Los Angeles — 2023-11-02
Board of Rec and Park Commission
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23-184 Rancho Cienega Sports Complex Project – Phase 1 (PRJ20308) (PRJ21190)\n(W.O #E1907694) – Acceptance of Stop Payment Notice on Construction\nContract No. 3645 for Pinner Construction Co., Inc.
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Board Report
23-185 Vesting Tentative Tract Map VTT-83939-SL – Recommendation to the Advisory\nAgency for Land Dedication and In-Lieu Park Fee Payment
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Board Report
23-186 As-Needed Fence and Wall Installation, Maintenance and/or Repairs – Award of\nContract
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23-187 North Hollywood Recreation Center – Council District 2 Pallet Housing Project –\nExtension of Emergency Use of a Portion of the Park for a Temporary Homeless\nShelter Facility for the Homeless for a Period Not to Exceed One (1) Year –\nStatutory Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nPursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) [Specific\nActions Necessary to Prevent or Mitigate an Emergency], as Reflected in Article\n18 of the California CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c), and California Public\nResources Code Section 21080.27 (AB 1197), Applicable to City Of Los Angeles\nEmergency Homeless Shelters\n7. NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL COMMENTS\nDiscussion with Neighborhood Council Representatives on Neighborhood Council\nResolutions or Community Impact Statements Filed with the City Clerk Relative to Any\nItem Listed or Being Considered on this Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners\nMeeting Agenda (Los Angeles Administrative Code 22.819; Ordinance 184243)
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Commission Business
9. COMMISSION BUSINESS\n• Comments from Commissioners on Matters within the Board’s Jurisdiction and\nRequests by Commissioners to Schedule Specific Future Agenda Items
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Commission Task Force Updates
8. COMMISSION TASK FORCE UPDATES\n• Verbal Report from the Chair of the Commission Task Force on Concessions about\nthe Task Force’s most recent meeting\n2\n• Verbal Report from the Chair of the Commission Task Force on Facility Repair and\nMaintenance about the Task Force’s most recent meeting
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General Manager Update
3. GENERAL MANAGER’S UPDATE\no Department Updates\no Report on Communications Received by the Board Office Requesting RAP Attention
City Planning Commission
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1. DIRECTOR’S REPORT AND COMMISSION BUSINESS\n● Legal actions and issues update\n● Items of Interest\n● Advance Calendar\n● Commission Requests
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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 email\nto cpc@lacity.org. At the Chair’s discretion, presentations of Neighborhood Councils on any matter listed\non the agenda for this Commission meeting may be taken at the time the agenda item is taken for\nconsideration.
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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 City Planning\nCommission, can either access the link located at the top of this agenda or call (213) 338-8477 or (669)\n900-9128 and use Meeting ID No. 872 8030 2256 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for\nparticipant ID. Please use Meeting Passcode 768994.\nCity Planning Commission 2 November 2, 2023
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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.\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.
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5. CONSENT CALENDAR (NO ITEMS)\nConsent Calendar items are considered to be not controversial and will be treated as one agenda item.\nThe Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items\nunless the item is removed from the Consent Calendar, in which event the item will be considered as time\nallows on the regular agenda.
