Mar 04, 2025 Mobility, Ports, and Infrastructure Committee

GIVE US A MINUTE.

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MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COUNCILWOMAN SORROW VICE CHAIR THRESH INTU, PRESENT CHAIR KERR.

HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK

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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST MEETING OF MOBILITY PORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR 2025.

I'M JOINED BY OUR NEWEST COUNCILMAN AND OUR NEW VICE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN UA THRASH AND TUCK FROM THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.

WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UH, WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY COUNCILMAN SULI

[1. 25-54541 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Mobility, Ports, and Infrastructure Committee meeting of Tuesday, May 14, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SHE WILL NOT BE JOINING US TODAY.

SO JUST THE TWO OF US.

OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE'LL DISCUSS AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK AROUND GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PROJECTS, CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADDRESSING OUR CITY'S MOBILITY NEEDS.

WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM OUR PORTS DEPARTMENT, WE'LL HEAR FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND JURISDICTIONS, WHILE KEEPING A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS AND CONSIDER NECESSARY SOLUTIONS.

TODAY WE'LL BE STARTING OFF WITH A HEARING, UH, FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, LED BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MR. MARIO CORDERO, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, LED BY DIRECTOR ERIC LOPEZ.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THESE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY THE PORT, BOTH ON A CITYWIDE AND NATIONAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS THE MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS HANDLED ALL AROUND THE CITY.

BUT PUBLIC'S WORKS EVERY DAY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM BOTH OF YOU AS YOU SHARE, UH, THE GREAT WORK, UM, ESPECIALLY DIRECTOR CORDERO AROUND, UH, THE PORT TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND LEAD GREEN EFFORTS.

AND DIRECTOR LOPEZ, AS YOU BRING US UP TO SPEED ON SOME OF YOUR NEWEST TEAMS WORKING ON STREETS AND SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE.

WITH THAT MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM.

ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MOBILITY PORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, MAY 14TH, 2024.

I DON'T HAVE ANY BUTTONS.

THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE A MOVING BUTTON, SO I'M GONNA HAVE YOU DO IT AND SEE IF IT WORKS.

OKAY, I'LL DO THE MOTION.

WE'LL DO A VERBAL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? AND SECOND.

SECOND.

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

NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

CHAIR.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU.

IF IT'LL LET US , IT'S A LITTLE FINICKY TODAY.

I'M A YES, RECEIVED.

MOTION CARRIES.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

ITEM TWO, PLEASE.

ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT ON THE STATE OF THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, 20 YEARS OF LEADING GREEN.

[2. 25-54542 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Harbor Department on the State of the Port of Long Beach, “20 Years of Leading Green".       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, DIRECTOR CORDERO, WELCOME.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.

UH, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

WELL, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

MADAM VICE CHAIR.

I'M SORRY.

ONE MOMENT PLEASE.

WE NEED TO DO A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE.

OUR, CAN YOU SEE IT? LOTS OF THINGS.

AND WE NEED A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND RECEIVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

CONTINUE, PLEASE.

OKAY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HARVARD DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT AN UPDATE TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, AS YOU SEE THERE, THE COVER SLIDE 20 YEARS OF LEADING GREEN.

AND THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREENPORT POLICY THAT WAS FORMALIZED IN JANUARY OF 2005.

SO THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, AIR HARMFUL EMISSIONS FROM PORT OPERATIONS.

AND THIS LED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, THE TIME AT CUTTING EDGE POLICY IN 2004, WHERE THE PORT OF LONG BEACH COMMITTED TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND REALLY BECOME COMMUNITY

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AND HENCE, I'M PROUD HERE TO SAY AND REPRESENT TO YOU THAT I THINK, UH, WELL, I DON'T THINK THE PORT OF LONG BEACH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD AND HAS DONE MORE THAN ANY OTHER PORT IN THE COUNTRY.

MAYBE WITH THE EXCEPTION LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN A PARTNER WITH US IN TERMS OF REDUCING EMISSIONS IN THE SAN PETER BAY COMPLEX.

BUT I THINK THIS COMPLEX HERE IS A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF A COMMITMENT TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.

AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, OUR COMMITMENT NOW IS TO HAVE A ZERO EMISSION OPERATION.

SO LET'S START WITH SOME OF THE EMPIRICAL DATA HERE.

NOW, THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, I WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER IS 92, 71 98.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THIS IS EMPIRICAL DATA OF WHAT HAS RESULTED AS A RESULT OF OUR COMMITMENT PURSUANT TO GREENPORT POLICY AND THE CLEANER ACTION PLAN OF 2006, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER BY 92%.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE NOX BY 71% AND SULFUR OXIDES BY 98% USING BASELINE YEAR OF 2005.

SO AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS HERE AT THE SAN PEDRO BAY COMPLEX, THE TRUCKERS, THE MARINE TERMINAL OPERATORS, ELECTIVE OFFICIALS WHO, UH, HAVE SUPPORTED US WITH FUNDING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, UH, CHALLENGING FINANCIAL GOAL.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, OUR STAFF AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, AGAIN, I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT THESE FIGURES BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UH, THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN REDUCING EMISSIONS.

NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL POLLUTION HERE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO NOW AS PM THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS PARTICULATE MATTER, DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH IS 5.5%.

IT RELATES TO THE REGION 4.4% AS IT RELATES TO NI NITROGEN OXIDES AND SULFUR OXIDES 3.1%.

SO IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY TWO, BECAUSE I WOULD SUSPECT THE PORT OF HAS A SIMILAR PERCENTILE.

SO LET'S SAY DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER THAT, UH, STANDS FROM PORT OPERATIONS IS IN FACT 10%, UH, FROM THE SAN PEDRO BAY COMPLEX.

SO I SAY THAT NOT BECAUSE WE ARE DISMISSING OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET TO ZERO AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO GREENPORT POLICY, BUT I JUST WANNA BRING CONTEXT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, PORT LONGING HAS DONE A STELLAR JOB IN TERMS OF TAKING OWNERSHIP FOR THE EMISSIONS THAT HAVE RESULTED OR HARMFUL EMISSIONS FROM PORT OPERATIONS.

AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS 2030, UH, ZERO EMISSION CARGO HANG EQUIPMENT.

AND BY 2035, WHICH I BELIEVE WE'LL GET THERE A LOT EARLIER, ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS.

NOW, IN TERMS OF ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN 500 ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS IN A PORT COMPLEX.

THAT'S NOT MUCH.

BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK TO WHERE WE HAD IN 2021, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS.

THE OTHER GOOD NEWS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS 80 OF THESE TRUCKS ARE IN FACT, UH, UM, HYDROGEN FUEL TRUCKS.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY LITHIUM BATTERY TECHNOLOGY THAT REMOVING FORWARD FOR ZERO EMISSION HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS, IT'S ALSO HYDROGEN FU CELL.

SO WE'RE A LONG WAYS FOR, UH, TO CROSS THE, THE GOAL LINE.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS INDICATES THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE HERE AT THE PEARL LONG BEACH.

AND I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I'VE SET BACK IN 2020 THAT WE'RE REALLY GONNA BEGIN TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE YEAR 2027.

SO I THINK I WAS RIGHT, AND I THINK IF I'M HERE IN 2027 SHOWING THIS GRAPH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS.

NOW IN TERMS OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M GLAD TO REPRESENT TO YOU THAT THE PEARL OF LONG BEACH HAS MORE PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS THAN ANY OTHER PORT IN THE COUNTRY.

NOW, THIS GRAPH INDICATES OR WOULD INDICATE TO YOU THE, UH, PLACES WHERE WE HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAD WITH THESE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANIES.

SO OUR GOAL BY 2026, WE WILL HAVE, UH, MORE THAN 150 PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS.

SO, AGAIN, ANOTHER METRIC TO SHOW HOW PORT OF LONG BEACH HAS BEEN IN THE LEAD WITH REGARD TO NOT ONLY REDUCING EMISSIONS, BUT MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS WITHIN THE PORT COMPLEX.

NOW, WE'VE DONE ALL THIS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR VOLUME AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR 2024.

YOU SEE THIS NUMBER OF 9.6 MILLION TEUS.

UH, NOW, IF YOU, AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, THE ST.

PETER BAY COMPLEX MOVED APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION TEUS.

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SO IT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT IN TERMS OF 20 YEARS LEADING GREEN, THAT WHILE WE'VE INCREASED OUR CARGO SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2005, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'VE REDUCED EMISSIONS SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO AGAIN, UH, NOW AS I LOOK TO THIS YEAR, UH, JANUARY OF 2025, WE COMMENCED THE YEAR, WHAT A RECORD NUMBER, UH, FOR JANUARY CONTAINERS, 950,000 TEUS PLUS, UH, ANYTIME WE GET INTO A NUMBER OF 900,000 PLUS A MONTH, THAT IS A VERY, VERY GOOD MONTH.

SO IT TELLS YOU THAT, AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF, UH, TU COMING INTO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CAN REPRESENT TO YOU THAT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH IS THE NUMBER ONE CONTAINER PORT THROUGHPUT IN THE COUNTRY AS OF NOW.

NOW, PORT OF LOS ANGELES HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE BIRTH SPACE.

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WE ARE.

UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE MOVE ABOUT 48% OF THE TUS THAT COME THROUGH THE ST.

PETER BAY COMPLEX.

NOW, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT OUR MEGA PROJECT, THE PIER B RAIL ON DOCK FACILITY.

UH, MADAM CHAIR, YOU WERE THERE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING ONE.

SECRETARY BUDHA JOINED US IN THAT, UH, SIGNIFICANT EVENT.

UH, IT'S A $1.7 BILLION ENDEAVOR.

IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE MOVEMENT OF RAIL, UH, BE A GAME CHANGER HERE.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, WE'RE GONNA GO FROM 11 TRACKS OF OUR EXISTING WE RAIL FACILITY TO 48.

UH, THE EXCITING NEWS ABOUT OUR RAIL INVESTMENT IS THAT, AS YOU ARE AWARE, BNSF HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE LARGEST INTER MOTO FACILITY IN THE UNITED STATES IN BARSTOW, JUST 130, UH, UH, MILES FROM HERE, APPROXIMATELY.

THAT MEANS THE CONNECTIVITY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE HERE BETWEEN PIER B AND THE BARSTOW PROJECT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BIG PROJECT, IS GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER, NOT JUST FOR THE SAN PETER BAY COMPLEX, BUT FOR THE REGION.

THAT MEANS MORE CONTAINERS BY RAIL, LESS TRUCKS ON THE CORRIDORS.

NOW, THIS IS ANOTHER OF OUR, UH, PROJECTS, THE CHANNEL DEEPENING PROJECT.

AGAIN, UH, MANY YEARS AGO, THE PORT OF LA BEACH DECIDED WE WERE GONNA INVEST IN OUR TERMINALS SO THAT WE ARE BIG SHIP READY.

AND I'M GOING BACK TO 2005, 2006.

AND OF COURSE, SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE BUILT THE STATE-OF-THE-ART TERMINAL AND LONG BEACH CONTAINER TERMINAL.

AND OF COURSE, THE STATE-OF-THE-ART CABLE BRIDGE, WHICH IS THE LONG BEACH INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY BRIDGE, ALL IN PREPARATION TO RECEIVE THESE LARGER VESSELS.

SO THIS IS PART OF THE GAME PLAN IN TERMS OF CONTINUING, UH, DREDGING, WHICH WILL NOT ONLY ASSIST, UH, OUR MAIN CHANNEL OF CORRIDOR AS VESSELS AND TANKER VESSELS COME UP THAT CORRIDOR, UH, AND ALSO OUR TERMINALS IN TERMS OF, UH, AGAIN, ADDRESSING THE IMPORTANT DREDGING PROJECTS THEY NEED TO HAVE TO BETTER NAVIGATE THE LARGER VESSELS.

NOW, YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF PW YOU TALK ABOUT VISION.

UH, POOR LANGUAGE IS THERE.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT.

UH, SO CLEARLY I THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THE ENERGY DEMANDS ARE GONNA INCREASE CONSIDERABLE.

NOW, JUST TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, THE PEARL LONG BEACH, WHICH IS MOVE TO ELECTRIFY THE PORT IN ABOUT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, OUR ENERGY DEMANDS GONNA BE SIXFOLD.

SO CLEARLY WE NEED TO HAVE A GOOD, DIVERSE PORTFOLIO OF ENERGY OPTIONS HERE, BE IT WIND, BE IT SOLAR, UH, AND OF COURSE, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, ENERGY, UH, RELIANCE THAT WE HAVE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO ADDRESS THE RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUEL, BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S A LONG TERM ENDEAVOR.

IT'LL BE A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE GET TO A POINT OF HAVING SOME REAL OPTIONS.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE.

UH, POOR LONG BEACH ALSO HAS A, A MICRO, UH, PROJECT, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE MOVED OUTTA JCC MICROGRID.

SO WE'RE EXPLORING ALL AVENUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENERGY, RE RESILIENCY AND ENERGY SECURITY.

SO THIS IS THE CONCEPT OF PRW.

UH, IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT, UH, THE FUTURE IS THAT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH WILL HAVE THE LARGEST STAGING AND INTEGRATING TERMINAL IN THE UNITED STATES.

UH, THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS 400 ACRES, UH, FOR STAGING AND INTEGRATION.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT IN TERMS OF SIZE, UH, THE TURBINES THAT WILL BE COMING, UH, HERE DOWN, UH, IN A FEW YEARS, OR AT THE END OF THE DECADE, WILL BE A THOUSAND FEET IN HEIGHT, HIGHER THAN THE

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SO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN ENDEAVOR OF MAGNITUDE, FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, FOR SURE.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE NO CHOICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPLORE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO FURTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MEET THE GOVERNOR'S VISION OF A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY IN CALIFORNIA.

NOW, FOR THOSE WHO THINK THIS IS TOO VISIONARY OR MAYBE TOO MUCH OF A FANTASY, OR MAYBE UTOPIC, LET ME JUST SAY THIS ABOUT ENERGY SECURITY.

OUR GOAL IN CALIFORNIA IS TO HAVE 25 GIGAWATTS BY YEAR, 2045.

25 GIGAWATTS BY YEAR 2045.

CHINA TODAY HAS 30 GIGAWATTS OF WIND ENERGY TODAY.

SO CLEARLY, I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS NOT ONLY IN THE INTEREST OF LONG BEACH IN THE INTEREST OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION TO, AGAIN, HAVE A DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO OF OUR ENERGY NEEDS GOING INTO THE FUTURE.

NOW, THE LAST POINT ON THAT IS, UH, NO MATTER WHAT PUBLICATION YOU PICK UP, NOWADAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT AI DATA CENTERS.

THAT ENERGY DEMAND IS GONNA BE HUGE.

SO, UH, AS I MOVE TO CONCLUDE HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, WE ARE, UH, WIDENING OUR MARKETING, UH, UH, OPTIONS.

HERE.

YOU COULD SEE THIS IS ON THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.

IT'S ALSO AT THE, UH, PORT OF, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE AIRPORT, SACRAMENTO AIRPORT, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, MARKETING THERE AT THE A A X IN THAT CORRIDOR, UH, AND IN THE CORRIDOR TO LAS VEGAS.

UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE LONG BEACH HAS A GREAT STORY TO TELL.

THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS LED IN SO MANY AREAS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

BUT ALSO THE AREAS THAT WE LEAD HERE IN LONG BEACH IS THE PORT.

THE PORT OF LONG BEACH IS RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY AS A LEADER IN MANY AREAS, NOT JUST IN CARGO.

AND I THINK IN SOME OF MY PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, MADAM CHAIR, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, TUS, THAT NUMBER'S NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT METRIC FOR US.

OF COURSE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR REVENUE, BUT THE POINT I'M MAKING IS AS IMPORTANT, IS WHAT DO WE DO IN OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO BETTER THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BETTER THE COMMUNITY? AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THAT THE PEARL LONG BEACH FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREENPORT, WE ALSO NEED TO SPEAK OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, REDUCING EMISSIONS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN LEADING GREEN.

AND AS I MENTIONED, IN 2005, STRIKE THAT I APPEARED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004 BEFORE THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.

I WAS A NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER BY THEN, MAYOR BEVERLY O'NEILL.

AND WE HAD AN ISSUE REGARDING A DEVELOPMENT OF A TERMINAL AND AN EAR, WHICH NRDC APPEALED.

AND I SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE PORT, DESPITE ONLY BEING A COMMISSIONER FOR, UH, A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR.

AND I SAID, NO MATTER WHAT THE COUNCIL DECIDES ON THIS APPEAL, WE WILL BE A GREEN PORT.

FIVE MONTHS LATER, WE IMPLEMENTED THE GREEN PORT POLICY IN JANUARY, 2005 AND 20 YEARS LATER, THIS IS THE EMPIRICAL DATA, WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS PORT OF LONG BEACH HAS BEEN A LEADER IN REDUCING EMISSIONS.

SO, WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, NOT ONLY YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PORT, BUT OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE DO AS A CITY LEADING IN A MYRIAD OF AREAS.

AND LAST, UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO MAYOR RICHARDSON, WHO AGAIN, HAS APPROACHED THE MANY ISSUES RELATED TO THE PORT IN A PRAGMATIC FASHION THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE A, A PORT CITY HERE, OR A CITY PORT, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR CORDERO, UH, COUNCILMAN THRA INTECH, I'LL OPEN IT FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, DIRECTOR CORDERO, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY.

I WAS DELIGHTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE SPENDING SOME TIME ELEVATING ALL OF THE WORK, UM, THAT OUR PORT HAS DONE TO LEAD IN THIS COUNTRY ON BEING A GREEN PORT.

UM, I'VE SAT WITH YOU AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, LEADERS WHO SUPPORT OUR PORT, AND I HAVE SEEN HOW FAR AHEAD WE ARE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER PARTS THAT ONLY WISH THEY COULD GET NEARLY WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN, UM, AS A CITY.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

I DO WANT TO, UM, JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS SURE.

THAT I THINK WILL HELP THE PUBLIC IN UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE IMPACT AND THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF, UH, GOING AHEAD AND, AND DOING WHAT MAYBE OTHERS HAVEN'T DONE.

SO, UM, I WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CIRCLES THAT YOU SHOWED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT LOOKED AT THE PARTICULATE MATTER AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT, UM, THESE ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS THAT YOU ALL PROBAB, YOU KNOW, HAVE,

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CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, UM, THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE PORT, UM, WHO, UH, COLLECTS AND MEASURES THIS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THIRD PARTY REGULATORS INVOLVED? YES, NO, ABSOLUTELY.

AND AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, THE IMPETUS OF OUR REGULATORY AGENCIES OVER THE YEARS, UH, ALTHOUGH IN 2005, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T READY TO FOLLOW, WE WERE READY TO LEAD.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID WITH THE GREENPORT POLICY.

SO, I, I, I, I HAD THESE NUMBERS HERE.

SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT WE'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO IN TERMS OF ZERO EMISSIONS.

LAST, I'LL SAY ON THAT POINT, ALSO, THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT FOR THE PORT COMPLEX TO MEET THE GOAL OF ZERO EMISSION, WE NEED $4 BILLION.

SO IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF THE FINANCING FOR THIS ENDEAVOR, BUT WE WILL GET THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS, IF YOU LOOK AT 2005, LITERALLY YOU COULD SEE BLACK SPOKE COMING OUTTA THE DILAPIDATED TRUCKS BACK THEN FROM THE TAILPIPE BLACK SPOKE, COMING FROM THE SMOKE STACK OF THESE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS.

YOU DON'T SEE THAT ANYMORE AT THE ST.

PETER BAY COMPLEX.

SO THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS TODAY, EVERY ONE OF THEM, UH, THE MAJOR CARRIERS HAS A DECARBONIZED FOOTPRINT ROADMAP.

AND THAT IS, AGAIN, PORT LA BEACH HAS PARTICIPATED IN GREEN CORRIDOR, UH, MOUS WITH SHANGHAI AND SINGAPORE.

SO, I'M, I'M REALLY BULLISH AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO TELL OUR STORY.

AND THE, THE OTHER EMPIRICAL DATA IS THIS, BECAUSE WHO ARE THE OTHER 90% THAT ARE POLLUTING PM UH, I KNOW WHO THOSE OTHER ENTITIES ARE, BUT I ONLY SAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ADDRESS IS VERY IMPORTANT EMISSION REDUCTION IN THE CORRIDORS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THE PERCENTILE OF DREAS TRUCKS OVER THE, OVER, OVER THE NUMBER OF HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS ON THE ROADS IN CALIFORNIA OF THAT PERCENTAGE, DUS TRUCKS ARE 1.2%.

SO I THINK, AGAIN, AS A STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THESE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO REDUCE.

THANK YOU.

AND I NOTICED HERE YOU HAVE THE SOUTH CO, UH, SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN EMISSIONS, I'M SURE A QMD IS INVOLVED AS WELL.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT, UH, BORDERS THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.

UM, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR, UM, THE ENERGY NEEDS BEING SIXFOLD IN THE FUTURE FROM A COM FOR A COMBINATION OF REGION REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RELY, LET'S SAY, ON AI AND OTHER COMMUTING.

UM, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT, I WANNA UNDERSCORE, UM, THE INVESTMENT IN THE RAIL LINE AT THE PORT, AND HOW THAT CAN TAKE SOME OF THOSE TRUCKS OFF THE ROAD AND OFF OF THE SEVEN 10, AND REALLY CREATE A DIRECT PATHWAY FROM THOSE SHIPS COMING INTO OUR PORT, GETTING ON THE TRAINS, AND THEN MOVING OUT THOSE GOODS INTO VARIOUS AREAS.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BECAUSE, UH, I'M VERY EXCITED TO GIVE YOU THAT ANSWER.

MM-HMM .

WHEN I TOOK THIS JOB IN 2017, MY FIRST SPEECH THAT I PRESENTED AS THE CEO OF THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL STATE OF PORT, I REFERENCED TO THE AUDIENCE THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE AN AMAZON STATE OF MIND.

I SAID THAT NOT TO PROMOTE A COMPANY, BUT I SAID IT, THAT AMAZON CHANGED EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, E-COMMERCE CONSUMERS WANTED THOSE PACKAGES ON THEIR DOORSTEP WITHIN 72 HOURS, THEN WITHIN 48 HOURS.

AND TODAY, WITHIN THE NEXT DAY, WHERE DO THOSE PACKAGES COME FROM? HENCE THE INVESTMENT BY THE PEARL LONG BEACH AND RAIL.

SO LET ME SAY ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ZERO EMISSION AND REDUCING EMISSIONS, OUR INNER HARBOR RAIL COMPANY, PACIFIC HARBOR LINE TODAY HAVE HAS IN DEMONSTRATION A ZERO EMISSION LOCOMOTIVE.

WONDERFUL.

IT'S A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

IT'S OPERATING RIGHT NOW AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

IT'S QUITE A WAYS TO THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ZERO EMISSION LOCOMOTIVES ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IT'S BEGINNING, IT'S A START.

IT'S A MILESTONE, IN FACT, TO HAVE THIS, SO TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE TO DECONGEST OUR CORRIDORS, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE SEVEN 10, WHETHER IT'S THE ONE 10, AS A MATTER OF FACT, NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO IN LOS ANGELES, THERE'S A CONTAINER TRUCK, WHETHER IT'S ON THE 60, ON THE 15, YOU NAME IT.

SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE PORT LO BEACH IS INVESTING 1.6 BILLION IN PB, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE PERCENTILE OF CONTAINERS THAT MOVE BY RAIL OUT OF THE PORT LO BEACH IS AROUND 25%, 25%.

WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PB PROJECT,

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NOW, WHAT WE DID NOT KNOW, AS I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, WAS PARALLEL TO US CONSTRUCTING THIS RAIL PROJECT, BEING THE F HAS DECIDED WE'RE GONNA KICK IN ONE POINT BILLION IN BARSTOW FOR THE LARGEST INTERMODAL RAIL CITY IN THE COUNTRY.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE MAY GET TO 50%.

UH, NOW, AGAIN, THERE ARE COLLEAGUES OF MINE WHO THINK THAT'S RATHER UTOPIC.

BUT FOR THE PEARL LONG BEACH, WE DON'T THINK OF UTOPIA.

WE THINK OF VISION, WE THINK OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, THE STATE-OF-THE-ART TERMINAL, LONG BEACH CONTAINER, TERMINAL, STATE-OF-THE-ART BRIDGE, AND OF COURSE NOW THE STATE-OF-THE-ART RAIL FACILITY.

SO I'M, I'M VERY BULLISH ABOUT THE FUTURE.

AND AGAIN, WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE CITY IS HUGE.

RIGHT NOW, AS I'M SPEAKING, WE'RE HOSTING THE LARGEST MARITIME CONFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS THE TPM, THAT TPM CONFERENCE IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED.

WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, 4,400 PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IN LONG BEACH FROM NOT ONLY PARTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT PARTS AROUND THE WORLD.

SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, THAT THIS ECONOMIC ENGINE DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT, SO TO SPEAK.

UH, BUT IT BENEFITS THE CITY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE PART OF THE CITY.

AND I THINK LONG BEACH IN TERMS OF WHEREVER YOU GO IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS A LEADER.

IF MADAM CHAIR WILL ALLOW ME ONE MORE QUESTION.

SURE.

OKAY.

UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

UM, MY LAST QUESTION RELATES TO, UH, JOBS.

UM, WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MODERNIZING, CHANGING, UM, MAKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING PEOPLE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE DIGNIFIED WORK, UH, AT OUR PORT.

UM, I KNOW YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THAT.

CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, VIABLE AND STRONG JOBS AT OUR PORT? WELL, NUMBER ONE, I THINK WHAT THE PORT LAW BEACH HAS DONE IN RECENT YEARS IS, UH, PUTTING FORWARD PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS.

IT'S NOT JUST JOBS, BUT GOOD JOBS, GOOD PAYING JOBS, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, INTERNSHIPS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH TO BE PRIORITIZED OR AT LEAST HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING THOSE JOBS.

THE LATEST ACTION WE TOOK ON A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT WAS TO EXTEND IT 10 YEARS.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT EXTENSION, AND I THINK THAT'S THE LARGEST EXTENSION OF ANY PORT THAT HAS GIVEN, UH, IN WORKING WITH THE UNIONS.

UH, WE'RE VERY ACTIVE IN INTERNSHIPS.

WE'RE VERY ACTIVE AT LONG BEACH UNIFIED, UH, IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE, WHETHER IT'S JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL OR IT'S CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S POLY HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WE PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION FOR THESE JOBS.

SO, OUR TALKING POINT FOR THE POOR LONG BEACH, THAT WE HAVE 2.6 MILLION JOBS THAT INDIRECTLY OR DIRECTLY FLOW FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, 55,000 WITHIN THE CITY, 750,000, UH, WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO PROJECTS LIKE PIER B FURTHERS THAT COMMITMENT.

AND OF COURSE, PIER W UH, WHICH IS THE FUTURE, WHICH WILL HAPPEN AT SOME POINT.

UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS JOB PRODUCER, NOT ONLY REGIONALLY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

AND I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS, MORE COMMENTS THAN ANYTHING.

I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

UM, I KNOW THOSE NUMBERS, 92, 71, 98, YOU MADE THEM REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

UM, IS INCREDIBLE WORK AND DEDICATION.

AND I THINK, UM, AS YOU SAID IN 2004 AND 2005, HAVING A VISION FOR WHERE WE COULD BE AND, AND WORKING OUR WAY INTO THAT VISION.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS THE A HUNDRED PERCENT RE REDUCTION AND ZERO EMISSIONS.

UM, AND WE'LL GET THERE.

AND I, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SPEAK WITH YOUR VAST EXPERIENCE, BOTH, UM, HERE LOCALLY AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF CHATTER AROUND WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE OPTIMISTIC, WHETHER IT'S WIND, UM, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS, UM, PORT PROJECTS.

UH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND THE VALUE OF CONTINUING TO VISION FORWARD IN WAYS THAT YOU THINK, UH, THE PORT WILL INNOVATE IN A TIME WHEN THERE MIGHT BE MORE QUESTIONS? SURE.

I THINK FOR THE CITY AND THE PORT, LET'S LOOK BACK TO OUR HISTORY.

DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, UH, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF SHIPYARDS.

THAT WAS THE BREAD AND BUTTER FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

AT THE TIME, THE NAVAL SHIPYARD, BEVERLY O'NEILL AT THE TIME, COULD HAVE HAD A DOOMSDAY VIEW OF THINGS.

BUT I REMEMBER AT THE TIME, UH, UH, I WAS MUCH YOUNGER, OF COURSE, BUT I DID HEAR FROM HER THAT NO PROBLEM WE'RE GONNA REINVENT OURSELVES IN TOURISM AND

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AND HENCE CAME THE AMPLIFICATION OF THE POOR OF LONG BEACH.

I MENTIONED THAT MADAM CHAIR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LONG BEACH IS ABOUT.

UH, IF WE HIT A CROSSROAD, IT MEANS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO WHERE ARE WE TODAY? WELL, WHEN I WAS PART OF A COMMISSION THAT WE WERE CONTEMPLATING GREENPORT POLICY IN 2005, I SAID IT WAS FORMALIZED IN JANUARY OF 2005, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS EARLIER.

AND THERE WAS HESITATION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO, UH, THIS WAS GOING TO, UH, UH, UH, IMPACT OUR COMPETITIVENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES, COSTLY INITIATIVES.

THE BCOS WERE GONNA GO ELSEWHERE.

UH, SOME OF US NEVER FELL FOR THAT DOOMSDAY ACCOUNT THAT THE SKY WAS GONNA FALL.

SO WHERE ARE WE NOW IN 2025? WHERE ARE WE NOW? LONG BEACH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IS THE LARGEST CONTAINERIZED PORT OF CONTAINER MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY, AT LEAST FOR JANUARY.

BUT CLEARLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF 20 24, 9 0.6 MILLION, THE HIGHEST VOLUME IN OUR 113 YEAR HISTORY.

SO DESPITE THE GEOPOLITICAL DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE WORLD THAT IMPACT INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE DOMESTIC ISSUES THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING OR HEARING ABOUT TARIFFS AND THE IMPACTS, ALL I COULD SAY IS THE PORT OF LONG BEACH HAS SURVIVED NO MATTER WHAT ADMINISTRATION POLICIES COME INTO PLAY AS IT RELATES TO TRADE.

BUT I THINK THE BEAUTY OF LONG BEACH, WE'RE A CITY OF ABOUT 496,000, YOU KNOW, AND YET, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK IN TERMS OF OUR IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTO THE GDP OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND FOR THE NATION, UH, IT'S A BIG IMPACT.

SO FOR THOSE WHO MAY QUESTION THE, THE VISION THAT WE HAVE NOW ABOUT WHETHER IT'S RENEWABLE ENERGY, WIND ENERGY, YOU KNOW, A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR, UH, MILLION DOLLAR, UH, RAIL PROJECT, ALL I COULD TELL YOU IS WE HAVE A RESUME OF SUCCESS.

UH, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, AND OF COURSE, MUCH OF THIS PRECEDES ME.

UH, SO, AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THE STELLAR GROUP OF PEOPLE WE HAVE AT THE PORT LONG BEACH.

I MEAN, I'M MEETING WITH A LOT OF SHIPPERS THIS WEEK, AND TO THE T EVERYONE PRAISES THE PORT LONG BEACH FOR THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR VALUE PROPOSITION.

SO I THINK WHAT THAT, UH, ALSO REMINDS ME TO INTRODUCE THREE OF OUR MAGNIFICENT STAFF THAT ARE HERE, UH, BEGINNING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, ADRIAN GRANDE, ALSO NINA TURNER FROM THAT DIVISION, AND OF COURSE, SARAH BALLMAN.

UH, THIS IS THE, A TEAM OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HERE OUR NARRATIVE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAKING SURE THAT WHETHER SACRAMENTO, WASHINGTON, DC THEY UNDERSTAND OUR NEEDS.

AND I'LL LAST SAY THAT, UH, LAST YEAR I TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE POOR OF LONG BEACH.

ANOTHER EMPIRICAL DATA I'LL PRESENT.

WE RECEIVED MORE FUNDING THAN ANY OTHER PORT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAN ANY PORT IN THE COUNTRY.

NOW, AS WE ENDED THE YEAR, WE, WE FELL SHORT ON THE EPA CLEAN PORT FUND, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UH, WE HAVE NO COMPLAINTS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY MUCH A BENEFICIARY.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HELPING US WHEN YOU GO TO WASHINGTON TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE FUNDS AND SACRAMENTO, AND THE COURSE OF LEADERSHIP OF OUR MAYOR, REX RICHARDSON.

THANK YOU.

UH, BOTH COUNCILMAN THRASH UNTUCK AND I REPRESENT DISTRICTS THAT DON'T TOUCH THE PORT, AND WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES OUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP OF HOW IMPORTANT THE PORT IS, UM, TO OUR ECONOMIC, UH, HEALTH HERE IN THE CITY.

THAT REVENUE THAT STEMS FROM THE PORT AND THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES ARE WHAT HELPED DRIVE SOME OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, WITH DIRECTOR LOPEZ NEXT.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU, UH, ALL OF THE STAFF AT THE PORT AND ALL OF OUR INCREDIBLE LABOR PARTNERS WHO ARE MAKING THAT HAPPEN, UM, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND AS YOU WELCOME FOLKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, IT, IT WILL BE TOUGH TO GET A SPOT.

IT MAY BE YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN THIS WEEK, .

UM, BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE HOPEFUL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO VISION FORWARD AND, UH, CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS EXCELLENCE IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE AT THE PORT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK IN THIS COMMITTEE TO TELL US OTHER EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE PORT IN WAYS THAT WE AS COUNCIL, CAN CONTINUE TO LIFT UP AND ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON AT THE PORT.

WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE'S

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NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

CHAIR.

SEEING NONE, IF WE COULD CAST OUR VOTES, PLEASE.

I STILL HAVE SCREEN ISSUES, SO I'M A YES.

THANK YOU.

RE RECEIVED.

MOTION CARRIES.

GREAT.

UH, IF YOU COULD READ ITEM THREE, PLEASE.

ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON THE CITY'S IN-HOUSE CONCRETE PROGRAM AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM.

[3. 25-54543 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Public Works Department on the City's in-house Concrete Program and Slurry Seal Program.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

DIRECTOR LOPEZ, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU.

CHEERS.

BE YOU.

WE'LL TAKE IT OVER TO YOU CHEER.

OH, SORRY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND? I WILL.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANY BUTTONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, GARY.

OKAY.

WHEN DIRECTOR CORDERO ASKED, WHO'S CONTRIBUTING TO THAT POLLUTION? I'M NOT.

'CAUSE I DRIVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

JUST FOR THE RECORD.

.

UH, OKAY.

UM, , MADAM CHAIR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMITTEE.

UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, A FEW SLIDES AND TALK ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT, UH, THAT'S, UH, RELATIVELY NEW OR IT'S BEEN, UH, RE-ENVISIONED.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PLANNING ON, UH, GROWING OUR CONCRETE CREW.

UH, THIS IS IN-HOUSE WORK.

THIS IS CITY STAFF THAT, UH, IS ABLE TO, UH, DEMOLISH FORM POUR, FINISH CONCRETE.

UH, WE, UH, USED TO HAVE PROGRAMS, UH, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, UH, PROGRAMS, MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS THAT WERE CUT AND NOW WE'RE REBUILDING.

UM, AND, AND THEY, UH, RE-ENVISIONED, UH, WAY.

SO, UM, I'M GONNA START WITH JUST THE NEED AND THE, UH, THE FACT THAT WE ARE A AGING CITY.

WE HAVE VERY OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONCRETE, SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, SOME STREETS, SOME ALLEYS, AND A WHOLE LOT OF BIKE PATHS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL PATHS, UH, SPREAD OUT THROUGH OUR ENTIRE 52 SQUARE MILE CITY.

PRIOR TO, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24, OUR CONCRETE CREW, UH, CONSISTED OF FIVE STAFF MEMBERS.

I HAVE THOSE LISTED ON THE LEFT.

UH, LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED OUR PROPOSAL TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT TEAM TO 12 STAFF.

UH, SO, UH, WE, WE DID END UP REPURPOSING ONE OF OUR SENIOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS.

AND, UH, AND WE ARE IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF, OF FILLING THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DO STILL HAVE A COUPLE VACANCIES.

WHILE I'VE HIRED TWO MAINTENANCE ASSISTANTS, UM, I STILL HAVE TO HIRE, UH, TWO MORE AND, UH, TWO CONCRETE FINISHERS AND AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.

UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S IN PROGRESS.

NOW, WHEN, WHEN THIS TEAM IS FULLY, UH, UP AND RUNNING, UH, WE WILL HAVE 12 CITY STAFF THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO DO SOME REPAIRS.

UH, WE AVERAGE, UM, ABOUT 25 REQUESTS A MONTH THAT COME IN, EITHER THROUGH GO LONG BEACH, THROUGH, UH, EMAIL, THROUGH A PHONE CALL OF JUST GENERAL, YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE'S FALLING APART CITY, PLEASE FIX THIS.

AND IT COULD BE A CURB, IT COULD BE A GUTTER, IT COULD BE A SIDEWALK, IT COULD BE AN ALLEY.

ANYTHING RELATED TO CONCRETE THAT'S WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS JURISDICTION.

UH, I DO NOT INCLUDE PARKS OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ALSO HAVE CONCRETE WORK IN THIS.

THIS IS JUST PUBLIC WORKS JURISDICTION.

UM, THE, UH, RIGHT NOW THE CONCRETE PROGRAM IS ABLE TO DO ABOUT 135 REPAIRS.

UM, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT CAPACITY IS INCREASING AS WE FILL IN OUR VACANCIES AND CONTINUE TO GROW THE PROGRAM.

UH, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, 26 BUDGET PROCESS, WE ARE LOOKING AT FURTHER GROWING THIS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE CAPACITY.

BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE WILL HAVE AS PART OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT HAS KICKED OFF, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH.

UM, IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK WHEN YOU SEE BOE, THAT'S OUR BUREAU OF ENGINEERING, THAT'S OUR A DA PROGRAM, OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM, OUR STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH SQUARE FEET OF CONCRETE THEY ARE REPAIRING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND THEY WENT IN 22 FROM 292 SQUARE FEET, UH, TO OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET IN 24.

AND IT'S GROWING.

IT'S ONLY GOING UP.

SO THAT'S A COMBINATION OF FACTORS.

UM, OUR CONSTRUCTION CREWS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD, UH, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE THAT WE'RE DOING MORE CONSTRUCTION THAN WE EVER HAVE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

INCLUDES LOCAL STREET, UH, WORK AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, BUT NOW I'M ADDING SIDEWALKS TO THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING MORE STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS

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UH, AND THAT'S IN THE LAST, UH, YEAR OR SO, WHERE, OR TWO YEARS, WHERE WE STARTED SEEING THAT INCREASE AS WE WERE, AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS A LOT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO CONCRETE, UH, TYPE OF REPAIRS.

SO OUR ENGINEERING BUREAU DOES A LOT OF THE WORK.

NOW, YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT AND THEY'RE NOT AS IMPRESSIVE, BUT THAT'S OUR INTERNAL CREWS, OUR RIGHT AWAY CONSTRUCTION, UH, TEAMS. YOU KNOW, UH, THREE YEARS AGO, THEY WERE ABLE TO DO 600 SQUARE FEET OF CONCRETE.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, MULTIPLIED THAT MANY TIMES OVER, UH, IN 23 TO SIX, 6,500 SQUARE FEET.

AND THEN LAST YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO DO 15,000 SQUARE FEET.

I WANNA SEE THAT CONTINUE TO GROW AND INCREASE SO THAT OUR IN-HOUSE CREWS CAN DO MORE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE ONE-OFFS, UH, TO REPAIR OUR, OUR SIDEWALKS, OUR CURBS, OUR GUTTERS, AND MINIMIZE, UH, TRIP AND FALL LIABILITIES OR OTHER RISKS WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

UH, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION, UH, IS THAT WE DID EVALUATE ALL OF OUR, UH, SIDEWALKS AND CURB RAMPS IN THE CITY A FEW YEARS BACK.

UH, WE SPENT A COUPLE YEARS, UM, UH, TRA UM, INSPECTING OUR OVER 1200 MILES OF SIDEWALKS AND 12,000 CURB RAMPS, UH, AS PART OF OUR, UH, A DA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANS TRANSITION PLAN, UH, EFFORTS.

UH, SO WE DEVELOPED A MAP, UM, THAT, AND HAS RATED, UM, WITH CERTAIN CRITERIA, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CRITERIA, ALL THE LOCATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, THAT HAVE HIGH PRIORITY REPAIR NEEDS.

UM, SO THIS IS NOT JUST, OH, YOU HAVE A THREE INCH OFFSET OR A FIVE INCH OFFSET, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, ADD THAT TO THE LIST.

NO, THIS IS THE OFFSETS PLUS, UH, THE ACTIVITY, UH, SCORE.

SO OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN SIDEWALK NEXT TO A SCHOOL WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC, AND THAT'S COMPARED TO A SIMILAR OFFSET IN ONE OF OUR, SAY, A RESIDENTIAL STREET, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE LESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE SCORING, OUR, OUR CRITERIA WILL PRIORITIZE THE IMPROVEMENT AROUND THE SCHOOL, UH, BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES HERE, IS THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF, OF, OF, UM, FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE EQUATION.

UH, BUT WE, UH, WE ARE, WE USE DATA IN, IN ACTUAL CONDITIONS OUT THERE TO, UH, TO RANK THE, UH, THE PRIORITY LEVEL OF THE REPAIRS.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS DATA? NOW, WHEN WE GET OUR, OUR GO LONG BEACH REQUEST, OR OUR PHONE CALLS OR THE EMAILS TO DO A REPAIR, WE ARE CROSS CHECKING THAT REQUEST WITH THIS, WITH THE PRIORITY LIST, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING FAIR, WE ARE BEING EQUITABLE, WE ARE, UH, SPENDING THE MONEY, UM, UH, AS THE, AS WHERE THE HIGHEST NEEDS ARE AND AS WISELY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO REPAIR EVERY SINGLE SIDEWALK THAT NEEDS IT NOW.

SO I'LL REPEAT THAT.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FUNDS IN OUR BUDGETS, UH, TO REPAIR EVERY SINGLE SIDEWALK, CURB, GUTTER, ALLEY, ROADWAY, BIKE PATH, ET CETERA, UH, THAT WE NEED TO.

SO THAT MAKES PRIORITIZATION EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

AND WE ARE USING THE DATA FROM THE A DA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN TO HELP US WITH THAT PRIORITIZATION EFFORT.

UM, SO HOW THE STAFF, UM, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WHEN WE GET A REQUEST TO EVALUATE ADDRESS AND, UH, AND EVENTUALLY REPAIR.

WE HAVE A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS COMPLEX PROCESS.

UH, I'M GONNA BREAK IT DOWN, UH, IN, UM, IN, IN, IN THE SIMPLER STEPS.

SO WHEN SOMEONE CALLS AND, OR EMAILS OR SUBMITS A GO LONG BEACH REQUEST, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THAT'S SUBMITTED, WE SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT, UH, TO, UH, TO, UH, LOOK AT THE LOCATION AND, UH, AND, AND, UM, DO AN ASPHALT PATCH REPAIR IF NECESSARY.

UM, WE'RE ALL, WE SOMETIMES ALSO, UH, DO PAINTING, UH, ON THE, ON THE SURFACE TO ALERT PEOPLE OF THE DANGER.

UH, SOMETIMES WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SCIENCE AS WELL, UH, ON THE SHORT TERM BASIS TO ALERT PEOPLE OF THE DANGER.

SO WE ARE DOING MORE OF THAT BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN CLAIMS IN TRIP AND FALL INCIDENTS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE, UH, WHEN, WHEN THERE'S, WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE OUT THERE IN OUR, IN OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

SO ONCE, ONCE THERE'S, UH, A WARNING OR AN ASPHALT PATCH THAT'S DONE, WE THEN LOOK AT THE LOCATION AND THE PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR, OUR DATA AND OUR CRITERIA.

WHERE DOES THIS FALL INTO OUR PRIORITY ORDER? EVERY SINGLE BLOCK IN OUR CITY HAS BEEN RATED FROM A PRIORITY BETWEEN ONE AND I, IF IT'S 10,000, 20,000, WHATEVER AMOUNT OF BLOCKS

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IF IT FALLS UNDER A HIGH PRIORITY LOCATION THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, WE PRIORITIZE THAT WITH OUR, UH, A DA CREWS OR OUR IN-HOUSE CONCRETE CREWS.

IF IT'S NOT A HIGH PRIORITY.

WE NOTED, UH, WE INSPECTED EVERY 18 TO 24 MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PATCH OR THAT WARNING IS STILL THERE AND REDO THAT IF NECESSARY.

AND IT WAITS FOR ITS TURN BASED ON ITS PRIORITY UNTIL IT, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET THAT REPAIRED.

NOW, IF THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO SET ASIDE MORE MONEY FOR US TO, UH, DEVELOP ADDITIONAL CREWS OR TO HIRE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO DO MORE REPAIRS, WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THE HARDEST QUESTION IS, OR, YOU KNOW, LIMITED FUNDS ARE LIMITED PRIORITIES, UH, FROM PUB PUBLIC BUDGETING STANDPOINT ARE VAST.

YOU KNOW, SO WE, HOW DO WE BALANCE? THAT'S, THAT'S ALL AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE.

I'M INCLUDED IN SOME PICTURES JUST TO SHOW SOME OF THESE OFFSETS AND SOME OF THESE ASPHALT PATCHES.

UM, SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY SIMPLE.

SOME OF THEM ARE MORE COMPLEX.

SOME REQUIRE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING, UM, CONCRETE.

OTHERS DO NOT.

UM, YOU KNOW, SOME ARE GUTTERS AND, AND, UH, AND SIDEWALKS.

OTHERS ARE DRIVEWAY APPROACHES.