11154 North Herrick Avenue.  (Lien: $2,713.71)

11266 North Adelphia Avenue.  (Lien: $3,928.40)

11278 North Woodcock Avenue.  (Lien: $7,389.90)

1200 North Wilmington Boulevard.  (Lien: $5,241.88)

12210 West Malone Street.  (Lien: $2,738.84)

12411 North Bromont Avenue.  (Lien: $1,897.96)

12555 West Hatteras Street.  (Lien: $3,863.04)

12816 West Short Avenue.  (Lien: $3,127.47)

1312 West Manchester Avenue.  (Lien: $781.99)

132 South Almont Drive.  (Lien: $2,559.99)

13401 North Phillippi Avenue.  (Lien: $3,974.76)

13402 West Wingo Street.  (Lien: $2,293.55)

13446 North Eldridge Avenue.  (Lien: $2,118.25)

14243 West Victory Boulevard.  (Lien: $1,369.13)

1454 West 27th Street.  (Lien: $6,290.84)

MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, MITIGATION MEASURES, MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Building Line Removal, and a Site Plan Review appeal for the properties located at 9433 North Sepulveda Boulevard and 15500-15508 West Plummer Street.

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

1. EXTEND the time limit by 90 days relative to the General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and the Site Plan Review appeal for the properties located at 9433 North Sepulveda Boulevard and 15500-15508 West Plummer Street.
   
   
2. FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the project was assessed in Mitigated Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2015-4183-MND, adopted on October 27, 2016; and pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report, Negative Declaration, or addendum is required for approval of the project
   
   
3. ADOPT the FINDINGS pursuant to and in accordance with Section 21081.6 of the California State Public Resources Code, the Mitigation Monitoring Program as the Findings of Council and ADOPT the Mitigation Monitoring Program.
   
   
4. GRANT IN PART/DENY IN PART the appeal filed by Charles Johnson and THEREBY INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare a new Zone Change Ordinance, modify the Site Plan Review and present modified Findings and Conditions as necessary.
   
   
5. REFER the General Plan Amendment to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) and the Mayor, as modified in the Communication from the DCP dated April 14, 2017 and attached to Council file No. 17-0021-S2.

Applicant:  Scott Smith, Williams Homes

Representative:  Eric Lieberman, QES, Inc.

Case No. CPC-2015-4184-GPA-ZC-BL-SPR

CEQA No. ENV-2015-4183-MND

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 30, 2017

 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 28, 2017)

MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, MITIGATION MEASURES, MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a Vesting Tentative Tract appeal for the properties located at 9433 Sepulveda Boulevard and 15500-15508 Plummer Street.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. EXTEND the time limit by 90 days, related to the Vesting Tentative Tract Map appeal for the properties located at 9433 Sepulveda Boulevard and 15500-15508 Plummer Street.
   
   
2. FIND, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15074(b), after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including the Mitigated Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2015-4183- MND, and all comments received, with the imposition of mitigation measures, there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment; FIND that the Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City; FIND that the mitigation measures have been made enforceable conditions on the project; and ADOPT the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the Mitigation Monitoring Program prepared for the Mitigated Negative Declaration.
   
   
3. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the PLUM Committee as described in the Communication from the Department of City Planning (DCP) dated April 14, 2017 and attached to Council file No. 17-0021, as the Findings of the Council.
   
   
4. RESOLVE TO GRANT IN PART/DENY IN PART the appeal filed by Charles Johnson and THEREBY ADOPT the revised Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. VTT-73939-CN-1A, as modified in the Communication from the DCP dated April 14, 2017 and attached to Council file No. 17-0021, for a 75-unit multi-family project comprised of a 54-unit apartment building over the existing R3-1 Zoned portion of the project fronting on Sepulveda Boulevard with the remainder L shaped portion of the site to consist of a 21-unit detached residential condominiums spread throughout the west side of the parcel with frontage off of Plummer Street, with the maximum height of the three-story apartment building being 45 feet, and each of the three-story, 21-unit detached condominiums will be a maximum of 36 feet in height with a pitched roof, with the apartment building including an at-grade parking garage with three levels of apartments above, and the condominium project will include common open space park areas, individual private yards, an interior common access area for vehicle entry to the condominium units, and individual garages with two parking spaces for each unit, driveway spaces, and guest spaces to total 69 parking spaces, and the 54-unit apartment building will comply with the existing R3-1 building height and parking regulations and unit sizes for the condominium project will vary from approximately 1,800 square feet to 2,500 square feet and will have three to five bedrooms, for the properties located at 9433 Sepulveda Boulevard and 15500-15508 Plummer Street, subject to Conditions of Approval.

Applicant:  Scott Smith, Williams Homes

Representative:  Eric Lieberman, QES, Inc.

Case No. VTT-73939-CN-2A

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The Los Angeles City Planning Commission reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 30, 2017

 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 28, 2017)

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (WESSON - HUIZAR) relative to initiating Nuisance Revocation proceedings relative to oil drilling and extraction operations in Council District 10.

Recommendation for Council action:

DIRECT the Department of City Planning to initiate Nuisance Revocation proceedings relative to oil drilling and extraction operations at 3300-3326 West Washington Boulevard in Council District 10 to enable the public an opportunity to voice concerns regarding the ongoing operations at the site as well as for the City to consider imposing further conditions at this location since the Plan Approval (ZA-1994-16773-PA1) was issued in 2007.

(Public Hearing closed on January 17, 2017)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 28, 2017)

CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT  COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a haul route appeal for the property located at 10515 West Rocca Place.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. FIND that the project is categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332, Class 32 of the CEQA Guidelines, and Article III, Section 1, Class 3, Category 1 of the City's CEQA Guidelines.
   
   
2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners (BBSC) as the Findings of the Council.
   
