910 North Foote Avenue.  (Lien: $6,135.65)

9117 South Broadway.  (Lien: $2,753.14)

921 West M Street.  (Lien: $1,038.56)

9218 South Western Avenue.  (Lien: $3,027.60)

9415 North Telfair Avenue.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

9701 North Lubao Avenue.  (Lien: $1,393.77)

9825 North Arleta Avenue.  (Lien: $932.40)

1601 West 70th Street.  (Lien: $2,078.53)

160 West 102nd Street aka 158 West 102nd Street.  (Lien: $596.40)

17158 West Ludlow Street.  (Lien: $2,384.05)

1827 West Montana Street.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

1840 North Highland Avenue.  (Lien: $2,295.81)

1850 South Mansfield Avenue.  (Lien: $2,178.96)

18551 West Chase Street.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

1924 South Sherbourne Drive.  (Lien: $2,880.85)

1947 North Oxford Avenue.  (Lien: $4,134.37)

2503 West 73rd Street.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

21026 West Cantara Street.  (Lien: $3,794.52)

2127 West Branden Street.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

225 East Lanzit Avenue.  (Lien: $2,689.09)

15158 West Lakeside Street.  (Lien: $3,348.98)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 26, 2016) 

7422 North Jordan Avenue.  (Lien: $1,676.13)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 26, 2016) 

6653 North Amigo Avenue.  (Lien: $6,416.30)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 26, 2016)

331 North Crescent Heights Boulevard.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 27, 2016)

549 North Neva Place.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 29, 2016)

6303 South Main Street.  (Lien: $4,010.88)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 29, 2016)

8481 North Lurline Avenue.  (Lien: $3,413.35)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 29, 2016)

6666 South 7th Avenue.  (Lien: $4,048.99)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 29, 2016)

19012 West Valerio Street.  (Lien: $941.14)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

5160 North Cartwright Avenue. (Lien: $3,619.85)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

8731 1/2 North Lankershim Boulevard aka 8731 North Lankershim Boulevard.  (Lien: $8,335.35)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

4110 South Zamora Street.  (Lien: $3,256.59)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

555 West 103rd Street.  (Lien: $3,236.34)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

5726 North Natick Avenue.  (Lien: $932.40)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

2910 East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue.  (Lien: $2,605.55)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

4455 West Los Feliz Boulevard, No. 505.  (Lien: $4,024.27)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 12, 2016)

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 10.5 to provide authority to the Board of Deferred Compensation Administration to enter into contracts with Deferred Compensation Plan service providers for periods of up to five years without the approval of City Council.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying Ordinance dated January 5, 2016 amending LAAC Section 10.5 to provide authority to the Board of Deferred Compensation Administration to enter into contracts with Deferred Compensation Plan service providers for periods of up to five years without the approval of City Council.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to assessing the City of Los Angeles' progress toward becoming a no-kill city.

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the September 3, 2015 Controller report relative to assessing the City of Los Angeles' progress toward becoming a no-kill city.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to prohibit the parking of vehicles for private sale with a For Sale sign on the east and west sides of Normandie Avenue from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the I-10 Freeway.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Harris-Dawson - Buscaino):

REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present an Ordinance to amend LAMC Section 87.55, which established regulations for the parking of vehicles for private sale on certain City streets of public lands, to prohibit the parking of such vehicles with a For Sale sign on the east and west sides of Normandie Avenue from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the I-10 Freeway.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the implementation of the bicycle infrastructure in the City of Los Angeles.

Recommendation for Council action:

RECEIVE and FILE Motion (Bonin - Huizar) relative to directing the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to report on the implementation of the bicycle infrastructure in the City of Los Angeles.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the City's greying workforce.

