City Council

(1) 18-0384-S2 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Measure W - Safe Clean Water Program, and execution of Regional Program Transfer Agreements, Addenda, and necessary actions for Round 4 projects. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the President, Board of Public Works (Board), or two members of the Board, and the Director of the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS), or designee, to execute the following transfer agreements, which have been previously approved by the Board and, as consistent with the Los Angeles Administrative Code, delegate authority to the Director, BOS, to negotiate and execute Addenda materially consistent with the transfer agreements through completion of the projects: Transfer Agreement No. 2023RPULAR04 between the City and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Hollenbeck Park Lake Rehabilitation Project under the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. Transfer Agreement No. 2023RPULAR05 between the City and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Sylmar Channel Project under the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. Transfer Agreement No. 2023RPULAR03 between the City and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Eagle Rock Boulevard: A Multi-modal Stormwater Capture Project under the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. Transfer Agreement No. 2023RPCSMB02 between the City and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Imperial Highway Green Infrastructure Corridor Project under the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. Transfer Agreement No. 2023RPSSMB03 between the City and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Wilmington-Anaheim Green Infrastructure Corridor Project under the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. Transfer Agreement No. 2023RPSSMB02 between the City and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Machado Lake Ecosystem Rehabilitation Operation and Maintenance under the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. AUTHORIZE the Controller to record in the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water - Regional Projects Special Fund No. 63F/50, receivables from the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and establish new accounts and appropriate funds as detailed in the table contained in the February 16, 2024 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report, attached to the Council file. AMEND the Table under Recommendation No. 2 of the February 16, 2024 CAO report, attached to the Council file, to read as follows: Eagle Rock Boulevard Project (CD 14) (ULAR), Imperial Highway Green Infrastructure Corridor Project (CD 11) (CSMB), and Machado Lake Ecosystem Rehabilitation O&M (CD 15) (SSMB). AUTHORIZE the CAO to make technical changes as needed to implement Mayor and City Council intentions. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that there is no impact to the General Fund as the funding for these projects will be provided by the Safe, Clean Water Regional Program administered by the County of Los Angeles. The City expects to receive $3.3 million in the Measure W - Safe, Clean Water - Regional Projects Special Fund representing the first year of project costs in Fiscal Year 2023-24. The total anticipated disbursement including Fiscal Year 2023-24 is $56.5 million. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO further reports that the recommendations in the report are in compliance with the City’s Financial Policies in that expenditures are limited to the mandates of the funding source.