Los Angeles City Council, Journal/Council Proceeding
Friday, March 23, 2018
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:00 AM



(For further details see Official Council Files)

(For communications referred by the President see Referral Memorandum)

ROLL CALL
Members Present: Blumenfield, Buscaino, Cedillo, Harris-Dawson, Huizar, Kortez, Krekorian, O'Farrell, Rodriguez, Ryu and President Wesson (11); Absent: Bonin, Englander, Martinez and Price (4)
Approval of the Minutes
Commendatory Resolutions, Introductions and Presentations

Public Testimony of Non-agenda Items Within Jurisdiction of Council
Items Noticed for Public Hearing
ITEM NO.(1)

HEARING PROTEST, APPEALS OR OBJECTIONS to Building and Safety Department report and confirmation of lien for nuisance abatement costs and/or non-compliance of code violations/Annual Inspection costs, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and/or Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC).

Recommendation for Council action:

HEAR PROTEST, APPEALS OR OBJECTIONS relative to proposed lien for nuisance abatement costs and/or non-compliance of code violations/Annual Inspection costs, pursuant to LAMC and/or LAAC and CONFIRM said lien for the following properties:

(a)17-0160-S551
17-0160-S551
CD 8

2044 West Florence Avenue.  (Lien: $4,521.79)

 

(Continued from Council meeting of December 8, 2017)

 

 

Adopted to Receive and File, Unanimous Vote (11); Absent: Bonin
, Englander
, Martinez
, Price
(4)
RECEIVED AND FILED INASMUCH AS THE LIEN HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL
(b)17-0160-S701
17-0160-S701
CD 15

545 West 127th Street.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

 

(Continued from Council meeting of February 21, 2018)

 

 

Adopted to Continue, Unanimous Vote (11); Absent: Bonin
, Englander
, Martinez
, Price
(4)
CONTINUED TO APRIL 24, 2018
(c)17-0160-S702
17-0160-S702
CD 14

4985 East O'Sullivan Drive.  (Lien: $932.40)

 

(Continued from Council meeting of February 21, 2018)

 

 

Adopted, (13); Absent: Englander
, Rodriguez
(2)
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED - LIEN CONFIRMED
(d)17-0160-S705
17-0160-S705
CD 15

1632 East 112th Street.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

 

(Continued from Council meeting of February 21, 2018)

 

 

Adopted, (13); Absent: Englander
, Rodriguez
(2)
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED - LIEN CONFIRMED
(e)17-0160-S713
17-0160-S713
CD 6

7645 North Beck Avenue.  (Lien: $3,831.87)

 

(Continued from Council meeting of February 21, 2018)

 

 

Adopted to Receive and File, Unanimous Vote (11); Absent: Bonin
, Englander
, Martinez
, Price
(4)
RECEIVED AND FILED INASMUCH AS THE PROPERTY WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN OWNER-OCCUPIED, SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING AND THUS EXEMPT FROM LIEN PROCESSING
(f)17-0160-S719
17-0160-S719
CD 5

18000 West Collins Street.  (Lien: $1,058.16)

 

(Continued from Council meeting of February 23, 2018)

 

 

Adopted to Receive and File, Unanimous Vote (11); Absent: Bonin
, Englander
, Martinez
, Price
(4)
RECEIVED AND FILED INASMUCH AS THE LIEN HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL
(g)17-0160-S720
17-0160-S720
CD 14

2839 East Cincinnati Street.  (Lien: $1,288.56)

 

(Continued from Council meeting of February 23, 2018)

 

 

Adopted, (13); Absent: Englander
, Rodriguez
(2)
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED - LIEN CONFIRMED
Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
ITEM NO.(2)15-1138-S32
15-1138-S32

HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a request to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and the Los Angeles Homeless Coordinator to report on the framework of an Emergency Response to Homelessness Plan, a comprehensive list of every public facility in the City of Los Angeles legally eligible to be used to provide shelter, and other related matters.

 

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Harris-Dawson - Bonin - Buscaino):

  1. REQUEST the LAHSA to prepare a report within 14 days detailing the following:

    1. How many people and what percentage of the City's homeless population are currently being provided shelter or housing, and what number and what percentage of the City's homeless population LAHSA aims to shelter or house by the end of the current fiscal year, and the next three fiscal years. The report should include the number and types of shelter beds available during the past two fiscal years and during the current fiscal year.

    2. What steps have been taken to replace barracks-style emergency shelters with low-barrier, 24- hour crisis housing and bridge housing beds that provide a genuine first step from the streets to long-term housing, as called for in Strategy 7A of the Comprehensive Homelessness Strategy. The report should include the number of beds, number of facilities, and percentage of the homeless population in Los Angeles being served.

    3. What steps have been taken to encourage or recruit houses of worship, nonprofit agencies, and others to offer shelter on their premises. The report should include the number of beds, number of facilities, and percentage of the City's homeless population being served.

    4. The framework of an Emergency Response to Homelessness Plan, outlining what steps and what funds would be required to provide an alternative to encampments for 100 percent of the City's homeless population by December 31, 2018.

  2. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Homeless Coordinator, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), and other departments and agencies as appropriate, to prepare within 14 days a comprehensive list of every public facility in the City of Los Angeles legally eligible to be used to provide shelter, temporary housing, or safe parking.

  3. INSTRUCT the CAO and the CLA to reach out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross and report on what can be done to get homeless people off of the sidewalks and into someplace warmer, safer, and more humane.
               

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

 

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

 

Adopted, (11); Absent: Bonin
, Englander
, Martinez
, Price
(4)
ITEM NO.(3)18-0002-S26
18-0002-S26

RULES, ELECTIONS, and INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City's position regarding AB 2342 (Burke), which would require genetic counseling and testing for breast cancer gene mutations.

