Public Works Committee — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2024-04-09
Time: 13:00

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 JOURNAL – PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

 TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2024 ­ 1:00 PM

 ROOM 340, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD
 COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA


 (Michael Espinosa ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1064 or michael.espinosa@lacity.org)

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 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 24­0235
 Motion (Rodriguez ­ Lee) relative to a detailed inventory on pending
 infrastructure projects and project delivery impacts due to City workforce
 current and proposed shortages; the impacts to the City's credit rating if
 projects are not completed and funds must be relinquished or refinanced;
 and, the budgetary impacts of utilizing the private sector to complete City
 projects versus the City workforce. (This item was also referred to
 Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED AS AMENDED Motion (Rodriguez ­ Lee) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(1) 24­0235
 Motion (Rodriguez ­ Lee) relative to a detailed inventory on pending
 infrastructure projects and project delivery impacts due to City workforce
 current and proposed shortages; the impacts to the City's credit rating if
 projects are not completed and funds must be relinquished or refinanced;
 and, the budgetary impacts of utilizing the private sector to complete City
 projects versus the City workforce. (This item was also referred to
 Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED AS AMENDED Motion (Rodriguez ­ Lee) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(2) 24­0257
 Motion (de León ­ Price) relative to the implementation and potential
 impacts of requiring a bond deposit for the issuance of a Building Materials
 Permit.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (de León ­ Price) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(3) 24­0196
 Motion (McOsker, Blumenfield, et al. – Lee, Padilla) relative to the
 administration, enforcement, governance, implementation, oversight, policy
 options and code amendments to streamline matters of nuisance
 abatement proceedings in the Los Angeles Municipal Code and the Los
 Angeles Administrative Code.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED AS AMENDED Motion (McOsker, Blumenfield, et al. – Lee, Padilla) ­ (3)
 Yes; (0) No
(4) 23­0123­S1
 CD 9 Motion (Price ­ Hutt) relative to designating the intersection of Hoover
 Street and 52nd Street, as “John and Jean Railback Square."

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Price – Hutt) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(5) 24­0336
 City Administrative Officer report relative to a proposed Personal Services
 Contract with Legacy By­Products, LLC, for recovery and processing
 services of dead animals.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(5) 24­0336
 City Administrative Officer report relative to a proposed Personal Services
 Contract with Legacy By­Products, LLC, for recovery and processing
 services of dead animals.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 17, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MAY 17, 2024)

 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 22, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(6) 24­0340
 City Administrative Officer report relative to a contract with Southern
 California Disposal Co., Inc., for the processing of waste from the West
 Los Angeles Wasteshed.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 17, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MAY 17, 2024)



 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated March 1, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(7) 24­0346
 CD 14 Motion (de León – Blumenfield) relative to designating the intersection of
 Mission Road and Keith Street in Lincoln Heights, as “Salas Brothers
 Square."

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (de León – Blumenfield) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(8) 24­0210
 Board of Public Works report relative to accepting funds from the California
 Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery for grants to perform
 enforcement, compliance and surveillance activities at waste tire facilities.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (de León – Blumenfield) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(8) 24­0210
 Board of Public Works report relative to accepting funds from the California
 Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery for grants to perform
 enforcement, compliance and surveillance activities at waste tire facilities.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Board of Public Works report dated February 23, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(9) 19­0974­S1
 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Harris­Dawson, Hutt, Price) relative to designating the
 intersection of Lou Dillon Avenue and Santa Ana Boulevard North in Watts,
 as “Sweet Alice Square."

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Harris­Dawson, Hutt, Price) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(10) 24­0121
 CD 4 Bureau of Street Services report relative to the appeal of the Board of
 Public Works' California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination
 for the project at 1514­1538 North Crescent Heights Boulevard and 8101
 Sunset Boulevard, along North Crescent Heights Boulevard.
 Recommendations for Council action:


 1. DENY the appeals filed by Bradford Cobb and Laurel Canyon
 Association, relative to the determination by the Board of Public
 Works (Board) on January 17, 2024, that 1514 Thru 1538 North
 Crescent Heights Boulevard and 8101 Sunset Boulevard Along North
 Crescent Heights Boulevard (BSS­34) Project (Project) is statutorily
 exempt under CEQA.


 2. FIND that the City of Los Angeles does not need to certify that the
 Project will be completed by a skilled and trained workforce under
 Public Resources Code section 21080.25 (Senate Bill [SB] 922)
 because the Project will be completed by City forces and would not
 require the use of contractors for labor.


 3. DETERMINE that the Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA
 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.25 (SB 922).


 4. SUSTAIN the January 17, 2024, actions of the Board in which the
 Board:
 Project will be completed by a skilled and trained workforce under
 Public Resources Code section 21080.25 (Senate Bill [SB] 922)
 because the Project will be completed by City forces and would not
 require the use of contractors for labor.


 3. DETERMINE that the Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA
 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.25 (SB 922).


 4. SUSTAIN the January 17, 2024, actions of the Board in which the
 Board:

 a. CONCURRED with the Bureau of Engineering’s approval of the
 sidewalk repairs in the Project.


 b. APPROVED the removal of Six Indian Laurel Fig (Ficus
 microcarpa) trees for the reconstruction of an inaccessible
 sidewalk and tree replacements.


 c. DIRECT staff that a notice of exemption be filed with the State
 Office of Planning and Research and the Los Angeles County
 Clerk.


 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024)

 APPROVED Bureau of Street Services report dated April 1, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(11) 24­0206
 Motion (Lee ­ Park) relative to developing a protocol to prioritize the
 remediation of burnt­frame RVs in the public right of way.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Lee – Park) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(12) 24­0234
 CD 10 Motion (Hutt – Soto­Martinez, McOsker) relative to designating the
 intersection of Mansfield Avenue and Adams Boulevard, as “St. Agatha
 Square."

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Hutt – Soto­Martinez, McOsker) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
(13) 24­0256
 APPROVED Motion (Lee – Park) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
 (12) 24­0234
 CD 10 Motion (Hutt – Soto­Martinez, McOsker) relative to designating the
 intersection of Mansfield Avenue and Adams Boulevard, as “St. Agatha
 Square."

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Hutt – Soto­Martinez, McOsker) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
 (13) 24­0256
 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) relative to designating the intersection of
 Mesa Street and 7th Street, as “First Responders Public Safety Square."

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
 (14) 24­0358
 CD 11 Motion (Park ­ Hutt) relative to reporting on the damage to the Marvin
 Braude Bike Trail as a result of the recent winter storms and Los Angeles
 County’s efforts to undertake repairs and restore the bike trail to public use.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Park – Hutt) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
 (15) 24­0331
 CD 5 Motion (Yaroslavsky ­ Park) relative to designating the intersection of
 Wilshire Boulevard and South Curson Avenue in the memory of Theodore
 Bikel.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky ­ Park) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No
 (16) 23­0278
 CD 15 Bureau of Street Lighting report relative to creative solutions and staffing
 plan to combat lighting deficiencies for underpasses in the Harbor
 Gateway area and potential pilot artistic lighting solutions.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Bureau of Street Lighting report dated April 2, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No


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 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Bureau of Street Lighting report dated April 2, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No


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peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a
telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in
all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­
generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no
cost to the TRS user.

What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment
available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay
Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail
descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello, this is the relay
service…" when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf,
hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability.

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