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AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR JUNE 26TH, 2025.
CAN YOU GUYS TURN ON YOUR, YOUR MICS HERE? OKAY.
[CALL TO ORDER]
COMMISSIONER HANKS? HERE.[ROLL CALL]
MARSH? HERE.I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EXCUSE TOLKOFF, UM, THE COMMISSIONER TALK OF EXCUSE.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE? NOPE.
PLEASE CLICK PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM.
ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2025.
AND WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND CHAIR.
[1. 25-55681 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission meeting of Thursday, April 24, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND.AND IS THERE ANY, DO YOU WANNA CALL, SEE IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION? NO.
AND THEN WE ALSO, AND, AND THEN WE NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, CLAIRE, GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON DROUGHT AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND CHAIR.
[2. 25-55682 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on Drought and the Climate Action Plan. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UM, THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM A NUMBER OF STAFF WHO WE'RE GONNA COVER A DROUGHT AND CLIMATE ACTION TODAY.
I CANNOT HEAR ANY, UH, STARTING WITH ANDRE LANGI.
UM, SO I'M GONNA DO JUST A QUICK RECAP, LIKE A PREVIOUSLY ON THE CAP.
SO THIS IS, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK, THEN GONNA SHOW LIKE WHAT OUR DROUGHT, UH, IS ABOUT.
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SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE DROUGHT ACTION ITEMS, OUR ANNUAL REPORT, SOME UPDATES FROM OUR UTILITIES TEAM, AND, UM, ANY UPCOMING ACTION ITEMS THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON.SO, THE MAIN GOAL OF THE DROUGHT, UM, ACTION ITEMS ARE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE, WE'RE MORE SUSTAINABLE, WE HAVE MORE DIVERSE WATER, WE HAVE LONG-TERM SECURITY, AND WE AREN'T IMPORTING AS MUCH FROM, UM, DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO WE HAVE OUR OWN RESERVE, AND WE WANT, OUR OBJECTIVES OF THIS ARE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, MORE CONSERVATIVE, AND TO MAXIMIZE THE WATER THAT WE, UH, GET SO WE CAN REUSE IT.
AND HERE'S THE LIST OF THE MAIN FIVE ACTION ITEMS. WITHIN EACH, THERE ARE SOME SUB ACTION ITEMS. SO WE WANNA IMPLEMENT EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
UH, WE WANT TO HAVE MORE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND GREEN STREETS, UM, USE MORE NON-POTABLE, UH, WATER, SOME GRAY WATER, AND INCORPORATE RAINFALL CAPTURE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE WATER SUPPLY AND OFFSET ANY IMPORTED WATER THAT WE ARE RECEIVING.
UM, SO WITH ALL OUR ACTION ITEMS, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN EQUITY COMPONENT TO IT.
UH, SO HOW WE ARE DOING IT WITH DROUGHT IS WE WANT TO TARGET WATER EFFICIENCY PROGRAM OUTREACH, THAT ANY LOW INCOME AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES CAN, UH, SEE THE COST SAVINGS OF, UH, WATER CONSERVATION.
WE WANNA PRIORITIZE ANY INVESTMENTS AS FAR AS GREEN SPACE IN AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE AND ARE AT THE GREATEST CLIMATE RISK.
AND WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THE LOW INCOME AND DROUGHT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES CAN BENEFIT FROM THE COST SAVING PROGRAMS THAT OUR UTILITIES PROGRAMS HAVE.
AND SOME, UH, ALSO WITH ALL OUR ACTION ITEMS, EVERYTHING HAS A CO-BENEFIT.
SO SOME OF IT IS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION, UH, REDUCTION, WHICH IS A MAIN GOAL OF OUR, UH, CAP.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE LESS POLLUTION RUNOFF.
UM, WITH ALL OUR GREEN SPACES, WE'D HAVE, UH, LESS LIKE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT WOULD BE DECREASED.
UH, WE'LL HAVE BETTER STORM WATER RUNOFF.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, MORE GREEN SPACE, MORE RAINWATER, MORE WATER QUALITY, AND MORE WALKABILITY.
AND EVERY YEAR WE ASK OUR TEAMS, UH, TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON ANYTHING THAT THEY'VE COMPLETED.
SO WE RECEIVED TWO UPDATES FROM, UM, OUR UTILITIES TEAM.
UH, SO FOR DROUGHT ONE, UH, THEY SUBMITTED THEIR FIRST ANNUAL USE REPORT, UH, THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE ASSEMBLY BILL INCENTIVE BILL.
AND ALSO THEY WORKED WITH A SURF RIDER TO REPLACE SOME TURF IN THE MARINE BUREAU PROPERTIES WITH OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDENS.
AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, FOR DROUGHT TWO, THEY HAD A, A LOT OF, UH, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EVENTS OVER 75 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND TO TEACH AND EDUCATE ON PUBLIC ON WATER CONSERVATION.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO DEAN WANG FROM OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES RESOURCES AT OUR LONG BEACH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
I AM REALLY, UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE THE WORK THAT, UM, MY TEAM, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY MY TEAM, UH, DO DAY IN DAY OUT.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO, UH, HAVE PEOPLE TAKE INTEREST IN, IN THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND, UH, FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT, UH, I HAVE THE, UH, HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
SO, UH, ON, ON THE DROUGHT, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, ACTION ITEMS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, ANDRE LISTED EARLIER THE FIVE, UH, ACTION ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, OFFERING, UH, CONTINUED, UH, WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, UH, EXPANDING OUR CONSERVATION OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
UH, INCREASING RECYCLED WATER STORAGE AND, UH, INITIATING, UM, EFFORTS TO INCREASE OUR LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES.
AND SO THESE ARE THE FIVE SPEC, UH, FOUR SPECIFIC AREAS, UH, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND SO, UM, RECENTLY, AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE ON THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, BUT RECENTLY WE'VE DEVELOPED NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU GUYS CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF 'EM ARE, ARE REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, THE SECOND, UH, ITEM AS FAR AS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, UH, WE'VE HAD THE, UH, FORTUNE OF HAVING, UH, CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOWS ASSIST US AND REALLY EXPAND OUR, UH, ABILITY TO HAVE STAFF OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS OUTREACH GOES, UH, SOME OF THE HARDEST PART OF THAT IS JUST THE TIME AND, UH, EFFORT, STAFF TIME AND, AND WITH LIMITED STAFF, THAT'S, UM, OFTEN THE, THE TOUGHEST PART TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND SO HAVING THE CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOWS HAS REALLY HELPED THAT, UH, ON THE RECYCLED WATER, UH, INCREASING OUR USE OF RECYCLED WATER.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH RECYCLED WATER IS ITS AVAILABILITY.
AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IN THE MORNING WHEN PEOPLE WAKE UP, UM, THEY USE WATER, UH, TO SHOWER, GET READY FOR WORK AND SCHOOL, UH, THAT'S WHEN THERE'S WATER THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO THE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT TO BE ABLE TO TREAT, UH, AND, UH, TURN INTO RECYCLED
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WATER.DURING THE NIGHTTIME WHEN EVERYBODY'S ASLEEP, THERE'S NOT MUCH.
AND SO, UM, DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND IN THE MORNINGS, ACTUALLY, WHEN MOST OF THE RECYCLED WATER GETS USED FOR IRRIGATION, UH, AND SO, UH, THE, THE ABILITY TO STORE THE WATER THAT GETS PRODUCED DURING THE DAY FOR USE AT NIGHTTIME, UH, IS, IS, UH, A LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME IN ORDER TO BE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO FULLY UTILIZE OUR RECYCLED WATER.
AND SO IT WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT TO EXPAND OUR STORAGE CAPACITY BY 6 MILLION GALLONS.
AND SO PREVIOUSLY WE HAD ESSENTIALLY THREE STORAGE TANKS.
NOW WE'RE UP TO FIVE STORAGE TANKS.
SO ALMOST DOUBLING OUR RE RECYCLED WATER STORAGE CAPACITY THAT ALLOWS US TO BETTER UTILIZE THE AVAILABLE RECYCLED WATER.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, ABILITY TO CAPTURE STORM WATER, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SO, SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO HERE LOCALLY, BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, STORMWATER AND CAPTURE OF STORMWATER, IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO LOOK AT IT AT A WATERSHED SCALE.
AND SO HOW THAT WORKS FOR US HERE IN LONG BEACH IS AT THE WATERSHED SCALE.
LA COUNTY ACTUALLY HELPS TO CAPTURE A LOT OF THE STORMWATER REGIONALLY AND FUNNEL THAT INTO OUR GROUNDWATER BASINS.
AND SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THERE AND HOW WE'VE, UM, BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF STORMWATER PUNISHMENT TO OUR GROUNDWATER BASINS OVER TIME.
SO ON THE FIRST ITEM OF, UH, EXPANDING OUR WATER SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, UH, ONE OF THE, THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR DIRECT INSTALL APPLIANCES PROGRAM.
AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT, UH, UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT GOES OUT AND RETROFITS, UH, HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOMES WITH EFFICIENT WATER DEVICES AS WELL AS GAS DEVICES.
AND SO, AS PART OF THE, UM, RECENTLY MERGED UTILITY WHERE WE'VE MERGED WITH THE GAS DEPARTMENT, UH, WE, WE NOW OFFER A JOINT PROGRAM.
AND SO ONE CONTRACTOR WILL GO IN AND, AND ACTUALLY UPGRADE BOTH WATER AND GAS APPLIANCES WITHIN THE HOME.
AND THIS IS ALL AT ZERO COST TO OUR RESIDENTS, AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND SO, UH, THE WEBSITE'S THERE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THIS PROGRAM, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.
AND, UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE, UM, MARKETING.
AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, AS WE PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THE SECOND UPDATE I'D, I'D LIKE TO, UM, PROVIDE AS FAR AS OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IS, UH, REGARDING A NEW, UM, STATE REQUIREMENT.
AND SO IT'S CALLED ASSEMBLY BILL 1572, UH, AND THE NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF IRRIGATION BAN.
AND SO, WHAT, UH, NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF IS REFERRING TO, I'LL FIRST DEFINE FUNCTIONAL TURF, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY RECREATE, UH, TURF THAT'S USED FOR RECREATIONAL USE OR COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
AND SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT PARKS OR SCHOOLS OR PLAYGROUNDS, UH, WHEREAS NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF IS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S DECORATIVE.
IT'S THERE, UH, IN, UH, MEDIAN STREET MEDIANS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IN COMMERCIAL, UM, COMMERCIAL LOTS WHERE THERE, NOBODY'S ACTIVELY USING THAT, THAT TURF FOR ANY, UM, PURPOSE.
AND SO, UH, THE STATE HAS REQUIRED THAT, UM, PRETTY SOON, UH, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO IRRIGATE, UH, NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF WITH POTABLE WATER.
UH, AND SO WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN, IN THIS RESTRICTION IS PUBLIC PROPERTIES, SCHOOLS, COMMERCIALS AND HOAS.
AND WHAT'S EXCLUDED WILL BE, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND RECYCLED WATER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, WON'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THIS, UH, NOR WILL, UM, UH, TURF LANDSCAPES THAT USE RECYCLED WATER, BUT ALL OTHER, UM, COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPES WILL HAVE TO COMPLY.
AND SO I MENTIONED REALLY SOON, BUT HERE'S THE ACTUAL TIMELINE.
THERE'S A TIMELINE THAT THE STATE HAS LAID OUT REGULATION WISE.
SO 2027, THE FIRST, UM, FIRST GROUP THAT WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THIS IS PUBLIC PROPERTIES, UH, EXCEPT, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
UH, AND SO THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS, UH, THAT WE WILL BE LEADING BY EXAMPLE AS, AS PUBLIC FACILITIES.
UH, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WITH THE MARINE BUREAU, UH, TO, UH, UPDATE A LOT OF THEIR, UH, UH, ROUNDABOUTS AND ACTUALLY, UH, OTHER PROPERTIES AS WELL.
UH, BUT THE, THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND THIS, UH, CITYWIDE TO ALL OF THIS, UH, ALL OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES.
AND CURRENTLY, UH, THERE IS A $5 PER SQUARE FOOT INCENTIVE TO ASSIST WITH THESE EFFORTS.
AND, AND THAT'S, UH, INCREASED INCENTIVE COMPARED TO WHAT OUR RESIDENTIAL, UH, CUSTOMERS HAVE AVAILABLE DUE TO GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN MAILABLE MADE AVAILABLE BY STATE AND, UH, FEDERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
UH, AND THEN, SO FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN 2028, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, UH, 2029 WILL BE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, 2031 PUBLIC PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE TO COMPLY.
UM, SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE AB 1572 NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF EFFORTS.
BASICALLY WHAT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING IS TO, UH, COMBINE JUST WATER SAVINGS AND TURF REPLACEMENT WITH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS, YOU KNOW, SLIDE IS TITLED DRT ONE AND TWO, BECAUSE IT'S COVERING BOTH EFFORTS.
WHAT WE'RE UH, DOING IS WE'RE USING THESE LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATIONS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE
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PUBLIC.AND SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE SURF RIDER FOUNDATION, WHICH, UM, THEY HELP TO ORGANIZE, UH, VOLUNTEER EVENTS.
AND SO AT THOSE VOLUNTEER EVENTS, UH, THEY, THERE'S A, UM, A COORDINATOR WHO WILL GUIDE OUR VOLUNTEERS, RESIDENTS, UH, THROUGH HOW TO COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS.
AND THROUGH THAT, EDUCATE OUR CUSTOMERS ON HOW THEY COULD DO THESE TYPES OF, TYPES OF PROJECTS, UH, ON, ON THEIR OWN AT HOME.
AND SO UPCOMING, UH, WE WILL BE WORKING DOWN, UM, DOWN BY THE MARINA I, UH, SECOND PCH AREA.
AND, UH, WE HAVE WORK DATES THAT WILL BE, UH, ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
AND SO THOSE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR MORE RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE AND LEARN AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME, UH, TURF LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATIONS.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THE PROJECT ABOUT THE RECYCLED WATER STORAGE TANKS.
AND SO THIS IS JUST, UH, AN IMAGE ON THE LEFT OF ALL OF OUR, UH, RESERVOIR TANKS.
UH, THIS IS UP ON, UH, RESERVOIR HILL.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY THE, IN THE LIGHT BLUE, YOU'LL SEE OUR POTABLE WATER TANKS IN THE LIGHT PURPLE WERE OUR PREVIOUS RECYCLED WATER TANKS.
AND SO, UH, THE RED ONES WERE ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY, UH, POTABLE WATER TANKS.
BUT THANKS TO THE GREAT CONSERVATION EFFORTS THAT OUR CITY HAS UNDERTAKEN OVER TIME, WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED AS MUCH POTABLE WATER AS WE USED TO.
AND SO THESE TWO TANKS WERE BEING UN UNDERUTILIZED AS POTABLE WATER STORAGE TANKS.
AND SO WE CONVERTED THEM INTO THE RECYCLED WATER STORAGE TANKS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
UH, AND SO JUST FOR A SENSE OF SCALE AND HOW LARGE THESE TANKS ARE, I PROVIDED THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE PERSON RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, AND, AND, UM, THE THREE TANKS SURROUNDING THEM.
AND SO THOSE ARE OUR RESERVOIRS.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS INCREASING OUR LOCAL SUPPLIES, UH, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON IS INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF WELLS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DRAW ON OUR GROUNDWATER.
UM, WE HAVE TWO WELLS THAT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING, HOPEFULLY HERE SOON, IN JULY, UH, IN JACKSON PARK.
AND THAT'S THIS IMAGE HERE ON THE LEFT, SHOWING THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS UNDERWAY AT THE TIME.
AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE, UH, THE COMPLETED, UH, WELL, UM, ENCLOSURE.
AND SO TWO WELLS ARE GOING TO JACKSON PARK, TWO WELLS ARE GONNA BE GOING TO STERNS CHAMPION PARK, AND THEN TWO, TWO WELLS IN EL DORADO PARK IN 2027.
AND SO THIS WILL REALLY HELP US TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL GROUNDWATER THAT WE'RE USING RATHER THAN, UH, RELYING ON IMPORTED WATER.
AND SO, FINALLY, AS FAR AS, UH, LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES, I TALKED ABOUT AT THE WATERSHED REGIONAL SCALE, UH, THIS GRAPH HERE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT HAS BEEN USED TO REPLENISH OUR GROUNDWATER BASINS OVER THE LAST, UM, QUICK MATH 80 YEARS, 80 SOMETHING YEARS, IS THAT RIGHT? 80 SOMETHING YEARS, NO, SORRY, 60 SOMETHING YEARS.
UH, SO, SO IN, IN THE RED IS THE IMPORTED WATER.
UH, THE PURPLE IS RECYCLE WATER, AND GREEN IS ACTUALLY STORM WATER, SO NATURAL RAINFALL.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN BARS KIND OF FLUCTUATE OVER TIME AS YOU HAVE WET YEARS AND DRY YEARS.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TO NOTE IS THAT THE RED BAR WHEN IT IN THE PAST WAS REALLY, UH, A LARGER BAR OVER TIME HAS SHRUNK.
AND IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE NOT HAD TO USE ANY IMPORTED WATER TO REPLENISH THE GROUNDWATER BASINS.
AND THE PURPLE BAR HAS BEEN WHAT HAS MADE UP THE BALANCE.
AND SO THE PURPLE IS, UH, RECYCLED WATER, UH, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, UH, RECYCLING.
NOW IT'S TREATED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THAT IT'S SAFE TO PUT INTO OUR GROUNDWATER BASINS.
AND, UH, THAT'S BEEN A, A REAL UPLIFTING STORY THAT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF NOT BEING, NOT NEEDING TO USE ANY IMPORT OR WATER IN OUR GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT.
UH, WITH THAT, I WILL PASS THIS PRESENTATION OFF TO LARRY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE HAVE ONE SLIDE ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE INVOLVED IN.
STARTING OFF WITH OUR ONGOING MULCH DELIVERY AND PICKUP PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES, UH, WATER CONSERVING MULCH THROUGH MORE THAN 400 DELIVERIES A YEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE ABILITY OF FOLKS TO COME TO THE MULCH, UH, YARD, TO ALSO PICK UP MULCH.
SO OF COURSE, MULCH IS USED IN LANDSCAPES FOR VARIOUS REASONS, UH, SUPPRESSING WEEDS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, HOLDS MOISTURE IN THE SOIL.
AND SO MANY OF THE TURF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, UH, THAT DEEMED DESCRIBED BOTH, UM, LAWN TO GARDEN AND, UH, COMMERCIAL TURF REPLACEMENT HAS A NEED FOR LOTS OF MULCH, UH, TO FILL IN THE AREAS AROUND THE PLANT, THE NEW PLANTS THAT ARE PLANTED.
AND SO WE HAVE A STEADY STREAM OF MULCH THAT'S DERIVED FROM CITY STREET TREE TRIMMING ACTIVITY, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET MORE OF THAT MATERIAL OUT IN, INTO THE COMMUNITY SO IT CAN BE USED TO HELP CONSERVE WATER.
NEXT, UM, AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK, UH, FOR A FEW YEARS, OR A FEW
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YEARS AGO, WE RECEIVED, UH, FUNDING FROM THE, UM, CLEAN SAFE WATER ACT OR MEASURE W, UM, TO DESIGN A WETLAND EXPANSION.AND, UM, AS SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE, WILLOW SPRINGS WAS A HISTORIC FRESHWATER WETLAND THAT WAS FED BY A ARTESIAN SPRING AND WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST WATER SOURCE FOR THE CITY ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1882.
BUT SINCE THEN, IT, UH, THE, THE WELL OR THE SPRINGS AND WELLS HAVE LONG DRIED UP AND BEEN ABANDONED AT THIS LOCATION, AND IT'S BEEN AN OIL FIELD INSTEAD.
BUT THERE IS A STORM DRAIN THAT PASSES THROUGH HERE THAT DRAINS ABOUT A 240 ACRE WATERSHED.
AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, WELL, IT ALREADY EXISTS TO A LIMITED DEGREE WHERE WE DIVERT SOME OF THAT STORM WATER ONTO THE PROPERTY AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESTORE, UH, A PORTION OF WETLANDS USING THIS SEASONAL STORM WATER FLOW.
BUT MOST OF THE STORM WATER FLOW STILL PASSES THROUGH THE SITE AND EMPTIES INTO THE LOS ANGELES RIVER.
BUT WHAT, WITH THIS ENHANCED PROJECT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, UM, STORMWATER THAT IS CAPTURED AND HELD ONTO IN ORDER TO, UH, CREATE MORE WETLAND HABITAT AT WILLOW SPRINGS, UM, FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, WELL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILDLIFE, BUT ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO VISIT AND COME AND SEE THE WETLANDS IN ACTION AND ALL THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS THAT, UH, COME TO, YOU KNOW, THE OASIS THAT IS WILLOW SPRINGS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT GOT FUNDED A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE'RE WORKING UP TO, IS THE UPCOMING RAIN GARDEN DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM, WHICH WILL, AS WE PUT IT HERE, RESCUE RAINWATER IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND HELP, UH, WATER TREES AND YARDS.
SO THIS IS BUILDING OFF, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY SUCCESSFUL BOTH LAWN TO GARDEN EFFORTS OF THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THEIR DIRECT INSTALL EFFORTS.
UM, WHEN WE SAY DIRECT INSTALL IN THIS INSTANCE, WE MEAN THAT THE RECIPIENT OF THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
SO LAWN GARDEN IS A REBATE PROGRAM, BUT A DIRECT INSTALL GARDEN, AS THE, UH, UTILITIES DEPARTMENT DOES, IT IS ONE WHERE, UH, AN INCOME QUALIFIED HOME ACTUALLY GETS, UH, AN INSTALLATION FOR FREE.
AND SO OURS IS A ONE-OFF OF THIS WHERE WE EMPHASIZE THE, THE RAINWATER RESCUE ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN OF THE FRONT YARD GARDEN IN ORDER AND POSSIBLY WORKING WITH SURF RIDER FOUNDATION AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS TEMPLATE OF OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDENS THAT WE WOULD, UH, ATTEMPT TO APPLY, UH, IN AS MANY, YOU KNOW, FRONT YARD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS WE CAN IN, UM, CENTRAL WEST AND NORTH LONG BEACH.
AND WITH THAT, WHOOPS, I'M NOT CONTROLLING THE SLIDES.
AND WITH THAT, UM, WE FINISH OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, LARRY AND DEAN, UH, FOR YOUR PORTIONS.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST PRESENTATION, AND WE HAVE A FEW MORE.
SO, UM, CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION? YES.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE MULCH, UH, DELIVERY PROGRAM.
I LOOKED INTO RECENTLY MYSELF, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE FIRST AVAILABLE, UH, UH, DELIVERY DATE WAS, I THINK SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER AT THIS POINT.
UH, IT SAYS HERE, THERE ARE 400 DELIVERIES MADE PER YEAR.
IT'S LIMITING FACTOR THERE, DELIVERY VEHICLES, PERSONNEL, AMOUNT OF MULCH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, I ENDED UP GOING, YOU KNOW, TAKING A TRUCK DOWN THERE, JUST FILLING A, YOU KNOW, GETTING A LOAD OF MYSELF DIRECTLY LAST WEEK.
BUT, UM, YEAH, WHAT'S THE KIND OF LIMITING FACTOR THERE TO THAT'S KEEPING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING IT FROM BEING A LARGER VOLUME, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, COMMISSIONER BENNETT, IT, IT'S NOT THE AVAILABILITY OF MULCH.
WE USUALLY HAVE MORE MULCH, UM, THAN, THAN WE CAN GIVE AWAY.
IT, IT DEFINITELY IS A STAFFING CAPACITY.
SO WE'RE DOING NINE DELIVERIES A WEEK ON AVERAGE, ALTHOUGH WE ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT TO, OR WE'RE ABOUT TO INCREASE THAT TO 12, UH, DURING THE SUMMER.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY FIELD CREW IS PLANTING TREES, WATERING TREES, DELIVERING MULCH, UM, AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH, UH, UH, DRIVERS AND TRUCKS AND AND CREW TO, TO INCREASE THAT AT THIS TIME.
IT'S CERTAINLY MY ASPIRATION TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, EASE THAT UP OVER TIME.
BUT IT, IT WOULD DEPEND ON, UM, THE AVAILABILITY OF FUTURE FUNDING TO EXPAND OUR CREW.
UM, WE ALSO UTILIZE, UH, THE CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY DO TWO THIRDS OF OUR MULCH DELIVERIES RATHER THAN OUR IN-HOUSE CREW.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND THROUGH THEM, BUT,
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UH, THAT REQUIRES EVEN MORE FUNDING.SO I'LL JUST ADD THAT THERE'S SOME SEASONALITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT WE ARE DELIVERING MORE MULCH IN THE SUMMER IS BECAUSE WE STOP PLANTING TREES IN THE SUMMER.
SO OUR TREE PLANTING CREW, WHILE THEY STILL HAVE TO WATER THE TREES THAT THEY PLANTED IN THE PREVIOUS SEASON, WE'RE CARVING OUT A LITTLE EXTRA SPACE TO TRY TO CATCH UP ON OUR WAIT LIST, WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR DEAN.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, DOES AB 1572 HAVE A, AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM OF SOME KIND? YES.
SO, UH, THAT WILL EVENTUALLY COME DOWN TO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO HELP ENFORCE.
AND SO, UM, WHAT, HOW IT WILL WORK IS THAT, UH, PROPERTIES THAT, UH, FALL WITHIN THE, THE REGULATION WILL HAVE TO SELF-CERTIFY WITH THE STATE.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY THAT WILL PROVIDE THE LIST OF, UM, UH, LANDSCAPES THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE, AND THEN IT WILL FALL TO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO ESSENTIALLY FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE THAT NEED TO COMPLY.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UH, YOU MENTIONED LIKE THE WATER REPLENISHMENT.
IS THERE LIKE A SPECIFIC, UH, AREA OR FACILITY WHERE THAT RECYCLED WATER, UM, REENTERS THE GROUNDWATER BASIN? IS IT LIKE A WELL, OR A, A, I GUESS A REVERSE WELL, LIKE A PUMP OR SPREADING GROUNDS? YES.
SO THERE IS A, AN INJECTION WELL AS WELL AS SPREADING GROUNDS.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND AND IF, IF, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED, WE CAN ORGANIZE A TOUR.
THERE'S A FACILITY, UH, IN PICO RIVERA.
IT'S A WONDERFUL FACILITY THAT HAS A WHOLE EDUCATION CENTER.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY SET UP FOR VISITORS TO, TO EDUCATE FOLKS ON HOW OUR GROUNDWATER GETS REPLENISHED.
UM, I LOVE INFRASTRUCTURE TOURS.
UH, LAST QUESTION IS, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE CLIMATE ACTION CORE DOING SOME EDUCATION OUTREACH, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UH, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES LIKE TABLING OR LIKE DOOR TO DOOR? UH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UH, LAST YEAR I THINK THE LARGEST EVENT WAS, UH, DEFOREST WETLANDS EVENT THAT WAS HELD OVER IN DEFOREST PARK WHERE WE HAD MULTIPLE VENDORS AND, AND, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IT WAS A WHOLE EXPLORE THE WETLANDS DAY.
UM, WE PARTICIPATE, UM, AT SCHOOLS, UH, SO WE, WE DO SCHOOL, UM, ASSEMBLIES, LUNCHES WHERE WE, WE TALK TO STUDENTS, UM, OR I SHOULD SAY THE, THE CLIMATE CORE FELLOWS, UH, DO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, WITH TABLES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE WORK DAYS ARE, ARE, HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE THE MOST OF, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, DAYS WHERE WE'RE OUT THERE IN A LANDSCAPE SHOWING PEOPLE HOW TO TRANSFORM THEIR LANDSCAPES.
AND SO OUR FELLOWS HELP LEAD THOSE EVENTS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING DEAN FROM, UH, LONG BEACH UTILITIES.
I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION WAS FANTASTIC.
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE SO FAR AS A HYDROGEOLOGIST.
I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT'S TO REPLENISH A GROUNDWATER BASIN.
SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT EFFORT.
I DO WANNA OFFER THE, UM, THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LONG BEACH UTILITIES TO KIND OF SPREAD THE WORD, UH, PERHAPS MAYBE SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS WITH EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU TO SEE HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN, WHAT AREAS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME SUPPORT.
'CAUSE I KNOW FUNDING AND RESOURCES ARE ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WITH THE CITY, AND WE WANNA KIND OF JUST REITERATE AS A COMMISSION, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THAT.
WE JUST DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE COULD KIND OF FIT IN.
AND THAT THE OTHER ASPECT IS, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RECYCLING OF THE STORAGE FACILITIES, UH, OF THE TANKS.
UM, HOW MUCH TANKS DO YOU ANTICIPATE NEEDING FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD? AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM A GROWTH PERSPECTIVE, AND WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS OF ENTRY FOR THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND, UH, SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY, UH, KICKED OFF OUR RECYCLED WATER MASTER PLAN THAT'S GOING TO EVALUATE THAT.
UM, AND SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR WATER RESOURCES PLAN UPDATE, WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT OUR WATER SUPPLIES AND WATER, WATER DEMAND NEEDS GOING TO THE FUTURE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER, UH, TO THAT.
UH, BUT THE, THE, YEAH, THE GOAL IS TO, UH, FULLY UTILIZE ALL OF THEIRS OF WATER, UH, THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND SO THAT WILL BE MORE THAN WE ARE USING NOW.
PETE, DID YOU, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
UH, YEAH, A PLUS ONE FOR THE CONGRATS ON THE WATER REPLENISHMENT.
UM, THE TOUR THAT YOU MENTIONED,
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IS THAT AT THE, UH, WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT THAT'S IN PEAK RIVER? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.YEAH, I, UH, RECENTLY, UH, LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT THEM AND, UH, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT WHOLE OPERATION.
UM, THE DIRECT INSTALL PRO, UM, UH, PROGRAM FOR, UM, FOR INCOME QUALIFIED RESIDENTS FOR EFFICIENT WATER AND GAS APPLIANCES.
UM, I, I'D LIKE TO ASK, WE'RE WE'RE OFFERING TO USE PUBLIC MONEY TO REPLACE, TO RETROFIT GAS APPLIANCES IN BUILDINGS, UM, IN AN ERA WHERE WE KNOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CRISIS, IS WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO SHIFT AWAY FROM THAT AND, UH, USE PUBLIC MONEY INSTEAD TO REPLACE GAS APPLIANCES WITH ELECTRIC ONES THAT, THAT DON'T EMIT? UM, DO YOU NEED A CITY COUNCIL MOTION? DO YOU NEED, UH, YOU KNOW, ACTION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP WITH THAT? YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT AND TIMELY QUESTION AS WELL.
UM, JUST THIS MORNING, UM, AT OUR, OUR BOARD COMMISSIONER MEETING, UH, WE, WE HAD AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT'S A PILOT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON TO LOOK AT, UM, UH, ELECTRIFYING, UH, CERTAIN HOMES.
AND SO OUT OF THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE'LL GIVE OUR OUR BOARD SOME DIRECTION AS FAR AS, UM, THE COSTS AND BENEFITS AND, AND, UM, THE FEASIBILITY OF, UM, SWITCHING OVER TO ELECTRIC APPLIANCES VERSUS EFFICIENT CAS ONES.
UM, I WOULD OFFER THOSE DON'T NEED, NECESSARILY NEED TO GO TOGETHER.
UM, I'M AWARE OF THE SCOPE OF THE, UH, EDISON PROPOSAL, UH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A BRIEFING, UH, THIS COMMISSION LAST OCTOBER FROM THE BUILDING DECARB COALITION THAT INCLUDED SOME OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIFICATION APPROACH THAT'S, UH, RELATED TO THAT.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO ENGAGE FURTHER.
ANY OTHER COMMENT I WANNA THANK FOR THE PRESENTATION? IT WAS VERY NICE, AND I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, NO COMMENTS, UH, QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAS APPLIED FOR THE LAND TO GARDEN, AND WHAT IS THE AREA THAT ARE MORE YOU SEE THIS KIND OF PROJECT? SURE.
UH, SO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T HAVE A A, A PERCENTAGE.
UM, BUT I'LL SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE HAVE, OH, GOSH, I I KNOW SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE HAVE ABOUT, UM, 400,000 SQUARE FEET PER YEAR.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE THOUSAND HOMES, LET'S SAY, OVER, UH, THE TENURE, UH, PLUS HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM AND DID REALIZE THAT, UM, THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS OF, OF THE CITY THAT WEREN'T PARTICIPATING AS A HIGH OF A RATE.
AND SO, UH, TO THE POINT THAT, UH, LARRY WAS MAKING EARLIER ABOUT THE DIRECT INSTALL GARDEN PROGRAM, WE DEVELOPED THAT PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, ISSUE OF, OF PARTICIPATION TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF OUR LOWER INCOME, UH, RESIDENTS.
AND SO THAT PROGRAM HAS HAD, UM, IT'S A NEWER PROGRAM AND WE ARE RUNNING IT THROUGH A CONTRACTOR.
AND, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, LARRY'S, UH, STAFFING AND TIME CONSTRAINTS, THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN COMPLETE IS LIMITED BY, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, UM, UH, THE CONTRACTOR BEING ABLE TO MOVE FROM ONE HOUSE TO ANOTHER TO ANOTHER.
AND SO WE'VE COMPLETED, UM, UNDER A HUNDRED HOMES FOR THAT PROGRAM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONTINUING.
AND SO, UM, I THINK TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION OF, UM, WHAT AREAS ARE PARTICIPATING, THAT'S HOW WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD OUT THE PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PLAN THAT CAN HELP TO, UM, TO AB ABSORB? I MEAN, FOR THE RUN, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT FOR THE RAINWATER ABSORPTION? I MEAN, I MEAN, THE CITY RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW, YOU WORKING WITH THE, UM, MASS WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS IS PUTTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS AS A PILOT FOR THE CONCRETE, UM, WHAT IS IT, LARRY PERMEABLE CONCRETE.
