Los Angeles City Council, Journal/Council Proceeding
Friday, May 8, 2015
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:00 AM



(For further details see Official Council Files)

(For communications referred by the President see Referral Memorandum)

ROLL CALL
Members Present: Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Englander, Koretz, Krekorian, Martinez, O'Farrell, Parks, Price and President Wesson (11); Absent: Cedillo, Fuentes, Huizar and LaBonge (4)
Approval of the Minutes
Commendatory Resolutions, Introductions and Presentations

Public Testimony of Non-agenda Items Within Jurisdiction of Council
Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
ITEM NO. (1) 15-0050
15-0050

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to adding Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 91.3108 to Article 1 of Chapter IX to require a 1.5 Importance Factor for construction of cellular communication towers to ensure seismic safety.

 

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

 

  1. FIND, under California Environment Quality Act (CEQA) Section 21065 and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) and (b)(5), continuing administrative activities and organizational activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, are not CEQA projects.  The ordinance makes various technical changes to the existing regulations, eliminates obsolete code sections, and clarifies code sections. These changes will not result in any direct or indirect physical change to the environment.  Therefore, the ordinance is not subject to CEQA.

  2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE to add Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 91.3108 to Article 1 of Chapter IX to require a 1.5 Importance Factor for construction of cellular communication towers to ensure seismic safety.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney.  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: Yes

 

For:  Glassell Park Neighborhood Council

 

 

Adopted, Ordinance Over, (
11)
; Absent: Cedillo
, Fuentes
, Huizar
, LaBonge
(4)

 Ordinance Over to May 15, 2015

 

 

ITEM NO. (2) 13-0723-S2
13-0723-S2

PUBLIC WORKS AND GANG REDUCTION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to notification of application and request for authority to accept a grant award from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for the 2015 California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention (CalGRIP) Program and adoption of a Resolution; request to modify the budget and amend the contracting authorities related to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Second Chance Act Juvenile Re-Entry (Second Chance Act) Program; and reappropriation of FY 2013-14 funds for the Summer Night Lights (SNL) 2015 Program.

 

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

  1. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to retroactively accept the 2015 CalGRIP Grant Year 1 award from the BSCC in the amount of $1,000,000 to support prevention and intervention services in the Hollenbeck 3 and Foothill Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) Zones and execute the grant agreement from the BSCC, for a 12-month period effective from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 and submit any other necessary agreements and documents relative to the implementation of the grant award, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.

  2. ADOPT the Governing Body Resolution, attached to the Council file, as requested by the grantor and subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality, which endorses the grant agreement and agrees to comply with program and funding requirements of the grant.

  3. APPROVE, retroactively, the issuance of two Requests for Proposals to solicit for the provision of gang prevention services to the Hollenbeck 3 and Foothill GRYD Zones in an amount not to exceed $163,446 per GRYD Zone, and designate a performance period of one year from the date of execution, with an option to renew for two additional one-year terms, subject to the availability of funds, compliance with City contracting requirements and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.

  4. APPROVE, retroactively, the issuance of two Requests for Proposals to solicit for the provision of gang intervention services to the Hollenbeck 3 and Foothill GRYD Zones in amount not to exceed $212,946 per GRYD Zone, and designate a performance period of one year from the date of execution, with an option to renew for two additional one-year terms, subject to the availability of funds, compliance with City contracting requirements and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.

  5. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to negotiate and execute a sole source contract with Harder and Company Community Research, Inc. (Harder) to provide evaluation services for the Hollenbeck 3 and Foothill GRYD Zones including data collection, analysis, database management and progress reports relative to the Youth Eligibility Assessment Tool and Social Embeddedness Tool, in an amount not to exceed $110,000 for a one-year period retroactively effective January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, subject to the availability of funds, compliance with City contracting requirements and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.

  6. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to negotiate and execute a first amendment (Contract No. 124966) with Homeboy Industries to provide gang re-entry services for an additional 10 clients in the Watts Region as detailed in the proposed amendment, attached to the Council file, for unchanged performance period of October 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, and an amount not to exceed $59,973 and a new compensation total of $179,918 available from Fiscal Year 2013 Second Chance Act Grant funds, subject to compliance with City contracting requirements and the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.

  7. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to negotiate and execute a first amendment (Contract No. 124588) with Soledad Enrichment Action, Inc. to provide gang re-entry services for an additional 10 clients in the Watts Region as detailed in the proposed amendment, attached to the Council file, for unchanged performance period of October 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $59,973 and a new compensation total of $264,385 available from Fiscal Year 13 Second Chance Act Grant funds, subject to compliance with City contracting requirements and the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.

