CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Hill and 5th Streets Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protest and confirm the assessments.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Newland and Meridian Streets Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protest and confirm the assessments.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Van Nuys Boulevard and Vose Street Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protest and confirm the assessments.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Mission Road and Jesse Street Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protest and confirm the assessments.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Balboa Boulevard and Valerio Street No. 2 Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protest and confirm the assessments.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).

HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed improvement and maintenance of the Sunnyslope Avenue and Vanowen Street Lighting District, in accordance with Section 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Proposition 218.

(Ordinance of Intention adopted on June 28, 2017 - Continue hearing and present Ordinance on September 20, 2017 to consider report of protests to be submitted as a result of balloting, pursuant to Proposition 218)

HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed improvement and maintenance of the Kelvin and Bascule Avenues Street Lighting District, in accordance with Section 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Proposition 218.

(Ordinance of Intention adopted on June 28, 2017 - Continue hearing and present Ordinance on September 20, 2017 to consider report of protests to be submitted as a result of balloting, pursuant to Proposition 218)

HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed improvement and maintenance of the Beethoven Street and Victoria Avenue No. 1 Street Lighting District, in accordance with Section 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Proposition 218.

(Ordinance of Intention adopted on June 28, 2017 - Continue hearing and present Ordinance on September 20, 2017 to consider report of protests to be submitted as a result of balloting, pursuant to Proposition 218)

HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed improvement and maintenance of the Orange Drive and Lexington Avenue Street Lighting District, in accordance with Section 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Proposition 218.

(Ordinance of Intention adopted on June 28, 2017 - Continue hearing and present Ordinance on September 20, 2017 to consider report of protests to be submitted as a result of balloting, pursuant to Proposition 218)

HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed improvement and maintenance of the Riverside Drive and Irvine Avenue Street Lighting District, in accordance with Section 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Proposition 218.

(Ordinance of Intention adopted on June 28, 2017 - Continue hearing and present Ordinance on September 20, 2017 to consider report of protests to be submitted as a result of balloting, pursuant to Proposition 218)

HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed improvement and maintenance of the Vanowen Street and Alabama Avenue Street Lighting District, in accordance with Section 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Proposition 218.

(Ordinance of Intention adopted on June 28, 2017 - Continue hearing and present Ordinance on September 20, 2017 to consider report of protests to be submitted as a result of balloting, pursuant to Proposition 218)

HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed improvement and maintenance of the Wilton Place and 4th Street Lighting District, in accordance with Section 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Proposition 218.

(Ordinance of Intention adopted on June 28, 2017 - Continue hearing and present Ordinance on September 20, 2017 to consider report of protests to be submitted as a result of balloting, pursuant to Proposition 218)

COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIR AND MEMBER, ARTS, PARKS, AND RIVER COMMITTEE and RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing Indigenous Peoples Day as a legal City holiday.

1. COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIR AND MEMBER, ARTS, PARKS, AND RIVER COMMITTEE
   
   SUBMITS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION the Housing and Community Investment Department report, dated October 25, 2016, relative to a request to the Human Relations Commission with the assistance of the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission, to report on the historical importance and cultural impact of establishing Indigenous Peoples Day as a legal City holiday.
                  
2. RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE  REPORT
   
   Recommendations for Council action:

1. DESIGNATE October 12th of each year, as Italian American Heritage Day in the City of Los Angeles, to recognize the contributions of Italian Americans to the history and culture of Los Angeles.
   
   
2. APPROVE the creation of an Indigenous Peoples Day as an official City holiday, to be observed on the second Monday of each October, and to be recognized no later than the 2019 calendar year.
               
3. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present an ordinance amending the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) to remove all references to Columbus Day as an official City holiday and recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in the Administrative Code.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT all General Managers and Department Heads, upon amendment of the LAAC, to include recognition and observance of Indigenous Peoples Day on all relevant City documents including, but not limited to, calendars, schedules, and administrative materials.
   
   
5. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to prepare and send a letter to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education (LAUSD Board), subsequent to official Council action, indicating that the City will now recognize Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of each October, and urge the LAUSD Board to consider taking a similar action.
   
   
6. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to provide a report on the process of implementing an additional City holiday, which recognizes the contributions of all of the diverse cultures in the City of Los Angeles, including potential names which accurately describe the intent of the Council, potential fiscal impacts, and the identification of any issues which may be subject to meet and confer with City unions.
     

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

Community Impact Statement:  Yes

For:   Highland Park Neighborhood Council

ADOPTED

AMENDING MOTION (WESSON - CEDILLO)

Recommendation for Council action:

AMEND to delete Recommendation B3 and replace with the following recommendation:

3. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, to prepare and present an ordinance amending the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) to remove all references to Columbus Day as an official City holiday in the LAAC. 

Adopted, (15)

MOTION (ENGLANDER - CEDILLO) relative to funding for additional police and sanitation services in Council District 12.

MOTION (HUIZAR - BONIN) relative to funding for the construction of a new traffic signal at the intersection of Alhambra and Lowell Avenues.

MOTION (HUIZAR - BONIN) relative to amending prior Council action of May 7, 2015 to equally disburse the Transfer of Floor Area Rights Public Benefit Payment between the Bureau of Engineering and Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative for the project located at 400, 410, 412, 414, 418, 420, 422 South Broadway and 218 and 230 West 4th Street in Council District 14.

MOTION (CEDILLO - RODRIGUEZ) relative to funding for the El Grito de Dolores celebration on September 15, 2017.

MOTION (RYU - RODRIGUEZ) relative to rescinding prior Council action of March 29, 2016 regarding funding to the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

MOTION (ENGLANDER - MARTINEZ) relative to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reporting on recent Valley power outages and the testing, maintenance and replacement of insufficient or outdated infrastructure.

MOTION (PRICE - RYU) relative to funding for the printing and installation of banners to highlight the Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival.

Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Englander, Harris-Dawson, Huizar, Koretz, Krekorian, Martinez, O'Farrell, Price, Rodriguez, Ryu and President Wesson (14); Absent: Cedillo (1)

ATTEST: Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By:

            Council Clerk                               PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL