City Council

(11) 26-1211 CD 9 MOTION (PRICE - BLUMENFIELD) relative to extending the Right of Entry Permit (REP) for a longer term and to execute a three (3) year zero-dollar lease for Centre for Applied Ecological Remediation (CAER) to study bioremediation using beneficial plants and fungi to treat soil contaminants Recommendations for Council action: 1. INSTRUCT the General Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD), or designee, to negotiate a nonprofit lease with CAER for the use of City-owned properties as a site for a pilot bioremediation study. The subject properties are located at 5888, 5900, 5904, 5908, and 5910 Crocker Street, Los Angeles, CA 90003, with Assessor Parcel Numbers: 6006-030-901 and 6006-030-902. The lease term shall commence on September 26, 2026, and continue for three (3) years ending on September 26, 2029. The lease shall include the City’s unilateral right to terminate the agreement at any time, upon notice to the tenant, to facilitate the future development of affordable housing on the Property. 2. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO), or designee, with the assistance of LAHD and the Bureau of Sanitation (LASAN) Citywide Brownfields Program, to complete a Community Benefit Analysis for the proposed nonprofit lease with CAER, which analysis shall be represented, along with all relevant material lease terms proposed by LAHD, for City Council approval within 60 days. 3. FIND, that pursuant to Los Angeles City Charter Section 371(e) (10) and Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.15(a)(10), that the use of competitive bidding for the lease of the subject property is neither practicable nor advantageous to the City for the following reasons. a. The CAER will conduct bioremediation of these properties at no cost to the City. They have done a similar no-cost phytoremediation process at another City-owned property at 5867 South Wall Street (aka, Slauson and Wall site). b. The property is currently vacant and designated for future affordable housing development. In the absence of an interim occupant responsible for the maintenance and oversight of the site, the Property may become vulnerable to vandalism, illegal dumping, trespassing, and other nuisance activities that could lead to deterioration of the site and result in increased maintenance, remediation, and security costs to the City.