The Hollywood Park Economic Development Corporation reviewed results of a recent resident park survey and used those findings as the backdrop for a broad discussion about forming committees to carry forward economic-development and parks-related projects.

Board members said survey respondents skewed older and that the most-requested park amenities included pickleball striping, walking tracks and swings. The board did not vote on a formal parks plan but asked staff to provide the underlying survey data (including free-text “other” responses) and the numerical response counts so members could better assess how representative the survey is.

The survey presentation was offered as information and generated questions about raw response counts and representativeness; staff said roughly 300 responses were recorded and that about 30% of respondents were 65 or older. Board members acknowledged that response bias is possible and asked staff to email the raw “other” answers and the full response totals to the board for review.

Discussion then shifted to a resolution, drafted by staff, to create standing EDC committees. The board debated committee names, membership size, scope and transparency safeguards. Proposed committee types discussed included: (1) Strategy and Operations (to focus on overall revenue strategy and operations), (2) Business Outreach (to engage local businesses and leaseholders), and (3) Internal/Intergovernmental Outreach (to coordinate with city government, parks board, HPCA and other civic groups). Members suggested including branding and marketing duties in the strategy/operations committee and clarified that committee-specific duties should not prevent other board members from engaging in related outreach, so long as Open Meetings Act (TOMA) rules and quorum limits are observed.

Board members agreed that the draft presented was a “placeholder” for iterative edits. Staff said it will produce a revised draft and circulate it for further rounds of board edits before any final adoption. Several members encouraged keeping committee descriptions concise and explicit about reporting requirements, meeting expectations and nonexclusivity of outreach activities.

The board asked staff to return with a revised resolution text and to include explicit language (a) stating committees may hold informal conversations outside a quorum, (b) clarifying when agendas and minutes are required, and (c) confirming that committee duties do not prohibit other members from performing similar tasks as long as TOMA/quorum rules are followed.

Ending: Board members requested the raw survey counts and the verbatim “other” responses to be emailed to the group. Staff committed to circulating a new draft of the committee resolution and to running further edits in successive rounds before placing a final resolution vote on a future agenda.