PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF BALLOT TABULATION and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to establishment of the North Hollywood Transit Business Improvement District (District), pursuant to Section 53753 of the California Government Code, Section 36600 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code and Article XIII D of the California Constitution.

Recommendations for Council action, if the tabulation of ballots indicates majority support, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated May 28, 2019, establishing the North Hollywood Transit Business Improvement District and confirming the assessments to be levied upon properties within the District, as described in the Management District Plan.
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk, subject to approval of the City Attorney, to prepare, execute and administer an operating agreement between the City and a non-profit corporation for the administration of the District's programs.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Clerk reports that direct costs associated with department administrative expenses will be charged to the District and will be recovered from assessments collected.

(Pursuant to Council action on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 and adoption of Ordinance No. 186096 on April 30, 2019.)

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HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Los Angeles County programs that impact homelessness in the City, and discussion of the 2019 Point-in-Time Count of homeless individuals and policy and funding recommendations.

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (O'Farrell -Krekorian):

1. REQUEST the Executive Director, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to report to Council to address new solutions for homelessness in consideration of the 2019 Point-In-Time Count of homeless individuals, and include policy guidance and recommendations on the following:
   
   
   1. Efforts to address mid and low acuity level homeless individuals, including but not limited to college students.
      
      
   2. Policies to prevent people from becoming chronically homeless.
      
      
   3. Expanding City/County/LAHSA Prevention and Diversion efforts.
      
      
   4. How to effectively and efficiently target the funding in the Governor's Revised Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget, proposed for Cities, Counties, and Continuums of Care in light of the 2019 Homeless Count results.
      
      
   5. How the 2019 Count results impact LAHSA' s Strategic Plan currently in development.
      
      
2. REQUEST the Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles County, and Director, County's Homeless Initiative, to report to Council relative to County programs that impact homelessness in Los Angeles, as well as Measure H funding recommendations based on LAHSA's 2019 Point-In-Count.
          

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.

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HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to submission of the City's Plan to Address the Shelter Crisis to the State of California.

Recommendation for Council action:

AUTHORIZE the City Administrative Officer to submit the City's Plan to Address the Shelter Crisis, pursuant to Government Code Section 8698.4, to the State of California by July 1, 2019.

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

Community Impact Statement:  Yes.

For:  East Hollywood Neighborhood Council

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HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Comprehensive Homeless Strategy Quarterly Performance Report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-19.

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the June 14, 2019 Homeless Strategy Committee transmittal relative to the Comprehensive Homeless Strategy Quarterly Performance Report for the third quarter of FY 2018-19.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Quarterly Report for Fiscal Years (FY) 2017-18 and 2018-19 Proposition HHH Bond Issuances (January 1 - March 31, 2019).

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the June 11, 2019 Proposition HHH Administrative Oversight Committee transmittal relative to the Quarterly Report for FYs 2017-18 and 2018-19 Proposition HHH Bond Issuances (January 1 - March 31, 2019).

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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MOTION (KORETZ - BUSCAINO) relative to initiating consideration of the property located at 8274-8276 West 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048, as a Historical-Cultural Monument.

MOTION (MARTINEZ - CEDILLO) relative to funding to cover the cost of the El Grito de Dolores celebration on September 15, 2019.

MOTION (HUIZAR - PRICE) relative to amending prior Council action of April 25, 2017 regarding the sale of the Pickle Works building.

MOTION (BLUMENFIELD - BONIN) relative to approval of the annual List of Citywide Special Events.

MOTION (HUIZAR - KORETZ) relative to accepting Public Benefits Trust funds related to a project located at 1340-1356 South Olive Street, 211-219 West 14th Street and 1359-1363 South Hill Street.

Members Present: Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Cedillo, Huizar, Koretz, Martinez, O'Farrell and Price (9);  Absent: Harris-Dawson, Krekorian, Rodriguez, Ryu, Smith and President Wesson (6)

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Bond Oversight Committee report relative to utilizing CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) for the Budd Weiner Park Improvements Project (Project) within the Monterey Hills Redevelopment Project Area.

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

1. DETERMINE that the Project consisting of installation of park amenities is categorically exempt from provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Sections 15301(c), 15304(b), 15304(f), and 15311. The Project is also exempt under the City CEQA Guidelines Article III, Sections 1(a)(3), 1(d)(3), 1(d)(12), and 1(k)(6).
   
   
2. APPROVE up to $42,316 in taxable CRA/LA EBP plus all earned interest available to Council District 14 from the Monterey Hills Redevelopment Project Area to be utilized for the Project.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) to be the implementing department for activities related to the Project.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners to negotiate and execute contracting documents as required with duly procured contractor(s) to effectuate the Project no later than September 30, 2019.
   
   
5. INSTRUCT the RAP to transmit copies of all executed contract(s) under the Project to Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD).
   
   
6. INSTRUCT the RAP to file a CEQA Notice of Exemption with the City Clerk and Los Angeles County Clerk upon Council approval.
   
   
7. INSTRUCT the RAP to expend the CRA/LA EBP appropriation no later than September 30, 2024.
   
   
8. INSTRUCT the RAP to report on its work accomplishments to the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and fund expenditures to the EWDD on a quarterly and as-needed basis.
   
   
9. AUTHORIZE the Controller, subject to the availability of funds and a duly executed and encumbered contract(s), to expend up to $42,316 plus Interest from the CRA/LA EBP Fund No. 57D, Account No. 22L9IT, Monterey Hills Taxable Series 2002-D, for activities related to the Project upon presentation of proper documentation from the RAP and satisfactory review by the EWDD in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bond Expenditure Agreement.
   
   
10. AUTHORIZE the Interim General Manager, EWDD, or designee, to prepare Controller instructions and/or make technical adjustments that may be required and are consistent with this action, subject to the approval of the CAO; and, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement these instructions.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee reports that there is no impact on the City’s General Fund from the proposed appropriation of CRA/LA EBP. The CRA/LA EBP Fund No. 57D is funded solely from two transfers of approximately $86 million in pre-2011 tax allocation bond proceeds from CRA/LA to the City. Said transfers have been deposited with the Controller.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Bond Oversight Committee report relative to utilizing CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) for the Sixth Street Viaduct Park, Arts, River and Connectivity Improvement Project (Project) within the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area.

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

1. FIND that the action of appropriating and withholding expenditure of funds for the Project, pending the completion, review and consideration of planning and environmental documents related to the Project, is not a project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because it merely creates a funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity that does not commit the City to a project that may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment, and that preparing preliminary planning and environmental documents is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) because it is an administrative activity that will not result in physical changes in the environment.
   
   
2. APPROVE up to $607,074 in taxable, and $473,854 in tax-exempt in CRA/LA EBP for a combined total of $1,080,928 plus earned interest available to Council District 14 from the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area be utilized for the Project.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the Bureau of Engineering (BOE) to be the implementing department.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the BOE to effectuate the Project including, but not limited to, the initiation and issuance of a Task Order Solicitation (TOS) from its list of Pre-Qualified On-Call Consultants, and select the necessary design consultant as needed to undertake all Project related activities.
   
   
5. REQUEST the Board of Public Works to approve, negotiate and execute contracting documents with duly procured contractor(s) as required to effectuate the Project.
   
   
6. INSTRUCT the BOE to report on its work progress to the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and funds expended to the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD), on a quarterly and as-needed basis.
   
   
7. AUTHORIZE the Controller, subject to the availability of funds, to expend up to $607,074 plus interest from the EBP Fund No. 57D, Account No. 22L9AT, Adelante Eastside Taxable series 2005-B and 2007-C; and, up to $473,854 plus Interest from Account No. 22L9AN, Adelante Eastside Tax-Exempt Series 2009-D, for activities related to the Project upon presentation of proper documentation by the BOE, and satisfactory review and approval of the EWDD in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bond Expenditure Agreement.
   
   
8. AUTHORIZE the BOE to perform limited preliminary planning as may be necessary to conduct the environmental review for the Project from the above-noted funds appropriated to the Project.
   
   
9. INSTRUCT the BOE to withhold expending, or committing to expend, any of the remainder of the above-noted funds appropriated to the Project until all of the following have occurred:
   
   
   1. The BOE has completed the preliminary planning documents and environmental review documents.
      
      
   2. The City has complied with the requirements of the CEQA with respect to the Project, including obtaining any necessary CEQA clearances.
      
      
   3. The Board of Public Works has considered and approved the Project for expenditure of the remaining funds.
      
      
10. AUTHORIZE the Interim General Manager, EWDD, or designee, to prepare Controller instructions and/or make technical adjustments that may be required and are consistent with this action, subject to the approval of the CAO; and, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement these instructions.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee reports that there is no impact on the City’s General Fund from the proposed appropriation of CRA/LA EBP. The CRA/LA EBP Fund No. 57D is funded solely from two transfers of approximately $86 million in pre-2011 tax allocation bond proceeds from CRA/LA to the City. Said transfers have been deposited with the Controller.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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