Council and Committee Referral "Hot Sheet"           
For Monday, May 21, 2018           
 
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16-0888
 
  To Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Department of City Planning report, dated May 10, 2018, relative to Commercial Cannabis Signage Ordinance which supports information concerning impacts of Cannabis use on minors through social media advertisement.

17-1125
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
To Transportation Committee

Los Angeles Department of Transportation report, dated May 18, 2018, relative to develop rules and guidelines for dockless bicycles, electric-assist bicycles, and electric scooters.

18-0600-S1
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the Department of Animal Services to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on potential cost savings that could be achieved by purchasing more efficient vehicles, including the model and cost of proposed vehicles.

18-0600-S2
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the Department of Animal Services to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the resources necessary to provide dedicated staffing to support the accommodation of pets in homeless shelters, specifically relative to the Crisis and Bridge Housing Fund Program.

18-0600-S3
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst, with assistance from the Department of Cannabis Regulation, to report to the Budget and Finance Committee on potential funding sources to complete a Request for Proposals or Request for Qualifications for the Social Equity Program.

18-0600-S4
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the Climate Change Emergency Mobilization Program within a new Environmental Affairs Department (C.F. 18-0054), including how to establish such a department and what other cities are doing in this regard. The report should identify potential funding sources for a new department, including a potential shift in funding from other areas.

18-0600-S5
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Instruct the City Administrative Officer, with assistance from the City Attorney, to report to the Budget and Finance Committee on risk management requests in all departments that are both funded and unfunded. The report should identify options for prioritizing these requests based on factors such as the expected reduction in City liabilities and/or other benefits (e.g. preventing injury or death).

18-0600-S6
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the City Administrative Officer and the Chief Legislative Analyst to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee on options for developing a ballot measure that would pay for costs of water and electricity at Recreation and Parks facilities.

18-0600-S7
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
document(s) referred to Information, Technology, and General Services Committee and Municipal Facilities Committee

18-0600-S8
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee with a uniform methodology for calculating the number of employees hired toward the 5,000 hire goal established in 2015. This should be done according to previous Council action on the matter and in consultation with the Coalition of Los Angeles City Unions.

18-0600-S9
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the City Administrative Officer to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the feasibility of expanding the Coalition of Los Angeles City Unions and Local 501 Apprenticeship Program to additional departments. The report should include any budgetary changes that would be required to maximize utilization of the Apprenticeship Program.

18-0600-S10
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Instruct the City Administrative Officer to report to the Budget and Finance Committee on how the Innovation and Performance Management Unit has performed during the last few years. The report should include the departments with which the Unit has worked.

18-0600-S11
 
  To Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Instruct the City Clerk to report to the Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on the consolidation of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment’s (DONE) civic engagement efforts into the City Clerk’s civic engagement program. The report should discuss any efficiencies gained by this consolidation.

18-0600-S12
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
Instruct the City Clerk to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee on the resources required to create a blueprint for commissions to implement the digital kiosk system.

18-0600-S13
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the City Clerk to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the Department’s participation in the Targeted Local Hire Program. The report should discuss the possibility of filling elections-related positions though this program.

18-0600-S14
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Request the Controller to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the need to make the as-needed Office Trainee position a regular position to allow the Office to fill the position through the Targeted Local Hire Program.

18-0600-S15
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Department of Cultural Affairs to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee on plans to expand the area in which the Arts Development Fee can be expended. The report should include the amount of funds that have been swept in past years.

18-0600-S16
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Department of Cultural Affairs to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee on the Arts Development Fee and whether the receipt date of the fee impacts how the fee can be used.

18-0600-S17
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Request El Pueblo de Los Angeles to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee on how the Convention and Tourism Development Department is coordinating with El Pueblo. The report should include opportunities to further promote El Pueblo to visitors to the City.

18-0600-S18
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Emergency Management Department (EMD), with assistance from the City Administrative Officer, to report to the Public Safety Committee and the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on whether the City engages in adequate climate change planning and mitigation to maintain its credit ratings. The report should include the amount that has been received in hazard mitigation funds in the last five years, projects that have been funded with those funds, the amount for

18-0600-S19
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct the Fire Department to report to the Public Safety Committee with metrics related to the Fire Psychologist position, including metrics related to quantifying the success and potential expansion of the program.

18-0600-S20
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct the Fire Department to report to the Public Safety Committee on the impact of the LAX Advanced Provider Response Unit (APRU) pilot program to the surrounding neighborhoods and stations, the anticipated impact of Phase 2, and the potential for full reimbursement from the Department of Airports for the Program.

18-0600-S21
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Fire Department to report to the Public Safety Committee and the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on projections of what fire conditions are anticipated to be in 10 to 20 years given the effects of global warming and climate change. The report should include the anticipated service and financial impacts in future years related to climate change.

18-0600-S22
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
Instruct the Department of General Services to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee on a quarterly basis regarding compliance with the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program, including the procurement of custodial cleaning supplies and each department’s participation in this program.

18-0600-S23
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
Instruct the Department of General Services to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee on a policy for publicly available electric vehicle charging stations. The report should include whether they should be available free of charge or on a fee basis, whether there should be time limits imposed for use of the stations, and how to ensure that the stations are not out of date.

18-0600-S24
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
Instruct the Department of General Services to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee on options and resources needed to replace aging roofs at City facilities.

18-0600-S25
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Department of General Services to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on savings achieved through implemented environmental policies based on audits, including recommendations on how the City should invest in municipal facilities to continue and increase environmental-related savings.

18-0600-S26
 
  To Ad Hoc on Comprehensive Job Creation Plan Committee
To Economic Development Committee

Instruct the Department of General Services to report to the Economic Development Committee and Ad Hoc on Comprehensive Job Creation Plan Committee on improvements to the Local Business Preference Program and procurement policies to ensure that the City is achieving the greatest impact for small businesses through this Program and policies.

18-0600-S27
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee

Instruct the Department of General Services and the City Administrative Officer, in consultation with the Department of Water and Power, Department of Airports, the Harbor Department, and the Controller, to report to the Information, Technology, and General Service Committee and the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the feasibility of creating a Citywide Chief Asset Manager position.

18-0600-S28
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on LAHSA’s Family Reunification efforts, including data on placements related to this approach.

18-0600-S29
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on what is included in the 2018-19 Adopted Budget, including the following outcomes relative to homeless individuals: (a) how many will be permanently housed; (b) how many will be temporarily housed with bridge and transitional housing; (c) how many will be entered into the Coordinated Entry System (CES); and (d) with how many individuals no contact will be made.

18-0600-S30
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee with metrics related to the transition to permanent housing from interim (crisis and bridge) housing that is achieved in Los Angeles as compared to other major cities.

18-0600-S31
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee with a cost comparison between different Safe Parking options depending on geographic location, costs on a per capita and aggregate basis, cost drivers, and incentives the City can provide, such as tax incentives, to encourage more safe parking.

18-0600-S32
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on the average time it takes for a homeless individual who has asked for service to be contacted for that service, broken down by geographic area.

18-0600-S33
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on the number of persons falling into homelessness each year, the number continuing to experience homelessness, and the numbers receiving services and housing. The report should provide a comparison with other cities, in order to evaluate whether progress is being made or if the problem is worsening.

18-0600-S34
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Housing and Community Investment Department to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on the resources available for women who need to enter the shelter system who are not victims of domestic violence, given the additional resources being provided to domestic violence shelter services.

18-0600-S35
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Housing and Community Investment Department to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on how the City compares to other jurisdictions in terms of resources and services provided for victims of domestic violence and what progress has been achieved since the 2013 audit.

18-0600-S36
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Housing and Community Investment Department to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on the biggest cost drivers of developing permanent supportive housing and potential efficiencies that can be achieved to reduce the per unit cost.

18-0600-S37
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Request the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) to report to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on the voucher program that serves 18,000 people, including a breakdown of how the vouchers are allocated, and the utilization rate by category and program.

18-0600-S38
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
To Housing Committee

Request the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) to report to the Housing Committee and the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on the following: (a) the percentage of public housing units occupied by households with mixed status families (defined as families that include both documented and undocumented residents); (b) how many of the mixed status families have been evicted; and (c) what is the cumulative rent increase based on the mixed status versus what these families would be

18-0600-S39
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee

Instruct the Information and Technology Agency, with assistance from the City Administrative Officer and the Personnel Department, to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee and the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee with a timeline for the Human Resources and PaySR replacement project. The report should identify how the timeline would be slowed due to a specific lack of funding for certain components of the project.

18-0600-S40
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee

Instruct the Information Technology Agency to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee on the creation of a digital infrastructure policy, with the goal of investing in Citywide digital needs.

18-0600-S41
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the Information Technology Agency, with assistance from the City Administrative Officer and City Attorney, to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the Mobile Worker Pilot Program, the plan to expand this program, and the proposed technology use policy as it relates to various employment and legal issues.

18-0600-S42
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct the Information Technology Agency to report to the Public Safety Committee on efforts to make Los Angeles a single portal, single log-in, single password City.

18-0600-S43
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee

Instruct the Information Technology Agency to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee and the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the Human Resources and Payroll Project, including an overall timeline for the Project with benchmarks and total anticipated costs.

18-0600-S44
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Library Department to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee on the condition of sidewalks around all libraries. The report should include the rationale for the appropriation in the Department’s budget for sidewalks.

18-0600-S45
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Library Department to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee on the ability of the Department to provide educational outreach on climate change issues (for example, an educational kiosk) and whether this could be incorporated into the Department’s budget without additional cost. The report should describe the steps the Department has taken to minimize its carbon footprint and how current efforts can be increased.

18-0600-S46
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Library Department to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee on the vacant security positions in the Department, including the steps that must be taken to fill these positions.

18-0600-S47
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Instruct the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System to report to the Budget and Finance Committee with additional rate of return charts, including actual versus assumed return, that show 10, 20 and 30 year running average rates of return.

18-0600-S48
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
Instruct the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to report to the Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee on how the Department determines which neighborhoods are underrepresented, which have low levels of participation, and which Neighborhood Councils are not representative of their stakeholders. The report should include metrics to measure these determinations.

18-0600-S49
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
Instruct the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to report to the Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee with a list of partnerships that the Department has developed with local advocacy groups and other organizations.

18-0600-S50
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
Instruct the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to report to the Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee with a breakdown of funding expenditures by category for each Neighborhood Council.

18-0600-S51
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the Personnel Department and the City Administrative Officer to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the ability to use the PaySR position control module for Citywide vacancy reporting effective July 1, 2018, and the process to implement the module for all departments not currently using the module. The report should include a vacancy list of civilian positions by classification and a process to keep the information updated and reported regularly.

18-0600-S52
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the Personnel Department and the City Administrative Officer to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the feasibility of using 120-day returns to work to mentor and train Targeted Local Hire employees.

18-0600-S53
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the Personnel Department, with assistance from the City Attorney, to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the feasibility of an Ordinance requiring successor contractors and their subcontractors to hire candidates from the Targeted Local Hire Program when and if a contract is terminated (e.g. if a contractor walks off the job without completing the work, etc.) and the City still wants to contract for the same job.

18-0600-S54
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Instruct the City Planning Department to report to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee and the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the cost to prepare a State-sanctioned climate action plan, whether the Department has performed a climate change risk assessment, and what resources could be secured, should such a plan be in place.

18-0600-S55
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Instruct the City Planning Department to report to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee and the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the Department’s efforts and activities to reduce the impacts of climate change, and the scope and cost of these activities.

18-0600-S56
 
  To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Instruct the City Planning Department to report to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee on case processing in the last three years for the Valley Project Planning Team, specifically for the Warner Center Project.

18-0600-S57
 
  To Housing Committee
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Instruct the City Planning Department, the Building and Safety Department, and the Housing and Community Investment Department to report on whether these Departments have the resources to meet likely obligations under the Home Sharing Ordinance, as currently drafted.

18-0600-S58
 
  To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Instruct the City Planning Department to report to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee on facilitating micro-units for homeless individuals.

18-0600-S59
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee regarding the safety costs related to the use of cash in cannabis businesses and the potential savings that can be achieved by changing to or creating incentives for a cashless cannabis system.

18-0600-S60
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee and the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on how the Workers’ Compensation and insurance systems work together, including the impacts of having a dual system and a cost-benefit analysis of consolidating the systems to avoid double paying. The report should include an analysis of the benefits to the officers and the impact to the City.

18-0600-S61
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee on what is incorporated into the Implicit Bias training, including the various training elements, the frequency of the training, and whether the entire department has completed the training.

18-0600-S62
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee and the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on potential Police Department properties that can be used for a Safe Parking Program or for bridge housing.

18-0600-S63
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee and the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on the status of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, including any new processes or systems in place to assist with Workers’ Compensation claims.

