Public Works Committee
Regular MeetingLos Angeles, CA · April 9, 2024
Minutes
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.
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