West Hollywood — 2024-06-10

2.C. APPROVAL OF DEMAND REGISTER NO. 950 [L. QUIJANO, C.\nCORRALES, S. HERNANDEZ]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council shall receive the Demand Register for period\nending May 24, 2024 pursuant to Sections 37201 to 37210 of the\nGovernment Code of the State of California.\nRECOMMENDATION: Approve Demand Register No. 950 and adopt\nResolution No. 24-045, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nTHE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD ALLOWING AND APPROVING THE\nPAYMENT OF DEMANDS ON DEMAND REGISTER NO. 950”.

2.D. CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION [J. JIMENEZ, M. CROWDER]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council is receiving notification that the City’s third-\nparty administrator Carl Warren & Co. has denied one (1) Claim for\nDamages from Daniel Ali Castillo, Jr.\nRECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

2.E. COMMISSION AND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING SYNOPSES [M.\nCROWDER, L. MORALES]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will receive Synopses from the Arts and\nCultural Affairs Commission, Public Facilities, Recreation, and\nInfrastructure Commission, and Older Adults Advisory Board regarding\nactions taken at their recent meetings.\nRECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

2.F. FISCAL YEARS 2024-25 & 2025-26 TWO-YEAR OPERATING BUDGET\nAND CAPITAL WORK PLAN [D. WILSON, C. SAFRIET, M. LINDLEY,\nL. QUIJANO, A. RUIZ]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will receive the City of West Hollywood Two-\nYear Operating Budget and Capital Work Plan for Fiscal Years 2024-25 &\n2025-26, which will be brought back for discussion and adoption at the\nCity Council Meeting scheduled for June 24, 2024.\nRECOMMENDATION: Receive and file the City of West Hollywood Two-\nYear Operating Budget and Capital Work Plan for Fiscal Years 2024-25 &\n2025-26.

2.G. AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES WITH\nEMERGENCY-1 RESPONSE, INC. FOR MEDICAL CARE CENTER\nSERVICES [D. RIVAS, A. SHANDI]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider approving Amendment No. 1 to\nthe Agreement for Services with Emergency-1 Response, Inc. for medical\ncare center services during the 2024 West Hollywood Pride Celebration.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement\nfor Services with Emergency-1 Response, Inc. to increase the “not-to-\nexceed” amount of $130,000 by an additional $101,000 for a total of\n$231,000 for medical care center services during the 2024 West\nHollywood Pride Celebration; 2) Extend the Agreement for Services for an\nadditional six months through June 30, 2024; and 3) Authorize the City\nManager or designee to execute all documents incident to this agreement.

2.H. AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES WITH\nITERIS, INC. FOR ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES [S.\nCAMPBELL, J. GILMOUR, R. GARLAND]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider amending the Agreement for\nServices with Iteris, Inc. for on-call engineering services to increase the\nnot-to-exceed amount and extend the Agreement.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement\nfor Services with Iteris, Inc. to increase the amount of the agreement by\n$300,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $475,000 and extend the\nagreement to June 30, 2026; and 2) Authorize the City Manager or\ndesignee to execute documents incident to the Amendment.

2.I. WEHO STORIES PROJECT [Y. QUARKER, A. LOVANO, J. DEL\nTORO, M. WATSON]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council of the City of West Hollywood will consider\nauthorizing the West Hollywood Library to use up to $90,000 in set-aside\nfunds to support WeHo Stories, a community project to document and\ndigitally archive West Hollywood’s oral history and supporting materials.\nRECOMMENDATION: Authorize the West Hollywood Library to use up to\n$90,000 in set-aside funds to support WeHo Stories, a community project\nto document and digitally archive West Hollywood’s oral history and\nsupporting materials.\n3. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

6.A. AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES WITH TENNACITY, LLC. FOR\nPICKLEBALL AND TENNIS CONCESSION OPERATIONS AND\nSERVICES [Y. QUARKER, S. MARTINEZ, M. GASCA, D. ALHADDAD]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider approving an Agreement for\nServices with Tennacity, LLC. for the Pickleball and Tennis Concession\nOperations and Services.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Accept the proposal for the Pickleball and\nTennis Concession Operations and Services provided by Tennacity, LLC.\ndated March 14, 2024, and approve a three (3) year Agreement with an\noption for two (2) one-year extensions; and 2) Authorize the City Manager\nor designee to execute all documents incident to the Agreement.

