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VICE MAYOR, YOU READY? YES, SIR.
I'M, UH, OKAY, LET'S, UH, GET THE SHOW ROLLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, VICE CHAIR ALLEN.
BEFORE WE START, UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS? DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL AGENDA ITEM ONE FIRST? YES.
WHY DON'T ME TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? YES.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
GO AHEAD AND DO A REGULAR AGENDA.
ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD TUESDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2020.
SORRY, I'M MY COMPUTER'S A LITTLE LAGGY.
IS THERE A REPORT ON THIS OR A DISCUSSION? NO.
CAN WE GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU.
THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY'S 2024 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
GATHER INPUT FROM THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
I'M WAITING FOR IT TO COME UP, SO THERE WE GO.
UH, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, UH, ANY SNAP REPORT, PLEASE.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROPOSED, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK THAT THEN WE CAN, UH, SHARE WITH THE FULL CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR.
AND AS YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE, UM, GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, BUT THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SINCE, UH, WE DID COMBINE BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS TO COMBINE OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS WELL.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OVERLAP, UM, IN THE PRIORITIES ACROSS BOTH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY EFFORTS.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IN THIS DRAFT AGENDA IS TO REMOVE ANY OF THAT DUPLICATION, UM, ACROSS THOSE TWO AGENDAS, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE ALL OF THE, UH, LANGUAGE THAT WAS ALREADY IN BOTH AGENDAS, UM, WHILE ALSO AGAIN, UH, REMOVING ANY DUPLICATION.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY CHANGES, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AGAIN, IS TO CONSOLIDATE, UM, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ACROSS STATE, UH, FEDERAL, AND THEN OF COURSE, REGIONAL AND COUNTY ADVOCACY, WE HAVE A SINGLE PLATFORM, UH, THAT HELPS US TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE KEY PRIORITIES ARE OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO NOTE BEFORE GETTING INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS.
UM, ACTUAL ITEMS WITHIN THE AGENDA IS THAT WE TRY TO, EACH YEAR, OF COURSE, INCORPORATE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL, UM, ACTION ITEMS THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RECOMMENDATIONS ON A VARIETY OF EITHER COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL, UM, MOTIONS.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, AND GET FEEDBACK FROM STAFF DEPARTMENTS ON WHAT ARE THE KEY PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS COMING YEAR.
UH, SO WE HAVE TRIED TO INCORPORATE SOME OF OUR, UM, ELEMENTS OF OUR 2030 STRATEGIC VISION, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, ELEVATE OR, OR, SORRY, SUPPORT OUR ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS, A VARIETY OF, UM, KEY PRIORITIES WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE IN THIS, UH, UPDATE TO THE AGENDA.
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SO, UM, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THOSE KEY UPDATES AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AS WELL.UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE FORMATTING, UM, AND SORT OF THE LAYOUT OF THE AGENDA, A LOT OF THIS, UH, YEAR'S PRIORITIES WE, UM, ARE INCORPORATING IN, IN THE FOCUS STATEMENTS AREA, SO, OR SECTION OF THE AGENDA.
SO THIS IS WHAT ARE THOSE KEY PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS COMING YEAR, UM, AND LIFTING UP THROUGH OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, SOME PROPOSALS TO ADD, UM, SUPPORT FOR KEY PROGRAMS LIKE LONG BEACH HOUSING PROMISE, UM, ALSO OUR GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
AND, UH, THE WEST SIDE PROMISE AS KEY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IS, IS REFLECTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND OUR ADVOCACY THROUGH BOTH FUNDING AND LEGISLATIVE NEEDS FOR SOME OF THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, AGAIN, UM, LIFTED UP OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS ALSO IN THE FOCUS STATEMENT, UH, SUPPORTING OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THEIR EFFORTS.
SO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, NEEDS IN LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS KEY PROGRAMS LIKE THE BLACK INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM THAT, UH, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED, UH, ENOUGH RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT, UH, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME KEY AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND UPLIFTING THOSE NEEDS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE, UH, FOR FUNDING THOSE KEY PROGRAMS. UH, THERE'S ALSO AN ITEM IN HERE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT TECHNICAL, UM, BUT IT'S TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME THRESHOLD FOR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORT.
SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS AND CHALLENGES AROUND, UM, SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, THROUGH A JPA AND PUBLICLY OWNED.
THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP ABOUT, UM, WHETHER TENANTS IN THOSE PROJECTS, LIKE THE OCEAN AIR, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND THEN OF COURSE IN OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHETHER THEY WOULD PAY, UM, PROPERTY TAX.
AND, UM, PART OF OUR, UH, EFFORT HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO, LIKE THE OCEAN AIR AND THEN ALSO THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT, UM, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT LOWER INCOME, UM, TENANTS FROM HAVING TO PAY THOSE UNEXPECTED PROPERTY TAX BILLS.
UH, SO THAT'S AN ITEM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
WE WANTED TO CODIFY ALSO IN THE AGENDA.
UM, AND THEN LAST IN THIS SECTION IS AROUND, UM, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT LOITERING WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION, UM, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SO THIS IS AN AREA WE'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT, UM, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH LONG BEACH, UH, FROM OUR PD PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AT THE STATE LEVEL AROUND WAYS TO, UM, ADDRESS, UH, TARGETING AND DISCRIMINATION IN, UH, THE POLICING OF, UM, PROSTITUTION, PROSTITUTION AND LOITERING.
UM, HOWEVER THAT HAS HAD SOME, UM, IMPACTS TO NOT ONLY LONG BEACH, BUT OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE, UH, ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR OTHER, UM, LARGER CITIES THAT ARE ALSO, UM, KIND OF IMPACTED BY THIS LEGISLATIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, UM, ALSO AN INFRASTRUCTURE SECTION IN THIS YEAR'S PRIORITIES AGAIN.
UM, THERE'S AN INTEREST IN HOW CAN WE, UH, SUPPORT OUR ELEVATE 28 AND OUR PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A KEY FOCUS FOR US.
AND ALSO, UM, HAS BEEN, HAS LANDED I THINK REALLY WELL WITH OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OTHERS.
UH, THEY'RE VERY KEEN ON SUPPORTING US.
UM, OF COURSE, WE GOT $30 MILLION FOR OUR, UH, SHORELINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT PROJECT.
AND A LOT OF THE NARRATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IS THAT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS LIKE SHOEMAKER, SHORELINE, OTHERS, UH, ALONG THE WATER, UH, OCEAN FRONT THAT ARE GONNA BE CRITICAL FOR OUR OLYMPICS.
UH, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ELEVATE THAT, UM, IN OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS AS WELL.
UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME INTEREST, OF COURSE, FROM THE PORT IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THEIR PEER WIND PROJECT.
SO, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS TO NOT ONLY PURE WIND AND ADVOCATING, UH, SUPPORTING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THERE, UM, BUT ALSO THEIR EFFORTS TO TRANSITION TO ZERO EMISSIONS, UM, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME ITEMS IN THERE TRYING TO, UH, AGAIN, UPLIFT SOME OF THOSE KEY PROJECTS FOR THE PORT.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER SECTIONS, UM, YOU'LL SEE OF COURSE, SORT OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE RATIONALE
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FOR WHAT THE, WHERE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FROM.AND ONE OF THEM IN THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY SECTION, UM, REALLY CAME FROM A COUNCIL ACTION TO LOOK AT AND RESEARCH THE ISSUE OF UPSTREAM PREVENTION OF SEWAGE SPILLS THAT, OF COURSE, FLOW DOWN THE RIVERS AND IMPACT OUR, UH, OCEAN FRONTS.
SO AS PART OF THAT RESEARCH EFFORT, WE REALLY FOUND THAT THERE'S A NEED TO DO MORE REGIONAL ADVOCACY.
WE HAVE VERY STRONG, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT SEWAGE SPILLS IN LONG BEACH.
UM, BUT IT, IT IS MUCH MORE OF AN ADVOCACY NEED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS IS UP TO PAR AS WELL, AND THAT WE CAN PREVENT SOME OF THOSE UPSTREAM, UH, SPILLS.
SO THAT IS A, ANOTHER KEY FOCUS OF OURS IS CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN THOSE REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR THOSE RESOURCES.
UM, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN HERE, OF COURSE, TO SUPPORT OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION EFFORTS AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS PARTIALLY JUST ALREADY A CITY PRIORITY, BUT ALSO IN PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TECHNOLOGY EQUIPPED AND ENABLED PARKS AND LIBRARIES, OPEN PUBLIC SPACES THAT, UM, NEED THE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO, UH, VISITORS AS WE MOVE INTO THE OLYMPICS.
UM, AND IN THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY SECTION, THERE IS, UM, AN ITEM RELATED TO OPPOSING, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WOULD, UH, LIMIT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE OUR, UM, PARKING ORDINANCES.
SO THIS HAS, UH, BEEN AN ONGOING KIND OF TUG OF WAR, UH, IN A WAY BETWEEN THE STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES AROUND, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER PRIOR PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE LOCAL CONTROL TO OVERSEE SORT OF OUR PARKING ORDINANCES AND PRIORITIES.
UM, AND THE SECOND ONE IN THAT SECTION IS, UH, RELATED TO A SIDEWALK VENDING, WHICH OF COURSE IS IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN TONIGHT.
UH, BUT AS PART OF THAT COUNCIL REQUESTED, UM, THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITH THE STATE IN PARTICULAR, TO HELP TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM.
UM, KNOWING THAT WE, UM, ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUR HEALTH, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS, WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THAT TO A SPECIFIC, A CERTAIN LEVEL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS RESOURCES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, ALONGSIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, UM, IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION, UH, WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND EXPAND SOME OF THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO, UH, SUPPORT FOR NEGOTIATING DRUG PRICES.
THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT LEAST.
UM, AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO NOTE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE P PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION.
UM, AND THERE IS THIS A LOT OF MOVING AROUND OF SOME OF THE, UH, EXISTING LANGUAGE, UH, AND CONSOLIDATION.
SO IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION, UM, IS ULTIMATELY PD IS TRYING, AND ALSO WITH OUR DISASTER PREP FIRE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, ALL LOOKING AT THIS PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE THAT SECTION, UM, WHILE ALSO, UM, LIFTING UP SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITIES OF THE, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND ALSO THE, AT THE STATE LEVEL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND ADDRESSING, UH, RETAIL THEFT AND, UM, ORGANIZED CRIME.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS COMING YEAR AND SEE HOW IT ALIGNS WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND, AND SOME OF THE KEY CHALLENGES, UH, THAT NOT ONLY LONG BEACH, BUT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE FACING AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTION, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S, UH, OF COURSE SOME HIGH LEVEL, UM, ITEMS RELATED TO DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY, OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION INITIATIVE, UM, WIFI AND, UH, ADDITIONAL KIND OF TECHNOLOGY THAT'S NEEDED IN PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS.
AND THEN THEY ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UH, PUT IN A SPECIFIC CYBERSECURITY SECTION.
SO BEFORE WE HAD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ITEMS RELATED TO CYBERSECURITY, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, OF COURSE, UPLIFT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT THOSE CYBERSECURITY PRIORITIES AND NEEDS ARE RELATED TO RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN VERY LAST, UM, IS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SECTION, UM, IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UM, ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MICRO MOBILITY PROGRAMS AS ANOTHER KEY PRIORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO WITH THAT, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST, UH, STAFF'S INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER GETTING INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND TRYING TO REFLECT THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES OVER THE LAST YEAR.
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FEEDBACK.AND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE? SORRY, MY MAYOR, ALLEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? YES, I DO.
UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY TYLER, THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR THAT, UH, SUPPORT.
I MEAN, UH, THAT REPORT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE SUPPORT ALL THE KEY PROGRAMS IN THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, BOTH, UM, THE FUNDING AND OF COURSE, UM, THE ADVOCACY, UM, THE POM PROJECT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I KNOW, TO ME AND, AND, UM, AND A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, IN, IN DISTRICT TWO.
SO I'M SO GLAD THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS ON THERE.
AND THEN, UM, JUST THE, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY OUTREACH THAT WE CAN DO FOR MENTAL HEALTH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET ASKED THE MOST IS ON MENTAL HEALTH, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHAT CAN WE DO MORE? AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY WATCHING, UM, WHAT WE DO CLOSELY ON THAT.
SO I WAS REALLY, UM, THRILLED TO SEE, TO SEE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, JUST MORE ADVOCACY ON THESE WATERWAYS AND SPILLS AND, UM, I JUST FELT LIKE THE, IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER, UM, WHETHER IT'S SPILLS OR TRASH.
AND SO TO HAVE THAT ON THERE, UM, WA WAS, WAS GREAT.
UM, THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, WHEN I WAS READING ABOUT THE PR UH, PARKING PRIORITIES, IT'S KIND OF SCARY TO EVEN THINK THAT THE STATE WOULD EVER HAVE CONTROL OVER PARKING IN A LOCAL DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE TO REALLY WATCH THAT VERY CAREFULLY, UM, BECAUSE IN LONG BEACH WE ARE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT THREE, WE'RE REALLY PARKING IMPACTED AND WE HAVE SPECIFIC NEEDS.
SO I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA BE WATCHING THAT, UM, VERY CLOSELY.
UM, SO I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, SO ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORT, UM, UH, THE, UM, I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TENANTS GETTING HIT WITH A TAX BILL.
I THINK THAT WAS QUITE SHOCKING TO KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, OR, OR IT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN IN OUR CITY.
HAS THAT HAPPENED ANYWHERE ELSE BESIDES OCEAN AIR THAT YOU, TO YOUR BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE? YEAH, SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, STATEWIDE IN TERMS OF IMPACTING THE, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME OF THE PROGRAM, BUT BASICALLY STATE LEGISLATION EN ENABLED, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO ENTER INTO A JPA TO BE ABLE TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY HAVE PUBLICLY OWNED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IN, IN THE CASE OF THE OCEAN AIR AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL THAT HAVE SIMILAR PROJECTS, UM, IT WOULD BE THE SAME TAX IMPLE IMPLICATIONS.
UM, SO YEAH, IT WOULDN'T JUST BE LONG BEACH THAT'S IMPACTED.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE MAIN PROJECT, OF COURSE, THAT'S IN EXISTENCE FOR US THAT, UM, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND, UM, I WILL SAY ON THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWENTHAL.
HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.
AND SENATOR RUBIO LAST YEAR HAD A BILL THAT WE SUPPORTED, UM, THAT ULTIMATELY WOULD CARVE OUT THE TAX, UH, BILL FOR RESIDENTS UP TO 80% A MI.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT 80 TO ONE 20% A MI AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME SUPPORT AND DON'T GET THOSE SORT OF SURPRISE TAX BILLS.
SO, UM, IT IS AN ISSUE STATEWIDE, UM, BUT ONE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY PLUGGED IN ON AND, AND WORKING ON.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH, UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ELEVATE 28 AND, AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
I JUST, ONE, JUST, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID ASK THIS, UH, LAST, LIKE WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM, AND A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS FROM, UM, IS FROM MEASURE A FUNDS.
I KNOW YOU SAID WE WERE GETTING 30 MI UH, MILLION, UM, WE GOT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE SHORELINE, BUT I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE'RE MESSAGING THAT ELEVATE 28 THAT WE'RE CALLING IT MEASURE A BECAUSE THIS WAS A TAX APPROVED INITIATIVE, AND THE VOTERS NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S BEING PAID FOR THROUGH LIKE MEASURE A OR VERSUS, UM, IS IT COMING THROUGH, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, LIKE THAT 30 MILLION.
SO I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT MESSAGING.
'CAUSE I, IT DID CONFUSE ME A LITTLE BIT AND I DID ASK THAT QUESTION.
UM, LAST COUNSEL, UM, SO, AND I HAVE ONE MORE, CAN I JUST READ THIS REALLY QUICKLY? SO COUNCILWOMAN KERR IS, UM, SHE'S OUT ON JURY DUTY.
THAT'S THE REASON SHE'S NOT HERE AT THIS MEETING.
UM, SO SHE DID, UM, WANT ME TO READ THIS, UM, SHE ASKED THAT THIS COMMITTEE ADD TO THE CITY'S 2024 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT, ADVOCATE, AND EXPLORE CURRENT AND POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES FOR REGULATION ON FLIGHT SIMULATION TRAINING, AND ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES
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FOR ALL THOSE TYPES OF TRAINING ADVOCATING FOR THESE WILL HELP EASE AVIATION TRAFFIC OVER, UH, LONG BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS.AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO ASK, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SENATOR GONZALEZ'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, ON, UM, ON GRANTS FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, RATE TEST KITS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TOO, I'D LIKE US JUST KEEP OUR EYES ON IF WE HAVE ANY GRANT FUNDING THAT COULD COME DOWN TO HELP WITH ANY OF THOSE, UM, INITIATIVES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO FOR US TO KEEP OUR EYE EYEBALLS ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU CHAIR, UM, FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THE COMMENTS AND THAT'S IT.
UH, IN REGARDS TO COUNCIL MEMBER KERR'S, UH, REQUEST, WOULD THAT REQUIRE A MOTION? WOULD IT JUST GONNA BE ADDED? YEAH, IF, IF THE COMMITTEE CHOOSES, UM, THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE MOTION AND LET, UH, I WOULD SAY THOUGH, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE COULD FOLD IT ALL INTO THE SAME OKAY.
VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS, AND I WILL CONTINUE YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN MORE OF A BROADER GENERAL SENSE WAS, UH, THERE WAS AN ITEM IN HERE REGARDING THE SUPPORT OF, UH, HYDRO, HYDRO HYDROGEN ENERGY, BUT I SAW NOTHING IN TERMS OF ELECTRICAL OF WHAT ARE WE DOING TOWARDS IMPROVING OUR ACCESS TO, UH, FOR EB VEHICLES CHARGING AT STATIONS? YEAH.
SO WE HAVE, UM, WE ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES.
SO YEAH, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE AROUND HYDROGEN, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, ADVOCATING FOR LIKE THE ARCHES COALITION, UM, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HERE IN SOCAL, UM, OF COURSE WITH THE VICE MAYOR SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY.
SO HYDROGEN IS ONE PIECE, BUT THERE IS, UM, LANGUAGE AND EFFORTS TO SUPPORT, OF COURSE THE TRANSITION TO, UH, EV AS WELL.
AND REALLY WE TRY TO PACKAGE THAT WITHIN, UH, SORT OF THE LANGUAGE AROUND ZERO EMISSIONS AND, AND THAT TRANSITION MORE BROADLY.
ALSO, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, THAT I SAW.
I'M TRYING TO FIND IT RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO, AND IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AREA, NOT ONLY WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR ALLEN BROUGHT UP, BUT ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, THE MAX, THE, UH, MOBILE, UH, MOBILE, WHAT THE NAME OF MAX STA BAR MOBILE ACCESS.
MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, HUH? MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.
UH, AND THAT, AND CONTINUING LEGISLATION ON THAT AS FAR AS, UH, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT FUNDING, UH, TO, TO GET MORE, MORE UNITS OUT THERE.
I THINK, UH, MENTAL HEALTH IS A, A BIG ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT A MOBILE MOBILE ACCESS UNIT WOULD BE VERY, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING MORE ACCESS TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SERVICES, AS WELL AS BEING MORE, UH, A GREATER ABILITY TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE, UH, MORE, UH, COUNSELORS AND OFFICERS AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR, UH, PROVIDING THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
IS THERE ANY OPTION FOR THAT TO BE INCLUDED IN THERE IN TERMS OF GETTING MORE, UH, FUNDING? YEAH, SO, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE, BUT MAYBE NOT AS DIRECTLY RELATED TO MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.
SO OF COURSE WE'D LOVE, UM, FEEDBACK IF, IF YOU WANNA INCLUDE THAT MORE EXPLICITLY.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, LANGUAGE IN THERE TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, LIKE THE STATE'S, UM, HAP PROGRAM, WHICH WE RECEIVE DIRECT RESOURCES FOR THAT HELPS OUR, UM, HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS, UH, FROM A STAFFING AND SERVICE PROVISION STANDPOINT AND COULD SUPPORT THINGS LIKE THE MAC.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, LANGUAGE IN THERE SPECIFIC TO OUR REACH TEAM, UM, AROUND SUPPORTING EFFORTS FOR ESSENTIALLY ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE MODELS.
UM, BUT NOTHING, UM, THAT I SEE SPECIFIC TO THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST MAKE IT MORE EXPLICIT THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, FROM OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THAT TYPE OF APPROACH, STAFFING, SERVICE PROVISION, THAT TYPE OF THING.
IF THAT WOULD BE, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
DO HAVE IT INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL?
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UM, ENTREPRENEURSHIP I SEE RIGHT HERE IS, UH, IN REGARDS TO YOU, ME, YOU DID MENTION THE WEST PALM BEACH PRO PROMISE, BUT IN, IN A MORE GLOBAL SENSE, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENCOURAGE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN OUR ECONOMIC, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND ENCOURAGING BUSINESS PEOPLE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, UH, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF OPENING NEW RESOURCES OR NEW, UH, SHOPS OR WHATEVER, BUT AS WELL AS BEING A MAJOR, UH, UH, SOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET MORE BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT LONG BEACH AS A RESOURCE FOR, UH, CONTRACTING AND CONTRACTING SERVICES WITH US? UH, IN OTHER WORDS, GREATER ACCESS TO BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE CITY? YEAH, SO I WOULD SAY WE DO HAVE A LOT IN OUR, UM, AGENDA RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE KEY, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST SECTION IN THE AGENDA.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ITEMS IN THERE.
EVERYTHING FROM SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, TRYING TO ATTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE BUSINESS TO THE CITY.
IT'S A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A MIXED BAG OF, UM, ITEMS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THAT ARE, UM, RELATED TO WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
AND, UM, I WILL SAY IT KIND OF DEPENDS YEAR BY YEAR, UM, WHAT THE FOCUS MIGHT BE.
SO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN A KEY EFFORT AROUND, UM, THINGS LIKE THE, THE QUEEN MARY AND TRYING TO GET SUPPORT TO REOPEN THE QUEEN MARY, UH, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT.
UM, AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR, UH, SOME OF THOSE KEY, UM, ECONOMIC DRIVERS FOR THE CITY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, ESPECIALLY HAVING IT, YOU KNOW, BROAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE IN THERE GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR, UM, WE WERE ALSO, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK ABLE TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGH THE RECOVERY ACT.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS ADVOCACY FOR THOSE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE LOCAL FLEXIBILITY.
ANOTHER AREA THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED, OR AT LEAST NOT DIRECTLY, IS OUR, UH, WORKFORCE, WORKFORCE DIVERSITY IN THE CITY.
NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF PROVIDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ON THE COMMUNITY, BUT WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF IN TERMS OF DIVERSIFYING OUR WORKFORCE, UH, POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, ET CETERA.
UH, I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WOULD GIVE A STATEMENT THAT WE ARE, UM, ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR INCREASING, UH, OUR DIVERSE WORKFORCE TO MATCH THAT OTHER GENERAL POPULATION, UH, INCLUDING WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBTQ, BI PLUS, UH, COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE NEED A STATEMENT IN THERE, OR AT LEAST, UH, A, UH, AN EFFORT THAT ENCOURAGES US TO LOOK INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THAT WE'RE AN INCLUSIVE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, UH, HIRING IN THAT RESPECT.
WE DO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE AROUND WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS AND DEVELOPMENT, AND A LOT OF IT IS RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH, YOU KNOW, REENTRY PROGRAMMING OR TRAINING EFFORTS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS SOMETHING MORE, UM, INTERNAL, INTERNAL FOCUS.
YEAH, WE CAN ADD THAT ALONG WITH THE OTHER MOTION.
UH, VICE MAYOR, ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MINE.
NO, I, I THINK I'M GOOD CHAIR.
UM, AND I SUPPORT AND, UH, ALL THE, THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MADE AS WELL.
SO THAT WILL ALL BE IN ONE MOTION.
MAYBE I CAN RESTATE JUST THE, THE KEY ACTION ITEMS, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AND THEN JUST CONFIRM.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY THE, THE MOTION TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA ITSELF, UM, I HAVE THREE MAIN ITEMS, AND THAT WOULD BE FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR IN TERMS OF, UH, SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO ALLOW FOR, UM, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES
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FOR ESSENTIALLY FLIGHT SIMULATION TRAINING, UM, EFFORTS.AND THEN I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS, UM, ON THAT ISSUE.
SO WE CAN, UH, DEVELOP SOME LANGUAGE AROUND THAT ITEM.
THERE WAS A REQUEST ALSO TO INCLUDE SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT FOR OUR MOBILE ACCESS CENTERS, SO WE CAN WORK ON AN ITEM TO BE, BE, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON WITH, WITH THE OTHER NUMBER, NUMBER ON THE FIRST ONE WITH THE AIRPORT.
I THINK WE ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH FUEL AND UNLEADED, UH, JET FUEL, UH, TRY TO GET MORE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TOWARDS CONVERTING OUR, OUR, NOT CONVERTING OUR, BUT UH, TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE USE OF UNLEADED UNLEADED FUELS.
AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO CLEAN THE AIR, OBVIOUSLY AIR QUALITY.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS SPECIFIC TO THE AVIATION FUEL AT LEAST, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY IN THERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE LANGUAGE, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE SIMULATION AS A FORM OF TRAINING.
UM, AS LONG AS I SAID THERE'S SOMEWHERE, THEN I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS IN THERE SPECIFIC TO, UM, LOOKING FOR MORE RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, STATE AND FEDERAL TO INCENTIVIZE THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM LEADED FUEL TO UNLEADED.
UM, AND THEN I, I THINK THAT WOULD CAPTURE KIND OF, UM, THE COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN THAT.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE SIMULATION FOR AVIATION TRAINING, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, CALLING OUT THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTERS AND SUPPORT FOR STAFFING AND SERVICE PROVISION THROUGH THAT, UM, APPROACH AND THAT TEAM.
UH, AND THEN ALSO INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN THERE AROUND, UH, MORE LOCAL OR INTERNAL FACING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND ANY SUPPORT OR RESOURCES WE MIGHT NEED FROM OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
DOES THAT CAPTURE THE, THE MAIN AT LEAST, UH, CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? I THINK SO.
UH, YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING.
UM, ALSO, UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT SUPPORTING ANY EFFORTS, UM, FROM A STATEWIDE LEVEL THAT DEEP BUNDLES, ANY LIKE RFPS, UM, THAT CAN COME DOWN TO LIKE MORE OF A, OF A LOCAL LEVEL AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES, VETERAN BUSINESSES.
UM, I HEAR, UM, A LOT FROM BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THEY DON'T GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BIGGER CONTRACTS AND I KNOW SOME OF THE BIGGER AGENCIES HAVE LOOKED AT DOING THAT, LIKE CALTRAN.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT, UH, I THINK THAT WILL, UM, THAT WILL HELP OUR, OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES GET SOME OF THOSE BIGGER OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE HAS BEEN, UH, AN INTEREST FROM SENATOR GONZALEZ'S OFFICE ON THIS ISSUE OF HOW CAN THE STATE SUPPORT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
UH, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PURCHASING TEAM, JUST, YOU KNOW, ON KIND OF THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FROM GETTING MORE SUPPORT.
UM, BUT WE CAN INCLUDE, UM, MORE GENERAL LANGUAGE I THINK, IN THERE AROUND SUPPORTING ANY POLICIES OR LEGISLATION THAT, UM, COULD ADVANCE AND, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGH RFP PROCESSES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IS THAT KIND OF IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE YEAH, AND THAT'S IN LINE.
AND EVEN, UM, EVEN OUR, OUR PORT, WE HEAR, UM, OUR, I I'VE HEARD, UM, BUYERS FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH SAY THAT THEY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE R BECAUSE OF STATE, STATE LAWS, UM, THEY DON'T GIVE PREFERENCE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND VETERAN BUSINESSES OR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES.
AND SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO LOOK IF THERE'S ANY, ANY WAY WE CAN SUPPORT ANY POLICIES THAT THAT, UM, COULD CHANGE THAT.
BUT I THINK DB BUNDLING, UM, AND, AND I HAVE TALKED WITH THE SENATOR ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IS A GREAT PLACE TO START.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH ITEM THAT WE WILL, UM, ADDRESS.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR THE RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE DONE TO PUT THIS FORWARD.
AND THEN WE'LL GIVE DONE WITH THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT THIS.
CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE NOW WHERE, WHERE WE'RE NEXT STEPS AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO NOW THAT WE GOT THE COMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WORK WITH THE CHAIR'S OFFICE TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MOTION FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
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UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT ON FOR FEBRUARY 6TH.UM, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE FULL AGENDA TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH, UM, THE MOTION, YOU KNOW, TO ADD THOSE FOUR PARTS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ONCE CITY COUNCIL, THEY CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND CHANGES.
UM, BUT ONCE WE GET THAT FINAL RECOMMENDATION, THEN WE WILL, UM, UPDATE THE ACTUAL AGENDA AND SHARE THAT AS A, A MEMO, UM, WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OF THE COUNCIL ACTION AND REMOVE ALL THE TRACK CHANGES.
SO YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL FINAL DOCUMENT.
UM, AND THEN WE USE THAT IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY ADVOCACY, UM, AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT SHARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE KEY PRIORITIES ARE OF THE COUNCIL, UM, FOR THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, THIS AGAIN, IS KIND OF OUR GUIDEBOOK FOR WHAT WE, UM, ADVOCATE FOR.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I GUESS, IS THERE ANY COMMENT? WAS THE COMMENT IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
CHAIR YANGA AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN VICE MAYOR.
UH, PETE MARSH, DISTRICT TWO, AND A MEMBER OF SEVERAL GROUPS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS, ESPECIALLY BY DECARBONIZING 80 OR 90% OF THE US ECONOMY THROUGH ELECTRIFICATION OF OUR END USE MACHINES AND GENERATING THAT ELECTRICITY FROM ZERO CARBON SOURCES.
SO FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT, I HAVE THREE COMMENTS.
FIRST, PURE WIND, STRONG SUPPORT.
UM, I DID A DETAILED EVALUATION OF THE FOUNTAIN WIND WIND PROJECT PROPOSED IN SHASTA COUNTY, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND NOW REEVALUATED BY CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION UNDER THE NEW, UH, CERTIFICATION PROVISIONS OF AB 2 0 5.
AND, UH, THE EIR AND MY CONFIRMATORY CALCULATIONS CONFIRM IF THAT PROJECT IS NOT BUILT, UH, SOMEWHERE ELSE.
PRIMARILY GAS PLANTS WILL EMIT AROUND 80 TIMES AS MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT OVER THE COURSE OF A 30 YEAR DESIGN LIFE, 80 TIMES AS MUCH THAT, CONVERSELY, THAT MEANS THE WIND PROJECT HAS LIFECYCLE EMISSIONS OF ONLY AROUND ONE OR ONE AND A QUARTER PERCENT AS MUCH AS FOSSIL GAS.
SO IT'S A HUGE WIN WITH F WITH THE CALIFORNIA OFFSHORE WIND TARGETS OF 25 GIGAWATTS BY 2045, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH AS THAT ONE PROJECT ON A RIDGE LINE IN SHASTA COUNTY.
WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE BEING DISPLACED FOR THAT PROJECT.
WE CALCULATED THAT THE SOMETHING WE CAN VISUALIZE THOSE GAS PLANTS, IF THAT WIND PROJECT IS NOT BUILT, THOSE GAS PLANTS WOULD CONSUME COMBUST 11 NATURAL GAS TANKER TRUCKS FULL OF COMPRESSED GAS EVERY DAY FOR THE 30 YEAR DESIGN LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
MULTIPLY THOSE 1100 TRUCKS BY, UH, THOSE 11 TRUCKS, UH, 100 TIMES.
AND OUR CALIFORNIA OFFSHORE WIND IS GONNA DISPLACE THAT MUCH GAS OVER 30 YEARS.
SO STRONG SUPPORT FOR PURE WIND, UM, EXISTING BUILDINGS.
I VIEW THOSE AS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TO DECARBONIZE SECTORS OF THE ENTIRE US ECONOMY, UH, IN SOME WAYS HARDER THAN CEMENT AND STEEL.
THE, SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, UH, BECAUSE FRICTION, 120 MILLION DWELLING UNITS IN THE UNITED STATES, 70 MILLION OF THEM HAVE GAS FURNACES, 60 MILLION GAS WATER HEATERS.
AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THOSE AND GET THEM TO STOP EMITTING NOT ONLY THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, BUT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE, EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS, UH, UH, INTO OUR HOMES.
