Feb 22, 2024 Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER KENNY HERO AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SKY.

IS THERE A STAFF REPORT REPRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

NOT FOR THE MINUTES.

IT'S THE MINUTES, RIGHT? YEAH.

THIS IS JUST THE MINUTES.

SUPPOSED TO BE NOT MM-HMM.

ANY POINT I DON'T THINK.

ARE WE GONNA ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? YEAH.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO THIS ITEM? SO IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE USE THE PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NONE FOR ITEM ONE.

COMMISSIONER BERGON BIRCH.

COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? CLAIRE, PLEASE OPEN THE BOAT.

DO YOU SEE IT ON YOUR YES.

DO YOU SEE IT ON YOUR TABLET? WHO? PUSH.

CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS

[2. 24-52275 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on Sea Level Rise & Flooding and the Climate Action Plan. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING.

AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

I CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? IT CHANGING IT HAS BEEN MOVED.

MOTION, UH, BY COMMISSIONER DI AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RO.

IS THERE A STAR REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? DON'T WE USUALLY DO THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE HAVE THE MOTION? SO IN ORDER TO HEAR AN ITEM, WE, UM, HAVE THE FIRST AND THE SECOND TO START THE ITEM.

AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THE DIS UH, THE PRESENTATION, WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMON.

AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.

AND IF AT THAT TIME YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MOTION, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

BUT IN ORDER TO HEAR THE ITEM, WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST AND SECOND AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH ITEM.

COMMISSIONERS, YOU READY FOR A PRESENTATION? YES, WE ARE READY FOR THE PRESENTATION.

VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.

UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT, UH, TODAY ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE IN FLOODING, UH, AND ITS RELATION TO OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.

UH, SO FOR TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING, UM, A A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATION FRAMEWORK, UH, AND THEN HOW THAT SORT OF FITS INTO WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED HISTORICALLY.

UH, AND THEN WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE.

AND WE WILL COVER, UH, OUR CITY AND PARTNER PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND PLANS.

AND WE'LL SORT OF PROVIDE THAT, THAT STORY ARC OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.

UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, ITSELF AND THE SEA LEVEL RISE IN FLOODING ACTIONS.

UH, AND THEN WE WILL WRAP UP, UH, WITH WHAT, UH, RESIDENTS

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AND, UH, BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS CAN DO AND BE ABLE TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS DURING OUR DISCUSSION.

UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, STAFF PARTNERS HERE FROM A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS, UH, AS WE NORMALLY DO TO PROVIDE, UH, THAT GROUNDING, UH, IN THESE TOPICS.

UH, AND SO, UH, WE'RE, LARRY AND I ARE GOING TO START TODAY, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAND IT OFF, UH, TO A NUMBER OF OUR TEAM.

UH, GIVE US ONE MOMENT, UH, WHILE WE FIX OUR SCREEN HERE.

LOOK LIKE WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A GLITCH.

SO THERE WE GO.

WONDERFUL.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

ALRIGHT, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, HOW, UH, SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING IMPACTS LONG BEACH.

UM, SO, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, JUST SOME FUNDAMENTAL, UH, KIND OF GROUNDING ITEMS. SO, UM, RELATIVE TO THE YEAR 2000, UH, LONG BEACH COULD EXPERIENCE APPROXIMATELY 11 INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE, UH, BY 2030, UH, 24 INCHES BY 2050 AND 66 INCHES BY 2100.

AND SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HAVE SORT OF BEEN MODELED OVER TIME, UM, AND ARE SOME OF THE, UM, BENCHMARKS THAT WE ANTICIPATE, UH, KIND OF IN OUR FUTURE AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE NEED TO NEEDING TO FOCUS AND PRIORITIZE.

UH, NOW, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE, UH, ONE OF THOSE BIG AREAS OF, OF FOCUS IS THINKING ABOUT LOW-LYING AREAS, UM, SUCH AS BELMONT SHORE, NAPLES, THE PENINSULA, AND OTHER AREA DEPRE AREAS THAT ARE, UH, TOPOGRAPHICALLY DEPRESSED, UM, WHERE WE ALREADY EXPERIENCE OUR FLOODING, UH, AND COASTAL FLOODING.

UM, AND THAT THOSE IN ON THE COAST ARE PARTICULARLY DURING, UH, COMBINED AREAS OF HIGH TIDE AND RAIN EVENTS.

UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE SAW IN OUR LAST, UH, MOST RECENT STORM, UH, HAVE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, AND SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF IMPACTS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

AND SO, AS SEA LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE, THESE AREAS OF THE CITY ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE FREQUENTLY IMPACTED, UM, BY THOSE HIGH TIDES AND BY STORMS, UM, AND MORE EXTENSIVE INLAND FLOODING, UH, AND INCREASED COASTAL EROSION DURING STORM EVENTS IS ANTICIPATED.

AND WE HAVE HISTORICALLY, UH, SEEN SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS.

AND SO, UH, HOMES, UH, BUSINESSES, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE ROADS, BUILDINGS, PARKS, EVEN OUR STORM WATER SYSTEMS LIKE OUR PUMP STATIONS AND DRAINAGE, UH, AND, AND OUR UTILITIES, UH, AS A RESULT OF THESE IMPACTS BECOME INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE TO FLOOD EXPOSURE.

UH, AND WE AS A CITY DO A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PREP FOR THOSE EVENTS THAT WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, SORT OF AFTER ACTION ITEMS TO, UH, EVALUATE THE IMPACTS FROM THOSE STORMS AND FROM THOSE FLOODING, UH, AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT FIXING SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND DOCUMENTING WHERE THOSE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN, UH, SO WE KNOW TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEM FOR THE NEXT TIME.

AND SO YOU PROBABLY SAW A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION COMING IN OUR LAST, UH, STORM AND EVEN BEFORE WHEN WE WERE ANTICIPATING, UM, THE TROPICAL STORM TO HIT, UH, A LOT OF THE PREPARATION INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE SORT OF AFTER ACTION INFORMATION OF WHAT OUR CITY DID.

UM, SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, FROM THE 11 INCHES, UH, CRITICAL ASSETS POTENTIALLY AT RISK, UM, HERE IN OUR CITY, WE'VE DOCUMENTED ALL OF THESE.

SO THEY INCLUDE, UH, THREE FIRE STATIONS IN THE HARBOR DISTRICT, UH, ALAMEDA BAY MARINA, MARINE SAFETY FACILITIES IN THE HARBOR, A SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, THE, THE FARTHEST, UH, YEAR OUT BY 20 21, 2100, EXCUSE ME, UH, WITH 66 INCHES, UH, THE NUMBER OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK, UH, ARE REALLY ELEVATED.

SO SEVEN FIRE STATIONS, THREE POLICE FACILITIES, EIGHT MARINE SAFETY FACILITIES, UM, AND THEN EVEN, UH, DURING KING TIDE EVENTS, UH, LOOKING AT HOW THAT WILL THEN IMPACT OUR ROADWAYS AND OUR ABILITY TO GET AROUND OUR CITY.

UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED UP TO 89 MILES OF ROADWAY THAT WOULD BE EXPOSED TO THIS KIND OF FLOODING, UH, WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL 27 MILES OF ROADWAY EXPOSED, DOING ANY SORT OF SURGE FLOODING.

SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT CAN BE MODELED, UH, AND THAT ARE, ARE PRESENT IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

UM, SO WE CAN REALLY THINK ABOUT HOLISTICALLY, UH, HOW WE, WE ADDRESS ISSUES OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING.

UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LARRY TO GO OVER, UH, WHAT WE CALL ANCIENT HISTORY, UH, A LITTLE OF OUR, OF OUR GIS LESSON FOR TODAY, AND SOME, UH, HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF INTEREST.

SO IT'S USUALLY MY ROLE AMONG OTHER THINGS TO, UH, TALK ABOUT SOME HISTORIC CONTEXT.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SEA LEVEL RISE, WE HAVE TO GO BACK, UH, QUITE

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A BIT.

SO JUST IN THE LAST 200,000 YEARS, UM, SEA LEVEL HAS FLUCTUATED IN RELATION TO THE ICE AGES.

MUCH OF THAT 200,000 YEAR PAST PERIOD WE WERE IN AN ICE AGE, AND THEREFORE, SEA LEVEL IS ACTUALLY MUCH LOWER, UM, THAN IT IS TODAY.

SO THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS MUCH HIGHER WAS 125,000 YEARS AGO DURING A, UH, IN BETWEEN PERIOD BETWEEN THE ICE AGES WHERE SEA LEVEL WAS 25 FEET HIGHER THAN IT IS TODAY.

SO THAT'S, UH, AFTER THAT PERIOD, WE WENT INTO ANOTHER ICE AGE, THE SEA LEVEL RECEDED SIGNIFICANTLY AND WAS ACTUALLY MILES OFFSHORE FROM WHERE IT IS, UH, NOW.

UM, AND NOW WE'RE ON THIS, UH, WHAT FOR NOW IS A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SEA LEVEL, BUT COULD BE ACCELERATING OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CENTURY.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT, THAT MEREDITH JUST LAID OUT.

BUT SO SEA LEVEL RISES IS ONE ASPECT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT THEN FLOODING IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT REGARD TO SEA LEVEL, WHEN THERE'S MAJOR RAIN EVENTS, UH, LIKE THE ONE WE EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK OR EVEN EARLIER THIS WEEK, RIGHT? BUT SINCE 1850, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FLOOD EVENTS AND THE, THE LARGEST AND RECORDED HISTORY MAY HAVE BEEN IN OVER THE WINTER OF 1867, UH, 1868, WHEN THE AREA OF WHICH WOULD BECOME LONG BEACH BECAME AN ISLAND SURROUNDED COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATER.

SO THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT SHOWS, UM, IS, IS A, A, A MODELING OF, UM, NOT THE 1867 FLOOD, BUT, UH, THE CURRENT MODELING FOR A 100 YEAR FLOOD, WHICH CAPTURES PRETTY MUCH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN 1867 WITH FLOOD WATERS COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THE CENTRAL PORTION OF LONG BEACH.

UM, THUS BECOMING AN ISLAND TEMPORARILY FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS, UM, BACK IN 1867.

AND THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU COULD GET FROM THE RANCHO LOS CERRITOS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO WILMINGTON, WHICH WAS THE NEAREST BY TOWN, WAS, WAS BY BOAT.

UM, SO WHILE THAT HAPPENED BACK THEN, IF AN, UH, THE EQUIVALENT OF A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD HITS US AGAIN, THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY DECADE OR SO, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME MAJOR RAIN EVENT THAT BRINGS SOME LEVEL OF FLOODING IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENTS WAS IN 1938.

UM, AND THEY CONSIDER THE MAJOR FLOODING THAT HAPPENED IN 1938, A 50 YEAR FLOOD.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD AND 50 YEAR FLOOD, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT LITERALLY HAPPENS EVERY A HUNDRED YEARS APPROXIMATELY.

WHAT IT MEANS IS THERE'S A 1% CHANCE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR OF A FLOOD OF THAT MAGNITUDE.

AND SO IT, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY, UM, BECAUSE THE 50 YEAR FLOOD IS THE LARGEST THING THAT'S COME UP IN BACK IN 1938.

SO NEXT, UH, WE MINED THE DIGITAL ARCHIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE TO FIND IMAGES OF, OF PAST FLOODS.

SO HERE'S SOME FROM 1916.

SO SOME OF THE MAJOR, UM, UH, THINGS THAT CAME ABOUT AFTER THE 1916 FLOOD IS THE LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WAS CREATED AND THEY BEGAN TO BUILD, DESIGN AND BUILD THE LEVEES, UH, AROUND THE RIVERS, IN PARTICULAR THE, THE LA RIVER.

SO, UH, THAT'S ONE THING, MUCH LIKE EARTHQUAKES TRIGGER BETTER BUILDING CODES, MAJOR FLOODS TRIGGER, UH, MAJOR PROJECTS TO ATTEMPT TO PROTECT, UM, LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE EXTENT OF, OF AN EVENT LIKE THAT.

SO, MOVING ON FROM 1916, HERE'S, UH, A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF FLOODING FROM THE 1930S, UM, MAYBE IN PARTICULAR THE 1938 FLOOD, WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS, UM, COMPLETE, UH, INUNDATED THE AREA, UH, WHERE CHITTICK FIELD OR HAMILTON HAMILTON BOWL IS, WHICH IS A NATURAL LOW SPOT IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.

AND, UM, IF YOU'VE HEARD OF HAMILTON BOWL, UM, IT WAS CALLED THAT BECAUSE IT USED TO BE ADJACENT TO HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH, UM, HAS SINCE, HAD SINCE BEEN RELOCATED TO NORTH LONG BEACH, UH, NORTH OF THE 91 FREEWAY.

AND THE FORMER CAMPUS OF HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAME THE PACIFIC COAST CAMPUS OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.

BUT THAT ENTIRE AREA WAS FLOODED ALONG WITH AREAS ALONG THE NEWLY BUILT, YOU KNOW, RIVER LEVEES THAT WERE IN DEVELOPMENT AT THE TIME.

BUT THIS, THESE FLOODS IN THE 1930S TRIGGERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLOOD CONTROL DAMS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE AT THE WHITTIER NARROWS.

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THOSE, YOU KNOW, TWO MAJOR FLOODS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY TRIGGERED, UM, YOU KNOW, FLOOD ENHANCED FLOOD CONTROLS.

SO MORE IMAGES OF A TROPICAL STORM THAT HIT THE VERY NEXT YEAR IN 1939.

AND THEN SOME IMAGES OF FLOODING FROM THE 1950S THAT COINCIDE WITH, UM, HIGH TIDES IN, IN THE HARBOR AND COASTAL AREAS IS, AND THEN MORE RECENT ONES.

UM, SO BACK IN 2010, UH, AND 2017, WE HAD SIMILAR RAIN EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UM, I'VE BEEN, UM, PROBABLY IMPROPERLY REFERRING TO THEM AS THE SEVEN YEAR FLOOD BECAUSE, UM, IN MY LIVED EXPERIENCE IN LONG BEACH, UH, AND, AND WILLOW SPRINGS, WE, UM, GOT MAJOR FLOODING THERE, UH, IN THE LAST MONTH, BUT EXPERIENCED SIMILAR FLOODING BACK IN 2017 AND BACK IN 2010.

AND THEN THIS IS THE MOST RECENT STUFF, UH, JUST FROM THE LAST MONTH.

SOME IM, SOME I IMAGES OF, UM, FLOODING AROUND THE CITY.

SO WE'RE ALREADY ONTO, UM, WHAT, HOW THE CITY IS ADDRESSING FLOOD RISK.

UM, AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA, UH, TURN IT OVER TO OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT STARTING WITH PARKS, REC, AND MARINE, UM, THAT MEREDITH IS GONNA COVER.

SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE COMMISSIONERS HOW, UH, FLOODING IS NOT NEW IN LONG BEACH.

AND REALLY, UH, KIND OF DIGGING THROUGH THOSE ARCHIVES WAS A VERY INTERESTING EXERCISE, UH, BECAUSE WE SEE, UH, AS MUCH AS SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE HAPPENED THROUGH THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, UH, AND EVEN UPSTREAM AND IN LONG BEACH, WE STILL DO SEE VERY SIMILAR, UH, TYPES OF EFFECTS, UM, AND IMPACTS TO OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, AND SO YOU, UH, PROBABLY NOTICED, UH, THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE LARGE WAVE AND THE, UH, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, UM, THAT WAS FROM BELMONT SHORE, UH, DURING THE TROPICAL STORM IN, IN, UH, 1939.

AND WE DO VERY SIMILAR, UM, PREPARATIONS FOR STORMS TODAY, UH, THROUGH OUR PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE DEPARTMENTS, BEACH MAINTENANCE.

UH, SO THEY HAVE A ONGOING BEACH REPLENISHMENT, UH, OPERATION WHERE THEY MOVE SAND DAILY, UH, AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY MANAGING, UH, THE BEACH RESOURCES.

UH, BUT THAT REALLY GETS KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR WHEN THEY, UH, ANTICIPATE HIGH TIDE OR WHEN THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ANTICIPATED STORM, UM, OR TROPICAL STORM AS IT WERE.

UM, AND SO THIS IS REALLY, UH, INTENDED TO, UH, MITIGATE ANY RISK, UH, TO THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE HOMES, UH, AND SOME OF THE OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT SPACE.

UM, AND SO YOU WILL SEE, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT TO, UH, THE BEACH THERE, UM, THIS OPERATION COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS BACK PASSING, UM, TO REPLENISH, UH, AT RISK AREAS WHERE THEY MOVE THE SAND AROUND, UM, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THEY CREATE BERMS, UH, SO THAT HELPS PROTECT THE LOW LYING BEACH FRONT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THAT FLOOD RISK.

UM, AND THERE, UH, IS THAT, UH, OFTEN WHEN IT IS A MORE EXTREME EVENT, THAT 24 HOUR OPERATION WITH THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, PLYWOOD AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND THINGS THAT ARE MEANT TO MITIGATE THAT, UH, PARTICULAR FLOOD RISK.

UM, SO THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY AS A PART OF OUR NORMAL OPERATION IN TERMS OF THAT BEACH REPLENISHMENT.

UH, BUT THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEN HAPPEN DURING A HIGH TIDE AND STORM, AND OUR BEACH FOLKS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THAT.

UH, SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE.

I'M GOING TO INVITE, UM, CARLENE FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, TO COVER A NUMBER OF THE, THE FOLLOWING SLIDES TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES IN ADDRESSING FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE.

THANKS, CARLENE.

IS IT WORKING? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, WE REVIEW, UM, OUR, SPECIFICALLY OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY BUREAU ENGINEERS REVIEW THE PROJECTS TO COMPLY WITH FLOOD.

FLOOD STANDARDS ARE SET BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

FLOOD MAPS, UH, PLANNERS IN THE PLANNING BUREAU ALSO, UH, WORKED THROUGH THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED AND CERTIFIED IN 1980.

THIS IS A LAND USE PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT LAYS OUT A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COASTAL RESOURCE PROTECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY'S COASTAL ZONE AREA.

AND SO, OF COURSE, THIS PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY CERTIFIED BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AMENDMENTS THAT ARE MADE TO THE AREA FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, ZONING ORDINANCES, ALSO HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION.

SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE COASTAL ACT AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION'S, UM, PURVIEW.

UH, AND THIS LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM IDENTIFIES HAZARD AREAS AND HELPS GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OVERALL.

AND HERE WE'RE ALSO, UM, RECENTLY WE HAVE A

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SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE 2021 SOUTHEAST AREA.

UM, THIS INTEGRATES THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S 2018 SEA LEVEL RISE GUIDE GUIDANCE, WHICH AGAIN, FOR THIS SPECIFIC AREA WILL, UH, PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR HOW WE REVIEW THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS ALONG THERE, AS WELL AS PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESILIENT TOWARDS SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING.

UM, AND THERE THERE'S ALSO VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, STRATEGIES AND POLICIES THROUGHOUT THERE THAT IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR SEA LEVEL RISE RESIL RESILIENCY AND ADAPTATION MEASURES IN DEVELOPMENT.

SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, COASTAL ZONE.

UM, IT IS COMPRISED OF, UH, THERE'S A COASTAL ZONE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE COASTAL COMMISSION ISSUES PERMITS THE YELLOW.

THERE IS APPEAL ZONES.

SO THE PLANNING BUREAU AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE WHAT'S CALLED LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.

BUT THE COASTAL COMMISSION HAS THE CAPACITY TO APPEAL ON GROUNDS OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.

UM, AND THEN IN THE GREEN ZONE, YOU SEE HERE WHERE WE, THE STAFF HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW DEVELOPMENT AND ISSUE THE LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS OURSELVES.

HERE'S THAT, UH, CSEP PLAN BOUNDARY I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER IN THE GRAY.

UM, SO IT IS A SMALLER PORTION OF THE CITY, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS AREA IS LARGELY CLOSER TO THE COAST.

UM, THERE ARE A GOOD AMOUNT OF LOCAL PARKS AS WELL.

UM, AND SO PLANNING IN THIS AREA IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT UPDATES.

AND SO IT WAS A GREAT ENDEAVOR.

UM, I BELIEVE IT TOOK ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, 10 YEARS, UM, TO FIND POLICIES THAT ALIGN BOTH WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION, BUT MEETS THE LOCAL CONTEXT OF THE AREA AS WELL.

UM, AND SO THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE PLAN, VISION PLAN, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, UM, HILDA'S ACTUALLY ON THE ROUND TABLE COMMITTEE, WE ARE UPDATING THIS SHORE PLAN, UH, AIR VISION.

WE ARE UPDATING THE VISION, UM, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR TO UPDATE THIS SPECIFIC PLAN.

UM, THIS PLAN, UH, WAS LAST, UH, DRAFTED PRIOR TO 1980 AND LAST, UH, UPDATED IN 2011.

AND, AND SO THIS VISION PROCESS IS PREPARING FOR THIS UPDATE OF THIS AREA.

IT'S FOCUSED ON INCLUSIVE OUTREACH AND PLANS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS.

UM, SEVERAL COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLES HAVE BEEN HELPED TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ITERATIVELY WITH THE FEEDBACK WE GET, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY, UM, MAKING THE VISION, UM, TO JUST RE BE RE VERY REFLECTIVE OF THIS LARGER COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE.

AND ON THE BACKEND, WE DO HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE REALLY, UM, LEADING, HELPING US UNDERSTAND THE CIVIL SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING IMPACTS TO THIS AREA, SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY DEVELOP POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THESE, UM, HAZARDS.

UM, AND SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE VISIONING OF OUR DOWNTOWN CHOLO PLAN, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE HAVE THIS EMAIL HERE AVAILABLE AND OUR COMMUNITY ROUND TABLES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MEMBERS.

UM, AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THIS UPDATE.

AND HERE YOU'LL SEE THE PROJECT BOUNDARY.

SO IT IS VERY CLOSE TO US.

IT IS OUR NEIGHBOR, SOUTH OF OCEAN.

UM, AND IT ALSO IS AFFECTED BY THE COASTAL ZONE.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO, UM, WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLANS ARE, UM, SUBJECT OR MEETING ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT COASTAL COMMISSION HAS PURSUANT TO THE COASTAL ACT, UM, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL CONTEXT OF THE AREA.

AND I'LL PASS IT OFF TO PUBLIC WORKS.

HELLO, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS TAMMY TAKI GAWA.

I'M WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING BUREAU, SPECIFICALLY THE STORMWATER DIVISION.

SO TECH.

SO TODAY PUBLIC WORKS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS FOR FLOODING.

TO MITIGATE SOME FLOODING.

WE HAVE THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, FLOOD CONTROL RESILIENCY PROJECT, THE FEMA PUMP STATION GENERATOR PROJECT, AND THE FEMA NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE, UH, COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM.

SO THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPLIANCE OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, MAINTAINING THE EXISTING SYSTEM, AND IDENTIFYING FUTURE UPGRADES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND EXPANSIONS OF THE STORMWATER SYSTEM.

SO WE WANNA EVALUATE THE CITY'S STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

CURRENTLY, WE DESIGN FOR THE CITY'S STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A 10 YEAR STORM EVENT.

THAT MEANS IT HAS A ONE IN 10 OR A 10% CHANCE OF HAPPENING.

SO IF THE FLOOD, IF THE STORM IS BIGGER THAN A 10 YEAR FLOOD, SUCH AS A 25 YEAR STORM EVENT, IT WILL THE, THE CURB, THE, UH, THE ROAD.

SO FROM CURB TO CURB, THE ROAD IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE 25 YEAR STORM EVENT.

UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, NOT THE STORM, BUT THE PREVIOUS STORM BEFORE THAT WE HAD IN EARLY FEBRUARY, THAT WAS A 10 YEAR STORM EVENT, UH, COMBINED WITH SOME 25 YEAR STORM INTENSITIES.

IF THERE WAS FLOODING IN

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THE AREA, UM, THE STORM DRAIN CANNOT HANDLE THE CAPACITY OF THAT FLOOD EVENT.

SO IT CAUSES THE SURFACE TO FLOOD, UH, PROPERTY LINES AND GARAGES, WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS.

SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS ADDRESS THE HYDROLOGY DESIGN STANDARDS TO DETERMINE IF THAT SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.

THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THE PIPE SIZES BIGGER, WE NEED TO MAKE THE CATCH BASINS A LOT BIGGER, AND THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT OUR PUMP STATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE PUMPING UP MORE WATER.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE EVALUATING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WE GET MORE INTENSE AND FREQUENT STORM EVENTS, SO WE CAN SEE A LOT MORE FLOODING IN THE FUTURE IF WE DO NOT UPGRADE OUR STORM WATER SYSTEM.

SO I'M GONNA PASS IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE, DYLAN, SO HE'LL TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THE PUMP STATIONS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON.

HE'S HERE.

UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

THANKS TAMMY.

UM, YEAH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

SO, UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO, UM, AS TAMMY HAD MENTIONED, ONE, ONE PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AGENCY, UH, FLOOD CONTROL RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

SO THIS WAS A GRANT THAT, UH, THE CITY RECEIVED BACK IN, UH, 2020 WHEN WE APPLIED.

UH, WE ACTUALLY WERE AWARDED $11.2 MILLION, UH, TO IMPROVE FLOOD CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE TO HANDLE 50 YEAR STORM EVENTS.

SO THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF, UH, EIGHT STORM DRAIN LOCATIONS AND FOUR PUMP STATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO.

UH, SO FOR THE STORM DRAIN COMPONENTS, THIS INCLUDES, UM, NEW STORM DRAIN PIPE INSTALLATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS, CATCH BASIN INSTALLATIONS, STREET FLOW LINE MODIFICATIONS, AND SOME OTHER TYPES OF MAINTENANCE AS NEEDED.

AND THEN FOR THE PUMP STATIONS, THIS CAN INCLUDE PUMP AND MOTOR REPLACEMENTS, UH, UPGRADES TO OUTDATED ELECTRICAL AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS STAIRWELL COVERS, UPGRADED LIGHTING BLOWER SYSTEMS, ET CETERA.

ALL THAT'S NEEDED FOR PUMP STATIONS TO OPERATE, UM, FUNCTIONALLY.

UH, SO THAT'S THE EDA PROJECT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, FEMALE CAL S GRANT FOR PUMP STATION GENERATORS.

SO, UM, I THINK AS WE, WE HEARD PREVIOUSLY IN 2017, THE CITY EXPERIENCED, UH, SOME STORMS, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY, UH, HAD SOME IMPACTS TO SOME OF OUR PUMP STATIONS.

AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY, WHICH, UH, MADE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR CITIES TO APPLY FOR.

SO THE CITY APPLIED AND WE RECEIVED JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO, UM, START PLANNING FOR, UM, THE DESIGN OF SIX STANDBY GENERATORS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCHES AT EACH PUMP STATION.

UM, SO THE INTENT OF THESE GENERATORS IS TO BUILD REDUNDANCY INTO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEMS IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY WHERE POWER IS LOST.

SO THESE GENERATORS WOULD THEN OPERATE UNTIL THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF POWER IS RESTORED, WHICH WILL PREVENT FLOODING IN THE MEANTIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, DURING THESE STORM EVENTS, WE HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS AND, UH, WORKING WITH OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS, UM, TRYING TO HOOK UP GENERATORS DURING RAIN EVENTS IS, IS NOT THE MOST SAFE, UM, PRACTICES.

SO HAVING STANDBY GENERATORS THAT'LL AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH OVER IS, UH, MUCH PREFERRED.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN WITH THIS ONE.

UM, THE OTHER PROGRAM I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE, UH, FEMA NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.

UM, BUT PARTICULARLY THERE'S A, A COMMUTING RATING, COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM THAT FALLS UNDER THE NFIP.

UM, SO I THINK WE HEARD ABOUT THOSE, THOSE NATIONAL, UM, OR THE FEMA'S FLOOD MAPS.

UM, SO KIND OF PART OF THAT, THAT PROGRAM, UH, THERE'S A VOLUNTARY CRS PROGRAM THAT CORRELATES WITH THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.

UM, SO THE CRS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES GOOD FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE NFIP.

UM, THE, THE IMPACTS OF THE CRS PROGRAM IS TO HAVE, UH, RESULTS IN SAVINGS ON TWO FRONTS, UM, SAVINGS FOR LONG BEACH RESIDENTS OR COMMUNITY THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS GETTING REDUCED AND ALSO FLOOD DAMAGE, UH, MITIGATION OR PREVENTIONS.

UM, SO IT'S CURRENTLY THE CITY IS WHAT'S CONSIDERED AS A CRS CLASS EIGHT.

AND THIS ACTUALLY AWARDS, UH, LONG BEACH RESIDENTS THAT, UH, GET FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES WITH A FIVE TO 10% DISCOUNT ON THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE.

UM, AND THE FIVE TO 10% DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, ON WHICH FLOOD IN, UM, WHICH, WHICH LOCATION, THE FLOOD MAP THAT, UH, THEY WOULD BE LOCATED IN.

UM, SO SINCE THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE CRS PROGRAM SINCE 1993, LONG BEACH RESIDENTS HAVE SAVED OVER THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON, UH, POLICY DISCOUNTS.

UM, BUT THIS DOESN'T ALSO INCLUDE ALL THE, UM, SAVINGS ON PREVENTED FLOOD DAMAGES AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO CALCULATE, BUT PROBABLY, PROBABLY SOME GOOD GOOD SAVINGS THERE TOO.

UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO NOTE IN REGARDS TO SEA LEVEL RISE.

SO THESE, UM, FLOOD ZONES THAT ARE DETERMINED BY FEMA'S NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, UM, THEY'RE DEVELOPED BY ANALYZING STORM

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EVENTS.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE 50 OR A HUNDRED YEAR STORM EVENTS.

UM, THEY DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR SEA LEVEL RISE ALSO.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WATER COMING FROM ABOVE, BUT ALSO THEN COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THESE FLOOD MAPS THAT, THAT FEMA PREPARES, UM, THEY DON'T ACCOUNT FOR SEA LEVEL RISE ALSO.

AND I THINK, UM, MEREDITH HAD HAD MENTIONED THIS AS WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, CONSIDERATIONS.

SO AS TAMMY MENTIONED IN OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AS WELL.

SO, UM, WE'RE DISCUSSING HOW WE CAN BETTER EVALUATE DESIGN STANDARDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS ALSO.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE.

I THINK WE JUST HEARD FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ABOUT THE, UM, LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.

SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THESE SAME, UM, UH, LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, UH, UM, UH, DESIGN STANDARDS.

SO, UH, ONE, ONE PROJECT THAT, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE I THINK A LOT OF US MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH, IS THE BELMONT BEACH AND AQUATIC CENTER PROJECT.

UM, SO, UM, THAT PROJECT WAS SUBJECT TO, UH, PLAN CHECKING, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT.

AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE SUBJECT TO THE LCP, THE, UM, LOCAL, UM, LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.

AND SINCE IT WAS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE, IT WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.

AND THEN, UH, AT A LATER POINT IT WAS ALSO, UM, DETERMINED THAT A STUDY ON THE IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE WAS REQUIRED.

AND, UM, BASED ON THAT STUDY, THE, UM, THERE WAS A REQUIRED RELOCATION OF THE FACILITY OUTSIDE OF AN ANTICIPATED FLOOD ZONE IN A SEA LEVEL RISE SCENARIO.

SO THAT'S JUST A, UM, EXAMPLE OF HOW THE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ARE ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, CORRELATING WITH THESE, OR COORDINATING WITH THESE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAMS AS WELL.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, AND INVITE UP THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT.

ALRIGHT, THANKS.

YEP.

ALRIGHT.

MY NAME IS JUSTIN LUDI.

I'M A SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST WITH THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT OR THE PORT.

AND SO, UM, I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE PORT'S BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS RELATED TO CLIMATE, UM, COMPLIANCE WORK, UM, AND SORT OF WHAT'S CATALYZED THAT REALLY HAS BEEN, AS WE TALKED, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT FLOODING TONIGHT.

AND SO, UM, WE SAW SOME FLOODING EVENTS BACK IN 2010, AGAIN IN 2012, WHICH REALLY I THINK LIT A FIRE WITH OUR BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS TO SAY, WE NEED TO TAKE MORE ACTION.

UM, AND THEN IN 2016, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, HURRICANE MARIE, A STORM 400 MILES OFF THE COAST PRODUCED ABOUT $60 MILLION IN DAMAGE IN THE HARBOR.

SO THAT REALLY, THOSE STORM EVENTS REALLY SHOWED US THE NEED TO EVOLVE, ADAPT, AND BETTER UNDERSTAND PORT DEVELOPMENT LONGER TERM.

SO GOING BEYOND THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A PORT PROJECT AND REALLY THINKING MAYBE END OF CENTURY.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT DROVE OUR PROCESS.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS OUR CRP CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND COASTAL RESILIENCY PLAN.

AND, UH, THIS STARTED IN 2012, AS I MENTIONED, AFTER THE STORM EVENT, AND REALLY TOOK ON ITS OWN LIFE.

IT STARTED AS SOMETHING QUITE SMALL SCALE, AND THEN EVENTUALLY ENDED UP BEING A, A REALLY ROBUST PROGRAM, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND OF ANY WEST COAST SEAPORT, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, ALL OF NORTH AMERICA.

UM, AND THEN WAS FINALLY APPROVED BY OUR BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS IN DECEMBER OF 2016.

UM, AND REALLY IS THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR US.

WE SEE THAT AS A LIVING DOCUMENT, PORT REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN CITY ASSETS.

AND SO WE'VE DESIGNED OUR CRP TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW DOES, HOW DOES A SEAPORT LIKE OURS EVOLVE, ADAPT, HOW DO WE RE I'M SORRY, HOW DO WE DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND THEN REDEVELOP OVER TIME, REALLY NOW UNDER THE LENS OF, OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND, UM, FUTURE LOOKING SEA LEVEL RISE.

SO, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE, OUR, OUR CRP REALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS OF REALLY BEGAN FIRST WITH INCORPORATING ADAPTATION PLAN, ADAPTATION PLANNING, AND, AND CLIMATE CONSIDERATIONS INTO PORT PLANS, POLICIES, GUIDELINES, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, NOTHING REALLY HAD INCL ALL OF OUR PLANS AND GUIDELINES WERE ABSENT, UM, WITH, WITH CLIMATE CONSIDERATIONS UNTIL AROUND THIS TIME.

AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REVAMP THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE DOCUMENTS.

THINK STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, OUR RISK ASSESSMENT MANUALS, ALL OF OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES, THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN, UH, UH, ELECTRICAL DESIGN MANUALS, UH, STORMWATER DESIGN.

THAT WAS A HUGE EFFORT TO, TO, UM, TO REVAMP.

UM, AND THEN OUR PORT MASTER PLAN.

SO THESE ARE THE SORT OF THE, THESE LARGE FUTURE LOOKING DOCUMENTS.

AND NOW, MOST RECENTLY WE'RE DOING, UM, A LONG RANGE PLAN, SO LOOKING OUT TO 2080.

SO WE'RE, UH, ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERING CLIMATE CHANGE IN ALL OF THOSE PLANS.

UM, AND THEN OUR HARBOR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCESS.

SO OUR, UH, THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION GRANTS, THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT, THE, UM, THE ABILITY TO ESSENTIALLY PERMIT ITS OWN PROJECTS, SO DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THE HARBOR DISTRICT, AND THAT'S ANY SORT OF PORT PROJECT.

AND THAT'S ALSO TENANT PORT TENANT PROJECTS AS WE ARE A LANDLORD PORT.

AND SO, UM, THE, WE,

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UH, OUR, OUR ACTUAL APPLICATION WAS REVAMPED TO INCLUDE, TO ALLOW APPLICANTS TO SAY, HEY, DOES MY PROJECT FALL WITHIN AN INUNDATION ZONE? IS THIS A TEMPORARY FLOODING POTENTIAL? IS THIS A LONG, YOU KNOW, IS, OR IS THIS SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT BASED ON PROJECTED SEA LEVEL RISE OVER TIME? AND SO THAT IS SORT OF AN INTERVENTION POINT, CASTING THE NET WIDELY TO SAY, HEY, ANY APPLICANT WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP IN THE HARBOR DISTRICT NEEDS TO ANSWER A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT PROJECT FALLS AND WHAT SORT OF VULNERABILITY DOES THAT PROJECT, UM, LOOK AT.

AND THAT COULD BE NEAR TERM.

THESE ARE SMALL SCALE PROJECTS, DEMOLITIONS PIPELINES, UM, AND, UM, AND UTILITIES, ALL THE WAY TO REALLY LARGE SCALE PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, WHICH GET A LOT MORE BUZZ IN THE MEDIA.

AND SO, UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WE CONTRIBUTE, JUST LIKE ANY DEPARTMENT WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S CAP.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, A WHOLE HOST OF HARBOR DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE ITEMS, UM, THAT WE MANAGE.

AND THEN ALSO OUR, IN OUR EMISSIONS INVENTORIES.

THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT OF LOOKING AT AIR QUALITY PROJECTS, UM, AIR QUALITY, UM, UH, EMISSIONS CONCERNS, UM, AS A CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND SO WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRIBUTES SHIP EMISSIONS, TRAINS, CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT, UM, SO ALL OF THAT'S WRAPPED UP INTO EMISSIONS INVENTORIES THAT OUR TEAM AND PLANNING DOES.

UM, AND THEN EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR REALLY IS ADAPTATION FOCUS, BUT I, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION OUR, THE MITIGATION EFFORTS ON THIS ON BEHALF OF THE PORT AS WELL.

SO OUR ZERO EMISSION GOALS, GENE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION EFFORTS, THESE, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE AIR QUALITY TEAM, UM, THAT'S NOT MY TEAM, BUT THEY MANAGE HUGE SCALE, YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPRESSIVE, UH, EMISSION REDUCTIONS PROGRAMS, ZERO EMISSIONS GOALS, WORKING TO MEET THE STATES 2024, EXCUSE ME, 2045, UM, STANDARDS.

AND SO THIS, THE, THE MITIGATION SIDE OF, OF OUR CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE IS HUGE AND ROBUST AND IS, IS, IS DEFINITELY WORTH MENTIONING.

UM, AND THEN WE, AS WE ALL KNOW, CLIMATE SCIENCE IS GROWING.

IT'S A BURGEONING SCIENCE.

AND SO WE UPDATED OUR SEA LEVEL RICE MAPS BASED ON THE, THESE STATES FROM MOST RECENT, UH, 2018 GUIDANCE.

UM, SO WE INCORPORATED, UM, A FAR MORE SOPHISTICATED MODEL INTO THE PORT'S EXISTING SEA LEVEL RISE, INUNDATION MAPS.

UM, AND SO THOSE ARE NOW COMPLIANT, UM, WITH THE, WHAT WE CONSIDER THE BEST, BEST POSSIBLE, OR WHAT IS IT BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE IS WHAT YOU'LL HEAR, UM, FROM THE AGENCIES.

AND SO WE LOOK OUT TO TWENTY, THIRTY, FIFTY, EIGHTY, TWENTY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE TWENTY.

AND THAT WE CHOSE THOSE, THOSE YEARS BASED ON HOW, REALLY, HOW A PORT REDEVELOPS OVER TIME.

SO WE, MOST OF OUR PROJECTS REDEVELOP ON A 30 TO 35 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON, AND THAT'S, AGAIN, LARGE SCALE PORT DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THESE BENCHMARKS SORT OF MADE THE MOST SENSE FOR OUR INUNDATION MAPPING, LOOKING OUT FOR, FOR THE LIFESPAN OF PORT PROJECTS.

AND SO WE LOOK AT THOSE UNDER LOW, MEDIUM HIGH, AND THEN HIGH RISK AVERSION SCENARIOS.

UM, WE ALSO LOOK AT, UH, WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MAPS.

WE LOOK AT THE MEAN HIGH OR HIGH WATER, SO THAT'S THE AVERAGE OF TWO HIGH TIDES PER DAY, AND THEN ALSO 100 YEAR FLOOD RISK.

AND THAT GIVES US A FAR MORE EXTREME CASE SCENARIO, UM, WHICH IS NECESSARY.

WE CAN, WE'RE CONSIDERED CRITICAL BY THE STATE.

THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION LOOKS AT CRITICAL ASSETS AS WATER AND TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT REALLY IS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AT THE HARBOR.

SO, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD 100 YEAR FLOOD MAPS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, UM, MORE, UM, LONG RANGE PLANNING, BUT ALSO WHAT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

UM, AND THEN ALL OF THESE MAPS ARE, HAVE INFORMED REALLY LARGE SCALE PORT DEVELOPMENT.

SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING PORT DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE PROBABLY HEARING A LOT ABOUT REALLY BIG REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND REALLY THE LAST 10 YEARS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR PEER REVIEW PROJECTS OR OUR PEER BEYOND DOCK RAIL FACILITY, THIS IS EXPANDING RAIL IN THE NORTH HARBOR.

UM, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND IT'S ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND.

SO THAT PROJECT REALLY WAS THE FIRST TO LOOK AT ROBUSTLY LEVEL RISE, UM, IMPACTS OVER TIME.

UM, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, OUR PD STREET, THIS IS A KNOWN VULNERABLE AREA, PD IS QUITE LOW.

UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PORT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE A BIT OLDER, AND THOSE THAT ARE, ARE, ARE SORT OF NORTH OF THIS ORIGINAL SHORELINE OF WHAT LONG BEACH WANTS TO LOOK LIKE BEFORE DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE OLDER AREAS OF THE HARBOR.

THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'RE, UH, PRONE TO SUB, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME ENCE THERE FROM OIL EXTRACTION OVER YEARS.

AND SO THESE ARE THE AREAS WE KNOW TO BE VULNERABLE.

AND SO THIS IS, THEY'VE TAKEN PRIORITY IN TERMS OF REDEVELOPMENT.

PIER D STREET IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS.

UM, AND THEN YOU MIGHT BE HEARING ABOUT PURE WIND.

THIS IS OUR NEWEST BIG PROJECT AND IS NOW, LIKE THE PRIORITY THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS OFFSHORE WIND BUILDING A 450 ACRE, UM, BRAND NEW TERMINAL IN WHAT'S CURRENTLY OPEN OCEAN IN THE OUTER HARBOR, UM, TO A STAGING AND DEVELOPMENT OF WIND TURBINES THAT WILL THEN BE BARGED UP TO MORRO BAY, UH, FOR PLACEMENT ON THE OFFSHORE WIND FARM.

AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS ACTUALLY EXCITING FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE ABLE TO REALLY BEEN ABLE TO START THE VERY BEGINNING FROM SCRATCH, ALL NEW LAND IN THE HARBOR AND, UM, WHAT LONG RANGE PLANNING COULD LOOK LIKE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, BUT REALLY THROUGH THE LENS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

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UM, THE NEW BRIDGE, WE ALL KNOW THE NEW BRIDGE THAT WAS ALSO, UM, LOOKED AT THROUGH POTENTIAL, UH, INUNDATION OVER TIME.

AND THEN CURRENTLY WE'RE UPDATING OUR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEING DONE BY OUR ENGINEERING TEAM.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE EFFORT AS WELL.

AND, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THERE'S DRAFT GUIDANCE OUT RIGHT NOW, UH, RECENTLY RELEASED BY OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL, UM, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BECOME THE FINAL 2024 OPC GUIDANCE.

AND, UH, THAT WILL BE FINAL PROBABLY IN EARLY JUNE.

AND THE PORT'S ALSO LOOKING TO THAT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO REVAMP SOME OF OUR MAPPING? DO WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO LOOK TO THAT TO, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PORT, UH, YOU KNOW, INUNDATION OVER TIME? AND SO WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND MAYBE LOOKING TO THAT, UM, FOR REDEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

UM, THAT RIPS ME UP.

I THINK WE'RE BACK TO MEREDITH, RIGHT? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY TEAM FOR BEING HERE TODAY, UH, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF SHIFT FROM HERE, UH, AND TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE CAP ITEMS, UH, IN THIS, UM, PARTICULAR SET OF SECTIONS, UH, TO THINK ABOUT, UM, WHERE, UH, WE'RE AT ON SOME OF THESE AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING, UH, NEXT STEPS.

UM, SO THE MAIN GOAL, UH, FOR THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN RELATED TO, UM, UH, FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IS TO UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE FOR THE RISKS.

UM, FLOODING IS THE LARGEST OF OUR ADAPTATION MEASURES, UH, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TO PREPARE FOR.

UM, SO THE CAP HAS THESE MEASURES BROKEN DOWN THROUGH DIFFERENT TIMELINES, UH, SHORT TERM UNTIL 2030, MEDIUM TERM UNTIL 2050 AND LONG TERM AND, UH, THROUGH 2100.

SO FROM A SHORT TERM PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON PLANS AND POLICIES, UM, TO ENSURE THAT OUR PROJECTS, UH, AND INVESTMENTS ARE CONSIDERING THE LONGER TERM IMPACTS.

AND SO THE BEST TIME TO DO THAT IS NOW, UH, SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THOSE LONGER TERM TIMELINE AND HORIZONS, UH, FOR THE MEDIUM TERM.

UM, REALLY ELEVATING OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, NOTING THAT THOSE THAT ARE VULNERABLE, UH, EITHER ARE ABLE TO BE, UM, PLANNED FOR TO BE RELOCATED OR, UH, ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY ELEVATED SO THAT AT SUCH POINT, UH, WE DO HAVE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE THAT, UM, THE SAME TYPE OF IMPACTS THAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING TODAY.

THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO PUT SANDBAGS OUT OR HAVING FLOODING ON A GROUND FLOOR OR THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, ARE, ARE NO LONGER, UH, IN EFFECT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, LIFT SOME OF THOSE, UH, OR RELOCATE SOME OF THOSE ASSETS, UH, OR, OR, UM, EVEN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN PARTICULAR BUILDINGS TO PLACES THAT ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

UM, AND THEN IN THE LONG, LONG TERM, UM, THE PHYSICAL ADAPTATION, UH, FROM ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY NEEDS IS, IS THE FOCUS THERE.

SO, UH, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT, UM, SAFE FOR OUR BEACH, UH, INSTEAD OF, UH, HAVING A, A BEACH REPLENISHMENT IN THE WAY THAT WE DO TODAY? UH, HOW MIGHT WE THINK ABOUT LIKE A LIVING BERM, SOMETHING THAT IS THERE PERMANENTLY THAT ADDS OPEN SPACE AND HABITAT VALUE, UH, BUT ALSO PROVIDES FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOOD RISK VALUE, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT OUR CAP IS ORGANIZED AND, AND THOSE, UM, SHORT TERM MEANING TERM AND LONG TERM, UM, ACTIONS, HELP US THINK THROUGH, UH, HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS, UH, THE DIFFERENT, UH, IMPACTS FOR SEA LEVEL RISE IN FLOODING.

SO, UH, HERE ARE, UH, THE FIRST 11 IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS, A ONE THROUGH NINE ARE IN THE SHORT TERM RANGE, UH, AND DEAL WITH HAVING THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO BE PREPARED, AND SO WE CAN PLAN THE BEST WE CAN.

UM, THINGS LIKE THE BEACH STABILIZATION STUDY, SEA LEVEL RISE INCORPORATION AND CITYWIDE PLANS, FLOOD MONITORING IMPACTS, UM, UPDATES, UH, IN SOME OF OUR SOUTHWESTERN PLANS, UH, AND OUR STORM WATER PLANS ENHANCE DUNES AND OTHER IMPORTANT STEPS TO REALLY HELP PREPARE US, UM, IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE THERE.

AND THEN ITEMS 10 AND 11 ARE SOME OF OUR MID-GRADE GOALS THAT DEAL WITH THE ELEVATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, RIVER LEVEES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO, AS WITH EVERY ACTION ITEM, UH, SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING, UH, ARE LOOKED THROUGH AND EQUITY LENS.

UM, AND THAT'S, UM, ALSO WOVEN THROUGHOUT.

UH, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS THIS CON THESE CONCEPT OF EQUITY.

UM, BUT THINKING ABOUT HOW, UH, WE DESIGN OUR ASSISTANT PROGRAMS FOR THINGS LIKE BUILDING AND RETROFITTING AND PLANNING FOR FLOOD, UH, IMPACTS, UH, AND LOOKING AT HOW ARE THOSE HAPPENING IN AREAS OF HAVING SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO THOSE MIGHT BE, UH, PARTICULAR AREAS OF TOWN WITH CERTAIN TOPOGRAPHY, UH, ALSO THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

UM, ALSO OTHER AREAS, UH, THAT HAVE COMPOUNDING, UM, EITHER SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACTS OR, UM, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF

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HEALTH THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS.

UM, WE ALSO, UH, WANT TO ASSESS OUR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND STORM WATER PLANS WITH THAT SAME LENS.

UH, SO HOW DO WE MAKE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO, UM, UH, BE COGNIZANT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE? UM, EVEN THE LONG TERM ACTIONS HAVE, UH, EQUITY IMPACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS, UH, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WHAT WE DO TODAY, WE WANT TO SEE THAT THOSE, UH, COMMUNITIES AND THOSE AREAS, UM, OF TOWN ARE LEFT BETTER THAN WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.

UH, SO THAT'S SORT OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AS WE LOOK THROUGH THAT LENS.

UM, AND THEN THE REMAINING ACTION ITEMS THAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, STARTING AT, UH, AR ACTION ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, ARE, ARE LONGER TERM ACTIONS.

UM, SO THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE THAT BEACH NOURISHMENT, UM, THINKING ABOUT, UH, STREETS AND, AND ROADWAYS UPGRADING, EXTENDING SEA WALLS, UH, THINGS LIKE LIVING SHORELINE, LIVING BERM, UH, AND THOSE, UH, REALIGNING OTHER, UM, PHYSICAL ASSETS, UH, STARTING WHAT YOU SEE HERE FOR, UH, OUR LONG TERM IN THE CAP.

UM, AND AS WITH ALL OF OUR ACTION ITEMS, THERE ARE CO-BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH.

UH, SO SOME OF THOSE CO-BENEFITS, UH, INCLUDE REDUCING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UH, WHICH IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF OUR MITIGATION ACTIONS AND THE MITIGATION SECTIONS OF OUR CAP.

UM, AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE REDUCE, UH, SERVICE DISRUPTIONS FOR THOSE IN FLOOD ZONES.

UM, INCREASED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TOURISM, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS FROM THE PUBLIC AND IMPROVED FLOOD RESPONSE, UM, BUILDING RETROFITS, UH, AND, UH, OTHER AREAS FOR HABITAT VALUE.

AND SO HOW WE THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT THE CAP, UH, CERTAINLY WE WANT TO UPDATE OUR, UM, PLANNING DOCUMENTS, UH, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE, SCIENTIFIC GUIDANCE ON SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING, UH, WORKING WITH EDUCATIONAL, UH, INSTITUTIONS OR AGENCIES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND THE PUBLIC, UH, TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION.

UM, AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT, UH, THE, THE UPCOMING YEAR, MANY OF THESE GOALS ARE VERY, UH, HAVE VARYING, UH, DATES AND DEADLINES, SOME ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2100, WHICH NONE OF US WILL BE HERE FOR.

SO WE WANT TO, UH, LEAVE THINGS, UH, IN, IN GOOD HANDS FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER US.

UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE, UM, KIND OF, UH, UH, PLAN, UH, BUDGET AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, UH, PUT THESE THINGS IN INTO ACTION, PUT THESE MEASURES INTO ACTION, UM, ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.

SO IN THE SHORT TERM, UM, OUR MARINE BUREAU FROM PARKS RECREATION MARINE, UM, IS, UH, TALK THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW WE MONITOR SEA LEVEL RISE TO BETTER TRACK AND HAVE, UH, GOOD, UH, DATA, UM, THROUGH THEIR SEA LEVEL MONITORS.

UM, AND THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR AT THE END OF MARCH.

UM, SO BEING ABLE TO SORT OF THINK, HAVE THAT DATA AND, AND SEE THE CHANGES OVER TIME.

UM, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM WILL CONTINUE ITS OUTREACH FOR THE PD SIX DOWNTOWN SHORELINE VISIONING.

