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JOURNAL
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


Friday, March 25, 2022

10:00 AM

Edward R. Roybal BPW Session Room

Room 350 City Hall

200 North Spring Street

Los Angeles, California 90012

Members:Aura Garcia, President
M. Teresa Villegas, Vice President
Dr. Michael R. Davis, President, Pro-Tem
Jessica Caloza
Vahid Khorsand

(Dr. Fernando Campos, Executive Officer 213-978-0261)

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Written material supporting agenda items can be reviewed prior to each Board meeting at the public counter, 200 North Spring Street Room 355, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.


PUBLIC INPUT AT BOARD MEETINGS:

An opportunity for the public to address the Board on public interest items will be provided for up to two (2) minutes per person for a cumulative total of twenty (20) minutes. Testimony shall be limited in content to matters which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board. The Board may not take any action on matters discussed during the Public Comment period.

The Board will also provide an opportunity for the public to address the Board on agenda items before or during consideration of the item for up to two (2) minutes per person for a cumulative total of up to ten (10) minutes.

In conformity with the Governor's Executive Order N-29-20 (March 17, 2020) and due to concerns over COVID-19, the Board meeting will be conducted entirely telephonically.

Members of the public who wish to offer public comment to the Board should submit written comments via Google form at https://bit.ly/DPWCommentForm or call +1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 161 637 1032. Press # again when prompted for participant ID.

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VOTING AND DISPOSITION OF ITEMS - Items require a majority vote of the entire membership of the Board (3 votes) for approval.

Any member of the Board may move to "reconsider" any vote on any item on the agenda, except to adjourn, suspend the Rules, or where an intervening event has deprived the Board of jurisdiction, providing that said member originally voted on the prevailing side of the item. The motion to "reconsider" shall only be in order once during the meeting, and once during the next regular meeting. The member requesting reconsideration shall identify for all members present the Agenda number, meeting date and subject matter previously voted upon. A motion to reconsider is not debatable and shall require an affirmative vote of three members of the Board.

The Board rules provide that all items adopted by the Board will not be distributed or presented to the Mayor, or other designated office, until the adjournment of the regular Board meeting following the date of the Board action. A motion to send an item "forthwith", if adopted by three (3) votes, suspends these rules and requires the Board Secretariat to forward the matter to the Mayor, or other office, without delay.


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PUBLIC COMMENTS: Board will hear public testimony on non-agenda items under the Board's Jurisdiction

DISPOSITION: NO PUBLIC COMMENTARY

NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL COMMENTS

Discussion with Neighborhood Council representatives on Neighborhood Council Resolutions or Community Impact Statements filed with the City Clerk which relate to any agenda item listed or being considered on this agenda for the Board of Public Works (LAAC 22.819, Ordinance 184243).

DISPOSITION: RECEIVED COMMENTARY - ITEM 3 - PICO UNION NC AND WILSHIRE CENTER KOREATOWN NC

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022 APPROVED - MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DAVIS.

 

DISPOSITION: APPROVED (ALL AYES; ABSENT: CALOZA)

 

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS, INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

AGENDA ITEMS

BUREAU OF ENGINEERING
BPW-2022-0185(1)
CD 11

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER - HYPERION WATER RECLAMATION PLANT PERIMETER ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

 

Recommending the Board:

 

  1. APPROVE the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Public Works (DPW) - Bureau of Engineering and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to give the Bureau of Engineering permission to use certain areas of the LADWP's Transmission Line Right-of-Way No. 22 for the purpose of providing ingress/egress to the contractor performing work on the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Perimeter Road Improvements; and

  2. * AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OR TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD  AND DELEGATE signature authority to the City Engineer to execute the MOU between the DPW - Bureau of Engineering and the LADWP after approval as-to-form has been obtained from the City Attorney. 

 

(W.O. SZH11858)

 

 

DISPOSITION: REPORT ADOPTED, FORTHWITH

 




MOVED: Aura Garcia
SECONDED: M. Teresa Villegas

Ayes: Garcia, Davis, Khorsand, Villegas (4); Absent: Caloza(1)
BUREAU OF STREET SERVICES
BPW-2022-0114(2)
ADVISEMENT #1
CD 11

TREE REMOVAL - 592 AND 594 NORTH TIGERTAIL ROAD

 

Recommending the Board: 

 

  1. FIND that this project is categorically exempt under Article III, Section 1, Class 3, Category 1, and Class 32 (infill) of the City's Environmental Quality Act Guidelines and there is no substantial evidence the proposed project will have significant effect on the environment and is in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA);

  2. FIND that none of the exceptions to the use of categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15300.2 of State CEQA Guidelines apply;

  3. SPECIFY that the Bureau of Street Services, Urban Forestry Division, located at 1149 South Broadway, is custodian of the documents or other material that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Board's decision is based; and

  4. REVIEW and APPROVE the request for a fee permit to remove 8 Coast Live Oak (Quercus Agrifolia) trees. Tree replacements are required.

 

(CONTINUED FROM ORIGINAL BOARD MEETING: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2022)

 

* NOTE: AT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MEETING OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 COMMISSIONER VILLEGAS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DAVIS, MOVED TO RECONSIDER ITEM 2 - TIGERTAIL ROAD TREE REMOVAL (BPW-2022-0114) - ADOPTED (NOT FORTHWITH).

 

AFTER THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ADOPTED THE RECONSIDERATION OF BPW-2022-0114, THE ITEM WAS CONTINUED TO THE BOARD MEETING OF FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022 TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR UFD, DEVELOPER, AND CFAC TO DISCUSS CONCERNS.

 

 

DISPOSITION:

CONTINUED TO FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022

 



BPW-2022-0124(3)
ADVISEMENT #2
CD 10

TREE REMOVAL - 1010 SOUTH KENMORE AVENUE AND WEST OLYMPIC BOULEVARD

 

Recommending the Board:

 

  1. FIND that the project as whole is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15332, Class 32 of the State Environmental Quality Act Guidelines and there is no substantial evidence the proposed project will have significant effect on the environment and is in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA);

  2. FIND that none of the exceptions to the use of categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15300.2 of State CEQA Guidelines apply;

  3. SPECIFY that the Bureau of Street Services, Urban Forestry Division, located at 1149 South Broadway, is custodian of the documents or other material that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Board's decision is based;

  4. REVIEW and APPROVE the request for a fee permit for the removal of four trees which include two Pink Trumpet (Handroanthus Heptaphyllus) and two Tipu (Tipuana Tipu) trees. Tree replacements are required; and

  5. CONCUR with the Bureau of Street Services determination that the site cannot feasibly accommodate all of the required replacement trees and pursuant to LAMC 62.177(c), authorize the Tree Replacement Guarantee Fee to satisfy the Board's tree planting requirement.

 

(CONTINUED FROM ORIGINAL BOARD MEETING: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022)

 

* BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE REVISED REPORT DATED MARCH 11, 2022.

 

 

DISPOSITION:

CONTINUED TO FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022

 

 




JOINT REPORT(S)
BPW-2022-0186(4)
BCA + BOE
CD 15

CONTRACT ACCEPTANCE - TINY HOME VILLAGE: HARBOR PARK (FIGUEROA PLACE)

 

Recommending the Board:

 

  1. ACCEPT this contract.

 

(W.O. E1908797)

 

 

DISPOSITION: REPORT ADOPTED, FORTHWITH

 




MOVED: Michael Davis
SECONDED: M. Teresa Villegas

Ayes: Garcia, Davis, Khorsand, Villegas (4); Absent: Caloza(1)
BPW-2022-0187(5)
BCA + BOE
CD 6

CONTRACT ACCEPTANCE - DONALD C. TILLMAN WATER RECLAMATION PLANT UNDERGROUND HIGH PRESSURE EFFLUENT (HPE)/LOW PRESSURE EFFLUENT (LPE) VALVES REPLACEMENT (CIP 6232)

 

Recommending the Board:

 

  1. ACCEPT this contract.

 

(W.O. SZD11331, C-133425)

 

 

DISPOSITION: REPORT ADOPTED, FORTHWITH

 




MOVED: Michael Davis
SECONDED: M. Teresa Villegas

Ayes: Garcia, Davis, Khorsand, Villegas (4); Absent: Caloza(1)
BPW-2022-0188(6)
BCA + BOE
CD 1

CONTRACT ACCEPTANCE - MOUNTAINS RECREATION AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY CONFLUENCE PLAZA INTERFACE REDESIGN

 

Recommending the Board:

 

  1. ACCEPT this contract.

 

(W.O. E700502F, C-132007)

 

 

DISPOSITION: REPORT ADOPTED, FORTHWITH

 




MOVED: Michael Davis
SECONDED: M. Teresa Villegas

Ayes: Garcia, Davis, Khorsand, Villegas (4); Absent: Caloza(1)
BPW-2022-0189(7)
BOE + BCA
CD 4, 5

CONTRACT AWARD - RAMONA, INC. - SECONDARY SEWER RENEWAL PROGRAM D CON 02B

 

Recommending the Board:

 

  1. DECLARE Ramona, Inc. (Ramona), the apparent second low bidder that became the first low bidder after the Local Business Preference (LBP) Program was applied, to be the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, and award Ramona a contract for the Secondary Sewer Renewal Program D Con 02B (E20) project for $1,063,817; and

  2. AUTHORIZE the President or two members of the Board to execute the contract after approval as-to-form has been obtained from the City Attorney.

 

(W.O. SZC14229)

 

 

DISPOSITION: REPORT ADOPTED, FORTHWITH

 




MOVED: Michael Davis
SECONDED: M. Teresa Villegas

Ayes: Garcia, Davis, Khorsand, Villegas (4); Absent: Caloza(1)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM(S)
BPW-2022-0190(8)
CD 11

Specification submitted for Board adoption and authorization to advertise for the Invitation of Bids:

 

CD 11

 

Ballona Creek Water Quality Improvements CIP J598 and Sepulveda Channel Low Flow Treatment Facility CIP J925

W.O. S33WLFT1, S33WLFT2

Estimate: $ $55,233,000

Bid Receipt Date: May 25, 2022

 

 

 

 

DISPOSITION: ADOPTED, FORTHWITH

 




MOVED: Michael Davis
SECONDED: M. Teresa Villegas

Ayes: Garcia, Davis, Khorsand, Villegas (4); Absent: Caloza(1)
COMMUNICATION(S)
BPW-2022-0191(9)

STOP NOTICE - CFABRICATION, LLC

 

CFabrication, LLC is transmitting a Stop Notice in the amount of $252,718.59, for hand rail, guard rail, and gate work for Alcorn Fence Co., an apparent subcontractor, in connection with the Taylor Yard Bikeway/Pedestrian Bridge Over The Los Angeles River Project, for which the primary contractor is Ortiz Enterprises, Inc.

 

(C -131965, Communication No. 122537 -  Filed March 16, 2022)

 

 

DISPOSITION: RECEIVED, FORTHWITH

 




MOVED: Michael Davis
SECONDED: Aura Garcia

Ayes: Garcia, Davis, Khorsand, Villegas (4); Absent: Caloza(1)
ORAL REPORT(S)
BPW-2022-0192(10)

Status Update on Major Upcoming Street Improvement Projects

- Bureau of Street Services

 

 

DISPOSITION: RECEIVED

 




BPW - March 25, 2022

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MANAGEMENT MEETING

JOURNAL
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

Friday, March 25, 2022

10:30 AM

BPW Conference Room

Room 361-Q City Hall

200 North Spring Street

Los Angeles, California 90012

AGENDA ITEMS

(1)

ORAL REPORT

Re: General report on status of Commissioner assignments

DISPOSITION: NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN

(2)

ORAL REPORT

Re: Commissioner reports on community meetings, contacts with neighborhood councils and other community activities

DISPOSITION: NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN

(3)

ORAL REPORT

Re: Discussion of general administrative issues

DISPOSITION: NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN

BPW - March 25, 2022

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