3.F. HEARING AND DECISION REGARDING ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE AT ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 5554-020-033 (AND COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS 1280 N. SWEETZER AVENUE, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90069) [D. RIVAS, D. MICK, E. ALPER, J. ECKART]: SUBJECT: The City Council will consider declaring a public nuisance at the property identified by Assessor Parcel Number 5554-020-033 (and commonly described as 1280 N. Sweetzer Avenue, West Hollywood, California 90069) in West Hollywood resulting from the property owner's failure to adhere to the City's vacant property regulations and the owner's failure to abate conditions on the property that endanger the health, safety, and/or welfare of the general public. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 22-_______, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD DECLARING THE CONDITIONS OF AND THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED ON THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 5554-020-033 (AND COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS 1280 N. SWEETZER AVENUE, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90069) A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND ORDERING THE ABATEMENT OF SUCH NUISANCE."; 2) Direct the City Clerk to notify all owners and possessors of the subject property of the decision of the City Council, and file with the Office of the Los Angeles County Recorder a Declaration of Substandard Property or Notice of Violation declaring that by resolution of the City Council the conditions on the property constitute a public nuisance and must be abated; 3) Direct City staff to abate the public nuisance conditions as prescribed in Resolution No. 22-_______; and 4) Provide the following additional authorization in the event that the public nuisance is declared and if the property owner does not abate the nuisance in accordance with the adopted Resolution: a) An expenditure of up to $150,000 for any and all services required to abate the nuisance at the property located at Assessor Parcel Number 5554-020-033 (and commonly described as 1280 N. Sweetzer Avenue, West Hollywood, California 90069) is authorized; b) The City Manager or designee thereof is authorized to execute any agreements required to abate the nuisance at the property located at Assessor Parcel Number 5554-020-033 (and commonly described as 1280 N. Sweetzer Avenue, West Hollywood, California 90069) using the City's existing and vetted vendors or other service providers; c) Find that through this authorization, the agreements in 4.b entered into for the purposes of the immediate abatement of the subject nuisance are exempt from the City's procurement requirements and contract value limitations requiring subsequent City Council approval; and d) Direct City Staff and the City Attorney/Prosecutor's Office to pursue recovery of all expenditures for services required to abate the nuisance at the property located at Assessor Parcel Number 5554-020-033 (and commonly described as 1280 N. Sweetzer Avenue, West Hollywood, California 90069) through the nuisance abatement process.