Public Works Committee — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2022-08-24
Time: 14:15

JOURNAL – SPECIAL PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING AND JOINT CONSIDERATION
 OF ITEM 1 WITH BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

 Wednesday, August 24, 2022

 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 2:15 PM
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012


 PUBLIC WORKS

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE
 COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN
 COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O’FARRELL




 BUDGET AND FINANCE

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD
 COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN
 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR.



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 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

 ITEM(S)

 (1) 20-1536-S2
 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND); and City
 Administrative Officer (CAO) and Board of Public Works (BPW) reports
 relative to a contract with Tranzito-Vector, LLC, for the Sidewalk and
 Transit Amenities Program (STAP) to install, upgrade, and maintain
 transit shelters, to continue development of shade structures and
 associated amenities, and procure advertising for the structures,
 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, and related
 matters. (This item was referred to the Public Works, Personnel,
 Audits, and Animal Welfare, and Budget and Finance Committees)
 Recommendations for Council action:


 1. ADOPT the findings, including under CEQA attached to the BPW
 report dated May 11, 2022, attached to the Council file.


 2. ADOPT the IS/MND as found at the link attached to the Council
 file.
 3. ADOPT the Mitigation Monitoring Program prepared for the
 IS/MND attached to said BPW report.


 4. APPROVE the proposed STAP contract with Tranzito-Vector,
 LLC pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code Section
 10.5(a).


 5. CONSIDER all further actions as stated in said BPW report and
 the CAO report dated August 18, 2022, attached to the Council
 file.


 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 Against:
 Westside Neighborhood Council
 Chatsworth Neighborhood Council
 Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council

 TIME LIMIT FILE - OCTOBER 17, 2022

 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - OCTOBER 14, 2022)

 (ONLY ITEM NO. 1 TO BE JOINTLY CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC
 WORKS and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES)
 **************************************************

 APPROVED AS AMENDED City Administrative Officer report dated August 18,
 2022 and Board of Public Works report dated May 11, 2022 > Public Works: (3)
 Yes; (1) Absent, O’Farrell | Budget and Finance: (3) Yes; (1) No, Price; (1) Absent,
 Rodriguez
(2) 20-1536
 City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to amending the Los
 Angeles Municipal Code to clarify the definition of outdoor advertising
 structure, and to exempt certain approved structures from the
 prohibition of outdoor advertising structures in the public right-of-way.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
 West Hills Neighborhood Council
 Mar Vista Community Council
 Westwood Neighborhood Council
 Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council
 Against:
 Westside Neighborhood Council
 Hollywood United Neighborhood Council
 Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council
 Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council
 Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council
 For if Amended:
 West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
 Del Rey Neighborhood Council
 Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council
 Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council
 Neutral Position:
 Reseda Neighborhood Council




 APPROVED City Attorney report dated November 16, 2021 and Ordinance - (3) Yes;
 (1) Absent, O’Farrell


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Telecommunication Relay Services

Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in
technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and
individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications
methods, both for peer-to-peer and third-party 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 TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English 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/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA 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, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.

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