Public Works Committee

JOURNAL – PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 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) 25­0044 CD 10 Motion (Hutt, Price – Harris­Dawson) relative to designating the intersection at Obama Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard as “Danny Bakewell, Sr. Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hutt, Price – Harris­Dawson) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (2) 25­0062 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Lee) relative to designating the intersection of 17th and Palos Verdes Streets and Crescent Avenues as “Gojko Spralja Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted  Bakewell, Sr. Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hutt, Price – Harris­Dawson) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (2) 25­0062 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Lee) relative to designating the intersection of 17th and Palos Verdes Streets and Crescent Avenues as “Gojko Spralja Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker ­ Lee) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (3) 25­0066 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) relative to a comprehensive plan to close Blinn Avenue between Lomita Boulevard and Sandison Street to all vehicular traffic, as well as to restrict vehicular access to Drumm Avenue by creating cul­de­sacs at the intersections of Drumm and Cruces Street, 0 Street, and Colon Street. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Wilmington Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (4) 24­1448 CD 14 Motion (De Leon – Blumenfield) relative to issuing a revocable permit to The Broad in the public right­of­way along portions of Hope Street, 2nd Street, and General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Way, corresponding to the pending vacation application for this site and prior to finalizing and recording of the vacation (VAC­ E1401457). Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (De Leon – Blumenfield) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (5) 25­0104 Board of Public Works report relative to amendments to five contracts for recycling and/or disposal of inert materials, mixed inert materials, mixed debris, waste debris, white goods, bulky items, and construction and demolition materials generated by the Bureau of Street Services. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Public Works report dated February 4, 2025 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No  Board of Public Works report relative to amendments to five contracts for recycling and/or disposal of inert materials, mixed inert materials, mixed debris, waste debris, white goods, bulky items, and construction and demolition materials generated by the Bureau of Street Services. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Public Works report dated February 4, 2025 ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (6) 24­1342 CD 9 Motion (Price – Hutt) relative to designating the intersection of Central Avenue and 61st Street as “Shindana Toys Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Price – Hutt) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (7) 24­1467 CD 9 Motion (Price – Hutt) relative to designating the intersection of Broadway and 45th Street as “Broadway Federal Bank Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Price – Hutt) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (8) 25­0082 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Padilla) relative to temporarily closing the street area of McCoy Avenue located between Lomita Boulevard and 253rd Street in Harbor City for reasons of public safety. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Padilla) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (9) 25­0079 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Padilla) relative to temporarily closing the walkway on Oakhorne Drive located east of Sepulveda Boulevard in Harbor City for reasons of public safety. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Padilla) ­ (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.  reasons of public safety. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Padilla) ­ (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. 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. 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.