UH, AND SO, UH, CONSIDER ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES WITHIN THE STATE THAT WILL HELP CITIES.
WE HAVE IN CITIES UNIQUE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF OUR GENERAL PLANS FOR, YOU KNOW, ZONING AND BUILDING CODES.
UM, BUT WE NEED HELP FROM THE STATE THANK YOU, OR WE CAN DO IT EASIER IN THE STATE.
SO CONSIDER ADVOCATING FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE TO GET THE STATE'S HELP.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
ALRIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND FINISH THAT LAST TIME.
YEAH, I WAS THINKING, WHY, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND JUST FINISH YOUR FINAL, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UH, AND THE THIRD TOPIC WAS HYDROGEN.
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WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE A HUB FOR THE STATE'S ARCHES PROJECT AND GREEN HYDROGEN.AND IT IS GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, BUT WE SHOULD NOT BECOME, UH, TOO CAPTIVE TO THE, THE DREAM OF THE PROMISE OF GREEN HYDROGEN DOING EVERYTHING.
UH, SOME ADVOCATES LIKE TO SAY, HYDROGEN IS THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD ANALOGY BECAUSE JUST LIKE YOU DON'T CUT YOUR HAIR WITH A SWISS ARMY KNIFE AND YOU DON'T PRUNE YOUR BUSHES WITH A SWISS ARMY KNIFE, YOU, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TOOLS.
THERE ARE FREQUENTLY TOOLS THAT ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND MORE EFFICIENT THAN A SWISS ARMY KNIFE OR HYDROGEN IN THIS CASE.
AND SO, UH, MICHAEL LERE, THE FOUNDER OF BLOOMBERG NEW ENERGY FINANCE, CREATED A FRAMEWORK HE CALLS THE HYDROGEN LADDER, WHICH LAYS OUT THE 36 APPROXIMATELY PRIMARY USE CA CASES FOR HYDROGEN.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE IN, UH, THE RANGE OF THAT, UH, SPECTRUM THAT'S GOING TO BECOME, BE SEEN, PROVEN TO BE, UH, UNCOMPETITIVE, LIGHT DUTY TRANSPORT, UH, HOME HEATING, THAT KIND OF THING ARE, ARE NOT GOOD USE CASES FOR HYDROGEN.
SO, UH, SUPPORT IT FOR LONG DISTANCE AVIATION, LONG DISTANCE SHIPPING, FERTILIZER, FEED STOCKS, PLASTICS, BUT UM, BE CAREFUL ABOUT TRAPPING OURSELVES INTO THINKING IT'LL SOLVE ALL THE USE CASES.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EXTRA MINUTE YOU, AS HE WAS TALKING, I, ANOTHER, UH, ISSUE CAME TO MIND AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ADDRESSING IT OR NOT.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR, OUR TRASH AND OUR, UH, MILE, MILE, UH, ENERGY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH, UH, WITH OUR SURF PLANT.
AND I KNOW THAT BASICALLY WE ARE, UM, MANDATED, I WAS GONNA SAY, REQUESTING WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE'RE BEING MANDATED TO CLOSE OUR PLANT, OUR SURF PLANT, AND, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF REPLACEMENT FOR THAT.
UH, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN, IN THE, UH, IN OUR CURRENT, UH, AGENDA TO LOOK AT THE STATE TOWARDS HELPING US REPLACE THAT SURF PLANT WITH SOMETHING ELSE, UH, OR TO AT LEAST HELP US WITH THE, UH, DECOMMISSIONING AND GETTING IT RESTART TO SOMETHING, TO SOMETHING NEW THAT IT WILL BE, UH, COMPARABLE IF NOT BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE NOW? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ITEMS WE ADDED LAST YEAR, KNOWING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIALOGUE AT THE STATE LEVEL AROUND WASTE TO ENERGY AND WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY LANDED ON WANTING TO PHASE THAT TECHNOLOGY OUT.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE LANGUAGE IN, UM, ACTUALLY THE FOCUS STATEMENTS SECTION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TOP ANNUAL PRIORITIES.
KNOWING THAT THIS IS OF COURSE A KEY TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL, IS FIGURING OUT WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THAT SITE AND HOW ARE WE GONNA, UM, ALSO, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF OUR ORGANICS REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT'S BROAD AND IT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY BASED ON KIND OF HOW THAT LANDS WITH COUNCIL, BUT THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THERE, UM, ALLOWING US TO KEEP ADVOCATING FOR THAT TRANSITION ONCE WE GET MORE CLEAR DIRECTION.
UH, NO, SEE, NO FURTHER COMMENT.
UH, THAT BASICALLY CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
UH, THIS IS FOR OUR SECOND MOTION COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSING COMMENT, GENERAL NON AGENDA ITEMS? WE DID TAKE, YOU DID TAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING.
SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.
ALRIGHT THEN THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.