ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Ms. Joanne D'Antonio, to the Community Forest Advisory Committee as the Council District Two (CD 2) Alternate.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's appointment of Ms. Joanne D'Antonio to the Community Forest Advisory Committee as the CD 2 Alternate is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. (Current composition: M=8; F=4)

Financial Disclosure Statement: Not applicable.

Background Check:  Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

EXEMPTION, ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the Reliability Coordinator Services Agreement between the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).

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

1. FIND that in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), it has been determined that the Agreement is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3). 
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated October 17, 2019, approving the Reliability Coordinator Services Agreement between the City of Los Angeles, acting by and through the LADWP, and the CAISO; and delegating to the Board of Water and Power Commissioners (Board)  the authority to amend the agreement and enter into ancillary agreements necessary for the implementation of the agreement.
   
   
3. CONCUR with the Board's action of September 24, 2019, Resolution No. 020-057, which approves Reliability Coordinator Services Agreement between the CAISO and the LADWP. 

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted the LADWP or 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.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Status of Liability Accounts as of September 30, 2019.

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the City Attorney report, dated October 22, 2019, relative to the Status of Liability Accounts as of September 30, 2019.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND GENERAL SERVICES and BUDGET and FINANCE COMMITTEES' REPORT relative to a new lease agreement between the City and Ascentris-118, LLC for office space located at 5990 Sepulveda Boulevard. 

Recommendation for Council action:

AUTHORIZE the Department of General Services (GSD) to negotiate and execute a new lease agreement on behalf of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) between the City and Ascentris-118, LLC for relocation of the LADOT’S Parking Violation Hearing Office located at 5990 Sepulveda Boulevard.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The Municipal Facilities Committee reports that it is anticipated that the Fiscal Year 2019-20 General Fund expense is $130,047. Funding in the amount of $98,150 was included in the GSD’s leasing account for this purpose, leaving an unfunded balance of $31,897. Additional costs for facility improvements will be funded by the LADOT if the City Administrative Officer is unable to identify funds within the Capital Improvement Expenditure Program.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and TRADE, TRAVEL, AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) General Purposes Operating Agreement with Geodis Logistics, LLC.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. ADOPT the determination by the Board of Harbor Commissioners that the proposed action is administratively exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Article II, Section 2.f of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines.
   
   
2. APPROVE Port Resolution No. 19-9520 authorizing the Second Amendment to POLA FTZ General Purposes Operating Agreement No. 19-3270-B with Geodis Logistics, LLC, extending the term by five years from November 30, 2019, to November 29, 2024, for the continued use of 718,000 square feet of warehouse and office space within FTZ 202, Site 40, located at 1710 West Baseline Road, Rialto, for an annual payment of $7,750.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that this action will not impact the General Fund. Geodis Logistics, LLC, will pay an annual fee of $7,750 per year or $38,750 for the five-year term. All funds will be deposited in the Harbor Revenue Fund. The above recommendations comply with POLA financial policies in that any expenditures made for FTZ-related expenses will be paid by appropriate revenues and fees.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE – DECEMBER 30, 2019

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – DECEMBER 11, 2019)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and TRADE, TRAVEL, AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT relative to proposed parent guaranties provided by PBF Energy, Inc.; PBF Energy Company, LLC; and PBF Holding Company, LLC, for the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Permit with PBF Energy Western Region, LLC.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. ADOPT the determination by the Board of Harbor Commissioners that the proposed action is administratively exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Article II, Section 2.f of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines.
   
   
2. APPROVE Port Resolution No. 19-9517 authorizing proposed parent guaranties provided by PBF Energy, Inc.; PBF Energy Company, LLC; and PBF Holding Company, LLC, for Permit No. 936 with PBF Energy Western Region, LLC; for the use of 40.04 acres at Port Berth Nos. 238-239 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a marine oil terminal, subsurface pipelines, and storage tanks.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that this action will not impact the General Fund. Approval of the proposed parent guaranties between the Board of Harbor Commissioners and PBF Energy Inc., PBF Energy Company, LLC, and PBF Holding Company, LLC, for POLA Permit No. 936 with PBF Energy Western Region, LLC, will ensure additional guarantees for PBF Energy Western Region, LLC, to meet its obligations under the Permit, including annual rent starting at approximately $8.8 million, and compliance with California Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards requirements estimated at a minimum of $12.25 million. POLA will invest up to $7.5 million. The approved compensation rate under the Permit meets POLA's rate of return for land and improvements. There is no additional impact on the Harbor Revenue Fund. The proposed parent guaranties comply with POLA financial policies.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE – DECEMBER 2, 2019

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – NOVEMBER 27, 2019)

EXEMPTION and ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the First Amendment between the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Hazen and Sawyer for the San Fernando Basin Groundwater Remediation Facilities. 

Recommendations for Council action:

1. FIND that in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), it has been determined that the item is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3). 
   
   
2. CONCUR with the Board of Water and Power Commissioners' action of September 24, 2019, Resolution No. 020-061, which approves the First Amendment to Agreement No. 47329 with Hazen and Sawyer for the continuation of professional services for the San Fernando Basin Groundwater Remediation Facilities to: 
   
   
   1. Increase the contract amount by $18.5 million for a total revised amount not to exceed $48.5 million.
      
      
   2. Upon proper certification, authorize and direct the Chief Accounting Employee to draw demands on the Water Revenue Fund, in accordance with the terms of this Amendment.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that there is no General Fund impact. Approval of the proposed Resolution impacts the Water Revenue Fund at a cost of $18.5 million. Funding in Fiscal Year 2019-20 has been budgeted accordingly to support this work. The proposed action complies with the City Financial Policies in that funding is available for this purpose.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to an Indemnification Agreement with the Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles (MICLA) and appointment of two MICLA Board of Directors.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION [Attachment A-1 to the October 24, 2019 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report] to execute and deliver an Indemnification Agreement by and between the City and the MICLA to provide for the indemnification of the Board of Directors, Officers, and Employees, if any, of MICLA by the City.
   
   
2. RESOLVE that the MICLA Board of Directors' appointments of Mr. William T. Fujioka and Ms. Andrea B. Ambriz are APPROVED and CONFIRMED.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the CAO.  The Chief Legislative Analyst has not completed a financial analysis of this report. 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a Second Supplemental Agreement with Bloomberg Finance, L.P.

Recommendation for Council action:

AUTHORIZE the Director, Office of Finance, or designee, to execute the Second Supplemental Agreement to Contract No. C-125122 with Bloomberg Finance, L.P. to add the provision of data for benchmark tracking and measuring relative risks and returns of capital markets to the scope of work for the current contract term effective July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2024, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that funding is available in the Department’s 2019-20 Contractual Services Account for anticipated expenditures under this Agreement. The Agreement complies with the City's Financial Policies inasmuch as ongoing expenditures will be funded by ongoing revenues.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - DECEMBER 17, 2019

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - DECEMBER 11, 2019)

CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (PLUM)  REPORT relative to a Density Bonus for a project located at 19336 - 19360 West Ventura Boulevard.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. DETERMINE, based on the whole of the record, the Project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA State Guidelines, Section 15332, Class 32, and that 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 PLUM Committee as the Findings of Council.
   
   
3. APPROVE, pursuant to Section 12.22 A.25 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Density Bonus for a mixed-use project with 59 residential units (seven units set aside for Very Low Income Households) and approximately 8,533 square feet of commercial space, with the following requested incentives and waivers of development standards for the demolition of existing car wash, restaurant, and oil lubrication center (approximately 10,450 total square feet of commercial floor area) to construct a new four-story, 54-foot high, 57,680 square foot, mixed-use building with 59 residential dwelling units (11 percent of the total units or seven units set aside for Very Low Income Households) and 8,533 square feet of ground floor commercial floor area, including 146 parking spaces in one level of subterranean parking and one level of at grade parking for the property located at 19336 - 19360 West Ventura Boulevard:
   
   
   1. Waiver of Development Standards for transitional height per LAMC Section 12.22 A.25(g)(3).
      
      
   2. Waiver of Development Standards to permit a 5-foot landscape buffer in lieu of the required 10-foot per LAMC Section 12.22 A.25(g)(3) for a relief from a Specific Plan Standard.

(On October 29, 2019, Council adopted Motion [Blumenfield - Harris-Dawson], pursuant to Charter Section 245, asserting jurisdiction over the September 26, 2019 action [Letter of Determination dated October 21, 2019] of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission)

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the Department of City Planning. 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 - NOVEMBER 19, 2019

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

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to anti-displacement zones around market-rate or luxury housing developments that contain zero affordable units, and cap rent increases.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Wesson - Cedillo, et al.):

1. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) and the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of the City Attorney, to prepare and present a draft Ordinance and report that applies to both existing and new tenancies, establishes anti-displacement zones around market-rate or luxury housing developments that contain zero affordable units, and caps rent increases within a two-mile radius for three years, including the following:
   
   
   1. Replacement of kind-for-kind, where existing housing stock consists of two or more bedrooms, and which are proposed to be demolished, all projects must replace the equivalent number of units with 2 or more bedrooms. These units will not be calculated towards density or floor area of a proposed project. Rents for Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) units shall be set at the amount at the time the RSO units were removed from the rental market, with allowable increases permitted by HCIDLA for each year the RSO unit was off the market and/or under construction.
      
