Comprehensive Assessment / Streets Withdrawn from Public Use / Reinstatement Procedure

CF 17-1143     AT CITY COUNCIL 05/12/2021

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an assessment of recently reinstated hillside streets previously withdrawn from public use.

Recommendations for Council action:

INSTRUCT the Bureau of Engineering (BOE) to work with the Bureau of Street Services (BSS), the Los Angeles Fire Department, and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to develop a recommended scope for a comprehensive study to assess hillside streets, and prepare a cost estimate.

DIRECT the BOE to report within 120 days with details of the recommended study scope of work and associated funding request.

REQUEST the City Attorney and INSTRUCT the BOE and BSS to report on streets that had been previously removed from public use have been fully incorporated into the City’s street network and the steps necessary to incorporate the remaining streets

INSTRUCT the BOE, in consultation with LADOT, to report on the feasibility of making streets one-way streets to minimize the right of way acquisition of private properties.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the BOE or BSS. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


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  • 05/12/2021  City Council  Report from Public Works Committee 01-27-21, Report from Public Works Engineering 11/18/2020, Final Ordinance No 186020 03/16/2019, Mayor Concurrence Council Action 03/06/2019, Communication(s) from Public 02/27/2019, Speaker Card(s) 02/27/2019, Communication(s) from Public 02/26/2019, Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 02/15/2019, Communication(s) from Public 02/06/2019, Communication(s) from Public 02/06/2019, Speaker Card(s) 02/06/2019, Speaker Card(s) 02/06/2019, Report from City Attorney 01/31/2019, Attachment to Report dated 01/3/2019 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2019, Council Action 10/17/2018, Speaker Card(s) 10/16/2018, Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 10/04/2018, Joint report from Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services 09/27/2018, Community Impact Statement Submitted by Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood, Council Action 03/28/2018, Speaker Card(s) 03/27/2018, Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 03/20/2018, Speaker Card(s) 03/07/2018, Motion 10/04/2017, Communication(s) from Public 02/02/2021, Communication(s) from Public 01/27/2021 
  • 01/27/2021 Public Works Committee approved as amended . Report from Public Works: Engineering 11/18/2020
  • 01/22/2021 Public Works Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on January 27, 2021.   Report from Public Works: Engineering 11/18/2020, Report from Public Works: Engineering 11/18/2020
  • 01/12/2021 Council rereferred item to Public Works Committee, pursuant to Council Action of January 12, 2021, Council File No. 21-2000.   Report from Public Works: Engineering 11/18/2020
  • 11/20/2020 Public Works: Engineering document(s) referred to Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee.  Report from Public Works: Engineering 11/18/2020
  • 11/18/2020 Document(s) submitted by Public Works: Engineering, as follows:  Report from Public Works: Engineering 11/18/2020

Bureau of Engineering report, dated November 18, 2020, relative to developing a recommended scope for a comprehensive study to assess hillside streets, and preparing a cost estimate.

  • 03/06/2019 Council action final.
  • 03/06/2019 Ordinance posted/published. Ordinance effective date: March 16, 2019.
  • 03/05/2019 Mayor transmitted Council File to City Clerk.
  • 03/01/2019 City Clerk transmitted Council File to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is 03/11/2019.
  • 02/27/2019 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.   Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 02/15/2019,  Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2019 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2019
  • 02/15/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 27, 2019.  Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 02/15/2019,  Report from City Attorney 01/31/2019, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2019 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2019
  • 02/06/2019 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee approved item(s) .   Report from City Attorney 01/31/2019, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2019 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2019
  • 02/01/2019 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on February 6, 2019.   Report from City Attorney 01/31/2019, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2019 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2019
  • 02/01/2019 City Attorney document(s) referred to Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee.
  • 02/01/2019 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows:  Report from City Attorney 01/31/2019, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2019 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2019

City Attorney report R19-0022, dated January 31, 2019, relative to the draft Ordinance appealing Ordinance Nos. 76897, 77302, 78193, 87022, 93631, 107271, 708896, 110625, 125282, 132411 and 140292 to reinstate certain streets for public use.

  • 10/17/2018 Council action final.
  • 10/16/2018 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.   Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 10/04/2018
  • 10/04/2018 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on October 16, 2018.   Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 10/04/2018,  Joint report from Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services 09/27/2018
  • 10/03/2018 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee approved as amended .    Joint report from Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services 09/27/2018
  • 09/28/2018 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 3, 2018.   Joint report from Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services 09/27/2018
  • 09/27/2018 Joint Public Works: Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services document(s) referred to Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee.  Joint report from Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services 09/27/2018
  • 09/27/2018 Document(s) submitted by Public Works: Engineering, as follows:   Joint report from Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services 09/27/2018

Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Street Services joint report, dated September 27, 2018, relative to a comprehensive list of all streets removed from public use by ordinance, including the Council District in which the streets are located, and the current procedures for processing a street reinstatement request.

  • 05/30/2018 Community Impact Statement submitted by Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council.  Refer to  CF 17-1143 
  • 03/28/2018 Council action final (March 28, 2018)
  • 03/27/2018 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51. Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee (March 20, 2018), Motion (October 14, 2017)
  • 03/20/2018 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on March 27, 2018 . Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee (March 20, 2018), Motion (October 14, 2017)
  • 03/07/2018 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee approved item(s) .    Motion (October 14, 2017)
  • 03/02/2018 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 7, 2018.   Motion (October 14, 2017)
  • 10/04/2017 Motion document(s) referred to Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee.  Motion (October 14, 2017)
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