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[CALL TO ORDER]
CALL THE CLIMATE RESILIENT SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR AUGUST 22ND, 2024, AND IS RIGHT NOW 4.407.[ROLL CALL]
COMMISSIONER BERGON BIRCH.I'M SORRY, SORRY FOR THE RECORD.
UM, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER KO KK
UH, COMMISSIONER BERGON BIRCH PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER COFFEY PRESENT? COMMISSIONER GAINES PRESENT? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
COMMISSIONER KUNI HIRO IS EXCUSED.
COMMISSIONER WHEELER AND CHAIR GATED.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE, SAY NONE CLEAR.
BUT BEFORE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ONE OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, PETE MARCH.
AND BESIDES THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REALLY, I WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE STEPPING DOWN.
SHARING THIS SPACE WITH THEM HAS BEEN A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME AS THEIR DEDICATION INSIDE AND CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT.
I AM EXCITED FOR THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT WORK, BUT I WANNA MISS YOU GUYS.
[1. 24-54582 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission meeting of Thursday, April 25, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2024.CAN I GET A MOTION TO THIS ITEM? SO IT SHOULD POP UP ON YOUR TABLETS.
IF YOU DON'T SEE IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
NOW I HAVE A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER TOLKOFF AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARSH CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR ITEM ONE MEMBERS, IF THERE ARE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, I GUESS THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE ASKED.
JUST FOR ITEM ONE, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, THEN WE CAN MOVE WITH THE VOTE.
IF YOU DON'T SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN, I CAN TAKE A VERBAL COMMISSIONER, BERGON BERG.
I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASSIST YOU AFTER.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION
[2. 24-54583 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on Extreme Heat and Air Quality and the Climate Action Plan. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I, I SEE THE FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER WHEELER AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARSH.
THERE, ANY, ANY REPORT OR REPRESENTATION FOR THIS TITLE? YES.
UH, CHAIR, GATON, AND COMMISSIONERS.
SO, UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE LAST AUGUST, YOU'LL RECALL WE HAD A SIMILAR TOPIC TALKING ABOUT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY.
AT MOST OF YOUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE ARE TRYING TO ALIGN OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH SECTIONS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
SO THIS AUGUST, WE ARE, UM, GIVING A SHORT RECAP ABOUT WHAT THE TWO SECTIONS, EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY TALK ABOUT IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR ANNUAL REPORT FROM 2023.
SO YOU COULD SEE A FEW OF THE RELATED ITEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER FROM OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT EMERGING ISSUES AND EXTREME HEAT.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL TALK ABOUT ANY UPCOMING, UH, CAP ACTION ITEMS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE GIVEN US.
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WE'RE GONNA DO A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT WE, UH, HAVE BEEN.UM, SO ABOUT OUR EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY.
UH, SO OUR GOALS LOOK EXTREME HEAT.
WE FEEL IT RIGHT OUTSIDE TODAY.
UH, LAST YEAR WAS THE HOTTEST, UM, YEAR ON RECORD, I THINK SINCE THEY STARTED KEEPING TRACK OF THAT, UH, IN THE MID 18 HUNDREDS.
UM, AND THIS YEAR FEELS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS ENSURE THAT LONG BEACH IS READY FOR, UH, EXTREME HEAT EVENTS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT.
WE WANNA ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO ANY, UM, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THEY NEED TO WITHSTAND THE HEAT.
AND THAT WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE TO GO TO, UH, LET'S SAY, COOLING CENTERS OR THE BEACH DURING EXTREME HEAT EVENTS.
SO THE GOAL IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, AND THE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE FILLED INTO OUR EXTREME HEAT, UM, SECTION ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
SO HERE ARE THE MAIN, UM, ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE IN, UM, THE CAP.
AND IN, IN EACH SECTION THERE ARE MULTIPLE SUB ACTION ITEMS. AND SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS INCLUDE, UM, INCREASING, UM, OUR COOL ROOFS AND COOL WALLS AND, UH, REFLECTIVE STREETS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PART WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, ADAPT TO THE CLIMATE AND THE HEAT, AND TO HELP THE COMMUNITY WANNA ENHANCE URBAN FOREST COVER.
'CAUSE IN THE SHADE, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER.
WE WANNA HAVE ADDITIONAL WATER FOUNTAINS, PROVIDE BETTER BUS SHELTER AMENITIES, UM, AND IMPEACH AND IMPROVE, UH, BEACH AND COASTAL TRANSIT.
AND WITH EACH ACTION ITEM, UH, WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE CO-BENEFITS OF EACH.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS GHG EMISSIONS.
SINCE IF WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOPEFULLY SLOW DOWN THE EFFECTS OF THESE CLIMATE STRESSORS.
UM, ANOTHER THING IS, UM, WE WANT LESS DEPENDENCE ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC, MORE THERMAL COMFORT, MORE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, BETTER AIR QUALITY, WHICH TIES INTO OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM.
AND, UH, MORE GRID STABILITY BECAUSE POWER OUTAGE HAS BECOME A HUGE PROBLEM DURING, UH, EXTREME HEAT EVENTS AS WELL.
AND WITH, UH, EACH ACTION ITEM, WE HAVE EQUITY, UM, UH, THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND SOME OF THE, WHAT WE PRIORITIZE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED, UH, WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF URBAN COVER, WITH NO SHADE AND COOL PAVEMENTS WITH, UM, NOT A LOT OF ACCESS TO COOLING CENTERS.
WE WANNA ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE, UM, IMPORTANT, UH, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. SO NEXT WE TALK ABOUT AIR QUALITY, WHICH, UH, TIES IN WITH OUR EXTREME HEAT.
SO WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAN AND IMPROVED, UH, UM, UH, AIRS FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE PRODUCING LESS EMISSIONS.
WE WANT, UH, TO GO TO, UH, CLEANER MORE FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES SINCE A SINGLE, UH, RIDER TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST EMITTING, UH, STRESSORS.
AND TRANSPORTATION IS OUR BIGGEST SECTOR, UH, FOR EMISSIONS.
AND ALSO WITH, UH, OIL AND NATURAL GAS OPERATIONS, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THERE'S AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND WE CAN, UH, MINIMIZE, UH, THE EMISSIONS FROM THERE AS WELL.
SO HERE, UH, YOU CAN SEE ARE THE MAIN ACTION ITEMS. UM, AND SAME THING WITH THE EXTREME HEAT.
THERE ARE, UH, MULTIPLE SUB ACTION ITEMS UNDER EACH ONE.
SO WE WANNA HELP OUR AIRPORT OR PORT REACH THEIR GOALS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, LONG BEACH USD HAS, UH, WHAT THEY NEED TO, UH, ELECTRIFY THEIR, UH, BUSES.
AND WE WANNA MONITOR AND REGULATE, UM, OIL EX, UH, OIL EXTRACTION AND REFINING PROCESS.
AND HERE WITH AIR QUALITY, WE WILL, UH, GET LESS AIR POLLUTION.
SO BETTER AIR TO BREATHE, LESS EMISSIONS.
THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
UH, THERE WILL BE MORE, UM, URBAN GREENING.
THERE'LL BE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND, UH, STRONGER AND MORE IMPROVED PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND SO, UH, NOW I'LL JUST GO QUICKLY AND REVIEW WHAT, UM, OUR DEPARTMENTS ACCOMPLISHED WHEN IT CAME TO THESE, UH, ACTION ITEMS. UH, SO WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEIR DEPARTMENTS HAD BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE, UM, UNDER THEIR, UH, TASK ACTION ITEMS. SO OUR, UM, OFFICE, UH, THIS IS TWO THOU 2023 NUMBER.
SO I KNOW THE TREE PLANTING SEASON IS A LITTLE, UH, DIFFERENT.
SO THEY PLANTED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TREES THAN THIS, AND I'M SURE LARRY CA CAN GO, UH, THROUGH WITH THAT.
SO THEY DID 201 TREES THROUGH THIS ANNUAL YEAR.
UM, AND THEY WORKED WITH CONSERVATION CORPS.
THEY WORKED WITH, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND ALSO OUR TID TEAM HAS A CITY TREE APP, WHICH IS IN ITS BETA VERSION.
AND THAT IS RELATED TO OUR EXTREME HEAT ACTION ITEM.
SO ANOTHER ONE IS OUR COOLING CENTERS, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, AS, UH, NOT EVERYONE HAS AIR CONDITIONING.
WE WANNA ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO A COOLING CENTER.
SO OUR, ALL OUR LIBRARIES AND FACILITIES HAVE, ARE
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CONSIDERED COOLING CENTERS.AND THERE'S FIVE, UH, PARK LOCATIONS WHICH HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT ARE COOLING CENTERS AS WELL.
UM, SO AN EXTREME, UM, HEAT EVENT OCCURS.
OUR, UH, CITY, OUR, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TEAM SENDS OUT A NOTIFICATION TO RESIDENTS LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT WHERE THE COOLING CENTERS ARE THROUGHOUT AND IF IT REACHES THE BARRIER FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT.
AS FOR AIR QUALITY, OUR, UM, AIRPORT WAS WORKING ON THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, AND I BELIEVE THEY FINISHED A DRAFT AND WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, SEE THAT SOON.
PUBLISHED THIS YEAR, AND THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT WHO HAS THEIR OWN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UM, THEY, UH, RECEIVED A LOT LARGE AMOUNTS OF GRANT MONEY, AND THEY COMPLETED THEIR EMISSIONS IN 2022.
UH, AND I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THE 2023 EMISSIONS AS WELL, AND THEY'RE HOPING TO RELEASE THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN RELEASE OUR, UH, CITY'S 2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE EMISSION INVENTORY AS WELL.
UM, AND OUR ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT HAS INSTALLED A FENCE LINE MONITORING AT ONE OF THE ISLANDS, UM, IN A PORT LOCATION.
AND THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY DO HAVE CAPABILITY IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO MORE AS WELL.
AND THEN NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER TO, UH, NICK FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
YEAH, WE HAVE TO CALL FOR COMMENTS.
OH, THAT'S PART OF THE PRESENT.
THAT'S PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
SORRY, I WAS YEAH, YOU PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
I WORK AS THE OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN MY JOB IS ESSENTIALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S PREPARED FOR ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY THAT WOULD IMPACT THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.
UM, AND THAT EMERGING ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS EXTREME HEAT.
UM, AND AS WE'VE SEEN RIGHT, TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE, THE COUNTRY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE ARE INCREASING.
UM, AND I'LL KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT THE CITY'S DOING TO ADDRESS THE, THE EXTREME HEAT.
UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, WE HAVE A PLAN, RIGHT? AND WE COLLABORATE WITH, UH, FIRE, PD, PARKS, LIBRARIES, UM, AND HEALTH, RIGHT? AND WE CLOSELY MONITOR, UM, THE HEAT, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, RIGHT AROUND MAY IS WHEN WE, UM, TRY TO UPDATE THE PLAN, MAKE SURE IT'S READY TO GO.
UM, AND WE START MONITORING THE WEATHER, UM, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UM, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY.
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS CONSTANTLY LOOK AT THE WEATHER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT'S NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, HITTING OUR THRESHOLDS.
UM, AND IF IT IS, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, UH, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW AND THEN ACTIVATE COOLING CENTERS IF NECESSARY.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BEYOND JUST SUMMER MONTHS, RIGHT? UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THAT IT'S GETTING HOT INTO SEPTEMBER, EVEN EVEN INTO OCTOBER.
UM, SO WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER EVEN OUTSIDE THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT IMPACT, UM, EXTREME HEAT, RIGHT? THE TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO THOSE SUMMER MONTHS IS TYPICALLY WHERE WE SEE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES.
UM, AND THEN BEYOND JUST TEMPERATURE, UM, YOU ALSO WANNA KEEP IN MIND THE HUMIDITY LEVEL.
UM, I'M SURE WE'VE KIND OF FELT THOSE DAYS WHERE IT'S A LOT MORE HUMID.
UM, AND SO THE HEAT DEFINITELY, UH, PLAYS A MORE SIG SIGNIFICANT ROLE WHERE, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS CHART HERE THAT IT'S ONLY 80 DEGREES, RIGHT? BUT IF IT'S CLOSE TO 100% HUMIDITY, UM, IT'S GONNA FEEL CLOSER TO 87 DEGREES.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE HEAT INDEX, UM, BECAUSE THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE HUMIDITY AS WELL AS THE TEMPERATURE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE USE AS OUR, OUR THRESHOLD TO SEE IF WE NEED TO ISSUE AN ALERT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND A LOT OF THIS COMES FROM LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 1995 CHICAGO HEAT WAVE.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT, IT WAS A TIME PERIOD WHERE IT WAS VERY HUMID.
UM, AND IT ALSO HAD, UH, SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, AIR TEMPERATURE ALONG WITH THE HUMIDITY, WHICH KIND OF CAUGHT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY OFF GUARD.
UM, AND SO, UM, FROM THAT MOVING FORWARD, THEY REALIZED LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE HEAT INDEX, NOT JUST THE AIR TEMPERATURE.
'CAUSE THE HUMIDITY CAN PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE ROLE IN PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HEAT ILLNESS.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE LESSONS LEARNED OUT OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE USED THE HEAT INDEX TO TRACK THAT.
UM, AND THEN WHAT NEXT WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE POTENTIAL ACTIONS THAT WE MAY TAKE AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AND AS THE CITY.
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UM, AND SO WHAT WE, WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE, UH, FORECASTS ON THOSE HEAT INDEXES, UM, WE START TO KIND OF WORRY WHEN WE HIT AROUND 95 ON THE HEAT INDEX.UM, AND THEN ALSO WE WANT TO CONSIDER, UM, OVERNIGHT HEAT, RIGHT? UM, ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT, UH, LET'S SAY IT'S LIKE NINE O'CLOCK AND IT'S STILL WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE EIGHTIES.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER THING WHERE WE, WE KIND OF GET WORRIED ABOUT.
UM, AND SO FIRST OFF, WE WOULD SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE, UM, ESSENTIALLY TO ALERT EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE HEAT EVENT.
UM, LET THEM KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL LAST.
UM, PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION ON WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT ILLNESS, YOU KNOW, WHEN TO CALL 9 1 1, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, UH, ADDITIONAL COOLING CENTERS IF THEY'RE SET UP AT OUR PARKS AND OUR LIBRARIES.
UM, AND THEN JUST SIMPLY REMINDING PEOPLE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY CAN BE USED DURING THEIR NORMAL, YOU KNOW, OPERATING HOURS, UM, TO COOL OFF, RIGHT? YOU CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY AT ANY TIME, UM, THAT THEY'RE OPEN.
YOU CAN GO TO THE PARKS COMMUNITY CENTERS, YOU CAN EVEN GO TO CITY HALL, YOU KNOW, AND GET SOME, SOME AIR CONDITIONING IF YOU REALLY, TRULY NEED TO COOL OFF DURING THEIR, THEIR NORMAL, UH, BUSINESS HOURS.
UM, AND THEN WE FOLLOW UP THOSE PRESS RELEASES WITH SOME SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING, UM, YOU KNOW, REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, UM, LETTING THEM KNOW WHERE OUR COOLING CENTERS ARE.
IF WE OPENED UP AND ACTIVATED ADDITIONAL COOLING CENTERS BEYOND JUST THE NORMAL OPERATIONAL HOURS, MAYBE WE EXTEND THE HOURS, RIGHT? LET'S SAY THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, OLDER ADULTS, RIGHT? A LOT OF THE TIMES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY HEAT.
UM, SO JUST DOING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, HEY, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THE HOURS OF THE SENIOR CENTER TODAY AND THE ACTIVITIES THERE, UM, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 8:00 PM YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT THE TEMPERATURES START TO COME DOWN.
