CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Reseda Boulevard and Kittridge Street Lighting District.

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

1. FIND that a majority protest exists in the Street Lighting Maintenance Assessment District and therefore the assessment cannot be enacted.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE abandoning all proceedings relating to 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).
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the Director, Bureau of Street Lighting, to assure that the streetlights are not installed or are removed from service if previously installed.

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Westgate Avenue and Texas Avenue No. 1 Street Lighting District.

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

1. FIND that a majority protest exists in the Street Lighting Maintenance Assessment District and therefore the assessment cannot be enacted.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE abandoning all proceedings relating to 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).
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the Director, Bureau of Street Lighting, to assure that the streetlights are not installed or are removed from service if previously installed.

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Sunset Boulevard and Micheltorena 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 Sunset Boulevard and Argyle Avenue Street Lighting District.

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

1. FIND that a majority protest exists in the Street Lighting Maintenance Assessment District and therefore the assessment cannot be enacted.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE abandoning all proceedings relating to 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).
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the Director, Bureau of Street Lighting, to assure that the streetlights are not installed or are removed from service if previously installed.

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Barrington Avenue and Nebraska Avenue No. 3 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).

HEARING APPEALS against the annual confirmation of assessments for the maintenance of the sidewalks for Wilshire Miracle Mile Sidewalk Maintenance District - W.O. E6000022 (Annual Assessment Confirmation).

COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative the appointment of Mr. Dale Bonner to the Board of Police Commissioners.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's appointment of Mr. Dale Bonner to the Board of Police Commissioners for the term ending June 30, 2021 is APPROVED and CONFIRMED.  Mr. Bonner resides in Council District 4.  (Current gender composition: F=3; M=2)

Financial Disclosure Statement:  Filed.

Background Check:  Completed.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 7, 2018)

(Public Safety Committee report to be submitted in Council.  If a public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)

(Click on the above hyperlink or go to: www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.)

HEALTH, EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the reappointment of Ms. Betty Wilson to the Commission on Disability.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor’s reappointment of Ms. Betty Wilson to the Commission on Disability for the term ending June 30, 2023, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Ms. Wilson resides in Council District 14. (Current gender composition: M=4; F=5.)

Financial Disclosure Statement:  Pending.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 7, 2018)

ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PARKS AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a request for approval to retroactively apply for and accept a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the Black Doll Show.

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 NEA, Artworks category.
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to submit all the 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 NEA in the amount of $50,000.
   
   
4. 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.
   
   
5. AUTHORIZE the DCA to receive and expend NEA funds for activities for all eligible purposes.
   
   
6. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
   
   
   1. Establish a new appropriation account within Fund No. 337/30, Cultural Affairs Grants, to be labeled Black Doll Show.
      
      
   2. Appropriate $50,000 received from the NEA into the newly established account Black Doll Show within Fund No. 337/30.
      
      
7. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to prepare any Controller’s instructions needed to implement actions approved by the Council and Mayor on matters presented in or deriving from the transmittal, and/or to make necessary technical adjustments; and further, REQUEST that the Controller implement these instructions.

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the transfer and appropriation of $215,000 in funding to the City Clerk to conduct a pilot online voting program in 2019 for Neighborhood Councils (NC).

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Huizar - Ryu - Koretz), SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. AUTHORIZE the Controller to transfer $215,000 from the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Budget, Unappropriated Balance Fund No. 100/58, NC Election Outreach, to the Office of the City Clerk, Fund No. 100/14,  for the conduct of up to 10 online NC elections in the spring of 2019, in addition to the already scheduled at-poll elections, and appropriate the funding as follows:
   
   

   Account	Title	Amount
   4170	Election Expense	$163,000
   1070	Account  As Needed Salaries	$42,000
   1090	Overtime Salaries	$10,000

2. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to negotiate and execute any agreements as needed, relative to the 2019 NC elections, utilizing funds budgeted for this purpose, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to prepare and submit a detailed written report to the City Council within 60 days on the plan for conducting the 10 NC online elections including:
   
   
   1. How the 10 NCs will be chosen.
      
      
   2. How the online elections will be conducted.
      
      
   3. A history of any breaches to Everyone Count's security.
      
      
   4. A plan of how safety measures will be implemented to ensure accuracy, accountability, and voter information security, including how issues with the 2016 NC elections will be avoided.
      
      
4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk, Information Technology Agency, and Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to report following the elections, with a complete after-action report; and audit the results of the elections utilizing the vendor Everyone Counts.
   
   
5. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to make any technical corrections to the above in order to effectuate the intent of this Motion.
   
   

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

Community Impact Statement:  Yes.

MOTION (WESSON - RYU) relative to using the Council Chambers, Fourth floor Media Room, Rotunda, Spring Street forecourt, 10th floor rooms, Controller's Conference Room, and the Board of Public Works room on September 22, 2018 for the Congress of Neighborhoods.

Recommendation for Council action:

AUTHORIZE the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to use the Council Chambers, Fourth floor Media Room, Rotunda, Spring Street forecourt, 10th floor rooms, Controller's Conference Room, and the Board of Public Works room on September 22, 2018 for the Congress of Neighborhoods.

The City Council shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Richard Coryell, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC661309. (This matter arises from Plaintiffs allegations of discrimination, retaliation, and adverse employment actions.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on August 13, 2018)

The City Council shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled P.P. Ocean LLC v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. SC125486. (Lawsuit concerning 401 North Almar Drive in Council District 11. This case is an inverse condemnation action against the City arising out of Plaintiff's claim of earth movement at a private residence on Almar Drive.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on August 13, 2018)

The City Council shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled San Regis, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC637630. (This matter involves the proposed settlement of pending litigation over the remaining term of a regulatory agreement protecting 78 units of affordable housing at 15454-15460 Sherman Way in Los Angeles.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on August 13, 2018)

ATTEST:  Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

          Council Clerk                        PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL