CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING COMMENTS relative to an Application for Determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at 7-Eleven food market.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. DETERMINE that the Public Convenience or Necessity WILL NOT be served by the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at 7-Eleven food market located at 6051 West Hollywood Boulevard Unit 111, Los Angeles, 90028, inasmuch as the site is located in a high crime reporting district and in a census tract with an over-concentration of existing retail sellers of alcoholic beverages.
   
   
2. DENY the application for Determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at 6051 West Hollywood Boulevard Unit 111, based upon the above finding and the negative influence associated with the sale of alcohol in the concerned community.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to transmit this determination to the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control as the required findings under Business and Professions Code Section 23958.4.
   
   

Application filed by: Shoukat Hussain Ali (Michael Pauls, representative)

TIME LIMIT FILE – JUNE 15, 2015

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – JUNE 12, 2015)

(Continued from Council meeting of April 15, 2015)

RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the reappointment of Ms. Ana Teresa Dahan to the City Ethics Commission.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's reappointment of Ms. Ana Teresa Dahan to the City Ethics Commission for the term ending June 30, 2020 is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. (Current Commission gender composition: F=4; M=1)

Financial Disclosure Statement: Complete.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

                                            TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 24, 2015

                              LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 22, 2015

ORDINANCE SECOND 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

(Planning and Land Use Management Committee report adopted in Council on May 8, 2015)

2670 North Workman Street (Case No. 220089) Assessor I.D. No. 5206-006-009

739 West 56th Street (Case No. 434027) Assessor I.D. No. 5001-022-027

MOTION (BUSCAINO - WESSON) relative to presenting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-14 Department of Public Works Annual Report to the City Council at the May 26, 2015 regular meeting.

Recommendation for Council action:

INSTRUCT, pursuant to Charter Section 582(6), the President of the Board of Public Works, and the Directors of the Bureaus of Contract Administration, Engineering, Sanitation, Street Lighting, and Street Services to present the FY 2013/14 Department of Public Works Annual Report to the City Council at the May 26, 2015 regular meeting.

MOTION (BONIN - KORETZ) relative to authorizing the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to extend the Westside Mobility Plan Contract through June 20, 2016.

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

AUTHORIZE the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to extend the Westside Mobility Plan Contract (No. 117439) through June 10, 2016, with no increase in funding, to continue the preparation of an environmental impact report that will serve both the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan and West Los Angeles Transportation Improvement and Mitigation Specific Plan Update element of the Westside Mobility Plan agreement.

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

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

1. RESOLVE to ALLOCATE/APPROPRIATE $15,000 in the Sunshine Canyon Community Amenities Trust Fund No. 699/14 for any aspect of the efforts/operations of the Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce, including an annual Street Faire event.
   
   
2. DIRECT the City Clerk to prepare and process the necessary document(s) with, and/or payment(s) to Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce, or any other agency or organization, as appropriate, in the above amount, from the above source, and for the above purposes, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form, if needed; and that, if needed, the Councilmember of the 12th District be authorized to execute any such documents on bahalf of the City.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to make any technical corrections or clarifications to the above fund transfer instructions in order to effectuate the intent of this Motion.

MOTION (CEDILLO - BLUMENFIELD) relative to a Tax, Equity and Fiscal Resposnibility Act of 1982 hearing regarding the acquisition, rehabilitation, and improvement of a 30-unit affordable housing project called Sycamore Village Apartments, located at 523 South Rampart Boulevard.

MOTION (LABONGE - FUENTES) relative to amending prior Council actions of December 18, 2013 and September 23, 2014 regarding various payments to the City by NBC Universal pursuant to a Development Agreement (CF 12-1657-S3).

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

ATTEST: CITY CLERK

By:

              Council Clerk                                              PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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Regular meeting recessed at 10:49 a.m.

Special meeting convened at 10:49 a.m.

Special meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

Regular meeting convened at 10:50 a.m.