Los Angeles
City Council
Agenda Item 14
(14) 201346 BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to accepting grant funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Predictive Environmental Analytics and Community Engagement for Equity and Environmental Justice Project; and related matters. A. BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. CONCUR with the action taken by the Public Works Committee on October 9, 2024, attached to Council file No. 201346. 2. AMEND and APPROVE Recommendation No. 1 contained in the Board of Public Works (BPW) report dated September 12, 2024, attached to Council file No. 201346, respectively, as follows: AUTHORIZE the Director, Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL), or designee, to accept the NASA Grant and execute any necessary agreements in an amount not to exceed $250,000 from NASA for a twoyear period effective May 18, 2023, contingent upon each contractor submitting all required contractor compliance documents prior to execution of contract, updating the Standard Provisions to the most recent version (Revised 6/2024), and confirmation that the City Attorney has completed a review of the contract. B. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. AUTHORIZE the Director, BSL, or designee, to accept the 1. AUTHORIZE the Director, BSL, or designee, to accept the NASA Grant and execute any necessary agreements, in an amount not to exceed $250,000 from NASA for a twoyear period effective May 18, 2023. 2. AUTHORIZE the BSL to accept the NASA grant, approve the designation of the BSL as the administrative and fiscal agent for the NASA Grant to facilitate receipt and disbursement of grant funds, track and report matching funds, as well as reimburse the City for any grant related expenditures. 3. APPROVE the program grant agreement for the Civil, Human Rights and Equity Department (CHRED) to assist the City in the NASA Grant implementation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the grant agreement. 4. AUTHORIZE the Controller to transfer and deposit $250,000 from Fund to be determined (TBD) to the BSL Fund No. 347/50, Account No. TBD. 5. APPROVE the $16,000 reimbursement to the BSL for administration costs for monitoring the project, and processing payments to OpenAQ and California State University Los Angeles (CSULA). 6. APPROVE the $6,400 disbursement to environmental justice partners as directed by the CHRED for the project's community workshops. 7. APPROVE the $22,000 reimbursement to the CHRED for the mobilization on the equity outcomes for underrepresented communities. 8. APPROVE the $40,154 reimbursement to the Mayor for the Finance, Operations and Innovation team to manage the program. 9. APPROVE the program grant agreement between the BSL and OpenAQ in the amount of $41,690 for data platform ti d l ti f i lit d t k h d p $ , p expertise and completion of air quality data workshops, and assist the City in the NASA Grant implementation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the grant agreement. 10. APPROVE the program grant agreement between the BSL and CSULA in the amount of $123,756 to develop a web based Visualization Platform for Air Quality and Socioeconomic data based on air quality prediction modeling, and assist the City in the NASA Grant. Fiscal Impact Statement: The BPW reports that there is no impact to the General Fund. Community Impact Statement: None submitted