Public Works Committee

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024 ­ 1:30 PM ROOM 401, 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) 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. Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 21­0503 CD 14 City Engineer reports relative to the vacation of the portion of the alley south of 24th Street west of Minerva Street (VAC­ E1401397). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 22­1476 Bureau of Engineering report relative to amending Street Dedication and Improvement Investigation Criteria to promoting safety, sustainability, and  CD 14 City Engineer reports relative to the vacation of the portion of the alley south of 24th Street west of Minerva Street (VAC­ E1401397). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 22­1476 Bureau of Engineering report relative to amending Street Dedication and Improvement Investigation Criteria to promoting safety, sustainability, and multimodal street improvements. (Referred to Planning and Land Use Management, Public Works, and Transportation Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes For: NoHo Neighborhood Council Studio City Neighborhood Council Venice Neighborhood Council Against, unless amended: Bel Air­Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council (3) 17­0676­S2 Motion (Hutt ­ Park) relative to implementing a “fast track permit application” for the installation of pre­approved bollards in the public right­ of­way in areas of the City where there is a risk of vehicle ramming attacks against buildings or pedestrians. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 24­0509 CD 11 City Engineer report relative to the vacation of the portion of Reseda Boulevard approximately 698 feet to 955 feet northeast of Sunset Boulevard (VAC­ E1401442). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 21­0458 CD 9 Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report and City Engineer report relative to the vacation of portions of Pico Boulevard and LA Live Way (subsurface space, air space, and street vacation) (VAC­ E1401376). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 21­0458 CD 9 Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report and City Engineer report relative to the vacation of portions of Pico Boulevard and LA Live Way (subsurface space, air space, and street vacation) (VAC­ E1401376). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 24­1047 City Administrative Officer report relative to a Personal Services Contract with Gatekeeper Systems, for software maintenance and enhancement services of the Field Automation For Sanitation Trucks (FAST) application and related NaviGate suite of products and integrations. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 29, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 29, 2024) (7) 24­0806 CD 9 Motion (Price ­ Hutt) relative to designating Slauson Avenue, between Normandie Boulevard and Alameda Boulevard as “South Los Angeles Greenway." Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 24­1096 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) relative to designating the intersection of the northeast edge of O’Farrell Street and Harbor Boulevard in San Pedro as “Mexican Hollywood." Community Impact Statement: None submitted (9) 24­1015 Motion (Harris­Dawson ­ Hutt) relative to designating the intersection of Slauson Avenue and Buckler Avenue as “Chandra V. Mosley Memorial Square.” Community Impact Statement: None submitted  the northeast edge of O’Farrell Street and Harbor Boulevard in San Pedro as “Mexican Hollywood." Community Impact Statement: None submitted (9) 24­1015 Motion (Harris­Dawson ­ Hutt) relative to designating the intersection of Slauson Avenue and Buckler Avenue as “Chandra V. Mosley Memorial Square.” Community Impact Statement: None submitted (10) 24­1178 Motion (Lee – Yaroslavsky) relative to identifying funding for the Bureau of Sanitation Watershed Protection Division to resume illegal dumping investigations. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (11) 20­1346 Board of Public Works report relative to the acceptance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration grant, and related matters. (This item was also referred to Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (12) 24­1185 City Administrative Officer report relative to to a personal services contract between the Bureau of Sanitation and Hitachi Energy USA Inc., for software maintenance of the bureau's Computerized Maintenance System and related products and integrations. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ DECEMBER 1, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 29, 2024) SUPPORTING MATERIALS  Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ DECEMBER 1, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 29, 2024) 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. 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If you hear, "Hello, this is the relay 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.