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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR APRIL 24TH, 2025.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COMMISSIONER.
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PRESENT.TELL ME HOW TO SAY THIS PROPERLY PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER TOLKOFF, VICE CHAIR GAINES.
BEFORE WE START, UM, OUR BUSINESS TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, MICHAEL BENNETT.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, YOU CAN COME OVER TO THE MICROPHONE.
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HERE, UH, BUT NOT THE, UM, I, THREE YEARS AGO, UH, THANK YOU.UM, AFTER STOPS IN MIDWEST, IN EUROPE AND SO ON.
UM, AND I DUNNO WHAT TO TELL YOU.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, STARTING, I GUESS THE NEXT MEETING AT THIS POINT AND HOPE I CAN, UH, BE OF SOME SERVICE.
ANY BACKGROUND? ANY BACKGROUND? UH, WHY YOU SELECTED THIS COMMIS COMMISSION? UM, I'VE DONE A FAIR AMOUNT OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND ECONOMICS WORK WHEN I WAS IN GRAD SCHOOL AND SO ON.
AND SO IT SEEMED LIKE A REASONABLY GOOD FIT, UH, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BACKYARD INTEREST ARE CONCERNED.
SO HERE I'M, WELL, I THINK THAT I TALK ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY, WELCOME YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
AND LIKEWISE, NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS BEFORE WE START OUR BUSINESS DAY.
UM, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE, FOR THE STAFF.
UM, LAST MONTH WE CANCELED THE MEETING AND I RECEIVED A REQUEST OR QUESTIONS FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ABOUT WHY WE CANNOT DO A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GIMME AN EXPLANATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, WHY WE, IF WE DON'T HAVE QUO FOR ONE DAY, WHY WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE NEXT DAY.
CERTAINLY, UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, IT'S, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S NO QUORUM? OBVIOUSLY THERE, THE, THE BODY CAN'T, UH, PROCEED WITH ANY BUSINESS.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO OR WHAT OUR OFFICE RECOMMENDS, YOU TAKE THE SAME AGENDA ITEMS FOR THAT THE MEETING THAT COULDN'T PROCEED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO QUORUM, AND YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD HOLD A, A SPECIAL, A SPECIAL MEETING.
NOW, TYPICALLY A SPECIAL MEETING REQUIRES,
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UH, 24 HOURS NOTICE, BUT WE STILL RECOMMEND BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY BEING REPLACED OF A REGULAR MEETING, THAT YOU STILL DO THE FULL 72 HOUR NOTICE.SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD CHOOSE, UH, A DATE THAT HOPEFULLY THAT ALL OR MAJORITY OR QUORUM AT MINIMUM OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE, ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE STAFF AS WELL.
UM, I, IT DEPENDS ON IF THAT THE MEETING THAT WAS MISSED, IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE ON, UH, ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS OR ANYTHING WHERE THERE WAS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM MAYBE AN OUTSIDE GROUP, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD, UH, REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF COORDINATION.
BUT BASICALLY THAT AGENDA WOULD BE PLACED ON THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA.
WHAT'S VERY KEY, THOUGH, IS FOR THAT, ON THAT AGENDA, THE TOP OF IT NEEDS TO SAY ACTUALLY SPECIAL MEETING.
AND THAT WAY, UH, IT'S BASICALLY GIVING NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S NOT A REGULARLY, UH, NOTICE MOTION, BUT IT'S A SPECIAL MOTION.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT MOTION, BUT SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL, ALL THAT'S REQUIRED TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, AGAIN, THE THE KEY THING IS JUST MAKING SURE IT'S TITLED SPECIAL MEETING, AND THEN ALSO GIVING THAT, UH, 72 HOUR NOTICE AS WE WOULD NORMALLY DO.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT IS PERSONAL.
UM, I HAVE SEEN THAT ANOTHER COMMISSION GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND EVENTS, AND I SEE THEM THERE.
WHAT WILL BE OUR PARAMETERS, OUR YEAH.
THAT HAVE A, UM, A TABLE OF INFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF WE WANNA GO TO A JAZZ FESTIVAL AND HAVE A COMMISSION TABLE SO PEOPLE CAN GET MORE USED TO US AND WE CAN TALK TO THEM, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT AND HOW WILL BE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
MADAM CHAIR, BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING YOU WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO HAVE MORE JUST A, A FACE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, MORE AND MORE INVOLVEMENT MM-HMM
UM, I THINK IT, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF EVENT IT IT IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, UH, SOME, A PRESENCE AT.
UM, THERE'S REALLY NO, NO ISSUE IN HAVING A, A TABLE OR A PRESENCE ESTABLISHED.
I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE, OBVIOUSLY THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE BODY WOULD NEED TO AGREE ON.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF, UH, COST INVOLVEMENT IN THERE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE SOMETHING DEPENDING ON THE BUDGET, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FEASIBLE OR NOT.
UM, BUT REALLY IT'S JUST HAVING A DISCUSSION, UH, DURING AN OPEN MEETING, UH, OF WHAT TYPE OF EVENTS THAT THE COMMISSION IS INTERESTED IN HAVING A PRESENCE AT, AND THEN JUST REACHING OUT TO, TO, I GUESS, WHO, WHOEVER'S HOLDING THAT EVENT AND TRY TO COORDINATE THAT WAY.
BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY PERMISSIBLE, LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF COMMISSIONS DO THAT.
SOME ALSO, IF THEY WANT TO ENGAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE COMMISSION DOES HAVE THE, THE RIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO HOLD WHAT'S CALLED A STUDY SESSION.
AND YOU CAN PUT THAT ON AN AGENDA.
AND WHAT A STUDY SESSION ESSENTIALLY IS, IT ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT GOES OUT TO THE, THE PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SHOW UP AT, ON THAT DATE AND TIME OF A STUDY SESSION, AND IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ONE-ON-ONE DIALOGUE.
WHEREAS HERE, IT'S USUALLY THE DIALOGUE FROM THE, FROM THE PUBLIC IS, IS REALLY LIMITED TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT IF YOU HOLD A, A STUDY SESSION, IT ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO KIND OF INTERACT IN WHATEVER THE TOPIC IS.
IT ALLOWS THE, THE COMMISSION TO STUDY OF THAT WITH THE, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT IS NOT ANY PROBLEM WITH THE BROWN BROWN ACT BY GOING TO THE COMMISSION TOGETHER TO THE COM, UH, TO HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT? NO, NOT AT ALL.
I THINK THAT THE SAME RULES THOUGH, DO APPLY.
UM, YOU GUYS CAN GO TO THE COMMISSION, CAN GO TO, TO AN EVENT.
UM, IT JUST, AGAIN, BEING MINDFUL OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON TOO MANY COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, ITEMS OR IF THERE'S ANY LIKE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS FOR AN EXAMPLE, UH, YOU STILL WOULD BE REQUIRED NOT TO REALLY ENGAGE IN ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST YOURSELVES.
UH, BUT, BUT JUST BEING THERE AS A WHOLE, AS A GROUP, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
AND IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN CHAIR, UM, AND CITY ATTORNEY, A TOY WILSON.
SO I THINK SOME OF THE CONFUSION IN THE PAST HAS COME BECAUSE, UH, AS AN ADVISORY COMMISSION, THEIR ROLE IS, IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COMMISSIONS.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO AS STAFF, IT'S BEEN PRACTICED THAT ANYTHING COMING FROM OUR OFFICE IS COMING FROM THE STAFF, AND THEN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC IS AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
SO I THINK THE STUDY SESSION IS PROBABLY A BETTER IDEA.
UM, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOME WORK THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WANTING TO DO OR ADVISE ON.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF JUST KIND OF HAVING A TABLE JUST TO ADVERTISE THE COMMISSION, I'M NOT SURE THAT IS, OR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROPRIATE, SO I'M NOT, MAYBE WE DO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY COMING FROM THE STAFF, IS WHAT OUR OFFICE DOES VERSUS THE COMMISSION THAT WE STAFF.
AND I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY IS TO DO THE STUDY SESSION BECAUSE THERE, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT PARTAKING IN ANY OTHER EVENT.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S NO PROBLEM.
MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE'S NO DEFINITELY NO PROBLEM IF THE COMMISSION BY ITSELF
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DECIDES TO ATTEND, YOU KNOW, AN EVENT AS A GROUP.UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING BACK TO MY EARLIER COMMENTS, JUST BEING MINDFUL OF, OF WHAT'S DISCUSSED AND MAKING SURE THAT NO, UM, YOU KNOW, NO TOPICS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF, OF THE COMMISSION IS REALLY BEING, BEING ENGAGED WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, PROPER NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT I THINK IF, IF THE KEY THING IS, IF THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING FOR AN AVENUE, UH, TO REALLY ENGAGE AND GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, DEFINITELY THE STUDY SESSION WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED OPTION.
DO YOU, UH, ANY COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTION BECAUSE NO.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SHORT TIME, AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE YOU FOR NO, NO, NO.
I KNOW, UH, QUESTIONS LIKE THIS DEFINITELY POP UP FROM TIME TO TIME, SO DEFINITELY ALWAYS HERE TO, TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO NOW THAT CONCLUDE OUR SPECIAL QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
FOR, FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, STATE OR NOTE IF THERE ARE ANY EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED ABSENCES TODAY? THE, I DON'T RECEIVE ANY, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
COULD YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW IF, DO YOU RECEIVE ANY EXCUSE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT IS ABSENT? UM, MADAM CLERK, I THINK WE'RE AT THE STAFF PRESENT IS AT A LOSS ON THAT QUESTION BECAUSE OUR, UH, SUPPORT STAFF THAT WAS TAKING THE, UH, THE, THE RSVPS, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE COMMISSION, DIDN'T LET US KNOW.
UM, WHO SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T COME
SO I, I JUST SEE THAT, I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE, UM, UM, TOLKOFF, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO WE'LL JUST CONFIRM IF, WE'LL CONFIRM, UM, IN THE MINUTES, IF IT REFLECTS EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED.
WE'RE JUST NOTING THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER TOKO IS ABSENT TODAY.
SHOULD I GO TO THE REGULAR, UM, AGENDA OR YOU WANT ME TO, WE CAN.
WE CAN, WE CAN, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS WITH THE COMMISSION, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE IF YOU LIKE.
SO CAN I GET THE MORE NO COLOR.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEM ONE? YES, I CAN.
ITEM ONE, ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 2024.
[1. 25-54435 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission meetings of Thursday, December 12, 2024 and January 30, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
CAN I GET A MOTION OF THIS ITEM? IT HAS SECOND.WHO, WHO, WHO MOVED? DO YOU HAVE A BUTTON? OTHERWISE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND DO A, TAKE THE VERBAL.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY, UH, HANKS.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION? WELL, SO FOR THIS ITEM, DO YOU CAN ASK IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION FOR THIS IS ALL, ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE DISCUSSION BEFORE? OKAY.
I THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION AFTER, RIGHT? SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE MINUTES.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING, YOU'RE JUST GONNA ASK YOUR COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FOR THE MINUTES GUY? NO.
CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL THE PUBLIC.
IS THAT OKAY? NO, THAT'S NOT OKAY.
YOU GUYS, YOU DON'T SEE THE, ON THE SCREEN WHERE YOU CAN, IT'S, IT'S SPINNING, IT'S VOTING NOT AVAILABLE.
SO THEN LET'S JUST, THAT'S OKAY.
WE'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A VERBAL, VERBAL VOTE.
YOU GOTTA CLICK YOUR RECEIVED.
COMMISSIONER COONEY HARROW? YES.
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CARRIES.CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM ON ITEM.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.
PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF AND DIRECT STAFF TO FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
[2. 25-54437 Recommendation to review the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission 2024 Annual Report, provide input to staff, and direct staff to forward to City Council. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
CAN'T MOTION OR SECOND, YOU CAN GIVE ME A VERBAL AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND RECORD IT.CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO, MOVE ELLIS.
ESTABLISH THAT IN HIS, OH, NO.
ARE WE NOT GONNA CALL FOR THE, WE ARE GONNA CALL THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS, OR WE GONNA CALL IT, I DON'T SEE IT IN HERE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO ASK, SO WE, WE WANT TO DO THE, THE STAFF, THE, THE STAFF REPORT OR PRESENTATION? HMM, NO, THE STAFF.
SO I'LL, WE CAN DO THE STAFF REPORT AND THEN, UM, AND THEN IT'S DISCUSSION AND THEN YOU CAN OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, SO THE, SO, SO THE ORDER IS THE REPORTER PRESENTATION, AND THEN, UM, WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN DISCUSSION.
CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION? ARE YOU READY FOR YES.
SO, UH, THIS ITEM, IT WAS A CARRYOVER FROM THE LAST MEETING, UM, THAT WE DID NOT HAVE.
SO, UH, THIS IS THE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THIS COMMISSION.
UH, IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE, UM, IN THE CITY, UH, MUNICIPAL CODE TO DO THIS ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED.
AND SO, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY THIS COMMISSION.
AND THEN, UH, STAFF NEEDS TO FORWARD IT TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, A PDF FOR ITEM TWO, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.
BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL START TALKING.
IT IS IN YOUR PACKET AND THEN IT, OH, THERE WE GO.
AND THE CLICKER IS NOT WORKING.
OH, WAS THAT ME OR YOU?
UH, SO THE, THE FIRST PART IS THE COMMISSION PURPOSE.
AND SO IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS.
AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION IS AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, OF THE COMMISSION AND WHAT WE DID IN 2024.
AND SO THESE ARE THE, UH, THE MONTH THAT WE MET, THE TOPICS AND THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE TOOK IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE WORK PLAN, DISCUSSION, TRAINING, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER REQUIRED SECTION OF THE REPORT IS THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND ATTENDANCE.
SO EVERYONE WHO WAS, UH, A COMMISSIONER DURING 2024 AND, UM, IS LISTED HERE, AND IT'S BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ATTENDANCE IS HERE.
AND A SUMMARY, 11 POSITIONS, UH, WE'VE HAD NINE FILLED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND, UH, IN JUNE IS WHEN WE DO THE ELECTION.
SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THE, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR HAVE CHANGED, UH, VICE CHAIR SHOWN IN GREEN CHAIR AND YELLOW ORANGE.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, THE KEY AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION OF THE REPORT IS THE ACTIONS, EXPENSES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.
AND SO WE HAVE IT PER MEETING ANY OF THE MORE, UH, MAJOR SUBSTANTIAL ACTION ITEMS TAKEN BY OUR COMMISSION.
AND SO YOU COULD SEE, UH, BY MONTH WE DID THE, THE, UM, THE RETREAT AT THE BEGINNING, AND THEN WE HAD THE DIFFERENT TOPICS EACH MONTH.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD.
THE, THE BIGGEST ONE WAS WHEN WE HAD OUR AUGUST MEETING AND WE HAD THE DISCUSSION, UM, ABOUT EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY.
AND, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION IN THIS ONE.
A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION IN THIS ONE ABOUT THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP MEMO THAT WAS WRITTEN TO ADDRESS THIS.
AND THEN OUR MEETING IN OCTOBER, UH, REGARDING, AND WE HAD THE PRESENTATION ON BUILDING DECARBONIZATION.
AND THEN OUR DECEMBER MEETING, UM, WAS TRANSPORTATION AND WASTE.
UH, THE EXPENSES COMMISSIONERS ARE ABLE TO, UH, ACCEPT PAYMENT, SOME DECLINE THE PAYMENT AND SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER.
SO THAT IS IN OUR BUDGET, $4,400 EACH YEAR.
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FOR THE RETREAT, WE DID PROVIDE A REFRESHMENT, SO THAT WAS 91 69.AND THEN, UH, ACCOUNTING FOR ALSO THE STAFF TIME.
SO THERE'S A CORE STAFF OF US WHO STAFF THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF GUEST SPEAKERS WHO HELP US WITH THE PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT ARE PART OF THIS COMMISSION.
AND THEN, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION SECTION, ANOTHER, UH, PART OF THIS REPORT.
SO, UH, AND WE BROUGHT THIS UP LAST YEAR AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, UH, WITH THIS GROUP BEFORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'D RECOMMEND THAT THE COMMISSION CONTINUE AS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE.
AND WE WANTED TO JUST NOTE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE, UH, KEPT US OR INFLUENCED OUR ABILITY TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS IS THE COMMISSIONER MAKEUP.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 10 SEATS UP HERE, 11 SEATS ON THE COMMISSION.
WE'VE HISTORICALLY HAD ABOUT NINE.
AND SO IT DOES MAKE IT, UH, DIFFICULT TO HAVE QUORUMS SOMETIMES AND TO KEEP THE, THE COMMISSION POSITIONS FILLED IF PEOPLE TERM OUT OR IF SOMEBODY HAS TO RESIGN FOR SOME REASON, WHICH HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND SO THAT IS WHY THAT IS INCLUDED.
AND, UM, SO JUST NOTING THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE, THAT AS VACANCIES COME UP, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FILL THEM QUICKLY.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT MICHAEL BENNETT WILL BE JOINING US AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN THE FINAL PAGES ARE JUST TALK ABOUT STAFF, STAFF SUPPORT.
SO, UH, OUR OFFICE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THEN ALL OF THE PRESENTERS WHO HAD HELPED PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION ON TOPICS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SLIDE IS NOT WORKING, THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE LAST PAGE.
ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT WE HAD A, ANOTHER ONE.
SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF REPORT.
WE'RE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, AND DURING YOUR DISCUSSION, CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
IS THERE ANY, UM, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER PETE
UH, IS THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SEATS OR THE NUMBER OF SEATS FILLED? THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SEATS? SO, 11, SO, UH, SIX FOR THIS BODY OKAY, IS REQUIRED.
WHAT IS THE MONEY THAT WE DON'T CLAIM STAY WITH YOU GUYS AND THE, AND THE DEPARTMENT, OR SEND IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE? COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? IT IS, YES, IT IS SOME MONEY THAT THEY OFFER US TO SERVE OVER HERE.
I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A $50 PER OR SOMETHING, BUT A LOT OF US DECLINE TO GET THE MONEY.
SO I WANNA KNOW IF, STAY WITH, IN THE, THE APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS, BUT WE BUDGETED FOR 4,400 LAST YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS, ASSUMING ALL 11 PEOPLE WOULD, WOULD TAKE IT.
UM, BUT MANY DECLINED THE PAYMENT, SO I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS THAT.
I HOPE IT STAY WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN USE IT.
SO IF THE COMMISSION IS, UH, SERVING AS VOLUNTEERS, THEN I, I BELIEVE THAT THE MONEY DOES COME BACK TO US TO, TO SERVE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
NOW, DO WE ALREADY FINISHED THE, UM, THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR? I MEAN, FOR THIS YEAR? SO THIS REPORT IS ONLY ON 2024.
THE, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WE'LL FOCUS MORE ON 2025.
SO IF THERE IS NO, ANY DISCUSSION, CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE BUTTONS? I, THAT'S FINE.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND DO VERBAL AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER COONEY HIRO? YES.
ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE 2025
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OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY WORK PLAN, PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF AND FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.[3. 25-54438 Recommendation to review the 2025 Office of Climate Action and Sustainability Work Plan, provide input to staff, and forward to City Council for approval. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
FOR THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE IT IS COMMISSIONER COONEY.SECOND? SECOND IS COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
SO STAFF, IS THERE A REPORT OR REPRESENTATION OF THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.
AND WE DO HAVE A, A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY, UH, WORK PLAN FOR 2025.
SO THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE ACTIONS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR OFFICE DOES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND, UH, IN LINE WITH WHAT THE, THE COMMISSION, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING DURING YOUR MEETINGS ALSO.
SO THIS IS THE 2025 WORK PLAN.
UH, THIS INCLUDES A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE DO AS AN OFFICE, UH, REGULARLY.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS, UM, THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, AND WE TOOK INPUT FROM THE JANUARY RETREAT AND INCLUDED IT IN HERE.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED, UH, WE TRIED TO INCLUDE THAT IN HERE.
SO THIS WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS ITEM FOR YOU TO LET US KNOW IF WE HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, IF WE INCORPORATED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS INTO THIS WORK PLAN AND REALLY THINK THROUGH THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON.
SO, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT, UH, LARRY AND I WILL GO THROUGH TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE WORK PLAN FOR, FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, THE INTRODUCTION IS, IS TALKING ABOUT OUR OFFICE AND WHAT WE DO AS AN OFFICE.
AND, UM, THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS TO SHOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO DURING THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR.
THIS FIRST SECTION IS ABOUT, UM, AS A CITY, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, LEADING SOME OF THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY WORK, AND HOW SOME OF OUR WORK IS FUNDED AND HOW WE WANNA FOCUS ON THAT.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, CONSIDERING IS UPDATING OUR LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND LOOKING AT OUR GHG, OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION PROJECTIONS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN EMITTING AND DETERMINING WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MEET OUR 2030 GOALS OF REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS BY 40%.
AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE METRICS WE HAVE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL ACTION ITEMS THAT TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE CAP.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE, UH, AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH WITH THESE ACTIONS TO MEET OUR GOALS.
UM, AND THEN INCORPORATING SOME ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SOME OF THIS INFORMATION FROM THE, THE NEW RESEARCH WE WILL DO TO PRODUCE AN UPDATE ON THE CAP, IF IF NECESSARY.
AND THEN WORK WITH OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, WHICH, UH, AS A REMINDER, OUR PEOPLE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO WE WORK WITH TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING A LOT OF THE CLIMATE WORK.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE LEAD THE COORDINATION AND LIAISE WITH EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNER DEPARTMENTS WHO DO A LOT OF THE WORK TO IMPROVE THE CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR CITY THROUGH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT.
AND SO WORKING WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR TOP CLIMATE PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW WE CAN, UM, FOCUS ON THINGS THAT HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND IMPLEMENTING OUR CAP.
AND THEN, UH, WORKING WITH THEM TO SUBMIT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS PER DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN, UH, WORKING WITH THIS COMMISSION TO THINK THROUGH SOME OF THE FUNDING PRIORITIES THAT, UH, WE WANNA COMMUNICATE AS A COMMISSION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR WHAT, WHAT OUR HIGH PRIORITY AND THEN SOME OF THE ADVISORY ACTIONS.
SO, UH, OUR OFFICE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMISSION TO DEVELOP ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS IN SUPPORT OF CAP IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATE THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.
AND SO THESE, UH, THIS LIST IS REALLY WHAT I WAS SAYING WE TRIED TO LISTEN TO DURING THE RETREAT TO WHAT CAME UP AS THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR.
AND SO A LOT OF THESE BULLET POINTS ARE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
AND SO TALKING ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION AND STRETCH CODES AND THE UPCOMING BUILDING CODE UPDATE, UH, FEASIBILITY OF MICROGRIDS AND REEVALUATING CCA MODELS, UH, INCORPORATING MORE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT MEASURES AND PUBLIC PROJECTS, INCREASING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR VISION ZERO GOALS, UH, TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TRAFFIC, REDUCE TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, AND, UM, JUST IMPROVE, UM, THAT OPTION FOR PEOPLE.
UH, AND INCREASING AWARENESS OF LOCAL AIR QUALITY ISSUES AND IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH, INCLUDING TRACKING, MONITORING, EDUCATING THAT KIND OF THING, ENCOURAGING RESILIENT CLIMATE FORWARD AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND OLYMPICS PLANNING.
UH, WE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, EXCITING NEWS RECENTLY IN THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
AND SO JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE THINKING THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT FOR CLIMATE FRIENDLY GAMES AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND VISITORS.
AND THEN INCREASE THE TRACKING AND USE OF CLIMATE RELATED DATA AND ENCOURAGING, UH, USING CLIMATE DATA IN DECISION MAKING.
AND THEN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ITEMS. THIS SECTION, UM, TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS A, AS
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A TEAM REGARDING, UH, OUR, OUR CAP AND HOW WE TRACK THINGS.SO WE HAVE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DASHBOARD.
IT'S, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DONE, UH, WE HAVE THE 2021 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY.
WE'RE DOING ODD YEARS, WE'RE DOING COMMUNITY WIDE INVENTORY, AND THEN EVEN YEARS WE'RE DOING MUNICIPAL INVENTORIES.
AND THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE OUR CLIMATE PORTAL EVERY TIME WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION.
YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS LATER, UM, AND TO KIND OF, WE WANNA DEVELOP THAT OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR SO IT HAS MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT IS INCLUDED NOW.
UH, CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND, UM, COORDINATE TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS IN THE CAP.
AND IDENTIFYING GRANT FUNDING, EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN IMPLEMENT MORE OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM ON, UH, IMPLEMENTING CAP STRATEGIES AND S UH, GET GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CAP ITEMS. AND THEN, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT COMMS TEAM, UM, MEDIA STRATEGIES THAT WE DO HERE.
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE FOLLOWS OUR, OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE DO TO, TO THE PUBLIC, TO OUR EMPLOYEES, TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH THE COMMISSION TO TRY TO PROMOTE SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND HAVE PEOPLE KIND OF TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO, UH, TO MAKING, UH, HELPING US MEET OUR GOALS.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON CONTINUING SOME OF THAT MATERIAL PROMOTION, ESPECIALLY AT THE STAFF LEVEL TO TALK SO THAT THE, THE REST OF OUR STAFF UNDERSTAND, UM, OUTSIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT, UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND COLLABORATING WITH THEM SO THAT WE'RE ALL ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF WORK THAT OVERLAPS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE COLLABORATING ON OUR MEDIA.
AND THEN THIS LAST SECTION IS BASICALLY ALL OF THE CAP ACTION ITEMS WHERE OUR OFFICE HAS ANY ROLE, WHETHER IT'S TAKING A PRIMARY ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT, OR A SUPPORTING ROLE IN HELPING ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OR ANOTHER AGENCY DO IT.
AND SO WE, WE BASICALLY LISTED, UM, ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
AND SO THROUGH THIS YEAR, WE WANNA CONTINUE WORKING ON THEM OR START WORKING ON THEM, OR HAVE OUR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, I'LL, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CLIMATE, UM, MITIGATION EFFORTS ARE FROM BUILDING AND ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION AND WASTE.
AND THEN OUR CLIMATE STRESSORS THAT WE ADDRESS FOR ADAPTATION IS EXTREME HEAT, AIR QUALITY, DROUGHT, AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING.
OKAY, FOR THIS NEXT, UH, SECTION COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS THE POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, UH, SECTION THAT I'LL COVER.
UM, MANY OF THESE THINGS, UH, HAVE BEEN ONGOING PROGRAMS FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, SO YOU'LL BE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
UM, OTHERS ARE ASPIRATIONS THAT IN SOME CASES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, SO FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVEN'T QUITE LAUNCHED YET, BUT WE KEEP THEM IN HERE SO THAT, UH, WE, THEY'RE TOP OF MIND SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE GOING.
SO I'LL START OFF WITH THIS FIRST ONE, THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS A, UH, SOLAR READY COOL ROOF PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE A, UH, ASSISTING LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UM, TO HAVE THEIR ROOF REPLACED WITH, UM, ROOFING TILES THAT ARE, UM, UM, A COOL ROOF, WHICH IS MATERIAL THAT REFLECTS SOLAR RADIATION TO, TO KEEP THE BUILDING UNDERNEATH COOLER.
AND THEN THE SOLAR READY PART OF THAT IS THE EFFORT TO PARTNER WITH GRID ALTERNATIVES THAT WE HEARD FROM TODAY, UM, AT, AT THE, UM, THE EVENT JUST BEFORE OUR MEETING, UM, WHERE QUALIFYING HOUSEHOLDS THAT NOW HAVE A NEW ROOF CAN HOPEFULLY, UH, PURSUE GETTING SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED ON THEIR ROOF.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE THINKING WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH ALREADY HAS AN EXISTING, UH, ROOF PROGRAM AND, UM, ADD IN THESE, UH, CLIMATE FRIENDLY ASPECTS TO IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ADDED IN THIS SECTION IS A METRICS BULLET, UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT THE METRIC CAN BE AND WHAT WE CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU ON LATER IF, IF WE'RE HAVING SUCCESS IN THIS PROGRAM.
SO OBVIOUSLY IN THIS CASE, IT, IT WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF HOMES ASSISTED IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN LEAD FOR CITIES IS SOMETHING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEAD PROGRAM IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT IS USUALLY DONE FOR BUILDINGS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY HALL THAT WE'RE IN IS A LEAD GOLD BUILDING.
UM, AND THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS THAT HAVE, UH, LOWER ENERGY USE AND RENEWABLES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, IN GREEN CATEGORIES.
WELL, THERE'S A LEAD FOR CITIES CATEGORY WHERE, OR A PRODUCT, UM, THAT, UH, DOES THE SAME THING FOR A CITY OVERALL.
AND WE INITIATED THIS PROCESS A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAD
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TO PAUSE BECAUSE WE NEEDED AN UP-TO-DATE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, WHICH WE NOW HAVE.SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, PURSUE.
UM, AND LIKE BUILDINGS, UH, THE CITIES, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF POINTS THAT THEY GET ARE RATED AS CERTIFIED SILVER, GOLD OR PLATINUM.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, THE MULCH DELIVERY AND PICKUP PROGRAM, UH, A LONG-TERM PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE AND TRACK THE NUMBER OF DELIVERIES MADE AND THE NUMBER OF TONS PICKED UP.
THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM ALSO, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT IN THIS PAST YEAR HAVE RAMPED UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND AT THIS POINT, THIS YEAR, WE'RE OVER 800 YEAR, 800 TREES PLANTED.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING FOR A THOUSAND.
AND SO THAT'S, BUT IN ADDITION TO PLANTING TREES, WE ALSO HAVE TAKEN ON WATERING TREES.
SO THOSE ARE TWO NUMBERS THAT WE WILL TRACK MOVING FORWARD.
UM, NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRACKING THEM ALREADY, BUT, UM, AND THEN IN THE BODY OF THIS, WE MENTION THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN, UM, AND THE HIRING OF AN URBAN FOREST COORDINATOR.
UM, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR URBAN FOREST COORDINATOR IS NOW ON STAFF.
AND I DIDN'T WARN HANNAH THAT I WAS GONNA CALL YOU OUT, THAT YOU CAN JUST STAND UP.
AND, UM, THIS IS HANNAH VASIS, UM, WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FOR ALMOST SIX WEEKS.
UM, AND OUR CONTRACT FOR, UM, THE CONSULTANT THAT'S GONNA DO THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN, UM, JUST CAME BACK TO US SIGN.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START WORK ON THAT NEXT WEEK.
SO, WE'LL, YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THAT'LL HELP US TO REALLY UP OUR GAME WITH, UM, TREE PLANTING STRATEGY AND HOPEFULLY GET, GET THE DATA AND THE POLICIES IN PLACE TO HELP OUR CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE MORE INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA.
UH, NEXT IS OUR URBAN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVES.
SO, UM, OUR MAIN THING HERE IS THE URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT'S ONGOING, BUT HAS, HAS KIND OF FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE IN TERMS OF OUR LEVEL OF PROMOTION FOR IT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA RELAUNCH, UM, THIS YEAR, UM, ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPANYING, UM, MICRO-GRANT PROGRAM.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR METRICS, THERE WILL BE NUMBER OF UAIZ CONTRACTS, UM, IN, IN THE NEW YEAR.
AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE MICRO-GRANT PROGRAM, THE NUMBER OF MICROGRANTS AWARDED UNDER WATERSHED AND URBAN FORESTRY INITIATIVES, UM, SORRY, MAYBE YOU NEED TO DO THAT.
I'M LOOKING AT A SCREEN AND NOT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN UP THERE THAT I CAN'T READ AND MAYBE NOBODY CAN
SO, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IS, IS THIS, UM, ENHANCED, UH, UH, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, UM, UH, PHILOSOPHY THAT, UH, THE CITY IS PURSUING IN, IN VARIOUS WAYS.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO CONNECT IT TO OUR URBAN FOREST AND, AND MAKE A NEXUS THERE WHERE, UM, WATER THAT WE SOAK INTO THE GROUND CAN HELP WITH TREES.
AND, AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE FOR YEARS.
IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING THING, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, REALLY LOOK AT THAT NEXUS OF HOW, UM, STORMWATER RUNOFF CAN, CAN HELP WITH URBAN FOREST AND, UM, AND ALSO WORK WITH OUR STORMWATER DIVISION, WHO WAS, UH, HAD A RESOURCE TABLE TODAY TO REALLY GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT INSTALLATIONS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, AND BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON THOSE GREEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, THIS MEANS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, HOSTING OUR CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOWS, UM, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE, ALTHOUGH NONE OF THEM ARE IN ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM AGAIN.
UM, WHEN, UM, WHEN, WELL, WE GET TO PICK PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THAT WILL START AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT STATEWIDE PROGRAM.
AND THEN ALSO THE URBAN GREENING FIELD CREW, WHICH, UH, WE USED TO REFER TO AS THE YOUTH CLIMATE CORE, WHICH WAS A, UH, A FUNDED PROGRAM THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THAT FUNDING RAN OUT.
BUT NOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO SOME FUNDING WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HIRE ON OUR OWN, WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR URBAN GREENING FIELD CREW.
AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ASSIST WITH OUR, UM, FULL-TIME CITY, UH, EMPLOYEE FIELD LEADS, UH, TO, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE HELPING US TO PLANT ALL THESE TREES AND WATER, ALL THESE TREES.
AND, UH, WE'LL HELP WITH OUR OTHER FIELD PROGRAMS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT.
SO THE METRICS THERE, NUMBER OF FELLOWS PLACED AND NUMBER OF FIELD, FIELD CREW EMPLOYED ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT A PAST, UH, RETREAT, UM, WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT, UM, THE EXISTING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE TWEAKED, UM, UH, TO,
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TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.AND SO OUR METRIC HERE IS JUST NUMBER OF, UH, POLICIES REVIEWED AND UPDATED IN OUR NEXT SECTION, WILLOW SPRINGS PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CONDUCT A LOT OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, SO INCLUDING THINGS AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, UM, UH, EVENTS LIKE THAT, UH, PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPATORY FIELD WORK LIKE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY OF SERVICE, THE MONARCH DAY OF ACTION AND RESTORATION FRIDAYS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, UH, TRACK MORE CLOSELY THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES AT EACH ONE OF THESE EVENTS SO WE CAN REPORT BACK ON THAT, UM, PARK SUPPORT AND NATIVE PLANT NURSERY.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, ONE OF THE ROLES OF OUR FIELD TEAM AND, AND OUR URBAN GREENING CREW IS, UM, TO WORK ON MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING THE RESTORATION AREA, UM, AT, AT WILLOW SPRINGS AS A MEANS OF SUPPORTING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO IT ALL, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HANDS-ON TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING, UH, WITH US.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE, THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE DO THERE, WE WANNA TRACK AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ENGAGED AND THE NUMBER OF PLANTS THAT ARE PLANTED.
AND THEN EVENTS, UM, AT WILLOW SPRINGS, BESIDES THE ONES I ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, THE, ONE OF THE BIG ONES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IS THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO PLAN THAT, OH, THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF EVENTS HERE.
UM, CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, MONARCH DAY OF ACTION RESTORATION, FRIDAYS, WILLOW WALKS, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRACKING ATTENDEES AT EACH ONE OF THOSE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THESE SECTIONS BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS NEXT SECTION, UH, FIRST ONE IS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO BEYOND, UM, DOING THINGS AT WILLOW SPRINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCLUDING OUR EARTH MONTH ACTIVITIES, UM, WORKSHOPS THAT WE DO AT LIBRARIES, UM, ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, TRACKING ATTENDEES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, RANCHES WALK IS A, IS A BIG, UM, EVENT THAT WE PUT ON EVERY SEPTEMBER WITH OTHER, UH, CITY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, SO WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN, UH, TRACKING ATTENDEES, WEBSITE UPDATES, AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.
ALWAYS TRYING TO, UM, UPGRADE OUR, OUR WEBSITE AND, UM, INTERACT WITH OUR STAFF AND CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS TO LAUNCH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND JUST PUT INFORMATION OUT THERE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.
SO WE'LL BE TRACKING NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS, NUMBER OF POSTS, UM, NUMBER OF POST VIEWS AND INTERACTIONS.
AND THEN I THINK THE FINAL SECTION IS GRANTS.
UM, SO THERE'S, UH, TWO GRANTS.
UM, ONE IS A GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED WHERE WE GET TO OFFER MICROGRANTS, AND THAT'S THE, UH, CLIMATE LB MICRO GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS IN ITS, UM, SECOND GO AROUND WITH HOW MANY, 17 5,000 GRANTS, 17 $5,000 GRANTS THAT, UH, THE RECIPIENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SELECTED.
AND ARE THEY, OH, THEY HAVE IT THERE.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SECRETLY SELECTED, BUT ABOUT TO BE ANNOUNCED.
UM, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY ENGAGING YOUTH, UM, AND, AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS TO, IN, UH, PROPOSE AND, AND THEN, UH, PERFORM, UM, UH, CLIMATE ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN PARTICULAR WITH S LONG BEACH.
AND THEN THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UH, ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH, UH, OVER THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH IS, UH, AT THE BOTH, UM, ADDRESSING, UH, WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC, UH, WHERE PEOPLE BECOME ISOLATED.
UM, BUT THEN ADDRESSING THAT WITH, UM, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND EVENTS, AROUND CLIMATE ACTION AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL CLIMATE ACTION.
SO MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DO AT WILLOW SPRINGS HAVE THIS NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR ELEMENT WHERE, LIKE, EVEN JUST OUR REGULAR RESTORATION FRIDAY EVENTS, WE TAKE A MOMENT AFTERWARDS OR TOWARDS THE END OF, OF THE SESSION TO ENGAGE PEOPLE AND HAVE 'EM TALK TO EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, OF AN ICEBREAKER AND, AND GETTING THE PARTICIPANTS TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, AND WE DO THIS ALSO AT VARIOUS PARK EVENTS IN WEST AND, AND CENTRAL LONG BEACH AND, UM, ARE COMING TO THE END OF OUR WORK PLAN.
UM, IT'S JUST OUR, UH, CALENDAR WITH THE, UM, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TOPICS, UH, EACH ONE OF THE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS, UM, AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY ITEMS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT.
SO OF COURSE, WE'RE IN APRIL, UH, IN
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THE EARTH MONTH CELEBRATION NEXT MONTH.UM, OUR TOPIC, UH, WILL FOCUS AROUND, UH, DROUGHT AND WATER SUPPLY ISSUES.
AND ALSO IN JUNE WE DO THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS, AND THAT'S THE END OF THE DRAFT THAT I HAVE.
SO THAT'S, UH, THE OVERVIEW OF OUR WORK PLAN.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GOT THIS OVERVIEW AT THE RETREAT BACK IN JANUARY.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE, UM, ASKING YOU TO APPROVE SO THAT WE CAN THEN PACKAGE IT AND SEND IT TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
UM, SO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
UM, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING, HOPEFULLY WE INCORPORATED, UH, AT LEAST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT, AT THE RETREAT.
SO THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION? SO WHATEVER YOU, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THE COMMISSIONER GIVE HER QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE LA RIVER IS A PROTECTED WATER STREAM, AND I WANTED TO SEE MAYBE SOME, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO DROUGHT IN JUNE.
PERHAPS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE T DMLS AND WHAT LONG BEACH IS DOING TO SUPPORT THAT.
MAYBE, UM, A PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS WOULD BE, UH, INTERESTING TO KIND OF CORRELATE THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING I DID HAVE IS I HAD A MEETING WITH DIANA TANG WITH UTILITIES, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A PROGRAM FROM LONG TO GARDEN, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE THE FOCUS OF CHANGING, UM, ALL RECREATIONAL PLANTS TO NATIVE PLANTS BY 2027 OR 2028.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE UTILITIES IN THE PLANTING, UH, PROCESS THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON AS WELL.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS AND A PRESENTATION FROM THEM.
ARE YOU GONNA, IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.
WELL, I, I WENT TO THE PORT, THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR THE BIG, UM, HOW DO YOU CALL IT? MILL, UM, THE NEW, THE NEW BIG, UH, ISLAND THAT THEY GONNA PUT THE, YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN BRING THEM SO THEY CAN PROVIDE A PRESENTATION? YES.
UM, I GUESS THAT'LL FIT IN WITH OUR ENERGY, UH, SESSION.
NOW, UM, ABOUT THE URBAN FORESTRY, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A STUDY.
IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE? I MEAN, I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT DRIVEN COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS SOMETIMES AS IMPORTANT, AND TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS GOOD, IF YOU MEAN THROUGH THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN PROCESS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT TEAM, UM, ONE OF WHICH IS CITY FABRIC.
UM, WHO'S A LOCAL, UH, PLANNING ENGAGEMENT FIRM, UM, THAT PROBABLY SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO EVENTS THAT THEY PUT ON.
THEY'RE ALSO ASSISTING US WITH NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE MULTIPLE COMMUNITY ENGAGE, UH, ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
I, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, AND I THOUGHT THAT, THAT THAT WAS A DIFFERENT GRANT.
BUT WHEN WE, UH, ONE OF MY, AS, UM, ONE OF MY STUDENTS I INTERN, THEY APPLIED FOR YOUR MICROGRAM, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE APPLYING FOR THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR.
IS THERE TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS OR JUST ONE FOR THE CLIMATE? LB IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR.
AND THERE'S ALSO THE LOVE YOUR BLOCK PROGRAM THAT'S HAPPENING NOT THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT ANOTHER WEST LONG BEACH FOCUSED, UH, I, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GIVING OUT GRANTS, SO THAT'S NOT OUR DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THERE TOO.
BUT, UM, PUENTE DID APPLY FOR A CLIMATE LB YOUTH MICRO GRANT.
BECAUSE, UH, SHE, SHE LIVES IN NORTH AND WEST AND SHE WANNA BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND SHE APPLIED, BUT WHEN SHE APPLIED, I THOUGHT THAT WE APPLIED FOR THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, AND ACTUALLY SHE APPLIED FOR THE MICROGRAM.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE ARE GONNA HAVE A RESPONSE BECAUSE SHE'S OVER STREAMING STRESS ABOUT NOT RECEIVING ANY INFORMATION.
SHE BELIEVE THAT SHE DIDN'T GET IT, BUT SHE STILL WANT TO KNOW.
UM, AND BECAUSE SHE WANNA KNOW WHAT WERE, BECAUSE SHE PREPARE EVERYTHING BY HERSELF.
SO SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, A FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS.
YEAH, WE PLAN TO NOTIFY EVERYONE EITHER TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I DO HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION.
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ON THIS, AND I'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME OF THE LAST PLANS.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE COMMISSION BROUGHT ANYTHING TO BE AGENDIZED TO THE COUNCIL? IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A MINUTE.
UM, SO THE, THE MORE TYPICAL THING IS, UH, AN OFF AGENDA MEMO, RIGHT? AND SO THERE HAS BEEN THAT IN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT GETTING SOMETHING AGENDIZED AT COUNCIL.
UH, I GUESS TECHNICALLY THIS WILL BE AGENDIZED AT COUNCIL, SO THERE'S THAT.
UM, BUT SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE WORK PLAN IS AGENDIZED ON COUNCIL, IT GOES ON CONSENT AND THERE'S NOT AN ACTUAL DISCUSSION.
AND A LOT OF TIMES IT TAKES A COUNCIL PERSON TO SAY, OH, WE'D LIKE TO SEE A PRESENTATION ON THIS.
AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FROM YOU AS COMMISSIONERS TO PLANT THAT, UH, SUGGESTION
SO LARRY, WHAT WOULD BE THE WAY FOR US TO GET SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL? WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION TO GET SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THROUGH DISCUSSION, UM, DECIDING THAT IT'S WHATEVER THE TOPIC MAY BE, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GET IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IN AN AGENDIZED WAY, RIGHT? AND, AND MAKING THAT, UM, SORT OF DECLARATION THROUGH, UM, THROUGH A MOTION OR, OR A, A AMENDMENT TO A MOTION.
UM, AND I GUESS I'M NOT PREPARED, AND FERN, YOU CAN JUMP IN HERE TO RESCUE ME FROM MY SONG AND DANCE, BUT YEAH, I, LIKE WE'VE DONE BEFORE IN THE PAST WITH, UH, SENDING MEMOS TO THE COUNCIL, UH, ADDRESSING, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR, OR IDEAS.
I THINK WE COULD DO A SIMILAR THING.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO BRING FORWARD, WE WOULD, YOU WOULD TELL THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, WE COULD PUT IT ON A, ON AN AGENDA.
AND THEN AT THAT COMMISSION MEETING, UH, YOU COULD DISCUSS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR COUNCIL AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE THE MEMO.
AND IN THAT MEMO IT WOULD BE A REQUEST FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE AN ITEM AND THEN YOU COULD LIST ALL THE REASONS AND, AND, AND, UM, THE DISCUSSION AND ALL THAT COULD BE A PART OF THE MEMO.
I THINK JUST HEARING WHAT THE MAYOR'S WORKING ON AND THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION IS KIND OF FOCUSED ON, SEEMS LIKE SUSTAINABILITY IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT THING.
SO IT'S, IT'S SURPRISING TO ME THAT IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER ON SOME OF THE THINGS.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF AND YOU GUYS ARE LIMITED, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING MAYBE FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER, MAYBE CREATE A MEMO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT AGENDAS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD DO, UH, AS A GROUP HERE AND BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN.
I THINK A COUPLE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM REX FROM OUR MAYOR REX RICHARDSON THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL, THAT THESE'S WORKING ON.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF SYNERGY, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE AS A GROUP HAVE GOTTEN ANY TRACTION 'CAUSE HOPING THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD CHANGE THIS YEAR AS WE WORK TOGETHER.
SO I THINK TODAY, DURING THIS WORK PLAN DISCUSSION IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR AND TELL US RIGHT NOW.
AND BECAUSE YOU WOULD NEED TO, UM, AGENDIZE IT AND EITHER DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE THE MEMO OR YOU WOULD NEED TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE, THE RETREAT.
UM, SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE AT, AT A COMMISSION MEETING.
WE CAN CREATE A AD COMMITTEE AND THEN DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BRING.
AND MAYBE FOR THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY IDEA.
YOU, YOU CANNOT CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
NOW YOU WOULD NEED TO AGENDA THAT, NEED TO CREATE AN AGENDA.
SO IF YOU HAVE A TOPIC THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, SAY IT NOW, AND THEN AT THE JUNE MEETING WE CAN BRING IT UP AND THEN YOU COULD FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO, UH, I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, UH, FROM JANUARY AND I, THE TWO THINGS THAT I BE INTERESTED IN WOULD, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY BE THE BATTERY STORAGE, THE HOUSEHOLD THING THAT I BELIEVE, UM, WHAT IS THAT GREAT ALTERNATIVES IS WORKING ON AS WELL.
SO I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN IS THE LA RIVER PROTECTED WATER.
SO TO KIND OF CREATE SOME SORT OF AVENUE FOR WRING DOWN THE T DMLS.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BRING TO COUNCIL TO VOTE ON.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I KNOW COMMISSION, I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME PLEASE.
UH, LARRY, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COOL ROOF SOLAR READY PROGRAM AS A PIECE OF THE ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT.
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AND, UH, I'D BE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING, UH, SOME OF THE PARAMETERS AROUND THAT.UH, HOW MANY ROOFS WE THINK WE CAN DO DURING A YEAR, THE, THE BUDGET PER ROOF AND TOTAL BUDGET, THAT KIND OF THING.
I'M GUESSING THAT, UH, YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, BUT I'D, I'D LOVE TO LEARN IT, UH, LATER ON.
AND UM, SECOND, UM, I HAVE A RECENT EXAMPLE OF GETTING SOMETHING AGENDIZED.
I DIDN'T DO IT THROUGH THE COMMISSION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE AS COMMISSIONERS CAN PROVIDE OUR ADVICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR APPOINTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, UM, I'VE BEEN, UH, VERY ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING A, A RULEMAKING THAT'S UNDERWAY AT THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF MY INVOLVEMENT HERE.
BUT I, UH, CAME TO MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CINDY ALLEN, AND ASKED HER, UH, FOR A CITY RELU CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THAT RULEMAKING.
AND, UH, SHE AND HER STAFF PUT THE RESOLUTION TOGETHER.
I PROVIDED A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT.
UM, IT WAS AGENDIZED IN FEBRUARY AND CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION.
AND ABOUT FOUR WEEKS LATER IT WAS BROUGHT BACK AND, UH, VOTED ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THAT ONE WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT WAS AGENDIZED AS A, A NORMAL REGULAR AGENDA ITEM IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING TO DIRECT THE STAFF, ATTOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE IT.
AND WHEN IT CAME BACK FOR THE VOTE, IT WENT ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEFS OF STAFF HAD COORDINATED AND SAID, YEAH, NOTHING MUCH TO TALK ABOUT HERE.
AND SO, AND THAT WAS A GOOD OUTCOME.
BUT, UH, AND I DID PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE FIRST MEETING, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MODEL.
UM, I COULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO SOME OF THE COMMISSION THAT WAS DURING THE TIME WHEN WE DIDN'T MEET IN FEBRUARY, UH, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE COULD DO IS, UH, COMMUNICATE AMONG OURSELVES MORE FREQUENTLY.
NOT, NOT EVER EXCEEDING A QUORUM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS COMMISSIONERS IN SMALL GROUPS ON THAT TYPE OF THING.
I THINK THE, THE BIGGEST THING IS MAKING IT COMPELLING.
SO IT JUST GETS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE MEMO AND HOW THAT'S ADDRESSED FOR.
AND LARRY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK I WAS LISTENING, THINKING ABOUT COMMISSIONER ELLIS'S COMMENTS IN THE JANUARY MEETING AND FEELING LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING.
AND I THOUGHT IF WE KIND OF CREATE A MISSION FOR THIS YEAR TO MAYBE AGENDA SOMETHING AND BRING IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, UM, I THINK A LOT OF US WOULD FEEL LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVING BACK IN A WAY FOR THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE.
SO THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THE JUNE MEETING WE COULD HAVE A FORMATION OF AD HOC COMMITTEES AND YOU COULD THINK ABOUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, WHO WANTS TO WORK ON WHAT.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT, UM, AS A COMMISSION IN, IN JUNE, AND THEN YOU CAN FORM THE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND THEN YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DECIDE LIKE, THIS COMMITTEE WILL WORK ON THIS AND WE'LL BRING IT TO THE AUGUST MEETING.
THIS COMMITTEE WILL WORK ON THIS.
UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, WE ARE, UH, BEING CAUTIOUS OF ANY BROWN ACT ISSUES.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'RE GOING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT A REPRESENTATION OF THE THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE TALKED AT A COMMISSION PUBLICLY AND EVERYONE VOTE ON IT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, AS A COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO THIS, SO JUST BE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THAT AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO, UH, MOVE STUFF FORWARD.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE HERE IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND PASSIONATE ABOUT MOVING OUR WORK FORWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING IS, IS DONE APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WE CAN GET THOSE ITEMS ELEVATED THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ELEVATE OR THOSE REQUESTS TO THE COUNCIL IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT DECEMBER ON THE CALENDAR.
WE HAVE HERE FOR TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE VISION ZERO AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SUPER HIGH LEVEL.
WHAT, WHAT IS VISION ZERO? I MEAN, I COULD ALSO GOOGLE IT, BUT DO YOU KNOW
SO THAT WAS A GOAL OF OUR SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH VISION ZERO PLAN WAS TO HAVE, UH, ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS BY I BELIEVE 2026.
SO IT'S A SERIES OF IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE, UM, EDUCATION AWARENESS, THAT KIND OF THING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NO DEATH THROUGH TRAFFIC, A TRAFFIC COLLISION OR SOMETHING SHOULD, SHOULD HAPPEN IN OUR CITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE VISION ZERO GOAL IS, IS IMPROVE SAFETY.
AND FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SPACE, IS THERE
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ANY ROOM, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO IN JUNE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, OR WOULD THAT BE LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER HANKS IS TALKING ABOUT? LIKE IF THERE'S A SPECIAL EMPHASIS OR SOMETHING WE WANT TO SEE OUTSIDE OF THOSE, THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.I'M NOT SAYING TO REMOVE ANYTHING, BUT IS THERE ROOM TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? I JUST KNOW AS THE CITY GEARED UP FOR THE OLYMPICS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EV CHARGING IS A HUGE DEAL THAT I JUST PROFESSIONALLY KNOW THAT EVERY OTHER CITY IS WORKING HARD ON.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO EVEN ENGAGE IN THAT AT ALL, AS YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
YEAH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND, AND INFORMING OUR, UH, MEMOS TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, THE OTHER WAY THAT THE COMMISSION HAS TRADITIONALLY, UH, IMPACTED OUR WORK IS WHEN THE STAFF COMES TO PRESENT, THE COMMISSION PROVIDES COMMENTS, AND THE STAFF KIND OF TAKES THAT BACK IN THEIR WORK.
WE HAVE HAD OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND OUR FLEET TEAM PRESENT BEFORE, UH, DURING THE TRANSPORTATION MONTHS TO TALK ABOUT THE EV CHARGING MASTER PLAN ABOUT SOME OF THE FLEET VEHICLES THAT WE'RE CONVERTING.
AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PLAN IN.
UM, IF YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR KIND OF A PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN THE COMMISSION PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO STAFF, WE COULD JUST DO THAT AS A NORMAL AGENDA ITEM.
UH, WORKING WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR DURING OUR, WHEN WE'RE SETTING THE AGENDA, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THIS BROADER, AGAIN, ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF AD HOC COMMITTEES YOU'D WANNA DO, IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT MORE, UM, IMPACTFUL WHERE YOU'RE SENDING A MEMO TO COUNCIL OR ASKING 'EM TO AGENDA SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
SO, UH, KNOW THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY WORKING ON A LOT OF EV PROJECTS, UM, BUT ALWAYS ROOM FOR, UH, IMPROVEMENT AND, AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION.
MAYBE JUST A PRESENTATION SO WE'RE UP TO DATE WITH WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IF IT'S, WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, JUST SO I JUST THINK THIS TEAM IN PARTICULAR SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE MOST UPDATED THINGS ARE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
NOT HEAR ANY, ANY COMMENTS? CLEAR? CLEAR.
UH, DID YOU WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION OR, UH, AS PART OF YOUR MOTION, DID YOU WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO INCLUDE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED? I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT SPECIFICALLY.
OR IS THIS, OR IS IT OKAY JUST TO TAKE THE DIRECTION AS LONG AS EVERYONE AGREES WITH WHAT WAS SAID, RIGHT.
IT WAS MY IMPRESSION THAT THESE WEREN'T SPECIFIC THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE TEXT OF THE WORK PLAN, BUT RATHER RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN FUTURE MEETINGS.
UH, IN TERMS OF TOPICS COVERED.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING IT WOULD BE PART OF THIS, SO WE HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE DROUGHT PART IN JUNE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT TDML, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LA RIVER.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD KIND OF WORK ON SEEING WHAT WE WOULD WANNA AGENDIZE.
THAT'S HOW I WAS THINKING OF IT.
UM, SO THIS WAY IT'S SORT OF MEMORIALIZED IN A WORK PLAN AND IN FRONT OF EVERYONE'S MIND.
UH, I THINK THE, THE SECTION ABOUT, UM, THE COMMISSION ADVISORY ACTIONS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE, BUT, UH, LIKE LARRY WAS SAYING, IF YOU, UH, WANT US TO HAVE A, A, A PRESENTATION FROM THAT GROUP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, IN OUR TALKS WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UH, AND WHEN WE'RE PLANNING OUT THE AGENDA, WE COULD INVITE, INVITE SOMEBODY FROM THAT DEPARTMENT TO COME AND TALK ABOUT.
UM, I, I LIKED THE WAY THAT WHEN LARRY PRESENTED, HE HAD A TOPIC IN MIND AND THEN HAD METRICS AND GOALS TOWARDS SORT OF MANAGING THOSE.
SO FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE ON THE TABLE TODAY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT INCLUDED IN THIS WORK PLAN AS WELL.
I HAVE A QUESTION, A QUICK CLARIFICATION TOO.
SO I THINK AT THE, THE MEETING THAT WE HAD THE, UH, DISCUSSION REGARDING WHAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR, UM, I, I HAD ASKED IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE HERE, BUT THEN LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, MAYBE YOU GIVE US A PRESENTATION OF HOW WE MET THOSE GOALS.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT COMMISSIONER HANKS IS GETTING AT TO TRY TO GET ITEMS AGENDAS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH EACH MONTH AND SAY, OKAY, NOW WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MOVE THIS FORWARD AND WE WANT A PRESENTATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THAT'S ON
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FOR THE YEAR.AND THEN AS A COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR EVERYTHING, BUT THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, GET SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA MAYBE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND GO OVER A SUMMARY OF, OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND GIVE THEM THOSE NUMBERS AND STAFF GIVING THE PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE YEAR AND HOW WE MET OUR, OUR GOALS.
AND IF WE DIDN'T, WHAT DO WE NEED TO MAYBE NEXT YEAR REACH THAT, THAT GOAL? UM, I JUST THINK IT'S GONNA BE CHALLENGING TO, FOR EVERY MONTH, LIKE TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING, SOMETHING AGENDIZED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO MAYBE WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO DO THAT, BUT JUST AT THE END OF THE YEAR, GET IT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE PLAN AND HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WERE.
RIGHT? SO, UM, AT OUR JANUARY MEETING, WHICH IS THE RETREAT, UM, WE GAVE A YEAR IN REVIEW, UM, PRESENTATION, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN THEN BE MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT REPORTING ON ALL THESE METRICS AND THAT, THAT GOES TO YOU FIRST.
AND THEN THE ANNUAL REPORT IS THE, THE EXISTING COMMUNICATION TO COUNCIL THAT SO FAR, THE FIRST TWO THAT WE'VE DONE HAVE BEEN VERY SORT OF TEMPLATE ORIENTED OF REPORTING ON EXACTLY, OR, OR SOMEWHAT LIMITED TO WHAT THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORT WERE.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE BETTER METRICS LIKE THIS, WE CAN BE INCLUDING THAT IN, IN THE ANNUAL REPORT.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALREADY IS GOING TO COUNCIL.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING SOMETHING AT COUNCIL, THAT'S NOT UP TO US, THAT'S UP TO COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND WHILE WHAT WE JUST TALKED THROUGH IN TERMS OF, UM, SENDING THEM THE OFF AGENDA MEMO THAT SORT OF MAKES A REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING AGENDIZED.
UM, WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE AND, UM, AND IT'S UP TO COUNCIL PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT ON AND, AND ACTUALLY AGENDIZE IT.
THE OTHER WAY THAT PETE TOUCHED ON WAS GOING DIRECTLY TO A COUNCIL PERSON AND SAYING, HERE'S THIS IMPORTANT THING, BECAUSE WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IS, UM, HOW CITY COUNCIL, UH, CAN REFER THINGS TO THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SEARCHING MY MEMORY BANKS FOR, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE WE GOT A REFERRAL FROM COUNCIL
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, BECAUSE THEY SEE OUR WORK PLAN, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THEY'RE WORKING ON SO MUCH STUFF AND, AND BECAUSE OF OUR WORK PLAN COVERS SO MANY THINGS ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT, IT GIVES THE APPEARANCE THAT WE HAVE THINGS COVERED, RIGHT? BUT, UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC THAN ALL OF THAT, THAT KIND OF NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL OR BROUGHT FORWARD BY A COUNCIL PERSON AT A COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE IDEA OF, OKAY, LET'S SEND THAT TO THE COMMISSION TO HAVE THEM WORK ON IT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY, BECAUSE THEN WHEN YOU RESPOND TO THAT REQUEST FROM COUNSEL, THEN THEY'RE GONNA AGENDIZE IT BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF YOUR IDEAS THAT YOU HANDED TO THEM BEFORE THAT, IF THAT ALL MAKES SENSE.
SO IN TERMS OF HOW WE MIGHT CHANGE THE WORK PLAN TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THIS STUFF, I MEAN, THOSE TWO REALLY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU, YOU WANTED FOR, UH, ON THE WATER DISCUSSION, I SUPPOSE WE COULD ADD THEM INTO THE COLUMN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HADN'T NOTICED THIS BEFORE, BUT ON THE COLUMN THAT SAYS ADMINISTRATIVE AND ADVISORY ITEMS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION CALLED OUT, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PETE MARSH THING,
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT GOT ON THERE, BUT WE COULD BE ADDING, UH, TMDL AND, AND THE OTHER THING THAT YOU MENTIONED IN HERE SPECIFICALLY, AND I SUPPOSE, UM, TO BE PROPER, YOU, YOU'LL NEED TO STATE THAT IN THE MOTION, UM, AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA, IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE WORK PLAN THAT SAYS AND GET SOME THINGS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA
NO, THAT WASN'T THE INTENTION.
THIS IS MORE ABOUT A DISCUSSION SAYING IT'S BEEN A MINUTE.
AND I THINK TO, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ'S POINT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
AND TO YOUR POINT, LARRY, I THINK IT'S TWO PRONG, LIKE TO AND PETER'S POINT, UH, COMMISSIONER MAR MARSH'S POINT AS WELL.
IT'S NOT ONLY US WORKING ON THE MEMO, BUT IT'S ALSO US INDIVIDUALLY GOING TO EACH OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
SO IT'S SORT OF BOTH WAYS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AND SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING TO THEM TO THE TABLE BY NEXT YEAR, OR AT LEAST THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
SO I THINK BETWEEN US, YOU GUYS WORKING ON THE MEMO, YOU HAVE SEVERAL WAYS OF SORT OF ATTACKING IT IN ONE LEVEL.
IF WE WANT TO HAVE A HUG, UH, A HUG COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION RIGHT
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NOW.SO EVERYBODY GETTING, OR, OR I SHOULD JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE AGENDA JUNE.
I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE WHERE OUR BEGINNING TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMISSION, I MEAN THE, THE COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE AS A COMMITTEE WE CAN GO AND VISIT DIFFERENT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS RUN, RIGHT.
AND GET, GET SOME DATA BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
BUT LARRY, TO YOUR POINT, DO I NEED TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR MOTION TO PASS AT TDML AND THE LA RIVER TO THE WORK PLAN? I THINK SO.
AND SO CLERK HELP US OUT WITH HOW, HOW WE AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THOSE DETAILS.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE POOR? WELL, AND THE PORT WAS ABOUT PORT WIND IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND, UM, I GUESS THAT THAT COULD GO UNDER ENERGY AS ALSO, SO YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.
THREE THINGS I THINK THAT, THAT WE CAN ADD, ADD TO THE, UM, THAT THIRD COLUMN IN, IN THIS LAST PAGE.
SO, BECAUSE THE, THE MOTION IS TO, IT'S TO REVIEW AND TO PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF.
SO WE'RE NOW AT THE STAGE WHERE YOU'RE PROVIDING INPUT TO THE STAFF.
YOU CAN FURTHER DOCUMENT IT AND RECORD IT TO AMEND THE MOTION, BASICALLY PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF AND ASK STAFF TO ADD THE ITEMS THAT YOU WANT.
SO THEN IT'S RECORDED AND DOCUMENTED AS AN AMENDMENT TO WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF STAFF.
WE CAN WORD IT THAT WAY SO THAT IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE.
BUT THE MOTION, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION REALLY IS TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE STAFF.
TECHNICALLY, THIS IS PROVIDING INPUT, INPUT, INPUT TO THE STAFF.
I GUESS IF WE COULD JUST BE CLEAR BEFORE THE VOTE EXACTLY.
IF EVERYONE AGREES WITH WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAID, I GUESS, AND WHICH ONES YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT IN THE PLAN VERSUS YOU JUST WANT US TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE ADDING THE, THE THINGS TO JUNE, UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THE STAFF IS JUST WHAT WE COULD WORK ON STAFF WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION ON IZING, THINGS THAT SOUND RIGHT.
I MEAN, WE WERE WILLING TO ADD THESE THINGS WITHOUT AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THE MOTION ACCOUNTS FOR YOUR INPUT, THAT THAT'S KIND, THAT'S KIND OF, YEAH.
THAT'S WHY IT'S HELPFUL WHEN THE ATTORNEYS HERE.
BUT FOR MY INTERPRETATION, THIS IS PROVIDING INPUT TO THE STAFF.
SO THE INPUT IS THAT THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO MODIFY THE WORK PLAN.
IF WE, IF WE, IF WE AMEND, IF WE AMEND IT, THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO BASICALLY OUTLINE THE, THESE THREE ITEMS. BUT THEN THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MAY WANT CHANGED.
AND SO DO YOU WANT TO SPECIFY AMENDED TO ADD THESE THREE ITEMS YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE WORKING ON AND WORKING WITH STAFF ON THE WORK PLAN? CORRECT.
ARE YOU GONNA BE C COMM? THE, THE, THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO STAFF WILL FINALIZE THE WORK PLAN BASED ON THE INPUT TONIGHT, AND THEN ADD IT TO A COUNCIL AGENDA SO THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE, OKAY, SO THIS IS GONNA GO STRAIGHT.
SO AGAIN, THIS REALLY IS A PART OF PROVIDING INPUT TO THE STAFF.
WHAT THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO PUT IN HERE TO AMEND THE MOTION IS, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD READ A LITTLE.
IT SHOULD READ A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THAT WAS, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT REALLY AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S COVERED UNDER PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT CLARIFICATION.
SORRY FOR CONFUSING THINGS EVERYONE.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER HANKS, IF WE COULD JUST, UM, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE IS, UH, AWARE, TDML TOTAL DAILY MAXIMUM LOAD.
CAN YOU RESTATE THE SECOND ITEM? SURE.
SO THE FIRST ONE WAS LA RIVER PROTECTION, TDML VALUES AND HOW THAT'S BEING IMPACTED.
THE SECOND ONE THAT I DID HAVE WAS COORDINATING WITH UTILITIES ON LOAN TO GARDEN PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE'LL ADD PURE WIND ON THE MM-HMM
UH, ENERGY DISCUSSION AS WELL.
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ANYONE, I JUST HAD A QUICK YEAH.ABOUT THE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT ARE BEING, UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AS WELL? AND THEN IF ANY, UM, WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES? LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF, WHAT WE WOULD, UM, I'M TRYING TO SAY, UM, ABILITIES OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, RIGHT.
OH, I'LL SEE HOW FAR I CAN TAKE IT.
SO THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE JUNE, UH, AT THE JUNE MEETING.
THAT IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT AD HOC COMMITTEES.
AND THEN SINCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA, YOU CAN DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, IN A PUBLIC FORUM, UH, IF THERE'S ONE OR MORE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CREATE AND WHO THE MEMBERS ARE GONNA BE AND, AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
AND, AND THEN WHEN THAT'S VOTED ON, IT'LL ALLOW YOU TO GO OFF AND, AND, AND DO THOSE COMMITTEES.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF THERE'S GONNA BE ONE OR MORE, IT SOUNDED LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE PAST, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT PEOPLE PROPOSE.
LIKE WHO'S WILLING TO, TO LEAD A DISCUSSION ON A PARTICULAR THING.
OR MAYBE MOST OF THE THINGS CAN BE COVERED IN A SINGLE AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT.
AND THEN ONCE IT'S AGENDA AND VOTE AGENDIZED AND VOTED ON, UM, YOU, YOU GET TO PROCEED WITH THAT.
AND TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, TOLD US AT THE, AT THE RETREAT WHEN HE WAS DISCUSSING THAT PROCESS OF, IS IT ONLY GOOD FOR ONE MEETING OR LIKE, BECAUSE YOU FORM THEM, BUT THEN YOU DISSOLVE THEM AS WELL, RIGHT? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? YEAH, BUT I THINK, YEAH, EXACTLY WHAT LARRY SAID, WE COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
AND THEN IT, IT HAS TO BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR, LIKE THESE THREE COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, IT'S FORMING FOR THIS PURPOSE.
AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT PURPOSE IS DONE AT THAT, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE PRESENT WITH WHAT IT IS AND, AND, UH, DISSOLVE THE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO JUST, UM, AGAIN, LIKE THINK THROUGH WHAT TOPICS YOU MIGHT WANT THAT ARE RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMISSION AND THE CAP ACTION ITEMS AND TOPICS.
AND THEN WE COULD, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION OF, UM, WE DECIDE HOW TO, WHAT COMMITTEES TO FORM AND THEN WHO WILL BE ON THOSE COMMITTEES AS WELL.
I FORGET THE NAME OF THE, UH, IF WE WANNA GO TO THE COM, THE COMMUNITY TO ASK FOR QUESTIONS, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE IT OVER HERE? OR WE NEED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TOO FOR GOING, HOW DID I SAY SOMETHING? SESSION STUDY.
ARE WE GONNA NEED TO BRING IT? YES.
IF YOU WANTED TO DO A STUDY SESSION, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO AGENDIZE IN ADVANCE AND, AND PRESENT IT AS A STUDY SESSION.
THEN WE WOULD DO A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN COME AND TALK WITH THE COMMISSION ABOUT THIS.
WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT, UH, THE SAME TIME THAT THE COM THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON SOMETHING, THE OTHER PART OF THE COMMISSION CAN GO AND ASK THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE SO WE CAN BRING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
I, MY PLAN, WELL, WHAT I SEE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IS THAT WE CAN HAVE A COMMITTEE AND WE CAN HAVE AT THE SAME TIME, THE OTHER PART OF THE COMMISSION GOING TO THE COM COMMUNITY AND ASK THEM THEIR, THEIR POINT OF VIEWS OR WHATEVER WE WANNA WORK ON.
AND WE CAN PRESENT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, STUDY BASED WITH WHAT WE HEAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT IF WE, UM, SO F FERN AND LARRY, JUST ALSO CLARIFY IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU, SO WE DO HAVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU COULD GO UP NOT REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION, BUT YOU COULD GO UP AND GET DATA FROM THE OWN DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING IN ORDER TO BRING TO THE TABLE, MAYBE AT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IS TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON.
UM, NOT, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO WORK ON.
YEAH, WE CAN JUST GO AND ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
THE ONE THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA WORK ON SOMETHING THAT IT HAS A QUESTIONS, RIGHT? WHAT KIND, WHAT, SO THAT QUESTION CAN BRING TO THE COMMUNITY, SO WE CAN GET ALSO THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND WE COULD DO THAT INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL, AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING THE STUDY SESSION.
THE STUDY SESSION IS SO THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE PRESENT AT A CERTAIN TIME, COME AND ASK US ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
I, AT THE JUNE MEETING, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AVAILABLE TO GO OVER THE RULES FOR AD HOC COMMITTEES, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TALK WITH THE PUBLIC AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMISSION AND AD HOC COMMITTEE AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK.
I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
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AS FOR ME WORKING ON SAY, WATER PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I CAN ASK PEOPLE IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WATER QUALITY AS A REP, NOT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMISSION, BUT JUST MYSELF AS PEARL HANKS PART OF, YOU KNOW, AN ACTUAL REP, YOU KNOW, A PERSON THAT LIVES IN THAT DISTRICT AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT WATER QUALITY, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT ALSO COMMISSION IN MARSH COMMITTEE AND THE COMMISSION THOUGH.SO LET ME, I, I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ATTORNEY'S OKAY WITH HOW, HOW YOUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN WOULD BE.
UM, BECAUSE AS, AS HE SAID EARLIER, THE BEST WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY IS THROUGH THE STUDY SESSIONS.
BUT I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE BEST, THE, THE BEST WAY TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE.
SO LET'S HAVE THE ATTORNEY WEIGH IN ON EXACTLY WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS ALLOWED AND NOT ALLOWED FOR AD HOC COMMITTEES AND FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S ALSO ON A COMMISSION REPRESENTING YOUR COMMISSION AND MARSH.
YEAH, I, I'D APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE WRITTEN BLURBS ABOUT OUR MEETINGS, BOTH, UH, SUMMARIES OF RECENT MEETINGS AND NOTICES OF UPCOMING MEETINGS FOR MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER'S NEWSLETTER.
I'VE GONE TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND ENCOURAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TALK TO ME, ASK ME ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, PROVIDE ME INPUT.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE SHACKLE OURSELVES AND SAY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, THAT'S, WE'RE OVER RESTRICTING OURSELVES IS, IS MY PERSONAL IMPRESSION.
I KNOW THAT MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GOES OUT AND TALKS IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I, I FEEL I WANT US TO AVOID BEING OVERLY SENSITIVE TO BROWN ACT CONCERNS.
THEY'RE ACTUAL ABSOLUTELY VALID CONCERNS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING IS WE WANT TO RESTRICT OURSELVES FROM, UH, HAVING A QUORUM AND HAVING, UH, DECISIONS MADE OR INFLUENCED OUT OF THE PUBLIC VIEW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING OPINIONS TO SHARE AT THOSE MEETINGS SEEMS VERY INBOUNDS TO ME.
AND CHAIR, IF I COULD RESPOND TO THAT TOO, PLEASE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BROWN, NOT CONCERNS AND VIOLATIONS THAT COULD HAPPEN.
IT'S ALSO JUST WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE ROLE OF COMMISSION VERSUS STAFF AND WHAT WE DO AS, YOU KNOW, ADVISORY COMMISSION VERSUS COUNSEL WHO SETS POLICY AND DIRECTS THE WORK OF STAFF.
SO I JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, UH, TELL YOU WHAT IS OKAY AND WHAT'S NOT OKAY WITHOUT THE ATTORNEY PRESENT.
AND, UM, AND YEAH, WE, NONE OF US WANT TO BE, UH, DIRECTING ALL THE EFFORTS OF YOUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM AND, UH, AND DERAILING WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, ALREADY TRYING TO WORK ON.
ONE, ONE OTHER ITEM, CHAIR GAON.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PURE WIND, UH, MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, BROADEN THE APERTURE A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT THE PORT'S ZERO COLLABORATIVE? UH, THEY'RE HAVING A ZERO EMISSIONS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES PURE WIND AND ALL OF THEIR OTHER DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS FOR EQUIPMENT AND TENANTS.
IT HAS TO BE ONE PRESENTATION SPECIFIC FOR THE PORT, I GUESS.
I MEAN, WE COULD, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TEAMS THERE AT THE PORT, AND I, I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD THEM TALK ABOUT ZERO IN THE PAST AND OR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY'VE DONE DURING, DURING THE BUILDING AND ENERGY, OR OTHER MONTHS IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY INVITE THEM, UM, OR, OR CONSIDER THAT FOR A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD ALSO ALIGN WITH OCTOBER.
THERE IS NO MORE QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, QUESTIONS.
OKAY, THEN CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
IS IT ON YOUR SCREEN? SO, SO COMMISSIONER MARSH, I THINK IT IS STILL NOT WORKING.
WE STARTED VOTING AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO DISCUSSION.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED IT'S, I, NATALIE TOUCHED IT.
AND IS EVERYONE ELSE ABLE? OKAY.
OKAY, SO THEN WE JUST HAVE, YES.
ALL VOTES ARE IN MOTION CARRIES.
CLAIRE, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM FOUR, AND ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON EARTH MONTH AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES FROM THE OFFICE OF
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CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.[4. 25-55063 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on Earth Month and announcements and resources from the Office of Climate Action and Sustainability. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YOU JUST DID? YEAH.I KNOW, UH, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO CALL, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S WHATEVER IS, IS MOVING ON SECOND? IT'S NOT WORKING.
UH, COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE A FIRST IN THE SECOND.
WELL, UM, CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THIS IS A REPORT PRESENTATION FOR THIS.
UM, THIS IS JUST OUR, UH, EARTH MONTH PRESENTATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BRIEF, UM, QUICK EARTH MONTH OVERVIEW.
UM, AND THEN, UM, FERN OR AND ANDRE ARE GONNA GIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATES.
UM, BUT OUR, SO WE'RE RIGHT AT THE END OF EARTH MONTH NOW, AND, UM, AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF EARTH MONTH, ACTUALLY ON, UH, MARCH 29TH, WE KIND OF HAD A EVENT TO KICK OFF EARTH MONTH, WHICH WAS THE SAVE THE PLANET, BE THE HERO, UH, EARTH MONTH KICKOFF EVENT, WHICH WAS A NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR EVENT HELD IN WEST LONG BEACH.
UM, THIS WAS PART OF A CALENDAR OF EVENTS THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY STAFF, UM, AND, AND MADE AVAILABLE, UH, OF OVER 50 EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, UH, BY ANY D DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT, THAT WE COULD FIND.
AND SO HERE'S JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME CITY EVENTS.
UM, WE DID A, A TREE PLANTING AT AROUND MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NORTH LONG BEACH BACK ON APRIL 5TH.
UM, THERE WERE BEACH CLEANUPS ON APRIL 5TH AND, UM, APRIL 19TH.
UM, AND THEN EARTH DAY AT CITY HALL, UH, THAT WAS JUST TODAY.
MANY OTHER EVENTS IN THERE, BUT THOSE ARE, ARE JUST A FEW.
UM, THERE WERE CITY CAMPAIGNS THAT DEPARTMENTS, UM, PROMOTED, UH, DURING EARTH MONTH, INCLUDING FOOD WASTE PREVENTION WEEK, UH, THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU AND A MONTH OF ACTION ABOUT TOBACCO EDUCATION AND, UH, PREVENTION.
UM, WHAT'S LEFT IS, UH, IN THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH AND INTO NEXT MONTH, IS THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, WHICH IS THE SATURDAY, UM, UH, COME OUT TO WILLOW SPRINGS, UM, FOR OUR LAST BIG SPRING EVENT AND MAYBE, HOPEFULLY A LIGHT DRIZZLE.
UH, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING, WELL, TWO WEEKS AFTER, UH, OUR ROUTINE, UH, RESTORATION FRIDAY, ON FRIDAY, UM, MAY 9TH, UM, BEACH STREETS IS COME, IS THE BIG BICYCLE EVENT THAT IS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER COMING TO WEST LONG BEACH.
AND SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE BIKES ON SANTA FE AVENUE AND WILLOW STREET THAT WILL BE CLOSED DOWN TO BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS AND ANY, ANYTHING BUT CARS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, OUR WILLOW WALK ON HERE FOR FIVE 17, BUT WE JUST GOT WORD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WHAT MAY BE OUR LAST BIG COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING ON THAT SAME DAY.
SO IT MIGHT BUMP THE WILLOW WALK IN FAVOR OF A RELATIVELY LARGE COMMUNITY PLANTING AROUND CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO IT'S ABOUT TWICE AS MANY AS WE NORMALLY DO AT A COMMUNITY PLANTING.
UM, SO WE'LL BE PUSHING OUT INFORMATION ON THAT AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE WANTING AND NEEDING VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST.
AND THEN I'M GONNA PASS THIS OVER TO ANDRE.
I'M ANDRE THE CLIMATE ANALYST FOR OUR OFFICE.
UM, SO EARTH MONTH IS OUR TIME TO SHINE, BUT DOESN'T MEAN WE ONLY WORK AT EARTH MONTH, IT'S JUST, UH, WE WORK ALL YEAR ROUND.
JUST TO SHOW YOU KIND OF, UM, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO SHOW EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS KIND OF TALK ABOUT OUR 2023 GHG EMISSION INVENTORY BRIEFLY, AND THAT WILL BE COMING OUT SOON AS WELL, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK.
UM, OUR CLIMATE PORTAL, WHICH, UM, HOUSES ALL THIS DATA AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT FROM EVERYTHING OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DO.
SO HERE'S JUST LIKE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ALL THE SECTORS IN OUR INVENTORY.
UM, TRANSPORTATION IS OUR HIGHEST, UH, EMITTER AGAIN, AND IT IS THE ONLY SECTOR THAT WE
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WENT UP IN.ALL THE OTHER ONES WE WENT DOWN.
UM, SO, UH, OUR THIRD, UM, SO IT USED TO BE, UM, FUGITIVE EMISSIONS, UH, BUT NOW IT IS RESIDENTIAL ENERGY.
AND THEN COMMERCIAL ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION IS OUR HIGHEST WITH 54%.
AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PORT.
UM, BUT IN OUR MAJOR, IN OUR LARGE REPORT, IT WILL SHOW, UM, THE PORT EMISSIONS AS WELL IN AN APPENDIX.
UM, AND AS YOU COULD SEE, THERE WAS A 12.3% REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS FROM 21 TO 23.
BUT, UH, A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT IS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT CLOSED DOWN.
UH, SO WE STILL HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR GOALS, UM, WITH THE CLOSURE OF SURF AND OTHER FACTORS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP IT DOWN.
UM, 'CAUSE WE STILL NEED TO MAKE 4.5%, UH, REDUCTIONS A YEAR TO REACH OUR 2030 GOAL.
AND THEN, SO HERE YOU'LL SEE OUR CLIMATE PORTAL.
UH, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THREE DATA POINTS, WE HAVE 20 15, 21, AND 23, UM, AND WE HAVE MORE, UM, THINGS TO, UH, KIND OF PUT AGAINST EACH OTHER.
SO THE TWO CIRCLES ARE, UH, 21 VERSUS 23 IN ALL THE SECTORS.
UM, AND THEN THE BAR GRAPH ABOVE IS SHOWING THE 2015 TO 21 AND 23, AND WE'RE STILL ABOVE OUR 2015 LEVELS.
UH, SO DEFINITELY A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND ANOTHER DOES THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT.
THIS HOUSES ALL THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT EVERYTHING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE.
UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY, THAT, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE SIGNED UP FOR OUR CITY.
UM, WE HAVE I BELIEVE, 400, UH, LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, WHICH HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, HAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, FOR VISIONING THE SHORELINE OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
UM, OUR, UH, LANTA, UH, TREE, UH, LANTA GARDEN TREE, UH, PROGRAMS IN THERE.
AND THE ESP ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM, WHICH, UM, YOU'VE, UH, HEARD A PRESENTATION ON.
UM, SO THAT WILL ALL BE IN THERE.
OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION, OUR IN, UH, INVENTORY, OUR CLIMATE PORTAL UPDATES, AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON TOWARDS, UH, REACHING OUR CLIMATE ACTION GOALS.
AND HERE IS THE CALENDAR FOR THE THIRD TIME THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
UM, SO, UH, FEBRUARY IS THE ONE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET QUORUM ON, BUT UM, WE'RE HERE AT THE EARTH MONTH CELEBRATION.
AND THEN NOW WITH ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE, NOW WE HAVE MORE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMM, COMMISSIONER MAR.
UM, ANDRE, YOU MENTIONED, UM, COMMUNITY SOLAR 400 RESIDENTS HAVE SIGNED UP.
IS THAT, UM, SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM FULL, OR IS THERE STILL ROOM TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SIGN UP? UM, SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE PROJECT IS FULL, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE CONSTANTLY BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY, SO THEY'RE TELLING US TO CONSTANTLY JUST ADVERTISE AND DO OUTREACH.
UM, THE, LET'S SEE, ORGANIC WASTE PICKUP.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A PILOT, I'VE LOST TRACK OF WHEN THE PILOT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETE AND WE'RE STARTING TO ROLL OUT TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A, A REMINDER ON THAT? UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I BELIEVE, UH, NEXT MONTH THEY'LL GIVE US AN UPDATE.
I THINK THERE WILL BE SOMETHING COMING OUT IN MAY WITH AN UPDATE.
AS A COMMENT, UM, COMMISSION IN MARCH, I RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM PUBLIC WORKS TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO START PASSING IN MY AREA.
THEY'RE GOING TO START GIVING US THE NEW, THE NEW BEINGS.
AND THEY WANT, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATION WHO WANTS TO, UH, HOST A PRESENTATION FROM THEM.
AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE, TWO OF THOSE TRASH TRUCKS WILL BE ALL ELECTRIC.
UH, AND ONLY 275 MORE TO GO, I THINK
IS ANY THERE? UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A, YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE, UH, THE ORGANIC WASTE IS GOING? IS IT ACTUALLY GETTING COMPOSTED OR IS IT GOING TO A ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY?
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WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STAFF, THEY IDENTIFIED A FACILITY NEAR VICTORVILLE.UM, THAT'S A OUTDOOR COMPOSTING FACILITY, NOT AN ANEROBIC DIGESTER.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALL YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE, THE GREENWAY THAT'S COLLECTED SO FAR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS THEY RAMPED THIS UP, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO TAKE TO MULTIPLE FACILITIES.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S A LOCATION IN VICTORVILLE BELL.
WAS IT, DOES AMERICAN ORGANICS RING A BELL? I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME.
ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSIONER? I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
A FOLLOWING UP ON COMMISSIONER, UH, KIRK, I BELIEVE, UM, IS COMMENTED RELATED TO THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION.
I KNOW THAT, UM, IN DECEMBER WE HAD GOT A PRESENTATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SURF WITH THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTER.
WHAT'S THE PROGRESS OF THAT AND WHEN IS THAT SUPPOSED TO GO LIVE? UM, WELL THEY'RE WORKING WITH, UM, THE ENTITY THAT IS MEANT TO BUILD IT.
BUT THEY'RE STILL DECONSTRUCTING THE OTHER ONE, OR, OR WORKING ON BEGINNING TO DECONSTRUCT THE OTHER ONE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE ULT THE, THE HORIZON FOR WHEN THE NEW ONE WILL BE ONLINE AS SOMETHING LIKE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION? OKAY, CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS, IT'S NOT UP, IS IT? I JUST MISSING TWO.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
I, I SEE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND YES, YES, FOR ME IT'S NOT UP YET, BUT YES.
NOW WE MOVE TO THE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMITTEE.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RIGHT?
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
YES, CORRECT.SO ANYBODY HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT? OH, NO,
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
SO THERE IS NO OTHER, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE STAFF OR ANYTHING? NO.
SO I GUESS THIS MEETING IS ADJOURN.