Pacoima Wash Greenway / Fern Dell Restoration and Stormwater Capture Project / Letters of Non-Objection Issuance / Administrative Modifications to Round 8
Council File 26-1236
In progress — the city is upgrading its support letters for three stormwater and green infrastructure projects to meet county requirements, a procedural correction that clears the way for scoring in the county's funding program. Council is expected to vote soon.
This is the City Clerk's status for the council file itself, not the outcome of the measure. A file often stays open after the Council has already adopted an item. The summary above reflects the latest recorded action.
Brief
The Safe, Clean Water Program Administrative Oversight Committee submitted a report authorizing the issuance of letters of non-objection for administrative modifications to Round 8 funding awards under Measure W, specifically for the Pacoima Wash Greenway/Fern Dell Restoration and Stormwater Capture Project. The file was referred to the Energy and Environment Committee on September 1, 2026, which waived consideration on September 17, 2026. The matter remains procedurally open.
Full summary
This file authorizes the Bureau of Sanitation (LA Sanitation and Environment, or LASAN) to upgrade previously issued Letters of Non-Objection to Initial Letters of Support for two community-proposed design funding applications in the Measure W Safe, Clean Water Program's Round 8 (Fiscal Year 2027-28) Regional Call for Projects. The two projects are the Pacoima Wash Greenway - Community Green Infrastructure project in Council District 7, led by Pacoima Beautiful, and the Fern Dell Restoration and Stormwater Capture Project in Council District 4, led by Friends of Griffith Park. The file also authorizes a revised Letter of Non-Objection for a third Pacoima Beautiful project that changed its name from the Canoga Park Project to the John Quimby Park and De Soto Avenue Stormwater Capture Project. The upgrade from Letters of Non-Objection to Initial Letters of Support is not a policy change but a procedural correction driven by updated administrative guidance from the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, which administers the Safe, Clean Water Program. The county clarified that design-track applications under the Infrastructure Program require Initial Letters of Support — not merely Letters of Non-Objection — in order to be scored by the SCWP Scoring Committee ahead of regional deliberations. The City had originally issued the lower-level letters at its May 28, 2026 AOC meeting; this file corrects the record to meet the county's requirements. There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund, as the action is purely administrative. The Bureau of Sanitation's Principal Engineer, Michael Scaduto, prepared the underlying report on August 19, 2026. The Safe, Clean Water Program Administrative Oversight Committee, acting under City Administrative Officer Matthew Szabo, approved the recommendations at a special meeting on August 27, 2026, and transmitted the report to Council on August 28. The Energy and Environment Committee received the referral on September 1, 2026, and waived consideration on September 17, 2026, signaling the item was uncontested. The file remains open and awaits a full Council vote to formally adopt the recommendations.
Activity (3)
- 2026-09-17 Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration of item .
- 2026-09-01 Safe, Clean Water Program Administrative Oversight Committee document(s) referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
- 2026-08-28 Document submitted by Safe, Clean Water Program Administrative Oversight Committee, dated August 28, 2026.
Documents (1)
- 2026-08-28 Report from Safe, Clean Water Program, Administrative Oversight Committee · report