UM, SO WON'T IMPACT, UM, THEIR HEALTH AS MUCH.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT CO UH, COVERAGE ACROSS LONG BEACH, RIGHT? WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, ALL PARTS OF LONG BEACH, UM, ARE BEING COVERED.
AND THERE'S, UM, COOLING CENTERS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE AN, A SITUATION WHERE WE ONLY OPEN IT UP IN, YOU KNOW, ONE PART OF LONG BEACH AND SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, DOWN IN NORTH LONG BEACH HAS TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, EAST LONG BEACH JUST TO GET TO A COOLING CENTER.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING EQUITABLE WHEN WE OPEN UP ANY COOLING CENTERS IN THE CITY.
UM, LET'S SEE IF I MISS ANYTHING.
OH, AND THEN WE MIGHT, WE WOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS, UM, ARE AWARE OF THE HEAT, HEAT, UM, ALERT THAT WENT OUT, UM, AND HAVE THEM MONITOR FOR ANY KIND OF, UM, HEAT ILLNESS AND SEE IF THERE'S, UM, INCREASED CALLS FOR SERVICE AROUND THAT.
'CAUSE I COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, TRIGGER US TO OPEN UP MORE COOLING CENTERS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THOSE AS THEY, YOU KNOW, POP UP.
UM, AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, RIGHT? UM, I'M THINKING WORST CASE SCENARIO, A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THEIR AIR CONDITIONER UNITS, UM, MAYBE THERE'S POWER OUTAGES, RIGHT? THOSE BROWNOUTS WHEN PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING, UM, THEIR AIR CONDITIONER UNIT, SO POSSIBLY ACTIVATING OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, RIGHT? AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN THESE HEAT EVENTS HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM, RIGHT? THIS COULD HAPPEN ALL ACROSS, UM, LA COUNTY.
AND SO THEY MAY OP OPEN UP THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AS WELL.
SO WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THEM.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO, UM, WORK WITH LIKE THE SOCAL EDISON PARTNERS TO HELP GET THE POWER ON AND, AND TRY TO PRIORITIZE, UM, WHERE THAT POWER IS NEEDED TO, TO GET THE, THE GRID BACK, BACK UP AND RUNNING TO GET THE AC OUT THERE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF, UM, WHEN, WHAT KIND OF DATA WE HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE, UH, ISSUED IN TERMS OF HEAT ALERTS.
UM, SO LAST YEAR WE SENT OUT TWO HEAT ALERTS BECAUSE OF EXTREME HEAT.
UM, IN BOTH CASES WE ENDED UP, UM, NOT OPENING ADDITIONAL COOLING CENTERS.
UM, WE JUST, 'CAUSE THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE BETWEEN THE OPERATING HOURS OF OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
UM, SO WE JUST REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT YOU CAN GO TO ANY PUBLIC BUILDING DURING THE NO NORMAL OPERATIONAL HOURS, UM, TO COOL OFF.
SO WE REMINDED THE PARK STAFF, LIBRARY STAFF THAT PEOPLE MAY BE COMING IN JUST WANTING TO COOL OFF.
UM, AND THEN TO THE RIGHT IS THE, THE PRESS RELEASES ON THE BOARD THERE.
AND THEN WE COINCIDED THAT WITH, UM, SOME SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, JUST
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AROUND SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION, UM, AND THEN JUST VARIOUS TIPS TO BEAT THE HEAT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE SLIDE.UM, AND THEN IN THIS YEAR, UM, WE, WE'VE SEEN A SIMILAR TREND WHERE WE'VE ISSUED TWO HEALTH ALERTS SO FAR, ONE IN JULY AND ONE IN AUGUST.
UM, AND AGAIN, NO ADDITIONAL COOLING CENTERS WERE SET UP.
UM, WE JUST BASICALLY REMINDED PEOPLE THAT, UH, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS CAN BE USED, UH, TO COOL OFF.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUING TO UPDATE OUR RESPONSE PLANS AND LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE AS WE CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS, UM, SET OUT BY THE LONG BEACH CAP.
UH, HE'LL COME BACK UP TO DO ONE MORE UPDATE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO TRANSITION.
SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A SUMMARY OF THE CAP, UH, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED UP TO 2023.
AND THEN WHAT WE CHOSE IS OUR EMERGING ISSUE, UH, AFTER TALKS WITH OUR, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM.
AND NOW WE WANNA TRANSITION TO JUST A FEW MORE SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT, UM, UPCOMING.
AND SO WE ASKED ANY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS AN ACTION ITEM IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN RELATED TO EXTREME HEAT, AIR QUALITY, IF THEY HAVE ANY UPDATES THAT WE'RE READY TO SHARE OF ANYTHING THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE WORKING ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE.
AND, UH, NICK WILL DO THE, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UPDATES.
UH, SO FOR THE, IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS IMPLEMENTING, UM, A COMMUNITY COOLING CENTER SURVEY.
JUST A GENERAL ONE TO KIND OF SEE, UM, SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT A COOLING CENTER, UM, AND, AND LOOK AT ACCESSIBILITY, DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
ARE THERE ANY GAPS IN OUR PLANS? UM, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS, SO WE WANT TO TAKE THAT, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALSO WANT TO, UH, DEVELOP, UH, AN INTAKE SURVEY FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY COME TO THE COOLING CENTER, RIGHT? WE WANT TO FIND OUT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE DO YOU, WHAT AREA OF LONG BEACH DO YOU LIVE IN? UM, MAYBE THERE'S A SCENARIO WHERE, UM, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A HOUGHTON PARK COOLING CENTER THAT WAS OPEN, BUT THEY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EL DORADO ONE, RIGHT? SO ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS, UM, AND THEN KIND OF HEAR FROM THEM WHAT THEY WANNA SEE AT A COOLING CENTER, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE ACTIVITIES THERE.
UM, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THEY WANNA SEE THERE, IF THEY WANNA SEE WATER CHARGING STATIONS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN HELP DO FUTURE PLANNING, UM, UH, WHEN WE ACTIVATE ANY COOLING CENTERS.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TOO IS, UH, A QUICK GUIDE ON AIR QUALITY.
UH, WILDFIRES IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, RIGHT? A LOT MORE WILDFIRES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
LUCKILY IN LONG BEACH, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY AREN'T IMPACTED BY WILDFIRES, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS THAT DO GET THESE FIRES, AND WITH THAT COMES SMOKE.
AND WITH THE SMOKE, UH, YOU GET THE POOR AIR QUALITY RIGHT, ASH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT ALERTS TO LET OUR PARKS PROGRAMS AND THE, UM, SCHOOLS KNOW THAT, HEY, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE FIRES THAT ARE ONGOING IN NEIGHBORING AREAS THAT WE SHOULD SUSPEND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A QUICK GUIDE, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THOSE, THOSE PLANS IN PLACE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRACK THESE EXTREME HEAT EVENTS, UM, AND ANYTIME WE ACTIVATE THE COOLING CENTERS AND JUST, UM, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARING THE CITY FOR ANY EXTREME HEAT.
I, I'LL DO THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT UPDATES.
SO, FOR LIBRARY SERVICES, UH, THEIR UPCOMING PLAN IS TO DOUBLE THE CITY'S MESSAGING ON COOLING CENTERS, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBPAGE UPDATES.
UM, SO THEY WANT TO CREATE A LIBRARY WEBPAGE WITH INFORMATION ON LIBRARIES AS COOLING CENTERS.
UH, THAT ALSO INCLUDES TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE IN THE HEAT.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALL COORDINATING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGING ALIGNS AND THAT, UM, EVERYONE IS, IS AWARE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE GO TO LIBRARIES BUT NOT PARK CENTERS.
SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW HEALTH, UH, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT NOT LIBRARIES.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE NEED WHEREVER AVAILABLE.
AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT LIBRARY WANTS TO START DOING IS OFFERING SOME PROMOTIONAL COOLING ITEMS AT A FEW LOCATIONS, JUST, UH, TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UH, ITEMS LIKE, UH, BRANDED WATER BOTTLES, COOLING TOWELS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S, UH, PUBLIC WATER AVAILABLE AT THE, THE LIBRARIES AND THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT FOR AIR QUALITY SIX.
THEY DEVELOPED THE, UH, THEY'RE PLANNING ON DEVELOPING THE 2024 OR WORKING ON THE 2024 FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR CARGO
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HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND THE 2024 FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR CLASS EIGHT DRAINAGE TRUCKS.THEY ARE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT THE CLEAN TRUCK FUND RATE AND SPENDING PLAN ROLLOUT, CONTINUE TO DE DEMONSTRATE AND DEPLOY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AT THE SAN PEDRO BAY PORTS, AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDORS.
AND THEN FOR ENERGY RESOURCES, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FENCE LINE MONITORING, UM, DURING THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, ENERGY RESOURCES AND THE FIELD CONTRACTOR WILL INVESTIGATE USING OPTICAL GAS IMAGING, OGI SENSORS THAT UTILIZE LASER TECHNOLOGY SIMILAR TO FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED CAMERAS.
DON'T ASK ME WHAT EITHER OF THOSE THINGS ARE, PLEASE.
CALIFORNIA OIL AND GAS REGULATORS USE THE FLIR CAMERAS TO DIRECT METHANE EMISSIONS DURING INSPECTIONS OF OIL FIELD LOCATIONS.
AND THEN THEY WANTED TO NOTE, UH, RELATED IN FY 24, WHICH IS, UH, THE YEAR THAT ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR, A RANDOM SAMPLE OF THE 35 OF THE ACTIVE IDLE AND ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WELLS IN WEST WILMINGTON FIELD WERE INSPECTED FOR POTENTIAL METHANE LEAKS AND ZERO EMISSIONS WERE DETECTED.
SO THOSE WERE, UM, THE UPDATES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD ACTION ITEMS. AS I MENTIONED, THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
UH, NICK IS STILL HERE, AND WE, UH, THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM, BUT CHAIR, WE WELCOME ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COOLING CENTERS, HOW YOU THINK WE CAN GET, UH, INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT REALLY.
BUT, UH, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NICK MENTIONED.
I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN'T FIND HOW TO, OH, HERE IT IS, RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.
UM, IT'S ALMOST A LITTLE EMBARRASSING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY I NOTICED IT AS I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE EIGHT, A Q2, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO USE THE GARDENS TO REDUCE AIR QUALITY.
I THINK WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WORK ALL NIGHT LONG ON SOMETHING AND YOU MISS ONE WORD, AND THAT'S THE ONE I SEE
SO, UM, I'VE ALSO, UH, WANTED TO INQUIRE, DO WE HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING AT THIS TIME HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE USED OUR, UH, COOLING CENTERS? DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON THAT? WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION, SOME OF IT, NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME TO A LIBRARY AND MAYBE THEY'RE ON THE COMPUTER LOOKING AT BOOKS AND NOT NECESSARILY SAYING, I'M HERE BECAUSE IT'S HOT IN MY, MY HOUSE.
UM, SO WE, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME WAYS OF, OF MEASURING THINGS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA WORK ON IMPROVING, SO WE HAVE BETTER METRICS.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, IT'S NOT AN EXACT NUMBER.
WE JUST HAVE AN IDEA OF, OF, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY ON A TUESDAY THERE'S THIS MANY PEOPLE AND IT WAS 90 DEGREES AND WE SAW AN INCREASE.
SO WE ASSUME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, UH, I I, I DIDN'T EXPECT SO, BUT IT, IT'S IN THE CATEGORY OF, GEE, THAT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW.
UM, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST, AND PERHAPS YOU FOLKS HAVE ALREADY OPENED THE DOOR TO, UH, SOME OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT EITHER THE CITY, UH, UH, SYSTEMS ARE OVERLOADED, OR WE, WE CAN'T GET OUR ELECTRIC UP, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES, HAVE WE MADE ANY OUTREACH TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT SAY, HEY, WE'LL FILL IN IF, IF, UH, IF YOU NEED THAT? UM, I, I THINK WE HAVE, YES.
I DON'T, I CAN'T CONFIRM WHICH, WHICH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SAID, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY WOULD STEP IN AS COOLING CENTERS, NOT NECESSARILY.
THEY HAVE GENERATORS AVAILABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE WILLING TO BE ON STANDBY IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE WE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THE NEED OR, UH, FROM WHAT OUR CITY ITSELF IS DOING.
SO IF WE, SO IT JUST SEEM TO ME THERE MIGHT BE, I DON'T WANNA MENTION A NAME ON THE RECORD, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LARGE CORPORATION THAT HAS A LARGE BUILDING THAT'S AIR CONDITIONING, THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS I, THAT WAS REALLY AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION, BOTH OF YOU.
I, I, I KEPT FINDING MYSELF HAVING QUESTIONS, AND THEN ABOUT THREE OR OR FOUR PARAGRAPHS LATER, YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT BOTH OF YOU.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH THE DISCUSSION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, DECLARE TO PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
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OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT, I'LL JUST, UM, ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONER KO'S COMMENT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, WITH THAT.
AND I THINK UNOFFICIALLY A LOT OF BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S HOT AND THERE'S A RESTAURANT OR A MOVIE THEATER THAT HAS AIR CONDITIONING, YOU'LL GO THERE.
UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IF OUR POWER IS DOWN, THEIRS MIGHT BE TOO.
SO WE'RE THINKING THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS AND THINKING THROUGH SOME OF THE, THE BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT DEFINITELY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SOME OTHER PARTNERS THAT AREN'T GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WORK INTO OUR PLAN.
UH, MY, MY THOUGHT WAS THEY MIGHT HAVE BACKUP WHERE WE DON'T, THAT WAS THE IDEA.
FIRST PERSON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
UH, HELLO, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
I'M A RESIDENT OF HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT NINE.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF SUNRISE MOVEMENT LONG BEACH, A YOUTH LIFT CLIMATE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.
THESE PAST COUPLE HEAT WAVES, I VISITED THE COOLING CENTERS AT MCBRIDE, ADMIRAL KID AND HOWDEN PARK.
UH, SO THE PARK STAFF WAS PRETTY ACCOMMODATING.
I WOULD USUALLY BIKE IT DOWN FROM NORTH LONG BEACH.
SO WHEN I WOULD SHOW UP, UH, I'D BE SWEATING AND OUT BREATH, AND I DEFINITELY LOOKED AGITATED.
SO WHEN I ASKED FOR A COOLING CENTER, LOTS OF THE STAFF WAS JUST CONFUSED.
UH, MANY TIMES THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT A COOLING CENTER WAS.
I WOULD HAVE TO ASK YOUR SUPERVISOR.
UM, MOSTLY IT WOULD BE, SURE YOU CAN COOL DOWN HERE, BUT PLEASE DON'T TALK TO THE CHILDREN.
THE TEEN SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE GREAT, AND DEFINITELY WHAT PARK STAFF AND THE FACILITY SHOULD PRIORITIZE.
UH, SAFETY SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A PRIORITY.
WHAT IF I'M A CREEP OR A WEIRDO? BUT ALSO, UM, WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE? AFTER I WAS OFFERED A SEAT IN, UH, IN A HALLWAY AT MCBRIDE TEEN CENTER, A SEEMINGLY UNHOUSED PERSON APPROACHED THE CENTER.
UH, STAFF MEMBERS OBLIGED AND GAVE THE LADY A CUP OF WATER, BUT SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED IN.
THERE WAS NO PUBLIC FACING ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THIS FACILITY BEING COOLING CENTER.
IT WAS AT THE DISCRETION OF STAFF TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH HER AND IS AT THE DISCRETION TO ALLOW HER ENTRY TO COOL OFF OR NOT.
UM, AND I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR THEIR COMPROMISE.
IT'S A TOUGH CALL, BUT IF I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE KIDS AT THE CENTER, I IMAGINE I WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING.
UM, MANY PARKS AROUND LONG BEACH ARE OFTEN INHABITED BY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UH, SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF ACCESS TO WATER, BATHROOMS, AND SHADE.
BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYONE A HUGE DISSERVICE IF WE'RE NOT BUILDING MORE OF THESE AMENITIES INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT THE UNHOUSED FROM EXISTING.
CAN WE GET WATER FOUNTAINS AND STERS IN OUR SHADED BUS STOPS? CAN WE HAVE MORE PUBLIC RESTROOMS NEARBY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING AT A STORE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT LET US USE THEIR FACILITIES? I MEAN, WATER IS LIFE, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
UH, BIKING DOWN ORANGE, YOU CAN FEEL A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE ONCE YOU START COMING DOWN SIGNAL HILL.
SO, I FELT SILLY AT TIMES WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT EXTREME HEAT IN DISTRICTS TWO, THREE, AND SIX, WHERE THE OCEAN BREEZE MADE IT RIDICULOUSLY GREAT TO BE OUTSIDE.
BUT IN NORTH LONG BEACH, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT MAKES IT SO THAT THE HEAT RADIATES OFF WALLS AND PAVEMENT.
THE LACK OF SHADE AND GREEN SPACES ONLY MAKES IT HOTTER.
UM, I'VE BEEN CANVASSING IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN NORTH LONG BEACH, AND THE AMOUNT OF NAKED RESIDENTS JUST STEWING IN THEIR HOUSE AND APARTMENTS WITH THE WINDOWS AND DOORS WIDE OPEN IS ALARMING.
MANY FOLKS DON'T KNOW ABOUT COOLING CENTERS, AND WHEN TOLD ABOUT THEM, THEY DON'T CONSIDER THEM A SOLUTION.
MOST PEOPLE JUST WANNA REST IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S A COMMUNICATION AND AN EDUCATION ISSUE.
THE CITY NEEDS TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE ON HOW DANGEROUS EXTREME HEAT IS.
THE CITY NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO ALL OF ITS DEPARTMENTS, HOW THEY CAN HANDLE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EXTREME HEAT.
UH, WHY DON'T WE START NAMING OUR HEAT WAVES AND MAKE, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT FREE TO GET TO THE COOLING CENTERS, TO THE BEACH, AND TO PARKS DURING THE HEAT WAVES WHEN THEY'RE NAMED? WHY DON'T WE PLANT MORE SHADY TREES THAT WILL HELP US COOL DOWN AND HELP WITH THE AIR QUALITY? UH, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS PROBABLY LACK OF MONEY AND POLITICAL WILL.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL TO FOCUS MORE OF THE BUDGET ON THESE ISSUES AND TO LOOK FOR OTHER CLIMATE RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE AMERICAN CLIMATE COURTS, A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT WE AS THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT, WERE ABLE TO GET PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S PASS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, TO USE THIS PROGRAM TO FIGHT EXTREME HEAT IN OUR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITIES.
I BELIEVE LA COUNTY ALSO HAS PLANS TO MAKE LANDLORDS OF APARTMENTS, BUILDINGS INSTALL HVAC OR OTHER HEAT MITIGATING MEASURES.
SO PLEASE FOCUS ON POLICIES THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND THAT WILL FORCE DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
UH, PLEASE MAKE THE URGENCY OF THESE MATTERS CLEAR TO COUNSEL.
UH, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ARE GREAT, BUT IF YOU MAKE THESE DISRUPT UP YOUR COMMENT, YOUR TIME IS UP, TYPES OF JOBS WHILE PAYING YOU CREATE DEMAND THAT IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, DAVE SHUKLA, UH, THIRD DISTRICT.
UM, UH, I SHOULD, UH, I GUESS START
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BY, UH, SAYING I AGREE WITH THE LAST SPEAKER ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AMERICAN CLIMATE CORE AND ON FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT DURING HEAT WAVES.UM, THERE, THERE'S A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO SOME OF THE, THE MORE INTERESTING ACTION ITEMS LIKE, UH, EQ SIX.
BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, DISCUSSION OF HOW EH SIX AND, UH, EQ SEVEN ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, SO SPECIFICALLY WITH COOLING CENTERS, EH SIX, UM, I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION TO ASK IS, ARE THESE GOING TO BE CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE CITY'S NETWORK OF RESILIENCE HUBS? AND IF WE'RE EQUITABLY PLACING THEM IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WILL THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE HEAT PUMPS, SOLAR PANELS, BATTERY STORAGE, EV CHARGING, UH, HIGH EFFICIENCY REFRIGERATION, UM, BACKUP, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, USE WITH THE EOC IF THAT GETS ACTIVATED? UM, WILL THERE BE GOOD AIR FILTRATION, UM, MERV OR SOMETHING BETTER? I THINK THESE ARE QUESTIONS ULTIMATELY THAT, UH, SHOULD BE ASKED OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD SUPPORT A, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, FOR COOLING CENTERS.
AND, UH, IT SHOULD ALSO BE COMBINED WITH WHAT WE KNOW, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH STATEWIDE COMPARABLE DATA SUCH AS CALEN VIRUS, SCREEN 4.0, CENSUS DATA, CDC, SOCIAL VULNERABILITY DATA, AND SO ON.
UM, SO, UH, TURNING TO AQ SIX, UH, SORRY, AQ SEVEN, UH, ON GRID STABILITY AND, UH, SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED TO US.
UM, FENCE LINE MONITORING DATA, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CONTINUOUS METHANE, UH, DETECTION DATA.
UH, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT, UH, ON MY PHONE AND LAPTOP AND KNOW IF THERE'S A LEAK NEARBY THAT MIGHT BE CHOKING ME AND MY FAMILY.
UM, WE SHOULD ALSO KNOW WHICH ENTITIES, UH, ARE RESPONSIBLE, UH, FOR INSURING GRID STABILITY.
I MEAN, DOES THE CITY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO FORCE EDISON TO STOP OR REVERSE A-P-S-P-S OR EMERGENCY SHUTOFF EVENT? THAT'S SOMETHING THIS COMMISSION CAN ASK OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND GET ANSWERS FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OH, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE ON THAT LAST SLIDE.
I WON'T ASK ABOUT, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT, UH, IF A RANDOM SAMPLING OF 35 ACTIVE I AND ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WALLS IN THE WEST WILMINGTON FIELD, UH, WERE INSPECTED AND ZERO EMISSIONS WERE DETECTED.
UM, WHAT IS THIS COMMISSION GOING TO DO TO, UH, PUSH THE CITY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT SB 1137? THE OIL AND GAS DRILLING SETBACKS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE STATE.
SOMETHING THAT WAS LED BY A STATE SENATOR LEN GONZALEZ BECAUSE OF THE AIR QUALITY IN WEST LONG BEACH.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO START IMPLEMENTING TODAY BEFORE THE WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION.
AS THEY HAVE STATED ON THE RECORD, AFTER THEY PULL THEIR BALLOT MEASURE, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT TO THE COURTS AND TRY AND STOP IT IN THE COURTS SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT ON THE GROUND AND BEAT HIM ON THE GROUND TODAY.
WE SHOULD DO THAT TODAY, AND WE NEED TO ASK ABOUT SB 1137 AND ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING FLIR DATA TODAY.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YEAH, THE REQUEST TO SPEAK FEATURE ISN'T WORKING, SO IF THE CHAIR CAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE CAN DO DISCUSSION THAT WAY FOR TODAY.
UH, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW, UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO JUST FOR SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT ON THE PROGRAMMING THAT YOU'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR HEAT ADVISORIES GO OUT AND THE COOLING CENTERS ARE OPEN, UM, YOU KNOW, DOES LONG BEACH TRANSIT, DO THEY PUT MESSAGING ON BOARD THEIR BUSES OR THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WEBSITE? SOME OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE CAN PARTNER WITH THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, CAN THEY OFFER FREE OR DISCOUNTED RIDES TO FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO THE COOLING CENTERS WHEN A A NOTICE IS ACTIVATED? UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF SUGGESTIONS LIKE THAT TO SEE HOW AMENABLE THEY ARE TO, UH, OFFERING, UM, THOSE RESOURCES.
UH, THE LAST MEETING, AND IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, WE ALSO HAD A SPEAKER SHARE ON EXTREME HEAT ISSUES, AND THERE WAS LA COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, DEPARTMENT HAS QUITE A BIT OF, UM, MATERIAL AND RESOURCES.
SO IF THERE'S PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE USE OF WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND RESOURCES ON, ON CREATING, UM, NEW CONTENT, UH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE.
UM, A QUESTION TO SEE ABOUT MAPPING TOOLS HERE IN THE CITY AND MAYBE MAKING USE OF WHAT
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THE PORTS ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE OR SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT, UM, OR FROM CALTRANS.IT LOOKS LIKE 500 PLUS $550 MILLION WERE SECURED IN GRANTS FOR CLEAN AIR ACTION ACTIVITIES.
SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING, UM, IF PART OF THAT FUNDING CAN BE USED TO HELP PLOT ACROSS THE CITY TO SHOW WHERE OUR POCKETS OF EXTREME HEAT ARE HEARD ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
UM, LAYERING THAT IN WITH, HERE'S WHERE THE POOR AIR POLLUTION IS, HERE'S WHERE THE EXTREME HEAT IS, HERE'S WHERE THE PROXIMITY TO OUR COOLING CENTERS ARE, AVAILABILITY OF SHADE, MIST, WATER STATIONS, HAVING THOSE THINGS AVAILABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE EDUCATED, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, UM, AND HOPEFULLY USE SOME OF THE, THE GRANT FUNDING THAT'S COMING IN.
UM, FOR RELATED, YOU KNOW, SIM SIMILAR TASKS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ELEVATE THE COMMENT FROM THE SPEAKER FROM SUNRISE ABOUT THE NEED FOR SUPPORT RESOURCES AT THE BUS SHELTER.
SO ANOTHER LONG BEACH TRANSIT ISSUE TO SEE IF, UM, MRS. WATERSHED, IF THOSE ARE BEING ROLLED OUT OR CAN BE CITYWIDE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING, UM, IN THE BLAZING HEAT OUT THERE TO USE TRANSIT.
UM, THE LAST SUGGESTION IS FOR, UH, ENERGY RESOURCES, AND I WANTED TO SEE IF STAFF KNOWS IF ENERGY RESOURCES IS PROVIDING OR PLANNING TO, OR ALREADY PROVIDES DISCOUNTED, UM, REBATES, INCENTIVES FOR INCOME QUALIFIED RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO PURCHASE, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENT AIR COOLING SYSTEMS. SO L-A-D-W-P HAS A PROGRAM, LA COUNTY'S WORKING ON A PROGRAM, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING EITHER WITH THE UTILITY WITH EDISON OR HAVING ENERGY RESOURCES DO IT AS OUR LOCAL UTILITY FOR SOME OF THE RESOURCES HERE, UM, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO THOSE THAT REALLY NEED COOLING SYSTEMS IS, UM, EVEN WHEN WE CAN USE THE COOLING CENTERS, BUT AT NIGHT WHEN THE HUMIDITY DOESN'T GO DOWN, IT IS PRETTY NEAR IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO SLEEP AND RECOVER ON EXTREME HEAT DAYS WHEN THERE'S NO COOL AIR OUTSIDE.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT FOR CONSIDERATION IF THERE'S RESPONSES FROM STAFF FOR SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS POSSIBLE WITH ENERGY RESOURCES AND LONG TRANSIT.
UM, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS FROM THE COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE, UH, TO SEE ABOUT, UM, AMENDING OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, COMMISSIONER COFFEY, I'LL, I'LL JUST ADDRESS THAT.
UM, OUR OFFICE DOES COLLABORATE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAVE CONTACTS AT, UH, LB TRANSIT AND SOME OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE, UH, ACTIVE IN OUR CITY AND, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTY TO TALK, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, USE RESOURCES THAT ALREADY EXIST.
SO WE'RE IN TALKS, UH, HEALTH IS ALSO IN TALKS WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE AREA, THE REGION, UM, AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE CONSISTENTLY TALKING WITH HEALTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND YEAH, DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA, UM, HAVE CONFLICTING MESSAGING.
I WANNA WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT'S STREAMLINED AND SEAMLESS.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL, UH, BE IN TOUCH WITH ENERGY RESOURCES AND WITH OUR UTILITIES TO SEE, UH, WHAT, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE, UM, ALREADY OFFERED IF WE DON'T KNOW IT ABOUT ANY OF THEM OR WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE OFFERED OR WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE THROUGH EDISON LIKE YOU SUGGESTED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO NOTE, VERN AND I READ A, A HEAT EVENT FOR LA COUNTY THIS WEEK, SO JUST TIMELY THAT THIS IS THE HEAT WEEK DISCUSSION.
UM, ONE THING WE LEARNED THAT WAS AN EYE-OPENING STAT, THEY SHARED WHEN YOU COMPARE AN AREA IN THE SHADE VERSUS WITHOUT THE SHADE, IT'S A 60 DEGREE DIFFERENCE, UM, FOR BEING OUT IN THE SUN WITH NO PROTECTION VERSUS HAVING TREE COVER OR, UM, SHADED PANELS.
SO IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY CITIES ARE, ARE WORKING ON, AND WE CAN START TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF RESOURCE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MARSH.
UH, FIRST, UH, FOR MR. MARTINEZ FROM SUNRISE.
FIRST OFF, UH, GREAT UNIFORM TODAY.
UH, I WANT TO PLUS ONE FOR YOUR POINT ABOUT THE CONFUSION AT THE COOLING CENTERS.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM WITHIN CITY NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO TO OUR OWN, UH, COLLEAGUES AND COWORKERS IN THE CITY.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE, BUT, UH, THAT'S A, A GREAT THING TO DO, ESPECIALLY AT THOSE BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE, UH, ANOINTED AS PRIMARY COOLING CENTERS.
UM, PICKING UP ON MR. SCHULER'S POINT ABOUT THE, UH, FENCE LINE MONITORING, UH, STRONG AGREE THAT WE OUGHT TO BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT.
UM, I AM, UH, HE, HE POINTED OUT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY BEING USED.
AND I DON'T HAVE, UH, DETAILS AT THE TOP OF MY FINGER, UH, FINGERTIPS, BUT, UH, VERY CONCERNED THAT WE USE, UH, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND PROVEN TECHNOLOGY.
WE'VE HEARD MULTIPLE REPORTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF, UH, THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY TELLING US, OH, DON'T WORRY, THERE'S NO LEAKS.
AND THEN THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ESSENTIALLY
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ADVOCACY GROUPS GOING AROUND WITH EITHER, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE MOUNTED MONITORS, UH, AND THERE'S A FEW NOW, BOTH AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE BORNE MONITORING SYSTEMS. UH, I THINK WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THOSE, UH, ENTITIES ARE DOING, AND AT THE VERY LEAST, VERIFY THAT OUR OWN, UH, MONITORING IS IN FACT STATE OF THE ART AND NOT LESS, UM, ALSO A SECOND FOR, UH, PROBABLY THE WRONG TERM, BUT, UH, SUPPORT, UH, HIS MENTION THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, PUSHING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SB 1137 AND WATCHING FOR WHATEVER THE INDUSTRY'S, UH, NEXT MOVE IS.I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT THEY, UH, WITHDREW THEIR, UH, THE BALLOT REFERENDUM TO TRY TO OVERTURN SB 1137, BUT WONDERING WHERE THE NEXT SHOE WILL DROP IN THAT.
UM, I THINK THIS COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY WELL POSITIONED TO BE A LEADER ON, UH, ON IMPLEMENTING SB 1137 AND MOVING AWAY AGGRESSIVELY FROM OIL PRODUCTION.
AND, UH, SO WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT.
UH, FINALLY, I DON'T HAVE THE ITEM NUMBER, BUT, UM, IN ONE OF THE SLIDES WE MENTIONED, UH, THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, SCHOOL BUS ELECTRIFICATION.
UM, THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL NUMBER.
THEY ONLY HAVE 11 SCHOOL BUSES.
THEY RELY PRIMARILY ON LB TRANSIT, WHICH IS AGGRESSIVELY ELECTRIFYING.
UH, BUT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, THE BIG NEED THERE IS IN THEIR MEDIUM DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.
I, I HAPPEN TO SIT ON, UH, THEIR CLIMATE AND, UH, UH, RESILIENT TASK FORCE, SUSTAINABILITY TASK FORCE AS WELL.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AGGRESSIVELY FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO ELECTRIFY THOSE MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.
BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THOSE BEING MANUFACTURED YET.
BUT THE PORT IS IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT MANUFACTURERS ARE, ARE INCREASING.
AND, UH, ONE THING THAT THEY COULD DO AND THE CITY COULD DO IS WHEN WE ISSUE RFPS FOR VEHICLES STATE, A PREFERENCE FOR ELECTRIC, UM, EVEN IF THE, UH, AVAILABILITY IN THE MARKETPLACE IS SMALL, SHOW OUR WILLINGNESS TO VOTE WITH OUR POCKETBOOKS AND THAT THAT WILL BE, UH, AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL TO THE MANUFACTURERS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GERON.
UH, THANKS FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
IT'S REALLY, UM, GREAT TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT COMPLETE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR ALL OF US.
UM, MYSELF AS A SENIOR, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER SENIORS.
THE HEAT IS REALLY, REALLY HARD ON ME.
I STRUGGLE, I MEAN, I'M PRETTY STRONG FOR MY AGE, BUT I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH THE HEAT.
SO I REALLY FEEL FOR MY NEIGHBORS AS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEAD.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SENIORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DON'T SEE, THE ONLY COOLING CENTER THAT IS REALLY REASONABLE FOR US IS THE EXPO.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT'S REALLY CLOSE.
SO MY CONCERN IS HOW ARE THEY DIVIDED UP BY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICALLY, IS IT REALLY AN EQUITABLE SITUATION? SO THAT'S ONE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS I WANNA SAY THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES FOR ALL THE TREES STANDING OUT FRONT TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE ALL HUGGING THE SHADE NOW BECAUSE OUR TREES ARE BIG.
AND THEN, UM, THE DEPARTMENT PUT IN 33 MORE FOR US, WHICH ARE SEEDLINGS NOW.
BUT THAT SHADE IS A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS ASSET FOR ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF YOU NEED HELP PUSHING TREES, I'LL HELP.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS, UM, UH, LONG BEACH TRANSIT.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER COFFEY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE SHADE COVERINGS.
IT'S NOT EQUITABLE WHERE I LIVE.
NONE OF THE BUS STOPS IN MY IMMEDIATE AREA HAVE ANY KIND OF SHADE COVERING.
THEY'RE SITTING IN THE BLARING SUN, AND SOME OF THEM ARE FACING DIRECTLY WEST.
SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, WHICH SOMETIMES CAN BE EVEN WORSE.
AND WHEN THERE'S NO TREES, THERE'S NO PLACE TO HIDE AT DE GO TO DEL LAMO AND ORANGE SOMETIME.
UM, YOU MIGHT GET, BE ABLE TO GET IN THE SHADE OF THE CHURCH RIGHT THERE, BUT IT'S JUST BLARING SUN.
AND WE HAVE SCHOOL CHILDREN TAKING THE BUS EVERY DAY, WALKING AROUND THE CORNER WHO MIGHT JUST NEED TO HUG SOME SHADE.
SO IF WE CAN FORM SOME KIND OF A, UM, COALITION SERIOUSLY WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT AND JUST GET IT GOING, UM, I MEAN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REALLY WAIT FOR, I DON'T THINK.
UM, I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH LONG BEACH
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TRANSIT NOW, UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE I MONITOR THE BUS STOPS FOR TRASH, BUT I HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY SEEM LIKE THEY WANNA, THEY WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AS WELL.SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? UH, YES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS.
SO YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, UH, WATER IS AVAILABLE AND THEN THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING, UH, WATER BOTTLES.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD INDICATED THAT WAS IN THE UPCOMING UPCOMING.
SO WE HAVE, UH, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, I THINK, AT MOST OF OUR FACILITIES, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE AND THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, UH, ADDITIONAL WATER, UH, LIKE BOTTLES AND THEN WATER BOTTLES.
UM, ALSO JUST, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE NOTIFICATIONS, UM, UH, IS THAT THROUGH EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGES WHEN THERE'S IS EXTREME HEAT? UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING, UH, PRESS RELEASE AND THEN FOLLOWING IT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
I, I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TEXT ALERTS THAT HAPPEN.
YEAH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD OUT LIKE ALERT LONG BEACH.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER, CAN YOU PLEASE GO TO THE MIC FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
UM, WE MAY ALSO DEPEND ON THE SITUATION, SEND OUT, UM, MESSAGING THROUGH ALERT LONG BEACH.
UM, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC TO SIGN UP FOR ALERT LONG BEACH.
RIGHT? SO NOT EVERYONE IS SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
SO IT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOME OUTREACH, AND THAT'S, UH, THROUGH THE DISASTER PREP.
UM, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, DO THE EOC, RIGHT? 'CAUSE MY ONLY CONCERN IS A, A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION THAT'S GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THE EXTREME HEAT IS A HOMELESS POPULATION.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY YET.
YOU KNOW, MAY, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A PHONE, A COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, MOST LIKELY THEY'RE NOT.
SO HOW DO WE EDUCATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT, HEY, THERE'S A LOCATION HERE YOU COULD GO TO IF YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE SUN, THE EXTREME HEAT.
SO HOW DO, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IT? THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, HOMELESS EMERGENCY, UM, THEY HAD THEIR OWN SYSTEM, SIMILAR, SAME, SAME IDEA AS THE ALERT LONG BEACH SYSTEM.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACTLY THE NAME OF THAT SYSTEM IS CALLED.
UM, BUT THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR IT AND THEN GET THE ALERTS.
AND A LOT OF 'EM DO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TO MY, YOU KNOW, I WAS, YOU KNOW, SURPRISED THAT A LOT OF 'EM DO HAVE PHONES, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE PHONES.
AND SO THEY, UM, DURING THE, UM, INCLEMENT WEATHER WHEN WE HAD LIKE RAIN AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THE MSE WOULD OPEN UP THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UM, WOULD OPEN UP, UM, BEDS FOR OVERNIGHT.
AND SO I COULD FORESEE THEM USING A SIMILAR, UM, SYSTEM.
SO I DEFINITELY WANNA, YOU KNOW, UH, GET MORE PEOPLE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INVOLVED.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, THEY'RE PART OF IT.
UM, SO DEFINITELY WANNA GET THEM INVOLVED AND SAY, HEY, WHEN WE SEND OUT THE ALERT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, THE UNHOUSED RIGHT.
AND I KNEW, AND NOT TO SAY THAT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER ISN'T DOING ANYTHING.
UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY OPEN UP THEIR FACILITY RIGHT, DURING THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION.
AND THEN LUCKILY RIGHT, A LOT OF THE HEAT IS, IS DURING, YOU KNOW, THE DAY, THE AFTERNOON, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY HAVING THEM COME THAT WAY.
BUT AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S ONLY ONE FACILITY IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN TO ANOTHER, UM, UM, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS POINT, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO INVOLVE MORE OF LIKE OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.
'CAUSE A LOT OF, UH, CHURCHES AND THINGS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE USE ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE THINKING, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR LOCAL CHURCH.
RIGHT? OR MAYBE WORKING WITH THEM AND SAYING, HEY, ARE YOU WILLING TO BE THAT COOLING CENTER? RIGHT? SO YEAH, BECAUSE ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM TOO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE EXTREME COLD.
BUT IF IT'S EXTREME COLD, ARE THOSE SAME FACILITIES OPEN TO, TO HOUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S A CHALLENGE TOO.
TO THAT AND TO THE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS POINT OF, YOU KNOW, THE UNHOUSED, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE OR WELCOMED AT THE PARKS.
AND SO, UM, HAVING A PLACE LIKE THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER FOR THEM TO GO RIGHT.
I LIVE IN NORTH LONG BEACH AND THE KIDS THAT THEY GO TO HAMILTON AND JORDAN AND THAT THEY LIVE ON THE WEST NORTH LONG BEACH, THEY NEED TO WALK ALMOST, I DON'T KNOW, HALF A MILE.
AND THERE IS AN AREA ON ARTESIA
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FROM ATLANTIC TO BUTLER THAT THERE IS NO, SHE NO S**T AT ALL.SO I'M VERY WORRIED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT IN HYDRATION STATIONS.
I KNOW THAT THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN VANDALIZE THEM, BUT MAYBE WE CAN TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVES AROUND THE AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOLS AND PUT SOME OF THOSE KIND OF HYDRATION, UH, CENTER OR NOT, NOT CENTER, BUT A STATION THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE.
BECAUSE WHEN THE, THIS, THE KIDS ARE IN THE SCHOOL AND THEY NEED TO WALK, AND ONE DAY, UM, I OFFERED WATER TO ONE OF THE KIDS AND HE SAYS NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA NEED TO GO PEE.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM, RIGHT? THEY DON'T WANNA DRINK WATER BECAUSE THEY GONNA NEED TO, AND IT'S A LONG DISTANCE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE PROBLEM.
SO WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS TOO, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO TO ANY OTHER PLACE.
AND EVENTUALLY THE HEAT IS GONNA CREATE A LOT OF PROBLEMS ON, ON THE BEHAVIOR MOST, MOSTLY.
SO THAT IS ONE OF MY, UM, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THE CITY HALL IS OPEN, I MEAN, WHEN YOU SAY CITY HALL IS RIGHT IN THE LOBBY, BUT THERE IS NO SITTING, SO PEOPLE IS GONNA JUST COME OVER YOU EXPECTING TO COME OVER FOR THREE MINUTES OR 15 MINUTES AND LEAVE? I'M, I'M NOT SURE.
I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO, I I BEEN, I HEARING A LOT OF, I MEAN, I HEAR, UH, A COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT THEY WERE TO A, A STATION, UM, I MEAN INCLUDING STATION AND THEY WERE NOT SITTING AND THEY NOT, PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I HEAR IT FROM, FROM ZACH, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK, BUT IT'S AMAZING TOO, AT LEAST JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THE PRESENTATION IS GREAT, BUT I HEAR THAT BESIDES TO TAKING OR ACCEPTING THE PRESENTATION, UM, I HEAR THAT MAYBE WE GONNA HAVE EMOTION TOGETHER.
COFFEE, IF WE CAN DO, I KNOW THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO I'D LIKE TO, UM, REQUEST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION OR AN ALTERNATE MOTION.
SO, UM, THE CLERK, IF, LET ME KNOW IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS FIRST OR RECEIVE A ALTERNATE MOTION.
YOU CAN PROVIDE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST AND SECONDER.
UM, YEAH, I THINK BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE DISCUSSION HERE, UH, INSTEAD OF THE RECEIVE AND FILE, UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL DIRECT OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE TO WORK WITH ENERGY RESOURCES, LONG BEACH TRANSIT AND THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT TO DIRECT THE GRANT FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED.
AND ANY OTHER RESOURCES TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS, UH, MAPPING, CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, PROVIDE REBATES FOR RESIDENTS, AND THEN PROVIDE A DASHBOARD WITH THE RESULTS OF THE OTHER EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY MEASURES ON THE CITY'S CLIMATE WEBSITE.
SO WE CAN SEE A, A PROGRESS OF WHERE WE ARE AT WITH EACH OF THOSE MEASURES.
I BELIEVE THAT COULD BE DONE AS A RECOMMENDATION, NOT NECESSARILY A DIRECTIVE TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT IF STAFF WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, WE COULD BRING A, A MEMO FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL WITH ALL OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS, AND WE COULD, UM, UH, EITHER FOLLOW UP AT A, ANOTHER MEETING WITH MORE INFORMATION, OR WE COULD TAKE WHAT YOU'VE SAID SO FAR AND, AND DRAFT SOMETHING AND FORWARD THAT ALONG A RECOMMENDATION, THEN WE DON'T NEED A, A SECOND OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO THE FIRST AND SECONDER WOULD JUST NEED TO APPROVE YOUR FRIENDLY, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER WHEELER AND COMMISSIONER MARSH, IF YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY, THEN WE CAN UPDATE TO AN AMENDED MOTION AMENDMENT.
SO, UM, ALAN ALSO REMINDED ME THE DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, INFORMING THE COMMUNITY, UH, COOLING LOCATIONS, UH, ABOUT THE GENERAL PRACTICES OF INVITING IN THE PUBLIC TO USE THOSE SPACES.
WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE OUTREACH PIECE OF, OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.
IF I CAN GET A YES FROM THE, UM, COMMISSIONER WHEELER AND A COMMISSIONER MARCH, DO YOU HAVE TO PROCEED TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED, THE FRIENDLY, CAN WE CLARIFY WHAT, WHAT THE FRIENDLY IS? THAT'S, THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF OF WORDS TO ADD TO A RECEIVE AND FILE MOTION.
CAN, SO CAN WE, CAN WE CLARIFY ON EXACTLY WHAT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS? SO WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IS THE AMENDMENT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL TO COVER WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE AS A COMMISSION.
IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE THE RECEIVE AND FILE NATURE OF THE ACTION TODAY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT STAFF WILL WRITE UP A MEMO COVERING THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE AND SEND THAT TO COUNSEL, IF THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THAT WOULD BE THE CONTENT OF THE, OF THE, OF THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WOULD BE TO ADD THAT AS A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFF TO WORK
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UP.AND THEN PRESENT THAT AS ANOTHER ACTION ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WOULD JUST WANT STAFF TO DRAFT IT AND SEND IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING IT BACK SO THAT THE COMMISSION CAN APPROVE IT BEFORE SENDING IT TO CITY COUNCIL? I DON'T NEED IT TO COME BACK AGAIN.
IF OTHERS DO, WE CAN OTHERWISE YES.
A MEMO TO COUNCIL WITH THE TWO FROM FOUR OR WHATEVER THAT FORMAT IS, RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN, UH, SPECIFY THAT IN YOUR AMENDED MOTION.
YEAH, I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE GROUP.
ANYBODY NEED IT TO COME BACK? GOOD.
JUST CCC US, RIGHT? YEAH, JUST, JUST COPY US FOR THAT.
SO THERE'LL BE A DIRECTION FOR, UH, THE SUMMARY TO GO TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE SECOND FRIENDLY.
WAS THAT, DOES THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MEMO OR WAS THAT DIRECTION TO STAFF WHEN WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN FOR THE COOLING CENTER, RIGHT.
THAT, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PIECE.
AND GIVEN THIS DISCUSSION, I ACCEPT, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
AND COMMISSIONER WHEELER, IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THAT? WOULD THIS, THIS COMMISSION DEFINITELY.
OVER, OVER THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON, IT HAS USED THE, THE RECEIVE AND FILE MOTION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SNEAK IN MISSIVES TO, TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THERE, I, I'VE NEVER NECESSARILY AGREED WITH THAT, THAT PLACEMENT.
IT ALMOST BORDERS ON, ON ABUSE OF THE PROCESS, I THINK.
UM, I MEAN, I'LL ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY, BUT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE SENT IT MIS WE'VE SENT MESSAGES TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WAY BEFORE, AND THEY'VE JUST IGNORED IT.
UM, AND IN THIS CASE, WE ARE ASKING STAFF TO JUST WRITE SOMETHING ON OUR BEHALF, NOT REVIEW IT AND SEND IT ALONG.
IT'LL JUST GET FILED IN THE, IN THE ROUND FILING BIN.
I'VE ENTERTAINED THIS, THIS, THIS EFFORT BY THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST, BUT IT GOES NOWHERE.