 

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

 

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2017-18 State Legislative Program, SPONSORSHIP and SUPPORT of AB 2342 (Burke), which would require healthcare service plans, health insurers, and the California Department of Health Care Services to cover screening, genetic counseling, and testing for Breast Cancer susceptibility (BRCA) gene mutations in women who have not been diagnosed with BRCA-related cancer and do not have any signs for symptoms of the disease, but who may have an increased risk based on one or more specific family history risk factors.

 

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

 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 

 

Adopted - TO THE MAYOR FORTHWITH, (14); Absent: Englander
(1)
Items for which Public Hearings Have Not Been Held - (10 Votes Required for Consideration)
ITEM NO.(4)

FINAL MAPS in the various Council Districts.

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the Final Maps and Adopt the City Engineer Reports as detailed in the various listed Council files, including bonds, agreements, contracts and other related issues as specified:

(a)15-0624-S1
15-0624-S1
CD 2

FINAL MAP OF TRACT NO. 60421 located at 12327-12347 Addison Avenue westerly of Laurelgrove Avenue. 

 

(Bond No. C-130769)

Subdivider: Ilan Levy and Miriam Levy; Surveyor: Richard Prutz

 

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Engineer reports that the subdivider has paid a fee of $14,064 for the processing of this final tract map pursuant to Section 19.02(A) (2) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. No additional City funds are needed.

 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 

 

Adopted, (13); Absent: Englander
, Rodriguez
(2)
MAP AND BOND APPROVED - CITY ENGINEER REPORT ADOPTED
RECONSIDERED ITEM(s)
17-0930-S2
17-0930-S2

RECONSIDERED ITEM NO. 19 FROM COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 21, 2018

 

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE  COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the latest proposal of the California WaterFix Project in the Bay Delta Region.

 

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Martinez - Ryu):

 

  1. REQUEST the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the Ratepayer Advocate/Office of Public Accountability to provide an update and review of the California Department of Water Resources' latest proposal of staged implementation for the WaterFix and the MWD Board’s proposal to independently fund the second tunnel including any update on the project finance and cost allocation plan and the status of participation commitments by Central Valley Project and State Water Project contractors with said review to include information on how costs or financing proposals would affect Los Angeles ratepayers.
           
  2. REQUEST the LADWP to prepare written communication to the MWD Board expressing any of the LADWP’s concerns with the impacts of this new proposal; and, INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), if necessary, to prepare a Resolution for consideration by the Council to oppose the participation by MWD in the WaterFix should the proposal for adoption by the MWD Board of Directors result in greater costs and/or a greater portion of the financing burden to Los Angeles ratepayers.    

 

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

 

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

 

 

Adopted to Continue, (14); Absent: Englander
(1)
CONTINUED TO MARCH 28, 2018
MOTIONS/RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 16 - TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA
17-0355
17-0355

MOTION (WESSON - PRICE) relative to amending prior Council action of April 5, 2017 regarding the transfer of Council District Ten Public Benefits funds for the rehabilitation of the Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center to transfer a portion of the funds to pay a Water and Power bill for the Center and  to return the balance to Council District Ten.

17-0321-S1
17-0321-S1MOTION (WESSON - RYU) relative to  hosting an awards ceremony and reception in the City Hall Rotunda, Spring Street Forecourt and John Ferraro Council Chambers on March 29, 2018.
14-0521-S4
14-0521-S4MOTION (HUIZAR - HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to recognizing Fiesta Broadway as a Special Event on the celebration of its 29th Anniversary on April 29, 2018.
COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED IN HONOR OF:
18-0004-S1
18-0004-S1
Janet T. Owens    Buscaino - All Councilmembers

At the conclusion of this day's Council Session ADJOURNING MOTIONS WERE ADOPTED in tribute to the memory of:
18-0003-S1
18-0003-S1
Nancy McFadden   Cedillo - Blumenfield - Koretz - Price - Wesson - All Councilmembers 

ENDING ROLL CALL
End Roll Call
Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Cedillo, Harris-Dawson, Huizar, Kortez, Krekorian, Martinez, O'Farrell, Price, Ryu and President Wesson (13); Absent: Englander and Rodriguez (2)
Whereupon the Council did adjourn.
Adjournment

ATTEST: Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

 

By

 

 


                       Council Clerk                                PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL













Los Angeles City Council Agenda, Continuation Agenda
Friday, March 23, 2018
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:00 AM


CONTINUED FROM: MARCH 21, 2018




Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
ITEM NO.(5)18-0078
18-0078
CD 13

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the inclusion of  the Musicians Union of Hollywood located at 807-831 North Vine Street; 808-820 Lillian Way; 5901 West Waring Avenue in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.

 

Recommendations for Council action:

 

  1. FIND that this action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class Eight, and Article 19, Section 15331, Class 31 of State CEQA Guidelines.

  2. ADOPT the findings of the Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC) as the findings of the Council.

  3. APPROVE the recommendation of the CHC relative to the inclusion of the Musicians Union of Hollywood located at 807-831 North Vine Street; 808-820 Lillian Way; 5901 West Waring Avenue in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.

Applicant:  Hollywood Heritage, Inc.

 

Owner(s):  CV 817 Vine St, LLC

 

Case No. CHC-2017-4331-HCM

 

Environmental No. ENV-2017-4332-CE

 

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the CHC. 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 18, 2018

 

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 18, 2018)

 

 

Adopted, (11); Absent: Bonin
, Englander
, Martinez
, Price
(4)