TRADE, TRAVEL, AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Mr. Karim Webb to the Board of Airport Commissioners.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's appointment of Mr. Karim Webb to the Board of Airport Commissioners for the term ending June 30, 2024, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Thomas Sayles who withdrew from consideration, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Mr. Webb resides in Council District 11. (Commission composition: M=4; F=3)

Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed.

Background Check: Pending.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE – NOVEMBER 4, 2019

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – NOVEMBER 1, 2019)

CONSIDERATION OF and ACTIONS RELATED TO MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, MITIGATION MEASURES, MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM, RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDINGS, COMMUNICATION FROM  THE LOS ANGELES CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to a Zone Change for the properties located at 6940 North Owensmouth Avenue (6946, 6952, 6954, 6956, and 6958 North Owensmouth Avenue) and 21616 West Hart Street.

Applicant: Meta Housing Corporation, Taylor Rasmussen, Senior Project Manager

Representative: Michael LoGrande, LoGrande and Company LLC

Case No. CPC-2019-1267-ZCJ-SPR

(Planning and Land Use Management Committee report to be submitted in Council. If a public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided)

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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 25, 2019)

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (BUSCAINO - CEDILLO) relative to applying for the Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant to further advance the comprehensive Watts Rising effort, and related matters.

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

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HEALTH, EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, ARTS, AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Good Food Purchasing Program and providing more vegan protein options at City food concessionaire locations.

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz - Bonin - O'Farrell - Ryu):

1. DIRECT the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP), Zoo Department (Zoo), and other relevant departments to report in 45 days on the vegan protein entree options available at City concessionaire locations; and ways to ensure that these options are available on an ongoing basis.
   
   
2. DIRECT the Department of Aging to report in 45 days on the vegan protein entree food options available for the Meals on Wheels program, food programs for seniors, ways to ensure that these options will be available on an ongoing basis, and the cost savings for doing so.
   
   
3. REQUEST the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to report in 45 days on the feasibility of adding food concessionaires to each terminal with a plant-based menu; and of having all other restaurants at LAWA provide, at a minimum, one easily-identifiable vegan protein entree.
   
   
4. REQUEST the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), RAP, Zoo, and the City Attorney to report on drafting an Ordinance to require movie theaters and large-scale entertainment venues in the City, which provide food for sale, to provide at a minimum one vegan protein entree food option on their menus.
   
   

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

Community Impact Statement:  Yes.

For:

Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council

(Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

MOTION (CEDILLO - KORETZ) relative to authorizing the necessary assistance for the renewal of the Greater Chinatown Business Improvement District (BID).

MOTION (BLUMENFIELD - HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to asserting jurisdiction over the September 26, 2019  (Letter of Determination dated October 21, 2019) action by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission  to deny a Waiver of Development Standards to permit a 5-foot landscape located at 19336-19360 West Ventura Boulevard.

Members Present: Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Cedillo,  Koretz, Lee, Martinez,  O'Farrell, Rodriguez and Ryu (10); Absent: Harris-Dawson, Huizar, Krekorian, Price and President Wesson (5)