CALL ME THE OLD GUY, BUT IT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
UM, I, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PLEASANTRY, IT INDICATES OUR POSITION, BUT THEY, THEY DON'T LISTEN TO REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSION THAT COME THAT WAY.
IT'S PUBLICLY POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
SO IT BECOMES A PUBLIC DOCUMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO USE, FOR OTHERS TO USE.
IF YOU DO HAVE MEETINGS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN REFER TO IT, UM, AND TO ALSO SHARE IT WITH OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE COMMISSION'S DISCUSSED, AND THEN USE THAT IN THEIR OUTREACH.
SO I THINK IT IS A VALUABLE TOOL FOR OTHER FORMS OF OUTREACH, UM, GIVEN THAT THE COUNCIL WILL NOT REALLY GET A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE IN ANY OTHER FORMAT, IF WE DON'T HAVE IT PRESENTED FROM STAFF TO THAT BODY.
SO, UM, IN, IN THAT REGARD, THEN IT'S A, IT'S AN ACTION ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND DISCUSSED AND GIVEN PROPER OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC DISCOURSE.
AND IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO PACK INTO A RECEIVE AND FILE MOTION.
UM, IT'S, I THINK IT KIND OF DISCREDITS THE OPERATION OF THE COMMISSION TO TRY TO PACK IN OUR, OUR AGENDAS AND, AND WHAT ARE UL ULTIMATELY JUST NORMAL, UH, COURSES OF BUSINESS.
WE, IF WE WANT TO TAKE ON ANOTHER ACTION ITEM, WE WANT TO HAVE STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS ON.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE, THE MOXIE TO JUST BRING IT UP AS AN AGENDA ITEM AND, AND CRAFT A RECOMMENDATION AND SEND THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT, NOT HIDE IT IN OUR RECEIVING FILE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE ARE AN ADVISORY BOARD, WE AGENDA, WE CAN COUNCIL, WE DON'T SET THE AGENDA IN THE WAY THE ACTION ITEMS ARE PRESENTED ON THIS.
SO THEY'RE ALL SET UP AS RECEIVING FILES COMING IN.
WE CAN, I MEAN, WE, WE, THE, THE PROPER, THE PROPER PROCESS TO BRING SOMETHING TO THIS COMMISSION WOULD BE TO ASK THE STAFF TO AGENDIZE IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
THE CHAIR ABSOLUTELY STILL HAS THE RIGHT TO AGENDIZE ANYTHING SHE, SHE LIKES.
I, I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A ROUNDABOUT, ULTIMATELY IGNORED WAY TO GET OUR, OUR POSITION ACROSS.
IT GETS ON THE RECORD, BUT IT'LL NEVER GET IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL.
AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IF WE PUT IT ON THE RECORD NOW, AND THAT WE PUT IT ON THE RECORD LATER AS AN ACTION ITEM? I, I, I THINK THAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO, TO GIVE THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR INPUT ON A NEW THING WE HAVE NOW COME UP WITH, WHICH IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL NOT LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION.
THAT'S SOME, THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I, I, I, I THINK WE'RE FLIRTING WITH VIOLATING PUBLIC PROCESS HERE.
I MEAN, AND WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, AND I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH IT WHEN WE DID IT.
UM, AND I GET, I GET PUSHED INTO CONFORMITY MM-HMM.
BUT I'M, I'M, I'M NEARING MY, I'M, I'M NEARING TERMIN OUT, SO I'M KIND OF LIKE JOE BIDEN IN THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I MEAN, I MIGHT BE, I MIGHT BE A, A LAME DUCK, BUT I'M HONEST
WELL, AND I JUST, MY, MY QUESTION IS THAT IF WE BRING IT AS AN, AS A MOTION, UM, AS AN ACTION ITEM, UM, IT DOESN'T GO, IT IS NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE, RIGHT? WELL, THAT, THAT, THAT, NO, THEY MIGHT, THEY CAN IGNORE IT TOO, RIGHT? WE HAVE, WE HAVE DRAFTED MEMORANDUMS TO THEM BEFORE IT GETS PUT ON THE, UM, ON THEIR, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, SO IT IS, IT, IT'S ADDED AS AN ITEM.
THIS, THIS, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING HERE WOULDN'T MAKE IT OFFICIALLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
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WE WANT IS OUR, OUR POSITION ARTICULATED PUBLIC COMMENTARY ADDED TO THAT, AND THAT PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN A WAY THEY CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST GO RIGHT BY IT.BUT AS A, ALSO AS A COMMISSION, I MEAN, WE COULD JUST PUT IT OUT FOR A VOTE TO SEE HOW THE COMMISSION WANTS TO, TO ACT ON THIS.
THAT WHAT I, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD MORGAN WHAT HIS CONCERNS ARE.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD, UH, COFFEE AND I MEAN, WE COULD JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, SEE IF WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MOVE OUT VOICE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION ON HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT TO MOVE IT NOW.
UH, COMMISSIONER OF THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THE, THE LITTLE HAND RAISING THING IS GONE NOW.
IS THERE ANY REASON WE COULDN'T DO THIS AS TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS TODAY? MADAM CLERK, WHAT WE CAN DO IS INSTEAD OF IT BEING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WE CAN DO IT AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHAT COMMISSIONER COFFEE IS SUGGESTING.
AND NORMALLY WE WOULD TAKE A VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, AND THEN IF THAT PASSES, THEN IT'LL, THE ITEM WILL BE CONCLUDED.
BUT IF THAT DOESN'T PASS, THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF WE, IF WE WERE TO MAKE THEM TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, IF WE ADVANCE A MOTION THAT IS PRESENTLY A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS A STANDALONE MOTION AND IT PASSES, THEN WE CAN'T RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION.
THAT DOESN'T, SEE, THAT'S NOT MAKING SENSE TO ME.
BUT I, I HAVE TO DEFER TO YOUR EXPERTISE.
THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION WOULD INCLUDE THE RECEIVING FILE AND ALSO TO INCLUDE A MEMORANDUM.
SO, SO, NO, WE CAN'T MAKE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS ON THIS ISSUE THEN.
IF YOU WANTED TO ACCEPT, UM, IF YOU WANTED TO DO WHATEVER COMMISSIONER COFFEE IS SUGGESTING IN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FORMAT FOR THAT SPECIFIC MOTION, WE CAN TAKE TWO VOTES FOR THE RECEIVE AND FILE, AND THEN A VOTE, I'M SORRY, A VOTE FOR THE RECEIVE AND FILE AND A VOTE FOR THE LETTER.
AND THEN IF THAT PASSES, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH IS JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE CAN SPLIT THE VOTES WITHIN THE MOTION.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER COFFEY'S SUGGESTION AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL.
I, I, WELL, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, WHO'S PROBABLY GONNA BE TRANSFERRED TO ANTARCTICA TOMORROW, UM, HAS NO, NO, YOU MADE GREAT POINTS.
AND I, I, I'M FRANKLY SHARING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR QUANDARY ON THIS THING.
UM, I REALLY WANT TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND MUCH TIME ON IT AT ALL, IF ANY, BUT, UH, I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT NOT, NOT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, AND, AND, AND IF I MAY, AND PERHAPS AN EDITORIAL IS UNWELCOME, BUT WHY NOT? UM, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO MOVE AND SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE JUST TO HEAR SOMETHING, BECAUSE IF WE GET INTO A SITUATION LIKE WE'RE NOW IN, NOW, WE'RE JAMMED UP WITH A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, AND WHEREAS WE COULD HAVE WAITED TO MAKE THE MOTION, AND I GUESS YOU'RE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FROM CITY CLERK, BUT AS A, YOU KNOW, AMATEUR PARLIAMENTARIAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT MAKING SENSE TO ME.
SO WITH THE, UH, FIRST AND SECOND, UM, I LIKE, I LIKE TO DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ITEM, BECAUSE WE CAN TAKE IT AFTER THE PRESENTATION IS OVER.
HOWEVER, WE DO NEED A FIRST AND A SECOND TO EVEN START ANY DISCUSSION.
SO INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO GET THE FIRST AND SECOND BEFORE YOU GUYS DISCUSS, I LIKE TO DO IT AT THE BEGINNING JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY CONVERSATION IN BETWEEN THE PRESENTATION.
SO I, I DO THAT JUST SO THAT WAY WE DON'T RUN INTO A PROBLEM WHERE DISCUSSION STARTS TO OCCUR IN THE MIDDLE OF A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT EITHER WAY, YOU WOULD STILL NEED THE FIRST AND SECOND BEFORE ANY OF DISCUSSION OCCURS.
WELL, NOT THAT ANYBODY ASKED FOR IT, BUT IN MY OPINION, BASED ON EVERYTHING I'VE JUST HEARD, IT SEEMS TO ME AS SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS IN ORDER OR NO, IS THE PROPER COURSE.
AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, UH, FOR, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION.
AND I JUST WANNA OFFER A CLARIFICATION TOO, ON THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AGENDAS AND THE MOTIONS AND HOW THIS WORKS.
SO THE AGENDA AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, OR THE SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF WITH THE SUGGESTED ACTION, WE, AS THE COMMISSION, AS A BODY, DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT ACTION.
WE CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE OTHER DIRECTION OR SUGGESTIONS TO COUNCIL SINCE WE ARE AN ADVISORY BODY.
SO, UM, IT IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO PROVIDE THE
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SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS OR OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL CAN HEAR THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING.SO WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF THE AGENDA OR OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF OUR KIND OF ROLE IN THIS ADVISORY ROLE.
IF THAT HELPS, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE CONSENSUS OF THE, UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, DO WE WANNA MOVE TO, TO DIFFERENT, DO I NEED MOVE? SO IF COMMISSIONER COFFEE, UM, ALREADY PRESENTED HER FRIENDLY, SO IF THE FIRST AND SECONDER WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT IT, THEY CAN AT THIS TIME.
IF NOT, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER COFFEE, PROVIDING IT AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
CAN, UM, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MIC? UNFORTUNATELY, MADAM CLERK, I JUST, I, I DON'T ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
SO THEN, UM, I WILL, UM, REQUEST A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, AND THEN REQUEST THAT OUR STAFF PREPARE A SUMMARY, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO REVIEW AND FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, DIRECTING THE CITY TO WORK WITH THE ENERGY RESOURCES LONG BEACH TRANSIT AND HARBOR DEPARTMENT TO DIRECT THE GRANT FUNDING RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS AND MAPPING THAT WE DISCUSSED COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INSTRUCTION TO THE COOLING CENTERS THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERING, UH, REBATES FOR RESIDENTS, UH, TO PURCHASE THE ENERGY EFFICIENT, UH, AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT THAT WE DISCUSSED.
UM, AND PROVIDING THE RESULTS ON A DASHBOARD ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ON THE OTHER AIR QUALITY, UM, AND EXTREME HEAT MEASURES THAT WERE, UH, TOUCHED ON, BUT NOT REALLY PRESENTED TODAY.
ALL OF THAT IN ONE, UH, DIRECTION OR MEMO TO THE, THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO COMMISSIONER COFFEY'S SUBSTITUTE MOTION NOW HAS A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
IF THERE IS FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, UM, THAT CAN CONTINUE NOW.
IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.
I JUST OPENED THE VOTE, SO IF YOU SEE IT ON YOUR TABLET, GO AHEAD AND SELECT IT.
IF NOT, I'LL DO A VERBAL COMMISSIONER.
CAN I TAKE A VERBAL FROM YOU? YES.
MOTION CARRIES FOR THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
SO NOW WE NEED TO MOVE TO, UH, ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION.
NO, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER COFFEE'S, UM, SUBSTITUTE MOTION INCLUDED TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
IT WAS ONLY ONE OH OH, BECAUSE IT WAS INSTITUTION.
[3. 24-54584 Recommendation to review the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission 2023 Annual Report, provide input to staff, and forward to the City Council for approval. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION 2023 ANNUAL REPORT, PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF AND FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.WOULD YOU LIKE A STAFF REPORT
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH STAFF REPORT OR STAFF PRESENTATION, RIGHT? SO, THANK YOU CLERK, AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR GUYTON AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS SORT OF A, A NEW ITEM FOR US, ALTHOUGH, UH, IT SHOULDN'T BE NEW BECAUSE IT IS FULFILLING A, UH, PRESCRIBED REQUIREMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO GENERATE EVERY COMMISSION IN THE CITY, UH, NEEDS TO BE GENERATING AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT FOLLOWS CERTAIN GUIDELINES.
AND SO WE ARE GENERATING OUR FIRST ONE, UM, AFTER SORT OF A, A CITYWIDE PROMPTING OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO ACHIEVE CONSISTENCY, UH, BETWEEN COMMISSIONS.
AND WE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS IN, UH, JUNE, BUT OUR JUNE MEETING DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU NOW.
AND, UM, I NEED TO DO THE THING WHERE I DECIDE WHAT SCREEN I'M GONNA LOOK AT AND PUT ON MY GLASSES.
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THE, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 2023 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.AND AS I SAID, IT FOLLOWS, UH, CERTAIN GUIDELINES, UH, LAID OUT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
SO IT NEEDS TO STATE THE COMMISSION'S PURPOSE.
UH, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF, UM, WELL, HERE, I'LL JUST, SO STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR MEETINGS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OUR SITTING COMMISSIONERS, UH, THEIR POSITIONS AS VICE, UH, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, AND THEIR ATTENDANCE OVER THAT CALENDAR YEAR AND OUR COURSE OF MEETINGS.
AND THEN HERE IS A SUMMARY OF ACTIONS.
SO THIS IS, UH, ROUNDING UP, UM, ALL OF THE, UH, MEETINGS AND THE AGENDIZED, UM, ITEMS, AND THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, UM, HOW THEY WERE APPROVED.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, MEANT FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO SEE A CONCISE OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR.
THERE'S ALSO A VERY BRIEF EXPENSES ITEM.
UM, ACCORDING TO THIS, UH, THE COMMISSION, UM, COSTS $39 AND 1 CENT.
AND, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, THAT WAS THE REFRESHMENTS AT OUR, UH, COMMISSION RETREAT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023.
ANOTHER THING THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED HERE IS COMMISSION, UH, COMPENSATION.
ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023, ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WERE OPTING TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS.
SO THAT EXPENSE DOESN'T APPEAR HERE.
AND THEN YOU, THE EXPENSE OF STAFF SUPPORT COSTS IS ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TRACK SEPARATELY IN TERMS OF TRACKING TIME THAT WE SPEND WORKING ON THE COMMISSION.
BUT HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS, UM, THE PRIMARY ONES OR, OR HERE THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS CORE, THAT, UH, ATTEND EVERY MEETING AND, UH, UH, BRING YOU THE FRAMEWORK OF, OF THE MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, A LISTING OF ALL OF THE COMMISSION PRESENTERS THAT SPEAK ON ALL THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT IS THE NINE PAGE REPORT.
UM, THERE WAS A SECTION BELOW EXPENSES THAT GOT CUT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE PACKET.
AND, UH, CLERK, I ASSUME I HAVE TO READ IT OUT LOUD IF WE'RE GOING TO SHOW IT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE, WE DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE PACKET.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANNA READ WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO IN THE BLANK SPACE BELOW EXPENSES.
I'LL JUST READ THAT, UM, OUT LOUD FOR YOU HERE.
YOU CAN VISUALIZE AND VISUALIZE IT THERE.
VISUALIZE WHAT'S GOING IN THE SPOT,
SO, UH, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION SECTION.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION CONTINUE AS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER ORD 0 7 0 2 4.
THERE ARE TWO ISSUES TO NOTE THAT AFFECT THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCT BUSINESS.
ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER MAKEUP, THE COMMISSION HAS 11 MEMBERS, NINE, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND TWO AT LARGE MEMBERS.
