WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.110 --> 00:00:22.030 On this week's episode: Burbank's City Council hired a builder for its new central library, Pasadena's City Council chose artificial turf for two busy parks, and the Los Angeles City Council weighed a legal fight with the county over homelessness systems. 2 00:00:25.614 --> 00:00:31.334 Five minutes on this week's decisions from the local governments CivicFM covers in the LA area. 3 00:00:32.014 --> 00:00:40.654 This episode is made with AI from each government's own show, which reports from the public recordings of its meetings. Sources are in the show notes. 4 00:00:44.157 --> 00:00:58.132 Our top story this week: Burbank's new library. On Tuesday, the Burbank City Council approved a design-build contract with Clark Construction Group for a new central library and civic center. It passed five to nothing. 5 00:00:58.132 --> 00:00:59.652 What will it cost? 6 00:00:59.652 --> 00:01:19.312 Staff estimated the contract at one hundred fifty-five million dollars, and the whole project at about one hundred eighty-five to one hundred ninety million. The council also required Clark to negotiate a project labor agreement with the building trades before construction starts. The finance director put that at roughly three point one to four point six million dollars. 7 00:01:19.312 --> 00:01:20.752 What happens next? 8 00:01:20.752 --> 00:01:27.157 Staff comes back next January with a design and cost update, and the target opening is spring of twenty twenty-nine. 9 00:01:30.741 --> 00:01:46.526 Next, Pasadena. On Tuesday, the Pasadena City Council voted to replace the city's only two artificial turf athletic fields, at Villa Parke and Robinson Park, with new artificial turf instead of natural grass. It passed five to three. 10 00:01:46.526 --> 00:01:48.286 What was the debate? 11 00:01:48.286 --> 00:02:11.486 Twenty-six people spoke, about ten for turf and about sixteen against. Supporters, including youth coaches, pointed to playing time on heavily used fields. Opponents pointed to heat, chemicals and microplastics. Staff proposed turf made without PFAS chemicals, with natural infill instead of rubber, and said grass would need to close for three months every year. 12 00:02:11.486 --> 00:02:12.846 Is the money there? 13 00:02:12.846 --> 00:02:20.021 For Villa Parke, yes, in this year's capital budget. Robinson Park isn't funded, so staff will come back later to ask for money. 14 00:02:23.365 --> 00:02:37.320 Finally, Los Angeles and the county. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council discussed the city's bid to run two parts of the federally funded homelessness system: the data system, and the system that matches people to housing. 15 00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:38.760 Where do things stand? 16 00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:51.720 Staff said the regional body that oversees those federal funds already picked the county to lead its application. Its board also recommended that the county run both systems. Its membership hasn't scheduled a vote on that yet. 17 00:02:51.720 --> 00:02:53.105 And the council? 18 00:02:53.105 --> 00:03:10.845 There was no vote. After closed session, the council president said the council is formally asking the City Attorney to develop litigation options before a court hearing on the twenty-seventh. Meanwhile, the City Administrative Officer keeps negotiating with the county, possibly for city leadership of one or both systems. 19 00:03:14.348 --> 00:03:40.118 Now a quick trip around the area. In East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County's Regional Planning Commission voted five to nothing on Wednesday to approve a truck storage yard for up to seventy-seven trucks. The yard sits in a Green Zone near homes, and the permit runs fifteen years. A community group had asked for three years, citing pollution and traffic. The clerk said the last day to appeal is October twenty-eighth. 20 00:03:40.118 --> 00:03:56.083 On Monday, Burbank's Planning Commission voted five to nothing to recommend a new four-hundred-twenty-room hotel at the Marriott site across from Hollywood Burbank Airport. Several speakers asked that it include housing. The City Council makes the final call, and no hearing date was given. 21 00:03:56.083 --> 00:04:07.203 On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council moved twenty million dollars within the Fire Department's budget to cover a projected shortfall in sworn overtime. It passed thirteen to nothing. 22 00:04:07.203 --> 00:04:26.708 And on Wednesday, Pasadena's Planning Commission recommended letting the Ronald McDonald House expand onto two neighboring parcels. The house shelters families of children being treated at nearby hospitals. One commissioner voted no on the main package. A separate vote, on a six-foot fence along Saint John Avenue, passed with two voting no. The City Council decides. 23 00:04:30.052 --> 00:04:33.852 That's the week around the LA area. See you next Sunday.