8520 North Sunland Boulevard, Unit 1. (Lien: $1,739.56)

11526 West Arminta Street. (Lien: $981.01)

815 North MacDonough Avenue. (Lien: $7,841.73)

11691 West Kagel Canyon Street. (Lien: $1,362.36)

4116 East Goodwin Avenue. (Lien: $1,727.26)

14526 West Sherman Way. (Lien: $1,979.68)

12691 North San Fernando Road. (Lien: $326.42)

8505 West Foothill Boulevard. (Lien: $902.72)

816 South Spaulding Avenue. (Lien: $4,644.57)

11101 West Ventura Boulevard. (Lien: $3,676.12)

11825 West Kling Street. (Lien: $3,762.46)

(Continued from Council meeting of July 28, 2015)

12159 West Ventura Boulevard. (Lien: $2,706.63)

(Continued from Council meeting of July 28, 2015)

11200 North Collett Avenue.  (Lien: $1,589.09)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 14, 2015)

12143 West Ventura Boulevard.  (Lien: $4,123.51)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 14, 2015)

1407 North Alvarado Street.  (Lien: $1,523.90)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 14, 2015)

14331 West Roscoe Boulevard.  (Lien: $3,423.89)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 14, 2015)

13342 North Glenoaks Boulevard. (Lien: $4,520)

(Continued from Council meeting of August 14, 2015)

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to correct zoning on several properties in the North Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency Project area having the incorrect zoning.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Krekorian - Martinez):

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

Community Impact Statement:  Yes.

For:  Mid Town North Hollywood Neighborhood Council.

ORDINANCE SECOND CONSIDERATION relative to the dedication of City-owned real property as a public street lying on the north side of York Boulevard east of Aldama Street.

(Categorical Exemption and Communication from the City Engineer adopted on August 21, 2015)

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS relative to Heritage Month Celebrations and Special Events in Council District Eight.  

Recommendations for Council action:

1. UTILIZE $80,000 in the Council's portion of the Heritage Month Celebration and Special Events line item in the General City Purposes Fund No. 100/56 as follows: $15,000 to fund any aspect of the Kwanzaa Foundation - Spoken Word Project, $15,000 to fund any aspect of the Ebony Repertory Theatre and $50,000 to fund any aspect of the NAACP Theatre Awards. 
   
   
2. DIRECT the City Clerk to prepare and process the necessary document(s) and/or payment(s) in the above amounts, for the above purposes, with the respective appropriate agencies or organizations, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form, if needed; and, AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to execute any such documents on behalf of the City.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to make any technical corrections or clarifications to the above instructions in order to effectuate the intent of this Motion.

 (Continued from Council meeting of July 28, 2015)

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to implementation of a pilot bikeshare program for the City of Los Angeles.

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

1. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority that dictates the terms of the pilot program.
   
   
2. DIRECT the LADOT, Bureau of Engineering (BOE), and Bureau of Street Services to work together to site up to 85 bikeshare kiosks in the public right-of-way in preparation for installation prior to March 2016.
   
   
3. DIRECT the BOE to waive department to department permit fees for the City of Los Angeles Bikeshare Program.
   
   
4. TRANSFER and APPROPRIATE $875,811 within the Local Transportation Fund No. 207 from the Capital Improvement Expenditure Program Account No. 94M902 to Bikeshare- Operations and Maintenance Account Number to be determined. 
   
   
5. TRANSFER and APPROPRIATE $234,618 within the Measure R Fund No. 51Q from the Bicycle Plan/Program Account No. 94M482 to a Bikeshare - Operations and Maintenance Account Number to be determined.
   
   
6. AUTHORIZE the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to make technical corrections as necessary to the transactions included in the August 20, 2015 LADOT report, attached to the Council file, to implement the Mayor and Council's intentions.

      
Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the LADOT.  Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. 

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to regulating the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Wesson – Englander - Martinez):

REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Fire Department, to draft an Ordinance to regulate the use of UAS, by requiring that individuals operating a Model UAS obtain air traffic control authorization to operate within five miles of any airport, give the right-of-way to any full-scale aircraft in flight, only fly within visual line of sight and comply with all Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules and regulations regarding classes of airspace, prohibit the use of Civil or Model Aircraft UAS in violation of any temporary flight restrictions or notices to airmen issued by the FAA, and prohibit the operation of any Civil or Model UAS in a careless or reckless manner.

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.

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding various bills concerning Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) (i.e. drones).

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Resolutions (Wesson - Englander - Martinez), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

1. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTIONS to include in the City’s 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for:
   
   
   1. SB 167 (Gaines), which would make it a misdemeanor to use an UAS in a way that interferes with the lawful efforts of a firefighter to extinguish a fire.
      
      
   2. SB 168 (Gaines), which would legally indemnify any emergency responder who damages an UAS in the course of firefighting, air ambulance transport, or in search-and-rescue operations.
      
      
   3. SB 142 (Jackson), which would define property rights in California to include the airspace up to an elevation of 350 feet above the underlying property, and would clarify that the operation of an UAS below that level over the property of another person could constitute trespassing.
      
      
2. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTIONS to include in the City's 2015-16 Federal Legislative Program SUPPORT for:
   
   
   1. S. 1608 (Feinstein), the Consumer Drone Safety Act, which would require safety features on consumer UAS as well as strengthen federal law governing the operation of consumer UAS.
      
      
   2. H.R. 3025 (Cook), the Wildfire Airspace Protection Act of 2015, which would make it a crime to launch an UAS in a place near a wildfire that threatens the real or personal property of the United States or any federal department or agency, if the UAS interferes with firefighting efforts.
      