      
   2. Projects which do not propose to utilize Density Bonus (DB), Transit Oriented Communities (TOC), or are otherwise 100 percent market-rate, shall be required to set aside a minimum of 30 percent of the units for families possessing Section 8 vouchers for a period of 25 years.
      
      
   3. Projects that provide a minimum of 40 percent of two or more bedrooms within a project, and which utilize DB and TOC, shall receive an equivalent bonus in floor area, irrespective of any existing underlying limitation by a Specific Plan, Overlay Zone, Community Plan Implementation Overlay, or other restriction, where the two bedroom units shall be subject to City’s Affordable Housing guidelines together with all other units in the project.
      
      
   4. Projects that provide a minimum of 40 percent or more of two or more bedrooms within a project, any open space (covered or uncovered), active or passive recreation areas, as well as dog runs, landscaped and/or rooftop areas, or other amenities that are accessible to all residents (not including required common areas, including bathrooms, mail rooms, storage, utility areas, trash areas, etc.), shall not be counted towards floor area.
      
      
   5. Establish a program that further incentivized and promotes a dedicated number of units in TOC, DB, or other mixed-income projects to households with Section 8 vouchers for a period of time, such as 15 years.
      
      
   6. Radius shall be one mile.
      
      
   7. Projects and households within the Ant-Displacement Zone, modify HCIDLA tenant relocation forms and policies to identify the type of units (number of bedrooms and square footage) proposed to be removed from the rental market, to gather information about the number of individuals in the household, income, rent, length of tenancy, primary and secondary contact information, etc. The tenant information shall be made available on a web-based digital platform where tenants will be immediately notified of available restricted covenanted units, units eligible for first right of refusal, housing that meets their criteria for unit size, income, etc. This tenant portal shall be used to connect tenants to real time information on housing being developed in their area, rental applications, and information on applying for and securing Section 8 vouchers.
      
      
   8. Include an option for tenants and not for profit organizations to purchase housing building from an owner.
      
      
2. INSTRUCT the HCIDLA and the DCP, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to report with a status update in two weeks relative to the draft Ordinance as outlined in Recommendation No. 1 of this report.

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:  Mid-City Neighborhood Council

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 Gregory Williams v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC677759. (This matter arises from a traffic collision when a Los Angeles Police Department patrol vehicle collided with Plaintiff's vehicle at the intersection of Willoughby Avenue and Crescent Heights Boulevard.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on November 4, 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 Lisa Brescher v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC668983. (This matter involves a slip-and-fall incident which occurred on December 21, 2016 on the sidewalk abutting 17132 Ventura Boulevard, in the City of Los Angeles.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on November 4, 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 Jennifer Deiuliis v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC649067. (This matter involves a dangerous condition of public property arising out of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian traffic accident which occurred on Roscoe Boulevard at its intersection with Jason Avenue in the City of Los Angeles.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on November 4, 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 Robert Cave and Susan Cave v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC671811. (This matter involves a dangerous condition of public property arising out of a vehicle-versus-motorcycle traffic accident which occurred on Lincoln Boulevard at its intersection with 83rd Street in the City of Los Angeles.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on November 4, 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 California Automobile Insurance Company v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. LC107758. (This is an inverse condemnation and dangerous condition of public property action in which California Automobile Insurance Company seeks recovery for alleged damages arising out of a parkway tree falling on the home of its insured located at 20903 De La Guerra Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91364.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on November 4, 2019)

RECONSIDERED ITEM NO. 1E FROM COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 12, 2019

ITEM NO. (1E) - 19-0160-S104

5251 North Denny Avenue. (Lien: $2,557.76)

MOTION (CEDILLO - HUIZAR) relative to funding the holiday tree lighting beautification project median island located at 4044 Eagle Rock Boulevard in Council District 1.

MOTON (O'FARRELL - HUIZAR) relative to amending prior Council action of August 9, 2019 regarding a Homelessness and Poverty Committee report which inadvertently transposed Homeless Emergency Aid Program funding amounts for The People Concern and LA Mission programs.

Members Present: Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Cedillo, Huizar, Koretz, Krekorian, Lee, O'Farrell, Rodriguez and Ryu (11);  Absent: Harris-Dawson, Martinez, Price and President Wesson (4)