18-0600-S64
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee to report on strategic approaches to reduce overtime expenses. The report should include potential fundamental changes to various contributing factors, including deployment schedules, collective bargaining agreements, special units, and sworn hiring.

18-0600-S65
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Office of Public Accountability to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the cost to include in its analyses of power and water rates, a complete accounting of the positive and negative externalities to natural capital of the power and water options available to the City. The report should include assessment of the environmental and social justice benefits of the policies to the Department.

18-0600-S66
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Office of Public Accountability to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the cost of analyses that are informed by the Department of Water and Power’s (DWP) Equity Metrics Data Initiative, including the additional benefits of DWP’s programs and policies that could serve underserved ratepayers, provide jobs, and help DWP meet its equity goals.

18-0600-S67
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Board of Public Works, Contract Administration to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the feasibility of increasing funding to meet the demand in the Minimum Wage and Wage Theft Ordinance Units. The report should describe outreach to immigrant and low income communities, levels of funding in other cities (e.g. San Francisco and Seattle), and the feasibility of funding an additional $250,000 for each of these Units. The report should also include the percentage

18-0600-S68
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Engineering to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the Department’s climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts with a focus on protecting marginalized and at-risk communities. The report should include the scope of activities, the Department’s time spent on these efforts, and funding expended to mitigate future hazards and disasters.

18-0600-S69
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Engineering to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the anticipated completion date for the City Hall East electrical upgrade project and the number of Electric Vehicle charging stations that will be made available.

18-0600-S70
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Engineering to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the creation of a fine schedule for the Utility Warranty Program and the use of GIS/GPS technology to capture more data regarding street cuts.

18-0600-S71
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Engineering to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the feasibility study relative to closing the bike path gaps in the San Fernando Valley, whether there is funding available in the Los Angeles River budget to address the gaps, and how to move these projects forward.

18-0600-S72
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Budget and Finance Committee on potential ways to reduce liability from sewer back-up overflows.

18-0600-S73
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Homeless and Poverty Committee on any limitations on the use of Clean Streets funding for items other than repetitive street cleanings, and whether this funding can be used for more proactive and permanent trash abatement measures.

18-0600-S74
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on greenhouse gas emissions and the continuance of the City’s green programs in the future. The report should address how the City is institutionalizing current efforts and polices.

18-0600-S75
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the Sustainable City pLAn greenhouse gas emissions target to reduce emissions below 1990 levels by 45 percent by 2025, 65 percent by 2035, and 80 percent by 2050. The report should include the potential for meeting the 45 percent target by 2020, the 65 percent target by 2025, and the 80 percent target by 2040.

18-0600-S76
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on how to ensure that costs to implement green initiatives are not borne by workers.

18-0600-S77
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the process through which RecycLA customer service requests are fulfilled. The report should include a customer service flowchart, the determination of whether complaint calls will be referred to the Bureau or the hauler, and whether service requests can be filed online.

18-0600-S78
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on whether haulers are providing the necessary recycling bins for RecycLA customers.

18-0600-S79
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on how to ensure that the Bureau is achieving zero-waste goals.

18-0600-S80
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on ways the City’s current climate change efforts will protect marginalized communities, including frontline communities living near oil wells and oil refineries, Aliso Canyon, the Exide Battery Plant, and freight-adjacent freeways, from further damage and exploitation.

18-0600-S81
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee relative to the Watershed Protection Division and the status of addressing upcoming federally-mandated Total Maximum Daily Load requirements, the cost to the City if the requirements are not met, and whether any cost would be funded from the General Fund.

18-0600-S82
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Lighting, in consultation with the Department of Water and Power, to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on any plans to increase the number of electric vehicle chargers to match the demand planned by the auto industry for the early 2020s. The report should include the City’s plans and innovative ways to greatly increase and fund these efforts, including partnering with the private sector.

18-0600-S83
CD 8
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the status of the guardrail repair along the La Brea corridor in Council District 8 and the resources required to complete the project.

18-0600-S84
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the last comprehensive inventory of street trees, and whether updating the inventory would increase the City’s access to grant funding.

18-0600-S85
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee with a status of the improvements that have been made as a result of the State of Trees Report, how the deficiencies identified in the report have been addressed, and the plan to address continuing deficiencies.

18-0600-S86
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the feasibility of increasing fines for illegal tree pruning and tree removal.

18-0600-S87
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the status of nursery infrastructure and operations, including information about the native plants nursery infrastructure.

