ARTS, PARKS, HEALTH, AGING AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to assignment to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (LAPA) of the right to apply for Proposition A Cities Excess Funds for the Hollywood Bowl Sound Wall Improvements Project.

Recommendation for Council action:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, which assigns to the LAPA the right to apply for Proposition A Cities Excess Funds in the amount of $350,000, which are available from the Third Supervisorial District of the County of Los Angeles through the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District on condition that the funds are used for the completion of the Hollywood Bowl Sound Wall Improvements Project, located within the City of Los Angeles.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The Department of Recreation and Parks reports that there is no fiscal impact to the General Fund as funding for the completion of the Hollywood Bowl Sound Wall Improvements Project will be the responsibility of the LAPA.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

ARTS, PARKS, HEALTH, AGING AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to assignment to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (LAPA) of the right to apply for Proposition A Cities Excess Funds for the Hollywood Bowl Lighting Improvements Project.

Recommendation for Council action:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, which assigns to the LAPA the right to apply for Proposition A Cities Excess Funds in the amount of $650,000, which are available from the Third Supervisorial District of the County of Los Angeles through the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District on condition that the funds are used for the completion of the Hollywood Bowl Lighting Improvements Project, located within the City of Los Angeles.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The Department of Recreation and Parks reports that there is no fiscal impact to the General Fund as funding for the completion of the Hollywood Bowl Lighting Improvements Project will be the responsibility of the LAPA.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

ARTS, PARKS, HEALTH, AGING AND RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the reopening of the Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (O'Farrell - LaBonge):

1. WAIVE the admission fees for the Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park from 4 p.m. Friday, February 13, 2015 through 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2015 to recognize the re-opening.
   
   
2. REQUEST the Department of Recreation and Parks to consider the event organizers' request to hold the event and to modify the regular closing hours of Barnsdall Park (Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 63.44.B.14 (a) to allow the park to remain open from 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for the Hollyhock House Opening Event, a special event to be held on the evening of February 13, 2015 and the morning of February 14, 2015.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk, Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Department of Cultural Affairs to make any necessary technical corrections or clarifications to the above instructions in order to effectuate this Motion.
   
   
4. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present an Ordinance(s) to effectuate the fee waiver, if required.  

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 CONSIDERATION OF INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND GENERAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a lease agreement for the Alameda Corridor Transit Authority easements on two City owned parcels associated with the implementation of the Alameda Corridor Project.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Buscaino - Blumenfield):

INSTRUCT the Department of General Services, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to prepare and present document(s), including a draft ordinance, necessary to grant the Alameda Corridor Transit Authority easements on the following two City owned parcels associated with the implementation of the Alameda Corridor Project, Assessor Parcel Nos. 5168-014-904 and No. 5168-015-902.

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 the Council meeting of January 7, 2015)

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to declaring that the Granada Hills Plaza Shopping Center parking lot is subject to enforcement by the City of Los Angeles for violations of the California Vehicle Code (CVC).

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Resolution (Englander – O'Farrell):

1. RESOLVE to find and declare that the Granada Hills Plaza Shopping Center parking lot, located at 16201 San Fernando Mission Boulevard, is subject to enforcement by the City of Los Angeles for violations of the following CVC sections listed in Section 21107.8: CVC Sections 22350 (basic speed law), 23103 (reckless driving), and 23109 (speed contests and exhibitions of speed).
   
   
2. RESOLVE, pursuant to subsection (b) of CVC 21107.8, that this action shall not apply until the owner of the shopping mall lot posts signs.
   
   

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 CONSIDERATION OF CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating the alley southerly of 12th Street from Flower Street to 150 feet easterly thereof (VAC-E1400760).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of May 15, 2013, that the vacation of the alley southerly of 12th Street from Flower Street to 150 feet easterly thereof, pursuant to the City of Los Angeles Environmental Guidelines, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, pursuant to Article III, Class 5(3) of the City of Los Angeles Environmental Guidelines.
   
   
2. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of May 15, 2013, that this 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. 13-1400760 for the vacation of the alley southerly of 12th Street from Flower Street to 150 feet easterly thereof.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to transmit, following Council adoption, Resolution to Vacate No. 13-1400760 to the Land Development Group of the Bureau of Engineering 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 January 7, 2015)

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (PRICE - CEDILLO) relative to a non-financial transfer of jurisdiction of a City owned property at the southwest corner of McKinley Avenue and 87th Street to the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP).

Recommendations for Council action:

1. INSTRUCT the Department of General Services to effectuate a non-financial transfer of jurisdiction to the property located at the southwest corner of McKinley Avenue and 87th Street (APNs 6042-003-900 and 6042-003-901) to the RAP.
   
   
2. REQUEST the Board of Recreation and Parks to consider, approve, and accept the transfer of jurisdiction of the property, located at the southwest corner of McKinley Avenue and 87th Street, and dedicate it as park property in perpetuity.
   
   
3. REQUEST the RAP to pursue a street vacation of the public right-of-way proposed to be included as a part of the "WAYS Parkway" project.
          
4. DIRECT the Bureau of Engineering to issue a revocable permit, subject to the applicant satisfying the conditions for issuing such permit, to close, occupy, construct, maintain, build and operate public recreational facilities over the public right-of-way (as identified in the map attached to Council file No. 14-1457) prior to the recordation of the vacation of the said right-of-way.
      

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Innovation, Technology and General Services Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

MOTION (BUSCAINO - BONIN) relative to reinstating the reward offer for the unsolved murder of Amado Lozano for an additional six months.

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

REAFFIRM Council’s findings and REINSTATE the reward offer relative to the unsolved murder of Amado Lozano (Council action of April 4, 2012) for an additional period of six months from the publication of the offer of reward by the Office of the City Clerk and, further, that the sum of $50,000 shall be the aggregate maximum sum of any payment or payments of a City reward in this instance.

MOTION (PRICE - WESSON) relative to the 57th Grammy Awards sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). 

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the negotiated payment of $110,000 for City services for the NARAS to hold the 2015 Grammy Awards at the Staple Center.

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

ATTEST:                 Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

Council Clerk                   PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL