City Council

(34) 19­0884­S1 CD 3 MOTION (BLUMENFIELD ­ RODRIGUEZ) relative to funding for the subsequent memorandum of understanding (MOU) to Contract No. C­ 138271 with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), designated for the MRCA River Rangers to ensure public safety, reduce hazards, and provide outreach to unhoused individuals along the Los Angeles River from Owensmouth Avenue to Lindley Avenue (LA River West). Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to process advance payments from the Council Community Projects line item in the General City Purposes Fund No. 100/56 and designated for “MRCA River Rangers (Council District 3)’ to the MRCA in accordance with the subsequent MOU to Contract No. C­138271, subject to and for the following: a. Subject to the availability of funding. b. For the establishment and replenishment of a “Deposit Fund” by the MRCA to draw down from for costs incurred to ensure public safety, reduce hazards, and provide outreach to unhoused individuals along the Los Angeles River from Owensmouth Avenue to Lindley Avenue (LA River West). c. Subject to only one advance payment occurring each fiscal year, commencing on April 22, 2022 and at the start of each Tuesday - April fiscal year 9, 2024 - with said annual advance thereafter, PAGE 35 payment not to exceed the amount needed to establish and replenish the a. Subject to the availability of funding. b. For the establishment and replenishment of a “Deposit Fund” by the MRCA to draw down from for costs incurred to ensure public safety, reduce hazards, and provide outreach to unhoused individuals along the Los Angeles River from Owensmouth Avenue to Lindley Avenue (LA River West). c. Subject to only one advance payment occurring each fiscal year, commencing on April 22, 2022 and at the start of each fiscal year thereafter, with said annual advance payment not to exceed the amount needed to establish and replenish the “Deposit Fund” up to $650,000. 2. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk to make any corrections, clarifications or revisions to the above advance payment instructions, including any new instructions, in order to effectuate the intent of this Motion.