Sep 24, 2024 Climate, Environment, and Coastal Protection Committee

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I JUST NEED A SECOND.

DO WE

[1. 24-54966 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Climate, Environment, and Coastal Protection Committee meeting of Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ANY, UH, COMMENT FROM COMMITTEE? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

IF YOU COULD READ ITEM TWO.

ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE LAWN TO GARDEN PROGRAM.

EXCELLENT.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE DEAN, RIGHT? YEAH.

THANK YOU SO

[2. 24-54967 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Lawn to Garden program. Suggested Action: Approve recoommendation. ]

MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.

I LOVE THIS PROGRAM.

AND FORWARD, I JUST FORWARD, I JUST NEED TO GET A SECOND.

OH, YOU NEED A SECOND.

THE WRONG, I HAVE THE WRONG, UH, AGENDA.

HERE YOU GO.

AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET A VERBAL SECOND IF YOU'D LIKE.

OH, THANK YOU.

I WE HAVE IT.

A SEVERAL, UH, DIFFERENT COUPLE DESIGNS AND, AND OUR CONTRACTOR WILL ACTUALLY INSTALL THE ENTIRE, UH, LANDSCAPE FOR YOU, UH, AT NO COST.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR LAUNDRY GARDEN PROGRAM.

UH, WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM SINCE, UH, 2010, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY WELL, UH, RECEIVED AND REALLY WELL UTILIZED BY OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UM, GIVE YOU GUYS THE LATEST UPDATES ON, ON THIS PROGRAM AND HOW IT'S EVOLVED, UH, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT IT CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE YEARS GOING FORWARD.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, I, I DID WANT TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE, THE FIRST TIMES THAT WE'VE PRESENTED THIS PROGRAMS AS A, UH, LONG BEACH UTILITIES.

PREVIOUSLY, WE PRESENTED AS LONG BEACH WATER.

UH, SINCE, UH, JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, WE'VE MERGED THE GAS, WATER, AND SEWER UTILITIES.

UH, AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY PRESENTED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, JOIN PROGRAMS, UH, FIND EFFICIENCIES AND OFFER, UM, MORE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT, UH, MORE, UH, COST EFFECTIVE RATES.

AND SO OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THAT I'LL WALK THROUGH ARE REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE UTILITIES, UH, MERGER HAS BENEFITED, UH, THE CITY.

UM, SO JUST REALLY QUICK, NOW, WE ARE ABOUT 500 EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE ABOUT 90,000 WATER AND SEWER CUSTOMERS, AND 155,000, UH, GAS CUSTOMERS.

SO THAT'S, UH, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE HERE, UH, FROM A, A WATER AND GAS AND SEWER PERSPECTIVE.

I DID ALSO WANT TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT THE, THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S BEEN DOING OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO REALLY, WE'VE REDUCED OUR WATER USE, UH, IN THE CITY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES.

AND SO, IF YOU'LL SEE THE, THE BAR GRAPH, UH, WHAT THAT SHOWS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT WATER SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE, AND REALLY THE, THE UTILITIES, UH, DEPARTMENT'S GOALS OF HOW WE WANT TO BECOME MORE LOCALLY SUSTAINABLE WITH OUR GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND BECOME LESS AND LESS DEPENDENT ON EXPENSIVE AND ENERGY INTENSIVE IMPORTED WATER SUPPLIES OVER TIME.

SO, THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION IS THE LANA GARDEN PROGRAM, BUT I ALSO DID WANT TO JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT ALL THE OTHER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, UH, BECAUSE IT REALLY SPANS THE WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A PROGRAM FOR EVERYBODY.

THERE'S A WAY THAT EVERYBODY, UH, WITHIN THIS, UH, CITY CAN DO THEIR PART TO CONSERVE.

UH, AND SO, LAWN AND GARDEN, I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, THE NATIVE PLANT PARKWAY PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY A VARIATION ON LAWN AND GARDEN.

UH, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T READY TO NECESSARILY MAKE THE, THE WHOLESALE CONVERSION OF THEIR FRONT OR BACKYARD.

UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO, TO PROVIDE THEM AN EASY WAY TO, UH, GET EXPERIENCE DOING THE LANDSCAPE CONVERSION, HOPEFULLY HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, AND THEN, UH, INFORM THEM ON HOW THEY CAN, UH, EXPAND BEYOND THAT.

UM, SO THE PARKWAY IS THE STRIP OF LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE STREET.

AND SO IF YOU CAN ENVISION THAT THE SPRINKLERS THAT ARE GOING OFF TRYING TO IRRIGATE THAT TINY LITTLE STRIP YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OVER SPRAY, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT CAUSES WET SIDEWALKS AND RUNOFF DOWN THE STREET.

AND SO, REALLY, IF YOU'RE REPLACING A PIECE OF TURF AND TRYING TO SAVE THE MOST WATER FOR THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, AS FAR AS REPLACING YOUR LANDSCAPE, THE PARKWAY IS REALLY WHERE YOU CAN, UM, START.

AND SO WHAT WE PROVIDE IN THE PARKWAY PROGRAM IS, UH, ESSENTIALLY PAINT BY NUMBERS KIT.

WE PROVIDE THE HOMEOWNER WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED, THE MULCH, THE STEPPING STONES, THE THE PLANTS.

ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO PICK IT UP AND INSTALL IT.

UH, SO THAT'S THE PLANT NATIVE PLANT PARKWAY PROGRAM THAT HELPS, UH, PEOPLE GET ACCLIMATED TO TURF CONVERSION.

WE ALSO OFFER THE DIRECT INSTALL GARDEN PROGRAM.

AND SO THAT'S A INCOME, UH, QUALIFIED PROGRAM, UH, TO WHERE, UH, IF YOU QUALIFY, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE CONTRACTOR THAT GOES IN.

UH, YOU PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF

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UH, ON THE INDOOR, UH, WATER USE SIDE, WE HAVE OUR DIRECT INSTALL APPLIANCE PROGRAMS. UH, AND SO THE, THE PINK ONE YOU SEE IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY.

AND THE YELLOW ONE IS FOR MULTIFAMILY.

BUT ESSENTIALLY WE OFFER, UH, DEVICES SUCH AS TOILETS, UH, SHOWER HEADS, FAUCET, AERATORS, UH, HOT WATER TANK, UM, REPLACEMENTS.

SO ALL OF THOSE.

AND, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOUT TO RELAUNCH THAT PROGRAM HERE STARTING OCTOBER.

AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE DOING DIFFERENT PRESS RELEASES, DIFFERENT OUTREACH AND MARKETING.

AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THAT COME ACROSS AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS TO APPLY.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, CERTIFIED BLUE.

THE CERTIFIED BLUE PROGRAM IS FOR OUR COMMERCIAL SECTOR, ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.

AND SO HELPING CONNECT THEM WITH THE DIFFERENT, UH, SOMETIMES HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UH, APPLIANCES THAT THEY NEED TO REPLACE TO BECOME WATER EFFICIENT, AND THEN RECOGNIZING THEM, UH, THROUGH OUR VARIOUS MARKETING CHANNELS TO, TO PROMOTE THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, HELPING TO ACHIEVE WATER EFFICIENCY AND CAST EFFICIENCY.

UH, AND, AND ON THE, THE RIGHT, UH, UPPER CORNER IS THE HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY REBATE PROGRAM.

UH, AND THAT'S FOR ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT GAS USING DEVICES.

YOU CAN APPLY FOR REBATES FOR THOSE.

UH, THE LOWER RIGHT IS SOCAL WATER SMART, UM, THE SMALLER DEVICES THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, UH, CLOTHES, WASHERS, UH, IRRIGATION, UH, HEADS, ALL, ALL THE KIND OF SMALLER, UH, DEVICES YOU CAN APPLY THROUGH THAT WEBSITE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE, THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE ON THE RIGHT.

WATER SMART.

I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT.

IT'S A REALLY POWERFUL TOOL THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT NOT EVERY CITY, NOT THAT MANY CITIES HAVE, WHICH IS, UH, HOURLY, UH, WATER USAGE DATA.

CUSTOMERS CAN, UH, LOG ON TO THIS PORTAL AND THROUGH THE SMART METERS THAT WE INSTALLED IN THE CITY, UH, RECENTLY, UH, FINISHED IN 2021, PEOPLE CAN LOG IN AND SEE THEIR WATER USE.

AND THIS CAN HELP TO IDENTIFY LEAKS.

AND CUSTOMERS CAN SIGN UP FOR LEAK NOTIFICATIONS.

THEY'LL, THEY'LL KNOW IF THEY HAVE A LEAK, AND THEY CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THEIR WATER BILL AND SAVE A LOT OF WATER, UM, BY JUST KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE A LEAK THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HAVE SPOTTED.

SO FOR THE, THE MAIN TOPIC TODAY, LAWN AND GARDEN PROGRAM, UH, SO WE'VE BEEN TRANSFORMING TURF INTO WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPES SINCE 2010.

UH, AND WE'VE REALLY LEARNED A LOT OVER THE YEARS.

AND THIS PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED A LOT OVER THE YEARS, AND THE INCENTIVE HAS INCREASED OVER THE YEARS TO, TO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION, HOPEFULLY, UH, EXCEED THE, THE PACE OF INFLATION.

UH, BUT BASICALLY, UH, NOW IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SIMPLY, UH, SAVING WATER, UH, WORKING WITH OUR VARIOUS OTHER CITY SISTER, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND BUREAUS, WE'VE REALIZED THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE, UH, MULTI BENEFITS THROUGH THESE PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING STORMWATER CAPTURE.

UH, WE WE'RE LOCATED HERE NEAR THE COAST, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UH, CAPTURE POLLUTANTS AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STORMWATER RUNOFF.

AND SO, UH, REQUIRED WITHIN OUR LAWN GARDEN PROGRAM IS A STORMWATER RETENTION FEATURE.

SO WE CAPTURE STORMWATER ONSITE.

UH, WE'RE PROMOTING NATIVE PLANTS AND BIODIVERSITY REPLACING THE MONOCULTURE OF TURF.

AND THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE, UH, WILDLIFE HABITAT FOR ALL DIFFERENT NATIVE SPECIES OF, UH, PLANTS AND FLORA AND FAUNA.

UH, SO THE, IT IS MULTI-BENEFIT.

AND ACTUALLY WHAT'S NOT A HIGHLIGHTED HERE, UM, UH, IS THE, THE SHADE URBAN COOLING TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY A BRAND NEW INCENTIVE FOR TREES, PLANTING TREES, UH, 'CAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS DO WITH MORE TREES AND, AND, UH, MORE, UH, SHADE FOR OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

SO, UH, AS FAR AS FUNDING INCENTIVES, RIGHT NOW, THE LAWN AND GARDEN, UH, PROGRAM OFFERS $3 PER SQUARE FOOT.

UM, YOU CAN DO YOUR FRONT YARD, YOUR BACKYARD, UP TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET.

UM, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO APPLY IF YOU'VE GOT AN EVEN, UH, MORE GRASS THAN THAT, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO, ALLOWED TO APPLY EACH YEAR.

UM, SO REALLY, UH, YOU'RE ABLE TO PLACE YOUR ENTIRE, UM, LANDSCAPING WITH THIS PROGRAM.

UH, RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN GRANT FUNDS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO OFFER $5 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES.

UM, SO ANY OF THE CITY PROPERTIES THAT NEED TO, UM, REPLACE THEIR TURF, UH, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR $5 PER SQUARE FOOT.

AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER BEEN.

AND SO WE'RE, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN, UH, MARINA BUREAU WHO HAVE, WHO MANAGED PROPERTIES.