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the October 20, 2015 Controller report relative to the City's greying workforce.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to exclusive negotiating agreements related to the development of the Reseda Town Center site.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Blumenfield - Price):

INSTRUCT the Economic and Workforce Development Department, with the assistance of the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) and City Administrative Officer (CAO), to serve as the lead City Department in:

1. Negotiating and executing any exclusive negotiating agreement(s) related to the Reseda Town Center site.
   
   
2. Managing the consultant hired to assist the City in furthering development of the Reseda Town Center Site.
   
   
3. Providing Council District Three with periodic progress reports as requested.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

MOTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - ENGLANDER) relative to an offer of reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the shooting death of Deontra LaJohn Gant Jr. on June 20, 2015. 

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. PROVIDE an offer of reward in the amount of $50,000 for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the shooting death of Deontra LaJohn Gant Jr. on June 20, 2015.
   
   
2. FIND that the subject reward complies with the provisions of Chapter 12, Article 1, Division 19, of the Los Angeles Administrative Code.
   
   
3. DIRECT the City Clerk to publish the required notices and/or advertisements in the Our Weekly, Los Angeles Sentinel and LA Watts Times in addition to the regular publications used by the City Clerk for reward notices, to effectuate this reward.

MOTION (BUSCAINO - HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to alley vacation proceedings to vacate a portion of the T-shaped alley westerly of Figueroa Street between Florence Avenue and 73rd Street.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. INITIATE alley vacation proceedings to vacate a portion of the T-shaped alley westerly of Figueroa Street between Florence Avenue and 73rd Street, pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code, Division 9, Part 3, Public Streets, Highways and Service Easements Vacation Law.
   
   
2. DIRECT the Bureau of Engineering to investigate the feasibility of this vacation request.
   
   
3. DIRECT the Bureau of Engineering to present this report regarding the feasibility of vacating the requested area to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee.
   
   
4. DIRECT the City Clerk to coordinate with the Chair, Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee, subject to the concurrence of the Council President and schedule this request for the City Council's consideration at the appropriate time consistent with the public hearing requirement under California Street and Highways Code Section 8320.

MOTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - ENGLANDER) relative to reinstating the reward offer in the death of Brandon Jamall Shorts for an additional six months.

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. REAFFIRM Council’s findings and REINSTATE the reward offer relative to the death of Brandon Jamall Shorts (Council action of January 24, 2012) for an additional period of six months from the publication of the offer of reward by the Office of the City Clerk and, further, that the sum of $50,000 shall be the aggregate maximum sum of any payment or payments of a City reward in this instance.
   
   
2. DIRECT the City Clerk to publish the required notice in the Our Weekly, Los Angeles Sentinel and LA Watts Times in addition to the regular publications used by the City Clerk for reward notices, to ensure adequate community notice.

MOTION (PRICE - BUSCAINO) relative to the naming of the intersection of 46th Street and McKinley Avenue as McCoy Memorial Baptist Church Square in Council District Nine.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. APPROVE the renaming of the intersection of 46th Street and McKinley Avenue as McCoy Memorial Baptist Church Square in recognition of its continued commitment and inclusiveness to the Historic South Central Community.
   
   
2. DIRECT the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to fabricate and install permanent ceremonial sign(s) to this effect at or suitably near this location.

MOTION (RYU - O'FARRELL) relative to the removal and replacement of concrete along 4th Street between Las Palmas and McCadden, and the intersection of Las Palmas and Oakwood in Council District Four.

MOTION (RYU - ENGLANDER) relative to reinstating the reward offer in the unsolved murder of Hervey Medellin Coronado.

MOTION (KORETZ - HUIZAR) relative to re-appropriating $11,422 within the Neighborhood Empowerment Fund (Fund 44B) Encino Neighborhood Council from Fiscal Year 2014-15 to 2015-16.

MOTION (ENGLANDER - O'FARRELL) relative to amending contract C-120591 with the California Institute of the Arts to increase the scope of work and to include $169,000 in funding from the Arts Development Trust Fund.

ATTEST: Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By: 

Council Clerk                   PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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Regular meeting recessed at 11:14 a.m.

Special meeting convened at 11:14 a.m.

Special meeting adjourned at 11:17 a.m.

Regular meeting convened at 11:17 a.m.