Dec 06, 2023 Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission - Special Meeting

IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

YAY.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

ITEM NUMBER ONE WILL DECLARE, PLEASE READ.

ITEM NUMBER TWO

[2. 23-51434 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on Transportation and the Climate Action Plan. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ALL RIGHT, CHAIR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE TODAY.

SO WE HAVE A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER KUNI HIRO, AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WHEELER.

MY DAY TODAY, PLEASE.

WELL, YOU, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, GO TO STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SO REPEAT THIS.

STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? YES, CHAIR.

WE DO.

UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, FOCUSED ON, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

UM, I'M GONNA KICK IT OFF, UH, BY INTRODUCING, UH, ANDRE HERE, UH, WHO YOU HAVE MET BEFORE AS OUR CLIMATE ANALYST.

UH, BUT HE IS NOW FILLING IN FOR OUR CLIMATE MANAGER FOR ENO, WHO IS ON MATERNITY LEAVE.

UH, SO SHE WILL BE BACK IN THE SPRING, UH, WITH WHO I LOVINGLY CALL BABY CLIMATE.

UM, AND SO ANDRE WILL BE FILLING IN, UH, FOR HER.

AND SO HE'S GONNA KICK OFF THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

UH, MIGHT NEED.

THERE YOU GO.

UH, HI COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE, TO SEE, UM, WHAT IS EMITTING.

I'M HAPPY TO BE FILLING IN FOR FERN.

AND, UH, YEAH, LET'S KIND OF WHAT THIS AGENDA, AS YOU COULD SEE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, WHAT WE CAN DO MITIGATION WISE, THE BACKGROUND OF HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION.

WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS OF WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS THEY'RE WORKING ON, AND, UH, WHAT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ENTAILS, UH, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO TRANSPORTATION.

UM, SO KIND OF A QUICK INTRO ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO IN THE PAST, LIKE 200 YEARS, HUMANS HAVE BEEN THE MAIN CAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING.

UM, AND THAT'S DUE TO OUR BURNING OF HOSTILE FUELS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT RELEASES CARBON DIOXIDE AND THAT CREATES A BLANKET IN OUR ATMOSPHERE.

SO ANY SOLAR RADIATION COMING IN BOUNCES, UM, UP AND THE GREENHOUSE GASES CAPTURE THAT AND REIT IT BACK TO OUR, UM, BACK TO EARTH RISING THE TEMPERATURE, UH, WITH SEA LEVEL RISE.

UH, THERE'S DROUGHT AND SO MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH CURRENTLY.

AND WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

UM, ALL THE ISSUES ARE FROM OUR GENERATING FROM LIKE OUR ELECTRICITY MANUFACTURING, OUR BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS.

AND OUR BIGGEST EMITTER IS TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS GONNA BE OUR FOCUS TODAY.

UM, SO THE NEXT, UM, THING IS, SO WE HAVE THIS ISSUE.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO ABOUT IT? WE HAVE TO MOST, WHAT WE COULD DO IS MITIGATE, SO OUR MITIGATION PROCESS STARTS OFF WITH A BASELINE OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY TO SEE WHERE

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UM, AND THEN WITH THAT WE DO A FORECAST AND A PROJECTION OF OUR EMISSIONS TO SEE, UM, IF WE STAY AT THIS CURRENT PACE WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

AND THEN WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR GSG REDUCTION TARGETS, UM, WHICH ARE ALIGNING WITH THE STATE, WHICH IS THE, UH, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WHICH IS THE 20, UH, 90% OF 2030 AND NET ZERO BY 2045.

UM, AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR EXISTING ACTIONS, AND THEN WITH THAT WE SEE WHAT, HOW MUCH GHC EMISSIONS ARE BEING MITIGATED WITH OUR CURRENT ACTIONS.

AND FROM THERE WE TAKE OUR STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN WE, WE MONITOR AND WE SEE WHAT KIND OF CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, AND IF OUR CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY HAVING AN EFFECT.

AND THEN, SO WE DO ANOTHER GHE INVENTORY, AND OUR PLAN IS TO DO THAT EVERY OTHER YEAR TO SEE, UM, IF WE NEED TO DO MORE OR IF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING CURRENTLY.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE A GRAPHIC FROM OUR 2015 INVENTORY.

UM, STATIONARY ENERGY WAS THE BIGGEST, UH, WHICH WAS OUR COMMERCIAL, OUR MANUFACTURING, AND OUR RESIDENTIAL, UM, ENERGY GAS, UTILITIES.

UM, AND TRANSPORTATION WAS SECOND AND WASTE WAS, UH, ON THE SMALLER SIDE.

BUT WITH THE CURRENT KIND OF, UH, DRAFT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH OUR 2021, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE TRANSPORTATION WILL BE THE BIGGEST, UH, FACTOR.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON TODAY.

SO HERE WAS, UH, UM, THE REDUCTION TARGETS THAT WE ARE AIMING FOR, THESE ALIGN WITH THE STATE.

SO IT'S THE 40% BELOW 1990 LEVELS.

UM, AND WE ARE HOPING FOR CARBON NET NEUTRALITY BY 2045.

SO TO GET TO THIS, WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES IN ALL SECTORS.

AND, UM, SINCE TRANSPORTATION IS BEING OUR LARGEST, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

AND IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, WHAT IS, HOW DOES IT IMPACT LONG BEACH? SO, LONG BEACH HAS A LOT OF BUSINESSES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUTERS.

WE HAVE THE PORT, WE HAVE THE AIRPORT, SO ALL THESE FACTOR INTO INCREASING EMISSION IN TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.

SO THE REST OF OUR PRESENTATION WILL KIND OF SHOW WHERE, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.

SO WE'LL START OFF WITH LARRY, WHO'S GONNA GO HIS FOCUS ON THE HISTORICAL PATTERN OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR CAP ACTION ITEMS, AND AGAIN, WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

SO I'LL PASS IT OVER TO LARRY.

WELL, THANK YOU ANDRE.

UM, ONE MORE SLIDE IN HERE, I GUESS.

UH, JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, UH, INCLUDES EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PASSENGER VEHICLES, BUSES, TRUCKS, RAIL TRANSIT, FREIGHT RAIL OFF-ROAD VEHICLES, PORT WATERBORNE ACTIVITY, AND AVIATION OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, AFTER MY HISTORICAL INTERLUDE IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, UM, COVER ALL OF THAT IN DEPTH.

BUT WE WANTED TO SPEND A MOMENT JUST BACK CASTING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH SORT OF UNIQUE AMONG SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES ACTUALLY HAS A HISTORY THAT GOES BACK THAT FAR.

AND SO, UM, THESE AMOUNT TO SOME FUN FACTS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DRAW SOME, UH, INTERESTING, UH, INFERENCES FROM THEM ABOUT OUR CURRENT SITUATION.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME THINGS FROM, UH, THIS HISTORIC MAP, WHICH IS FROM 1896 THAT I'M CAPABLE OF GIVING A TWO HOUR PRESENTATION ON.

BUT TODAY I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT TO TWO TO THREE MINUTES.

UM, SO THE FIRST THING TO KNOW ABOUT OUR, UM, SORT OF TRANSPORTATION HISTORY IS THE, UH, OLDEST STREET IN THE CITY IS ANAHEIM ROAD, WHICH WAS THE FIRST THOROUGHFARE, UM, THAT PREDATES LONG BEACH'S CREATION.

AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A STORY ABOUT, UM, LONG BEACH'S FOUNDER WILMORE, UH, WILLIAM WILMORE, WALKING FROM SAN PEDRO AND WILMINGTON TO THE NEW, UM, COLONY OF ANAHEIM OVER, UH, IN WHAT'S NOW ORANGE COUNTY, UM, ON THE ANAHEIM ROAD.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THAT IT WAS THE ROAD THAT YOU TOOK TO GET TO ANAHEIM FROM SAN PEDRO AND WILMINGTON.

AND SO WHEN HE CROSSED THE, AND LET'S SEE IF I CAN, UM, MAYBE YOU'RE ALL LOOKING AT SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU, , SO MAYBE MY POINTER ISN'T REALLY, YEAH, IT'S BARELY VISIBLE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A, UH, CURSOR OR MOUSE CONTROL TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THINGS ON THIS MAP.

BUT, UM, ANAHEIM, UH, CROSSES THE CITY FROM, YOU KNOW, WEST TO EAST.

AND WILLIAM WILMORE WAS, UH, WALKING THAT PATH BACK IN THE 1850S, UM, TO GO TO ANAHEIM.

AND HE HAD THIS, UH, VISION AS HE CROSSED WHAT WOULD LATER BECOME LONG BEACH OF A GREAT CITY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS COMPLETELY UNDEVELOPED THEN ONLY THE RANCHES WERE IN EXISTENCE.

AND SO HE RETURNED IN THE EARLY 1880S TO FOUND, UH, SOMETHING CALLED THE AMERICAN COLONY IN WILMORE CITY.

AND SO OUR DOWNTOWN STREET GRID ACTUALLY DATES BACK TO, UH, 1882 WHEN THE TOWN WAS LAID OUT AND, UH, LOTS STARTED TO BE SOLD.

SO BACK

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IN 1882, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE WERE NO, UH, CARS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, UH, TRAVEL WAS BY FOOT, BY HORSE, BY CARRIAGE, AND BY TRAIN.

AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY AN INTERESTING, GOOD THING ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN STREET STREET GRID IS THAT IT WAS ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED FOR PEDESTRIANS.

SO WHEN WE TALK LATER ABOUT MOVING TO MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, UH, DEVELOPMENT, OUR, OUR DOWNTOWN IS VERY WELL SUITED FOR THAT.

UM, BACK IN 1896, THERE WERE TWO RAIL LINES COMING INTO THE CITY, THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, UM, ON, ON THE WEST, AND THE, AT THE TIME CALLED THE LA TERMINAL RAILROAD, AND THEY WERE COMPETITORS.

AND THE LA TERMINAL RAILROAD WENT ONTO RATTLESNAKE ISLAND, WHICH WAS LATER A RENAMED TERMINAL ISLAND.

AND, UM, THOSE TWO RAIL LINES STILL EXIST TODAY, UH, CARRYING FREIGHT, UH, TO AND FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

A THIRD RAIL LINE WAS ADDED IN 1902.

IT'S NOT REFLECTED ON THIS MAP, NOT THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL THAT DETAIL ANYWAY, BUT THAT WAS THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC, UH, RAIL LINE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY FAMOUS AS IS CALLED THE RED CAR.

UM, IT WAS THE ARGUABLY THE MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED INTERURBAN RAIL LINE AND POWERED BY ELECTRICITY ALL THE WAY BACK MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND WAS VERY EXTENSIVE.

UM, IT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WAS BEGINNING TO BE REMOVED OR WAS FINALLY REMOVED FROM LONG BEACH BY 1960 IN THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE LEARNED SORT OF A SHORTSIGHTED, UH, DECOMMISSIONING OF IT.

BUT BY 1990, THEY HAD FIGURED OUT THAT, OH, NO, WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT THAT.

AND IT WAS REESTABLISHED INITIALLY IN THE FORM OF THE BLUE LINE BACK IN 1990 USING THAT SAME RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY THAT WAS STILL INTACT.

BUT MANY OF THE OTHER, UM, UH, BRANCHES OF IT, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT CROSSES THE CITY DIAGONALLY, UH, WAS PERMANENTLY DECOMMISSIONED.

YOU KNOW, THAT DIAGONAL, WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, REFER TO AS THE PE RIGHT OF WAY IN LONG BEACH, UM, WENT ALL THE WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH.

UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, METRO NOW IS IN CHARGE OF THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM AND CONTINUES TO EXPAND IT AT GREAT EXPENSE.

UM, AND SO IT'S A REAL SHAME THAT ALL THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS WEREN'T SOMEHOW MAINTAINED.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THIS IS A LESSER KNOWN FUN FACT.

UM, THE, THE RED CAR WAS AN INTERURBAN LINE.

LONG BEACH ALSO HAD LOCAL STREETCAR LINES.

SO SEVENTH STREET, UM, OCEAN, ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO BELMONT SHORE.

THERE WERE LOCAL TROLLEY LINES THAT REALLY ONLY EXISTED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN ABOUT 1900.

AND, AND THEY STARTED TO BE DECOMMISSIONED AFTER 1920 WHEN BUSES CAME INTO WIDE USE, AND THEY FAVORED BUSES OVER THAT AT THE TIME.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY JUST POINTING OUT ON THIS MAP, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FEW FEATURES AND YOU THAT YOU CAN MAKE OUT DOWN TO THE LEFT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S DOWNTOWN, BUT AT THE TIME WAS THE ENTIRETY OF LONG BEACH, UH, WERE THESE VAST COASTAL ESTUARIES THAT SHORTLY, UH, WELL IN THE NEXT DECADE BEGAN TO BE CONVERTED INTO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH ON THE WEST SIDE AND ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT VAST COASTAL ESTUARY WAS TURNED INTO, UM, NAPLES, BELMONT SHORE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE MARINAS AND THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.

AND, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS WERE FED, AND YOU CAN MAKE THESE OUT ON THE MAP AS WELL BY THESE, UH, MEANDERING UN CHANNELIZED RIVERS THAT AS WE KNOW EVENTUALLY BECAME CHANNELIZED AND, UH, AND FIXED POSITION, AND, UH, THEREBY FREED UP THE LAND AROUND THEM TO BECOME THE, THE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS THAT CONTAIN OUR MAJOR NORTH SOUTH FREEWAYS, LIKE THE LONG BEACH FREEWAY AND THE SAN GABRIEL FREEWAY, WHICH ITS FULL NAME IS THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER FREEWAY FOLLOWING THAT RIVER, UH, PATH.

SO THAT WAS A GLIMPSE INTO THE 19TH CENTURY.

UM, THINGS REALLY STARTED TO PICK UP IN THE 1920S, UH, WHERE THE FARMS WERE CONVERTED INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS EVERYWHERE IN THE SORT OF SOUTHWESTERN, UM, HALF OF THE CITY.

BUT AFTER POST WORLD WAR II, THINGS REALLY TOOK OFF AGAIN, WHERE THE ENTIRETY OF, UH, THE 50 SQUARE MILES THAT IS NOW LONG BEACH WAS, UH, DEVELOPED RAPIDLY WITH HOUSING AND MOSTLY, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.

SO WITHIN 15 TO 20 YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR II, ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF LONG BEACH'S LAND AREA WAS, UH, COMPLETELY BUILT UP BY DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THIS MAP IS FROM THE 1957 MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT THE CITY PUT OUT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION POLICIES WERE, UH, DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME THAT, UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY WELL-INTENTIONED AT THE TIME WITH THE PROJECTED, YOU KNOW, GROWTH AND TRANSPORTATION METHODS THAT WERE MOVING AWAY.

THEY

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THOUGHT FROM THE OLD WAYS OF RAIL LINES AND MOVING INTO, UM, THE ALMOST EXCLUSIVE USE OF, UH, FOSSIL FUELS AND SINGLE PASSENGER VEHICLES.

AND AT THAT TIME, OF COURSE, THERE WAS NO CONSIDERATION FOR THE EVENTUAL GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACTS OF ALL OF THESE DECISIONS AND CHOICES BACK THEN.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TRANSITION OF THE STREET CARS TO BUSES, YOU KNOW, CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED A BUS SYSTEM, AND WE'LL BE HEARING FROM LONG BEACH TRANSIT TODAY, BUT ALONG WITH OUR SOCIETY IN GENERAL AND OUR CAR DOMINATED CULTURE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS UNDER RESOURCED AND UNDER PLANNED FOR THIS ENTIRE TIME.

SO WE'RE CORRECTING FOR THAT.

SAME WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY LITTLE CONSIDERATION OR NONE OF BICYCLING AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE THE WAY THAT WE HAVE REALIZED THAT THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, FACTORS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND, AND GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ZONING, THE CONCEPT OF ZONING WAS AS IS REFLECTED, UH, IN THIS MAP, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S LABELED GENERALIZED LAND USE, BUT THE LAND USES CORRESPOND WITH ZONING CATEGORIES.

SO THIS, UH, HORIZONTAL SEPARATION OF USES, UH, THAT WAS VERY 20TH CENTURY, RIGHT? AND, UM, BUT IT LEFT US WITH THESE LAND USE PATTERNS AND COMMUTING PATTERNS THAT WERE CHALLENGING AND STRUGGLING WITH TODAY.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF OUR COAL CAR CULTURE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FREEWAY DEVELOPMENT, WHERE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THINGS WEREN'T CONGESTED THAT YOU COULD GET ANYWHERE PRACTICALLY IN, IN THE LA AREA OR AROUND LONG BEACH IN 20 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, COMMUTE TIMES ARE MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.

AND BECAUSE OF LAND USE PATTERNS AND, AND WORK PATTERNS AND, AND EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS, UH, THERE'S THIS DETAIL ABOUT, UM, OF ALL THE JOBS IN LONG BEACH, TWO THIRDS OF THEM ARE HELD BY PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND COMMUTE IN EVERY DAY, AND TWO THIRDS OF THE WORKERS IN LONG BEACH COMMUTE OUT OF THE CITY EVERY DAY.

AND SO THAT'S CREATES A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE PASSING EACH OTHER ON THE FREEWAY THAT, UH, NOWADAYS WE REALIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER YOU LIVE TO WORK, THE BETTER IT IS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, CLIMATE BEING ONE OF THEM, AND QUALITY OF LIFE BEING ANOTHER.

SO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE BECOME AWARE OF AND WANT TO START ADDRESSING.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE WETLANDS, UH, GOT TURNED INTO, UH, THE PORT, WHICH, UH, CONTRIBUTES A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO A LOT OF THESE ISSUES FROM AIR POLLUTION TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND THEN THE AIRPORT AS WELL.

SO THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN TWO MINUTES, BUT THANK YOU.

UM, SO GIVEN ALL OF THIS SORT OF BACKGROUND THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? HOW IS THE CITY ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION SECTOR EMISSIONS? AND SO THESE, WHAT WE'VE ASKED OUR, UH, CITY PARTNERS TO ADDRESS OR MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.

SO LOOK OUT FOR THIS, HOW THE CITY REDUCES TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS FROM CITY VEHICLES.

THAT'D BE FLEET, HOW THE CITY ENCOURAGES REDUCED TRANSPORTATION, ENCOURAGES REDUCED TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS.

UH, I THINK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COVERS THAT, HOW THE CITY REDUCES TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS FROM PORT OPERATIONS.

THE PORT'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, HOW THE CITY PROMOTES ELECTRIC VEHICLE USE.

UM, PUBLIC WORKS, ACTUALLY ME MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND HOW THE CITY PROMOTES ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND MICRO MOBILITY.

WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES TALKING ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO TALK ABOUT HOW TRANSIT ENCOURAGES RIDERSHIP AND REDUCES TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS.

SO NEXT UP I BELIEVE IS FLEET, AND WE HAVE DAN BERLIN BACK, UH, FROM FLEET SERVICES.

AND DAN, ALL ADVANCER SLIDES FOR YOU.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

I WILL TALK TO, UH, PROGRESS WITH THE CITY FLEET AND, AND REDUCING EMISSIONS.

SO OUR FLEET IS OVER 2200 VEHICLES OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES AND SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN A PRIORITY FOR DECADES NOW.

THAT PRIORITY HAS RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE POSITIVE RECOGNITION WITH MANY GREEN AWARDS IN THE NATIONAL FLEET COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE NUMBER TWO GREEN FLEET IN NORTH AMERICA BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FLEET ADMINISTRATORS OR NAFA AS PARTNERS IN ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE.

WE WERE EARLY ADOPTERS OF COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TO REPLACE MUCH OF THE DIESEL FUEL IN THE CITY FLEET, AND WE WENT RENEWABLE FOR C-N-G-L-N-G AND DIESEL FUEL IN 2015.

AS WITH MANY OTHER CALIFORNIA FLEETS, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON TRANSITIONING TO ZERO EMISSIONS ACROSS THE FLEET.

OUR JOURNEY THERE STARTED WHEN WE INITIATED A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE TASK FORCE IN 2017 TO EASE THE TRANSITION AND GAIN ACCEPTANCE FROM CITY STAFF DRIVERS, AND WE THEN ADDED OUR FIRST EVS TO THE FLEET IN 2018.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND EQUIPMENT TO BE REPLACED WITH ZERO EMISSION VERSIONS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

OUR TRANSITION TO ZERO EMISSIONS FOR THE FLEET IS SUPPORTED BY CITY POLICY, RECENTLY UPDATED IN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 37 DASH ONE, WHICH REQUIRES CITY VEHICLES

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THE TRANSITION IS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE CITY'S FLEET HAS WELL OVER 100 DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.

EACH ONE REQUIRE AN EXTENSIVE RESEARCH PLANNING AND OFTEN TESTING PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT IN THE FLEET.

TO ASSIST IN THIS HUGE EFFORT, WE RELY ON A RECENTLY COMPLETED BLUEPRINT SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION AND DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

WE'RE ALSO GUIDED BY REGULATION IN THIS CASE, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PASS BY CARB IN ITS HISTORY, THE ADVANCED CLEAN FLEETS OR A CF REGULATION.

THE A CF REQUIRES THAT WE TRANSITION THE CITY'S TRUCK FLEET TO ZERO EMISSIONS STARTING IN 2024, AND APPLIES TO ABOUT 450 CITY VEHICLES.

WE ARE OPEN TO BOTH EV AND OTHER SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS, BUT SO FAR THE MARKET IS DOMINATED BY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

WE ARE VERY INVOLVED IN VEHICLE PILOT TESTING AND MARKET RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND CONTINUE THE CITY'S RECORD OF SUSTAINABILITY.

OUR FLEET CURRENTLY HAS 102 EV CHARGERS AND 82 ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN SERVICE.

MOST OF THOSE EVS ARE SEDANS, SUCH AS THE BOLT AND THE LEAF, BUT WE ARE ADDING F-150 EV PICKUPS IN INCREASING NUMBERS.

WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL HEAVY DUTY EV TRUCKS ON ORDER, AND WE'LL BE PLACING THEM INTO SERVICE IN THE COMING YEAR.

FURTHER PLANS INCLUDE INCREASING OUR CHARGING CAPABILITY WITH 492 ADDITIONAL CHARGERS FOR CURRENT AND STILL TO COME ADDITIONAL EVS AND PLUG-IN HYBRIDS.

ELECTRIFYING THE FLEET COMES WITH VERY SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES.

WE'VE ADDED STAFF AND CONSULTANTS TO MANAGE THE EFFORT AND FIND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF CONVERTING TO A ZERO EMISSIONS FLEET.

CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IS EXPENSIVE AND HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE LOCAL ELECTRICITY PROVIDER AND THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WHILE ENABLING THE CHARGING OF EVS IS DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX, SO ALSO IS FINDING THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BOTH AVAILABLE AND SUITABLE FOR THE JOB.

RECALL THAT WE HAVE A HUGE VARIETY OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, MANY OF WHICH ARE USED IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE NECESSARY RANGE AND CAPACITY ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOT YET AVAILABLE.

OUR GOAL IS TO EXCEED THE A CF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMIZE THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.

SO NEXT UP WE HAVE ALEJANDRO.

YES, YES, AND CARLENE, UH, FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THANKS, LARRY.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ROLE IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR ZONING CODE UPDATE.

UH, SO THE CITY'S, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IDENTIFIES OUR DEPARTMENT AS A LEAD FOR ACTION T SIX, CALLING FOR AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG PRIMARY TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

UH, ON THAT NOTE, JUST A REALLY QUICK CORRECTION.

I HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK THE LATEST NUMBERS, BUT OUR COMMUTE PATTERNS ARE ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN BEFORE.

IT'S CLOSER TO FOUR-FIFTHS OF PEOPLE COMMUTING EITHER IN OR OUT.

ABOUT, UH, 77% OF WORKERS IN THE CITY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, AND 81% OF RESIDENTS IN THE CITY COMMUTE OUT.

UM, SO THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TACKLE THROUGH, UH, COMPREHENSIVE, UH, REZONING EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN 2019, THE CITY UPDATED ITS LAND USE ELEMENT, UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, IN ABOUT 30 YEARS.

UM, AND LAST YEAR, UH, WE WERE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE TO UPDATE OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.

UH, SO BOTH OF THOSE LONG RANGE GENERAL PLAN DOCUMENTS, UM, PLAN FOR, UH, ANYWHERE FROM 26,000 TO 28,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UH, NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A CITYWIDE REZONING EFFORT, UM, TO, UH, BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, BOTH ELEMENTS, UM, AND READ, UH, MEET OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR ARENA ALLOCATION OF 26,502 UNITS.

UH, PART OF THAT IS ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CREATING MORE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT JOBS, UM, COMMERCIAL AND UH, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, UH, ARE LOCATED NEAR TRANSIT AND CO-LOCATED MORE CLOSELY TO HOUSING, SO THE RESIDENTS HAVE GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO GET AROUND WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON SINGLE USE CAR TRIPS.

COULD WE GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE? SO ACTION TA ALSO BUILDS UPON THIS, UH, BY FOCUSING ON INCREASING DENSITY AND MIX OF LAND USE, UH, MIXES OF LAND USE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THROUGH OUR ZONE IN INITIATIVE.

WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS AS BEING HIGH PRIORITY FOR GREATER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES CITYWIDE FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT EVERYWHERE.

UH, WE'RE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THAT ALLOW FOR WALKABILITY, UM, FOR ENSURING THAT, UH, ESSENTIAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY IN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, UM, HAVE THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED BY PROVIDING INCENTIVES AND IN SOME CASES, REQUIREMENTS,

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UM, FOR ESSENTIAL, UH, BUSINESSES LIKE GROCERY STORES, BANKS, PHARMACIES, UM, AND OTHER USES, UH, TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE A DEARTH OF THEM, AND THAT ALSO PROVIDE FOR GREATER HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS, UM, CAN WALK, UM, BIKE OR GET AROUND IN WAYS BESIDES CAR TRIPS, UM, TO THE RESOURCES THAT THEY MOST, UM, URGENTLY NEED.

AND I BELIEVE CARLENE, MY COLLEAGUE, WILL COVER THE LAST SLIDE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE CAP ACTIONS THAT ALEJANDRO JUST COVERED, T ACTION T NINE INTEGRATING SENATE BILL 7 43 INTO THE LB CAP PROCESS.

UM, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, SB 7 43 REQUIRES AGENCIES TO UTILIZE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED OR VMT FOR SHORT INSTEAD OF LEVEL OF SERVICE.

TO BETTER QUANTIFY HOW PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AFFECTS AUTO MILES TRAVELED, WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT PROJECTS, WE ENSURE THAT, UM, OUR CONSULTANTS AS WELL AS APPLICANTS USING THE CORRECT MEASURES TO METRICS TO DETERMINE HOW IMPACTFUL THAT, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, ON TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, CIRCULATION.

UH, HERE THE LONG BEACH CAP, UH, DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST IS A GREAT TOOL THAT WE UTILIZE TO, UM, PROVIDE EXAMPLES AS WELL AS GUIDANCE FOR THE DISCRETIONARY PROCESS IN WHICH, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED TO PROVIDE FOR VARIOUS FORMS OF VMT REDUCTION STRATEGIES, ALL OF WHICH CAN INCLUDE TRANSIT SUBSIDIES, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BIKE RACKS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, IMPROVING SUBSTANDARD SIDEWALKS, AND PROVIDING TREE CANOPY FOR SHADE.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

NEXT STEP, WE HAVE MORGAN CASWELL FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

UM, TODAY I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH EFFORTS TO MITIGATE GREENHOUSE GASES FROM THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.

UH, LAST TIME I MET WITH YOU, I FOCUSED ON, UM, AIR QUALITY, UM, AS WELL AS TRYING TO MITIGATE, UM, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

UM, BUT I'LL FOCUS, UM, PURELY ON GREENHOUSE GASES TODAY.

UM, AS WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UH, THE SAN PEDRO BAY PORTS, WHICH INCLUDE BOTH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, ADOPTED A GROUNDBREAKING PLAN KNOWN AS THE CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN IN 2006 TO CUT POOR AIR POLLUTION.

THE CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN DESCRIBES STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM FIVE MAJOR MOBILE SOURCES, WHICH INCLUDE SHIPS, TRAINS, TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, HARBOR CRAFT, AND TRUCKS.

THE 2017 UPDATE TO THE PLAN INCLUDED AMBITIOUS ZERO EMISSION GOALS.

WE ARE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE 100% CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT BY 2030 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT ZERO EMISSION DRAYAGE TRUCKS BY 2035.

THE 2017 UPDATE ALSO INCLUDED GREENHOUSE GAS GOALS.

WE STRIVE TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO 40% BELOW 1990 LEVELS BY 2030 AND TO 80% BELOW 1990 LEVELS BY 2050.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PORT DOES NOT OWN OR OPERATE ANY OF THESE VEHICLES VESSELS OR RAIL COVERED WITHIN THE CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN.

WE ARE A LANDLORD PORT, MEANING WE LEASE THE LAND TO INDIVIDUAL TERMINAL OPERATORS.

FOUR OF OUR KEY STRATEGIES, UH, WITHIN THE CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN ARE DESCRIBED ON THIS SLIDE, UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS OUR CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED IN 2008 AND IMPLEMENTED A PROGRESSIVE BAN ON OLDER HEAVY POLLUTING DIESEL RAGE TRUCKS.

THE 2017 UPDATE TO THE CAP FURTHERED THIS PROGRAM BY ESTABLISHING OUR ZERO MISSION GOAL, AND BY CALLING FOR A REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR ANY NEW TRUCKS ENTERING PORT DRAYAGE SERVICE PORT STAFF EXECUTED THIS MILESTONE, AND STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, 2018, ANY NEW TRUCKS REGISTERED IN THE PORTS RAGE TRUCK REGISTRY HAVE TO BE MODEL YEAR 2014 OR NEWER.

THE 2017 CAP UPDATE ALSO CALLED FOR ADOPTION OF A CLEAN TRUCK FUND RATE THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A FUND TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS AND ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS.

I'M GONNA DIVE INTO GREATER DETAIL DETAIL ON THAT.

UM, IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE PORT PRESENTLY INCENTIVIZES EMISSION REDUCTIONS THROUGH TWO VESSEL PROGRAMS. I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT ON A LATER SLIDE.

OUR THIRD KEY STRATEGY THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR SUCCESS IS OUR JOINT PORT OF LONG BEACH AND PORT OF LOS ANGELES TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE TAP.

THE TAP IS A COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAPABLE OF REDUCING

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PORT RELATED EMISSIONS.

FINALLY, OUR FOURTH KEY STRATEGY IS THE PURSUIT OF GRANT FUNDING.

WE KNOW TODAY THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2017 CLEANER ACTION PLAN UPDATE WILL COST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

WE AIM TO SECURE OVER 1 BILLION TO SUPPORT OUR AMBITIONS, AND WE ARE FOCUSED HEAVILY ON BOLSTERING OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO GRANT MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING SUB-RECIPIENT MONITORING, THIRD PARTY DEVELOPER GUIDANCE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON PORT PROPERTY, AND A STAFFING PLAN TO ENSURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE GRANT OVERSIGHT.

MATTER IS REDUCED FROM THE VESSELS ACCORDING TO THE PORT'S 2021 EMISSIONS INVENTORY.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS ADOPTED A CLEAN TRUCK FUND RATE, THE RATE VALUED AT $10 PER 20 FOOT EQUIVALENT UNIT, ALSO KNOWN AS A TEU, WHICH IS HOW WE MEASURE CONTAINER THROUGHPUT IS CHARGED TO BENEFICIAL CARGO OWNERS AND NOT TRUCK DRIVERS.

THE BENEFICIAL CARGO OWNERS ARE FOLKS LIKE AMAZON OR WAL WALMART, UM, AND THAT RATE IS CHARGED ON LOADED CONTAINERS THAT ENTER OR EXIT THE PORT VIA POLLUTING TRUCKS.

FUNDS COLLECTED ARE THEN INVESTED IN PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS SUPPORTIVE OF THE TRANSITION TO ZERO EMISSION DRAINAGE.

ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS DO NOT NEED TO PAY THE RATE, AND THERE ARE SOME LIMITED EXEMPTIONS FOR LOAN KNOX TRUCKS.

AS OF OCTOBER, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH HAS COLLECTED 60.8 MILLION AND ALLOCATED 30 32 $0.5 MILLION TOWARDS PROGRAMS. 30 MILLION WILL BE USED TO PLUS UP THE ZERO EMISSION TRUCK VOUCHERS PROVIDED BY THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD HYBRID AND ZERO-EMISSION TRUCK AND BUS VOUCHER INCENTIVE PROJECT KNOWN AS HVP.

FOR THE PURCHASE OF ZERO-EMISSION TRUCKS, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER TRUCK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FLEETS OF 10 OR FEWER TRUCKS, SO SMALLER FLEETS AND 75,000 FOR FLEETS WITH MORE THAN 10 TRUCKS.

IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT HFI RAGE VOUCHER AMOUNT OF $150,000 PER TRUCK AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE, APPLICABLE HFI ENHANCEMENTS, THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL VOUCHER AMOUNT IS $250,000 PER TRUCK.

TOGETHER WITH THE 30 MILLION THAT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES IS PROVIDING TO THIS PROGRAM, THE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE PURCHASE AND DEPLOYMENT OF UP TO 800 NEW ZERO-EMISSION TRUCKS.

IN ADDITION, THE PORT IS INVESTING IN PUBLIC CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL FOR THE TRANSITION, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL FLEETS THAT MAY NOT HAVE A HOME BASE TO CHARGE.

PORT STAFF RELEASED A SOLICITATION FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC CHARGING AT OUR TERMINAL ACCESS CENTER, WHERE THE CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM IS LOCATED ON JULY 6TH OF THIS YEAR.

THE SOLICITATION CLOSED ON OCTOBER 2ND, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY EVALUATING PROPOSALS.

WE PLAN TO RELEASE A SECOND SOLICITATION IN EARLY 2024 FOR A LARGER PROPERTY.

THE PORT IS ALSO MAKING INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC CHARGING BY LEVERAGING A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT WAS RELEASED BY THE MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION REVIEW COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE PORT PLANS TO ALLOCATE A LITTLE OVER 14 MILLION TO PUBLIC CHARGING PROJECTS THAT WILL SUPPORT DRAYAGE SUBJECT TO BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONER APPROVAL IN 2024.

EACH YEAR, THE PORT DEVELOPS A STAKEHOLDER INFORMED SPENDING PLAN FOR THE CLEAN TRUCK FUND RATE IN 2024, WE WILL CREATE THE THIRD SPENDING PLAN FOR THE, UH, CLEAN TRUCK FUND RATE AND PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS, LIKELY IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2024.

NEXT SLIDE.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SAN PEDRO BAY PORTS TAP IS A CRITICAL MECHANISM TO SPURRING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.

SINCE 2007, THE TAP HAS UNDERTAKEN MORE THAN 50 PROJECTS ACROSS THE FIVE PORT RELATED MOBILE SOURCES.

TOGETHER, THE PORTS AND THEIR PARTNERS HAVE INVESTED OVER $402 MILLION IN PRE-COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT.

THE TAP CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS WE SEE COMMERCIALIZATION OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE TAP ONCE INVESTED IN TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS, BUT HAS NOW PIVOTED TO FOCUS MORE ON INNOVATIVE CHARGING AND FUELING FOR ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS AND OTHER MOBILE SOURCES THAT REQUIRE GREATER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

SHIPS REMAIN AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF ALL EMISSIONS AND IS THE SINGLE HARDEST SOURCE OF EMISSIONS TO TACKLE.

ONE WAY WE ARE ADDRESSING GREENHOUSE GASES AND OTHER EMISSIONS FROM SHIPS IS THROUGH THE PORT'S GREEN FLAG PROGRAM.

THE GREEN FLAG PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED REDUCTION PROGRAM THAT REWARDS VESSEL OPERATORS, UH, FOR SLOWING DOWN TO 12 KNOTS OR LESS, WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE PORT BECAUSE THE SHIPS EMIT LESS WHEN THEY TRAVEL MORE SLOWLY, MORE THAN, UM, UH, UH, SMOG FORMING EMISSIONS IN DIESEL PARTICULATE

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MORE THAN 90% OF VESSELS PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF 1020 TONS OF KNOCKS, UH, 16 TONS OF DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER, AND JUST UNDER 50,000 TONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN CALENDAR YEAR 2021.

IN ADDITION, THE PORT IS IMPLEMENTING THE GREEN SHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH INCENTIVIZES VESSELS WITH A HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AS DETERMINED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHIP INDEX.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHIP INDEX IS A VOLUNTARY SYSTEM THAT IDENTIFIES SEAGOING SHIPS THAT ARE EXCEEDING THE CURRENT EMISSION STANDARDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION.

CLEAN SHIPS CAN EARN AN INCENTIVE OF UP TO $9,000 PER CALL.

HOWEVER, TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ACROSS ALL MOBILE SOURCE CATEGORIES, GREATER INVESTMENT IS NEEDED.

THIS BRINGS ME BACK TO OUR FOURTH KEY STRATEGY.

ON THE FIRST SLIDE, WE NEED MORE GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT ACROSS ALL MOBILE SOURCES.

SINCE 2017, WE HAVE SECURED 331 MILLION TO SUPPORT OUR DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS.

THIS INCLUDES A RECENTLY AWARDED, UH, ROUGHLY $225 MILLION GRANT, UM, FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY UNDER THE 2022 PORT AND FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.

MOVING FORWARD, THE PORT WILL BE AMBITIOUSLY SEEKING ADDITIONAL GRANTS TO FURTHER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS FROM PORT OPERATIONS.

AND FINALLY, UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDOR EFFORT.

UH, I DON'T BELIEVE I COVERED IT IN DETAIL WHEN I MET WITH YOU LAST IN AUGUST.

UH, THE PORT IS PARTNERING WITH MAJOR SEAPORTS ACROSS THE GLOBE, INCLUDING THE PORT OF SHANGHAI, THE MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE, THE PORT OF COBE, AND THE PORT OF YOKOHAMA, TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION OF OCEANGOING VESSELS TO LOW AND ZERO CARBON FUELS.

THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDORS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KEY MARITIME GOODS MOVEMENT STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE LARGEST CARRIERS IN THE WORLD.

THESE GRIP GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDORS WILL, WILL SHOWCASE CUTTING EDGE MOVEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, DECARBONIZATION APPLICATIONS, AND BEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY AND CATALYZE TECHNOLOGICAL ECONOMIC AND POLICY EFFORTS TO PROGRESSIVELY DECARBONIZE SHIPPING.

WE RECENTLY RELEASED AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE LA LONG BEACH SHANGHAI GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDOR, AND TODAY AT THE 28TH UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, THE MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE AND THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES RELEASED THEIR PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY, UH, FOR A GREEN AND DIGITAL SHIPPING CORRIDOR.

THE PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY OUTLINES THE STEPS REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE DECARBONIZATION BY ENABLING FIRST MOVER ORGANIZATIONS TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY THE EARLIEST FEASIBLE DATE.

THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF THE 2023 IIMO STRATEGY ON REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM SHIPS.

SOME OF THE STEPS WE PLAN TO INCLUDE IN, UM, OUR COORDINATION ON OUR RESPECTIVE DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS, CONSENSUS BUILDING ON GREEN SHIPPING BEST PRACTICES, INCLUDING ADOPTION OF STANDARDS WHERE APPLICABLE IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL SOLUTIONS THAT WILL ENHANCE SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY, AND THE LEVERAGING OF PARTNER NETWORKS TO SUPPORT THE SCALING UP OF ZERO AND NEAR ZERO EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES, FUELS AND ENERGY SOURCES.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GO AFTER GRANTS FOR THAT SORT OF THING.

SO NEXT UP, QUICK MENTION OF THE ADDITIONAL, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY INSTALLS.

UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT SERVES THE CITY'S FLEET, THERE ARE 84 PORTS, UH, CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE.

CITYWIDE IN A VARIETY OF PUBLICLY OWNED PARKING STRUCTURES AND PARKING LOTS, INCLUDING THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC, UH, PARKING GARAGE, THE BROADWAY GARAGE, UH, NEAR CITY HALL, UH, CITY PLACE, UM, A B AND C PARKING GARAGES ALL HAVE, UH, CHARGERS, THE GRANADA AND, UH, HUNA, PERRO BEACH LOTS, UH, HOUGHTON PARK.

AND THEN FINALLY, QUEEN MARY.

THOSE ARE THE, THE LARGER SITES WITH ADDITIONAL SMALLER SITES AT PLACES LIKE, UH, ADMIRAL KIDD PARK, UH, VIRGINIA VILLAGE, AND, UH, THE LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART.

SO, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH STARTED TO INSTALL THOSE YEARS AGO, UH, AT A TIME WHERE THEY WERE UNDERUTILIZED.

SO WE WERE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE GAME, OF COURSE, WITH OUR TRANSITION TO, YOU KNOW, PRACTICALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT ELECTRIC VEHICLES DOWN THE LINE, WE'RE GONNA NEED A LOT MORE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

AND SO,

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AND SO CURRENTLY SUBMITTED OUR GRANTS TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR CHARGING AND FEELING AND FOR A CHARGING AND FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FOR A CITYWIDE EV MASTER PLAN.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INSTALLATION AT SEVERAL SITES TO INCLUDE A MIX OF LEVEL THREE.

THAT'S THE FAST CHARGERS AND LEVEL TWO CHARGERS.

SO CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THAT.

AND I, YOU KNOW, WILL MENTION SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD MANY TIMES IN THE PAST THAT MANY OF OUR CURRENT 84 PORTS WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CHARGE READY PROGRAM.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO WORK WITH EDISON TO EXPAND THIS AS WELL.

SO NEXT IS SOME TALK ABOUT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, AND WE HAVE, UH, RICARDO LIGHT FROM OUR MOBILITY TEAM.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO I'M WITH, UM, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, AND WE MOSTLY FOCUS ON, UH, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A, UM, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING AROUND THE CITY.

UH, MOSTLY LOCAL TRIPS, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A WAY TO CONNECT, UH, FIRST LAST MILE TRIPS TO LARGER REGIONAL TRANSIT, UM, LIKE THE METRO, UM, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, METRO BUS LINES, UH, TORRANCE TRANSIT.

UM, WE DO THIS BY, UM, FOCUSING, UH, PRIMARILY ON BIKEWAYS.

UM, AND WE DO THAT WITH LIKE SEPARATED PATHS FOR BILIS AND PEDESTRIANS.

UM, REALLY TRYING TO CREATE MORE SPACE FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES, UM, IN OUR ROADWAYS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, REALLY IT'S THE HIGHER, UH, VEHICLE VOLUME AND THE HIGHER VEHICLE SPEEDS THAT WE SEE ON STREETS, UM, THE MORE SEPARATION WE WANT TO SEE BETWEEN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND VEHICLE MODES.

UM, WE ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE END OF TRIP AMENITIES LIKE BIKE PARKING.

WE HAVE A COMPLIMENTARY, UH, BIKE RACK PROGRAM.

UM, SO ANY RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER CAN REQUEST A BIKE RACK BE INSTALLED, UM, IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, WHERE THEY NEED IT.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE NEW LEGISLATION, UM, THAT, UM, HAS ALLOWED US TO, UM, REDUCE A LOT OF TRAFFIC SPEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, AGAIN, LOWERING VEHICLE SPEEDS IS REALLY GONNA, UM, MAKE IT SAFER AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WANT TO WALK AND BIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN BE PRETTY INTIMIDATING, UM, TO, TO SHARE THE ROADWAY WITH FAST VEHICLES.

UM, SO REALLY LOWERING DRIVING SPEED, UM, IS A BIG FACTOR FOR THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF PROVIDING MOBILITY OPTIONS.

UM, SO WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, CREATING A SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK, UM, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS PROVIDING, UM, OPTIONS.

AND WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH, UM, OUR BIKE SHARE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED, UM, UH, IN THE LAST YEAR, UM, ABOUT HUNDREDS OF NEW BIKE SHARE BIKES.

UM, AND THEN OUR E SCOOTER PROGRAM, UM, HAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN THE CITY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S USED EVERY DAY BY MANY PEOPLE.

UM, OUR BIKE SHARE FOR ALL SYSTEM IS A LOW INCOME, UM, OPTION FOR FOLKS.

SO FOR $5 FOR A YEAR, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OUR BIKE SHARE SYSTEM.

UM, AND THAT'S BEEN EXPANDED TO ALL NINE DISTRICTS.

UM, AND WE'RE ADDING, UM, MORE BIKE SHARE STATIONS, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AS WELL.

UM, SO THAT'S A GREAT OPTION.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN RIDERSHIP INCREASE SINCE THE BIKE SHARE FOR ALL SYSTEM OR PROGRAM HAS LAUNCHED.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, RECENT SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN THAT PEOPLE WOULD, UM, BIKE AND SCOOT A LOT MORE, UM, IF THOSE OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE NEAR THEM.

SO REALLY OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN TO EXPAND THOSE SERVICES, UM, SO THEY'RE AVAILABLE MORE EASILY TO MORE PEOPLE.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

NEXT STEP.

WE HAVE LAURA TURNBULL FROM OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO YOUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT FUNDED LARGELY THROUGH GRANTS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAVE REALLY BEEN COORDINATING AND COLLABORATING WITH PARTNERS TO ENCOURAGE, UM, AFTER TRANSPORTATION AND, AND REALLY TO ENSURE UTILIZATION OF ALL OF THE GREAT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU JUST HEARD.

MY COLLEAGUE FROM PUBLIC WORK MENTION THE CITY HAS BEEN BUSY, UH, IN PUTTING OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO WE DO THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES.

UH, SOME OF THE ACTIVITY EXAMPLES CAN INCLUDE OUR, UH, YOUTH SAFE STREETS AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

THIS IS A SUMMER PROGRAM THAT WE DO AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY TO TRAIN THE TRAINER MODEL.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING UP THE SKILLS OF OUR YOUTH

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WHO IN TURN THEN CAN BE PEER LEADERS FOR OTHER YOUTH, UH, ENCOURAGING BIKING AND WALKING, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, OUR YOUTH ARE BIKING AND WALKING IN A WAY THAT REDUCES PREVENTABLE INJURIES.

UM, BY, BY TEACHING 'EM SAFE BIKING SKILLS, SAFE PEDESTRIAN SKILLS.

UH, WE ALSO DO THAT THROUGH BIKE AND PED SAFETY POPUPS.

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS.

WE SORT OF POP UP AT PLACES ALL AROUND THE CITY.

UM, THIS COULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER EVENT, BUT THIS COULD ALSO JUST BE SHOWING UP, YOU KNOW, ON, ON A CORNER INTERSECTION OR IN A PARKING LOT.

UM, AND WHERE WE'LL PROVIDE JUST IN TIME EDUCATION, WE MIGHT BE PROVIDING BIKE SAFETY, UM, EQUIPMENT SUCH AS REFLECTIVE GEAR.

UH, WE MIGHT BE DOING BIKE TUNE-UPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH, WITH OTHER PARTNERS.

SO, UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT JUST MEETING COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE AT AND AGAIN, ENCOURAGING, ENGAGING, UH, BUT ALSO PROVIDING RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING AND BIKING.

UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DO A LOT OF INTERACTIVE SKILL BUILDING, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND CLASSES.

AGAIN, WE DO THESE FOR ALL AGES.

UH, WE WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR PARKS AND OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR SENIOR LIVING CENTERS AND, AND SENIOR COMMUNITY.

UH, OUR GROUP ACTUALLY JUST THIS WEEK HOSTED A, UH, A WALKING WORKSHOP FOR OLDER ADULTS, UM, WHO REALLY INCREASING SKILLS AND AWARENESS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THEM SAFE AS THEY WALK TO AND FROM, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER AT GROCERY STORES AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HOST WHAT ARE CALLED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY RODEOS.

IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF THESE, THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY LITTLE MINI CITIES, UH, THAT GET SET UP IN A, IN A SCHOOL, IN A PARK AT A COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, THAT ENGAGES YOUTH, UM, PARENTS TOO.

BUT WE MOSTLY FOCUS ON YOUTH TO WALK THROUGH THE MINI CITY AND AGAIN, LEARN SOME OF THE SKILLS, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IT ON A BIKE, ON A SCOOTER, OR WALKING THROUGH OUR CITY.

UM, OUR STAFF ARE TRAINED TO LEAD THESE, BUT WE ALSO DO THESE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO, WHO DO THEM ON LARGE SCALES FOR SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS.

UM, I MENTIONED WE DO SOME HELMET DISTRIBUTION, SO WE DO INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT HELMETS, UH, FOR OUR YOUTH AND ADULTS WHO ALREADY OWN A HELMET THAT IT'S PROPERLY FITTED.

IT, IT MATCHES THEIR, THEIR HEAD SIZE.

IF IT DOESN'T, WE CAN SWAP IT OUT FOR THEM.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ENSURE THAT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A HELMET HAS ACCESS TO ONE FOR FREE.

AND SO WE DO DISTRIBUTE HELMETS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, AND THEN WE BOTH LEAD AND PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL, UH, CITY AND EVEN LOCAL AWARENESS EVENTS TO JUST AGAIN, ENCOURAGE THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, INCREASE AWARENESS, LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

SO WE DO THIS THROUGH THINGS LIKE WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK, BIKE TO SCHOOL WEEK.

WE EVEN LAUNCHED OUR OWN LONG BEACH WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN MARCH, UM, THAT WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

ANOTHER THING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING, AGAIN, IN COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION WITH NUMEROUS PARTNERS, UM, IS REALLY TRYING TO, UH, DO SOME PLACE-BASED NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGIES THAT REDUCE THE NEED FOR CAR TRAVEL.

UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUR LONG BEACH HEALTHY MARKET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH, UH, SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS TO, UH, TRANSFORM THEM TO BE HEALTHIER MARKET SPACES THAT, THAT SELL, UH, STOCK AND SELL THINGS LIKE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES EXCEPT WIC AND EBT REALLY REDUCING THE NEED FOR, UM, RESIDENTS TO LEAVE THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE HEALTHY FOODS.

UM, A PRODUCE TO MARKET PROJECT, THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, WE'RE DOING FUNDED THROUGH OUR RECOVERY ACT, UH, WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, LOCAL PARTNERS AND LOCAL GROWERS TO, UH, ADDRESS A PROCUREMENT ISSUE FOR SMALL MARKETS BY ALLOWING THEM TO CONNECT AND PURCHASE DIRECTLY FROM OUR LOCAL GROWERS.

AGAIN, IT ADDS MORE PRODUCE DIRECTLY INTO NEIGHBORHOOD STORES, REDUCING THE NEED FOR RESIDENTS TO LEAVE, BUT IT'S ALSO REDUCING THE NEED FOR THOSE MARKET OWNERS TO TRAVEL FAR DISTANCES, UH, TO STOCK THEIR, THEIR MARKETS WITH FRESH FOOD.

UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, STARTING, UH, WE HAVE AN RFP OUT RIGHT NOW TO LAUNCH A MOBILE HEALTHY MARKET, UH, THAT WILL AGAIN, DECREASE THE NEED FOR, FOR FOLKS TO LEAVE THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO ACCESS HEALTHY FOOD.

UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO PARTNER WITH PARKS AND REC TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THEIR MOBILE RESOURCE PROGRAM.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, MOBILE RECESS, UM, TAKES RECESS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND SO WE'VE LEVERAGED SOME OF OUR GRANT FUNDS TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO CONTINUE ON AN, ON AN EVEN WIDER BASIS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE SPRING BREAK AND THE SUMMER BREAKS.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE DO, UH, POP UP RESOURCE EVENTS WHERE WE TRY AND MAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, PARTNERED WITH OTHER AGENCIES SO THAT IF SOMEONE'S COMING OUT FOR A BIKE HELMET OR COMING TO THE GROCERY STORE OR FOR ANY OF OUR OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME WRAPAROUND RESOURCES SO THAT RESIDENTS, AGAIN, FIND LESS NEED TO LEAVE THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WANT THEM WALKING, BIKING, UH, HOPEFULLY REDUCING EMISSIONS BY NOT HAVING TO LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IN A CAR.

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SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO OUR FRIENDS, I BELIEVE FROM TRANSIT.

SO LAST UP IS LAME TRANSIT, AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

SURE THING.

GOOD, GOOD EVENING.

MARISOL RAJA, UH, WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT.

I'M THEIR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER.

HAPPY TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF KENNETH MCDONALD, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO.

UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SUSTAINABLE COMMISSION AND STAFF FOR INVITING LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO SHARE SOME OF THE GREAT EFFORTS OF IT IS ENGAGING TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC TRANSIT.

THIS AFTERNOON, I WILL PRESENT, UM, OVERVIEW OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND HIGHLIGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS I SHOULD SAY THIS EVENING.

UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

LONG BEACH TRANSIT IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY THAT EMPLOYS OVER 800 EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT PART OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.

UM, IT IS GOVERNED BY A SEVEN MA MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF LONG BEACH.

UM, LONG BEACH TRANSIT IS GUIDED BY OUR VISION AND MISSION THAT IS BEFORE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THESE HELP US SET STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE AGENCY.

OUR VISION IS TO BE A LEADING PROVIDER OF TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, DELIVERING INNOVATIVE AND HIGH PERFORMING SERVICES WITHIN THE MULTIMODAL NETWORK THAT TRANSFORMS THE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

OUR MISSION IS THIS IS SYNCED DECLARATION OF LVTS CORE PURPOSE AND WHAT THE AGENCY SETS OUT TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THAT'S TO DEDICATED TO CONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND MOVING PEOPLE, MAKING EVERYDAY LIFE BETTER.

BOTH STATEMENTS HELP US SET PRIORITIES SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING, IMPROVING SAFETY AND SERVICE QUALITY, EXERCISING FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND ENHANCING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.

THIS FACILITY'S LBTS ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE HEADQUARTERS.

LBT SERVICE AREAS SPANS ACROSS 107 SQUARE MILES AND INCLUDES LONG BEACH AND 13 NEIGHBORING CITIES.

LLBT OPERATES 38 FIXED ROUTES AND HAS 17.3 MILLION ANNUAL BOARDINGS.

CURRENTLY, THE LBT SYSTEM CONNECTS TO SEVERAL OTHERS, INCLUDING LA METRO, TORRANCE TRANSIT, L-A-D-O-T, AND O-C-T-A-L-B-T.

ALSO CON CONNECTS WITH AMTRAK AND THE FLIX BUS SERVICES AT THE FIRST STREET TRANSIT GALLERY, LBT PRIMARILY FUNCTIONS OUT OF TWO OPERATING MAINTENANCE FACILITIES AND ONE VISITOR AND TRANSIT INFORMATION CENTER.

LBT ONE IS LOCATED ON ANAHEIM STREET AND CHERRY AVENUE IN THE HEART OF LONG BEACH.

IT'S AN EIGHT EIGHT ACRE SITE THAT WAS DESIGNED TO HOUSE 183 BUS STORAGE SPACES AT LBT, WHICH IS LOCATED ON CHERRY AVENUE AT 68TH STREET IN NORTH LONG BEACH, RIGHT OFF THE 91.

IT'S THE SECOND OPERATING MAINTENANCE FACILITY THAT IS EQUIPPED AND STAFFED FOR OPERATIONS, SERVICE PLANNING, TRAINING, FUELING AND MAINTAINING OUR CNG BUS FLEET.

THE LBT SITE SITS ON A 10 ACRE SITE.

OUR THIRD FACILITY IS THE TRANSIT AND VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER, KNOWN AS THE TEVI, WHICH IS IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ON THE FIRST STREET TRANSIT GALLERY.

AND IT, IT, IT, THAT IS A MULTIMODAL INTER-AGENCY TRANSIT HUB.

MOST OF LBTS BUS ROUTES SERVE THE TRANSIT GALLERY.

THE TIC IS FACILITY WHERE WE PROVIDE VISITOR AND TRANSIT INFORMATION ALONG WITH SALES AND TRANSIT FAIR MEDIA.

DIAL LIFT SERVICES WITH A FLEET OF 10 VEHICLES.

LBT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD TO FOLLOW REQUIREMENTS OF THE INNOVATIVE CLEAN TRANSIT ICT REGULATION, WHICH REQUIRES ALL CALIFORNIA TRANSIT AGENCIES TO PURCHASE ZERO EMISSION BUSES FROM 2020 GOING FORWARD.

TO SUPPORT THE STATE'S CLEAN AIR INITIATIVES, THE ICT REQUIRES THAT BY 2040, ALL CALIFORNIA TRANSIT AGENCIES TRANSITION TO ZERO-EMISSION BUSES.

ADDITIONALLY, LARGE TRANSIT AGENCIES LIKE LBT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A ZERO-EMISSIONS BUS ROLLOUT.

PLAN, LBT BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED OUR ZERO-EMISSION ROLLOUT PLAN BACK IN JUNE, 2020 5, 20 20.

AND LBT THEN SUBMITTED THE PLANT TO CARB, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER, 2020.

THIS IS LB T'S GUIDING DOC DOCUMENT WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE PROCUREMENTS AND OVERALL FLEET TRANSITION.

WHILE THE ICT REQUIRES CALIFORNIA TRANSIT AGENCIES TO HAVE A ZEB FLEET BY 20 40 0 EMISSION BUS FLEET BY 2040 LBTS GOALS TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT ZERO EMISSION FLEET BY 2030.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

LBTS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FIXED ROUTE SERVICE WITH A FLEET OF 250 BUSES, PARATRANSIT OR

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WE ALSO HAVE WATER TAXIS, UH, WHERE WE UTILIZE FOUR VESSELS, TWO CATAMARANS AND TWO SMALLER BOATS AND SPECIAL SERVICES, UH, THROUGH OUR, UH, COMMUTER BUSES GOING TO UCLA.

UM, AND, UM, FOR THE LA GALAXY EXPRESS TO THE LA GALAXY GAMES.

WITH THE SERVICE AREA COVERING OVER A HUNDRED SQUARE MILES, LBT HAS APPROXIMATELY 1,900 BUS STOP LOCATIONS, OF WHICH MORE THAN HALF ARE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

AND MORE THAN 800,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF LBT BUS STOP.

LBT ALSO PROVIDES DIAL LIFT SERVICE, WHICH IS A LOCALLY FUNDED DEMAND RESPONSE PAIR TRANSIT SERVICE.

THE SERVICE IS A CURB TO CURB SHARED RIDE TRANSIT SERVICE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PERSONS WITH PERMANENT MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS AND AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO USE LBT FIXED BUS ROUTE.

THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO ACCESS SERVICES INCORPORATED, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMPLEMENTARY PARATRANSIT SERVICE MANDATED BY AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.

LVT ALSO OFFERS TWO TYPES OF WATER TAXIS, AS MENTIONED, THE AQUALINK AND AQUA BUSS, UM, WHICH CURRENTLY THE AQUALINK PROVIDES POINT POINT SEASONAL SERVICE BETWEEN THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC AND THE ALAMEDOS BAY LANDING.

UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR WATER TAXIS.

ANOTHER MANDATE BY THE CARB IS ALSO TO HAVE OUR HARBOR CRAFTS REACH ZERO EMISSIONS.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE WORKS OF, UM, CONVERTING THOSE VESSELS AS WE SPEAK.

LBT HAS CONTINUED SERVED AS A LEADER IN TRANSIT COMMUNITY BY INTEGRATING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

LBTS CURRENT BUS FLEET IS COMPROMISED OF 44 BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES 125 COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS CNG BUSES AND 88 GASOLINE ELECTRIC HYBRID BUSES, WHICH 40 OUT OF THOSE, OF THE 1 25 COMPRESSED BUSES WERE RETROFITTED WITH NEAR ZERO CNG ENGINES.

LBT CONTINUES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO CALIFORNIA'S CLEAN AIR INITIATIVES AND CARBS, INNOVATIVE CLEAN TRANSIT RULE THROUGH THE CONTINUED PROCUREMENT OF BATTERY ELECTRIC ZERO EMISSION BUSES.

RECENTLY, THE AGENCY PURCHASED FIVE OVER THE ROAD COACHES AND IS ANTICIPATING DELIVERY OF THE FIRST BUS IN SPRING 2024.

AS LBT CONTINUES TO BE PROGRESSIVE IN ITS EFFORTS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWS ITS BATTERY ELECTRIC BUS FLEET, THE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO GROWS.

LBT IS CURRENTLY IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF MODERNIZING THEIR FACILITIES AND BUILDING OUT ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS PROCESS IS KNOWN AS LBTS FACILITIES MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.

THE FACILITY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES SEVERAL TASKS, ONE OF THE MOST CRITICALS, INSTALLING NEW VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SOLAR POWERED AND GREEN SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT ITS B AND B FLEET CHARGING NEEDS AT LBT ONE, THE GOAL IS TO BUILD A FULLY OPERATIONAL OVERHEAD SOLAR POWERED CHARGING CANOPY SYSTEM AND A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY.

THE LBT ONE FACILITY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM WILL ALLOW LBT TO HOUSE ITS ZERO EMISSION BUS HUBS AND WILL AID IN THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH WILL BRING SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL BENEFITS TO THE CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES THAT LBT SERVES.

IN CONCLUSION, LBT IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO MAKING EVERYDAY LIFE BETTER AS EVIDENCED BY MAJOR INITIATIVES SUCH AS A PATH TO A HUNDRED PERCENT ZERO EMISSIONS BUS FLEET, AND CREATION OF THE SOLAR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

LBT CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARDS BECOMING A MORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT AGENCY.

AND SOMETHING I MEANT TO ADD, UM, IS EVERY YEAR WE CONDUCT AN ANNUAL SURVEY, AND THIS PAST SPRING IN 2022, 70% OF THE RIDERS, UH, WHO USE LBT USE IT FOR AS THEIR OWN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, UM, IMPORTANT FOR ME TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL AS, UH, THE PURPOSE OF TRIPS.

40% OF THOSE TRIPS ARE FOR WORK AND 29 FOR SCHOOL.

UM, AND JUST TO REITERATE, WE DO PROVIDE GO PASS PASSES FOR ALL OF OUR, UM, L-B-U-S-D STUDENTS, CITY COLLEGE AS WELL.

UM, AND SO THAT'S ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE INCREASE OF OUR MAJORITY OF OUR WRITERS ARE STUDENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING OUR PEAK TIMES WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IN THE FALL AND 7% USE IT FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND FOR THE HOME STRETCH, WE'RE GONNA PASS IT BACK TO ANDRE.

UM, SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO WE HEARD ALL THE AMAZING WORK OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES ARE DOING, AND ALL THESE ARE KIND OF HELPING US REACH OUR CAP ACTION ITEM GOALS.

SO WHAT WE DO AS OUR TEAM IS WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THESE GOALS AND

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THIS, UH, KIND OF KEEPING TRACK TRACK OF ALL THE AWESOME WORK THEY'RE DOING AND FINDING OUT METRICS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS AND WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE.

SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER LOOK INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION SECTION TO THE CAP, THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION, THE MAIN GOAL IS TO FIND AFFORDABLE TRANSIT, SAFE TRANSIT, UH, CARBON FREE TRANSIT, AND KIND OF CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND PROVIDE, UH, MORE OPPORTUNITY TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

CLEAN AIR IMPROVES HEALTH.

AND HOW DO WE WANNA DO THIS IS BY DECREASING OUR RE UH, RELIANCE ON MOTOR VEHICLES.

UM, IN THE PAST 15 YEARS, UM, THE STATE HAS DONE MAJOR, UM, HAS SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO DECREASE, UM, OUR, UH, RELIANCE ON PERSONAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

BUT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE DONE ALL THAT, OUR EMISSIONS HAVE RISEN, UH, THEY'RE AT THE HIGHEST POINT THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN.

SO WE ARE HOPING WITH THE SHIFT TO LOAD TO ZERO MISSION VEHICLES AND PRIORITIZING TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A MIX OF JOB SERVICE AND HOUSING, WE CAN MAKE A DENT INTO THE POSITIVE DIRECTION.

SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE NINE, UH, MAIN CAP, UH, ACTION ITEMS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION.

AND THIS, UM, WITHIN EACH ONE THERE'S SUB ACTION ITEMS AND THERE'S A TOTAL OF 52 SUB IMPLEMENTATION ACTION ITEMS, UM, THAT GO, THAT VARY FROM, UM, ALL DEPARTMENTS, UH, KIND OF COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER THAT SOME OF THE SUB ACTION ITEMS INCLUDE.

WE, UH, WORKING WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSIT.

THERE'S SHORTER ROUTES AVAILABLE, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, WE ARE HOPING TO INCREASE MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THERE'S BETTER BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, BETTER PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, WE ARE COLLABORATING AND SUPPORTING THE PORT IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO HELP THEM GET TO THEIR ZERO EMISSION GOALS.

UM, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE EV INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST GET ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CHARGE THE CARS AND GET TO WHERE THEY WANT TO.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE, UH, THE LIMITS ARE CIVIL.

UM, AND WE ALSO WANT TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT OF MIXED USE PROJECTS.

SO THERE'S, UH, GROCERY STORES, PHARMACY, RESTAURANTS, AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO ON, AS WE REACH OUR GOALS INTO THE CAP, THERE'S GONNA BE CO-BENEFITS WITH EVERYTHING.

UM, SO SOME WILL BE THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.

SO IF WE HAVE MORE, UH, WALKABILITY, MORE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, MORE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, LESS CARS WILL BE ON THE STREET.

THERE'LL BE LESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

UH, THERE'LL BE BETTER AIR QUALITY.

UM, THERE'S GONNA BE ACCESS TO JOB CENTERS.

THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE'RE HOPING, UM, EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, UM, AND HOPEFULLY MORE ECONOMIC SUCCESS AS WELL.

AND WITH EVERYTHING IN THE CAP, WE ARE WORKING WITH AN EQUITY LENS.

WE WANNA ENSURE THOSE MOST BURDENED BY THE, UH, STRESSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

UH, SEE THE BENEFITS OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS.

UH, SO SOME STRATEGIES INCLUDE, UM, IMPROVING TRENDS, SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME RIDERS.

UM, EQUITABLE INCREASE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ALSO PROVIDING DIRECT AIR QUALITY, UM, IMPROVEMENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS MOST AFFECTED BY THE EMISSIONS.

AND SO HOW ARE WE PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT THE CAP? SO HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, UH, FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO IMPLEMENT THE CAPS, SUCH AS ZONING TO FACILITATE MULTIMODAL, UH, MOBILITY, PEDESTRIAN SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UH, NEAR TRANSIT.

SO IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO TO WORK, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NEAR TRANSIT, THEY WANT TO GO TO A STORE, UH, SHOP LOCALLY.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN.

UM, AND ANOTHER ONE IS TO CONSTRUCT, UM, ROADWAYS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AND TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO TRY TO LEVERAGE MORE FUNDS TO, UM, DEVELOP, UM, MORE.

AND HERE ARE A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF WHAT, UM, OUR, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS ANTICIPATE TO, THEY'RE TRYING TO, THEY WILL REACH THESE GOALS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.

SO THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ZONE, UH, UPDATE CITYWIDE TO MEET LEGAL, UH, DEADLINES.

UM, OUR CITY FLEET IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE ACTIVE TRANSPORT CITYWIDE TO ACCELERATE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH SMALL SCALE QUICK PROJECTS, PURSUE GRANT FUNDING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND, UH, A STRONGER INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO, UM, ALL THESE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE KNOW HOW TO KEEP TRACK THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

SO HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF SOME METRICS THAT WE ARE USING TO TRACK.

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UM, THESE ARE FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.

SO THE CITY FLEET WILL, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE, THEY'RE GONNA USE PETROLEUM FUEL USE, GHE EMISSIONS, HOW MANY ELECTRIC VEHICLES WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE ROAD.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW A FEW MORE OF THESE METRICS.

SO OUR PUBLIC WORKS WILL TRACK HOW MANY, UH, VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS.

THERE ARE NUMBER OF IMPROVED CROSSWALKS, UM, PERCENTAGE OF, UH, E SCOOTER RIDERSHIP.

AND, UH, MAYBE ANOTHER ONE IS TO LOOK AT THE HOW MANY PERMITS WE ARE GETTING FOR NEW MIXED UH, USE DEVELOPMENTS.

SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS, UH, FOR US? SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, UM, AND OUR ACTION, UH, WORKING GROUPS.

UM, WE ALSO ARE PLANNING TO MEET WITH OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR EACH ACTION ITEM, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE CALLING THE CLIMATE MOBILIZATION TEAM.

WE'LL BE MEETING THEM NEXT YEAR TO SEE, UM, HOW WE CAN MAKE QUICK PROGRESS AND, UM, EFFICIENT PROGRESS.

UM, WE ARE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMS COMMITTED IN THE CAP.

WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BUILD A GHG, UM, INVENTORY, A DASHBOARD TO SHOW OUR EMISSIONS AS WE GO THROUGH TO SEE IF ALL THESE ACTIONS ARE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE.

AND FOR OUR FLAT SLIDE, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, TO MAKE AN IMPACT.

'CAUSE EVERY SMALL STEP IS, UH, IMPACT TOWARDS A POSITIVE CHANGE WITH, UH, EMISSIONS.

SO WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT, WE CAN WALK BIKE, WE CAN SHOP LOCALLY AT FARMER'S MARKETS.

WE CAN CONSIDER IF WE ARE PURCHASING A VEHICLE, MAYBE A LOWER EMISSION VEHICLE OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

UH, WE CAN JOIN, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GROUPS, AND HELP IN LOCAL TREE PLANTINGS AND CLEANUPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO CAME, UH, TO HELP PRESENT.

AND, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU CHAIR.

THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU ALL THE STAFF FOR THE, YEAH, THANK YOU ALL.

THE STAFF FROM THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION.

UM, BEFORE DISCUSSION, LET'S CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM TWO, IS ANY, UH, MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE COMMISSIONER COFFEE RE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU STAFF.

I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN AND THANK EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

I REALLY DO LIKE THIS, UM, HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT THE CITY IS TAKING TO LOOKING AT THE CAP AND MAKING SURE ALL THE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE INTEGRATED BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A MASSIVE EFFORT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO, UH, THE EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND WANTING TO UNDERSTAND IS THE CITY, OR HAVE YOU COME ACROSS THIS YET WITH ZONING ISSUES RELATED TO POTENTIAL SITES THAT YOU COULD PUT IN EV CHARGING HUBS FOR THE COMMUNITY? UM, IT WAS CHATTING WITH ONE OF THE PROVIDERS, AND THEY'RE SAYING CITY ZONING IS CONSIDERING IT AS, UM, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, WHICH APPARENTLY IS HARDER TO GET PERMITTED THAN, UH, STRAIGHT UP JUST CHARGING IN, IN A COMMUNITY.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'RE COMING ACROSS ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF ZONING CHANGES THAT MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN.

AND JUST A CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE A, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY HUB SORT OF A, A, A SHARED PARKING LOT WITH THE EV CHARGING STATIONS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? EXACTLY, YEAH.

SO FOR PUBLIC USE, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY FLEET.

GOT IT.

TO GET ACROSS THE STREET.

UH, SO I CAN SPEAK ON THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT SIDE IN TERMS OF ZONING.

SO, UM, EV CHARGING IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT, UM, TO THE EXTENT, UH, CHARGING HUBS ARE PERMITTED ON SITE.

AND WE, UM, REALLY WORK WITH APPLICANTS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A SPECIFIC TYPE OF MODEL OR VEHICLE THAT IS ABLE TO CHARGE THERE, BUT ALL TYPES OF EV CHARGING IN VEHICLES.

UM, THE CITY IS ALSO SUBJECT TO A LOT OF STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHERE, UM, A LOT OF DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IS NOT PERMITTED FOR CERTAIN CHARGING.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE DO, UM, REVIEW CERTAIN PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH ANY PREVIOUS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS IT RELATES TO PARKING, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO ENSURE, UM, SAFE CIRCULATION IN, UM, HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, UM, THAT MAY BE CREATED DUE TO, UH, EV CHARGING.

AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING JUST TO NOTE IS, UM, WHEN WE, LARRY COVERED THE EV CHARGING, UM, SLIDE FOR SOME OF THE INSTALLATIONS THAT WE DO THAT ARE PUBLIC, UM, WE DO LOOK AT THE, THE KIND OF THAT HUB MODEL OF PUTTING THEM IN PLACES WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO TRAVEL TO.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, DOING SMALLER SITES AS

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WELL.

BUT YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE QUEEN MARY, UH, THE PARKING LOTS DOWNTOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE PLACES WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AIRPORT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE KINDS OF PLACES WHERE IT'S ALREADY THAT IT'S NOT RELATED TO ZONING, BUT AS A, A MODEL FOR A HUB, PUTTING MANY OF THEM IN A SINGLE PLACE SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS, THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

AND IT'LL BE REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THESE ROLL OUT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AS WE EXPECT, RIGHT.

THE TRANSITION TO MORE EVS.

UM, ONE MORE EV QUESTION AND THEN A PORT QUESTION.

UM, FOR THE EV FUNDING YOU MENTIONED, I THINK, UM, WAS IT DOE OR DOT FUNDING THAT THE CITY IS GOING AFTER? UM, ARE YOU ALSO GOING AFTER THE, UM, WHAT WAS IT, THE NEVY GRANT? SO TO TRY AND ALIGN THE EV CHARGING HUBS ALONG THE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR, SO WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMMUTING THAT THEY COULD THEN PULL OFF AND CHARGE.

SO, UM, I'LL SPEAK TO NEVY FROM THE PORT CONTEXT.

UM, SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE NEVY PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S FOCUSED ON LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES.

UM, IT DOES NOT HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PORT, UM, ADVOCATED FOR.

UM, WE HOPED THAT, UM, THE DRAYAGE INDUSTRY WOULD BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE NEVY, UM, FUNDING, UH, COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, BUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PLAN IS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON, UH, SUPPORTING LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES.

THERE IS, UM, UH, A SMALL PORTION OF THE PLAN THAT SORT OF EMPHASIZES POTENTIAL COUSE OF, UM, CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT BOTH, UM, LIGHT DUTY VE VEHICLES AS WELL AS MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.

I THINK FROM THE PORTS PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE DON'T WANNA ENCOURAGE THAT.

YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT LARGE TRUCKS WITH CONTAINERS ON THE BACK, UM, CHARGING IN THE SAME LOCATION, UM, AS PASSENGER VEHICLES.

UM, THE NEEDS OF HEAVY DUTY DRAYAGE VEHICLES ARE DIFFERENT.

UH, THEY NEED MORE SPACE FOR PULL THROUGH CHARGING.

UM, UH, AND THERE'S JUST GENERALLY CONCERNS THAT, UM, IF YOU ENCOURAGE TRUCKS TO GO WHERE PASSENGER VEHICLES ARE CHARGING, YOU MAY BE ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO INTO COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT WE, WE DON'T WANNA SEE THAT.

WE DON'T WANNA SEE MORE TRUCKS ON THE STREETS, UM, IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.

GREAT.

AND MORGAN, AND, AND WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE, I'LL KEEP YOU UP FOR SURE.

ANY OTHER POOR QUESTION.

UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THE CLEAN TRUCK RATE WAS GOING TO BE REVIEWED AND PROPOSED AGAIN, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A PUSH FOR AN INCREASED FEE.

AND THEN I GUESS INCREASING THE ALLOCATION, RIGHT? SO MORE FUNDING CAN GO TO REPLACE THE TRUCK CONVERSION.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE THAT COMING BACK TO US NEXT YEAR.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE FUNDING FOR THE OTHER PILOT TECHNOLOGIES AT THE PORT MM-HMM.

AND FUNDS FOR, YOU KNOW, NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT CARBON SEQUESTRATION OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SHIPS ARE DOCKED THERE AT THE PORT OR SOME OF THAT OTHER TYPE OF, UM, NOT JUST EMISSION REDUCTIONS, BUT TRYING TO CAPTURE THE CARBON THAT'S THERE ON SITE.

IS THAT HAPPENING AT THE PORT? YEAH, SO I, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE DEMONSTRATIONS UNDERWAY FOR CARBON CAPTURE ON VESSELS.

UM, WE DON'T PRESENTLY HAVE A, UM, PROJECT, UM, THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM, UM, FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY.

UM, WHAT WE DO HAVE, UH, AT THE TWO PORTS, UM, AND HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN USED IS A BARGE BASED, UH, CAPTURE AND CONTROL SYSTEM.

UM, IT ESSENTIALLY COMES UP NEXT TO THE VESSEL AND IT DOES, UM, COME UP OVER THE STACKS AND IT SCRUBS EMISSIONS FROM THAT VESSEL.

IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHIP TO SHORE POWER.

UM, WE, WE, UH, HAD ONE THAT SERVICED, UH, LONG BEACH FOR SOME TIME ON THE CONTAINER VESSELS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT COMPANY, UH, NO LONGER PROVIDES THOSE SERVICES.

HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD ADOPTED AN UPDATED, UM, AT BIRTH REGULATION, WHICH WILL NOW REQUIRE CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM VESSELS WHILE THEY'RE AT BIRTH, UM, TO INCLUDE, UH, THE ROLL ON, ROLL OFF CARGO VESSELS, AS WELL AS THE TANKER VESSELS.

SO WE'RE SEEING AN EXPANSION IN THE TYPES OF VESSELS WHERE YOU NEED TO CAPTURE THOSE EMISSIONS WHILE THAT VESSEL IS AT BIRTH.

AND THAT HAS SPURRED TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT.

SO WE'RE SEEING OTHER COMPANIES COMING INTO THE MARKET TESTING THOSE TECHNOLOGIES ON THESE TYPES OF VESSELS, AND THEY NEED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

SO THAT'S A LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT IN OUR TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM TODAY, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INVESTMENT BY THE INDUSTRY TO SPUR, PARTICULARLY THOSE AT BIRTH CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES.

EXCELLENT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INFO.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, COMMISSIONER, PER THANK YOU.

IT'S ALWAYS SO ENLIGHTENING TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF IT.

IT'S GREAT.

IT'S A LOT THOUGH.

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IT IS A LOT.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UH, ONE IS, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE A COMPLIMENT FOR LONG BEACH TRANSIT.

UM, YOUR STOPS AND ZONES.

PEOPLE ARE THE BEST.

THEY REALLY ARE THE BEST.

I HAVE, UM, ONE OF THEM ON MY PHONE AND I CONTACT HIM ON A REGULAR BASIS WHEN WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE DO CLEAN STREETS.

AND SO, UM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN JUST GREAT.

AND WHEN THEY COME OUT, I MEAN, THEY SCRUB DOWN, THEY COME OUT WITH A POWER WASHER AND DO THE WHOLE NUMBER.

AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

'CAUSE THE BUS STOPS DO GET KIND OF MESSY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AS FAR AS COORDINATING WITH THE TRASH PICKUP IS A CHALLENGE FOR US.

UM, I MET WITH BARANG, A BODY WHO DOES THE GO LONG BEACH APP.

NOT TOO LONG AGO.

WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH HIM ON ZOOM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS TRYING TO CONNECT LONG BEACH TRANSIT THROUGH THE GO LONG BEACH APP.

UM, YEAH.

LONG BEACH TRANSIT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT TO YOU SOMEHOW FOR SERVICES OR A LINK SOMEHOW SO THAT WE CAN GET A SCHEDULE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE THAT, THAT APP IS SO POWERFUL, WHY NOT USE IT FOR TRANSIT AS WELL? SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND, UM, SO YOU CAN SP PASS THAT COMPLIMENT ON TO THEM.

UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS THE IMPROVEMENTS ON DEL LAMO, UH, TO CHERRY.

I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR YOU'RE GOING.

UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT.

I LIVE RIGHT THERE.

SO I LIVE JUST SOUTH, UH, BETWEEN ORANGE.

OUR TRACK IS BETWEEN ORANGE AND CHERRY, AND IT'S PRETTY TORN UP OVER THERE.

UM, I RIDE A TRIKE AND I CANNOT RIDE IN THE BIKE LANE AT ALL.

UM, IT KIND OF STOPS AT ORANGE AND THEN IT DOESN'T PICK UP AGAIN.

AND IT GETS REALLY TREACHEROUS IF YOU TRY TO GO ANY FARTHER.

SO I'M WONDERING, IS THERE SOMEPLACE I CAN LOOK? CAN YOU SEND ME TO A LINK WHERE I CAN LOOK AT THE PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED.

WE HAVE UPPITY SIDEWALKS, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT.

UM, WE HAVE A PRETTY GNARLY SETBACK BEHIND THE HOMES.

IT'S WIDE IN SOME PLACES AND NARROW IN OTHERS, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BECOME A SIDEWALK.

IS CAN YOU HELP , YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPEAKING, UM, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE LAMO EAST OF ORANGE? YES.

YEAH.

UM, SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS AT THE MOMENT.

UH, AND I, AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE REPAVING SCHEDULE TO KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING TO REPAVE THAT STREET.

UM, IF IT IS ON THE REPAVING SCHEDULE, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TRY TO MIMIC WHAT WE HAD DONE.

UM, WEST OF ORANGE.

UM, WE DO HAVE A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED TO GO, UM, WEST OF ATLANTIC, BUT THAT WOULDN'T HELP YOU TOO MUCH, UH, EAST OF CHERRY.

UM, I CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU, UM, MAYBE WE CAN CONNECT THROUGH EMAIL OR SOMETHING OR I, I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN PROVIDE THE CONTACT.

AND I CAN DIG UP SOME MORE INFORMATION AND PROVIDE YOU WITH A BETTER ANSWER.

I TALKED TO PAUL VAN D**E ABOUT THE ORANGE PROJECT BECAUSE, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CROSSWALKS, DOES THAT COME UNDER, UNDER YOUR PURVIEW OR NO, IT WOULD.

YEAH.

UM, BECAUSE WE, WE ARE VERY DISCONNECTED.

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE VERY, AND WE TALK ABOUT WALKABILITY.

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE VERY DISCONNECTED WHERE I LIVE.

UM, WHEREAS IF I GO INTO THE THIRD DISTRICT, I'M SEEING CROSSWALKS EVERYWHERE THAT ARE CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE CANNOT CROSS ORANGE.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO DEL LAMO OR YOU HAVE TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO.

THERE'S NOTHING IN BETWEEN RIGHT THERE.

AND WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET, BARTON ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS LARGELY SERVED BY OUR HOUSING TRACK.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE, THERE'S NOTHING ACROSS SAN ANTONIO.

YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO CHERRY OR ALL THE WAY TO ORANGE TO BE ABLE TO CROSS ANYWHERE.

WHEREAS IF YOU GO NORTH, I MEAN, IF YOU GO EAST ON SAN ANTONIO, IT'S A DIAGONAL, SO IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.

BUT IF YOU GO EAST THERE, IF YOU GET TO ATLANTIC, THERE'S CROSSWALKS EVERYWHERE.

AND THEN NOT EVEN TWO BLOCKS LATER, THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

SO, UM, I JUST WANNA PUT IN A PLUG FOR, UH, THE NORTH SIDE OF LONG BEACH, BECAUSE WE WANT THAT WALKABILITY.

WE WANT THAT WALKABILITY.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S SCARY.

IT'S SCARY TO CROSS THE STREET.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN THAT ARE, THAT ARE CROSSING, JUST TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL.

SO, UM, SO YEAH.

SO MORE CROSSWALKS, SO WE COME TO YOU.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

UM, THAT WOULD BE, UM, MY TEAM.

AND THEN, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH PAUL AS WELL, SO IT'S GOOD THAT HE'S AWARE, UM, AS OUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

UM, YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK, MAYBE INITIATE SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES, UM, TO, TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, BETTER IMPROVE THE WALKABILITY IN THE AREA.

YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, IT'S, THAT'S A LONG DISTANCE.

IT'S A REALLY LONG DISTANCE TO TRAVEL

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AND ORANGE AVENUE, THEY FLY ON THAT STREET JUST LIKE THEY DO ON SAN ANTONIO.

THERE'S, THEY'RE DRIVING WITH NO ABANDON.

SO, UM, YEAH, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO JUST IMPROVE SAFETY IN GENERAL.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME STOP SIGNS TOO THAT ARE LIT OR, UH, UM, CAUTION SIGNS I SUPPOSE WOULD EVEN WORK.

BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.

THEY'RE UNDERGOING THAT PROCESS CURRENTLY.

YEAH, NO, THANK YOU.

THANKS.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

COMMISSIONER RO UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THE PRESENTERS.

UM, I LOVE HOW MUCH I'M ABLE TO LEARN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THE, UH, ALL THE SUSTAINABLE THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY.

UH, MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE PORT AND, UM, THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, UM, ARE THE, UH, THERE'S THE VISITING SHIP TRAFFIC EMISSIONS, UM, WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS BEING INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY, BUT, UM, IS IT ONLY BEING MEASURED FROM WHEN THEY'RE DOCKED OR IS THERE SOME DISTANCE OFF THE, THE COAST? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW FAR THE CITY LIMITS EXTEND OFF.

UH, SO, UM, THE EMISSIONS INVENTORY THAT WE CONDUCT, UM, COVERS THE OVER WATER BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BASIN.

SO WE'RE COVERING, UM, THE SOUTH COAST BASIN, UM, GENERALLY, UM, WITH TRUCKS, WE GO OUT TO THE FIRST POINT OF REST FOR THAT CONTAINER.

WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPS, IT'S WITHIN, UM, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S PURVIEW.

UM, THAT IS A LITTLE OVER, UM, 40 NAUTICAL MILES, UM, FROM, UH, THE PORT, UM, BIRTHS.

SO IT, IT DOES NOT COVER THE ENTIRE TRANSIT ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

UM, IT'S FOCUSED MORE ON, UM, UH, LOCALIZED IMPACTS, UM, IN THE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHIPS, UM, THAT SPECIFICALLY CALL LONG BEACH.

SO THE OTHER SORT OF NUANCE TO THE INVENTORY IS WE DON'T, UM, ACCOUNT FOR EMISSIONS FROM SHIPS THAT ARE JUST PASSING BY AND MAYBE GOING TO OTHER SEA PORTS.

WE ACCOUNT FOR SHIPS THAT ARE COMING DIRECTLY TO LONG BEACH.

I RECALL A PRESENTATION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS EITHER LONG BEACH TRANSIT OR FLEET, AND THERE WAS A PLAN TO START IMPLEMENTING HYDROGEN INTO, UM, THE SYSTEM.

AND I WONDER IF EITHER OF YOU, WHOEVER RECALLS IT, COULD ADDRESS WHAT HAS CHANGED, UM, AND WHY THAT IS NO LONGER SHOWN OR BEING CONSIDERED.

I'VE BEEN WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT, SO A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR, SO I'M STILL LEARNING A LOT.

AND I DO REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION 'CAUSE IT COMES UP OFTEN.

UM, AND SO ONE OF THE ANSWERS I'VE HEARD FROM OUR CEO IS THAT WE WERE SORT OF THE LEADERS WHEN IT CAME TO ZERO EMISSION BUSES.

AND SO WE'RE KIND OF TAKING THE BACK SEAT TO LEARN FROM OUR COUNTERPARTS FROM OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT ARE ENTERING INTO THE HYDROGEN PROCESS.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, UP IN FOOTHILL, UH, TRANSIT.

AND SO WE WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN FROM THEM.

UM, I KNOW ALSO THE PART OF LONG BEACH IS GONNA BE TAKING ON A BIG HYDROGEN PROJECT.

SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY TO SEE HOW WE COULD HAVE A FUTURE CONVERSATION ABOUT HYDROGEN.

SO THAT'S AS MUCH AS I CAN PROVIDE, THANK FOR ASKING.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE JUST ONE MORE QUESTION AND IT'S FOR THE PORT.

I, I UNDERSTAND TWO YEARS AGO THE PORTS STARTED, UM, WORKING 24 7 24, YEAH.

24 7 IS ARE YOU STILL WORKING ALL DAY LONG? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE AT THIS TIME WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, OPERATING 24 7.

I KNOW OUR, UM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, UM, FROM THE CONTEXT OF SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY AND TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OFF PEAK HOURS, UM, TO MOVE CARGO AND HELP EASE CONGESTION DURING PEAK HOURS WHEN OTHER FOLKS ARE, UM, ON THE ROAD.

UM, AT THIS TIME, UM, IN 2023, WE ARE NO LONGER SEEING THE RECORD VOLUMES THAT WE WERE SEEING IN 2021.

UM, SO WE ARE, UH, NOT SEEING, UM, AT THE MARINE TERMINAL SORT OF THESE EXTRA SHIFTS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THE CARGO.

UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOWER VOLUME YEAR NOW.

I NOTICED THAT

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THERE IS A BIG MOVEMENT OF RECEIVING GOODS THAT ARE NOT COMING THROUGH THE PORT.

I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE OR CORPORATION IN CHINA OR IN OTHER AREAS, THEY ARE SENDING THE GOODS THROUGH, THROUGH AIR.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS, HAS BEEN AFFECTED THE POOR IN SOME WAY.

UM, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I JUST NOTICE IT THAT IT'S THE PEOPLE, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I READ MM-HMM THAT THE, THIS CORPORATION ARE TRYING TO AVOID ALL THE CHARGES AND ALL THE TIME.

AND THEY USING AIR TO BRING ITEMS NOT ONLY HERE, BUT AT DIFFERENT PLACES.

MM-HMM.

, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A DOUBT, UM, IT'S BECOMING MORE COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF, UM, WHERE DO WE SEE CARGO, UM, ENTERING THE UNITED STATES, UM, WHETHER IT'S TAKING A HARDER LOOK AT, UM, AIR, UM, AS A MECHANISM TO BRING, UM, GOODS INTO THE US, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN SEAPORTS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

UM, SO IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE COMPETITIVE THAN IT IS TODAY.

UM, THE, THE, THE US GOVERNMENT, UM, THROUGH THEIR DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS ARE INVESTING IN MODERN MODERNIZATION OF OTHER PORTS, UM, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE EAST COAST, UM, INLAND PORTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS TODAY ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE WE SEEN IN TERMS OF SHIFTS TO, UM, USING, UM, AIR AS A MECHANISM TO GET, UM, GOODS INTO THE UNITED STATES.

BUT I COULD SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMPETITION IS STEEP.

AND, UM, WHAT I HEAR FROM SHIPPING LINES IN PARTICULAR IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT, UM, CALIFORNIA IS AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO SHIP GOODS INTO AS A RESULT OF THE, THE MANY REGULATIONS HERE.

UM, BUT SORT OF THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT IS, IF A COMPANY IS LOOKING AT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, SORT OF PROGRAMS OR GOALS, UM, FOR DECARBONIZATION, WE'RE ALSO ONE OF THE BEST PLACES, UM, TO SHIP YOUR GOODS TOO.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, AS SUPPORT OF LONG BEACH, WHILE CARGO THROUGHPUT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, IT'S NOT EVERYTHING.

UM, UH, IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, UM, A PLAN AND THAT WE'RE REDUCING OUR IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

WELL, I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES OUR, OUR, UM, WHAT IS IT? OUR PRESENTATION, AND I GUESS THIS IS THE TIME TO CALL FOR THE VOTE COMMISSIONER, DILLON COMMISSIONER, DO YOU SEE IT ON YOURS? AND COMMISSIONER WHEELER? DO YOU ALSO NOT SEE IT READ FOR? OKAY.

IF WE CAN GET A VERBAL FROM COMMISSIONER WHEELER.

UH, MOTION CARRIES.

AND FILE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES FROM THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.

DO WE HAVE ANY, NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, RIGHT? SO BEFORE THAT, WE DO HAVE A LAST ITEM, AND THAT'S FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES.

SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE

[3. 23-51435 Recommendation to receive and file announcements and resources from the Office of Climate Action and Sustainability. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, WE HAVE A, A BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION AS WE DO JUST TO COVER A, A, A FEW, UH, THINGS HERE THAT WE WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO OUR NOVEMBER RECAP, UH, SHARE WITH YOU SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, AND UPDATES, AND HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN WE ALWAYS LEAVE YOU WITH SOME RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING.

SO, LARRY'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NOVEMBER RECAP OF THE EVENTS THAT OUR STAFF HAVE HELD.

SO IN THE MONTH OF, UH, NOVEMBER, THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO, I BELIEVE, HOLIDAY WREATH WORKSHOPS, UM, ONE AT ALAMEDAS LIBRARY, THE OTHER, I THINK AT OBAMA LIBRARY.

UM, THESE ARE, UH, POPULAR THINGS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

UM, THEY FEATURE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STAFFED BY OUR FIELD CREW, UM, AND FEATURE WREATH MAKING ACTIVITIES, UH, RELATED TO, UM, USING, UH, NATURAL MATERIALS, BUT ALSO NON-NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE AT WILLOW SPRINGS, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE GREAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PLANTS THAT WE'RE GROWING.

WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.

AND, AND SOME OF THEM, FOR EXAMPLE,

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THE TOYON HAVE BEEN USED IN, IN HOLIDAY STUFF IN THE PAST.

WE DON'T ENCOURAGE THE HARVESTING OF, OF THAT SORT OF MATERIAL FROM, FROM PUBLIC SPACES.

BUT WE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BECOME AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE PLANTS AND MAKE USE OF THINGS LIKE, UM, PERUVIAN PEPPER TREES, WHICH GROW ALL AROUND LONG BEACH AND ALSO HAVE RED BERRIES.

SO THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE WELL ATTENDED EVENTS WHERE WE KINDA THROUGH A HOLIDAY WREATH ACTIVITY, ALSO COMMUNICATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE PLANTS.

AND THEN, UM, ALSO IN NOVEMBER IS OUR, YOU KNOW, ONGOING MONTHLY RESTORATION FRIDAY.

THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THAT DAY ON THE SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, UH, WHERE WE HAD 25 PARTICIPANTS, WHICH IS THE MOST PARTICIPATION WE'VE HAD IN SOME TIME.

WE BELIEVE IT'S DUE TO, UM, THE EFFORTS OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS, UH, DOING, UM, CUSTOM REELS, UH, TO, TO BE ON, UM, INSTAGRAM, UH, YOU KNOW, DRAWING MORE ATTENTION.

THEY GET A LOT OF OF VIEWS, BUT IT MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN IN COMBINATION WITH THE FACT THAT THAT FRIDAY, UH, WAS THE VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY THAT WE AS THE CITY DIDN'T GET OFF.

SO WE WERE WORKING, BUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE PERHAPS AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT DAY.

SO BOTH, WELL, THIS IS A RECAP, BUT EACH OF THESE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING AGAIN THIS MONTH.

UM, WE'RE HAVING A RESTORATION FRIDAY AGAIN AT WILLOW SPRINGS ON, YEAH, HERE WE GO ON, UH, THIS FRIDAY.

AND THEN A, UH, WINTER SOLSTICE WREATH WORKSHOP ON DECEMBER 16TH.

SO THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY.

UM, THAT ONE, RATHER THAN BEING AT A LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE AT WILLOW SPRINGS.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONGOING OFFER OF, UH, FREE HOLIDAY TREE CYCLING, UH, THAT'S PUT ON BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU FROM THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS ON THROUGH JANUARY 12TH, WHICH INCLUDES DROP OFF LOCATIONS, BUT ALSO CURBSIDE PICKUP.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE MANY OF THESE, UM, UH, UPCOMING EVENTS AND INFORMATION IN THE RECENTLY RELEASED, UH, SUSTAINABILITY NEWSLETTER.

SO THAT GOES OUT TO, UH, OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY EARLY ON WAS, UH, THIS TASK OF OUR OFFICE, UM, SEE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GRANT SEEKING.

UM, AND SO IDENTIFYING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, ACROSS OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, FOR THINGS THAT WOULD PRESENT THEMSELVES IN THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

UM, SO ONE OF THE RECENT, UH, GRANTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED IS FROM THE US FOREST SERVICE.

IT'S PART OF THEIR URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM, UM, WHICH WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON INCREASING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO, TO TREE CANOPY AND ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAT COME FROM, UM, TREES AND SHADE AND AIR QUALITY, UH, PARTICULARLY FOCUSED AROUND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

UM, SO THIS WAS AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE FEDERAL INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022.

UM, AND THIS IS REALLY, UH, FOR US, UH, OUR PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON, UM, UH, THIS MULTI-BENEFIT PROGRAM OF PLANTING TREES, UH, TO ENHANCE THE URBAN FOREST COVER AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, UH, MITIGATE EXTREME HEAT, AND WITH A VERY SPECIFIC FOCUS ON NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL LONG BEACH.

UM, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE LOS ANGELES RIVER, THE SEVEN, 10 AND 91 FREEWAYS, UM, REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE AREAS THAT, THAT IN THE PAST, UH, HAVE NOT, UM, UH, RECEIVED SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS AND HAVE DIS BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED.

UM, SO, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE RECENTLY AWARDED.

WE AWARDED A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, FOR THIS.

AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BEGIN, UM, IMPLEMENTING, UH, NEXT YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING THE GRANT FUNDS.

SO AS WE ARE SUCCESSFUL, UH, WITH THESE GRANTS, WE WILL BE, UH, JUST PROVIDING THOSE UPDATES TO YOU HERE.

AND THEN JUST A REMINDER FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, THIS WILL OCCUR ON JANUARY 25TH, 2024.

UM, AND FOR THIS MEETING, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR COMMISSION RETREAT AND WE FOCUS ON OUR YEAR-END REVIEW.

UM, AND SO WE WILL HAVE OUR ACTIVITIES FOR YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION SOMEWHERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, PARTICULARLY AT A PLACE, UH, THAT, UH, SORT OF ALIGNS WITH THE VALUES OF THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

UM, SO WE'LL BE UPDATING YOU ON, UH, A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN, UH, CIVIC CHAMBERS.

UM, BUT THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN CIVIC, UH, IN, IN CHAMBER FOR SOME OF OUR FUTURE MEETINGS.

UH, AND THE TOPICS HERE THAT WE STILL HAVE, HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, TO COVER ALL OF THE TOPICS IN THE CAP.

UM, SO, UH, BE ON THE LOOKOUT, UH, FOR YOUR REMINDER.

AND, UH, THE CALL FOR QUORUM, UH, FROM LAURA ON OUR TEAM, UH, THAT REALLY HELPS US PLAN FOR, UH, THE NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS, UH, WHO WILL BE PRESENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THESE ARE ALL LINKED IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

UH, BUT THESE ARE A LOT OF THE PLANS THAT MANY OF OUR STAFF TALKED ABOUT TODAY FROM OUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, OUR PEDESTRIAN PLAN, SO THE PORT CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN, UM,

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THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT ZERO EMISSION BUS ROLLOUT PLAN.

UH, THESE ARE ALL THINGS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN MORE DEPTH, UH, HERE.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO JOIN IN.

SO YOUR ACTIVITY, UH, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE IT, UH, FOR THE DECEMBER, UH, MONTH IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT A CITY AND AND CITY PARTNERS PROVIDE RELATED TO, UH, WALKING, BIKING, TRANSIT.

SO WE HAVE, UM, WALK LONG BEACH, WHO PROVIDES THE LONG BEACH WALKING LOOPS MAPS.

WE HAVE A TOUR LBC APP, UM, THAT HAS INDIVIDUALIZED WALKING TOURS, LONG BEACH HERITAGE PROVIDES, UH, WALKING TOURS OF LOCAL HISTORY.

UM, YOU CAN RIDE THE CIRCUIT, UM, WHICH IS OUR ECO-FRIENDLY, UM, SHUTTLE THAT PROVIDES RIDES IN DOWNTOWN AND IN BELMONT SHORE.

UM, IF YOU'RE IN THE, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT VERY CONVENIENT TO HELP YOU GET AROUND FOR SHOPPING, UH, AT LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, BIXBY KNOWLES, UH, BUSINESS ASSOCIATION DOES CRITICAL MASS, UH, SO THE FAMILY FRIENDLY BIKE RIDE, UM, THAT THEY OFFER, UH, USUALLY AROUND ONCE A MONTH.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A GROUP, UH, UH, LOCAL BIKE RIDES THAT HA A PAGE THAT LISTS ALL OF THE BIKE RIDES LED BY LOCAL GROUPS, UH, HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO PUR YOU DEFINITELY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, SINCE WE'RE IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO WALK, BIKE, SCOOTER, OR BUS TO SOME OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES.

UM, SO THE RECENT ONE THAT WAS LAST WEEK WAS OUR A DOWNTOWN TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, JUST HAD THE BELMONT SHORE CHRISTMAS PARADE.

YOU HAVE DAISY LANE CHRISTMAS PARADE COMING UP.

UH, THERE'S A WHOVILLE WINTER, UH, FAMILY FEST AT SILVERADO PARK.

THE NAPLES BOAT PARADE.

UM, AND THERE'S, UH, SOME THINGS HAPPENING, UH, IN LINCOLN PARK, BOTH A FREE GAME NIGHT AND A FREE GRINCH MOVIE NIGHT.

SO, UM, DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN SOME OF OUR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO WALK, BIKE, SCOOTER, OR BUS.

UH, AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TODAY.

UH, AND WE'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE CHAIR.

I GUESS THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE, TO CALL FOR A MOTION FOR ADJOURN, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.

UH, FIRST GET FIRST FROM GONZALEZ AND A SECOND FROM KUNI.

HIRO, I'M JUST GONNA CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

OKAY? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.

WE CAN MOVE TO THE VOTE IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT STEP, WE HAVE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]

SEEING NONE.

THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.

YEAH, WE CAN MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS IF THERE'S ANY FROM THE COMMISSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

I HAVE ONE.

WE ARE GONNA HAVE THIS SATURDAY, UM, FROM 10 TO FOUR, WE'RE GONNA START PAINTING A MURAL AT THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NEW SATELLITE, UM, OFFICES IN THAT SOUTH AND ATLANTIC.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO COME OVER, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

FROM, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE THERE FROM 10 TO FOUR, SO ANYTIME.

AND WE HAVE, UH, TICKETS FOR THE ENTRANCE OR TAMAL FESTIVAL.

IF YOU WANT SOME THREE TICKETS, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW.

NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OKAY, NOW WE CAN MOVE TO ADJOURN.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OKAY.