Budget and Finance Commitee

JOURNAL – BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Monday, February 14, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. (Andrew Suh - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1072 or andrew.suh@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 655 3266 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. 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 located at the end of this agenda. Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com Click here for agenda packets Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real-Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. 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 ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22-0070 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Eduardo Mendoza v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV21384. (This matter arises from a bicycle incident that occurred on June 12, 2018 on Victoria Avenue, between 12th Street and Country Club Drive, in Los Angeles.) (2) 22-0071 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Baltazar Hernandez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC668119. (This matter arises from an automobile accident that occurred on July 2, 2016 at the intersection of Adams Boulevard and Naomi Avenue in the City of Los Angeles.) (3) 22-0072 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Robert Duran and Jesse Silva v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV02354. (This matter arises from an automobile accident that occurred on January 10, 2018 at the intersection of Hubbard Street and Gladstone Avenue in the Sylmar Area.) (4) 22-0074 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Mac Shorty v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District Court Case No. CV19-09355 DSF (KSx). (This matter arises from an incident involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department on 10/31/2017, in Los Angeles, California.) (5) 22-0076 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Matthew Allen Haugle Jr, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC709005. (This matter arises from treatment administered by LAFD paramedics during an ambulance run on August 26, 2017.) (6) 22-0131 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Lysa Cooper v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV07211. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident at 903 Superba Avenue in the Venice area on March 28, 2019.) (7) 22-0134 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Armando Sandoval v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV14856. (This matter involves a traffic  accident that occurred on March 31, 2020 near Vermont Avenue and 119th Street, in the City of Los Angeles.) (8) 22-0136 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Tu Ly v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV33791. (This matter arises from the employment of a contractor with the Information Technology Agency that ended in 2019.) (9) 22-0107 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), (2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled City of Los Angeles v. Cellco Partnership, Case No. 17- CV-000810-TLN-AC; City of Los Angeles v. New Cingular Wireless National Accounts LLC, Case No. 17-CV-00816-TLN-AC; City of Los Angeles v. Sprint Solutions, Inc., et al., Case No. 17-000811-TLN-AC; Cost/Benefit Corporation, Contract No. C-120227. (The contractual dispute concerns payment on the City’s contract with Cost/Benefit Corporation for the audits of its wireless carrier invoices. The pending litigation concerns the City’s California False Claims Act claims for overcharges in connection with the provision of wireless services.) (10) 21-1188-S2 City Attorney report relative to the proposed legal services agreements with Beveridge and Diamond PC and Everett Dorey LLP; a conflicts waiver recommendation; and amendments to contracts regarding the July 11, 2021 flooding incident at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant. (The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to California Government Code Sections 54956.9 (d)(1), (d)(2), and (e)(1).)  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report dated February 2, 2022 – (5) Yes (11) 21-0874-S1 City Administrative Officer reports relative to the COVID-19 Emergency Response Account – General City Purposes Fund Status Reports for the weeks ending January 14, 2022 through January 31, 2022. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED and FILED City Administrative Officer reports dated January 21, 2022 and February 4, 2022 – (5) Yes (12) 22-0095 City Attorney report relative to approving the retention of Kutak Rock LLP, and Hawkins, Delafield and Woods LLP, to provide bond, special tax, disclosure and related legal counsel services. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report dated January 25, 2022 – (5) Yes (13) 22-0096 Motion (Blumenfield – De Leon) relative to the below market value sale of one tack truck to the City of Carson. Community Impact Statement: None submitted  APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – De Leon) – (5) Yes (14) 22-0090 Motion (Rodriguez – Harris-Dawson – Price) relative to funding the Mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) for pilot programs regarding unarmed alternatives to policing at GRYD zones most acutely affected by the recent surge of gun violence. APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez – Harris-Dawson – Price) – (5) Yes If you challenge this Committee's action(s) 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. 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). 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.