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6. CPC-2022-9266-CU Council District: 14 – de Leon\nCEQA: ENV-2004-1950-EIR-ADD5 Last Day to Act: 11-02-23\nPlan Area: Northeast Los Angeles Continued from: 10-12-23;10-26-23\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed June 27, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 1590 North Eastlake Avenue; 1425 – 1501 North San Pablo Street;\n1540 – 1580 East Alcazar Street\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction of a new seven-story, 143.5 feet in-height, multi-discipline research facility (USC Discovery\nand Translation Hub) proposed to be developed on the westerly portion of the USC Health Sciences\nCampus. The proposed building would contain two subterranean levels and comprise approximately\n201,292 square feet of floor area. The proposed use would accommodate over 84 researchers and would\nsupport both "wet" (bench) and "dry" (computational) laboratory research.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to California Exemption Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, in\nconsideration of the whole of the administrative record, that the Project was assessed in previously\ncertified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Case No. ENV-2004-1950-EIR, certified in August 2006\nand as supported by the fifthAddendum dated September 2023, no major revisions are required to the\nEIR, and no subsequent EIR or negative declaration is required for approval of the Project; and\n2. Pursuant to Sections 12.24 U.14 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Major Conditional Use Permit\nto permit the development of 201,292 square feet of nonresidential floor area in the C2 Zone.\nApplicant: Bryan Eck, University of Southern California\nRepresentative: Matt Dzurec, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac\nStaff: Esther Ahn, City Planner\nesther.ahn@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1486
Port of LA
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1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION\n(Subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code Section 54956.9)\nNatural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.\nLos Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS070017
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2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION\n(Subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code Section 54956.9)\nNatural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.\nSan Diego Superior Court Case No. 37-2021-00023385-CU-TT-CTL
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3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS\n(Government Code Section 54956.8)\nProvide instructions to its real estate negotiators with respect to Permit 999 with China\nShipping Holding Company, Ltd.:\nProperty: Berths 100-103, San Pedro\nCity Negotiator: Michael DiBernardo\nTenant Negotiator: Paul Nazzaro\nNegotiating Parties: City and China Shipping Holding Company, Ltd.\nUnder Negotiation: Price and Terms
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4. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\n(Subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code Section 54956.9)\nSignificant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Section 54956.9:\n(one case)
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5. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO\nLITIGATION\n(Subdivision (b) of Government Code Section 54956.9)\nSignificant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9\n(one case)
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6. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS\n(Government Code Section 54956.8)\nProvide instructions to its real estate negotiators with respect to Wilmington Real\nEstate Transfers with Department of Water & Power\nProperty: Assessor Parcel 7440-006-908, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7440-009-905, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7440-006-912, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7440-009-911, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7418-034,900, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7418-034,901, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7418-034,902, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7440-006-910, Wilmington\nAssessor Parcel 7440-006-927, Wilmington\nCity Negotiator: Michael Galvin\nTenant Negotiator: Adriana Rubelcava\nNegotiating Parties: City and Department of Water & Power\nUnder Negotiation: Price and Terms
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1. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - COVENANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL\nRESTRICTION ON PROPERTY AT BERTHS 171-173, WILMINGTON- LARWQCB SITE\nCLEANUP PROGRAM NO. 0621A\nSummary: Staff requests Board of Harbor Commissioners (Board) approval of the Covenant and\nEnvironmental Restriction on Property (Covenant) for the benefit of the California Regional\nWater Quality Control Board (CRWQCB), Los Angeles Region. The attached Covenant puts\nforth certain best practices for the current use and future uses of the property at Berths 171-173\nas shown in Transmittal No. 1. In accordance with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality\nControl Board (LARWQCB) Cleanup and Abatement Order (CAO) No. R4-2008-006 and\nassociated amendments, onsite soil and groundwater remediation was completed on October\n27, 2017, and the property was deemed suitable for commercial and industrial uses. Therefore,\npursuant to a no-further-action for soil at the property, a Covenant was prepared by the\nLARWQCB and reviewed by the Harbor Department and the City Attorney, restricting the future\ndevelopment of the site to commercial/ and industrial land uses.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2 (f) of the Los Angeles\nCity CEQA Guideline; (2) approve the Covenant Environmental on Restriction on Property; (3)\nauthorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to the Covenant\nand Environmental Restriction on Property; and (4) adopt Resolution No.____________.\nGoods Movement
