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AGENDA

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

CALLED BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING

  
    Tuesday, July 2, 2024
1:30 PM
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
ROOM 340, CITY HALL
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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President EUNISSES HERNANDEZ, First District
PAUL KREKORIAN, Second District NITHYA RAMAN, Fourth District
  KATY YAROSLAVSKY, Fifth District
President Pro Tempore IMELDA PADILLA, Sixth District
MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, Eighth District MONICA RODRIGUEZ, Seventh District
  CURREN D. PRICE, JR., Ninth District
Assistant President Pro Tempore HEATHER HUTT, Tenth District
BOB BLUMENFIELD, Third District TRACI PARK, Eleventh District
  JOHN S. LEE, Twelfth District
  HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ, Thirteenth District
  KEVIN DE LEÓN, Fourteenth District
  TIM McOSKER, Fifteenth District
 
PUBLIC COMMENT AND LIVE BROADCAST
 
The Council meetings will be broadcast live on Cable Television Channel 35, on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar, and on YouTube. The live audio of the hearing will be available via telephone at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside), and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live video or audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try another channel.
 
The City Council will take public comment from members of the public in the Council chamber and also by teleconference. Members of the public who wish to offer public comment to the Council via teleconference should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 535 8466 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.
 
Written public comment may be submitted at LACouncilComment.com.
 
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) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information below.
 
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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.
 
SE OFRECE UN SERVICIO DE TRADUCCION AL ESPANOL EN TODAS LAS REUNIONES DEL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL
 
BASIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES
 
AGENDAS - The City Council meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00 A.M. The agendas for City Council meetings contain a brief general description of those items to be considered at the meetings. Council Agendas are available in the Office of the City Clerk, Council and Public Services Division, Room 395, City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and on the City's website at lacity.gov; or lacouncilcalendar.com.
 
Ten (10) members of the Council constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Council may consider an item not listed on the agenda only if it is determined by a two-thirds (10) vote that the need for action arose after the posting of an Agenda. Some items on the agenda may be approved without any discussion, however, any item may be called "special" by a Councilmember. If an item is called "special" it will be "held" until the remainder of the items on the Council agenda have been acted on by the Council. An item may also be called "special" if a member of the public has requested to speak on the item and a public hearing was not previously held.
 
The City Clerk will announce the items to be considered by the Council, however items will be grouped. For example, all items for which required public hearings have not previously been held are listed in one section on the printed agenda. The Council President will ask if any Councilmember or member or the public wishes to speak on one or more of these items. If anyone wishes to speak on an item, it will be called "special". The remaining items in this section will be voted on by Council with one roll call vote.
 
PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS - An opportunity for the public to address the Council on agenda items for which public hearings have not been held will be provided at the time the item is considered or during the Multiple Agenda Item Comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on items shall be allowed to speak for up to one minute per item up to a total of three minutes per meeting. The Council has determined that a cumulative total of 20 minutes is a reasonable minimum amount of time for the Multiple Agenda Item segment of each regular meeting.
 
The Council will also provide an opportunity for the public to speak on public interest items. Each speaker shall be limited to one minute of general public comment each regular meeting for a cumulative total of ten (10) minutes. The Council shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment.
 
If you wish to provide documents to the full Council for consideration on an item, please present the Sergeant-At-Arms with 35 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the official record.
 
COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND TIME LIMITS - Councilmembers requesting to address the Council will be recognized by the Council President in the order requested. For any item, the Chairperson of the Committee, or the maker of the original motion, or the member calling a matter "special" shall have up to six (6) minutes to discuss the item. All other Councilmembers may speak up to three (3) minutes each on the matter. After all members desiring to speak on a question have had an opportunity to be heard once, the time for each Member desiring to speak again shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes.
 
A motion calling the "previous question" may be introduced by any member during a Council debate. If adopted, this motion will terminate debate on a matter and the Chair will instruct the Clerk to call the roll on the matter.
 
VOTING AND DISPOSITION OF ITEMS - Most items require a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council (8 members). Items which have not been discussed in a Council Committee and have been placed directly on the agenda will require 10 votes to consider. Once considered, these items will normally require eight (8) affirmative votes to be adopted. Ordinances require a unanimous vote (at least 12 members must be present) in order to be adopted on first consideration. If an ordinance does not receive the necessary unanimous vote, it is laid over one calendar week. The votes required for approval on second consideration vary and depend upon the type of ordinance, but a typical ordinance requires eight (8) affirmative votes upon second consideration.
 
NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES - If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978-1960 or [email protected].
 
COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND TIME LIMITS - Councilmembers requesting to address the Council will be recognized by the Council President in the order requested. For any item, the Chairperson of the Committee, or the maker of the original motion, or the member calling a matter "special" shall have up to six (6) minutes to discuss the item. All other Councilmembers may speak up to three (3) minutes each on the matter. After all members desiring to speak on a question have had an opportunity to be heard once, the time for each Member desiring to speak again shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes.
 
A motion calling the "previous question" may be introduced by any member during a Council debate. If adopted, this motion will terminate debate on a matter and the Chair will instruct the Clerk to call the roll on the matter.
 
VOTING AND DISPOSITION OF ITEMS - Most items require a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council (8 members). Items which have not been discussed in a Council Committee and have been placed directly on the agenda will require 10 votes to consider. Once considered, these items will normally require eight (8) affirmative votes to be adopted. Ordinances require a unanimous vote (at least 12 members must be present) in order to be adopted on first consideration. If an ordinance does not receive the necessary unanimous vote, it is laid over one calendar week. The votes required for approval on second consideration vary and depend upon the type of ordinance, but a typical ordinance requires eight (8) affirmative votes upon second consideration.
 
When debate on an item is completed, the Chair will instruct the Clerk to "call the roll". Every member present must vote for or against each item; abstentions are not permitted. The Clerk will announce the votes on each item. Any member of Council may move to "reconsider" any vote on any item on the agenda, except to adjourn, suspend the Rules, or where an intervening event has deprived the Council of jurisdiction, providing that said member originally voted on the prevailing side of the item. The motion to "reconsider" shall only be in order once during the meeting, and once during the next regular meeting. The member requesting reconsideration shall identify for all members present the agenda number, Council file number and subject matter previously voted upon. A motion to reconsider is not debatable and shall require an affirmative vote of eight (8) members of the Council.
 
When the Council has failed by sufficient votes to approve or reject an item, and has not lost jurisdiction over the matter, or has not caused it to be continued beyond the next regular meeting, the item is continued to the next regular meeting for the purpose of allowing the Council to again vote on the matter.
 
The City Council rules provide that all items adopted by the Council will not be presented to the Mayor, or other designated officer by the City Clerk until the adjournment of the regular Council meeting following the date of the Council action. A motion to send an item "forthwith" if adopted by ten (10) votes, suspends these rules and requires the City Clerk to forward the matter to the Mayor, or other officer, without delay.
 
When debate on an item is completed, the Chair will instruct the Clerk to "call the roll". Every member present must vote for or against each item; abstentions are not permitted. The Clerk will announce the votes on each item. Any member of Council may move to "reconsider" any vote on any item on the agenda, except to adjourn, suspend the Rules, or where an intervening event has deprived the Council of jurisdiction, providing that said member originally voted on the prevailing side of the item. The motion to "reconsider" shall only be in order once during the meeting, and once during the next regular meeting. The member requesting reconsideration shall identify for all members present the agenda number, Council file number and subject matter previously voted upon. A motion to reconsider is not debatable and shall require an affirmative vote of eight (8) members of the Council.
 
When the Council has failed by sufficient votes to approve or reject an item, and has not lost jurisdiction over the matter, or has not caused it to be continued beyond the next regular meeting, the item is continued to the next regular meeting for the purpose of allowing the Council to again vote on the matter.
 
The City Council rules provide that all items adopted by the Council will not be presented to the Mayor, or other designated officer by the City Clerk until the adjournment of the regular Council meeting following the date of the Council action. A motion to send an item "forthwith" if adopted by ten (10) votes, suspends these rules and requires the City Clerk to forward the matter to the Mayor, or other officer, without delay.
 
RULE 16 MOTIONS - Council Rule No. 16, in part, allows a member to send an item directly to the Council without it having to go to a Council Committee first, by giving the City Clerk a motion (seconded by an additional member) during a Council session to be placed on the next regular available Council agenda.
 

Los Angeles City Council Special Agenda

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 1:30 PM

Special Agenda

Roll Call

An Opportunity for Public Comment will be Provided for All Items on the Agenda, Regardless of Whether a Public Hearing has been Previously Held

Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held

(156)
15-0719-S26
TRANSPORTATION and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES REPORT relative to the Mobility Plan 2035 (MP2035) Implementation and City Mobility Plan street improvement measures.
   
 

Recommendations for Council action:
  1. RECEIVE and FILE the August 7, 2023 City Attorney report and Ordinance.
     
  2. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) and the Department of Public Works, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), to provide an annual report on the Interdepartmental Memorandum of Understanding Oversight Committee, or any successor or replacement managing committee or working group, to include an overview of signed project agreements.
     
  3. INSTRUCT the LADOT and Bureau of Street Services (BSS) to provide a work plan for projects on the Bicycle Enhanced Network or Bike Lane Network that can be completed by the end of Fiscal Year 2023-24.
     
