Los Angeles City Council, Journal/Council Proceeding
Friday, March 2, 2018
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:15 AM

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING



(For further details see Official Council Files)

(For communications referred by the President see Referral Memorandum)

ROLL CALL
Members Present: Blumenfield, Bonin, Harris-Dawson, Huizar, Kortez, Krekorian, Martinez, O'Farrell, Rodriguez and Ryu  (10); Absent:  Buscaino, Cedillo, Englander, Price and President Wesson(5)
Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
ITEM NO.(13)18-0112
18-0112

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to proposed Opportunity Zones in the City of Los Angeles.

 

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Buscaino - Price), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

 

  1. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2017-18 State Legislative Program, SUPPORT for the inclusion of the list (Attachment 2 to the February 26, 2018 Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) report, attached to the Council file), as amended, of low-income Los Angeles Census Tracts for the Opportunity Zone Program, attached to the Resolution and the Council file.

               

  2. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to evaluate the new Federal Opportunity Zones and report with recommendations on how to establish zones in the City of Los Angles with consideration of the Promise Zones, Clean Up Green Zones, and the Transformative Climate Communities where possible.

  3. AMEND the list of Los Angeles Census Tracts as detailed in Attachment 2 of the February 26, 2018 CLA report, attached to the Council file and Resolution, to:

    1. Delete Census Tract No. 06037980014

    2. Add Census Tract No. 06037297110

   

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The CLA reports that there is no General Fund impact at this time.

 

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

 

A.  AMENDING MOTION 13A (O'FARRELL - MARTINEZ for CEDILLO)

 

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

 

 AMEND the Economic Development Committee report to instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst to review the Promise Zone Census Tracts in Council District 13 and Council District One omitted from the list, as well as additional commercial tracts in Hollywood, for eligibility and inclusion into the final list.

 

 B.  AMENDING MOTION 13B (RODRIGUEZ - MARTINEZ)

 

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

 

 AMEND the Economic Development Committee report to include the following Council District Seven census tracts, that were inadvertently omitted, in the list of Primary low-income Los Angeles Census Tracts for the Opportunity Zone Program:

 

 

 06037104703

06037104404

06037104320

06037104701

06037104310

06037106520

06037104201

06037104203

06037104704

06037106604

 

Adopted to Continue, Unanimous Vote (10); Absent: Buscaino
, Cedillo
, Englander
, Price
, Wesson
(5)
CONTINUED TO MARCH 6, 2018
Items for which Public Hearings Have Not Been Held - (10 Votes Required for Consideration)
ITEM NO.(14)16-0503
16-0503
CD 14

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.

 

IN THE ALTERNATIVE, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15074.1(b), to consider substitution of mitigation measures in Mitigated Negative Declaration (ENV-2014-2392-MND) and adoption of written findings in support thereof; and DENY THE APPEAL and ADOPT the revised Mitigated Negative Declaration (ENV-2014-2392-MND) and revised Mitigation Monitoring Program, including to reflect the substituted mitigation measures 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.)]

 

 

Adopted to Continue, Unanimous Vote (10); Absent: Buscaino
, Cedillo
, Englander
, Price
, Wesson
(5)
CONTINUED TO MARCH 6, 2018
Whereupon the Council did adjourn.
Adjournment

ATTEST: Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

 

By

 


                     Council Clerk                             PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL