John Ferraro Building Renovation Contract

At a glance

• What: an Energy and Environment Committee report and ordinance (Council File 26-0868) letting the Board of Water and Power Commissioners award one agreement by competitive sealed proposal, allowing negotiation, for design and construction of the John Ferraro Building Renovation and Modernization Project.
• Where it stands: the ordinance was adopted on first consideration on 2026-10-21 by 11 ayes (Absent: Hernandez, Padilla, Raman and Soto-Martinez). The Council then adopted a motion to reconsider (12 ayes, 0 noes; Hernandez, Padilla and Soto-Martinez absent) and adopted the item again by the same 12 to 0. The journal does not say why it was reconsidered.
• Next: subject to the approval of the Mayor.

Detail

• The project was found categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Section 15301, Class 1 (minor alteration of existing structures).
• The City Attorney submitted no fiscal impact statement; the City Administrative Officer and the Chief Legislative Analyst had not completed a financial analysis.

Sources

• City Council journal, October 21, 2026: https://lacity.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument?meetingTemplateId=156215&compileOutputType=1

Log

2026-10-21 - City Council

Item 12. Adopted 11-0, reconsidered 12-0, adopted again 12-0.