AND I GUESS, I MEAN, WE CAN SEE MORE THAN ONE PLACE TO PUT TO, TO PUT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EFFORTS.
IT WILL BE GOOD TO GIVE IT AN OPTION TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LATINOS DON'T LIKE THAT MUCH GRASS, BUT THEY LIKE CONCRETE.
AND MAYBE IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO PUT PERMEABLE CONCRETE, THAT WILL BE MAYBE BETTER FOR, FOR THE CITY AND YEAH.
AND SO THE RAIN WATER, ARE YOU TALKING, UH, THE, THE RAIN GARDENS THAT YOU ARE PLANNING, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF THE SAME, DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF THE SAME PROBLEM? LIKE, UH, IN SOME AREA, LIKE IN NORTH LONG BEACH, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MANY, THAT MANY CHANGES FROM LAND TO, TO GARDEN.
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YOU THINK THAT WE DO WANNA HAVE THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS COMMUNITY? WELL, FOR THE RAIN GARDEN PROGRAM, SINCE IT'S EXCLUSIVELY DIRECT INSTALL, WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON NORTH CENTRAL AND, AND WEST LONG BEACH.UM, AND, AND SO WE EXPECT TO SEE MOST OF THE INSTALLATIONS IN THOSE AREAS.
IN CONTRAST TO THE, THE TRADITIONAL, UM, REBATE PROGRAM OF LAWN GARDEN, IT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE, THE, THE TREES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT I'M, I'M SERVING ALSO FOR THE TREE COMMISSION OF, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CALL IT, BUT THEY, THEY ARE PLANNING TO HAVE, WHEN THEY PLANTING A TREE, THEY TRY, THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RAIN, UH, GARDEN AROUND THE TREE.
SO, UH, THE FRONT YARD RAIN GARDENS, WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS, UM, ALTHOUGH IT MAY ALSO INCLUDE PARKWAYS.
AND SO THE, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WITH THE IDEA OF A RAIN GARDEN AROUND THE TREE.
I KNOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN PILOTING PUTTING, UM, PERMEABLE, UH, CONCRETE AROUND TREES, BUT THOSE ARE TREES AND TREE WELLS, UM, SO THAT THERE'S NOT A DROP IN THE SIDEWALK, UH, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO PEOPLE DON'T, IT'S NOT A, AS MUCH OF A TRIPPING HAZARD WHEN THERE'S A TREE WELL, ON THE SIDEWALK TO RAISE THE GRADE, BUT WITH PERMEABLE CONCRETE.
YESTERDAY, I, I, I WAS IN A PRESENTATION FROM THE WATER REPLACEMENT, UM, THE LA AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE A GRANT OR 3000 OR $2,000 FOR ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT WANTS TO HELP EDUCATE ABOUT WATER REDUCTION AND SAVING.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS USING OR IT IS, UH, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE LOS ANGELES, BUT I DON'T KNOW, AND THEY OFFER IT ALSO TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE BEING PROMOTED, LIKE RIGHT NOW.
UM, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER ASKED IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOU, MAYBE WE CAN USE THAT MONEY AND USE IT FOR EDUCATION, I GUESS.
UH, COULD YOU CLARIFY, SO LOS ANGELES, THIS IS EDUCATION ON, ON WATER OR, YES, YES.
I WENT TO, I WENT TO A PRESENTATION AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A REGIONAL, THIS, THE WIRE REPLENISHMENT REGIONAL, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE A GRANT, THAT THEY HAVE A GRANT FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANTS TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO EDUCATE ABOUT WATER SAVINGS.
AND I MENTION, AND I KNOW THAT ONE OF YOUR PERSONAL, UH, THEY ALSO MENTIONED IT TO ME, BUT THEY NEVER WENT BACK TO, WENT BACK TO ME TO LET ME KNOW MORE ABOUT THE, I HAVE AN IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.
UM, BUT MAYBE I CAN CONNECT WITH YOU AFTER AND SEE IF, IF, IF, UM, WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS, IS WHAT YOU I CAN SEND IT TO HEARD ABOUT LARRY.
I CAN SEND YOU THE, THE, THE THING.
BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THIS, THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR ORGANIZATION WHO WANTS TO HELP, UM, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SAVING WATER.
THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMISSION.
AND, UH, LONG BEACH UTILITIES.
UM, COMMISSIONER KUNI HILL, YOU GOT IT.
UM, I, I WANTED TO CHIME IN THAT THERE'S A, A PROGRAM THAT SOUNDS, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT THIS, UH, PROGRAM YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS.
SO THERE'S LIKE SOME PRECEDENCE.
UM, ESB RELEASED AN RFP FOR, UH, EDUCATION OUTREACH, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO DO, UM, EDUCATION OUTREACH FOR SB 1383.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COMPOST, UM, WHO I'M INVOLVED WITH ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, UM, WE RECEIVED ONE OF THOSE, UH, GRANTS.
SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME, UM, MOSTLY EVENTS KIND OF SET, SETTING UP AT EVENTS, UH, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT, UH, SB 1383.
SO I CAN, UM, TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT.
HILDA TALKING ABOUT THE GRANT OF THE, THE CITY.
JUST GIVE US, OH, YEAH, I FORGOT THE 0.1 TOO.
PART OF IT, YEAH, THAT MIGHT GOOD.
THIS IS FOR THE, FROM THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
YES, THAT'S WHAT I, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERING PROGRAM.
THAT'S THE ONE I WAS THINKING.
SO MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN APPLY AND NOT USE IT FOR EDUCATION IF SOME OF US ARE INTERESTED.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MARCH.
UH, JUST CONTINUING, UH, THE DISCUSSION AROUND SB 1383.
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I ALSO SIT ON THE TASK FORCE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR CLIMATE AND, UH, SUSTAINABILITY.AND OUR EMPHASIS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IS GOING TO BE, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY ORGANICS AS THEY IMPLEMENT 1383.
UH, I MET TODAY WITH, UH, TORI ROMERO FROM CITIES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU ABOUT THAT AND SHARING IDEAS.
AND OUR, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, UH, LAUREL KKE IS MEETING, UH, TOMORROW, I BELIEVE WITH, UM, AARON, I BELIEVE THE DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO, UM, JUST GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SYNERGY BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY, UM, BOTH ON SIMILAR TIMEFRAMES AS THE CITY IS JUST ROLLING OUT OUR, UH, ORGANICS WASTE BINS.
UM, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WORKING, UH, VERY HARD TO, UH, IMPLEMENT, UH, ESPECIALLY AWARENESS AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE AMONG, UH, REALLY ALL, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCESS FROM, UH, STUDENTS TO CUSTODIAL STAFF, FOOD SERVICES, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY, UH, YOU NAME IT.
SO, UM, APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS FROM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT COLLABORATION FOR, FOR THIS COMMISSION.
THERE IS NO ANYMORE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.
CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? IS IT, IS IT OKAY? YOU CAN JUST GIMME A VERBAL.
AND CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE READ NEXT ITEM, ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE.
CAN I RECEIVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND CHAIR.
COULD YOU PLEASE, UM, STAFF, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US THE, THE REPORT OR PRESENTATION?
[3. 25-55683 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on the Open Space & Recreation Element Update. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THANK YOU CHAIR.WE HAVE CARLENE HUA HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING BUREAU TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE.
UH, MY NAME IS CARLENE HO FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT, UM, WE'RE HERE IN APRIL OF 2023, I KNOW I SEE SOME NEW FACES, UM, UP, UH, HERE.
BUT IN APRIL, 2023, WE, UM, THE PLANNING BUREAU CAME TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AND JUST TO GRAB IDEAS AND FEEDBACK ON THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE.
SO WE GOT SOME STRONG FEEDBACK FROM BOTH THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ATTENDED WITH INQUIRIES AND FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, THAT FEEDBACK WAS INTEGRATED IN A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL, AND TODAY WE DO HAVE, UM, CONSULTANTS HIRED TO HELP US WITH THIS PROJ, UH, PROJECT.
UM, THIS, UH, LARGE, LARGER TEAM, UM, CONSISTING OF, UH, WRT, WALLACE, ROBERTSON, TODD, AS WELL AS A KUI DESIGN INITIATIVE, UM, ARE, UH, HERE TO HELP WITH OUR PLANNING, UH, BUREAU WITH THIS ELEMENT UPDATE.
UM, AS WELL AS TO, UH, WE'RE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE, UM, OF CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER POLICY GOALS AND PROGRAMMING WE DO AS IT RELATES TO THIS ELEMENT UPDATE IS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR DAY, DAY TO DAY, UM, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS AS WELL.
AND INTERDEPARTMENTALLY, WE MEET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN OPERATE TO TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO, UM, DEVELOP A PATHWAY FORWARD FOR THIS UPDATE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, AND I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOUR FEEDBACK WAS CONSIDERED.
AND TODAY WE HAVE THIS REALLY GREAT TEAM OF SUPERHEROES, UM, TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS, UH, PROJECT.
UH, WHAT IS OPEN SPACE? SO A LOT OF US, UM, DON'T REALLY USE THE TERM OPEN SPACE, UH, VERY COLLOQUIALLY, BUT YOU CAN THINK OF OPEN SPACES AS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, A SKATE PARK, ECOLOGICAL RESERVES, WETLANDS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND SO MUCH MORE.
UM, OF COURSE THESE ARE, THIS IS NOT LIKE THE FORMAL STATE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS OPEN SPACE, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW WHAT TODAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT WE CAN USE OPEN SPACES FOR
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HOW THEY BENEFIT OUR LIVES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, FRUITFULLY, UH, UPDATE AN ELEMENT AND UNDERSTAND LAND USE, UH, DESIGNATIONS, THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT.UM, WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS A LONG TERM POLICY DOCUMENT THAT DETERMINES HOW THE CITY USES, EXPANDS AND DESIGNS, PARKS AND RECREATION SPACES.
PLANNERS USE THIS AS A GUIDE FOR THE LAND USE, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE OPEN SPACES.
AND ONE OF IT IS ONE OF THE NINE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN MANDATED BY THE STATE.
SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS UNDER STATE, UM, REGULATION.
I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT A DOCUMENT THAT REGULATES DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF PARKS, RECREATION, AND MARINE DEPARTMENT, OR NOR DOES IT PROGRAM FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WHY ARE WE, UM, UPDATING IT TODAY? WELL, THIS OPEN SPACE ELEMENT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2002.
UM, SO THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
NEEDS HAVE CHANGED, COMMUNITY NEEDS HAVE CHANGED.
UH, THERE IS A SENATE BILL 1425 THAT REQUESTS CITIES TO BEGIN THEIR OPEN SPACE EL ELEMENT UPDATE BY JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
UH, DURING, UH, OUR MAYOR'S A HUNDRED DAY PLANT, FIRST A HUNDRED DAYS, UH, THE MAYOR REQUESTED THAT WE START THE OPEN SPACE RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE ITSELF, FOCUSING ON RESIDENT ACCESSIBILITY TO OPEN SPACES AND THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UM, THAT WE REGULARLY TALK ABOUT IN THIS COMMISSION.
UM, CALLS TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND GREEN SPACE, PARTICULARLY PARKS AND GREEN SPACES IN COMMUNITIES MOST VULNERABLE TO EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY CLIMATE IMPACTS.
AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ACHIEVE A LOT OF THE CLIMATE MITIGATION GOALS AND A ADAPTATION, UM, ACTIONS OF THE LB CAP.
SO THE UPDATE IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
UM, THE CURRENT UPDATE, UM, WILL BE THE GOAL OF IT IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF OUR EXISTING PLANS.
AND THAT ACCL INCLUDES THE, UM, PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED.
AND THIS STRATEGIC PLAN ITSELF FOCUSES ON THE DAY TO DAY, UH, OF MARINE PARKS, UM, THE PARK, PRM DEPARTMENTS, UH, OPERATIONS.
BUT HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERMANENT SIDE, MAKES THEIR LIVES EASIER? UM, THERE WAS ALSO A REALLY ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, SO WE WANNA BUILD ON TOP OF THAT RATHER THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, STARTING OVER FROM SCRATCH.
WE WANNA TAKE ANY TIME THE COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN TO US VIA FEEDBACK AND BUILD UPON IT, RECOGNIZE IT, AND ENSURE THAT IT'S CONTINUED AND BUILT UPON IN OUR OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT.
UPDATE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF STATE LAWS, A LOT OF REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO NEW STATE, STATE LAWS, UM, GUIDANCE AS WELL AS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING ACROSS ALL OF THE REGULATIONS, WE HAVE THIS FRAMEWORK THAT, UM, TOUCHES UPON THESE FOUR, YOU KNOW, CORE, UH, FOCUS AREAS.
THESE ARE FOUR FOCUS AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ORGANIZING IT.
BUT FOR, UH, IT'S EASIER TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE KIND OF FRAMING THE OPEN SPACE ELEMENT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED AND HOW WE MAY DECIDE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
AND THAT INCLUDES HEALTH, RECREATION, OPERATIONS, OPERATIONS, AND MAINTENANCE, AND OPEN SPACE RESOURCES.
WITHIN THESE FOUR MAJOR THEMES, THERE ARE 10 SUB-CATEGORIES THAT ARE STATE MANDATED REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE ARE STATE AS A, UH, A REGULATORY AGENCY.
WE HAVE TO REPORT ON THESE AS PART OF OUR OPEN SPACE ELEMENT, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, ENSURING THAT OPEN SPACE PROVIDES ACCESS FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
UM, THERE IS PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMPONENTS TO THIS.
UM, IN TERMS OF RECREATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS.
WHEN WE'RE ABOUT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS TODAY, BUT ENSURING FINANCIAL RESILIENCE.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPEN SPACE RESOURCES, WE'RE LOOKING AT NATURAL RESOURCES, MANAGED PRODUCTION OF RESOURCES, MILITARY SUPPORT, TRIBAL RESOURCES.
AND THAT'S TO SAY ALL OF THESE ARE STATEWIDE, UM, STATEWIDE REGULATIONS APPLIED TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES.
EVEN THOUGH THESE, UM, BULLET POINTS MAY NOT, UM, REALLY APPLY TO THE CONTEXT OF OUR, OUR, OUR CITY, BUT WE ALWAYS WANNA REPORT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GO BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CONTEXT SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE REPORTED.
AND IN THIS OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPAND AND EXPAND AND IMPROVE PARK ACCESS, ENSURE ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MAKE OUR GREEN SPACES MORE CLIMATE READY, AND ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH EXISTING PLANS, INCLUDING OUR HOUSING AND LAND USE ELEMENTS.
UH, SO WE'LL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS UNEVEN PARK ACCESS, UM, IN WAYS THAT, UH, THIS COMMISSION CAN HELP WITH THIS UPDATE AS WELL.
UM, WE ALWAYS WANNA ADDRESS THE
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HISTORY OF WHY MAYBE CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS OR DOESN'T EXIST.UM, WE HAVE, THERE IS A HISTORY AND, UH, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT, SUBURBANIZATION AND RACE CONTEXT THAT THE PLANNING BUREAU DID TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF OUR LONG BEACH, UM, UH, BUILD OUT IN OUR URBAN DESIGN IS THAT THERE IS A HISTORY OF REDLINING AND THAT, UH, HISTORY OF REDLINING HAS AFFECTED HOW WE HAVE, UH, ALLOCATED RESOURCES IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THERE ARE LIMITED ACCESS TO, UM, OPEN SPACES AND PARKS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS TODAY.
IN TERMS OF PRIORITY AREAS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COM PRIORITIES IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE ARE DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON A CITYWIDE LEVEL, BUT WE SEE, UH, TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT, UH, PARTICIPATION AND, UM, ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE CENTRAL WEST AND NORTH LONG BEACH, UM, THAT TYPICALLY HAVE PERSISTENT, UM, POOR AIR QUALITY AS WELL AS LIMITED OPEN SPACE.
SO HAVING MORE FOCUS AND NUANCED, UM, ROBUST COMMUNICATE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT MEETS PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IN THESE AREAS TO ENSURE THEIR INPUT IN THE, UH, OUTREACH EFFORT IS ESSENTIAL TO, UM, ADDRESSING UNEVEN PARK ACCESS.
WHEN TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE WANTED TO ENSURE AND HIRE THAT WE HAVE CONSULTANTS WHERE EQUITY IS A THROUGH LINE.
SO, UM, THESE ARE THE, THE MAIN GOALS THAT WHEN WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING AS A TEAM TO, UM, ENSURE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IS THAT WHEN WE'RE CONDUCTING ROBUST OUTREACH THAT ENGAGES, EDUCATES, AND EMPOWERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP SHAPE THE OPEN SPACE ELEMENT AND CITY'S PRIORITIES, WE WANNA WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BUILD CAPACITY AND LEADERSHIP TO BE INVOLVED IN PARKS AND OPEN SPACE DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE PRIORITIZATION.
AND WE'RE CENTERING COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY LEFT BEHIND IN INFORMATION WE SHARE, QUESTIONS WE ASK AND OUTCOMES WE ACHIEVE.
SO HERE'S, UH, A TIMELINE OF HOW WE GOT HERE.
UM, IN WINTER OF 20 24, 20 20, UH, OF THE, AND, UH, TO THIS 2025, WE'VE BEEN KICKING OFF THE PROJECT AND ENSURING A LOT OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION.
WE, UM, HAVE BEEN DRAFTING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPING AN OPEN SPACE SURVEY, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND STARTING TO ASSESS WHAT ARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE INVENTORYING AND WHAT WE ARE PREPARING TO, UM, EXPAND, IMPROVE, UM, AND PROTECT.
UM, MOST RECENTLY WE LAUNCHED THE OPEN SPACE AND, UH, RECREATION SURVEY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING WHAT'S CALLED A RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UM, THE RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PARK AVIDS AGA ADVOCACY TO LEARN ABOUT, UM, OPEN SPACE, HOW THEY CAN PARTAKE IN THE UPDATE ITSELF, UM, AND PROVIDE, UM, A, A FORUM FOR THOSE WHO, ESPECIALLY FROM NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LACK OF PARK ACCESS, CAN COME AND PROVIDE, UM, INFORMATION, FEEDBACK ON THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE ON THE UPDATE ITSELF, WHILE ALSO GAINING THE, UM, TOOLS TO BECOME, UH, TO CONTINUE BECOMING ADVOCATES FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, UM, WE HOPE TO LAUNCH THAT RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM APPLICATION IN THE UPCOMING MONTH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, CONDUCT, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS OPEN SPACE, UH, ELEMENT SURVEY, UM, THE RESULTS WILL BE USED TO INFORM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS AND FORUMS TO DISCUSS TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS THAT ARE GEARED TOWARDS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE THEIR VALUES.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT CO-CREATING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES OF ENGAGEMENT SO THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE THE WORK THAT, AND THE FEEDBACK THEY'RE GIVING IS REALLY REFLECTED IN THE UPDATE ITSELF.
UM, AND THAT IS TO SAY THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT REVIEW.
WE'LL BE HERE TO PROVIDE THOSE, UM, UPDATES TO THIS COMMISSION AS WELL AS OTHER COMMISSIONS UNTIL OUR ANTICIPATED, UH, ADOPTION IN EARLY SUMMER 2026.
SO HOW CAN YOU ALL, UM, TAKE PART AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK THIS EARLY IN THE PROCESS? PLEASE TAKE PART IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
IT IS A BIT LONG, BUT IT IS LONG BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE REALLY ROBUST IN THE THINGS WE WANNA TALK ABOUT.
UM, WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES, THE OPEN SPACES THAT YOU USE TODAY, UM, YOUR EXPERIENCES AND HOW YOU WANT TO SEE OUR SPACES IMPROVE.
IF YOU WANNA STAY UPDATED ON THE PROJECT ITSELF, I'VE LINKED THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP TO BE AN INTERESTED IN, INTERESTED PARTY, UH, TO RECEIVE REGULAR EMAIL UPDATES THAT OUR STAFF PERSONALLY, UM, MANAGES THEMSELVES.
IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC LISTSERV, UM, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS AND INQUIRIES AT THIS EMAIL AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE HERE FOR, UH, QUESTIONS.
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UH, CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH IS A DEVELOPED CITY AND, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, NEW OPEN SPACE.
UM, I, I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE, ARE THERE IN FRONT OF US, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN THE WRIGLEY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING THE STREETS JUST LIKE WITH WALKING THEIR DOGS, WALKING WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
UH, IT WOULD BE NICE IN, IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS IF THERE WERE SOME KIND OF LITTLE DESTINATION POINT, LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, THAT I ALWAYS MENTION EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OR WHEN SOMETHING SIMILAR COMES UP WITHIN THESE AREAS.
UM, JUST FOR THESE LITTLE POCKET PARKS, THESE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WHERE LIKE ON GOLDEN AND, AND WILLOW ON BOTH SIDES, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A TOT LOT.
UM, THERE WAS EVEN AN, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK, SOMEBODY HAD BUILT LIKE AREAS AROUND THE TREES WHERE PEOPLE COULD JUST GO AND SIT AND THE CITY CAME AND TOOK 'EM OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PERMISSION TO DO IT.
AND IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A SAFETY CONCERN, BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT THAT WE COULD REALLY FOCUS ON.
UM, EVEN ON, ON DAISY LANE, YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING IN, THEY'VE ALREADY PLANTED TREES, BUT JUST LIKE A, A LITTLE LIKE WALK AREA WHERE YOU COULD WALK ALL THE WAY.
UM, RIGHT THERE, I THINK FROM HILL ALL THE WAY TO TO PCH, PEOPLE ARE WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME.
UM, IT AL WOULD ALSO BE NICE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE PLANS.
IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE PUTTING THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE ELEMENTS TOGETHER, BUT JUST HAVING SOME TYPE OF, UH, LIKE TRACKING DEVICE OF, OKAY, HERE'S THE PLAN.
BY THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
AND THEN HAVE IT LIKE COMING TO THE BACK TO US AND REPORTING WHAT HAVE WE DONE THAT WAS IN THE PLAN AND, AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE, UH, AT THESE PARKS.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PARKS MY DAUGHTER PLAYS AT, UH, SOCCER, AT OUR HAR HARWELL, SOME OF THOSE, THE PARKS, THE, THE FIELDS ARE TERRIBLE.
THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE, JUST NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT ALONE AND JUST TO SEE OF THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY COULD PUT INTO THE EXISTING PARKS THAT WE HAVE NOW, JUST TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, IS IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GREAT PLANS, GREAT IDEAS, WE'RE ALL SMART PEOPLE AND WE, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR THOUGHTS INTO IT, BUT JUST HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTATION AND COME BACK TO US AND REALLY SHOW US WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY TO REALLY IMPROVE OUR RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE AREAS.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER.
UM, YOU BROUGHT UP SOME GREAT POINTS.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE PART OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE PARKS, RECREATION, AND MARINE DEPARTMENT.
YOU TOUCH UPON THE BUDGET BUDGETING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROCESS THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF THIS OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON THAT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UH, FINANCIAL POLICIES AND MEASURES AND IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS SHOULD NOT ADDRESS THOSE.
SO, UM, IN TERMS OF ACCESSING PARKS AND INFORMAL SPACES, ONE OF THE, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT THIS OPEN SPACE ELEMENT IS TRYING TO DO IS LOOKING AT WAYS TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACES IN INFORMAL WAYS THAT MAY BE PERHAPS ZONING DOES NOT PERMIT FOR.
SO A LOT OF THE, UM, ANECDOTAL, UM, EVIDENCE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED REALLY REFERS TO MAYBE THERE'S POTENTIALLY OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE POCKET PARKS AND THERE MAY BE REGULATORY, UM, BARRIERS THAT STAND OF THE WAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE LAND USE AND REGULATING LAND USE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR REGULATIONS DON'T GET IN OUR OWN WAY, UM, TO PROVIDE POCKET PARTS IS THAT'S WHERE IT CAN COME IN AND BE A VERY USEFUL ASPECT OF THAT.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHERE I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PLANNING IN YOUR, YOUR GROUP TO SEE WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT ZONING CHANGES THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THERE, THERE'S GOOD DISCUSSIONS THAT COULD TAKE PLACE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THE GENERAL PLAN AND SEE WHAT CHANGES WE CAN MAKE.
COMMISSIONER UM, HANKS, THANK YOU CAROLINE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PLAN AND IT SAID YOU HAD A LEADERSHIP GOAL
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FOR RESIDENTS TO BE INVOLVED.WHAT IS THAT GOAL THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE AND IN WHICH PARTICULAR DISTRICT HAVE YOU SEEN LACK OF PARTICIPATION? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HISTORICALLY, UM, IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE LACK OF ACCESS TO SPACES.
UM, I CALLED OUT CENTRAL WEST, UM, AND NORTH, UH, LONG BEACH.
UH, I WON'T BE USING THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS JUST BECAUSE, UH, DISTRICT LINES CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE FABRIC OF OUR, WHERE WE LIVE AND THE PEOPLE OF WHERE WE LIVE IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE.
AND THE GENERAL RACIAL CHANGE OVER TIME IS WHAT WE REALLY WANNA ADDRESS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THAT IS WHERE THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, REALLY RESIDES IN, UM, OPPORTUNITY WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PARKS IN PARK PORT OR LIVE IN PARK PORT AREAS THEMSELVES CAN, UM, PROVIDE A FORUM TO DISCUSS.
UM, AND THE GOALS OF THAT IS TO REALLY EMPOWER RESIDENTS WITH THE, UM, ABILITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE TYPES OF TOPICS.
PLANNING CAN BE, UH, SUPER, YOU KNOW, INTELLECTUAL AND SOMETIMES NOT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE IN WAYS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY ENJOYABLE.
BUT I, I SAY ALL THE TIME, ANYONE CAN BE A PLANNER.
UM, YOU ARE ALL PLANNERS BY PROVIDING FEEDBACK TODAY.
UM, AND SO IT'S PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH THE TOOLS, PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH THE FORUMS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE ACTIONABLE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO TAKE PART IN, UH, MEANINGFUL WAYS.
AND SO, UM, TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW, BUT THERE WILL BE HOPEFULLY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A PART OF THE TECHNICAL WORK OF HOW DO WE ASSESS PARKS.
UM, AND THAT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO HOW WE LOOK AT PARKS AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE PARKS IN TERMS OF METRICS FOR OUR, OUR IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WHAT'S THE OUTREACH FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, FOR THE RESIDENTS LEADERSHIP GOAL? I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND I THINK YOU'RE VERY KIND BY SAYING ANYONE CAN BE PLANNERS.
IN MY CIVIL ENGINEERING CLASS, I, I LITERALLY ALMOST FAILED THAT.
SO I WANNA SAY IT'S SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
WHAT IS THE OUTREACH FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICTS WHERE PARTICULARLY POOR AIR QUALITY AND HAVING THAT LEVEL OF EDUCATION.
I THINK A LOT OF US ON THIS COMMISSION HAVE TECHNICAL BACKGROUND TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO WHAT IS THE OUTREACH, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF MAYBE PARTNER WITH YOU TO HELP THAT? AND I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THIS FORUM WOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD FORUM FOR, TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, UH, AND PARTNER WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THAT MANNER.
I THINK THAT THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD LEAD.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT IS THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'VE HAD SO FAR, AND IF WE CAN GET ACCESS TO THAT SO WE CAN MAYBE PERHAPS HELP, UH, SPREAD THE WORD.
SO, UH, THIS COMMISSION IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TO HEAR ABOUT, UM, OUR LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM.
YOU ARE THE FIRST COMMISSION TO RECEIVE A STUDY SESSION, SO THIS IS STEP ONE OF THE OUTREACH.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
UM, SO THE, UH, RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM APPLICATION IS ANTICIPATED TO LAUNCH IN JULY.
UH, WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT TEAM WITH DEEP ROOTS AND CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE, UM, THAT CONNECTION TO ORGS AND, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT TYPICALLY ARE LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS.
UM, WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL ALSO BE, UM, DOING, UH, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS, ON OUR PUB, UH, PROJECT WEBSITES, UM, DISCUSSION ON THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY LARGE LISTSERV.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES CENTER, UM, HAS A LARGE RESOURCE, UH, LISTSERV THAT REACHES RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT HAS PROVEN TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT RANGE OF, UM, PEOPLE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BRIEFING OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND PROVIDING LANGUAGE AND FLYERS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE IN THEIR NE NEWSLETTERS TO REACH OUT.
UM, THOSE ARE A FEW OF OUR, UM, OUTREACH, UM, STRATEGIES.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT FERN, IF YOU CAN GET THE LINK SO THAT WE HAVE IT IN JULY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MAYBE SEND IT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THEN SUPPORT THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY, AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING IT HERE.
I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THE EIR UPDATES RELATED TO CQA FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CHANGES COMING UP IN QUA I THINK PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
HAS YOUR TEAM SORT OF PEERED UP IN TERMS OF THE ATTORNEY SUPPORT RELATED TO WHAT THAT CHANGES MIGHT BE FOR THIS IMPLEMENTATION? SO WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT IS ALWAYS HERE IN HELPING US WITH CHANGING LAWS, UM, AND REGULARLY MEETING WITH OUR MANAGEMENT STAFF TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CONSULTANTS THAT WE REGULARLY MEET WITH TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE ARE MEETING
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THE CQA GUIDELINES, UM, IN TERMS OF WHY THIS, UH, THE C QA PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE AS ONE, BECAUSE THE STATE LAW CHANGES SO OFTEN, BUT ALSO TWO, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE ELEMENT ITSELF.UM, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN TEAR OFF OF IN TERMS OF CQA, WHETHER THAT'S TEARING OFF OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT EIR OR IF WE NEED TO DO SOME, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE METH METHOD, WHETHER THAT'S AN ADDENDUM OR, UM, ANOTHER WAY OF, UM, QUA AND I DON'T SPEAK QUA, SO I, THAT'S THE BEST I COULD EXPLAIN IT.
I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL PLANNING.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
COMMISSIONER BENNET, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
UH, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP SLIGHTLY ON KRISHNA GONZALEZ COMMENT EARLIER ON.
UM, WHERE WOULD ONE GO ABOUT TO WHO AND WOULD ONE ADDRESS A QUESTION REGARDING, UH, A SPECIFIC POTENTIAL SITE FOR A PARK IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS VERY, UH, PARK OR OPEN SPACE POOR, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT.
THERE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY SEVERAL CITY OWNED COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, DISCOURSE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BEEN DEMOLISHED AND ARE CURRENTLY JUST CONCRETE SLABS.
UH, SEVERAL ADJACENT ONES TOO LARGE ENOUGH FOR A SMALL PARK TO BE CONSTRUCTED THERE.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE, WHAT THE EXPECTED PLANS FOR THOSE ARE.
BUT, UH, TO WHOM WOULD ONE GO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SETTING A SPARK OF LOOKING AT THOSE LOTS POTENTIALLY AS THEY ALREADY CITY OWNED, UM, FOR A PARK PURPOSES COMMISSIONER, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, REALLY THE, THE PROCESS FOR SOME OF THOSE STARTS WITH A MASTER PLAN OR A VISION PLAN.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S TO SORT OF GENERATE THE, UM, IDEAS AND THE MOMENTUM AND THE CONCEPT OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THAT, THAT EFFORT WITH, YOU KNOW, PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS WOULD NEED TO BE FUNDED.
UM, AND THAT STARTS WITH OUR CITY'S PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THEY HAVE A, A PARK PLANNER.
UM, AND THAT PERSON, UH, HER NAME'S DANIELLE, SHE WORKS WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FOLKS ACROSS PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND OTHER, UH, AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SOME CONTEXT AROUND THAT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE, UH, THAT CONTACT.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT, UH, ACROSS OUR CITY.
UM, CERTAINLY WE HAVE, UM, A, UH, MASTER PLAN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN 2010, UH, FOR WILLOW RINGS PARK.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR UPTOWN OPEN SPACE VISION PLAN AND A VARIETY OF VISION PLANS FOR, UM, MACARTHUR PARK, MLK PARK, UH, DE FOREST PARK, UH, ET CETERA, THAT HAVE SORT OF STARTED IN THAT FASHION.
AND SO, UH, THOSE, ONCE THOSE ARE DONE, UH, THEN THE CITY GOES AFTER TYPICALLY GRANT FUNDS, UM, TO MAKE THOSE, UH, IMPLEMENTATIONS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT CAN RANGE FROM SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, VERY QUICKLY IF THE, UM, PARK AND VISION PLAN IS ALIGNED WITH THE FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.
UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, UM, MACARTHUR PARK, UH, VISION PLAN THAT, UH, HAPPENS TO BE ALIGNED WITH AN $8.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE THAT WE RECEIVED THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND, UH, WILL BE OPEN, UH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, UM, WHICH WAS A VERY, VERY SHORT PROCESS.
WE ALSO HAVE LONGER PROCESSES, UH, LIKE DEFOREST PARK WETLANDS, UH, AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE, WHICH TOOK, UH, A DECADE OR MORE, UH, TO AMASS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE, THE VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY CAME UP WITH.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, THE, UH, PARK LOOKS LIKE AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH GRANT FUNDS IS HOW WE MAKE THOSE THINGS POSSIBLE.
SO HAPPY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECT YOU.
AND THEN CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A, UM, COALITION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, HAVE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
THOSE ARE OTHER WAYS, UM, TO INFUSE IDEAS, UH, AND GET SOME TRACTION, UH, WITH OTHERS.
UH, BUT CITY STAFF WOULD BE OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
COMMISSIONER
THIS LOOK, I COULD BE JUMPING OFF THE DEEP END AND YOU CAN TELL ME TO COME BACK.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR IN PLACE JUST TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT A, WE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE THAT WE DON'T
AND WHEN I SAY DIVERSE, I DON'T JUST MEAN RACE, I MEAN IN EVERY FACET AS FAR AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, NOT JUST CONSULTANTS.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONSULTANTS LIVE EITHER, AND I KNOW THEY'LL BE GETTING A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT IS THERE ANY CHECKS AND BALANCE? JUST,
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IS THERE ANYTHING WE WORK WITH THAT ENSURES THAT EVEN THOSE THAT ARE CALLED TO DO THIS WORK, THE PLANNING, MAYBE IT'S A CITY PLANNING TEAM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PART IS ALSO FAIR.BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN NORTH LONG BEACH, I'VE LIVED IN BIXBY KNOWLES, AND THERE IS QUITE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THINGS ARE RAN.
AND SO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST WILL THE COMMUNITY BE INFORMED AND LIKE, HEY, WE SENT FLYERS, WE TOLD THEM THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP.
DO WE MOVE ON BECAUSE WE HAVE A TIMELINE? DO WE SAY PAUSE? WE DID NOT GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
LIKE THOSE INTRICATE DETAILS TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE FAIR.
UM, ARE THOSE THINGS IN THE WORKS AS WELL AS WE PLAN THE ACTUAL OPEN SPACE? YEAH, SO, UM, WE HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK, UH, AS IT RELATES TO CONSULTANTS AND WANTING TO HIRE LOCALLY.
UM, ONE OF OUR SUB CONSULTANTS WAS ACTUALLY, UH, A COMMUNITY ADV ADVOCATE, UM, HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO THEY DEVELOPED THEIR CAREER IN CBOS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY WERE TAKEN ON BOARD IS BECAUSE THEY HAD DEEP ROOTED, UM, CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, ACROSS, UH, HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS A STAFF PERSON THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, NOT AS MUCH AS MAYBE SOME OF YOU, BUT, UH, THIS, THIS SUB-CONSULTANT WAS HERE, HAS BEEN HERE EVERY, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THEY KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONTEXT.
AND THAT REALLY DOES INFORM, UM, HOW WE ROBUSTLY AND INCLUSIVELY ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE ENSURE DIVERSITY AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, COLLECTION OF FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR DATA.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OPEN SPACE SURVEY, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING, YOU KNOW, MARKETED ACROSS DIFFERENT ADS, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, THROUGH PRIVATELY PURCHASED ADS, OUR CITY WEBSITE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, LISTSERVS, THEY'RE ALSO BEING MAILED OUT.
UM, AND IT'S RANDOMIZED SAMPLING.
BUT WHEN WE, WE'VE HIRED SUB CONSULTANTS TO, UH, REVIEW THE SURVEY TO ENSURE THAT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT INCLUDES ACROSS DIFFERENT DIVERSITY CLASSES, SO THAT IF WE AREN'T MEETING CERTAIN TARGETS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF CERTAIN ZIP CODES OR CERTAIN, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T PROPERLY, UM, COLLECTED IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK, THAT SUB-CONSULTANT, UM, WILL ALSO DO A SECOND ROUND OF REACHING OUT, UM, GEARED TOWARDS MAILING IT OUT.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR MOST RECENT SURVEY FACILITATION.
SO AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE GOING OUT TO COMMUNITIES THAT MAY FIND IT HARDER TO, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN JUST TAKE A SURVEY.
UH, WE DID A SURVEY FACILITATION WITH THE GRAY PANTHERS.
THE GRAY PANTHERS ARE AN ORGANIZATION, UM, FURTHERING THE CAUSE FOR OLDER ADULTS.
AND SO CITY STAFFING CONSULTANTS WERE THERE FOR AN HOUR, UM, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND THEY HANDWROTE THE, THEIR SURVEY.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BE THERE TO OVERCOME DIGITAL ACCESS BARRIERS, UM, ABILITY TO, UH, UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS IF ENGLISH ISN'T THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, WE'VE, UH, TRANSLATED THE SURVEY INTO OUR FOUR CITY LANGUAGES.
UM, AND WE PROVIDE A LOT OF OPTIONS.
AND, UH, THE SURVEYS THEMSELVES, IF THEY'RE NOT DIGITALLY TAKEN, THEN WE, THEM, WE OURSELVES WILL RECORD IT AND UPLOAD IT SO THAT IT'S PROPERLY REFLECTED IN THE DATA.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ENDEAVOR TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE JUST AN DIVERSE RANGE OF WAYS TO TAKE PART IN FEEDBACK.
AND THE SURVEY IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
YEAH, I HAD AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION ALONG THE LINES OF KIND OF CHOOSING A DIVERSE GROUP FOR THE RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
LIKE WHAT CONSIDERATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN FOR, WHO'S CHOSEN ON THAT TEAM AS FAR AS LIKE MAKING SURE THERE'S A WIDE DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL ACROSS AGE GROUPS.
UM, I THINK OF LIKE ACCESSIBILITY, UM, CONCERNS.
SO I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW, HOW THAT'S, UM, BEING DEVELOPED.
SO FOR THE RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE ANTICIPATED SESSIONS ACROSS THE, UM, UPCOMING YEAR TO TAKE PART.
UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY GOING TO FOCUS ON RECRUITING WHILE THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE CITYWIDE, BUT RECRUITING TO CENTRAL WEST AND NORTH LONG BEACH IN TERMS OF, UM, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, BEING THERE TO, UH, PROMOTE AND TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATION AND POPUPS IN TERMS OF REVIEWING APPLICATIONS.
UM, THE APPLICATION PROCESS INCLUDES PROVIDING YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND HOW LIVING IN A PARK POOR NEIGHBORHOOD CAN CONTRIBUTE, AND HOW THIS RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM CAN, UM, PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT THE APPLICANT WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, ENDEAVOR TO
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BE PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.UM, AND TO, AND WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DEVOTE THEIR FREE TIME OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR WORK WORKING JOBS.
MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS.
SO, UH, THERE IS COMPENSATION FOR, UM, THIS, UM, AS WELL TO ADDRESS, UH, THE LIMITED TIME AND THE VALUABLE TIME THAT PEOPLE WILL BE PROVIDING.
UM, AND WE ALSO WANT TO, IT'S KIND OF AN OPEN-ENDED STATEMENT WHERE WE'LL, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW COMPETITIVE THAT PERSON IS IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES ARE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE A RANGE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, UM, FOR THIS RESIDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION? I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT IS AN, WHEN YOU ARE DOING THIS WORK, WHAT IS AN OPEN SPACE? BECAUSE I'M, I'M ASKING YOU BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME TO, TO ME AND YOU'RE ASKING ME FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, MY FIRST THOUGHT IS ABOUT A PARK, AN AREA WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TOGETHER, BUT AN OPEN SPACE, IT CAN BE A DIFFERENT, UM, DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF OPEN SPACE? SO THE DEFINITION OF OPEN SPACE AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, RELATES TO UNDEVELOPED, UH, LAND AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT FALL WITHIN THE CATEGORIES IDENTIFIED.
AND THERE'S A RANGE OF CATEGORIES, CATEGORIES THAT INCLUDE, UM, FOR RECREATION, FOR NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE MANAGED PRODUCTION OF RESOURCES FOR, UM, OUTDOOR RECREATION, BUT NOT LI INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO AREAS OF OUTSTANDING SCENIC, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL VALUE.
UM, OPEN SPACE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, OPEN SPACE FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, OPEN SPACE FOR PROTECTION PLACES, FEATURES, AND OBJECTS.
SO IT'S A VERY LARGE DESCRIPTION AT THE STATE LEVEL.
UM, WHAT WE HEAR AND UNDERSTAND AS OPEN SPACE IS VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT OPEN SPACE.
SO, UM, I TRY TO NOT MAKE IT SO COMPLEX, BUT THE PARKS YOU'RE STANDING IN, UM, THE PARKS THAT YOUR KIDS PLAY IN, THAT'S AN OPEN SPACE.
THE WETLANDS THAT YOU VISIT IS AN OPEN SPACE.
UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT WAYS OF ACCOUNTING FOR INFORMAL OPEN SPACES LIKE, UH, OPEN SPACES THAT AREN'T FORMALLY ZONED OPEN SPACE IN OUR LAND USE ELEMENT TO SEE, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS ACTUAL, WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING ACCESSED AS OPEN SPACE, UM, ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M ASKING YOU BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW LARRY'S GONNA KNOW THAT I HAVE TO BRING IT UP.
I ALICE, UM, I BEEN WORKING IN AN ALLEY TRANSFORMATION.
WE WANNA CALL A GREEN ALLEY BECAUSE WE WANT SPECIFIC, UH, CHARACTERISTICS, BUT ACTUALLY ALL THE ALLEYS CAN BE USED AS AN OPEN SPACE, NOT NORMALLY IN NORTH LONG BEACH, NOR OF THE ARTISIA BOULEVARD.
THERE IS NO SPACE FOR PARK, THERE IS NO SPACE FOR PARKS.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GO AND NORMALLY THE PARENTS WORK AND THE PERSON WHO THE KIDS ARE BY THEMSELVES OR MAYBE WITH THE GRANDPARENTS AND SOMETIMES WALK A LITTLE BIT LONG DISTANCE.
IT'S JUST NOT AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.
SO OUR IDEA, AND I SAID OUR IDEA BECAUSE I HAVE AN ORGANIZATION IS TO OPEN THE ALLEY AS AN OPEN SPACE.
IT WILL BE GREAT TO PUT MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS WHERE THE KIDS CAN COME OVER, GO TO THE BACKYARD, OPEN THE DOOR, AND HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PLAY SAFE AND THE PARENTS CAN BE THERE.
AND ALSO IN MY AREA WHERE I LIVE, WHICH IS NORTH LONG BEACH, UH, THERE IS A GROUP OF GUYS, OLDER GUYS THAT THEY GATHER OUTSIDE THE, THE DONUT SHOP IS, THAT IS OPEN SPACE FOR SURE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING FUN.
THEY GO AND SIT FOR MAYBE FOUR OR THREE HOURS, TALK ABOUT WHATEVER, BUT THEY SPEND SOME TIMES.
AND ACTUALLY THOSE KIND OF GATHERING ARE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THOSE ARE EYES IN THE, IN THE AREA, THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AND EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT MAKE THE, THE AREA SAFER.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU COME TO, TO THE ORGANIZATION OR TO THE AREAS TO MAYBE EXPRESS THE IDEA OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR WHAT THEY CAN SEE.
DON'T, WHAT I WANNA SAY IS DON'T GET, DON'T DON'T GIVE THE IDEA OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GONNA ASK FOR A PARK, WHAT IS A PARK OR WHAT IS AN IDEA OR WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A PARK, BECAUSE
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THE IDEA OF THE PARK IS VERY DIFFERENT OF THE IDEA OF A AREA THAT I CAN AT LEAST RACE WITH AND, AND TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS.SO I KNOW THAT I BEEN WORKING WITH ELSA, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S NOT GONNA, SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME OVER AND, AND DO THE SURVEY WITH MY ORGANIZATION.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA.
DO NOT JUST TO TELL THE PEOPLE WHY, HOW YOU WILL SEE IN THE AREA WHERE YOU LIVE, A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND BE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A RESTING TIME OR BRING THE KIDS TO PLAY.
SO THAT CAN MAYBE OPEN THE MIND FOR THEM INSTEAD OF TO JUST COME OVER WITH THE MESSAGE OF, OH, WE WANNA HAVE PART AND OPEN SPACES, BECAUSE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUS.
UM, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION, BUT I WILL LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST CONSIDER LIKE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ WHEN HE SAYS THERE IS A LOT OF AREAS THAT YOU CAN JUST SEE IT AS AN OPEN SPACE WITHOUT SEEING A PARK.
WE DON'T SEEING, UH, LOOKING FOR A LAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE.
I SEE THE DISCUSSION HAS ENDED.
CAN YOU GO FOR THE VOTE? THERE WE GO.
CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM? THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON COMMISSION GUIDELINES.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION THAT'S DIFFERENT, DID YOU SAY, TO RECEIVE, THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE ANNOUNCEMENT
[4. 25-55684 Recommendation to receive and file announcements and resources from the Office of Climate Action and Sustainability. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AND RESOURCES.MADAM CLERK, YOU READ THE DESCRIPTION OF ITEM FIVE FOR ITEM FOUR, BUT WE CAN DO EITHER ONE.
WHERE CAN, WE'RE QUEUED UP TO DO ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ITEM FIVE, OR EXCUSE ME, IT'S ITEM FOUR.
YES, IT'S ITEM FOUR, CORRECT FOR YES.
RECEIV AND FILE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES FROM THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, NORMALLY WE DO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, BUT WE'RE GONNA SLIP THEM IN HERE REAL QUICK.
UM, SO OUR USUAL FORMAT WHERE QUICK RECAP, UPCOMING EVENTS, UPDATES, UH, NEXT MEETING, AND SOME RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING.
UM, SO IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS SINCE WE MET LAST, UM, DURING EARTH WEEK, UH, WE WERE HEAVILY PROMOTING THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE.
UM, AND SO THAT HAPPENED BACK ON, UH, APRIL 26TH.
SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF US THAT WERE THERE, IT WAS A VERY GOOD TIME.
UM, THE, UH, NEXT MONTH WE DID, UM, A TREE PLANTING AT GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE WE PLANTED 46 TREES AROUND THAT CAMPUS.
AND WERE JOINED BY THE, UM, COUNCIL PERSON, UH, CITY FIVE, WHO I'M TOLD I WASN'T THERE MYSELF, BUT STAYED THE ENTIRE THREE HOURS AND PLANTED TREES THE ENTIRE TIME.
UM, IN JUNE, WE DID A SMALL, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE TREE PLANTING AT THE CORNER OF LOINS AND BIXBY VILLAGE DRIVE, WHERE WE PLANTED 15 TREES, UM, EIGHT COAST LIVE OAKS AND NO EIGHT SYCAMORES AND SEVEN COAST LIVE OAKS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND ONE OF THOSE TREES WAS OUR 1000TH TREE, WHICH I HAVE A SLIDE, UH, COMING UP ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND WE DID A SUMMER SOLSTICE SOUND BATH AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK.
UH, THIS WAS OUR SECOND SOUND BATH.
WE DID ANOTHER ONE AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE.
AND WE HAD 35 PARTICIPANTS AT THAT.
IF I WAS SHOWING A PICTURE, YOU'D SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE LAYING ON THE GROUND
BUT HERE'S OUR A TREE PLANTING MILESTONE.
SO NOT ONLY DID WE PLANT OUR THOUSANDTH TREE, UH, BACK ON JUNE 6TH, BUT WE DIDN'T STOP THERE, WE'RE STILL PLANTING TREES.
AND YESTERDAY WE HIT OUR 1100TH TREE AND WE'RE STILL GOING.
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MORE TREES IN OUR YARD, AND WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, COMPLETE PLANTING ALL OF THOSE SO WE'RE NOT WATERING THEM IN, IN OUR WORK YARD, UH, THROUGH THE SUMMER.SO WE'RE GONNA SPILL OVER INTO JULY A BIT TO GET ALL THESE TREES PLANTED, BUT WE'RE ON TRACK FOR PLANTING ABOUT 1,185 TREES THIS SEASON SINCE OCTOBER.
AND, UM, AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN AUGUST, WE INTEND TO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED OVERVIEW OF OUR WHOLE TREE PLANTING, UM, ACTIVITIES AND THEN SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, WE ARE, WE DON'T DO AS MANY EVENTS OURSELVES, UH, THROUGH OUR OFFICE IN THE SUMMER.
UH, BUT OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS GOING AROUND GOING ON CITYWIDE, BUT WE'RE DOING A NATURE WEAVING WORKSHOP AT THE DANA BRANCH LIBRARY.
ARE WE STILL OKAY, DANA'S NOT THE ONE WITH THE ROOF ANYWAY, UM, ON JULY 19TH.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO FALL, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, OUR SEVENTH ANNUAL RANCHOS WALK IS COMING BACK.
UM, IT'S GONNA HAVE A TREE THEME.
UM, SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN, UM, IN AUGUST.
AND THEN EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TAKING A BREAK, UH, UH, AFTER WE PLANT OUR, OUR LAST 85 TREES FOR THE WARMER SUMMER MONTH, WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING OUR NEXT, UH, COMMUNITY PLANTING IN WILMORE CITY ON OCTOBER 18TH.
AND HERE, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO FERN.
SO, UH, WE'VE SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT THE CLIMATE LBR YOUTH MICRO GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, WE ARE IN ROUND TWO NOW, AND THIS PROGRAM IS, UH, FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO YOUTH AGES 15 TO 24 IN THEIR CLIMATE PROJECTS.
SO SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS AND START, UH, PROVIDING THE $5,000 FUNDS TO DIFFERENT, UH, YOUTH AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DO CLIMATE ACTION PROJECTS.
UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY STARTED OR WILL BE STARTED SOON AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 31ST.
AND SO THESE ARE ALL, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT CLIMATE RELATED PROJECTS FROM URBAN GREENING TO PUBLIC ART OR, UH, EDUCATION EVENTS.
