* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] . UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE STUDY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR DECEMBER 12TH, 2024. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER BERGON BERG. COMMISSIONER ELLIS, YOU CAN JUST SAY HERE. HERE. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. COMMISSIONER HANKS. HERE. COMMISSIONER HER HERE. COMMISSIONER RO. COMMISSIONER MARK HERE. COMMISSIONER TOCAL, VICE CHAIR GATING HERE. UM, COMMISSIONER WHEELER HERE. UM, CHAIR GATING HERE WE HAVE QUORUM. I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO INTRODUCE OUR TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COMMISSION. HI, I'M YVETTE ELLIS. UM, I AM COMMISSIONER. UH, MY DAY JOB IS I'M THE CO-FOUNDER OF AT CHARTER HEALTH EXPLORING CHARTER STATION. SO, KNOW LOT AND LOTS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF EV CHARTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TRAINING WHATEVER HELP EXPERTISE I CAN, UM, IN THE SUSTAINABILITY SPACE. UH, TO, HI, I'M PEARL HANKS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE. UH, I'M A GEOLOGIST AND A HYDROLOGIST. HAPPY WE PARTNER. THANK YOU. UH, FOR THE RECORD MEMBERS, UH, ADAM , DONNA BERG, KURT RO AND RAY GONZALEZ ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? NO. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, UH, CLERK, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SO MOVED. SECOND FOR THE RECORD. WE SECONDED. I DO. UH, COMMISSIONER. THANKS. COMMISSIONER HANK, THANK YOU. SPOKE BEFORE. CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR, UH, 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 STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, COURT, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALICE, YOU CAN SAY I OR YES. AYE. I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO WORRIES. I HEAR YES. AYE. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER HANKS. AYE. COMMISSIONER HURD? AYE. COMMISSIONER MARSH? AYE. COMMISSIONER WHEELER? AYE. COMMISSIONER GAINES? YES. UM, CHAIR GATING GOOD. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON WASTE TRANSPORTATION AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SEVEN MINUTES. SECOND FOR THE RECORD, ALEX COMMISSIONER, HER AND MS. COMMISSIONER WAL? YES. THANK YOU. REPORT OR PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? GREAT, THANK YOU. YES. UH, MR. SO WE, UH, HAVE A FEW STAFF MEMBERS HERE TODAY TO PRESENT. UM, THIS IS OUR, OUR BIG AGENDA ITEM FOR THE DAY. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TWO, UH, SECTORS WHO HAVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WASTE, AND TRANSPORTATION. SO WE WILL START OFF HEARING ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND, UH, WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT WASTE AND TRANSPORTATION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S IN THE PLAN IN ORDER TO REDUCE EMISSION. AND THEN WHAT ACCOMPLISHMENT WERE DONE LAST YEAR IN THE 2023 ANNUAL REPORT. THAT WILL BE ON ANDREA . AND THEN FOR OUR EMERGING ISSUES, WE HAVE TWO GUEST SPEAKERS TODAY. ONE, UH, AARON ROLAND FROM PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU, TALKING ABOUT OUR ORGANIC, UH, WASTE OR, UH, ORGANIC COLLECTIONS PROGRAM. AND JAMES FROM ENERGY RESOURCES TALKING ABOUT BEING SERVED, DECOMMISSIONING. SO, UH, VERY HAPPY FOR THEM TO BE HERE TODAY. AND THEN WE WILL END ON, UM, HEARING, UH, SOME OF THE UPCOMING ALL ACTION ITEMS, THE DEPARTMENT ON WASTE TRANSPORTATION. SO, UM, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO, AS ALWAYS KIND GO OVER LIKE OUR WASTE ACTION ITEMS AND THE PURPOSE OF THEM. AND WE'RE GONNA DO OUR TRANSPORTATION. [00:05:01] SO THE MAIN GOAL OF OUR, UH, WASTE IS TO MAKE SURE LONG USE A ZERO WASTE CITY. UM, HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT IS MAKE SURE WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED IS RECYCLED. AND WHENEVER ORGANIC WASTE WE HAVE, WE USE IT FOR COMPOSTING OR NEW CLEAN ENERGY GENERATION. AND THEN, SO THE MAIN ACTION ITEMS, WE HAVE FOUR MAIN ACTION ITEMS ARE SUB ACTION ITEMS WITHIN EACH. UH, SO WE WANNA ENSURE WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAWS. WE, UH, OUR ESP TEAM, UH, CALL ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION. WE HAVE A PARTNER GREAT, UH, PRIVATE WASTE TOLERANCE TO EXPAND WASTE COLLECTION AND FIND MORE WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS. AND WITH ALL OUR ACTIONS WE HAVE, UH, CO-BENEFITS. SOME, SOME OF THE CO-BENEFITS IS TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS ARE DECREASED SINCE, UH, WE DO IT MORE LOCALLY. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE TRANSPORTING, UH, THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. WE'LL HAVE, UH, MORE LIKE INCREASED POTENTIAL USE OF WASTE PRODUCTS, UH, MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND YOU'LL BE COMPLIANT WITH STATE BOX. AND AS WITH, UM, EVERYTHING WE IN OUR CAP, WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYTHING EQUITABLY. UH, SO HOW WE CAN, UH, DO THAT IS WE WANNA PRIORITIZE, UM, THOSE FAVORS MOST IMPACTED BY WASTE, UH, BY HAVING MORE OUTREACH, MORE MULTILINGUAL OUTREACH AND, UH, KIND OF TARGETING, UH, BOTH BUSINESSES LIKE FAMILY AND RESIDENTIAL TENANTS. AND WE WANNA FIND SIGHTING FOR AN ORGANIC WASTE THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LENS. SO NEXT, UM, UM, MAIN, UM, ACTION. WE COME AS TRANSPORTATION. SO, UH, THAT IS OUR BIGGEST, UH, EMITTER. SO DEFINITELY THAT'S THE ONE WE HAVE THE LEAST CONTROL OVER AS A CITY, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT WE CAN. UH, SO THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, PORTABLE, SAFE, CARBON FREE TRANSPORTATION. AND WE'RE CONNECTING LONG BEACH, MORE, UH, KIND OF CLOSER TOGETHER SO WE HAVE LESS RELIANCE ON, UH, SINGLE TRIP VEHICLES. WE HAVE MORE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE LANES, AND WE HAVE, UH, BOTH ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES AND WE PRIORITIZE TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE HAVE NINE MAIN ACTION ITEMS IN THIS. AND AGAIN, IT KIND OF JUST TIES INTO ON EXPAND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDESTRIAN BIKEWAY. UH, WE WANNA, UH, MARK FOR JUST, UH, DID A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR, UH, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CASH AND THEIR PORT LONG BEACH CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM. WE WANT AN, UH, EV MASTER PLAN, UM, FOR MORE EV CHARGING, UM, AROUND THE CITY. AND, UH, WE DO UPDATING AND REZO PLANS AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S MORE DENSE, AGAIN, MIXED LAND USE IN THE CITY. AND WITH ALL THIS, WE WOULD HAVE LESS VEHICLE MILES, TRAVEL LESS CRASHES, LESS TRAFFIC CLEANER AIR, BETTER PUBLIC HEALTH. UM, WE WILL HAVE MORE WALKABILITY, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD , UM, AND MORE EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES. AND, UH, SO WITH THIS AS WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING EQUITABLY. SO WE WANNA GIVE ANY LOW INCOME TRANSIT RIDER, UH, MORE IMPROVED TRANSIT SERVICES, UH, MORE, UM, ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, WE WANT EQUITABLE EV INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOW COST OR NO COST ON RE SHARING AND EXPANDING OF OUR AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS. SO, UH, WE KIND OF WANNA RECAP BRIEFLY WHAT, UM, OUR TEAMS AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE, UM, UM, IN 2023. UH, SO, UM, OUR A SB TEAM, WHICH IS HERE WILL BE SPEAKING, UH, RECEIVED AN EDUCATION OUTREACH GRANT. UM, AND, UH, THAT WILL, THAT WENT TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AMBASSADORS AND RECYCLING CAMPAIGN. AND MORE FOCUS GROUPS PROVIDE CULTURALLY IMPORTANT FOOD WASTE PREVENTION AND WASTE REDUCTION OUTREACH. THEY ALSO HAD A LOT OF WORKSHOPS AND TABLING EVENTS. UM, THEY HAD COMPOST RECYCLING AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, UM, THAT HELPED SUPPORT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND TAUGHT AND TRAINED 59 COMPOST RECYCLING VOLUNTEERS. UM, ESB ALSO SPEND THEIR COMMERCIAL ORGANICS PROGRAM AND, UM, AND IMPLEMENT AN EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM IN COMPLIANCE 13. UM, WHEN WE TRANSPORTATION, WE SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE PORT, UH, HAS THEIR OWN, UH, CAP, THAT THEY DO A LOT OF WORK TO GET US CLOSER TO, UH, DECREASE OUR EMISSIONS. SO THEY COLLECTED $130 MILLION FOR THE CLEAN TRUCK FUND, UM, WHICH KIND OF INCENTIVIZES, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, UH, TENANTS THERE TO HAVE ZERO EFFICIENT TRUCKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION. AND, UH, UP TO, UH, IN 2023, WE HAVE UP TO 213 0 EMISSION TRUCKS. AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WHICH DEALS WITH, UH, REZONING, UM, AND OUR EV PERMITTING FOR, UM, RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, [00:10:01] UH, BUSINESSES, UM, HAS STREAMLINED THE PROCESS. SO THERE WAS A LOT MORE EV PERMITTING POSSIBLE, AND THEY ISSUED 203 EV CHARGER PERMITS. AND OUR GREEN FLEET, WHICH IS OUR FINANCIAL, UM, MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, FLEET SERVICES IS ONE OF THE TOP IN THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS GREEN FLEETS. AND, UH, THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE THEIR ALTERNATIVE FUEL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE LOWER OR ZERO EMISSION, UH, VEHICLES. AND THEY ALSO UPDATED MORE EV CHARGING, UH, FOR THE CARS THAT THEY HAVE AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, OF REZONING. UM, THEY UPDATED A LOT OF PLANS AND REZO, UH, MORE AREA FOR DENSITY AND MIXED LAND USES. UM, THEY UPDATED PLANS SUCH AS THE, UH, SHORELINE, DOWNTOWN SHORELINE, AND THEN CORRIDOR UPTOWN PLANNING AND DOWNTOWN PLAN DEVELOPMENT . AND SO NOW I WILL PASS IT OVER TO ERIC WHO, OUR . YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING GUYS. THANKS FOR HAVING US. UM, AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS AARON ROLAND. I'M JUST GONNA GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS PROGRAM, WHAT WE'VE DONE TODAY, AND KIND OF GOT SOME LATER ON PRESENTATION OF WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. SO THIS SLIDE HERE JUST PROVIDES JUST AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. UM, IF FOLKS LIVE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF OUR PROGRAM, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED, OR YOU HOPEFULLY ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR CART FOR THE PROGRAM. UM, WE ROLLED OUT GREEN CARTS TO ABOUT 8,000 HOMES IN OCTOBER. UM, AT THE SAME TIME WE SWAPPED OUT PURPLE CARTS THAT WERE USED FOR RECYCLING FOR OUR, UM, TO BLUE CARTS. THAT'S PART OF SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE LAW AND STANDARDIZING COLORED CARDS ACROSS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. UM, WE'RE IN KIND OF THE SECOND PART OF OUR PROGRAM EVALUATION EARLIER IN, WELL, I GUESS IN NOVEMBER WE DID SOME INITIAL REVIEWS OF BOOTS FLIPPING IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS VISUAL ROOTS ASSESSMENTS. AND WE'LL DO MORE OF THAT AGAIN IN JANUARY. AND WE TOLD US TO REALLY COME THROUGH A PLAN, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO JUST TO GO ITERATE, WE, UH, HAVE ABOUT 8,000 HOMES, BOTH SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY HOMES ACROSS LONG BEACH. UM, WE REALLY HAD TO LOOK THROUGH, UH, PROVIDING OUR PILOT OR ONE OF OUR FIRST PHASE. WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE BEGAN THIS PROGRAM THAT WE WERE COLLECTING MATERIAL. NOT EVERYONE IN LONG BEACH EQUALLY GENERATES YARD DEGREE. AND SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE WERE SENDING TRUCKS OUT TO CAPTURE MATERIAL WITH OUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, IT'S NOT THE SAME ACROSS THE CITY. WE KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM WILL SERVICE ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS EVENTUALLY, BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA BE SERVICING HOMES THAT DIDN'T GENERATE YOUR DEGREE, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST MATERIAL WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE AND THEN WASTE. UM, SO THE PROGRAM, AGAIN, THERE'S KIND OF A LITTLE MAP HERE, UM, BUT IF YOU ARE IN THE PILOT AREA, IF YOU'RE ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CAN CONNECT SLIDE YOU WANNA GO TO FOR, UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRILL DOWN. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VERSION. UM, YOU CAN TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS AND IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA CAME UP, IF YOU'RE NOT, IT'LL TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT. WE'RE ON THE PROGRAM SERVICE AREA RIGHT NOW. AND IN ORDER TO ROLL OUT THE PROGRAM, I'M GONNA FOCUS MORE ON THE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS THAT WE WENT UNDER. THERE'S PROBABLY AN EQUAL LEVEL OF PRESENTATION, OPERATIONAL, UM, UH, UM, OPERATIONAL KIND OF COMPONENT. BUT I'M GONNA FOCUS TODAY JUST ON OUR EDUCATION. SO ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PRIORITIES IS TO THINK THROUGH HOW ARE WE GONNA PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ALL OF OUR IMPACTED RESIDENTS. AS YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS HERE IN LONG BEACH. WE HELD OVER 117,000 ACCOUNTS. SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE SCALE THIS PROGRAM UP. SO WHAT WE DID, UM, IS THINK THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO TEST OUT OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS. WE DEVELOPED KIND OF A, A BASE LIKE WHAT IS EVERY ONE IN THE PROGRAM AND BIGGEST ONE GOING TO RECEIVE? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS LIST. EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST HERE TALKS ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE PRETTY MUCH A DIRECT MAILER OR MAYBE WERE DELIVERED AS PART OF FOLKS RECEIVING PARTS THEMSELVES. UM, DOING THAT TYPE OF OUTREACH ENSURES FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE, THE BEST WE CAN. IF EVERYONE GETS INFORMATION, WE KNOW MAIL IS STILL NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT IT'S, UH, THE MOST EFFECTIVE OPTION WE HAVE. SO EVERYONE RECEIVED THIS KIND OF BASELINE OF EDUCATION AND VERY NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE STARTED DOING DIFFERENT TYPES OF OUTREACH IN OTHER AREAS, UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK WHERE WE'VE DONE THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OUTREACH AND THEN MEASURE THAT AGAINST OTHER DATA PIECES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING TO REALLY SEE WHERE ARE WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF DIFFERENT METHODS, HOW DO WE SCALE THIS UPS CITYWIDE AND, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW [00:15:01] WE HOLD THIS OUT THROUGH 2025. SO THIS IS JUST A COPY. UM, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE DID, UM, HISTORICALLY, UH, I THINK IN THE CITY WE TEND TO SEND INFORMATION OUT MAYBE IN JUST ONE PRIMARY LANGUAGE, BUT, UM, WHILE WE INCLUDE ACCESS AND, YOU KNOW, GO TO THIS WEBSITE PAGE TO GET IT, UM, ANOTHER LANGUAGE OR CALL US OR EMAIL AND MAIL IT TO YOU, ALL OF OUR OUTREACH FOR THIS CAMPAIGN, UH, STARTED WITH A DUAL LANGUAGE APPROACH. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND UPON REQUEST, BUT THIS WAS A BIG CHANGE WE MADE AND WE'LL CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD JUST TO EASE ACCESS AND TO, YOU KNOW, REDUCE FOLKS FROM HAVING TO CALL, HAVING TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL STEP TO GET INFORMATION. UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THE DUAL LANGUAGE IN ONE, IN, IN ALL OF OUR, UH, MAILINGS DIRECTLY. UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO RESET FEEDBACK ON WHAT WORKED WITH THIS, WHAT DIDN'T WORK WITH THIS. UM, MY ASSUMPTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS THAT WE'LL FURTHER EVALUATE EVEN JUST THE DESIGN OF THIS. WE HAVE SOME CONSULTANTS THAT WILL HELP US TO MAYBE MAKE SOME, UH, MAKE THIS READING A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO THE EYE. BUT, UM, WE FELT REALLY GREAT ABOUT OUR FIRST APPROACH WITH THIS. WE DID GET REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK, UM, BUT WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO MORE FINE TUNING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, TO MAKE IT EASIER. AND THEN AS I ALLUDED TO, KIND OF ALL OF OUR INFORMATION IS ON CITI WEBSITE PAGES, UM, AND THERE'S WAYS TO ACCESS THAT THROUGH, THROUGH OUR, OUR WEBSITE AND, UH, OUR WEBSITE PAGES WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS WE ROLL OUT THIS PROGRAM AND LOOK AT MORE WAYS TO, UH, INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. SO IT CAN BE A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR THEM AS WELL. YEAH. ELSE KIND OF HIGH LEVEL I MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT, I'LL WAIT UNTIL THE BUDGET TEAM. HI. UH, MY NAME IS JANE HARRISON, INTER GENERATION BUREAU FOR KNOWN AS MANAGER UNDER THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ER, IT'S CLOSURE AND KIND OF WHAT'S NEXT FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN LONG BEACH. WE'LL START WITH KIND OF A BRIEF HISTORY, GO OVER SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES WE FACED, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO THE CLOSURE OF ER, THE PROCESS OF DECOMMISSIONING AND OUR FUTURE PLANS FOR THE SURF SITE, INCLUDING KIND OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. SO SURF WAS ESTABLISHED, UH, INITIALLY BY A JOINT POWER AUTHORITY BETWEEN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND LA COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS FROM THE TWO IN 1988 AS A WASTE ENERGY FACILITY LOCATED ON TERMINAL ISLAND IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. ITS PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO MANAGE MUNICIPAL WASTE THROUGH INCINERATION AND CONVERT IT INTO ELECTRICITY, MAKING IT A CRITICAL PIECE OF LONG BEACH IS WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE TOOL FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT. THE FACILITY WAS DESIGNED FOR A THIRD YEAR LIFESPAN AND OVER THE YEARS ACHIEVE KEY MILESTONES THAT WAS PROCESSING OVER 15 AND A HALF MILLION TONS OF, OF REFUSE AND SELLING OVER 7 MILLION MEGAWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY. UM, CITY ALSO SPENT 13.7 MILLION TO KEEP THE FACILITY OPERATIONAL BEYOND ITS PLAN CLOSURE DATE AND EXTEND THE LIFE OF SERVE WHILE PLANNING AND REVIEWING UPCOMING RECYCLING LAW CHANGES AND EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OVER ITS LIFETIME. UH, PRO SAY THAT SERVED AVOIDED AN ESTIMATED 37 MILLION TONS OF CO2 EQUIVALENTS MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO REDUCING THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. UM, C BASED FINANCIAL STRUGGLES IN THE RECENT YEARS, THOUGH DUE TO FIRST EXPIRATION OF A THIRD YEAR POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH UM, STE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON BACK IN 2018, THAT REALLY REDUCED, UM, A KEY REVENUE STREAM. UH, ANOTHER A SECOND, UM, STRUGGLE WAS DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL 1857, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT JANUARY OF 2023. THAT CHANGED THE STATE'S RECYCLING POLICIES AND AFFECTED BASICALLY BASED FACILITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. UM, AND THIRD, DUE TO THE FAILURES OF EQUIPMENT NEAR OR AT THE END OF ITS DESIGN LIFE, THE UNANTICIPATED OUTAGES RESULTED IN THIS FACILITY DOWNTIME AND CALLED FOR SIGNIFICANT UPDATES IN CAPITAL FOR A LONGER TERM OPERATION. SO ULTIMATELY MADE THE HARD DECISION SERVED WAS NO LONGER FINANCIALLY VIABLE AND CLOSED DOORS FOR GOOD ON JANUARY DURING FIRST 2024. UM, WITH THE CLOSURE OF SERVE, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME SHIFTS IN HOW WE HANDLE WASTE, UH, LOCAL WASTE THAT USED TO BE PROCESSED. THAT SERVE IS NOW GOING TO OTHER FACILITIES OR LANDFILLS, WHICH BRINGS ITS OWN CHALLENGES. UH, NOT ONLY DOES THIS INCREASE OVERALL TRANSPORTATION COSTS, BUT IT ALSO RAISES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AS [00:20:01] MORE WASTE IS NOW BEING SENT TO LANDFILLS, WHICH ISN'T IDEAL. THE SHIFT ALSO PUTS A STRAIN ON REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. AS LANDFILLS HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF SPACE, THERE COULD BE LIKE CAPACITY ISSUES MAKING IT HARDER TO MANAGE THAT INCREASED BOND ON WASTE. UM, ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE, THERE ARE SOME INCREASED COSTS FOR THE CITY AND RESIDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE NOW FACING HIGHER TIPPING FEES FOR DIRECTING WASTE TO OTHER LOCATIONS AS INFLATION AND COSTS FOR PROCESSING THAT WASTE INCREASES. PLUS WE'LL NEED TO INVEST IN DEVELOPING NEW BASED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO KIND OF HANDLE THE SHIFT IN HOW WE PROCESS THAT LEASE. UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE CLOSURE ALSO DID GAIN JOB LOSSES FOR SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES DIRECTLY TIED TO SERVE. UH, WE WORKED HARD WITH, UM, A GROUP CALLED PACIFIC EIGHT, IF FAMILIAR AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR THEIR REEMPLOYMENT AND TRANSITION SYSTEM. UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY THERE ARE SOME SHORT TERM CHALLENGES BASED TO ENERGY PLANTS. LIKE SURF HELPS REDUCE METHANE EMISSIONS BY KEEPING WASTE LANDFILLS. SO DISCLOSURE, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THAT LANDFILL USE, WHICH COULD FORCE HOUSE GAS EMISSION TEMPORARILY. ALSO, SERVE WAS A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM THE WASTE. WITHOUT IT, WE MIGHT NEED TO RELY ON OTHER ENERGY SOURCES IN THE SHORT TERM, IN THE SHORT TERM, WHICH IS IN AS SUSTAINABLE AS WELL. UM, ANOTHER IMPACT IS THE LOSS OF REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. SO NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORING CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT KIND OF RELI ON SURF AS WELL, DIDN'T JUST SERVE LONG BEACH OR WASTE PROCESSING AND HAVE TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. THIS COULD AFFECT COOPERATION MEANING IN THE FUTURE ON WASTE MANAGEMENT AT THAT, AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL AS WELL. THE CLOSURE MAY AFFECT LONG BEACH'S EFFORTS TO COMPLY. ALSO, CALIFORNIA'S UPDATED RECYCLING LAWS IN A POSITIVE WAY, BUT THE FULL LONG-TERM IMPACTS ARE STILL KIND OF UNFOLDING. UM, EVEN THOUGH SURF IS CLOSED, LONG BEACH DOES REMAIN DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON, UM, KEEPING MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS. SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS. IT'S A MULTI-STEP OPERATION, UM, THAT WAS PERFORMED IN PHASES. SO KIND OF THE FIRST PHASE HERE IS THE CLOSURE NOTIFICATION AND PRE-PLANNING. SO BEFORE SERVICE OFFICIALLY CLOSED, WE MADE SURE TO NOTIFY ALL THE KEY PLAYERS, REGIONAL PARTNERS, FACE CALLERS, AND THE REGULATORY AGENCIES. EVERYONE NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WAS COMING SO WE COULD PLAN A SMOOTH TRANSITION WHILE WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY REGULATORS TO MEET EVERY REQUIREMENT, GROUP CLOSURE. AND WE ALSO PRIORITIZED HELPING STAFF FIND NEW RULES OR OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST PHASE, SECOND PHASE FINAL BASE PROCESSING. SHUTTING DOWN A FACILITY LIKE SERVE IS AN AS SIMPLE AS LIKE HOLDING A SWITCH. WE HAD TO CAREFULLY PROCESS THE FINAL BATCHES OF WASTE, ENSURING EVERYTHING WAS HANDLED SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. UM, AT THE SAME TIME WE COORDINATED WITH DSB TO REDIRECT CITY COLLECTIVELY TO OTHER, UM, FACILITIES SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY GAS IN SERVICE. THIS TOOK A LOT OF COORDINATION, BUT IT WAS CRUCIAL TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY IN THE REGION. UM, UH, THEN COMES, UH, SHUTTING DOWN THE SYSTEMS AND REMOVING THE HAZARD, UH, THE HAZARD MATERIALS. ONCE THE LAST PLACE WAS PROCESSED, WE THEN BEGAN, UH, UM, STEP BY STEP, LIKE SHUT DOWN THE FACILITY SYSTEMS. SO EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HAD TO BE SAFELY POWERED OUT WITH A BIG FOCUS ON AVOIDING LIKE ACCIDENTS. SAFETY WAS PRIORITY FOR US. UM, THE NEXT PRIORITY WAS DEALING WITH THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LIKE THE ASH RESIDUE AND THE CHEMICALS SPECIALIZED TEAMS HAVE TO HANDLE THAT REMOVAL, AND THEY DID. AND WE MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS DONE ACCORDING TO THOSE STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES. UNDER THE REGULATORY BODIES, UH, DECOMMISSIONING OF FACILITY LIKE IS A DETAILED, UH, STEP BY STEP PROCESS, BUT WITH CAREFUL PLANNING AND COORDINATION, WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE IT'S DONE SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY SETTING THE STAGE FOR WHAT COMES NEXT. TIMELINE WISE, THE CITY'S CONTRACT OPERATOR BANTA, UH, COMPLETED THEIR DECOMMISSIONING SERVICES ON NOVEMBER 8TH. AND NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR NEXT PHASE PREPARING FOR A DEMOTION TOWARDS THE END OF T COMMISSION. WE PROCURED A CONSULTANT TO HELP START PREPARING FOR A DEMO. THIS DEMOLITION, THIS WILL INCLUDE US ASSISTING THE ENTIRE SITE TO FIGURE OUT THE SAFEST, MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO BASICALLY TAKE IT APART ON BUILDING WHEREVER POSSIBLE. WE SALVAGING EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS TO REPURPOSE IT OR RECYCLE THEM. THE GOAL IS TO CLEAR THE SITE AND GET IT READY FOR ITS NEXT CHAPTER. LIKE IN AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY THAT'S PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE. UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH BIO ENERGY DEVCO, UM, TO BRING A SUSTAINABLE AND FORWARD THINKING SOLUTION TO LONG BEACHES WASTE [00:25:01] MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES. SO HOW IT WORKS IS THIS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY WILL BASICALLY PROCESS ORGANIC WASTE AND OXYGEN FREE TANKS USING NATURAL MICROORGANISMS TO PRODUCE TWO VALUABLE PRODUCTS, RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS OR RNG AND DIGESTING NUTRIENT RICH SOIL OFFENDANT. THINK OF IT AS AN INDUSTRIAL SIZED COW STOMACH, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED WITH LOW EMISSIONS OR COMBUSTION PUMP. UM, THE FACILITY WOULD ALSO OFFER A HOST OF BENEFITS. UM, IT WILL DIVERT 40% OF LANDFILL WASTE, REDUCE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 30,000 VENTURE TONS OF CO2 ANNUALLY, AND GENERATE OVER 325,000 AND BT USE OF CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY EACH YEAR. THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS ARE ALSO NOTABLE LOWER PROCESSING FEES COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT ORGANIC PROCESSING SOLUTION, REVENUE SHARING OPPORTUNITIES WHEN FACILITY STARTS PRODUCING RG ON SITE AND, UH, NEW GREEN SCALE JOBS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THEN AS FAR AS THE REGIONAL IMPACT OF THE PROCESSING CAPACITY OF OR ING 200,000 TONS PER YEAR, THIS FACILITY NOT ONLY WOULD BENEFIT LONG BEACH, BUT CAN SERVE AS A REGIONAL SOLUTION FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACROSS HOPEFULLY THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA. UM, THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A BOLD STEP TOWARD IMPROVING HOW WE MANAGE WASTE WHILE MEETING OUR CITY SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. IT'S A SMARTER, CLEANER FUTURE FOR BEACH AND BEYOND. AND THEN WE JUST HAVE TWO SLIDES. UM, YOU HEARD, UH, ABOUT WHAT THE ACTION ITEMS IN THE CAP ARE. YOU HEARD ABOUT WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS DID IN 2023, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO EMERGING ISSUES. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. SO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE JUST, UM, WE ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THE UPCOMING YEAR, UH, FOR THE ACTION ACT . SO I'LL THE FIRST TWO FOR WASTE CONTINUATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS THROUGHOUT 2025 AND ONGOING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. AND THEN FOR TRANSPORTATION, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS RELATED TO STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION. SO INCREASING, UH, REFLECTIVE STREETS, SCHOOL SERVICES, SUSTAINABLE PAVEMENT MATERIALS, COMPLETION OF THE ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES BIKEWAYS AND MODEL IMPROVEMENTS, THE STUDENT NATURE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE ORANGE AVENUE BACKBONE PROJECT, THE DELANO BIKEWAY PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND THEN RELEASING THE COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN GUIDE WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE VISION ZERO PLAN. AND THEN CONTINUE INSTALLING THE SIDEWALKS WHERE NONE EXIST AND CONTINUE TO INTEGRATE GOODS MOVEMENT, CHARGING NETWORK AROUND THE I SEVEN 10. SO THOSE ARE THE UPDATES THAT WE GOT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS RELATED TO THOSE TWO, UH, SECTORS. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR GRANT SPEAKER TODAY COURT. PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND QUESTION, PLEASE STAND UP. HELLO, I'M EDDIE. IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. I SAW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENTS. I, UM, HEAR MORE ABOUT IF IT'S IN THE WORKS, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ALL THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES OPENING UP HERE IN LONG BEACH, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO NAVIGATE THE TRAFFIC AND THE CONGESTION THAT'S COMING FROM THE PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING EXACTLY HOW TO MITIGATE THAT? SO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE'S NO DIALOGUE. YOU CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS AND THEN ONCE THE MISSION STARTS THEIR DISCUSSION, IF THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THEM TO STAFF ON YOUR BEHALF. LOVE THAT. OKAY. SO YOU CAN CONTINUE IF YOU WANTED TO COMMENT FOR THREE MINUTES. OKAY, PERFECT. COOL. YEAH. UM, I'LL JUST GONNA ASK AN EXAMPLE. I UP WITH, UM, CHAMBER . I LOVE HEARING MAYOR RICHARDSON SAY THAT BASKETS, FOR EXAMPLE, CREATED 700 JOB OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? NEXT YEAR WE HAVE FOUR EV RESEARCH CENTERS THAT'S GONNA BE OPENING UP AND 500, 500 MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND I FEEL LIKE LONG BEACH IS IN A GREAT POSITION, OF COURSE, HIRING FROM THE LOCAL, UM, POPULATION. HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO CERTAIN, CERTAIN SPECIALIZED SKILLSET, WE MIGHT HAVE TO KIND OF LIKE STRATEGIZE WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S GONNA BE COMING ALONG FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO [00:30:02] MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M RUNNING, HEARD THIS CORRECTLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COMING IN DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL JOBS THAT WILL COME ABOUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES OPENING IN LONG BEACH. I WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. LOT. I HEARD GREEN JOBS AND THEN ALSO TRAFFIC COMING IN AND GOING TWO, TWO SEPARATE. THANK YOU. SURE. A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION, UH, I CAUGHT THE PIECE THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, MAYBE OUR FIRST COUPLE OF, UH, HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS THAT ARE BATTERY ELECTRIC, UH, DUMP TRUCKS. UM, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THE FLEET DEPARTMENT HERE. DOES ANYBODY KNOW, UH, SORT OF HOW THE ROLLOUT IS GOING? YOU KNOW, I KNOW TRUCKS OVERALL BATTERY, ELECTRIC TRUCKS ARE, YOU KNOW, A DECADE ISH BEHIND LIGHT DUTY PASSENGER VEHICLES. UM, HOW'S THAT GOING? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS AVAILABILITY IS STILL PRETTY SKIMPY. UH, HOW'S OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT DOING WITH THAT? SO, UH, I, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM FLEET MANAGEMENT STAFF RECENTLY, BUT, UH, WE ARE GETTING TO THE END OF 2024. SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON OUR 2024 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. AND SO WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN IN TALKS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF, UM, PRO PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU, UM, EARLY NEXT YEAR OR WHEN THE ANNUAL REPORT IS PRODUCED. AND IF, UM, IF THAT'S A SHORTER, EASIER QUESTION OR IF THE ANSWER IS THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE AND SO THAT WON'T BE IN THE REPORT, THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION. WELL, AND EVEN THAT IS IMPORTANT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I, UH, ADVOCATE WITH FOR AT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TO CITY COUNCIL IS WHEN WE PUT OUR RFPS, UH, EVEN IF WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY TO MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS, YOU PUT THAT IN THE RFP JUST TO SHOW MANUFACTURERS THERE'S DEMAND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, VOTING WITH OUR POCKETBOOKS KIND OF THING. UM, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS AROUND THE, UH, NEW ANAEROBIC DIGESTER AND, UH, I STRUGGLED WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION THAT IT'S CARBON NEGATIVE. UH, AND I WONDER IF, UH, JANE, I'M SORRY I CAN'T SEE YOU PAST THE HEADS, BUT I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, HOW THAT MATH WORKS. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE NEW FUNNY MATH TO ME. UM, UM, THE, THE CHARACTERIZATION OF, UM, RMG, UH, FROM FIL METHANE, UM, AS BEING CARBON NEGATIVE. OKAY. UM, SORRY, I'M LOOKING BACK AT MY NOTES TOO. OKAY. I THINK, UM, BECAUSE THE RMGS IS SOURCED FROM WASTE OR ORGANIC WASTE MM-HMM . THAT, THAT, UM, KIND OF GIVES THAT CLASSIFICATION OF IT BEING CARBON NEGATIVE. OKAY. UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD OTHERWISE BE, UM, EMISSION THAT WOULD GO INTO THE LANDFILL. SO THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S NEGATING THAT, UM, THAT ORGANIC THAT WOULD'VE, UH, THAT ORGANIC BASED, THAT WOULD'VE BROKEN DOWN IN THE LANDFILL AND INSTEAD BEING CAPTURED IN THE ANOR TION TANKS AND, UM, BEING PIPED AND EITHER INJECTED OR UTILIZED IN SOME OTHER FORM OF ENERGY. OKAY. YEAH, THE, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTALLY WE'RE, WE'RE BY CAPTURING METHANE FROM THE LANDFILL, AND I GUESS THE ANAEROBIC GUIDE MR. IS ESSENTIALLY ACCELERATING THE PROCESSES THAT HAPPEN WITHIN LANDFILLS ANYWAY. RIGHT? SO WE'RE, [00:35:01] UH, AS THE ORGANICS DECOMPOSED, THEY'RE GONNA CREATE METHANE IF WE ALLOW THAT METHANE TO GO INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE METHANE IS A, YOU KNOW, OVER A 20 YEAR LIFESPAN, IT'S 80 TIMES THE GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL AS CARBON DIOXIDE. SO IN SOME WAY COMBUSTING IT AND GETTING CARBON DIOXIDE OUT AT LEAST SLOWS DOWN THE PACE OF WARMING IN THE NEAR TERM. UM, AND SO MAYBE IT'S, UH, GLOBAL WARMING, POTENTIAL NEGATIVE. UH, SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ABLE TO DO, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. I, I KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S A NEW THING THAT WE PASS AND THE LECTURES ABOUT JOBS THAT IS GOING MAKE IT EASY FOR TO HIRE PEOPLE. AND THEN WE GONNA DO, ARE WE GONNA PRIORITIZE PEOPLE THAT ? AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, THOSE ARE PART OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THE NEW JOB, UH, OPEN HERE. BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR THAT WHAT WE GONNA DO WITH THE TRAFFIC, RIGHT? THAT THE KEY IS TO HIRE PEOPLE IN AND USE NOT THE TRANSPORTATION BICYCLE. ALL THOSE KIDS JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO KNOW THAT CITY EMPLOYEES OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT, THAT IS AN INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHICH HAS, YOU KNOW, 6,000 EMPLOYEES. SO WE'LL MAKE AN IMPACT. UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE POLICIES FOR THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORTS BUREAU ABOUT WORKING WITH NEW COMPANIES AND, AND LOCAL HIRES. THAT'S, YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE. YEAH, WE DO HAVE SOME, WE DO HAVE CERTAIN POLICIES FOR PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS, BUT THINGS THAT REQUIRE, UH, APPRENTICESHIPS AND OTHER TYPES OF LOCAL HIRE, UM, TO CERTAIN, UH, DEGREES AT CERTAIN DOLLAR THRESHOLDS FOR CITY PROJECTS. UM, AND THERE'S, UH, A VOLUNTARY ENCOURAGE THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF THAT ARE ENCOURAGING. UM, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY, ANY, UM, STRICT POLICY REQUIREMENTS, UM, AT THIS POINT. AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THE, THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE UNIONS AND HOW MANY AVAILABLE JOBS THERE ARE FOR, UM, SORT OF WHO'S NEXT IN LINE FOR THE JOBS RATHER THAN WHERE THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED. AND THAT'S A REALLY HARD THING, UH, ALSO FOR THEM TO MANAGE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE TO THAT AS WELL. WE'LL FOLLOW UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. OH, ACTUALLY, GO AHEAD. YOU SURE. OKAY. UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOLLOWING UP ON THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTER. UM, WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS CALLED OUT OR MENTIONED, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OR THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR WHAT HAPPENS AFTER C WAS IT MENTIONED IN, IN THAT THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY THERE? OR WHAT, OR WHAT THINGS WERE ASKED FOR AND HOW DID WE END UP WITH AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTER? UM, SO THE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS YOU, SORRY, , UH, UM, THE SERVICE FACILITY WAS A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY MEANT WITH THAT PURPOSE. AND SO I THINK WE HAD, UM, THE THOUGHT WAS THE PROCESS WAS YOU HAVE, UM, CERTAIN CURRENTS RELATED TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WE HAVE THESE THINGS IN PLACE. WHY NOT KIND OF FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS KIND OF THE LOSS WITH THE LOSS OF SURF, UM, AND ADDRESS AT LEAST HALF OF THE WASTE, RIGHT. THE ORGANIC SIDE OF IT, AND UTILIZE THE SAME SITE TO MANAGE THAT SOLID, CONTINUE TO MANAGE THAT SOLID WASTE. UM, AS FAR AS, UM, INPUT OR, UH, WE DID KIND OF, UM, SEND OUT, YOU KNOW, AND THE COUNCIL IS WELL AWARE OF OUR INTENTIONS AND, UM, THEY HAD MULTIPLE MEMOS ABOUT WE'RE GONNA GO OUT FOR AN RFP TO ASK FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PROPOSE, UM, ON WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE SITE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HELP THE CITY MANAGE OUR SOLID WASTE. AND, UM, THE PROPOSAL THAT WON OR WAS AWARDED WAS FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY, BUT WE WERE OPEN TO OTHER TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS AS WELL. SO IT WASN'T LIKE WE WERE LIKE, WE WANT IT TO BE AD. YEAH. UM, AND THEN LEADING TO MY NEXT QUESTION, UM, OF ITEMS THAT CAN GO, LIKE [00:40:01] IN WHICH BOX, THE PIZZA BOX, I WAS ALWAYS STOP AT LIKE PIZZA, COULDN'T THROW THOSE AWAY BECAUSE LIKE THE GREASE MESSED IT UP OR SOMETHING. BUT I SEE THAT A GREEN BIN NOW THAT THE GREASE DOESN'T MATTER OR LIKE, DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE A CLEAN PIZZA BOX? ? SO, UH, RIGHT NOW IF YOU HAD A PIZZA BOX WITH NO GREASE ON IT, YOU COULD RECYCLE IT. OKAY. BUT THAT'S NOT A MESSAGE THAT WE CAN SHARE, RIGHT? REALLY EFFECTIVELY TO 500,000 PEOPLE. THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION. UM, SO BECAUSE IT'S GOING THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS, IT'S NOT BEING RECYCLED. AND SO WHEN THINGS GET RECYCLED VERSUS QUICKLY PAPER, YOUR PAPER'S GETTING DOWN CYCLED. SO THAT PIZZA BOX IS GOING INTO MAYBE A SHOE BOX, WHICH IS THEN GOING TO PAPER, LIKE WRITING PAPER, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO TISSUE. SO IN THE PAPER WORLD OF RECYCLING, THAT BREEZE IMPACTS ALL OF THOSE STEPS BECAUSE IT'S NOW GOING INTO AN AD FACILITY OR IT'S GOING TO COMPOST FACILITY. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS OF HOW IT'S BEING MANAGED. SO THAT IS WHY, YES, IT CAN GLOW IN YOUR GREEN BAG. THAT IS KIND OF THE MESSAGE HOME . UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TRULY JUST CARDBOARD, BUT NOTHING ELSE ON IT, LIKE THE CARDBOARD BOXES, YOU'VE GOT IT, IT IS CARDBOARD, BUT MOST FOLKS, UM, DOESN NOT ARE THAT CLEAN. YES. OKAY. THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT, UM, KIND OF SURPRISED ME AND I WANNA BE ON THE RECORD TO SAY I'M VERY SAD TO SEE THE PURPLE BINS GO. OKAY. UM, AND THEN MY, MY LAST QUESTION, UM, RELATES TO THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF THINGS. UM, AND I KNOW WE MENTIONED, UH, SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT THE CAP CALLS OUT WE'LL WILL RESULT IN LESS CRASHES. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND JUST TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY ON PCH, THERE'S BEEN FOUR, FIVE FATAL CRASHES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CENTERING THAT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A SAFE, UH, BIKE RIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN GET RIDE BIKES OR, OR TRANSVERSE IT HOWEVER THEY'D LIKE. UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I KNOW CALTRANS IS ALREADY FOCUSING ON THAT AND IF THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S APPLYING STORY AS WELL AND, AND REALLY CENTERING THAT LIKE THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE, UM, ACTIONS THAT ARE GONNA SAVE LIVES. I HAVE QUESTION. UM, I KNOW THE INCIDENT WAS NOT ALL, EVERYTHING THAT THAT WENT TO THE INCIDENT WAS NOT FROM LAUNCH, RIGHT? IT WAS JUST A PERCENTAGE. AND MY QUESTION IS, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THE NEW SYSTEM TO GET TO THE SAME, UM, WASTE, UM, THE WASTE OF THE FROM LONG BEACH? I MEAN, DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I CAN SAY? SO THE WAS NOT REALLY BURNING ALL DAY. THE, THE, THE THING THAT THEY WERE VERY WAS NOT FROM THEY , RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. SO THE, IT WAS ONLY A PERCENTAGE. SO THE NEW, UM, PROCESS THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU GONNA TRY TO DO, UM, HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU TO GET TO POINT THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF FOR DRUGS IS GONNA BE, UH, YEAH, TO START, IT'S, IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UM, I DO, I WOULD SAY THAT AS FAR AS SURF WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ROUGHLY HALF OF THE WASTE COMING TO SERVE, WE PROCESS 400,000 TONS A YEAR. UH, 180 HALF OF IT, LIKE 200,000 CAME FROM ESP, UM, HAULING IT THERE. SO IT'S ABOUT 8%. UM, AS FAR AS THE NEW FACILITY, THE 200 OR SO, LET'S SAY IT WAS A, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE TON THE FINAL DESIGN IS GOING TO BE, BUT WE'RE JUST ASSUMING FOR, UH, CONCEPTS PURPOSES, LIKE ABOUT 200,000 TONS, WE ESTIMATE MAYBE A QUARTER OF THAT COMING FROM THE CITY FROM LONG BEACH. AND THEN THE REST OF IT BEING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN OFFER OUT TO OTHER FEEDSTOCK SUPPLIERS. SO IT COULD, IT COULD EVEN BE LIKE A CON, UM, NOT NECESSARILY FROM OTHER MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL AGENCIES OR CITIES. THERE'S OTHER SOURCES OF ORGANIC WASTE THAT WE CAN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN RECEIVE, UM, FROM NARCOTICS TO MAYBE LIKE WHAT, UH, LIKE FOOD, UM, LIKE COMMERCIAL FOOD VENDORS TO ALL. YEAH. SO THAT'S ALL GONNA BE, UM, ACTUALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO, TO MANAGE THAT AND THEN AND SECURE THAT . OKAY. CAN YOU GO WHERE THE ALL THE [00:45:01] BINS ARE WITH THE, I HAD A, OKAY. IF YOU GO TO THE BLACK BIN, YOU SEE A PLASTIC BAG IN THE, IN THE . I, I DON'T LIKE THAT. EVEN THOUGH, UM, WE, WE TRY TO GET OUT OF THE PLASTIC GLASS SO THAT IF I SEE THAT PICTURE IS KIND OF LIKE A, IT'S OKAY TO PUT TRASH IN PLASTIC BAGS, IT STILL GIVES IN THE PLASTIC BAGS. AND I KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE ONE OR TWO FOR THE CITY TO, UM, TO ENCOURAGE THAT FROM, FROM THE PEOPLE. BECAUSE ON THE FIRST ONE YOU SEE THE GREEN INSIDE THE BEACH, ON THE SECOND ONE YOU SEE BLACK, BUT ON THE THIRD ONE, YOU DON'T SEE THE ITEM THAT ARE TOP ON THE BOTTOM, JUST BAGS. SO IT'S KIND OF ENCOURAGING THE PEOPLE TO USE BAGS. AND I KNOW THAT BAGS, BAGS, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THE IC, UM, SUGGESTION. WHAT, IS THERE LIKE A DEADLINE OR EXPECTED TIMEFRAME ON, WE EXPECT SOME THAT TO COME ONLINE, BUT, OR I GUESS, UM, , BUT HOW, BUT OH YEAH, NO, FOR SURE. OH, NO, NO. GO FOR IT. IT IS A PARALLEL PROCESS THAT WE'RE TAKING, OBVIOUSLY. SO, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY, WE'RE IN, WE NEED TO, WE GOT, UM, PERMISSION OR APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TO SIGN AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER. SO RIGHT NOW, ONCE THAT NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT IS SIGNED, THEN WE CAN GO INTO LIKE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACT TERMS. SO THAT'S GONNA REALLY DRIVE THE TIMELINE. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT A, UM, ANYONE FROM ONE TO THREE YEARS, WHICH I THINK IS A PRETTY BIG RANGE OF TIME TO FINALIZE ALL OF THE CONTRACTS AND THEN THEY WILL GO OUT AND SECURE THE FUNDING AND THE PERMITS AND ALL. LIKE, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT DRIVERS. SO VERY HIGH LEVEL, OUR HOPES ARE LIKE THREE TO FIVE YEARS OUT IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS BREAKING GROUND FOR OUR FACILITY. UM, BUT YEAH, VERY, BUT IT IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME UNTIL WE CAN REALLY CAN DELVE IN AND START THE PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. THANK YOU. AND THEN I KNOW THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. SO THE DISTRICT CHANGES FROM TRAFFIC CIRCLE, TALKING ABOUT CRASHES THAT COMES TO MIND DISTRICT. YEAH. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS TRAFFIC TEAM, BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY THEY DID MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. I DUNNO, I RATHER THAN AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN GET BACK TO THAT IF YOU WANNA END UPDATE ON THAT. THAT WAS ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE IT, IT'S STAY EVERYONE THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF INTERAGENCY WORK THAT NOT GONNA BELONG THE ENTIRE . THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, REGARDING TEAM FIVE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER FORWARD. JUST FOR CLARITY, IT'S, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT, HAS NOT HAPPENED OR WOULD BE LIKE CONTINUING TO GROW IT OR, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE NOW. SO IS THIS NEW? IS THIS JUST, I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS A NEW PROJECT THAT IS IN PROCESS AND THIS, IT'S LED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. PUBLIC WORKS. I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, JANE AND ERIN, THANK YOU. GAVE PRESENTATION. UH, JANE, I THINK WHAT STRUCK ME THE MOST WAS YOU FIRST TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS A PASSIONATE PROJECT WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPREAD OUT THROUGH 30 YEARS AND DUE TO FINANCIAL CHANGES WE WERE ABLE TO SHUT IT DOWN AND THEN IT KIND OF WALKED THROUGH THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF WHAT THAT DECISION WAS. HOW HAS THE NEW ANAEROBIC DIGESTION SYSTEM COMPARED TO COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND HAS THAT ANALYSIS BEEN DONE SO THAT WE WOULDN'T MATTER THE SAME POSITION AFTER HAVING THE EFFORT TO PUT THAT IN? WELL, UH, ONE, UH, I THINK WHEN SURPLUS FIRST, UM, CONTEMPLATED EVEN 30 YEARS AGO, OR ACTUALLY IT'S 35 YEARS AGO NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT THE FINANCIAL, NO ONE KNEW THAT THE LAWS WERE GONNA CHANGE 35 YEARS DOWN THE LINE. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT [00:50:01] KIND OF LIKE HURT THE NUMBERS, UM, FOR SURF, UH, WITH THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY, UM, OUR MODEL, OUR FINANCIAL MODEL'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT LEASE, WE OWN THE LAND THAT SERVE SITS ON THE SITE AND WE'RE LEASING IT OUT TO THE DEVELOPER WHO WILL BE OWNING THE FACILITY AND OPERATING WHERE WAS ACTUALLY OWNED BY THIS, UM, THE JPA. SO, UM, THAT MAKING THE NUMBERS WORK WILL REALLY BE KIND OF ON THE DEVELOPER TO, TO, TO DO. BUT IN THEIR PROPOSAL, WHAT THEY PROPOSED WAS, UM, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, MAKE MONEY OFF OF THE RNG THAT'S BEING SOLD. THERE'S LOTS OF CREDITS AND WHEN UNDER LCFS AND RUN OUT THERE. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE REVENUE, UH, MODEL COMES FROM, IS THE SALE OF THAT RNG, UM, FUEL. AND THAT SOMEHOW OFFSETS THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION , UM, UM, OPERATIONS OF THE AEROBIC DIGESTION TANKS. AND IT IS A PRETTY RELATIVELY SIMPLE PROCESS. SO, UH, THAT'S, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO US IS, AND, AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY WOULD GIVE US A DISCOUNTED, UM, RATE FOR, FOR TIPPING, UM, PROVIDED BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE CITY FOR, FOR THAT, UM, FACILITY. SO THO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE DRIVING, FINANCIAL DRIVING REASONS FOR WHY WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, JANE, YOU TALKED ERIN, SORRY, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING 117 ACCOUNTS AND FOR YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS WITH THE CHANGE IN THE TOBIN, I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEMS IF YOU WANNA BORROW IT, . UM, THE, I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW THIS FOCUS PRIMARILY WAS ON EDUCATION AND PHASE ONE AND WHAT IS THE CUSTOMER ACQUISITION COST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS EDUCATION? AND WHEN WOULD YOU SEE THE TRANSITION TO WHERE YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE? WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RECYCLING IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, SO WHAT, WHAT'S THAT COST BENEFIT? WHERE, WHERE IS THE BREAK EVEN POINT? THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, UH, FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW. SO WE DID DIFFERENT TYPES OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND WE'RE TRYING TO THEN MEASURE BASED ON THE DIFFERENT MODE OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, WHAT WAS THE DIVERSION AND THEN WHERE DID THAT, LIKE HOW DID THAT MOVE ? UM, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT SB 1383, THE STATE LAW THAT'S DRIVING ALL OF THIS IS THAT IT, IT, IT IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHER PREVIOUS STATE LAWS AND THAT IT REALLY PUTS THIS EXPECTATION, IF NOT DEMAND ON THE, UH, RESIDENT TO SORT CORRECTLY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IF RESIDENTS HAVE NOT SORTED CORRECTLY, THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY ISSUE FINANCIAL PENALTIES OR TICKETS. SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HARDER QUESTION TO ANSWER IN THE SENSE OF LIKE, WHAT'S THAT NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING FOR? BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE REALLY DON'T WANT RESIDENTS TO BE FINED, RIGHT? SO THAT MEANS THE CITY'S TAKING, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PASS ON MAYBE DOING THE DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH OR DOING ADDITIONAL MAILERS OR HOSTING ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HARDER PICTURE FOR US TO SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THIS DOLLAR MAP WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, GET THE SOLUTION DONE. BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS IN THIS LEGISLATION THAT ARE REALLY DIFFERENT, UM, THAN, THAN THE OTHER PREVIOUS STATE LAWS. UM, AND THE OTHER PIECE, AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T TALK MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT FERN HIGHLIGHTED THIS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. UM, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, A PRETTY BIG GRANT FROM EPA TO DO DOOR TODO OUTREACH, MULTILINGUAL OUTREACH, AND WE USING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT FUNDING TO DO OUR NEXT ROUND OF DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH, UM, TO SPECIFIC, UM, AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. SO WE DON'T PERCEIVE THAT WE NEED DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH TO ENTIRE CITY, BUT WE KNOW THAT WITH THIS FUNDING, WE CAN CONTINUE DOING PROBABLY 10 TO 15,000 HOMES, WHICH IS VERY FLEXIBLE. IT'S DOUBLE WHAT WE, IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT WE DID RIGHT THIS FIRST PHASE. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THIS GRANT FUNDS TO DO THAT ADDITIONAL WORK. WE BELIEVE WORD DOOR AVERAGE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT TO EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER KIND OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, NEIGHBORHOOD MASTER PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE THAT PEER TO CARE MENTORING, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS PRIMARILY ON COST WITH BOTH THE PROPOSALS. 'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THAILAND'S, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING IS CHANGING AND THEN I THINK THAT'S ON EVERYONE'S MIND IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE REPLACING THOSE DOLLARS AND HOW THAT'S BEING SPENT. SO SHAPE THE . YEAH, BUT THE, THE THAILAND FUNDS ARE VERY SEPARATE FROM HOW WE'RE FUNDED AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU. AND I BELIEVE ALSO, OR [00:55:01] ACTUALLY I DON'T SO I'LL JUST SAY IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU, WE'RE NOT, UM, WE DON'T, UH, WE'RE NOT FUNDED THROUGH HIGHLIGHT FUND. WE ARE DIRECTLY FUNDED BY THE PAYERS AND BY PAYING FOR SERVICES. YEAH. AND WE'RE UTILIZING THE RESERVES FROM THE REVENUE THAT WAS GENERATED FROM SERVE TO KIND. AND THEN OUR LATER MODEL WILL HOPEFULLY WILL BE NO COST US INTERACTION THAT WE RECEIVE SOME AND BENEFIT FROM THE PROFITS THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S ABOUT BEING SUCCESSFUL, KIND OF SET IT UP. WE DON'T WANT, WE DO NOT WANT IMPACT. THE GENERAL THOUGHT, THE TIME IS YOU. THANK YOU. UM, MY QUESTION FOR YOU AGAIN FOR THE SAME THING, UM, DR. GO. I KNOW THAT IF THE TEAM WANTS TO DO IT, IT WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT, AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE A LOT OF, UM, AND MULTIPLE THAT THEY, THEY DO ALREADY AND IT WILL COST A LOT. SO I DON'T KNOW. I SAW, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO, UH, MAYBE SOMETHING FROM YOU ABOUT . YEAH, WE TALK ABOUT THAT. SO IS THAT WHAT I MEAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW? OR? SO GEORGIA DOOR OUTREACH SPECIFIC TO THE RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS, WE'LL BE CONTRACTING WITH THE LONG BEACH CONSERVATION CORPS. UM, THEY DID DO THE INITIAL OUTREACH FOR OUR FIRST PHASE AND WE'LL BE DOING THE OUTREACH FOR THE, UNDER THE EPA GRANT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. UM, IN ADDITION, WE ARE RELEASING AN RFP THAT IS ALSO RELATED TO THE EPA GRANT TO, UH, WORK WORKING MORE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT, YOU KNOW, REVIEW OUR EDUCATION, OUR OUTREACH MATERIAL, PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS ON LANGUAGE, CULTURAL RELEVANCY, UM, AND JUST HAVE A MORE PERSONAL TOUCH. SO YEAH, THAT IS IF DIFFERENT PROJECT STILL RELATED TO THE GRANT AND STILL IMPACTING THIS. UM, BUT YEAH, THE FUNDS, WE HAVE MAYOR SUPPORTING THAT. OTHER QUESTIONS? COURT, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. SORRY. OH, I THINK PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY ENDED, BUT I DON'T THINK READY FOR THE VOTE? YES. COMMISSIONER ELLIS. A COMMISSIONER. HANKS A COMMISSIONER HER AYE, AYE. COMMISSIONER MARSH. AYE. COMMISSIONER WHEELER. AYE. VICE CHAIR GAINES AYE. CHAIR DEN AYE. MOTION CARRIES THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES FROM THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM BY COMMISSIONER? SECOND? BY COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER. UM, FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS. I'M VERY RICH. THAT'S THE SAME MANAGER. SO I'M GONNA KICK OFF THE PRESENTATION. UM, SO WE DO THIS EVERY MONTH, UH, OR EVERY MEETING, UH, RECAP OF, UH, OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UH, SINCE THE LAST MEETING, SOME UPCOMING EVENTS AND OTHER, UH, ADDITIONAL UPDATES. SO IN OCTOBER AND DEC, OR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER IN THE FIRST PART OF DECEMBER, UM, WHEN YOU SEE END TO END HERE, IT MEANS NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA AND VARIOUS OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO PUT ON VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS, HAVE KIND OF A CLIMATE EDUCATION THEME. SO, UH, BACK ON HALLOWEEN, THERE'S THE HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL, UM, ALSO A NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, UM, BRANDED, UH, RESTORATION FRIDAY, WHICH IS A, UH, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RESTORATION WORK AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK. IT HAPPENS EVERY SECOND FRIDAY. SO THAT HAPPENED. UH, BEACH STREETS WAS OUR BIG, UM, UH, CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN AND, AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE, UH, PEOPLE POWERED MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS TIME THAT WAS HELD UP ON, UH, ARTIA BOULEVARD AND ATLANTIC AVENUE WHERE THE STREETS ARE COMPLETELY CLOSED OFF OR THOSE SORTS OF ACTIVITIES. AND THEN, UM, ON NOVEMBER 16TH, WE DID A, UH, [01:00:01] NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR AFFILIATED TREE PLANTING IN THE WILMORE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS ACTUALLY OUR SECOND MONTH IN A ROW, UH, WHERE WE PLANTED, UH, MORE THAN 20 TREES IN, IN WILMORE. AND IN THIS ONE WE GOT, UH, A RECORD NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TO COME. SEVEN THREE, I THINK WAS THE COUNT, UM, BECAUSE A SCHOOL IN CERRITOS BROUGHT A BUNCH OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS TO THAT, UH, . AND THEN, UH, THE CLIMATE LB CELEBRATE OR CLIMATE LONG BEACH, UH, CELEBRATION ON DECEMBER 2ND, WHICH WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT IN THE LATER SLIDE. SO COMING UP, WE'VE GOT A, ANOTHER, UH, RESTORATION FRIDAY, UH, THAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW. THESE EVENTS HAPPEN AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK FROM NOW IT'S, UH, TWO TO THREE 30, SO WE'VE EXTENDED THE TIME. THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON THERE ARE, UM, USUALLY WE AND MULCHING, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE POOL, UH, SEASON, HOPEFULLY WITH AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN COMING, WE'RE ALSO PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS. UM, WE'VE HAD A MUCH BIGGER TURNOUT TO THOSE. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR THEMED, WE DO SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, AND, AND, UH, UH, ICE BREAKING, UH, BETWEEN THE PARTICIPANTS, UH, AROUND, UM, CLIMATE ACTION CONCEPTS. THEN, UH, THE NEXT DAY IN NOW WE'RE DOING A COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING TEAM ALONG LINE AVENUE. UH, AND SO THERE'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THERE THROUGH THE SIGNUP SITE THAT'S CALLED OPEN VOLUNTEERS. AND THEN, UH, LATER THAT SAME DAY, ANOTHER, UH, AND, AND NOTICE THAT OLD ONE ISN'T NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN A NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, UH, UH, ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT, IT LATER THE SAME DAY THERE'S IN WEST LONG BEACH, THERE'S GONNA BE A NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR EVENT, WHICH IS WHO WILL BUNCH FOR VILLAGE. THAT'S GONNA INVOLVE A LOT OF KID AND FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SNOW, UM, THAT IS TRUCKING CEMENT. UM, AND THEN ON THE 21ST, WHICH IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE, WE'RE DOING A NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, UH, SOLSTICE, UH, UH, EVENT WITH, UM, A NATURE WALK, A SOUND BATH AND A UKULELE PERFORMANCE, UH, ALONG WITH THE NOONTIME OBSERVANCE OF THE I KNOW SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE AT LONGVIEW POINT AT, UH, WILL SPRINGS, THAT INVOLVES THE SUN TRANSITING PALM TREE. UH, UM, THE, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, LOOKING AHEAD INTO JANUARY, WE DO A MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY OF SERVICE, WHICH IS A, A CITYWIDE ACTIVITY WITH VARIOUS DIFFERENT SITES. BUT, UH, OUR OFFICE, UH, FIRST ONE ELBOW SPRINGS PARK, WHICH IS SORT OF A, A, A MEGA RESTORATION FRIDAY WITH, UH, WHERE WE DO THREE HOURS IN THIS TIME, WE'RE ACCEPTING UP TO A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS. AND, OH, SO, UM, TREE PLANTING, UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF OUR TREE PLANTING SEASON. AND SO WE'RE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED ON OCTOBER 1ST, SO WE'RE THREE MONTHS IN OUR TREE TRACKER, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. UM, WE'RE, UH, AT 259 TREES SO FAR THE SEASON, UM, WHICH IS WELL AHEAD OF, UH, ANY PREVIOUS TREE PLANTING SEASON BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A THOUSAND BY, UH, JUNE 30TH THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT. AND YOU CAN SEE IT REGULARLY UPDATED, UM, AT THIS, UH, LB CITY INFO SITE. AND OH, AND THEN RECENTLY, UH, THREE STAFF MEMBERS, MYSELF, UH, JASON GALLUP AND GUNNER, WHO, UM, JUST SLIPPED OUT. UH, WE TRAVELED TO SAN LUIS OBISPO, UH, UH, VIA LOW CARBON TRANSPORTATION, MEANING AMTRAK TO AN URBAN FORESTRY CONFERENCE, UH, THAT IS, WAS PUT ON, UM, BY THIS, UM, CALIFORNIA URBAN FOREST COUNCIL. UM, WITH PARTICIPATION FROM FOLKS FROM, UH, CAL POLY, UH, SAN LUIS CISCO, WHO MANAGE THE SELECT TREE WEBSITE THAT IS A BIG RESOURCE FOR URBAN TREES. UM, AND WE USE IT ALL THE TIME. BUT THE BIG CONFERENCE THEME WAS AN INCREASING CAN BE COVER, WHICH IS THIS CHALLENGE WELL EVERYWHERE, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UH, WHERE OUR AGING URBAN FORESTS ARE. LOTS OF TREES ARE BEING REMOVED AND WE'RE ENCOUNTERING LOTS OF CHALLENGES IN REPLACING THEM AT, AT ADEQUATE RATES TO MAINTAIN THAT CAN COVERAGE. SO WE LEARNED, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, METHODS AND, AND MEANS AND OTHER CITIES AND, AND WHAT THE STATE IS UP TO IN THIS REGARD. AND IT'S, UH, GONNA HELP INFORM OUR UPCOMING IMPROVEMENT FOREST MASTER PLANNING PROCESS. AND THEN I THINK THIS IS WHERE I PASS IT OFF TO AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING COMM, UH, WHO ARE NEW UNDER DEPUTY MANAGER AND I OVERSEE THE OFFICE OFTEN COME TO SUPPORT DISCUSSION AS WELL. UM, TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A CONFERENCE THAT I [01:05:01] WENT TO, UH, THE ICMA CONFERENCE, WHICH, UH, STANDS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CITY HOW MANAGERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE EVERY YEAR OF, UM, CITY LEADERS, UH, AND COUNTY LEADERS. AND THIS YEAR IT WAS HELD IN PITTSBURGH, UH, IN 2026. WE'LL ACTUALLY BE HERE AT LONG BEACH. UM, I'M ONE THE CO-HOST OF THAT CONFERENCE, UH, FOR THE LOCAL SITES. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE, UM, FOUR TO 5,000 CITY MANAGERS, UH, NATIONALLY AND EVEN INTERNATIONALLY UP HERE, . UM, BUT I WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL, PITTSBURGH TO LIVE PITTSBURGH, UM, AND I WAS WILLING, UH, NICE TO GO BACK AND LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS. . UM, THEY DID HAVE A NUMBER OF SITE VISITS AND, UM, EDUCATIONAL TRACK AROUND, UH, CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY AND OR SOME THE THINGS, UM, THAT THEY FEATURED AS A PART OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM, SO THERE WERE SITE VISITS, UH, TO TREAT PITTSBURGH, WHICH HAS A HERITAGE TREE AND NURSERY, UM, THAT'S RUN BY A NONPROFIT AND HAS A NUMBER OF PARTNERS THAT PARTICIPATE. UM, ALSO THE ENERGY INNOVATION CENTER. UM, THIS IS, UH, AN, AN INTERESTING KIND OF ENERGY HUB OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT NONPROFITS AND BUSINESSES AND STARTUPS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON ENERGY AND, UH, KIND CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE. UM, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO OUT OF THAT CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NUMBER OF THE LOCAL COLLEGES. UM, THERE ARE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL THE CASE ANYMORE, BUT I KNOW WHEN I LIVED THERE IT WAS LIKE THE NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES PER CAPITA, UM, OUTRANKED, ANY OF THE OTHER METROPOLITANS AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE A LOT OF, UM, UNIVERSITIES THERE, UH, AND HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS WELL. AND SO FINDING WAYS FOR, UM, UPWARD MOBILITY AND, UH, WEALTH GENERATION THROUGH GREEN JOBS AND THE ENERGY SECTOR. SO THAT HAD AN INTERESTING, UM, ASPECT OF, OF THAT EDUCATIONAL SESSION. UH, THEY ALSO HAD A BIG, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, UH, PRO, UH, PROGRAM OR PROJECT THAT WAS A FORMER, UM, UH, MILITARY HOSPITAL THAT TURNED TO A REGULAR HOSPITAL THAT THEN TURNED INTO, UM, THE BOYS NAVY PARK. SO THEY DID A VERY LARGE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WAS VERY CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE, UM, AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED THIS PROPERTY TO BE IN THE FUTURE. UM, AND THEY HAVE SOME GREAT AMENITIES, UH, A NUMBER OF WHICH HAVE BEEN BUILT AT IN NURSING, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE AS PART OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I DIDN'T GO GET TO GO TO THIS ONE, UH, BUT I HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT FROM SOME COLLEAGUES THAT DID GET TO GO THE ESNA BOROUGH, UH, ECO DISTRICT. SO BOROUGHS THERE ARE LIKE TOWNS OR CITIES. UH, AND THIS IS THE FIRST CERTIFIED ECO DISTRICT IN THE UNITED STATES. UM, AND THAT IS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, INCLUDES, UM, A NUMBER OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. UH, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S A FORMAL CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT A COMMUNITY GOES THROUGH TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO BE, UH, THE DISTRICTS AND HERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS, UM, THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO MEET THAT. SO, UM, I, WHEN YOU SEE THIS PRESENTATION, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE LINKED. UM, AND AT THE END WE ALWAYS LEAVE YOU WITH AN ARTICLE OR A, OR SOMETHING INTERESTING WHY PRESENTATION IS ON THE AETNA BOROUGH DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY. UM, SO A GREAT CONFERENCE, LOTS OF LEARNING, UH, BUT VERY, UM, RELEVANT AND INTERESTING THINGS TO WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING HERE. UM, FROM THERE, UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, OUR CLIMATE OB CELEBRATION. SO, UH, LARRY BRIEFLY MENTIONED THAT, UH, BUT WE HELD THAT ON DECEMBER 2ND AT 6:00 PM AT THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ARTS. UM, THIS WAS, UH, A PROGRAM AND, AND THAT WAS FUNDED BY, UM, THE, UH, BLOOMBERG FOUNDATION AND, UH, PARTNERS THAT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON, UH, GIVING OUT COMMUNITY GRANTS TO, UH, NONPROFITS THAT WERE PARTICULARLY RUN BY, UH, OR FOCUSED ON YOUTH, UH, IN WEST SIDE AND LONG BEACH. UM, THE ONE WITH OUR WEST SIDE PROMISE INITIATIVE, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, A NUMBER OF, OF OTHER SORT OF, YOU KNOW, PLANS AND THINGS WE HAVE FROM OUR, UM, CXS THREE PEDESTRIAN PLAN, ACTUALLY PLAN OUR RACIAL RECONCILIATION PLAN, UH, ET CETERA. UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, THIS WAS CELEBRATIONS. THIS WAS THE CULMINATION OF THE RENT. WE GOT, I BELIEVE IT WAS TO $2,000. WE HAND OUTED, UH, EIGHT COMMUNITY GRANTS. UM, AND THIS CELEBRATED ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, THAT THE YOUTH, UH, UH, PUT ON. SO THERE WAS EVERYTHING FROM URBAN GREENY, TREE PLANTING, CLIMATE AMBASSADORS, EDUCATION, ART, AND AWARENESS. UH, AND THOSE WERE SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, AND SHOWCASE. THE MAYOR WAS OUR SPEAKER, UM, TO MEET A LOT OF THE, THE YOUTH AND THE GROUPS THAT WERE THERE, UM, AND SOME REALLY GREAT, UH, PROJECTS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THAT, UH, CELEBRATION AND HONOR THOSE. UM, WE SPENT THE TIME, UH, WITH THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND YOUTH, UM, TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. [01:10:02] AND THEN, UH, FINALLY HERE, UH, JUST A PREVIEW COMING ATTRACTIONS. THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE TO DO AT THE END OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS SESSION. UM, OUR NEXT, UH, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NEXT MEETING. SO, UM, HISTORICALLY, UH, WE HAVE OUR, OUR REGULAR BUSINESS MEETINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE LIKE THIS, OUR, OUR CHRISTIAN CHURCH. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. WHILE THAT OUR COMMISSION, THIS IS, UH, A NORMAL BUSINESS MEETING FOR US, BUT IN JANUARY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PERMISSION TO RETREAT. SO THE FORMAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE, WE TEND TO TRY AND GET YOU OFFSITE TO SOUND, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, OR CLIMATE RELATED LOCATION. UM, AND WE HAD PLANNED FOR THE YEAR. SO WHAT WOULD, HEARING FROM YOU ALL, UH, HEARING WE DID LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT HERE'S WHAT A NUMBER OF US IN THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE DID, ALONG WITH, UH, OUR PARTNERS AND CLIMATE CHAMPIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND IMPLEMENTING OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UM, AND THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO FROM HERE. UH, SO WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT OUR WORK PLAN. WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER BEFORE ABOUT THINGS THAT, THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WE'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE WAY, UM, AND VISITING WHAT COMMISSIONER HAVE SAID IN THE PAST WITH VERY NEW IDEAS. UH, AND THEN, UM, ALSO BEING ABLE TO THEN KIND OF CAPTURE THAT, UH, IN A MORE COLLABORATIVE GROUP SPACE AS OPPOSED TO FORMAL NEEDS. THERE IS SOME FORMALITY TO IT, BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE DISCUSSION, UM, WHEN THINGS TO HAPPEN IN THAT SPACE. UM, AND THEN WE WILL RETURN TO YOU, I BELIEVE, IN MEETING FEBRUARY WITH HEARING WHAT WE HEARD GET RIGHT. UM, THAT'LL BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THAT WE PLAN. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL FOLLOW FOR CONTENT BASED, UH, YEAR, UH, THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME COMMISSIONER TRAINING. UM, AND SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME REQUESTS ABOUT, UH, CLARIFICATION ON, UM, KIND OF RULES AND THE DECOR AND LIKE HOW YOU AGENDA IS ITEMS. THINK THAT THAT, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO COME AND PROVIDE THAT TRAINING FOR US. SO YOU ALL HAVE A SENSE OF, UM, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING OR HAVE A, AN EITHER RESEARCH BY STAFF, UM, AND WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TAKE ON CERTAIN THINGS, UH, IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR POSITION YOU'D LIKE TO WORK. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU, UM, AT THAT NEXT MEETING. SO, UH, FROM THERE, ONCE WE GET INTO, UH, FEBRUARY, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE I MENTIONED, TO APPROVE OR ADOPT THAT WORK PLAN. UM, AND THEN WE KIND OF LAY OUT THE REST OF THE MEETINGS OF YOUR, UH, WORKING BASED ON THE TOPICS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US. UH, SO YOU KIND OF GO SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED, UH, FOR HERE. SO THAT'S WHAT OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, WILL LOOK LIKE. UH, SO WOULD PLEASE, UH, STAY TUNED, SAY THE DATE, BUT STAY TUNED FOR THE LOCATIONS AND DETAILS. UM, I PERHAPS WE OUTTA TERM THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT PERHAPS PUSHING THE DATE A WEEK TO WE, WERE YOU CORRECT? BASED ON AVAILABILITY? YEAH. SO, UM, I THINK WE YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. NO, IT'S OKAY. IF, UM, SO WE PICKED THE 23RD BECAUSE IT'S THE FOURTH THURSDAY, BUT THERE ARE FIVE THURSDAYS OF THE MONTH. AND SO WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER WHO'S UNAVAILABLE ON THE 23RD. SO AS A COMMISSION, UM, IF YOU WANT BOTH THE 30TH, UM, OR A DIFFERENT DATE, YOU KNOW THAT NOW AND DISCUSS THAT, OR WE COULD, UM, MOVE FORWARD THE 23RD. NOT EVERYBODY IS THERE OFFICIAL WAY TO PROPOSE THE, THAT IT LOOKS GOOD. I'M GOOD WITH EITHER NAME. MM-HMM. YOUR HONOR. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY KIDS OR ANYONE HERE WHO NOT BE? OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO I'M HAPPY TO MOVE IT, UH, TO THE 30TH. SO PLEASE, TO, TO REPHRASE YOUR SPEAK. UH, PLEASE SAY THE DATE FOR JANUARY 30TH, WE'LL FORM THE OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, OF THAT, THAT DATE CHANGE. UH, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR HAS THE CORRECT DATE. UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OUR AGENDA. THIS IS THE, THE TOPICS THAT WE'LL COVER. DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF TIME TO TURN DOWN GROUND BY FEBRUARY. THE FEBRUARY MEETINGS. IT'S TWO WEEKS. YEAH. IT'LL, IT'LL BE OKAY. I THINK. WE'LL, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF LIKE THE FORMATTING YOU ALL COUPLE YEARS AGO, MORE ABOUT THE TOPICS THAT YOU ALL WANT AND CAPTURE THAT, REFLECT THAT CORRECTLY. GREAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN, . WE'RE BUSY. YES. YEAH, . ALRIGHT. UH, AND SO THE FINAL SLIDE, UH, FOR YOU ALL HERE, UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE USED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT CADENCE OF MEETINGS, UH, AND WE WANTED TO, UH, CHANGE THOSE UP SO WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVE WITH OUR TIME, WHAT WE DID, LEAVING WITH TIME AND MEETINGS, UM, TO EXPLORE TOPICS, UH, THAT WE HAVE SHARED, UH, PARTICIPATE IN SOME THE EVENTS, WHICH IS WHY WE SHARED THOSE WITH YOU FOR THE, THE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE MONTH BETWEEN MA. UH, BUT WE DO LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH RESOURCES, UM, AND OTHER, UH, UH, PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOUND FROM ACROSS, YOU KNOW, OUR, [01:15:01] UH, WE THINK MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. UM, SO TODAY, UH, LEAVING YOU WITH A NUMBER OF RESOURCES FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL ORGANIC COLLECTION PROGRAM. SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT ERIN TALKED ABOUT, UH, SHARING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, SO THE PRESS RELEASE, OUR PROGRAM UPDATE, UH, AND THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, UH, JANE AND OTHERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ON THE CERTAINTY CONDITIONING. UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. UM, AND AS I MENTIONED AT THIS TIME, AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST ABOUT AT THE ECO DISTRICT, UH, FROM, UH, THE REGION. UH, SO WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THOSE THINGS AND THOSE ARE, UM, EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL OF YOU. I GIVE YOU GOOD GROUNDING, UH, IN WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. UM, AND THEN WE'LL SEE YOU, UH, JANUARY. AND THAT CONCLUDES A STAFF PRESENTATION ON ANNOUNCEMENT TO SAY BACK TEACHER, VICE CHAIR , CORRECT CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE WHEN YOU STAND UP OR SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UH, ONE QUESTION. CAN, UH, I BLEW IT AND MISSED THE, UH, CLIMATE OB CELEBRATION EVENT, BUT, UH, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CLIMATE AMBASSADORS? I KNOW WE'VE GOT TREE AMBASSADORS. UH, WHAT ARE THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS AND, AND WHAT OTHER KINDS OF AMBASSADORS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? ? SO THIS WAS, THIS IS A PROJECT CATEGORY THAT WAS, UH, PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR OUR GRANTS WITH THAT CATEGORY. SO WE WEREN'T HOSTING LIKE A CLIMATE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, SO IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC DEFINED THING. UM, THE BOARD CATEGORIES WERE URBAN BREATHING, TREE PLANTING, THE CLIMATE AMBASSADOR, CLIMATE EDUCATION, AND THEN ART AND AWARENESS. AND SO PEOPLE COULD, UH, PRESENT IESF THAT WAS A MASTER. SO WE DO HAVE ONE PROGRAM THAT IS KIND OF A COMBO AND AMBASSADOR EDUCATION PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT SOME SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ISSUES, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT AND DOING . SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE AMBASSADOR MEANS IN . GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. UM, I ASK BECAUSE NATIONALLY THERE'S AN EMERGING MOVEMENT TO, UH, CREATE A CADRE OF VOLUNTEER ELECTRIFICATION COACHES TO HELP, UH, HELP NEIGHBORS LEARN ABOUT, GEE, HOW'S THAT INDUCTION STOVE WORK AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND, UH, UH, I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH ALICE SPIN WEEKS ABOUT MAYBE A POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AROUND HERE. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT, UH, PROGRAM FOR YOU TO DO. HEY, THERE YOU GO. SAME DONE. CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER ELLIS. COMMISSIONER HANKS. AYE. COMMISSIONER HEARD. AYE. COMMISSIONER MARSH? AYE. COMMISSIONER WHEELER. AYE. VICE CHAIR GAINES AYE. CHAIR GATED. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, PUT THIS CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP AT THIS TIME IF YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS. EVERYONE. HOPE HAVE A GREAT TIME. FAMILY LOVED ONE . LIKEWISE. THAT CONCLUDES, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. VANESSA HERE, I WORK WITH SERVICES BUREAU WITH OUR PROGRAM. UM, I'LL JUST KIND OF SHARE OUT SOME THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION EARLIER, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF OUR COMMENTS ARE BEING SAVED FOR EARLIER. UM, JUST SOME NOTES ON TRANSPORTATION AND, UM, WE, UM, WHICH ALSO WAS SO GREAT TO SEE BOTH AND HERE, HERE, AMAZING. UM, WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT RECYCLING PROGRAM IN OUR CITY OF LONG BEACH. I USED REALLY , BUT I WANNA SAY WE WORK REALLY HARD AND, UM, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY DO. UM, WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE TODAY WAS JUST YOU MENTIONED IT BY AMBASSADORS, REALLY EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY TO BE EDUCATED WITH THIS INFORMATION. THERE'S SO MUCH HARD WORK HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, ALL OF YOU, I, YOU AND OUR CITY REALLY HARD AND OUT THERE AND THE COMMUNITY TOO. AND I JUST REALLY WANNA SHARE IT JUST COMES BACK TO EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? ON THIS AMAZING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE . AND I KNOW OUR STAFFS, MOST OF OUR CITY STAFF IS VERY, THEY'RE DOING THE [01:20:01] WORK, THEY'RE WORKING HARD, AND I JUST REALLY WANNA, UM, SHARE THE WORD. SO EQUAL CAPITAL, LONG BEACH. WE HAVE AMAZING SOCIAL CAPITAL HERE, THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. BEAUTIFUL, BECAUSE WE DO, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH MAGIC GETTING EXCITED HERE. THERE'S SO MUCH, UH, POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THESE RELATIONSHIPS. UM, AND NOW WHERE I SEE IT AND, UH, KUDOS TO THE CANADIAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND NLP MAKE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. I'VE SEEN PHENOMENAL VOLUNTEERS, UM, AND LEADERS COME THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. UM, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, UM, I'M HOPING TO SEE MAYBE LIKE RIDE SHARE INFRASTRUCTURE EVENTUALLY DOWN THE WAY FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. I THINK THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, MAYBE JUST TARGETING LIKE SCHOOL RIDE SHARE PROGRAMS OR, UM, WORK RIDE SHARE. STARTING THE STARTING THERE. UM, THOSE ARE SOME IDEAS I WANTED TO SHARE TODAY. UM, AGAIN, JUST TAPPING IN THAT WE HAVE REALLY BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE DO BELIEVE ARE CAPABLE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, COLLABORATING AND, UM, SEEING A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AT SOME, SOME KIND OF RIDE SHARE. UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL. UM, AND THEN ALSO AGAIN, TAPPING INTO, UM, SO OUR PROGRAM LONG BEACH. WE DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE HAVE REALLY GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. SO REFERRING BACK TO A UNIQUE ELEMENT, THERE'S A DIRECTORY, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, UM, SO MANY AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT ALL ONLINE DISTRICTS REALLY BEST STARTING THERE BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. THEY KNOW WHO'S ON THEIR BLOCK, THEY KNOW WHO, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO LITTLE EXTRA NUDGE. SO REALLY TAPPING INTO THAT KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE REALLY LUCKY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO MAKE THESE REALLY, UH, THESE CHANGES HAPPEN. AND I ALWAYS SAY TO FOLKS WHO COULD WE DO IT HERE IN LONG BEACH? CARSON WILL DO IT. UH, NORWALK CAN DO IT. WE CAN REALLY INSPIRE A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITY. SO STUART'S HERE AND I'M JUST REALLY HONORED TO, TO BE IN THIS SPACE AND THANK YOU SOCIAL. ROBERT . YEAH, GENERALIZED RECIPROCITY. YOU GOT A LOT OF IT FOR SURE. IT'S DEFINES THIS COMMUNITY. ANY FURTHER NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, THE NONE THAT INCLUDES NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT ERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE? THERE'S A REALLY AWESOME, UH, DOCUMENTARY ON JUST THAT, BY THE WAY, CALLED JOIN OR DIE. I JUST WATCHED IT AND YOU, YOU, YOU, UH, MARRIED TO MINE. UH, IT'S KIND OF THE LATEST EVOLUTION OF ROBERT PUTNAM'S CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND GENERALIZED RECIPROCITY. WHAT MAKES COMMUNITIES STRONG? UM, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY FASCINATING AND LARGELY SCIENCE-BASED STUDY ON, UH, IT'S CALLED JOIN OR DIE. IT'S BASED, IT'S, UH, BASED OFF THE BOOK, UH, BOWLING ALONE, UH, KIND OF A GENERAL RECIPE FOR HOW WE BUILD OR MAYBE EVEN REBUILD, UM, SOME OF THE, THE COMMUNITIES THAT NOT ONLY COVID HAVE KNOCKED OUT, BUT BIG TV PHONES, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT, THAT DISTANCE THAT'S CREATED. PEOPLE KIND OF GENERALLY REALIZE THAT THAT'S TOO FAR. SO HOW WE GET THAT BACK AND THIS, THAT DOCUMENTARY IS BRILLIANT. , JOIN OR DIE? NO, NO DRAMA, NO, UH, NO THEATRICS TO THE TITLE . LITTLE PATRIOTISM. MAYBE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORTH YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION ON THE UR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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