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Good afternoon everyone. It's Ona
Egnandez, council member for the first

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chair of the public works committee and
it's shortly after 2:30 and I'm calling

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this special meeting to order. Mr.
Espinosa, can you please call the role?

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» Thank you, Madam Chair. Council member
Hernandez,

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» present.
>> Council member Padilla,

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» present.
>> And council member Hut. Council member

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Hut is currently absent. So that's two
members and a quorum.

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» She's she's right here. Oh, she's coming
right now.

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Um, we'll just add her in when she comes
in. Thank you so much. Let's go ahead

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and move to public comment.

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Sorry, Mr. Costello Vega, can you please
read the instructions for public

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comment?
>> Yes, Madam Chair. We will now take

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public comment. As this is a special
meeting, there is no general public

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comment, only agenda item comment. When
your name is called, please come to the

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podium. As there is only one item on
today's agenda, you will have one minute

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to speak on that item. We will let you
know when your time is up. When speaking

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on the agenda items, you must be on
topic. If you are not speaking on topic

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or if we cannot tell if you are speaking
on topic, you will get one brief warning

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from the chair or me. If you do not
immediately get back on topic or again

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straight off topic, the chair will cut
you off and you will forfeit the rest of

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your speaking time. Thank you,

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» Ashley.
When I call your name, can you please

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line up behind the podium? Audit LA,
Lara FM, Rachel Golding.

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» Going once.
>> Other speakers, Dustin Go, Ty Foreman

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went twice. All right, since we have no
speakers, we're going to go ahead and uh

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close public comment.

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Colleagues, today we only have one item
on the agenda to learn about the board

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and bureau's fiscal year 2026 2027
budget letters. Budget letters that I

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may add are public. This is a critical
first look at how our core public work

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works functions are being proposed for
the next budget cycle. Having these

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discussions now is essential to
anticipate service delivery impacts and

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budget trade-offs.

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And let's be real, uh we remain in a
difficult financial position and we will

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have to make more difficult decisions in
the next budget cycle, especially with

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the looming threat of cuts from the
federal government, economic uh

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volatility, and rising costs. We need to
clearly understand the budget request

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and what it will mean on the ground for
residents, such as street and sidewalk

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conditions, cleanliness and sanitation
services, street lighting reliability,

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and safety. Although this is not the
final version, the mayor will the mayor

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will release her budget on April 20th,
which will include the proposed fiscal

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year 2026 2027 budget allocation for
each program and staffing positions.

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This [clears throat] is an early
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requests and prepare for budget season.
Um, now we're going to go ahead and um

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get started with item number one. Mr.
Espinosa, can you please read the item

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into the record?
Thank you, Madam Chair. Item number one

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is a verbal discussion for the board
board of public works and the public

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works bureau's current funding levels
fiscal year 2026 and 27 funding request

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funding changes from the fiscal year
202526

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budget and core program and service
impacts.

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» Thank you, Mr. Spinosa. We will have a
total of six presentations. We will be

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joined by the Bureau of Street Services,
the Bureau of Sanitation, the Bureau of

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Engineering, the Bureau of Street
Lighting, the Bureau of Contract

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Administration, and the Board of Public
Works. For this meeting, we asked the

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board and bureaus to walk us through
their fiscal year 2026 2027 budget

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requests. And in um number one providing
an overview of the funding changes

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between this uh fiscal year uh any
proposed program changes or budgetary

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reductions, core program funding levels,
anticipated impacts to service delivery

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and any new or increased funding
requests. I have reviewed the submitted

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presentations and it is clear everyone
had the same tutor for this assignment.

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Not everything we requested was
submitted and presentations came off the

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same and uh we do our homework in this
house. So, uh I just want to share that

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if you are presenting today, please pull
up your budget letter and be prepared to

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refer to it to answer questions today.
This committee appreciates the work our

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city employees do and looks forward to a
good and maybe at times tough

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conversation today. But it's all with
love and it's all to move our city

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forward. That said, can we have
representatives from the Bureau Street

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Services join us at the table? Uh,
please introduce yourselves.

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» Thank you, Keith. Can you press the
button, please?

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Thank you.
>> Good afternoon. Shirley Laauo, executive

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officer for street services.
>> Thank you. Please take it away.

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» Uh, yes. I'll go ahead with a very brief
presentation. Um, let me

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All right.

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So uh
as uh members you all know these uh

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what's before you on this slide these
are a lot of our very uh important core

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services and core programs that um uh we
at the Bureau of Street Services were

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very proud of these services have been
reduced um in fiscal year 2526.

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Shown here are the percentages in red
that represent uh respective percent

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decrease in both position authorities
and the budget funding in fiscal year

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2526.
Um the next slide uh we wanted to

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highlight that since fiscal year 23 24
the adopted budgets and the number of

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authorized positions for the bureau has
decreased by 26% or 406 positions.

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many positions that um we feel are
critical for this bureau are and uh

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we'll start with these three um and then
uh Keith can probably elaborate on why

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these three are very very critical to
the bureau. Um they're the heavy duty

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truck operators, the truck operators and
equipment operators. We use these three

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classifications across the bureau in all
of our uh core services. They hold

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commercial license. Uh without them we
can't really operate efficiently or

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operate at all. They drive our
commercial trucks. They uh operate our

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key equipment to maintain our streets,
repair our potholes, maintain our urban

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forest, and reconstruct sidewalks and
access ramps. Um, I understand uh

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uh council member and uh there's other
other um people very interested in what

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we're doing this year with the large
asphalt repairs. And um Keith can

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probably elaborate right here since
we're on this slide on these particular

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positions and why they're critical to uh
our paving operations and specifically

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our current uh large asphalt repair
work.

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» Yes. And if I could just I just want to
get clarity real quick, Shirley. So, in

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the last two fiscal years, correct me if
I'm wrong, if I'm seeing this correctly,

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you all have lost 26% of your staffing
authority. So, like the staff that

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actually do the work in the department.
Is that correct?

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» Correct. It's a deletion of prior
vacancies. Yes, correct. Okay. Yeah.

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» Does that include also any filled
positions or just vacant positions?

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» Uh, no filled positions. Those were
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» Okay, great. Um please Keith, thank you.
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prior to that we lost the contract truck
program of 96 heavy duty uh drivers so

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to speak that were basically hauling
asphalt uh for us. Then subsequently in

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the following year we lost 136 of these
positions in total the heavy duty truck

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operator truck operator and equipment
operator. And these are the folks that

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drive you know the that haul asphalt,
haul grindings, haul all our materials

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to and from our job sites and are also
our equipment operators. Without these

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positions, basically we're ineffective
in trying to do our work. That's one of

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the reasons why we had to pivot to doing
large asphalt repairs because this

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current fiscal year, we do not have
enough drivers, truck drivers, basically

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to haul our asphalt material. So, we
have to pivot to basically doing a

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pavement preservation practice called
buminous patching, which is a large

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asphalt repair. And we're doing that on
uh basically high visibility corridors,

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highly travel corridors where basically
you see a lot of rollups, failures and

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things like that to stabilize those
areas and make those areas uh safe and

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passable in addition to also uh losing
some positions in other field

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classifications that also do the the
work.

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» And I'll pass it to and and we're going
to be peppering y'all. So just uh there

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won't be like a Q&A at the end. There
might still be. But um Keith, can you um

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like I want people to understand really
like why do you need heavy truck

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operators? Um why are they so critical
to the mission of the Bureau Street

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Services?
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six resurfacing crews. I should have 10
hypothetically. U but with that being

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said I have 24 trucks dedicated to these
six crews and that's just not enough.

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Each crew needs about say you know say
10 to 14 trucks up top more depending on

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on the work location that they're
working at. So right now basically

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they're only because of the lack of
trucking I can limit it to just small

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these large asphalt repairs these
smaller type repairs. I can't basically

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do full on resurfacing on a given fiscal
year. We should be paving upwards of say

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I'll say 6 to 700 lane miles of streets.
This year I'm limited be also because of

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our limited capacity to construct access
ramps to 60 lane miles. So it's a big

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difference. The large asphalt repairs
that we're going to make this year,

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we're under well over a thousand. And
this will include, you know, alley

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locations, some other locations or other
places where we need to make the road

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safe and pass boat. We're looking at
locations where we're getting a lot of

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311 complaints due to storm damage or
other things um and like that. and also

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at intersection where you see a lot of
different like say rollups or where the

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asphalt shop.
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» okay um and so
you talked about why they're critical

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but now because we don't have them we're
limited into what we can do what we can

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focus on which is the large asphalt
repairs. Right. Correct.

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» But if we had those those truck
operators what could we do? So basically

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um this is also in addition to street
resurfacing it also includes our pothole

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trucks and things like that that are
impacted by this the the reduction in

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truck operators and heavy duty truck
operators. So with this we'd be able to

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do more asphalt related work more full
scale paving and things like that but

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also again part of our issue also not
having the capacity to do access ramps

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which is critical to street resurfacing.
So in order to do a robust 2400 say lane

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mile program like we've done like say
that was a best practice for us years

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ago we've had we had ample amount of
trucking and capacity now uh coupled

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with you know say meeting our federal
requirements for ADA installing ADA

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access ramps and meeting HA requirements
we need to have the capacity to build

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out these access ramps well ahead of the
paving crew and right now uh this year

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we're only limited to say doing only 300
uh construction of access ramps So, we

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need more capacity that in that arena.
>> Great. And so, these positions would

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help with that. Right.
>> Correct.

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» Great. Can I I'll pass it to you,
Councilwoman Padilla.

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» This is not much of a a question. and I
um empathize with the amount of people

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that you've lost um over the last couple
of years, but I wanted to just bring it

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to your attention that I have
constituents who have been telling me

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that in the
you know, it's a it's a

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it's a it's an asset when we have street
sweeping, but I've been getting more and

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more complaints about LA DOT not doing
their part to put up postings so that

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your street sweepers can sweep
um closer to the curb. Can you tell us

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about those observations? Are you
hearing it as well? And and how do we

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improve that?
>> So, we do um just to let you know our

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street sweepers, we have 79 motor
sweeper operators um in the bureau. And

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um on average, we're probably running
like say uh 60some sweepers per day. And

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uh we lost uh we used to have 103 motor
sweepers and during SIP basically a lot

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retired. And then in the subsequent
years as far as when positions were

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lost, they weren't backfilled. During
CO, we had to switch to bi-weekly

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sweeping because of our staffing uh
shortages in that particular area. We

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have the sweepers as far as the machines
themselves, but we don't have the

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positions right now to fill the seats uh
fill those seats. So, we had to switch

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to bi-weekly sweeping and also um we did
receive monies to sweep some of our

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commercial corridors, which we sweep in
the AM routes. So we do send a uh we do

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coordinate with L DOT on a daily weekly
basis. They we have like we uh share

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information electronically uh verbally
and by phone and we do meet with them to

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talk about these things to where there
are days to where we do need their

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support. Um I can't speak to their um
maybe staffing issues or other issues

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that they may be having but I can tell
we do communicate them. So it's

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important for as you mentioned that they
come out and do their part as far as to

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say ticket a vehicle or get a vehicle to
move and then our sweepers

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[clears throat] as you mentioned can get
closer to the curb.

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» Yeah. Because it happened in my where I
live where I saw the sweeper go down the

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middle and nothing near the curb and
then I have constituents sending me

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videos. Um so maybe it's something I'll
take up with them but it is something

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that I think um as budget season
approaches that we we talk about how to

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improve this.
>> Yes. And also on the next slide you have

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that you need these positions right. Can
you tell us a little bit more about the

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actual number uh because you said other
key positions being requested are the

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motor sweep uh sweeper operators right?
>> Yes. So basically the bureau um we have

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approximately 1100 uh positions in the
bureau of street services currently and

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we do need uh all these positions across
the board because we're also losing

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people to attrition retirements or
promotions are going other places and

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things like that and so these again are
more uh critical positions the tree

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sergeants to trim the trees obviously
carpenters that basically form uh they

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work on our grant related projects and
our ADA access grant program uh

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projects. So we need all these positions
basically to make the bureau uh operate

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efficiently and effectively uh no matter
what we do.

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» I have one question.
>> Go ahead.

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» Um
>> thank you.

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» HLA um is completely changed the way you
prioritize uh street repaving. Can you

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tell us a little bit about what you're
doing to rethink that process?

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» Yeah, so basically there's it's not just
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every time you basically change as far
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doing street resurfacing, we're required
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access ramps. We're also working as far
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that. And so just if you just forget HLA
just for a moment, just to meet federal

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ADA requirements, we have to install
these access ramps. Now, as I mentioned

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before, um when it comes to street
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whatever my program budget is, I need um
basically to match that with the uh

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capacity to uh build out these ramps.
And so, uh with that being said, this

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year I have six crews that are dedicated
to building access ramps for pavement

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preservation. That leads to only 300
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I'm only able to do 60 lane miles. Now
as it relates to HLA, we are doing like

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say a Olympic HLA project on MLK
Boulevard uh this year um from central

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say to Figaro that will be resurfaced
again that's an HA project. We are

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looking at um as we build out the access
ramps going into next year to include

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HLA projects when and where we can to
coordinate with LA DOT to work with them

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on their priorities. We're actually be
putting uh posting our we're actually

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reconfiguring our five-year resurfacing
program and we are have always been

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inclusive of HLA projects and all
projects. But uh with that being said,

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um it does limit our ability to uh
resurface streets unfortunately and it's

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not just that it needs a mobility bike
lane or anything like that. It's the uh

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inability of us to construct enough
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crew.
>> Thank you. Very helpful. And

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» [clears throat]
>> And earlier you said that, and correct

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me if I'm wrong, Keith, but that used to
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also city uh city staff that did the
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» Yes.
>> But that we don't have we don't have the

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contracting and you don't have enough
drivers. And that is also one thing that

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slows down our access ramps. Right.
>> Correct.

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» Well, I won't say they're related, but
they're not tied together. Okay. it it

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the con the trucks are more so for the
paving we need a lot of trucks for the

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serviceing we need like say 100 to 150
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program but the concrete access ramp we
need the crews to basically to match

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that and and just to give you a for
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street there's about approximately 14
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those 14 ramps would take approximately
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those 14 access ramps. A paving crew on
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trucks could pave that same mile in a
weekend or one week at most. So they

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move at a paving our paving moves at a
much faster rate than our access ramp

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crews have the ability to construct and
build out, you know, that same stretch

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of corridor.
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understood. Thank you. And you have two
one more slide. I'm going to let you

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finish your presentation. Counciloman,
you want to ask questions now? But

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» okay.
>> Yeah, that's good. Thank you.

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» Thank you. Um, so, uh, and we spoke a
little bit about some of these other key

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positions like the motor sweeper
operators, tree surgeons, carpenters,

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and cement finishers who are, um,
crucial for again, uh, you know,

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cleanliness, u maintaining our urban
forest, and also construction of our

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concrete work, which is sidewalks and
access ramps.

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Um this is I believe the last slide
which is the performance metrics and so

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just to give you a um comparison for the
last two fiscal years because uh we have

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articulated that we have a loss of 406
positions 26% of the bureau and so there

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are impacts um uh you know a lowering of
a lot of the metrics on the core

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programs. So
>> now for the first one it's percentage of

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street network in good condition. So
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we're anticipated to drop 7% to down to
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Can you just tell us a little bit about
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» So basically of our network 60% are
basically u condition for what it is.

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The other say uh you know the other 50
when it drops 7% that means 7% streets

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will basically fall into say poor
condition. And what does that look like

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in application on the street?
>> Yeah, so that 47% basically you get more

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potholes, you get more cracking, things
like that. You see more ruting. Um the

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when you see a light gray street, you
know, typically that means it's time for

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resurfacing and that's where you start
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» Understood. So that 7% drop, what that
means is that more of our streets are in

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a lower quality a lower condition than
they're supposed to be. And that looks

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like more potholes, more cracks, maybe
more of those waves that we saw when we

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were driving and did the drive. Um,
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those are some of the things that lead
to liability costs. Uh, is that correct?

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Like we see lawsuits from some of these
um is it dangerous conditions sometimes

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they call it? Yes.
>> Uh, when these cases are filed. So just

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I wanted to highlight that that in one
year we dropped 7% and as a worldass

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city we should probably be reinvesting
so that it's higher and the city doesn't

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turn into a big pothole. Um can you just
can you talk a little bit about the some

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of the other metrics? Uh resurfacing
lanes. It's a it's a a 252

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mile reduction. We went from 312 to 60.
Can you tell us a little bit about that?

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Uh right that so that is um related to
what Keith had mentioned earlier is our

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capacity to do ramps quick enough and uh
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Um a lot of these new ramps that we com
construct they cut into the streets uh a

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little more. So for us to um it's pref
it's preferable we do them first and

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then we come in and pave it. Otherwise
it would look it would not look good if

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we paved it and then we did the ramps.
So um because of that policy we are um

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shifting and also due to the trucking
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the resurfacing lane miles.
>> Great. Thank you. And um

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» thank you. Go ahead.
>> Oh, did you want me to go into any other

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» Yes. Any any other ones that you want to
highlight? Um that would be great.

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» Uh right. And the slurry seal uh lane
miles that's also um lowered. Uh we did

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have um some uh expense funding reduced
in this fiscal year and that's why uh

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slurry is predominantly performed by a
contractor. Um so we have a little bit

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of a reduction in that. Uh and then the
large asphalt repairs we uh were not

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doing that uh in the prior f in 2425 but
we are doing that right now.

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» Um
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» that's correct. And then uh the access
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uh we were able to um gain two crews
extra. And then um for the average

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number of days for repairing of the
pothole as Keith mentioned earlier for

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the truck operators who are so crucial
to our pothole operations um we need

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more of them in order to increase our uh
average number of days to repair the

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potholes.
>> Thank you. and that um that number has

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gone up to seven days and we just got a
presentation about um these potholes in

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one of our last committees. So, it was
really good info to get um and seeing

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what what are some of the factors that
led to that including not enough team

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members. Um Ashley, you're keeping us on
time check, right? Because we have 60

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six departments to go. Okay. So, I'll
wait for you to to keep us uh there.

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Anything else, Shirley, you want to add
before I pass it to Councilwoman Hut and

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then I do have more questions. Uh, no,
not right now. Thank you.

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» Awesome. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for
being here and giving us an update. I

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have three questions and I'll probably
ask each department the same way. Which

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um core services are most impacted by
city uh budget cuts and most sensitive

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to the fluctuation in the general fund?
>> For the general fund,

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» yeah. Which which core services are
impacted? Well, for us it could be

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investigation and enforcement. Um,
basically they're primarily um general

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funded and so anytime that is cut,
basically we're we have trouble um

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filling those positions.
>> What do they do, Keith?

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» Basically, they enforce everything
within the ride ofway um for signs,

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illegal water drainage, um you know, I
can't list them all, but basically they

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check for inspect for illegal dumping uh
things of that nature.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you. Oh, on special events

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permitting.
>> Thank you.

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» Say that one more time.
>> Special events permitting.

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» Okay, great.
>> Yeah.

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» Then my next question is, which programs
or line items might experience the most

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significant funding changes from the
current fiscal year and why?

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» So, can you repeat that question?
>> Yeah. Which programs or line items line

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items might experience the most
significant funding changes from the

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current fiscal year and why? Well,
basically pavement preservation is an

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expensive proposition to basically
maintain our street network. We need to

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fund our basically our streets need to
be funded to do like several hundred

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lane miles a year, you know, hundreds of
lane miles a year. And with that um if

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we have like say a you know whatever our
budget is for preservation, we need an

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ample budget to match it with our
ability to construct access ramp. So we

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need equal budget um in that arena as
well. So um it's um and also asphalt is

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you know a commodity so to speak. So as
u as you know inflation and things like

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that hit basically we're impacted by
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» And then um
what my last question madam chair what

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operational efficiencies or cost-saving
measures are being implemented to

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mitigate service impacts for the 26 27
fiscal? Well, we each each year

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basically we plan out um all of our
programs, tree trimming, pothole

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repairs, street resurfacing, access
ramps, you name it. Strategize to

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basically make sure that we go where the
need is citywide, no matter what it is

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or where it is. And so, uh we look at
everything holistically and that way

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we're able to provide uh we try and
provide greater service to uh the city

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as a whole. and we look at all of our
operational um you know efficiencies on

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where we can basically uh be more
effective and doing our work and also we

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uh move resources around as needed to
basically match you know as far as need.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you madam chair.

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» Thank you. Um

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the presentation depicts service
delivery metrics looking back but not it

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looked forward to 2627 fiscal year. Uh
can you share some of uh the proposed uh

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some of the metric some of the
performance metrics in the proposed 2627

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uh letter that y'all submitted?
>> Yeah, I'll say I'll say this um

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councilwoman. Basically everything that
we've talked about we've submitted a

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budget package for. It's currently with
the mayor's office uh for deliberation

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and consideration and I'd be glad to
talk come back in more detail to speak

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on it.
>> Thank you Keith. A question though. Um,

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do you have how long tree trimming would
take based off this cycle to the next?

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» Like last budget cycle we we we saved it
from turning into 17 years, right?

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» Yes.
>> And so it should be at 15 years, right?

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» Yes.
>> What does that look like for next year?

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Are we staying at the 15?
>> That's always my goal as far as to I I

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want to pave streets, trim trees, and do
everything. and I want to keep I want to

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increase service levels, but basically
like as I mentioned um right now

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everything's with the mayor's office and
I'm waiting to hear back from them. So

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I'm looking to everything that I that I
spoke about as far as on the position

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cuts, I'm looking to basically add that
back to our bureau at some point, but

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that's with the mayor and basically uh
and I have to wait to hear back from the

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mayor on those deliberations.
>> Understood. Uh and and the reason I'm

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asking these questions is because we
would just want to prepare, right? We're

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doing our homework so that we can go
through this budget process with clear

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eyes. We ended last year, mid fiscal
year, at $243 million in the red. Last

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fiscal year, we had fat to trim. This
year, coming up in the budget cycle, we

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do not have that fat to trim. And we're
talking about real people's jobs. So,

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I'm just trying to do the work and the
homework of getting us educated enough

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to have serious and deliberative
conversations when we're talking about

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trying to preserve these jobs and
services. That's all I'm trying to do.

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Nothing else and nothing more. I just
want us to move forward as a city even

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if things are tight. Like, we we will
figure it out and streamline, but that's

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all that's all I'm trying to trying to
get. Um, and I know that we're here at

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almost at time, but I do have one more
question. Um so in the budget letter you

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all have proposed a new clean pro uh
cleanup program uh based on a current

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pilot. Can you please provide an
overview of this program including how

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areas are selected, service activities
uh outcomes, costs and how this is

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different from OCB and LA Sand delivered
services. Well, I I can say this.

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Basically, uh the Bureau of Street
Services in uh years past basically used

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to do all this work and basically I
operate as far as that I can take on

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this role and responsibility. When I
look at the rideway, I look at it

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holistically and basically when I go and
pave a street, I want to make sure that

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the trees are trimmed, the sidewalks are
fixed, the access ramps are installed,

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and the street is clean. And so that's
my goal as far as when I talk about, you

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know, everything in a rideway is to
basically when when I drive down the

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street, I'm a resident of the city. I
basically I take pride in in the city

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and things like that and I want to see
the city cleaned um across the board for

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major upcoming events and things like
that. So it's something I, you know,

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propose uh talked about with the mayor.
>> Okay. And then um is this would this be

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focused on certain areas like Olympic
sites or

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um where where do you have that pilot in
mind or the program expanding to?

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» It's it's across it's across the city.
>> And is it litter or is it bulky items or

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is it both?
>> It's a little bit of everything.

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» Okay.
>> Yeah.

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» Um and how will they be activated? Cuz
you know for like I have clean teams,

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sanitation has them. People usually call
311 or they call us to get those there.

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00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:49,039
How would that or how is this team
activated?

410
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:53,360
» I would say you can still do the 311.
You can still uh you know basically

411
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:56,559
after the you know mayor's budget we can
you know talk more in detail about it

412
00:30:55,120 --> 00:31:00,080
but basically through the normal
channels like if I were to do this you

413
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:03,840
would say hey Keith I have these streets
or whatever and basically I would you

414
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:07,360
know work with you on that.
>> Okay.

415
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:10,880
» Go ahead.
>> You just reminded me about something

416
00:31:08,559 --> 00:31:18,000
when you said 311. I'm going to put my
gov operations um hat on today. Um

417
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:22,320
311 doesn't function the way it used to.
Uh slowly but surely different council

418
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:26,960
offices are talking to ITA about it. And
since I have most of the uh public works

419
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:31,760
folks in the room, I want to just
elevate it to you all that we really

420
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:37,600
need your support to let us know how
things have changed whether it's on the

421
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:42,159
your side, the um constituent side or
your contractor's side because it's

422
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:45,840
affected everyone. So, we really need
that from you. Slowly but surely, more

423
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:51,600
council members are starting to become
vocal as their teams observe it. My

424
00:31:48,799 --> 00:31:56,240
prediction is that on 311 when we all
compete with each other for 311s is when

425
00:31:54,159 --> 00:32:00,640
everybody is going to lose their head.
So please help us in anticipation for

426
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:04,559
that because we are admitting that it is
not what it used to be. So thank you.

427
00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:09,200
» Thank you. We're going to have BOE come
up next, but real quick I do just want

428
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:11,679
to ask Keith, what is the industry
standard for [clears throat] the tree

429
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:15,840
trimming cycle? You know,
>> five to seven years.

430
00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:20,080
» Five to seven years. Okay. And then do
you know do we know how much funding was

431
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:25,200
allocated for tree trimming services
uh this like and how many trees were

432
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:30,000
maintained with that funding this year?
>> Oh this year um do you have the

433
00:32:26,799 --> 00:32:32,480
» is that the 40,000? Yes, that's 40,000.
>> And can you tell me how much money that

434
00:32:31,519 --> 00:32:35,679
was?
>> Uh

435
00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:38,240
» or how much funding was allocated there?
>> We'll get you that in.

436
00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:41,120
» Yeah, just good thing you have the
budget letters.

437
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:46,480
» 26.8 million.
>> 26 26.8 8 million and that's for 40,000

438
00:32:45,679 --> 00:32:47,440
trees.
>> That's correct.

439
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,799
» Yes.
>> Okay.

440
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:55,760
Do we know how much uh we paid out in
liability costs uh for tree uh like tree

441
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,679
issues?
>> I know we've done things where trees

442
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:02,000
have fallen on people, branches, etc.
>> We could get you that information.

443
00:33:01,039 --> 00:33:05,519
» That would be great. Please.
>> We get that from the city attorneys.

444
00:33:03,679 --> 00:33:07,840
» I would Oh, I would really appreciate if
you could get me that number. Thank you.

445
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,679
» Yes, we'll do.
>> Okay. Thank you so much.

446
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:14,399
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

447
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:20,519
All right. So, BOE, please, will you
come next uh up to the desk table? Thank

448
00:33:17,519 --> 00:33:20,519
you.

449
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:31,919
I will say I really had to dig into my
imagination for this presentation.

450
00:33:26,943 --> 00:33:37,200
[snorts] Yeah. To try to get some
uh information, but please take a moment

451
00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:39,840
to introduce yourselves
>> and take it away.

452
00:33:38,399 --> 00:33:42,399
» Okay. Thank you. Good afternoon, council
member. My name is Alfred Mat. I'm the

453
00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:46,880
interimm city engineer for the Bureau of
Engineering. With me here is Eric Bruins

454
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:52,000
from our executive team oversees our
strategic uh efforts. Um taking it away,

455
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:57,679
moving on to slide one. The first slide
just gives a a snapshot of our current

456
00:33:54,559 --> 00:34:01,760
budget. So uh you see there our current
budget this year totals 119 million

457
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:06,320
which has been steady about the last
three years has been $120 million. Given

458
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:10,240
that we have cost of living increases
and across the workforce, um we've been

459
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:13,919
able to maintain about the same dollar
figure. Um our authorized positions over

460
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:20,000
the last couple years have dropped by
about 120 positions. And this year we

461
00:34:16,399 --> 00:34:22,720
had 841 authorized. Midyear, as you well
know, the convention center project was

462
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:27,839
authorized with additional nine
positions. So now we're up to 850

463
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:32,720
positions.
Moving on to the next slide.

464
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:36,639
In terms of the upcoming budget, we are
assuming a no growth budget next year

465
00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:41,440
based on the mayor's instructions. And
we only requested staff increases where

466
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:47,119
grant or special funds could cover the
cost of the new positions as well as if

467
00:34:43,839 --> 00:34:52,639
they were related to the games or to um
executive director nine from the mayor's

468
00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:55,639
office. Yes.
>> Oh,

469
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,320
» a no growth budget.
>> Growth.

470
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,119
» Yes.
And I want to apologize. Your

471
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:06,720
presentation was great. It was one of
the other ones that was missing some

472
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,560
information. So you're
>> Thank you.

473
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,760
» is not missing. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you. I feel much better

474
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:14,480
about this now. [laughter]
>> My bad. No, you're doing great. Thank

475
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:19,839
you.
>> Okay.

476
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:23,680
» All right. So, um, just making sure
we're all on

477
00:35:21,839 --> 00:35:27,119
in the same timeline here. So, I'm
looking at our our slide that's titled

478
00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:32,720
proposed budget changes. So that's why I
was saying we assumed a no growth budget

479
00:35:29,359 --> 00:35:37,280
this year. Um
and we requested staffing increases of

480
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:41,040
where we have grant funded um
opportunities or special funded

481
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:45,520
opportunities and it's related as
instructed by the mayor's uh instruction

482
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:49,280
letters um to us. I was going to add
that we were fortunate to avoid layoffs

483
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:54,480
this year as you mentioned um council
member Hernandez um thanks to your

484
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:57,520
support and all the in the increase of
our permit fees. We adjusted our permit

485
00:35:56,079 --> 00:36:02,560
fees of the year to have help save off
some of those cost impacts to us. Um,

486
00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:06,160
» can you tell us a little about how much
was generated?

487
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,400
» While we're in the process of the
current year's going on, I haven't seen

488
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:13,040
current numbers, but we were
anticipating I think somewhere around $7

489
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:16,240
million of that. So,
>> thank you.

490
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:21,760
» Yes.
Um, moving forward to um service

491
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:25,680
delivery impact slide. So, we're still
significantly understaffed given all of

492
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:29,359
our project workloads. So that's been a
challenge for us. As you all know, it's

493
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:33,599
resulted in a backlog of some capital
projects. In the case of the funded

494
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:37,440
projects though that get delayed, we
oftentimes have cost escalation that

495
00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:40,800
occurs from the time the project was
conceived to when it actually gets

496
00:36:39,119 --> 00:36:45,040
designed and built. So that's something
we will be preparing for as we move

497
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:49,280
forward. Um but we are focused on
reducing our backlog by focusing on the

498
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:52,560
current projects we have on our plate,
get them delivered so we can move off

499
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:56,640
our plate and move on to the next
projects. Of course, we've had to adjust

500
00:36:54,400 --> 00:37:01,920
our schedules to the resources that we
do have. Um, and again, thanks to the

501
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:05,200
permit fee increase, we're able to meet
our targets uh within our development

502
00:37:04,079 --> 00:37:09,760
services program.
>> Thank you. A quick question. Uh, for the

503
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:14,320
second point on adjusting schedules and
putting some projects on hold, do you

504
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:17,680
have a list of these projects? Uh, and
do you have a criteria that was used to

505
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:20,800
decide these projects?
>> So, we have a number of different

506
00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:24,960
programs as you probably are well aware
of across the bureau. Um, so each

507
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:28,320
program has looked at it differently. We
could um generate a list of the projects

508
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:31,040
that have been pushed out and
rescheduled to the future.

509
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,200
» That would be great. Please. Thank you
so much.

510
00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:34,400
» Okay.
>> Yes, please go ahead.

511
00:37:34,079 --> 00:37:37,920
» Question.
>> So just

512
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:44,400
» when you're preparing that, can you also
include any consolidations you had to do

513
00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:47,119
for those programs or anything that was
reduced?

514
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,040
» Sure.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Go

515
00:37:49,359 --> 00:37:55,200
ahead. I have one question just because
I didn't see it in here. Um, you guys

516
00:37:53,119 --> 00:37:59,599
are building my roller derby for Wreck
and Parks and I'm working really hard to

517
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:05,440
get Wreck and Parks and DWP to talk to
each other so that the skate park roller

518
00:38:01,839 --> 00:38:11,040
derby and the water pathway DWP Park
look like one park as opposed to three

519
00:38:07,839 --> 00:38:16,800
different entities. Um,
but I believe the funding for that

520
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:20,480
roller derby is Prop K, the last of it.
Are you guys not working on Prop K?

521
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:27,119
Because I don't see it on here. Hel
measure W lwp storm water capture water

522
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:31,119
recycling and AHSC. Was that just a
afterthought? What's Prop K list of

523
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:35,680
priorities?
>> Yes. Uh to clarify, so this slide is

524
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:39,040
about um budget requests for new uh
positions. Yes. Okay.

525
00:38:37,359 --> 00:38:42,800
» So we do have ongoing continuing
requests that support or have Prop K

526
00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:45,200
funded positions working in our PropK
program.

527
00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:47,200
» So it's not that my project's going to
stop.

528
00:38:45,599 --> 00:38:50,560
» Your project? Yes. Correct. It's not
your project's going to stop. There's a

529
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:54,800
there again this slide just focused on
the new budget request but we we assume

530
00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:57,760
a no growth budget. We assume that all
of our continuing positions our

531
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:02,000
positions will continue including the
prop K positions. Thank you for work we

532
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:05,119
will work uh hard. We have a good
working relationship water and power

533
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:07,440
making parks. So we'll work hard to make
sure um we

534
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,880
» I don't want it to look like three
different parks. They're right next to

535
00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:15,440
each other. It should look like one city
family green space. Thank you.

536
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:21,040
especially as I'm working really hard
with LA28 to bring more attention to

537
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:26,400
that skate park and once the rec center
is built placing a nonprofit there to

538
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:31,440
program it and um reduce the bad element
that has come in the last couple of

539
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:32,800
years. So it is very important to me.
>> Thank you.

540
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:37,280
» Thank you.
>> Please take it away.

541
00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:40,880
So uh this slide on on our budget
requests just you know as we summarize

542
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:45,119
as you see in the bullets here we have a
number of requests where we realign some

543
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:48,800
of our positions for program efficiency
change some of the funding sources and

544
00:39:47,119 --> 00:39:52,160
maybe re um classified some of the
positions to meet our needs. So we're

545
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:56,800
looking forward to going that that would
support our financial management and

546
00:39:53,680 --> 00:40:00,720
data analytics program as well. Um we've
also requested games related uh

547
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:03,920
projects. have requests related, as I
mentioned, to the games related efforts

548
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:08,160
that we're working on to support some of
the very things you mentioned, Council

549
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:12,079
Member Pia. Um, we also have requests
related to ED9, support the mayor's

550
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:17,359
efforts to improve project delivery and
CIP project planning throughout the

551
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:20,800
city. Um, and we just saw and then that
one bullet that talks about measure W,

552
00:40:19,359 --> 00:40:24,320
U, those are projects we're working on
with the Bureau of Sanitation, safe

553
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:27,760
clean water projects. So, we have some
requests to support that program, which

554
00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:32,240
is special funded. All of these are
special funded. the LED storm water fund

555
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:34,960
um parks capture project as well. The
water recycling projects that are going

556
00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:38,000
on at our treatment plants in
conjunction with water and power and the

557
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:41,359
bureau of sanitation. We're supporting
those efforts. So, we have an increased

558
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:44,400
need of services there. And then of
course our affordable housing

559
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:47,599
sustainable communities grants program.
We need staff to help deliver those

560
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,880
projects. So, we have a request in for
that.

561
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:54,000
» Thank you. In the storm water capture
that that includes MacArthur Park,

562
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:58,319
correct?
>> Yes, that's in Yes. Yes. That's one of

563
00:40:56,319 --> 00:41:01,599
the um just to be clear, it's one of the
safe clean water projects that's funded

564
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:04,319
through the Bureau of Sanitation. The
stormwater parks capture project

565
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:08,079
specifically is talking about water and
power, but that's a technicality. It's

566
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:12,560
the same measure W funding source and
we're working on that.

567
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:14,880
» Beautiful. Thank you so much.
>> Very good.

568
00:41:13,119 --> 00:41:18,640
» So, uh moving on, we have some slides
here on our sidewalk repair program and

569
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:23,839
curb ramps, which was one of the things
we requested to provide information on.

570
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:27,440
» Yes. So um in in the last year we had
two positions cut from the program but

571
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:29,680
we have out of a total of 28.
>> Um

572
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:33,200
» is this this so the for Willits right
>> for Willlets. Yes.

573
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:38,640
» What uh what positions were they?
>> Um it was a I believe a senior

574
00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:40,960
management analyst and maybe Julia's
here she might be able

575
00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:43,839
» and a civil engineer
>> and a civil engineer.

576
00:41:42,079 --> 00:41:48,960
» What what is their what are their roles
in the Willlet settlement case

577
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:57,040
» like in in the in this process? What are
what do they do? Um well they the

578
00:41:53,200 --> 00:42:01,200
administrative staff um supports um
different aspects of the program

579
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:06,640
processing of the rebate applications
eligible under bullets and assisting

580
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:11,920
with inquiries from constituents related
to program and sidewalk repairs. Um and

581
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:17,760
the yeah civil engineers support
supported

582
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:22,960
the the rebate program um which has been
delegated to engineering associates uh

583
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:30,800
with the
uh in the wake of that position cut.

584
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:33,680
» Understood. Thank you. And this is were
these were vacant positions or were they

585
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:38,160
staffed positions?
>> They were vacant.

586
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:41,200
» Okay, great. Thank you. Go ahead.
Uh, excuse me. [clears throat] So, the

587
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:45,440
the current budget did allow us to
achieve compliance with the overall

588
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:48,800
program requirements um required by the
Willlet settlement in terms of the

589
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:51,800
annual commitment.
>> Um,

590
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:58,319
sorry, excuse me a second. I lost my
place.

591
00:42:55,040 --> 00:43:01,520
» The budget did not include new funding.
>> It Yes, it did not include new funding.

592
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:04,960
Eliminated the new funding for the for
the rebate incentive program. So, we're

593
00:43:03,119 --> 00:43:09,599
continuing to operate with the existing
funding that that program has. And the

594
00:43:07,359 --> 00:43:13,359
rebate incentive program for Clary,
that's when people can pay to get their

595
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:15,839
sidewalk fixed and they get some sort of
rebate on that.

596
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,040
» Yes. It's a kind of a cost sharing
approach.

597
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,960
» Beautiful.
>> Yeah.

598
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:24,079
» What percentage of that money is used
annually? Is it usually liquidated?

599
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:27,200
» Uh used up.
>> It's probably hard to give a percentage,

600
00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:31,839
but Julia could probably explain a
little bit about how it works. Uh yeah,

601
00:43:29,359 --> 00:43:37,280
historically for the not including this
fiscal year, we had received uh

602
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:44,960
approximately 1 million per year um and
had been able to expend at a rate of

603
00:43:39,599 --> 00:43:49,839
about $600,000. So we did have a um
sort of surplus of funding from past

604
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:54,000
fiscal years exceeding $2 million in the
program. So although we did not receive

605
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:58,640
new funding this fiscal year, we
continue to work through that available

606
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:03,800
and we'll continue to issue rebates
until that's exhausted.

607
00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:03,800
» Great. Thank you.

608
00:44:04,265 --> 00:44:10,720
[laughter]
>> We got all this sir and genie whatever

609
00:44:07,839 --> 00:44:13,119
stuff. Please continue.
>> Hilarious.

610
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:15,440
» They're always listening. So, one of the
other things we wanted to highlight in

611
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:18,480
the program, as you may recall, in the
last budget, uh, this current budget

612
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:22,720
year, there was $3 half million dollar
swept from the program that was slated

613
00:44:20,079 --> 00:44:26,480
for city facilities. Um, so those
projects we were they were in design, so

614
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,640
we've put them on hold and they at this
point it's indefinite as to when those

615
00:44:27,839 --> 00:44:34,240
return
>> and th that was part of covering to make

616
00:44:31,119 --> 00:44:38,319
sure we could keep uh staff on board.
Yes. Okay. Great. Thank you. And

617
00:44:36,319 --> 00:44:42,640
currently uh the program is focused on
delivering access requests and the alley

618
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:45,040
28 games related projects around the
venues and things to support the Olympic

619
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:49,839
games.
>> And could you please just for clarity

620
00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:53,440
sake access requests? What does that
encompass?

621
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:58,319
» I'll turn that to Julia. Michigan.
>> Absolutely. Access requests are requests

622
00:44:55,920 --> 00:45:02,720
from individuals with mobility
disabilities to remove barriers in the

623
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:06,560
public right of way and pedestrian
facilities such as sidewalk uplift and

624
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:11,040
missing curb ramps.
>> Okay. Around around our city facilities

625
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:16,000
or just in general?
>> In in general, any um pedestrian

626
00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:21,119
facility maintained, owned or operated
by the city uh can be um in included in

627
00:45:20,079 --> 00:45:23,359
the Willlets program.
>> Great. And this is access fronts as

628
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,000
well.
>> Yes.

629
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:28,560
» Great. Go ahead. Thank you.
>> And I would just like to add on to that,

630
00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:33,440
just some of clarification, that's
really the the focus of the Willlets um

631
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:37,440
program that we have been tasked to
implement and operate. All the dollars

632
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:39,280
that are allocated to us for that
program are

633
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:44,079
» these requests
>> are expended off of these requests and

634
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:46,560
these requirements. So, um doesn't speak
to the larger sidewalk issues across the

635
00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:49,839
city.
>> The proactive fixing, this is responsive

636
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:53,280
fixing.
>> Yes. Correct. Just want to make clarify

637
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:57,280
that.
>> Thank you.

638
00:45:54,000 --> 00:46:01,599
» Um, so the the minimum, as you well
know, in the 30 in the settlement,

639
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:05,680
there's a 30-year commitment of annual
expenditures, and it's adjusted every 5

640
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:10,319
years. The minimum annual commitment for
the year 6 through 10, we're starting

641
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:15,520
year 10 in the coming year is $35.7
million. Um, and you see in this current

642
00:46:13,359 --> 00:46:18,640
adopted budget, we have $40 million.
We're expecting at least the minimum to

643
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:22,640
be included in the upcoming annual
budget because that's the minimum

644
00:46:20,079 --> 00:46:27,440
commitment for the city. So that's our
expectation in terms of the program

645
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:30,880
going forward into the next fiscal year.
>> So uh uh keep going please. My question

646
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:37,040
is that go ahead.
>> Okay. Um I'll just flip to the current

647
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:41,599
ramp program. The the program requires a
minimum expenditure of $5 million per

648
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:46,000
year during the course of the 30-year
settlement agreement requirement. So, in

649
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:51,040
this current year, we have 4.3 million
of measure R funding that's dedicated to

650
00:46:48,319 --> 00:46:54,640
the bureau to streets LA for their crews
to do the curb ramp work. And we also

651
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:59,920
are expending some contractual services
to make up the difference to get to $5

652
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:03,200
million. So, in the coming year, we're
going to work within the budget that's

653
00:47:01,119 --> 00:47:08,240
allocated to ensure this $5 million
obligation is met, as well as the other

654
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:13,920
obligations of the Willlets program.
>> Now, for that 5 million, how much of it

655
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:18,640
is spent annually?
Yeah, usually very close to the to the

656
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:21,599
$5 million, between five and $6 million.
>> Okay,

657
00:47:19,359 --> 00:47:26,240
» great. Thank you. Um, so we have a few
more minutes. Um, do you want to finish

658
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:28,480
up the slide and then we'll get to the
questions?

