REVOCATION OF CLEAN UP AMERICA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.'S SOLID WASTE HAULING PERMIT - FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERMIT AND WITH LAMC 66.32 ET SEQ

Recommending the Board:

AUTHORIZE the Director of the Bureau of Sanitation (LASAN) to execute the following:

1. REVOKE Clean Up America Waste Systems, Inc.'s (Clean Up) Solid Waste Hauling Permit, Number 09-136, for failure to remit unpaid AB 939 Compliance Fees;

2. ALLOW Clean Up to continue to operate within the City of Los Angeles for 30 days post-revocation as a transition period, during which they must:

a) notify their City of Los Angeles customers that they will no longer be able to provide them with waste hauling services; and

b) issue their customers the City of Los Angeles's list of currently permitted solid waste haulers so that they may select an alternative service provider;

3. DIRECT the Bureau of Sanitation to notify currently-permitted waste haulers that Clean Up's permit is revoked, in order to provide those waste haulers with the opportunity to serve Clean Up's former City of Los Angeles customers;

4. DIRECT the Bureau of Sanitation to pursue unpaid AS 939 Compliance Fees via referral to the Office of Finance's collection program; and

5. DIRECT the Bureau of Sanitation to refer this matter to the Office of the City Attorney for misdemeanor case filing if the Bureau of Sanitation staff discover that Clean Up collects, removes, or transports solid waste generated within the City after their permit revocation.

TREE REMOVAL - 1400 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET

Recommending the Board:

1. CONSIDER the adopted Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (lS/MND) (Transmittal 8), City Planning Case Vesting Tentative Tract VTT-72811-MU (Transmittal 6), and Planning Case DIR-2014-1580-TDR-SPR (Transmittal 7), for construction of a new mixed-use residential/commercial project at 1400 South Figueroa Street, including street widening and sidewalk reconstruction, prior to making a decision on the proposed tree removal permit;
   
   
2. FIND under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162, on the basis of substantial evidence contained in the whole record, that none of the conditions described in Guidelines Section Guidelines Section 15162 requiring preparation of a subsequent CEQA document exist;
   
   
3. SPECIFY that the Urban Forestry Division (UFO) of the Bureau of Street Services (BSS), located at 1149 South Broadway, is a custodian of the documents or the material which constitute the record of the proceedings upon which the Board of Public Works (Board) decision is based; and
   
   
4. REVIEW and APPROVE this fee permit request for the removal of three Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) trees for street widening and public sidewalk reconstruction at 1400 South Figueroa Street. Tree replacements on a 2:1 ratio are required with minimum 24-inch box sized trees.

TREE REMOVAL - 8810, 8814, AND 8838 SOUTH CADILLAC AVENUE - SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM

1. FIND that the tree removal

(1) classifies as operation, repair, maintenance or minor alteration of existing street, sidewalk, and gutter, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that previously existing; and does not involve the removal of a scenic resource;

(2) that the action is exempt under Article III, Section 1, Class 1, Category 3 (existing facilities - sidewalk repair or maintenance) of the City of Los Angeles Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (2002);

(3) that none of the exceptions to the use of a categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15300.2 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines apply; and

2. REVIEW and APPROVE this no-fee permit request for the removal of three Tipu (Tipuana tipu) trees for the reconstruction of an offgrade sidewalk. Tree replacements are required.

TREE REMOVAL - 5101 THROUGH 5123 ECHO STREET

Recommending the Board:

1. CERTIFY the Board has reviewed and considered the information in the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the project at 5101 through 5123 Echo Street and find the information contained therein appropriately addresses the requested tree removals;
   
   
2. FIND that this project will not have a significant environmental effect under the above described Mitigated Negative Declaration (Case No. ENV-2015-0952-MND) as the imposition of the mitigation measures described in the MND and incorporated herein as project conditions, there is no substantial evidence the proposed project will have a significant effect on the environment pursuant to the City's Environmental Guidelines and is in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA);
   
   
3. FIND the project's conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as tree preservation policies or ordinances is less than significant with the incorporation of mitigation measures IV-70, 80 as contained in the MND;
   
   
4. ADOPT the MND (Case No. ENV-20150-0952-MND);
   
   
5. SPECIFY that the Bureau of Street Services (Bureau), Urban Forestry Division, located at 1149 South Broadway, is custodian of the documents of other material that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Board's decision is based; and
   
   
6. APPROVE the request for a fee tree removal permit for two Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees for the construction of a twenty-four unit apartment complex. Tree replacements are required.

Recommending the Board:

1. DECLARE an urgent necessity for the structural repair of the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant (HWRP) Dewatering Centrifuge Facility and adjacent affected facilities as the catastrophic failure of Centrifuge No. 4 severely damaged structural elements of these facilities making the area unsafe and hazardous;
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to negotiate with the top contractor on the Wastewater On-Call Emergency Repairs and Construction Contract for an amount not-to-exceed $1,000,000, including contingency; and
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE progress payments to the contractor

in connection with the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Centrifuge Facility Emergency Repairs project, Capital Improvement Project (CIP) 2479 

(W.O. SZH11867)

AFE - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Office of Accounting and Bureau of Engineering, requesting Board approval and execution of Authority for Expenditure (AFE) in the amount of $21,370.86 for final invoice payment for maintenance hole and utility relocation in connection with the Laurel Canyon Bridge Widening over Tujunga Wash Project.

(AE 1757Q005M, W.O. E700046L)

AFE - STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

Office of Accounting and Bureau of Engineering, requesting Board approval and execution of Authority for Expenditure (AFE) in the amount of $41,711 to pay an additional permit fee to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) in connection with the Laurel Canyon Bridge Widening over Tujunga Wash Project.

(AE 1757Q006M, W.O. E700046L) 

Re: Sidewalk Repair Program Quarterly Status Report

- Bureau of Engineering