SO, UH, WE'RE IN JUNE NOW AND IN AUGUST WE'LL BE DOING, UM, EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY ARE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TOPICS.
WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND WE'LL BE, UH, MOVING THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS TO, TO AUGUST ALSO.
AND THEN IN OCTOBER WE HAVE BUILDING ENERGY AND WASTE, AND THEN DECEMBER TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN OUR LAST UPDATE, JUST, UH, AS, AS REQUESTED BY THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST, JUST TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO DO, UH, ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN BETWEEN MEETINGS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A LINK IN HERE ABOUT URBAN GREENING.
AND THEN, UH, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION, UH, FUND PROJECT.
SO WE WERE IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM ON THE FRONT PAGE.
UH, THIS IS A PHOTO OF ACTUAL PAPER COPIES, SO VERY EXCITED ABOVE THE FOLD, RIGHT, LARRY? RIGHT? WE WERE ABOVE THE FOLD.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO SEE THAT THIS WAS, UH, ANNOUNCED IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM ALSO.
UM, CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OKAY, COMMISSIONER RENE, UH, TOTAL SAY I WENT TO THE CARVER, UH, TREE PLANTING AS WELL, WAS VERY IMPRESSED, WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE, UH, EFFICIENCY AND ENTHUSIASM OF, UH, EVERYBODY THERE.
SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? UM, OKAY.
SO CAN WE GO FOR THE VOTE? IT'S A NIGHT FOR ME.
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? MM-HMM
SO ITEM FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON COMMISSION GUIDELINES.
DO, DO I HAVE A MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU DO.
YOU HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND? I, I DIDN'T SEE IT.
[5. 25-55685 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on Commission Guidelines. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
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ALL RIGHT.CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, THIS ITEM TODAY.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF, OF QUESTIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND SOME, UM, TRAINING BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, WHO IS HERE JOINING US THIS EVENING ABOUT, UH, THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION AND, UM, THE ROLE OF AD HOC COMMITTEES AS WELL.
SO, WANTED TO PROVIDE, UH, THAT UPDATE, UM, TO EACH OF YOU.
SO WE'LL COVER THE COMMISSION'S PURPOSE, WHICH ARE PULLED DIRECTLY FROM THE BYLAWS, UH, AND KIND OF THE IN INHERENT INTENT BEHIND THE ROLES, UH, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF, UH, AND THEN WHERE AD HOC COMMITTEES POTENTIALLY FIT INTO THIS, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
UM, THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP, UH, DURING OUR, UM, ANNUAL RETREAT WITH THE COMMISSION.
UM, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, THE COMMISSION PURPOSE, UH, THAT ARE LISTED IN THE BYLAWS ARE SORT OF TWOFOLD.
SO, FIRST IS AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, AND THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TOPICS AND THINGS TO COVER, UH, WHICH ARE MUCH OF WHICH YOU HEAR FROM, UH, US, A STAFF IN THESE MEETINGS.
AND THEN THE SECOND, UH, PURPOSE IS A FORUM FOR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, UH, TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INPUT AND PARTICIPATION.
AND SO THAT HAPPENS THROUGH, UH, MEETINGS LIKE THIS, UH, WHICH ARE REGULARLY POSTED, IZED, UM, AND COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC, UH, IN ADVANCE.
SO THIS IS THE FORUM, UH, FOR THAT COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
AND SO THERE'S SOME THINGS HERE THAT FOR COMMISSIONER, ROLES THAT ARE VERY MUCH KIND OF WITHIN THE PURVIEW THAT YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
SO YOU REVIEW COMMISSION MAT, UH, MATERIALS, UH, IN ADVANCE OF EACH MEETING, HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU ATTEND THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UH, YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS, YOU ASK QUESTIONS, YOU PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UH, YOU HEAR PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND YOU TAKE, UH, ACTION ON ITEMS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION.
SO, UH, YOU HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO, TO AGREE WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION, OR YOU CAN MODIFY THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, AS A BODY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, AS IN YOUR CAPACITY AS A COMMISSIONER, UM, YOU CAN SEEK FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO IT MIGHT BE, UM, AS SOME OF YOU HAVE SUGGESTED SHARING INFORMATION WITH, UH, THOSE IN YOUR NETWORKS AND IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, UM, UH, VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED.
UM, YOU CAN ATTEND EVENTS, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
UM, AND YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER, UM, HAVE, UH, THAT PURVIEW IN YOUR CAPACITY.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COMMISSIONS, UH, DON'T DO AND COMMISSIONERS DON'T DO.
UM, AND THOSE, UH, ARE THINGS THAT ARE RELEGATED TO EITHER OTHER POLICY BODIES, UM, OR CITY STAFF.
AND SO, UM, YOU, WHILE YOU ARE AN OFFICIAL COMMISSIONER, UM, YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE CITY IN AN OFFICIAL COMMISSION CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF YOU HAS YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY TO DO THAT AS COMMISSION.
BUT, BUT UNLESS, AND UNTIL IN VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR ALL FOR EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY SHARE SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE OUR COMMISSION ADOPTED X ALL WITHIN FAIR GAME.
BUT TO SAY, THIS IS HOW OUR COMMISSION FEELS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE CAREFUL WITH BECAUSE, UM, YOU HAVE THAT, YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OTHER COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT? SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER TASKS AND, AND ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO STAFF.
AND SO, GENERALLY SPEAKING, COMMISSIONERS DON'T PREPARE DELIVERABLES FOR COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
SO YOU DON'T, UH, DRAFT ITEMS, YOU DON'T DRAFT STAFF REPORTS, YOU DON'T DRAFT RESEARCH THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE CONTEXT OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE CAPACITY.
UM, AND THAT IS OKAY, BUT THAT'S A VERY ESTABLISHED PROCESS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, IN A MINUTE.
AND SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE IS, IS COMING FROM STAFF.
SO IF YOU'RE ADVISE, YOU KNOW, ADVISING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME FUTURE INFORMATION, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE THAT FROM YOU AND WORK TO PREPARE, YOU KNOW, COMPILE THE INFORMATION, ASK OUR, UM, UH, UH, COLLEAGUES IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR DIFFERENT TOPICS AND GET THOSE ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, AS A COMMISSION.
AND SO IN THIS SPACE, UH, DISCUSS DELIBERATE, UH, YOU KNOW, D DETERMINE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, YOU CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN DEVELOP, UH, OR, UH, CREATE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL BASED ON THE AGENDAS TOPICS.
AND SO, UH, PROVIDING THAT FEEDBACK TO STAFF, WE'RE THEN ABLE TO THEN, UH, TURN THOSE MEMOS AROUND TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE COMMISSION'S BEHALF BASED ON THE WAY THAT YOU PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND BASED ON THE WAY THAT YOU VOTE IN THIS SPACE.
UM, AND SO DEFINITELY PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO STAFF ON ITEMS BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS VERY HELPFUL, UH, BECAUSE IT HELPS INFORM HOW WE THEN SHARE, UH, YOUR SENTIMENTS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON
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ANY PARTICULAR ITEM THAT YOU TAKE ACTION ON IN THIS COMMISSION SPACE.AND SO OUR ROLE IN THIS, UH, IN SUPPORTING THE COMMISSION, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A FRONTLINE FOR US, IS THAT ASPECT OF SUPPORT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE, UH, THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THESE, UH, MEETINGS, AND WE DO THAT, UH, ANNUALLY THROUGH OUR RETREAT, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, AND TRY AND FIT THAT INTO THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY CLERK, UM, AND A VARIETY OF STAFF ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, WE PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, TO YOU, UH, KIND OF IN THAT WAY.
AND, AND ALSO THINGS FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SO WE TRY IN OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS TO DO, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, REPORTS OR ARTICLES OR OTHER INTERESTING THINGS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AS COMMISSIONS, UM, TO KIND OF BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS, BEHI BETWEEN THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE HOURS THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THESE MEETINGS.
AND THEN OUR ROLE IS ALSO TO TRANSMIT ANY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO YOUR ROLE IS TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE TAKE THOSE AND PUT THEM INTO THE OTHER PROCESSES THAT EXIST FOR THE OTHER POLICY BODIES, UH, IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN WE OFTEN, UH, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND LARRY TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THESE, WE REPRESENT THE CITY AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO WE WORK THOSE, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, STAFF WHO ARE PAID TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPERTS IN, IN THEIR FIELD OR IN ENGAGEMENT, UH, AND OR TREE PLANTING OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
UM, AND WE MAKE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, TO STAFF TO TRY AND BE AS, AS MANY PLACES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, UM, ACROSS OUR GREAT CITY, UM, AS WE DO OUR WORK.
AND WE THINK ABOUT THINGS, UH, THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BROUGHT UP RELATED TO THE OPEN SPACE PRESENTATION AROUND, UM, DISTRIBUTION AND REPRESENTATION AND EQUITY AND HOW WE, UH, USE AN EQUITY LENS IN OUR WORK.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE AREAS THAT WE, UH, PRIORITIZE FOR CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE OF DATA THAT WE HAVE, SUCH AS, UM, OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND MAPS, AND WE KNOW WHERE THERE ARE HOTTER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAN OTHERS, AND WE CAN USE THAT DATA TO INFORM WHERE WE MIGHT BE PRESENTING OR, OR PLANTING OUR TREES FOR, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO WANT TO, UH, ENGAGE IN AD HOC COMMITTEE WORK, THAT THAT IS PART OF WHAT A COMMISSION CAN CHOOSE TO DO, TO TACKLE VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS, UM, THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE FULL ADVANTAGE TO TACKLE, UH, IN THIS LARGER SPACE.
BUT THESE GROUPS DO PLUG INTO THE LARGER COMMISSION, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
UM, SO THE, THE COMMISSION HAD ASKED, UH, AND HAD AN INTEREST IN SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS AROUND HOW DO WE DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
UH, AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, STRUCTURE IS, UH, THE ANSWER, UH, TO THAT.
AND SO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, IS, CAN BE ESTABLISHED FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR TOPIC.
UM, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE, UM, IDENTIFYING A, UH, POLICY THAT YOU WANT TO BRING BACK TO THIS COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IT COULD BE A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR A CERTAIN, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNT OR BUDGET, UH, POSITION, UH, IN ADVANCE OF THE, THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS.
THAT AGAIN, THEN GOES ULTIMATELY TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.
AND HAVING THAT TOPIC, UH, IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS SET UP, UH, IS WHAT WILL, WILL BE NEEDED.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, THE KIND OF THE PROCEDURES HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS ALSO, UH, TIME LIMITED NECESSARY TO WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DISCUSS AND PREPARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION.
SO THIS IS NOT AN OPEN-ENDED BODY.
THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND TIME LIMITED.
UM, AND THE WAY IN WHICH THIS CAN BE ESTABLISHED IS, UM, THE COMMISSION CAN COMMUNICATE, UH, TO STAFF, UM, ESSENTIALLY A MONTH AHEAD OF THE COMMISSION MEETING TO PLACE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE AGENDA, UH, TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THAT EXPRESS PURPOSE.
AND YOU CAN, UH, EITHER DO THAT OR, AND, AND WE WOULD GENDERIZE THAT, OR YOU CAN DIRECT US, UH, IF IT'S AGENDA IS IN THE MEETING TO PUT IT ON A FUTURE, UM, UH, COMMISSION AGENDA.
AND SO WE HAVE TO MEET OUR POSTING REQUIREMENTS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC NOTICING, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, SO THEY ARE ABLE TO BE HERE, UM, OR WATCH, UH, WATCH US, UH, ONLINE.
AND SO WITH THAT, THEN THE COMMISSION HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION TO CREATE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, ONCE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS CONCLUDED WITH THEIR EFFORTS, UM, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS COME BACK TO THIS FULL BODY.
UH, AND THEN THERE IS AN ACTION TO DISSOLVE THAT AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU MIGHT CHOOSE, UH, TO GO DOWN THIS PATH.
UM, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, IS THAT THE, THESE ARE INFORMAL COMMITTEES, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT
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BEFORE, UH, WHERE THEY ARE MADE UP OF A SUBSET OF THREE COMMISSIONERS, AND THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A QUORUM.UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THOSE THREE COMMISSIONERS.
BUT THE TRANSPARENCY COMES FROM, FROM PROVIDING UPDATES TO THE COMMISSION AND BRINGING YOUR WORK BACK TO THIS BODY.
SO THE, THE REST OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UH, AND COMMENTARY AS CAN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN THE WAY THAT, UH, THEY DO THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE THEIR SENTIMENTS HERE WITH YOU.
UM, SO THE COMMITTEE COULD BE ESTABLISHED AND YOU WOULD MEET, DISCUSS THAT SPECIFIC TOPIC OR ISSUE.
YOU WOULD DEVELOP AND TRANSMIT ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR STAFF.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PROVIDE RESPONSES.
YOU WOULD REVIEW THOSE RESPONSES, YOU KNOW, TO BE AS WELL INFORMED AS YOU COULD BE.
AND THEN THAT, UH, GROUP OF THREE COMMISSIONERS WOULD DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS AND PREPARE THE RI WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE FULL CON, UH, COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF UNIQUE PLACE OF PREPARING DOCUMENTS IS AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, AT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE LEVEL FOR THE FULL COMMISSION.
UH, SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD BECOME THE ACTION IN FRONT OF YOU AS A FULL COMMISSION, UH, ONCE IT'S AGENDIZED, UH, WHEN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS DONE WITH THEIR WORK.
UM, SO HERE'S KIND OF THE VISUAL OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
AND I'M GONNA ALSO, ON MY NEXT SLIDE, PUT IT ON A TIMELINES.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THE, THIS POTENTIALLY COULD WORK.
UM, SO YOU FIRST, UH, AS A, UH, BODY AS A COMMISSION WOULD CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOU WOULD INDICATE ITS SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND ITS, UH, TIME LIMITATION.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON AFFIRMATIVELY.
UH, AND IF YOU WOULD DO SO, THEN YOU, THAT COMMITTEE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD BE CREATED FROM THERE.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, WOULD IDENTIFY THE, THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE ON IT, THE COM, EXCUSE ME, THE COMMISSION WOULD IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE ON IT, AND THOSE FOLKS WOULD MEET, UH, AND YOU WOULD TRANSMIT THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, UH, STAFF WOULD RESPOND, PROVIDE YOU WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE COULD, UH, PROVIDE.
AND THEN YOU WOULD DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS AND PREPARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEN THOSE WOULD COME BACK, UH, TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD FIND THE NEXT AVAILABLE COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WOULD BE TWO ACTIONS.
ONE ACTION WOULD BE, UH, TO DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDATION, AND IF THERE WAS A PARTICULAR OUTCOME OF THAT RECOMMENDATION, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ACTION AS WELL.
AND THE FULL COMMISSION COULD DISCUSS DELIBERATE, AGREE WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, OR MODIFY IT, UH, AS APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN ALSO THE ACTION WOULD BE TO DISBAND THAT COMMITTEE, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED FOR THAT EXPRESS PURPOSE.
UM, FROM THERE, UM, THE, UH, COMMITTEE WOULD PROVIDE THEIR REPORT, RESPOND TO COMMISSION QUESTIONS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY AT THE END, UH, THE VOTE WOULD BE TO DISSOLVE THAT SPECIFIC AD HOC COMMITTEE IN THE EVENT THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, NEEDED SEVERAL MONTHS TO MEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH WOULD BE, IS, IS REASONABLE, UM, THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, UH, MEMBERS WOULD JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE FULL COMMISSION, UH, IF WE HAD MEETINGS IN BETWEEN.
AND HERE'S SORT OF THE WAY IN WHICH OUR CADENCE OF OUR MEETINGS ARE CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED.
AND, AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF, OF HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN.
IT'S A ABBREVIATED EXAMPLE, JUST SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE.
SO LET'S SAY, UH, IN JANUARY, YOU ALL WANT TO CREATE A COMMISSION OR AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON A VERY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
UH, YOU WOULD INDICATE YOU WOULD WANNA DO THAT.
UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WOULD PUT AN AGENDA ITEM ON FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION TO CREATE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE, IDENTIFY YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, AND ASSUMING THE COMMI COMMISSION WAS SUPPORTIVE, WOULD, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
THEN LET'S SAY YOU REALLY JUST NEEDED MARCH TO KIND OF WORK ON WHATEVER IT WAS THAT MAY NOT BE REASONABLE, BUT JUST FOR EXAMPLES PURPOSES, UM, LET'S SAY YOU WORK IN MARCH TO CREATE THAT.
YOU, YOU LET US KNOW, HEY, WE'RE READY TO COME BACK TO THE, UM, FULL COMMISSION WITH OUR RESULTS OR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WE WOULD THEN AGENDIZE THAT FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, IN MAY, YOU, THE COMMI, UH, COMMITTEE WOULD PRESENT THE FULL, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS, THE DISCUSSION, THE RESULTS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU, UH, WORKED ON.
IF YOUR RECOMMENDATION, FOR INSTANCE, WAS TO FORWARD THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THE COMMISSION WOULD TAKE ACTION ON AT THAT MEETING, UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATELY AGENDIZED, SO YOU COULD TAKE ACTION.
AND THEN ALSO A FOLLOW UP ITEM, UH, TO DISSOLVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD ALSO REQUIRE COMMISSION ACTION.
AND SO WE CAN DO THIS, UH, TO WHATEVER DEGREE THAT YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING THIS AT THE SPECIFIC TOPICS.
UM, AND STAFF ARE HERE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT PROCESS.
UH, JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME CLARITY AROUND KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AT ONE OF OUR, UH, PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION, SHOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT, UH, TODAY, IF WE WANTED TO AGENDIZE IT FOR A NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT'S FINE TOO.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP
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ITEM HERE, UH, TODAY TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, SHOULD YOU WANNA DO THAT IN TODAY'S MEETING.SO THAT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE ACTION FOR THIS.
THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE, BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THE FOLLOW-UP ACTION, SHOULD YOU WANNA TAKE IT, UH, IS AVAILABLE TO YOU BECAUSE IT IS AGENDAS TODAY.
UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
UH, MYSELF AND
AND, AND, AND JUST, I THINK THIS IS A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR JUST, UH, TO PROVIDE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S PERSPECTIVE.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF POINTS I JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE.
UM, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO AD HOC COMMITTEES, AND IT REALLY AVOIDS, UH, ANY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE LINE.
UH, FIRST BEING, YOU KNOW, THE ESSENCE OF A AD HOC COMMITTEE IS OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE LESS THAN A QUORUM.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S ALSO A STRONG RECOMMENDATION.
UH, OFTENTIMES INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS WANT TO BE ON MULTIPLE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UM, AND, AND SOME COMMISSIONERS ARE REALLY EAGER AND THEY WANT TO BE ON EVERYONE.
UH, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT RECOMMENDED.
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF VIOLATIONS CAN OCCUR, UH, UNINTENTIONALLY.
AND, AND, AND SO WE, WE DO TRY TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU LIMIT YOURSELF.
I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY AD HOC COMMITTEES THE, THE COMMISSION HAS CREATED.
UH, SOME COMMISSIONS HAVE HAVE A LOT MORE THAN OTHERS.
IF IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF AD HOC COMMITTEES, IT'S PROBABLY NOT, NOT SO MUCH OF A BIG PROBLEM.
BUT IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OR MORE AD HOC COMMITTEES, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS, IS DEFINITELY TO TRY TO LIMIT YOURSELF TO, TO ONE AD HOC AT A TIME.
UM, I THINK ANOTHER, ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT THAT THAT WAS JUST COVERED WAS, UM, JUST REALLY THE, IT, IT'S NOT SO MUCH AS, UH, REGARDING AD HOC COMMITTEES, BUT IT'S JUST THE ROLE OF A COMMISSIONER.
UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR COMMISSIONERS TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY LIKE IN, IN RIGHT NOW IN OPEN FORUM, THE COMMISSION IS FREE TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND THEN THE PROPER ACTION WOULD BE TO MAKE A MOTION AND TO VOTE AND TO INSTRUCT OR DIRECT STAFF TO ACTUALLY DO DO THE GROUNDWORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF GOOD EXAMPLES THAT WERE ALREADY COVERED, SO I DON'T WANNA BELABOR THE POINT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A GRANT THAT NEEDED TO BE APPLIED FOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY STAFF DOING THE, DOING THE WORK, UM, AT, AT YOUR DIRECTION.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S JUST ONE, UH, KIND OF KEY DISTINCTION, I THINK IS HELPFUL.
AND, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COMMISSIONERS JUST KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.
AND THEN O OPEN TO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
COULD YOU PLEASE, UM, ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.
ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? UM, COMMISSIONER, I JUST OH, THAT YOU CALL SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARITY, BECAUSE IT'S VERY HELPFUL, UM, THE WAY IT WAS LAID OUT AND THE TIMELINE, SO WE CAN HAVE A REALISTIC IDEA OF HOW LONG SOMETHING LIKE THAT TAKES.
UM, AND THEN TO CITY ATTORNEY, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDERS AROUND, UH, THINGS NOT TO DO.
I THINK THE LAST MEETING, I THINK THE URGENCY THAT EVERYBODY FEELS AS WE WANNA SEE THINGS MOVE AND HAPPEN AND DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THE TOOLS TO OUR CLARITY AS A GROUP TO MOVE FORWARD.
SOME ARE A BIT MORE, UM, SEASONED HERE, AND THEN SOME OF US ARE NEW, SO I WANNA APOLOGIZE IF WE LOOK A LITTLE SPICY LAST TIME.
BUT WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THINGS GOING AND WE APPRECIATE THE TEAM THAT WORKS ON THE GROUND.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT BEFORE WE HAUL OFF INTO ALL OUR OTHER QUESTIONS,
AND COMMISSIONER, IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, WELL, WELL RECEIVED ON OUR END.
JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AS, AS A COMMISSION, AS LONG AS THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN IN PLACE.
UH, AND SO IT'S ALL WE'RE LEARNING TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO IT'S ALL NEW FOR US AS WELL.
UH, AND IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF, KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN STEP BY STEP, SO WE AS STAFF KNOW AND CAN ADVISE YOU TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
YEAH, YOU WANNA CO COMMISSIONER ELIS? I WISH I CAN HAVE ONE, ONE OF THESE PRESENTATION WHEN I STARTED, I HAD TO FIGURE IT ON MY OWN, LIKE FOR FOUR YEARS AND STILL FIGURING IT OUT.
IT WAS VERY, VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND EDUCATIONAL.
I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND WHO IS, UH, IN ANOTHER COMMISSION AND SHE SAID THAT THEY GONNA HAVE A TABLE AT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND TALK ABOUT THE COMMISSION OF WHAT THEY DO TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DOING THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO? I MEAN, THERE IS SOME EVENTS THAT EVEN THE, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS PUTTING TOGETHER.
UM, MAYBE IT WILL BE NICE THAT WE CAN JUST BE THERE AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES IF PEOPLE HAS QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING NORMAL OR IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GONNA NEED TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER
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KIND OF THESE PROCEDURES THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION TO WORK THROUGH STAFF.UH, SO IF THERE'S AN EVENT THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN US IN BEING AT, UH, A, WE MIGHT ALREADY BE THERE.
UH, AND B, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET STAFF TO, THEN WE, WE WOULD AS STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZE THAT SO WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION.
IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FROM OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE, YOU KNOW, TREE PLANTING AND MULCH PROGRAMS AND ALL THE THINGS WE DO.
AND WE CAN ALSO, AS WE, AS WE DO AND OFTEN DO, IS ALSO, UH, PROMOTE THE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
LIKE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THAT WOULD REALLY BE, UH, A PLACE WHERE WE WOULD DIRECT STAFF, UH, TO BE AS AT THOSE PLACES TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION? YEAH, THE COMMISSIONER MARSH.
UM, WE FOCUSED ON AD HOC COMMITTEES DURING THIS PRESENTATION.
THE, UM, CITY'S, UH, HANDBOOK FOR COMMISSIONS ALSO TALKS ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES, WHICH CAN BE STANDING.
UM, WE, I DON'T HAVE ANY VISION OF ONE THAT WE MIGHT NEED, BUT JUST CURIOUS, UH, WHY WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY AS WELL.
YOU PROBABLY UNDERSTAND IT'S MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE, UH, IT DOES, UH, IT'S SUBJECT TO BROWN ACT HAS TO BE AGENDIZED AND AND ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S A MORE COMPLICATED THING.
BUT IS, THAT'S AN AREA THAT I ASSUME WE COULD, UH, DELVE INTO IF IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE.
SO WE, WHAT WE HAD HEARD FROM THE COMMISSION WAS THIS FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC, WHICH REALLY FALLS INTO THE AREAS OF AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WHY WE FOCUSED ON IT.
SO IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT.
UM, I, I WILL CAUTION, UH, THIS COMMISSION, UM, FROM KIND OF THE ONGOING STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES IS THAT'S ALSO A STAFF CAPACITY ISSUE.
UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FULL STAFF CAPACITY TO BE RUNNING THIS COMMISSION AND A NUMBER OF AD HOC COMMITTEE SUPPORTS AND A NUMBER OF STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES.
UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT PROPOSITION THAN THE WAY THAT OUR OFFICES IS STAFFED AND STRUCTURED AND FUNDED.
AND SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO ASK FOR MORE RESOURCES OR ASK FOR WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES WERE.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY LIKE, HEAVY LIFT.
UH, OFTEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE STANDING COMMITTEES BECAUSE THEY ARE PUBLIC, THEY DO REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, SETUPS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE POSSIBLE.
BUT, UH, NOT EVERY COMMISSION KIND OF CHOOSES TO DO THAT FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANDLE IN AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF BALANCE WHAT YOU THINK YOU MAY WANNA DO AS A FULL BODY AND AS A FULL COMMISSION.
UM, AND WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE, UH, RESOURCE, UH, CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS.
YOU SAY THREE, THREE, UM, FOUR GROUPS.
IT CAN BE THREE PEOPLE ONLY, RIGHT? BUT IT CAN BE AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM, WHICH IS FIVE, I THINK THAT THREE IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF, UH, MEMBERS THAT CAN, THAT WE CAN HAVE IN, IN, IN A GROUP.
I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AS MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO, SO LEGALLY, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPOSED OF, OF NO MORE THAN FIVE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THAT, UH, AND AGAIN, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION REALLY IS ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND ABOUT PREVENTING ANY ISSUES.
AND SO FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, IT'S RECOMMENDED IF, IF THERE IS, UH, UH, FIVE, FIVE WOULD BE THE, THE MAX THAT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, CAN, COULD BE FORMED WITH USUALLY ABOUT TWO TO THREE, UH, WOULD PER, PER AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IDEAL AND, AND EFFECTIVE.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY COMMISSIONS OVER THE YEARS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION IS USUALLY TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNDER WHAT THAT MAXIMUM, UM, UH, NUMBER WOULD BE.
WHAT ABOUT FOR INFORMAL COMMITTEE ALSO SAYS MADE UP OF THREE, BUT IT IS STILL FIVE IS THE PROBLEM.
SO CAN WE BE MORE, BECAUSE YOU PRESENTED FOR BOTH FOR TWO FOR THE AD HOC AND FOR INFORMAL GROUPS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE AND IF IT HAS TO BE YEAH, INFORMAL COMMITTEE CHAIR.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
IN ONE OF THE, IN THE PRESENTATION IT SAYS INFORMAL COMMITTEE MADE UP OF SUBSET OF THREE COMMISSIONERS, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE A QUO.
BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT FOR ADC, FOR AD HOC STILL.
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YES.CHAIR, THAT'S FOR, THAT'S FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO THE TOPIC AT HAND HERE.
OKAY, THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION.
SO IT HAS TO BE IDEAL IS TWO TO THREE, BUT WE CAN HAVE UP TO MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE AS LONG AS NO, AS LONG AS, NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? OKAY, THEN CAN WE GO TO, FOR THE BOAT, I GONNA SAY YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMING UP.
NO, THAT'S ALICE, THAT IS NOT COMING UP THERE.
IT'S, UM, OH, CAN YOU PUSH IT? THIS FOR ME? YES, MA'AM.
I KNOW RECEIVED AND COMMISSIONER COONEY HIRO, UH, IT'S NOT GIVING ME THE OPTION TO VOTE.
IS IT SPINNING? UH, I JUST SEE WAITING.
CAN YOU, UM, CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS.
AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
AND SECOND, UM, DO WE HAVE A REPORT PRESENTATION? UH,
[6. 25-55686 Recommendation to discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to create Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
JUST A REFRESHER HERE, UM, FOR, UH, THE, THE COMMISSION JUST BASED ON WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT.UM, SO WHAT, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, SO IN THIS CONTEXT, LET'S SAY THE, THE THREE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THREE COMMISSIONERS WOULD MEET AND DISCUSS A SPECIFIC TOPIC OR ISSUE, UH, DEVELOPING THOSE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU NEEDED IN, YOU KNOW, CALL FOR INFORMATION, WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT WE WOULD DO OUR BEST TO, YOU KNOW, GET YOU ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS OR KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, AND THEN THOSE WOULD COME BACK TO THIS FULL BODY.
SO, UH, IF YOU ARE ARE CREATING AD HOC COMMITTEES OR A AD HOC COMMITTEE TODAY, UH, THOSE WHO SIGN UP FOR THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO.
SO JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, BUT IT'S JUST A, A SINGLE SLIDE HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO COULD YOU PLEASE GO FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IS ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER
YOU GOT IT NOW YOU GOT IT DOWN.
UM, IS THERE A, UH, DOES SOMEONE NEED TO BE DESIGNATED A, A LEAD OR ARE, IS EVERYONE IN THE SAME STANDING IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEES? YEAH, NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S NO OFFICIAL LEAD, LIKE, LIKE IN TERMS OF LIKE THE COMMISSION, HOW THERE'S A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR? NO, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UH, HOW THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES ON THE AD HOC.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN CHOOSE THE, LIKE SOMEONE TO BE LIKE THE, THE, THE THE POINT PERSON.
UH, BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO OFFICIALLY POINT SOMEONE AS, AS THEIR OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON, SO TO SPEAK.
I, THAT, THAT THOUGHT CAME UP.
'CAUSE THE BOTTOM POINT, UM, ON THE LAST SLIDE IS, UH, TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CHAIR A MONTH, A MONTH AHEAD OF THE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE NEED TO BE LIKE A DESIGNATE DESIGNATED POINT OF CONTACT OR SOMETHING, BUT SOUNDS LIKE WE JUST DECIDE AMONGST OURSELVES.
SO THAT'LL BE, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HUNG.
UM, IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO PRO PROBABLY PRESENT AN AGENDA AS AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE NEXT TIME? UH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WE, WE CAN DO THIS AT ANY POINT ON ANY OF OUR AGENDAS, BUT WE KNEW THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY AND WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT.
UM, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW TODAY, THEN THAT WOULD NOT BE PART OF YOUR ACTION AND WE COULD PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I'D LIKE, UH, MADAM CHAIR TO PROPOSE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A POTENTIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SORT OF DISCUSS THE WASTE DISPOSAL OF BATTERIES, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO
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ELECTRIC CARS.AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY WORK ON TO HOPEFULLY AGENDIZE FOR COUNCIL.
HOW WE GONNA, UM, NOW WHAT WE GONNA NEED TO APPROVE IT? WE NEED TO VOTE FOR IT.
SO IN THIS CASE, THE, UM, THE, THE COMMISSIONER IN THIS CASE CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR AND GET A SECOND, AND THEN THE, THE COMMITTEE WOULD VOTE ON WHETHER TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIFIC ADCO AD HOC COMMITTEE RELATED TO THE WASTE DISPOSAL FOR, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES IS WHAT WE HEARD.
SO THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS WOULD WOULD HAPPEN.
AND THAT WOULD BE ON RECORD AND THEN THE COMMISSION COULD CHOOSE TO APPROVE THAT, MODIFY IT OR NOT APPROVE IT AS APPROPRIATE.
WE DO, WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION IF I COULD COMMISSIONER, UH, MARCH? YEAH.
UH, JUST A QUESTION TO, TO ASK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE, THE DETAILS OF WHAT THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD PURSUE.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, I KNOW A FAIR BIT ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES AND, UH, CURIOUS WHAT WE WOULD BE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH.
ISN'T THAT THE REASON FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? WE COULD BASICALLY GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE CITY WOULD HELP WITH.
SO MY, MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE IS I KNOW THIS IS A NEED THAT'S REQUIRED.
I KNOW A FEW OTHER CITIES ARE WAY AHEAD OF US IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE MANAGING IT, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ELLIS THAT HAS EXPERIENCE ON IT, ACTUALLY HAS A COMPANY THAT WORKS PREDOMINANTLY WITH IT AND LEVERAGING SOME OF THOSE EXPERTISE TO KIND OF SEE AND CONNECT, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT PERHAPS, UH, HAVEN'T BEEN FORESEEN OR THOUGHT ABOUT.
SO I, I WANTED TO USE THIS FORUM TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE, UH, SOME OF THE EXPERTISE WE DO HAVE I KNOW, I'M SO SORRY I CANNOT PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, BUT, UH, UM, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME?
BUT EVEN YOU WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL CAN KIND OF BRING SOME OF YOUR EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE AND SUPPORT STAFF, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE, UH, CREATE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROBABLY AGENDIZE TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY THOUGHT IS.
I DON'T KNOW REALLY THE SPECIFICS OF IT, BUT WITH THE EXPERTISE HERE ON THE TABLE, WE COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC AND WITH THE GUIDANCE OF, UH, UM, AS WELL AS STAFF.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY CONCERN ME IS THE MAIN, THE WIND MILL, HOW DO YOU CALL IT? THE, FOR THE PORT.
AND WHEN I WENT TO THE PRESENTATION, EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT THE HARM THAT IS GONNA BE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HARM THAT IS GONNA BE TO THE OCEAN.
AND I, I MEAN, EVERYTHING
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE MACHINE ITSELF, IT LAST FOR 20 YEARS, BUT SOMETIMES MAYBE LESS.
BUT NOBODY TALK ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE PART OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ADD IT TO THAT AND HOW COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT PART, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THAT'S REALLY FOR ME, CONCERNING.
AND I WAS, UM, I WAS ABOUT TO ASK, I BELIEVE THE, I ASKED LAST TIME TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM THE PORT TO SEE WHAT ARE THEIR SUSTAINABLE PLAN THAT IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AND WHEN I ASKED, THEY TOLD ME, OH, WELL ASK FOR A PRESENTATION OR MAYBE WE CAN GO, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY RESPONDED TO THE QUESTION.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNED ME A LOT AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE ADD IT SOMEHOW HOW TO THE, TO THIS WORK THAT YOU, WHAT THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO.
I THINK WE JUST LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
WE JUST WANNA DO, SO, SO IS, IS THERE A SPACE, HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT TIME FOR US TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UM, A QUORUM OR ANYTHING, BUT WE JUST NEED TIME TO DISCUSS AMONG THE ENTIRE GROUP WHAT WE DO WANNA PUT FORWARD.
CAN WE ASK FOR TIME ON OUR NEXT AGENDA TO DO THAT? WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANNA DO? BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE ALREADY ON OUR AGENDA THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT AND GO A BIT DEEPER INTO.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S CLEARLY NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ORGANIZATION,
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MARK.'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL ARE WORKING
SO WHAT, WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE TO DISCUSS? UH, YOU HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY, IT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS, AS SPECIFIC AS THIS TO IDENTIFY, UH, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH, IDENTIFY GAPS, YOU KNOW, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION THAT THEY COULD THEN CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO TODAY AND YOU COULD SPEND THE TIME IN THAT COMMITTEE, UH, IN THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND PART OF YOUR RETURN TO THE FULL COMMISSION IS WHAT YOU STUDIED, WHAT YOU LEARNED, AND WHY YOU'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING.
SO THAT'S A GOOD SPACE TO BE IN.
UH, WE COULD ALSO AGENDIZE THAT FOR THIS, A LARGER DISCUSSION ON THAT SPECIFIC TOPIC.
UH, IF WE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, LET'S SAY MAYBE WE DO, IT'S OKAY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR WHEN THAT COMES UP ON OUR AGENDA.
SO TRANSPORTATION IS IN DECEMBER.
UH, WE CAN MOVE IT UP IF WE WANT TO OR MOVE IT AROUND ON THE AGENDA.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE DO HAVE IT KIND OF TRACKING FOR NOW AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REVISIT THIS AT THAT TIME, REALLY UP TO YOU.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A, JUST A QUICK, UM, SORT OF PROCEDURAL THING THAT, YOU KNOW, CHAIR, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADDING SOMETHING TO THE MOTION A SECOND THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD SOMETHING OR IF IT'S JUST A GENERAL PIECE OF INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ASK STAFF AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING THE FOLKS SAY FROM THE PORT BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT IS AND CAN HANDLE IT THAT WAY.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THAT TO MODIFY THE EXISTING RECOMMENDATION ON THE FLOOR.
UM, AND THE MAKER OF THE MOTION CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO NOT ACCEPT IT AND BE WANTING TO KEEP IT VERY SPECIFIC TO WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT TO BEGIN WITH.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF YOUR OPTIONS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN EITHER DO IT TODAY OR WE CAN DO IT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, BUT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS A GREAT SPACE TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU WILL BRING BACK, UH, YOU NEED TO BRING THE REST OF YOUR COMMISSION WITH YOU ON THAT JOURNEY THAT YOU ALL SPENT IN THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE SPACE.
UH, SO THEY MAY FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING A FUTURE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, IF THAT HELPS.
SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE, THE, THE BEST WAY TO DO THE AD HOC IS DOING IT HERE.
IF WE TAKE TIME OFF, WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MEET BECAUSE THEN WE ARE GONNA BE ON A PROBLEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE THE QUORUM OR WE, WE ALL HAVE TO AGREE ON THE AD HOC THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE CANNOT PASS IT ON BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE TO THE NEXT MEETING AND STILL WE'RE GONNA NEED TO USE PART OF THE MEETING.
SO I THINK THAT THE BEST WAY IS TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, AND I DON'T KNOW, I, MAYBE THE BEST THING IS TO MAYBE BRING THE PORT AND HEAR FROM THEM, AND THEN IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING, MAYBE WE CAN CREATE THE AHA COMMITTEE AND WE CAN GO AHEAD FOR THE ONE THAT WE DO ALREADY, IF EVERYBODY AGREES FOR THE ONE THAT YOU ALREADY CALLED FOR.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
TO DISAGREE,
IF WE CAN MAKE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE SO WE CAN DISCUSS WHETHER IT'S THE PORT, WHETHER IT'S THE EV, WHERE WE CAN JUST PUT ALL THE THINGS IN THE TABLE.
SO WHOEVER WE THEN CHOOSE TO PRESENT TO THE ENTIRE, UM, COMMISSION, WE CAN THEN, IF IT'S, IF WE CHOOSE THE, THE, UM, THE PORT AND THE BLADES, THEN THAT'S THE THING THAT WE'LL PUT FORWARD AND THEN WE CAN ASK THE STAFF TO, TO PUT THAT IN FRONT OF US.
BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME DEBATING ON WHAT WE WANNA REALLY DO.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM, FROM, YOU KNOW, MORE FOLKS ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE LIKE, CHOOSE ONE.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION, MADAM CHAIR IS ANY COMMENT FROM THE OTHER, UM, COMMISSIONERS CO COMMISSIONER? OKAY, KIRK, I, UH, I, UH, I GUESS A POTENTIAL CONCERN OF THIS IS, UH, THOSE THREE PEOPLE, LET'S SAY IT'S THREE, THEY'RE GONNA BE DECIDING HOW DO THEY GET THE INPUT OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NOT ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DECIDING POTENTIAL TOPICS, THEN THAT, THAT'S JUST COMING FROM THOSE THREE.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER COHERO IS THAT, UH, IN THIS, HAVING THAT DISCUSSION IN, IN THIS SPACE AND MAKING IT SPECIFIC ALLOWS THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO, SO, SO SPECIFIC THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK WITH A, YOU KNOW, X, Y, Z EV WASTE DISPOSAL POLICY.
IT COULD JUST BE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AROUND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, WASTE DISPOSAL FOR EV BATTERIES AND IT COULD BE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT AND THAT THE AD HOC GROUP COMES BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, THAT YOUR INPUT WILL BE TAKEN AROUND THAT TOPIC WHEN THE COMMITTEE BRINGS
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THE TOPIC BACK TO THIS FULL BODY.UH, BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE WANNA AVOID IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT HUB AND SPOKE, UH, TACTIC THAT IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER, UM, TRANSPARENCY RULES AND LAWS.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT.
AND, AND HAVING THOSE THREE PEOPLE BE VERY SPECIFIC ON A TOPIC ALLOWS THEM TO BRING ALL OF THEIR WORK BACK TO YOU IN THE SPACE AND YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON.
SO IF I, AGAIN, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE CAN SELECT TO TALK TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THE PORT, TO WORK ON THE ON, ON THE, ON THE BATTERIES.
AND WE CAN SAY THAT WHEN THE PORT, AFTER THE PORT, WE CAN START THEN LOOKING FOR THE SPECIFIC, SO WE CAN ALREADY SET THE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
YEAH, SO ONCE, SO, UH, JUST A POINT OF ORDER, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, SO I'M GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT I DO WANNA GET US BACK, UH, TO THAT.
UM, BUT IF WE WANTED TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AROUND THE PORTS, UH, PROJECT OR THE, THE GREEN PORT, YOU KNOW, POLICY OR ANY OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THEN I WOULD MAKE, I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN ONCE YOU HEAR THAT PRESENTATION, YOU CAN MAKE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THAT THE SAME, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA THAT WAY, UH, IF THAT'S, UH, THE, THE COMMISSION'S PREROGATIVE.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AROUND THE WASTE DISPOSAL OF EV BATTERIES.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GET, UH, FINISH OUT THAT KIND OF LINE OF THINKING AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR OTHER AD HOCS OR OTHER DISCUSSION POINTS, UH, WE CAN TAKE IT AFTER THAT CHAIR BACK TO YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR THE BOARD AND THE FOR TO THE CREATE OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION PLEASE? SO, SO I WANNA BE CLEAR.
SO YOU ARE, UM, THIS, THIS WAS MOTION BY YES, THE MOTION FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
THIS WAS BY HANKS, CORRECT? YES.
AND WHO WAS THE SECOND? I DIDN'T GET THE SECOND.
YES, WE HAVE THE SECOND COMMISSIONER.
THIS WAS TO COMMIT TO CREATE A NEW AD HOC COMMITTEE ON WASTE DISPOSAL FOR ELECTRIC BATTERIES IS CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THERE IS, UM, ANY DISCUSSION WHERE WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR THE VOTE? JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I THINK THE, THE MOTION WAS SPECIFIC TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
JUST CLARIFY, ELECTRIC VEHICLE BA, CAN I ADD ANOTHER QUESTION? DO WE HAVE TO, UH, CHOOSE WHO'S ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW AS PART OF ITS CREATION? SO THAT YES, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO WE KNOW THEN WHO ARE THE, THE MEMBERS OF THAT BODY WHO ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSING AND THEN FOLLOWING BACK UP AND WHO THE, THE CONTACTS WITH STAFF ARE GOING TO BE.
UH, SO BEFORE YOU TAKE A A VOTE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO IDENTIFY AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT, BUT ALSO, UM, SO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SO INITIALLY, I MEAN THIS IS AGENDIZED AS WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
SO THIS IS A, THIS IS AN AMENDED MOTION, CORRECT? BECAUSE INITIALLY REALLY THIS IS JUST TO DISCUSS AND NOW THEY'RE TAKING ACTION.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING, WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE FIRST AND THE SECOND FOR THIS ITEM.
CORRECT? THE, BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE IT ALREADY STANDS AS IT'S, IT'S A DISCUSSION YES.
TO CREATE THE ANTICIPATED AD HOC.
SO THE, THE ACTUAL MOTION, IT WOULD BE MO UH, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BENNETT AND SECONDED BY MARSH, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO ON, ON THE FLOOR, THIS IS KIND OF JUST INTERNALLY WITHIN THE, THE GROUP IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA ACTUALLY CHANGE THE MOTION 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY, IT ALREADY STANDS.
I JUST WANT YOU TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
SO WE NEED TO MAYBE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX AND GO, BECAUSE ON THIS RECOMMENDATION, SAY TAKE ACTION TO CREATE.
SO CAN WE OPEN AGAIN ANOTHER QUESTION? ANOTHER, UM, AND, AND SO WELL, AND SO, AND, AND IF YOU, AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO, IF, IF YOU ARE GOING TO, UM, VOTE ON THIS CRE CREATING THIS NEW, THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT.
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THE ACTUAL ITEM ON THE MAIN, YEAH, CORRECT.SO WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON THE AMENDED, UM, MOTION TO CREATE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR A VOTE? OKAY.
A CHAIR JUST, UH, FOR A PROCEDURE, WE DO STILL NEED TO IDENTIFY THE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE AT THIS MOMENT.
IF PEOPLE WANNA THINK ABOUT WHAT THEIR TIME IS, 'CAUSE WE'VE JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT, WE COULD RECOMMEND THE COMMITTEE AND SORT OF PRESENT TO YOU GUYS WHO WOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE AT ANOTHER TIME.
UM, YES, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION SO IT'S CLEAR, UM, AND THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND WHO IS SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO, WE DON'T VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT.
SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE, ON THE MOTION TO CREATE THE AD HOC, RIGHT? YES.
GUESS EVERYBODY'S WAITING CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THAT ACCURATE THAT THEY, THAT YES.
RIGHT NOW THAT THEY, THAT THEY NEED TO VOTE? THEY, THEY, YES.
THAT RIGHT NOW, THE, THE MINUTE MOTION IS TO CREATE THE AD HOC REGARDING THIS EV BATTERY DISPOSAL.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT NOW IS WHAT'S PENDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO VOTE ON.
ONE QUESTION I THINK I UNDERSTOOD, UM, MS. REYNOLDS TO SAY THAT IF WE DON'T APPOINT MEMBERS TODAY, WE HAVE TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION THE LIST OF MEMBERS.
SO THAT MEANS WE'RE ACCEPTING A TWO MONTH DELAY IN STARTING THE COMMITTEE.
IS THAT PRETTY MUCH CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE CAN EITHER HAVE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TODAY YEAH.
OR WE CAN WAIT TWO MONTHS, WHICH EITHER WAY IS FINE.
I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE TWO, RIGHT? I, I AM, UH, WILLING TO ACCEPT YOUR INFORMAL NOMINATION OF ME IN YOUR, UH, MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A, A THIRD WHO WANTS TO JOIN US? I, I THINK I'LL JOIN THE INFORMAL.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE NOW FOUR, RIGHT? UH, MANY.
UH, CON COMMISSIONER RO, COMMISSIONER MARCH, AND COMMISSIONER ELS.
CLARIFYING FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER COHERO, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, COMMISSIONER MARSH, COMMISSIONER HANKS, I'M COMMISSIONER HANK AND ELLIS, RIGHT? YEP.
WAS THAT CORRECT COMMISSIONER? YES.
THIS THING IS NOT, AND MAYBE YOU CAN CALL BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WORKING.
SO I JUST AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, SO THIS IS AN AMENDED MOTION.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WHO THE MEMBERS ARE.
UM, AND THIS IS TO AS TO AMEND AMENDING THE MO, THE MOTION TO, UM, CREATE A NEW AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR WASTE DISPOSAL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES.
SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A VOTE FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION WITH THAT AMENDMENT? THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY SIGNS OFF ON THIS.
YEAH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, HOW CAN WE TAKE EIGHT YEARS FOR ME YEARS
SO WE, WE PRACTICE HOW TO DO THAT ONCE, RIGHT NOW.
WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, SO, UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, UM, AND, UH, CHAIR HEARD ABOUT,
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UM, THE, THE PEER WIN PRESENTATION, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK THAT INTO A FUTURE AGENDA.UH, SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND AT SOME POINT, AT SUCH POINT IN THE FUTURE, THERE IS AN INTEREST FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES, UH, BE BE THINKING ABOUT, UM, WHEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT AND HOW YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UH, UH, KIND OF ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES IN THOSE SPACES FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING.
UM, AND STAFF ARE HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU.
UM, DURING THE TIME THAT I WAS SERVING HERE, WHICH IS EIGHT YEARS, NORMALLY A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONER HAS WANTED TO SEND A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY, RIGHT? TO THE, AND IT WAS ALWAYS A YES I CAN.
SO I THINK THAT IF WE ADDED AS A PART OF THE AGENDA, ALWAYS HAVING THE OPEN, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE AN AHA COMMITTEE, WHATEVER THEY HEAR, THEY CAN MAYBE INVESTIGATE MORE OR HAVE THE A HOC, IT WILL BE GREAT FOR, FOR THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON WHATEVER DISAGREEMENT OR IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE TOGETHER.
SO I, YEAH, I MAYBE WILL BE, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, UM, FOR NOW ON AND IN CASE THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, STEPH, YEAH, STAFF CAN DISCUSS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CLERK HOW BEST TO TRY AND MEET THAT, THAT DESIRE.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT INTERNALLY AND, AND WE'LL BE BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
OKAY, NOW WE ARE GONNA VOTE FOR THE MAIN, UM, MOTION, WHICH WAS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AHA COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS.
AND IF APPROPRIATE TO TAKE ACTION ON AHHA COMMITTEE, RIGHT? UH, CHAIR WEED, THE LAST ACTION INCLUDED THAT LANGUAGE.
SO, UM, UH, MOVED, UH, SECONDED AND VOTED.
UH, SO THAT ITEM, UH, IS CONCLUDED AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND, YOU KNOW, OUR FUTURE MEETINGS ABOUT AD HOC, UH, WE'LL WE'LL TALK WITH THE ATTORNEY AND THE CLERK ABOUT HOW BEST TO DO THAT.
SO I GUESS WE BOTH, IT'S ALREADY GONE.
SO, NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE CALL FOR NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
[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.]
ANNOUNCEMENT TO SHARE? NO.COMMISSIONER DERO, UM, I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOUR GROUP BECAUSE YOU GOT THE, THE GRANT FROM THE CITY AND I
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
HOPE YOU CAN GIVE US MORE INFORMATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.UM, LIKEWISE, UH, BOTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH, UM, RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE CITY, UH, FOR SB 1383 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
UM, I WILL DEFINITELY PROVIDE UPDATES.
I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE BEFORE UM, THE BALL GETS ROLLING.
I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY ACTUALLY NEEDS TO SIGN THE CONTRACT STILL IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO, UH, YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY PROVIDE SOME UPDATES.
OKAY, WELL I GUESS ADJOURN, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING.