Public Works Committee

JOURNAL – PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025 ­ 3:30 PM ROOM 401, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT (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) 13­1493­S17 Bureau of Street Services report relative to the outreach and enforcement for the Sidewalk Vending Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Bureau of Street Services report dated October 21, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (2) 24­1446 Motion (Padilla – Blumenfield) relative to an overview of where street lighting outages and streetlight­related MyLA311 requests are concentrated around the City and recommendations to actively monitor the  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Bureau of Street Services report dated October 21, 2024 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (2) 24­1446 Motion (Padilla – Blumenfield) relative to an overview of where street lighting outages and streetlight­related MyLA311 requests are concentrated around the City and recommendations to actively monitor the status of the City's streetlights. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Padilla – Blumenfield) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (3) 24­1561 CD 14 Motion (Jurado – Hernandez) relative to an analysis of streetlight outages, an assessment of streetlights that are suitable for solar street light conversions, recommendations for short­term repairs and long­term strategies to enhance reliability and sustainability, and a timeline for potential implementation in Council District 14. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Jurado – Hernandez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (4) 24­1442 CD 14 Motion (De Leon ­ Price) relative to installing a sign stating: "KOURAKU: AMERICA'S OLDEST RAMEN SHOP STILL IN OPERATION 314 E 2ND ST., LA ESTABLISHED IN 1976", on the streetlight pole located at 314 East 2nd Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (De Leon ­ Price) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (5) 24­1347 Motion (Hernandez – Soto­Martínez) relative to updates to CARE/CARE+ scheduling and operational protocols in order to protect people experiencing homelessness as well as various employees who could be harmed due to extreme weather. (This item was referred to Public Works Committee and Housing and Homelessness Committee) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hernandez – Soto­Martínez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No  APPROVED Motion (De Leon ­ Price) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (5) 24­1347 Motion (Hernandez – Soto­Martínez) relative to updates to CARE/CARE+ scheduling and operational protocols in order to protect people experiencing homelessness as well as various employees who could be harmed due to extreme weather. (This item was referred to Public Works Committee and Housing and Homelessness Committee) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hernandez – Soto­Martínez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (6) 24­0146 CD 1 Motion (Hernandez ­ Price) relative to conducting and reporting on listening and resource sessions for sidewalk vendors including the development of a map that shows where sidewalk vending can occur in Council District One. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hernandez ­ Price) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (7) 20­0040­S2 Motion (Price ­ Park) relative to the negotiated payment for City services from the Recording Academy associated with the holding of the Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Price ­ Park) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No 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. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION 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) 978­1064. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. 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. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION 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) 978­1064. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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. 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.