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May 13, 2025 ·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 — 27 items

  1. 1 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING COMMENTS relative to an Application for Determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at Sakura Market, located at 2632 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033
  2. 2 MOTION (JURADO - HERNANDEZ) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, in an amount not to exceed $63,250,000, to finance the new construction of the 144-unit multifamily housing development known as Weingart Tower II, located at 555-561 South Crocker Street in Council District (CD) 14, which will provide 142 units of affordable housing and two manager units.
  3. 3 MOTION (JURADO - HERNANDEZ) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, in an amount not to exceed $61,000,000, to finance the new construction of the 134-unit multifamily housing development known as Weingart Tower I, located at 555-561 South Crocker Street in Council District (CD) 14, which will provide 133 units of affordable housing and one manager unit.
  4. 4 (Personnel and Hiring Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
  5. 6 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authorizing the Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL) to receive and deposit funds from the California Department of Technology for the construction of a 13.3-mile segment of open access fiber-optics network along the Highway 110 Corridor between Downtown Los Angeles and Highway 91.
  6. 7 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a report with recommendations requiring coordination with any government agency with jurisdiction over contaminated sites, and creation of a clearance for the issuance of any permits for development projects on private property seeking to repurpose existing brownfield sites (i.e., contaminated sites listed on a State database) into other proposed land uses; and related matters.
  7. 8 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to reporting on recommendations on instituting best practices regarding to oil and gas uses in the land use regulatory process, in addition to solutions to protect the health and safety of residents from developments built over oil wells; and related matters.
  8. 9 (Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
  9. 12 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to relative to Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, 2022 and 2023 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program and reappropriations for FY 2024-25.
  10. 13 ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to grant funding in connection with aquatics programming and subsequent executed grant Kaiser Permanente Operation Splash 2024 and 2025 Grant Programs.
  11. 14 ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to authorizing the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) to execute the Measure A Annual Allocation Grant Agreement, submit a Work Plan for Lummis House Historical Assessment Project, and accept grant funds if awarded.
  12. 15 MOTION (RAMAN - SOTO-MARTINEZ) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $65,000,000 for the acquisition, development, construction and equipping of a 116-unit multifamily affordable housing project known as Oaks on Balboa (Project) located at 5435-5445 Balboa Boulevard in Council District Four (CD 4).
  13. 16 HEARING OF PROTESTS AND ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the establishment of the Los Angeles Tourism Marketing District (District), pursuant to Section 54954.6 of the California Government Code, Section 36600 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code.
  14. 17 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating Monte Mar Place from approximately 100 feet northerly of Anchor Avenue to its northerly terminus, VAC-E1401406.
  15. 18 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (JURADO - BLUMENFIELD) relative to amending the prior Council action of October 30, 2024, Council file No. (CF) 24-1063, to effectuate technical adjustments for amending the General Plan Land Use designations and changing the Zoning for properties that were previously designated as Public Facilities or Open Space for the project area located at the eastern edge of the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan Area.
  16. 19 MOTION (HERNANDEZ - JURADO) relative to approving an exception to the City’s one-year street cut moratorium to allow the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to cut into the street to install sprinkler service at the Huron Substation located at 2640 North Huron Street.
  17. 20 MOTION (McOSKER - NAZARIAN) relative to funding for services in connection with Council District (CD) 15’s special observation of Croatian American Heritage Month on May 29, 2025, including the illumination of City Hall.
  18. 21 MOTION (JURADO - LEE) relative to funding for services in connection with Council District (CD) 14’s special observation of Hapa Day on May 16, 2025, including the illumination of City Hall.
  19. 22 MOTION (YAROSLAVSKY - LEE) relative to the appropriation of funding to the Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) for a community beautification project in Council District Five (CD 5).
  20. 23 MOTION (YAROSLAVSKY - PARK) relative to the appropriation of funding to the Los Angeles Police Foundation for public safety enhancements in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Council District Five (CD 5).
  21. 24 MOTION (JURADO - PADILLA) relative to funding for services in connection with Council District (CD) 14’s special observation of Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 2025, including the illumination of City Hall.
  22. 25 MOTION (RAMAN - YAROSLAVSKY) relative to funding for a contract with HR&A Advisors, Inc. to provide project management, policy analysis, and communications support to Council District Four (CD 4) and the City's Homelessness Strategy Committee to strengthen regional coordination, support Measure A implementation, and develop a public-facing dashboard tracking homelessness investments.
  23. 26 MOTION (SOTO-MARTINEZ - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the Council’s assertion of jurisdiction over the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) action of April 10, 2025 regarding an appeal filed for property located at 5271-5277 Sunset Boulevard in Council District 13.
  24. 27 Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
  25. 28 Recommendations for Council action:
  26. 29 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (YAROSLAVSKY – HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to the transfer and appropriation of funds from the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) to the City Attorney for expert services in the breach of contract case entitled Vadnais Trenchless Services Inc. v. City of Los Angeles .
  27. 30 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (HARRIS-DAWSON – HERNANDEZ) relative to using Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Round 2 (HHAP-2) funding for repairs to the Navigation Center located at 729 West Manchester Avenue in Council District Eight (CD 8).