Planning and Land Use Management Committee

JOURNAL – PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Tuesday, November 29, 2022 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM , CITY HALL ­ 1:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­ MEMBERS: DAWSON, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER GILBERT A. CEDILLO COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ (Candy Rosales ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1078 Questions can be submitted to clerk.plumcommittee@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). 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For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To 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) 21­1230­S2 Motion (Bonin ­ Raman ­ Harris­Dawson ­ de León ­ Krekorian) relative to establishing the Livable Communities Initiative along suitable transit­rich corridors and related mattters. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council (Budget and Finance and Economic Development and Jobs Committees waived consideration of the above matter) APPROVED Motion (Bonin – Raman – Harris­Dawson – de León – Krekorian) – (4) Yes; (0) No (2) 22­1274 CD 12 Motion (Lee – Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Departments of City Planning, and Building and Safety, to report on the feasibility of creating an overlay zone and/or the use of other land use tools that would streamline the entitlement and permitting processes for bioscience­related uses within the Chatsworth­Northridge Industrial Core, Innov818 zone; and instruct the City Administrative Officer, Chief Legislative Analyst, and the Office of Finance to provide a comprehensive report to include: 1) the feasibility of temporarily increasing the gross receipts tax exemption threshold along with an economic and financial analysis of increasing the threshold; and 2) recommendations on implementing the higher exemption threshold, including cap amounts along with other incentives and/or tax exemptions that could be implemented to assist growth of the bioscience industry in the City of Los Angeles. APPROVED Motion (Lee – Blumenfield) – (4) Yes; (0) No (3) 22­1263 CD 13 Motion (O'Farrell ­ Blumenfield) relative to initiating consideration of the  temporarily increasing the gross receipts tax exemption threshold along with an economic and financial analysis of increasing the threshold; and 2) recommendations on implementing the higher exemption threshold, including cap amounts along with other incentives and/or tax exemptions that could be implemented to assist growth of the bioscience industry in the City of Los Angeles. APPROVED Motion (Lee – Blumenfield) – (4) Yes; (0) No (3) 22­1263 CD 13 Motion (O'Farrell ­ Blumenfield) relative to initiating consideration of the property located at 6480 West Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90038, as a Historic­Cultural Monument (HCM) under the procedures of Section 22.171.10 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, and instructing the Department of City Planning to prepare the HCM application for review and consideration of the Cultural Heritage Commission. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (4) 22­1276 CD 15 Motion (Buscaino ­ Lee) relative to initiating consideration of land use actions for the property located at 275 West First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90731, and instruct the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare the following: (1) a General Plan Amendment to modify the Land Use designations to Community Commercial to permit the redevelopment of the approximately 19.96­acre site, as depicted in Exhibit A, attached to the Council file, and consistent with the community and stakeholder proposed Transformation Plan for the property and surrounding neighborhood; and (2) with the assistance of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation recommend any necessary modifications to the Street Standards of surrounding streets; (3) preparation of a Specific Plan to facilitate the redevelopment of the site; and (4) an amendment to the San Pedro Community Plan Implementation Overlay District boundary; and, instruct the DCP, with the assistance of the City Attorney, and in consultation with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, to prepare and present the required ordinances and environmental clearance. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Buscaino – Lee) AS AMENDED, as detailed in the Communication from Department of City Planning dated 11­30­2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No (5) 12­0460­S4 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline Sections 15378(b)(5), 15061(b)(3), and 15308 (Class 8), Reports from the Department of City Planning and City Attorney and draft Ordinance relative to the processes and procedures Ordinance, public outreach and awareness and implementation plan; and amending Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and establishing Chapter 1A of the LAMC to comprehensively reorganize the  APPROVED Motion (Buscaino – Lee) AS AMENDED, as detailed in the Communication from Department of City Planning dated 11­30­2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No (5) 12­0460­S4 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline Sections 15378(b)(5), 15061(b)(3), and 15308 (Class 8), Reports from the Department of City Planning and City Attorney and draft Ordinance relative to the processes and procedures Ordinance, public outreach and awareness and implementation plan; and amending Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and establishing Chapter 1A of the LAMC to comprehensively reorganize the administrative processes and procedures related to zoning and land use entitlements. Applicant: City of Los Angeles Case No. CPC­2016­3182­CA Environmental No. ENV­2016­3183­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Reports from Department of City Planning dated 08­10­2022, and City Attorney and draft Ordinance, dated 11­09­2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No 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. 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.