659
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:33,920
» I I have completed my slides.
>> Okay, wonderful.

660
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:39,359
Um, okay. And how many ramps do you get
done with the five million or in last

661
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:42,560
fiscal year? How many did you get done
with that money?

662
00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:50,440
» Yeah, a little over 100. I believe it
was um around 120 and we're projecting

663
00:47:45,599 --> 00:47:50,440
111 for this fiscal year.

664
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:58,480
» Um and then and um you said how many for
this fiscal year?

665
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:04,400
» 111.
>> 111. Thank you.

666
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:06,800
» And this is with $5 million last year.
>> Yes.

667
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:11,839
» Okay.
All right. Thank you so much. Uh I have

668
00:48:09,839 --> 00:48:15,440
a question around hillside maintenance
and then I'll pass it to the team. Over

669
00:48:14,079 --> 00:48:19,200
the years with increased hillside
development and years of heavy rain, our

670
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:24,160
hillsides are in desperate need of
support to mitigate major uh land and

671
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:28,160
mudslides. The general manager of our
emergency operations department asked

672
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:33,839
me, "What keeps you up at night?" And I
said, "My hillsides falling down,

673
00:48:30,559 --> 00:48:37,119
including Mount Washington." And so it's
and I know that's often really hard to

674
00:48:35,599 --> 00:48:42,720
fix streets up there or even pave
streets because an accessibility but

675
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:46,720
also the cement that is required in
certain locations. So I understand a lot

676
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:52,000
of that and we've been doing a lot of
work in these hillsides. But so that's

677
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:57,200
why I want to ask this question. What in
your 2026 2027 fiscal year budget letter

678
00:48:55,440 --> 00:49:04,079
proposes to address the risk in the
hillside slope stability program?

679
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:07,040
So the in our hillside slope stability
program, we we receive requests such as

680
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:10,800
the ones you're mentioning, we go out
and do a field investigation which

681
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:15,200
results in an analysis and a
recommendation for repair. We include

682
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:19,359
those requests in the CTIP budget
requests provided that funding becomes

683
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:23,440
available or proceed our team proceeds
with the design and then ultimately the

684
00:49:21,359 --> 00:49:28,000
construction of those projects. So it's
built in within the CTI planning process

685
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:31,520
or budget submitt process. based on
what's approved, our team moves forward

686
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:36,880
and completes the design.
>> And

687
00:49:33,599 --> 00:49:42,559
and so there is no in this in your
budget letter, there's no like line item

688
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:46,640
that says uh this $20 million for
hillside soap stability program that

689
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:49,119
doesn't exist in your budget request as
a line item.

690
00:49:47,599 --> 00:49:53,359
» I would say not in the way you're
describing, but the a lot of the work is

691
00:49:51,599 --> 00:49:56,319
done through our different divisions.
Like our geotechnical engine division

692
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:59,280
does a lot of that work. they they lead
that program, but it's also supported by

693
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:02,400
our structural engineering division
because they do a lot of the structural

694
00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:05,920
design for the improvements if it's a
bulkhead or retaining wall, whatever the

695
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:10,559
case may be. And those are continuing
requests. So, um there isn't a separate

696
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,880
line item specifically for that, but
that's the staff that supports those

697
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:18,480
programs.
>> Got it. And what else do they do?

698
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:22,400
» The um like the geotechnical engineering
division, they do they provide support

699
00:50:20,319 --> 00:50:26,000
across all of our programs geotechnical.
So like if we're building a building,

700
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:29,520
they'll they'll participate with the
geotechnical investigation, make

701
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:33,119
recommendations of foundation design.
Um,

702
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:36,720
similar to non-building projects in
terms of what the ground condition is in

703
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:40,720
our storm water capture parks pro
projects, we look at um the ground

704
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:44,960
conditions and infiltration rates, the
ability of the soil to absorb and

705
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:49,920
infiltrate water into the ground to
divert it either into an aquifer or away

706
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:55,040
from polluting a body of water that
would otherwise be receiving that water.

707
00:50:52,240 --> 00:51:00,800
Um, we also do a lot of work. Um the
city has a lot of um older facilities

708
00:50:57,119 --> 00:51:02,480
that have um um contamination in them
and we have

709
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:06,240
» like the Lincoln Heist jail.
>> Uh yeah, I think that's one of them

710
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:10,240
where we we we have an ongoing annual
process to monitor and work with the

711
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:14,079
regulatory agencies to clean up and
improve um the ground conditions in

712
00:51:13,119 --> 00:51:17,680
those sites.
>> Great. So they're doing all of that and

713
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:23,599
also have to work on the hillside
stability hillside slope stability

714
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:29,119
program. Okay. and and the CCT IEP I
I've seen that um what is how do you all

715
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:33,359
decide what what project you're going to
put on there?

716
00:51:31,359 --> 00:51:38,800
» Generally when we have a request or a
project need is identified we evaluate

717
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:43,280
it try to develop some sort of you know
conceptual idea of what the solution

718
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:48,720
would be a con conceptual cost estimate
and we submit it for consideration. So,

719
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:51,359
um, virtually everything that comes our
way, we submit them in for

720
00:51:50,319 --> 00:51:56,559
consideration.
>> Great. My last question around this, um,

721
00:51:53,599 --> 00:52:01,520
what is the landscape around, uh,
federal or state or county dollars

722
00:51:58,720 --> 00:52:05,920
around hillside stability or hillside
infrastructure investments?

723
00:52:04,079 --> 00:52:09,440
» It I would say it's limited. I don't I'm
not aware of any program that funds that

724
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:12,480
type of work. I know there's been some
talk and looking to see if there are

725
00:52:10,559 --> 00:52:16,079
certain hazard mitigation funds that
could help, but I don't think any of

726
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:17,839
that has proved out to be something that
would be a funding source for it at this

727
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,359
point.
>> Are you saying

728
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:24,079
» Yes, please. Are you saying you're not
seeing those funds from any level of

729
00:52:23,119 --> 00:52:27,520
government?
>> Well, um I I guess to be clear, a lot of

730
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:30,880
those projects now are being funded
through the gas tax funds and some of

731
00:52:29,119 --> 00:52:34,960
the other road uh improvement funds that
we have. So, they are getting funding,

732
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:39,119
but um I think in terms of other
specific programs where we pursue grant

733
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:41,599
funding or outside funding sources, I we
I don't think we've identified any, like

734
00:52:40,559 --> 00:52:45,440
I said, we've looked at hazard
mitigation grants, but that didn't pan

735
00:52:43,839 --> 00:52:49,280
out to be something that we would be
able to qualify for.

736
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:56,240
» I too have hillsides that suffered
mudslides and so we're always concerned

737
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:58,800
about when it's raining. So,
>> thank you.

738
00:52:57,441 --> 00:53:04,079
[clears throat] Yes, we have whole
hillsides melting into our roads up

739
00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:08,160
there. Um, and and the reason I ask is
because it looks like there is no

740
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:14,880
dedicated funding to address some of
these infrastructure issues. CIT, CTI is

741
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:18,640
away, but even those that process is
limited, those resources are limited.

742
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:24,079
So, just food for thought in the future,
I I would like to see how we create a

743
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:28,800
line item specifically for this type of
work and assess whether that could be,

744
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:31,760
you know, done through grants and we
need to hire folks to get those grants

745
00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:37,760
or
um just wanted to put it out there. Any

746
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:41,680
other questions for BOE? Great. Um and
then

747
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:48,720
how many last question, how many access
ramps are you projected to complete in

748
00:53:44,559 --> 00:53:54,240
the next fiscal year? Hi.
>> Yeah, under the the sidewalk repair

749
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:59,599
program, we'll um have that $5 million
obligation under the Will it settlement

750
00:53:56,160 --> 00:54:03,119
agreement. So, uh we will be uh
constructing more than 100 ramps with

751
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:07,359
that funding.
>> Okay. At least at least more than 100

752
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:11,280
» is what you're saying. Okay. Great.
Thank you so much. Appreciate y'all.

753
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:15,640
Thank you.
Wonderful. Next, um,

754
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:25,839
sorry, let's see.
Next, we'll have LA Sand. Please join us

755
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:29,400
at the table. Thank you. I don't know
where the paper went.

756
00:54:46,079 --> 00:54:52,520
Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please
go ahead and take us away.

757
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:58,400
» Can you press the button, please? Right
there. Thank you.

758
00:54:56,160 --> 00:55:03,200
» There we go. Tracy Minamedi, interim
director and general manager, LA

759
00:54:59,839 --> 00:55:07,280
Sanitation and Environment.
As you know, LA Sanitation and

760
00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:12,319
Environment has a very large and diverse
array of program responsibilities. We

761
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:17,920
have a current workforce of over 3,500
employees and manage five key programs

762
00:55:16,079 --> 00:55:23,119
focused on protecting public health and
the environment. Recently, with council

763
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:28,240
support, Ellie has been working to
preserve the bureau's operations and re

764
00:55:25,839 --> 00:55:33,920
reduce our reliance on the general fund.
We have successfully obtained and

765
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:39,200
updated sewer service charge last fiscal
year and updated our solids rates and

766
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:43,599
multifamily bulky item rates this fiscal
year, eliminating or significantly

767
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:47,359
reducing the department's reliance on
general fund subsidies for our

768
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:51,280
operations.
While much of our work is special

769
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:56,400
funded, some of our most critical and
visible operations can only be supported

770
00:55:54,160 --> 00:56:00,640
through the general fund. For the
purposes of this presentation, we will

771
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:05,599
focus on the livability services and
environmental quality programs that have

772
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:10,880
been impacted by reduced funding. So,
I'm going to turn it over to Sarai Baga,

773
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:16,000
our chief financial officer, and also
Gabriel Miranda, our assistant director

774
00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:19,119
in the solids resources program.
>> Thank you, Tracy. Good afternoon,

775
00:56:17,359 --> 00:56:24,160
council members.
Last fiscal year, our budget was reduced

776
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:29,839
by approximately 15 million or three and
a half% compared to fiscal 2324 that

777
00:56:27,599 --> 00:56:34,640
mostly impacted our solid resources and
environmental quality programs. Current

778
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:40,480
year uh current fiscal year shows a
slight overall increase compared to last

779
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:43,760
fiscal year primarily driven by new
sewer revenues as Tracy mentioned

780
00:56:42,240 --> 00:56:49,200
supporting growth in our clean water
program. Uh the total increase is about

781
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:53,839
19 million or about 13%.
However, that increase sort of masks

782
00:56:52,079 --> 00:57:00,079
what happened to our environmental
quality program which was reduced by

783
00:56:56,160 --> 00:57:05,119
almost 21 million or 27%
uh this fiscal year. And when you look

784
00:57:02,720 --> 00:57:11,839
at cumulative impacts over the last
several years, this program has been cut

785
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:16,640
by a total of 26 million or 32% since
fiscal year 2324 with the majority of

786
00:57:14,799 --> 00:57:21,400
the reductions coming from position
eliminations of about 159 authorities.

787
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:29,440
So, as a result of position deletions
this year, we have reduced our brown

788
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:34,319
fields program, biodiversity and healthy
soils and climate action programs, which

789
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:38,319
means we have fewer staff available to
address contamination

790
00:57:36,319 --> 00:57:42,400
uh remediation efforts for affordable
housing, tracking the city's

791
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:47,119
biodiversity index and the city's
greenhouse gas emissions.

792
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:50,960
The cleanup greenup and mobile hygiene
programs were suspended this fiscal

793
00:57:49,119 --> 00:57:56,079
year.
In order to maintain a base level of

794
00:57:53,440 --> 00:58:00,799
care, care plus operations, the program
was reconfigured to adjust for the

795
00:57:58,559 --> 00:58:05,839
reductions to maintain the base level of
two days of service.

796
00:58:03,119 --> 00:58:11,200
Overtime funding was also significantly
reduced which limits our ability to

797
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:16,240
address non-deferable work. And this is
further compounded by the elimination of

798
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:20,880
vacancies. Whereas in the past, we would
use salary savings to uh and transfer to

799
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:24,880
overtime so we would have sufficient to
cover non-deferable work, we don't have

800
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:30,880
that flexibility now since we've lost so
many position authorities.

801
00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:34,000
» I will now turn it over to Mr. Miranda.
>> Great. Thank you, Sarai. Uh good

802
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:39,040
afternoon, Madam Chair, Council Member
Hut. Um, as Sarai briefly mentioned, the

803
00:58:36,799 --> 00:58:42,640
majority of the budget cuts were within
the livability services division, which

804
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:48,400
is the sole general funded division
within LAN. I want to give you a quick

805
00:58:45,599 --> 00:58:51,760
snapshot of the fiscal year 2526
reductions and what they mean

806
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:57,920
operationally.
Overall, the LSD had a 20.7 million

807
00:58:54,960 --> 00:59:01,599
reduction. This accounted for 114
position authorities that were deleted

808
00:58:59,839 --> 00:59:05,680
in comparison to the previous fiscal
year. We are grateful to the council and

809
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:09,760
the budget and finance committee for
restoring several positions. But even

810
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:14,319
with those restorations, the impact of
these cuts have been significant.

811
00:59:12,559 --> 00:59:19,280
As we work through these reductions, our
guiding principle was to protect core

812
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:23,760
services as much as possible. We also
made a deliberate effort to reduce our

813
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:28,480
reliance on contractual services.
Starting with the Care and Care Plus

814
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:33,920
program, uh before the reductions, Care
Plus was scheduled to expand five days a

815
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:38,079
week in all 15 council districts. As a
result of the budget cuts, service was

816
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:43,359
maintained at two days for Care Plus and
three days for care for each council

817
00:59:39,839 --> 00:59:47,920
district. Of the 114 positions that were
deleted, most were vacant positions that

818
00:59:46,319 --> 00:59:52,559
had been planned to support the care
expansion, which is where the service

819
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:56,880
impacts are now being felt.
For a bridge home service, uh this was

820
00:59:54,960 --> 01:00:01,520
reduced from four dedicated care plus
teams to one care plus team, which means

821
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:05,920
that we were providing service once a
week and now it's being provided once

822
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:09,839
every four weeks.
Additionally, the dedicated care plus

823
01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:13,839
teams for the Grand Avenue corridor as
well as the coastal region were

824
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:19,760
consolidated into one team. This
resulted in an overall reduction of 50%

825
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:24,079
within those two regions.
As Sarai mentioned, the mobile hygiene

826
01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:27,200
unit program has been suspended.
Previous to that, we're providing

827
01:00:25,599 --> 01:00:34,240
bathroom and shower services to the
unhoused with 13 mobile hygiene units.

828
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:41,200
Moving on to overtime funding, um that
was reduced from 3.2 million to 506,000,

829
01:00:37,599 --> 01:00:45,359
which is about a 85% reduction. Um the
services that we provide from care and

830
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:49,680
care plus operations to illegal dumping
collection, servicing of public street

831
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:53,920
receptacles. We approach each of these
operations as non-deferable.

832
01:00:52,079 --> 01:00:58,799
Overtime has been a critical tool to
ensure that the work gets done daily

833
01:00:55,520 --> 01:01:02,640
without delays or service interruptions.
It's also essential for emergency

834
01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:07,440
response. We've prided ourselves on
being available and responsive um to any

835
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:12,359
of the needs throughout the city, but
with the limited funding, that has been

836
01:01:09,119 --> 01:01:12,359
a challenge.

837
01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:18,480
And lastly, the additional expenses. Um
as part of the reduction, we did

838
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:22,799
consolidate our regional deployment
yards. These facilities still require

839
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:28,319
essential funding for things such as
security services, utilities, which

840
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:31,359
remain an ongoing operational challenge.
Um while these budget reductions were

841
01:01:30,079 --> 01:01:35,200
challenging, they also gave us an
opportunity to restructure the division

842
01:01:33,119 --> 01:01:39,440
with a clear focus on prioritizing our
core services. Um as you notice, our

843
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:43,040
illegal dumping and the receptacle
programs are not reflected in this

844
01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:47,520
slide, but these remain critical
programs. Um and we were able to

845
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:51,680
maintain service capacity despite the
reduction. And again, this is thanks to

846
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:56,319
you, Madam Chair, and the budget and
finance committee last year. Um I will

847
01:01:54,640 --> 01:02:00,559
say though the de demand for illegal
dumping response and enforcement

848
01:01:57,839 --> 01:02:04,000
continues to increase. Um we are working
towards a goal of responding to illegal

849
01:02:02,319 --> 01:02:09,119
dumping service requests within 48
hours. Um and this was discussed in the

850
01:02:06,559 --> 01:02:12,960
presentation two weeks ago. Um this is
something we accomplished prior to the

851
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:16,960
budget cuts. Um and there were several
factors that contributed to us obtaining

852
01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:22,079
a backlog and we've been working
diligently to really bring that number

853
01:02:18,799 --> 01:02:26,079
down. Um, but we know illegal dumping is
not a Monday through Friday issue. It's

854
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:30,240
why we expanded the program seven days a
week with two shifts. We have crews

855
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:34,160
working around the clock. Um, we didn't
want to use some of the budgetary

856
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:38,400
challenges as an excuse to provide the
level of service that folks expect of

857
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:43,040
us. And we're going to continue to find
ways to be creative and work within the

858
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:46,079
budget that's allocated to us. Um, we're
going to continue to make operational

859
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:49,359
adjustments. I know council member
Padilla who's not here did mention my

860
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:53,920
LAA and we've been working on
enhancements to increase that capacity

861
01:02:51,680 --> 01:02:58,680
to really streamline those processes.
And with that I'll kick it back over to

862
01:02:55,680 --> 01:02:58,680
Sarai.

863
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:07,599
Regarding our
sorry regarding our fiscal year 2627

864
01:03:04,079 --> 01:03:12,799
budget request goals uh as you know we
submitted a very large budget proposed

865
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:17,760
book uh but some highlights are uh
funding for clean water and stormwater

866
01:03:14,640 --> 01:03:22,640
capital investments resources to address
illegal dumping and enforcement over

867
01:03:20,319 --> 01:03:28,160
time as Gabe mentioned to me uh
sufficiently cover non-deferable work uh

868
01:03:25,839 --> 01:03:32,000
an extension of our cleanliness services
and collect collaboration with sister

869
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:37,280
bureaus and uh the board and city
leadership and one position to serve as

870
01:03:35,359 --> 01:03:41,520
our lead in support of the upcoming
major games. So that concludes our

871
01:03:40,079 --> 01:03:45,440
presentation. We're all available to
answer any questions.

872
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:52,960
» Thank you so much.
>> Thank you so much. Um I have

873
01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:56,480
about six questions. The presentation
shows a reduction in staffing in fiscal

874
01:03:54,640 --> 01:04:01,920
year 2526
but does not uh specify the proposed

875
01:03:59,280 --> 01:04:06,920
staffing levels for fiscal year 26 27
27. Can you please provide a breakdown?

876
01:04:07,839 --> 01:04:13,280
» We don't have that information right at
hand. We can definitely circle back and

877
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:16,640
provide that to you and it will also be
you know based on what what ends up

878
01:04:15,039 --> 01:04:19,520
being approved by the mayor.
>> Great. Do you have do you have a

879
01:04:18,079 --> 01:04:23,280
proposed number in your budget letter
that you can reference?

880
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:25,599
» If you want to move on to your next
question, I can see.

881
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:28,079
» Great. Yeah, that'd be great. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

882
01:04:26,319 --> 01:04:33,680
» Um, the presentation doesn't give
service delivery metrics look back or

883
01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:38,880
look forward for fiscal year 2627. Uh,
but it does give budget goals. Uh, what

884
01:04:36,079 --> 01:04:43,680
is your proposed uh what what do you
propose in your 2627 fiscal year budget

885
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:47,240
letter that will achieve your LA
sanitation goals?

886
01:04:50,559 --> 01:04:57,200
Uh thank you, Madam Chair. Um as
mentioned with illegal dumping, we

887
01:04:54,960 --> 01:05:02,880
understand the need for more proactive
work. Um anytime that crews are doing

888
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:07,359
proactive work, it's taking our ability
away to be responsive to service

889
01:05:04,559 --> 01:05:12,000
request. So, our goal is to get our
illegal dumping program back to being

890
01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:16,640
responsive within 24 to 48 hours, all
while expanding our capacity proactively

891
01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:20,720
to make sure that we can continue to be
responsive to service requests, but also

892
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:25,280
understand that there's a huge demand
for proactive work in areas that may not

893
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:27,680
be as visible, but still have a huge
need to make sure that we're addressing

894
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:33,119
the dumping.
>> Great. Thank you. And um

895
01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:37,119
what what in your budget letter what are
you proposing your budget letter to

896
01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:42,079
achieve that?
>> I'm sorry I don't have the specifics as

897
01:05:39,200 --> 01:05:46,000
it relates to the budget letter to to um
address that. But I do know that we are

898
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:49,839
working to make sure that we build in a
proactive element to the work that we're

899
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:52,400
doing. But I can definitely report back
on the specifics.

900
01:05:51,039 --> 01:05:56,000
» Do you have it in the budget letter that
you can reference? I can give you time.

901
01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:58,240
» I don't have it on me or
>> Okay. Well, I'll give you time to pull

902
01:05:57,200 --> 01:06:02,240
it up.
Um, at our last meeting, and this is

903
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:05,520
another legal dumping question. At our
last meeting, we discussed illegal

904
01:06:03,599 --> 01:06:08,640
dumping collection and enforcement, and
LA Sanitation uh mentioned that you all

905
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:12,880
have a backlog that you're working
through this fiscal year, and due to

906
01:06:10,559 --> 01:06:18,720
staff eliminations, enforcement is only
being done uh that affect our water

907
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:22,160
system. What in your 2026 2027 fiscal
year budget letter proposes to improve

908
01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:25,760
illegal dumping collection, and
enforcement? So, following up on the

909
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:29,200
same question I'd asked,
>> right? And if I can, I'd like to bring

910
01:06:27,119 --> 01:06:31,680
my colleague uh Robert Potter to discuss
the enforcement element of illegal

911
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:34,839
dumping.
>> Thank you.

912
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:49,280
» Uh thank you, Gabe. Robert Potter,
assistant director um clean water

913
01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:55,839
programs. So, in our 2026 27 27 package,
which is already out there, um we have

914
01:06:52,799 --> 01:06:59,440
two basic um enforcement packages that
we're putting forth. The first is a

915
01:06:57,440 --> 01:07:06,240
city-wide package, which which engages
all 15 council districts and it includes

916
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:10,319
uh an additional uh 17 staff. Um we did
some numbers from when we had the

917
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:15,599
funding back in 2023 with about 30% of
the staff working on illegal dumping and

918
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:20,640
and it resulted in about 221 citations.
Uh and we saw some reductions in the

919
01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:26,480
amount of uh repeat locations. Um this
package includes uh 18 personnel I

920
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:32,160
apologize from chief uh tombs uh down to
what the field staff of uh environmental

921
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:37,359
compliance inspectors 10 of them. Um
this package as a whole runs about $2.4

922
01:07:34,559 --> 01:07:43,680
$4 million. Um, but this is going to be
embedding the uh illegal dumping ECIS

923
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:48,400
that are doing the the the enforcement
with the crews that are doing the the

924
01:07:45,599 --> 01:07:51,599
actual um bulky item and and illegal
dumping collections.

925
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:56,720
» Uh, it will target the chronic and
repeat locations throughout the city and

926
01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:59,920
it will be using physical um evaluations
and surveillances along with camera

927
01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:04,799
surveillance with our high-tech cameras
that can track who's doing the dumping.

928
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:08,880
We are very in tune with where these
locations are, especially the chronic

929
01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:13,359
ones, because we use our my one my 311
data and plus our crews informations and

930
01:08:10,799 --> 01:08:17,279
our GIS specialists to to monitor it.
Um, there's an additional $900,000 in

931
01:08:15,599 --> 01:08:21,679
this program that covers those cameras.
So, we would be increasing from the 20

932
01:08:19,440 --> 01:08:26,319
cameras we have now available up to 45
cameras through the program, which could

933
01:08:23,359 --> 01:08:30,719
be distributed all through the city. Um,
we would estimate that we'd have roughly

934
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:36,159
about 16,000 uh hours of actual
surveillance in the field and that could

935
01:08:32,880 --> 01:08:43,679
produce up to 700 additional citations
uh and and and put a uh put put the the

936
01:08:41,759 --> 01:08:47,040
reduce the number of repeat locations
because the offenders will stop going

937
01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:51,040
there and the message will get out that
we're enforcing the rules. And I

938
01:08:49,199 --> 01:08:55,279
believe, Ashley, correct me if I'm
wrong, but there's a motion right now by

939
01:08:53,120 --> 01:09:01,520
the council president and and others to
increase those citation costs. Have you

940
01:08:58,239 --> 01:09:06,560
done an analysis on um let's say you
estimate 700 new citations? What what

941
01:09:04,400 --> 01:09:12,000
that revenue generated could look like
under the new uh the new cost for these

942
01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:15,839
citations?
>> So, I I haven't had the anal the chance

943
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:19,359
to do the analysis, but but I do have
the report that was dated yesterday,

944
01:09:17,359 --> 01:09:23,759
actually. Um, then that shows that
there's the potential to increase the

945
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:28,159
the fines if it depends on if it's state
issued, if it's a misdemeanor versus if

946
01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:32,960
it's a municipal code issue. And that
that amount could be anywhere be from

947
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:37,440
anywhere from $100 to $1,000 uh of
fines. Um, I'm sure the city attorney

948
01:09:35,199 --> 01:09:41,759
could weigh in a little more on what the
outcome is, but we haven't done that

949
01:09:38,799 --> 01:09:45,040
analysis as of now, but we are actively
reviewing this this uh report.

950
01:09:43,679 --> 01:09:47,839
» Great. Thank you. And and the only
reason I ask is because we always

951
01:09:46,480 --> 01:09:52,960
looking for offsets, right? Yes.
>> And if there's an opportunity to have an

952
01:09:49,359 --> 01:09:57,360
offset to increase the these teams that
will get us closer to LA Sand's goals of

953
01:09:55,520 --> 01:10:02,000
um picking up illegal dumping quicker,
then I just wanted to make connect the

954
01:09:59,199 --> 01:10:05,600
dots for us um on that. But I have a few
more questions. I'll pass it to

955
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:09,440
Councilwoman Hut. Uh what role does LA
Sand play in the clean streets program

956
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:16,280
and how much is the funding allocation
split for your bureau and how much?

957
01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:16,280
Yeah. Yeah. Sorry about that. Go ahead.

958
01:10:17,199 --> 01:10:20,320
And the next one's around care plus and
care.

959
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:23,679
» That's Gabe
>> and 311.

960
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:28,000
» While Gabe's settling in, I can go back
to your first question. So in uh current

961
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:32,400
year, our staffing level is
>> 3,621

962
01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:36,400
» and what we are what we have included in
our proposal for next fiscal year is

963
01:10:34,239 --> 01:10:41,280
3,933.
>> Okay, beautiful. Thank you so much.

964
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:45,440
» And so Gabe, let me uh I'll go again. uh
what role does LAN play in the clean

965
01:10:42,960 --> 01:10:49,640
streets program and how much um funding
allocation is split for your bureau?

966
01:10:51,199 --> 01:10:58,239
So, I don't have the details as it
relates to um our role, but I will say

967
01:10:55,679 --> 01:11:01,760
that our core services are focused on
the public rideway with all of the

968
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:05,520
programs that are within the livability
services division via public street

969
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:10,480
recepticles, our illegal dumping
collection, even our homeless encampment

970
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:14,239
services. Um they are focused on on the
public rideway. And I think what we're

971
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:19,040
looking to achieve is really an ability
to be more proactive with the work that

972
01:11:16,159 --> 01:11:23,600
we do. um considering that the demand
has outweighed our capacity um and

973
01:11:21,120 --> 01:11:26,960
that's really our goal moving forward to
ensure that we can continue our capacity

974
01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:30,239
focusing on the public right away.
>> Great. Thank you. Um do you want

975
01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:34,560
something?
>> No, I just wanted to uh reiterate what

976
01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:37,920
Gabe was saying in regard to being
proactive working with the Bureau of

977
01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:42,960
Street Services. We're partnering with
them um to be more on the front end as

978
01:11:41,120 --> 01:11:45,600
opposed to just reacting to the service
requests that come through.

979
01:11:44,239 --> 01:11:49,440
» Great. And thank you for saying that,
Tracy, because I was just about to say

980
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:56,239
we just had BSS come up. They talked
about their team. Uh we have OCB that

981
01:11:52,080 --> 01:12:00,960
has their teams. You have this program.
Again, as we come in into this next

982
01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:04,719
budget cycle, how can we clearly
articulate the collaboration that's

983
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:10,320
happening so that we can protect that
and and show that it works and we can

984
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:14,560
make sure that there's no cuts in these
livability

985
01:12:11,920 --> 01:12:18,640
services that keep our quality of life
up, right? Uh so I just want to put it

986
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:21,520
out in the ether. Um and also everybody,
please just have your budget letters

987
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:26,719
ready because we're going to be digging
into those for the next ones. Um uh are

988
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:31,840
there any proposed changes to increase
service levels for care and care plus in

989
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:37,280
this next uh year budget letter?
>> Um thank you madam chair. There are not

990
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:42,239
any proposed um line items for expanding
care and care plus. However, one area

991
01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:47,199
that we are looking at is how we can
build some of the work that we do within

992
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:52,320
the program inhouse. Uh our contractual
services budget was reduced tremendously

993
01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:55,760
in the last budgetary cycle. um and we
have a lot of contractual costs as it

994
01:12:53,840 --> 01:12:59,199
relates to the hazardous waste removal.
So we have been exploring options with

995
01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:04,159
our environmental compliance inspectors
to really build that in-house but can

996
01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:07,679
naturally expand the program um based on
our existing budget. So those are things

997
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:11,199
that we're continuing to identify and
find ways to be more efficient.

998
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:14,080
» Great. I would love to hear more about
that in the future

999
01:13:12,239 --> 01:13:19,280
» if if I can add to that. I think one
thing we did include was additional

1000
01:13:15,679 --> 01:13:24,640
overtime or to restore basically to our
>> prior overtime level. Uh, and you're

1001
01:13:22,080 --> 01:13:27,280
talking about the five days a week, that
level or what level are you talking

1002
01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:30,960
about?
>> Yeah, thank you, Sarai. So, the overtime

1003
01:13:29,199 --> 01:13:34,320
budget is going to be for the entire
livability services division, which

1004
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:38,560
would support care and care plus, but
would also support our illegal dumping

1005
01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:40,719
program, our receptacle servicing, um,
each of the programs that we have

1006
01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:45,040
because we consider them all
non-deferable. But that is a valid point

1007
01:13:43,280 --> 01:13:48,640
because unfortunately the fluid nature
of our Careare Plus operations,

1008
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:52,960
especially Care Plus where we provide
posted notices and there's a lot of work

1009
01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:58,719
involved prior to the actual day of the
operation. Um there can be delays,

1010
01:13:55,520 --> 01:14:02,080
service impacts, um operational delays
and when those delays occur, we've

1011
01:14:00,480 --> 01:14:05,280
always used overtime as a tool to make
sure that we complete that day's

1012
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:09,120
assignment and that's increasingly
become more challenging with our limited

1013
01:14:06,960 --> 01:14:13,520
budget. So, the overtime budget that we
are requesting will support Care and

1014
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:16,719
Care Plus um and especially our Care
Plus operations.

1015
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:19,520
» How much is that request?
>> Uh it was just over $2 million.

1016
01:14:18,960 --> 01:14:22,000
» Great.
>> Yes.

1017
01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:26,719
» Thank you.
>> Okay. And yes, you you talk about the

1018
01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:34,000
fluidity. Yes. It's the moving of teams.
It's um also the weather. I I know that

1019
01:14:30,239 --> 01:14:37,920
we've had several of those um several of
those operations delayed. Um, do you

1020
01:14:36,719 --> 01:14:42,120
have any outreach or community
engagement efforts to promote 311?

1021
01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:49,199
» And it's for everybody because March is
coming up and we're all going to get

1022
01:14:47,440 --> 01:14:52,640
really excited about it.
>> But I want to know like and for

1023
01:14:51,040 --> 01:14:57,600
everybody, what are y'all doing to
educate people on 301 um and how to

1024
01:14:55,520 --> 01:15:01,360
access your services through that?
>> Right. We have quite a bit of outreach

1025
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:05,760
efforts that that continue with that. We
have our um customer services group.

1026
01:15:03,920 --> 01:15:11,120
Alex Hale is actually here might be able
to address this in more detail, but 311

1027
01:15:08,239 --> 01:15:17,080
is definitely on the forefront of of our
minds in terms of needing improved

1028
01:15:12,880 --> 01:15:17,080
outreach. So, Alex,

1029
01:15:19,360 --> 01:15:26,239
» thank you, Tracy. Good afternoon, Madame
Chair. Good afternoon, Council Member

1030
01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:34,800
Hut. Alex Hello, assistant man manager
LA Sanitation. We uh operate the only

1031
01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:39,199
247 non emergency center for the city.
It's uh our operators are available

1032
01:15:36,960 --> 01:15:47,040
Monday through Sunday, seven days a
week. We also have a very robust team of

1033
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:51,440
uh of staff who attend community events,
uh neighborhood council meetings. We did

1034
01:15:49,199 --> 01:15:57,520
presentations all basically every single
day telling them about the 1-800 number

1035
01:15:53,760 --> 01:16:03,920
and the my LA 311 app that people could
use to place the request in and we are

1036
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:10,080
coordinating with ITA to help uh
improvements on that front working very

1037
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:14,880
closely. Um, our staff are available to
address any questions, but we are very

1038
01:16:12,719 --> 01:16:19,520
involved with the community. Uh,
outreach, uh, neighborhood events,

1039
01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:22,880
neighborhood council meetings, we attend
all of those.

1040
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:29,280
» Great. Thank you. Uh, do you have a
specific line item for that outreach?

1041
01:16:26,480 --> 01:16:33,840
» It's it's in our budget that we have a
group uh that's uh, but I don't know. I

1042
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:37,600
have to get back to you if we have
because usually it's embedded in all the

1043
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:42,320
community external affairs and
everything else in that one and our

1044
01:16:39,760 --> 01:16:47,040
staff are divided into multiple groups.
So we try to leverage for example we're

1045
01:16:44,400 --> 01:16:51,360
doing earth day event we use the same
staff to do it. So this way we don't

1046
01:16:48,320 --> 01:16:55,600
have to incure extra cost also when we
have neighborhood meetings at night we

1047
01:16:53,199 --> 01:17:00,000
send staff they are very well trained on
all the services that sanitation and the

1048
01:16:57,920 --> 01:17:04,640
city service so they can give all that
brochures the information out. So it's

1049
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:10,159
really embedded in the entire program
and this way we find it to be more

1050
01:17:06,719 --> 01:17:12,719
efficient and less costly. And uh do the
materials that you have come in various

1051
01:17:11,679 --> 01:17:16,640
languages?
>> Oh yes, absolutely. I mean the board and

1052
01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:21,520
President Kang and the board make sure
we are using at least eight to 10

1053
01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:28,640
languages uh from English, Spanish,
Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, uh Tagalog.

1054
01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:31,920
So we cover all the languages and it's
available also on our website.

1055
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:37,280
» Great. Thank you. Chairwoman, do you
have any questions?

1056
01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:41,760
» Please take it away.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I have a

1057
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:47,520
couple of questions. I'm just reading a
text I'm getting from a constituent that

1058
01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:54,480
said they called uh 311 five times about
their lights and they don't have a

1059
01:17:51,120 --> 01:17:59,280
response or a fix. So, I'm really hoping
I know. I know. Yeah, I know. That's

1060
01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:02,880
your turn. [laughter]
>> I

1061
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:08,239
I'll hold it for you, but that just came
in right now. Um, I'm interested in

1062
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:14,480
knowing in for sanitation, are there any
critical cla uh classifications at risk

1063
01:18:10,960 --> 01:18:20,719
of uh reduced staffing that could affect
public health safety

1064
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:26,120
um or regulatory compliance?
So, what could those reductions do?

1065
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:33,760
I would say uh historically those most
vulnerable are the positions that are

1066
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:37,360
really on the front line. Our
maintenance [clears throat] labor

1067
01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:42,600
positions, advanced workers,
>> um

1068
01:18:38,320 --> 01:18:42,600
» uh the operators of that type

1069
01:18:45,199 --> 01:18:51,280
and so are are we at risk of reducing
some of the staff on those frontline

1070
01:18:50,080 --> 01:18:54,719
positions?
>> Well, it's hard to say exactly how

1071
01:18:52,719 --> 01:19:02,719
things will come out in the budget. uh
but we we do our best to try to preserve

1072
01:18:56,880 --> 01:19:07,920
those um and uh justify the need.
>> I following up on that I think where

1073
01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:11,440
where we are at most risk is where we
receive general fund and where we

1074
01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:15,199
receive you know where our funds are
subsidized or our programs are

1075
01:19:12,719 --> 01:19:20,159
subsidized for sanitation that primarily
is environmental equality. We we've

1076
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:24,159
talked about LSD. The other location or
other program would be our wershed

1077
01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:28,719
protection division. That program is
subsidized heavily by the general fund.

1078
01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:34,960
We already had six positions reduced or
eliminated this year. Um those are key

1079
01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:40,159
positions that uh help us with the LIP
program and one position that we are

1080
01:19:38,239 --> 01:19:45,920
hoping we we've included that will
address a potential new fee um

1081
01:19:43,120 --> 01:19:51,679
inspection fee.
So I would say the wershed protection.

1082
01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:57,600
» Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
That's all. Thank you so much. Thank you

1083
01:19:54,000 --> 01:20:03,679
to all of you. Appreciate you. Um,
next we will have BSL.

1084
01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:08,600
Thank you.
Make sure you have your letters, please.

1085
01:20:21,360 --> 01:20:26,960
Good afternoon, committee members. Uh
Miguel Sangalong, I'm the director of

1086
01:20:25,040 --> 01:20:31,760
Bure of Street Lighting. I'm going to go
over a quick presentation right now. If

1087
01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:37,120
we can fast forward just a couple beyond
that one. Um wanted to highlight a

1088
01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:43,920
couple of the the programs that we do
have here. One to the left is our more

1089
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:49,120
fee or permit based um program that we
have. It's the collocation where we've

1090
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:54,080
had about a 35% reduction over the past
two years. Uh and uh on the right there

1091
01:20:52,239 --> 01:20:58,320
is our restoration and fortification.
This is kind of all the hardening that

1092
01:20:56,080 --> 01:21:02,560
we're doing with regards to our uh
street lighting network. About a about a

1093
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:08,480
15% reduction or so over the past two
years. Uh leveling off from last year to

1094
01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:14,560
this year. uh but nonetheless uh a
reduction that uh we can feel in to in

1095
01:21:11,520 --> 01:21:19,520
terms of the total budget itself. Um
over the past two excuse me over the

1096
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:26,159
past two fiscal years we've had about a
13% reduction uh in total for for the

1097
01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:32,400
budget from about $56 million to about
$49 million this year. Um, in terms of

1098
01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:40,560
people, the the the men and women that
um actually do the work get get the uh

1099
01:21:35,440 --> 01:21:46,000
lights on 22 uh 23% between 22 23%
reduction from our total staff u from a

1100
01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:52,159
couple years ago. We were a little over
400 staff. Now we're a little over 300.

1101
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:58,239
Well, we're at 315 or so authorized
positions for the bureau itself. Um and

1102
01:21:55,600 --> 01:22:03,120
you know in in context I think some of
the things that I also wanted to

1103
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:10,480
highlight uh because this is you know I
think most glaring uh is the fact that

1104
01:22:06,239 --> 01:22:14,320
we have outages that blanket city block
city streets um through many of our

1105
01:22:12,719 --> 01:22:18,719
neighborhoods that are glaring because
of theft and vandalism that has

1106
01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:23,040
essentially done mining operations and
ripped the copper straight out of our

1107
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:28,000
streets. Uh but what keeps me up at
night is actually the deferred

1108
01:22:25,199 --> 01:22:32,400
maintenance backlog that we have. And so
um many of our routine maintenance

1109
01:22:29,920 --> 01:22:36,320
programs that we've done and this this
will um I'll give a little bit more

1110
01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:41,199
context. Many of our routine maintenance
programs that we've done in past years,

1111
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:46,159
for instance, the LED program, uh it is
essentially zero. our pole replacement

1112
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:50,880
program. These are the things that are
we essentially have tall heavy

1113
01:22:47,920 --> 01:22:56,000
structures that 400 lb each um along the
ride ofway. The pole replacement program

1114
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:59,679
is zero. Our conduit replacement program
for anything that goes underground

1115
01:22:57,679 --> 01:23:03,840
because all all things eventually
deteriorate in terms of infrastructure

1116
01:23:01,760 --> 01:23:07,840
that is also zero. Some of these things
were cut from the last recession, right?

1117
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:11,760
The great recession. So things that
we've been trying to build back over

1118
01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:19,440
time that are necessary for us in order
to operate um have been uh uh reduced to

1119
01:23:16,719 --> 01:23:26,159
things that u will will make it very
difficult for us to maintain an actual

1120
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:29,920
system longer term. Um this next
>> Miguel and some of the LEDs like those

1121
01:23:28,639 --> 01:23:32,960
are some of the purple lights that we
see out there right in this in the

1122
01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:36,880
community. Are those some of that need
to be replaced under the LED replacement

1123
01:23:34,960 --> 01:23:41,760
program? Th those are some of the purple
lights. Those are also lights. For

1124
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:46,639
instance, we we did a repair where we
actually fortified a stretch close to

1125
01:23:43,840 --> 01:23:50,960
the airport. As soon as we were done
doing the repairs and hardening it, what

1126
01:23:48,480 --> 01:23:55,600
we noticed was that all the lights were
dimmer in the area. And if you actually

1127
01:23:53,360 --> 01:24:00,719
look at the LED bulbs themselves,
there's only maybe four or five of the

1128
01:23:58,080 --> 01:24:04,639
35 LEDs that are in the array. So things
that are eventually degrading and

1129
01:24:02,159 --> 01:24:08,719
failing. Yes, they shed some light. it
does not meet any of our standards um

1130
01:24:06,719 --> 01:24:13,679
and are at risk of failing.
>> Thank you. But that's um pretty eye

1131
01:24:11,199 --> 01:24:18,719
opening to see no money for condo
replacement, no money for

1132
01:24:16,639 --> 01:24:23,920
the pole replacement, and no money for
even just basic LEDs.

