Public Works Committee

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 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) 978-1064 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 Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person 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 City Council and Committee meetings. SE OFRECE SERVICIO DE TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL EN TODAS LAS REUNIONES DEL CONSEJO Y COMITÉ MUNICIPAL. For interpretation services in additional languages and Sign Language Interpreters, at no cost, please contact clerk.interpretation@lacity.org or call (213) 978-1133 and provide the language desired, specific meeting, meeting date, and the number of people in the group. All requests should be submitted with as much advance notice as possible, preferably two business days prior to the meeting you wish to attend for additional language interpretation and five business days for Sign Language Interpretation. We will do our best to accommodate requests with shorter notice, but securing last-minute interpreters or captioners may not always be feasible. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) -----  Verbal presentation by the Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services on the Sidewalk Repair program. (2) 11-0573 The Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Sections 54956.9(d)(1), (d)(2), and (e)(2) (numerous potential cases) to confer with its legal counsel relative to, and significant exposure to litigation concerning, the case entitled Mark Willits, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, United States District Court Case No. 10cv05782. (This matter arises out of the American with Disabilities Act sidewalk repair settlement regarding the City's public right of way.) (3) 14-0163-S18 Environmental Impact Report, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Board of Public Works report relative to various actions regarding the Sidewalk Repair Program and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) adoption for the project. (This item was referred to the Public Works Committee and Energy and Environment Committee. On September 4, 2025 the Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration of this item) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 25-1081 Motion (Blumenfield – Harris-Dawson) relative to exploring opportunities to assist vertical content creators by establishing a grant program that provides upfront funding to incentivize local production, and related matters. (This item was referred to the Public Works Committee and Economic Development and Jobs Committee) Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council (5) 25-1082 CD 15 Resolution (McOsker – Blumenfield) relative to declaring the property located at 228 North Gaffey Street a public nuisance as the result of  the presence of excessive trash and debris, storage of junk, and dangerous structures/conditions. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 25-0982 CD 13 City Engineer report and Resolutions relative to the rejection of a portion of Future Street Easement as Public Street and Acceptance of a Portion of Future Street Easement as Public Street on 4539-4545 West Santa Monica Boulevard, Right of Way No. 36000-2557. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 25-1074 CD 7 Motion (Rodriguez - Lee) relative to designating the intersection at Hubbard Street and Eldridge Avenue as “Irene Tovar Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 25-1076 CD 7 Motion (Rodriguez, Soto-Martínez – Hernandez) relative to designating the intersection at West Sunset Boulevard and Lemoyne Street as “Sandra Figueroa-Villa Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted (9) 25-1202 Motion (Hernandez – Yaroslavsky) relative to the addition of one Civil Engineering Associate IV resolution authority for the Bureau of Engineering's Sidewalk Repair Program to provide technical expertise, knowledge, and skills and supplement the capacity of the Bureau's ADA Coordinator, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (10) 25-1080  CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Hutt) relative to designating the intersection of East 102nd Street and Courtney Street in Watts as “Franklin Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted (11) 24-0887 CD 11 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to the cause of the sewer line rupture and subsequent sewage spill at 2700 South Cresa Place, and the coordination and sharing of information to prevent and mitigate spills. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (12) 14-0958 CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Lee) relative to extending the temporary closure of 121st Street between Figueroa Street and Hoover Street for an additional eighteen months for reasons of public safety. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (13) 25-0926 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) relative to designating the intersection of M Street and Banning Boulevard in Wilmington as “Simie Seaman Square." Community Impact Statement: None submitted 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., 00-0000) 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 subject-matter 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 agenda-items 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/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure 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) 978-1064. 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. 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Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of 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 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, 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.