18-0600-S88
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report to the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee on the frequency of the Bureau’s comprehensive review of street sweeping routes, an update on the Council’s instruction to avoid street sweeping adjacent to grade schools prior to 8:15AM, and any plans to update the routes.

18-0600-S89
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report to the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee on recommendations, changes, or additions to the Targeted Local Hire classifications in order to fill Sidewalk Repair crews.

18-0600-S90
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Department of Recreation and Parks to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee on the use of herbicides, with a focus on areas that are in close proximity to the Los Angeles River and other waterways.

18-0600-S91
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Department of Recreation and Parks to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee on options available to acquire the Los Angeles Unified School District land adjacent to the Woodland Hills Recreation Center to increase the size of the park, as well as the options available to lease space for additional parking at the park.

18-0600-S92
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Department of Recreation and Parks to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee on how the Department can repair its parking lots, including options for repairs performed by Department staff, contractors, and the Bureau of Street Services.

18-0600-S93
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Department of Recreation and Parks to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee on the capital investments that can be made relative to electricity generation, stormwater recapture, and reduction of water usage to offset rising utility costs.

18-0600-S94
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee on the Speed Hump Program, specifically, whether any developers have covered the costs of building speed humps since the Program was restored or whether all of the work has been completed by the City. The report should address whether the Department has staff to assist developers who would like to install speed humps.

18-0600-S95
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee on the feasibility of using a portion of the approved Vision Zero funding for other urgent district projects that address unsafe conditions, which are not currently a part of the Vision Zero work program.

18-0600-S96
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee on a plan to fully staff parking enforcement, either in the 2018-19 Budget or over several fiscal years, including a cost-benefit analysis and potential funding sources.

18-0600-S97
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee on the solvency of various transit funding sources in order to evaluate whether long-term plans for transit improvements will have sufficient funding.

18-0600-S98
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report on the dockless bike share system, including: (a) existing ridership compared to projected ridership when the bike share program began; (b) dockless ridership in other cities, including the average ridership per day and average cost; (c) the cost to the City for docked versus dockless bike share systems; (d) a comparison of public subsidies between docked and dockless systems; and (e) how bikeshare can work for the Valley.

18-0600-S99
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee on the Department’s plans to provide safe bike connections to the Los Angeles River Path.

18-0600-S100
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee on a plan and timeline to close the gap between the Orange Line bike path, Winnetka bike lanes, and the Los Angeles River bike path.

18-0600-S101
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee with an analysis of annual fatalities and injuries, beginning with the year that the City implemented the Vision Zero Initiative. The report should include a comparison of fatalities and injuries on the High Injury Network streets that have new Vision Zero improvements and streets that did not have Vision Zero improvements.

18-0600-S102
 
  To Transportation Committee
Instruct the Department of Transportation to report to the Transportation Committee on the status of Council priorities for DASH operations, including the DASH realignment and DASH expansion.

18-0600-S103
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Zoo Department to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee relative to potential climate impacts on animals living at the Zoo. The report should include low-cost initiatives the department can employ to educate the public locally and around the world about the impact of climate change on all animals.

18-0600-S104
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
To Budget and Finance Committee

Instruct the Zoo Department to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee on the Controller’s Audit, including the Department’s position and budgetary needs to manage the concessions contract, increase transparency and oversight of GLAZA functions, and better maintain the Zoo.

18-0600-S105
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Refer Budget Memo 41 to the Budget and Finance Committee and the Public Safety Committee and instruct the Police Department to report on security services at City libraries.

18-0600-S106
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
Refer Budget Memo 64 to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee and instruct the Information Technology Agency to report on the technology review process.

18-0600-S107
 
  To Transportation Committee
Refer Budget Memo 71 to Transportation Committee and instruct the Department of Transportation to report with a cost comparison between the use of concrete and plastic barriers for street safety mitigation.

18-0600-S109
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Instruct the City Administrative Officer and the Chief Legislative Analyst to report to the Budget and Finance Committee on a quarterly basis with the status of Special Studies requested as part of consideration of the City’s Budget. The report should note whether a report has been requested previously, the Council File number and when the previous request(s) was made.

18-0600-S110
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
Instruct the City Clerk and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to report to the Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee on a rollover policy for Neighborhood Council funds that would allow Neighborhood Councils to accumulate up to $100,000 to fund outreach, Neighborhood Purposes Grants, and Community Improvement Projects.

18-0600-S111
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
Instruct the Department of General Services to report to the Information, Technology and General Services Committee on the feasibility of having fifty percent of the City’s fleet consist of full electric vehicles.

18-0600-S112
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Instruct the Library Department to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks, and River Committee to have the Department’s facilities master planning consultant include an assessment of the need for an Encino Branch Library.

18-0600-S113
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
Instruct the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to report to the Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee on which Neighborhood Councils the Department contacted to gather input on the proposal that would allow the Department to expend unused Neighborhood Council funds at the end of each fiscal year.

18-0600-S114
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee with a status of the City’s electric vehicles, including information on what date the cars were acquired and the date they went into service.

18-0600-S115
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee and Budget and Finance Committee on Body Worn Video Cameras (BWVC) for reserve police officers. The report should include the number of reserve officers who would need cameras, how many cameras would be required, and the costs associated with BWVCs.

18-0600-S116
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee and Budget and Finance Committee prior to any amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) contract for Homeless Outreach and Proactive Engagement (HOPE) Officer deployment to the MTA System.

18-0600-S117
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
Instruct the Board of Public Works and the City Clerk to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee with an analysis of the costs associated with utilizing digital kiosks during Board of Public Works meetings.

18-0600-S118
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee

Instruct the Bureau of Engineering to report to the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee and Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee on the City’s mid- and long-term needs to address the growing use of electric vehicles.

18-0600-S119
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee with an analysis of the City’s current efforts to address climate change. The report should detail staffing, funding, and a comparison of the City’s efforts to other cities such as Boston, New York, and Seattle.

18-0600-S120
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Department of Recreation and Parks to include in their Work Plan report the feasibility of housing Park Rangers at Police Department stations.

18-0600-S121
CD 8
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Motion (Harris-Dawson - Koretz) - Budget and Finance Committee report on the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2018-19 be amended to add funding for the Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration.

18-0600-S122
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Motion (Huizar - Ryu) - Budget and Finance Committee report on the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2018-19 be amended to reauthorize funding for Fiscal Year 2017-18 Neighborhood Council Elections for the build-out of Online Voting Systems.

18-0600-S123
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Motion (Price, Jr. - O'Farrell) - Budget and Finance Committee report on the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2018-19 be amended to add funding for the Sidewalk Vending Program.

18-0600-S124
CD 7
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Motion (Rodriguez - Buscaino) - Budget and Finance Committee report on the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2018-19 be amended to provide nine-months funding for two Firefighter III's to staff a Fast Response Vehicle at Fire Station 91 in Sylmar.

18-0600-S125
CD 13
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Motion (O'Farrell - Martinez) - Budget and Finance Committee report on the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2018-19 be amended to add resolution authority for three Street Services Investigators to launch a Hollywood Boulevard First Amendment program.

18-0600-S126
CD 8
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Motion (Harris-Dawson - Bonin) - Budget and Finance Committee report on the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2018-19 be amended to provide funding for the C-3 Program in Council District 8.

18-0600-S127
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Motion (Koretz - Cedillo - Buscaino) - Budget and Finance Committee report on the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2018-19 be amended to add resolution authority and funding for one Senior Management Analyst 1 to provide financial and administrative support for the Public Works Trust Fund.

18-0600-S128
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
Instruct the Department of Aging to work with the LA Food Policy Council and report on a detailed breakdown of cost impacts of compliance with the City's Good Food Purchasing Policy, and Sustainable Packing Policy, and keeping the cost impact breakdown of each policy separate; and efforts made by the Department of Aging to communicate and verify compliance with the Good Food Purchasing Policy with large distributors that work with the Department's contractors.

18-0600-S129
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Create a new line item in the Unappropriated Balance with nine-months funding for one Building Inspector ($81,989 direct cost) to function as a Certified Access Specialist, and instruct Disability and Building & Safety to discuss and report on coordination and the appropriate department for this position.

18-0600-S130
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report on a more cost effective recertification process.

18-0600-S131
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation, with the assistance from the City Attorney to report on any changes needed to the Municipal Code and the ramifications of failure to comply with the Municipal Code.

18-0600-S132
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Create a new line item in the Unappropriated Balance for the installation of new GPS transponders on LAPD and LAFD helicopters and instruct ITA, in concert with LAPD and LAFD, to report on the timeline for replacing existing equipment with the new transponders.

18-0600-S133
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
Create a new line item in the Unappropriated Balance for election outreach activities contingent on a report from the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment with an expenditure plan to achieve their election outreach goals and staffing needs.

18-0600-S134
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee

Instruct Personnel to report on how the Department will coordinate efforts with the Department on Disability to support employees with disabilities.

18-0600-S135
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Police Department to report to the Budget and Finance Committee by June 15, 2018 with: updated sworn and civilian hiring plans, with the latter to focus on civilian positions to improve the cost effectiveness and field redeployment of sworn officers; the expected number of sworn and civilian positions that will be filled on June 30, 2018; on the optimal size of recruit training classes to maintain the sworn attrition hiring plan; and, what vacant civilian positions will be filled.

18-0600-S136
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Budget and Finance Committee, in 60 days, with a deployment plan which addresses the inefficiencies created by the current HOPE Team deployment locations.

18-0600-S137
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee

Instruct the RAP and the Bureau of Sanitation to report to the Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River and Energy, Climate Change and Environmental Justice Committees within 90 days with an analysis of addressing homeless encampments in City parks; a discussion of the applicable protocol for conducting cleanups in City parks; the resources required for Bureau of Sanitation and RAP to address these needs, including staffing, equipment and vehicles; and all associated costs.

18-0600-S138
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
To Homelessness and Poverty Committee

Further instruct LAHSA, Bureau of Sanitation, and others to report to Council for consideration and approval, prior to implementation, the cleanup protocols, process, and assignment of resources for the expanded HOPE and Clean Streets Los Angeles Programs.

18-0600-S139
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee

Create a new line item in the Unappropriated Balance for Tree Maintenance and Urban Forestry Program and instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report with a comprehensive plan to address the removal of dead trees, planting of new trees and maintenance of the existing street tree inventory on an ongoing basis and include a staff plan using Targeted Local Hires to the greatest extent possible.

18-0600-S140
 
  To Information, Technology, and General Services Committee
To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee

Instruct the Department of General Services to report with a hiring plan emphasizing Targeted Local Hire program to the greatest extent possible and an analysis of possible savings from the elimination of contract oversight costs.

18-0600-S141
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Instruct the Police Department to report to Public Safety and Budget and Finance Committees with a technology spending plan detailing how these funds will be used.

18-0600-S142
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report with a cost/benefit analysis of the reorganization of its Wastewater Collection Services Division.

18-0600-S143
 
  To Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee
To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee

Instruct the Bureau of Street Services to report with a hiring plan regarding Tree Trimming Contractual Services emphasizing the Targeted Local Hire program to the greatest extent possible and an analysis of possible savings from the elimination of contract oversight costs.

18-0600-S144
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Public Safety Committee

Add one LAFD Helicopter ($18.3M) to the 2018-19 MICLA program and instruct the CLA and CAO to report to the Public Safety and Budget and Finance Committees prior to issuance on the following: the current cap on MICLA; the current list of projects, unused debt capacity and alternative solutions to accommodate the proposed capital and equipment list such that the 2018-19 issuance does not exceed $193.5M.

18-0600-S145
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct LAPD, and any relevant departments, to report to the Public Safety Committee on the police vehicle replacements, electric vehicle charging stations and infrastructure, and the solar energy installations at Devonshire Police Station and Topanga Community Police Station prior to authorizing the MICLA financing for these projects.

18-0600-S146
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Direct the Police Department to report no later than June 30, 2018 on the impacts of overtime "carve outs" included in the Department's budget and if these carve outs are still needed.

18-0600-s147
 
  To Public Safety Committee
To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee

Instruct the CAO and BSS to report with the an analysis of the process necessary to effectuate the use of twenty-five LAPD BMW electric vehicles by Street Services Investigators, as well as an analysis of whether BSS has the necessary infrastructure to utilize these vehicles.

18-0600-S148
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Instruct LAPD to report to the Public Safety Committee with the date each of the BMW electric vehicles was received by the City and the date each vehicle was placed in service.

18-0600-S149
 
  To Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Committee
Add resolution authority, without funding, for one Solid Resources Manager II, one Solid Resources Manager I, and one Wastewater Collection Supervisor and instruct the Bureau of Sanitation to report to Council with a comprehensive reorganization plan detailing the advantages and disadvantages of creating a new livability services division.