Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024 ­ 2:00 PM ROOM 401, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTINEZ (Conrad Rodriguez, Legislative Assistant — (213) 978­1122 or conrad.rodriguez@lacity.org) Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be accessed 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 are encouraged to use one of the other channels. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) VERBAL UPDATE ONLY Economic and Workforce Development Department to provide an update relative to the five year strategic plan for workforce development. (2) 21­0691 Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to requesting authority to reprogram American Rescue Plan Act funding to implement Business Assistance Programs. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes (1) VERBAL UPDATE ONLY Economic and Workforce Development Department to provide an update relative to the five year strategic plan for workforce development. (2) 21­0691 Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to requesting authority to reprogram American Rescue Plan Act funding to implement Business Assistance Programs. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Economic and Workforce Development Department report dated 1/19/24 AS AMENDED – (3) Yes (3) 24­0167 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed Foreign­ Trade Zone Operating Agreement No. 23­9981 between the Harbor Department and Customs Air Warehouse, LLC, FTZ 202, Site No. 10E, for a term of five years with three, five­year renewal options; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (4) 12­1349 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed Third Amendment to Foreign­Trade Zone Operating Agreement No. 22­2633­C between the Harbor Department and Schafer Brothers Distribution Center, Inc., FTZ 202, Site No. 12, to extend the term by five years; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024)  Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (5) 18­0020­S1 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed First Amendment to Foreign­Trade Zone Operating Agreement No. 17­3539 between the Harbor Department and Boardriders, Inc., FTZ 202, Site No. 20C, to extend the term by five years; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (6) 24­0169 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed Foreign­ Trade Zone General Purpose Operating Agreement No. 23­9975 between the Harbor Department and LAXFuel Corporation, FTZ 202, Site No. 25, for a term of five years with three, five­year renewal options; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes  Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (7) 24­0170 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed Foreign­ Trade Zone Operating Agreement No. 23­9925 between the Harbor Department and Port Logistics Group, LLC, FTZ 202, Site No. 42, for a term of five years with three, five­year renewal options; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (8) 17­1058­S1 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed First Amendment to Foreign­Trade Zone Operating Agreement No. 17­3510 between the Harbor Department and CNS Enterprises, Inc., FTZ 202, Site No. 50, to extend the term by five years; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (9) 18­0219­S1  Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (9) 18­0219­S1 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed First Amendment to Foreign­Trade Zone Operating Agreement No. 18­3563 between the Harbor Department and FedEx Trade Transport and Brokerage, Inc., FTZ 202, Site No. 52, to extend the term by five years; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (10) 24­0172 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed Foreign­ Trade Zone General Purpose Operating Agreement No. 23­9962 between the Harbor Department and Nippon Express USA, Inc., FTZ 202, Site No. 61, for a term of five years with three, five­year renewal options; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (11) 24­0174 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed Foreign­ Trade Zone General Purpose Operating Agreement No. 23­9965 between  Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (11) 24­0174 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed Foreign­ Trade Zone General Purpose Operating Agreement No. 23­9965 between the Harbor Department and Kuehne and Nagel, Inc., FTZ 202, Site No. 63, for a term of five years with three, five­year renewal options; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (12) 15­0779­S1 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed First Amendment to Agreement No. 20­3764 and Consent to Assignment and Assumption from Saab Technologies, Ltd. to Tidalis Americas Ltd; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (13) 24­0171 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed First Amendment to Reimbursement Agreement No. 21­9795 between the Harbor Department and Bellwether Financial Group, Inc. to extend the contract term by two years for environmental services related to the Berth  TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (13) 24­0171 CD 15 Board of Harbor Commissioners report relative to a proposed First Amendment to Reimbursement Agreement No. 21­9795 between the Harbor Department and Bellwether Financial Group, Inc. to extend the contract term by two years for environmental services related to the Berth 44 Boatyard Development Project; and administrative exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 15, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 12, 2024) APPROVED Board of Harbor Commissioners report dated 2/12/24 – (3) Yes (14) 18­1007 CD 8 Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to implementing the Good Food Zone Pilot Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Economic and Workforce Development Department report dated 10/25/23 – (3) Yes (15) 14­1174­S97 CD 7 Motion (Rodriguez ­ Hutt) relative to amending the Council Action of June 28, 2023, to identify real property for acquisition within the Pacoima/Panorama City Redevelopment Project Area suitable for a commercial or mixed­use development in accordance with the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Bond Expenditure Agreement and Bond Spending Plan. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez ­ Hutt) – (3) Yes (16) 11­1813­S10 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Yaroslavsky) relative to requesting information on Port of Los Angeles revocable permit No. 10­05 (Rancho Permit) with Rancho LPG, regarding the approved initial use, the process for renewal of said  Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Bond Expenditure Agreement and Bond Spending Plan. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez ­ Hutt) – (3) Yes (16) 11­1813­S10 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Yaroslavsky) relative to requesting information on Port of Los Angeles revocable permit No. 10­05 (Rancho Permit) with Rancho LPG, regarding the approved initial use, the process for renewal of said permit, the City's ability to impact approvals, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker ­ Yaroslavsky) – (3) Yes (17) 24­0129 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Padilla) relative to ensuring all services in hazardous materials, materials handling, waste collection or removal, and site remediation in the Port of Los Angeles is served by a skilled and trained workforce. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker ­ Padilla) – (3) Yes (18) 23­1356 Motion (McOsker — Harris­Dawson) relative to revisiting the Port of Los Angeles's Leasing Policy in order to better assess the current extent to which it could support the regional and local economic environment, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Harris­Dawson) – (3) Yes (19) 14­1174­S100 CD 3 Motion (Blumenfield ­ de Leon) relative to amending the Council Actions of November 8, 2019, and March 26, 2019, to revert remnant Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Excess Non­ Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) funding identified to be reprogrammed toward other eligible uses. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield ­ de Leon) – (3) Yes SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield ­ de Leon) – (3) Yes SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION 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 Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of 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 caller 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website. 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 caller 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.