WE'RE TALKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS FUNDING TO, UH, HELP CONVERT A LOT OF THE, UH, PUBLIC TURF.

AND I, I'M GONNA TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT LATER.

UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT.

THE, UH, GRANT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THAT.

UH, SO FOR RESIDENTIAL, HOWEVER, IT'S, UH, UP TO, UH, $1,500, UH, FOR A LANDSCAPE DESIGN THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE.

UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO DO THIS.

THEY WANT TO DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEY WANT TO SAVE WATER ON THEIR, UH, SAVE MONEY ON THEIR WATER BILL, BUT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, OR THEY'RE NOT REALLY DIY PEOPLE.

AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT FOR, BY HELPING THEM TO PAY FOR A PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE DESIGNER, IT SOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS, UM, AND MAKES SURE THAT THEY HAVE A, A BEAUTIFUL YARD, UH, AT THE END OF, UH, A PRO A PROJECT, UH, ENSURES THAT THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS

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THAT WE WANT THEM TO MEET AS FAR AS STORMWATER RETENTION, PICKING THE RIGHT NATIVE PLANTS, THE RIGHT SPACING, THE RIGHT IRRIGATION.

UM, AND SO, UH, WE, WE OFFER A UP TO $1,500 FOR A PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE DESIGNER REIMBURSEMENT.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT TOO.

UM, BUT I MENTIONED THE TREE INCENTIVE IS ALSO NEW, A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TREE.

UH, IF A CUSTOMER WANTS TO PLANT UP TO FIVE TREES IN THEIR YARD, UH, THEY CAN GET $500 FOR THAT.

AND SO I TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN REIMBURSEMENT AND, AND REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT HAS BEEN A DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE AND PAY, UM, PAY OFF AS FAR AS WHAT IT OFFERS TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

UH, WE NOW HAVE A VETTED LIST OF, UH, ABOUT 20, UH, LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS.

AND SO THAT THEY, THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRICE RANGES FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, AND HELPS PRO PROMOTE, PROMOTE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, LOCAL LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS.

AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S, IT'S OFFERING PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE TO CUSTOMERS WHO REALLY WANT SOMEBODY TO HELP WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE.

'CAUSE IT IS A, A BIG EFFORT.

UH, AND AS I MENTIONED, IT'S UP TO, UH, $1,500 PER SQUARE, UH, $1,500 PER PROJECT.

UH, AND HOW THAT'S CALCULATED IS 50 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT OF LANDSCAPE CONVERTED.

AND WE REALIZE THAT EVEN, UH, FOR SMALL PROJECTS THAT MAY BE TINY, UH, THERE'S STILL LIKE KIND OF AN UPFRONT COST FOR A DESIGNER TO SHOW UP AT YOUR DOOR AND DO THE WORK.

AND SO, UH, NO MATTER HOW SMALL YOUR PROJECT IS, WE FUND AT LEAST $500 FOR A LANDSCAPE DESIGNER.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, I, I TOUCHED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC AGENCIES AND, UH, THE CITY HELPING TO DO ITS PART IN REDUCING THE TURF OUT THERE.

UH, REALLY, UH, FROM A WATER EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, UM, THE INDUSTRY IS REALIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, LOW FLOW SHOWER HEADS ARE GREAT.

UH, HOMEOWNERS ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR PART AS FAR AS CHANGING OUT THEIR TURF.

BUT REALLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR US TO, TO REACH, UH, WATER EFFICIENCY, UH, GOALS FOR THE STATE IS FOR THE, UH, NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF, UH, AND COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC SPACES TO BE CONVERTED AS WELL.

AND SO LAST YEAR, UH, ASSEMBLY BILL 1572 WAS PASSED, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO BAN THE IRRIGATION OF NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF.

AND ESSENTIALLY, NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF IS, IS TURF THAT ISN'T USED FOR COMMUNITY PURPOSE OR RECREATIONAL PURPOSE.

AND SO YOU CAN ENVISION IN PUBLIC STREET MEDIANS OR JUST DECORATIVE TURF, UM, THAT'S WHAT IS, IS TARGETING.

AND SO THAT $5 PER SQUARE FOOT THAT WE NOW OFFER FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO HELP, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND MARINE BUREAU, ANYBODY WITHIN ANY ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE TURF TO REPLACE THAT, UM, BEFORE IT BECOMES A, UH, REQUIREMENT.

AND SO ON.

THE SLIDE OUTLINES THE TIMELINE.

THE STATE, UH, LEGISLATION HAS OUTLINED THAT BY 2027 PUBLIC PROPERTIES ACCEPT IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES HAVE TO COMPLY, UM, BY NOT IRRIGATING THEIR NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF ANYMORE OF 2028 THAT EXTENDS TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

2029 HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND 2031, UH, PUBLIC PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

UH, AND SO THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE FAR AWAY, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH TURF WE REALLY NEED TO TARGET.

AND SO, UH, THE WORK BEGINS NOW AS FAR AS, UM, TRYING TO, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND APPROACH TO REPLACING THE TURF, UH, CITYWIDE.

UH, SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEAN.

YOU WENT OVER THIS WHEN I CAME OVER TO UTILITIES, AND I TALK TO PEOPLE A LOT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANNA, THEY LET THEIR PARKWAY DIE.

SO WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO, UM, AT NO COST, PUT YOUR PARKWAY IN.

UM, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY THE, YOU CALLED IT THE PAINT BY NUMBER, RIGHT? MM-HMM, .

AND THE PROGRAM THAT IS DIRECT INSTALL GARDENS PROGRAM, THAT'S NO CHARGE, RIGHT? THAT'S NO CHARGE.

AND IT IS BASED ON INCOME QUALIFICATION.

AND SO WE HAVE A, A GRANT FUND THAT, UM, THAT PROVIDES THAT PROGRAM FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT QUALIFY.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? NO.

ASK A QUESTION.

UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, OFF THE TOPIC, BUT SOMETHING WE RUN INTO ALL THE TIME.

AND THAT IS, YOU'LL HAVE A CITY PROPERTY, LET'S SAY A PARK OR, OR A, LIKE A CENTER DIVIDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THERE WILL BE VERMIN INFESTED IN THAT AREA.

NOW THEY MIGRATE OVER TO A PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SYSTEM FOR THAT, UM, UH, IN THE PARK OR EVEN IN THE MEDIAN.

UM, PRM CAN CAN COVER THAT IT, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE CONVERSIONS, DO YOU EVER RUN INTO THAT ISSUE? AND IS THERE ANY POLICY IN PLACE? UH, I, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, I HAVEN'T RUN INTO THAT YET.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY ADDRESSING THAT, BUT I, I CAN ENVISION HOW, UM, CONVERTING TO THE, THE MORE NATIVE LANDSCAPES ACTUALLY INVITES CRITTERS.

UM,

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HOPEFULLY NOT VERMAN.

UH, BUT, BUT YEAH, FROM A A TURF STANDPOINT, UH, I THINK IT'S NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVEN'T RUN INTO THAT.

YEAH.

SO YEAH, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO.

UM, IF PRM ISN'T THE IDEAL, UM, DEPARTMENT FOR THAT, UM, MAYBE UTILITIES COULD BE, BUT, UH, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

COUNCILMAN ARANGA AND THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, WHAT DOES BACK START FOR, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY? AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINE, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S DEFINED BY A STATE STATUTE.

I THINK IT'S S SENATE BILL 5 35, I WANNA SAY THAT DEFINES THAT AND, UM, OPENS UP, UH, DIFFERENT CENSUS TRACKS TO GRANT FUNDING.

SO NOW THAT I KNOW THAT, WHAT QUALIFIES A PERSON TO APPLY FOR, FOR THIS PROGRAM QU UH, WHAT QUALIFIES A PERSON TO, TO APPLY FOR A WHICH PROGRAM? SORRY? YEAH.

FOR ANY OF THE PROGRAMS FOR, FOR THE BRAND, UH, NOT THE GARDEN.

SURE, SURE.

UM, SO, SO FOR THE LAWN OF GARDEN, IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY.

IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO APPLY.

UH, THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT IS, UH, INCOME QUALIFIED, UH, OF THE LANDSCAPING PROGRAMS WAS THE DIRECT INSTALL GARDEN PROGRAM.

AND THEN, UH, OUR TEAM CAN WORK WITH THE, THE RESIDENTS.

UH, BASICALLY THEY CAN, THEY CAN, UH, UH, VERIFY THEIR, THEIR QUALIFICATION THROUGH A VARIOUS DIFFERENT MEANS, UH, AND OUR, OUR TEAM CAN, CAN, UM, ASSIST THEM WITH THAT.

IS THERE A, UH, A LINK THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO TO, UH, APPLY OR GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS? YES.

UH, SO I, I CAN PROVIDE LINKS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I PROBABLY SHOULD PROVIDE THAT IN THE, THE PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH THE LINKS FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS, EACH OF THE ICONS THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PRESENTATION.

THAT WOULD HELP.

UH, I, I HAVE A, A NEWSLETTER, SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR ME TO PUT OUT THERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE HAVE QR CODES TOO, SO I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE CODES.

GREAT.

IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT TO ALL OF US, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.

ABSOLUTELY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I WILL SAY I HAD A LEAK NOTIFICATION, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO FIND MY LEAK , AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S WITH PIPES BROKEN UNDER UNDERGROUND.

THAT'S GOOD.

SO YEAH, WE, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM CUSTOMERS, UM, REALLY APPRECIATIVE AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND A BENEFIT TO OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TODAY, DEAN, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE LINKS SO WE CAN SHARE IT WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

AFTERNOON.

WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

NOW I HAVE A QUESTION.

MY NAME IS CLAIRE NELSON.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF BRIDGEPORT, HOA, IN CHRISTINA'S AREA.

AND MY QUESTION IS FOR DEAN, BECAUSE I CAME OUT FOR THIS PROGRAM, THANKS TO YOUR NEWSLETTER.

AND THE QUESTION IS, HOAS, BECAUSE I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICE, AND I FIND IT COMPLICATED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW AN HOA CAN WORK WITH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS ODD SPACE BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU, CLAIRE, FOR, UM, ASKING THAT YOU WANNA GO OVER HERE AND ANSWER.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS, UM, YOUR HOA DIFFERENT THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? THAT IS CORRECT.

I'M INVOLVED IN BOTH, BUT YES, THIS IS ON BEHALF OF OUR HOA BRIDGEPORT GREAT FOURTH AND PARK.

SO I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, AS PART OF THE AB 1572 OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, H HOAS WERE ON THERE.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HELP HOAS AND, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THEM.

AND AS PART OF THAT, WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO REACH OUT TO JUST DO A STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO, TO SEE WHAT WOULD BEST HELP HOAS.

UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, WHAT WE CAN OFFER RIGHT NOW IS, UM, SOMEONE FROM MY STAFF, UM, DANNY LIMA, SHE'S, SHE'S GREAT.

SHE'S, SHE'S BEEN DOING OUTREACH TO HOAS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS, UM, YOU HAVE TO GET THE, THE HOA TO AGREE TO, YOU KNOW, DO IT RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE THE ONES PAYING THE WATER BILL AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUR DIRECT CUSTOMER IN THAT SENSE.

UM, SO YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THE HOA AND WHEN I MENTIONED JAN LIMA, SHE'S VERY GOOD AND VERY PERSUASIVE.

AND SO IF YOU'D LIKE HER TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOUR HOA AT A HOA MEETING, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE DETAILS, UH, UH, TIME AND PLACE FOR THAT, AND, AND WE CAN COME DO THAT.

I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE HOA, SO I WILL REACH OUT TO HER AND SEE IF WE CAN SCHEDULE HER TO COME TO, UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

ALRIGHT, READY TO GO TO THE VOTE? YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CLAIRE.

THANK YOU, DEAN.

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MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM, ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE TERMINAL ISLAND FREEWAY TRANSITION PLAN.

SORRY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION?

[3. 24-54968 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Terminal Island Freeway Transition Plan. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

YES.

SO WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DIRECTOR.

I'M ERIC LOPEZ.

I'M, AND I'M, I'M SORRY.

REAL QUICK.

WE STILL NEED A SECOND.

OH, THANK YOU.

UM, SO THEY NEED NO INTRODUCTION, BUT I'LL INTRODUCE THEM.

, UH, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UM, ERIC LOPEZ AND OUR ADVANCED PLANNING OFFICER, ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ LOPEZ.

AND, UH, TOGETHER THEY HAVE, UH, THIS UPDATE ABOUT THE, UM, TI FREEWAY PROJECT IN COUNCIL MEMBER YOGOS DISTRICT.

AND, UH, CREATE AN INTEGRATION, UM, OF THE RENEWED, UH, REDEVELOPED, UH, GREEN SPACE, UM, BOTH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE, UM, AS ENVISIONED, UM, TO, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

UH, THIS WILL BE, UH, SHORT AND HOPEFULLY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION ON, UH, THE GREEN ISLAND, THE GREEN TERMINAL ISLAND TRANSITION PLAN.

SO, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY FIRST ABOUT THE FREEWAY.

UH, HISTORICALLY, TERMINAL ISLAND ITSELF HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS I RATTLESNAKE ISLAND AND FAMILY TERMINAL ISLAND AS OF 1918.

THROUGHOUT THE EARLIEST 20TH CENTURY, TERMINAL ISLAND HAS BEEN HOSTED A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL USES, SUCH AS POWER PLANTS AND MANUFACTURING, ORIGINALLY REFERRED TO AS THE INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY.

THE TI FREEWAY WAS BUILT IN 1947 BY THE US NAVY TO UPGRADE ACCESS TO THE PORTS IN THE NAVAL SHIPYARD, CONNECTING ALL THE WAY TO THE I 10.

IN 1982, STATE ROUTE 47 WAS REROUTED ONTO ALAMEDA BOULEVARD, AND THE PORTION OF THE FREEWAY THAT REMAINED HERE WAS REROUTED RENAMED TO ROUTE 1 0 3, THUS SCRAPING PLANS TO CONNECT THIS HIGHWAY TO LOS ANGELES PROPER.

IN 2000, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TOOK OVER THE SEGMENT OF THE FREEWAY NORTH OF PCH, UM, TERMINATING AT WILLOW.

AND IN 2013, THE CITY WAS AWARDED A CALTRANS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT TO CREATE A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE CITY SEC, THE CITY OWNED PORTION OF THE FREEWAY, WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY RECEIVED AND FILED BY COUNSEL IN 2015.

TODAY, THE TERMINAL ISLAND FREEWAY ABUTS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY, ALSO KNOWN AS SKI THE EDISON RIGHT OF WAY TO THE WEST, WEST LONG BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS TO THE EAST, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH TO THE SOUTH IN THE INTERM MORTAL CONTAINER TRANSFER FACILITY, OR ICTF TO THE NORTH.

AS MENTIONED, AT THE END OF 2015, THE CITY FINALIZED A GREEN TI TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH PROPOSED NEW PARK AND GREEN SPACE ALONG THE FREEWAY TO BUFFER ADJACENT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THAT ARE EXISTING WHILE INTRODUCING NEW LAND USES AND POSSIBLE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING NATIVE HABITAT, URBAN FORESTS AND WETLANDS, NATIVE GARDENS, AND MEADOWS COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND INTRODUCING PEDESTRIAN PAILS, BIKE TRAILS, PLAYGROUNDS, OVERLOOKS, AND OTHER AMENITIES.

ULTIMATELY, THIS PLAN ESTABLISHED A SIX, A LIST OF SIX PRIORITY GOALS BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY, PREVENTING OVERFLOW FREEWAY TRAFFIC INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, NOISE QUIETING AND REDUCTION OF FREEWAY INTRUSION ONTO WEST LONG BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS, LINKING THE RESIDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS, INTRODUCING PEDESTRIAN AND BYPASS AMENITIES, AND OF COURSE, CALMING TRAFFIC.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE OVERALL SITE PLAN EXHIBIT THAT IDENTIFIED THE PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PLAN.

THE PROPOSED GREEN SPACE SERVES AS A BUFFER FROM ADJACENT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AND ALLOWS FOR EXCITING NEW USES.

THE PROGRAM CHAPS WERE BROKEN INTO THREE CATEGORIES, COMMUNITY GATHERING, PLAY IN FITNESS AND EDUCATION, AND E-LEARNING.

EACH TYPE WAS PLANNED TO BE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE THREE IDENTIFIED ENTRANCES, ALLOWING VISITORS QUICK ACCESS TO ACTIVITIES NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARRIVED.

THESE WERE HIGH LEVEL POTENTIAL PROGRAMMING OPTIONS THAT COMBINED COMMUNITY INPUT WITH BEST PRACTICES FOR LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND PARK PROGRAMMING, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN FULLY VETTED FOR THE FEASIBILITY.

UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, ERIC.

THANK YOU, ALEJANDRO.

UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES AT THIS SITE ARE, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY VAST.

UH, ALEJANDRO MENTIONED, UH, JUST SOME OF THE OPTIONS, UH, IDEAS THAT WERE, UM, DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE, UM, VISIONING PLAN.

UM, AND IT REALLY DOES CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO CONNECT, UH, THIS AREA THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN, UH, SEPARATED FROM THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY,

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SO, UH, THESE RENDERINGS WERE DONE AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL VISION PLAN.

UM, AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE PROCESS AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO PROCEED WITH PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK AND ENGINEERING WORK, UH, WE WOULD LOOK TO UPDATE, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME, SOME OF THESE RENDERINGS.

THERE ARE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME UP, UH, AFTERWARDS, LIKE MORE, UM, MORE, MORE LIGHTING, UM, MORE SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVE USES, UH, THAT WE CAN ENGAGE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE STREET THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS RENDERING IS, UH, HILL STREET.

HILL STREET DIRECTLY CONNECTS, UH, WITH HUDSON PARK, UH, WITH, UH, CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WITH ADMIRAL KID PARK.

AND THEN, UH, SANTA FE, UH, BOULEVARD IS, IS RIGHT THERE.

UH, AND THEN TO THE NORTH OF IT, THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, AS WELL.

AND THAT IS, UH, HUDSON, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO THERE ARE, UH, COMMUNITY SERVING FACILITIES, UM, UH, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND PARKS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT REALLY DOES CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT, UM, HILL STREET, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO THE, THE, UH, THIS AREA AND THAT WAS ENVISIONED AND RENDERED.

UM, AS PART OF THE, UH, ORIGINAL EFFORT, UM, I THINK IS VERY WELL KNOWN THAT THIS, UH, ROADWAY SEGMENT, UM, IS, UM, IN DISREPAIR.

UM, IT'S, UH, A DUMPING GROUND FOR ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS, INCLUDING, UM, UNAPPROVED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND OTHER DEBRIS.

UM, IT IS A MAGNET FOR GRAFFITI AND THEN OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO ADDRESS AS PART OF THIS, UH, UH, REINVESTMENT AND RENEWAL.

UM, THIS, UH, THIS, UH, UH, THIS AREA, UM, WAS, UH, HAD SEEN MORE TRAFFIC IN THE PAST, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF RAIL AND OTHER, UH, TRUCK ROUTES, UH, WE, WE, WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE OF THE, UH, HISTORIC USES.

UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOCATION REMAINS IN NEED OF A REVAMP AND IN NEED, UH, TO, UH, TO REALLY MODERNIZE IT, UH, TO TODAY.

SO I'M GONNA SHOW, UH, A FEW MORE SLIDES, BUT FIRST, UM, ALEJANDRO'S GONNA GO OVER THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

UM, SO UNSURPRISINGLY, IN THIS SIDE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT EXISTING CONDITIONS WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOGRAPHICS AND, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES.

UNSURPRISINGLY, THE WEST LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ABOUT 6.5% OF THE CITYWIDE POPULATION, BEARS A SIGNIFICANT POLLUTION BURDEN COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE CITY.

THE PROJECT AREA SHOWN HERE, CENSUS TRACKS ARE IN THE 96 PERCENTILE FOR CAL VIRUS GREEN, UM, A STATE MEASURE THAT EVALUATES THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS OF POLLUTION ACROSS THE STATE BASED ON THE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED FOR THE 2015 GREEN TI TRANSITION PLAN.

THE PROJECT AREA HAS NEARLY NINE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PARTICULAR MATTER AS 61.0 PER SQUARE MAR COMPARED, COMPARED TO 6.9 FOR LA COUNTY OVERALL.

FURTHERMORE, ON AVERAGE, RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HAVE FEWER ACRES OF PARK SPACE AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

OVERALL, WILL, THE CITY PROVIDED NEARLY SIX ACRES OF OPEN SPACE PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS.

WESTLAW BEACH HAS LESS THAN ONE ACRE PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS FOR REFERENCE.

THE 2022 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION AGENCY PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOUND THAT THE TYPICAL PARK AND RECREATION AREA AGENCY HAS ABOUT 10 ACRES OF PARK SPACE FOR EVERY 1000 RESIDENTS IN THEIR JURISDICTION.

ADDITIONALLY, A UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PROJECT AREA NOT SHOWN HERE IS THE ADJACENT CENTURY VILLAGES OF CABRILLO, A 27 ACRE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, WHICH CURRENTLY HOUSES ABOUT 1800 RESIDENTS.

IN 2023, THE CITY APPROVED THE NEW CENTURY VILLAGES.

THAT COULD BE YOUR MASTER PLAN, WHICH PROJECTS A GREATER BUILDUP FOR, UM, THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX.

THE FULL BUILDUP OF THE PLAN WOULD EXPAND THE CENTURY VILLAGES, SO A TOTAL OF 1,380 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, A MORE THAN 60% INCREASE COMPARED TO WHAT IS THERE TODAY.

THIS IS BOTH A TREMENDOUS HOUSING RESOURCE FOR WEST LONG BEACH, AND ALSO INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITY AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE GREEN TI TRANSITION PLAN.

I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ERIC.

THE, UM, THE, UH, PROJECT, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO, UH, TRY TO PICK UP ON THE EFFORTS ON THE PREVIOUS EFFORTS, UH, FROM THE CITY TEAM.

UH, A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS PROJECT AS ONE OF OUR ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN PROJECTS.

AND WE HAVE $150,000 AS, UH, SET ASIDE AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, JUST ADOPTED.

SO THAT'S SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP AS WE, UH, REALLY

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INCREASE OUR EFFORTS, UH, TO, UM, TO, UH, IDENTIFY AND, UM, AND SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING, UH, WE DID, UM, APPLY TO THE FISCAL YEAR 23 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT SELECTED FOR THAT ONE.

UM, BUT, UH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AN APPLICATION, UM, AND COMPETE FOR IT.

AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR A EARMARK THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

BUT THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE, THOSE THAT HAPPENS A LOT WHERE I, UM, WE, WE MAKE A PITCH AND SOMETIMES WE'RE, WE'RE SUCCESSFUL AND SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT.

UM, BUT THE, THE FACT THAT, UH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITY ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS AND PART OF THE WEST SIDE PROMISE, UH, PROGRAM, UM, IT REALLY IS HELPING US TO, UH, BE MORE COMPETITIVE.

