May 14, 2024 Mobility, Ports, and Infrastructure Committee

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CHAIR, SARA, PRESENT, VICE CHAIR KERR.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, WE HAVE A COURT.

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AND CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM? ITEM ONE IS REC ITEM AND ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE HA OF THE, I'M SORRY, WRONG MEETING OF THE MOBILITY PORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023.

AND, UH, ALL MOTION? OH YES.

USED TO VERBAL.

OKAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IS THERE ANY, UM, DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

AND VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

AND CAN WE READ, CAN, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE, THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT AND THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ON THE PORT OF

[1. 24-53386 Recommendation to approve the minutes of the Mobility, Ports, and Infrastructure Committee meeting held Tuesday, November 14, 2023.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO I WANT TO WELCOME, UM, OUR HARBOR DEPARTMENT AS WELL, ACTA FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, BUT FIRST WANNA THANK, UM, PUBLIC WORK STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN SUP IN COORDINATING TODAY'S PRESENTATION.

[2. 24-53394 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Harbor Department and the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) on the Port of Long Beach Pier B Rail Facility and Alameda Corridor Project.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT, UM, THE ON DOCK RAIL SUPPORT FACILITY PROJECT, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY, IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE SEVEN 10 AT THAT TIME, TASK FORCE FOR METRO SEVEN 10, UH, FREEWAY.

UM, AND THE REVISIONING, THE NEW VISIONING PROCESS.

AND TO THIS POINT WHERE, UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAYBE INCREASE THE GREENING OF THE SEVEN 10? AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO, UM, DECREASING, UM, TRAFFIC AS WELL AS TRUCKS ON THE FREEWAY.

AND HOW DO, DO, DO WE INCREASE RAIL? AND THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE WOULD, UH, HEAR AN UPDATE ABOUT PEER B, BUT ALSO BEING CHAIR OF THE ALAMEDA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND HOW THAT GETS CONNECTED BACK TO THE RAILS MOVEMENT.

I ALWAYS, I KEPT, I COULDN'T VISUALIZE HOW IT LOOKED FROM WHEN THIS PEER B FACILITY GOT BUILT TO HOW DOES IT THEN CONNECT TO ACTA? SO THAT'S WHY, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD FOR US TO HEAR TODAY ON, FOR, FROM BOTH, UM, SIDES ON, ON THEIR PROJECT AND HOW IT'S CONNECTED.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO ERIC, UH, LOPEZ.

THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO SEAN AND THE TEAM, AND THEY'RE GONNA LEAD THE PRESENTATION.

SEAN .

ALL RIGHT.

AM I ON HERE? YES.

OKAY.

WELL, UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT, UH, CHAIR, SORROW AND VICE CHAIR KERR FOR INVITING US TO, TO COME IN AND, UH, DIRECTOR LOPEZ FOR INVITING US TO COME IN AND, AND SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO TRANSFORM, UH, THE RAIL NETWORK HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

AND, AND IT'S VERY RIGHT AND GOOD TO DO SO IN CONCERT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR BECAUSE THESE TWO THINGS WORK TOGETHER.

AND I WOULD SHARE JUST IN, IN MAYBE LEADING OFF, UH, WITH SOME COMMENTS BEFORE I, I, I BRING UP, UH, MARK ERICKSON.

HE'LL GIVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE PEER BEYOND DOCK REAL SUPPORT FACILITY THAT WE JUST BROUGHT BEFORE THE HARBOR COMMISSION ON, ON THIS PAST MONDAY.

UH, THE FIRST, UH, CONSTRUCTION CON, THE AWARD OF THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO BUILD THIS NEW AMAZING FACILITY.

AND WHEN WE DID THAT, UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS SHARED THESE VERY THINGS THAT ALTHOUGH THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED AND THE, AND THE, AND ITS, AND ITS COMMISSION WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF MANY DIFFERENT RAIL PROJECTS ALL DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE MOVEMENT OF CARGO THROUGH OUR PORT, UM, THAT PIER B IS NOT JUST GOING TO ENHANCE THE EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF CARGO VIA ON DOCK RAIL.

IT'S GONNA TRANSFORM IT, AND IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO MOVE

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AND THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UH, OUR PORT.

AND SO, WITH THOSE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE, UH, WITH MR. MIKE LEE FROM THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR, UM, TEAM, AND ALSO MY TEAM, UH, FROM THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT.

AND I WANNA INTRODUCE TO YOU, UH, MR. MARK ERICKSON.

HE'S A DEPUTY CHIEF HARBOR ENGINEER, UH, WITH, WITH THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT.

HE, HE LEADS, HE'S ONE OF THE LEADERS OF OUR, OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TEAM.

WE AT THE HARBOR HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST CAPITAL PROGRAMS OF ANY PORT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

AND, UM, TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF, OF, OF, OF LEADERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT LEAD THESE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

AND, AND MARK IS ONE OF THOSE, HE, HE LEADS A GREAT TEAM WITH HIM IS, IS WAYNE SMITH, WHO IS OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, IS ALSO, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THIS, THIS NEW PROGRAM.

AND SO WITH, WITH THESE TWO HERE, UH, AND MYSELF AND, AND MIKE, I'M, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE CAN ANSWER, UH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UH, THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE.

AND WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE, UH, CHAIR.

SO, AND VI VICE CHAIR, UH, KIR, MARK.

THANKS, SEAN.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SEAN, AND THANKS FOR HAVING US.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, LET'S SEE.

TODAY WE'LL BE SHARING AN UPDATE ON THE PEER B OOC RAIL SUPPORT FACILITY PROGRAM.

UH, AS SEAN MENTIONED, IT'S THE LARGEST SINGLE ELEMENT IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM AT THE MOMENT.

SO IT'S A PRETTY EXCITING INITIATIVE FOR US.

IT'S GONNA BOTH, UH, IMPROVE LONG BEACH'S GOOD GOODS MOVEMENT ECONOMY, UH, AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS PIER B? WELL, IT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE PORT AT PIER B, UH, WHICH IS ALSO AT THE FOOT OF THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

AND WE CAN THINK OF THIS AS A SUPPORT FACILITY.

IT SUPPORTS THE FIVE EXISTING LONG BEACH ON DOCK RAIL TERMINALS.

IT HELPS THEM OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY.

AND OND DOCK RAIL TERMINAL IS WHERE TRAINS ARE LOADED AND UNLOADED AT THE MARINE TERMINAL.