6.B. CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH FUSION DEVELOPMENT TO\nCONSTRUCT CIP 2403, WELCOME SIGNS IMPROVEMENT PHASE 2\nAND AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES\nWITH SELBERT PERKINS DESIGN FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES\n[S. CAMPBELL, J. GILMOUR]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider approval of a Construction\nAgreement with Fusion Development to construct CIP 2403, Welcome\nSigns Improvement Phase 2, and Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement for\nServices with Selbert Perkins Design for engineering services to extend\nthe term of the Agreement.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Approve a Construction Agreement with\nFusion Development in the amount of $389,093.45 for the construction of\nCIP 2403, Welcome Signs Improvement Phase 2; 2) Authorize the City\nEngineer to approve Change Orders to the Construction Agreement in an\namount not to exceed 20% ($77,818.69) of the total Agreement amount;\n3) Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement for Services with Selbert\nPerkins Design to extend the term of the Agreement through June 30,\n2028; 4) Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute documents\nincident to the Agreements; 5) Authorize the Director of Finance &\nTechnology Services to allocate $61,357.47 from Unallocated Reserves in\nthe General Fund for construction of CIP 2403, Welcome Signs\nImprovement Phase 2, and related costs; and 6) Adopt Resolution No. 24-\n______: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nWEST HOLLYWOOD APPROVING THE DESIGN AND PLANS FOR THE\nCONSTRUCTION OF CIP 2403, WELCOME SIGNS IMPROVEMENT\nPHASE 2, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 830.6”.

6.C. RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE\nGENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,\nNOVEMBER 5, 2024 [J. JIMENEZ, M. CROWDER, L. MORALES]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider approving the necessary\nresolutions calling the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday,\nNovember 5, 2024.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 24-_______: “A\nRESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST\nHOLLYWOOD REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE\nCOUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO ORDER THE CONSOLIDATION OF A\nGENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5,\n2024 WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN\nTHE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES THE SAME DAY; TO AUTHORIZE\nTHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES\nTO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF SAID GENERAL MUNICIPAL\nELECTION; AND TO REQUEST THAT THE REGISTRAR-\nRECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF SAID COUNTY BE PERMITTED TO\nRENDER FULL SERVICES TO THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD\nRELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF SAID GENERAL MUNICIPAL\nELECTION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION\n10403”; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. 24:________: “A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD,\nCALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR\nELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES’ STATEMENTS\nSUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON\nTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024”.

6.D. APPROVAL OF A SALARY REVISION FOR ONE CLASSIFICATION,\nADDING FIVE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS, ELIMINATING\nONE AND ONE-QUARTER FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS,\nAND THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 CITYWIDE SALARY SCHEDULE [D.\nWILSON, C. SAFRIET, M. LINDLEY, J. JIMENEZ, R. NAPPER, C.\nLEUNG]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider revising the salary of 1\nclassification, adding 5 new full-time equivalent (FTE) positions,\neliminating 1.25 existing FTE positions, and approving the Fiscal Year\n2024-25 Citywide Salary Schedule.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Approve the salary revision for the\nclassification of Assistant City Clerk from 4280e to 4290e; 2) Approve\nadding 4 full-time equivalent positions starting Fiscal Year 2024-25: a. 1.0\nGeographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst, Information Technology\nDivision, b. 1.0 Senior Planner, Current & Historic Preservation Planning\nDivision, c. 1.0 Senior Plan Check Engineer, Building and Safety Division,\nd. 1.0 Recreation Specialist, Recreation Services Division; 3) Approve\nadding 1 following full-time equivalent position starting Fiscal Year 2025-\n26: a. 1.0 Arts Coordinator, Arts Division; 4) Approve eliminating 1.25 full-\ntime equivalent positions in Fiscal Year 2024-25: a. 1.25 Recreation\nLeader I positions, Recreation Services Division; and 5) Approve the\nFiscal Year 2024-25 Citywide Salary Schedule reflecting all City positions\nand associated salaries to meet the California Public Employees’\nRetirement System requirements of Government Code § 20636(b)(1) and\nCalifornia Code of Regulations § 570.5.

6.E. THE RAINBOW DISTRICT [J. ERICKSON, C. BYERS, Y. QUARKER,\nA. LOVANO, J. DEL TORO]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will direct staff to formally designate and\ndefine the City’s “Rainbow District” and perform community outreach with\nbusiness owners in the Rainbow District to determine how the City can\nbest support and encourage a thriving commercial district with LGBTQ+\nnightlife establishments.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Direct staff to formally designate and define\nthe City’s Rainbow District in the Municipal Code; 2) Direct staff to meet\nwith business owners in the Rainbow District to determine what measures\nthe City can take to best support and encourage a thriving commercial\ndistrict with LGBTQ+ nightlife establishments; and 3) Report back to the\nCity Council with options for pilot programs or permanent code changes to\nsupport the Rainbow District.

6.F. EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL CURRENT BAN ON THE RETAIL SALES\nOF DOGS AND CATS TO INCLUDE OTHER ANIMAL SPECIES [C.\nBYERS, Y. QUARKER, A. LOVANO, H. MOLINA]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider directing the City Attorney to\nresearch the feasibility of expanding the current ban on retail sales of dogs\nand cats in West Hollywood to add other animal species to the list.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Direct the City Attorney to research and\nanalyze the feasibility of expanding the current ban on the retail sales of\ndogs and cats in West Hollywood to add additional animal species to the\ncurrent ban; and 2) If the research determines that the ordinance is\nappropriate and defensible, the City Attorney shall return to the City\nCouncil with the results of the analysis and recommendations for further\nconsideration.\nEXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR: Items removed from the Consent Calendar for\nseparate discussion are considered at this time.\nPUBLIC COMMENT: This time has been set aside for the public to address the\nCouncil on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the\nCouncil that could not be heard under Item 1 at the beginning of the meeting.\nCOUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS: This\nportion of the meeting is set aside for general comments, announcements,\nrequests of staff, subcommittee meeting reports, and/or other issues of concern\nfrom members of the City Council.

1.A. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WHICH HAVE\nNOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR:

1.B. PUBLIC COMMENTS, GENERAL INTEREST:\nCITY MANAGER’S REPORT: This time has been set aside for the City Manager to\nupdate the Council on important items initiated by staff or previously requested\nby the City Council.\nFISCAL IMPACT ON CONSENT CALENDAR:\n2. CONSENT CALENDAR: The following routine matters can be acted upon\nby one motion. Individual items may be removed by the Council for\nseparate discussion. Items removed for separate discussion will be heard\nfollowing New Business Items. The title is deemed to be read and further\nreading waived of any ordinance listed on the consent calendar for\nintroduction or adoption.

3.A. CONFIRMATION OF THE LEVY OF AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE\nSANTA MONICA BOULEVARD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR\nFISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE\nLANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 [L. BIERY, T. COYNE, D.\nPURIFICACION, S. CAMPBELL, J. GILMOUR]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will conduct a public hearing and consider\nadopting a resolution confirming a diagram and the levy of assessments\nfor the Santa Monica Boulevard Maintenance District for fiscal year 2024-\n2025.\nRECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council hold a\npublic hearing, consider all pertinent testimony; and adopt Resolution No.\n24-_________: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY\nOF WEST HOLLYWOOD CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND\nASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 IN CONNECTION WITH\nTHE SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.”

3.B. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE SUNSET STRIP\nBUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AND\nLEVYING AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR [L.\nBIERY, T. COYNE, D. PURIFICACION]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will conduct a public hearing and consider\nadopting a resolution confirming the annual report submitted by the\nAdvisory Board of the Sunset Strip Business Improvement District and\nlevying the assessment for fiscal year 2024-2025.\nRECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council hold the\npublic hearing, consider all pertinent testimony, and if no majority protest\nis received, adopt Resolution No. 24-___ “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD CONFIRMING THE\nREPORT OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AND LEVYING AN\nASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 IN CONNECTION WITH\nTHE SUNSET STRIP BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.”

3.C. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE WEST\nHOLLYWOOD DESIGN DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AND LEVYING\nAN ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR [L. BIERY, T.\nCOYNE, D. PURIFICACION]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will conduct a public hearing and consider\nadopting a resolution confirming the annual report submitted by the\nAdvisory Board of the West Hollywood Design District and levying the\nassessment for fiscal year 2024-2025.\nRECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council hold the\npublic hearing, consider all pertinent testimony, and if no majority protest\nis received, adopt Resolution No. 24-_______: “A RESOLUTION OF THE\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD CONFIRMING\nTHE REPORT OF THE ADVISORY BOARD TO THE WEST\nHOLLYWOOD DESIGN DISTRICT AND LEVYING AN ASSESSMENT\nFOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEST\nHOLLYWOOD DESIGN DISTRICT.”

3.D. MUNICIPAL CODE AND ZONE TEXT AMENDMENTS UPDATING THE\nCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT NAME CHANGE AND\nMINOR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES [N. MARICICH, F. CONTRERAS,\nT. FARRIS, J. PARRISH]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will hold a public hearing to consider\namendments to the West Hollywood Municipal Code to revise all\nreferences to “Planning and Development Services Department” and\n“Planning and Development Services Director” to “Community\nDevelopment Department” and “Community Development Director,” as\nwell as other administrative changes and clarifications in the City’s\nMunicipal Code. This action is exempt from CEQA.\nRECOMMENDATION: Introduce on the First Reading Ordinance No. 24-\n_______: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nWEST HOLLYWOOD ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 2,\nADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL; TITLE 5, BUSINESS LICENSES,\nREGULATIONS AND PERMITS; TITLE 9 PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY;\nTITLE 13, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION; TITLE 17, RENT\nSTABILIZATION; TITLE 19, ZONING ORDINANCE; AND TITLE 20,\nSUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OF THE WEST HOLLYWOOD\nMUNICIPAL CODE, TO CHANGE ALL REFERENCES TO THE\nPLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND\nDIRECTOR TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT\nAND DIRECTOR, AND OTHER MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES,\nAND FINDING THE ACTION CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CEQA.”

3.E. REQUEST TO REPLACE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STATIC\nBILLBOARD WITH A NEW FULL-MOTION DIGITAL BILLBOARD ON\nTHE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8497-8499 SUNSET BOULEVARD [L.\nBIERY, B. LEAGUE, N. MARICICH, J. ALKIRE, J. DAVIS, R.\nABRAMSON]:\nSUBJECT: The proposal is to construct a new 2,525 square foot full-\nmotion digital billboard on the new building currently being constructed at\n8497-8499 Sunset Boulevard. The City Council will hold a public hearing\nregarding the approval of Master Project (MP20-0026) including Sign\nPermit (BB21-0005), Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative\nDeclaration for project, Zoning Map Amendment (ZMA20-0007) and\nDevelopment Agreement (DA20-0009) for the construction and installation\nof the new full-motion digital billboard, which is a replacement for a static\nbillboard previously approved with the development project. This project is\nsubject to CEQA and an addendum to the project Mitigated Negative\nDeclaration was prepared for the project.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Introduce on first reading Ordinance No. 24-\n_______: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nWEST HOLLYWOOD APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN\nCONJUNCTION WITH REPLACING A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED\nSTATIC BILLBOARD WITH A NEW FULL-MOTION DIGITAL BILLBOARD\nAT 8497 SUNSET BOULEVARD, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA;”\n2) Introduce on first reading Ordinance No. 24-_______: “AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST\nHOLLYWOOD APPROVING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IN\nCONJUNCTION WITH REPLACING A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED\nSTATIC BILLBOARD WITH A NEW FULL-MOTION DIGITAL BILLBOARD\nAT 8497-8499 SUNSET BOULEVARD, WEST HOLLYWOOD,\nCALIFORNIA;” and 3) Approve the applications requested by adopting\nResolution No. 24-_______: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL\nOF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD APPROVING A SIGN PERMIT\nAND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ADDENDUM IN\nCONJUNCTION WITH REPLACING A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED\nSTATIC BILLBOARD WITH A NEW FULL-MOTION DIGITAL BILLBOARD\nAT 8497-8499 SUNSET BOULEVARD, WEST HOLLYWOOD,\nCALIFORNIA.”

5.A. METRO UPDATE AND AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AGREEMENT\nFOR SERVICES WITH THE ROBERT GROUP FOR THE NEXT PHASE\nOF OUTREACH FOR THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE METRO K\nLINE [N. MARICICH, F. CONTRERAS, D. FENN, P. PORTWOOD]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will receive an update on the Northern\nExtension of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation\nAuthority (Metro) K Line (formerly known as the Crenshaw/LAX Line) and\nconsider approving Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement for Services with\nThe Robert Group. The update includes Metro’s Outreach Summary\nReport, City-led community outreach, Rail Integration and Funding\nstudies, related state legislative pursuits, and critical upcoming project\nmilestones.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Receive an update on the Northern Extension\nof the Metro K Line; and 2) Approve Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement\nfor Services with the Robert Group increasing the Agreement amount by\n$99,988.00 for a not-to-exceed amount of $482,778.00 to conduct\noutreach for the Metro K Line project and related project milestones,\nincluding the upcoming Environmental Impact Report (EIR).\n6. NEW BUSINESS: