issues at outside events | Moved and seconded; the minutes record no vote |
| 3.d | Up to $1,000 for a website redesign | Moved and seconded; the minutes record no vote |
| 4-5 | Officer, committee and liaison reports | |
| 6 | At-Large and District 1 vacancies | |
| 7 | Committees, officers and liaisons | |
| 8-10 | Future agenda items, board comments and adjournment |