Public Works Committee

JOURNAL – SPECIAL PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING AND JOINT CONSIDERATION OF ITEM 1 WITH BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Wednesday, August 24, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 2:15 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 PUBLIC WORKS MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O’FARRELL BUDGET AND FINANCE MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. (Michael Espinosa - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1064 or michael.espinosa@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, 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) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the pubic should try one of the 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. 160 073 2397 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) 978-1133. 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. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real-Time 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) 978-1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 20-1536-S2 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND); and City Administrative Officer (CAO) and Board of Public Works (BPW) reports relative to a contract with Tranzito-Vector, LLC, for the Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program (STAP) to install, upgrade, and maintain transit shelters, to continue development of shade structures and associated amenities, and procure advertising for the structures, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, and related matters. (This item was referred to the Public Works, Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare, and Budget and Finance Committees) Recommendations for Council action: 1. ADOPT the findings, including under CEQA attached to the BPW report dated May 11, 2022, attached to the Council file. 2. ADOPT the IS/MND as found at the link attached to the Council file.  3. ADOPT the Mitigation Monitoring Program prepared for the IS/MND attached to said BPW report. 4. APPROVE the proposed STAP contract with Tranzito-Vector, LLC pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.5(a). 5. CONSIDER all further actions as stated in said BPW report and the CAO report dated August 18, 2022, attached to the Council file. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: Westside Neighborhood Council Chatsworth Neighborhood Council Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council TIME LIMIT FILE - OCTOBER 17, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - OCTOBER 14, 2022) (ONLY ITEM NO. 1 TO BE JOINTLY CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES) ************************************************** APPROVED AS AMENDED City Administrative Officer report dated August 18, 2022 and Board of Public Works report dated May 11, 2022 > Public Works: (3) Yes; (1) Absent, O’Farrell | Budget and Finance: (3) Yes; (1) No, Price; (1) Absent, Rodriguez (2) 20-1536 City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to clarify the definition of outdoor advertising structure, and to exempt certain approved structures from the prohibition of outdoor advertising structures in the public right-of-way. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes  For: Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council West Hills Neighborhood Council Mar Vista Community Council Westwood Neighborhood Council Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council Against: Westside Neighborhood Council Hollywood United Neighborhood Council Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council For if Amended: West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Del Rey Neighborhood Council Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council Neutral Position: Reseda Neighborhood Council APPROVED City Attorney report dated November 16, 2021 and Ordinance - (3) Yes; (1) Absent, O’Farrell 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., 00-0000). 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 peer-to-peer and third-party 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 TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English 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/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 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, hard-of-hearing, 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.