Transportation Committe — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2024-01-17
Time: 13:30

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024 ­ 1:30 PM
 ROOM 401, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK
 COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN
 COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY


 (Conrad Rodriguez, Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1122 or conrad.rodriguez@lacity.org)

 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also
be accessed at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro
Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are encouraged to use one of the other
channels.

The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda.


 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 11­1333
 City Administrative Officer report relative to the proposed Seventh
 Amendment to Contract No. C­119654 with Conduent State and Local
 Solutions, Incorporated, for development, installation, and operation of the
 systems and equipment for the LA Express Park program.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 26, 2024
 Amendment to Contract No. C­119654 with Conduent State and Local
 Solutions, Incorporated, for development, installation, and operation of the
 systems and equipment for the LA Express Park program.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 26, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 23, 2024)


(2) 23­0360
 City Administrative Officer report relative to status of parking lots managed
 under the Special Parking Revenue Fund.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Housing and Homelessness and Transportation
 Committees)


(3) 23­0599
 CD 4 Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) report relative to
 using funds from the Ventura/Cahuenga Trust Fund No. 523 to install new
 landscaped medians on Van Nuys Boulevard, in Sherman Oaks.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(4) 23­0619­S1
 LADOT report relative to the 2023 Regional Early Action Planning (REAP
 2.0) County Transportation Commision Partnership Program grant funding
 for First/Last Mile Revolution: Transforming Metro Connections to Housing
 and Connecting Communities with Stress Free Connections Projects.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(5) 23­1441
 CD 11 Motion (Park ­ Hutt) relative to instructing the LADOT, with assistance from
 the City Attorney, to report on feasibility of a parking enforcement program
 for First/Last Mile Revolution: Transforming Metro Connections to Housing
 and Connecting Communities with Stress Free Connections Projects.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(5) 23­1441
 CD 11 Motion (Park ­ Hutt) relative to instructing the LADOT, with assistance from
 the City Attorney, to report on feasibility of a parking enforcement program
 regarding vehicles utilized as mobile storefronts along Abbot Kinney
 Boulevard, between Venice Boulevard and Main Street.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(6) 23­1363
 CD 10 Motion (Hutt ­ Park) relative to instructing the LADOT to report on the
 feasibility and costs of implementing Class I or Class IV protected bicycle
 lanes along Venice Boulevard, between Arlington and Fairfax Avenues.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(7) 14­0499­S7
 CD 10 Motion (Hutt ­ Park ­ Yaroslavsky) relative to instructing the Bureau of
 Engineering in collaboration with the LADOT to include the Ballona Creek
 Bike Path extension project in the City's application for the 2024 Cycle 7
 Active Transportation Program Call­for­Projects.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(8) 24­0038
 CD 4 Board of Transportation Commissioners report relative to establishing of
 Preferential Parking District No. 326 in the Runyon Canyon Neighborhood
 of Council District 4.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(9) 21­0197­S1
 LADOT report relative to an amendment to Transportation Technology
 Services Downtown Los Angeles Mobility Investment Plan contract.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(9) 21­0197­S1
 LADOT report relative to an amendment to Transportation Technology
 Services Downtown Los Angeles Mobility Investment Plan contract.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MARCH 11, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MARCH 8, 2024)


(10) 23­0008­S17
 CD 12 Resolution (Lee — Park) relative to restriction of vehicles parked on certain
 City street segments in the North San Fernando Valley between 2:00 AM
 and 6:00 AM.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(11) 23­0600­S54
 City Administrative Officer report relative to implementation of Mobility Plan
 2035’s Bicycle Enhanced Network, Bicycle Lane Network, and sidewalks
 in the Pedestrian Enhanced District.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council



(12) 15­0719­S28
 Department of City Planning report relative to the Mobility Element
 Programs Progress Report 2016­2022 on the implementation of the Action
 Programs of the City of Los Angeles’s Mobility Element (Mobility Plan
 2035).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 Against:
 Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council
 Programs Progress Report 2016­2022 on the implementation of the Action
 Programs of the City of Los Angeles’s Mobility Element (Mobility Plan
 2035).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 Against:
 Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 (This item was also referred to Public Works Committee)


 (13) 15­0719­S26
 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to adding a new Chapter
 19 to Division 19 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code implementing
 the Mobility Plan 2035 element of the City of Los Angeles General Plan;
 and LADOT and Bureau of Streets Services joint report relative to Mobility
 Plan 2035 Implementation and City Mobility Plan Street Improvement
 Measures.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 (This item was also referred to Public Works Committee)




SUPPORTING MATERIALS

Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item.

PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up
to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the
anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION
Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up
to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the
anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the
hearing impaired, please see the information below.

NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES

If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a
lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at
ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public
hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time
reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City
Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
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.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit the
FCC's Disability Rights Office website.

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 JOURNAL – TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024 ­ 1:30 PM
 ROOM 401, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK
 COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN
 COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY


  (Conrad Rodriguez, Legislative Assistant — (213) 978­1122 or conrad.rodriguez@lacity.org)

 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also
be accessed at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro
Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are encouraged to use one of the other
channels.

The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda.


 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 11­1333
 City Administrative Officer report relative to the proposed Seventh
 Amendment to Contract No. C­119654 with Conduent State and Local
 Solutions, Incorporated, for development, installation, and operation of the
 systems and equipment for the LA Express Park program.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 26, 2024
 Amendment to Contract No. C­119654 with Conduent State and Local
 Solutions, Incorporated, for development, installation, and operation of the
 systems and equipment for the LA Express Park program.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 26, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 23, 2024)

 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 12­1­23 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1)
 Absent: Yaroslavsky
(2) 23­0360
 City Administrative Officer report relative to status of parking lots managed
 under the Special Parking Revenue Fund.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Housing and Homelessness and Transportation
 Committees)

 NOTED AND FILED City Administrative Officer report dated 12­19­23 – (4) Yes; (0) No;
 (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky
(3) 23­0599
 CD 4 Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) report relative to
 using funds from the Ventura/Cahuenga Trust Fund No. 523 to install new
 landscaped medians on Van Nuys Boulevard, in Sherman Oaks.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED City LADOT report dated 11­30­23 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent:
 Yaroslavsky
(4) 23­0619­S1
 LADOT report relative to the 2023 Regional Early Action Planning (REAP
 2.0) County Transportation Commission Partnership Program grant funding
 for First/Last Mile Revolution: Transforming Metro Connections to Housing
 and Connecting Communities with Stress Free Connections Projects.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
 APPROVED City LADOT report dated 11­30­23 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent:
 Yaroslavsky
(4) 23­0619­S1
 LADOT report relative to the 2023 Regional Early Action Planning (REAP
 2.0) County Transportation Commission Partnership Program grant funding
 for First/Last Mile Revolution: Transforming Metro Connections to Housing
 and Connecting Communities with Stress Free Connections Projects.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED AS AMENDED LADOT report dated 10­25­23 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent:
 Yaroslavsky; Amended as detailed in Committee Report
(5) 23­1441
 CD 11 Motion (Park ­ Hutt) relative to instructing the LADOT, with assistance from
 the City Attorney, to report on feasibility of a parking enforcement program
 regarding vehicles utilized as mobile storefronts along Abbot Kinney
 Boulevard, between Venice Boulevard and Main Street.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Park ­ Hutt) – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky
(6) 23­1363
 CD 10 Motion (Hutt ­ Park) relative to instructing the LADOT to report on the
 feasibility and costs of implementing Class I or Class IV protected bicycle
 lanes along Venice Boulevard, between Arlington and Fairfax Avenues.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Hutt ­ Park) – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky
(7) 14­0499­S7
 CD 10 Motion (Hutt ­ Park ­ Yaroslavsky) relative to instructing the Bureau of
 Engineering in collaboration with the LADOT to include the Ballona Creek
 Bike Path extension project in the City's application for the 2024 Cycle 7
 Active Transportation Program Call­for­Projects.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Hutt ­ Park, Yaroslavsky) – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent:
 Yaroslavsky
(8) 24­0038
 CD 4 Board of Transportation Commissioners report relative to establishing of
 Preferential Parking District No. 326 in the Runyon Canyon Neighborhood
 of Council District 4.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Hutt ­ Park, Yaroslavsky) – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent:
 Yaroslavsky
(8) 24­0038
 CD 4 Board of Transportation Commissioners report relative to establishing of
 Preferential Parking District No. 326 in the Runyon Canyon Neighborhood
 of Council District 4.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes


 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Board of Transportation Commissioners report dated 12­14­23 – (4) Yes;
 (0) No; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky
(9) 21­0197­S1
 LADOT report relative to an amendment to Transportation Technology
 Services Downtown Los Angeles Mobility Investment Plan contract.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MARCH 11, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MARCH 8, 2024)

 APPROVED LADOT report dated 1­11­24 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky
(10) 23­0008­S17
 CD 12 Resolution (Lee — Park) relative to restriction of vehicles parked on certain
 City street segments in the North San Fernando Valley between 2:00 AM
 and 6:00 AM.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Resolution (Lee ­ Park) – (3) Yes; (1) No: Hernandez; (1) Absent:
 Yaroslavsky
(11) 23­0600­S54
 City Administrative Officer report relative to implementation of Mobility Plan
 2035’s Bicycle Enhanced Network, Bicycle Lane Network, and sidewalks
 in the Pedestrian Enhanced District.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
(11) 23­0600­S54
 City Administrative Officer report relative to implementation of Mobility Plan
 2035’s Bicycle Enhanced Network, Bicycle Lane Network, and sidewalks
 in the Pedestrian Enhanced District.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 NOTED AND FILED City Administrative Officer report dated 11­7­23 – (3) Yes; (0) No;
 (2) Absent: Raman, Yaroslavsky
(12) 15­0719­S28
 Department of City Planning report relative to the Mobility Element
 Programs Progress Report 2016­2022 on the implementation of the Action
 Programs of the City of Los Angeles’s Mobility Element (Mobility Plan
 2035).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 Against:
 Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 (This item was also referred to Public Works Committee)

 NOTED AND FILED City Planning report dated 4­4­23 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (2) Absent:
 Raman, Yaroslavsky
(13) 15­0719­S26
 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to adding a new Chapter
 19 to Division 19 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code implementing
 the Mobility Plan 2035 element of the City of Los Angeles General Plan;
 and LADOT and Bureau of Streets Services joint report relative to Mobility
 Plan 2035 Implementation and City Mobility Plan Street Improvement
 Measures.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council
 and LADOT and Bureau of Streets Services joint report relative to Mobility
 Plan 2035 Implementation and City Mobility Plan Street Improvement
 Measures.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 (This item was also referred to Public Works Committee)

 CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED


SUPPORTING MATERIALS

Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item.

PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up
to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the
anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the
hearing impaired, please see the information below.

NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES

If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a
lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at
ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public
hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time
reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City
Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
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 ­
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public
hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time
reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City
Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
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.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit the
FCC's Disability Rights Office website.