      

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding ACA 4 (Frazier) that would reduce the voter threshold for passage of local sales taxes dedicated to transportation purposes.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Resolution (Koretz - Bonin), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for ACA 4 (Frazier), that would reduce the voter threshold for passage of local sales taxes dedicated to transportation purposes.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding SB 185 (De Leon) which would call upon the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to divest  any holdings related to thermal coal power.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Resolution (Koretz - Bonin), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for SB 185 (De Leon) which would call upon CalPERS and CalSTRS to divest from their respective investment portfolios any holdings related to thermal coal power as part of the Sate's broader efforts to decarbonize the California economy and to transition to clean, pollution-free energy resources.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding SBX2 5 (Leno) and ABX2 6 (Cooper) relative to the use of electronic cigarettes.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Resolution (Koretz - O'Farrell - Parks), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for SBX2 5 (Leno) and ABX2 6 (Cooper) relative to the use of electronic cigarettes.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding identification of sufficient and stable funding sources for local street and road and State highway maintenance and rehabilitation.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Resolution (Buscaino - Englander- Bonin), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for legislation and/or administrative action to identify sufficient, stable funding sources for local street/road and state highway maintenance and rehabilitation to ensure the safe and efficient mobility of the traveling public.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

823 South Sycamore Avenue (Case No. 209763) Assessor I.D. No. 5084-003-014

4720 South 4th Avenue (Case No. 339891) Assessor I.D. No. 5014-027-025

4720 South 4th Avenue (Case No. 364306) Assessor I.D. No. 5014-027-025

2010 West 54th Street (Case No. 450321) Assessor I.D. No. 5005-016-018

715 East 84th Place (Case No. 471867) Assessor I.D. No. 6029-023-004

2908 West Glenhurst Avenue (Case No. 60820) Assessor I.D. No. 5437-001-010

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION FROM CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST and RESOLUTION (BLUMENFIELD - FUENTES - HUIZAR) relative to establishing the City's position regarding AB 857 (Perea), Clean and Low Carbon Heavy-Duty Vehicles.

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

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for AB 857 (Perea) which seeks to extend and expand incentives for the deployment of clean and low carbon heavy-duty vehicles in order to improve the air quality throughout the state and local communities.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Rules, Elections, Intergovernmental Relations, and Neighborhoods Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

(Continued from Council meeting of July 29, 2015)

MOTION (BUSCAINO - BONIN) relative to an offer of reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the shooting of Brandon Fields on December 8, 2014.

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

1. PROVIDE an offer of reward in the amount of $50,000 for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the shooting of Brandon Fields on December 8, 2014.
   
   
2. FIND that the subject reward complies with the provisions of Chapter 12, Article 1, Division 19, of the Los Angeles Administrative Code.
   
   
3. DIRECT the City Clerk to publish the required notices and/or advertisements to effectuate this reward.

MOTION (BONIN for KORETZ - RYU) relative to raising the legal age to purchase tobacco cigarettes from 18 to 21.

Recommendation for Council action:

REACTIVATE Council file No. 13-1101 relative to Motion (Koretz - Bonin) requesting the City Attorney to prepare and present an ordinance to raise the legal age one can purchase tobacco cigarettes from 18 to 21, (which expired per Council policy), be re-activated and that the matter be restored to its most recent legislative status as of the date of the file's expiration.

MOTION (BONIN - FUENTES) relative to an offer of reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the rape of a female university student on Saturday, November 1, 2014.

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

1. PROVIDE an offer of reward in the amount of $50,000 for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the rape of a female university student on Saturday, November 1, 2014.
   
   
2. FIND that the subject reward complies with the provisions of Chapter 12, Article 1, Division 19, of the Los Angeles Administrative Code.
   
   
3. DIRECT the City Clerk to publish the required notices and/or advertisements to effectuate this reward.

RECONSIDERED ITEM NO. 1D FROM COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 26, 2015

HEAR PROTESTS, APPEALS OR OBJECTIONS relative to proposed lien for nuisance abatement costs and/or non-compliance of code violations/Annual Inspection costs, pursuant to LAMC and/or LAAC and CONFIRM said lien for 1649 East 49th Street. (Lien: $1,751.45)

ATTEST:      Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

                    Council Clerk                          PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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Regular meeting recessed at 10:17

Special meeting convened at 10:17

Special meeting adjourned at 10:25

Regular meeting convened at 10:25

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to approving a Joinder Agreement as a condition of the selection of Los Angeles as the bid city for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Resolution (Wesson - Cedillo), SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1.  APPROVE the revised Resolution and Joinder Agreement, attached to the joint City Administrative Officer (CAO) and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) report on the Council file, as amended by the City Attorney, to ensure that Council approval will be required prior to executing any future agreements with the International Olympic Committee or the United States Olympic Committee.
   
   
2. REQUEST the City Attorney to negotiate and present to the Council and Mayor a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Los Angeles 2024 Exploratory Committee setting forth the general terms and parameters of the City’s role in bidding for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the CAO and CLA to report back on the risk, community impact, venue impacts, protections against cost overruns, and overall costs related to hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as information becomes available, including the feasibility of reimbursement from the Los Angeles 2024 Exploratory Committee to the City for related costs during the bid process.
   
   
4. INSTRUCT the CAO and CLA to hire an independent financial expert to provide analysis to the City related to the City’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
   
   
5. AUTHORIZE the CAO and CLA to execute personal services agreements, as needed, for other types of analysis related to the City’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.