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September 17, 2024 ·10:00 AM Final

John Ferraro Council Chamber Room 340, City Hall 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Agenda — 26 items

  1. 1 HEARING COMMENTS relative to an Application for Determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at Trader Joe's, located at 9224 North Reseda Boulevard.
  2. 2 MOTION (HERNANDEZ for PADILLA - BLUMENFIELD) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 for the acquisition, rehabilitation, and development of an 89-unit multifamily affordable housing project known as the Panorama View Apartments (Project) located at 9222 Van Nuys Boulevard in Council District (CD) 6.
  3. 3 MOTION (DE LEON - BLUMENFIELD) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, in an amount not to exceed $16,000,000, to finance the new construction of the 41-unit multifamily housing development known as Colorado East (Project) located at 2451 Colorado Boulevard in Council District (CD) 14.
  4. 4 MOTION (HUTT - BLUMENFIELD) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of one or more series of revenue bonds or notes for the acquisition, development, and equipping of a 65-unit, scattered-site multifamily affordable housing project known as Second Street Andrews Apartments (Project) located at 1511 South St. Andrews Place, consisting of 45 units, and 1309 2nd Avenue, consisting of 20 units, in Council District (CD) 10.
  5. 5 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance with changes consistent with State and Federal statutes.
  6. 6 PUBLIC SAFETY and PERSONNEL, AUDITS AND HIRING COMMITTEES' REPORT relative to the Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) application for and acceptance of the Los Angeles County (County) Real Estate Fraud Prosecution (REFP) Program grant for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25.
  7. 7 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to contracting authorities, budget modifications, and reappropriation of funds for the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Award.
  8. 8 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a proposed Professional Services Agreement between the City and Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Motorola) to provide radio system fleetmap development services to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
  9. 9 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Fireworks Buy-Back Program.
  10. 10 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the resources needed to host gun buyback events throughout the City.
  11. 11 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a thorough and comprehensive review of the current police disciplinary system and the convening of regular community meetings to discuss the police disciplinary system, for modifications of Section 1070 of the Los Angeles City Charter.
  12. 12 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the health and environmental risks from polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other contaminants, the transition away from use of synthetic turf or artificial grass, transition towards California drought-friendly landscaping, and related matters.
  13. 13 STATUTORY EXEMPTION and BUDGET, FINANCE, AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE REPORT and HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to financial transaction to provide funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to contract with an existing shelter/navigation center at 545 South San Pedro Street for those experiencing homelessness and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination that, the project is statutorily exempt under Government Code Section 65660(b), applicable to City of Los Angeles (City) low barrier navigation centers; Public Resources Code (PRC)
  14. 14 Recommendation for Council action:
  15. 20 MOTION (LEE - MCOSKER) relative to funding to keep the Northridge Park pool open to the community through September 29, 2024 in Council District (CD) 12.
  16. 21 MOTION (RODRIGUEZ - HERNANDEZ) relative to funding for services in connection with the Council District (CD) 7 special observation of 'Lights on Afterschool' on October 21, 2024, at City Hall, including the illumination of City Hall.
  17. 22 MOTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - LEE) relative to an offer of reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the death of James Nelson Hall III on June 14, 2022.
  18. 23 RESOLUTION (HUTT - LEE) relative to the designation of locations in Council District 10 for enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property, or otherwise obstructing the public right-of-way, as further detailed in Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 41.18.
  19. 24 MOTION (HERNANDEZ - HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to waiving or suspending enforcement of parking fees in connection with the 55th Los Angeles Open Streets event, CicLAmini, on September 14, 2024, in the Lincoln Heights community of Council District (CD) 1.
  20. 25 MOTION (RAMAN - HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to retroactively reinstating and amending Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) agreements with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) for professional environmental services (Contract No. C-142621), and with Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) for services related to the preparation of Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) grant applications (Contract No. C-141176).
  21. 26 Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
  22. 27 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (RODRIGUEZ – HERNANDEZ) relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 3074, to prohibit public schools from using any derogatory Native American term as a school or athletic team name, mascot, or nickname.
  23. 28 Recommendation for Council action:
  24. 30 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (DE LEON – BLUMENFIELD) relative to establishing the City's position regarding any legislation or executive action to restore all or part of the funding that was cut from the State of California's Active Transportation Program.
  25. 31 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a proposed Legal Services Agreement with Willkie Farr and Gallagher LLP to provide legal services related to Human Resources advice and litigation.
  26. 32 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a proposed Legal Services Agreement with Burke, Williams and Sorenson, LLP, and Maynard Nexsen, PC, to provide legal services related to the case entitled Vadnais Trenchless Service, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) Case No. 23STCV26802.