5703 North Yolanda Avenue.  (Lien: $4,153.73)

2711 South Reynier Avenue.  (Lien: $1,973.00)

3070 West Olympic Boulevard.  (Lien: $1,973.00)

10405 South Croesus Avenue.  (Lien: $1,065.06)

107 West Fourth Street.  (Lien: $701.01)

1934 South Bentley Avenue.  (Lien: $671.99)

7514 West 90th Street.  (Lien: $2,922.82)

9672 North Stonehurst Avenue.  (Lien: $610.75)

1940 West 82nd Street. (Lien: $1,980.34)

(Continued from Council meeting of September 10, 2014)

PUBLIC HEARING and RESOLUTION relative to the Tax, Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 hearing results regarding a loan to assist in financing construction and improvements located at Woodbury University.

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

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION approving the issuance of a tax-exempt loan or loans by the California Municipal Finance Authority for the purpose of financing and/or refinancing the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, and/or equipping of building, laboratories, offices and other facilities of Woodbury University, including but not limited to the construction of a 255-bed suite style student residence hall, the relocation of the main entrance of the campus, capital improvements to campus security infrastructure and the construction of a consolidated student enrollment service center, located at 7500 Glenoaks Boulevard, Burbank, California 91584 (although the Borrower has a street address in the city of Burbank, most of the Project is located in the city of Los Angeles, California).

(Pursuant to Council action of September 19, 2014)

ARTS, PARKS, HEALTH, AGING AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the reappointment of Ms. Karen Winnick to the Board of Zoo Commissioners.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's reappointment of Ms. Karen Winnick to the Board of Zoo Commissioners for the term ending June 30, 2019 is APPROVED and CONFIRMED.  Ms. Winnick resides in Council District Five. (Current Board gender composition: F=2; M=3)

Financial Disclosure Statement:  Pending.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 26, 2014)

EXEMPTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the proposed living wage for hotel workers in the City of Los Angeles.

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

1. FIND under the California Public Resources Code, Section 21065, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378, that the Ordinance is not subject to CEQA because it is not a project as defined under the aforementioned statutes, and that the Ordinance is not a project because it will not result in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE adding Article 6 to Chapter XVIII of the Los Angeles Municipal Code requiring a minimum wage for hotel workers and repealing Article 4 of Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, AS AMENDED TO apply the incremental application of minimum wage provisions in Section 186.04 (B) to hotels with 150 or more rooms.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) and the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to work with the Economic and Workforce Development Department to provide a report by July 1, 2015 that will:
   
   
   1. Provide an analysis on the economic impact of historic preservation and reuse of buildings, and the economic impact of the presence of vacant older buildings in an otherwise revitalizing Downtown urban environment.
      
      
   2. Analyze the risk factors and return on investment for adaptive reuse versus new construction hotel projects.
      
      
   3. Compare the cost of the per square foot price of delivering comparable adaptive reuse and new construction hotels in Downtown Los Angeles and Southern California, including but not limited to:
      
      
      1. The costs of land and building acquisition compared with just land or tear-down buildings.
         
         
      2. Seismic upgrades.
         
         
      3. Retrofit requirements.
         
         

      4. Building and health code requirements.
         
         

      5. Fire life safety systems
         
         

      6. Furniture, fixtures and equipment.
         
         

      7. Infrastructure upgrades.
         
         

      8. Planning, permitting and professional services costs associated with architects, designers, and consultants which have very different requirements in adaptive reuse than new construction.
         
         

      9. Economies of scale achieved with new construction versus adaptive reuse. 

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the City Attorney.  Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  Yes. 

AMENDING MOTION (O'FARRELL - HUIZAR)

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

INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst and City Administrative Officer to work with the Economic Development Department to provide a report by July 1, 2015 that examines the economic impact of exempting hotels that are City registered historic landmarks and federally designated historic buildings from the Living Wage Ordinance.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR and CITY ETHICS COMMISSION relative to the reappointment of Mr. Gabriel Esparza to the Board of Civil Service Commissioners.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's reappointment of Mr. Gabriel Esparza to the Board of Civil Service Commissioners for the term ending June 30, 2019 is APPROVED and CONFIRMED.  Mr. Esparza resides in Council District Five. (Current Board gender composition: F=3; M=2)

Financial Disclosure Statement:  Filed.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 26, 2014)

(Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee waived consideration of the above matter) 

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (LABONGE - FUENTES - CEDILLO - PRICE - HUIZAR - BUSCAINO - MARTINEZ) relative to the 2014 National Football League season.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE to affirm and reiterate  support, in light of the upcoming football season, for the efforts of the National Football League to bring a franchise back to the City of Los Angeles.

(Continued from Council meeting of September 10, 2014)

Members Present: Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Cedillo, Englander, Fuentes, Koretz, Krekorian, Martinez, O'Farrell and Price (11);  Absent: Huizar, LaBonge, Parks and President Wesson (4)