BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the creation of a new Department for Families, Children, and Community Investment, and related matters.

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

1. DIRECT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with input from the City Administrative Officer (CAO), Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA), Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD), and the City Attorney, to provide a report within 30 days that identifies:
   
   
   1. Mission and primary duties of the new department.
      
      
   2. How federal, state, and local resources will be leveraged to optimize the impact and support provided for working families.
      
      
   3. Number of positions and potential organizational chart.
      
      
   4. Ordinance changes and other legislative actions necessary to launch the new department.
      
      
2. DIRECT the CLA, CAO, HCIDLA, and EWDD, in partnership with all other relevant city departments, to report back on an evaluation of the pending recommendations of the Executive Task Force on Youth Development as it relates to developing this new department. 
          
3. DIRECT the CAO and CLA to report back with a draft budget for the new department and potential funding sources. The creation of this new department should be cost-neutral and leverage existing federal grant administrative funds to cover personnel and related-costs.
   
    

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts, and River Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

CONSIDERATION OF AND ACTIONS RELATED TO MOTION (PRICE - O'FARRELL) relative to reprogramming the $1,000,000 allocated from the Transfer of Floor Area Rights (TFAR) Public Trust Fund for the Coalition for Responsible Community Development to real estate acquisition and deferred improvements at 2415 South Central Avenue. 

(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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STATUTORY EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING, and COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (CAO) relative to the acquisition of hotels and motels in various Council Districts for the City of Los Angeles Homekey Program.

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

1. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis and recommendation for this project, the purchase of the properties listed in Table 1 of the Notice of Exemption (NOE), attached to the Council file, is determined to be statutorily exempt under the Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) as a specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in the California Environmental Quality Act Guideline section 15269(c) Health and Safety Code section 50675.1.2 (AB 83) applicable to any project funded from the 2020 Budget Act or any related acts, including the Coronavirus Relief Fund by the federal CARES Act, with funds disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for the acquisition of motels and hotels to be used as Homekey Program shelters; as set forth in the NOE, attached to this Council file.
   
   
2. DETERMINE that this project, the purchase of the properties listed in Table 1 of the NOE, attached to the Council file, is statutorily exempt under the Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) as a specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in the California Environmental Quality Act Guideline section 15269(c) Health and Safety Code Section 50675.1.2 (AB 83) applicable to any project funded from the 2020 Budget Act or any related acts, including the Coronavirus Relief Fund by the federal CARES Act, with funds disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for the acquisition of motels and hotels to be used as Homekey Program shelters; as set forth in the NOE, attached to the Council file.
   
   
3. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis and recommendation for this project, the purchase and rehabilitation of the property located at 3130 West Washington Boulevard, is determined to be statutorily exempt under the Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) as a specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in the California Environmental Quality Act Guideline section 15269(c) Health and Safety Code section 50675.1.2 (AB 83) applicable to any project funded from the 2020 Budget Act or any related acts, including the Coronavirus Relief Fund by the federal CARES Act, with funds disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for the acquisition of motels and hotels to be used as Homekey Program shelters; as set forth in the NOE, attached to this Council file.
   
   
4. DETERMINE that this project, the purchase of the property at 3130 West Washington Boulevard, is statutorily exempt under the Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) as a specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in the California Environmental Quality Act Guideline section 15269(c) Health and Safety Code section 50675.1.2 (AB 83) applicable to any project funded from the 2020 Budget Act or any related acts, including the Coronavirus Relief Fund by the federal CARES Act, with funds disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for the acquisition and rehabilitation of motels and hotels to be used as Homekey Program shelters; as set forth in the NOE, attached to the Council file.
   
   
5. APPROVE the recommendations of the CAO report dated December 7, 2020, attached to the Council file.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that there is no impact to the General Fund as a result of the recommendations in this report at this time. All of the recommendations in this report will be funded with federal funds. In FY 2022-23, an estimated $12,915,325 will be needed for the City share of operating costs for approved Homekey Program sites. Funding for these costs will be considered through the City’s annual budget process, which is subject to Mayor and Council approval.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Homelessness and Poverty Committee and Ad Hoc Committee  on COVID-19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment waived consideration of the above matter)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (CAO) relative to Project Roomkey extension.

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

ADOPT the recommendations in the CAO report dated December 8, 2020, attached to the Council file.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The CAO reports that there is no impact to the General Fund as a result of the recommendations in the report at this time.  All of the recommendations in the report will be funded with State funds.

Financial Policies Statement:  The CAO reports that the recommendations in the report comply with the City Financial Policies.

Community Impcat Statement:  Yes.

For:

Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council

East Hollywood Neighborhood Council

(Homelessness and Poverty Committee and Ad Hoc Committee  on COVID-19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment waived consideration of the above matter)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT CULTURAL AFFAIRS (DCA) relative to the updated annual expenditure plan and fee status for the Arts Development Fee (ADF) Program, for Fiscal Year 2020-21 (FY 2020/21).

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

1. APPROVE the public art project commitments and associated findings relative to a total of $364,803.51 comprised of Priority Fees as identified in the FY 2020/21 ADF Expenditure Plan and Fee Status Report detailed in Attachment A of the November 24, 2020, DCA report, attached to the Council file.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the DCA to update the accrued interest to each of the appropriation accounts, within Fund No. 516, to be used in tandem with the original ADF fee collected.
          
3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to approve the interest appropriations, within Fund No. 516 recommended by the DCA.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement: The DCA reports that the proposed actions will have no impact on the General Fund.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts and River Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (CAO) relative to the Fourth Amendment to the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Permit with TraPac, Inc.

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 POLA Resolution No. 20-9714 authorizing the proposed Fourth Amendment to POLA Permit No. 881 with TraPac, Inc., to change the name of the tenant from TraPac, Inc., to TraPac, LLC; and, to change the approach to compensation by converting the existing efficiency-based rate scale to a structure in which TraPac, LLC, will pay fixed rent plus incremental twenty-foot equivalent unit charges upon reaching certain efficiency levels over a given compensation year.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that this action will not impact the General Fund. The Fourth Amendment to the POLA permit with TraPac, Inc., will generate approximately $39.36 million in guaranteed compensation to POLA through the minimum annual guarantee (MAG) in 2020-21, and an average annual guaranteed compensation increase of $14.96 million over the next five-year period from September 29, 2019, through September 28, 2024, or a total increase of $74.79 million over the previous five-year period. Additional revenue may apply should TraPac, Inc., exceed the MAG threshold for twenty-foot equivalent container unit processing. The proposed terms meet POLA leasing and financial policies. All receipts will be deposited in the Harbor Revenue Fund.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE – JANUARY 4, 2021

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – DECEMBER 15, 2020)

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

ATTEST:     Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

                      Council Clerk                                      PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL