Feb 23, 2011: Chief Legislative Analyst Report to L.A. City Council Transportation Committee

Meeting recording – Food Truck section begins at 35:00

Nov 24, 2010: City adopts County health regulations regarding Food Truck inspection and rating

• L.A. City Ordinance No. 181431, effective 1/16/11

OCT. 25, 2010: VNC BOARD ACTIONS regarding Food Trucks and Valet Parking

Board Meeting recording (lengthy download)

• Board Motions and Recommendations
• Venice Community Impact Statement
• VNC President’s letter to Councilmember Rosendahl

• Abbot Kinney Parking Report

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Sep 21: VNC Board meeting Food Truck/Valet public comment

Aug 11: City Council Transportation Committee Food Truck notes and public comment

City Chief Legislative Analyst Oct. 19 report on Food Trucks for Oct. 27 Transportation Committee meeting
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Resources (send updates to gojednet-parkingAbK (at) yahoo.com):

• Survey – completed

• Mobile Loaves & Fishes – Food Trucks as team members. To see new locations, click here

• Food Coaches on Abbot Kinney – LUPC issue consideration 1/27/10 – draft staff report

• Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association

• L.A. Times – County considers letter grades for food trucks
• Trial period for permit experiment: Santa Monica
• Proposed code amendments: Austin (PowerPoint presentation)
• Proposed Ordinance: Minneapolis
• Proposed Ordinance: New York
• Food Cart Guidelines: Portland

• Rules Under Review: Seattle

• Oct. 19, 2010: L.A. County Board of Supervisors approves food truck letter grading plan
• Oct. 13, 2010: LA Times – L.A. County gives initial OK for food truck grading plan
• Oct. 12, 2010: NY Times – Article on pending County letter grading of food trucks
• Oct. 6, 2010: KPCC 10/5/10 Town Hall Broadcast on Food Trucks
• Oct 5, 2010: KPCC Press Release on Town Hall on Food Trucks
• Sep. 30, 2010: Park-LaBrea News/Beverly Press – Article on “even the odds” motion
• Sep. 22, 2010: SM Mirror report on VNC Sep. 21 parking discussion
• August 17, 2010: Council File 10-2274 – motion to “even the odds,” per collaboration with the California Restaurant Association, Neighborhood Councils and business community, including restaurant incentives:
1. Decrease the business tax rate for restaurants
2. Create a “Dine LA” campaign

1. Allow restaurants to open up side-walk cafes

• August 11, 2010: Fox TV – Brief news report
• August 11, 2010: Council File 09-2357 – motion directing City Attorney to explore means to regulate food trucks other than, and possibly including challenges to court decision regarding location time limit prohibition
• August 11, 2010: Council File 09-2357-S1 – motion regarding creation of special parking zone for catering trucks
• August 11, 2010: Council File 09-2357-S2 – motion regarding the following:
1. Restrict catering trucks from using parking meters in commercial zones
2. LADOT to study approaches to catering truck regulation in Portland, Oregon and other cities
3. LADOT enforcement for repeated parking offenses

1. LADOT to work with catering truck industry to reconcile its goals with parking meter objectives.

• September 9, 2010: L.A. Times – Food Trucks are Rolling into the Mainstream
• August 20, 2010: Evanston’s food truck ordinance expects passage before neighbor Chicago’s
• August 10, 2010: L.A. CityWatch commentary
• August 1, 2010: Opinion by Chicago Law School Professor
• July 7, 2010: Jersey City seeks solution
• June 24, 2010: New York food truck vendors reach out to City Council
• June 22, 2010: L.A. Times – Valet and phantom parking challenge for incoming entrepreneur
• June 16, 2010: Minneapolis’s success plan

• June 12, 2010: Chicago vendor does the numbers

• June 5, 2009: Wall Street Journal – Food Truck Nation
• June 1, 2010: Across the nation – Chicago
• May 17, 2010: Across the nation – Reporting on L.A. from Boston
• April 20, 2010 Venice Neighborhood Council Parking Committee Report
• Jan 5, 2010: LA Weekly reports Santa Monica Gourmet Food Truck Corner closure based on zoning violations

• Jan 4, 2010: LA Weekly reports Santa Monica Gourmet Food Truck Corner

• Dec. 18, 2009: City Council Request City Attorney to Prepare ordinance for Valet Parking Program

• Dec. 8, 2009: NBC Los Angeles – Nouveau Food Trucks Trashing Venice

• Dec. 6, 2009: Yo!Venice blog article – Regulations needed

• Oct. 28, 2009: Council File 09-0206 – City Council Report from Chief Legislative Analyst – Proposed Valet Parking Program

• September 2009: Council File 09-2357 – Motion to direct City Attorney to explore challenging July Superior Court decision

• Aug. 24, 2009: Mobile food vendors told to leave Miracle Mile

• July 2009: UCLA Today – Superior Court overrules 2006 City ordinance regulating catering truck parking intervals

1. Doesn’t regulate public safety, as required for local authorities

• Council File 09-0206: Valet Parking Permit Program/Regulation – Jan 28, 2009 to Dec. 18, 2009
• 2006 LA City Ordinance regulating catering truck parking intervals

• 2005 Los Angeles Zoning Manual Section 12.26A2 Use Regulations of Catering Trucks

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May 18, 2010 VNC Board Motion: Item 8A

Appointment of VNC Representative to Address Parking on Abbot Kinney [Approved]
Marc Saltzberg (msinvenice-nc@yahoo.com) & Stewart Oscars (stewart.oscars@gmail.com):

Whereas Food Trucks congregating on Abbot Kinney Blvd provide a service to the public, attracting visitors to some Abbot Kinney vendors while inhibiting visitors at other Abbot Kinney vendors, and

Whereas Food Trucks parked on Abbot Kinney Blvd take up valuable parking spaces, pose a traffic safety hazard by impeding traffic flow, create a litter problem & are now spilling over into private parking lots and;

Whereas the Venice Neighborhood Council has received a stream of complaints regarding valet parking on residential streets bordering the Abbot Kinney commercial zone.

Therefore be it resolved: that the Venice Neighborhood Council appoint an individual to act on its behalf as follows:

1. Investigate benefits, detriments and complaints regarding Food Trucks on Abbot Kinney and report back to the Neighborhood Council with recommendations,

2. Investigate Food Truck-related and valet service abuses of parking and zoning laws on Abbot Kinney and make recommendations to the Neighborhood Council,

3. Work directly with CD-11 staff, LA Department of Transportation and Parking Enforcement, LA City Planning and the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee as the representative of the Venice Neighborhood Council regarding Abbot Kinney parking issues,

4. Report back to the Venice Neighborhood Council Board regarding items one and two above one month after the passage of this resolution.

Be it further resolved: that LA-CD11, LA Department of Transportation, vendors in the abbot Kinney Commercial Zone and residents bordering the Abbot Kinney Commercial Zone be notified of the appointment, the appointee’s responsibilities and contact information.

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10.26.10LettertoRosendahlFOODTRUCKS.Valets.pdf	240.59 KB
10.26.10_VNC_ParkingReport.pdf	254.98 KB
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10.26.10_FinalFoodTruck,ValetMotions,Recommendations.pdf	282.52 KB