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Council committees approve motion to assign bike and multi-use path maintenance to Public Works with bureau-by-bureau mapping requested
Summary
The Transportation Committee and the special joint committee with Public Works approved a motion to amend the Los Angeles Administrative Code so the Department of Public Works is responsible for maintaining bicycle and multi-use paths.
The Transportation Committee and the special joint committee with Public Works approved a motion to amend the Los Angeles Administrative Code to assign responsibility for maintaining City bicycle and multi-use paths to the Department of Public Works.
Why it matters: The motion shifts statutory maintenance responsibility to a department that houses multiple bureaus; committee members and Public Works staff said the assignment requires further internal definition so that responsibilities for lighting, asphalt repairs and landscaping land with the appropriate bureau.
In committee, a representative of the Bureau of Engineering said that assigning paths to “the Department of Public Works” does not itself identify which of Public Works’ five bureaus would handle particular tasks. The representative said maintenance tasks have different technical requirements — for example, lighting is likely to be handled by street lighting units, pavement work by bureaus that handle asphalt, and landscaping by another bureau — and the ordinance drafting and the City Administrative Officer’s report should explicitly map responsibilities to specific bureaus.
Council members asked Public Works to return with a project-by-project, location-by-location table identifying which bureau could take responsibility for each path and the types of work required. The chair called for adoption and the motion passed on roll call.
Vote: Committee roll calls recorded unanimous approval. For the Transportation Committee the roll call recorded Council Member Hutt — Yes; Council Member Park — Yes; Council Member Hernandez — Yes. For the Public Works Committee the roll call recorded Council Member Hernandez — Yes; Council Member Padilla — Yes; Council Member Hutt — Yes.
Ending: The committee adopted the motion and instructed staff to coordinate during ordinance drafting and to return with a more detailed report mapping maintenance responsibilities by location and work type.
