12051 West Roscoe Boulevard aka 12041 West Roscoe Boulevard. (Lien: $526.42)

1501 East Sandison Street aka 1530 North Blinn Avenue. (Lien: $526.42)

14623 West Aetna Street aka 14617 West Aetna Street. (Lien: $418.30)

1663 West Washington Boulevard. (Lien: $1,387.14)

1325 North Westerly Terrace. (Lien: $3,537.33)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 26, 2015)

1501 North Bel-Air Road.  (Lien: $1,491.92)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 26, 2015)

16209 West Community Court.  (Lien: $3,796.43)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 26, 2015)

U S Metro Group Inc. (Lien: $944,696.31)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 19, 2015)

Modular Space Corporation (Lien: $79,532.01)

Harisco, LLC (Lien: $12,956.14)

Miller Law LLP (Lien: $4,845.02)

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Redwood and Ida Avenues Street Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protests and confirm the assessments. 
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).

(Public Hearing held August 19, 2015)  

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Exposition Boulevard and Veteran Avenue Street Lighting District.

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

1. FIND that a majority protest exists in the Street Lighting Maintenance Assessment District and therefore the assessment cannot be enacted. 
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE abandoning all proceedings relating to the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218). 
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the Director, Bureau of Street Lighting, to assure that the streetlights are not installed or are removed from service if previously installed.

(Public Hearing held August 19, 2015)

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Burbank Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue Street Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protests and confirm the assessments. 
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).  

(Public Hearing held August 19, 2015)

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Saticoy Street and Denny Avenue No. 1 Street Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protests and confirm the assessments. 
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).    

(Public Hearing held August 19, 2015)  

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the improvement and maintenance of the Hesperia Avenue and Santa Rita Street No. 2 Street Lighting District.

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

1. DENY the protests and confirm the assessments. 
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the assessments and ordering the maintenance of the above lighting district, in accordance with Sections 6.95-6.127 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and Government Code Section 53753 (Proposition 218).  

(Public Hearing held August 19, 2015)

HEARING COMMENTS relative to an Application for Determination of Public Convenience of Necessity for the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at Shop Easy Liquor.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. DETERMINE that the issuance of a liquor license at Shop Easy Liquor located at 6239 Foothill Boulevard, Tujunga 91042, will serve the Public Convenience or Necessity and will not tend to create a law enforcement problem.
   
   
2. GRANT the Application for Determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at 6239 Foothill Boulevard.
   
   
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:  Mazen Hadad (Hargovind A. Patel, representative)

TIME LIMIT FILE - OCTOBER 30, 2015

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Ms. Patricia Alarcon to the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor's appointment of Ms. Patricia Alarcon to the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission for the term ending June 30, 2019, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED.  Ms. Alarcon resides in Council District 14. (Current Commission gender composition: M=2; F=3)

Financial Disclosure Statement:  Filed.

Background Check:  Pending.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 22, 2015)

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Ms. Dallas Fowler to the Police Permit Review Panel.

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor appointment of Ms. Dallas Fowler to the Police Permit Review Panel for the term ending June 30, 2016, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Ms. Fowler resides in Council District 10. (Current Commission gender composition: M=5; F=2)

Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed.

Background Check: Pending.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 22, 2015)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to incorporating Sheltered Market Place provisions into the City of Los Angeles Local Business Preference Program.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Price - Krekorian):

REQUEST the City Attorney to:

1. Undertake a review of the Small Business Enterprise Program and the efforts conducted in the City's proprietary departments to determine the feasibility of implementing a comparable program in Council-controlled districts regarding the Sheltered Market Place approach.
   
   
2. Review the Portland and San Diego models as well as explore a category for women-owned businesses.
   
   

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 PUBLIC WORKS AND GANG REDUCTION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to reducing the dedications for segments of Mateo and Palmetto Streets, and related actions.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Krekorian for Huizar - Harris-Dawson):

1. DIRECT the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the Bureaus of Engineering and Street Lighting, Los Angeles Department of Transportation, and City Attorney to reduce the dedication on Mateo Street between Palmetto and 6th Streets as required by the street standards from 15 feet to 0 feet to allow a half right-of-way of 30 feet, and defer any street widening along the West side of the same aforementioned segment of Mateo Street; and, to reduce the dedication on Palmetto Street between South Hewitt and Mateo Streets as required by the street standards from 2 feet to 0 feet to allow a half right-of-way of 31 feet, and defer any street widening along the South side of the same aforementioned segment of Palmetto Street.
   
   
2. DIRECT the Bureau of Street Lighting to work with the project applicant in deterring the movement of existing street lights.
   
   
3. DIRECT the Bureau of Engineering, the Department of City Planning, and any other appropriate City department, bureau, or agency, to work with the applicant through the B-Permit process to provide if required any new improvements to reflect the aforesaid half street width and half right of way width for Mateo Street, and the required curb and gutter for the south side of Palmetto Street.
   
   

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 Council meeting of September 2, 2015)

PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-16 Unfreeze Resolution pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 4.132.

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the accompanying RESOLUTION granting the filling of vacated positions for FY 2015-16 except for the positions detailed in number, code, and title in departments, bureaus, and offices as detailed in the Resolution, attached to the Council file, pursuant to LAAC Section 4.132.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst had completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION and PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a Vesting Tentative Tract appeal for property at 853-857 North Hyperion Avenue.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. FIND that this project will not have a significant effect on the environment, pursuant to the City's Environmental Guidelines and is in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act; that the Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment of the City of Los Angeles; that the documents constituting the record of proceedings in this matter are located in Council File No. 15-0595 in the custody of the City Clerk and in the files of the Department of City Planning in the custody of the Environmental Review Section; and ADOPT the Mitigated Negative Declaration [ENV-2013-2877-MND-REC1] filed on May 30, 2014.
   
   
2. ADOPT the FINDINGS approved by the Planning and Land Use Management Committee on September 1, 2015, including environmental findings, attached to Council File No. 15-0595, as the Findings of the Council.
   
   
3. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEAL filed by David Modern on behalf of the Hyperion Avenue Neighborhood Association from the entire decision of the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission in sustaining the decision of the Deputy Advisory Agency and THEREBY APPROVE Vesting Tentative Tract No. 72500-SL-1A for the construction of eight single-family dwelling units for property located at 853-857 North Hyperion Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval.

         Applicant:  Jason Amoroso          

         Case No.:  VTT-72500-SL-1A          

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The ELAAPC reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT  FILE - SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 18, 2015)

PUBLIC WORKS AND GANG REDUCTION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the impact of the Planet Aid v. City of St. Johns decision on the City's regulation of unattended donation collection bins.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Buscaino – Price):

REQUEST the City Attorney to:

1. Report relative to the Planet Aid v. City of St. Johns decision, its impacts on the enforcement of Los Angeles Municipal Code sections that relate to the placement of unattended donation collection bins on public rights-of-way and the restrictions it places on the forthcoming ordinance that will regulate donation collection bins on private property.
   
   
2. Report with recommended protocol for the removal of unattended donation collection bins, in order to ensure compliance with the Constitution and all applicable Federal and State Law.
   
   
3. Prepare and present an ordinance for the permitting and regulation of unattended donation collection bins and similarly sized receptacles on private property.
   
   

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.

PUBLIC WORKS AND GANG REDUCTION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the legality of the placement of small wooden structures affixed with wheels, also known as tiny houses, in both the public right-of-way and on private property.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Buscaino – Englander):

1. REQUEST the City Attorney to:
   
   
   1. With the assistance of any other department as necessary, report on the legality of the placement of tiny houses in both the public right-of-way and on private property, and recommend removal protocol for City departments to follow.
      
      
   2. Prepare a report giving enforcing departments clear direction on how to remove and dispose of tiny houses, and to verify and confirm that tiny houses are classified as bulky items, and do not need to be stored for 90 days prior to disposal.
      
      
2. DIRECT the Bureau of Sanitation to include homeless and human health service providers, such as the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, when conducting the removal of tiny houses and the deconstruction of homeless encampments.
   
   

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.

(Homelessness and Poverty Committee waived consideration of the above matter.)

CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a proposed Ordinance to amend Sections 12.03, 12.04.A and 12.04.C, and adds Section 12.04.06 to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) for purpose of establishing the Hybrid Industrial Live/Work (HI) Zone.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. FIND that this action is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2, Class (m) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) [ENV-2015-1939-CE].
   
   
2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of the Council.
   
   
3. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present an Ordinance, relative amending Sections 12.03, 12.04.A and 12.04.C, and adding Section 12.04.06 to the LAMC for the purpose of establishing the HI Zone to enable the regulation of a new mix of land uses including light industrial, live/work, hotel and other commercial uses in areas of the City with a General Plan land use designation of Hybrid Industrial.

Applicant:  City of Los Angeles

Case No.:  CPC-2015-1938-CA

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

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

MOTION (WESSON - PRICE - KREKORIAN - HUIZAR) relative to amending prior Council action of July 1, 2015 regarding the City Council's Standing Committees / New Structure.  

Recommendation for Council action:

AMEND prior Council action of July 1, 2015 relative to the City Council's Standing Committees / New Structure to add the following to the jurisdiction of the Trade, Commerce, and Technology Committee: concurrent review of tourism, including tourism-related actions of the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board; to transfer jurisdiction over the Police Permit Review Panel from the Planning and Land Use Management Committee to the Public Safety Committee; and, to transfer jurisdiction of the Innovation and Performance Commission to the Trade, Commerce, and Technology Committee with concurrent review of that Commission to be placed under the Budget and Finance Committee.

ADOPTED

SUBSTITUTE MOTION (WESSON - KREKORIAN)

Recommendation for Council action:

AMEND to add the following to the jurisdiction of the Trade, Commerce, and Technology Committee: concurrent review of tourism, including tourism-related actions of the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board; to transfer jurisdiction over the Police Permit Review Panel from the Planning and Land Use Management Committee to the Public Safety Committee; and to transfer jurisdiction of the Innovation and Performance Commission to the Trade, Commerce, and Technology Committee.

The City Council shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a)(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC389760. (This matter in involves an award of attorney fees and costs issued by the Superior Court in the above-entitled case.)

(Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on August 31, 2015)

ADOPTED

MOTION (KREKORIAN - ENGLANDER)

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

1. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney to pay attorney fees, costs, and interest in the amount of $189,801.99 to Joseph Klapach, the attorney to Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles.
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the judgment.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney to draw a demand from Fund 100/59, Account 009770, in the amount of $189.801.99 and made payable to the attorney to Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney, or designee, to prepare Controller instructions for any necessary technical adjustments, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer, and AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement the instructions.

The City Council shall recess to closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957, in order to confer with the Director or other representatives of the Office of Special Operations of the Los Angeles Police Department in relation to the threat to public services or facilities, matters posing threats to the security of public buildings, threats to the security of essential services and/or threats to the public's right of access to public services or public facilities.

MEETING HELD NO ACTION TAKEN

ATTEST:  Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

          Council Clerk                                       PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (HUIZAR - KREKORIAN) relative to funding SRO Housing Corporation (SRO), a non-profit, community-based organization's operation of San Julian Park.

Recommendations for Council action: 

1. AUTHORIZE the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to transfer $16,000 in Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) funds to the Housing and Community Investment Department (HCID) for the purpose of funding SRO's operation of San Julian Park.
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the HCID to negotiate and execute a contract with SRO for $16,000 in UDAG funds for the purpose of funding SRO's operation of San Julian Park.
   
   
3. DIRECT the EWDD, with the assistance of HCID, to prepare Controller instructions and/or technical changes to effectuate the above transfer, subject to the approval of the Chief Legislative Analyst; and, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement the instructions.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

(Economic Development and Homelessness and Poverty Committees waived consideration of the above matter)