  8. AUTHORIZE the Controller to establish a new interest bearing fund entitled 2015 CalGRIP Grant Fund No. XXX, recognize a receivable in the amount of $1,000,000, disburse the grant funds upon presentation of documentation or proper demand from the Mayor's Office, and create new appropriation accounts within the new Fund XXX/46 as follows: 

    Account Title Amount
    46L146 Mayor Salaries $87,711
    46L299 Related Costs 38,838
    46L304 Contractual Services 862,784
    46L301 Supplies 10,667
    Total: $1,000,000
       
  9. AUTHORIZE the Controller to reappropriate $798,513.93 in disencumbered FY 2013-14 funds as listed below and transfer the same amount to the Recreation and Parks Fund 302/88, Salaries As Needed account to finance the 2015 SNL Program: 

    Agency FY Contract No. Amount
    Asian American Drug Abuse Program 13/14   120854M $22,605.13
    Barrio Action Youth and Family Services 13/14 119920M 83,463.39
    Brotherhood Crusade 13/14 121396M 27,884.01
    Chapter Two 13/14 121397M 64,035.40
    Child and Family Guidance Center 13/14 121432M 29,471.04
    Community Build, Inc. 13/14 122578M 97,108.46
    Community Build, Inc. 13/14 120878M 14,030.06
    Communities In Schools 13/14 122590M 9,474.19
    CSULA (California State University, Los Angeles) 13/14 121583M 14,205.73
    El Centro Del Pueblo 13/14 121584M 11,426.19
    El Nido Family Centers 13/14 121078M 43,554.93
    Harder 13/14 121352M 1,693.12
    Los Angeles Conservation Corps 13/14 120024M 104,891.39
    New Directions for Youth 13/14 120819M 6,892.30
    P.F. Bresee Foundation 13/14 121399M 3,644.97
    Toberman Neighborhood Center 13/14 121430M 44,430.36
    People Coordinated Services 13/14 120896M 20,857.39
    Watts Labor Community Action Committee 13/14 122581M 185,156.46
    Youth Policy Institute 13/14 121404M 13,689.41
    Total: $798,513.93
        
  10. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to place on the Council calendar for July 1, 2015 the following actions relative to the 2015 CalGRIP Grant:

    That the Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor, authorize the Controller to transfer $87,711 from the 2015 CalGRIP Grant Fund XXX/46, Account 46L146 Mayor Salaries to Mayor Fund 100/46, Account 001020 Salaries Grant Reimbursed. 

    That the Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor, authorize the Controller to transfer $38,838 from the 2015 CalGRIP Grant Fund XXX/46, Account 46L299 Related Costs to Mayor Fund 100/46, Revenue Source Code 5346 Related Costs Reimbursement from Grants.

  11. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to prepare Controller's instructions and/or make any technical adjustments that may be required to implement the actions approved by the Mayor and Council on these matters, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement these instructions.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that there is no additional impact on the General Fund. Acceptance of the 2015 CalGRIP Grant in the amount of $1,000,000 and approval of grant-related actions will result in the implementation of essential GRYD Zone prevention and intervention services to reduce gang violence, assist in client data collection and provide an overall evaluation of the City's GRYD Program. Funding for the proposed contract, contract amendments and 2015 SNL Program activities is available from FY 2013-14 disencumbered funds, the FY 2015-16 Proposed Budget and Federal and State grants. The recommendations above comply with City Financial Policies in that the proposed funding is balanced against established revenue approved by Council actions and from Federal and State grants. All funding is subject to the availability of grant funds and funding determinations by Mayor and Council.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

 

 

Adopted, (
11)
; Absent: Cedillo
, Fuentes
, Huizar
, LaBonge
(4)
 
Items for which Public Hearings Have Not Been Held - (10 Votes Required for Consideration)
ITEM NO. (3)

RESOLUTIONS relative to removing various properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program.