UM, AND SO THOSE, UH, PLANS ARE SOME THO THAT PLAN IN PARTICULAR FOR ALL THE ONES THAT CARLY MENTIONED ARE, ARE ONE OF THE ONES THAT YOU WILL SEE, UH, HERE COMING, UM, UH, IN, IN THE SHORT TERM, UH, HORIZON.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE ALSO THINK ABOUT METRICS AND, AND HOW WE'RE TRACKING TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND ULTIMATELY, THESE, SOME OF THESE THINGS, UH, ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON OUR DASHBOARD AS WE ROLL OUT ITERATIONS OF THAT.

UM, SO, UH, EACH OF OUR ACTION ITEMS HAVE, WILL HAVE THEIR OWN METRICS, BUT HERE ARE, UH, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES, UM, FROM, FROM SOME THAT WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT.

SO USING THE SENSOR READINGS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE VULNERABLE AREAS.

UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, PIECES ARE CONDUCTED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, UM, UH, RAINSTORM AND FLOODING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, THE FREQUENCY OF THEM AND HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET, AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS ARE, UM, TO OUR FACILITIES AND ASSETS.

THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE CURRENTLY DO AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

AND BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE THOSE, UM, OVER TIME HELP GET, HELPS US UNDERSTAND, UH, ARE THEY GETTING, UH, GREATER, UM, ARE THEY GETTING LESSER? ARE THERE, UM, MORE PHYSICAL IMPACTS WE'RE SEEING? AND WHAT IS THAT DOING TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? AND SO THE NEXT STEP FOR US, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS WE WILL, UM, AS WE HAVE BEEN CONVENING OUR INTERNAL STAFF TEAM, OUR CLIMATE ACTION CHAMPIONS ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, THERE ARE THOSE ACTIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED TO BE WORKED ON IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEN WE PRODUCE OUR ANNUAL REPORT AND THEN BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT DATA INTO OUR, OUR DASHBOARD.

SO SOME OF THAT IS WRAPPING UP, I THINK WE MENTIONED LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH WE'RE WRAPPING UP LAST YEAR'S REPORT, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT ON THE PRODUCTION OF OUR

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FIRST DASHBOARD.

UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING BOTH OF THOSE TO BE ROLLED OUT, UH, IN APRIL FOR EARTH MONTH, UM, TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE SOME OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BE ABLE TO BEGIN TO REPORT TRANSPARENTLY TO OUR COMMUNITY AROUND, UM, HOW WE'RE DOING IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AND OUR, PARTICULARLY OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY.

UM, ALSO WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE, WE HAVE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ARE WORKING REALLY WELL, AND WE MIGHT WANT TO EXPAND THOSE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO STEP INTO OUR FY 25, UH, BUDGET PROCESS.

UH, WE JUST HAD OUR BUDGET KICKOFF TODAY INTERNALLY, ACTUALLY.

UM, AND SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT SORT OF THINGS NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED FROM THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING IN THE CATEGORY OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING, UH, THAT MIGHT NEED TO MAKE ITS WAY, UH, INTO OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, AND CERTAINLY, UH, EVALUATING OUR PROGRESS.

SO HAVING GOOD DATA IS, IS PARAMOUNT TO THAT, BUT EVALUATING OUR PROGRESS AND THEN BEING ABLE TO RETHINK HOW WE DO THINGS, UM, THAT MAY NOT BE WORKING SO WELL, OR WE WANT TO WORK DIFFERENTLY, UM, BEING ABLE TO RETOOL OUR PROGRAMS AND, AND POLICIES AS NEEDED.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALWAYS LEAVE YOU, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH WHAT CAN YOU DO.

UM, SO, UH, THE BIG THING HERE, UH, IS ALL ABOUT PREPAREDNESS, UH, AND MI FOR, FOR YOU INDIVIDUALLY, SORT OF THAT CONCEPT OF MITIGATION OF RISK.

UM, SO HAVING GOOD INFORMATION.

SO SIGNING UP FOR ALERT LONG BEACH TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER, UH, IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PUSH OUT HAPPENS THROUGH, UH, THAT CHANNEL.

UM, ALSO ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR, UM, A LOT OF OUR, UH, OPEN, UM, OUR, UH, OPEN LB, UH, WHERE WE HAVE DATA AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, PRESS RELEASES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAPPEN THERE, UM, UNDERSTAND ANOTHER FLOOD ZONES, UH, IN THE CITY AND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND PARTICULARLY DURING, UH, EVENTS, UH, AVOIDING THOSE HIGH RISK AREAS.

UH, THERE ARE SOME PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, UH, DURING THAT TIME, UH, IT'S GOOD TO STAY OUT, UH, OF THE WAY OF OTHERS WHO, LIKE OUR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND OTHERS WHO MAY NEED TO GET THERE, BUT ALSO JUST BECOMING ONE LESS PERSON WHO MIGHT GET STUCK, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A VEHICLE, UH, IN, IN THOSE PARTS OF TOWN WITH A LOT OF FLOODING.

UM, ALSO, UH, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING THAT'S A PRETTY, UH, UH, UNIVERSAL, UH, COMMENT THESE DAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO SEE A, UM, STORM BASIN BLOCKED OR A PALM FRON OR SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, UH, OBSTRUCTING WATER TO BE ABLE TO FLOW, UH, ITS PROPER WAY, THERE'S WAY, UH, DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS AND OTHER WAYS FOR YOU TO COMMUNICATE THAT, UH, TO THE CITY BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE DURING THESE STORM EVENTS IN PARTICULAR.

AND SO KNOWING WHERE SOME OF THOSE PAIN POINTS ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY HELPFUL.

SO IF YOU DO SEE THOSE THINGS, UH, HELPING REPORT IS, IS HELPFUL.

UH, PREPARING AN EMERGENCY KIT FOR SHELTERING IN PLACE, UH, AND AN EMERGENCY GO BAG FOR EVACUATIONS.

UM, IN, IN MANY PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOU FOR FLOODING, UH, YOU MAY NOT NEVER NEED THESE THINGS, BUT BEING PREPARED IS ALWAYS HELPFUL.

UM, AND THESE DOUBLE OFTEN, UM, FOR EMERGENCIES RELATED TO EARTHQUAKES.

SO, UH, GOOD TO ALWAYS HAVE AND BE PREPARED.

UM, ALSO NOTING WHERE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FIRE STATION IS, UH, THAT PROVIDES THE FREE SANDBAGS, UH, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF THOSE, OR YOU HAVE, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON YOUR BLOCK OR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEED, AND BEING ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OF THE, UH, ALTER ALTERATIONS ONE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT EXCESS WATER AND REUSE IT ON YOUR PROPERTY SO IT DOESN'T FLOW INTO THE STREET AND CONTRIBUTE, UH, TO THE LARGER FLOODING.

AND SO, UH, BOTH FROM OUR PUBLIC PROJECTS, WE THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT ALSO, UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, AND THEIR, UM, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS FROM OUR WATER DEPARTMENT WHO HELP DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT ALSO SOMETHING, UH, INDIVIDUALS CAN DO ON THEIR OWN.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU, UM, TO, UH, THE TEAM, LARRY, CARLENE, TAMMY, DYLAN, JUSTIN, DID I MISS ANYBODY? , UH, FOR JOINING US TODAY, UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION? UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION CHAIR, AND WE'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU OR THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, AT THIS POINT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO THIS ITEM? 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.

YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF, UH, FELLOW CITIZENS.

RISE IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT SCARES ME THE MOST.

UH, PETE MARSH, UH, SECOND DISTRICT, AND I NORMALLY COME AND RANT ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION AS A CLIMATE SOLUTION.

UM, THIS ONE IS, IS DEEPLY INTERESTING TO ME.

MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IS MARINE SCIENCE.

AND, UH, AND, UH, SEA LEVEL

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UH, ALL OF THE OTHER, UH, WHAT WE USED TO CALL NATURAL DISASTERS, WHICH ARE NOW FOSSIL FUEL, UH, UH, ACCENTUATED, DISASTERS, UH, HURRICANES, WILDFIRES, ET CETERA, THEY HAPPEN BRIEFLY OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS OR DAYS, AND THEY LEAVE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACTS, BUT SOMEWHAT LOCALIZED REGIONALIZED, UH, SEA LEVEL RISE, UH, DOESN'T RISE A LITTLE BIT AND GO AWAY.

IT'S, IT'S EVERY MILLIMETER GAINED IS HERE TO STAY, UH, UNTIL WE START TAKING GREENHOUSE GASES BACK OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO I, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SET TIME HORIZONS AND THAT WE THINK ABOUT FOR PLANNING.

AND THE CITY HAS DONE THAT, LOOKING OUT TO 2100 AND AND BEYOND.

UH, BUT 66 INCHES, FIVE, FIVE AND A HALF FEET, UH, IS PUNY COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF ICE, UH, THAT IS IN ANTARCTICA AND GREENLAND, IF WHEN, NOT, IF, UH, THOSE TWO, UH, ICE MASSES MELT, WE WILL SEE SEA LEVEL APPROXIMATELY 230 FEET HIGHER THAN IT IS TODAY.

UM, I, WIKIPEDIA TELLS ME THAT IN LONG BEACH, WE HAVE 14 BUILDINGS, UH, THAT ARE HIGHER THAN THAT AND, UH, ZERO POINTS OF LAND, UH, INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF LONG BEACH.

UH, SO THE ONLY, THE ONLY PLACE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN LA THAT WILL BE ABOVE SEA LEVEL THEN IS, UH, THE FUTURE ISLAND OF SIGNAL HILL, UH, AT, AT, UH, 360 FEET ABOVE CURRENCY LEVEL.

SO, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE A, A, A SUGGESTION, A SOLUTION OR RECOMMENDATION.

I, I HAVE A LOT OF FEAR.

I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN OUR PLANNING IS TO BE THINKING, UH, ALWAYS ABOUT THIS, THE SAME QUESTION THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND, UM, AND ELSEWHERE, UH, NEW ORLEANS AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS REBUILD OR RETREAT.

AND THAT'S GONNA COME TO EVERY COASTAL COMMUNITY AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD.

UM, AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN QUICKLY.

IT'LL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, A FEW INCHES, UH, AT A TIME.

BUT, UH, I, AND I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAVE DECADES, MANY DECADES BEFORE THE WORST OF THIS COMES AND MAYBE, UH, WE HUMANITY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT ONLY STOP GLOBAL WARMING FROM INCREASING, BUT TO SLOW IT DOWN, UH, AND REVERSE IT, UH, BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

UH, .

ANYWAY, UH, THANKS.

SORRY TO BE THE, UH, THE BEARER OF HAPPY NEWS THIS AFTERNOON.

ARE YOU GET IT? I AM SORRY.

YOUR TIME HAS CONCLUDED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO? SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM TWO.

COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? SO, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.

, UH, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION ITEMS AMONGST YOURSELF OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, UH, WE CAN TAKE THOSE AT THIS TIME.

UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, THEN WE CAN CALL FOR THE VOTE.

I, I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS ARE CONFUSED BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ISN'T ALLOWING US TO RAISE OUR HANDS.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

THAT'S PROBLEM.

OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE FOR THIS ITEM, WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND, UM, HAVE THE CHAIR CALL ON THE COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK, UM, SINCE YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE BUTTON ON THE SPEAKERS TAB, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

UH, IF YOU'D LIKE CHAIR, YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND CALL ON YOUR, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

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WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT TECHNICAL, UH, PROBLEMS. I SEE A DIFFERENCE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

NOW, UM, CAN WE HEAR COMMISSIONER DYLAN? THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE SEA.

LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS, WHAT WERE THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THAT MODEL? WAS IT STATUS QUO IN TERMS OF LIKE, RATE OF INCREASE? YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THOSE OF US ON THE DICE TODAY, WERE NOT AROUND FOR THE PREPARATION, UH, BACK IN 20, LIKE 15, 20 16.

UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMISSION, UH, ON SOME OF THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS.

UM, I DO KNOW WHERE THEY, UH, LIVE IN THE DOCUMENT, BUT HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.

AND THEN BASED ON THE, UM, SEVERAL SLIDES LATER ABOUT ADDING SENSORS IN, IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THE CURRENT LEVEL IS NOT BEING RECORDED AND MONITORED OR, 'CAUSE THERE WAS THE, THE COMPARISON TO 2000 AND THEN 2030, BUT THERE WAS NO 2024 DATA OR 2023 DATA.

UM, RIGHT.

SO I THINK THE, THE THING WITH THE SENSORS THAT PROVIDES US THE ABILITY TO BEGIN TO CAPTURE THOSE, UM, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO MEASURE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, RIVER RISE AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND OTHER THINGS AT CERTAIN POINTS.

UH, AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT DATA AND WE DO, UM, WORK WITH LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND OTHERS, UM, TO, UH, MEASURE SOME OF THOSE.

UM, BUT THESE PROVIDE US THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC POINT, UH, IN TIME AND, AND SOURCE POINT KIND OF DATA.

WE DO OFTEN, UH, EXPECT FLOODING EVEN WITH SOME OF THE SMALLER AMOUNTS OF RAIN.

AND THEN WITH THE, UM, THE ALERT SYSTEM, DOES, DOES ANY OF THE ALERTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LIKE KNOWING THE CAPACITY OF THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM AND KNOWING IF WE'RE EXPECTING A STORM COMING IN WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF INTENSITY WHERE IT'S, THERE WILL BE STREET FLOODING, UM, OR ANY OF THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT SPECIFIC? OR IS IT JUST, HEY, THERE'S A STORM COMING IN, BE CAREFUL.

UM, I, THEY'RE USUALLY NOT THAT SPECIFIC, UH, IN TERMS OF THIS IS HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT, UM, UNLESS THERE IS THAT INFORMATION THAT, THAT IS SORT OF ANALYZED AHEAD OF TIME.

SO FOR INSTANCE, UH, WHEN WE HAD OUR, UM, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE TROPICAL STORM, UM, THAT BRINGS WITH IT AN ANTICIPATED RANGE OF, OF POTENTIAL RAINFALL, BUT DEPENDING ON, SAY, CATEGORY.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE JUST GENERAL METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR RECENT STORM WAS LIKELY TO BRING, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN TWO AND 12 INCHES.

AND THAT'S A PRETTY WIDE RANGE, RIGHT? SO IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD FOR US IN THOSE NOTIFICATIONS TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE THIS, THIS SPECIFIC.

UM, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION, WE DO SHARE IT.

UM, WE, AT THE SAME TIME AT THE CITY ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WHEN THERE IS GOING TO BE A STORM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVEN WITH SOME OF THE SMALL AMOUNTS OF RAIN, IF IT COMES DOWN QUICKLY, UH, IT'S LIKELY TO FLOOD, UH, EVEN IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SAY A A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, 50 YEAR STORM.

UM, AND THERE ARE PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS SUCH THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE FLOODING, AND THAT'S WHERE WE THEN DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES TO.

SO, UM, IN THIS RECENT STORM, IF YOU HAVE SEEN, UH, SOME OF OUR PUMP TRUCKS, UH, THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TEAM, UH, MOVES AROUND THE CITY AND PUMPS WATER, UH, YOU KNOW, IN FROM CERTAIN AREAS PERHAPS THAT DON'T HAVE DRAINAGE EITHER AT ALL OR, OR MAYBE NOT THE BEST DRAINAGE OR NOT ENOUGH DRAINAGE, UM, INTO OTHER AREAS, UH, TO TRY AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT FLOODING.

UH, WE ALSO DO A LOT OF PREP WORK.

SO, UM, GOING OUT TO ALL OF OUR PUMP STATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, CLEANING THEM OUT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING PROPERLY, MAKING ANY FIXES TO THEM, UH, AND, AND PROVIDING THINGS LIKE BACKUP GENERATORS TO THEM AND MAKING SURE ALL OF THAT IS IN PLACE.

UM, SO WE, WHERE WE HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION, UH, WE DO PROVIDE THAT WHERE WE CAN, AND IT'S USUALLY LIKE A RANGE OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.

UM, BUT, UH,

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COMMISSIONER .

HI.

I APOLOGIZE FOR FALLING ASLEEP.

I LITERALLY WASN'T ASLEEP.

UM, I HAVE LIKE SOME PRACTICAL QUESTIONS AND I THINK PROBABLY FOR TAMMY.

UM, SO WHAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS, UH, UH, ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL.

SO WE HAVE SOME STORM DRAINS NEAR OUR HOUSE THAT ARE PRETTY CLOGGED UP.

UH, ONE OF THEM COULD BE EASILY PASSED BY BECAUSE IT'S ON A CORRIDOR THAT'S SITTING ON A SETBACK THAT HAS A LOT OF RUNOFF, AND IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF DEBRIS RUNOFF.

IN FACT, RIGHT NOW THE BUSHES IN THE BIKE LANE ARE IN THE BIKE LANE BECAUSE OF ALL THE STORM.

SO I WANNA KNOW, WHO DO I GO TO? I, I ALWAYS BOTHER LINDA LEE.

SHE'S MY GO-TO PERSON.

BUT IS THERE SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY THAT I CAN EMAIL OR CALL? IT'S NOT IN THE GO LONG BEACH APP.

SO THEY TALK ABOUT TREE MAINTENANCE AND STREET MAINTENANCE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC FOR, UM, CLOG STORM DRAINS OR DEBRIS.

UH, SO WE ARE BORDERED BY DEL LAMO AND SAN ANTONIO.

SAN ANTONIO HAS A, WE HAVE SOME NEW TREES THANKS TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WON'T, WON'T BE LEAVE PINE NEEDLES EVERYWHERE, BUT THE PINE NEEDLES ACCUMULATE ALSO AND THEY GET INSIDE THE STORM DRAINS AND THERE'S NOBODY REALLY MONITORING THAT EXCEPT OUR CLEAN STREETS TEAMS ON DEL LAMO, WE HAVE A LARGE SETBACK, UH, ON DEL LAMO, WHICH IS A CORRIDOR.

THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, AND THE STUFF COMES DOWN INTO IT.

AND THERE'S A STORM DRAIN KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF A REALLY, REALLY LONG, FROM CHERRY TO ORANGE.

THERE'S A STORM DRAIN THERE THAT'S CLOGGED RIGHT NOW.

SO I GUESS I JUST WANNA KNOW, WHO DO I GO TO? WHO DO I CALL, OR, SO THE, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A TAMMY, DO YOU WANNA GO GO TO THE MIC FOR ME? THANKS.

SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY CALLED OCEAN BLUE, AND THEY CLEAN OUT ALL OF OUR CATCH BASINS AND STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS. THE PERSON THAT MANAGES THAT CONTRACT, I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS WILLIE OWENS, JUST W-I-L-L-I-E.

AND COMMISSIONER, WE CAN GET YOU THE, THE SPECIFIC TECHNIQUE.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT INFORMATION FOR WILLIE AS A FOLLOW UP FOR TODAY.

SO WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A CLOG STORM DRAIN, OR WE SAY WE NEED TO BE INSPECTED, WE CONTACT HIM.

HE SENDS OUT THE OCEAN BLUE CREW TO CLEAN THE CLEAN, THE STORM DRAINS, CATCH BASINS, AND IT'S GOOD IF YOU CONTACT HIM IF YOU KNOW A STORM IS COMING MM-HMM.

SO THAT THEY CAN DO IT PRIOR TO A FORECASTED STORM EVENT.

SO I, THE AREA SPECIFICALLY AROUND CHERRY AND SAN ANTONIO, I DID NOTIFY SOMEONE, AND IT PROBABLY WAS LINDA LEE, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY CLOGGED UP WITH JUST DEBRIS.

SO IN YOUR, UM, BOTH FROM THE TREES AND TRASH AND PLASTIC AND ALL OF THAT.

SO IN YOUR EMAIL, IF YOU CAN, UM, SEND HIM LIKE LOCATION NEAREST ADDRESS.

AND HE WILL SEND OUT A TEAM TO CLEAN OUT THE CATCH BASIN.

THEY JUST GIVE HIM SOME, UM, OKAY, GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, LIKE PICTURES OR THE MORE INFORMATION THE BETTER.

AND I THINK I HAD ONE MORE.

UM, AND THAT'D BE A GOOD THING TO GET ON THE GO LONG BEACH APP.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN, IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO THAT OR TALK TO THE TEAM, UM, ABOUT GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THERE.

BECAUSE IT HAS A GPS IN IT ALREADY.

I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS G IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA HIT, BUT YOU AT LEAST YOU CAN GET CLOSE TO IT.

UM, AND WE CAN A, WE CAN, UH, EXPLORE THAT WITH OUR FOLKS, UH, IN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, WHO DO THE GO LONG BEACH JUMPS.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO USE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DROPDOWN MENU EITHER.

I HAVE LOOKED NUMEROUS TIMES.

I TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, AND PASS ON GOOD INFORMATION, BUT YOU CAN IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT.

SO, UM, I THINK I HAD ONE MORE.

UM, AND THEN HOW, SO AS FAR AS RUNOFF GOES, WE ARE ALSO CLOSE TO FOREST LAWN.

AND FOREST LAWN GETS A LOT OF RUNOFF BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GRASS THERE AND IT'S HILLY.

SO THE, THE, THE HILL WHERE THE GRASS IS, THE WATER COMES INTO THE STORM DRAIN AND IT PUSHES ALL OF THE TRASH RIGHT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING AS FAR AS, UH, TRYING TO MITIGATE RUNOFF WITH BIG PROPERTIES LIKE THAT? USUALLY IF YOU HAVE A REALLY GRASSY AREA, THERE'S, IT'S, IF IT WAS PAVED, THEY WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE RUNOFF.

IT'S HARD TO MANAGE RUNOFF FROM THESE PRIVATE PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE CEMETERY.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UM, WHEN WE DESIGNED A STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, WE TAKE IN THAT DRAINAGE AREA INTO ACCOUNT IN SUCH A, SUCH A LARGER DRAINAGE AREA, WE WOULD MAKE THE CATCH BASINS BIGGER.

WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE STORM DRAINS BIGGER.

NOW, LIKE A LOT OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO RETAIN YOUR STORM WATER ON SITE AND THEN DISCHARGE IT LATER AND ONTO THE

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STREET.

BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE A CEMETERY LIKE THAT SIZE.

I THINK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMETHING LIKE A, A PARK FOR INSTANCE, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF UNDERGROUND CAPACITY FOR FUTURE PROJECTS, FOR WATER CAPTURE OR, UM, TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE TOPOGRAPHY, TO DIRECT WATER TO CERTAIN AREAS, UM, THAT EXISTS VERY DIFFERENTLY IN A CEMETERY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE UNDERGROUND.

UM, AND SO, AND A LOT OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE, UM, UM, HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW CAPACITY.

UH, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UM, SORT OF REAL ESTATE, SO TO SPEAK, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN INTERESTING AREA TO SORT OF THINK ABOUT, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE ASSETS THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW, UH, IN THE FUTURE, UH, NOT JUST FROM A STORM WATER SYSTEM, BUT SORT OF THE, THE FUTURE ANTICIPATED REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR ONSITE CAPTURE AND, AND HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT FOR A SITE LIKE THAT.

FOR SURE.

THANKS, TAMMY.

THE GRAVEYARD IS, OR THE CEMETERY, THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN.

SO, UM, NEWER DEVELOPMENTS WE DO REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF STORM WATER SYSTEM OR TRY TO RETAIN THEIR STORM WATER ON SITE.

I DO THINK THAT IF, BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF STORM DRAINS AROUND THE CEMETERY ITSELF.

, THERE'S A BIG, LIKE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CORNER 'CAUSE IT GOES WAY DOWN CHERRY AND A BIG DISTANCE ON SAN ANTONIO.

SO THERE IS STORM WATER CAPTURE THERE, BUT THE WATER RUNS THE OTHER WAY IN A LOT OF CASES.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT DOES, IS IT BRINGS, WHATEVER'S NOT IN THE STORM DRAIN, IT BRINGS ALL THAT TRASH INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN LOOKED AT, MAYBE THEY NEED TO HAVE A, MAKE THE STORM DRAIN LARGER THERE, UM, ON THAT END OF SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT.

WHERE WE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE WE JUST PLANTED 30 MORE TREES, 33, EXCUSE ME.

UM, BUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE STORM DRAIN'S THERE BECAUSE IT PULLS UP AT THE INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE, SO, OKAY.

IT, IT IS HARD TO CHANGE THE TOPOGRAPHY OF LIKE A STREET OR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED.

AND THE ONLY THING YOU CAN REALLY, IT, IT'S HARD TO CHANGE THE DRAINAGE PATTERN.

, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, TRY TO REDIRECT THE WATER YEAH.

OR MAKE THE STORM DRAINS WHERE IT GOES LARGER BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST, I JUST DON'T THINK THEY CAN HANDLE THE CAPACITY.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

THAT'S WHY IT PULLS UP SO BADLY IS BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES THAT WAY, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR IT TO GO.

SO PART, PART OF WHAT WE DO IN THE STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN IS THAT WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS OF CITY WHERE THERE'S FLOODING OR A LACK OF STORM, STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS AND WE SEE HOW THAT CAN BE IMPROVED.

SO THE MASTER PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT OKAY.

FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

ALRIGHT.

JUST CHECKING.

WE JUST GET A LOT OF TRASH COMING OUR WAY, SO, MM-HMM.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

MM.

SKY.

I FIRST WANT TO, UH, APPRECIATE THE DETAILS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THESE PRESENTATIONS.

THEY'RE VERY EXTENSIVE AND BRING TOGETHER ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.

AND I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THAT THE PRESENTATIONS ALWAYS INCLUDE UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEXT STEPS AND EVEN THINGS THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY CAN DO TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE DIRECTLY.

UH, I NOTICED ON THE METRICS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED, UM, THAT YOU LISTED JUST A COUPLE, AND THEN GOING BACK TO SLIDE 33 AT A REALLY GREAT SUMMARY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CO-BENEFITS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO TIE METRICS INTO MOST OF THOSE ITEMS. I THINK THEY'RE REALLY VERY, UH, POINTED AND CONNECT DIRECTLY TO THE WORK THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING AND, UM, COLLABORATING TO, UM, REDUCE, UH, THE IMPACTS FROM FLOOD RISK AND, UM, IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR THE CITY.

SO, UM, TYING THAT INTO THE METRICS WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

AND THEN I SAW ESSENTIALLY THERE'S, UH, WHAT THE CITY STAFF IS GONNA DO AND THEN WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN DO.

UM, IF PRESENTATIONS CAN INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VICE CHAIR FOR THAT.

UM, ON, ON THE PARTICULAR NOTE ABOUT WHAT THE COMMISSION CAN DO, I THINK WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT, UM, AS WE, UH, TALK ABOUT OUR WORK PLAN.

UM, AND SO WE CAN DO THAT CERTAINLY MOVING FORWARD.

UH, IT'LL BE THAT THAT'LL BE A GOOD, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF KICK US OFF.

UH, WE FOCUS THIS FIRST YEAR, NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF OUR TOPICS AND WE HAVE A GOOD GROUNDING OF, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

UH, WE CAN SORT OF THINK ABOUT LIKE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? AND SO WE WILL REVISIT ALL OF THOSE TOPICS, UH, IN THE NEXT CYCLE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH,

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HERE IN OUR NEXT ITEM.

UH, BUT WHAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WITH YOU ALL WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

RIGHT.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE AND BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GAINES.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER .

UH, THE, THE PRESENTATION REFERENCES SOME CRITICAL ASSETS AT RISK WITH, UH, 11 INCHES OF SEA RISE.

UM, ONE OF WHICH IS A SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

AND I HAVE A, I THINK I HAVE A GOOD GUESS AT WHICH ONE THAT IS, BUT I WAS, UH, HOPING YOU COULD SHARE WHAT FACILITY THAT IS.

UM, SO THAT IS LIKELY THE ONE IN OUR HARBOR DEPARTMENT, UH, OR SURF FACILITY.

UM, SO THAT IS IN AND AROUND SOME OF THOSE HARBOR AREAS THAT HAVE THOSE OTHER IMPACTS.

UM, OUR SURF FACILITY, UH, IS UNDERGOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO, TO IDENTIFY, UH, IF THERE IS, UM, UH, FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES THERE, UH, FOR OTHER USES.

UM, AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, THIS IS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, UM, IS TO THINK ABOUT THE, THE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS FOR SEA LEVEL RISE.

UM, YEAH, FIRST I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

I ALWAYS LEARN A LOT, UM, AND IT'S REALLY EDUCATIONAL AS WELL.

UM, MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THE METRICS, WHICH I THINK SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED.

UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE, THE SEA LEVEL RISE METRIC AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE MEASURED, IS THAT ESTABLISHING A BASELINE ONCE THE SENSORS ARE GOING IN? AND THEN, UM, JUST HOW ARE YOU MEASURING SUCCESS AGAINST THAT? I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE RISE, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, IF THOSE HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA POINTS THAT COULD AFFECT THAT, THAT METRIC.

MM-HMM, .

PLANNING, RIGHT? WE CAN USE AND RELY ON THE CAP PROJECTIONS TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE DEVELOP STANDARDS THAT REALLY ADDRESS THE LITTLE RICE, BUT THEN ALSO HOW DO WE SAY, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE SCIENCE WE HAVE NOW? AND TAKE THAT FURTHER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROJECT FURTHER ON AND SAY, UM, AND UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE AS IT'S ONGOING.

SO WE HAVE OUR ORIGINAL MODELING FROM, FROM THE CAP, UH, WHICH IS, UM, UH, SORT OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COMPARE AGAINST, RIGHT? SO IF WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIS, THIS KIND OF, UH, AND OUTCOMES OR WHERE ARE WE TODAY, THE SENSORS HELP WITH THAT.

UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, PERHAPS WHERE WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE LIGHT IN THE METRICS IS WE'RE STILL FIGURING SOME OF THOSE THINGS OUT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE VARIABLES.

UM, SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THERE, AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UM, SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS AS WELL, RIGHT? SO PUTTING ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER AND SORT OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT, HOW WE MEASURE THOSE MOVING FORWARD, UM, IS CERTAINLY, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT.

UH, WE HAVE IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CAP AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU.

UM, SOME OF THOSE METRICS ARE FAR MORE ROBUST BECAUSE EITHER WE HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, KNOWN DATA, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR LONGER.

UM, AND THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES, UH, AND PRO AND EVEN PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, RIGHT? SO, UM, THIS IS DEFINITELY A, A NEW, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT NEW IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE OLD PICTURES FROM 19 90 16 OF FLOODING.

I MEAN, WE, THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR A LONG TIME BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY, UH, AND, AND FLOOD CONTROL.

WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THIS.

BUT THEN HOW DO WE, AT THE END OF THE MOUTH OF TWO RIVERS INTO WATERSHEDS, UH, THINK ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING, AND HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT? UH, AND HOW DO WE MODEL THAT MOVING FORWARD, UM, IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE, THE CLIMATE ACTION ACTIONS.

UM, I, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW ON I THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT COMMISSIONER DYLAN AND COMMISSIONER GAINES TOUCHED ON.

I, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON, UH, A MODEL THAT WAS, WE USED IN 20 15 2 1 5.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

OR IN THE COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER IT? SO WHEN THE, UM, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY KICKED OFF IN 2015, WE WERE WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT AND SUB CONSULTANTS THAT SPECIFICALLY MODELED THAT.

SO I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING.

SO IT WAS PROBABLY USING INFORMATION FROM 20 16, 20 17 IS MORE LIKE IT HAVE, HAS THE CITY EVALUATED ON AN ONGOING BASIS OR EVEN ONCE HOW RELIABLY ACCURATE THIS MODEL HAS PROVEN TO BE.

I REALIZE IT'S ONLY BEEN EIGHT, NINE YEARS, BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO THE MODEL, UH, AS SCIENCE IS, AS TIME PASSES, THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE BECOMES BETTER.

UM, AS JUSTIN TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL RELEASED A 2024 C LEVEL RISE GUIDANCE THAT IDENTIFIES, UM, AND REVIEWS THE SCENARIOS THAT WERE PLANNED AND HAVE BEEN, BEEN IN, UH, USED AS BEST AVAILABLE GUIDANCE.

AND IN THIS 2024 STUDY THAT I HAVE RIGHT HERE, IT'S QUITE LONG.

UM, WE FOUND THAT THE CAP PROJECTIONS WERE ACTUALLY QUITE ACCURATE.

SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN IN TERMS OF OUR

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SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT WAS, UM, PRETTY ACCURATE RELATIVE TO TODAY'S, UM, 2024 STANDARDS, UH, MEASURED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THAT'S SOMEWHAT, UH, A RELIEF TO HEAR, UM, 'CAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR US TO BE OVER OR UNDER BUILDING.

UM, IF, IF I MAY, I THINK YOU SAID THAT, THAT THAT REPORT CAME OUT, WAS IT, DID YOU SAY 2024 JANUARY LAST MONTH.

SO JUST, UM, YES.

WHO DID IT? UH, THIS WAS THE CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL.

AND ARE THEY THE, THE, THE ORGAN, IS THAT THE ORGANIZATION THAT, THAT DEVELOPED THE MODEL? UH, SO THEY RELY ON, I BELIEVE, THE CO MOST MODELS.

SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FULLY READ THIS, GO AHEAD AND DO IT IN DEPTH REPORT.

UM, BUT, AND I'M NOT AN ENGINEER BY ANY MEANS , SO I AM SPEAKING FROM LIKE THE VERY MUCH A PLANNING, UM, PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.

UM, BUT THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO WORK WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S US GEOGRAPHIC.

IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT RELIES ON THE COSMO COSMOS MODEL.

UM, AND SO I, I'M NOT SURE HOW IN INTEGRATED THEY ARE WITH PART OF THE MODELING AND IDENTIFYING, UM, HOW THE MODEL IS DEVELOPED AND HOW THAT'S RELATED TO THE ENGINEERS ARE PART OF THAT MODELING, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE THE MODELS AND THEY ANALYZE IT AS IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING THE POLICIES THAT WILL GUIDE DECISION MAKING FOR PLANNING.

UM, HOW OFTEN DO WE OR THIS ORGANIZATION, SHALL WE SAY CHECK BACK IN WITH THE MODELS, UH, PROJECTIONS VERSUS REALITY? ON, ON THE, UH, UH, FROM THE DATA THAT WE OBTAINED THROUGH THE SENSORS THAT ARE NOT YET INSTALLED? , UH, YOU KNOW, I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON HAND.

AND, UM, THIS IS ALSO JUST A DRAFT RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, THE 2024, WHICH IS A DRAFT, AND WHEN WE SAY DRAFT, IT'S MEANS IT'S FORMALLY PUBLISHED, IT'S BEEN REVIEWED, AND IT'S READY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ADOPTION.

AND I BELIEVE JUSTIN SAID JUNE.

