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The 2018-19 and 2019-20 Adopted Budgets allocated funds to close various pedestrian tunnels in Council Districts 4, 9 and 13 (CD 4, CD 9 and CD 13). In 2018-19, funding for various closures was allocated within General City Purposes (GCP) - Council Community Projects for CDs 9 ($600,000) and 13 ($800,000). For 2019-20, Council approved partial funding ($100,000) for one closure on the CD4/CD13 border allocated within the Capital Improvement Expenditure Program (CIEP). CD 13 has agreed to use GCP - Council Community Projects funding ($100,000) to support the closure of this pedestrian tunnel as the closure will benefit both districts.

The tunnels and designated funding are identified as follows:

Tunnel Location Funding SourceCD Amount4/13 Hollywood Boulevard at New Hampshire Avenue 2019-20 CIEP $100,000

$100,0002018-19 GCP Council Community Projects - CD 13

52nd Street at Vermont Avenue 2018-19 GCP Council Community Projects - CD 9

$600,000952nd Street and Hoover Street961st Street and Figueroa Street9

2018-19 GCP Council Community Projects - CD 13

$500,000Fletcher Drive between Avenue 34 and Estara Avenue

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Normandie Avenue at Santa Monica Boulevard13

The tunnels have accumulated significant amounts of trash, debris, and graffiti. They have also attracted homeless individuals who use the tunnels to sleep or evade detection. The trash, debris, graffiti and vagrancy has become a nuisance and public safety concern for nearby schools, students walking to and from campus, and the surrounding community. It is imperative that these tunnels be closed as soon as possible to improve the health and safety of the City’s residents and visitors. Most recently, human remains were found in one of the tunnels.

This motion seeks to facilitate project management by combining funding into a single account within the Bureau of Engineering and combine design, scheduling and contracting where feasible to minimize delays and disruption to the affected communities.

I THEREFORE MOVE that the City Clerk be directed to place on the Council Agenda for July 1. 2019, or soon thereafter as possible, the following recommendations for adoption:

Authorize the Controller to establish a new project account titled “Various Pedestrian Tunnel Closures” in Engineering Special Services Fund No. 682, Department No. 50; and

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Transfer and appropriate $600,000 from the “Various Tunnels Closures CD-13” portion of the Council Community Projects line item and $600,000 from the “Various Tunnels Closures CD-9” line item in the General City Purposes Fund No. 100-56 to the above newly created account within the Engineering Special Services Fund; and

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Transfer and appropriate $ 100,000 from the Hollywood/New Hampshire Pedestrian Tunnel fr~ ^Closure line item in the 2019-20 Capital Improvement Expenditure Program (CIEP) Account- [

'4/TBD - to the above newly created account within the Engineering Special Services Fund;esgSL.

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4. Instruct the Bureau of Engineering to report to Council if the estimates received are higher than the allocations stated above; and

Authorize the Board of Public Works to make the technical corrections necessary to effectuate the intent of this motion.

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i ar£PRESENTED BY,-OjRREN PRICE JR. Councilmember, 9“' District

DAVID E. RYUCouncilmember. 4"1 District

MITCH O’FARRELL Councilmember, 13th District

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