THE COMMISSION HAS NOT HAD ALL 11 POSITIONS APPOINTED, AND THIS NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS DOES NOT PHYSICALLY FIT IN THE NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL DIOCESE, WHICH IS THE LOCATION FOR OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS.
AND THEN, UH, TWO, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT IN THE TEXT, SORRY, I'M NOT READING IT VERBATIM.
COMMISSION VACANCIES, THE COMMISSION HAD ONE VACANCY IN 2023.
AND WITH THE VACANCY, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO RETAIN A CONSISTENT QUORUM FOR MEETINGS.
THE COMMISSION HAS THREE MEMBERS WHOSE TERM EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH, 2024, AND THE COMMISSION WILL NEED NEW APPOINTEES TO REPLACE THESE COMMISSIONER VACANCIES.
ADDITIONALLY, APPOINTEES HAVE MOVED OR BEEN AFFECTED BY REDISTRICTING DURING THEIR TERM WITH TWO COMMISSIONERS NO LONGER RESIDING, UH, IN THEIR APPOINTED DISTRICT.
SO THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS WRITTEN FOR 2023, SO WE KNOW NOW THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR TO DATE IN 2024, BUT THIS WAS AS OF THE END OF 2023.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IN 2023, WE DID HAVE VACANCIES.
UM, AND IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU MAY CONSIDER, UM, WHETHER OR NOT 11 IS THE RIGHT NUMBER, IF 10 OR NINE IS A BETTER NUMBER ONE PER DISTRICT, OR IF YOU LIKE HAVING THE TWO AT LARGE.
UM, AND THEN JUST THE ISSUE WITH HAVING CONSISTENT QUORUM AND HAVING TO, TO CANCEL MEETINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, UM, IF WE'RE NOT FILLING THESE VACANCIES.
SO THOSE, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
SO YOU CAN COMMENT OR ACCEPT THAT AS PART OF IT, OR, UM, LEAVE IT OUT.
JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, UM, NUMBER.
IS THAT SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS BODY RECOMMENDS, OR IS THAT DECIDED BY COUNCIL? ULTIMATELY, THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL THAT'S IN THE CHARTER OR IN THE
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MUNICIPAL CODE, UM, OR IN THE BYLAWS OF THIS, OF THE COMMISSION.SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT THIS, UH, BODY RECOMMENDS TO COUNSEL AS PART OF THIS REPORT.
SO NOW IS THE TIME FOR, UM, CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
UH, DAVE SHUKLA THIRD DISTRICT.
I APPRECIATE THE REPORT, UH, ON THE COMMISSION AND ITS PURPOSE, AND SOME OF ITS, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE PAST YEAR.
UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO SEE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN PRINT, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE YOUR BODY SMALLER, UH, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, THAT THAT WOULD MEAN FEWER PEOPLE TO TALK TO, TO, TO TALK TO ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
I CAN'T STAND HERE AND, AND SUPPORT THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT.
UM, I, I, I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ASK A A ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT THIS COMMISSION DOES AND CAN DO AND CONSIDER WITHIN ITS POWERS.
I MEAN, I THINK THE DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT 15, 20 MINUTES AGO, UH, LED BY COMMISSIONER WHEELER WAS, WAS REALLY A GOOD ONE.
AND THERE SOME GOOD PRINCIPLES IN THERE ABOUT EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE AND, UH, DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE, UH, THE RESULTS THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
UM, I COME TO THESE, THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE, UH, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, UM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT IS A PLACE WHERE AT LEAST SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY CAN SAY SOMETHING.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT IT, IT IS A, UH, YOU KNOW, FUNCTIONAL AND, UH, APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR THAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO KIND OF LOOKS AT THE, THE CLIMATE CLOCK, UH, UH, CLIMATE CLOCK WORLD, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.
UM, AND THIS CITY, UH, NOT JUST THE MUNICIPAL DEPENDENCE ON, ON OIL EXTRACTION, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE CLIMATE PLAN ITSELF, THE WAY THAT A LOT OF THE, THE EMISSIONS LOAD IN THIS CITY CITY'S KIND OF MASKED UNDER THE KIND OF GENERAL RUBRIC OF TRANSPORTATION IN BUILDINGS.
BUT REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ARE, ESPECIALLY OVER TIME, LIKE INTERGENERATIONALLY, THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF ENTITIES THAT ARE REALLY THE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY POST PRIVATIZATION IN THE NINETIES, UH, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE NAVY LEFT, UH, IN THE NINETIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY FOCUS HAS KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN ON THOSE ENTITIES CONSIDERING THEIR, THEIR TREMENDOUS OUTSIZED ROLE, BUT ALSO THE ROLE THAT PUBLIC SUBSIDIES KIND OF MADE IN, IN KIND OF DEVELOPING THESE MONSTERS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UH, AND, AND IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN TOWN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU WANT TO COME OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE A $70,000 JOB RIGHT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CAN GO WORK AT THE REFINERY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH, RIGHT? AND VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE JOBS LIKE MINE WHO CAN COME TO THIS COUNCIL, UH, COMMISSION AND SAY THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE PAST YEAR I, UH, WORKED AS A CLIMATE FELLOW AT THE CITY OF OAKLAND, AND I GOTTA WORK ON DECARBONIZING BUILDINGS AND GETTING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY AND A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT I WISH I COULD DO IN THIS CITY.
I MEAN, I'VE TRIED, I TRIED FOR YEARS.
UM, SO YEAH, PLEASE
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS AREA? I OH, COMMISSION IN MARCH? COMMISSION IN MARCH? UH, JUST, UH, I AGREE WITH THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US, UH, RESOLVE HOW WE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND BE HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I REMEMBER MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS SIMILAR TO THIS OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ATTENDING.
AND, UH, I THINK THE, THE OIL PHASE OUT MEMO TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WAS A, A, UH,
UM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I FULLY AGREE.
WE, WE WANT TO, UH, FOLLOW GOOD PROCESSES.
WE CERTAINLY WE'RE CONSTRAINED BY THE BROWN ACT TO ONLY TALK, UH, TALKING ABOUT OR RECOMMENDING ON ITEMS THAT ARE AGENDIZED.
BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN RECEIVE AND, AND FILE.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MECHANISM IS EXACTLY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT, UH, THE PROCESS AND HOW
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WE CAN, UH, GO ON RECORD AS A BODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS HIRED US FOR ALL THAT GREAT EXPENSE TO GIVE THEM ADVICE.HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TRANSMIT THAT ADVICE TO THEM? SO, I TOTALLY AGREE.
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF MY, MY ISSUES ABOUT HOW WE CAN ELEVATE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO ELEVATE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF THEY DON'T LISTEN TO US, SO WHAT IS THE POINT? HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A PROCEDURE, BUT IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD COME, I MEAN, ACCEPT AND RECEIVE THE, THE PRESENTATION, BUT HAVING A COMMENT FOR US, IT DOESN'T HURT ANYBODY.
I KNOW THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GONNA LISTEN, BUT IT'S GONNA BE THERE, IT'S GONNA BE A STATEMENT, AND EVENTUALLY WE CAN JUST BREAK THE WALL.
I MEAN, THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHAT I SEE, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN JUST PUT IT THERE.
WE CAN SEND IT AN EMAIL DIRECTLY TO THEM.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF WAYS THAT MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THEM LISTEN OR WHAT WE'RE SAYING IF THEY WANNA PAY ATTENTION OR NOT.
BUT JUST WE CAN ELEVATE OUR OWN VOICES WITH THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY, SOMETHING.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE AN, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HILDA WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, I WAS DRIVING ON THE 4 0 5.
WE GOT OFF AT BELLFLOWER BOULEVARD, AND THE OFF RAMP WAS TRASHED FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
AND EVERYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ALL KNOW ME AS A TRASH QUEEN.
I, I'M A TRASH HATER AND WE DO LOTS OF WORK 'CAUSE I HAVE A BIG VOLUNTEER TEAM THAT I MANAGE.
BUT ALL THAT TO SAY IS THAT IT WAS HORRIBLE.
AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING.
SO I TOOK PICTURES, I TOOK A LITTLE VIDEO AND I SENT IT TO DARRELL SUPER NA'S OFFICE.
THAT MESS WAS CLEANED UP THE NEXT DAY.
HOW MANY REPORTS HAVE I SENT TO CALTRANS? HOW MANY REPORTS HAVE I SENT A CALTRANS ANTI-UNION PACIFIC? AND IT IS FALLING ON DEAF EARS.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IN ANY SYSTEM WE HAVE TO USE THE POWER THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US.
AND IF WE HAVE, ARE GONNA HAVE ANY POWER, IF OUR VOICES ARE GONNA BE SILENT OR MUTED, WHAT'S THE POINT? WHAT IS THE POINT? AND WHEN WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MOVE THOSE MOUNTAINS THAT WE CAN'T MOVE, WHY AREN'T WE, I JUST DON'T, I GUESS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND PROCEDURE THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE FOR EVERY INTELLIGENT BEING SITTING HERE TO BE MUTED.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
I THINK I'M EIGHT YEARS NOW SITTING IN THIS CHAIR.
WELL, NOT THE SAME CHAIR, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST FEEL AS IF THERE IS MORE THAT WE CAN DO, AND IF STAFF CAN HELP US TO PUSH THINGS ALONG, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON YOU TO DO THAT AS WELL.
WHY OUT LOOKING AT ME,
I'M, I'M ASKING, I'M LOOKING EVERYBODY IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENT.
I MEAN, WHEN ALSO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE, WE CAN WAIT AND IF WE CAN STAY AWAY WHEN NEED THE TIME TO TALK OR IS THE TIME TO DO THINGS, I DON'T SEE WHY WE NEED TO, TO WAIT.
I THINK THAT RECEIVE A FILE IS OKAY, BUT IF WE CAN JUST PUT OUR COMMENT THERE, IT'S, IT DOESN'T HURT ANYBODY.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S MY POSITION, BUT I'M SURE I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND I, I THINK, UM, THIS, THERE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE HISTORY OF TRYING TO MUTE THIS COMMISSION, UM, SINCE DAY ONE.
AND I, I COME FROM A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ATTEMPTED TO BE ADVOCATES AND, UH, AND, UH, ACTIVISTS ON THIS COMMISSION, AND IT WAS NOT MEL MET WITH, UH, WELL OPEN ARMS. AND SO I LEARNED THAT LESSON EARLY ON THAT IF I WANTED TO GET THINGS DONE ON THIS COMMISSION, OR IF I WANTED TO HAVE AN IMPACT, I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THAT WHAT I, I'VE HEARD HERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT WAY AND HILDA, THAT THAT'S THE POWER IS YOURS.
IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW UP EVERY RECEIVE AND FILE MOTION WITH A RECOMMENDATION, MOTION TO CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THAT PREROGATIVE.
SO THE POWER FOR THE INFLUENCE HERE IS ABSOLUTELY YOU REACHING OUT TO OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, COUNCIL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TAGGING IN OUR, OUR OUR, UH, OUR OPINIONS WHERE WE CAN.
BUT YOU SET THE AGENDA, YOU CONTROL THE AGENDA.
YOU CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, THAT IS THE POWER TO MAKE, TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND TO AGENDIZE ITEMS TO BE PROPERLY PUT BEFORE
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THE PUBLIC DISCUSSED, NOT AND, AND NOT SNUCK PAST THE BROWN ACT.WE, WE DENIED THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT MOTION TODAY AND THAT EFFORT ON THIS COMMISSION, THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BROWN ACT.
WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO IT IS ANOTHER THING.
BUT THE POWER IS YOURS, HILDA.
UH, IT'S NOT IN THE STAFF'S POSITION.
THOSE ARE, THOSE PEOPLE ARE FEEDING THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR PAYCHECKS HERE EVERY DAY.
SO IF YOU, WE, WE SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN AND, AND TRY TO SNEAK IN OUR OPINION, WE SHOULD AGENDIZE IT, DISCUSS IT, ARTICULATE IT, WRITE IT UP, AND SEND IT TO THE C TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE SAME WAY WE, WE, WE, UH, SENT THE OIL MEMO.
UM, THAT'S HOW YOU BE A COMMISSION AND A COMMISSIONER AND A SUCCESSFUL ONE.
UM, I'M GONNA GO OUT AT A LIMB HERE AS STAFF AND MAKE AN OBSERVATION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING FROM, I DUNNO, THE FUNCTION OF THIS COMMISSION AND MANY COMMISSIONS, PERHAPS AS AN ADVISORY COMMISSION TO COUNCIL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MEANT TO HAPPEN BY DESIGN IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO REFER THINGS TO YOU TO STUDY.
AND IN 14 YEARS, I CAN REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING ONCE, AND IT WAS ABOUT, UH, MAYOR GARCIA AT THE TIME, WANTING, UH, THE COMMISSION TO WORK ON, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING CODE CHANGES.
AND SO WE WORKED ON THAT AND IT, IT WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMISSION STAFF WORKED ON IT.
UM, AND WE SUBMITTED SOMETHING THAT BECAME PART OF THE BUILDING CODE.
AND SO, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE RARE OCCASIONS WHERE WE MADE A STAFF REPORT THAT WENT TO THE COUNCIL AS OPPOSED TO A MEMO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE THE COUNCIL.
UM, THE COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IS ALSO MEANT TO BE ENGAGING YOU
AND AND WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T SEE THAT A LOT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY COMMISSION I SPEND TIME AT, BUT I GET THE SENSE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY PRETTY COMMON ACROSS COMMISSIONS.
ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THERE IS A COUNCIL COMMITTEE WITH A REALLY SIMILAR FUNCTION, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY, AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT THEY DO THERE ARE ALSO RECEIVING FILES, RIGHT? BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS POINTED OUT TO NEW COMMISSIONERS, THE VALUE OF THE SUPPOSED VALUE OF THESE RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS IS THAT YOU'RE SOME OF THE BEST INFORMED CITIZENS IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU GET THE STAFF TO TELL YOU ALL OF THIS DETAILED INFORMATION.
AND PART OF YOUR JOB IS TO TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND PERHAPS, UH, USE THAT, THOSE CONSTITUENTS TO APPLY PRESSURE OR, YOU KNOW, TO COUNSEL.
THE, THE THING THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER BERGERON BERG MENTIONED THAT WHEN YOU REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO A COUNCIL PERSON, SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN.
AND IT'S THIS WEIRD THING WHERE YOU CAN'T GET PUBLIC WORKS TO DO SOMETHING OR ANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT A SPECIFIC THING BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THIS HUGE, YOU KNOW, WAITING LIST OF THINGS TO HANDLE.
BUT WHEN A REQUEST COMES IN FROM A COUNCIL PERSON, SUDDENLY THEY'RE PUTTING THAT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, IT, IT JUST IS A GENERAL REFLECTION OF THE LESS THAN IDEAL FUNCTION OF, OF OUR SYSTEMS HERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT, AS I SAID, THIS IS AN OBSERVATION OF MINE THAT YOU'RE, IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT THE TWO WAY STREET THAT IT'S MEANT TO BE BETWEEN YOU AND COUNSEL.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THAT EITHER, BUT JUST RAISING THAT POINT.
CHIN, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, LARRY.
'CAUSE THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET MORE DIRECTION ON ITEMS, ESPECIALLY THINGS THAT ARE PRIORITIZED.
BUT I THINK WHAT STAFF HAS DONE IS A REALLY GOOD JOB IS HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUES IN THE CLIMATE PLAN, THE POLICY INITIATIVES, THE DIRECTIVES, AND EVERY MONTH COMING TO US WITH A THEME, UM, FEASIBLY, THOSE ARE, UH, ALL APPROVED BY COUNCIL AT SOME POINT.
SO MAYBE INADVERTENTLY THAT'S COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR US TO TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE ISSUES SINCE THEY REVIEW THE SUSTAINABILITY PLANS EACH YEAR.