SO THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN AN OFF DOCK RAIL TERMINAL.

AT AN OFF DOCK RAIL TERMINAL, LIKE YOU SEE, UM, UP TO SEVEN 10 TOWARDS DOWNTOWN LA ABOUT 20 MILES DOWN, THAT'S WHERE BOTH UP AND BNSF HAVE THEIR OFF DOCK YARDS.

SO TRAINS WILL CARRY CARGO ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, TO THIS REGION AND FROM THIS REGION, AND THEY'LL ARRIVE AND DEPART THOSE TRAINS FROM THOSE OFF DOCK YARDS.

AND THEN TRUCK THE CARGO FROM, UM, UH, DOWN THE SEVEN 10 TO THE PORTS.

SO WE PREFER ON DOCK RAIL OVER OFF DOCK RAIL TO ELIMINATE THOSE TRUCK TRIPS.

UH, IT'S AN EFFICIENCY MOVE.

UM, SO WHAT, INSTEAD WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE, AND THIS HAPPENS TODAY, BUT NOT TO THE SAME EXTENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IS THAT THOSE TRAINS WILL CONTINUE PAST THE OFF DOCK YARDS, DOWN THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR TO PIER B.

AND THEN FROM PIER B, THE TRAIN CAN BE, UH, LANDED ON ONE OF ANY FIVE, ANY OF OUR FIVE NEW LONG ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TRACKS.

UM, AND THEN BE SPLIT UP BY TERMINAL TO BE DELIVERED TO THAT PARTICULAR TERMINAL.

AT IT, ITS CONVENIENCE.

SO WHAT ARE THE GOALS THE PEER B PROGRAM HAS? UH, THE PORT HAS THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES THAT WE LIKE TO THINK ABOUT, UH, FOR WHY WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING PEER B.

THE FIRST IS TO SERVE THE CARGO DEMAND.

SO WHAT, AS OUR ECONOMY GROWS, SO DOES TRADE.

AND SO WE, WE HAVE TO PLAN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MEET THOSE FORECASTS.

SECONDLY, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC INTEREST IN MAKING CARGO MORE EFFICIENT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE, UH, A HUGE CALL FOR THE PORT.

AND SO WHEN WE PLAN NEW FACILITIES, WE INVEST, UH, IN MAKING SURE THAT BY RAIL WE CAN HANDLE 35% OF THE TOTAL CARGO BY RAIL.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE PREPARED TO MAXIMIZE CARGO BY RAIL.

THIRD, UM, ECONOMY OF SCALE IS SUCH A KEY THING TO WHAT WE HAVE AS, AS A, UM, AS REALLY OUR, OUR OUR KEY STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY AREA HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND LONG BEACH SPECIFICALLY.

SO OUR THIRD GOAL IS REALLY ABOUT ADDING LONGER TRACKS TO SUPPORT THOSE LONGER TRAINS.

IF WE THINK OF THE FACILITIES TODAY, MANY OF THEM, UH, WERE BUILT NOT THAT LONG AGO, BUT WE'VE SEEN THE TRAINS JUST CONTINUE TO GROW IN LENGTH AS OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS CONTINUE TO SEEK SCALE.

UH, WE SEE THAT BOTH WITH THE SHIPPING LINES AS WELL AS WITH THE RAILROADS TRYING TO GET, UM, UH, BIGGER AND LONGER, UH, UH, TRAINS.

SO IF WE THINK ABOUT THE BENEFITS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF BENEFITS THAT THIS PROJECT DELIVERS FOR THE PORT.

UH, ONE IS THAT THIS FACILITY WILL SERVE UP TO 17 DAILY DEPARTURES FROM PIER B UP THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE, UH, UH, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO THE PORTS THAT'S GONNA IMPROVE OUR COMPETITIVE POSITION AS, UH, AS, AS THOSE WHO ARE USING THE SUPPLY CHAIN CONSIDER THEIR OPTIONS, LONG BEACH WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PORT OF CHOICE,

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SO THAT ALSO BOOSTS REVENUE FOR THE PORT DIRECTLY.

UM, AND ALSO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE REGION.

WE HAVE ONE IN FIVE JOBS HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOODS MOVEMENT SUPPLY CHAIN.

THE NEXT, UH, OBJECTIVE IS THIS MODE SHIFT OR BENEFIT, EXCUSE ME.

UH, WHEN WE AVOID TRUCK TRIPS ON OUR FREEWAYS FROM OFF DOCK RAIL, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS THIS, THIS MAJOR, UH, UH, BENEFIT TO MAKING OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENT.

EQUALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROMOTING THAT MODE SHIFT TO RAIL, THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY.

THERE ARE MARKETS TODAY THAT ARE TRUCK SERVED, THAT IN THE FUTURE COULD BE RAIL SERVED, UM, SUCH AS PHOENIX.

PHOENIX TODAY IS A PRIMARILY TRUCK SERVED MARKET THAT WITH A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM COULD BE, UH, UH, MORE SIGNIFICANTLY SERVED BY TRANE.

AND FINALLY, UM, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CARBON FOOTPRINT.

SO IF WE THINK ABOUT EFFICIENCY, UH, MOVING MORE BY TRANE, UM, REDUCES OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, UH, AND OUR ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAINS, CARBON FOOTPRINT.

PB OFFERS, UH, REALLY A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESILIENCE TO THE PORT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY IF WE THINK ABOUT PEAK CARGO FLOWS, UH, THAT HAPPEN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, WHICH FOR THE PORTS HAPPENS LATE SUMMER.

UM, EQUALLY, WE HAVE TRIP AND, UH, TRAIN AND SHIP SCHEDULED VARIABILITY.

SO IF A TRAIN IS LATE OR EARLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THAT EASY FOR US TO ACCOMMODATE TODAY, BUT IF WE HAVE THIS BIG SUPPORT SYSTEM, THOSE ARE EASIER TO ACCOMMODATE.

SAME THING WITH THE SHIPS.

IF THERE'S A SHIP SCHEDULE THAT THAT'S DELAYED, WE CAN MORE READILY ACCOMMODATE THAT, UH, VARIABILITY BY HAVING THIS SUPPORT FACILITY.

IN THE SIMPLEST TERM, HAVING A DEDICATED SUPPORT FACILITY ENABLES ALL OF US, THE PORTS, THE RAILROADS, THE MARINE TERMINALS, THE SHIPPING LINES, TO HAVE THIS MORE EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S REALLY A BENEFIT FOR ALL OF US.

TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT MODE SHIFT IS, WE ESTIMATE THAT FOR EACH ADDITIONAL TRAIN WE CAN MOVE, THAT TAKES 750 TRUCK TRIPS OFF OUR ROADS.

AND WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 17 TRAINS PER DAY, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.

UH, 17 TRAINS PER DAY IS ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR EFFICIENCY ON, UH, AND, AND THAT SHOULD PROVIDE SOME BENEFITS TO OUR FREEWAY CONGESTION.

UH, LEVERAGING THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR, THE CORRIDOR WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THESE LARGE VOLUMES.

AS THE TRAINS GET LONGER, THIS TRUCK CONVERSION ESTIMATE WILL ONLY GROW.

SO THIS IS AN A, A NUMBER WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE.

AND AS THE TRAINS CONTINUE TO GET LONGER, THAT, UM, THAT NUMBER'S GONNA GO UP.

IN 2023, THE PORT MOVED 8 MILLION CONTAINER UNITS, UH, THROUGH THE COMPLEX.

YOU CAN PRETTY CLEARLY SEE HOW, UM, THE LONG-TERM TREND HERE OF GROWTH.

AND THEN MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE SEE THIS REAL SPIKE AROUND THE PANDEMIC.

UM, AND THE DROP SINCE THEN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A REFLECTION OF WHERE THE ECONOMY'S BEEN OF THE, UH, SHIFTING, UM, WHERE WE ALL BOUGHT ALL THOSE GOODS IN 21 AND 22.

AND THEN IN 2023, WE ALL, UM, USED ALL THOSE SERVICES, RIGHT? UM, THAT'S WHERE WE SPENT OUR DISCRETIONARY INCOMES FOR 2024 THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.

UH, THE PORTS REPORTED CARGO UP 16% OVER LAST YEAR.

SO THAT LITTLE LINE INTO 2024 IS POSITIVE SO FAR.

THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE THOUGH, IS THAT CARGO IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, AND WE AS THE PORT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, THAT WE CAN HANDLE THAT AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE OVER THE LONG TERM, AND THAT WE LOOK TO POSITION THE PORT TO HANDLE AS MUCH OF THAT AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE BY RAIL.

ALMOST TWO DECADES AGO, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH LAUNCHED A GREEN REVOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH POLLUTION LEVELS.

WE SET AGGRESSIVE EMISSION REDUCTION GOAL GOALS FOR THE THREE PRIMARY POLLUTION SOURCES THAT AFFECT OUR HEALTH, RIGHT? SO DIESEL, PARTICULATE MATTER, UH, NOX AND SOCKS EVERY YEAR.

WE MEASURE PROGRESS AGAINST THESE AND THE NUMBERS FOR 2020 THAT, UH, FOR, WE, WE SET THESE GOALS TO HIT THESE BY 2023, AND WE JUST ACHIEVED THEM.

UM, THESE GOALS IN THIS LAST YEAR, 90% OF THE DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS SINCE 2005 HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE PORT.

THAT THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, 90% REDUCTION IN DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER.

SO WE'RE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT EQUALLY, WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE.

NOW, THE PORT'S FOCUSED ON ZERO EMISSION EQUIPMENT AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TARGETS BY 2030.

OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 40% AND BY 80%, UH, IN THE YEAR 2050.

SO FAR AS LIKE WE SAW IN THE LAST SLIDE, WE'VE, WE'VE ACHIEVED A 10% REDUCTION, SO WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

STRATEGIES TO GET THERE INCLUDE ZERO EMISSION CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT BY 2030 AND ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS.

ALL TRUCKS SERVING THE PORT WILL BE ZERO EMISSION BY 2035.

JUST THIS LAST YEAR, WE STARTED A DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRST ZERO EMISSION LOCOMOTIVE.

UH, WE'LL WORK

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OKAY, SO LET'S GET INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS.

WHAT IS THIS PROJECT? SO THE PEER B ON DOCK RAIL SUPPORT FACILITY PROGRAM WILL EXPAND THE EXISTING, UH, RAIL YARD THAT'S AT PEER B TODAY.

TODAY IT'S A 12 TRACK RAIL YARD.

WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THAT FOURFOLD TO 48 TRACKS.

FIVE OF THOSE WILL BE TWO MILE LONG TRACKS THAT ARE FOUR OF THOSE LONG TRAINS AS THEY COME AND GO FROM THE, UH, THE HARBOR COMPLEX.

THE TRAIN STAGING CAPACITY WILL INCREASE MORE THAN FOUR TIMES TO 93,000 FEET FROM ABOUT 20,000 FEET TODAY.

SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE FIVE TRACKS FOR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THIS 93,000 FOOT, UH, UH, CLASSIFICATION YARD.

THAT'S WHERE WE CAN SORT THOSE TRAINS BY DESTINATION.

ARE THEY GOING TO THIS TERMINAL OR THAT TERMINAL? AND ON THE REVERSE, ON THE DEPARTURES, ARE THEY GOING TO CHICAGO WITH THIS RAILROAD OR DALLAS WITH THAT RAILROAD? THE EXPANSION IS TRANSFORMING THE NORTH HARBOR DISTRICT, UH, WHICH IS THIS INDUSTRIAL AREA SOUTH OF ANAHEIM WITHIN THE PORT.

AND THIS HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESSES, AND UTILITY COMPANIES IN THAT AREA.

SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS, UH, IN THAT AREA ABOUT MOVING UTILITIES AND WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND, AND BUSINESSES.

ONE OF THOSE CHANGES WILL BE THE DEMOLITION OF THE NINTH STREET RAMPS TO THE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE.

THAT IS, WE CAN SEE THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE ON THE, UH, RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE.

BUT, UM, UH, THOSE ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE ABOUT TWO YEARS FROM NOW IN EARLY 2026.

THIS IS WELL ALIGNED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UH, AND, AND THE S SHOEMAKER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT'S LOOKING TO HAPPEN ABOUT THAT SAME TIMETABLE.

SO OUR TWO TEAMS ARE CLOSELY COORDINATING ON BOTH THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE TIMING OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATIONS.

I GOT A QUICK, UH, VIDEO HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KEEP THE ECONOMY RUNNING AND GOODS FLOWING ACROSS OCEANS AND CONTINENTS? IT TAKES SHIPS DELIVERING GOODS TO AND FROM PORTS AROUND THE WORLD.