UM, I, I THINK THE TEAMS HAVE REALIZED THAT WE DO NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL PLANNING WORK AND ENGINEERING WORK THAT WILL HELP US BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN OUR GRANT, UH, PURSUITS.

UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON, UM, SHOWN HERE ARE FOUR EXAMPLES OF OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL THAT CAN HELP AND THAT WE, UH, PLAN TO PURSUE, UM, AS, UH, AS THE PROJECT GETS TO A POINT WHERE IT'LL BE MORE COMPETITIVE, UH, FOR THESE, UH, FOR THESE FUNDING SOURCES.

UM, THERE, THERE IS A, A CURRENT GRANT THAT ARE, THAT, UH, THE CITY, UH, IS PURSUING.

UH, THERE IS A PLANNING APPLICATION IN, UH, OR BEING PREPARED FOR THE EPA COMMUNITY CHANGE GRANT, UM, THAT WILL HELP, UH, US RESTART THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, CONNECT WITH THE WEST SIDE PROMISE, AND CONDUCT SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS.

UH, WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, WORKING HARD ON.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO, UM, WE ALSO NEED TO STEP UP OUR EFFORTS IN COORDINATING WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, PARTNER, UH, AGENCIES AND PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CARSON, LA, THE PORTS OF LONG BEACH AND, AND LOS ANGELES.

UM, AND, UH, REALLY WE WANNA, WE WANNA ENGAGE AND, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF THEIR, THE NECESSARY TRANSITION OF THIS ROADWAY NETWORK TO A MORE COMMUNITY SERVING, UH, ROADWAY.

UM, AND WE DO ENVISION THE NEED FOR, UH, A ROBUST, UH, COMMUNITY AND, UH, STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH PROCESS AS WE HAVE, UH, MORE MATERIALS AND HOPEFULLY WE GET THIS NEXT GRANT AND, AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO, TO THE NEXT STEPS IN, IN, IN THIS PROCESS.

UH, SO, UH, PART OF THE, OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW, UH, INCLUDE, UM, THE, UH, A MAP OF THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE AND AUTHORITIES THAT HAVE JURISDICTION.

UM, THERE IS A RAILROAD, UH, TRACK RIGHT ADJACENT TO THESE FACILITIES.

THERE ARE, UH, FLOOD CONTROL, UM, ELEMENTS.

THERE ARE, UM, OTHER UTILITIES THAT HAVE EASEMENTS, UM, AND, UM, AND THUS, UH, SOME FORM OF JURISDICTION, UH, OVER THIS AREA THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY STUDIED AND PLANNED AND PLANNED OUT.

UM, THERE'S ALSO COORDINATION WITH OUR FREIGHT, UH, PARTNERS.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, FOLKS LIKE THE ICTF RAIL YARD, OUR UNION PACIFIC, AND BNSF, UH, RAILWAYS, UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE THERE BEING COORDINATION MEETINGS, UH, WITH THEM, UH, AND, UH, THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON WHERE THEY SHOULD GUIDE THEIR PARTNERS AND THEIR OPERATIONS.

UH, ONCE THIS ROADWAY IS, UH, FULLY TRANSITIONED TO A MORE LOCAL, UH, ROADWAY, UH, NETWORK, UM, WE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S AS LITTLE OF, UM, OF, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S AS MUCH OF UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE CHANGE, UH, AS POSSIBLE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, SEQUIN, NPA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, UH, DOCUMENTATION'S GONNA BE A CRITICAL PART.

WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL OR REGIONAL FUNDS WILL, UH, WILL HELP, UH, FUND THIS, UH, DOES THE NEED TO, UH, TO, UH, COMPLETE THE REVIEW, UH, AT BOTH THE SQL AND NEPA UH, LEVELS.

UM, AND THEN, UM, AS, AS WE PROCEED WITH, UH, WITH THE INITIAL, UH, DESIGN AND ENGINEERING PROCESSES, WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP, UH, MORE, UH, ROUGH ORDER MAGNITUDE COST ESTIMATES FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF, OF WHAT'S, UH, OF WHAT'S BEING PLANNED.

THAT'S WHAT'S BEING ENVISIONED.

SO, UH, THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

ALEJANDRO, CHRISTOPHER AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND, UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I AM GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO COUNCILMAN ARANGA.

I'M SURE HE HAS SOME QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

OBVIOUSLY, SOMEHOW QUESTIONS RISE UP.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THAT SECTION NORTH OF PCH

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THAT TOOK PLACE BACK IN WHAT, 2000 IN 23? NO, 15, 2015.

AND, UH, WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THAT APPARENTLY.

UH, THE CITY OF LA IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAVING THE, UH, THOMAS BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE, AND I WERE LOOKING AT USING THE 1 0 3 AS AS A DETOUR FOR SOME OTHER BUSES.

SO APPARENTLY IT HASN'T BEEN DECOMMISSIONED, BUT YET THAT STATEMENT OF THE, OF THE FREEWAY IS IN TOTAL DISREPAIR.

AND WE DIDN'T CALL IT A APART.

THERE SHOULD BE NO VEHICLES BY TRUCKS, VERY KNOW WHERE THAT, BUT THERE ARE.

SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW IN, IN REGARDS TO TOTALLY DECOMMISSIONING THAT PORTION OF THE FREEWAY AND INITIATING OUR, OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN? YEAH, SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE DETAIL QUESTION.

UM, SO WHEN WE USE THE WORD DECOMMISSION, UH, IN, IN THIS SENSE, THE JURISDICTION AND THE PROPERTY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM CALTRANS TO THE CITY, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP BEING A TRUCK ROUTE.

SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, AND, AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE, THE, UH, DIALOGUE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN LA BUT FOR THE MOMENT TODAY, THIS IS STILL A TRUCK ROUTE.

IT'S JUST ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY AND NO LONGER BY THE STATE, BY CALTRANS.

SO THE GOAL IS TO CONVERT THIS INTO A PARK ROAD, UM, SURROUNDED BY PARK AND OPEN SPACE, WHICH WOULD NOT BE A TRUCK ROUTE.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL.

WE ALL AGREE ON THE GOAL, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

SO I THINK WHAT THE TEAM WAS TRYING TO PRESENT TO YOU IS WE WANNA TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.

IT'S GONNA TAKE AT LEAST $10 MILLION JUST TO DO THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE PLANNING, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, 30 TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD IT.

SO THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THOSE, UH, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, WHICH WHY WE'VE APPLIED FOR GRANTS.

WE WERE DISAPPOINTED NOT TO GET THE GRANT FROM DOT, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE, UH, WITH THE GRANT THAT WE'RE APPLYING, UM, TO EPA IMMINENTLY, I THINK IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE WEEKS HERE.

UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO REPORT BACK, UH, EARLY NEXT CALENDAR YEAR ON, ON WHETHER WE RECEIVE THAT GRANT OR NOT.

WELL KEEP AT IT, KEEP FIGHTING FOR THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE TOOK THEM ANYTHING NEED IT.

THE WEST ALL BEACH AREA NEEDS IT, UH, AS IT WAS REPORTED.

UH, THE WEST ALL BEACH AREA IS STARVING FOR OPEN SPACE, AND THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PROJECT, UH, TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.

ALSO, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, PROJECT THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, HANDLED, UH, BACK IN 20 14 15, THE MOBILITY PROJECT, THERE WAS A BIG DOCUMENT THAT CAME INTO PLACE.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS HAS RESURFACED BECAUSE I WAS THERE, I REMEMBER PARTICIPATING WITH THAT, AND THEN IT WAS SORT OF A SHELVED AND I WANTED TO RESURRECT IT.

AND SO WE WERE RESURRECTED IN.

I WANTED BACK THANK THE MAYOR FOR CREATING THE WEST SIDE PROMISE THAT ADDS THIS PORTION OF THE FREEWAY AS PART OF THAT ELEMENT 28 PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

BUT, UH, THE, UH, THE CHAIR MENTIONED TO ME EARLIER, $150,000 IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO FINANCE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO I, AGAIN, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THESE OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES OR SOURCES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A, A VIABLE PROJECT IN PLACE WITHIN A FEW YEARS AND IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME.

SO THAT CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS, LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND IT INCLUDES SO MUCH FOR OPEN SPACE.

I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.

IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

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NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

BUT I DO WANNA THANK ALL THREE OF YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THIS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, UM, I THINK WE NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

THANK

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Climate, Environment, and Coastal Protection Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]

YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

MY NAME'S CAPTAIN TED ZELMER, JR.

A FORMER RETIRED GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY, WITH THE CITY, THE AQUARIUM STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WITH A GOOD REPUTATION LEFT BEHIND.

WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY BARBARA FAYE, WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY IN THE FORMER MAYOR BEVERLY O'NEILL, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CONCERNS.

AND I'M HERE TODAY INSTRUCTED TO BY TODD LELAND AND BRIAN PLANT, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MARINA AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PORT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING SEA RISE ISSUES AND OUR COASTAL EROSION.

WE'RE SOON TO LOSE OUR MARINE STADIUM, WHICH IS AN OLYMPIC VENUE, AND THIS BIG EQUIPMENT HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET UNDERNEATH THE PIER.

AND I HAD PROPOSED A WHILE BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOTION TO ADDRESS MATTERS AND WITH THEM BUILDING THE NEW PIER AND ALL THAT, WE WERE GONNA CUT OFF THE OLD ONE.

AND I THINK YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT.

YOU GOT YOUR COPIES AND I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT WE PLAN NOW ON KEEPING THE OLD PIER.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH I DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH COPY JUST TODAY, HOPEFULLY CHRISTINA, YOU HAVE THIS COPY.

I DESIGNED THIS WITH TODD LELAND AND BRIAN PLANT OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO GET THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT UNDERNEATH THE PIERS SO WE CAN ADDRESS MATTERS IMMEDIATELY REGARDING COASTAL EROSION THAT'S OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M BLESSED TO BE THE GUY THAT GOT TO PAINT THE FLAG AT THE BAIT SHACK THERE AT THE PIER, AND WE DEMONSTRATED NICELY ON JULY 4TH, THE NOTION OF SALVAGING THAT PORTION OF PIER AND DEDICATING IT TO THE VETERANS.

I CAME HERE THE LAST MINUTE TODAY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE MEETING, AND LAST TIME YOU HAD A MEETING WAS THREE MONTHS AGO.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS MATTERS NOW.

CHRISTINA, I'VE REACHED OUT TO YOU IN YOUR DISTRICT OFFICE A TIME OR TWO, BUT I DON'T GET A POSITIVE RESPONSE.

YOU GUYS ARE BUSY AND I'VE BEEN LETTING YOU BE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

SO WITH BRIAN PLANT AND WITH TODD LELAND, THEY'VE ASKED ME TO COME ON AS ADVISORY WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH SOME GOOD SOLUTIONS TO CREATE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES FOR OUR CITY AND OUR OLYMPIC VENUE, MARINE STADIUM, NOW AT RISK WITH SEA RISE VERSUS EMERGENCY MEASURES.

I'M CAPABLE OF DOING IT.

THEY'VE ASKED ME TO HELP HIM OUT AND THIS IS DAY ONE OF BEGINNING THE PROCESS.

I JUST MET WITH TODD A COUPLE DAYS BACK.

BRIAN LAST WEEK CAME TO VISIT THERE AT THE PIER.

YOUR TIME IS CONCLUDED.

AND WITH THESE IMPORTANT MATTERS, I'M SORRY I COULDN'T GET IT DONE IN THREE MINUTES, BUT I'LL LEAVE THREE MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS.

THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR COMMENTS TODAY, AND I THINK THAT WRAPS UP OUR MEET THAT WRAPS UP OUR MEETING.