  4. NOTE and FILE the following:
     
    1. January 17, 2024 joint LADOT, Bureau of Engineering, and Department of City Planning report.
       
    2. January 17, 2024 communication from the BSS.
       
    3. March 14, 2024 LADOT report.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: The LADOT reports that there is no financial impact to the General Fund resulting from the March 14, 2024 LADOT report, attached to the Council File.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: Yes

Against:
 
North Westwood Neighborhood Council
   
(157)
23-0842-S5
TRANSFER OF FUNDS relative to the Sixth Construction Projects Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
   
 

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

AUTHORIZE the Controller to transfer $200,000 as follows: From Fund No. 59V/50, Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation (SB1) Fund Account No. 50YZBG, 1st Street Bridge Over Figueroa Street, total $200,000, to Fund No 100/40, General Services Department Account No. 001014, Salaries Construction Projects, $15,000; and Account No. 003180, Construction Materials, $185,000, totaling $200,000.
 
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(Pursuant to Council action of June 28, 2024)
   
(158)
22-1545-S19
TRANSFER OF FUNDS relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account – General City Purposes Fund 16th Status Report for the week ending May 31, 2024 and funding recommendations.
   
 

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

TRANSFER $55,841,145.04 from Fund No. 100/56, Account No. 000A15, Inside Safe Reserve, to Fund No. 100/56, Account No. 000959, Homelessness Emergency Account for the following with additional details in the Attachment 1 Table, entitled “FY 2024- 25 Quarter 1 Projected Liabilities/Expenses”, contained in the CAO report dated June 21, 2024, attached to the Council file:

    1. $7,437,638.80 for short term motel invoices.
       
    2. $3,796,012 for LAHSA Service Provider FY 2024-25 first quarter advance.
       
    3. $3,009,287 for service costs at the Mayfair Hotel by Weingart.
       
    4. $1,595,787 for the final month (July) of lease costs at LA Grand.
       
    5. $1,659,652.50 for 300 slots of Housing Navigation from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.
       
    6. $2,206,041.75 for 330 slots of Time Limited subsidies for FY 2024-25 first quarter.
       
    7. $18,675 for personal property storage bins at motels.
       
    8. $3,500,000.00 for Homelessness and Housing Solutions Support for the Mayor’s Office.
       
    9. $32,618,050.99 for LAHSA Service Provider FY 2023-24 reimbursement costs:
      1. Up to $13,520,517.37 for FY 2023-24 third quarter.
         
      2. Up to $19,097,533.62 FY 2023-24 fourth quarter.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(Pursuant to Council action of June 28, 2024)
   

Items for which Public Hearings Have Not Been Held - (10 Votes Required for Consideration)

(159)
24-0781
COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF AGING (LADOA) relative to accepting $24,140,648 in Older Americans Act (OAA) Grant funds from the California Department of Aging (CDA) and other related actions for older adult and family caregiver services. 
   
 

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

  1. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LADOA, or designee, to accept $24,140,648 in Older Americans Act (OAA) grant funds from the California Department of Aging (CDA), to execute Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) AAA-2425-25 and any unilateral amendments to the subgrant agreement, subject to review and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality, and in compliance with the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) 14.8 et seq. (City grant regulations); to authorize the AP-2425-25 budget; and to authorize the TV-2425-25 budget.
     
  2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LADOA, or designee, to negotiate and execute agreements with services providers to provide social services, nutrition, transportation, and evidence-based program services for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 as outlined in Attachment 1, attached to the LADOA report dated June 13, 2024, attached to the Council file.
     
  3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to enact recommendations 3A-3K as listed in the LADOA report dated June 13, 2024.
     
  4. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LADOA, or designee, to prepare Controller’s instructions for any technical adjustments, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer, and authorize the Controller to implement the instructions.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: The LADOA reports that the proposed actions involve the allocation of Proposition A funds, OCA funds, Federal Older Americans Act Funds (including Title lll, Title V, Title Vll, and Ombudsman Program funds), Community Development Block Grant Funds, and General Fund and the execution of contracts with services providers for older adult programs and services.  Adoption of the report recommendations will result in no material impact on the General Fund.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee waived consideration of the above matter)
   
(160)
23-0719
COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF AGING (LADOA) relative to authorization to accept and to distribute $72,500 in farmers' market vouchers from the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
   
 

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

AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LADOA, or designee, to accept and to distribute $72,500 in farmers' market vouchers from the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as detailed in the May 1, 2024 LADOA report, attached to the Council File.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: The LADOA reports that there is no impact to the General Fund.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee waived consideration of the above item)
   

Closed Session

(161)
24-0686
The Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the cases entitled Casa Golondrina, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.; City of Los Angeles v. Casa Golondrina, Inc. and In Re Casa Golondrina, Inc., Los Angeles Superior Court Case Nos. 23STCV11385; 23STCV29410 and United States Bankruptcy Court Case No. 2:24-bk-10422. (These cases concern Casa Golondrina, Inc. ("Casa Golondrina"), the company occupying the former La Golondrina Cafe space on Olvera Street.)

(Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee considered this matter on June 26, 2024.)
   

Items Called Special

Motions have been Referred and will be Posted on the City Clerk's Website shortly after the Council Meeting

Council Adjournment

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. 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.

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the Council's action becomes final.

Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).