Recommendation for Council action:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTIONS removing the following properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP), inasmuch as the owner(s) have corrected the cited REAP violations and provided proof of compliance with the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (LAHCID), Code Enforcement Unit, habitability citations, pursuant to Ordinance 173810, and ADOPT the Findings contained in the LAHCID's report attached to the Council File:

(a)15-0005-S144
15-0005-S144
CD 8

2622 South Normandie Avenue (Case No. 212150) Assessor I.D. No. 5054-005-017

 

 

Adopted, (
11)
; Absent: Cedillo
, Fuentes
, Huizar
, LaBonge
(4)
 
(b)15-0005-S145
15-0005-S145
CD 8

123 East 194th Street (Case No. 432674) Assessor I.D. No. 6052-007-022

 

 

Adopted, (
11)
; Absent: Cedillo
, Fuentes
, Huizar
, LaBonge
(4)
 
(c)15-0005-S146
15-0005-S146
CD 9

5116 South Hooper Avenue (Case No. 490356) Assessor I.D. No. 5104-005-019

 

 

Adopted, (
11)
; Absent: Cedillo
, Fuentes
, Huizar
, LaBonge
(4)

 

ITEM NO.(4)15-0011-S14
15-0011-S14
CD 8

MOTION (PARKS - O'FARRELL) relative to various improvements at the South Los Angeles Animal Shelter Annex.

 

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

 

  1. TRANSFER $42,459.54 in the Council District 8 portion of Street Furniture Revenue Fund No. 43D/50 to the below named accounts and for the below stated purposes and in the amounts indicated in the General Services Fund No. 100/40.     
           
    Account  Amount   Account Title/Purpose
    001014 $3,900   Construction Salaries - for Parking lot gate/fence and signage
    003180 $13,440   Construction Materials and Supplies - for parking lot gate/fence and signage
    003180 $25,229.54   Construction Materials and Supplies - for security cameras
       
  2.    
  3. AUTHORIZE the Department of General Services to make any technical corrections or clarifications to the above instruction in order to effectuate the intent of this motion.

 

ADOPTED

 

SUBSTITUTE MOTION (PARKS - O'FARRELL)

 

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

  1. TRANSFER $42,569.54 in the Council District Eight portion of Street Furniture Revenue Fund No. 43D/50 to the below named accounts and for the below stated purposes and in the amounts indicated in the General Services Fund No. 100/40.

    Account

    Amount

    Account Title/Purpose

    001014

    $3,900

    Construction Salaries - for parking lot gate/fence and signage

    003180

    $13,440

    Construction Materials and Supplies - for parking lot gate/fence and signage

    003180

    $25,229.54

    Construction Materials and Supplies - for security cameras

       
  2. AUTHORIZE the Department of General Services to make any technical corrections or clarifications to the above instruction in order to effectuate the intent of this motion.

Substitute Motion adopted - TO THE MAYOR FORTHWITH, (
11)
; Absent: Cedillo
, Fuentes
, Huizar
, LaBonge
(4)
 
MOTIONS/RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 16 - TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA
15-0573
15-0573MOTION (BUSCAINO - WESSON) relative to presenting the Fiscal Year 2013-14 Department of Public Works Annual Report to the City Council at the May 26, 2015 regular meeting.
12-0272-S2
12-0272-S2MOTION (BONIN - KORETZ) relative to authorizing the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to extend the Westside Mobility Plan Contract through June 10, 2016.
15-0002-S48
15-0002-S48

RESOLUTION (BONIN - KORETZ) relative to establishing the City's position regarding AB 810 (Ridley - Thomas).

15-0572
15-0572

MOTION (ENGLANDER - BUSCAINO) relative to funding for the Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce annual Street Faire event.

COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED IN HONOR OF:
15-0004-S1
15-0004-S1
Senior Fraud Awareness Day       Koretz - Bonin
Older Americans Month Koretz - Bonin
Giovanna ManninoBuscaino - Englander
Detective II Thomas W. Thornton     Buscaino - Englander
Detective III Brian McCartinBuscaino - Englander
Detective III Scott SmithBuscaino - Englander
At the conclusion of this day's Council Session ADJOURNING MOTIONS WERE ADOPTED in tribute to the memory of:
15-0003-S1
15-0003-S1
Sandra Izetta Foster Parks
George William Hall Englander - All Councilmembers
ENDING ROLL CALL
Ending Roll
Blumenfield, Bonin, Buscaino, Englander, Koretz, Krekorian, Martinez, O'Farrell, Parks, Price and President Wesson (11); Absent: Cedillo, Fuentes, Huizar and LaBonge (4)
Whereupon the Council did adjourn.
signature

ATTEST:  CITY CLERK

 

 

 

By:

             Council Clerk                                        PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

 

 

 

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Regular meeting recessed at 11:53 a.m.

Special meeting convened at 11:53 a.m.

Special meeting adjourned at 11:54 a.m.

Regular meeting convened at 11:54 a.m.