City Council

(33) 22-1582 CD 15 COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS (DCA) and RESOLUTION relative to the Locally-Operated State Parks Program Grant from the California State Department of Parks and Recreation, for the Watts Towers Restoration - Phase II project. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to: Retroactively submit an application form and Grant Agreement with the California State Department of Parks and Recreation “Locally Operated State Park Program of Proposition 68”, and accept $450,000 award to finish renovation of the Watts Towers and required safety protocols to re-open to the public within a three-year timeframe from grant acceptance through March 31, 2025, and submit any other necessary agreements or grant period extensions relative to the implementation of this project, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality. Execute a subgrantee agreement with “Museum Partners,” the nonprofit dba the Los Angeles County Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA) in an amount up to $600,000, as LACMA is named as a project partner by the State, due to its experienced conservation staff and protocols, to perform temporary services required for this project, which are of an expert, technical and special nature, subject to the City Attorney approval as to form and legality. Prepare any Controller’s instructions needed to implement actions approved by the Council and Mayor on matters presented in or deriving from the transmittal, and/or to make necessary technical adjustment, and further, request that the Controller implement the instructions. ADOPT the accompanying Authorizing RESOLUTION, Attachment 1 of the June 16, 2023 Revised DCA report, attached to the Council file, as requested by the grantor and subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form, which endorses the State of California grant agreement and authorizes DCA to comply with the State Parks funding requirements of the Grant Agreement. AUTHORIZE the Controller to establish a new interest-bearing fund entitled “Watts Towers Renovation – Phase II,” and recognize a receivable in the amount of $450,000, and receive and disperse the funds to complete capital improvements, upon presentation of documentation or proper demand, and create other new appropriation accounts within the newly established fund for sub-granting to LACMA to perform the scope of Phase II renovations: Appropriation Account: 30XXX-TBD, Account Name: Watts Tower Renovations II, Amount: $450,000. Fiscal Impact Statement: The DCA reports that there is no impact to the General Fund 100.