1133
01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:29,600
» Yeah. Um and and this brings me to the
next graph I have on page five. This is

1134
01:24:26,159 --> 01:24:34,960
really, you know, the the the
main point, right, where this this

1135
01:24:32,719 --> 01:24:40,800
current fiscal year alone, half of our
LEDs will essentially be end of life.

1136
01:24:38,159 --> 01:24:45,520
I'm I'm going to repeat that. Half of
our LEDs are going to be essentially out

1137
01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:48,560
of uh end of life. That means they must
be replaced. Uh they have

1138
01:24:47,360 --> 01:24:53,520
» How many is that?
>> Uh 100,000 lights. We have

1139
01:24:51,120 --> 01:24:57,679
» 50% of those are 100
>> our our total assets in the field is

1140
01:24:56,080 --> 01:25:00,880
essentially a quarter of a million.
>> Okay.

1141
01:24:58,080 --> 01:25:04,239
» So a 100,000 lights nearly half of of
all of those lights are are at end of

1142
01:25:03,440 --> 01:25:05,440
life right now.
>> Right now.

1143
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:09,920
» Right now.
>> That has zero to do with copper wire.

1144
01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:15,199
» That has zero to do with copper wire
theft. And Miguel, I've heard the the

1145
01:25:12,560 --> 01:25:20,560
point of uh that yes, we have copper
wire theft impacting our lights, but is

1146
01:25:17,600 --> 01:25:23,440
it true that it's at least 60% of our
street lights are out because of

1147
01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:27,199
deferred maintenance and lack of
maintenance?

1148
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:32,239
» From the data that we see um historic,
excuse me, from historical data that we

1149
01:25:29,440 --> 01:25:37,040
see about 40% is related to theft and
vandalism, you're correct that 60% or

1150
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:42,480
the the larger bulk is related to
routine maintenance. That can include

1151
01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:47,920
the LED being out, um, ground outs for
instance, so wires that eventually go

1152
01:25:44,880 --> 01:25:53,679
bad or conduit that that uh, erodess the
poles themselves, etc. So those make up

1153
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:56,080
the bulk of it at 60%.
>> That's and that's what keeps you up at

1154
01:25:55,280 --> 01:26:01,199
night, you said.
>> Yes. So again, like we we have probably

1155
01:25:58,880 --> 01:26:05,600
30,000
well, we have about a backlog of 30 I'll

1156
01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:12,000
I'll get to that slide right now, but
about a backlog of uh 30,000 service

1157
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:18,719
requests. We we think we have or we're
pretty sure uh our estimates are about

1158
01:26:15,199 --> 01:26:25,120
30,000 total lights out. That's around
14% of the total system. Uh right. Uh

1159
01:26:22,560 --> 01:26:30,560
but if we're talking about the 30,000
that are out that are a mixture of theft

1160
01:26:27,520 --> 01:26:34,000
and vandalism and regular repair, um you
can still have half the system that goes

1161
01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:38,880
out from the LED perspective. And so
that's one of the things that we're

1162
01:26:35,199 --> 01:26:45,520
trying to uh really push for and um also
make sure that we're cognizant that we

1163
01:26:40,560 --> 01:26:49,920
have to keep an uh an eye on. Um and uh
we expect just on the other side of that

1164
01:26:47,840 --> 01:26:54,960
from from the luminires that require
more attention to the polls that um we

1165
01:26:52,639 --> 01:27:01,199
replace about once every 75 years or so
or at least that's our engineering goal.

1166
01:26:56,560 --> 01:27:06,080
Our uh u uh our best practice and st
industry standard as you you will expect

1167
01:27:03,760 --> 01:27:09,760
half of those to be end of life by 2050
as well.

1168
01:27:07,440 --> 01:27:14,000
So, so lots of things that we are
looking from the deferred maintenance uh

1169
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:18,480
perspective to to kind of do. Uh this
next slide, um a little outdated, but

1170
01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:25,760
still the numbers are fairly consistent
with regards to 37,000 I'm sorry, 30,000

1171
01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:30,000
uh service request backlog that we have.
Um, a couple things I wanted to note

1172
01:27:27,520 --> 01:27:34,719
that the previous year or last year, um,
we saw a total as we're talking about

1173
01:27:32,480 --> 01:27:40,320
311 right now, we saw a total of about
56,000 service requests coming in for

1174
01:27:38,239 --> 01:27:45,440
the Bureau of Street Lighting. We were
able to close Oh, my phone turned off

1175
01:27:43,360 --> 01:27:53,280
one second.
Um, within that year, about 42,000

1176
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:58,719
service requests. So, we about 75%
closure rate. Um and uh this year

1177
01:27:57,199 --> 01:28:04,080
halfway through the year we're only able
to about close to close about 31% or so

1178
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:08,880
uh to date with the total number that we
have and we have about 24,000

1179
01:28:06,880 --> 01:28:12,080
new service requests that have come in
and about 8,000 or so that we've closed

1180
01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:16,000
so far too.
>> So give me one more time what was the

1181
01:28:13,840 --> 01:28:17,840
previous fiscal year percentage closed.
The

1182
01:28:16,159 --> 01:28:22,080
» previous fiscal year percentage closed
about 70 76%.

1183
01:28:20,239 --> 01:28:26,000
» Okay. And then this fiscal year closure
rate, what's it looking like?

1184
01:28:23,280 --> 01:28:29,520
» Right now, year to date, it's about 31%.
>> Okay. Thank you.

1185
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:33,199
» Now, granted, some of these things are
are going to get cleaned up. So, as we

1186
01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:37,520
go through the system, I think we've
done a lot in terms of the back office.

1187
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:41,840
We're using a lot more technology to
have smart nodes that can actually tell

1188
01:28:39,199 --> 01:28:46,560
us whether things are on or off and and
other diagnostics. But the bookkeeping

1189
01:28:44,639 --> 01:28:52,560
will eventually come up with this. I I
probably expect or suspect we'll hit 75

1190
01:28:49,280 --> 01:28:56,639
or 80% so or so closure for this year.
But nonetheless, the gap, the fact that

1191
01:28:54,320 --> 01:29:00,880
we have from previous year 25% or so
that we haven't been able to deal with,

1192
01:28:58,719 --> 01:29:04,320
that just adds to the to the backlog.
So, it's ever growing at that point.

1193
01:29:02,719 --> 01:29:08,239
» That's like those moments where I get
hit up like, "It's been over a year and

1194
01:29:06,639 --> 01:29:11,600
my thing my street lights fixed."
>> Yeah. That the the text message that you

1195
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:16,159
just get, right?
>> Yeah. And just to name that out of the

1196
01:29:13,600 --> 01:29:21,520
general fund, well, y'all get only 0.5%.
>> That's correct. We're predominantly

1197
01:29:18,480 --> 01:29:26,960
funded by by the assessment. Um I do
want to note because I think last year

1198
01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:34,639
at the the table I was saying um we
would be around 9 months to a year in

1199
01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:40,639
terms of the the repair times for our uh
systems. We're now I I am telling staff

1200
01:29:37,920 --> 01:29:46,239
now that our official time is a year. uh
that is because although some of our

1201
01:29:43,120 --> 01:29:49,440
numbers look to be better. So uh for
instance things that we're doing around

1202
01:29:47,920 --> 01:29:54,400
theft and vandalism we saw it
approaching 200 uh days essentially. It

1203
01:29:52,960 --> 01:30:00,080
looks like it had went down. It went
down to like 190 or so from from our

1204
01:29:56,800 --> 01:30:05,520
data. However, that is because people
are um

1205
01:30:02,639 --> 01:30:09,280
uh that is because there's additional
service requests that are essentially

1206
01:30:07,040 --> 01:30:14,400
bringing our averages down. So if
there's an old service request and 10

1207
01:30:12,400 --> 01:30:17,840
new ones, that's going to make it look
like we're doing it faster.

1208
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:22,800
» But in reality, if you look at the aging
of all of our service requests, one in

1209
01:30:19,520 --> 01:30:29,600
seven or older than a year. Um, and a I
believe a third of that is actually

1210
01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:33,600
around u 14 months or so. So there is a
subset where we're trying to get to the

1211
01:30:31,679 --> 01:30:37,679
actual service requests. I think one of
the most challenging things that we're

1212
01:30:35,760 --> 01:30:44,480
trying to to convey to constituents and
and by the way um we do absolutely love

1213
01:30:40,639 --> 01:30:48,639
and want more pe people to use 311. Um,
our issue is that the information that

1214
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:52,159
we get to kind of convey back to them,
given the size of the bureau and the

1215
01:30:50,159 --> 01:30:58,560
fact that the information flows a little
bit more slowly, the the lag of time

1216
01:30:54,719 --> 01:31:02,480
that people hear is is due to the the
the

1217
01:31:00,159 --> 01:31:06,239
size of the backlog and the complexities
of repair that we have to do. We see and

1218
01:31:04,639 --> 01:31:11,840
we hear you. I just want to be very
clear. We we look at all of the service

1219
01:31:08,480 --> 01:31:17,600
requests. We have new um we we have the
the new cardigraph and programs that we

1220
01:31:14,719 --> 01:31:21,600
we do. We have a datadriven run um
analysis of how we're approaching

1221
01:31:19,679 --> 01:31:26,560
repairs. We just had our meeting this
morning about it as well. We see all

1222
01:31:23,679 --> 01:31:31,760
those um are the fact of the matter is
for the 200 field staff that I have

1223
01:31:28,880 --> 01:31:36,159
essentially 30 crews to tackle 56,000
service requests that will require us

1224
01:31:34,159 --> 01:31:41,120
some time in order to get to it. So, we
hear you. We see you. But we're a little

1225
01:31:37,920 --> 01:31:44,560
far away in terms of the queue.
I'll pause if there's any questions.

1226
01:31:42,880 --> 01:31:47,199
Just
>> if you have questions, please. But I

1227
01:31:45,920 --> 01:31:48,159
know that the assessment will probably
answer

1228
01:31:47,600 --> 01:31:53,360
» Yeah, there's
>> a lot of questions. Go ahead, though.

1229
01:31:49,600 --> 01:31:58,080
» I do have a question about um a postcard
on an assessment. Is that happening?

1230
01:31:56,880 --> 01:32:01,920
» I'm sorry. Can you ask
>> a postcard asking people to increase the

1231
01:32:00,639 --> 01:32:04,800
assessment?
>> The process.

1232
01:32:02,560 --> 01:32:11,520
» The process. So, I can I can get into
that right now. Um, I did have a a kind

1233
01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:15,760
of recap. So, in back in November 2022,
we had our original kind of needs

1234
01:32:14,159 --> 01:32:22,000
assessment that the bureau did with
regards to what would be necessary in

1235
01:32:18,639 --> 01:32:26,080
order for us to operate. We came with a
uh

1236
01:32:23,679 --> 01:32:31,360
an analysis that showed we we ultimately
need about $125 million assessment

1237
01:32:29,280 --> 01:32:35,679
budget in order for us to do it. The CEO
last year completed its third-party

1238
01:32:33,040 --> 01:32:41,520
analysis and basically agreed with us to
to about 90% of the the levels. Um, and

1239
01:32:39,600 --> 01:32:45,840
what's what's going through right now,
it just as as we see at the very last

1240
01:32:43,600 --> 01:32:50,320
bullet there, um, we're transmitting a
support contract for council and their

1241
01:32:47,840 --> 01:32:55,280
consideration. This is to allow us to to
augment our uh, back office staff to be

1242
01:32:53,040 --> 01:32:58,159
able to go out to ballot with that
contract in place. Once we get it in

1243
01:32:56,960 --> 01:33:01,520
place, hopefully we get in place
>> when we get it in place. when we when we

1244
01:32:59,520 --> 01:33:06,800
get in place that's I will use that word
uh when we get in place then um it will

1245
01:33:04,159 --> 01:33:11,280
take me about four month uh four four
weeks or so to turn around a brand new

1246
01:33:08,960 --> 01:33:16,400
engineers report and ordinance package
to council.

1247
01:33:13,120 --> 01:33:22,400
My hope is to present the ordinance
package to council in in March for

1248
01:33:19,920 --> 01:33:28,000
consideration and depending on its
approval. Then my hope is that we go out

1249
01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:33,040
to ballot shortly thereafter in the uh
April and May and June time frame. Those

1250
01:33:31,040 --> 01:33:37,520
are the that's the time frame.
>> Can you explain to us what that ballot

1251
01:33:35,440 --> 01:33:43,520
looks like because it is an election
year. So yes now. Yes, that absolutely

1252
01:33:40,800 --> 01:33:47,040
that's a great question and um ours is a
little different. So you're absolutely

1253
01:33:45,040 --> 01:33:52,480
right. It is an election year. There is
the normal electorate. Uh however, that

1254
01:33:49,920 --> 01:33:58,239
is not how we fall. The Bureau of Street
Lighting is an assessment. It follows

1255
01:33:55,199 --> 01:34:02,560
Prop 218 rules. And so we are a separate
ballot that is mailed to affected

1256
01:34:00,320 --> 01:34:08,239
parties. In this case, it's an
assessment on property owners. Uh and so

1257
01:34:05,440 --> 01:34:15,280
it would be a property owner vote um
weighted uh with with um the total value

1258
01:34:12,000 --> 01:34:19,760
of the assessment. They will be mailed
uh the ballot. Again, once once it's

1259
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:25,199
approved, they will be mailed the ballot
hopefully around April or so. There's

1260
01:34:22,080 --> 01:34:29,280
then a 45day voting period in order for
them to return the ballots. All ballots

1261
01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:34,800
in order to be counted must be returned
within that 45day period. After that, it

1262
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:39,440
will be a couple weeks for the city
clerk's office to tabulate and calculate

1263
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:43,840
the votes to which then we would present
to the city council for ratification.

1264
01:34:42,159 --> 01:34:49,840
» And then tell me how that works. Does it
have to be a threshold of 50 plus one of

1265
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:53,360
the ballots you mailed out or does it
have to be what does it look like?

1266
01:34:51,120 --> 01:35:00,000
» Right. It's essentially a protest vote,
which means um we

1267
01:34:56,719 --> 01:35:06,719
uh in order for it to pass, it must have
50% plus one of the weighted vote. And

1268
01:35:04,080 --> 01:35:11,360
so the difference is uh for instance, if
it was you, council member,

1269
01:35:09,040 --> 01:35:16,320
» yeah, you council member with a $10
assessment and then me and Fabian with

1270
01:35:14,239 --> 01:35:21,440
$2 assessments for our properties. If we
both voted no and you voted yes, the

1271
01:35:19,440 --> 01:35:24,800
ballot would actually proceed because
it's it's based off of the weighted

1272
01:35:23,040 --> 01:35:28,239
value of the assessment itself.
>> But like let's say she doesn't let's say

1273
01:35:26,800 --> 01:35:30,960
she doesn't submit her ballot. Was that
counted as a yes?

1274
01:35:29,520 --> 01:35:33,040
» That is that is
>> because it's a protest vote, right? So

1275
01:35:32,639 --> 01:35:36,080
they
>> it is not counted as yes. It is not

1276
01:35:34,480 --> 01:35:38,639
counted a no. What matters is counting
nos.

1277
01:35:37,199 --> 01:35:42,080
» What matters is what?
>> Counting noses. Making sure that there's

1278
01:35:40,080 --> 01:35:46,239
not more than 50 plus one of the nos
>> on the nose. Is this similar to what

1279
01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:50,719
sanitation did when they were increasing
their their fees?

1280
01:35:47,520 --> 01:35:55,520
» It's essentially we absolutely right. We
we do we're similar to sanitation in

1281
01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:59,120
that we do follow uh 218
>> like what my question is lit is

1282
01:35:57,520 --> 01:36:03,679
literally will it look like that process
because I know when I got the sanitation

1283
01:36:01,440 --> 01:36:07,679
one it didn't look like a ballot that I
had to submit. It was more like if you

1284
01:36:06,159 --> 01:36:11,360
were not in favor. Yeah. It looked like
a survey like it. So it doesn't it's not

1285
01:36:09,760 --> 01:36:14,960
like we're mailing you out a ballot that
looks like a BA ballot or are we doing

1286
01:36:13,199 --> 01:36:20,880
that's I think that's a detail
>> I understand when when I understand um

1287
01:36:18,080 --> 01:36:25,760
when we present the ordinance package I
will actually be in in u with the

1288
01:36:24,080 --> 01:36:29,520
consultant's help we will actually be
designing and then presenting the ballot

1289
01:36:27,440 --> 01:36:34,159
so you will all see what it looks like
and our intent is to be as as clear as

1290
01:36:32,480 --> 01:36:37,440
possible on what people are actually
then voting for.

1291
01:36:35,280 --> 01:36:39,920
» Great. And then for the sanitation when
it was also a protest vote, right?

1292
01:36:39,199 --> 01:36:45,040
» Essentially. Yes.
>> Okay. Great. And so not enough people

1293
01:36:41,840 --> 01:36:49,360
protested against it. That's why we it
was able to move forward.

1294
01:36:47,440 --> 01:36:52,159
» Correct. Or you could vote positively
for it. Yes.

1295
01:36:50,400 --> 01:36:56,239
» Exactly. Which we would like that. But
yes. Okay. Understood. Um Councilwoman,

1296
01:36:54,800 --> 01:37:00,320
any other questions on that?
>> Because I have more questions. I do want

1297
01:36:57,920 --> 01:37:05,440
to know,
>> do the homeowners or the voters, do they

1298
01:37:03,520 --> 01:37:10,560
have to put a stamp on it to return it
or is it self stamped?

1299
01:37:08,800 --> 01:37:16,800
» I will have to get back to you on that
one. I do believe it is a um return.

1300
01:37:14,239 --> 01:37:19,520
» Yeah, it's not self address stamped. I
mean self-address, but it's not stamped.

1301
01:37:18,159 --> 01:37:22,560
I think they have to provide a stamp,
but we can check on that.

1302
01:37:20,560 --> 01:37:27,600
» They have to buy the stamp. Okay.
>> Or they can drop it off our office, too.

1303
01:37:25,679 --> 01:37:29,679
» Okay. Great.
>> Thank you.

1304
01:37:28,560 --> 01:37:33,679
» Thank you.
>> So, so my first question is what is the

1305
01:37:32,320 --> 01:37:39,840
status of the street lighting assessment
which you've already shared uh that that

1306
01:37:37,040 --> 01:37:43,199
report that you said has been submitted
is going to be in front of us. Do you

1307
01:37:41,600 --> 01:37:48,080
know when we're going to vote on it?
>> The the contract

1308
01:37:45,440 --> 01:37:52,560
» for for our support um I believe is
being transmitted to C uh

1309
01:37:50,560 --> 01:37:57,679
» it's being transmitted to council. Okay.
Um and and we are working right now with

1310
01:37:55,440 --> 01:37:59,920
the clerk's office, the CLA and the
offices, the council office in order to

1311
01:37:59,199 --> 01:38:06,239
agendaize.
>> Great. So agendaizing this contract once

1312
01:38:03,280 --> 01:38:12,159
it's approved, four weeks to do the work
to hire the people to do this work and

1313
01:38:09,840 --> 01:38:17,679
that hopefully will take us into April
when you want to release it or what's

1314
01:38:14,400 --> 01:38:23,760
the step between the contract and April?
Uh March is when I I expect to be back

1315
01:38:21,440 --> 01:38:28,880
in front of council prevent uh
presenting the entire ordinance package,

1316
01:38:26,400 --> 01:38:31,360
the engineers report, the timeline for
the ballot and what the ballot looks

1317
01:38:30,560 --> 01:38:36,320
like as well.
>> Beautiful. So this report, the hiring

1318
01:38:34,560 --> 01:38:42,480
the contractors, March, you'll present
the package to us and then hopefully by

1319
01:38:39,760 --> 01:38:48,000
April it is submitted out for vote.
>> April submitted out for vote. I I think

1320
01:38:45,119 --> 01:38:52,880
the the piece and um with the timeline
that you're saying, April, May would be

1321
01:38:50,400 --> 01:38:56,800
the expectation, mid May to end of May
would be the expectation that the votes

1322
01:38:54,960 --> 01:39:00,159
or everything is closed.
>> How much time do they get to close? How

1323
01:38:58,639 --> 01:39:06,639
much how long is that election
>> from the assuming April 1st, you'd have

1324
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:13,280
it 45 days after? So, it would be May
15ish, right, that we would be doing.

1325
01:39:09,440 --> 01:39:18,719
» Great. Great. Um what Okay, go ahead.
What's the outreach plan?

1326
01:39:15,920 --> 01:39:22,719
» A few uh different ones. We're going to
do everything that's legally mandated,

1327
01:39:20,239 --> 01:39:29,040
so putting it in in the papers and all.
That's also why we have a contractor

1328
01:39:25,360 --> 01:39:34,400
that is augmenting what our um online
presence would be. Um we have created

1329
01:39:31,679 --> 01:39:37,920
collateral to uh to give out essentially
pamphlets for for information. and we

1330
01:39:36,560 --> 01:39:42,560
are working very closely with all the
council offices and and neighborhood

1331
01:39:40,239 --> 01:39:46,560
council in order for us to get in front
of um you know our constituents,

1332
01:39:44,960 --> 01:39:53,440
residents, property owners in order to
talk about it as well. Um there's uh um

1333
01:39:50,560 --> 01:39:57,440
additionally u I'm forgetting exactly
what it's called but there there will be

1334
01:39:54,960 --> 01:40:02,480
additional kind of media presence right
directing people to to greater

1335
01:39:59,760 --> 01:40:06,080
information um for the the assessment
itself. That's part of part of the

1336
01:40:04,159 --> 01:40:06,960
larger kind of outreach plan as you're
speaking.

1337
01:40:06,639 --> 01:40:11,360
» Thank you.
>> Great. Thank you. And that that also

1338
01:40:08,960 --> 01:40:15,199
includes like street banners, right?
>> Yes, we're we're we're trying uh the

1339
01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:19,440
answer is yes.
>> Um and we're trying to make sure that

1340
01:40:17,199 --> 01:40:24,480
everything that we are putting out there
is up to par in terms of how we can

1341
01:40:21,920 --> 01:40:26,560
approach um the the ballot itself. So,
we're working with the city attorneys on

1342
01:40:25,760 --> 01:40:29,600
that.
>> Beautiful.

1343
01:40:29,040 --> 01:40:33,840
» No, I'm kidding.
>> No. Yes. that. No, they won't let you

1344
01:40:31,920 --> 01:40:37,600
tie anything on light poles as I found
out. Um,

1345
01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:40,239
» but is it a light if it doesn't work?
>> No. Well [snorts] then, yeah, that's

1346
01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:47,119
true. I still have a few more questions
and I know actually we're running on

1347
01:40:41,600 --> 01:40:52,639
time. Um, so give me a second. Um,
my question is, does your 2026 2027

1348
01:40:50,320 --> 01:40:56,400
budget letter proposed to restore the
utilitarian like program?

1349
01:40:54,639 --> 01:41:01,600
» Uh, it does not. Um,
>> please tell us why. If not,

1350
01:40:58,080 --> 01:41:06,880
» uh th that is one that we did not
request. It is um predominantly related

1351
01:41:04,320 --> 01:41:10,560
to a discussion with DWP. We would have
to have those discussions. I think that

1352
01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:14,960
could probably happen separate of the
budget process into the budget process

1353
01:41:12,560 --> 01:41:18,960
itself. So,
>> great. So, [clears throat] yeah, that's

1354
01:41:16,719 --> 01:41:21,520
important to me. Um, I'm going to be
following up on this conversation

1355
01:41:20,239 --> 01:41:28,239
because there are certain parts of our
district where utilitarian lights have

1356
01:41:25,440 --> 01:41:31,920
saved us from a lot of issues and where
we couldn't put a regular light pole

1357
01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:36,400
like in some of our hillsides. So, I I
will be following up on I think during

1358
01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:41,119
the budget process when LAWP is also
proposing to have more information to

1359
01:41:38,960 --> 01:41:46,080
help us advocate for that. A Miguel, I
would love appreciate that support. Um,

1360
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:49,600
do you have uh do you have any outreach
or community engagement efforts to

1361
01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:56,480
promote 311?
>> Uh, the the short answer is yes. I think

1362
01:41:53,840 --> 01:42:00,320
it is a little bit more anemic than my
my sister and uh bureaus and

1363
01:41:58,639 --> 01:42:03,679
departments. We're obviously on the the
smaller side when it comes to full

1364
01:42:01,440 --> 01:42:09,040
staff, but we have um some of the people
from our community impact and asset uh

1365
01:42:06,719 --> 01:42:14,239
protection division that will be part of
that. and um uh some of the people

1366
01:42:11,760 --> 01:42:17,119
Jessica on my team works very closely on
trying to make sure we're also conveying

1367
01:42:15,679 --> 01:42:20,639
information to neighborhood councils
with car.

1368
01:42:18,239 --> 01:42:24,000
» Great. And how have you all been
adapting to the change in the app?

1369
01:42:23,440 --> 01:42:26,560
» Pardon?
>> How have you been adapting to the change

1370
01:42:25,840 --> 01:42:29,440
in the app?
>> Uh this bureau loves technology just to

1371
01:42:28,400 --> 01:42:33,840
be clear. Um
>> you do that camera that analy you know

1372
01:42:31,920 --> 01:42:36,719
that one camera but yes
>> well but that one wasn't a camera that

1373
01:42:35,119 --> 01:42:45,119
was lighter. Yeah. So anyway, sorry
we're not nerding out. Um but uh the

1374
01:42:41,520 --> 01:42:49,360
with regards to the um 311 app itself
there there are great um advantages to

1375
01:42:47,760 --> 01:42:53,600
it because many of the things that I
think were um issues that we had for

1376
01:42:52,080 --> 01:42:57,280
instance we tried to change some of the
wording where we were telling people it

1377
01:42:55,520 --> 01:43:01,280
would take longer etc what does complete
mean you know in the previous iteration

1378
01:42:58,719 --> 01:43:05,679
of it would have cost us another $45,000
in six months to do now we can do that

1379
01:43:03,040 --> 01:43:10,239
on the fly with ITA but there are things
that we're trying to work out in terms

1380
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:13,600
of kinks So for instance um there was at
one point in time for some for some

1381
01:43:11,679 --> 01:43:17,119
reason there was just a breakage in how
some of the um service requests were

1382
01:43:15,760 --> 01:43:21,040
being transferred so we were missing
some but all of that is getting cleared.

1383
01:43:19,119 --> 01:43:24,639
So I think it just continues to be a
work in progress for for the online

1384
01:43:23,520 --> 01:43:28,719
system itself.
>> Great. Thank you. And last question.

1385
01:43:25,840 --> 01:43:31,119
Sorry Ashley. Um what requests do you
have in your budget letter to prepare

1386
01:43:30,080 --> 01:43:33,520
for the Olympics?
>> I'm sorry. Say that again.

1387
01:43:32,159 --> 01:43:38,480
» What requests do you have in your budget
letter to prepare for the Olympics?

1388
01:43:34,960 --> 01:43:44,880
There there are um a few that we're
proposing um and they all relate to the

1389
01:43:42,320 --> 01:43:48,880
the fortification extra work that we're
doing in order to fortify the lights

1390
01:43:47,199 --> 01:43:52,080
because I do think that our lighting
system or lighting assets will be very

1391
01:43:50,800 --> 01:43:56,480
important in the future. So for
instance, sanitation was here talking

1392
01:43:53,760 --> 01:44:00,320
about some of their cameras. Well, guess
where they place them, right? Uh so

1393
01:43:58,560 --> 01:44:03,679
we're going to end up being a platform
for the larger city. Uh and those are

1394
01:44:02,400 --> 01:44:07,840
some of the requests that we do in
addition to other things like pedestrian

1395
01:44:05,520 --> 01:44:10,800
lighting and bus stop lighting as well.
>> Great. And how much is that? How much

1396
01:44:09,280 --> 01:44:14,639
did you ask for?
>> Uh

1397
01:44:12,480 --> 01:44:19,040
I have it here.
That's probably around I'm trying to

1398
01:44:16,880 --> 01:44:22,000
settle it up real quick. Around $18
million or so in new requests that we

1399
01:44:20,880 --> 01:44:26,560
have there.
>> You know, that's really good to hear.

1400
01:44:24,639 --> 01:44:29,520
Not. Well, the only reason why I bring
it up is because we paid that $21

1401
01:44:27,920 --> 01:44:33,119
million for that one lawsuit where that
piece of a light pole fell on somebody

1402
01:44:31,520 --> 01:44:35,119
» for one case.
>> Yes.

1403
01:44:33,440 --> 01:44:37,360
» And that would have paid for this entire
budget ass that you have for the

1404
01:44:36,320 --> 01:44:40,880
Olympics.
>> Just to put into context of what

1405
01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:44,480
deferred maintenance does to our city
and our city budget. Uh do you have any

1406
01:44:42,960 --> 01:44:46,639
other questions?
>> Anything else you want to say?

1407
01:44:46,000 --> 01:44:49,360
» Thank you.
>> Thank you. Appreciate y'all.

1408
01:44:48,400 --> 01:44:53,360
» Thank you.
>> Yeah. [laughter]

1409
01:44:51,119 --> 01:45:00,400
» Last question. Sorry. Um will you all be
working with also with the staff bus

1410
01:44:55,119 --> 01:45:03,360
stops for some of this uh assessment
>> engagement?

1411
01:45:01,679 --> 01:45:07,360
» We we work very closely with street
service on that and Shirley and team and

1412
01:45:04,960 --> 01:45:10,719
and uh yes and Keith as well. Yes.
>> Okay. Great. Just want to make sure that

1413
01:45:09,360 --> 01:45:14,880
we all said that out loud for the future
for the assessment. Yes. Yeah. Thank

1414
01:45:12,080 --> 01:45:21,360
you. Thank you. All right. Next we have
BCA.

1415
01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:24,600
BCA. Thank you Miguel and team.
All right,

1416
01:45:24,719 --> 01:45:29,560
we're almost done, team.
>> We're almost done.

1417
01:45:35,600 --> 01:45:40,239
» Okay, thank you. Please take a moment to
introduce yourselves and yeah, take it

1418
01:45:39,600 --> 01:45:45,520
away.
>> Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Council

1419
01:45:42,639 --> 01:45:48,880
member, uh John Reamer, the inspector of
public works, director of the Bureau of

1420
01:45:46,719 --> 01:45:55,159
Contract Administration. I'm joined with
our assistant director, Ro Mendoza, who

1421
01:45:51,040 --> 01:45:55,159
will walk us through our presentation.

1422
01:45:56,080 --> 01:46:03,440
» Good afternoon, Madame Chair, council
member Hut. Uh, as John mentioned,

1423
01:46:00,719 --> 01:46:06,480
Rumble Mendoza, assistant director. So,
our current operating budget, and I

1424
01:46:05,119 --> 01:46:10,159
refer to it as operating, not
necessarily adopted because there were

1425
01:46:08,159 --> 01:46:14,560
have been some changes throughout the
course of the year. So, 361 positions is

1426
01:46:13,199 --> 01:46:19,840
what we have in this current year
budget. um you know through the budget

1427
01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:24,080
process our goal was to preserve homes
for staff that we had you know through

1428
01:46:22,080 --> 01:46:28,400
the difficult process and so what we
wanted to do was you know we didn't want

1429
01:46:26,000 --> 01:46:34,239
to take any chances so with your support
we offered up uh up to 37 positions to

1430
01:46:32,159 --> 01:46:40,960
try to keep certain classifications so
that we could keep everyone in the

1431
01:46:35,840 --> 01:46:44,880
bureau employed. And so um this year uh
with the approval of the convention

1432
01:46:42,560 --> 01:46:48,239
center project, we did get an additional
eight positions. So that's why when I

1433
01:46:46,719 --> 01:46:53,920
talk about our operating budget, we're
really working with 369 positions so far

1434
01:46:51,280 --> 01:46:58,560
this year.
Uh I mentioned the convention center.

1435
01:46:55,600 --> 01:47:02,719
So, our adopted budget for 2526
included three positions for the

1436
01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:07,679
convention center. Um, as a sort of
starting point as the project got going

1437
01:47:05,280 --> 01:47:13,040
and we knew better what we were dealing
with, uh, the council approved an

1438
01:47:10,480 --> 01:47:17,280
additional eight positions uh, both
covering our inspection side, nine

1439
01:47:15,040 --> 01:47:22,880
positions on the inspection side, and
then two positions on the compliance

1440
01:47:19,119 --> 01:47:27,520
side. So, you know, our role uh in
inspection for capital projects in the

1441
01:47:25,760 --> 01:47:32,239
city, you know, really the owner's
representative. You know, our inspection

1442
01:47:29,280 --> 01:47:36,480
work on these projects is not such where
uh where we are called out for

1443
01:47:34,480 --> 01:47:39,920
something, we check it out and then we
walk away, right? We are the owner's

1444
01:47:38,239 --> 01:47:44,480
representative. We want to make sure
that the project is delivered for what

1445
01:47:42,480 --> 01:47:48,800
you as a council and the mayor expect
from the project, what our residents

1446
01:47:46,719 --> 01:47:54,800
expect from the investment in the
project. And so when it's the plans and

1447
01:47:52,320 --> 01:47:59,920
specifications, making sure that things
are delivered according to what was

1448
01:47:57,119 --> 01:48:04,960
designed. In addition to that uh the
compliance side making sure that the

1449
01:48:02,639 --> 01:48:11,040
requirements of the project agreement
such as the local hiring component 30%

1450
01:48:07,600 --> 01:48:15,760
local hiring uh 50% local apprentice and
10% transitional workers. Our compliance

1451
01:48:14,159 --> 01:48:18,880
side is making sure that we work with
the contractor to meet those

1452
01:48:16,960 --> 01:48:22,800
requirements. Then there's also the
business participation goals. So our

1453
01:48:21,040 --> 01:48:28,080
role on these capital projects is
multiaceted. Um and as you see on the

1454
01:48:26,080 --> 01:48:32,719
screen on the slide, verification of
work, approval of payments, things like

1455
01:48:30,239 --> 01:48:37,040
that.
Um one thing I will say on a sort of

1456
01:48:35,119 --> 01:48:42,880
current budget, you know, for these
positions, uh we are front funding the

1457
01:48:40,000 --> 01:48:48,199
the cost of the position. So as the year
goes, we'll be reimbursed for those

1458
01:48:45,199 --> 01:48:48,199
costs.

1459
01:48:48,639 --> 01:48:59,520
So as uh on Monday I think our uh
director John was uh at ad hoc committee

1460
01:48:56,560 --> 01:49:04,560
on Olympics uh talking about some of the
report backs and in particular best

1461
01:49:01,520 --> 01:49:11,600
practices on uh business participation
for LA28 procurement.

1462
01:49:07,760 --> 01:49:16,800
I will say that our current staff when
it comes to outreach for businesses and

1463
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:20,800
certification processing is six staff.
There is one senior MA and five

1464
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:26,639
management analysts. In fact, two of
those six are actually paid for by the

1465
01:49:23,920 --> 01:49:31,520
proprietaries to focus on their uh
projects and certifications.

1466
01:49:29,360 --> 01:49:35,760
So really we're essentially working with
four staff right now and they are tasked

1467
01:49:33,920 --> 01:49:40,159
with the following whether it's outreach
events. So far this year, they've

1468
01:49:37,440 --> 01:49:44,800
participated in 21 events, including the
small business academy that we put on

1469
01:49:41,920 --> 01:49:51,520
specifically to target for the Olympics.
>> We only have had 28 days this year.

1470
01:49:47,520 --> 01:49:53,760
» They event 26.
>> Yeah.

1471
01:49:52,239 --> 01:49:57,119
» Oh, that's No, great.
>> We do work hard, but I don't know if we

1472
01:49:55,520 --> 01:50:00,000
could have made that. Um,
>> thank you.

1473
01:49:58,080 --> 01:50:04,480
» Certification processing. So, you know,
we process a number of different

1474
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:08,159
certifications, whether it be MBE, WBE,
DB, you know, I could go on with the

1475
01:50:05,920 --> 01:50:12,800
acronyms, but I know for the Olympics, a
big focus has been on local and small.

1476
01:50:10,639 --> 01:50:17,760
Um, but just to give you a sense of our
workload in that regard, we currently

1477
01:50:14,960 --> 01:50:22,719
have five 400 applications in the queue.
And that's between what I, as I

1478
01:50:19,920 --> 01:50:26,239
mentioned, the four staff that do both
the certification processing and the

1479
01:50:24,560 --> 01:50:30,000
outreach. So what we're faced with
normally is in order to do the outreach

1480
01:50:28,560 --> 01:50:33,760
events like putting on the small
business academy it takes a lot of

1481
01:50:31,840 --> 01:50:38,719
effort and so what happens is the people
that are processing the certifications

1482
01:50:36,239 --> 01:50:43,040
that work takes pause while we run the
event or the whatever it might be so

1483
01:50:41,360 --> 01:50:48,159
they're doing that we've also been
proact

1484
01:50:45,119 --> 01:50:51,040
» so the 400 you have in the queue still
need to be processed and certified

1485
01:50:50,239 --> 01:50:53,679
» correct
>> and that's only the local business

1486
01:50:52,719 --> 01:50:57,119
applications.
>> Thank you. And what do those local

1487
01:50:55,199 --> 01:50:59,760
applications lead to?
>> Um like what is the certification do you

1488
01:50:59,440 --> 01:51:01,840
mean?
>> Yeah.

1489
01:51:00,159 --> 01:51:05,920
» So those are the certifications for
either local business enterprise or

1490
01:51:03,520 --> 01:51:10,719
local small business enterprise. And so
being certified in those either of those

1491
01:51:08,560 --> 01:51:14,000
two categories is what gives them the
bid preference under the city's local

1492
01:51:12,400 --> 01:51:18,560
business preference program. Whether it
be a 10% if you're in the city or a

1493
01:51:16,719 --> 01:51:21,360
starting point of 6% if you're in the
county, not in the city.

1494
01:51:20,080 --> 01:51:28,080
» Great. And what you're saying is that
this team of five handles the outreach

1495
01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:31,920
events and the certification process but
that the certification process there's a

1496
01:51:29,600 --> 01:51:34,560
405 back application backlog.
>> Correct.

1497
01:51:32,719 --> 01:51:38,560
» Okay. Thank you.
>> Um so they've also been focusing on any

1498
01:51:36,960 --> 01:51:44,880
of the outreach that we've done on the
related to the 2028 games. Um and so

1499
01:51:42,880 --> 01:51:49,440
this is an area that you know we've been
focused on. Uh looking ahead, part of

1500
01:51:47,440 --> 01:51:54,480
that report back that's in the ad hoc
Olympics committee um was first the best

1501
01:51:52,159 --> 01:52:01,280
practices and then we're also working on
an outreach plan that was requested in

1502
01:51:56,480 --> 01:52:05,840
that um uh as this goes forward you know
obviously the more outreach we do and

1503
01:52:03,280 --> 01:52:09,760
make them aware of these opportunities
that also means more certification

1504
01:52:08,000 --> 01:52:15,599
applications coming through for these
staff. So is that does that um motion

1505
01:52:13,280 --> 01:52:21,119
include staffing increase for
certification workflow processing?

1506
01:52:18,239 --> 01:52:25,760
» So uh in our report back which we hope
to have out in the next couple days here

1507
01:52:23,760 --> 01:52:30,320
um we do give several options for
different tiers of levels of outreach

1508
01:52:28,080 --> 01:52:33,119
that you may want that we would we did
give options for staffing to accompany

1509
01:52:32,639 --> 01:52:36,400
that.
>> Great. Did you put that in your budget

1510
01:52:34,400 --> 01:52:40,480
letter as well? Uh we do have a request
for some staffing for outreach that

1511
01:52:38,560 --> 01:52:44,320
would sort of address start to address
this

1512
01:52:41,520 --> 01:52:48,159
» outreach and workload processing or just
outreach.

1513
01:52:45,440 --> 01:52:52,159
» The idea is both. So with the six staff
we have now the the request in the

1514
01:52:50,320 --> 01:52:56,159
budget is for three additional staff so
we could sort of split the work.

1515
01:52:54,080 --> 01:53:00,880
» Uh so we'd have a senior MA over
outreach and a senior MA over uh

1516
01:52:59,040 --> 01:53:03,440
certification processing. So they could
really focus on those two areas

1517
01:53:02,560 --> 01:53:09,679
isolated.
>> Great. Thank you. And actually, one last

1518
01:53:06,880 --> 01:53:17,360
thing on that. Um, would any of those
405, if they were to be processed sooner

1519
01:53:12,639 --> 01:53:19,840
than later, benefit from the FIFA
>> World Cup?

1520
01:53:18,320 --> 01:53:25,119
» Good question.
>> Um, you know, I don't I don't know if

1521
01:53:21,840 --> 01:53:30,960
there's been specific discussions on
targets for the World Cup. Um, so I mean

1522
01:53:28,320 --> 01:53:34,480
they could certainly use it to to share
something that we've affirmed they are a

1523
01:53:32,960 --> 01:53:38,639
local business because that's what this
is about, right? So um but I don't know

1524
01:53:36,480 --> 01:53:43,119
if you're aware madam chair FIFA they
have their own requirements with respect

1525
01:53:41,280 --> 01:53:47,679
to identifying
um criteria they want for their

1526
01:53:45,199 --> 01:53:52,320
businesses. But what we've asked for is
that criteria so that we can get our

1527
01:53:49,440 --> 01:53:56,639
businesses ready and be able to
basically affirm that they are city of

1528
01:53:54,159 --> 01:54:02,480
Los Angeles residents. So if FIFA is
willing to um invest in and give space

1529
01:53:59,840 --> 01:54:04,480
for legitimate LA city businesses then
yes certification would definitely help

1530
01:54:04,080 --> 01:54:09,199
them.
>> Great. Thank you.

1531
01:54:07,760 --> 01:54:13,760
» So I wanted to turn a little bit to
inspection and I pulled out one specific

1532
01:54:11,280 --> 01:54:17,599
area just kind of as an example. You
know when we take when every year when

1533
01:54:15,440 --> 01:54:20,960
we do our budget um under John's
leadership and direction we always take

1534
01:54:19,280 --> 01:54:24,719
a zerobased approach when it comes to
inspection. You know, our goal is to

1535
01:54:23,119 --> 01:54:29,599
look at all the projects that we have
coming before us from all of our sister

1536
01:54:27,920 --> 01:54:35,119
bureaus and other departments, whether
it be BOE, sanitation, and we look at

1537
01:54:32,320 --> 01:54:39,119
their projected workload for projects.
And then we compare that with what we

1538
01:54:36,880 --> 01:54:44,880
currently have to decide if we need more
or less than what we currently have. So,

1539
01:54:42,239 --> 01:54:47,760
we really respond to a workload, and I
don't mean this in a bad way, that's

1540
01:54:46,080 --> 01:54:52,159
created by the other bureaus, right?
We're responding to something. And as I

1541
01:54:50,000 --> 01:54:55,679
mentioned on the convention center, our
goal is to be the eyes and ears in the

1542
01:54:53,840 --> 01:55:00,400
field. You know, this is not a situation
where uh you know, we could again walk

1543
01:54:58,719 --> 01:55:06,239
away from the project. We need to be
there to verify work before we make $10

1544
01:55:04,000 --> 01:55:09,440
million payment, a $5 million payment,
right? And it's because we want to make

1545
01:55:07,679 --> 01:55:15,360
sure that the city residents get what
their uh tax dollars are going towards.

1546
01:55:12,320 --> 01:55:20,080
And so here I share with you some of the
projects that are there for measure W.

1547
01:55:17,440 --> 01:55:25,440
We have currently two staff. Um, and I
share this uh that we do have a a little

1548
01:55:22,480 --> 01:55:30,480
bit of overspending in the measure W
because it's important, right? We did

1549
01:55:27,280 --> 01:55:35,199
ask in this current year for uh five
positions originally. Uh we did get two,

1550
01:55:33,679 --> 01:55:38,239
but this does show kind of what the
impact of that is because it's like I

1551
01:55:36,800 --> 01:55:43,679
said, we we have to go to these
projects, right? And so we have to send

1552
01:55:40,239 --> 01:55:48,000
people and it means two impacts. One is
measure W a special fund is not able to

1553
01:55:46,639 --> 01:55:52,639
cover those because we only have a
certain aotment and then two in order

1554
01:55:50,080 --> 01:55:57,920
for us to respond to these projects and
be there on site it means pulling from

1555
01:55:55,360 --> 01:56:04,159
other general fund areas. So whether
it's permits and things like that. So

1556
01:56:00,239 --> 01:56:08,639
not only is it impact to measure W um
but it's also an impact to our ability

1557
01:56:06,080 --> 01:56:13,360
to respond in other areas. Can you tell
me like give me an example of like that

1558
01:56:11,440 --> 01:56:18,080
delay or that impact?
>> So the the delay like I said uh we would

1559
01:56:16,080 --> 01:56:25,040
probably pull people from other projects
or permits. So our ability to respond to

1560
01:56:20,800 --> 01:56:28,719
say an a permit or maybe a permit for a
affordable housing development. We won't

1561
01:56:27,280 --> 01:56:33,760
be able to get there as quickly when
they need us to affirm or recommend a

1562
01:56:32,400 --> 01:56:36,639
TCO for example.
>> Got it. So it creates bottlenecks in

1563
01:56:35,440 --> 01:56:41,920
other projects.
>> Right. And then this snapshot that you

1564
01:56:39,199 --> 01:56:46,480
gave us, these are just measure W
projects in this region. These two

1565
01:56:44,880 --> 01:56:50,400
current inspectors are just for this
region and these projects or these two

1566
01:56:48,800 --> 01:56:53,520
inspection for the entire city of Los
Angeles and this is just a snippet of

1567
01:56:52,320 --> 01:56:57,599
what they have to do.
>> Um when you say region, I would say that

1568
01:56:55,920 --> 01:57:03,920
these are the act these are all the
active measure W funded projects and we

1569
01:57:00,400 --> 01:57:08,239
do just have the two staff. Um, but in
terms of region, I think they are

1570
01:57:06,000 --> 01:57:12,960
probably all kind of in that area.
Although I think that's just probably by

1571
01:57:09,599 --> 01:57:16,320
coincidence as opposed to specifying a
region.

1572
01:57:13,599 --> 01:57:19,760
» Got it. Because it looks very
regional.

1573
01:57:17,280 --> 01:57:24,560
» Yes. So that's So tell me then again,
are these two inspection staff for all

1574
01:57:22,560 --> 01:57:26,639
measure W projects and these are all the
measure W projects

1575
01:57:25,679 --> 01:57:33,520
» currently? Yes.
>> Okay, understood.

1576
01:57:30,719 --> 01:57:38,239
And then that overspend just keep all
isolated. Go ahead. Thank you.

1577
01:57:36,239 --> 01:57:42,560
» Um I did want to just touch really
quickly on our core program staffing. Um

1578
01:57:41,199 --> 01:57:46,000
I know there's a question about
attrition and hiring. So you know we

1579
01:57:44,800 --> 01:57:51,280
always try to keep up with our
attrition. Uh so we did bring in new

1580
01:57:49,280 --> 01:57:55,280
staff to sort of address that. Our
current vacancies really our our

1581
01:57:52,960 --> 01:57:59,920
programs are broken down into two areas.
And I never want to forget admin too,

1582
01:57:57,360 --> 01:58:03,840
but uh construction inspection and then
the compliance side. So on our

1583
01:58:01,520 --> 01:58:10,000
inspection side, we do have a number of
vacancies. Um again, impact being how

1584
01:58:07,599 --> 01:58:14,239
fast we respond to permits. Um our
ability to to be on the different

1585
01:58:12,400 --> 01:58:18,320
projects, how much of the time we're on
those projects, and then on the

1586
01:58:16,159 --> 01:58:22,480
compliance side, I I will say you could
see our vacancies on the compliance

1587
01:58:19,840 --> 01:58:27,199
side. We've worked really hard um to
keep those down. and with your help uh

1588
01:58:25,280 --> 01:58:31,920
in budget and finance committee and the
city council um and ultimately the

1589
01:58:29,920 --> 01:58:35,679
mayor's budget, you know, we were able
to preserve a lot of our wage theft

1590
01:58:33,599 --> 01:58:38,639
positions. That was a big deal. And
actually, even since the beginning of

1591
01:58:37,119 --> 01:58:44,000
this fiscal year, we've made a lot of
progress on our cases. We started the

1592
01:58:40,880 --> 01:58:47,360
year with 183 as a backlog. Throughout
the course of the year, we've gotten

1593
01:58:45,199 --> 01:58:51,520
almost 50 complaints, but we've been
able to get our case down to 150. So,

1594
01:58:50,080 --> 01:58:56,400
we're finally being able to keep a
little better pace with our um

1595
01:58:53,760 --> 01:59:02,000
complaints. Um, one thing that's not
addressed in our current staffing is

1596
01:58:58,560 --> 01:59:06,400
sort of pending uh motions before the
council, whether it's um expansion of

1597
01:59:04,480 --> 01:59:11,280
enforcement to state labor code,
overtime, meal breaks, rest breaks, as

1598
01:59:08,880 --> 01:59:15,840
well as the fair work week for fast food
if that materializes.

1599
01:59:14,400 --> 01:59:19,280
» When that materializes,
>> there you go.

1600
01:59:17,679 --> 01:59:22,560
Um, so that'll conclude our
presentation, but we're available for

1601
01:59:20,960 --> 01:59:27,679
questions if you have any.
>> Thank you. Yes, I have three questions.

1602
01:59:24,320 --> 01:59:32,080
Um, the presentation, Thank you so much.
The presentation shows a reduction in

1603
01:59:29,280 --> 01:59:36,880
staffing in fiscal year 2526,
but does not specify the proposed

1604
01:59:33,920 --> 01:59:41,119
staffing levels for fiscal year 2627.
Can you provide a breakdown, please?

1605
01:59:39,119 --> 01:59:45,840
» Yeah. So generally and [clears throat] I
and I think in our proposed budget, so

1606
01:59:43,360 --> 01:59:49,199
this current year is about 47 million is
our adopted budget.

1607
01:59:47,599 --> 01:59:53,920
» What you're probably looking at is a
number of about $55 million for fiscal

1608
01:59:52,000 --> 01:59:57,760
year 2627.
I always put a big asterisk on that

1609
01:59:55,679 --> 02:00:02,000
number for a couple different reasons.
Um well, one I would say one of the one

1610
02:00:00,400 --> 02:00:06,400
of the new requests we rescended, so
it's really about 54. But the big

1611
02:00:04,320 --> 02:00:11,280
asterisk I put is, you know, there's
always a lot of obligatory changes that

1612
02:00:08,480 --> 02:00:16,480
happen uh in the budget. So things like
colas and things like that. Um as well

1613
02:00:13,920 --> 02:00:20,719
as when there's one-time reductions when
we submit our budget, those are sort of

1614
02:00:19,040 --> 02:00:25,199
built back in if they're one-time and
not ongoing reductions. So that $8

1615
02:00:23,199 --> 02:00:30,320
million increase looks a lot bigger than
it really is. What our proposal is is

1616
02:00:28,000 --> 02:00:35,840
less than $2 million of actual new
money. um about 500,000 in general fund

1617
02:00:34,159 --> 02:00:40,800
and about a million and a half in
special funded positions.

1618
02:00:38,719 --> 02:00:44,080
» Okay.
And then um do you have any questions on

1619
02:00:43,199 --> 02:00:48,639
that council?
>> Yeah, I do. Thank you. What what funding

1620
02:00:46,880 --> 02:00:53,040
gaps pose the most significant
operational risk over the next two

1621
02:00:50,960 --> 02:00:57,679
years?
>> Funding gaps. Um,

1622
02:00:56,159 --> 02:01:01,280
I think in our permits, we've always
want to make sure that our permits are

1623
02:00:59,840 --> 02:01:05,679
because those are general funded,
although they're reimbursed. We are

1624
02:01:02,719 --> 02:01:10,159
working on a fee study to I guess kind
of like BOE, trying to get those fees up

1625
02:01:08,159 --> 02:01:15,280
to date so we can make sure that we can
fund the staff that we have, but also

1626
02:01:12,400 --> 02:01:19,040
respond in a manner that is acceptable
to everybody um when it comes to as

1627
02:01:17,599 --> 02:01:22,239
particularly affordable housing
developments, right? We want to get

1628
02:01:20,480 --> 02:01:26,560
there as quickly as they're ready for
us. What's the ETA on that?

1629
02:01:24,480 --> 02:01:32,480
» Um, we are working with the consultant.
We we I don't have a specific timeline.

1630
02:01:29,920 --> 02:01:36,880
Um, I'm hoping that by the time budget
committee rolls around, we'll have a

1631
02:01:34,159 --> 02:01:41,280
better sense of
>> tell them 420.

1632
02:01:38,400 --> 02:01:45,199
» Okay, [laughter]
that would be great because then that

1633
02:01:42,400 --> 02:01:48,960
would give us time before May. Um,
>> that's okay. Thanks, Chairman. Are you

1634
02:01:47,360 --> 02:01:52,800
requesting any additional funding or
resources in the upcoming budget to

1635
02:01:50,480 --> 02:01:55,440
address the certification application
backlog?

1636
02:01:53,920 --> 02:01:59,040
» Yeah, so that that would be the three
positions. Like I said, it would be to

1637
02:01:57,440 --> 02:02:03,199
sort of split that work up.
>> Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you so

1638
02:02:02,000 --> 02:02:06,159
much. Appreciate y'all.
>> Thank you.

1639
02:02:04,320 --> 02:02:11,920
» Great.
And now, last but not least,

1640
02:02:09,679 --> 02:02:18,320
we have the board of public works.
Correct, Ash? Thank you, Ashley.

1641
02:02:15,280 --> 02:02:18,320
Thank you. Thank you.

1642
02:02:21,979 --> 02:02:29,199
» [clears throat]
>> Last but not least,

1643
02:02:26,800 --> 02:02:34,239
and real quick before we get started.
Um, I believe we have an Aquarius in the

1644
02:02:31,920 --> 02:02:39,199
space. It's our president. It was his
birthday yesterday. So, happy birthday.

1645
02:02:36,719 --> 02:02:44,000
» Thank you. Thank you for joining us.
>> Working through it. Appreciate you.

1646
02:02:41,360 --> 02:02:47,119
» Thank you. I heard it was also your
birthday coming up. [laughter] I have

1647
02:02:45,679 --> 02:02:49,679
another Aquarius. Yes. But it's coming
up.

1648
02:02:47,440 --> 02:02:53,520
» All right. Happy early birthday
Aquarius.

1649
02:02:50,960 --> 02:02:56,320
» Aquarius. Thank you. [clears throat]
>> Passing it to you.

1650
02:02:54,719 --> 02:03:00,400
» All right. So, good afternoon, Madam
Chair and Councilwoman Hut. Uh, good to

1651
02:02:58,480 --> 02:03:03,520
see you. My name is Steve Kang, and I
have the honor of serving as the

1652
02:03:01,679 --> 02:03:06,800
president of the Board of Public Works.
And I'm joined today by my fellow

1653
02:03:05,280 --> 02:03:11,040
commissioners, including, uh,
Commissioner Ernesto Cardis and, uh,

1654
02:03:09,199 --> 02:03:15,280
Commissioner John Grant. And many of the
other commissioners are present online

1655
02:03:12,880 --> 02:03:19,199
as well. I'm also here to present an
overview of our budget um alongside our

1656
02:03:17,599 --> 02:03:23,679
budget director Dan. You want to
introduce yourself?

1657
02:03:20,719 --> 02:03:28,719
» Dan Aveetan uh budget director of the
public works. Madame chair, honorable

1658
02:03:26,000 --> 02:03:32,159
council member, nice to meet you.
>> TJ.

1659
02:03:29,679 --> 02:03:36,400
» Hi, council members. Uh TJ Knight, Board
of Public Works.

1660
02:03:34,400 --> 02:03:42,400
» Thank you very much. So, um if you want
to move to the next slide. So, um I'll

1661
02:03:39,920 --> 02:03:47,199
begin with a snapshot of our current uh
adopted budget. The board's annual

1662
02:03:44,159 --> 02:03:53,760
budget totals currently is about $27.4
million. That's one correction is um um

1663
02:03:50,320 --> 02:03:58,639
authorized position is 114. As of today,
15 positions are vacant, but many of

1664
02:03:55,760 --> 02:04:03,360
those are currently being um interviewed
and um accepting job offers at the

1665
02:04:00,960 --> 02:04:08,560
moment. So, um I we wanted to really
uplift three of our main priorities that

1666
02:04:05,920 --> 02:04:12,480
speak to our future budget priorities as
well. Uh number one is graffiti

1667
02:04:10,239 --> 02:04:16,880
abatement services. Number two is our
clean LA workforce development program

1668
02:04:14,800 --> 02:04:22,880
and number three is our homelessness
program. So let's move on and I'll get

1669
02:04:19,840 --> 02:04:27,599
into uh much of the details here. So as
both of you know clean LA is a 12-month

1670
02:04:25,599 --> 02:04:32,719
uh workforce development program where
it was designed several years ago to

1671
02:04:30,080 --> 02:04:37,440
provide Angelinos a pathway to full-time
employment uh and many of them have met

1672
02:04:35,119 --> 02:04:41,440
m metriculated here to the city of Los
Angeles. So, uh, in both of your

1673
02:04:39,360 --> 02:04:46,800
districts, whether it's Pico Union or
Korea Town or South LA, whether it's

1674
02:04:43,920 --> 02:04:52,080
KYCC or Chrysalis, uh, provide these
services where we have young Angelenos,

1675
02:04:49,440 --> 02:04:56,719
uh, they enroll in a 12-month program
and then after they graduate, many have

1676
02:04:54,320 --> 02:05:01,760
gone on to full-time positions with our
sanitation bureau as well as, uh, Bureau

1677
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:07,599
of Street Services. So, currently there
are four contractors that are citywide

1678
02:05:04,320 --> 02:05:13,440
and um that budget currently is about
$1.3 million, but I did want to uh bring

1679
02:05:10,880 --> 02:05:21,599
to your attention that several years ago
it started at 6 million um as um 2324

1680
02:05:18,800 --> 02:05:27,719
and has now dwindled to about 1.3
unfortunately given given the budgetary

1681
02:05:23,760 --> 02:05:27,719
conditions of the city.

1682
02:05:27,760 --> 02:05:35,040
» I want to uh do a comparison real quick.
So you said four contractors citywide

1683
02:05:32,719 --> 02:05:39,040
for 1.3 million
>> in council district one.

1684
02:05:37,599 --> 02:05:43,360
Jose, correct me if I'm wrong. It's like
we pay a little bit over a million for

1685
02:05:40,560 --> 02:05:48,480
about six clean teams just to service
council district one. Um and so it's a

1686
02:05:46,960 --> 02:05:52,400
little shocking to hear that 1.3 for the
whole city or 4 million.

1687
02:05:49,840 --> 02:05:57,280
» Yeah, it was uh 6 million just about uh
two three years ago. So really yes, it

1688
02:05:54,639 --> 02:06:01,119
started six and then it's been dwindling
since then. You can definitely feel it

1689
02:05:59,119 --> 02:06:06,719
on the streets, I'll tell you that.
>> And um next um I wanted to provide an

1690
02:06:04,400 --> 02:06:12,080
overview of our G graffiti abatement
services. Currently, our budget is about

1691
02:06:08,719 --> 02:06:16,639
$12.4 million allocated to graffiti
abatement under the Office of Community

1692
02:06:14,320 --> 02:06:21,760
Beautifification. So, uh thanks to both
of your help, uh I think our graffiti

1693
02:06:19,119 --> 02:06:27,440
abatement and OCB incurred very minimal
cuts, uh compared to the rest of the

1694
02:06:23,760 --> 02:06:32,320
city. Um however, um the 12.4 4 million
for graffiti did not account for

1695
02:06:29,679 --> 02:06:36,639
inflation, operational costs that have
went up and also wages adjustments which

1696
02:06:34,639 --> 02:06:44,639
are happening every year. So we went
from a crew a citywide crew of 95 to 75.

1697
02:06:41,040 --> 02:06:49,679
That's a 20 crew reduction uh citywide
and that has had some uh major impacts

1698
02:06:47,280 --> 02:06:53,599
in terms of the speed and the graffiti
abatement. Um but despite these

1699
02:06:51,920 --> 02:07:00,159
challenges, I think uh graffiti
abatement under OCB has provided one of

1700
02:06:56,400 --> 02:07:06,079
the most robust performance because 25%
of our graffiti services are completed

1701
02:07:02,639 --> 02:07:11,679
within 24 hours and the majority of
these services are completed within 48

1702
02:07:08,320 --> 02:07:16,800
to 72 hours and the more complex cases
are completed within five days. Not five

1703
02:07:14,320 --> 02:07:21,920
business days, but five calendar days.
However, to put that into comparison, if

1704
02:07:18,880 --> 02:07:26,000
we had when we had 95 crews, most the
vast majority were completed within 48

1705
02:07:24,159 --> 02:07:28,639
hours.
>> Yeah, that's what we heard in our last

1706
02:07:27,280 --> 02:07:35,040
public works meeting. May
>> Yes, please. I I just um

1707
02:07:32,560 --> 02:07:40,719
want to thank the council member uh my
my chair because during budget which we

1708
02:07:37,520 --> 02:07:47,119
both sit on budget we uh together really
fought to maintain as many positions in

1709
02:07:44,639 --> 02:07:52,480
the graffiti space because we know
that's public safety. We know that's

1710
02:07:49,599 --> 02:07:57,280
messaging and we we want to keep the
messages at a low. So, I'm I'm really

1711
02:07:55,119 --> 02:08:02,239
happy to hear that, you know, you're
still able to deliver even though you

1712
02:08:00,320 --> 02:08:07,599
have a lessened amount. They tried to
reduce it even more, right? And we

1713
02:08:04,239 --> 02:08:12,880
really did uh fight many other uh
members didn't get the messaging part,

1714
02:08:10,000 --> 02:08:17,199
but you do and we appreciate it.
>> Thank you. Thank you, chairwoman. At um

1715
02:08:15,119 --> 02:08:23,119
at the 95 cruise, what was the cost of
that?

1716
02:08:17,920 --> 02:08:26,719
» That was about um 95 costs. It was about
$14 million.

1717
02:08:24,880 --> 02:08:33,599
» 14 million. Okay.
>> So, we have seen in the last two years

1718
02:08:28,800 --> 02:08:38,320
or so about um $1.7 uh million dollars
of uh reduction um in terms of our

1719
02:08:36,480 --> 02:08:42,719
graffiti abatement services.
>> Great. Thank you.

1720
02:08:40,400 --> 02:08:47,520
» And then uh moving on to our third core
bucket, our HH, that's our homeless

1721
02:08:45,440 --> 02:08:51,679
housing assistance program. So, this
one's going to be different, but I

1722
02:08:49,280 --> 02:08:56,400
wanted to present this to both of you uh
to really help us kind of figure out map

1723
02:08:53,840 --> 02:09:02,159
out our future is that these programs um
are not funded by our general fund. Uh

1724
02:08:59,280 --> 02:09:08,480
but these are uh state grants. So, we
have our mobile pit stop program which

1725
02:09:04,239 --> 02:09:12,480
is at uh $4.8 million. So, 16 public
restrooms are currently operated

1726
02:09:10,560 --> 02:09:16,800
citywide and one is currently operating
at MacArthur Park. Yeah.

1727
02:09:14,079 --> 02:09:24,159
» And with 21 full-time employees. Number
two is our mobile shower program. Um

1728
02:09:19,679 --> 02:09:28,560
that's about $1.5 million and 11 uh
locations throughout the city and one is

1729
02:09:26,400 --> 02:09:34,320
currently in council district 10 at West
Adams Church of Christ. Um and then

1730
02:09:32,079 --> 02:09:40,400
number three is we have a special skid
clean team that's about $1.6 million, 28

1731
02:09:37,920 --> 02:09:45,119
full-time employees. So altogether we
have about 104 uh full-time employees

1732
02:09:43,119 --> 02:09:49,679
that are dedicated to these three
buckets of services uplifting our

1733
02:09:47,040 --> 02:09:54,800
unhoused neighbors and these are fully
grant funded by our state. However, we

1734
02:09:52,560 --> 02:09:59,840
have a time clock. We have just enough
funds to sustain the current level for

1735
02:09:57,280 --> 02:10:05,119
one more fiscal year. So we do have to
figure out um with all of your support

1736
02:10:02,400 --> 02:10:10,639
how we can sustain this program beyond
next fiscal year.

1737
02:10:07,679 --> 02:10:13,119
What was the total
>> um

1738
02:10:11,599 --> 02:10:17,679
» the grant dollars?
>> Yeah, total for all the programs is 7.9

1739
02:10:16,480 --> 02:10:23,840
million.
>> 7.9. Yes. And we're looking for it to

1740
02:10:20,560 --> 02:10:27,040
sunset it fiscal. Our fiscal or
>> one more one more year. So 27.

1741
02:10:25,920 --> 02:10:30,040
» Yes. Correct.
>> Okay.

1742
02:10:32,400 --> 02:10:40,719
So, those are the the three main buckets
that we wanted to uplift. And um and

1743
02:10:38,079 --> 02:10:45,760
council member Hut and when you asked
the the questions of what would be the

1744
02:10:42,320 --> 02:10:52,000
most um uh impactful um kind of
budgetary cuts, I think given the volume

1745
02:10:48,880 --> 02:10:57,440
of uh graffiti and cleanliness uh
services that we're receiving, we we are

1746
02:10:54,880 --> 02:11:02,480
concerned about potential cuts to our
graffiti abatement services. So, we are

1747
02:11:00,079 --> 02:11:07,599
working uh we're in collaboration with
the mayor's team and and making sure

1748
02:11:04,560 --> 02:11:10,719
that you know we either sustain uh our
current level of funding or potentially

1749
02:11:09,840 --> 02:11:13,199
increase.
>> Well, what did you request? What's in

1750
02:11:12,159 --> 02:11:16,159
your budget letter?
>> Well, um you know,

1751
02:11:14,880 --> 02:11:20,560
» those are public already. So,
>> correct. Correct. And and I I do

1752
02:11:18,159 --> 02:11:26,480
understand. So, we're currently um we're
hoping to go back to where we were

1753
02:11:22,560 --> 02:11:30,639
before uh about 23 24.
>> So, what level is that?

1754
02:11:28,639 --> 02:11:34,560
We're currently um in deliberation with
the mayor's team and u I'm happy to

1755
02:11:32,880 --> 02:11:37,360
follow up once the number has been
confirmed.

1756
02:11:35,840 --> 02:11:42,400
» We don't have the number for fiscal year
2023 and 2024.

1757
02:11:39,199 --> 02:11:45,199
» That is uh 14 million.
>> Okay. And that's just for graffiti.

1758
02:11:44,159 --> 02:11:48,400
Okay. Great.
>> Thank you. I have more questions.

1759
02:11:46,960 --> 02:11:53,400
Chairman, I mean councilman, I'll pass
it to you. Thank you. Um

1760
02:11:55,280 --> 02:12:03,040
at our last meeting, uh OCB stated
during the 2526 fiscal year budget, the

1761
02:12:01,119 --> 02:12:08,400
graffiti removal contractor servicing
the highest need service request areas

1762
02:12:05,520 --> 02:12:16,079
were reduced and other area contractors
remain the same. How does the 2026 2027

1763
02:12:12,719 --> 02:12:21,199
budget letter move to fund graffiti
removal programs based on SR demand and

1764
02:12:18,800 --> 02:12:24,639
highest need areas/contractors
proportionately?

1765
02:12:22,239 --> 02:12:31,040
» So the board has really taken uh the
equity umbrella um into our equation and

1766
02:12:27,920 --> 02:12:36,320
we really re um uh reorganizing our
operations as we speak. I know uh Paul

1767
02:12:33,440 --> 02:12:40,560
Rash is here, our director is uh present
and he is well understanding and then

1768
02:12:38,560 --> 02:12:45,520
what you mentioned about clean streets
as well. It is a collaborative between

1769
02:12:42,960 --> 02:12:50,560
Bureau of Street Services and Sanitation
and our OCB crews where we're really

1770
02:12:48,000 --> 02:12:55,119
trying to be creative about deployment
into not only major corridors, but the

1771
02:12:53,119 --> 02:12:59,360
communities with the most needs and
making sure that um not the loudest

1772
02:12:57,360 --> 02:13:04,000
voices of our city get the best
services, but really looking at our data

1773
02:13:01,520 --> 02:13:09,040
metrics and and doing that. And although
uh we we are having um uh we did put

1774
02:13:06,719 --> 02:13:14,239
forward a number, I believe that number
has been shifted. So um I you know I I

1775
02:13:12,320 --> 02:13:18,400
would love to give you a number but it's
very preliminary and I uh I do not feel

1776
02:13:16,719 --> 02:13:23,199
comfortable sharing that at this time.
>> Great. And then I think what I just

1777
02:13:21,119 --> 02:13:29,040
wanted to uplift as you all further
deliberate this is

1778
02:13:25,599 --> 02:13:32,960
the the reductions in the teams happened
from my understanding in the areas with

1779
02:13:30,719 --> 02:13:38,159
the highest need. Right. So, I had
areas, I think Councilwoman Hut had also

1780
02:13:35,360 --> 02:13:44,079
areas where we had two teams and other
areas perhaps that didn't have as much

1781
02:13:39,760 --> 02:13:47,280
graffiti. Um, they had one team, but we
saw a reduction. Instead of seeing like

1782
02:13:45,599 --> 02:13:50,719
a reduction in consolidation, for
example, in the west side, they're not

1783
02:13:49,199 --> 02:13:54,480
getting tagged up like Pico Union and
MacArthur Park. Perhaps the west side

1784
02:13:52,719 --> 02:13:58,880
doesn't need two teams. Maybe they need
one. And I'm and and I bring this up

1785
02:13:56,560 --> 02:14:04,560
because as yes, it can't just be the
loudest voices, but also how do we be

1786
02:14:01,760 --> 02:14:09,920
more strategic and um if we don't need
to have as much response in one area,

1787
02:14:08,159 --> 02:14:13,360
then let's reconfigure how we are
distributing these teams because looking

1788
02:14:11,760 --> 02:14:16,560
at the data and seeing the number of
requests even just coming in for council

1789
02:14:14,800 --> 02:14:21,280
district 10, like you should have many
more teams and I think so just want to

1790
02:14:19,119 --> 02:14:24,880
put it out there that um equity and the
distribution of service is something

1791
02:14:22,639 --> 02:14:27,280
we've been pushing for and I think DOT T
has done a phenomenal job in

1792
02:14:26,079 --> 02:14:31,040
implementing it in some ways
particularly around our schools that

1793
02:14:29,280 --> 02:14:35,520
need the speed humps and the lowering
the speed limits. So that's just a great

1794
02:14:33,199 --> 02:14:39,520
example of the implementation of equity
but I think with these particular teams

1795
02:14:37,920 --> 02:14:44,079
yes we need to fully fund them which is
a above the whatever the 14 million is

1796
02:14:41,920 --> 02:14:47,840
and also the distribution and
configuration definitely needs to change

1797
02:14:46,239 --> 02:14:53,520
so that it makes more of an impact
>> and I I have a a question. So, how does

1798
02:14:50,560 --> 02:14:56,880
that work? If they This is not a high
need area. What are what are this team

1799
02:14:55,920 --> 02:15:00,719
doing today?
>> What are they doing?

1800
02:14:57,599 --> 02:15:04,239
» So, I want to invite our director Rash
to help answer.

1801
02:15:02,239 --> 02:15:07,440
» Not trying to hot seat you. I'm just
trying to see if you redirect them if

1802
02:15:06,000 --> 02:15:12,400
they don't have
>> Paul Ro with Office of Community

1803
02:15:09,520 --> 02:15:18,880
Beautifification. And um I apologize if
there was some misunderstanding last

1804
02:15:14,400 --> 02:15:24,400
time. So, uh, yes, cuts did happen in
some of the higher impacted areas more

1805
02:15:22,239 --> 02:15:30,560
than than some of the other areas, but
but all all areas of the city have are

1806
02:15:28,320 --> 02:15:38,560
suffering fewer graffiti abatement
crews. Uh the reason that the the higher

1807
02:15:34,719 --> 02:15:46,560
impacted areas probably suffered a a
larger cut overall is because we put

1808
02:15:43,119 --> 02:15:54,320
more resources into those areas to begin
with. So just as an example, in council

1809
02:15:50,239 --> 02:15:59,760
district one, we had eight graffiti
abatement crews. That number has been

1810
02:15:56,880 --> 02:16:06,800
reduced to six.
six or seven right now um in all of

1811
02:16:03,920 --> 02:16:11,679
council districts five and 11 combined.
So that area which does have less

1812
02:16:10,079 --> 02:16:18,159
graffiti although still certainly
graffiti there are only four crews

1813
02:16:14,159 --> 02:16:22,639
working. So it's for those two districts
combined. The whole west side really

1814
02:16:19,920 --> 02:16:28,960
right now has four graffiti abatement
crews. So everywhere took a cut.

1815
02:16:26,000 --> 02:16:34,719
Unfortunately, because we have more
resources in council district 9, council

1816
02:16:32,479 --> 02:16:41,280
district 14, council district 1, council
district 10, there there was had to be a

1817
02:16:37,679 --> 02:16:45,040
larger proportional cut. So
>> and and I hear you and and that's

1818
02:16:42,800 --> 02:16:50,719
exactly what I digested and what I'm
trying to say is that of course we have

1819
02:16:48,719 --> 02:16:56,399
more because we need more,
>> right? And that should be the baseline.

1820
02:16:53,120 --> 02:17:00,080
And what should be reconsidered is if
that if the west side does need four

1821
02:16:58,160 --> 02:17:03,280
teams, maybe they can survive better
with two teams. [laughter] And obviously

1822
02:17:01,599 --> 02:17:07,200
there's going to be push back,
>> but like

1823
02:17:04,319 --> 02:17:11,200
» or maybe flexibility for the
>> you know, it's going to get hot and when

1824
02:17:09,040 --> 02:17:18,160
when it gets hot, people are more
creative. And so then do we move the

1825
02:17:14,399 --> 02:17:21,519
teams from a you know less useful space
to spaces that are more artsy?

1826
02:17:20,800 --> 02:17:25,840
» Yes. Right.
>> Like how can we

1827
02:17:23,280 --> 02:17:31,599
» Yeah. I mean even on the west end part
part of the problem in the west side is

1828
02:17:27,359 --> 02:17:35,679
although it may be more le less graffiti
say per square mile or so. It's a huge

1829
02:17:33,599 --> 02:17:40,880
geographic area and the contractors have
to spend a lot more time driving around

1830
02:17:38,559 --> 02:17:46,319
just just to get to uh the request or
where the graffiti is.

1831
02:17:42,639 --> 02:17:49,599
» And and so I guess one is well
definitely I I'm going to be throwing

1832
02:17:47,760 --> 02:17:53,599
down as hard as I can to get the full
funding for graffiti removal and also

1833
02:17:52,080 --> 02:17:58,880
I'm going to be throwing down to make
sure that the distribution is a little

1834
02:17:55,920 --> 02:18:01,599
more equitable and um in the
implementation of it um as we move

1835
02:18:00,880 --> 02:18:07,519
forward. So
>> Right. Understood. And just one one more

1836
02:18:04,319 --> 02:18:11,840
quick point, we do have sort of non
geographic boundary crews as well. We

1837
02:18:09,840 --> 02:18:17,280
call them strike force crews that we
throw into the hotter areas and those do

1838
02:18:14,080 --> 02:18:22,639
go in much more frequently into those
high impact areas than than other parts

1839
02:18:20,639 --> 02:18:25,760
of the city that maybe don't experience
as much graffiti.

1840
02:18:24,000 --> 02:18:31,280
» Great. Thank you so much.
>> Is that in addition to these to the

1841
02:18:28,399 --> 02:18:35,280
» Yes, that's a supplemental layer. So we
I I mean the budget is is the overall

1842
02:18:33,359 --> 02:18:40,559
bud that budget does include the strike
force crews as well, but they're they're

1843
02:18:37,840 --> 02:18:45,840
not assigned say to a specific council
district or geographic area. We have

1844
02:18:42,719 --> 02:18:52,160
four crews and so every week we assign
them to different sort of hotspot areas

1845
02:18:48,479 --> 02:18:57,599
around the city and those do go quite
more frequently into the higher impact

1846
02:18:54,479 --> 02:19:02,399
areas. And so that right now we're at
about 12 million. Fully funding is 14

1847
02:19:00,160 --> 02:19:06,639
million. Is that gap just those four
teams or how many teams is that gap?

1848
02:19:04,559 --> 02:19:12,240
» No, that that gap that 2 million will
will get us back to the level of service

1849
02:19:08,880 --> 02:19:18,639
that we were roughly previously last
fiscal year would add about 20 more

1850
02:19:15,760 --> 02:19:25,359
graffiti abatement teams um on a
city-wide basis. 20 teams a team a a

1851
02:19:23,120 --> 02:19:26,559
team being well the four are in place
now.

1852
02:19:26,080 --> 02:19:32,319
» Okay.
>> So that that additional funding would

1853
02:19:29,200 --> 02:19:37,519
allow us to restore those 20 positions
that were cut this fiscal year.

1854
02:19:34,399 --> 02:19:42,559
» Okay. Wonderful. Thank you. Um at at our
last meeting, OCB discussed a challenge

1855
02:19:40,399 --> 02:19:47,439
uh between 311 and graffiti removal
contractors to receive all service

1856
02:19:44,800 --> 02:19:52,160
requests and to record proactive service
requests. Has this been resolved or

1857
02:19:50,160 --> 02:19:55,680
what's the corrective action plan here?
>> It has not been resolved at this point.

1858
02:19:53,920 --> 02:20:02,640
The 311
system for the OCB contractors is very

1859
02:19:58,800 --> 02:20:08,640
cumbersome, very time consuming. Uh we
did just last week get somewhat of a fix

1860
02:20:05,359 --> 02:20:13,439
for the proactive work in that um our
contractors still can't enter it

1861
02:20:10,319 --> 02:20:17,840
directly into the system but uh a
database has been created an Excel

1862
02:20:15,600 --> 02:20:22,560
spreadsheet that they will enter that in
then they email that spreadsheet to ITA

1863
02:20:20,160 --> 02:20:29,040
and then ITA will be able to upload it
into the the mya 311 system. So that

1864
02:20:26,560 --> 02:20:35,520
will eventually allow us to capture the
proactive work for stats. But in general

1865
02:20:32,240 --> 02:20:40,560
for for them getting the a request and
downloading it and getting it to the

1866
02:20:37,359 --> 02:20:46,000
their crews to go out and do the work is
a lot more time consuming than the

1867
02:20:43,920 --> 02:20:52,080
previous system was.
>> Understood. And also

1868
02:20:50,160 --> 02:20:57,520
um we're going to have a meeting about
this very soon. So if you can have check

1869
02:20:55,359 --> 02:21:01,840
in with your crews and ask and I'm sure
you are but like what are the

1870
02:20:59,280 --> 02:21:05,600
suggestions to facilitate this
>> because you just spent all this money on

1871
02:21:03,840 --> 02:21:10,160
this app like and if it is not
functioning for them

1872
02:21:07,280 --> 02:21:14,000
» it's 2026 we can't go back to Excel we
have to make this app

1873
02:21:11,520 --> 02:21:19,439
» accessible to your teams or just the
process it might be that these crews are

1874
02:21:16,880 --> 02:21:23,680
not able to do that and maybe it's that
they are connected with the dispatcher

1875
02:21:21,280 --> 02:21:28,080
and that the I I don't know I just want
uplifted that we

1876
02:21:25,840 --> 02:21:32,479
» we we can come up with a bullet point of
of lists from all our contractors

1877
02:21:30,000 --> 02:21:35,040
that'll probably be three pages longer.
>> I I'll get it to Jose in the back and

1878
02:21:34,080 --> 02:21:39,040
he'll get it to you guys.
>> People closest to the problems are the

1879
02:21:36,560 --> 02:21:40,319
ones closest to the solution. So,
>> welcome.

1880
02:21:39,600 --> 02:21:45,520
» Absolutely.
>> And so, when you come with the solution,

1881
02:21:43,040 --> 02:21:50,000
are there any barriers that right now
are keeping us from operationalizing the

1882
02:21:47,840 --> 02:21:55,040
solution that you've already discovered?
Yeah, I mean the system itself is not

1883
02:21:52,240 --> 02:21:59,359
designed for a lot of the solutions that
our contractors would like to see put in

1884
02:21:57,760 --> 02:22:02,080
place
>> and we'll be hearing about that at a

1885
02:22:01,040 --> 02:22:04,399
special meeting.
>> So just be ready please with all that

1886
02:22:03,840 --> 02:22:07,680
info
>> and there is sort of like a wish list

1887
02:22:05,920 --> 02:22:09,040
from all of our contractors.
>> Wonderful.

1888
02:22:08,319 --> 02:22:15,120
» Yeah. So,
>> but I mean is it a a solution based like

1889
02:22:12,000 --> 02:22:18,560
I wish I could have but the have is not
a real thing or

1890
02:22:16,160 --> 02:22:22,479
» a lot of it is based on the former app
what they were able to do and they're

1891
02:22:20,560 --> 02:22:23,760
not able to do in its current app as
well.

1892
02:22:22,720 --> 02:22:25,680
» Got it. Got it.
>> Thank you.

1893
02:22:24,479 --> 02:22:29,680
» Thank you.
>> Um

1894
02:22:27,760 --> 02:22:34,319
how much revenue did we bring in this
fiscal year from the gas franchise

1895
02:22:31,920 --> 02:22:38,960
agreements and how much revenue are we
projected to bring in the next fiscal

1896
02:22:35,840 --> 02:22:43,520
year? So I I will let um have Dan
answer. Um but I believe the last update

1897
02:22:41,600 --> 02:22:50,399
I received it's about from the oil and
petroleum it's about 30 million.

1898
02:22:47,200 --> 02:22:55,920
This fiscal year uh it's uh around 20
million but the biggest portion is

1899
02:22:52,880 --> 02:23:02,399
coming the second half of the year. Last
fiscal year I can on uh I cannot recall

1900
02:23:00,319 --> 02:23:08,000
exactly but it should be around 55
million.

1901
02:23:04,080 --> 02:23:13,200
Uh and uh the next fiscal year is going
to be approximately the same uh plus uh

1902
02:23:11,840 --> 02:23:19,160
million.
>> Great. Thank you so much, Councilwoman.

1903
02:23:15,760 --> 02:23:19,160
Any other questions?

1904
02:23:19,280 --> 02:23:25,840
» None.
>> Great. Thank you so much. Um and my last

1905
02:23:23,840 --> 02:23:31,359
question is, do you have any outreach or
community engagement efforts to promote

1906
02:23:27,600 --> 02:23:36,240
311 uh in funding requests? uh not
specifically in the funding requests um

1907
02:23:33,439 --> 02:23:40,399
but the board does recognize our budget
limitations. So we've been very creative

1908
02:23:37,920 --> 02:23:45,840
about our outreach and I do rec want to
recognize our vice president Jenny

1909
02:23:41,920 --> 02:23:50,479
Chavez here as well. Um so as both of
you know we make a concerted effort to

1910
02:23:48,000 --> 02:23:55,280
do a town hall every other month. So we
we do make a big promotion of our 311

1911
02:23:53,120 --> 02:23:59,600
and also all five commissioners are
visiting actively visiting trying to

1912
02:23:57,280 --> 02:24:04,560
visit all 99 neighborhood councils. So
whenever we go we team with whether it's

1913
02:24:01,760 --> 02:24:08,560
sanitation, street services, uh bring
swag,formational

1914
02:24:06,240 --> 02:24:14,240
language accessibility. So we've been
doing um all we can in terms of that

1915
02:24:11,120 --> 02:24:19,520
creative space um as well as uh we are
looking at a new campaign for our 311

1916
02:24:17,359 --> 02:24:23,359
week as well as our public works week.
So we are coming up with some creative

1917
02:24:21,280 --> 02:24:26,880
ideas with our current resource levels
to promote the app.

1918
02:24:25,120 --> 02:24:34,240
» Great. Thank you. Yeah, like the stop
program. anything we can do there. Um,

1919
02:24:30,479 --> 02:24:40,000
and I I'm really looking forward to 311
week. And also, I want us I wanted to

1920
02:24:37,840 --> 02:24:44,479
like I want it to mean what we say,
right? And right now there's a bit of a

1921
02:24:42,399 --> 02:24:48,240
deficit in that in the app and in its
usage and its accessibility. And so if

1922
02:24:47,120 --> 02:24:53,600
we're going to say it with our whole
chest, we need to make sure that ITA and

1923
02:24:51,439 --> 02:24:57,520
everyone comes together to make the
necessary changes and adaptations to

1924
02:24:55,439 --> 02:25:01,439
make it more accessible. No, absolutely.
>> So that our word means something here.

1925
02:25:00,080 --> 02:25:03,120
But I appreciate y'all. Thank you so
much.

1926
02:25:02,080 --> 02:25:07,760
» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. Uh colleagues, no more

1927
02:25:04,880 --> 02:25:12,720
questions, comments, concerns, thoughts.
>> No, but I think our public works.

1928
02:25:10,399 --> 02:25:18,240
» Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you public
works uh and uh president for being here

1929
02:25:14,880 --> 02:25:21,760
with us today. Uh Mr. Espinosa, is there
any action we need to take on this item?

1930
02:25:20,080 --> 02:25:24,640
» No. No action is required.
>> Is there any is there anything else

1931
02:25:23,600 --> 02:25:28,720
before this committee?
>> No, Madam Chair. The desk is clear.

1932
02:25:26,720 --> 02:25:35,479
» Great. This committee meeting is now
adjourned at 5:00 p.m. We did it.

1933
02:25:31,680 --> 02:25:35,479
» Woohoo. Thanks, everybody.