   
3. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEAL filed by Robert A. Kashfian, Kashfian and Kashfian LLP, on behalf of the owners of 10535 Rocca Place from the determination of the BBSC, and THEREBY SUSTAIN the decision of the BBSC in approving an application to export 3,778 cubic yards of earth from vacant land for the construction of a new single family dwelling with an attached basement and garage at the project site located at 10515 West Rocca Place.

Applicant: Spindler Engineering, Inc.

Owner(s): Giant Fame Inv. LTD

Board File No. 160083

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the BBSC. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 30, 2017

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 28, 2017)

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to requesting that the County of Los Angeles (County) budget Measure H revenues to fully address the overwhelming and chronic homeless crisis in the City of Los Angeles.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Resolution (Harris-Dawson - Huizar), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to request that the County Board of Supervisors, and all participants in the County's Measure H Revenue Planning Process Work Group, budget Measure H revenues to fully address the overwhelming and chronic homeless crisis in the City of Los Angeles which has both areas of great concentration and need and areas where services are largely nonexistent.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City's position regarding SB 687 (Skinner) concerning emergency medical services.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Resolution (Wesson - Ryu), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2017-18 State Legislative Program, SUPPORT for SB 687 (Skinner), which would require any non-profit that operates or controls a health facility to provide notice to, and obtain the consent of, the Attorney General prior to the reduction or elimination emergency services.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City's position regarding AB 466 (Bocanegra) which would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to establish the Los Angeles River Tributaries and Watershed Working Group.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Resolution (Wesson - Martinez), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2017-18 State Legislative Program, SUPPORT for AB 466 (Bocanegra) to require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to establish the Los Angeles River Tributaries and Watershed Working Group.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

1114 South Sherbourne Drive (Case No. 568609) Assessor I.D. No. 4332-023-003

1235 West 85th Street (Case No. 214307) Assessor I.D. No. 6033-013-020

1000 East 42nd Place (Case No. 476518) Assessor I.D. No. 5115-018-015

2656 South Mansfield Avenue (Case No. 473477) Assessor I.D. No. 5049-013-001

2656 South Mansfield Avenue (Case No. 476185) Assessor I.D. No. 5049-013-001

1626 East Bridge Street (Case No. 573687) Assessor I.D. No. 5174-010-041

MOTION (O'FARRELL - MARTINEZ) relative to funding for services in connection with the February 13, 2017 Mayor's special reception for the Muslim Public Affairs Council in the City Hall Rotunda.

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

APPROPRIATE $316 from the Unappropriated Balance Fund No. 100/58 to the General Services Fund No. 100/40, Account No. 1070 (Salaries - As Needed), for services in connection with the February 13, 2017 Mayor's special reception for the Muslim Public Affairs Council in the City Hall Rotunda - said funds to be reimbursed to the General Fund by the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

MOTION (O'FARRELL - RYU) relative to amending prior Council action of February 21, 2017 regarding various Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the Los Angeles Zoo Department and the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association.

Recommendation for Council action:

AMEND prior Council action of February 21, 2017 regarding various MOU between the Los Angeles Zoo Department and the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (Council file No. 14-0600-S223) to authorize the Zoo Director to execute the following MOUs:

1. Membership, Publications, and Volunteer Programs with term ending June 30, 2017.
   
   
2. Concessions, with term ending June 30, 2017.
   
   
3. Financial Assistance, Special Events, and Community Affairs, with term ending June 30, 2017.
   
   
4. Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel, with term ending June 30, 2017.

RESOLUTION (BONIN - WESSON - KORETZ) relative to the City's position regarding President Trump's Executive Order that allows any additional oil and gas drilling in the Pacific Ocean and near the coastline.

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

RESOLVE that by the adoption of this Resolution, the City of Los Angeles hereby include in its 2017-2018 Federal and State Legislative Programs OPPOSITION to President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order that allows any additional oil and gas drilling in the Pacific Ocean or near the Western coast of the United States.

RECONSIDERED ITEM NO. 1J FROM PREVIOUS MEETING OF APRIL 26, 2017

Building and Safety Department report and confirmation of lien for 6848 North Lubao Avenue (Lien: $4,022.64)

MOTION (RYU - O'FARRELL) relative to the transfer of funds from the Department of Water and Power for services associated with the repair of damage to areas along the 8400 block of Grand View Drive resulting from a recent water main break.

MOTION (HUIZAR - O'FARRELL) relative to Council support and participation in the Center Theatre Group's 50th Anniversary and festivities, to be held in Grand Park on May 20, 2017.

MOTION (RYU - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the appropriation of funds for the installation of traffic signals at three intersections within the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan area.

MOTION (WESSON - MARTINEZ) relative to funding assistance to the El Nido/Pacoima Family Source Center in covering outstanding water and power bills.

MOTION (BLUMENFIELD - BONIN) relative to the appropriation of funds for tree planting/maintenance along Ventura Boulevard, from Crebs Avenue to Lindley Avenue, in Council District Three.

Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Cedillo, Harris-Dawson, Koretz, Krekorian, Martinez, O'Farrell, Price, Ryu and President Wesson (12); Absent: Englander and Huizar (2)

ATTEST: Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By:

          Council Clerk                                PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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Regular meeting recessed at 11:42 a.m.

Special meeting convened at 11:42 a.m.

Special meeting adjourned at 12:07 p.m.

Regular meeting convened at 12:07 p.m.

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (HUIZAR – HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to the feasibility of adopting a tenant harassment ordinance in the City of Los Angeles.

Recommendation for Council action:

DIRECT the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department to review the tenant harassment ordinances of San Francisco, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and any other California city and report on the feasibility of adopting a similar ordinance in Los Angeles.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Housing Committee waived consideration of the above matter)