Los Angeles — 2024-08-02

City Council

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(1) 24­0589 BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to delinquent accounts receivables submitted by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) and the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD). Recommendation for Council action: APPROVE the Collections Board of Review’s (CBR) recommendations for the: a. LADOT to remove from its active account receivables, 36,867 uncollectible ticket citations totaling $3,502,645.94. b. LAHD to remove from its active account receivables, 12 uncollectible invoices totaling $91,767.40. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CBR reports that the proposed action will decrease the City’s receivable base by $3,594,413.37.
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(2) 24­0640 Friday - August BUDGET, FINANCE AND2, INNOVATION 2024 - PAGE 5relative to COMMITTEE REPORT a refund claim filed by Sukmac LLC (Claim No. 168970) for the project Fiscal Impact Statement: The CBR reports that the proposed action will decrease the City’s receivable base by $3,594,413.37.
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(3) 24­0458 BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the January, February and March 2024 Investment Reports. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the Office of Finance reports dated February 29, 2024, March 28, 2024 and May 3, 2024, attached to Council file No. 24­0458, relative to the January, February and March 2024 Investment Reports. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
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(4) 20­0769­S7 PUBLIC SAFETY and BUDGET, FINANCE, AND INNOVATION COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to the City’s Unarmed Model of Crisis Response (UMCR) pilot program. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the February 29, 2024 and June 5, 2024 City Friday Administrative- August Officer 2, 2024 relative reports - PAGE to the status of the 6 UMCR City’s pilot program, inasmuch as this report is for information only and no
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(5) 24­0743 PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Second Amendment to a Professional Services Agreement C­135736 with the Law Office of Sima Salek to provide independent investigations of allegations of discrimination and harassment against City employees and volunteers. Recommendation for Council action: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the General Manager, Personnel Department, to execute the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement C­135736 with the Law Office of Sima Salek to extend the term by six months for a revised term of four years and four months effective March 2, 2020 through June 30, 2024, and increase the compensation threshold by $117,500 for revised expenditures of up to $300,000, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney. Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports that partial funding is available in the 2023­24 Adopted Budget within the Personnel Department’s Office of Workplace Equity account ($28,500) within the line item titled “independent discrimination complaint investigator”. The Personnel Department anticipates using savings in other Contractual Services Account line items to fund expenditures that may exceed the available budget. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the proposed Agreement includes an expenditure authority that exceeds the Adopted Budget and may require the Personnel Department to identify cost savings in other accounts, or request additional appropriations, if additional services are requested. As the Agreement is subject to the Friday - August 2,funds, availability of budgeted 2024 approval - of the Agreement PAGEcomplies 7 with the City’s Financial Policies. within the line item titled “independent discrimination complaint investigator”. The Personnel Department anticipates using savings in other Contractual Services Account line items to fund expenditures that may exceed the available budget. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the proposed Agreement includes an expenditure authority that exceeds the Adopted Budget and may require the Personnel Department to identify cost savings in other accounts, or request additional appropriations, if additional services are requested. As the Agreement is subject to the availability of budgeted funds, approval of the Agreement complies with the City’s Financial Policies.
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(6) 22­0581 CD 11 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating the westerly portion of Federal Avenue from Pico Boulevard to approximately 90 feet northwesterly thereof, VAC­E1401422. Recommendations for Council action: 1. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of May 24, 2023, that the vacation of the westerly portion of Federal Avenue from Pico Boulevard to approximately 90 feet northwesterly thereof (Vacation), pursuant to the City of Los Angeles Environmental Guidelines, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, pursuant to Article III, Class 5(3) of the City of Los Angeles Environmental Guidelines. 2. REAFFIRM the FINDINGS of May 24, 2023, that the Vacation is in substantial conformance with the General Plan pursuant to Section 556 of the Los Angeles City Charter. 3. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION TO VACATE No. 24­ 1401422 for the Vacation. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Engineer. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. 3. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION TO VACATE No. 24­ 1401422 for the Vacation. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Engineer. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
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(7) 15­1194­S2 CD 13 COMMUNICATION FROM THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE (MFC) relative to authorization to execute a Joinder to Assignment and Assumption of Theatre Lease (Consent Document) between H&H Theatre Owner, LLC (Assignor) and Jebs Hollywood Entertainment LLC (Assignee) for the continued use of the Dolby Theatre located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Recommendation for Council action: AUTHORIZE the Department of General Services, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to execute the Joinder to Assignment and Assumption of Theatre Lease between H&H Theatre Owner, LLC (Assignor) and Jebs Hollywood Entertainment LLC (Assignee) and all documents necessary to effectuate City’s consent thereof, for the continued use of the Dolby Theatre located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Fiscal Impact Statement: The MFC reports that there is no fiscal impact resulting from the execution of the Consent Document.
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(8) 24­0859 CD 15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS relative to the proposed First Amendment to Agreement No. 21­9805 among the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department, Port of Long Beach (POLB), Portcheck, LLC and Marine Terminal Operators for Clean Truck Fund rate collection services. Recommendations for Council action: 1. ADOPT the determination by the Board of Harbor Commissioners Friday that the- proposed August 2, 2024 - is administratively exempt action PAGE 9from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) CD 15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS relative to the proposed First Amendment to Agreement No. 21­9805 among the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department, Port of Long Beach (POLB), Portcheck, LLC and Marine Terminal Operators for Clean Truck Fund rate collection services. Recommendations for Council action: 1. ADOPT the determination by the Board of Harbor Commissioners that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines. 2. APPROVE POLA Resolution No. 24­10375 for the proposed First Amendment to Agreement No. 24­9805­A between the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department, POLB, PortCheck, LLC, and Marine Terminal Operators. Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that approval of the proposed First Amendment to Agreement No. 21­9805 between the Harbor Department, POLB, PortCheck, LLC, and Marine Terminal Operators will meet compliance with recent California Air Resources Board truck regulation record keeping requirements. The total compensation will be increased from $10,000,000 by $21,068,130 to a new not­to­exceed contract authority of $31,068,130. The Harbor Department is financially responsible for $15,534,065 (50 percent) of the expenses incurred under the agreement and POLB is financially responsible for the other 50 percent. The expenses incurred under the agreement are offset by the Clean Truck Fund (CTF) Rate revenue collected. From April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024, PortCheck collected approximately $81.7 million in CTF Rate revenue for the Harbor Department. Funding for Fiscal Year 2024­25 in the amount of $1,789,429 is available in Account 59967 (Clean Truck Program­ Administrative Costs), Center 0330 (Environmental), Program 000 (Base Budget). Future year funding will be requested through the annual budget adoption process, subject to Board approval. The recommendations in the report and proposed actions comply with the Harbor Department's Financial Policies. There is no impact on the City's General Fund.
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(9) 21­1240 The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled City of Los Angeles v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al., Case No. 1:18­OP­45601­DAP. (Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee waived consideration of the above matter)