IT TAKES PORTS THAT CAN UNLOAD THOSE GOODS OFF SHIP AND ONTO TRAINS.

IT TAKES A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD LINKING THOSE PORTS WITH CITIES ACROSS THE NATION, AND IT TAKES A FLEET OF TRUCKS TO FINALLY BRING THOSE GOODS TO MARKET.

THAT'S A SUPPLY CHAIN.

WHERE DOES A GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN START? AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, WITH SHIPS PLUGGED INTO SHORE POWER WITH THE CLEANEST FLEET OF CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT IN THE NATION WITH A NEW GENERATION OF ZERO EMISSIONS TRUCKS, AND WITH A MASSIVE INVESTMENT INTO ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL RAILROAD NETWORKS IN THE NATION.

ENTER THE PIER B ON DOCK RAIL SUPPORT FACILITY, AN EXPANDED RAIL YARD THAT WILL LINK THE PORT'S EXISTING ON DOCK RAIL INTO THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL RAIL SYSTEM.

IT'S A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT, ONE THAT WILL MAKE THE PORT MORE EFFICIENT, STREAMLINED, AND SUSTAINABLE.

THE NEW FACILITY WILL QUADRUPLE THE NUMBER OF TRACKS AT THE PIER B RAIL YARD.

THOSE NEW TRACKS WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE 17 TRAINS A DAY.

THAT INCLUDES TRAINS UP TO TWO MILES LONG THAT ARE DOUBLE STACKED WITH TWO LARGE CONTAINERS PER CAR.

THIS WILL BOOST ANNUAL CAPACITY TO NEARLY 5 MILLION CONTAINERS AND A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR AND THE NATION'S RAILWAY MEANS THOSE GOODS WILL LEAVE THE PORT WITHOUT ADDING TO TRAFFIC ON LOCAL ROADS.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR RESIDENTS, INDUSTRY, AND ANYONE IN OR AROUND THE HARBOR AREA.

THE PIER B ON DOCK RAIL SUPPORT FACILITY IS A CRITICAL UPGRADE TO AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, CONNECTING THE PORT TO 30 MAJOR RAIL HUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ADDING MORE ON DOCK RAIL WILL REDUCE DELAYS, SPEEDING GOODS TO MARKET, AND LOWERING COSTS, IMPORTS FLOW MORE SMOOTHLY.

INLAND AND EXPORTS OF AMERICAN MADE GOODS REACH CUSTOMERS AROUND THE WORLD FASTER AND AT LESS COST.

BUILDING.

THE FACILITY WILL CREATE MORE THAN 1100 JOBS LOCALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND THE PIER B PROJECT STRENGTHENS THE PORT'S COMPETITIVENESS, HELPING TO ATTRACT CARGO AND SUSTAIN THE MORE THAN 575,000 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JOBS CONNECTED TO PORT OF LONG BEACH TRADE.

NATIONWIDE TRADE MOVING THROUGH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH GENERATES 2.6 MILLION JOBS.

BUT WHY RAIL? BECAUSE ONE TRIP BY TRAIN EQUALS 750 TRIPS BY TRUCK, BECAUSE TRAINS CAN MOVE A TON OF CARGO NEARLY 500 MILES ON A SINGLE GALLON OF FUEL.

AND BECAUSE MOVING CARGO BY RAIL REDUCES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 75%, IT'S A CLEANER ALTERNATIVE TO ROUTE THAT SEND CARGO THROUGH THE PANAMA OR SUEZ CANALS.

WITH A 19%

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THOSE BENEFITS WILL BE FELT HERE IN LONG BEACH ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

THE WAY TO LOWER EMISSIONS, KEEP CARGO FLOWING AND MAINTAIN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER SEAPORTS IS BY RAIL.

OKAY, WANTED TO SHARE, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UH, SPECIALTIES, UH, COST, SCHEDULE AND FUNDING.

THE PEER B PROGRAM WILL BE BUILT OVER, UH, THE, OVER THE NEXT, UH, IN 10 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF $1.567 BILLION.

WE'RE EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO OUR REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING PARTNERS.

TO DATE, WE'VE WON SEVEN GRANTS, TOTALING $643 MILLION, MUCH OF WHICH WERE ANNOUNCED JUST LAST YEAR.

UH, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT, UH, THE EXCELLENT SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM LA METRO, THE US MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THE STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION, THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THIS PROJECT IS SHOVEL READY.

UM, I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING.

WE CAN SEE HERE THE LIST OF PERMITS.

WE HAVE OUR FEDERAL AND STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS, OUR LOCAL APPROVALS FROM BOTH CITIES LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE EXPECTING FINAL APPROVALS FROM THE PORT OF LA.

UH, A PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS ON JOINT PROPERTY AND ACTA, SINCE WE'RE MODIFYING THE SOUTHEND OF THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR, ALL OF, UH, IF YOU WANNA READ ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS, WE HAVE 'EM UP ON OUR WEBSITE@PB.COM.

UH, SINCE WE'RE HERE WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE, UM, ALSO FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS, UH, PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS.

UH, WE WORK WITH POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE CIRCULATION CHANGES, AND SO THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OPERATES THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS OUR NEIGHBOR FOR THIS PROJECT.

THEY'VE ALLOWED US TO HOST, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH AT THEIR FACILITIES.

LONG BEACH UTILITIES AND LONG BEACH ENERGY RESOURCES ARE RELOCATING TONS OF FACILITIES OUT OF THE WAY OF THIS PROJECT.

THEY'RE OUT THERE NOW.

UH, LONG BEACH PUBLIC WORKS IS OUR PARTNER ON THE SHOEMAKER RAMP DEMOLITION WORK.

AND OF COURSE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS DRAFTED MANY THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF CONTRACTS, UTILITY AGREEMENTS, ACQUISITION DOCUMENTS, BUT OF COURSE, THEY ALSO GUIDE OUR STRATEGY FOR HOW WE'VE BEEN MOST EFFECTIVE, UH, TO GET HERE TO THIS POINT.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG PARTY LATER THIS YEAR.

A GROUNDBREAKING.

UM, IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.

UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, MARIO CORDERO SAID YESTERDAY.

STAY TUNED.

SO, UM, KEEP THAT PENCILED IN.

WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME CONFIRMATION.

HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME OF OUR, UH, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO JOIN US.

SO, UH, BUT IT SHOULD BE A FUN EVENT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, HAVING A NICE CELEBRATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND, UH, WITH THAT WE'LL ASK MIKE TO COME UP AND THEN WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK IF WE CAN DO PRESENTATIONS AND THEN DO Q AND A.

OKAY.

WELL, AS SEAN SAID, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO, UH, TO TALK TODAY.

I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO PB, UH, THIS VALUABLE PROJECT THAT ENHANCES THE RAIL, THAT WE ALSO CONSIDER WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHAT WE'VE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE A GOOD RAIL SYSTEM FOR THE PORTS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MY PRESENTATION WAS FOCUSED ON TODAY.

I'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

IT'LL BE DONE IN 10 MINUTES.

I DID WANT TO GET TO THE Q AND A, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL HAVE QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S, UH, WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS.

UM, SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE SAN PETER WEB REPORTS.

SO YOU, YOU HEARD A LOT OF, UH, GOOD INFORMATION.

I'LL JUST DO A QUICK OVERVIEW.

UH, SO WE ARE SUPPORTING A MILLION JOBS IN THE FIVE COUNTIES WITH THE, THE TWO PORTS.

MY PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON THE, UH, SAN PEDRO BAY.

SO IT'S BOTH PORT OF LA AND PORT OF LONG BEACH.

SO IF YOU SEE SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS, I'M LOOKING AT THE TWO PORTS TOGETHER, UM, WHICH IS WHAT ALAMEDA CORRIDOR SUPPORTS.

UM, SO THERE ARE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO COMMUNITY PROSPERITY.

UH, THE PORT'S RAIL SYSTEM HANDLES SIGNIFICANT CARGO VOLUMES, UH, AND THAT'S WITH THE SUPPORT OF ALAMEDA CORRIDOR AND THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS.

UM, THE CARGO VOLUMES HAVE STEADILY INCREASED SINCE THE INCEPTION OF CONTAINERIZATION, SO THAT'S GOING BACK TO THE 1960S.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE THEN, CARGO VOLUMES HAVE JUST DRAMATICALLY GROWN.

UH,

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SO THAT WAS STARTING FROM ZERO TO 20, UH, IN 2023.

AND WE HAVE A FORECAST THAT GOES OUT TO 2045.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE CARGO VOLUMES GOING OUT TO 2045, UM, SINCE THE, THE EIGHTIES IS REALLY WHERE THE PORTS PROACTIVELY PLANNED THEIR RAIL SYSTEM.

UH, TO ADDRESS THE, THE INTERM MODALISM, UM, THE, THE MAXIMIZING OF THE MOVEMENT OF CONTAINERS BY RAIL, UH, AND, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THE SAN PEDRO BAY PORTS CLEANER ACTION PLAN, UM, WAS DEVELOPED, HAS BEEN A REAL FOCUS.

UM, IT ALSO, UH, IS IN ALIGNMENT, OUR RAIL PLAN, UM, WITH THE CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT ACTION PLAN, THE CALIFORNIA FREIGHT MOBILITY PLAN, AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE RAIL PLAN.

SO THOSE ARE ALL DRIVING FORCES, UH, TO INCREASE CARGO MOVEMENT BY RAIL AND GET THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE WITH ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR IS A HIGH SPEED, HIGH CAPACITY LINE.

UH, IT'S FULLY GRADE SEPARATED OVER 20 MILES, AND THAT INCLUDES A 10 MILE TRENCH, SO IT'S COMPLETELY BELOW GRADE.

UM, THE MAJOR CONTAINER TERMINALS AT PORT OF LA AND PORT OF LONG BEACH EACH HAVE THEIR OWN ON DOCK INTERMODAL YARD.

UH, A PORT RAIL NETWORK PROVIDES THE CONNECTIONS FROM THAT INTERMODAL YARD TO THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

SO THAT'S ALL WITHIN THE PORTS, UM, OF A COMPLEX NETWORK OF RAIL LINES THAT THEN FEEDS INTO THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

AND THEN AT THE NORTH END OF THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR, WE CONNECT TO THE US TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AND BOTH BNS SEVEN UP SERVICE.

AND I ALSO HAVE A QUICK VIDEO.

MOVING CARGO QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY IS THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL PORT HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH, WHERE THE LARGEST INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY FOR GOODS SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES IS SITUATED.

THAT MISSION CRITICAL GOAL IS EVEN MORE COMPLEX, GIVEN THE VOLUMES OF CARGO.

40% OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINERS INTO OUR NATION COMES THROUGH THESE TWO PORTS WHERE NEARLY HALF OF THE INBOUND CARGO IS TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN TO MARKETS EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

GETTING THIS CARGO FROM THE DOCKS TO THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS EAST OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, IS THE JOB OF THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

THE CORRIDOR WAS DEVELOPED TO CONSOLIDATE THREE LOW SPEED BRANCH LINES THAT PREVIOUSLY TRAVERSED AND IMPACTED MANY COMMUNITIES INTO A SINGLE LOW IMPACT, HIGH SPEED, HIGH CAPACITY RAIL LINE.

THE CORRIDOR ELIMINATES OVER 200 STREET LEVEL CROSSINGS THAT CAUSED TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG THE PRE RAIL LINES, INCREASES THE SPEED OF TRAINS FROM 15 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR, AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES EMISSIONS FROM TRUCKS.

A KEY OBJECTIVE AS BOTH PORTS ADOPTED THEIR CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CARGO OPERATIONS, THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH SERVE AS A VITAL ECONOMIC ENGINE TO OUR REGION AND THE COUNTRY.

AND THEY HAVE PROVEN TO BE PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE EARTH.

THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IS INTEGRAL TO ENABLING THE PORTS TO MOVE CARGO EFFICIENTLY, RELIABLY, AND WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR CONNECTING THE PORTS TO THE NATION.

UH, SO THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR WAS COMPLETED IN 2002.

UH, SO IT'S BEEN IN PLACE OVER 20 YEARS.

UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, I THINK IT'S BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO FORGET WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR WAS BUILT.

UH, SO AS THE VIDEO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE PREVIOUS LINES THAT THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR REPLACED, WE, WE GOT CONSOLIDATED EVERYTHING DOWN INTO A SINGLE CORRIDOR.

UM, YOU HAD THESE TRAINS GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF COMMUNITIES AT GRADE, SO TRAINS ARE BLOCKING ROADWAYS AT OVER 200 AT GRADE CROSSING.

SO EVERY IN 200 PLACES, TRAINS WERE CROSSING ROADS.

UM, THOSE WERE ALL REMOVED.

UM, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ACT WAS FORMED AS A JOINT POWER AUTHORITY WITH THE CITIES OF LA AND LONG BEACH.

UM, AND THAT WAS DONE IN 1989.

AND, UH, THE EFFECTIVE RAIL CORRIDOR LINKING THE TWO LARGE PORTS TO THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD WAS THEN DEVELOPED, UH, OVERSIGHT OF THE ALAMEDA QUARTERS, PROVIDED BY A SEVEN MEMBER GOVERNING BOARD.

IT'S COMPRISED OF ONE MEMBER EACH FROM CITY OF LONG BEACH AND CITY OF LOS ANGELES, TWO MEMBERS EACH FROM THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES AND PORT OF LONG BEACH.

AND ONE MEMBER FROM LA METRO, UH, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, UM, ACT AS RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN AGENCY.

WE ARE

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UM, SO THAT'S WHAT'S PAYING TO CONSTRUCT THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

UM, TWO, WE MAINTAIN THE FACILITIES AND MANAGE OPERATIONS.

UM, AND THEN WE DO ALSO COLLECT THE, UH, REIMBURSABLE COSTS.

SO THINGS THAT THE RAILROADS, UM, A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS THE RAILROADS DIRECTLY PAY FOR.

SO WE COLLECT THAT, UM, THE DISPATCHING AND SECURITY OF THE, OF THE PORTS THE RAIL RAILROADS DIRECTLY PAY FOR.

SO WE, WE COLLECT THAT IN ADDITION TO OUR REVENUES.

UM, AND THEN, UH, OUR FINAL, UH, PURPOSES TO ENCOURAGE GOODS MOVEMENT BY RAIL.

SO WE'RE, UM, WE'RE STUDYING WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH, AND PURE B IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.

UM, ALAMEDA CORRIDOR IS A UNIQUE PROJECT.

UH, WE THINK OF IT AS A PROJECT OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH SIGNIFICANT LOCAL BENEFITS.

UH, SO NATIONALLY IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE US GOODS MOVEMENT SYSTEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, SAN PEDRO BAY IS THE BIGGEST PORT IN THE COUNTRY.

UM, IT'S SEVEN TIMES BIGGER THAN THE AVERAGE OF ALL THE OTHER, OF THE, THE OTHER MAJOR PORTS.

UM, SO A, A MAJOR FACILITY THAT WE'RE SERVING.

UM, WE HANDLE 40% OF THE WATERBORNE CONTAINERS INTO THE US.

UM, AND WE SUPPORT A MILLION JOBS IN THE FIVE COUNTIES LOCALLY.

ALAMEDA CORRIDOR, UM, IS, UM, PROVIDING BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITIES.

WE REDUCED TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THE REGIONAL HIGHWAYS.

UH, WE REDUCED COMMUNITY ROADWAY, CONGESTION, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND IMPROVE, UH, COMMUNITY AESTHETICS AND CONNECTIVITY.

AND FINALLY, SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE ARE ALL IMPROVED BY THE PROJECT.

SO THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR, UM, REQUIRED EXTRAORDINARY COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PORTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE RAILROADS.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY QUITE AN AMAZING PROJECT THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE, UH, CORRIDOR WAS TO CONSOLIDATE THE THREE HISTORIC RAIL LINES THAT WERE CIRCUITOUS, SLOW, AND RAN AT GRADE THROUGH MANY COMMUNITIES.

UH, THE QUARTER WAS CONSTRUCTED TO DECREASE LOCOMOTIVE EMISSIONS WITH A MORE DIRECT ROUTE AND IMPROVE TRACK DESIGN.

UH, SO HAD THE TRAINS TRAVELING AT 40 MILE AN HOUR DOWN A STRAIGHT ROUTE, UM, ARE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND CLEAN THAN THE, THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF CIRCUITOUS ROUTE.

UM, AND AS WE'VE SAID, THE CORRIDOR ELIMINATED OVER 200 AC GRADE CROSSINGS, WHICH REDUCES TRUCK AND VEHICLE IDLING, AVOIDS THE NUISANCE OF VEHICLES WAITING AT RAIL CROSSINGS AND IMPROVES EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY ANNUALLY.

WE DO AN ANALYSIS OF BENEFITS.

SO THIS IS PURELY LOOKING AT THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

UM, SO IN, IN ADDITION TO WHAT MARK SHOWED YOU OF THE PORTS ACCOMPLISHING, UM, WE DO AN ANALYSIS OF ALAMEDA CORRIDOR OPERATIONS COMPARED TO PRE QUARTER CONDITIONS.

SO WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF THE QUARTER HADN'T BEEN BUILT? AND, UH, AND GENERATE THESE ANNUAL NUMBERS.

SO IT CONTINUOUSLY INCREASES AS CARGO VOLUMES INCREASE THE, THE BENEFITS THAT THE ALAMEDA QUARTER SHOWS, UH, SHOW UP.

SO, UM, SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS IN, IN EMISSIONS.

UM, AND THEN AS I'VE SAID, UH, WE, WE DO SEEK THE HEALTH AND SAFETY BENEFITS, SO AIR QUALITY AS WELL AS TRAFFIC, NOISE, AESTHETICS, AND, UH, PROSPERITY.

UM, LOOKING AT THE HISTORY, AND THIS JUST THE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS ARE BY LOOKING AT THE, THE HISTORY OF, OF THE THROUGHPUT.

UM, SO GOING BACK TO 2000 EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UH, THROUGH CURRENT, YOU CAN SEE IN THE YELLOW LINE WHAT THE PORT THROUGHPUT.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE TWO PORTS, UM, HAVE DONE OVER TIME.

AND, AND YOU CAN SEE A PRETTY STRONG GROWTH TREND THERE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE CALL OUTS SOME OF THE, UM, UH, SOME OF THE INFLUENCES ON THE PORTS.

SO WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD ECONOMIC INFLUENCES THAT OCCUR.

SOME OF THEM HAVE, UM, LARGER IMPACTS, SOME OF THEM LESS.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A 100 YEAR PANDEMIC, UM, WHICH, WHICH HAS GOTTA BE ONE OF THE MOST EXTREME INFLUENCES WE COULD HAVE, UM, ENDURED.

UH, AND SAW SOME SURPRISING RESULTS COME OUT OF THAT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE, WHICH IS ALAMEDA QUARTERS REVENUE, UM, YOU SEE THAT WE TRACK PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE PORTS.