UM, AND SO FOR US, WHEN WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR AN ITEM LIKE TODAY'S THEME WAS THE EXTREME HEAT.
UM, I DID WANNA TOUCH ON THIS 'CAUSE UM, MORGAN RAISED COMMISSIONER RAISED THE ISSUE OF POTENTIAL BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS.
WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AND RECOMMENDED FOR STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD IS EVERYTHING THAT WAS AGENDIZED AND PUBLICLY DISCUSSED TODAY.
SO WE DIDN'T COME UP WITH A TOPIC THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE REALM, OUTSIDE OF THE AGENDA OR OUTSIDE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE PUBLIC HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO.
AND WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THE PUBLIC'S COMMENTS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THEY CAN MAKE THEIR COMMENT AT THE PODIUM.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WON'T GO ANYWHERE UNLESS WE ADDRESS IT.
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IT AND ASK STAFF TO, I TAKE IT FORWARD.AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY ROLES OF THIS BODY.
AND IT WAS IN THE, THE SUMMARY THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER FOR OUR MISSION OF WHY WE'RE HERE TO PUT TOGETHER POLICY ADVICE, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DISCUSS THESE THINGS AT THE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, I'VE BEEN HAPPY TO SEE THAT HAPPEN EVERY MONTH.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE AND WE KNOW THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR STAFF'S CONTROL IN TERMS OF HOW THE AGENDAS COME FORWARD AND GO THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER APPROVAL PROCESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BRING THESE ITEMS FORWARD AND THEN PUT OUR, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION ADVISORY, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR.
SO, UM, I WOULD HOPE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE, UM, AS THIS BODY CONTINUES ON IN WHATEVER SIZE OR SHAPE OR FORM
I KNOW A FEW OF US ARE CHURNING OUT AND GETTING READY TO MOVE ON.
SO WE'RE HOPEFULLY PASSING THE TORCH ON TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION, UM, ALIVE AND WELL AND GOING, AND THAT THE ITEMS DON'T JUST BE RECEIVING A FILE THAT YOU DO ADD YOUR INPUT AND EXPERTISE TO THEM.
UM, AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING THE LIST OF STAFF AT THE END OF THE SUSTAINABILITY SUMMARY.
NEARLY 30 STAFF THAT HAVE SUPPORTED THIS COMMISSION OVER THE YEAR THROUGH ALL THE TOPICS.
SO IT WAS HELPFUL TO SEE THE NAMES AND THE DEPARTMENTS AND, AND THE TOPICS LISTED.
SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY ALL THANK THEM APPROPRIATELY TOO FOR HELPING SUPPORT US OVER THE YEARS, UH, DOING THIS WORK.
UM, I WASN'T GOING TO SAY THIS, BUT LARRY, IN, IN RESPONSE TO, AS YOU SAID, GOING OUT ON THE LIMB, I, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW SUIT.
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT A LONG TIME AGO, IN A DECADE, FAR, FAR AWAY, UM, I WAS ON A A ANOTHER COMMISSION.
IT WAS A, A CHARTER COMMISSION, AND WE ALL ARE AWARE, I'M SURE THAT ON ANY GIVEN TUESDAY, THIS COMMISSION IS GONE
UM, CHARTER COMMISSIONS ENJOYED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT, IT TAKES A CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT, BUT I FOUND GOING BACK TO THAT WAS 94 TO 98, I SERVED ON, ON THAT COMMISSION.
UM, AND, AND LOOKING AT TODAY AND HEARING WHAT COMMISSIONER REALER SAID ABOUT WHAT THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHAIR IS, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A CULTURAL CHANGE WITHIN CITY HALL.
WHEN I CHAIRED THAT COMMISSION, IT WAS A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND WHOEVER WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NEXT MONTH? WHAT DO WE WANT ON THAT? AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.
IT WAS, IT WAS ALL DONE IN GOOD FAITH.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY TENSION THAT I RECALL.
UH, BUT THERE WAS A NICE SENSE SPEAKING AS A FORMER CHAIR OF THE STAFF WANTS THE CITIZENS TO RUN THIS SHOW, AND THEY ARE THERE TO ADVISE AND ASSIST.
AND I NO LONGER HAVE THAT FEELING.
IT FEELS MORE LIKE, WELL, STAFF KIND OF KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, AND I, I DON'T, I'M NOT IN ANY WAY SUGGESTING THAT OUR, THIS PARTICULAR STAFF HAS EXCEEDED THE BOUNDS OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
I SUSPECT IT'S AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL WITHOUT MENTIONING ANY NAMES, I DON'T WISH TO ACCUSE PEOPLE THAT I, I, I DON'T KNOW, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE INVOLVED, BUT IT, IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, PERHAPS GRADUAL, PERHAPS SUDDEN, BUT SOMETIME WITHIN THE LAST 20, 30 YEARS, A REAL CHANGE IN ON THE SENSE OF CITY HALL OF ARE WE HERE FOR OURSELVES OR ARE WE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY? DOES THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE MATTER? BUT SOMETIMES I LOOK AT THIS, AND I'M PROBABLY GONNA STEP ON SOME TOES HERE, AND I DO APOLOGIZE, I DON'T MEAN TO HURT ANYONE'S FEELINGS, BUT I AS A, AS A NOW RETIRED BUSINESS OWNER, AND I LOOK AT THIS, I'M LIKE, WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS COST EVERY SINGLE MONTH TO HAVE ALL OF THIS STAFF, THIS BEAUTIFUL ROOM, THE ELECTRICITY, AIR CONDITIONING, ALL THESE COMPUTERS, THE PARKING, I, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALL THE STAFF WHO COMES IN TO MAKE US PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN WE RECEIVE AND FILE AND THAT'S IT.
IT FEELS, IF I CAN BE CANDID, A LITTLE BIT LIKE A POTEMKIN VILLAGE, IT'S, IT'S JUST WINDOW DRESSING SO THAT THE CITY GETS TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT THE SUSTAINABILITY CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMISSION, AREN'T WE AWESOME? AND THEN THEY DON'T ASK US TO DO ANYTHING
SO, SO I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS ALL LEADING UP TO THIS INQUIRY, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN, AT LEAST ON THIS COMMISSION FOR THE NEXT CHAIR, HAVE A MORE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WHERE EVERYBODY KIND OF FEELS LIKE THEY'RE IN ON IT AND INVESTED IN THE PROCESS? IS THERE CAN, IS CAN WE DO THAT WITHOUT CREATING
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PROBLEMS FOR YOU GUYS? DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER ON THE MICROPHONE?UM, I THINK THAT MAYBE, UM, YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICE WHEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THEY TELL US WHAT WE ARE GONNA SEE EVERY MONTH.
SO BASICALLY THEY ALREADY HAVE THE AGENDA.
BUT DEFINITELY I THINK THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE CANNOT TALK AMONG OURSELVES, BUT IT CAN BE MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN ASK THEM TO SEND IF WE WANNA SEE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA SO WE ALL CAN SEE IT.
AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE ANOTHER WAY THAT, UM, WE CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE.
SO THEY, I MEAN THE STAFF CAN SEND, HEY, IT IS GONNA BE START PREPARING THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY AGENDA THAT YOU WANNA SEE? AND MAYBE THEY CAN SEND IT ALL TO US AND WE CAN JUST SEND WHAT WE, WHAT WE, WHAT WE THINK THAT IT WAS WITH THE, WITH WITH, THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE PREPARED, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE ALL THE MONTHS AND THEY BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH FOR THEM TO, IN, IN A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS NOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO GET ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.
I CAN, I CAN SEE THAT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN, UM, I MEAN, IN THE PARAMETERS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED, MAYBE WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE OR WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS OR SOMETHING.
UM, I MEAN, CAN WE DO THAT? SO CHAIR GUYTON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AS CHAIR TO ENGAGE WITH STAFF AND, AND AS HAS BEEN SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATIVELY REQUEST, BECAUSE STAFF CAN'T ALWAYS MAKE THAT CALL.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO GO UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO IF, IF, IF, IF SOMETHING, I DUNNO, SEEMS A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE BRING THE AGENDA, IT IS BASED ON THE WORK PLAN, WHICH IS BASED ON THE WITH, AND THE WORK PLAN IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE WORK PLAN IS DERIVED FROM THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL AND IS KIND OF OUR TO-DO LIST, RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT JUST YOUR TO-DO LIST, IT'S THE CITY'S TO-DO LIST.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU MEETING AFTER MEETING IS THIS IS, AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER ENOUGH BASED ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS THAT PEOPLE, FROM OUR VIEWPOINT, THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE BELIEVE IS HAPPENING.
UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE AND MORE AND, AND PUSHING ON THIS, BUT THERE'S SO MANY, YOU KNOW, COMPETING INTERESTS ACROSS THE CITY, RIGHT? SO, UH, AND, AND WITH CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AS WELL.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS THAT DOESN'T LET, UM, THINGS SUDDENLY APPEAR OUT OF LEFT FIELD.
YOU KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT'S BY DESIGN.
I THINK THOUGH THERE IS STILL THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, UM, I THINK TO THINGS THAT COME UP, UM, THROUGH DISCUSSION AND THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT ANSWER TO THE CITY MANAGER, NOT THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO THEY'RE SOMEHOW THIS SYSTEM HAS THESE FEEDBACK LOOPS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT ARE EXPRESSED HERE ABOUT WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING? AND, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO ROUNDS OF, OF EIGHT YEAR TERMS OF COMMISSIONERS, UM, I LOSE SIGHT OF THAT AS WELL.
BUT WE ARE PART OF MEANING WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING THINGS AND YOU ARE AS WELL.
IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU TO SEE IT, BUT AGAIN, THE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING AND, AND THAT, TO BRING US BACK TO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE MAY KIND OF, WE WAX PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UH, FROM OUR COMMISSION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS GONNA BE REVIEW, RECEIVING A REPORT ABOUT ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE ALSO RECEIVING THAT SAME REPORT FROM EVERY OTHER COMMISSION.
SO THEIR ABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS, BUT IT'S THERE, IT'S ON THE RECORD FOR THEM TO SEE.
AND SO IF WE WERE ELEVATING EVERY ITEM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, EVERY ITEM IS IMPORTANT, BUT ELEVATING EVERY ONE IS, IS GONNA GET LOST IN, IN THE ATTENTION SPAN OF, OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO SEE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY TWO FROM FOUR MEMOS THAT THEY RECEIVE.
SO IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO BE VERY SELECTIVE ABOUT THAT, BUT IT ALSO MAKES SENSE TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, IN THAT WAY THAT, THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER TO NOT DO EVERYTHING THROUGH THESE OFFICIAL MEETINGS, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS THROUGH
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COMMUNITY ACTIVISM AND, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNCIL PEOPLE AND COUNCIL STAFF AND STUFF LIKE THAT.YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE OTHER, OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED AND ARE PART, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING IT OUT LOUD NOW, BUT IT'S KIND OF AN UNSPOKEN PART OF YOUR ROLE TO ALSO WORK OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING IN THOSE DIRECTIONS.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PULL US BACK TO THE ITEM AND CHAIR.
IF I COULD JUST ADD, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, THIS IS COMING FROM MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION TWO POINT 18.090 REPORTS, AND, UH, A NINE IS A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER THE BODY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED, MODIFIED, OR CONTINUED.
SO THE SECTION THAT I READ, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS CONTINUED.
THE TWO THINGS I MENTIONED WITH THE VACANCIES AND THE, THE NUMBER THAT WASN'T A RECOMMENDATION, THAT WAS JUST COMMENTARY ON HOW IT WENT IN 2023.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE ACTION ITEM YOU COULD TAKE ON THIS ANNUAL REPORT IS A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER THE BODY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED, MODIFIED, OR CONTINUED.
SO THAT'S THE LANGUAGE IN THE CODE.
IF YOU WANTED TO MODIFY THE RECOMMENDATION LANGUAGE ABOVE WHAT I HAD READ OUT LOUD, THAT AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR SOME REASON I DIDN'T GET IT IN THE BOTTOM OF THAT WHITE PAGE THERE.
THE QUESTION WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT, UM, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? CLIMBING, UM, NOT CLIMBING, UM, AIR POLLUTION, IT WILL HELP IF WE CAN, OR IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA TO BRING MAYBE ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES, NOT THE, THE GROUPS THAT THEY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A SMALL PRESENTATION.
BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SOMETIMES HERE, AND SOMETIMES YOU BRING MORE THAN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU BRING, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND A LOT OF THINGS AND HAVING MAYBE A PRESENTATION FROM A GROUP THAT IS ALREADY WORKING, UH, IT WILL MAYBE HELP, UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY TO HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE IS DOING AND ELEVATE, ELEVATE ALSO THE BOYS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE CAN WE ASK FOR THAT FOR GO TOMA PRESENTATION ON OTHER GROUPS THAT THEY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST AN IDEA.
SO THAT I DON'T THINK WOULD BE PART OF THIS MOTION AND THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS JUST VERY SPECIFIC, BUT AS A, AS A COMMISSION, AS A CHAIR, YOU COULD REQUEST OF STAFF AS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND THEN WE COULD REVIEW IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT FITS INTO THE AGENDA AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO DEFINITELY, OR YOU CAN REQUEST IT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE.
UM, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IN TO TALK ABOUT THE GREEN ALLEYS PROGRAM, THEY, THEY BROUGHT ALL OF THAT TO US.
IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T MOVE.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T DO ANYTHING EITHER.
UM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AND IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE CHAIR AND THAT WAS THE WAY WE WERE ABLE TO BRING SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR SPHERE TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, TALK TO US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN CHICAGO, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO OFFSET, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO, UM, YEAH, I GUESS WE ARE READY TO CALL FOR THE VOTE.
IF THERE NOT POPULATING ON YOUR TABLET, I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO A VERBAL, UM, COMMISSIONER BERGERON, IS THIS ON THE NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS? ARE WE STILL ON THAT? WHERE ARE WE? THIS IS THE, THE REPORT THAT LARRY WENT THROUGH THE REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORT, AND THAT INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I READ OUT LOUD WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS JUST TO CONTINUE THE BODY NOTING THOSE TWO ISSUES THAT WE HAD IN 2023 WITH QUORUM AND VACANCIES.
UM, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, I KNOW YOU JUST STEPPED IN, BUT THEY WERE TAKING THEM A VOTE TO FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, THAT'S THE ITEM ACTUALLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA.
EVER VOTING ON THE ITEM NOW? YES.
[4. 24-54585 Recommendation to receive and file announcements and resources from the Office of Climate Action and Sustainability. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES FROM THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T SEE NOTHING, SEE ANYTHING IN MY, SO YOU HAVE TO SAY
I'LL COME BACK RIGHT NOW, BUT I DID GET A FIRST AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WHEELER AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TOLKOFF.
I CAN GO UP AND ASSIST YOU RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REPORT FROM STAFF.
IS THERE REPRESENTATION IN THIS AREA? OH, GREAT, THANK YOU.
UM, IT IS JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE ARE, UM, COMING UP ON SIX O'CLOCK AND WE STILL HAVE ELECTIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THIS, UH, POWERPOINT, THE SLIDES WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THEM.
WE JUST, UH, LIKE TO END OUR STAFF SIDE WITH SOME, UM, EX EXCITING THINGS OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, WHAT'S UPCOMING.
AND SO I'LL JUST DO A RECAP, UH, TALK ABOUT SOME UPDATES AND TALK ABOUT, UH, NEXT MEETING AND SOME RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING.
SO, UH, SOME EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE, UH, THE LAST SCHEDULED MEETING WE HAD, UH, NATURE STORY TIME AT MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY AND, UH, RESTORATION FRIDAY.
THERE'S SOME CUTE PHOTOS FROM THE RESTORATION FRIDAY EVENT AND THE STORY EVENT.
AND THEN WE DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO, UM, I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT.
IT'S A, A LONG PROCESS THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT ALL THE STEPS WERE, UM, WORK TOWARDS THE END OF IT, BUT THE DIGITAL COMMENT CARD IS STILL OPEN, SO WE WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE THAT.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE CAN STILL REVIEW AND PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE DIGITAL COMMENT CARD.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT AND YOU HA YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, UM, PLEASE DO AND THEN SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS FAMILY NETWORK THAT THIS IS STILL AN OPTION TO PROVIDE, UH, COMMENTS TO THE DIGITAL COMMENT CARD.
AND THEN UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, SAME LINK AS LAST TIME THE CITY CALENDAR IS UP.
WE HAVE, UH, OUR EXCITING EVENT, THE RANCHOS WALK THAT WE DO ANNUALLY, A NINE MILE WALK WITH A THREE AND SIX MILE OPTION.
IT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR, SEPTEMBER 14TH, RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS TO RANCHO LOS CERRITOS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE, UH, WILMORE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TREE PLANTING IS ON OCTOBER 12TH.
AND THEN WE UPDATED, UH, LAST TIME WE WERE ANNOUNCING THAT THE, THIS GRANT WAS OPEN.
UM, WE HAD CLOSED THE GRANT, REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS AND ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE WE AWARDED EIGHT, UH, APPLICANTS WITH $5,000 MICRO GRANTS FOR CL YOUTH LED CLIMATE PROJECTS.
SO THE PRESS RELEASE JUST WENT OUT.
UM, THAT IS, UH, ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
I CAN LINK IT IF ANYONE CAN'T FIND IT, BUT VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE PROJECTS COMING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, HERE IS OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR, THE NEXT MEETING, OCTOBER BUILDING AND ENERGY AND WASTE OF THE CAP ITEMS. AND THEN DECEMBER IS TRANSPORTATION.
I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, THE FOURTH THURS, UH, FOURTH THURSDAY IN OCTOBER, WE ARE HAVING A, A ALL DAY STAFF STAFF TRAINING WHERE MOST OF OUR OFFICE WILL BE THERE.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE MO MEETING BE MOVED FROM OCTOBER 24TH TO OCTOBER 17TH.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER THAT THE COMMISSION EVERY YEAR IN THE PAST HAS, HAS MOVED, UH, MANY MEETINGS IN THE PAST FOR DECEMBER, HAVE MOVED IT FROM THE FOURTH THURSDAY TO EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
SO WE HAVE THAT CALENDARED IN DECEMBER FOR THE 12TH, UM, BECAUSE OF THE END OF THE YEAR HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I DON'T, UH, KNOW THAT WE NEED AN ACTION ON THAT, BUT IF, UH, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE 17TH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME CHAIR IF YOU WANNA HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THAT, UH, JUST BRINGS US TO AN ARTICLE ABOUT AN ALL ELECTRIC POLICE FLEET, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CLICK ON THAT ON THE, UH, ATTACHMENT.
AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CAN CLAIRE, PLEASE GO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FOUR MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? JUST TO CLARIFY.
SO WE WANNA MOVE THE OCTOBER MEETING TO THE 17TH.
YES, THAT, THAT WAS BETTER FOR ME PERSONALLY,
I HAVE WONDERED THE SAME THING SO WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD NOW IF THAT'S GOOD.
OKAY, THEN LET'S PLEASE GO FOR, UM, NOBODY I, I WOULD RECOMMEND HERE.
HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY, MADAM CHAIR.
SO WE'RE, LOOK, WE'RE STARING DOWN THE CALENDAR FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THIS COMMISSION ABOUT SUGGESTIONS WE SHOULD MAKE TO LBT, RIGHT ABOUT SHADE AND INTERNET ACCESS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS ON OUR
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DECEMBER MEETING.WE'RE DISCUSSING TRANSPORTATION NOW, EL LONG BEACH TRANSIT'S KIND OF ITS OWN BEAST.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN UNTOUCHABLE TO THE COMMISSIONS, BUT IF WE WERE TO AGENDIZE AN ITEM FOR THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS WHERE WE WANTED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, THERE'S YOUR MEETING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT AND AS WELL AS ON BUILDING AN ENERGY WASTE.
SURE, WE ALL GOT RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND THOUGHTS ON THAT.
WE CAN'T JUST REACT IN THE MEETING, WE HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES NOW TO DO THAT.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING, MADAM CHAIR, YOU WISH, IN ADDITION WITH THE STAFF FOR IZING IN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER TO DISCUSS BUILDING ENERGY AND WASTE SET, SET IT NOW, YOU KNOW, TELL, ASK THEM TO AGENDIZE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST WHAT THEY PLAN TO PRESENT ON TRANSPORTATION IN DECEMBER.
I THINK THAT IT WILL BE A GOOD, A GOOD WAY TO GO.
YOU CANNOT, IF YOU AGREE, BOTH OF YOU BECAUSE YOU, UM, YEAH, I THINK, OKAY.
YEAH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD IDEA.
CHAIR CLAIRE, PLEASE GO FOR THE VOTE.
UM, IS ANY OTHER COMMENT? OKAY, THEN YOU SAY IT ALREADY, CALL FOR THE VOTE, BUT ARE YOU WANNA PUT IT AS A MOTION OR NO? UM, SO I WENT AHEAD AND OPENED THE VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE, UM, COMMISSIONER BERGERON BERG.
IT WORKED PERFECT THE FIRST TIME UNTIL THE LAST ITEM.
MOTION CARRIES IS OKAY ABOUT THE, NOW
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THE ELECTIONS, RIGHT? I GUESS.I, I'M GONNA HELP WITH THE ELECTION.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN HELPING WITH THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN NOW.
UM, BUT, UH, TODAY I HAVE A SCRIPT TO USE.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA HANDLE, UH, ELECTION FOR THE CHAIR FIRST AND, AND GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME THING FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
AND SO, ACCORDING TO MY SCRIPT, UM, I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK UP AND MAKE A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR, UH, YOU CAN DO SO NOW.
DO YOU WANNA GO DOWN THE LINE OR START WHEREVER? OKAY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE OUR CHAIR TO, I THINK THIS WAS JUST HER FIRST YEAR AS CHAIR, AND SHE'S GOT ANOTHER YEAR, UH, ELIGIBLE
IT'S NOT A MOTION, A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR.
MISSION AND WILL I WAS GONNA ALSO NOMINATE YOU.
IT TAKES A YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE JOB REALLY IS.
IT, SO NOW, NOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LAY YOUR OWN KIND OF FOUNDATION.
I, I SEE THAT YOU, I HAVE YOUR HELP, AND THANK YOU.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THAT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PERSON WHO WANTS TO NOMINATE AND OKAY.
SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, I DECLARE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR CHAIR.
UM, AND I, I GET TO CALL FOR YOU TO, UH, SPEAK.
UM, IN THE ORDER NOMINATED, I INVITE EACH NOMINEE TO BRIEFLY SHARE WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ELECTED CHAIR.
AND SO FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM CHAIR GA GUYTON, ISHA
CAN I SAY IN SPANISH
AND I REALLY, TODAY WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT BY OURSELVES AND HOW WE CAN DO IT.
AND I REALLY THANKFUL FOR BEING HERE AND SHARE THE SPACE WITH EVERYBODY.
I SAY ALREADY, I LEARNED A LOT FROM, FROM THE COMMISSIONER THAT ARE LEAVING, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT YEAR, AND THANK YOU.
SO, CLERK, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE CHAIR ELECTION, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CHAIR,
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AND I BELIEVE WE CAN NOW GO TO THE VOTES.SO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR CHAIR, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE FOR CHAIR GATING.
CHAIR GADEN ON CONTINUING YOUR CHAIRMANSHIP, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE AFTER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT, UM, EVERYTHING.
THIS PROCESS IS VERY COMPLICATED, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS EASY
UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST LANGUAGE IS SPANISH, AND IT HAS BEEN, I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN VERY, A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I REALLY HOPE THAT I CAN ELEVATE THE, THE REPRESENTATION.
NOW, SO MOVING ON TO THE ELECTION FOR VICE CHAIR.
UH, I NOW DECLARE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR VICE CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND COMMISSION.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE KEISHA, UH, GAMES TO, OH, DID IT COME UP? YEAH.
I WANTED TO, UH, NOMINATE, UH, KEISHA TO SEE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS, UH, VICE CHAIR AND THIS NEW, NOT NEW ANYMORE, TO THE COMMISSION THAT HAS BEEN HERE, UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND HAS SAID REALLY, UH, GOOD INPUT AND INSIGHTS AND, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU TAKE ON THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER, DID YOU ACCEPT? OH, COMMISSIONER GAINES? YES.
I GOT NOTHING MORE TO ADD THEN.
OKAY, SO NOW ANYBODY, SO IT APPEAR THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, I DECLARE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR VICE CHAIR, AND THEN, UH, IN THE SAME WAY, UM, IN ORDER TO BE NOMIN OR YEAH, IN ORDER TO BE IN, IN THE ORDER NOMINATED, I INVITE EACH NOMINEE TO BRIEFLY SHARE WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ELECTED VICE CHAIR.
AND SO FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER GAINES.
UM, YEAH, I THINK, UM, I'VE LEARNED FROM THE OTHER, WATCHING THE, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS NOW FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED, I THINK TODAY, EVEN CARRYING ALL OF THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION USED TO BE, AND I THINK WE CAN GET BACK, GET BACK TO THAT AGAIN.
I THINK A LOT OF US ARE HERE BECAUSE WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANNA AFFECT CHANGE.
SO WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE, WITHIN OUR PURVIEW AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE, WHAT WE CAN DO, I THINK WE CAN REALLY AFFECT SOME GREAT CHANGE.
AND, UM, I, I FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND I, UM, SO I JUST WANNA HELP BE A PART OF THAT POSITIVE CHANGE.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE VICE CHAIR ELECTION, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR VICE CHAIR.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UM, THE VOTE.
UM, I DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
SO THIS WAS JUST A NOMINATION FROM COMMISSIONER COFFEE, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE VOTE.
CONGRATULATIONS, VICE CHAIR GAINES, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE A CLOSING COMMENTS.
JUST THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS
UM, CAN I KNOW THAT, SO THREE OF, UH, THREE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE LIVING, RIGHT? IS THERE IS ANY WAY IF WE MEET, IF, I MEAN, IF I INVITE THEM, IT IS GONNA BE MORE, UM, IS THAT BREAK THE BRAND THEY'RE LIVING NOW, RIGHT? THE OR WHAT? OH, SO, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MAYBE GET TOGETHER WITH THEM RIGHT.
AND TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE, UM, BRING SOME MORE INPUT FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THIS DISCUSSION.
BUT CAN I DO IT RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, THE BROWN ACT, UH, SAYS THAT THERE CAN'T BE A GATHERING OF COMMISSIONERS, UM, IF IT IS EQUAL TO A QUORUM.
SO IF YOU WERE TO SPEAKING TO THE, THE THREE THAT ARE LEAVING, THAT'S LESS THAN A QUORUM.
SO I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
UM, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE ARE THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ALL PRESENT HERE TODAY THAT HAVE TERMED OUT HOWEVER THEY'RE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL, UH, A REPLACEMENT IS, IS, UH, UM, APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
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SO THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, WHILE FOR THE THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE TERMING OUT AND THE DISTRICTS THAT THEY'RE FROM, SO WE HAVE HAD ONE NEW COMMISSIONER JOIN TODAY.WE HAVE TWO OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ONBOARDED.
SO HOPEFULLY BY OUR NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE CASE OF EACH MEETING, UM, OUR SORT OF EXTENDED COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE TERMED OUT HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTINUE OR NOT AT THEIR DISCRETION.
UM, I KNOW DUE TO THE REDISTRICTING, WE'VE GOT, I BELIEVE, TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE IN THE SAME DISTRICT.
HAS THERE BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THAT, UM, OR ANY CHANGES MADE TO THAT AS FAR AS HOW THE, THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE MADE FOR THE COMMISSION? UM, THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF MOVING SOMEONE TO THE AT LARGE POSITION OKAY.
[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.]
ON TO NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVEN'T CALLED FOR THAT.AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
UM, VERY BRIEFLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, COMMEND THIS COMMISSION FOR CONTINUING ON AND, UH, UH, REQUEST AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AS THIS SPACE TO DO SO THAT, GOSH, OF ALL THE THINGS ONE COULD ASK, UM, THIS COMMISSION TAKES SERIOUSLY THE POSSIBILITY THAT, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE, IN, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, THE SCHEDULE, UH, OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THAT THERE'S NOT ONLY SPACE FOR, UH, HAVING COMMUNITY GROUPS ALONG WITH RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS ON RELEVANT TOPICS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER, BUT ALSO EMERGING ISSUES.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I COULD BE WRONG HERE, BUT, UH, YOU CAN, UM, FOR INSTANCE, AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, AGENDA, SOMETHING ON THE ENERGY COSTS OF, UH, INCREASING, UH, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, UH, COMPANIES AS A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CHASE AFTER THESE COMPANIES, RIGHT? THEY NEED A LOT OF JUICE.
WHERE IS THE JUICE GONNA COME FROM? WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR LOCAL EMISSIONS? I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IF WE WEREN'T IN AN OIL RUN TOWN, UM, PRESUMABLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WERE VANCOUVER OR SOMEWHERE LIKE WE, WE WOULD HAVE A COMMISSION, UH, THAT WOULD STUDY THESE THINGS AND TRY AND GET AHEAD OF THEM BECAUSE THE COMMISSION IS EMPOWERED, UH, AND IS, UH, APPROPRIATELY TREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO, TO, TO ADVISE THEM.
UM, UH, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WONDERING, UH, WHY WE CAN'T JUST FIX CLIMATE CHANGE TOMORROW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSCIOUS CHOICE, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING TO OURSELVES WITH ALL THIS.
UM, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT HERE IN LONG BEACH, UH, THIS COMMISSION CITY STAFF, UH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL ITSELF, UH, CAN REALLY DO MUCH OF ANYTHING, I THINK THE, THE FOREMOST THING THAT MUST BE SAID IS YOU HAVE TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE THESE OPEN DEMOCRATIC SPACES, BUT ALSO THE, THE, THE REGARD THAT THEY HAVE ULTIMATELY, UH, FOR, FOR THE TRUTH.
FOR, FOR NOT JUST THE BEST INFORMATION OR THE BEST INFORMATION AT THE TIME, OR THE BEST INFORMATION FOR A GIVEN AUDIENCE AT A GIVEN TIME, BUT WHAT EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE LIVING AND, AND HOW IT WORKS.
AND THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT WITH THIS CITY AND ITS HISTORY.
I MEAN, EVEN IN THE FEW YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND, UH, WHERE YOU KNOW, THAT THAT LACK OF MEMORY, INSTITUTIONAL AND PERSONAL, UM, IT COSTS, IT REALLY DOES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, I LITERALLY HELPED A DIFFERENT CITY DO SOMETHING THAT I, I REALLY WANTED MY CITY TO DO, AND THAT IF WE DID, WE'D BE ON THE PATHWAY NOT ONLY TO REDUCING EMISSIONS, BUT REPLACING THE OIL REVENUE.
I MEAN, WE LITERALLY DID EVERYTHING.
WE THOUGHT WE KNEW HOW TO MEET THE MOMENT AND MEET THE PROBLEMS. DIDN'T WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST THE WAY OF IT.
BUT I, I, UH, APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT EVERYONE IS HERE FOR THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TRY.
THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO IF THERE IS NO EGYPTIAN, I DECLARE, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONER? DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
IF YOU DON'T WANT[02:10:01]
TO DO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY, THEN WE CAN, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH ADJOURNMENT.[ADJOURNMENT]
I DECLARED THE MILLION ADJOURN AND IT IS SIX 70.