docketcity.com

Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee

February 14, 2024 ·02:30 PM Final

Agenda — 23 items

  1. 1 Verbal update from the City Administrative Officer relative to fiscal concerns and Priority Hiring Plan.
  2. 2 Motion (Padilla – Raman) relative to funding for the Project Homekey1 site located at 9120 Woodman Avenue in Council District 6. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committees)
  3. 3 Motion (Raman – Hernandez) relative to the midyear funding transfer to support a community-driven master plan and visioning effort for South Griffith Park; and related matters. (This item was approved by the Neighborhoods and Community Enrichment Committee on January 17, 2024)
  4. 4 City Administrative Officer report relative to funding for the pilot RV-to-Home Recreational Vehicle Recycling Program. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees)
  5. 5 City Administrative Officer report relative to a Department of Transportation federal and state grant application for the Energy Incentives for Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles: Drayage Fleet and Transit Set-Aside Funding Lane proposal. (Energy and Environment Committee approved this item on January 26, 2024)
  6. 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to Reserve Fund Loan Requests for the Proposition 47 Cohort 3 Grant and the California Department of Transportation Grant. (This item was approved by the Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee on January 19, 2024)
  7. 7 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Third Construction Projects Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24. (This item was approved by the Government Operations Committee on January 23, 2024)
  8. 8 Collections Board of Review report relative to delinquent accounts receivables submitted by the Housing and Community Investment Department and the Department of Building and Safety.
  9. 9 Department of Building and Safety report relative to a refund claim filed by Hoda Bakhtian Darabi for the project located at 2258 South Manning Avenue in Council District 5.
  10. 10 Board of Harbor Commissioners report and Resolution relative to Board Resolution No. 23-10208, authorizing a conflict of interest waiver for Burke, Williams and Sorensen, LLP., in its representation of Vopak Terminal Los Angeles Inc., in Sanchez v. City of Los Angeles, et al.; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines; and related matters.
  11. 11 City Attorney report relative to a conflict of interest waiver for Thompson Coburn LLP., in its representation of L.A. Xpress, Inc. in the matter of Victor Estuardo Jovel v. City of Los Angeles.
  12. 12 City Attorney report relative to a request for closed session to discuss a settlement recommendation regarding the July 2021 Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Discharge Incident.
  13. 13 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jose Bernardo Becerra Sotres, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV16629. (This matter arises from the June 30, 2021 incident in which the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad detonated explosive material.)
  14. 14 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Maria Torres, et al. v. Jaime Cruz, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV16422. (This matter arises from a vehicle collision involving a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle.)
  15. 15 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Charlette Clayton, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV42943. (This matter arises from a traffic collision that occurred on June 8, 2019, near the intersection of Wilmington Avenue and Century Boulevard.)
  16. 16 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Ruth Fried v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV01989. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on June 13, 2021, on an uplifted sidewalk on Palms Boulevard, near Sawtelle Avenue.)
  17. 17 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Susan Roth. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV39918. (This matter arises from a July 3, 2021 incident wherein Plaintiff tripped and fell on Nebraska Avenue between Pontius Avenue and Cotner Avenue.)
  18. 18 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jeramy Sims v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV07835. (This matter arises from a bicycle fall on March 2, 2020, wherein Plaintiff fell as a result of a pothole at the intersection of Hoover Street and 84th Street.)
  19. 19 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Renee E. Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV03277. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident that occurred on January 25, 2020 on Olive Street and 5th Street.)
  20. 20 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jacqueline Parada v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV26811. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident that occurred on September 14, 2019, at 2729 West Vernon Avenue.)
  21. 21 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Marina Calderon v. Gregory Alan Everard, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23VECV00856. (This matter arises from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on August 19, 2022, on Roscoe Boulevard.)
  22. 22 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Elias Boutros Mikhail, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV19356. (This matter arises from a tree branch falling on a moving vehicle on June 17, 2020, on the roadway adjacent to 17636 Victory Boulevard.)
  23. 23 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled City of Los Angeles v. S. Zachary Samuels, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV12592. (This matter relates to an eminent domain action involving property located at 10384 Northvale Road in Council District for construction of the Exposition Bike Path (Northvale Segment) Project.)