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(47) 24­0173 TRANSPORTATION and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to revising the draft Mobility Plan Implementation Ordinance to be compatible with the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure (Measure HLA). A. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Raman ­ Harris­Dawson – Soto­Martinez): Tuesday - July 30, 2024 - PAGE 28 1. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to report to (47) 24­0173 TRANSPORTATION and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to revising the draft Mobility Plan Implementation Ordinance to be compatible with the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure (Measure HLA). A. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Raman ­ Harris­Dawson – Soto­Martinez): 1. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee, on the status of their report for Council File No. 23­0919. 2. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) and Department of Public Works (DPW) to: a. Report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and the Public Works and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees, in regard to the status of their report for Council File No. 23­0918. b. Report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and the Public Works Committee, in regard to the status of their report for Council File No. 23­0916. c. Provide joint briefings on a quarterly basis to each Council Office in regard to Mobility Corridor and/or Measure HLA projects located within the Council District. d. Report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024 in regard to identifying Mobility Plan corridors scheduled in FY 2024­25 for street resurfacing or slurry sealing that may be impacted by Measure HLA, in addition to each street segment's Pavement Condition Index. 3. INSTRUCT the LADOT to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, in regard to the status of their report for Council File No. 22­1465. 4. I N S T R U C T t h e C h i e f L e g i s l a t i v e A n a l y s t ( C L A ) , i n coordination with the LADOT, DPW, Department of City Planning (DCP), the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and REQUEST the City Attorney, to report to Transportation Committee on April Tuesday 17, -2024, and July 30, the -Public Works and Budget, 2024 PAGEFinance29 and Innovation Committees, with a Measure HLA implementation 3. INSTRUCT the LADOT to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, in regard to the status of their report for Council File No. 22­1465. 4. I N S T R U C T t h e C h i e f L e g i s l a t i v e A n a l y s t ( C L A ) , i n coordination with the LADOT, DPW, Department of City Planning (DCP), the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and REQUEST the City Attorney, to report to Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and the Public Works and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees, with a Measure HLA implementation plan (including ordinance, administrative code, and/or policy recommendations) and a standard project flow chart that would include, but not limited to, the following elements: a. Applying Measure HLA prospectively from the date of certification of the March 5, 2024, Primary Nominating Election and not include projects under construction, cleared environmentally, awarded grant funds for 25 percent or more of the project, or above the 50 percent design phase. b. Require consultation with the LAFD, LAPD, and City Attorney, including conformance with all applicable City, County and State fire and vehicle codes, on a project­by­ project basis with a holistic look at the entire mobility corridor or street being affected, and any approvals by the LAFD required by law. c. A community outreach and engagement plan for Measure HLA projects that maintains compliance with the settlement agreement between the City of Los Angeles and Fix The City Inc. executed on June 14, 2019, known as the “Mobility Plan Litigation”. d. Identify a standardized timeline necessary for Measure HLA project planning (including separately obligated design of the Americans with Disabilities Act­required curb ramps), design, utility work, environmental clearance, and community engagement. e. Ensure that funding for projects implemented on Mobility Plan Streets as defined in Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 85.11(a) only go to projects that further, to an equal or greater extent, the public safety and utility for uses of the relevant transportation mode. f. Develop an appeal process where appellants file appeals to only one City agency or board that mirrors the Tuesday - July time30, 2024 limits for- appeal as outlined in LAMC 30 PAGEChapter 1A, Section 13A.2.8(b) “Time Limits for Appeal” with the e. Ensure that funding for projects implemented on Mobility Plan Streets as defined in Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 85.11(a) only go to projects that further, to an equal or greater extent, the public safety and utility for uses of the relevant transportation mode. f. Develop an appeal process where appellants file appeals to only one City agency or board that mirrors the time limits for appeal as outlined in LAMC Chapter 1A, Section 13A.2.8(b) “Time Limits for Appeal” with the intent that this appeal process occur before private right of action as described in LAMC Section 85.11.4(c). g. Report on the removal, if any, of parking spaces and vehicle travel lanes as part of the budget allocation process for a proposed Measure HLA project on a project­by­project basis with a holistic look at the entire mobility corridor or street being affected. h. Develop “Measure HLA Improvements Standards and Guidelines” for Base Elements that satisfy the intent of Measure HLA as well as Optional Elements for improvements made in the public right­of­way on the Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN), Bike Lane Network (BLN), Pedestrian­Enhanced District (PED), Neighborhood­Enhanced Network (NEN), and Transit­ Enhanced Network with said guidelines to be added as a supplement to the Complete Street Design Guide, and updated from time to time along with the rest of that document. Base Elements and Optional Elements that already exist in the Complete Street Design Guide should be cross­referenced, and new entries in the Complete Street Design Guide should be created for Base Elements and Optional Elements which do not already exist in the Complete Street Design Guide. i. Assignment of the LADOT as the lead agency for planning and scheduling projects that intersect with Measure HLA. j. R e q u i r e t h e B u r e a u o f S t r e e t S e r v i c e s ( B S S ) resurfacing activities on Mobility Corridors be planned and scheduled exclusively in coordination with the LADOT and Council Offices. k. Ensuring that Standard Plans are updated or developed for any base elements or optional elements as identified in the Measure HLA Improvements Guidelines as Tuesday described - July in Recommendation 30, 2024 - 31 above. detailed (e)(viii)PAGE j. R e q u i r e t h e B u r e a u o f S t r e e t S e r v i c e s ( B S S ) resurfacing activities on Mobility Corridors be planned and scheduled exclusively in coordination with the LADOT and Council Offices. k. Ensuring that Standard Plans are updated or developed for any base elements or optional elements as identified in the Measure HLA Improvements Guidelines as described in Recommendation (e)(viii) detailed above. 5. INSTRUCT the LADOT and BSS to report to Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and the Public Works Committee with an evaluation of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023­24 street resurfacing or slurry seal projects that have been impacted by the implementation of Measure HLA, as well as any complimentary mobility corridor projects that are shovel ready and consistent with Measure HLA. 6. INSTRUCT the DCP to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024 in regard to the process for updating and making amendments to Mobility Plan 2035 in conformance with Measure HLA. 7. INSTRUCT the LADOT to report on any impacts to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) or other outside transit agency projects in the City of Los Angeles due to the adoption of Measure HLA. 8. I N S T R U C T t h e L A D O T a n d D P W t o r e p o r t t o t h e Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and identify Mobility Plan corridors scheduled in FY 2024­2025 for street resurfacing or slurry sealing that may be impacted by Measure HLA, in addition to each street segment's Pavement Condition Index. 9. INSTRUCT the CAO to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, on all available funding sources to meet Measure HLA's mandate, including their restrictions and budget capacity. 10. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW, with the assistance of the CAO, to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee during the FY 2024­25 budget process on existing or needed staffing resources to effectuate the implementation of Measure HLA, and hiring timelines if additional staff will be required. Tuesday - July 30,the 11. INSTRUCT 2024 - with the assistance of CAO, PAGE 32 the LADOT and DPW, to report to the Budget, Finance and Innovation budget capacity. 10. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW, with the assistance of the CAO, to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, and to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee during the FY 2024­25 budget process on existing or needed staffing resources to effectuate the implementation of Measure HLA, and hiring timelines if additional staff will be required. 11. INSTRUCT the CAO, with the assistance of the LADOT and DPW, to report to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee during the FY 2024­25 budget process in regard to Measure HLA impacts to the delivery of existing services. 12. INSTRUCT the CAO, with the assistance of the LADOT and Information Technology Agency, to report to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee during the FY 2024­25 budget process in regard to the development of the Open Data Portal/project website that must be available to the public by April 2025, per LAMC Seciton 85.11(b). 13. INSTRUCT the CAO, with the assistance of the LAFD and LAPD, to report to the Transportation Committee on April 17, 2024, with the number of responses for vehicle crashes, including responses for crashes with injuries, severe injuries, and fatalities, as well as the staff time and associated staffing costs associated with said responses, annually, for the past five years (2019­2023). 14. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the CAO, to report to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee during the FY 2024­25 budget process in regard to: a. The litigation resources and personnel needs that may result from implementation of LAMC Section 85.11(c). b. The amount paid out in judgments against the City and in claims related to traffic fatalities or injury, annually, for the past five years (2019­2023). B. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Raman ­ Harris­Dawson – Soto­Martinez): 1. REQUEST the City Attorney to transmit a draft Measure Healthy Streets LA (HLA) implementation ordinance for consideration by the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, and the Public Works Committee and Budget, Finance Tuesday and- Innovation Committee July 30, 2024 - that would include, PAGE not limited but33 to, the following elements: B. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Raman ­ Harris­Dawson – Soto­Martinez): 1. REQUEST the City Attorney to transmit a draft Measure Healthy Streets LA (HLA) implementation ordinance for consideration by the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, and the Public Works Committee and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee that would include, but not limited to, the following elements: a. Apply Measure HLA prospectively from the date of certification of the March 5, 2024 election, and for projects under construction, that have been awarded grant funds with a defined scope, or have other signed funding agreements, require the implementing department to certify whether the project complies with Measure HLA and if not, to state whether the project scope can be expanded to include required elements without jeopardizing third­party funding and funds needed to provide the required elements. If the project cannot be designed to comply with HLA, the City will prepare a report that substantially complies with Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 85.11(b)(2). b. Require projects to be reviewed by the LAFD and LAPD to ensure compliance with all applicable safety and vehicle codes. c. Develop an appeal process where appellants file appeals to only one City agency or board that mirrors the time limits for appeal as outlined in LAMC Chapter 1A, Section 13A.2.8(b) “Time Limits for Appeal”. It is intended that this appeal process occurs before private right of action as described in LAMC Section 85.11.4(c). d. Instruct the LADOT to develop an open data portal that would require a report on the removal of parking spaces and vehicle travel lanes for a proposed Measure HLA project on a project­by­project basis with a holistic look at the entire mobility corridor or street being affected. e. Assign the LADOT and the Department of Public Works (DPW) as lead agencies for planning and scheduling Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN), Bike Lane Network (BLN), Transit Enhanced Network (TEN), Pedestrian Enhanced Districts (PED) and Vehicle Enhanced Network (VEN) projects. Tuesday - July 30, 2024 - PAGE 34 f. Require resurfacing activities on Mobility Corridors be project on a project­by­project basis with a holistic look at the entire mobility corridor or street being affected. e. Assign the LADOT and the Department of Public Works (DPW) as lead agencies for planning and scheduling Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN), Bike Lane Network (BLN), Transit Enhanced Network (TEN), Pedestrian Enhanced Districts (PED) and Vehicle Enhanced Network (VEN) projects. f. Require resurfacing activities on Mobility Corridors be planned and scheduled in coordination with the LADOT and Council Offices. g. Clarify the definition of a City project to which Measure HLA applies. 2. INSTRUCT the CAO to report to the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, and the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee, on the status of their report for Council file No. 23­ 0919. 3. I N S T R U C T t h e L A D O T a n d D P W t o r e p o r t t o t h e Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, and the Public Works and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees, on the status of their report for Council file No. 23­0918. 4. I N S T R U C T t h e L A D O T a n d D P W t o r e p o r t t o t h e Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, and the Public Works Committee, on the status of their report for Council file No. 23­0916. 5. INSTRUCT the LADOT to report to the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, on the status of their report for Council file No. 22­1465. 6. INSTRUCT the DCP to report to the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, and the Public Works Committee on the process for updating and making amendments to Mobility Plan 2035 in conformance with Measure HLA. 7. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW, and other departments as necessary, to provide joint briefings on a quarterly basis to each Council Office on Mobility Corridor and/or Measure HLA projects located within the Council District. 8. INSTRUCT the LADOT to report on any impacts to Los Tuesday Angeles - JulyCounty Metropolitan 30, 2024 - Transportation Authority PAGE 35 (Metro) or other outside transit agency projects in the City due to the process for updating and making amendments to Mobility Plan 2035 in conformance with Measure HLA. 7. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW, and other departments as necessary, to provide joint briefings on a quarterly basis to each Council Office on Mobility Corridor and/or Measure HLA projects located within the Council District. 8. INSTRUCT the LADOT to report on any impacts to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) or other outside transit agency projects in the City due to the adoption of Measure HLA. 9. INSTRUCT the CAO to report to the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, the Public Works and the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees on all available funding sources to meet Measure HLA's mandate, including their restrictions and budget capacity. 10. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW, with the assistance of the CAO, to report to the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, and the Public Works Committee on existing or needed staffing resources to effectuate the implementation of Measure HLA, and hiring timelines if additional staff will be required. 11. INSTRUCT the CAO, with the assistance of LADOT and Information Technology Agency, to report to the Transportation Committee and the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee on development of the Open Data Portal/project website that must be available to the public by April 2025, per LAMC Section 85.11(b)(2) which includes an assignment of departments responsible for reporting. 12. INSTRUCT the CAO, with the assistance of the LAFD and LAPD, to report to the Transportation Committee on August 7, 2024, with the number of responses for vehicle crashes, including responses for crashes with injuries, severe injuries, and fatalities, as well as the staff time and associated staffing costs associated with said responses, annually, for the past five years (2019­23). 13. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the CAO, to report to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee on: a. The litigation resources and personnel needed may result from implementation of LAMC Section 85.11(c). b. The amount paid out in judgments against the City and in claims related to traffic fatalities or injury, annually, for the Tuesday - July 30, 2024 - PAGE 36 past five years (2019­23). five years (2019­23). 13. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the CAO, to report to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee on: a. The litigation resources and personnel needed may result from implementation of LAMC Section 85.11(c). b. The amount paid out in judgments against the City and in claims related to traffic fatalities or injury, annually, for the past five years (2019­23). 14. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW, and other departments as necessary, to develop “Measure HLA Improvements Standards and Guidelines” for Base Elements that satisfy the intent of Measure HLA as well as Optional Elements for improvements made in the public right­of­way on the BEN, BLN, PED, Neighborhood­Enhanced Network (NEN), and TEN. These guidelines should be added as a supplement to the Complete Street Design Guide, and updated from time to time along with the rest of that document. Base Elements and Optional Elements that already exist in the Complete Street Design Guide should be cross­referenced, and new entries in the Complete Street Design Guide should be created for Base Elements and Optional Elements which do not already exist in the Complete Street Design Guide. 15. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW to ensure that Standard Plans are updated or developed for any base elements or optional elements, as identified in the Measure HLA Improvements Guidelines and described in Recommendation No. 14, detailed above. 16. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW to identify a standardized timeline necessary for Measure HLA project planning (including separately obligated design of the Americans with Disabilities Act required curb ramps), design, utility work, environmental clearance, and community engagement. 17. I N S T R U C T t h e L A D O T a n d D P W t o r e p o r t o n a recommended methodology to develop a shared five­year work plan that implements MP2035 in compliance with HLA and incorporates the obligations and constraints each department manages. 18. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW to develop a shared workplan for street resurfacing and Mobility Plan improvements. Tuesday - July 30, 2024 - PAGE 37 19. INSTRUCT the LADOT, DCP, and DPW to develop and report recommended methodology to develop a shared five­year work plan that implements MP2035 in compliance with HLA and incorporates the obligations and constraints each department manages. 18. INSTRUCT the LADOT and DPW to develop a shared workplan for street resurfacing and Mobility Plan improvements. 19. INSTRUCT the LADOT, DCP, and DPW to develop and report with formal community outreach and engagement policies for Projects on a Mobility Corridor that may result in closures of or disruption of access to the public right­of­way. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.