Economic Development and Jobs

JOURNAL – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE Tuesday, November 22, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL ­ 3:30 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR., CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­ DAWSON (Adam Lid ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1076 or adam.lid@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one ofthe other channels. Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 177 1578 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda. Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22­0683­S1 City Adminsitrative Officer and joint Workforce Development Board (WDB)/Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) reports relative to amending the WDB Year 23­Program Year 2022­23 Annual Plan and acceptance of an additional $6.2 million in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant funds. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (2) 21­0107 City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to establishing protections for freelance workers. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (3) 12­0602­S5 WDB report relative to extending the WDB­Local Elected Official Agreement from January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Financial Policies Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman  WDB report relative to extending the WDB­Local Elected Official Agreement from January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Financial Policies Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (4) 20­1433­S4 EWDD report relative to the Los Angeles Gap Financing Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTE & FILE: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (5) 14­0425­S13 Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to proposed Fifth Amendment to the Disposition and Development Agreement (Contract No. C­131475), authorizing the transfer to a new business entity from Reseda Theatre Senior Housing LP to the Reseda Theatre and Public Market. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (6) 22­0863 Bureau of Contract Administration report relative to amending the Local Business Preference Program to provide an additional bid preference to businesses located in the City of Los Angeles. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (7) 21­1108­S1 CDs 1, 4, 10 City Clerk report and Ordinance relative to the reconfirmation of the Wilshire Center Merchant­Based Business Improvement District (BID). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (7) 21­1108­S1 CDs 1, 4, 10 City Clerk report and Ordinance relative to the reconfirmation of the Wilshire Center Merchant­Based Business Improvement District (BID). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (8) 14­0101­S1 CD 1, CD 10 City Clerk report relative to the Byzantine Latino Quarter ­ Pico (Property­ Based) BID Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Planning Report. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (9) 22­1323 Motion (Bonin – Raman – Rodriguez – Harris­Dawson – Price) relative to conducting a Citywide "Disparity Study" on a determined regular schedule for the City of Los Angeles' contracting, procurement, and pre­ qualification practices. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman (10) 22­0438 CD 1 Motion (Cedillo – De Leon) relative to the acquisition of real property located at 1554 West 11th Place in Council District One. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00­0000). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in  APPROVED: Yes (3),(2) Absent­ Krekorian, Raman If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00­0000). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.