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2. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF ON-CALL TRANSPORTATION\nENGINEERING/PLANNING CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH: AECOM,\nBURNS & MCDONNELL, HATCH, AND RAJU ASSOCIATES\nSummary: Staff requests approval of four on-call professional services agreements for terms of\nthree years each and a cumulative amount of $900,000, with the following firms: AECOM\nTechnical Services, Inc. (AECOM), Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. (Burns &\nMcDonnell), Hatch Associates Consultants, Inc. (Hatch), and Raju Associates, Inc (Raju). The\nGoods Movement Division (GMD) requires outside professional services for a variety of\npurposes including, but not limited to assistance with grant applications, infrastructure\nplanning/analysis, and transportation studies. The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department\n(Harbor Department) will be financially responsible for payment of expenses incurred under the\nproposed agreements.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II, Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles\nCity CEQA Guidelines; (2) find that in accordance with the Los Angeles City Charter Section\n1022, work under the subject agreements can be performed more feasibly by outside\nconsultants than by City employees; (3) approve and award four on-call professional services\nagreements for a term of three years each, with a cumulative not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of\n$900,0000, to the following firms and NTE amounts: AECOM ($175,000), Burns & McDonnell\n($250,000), Hatch ($175,000), and Raju ($300,000); (4) authorize the Executive Director to\nexecute and the Board Secretary to attest to said agreements, for and on behalf of the Board;\nand (5) adopt Resolution No.___________.\nInformation Technology
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3. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - CONTRACT NO. 40024 WITH INSIGHT PUBLIC\nSECTOR, INC. FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES\nSummary: Staff requests approval to award Contract No. 40024 to Insight Public Sector, Inc.\n(Insight) for the purchase of computer software licenses, software maintenance renewals, and\nrelated software support services. This includes purchases to meet on-going operations, new\nprojects, and future growth requirements for front-end software such as business applications,\ndesktop software, and email, and back-end software such as databases, operating systems,\ntroubleshooting tools, technology management, cyber security, and network software. The\nproposed Contract No. 40024 is for an amount not-to-exceed $1,580,000 annually and a term\nof one year, with two one-year renewal options. The proposed Contract would utilize Cobb\nCounty, Georgia, Contract No. 23-6692-03, a national cooperative contract for technology\nproduct solutions and related services awarded by Cobb County to Insight effective May 1, 2023.\nThe previous software contract between Insight and the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department\nexpired on October 10, 2023. Insight is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, with offices in\nSouthern California. Payment of expenditures incurred under the proposed Contract are the\nfinancial responsibility of the City of Los Angeles (Harbor Department).\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Class 2(f) of the Los Angeles City\nCEQA Guidelines; (2) find that in accordance with City of Los Angeles Administrative Code\nDivision 10, Chapter 1, Article 2, Section 10.15(a)(8), the Harbor Department may enter into the\nproposed contract utilizing a current contract for such goods and services, Contract No. 23-\n6692-03 between Cobb County, Georgia, and Insight, a cooperative purchase agreement; (3)\napprove Contract No. 40024 with Insight Public Sector, Inc. for computer software licenses,\nsoftware maintenance renewals, and related software support services for a duration of one\nyear, with two one-year renewal options, and a not-to-exceed compensation amount of\n$1,580,000 annually; (4) authorize the Executive Director, in his/her discretion, to exercise the\ntwo one-year renewal options; (5) authorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board\nSecretary to attest to said contract, for and on behalf of the Board; and (6) adopt Resolution\nNo.____________.\nPort Pilots
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4. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT TO AGREEMENT\nNO. 20-3367-A BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT\nAND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND\nATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE CENTER FOR\nOPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES\nSummary: Staff requests approval of a successor agreement to Agreement No. 20-3367-A\n(Agreement) between the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) and the
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5. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - ADOPTION OF THE 2024 BOARD OF HARBOR\nCOMMISSIONERS MEETING CALENDAR\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) adopt subject Resolution No.____________.\nCargo Marketing
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6. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVE SECOND TEMPORARY ORDER TO\nAMEND PORT OF LOS ANGELES TARIFF NO. 4, “GENERAL RATE INCREASE”\nSummary: Staff requests approval of a second Temporary Order to amend Port of Los Angeles\nTariff No. 4 (Tariff No. 4), effective December 1, 2023, which would implement a 6.2 percent\nGeneral Rate Increase (GRI), applicable to Tariff No. 4 rated tariff items, excluding rated tariff\nitems that currently have a scheduled rate increase. This second Temporary Order is being\nproposed within the Board of Harbor Commissioners’ (Board) authority to adopt rates for up to\n90 days. At the July 20, 2023 Board meeting, the Board approved Temporary and Permanent\nOrders amending various sections of Tariff No. 4 increasing rated tariff items with an effective\ndate of September 1, 2023. Changes in the Tariff require City Council approval. The City Council\nhas not calendared and approved the Permanent Order and Ordinance. The first Temporary\nOrder will expire on November 29, 2023; therefore, a second Temporary Order is being proposed\nto allow additional time for the Permanent Order to pass through the City Council approval\nprocess. This second Temporary Order, if approved, will expire in 90 days after the day it is\npublished or upon execution of the Permanent Order by the City Council, whichever occurs first.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is categorically exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article III Class 1(31) of the Los Angeles\nCity CEQA Guidelines; (2) adopt a second Temporary Order No.____________ with an effective\ndate of December 1, 2023, to amend Port of Los Angeles Tariff No. 4, increasing rates to Section\nFour “Dockage”, Items 450 & 480; Section Five “Wharfage”, Items 550-001 through 550-801;\nSection Nine “Container Cranes” Item 900; Section Eleven “Charges for Occupancy of Office\nSpace, etc. In Transit Sheds and on Wharves and Wharf Premises””, Item 1100; Section Twelve\n“Water and Electricity”, Item 1200; Section Fifteen “Public Landings”, Items 1525 & 1530;\nSection Eighteen “General Rules and Regulations – Miscellaneous”, Item 1802; and Section\nNineteen “Commercial Fishing Vessel”, Items 1910 & 1930; (3) authorize the Board Secretary\nto certify the adoption of a second Temporary Order by the Board of Harbor Commissioners and\ncause the same to be published once in a newspaper printed and published in the City of Los\nAngeles, to take effect on December 1, 2023, for a period not-to-exceed 90 days pursuant to\nCity Charter Section 653(b); and (4) adopt Resolution No.____________.\nRegular Item (7)\nGoods Movement
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7. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF NOTICE OF MUTUAL\nAGREEMENT FOR ALAMEDA CORRIDOR CY2024 OPERATIONS AND\nMAINTENANCE BUDGET\nSummary: Staff requests adoption of a Resolution approving and providing mutual agreement,\nvia a Notice of Mutual Agreement (NMA) #2023-1, for the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Alameda\nCorridor (AC) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) budget in the total amount of $33,962,740.\nFunding for the O&M budget is provided by the BNSF Railway (BNSF), the Union Pacific\nRailroad (UPRR), and the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) Reserve Account.\nThere will be no financial impact to the Harbor Department if this NMA is approved.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City\nCEQA Guidelines; (2) approve and provide Mutual Agreement for the CY2024 O&M budget in\nthe total amount of $33,962,740; (3) authorize the Executive Director or designee with delegated\nauthority to approve subsequent Mutual Agreements for the allocation and use of contingency\nfunds within the total budget, and for the transfer of funds to/from Maintenance of Way (MOW)\nbudget items as needed; (4) direct the Executive Director to transmit this Resolution to ACTA\nfor further action pursuant to the Amended and Restated Alameda Corridor Use and Operating\nAgreement; and (5) adopt Resolution No.____________.
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A. Roll Call\n• Convene in Memory – Luis Villanueva
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B. Approval of the Minutes\n• Regular & Special Meetings of October 19, 2023
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C. Executive Director Remarks
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D. Comment from the Public on Non-Agenda Items
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E. Report from the Neighborhood Council Representatives – An opportunity for\nNeighborhood Council representatives to provide remarks on Neighborhood Council\nResolutions or Community Impact Statements filed with the City Clerk which relate to any\nagenda item listed or being considered on this agenda for the Board of Harbor\nCommissioners.
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F. Reports of the Commissioners
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G. Board Committee Reports\nNone
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H. Presentation\nNone
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I. Level I Coastal Development Permit\nThe Executive Director has issued one (1) Level I CDP:\nCDP No. 23-04: Pacific Crane Maintenance Company, LLC – Awning Shade\nStructure
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J. Board Reports of the Executive Director\nConsent Items (1 – 6)\nCargo & Industrial Real Estate
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K. Closed Session