(NC-Approved Revisions -Dated 11/28/2012) BY-LAWS OF THE BEL AIR–BEVERLY CREST NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ARTICLE 1 NAME AND AREA REPRESENTED The name of this neighborhood council of the City of Los Angeles (the “City”) shall be the Bel Air–Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council, which hereinafter may also be referred to as the “BABCNC” or “Council.” The area included in the BABCNC is defined by the following: (a) on the west by I-405 between Mulholland Drive and Sunset Boulevard, (b) on the north by Mulholland Drive between I-405 and Laurel Canyon Boulevard, (c) on the south by Sunset Boulevard between I-405 and Laurel Canyon Boulevard, and (d) on the east by Laurel Canyon Boulevard between Mulholland Drive and Sunset Boulevard. The area so defined excludes the incorporated limits of the City of Beverly Hills. ARTICLE 2 MISSION The mission of the Bel Air–Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council is: A. To provide an inclusive open forum for public discussion of issues concerning City governance, the needs of this neighborhood council, the delivery of City services to the stakeholders of this neighborhood council, and matters of a City-wide nature. B. To advise the City concerning City governance, the needs of this neighborhood council, the delivery of City services to the Stakeholders of this neighborhood council, and matters of a City wide nature. Approved December 17, 2012 ARTICLE 3 DEFINITIONS 3.1. “Ad Hoc Committee” shall mean a committee of the Board of the BABCNC established under Article 10.2 of these Bylaws to address a specific issue or problem, which shall be disbanded upon resolution of the issue or problem. 3.2 “Business” shall mean any business entity, regardless of business type, or groups of businesses, engaged in commerce within the territorial boundaries of the BABCNC. 3.3 “BABCNC” or “Council” shall mean the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council of the City of Los Angeles, California. 3.4 “Board” shall mean collectively the elected or appointed Members of the BABCNC, which in its capacity acts as an advisory board to the City of Los Angeles. 3.5 “Bylaws” shall mean these Bylaws of the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council. 3.6 “Certification” shall mean the process by which the Board verifies the accuracy and truthfulness of documents submitted to it upon which it is called upon to take official action. 3.7 “Chair” shall mean the person elected or appointed to head a committee of the Board, to run its scheduled meetings, and to report to the Board committee work accomplished committee monthly meetings. 3.8 “City” shall mean the City of Los Angeles, California. 3.9 “Board Member” or “Member” shall mean a representative of a Stakeholder Group or a Member At-Large. 3.10 “Educational Institutions” shall mean those institutions of learning, public or privately supported, whether non-sectarian or religious based. 3.11 “Ethics Laws” shall mean those laws and canons of ethics to which each Board member is subject, including but not limited to the City’s Governmental Ethics Ordinance and State law. Approved December 17, 2012 3.12 “Employee Associations” shall mean a group of individuals employed within the territorial boundaries of the Council and who are specifically identifiable by their membership within the employ of a particular employer or group of employers having facilities located within the Council’s territorial boundaries. 3.13 “Faith-Based Institutions” shall mean those institutions having facilities located within the territorial boundaries of the Council and whose mission is to serve the religious needs of the community both within and beyond the Council’s boundaries. 3.14 “Immediate Past President” shall mean the non-voting advisory position filled by the immediate outgoing President, established under Article 10.5. 3.15 “Member-at-Large” shall mean an individual Representative elected to the Board under Article 5.1.3 of these Bylaws. 3.16 “Meeting” shall mean a Regular Meeting or Special Meeting of the Board pursuant to Article 7. 3.17 “Officer” shall mean any of the several elected officers of the Board as provided under Article 8. 3.18 “President” shall mean the office of president of the Board established under Article 7, and whose duties are set forth under Article 9. 3.19 “Past President” shall mean the non-voting advisory position, established under Article 8.6, that may be filled by any President who is no longer acting in the capacity of President or Immediate Past President. 3.20 “Regular Meeting” shall mean the regularly scheduled publicly noticed meeting of the BABCNC more fully described under Article 7. 3.21 “Resident” shall mean any individual having his or her residency within the territorial boundaries of the Council. 3.22 “Secretary” shall mean the Representative elected to the office of Secretary of the Board established under Article 6 of these Bylaws. 3.23 “Special Meeting” shall mean an non-regular publicly noticed meeting of the BABCNC more fully described under Article 7. 3.24 “Stakeholder” shall mean any individual who has attained at least 18 years of age and lives, works or owns property within the territorial boundaries of the Council, and also any individual who has attained at least 18 years of age who declares a stake in the area defined by the boundaries of Council and affirm the factual basis for it. Approved December 17, 2012 3.25 “Stakeholder Group” shall mean individually or severally each of the homeowner associations or groups, business enterprises, community based organizations, educational or faith-based institutions, as well as individual Members-at-Large, represented by one or more Board Members. 3.26 “Standing Committee” shall mean any of the committees of the Council established under Article 10.1. 3.27 “Standing Rules” shall mean those rules and procedures for the operations of the Council not part of these Bylaws, to be adopted by the Board as a separate governing document. ARTICLE 4 BROWN ACT The requirements imposed by The Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code § 54950 et seq.), “The Brown Act,” upon public governmental bodies such as this Council shall be adhered to in all respects as to its Meetings, its Officers and its Board Members. No provisions of these Bylaws shall be interpreted as inconsistent with the Brown Act. ARTICLE 5 NON-DISCRIMINATION It shall be the policy of this Council to prohibit discrimination against any individual or group in our operations on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national original, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, income or political affiliation. Approved December 17, 2012 ARTICLE 6 – MEMBERSHIP The Membership of the Council shall be diverse, inclusive and open to all community stakeholder associations or groups and individuals as defined by the Bylaws within that area designated by the City of Los Angeles as the Bel Air–Beverly Crest Neighborhood. 6.1 Stakeholder Groups 6.1.1 Residential Bel-Air Association Bel-Air Crest Homeowner Association Bel-Air Ridge Homeowners Association Benedict Canyon Association Benedict Hills Estates Homeowners Association Benedict Hills Homeowners Association Beverly Glen Park Homeowner’s Association Casiano Bel-Air Homeowner Association Casiano Estates Association Coldwater Mulholland Neighborhood Association Holmby Hills Homeowner Association Laurel Canyon Association Lookout Mountain Alliance North Beverly Glen Franklin Canyon Homeowners Association Residents of Beverly Glen Roscomare Valley Association Save Our Strip Crests Neighborhood Association 6.1.2 Open Space Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy 6.1.3 Educational Institutions Community Magnet School Beverly Glen Playgroup Harvard-Westlake School John Thomas Dye School Marymount High School Roscomare Road Elementary School American Jewish University Wonderland Avenue School 6.1.4 Business Organizations and Associations Approved December 17, 2012 Hotel Bel-Air Beverly Glen business area Moraga–Sepulveda business area Roscomare Road business area 6.1.5 Faith-Based Institutions Leo Beck Temple Stephen S. Wise Temple 6.1.6 Employee Associations 6.1.7 Members-at-Large Individuals who live, work, or own property with in this designated area not otherwise represented, and individuals who declare a stake in the Council area and affirm the factual basis for it. The Secretary of the Council shall maintain a current certified Membership list of Stakeholder Groups. 6.2 Size of the Council Residential representation on the Council shall be premised upon a distribution of Board seats in accordance with the following: (1) each homeowner association or group based upon the number of individuals who live, work or own property within those residential stakeholder associations or groups; and (2) members-at-large who are elected to the Board as individuals not affiliated with a residential Stakeholder Group falling under subparagraph (1) of this section. Additional seats will be designated for stakeholder institutions, including educational institutions, business associations, faith-based groups, employee associations, and the Santa Monica Conservancy. Approved December 17, 2012 6.2.1 Formula for Determining Distribution of Seats on the Council Each homeowner association or group will elect/select, elect, or select a set number of Members to the BABCNC annually based on the total count of residential units of those groups. Up to 400 residential units 1 representative 401 to 1000 residential units 2 1001 to 2000 residential units 3 Greater than 2000 residential units 4 Educational institutions, business