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Council pauses ordinance; staff outlines RFP for token-operated public toilets, shelters and newsstands
Summary
Council continued an ordinance tied to a public-privately supplied toilets/shelters/newsstands procurement to Oct. 9, 2001; city staff said a request for proposals is pending with proposals due in early May and further analysis scheduled May–June.
The Los Angeles City Council on April 6, 2001 continued an ordinance tied to a planned city procurement of public toilets, bus shelters and newsstand racks and heard a staff update on the procurement timeline.
Mister Deaton, a city staff member, told the council that a multi-component request for proposals is currently posted and that responses are due in the first part of May. "Their proposals are due back the 1st part of May," Deaton said, and staff expects to take the month of May to analyze proposals, report to the Board of Public Works in June and then return to the council later this summer. The staff presentation said the procurement envisions public toilets, shelters and newsstand infrastructure supplied and maintained under vendor bids.
Why it matters: The procurement, if completed, would place new public amenities in many neighborhoods and change how the city provides on-street public restrooms. Staff described the toilets as self-cleaning, token-operated fixtures in preliminary remarks to the council.
Council action and timing: The council voted to continue the ordinance (Item 3 on the agenda) to Oct. 9, 2001 so the RFP process could proceed and staff could complete vendor analysis. Council members discussed the timetable on the record: staff said proposals are due early May; they expect to analyze responses through May and send recommendations to the Board of Public Works for review in June, followed by council consideration.
Details staff gave to the council were approximate: Deaton described "roughly 260 public toilets" as the scale the procurement could reach and said the final counts for shelters and newsstands would be determined by bidders' proposals. Council members noted the project is a complex public–private procurement and requested staff maintain clear timelines and public notice as proposals are evaluated.
Ending: With the ordinance continued to Oct. 9 the council left procurement details to staff and the Board of Public Works; staff committed to returning with analysis once proposals are evaluated.