UM, AND THAT HOLDS TRUE UP UNTIL THE PANDEMIC.

UH, SO DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW THE BIG SPIKE IN, UH, IN E-COMMERCE CARGO VOLUMES, AND YOU DIDN'T SEE A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.

UM, AND THAT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, THE, THE EXTREME EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AROUND, AROUND COVID.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHEN WE SAW SHIPS OFFSHORE, UM, WHICH YOU DIDN'T SEE.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS LIKE THE MOST VISIBLE, UH, THING THAT HAPPENED.

UM, WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE IS WHAT WAS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

AND REALLY, RAIL

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AND, AND WE CAN GET INTO THIS SLIDE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, BACKGROUND THAT GOES INTO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT PERIOD, THAT'S PROBABLY INTERESTING TO STUDY AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE.

UM, BUT, BUT, UH, WE DID SEE LESS CARGO MOVED BY RAIL AT THAT PEAK, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR US.

'CAUSE THAT'S COUNTER TO OUR GOAL.

UM, WE WANT TO SEE MORE CARGO MOVE BY RAIL.

UM, SO WE'RE STILL PUSHING TO OVERCOME THAT.

AND I THINK 2024 IS THE BRIGHT SPOT.

UM, THAT NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IS A PROJECTION BASED ON THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2044.

SO THAT'S NOT, UM, A FINAL NUMBER, BUT IT DOES SHOW A GOOD TREND.

UM, IF WE, IF WE KEEP GOING THE WAY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR'S GONE, UH, WE SEE GOOD GROWTH AT THE PORTS.

WE SEE EXCELLENT GROWTH IN THE CAPTURE RATE OF HOW MUCH WE'RE MOVING BY RAIL.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, SLIDES ABOUT WHY SAN PEDRO BAY IS SUCH A STRONG GATEWAY.

UM, WHY DOES CARGO COME HERE? UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, LOOKING AT OUR OVERALL GOODS MOVEMENT SYSTEM, UH, THE US IS TRENDING TOWARDS A DIVERSIFIED, UH, GATEWAY ACCESS.

SO THEY HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE'S RISKS THAT OCCUR AT PORTS.

YOU MAY HAVE A LONG SHORE STRIKE.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE LONG SHOREMEN HAVE BEEN WHAT SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL, UM, REASONS THAT PEOPLE GET CONCERNED ABOUT A GATEWAY'S FLUIDITY AND WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR TRADE OR THEY'RE GONNA BE, HAVE, HAVE THE CARGO HELD UP.

UM, SO THE SHIPPERS HAVE, BASED ON A RANGE OF RISKS, UM, LOOKED FOR DIVERSIFYING THE GATEWAYS AND COMING INTO, UM, MULTIPLE GATEWAYS SO THAT THEY CAN SHIFT AND, AND MOVE AROUND PROBLEMS AS THEY OCCUR.

UM, SO THAT HAS AFFECTED OUR, OUR ABILITY.

THERE'S ALSO SOME WORLDWIDE, UH, CARGO TRENDS AS FAR AS HOW IT FLOWS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA TO THE US THAT HAS, HAS PUSHED SOME OF THE CARGO TO THE EAST COAST.

UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE SITUATION WE'RE IN.

AS FAR AS GATEWAYS COMING INTO THE PORT, WE'RE STILL IN A VERY STRONG POSITION.

AND SOME OF THE REASONS THAT SAN PEDRO BAY REMAINS STRONG.

WE DO HAVE A LARGE LOCAL MARKETS.

WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE LARGEST POPULATION BASES IN THE COUNTRY THAT OUR PORT SERVES.

SO WHILE THOSE SHIPS ARE COMING IN TO SERVE THAT LOCAL POPULATION, YOU REALLY WOULDN'T SHIP ANYWHERE ELSE TO GET TO THE LA MARKET.

UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHIP OTHER CARGO INTO THE PORT AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, THE, WE HAVE MINIMAL NAVIGATION CONSTRAINTS.

SO MOST OTHER, UM, PORTS HAVE BRIDGES.

THEY HAVE LONG CHANNELS.

UH, THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF NAVIGATION CHALLENGES TO GET INTO THEIR PORT.

WE'RE RIGHT, RIGHT AGAINST THE OCEAN.

UM, NO, NO PROBLEM GETTING IN.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY, UM, BLESSED SITUATION AS FAR AS DREDGING TO KEEP THE CHANNELS DEEP.

UM, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE, UH, SEASONAL ADVERSE WEATHER THAT OTHER PORTS HAVE.

SO, UM, SOUTHEAST IT GETS HURRICANES EVERY YEAR.

NORTHEAST GETS STORMS EVERY YEAR.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE RISKS THAT SHIPPERS LOOK AT.

THE PORTS VALLEY AND LONG BEACH HAVE HAD A STRONG COMMITMENT TO INVESTMENTS TO MAKE THEIR PORTS BIG SHIP READY.

UH, SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY PROGRESSIVE COMPARED TO ANY OTHER PORT IN THE COUNTRY.

SO VERY EFFICIENT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

AND WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PROVEN LABOR POOL, UM, BOTH FOR OUR DOCKS AS WELL AS TRUCKS AND WAREHOUSES.

UH, SO THAT ALL, UM, IS ATTRACTIVE.

AND THEN THE PORTS HAVE PROACTIVELY MADE THEIR, THEIR GREENPORT INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS.

UM, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE PUT A LENS ON THAT, THAT THAT AFFECTS OUR COST.

UM, BUT I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF ALL PORTS, AND WE'RE GONNA FIND OURSELVES AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

UM, ELLIE AND LONG BEACH HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPAND THE RAIL FACILITIES TO SUPPORT INTERMODAL CARGO WITH EFFICIENT RAIL CONNECTIVITY.

UH, SO THEY CONTINUOUSLY DO RAIL STUDIES TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THE FORECAST IS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

UM, AND THEN THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS AS THEY'RE NEEDED, UM, IN OVER THE, THE NEAR TERM HORIZON.

SO PB IS AN OUTCOME OF THAT.

AND FINALLY, THE WESTERN RAILROADS, UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF A A POINT BACK TO, IT'S NOT THE GATEWAYS, BUT IT'S WHERE THE CAR GOES GOING.

SO TRADITIONALLY, UM, THE, THE WESTERN RAILROADS IN PARTICULAR HAVE SHIFTED FROM THE WEST COAST, SHIPPED FROM THE WEST COAST TO DESTINATIONS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

UM, SO IN CHICAGO'S THE BIGGEST, UM, DESTINATION.

