23948 West Jensen Drive.  (Lien: $4,076.58)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

395 North Madrono Lane.  (Lien: $2,617.21)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

6550 North Gentry Avenue.  (Lien: $5,604.36)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

7364 West Melrose Avenue.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

815 East 75th Street.  (Lien: $932.40)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

13886 West Daventry Street.  (Lien: $2,893.08)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

10903 South Anzac Avenue.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

12030 West Pendleton Street.  (Lien: $3,768.01)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

4495 East Cato Street.  (Lien: $3,793.87)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

4527 South Compton Avenue aka 4523 South Compton Avenue.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of January 31, 2018)

6292 East Tipton Way. (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 16, 2018)

6747 North Gaviota Avenue. (Lien: $3,639.60)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 16, 2018)

2271 North Hercules Drive. (Lien: $1,288.56)

(Continued from Council meeting of February 16, 2018)

CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating McFarland Avenue between D Street and E Street, VAC-E1400999 (Vacation).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of October 20, 2015, 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 October 20, 2015, 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. 17-1400999 for the Vacation.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to transmit, following Council adoption, Resolution to Vacate No. 17-1400999 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.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER relative to initiating vacation proceedings for a portion of alley northwesterly of Los Angeles Street from approximately 38 feet southwesterly of 5th Street to its southwesterly terminus (VAC - E1401219R).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. INITIATE vacation proceeding to vacate a portion of alley northwesterly of Los Angeles Street from approximately 38 feet southwesterly of 5th Street to its southwesterly terminus as shown on the map attached to the City Engineer report to Council dated January 30, 2018, attached to the Council file, 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:
   
   
   1. Investigate the feasibility of this vacation request.
      
      
   2. Report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee relative to the feasibility of vacating the requested area.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Engineer reports that a fee of $14,980 was paid by the petitioner for the investigation of this request pursuant to Section 7.42 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC). Any deficit fee to recover the cost pursuant to LAAC Section 7.44 will be required of the petitioner.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER relative to initiating vacation proceedings for 31st Street northerly of Jefferson Boulevard from Catalina Street to 250 feet easterly thereof (VAC - E1400844) (Re-application).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. INITIATE vacation proceeding to vacate 31st Street northerly of Jefferson Boulevard from Catalina Street to 250 feet easterly thereof as shown on the map attached to the City Engineer report to Council dated August 28, 2017, attached to the Council file, 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:
   
   
   1. Investigate the feasibility of this vacation request.
      
      
   2. Report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee relative to the feasibility of vacating the requested area.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Engineer reports that a fee of $14,980 was paid by the petitioner for the investigation of this request pursuant to Section 7.42 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC). Any deficit fee to recover the cost pursuant to LAAC Section 7.44 will be required of the petitioner.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to implementation, benchmarks and hiring goals for the Targeted Local Hiring (TLH) and Strategic Workforce Development Task Force.

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the Personnel Department report dated January 11, 2018, attached to the Council file, comparing the number of employees hired through other civil service processes to the number hired through the TLH.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to expanding emergency shelter and crisis housing options to address the unsheltered population living on the streets of Skid Row.

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

INSTRUCT the City Homeless Coordinator, with assistance from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, Department of General Services, City Attorney, and other appropriate departments, to report with recommendations for expanding emergency shelter and crisis housing options in sufficient volume to address the unsheltered population living on the streets of Skid Row, including but not limited to, the following:

1. The number of shelter beds currently available and an estimate of the number needed to meet the need in this area.
   
   
2. Cost estimates and potential funding sources to ensure an appropriate level of services and security.
                
3. City-owned properties that may be suitable for temporary emergency shelter to address the Skid Row population.
   
   
4. Strategies to ensure that participants in emergency shelter are being readied for long-term housing.
   
   
5. Near-term actions needed to establish the first sites, ensure community input, and prepare for the scaling of emergency shelter sufficient to address the current need.
   
   
6. Recommendations for storage and other services needed to augment shelter and address street conditions.
          

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to City employees who are activated by armed services in response to the 2017 California wildfires.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Englander - Buscaino):

1. REQUEST the City Attorney, with assistance of the Personnel Department and the City Administrative Officer (CAO), to prepare and present an ordinance to provide that all full-time City employees, who are activated by the armed services of the United States in response to the 2017 Southern and Northern California wildfires, receive the difference between their current City salaries and their military salaries and continuation of current City medical, dental and life insurance program benefits for the duration of their military assignment, consistent with previously adopted military leave ordinances.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the CAO to report on the fiscal impact of this action concurrent with the presentation of the ordinance.

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an appeal for the property located at 3401-3415 East First Street and 116-126 South Lorena Street.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE TO GRANT THE APPEAL filed by Pedro A. Rosado and Marlene Rosado, El Mercado de Los Angeles, and THEREBY OVERTURN the determination of the Director of Planning and NOT ADOPT the Mitigated Negative Declaration (ENV-2014-2392-MND) and the corresponding Mitigation Monitoring Program as the environmental clearance for DIR-2015-1998-DB, for the construction of an approximately 90,000 square foot, four to five story, mixed use residential development containing 49 apartment units and approximately 10,000 square foot of ground floor commercial space, with the maximum building height approximately 70 feet to the top of the building parapet, with commercial, residential and guest parking located in a single level subterranean parking lot, for the property located at 3401-3415 East First Street and 116-126 South Lorena Street.

Applicant: Dora Leong Gallo, A Community of Friends

Representative: Craig Lawson, Craig Lawson and Co., LLC

Case No. DIR-2015-1998-DB

CEQA No. ENV-2014-2392-MND

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

[The City Council may recess into Closed Session, pursuant to  Government Code Sections 54956.9(d)(2) and 54956.9(e)(5) to confer with its legal counsel relative to threatened litigation regarding the Lorena Plaza Project. (One potential case.)]

2736 South West View Street (Case No. 546766) Assessor I.D. No. 5049-007-011

632 South Evergreen Avenue (Case No. 512865) Assessor I.D. No. 5185-020-017

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER relative to the installation of the name of MARK HAMILL on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the installation of the name of MARK HAMILL at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Engineer reports that there is no General Fund impact.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER relative to the installation of the name of RUPAUL on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the installation of the name of RUPAUL at 6652 Hollywood Boulevard.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Engineer reports that there is no General Fund impact.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

MOTION (KORETZ - O'FARRELL) relative to authorizing Project Restore to host a special reception in the City Hall Tom Bradley Room on April 9, 2018.

Recommendation for Council action:

AUTHORIZE Project Restore to use the City Hall Tom Bradley Room on Monday, April 9, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the understanding that Project Restore will reimburse the City for any costs associated with this activity.

ATTEST: Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

                  Council Clerk                              PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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Regular meeting recessed at 10:50 am
Special meeting convened at 10:50 am
Special meeting adjourned at 10:55 am
Regular meeting convened at 10:55 am