>> Council President: GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 19th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PARKS SECONDS. WHAT'S #SING? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDS, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA? >> Clerk: YES, SIR, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH CONSIDERING THE UPCOMING COUNCIL RECESS. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION,. >> Clerk: ITEMS 1 THROUGH 12 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 4 THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED CIRCULATED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNSEL SIEL FILE 22-1316, ON ITEM 11 A CORRECTED COLLECTIVE JOBS REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 15-1207-S1, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS ALSO BEEN SUBMITTED FOR ITEM 11. NOTE, FOR ITEM 11, THERE IS NO ACTION TAKEN ON THIS ITEM IN AS MUCH AS THIS ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL DURING THE SPECIAL MEET ING AS ITEM NUMBER 15. FOR ITEM 12, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED EXAMINE AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 15-1207-S3. ITEMS 13 AND 14 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. NOTE FOR ITEM 14, TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO WAIVE REVIEW OF PUBLIC WORKS ANTICIPATED ACTION PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 1045B. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. MEMBERS, ANY SPECIALS AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? IS THIS YOU ON THE QUEUE? >> T. Park: YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ITEM 8, WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. McOSKER. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Council President: MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, ON 12 WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT AMENDMENT MAKES IT? >> Council President: MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: ITEM 12 SHALL BE HELD ON THE DESK BUT THE AMENDMENT, MAYBE IT'S--IT'S COMING, OKAY. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: AND MR. McOSKER IS THERE A SECOND TO YOUR AMENDMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 12? >> Council President: SO THERE ARE SECONDS ON THE DOCUMENT. >> T. McOsker: IT WILL BE ON THE DOCUMENT. >> Clerk: OKAY, THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE SCREEN IS FIXED NOW. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK WHAT IS NEXT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS? >> Clerk: WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL IS, ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7, AS WELL AS 9 AND 10. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A FEW WORDS TO SPEAK, SIR. >> City Attorney: YES, THANK YOU. SOL MEMBERS THE RULES ARE THE SAME AS THEY ARE IN EVERY OTHER MEETING BUT I UNDERSTAND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS PARTICULARLY TO ITEMS NUMBER 15 OR ITEMS NUMBER 12, THAT YOU PLEASE GET THEM IN BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE MULT I BELIEVE PRESENTATIONS BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM ALL IN AND PROCESSED BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THIS SPECIAL MEETING. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL CAN NOW MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A BIG DAY OF PRESENTATIONS TODAY THAT WE'LL GO INTO. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO REMIND MEMBERS, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN STEEPED IN BIG ISSUES BUT I WANT TODAY REMIND US THAT WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO RAISING ISSUES AROUND THE IMMIGRATION EBB FORCEMENT --ENFORCEMENT THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AND CONSTITUENTS. SO WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PRESENTATION, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY THAT WE DROPPED THAT AND MOVED ON OR THAT WE FORGOT ABOUT IT. WE HAVE NOT BUT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WE'VE BEEN A BIT SWAMPED. WITH THAT, I'LL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER PRICE OF THE NEW NINETH DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT GETS TO BE NEW BUT THE NEW 9th DISTRICT FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION. >> C. Price: XWAOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. FROM EARLY BEGINNING, EDUCATION, LOS ANGELES TRADE TECH COLLEGE HAS SHAPED GENERATIONS OF TALENT ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. TODAY WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE NOT JUST A MILD STONE BUT A LEGACY. 100 YEARS OF RESILIENCE AND TRANSFORMATION AT L.A. TRADE TECH COLLEGE. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. [APPLAUSE] ESTABLISHED IN THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES, L.A. TRADE TECH COLLEGE HAS STOOD A AS A PAIL AR OF UNDERSTAND AND ADVANCEMENT FOR WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES FOR A FULL CENTURY. THE COLLEGE OPENED ITS DOORS FOR UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES PROVIDING A PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC NOEBLT. NOT ONLY A SCHOOL BUT A LARGE PAD ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, IMMIGRANTS, AND WORKING ADULTS. FOR 100 YEARS, L.A. TRADE TECH HAS FORGED POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADERS, LABOR UNIONS TO ENSURE ITS GRADUATES ARE JOB READY ON DAY ONE. L.A. TRADE TECH HAS BECOME A MODEL HOW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CAN WORK HAND AND HAND. AND THIS IS NOT JUST HAPPENED BUT ITSELF, WE HAVE A POWERFUL LEADERSHIP TEAM, PRESIDENT ALFRED, QUARTERS HAS BEEN LEADING STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE SINCE 23. PROVIDING INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE, STRUCTURES AND LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE, HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. AT THIS TIME, LET ME JUST BRING FORWARD DR. McARTERS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. DOCTOR? [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, I'M DR. McQUARTERS PROUD PRESIDENT OF L.A. TECHNICAL COLLEGE. WITH ME IS BOARD PRESIDENT, DR. KELSEY INO. MY TEAM, FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT AND OUR STUDENT PRESIDENT AS AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT. ON BEHALF OF THE LACC, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND LOS ANGELES TECHNICAL COLLEGE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR HONORING US AS OUR CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. TT A PRIVILEGE TO STAND HERE TODAY AND REFLECT WHAT A 100 YEARS OF EDUCATION, SERVICE AND PARTNERSHIP TRULY MEANS. IF YOU LOOK HERE, TRADE TECH STARTED IN 1925 BUT THE TAUGHT OF TRADE TECH STARTED LONG BEFORE THAT. IN 1924, TRADE TECH CLASSES WERE OFFERED THROUGH THE CITY OF L.A. AND IT WAS NOT IN THE 1925 THE PROGRAMS WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE TRADE SCHOOL. AND FROM THERE, WE HAVE BEEN GROWING. WE LATER BECAME PART OF THE LACC COLLEGE DISTRICT AS WELL AND TODAY WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN ACROSS OUR COLLEGE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. NINE PATHWAY THAT'S ARE EXISTING WITHIN THE COLLEGE, EVERYTHING FROM OUR COORDINATED PROGRAM TO TRANSFER US TO CSUs, TO UCs TO AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO INTO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR POPULATION OF STUDENTS, WE SERVE OVER 20,000 STUDENTS AT TRADE TECH. THE DEMOGRAPHIC AT LEAST 95 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR. 75 ARE LATINX STUDENTS. WHAT WE DO IS A NUMBER OF THINGS. WE ARE PROVIDING THE WORKFORCE, WE'RE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFER AND JOBS IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION AND COMPLETION OF CERTIFICATES. WE LOOK AT OUR STUDY IN TERMS OF WHAT BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF OTHER BENEFIT, THERE IS A NUMBER OF OTHER BENEFITS. WE PROVIDE SOCIAL MOBILITY AND AN INDUSTRY FEEDER TO ALLOW BUSINESS TO SEE GROW. SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF IMPACTS THAT TRADE TECH HAS BEEN DOING FOR 100 YEARS. WE ALSO ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND THIS AREA. ONE OF THE MILESTONES, TWO MILESTONES THAT I WANT TO SHARE AT TRADE TECH AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE LOTS OF LOSS OF TRANSFORMATION, SO WE HAVE A NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING THAT IS GOING ON THAT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN 2027 AND NEW DESIGN MEDIA DESIGN BUILDING THAT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN 2027 AND THIS YEAR, AS YOU MENTIONED IS VERY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS MILESTONE OF 100 YEARS. SO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN HAVING ALUMNI EVENTS, I PROBABLY GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION HOW MANY ALUMNI ARE IN THIS ROOM, AND THERE IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN RAISE THEIR HAND. WE HAVE ANOTHER THING, A COMMENCEMENT, FORMER SENATOR LA FONSO BUTLER WAS THERE ALSO AND NOW WE'RE GOING INTO A CELEBRATION IN THE GALA. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU TO SPEAK AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRADE TECH AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: THANK YOU, AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT CENTURY, L.A. TRADE TECH IS NOT SLOWING DOWN, IT'S EXPANDING AND DOUBLING DOWN ON ITS MISSION OF EQUITY ACCESS. OPPORTUNITY, RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY. SO HERE'S TO 100 YEARS OF EMPOWERING STUDENTS, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING FUTURES. AND HERE'S TO THE NEXT CENTURY OF IMPACT INNOVATION AND INCLUSION AT L.A. TRADE TECH COLLEGE. HAPPY CENTENNIAL, L.A. TRADE TECH YOUR LEGACY IS LOS ANGELES! >> Council President: TRADE TECH IN THE HOUSE! COUNCILMEMBER I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING TRADE TECH AND RECOGNIZING THIS 100tH ANNIVERSARY OF TRADE TECH, TRADE TECH HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF LOS ANGELES WAY OF LIFE AND THE BUILDING OF THE WORKERS THAT MAKE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE THAT IT IS. SO ALMOST EVERY PART OF THIS CITY AND REGION, SOMEBODY LEARNED TO DO SOMETHING AT TRADE TECH THAT THEY'RE STILL USING TO THIS DAY TO HELP BUILD THEIR FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOTEL OF ALL BUILD OUR CITIES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR TRADE TECHNICAL COLLEGE. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN OF THE SECOND DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES TODAY HERE HERE TO CELEBRATE AN EXTRAORDINARY MILESTONE FOR A HOME GROAN NONPROFIT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, FOOD FORWARD. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING TO CELEBRATE FOOD FORWARD. DWRAIT TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. SINCE ITS FINDING, FOOD FORWARD HASED BEEN ON A MISSION TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE AND JUST SURPASSED AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT RECOVERING AND DISTRIBUTING, PRODUCE, THE HE QUIF ENTER OF TWO BILLION SERVING OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. [APPLAUSE] THIS MILESTONE REMINDS US OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. IN CALIFORNIA, 1 IN 5 HOUSEHOLD, 1 IN 5 HOUSEHOLD IN CALIFORNIA, BY THE WAY, THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, STRUGGLES WITH FOOD INSECURITY AND AT THE SAME TIME, MORE THAN A THIRD OF FOOD IN THE U.S. GOES UNSOLD OR UNEATEN, REPRESENTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF LOSS AND UNHOLD LOSS. FOOD FORWARD HAS CREATED A MODEL SOLUTION W.A HELP OF THE DEDICATED TEAM OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, THEY RESCUE PERFECTLY GOOD FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE, FROM FARMS, WHOLESALERS, OWN LOCAL BACK YARDS, AND THAT'S HOW I GOT TO KNOW THEM BY THE WAY. THERE IS A LOT OF FRUIT TREES IN THE SAN FERNANDO, BECAUSE THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WAS A BIG ORCHARD. SO THEY WOULD LITERALLY GO AND PICK THEM UP FROM RESIDENTS HOMES. THEIR WORK HAS BENEFITED OUR PLANET. IN 2024, ALONE, FOOD FORWARD PREVENTED MORE THAN 8 3000 TONS OF GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS. THE SAME AS TAKING NEARLY 20,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD FOR A YEAR. THANK YOU FOR THE CLAP. YOU CAN CLAP FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD FORWARD TRIP MISSION AT SCALE AND TACKLING THE CLIMATE CRISIS THROUGH FOOD WASTE PREVENTION IS NOT JUST TIMELY BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL. SO TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR FOOD FORWARD FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE, THEIR VISION AND THIS HISTORIC 500 MILLION POUND MILESTONE. THEIR WORK NOURISHES OUR COMMUNITIES, PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND INSPIRES US ALL. CONGRATULATIONS FOOD FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. HAVE A SMALL LITTLE PRESENTATION TO OFFER YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> IT'S MY PLEASURE TO THE CEO OF FOOD FORWARD TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> EYE LITTLE MOMENT OF OUR 500 MILLIONTH POUND WILL BE REACHING PEOPLE SO THANK YOU AGAIN. GOOD MORNING, I'M RICK NIMIAS FOUNDER AND BESIDES ME IS JEFF HARRIS, THE BOARD. BEENER BOARD CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN TO OUR 500 HUNGRY PARTNERS, WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. OVER 16 YEARS AGO, FOOD FORWARD BEGAN WITH A HARVESTING OF TWO BACK YARD FRUIT TREES IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALUES WHICH PRODUCED 800 POUNDS OF FRESH FREE CITRUS, TODAY WE COLLECT ENOUGH TO FEED A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. [APPLAUSE] THOUGH WE HAVE THE DATA, YOU HAVE A PACKED AGENDA SO I WILL SPARE YOU THE DETAILS. BUT KNOW THAT THIS YEAR ALONE, FOOD FORWARD HAS SHARED NEARLY 23 MILLION POUNDS OF FRESH FREE PRODUCE WITH FOOD INSECURE RESIDENTS OF ALL STRIPES ACROSS LOS ANGELES REACHING EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT. AND NINE MONTHS AFTER WILDFIRES TORE THROUGH LIVES, AND LIVELIHOODS, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO WORKED AND STILL WORK IN FIRE RAVAGED AREAS, MAKING SURE THAT HEALTHY ACCESS TO FOOD IS ONE LESS THING THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. FOOD FORWARD, ADDRESSED FOOD INSECURITY LIKE NO OTHER NONPROFIT IN THE REGION AND WE HELP CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ADVANCE TOWARDS ITS GOAL OF ZERO WASTE BY 2050. IN THE CHAMBERS RIGHT BEHIND ME, WE HAVE SOME, JUST SOME OF OUR 55-TEAM MEMBERS THAT HELP MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. WE COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED ACHIEVING THIS MILD STONE WHEN WE BEGAN OUR WORK, 16 YEARS AGO. SINCE STARTING OUR WORK, WE HAVE RESCUED AND DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES, NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AND NEIGHBORING STAUTS OVER 500 MILLION POUNDS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. MRE PRODUCE FLOWS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS HONOR TODAY ALSO RECOGNIZES THOUSANDS OF TRUCK DRIVERS, PANTRY COORDINATE ITER AND VOLUNTEERS AND PRODUCE DONORS WHO HELP SUPPORT FOOD FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUT OUR WORK IS FAR FROM DONE AS PROGRAMS FACE SHAMEFUL CUTS AND MORE FAMILY STRUG WELL THE COST OF LIVING, THE NEED FOR FOOD FORWARD HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER. WE ARE COMMITTED, WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN, AND WE ARE GOING INTO DEEPER INTO AREAS OF NEED. ON BEHALF OF EVERY ONE OF FOOD FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US. WE WELCOME OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK HAND AND HAND WITH THE CITY AND CONTINUE TO ENSURE A LOS ANGELES WHERE ABUNDANCE IS SHARED, WASTE IS ELIMINATED AND EVERY COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THE NOURISHMENT IT DESERVES. [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU EVERY ONE. AND FOR RECOGNIZING FOOD FORWARD FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. >> Council President: THANK YOU GOOD FORWARD AND GOOD TO SEE YOU RICK, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS MOVEMENT FOR A GOOD MINUTE AND IT'S A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE AND SOMETHING THAT HELPS MAKE THE FABRIC OF LOS ANGELES THAT MUCH BETTER. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] SCA*M FOR MANY YEARS AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO TAKE IT OVER, BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS IN CITY COUNCIL WHERE I LEARNED. OVARIAN CANCER IS A DISEASE THAT TOO OFTEN GOES UNDETECTED, IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE SILENT KILLER BECAUSE ITSZ SYMPTOMS ARE SUBTLE AND FOR TOO MANY WOMEN THEY GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE IT'S TOO LATE. I WAS LARGELY, IN THE DARK FOR OVARIAN CANCER AND SCREENINGS, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL TEST OR SCREENINGS. OR THAT THIS DISEASE REMAINS THE 5th LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WITHOUT RELIABLE SCREENINGS, IT'S INCUMBENT TO BE PROACTIVE IN LISTENING TO OUR BODIES IN RECOGNIZING THE SYMPTOMS. BUT IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WILL YOU DO THAT? WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES ARE OFTEN LIKE THIS, THAT WE HAVE THINGS LIKE MENOPAUSE THAT ARE HARDLY TALKED ABOUT, URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND LIKE OVARIAN CANCER THINGS . BUT IT REMINDS THAT YOUS WE CANNOT AND WE MUST NOT PUT OURSELVES LAST, BORN FROM THE STORY OF BABINI AND HER MOTHER, ADVOCATING FOR A CURE AND KEEPING UP THAT DRUM BEAT SO THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT FORGOTTEN SO THAT IT'S NOT LAID BY THE WAY SIDE. PAULINDA TOOK HER OWN TRAGEDY AND SAID WE WILL MAKE SOMETHING LARGER THAN MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT SERVES ALL WOMEN. THAT OVARIAN CIRCLE HAS, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM DRESSED IN TEAL BEHIND ME. IT'S COMMIT TODAY EDUCATING WOMEN EVERY ONE WHEREABOUT THE SYMPTOMS OF O VARIAN CANCER ABOUT THE RESEARCH THAT WILL ONE DAY LEAD TO A CURE. AND I HOPE THAT TODAY LIKE THIS CHAMBER HAS DONE IN PAST YEARS, TODAY WILL SERVE AS BOTH A TRIBUTE AND A CALL TO ACTION FOR THIS ISSUE. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE AMENABLE PAULLINDA. >> GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, I'M PAULINA BABINI, INSPIRED BY ROBIN BABINI. WHEN ROBIN WAS 16 YEARS OLD SHE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ALARMING SYMPTOMS. LIKE MANY FAMILIES WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT OVARIAN CANCER. TRAGIC DEHER GYNECOLOGIST DID NOT CONSIDER OVARIAN CANCER DUE TO HER AGE. BY THE TIME SHE WAS DIAGNOSED, SHE WAS STAGE 3 CANCER. IN THE END SHE LOST HER LIFE JUST AT THE AGE OF 20, SHE WAS JUST BEGINNING HER FIRST YEAR AT SANTA BARBARA. THROUGH THIS LOSS, I FOUNDED THE OVARIAN CIRCLE. A NONPROFIT DEDICATE TODAY RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THIS VIOLENT DEADLY DISEASE. OUR MISSION IS SIMPLY BUT URGENT TO EDGE WOMEN AND THEIR LOVED ONE ABOUT THEIR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AND RISK FACTORS OF OVARIAN CANCER BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE CAN TRULY SAVE LIVES. I GIVE UP THESE BOOK MARKS AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS, IPG IT'S SUPPOSE ON THE SCREEN, THE SYMPTOMS, NER, OKAY. ANYWAY. IT'S A BOOKMARK. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BOOKMARK, WE SHARED ON THE SCREEN, WE TIRELESSLY WORK TO SHARE THIS LIFE SAVINGING INFORMATION. AND WE KNOW IT DOES SAVE LIVES AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE JOINED BY THREE OF OUR INCREDIBLE WOMEN, FLOWER MILLER, KAREN, AND PAT GROSSLITCH WHO ARE SURVIVORS AND THRIVERS, THEY'RE THE FACES OF LIFE THAT WOMEN CAN SURVIVE OVARIAN CANCER. I WANT TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR ON GOING SUPPORT FOR THIS PROCLAMATION FOR ADD VOCACY AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN'S SENIOR ADVISOR AND HER DEDICATION. SEPTEMBER AS OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH P THE TEAL, THE NATIONAL COLOR OF OVARIAN CANCER. AND THANK PAUL KORETZ WHO OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED. CAN WE HAVE MANER' DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION FROM PAUL'S TEAM. WE RAISED OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT DR. MAMAR RESEARCH. AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE. HE IS LEADING SCIENTIST, AND PROFESSOR AND DOCTOR SECURED 4 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUND TO GO ADVANCE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING A RECURRENT DISEASE WHICH OCCURS 80 PERCENT OF THE CASES. AND NOW IT GIVES ME A GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE DOCTOR. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION. WE'RE HERE TO SHED LIGHT ON GYNOCANCERS. WE HEARD THE STATISTICS AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT INDOMETRO AND OVARIAN CANCER. DESPITE THEIR PREVALENCE, THEY CONTINUE TO BE UNDER STUDIED AND UNDER FUNDED. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TALKED ABOUT THIS. I THINK PART OF THE REASON IS THAT THEY HIT BELOW THE FELT, THERE IS RELUCTANCY TO TALK ABOUT THESE CANCERS AND THEY SOLELY AFFECT WOMEN. WE HEARD ABOUT THE CHALLENGES, PATIENTS WITH OVARIAN CANCER, OFEN COME TO US, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE HANDS AND SYMPTOMS ARE. HENCE THEY ARE DIAGNOSED LATE IN THE DISEASE. AND MANY TIMES EVEN THE PHYSICIANS ARE NOT CUED IN THE SYMPTOMS. AND MANY CASES WE OPERATE ON PATIENTS, PROVIDE CHEMOTHERAPY AND IN MANY OF THE CASES, THE CANCER CAN RECORRESPOND. --RECUR, THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK ON IN OUR LAB. I'M EXCITE TODAY HAVE COLLABORATERS WORKING WITH US AT UCLA AND I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THREE APPROACHES THAT WE'RE TAKING. ONE TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE CELLSES HA CAUSE REOCCURRENCE AND HOW WE CAN BETTER TARGET THEM AND TWO TO DEVICE NEW IMMUNE THERAPIES THAT DESIGN CANCER DISEASE THAT CAN INRIG RATE I I IMMUNE SYMPTOMS. THE FUND TO GO GYNO LOGICAL CANCER IS LESS FUNDED. SO WHILE WE ALWAYS APPLY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS, WE ALSO RELY ON PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, THAT IS WHY THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH PAUL LINDA AND HER GROUP HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE NOT ONLY IN RAISING AWARENESS BUT ALSO RAISING PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS CAUSE. [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: AND NOW WE'LL WELCOME PAT TO SPEAK. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS DOING THE INTRODUCTION WELCOME. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING TIME FROM YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO MEET WITH US, FOR A VAIRIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONH. MY NAME IS PAT AND I AM A SURVIVOR! I LIVE--[APPLAUSE] I THANK YOU. I LIVE IN MARINA DELRAY WITH MY FARRELL CAT, MY DAUGHTER WORKS AT THE KECK CENTER AS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE SPECIALIST. MY CAREER, FOR MOST OF MY CAREER, I WORKED IN THE OFFICE FURNITURE INDUSTRY FOR STEEL CASE AND FOR HERMAN MILLER. IN 2012 I MADE A CAREER CHANGE, I JOINED THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS A CONSTRUCTION DESIGN MANAGER FOR NATIONAL JIPSON COMPANY. [APPLAUSE] I RETIRED ON DECEMBER 31, OF 2024. SINCE RETIRING, I HAVE BEEN DOING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR UCLA MEDICINE CENTER IN SANTA MONICA, FOR LA BREA TAR PITS AND OVARIAN CANCER CENTER IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR DR. MARMAR. MY CANCER JOURNEY STARTED DECEMBER 24 OF 2023. I WENT TO THE UCLA URGENT CARE CENTER BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD A URINARY TRACK INFECTION. AFTER THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT MY TEST RESULTS, HE SAID YOU DO NOT HAVE A UTI AND SENT MY RESULTS TO MY PRIMARY DOCTOR AT UCLA. AT THIS POINT, CANCER WAS THE FURTHEST THING FROM MY MIND. NOBODY FROM MY FAMILY THAT I KNEW HAD CANCER. I NEVER SMOKED, I EXERCISES REGULARLY, I DRINK VERY LITTLE ALCOHOL AND I'M A PESCATARIAN. MY PRIMARY DOCTOR REFERRED ME TO A UROLOGIST, AFTER THE APPOINTMENT SHE SAID I'M GOING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A WONDERFUL DOCTOR. AND WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOM, SHE CALLED DR. MAMAR'S OFFICE AND SET UP THE APPOINTMENT FOR ME. I WAS BEGIN TO GO UNDERSTAND THAT MY MEDICAL CONDITION WAS MUCH MORE SERIOUS. DOCTOR SCHEDULE ME FOR MRI, CT SCAN AND ULTRASOUND. I HAD CANCER IN MY LEFT OVARY AND MADE THE DECISION TO HAVE A TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY. THE CANCER WAS CONFINED TO MY LEFT OVARY, THE BAD NEWS IS THEY FOUND ABNORMAL CELLS. I HAD SIX CHEMOTHERAPY INFUSIONS EVERY SIX WEEKS. MY LAST WAS 13 WEEKS AGO. EMIGRATEFUL FROM THE WONDERFUL CARE THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE UCLA MEDICAL CENTER. I DO HAVE SOME SIDE AFFECTS BUT I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PAT FOR SHARING YOUR DAY. THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO A DISEASE THAT IMPACTS WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD. AND THANK YOU PAULLINDA FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION YEAR AFTER YEAR. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UP WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, I DO WANT TO READ OUT THE SYMPTOMS. THEY'RE SYMPTOMATIC OF OTHER DISEASES. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT WHAT YOU HAVE IS OVARIAN CANCER. ABDOMINAL PRESSURE, BLOWEDINGING, KNAUSS YA, INDIGESTION, FEELING FULL BUT EATING, URINARY FREQUENCY, THAT'S WHY YOU WERE TESTING FOR UTI OR CONSTIPATION OR DIARRHEA, THESE ARE SYMPTOMS OF OTHER ILLNESSES AND IF WE DON'T KNOW TO LOOK FOR OVARIAN CANCER, WE WILL NOT KNOW HO DISCOVER IT. I JUST WANTED READ ALL OF THAT OUT BEFORE I PRESENTED TO PAULLINDA AND THE MEMBERS OF OVARIAN CANCER CIRCLE AND TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE. I KNOW IT HAS IMPACTED PEOPLE OF THIS HORSESHOE IN THE PAST AND I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT IMPACT US, BUT IF IT DOES, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE CARE THAT WE NEED AND SUPPORT THE WORK OF DR. MAMRA. THANK YOU PAULLINDA I WANT TODAY MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZED YOUR WORK. THIS IS FOR THE OVARIAN CANCER CIRCLE, A RECOGNITION FROM LOS ANGELES AS WELL AS A RECOGNITION FOR, DOCTOR. >> Council President: AS YOU'RE PRESENTING THOSE BEAUTIFUL CERTSES, I WANTED TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR TAKING THE BATON ON THIS DEDICATION. AND TO ALL OF YOU BRANDED YOUR WORK IN THE COLOR TEAL WHICH WE'LL LIGHT THE CITY HALL IN THE TEAL COLOR. IT HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER, YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR AND THEY SAY, YOU HAVE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUST SAID, AND THE DOCTOR WILL SAY OH YOU NEED TO EXERCISE MORE, OH YOU NEED TO DRINK MORE WATER, SO RAISING CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG WOMEN AND AMONG MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE SCIENCE THAT TAKES US TOWARDS A CURE FOR CANCER. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUE TO GO RAISE THE FLAG AND AWARENESS ON THIS ISSUE THAT SO MANY OF US FACE. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR GIVING THIS SPACE AGAIN IN THIS CHAMBER TO MARK THIS MONTH. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL WELCOME AND PRESENTATION FROM COUNCILMEMBER PARK, AT THE 11th DISTRICT. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE THE BOARD OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH US TODAY. AS YOU KNOW THE VENICE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS TRULY AN INVALUABLE ASSET IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. REPRESENTING BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS SINCE 197 3, ALTHOUGH ITS HISTORY DATES BACK TO 1907, THE ARROW WHEN ABBOTT KENNY WAS FOUNDING VENICE IN AMERICA AND PREDATED THE ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN 1925. IN 2007, THE VENICE CHAMBER CELEBRATED ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY AND TODAY THEY'RE AN ACTIVE FORCE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. PROMOTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, PROVIDING EVENTS AND MEETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS, ADVOCATING FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND TOURIST NEEDS OF MOST VIBRANT BEACH SIDE COMMUNITY AND WORKING IN SERVICE ON BEHALF OF ALL THINGS VENICE, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. VENICE IS REALLY PROUD OF ITS HERITAGE, ITS DIVERSE POPULATION AND ITS STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IT OFFERS. WE HAVE AN HE ECLECTIC MIX AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT A MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE TODAY IS THE FIRST ANNUAL VENICE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAY AT CITY HALL. AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITE TODAY BRING THESE MEMBERS HERE TODAY FOR A DAY OF ENGAGEMENT AROUND CITY GOVERNANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND OLYMPICS PREP, YOU REALLY WOULD NOT HAVE PICKED A BETTER DAY TO BE WITH YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WELCOME, WELCOME, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR VENICE AND ENTIRETY OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS INTO THE RECORD AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY, COULD YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEET ING AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFUSION BASED ON WHEN WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT ON WHAT. WE'LL HAVE TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS, AND THEY'LL SORT OF OVERLAP WITH EACH OTHER. MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: YES, SO I WILL COVER THE BULK OF THE INSTRUCTIONS NOW. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES, PLEASE PAY PARTICULARLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE INSTRUCTIONS TODAY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE SPECIAL MEETING. AND AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WITH THAT T I WILL BEGIN. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO TWO MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. AND THE REASON WHY THERE IS ONLY TWO MINUTES FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS, IS BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS, EXCEPT FOR THE TWO FOR WHICH PUBLIC COMMENT HAS NOT BEEN HEARD. THIS DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST ANYTIME DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, UT MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, DURING THIS REGULAR MEETING ARE ITEMS 13 AND 14. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 13 AND 14. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 15, YOU'LL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL COUNCIL GOES INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING WHICH WAS NOTICED FOR ANYTIME AFTER 11:30 AM. AGAIN, THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE SPECIAL MEET ING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. IF I CAN MAKE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS INTERPRETATION, IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH-LANGUAGE INTERPRETER PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AWE FEW FINAL INSTRUCTIONS WE BEGIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE AT A FULL HOUSE TODAY. SO IN ORDER TO HELP US ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, I WOULD ASK A FEW THINGS. FIRST, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD THROUGH THE SPEAKERS BEFORE LINING UP. THE ORDER IN WHICH THOSE NAMES ARE CALLED IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP. BUT ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME CALLED ALOUD, YOU CAN LINE UP ON ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'RE HERE ONLY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LET US KNOW BEFORE YOU BEGIN OR AS SOON AS YOU GET TO THE PODIUM THAT YOU'RE HERE HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL START YOUR TIME FOR THAT ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, JESSE G, CANNEDIDO, TOM DAVIS, ROBERT E AND AARON TAXI. >> City Attorney: AND I THINK SO I SEE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE COMING UP. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 15. >> City Attorney: AGAIN, ITEM 15 IS NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING. >> Speaker: OKAY, I WAS SURPRISED MYSELF. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, YOU WILL CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES, KEN M, AMBER, VONN WE'LLER, STEVE CHO AND AMBER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS. >> Speaker: ITEM 14 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 14 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: FANTASTIC. I'M AARON TAXI CAN I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER OF HOLLYWOOD COMMERCE AND OUR 150 BUSINESSES WHO EMPLOY SOME 120,000 PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A FULL CONVENTION CENTER MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT. WE DO NOT WANT ANY HALF MEASURES, WE WANT THE FULL PROJECT TO GO THROUGH. THIS IS NOT JUST AN INVESTMENT IN A BUILDING, THIS IS NOT JUST AN INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN, IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR ENTIRE CITY, IN OUR TOURISM ECONOMY. IN OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THESE CONVENTIONS WILL NOT JUST STAY IN DOWNTOWN, THEY WILL HEAD TO VENICE BEACH, THEY WILL HEAD TO RESTAURANTS IN CITY. THEY WILL PATRONIZE OUR RESTAURANTS, FILL OUR HOTELS AND THEY WILL UPLIFT OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY. THIS IS A CRITICAL PROJECT TO PUT US IN A COMPETITIVE PLACE IN GENERAL FOR CONVENTION SXZ FOR TOURISM. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: BUT ALSO FOR OUR UPCOMING GLOBAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE 2028 OLYMPICS. I STRONGLY SUPPORT YOU TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE PROJECT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WILL CALL UP MORE NAMES, MANNY P, DAN M.P. HERO CAPOUR, MORRIS ROACH A AND NAJAHO JOE. >> Clerk: OKAY, I WILL READ A FEW MORE NAMES TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK. SID BERNARD, NOLAND MARSHAL. STEWARD WALLEDMAN AND CARLOS CODA. >> City Attorney: GOO MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 13 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE AS A RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND LOS ANGELES AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE FULL REDO OF THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER. I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO THE WHOLE SCOPE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. CONVENTION CENTER IS PIVOTAL AND IT'S A MONEY-MAKER FOR THOSE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER FIFA WORLD CUP IS COMING AND SO IS THE 2028 OLYMPICS. SO THE IT'S PIVOTAL THAT WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SCOPE. I'M ALSO IN THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL AND WE'VE DONE THREE CI IS Ss IN SUPPORT OF THE FULL SCOPE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE FOR THE JOBS AND THEY NEED THEIR JOBS AND THEY WANT THEIR JOBS AND THE L.A. CONVENTION CENTER OFFERS THEM THOSE JOBS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SORRY. >> Speaker: EVERYBODY BEHIND ME TOOK THE TIME TODAY TO AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER. THE CONVENTION CENTER IS PIVOTAL FOR LOS ANGELES. YOU GUYS CANNOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY. TO CHANGE THE SCOPE OF LOS ANGELES AND ACTUALLY PUT US BACK IN THE WORLD STAGE AND IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, YOU WILL MISS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT I'LL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 14 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M NOLAND MARSHAL I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SOCIAL DISTRICT. THE HOME OF THE CONVENTION CENTER L.A. LIVE AND SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN FOR A PROJECT AS THE GROUP BEHIND ME TODAY. THIS PROJECT IS CRITICAL ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS A DISTINCTION. WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THOSE AREN'T THE METRICS THAT YOU USE AT ALL. THIS PROJECT WILL PRODUCE 6 BILLION DOLLARS IN LABORWAGES. THAT'S A TWO-ONE INVESTMENT RATIO. THIS PROJECT WILL PRODUCE 15 BILLION DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT THAT'S 5-1 RATIO. THIS WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 1 IN G.D.P., THOSE ARE WHAT WE NORMALLY WEIGH NOT RETURN TO GENERAL FUND. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE IMPROVE THIS PROJECT. I WOULD EVEN SAY THAT IT'S MALPRACTICE GIVEN THE NUMBERS AND THE STATE OF THE CITY, IF WE LOOK AWAY FROM THAT KIND OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A CHANCE OF FAILURE IF WE MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD, WE CANNOT GET THIS PROJECT DONE. BUT TURNING, IT'S AN ACCEPTANCE THAT WE'VE ALREADY FAILED BEFORE WE EVEN TRIED. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER THIS MORNING, SAID THAT THERE IS NO CONSTITUENCY FOR THE FUTURE BUT I BEG TO DIFFER. I'M RAISING A NINE-YEAR-OLD THREE BLOCKS FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND THEY'VE SEEN ME DO THIS WORK IN VANCOUVER AND MY NINE-YEAR-OLD WANTED TO BE HERE SO HE CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU'D BE CRAZY NOT TO DO THIS. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS PROJECT NOW, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS HILLARY NORTON FROM DT LA AND I'M HERE TO ATTEST IN MOVE L.A. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CONVENTION CENTER URGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT. IMPROVING THE CONVENTION CENTER WHICH WILL BRING FIVE MILLION NEW VISITORS EACH YEAR NOT ONLY AS POSITIVE BENEFITS BUT INCREASING RIDERSHIP WILL INCREASE FEDERAL FUNDING BY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO BUILD THIS CONVENTION CENTER I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THE TESTIMONY IN COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY. I WAS A STAFFER IN THE 1990s WHEN WE RECOVERED FROM NEAR BANKRUPTCY BUT WE ALSO BUILT THE GING OF A MULTI BILLION DOLLARS TRANSIT NETWORK THAT SERVES OVER 300 PEOPLE AND 18 MONTHS AND IT HELPED L.A.'S ECONOMIC BOOM FOR DECADES. I URGE TO YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, TURN L.A. AROUND IN THE PATTERN OF NO AND SLOW TO YES AND BEST! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE SPEAKER IS DONE. IF YOU EXIT TO YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE. >> Council President: YOU'RE OTHER RIGHT, STEWARD. YES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 14 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: STEWARD WALTON PRESIDENT OF THE COMMERCE ASSOCIATION VICA, WE'RE HERE STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF EXPANDING THE CONVENTION CENTER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, WE'RE HERE NOW, WE CAN GET THIS DONE, IT BENEFITS EVERY INCH OF THIS CITY. IT BENEFITS, THE VALLEY. AS WE HAVE BIGGER CONVENTIONS, MORE CONVENTIONS WE'RE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH ORLANDO AND SAN DIEGO AND LAS VEGAS AND BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE. THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO EVERY PART OF THIS CITY. THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE VALLEY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING MONEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A JOB CREATOR, THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT EVERY ONE. WE NEED TO DO THIS. WE NEED TO PASS THIS, HILLARY SAID TO NO AND SLOW, AND YES TO FAST, I PAY ATTENTION SOMETIMES. BUT WHATEVER SHE SAID, I AGREE. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN AND LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN NOW! THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: ITEM 14 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EAT. >> Speaker: I'M CARLOS CODA VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE ITSC AND DEPARTMENT OF CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ON THE CONVERSION. BUT PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES AND MY JOB FUNCTION ARE TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA TO WORK WITH OTHER CITIES ON DEVELOPING CAREER PATHWAYS, TRAINING AND EDUCATION, AND THEN ALSO, INTERACTIONS WITH INDUSTRY GROUPS WHICH TALKING ABOUT CONVENTIONS AND EXPANSIONS. WHAT I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND ONLY ONE MINUTE LISTED HERE, DO I GET TWO? PUBLIC COMMENT? I'LL JUST KEEP GOING. WHAT I WANT TO SHARE IS EVERY ONE OF OUR CLOSEST COMPETITORS THAT I'M WORK WITHING WHILE I'M OUT THERE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THEY KNOW THAT WHEN L.A. UPS THEIR GAME, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A LESS COMPETITIVE POSITION WHEN THIS IS DONE. SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO REALLY LOOK AT LOS ANGELES, EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS TO OFFER. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO ALL THE AREAS THAT TOURIST ATTRACTION THAT'S PEOPLE WANT TO COME VISIT, JUST THE CAPACITY OF THE CITY AND EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS TO OFFER, IF WE CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND DO IT NOW, BEFORE WE'RE ON THE WORLD STAGE, IT'S GOING TO BE A GAME-CHANGER IN THE INDUSTRY. AND I WANT TODAY LET YOU KNOW THAT, THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS LOOKING AT AND I ENCOURAGE PASSING THIS INVESTMENT IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M YVONNE WHEELER, REPRESENTING OVER 800,000 UNION MEMBERS INCLUDING THE WORK THAT THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION. L.A. IS A WORLD CLASS CITY WITH DEEP HISTORY OF BEING INNOVATIVE AND LEADING THE WORLD. WITH A LOT OF HOLLYWOOD WHERE WE TEACH THE WORLD TO DREAM BIG, WE'RE THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS WITH THE LAKERS, DODGERS, RAMS, KINGS AND SPARKS AND WE'RE THE HOME OF WORLD CLASS ARTS, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. AND YET, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CONVENTION CENTER, WE RANK NUMBER 21 AND DROPPING. THAT WILL IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS AND WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR CONVENTION CENTER AND AN INVESTMENT IN THE CONVENTION CENTER IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE AND WORKERS AND ALLEVIATION AT A TIME WHEN LOS ANGELES IS IN A MIDST OF CRISIS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: FULL-TIME UNION JOBS THAT ALLOW WORK INVENTORIES KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD. THIS WILL CREATE THOUSANDS OF UNION JOBS FOR MORE ANGELINOS WHO NEED A ECONOMIC LIFE LINE. WORKERS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, TRADE SHOW CAN EARN UP TO 6-FIGURE SALARIES AND THESE JOBS ARE OPEN TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND PROGRAMS, WITH AUDIO VISUAL WORK ALONG, THEY CAN UTILIZE THEIR EXPERIENCE TO MOVE INTO HOLLYWOOD SET OR A LIVE CONCERT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE CAREERS. THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS TO BUILD THIS EXPANSION HAVE A 50 PERCENT LOCAL REQUIREMENT MEAN THATING LOS ANGELES WILL BUILD, NOT ONLY BUILD THE WORK BUT THEY WILL BE EMPLOYED LOCALLY AND THESE JOBS ARE AT A TIME WHEN THE POLICY HAVE US HEADED INTO A RECESSION. I CAN GO ON BUT AS YOU CAN SEE AN INVESTMENT IN THE CONVENTION CENTER IS AN INVESTMENT IN WORKERS AND INVESTMENT IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: AND IN THE L.A. FUTURE. LET'S GET THIS DONE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 14 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ERNESTO EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR BUILDSING AND TRADES COUNCIL. AND ALSO PROUD SON OF BOYLE HEIGHTS AND PROUD GRADUATE OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, GO ROUGHRIDERS. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT OUR UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO SHAPED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE STAND HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT. IT'S NOT JUST AN INVESTTION IN THE CONVENTION CENTER BUT CAREERS AND LONG TERM SUCCESS OF THEIR LOCAL WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS WILL BRING OVER 8,000 HIGHWAY JOBS AND OVER 1600 NEW A PPRENTICES. THE CONVERSION CENTER WILL KICK START CAREERS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE FOR THEIR FAMILIES JUST AS IT DID FOR ME. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: I STARTED MY REER AT THE CONVENTION CENTER LOADING AND UNLOADING. SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVENTION TO LAUNCH A CAREER MEANS A LOT TO ME. ALSO PAVES THE WAY TO MILLIONS OF VISITORS WHO WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED REVENUE INTO THE CITY. THE VOTERS, THE FUNNY MOMENT FOR A OUR CITY, THE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE HAD AN IMPACT IN THE SCALE OR FEW IN BETWEEN. IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, THEY DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO LEAD AND THINK LONG TERM FOR THE HEALTH AND THE VIABILITY OF THE CITY. BUSINESS HAVE COME TOGETHER IN SUPPORT FOR THIS REASON. BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSFORMATION INFLUENCE THAT CAN HAVE ON OUR CITY. TODAY ANGELINOS NEED THE COUNCIL TO SHOW LEADERSHIP AND MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY. OUR WORKERS, WEAR THEIR HARD HATS AND WORK BOOTS AND START BUILDING THIS CONVENTION CENTER. THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 14 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. SNOOT YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE EACH GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS NELA McOSKER, I RUN THE CITY ASSOCIATION AND MUCH LIKE THE TIME THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS ON THE CLOCK. IN FACT, WE MIGHT BE IN OVERTIME WITH FINAL SECONDS TO GO. THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU TODAY IS STANDS TO TRANSFORM OUR FUTURE. THE LIVES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO WORK, WHO WANT THEIR BUSINESSES TO BE OPEN AND WHO WANT THEIR POTHOLES FIXED. DOWNTOWN PROVIDE THE LARGEST TAX BASE TO THE CITY, NO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD BRINGS T.O.T. O BUSINESS TAX TO THIS DEGREE. THE CHOICE IS NOT TO DO LESS RIGHT NOW, NOT TO WAIT AND DEBATE, IT'S TO PUT SHOVELS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS WHO ALREADY COMMITTED A YES, THANK YOU TO BELIEVING IN THE POWER OF BUSINESS, LABOR, COMMUNITY, YOUR OWN CITY STAFF, TO THOSE STILL DELIBERATING, DON'T SHRINK, IMPOSE TIGHTER CONTROLS, HOLD THE PROJECT TEAM ACCOUNTABLE, HOLD THE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE BUT GIVE US CONFIDENCE IN OUR FUTURE. LET'S DO THIS. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 14 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: AS YOUR CONTRACTOR, MY GOAL IS TO ALWAYS ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE YOUR DECISIONS. TO THAT END I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TWO KEY ISSUES. FIRST THE CITY ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL DRAMATICALLY UNDERSTATES THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THE EXPANSION OF CONVENTION WILL GIVE. THE DATA PROVIDED IS BASED OVER 40 YEARS OF BOOK THE CONVENTION CENTER AND DEVELOPED A PIPELINE OF OVER 90 MAJOR CONVENTIONS THAT WANT TO HOST THEIR CITY WIDE EXPANSION. THAT IS BASED ON ECONOMICS WHO PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE. OXFORD WAS FOUNDED IN 1981 THROUGH PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST REPUTABLE FIRMS IN THE WORLD. SUGGESTS THAT BY DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF OUR CONVENTION CENTER WE WOULD ONLY CITY ONLY 50,000 ATTENDEES ANNUALLY THAT REPRESENTS THE ATTENDANCE OF ONE TO TWO MAJOR CONVENTIONS. IN FACT WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OUR COMMUNITY WILL SEE 3.7 BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW LOCAL SALES AND 157 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OFFSET EXPANSION COSTS. SECOND IT'S CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A DOWNTOWN PROJECT, IT'S VITAL CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL DRIVE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT WITH 49,000 ANGELINOS RELYING ON THESE CONVENTIONS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD. I IMPLORE YOU, LET'S NOT LET THIS GENERATIONAL PASS US BY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, 14 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE FOR EACH. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE, BOARD AND STAFF, I'M AMBER, I'M A PROUD L.A. NATIVE. I'M ALSO A DEDICATED SINGLE MOTHER TO A SOLVE MORE HONOR ROLL STUDENT IN LAUSD, I WILL SOON BE CELEBRATING WORKING AT THE L.A. CONVECTION CENTER THE. JOINING THIS TRADE HAS BEEN LIFE CHANGING ESPECIALLY FINANCIALLY, IT HAS HELPED ME TO PROVIDE A MORE STABLE LIFE FOR A CHILD. LIVING LESS THAN TEN MILES FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER REPRESENTS MORE THAN GROWTH BUT INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MYSELF, MY FELLOW UNION MEMBERS AND ENTIRE COMMUNITY, MORE WORK MEANS SECURITY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND SURROUNDING BUSINESSES. ON BEHALF OF LOCAL 831, I EXPRESS OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANSION. WE BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON BUSINESSES. LET'S CONTINUE TO MAKE L.A. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS. >> ITEM NUMBER 14. >> OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE FOR EACH, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M STEVE CHO I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR A.C. HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. TODAY IS A UNIQUE DAY. DAY. IF YOU LOOK BEHIND US, YOU HAVE THE ROOM REPRESENTED WITH BUSINESS AND LABOR, AND THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN TOO OFTEN WHEN WE'RE ON THE SAME SIDE AND TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE TOPICS WHERE IT HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. ON TOP OF THE EVENTS, AS IT NOT ONLY WILL CREATE MORE JOBS AND ADD ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY BUT ADDITIONALLY ADD ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS TO THE CITY THAT ARE AT A HAULT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING FUTURE INVESTMENT TO BASED ON THE EXPANSION APPROVAL TODAY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR YES-VOTES. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, SIR, THANK YOU. I'M HERE ON ITEM 14 AND PUBLIC COMMENT, THE CONVENTION CENTER. >> City Attorney: ONE FOR EACH, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO BE PART OF WAS WATCHING THE CONVENTION BACK IN THE 70s BEING BUILT. WE OWNED PROPERTY AT 1350 EAST 17th. AND THEB WE HAD ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY OFF OF WESTERN, EXCUSE ME PICO AND FIGUEROA WHICH WERE TAKEN FROM US. BUT, WATCHING THE WORKERS BACK THEN, I SEE THE SAME ENERGY HERE READY TO TAKE A CONVENTION CENTER THAT IS PROBABLY A 10 GO TO A 1. IT'S TIME THAT WE DO THAT. THIS CITY DESERVES A CONVENTION CENTER THAT IT CAN BE PROUD OF AND I HOPE YOU FOLKS WILL DO THAT FOR US. MAKE US PROUD OF THIS CITY AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MS. PAD YA, YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR A WATER AND POWER EMPLOYEE, MR. SERRANO, RICHARD SERRANO POSSIBLEDINGER FOR WATER AND POWER, HE WAS ALWAYS CHALLENGING MS. PADILLA. BUT YOU HONORED HIM WITH DIGNITY AND YOU HELPED, YOU HELPED US WHO STILL SUFFER FROM THE UGLINESS OF MS. NURY MARTINEZ AND HER PREDECESSOR. YOU GAVE US HOPE THAT MAYBE, MAYBE OUT OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF HAVING A PERSON LIKE ENARDI BERNARDI WHO SERVED FOR THREE YEARS. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT ME, BECAUSE MAYBE TOMORROW I'LL CRITICIZE YOU, LIKE I'LL GO AFTER JOHN LEE FOR ABANDONING PORTER RANCH. BUT THANK YOU FOR HONORING A DWP WORKER,. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. >> Clerk: BFT NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ALICIA DIAZ AND GORDIE G. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? CAN WE, SO IF YOU CAN ADJUST THE MIC IF YOU CAN PULL IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: OKAY, GOOD MORNING. S MY NAME IS SYDNEY BERNARD, I'M A PROUD RETIRED MEMBER OF THE SHEET METAL WORKER LOCAL 105 AND I LIVE IN COUNCIL 11 IN LA DERA AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO TRACI PARK, COUNCILMEMBER. I WAS AT YOUR COMMUNITY MEETING ON SUNDAY AT PAM'S RESTAURANT. AND I'M PART OF A BLOCK CLUB FLORIST AVENUE WITH DAPHNE BRADFORD WHO SUPPORTS YOU ALL THE WAY. I WORKED IN THIS TRADE FOR MANY DECADES AND THE ONLY REASON I'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISED MY FAMILY, BUY A HOME AND RETIRE WITH SECURITY, IN YOUR DISTRICT IS BECAUSE OF MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER FM THESE PROJECTS HAVE CREATED STEADY CAREERS THAT KEEP LIKE ME WORKING ALL YEAR LONG. TODAY, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT NOT MYSELF BUT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE TRADE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE SAME CHANCE I HAVE. I URGE YOU TO STAND WITH US, YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: I WILL CALL UP TWO MORE NAMES TO THE PODIUM, TAI LER AND BLAIR BESTIN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 14 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ITEM 14 I'M HERE, INVESTING IN LOS ANGELES AND PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH BIG BEAUTIFUL COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINES, WITH THE BILLS AND PROJECTS UNIONS LABOR WAGES HEALTHCARE UNDER ATTACK. LET'S GIVE OUR PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SAVE AND BE SECURE WHILE WE STILL CAN. WHICH BRINGS ME TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS, I'M NOT SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, IT'S AMAZING WATCHING THESE OTHER CITIES REALLY PUT THEIR PEOPLE FIRST AND WRITE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. THEY HAVE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WHERE THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT WORKING AND AIDING AND ABETTING WITH ICE, THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT INVESTIGATION AT ALL. I KNOW OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, ARE STRUGGLING WITH RENT AND STRUGGLING WITH WAGES, THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE GOING OUTSIDE AND GOING TO WORK. AGAIN LET'S GIVE OUR PEOPLE A CHANCE TO GIVE BACK. IN ADDITION IT'S THE BRAVE PROTESTERS THAT GOT US THESE UNION RIGHTS AND GOT US THE RIGHT TO VOTE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. LET'S NOT DISCARD THEM NOW. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 14. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: CLAIRE, CORE DISTRICT DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY, COUNCILMEMBERS. YOU HEARD A LOT OF STATISTICS THAT FOR IN SUPPORT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT ARE COMPELLING ON THEIR OWN. WE CANNOT KEEP OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY EVEN REMOTELY SUPPORTED. WE CANNOT KEEP OUR STREETLIGHTS ON, WE CANNOT FIX OUR SIDEWALKS AND THESE ARE FACTS. BUT IF WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND PUTTING OURSELVES AT THE TOP OF LIST OF CITIES, IF WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF EXPONENTIAL REVENUE GROWTH, THEN WE'RE MORE LOST THAN ANYONEIMAGINED. L.A. REACTS BUT SELDOM PLANS AHEAD. IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE STOP AND CHANGE COURSE. PEOPLE LOVE TO CLAIM THAT LOS ANGELES IS ANTI BUSINESS AND WE DON'T MAKE NEARLY ENOUGH DECISION TO SEE PROOF THAT CLAIM WRONG. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CONSTANT CLOSURES, THAT WE'RE SEEING OF BUSINESSES, THESE ARE IMMIGRANT OWNED, THESE ARE WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, THESE ARE LEGACY OWNED BUSINESSES AND THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT MAKE OUR CITY SPECIAL. IT'S TIME WE INVEST IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY'S FUTURE AND SEND A MESSAGE TO OTHER INVESTORS THAT LOS ANGELES IS WORTH IT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCIL THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOR ALL THOSE THAT SPOKE DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK WHAT IS NOW NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL CAN NOW VOTE ON ITEM 13. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL ON 13, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 14 AND AS AMENDED BY MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON McOSKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON ITEM 8 WHICH WAS AMENDED BY MOTION PARK-McOSKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND McOSKER, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE THE SPECIAL SIR? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: SHALL I CALL THE ROLL SIR. >> Council President: YES, PLEASE. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 15 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS BEEN HELD. NOTE FOR ITEM 15 A CORRECTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT AS WELL AS SPECIAL FINANCE AND COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 1-5-1207-S1. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE MR. SZABOL COMINGS TO THE BOARD, CAN YOU READ-->> City Attorney: I HAVE 15C AND D. SO I BELIEVE 15-A IS A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Clerk: NO CORRECTION, 15-A IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS REPORT. 15-B IS THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT AND THOSE ARE ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, 15-C IS MOTION JURADO-PRICE. AS WELL AS THERE IS ALSO A 15-D AND THAT IS MOTION, HARRIS-DAWSON-McOSKER HUTT PRICE, NAZARIAN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> City Attorney: SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR IN TH* SPECIAL MEETING. BECAUSE IT'S SPECIAL MEETING, THERE IS NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT YOU CAN HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM ON THERE AND THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM, ITEM 15 WHICH IS RELATED TO THE L.A. CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM, WE WOULD ASK TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO, SIGN UP AT THE KIOSK IN THE BACK AND I BELIEVE READ NAMES THAT AGAIN, WILL BE CALLED AT RANDOM. SO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALLOWED BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GO AHEAD. >> Clerk: OKAY, I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES. TIM HINSZEN, TONY DETRINIDAD, RO SHAME US JUNIOR AND ROB NATHA. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL WITH THE PAINTERS AND L.A. TRADES, DISTRICT COUNCIL 36 AND WE'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF EXPANSION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. WE STRONGLY FEEL THIS EXPANSION CREATES SO MANY PATHWAYS. >> City Attorney: SO YOUR TIME IS PAUSED, IF YOU CAN PULL BACK FROM THE MICROPHONE. >> Council -- >> Speaker: HELLO CAN YOU HEAR NOW. WE FEEL THAT THIS CREATES SO MANY PATHWAY FOR JOBS FOR WORKING PEOPLE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF COUNCILMEMBERS DISAGREE AND IT'S DISHEARTENING BECAUSE THIS CITY HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE MODERNIZATION. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABANDONED HIGH-RISE BUILDING, THE MOVIE INDUSTRY LEAVING US AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE AND NEARLY DELAP TATED CONVENTION CENTER THAT IS 22nD IN THE NATION IN A CITY THAT IS THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE CITY. IT'S SAD. I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU TRYING TO DELAY HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART AND CONSIDER WORKING CLASS FAMILIES WHEN YOU VOTE TODAY. SO PLEASE IN CONSIDERATION, WE ASK YOU TO VOTE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BFP THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ERNESTO AND JOHN COOLEY. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE REGULAR MEETING BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE ITEMS THAT WERE OPEN BUT ONCE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, FEEL FREE TO START AND YOU'LL BEGIN YOUR ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M RAMSUS, I'M HERE SPEAKING OF CHRIS GRISGAL COUNCIL 42, WE REPRESENT THE SKILL TRADE WORKERS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, A 2000 PARTNERS. THE VAS MAJORITY WHO RESIDE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. OUR MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER EARN DIGNIFIED WAGES. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST CRTS AND EXPANSION OPENS UP FOR HUNTS AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A TEAMSTERS CONTRACT. AN INVESTMENT IN THE EXPANSION EQUALS AN EXPANSION IN WORKING FAMILIES. LET ME BE CLEAR, THE MOTION PUT FORWARD BY KATY IS NOT GOOD, IT THREATENS GOOD UNION JOBS AND BILLIONS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN OUR NATION AS A GLOBAL LEADER. LABOR STANDS UNITED. THE TIME FOR DEBATE IS OVER. THE ONLY CHOICE IS TO APPROVE THE BIGGEST CONVENTION PROJECT IN MODERNIZATION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, JOHN LEEMAN, EDGAR, KNOWLAND RATIONAL, AND RICH SELLIAN. >> City Attorney: SO ONCE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE ITEM. >> Speaker: I'M JOHN COOLEY I'M THE PRESIDENT OF DISTRICT 36 OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND PROUD LOCAL 131. WE'RE GATHERED FOR ONE THING, EVERY ONE BEHIND ME, THIS RAIL IS HERE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF LEADERS WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. DO WE HAVE LEADERS THAT HAVE FORESIGHT AND VISION THAT ARE GOING TO PUT US AHEAD OR DO WE HAVE LEADERS THAT ARE GOING TO LET THE CONVENTION CENTER CONTINUE TO STAGNATE AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. I'M STRONGLY URGING YOU TO VOTE ON YES ON THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M SPEAK INING FULL SUPPORT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR FAR TOO LONG. THE TIME IS NOW TO GET IT DONE. THESE UNION JOBS WILL GIVE LOCAL FAMILIES AND HEALTH BENEFITS THAT WE ALL DESERVE. THESE UNION JOBS CREATE LONGSTANDING CAREERS FOR THE YOUTH THAT LIVE IN THE CITY. WE WAITED LONG ENOUGH. VOTE YES ON THE EXPANSION TODAY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD EVENING, I'M ED GAR OF REPRESENTATIVE OF CARPENTER, REPRESENTING 5,000 UNION MEMBERS HERE IN CHINA TOWN. THIS PROJECT IS CRITICAL, IT WILL CREATE THOUSANDS OF MORTGAGE-PAYING JOBS, HELP RECOVER FROM LAHSA INPHA STRUCK, IT'S TIME TO FULLY LEVERAGE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE ATTENDING VISITIN DOWNTOWN L.A. WHILE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNIQUE THAT REMAIN OUR COMMUNITY STRIVING AFTER MY BROTHERS ARE DONE. IT'S TRULY THE HEART OF OUR CITY, IT'S TIME TOIN VEST TONE SURE LONG LASTING BENEFIT SXZ OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST FOR DOWNTOWN BUT FOR THE ENTIRE LOS ANGELES REGION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN MOVING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: GOOD -- >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M I'M WITH THE SOCIAL DISTRICT AND WE HOUSE THE CONVENTION CENTER. WE LOST THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. IT'S GONE. ATLANTA LOST IT TOO, SO IT'S OKAY. WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON TOURISM, CONVENTIONS AND CONFERENCES ARE CHANGING. THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS COMING DOWN MORE TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, WE CAN HAVE A SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST. THIS PROJECT HAS TO HAPPEN. I WENT TO SCHOOL AT CSUN I MAIJ ORDER IN FILM AND I LEARNED THAT THE BEST PROJECTS ARE DONE IN A DIME AND IN A TIME CRUNCH. WE CAN DO THIS. WILLIAM MULHOLLAND MADE A POINT TO PUT A PUT A HOSE UP AND GET WATER DOWN HERE, WE CAN BUILD A CONVENTION CENTER AND TRANSFORM THE CITY. WE LOST A LOT OF RESIDENTS, WE'VE LOST A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUT THAT CAN BE A GREAT FUTURE FOR THE VOTE IN THIS CONVENTION CENTER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE LAST TWO NAMES THAT SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 15, SUSAN HOLLY AND JEN SMITHUM. >> Speaker: XWAOD MORNING, STILL. --GOOD MORNING, STILL I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ASSOCIATE DISTRICT AND I GET TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TWICE. I'M NOLAND, I CANNOT EMPHASIZE MORE THAT THIS PROJECT IS ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE TO ONE, THAT'S WHAT FILM TAX CREDITS PAY IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENT FROM THE STATE INTO THE FILM TAX CREDITS. THIS PROJECT IS TWO-ONE. CALIFORNIA COMPETES TAX CREDITS COST PER JOB ACQUISITION IS 47,000 PER JOB. THE COST PER JOB ACQUISITION FOR THIS IS 37,000 PER JOB. THESE NUMBERS COME FROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT IS BURIED SOMEWHERE IN ALL OF YOUR REPORTS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S BURIED. BUT THESE NUMBERS ARE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE. AND IF YOU'RE EVALUATING THIS PROJECT, IT'S A NO-BRAINER. IF YOU CARE ABOUT JOBS, IF YOU CARE ABOUT HOUSING, IF YOU CARE ABOUT EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, ANY OF THOSE ISSUES THAT YOU CARE ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN YOUR ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING, I'M SUSAN HOLLY I'M THE DT LA ALLIANCE, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON IN HIS LEADERSHIP IN HIS OP-ED SAYING, WE MUST DO THIS PROJECT AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT. I WAS IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND I HEARD A LOT OF HAND RINGING ABOUT THE COST CAN BUT THE DEAL BREAKER IS THE CITY IS NOT COMPETENT TO DO THIS. ARE WE REALLY SAYING THAT WE CANNOT HAVE GOOD THINGS BECAUSE THE CITY IS TOO BROKE. ISN'T THAT WHY WE ELECTED YOU? I'M ASKING YOU TO ACT LIKE WORLD CLASS LEADERS SO WE CAN HAVE A WORLD CLASS CITY AND GET THIS PROJECT DONE. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HELLO THIS IS JENS AND I REPRESENT THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE AS WE HAVE A COMMUNITY IMPACT. >> Clerk: I'M SORRY WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ARE YOU FROM? >> Speaker: DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES? >> City Attorney: AND IT WAS FILED WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE? >> Speaker: IT WAS. >> City Attorney: JUST ONE MINUTE. >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE IT. SO YES. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. CAN I START MY TIME AGAIN. OKAY. AS I SAID MY NAME IS JEN'S MITTTU I'M PART OF THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, YES AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS. THIS IS OUR THIRD COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT AND WE'VE ALL BEEN IN SUPPORT EVERY TIME. WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT TIMELINE RISKS AS THE CITY COUNCIL DRAGS ITS FEET AND THIS GROUP IS RIGHTFULLY WORRIED ABOUT RISK. THE BIGGEST RISK IS DOING NOTHING AND BECOME UNUSEABLE, A BLIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MAKE NO MISTAKES, THE IF COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DEVIEEDING, THERE IS NO OTHER FEASIBLE DEAL ON THE TABLE. THIS CITY NEEDS LEADERSHIP, WE NEED ONE OF YOU TO STAND UP AND SAY, LIKE SOME DID THIS MORNING, WE NEED TO YOU SAY THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT'S GOING TO WORK AND IF WE COME ACROSS ANY PROBLEMS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. TAKING ADDITIONAL MINUTE. BUT DOING NOTHING IS UNACCEPTABLE, DOWNTOWN IS STRUGGLING, SINCE THE PANDEMIC --WE'RE UNITED. RESIDENTS AND UNIONS ARE ALL HERE STRONGLY BACKING THIS PROJECT. EVERYBODY REPRESENTING DOWNTOWN WANTS THIS. DOWNTOWN IS THE GOLDEN GOOSE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE. THE MONEY BROUGHT HERE IS NOT JUST TO DOWNTOWN BUT TO THE WHOLE CITY. AT A TIME WHEN WE SEE FEW PROACTIVE INVESTMENTS, WE NEED SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN. I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE, I'VE NEVER SEEN DOWNTOWN MORE UNITED, IT IS GO TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JAOU, HELLO MY NAME IS ERIKA BULLMAN, I HAVE BEEN A BARTENDER AT THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER FOR OVER 15 YEARS NOW. AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE UNITE HERE LOCAL 11. NOW, MY JOB IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AS MOST OF EVERY ONE'S JOBS ARE ALSO. BUT TODAY, I STAND HERE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE EXPANSION OF THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER. I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS AND TIMELINES BUT I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT IS AT STAKE WHEN THE CITY HESITATES. WITH THIS EXPANSION, THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER CAN HOST BIGGER EVENTS AND MORE OFTEN AND GIVE EVEN MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME, THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. THIS PROJECT CAN MEAN REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS IN THE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY AND CREATE CONSISTENCY FOR THE HOSPITAL WORKERS HERE IN LOS ANGELES. I URGE THAT--WELL. IF I CAN GET 30 SECONDS MORE. >> City Attorney: SO WE HAVE THE GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME BUT IF YOU WRAP IT UP IN A SENTENCE. >> Speaker: I WILL, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ENSURE THE WE WANT EVERY ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THE CITY LOS ANGELES CITY GROWTH WORKS FOR THE PROSPERITY OF EVERY ONE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR OF THE L.A. COUNTY FEDERATION LABOR. I'M HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION. WE INTO THE 20th CENTURY BY MAKING THIS INVESTMENT. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACILITY AND THE GOOD-PAYING MIDDLE CLASS JOBS THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD. THIS IS IN A ONCE GENERATION OPPORTUNITY AS YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY INTO SOMETHING THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN BE PROUD OF, CAN TAKE PRIDE IN. FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR ENTER TREE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR ITEM 15. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERY ONE WHO CAME IN AND PRESENTED. WE'LL BEGIN OUR DELIBERATION BY HEARING FROM OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFER, MATT SZABO AND ALSO GARY MOORE CONSULTANT FROM THIS PROJECT AND MR. DAVID HENSON FROM THE BOOR OFF ENGINEERING AND KATIE AND STEWARD MARKS AND FROM, WEB CORPS MR. JEET FORGIVE ME MR. JEET FOR NOT EVEN ATTEMPTING THE NAME. WHERE IS OUR CAO, WE'RE READY. IT'S PRIMETIME. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MATT SZABO CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER HERE TO PRESENT ON OUR UPDATED REPORT ON THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT. I WILL AT, ACTUALLY NO, I'M GOING TO HOLD ON THAT. AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT AS TO WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED ON THE AGENDA. WE DID ISSUE TWO UPDATED REPORTS BASED ON LATE BREAKING INFORMATION AND I WILL DETAIL THAT IN A MOMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE GOING TO START, JUST WITH THE, A LITTLE CONTEXT I'M GOING TO GET TO THE MAIN POINTS EXAMINE THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. THIS IS BEEN A LONG PROCESS, AS THIS BODY AND MULTIPLE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. TODAY, WE ARE PRESENTING AND YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU UPDATED PRICING INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPER AND WE ARE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM THIS BODY AS TO WHETHER WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT OR TERMINATE THE PROJECT. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM THE DISCUSSION COMMITTEES AND JOBS COMMITTEE THE REPORT HAD A NUMBER OF CHANGES, AS A RESULT OF NEGOTIATING TEAM NEGOTIATING PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE CLOCK WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPER, WE HAVE SECURED AND WITH OUR PARTNERS AT DWP A REDUCTION IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS A REDUCTION IN CITY COSTS AND UPDATED PROJECTIONS ON SIGNAGE REVENUE AND UPDATED PROJECTIONS ON THE INTEREST RATE. THE REVISED CONSTRUCTION COST, THE REPORT REVISES THOSE DOWN BY 83 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS IS DUE IN LARGE PART TO REDUCTIONS, THERE ARE OTHER REDUCTIONS AS WELL BIT DEVELOPER. WE ALSO REVISES AS THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS GO DOWN, THE CITY RETAINED COSTS THE CONTINGENCY REQUIRED BY THE CITY, ALSO WOULD BE REDUCED SO WE REDUCEDBY 13 MILLION. THERE IS BEEN AND I WILL DETAIL A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, A A AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON SIGNAGE, WE SIGNED THAT WOULD ONLY ALLOW THE CITY ONSITE ADVERTISING FOR THE FREEWAY FACING SIGNS AND THAT PROJECTION PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL 11 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. AND THEN LASTLY WE HAVE REVISED THE COST DOWN, THAT IS BASED ON INTEREST RATE CONSISTENT CAN CONDITIONS. RATES HAVE MOVED LOWERED THE LAST MO. ON WEDNESDAY, THE FEDERAL RESERVE LOWERED THE RATE BY 25 BASIS POINTS A QUARTER OF A PERCENT AND IS PROJECTING, 50 BASIS POINT REDUCTION AN ADDITIONAL 50 BASIS POINT REDUCTION BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN 2025. SO COMBINED, THESE REVISIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AND THE REPORT, REDUCE THE OVERALL COSTS BY OVER $500 MILLION AND MOVE THE AVERAGE ANNUAL GENERAL FUND IMPACT FROM THE 111 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH WAS IN OUR AUGUST 29, REPORT TO 89 MILLION DOLLARS TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: FOLKS, WE NEED TO HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE, AND BOOs AND HISES, UNTIL WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH. SO IF YOU WILL KINDLY LET US GET THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WILL QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH THE DETAILS OF WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, THE EXPANSION WOULD AT 190,000 SQUARE FEES OF CONTIGUOUS SPACE, MEETING ROOM SPACE AND 195,000 MULTI PURPOSE SPACE. THE MODERNIZATION IF JUST FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN STEEPED IN THIS PROJECT YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS AERIAL WHAT IT IS ATTEMPTING TO DO. IT IS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT THE WEST HALL WHICH IS A 50--YEAR-OLD BUILDING TO THE SOUTH HALL WHICH IS A 30-YEAR-OLD BUILDING OVER PICO TO ADD A HALL WHERE YOU SEE THAT SPACE. THAT IS ALSO WHAT YOU SEE THIS PROJECT EXTRAORDINARY COMPLICATED AND EXTRAORDINARILY COSTLY. SO THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE BY AND THIS IS WHERE WE WILL BE ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT SHEDULE BY THE, BY THE TIME OF THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND THEN THE PROJ HE CAN, THE INTERIOR WORK OF THE PROJECT WILL BE FINISHED IN EARLY 2029. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROJECT, THERE IS BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. BEFORE WE PROCEEDED, BEFORE MY OFFICE PROCEEDED WITH REPORTS, RECOMMENDING A PATHWAY, WE DID CONDUCT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF AN EXPANSION OF THE EXPANSION WOULD CREATE 13,300 JOBS DURING THE EXPANSION, 2151 ANNUAL NEW JOBS. BRING IN 50,000 ADDITIONAL VISITORS OVER THE FIRST TEN YEARS AND GENERATE 52 MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND TAX REVENUE OVER THE 30-YEAR PERIOD THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING THE BONDS. SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO EITHER PROCEED WITH THE PHASED DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTED COSTS THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU. AND TO PROCEED WITH THE ISSUING THE DEBT TO COVER THE COST OF THE PROJECT. OR TO TERMINATE THE PROJECT. WE ARE AT THE END OF THE LINE EXAMINE A DECISION DOES NEED TO BE MADE TODAY. I WANT TO REVIEW THE UPDATED COSTS BRIEFLY AND THEN WE CAN GO IN MORE DETAIL WITH QUESTIONS. THE OVERALL COSTS OF THE PROJECT, DIRECT COST IS 6.2 BILLION DOLLARS THAT IS MADE UP OF THE PRECONSTRUCTION COSTS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND THEN THE CITY RETAIN COSTS. THE PRECONSTRUCTION THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TODAY INVEST TO GET US TO THIS POINT. OF THE 82 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE INITIAL EARLY WORKS, EARLY WORKS AGREEMENT ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY 54 MILLION. IT IS BEEN STRUCTURED THIS WAY SO THAT THE CITY OWNS THE OWNS THE DETAILS, OWNS THE PLANS, AND THE DESIGN BUT WE HAVE SPENT 54 MILLION DOLLARS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ITSELF, HAS BEEN REDUCED SLIGHTLY FROM 2.035 BILLION IN PREVIOUS REPORTS DOWN TO 2.59 BILLION AND THAT IS LARGELY TO DWP COSTS BEING REDUCED FAIRLY SUBSTANTIALLY AS THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE FURTHER ASSESSMENTS AS TO WHAT IS REQUIRED AND I WOULD, THE DWP IS HERE AND CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY GOT TO THEIR REDUCED PROJECTION. IN ADDITION TO REDUCING THEIR, IN ADDITION TO REDUCING THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF POWER AND WATER IS DETERMINED WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT, THEY HAVE ALSO RESOLVED OR HAVE A PLAN TO RESOLVE CERTAINLY THE ISSUES RELATED TO OTHER PROJECTS, THE VALLEY METRO PROJECT, THE WORK IN THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES AND IN THE PALISADES AS WELL. AND I WILL DIFFER TO THE DEPARTMENT TO DETAIL THE RESOLUTION THERE. AS IT RELATES TO CITY RETAIN COSTS. THE CITY RETAIN COSTS. THIS IS CONTINGENCY COSTS, SO THERE IS CONTINGENCIES AND THEN THERE IS CONTINGENCIES THAT WE'RE HOLDING OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT. WE'RE HOLDING 10 PERCENT FOR RELIEF EVENTS, 5 PERCENT FOR CHANGES IN SCOPE. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THIS 385 MILLION OF THAT 553, IT WOULD NOT BE TAPPED INTO A GREAT EXTENT BUT WE DO NEED TO SET ASIDE AND WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THAT CONTINGENCY BEING REDUCED. THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT. THE OTHER PORTION RELATES TO A ROBUST PROJECT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM OF OF MULTIPLE CONSULTANTS TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS, SIGNAGE CONSULTANTS, MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS THAT WILL SUPPLEMENT THE STAFF AT THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING AND OTHER STAFF TO DO THE WORK AND THE ANALYSIS NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THE PROJECT IS DELIVERED ON TIME. AS IT RESULTS TO THE FINANCING, COSTS, I DO NEED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS, AGAIN THE 2.6 BILLION DOLLARS, WE WILL FINANCE THAT COST. WE WILL NOT BE PAYING FROM THE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE UNTIL, UNTIL 28-29. WE WILL BE USING CAPITALIZED INTEREST FOR THAT. WHICH MEANS WE'LL BE BORROWING TO PAY THE INITIAL COST, SO THAT WILL BE ADDED TO OUR OVERALL DEBT SERVICE AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ISSUANCE COSTS. SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE FINANCED WOULD BE JUST OVER 3 BILLION DOLLARS. THE ASSUMED INTEREST RATE, IS 4.6 PERCENT AS I SAID. THAT IS DOWN POINT 2 PERCENT, 20 BASIS POINTS, JUST OVER 20 BASIS POINTS FROM THE PREVIOUS PROJECTION OF 4.8 PERCENT. THAT HAS A SAVING OF ABOUT 130 MILLION DOLLARS AS I SAID, RATES ON WEDNESDAY WERE REDUCED AND WE DO EXPECT ADDITIONAL RATE REDUCTIONS BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. THAT MEANS THAT THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE AND THIS IS DEBT SERVICE NOT GENERAL FUND IMPACT IS 171 MILLION DOLLARS. SOL THAT, THAT IS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL. WE WILL TALK IN A MOMENT ABOUT HOW THAT RELATES TO WHAT THE CITY PAYS OUT OF THIS GENERAL FUND. AS IT RELATES TO DEBT CAPACITY, WHEN WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS CAN, BEYOND THE CAN THE CITY AFFORD THIS? DOES THE CITY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ISSUE THIS MUCH DEBT? THE CITY HAS, ADOPTED AND HAS VERY CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES AS IT RELATES TO DEBT ISSUANCE. OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES DICTATE THAT NO MORE THAN 70 PERCENT CAN BE USED FOR DEBT SERVICE. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 2.4 PERCENT. SO THIS CHART SHOWS WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE OF OUR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE UNDER THE LIMIT, THE LINE ACROSS THE TOP IS OUR DEBT LIMIT. AND IF WE ADDED, THE DEBT SERVICE FROM THIS PROJECT, IT WILL INCREASE IN FISCAL 31, OUR DEBT, OUR DEBT SERVICE 2.43 PERCENT PROJECTED GENERAL FUND REVENUES. SO IT DOES, IT DOES USE MORE OF OUR CAPACITY BUT IT IS WELL WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. AS IT RELATES TO REVENUE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. WE'LL BE PAYING THROUGH FOR THIS THROUGH DIRECT REVENUE. I NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE DIRECT REVENUE WILL NOT, FULLY COVER THE COST OF THE DEBT SERVICE, SO THERE WILL BE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PERIOD THAT WE'RE PAYING DEBT SERVICE, A GENERAL FUND IMPACT. AS IT RELATES TO THE DIRECT REVENUE, WE WILL BE SECURING AND DEDICATING THE REVENUE FROM THE EVENTS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER FROM PARKING AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND FROM SIGNAGE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. WE'RE PROJECTING AN ANNUAL AVERAGE REVENUE DIRECTLY FROM THE PROJ EBLGT --PROJECT TO BE 120 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT WILL INCREASE OVERTIME. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCORRECT REVENUE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAX REVENUE. THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS --ADDITIONAL VISITORS, ADDITIONAL HOTEL NIGHT STAYS WILL YIELD 652 MILLION DOLLARS NET NEW GENERAL FUND REVENUE OVER 30 YEARS AS AS A RESULT OF THE EXPANSION. SO THERE WAS A BASE CASE STATUS QUO CASE AND THEN A CASE ASSUMING THE EXPANSION WITH THE 83 NEW EVENTS, ADDITIONAL EVENTS AND THE LARGER CONVENTIONS AND THE LARGER CAPACITY AND ADDITIONAL VISITORS AND YIELDS 162 MILLION. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND TAKE THE REVENUE WE GET TO THE GENERAL FUND IMPACT. WHAT WILL WE BE PAYING OUT OF THE FUND IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THIS PROJECT? SO THE TOTAL REVENUE, THE DIRECT REVENUE AND INDIRECT REVENUE AND THESE ARE 30-YEAR AVERAGES IS 142 MILLION. THE COST AVERAGE INCLUDING WHICH IS DEBT SERVICE AND OPERATING COSTS, WE DO NEED TO INCLUDE OPERATING COSTS IN THAT FIGURE BECAUSE IF WE'RE ASSUMING THE REVENUE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE NEED TO COVER THE OPERATING COSTS AS WELL. AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A AVERAGE ANNUAL NET GENERAL FUND IMPACT OF 89 MILLION DOLLARS. HOWEVER I NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS, THAT 89 MILLION DOLLARS IS AN AVERAGE ANNUAL GENERAL FUND IMPACT. THAT ASSUMES WE HIT ALL OF OUR DIRECT AND INDIRECT TARGETS. 89 MILLION DOLLARS DOES NOT REPRESENT THE MAXIMUM THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE ON THE HOOK TO PAY, OR COULD BE ON THE HOOK TO PAY PARTICULARLY IN THE EARLY YEARS. THIS CHART SHOWS THE ESTIMATED GENERAL NET IMPACT FISCAL YEAR AND UNDER OUR NEW PROJECTIONS IT WOULD PEAK AT 147 MILLION NET GENERAL FUND IMPACT IN 2031, THAT THE FIRST YEAR THE CITY WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON BOTH BONDS AND THEN SLOWLY, DECREASE AFTER THAT. GETTING TO THE QUESTION THEN OF WHERE ARE WE FINANCIALLY AND CAN WE CONSIDER A PROJECT LIKE THIS? HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY AFFORD THAT? THIS IS OUR FOUR-YEAR OUTLOOK. WE PUBLISHED THE FOUR-YEAR OUTLOOK AS AFTER THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VERY LARGE GAP TO CLOSE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THIS BUDGET WAS BALANCED LARGELY AND STRUCTURAL WAYS AND OUR ADOPTED BUDGET OUTLOOK, ASSUMES THAT THOSE STRUCTURAL CHANGES WILL HOLD. OUR CURRENT OUTLOOK PROJECTS A 91 MILLION GAP, DEFICIT FOR 26-2827-28 AND THEN SURPLUSES OF 403 MILLION DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR 29-30. SO WHEN WE ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION IF THE CITY IS GOING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND OBLIGATIONS IN FISCAL 29-30, WILL WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO COVER THAT? AND CERTAINLY OUR REVENUE GROWTH SHOULD FAR FAR EXCEED THAT ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND OBLIGATION. IT ABSOLUTELY WILL REQUIRE TRADEOFFS AND WE HAVE 147 MILLION FEWER DOLLARS TO SPEND ON OTHER THINGS. BUT OUR CURRENT OUTLOOK, OUR CURRENT FOUR-YEAR OUTLOOK THOSE A 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE IN PROJECTED REVENUE FROM OUR CURRENT YEAR TO FISCAL YEAR 29-30. SO AGAIN IF WE TAKE OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS. [ALARM GOING OFF IN BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] [ALARM GOING OFF] >> Council President: SO WE'RE TOLD THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL G.S.T. WALKS TO THE PANEL TO ASSESS IT BEFORE WE GET AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE OVERHEAD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. FALSE ALARM FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, LET'S PROCEED MR. SZABO. >> Speaker: OKAY, VERY GOOD. [ALARM GOING OFF] OKAY. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, AS IT RELATES TO THE NET GENERAL FUND IMPACT, AND IF YOU LAY THAT OVER WHAT OUR CURRENT OUTLOOK PROJECTIONS ARE, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK AT 28-29, THE FIRST YEAR WITH THE RED BAR AT THE BOTTOM, THAT RED BAR REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD PAY, THE NET GENERAL FUND IMPACT. TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE THE FIRST YEAR WE WOULD BE PAYING DEBT SERVICE. WE ARE CURRENTLY PROJECTING 238 MILLION DOLLARS SURPLUS. AGAIN THAT SURPLUS, AGAIN ASSUMES THAT ESSENTIALLY A STATUS QUO BUDGET, THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE PRESSURES AND DESIRES TO INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURES BEYOND WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING. SO THAT IS, THOSE WILL CHANGE AND THOSE PROJECTIONS WILL CHANGE AS WE CONSIDER OUR FISCAL 27-28 BUDGET UNDOUBTEDLY. THIS IS A SNAP SHOT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW THAT GENERAL FUND IMPACT WILL INCREASE TO 113 MILLION WHICH IS WITHIN OUR CURRENT PROJECTED SURPLUS OF 154 MILLION. THIS PROJECT IS NOT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RISKS. WE'VE DISCUSSED THE RISKS AT EXTENSIVELY IN COMMITTEE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RISKS RELATED TO SCHEDULE, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER TO REDUCE THE RISKS BUT THEY STILL EXIST. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT IF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROCEED, THAT THE CITY, THAT THE CITY HIT ITS MARKS IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPER HITTING ITS MARKS. THERE ARE APPROVAL THAT'S REQUIRES, IF WE ARE LATE IN APPROVALS, IF WE FAIL TO PERFORM AS REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACT, THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR THAT. IT COULD CAUSE DELAYS AND JEOPARDIZE AND CAUSE US TO DIP INTO THE CONTINGENCIES THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE. I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH IF THIS PROJECT DOES MOVE FORWARD, THE CITY MUST BE ORGANIZED TO HIT ALL OF ITS MARKS AND TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. WITHOUT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE GREATEST RISK IS THE OLYMPIC READINESS. THIS PROJECT MUST BE COMPLETED AT LEAST THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT MUST BE COMPLETED WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE 2028 GAMES. THE CURRENT SCHEDULE HAS THE PROJECT TO BE OLYMPIC-READY BY MARCH 31st. THE EXCLUSIVE, THE EXCLUSIVE PERIOD FOR LA28 TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE CONVENTION CENTER WHICH IS A VENUE NOT ONLY A VENUE FOR EVENTS, BUT ALSO A VENUE FOR SUPPORTING EVENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN CRYPTO.COM ARENA, THAT IS JUNE FIRST. SO THERE IS, THERE IS VERY VERY SMALL MARGIN FOR ERROR ON THE SCHEDULE IN ORDER FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE OLYMPIC-READY BEFORE THE OLYMPICS. SCIENCE REVENUE RISK AS I DETAILED PREVIOUSLY. OUR INITIAL REPORT HAD ROJECTED A MUCH MUCH MORE ROBUST REVENUE COMING IN FROM OUR SIGNAGE PROGRAM. WE HAD PROJECTED 61 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH INCLUDED TWO-FREEWAY FACING SIGNS. THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO SECURE AN EXEMPTION FROM STATE APPROVAL IN SACRAMENTO AND THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT WORK PUT IN TO SEEK TO GO SECURING THAT EXEMPTION. THE RESULTING LEGISLATION WOULD DID NOT FACILITATE THE EXEMPTION THAT WE NEEDED FOR THE FULL REVENUE, SO WE DID NEED TO REVISE OUR REVENUE DOWN TO ALLOW FOR ONLY ONSITE ADVERTISING ON THE FREEWAY FACING SIGNS THAT REDUCE THE AVERAGE REVENUE BY 690 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS. IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THAT REVENUE BE REEXAMINED AND ARE, AND WE LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EITHER A FUTURE EXEMPTION OR RESOLVING THE ISSUES, RESOLVING THE HURDLES THAT WOULD PREVENT THE CITY FROM MAXIMIZING ITS REVENUE FROM FREEWAY FACING SIGNAGE. SO WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS PROJECT, THERE IS ALSO A RISK FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SEE THIS PROJECT BUILT, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK IN DELAY. IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, THIS PROJECT HAD AN ESTIMATED CNSTRUCTION COSTS OF 1.1 BILLION. IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, IT ROWS TO 1.4 BILLION. AND THE PROJECT IS NEARLY, THIS IS JUST THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, IT'S NEARLY 2 BILLION DOLLARS TODAY. THESE COSTS INCREASES HAVE BEEN DRIVEN LARGELY BY INFLATION IN LABOR AND MATERIALS AND AS THE BASE COSTS INCREASE, SO DO THE CITY HELD CONTINGENCIES. THOSE ARE COSTS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. DELAYING THE PROJECT, IF YOU'RE COMMITTED TO SEEING THIS PROJECT BUILT, WILL NOT REVERSE THE INFLATION IN LABOR AND STEEL. THERE IS NO DELIVERY MODEL THAT LOWERS THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION ITSELF. IN FACT, I DO NEED TO SAY AND I WILL CONCLUDE VERY SHORTLY, MR. PRESIDENT, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERY MODELS, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND HAS BEEN BEFORE THIS BODY MULTIPLE TIMES OVER MORE THAN A DECADE. BEFORE I BECAME C A O, THE MODEL THAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED WAS A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, THAT WOULD HAVE FINANCE NOT JUST IN CONSTRUCTION BUT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN FINANCED AND IT WOULD FINANCED WITH PRIVATE EQUITY. THAT WAS A VASLY VASLY MORE EXPENSIVE MODEL, DRAMATICALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AND THAT WAS A PREREQUISITE WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THAT HIGHLY EXPENSIVE SPECULATIVE MODEL WHERE THE CITY WOULD PREPAY FOR ALL THE RISKS. SO WE, WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS IT RELATES TO WHETHER WE DO THIS PROJECT NOW OR WHETHER WE CONSIDER THIS PROJECT IN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. SO THAT GOES BACK TO OUR BASIC RECOMMENDATIONS MEMBERS. AND IF WE GET TO THE DECISION-POINT. THE CITY TEAM HAS TAKEN THIS AS FAR AS WE CAN. WE HAVE WORKED TO PROVIDE YOU THE BEST POSSIBLE INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION. IS THE EXPANSION POSSIBLE? YES IT IS. ARE THERE SCHEDULE RISKS? YES, THERE ARE SCHEDULE RISKS. WILL IT PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS? YES. CAN WE WE AFFORD IT? YES, BUT NOT WITHOUT FUTURE TRADEOFFS. WE WILL BE COMMITTING FUNDS NOT JUST IN 2030 BUT FOR 30 YEARS AFTER THAT TO SUPPORT THIS EXPANSION. SO NOW, IT'S THE ULTIMATE JUDGMENT CALL THAT ONLY YOU CAN MAKE. LE WE NEED TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER TODAY. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT IS TOO COSTLY AND TOO RISKY THAT THE COSTS AND RISKS OUT WEIGH THE BENEFITS, YOU SOULD TERMINATE THE THE PROJECT TODAY AND PROCEED WITH THE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS OUTLINED IN THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. IF YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT AND BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO GET IT DONE BUT ALSO CONCERNED THAT IT'S TOO COSTLY TODAY, THE SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM IS NOT TO DELAY IT FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. DELAY WILL EXACERBATE THAT PROBLEM NOT SOLVE IT. SO IF YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT, AND BELIEVE THAT THE JOBS AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS ARE WORTH THE COSTS AND THE RISKS, THEN YOU SHOULD VOTE TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AND MOVE FORWARD TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. OPEN TO QUESTION. >> Council President: A REMINDER TO HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE. AND I THINK MR. McOSKER HAS A CLARIFYING POINT TO WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS JUST A PROCEDURAL POINT. WE DO HAVE 15-D WHICH IS A MOTION BY HARRIS-DAWSON, HUTT, McOSKER, SECONDED BY JURADO AND BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST HEARD, I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO 1-B TO READ APPROVED COSTS UP TO AND REPLACE 2.6 BILLION FOR THE EXISTING 2.72 BILLION IT GOES ON TO READ INCLUSIVE 82.2 MILLION FOR PRECONSTRUCTION COSTS UP TO I'M GOING TO SAY 1.95 BILLION TO REPLACE 2.3 BILLION FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, A DEVELOPER FEE OF 5 BILLION AND A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IT WILL READ 522 BILLION IN LIEU OF 566? >> IT WOULD BE 553. >> T. McOsker: 553 TO REPLACE THE 566. I WILL ASK FOR THE MAKERS OF THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AND SECONDER TO ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY. >> Council President: ACCEPTED AS A FRIENDLY. >> I. Padilla: THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING UP, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE SWITCHED FROM USING PERIODS TO COMMAS, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR BOTH 15-D SECTION B AS WELL AS TODAY'S AGENDA, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS MATCH? >> YES, THANK YOU, THAT IS TYPO THAT WAS ENTERED TO BE A PERIOD NOT A COMMA. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. >> IT'S A TYPO. >> I. Padilla: OKAY, MAKING SURE. AND I WAIT A SECOND. I CAN SECOND HIS AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, AND WE'LL ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT AS FRIENDLY UNLESS THERE IS A OBJECTION. MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THIS CITY, AND FOLKS WHO HAVE JOINED US TODAY AND FOLKS WATCHING THIS CONVERSATION, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING IN REAL LIFE A COUNCIL DIG IN DEEP AND DO ITS JOB. THIS IS A BIG DECISION PERHAPS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS THAT THE CITY WILL MAKE. IT IS A DECISION THAT IF IT GOES IN ONE DIRECTION, HAS AT LEAST 30-YEAR IMPLICATIONS ON THE BUDGET AND BEYOND. EITHER WAY, THIS, THIS DECISION HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME THAT ANGELINOS WILL FEEL LONG AFTER ALL OF US ARE GONE. I WANT TO START BY COMPLIMENTING EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL NO MATTER WHERE THEY STAND ON THIS ISSUE. OUR JOBS IS TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, KICK THE TIRES, TO EXAMINE, TO QUESTION, TO DEBATE SCENARIOS AND THAT HAS HAPPENED IN SPACE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, INTERROGATING THE DEVELOPERS, INTERROGATING THE STAFF, INTERROGATING EACH OTHER. AND IT IS EXACTLY WHAT DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSE TO LOOK LIKE HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE DON'T KICK YOU OFF OF TELEVISION BECAUSE YOU MAKE BAD JOKES ABOUT US OR DISAGREE ABOUT THIS IS, THIS IS THE KIND OF DEBATE THAT WE ENCOURAGE. AND, IN OUR SOCIETY, AND IN THIS CITY, WHEN WE HAVE TOUGH QUESTIONS, WE HAVE DEBATES IN PUBLIC AND SOMETIMES WE RAISE OUR VOICES, SOMETIMES WE'RE VERY 'EM PASSIONED BUT ALL OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY A LOVE OF THE CITY AND A COMMITMENT TO ITS FUTURE. AND I WANT TO BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION TODAY AND I KNOW IT WILL BE A VIGOROUS DISCUSSION. I WANT TO CALL ON OUR BUDGET CHAIR WHO JUST WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING THE TIP OF THE SPEAR IN NE GOERK A TOUGH BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE IN A TOUGH BUDGET ENVIRONMENT AND HAS FROM THE BEGINNING BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL TAKING A HARD, HARD DECISION AT THIS DECISION BEFORE US. I HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THE DECISION. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO THANK THE FOLKS IN THE WEST SIDE CURRENT, THEY PUBLISHED IT EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT I DID NOT COME TO THAT OPINION EASILY OR DO NOT TAKE THAT DECISION VERY VERY LIGHTLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT OTHERS MAY LOOK AT THE SAME SET OF FACTS AND COME TO ANOTHER CONCLUSION. THERE IS PLENTY THERE TO LEAVE YOU AT THE END OF ANOTHER PLACE. SO WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT THAT FRAMES OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO OUR, TO THE MEMBERS IN THE GALLERY, THIS IS AN ISSUE OF ANGELS AND DEVIL. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T. THIS IS A VERY VERY TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT ALL OF THESE MEMBERS HAVE HAD TO STRUGGLE IT WITH MANY MANY YEARS FRANKLY. I JUST ANECDOTELY IN MY FIRST 90 DAYS IN ON THIS COUNCIL, I SAT IN A COMMITTEE AND HEARD MIGUEL SANTANA AND DON LOU TELL US THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO HAVE A VOTE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER. THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO THAT THAT HAPPENED. SO TODAY, I HOPE WE HAVE SOME FINALITY WITH REGARD TO THIS EDITATION --EDIT RATION. AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY CHAIR OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE ALL WANT TO HELP DOWNTOWN, WE WANT A PLACE TO HOST EVENTS. THE CONVENTION CENTER PLAYS A ROLE, BUT THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER TO INVEST IN THE CONVENTION CENTER. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE COMMIT TO A NEARLY THREE BILLION DOLLARS EXPANSION ON TERMS THAT PUT OUR FINANCES AND OUR BASIC CITY SERVICES AT-RISK FOR DECADES. THIS EXPANSION IS UNREALISTIC, UNAFFORDABLE AND FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE. IT PUTS OUR CITY AT SEVERE RISKS AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN HOW. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN COMMITTEE TRYING TO GET ALL THE FACTS ON THE TABLE. AND THE FACTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET, ARE CLEAR. THIS PROJECT IS BEING FORCED INTO AN OLYMPIC DRIVEN DEADLINE THAT IS UNREALISTIC. OVER THE NEXT 1110 DAYS, CREWS WOULD HAVE TO WORK SIX DAYS A WEEK EVERY WEEK WITH ONLY 20 DAYS OF FLOAT DAYS AND SEVERAL MORE FOR BAD WEATHER AND OTHER CONTINGENCIES, THAT'S FIVE WEEKS OF SLACK IN A 130-WEEK SCHEDULE. EVEN THE SMALL DESTRUCTION, LABOR SHORTAGES OR THE CITY OWN APPROVAL PROCESS WHICH WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS, WILL PUSH US OFF SCHEDULE. THE CONTRACT ITSELF, IDENTIFIES 27 RELIEF EVENTS WHICH ARE REASONS FOR DELAYS NOT COVERED BY THE CONTRACT AND FOR WHICH AS A CITY ARE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR COST-INCREASES. 15 OF THOSE RELIEF EVENTS HINGE ON THE CITY MEANING ITS OWN OBLIGATIONS AND TIME. THIS MEANS IF AND WHEN DBS OR BODODOT TOO SLOWLY MOVES TO ISSUE A PERMIT OR WHEN DWP'S WORK ON ELECTRICAL PIECE INTERFERES WITH THE CONTRACTORS CONSTRUCTION WORK, THE LIABILITY FALLS SQUARELY ON US. TAXPAYERS CARRY THE COST OF DELAY. AND THE RISKS DON'T END THERE. IF THE PROJECT SLIPS PAST MARCH OF 2028, THEY WILL HAVE TO RELOCATE. LA28 INCREMENTAL COST OF RELOCATION AND ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LOST REVENUE SAY DECREASED TICKET REVENUE, THAT FALLS ON THE CITY. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE PREPARED TO WASTE ADDITIONAL 30 MILLION DOLLARS ON START CONSTRUCTION PLAN CLEARING THE SITE FOR THE GAMES AND THEN RESUMING WORK LATER. ALL OF THIS IS SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN WHILE DWP IS TRYING TO DESIRE AND DELIVER NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE RESTRUCTION OF THE PALISADES, HOUSING PROJECTS AND PRIORITY METRO PROJECTS. THE SCHEDULE JUST DOES NOT WORK. WE'RE GAMBLING BILLIONS ON BEST CASE SCENARIO THAT IT EVERY ONE ON THE CHAMBER KNOWS IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY WILL PASS. WE CAN WISH FOR IT, BUT WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT CAREFUL PLANNING, IT'S DANGEROUS. I HAVE NOT EVEN COST COSTS, IT BALLOONED TO 2.7 IN TWO YEARS, NOW WE'RE HEARING IT MAY BE 2.6 BILLION BUT IT TELLS YOU ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES WITH THIS CONTRACT IT'S NOT A FIRM-BASE COST CONTRACT THE COSTS CAN RISE, AND I'M TELLING UZ A FORMER REAL ESTATE LAWYER, IT'S GOING TO. WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF 5 BILLION TAXPAYER MONEY. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GO UP. IT'S AVERAGE OF 190 OR 100 A YEAR FROM GENERAL FUND. AND THAT FACTORS ALL REVENUE, THAT'S OUR ANNUAL NET FUND HIT. IN THE LATER YEARS IT'S CLOSER TO 160 MILLION. THAT OBLIGATION IS GOING TO EAT UP ALL THE GROWTH IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. I'M NOT MAKE THATING UP, IT COMES FROM THE CAO'S REPORT. WHAT THAT DOES MEAN? IT WHEN WE WANT TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS OR FIREFIGHTERS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MONEY TO DO IT. IF WE WANT TO BUILD NEW BIKE LANES OR FIX STREETS, THERE IS NO MONEY TO DO IT. THERE IS NO MONEY NOW, BUT WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH NOW. WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO HIRE FOR CROSSING GUARDS TO PROTECT KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR IT. AND THU IF I THINGS ARE BAD NOW, AND MANY THINK THEY SUCK, I HAVE BAD NEWS, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD EVEN THE LEVEL SERVICE WHICH IS CRAP. AND IT'S NOT OUR CITY'S EMPLOYEES FAULT, IT'S JUST THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDER INVESTING IN OUR CITY WORKFORCE FOR YEARS. EVERY NEW DOLLAR OF GROWTH IN OUR GENERAL FUND WILL ALREADY BE COMMITTED TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT FOR YEARS TO COME AND THAT ASSUMES GROWTH, WE'RE ASSUMING GROWTH. IF WE HIT A RECESSION, OR SLOW DOWN WHICH WE KNOW IS HIGHLY LIKELIHOOD OF HAPPENING, WE'RE IN EVEN MORE TROUBLE. THE PLAN DEPENDS ON REVENUE THAT'S SHAKY AT BEST AND STATE LEGISLATION SIGNING MADE THINGS WORSE. THERE IS NO AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS OR AEG MAY STILL STOP SIGNAGE OR EVEN PEN ALIZE THE CITY FOR DOING. THE COSTS ON REVENUE RIGHT SIDE ONLY GOING TO GROW WIDER. SO EVEN IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO CONSUME EVERY FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE. AND IF REVENUE COME SHORT OR COSTS ESCALATE FURTHER, WHICH I THINK THEY WILL, THE GENERAL FUND TAKES THE HIT. THE COST OF THIS PROJECT DOES NOT EXIST IN A VACUUM, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING NEXT YEAR, ALREADY WITH A 91 MILLION DOLLARS STRUCTURAL DEFICIT BEFORE WE EVEN SEE OUR FIRST FINANCIAL SUPPORT. WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH, IS THE NEW NORMAL UNLESS WE GET SERIOUS ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY OF CONSTITUENTS. IN-HOUSING COMMITTEE, WE HEARD THAT THERE IS THEY FACE A NEW DEFICIT WITHOUT NEW STATE DOLLARS. IN A ON THE CLIFF. AND OLYMPIC OVERRUNS, THE FIRST COMES FROM THE CITY AND THEN STATE AND ANYTHING AFTER THAT IS OURS, IT'S A BLANK CHECK. THE CONVENTION BILL IS DUE THE SAME YEAR THAT WE MAY BE FORCE TODAY OBSERVE THE OLYMPIC OVERAGE. AND WE'RE RUNING UP OUR CREDIT CARD AND ANY BILLS. WE LITERALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING CITY HALL, THE LAPD HEADQUARTERS AND YOUR LOCAL LAPD AND LAFD UP AS COLLATERAL FOR THIS LOAN, WE JUST CLOSED A BUDGET GAP. AND TO DO SO, THIS COUNCIL MADE TOUGH TRADEOFFS, BUT WE WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES. OUR CITY EMPLOYEES INCLUDING OUR SWORN POLICE OFFICERS AND A LOT OF CIVILIANS STEPPED UP TOO. THEY AGREED TO SACRIFICE TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING. THEY ACCEPTED FURLOUGHS AND UNPAID DAYS TO PROTECT SERVICES. SO HOW CAN WE ASK OUR WORKFORCE TO TAKE UNPAID TIME AND IN THE SAME BREATH CLAIM WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND ON AN EXPANSION WE KNOW WE CANNOT AFFORD. AND HERE IS THE KICKER, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE LABOR AGREEMENTS AND THOSE CONTRACTS IS UP FOR NEGOTIATION IN 2028, THE VERY YEAR WE START PAYING DEBT ON THIS PROJECT. AT THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN OUR CITY WORKERS WILL BE SEEKING RAISES AND BETTER BENEFITS, THE CITY WILL HAVE LOCKED ITSELF INTO MASSIVE NEW OBLIGATIONS THAT SQUEEZE OUT ROOM FOR ANYTHING ELSE. WHAT IS MORE WE'RE FACING BALLOT BOX MEASURES THAT IS SUPPOSE TO END OUR GROSS RECEIPT TAX THAT'S MORE THAN 800 MILLION DOLLARS, TEN PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND. ANOTHER COULD STRIP AWAY THE DOCUMENT TAX. THESE ARE TWO MAJOR IN THE BUDGET. YOU'LL NOTICE I HAVE NOT MENTIONED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN PART BECAUSE WE CANNOT PHANTOM HOW BAD THE CUTS WILL BE. COLLEAGUES, I'VE HEARD THE ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF INACTION AND THOSE ARE VALID. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS TEN YEARS AGO, WE SHOULD HAVE. BUT ONE OF THE ARGUMENT IS THAT OUR PREDECESSOR FAILED TO ASK FOR YEARS AND IF WE DON'T ASK NOW, THE PRICE WILL GO UP, AND THAT'S TRUE. BUT WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD SOMETHING, YOU DON'T BUY IT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE LATER. YOU BUY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD. WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE COSTS, THAT MR. SZABO WARNED US. THEY THREATEN OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER THE MOST BASIC SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. MOST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE UPSET ABOUT T.NONE OF US WANT TO SAY NO TO DOWNTOWN, I DON'T, I CERTAINLY I DON'T BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAYING NO TO THIS AND YES TO A BRIGHTER PATH. THAT IS WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE SAID, YES TO UPGRADES IN MODERNIZATION, YES TO ADDRESSING DIFFERED MAINTENANCE, NOT MINOR CHANGES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CHANGES. YES TO MAKING THE CONVENTION CENTER FUNCTIONAL AND BEAUTIFUL FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AND YES TO EXPANSION AFTER 2028 THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID THAT ALLOWS US TO MANAGE COSTS SECURE REVENUE AND DELIVER THE PROJECT RESPONSIVELY. THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED. THIS PATH WOULD INVEST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW. IT WOULD PROTECT THE CITY'S FINANCES AND PRESERVE OUR ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL THE OTHER NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. I'VE HEARD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THIS REPORT COMES FROM, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE VOTED ON 3-2 IN BUDGET THAT IT FEELS RUSHED. I WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE IT CAME FROM. BACK IN APRIL, 13 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY, VOTE INSIDE FAVOR OF A MOTION TO ASK FOR VALUE ENGINEER VERSION OF THIS PROJECT. WE ASKED FOR A VERSION OF THE PROJECT THAT QUOTE, BRINGS THE NET GENERAL FUND OBLIGATION AS CLOSE TO ZERO AS POSSIBLE, THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR, 13 OF US ASKED FOR THAT. WE DIDN'T PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THAT WOULD BE JUST ASKED WHAT A VERSION OF THIS PROJECT LOOKED LIKE IF IT KEPT COSTS WITHIN REASONABLE REVENUES FLT WE NEVER GOT THAT. WE NEVER SAW IT, THE CAO CAME BACK WITH A MORE EX PEBS I HAVE PROJECT. I FIND THAT COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. 13 OF US ASKED FOR US AND DIDN'T GET IT. SO I HAD TO PRODUCE IT ON TUESDAY. THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION, COLLEAGUES, I RECOGNIZE THIS. THIS IS WHY THEY PUT THIS ALTERNATIVE MODERNIZATION PLAN BEFORE US SO WE HAD A THIRD OPTION. I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THAT TODAY. I'M CLOSING, I PROMISE. THIS IS BEEN HARD, AND I HAVE THE DEEPEST RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ADVOCATING PASSIONATELY FOR THIS PROJECT. I ALSO RECOGNIZE WHERE THE COUNCIL AND I WANT TO CLOSE THAT I AS MUCH OF YOU AS HOPE THAT THIS IS A SUCCESS, I REALLY DO, I MEAN IT TRULY. AND NO MATTER, WE AS A BODY ARE IN THIS AND I'LL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TO FIND COST SAVING AND KEEP THINGS ON TRACK. IF I HAVE TO CALL THE HEAD OF BOE TO GET A PERMIT APPROVED, THIS THING HAS TO SUCCEED, THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? NOTHING? OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: HERE'S MY QUESTION, THE "L.A. TIMES" MENTIONED THAT THIS IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY KEEP THE UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES PROJECT TO BE DELAYED. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUE? >> I WILL HAVE DWP TO DO THAT. >> Speaker: I'M HEAD OF THE POWER SYSTEM WITH DWP, WITH ME IS JASON DIRECTOR OF POWER ENGINEER AS WELL AS EMIL OUR DIRECT OF POWER NEW BUSINESS. IN RESPONSE TO YOUR UNDER GROANING QUESTION, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF UNDER GROANING PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW. SO THE BULK OF THE WORK-RELATED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR US IS BUILDING A NEW NETWORK STATION AS WELL AS UNDER GROANING, WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PALISADES WITH UNDER GROANING, IT IS NEW WORK FOR US. SO WE HAD TO ESCALATE THAT SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES NOW. WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIRE CONTRACTORS TO DO CORE WORK SO THE QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US IS WHAT IS THE RISK FOR THIS? IF WE DO THE UNDER GROANING WORK, IT'S GOING TO PUT A STRAIN ON ALL OF OUR RESOURCES. WE'VE BEEN WORK WITHING FTCL-- >> I. Padilla: WHO IS THAT? >> Speaker: APCLA IS THE CONTRACTOR, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER. MR. STU, CAN YOU WAVE? SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION PORTION AND WE'LL COME IN BEHIND THEM AND PULL IN THE ELECTRICAL CABLES. AS LONG AS THEY CAN COMMIT TO DO THAT UNDER GROUND CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR CABLE, WE SHOULD BE OKAY TO PUT A CONTRACT IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE WORK AND MINIMIZE IMPACT TO OTHER CORE PROJECTS. >> I. Padilla:THIS, PROJECT IS SUPPOSE TO BE DONE BY 2031. YOU MENTIONED THE PALISADES, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE PORT MRUTS E PROJECT AND NOW THIS TIMELINE ATTACHED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. WILL ALL OF THIS CONTINUE TO BE ON TIMELINE IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY? THE PALISADES, THE LIGHT RAIL AND EVEN THE PORT? >> SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO IDENTIFY AS POTENTIAL RISKS, SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU A FIRM ANSWER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANYTHING WE DO IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, PRESENT ADDITIONAL RISKS. CASE IN POINT, PALISADES, WE HAD A FIRM COMMITMENT WITH THE MTA PROJECT AND EAST SAN FERNANDO RAIL AS WELL AS THREE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THEM BUT WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE THE PALISADES BECAUSE IT'S A TRAGEDY AND TRAGEDIES TRUMP PROJECTS. SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING. SO FOR TO US TAKE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO ALL OF IT BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE CLOSE COLLABORATION, I CANNOT GIVE YOU A FIRM ANSWER ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A REQUEST. BUT WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS MR. SZABO AND MYSELF SO WE'LL BE MEETING WITH LOCAL 18 TO SEE WHAT THEIR ASKS ARE GOING TO BE. >> IF THEIR CAPACITY ARE PEEKED, WHAT IS PLAN B? WHO DO YOU GO TO TO FULFILL LABOR DEMANDS ?R TO ME PALISADES IS TRAGEDY AND THE PORT IS GRANT BASE PRESSURE AND FULFILLMENT. AND I HAVE SPENT MY EBB TIRE CAREER AFTER COLLEGE MAKING SURE THAT THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY GETS ITS FAIR SHARE AND GOOD PROJECT THAT THEY CAN BE PROUD OF ON VAN NUYS BOULEVARD. SO MY VOTE IS VERY CONTINGENT, YOU MENTIONED, IT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT, ON THE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND LABOR, YOU THINK YOU CAN REACH AGREEMENT BUT YOU DID SAY IF WE CAN GET A COMMITMENT FROM THE CONTRACTOR. CAN WE GET THE CONTRACTOR THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT OTHER PROJECTS. >> Speaker: AS FAR AS PROJECT COMMITMENT, I'M LET STU MARKS SPEAK TO THAT, THAT'S THEIR CONTRACTOR. >> I. Padilla: CAN THEY COME TO THE FRONT? >> Speaker: YES, FOR US IT'S NOT THE LABOR IT'S THE ENGINEERING AND DRAFTING FOLKS THAT WE HAVE THAT OUR CIVIL SERVANTS. IT TAKES US ABOUT TWO YEARS TO GET THEM IN PLACE, SO WE SHOULD HAVE INCREASED THAT TRAINING PROGRAM YEARS AGO BUT WE DIDN'T. SO WE'RE DOING IT NOW. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE THAT WE NEVER HAD IN PLACE IS A CONTRACT TO EXPAND THAT DESIGN AND DRAFTING GROUP. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IN TRANSMISSION AND RENEWABLE PROJECTS BUT WE'VE NEVER DONE IT IN TOWN BASIN WORK ON THE DISTRIBUTION SITE. >> I. Padilla: WHAT WILL YOU NEED FROM THIS COUNCIL, I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE DRAFTING MOTIONS ALREADY. PEOPLE WILL WANT CREDIT. >> Speaker: THIS IS A RUSH PROJECT SO THERE IS COMING OUT QUICKLY. AND JUST THE A.CHANGES COMING OUT, ARE MIND BOGGLING, SO ON MONDAY WHEN WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT WORLD AIRPORTS TO SEE IF WE CAN JUMP ON A PIGGY CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE FOR POTENTIAL ENGINEER AND CONSTRUCT BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAY ONLY NEED ENGINEERING CONTRACT SO WE'LL BE FAST TRACKING, WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH THE CITY TOSH'S OFFICE SO WE CAN GET THESE THINGS DONE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE CAO'S OFFICE, MR. SZABO AND I HAVE MET PERSONALLY. AND I'LL GET BACK TO COUNCIL WITH SPECIFIC ASKS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO THAT QUICKLY. >> I. Padilla: WHERE IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? IN COMMITTEE? >> Speaker: IT'S NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE, N O.C. SO ANYTIME WE LOOK AT CONTRACTING OUT CORE WORK, WE HAVE TO ENGAGE IN A PROCESS BACK AND FORTH, WE MAKE AGREEMENTS, OKAY, WE'LL HIRE ADDITIONAL CREWS, WE MAY BRING ON ADDITIONAL REPORTING LOCATIONS. THEY WILL HAVE CONDITIONS, WE'LL HAVE TO OFFER EXISTING CIVIL SERVANT, 10 PERCENT OVERTIME FOR THOSE FOLKS ALREADY HERE AS CIVIL SERVANTS IN ADDITION TO THEM ALLOWING US TO CONTRACT THEM. >> I. Padilla: I SEE THE CONTRACTOR, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION. >> >> Speaker: YES, DEVELOPER THAT WILL BE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. I WANT TO THANK MR. HANSON AND HIS COLLABORATION OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS IN PARTICULAR LAST WEEK. WE HAVE REACHED A POINT WHERE WE'RE COMMITTED TO DELIVER THE THREE CIRCUITS IN PARTICULAR THAT DWP HAVE ASKED OF US IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE TIMETABLES WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING THE OTHER WORK COMMITMENTS. GARY LEE MOORE AND CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKE THATING HAPPEN. >> I. Padilla: OKAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I GUESS THIS IS BACK TO THE CAO, CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ONBASED ON YOUR PRESENTATIONS. I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP A LOT OF ASSUMED REVENUES BUT WHAT I DIDN'T SEE IS WHEN THE ASSUMED REVENUE ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE? AND I CAN SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO START PAYING THIS OFF CLOSER TO, 2050, BUT WHEN $THE ASSUMED REPHRASE KNEW COME IN IS IT FROM THE SIGNS? FROM CONVENTION? FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS THAT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE. WHEN DOES IT COME IN? >> SURE, SO THE STRUCTURE OF FINANCING THIS PROJECT REQUIRES THAT ALL OF THE REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED BY THE CONVENTION CENTER AFTER THE EXPANSION BE DEDICATED, WE WOULD BE CAPTURE AS GENERAL FUND REVENUE THAT WE WOULD DEDICATE TO PAYING DEBT ZEBS. THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, IS THAT WE START REALIZING THE REVENUE IN 2029. SO IN 2029 WE'RE ASSUMING 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR IT WOULD INCREASE 36 MILLION. THE YEAR AFTER 78 MILLION AND IT WILL INCREASE OVERTIME. >> I. Padilla: YEAH BUT WHAT IS BRINGING THAT IN? SIGNAGE? >> Speaker: YES. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. >> Speaker: NO, SO THERE ARE THREE SOURCES OF REVENUE, FROM EVENTS THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER PUTS ON. IT'S SIGNAGE, THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM. SXL IT'S PARKING. THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN SOURCES REVENUE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ON NET NEW TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BASED ON THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT THE EXPANSION WOULD PRODUCE. >> I. Padilla: THAT CITY WIDE? >> Speaker: CITY WIDE, YES. >> I. Padilla: SO THIS IS ASSUMPTION THAT IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO THE REST OF THE CITY. >> Speaker: THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL SPENDING RELATED TO THE LARGER EVENTS, ADDITIONAL HOTEL ROOM NIGHT STAYS AND THOSE ACTIVITIES GENERATE GENERAL FUND REVENUE THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE NOT SEE BUT FOR THE EXPANSION. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANOTHER QUESTION. HOW DO WE PLAN TO KEEP THE PUBLIC UPDATED ON SPENDING REVENUE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HOW ARE WE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF PROOF FOR LOCAL HIRE? >> Speaker: I CAN TALK ABOUT LOCAL HIRE. >> I. Padilla: I'M GOING TO EVERY ONE PLEASE, THIS IS IMPORTANT, IF WE CAN QUIET DOWN. >> Speaker: YES THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO LOS ANGELES PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT. WE'VE AGREED TO THAT, AND SO HAS OUR CONTRACTOR. THERE IS SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT AROUND LOCAL HIRING, INCLUSION, BUSINESS INCLUSION PLAN IS APPLICABLE TO THE PROJECT THAT IS ALL BEING AGREED WITH BCA AND PART OF THAT AGREEMENT IS STRICT REQUIREMENT TODAY MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE FULFILLED. >> I. Padilla: BUT YOU GUESS, MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE THE PUBLIC GOING TO BE ON TOP OF KNOWING THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE FULFILLED? DO YOU HAVE A DASHBOARD WHERE WEBSITE THAT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL HIRE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, MORE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT THAN YOU HAVE CONSTITUENT SUPPORT BUT IF THERE IS ASSUMPTION THAT THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS BASE SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY'RE MEMBER BASE. SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO GO BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS, THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO VAN NUYS BOULEVARD BUT I ALSO NEED TO KNOW HOW DO I SHOWCASE TO MY CONSTITUENTS TO SHOW THE IMPACT. AND THAT IS GOING TO SHOW THAT HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PROOF THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY HIRING IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: THERE WILL BE TRANSPARENT' IN THE REPORTS TRACKING PERFORMANCE AND THERE WILL PUBLIC AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING FURTHER, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT ON. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, IN TERMS OF THE LAST CAO REPORT, I NOTICED THAT THE GRAPH ONLY GOES TO 2035. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET THIS TO 2055, THE ONE THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH OF OUR DEBT IS GOING TO BE UTILIZED OF THIS. I SEE 2035, 3.64. YOU KNOW WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE DIDN'T GO TO 2055. >> Speaker: YES, WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE EXTENDED PROJECTIONS, YES. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN, I'M DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS. THIS IS MORE OF A STATEMENT. COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I WANT EVERYBODY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, FOR WE ARE ABOUT TO DOUBLE, DOUBLE, OUR DEBT AS A CITY. WE'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THESE CREATIVE THINGS TO BE FISCALLY SOUND, BUT LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS. WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE A BIG RISK AND DOUBLE OUR DEBT FOR ONE PROJECT. ONE PROJECT. EXAMINE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PROJECT, THAT IS GOING TO REDUCE OUR LIABILITIES, WHICH IS THE MOST PATHETIC AND PREVENTABLE OF OUR EXPENDITURES. BUT INSTEAD WE'RE REALLY TAKING A RISK ON ASSUMED REVENUES. A BIG RISK ON ASSUMED REVENUES WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING TO ADDRESS LIABILITIES. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS TO THREE COUNCIL OFFICES, TO THE CURRENT LEADERS AND THE FUTURE POTENTIAL LEADERS OF CD9, 14 AND 1, WHILE YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO BORDER THIS, AND I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS ABOUT THE PREVIOUS GROUP WHO REDISTRICTED THIS TO MAKE THREE DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS BE IN CHARGE OF DOWNTOWN, IT'S ALL GOING TO FALL ON US, THIS DOUBLING OF THE DEBT. SO AT LEAST ON MY BEHALF AS MUCH AS I TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL TO NOT INTERVENE IN OTHER COUNCIL'S LAND USE, THIS IS DIFFERENT, BECAUSE YOU'RE DOUBLING THE DEBT FOR ALL OF US. SO DO NOT BE SURPRISED, IS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL FEELS LIKE WE ARE ENTITLED TO ALSO EMMERSE OURSELVES IN THE CONVERSATION OF HOW THIS IMPACTS, LAND USE, JOBS AS WELL AS LOCAL SUPPORT. I HAVE BEEN VERY HONEST WITH EVERY ONE WHO HAS IN THE PROUD TODAY AND ON THIS COUNCIL THAT I DON'T WANT A CONVENTION CENTER THAT IS GOING TO BE STRICTLY FOCUSED ON BRING IN TOURIST BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING CREATED FOR LOCALS BEINGER A PLACE FOR LOCALS CAN COME IN AND ENJOY THEIR CONVENTION AND ENJOY DOWNTOWN. SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. BECAUSE WE ARE ALL ANGELINOS ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT DOUBLING OF THIS DEBT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE ROAD HERE HAS NOT BEEN EASY AND I CERTAINLY HAVE NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT SHARING MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE PROCESS AND THE PRESSURES THAT HAVE LEAD US HERE. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND COMMEND OUR BUDGET CHAIR FOR HER VERY DILIGENT RESEARCH, AND HER PRESENTATION OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE FRANKLY ALL SHOULD SHARE. WE SHOULD TODAY AS A BODY, BE TALKING ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN. WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT TO GET THIS CONVENTION READY FOR THE OLYMPICS AND WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBLY INCLUDING AUTHORIZING TODAY, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUTURE MCLA OBLIGATION TO SEE FUND A BIG PROJECT AND TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT AFTER THE 2028 OLYMPICS. I ALSO KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES, WHO SHOULD BE HERE TODAY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS, AND PROVIDE INPUT, WERE DENIED THAT CHANCE. SO YOU HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH DWP. SO BACK IN 2023, I PICKED THIS PROJ ACCOUNT SITTING DEAD ON A SHELF UP AND DECIDE TODAY TRY TO BRING IN LIFE BACK INTO IT. AND AT THAT TIME, I ORDERED THE DEVELOPER AND OUR CITY PARTNERS TO GET INTO A ROOM AND BRING US SOMETHING REAL. S AWE REAL PROJECT AND WITH A REALTIME LINE. SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW FROM DWP, WHY IS IT AFTER ALL THIS TIME THAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THESE CONCERNS AND ADDITIONAL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF COSTS THAT COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS LONG AGO. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE DELAY? >> Speaker: YES, MA'AM. LET ME ADVANCE TO A SLIDE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET. SO THE CONTRACT EER HOUSES THE BUDGET AND THEY HAVE TWO BUCKETS OF MONEY FOR RELOCATION AND CIRCUIT RELOCATION. THERE IS A PORTION OF THEIR BUCKETS THAT THEY HOUSE UNDER THEIR BUDGET THAT IS WORK, WE PERFORM. AS FAR AS THE DETAIL THAT WE PROVIDED BACK IN APRIL, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY SAID FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES AT THE TIME WE WERE AT ROUGHLY 30 MILLION BASED ON THE NETWORK STATION AND RELOCATIONS THAT WE HAD TO DO ON PICO. WE KNEW THERE WAS STILL OTHER WORK BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AT THE TIME SO WE DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY SORT OF COST ESTIMATES. SO 30 MILLION WAS WHAT WE SUPPLIED IN APRIL OF JUST THIS YEAR. SINCE THEN, IN AUGUST, BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS PICKING UP SPEED AND THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN URGENCY, MORE AND MORE INFORMATION WAS STARTING TO GET FLUSHED OUT SO WE PROVIDE THED ESTIMATE OF 96 MILLION FOR OUR COSTS AND THAT'S RELATED TO US PULLING IN THE CABLE, PULLING THE STATION AND DOING NEWING TO MOVING OUR EQUIPMENT SO THEY CAN PULL THAT PORTION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT GOES ACROSS PICO. OUT OF THE 96 MILLION BEING OUR COST THERE IS OTHER COST THAT THE DEVELOPER NEED TODAY DO TO BUILD THE NETWORK STATION. SO I BELIEVE THERE WAS A 166 MILLION DOLLARS FIGURE THAT WAS MAKING IT AROUND AND BEING DISCUSSED BUT THAT WAS NEVER OUR COST. OF THAT 166, WE WERE 51 MILLION OF THAT AND THEN THE REST WAS DEVELOPER COSTS AND OVERHEADS AND CONSTRUCTION CHARGERS. --CHARGES. SO ONLY UNTIL APRIL THERE IS FLUSH OUT. THERE WAS A PAUSE IN FEBRUARY, WE WERE TOLD TO PAUSE THE PROJECT AND DIDN'T RESUME UNTIL THE END OF APRIL OR MAY. SO WE DID LOSE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MONTHS OF FLUSHING OUT DETAILS. SO TO YOUR POINT, IT'S BEEN SINCE AUGUST TO SIDE WHAT THE MAJOR RISKS. MOVING FORWARD GOING BACK TO 2023 EXAMINE EVEN AS FAR AS OCTOBER OF 2024, IT WAS ALL THEORETICAL. AND WHEN IT'S THEORETICAL WE THROW NUMBERS AROUND UNTIL WE HAVE MORE DETAIL. >> T. Park: THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THE LOSE NUMBERS DON'T RESEMBLE ANYTHING. AND LET ME PAUSE AND SAY, I NO HOW BUSY YOU WERE IN FEBRUARY. THE OTHER THING IS INCONSISTENT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING. JUST TODAY, WE'VE HEARD OUR CAO SAY, DWP PLANS TO RESOLVE CERTAIN ISSUES IN THE FUTURE? I'VE HEARD YOU SAY, IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL BE WORKING TO SOLVE THESE CHALLENGES. AT THE END OF AUGUST, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PALISADES RECOVERY EFFORTS WERE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS. BUT THEN, AT THE BUDGET EXAMINE FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING, IT WAS REVEALED THAT 18 DESIGNERS MIGHT NEED TO BE MOVED OFF OF PROJECTS LIKE THE PALISADES. YESTERDAY, DWP COMMIT TODAY MY TEAM THAT IT WILL NOT IMPACT PACIFIC PALISADES. SO I NEED A CLEAR ANSWER, YES IT WILL OR NO IT WOULDN'T. >> Speaker: UNDERSTAND, WE DID MEET WITH YOUR STAFF, AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T LIKE TO THROW AROUND THE C-WORD, BECAUSE PEOPLE USE IT AGAINST US, WE DID SAY THAT TRAGEDY TRUMP PROJECTS. THOSE FOLKS WILL NOT COME FROM THE PALISADES REBUILD AS IT IS TRAGEDY AND ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. >> T. Park: THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT DWP HAS DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO IN THE PALISADES AND ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. MR. SZABO, I HAVE HEARD YOUR REMARKS AND I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT DIFFERING THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE, IT'S ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT COST MORE. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT SOME THIKZ THAT GIVE ME PAUSE ON THIS. UNDER THE CURRENT PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING WORKERS OVERTIME AND DOUBLE TIME TO GET THIS DONE ON THE SCHEDULE, WE'VE SEEN INTEREST RATES RECENTLY DROPPING. HOW THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINITY IMPACT. >> Speaker: AND BY UNCERTAINITY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE--? >> T. Park: I'M TALKING ABOUT THE HOT MESS THAT COULD HAVE IMPACT. HOW DOES THAT IT IMPACT THINGS. IT'S A TWO-PART QUESTION. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THINGS AND THEN GIVEN THAT WE ARE CURRENT, UNDER THE CURRENT PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING EXTRA TO PAY IT FAST? ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE MONEY IF WE WERE TO LAUNCH THE MAJOR PROJECT AFTER THE OLYMPICS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY OVERTIME TO GET IT DONE? >> Speaker: SO, COUPLE OF THINGS ON THAT. ON THE REVENUE UNCERTAINITY AND OVERALL ECONOMIC UNCERTAIN ATE, IT WOULD DESTROY THE CITIES CURRENT FINANCIAL PICTURE FAR FAR BEYOND OUR CAPACITY TO COVER THE DEBT SERVICE, I MEAN WE WOULD SURVEY, WE ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND WE ISSUE THE DEBT. WE WILL PAY THE DEBT SERVICE OVER ANYTHING ELSE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF GROSS RECEIPT MEASURE WOULD TRIGGER DRAMATIC BEYOND DRACONIAN REDUCTION TO SEE CITY SERVICES, IT'S NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF OUR BUDGET. THAT EXIST, THAT WHETHER WE DO THIS PROJECT OR NOT, THAT RISKS EXIST. AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROJECT AND THE REASON THAT MY OFFICE COMES TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF A CHOOSE THE PATH NOW APPROACH WHICH IS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, DO IT NOW. AND DO THIS OTHER RESOURCES, WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS AND WE HAVE EXPENDED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FOR THE PRECONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE SIDE INVESTIGATION FOR THE DESIGN WHICH OF COURSE WE OWN. SO COULD THE PROJECT BE DONE AT A LOWER COSTS POTENTIAL? IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROJECT. BUT WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED 54 MILLION DOLLARS TO PRODUCE THE PLANS AND THE PRECONSTRUCTION WORK AND THE DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT. SO IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OF INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE, WE WOULD NEED TO BUILD THIS PROJECT IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND WHAT I'M SAYING IF YOU TAKE THIS PROJECT AS DESIGNED, FOUR YEARS LATER, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE CONSTRUCTION COSTS INCREASES THAT WOULD FAR FAR EXCEED EXPONENTIALLY EXCEED THE COSTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN TO ENSURE OLYMPIC READINESS. >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOW. >> Council President: YES, GOOD TIME. >> T. Park: COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR THAT. WITH THAT ADDITIONAL CLARITY, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE. WHEN I TOOK OFFICE AT THE END OF 2022, OUR TOURIST, DESTINATIONS WERE BARELY HOLDING ON BY A THREAD, STILL STRUGGLING FROM THE LINGERING PANDEMIC, SHUTTERED BUSINESSES, LINED A WORLD FAMOUS BOARDWALK, HOLLYWOOD WAS CRUMBLING AND DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES HAD COME TO A SCREECHING HAULT. OUR SKYLINE BY SKELETON OF HALF FINISHED TOWERS. OUR CITY WAS IN THE HEADLINES FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS AND INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS WERE FLEEING FROM THE L.A. MARKET. BUT OUR CONVENTION CENTER, LONG OUR CITY'S SIGNIFICANT VENUE A PLACE WHERE THE WORLD COMES FOR CULTURE AND INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY, CONTINUED TO HOLD ITS OWN. DESPITE THOSE DISTRESSING ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS A CORNER OF STONE OF OUR TOURISM GATEWAY FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND DRIVER OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH A DEMAND OF GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. EVERY YEAR WE LOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO OTHER CITIES WITH BETTER FACILITIES AND THAT MEANS OUR HOTELS, AND OUR RESTAURANTS AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES SUFFER AND SO DOES OUR CITY GENERAL FUND AS THOSE TAX REVENUES DIMINISH. AS CHAIR OF TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM, I WANTED TO CHANGE THAT. I WANT TODAY CLEAN UP OUR CITY, GET US READY FOR THE OLYMPICS AND START DRIVING INVESTMENT BACK INTO LOS ANGELES. I KNEW THAT INVESTING IN US, IN OUR LOCAL JOBS IN OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND IN OUR OWN CITIES AMENITIES AND ASSETS WOULD BE A BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND IN MY HOUSEHOLD, I CAN CONFIRM FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HOW BADLY NEEDED THE JOBS ARE. SO IN 2023, I LAUNCHED THIS EFFORT TO MONTHED EN D--MODERNIZE OUR CONVENTION CENTER. I WANT TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT L.A. IS INVESTING IN L.A. AND THAT THEY SHOULD TOO. I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR MAYOR'S VISION FOR THIS PROJECT AND I WANT TO SEE DOWNTOWN L.A. THRIVING BECAUSE IF IT DOES, THE REST OF OUR CITY HAS A BETTER CHANCE TO THRIVE TOO. COLLEAGUES, NO PROJECT IS EVER WITHOUT RISKS AND THIS PROJECT HAS PLENTY. MY SUPPORT TODAY IS NOT A BLANK CHECK THOUGH. I'VE READ ARTICLE 17, OF THE PROJECT AGREEMENT, AND I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINATION PROVISIONS. I WILL BE WATCHING EVERY EXPENDITURE ON THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD CLOSELY, AND I KNOW SOME OTHERS ON THIS COUNCIL WILL TOO. SO LET ME BE CLEAR, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE OF YOU AT THE TABLE. I DO NOT WANT TO BE BACK HERE IN SIX MONTHS, OR 12 MONTHS OR 2 YEARS HEARING ABOUT MORE PRICE INCREASES, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT CLAIMS OR RELIEF EVENTS, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT DELAYS OR LABOR DISPUTES AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE FINGER POINTING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER, PERIOD. IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, I EXPECT NOTHING BUT FULL THROTTLE PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION FROM EVERY ENTITY INVOLVED. AND WHILE I HAVE DEEP RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT LEAD US HERE AND I HAVE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE, I HAVE ALWAYS FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVED IN THIS MISSION AND I STILL DO TAOD. --TODAY. THE JOBS ARE REAL, IT WILL MAKE OUR LABORERS MORE VALUABLE AND FOCUSES SPENDING ON REAL THINGS THAT MAKE L.A. REALLY COOL. THIS PROJECT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR DOWNTOWN AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE CATALYST FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT. WE NEED TO BRING OUR CITY BACK TO LIFE AND WITH WORLD EVENTS LOOMING, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT. SO LET'S UPLIFT OUR CITY, OUR WORKFORCE, OUR COMMUNITY AND LET'S MAKE L.A. THE WORLD CLASS CITY THAT IT SHOULD BE. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? XRA*M THANK -- >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THIS ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE HEARINGS AND THE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, EVERY ONE AT THE TABLE, THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC FOR ENGAGING SO DEEPLY IN THIS CONVERSATION. I AM THE CHAIR OF HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, DUE TO THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO WITH STATE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR LOCAL RESPONSES TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY ALARMED BY SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT I'M SEEING IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT OUR REGION IS GOING TO LOSE AND OUR CITY IS GOING TO LOSE TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY HOUSED THAT WE STRUGGLE TO HOUSE THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY PUTTING INTO SHELTERS AND INTO HOUSING AND FINALLY TURNED AROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, A TREND THAT WAS RESULTING IN SHARP INCREASES FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS IN LOS ANGELES. BUT ALL OF THAT MAY BE SET T%-ú3 IN THE TIME THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS I DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF EMAILS OF FAILING CITY SERVICE ASKS CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE DEALING WITH EVICTION NOTICES AND JOB LOSS AND DESPERATELY SEEKING THE CITY'S HELP. TO STAY AFLOAT. I FEAR THAT TO ALL OF MY CONSTITUENTS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT SUPPORT. I HOPE THAT IS NOT THE CASE BUT I FEAR THAT'S THE CASE BASED ON TODAY. I WANT BIG DREAM OF L.A., I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PROJECT THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER THAT ACTS FOR THE MONEY THAT WE'RE LIKELY TO GET AND IT ACTS FOR THE INCREDIBLE LOSSES THAT OUR REGION IS SURE TO FACE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THIS IS NOT IT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THAT WAS FAST, I THOUGHT MORE PEOPLE WOULD TALK. >> Council President: THERE IS GOING TO BE PLENTY OF TALKING, WE'RE GOOD. >> I. Padilla: DON'T I GO SECOND AFTER EVERY ONE'S HAS TALKED. >> Council President: I'M TAKE ITING IN THE ORDER I GOT IT. >> I. Padilla: I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO TRACK THE LOCAL HIRE AND IN THE EVENT OF A LABOR SHORTAGE, OUR CONTRACTOR WILL USE LABOR AGREEMENT TO SUPPLEMENT A WORKFORCE. CAN I GET A SECOND. >> Council President: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE HAVE A PROJECT BEFORE US THAT HAS BEEN OVER A DECADE IN THE MAKINGS. THE L.A. CONVENTION CENTER MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION PROJECTS. SINCE MY FIRST DAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE NEW 9th, I WORKED IN FACT WITH MANY OF YOU IN HERE, TOWARDS MAKING THIS PROJECT A REALITY. AND 12 YEARS LATER, WE FINALLY HAVE A VOTE BEFORE US. NOW THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE WORK OF SO MANY PEOPLE. I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE WHO CAME OUT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AND EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITHOUT THE STRONG SUPPORT OF LABOR AND DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY, THIS VOTE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR YOUR TIMELESS WORK ON THIS PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THE CAO, CLA AND TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, ESPECIALLY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO IS BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD AND ALSO THE VERY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS FROM OUR BUDGET CHAIR, I APPRECIATE HER PERSPECTIVE AND THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. WE FOUGHT THOER THIS PROJECT FOR YEARS, WE'VE DONE THE PLANS AND STUDIES, BUT THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EXCUSED FOR NOT MOVING FORWARD. IN A TIME WE DEBATED, THE COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND IN THE MEANTIME THE CONVENTIONS THAT HAVE COME HERE, HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE AND JOBS HAVE SLIPPED AWAY AND EVERY YEAR WE STALL, L.A. LOSES, WE LOSE REVENUE AND OPPORTUNITIES AND WE LOSE OUR PLACE AS A CITY THAT CAN GET THINGS DONE. WELL FOLKS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO WAIT ANOTHER DECADE, WE JUST CAN'T. YES, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS BUT DOING NOTHING IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CHOICE OF ALL. IT ACTUALLY HAS A PRICE AND WE'RE PAYING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. L.A. DESERVES BETTER, OUR WORKERS DESERVE BETTER, OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY DESERVES BTTER AND OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON US DOING BETTER, WE'VE STUDIED DEBATED AND DELAYED. BUT IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO MOVE FROM TALK TO ACTION. SO I URGE AN AYE VOTE ON THE AMENDING MOTIONS BEFORE US TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND TO FINALLY CREATE A 21st CENTURY CONVENTION THAT OUR CITY SO MUCH DESERVES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: COLLEAGUES I'VE ALWAYS SAID I'M A BELIEVER IN LONG TERM SOLUTION SXZ VISION. SO MANY OF WHAT WE FIGHT MORE, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EXPANDING UNARMED RESPONSE, INVESTING IN YOUTH OR STRENGTHENING TENANT PROTECTIONS, ALL OF IT TAKES YEARS TO BEAR FRUIT. AND PLEASE DON'T PRAISE ME WHEN I SAY THIS, TODAY I'M VOTING YES ON THE CONVENTION EXPANSION BECAUSE I BELIEVE LOS ANGELES DESERVES TO BET ON IT SELF. PLEASE NO. >> Council President: PLEASE FOLKS. >> E. Hernandez: IT IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT VOTE, I DON'T SAY THAT FOR PRAISE I SAY THAT SO YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE THREE MOST DIFFICULT VOTES, I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY I'M NOT TAKING FOR PRAISE. FOR TOO LONG, WE LOOKED AT THE CITY FOR CYNICISM, WE SAY IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE, TOO LATE. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE HAD TO CLEAN UP THE DERELICT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN ACTION. YES, I'M PISSED, WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO CLEAN UP MESSES FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WHEN WE CHOOSE OPTIMISM, AND THINKING, WE UNLOCK WHAT IS POSSIBLE. AND LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, I EXPECT US AND OUR LABOR PARTNERS TO BRING THIS SAME OPTIMISM AND FURBEHR TO OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. IF THIS COUNCIL WITH BRING BOLDNESS, I EXPECT THAT ENERGY TO PROTECT CITY WORKERS, WORKING FAMILIES AND ALL CITIZENS OF THE LOS ANGELES. I WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE CONVENTION TO BE WORLD CLASS CONVENTION CENTER WHILE THE REST OF THE CITY LOOKS LIKE GOTHEM CITY. I WILL NOT ALLOW IT. I'M VOTING YES BUT TRUST AND BELIEVE I'M NOT GOING TO STOP FIGHTING LIKE HELL FOR OUR BASIC SERVICES, CLEAN STREETS, WORKING STREET LIGHTS, WE CANNOT WORK A FORD BILLION DOLLARS INTEREST WHILE WAITING PEOPLE WAITING A YEAR FOR A STREET LIGHT TO GET FIXED. SO YES, I'M BETTING ON THIS PROJECT TODAY. BUT I WILL HOLD EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY LEADER AND EVERY BUDGET CYCLE ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING SURE THE REST OF L.A. IS NOT LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE WE DO THAT, YEAR AFTER YEAR! IT TAKES US 15 YEARS TO TRIM A TREE IN THE CITY, INDUSTRY STANDARD IS FIVE YEARS. WE DIDN'T GET HERE BY ACCIDENT, WE DID IT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT INVESTED IN THE THINGS. AND INVESTING IN THE PROJECTS MEANS WE WILL HAVE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AHEAD OF US. BUT THE HOPE THAT I HAVE, AND THE REASON WHY I'M VOTING YES, IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE WHO ARE INCREDIBLY SMART, DILIGENT, SOLUTIONS ORIENTED THAT WILL DO THE WORK TO FIND NEW REVENUE AND MONEY, WE CANNOT MESS WITH THE SAME GENERAL REVENUE, IT GOES UP AND DOWN, AND WE WILL DO THE WORK UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, I KNOW THAT WE WILL FIND NEW MONEY, AND IT WILL BE OPM, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT PUT THAT ON OUR CONSTITUENTS. BEST BELIEVE, I WILL BRING THAT ENERGY YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE WILL NOT LET US SACRIFICE OUR CITY WORKERS AND OUR CITY SERVICES. THIS PROJECT IS NOT WITHOUT RISKS, BUT I BELIEVE THE COSTS OF DOING NOTHING IS GREATER. THIS IS A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT, THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY WILL SHAPE THE CITY, OUR KIDS WILL INHERIT, I DON'T WANT US TO BE THE COUNCIL THAT HAS NOT DONE THE WORK, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CLEANING THE DERELICTIONS OF DUTY THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. I'M VOTING YES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. BUT COLLEAGUES IF WE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS FOR THIS, WE BETTER NOT LOSE OUR NERVE WHEN IT COMES TO CITY WORKERS, IMMIGRANTS COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING KIDNAPPED RIGHT NOW. AND THAT APARTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING DECADES FOR INVESTMENT. BOLDNESS CANNOT BE SELECTIVE, THEY HAVE TO BE ACROSS LOS ANGELES. YOU BETTER BELIEVE I WILL HOLD US TO THE STAIM SAND ARD. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER TO CLOSE. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY HAPPENS. I THINK I SAID A FEW TIMES, WHEN WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOT DEBATE, I LOVE A GREAT DEBATE AND THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, I SO RESPECT EVERY SINGLE WORD YOU SAID. I UNDERSTAND EVERY RISK YOU'VE DESCRIBED, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU BROUGHT TO THIS DISCUSSION. I REMAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE BUT MY DEEP AND A BIDING RESPECT FOR YOU AND MY COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH YOU IN BUDGET AND FINANCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT, IS UNCONDITIONAL AS UNCONDITIONAL. COUNCILMEMBER PARK, YOUR COMMITMENT TO TOURISM AND THE WORDS SHOWS THE COMMITMENT YOU HAVE, I THANK EVERYTHING YOU SAID, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOUR LEADERSHIP ON TRADE AND TOURISM. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, YOU'RE RIGHT TO CALL OUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT. WE ARE AT 2 PERCENT ON OUR BUDGET, OUR 2 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET IS IS COMMITTED TO OUR DEBT. AND WE ARE DOUBLING THAT TO 4 PERCENT. WE HAVE A, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT. WE DO HAVE A CONSERVATIVE APPROPRIATELY CONSERVATIVE LIMIT OF SIX PERCENT. SO WE HAVE HEAD ROOM BUT WE CANNOT PRETEND LIKE, WE CAN'T BE A BUNCH OF DRUNKEN SAILORS AND PRETEND LIKE WE CAN DO THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE 30 YEARS OF BUYING THIS DOWN. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, I EVEN HESITATED TO SPEAK AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING YOU SAID. AND I AM SORRY THAT I TAKE AWAY FROM THE POWER OF YOUR WORDS BY STANDING UP HERE NOW. AND I THINK EVERY ONE IN THIS ROOM, AND EVERY ONE ON THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE COMMITTED TO THE CLAIRIAN CALL YOU JUST MADE AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. I DO WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT 15-D, WE HAVE 15-D IN FRONT OF US, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 15-D DOES, BESIDES CORRECT THE NUMBERS, IT DOES HAVE AN CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CITY PROJECT EXECUTIVE OR PROJECT MANAGER. AND I AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER RAMAN THAT EVERYTHING TAKES TIME. AND THIS IS A HELL OF A TIME TO GET AROUND DOING THIS. BUT WE DO NEED TO DO THIS AND WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY. IT DOES CALL FOR A WEEKLY AND/OR AL UPDATE ENSURING FULL TRANSPARENCY. I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA THAT YOU CALLED OUT VERY EXPRESSLY THE LOCAL HIRE, THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANTAND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR AMENDMENT BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WEEKLY BASIS TO CHECK IN ON HOW IT'S GOING AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. AND THIS CAN'T BE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE WE SAY CHECK IN WITH US AND KEEP THE COUNCIL ADVISED AND SIX MONTHS LATER, WE FIND OUT THAT WE'RE BEHIND SCHEDULE OR OVER BUDGET. I THINK THAT THIS DISCUSSION TELLS US THAT EVERY ONE IS GOING TO BE LASER FOCUSED ON IT. I AGAIN I JUST THANK EVERY ONE FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS, FOR THEIR INTELLECTUAL INTEGRITY IN THIS CONVERSATION AND I'M GOING TO URGE THAT WE RESPECT EVERY SINGLE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY EVERY SINGLE PERSON. THERE IS NOT EVERY PERSON AROUND THE HORSESHOE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH INCLUDES LABOR, WHICH FUTURES FUTURE, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLKS THAT DON'T MAKE IT TO THE TABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER REPRESENTED AND WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN, NOW THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED. I THINK MR. McOSKER, YOU INSPIRED A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE TO SPEAK. SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON THOSE FOLKS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYTHING COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SAID. IN FACT I WAS WRITING DOWN NOTES SO I CAN ADDRESS OR ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS IN ALL HUMILITY SOME OF THE CONCERNS. BUT HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. I WAS ALSO WAITING FOR MR. LEE TO SPEAK BEFORE I SPOKE BECAUSE I SO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE TOOK TIME AWAY FROM A MAJOR LIFE MILESTONE EVENT TO BE HERE TODAY. THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT THIS WAS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. [APPLAUSE] COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU ACTUALLY SAID IT VERY WELL WHEN YOU FRAMED IT, THIS IS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT RIGHT TONE. COLLEAGUES I WROTE DOWN TWO PAGES OF NOTES THAT I WAS GOING TO READ. SO I'LL CONDENSE IT TO THIS. I CAME IN HERE, KNOWING THAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. BECAUSE I WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. THINK OF THE INVESTMENT YOU'RE MAKING WHETHER IT'S BUYING THE HOME OR IT'S INVESTING IN A BUSINESS, YOU HAVE TREPIDATION, YOU HAVE STRESS OR CONCERN, BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO FINANCE IT OVER THE YEARS AND YOU KNOW THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 30 YEARS, THERE IS GOING TO BE UPS AND DOWNS AND THERE IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGES BUT YOU INVEST IN YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO BETTER OVERTIME AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PAYING DOWN THAT DEBT MAYBE EVEN BEFORE 30 YEARS ARE OUT. IF WE'RE NOT HERE, TO BELIEVE IN OUR SELVES, WHO IS GOING TO BELIEVE IN US? IF WE DON'T INVEST IN OUR SELVES TODAY, HOW ARE GOING TO ASK THE MAJOR INVESTORS TO COME AND INVEST ON US. OTHERS WANT TO SEE US INVEST ON OURSELVES. THERE IS THE FACTOR, THERE IS THE SYSTEM AND INVESTING IN OUR SELF. YOU LOOK AT THE CIVIL WAR, RIGHT AFTER THAT RECONSTRUCTION. FIRST WORLD WAR, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, EVERY SINGLE TIME OUR COUNTRY HAS FACED DEVASTATING TIMES, WE DOUBLE UP ON OURSELVES NOT CRAWLING BACK INTO A DARK SPACE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE REST OF THESE NOTES BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IT'S FOR NN FORGONE CONCLUSION BY APPRECIATE EVERY ONE'S VOICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING ON WITH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND THEN WE'LL START CALLING VOTES. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I KNOW TODAY, THIS IS A REAL, DIFFICULT CHOICE FOR A LOT OF US. AND I HEAR A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE CONCERNS AND THE RISKS AND I TOO GO INTO THIS WITH OPEN EYES, BUT ALSO ONCE THAT ARE VERY VERY CRITICAL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO BE HOPEFUL. OUR CITY HAS FACED A SERIES OF DIFFICULT DECISION SXZ CIRCUMSTANCES THIS PAST YEAR. BUT WITH THIS CONVENTION CENTER, WE MUST TAKE BOLD ACTION, INVEST ON PROJECTS THAT DON'T JUST COST MONEY BUT MAKE US MON. THEY LIFT WORK FAMILIES AND BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES THAT ANGELINOS DESERVE. BECAUSE BEHIND THIS PROJECT, ARE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WE SEE EVERY DAY. SOME WHO ARE WITH US, THE HOTEL HOUSE KEEPER, THE CARPENTER WHO HELPED BUILD THE CITY, THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO KEEPS THEIR DREAM ALIGN WHILE SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS AN ASSET THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITS SOME COUNCIL DISTRICTS OVER OTHERS. I HEAR THAT. BUT COLLEAGUES, I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS A SUCCESS AND THE DECISION BEFORE US IS IS NOT UNLIKE ANY OTHER DECISION THAT OTHER CITIES TAKE ON. OTHER CITIES THAT ARE SMALLER, THEIR WHOLE ECONOMY RESOLVES AROUND THE MALL, THE MALL IN THEIR TOWN, WHAT IS IT? THE COLLEGE THAT IN THEIR TOWN OR EVEN A CERTAIN INDUSTRY. BUT HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF NOT RELYING ON A SINGLE INDUSTRY. BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF THEM. SILICON BEACH, TOURISM, HOLLYWOOD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNIONTOWN. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE STRENGTHLING --STRUGGLING, AND LIKE ANY OTHER CITY, WITH AN ASSET THAT WE CAN HAVE TO ANCHOR OR ECONOMY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR FISCAL, OUR FINANCIAL PROBLEM AT THE CITY ARE NOT JUST ABOUT SPENDING WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO CURVE AND FIX AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE BLEEDING US DRY. AND I COUNT ON THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CURVE THE SPENDING AND DRAINING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY COMING THROUGH THE DOOR, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH YOU CURVE, YOU HAVE NOTHING. SO AN INVESTMENT IN THE CONVENTION CENTER HELPS US TO REVIVE OUR ECONOMY AND FIX OUR REVENUE PROBLEM AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO LEAD AND WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ TO THINK OF OTHER REVENUE GENERATION OPTIONS THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER CAN LEAD TO AND THAT OUR CITY CAN START DOING SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH INCOME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CITY SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS PROJECT, IS ONE'S COMPLICATED, IT HAS A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT. AND FOR ME, IT'S NOT JUST LABOR, IT'S NOT JUST BUSINESS, IT'S ALSO A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS. UNLIKE MANY OF YOU, I'VE GOTTEN EMAILS, TEXT, DMs EVER SINGLE DAY SINCE SPRING ABOUT HOW THIS IS SUPER NECESSARY AND I KICKED THE TIRES WITH THEM, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M VOTING WITH MY CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN DOWNTOWN AND A STRONG DOWNTOWN WITH ITS REVENUES, LOWER THAN THE EXPECTED 30 PERCENT BECAUSE OF THE STRUGGLING INDUSTRIES, NEEDS THIS ANCHOR IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN RISE AGAIN AND RISE TO THE OCCASION. AND SO COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING FOR AN AYE VOTE ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT LIFTING UP THE ENTIRE CITY AND IF WE WANT A BALANCES BUDGET, WE NEED TO INVEST. THE 30-YEAR MORTGAGE, THAT PEOPLE BUY. THEY PUT A DOWN PAYMENT AND A DREAM AND STABILITY OF A GOOD UNION JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO THE 30 YEARS! AND YOU KNOW. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND AT THE END OF THE 30 YEARS, WHAT HAPPENS? I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? I BECAME A COUNCILMEMBER MEN AND THERE WAS A 20,000 BILL AT OUR HOUSE AND I DIDN'T PAY FOR THAT HOUSE, AND NOW THE FOUNDATION NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND I HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS BEHIND US. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS AND THE TIME IS NOW AND THAT'S THE FUTURE WE CAN BUILD IF WE'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN IT. THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING YES ON THE CONVENTION CENTER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US. MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, I HEARD YOUR COMMENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY, THEY UNDERSTAND THE JOB THAT I DO. BUT MOST OF MY FAMILY. THIS I KNOW THAT EVERY ONE HERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE WAS STRUGGLING WITH THIS PROJECT. I ALONG WITH ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN WEIGHING THE PROs AND CONS OF WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO INVEST IN AND, TAKE A LOOK DOWN THE ROAD. I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN OUR CITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY WITH THE WORLD CUP, WITH THE OLYMPICS, WHERE WE WILL NOT BE ON NATIONAL STAGE, BUT WORLDWIDE STAGE. AND THIS IS AN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT AND SHOW THE WORLD WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT LOS ANGELES, THAT LOS ANGELES IS A CITY THAT THEY WANT TO VISIT WHEN THEY GO BACK HOME AND TELL PEOPLE THAT THIS IS A CITY THAT THEY WANT TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE TO COME VISIT. SO THIS IS AN INVESTMENT THAT I KNOW, IS HARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND I WANTED TO BE HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL VOTE BECAUSE OF THE UNION JOBS THAT IT CREATES, THE 8,000 JOBS, THE 1600 APPRENTICE JOBS ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT STIMULATE OUR ECONOMY WITH LOCAL HIRING AND PEOPLE THAT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT AND ALL THE ANGELINOS, THAT IS GOING TO BE THAT CRITICAL ECONOMIC ENGINE NOT ONLY FOR DOWNTOWN BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND FOR THAT, COLLEAGUES, I URGE AN AYE VOTE TODAY ON THIS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 15E AND THAT IS MOTION PADILLA-PARK HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, ON 15-E AS IN ELEPHANT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? 15-E. >> Clerk: 15-E IS INSTRUCTION TO CAOCLA TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS TRACKING LOCAL HIRING COMPLIANCE FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AND EXPANSION AND ALSO TO INSTRUCT CAO AND CLA TO ENSURE THAT IN THE EVENT OF A LABOR SHORTAGE, THE CONTRACTOR WILL USE HIRING HALL AGREEMENT TO SUPPLEMENT THE WORKFORCE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT AMENDMENT. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE MOTION 15-D AND THAT IS MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON McOSKER HUTT PRICE, NAZARIAN, JURADO, AS WITH THE 15-B REVISIONS IN THE FIGURES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE 15-C AND THAT IS MOTION JURADO-PRICE WHICH AMENDS 15-D. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND WOULD COUNCIL LIKE THIS ITEM TO GO FORTHWITH, SIR? >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THAT REQUIRES URGENT FORTH W REQUIRES A VOTEMENT >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON URGENT FORTHWITH, TALLY THE VOTE, CAL LIEU INDICATE THE VOTE. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEET ANDING RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING. >> Council President: LET'S ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: THANK YOU SIR. IF YOU CAN LET US GO THROUGH WITHOUT APPLAUSE, WE HAVE TO GET MR. LEE OFF. >> Clerk: SO ROLL CALL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING, BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS BEFORE US, MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME IS THAT WOULD BE ITEM 12. >> Council President: MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT AN ITEM 12. CAN I JUST READ THE AMENDMENT INTO THE RECORD? THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE, 1, ADOPT THE CAO REPORTS AS WRITTEN, ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATIONS TO 2 AND 3 IN THE AUGUST 22, 2025 REPORT SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS. NUMBER 2, BELOW THAT, REQUESTS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PREPARE AND PRESENT A FUND ORDINANCE TO CREATE NEW SPECIAL FUNDS SPECIAL PROCEEDS AND RECORD THE ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS WITH THE SERIES 2025 BONDS AND RETURN THE ORDINANCE BACK TO SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 AND THEN A NEW THREE, BENEATH THAT TO PREPARE AND LEASE BAG ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A LEASE AND SUBLEASE BETWEEN THE CITY AND MICLA OF REAL IMPROVEMENT IN CONNECTION TO THE SERIES 2025 BONDS AND RETURN THAT ORDINANCE BACK BY SEPTEMBER 2024-2025 AND SUB TWO, NOTE AND FILE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT AS WRITTEN. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND. >> Council President: SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THIS HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. >> Clerk: YES, SO SIR, RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL HAS BEFORE IT, THAT WOULD BE 12-A, AS AMENDED BY MR. McOFK AND HER SECONDED BY MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND THE NEXT VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY NEEDS TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. MADAM CLERK WHAT IS #SING? >> Clerk: SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE VOTE THAT JUST OCCURED NOW IS 12-A AND THAT IS MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON McOFFER, HUTT, PRICE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AS FURTHER AMENDED BY MOTION McOSKER HARRIS-DAWSON. OKAY. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBERS RAMAN AND YAROSLAVSKY WANT TO BE RECORDED AS NO-VOTES. >> Clerk: SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS VOTE IS NOW 12-2. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE, WOULD-- >> Council President: 11-2, WE ONLY HAVE 13 PEOPLE. >> Clerk: SORRY, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. IT'S 11-2. OH. MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE TO HAVE 12 GO URGENT FORTH W SIR. >> Council President: YES, THIS IS URGENT FORTHWITH, ON ITEM 12 AS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WAZ NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POST ASKED REFERRED. >> Clerk: DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT BEGIN WITHING COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION MEETING IS CANCELED FOR TODAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH ITEM 11? >> Clerk: 11, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN AS ACTION AS ITEM 11 WAS CONSIDERED IN THE SPECIAL MEETING AS ITEM 15-SIR. >> T. McOsker: SO ITEM 11 IS DISPOSED? >> Clerk: YES, IT'S A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN SPECIAL MEETING. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: I WANT TO YOU JOIN ME FOR LONG DAY TOMORROW, AT OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY CHURCH ON VIE LAND AVENUE. THIS IS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON CLEAR AIR AND HEALTHY LUNG. I HAPPEN TO BE ASTHMATIC SO IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO WINDS AND DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PLEASE COME IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAMS OFFERED AS WELL AS FREE PRODUCT. WE'LL BE OFFERING FRE LUNG SCREENINGS FOR CANCER AND COPD. AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE'LL BE ALSO BE GIVING OUT FREE AIR PURIFIERS TO HAVE AT HOME. >> Council President: A FELLOW AS MET I CAN, --ASTHMATIC, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: THIS MILESTONE HAS IGNITED A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. THE MEDIA HAS BEEN BUZZING AND WE'RE THRILLED TO SHARE SOUTH L.A. >> Council President: YOU'VE GOT GREG REPORTER, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. >> C. Price: YES, IT'S A FREE BUT A COMMUNITY EVENT. BUT IT'S MORE THAN JAZZ EXPERIENCE, FOR KIDS, AND EVEN FOLKS NEW TO THE MUSIC CAN COME AND HAVE FUN. YOU'LL HEAR GRAMMY AWARD WINNING TALENT. SO BE THERE OR BE SQUARE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE IS INVITED WITH THIS INVITATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> C. Price: AS YOU KNOW, STARTING AT 11:00 AM TO 7:00 P.M., CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF JAZZ AND IT'S ALL FREE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO A VERY SPECIAL EVENT OUR END OF SUMMER CELEBRATION HAPPENING TOMORROW SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th FROM HAD:30 TO 8:30 AT HERMAN PARK WE'RE LIGHTING UP THE SKY WITH A SPECTACULAR DRONE SHOW, LOCAL VENDORS AND FAMILY FUN IT'S FREE AND OPEN TO EVERY ONE, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. WE'VE GOT IT ALL. YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM AMAZING LOCAL DJ CRAZY RAPPING EL SERENO, AND ALWAYS HE ELECTRIC CUMBIA BAND. SO COME. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, I WANT TO SECOND THE JAZZ FESTIVAL IN THE NEW 9th, I'VE BEEN THERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'M GOING TO MISS IT THIS YEAR BUT IT'S ALWAYS A ONE. FOR OUR CIVIL COMMITTEE, WE'LL START AT 2:15. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANYMORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK YOU TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. WE HAVE MR. PRICE WITH AN ADJOURNING MOTIONS. >> C. Price: COLLEAGUES I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF PRUDENCE PARKER WRIGHT. BORN IN FAIR FIELD ALABAMA, 1946, PRUDENCE AFFECTION ATELY KNOWN AS PRU, DEDICATED HER LIFE TO FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE. IN 1969 BECAME ONE OF THE VERY FIRST BLACK WOMEN TO JOIN THE LAPD BREAKING DOORS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SHE PROUDLY SERVED OUR CITY FOR 32 YEARS, WORKING IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES WHERE SHE LEFT A IMPACT STRENGTING BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. HER SERVICE EXPENDED BEYOND LAW ENFORCEMENT. SHE WAS ROOTED IN HER CHURCH COMMUNITY SERVING AS THE MINISTER'S WIFE AND LEADER, IN BOTH LOS ANGELES AND LOS ANGELES. SHE MENT ORDER OTHERS IN FAITH AND SERVICE. PRUDENCE WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED FOR HER HUMANITARIAN WORK. THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD WAS CREATED IN HER HONOR CELEBRATING HER COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING OTHERS AND HER UNWAIVERING COMPASSION TO THE COMMUNITY. ABOVE ALL SHE WAS A DE VOTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERED AS A WOMAN OF GOD, COURAGE AND A WOMAN WHO LIVED HER CONVICTIONS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SISTER, EXTENDED FAMILY AND EX FRIENDS WHO CARRIED HER SERVICE, FAITH AND LOVE. TODAY WE HONOR HER REMARKABLE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION TO SEE LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.