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The Los Angeles City Council approved a 10-year franchise renewal for PS Southern California One, LLC; authorized property due diligence and a small fund transfer for potential acquisition in Council District 13; approved use-rights access for the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust at the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus; advanced an ordinance and planning review to protect wildlife areas at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park; and approved funding actions for a Handyworker Program and a Bureau of Street Lighting 3D printing pilot.
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What this means
Council decisions will allow a private company to continue operating an IT franchise under a new 10-year agreement that will generate modest application and annual fees for the city. The city is paying for title searches and appraisals to evaluate three Heliotrope Drive parcels, which is an early step toward possible acquisition for local priorities. A nonprofit was authorized to access parts of the Watts Towers Arts Center site to do development work, subject to engineering review. The Council also asked the City Attorney and planning staff to draft rules to protect wildlife areas in Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park and to consider special habitat protections; and directed limited funding to support a local Handyworker Program waiting list. A lighting bureau pilot using 3D printing received authorization to set up a new project account.
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- Approved a 10-year franchise renewal and transfer application for PS Southern California One, LLC and requested the City Attorney prepare an ordinance to effectuate the renewal.
- Instructed General Services to perform title searches and appraisals for 1017, 1023, and 1027 North Heliotrope Drive and authorized transfer of up to $10,000 from CD 13 Public Benefits Trust Fund to cover due diligence costs.
- Authorized the General Services Department and Department of Recreation and Parks to grant a use rights agreement to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust for the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus, pending Bureau of Engineering review and approval.
- Requested the City Attorney to draft an ordinance making it a trespass to enter designated Protected Areas for Wildlife at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park and instructed planning staff to report on additional protections, including possible designation as Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas.
- Noted and filed the CAO report and authorized establishment/appropriation of a new account for the Bureau of Street Lighting – 3D Printing for the Public Right-of-Way project (funding from the Innovation Fund).
- Authorized transfer and appropriation of $75,600 from the AB 1290 Fund to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to serve the Handyworker Program waitlist in Council District 12.
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