Sec. 22.535. Responsibility to Provide Building Services.

   (a)   The Department shall be responsible for providing all building services to the departments and offices of the City of Los Angeles, except as otherwise provided for by the Council, to include:

   (1)   Maintenance and repairs of all public buildings, including library facilities, except those under the jurisdiction of other departments having control of their own funds;

   (2)   Custodial services;

   (3)   Operation and maintenance of elevators, heating, ventilation and air conditioning facilities, lighting, intercommunications systems, and related equipment;

   (4)   Providing construction services for alterations and remodeling of municipal buildings and facilities as approved in the budget;

   (5)   Providing new construction services, through City forces or hiring hall forces, and letting contracts for specialty work that the department's forces or hiring hall forces cannot perform, for projects for which the Department is selected to act as general contractor by the Board of Public Works, the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, or the Board of Library Commissioners. All contracts for such specialty work shall be let in compliance with applicable City competitive bidding and contracting requirements.

   (b)   The Department shall manage the leasing of the Los Angeles Mall facilities; the leasing of space needed for City departments, and leasing of City real property not required for City use to others subject to provisions of Section 7.68.1 and Section 22.546(a) (5).

   (c)   Notwithstanding the Department's responsibility to provide building services and manage leasing for City departments pursuant to Subsections (a) and (b) above, the Department is exempt from having the primary administrative responsibility for assisting the City's certified neighborhood councils to secure rented or leased premises when a standard short-term rental and lease agreement with a duration of one year or less is used. This responsibility is transferred to the City Clerk to secure office or meeting space on behalf of the certified neighborhood councils by utilizing space sharing in other City facilities, coordinating the acceptance and use of donated space from private donors, as well as securing suitable office and meeting space on behalf of certified neighborhood councils as set forth in Section 22.801(o) of this Code.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79.

Readopted by Ord. No. 173,281, Eff. 6-26-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

Amended by: Ord. No. 175,937, Eff. 6-1-04; Subsec. (a)(5) added, Ord. No. 176,359, Eff. 2-8-05; Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 184,835, Eff. 5-1-17.