UM, SO THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS.

UM, AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON, UM, HOW OFTEN, UH, OPC UM, UPDATES THEIR GUIDANCE.

AND THEN, UH, AFTERWARDS ALSO, COASTAL COMMISSION WILL LIKELY, UM, REVIEW THIS REPORT AND ADMINISTER KIND OF GUIDELINES AS WELL.

THANK YOU KINDLY.

AND COMMISSIONER, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET YOU A, A LINK, ALL OF YOU A LINK TO THAT REPORT, THE DRAFT REPORT AS WELL.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

I JUST HAVE, I MEAN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND CAN YOU SCARY DEFINITELY.

BUT, UH, VERY NICE.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR FLOODING.

I NOTICED THAT YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS.

LIKE PUMP STATIONS, STORM DRAIN, UM, STORM DRAINS.

NOW YOU WANNA GET, UM, GENERATORS, UM, HAVE YOU BEEN CONSIDER ANY OTHER, UM, UM, POLICIES THAT CAN HELP WITH FLOODING THAT IS THAT MORE NATURAL, LIKE, UM, CONCRETE, UM, WHAT IS IT PERMEABLE CONCRETE OR MORE PLANT, UM, VEGETATIONS ON THE CARB, I MEAN, THE COOK, COOK CUT AND MORE VEGETATION ON THE PARKWAY.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE, MAYBE NOT THAT IMPORTANT, BUT CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF THE ALLEYS AND THE STREETS AND EVERYTHING, AND NOW, RIGHT NOW, THIS YEAR, YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF ALLEYS AND A LOT OF STREETS.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU EVER CONSIDER TO HAVE PERMEABLE CONCRETE OR ANY OTHER WAYS THAT CAN USE THE WATER OF THE BIRD, THE WATER, THE RUN OF WATER, WHERE IT GOES, NOT PASS IT TO OTHER PLACES AND PUMPS AND ANYTHING.

MAYBE IF IT RAINS HERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH AREAS THAT CAN ABSORB SOME OF THE WATER THAT CAN MITIGATE THE PROBLEM OF FLOODING.

UM, I HAVE A FEW THINGS GOING THROUGH RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK SOMETHING TAMMY HAD MENTIONED.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THERE IS NEW GUIDELINES ABOUT HOW, HOW, UM, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS TO CAPTURE WATER ON ONSITE, SO TREAT IT ONSITE.

SO I THINK, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SOME OF THOSE CURB IT, UH, INLETS OR SOME LANDSCAPING BEING REQUIRED TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT STORM WATER.

SO THAT, THAT IS DEFINITELY, UM, AND I THINK IT'S OUR, OUR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

MORE WHAT WE WORK ON, UM, SO STREET, UM, IMPROVEMENTS OR, OR RESURFACING, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A RELATIVELY NEW DIVISION IN OUR ENGINEERING BUREAU CALLED COMPLETE STREETS.

UM, THAT'S FOR OUR, UM, SO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS.

BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, PUBLIC PROJECTS, WHICH IS

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UM, AND, AND THE IDEA IS TO, UM, DESIGN, UM, NEW STREETS, BUT TO CONSIDER THESE MORE HOLISTIC APPROACHES OF, UM, STORM WATER CAPTURE AND TREATMENT AS WELL.

SO, UM, YEAH, CONSIDERING WHAT, WHAT KIND OF LANDSCAPING WE'RE, WE'RE INCLUDING, UM, AND, AND HOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA CAPTURE STORM WATER, REUSE IT, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO ANOTHER, UH, SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT THE CITY RECENTLY RECEIVED, UH, IS CALLED MEASURE W.

UM, SO IT'S A SAFE, CLEAN WATER PROGRAM, UM, UH, SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT, THAT THIS WELL LA COUNTY HAS, UM, PASSED.

AND IT'S A PARCEL TAX.

AND, UH, BASED ON, UM, YEAH, PERCENTAGES OF WHERE CITIES ARE LOCATED, THERE'S FUNDING ALLOCATED.

SO, UM, SOME OF THEIR, SOME OF THAT FUNDING GOES TO MUNICIPALITIES DIRECTLY, AND THEN SOME OF IT IS REGIONAL, WHICH IS, UH, GOES THROUGH APPROVAL PROCESS.

UH, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE, ARE FUNDED BY THAT.

UM, WHAT MEASURE W ACTUALLY INCLUDES THOUGH IS, UM, NOT SO MUCH STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT MORE, UM, HOW WE CAN DEVELOP, UH, STORMWATER QUALITY PRO PROGRAMS. SO, UM, TWO EXAMPLES I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW IS, UH, ONE, ONE PROJECT WE HAVE IS CALLED LB MUS, LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL URBAN STORMWATER TREATMENT.

UM, SO IT'S KINDA OVER BY THE SHORELINE BRIDGE.

SO THE IDEA IS, UM, TO CAPTURE WATER THAT COMES DOWN THE LA RIVER, UH, IT TREATS IT, AND WE HAVE A WETLANDS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING OVER THERE.

UM, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO, UH, BEING COMPLETED, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE WATER AND REUSE AS WELL.

UM, ANOTHER ONE IS CALLED THE SKY LINKS, UH, STORMWATER CAPTURE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE SKY LINKS GOLF COURSE.

UM, SO BOTH THESE PROJECTS ARE HEAVILY FUNDED BY, UH, MEASURE W FUNDING AND, UH, KIND OF SAME IDEA AS A CAPTURE, UH, STORMWATER TREAT IT, AND THEN, UM, EITHER PUT IT BACK INTO THE CHANNEL OR FIND SOME OTHER REUSE PURPOSE FOR THAT AS WELL.

UM, SO YEAH, THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, CAPTURE WATER.

I THINK YOU SAID, UM, PERMEABLE CONCRETE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED.

I THINK THE, UM, THERE'S MIXED REVIEWS ON, ON THE LIFESPANS OF, OF THOSE, UM, UH, PERMEABLE CONCRETE.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ALL ALL THE, THE, THE STUDIES TO BACK THAT UP RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, LIFESPANS OF, OF THOSE TYPES OF STREETS AND, AND, UH, MATERIAL ARE NOT AS, UM, PRACTICAL AS, AS IT MIGHT SEEM.

SO, UM, I'VE, I'VE HEARD MIXED REVIEWS AND I, I KNOW IT'S BEEN CONSIDERED IN OUR, IN OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

UM, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, I THINK IT, IT HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO, TO NOT BE, UM, IMPLEMENTED.

SO I, I'D SAY THIS BECAUSE, UM, MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY GROUP.

WE CREATE A GREEN ALLEY PLAN.

AND IT HAPPENED THAT WE COULDN'T GET FUNDING BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE POLICY TO SUPPORT PERMEABLE.

UM, AND I NOW WHY? BUT I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES HAS PERMEABLE CONCRETE AND THEY USE USING IT.

I MEAN, IT WILL BE VERY, MAYBE OUT OF, OUT OF CONTEXT, BUT IF YOU GO TO MEXICO, YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF, A LOT OF PAPERS EVERYWHERE.

AND IT IS, I MEAN, MAYBE THE WAY THAT WE, WE BUILD IT, BUT MY POINT IS NOT THAT, MY POINT IS THAT IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN CHANGE SOMETHING, IT WILL BE NICE TO HAVE PILOT PROGRAMS HERE OR THERE TO, YOU KNOW, TO PROVE THAT IT'S NOT WORKING OR PROVE THAT IT'S WORKING.

AND, AND FEEL VERY, I WAS FEELING VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE POLICY THAT CAN SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING THE PLAN, THE MONEY, EVERYTHING, AND UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU WILL BE, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, OR WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE CITY TO CHANGE THE POLICIES IN SOME WAY THAT CAN ALLOW THESE PILOT PROGRAMS TO, TO, TO BE ALIVE AND MAYBE USE THIS AS A, AS A SAMPLE? BECAUSE I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT, I NOTICED THAT, THAT YOU HAVE PERMEABLE, UH, CONCRETE AND PAR, UM, MICHELLE OBAMA PARKING LOT.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER PARKING LOT THAT IS PERMEABLE TOO, BUT IT'S ALSO IN, IN PARKING LOTS.

AND I NOTICE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT USED AS MUCH AS ON THE STREET OR MAYBE ON THE ALLEY.

BUT, UM, IF THAT HAS A PROBLEM OR HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU TO MAKE IT MORE, UM, WHY CITYWIDE POLICY AND CHAIR, UH, JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT.

UM, NOT TO PUT OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS ON THE SPOT, BUT, UM, WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE, THAT INFORMATION IN OUR WORK PLAN, UH, IN, IN ONE OF OUR ITEMS TODAY.

SO WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT HERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE ADVISORY TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR, UM, UH, RETREAT AND, AND HOW THEY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO SOME OF THE BUSINESS YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT ANYWAYS, IT WAS REPRESENTATION.

YEAH, NO, IT'S HELPFUL, HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM, FROM, UH, STAFF.

BUT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE POLICY DISCUSSIONS,

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GOOD QUESTIONS, , I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES, UM, OUR DISCUSSION.

SO, CLAIRE, PLEASE OPEN THE BOAT.

UM, CHAIR SKY, UM, VICE CHAIR SKY IS ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

OH, ALREADY I SEE YOU.

ONE OTHER QUICK COMMENT.

UH, COMMISSIONER GAINES HAD REMINDED ME, UH, REGARDING METRICS, UM, IN PUBLIC WORKS, WE WERE USING SOMETHING CALLED RESULTS-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO CATEGORIZE, UH, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND MEASURE OUR, UM, OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING IT.

AND SOMETHING LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE, WHICH IS REALLY FAR BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE CITY, WOULD BE A POPULATION INDICATOR.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY AFFECTS BOTH OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS CITY OPERATIONS.

AND IT DRIVES WHAT WE DO IN RESPONSE TO IT.

AND THEN THE METRIC WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL, SUCH AS THE PROGRAMS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, FEET OF BERMS WE'RE INSTALLING, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT I THINK WOULD BE FANTASTIC FROM THE OTHER SLIDE.

THANKS.

SO NOW WE CONCLUDE THE DISCUSSION.

SO, CLAIRE, PLEASE OPEN THE BOAT.

DO YOU SEE THEM POPPED UP ON YOUR TABLET? I CAN DO A VERBAL FOR THE REMAINING, UM, VICE-CHAIR SKY.

I VOTED YES.

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T SEE IT ON MY END.

UH, C COMMISSIONER BERGON BERG.

I HAVE THE SAME, IT'S A JUST GOING AROUND.

I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VERBAL FOR THE ONES.

COMMISSIONER GAINES? YES.

I DON'T SEE ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH THE NEW SYSTEM.

AND THEN COMMISSIONER TOLKOFF? YES.

IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE 2024 OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY WORK PLAN, PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF AND FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN CAPTURED.

MOTION CARRIES.

CLAIRE, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER THREE

[3. 24-52276 Recommendation to review the 2024 Office of Climate Action and Sustainability Work Plan, provide input to staff and forward to the City Council for approval. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I GET A MOTION TO THIS, THIS ITEM, THE SYSTEM IS SLOW RIGHT NOW, SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A, I'M SORRY.

IT JUST OPEN.

I'M CALLED FOR MOVERS FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.

I HAVE A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER DI.

AND WAITING ON A SECOND, DO YOU SEE THE ABILITY TO SECOND, I SEE A SECOND NOW.

COMMISSIONER BERGON BERG HAS SECONDED.

OKAY, HE HAS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER DILAN AND COMMISSIONER THAT .

SO IS THERE A STAFF REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? THANK YOU CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT, BUT I'M, I'M JUST GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, THE DOCUMENT, UH, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND WE HAVE IN THE BACK FOR, UH, ANY MEMBERS OF, OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG, UH, AS WELL AS BEING ATTACHED TO THE ITEM.

SO, UH, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE, UH, STRUCTURE OF THE WORK PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SIMILAR, UM, TO, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AND BEEN USED TO, UH, IN THE PAST, UH, PARTICULARLY LAST YEAR.

UM, AS WELL AS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, WHERE WE ARE, UM, IN, IN THE PAST.

OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK ON, UH, IN LAST MONTH'S RETREAT.

UM, AND SO, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WANTED TO, UH, JUST PROVIDE THE, UM, GROUNDING FOR WHERE WE HAVE BEEN.

SO, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, ADOPTING OUR CAP, UM, INCLUDING THOSE CLIMATE ACTION GOALS FOR REDUCING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION.

UH, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THINKING ABOUT, UH, THAT WE NOW HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF STAFF.

WE HAVE SPENT OUR LAST YEAR, UM, HIRING, TRAINING, UH, COORDINATING OUR, UM, INTERNAL CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, UH, PRIORITIZING SOME OF OUR WORK, WORKING ON OUR DASHBOARD, WORKING ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

UM, AND SO HERE ARE THE ITEMS THAT, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO WORK ON, UH, IN THE COMING YEAR.

AND THAT DOES INCLUDE, UH, A NUMBER

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UM, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL, UH, BEGIN TO, UH, ROLL OUT WITH MANY OF THESE DELIVERABLES.

UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA GO SORT OF HIGH LEVEL AND, AND GO PAGE BY PAGE, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PAUSE FOR DISCUSSION AT THE END.

UM, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DASHBOARD.

UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, OUR FINAL DRAFT OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY, UH, FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

UH, AND WE'RE ABLE TO THEN BEGIN TO UTILIZE SOME OF THAT, UH, DATA TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMISSION, OUR COUNCIL.

UH, WE ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, UH, AND OUR, OUR CLIMATE MOBILIZATION TEAM, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ACROSS OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO ACCO, PULL TOGETHER OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAP AND EVALUATE WHERE WE WANT TO START WITH SOME OF THE OUR NEXT ACTIONS.

UM, AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO DOCUMENT, ACT, UH, THE ACTIONS IN PROGRESS.

UH, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON, UH, GRANT FUNDING.

UH, SO WE REPORTED TO YOU LAST TIME, UH, IN OUR RETREAT, A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE INITIAL, UM, GRANT FUNDING AND OTHER FUNDING WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THINGS LIKE TREE PLANTING.

AND WE WANNA CONTINUE TO GO AFTER THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF SOURCES RELATED TO CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY.

UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE, UH, TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FOR THINGS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, UH, IN THE HOPES THAT THAT ADVOCACY WILL PROVIDE FOR, UH, BENEFIT TO THE, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

UH, AND THEN WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK, UH, ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW WE TALK ABOUT THE CAP AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT REALLY ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE HIRED A CONSULTANT, UM, TO DEVELOP OUR MEDIA STRATEGY, UH, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT, UH, WITH YOU AS WELL AS WE ROLL THAT OUT AGAIN FOR EARTH MONTH THIS YEAR.

HERE WE GO, .

ALRIGHT.

AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO WANT TO, UH, BEGIN, UH, THE WORK ON THE ACTIONS ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY.

SO WE'VE LISTED THOSE HERE, UH, AND SOME OF THOSE ALIGN WITH SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU ALL DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING.

UH, AND SOME OF THOSE GO OBVIOUSLY BEYOND, UH, THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.

UM, MANY OF THESE, WE, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE THE LEAD, UH, UH, ON, WE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL AND SUPPORTIVE TO MANY OTHER ITEMS, UH, IN THE CAP AS WELL.

I THINK WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN, IN OUR RETREAT.

I CAN DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE LEAD, UH, UH, LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN RATING SYSTEM USUALLY APPLIES TO BUILDINGS.

I'M GONNA HAND THESE OVER, UH, THIS NEXT PAGE OVER TO LARRY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.

SO THIS IS THE SECTION OF THE WORK PLAN THAT KIND OF COVERS THE ACTIONS THAT THE, UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY SIDE OF THINGS, UM, HAVE CARRIED OVER FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS YEARS AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON OR ANTICIPATE WORKING ON.

SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO OVER THEM REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE SOME OF THEM SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ON THE WORK PLAN, UH, REPEATEDLY.

UM, BUT I'M GONNA ATTEMPT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ONES WHERE WE'VE ADDED SOME NEW DETAILS TO, UH, BOTH BASED ON, YOU KNOW, FUNDING AVAILABILITY, BUT ALSO YOUR, UH, INPUT FROM THE RETREAT.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING A, UM, A SOLAR READY COOL ROOF, UH, DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT, UH, QUITE YET, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT TIED TO OUR CAPACITY.

AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, IN THE THIRD ITEM, THE GREEN BUSINESS RECOGNITION PROGRAM, SORT OF FREEING UP CAPACITY BY PASSING THE GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM OFF TO COMMUNITY, UH, EXCUSE ME, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO ADMINISTER, UM, WHICH WILL GIVE SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH, UH, FOR ONE OF OUR PROGRAM SPECIALISTS TO HELP US LAUNCH THIS OTHER COOL ROOF PROGRAM.

SO I TALKED ABOUT ONE IN THREE THERE, AND THE EDIBLE LANDSCAPES, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE THAT WORK.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, URBAN AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN A LONG TERM INITIATIVE, UM, THROUGH OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS. SO CONTINUING THE, UH, ORCHARD THE WORKSHOPS AND ATTEMPTING TO WORK WITH, UM, COMMUNITY GARDENS TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY.

AND I THINK IT MEANT, GETS MENTIONED SEPARATELY AS WELL, BUT THE URBAN AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES ZONE PROGRAM, WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ATTEMPTING TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, VACANT LOT OWNERS TO, UH, CONVERT TO URBAN AG USES.

