18150 West Chardon Circle. (Lien: $3,238.87)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 12, 2018)

9719 North Varna Avenue. (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 19, 2018)

ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PARKS AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Mr. Solomon Rivera to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor’s appointment of Mr. Solomon Rivera to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Mr. Rivera resides in Council District Eight.

Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending.

Background Check: Pending.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - MARCH 3, 2018

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MARCH 2, 2018)

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the creation of a Victim Services Trust Fund.

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

PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated December 14, 2017, adding Article 32 to Chapter 5 of Division 5 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to provide for the creation of a Victim Services Trust Fund.

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the creation of a City Attorney Community Justice Initiative Trust Fund.

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

PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated December 14, 2017, adding Article 31 to Chapter 5 of Division 5 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to provide for the creation of the City Attorney Community Justice Initiative Trust Fund.

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Supplemental Police Account (SPA) Third Quarterly Report.

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the Board of Police Commissioners report dated October 17, 2017, attached to the Council file, relative to the SPA Third Quarterly Report, covering July through September 2017.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the change of ownership of Hank's Wilshire Tow, Incorporated, S and J Tow, the official police garage towing and storage services for Service Area Seven.

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the Executive Director's report, Board of Police Commissioners (Board), dated November 21, 2017 attached to the Council file, approving the proposed change of majority ownership of Hank's Wilshire Tow, Incorporated, S and J Tow, from Steve Smith to Richard Reeves (Contract No. C-129767), pursuant to the Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 80.77.4(E)(2). 

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the selection of URT Keystone Towing, Incorporated to serve as the official police garage towing and storage services for Service Area Nine.

Recommendation for Council action:

AUTHORIZE the President, Board of Police Commissioners (Board), or designee, to negotiate and execute an Official Police Garage Towing and Storage Agreement for Service Area Nine, with URT Keystone Towing, Incorporated.

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the donation of an ion chromatography system for the benefit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

Recommendation for Council action:

ACCEPT the donation of an ion chromatography system from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, valued at $150,000, for the benefit of the LAPD, Forensic Science Division; and, THANK the donor for this generous donation.

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the donation of explosive transport magazines for the benefit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

Recommendation for Council action:

ACCEPT the donation of explosive transport magazines from McDaniel, Incorporated, valued at $19,400, for the benefit of the LAPD, Metropolitan Division, Special Weapons and Tactics Team; and, THANK the donor for this generous donation.

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the donation of excess military property for the benefit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

Recommendation for Council action:

ACCEPT the donation of excess military property (jumper cables, high visibility belts, fuel handler gloves, cold weather shirts, and medical and surgical lights) from the Department of Defense, Federal Excess Property Program, valued at $29,522.30, for the benefit of the LAPD; and, THANK the donor for this generous donation.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Board of Police Commissioners.  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 succession plans for potential vacancies due to retirement.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Koretz - Englander):

NOTE and FILE the Personnel Department report dated January 11, 2018, attached to the Council file, detailing updated succession plan information to March 2018.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Employee Development Report for Fiscal Year 2016-17.

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the Personnel Department report dated September 26, 2017, attached to the Council file, regarding employee development and training programs in the City during Fiscal Year 2016-17.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to evacuations of horses and other large animals during emergencies.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Rodriguez - Buscaino):

INSTRUCT the Department of Animal Services, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles Police Department, and as amended by the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee to include the Los Angeles Equine Advisory Commission, to report on strategies to increase cooperation and partnership between the City and the equestrian community on the evacuation of horses and other large animals during emergencies, including looking at the feasibility of partnering with private haulers or enabling individuals to cross into evacuation zones when it is safe to do so to evacuate animals stuck behind fire lines.

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.

ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PARKS AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to retroactively applying for and accepting a grant from the California Arts Council (CAC) Artists in Schools Extension Program for Dia De Los Muertos Art Workshops.

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

1. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), or designee, to retroactively submit a grant application to the CAC Artists in Schools Extension Program.
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to submit all necessary paperwork relative to the grant, subject to City Attorney approval as to form and legality.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the DCA to accept a grant award from the CAC Artists in Schools Extension Program in the amount of $14,400.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the DCA to expend for the purposes of a minimum one to one match a percentage of full-time salaries equivalent to $4,800 from Fund No. 100/30, Account No. 001010, Salaries General; up to $1,200 in part-time salaries funds from Fund No. 100/30, Account No. 001070, Salaries As Needed; and up to $8,400 in Community Arts Partners Program Funds, Fund No. 100, Account No. 9698.
   
   
5. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to negotiate and execute the grant award and agreement on behalf of the City and submit the required reporting relative to the grant, subject to City Attorney approval as to form and legality.
   
   
6. AUTHORIZE the DCA to receive and expend the CAC Artists in Schools Extension Program funds for activities for all eligible purposes.
   
   
7. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
   
   
   1. Establish a new appropriation account within Fund No. 337/30, Cultural Affairs Grants, to be labeled Dia de los Muertos Art Workshops FY 17/18.
      
      
   2. Appropriate $14,400 received from the CAC Artists in Schools Extension Program into the newly established account (Dia de los Muertos Art Workshops FY 17/18) within Fund No. 337/30.
      
      
8. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to prepare any Controller’s instructions needed to implement actions approved by the Mayor and Council on matters presented in or deriving from the transmittal, and/or to make necessary technical adjustments; and further, REQUEST the Controller to implement these instructions.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The DCA reports that there is no impact to the General Fund.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PARKS AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a lease agreement with Museum Associates, DBA the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for the use of a portion of the South Los Angeles Wetlands Park for the renovation and rehabilitation of Building 71 and operation of a proposed museum.

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) and Museum Associates, dba LACMA.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The RAP reports that there is no fiscal impact to RAP’s General Fund with the approval of this agreement, as all capital cost related to improvements, retrofit, and repairs shall be borne by LACMA, except for those for the future Park Ranger Station and those identified by the City as necessary or desirable.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE – MARCH 11, 2018

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – MARCH 9, 2018)

CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating an alley northerly of 12th Street between Birch Street and Hemlock Street, VAC-E1401140 (Vacation).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of February 9, 2011, that the Vacation, pursuant to the City of Los Angeles Environmental Guidelines, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, pursuant to Article III, Class 5(3) of the City of Los Angeles Environmental Guidelines.
   
   
2. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of February 9, 2011, that the Vacation is in substantial conformance with the General Plan pursuant to Section 556 of the Los Angeles City Charter.
   
   
3. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION TO VACATE No. 17-1401140 for the Vacation.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to transmit, following Council adoption, Resolution to Vacate No. 14-1401140 to the Land Development Group of the Bureau of Engineering for recordation of said Resolution with the Los Angeles County Recorder.

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

ATTEST:  Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

          Council Clerk                                PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL