CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR), COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating Butte Street between Santa Fe Avenue and Perrino Place, VAC-E1401147 (Vacation).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of May 22, 2013, that it has imposed all the mitigation measures that are within the control of the City as described in the EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 90011169, attached to the Council file) that are associated with the impacts of the Vacation.
   
   
2. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of May 22, 2013, 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. 19-1401147 for the Vacation.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to transmit, following Council adoption, Resolution to Vacate No. 19-1401381 to the Bureau of Engineering, Land Development Division 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.

(Continued from Council meeting of September 11, 2019)

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the reappointment of Ms. Pilar Buelna to the Cultural Heritage Commission.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's reappointment of Ms. Pilar Buelna to the Cultural Heritage Commission for the term ending June 30, 2024 is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Ms. Buelna’s current term expired on June 30, 2019. Ms. Buelna resides in Council District 1. (Current composition:  F=3; M=2)

Financial Disclosure Statement:  Filed.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 25, 2019)

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, ARTS, AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Neighborhood Council system reforms.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. REQUEST the City Attorney, working with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) and the City Clerk, to report on a draft Ordinance to implement a uniform minimum age for voting in Neighborhood Council elections and for Neighborhood Council board members, and the impact of such an Ordinance on the Neighborhood Council structural system.
   
   
2. NOTE and FILE the reports from DONE dated, August 20, 2019, and City Clerk, dated April 15, 2019, relative to Neighborhood Council system reforms.

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.

(Continued from Council meeting of September 11, 2019)

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to citywide sign regulations including opt-in provision, alternative approaches to off-site signs, defining billboard blight, equity for small businesses and mural signs, and related matters.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of relevant departments, to prepare and present a proposed Ordinance regarding citywide sign regulations be presented to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, then forwarded to Council for its consideration, and to include the following options:    
   
   
   1. Establish a Tier 3 Sign District to allow digital signs in commercial designations outside of Regional Centers.
      
      
   2. Enhance the standards by which digital signs can be located by creating more nuanced criteria that accounts for heavily trafficked commercial corridors, limiting placement to certain commercial nodes, establishing height limitations, hours of operation, refresh rates, and other criteria, where these standards would be applicable to signs seeking a relocation agreement.
      
      
   3. That the standards also have a minimum thresholds to prevent an over concentration of small signs.
      
      
   4. Establish a process by which deviations from these standards would require a discretionary approval that would require the consideration, approval and/or would be appealable to the City Council.
      
      
   5. Include an Opt-Out provisions that would prohibit the participation of digital signage, including take down and in lieu, by Community Plan Area and incorporate provisions that would spell out the process which by which a Community Plan Area, may Opt-Out once the ordinance has been adopted.
      
      
2. INSTRUCT the DCP to further study and define blight based on the number of signs in a particular geography as well as signs located in Residential zones.
              
3. INSTRUCT the DCP to draft the proposed Ordinance to direct a minimum of 50 percent of the takedown come from Billboard Blighted areas and that the other 50 percent come from signs in the vicinity of where a digital sign is located.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the DCP to draft the proposed Ordinance a minimum of 50 percent of the in-lieu fee be directed in areas identified as Billboard Blighted areas.
   
   
5. INSTRUCT the DCP to define public as land or assets owned by the City, or another governmental agency with which the City that has a memorandum of understanding or other agreement expressly permitting off-site digital signage within the City.
   
   
6. INSTRUCT the DCP to establish a citywide cap of new digital signs, both in number of signs and overall square footage.
   
   
7. INSTRUCT the DCP, based on a Citywide cap, establish a phasing program where by signs in public areas would be permitted before digital signs can be located on private property.
   
   
8. INSTRUCT the DCP that the proposed penalties be expanded to include the property owners, in addition to any administrative fees related to code enforcement currently in place, and that the penalties identified in the December 2017 report be updated to current values and updated on an annual basis.
   
                 

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

Community Impact Statement:  Yes.

For:

Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council

Brentwood Community Council

Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council

Glassell Park Neighborhood Council

Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council

Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council

Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council

Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council

P.I.C.O. Neighborhood Council

Silver Lake Neighborhood Council

Studio City Neighborhood Council

For if amended:

Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council

Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council

Los Feliz Neighborhood Council

South Robertson Neighborhood Council

Tarzana Neighborhood Council

Against:

Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council

Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council

Palms Neighborhood Council

Rampart Village Neighborhood Council

West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council

Against unless amended:

Del Rey Neighborhood Council

Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council

Echo Park Neighborhood Council (formerly Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council)

Neutral:

Westside Neighborhood Council

PUBLIC WORKS AND GANG REDUCTION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the honorary naming of Antioch Street from Via De La Paz to Swarthmore Avenue as Arnie Wishnick Way.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Bonin - Koretz):

1. DESIGNATE Antioch Street from Via De La Paz to Swarthmore Avenue to be honorarily named as Arnie Wishnick Way.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to erect permanent ceremonial signage to this effect at this location.

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.

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the formation of an Organics Implementation Team to increase educational and outreach efforts  regarding the organics collection program.

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz - Krekorian - Blumenfield):

1. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) to form an Organics Implementation Team composed of a Board of Public Works Commissioner, BOS representatives, RecycLA service providers, and stakeholders to provide a robust educational/outreach effort regarding the organics collection program, its objectives, and affordability for customers via recycling assessments and support for community-based compost and anaerobic digestion infrastructure; and ensure that operational steps are taken to effectively source-separate organics in the near-term with action-oriented deliverables on multiple fronts.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the BOS to work with the RecycLA service providers to ensure there is a strong, consistent organics educational/outreach message across the entire City so the effort is conducted with one voice; and, DIRECT the BOS to report on the feasibility of structuring the points system in the following manner:
   
   
   1. Points in the rating system should be front-loaded, awarding for RecycLA service provider diversion programs that achieve the highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions reductions earlier than required by contract. 
      
      
   2. The rating system should be structured so that RecycLA service providers who begin diversion early and divert larger quantities of organic waste (before the City's required diversion date) are awarded more points, and so that these points are part of the calculation tied to the consideration of the renewal of RecycLA service provider contracts in 2027.
         
3. INSTRUCT the BOS to create an environmental rating system so that RecycLA service providers can be rated on their performance, including especially in organics collection and processing, including where organic materials end up.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the BOS to track and report on each RecycLA service provider’s education and outreach efforts during the two-year optimization period, including but not limited to, the number of customers who are given contamination notices per franchise zone, average number of contacts per customer, number of trainings provided, types of trainings, and contamination levels within franchise zones both before and after the optimization period is over.
   
   
5. INSTRUCT the BOS to report on the status of these efforts in 45 days and provide the Council with regular updates throughout the year.

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.

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the feasibility of implementing a Minimum Recycled Content Ordinance and a Leash-Your-Lid Ordinance requiring 75 percent post-consumer recycled content and attached caps to beverage containers or bottles respectively.

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

1. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) to report to the City Council in 90 days on the feasibility of implanting a Minimum Recycled Content ordinance which requires all beverage containers sold or distributed in the City of Los Angeles to contain at least 75 percent post-consumer recycled content.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the BOS to report to the City Council in 90 days on the feasibility of implementing a Leash-Your-Lid Ordinance which requires all beverage containers sold or distributed in the City of Los Angeles to have caps that are either connected or continuously affixed to the bottle.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the BOS to report on the current status of the City’s recycling program and the quantity of beverage containers and caps being recycled.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the BOS to report on the feasibility of the City’s either actively incentivizing the local recycling of products or of the City’s establishing its own recycled products manufacturing program.

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.

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the establishment of a flexible revolving loan program for entities that divert waste from the City's waste stream and needed resources to transition existing City businesses into recyclable product manufacturers.

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

1. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS), Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD), and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report on recommendations for the establishment of a flexible revolving loan program that would provide matching loans to entities that receive loans through the Recycling Market Development Zone program or other CalRecycle program as well as stand-alone loans and/or grants to entities that may not qualify or are otherwise unable to access funding from CalRecycle, but still divert waste from the Los Angeles waste stream.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the BOS, with assistance from EWDD and CLA, to report on the necessary resources, including staffing and budget, required for a research and development program aimed at transitioning existing Los Angeles businesses into recyclable product manufacturers through direct promotion of both the State and local funding programs.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the BOS, with assistance from City Attorney and CLA, to explore whether there may be flexibility with or within the competitive process, including but not limited to a pilot program for small sole-source contracting with start-up businesses that seek to process waste from the City's waste stream into marketable products.

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to conducting a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the City's current waste management practices to achieve the highest environmental benefit.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Krekorian - Martinez - Koretz):

INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS), with assistance from the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to conduct an LCA of the City’s current waste management practices, including both an environmental cradle-to-grave and economic cost-benefit analysis of different waste management scenarios in order to determine the configuration that achieves the highest environmental benefit while accounting for City and ratepayer costs.

1. The study should include, at a minimum, an LCA and corresponding cost-benefit analysis of the following configurations:
   
   
   1. Current waste management practices (baseline), 20-year-out practices as detailed in the 2013 Solid Waste Integrated Management Plan.
      
      
   2. Multi-stage phase-in configurations towards 100 percent North American zero waste management plan through a combination of strategies including, but not limited to, source-reduction, North American-only recycling, anaerobic digestion, composting, landfilling, and thermal conversion processes such as pyrolysis, gasification, and incineration.
      
      
2. LCA factors taken into account should include but are not limited to greenhouse gas emissions, water use, air and water pollution, toxins production or avoidance, and renewable energy production.

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.

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the City's efforts to institute the polystyrene phase-out adopted in 2008 which impacts solid waste haulers, Los Angeles (LA) Mall vendors and Home Delivered Meals Program.

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz - Blumenfield - Bonin):

1. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS), with the assistance of the Department of General Services, and the Department of Aging to report as follows:
   
   
   1. Provide an update on the City’s efforts to institute the polystyrene phase-out adopted in 2008.   
      
      
   2. Review franchise agreement provisions to ensure that the new solid waste franchise haulers adhere to the City’s polystyrene policy of accepting only clean post-consumer Expanded Polystyrene and efforts taken to educate customers thereby.   
      
      
   3. Determine if the Home Delivered Meals Program utilizes polystyrene food containers and a plan for phasing out their use if such containers are utilized.
      
      
   4. Determine if the vendors in the LA Mall are purchasing and using polystyrene food containers and if so, provide recommendations for updating all relevant lease and concession agreements to require the phase out of polystyrene food service products.
      
      
2. INSTRUCT the BOS to engage with and include in its report recommendations to balance and address the concerns of small restaurants.        

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.

For:

Glassell Park Neighborhood Council

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the feasibility of banning polystyrene foam containers in the City.

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz - Blumenfield - Price - Bonin):

1. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) to report on the feasibility of banning polystyrene foam containers in the City.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the BOS to engage with and include in its report recommendations to balance and address the concerns of small restaurants.  

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.

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a review of the current Environmentally Preferable Products Purchasing Program (EPPPP) Policy and a report with recommendations to strengthen the policy.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Krekorian - Koretz - Martinez):

INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation, with assistance from the Department of General Services, the Chief Procurement Officer, the City Attorney's office and the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), to review the current EPPPP Ordinance and to report within 60 days with recommendations to strengthen the policy, including but not limited to evaluation of the following options:

1. Establishing a baseline of minimum purchased Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) products procured by each City department to 20 percent by 2020, 50 percent by 2028, 75 percent by 2035 and 100 percent by 2050.
   
   
2. Reimplementing an unambiguous mandate to ensure that City departments procure an EPP version of the product as long as it is deemed readily available, meets necessary performance standards, and remains within an acceptable price range.
   
   
3. Ensuring existing City facility bans such as the 2008 Expanded Polystyrene food service product ban are enforced through procurement.
   
   
4. Incorporating multiple environmental attributes as part of the scoring criteria for goods procurement, considering the implementation of a greenhouse gas performance standard, such as in the Buy Clean California Act, as one of the environmental attributes.
   
   
5. Incorporating EPP as a bidding criteria into Citywide service contracts that include applicable EPP products.
   
   
6. Incorporating Extended Produce Responsibility (EPR) as a bidding criteria into all Citywide service contracts, including criteria such as product packaging minimization, take back programs for difficult-to-manage or recycle products such as mattresses and carpeting, or hazardous materials such as light bulbs and motor oil.
   
   
7. Establishing an independent internal review process for both service contracts and procurement bids prior to their release to ensure they include both EPP and EPR elements, including instances of product substitution.
   
   
8. Ensuring the Ordinance provides a mechanism for automatic updates as new EPP applicable products, specifications, attributes, and certifications become available.
   
   

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the State's Buy Clean California Act and whether elements of the Act can be incorporated in the City's Environmentally Preferable Products Purchasing Program (EPPPP). 

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz - Martinez):

INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) to report to the Council in 45 days on the State’s Buy Clean California Act and whether elements of the Act can be incorporated in the City’s EPPPP to strengthen the City’s sustainable procurement efforts and effectively meet climate change challenges.

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.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to utilizing Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) for the Graffiti Abatement Project (Project) within the Reseda/Canoga Park Redevelopment Project Area.

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

1. FIND that the Project, consisting of graffiti abatement services and improvements including, but not limited to, graffiti abatement, tree planting and clean up services, is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301, Class 1(d) and Section 15304, Class 4(b) of the State CEQA Guidelines. The Project is also exempt under the City CEQA Guidelines Article III, Section 1, Class 1, Category 4 and Class 4, Category 3.
   
   
2. APPROVE up to $800,000 in taxable CRA/LA EBP available to Council District Three from the Reseda/Canoga Park Redevelopment Project Area to be utilized for the Project.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the Office of Community Beautification (OCB) to be the implementing department for activities relating to the Project.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the OCB to approve, negotiate and execute or amend contracting documents as required with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Contract No. C-124637 to effectuate the Project no later than November 30, 2019.
   
   
5. INSTRUCT the OCB to transmit copies of all executed contract(s) under the Project to Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD).
   
   
6. INSTRUCT the OCB to file a CEQA Notice of Exemption with the City Clerk and Los Angeles County Clerk upon Council adoption.
   
   
7. INSTRUCT the OCB to expend the EBP appropriation no later than September 30, 2024.
   
   
8. INSTRUCT the OCB to report on its work accomplishments to the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and fund expenditures to 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, to expend up to $800,000 from the EBP Fund No. 57D, Account No. 22L9PT, Reseda/Canoga Park Taxable Series 2010-D, for activities related to the Project upon presentation of proper documentation by the OCB, and satisfactory review and approval of 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 totaling 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.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to utilizing Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) for the Adelante Eastside Public Improvements Project (Project) within the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area.

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

1. DETERMINE that the Project, consisting of appropriating and withholding expenditure of funds for the Project pending the completion, review and consideration of planning and environmental documents related to sidewalk and intersection improvements in the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area, 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 governmental 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 $31,267 in taxable, and $94,262 in tax-exempt CRA/LA EBP for a combined total of $125,529 plus all earned interest (Interest) available to Council District One from the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area to be utilized for the Project.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the Bureau of Street Services (BSS) to be the implementing department for the Project.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the Controller, subject to the conditions below and availability of funds and duly executed and encumbered contract(s) no later than November 30, 2019, to expend up to $31,267 plus Interest from the EBP Fund No, 57D, Account Nos. 22L9AT and/or 22S9AT Adelante Eastside Taxable Series 2005-B and 2007-C, and $94,262 plus Interest from Account Nos. 22L9AN and/or 22S9AN Adelante Eastside Tax-Exempt Series 2009-D, for activities related to the Project upon presentation of proper documentation by the BSS, and satisfactory review and approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bond Expenditure Agreement.
   
   
5. AUTHORIZE the BSS 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.
   
   
6. INSTRUCT the BSS to withhold expending, or committing to expend, any of the remainder of the above-noted funds allocated to the Project until all of the following have occurred:
   
   
   1. The BSS has completed the preliminary planning documents and environmental review documents.
      
      
   2. The City has complied with CEQA requirements with respect to the Project, including obtaining any necessary CEQA clearances.
      
      
7. INSTRUCT the BSS to expend the CRA/LA EBP allocation no later than September 30, 2024.
   
   
8. INSTRUCT the BSS 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 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 totaling 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.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to utilizing Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) for the Allegheny Park Property Demolition Project (Project) within the Pacoima-Panorama City Redevelopment Project Area.

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

1. FIND that the Project, consisting of lead and asbestos survey of the existing structures on site, abatement of any lead and asbestos, removal of any other hazardous materials, demolition and removal of the buildings, structures, fences and related improvements on site, is exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15301(1). The Project is also exempt pursuant to the City CEQA Guidelines Article III, Section 1, Class 1(11).
   
   
2. APPROVE up to $100,000 in tax-exempt CRA/LA EBP available to Council District Six from the Pacoima-Panorama City 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 relating to the Project.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the RAP to select contractor(s) from its list of Pre-Qualified On Call Contractors previously approved by the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, and negotiate and execute contracting documents as required to effectuate the Project.
   
   
5. INSTRUCT the RAP to transmit copies of all duly executed agreement(s) related to the Project to the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD).
   
   
6. AUTHORIZE the Controller, subject to the availability of funds, and a duly executed and encumbered contract(s), to expend up to $100,000 from the EBP Fund No. 57D, Account No. 22L9MN Pacoima/Panorama City Tax-Exempt Series 2006-C, for activities related to the Project upon presentation of proper documentation by the RAP, and satisfactory review by EWDD in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bond Expenditure Agreement.
   
   
7. INSTRUCT the RAP to file a final CEQA Notice of Exemption with the City Clerk and Los Angeles County Clerk upon Council adoption.
   
   
8. INSTRUCT the RAP to report on its work accomplishments to the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and fund expenditures to EWDD, on a quarterly and as-needed basis.
   
   
9. 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 totaling approximately $86 million in pre-2011 tax allocation bond proceeds from CRA/LA to the City (Council file No. 14-1174). Said transfers have been deposited with the Controller.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to utilizing Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) for the Hoover Litter Abatement Project (Project) within the Exposition/University Park Redevelopment Project Area.

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

1. DETERMINE that these recommended actions related to funding and approving the Project consisting of trash receptacle installations, are exempt from the California Environmental Qualify Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines and the City CEQA Guidelines Class 1(3).
   
   
2. APPROVE up to $13,111 in taxable CRA/LA EBP from the Broadway/Manchester Redevelopment Project Area, and up to $87,742 in taxable EBP plus all earned interest (Interest) from the Hoover now known as the Exposition/University Park Redevelopment Project Area available to Council District Eight to be utilized for the Project.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) to be the implementing department for activities relating to the Project.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the BOS to negotiate and execute any contract(s) and/or amendment(s) and related documents as necessary, no later than November 30, 2019, with Rehrig Pacific Company, Contract No. C-102987 (Contract), to effectuate the Project.
   
   
5. INSTRUCT the BOS to transmit copies of all executed Contract(s) for the Project to the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD).
   
   
6. INSTRUCT the BOS to file a CEQA Notice of Exemption with the City Clerk and Los Angeles County Clerk upon Council adoption.
   
   
7. AUTHORIZE the BOS to expend the EBP appropriation no later than September 30, 2024.
   
   
8. AUTHORIZE the Controller, subject to the availability of funds, and a duly executed and encumbered Contract, to expend up to $13,111 from CRA/LA EBP Fund No. 57D, Account Nos. 22L9GT and 22S9GT Exposition/University Taxable Series 2007-E, for activities related to the Project upon presentation of proper documentation by the BOS, and satisfactory review and approval of the EWDD in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bond Expenditure Agreement.
   
   
9. INSTRUCT the BOS to report on its work accomplishments to the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and fund expenditures to EWDD on a quarterly and as-needed basis.
   
   
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 transfers totaling approximately $88.4 million in pre-2011 tax allocation bond proceeds from CRA/LA to the City (Council file No. 14-1174). Said transfers have been deposited with the Controller.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to allocating Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Excess Bond Proceeds (EBP) to fund the Sherman Way Streetscape Phase II Improvements Project within the Reseda/Canoga Park Redevelopment Project Area.

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

1. INSTRUCT the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD), with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), Bureau of Engineering (BOE), and any other applicable City department, to report with recommendations to the CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee to allocate $580,000 in taxable and tax-exempt CRA/LA EBP available to Council District Three from the Reseda/Canoga Park Redevelopment Project Area for public improvement costs related to the Sherman Way Streetscape Phase II Improvements Project as identified in the Bond Expenditure Agreement and Bond Spending Plan.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the BOE to utilize $580,000 in taxable and tax-exempt CRA/LA EBP including any additional earned interest, available to Council District Three from the Reseda/Canoga Park Redevelopment Project Area to assist with public improvement costs related to the Sherman Way Streetscape Phase II Improvements Project contingent upon Council’s approval of the forthcoming EWDD report.

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND GENERAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the proposed new records disposition schedule for the Department of City Planning (DCP), Office of Historic Resources, Schedule DCP/800.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. APPROVE the proposed new records disposition schedule for the DCP, Office of Historic Resources, Schedule DCP/800. 
   
   
2. FIND that the proposed new records disposition has been processed in accordance with the requirements of Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 12.3.

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND GENERAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT relative to proposed additions to records disposition schedule for the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), Accounting Division, Schedule HDX/01.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. APPROVE the two proposed additions to the records disposition schedule for the Accounting Division of the POLA, Schedule HDX/01. 
   
   
2. FIND that the proposed additions to the records disposition schedule have been processed in accordance with the requirements of the Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 12.3.

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND GENERAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the proposed new departmental records disposition schedule for the Department of Public Works (DPW), Bureau of Engineering (BOE), Land Development and Geographic Information Systems Division, Schedule ENG/80.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. APPROVE the proposed new records disposition schedules for the DPW, BOE, Land Development and Geographic Information Systems Division, Schedule ENG/80. 
   
   
2. FIND that the proposed new records disposition schedules have been processed in accordance with the requirements of the Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 12.3.  

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (PLUM) REPORT relative to a Conditional Use, Fence Height and Site Plan Review Appeal for the properties located at 10103, 10105, 10111 and 10115 South Grape Street.

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

1. DETERMINE, based on the whole of the administrative record, that the Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15332, Article 19 (Class 32), and there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies.
   
   
2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council.
   
   
3. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEAL filed by Esperanza Martinez, United Teachers Los Angeles, on behalf of parents and students living near the proposed project site, and THEREBY APPROVE the following: 1) A Conditional Use to permit the operation of a public school in the [Q]R4-1 Zone (restricted to R2 uses); 2) The permit area deviations in association with a Conditional Use request as follows: a. A minimum 0-foot front yard setback in lieu of the otherwise required 15-feet along the Grape Street frontage; and b. A minimum 0-foot side yard setback in lieu of the otherwise required six-feet along the 102nd Street frontage; 3) A fence or wall height of 8-feet in lieu of the permitted 3.5-feet within the required front yard; and 4) A Site Plan Review for a change of use which results in a net increase of 1,000 or more daily trips; for the construction of a new three-story, 32,245 square foot, 22-classroom public charter middle school, with a covered multipurpose room, one level of basement parking for 31 automobiles, 90 bicycle parking spaces, an on-site drop-off and pick-up area, and a 8,457 square foot outdoor play yard, with the school serving 512 students in grades five-eight, and to include an eight-foot tall concrete wall along the northern perimeter and eight-foot tall wrought-iron security fence with perforated paneling elsewhere along the perimeter of the site except where gates or the classroom building would be located; for the properties located at 10103, 10105, 10111 and 10115 South Grape Street, subject to Conditions of Approval as modified by the PLUM Committee (attached to the Council File).

Applicant:  Grit RE, LLC

Representative:  Michael S. Woodward

Case No. CPC-2018-5971-CU-F-SPR

Environmental No. ENV-2018-5972-CE

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 27, 2019)

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the escheatment of funds from the Unclaimed Monies Seized Incidental to Arrest Trust Fund (UMSIATF) to the City's General Fund.

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

1. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Police Department and the City Treasurer to process the sum of $389,990.93 from the UMSIATF No. 7772.
   
   
2. TRANSFER all identified eligible monies to the City's General Fund, Fund No. 100/70, Revenue Source Code No. 4834.

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE relative to the 2018-19 Capital Improvement Expenditure Year-End Reappropriations.

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

1. APPROVE the reappropriation of the June 30, 2019, capital improvement and contingencies project account balances within the listed funds, except for those accounts and amounts delineated in Attachment A of the City Administrative Officer (CAO) report dated September 3, 2019 (attached to the Council file) and those accounts with funds that have already been reappropriated by interim actions within Fiscal Year 2018-19:
   

   Fund	Number/Department
   General Fund (Non-Dept. Capital Improvement Expenditure Program) Special Gas Tax Street Improvement Fund Local Transportation Fund Park and Recreational Sites and Facilities Fund  Street Lighting Maintenance Assessment Trust Fund  Special Parking Revenue Fund Proposition A Local Transit Fund Stormwater Pollution Abatement Fund Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Trust Fund Convention Center Revenue Fund Sewer Capital Fund Measure R Local Return Fund Measure M Local Return Fund Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program Fund Wastewater System Construction Fund Wastewater System Rev Bd Cons/10A Fund Wastewater System Comm Paper A Const Fund Wastewater System Comm Paper B Const Fund WSSRB Construction Fund, Series 2017-A	100/54   206/50 207/94 209/88 347/50 363/94 385/94 511/50 528/94 725/48 761/50 51Q/94 59C/94 59V/50 70F/50 70K/50 70W/50 70X/50 75N/50

2. REQUEST the Controller to work with the CAO to identify those accounts within Fund No. 100/54 where 2018-19 reversions have already been reappropriated. 
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the CAO to make technical corrections as necessary, subject to the availability of funds, to implement the Mayor and Council actions.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that reappropriations are for previously approved General Fund and special funded projects that were considered during the development of the 2019-20 Adopted Budget. The estimated expenditures in this report are $38 million less than the estimates from the time of budget development (Attachment C of the CAO report dated September 3, 2019, attached to the Council file). This does not change available funds for 2019-20 appropriations. There is no additional impact to the General Fund. 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND GENERAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a non-financial transfer of jurisdiction and control of the vacant property located at 3195 South Motor Avenue to complete the Exposition Light Rail Line Phase II Bikeway Project.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz - Harris-Dawson):

AUTHORIZE the Department of General Services to effectuate a non-financial transfer of jurisdiction and control of the vacant property located at 3195 South Motor Avenue, Los Angeles, 90034 (APN: 4318-033-901) in Council District 5 to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, subject to City Attorney approval as to form, in order to complete the Exposition Light Rail Line Phase II Bikeway Project.

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.

PUBLIC SAFETY and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES' REPORT relative to proposed 13th Amendment to Contract No. C-123897 with Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Motorola) for the upgrade and maintenance of the PremierOne Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Land Mobile Radio Systems.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. AUTHORIZE retroactively the 10th and 11th Amendments to Contract No. 123897, a Master Services Agreement (MSA) between the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Motorola, for the purposes of adding $358,002.35 to implement the PremierOne CAD System upgrade and an interface between the Records Management System and the Telogis System, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form, and compliance with the previously approved sole-source requirements of the MSA.
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to negotiate and execute the 13th Amendment to Contract No. 123897 for the purposes of:
   
   
   1. Extending the contract term an additional five years with a revised term of May 8, 2014 through May 7, 2024.
      
      
   2. Adding a PremierOne CAD On-Site System Administrator from January 1, 2019 through May 31, 2019.
      
      
   3. Enhancing the Scope of Work for the PremierOne CAD-Aided Dispatch/Premier Mobile Data Computer Project.
      
      
   4. Increasing compensation by $254,111 from the remaining contingency spending authority of $2.77 million, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form, and compliance with the previously approved sole-source requirements of the MSA.    

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The City Administrative Officer reports that no additional General Fund appropriation is required as costs for the contract will be determined for each project/service to be performed under the MSA and will be funded within the LAPD's operating budget or eligible grant funds, as approved by the Grantor and City Attorney.  Therefore, approval of this contract amendment complies with the City’s Financial Policies in that budgeted funds are used for budgeted purposes.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - OCTOBER 15, 2019

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - OCTOBER 15, 2019)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY CLERK and ORDINANCE OF INTENTION FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the reconfirmation of the Los Feliz Village Merchant-Based Business Improvement District (BID).

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

1. FIND that the:
   
   
   1. Assessments imposed by the Los Feliz Village BID for the 2020 Fiscal Year provide services that directly benefit each of the businesses which pay the assessments.
      
      
   2. Services funded by the assessment are provided only to each of the assessed businesses within the boundaries of the BID.
      
      
   3. Assessment imposed does not exceed the reasonable cost of conferring the benefits.
      
      
   4. Proposed improvements and activities are completely separate from the day-to-day operations of the City.
      
      
   5. Assessments for the proposed business-based BID are not taxes and that the BID qualifies for exemption from Proposition 26 under Exemption 1 of Article XIII C, Section 1(e)(1).
      
      
   6. Services to be provided by the Owners' Association are in the nature of professional, expert, technical or other special services, that the services are of a temporary and occasional character, and that the use of competitive bidding would be impractical, not advantageous, undesirable or where the common law otherwise excuses compliance with competitive bidding requirements.
      
      
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE OF INTENTION, dated September 12, 2019, to confirm the Annual Report for the Los Feliz Village BID and to levy an annual assessment for the BID's 19th operating year, January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to schedule, prepare, publish, and mail the public hearing notice, as required by the provisions of Section 36500 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form and legality, to prepare and present an enabling Ordinance levying the special assessment for the Los Feliz Village BID's 19th operating period, January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
   
   
5. APPROVE the Los Feliz Village Business Improvement Corporation, a California nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, to administer the proposed services of the Los Feliz Village BID pursuant to Section 36500 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code and City regulations.
   
   
6. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk, subject to City Attorney approval, to prepare, execute, and administer a contract between the City and the Los Feliz Village Business Improvement Corporation to administer the Los Feliz Village BID, if the Ordinance reconfirming the BID is adopted.
   
   
7. APPOINT the Advisory Board as listed in the City Clerk report dated September 11, 2019, attached to the Council file.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Clerk reports that there is no impact on the General Fund. There are no assessments for City-owned properties within this merchant-based BID.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Economic Development Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY CLERK and ORDINANCE OF INTENTION FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the reconfirmation of the Little Tokyo Merchant-Based Business Improvement District (BID).

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

1. FIND that the:
   
   
   1. Assessments imposed by the Little Tokyo BID for the 2020 Fiscal Year provide services that directly benefit each of the businesses which pay the assessments.
      
      
   2. Services funded by the assessment are provided only to each of the assessed businesses within the boundaries of the BID.
      
      
   3. Assessment imposed does not exceed the reasonable cost of conferring the benefits.
      
      
   4. Proposed improvements and activities are completely separate from the day-to-day operations of the City.
      
      
   5. Assessments for the proposed business-based BID are not taxes and that the BID qualifies for exemption from Proposition 26 under Exemption 1 of Article XIII C, Section 1(e)(1).
      
      
   6. Services to be provided by the Owners' Association, the Li’l Tokyo Businessmen’s Association, are in the nature of professional, expert, technical or other special services, that the services are of a temporary and occasional character, and that the use of competitive bidding would be impractical, not advantageous, undesirable or where the common law otherwise excuses compliance with competitive bidding requirements.
      
      
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE OF INTENTION, dated September 12, 2019, to confirm the Annual Report for the Little Tokyo BID and to levy an annual assessment for the BID's 17th operating year, January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to schedule, prepare, publish, and mail the public hearing notice, as required by the provisions of Section 36500 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form and legality, to prepare and present an enabling Ordinance levying the special assessment for the Little Tokyo BID's 17th operating period, January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
   
   
5. APPROVE the the Li’l Tokyo Businessmen’s Association to administer the proposed services of the Little Tokyo BID pursuant to Section 36500 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code and City regulations.
   
   
6. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk, subject to City Attorney approval, to prepare, execute, and administer a contract between the City and the Li’l Tokyo Businessmen’s Association to administer the Little Tokyo BID, if the Ordinance reconfirming the BID is adopted.
   
   
7. APPOINT the Advisory Board as listed in the City Clerk report dated September 12, 2019, attached to the Council file.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Clerk reports that there is no impact on the General Fund.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Economic Development Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY CLERK relative to Community Build, Inc. serving as the Owner’s Association to administer Greater Leimert Park Village/Crenshaw Corridor Business Improvement District (BID).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. FIND that the services to be provided by the Owners’ Association are in the nature of professional, expert, technical or other special services, that the services are of a temporary and occasional character, and that the use of competitive bidding would be impractical, not advantageous, undesirable or where the common law otherwise excuses compliance with competitive bidding requirements.
   
   
2. APPROVE Community Build, Inc. to serve as the Owner’s Association to administer Greater Leimert Park Village/Crenshaw Corridor BID.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to prepare, execute and administer a contract between the City and Community Build, Inc., for the administration of the BID’s programs.

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

Community Impact Statement: None Submitted.

(Economic Development Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER relative to the salary recommendation for Ms. Raquel Beltran for the position of General Manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE).

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the annual salary for Ms. Raquel Beltran, as the permanent General Manager, DONE, BE ESTABLISHED as $192,346.56 as recommended by the Mayor and approved by the Executive Employee Relations Committee on September 13, 2019.

(Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 relative to the salary recommendation.)

MOTION (KREKORIAN - BONIN) relative to the transfer of funds for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to meet anticipated payroll obligations. 

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

1. AUTHORIZE the Controller to transfer $2,000,000 within LADOT Fund No. 100/94 from Appropriation No. 001010, Salaries General, to Appropriation No. 001090, Overtime General, to meet anticipated payroll obligations.
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the Controller and  LADOT to make any technical corrections or clarifications to the above instructions in order to effectuate the intent of this Motion.

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 Ali Winston, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS169474. (This matter arises from allegations that the Los Angeles Police Department failed to comply with the California Public Records Act.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 9, 2019 and the Public Safety Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 11, 2019) 

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 Voice for the Animals Foundation v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS171255. (The pending litigation concerns the California Public Records Act.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the matter in Closed Session on September 16, 2019)

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 Teresa Dominguez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit Case No. 19-55590. (This matter arises from an incident involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department on August 9, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the matter in Closed Session on September 16, 2019)

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 Roshanak Mahdavi-Pour v. City of Los Angeles, Court of Appeal State of California Second Apellate District Case, No. B284003, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. LC095639. (This matter involves the City's appeal of a judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiff Roshanak Mahdavi-Pour regarding her trip-and-fall on a sidewalk on February 11, 2011.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the matter in Closed Session on September 16, 2019)

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 Andrew Mahoney v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV16452. (This matter arises from claims of alleged discrimination, harassment and retaliation pursuant to the Fair Employment and Housing Act.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the matter in Closed Session on September 16, 2019)

MOTION (BONIN - KORETZ) relative to funding for the internship program and neighborhood cleanup and maintenance services throughout Council District 11 coordinated by the Los Angeles Conservation Corps.

MOTION (WESSON - RYU) relative to actions to occupy a five foot wide strip of Public Right of Way on the east side of La Cienega Boulevard south of Obama Boulevard that separates La Cienega and the backyards of the homes that front Genesee Avenue, in order to prevent nuisance and illegal dumping activities.

MOTION (LEE - RODRIGUEZ) relative to funding for additional police resources in the Chatsworth, Northridge, Porter Ranch and North Hills communities within the Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire Division.

MOTION (LEE - RODRIGUEZ) relative to funding for additional police services in the Granada Hills community within the Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire Division.

MOTION (LEE - RODRIGUEZ) relative to funding for additional police resources in the West Hills community within the Los Angeles Police Department Topanga Division.

MOTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - PRICE) relative to amending Council actions of June 27, 2018 regarding additional instructions needed to the City Attorney to prepare and present the Development Agreement Ordinance and Sign District Ordinance for the proposed mixed use project, City Market of Los Angeles.

Bonin, Buscaino, Harris-Dawson, Huizar, Koretz, Krekorian, Lee, Martinez, O'Farrell, Price, Rodriguez, Ryu and President Wesson (13); Absent: Blumenfield and Cedillo (2)