Charging overtime costs by the DCP’s Expedited Processing Section

CF 19-0482      AT PLUM 05/21/2019 

Motion (Wesson – Ryu) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, and in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare a report on the feasibility of charging project applicants for overtime costs by the DCP’s Expedited Processing Section to process Conditional Use Permit applications, inasmuch as for the first quarter of 2019, one hundred cases have been filed, and at the current rate, four hundred cases are expected to be filed this year.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


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  • 05/17/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 21, 2019.  Motion (May 7, 2019)
  • 05/07/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (May 7, 2019)

 

Expedited Processing Section to include the review of projects with new environmental impact reports

CF 14-0057-S7 At PLUM

Motion (Cedillo – Wesson) and Housing Committee report relative to the feasibility of expanding the Department’s Expedited Processing Section to include the review of projects with new environmental impact reports.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
(On February 9, 2016 Council re-referred the matter back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, formerly Council file No. 15-1251)

Planning’s Expedited Processing Section to include the review of projects with new Environmental Impact Reports (EIR).

CF 15-1251 At City Council – Adopted to Refer, (15) Motion

HOUSING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the feasibility of expanding the Department of City Planning’s Expedited Processing Section to include the review of projects with new Environmental Impact Reports (EIR).

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Cedillo – Wesson):

INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning:

To report within 30 days on the feasibility of expanding the Expedited Processing Section, to include the preparation and review of projects with new environmental impact reports; recommendations should include criteria for development projects to be eligible for expedited service, targets to reduce process time and track progress, and an appropriate fee structure, including the use of outside technical support.

To prepare recommendations for revising the California Environmental Quality Act and other State and/or City of Los Angeles environmental regulations to streamline the review of affordable housing developments.

In conjunction with the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department and any other relevant departments, to prioritize the recommendations of the HOUSE LA Initiative Motions by which would have the largest impact on increasing the City’s housing stock, including recommendations 7D, 7K, 7L, 7M, and 8C of the joint City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst Comprehensive Homeless Strategy joint report to the Mayor and Council dated January 7, 2016.

DIRECT the City Clerk to create one Council file for the purpose of consolidating all HOUSE LA Initiative Motions (Council file Nos. 14-0057-S1, 15-1002, 15-1003, 15-1004, 15-1005, 15-1007, and 15-1251) and all forthcoming requested reports.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
(Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

REFERRED TO PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Budget Recommendation / Planning Department / Case Processing Metric / Processing Community Plans

CF 14-0600 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT – ADOPTED by CITY COUNCIL

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to expedited processing section metrics for the Department of City Planning.

ABSENT BOB BLUMENFIELD
YES MIKE BONIN
YES JOE BUSCAINO
ABSENT GILBERT A. CEDILLO
ABSENT MITCHELL ENGLANDER
YES FELIPE FUENTES
YES JOSE HUIZAR
YES PAUL KORETZ
ABSENT PAUL KREKORIAN
YES TOM LABONGE
ABSENT NURY MARTINEZ
YES MITCH O’FARRELL
YES BERNARD C PARKS
YES CURREN D. PRICE
YES HERB WESSON

Budget Recommendation / Planning Department / Case Processing Metric / Processing Community Plans

CF 14-0600-S144

Scheduled for City Council – In its discussion of the Department of City Planning’s 2014-15 budget, the Budget and Finance Committee on May 1, 2014, requested a report back on the metric used to measure the case processing timeline for cases submitted to the Department of City Planning’s Expedited Processing Section and to provide a comparison with other nonexpedited cases.