UH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME DIVERSIFICATION OF THAT BY THE WESTERN RAILROAD.

SO THEY'RE DEVELOPING A LOT MORE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE SHIPPING TO WITHIN THE WESTERN REGION.

UH, SO THAT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE CARGO TO MOVE BY RAIL FROM THE WEST COAST AND REALLY BE A LITTLE MORE ANCHORED TO THE WEST COAST IF YOU'RE ONLY SHIPPING TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, EAST COAST CAN SHIP THERE AS WELL AS WE CAN.

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YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE BARSTOW FOR BNSF, UM, UH, PHOENIX FOR BOTH RAILROADS, UM, UTAH, UM, JUST A, A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE VERY ACTIVELY BEING PURSUED BY THE RAILROADS IN THE WESTERN REGION.

AND THEN IN CONCLUSION, UH, THE GREENPORT POLICY AND CLEANER ACTION PLAN HAVE LED TO REDUCED TRUCK CONGESTION, LESS DIESEL EMISSION AND REDUCED GREENHOUSE GASES.

UM, AND RAILS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.

AND JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, THE PHYSICS OF STEEL WHEEL, UH, AND LARGE VOLUME TRANSPORT DOES CREATE THE BENEFIT OF TRAINS OR THREE TO FIVE TIMES MORE EFFICIENT TO MOVE CARGO THAN TRUCKS.

UM, WE MENTIONED THAT EVERY TRAIN THAT CALLS IT THE PORTS REMOVES TRUCKS FROM LOCAL FREEWAYS AND, UH, LOCOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

AND WE, WE HEARD A LOT AND FOCUSED A LOT ON ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS, UM, LOCOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ADVANCING AS WELL.

AND EPA HAS A REQUIRED PROGRAM OF ATTAINMENT, UH, THAT THE RAILROADS WORK TOWARDS.

UM, THERE'S ALSO GONNA REQUIRE COLLABORATION BETWEEN VARIOUS AGENCIES, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA AGENCIES, UH, AND THE RAILROADS TO WORK TOWARDS THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF LOCOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN ANSWER A QUESTION BY NOT HAVING YOU GO UP AND DOWN.

IF MARK, YOU COULD JUST COME TO THE PODIUM WITH MICHAEL AND THEN WE'LL ASK OUR QUESTION.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU BOTH AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TO PRESENT.

I CERTAINLY HAVE A BETTER IDEA NOW ON HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED, AND I THINK CONNECTIVITY REALLY IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR REGION AND SUPPORTS AND GOODS MOVEMENT.

I THINK THAT, UM, WITHIN MY CONVERSATION IN THE REGION, UM, I AM A BIG VA ADVOCATE IN UPLIFTING WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OUR PORT WITH PEER B, WITH ACTA AS FAR AS, UM, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT IT'S THERE AND HOW MUCH WORK IT TOOK TO GET THAT BUILT, UM, TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO JUST GOODS MOVEMENT ISSUE.

AND SO I WANNA, UM, HAND IT ACTUALLY TO VICE CHAIR MEGAN, TO START WITH THE QUESTIONS, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW WITH QUESTIONS.

SURE.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

I, I DON'T HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY, CHAIR SORROW.

UM, BUT I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

SO I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH, UM, UP IN THE BIXBY KNOWS AREA, ACTUALLY HAD A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS WORKING ON THE ELUSIVE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR PROJECT, WHICH I THINK WE ALL HEARD ABOUT FOR YEARS, IF NOT DECADES, THAT IT WAS COMING.

UM, AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK WE'VE FORGOTTEN THE INGENUITY AND REALLY WHAT, UM, AN INCREDIBLE INNOVATION IT WAS AT THE TIME.

UM, AND IT WAS DELIVERED ON TIME AND ALL OF THOSE, UM, THINGS, BUT HOW IT CONNECTS TO, TO OUR CURRENT SITUATION.

I AM ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND WAS HONORED TO BE IN WASHINGTON TWO WEEKS AGO, REALLY ADVOCATING TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, TO THE INFRASTRUCTURES ARE, AND TO THE DIRECT, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ABOUT THE NEED FOR CONTINUED FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ON DOCK RAIL.

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE GRANTS WE HAVE RECEIVED, BUT WE KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A LOT TO MAKE UP AS WELL.

AND THE, UH, THE BEST THING THAT WE COULD SAY IS IT WAS SHOVEL READY, UM, AND THAT WE HAD MOST OF THE FUNDING, AND SO THAT MADE IT THAT MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE.

BUT, UH, DIRECTOR CORDERO WAS GREAT IN TALKING ABOUT HIS HISTORY WITH THE PORTS AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE VISION FOR, UH, LONG BEACH AND LA AS WELL, UM, IN TERMS OF DECREASING IMPACT OF THE GOODS MOVEMENT ON OUR COMMUNITY IN LOTS OF WAYS.

SO IT'S IN AIR QUALITY, IT'S IN TRAFFIC ON THE SEVEN 10.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HEARING THAT THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR PROJECT WAS GONNA GET ALL THE TRUCKS OFF THE SEVEN 10 , UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND FOR GOODS MOVEMENT IN OUR COUNTRY, AND THAT WE ARE AT THE HUB OF THAT.

AND AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS AN INLAND DISTRICT.

SO DISTRICT FIVE IS, YOU KNOW, RIVER TO RIVER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.

UM, I THINK FOLKS, UNLESS THEY'RE DIRECTLY IMPACTED WITH ONE IN THOSE ONE IN FIVE JOBS, DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND, UM, THE IMPORTANCE THAT GOODS MOVEMENT PLAYS ON OUR ECONOMY.

AND SO THAT LITTLE VIDEO THAT YOU SHOWED FROM THE PORT, WE WERE THRILLED TO SEE AT THE STATE OF THE PORT THIS YEAR.

WE ACTUALLY SHARED THAT OUT TO FOLKS UP IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS SO THEY COULD UNDERSTAND, UM, THE WORK AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND MANY, MANY MORE INCLUDING, UH, RAIL.

SO, UH, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'LL SPRINGBOARD BACK IF I HAVE ANY, BUT I APPRECIATE, UM, ALWAYS HAVING MORE INFORMATION SO THAT I CAN BETTER TALK TO OUR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY ON THE IMPORTANT WORK HAPPENING.