Los Angeles — 2023-10-25

Board of Public Works

(1)\nBPW20230612\nBids – 10:00 a.m.\nBids will be received at 10:00 a.m for the following Public Works projects:\nHSIP Cycle 7 Great Street Crenshaw Boulevard Improvements – Florence and\n79th Street\nW.O. E1907922\nEstimate: $3,127,607\nCD 8\nASSESSMENT HEARING(S)

(10)\nBPW20230621\nCD 15\nASSESSMENT HEARING #9 – AMAR STREET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK\nGRANT (CDBG)\nAmar Street CDBG\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S49)

(11)\nBPW20230622\nCD 1\nASSESSMENT HEARING #10 – 7TH STREET AND ALVARADO STREET LOS\nGRANT (CDBG)\nAmar Street CDBG\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S49)\n(11)\nBPW20230622\nCD 1\nASSESSMENT HEARING #10 – 7TH STREET AND ALVARADO STREET LOS\nANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE (LANI)\n7th Street and Alvarado Street LANI\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S50)

(12)\nBPW20230623\nCD 13\nASSESSMENT HEARING #11 – CORONADO STREET AND SUNSET BOULEVARD\nCoronado Street and Sunset Boulevard\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S51)

(13)\nBPW20230624\nCD 6\nASSESSMENT HEARING #12 – VAN NUYS BOULEVARD AND NORDHOFF STREET\nVan Nuys Boulevard and Nordhoff Street\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S52)

(14)\nBPW20230625\nCD 2\nASSESSMENT HEARING #13 – HATTERAS STREET AND CARTWRIGHT AVENUE\nCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)\nHatteras Street and Cartwright Avenue CDBG\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S53)\nBPW20230625\nCD 2\nASSESSMENT HEARING #13 – HATTERAS STREET AND CARTWRIGHT AVENUE\nCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)\nHatteras Street and Cartwright Avenue CDBG\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S53)\nBUREAU OF ENGINEERING

(15)\nBPW20230626\nCD 11\nTASK ORDER SOLICITATION (TOS) NO. 69 – BROWN AND CALDWELL – PRE\nQUALIFIED ONCALL (PQOC) CONSULTANTS LIST – CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT\nPROJECT 2520 – HYPERION WATER RECLAMATION PLANT FLARE STATION\nREPLACEMENT PROJECT\nRecommending the Board:\n1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue the TOS to Brown and Caldwell, from\nthe PQOC Wastewater and Environmental Engineering Services\nConsultants List to provide design and technical support services for Capital\nImprovement Project 2520 Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Flare Station\nReplacement Project, as stated in TOS No. 69, with a budget authority of\n$4,400,000, which includes contingency.\n(W.O. SZH12229, C129647)

(16)\nBPW20230627\nCD 14\nPOLICY NO. 824 – RELINQUISHMENT OF MAJOR TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION\nCONSTRUCTION IMPACT AREA “N” AND THE STREETS OF SIGNIFICANCE – LOS\nANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY REGIONAL\nCONNECTOR TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT\nRecommending the Board:\n1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer, as chair of the Major Transit and\nTransportation Construction Traffic Management Committee, to relinquish\nImpact Area “N” and the Streets of Significance for the Los Angeles County\nMetropolitan Transportation Authority Regional Connector Transit Corridor\nProject, effective immediately.\n(W.O. E6000011)\nRecommending the Board:\n1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer, as chair of the Major Transit and\nTransportation Construction Traffic Management Committee, to relinquish\nImpact Area “N” and the Streets of Significance for the Los Angeles County\nMetropolitan Transportation Authority Regional Connector Transit Corridor\nProject, effective immediately.\n(W.O. E6000011)\nBUREAU OF STREET SERVICES

(17)\nBPW20230628\nCD 12\nTREE REMOVAL – 2283122830 WEST PLUMMER STREET\nRecommending the Board:\n1. FIND under the California Public Resources Code, Section 21166 and the\nState’s Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162, on the basis of\nsubstantial evidence contained in the whole record, that since the City’s prior\ncertification of Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV20143995EIR,\nthere have been no changes to the project, changes with respect to the\ncircumstances under which the project is being undertaken, or new\ninformation of substantial importance concerning the project, which cause\nnew significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity\nof previously identified significant effects, and therefore no subsequent EIR,\nsupplemental EIR, or other analysis is required for the project;\n2. SPECIFY that the Bureau of Street Services, Urban Forestry Division,\nlocated at 1149 South Broadway, is custodian of the documents or other\nmaterial that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Board’s\ndecision is based; and\n3. REVIEW and APPROVE the request for a fee permit to remove four Coast\nLive Oak Trees. Tree and shrub replacements are required.\nMOTION(S)

(18)\nBPW20230629\nCD 11\nAFE – JORDAN KAUFMANKCTTC PAYMENT CENTER\nBureau of Sanitation and Office of Accounting are requesting Board approval and\nexecution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $160,000 for encumbering to\npay property taxes as levied by the Kern County TreasurerTax Collector for the period of\nJuly 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.\n(AE24760771M, Fund 760 – Sewer Operations & Maintenance Fund, Dept. 50,\nMOTION(S)\n(18)\nBPW20230629\nCD 11\nAFE – JORDAN KAUFMANKCTTC PAYMENT CENTER\nBureau of Sanitation and Office of Accounting are requesting Board approval and\nexecution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $160,000 for encumbering to\npay property taxes as levied by the Kern County TreasurerTax Collector for the period of\nJuly 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.\n(AE24760771M, Fund 760 – Sewer Operations & Maintenance Fund, Dept. 50,\nAppropriation Unit 50YX82)

(19)\nBPW20230630\nCD 11\nAFE – KERN DELTA WATER DISTRICT TAX COLLECTOR\nBureau of Sanitation and Office of Accounting are requesting Board approval and\nexecution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $70,000 for encumbering funds\nfor the payment of water utility charges to be incurred at Green Acres Farm in Bakersfield,\nCalifornia during the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.\n(AE24760773M, Fund 760 – Sewer Operations & Maintenance Fund, Dept. 50,\nAppropriation Unit 50Y2WP)

(2)\nBPW20230613\nCD 14\nASSESSMENT HEARING #1 – ONTEORA PLACE AND KERWIN PLACE\nOnteora Place and Kerwin Place\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S40)

(20)\nBPW20230631\nCD 11\nAFE – SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO.\nBureau of Sanitation and Office of Accounting are requesting Board approval and\nexecution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $3,344,000 for encumbering\nfunds to pay for natural gas usage for building heating, boilers, and Hyperion Bioenergy\nFacility operations at Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant for the period of July 1, 2023 to\nJune 30, 2024.\n(AE24760861M, Fund 760 – Sewer Operations & Maintenance Fund, Dept. 50,\nAppropriation Unit 50Y2WP)\nORAL REPORT(S)

(21)\nBPW20230632\nHyperion Water Reclamation Plant Update\n Bureau of Sanitation

(22)\nORAL REPORT(S)\n(21)\nBPW20230632\nHyperion Water Reclamation Plant Update\n Bureau of Sanitation\n(22)\nBPW20230634\nSidewalk & Transit Amenities Program Update\n Bureau of Street Services

(3)\nBPW20230614\nCD 14\nASSESSMENT HEARING #2 – SAN PEDRO STREET AND 6TH STREET\nSan Pedro Street and 6th Street\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S41)\n(3)\nBPW20230614\nCD 14\nASSESSMENT HEARING #2 – SAN PEDRO STREET AND 6TH STREET\nSan Pedro Street and 6th Street\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S41)

(4)\nBPW20230615\nCD 2\nASSESSMENT HEARING #3 – VICTORY BOULEVARD AND WOODMAN AVENUE\nVictory Boulevard and Woodman Avenue\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S42)

(5)\nBPW20230616\nCD 13\nASSESSMENT HEARING #4 – GRIFFITH PARK BOULEVARD AND LANDA STREET\nNO. 2\nGriffith Park Boulevard and Landa Street No. 2\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S44)

(6)\nBPW20230617\nCD 4\nASSESSMENT HEARING #5 – CAMERO AVENUE AND HILLHURST AVENUE NO. 1\nCamero Avenue and Hillhurst Avenue No. 1\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S45)

(7)\nBPW20230618\nCD 5\nASSESSMENT HEARING #6 – HASKELL AVENUE AND OTSEGO STREET NO. 1\nHaskell Avenue and Otsego Street No. 1\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S45)\n(7)\nBPW20230618\nCD 5\nASSESSMENT HEARING #6 – HASKELL AVENUE AND OTSEGO STREET NO. 1\nHaskell Avenue and Otsego Street No. 1\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S46)

(8)\nBPW20230619\nCD 15\nASSESSMENT HEARING #7 – FRONT STREET AND STATE ROUTE 47\nFront Street and State Route 47\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S47)

(9)\nBPW20230620\nCD 15\nASSESSMENT HEARING #8 – BEACON STREET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nBLOCK GRANT (CDBG)\nBeacon Street CDBG\nStreet Lighting Maintenance Assessment District\n City Council Hearing October 31, 2023 (Council File No. 230900S48)

City Planning Commission E LA

1. DIRECTOR’S REPORT AND COMMISSION BUSINESS\n● Items of Interest\n● Advance Calendar\n● Commission Requests\n● Approval of Meeting Minutes – September 13, 2023

2. NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL POSITION STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS\nPresentations by Neighborhood Council representatives on any Neighborhood Council resolution, or\ncommunity impact statement filed with the City Clerk, which relates to any agenda item listed or being\nconsidered on this agenda. The Neighborhood Council representative shall provide the Board or\nCommission with a copy of the Neighborhood Council's resolution or community impact statement by\nemail to apceastla@lacity.org. At the Chair’s discretion, presentations of Neighborhood Councils on any\nmatter listed on the agenda for this Commission meeting may be taken at the time the agenda item is\ntaken for consideration.

3. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT\nThe Commission shall provide an opportunity in open meetings for the public to address it on non-agenda\nitems, for a cumulative total of up to thirty (30) minutes, on items of interest to the public that are within\nthe subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission.\nMembers of the public who wish to participate in the meeting and offer public comment to the East Los\nAngeles Area Planning Commission, can either access the link located at the top of this agenda or call\n(213) 338-8477 or (669) 900-9128 and use Meeting ID No. 823 3123 8366 and then press #. Press #\nagain when prompted for participant ID. Please use Meeting Passcode 598436.

4. RECONSIDERATIONS\na. MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER – The Commission may make a motion to reconsider a Commission\nAction on any agenda items from its previous meeting, consistently with the Commission Rule 9.3,\nprovided the Commission retains jurisdiction over the matter.\nEast Los Angeles Area Planning Commission 2 October 25, 2023\nb. MERITS OF ANY ITEM THE COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO RECONSIDER – If a majority of the\nCommission has approved a motion to reconsider a Commission Action, the Commission may address\nthe merits of the original Commission Action.

5. ZA-2021-5204-ZAD-1A Council District: 1 – Hernandez\nCEQA: ENV-2021-5205-CE Last Day to Act: 10-25-23\nPlan Area: Northeast Los Angeles Continued from: 04-26-23, 07-12-23\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED\nPROJECT SITE: 2824 – 2830 North Prewett Street\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction, use, and maintenance of a new two-story, 3,873-square-foot single-family dwelling, [and an\nattached 800-square-foot Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) under separate Administrative review], three\nretaining walls measuring 62 feet, 35-feet six-inches, and 35-feet three-inches long and up to six feet in\nheight, on a 9,536-square-foot vacant lot that is within the Northeast Hillside Ordinance. The Project also\nproposes 745 cubic yards of grading and 645 cubic yards of exporting.\nAPPEAL:\nAn appeal of the January 17, 2023 Zoning Administrator’s Determination which:\n1. Denied, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 X.28 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Zoning\nAdministrator’s Determination to permit the construction, use, and maintenance of a new single-family\ndwelling on a lot fronting on a Substandard Hillside Limited Street without providing a 20-foot wide\nadjacent minimum roadway adjacent to the property along Prewett Street as required by LAMC Section\n12.21 C.10(i)(2);\n2. Denied, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 X.28, a Zoning Administrator’s Determination to permit the\nconstruction, use and maintenance of a new single-family dwelling on a lot fronting on a Substandard\nHillside Limited Street (Thomas Street) where a minimum 20-foot wide Continuous Paved Roadway is\nnot provided from the driveway apron to the boundary of the Hillside Area, as required by LAMC\nSection 12.21 C.10(i)(3);\n3. Denied, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 X.26, a Zoning Administrator’s Determination to permit the\nconstruction, use, and maintenance of three retaining walls in lieu of the otherwise two retaining walls\npermitted per LAMC Section 12.21 C.8(a);\n4. Adopted the Findings; and\n5. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(5), that the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) does not apply to “projects which a public agency rejects or disapproves.”*\n*If the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission elects to grant the appeal, either in whole or in\npart, and to overturn the Zoning Administrator’s determination, the Commission may also consider a\nCategorical Exemption from CEQA as the environmental clearance for the Project pursuant to CEQA\nGuidelines, Section 15301, and may make a determination that there is no substantial evidence\ndemonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section\n15300.2, applies.\nApplicant/ Phillip Wilson\nAppellant: Representative: Sheri Bonstelle, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP\nStaff: Adrineh Melkonian, City Planner\nadrineh.melkonian@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1301\nCharles J. Rausch, Associate Zoning Administrator\nEast Los Angeles Area Planning Commission 3 October 25, 2023

6. ZA-2022-957-ZAD-SPP-HCA-1A Council District: 1 – Hernandez\nCEQA: ENV-2022-956-CE Last Day to Act: 10-31-23\nPlan Area: Northeast Los Angeles Continued from: 09-13-23\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED\nPROJECT SITE: 3918 and 3924 West Rome Court\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nThe Project includes the construction, use and maintenance of a new 2,557 square foot single-family\ndwelling with an attached garage, and an attached 445 square foot Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) (under\nseparate Administrative Review), on an 11,377 square foot vacant lot that is within the Mount Washington-\nGlassell Park Specific Plan area.\nAPPEAL:\nAn appeal of the June 21, 2023 Zoning Administrator’s Determination which:\n1. Determined, based on the whole administrative record, that the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant\nto CEQA Guidelines Section 15303, Class 3, and there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that\nany exceptions contained in Section 15300.2 of the State CEQA Guidelines regarding location,\ncumulative impacts, significant effects or unusual circumstances, scenic highways, or hazardous\nwaste site, or historical resources applies;\n2. Denied, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.24 X.28, a Zoning Administrator's\nDetermination to permit the construction, use and maintenance of a new single-family dwelling on a\nlot fronting a Substandard Hillside Limited Street without providing a 20-foot wide roadway adjacent to\nthe property along Rome Court as required by LAMC Section 12.21 C.10(i)(2);\n3. Approved, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 X.28, a Zoning Administrator's Determination to permit\nthe construction, use and maintenance of a new single-family dwelling fronting a Substandard Hillside\nLimited Street where a minimum 20-foot wide Continuous Paved Roadway is not provided from the\ndriveway apron to the boundary of the Hillside Area, as required by LAMC Section 12.21 C.10(i)(3);\n4. Approved, pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7 C and the Mount Washington - Glassell Park Specific\nPlan Ordinance No. 168,707, a Project Permit Compliance Review for the construction, use and\nmaintenance of a new two story, 2,557-square foot single-family dwelling, with a 346 square foot\nattached garage, and an attached 445 square foot Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) (under separate\nAdministrative Review), on an 11,377-square foot vacant lot; and\n5. Adopted the Conditions of Approval and Findings.\nApplicant/ Julia Jaye Posin and Max Goldberg\nAppellant: Representative: Tony Russo, Crest Real Estate\nStaff: Nashya Sadono-Jensen, City Planning Associate\nNashya.Sadono-Jensen@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1363\nJordann Turner, Associate Zoning Administrator

7. ZA-2020-981-CUB-1A Council District: 14 – de Leόn\nCEQA: ENV-2020-982-CE Last Day to Act: N/A\nPlan Area: Northeast Los Angeles\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED - REMAND\nPursuant to a judgment and writ issued in the case of Katherine E. Rubenstein v. City of Los Angeles\n(LASC 21STCP00991), the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission has been ordered to vacate\nits decision issued on February 8, 2023, and take further action within its discretion on the following\nproject and appeal to comply with the court’s decision.\nEast Los Angeles Area Planning Commission 4 October 25, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 4878-4884 North Eagle Rock Boulevard and 2156 West Yosemite Drive\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nThe sale and dispensing of beer and wine for on-site consumption in conjunction with a 10,672 square\nfoot existing motion picture theater and associated retail space with 271 seats, live entertainment and\nhours of operation from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. daily in the [Q]C4-1XL Zone in lieu of the otherwise\nrestricted hours of operation from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. as restricted by Commercial Corner\nDevelopment Standards.\nAPPEAL:\nAn appeal of the September 8, 2020 Zoning Administrator’s Determination which:\n1. Determined, based based on the whole of the administrative record, the Project is exempt from the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301 and there\nis no substantial evidence demonstrating that any exceptions contained in Section 15300.2 applies;\n2. Approved, pursuant to Section 12.24 W.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Zoning\nAdministrator's Determination to permit a Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale and dispensing of\nbeer and wine for on-site consumption in conjunction with an existing Motion Picture Theater and retail\nstore in the C4 Zone, and\n3. Adopted the Conditions of Approval and Findings.\nApplicant: Maggie Mackay, Vidiots Foundation\nRepresentative: Sara Houghton/Dana Sayles, three6ixty\nAppellant: The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)\nRepresentative: Greg Merideth\nStaff: Louis Ortega Jr., Planning Assistant\nlouis.ortega@lacity.org\n(310) 231-2909\nEstineh Malian, Associate Zoning Administrator