SO, UM, JUMPING DOWN TO LEAD FOR CITIES, THIS IS ONE THAT,

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BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY CREATED A CITYWIDE, UH, RATING SYSTEM THAT WE ENROLLED IN AND HAD TO TAKE A PAUSE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A RECENT ENOUGH GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY.

NOW WE DO.

SO WE CAN PICK THIS, UH, UP AGAIN, IDEALLY IN THE NEXT YEAR AND, AND KIND OF COMPLETE THAT AND SEE HOW WE RATE AND STAND AGAINST, UM, OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME, UH, PROCEDURE.

AND THEN MULCH DELIVERY AND PICKUP, UH, IS JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, PARENTALLY ON HERE.

UM, I THINK AT THE RETREAT WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DELIVERIES PER WEEK SO THAT WE CAN CATCH UP ON OUR, OUR THREE TO FOUR MONTH BACKLOG.

AND SO NEXT UP IS TREE PLANTING.

UM, SO AGAIN, AT THE RETREAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW FUNDING THAT HAS BECOME AVAILABLE, UH, TO US THIS YEAR TO VASTLY EXPAND OUR CAPACITY IN THIS PROGRAM.

UH, SO IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING OUR, UM, SORT OF ON DEMAND OR ON REQUEST TREE PLANTING, UH, BY RESIDENTS, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HANDLED BY OUR IN-HOUSE CREW.

UM, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH CONSERVATION CORPS TO DO EXPANDED, UH, UH, PROACTIVE PLANTINGS ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS AND TREE WELLS, BUT THEN ALSO SCHEDULING MONTHLY, UH, COMMUNITY PLANTING EVENTS AS WELL.

SO THAT KIND OF THREE, THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO EXPANDING OUR TREE PLANTING.

AND IDEALLY MORE THAN DOUBLING OUR, YOU KNOW, TREE PLANTINGS PER YEAR.

UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, WITH, WITH THE EDIBLE GARDENING, THE URBAN AGRICULTURE, UH, INCENTIVE ZONES.

SO MOVING ON WATERSHED AND URBAN FORESTRY INITIATIVES.

THIS HAS BEEN ON HERE FOR A WHILE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FALLS UNDER IT, IT'S MEANT TO BE THIS MULTI-BENEFIT APPROACH TO LOOKING AT URBAN FORESTRY, BUT THROUGH A WATERSHED LENS SO THAT IT POSSIBLY DOES HAVE SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER CAPTURE AND INFILTRATION, UH, COMPONENTS TO IT.

AND SO ANOTHER DIRECT INSTALL, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO LAUNCH AND NOW HAVE NEW FUNDING FOR IS THAT, UH, DIRECT INSTALL RAIN GARDENS PROGRAM THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH UTILITIES AND CONSERVATION CORE TO GET OFF THE GROUND.

UM, AND THEN GREEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS OUR ONGOING, UM, EFFORT TO WORK WITH OTHER, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND AGENCIES.

SO IN THIS CASE, THE, UM, BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO HELP HOST, UM, CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOWS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN OUR, OUR CONTINGENT OF FELLOWS HAS INCREASED EVERY YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR WE'RE UP TO SIX.

UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, TAKING ON A SIMILAR NUMBER NEXT YEAR, BUT THEN ALSO CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTH CLIMATE CORE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM OF OUR, UM, PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK, UM, THAT PROVIDES, UH, WORK READINESS TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO THE FOLKS THAT ASSIST US IN OUR FIELD WORK PROGRAMS. AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM HERE, THIS IS A KEY ONE.

WHOOPS.

I'M SORRY.

I, YEAH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THIS IS THE, THE DISCUSSION, UH, THAT CHAIR GUYTON BROUGHT UP ABOUT WANTING TO PILOT MORE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TYPE STRATEGIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS DYLAN FROM PUBLIC WORKS MENTIONED, AND, AND WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND INCLUDING NEW CITY DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PARCEL BASED DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THEIR POLICIES RELATED TO HOW THEY HANDLE STORMWATER IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH, UH, ALSO LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS SO BIG THAT SOMETIMES, UH, WE IN CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE KNOW WHAT THE, THE STORMWATER DIVISION IS WORKING ON, AND THEY MENTIONED SOME, SOME MAJOR ONES LIKE LB MUST AND THE SKY LINKS PROJECT ARE, PUBLIC SERVICE BUREAU HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME VERY QUIET PILOTING OF PERMEABLE PAVEMENT IN, UM, STREET PONDING AREAS.

SO IN AREAS WHERE, UM, THERE'S PERSISTENT, UH, WATER IN THE STREET.

AND SO THIS IS A MULTI-BENEFIT THING BECAUSE IT AFFECTS, UH, ISSUES THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MOSQUITO ABATEMENT TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THESE AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, THE, THE FLOW OF, AND IT'S USUALLY A LOT OF TIMES DRY WATER, DRY WEATHER RUNOFF AS WELL THAT COLLECTS IN THE WARM SEASON AND, AND

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ISN'T AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT TO TRY TO GET THAT TO DRAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF PERMEABLE PAVEMENT AND, OR THINGS LIKE DRY WELLS AND FRENCH DRAINS.

AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS ITEM IN THE WORK PLAN, WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND, UM, AND PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THE SIGHTING OF THOSE THINGS AND THE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO HELP MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO IT INCLUDES THE IDEA OF GREEN ALLEYS, PERMEABLE PAVEMENT, PERMEABLE PAVERS, UM, BIOSWALES, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS THAT, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY SIDE OF THINGS HA HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO PROMOTE FOR YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S CHALLENGING, UM, TO, TO GET THAT, UH, IN PLACE, UH, WITH KIND OF THE EXISTING TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING FOCUS THAT THAT OFTEN EXISTS IN, IN CITIES.

SO, UH, THAT'S IN THERE, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET WHAT I'M LOOKING AT ON MY SCREEN TO LINE UP OVER THERE.

UH, 'CAUSE THIS IS AWKWARD BECAUSE WE'RE IN A PAGE, A PORTRAIT FORMAT INSTEAD OF A, UH, UH, LANDSCAPE FORMAT.

SO FINALLY, UH, LAST TWO THINGS.

SPECIAL EVENTS, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BEEN A THING THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY SIDE OF THINGS, UM, HAS PARTICIPATED IN AND, UH, FOR YEARS NOW AROUND ENGAGING PEOPLE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS WITH VARIOUS DIFFERENT PARTNERS.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION, UH, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY EARTH MONTH ACTIVITIES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR US, EVERY MONTH IS EARTH MONTH.

SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PARTNERS LIKE LIBRARIES TO DELIVER WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMMING AROUND THE COMMUNITY, RANCHOS WALK IS A REOCCURRING EVENT, UM, THAT DOESN'T JUST EVOLVE INVOLVE US, BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIVING, UM, AND, AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, JUST, UH, CONTINUING TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITE, UH, SO THAT IT HAS NEW FRESH INFORMATION, NOT OUTDATED LINKS, BETTER ORGANIZED.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

BUT THEN ALSO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, YOU KNOW, TAPPING INTO, UH, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE PRIMARILY USE TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, REACH THE FOLKS THAT, UM, GET A LOT OF THEIR INFORMATION OR ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, FRESH NEW CONTENT OUT THERE TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED.

AND THEN WE MADE A SPECIAL SECTION FOR WILLOW SPRINGS, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PORTION OF OUR STAFF AND OUR FELLOWS, UH, PARTICIPATE IN, YOU KNOW, DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION OF, UH, TREE PLANTING.

BUT, UM, HABITAT RESTORATION, INSTALLATION AND, AND UPKEEP, UH, THERE AS, AS A FOCAL POINT AND A, A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD EVENTS AND, UM, ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

UM, AND THEN OUR BIG EVENT, UM, WE HAVE MULTIPLE EVENTS THERE, BUT OUR SINGLE LARGEST EVENT IS THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, WHICH IS HELD AT THE END OF APRIL AS A MEANS OF, UH, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE BIODIVERSITY, UH, CRISIS, UM, THAT ACCOMPANIES THE CLIMATE CRISIS, UM, AND GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT URBAN NATURE AND THE, YOU KNOW, UH, BIODIVERSITY OF LIFE THAT EXISTS EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY, BUT, UH, WITH A FOCAL POINT AT WILLOW SPRINGS.

SO, MONARCH DAY OF ACTION IS, IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC EVENT THAT'S COMING UP IN MARCH.

UM, AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING OUR, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOLKS IN, UH, PARK, UH, UPKEEP, SUPPORT, AND, UH, CONTINUING TO BUILD AND EXPAND UPON OUR NATIVE PLANT NURSERY.

SO THAT KIND OF COVERS THE, UM, TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT SUSTAINABILITY HAS BEEN DOING FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND, AND, UM, CONTINUING SUSTAINING THEM, IF YOU WILL, UH, THROUGH THIS YEAR'S WORK PLAN YET AGAIN.

UM, AND THEN HERE YOU WANNA DO THIS PART, I WILL FINISH UP HERE, UH, WITH, UH, SORT OF THE PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AS WE ANTICIPATE.

SO, UM, WE SPENT, AS I MENTIONED, THIS PAST YEAR, UH, PROVIDING THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND HOLISTIC, UH, VIEW, UM, IN, IN, IN A WAY TO TRY AND TELL THE STORY OF EACH ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

AND SO, IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, UH, WE PLAN TO REVISIT THESE CLIMATE ACTION TOPICS, UH, AND, AND, AND WITH A LENS THIS TIME THOUGH TO, UH, WHERE HAVE, HAVE WE, UH, COME, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE METRICS? WHAT ARE WE SEEING? WHAT ARE THE PROGRESS WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW? UH, AND WHAT AREAS OF, UM, POLICY MAY

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YOU ALL WANT TO CONSIDER, UH, RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL? AND, AND YOU SHARED MANY WITH, OF THOSE WITH US THAT ARE REFLECTED HERE, UM, IN OUR RETREAT.

AND SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS WE DEAL WITH THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, LIKE OUR RETREAT, OUR WORK PLAN REVIEW AT THIS MEETING, OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS, UH, IN JUNE.

AND SO JUST SORT OF, UH, TRACKING THOSE WHEN THEY NORMALLY HAPPEN, UM, BUT THAT ALSO BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND HAVING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, SORT OF THE FUTURE OF, OF DROUGHT AND WHAT, HOW, WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO DO, UH, TO GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE THINGS THAT OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON.

UM, AND SO WE WOULD REVISIT DROUGHT, EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY BUILDING AND ENERGY WASTE, TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND THEN SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING.

UM, AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU ALL, UH, IN APRIL FOUR EARTH MONTH, UH, WITH A VARIETY OF, UM, EARTH MONTH RELATED, UM, ACTIVITIES.

UH, THERE'S, UH, NOT JUST, UM, OUR CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, BUT WE WILL, AGAIN, HAVE OUR, UM, EARTH MONTH CALENDAR BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GREEN BUSINESSES THAT JOINED OUR GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM IN THE LAST YEAR, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.

SO, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING, DOING THE BEST TO USE ALL OF OUR TIME WISELY IN THIS SPACE.

UM, AND THINK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR ROLE AS A COMMISSION THAT'S ADVISORY TO COUNCIL, AND HOW BEST TO LEVERAGE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WILL HELP STAFF BE ABLE TO PROGRESS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE DRAFT WORK PLAN PROPOSED FOR YOU TODAY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WHERE I AM, HOLD ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM, 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, YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, COMMISSIONER STAFF, UH, FELLOW, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, JUST TO DOUBLE THUMBS UP FOR THE WORK PLAN.

AND I, I WANTED TO SAY THAT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I ENDED MY LAST COMMENT ON KIND OF A DOWNER AND, UH, UH, I WANT TO REINFORCE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGHT.

AND, UH, ALL OF THE MITIGATION ACTIONS ESPECIALLY ARE JUST CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

AND, AND THERE'S A GREAT LIST OF THEM IN THE, UH, IN THE CAP.

UH, TWO ITEMS THAT I SAW IN THE WORK PLAN WERE ESPECIALLY EXCITING, UH, WORKING ON THE, UH, REGIONAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR BOTH LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES.

THAT'S A BIG, BIG DEAL.

AND, UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN JUST, UH, APPLYING FOR, UH, ALL OF THOSE JUICY GRANTS OUT THERE FROM THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND, UH, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO, UH, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO AND, UH, KEEP DOING IT.

COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'M SORRY, WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.

OH, HI.

MY NAME IS KAREN.

YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THE ORGANIC COMPOSTING PROGRAM.

DOES THAT FALL UNDER A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT? YES.

SO ORGANICS RECYCLING IS HANDLED, UH, THROUGH A BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CALLED THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU, OR LONG BEACH TREE CYCLES.

AND SO THEY ARE THE LEAD, YOU KNOW, WHILE AT WILLOW SPRINGS THAT I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HO HELP HOST A, UH, COMPOSTING, UM, ACTIVITY THROUGH A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION CALLED LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COMPOST.

THAT'S KIND OF A GRASSROOTS APPROACH.

THE, UM, UH, LONG BEACH CYCLES ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, SERVICE BUREAU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE ORGANICS REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE ROLLING OUT, UH, A CITYWIDE ORGANICS, UH, COLLECTION.

AND WE HEAR ABOUT THAT, UH, AT, AT THESE MEETINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, SOLID WASTE.

GREAT.

UH, PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM.

YEP.

SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE COMMISSION IS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM? I, NO, I CANNOT SEE.

SO IF YOU CLICK, UM, TO MINIMIZE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE VOTING SCREEN, GO AHEAD AND MINIMIZE, AND THEN ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE, CLICK THE ACTIVE ITEM BUTTON, AND I WILL GO UP TO ASSIST TOO.

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COMMISSIONER .

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, LARRY, UM, UNSURPRISINGLY, I, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT TREE PLANTING THAT'S ON PAGE FOUR.

UM, AT OUR RETREAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WELL, IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW MANY TREES WE PLANT, IT'S HOW MANY TREES SURVIVE TO MATURITY SO THEY CAN SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.

I'M, I'M ASSUMING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SOMEWHERE IN ALL THE SUB UH, ROUTINES, UH, SUMMARIZED HERE WILL BE, OR IS AN EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO NURTURE THOSE LITTLE TINY SAPLINGS, BECAUSE I, I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE US TO NOT PLANT A TREE IF NO ONE'S GOING TO BE THERE TO CARE FOR IT.

IS THAT IN THERE SOMEWHERE? I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE BULLET POINTS, BUT IN THE PLAN.

WELL, THE PLAN IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO HIGH LEVEL.

SO WE DIDN'T MENTION ALL OF THOSE DETAILS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT YES, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD AT, AT THE RETREAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I SUPPOSE WE CAN CALL IT BEING CAPTURED UNDER THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN AND THE URBAN FOREST COORDINATOR THAT IT REPRESENTS, UM, THIS, I DUNNO, GREATER LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO STREET TREES, THE CITY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF IT ALL.

AND SO, YES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF A TREE STEWARD OR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND WHILE THAT ISN'T EXPLICITLY MENTIONED HERE, THAT IS OUR INTENT, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGE OUR, UH, CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS TO HELP GET A PROGRAM LIKE THAT OFF THE GROUND.

UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING THE RESEARCH RIGHT NOW ABOUT OTHER CITIES PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW ABOUT ONE IN THE CITY OF LA WE RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT ONE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO ATTEMPT TO BORROW, YOU KNOW, UH, SUCCESSFUL MODELS FROM OTHER PLACES, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, REINVENTING.

AND THAT IS A, A, A MAJOR INTERNAL INITIATIVE AS PART OF OUR LARGER, UH, TREE INVESTMENT.

ON THE SECOND PAGE, THERE IS A LIST OF, UH, CAP ACTIONS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO YOUR OFFICE, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE FIRST ITEM UNDER BUILDING AND ENERGY, UM, PROVIDING ACCESS TO RENEWABLY GENERATED ELECTRICITY.

UH, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT ACTION IS AND WHAT THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE WILL BE? UM, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT FALL UNDER RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION.

SOME OF THOSE ARE OUR OWN PROJECTS.

UM, SO MUNICIPAL PROJECTS THAT ARE MEANT TO GENERATE ENERGY, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE, ARE EXISTING, UH, AND WHERE WE DO HAVE, SAY, SOLAR ON ROOFS OR IN PARKING LOTS.

UM, AND BEING ABLE TO MONITOR THOSE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE GENERATING AND THEN, UH, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFSET, UH, AS WELL AS THE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, UNDERWAY EITHER IN, UM, UH, PLANNING, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OR IMPLEMENTATION, AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE NEWS ABOUT THOSE WITH, UH, UH, THIS COMMISSION.

UM, OUR OFFICE IS MORE IN A, UM, SORT OF TRACKING AND SUPPORT ROLE BECAUSE THERE ARE FOLKS IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, WHO ARE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, PLANS AND IMPLEMENTATION.

UH, CERTAINLY FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHO ARE PART OF PERMITTING AND PLAN CHECK AS WELL.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY A PIECE OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WORKING WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON ON BEING ABLE TO PROCURE GREEN POWER AS PART OF THEIR, UH, GREEN POWER, UM, PROGRAM.

UH, AND WE DO HAVE FUNDING THIS YEAR SET ASIDE FOR THAT.

UH, BUT CURRENTLY THE, UM, UTILITY DOES NOT HAVE, UH, THE CAPACITY, UH, TO ALLOW, UH, MANY FOLKS, INCLUDING US TO PARTICIPATE, UH, UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE SOME PROGRAM CHANGES.

AND WE DID PROVIDE A SUPPORT LETTER, UH, TO THE CPUC, UM, TO OPEN THOSE PROGRAMS UP MORE WIDELY.

UH, SO THEY, LIKE OTHERS HAVE, UH, UH, GENERATION CAPACITY ISSUES.

UM, AND THEY EQUALLY ARE IN, UH, PLAN SORT OF, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLAN CHECK OR PERMITS ON A NUMBER OF THEIR PROJECTS AS WELL.

UH, AND SO ALL OUR WORK THERE, UH, IS DIRECTLY FROM OUR OFFICE IN THAT ADVOCACY, UH, AND SUP AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UH, FOLLOWING THAT, WE DO HAVE MONTHLY, UH, MEETINGS WITH OUR, UH, PARTNERS AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.

THIS GETS DISCUSSED, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS TO SAY, WHERE ARE WE ON THIS? UH, SO, SO TO SPEAK.

UM, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO, UH, ANALYZE OUR OWN INTERNAL ACCOUNTS, UH, ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES TO INDICATE WHICH ONES WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR,

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AT SUCH TIME THE CAPACITY BECOMES AVAILABLE.

AND WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT.

SO, UH, WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY EARLY IN LINE, UH, FOR THE NEXT, UH, UH, CAPACITY OPENING FROM EDISON FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, UH, AND WE HAVE, OR WAITING FROM FROM THEM ON A TIMELINE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UH, SUPPLEMENTAL TO THAT IS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ADVOCATE, UH, INTERNALLY THROUGH OUR EXISTING BUDGETARY PROCESSES, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ONGOING FUNDING TO PAY FOR AND POTENTIALLY OFFSET ANY OF THOSE GREEN POWER PURCHASE, UH, UH, GREEN POWER PURCHASES FROM THE EDISON PROGRAM, UH, AS A PART OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET COMMITMENT.

UH, ULTIMATELY THAT'S UP TO OUR CITY COUNCIL.

UH, BUT CERTAINLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR EFFORTS, UH, AT LEAST PUT FORWARD THAT NEED, TIE THAT TO CAP, MAKE THE GOOD ARGUMENT AND JUSTIFICATION FOR BEING ABLE TO CONTINUALLY FUND THAT.

UH, SO THERE, IT'S KIND OF A MULTIFACETED ANSWER THERE.

UH, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT, UM, COME TO MIND IN TERMS OF THAT RENEWABLE ENERGY.

THAT'S GREAT.

I, I KNOW WE WANNA LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

UM, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD RELATED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT, UH, WASTE AND RECYCLING AND ORGANIC WASTE.

AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WHAT, UH, THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY DOES IS TRY TO HAND THINGS OFF.

SO YOU MAY CREATE PROGRAMS AND THEN HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS RUN THEM, OR IF OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE THE LEAD, YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE EXTRA WORK.

I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THAT.

BUT GETTING BACK TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE, UH, COMMISSION'S ROLE IS, A LOT OF IT IS DRIVEN BY, UH, THE WORK PLAN AND WASTE.

AND RECYCLING IS SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN GET PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST BY THE COMMISSION, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, OTHER THAN THE DISCUSSION EACH OCTOBER ABOUT WASTE AND RECYCLING, HOW CAN THE COMMISSION STILL GET MORE ENGAGED ABOUT THOSE ISSUES AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DRIVING THAT DISCUSSION? UM, I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO CERTAINLY WAIT FOR THAT MONTH, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S THE UNDERLYING, UM, UM, TOPIC WE WANT TO COORDINATE AROUND THAT, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, COME AND, AND COORDINATE.

BUT IF THERE'S A, UM, SPECIAL, UH, ASK SPECIAL REQUEST, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT AT, AT THE RETREAT, UH, THAT CAN CERTAINLY HAPPEN.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHARE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT OF THAT EFFORT.

SO, UM, AS THE, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, MEMOS GO TO COUNCIL OR ITEMS GO TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT STAFF IS ALREADY DOING, BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT.

UM, AND THEN ALSO THE COMMISSION, AND WE HAVE IT LISTED, UM, UH, UNDER SOME OF THE CAP STUFF AND ALSO UNDER THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE, ARE, UH, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS GROUP WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE AGENDIZED AND THEN DISCUSSED.

UH, SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, HANDLE THOSE, UH, IN, IN ANY MEETING, CERTAINLY.

UM, AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, ADDITIONAL PIECE OF JUST EDUCATION OF WHERE THE EFFORT IS AT.

UH, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, LIKE FOR WHERE WE'RE AT WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR SURF, UM, BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT TIMING IS.

AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT MOVING PIECES TO THAT.

UM, JUST LIKE THE SURF PROJECT, IT WAS AMAZING TO ME TO READ THAT JUST THE SHIFT IN HOW WE MANAGE OUR WASTE FROM THAT ONE FACILITY ACCOUNTED FOR A 5% CHANGE IN OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR THE CITY.

THAT'S HUGE.

TAKES A LOT OF PROJECTS TO ADD UP TO THAT MUCH OF AN IMPACT.

SO, UM, WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT ESB AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT, BUT WE'D LOVE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.

IT MAY BE SOONER THAN OCTOBER.

IT MAY BE OCTOBER.

WE WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO STAFF ABOUT GOOD TIMING.

I YOU WANNA OH, YEAH, I DO.

SORRY.

I JUST WANNA, UM, SECOND WHAT COMMISSIONER SKYE SAID ABOUT, UM, GETTING SOME WASTE AND RECYCLING, UH, TOPICS ON THE WORK PLAN.

UM, AND I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE, UM, RETREAT.

SO I'M, I'M FEELING BUMMED OUT THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO PUSH FOR THAT THERE, BUT, UM, I'M PUSHING FOR IT NOW.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE, UH, LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

I, OKAY.

ANY, ANY MORE COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? DON, ARE YOU, SO I GUESS THE DISCUSSION HAS ENDED SO CLEAR.

PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE.

[02:05:09]

MOTION CARRIES.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[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, COMMISSIONERS,

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT? UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, AN ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESENTATION.

I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER, UH, TO LARRY, UH, TO, TO, UM, GIVE THIS, UH, REPORT TO YOU.

I JUST WANTED FOR COMMISSIONERS, UM, I DO HAVE TO STEP AWAY TO ANOTHER COMMISSION MEETING, BUT YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH LARRY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

20 IS GONNA HAVE HIS SECOND METIER, UM, AIR DAY CELEBRATION ON APRIL 13TH.

EVERYBODY'S INVITED, SO I HOPE YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN JOIN.

UM, THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT CHAIR.

SO WE HAVE A QUICK, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESENTATION.

WHICH CLERK IS THIS AGENDIZED AND NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON? NO, SO YOU, UM, HAD IT UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS.

GOT IT.

SO WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT LARRY WILL HAVE TODAY, SINCE IT'S NOT AN AGENDIZED ITEM.

THAT WE PUT ON THROUGH OUR OFFICE IS THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT WILLOW SPRINGS ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH.

SO REAL QUICK, UH, JUST IN, IN OUR TYPICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FORMAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO A QUICK RE RECAP OF STUFF THAT WENT ON IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

UH, LOOK AT SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, UM, UPDATES, UH, LOOK AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND PROVIDE YOU SOME WITH SOME RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING.

SO IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, OUR, UH, OUTREACH CREW WAS BUSY WITH, UM, A SERIES OF EVENTS, INCLUDING ONE THAT'S PUT ON BY OUR CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS CALLED, UH, A WILLOW WALK.

SO, UH, BACK ON JANUARY 20TH, THERE WAS, UH, A WALK AND, UM, WE GOT SOME RAIN, BUT WE DIDN'T CANCEL.

WE PROVIDED IN THE PHOTO HERE, UM, WHOOPS.

UM, SOME RAINCOATS AND PONCHOS TO THE PARTICIPANTS THAT TOOK A WALK, UM, OUT AND THE LIGHT DRIZZLE AND GOT TO EXPERIENCE, UH, WHAT WILLOW SPRINGS IS LIKE IN A LIGHT RAIN.

UM, WE DID A NATURE WEAVING WORK WORKSHOP AT ALAMEDAS LIBRARY, A BACKYARD BIRD WATCHING WORKSHOP AT AL AGAIN AT ALAMEDAS LIBRARY.

WE DID A COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING ON SAN ANTONIO DRIVE, UH, JUST LAST FRIDAY, WHERE WE GOT 33 NEW TREES IN THE GROUND WITH PARTICIPATION OF OUR CREW VOLUNTEERS AND THE CONSERVATION CORPS.

AND, UM, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND HAD ANOTHER WILLOW WOK THAT WAS ENTITLED LOVE, LOVE LETTER TO NATURE.

SO, COMING UP, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS THAT ARE, UM, LED BY LONG BEACH UTILITIES AT CHARLENE VILLAGE.

SO, OR IT'S A GARDEN WORKDAY, BOTH ON FEBRUARY 24TH AND, AND MARCH 3RD.

AND SO, UH, FROM THE FLYER HERE, IT'S TAKING PART IN HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO REMOVE TURF GRASS AND CONTOUR A RAIN GARDEN.

SO THIS THING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, IS, IS A CONJUNCTION OF, UM, TURF REMOVAL, BUT THEN, UH, RAIN GARDEN DEVELOPMENT AND A COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE AT CHARLINE VILLAGE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

OUR MONARCH DAY OF ACTION IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH AT WILLOW SPRINGS.

AND THAT'S, UH, HIGHLIGHTS, POLLINATOR PLANTS AND POLLINATORS.

UM, WE HAVE A CLEAN ENERGY WORKSHOP AT THE WRIGLEY ASSOCI, HOSTED BY THE WRIGLEY ASSOCIATION WITH, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON AND GRID ALTERNATIVES, UM, SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 1ST.

THIS WAS POSTPONED FROM THE NIGHT THAT IT WAS RAINING REALLY HARD, UM, AND THEN RECYCLE YOUR BICYCLE EVENT ON MAY 4TH.

SO EARTH MONTH.

UM, WE'RE, UH, I GUESS COMING UP WITH THIS THEME OF PLANET VERSUS PLASTICS.

I GUESS I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE.

WAIT, HOLD ON.

THERE'S A NOTE IN HERE.

BUT, UM, , I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY, BUT EARTH MONTH IS, IS STILL MORE THAN A MONTH AWAY, SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, MORE DETAILS ON THAT.

UM, BUT THE, THE BIG THING TO LOOK OUT FOR IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR EARTH MONTH CALENDAR, WHICH, UM, DETAILS OUT NOT JUST THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE HELPING TO PUT ON, BUT ANY EVENTS THAT WE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO A VARIETY OF THINGS, AND WE TRY TO CAPTURE THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE FOR NOT JUST THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, RESIDENTS TO, UH, TAP INTO, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, THROUGHOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT WEEKS OF EARTH MONTH.

UM, AND AGAIN, OUR SIGNATURE EVENT, UH,

[02:10:01]

AND JUST SOME UPDATES.

UH, WILLOW SPRINGS PARK, UH, KIND OF TOOK A BEATING, UH, IN THESE LAST RAINS AND EXPERIENCED, LIKE I SAID, THE SEVEN YEAR FLOOD, WHICH IS REALLY THE 10 YEAR FLOOD, UM, WHERE THE, UH, LOWEST PARTS OF THE PARK ARE STILL INUNDATED, INCLUDING PORTIONS OF OUR WORKY YARD.

UM, BUT, UH, SO WE'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF EROSION, SINKHOLE AND SO ON.

AND SO THE PARK WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED, UH, DURING THAT TIME UNTIL WE COULD SORT SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT.

IT'S OPEN AGAIN, BUT THE, UH, THE LOOP TRAIL DOWN AT THE BOTTOM STILL HAS, UM, A FEW INCHES OF, OF WATER, UH, THAT DON'T ALLOW YOU TO, UH, COMPLETE THE LOOP UNLESS YOU BRING, GET YOUR FEET WET OR, UH, BRING YOUR RUBBER BOOTS.

UM, THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY DASHBOARD IS ON TRACK TO PUBLISH IN APRIL, SO, UH, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.

AND THEN, UM, IN OUR KIND OF COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION, UH, CATEGORY, UH, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A MARKETING AGENCY TO CREATE A MEDIA PLAN WITH MATERIALS FOR THE YEAR.

SO THIS IS KIND OF, UM, UPPING OUR GAME IN TERMS OF, UH, OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER A COORDINATED COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT, WHICH WE'VE ALWAYS HANDLED WITH OUR OWN STAFF.

BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING THE SUPPORT OF A COMMUNICATIONS FIRM TO KIND OF DESIGN A, UM, INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO LOOK OUT FOR.

AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING IN APRIL IS GONNA BE, SO WE'RE OFF NEXT MONTH AND, AND MARCH, OUR NEXT MEETING IN APRIL IS OUR EARTH MONTH CELEBRATION, WHICH AS MEREDITH PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WILL BE, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE EARTH MONTH CALENDAR, UH, POTENTIALLY HIGHLIGHTING OUR, UM, GREEN BUSINESSES THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED IN THE LAST YEAR AND, AND OTHER, OTHER, UH, EARTH MONTH RELEVANT, UH, INFORMATION AND, UH, EVENTS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN OUR, OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR, UH, BUT THAT EARTH MONTH MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH.

AND THEN FINALLY, OOPS, NOT KEEPING UP WITH BOTH OF MY SCREENS HERE.

UH, SOME RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING.

SO, UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH FLOOD HAZARDS AND FLOOD ZONE INFORMATION, UH, YOU'LL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT ALREADY, UH, GET PROVIDED WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, CLICKABLE LINKS.

UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH STORM WATER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION, AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND COASTAL RESILIENCE PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

GO AHEAD.

ALL OF OUR MEETING BODIES.

UH, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AT THIS POINT? WELL, PERHAPS FOR THE CLERK ? YES.

YES.

I, I'M ASKING YOU.

I JUST, I DON'T WANNA BE OUT OF ORDER.

UM, UM, CLERK COMPOST, I'M TERRIBLY CURIOUS AND A LITTLE PUZZLED.

WHAT IS THE REASON WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PRIOR TO OPENING THE ITEM? IT'S A LITTLE, WE'RE NOT A TECHNICALLY DELIBERATIVE BODY.

WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS.

WE'RE ADVISORY, BUT NONETHELESS, YEAH, I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING AT LEAST IN LONG BEACH PROCEDURES WHERE THE ITEM COMES UP AND THEN DISCUSSION ENSUES, AND THEN WE HAVE A MOTION.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE REASONING BEHIND THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT HERE TODAY? UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN THE PAST, OR AT LEAST KEPT UP WITH IT.

HOWEVER, NOW THAT WE'VE TRANSITIONED INTO OUR NEW SYSTEM, WE ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND THE BROWN ACT IN ORDER TO BE AS TRANSPARENT.

UM, SO IN ORDER TO HEAR AN ITEM ON THE FLOOR, WE DO NEED A MOTION.

UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR THAT.

UM, IF YOU WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, I CAN LOOK UP THE EXACT, UM, ORDER RULE, UM, AND I CAN SEND THAT FORWARD TO THE SUSTAINABLE STAFF TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.

UM, IF I, IF I MAY FOLLOW UP, UH, SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, THE WAY LONG BEACH HAS DONE IT HERE TO FOR IS ACTUALLY INCOMPATIBLE OR INCONSISTENT WITH LOTS? WELL, THERE'S JUST BEEN INCONSISTENCY, BUT, UM, WE, UM, ARE TRYING TO BE MORE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE CITYWIDE.

SO THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS, ALL OF OUR BOARDS, AND THEN ALL OF COURSE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, SO IT'S JUST BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN INCONSISTENTLY DONE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, STANDARDIZING THROUGHOUT

[02:15:01]

UM, I I, I THINK I, I, I AGREE WITH ALL THIS.

I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A PARLIAMENTARIAN MYSELF, SO I, I DEFINITELY LIKE SEEING THE MOTION IN THE SECOND.

FIRST MY CONCERN IS THAT IT GETS A LITTLE AWKWARD IF SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE AND THE DISCUSSION WE NEED TO AMEND WHEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WHOEVER MADE THE FIRST AND THE, AND THE SECOND OR THE MOTION AND THE SECOND WAS REALLY TRYING TO OPEN DISCUSSION, BUT NOW THEY, ONE OF THEM MIGHT SIMPLY JUST FEEL, I'M NOT SO COMFORTABLE WITH THIS ANYMORE.

HOW DO WE GET AROUND THAT? I MEAN, WE WERE KIND OF TRAPPED HERE BY THE SOFTWARE IS THE ONLY WAY TO JUST ALERT THE CLERK I THAT, UH, I'M WITHDRAWING MY MOTION OR I'M WITHDRAWING, UH, MY SECOND, OR I WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

HOW, HOW, HOW DO WE DO THAT? UM, WE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO VERBALIZE THAT.

SO IF THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND THE PERSON WHO ORIGINALLY FIRST AND SECONDED WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THEIR MOTION, OR IF ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FORWARD A FRIENDLY IN ORDER TO AMEND A MOTION, THAT'S WHEN THE DISCUSSION COMES UP.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO HAVE SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS AT THAT TIME AS WELL.

IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTED TO, UH, PUT ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

AS NOBODY IS, UM, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? LET ME SEE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU CAN MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

IF NOT, THEN WE CAN MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT CHAIR.

LET'S ADJOURN.

EXCEPT

[ADJOURNMENT]

, I GOT MY NOTES.

MAYBE YOU DON'T LIKE THAT EITHER, BUT IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE CLOTHING MEETING? AJO.