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OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE
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CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026.UM, COMMISSIONER MARSH IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY AT THIS TIME.
I INVITE COMMISSIONER MARSH TO READ A STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR GAINES AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
UH, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3 8 3 C.
I HAVE JUST CAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES AUTHORIZING MY REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING.
I HAVE A NEED RELATED TO A PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
THERE IS NO INDIVIDUAL 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER PRESENT IN THE ROOM WITH ME, UH, NOR ANYONE UNDER AGE OF 18.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MARSH.
UM, THIS MEETING WILL FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3 0.83 C TO ACCOMMODATE COMMISSIONER MARSHA'S REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING ON A JUST CAUSE BASIS.
AND AS SUCH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AND ADDRESS THIS BODY VIA A CALL-IN OPTION AND INTER BASE SER AN INTERNET BASED SERVICE OPTION AND IN PERSON AT THIS MEETING AS REFERENCED WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
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CALL THE ROLL CALL.COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH PRESENT.
AND CHAIR GAINES HERE WE HAVE FOUR.
UM, AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, COMMISSIONERS, KUNI, HIRO AND GAETAN ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS RECOMMENDATION
[1. 26-54363 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission meetings of Thursday, December 11, 2025 and Thursday, January 22, 2026. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 2025 AND THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 2026.MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? A MOTION I SECOND.
UM, UH, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HANK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SER SERGI.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS RIGHT NOW? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VIRTUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, OR EXCUSE ME, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ.
UM, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM, EXCUSE ME.
[2. 26-54364 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Disabled Resource Center, Inc. on the Disability Data and Community Survey. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TWOS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER INCORPORATED ON THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY.MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND FOR THIS ITEM I, MOTION SECONDED.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UM, BROWN AND, UM, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SERGI.
MAY WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? THANK YOU.
HELLO, HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE INCOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DIS DISABILITIES DISABILITY, DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY.
OF WHICH THE DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER IS A PARTNER OF.
I'M GONNA SHOW A LITTLE VIDEO REALLY QUICKLY.
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ARE YOU A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY LIVING IN LONG BEACH? GET READY TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS INVESTED IN DISABILITY COMMITTEE TO RIGHT LEADERS.
WE ASSIST WITH DATA TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS.
THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY IS A CHANCE FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON EVERYTHING FROM ACCESSIBILITY TO EMPLOYMENT, HEALTHCARE TO HOUSING, AND MORE GET COUNTED AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT'S ABOUT COLLECTING OUR STORIES, OUR EXPERIENCE, SO LONG BEACH CAN CONTINUE TO CREATE REAL CHANGE.
IT'S VITAL WE ALL GET COUNTED.
THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES IS WORKING WITH PARTNERS FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN, TO LEARN, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY ARE AT THE HEART OF THIS PROCESS.
THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY WILL HELP LONG BEACH CREATE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT TRULY WORK FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING PEOPLE LIKE US.
YOUR PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL.
WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET COUNTED.
YOUR INPUT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE FUTURE OF SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN LONG BEACH.
THIS IS HOW WE BUILD A BARRIER FREE ENVIRONMENT.
GET COUNTED AND SHAPE THE FUTURE.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE ENSURING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE LONG BEACH A CITY WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.
TAKE THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY TODAY.
OR CALL 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 2 5 7 TO LEARN MORE.
YOUR VOICE, YOUR FUTURE, YOUR LONG BEACH GET COUNTED.
SO WHAT IS THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? UM, KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE DISABILITY, DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS CO-CREATED BY THE COMMISSION.
AS STATED, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE, UH, COLLECTING PERSON-CENTERED DATA THROUGH, UH, LIVED EXPERIENCES, UM, AND PARTICIPATORY METHODS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, TESTIMONIALS AND SURVEYS.
UM, IDENTIFYING EXISTING AND EMERGING NEEDS, BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN LONG BEACH.
DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY'S DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHICAL, UH, GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.
AND FINALLY INFORMING CITY LEADER, CITY LEADERSHIP IN AMENDING AND CREATING POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROCEDURES THAT ENSURE FULL PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIVE ACCESS.
UH, WHO SHOULD TAKE THE SURVEY? UH, PEOPLE WITH DIAGNOSED AND UNDIAGNOSED DISABILITIES THAT LIVE, WORK, ATTEND SCHOOL, OR SPEND ANY AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THIS SURVEY.
UH, THE SURVEY IS, UH, AND WILL BE KEY TO ALL PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE LA 2028, UM, UH, OLYMPIC GAMES AND PARALYMPIC GAMES.
UH, THE SURVEY CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE OR BY PHONE, UM, IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
UH, HARD COPIES OF THE SURVEY ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT EVERY BRANCH OF THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SO THE SURVEY IS NOW OPEN UNTIL MAY 1ST, 2026.
IT'S A VERY LONG, UH, SURVEY OPEN PERIOD BECAUSE DISABILITY COMMUNITY IS A VERY HARD TO REACH COMMUNITY.
AND FINALLY, YOU CAN FIND THE SURVEY IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AYA TAGALOG AT, UM, THE LINK THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE CITIES.GOV WEBSITE.
UH, THIS SURVEY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTION FROM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE FY 25 BUDGET OF $60,000.
UM, THIS SURVEY IS DEFINITELY THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PRIORITIZING, UH, UM, GATHERING INFORMATION OF THE DISABLED COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? OKAY, THANK YOU.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
UM, ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS CURRENTLY? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ATTENDING THE ZOOM.
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UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.UM, PLEASE, UH, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION
[3. 26-54365 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City staff on Sea Level Rise and Flooding and the Climate Action Plan. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING IN THE CLIMATE AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND FOR THIS ITEM, I MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE I SECOND MOTION BY, UM, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ.
AND THEN MAYBE I HAVE THE PRESENTATION.
COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS ANDRE LANGE FROM OUR OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION SUSTAINABILITY.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, PARTNERS FROM OUR PUBLIC WORK STORM WATER TEAM WHO WILL BE ALSO, UH, COMBINING THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UH, OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS RELATES TO SEA LEVEL AND FLOODING ACTIONS.
UM, SOME UPDATES FROM OUR 2024, UH, CAP ANNUAL REPORT.
'CAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON 2025, UM, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, AS I SAID, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WILL HAVE SOME STORM WATER UPDATES.
SO, UM, SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING IS ONE OF OUR, UH, KIND OF LONGEST TERM, UM, STRESSORS.
UH, SO OUR GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURE FLOOD RISK.
SO WE HAVE, UH, THREE SECTIONS.
WE HAVE THE SHORT TERM, WHICH IS, UH, UP TO 2030.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR PLANS AND POLICIES, UM, AND INVESTMENTS FOR IMPACTS.
WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AREAS THAT ARE VULNERABLE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR, UH, SHORT LINES AND WASTEWATER.
WE HAVE OUR MEDIUM TERM, UH, WHICH IS, UM, ELEVATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND LONG TERM, UM, HOPEFULLY I WON'T BE GIVING UPDATES 75 YEARS FROM NOW.
BUT, UH, 2050 TO 2100 WE WILL BE, UH, DOING PHYSICAL ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTED BASED ON RESEARCH AND ADAPTATION PRIORITIES.
UH, SO HERE IS SOME OF THE, UH, SHORT TERM AND MEDIUM.
UH, SO THIS IS THE ONE, UM, STRESSOR THAT WE HAVE ABOUT, LIKE 20 ACTION ITEMS FOR.
UH, SO SOME OF THE SHORT TERM ONES ARE INCORPORATING ADAPTATION INTO CITY LEASE STRATEGIES.
THAT'S WITH OUR PORT, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH OUR COVENANTS, UM, HAVING LIKE FLOOD IMPACT MONITORING, UH, MAKING SURE OUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IS, UH, UPDATED.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING CITY BEACH STABILIZATION STUDIES.
WE WANNA KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA FLOOD AND HOW WE CAN PROTECT IT.
UM, AND WE ALWAYS WANNA BE AHEAD OF THIS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE.
UH, SO SOME OF THE EQUITABLE, UH, WAYS THAT WE ARE GOING ABOUT THIS IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR THE BUILDINGS AND SOCIAL VULNERABLE AREAS.
UH, WE WANT OUR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND STORM WATER PLANS, UH, TO IMPACT AGAIN, SOCIAL VULNER VULNERABLE AREAS TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR BEACH STABILITY, UM, TO GIVE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELIEF DURING EXTREME HEAT DAYS.
AND WE WANNA PRIORITIZE FLOOD-PROOFING OF PUMPS IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
AND HERE ARE SOME OF OUR LONG-TERM, UH, GOALS.
SO THAT INCLUDES, UM, ELEVATING, UM, EXPANDING BEACH NOURISHMENT, CONSTRUCTING A LIVING SHORELINE, UM, INVESTIGATING VISIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT RETREAT, AND THEN EVALUATING VISIBILITY OF A STORM SURGE BARRIER AT ALAMEDO BAY.
AND AS WITH ALL OUR ACTION ITEMS, WE HAVE SOME CO-BENEFITS.
UH, SO IF YOU DO COMPLETE OUR ACTION ITEMS, UH, WE'LL SEE REDUCED, UH, GHG EMISSIONS.
UM, WE'LL SPEND LESS AS A CITY AS FAR AS WHEN THERE'S, UH, SEA LEVEL RISE OR, UM, FLOODING HAPPENING.
UH, THERE WILL BE ENGAGEMENT IN AWARENESS OF PUBLIC, UH, RESPONSE.
THERE'LL BE INCREASED, UH, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TOURISM, AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, BETTER RETROFITTING, BETTER CITY FLOOD RESPONSE AND BETTER DUNES FOR HABITATS.
AND THEN HERE'S THE UPDATE WE RECEIVED FROM OUR HARBOR DEPARTMENT FROM OUR 2024, UH, ANNUAL REPORT.
AND IT IS, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE LEASE ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS THAT THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 30 IN PLACE SINCE, UH, 2006.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE, UM, ANY, IT DOESN'T HAVE, UH, LANGUAGE OF SEA LEVEL RISE, A ADAPTATION, BUT
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THEY ARE, UH, THEY MAY BE PLANNING ON ADDING THAT IN THE FUTURE.AND AS OF DECEMBER, 2024, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FIVE POTENTIAL FUTURE TENANTS.
AND THEN NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
HI, MY NAME IS TAMMY TAKI GAWA.
I AM A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER WITH OUR STORM WATER DIVISION AT PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AS PART OF THE STORM WATER DIVISION, WE HELP OVERSEE THE CITY'S STORM DRAIN NETWORK.
AND SO WHAT'S VERY UNIQUE ABOUT LONG BEACH IS THAT WE'RE PART OF FIVE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE PART OF THE LA RIVER, SAN GABRIEL RIVER, LOS CERRITOS CHANNEL, DOMINGUEZ CHANNEL.
AND THEN WE'RE, WE ARE PART OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, ALSO THE NEARSHORE.
AND SO, UH, OUR STORM DRAIN NETWORK IS MADE UP OF NOT ONLY JUST STORM DRAINS.
WE HAVE 180 MILES OF CITY OWNED STORM DRAINS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 5,800 CATCH BASINS, 23 STORMWATER PUMP STATIONS, ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILES OF CHANNELS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.
AND WE HAVE STORMWATER TREATMENT AND GREEN STREET INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO THESE ARE ONLY THE CITY OWNED, UH, STATISTICS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
THE COUNTY ALS ALSO HAS, UH, HUNDREDS OF CATCH BASINS, MILES OF PIPES AND PUMP STATIONS WITHIN LONG BEACH.
UH, I'M SHOWING TWO, TWO INTERSECTIONS HERE.
THE FIRST ONE IS CORONA, UH, LOCALIZED FLOODING ON 58TH PLACE AND OCEAN BOULEVARD.
UM, LAST YEAR WE MADE SOME STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS AND WE REPAIRED A SINKHOLE AT THIS LOCATION TO HELP MITIGATE, UM, SOME OF THIS FLOODING.
AND THEN THE SECOND INTERSECTION THAT WE SEE HERE IS 14TH STREET AND PINE.
UM, THIS LOCATION DOES NOT HAVE A CONNECTED STORM WATER SYSTEM, SO FLOOD PREPARATION AND RESPONSE EVERY YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT RAIN AND WE PREPARE FOR THAT.
OUR PUBLIC SERVICE BUREAU, IT'S A, WHO MAINTAINS OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, THEY CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO EXPECT RAIN, IT'S A ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH.
SO THE FIELD STAFF THERE ARE PREPARED, UH, TO RESPOND TO ANY, ANY FLOODING THAT THEY RECEIVE ANY CALLS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE STAFF, WE ARE, WE COORDINATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS DURING THIS TIME.
UM, AND DURING EMERGENCIES, CITY STAFF ARE REASSIGNED TO RESPOND TO MAJOR STORM RELATED ISSUES.
SO RIGHT HERE YOU SEE THERE'S A PICTURE OF A MOBILE PUMP, UH, PUMP DEPLOYMENT.
THAT LOCATION IS ON SEVENTH STREET NEAR CEDAR AVENUE AND CHESTNUT AVENUE.
THIS LOCATION HAS CHRONIC FLOODING FLOODS EVERY YEAR.
SO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE BUREAU AT PUBLIC WORKS WILL DEPLOY A MOBILE PUMP AND THEY WILL PHYSICALLY PUMP THE WATER, UH, DOWN STREET TO ANOTHER CATCH BASIN TO PREVENT THIS INTERSECTION FROM FLOODING.
AND SO THE PUMP, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A CREW, A TWO MAN CREW THAT OVERSEES THESE, UH, MOBILE PUMP DEPLOYMENTS.
UM, AND THEN THE 23 PUMP STATIONS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE MONITORED CLOSELY.
THEY HAVE ALARMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE POWER GOES OUT, UM, THEY WILL RECEIVE, UH, AN ALERT SO THAT THEY CAN SEND SOMEONE TO THAT PUMP STATION TO CHECK IT OUT.
UM, WE HAVE CATCH BASINS AROUND THE CITY, 5,800 CATCH BASINS, SO THOSE INTAKE WATER FROM THE STREET.
AND EVERY YEAR WE CLEAN OUT THOSE CATCH BASINS, SOMETIMES TWICE A YEAR, THREE TIMES A YEAR, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA.
WE MAKE SURE TO CLEAN IT OUT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS SO THAT WHEN IT DOES RAIN, UM, WATER CAN FLOW INTO THE CATCH BASIN MORE EFFICIENTLY.
AND AS PART OF THE STORM WATER DIVISION, WE OVERSEE PROJECTS THAT, UM, ENTAIL IMPROVING THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM OR REHABILITATING THE SYSTEM.
AND SO ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE IS A BAY SHORE AVENUE SINKHOLE PROJECT.
SO THIS PROJECT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION CREWS OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, REPAIRING THE SINKHOLE AND REPAIRING THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM UNDERNEATH IT.
AND WE HAVE, IN THE PLANNING PHASE, WE HAVE THE CITYWIDE STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND IN DESIGN, WE HAVE THAT SEVENTH STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT CEDAR AVENUE AND CHESTNUT AVENUE.
AND SO FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, UM, THAT PUMP WAS AT THE INTERSECTION, UH, TO MINIMIZE THE FLOODING.
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AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT STORM DRAIN AND PUMP STATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT.AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WE COMPLETED THE 58TH PLACE, AN OCEAN BOULEVARD, A SINKHOLE REPAIR, UH, LAST, LAST SUMMER, A STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
SO THAT IS A, THE GOAL OF THE MASTER PLAN IS TO EVALUATE THE CAPACITY AND THE CONDITION OF OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM.
AND SO WE WANT TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR SYSTEM AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE IT AND EXPAND IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE COSTS.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ESTIMATING IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO UPGRADE LONG BEACH'S STORM WATER SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT EVERY YEAR.
AND SO THE MASTER PLAN WILL ALSO INCORPORATE CLIMATE, CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND LOOKING TO SEE IF IT'S FEASIBLE FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT AND ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS.
SO SPACE CONSTRAINTS, IF THERE'S UTILITY COMPLEX AND THAT'S SORT THAT SORT OF THING.
THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN WAS COMPLETED IN 2005, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE IT EVERY 20 YEARS.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE DUE FOR AN UPDATE.
WE ARE GONNA BE SENDING OUT AN RFP, UM, WE'RE AIMING FOR SPRING OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN HOPEFULLY START, UH, GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD BY SEPTEMBER.
SO THAT'S JUST A ROUGH TIMELINE.
I KNOW I TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UH, STORM WATER, YOU KNOW, FLOODING, UM, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT WE ALSO FOCUS ON STORM WATER QUALITY, WHICH IS IMPROVING THE STORM WATER FROM LIKE BACTERIA, TRASH, UH, METALS AND THOSE TYPE OF POLLUTANTS.
AND SO IN DESIGN PHASE WE HAVE A SKY LINKS REGIONAL STORMWATER CAPTURE PROJECT, AND THAT IS DESIGNED TO TAKE WATER FROM THE LOS CERRITOS CHANNEL AND INFILTRATE IT.
UM, AND BY INFILTRATING IT, WE'RE REDUCING BACTERIA POLLUTANTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
UM, IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL URBAN STORMWATER TREATMENT, UH, SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S ALONG THE LA RIVER THAT'S ALSO DESIGNED TO TREAT WATER AND THEN RELEASE IT BACK, OR EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE USED FOR IRRIGATION.
AND IN THE PLANNING PHASE WE HAVE THE STORM WATER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN.
SO THE MASTER PLAN JUST LOOKS AT WHAT IS FEASIBLE TO IMPLEMENT AROUND THE CITY IN TERMS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD IMPROVE STORM WATER QUALITY.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD IMPLEMENT PERMEABLE ALLEYS AND STORMWATER CAPTURE BASINS AND GREEN STREAM IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF A GREEN ALLEY.
SO BEFORE THIS ALLEY WAS JUST DIRT, UM, WHEN IT RAINED, IT DID CREATE SOME EROSION ISSUES.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE LAYERED IT WITH GRAVEL AND THEN UNDERNEATH IT, IT HAS AN UNDER DRAIN SYSTEM.
SO WHEN IT DOES RAIN, THE WATER PERCOLATES THROUGH THE GRAVEL AND INTO THE GROUND, AND THEN ANY OVERFLOW GOES INTO AN UNDER DRAIN SYSTEM.
AND SO THIS PREVENTS, UH, WATER FROM PONDING.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOME EROSION ISSUES, UM, ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF PEOPLE'S HOMES.
SO, UH, THIS PROJECT COULD SOLVE A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES.
SO FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE, IT BRINGS MORE INTENSE STORMS AND THAT'S MEANS MORE RAINFALL, THE INTENSITY OF THAT RAINFALL.
AND I THINK WE SAW THAT LAST MONDAY WHEN WE HAD THAT STORM, UH, OVER PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND.
AND THE INTENSITY OF THAT, OF THAT STORM WAS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM CAN HANDLE.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE SEA LEVEL RISE LANGUAGE INTO OUR CITYWIDE PLANS POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.
AND BY DOING SO, WE'LL BE UPDATING THE STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN, UM, TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE CLIMATE CHANGE, UM, ISSUES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION?
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YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION.UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA REUSE THE WATER THAT YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, CLEANING IT AND POSSIBLY USING IT AS IRRIGATION.
HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? AND, UM, AT WHAT LEVEL? AT, AT LB MUSS, THERE IS A TREATMENT SYSTEM AND IT USES DIFFERENT CHEMICALS TO TREAT THE WATER.
UM, BUT MOST OF OUR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WE INFILTRATE IT INTO THE GROUND AND THEN THE STORM WATER IS CLEAN THAT WAY THROUGH THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF GRAVEL AND SOIL.
SO WE TRY, UM, WE PRIORITIZE CAPTURING AND INFILTRATION, UM, AND IT PREVENTS THE WATER FROM GOING DOWNSTREAM INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN IF WE CATCH IT BEFORE IT HITS THAT POINT.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, WHEN THE WATER GOES INTO A CATCHMENT BASEMENT YES.
THAT, THAT'S NOT HEADED DIRECTLY FOR THE OCEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE DIVERTED IN TREATED IN SOME WAY.
SO ALMOST 99%, ALMOST 99.9% OF ALL THE CATCH BASINS YOU SEE ON THE STREET DOES GO TO THE OCEAN.
THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DIVERT IT, WE IMPLEMENT LARGE DIVERSION SYSTEMS IN THE CHANNELS.
AND SO ONCE THAT CATCH BASIN, UM, OKAY, SO IF IT, WHEN IT RAINS, IT'LL GO INTO THE CATCH BASIN.
THE CATCH BASIN WILL GO INTO A PIPE THAT PIPE OUTLETS INTO A CHANNEL.
WE'RE PUTTING A DIVERSION SYSTEM IN THE CHANNEL TO CATCH THAT WATER BEFORE THAT CHANNEL GOES OUT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
AND BY DOING THAT, WE CAN CATCH OR DIVERT A VERY LARGE QUANTITY OF WATER COMPARED TO IF WE'RE JUST DIVERTING IT FROM THE SINGLE CATCH BASIN.
SO NOW WE'RE DIVERTING IT FROM MAYBE HUNDREDS OF CATCH BASINS.
AND HOW ARE WE USING THE, THAT WATER? I MEAN OKAY, IRRIGATION.
WHAT ELSE? AND HOW MUCH? SO A LOT OF THAT WATER, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT CAN'T BE TURNED INTO DRINKING WATER OR POTABLE WATER.
WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT TREATMENT.
SO IT, IT'S RECYCLED WATER AND IT CAN JUST BE USED FOR MAYBE IRRIGATION.
UM, SO THAT FOR THE LB MUSS TREATMENT PLANT, UM, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT, IS TO HOPEFULLY REUSE THAT WATER FOR IRRIGATION OF THE PARK ONE DAY.
UM, THE SKY LINKS PROJECT, WHICH I MENTIONED THAT WILL JUST BE INFILTRATION INTO THE GROUND, WE DO NOT HAVE PLANS TO REUSE THAT WATER.
IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO PUT IN A TREATMENT SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUY THE CHEMICALS, REPLACE THE PARTS, AND FILTRATION IS CHEAPER.
AND, SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE MASTER PLAN WILL INCLUDE SOME ELEMENTS OF, UM, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, GREEN IMPROVEMENTS, UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, TAKING UP ASPHALT IN SOME AREAS SO THAT THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR WATER TO INFILTRATE ON ITS OWN BEFORE MAKING ITS WAY INTO, UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN IS ONLY FOR THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT ONLY FOCUSES ME ON FLOODING.
WE HAVE SEPARATE PLANS THAT FOCUS ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND POTENTIAL STORMWATER, UM, QUALITY PROJECTS THAT WE, THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, WITH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE OUR PLAN IS, IS THE FOCUS ON KIND OF EXPANDING, UM, LIKE EXISTING, LIKE, UH, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, EXISTING CATCH BASINS OR TECHNOLOGY, OR IS IT FOCUSED ON MAYBE IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES? UM, SO IS THIS IN RELATION TO STORM WATER QUALITY OR IS IT MORE FLOODING, MORE THE FLOODING? I GUESS I'M JUST THINKING BACK TO, TO MONDAY, LIKE HOW WOULD, ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS? ARE THEY MAYBE ALLOWING FOR BETTER? LIKE HOW DO LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THESE FLOODS THAT ARE HAPPENING MORE.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO ON THE MOBILE PUMP DEPLOYMENT, WHICH I SHOWED A PICTURE OF THAT WAS ON SEVENTH STREET OR CEDAR AVENUE AND CHESTNUT AVENUE, THAT DOES NOT HAVE CATCH BASINS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE STORM DRAIN.
SO WE ARE DESIGNING A STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, A BRAND NEW STORM DRAIN SYSTEM IN THERE.
WE'RE GONNA PUT IN CATCH BASINS PIPES AND IT'S GONNA GONNA CONNECT TO A LARGER PIPE THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING TO DRAIN THAT INTERSECTION.
IT'S A BRAND NEW SYSTEM THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN TO MITIGATE THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENS THERE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
NOW, I'LL TAKE THE PENINSULA, FOR EXAMPLE.
THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THERE WAS BUILT ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
UM, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE PENINSULA LOOKED A
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LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT DID TODAY.RIGHT? OVER YEARS, YOU'RE SPLITTING PARCELS, YOU'RE PUTTING MORE HOMES, YOU'RE PAVING MORE.
THE STORM DRAIN PIPES A HUNDRED YEARS AGO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SIZED FOR THE RUNOFF THAT YOU SEE TODAY.
RIGHT? AS TIME, AS TIME GOES ON, WE'RE PAVING MORE STREETS, WE'RE ADDING MORE BUILDINGS.
IT'S REALLY THE OPPOSITE, RIGHT? SO AS RUNOFF INCREASES OVER THE YEARS, THE STORM DRAIN PIPES AREN'T GETTING ANY BIGGER.
THEY'RE STAYING THE SAME, BUT RUNOFF INCREASES THE IMPERIOUSNESS OF THE ASPHALT, INCREASES CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH BRINGS IN MORE INTENSE STORMS. THAT'S INCREASING.
YOU HAVE TO ANSWER MY QUESTION.
AND JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE, COMMISSIONER MARSH HAS HIS HANDS RAISED IN THE ZOOM.
COMMISSIONER MARSH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UH, GOOD OVERVIEW BY BOTH PARTIES.
FIRST, UH, COMMENT, REALLY NOT A QUESTION.
OUR, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CURRENTLY AS WRITTEN PROJECTS, UH, ABOUT THREE FEET TO SIX FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE BY 2100, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF ESTIMATES THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE A LOT OF ADAPTATION, BUT IT PALES COMPARED TO THE MULTI-SENSORY LONG TERM, UH, WITH THE WARMING CLIMATE.
ALL OF THE ICE IN THE GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS, UH, THAT'S ABOVE THE OCEAN RIGHT NOW ON LAND IS GOING TO MELT EVENTUALLY.
AND THAT WILL RAISE SEA LEVEL GLOBALLY BY APPROXIMATELY 210 FEET, ACCORDING TO NOAH.
IT MEANS REALLY ONLY A DOZEN LONG BEACH BUILDINGS WILL PEAK ABOVE THE SEA.
SIGNAL HILL WILL BECOME THE NEW CATALINA, AND THE BEACH WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE SA SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S VITAL THAT WE DO START, UH, PLANNING FOR THIS.
AND SO A STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE, UH, FLOODING PROVISIONS TO INCORPORATE SEA LEVEL RISE LANGUAGE INTO ALL OF OUR CITYWIDE PLANS POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING THE COMMENT, UH, THAT THE, UH, THE PORT THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS, UH, ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE ADAPTATION REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS, IT'S SOMETHING THEY MAY CONSIDER.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BECOME INCREASINGLY VITAL BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE COVENANTS AND, UH, LEASE RENEWAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE REALLY CRITICAL, UH, SHORT WINDOWS FOR MAKING CHANGE WITHIN REAL PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT.
SO, UH, JUST COMMENT FOR THE RECORD ABOUT THE, THE LONG-TERM SEVERITY OF, UH, THIS PARTICULAR RISK OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS CURRENTLY? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ATTENDEES IN THE ZOOM.
UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER BENNETT? YES, YES, THANK YOU.
UM, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.
[4. 26-54366 Recommendation to review the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission 2025 Annual Report, provide input to staff, and direct staff to forward to City Council. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF AND DIRECT STAFF TO FORWARD IT TO CITY COUNCIL.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? I MOTION I SECOND.
UM, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SERGE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH.
OKAY, UH, MAY WE HAVE THE REPORT? YES.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR GAINES AND COMMISSIONERS.
SO THE COMMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND IT HAS VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT IS INCLUDED HERE TODAY.
THE CONTENTS ARE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION, AN OVERVIEW, WHO ARE THE COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, WHEN WERE THE MEETINGS AND WHO ATTENDED, AND THEN WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN, HOW MUCH WAS SPENT, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE COMMISSION AND THEN, UH, THE STAFF WHO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMISSION IS TO MAKE POLICY ADVISORY POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO
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THE CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT, A SUSTAINABLE CITY PLAN EFFORTS OR PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND OTHER RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, INPUT.AND SO THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMISSION, IT WAS FORMED IN 2008 AND, UM, EXPANDED IN 2023 WHEN THE CLIMATE ACTION PANEL WAS ADOPTED IN OUR OFFICE, GREW TO INCLUDE CLIMATE ACTION STAFF AND THE COMMISSION WAS THEN RENAMED.
SO WE ARE NOW THE, UH, SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE, UH, WE ARE NOW IMPLEMENTING OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND IN 2025, WE HAD SEVEN MEETINGS THAT WERE SCHEDULED.
IN REVIEW, WE PRESENTED THE WORK PLAN AND DID COMMISSION TRAINING.
FEBRUARY WAS, UH, THE SEA LEVEL HORIZON FLOODING TOPIC.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY.
THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM, AND WE MOVED THE ACTION ITEMS TO THE APRIL MEETING.
AND, UH, THIS TABLE HERE SHOWS THE REST OF THE TOPICS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS THAT WERE DONE LAST YEAR.
SO WE HAD THE WORK PLAN REVIEW IN APRIL AND ANNUAL REPORT IN APRIL, AND WE DID THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS IN AUGUST.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAD IN 2025.
AND SO, UH, THERE WERE SOME TRANSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, AN A IS ABSENT, P IS PRESENT, AND THEN THE GREEN IS THE VICE CHAIR, THE ORANGE IS CHAIR.
AND THEN IF IT'S A A WHITE SQUARE WITH A GRAY OUTLINE, THAT MEANS THAT THE COMMISSIONER WASN'T SERVING AT THAT TIME.
AND SO HERE, YOU KNOW, THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, WE HAVE THE JANUARY MEETING AS THE RETREAT, AND THEN THE EVEN YEARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE AROUND OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TOPICS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE REQUIRED INFORMATION TO INCLUDE IN THE REPORT, SO IT SHOWS, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS, THEIR DISTRICT OR IF IT'S AT LARGE AND WHICH MEETINGS EVERYONE ATTENDED.
AND THIS NEXT SECTION TALKS ABOUT ALL THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN, UH, BY THE COMMISSION AT EACH MEETING.
AND SO, YEAH, WE GO THROUGH IT AND STATE THE MOTIONS THAT WERE MADE AND WHAT THE VOTE WAS.
UM, THE MINUTES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT AREN'T INCLUDED, JUST THE MA THE MAJOR PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED AND ACTIONS TAKEN AT THESE MEETINGS.
SO JANUARY AGAIN WAS THE RETREAT.
AND THEN APRIL, WE HAD OUR EARTH MONTH PRESENTATION, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORK PLAN AND THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THAT MEETING.
IN JUNE, WE HAD OUR PRESENTATION ON, UH, THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND WE HAD OUR, UM, SOME OF OUR TRADITIONAL OR OUR, UH, REGULAR CAP ACTION ITEMS ALSO.
AND THAT IS WHEN WE BROUGHT UP OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE FORMATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, IN AUGUST, THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT LOS ANGELES RIVER WATER QUALITY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, DROUGHT IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, OR SORRY, EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN HERE ARE THE ACTIONS FROM OCTOBER, WE, WE HAD OUR PRESENTATION ON BUILDING AND ENERGY AND WASTE, AND WE HAD OUR PURE WIND PRESENTATION FROM THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT STAFF.
AND THE, AGAIN, THE ACTIONS TAKEN, ORDER, RECEIVE AND FILE THESE PRESENTATIONS WITH UNANIMOUS VOTES FOR, FOR ALL OF THESE.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE HAD OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PRESENTATION, AND WE HAD OUR CLIMATE LB YOUTH MICRO-GRANT PROGRAM PRESENTATION ALSO.
AND THEN WE ADDED A NEW SECTION TO THE PLAN THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE AD HOC COMMITTEES FORMED.
SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHICH AD HOC COMMITTEES WERE CREATED.
AND I WILL FIX THIS TYPO BEFORE WE FORWARDED ON AD HOD COMMITTEES AND, UH, WHICH ONES WERE DISSOLVED, WHICH HAVE WERE NONE LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE HAVE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RECYCLING THAT WAS FORMED ON JUNE 26TH.
UH, OUR EXPENSES ARE FOR ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO TAKE THE PAYMENT FOR THE COMMISSION MEETINGS, AND THEN THE REFRESHMENTS THAT WE PROVIDED, THE RETREAT.
AND THEN THE COMMISSION IS SUPPORTED BY, UH, A CORE TEAM OF STAFF FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PEOPLE YOU SEE HERE, AND, UH, OTHERS WHO DON'T ALWAYS ATTEND THE MEETING.
UM, AND THEN JUST AN, A NOTE THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT UP
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BEFORE IS THAT, UM, WITH THIS COMMISSION, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, THIS COMMISSION ALONE, BUT WITH THIS COMMISSION IT'S OFTEN DIFFICULT TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN ALL 11 MEMBERS APPOINTED.AND, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL 11 MEMBERS, WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO HAVE SIX PEOPLE TO HAVE QUORUM.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO CANCEL MEETINGS, UM, EVERY, AT LEAST ONE EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN QUORUM.
SO JUST RECOMMENDATION TO KIND OF NOTE THAT.
AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT WE'D WANNA MAKE TO THE, THE COMMISSION STRUCTURE TO HELP IMPROVE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE, UM, THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
AND THEN WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK ALL OF THE CORE COMMISSION STAFF THAT HAVE HELPED US.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING THE AGENDAS READY AND PRESENTING AND MAKING PRESENTATIONS AND, UM, PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION AND THE FOLLOW UP ACTION ITEMS. SO, UH, AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO OUR STAFF, WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE, THE STAFF THAT COME FROM OTHER COMMISSION OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HELP PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION AND HELP SUPPORT OUR WORK THAT WE DO IN OUR OFFICE.
AND THAT IS THE END OF THE REPORT AND CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT? SO I BELIEVE LAST TIME WE FOUND OUT WE'RE GONNA BE MISSING A COMMISSIONER.
DO WE HAVE PLANS TO REPLACE HER? YES.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS, UH, DID RESIGN.
AND, UH, AS PART OF HER RESIGNATION, SHE DID NOTIFY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TAKE THE LEAD IN APPOINTING NEW COMMISSIONERS.
AND SO WE WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE THAT WILL HAPPEN.
AND WHAT DISTRICT WAS SHE COUNCIL? DISTRICT FIVE? YES.
SEEING NO OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? UM, LINE ABOUT THE PODIUM.
ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS? CURRENTLY? THERE ARE NO VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION IN ZOOM.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION
[5. 26-54367 Recommendation to review the 2026 Office of Climate Action and Sustainability Work Plan, provide input to staff, and forward to City Council for approval. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO REVIEW THE 2026 OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION SUSTAINABILITY WORK PLAN, PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF AND FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.MAY I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? I'LL MOTION.
UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UM, BROWN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BENNETT.
UM, AND I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO THE STAFF NOW.
SO THIS IS OUR DRAFT 2026 WORKS PLAN.
THIS DOCUMENT SHOWS WHAT THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY WORKS ON THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, WITH SUPPORT AND INPUT FOR THE COMMISSION.
SO THESE ARE THE, THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE PLAN THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH.
SO THIS, UH, THE INTRODUCTION JUST TALKS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS AN OFFICE AND, AND WHEN WE WERE FORMED, AND WHAT THE WORK THAT WE DO ON, UH, IMPLEMENTING OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS. UH, CITY LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING, THAT'S A, A TOPIC IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UH, WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON AS AN OFFICE THIS YEAR WOULD BE TO, UH, PROVIDE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE TO THE, THE CAP.
AND THIS IS NOT AN UPDATE TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
THIS WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE THAT WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THE COSTS AND THE IMPACTS OF SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN ORDER FOR US TO PRIORITIZE THEM TO MEET OUR CLIMATE ACTION GOALS, UH, MORE QUICKLY AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.
SO, UH, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND COST AND WHAT, UH, FUNDING AND WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE, WE CAN COLLABORATE AND HAVE A, A GOOD COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ACROSS THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN WORKING BOTH WITH OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS ACROSS THE CITY IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WITH THE COMMISSION TO COME
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UP WITH BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLIMATE PROJECTS, AGAIN, TO HELP US IMPLEMENT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND, UM, ENSURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MEETING OUR GOALS IN ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALSO REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS.AND SO THIS IS OUR PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR.
SO THIS HAS, AGAIN, WE DID OUR RETREAT IN JANUARY WITH A YEAR IN REVIEW, UH, WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEN GOING THROUGH OUR WORK PLAN PRESENTATION AND THE REQUIRED COMMISSION, OUR TRAININGS.
AND THEN EACH MONTH, UH, THE EVEN MONTHS GOING FORWARD WOULD HAVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TOPICS THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS, PROVIDE UPDATES ON, UM, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ON AND, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT.
AND THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE AND ADVISORY ACTIONS THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
SO FEBRUARY SEAL, VERIZON, FLOODING, AND THEN THE WORK PLAN REVIEW COMMISSION AND A REPORT.
AND THEN, UM, EVERY MONTH WE'LL HAVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS.
WE'LL DO EARTH MONTH CELEBRATION IN APRIL, AND THEN JUNE WOULD BE DROUGHT AND THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS.
AUGUST WOULD BE EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY OCTOBER, BUILDING ENERGY AND WASTE.
AND THEN DECEMBER WOULD BE TRANSPORTATION.
SO OUR OFFICE, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE COMMISSION TO DEVELOP ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE OR THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATE THOSE ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UH, A LOT OF THE, THE ITEMS HERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT OUR WORK PLAN MEETING, UH, IN JANUARY.
AND ALSO THINGS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO CREATING A GREEN PARKWAYS INITIATIVE THAT WAS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE FROM DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
OUR URBAN FOREST PLAN, UM, IDENTIFYING ENERGY SAVINGS AND INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR CITY FACILITIES.
LOOKING AT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES FOR THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AND PLANNING AND CONTRACTS AND INCREASING TRACKING AND USE OF CLIMATE RELATED DATA TO ENCOURAGE CLIMATE DATA AND DECISION MAKING.
SO THOSE ARE OUR ADVISORY ACTIONS THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE COMMISSION OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES.
SO SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE WOULD, UH, CONSIDER BRINGING FORWARD THIS YEAR WOULD BE INCORPORATING MORE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT MEASURES INTO PUBLIC PROJECTS.
SO WATER CAPTURE, PERMEABLE PAVEMENT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP EARLIER DURING OUR STORMWATER DISCUSSION.
AND THEN, UH, IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY FOR, UH, ALL, ALL ROADWAY USERS, INCLUDING SOME BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND SUPPORTING OUR VISION ZERO GOALS.
AND THEN INCREASING AWARENESS OF LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND ITS IMPACT ON COMMUNITY HEALTH.
AND THEN SUPPORTING THE COMMISSION AD HOC COMMITTEES TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMITTEES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND EFFICIENTLY PRODUCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO ALL OF THE TOPICS LISTED HERE WERE FROM THE COMMISSION RETREAT.
AND, UM, WE WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GOING FORWARD, THAT THE TOPICS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMISSION'S SCOPE AND THAT STAFF HAVE TIME AND BANDWIDTH TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR WORK PLAN PRESENTATION, WHEN THE COMMISSION IS DOING A DISCUSSION, THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THE COMMISSION TO THINK THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT YOU WANT TO FORM IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, UH, KNOWING THAT THERE'S ONE ALREADY, UH, EXISTING NOW, BECAUSE AS WE, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UM, THE TIMING OF THE, OF THE COMMITTEES ARE IMPORTANT, RIGHT? YOU, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY DO ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS IN ONE YEAR, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT ONLY HAVE TIME FOR A FEW OF THEM.
AND SO THE COMMISSION SHOULD REALLY THINK THROUGH WHICH ONES ARE A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR YOU AND WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THEM.
UH, WE'VE PRESENTED IN THE PAST, UM, KIND OF A CALENDAR OF HOW THE AD HOC COMMITTEES WORK.
AND SO IF YOU FORM A COMMITTEE IN, UH, AN EVEN MONTH WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING, THE ODD MONTH, THE COMMITTEES WOULD MEET, AND THEN YOU'D COME BACK THE FOLLOWING MONTH AND PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT MAY BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEN THE COMMISSION CAN TAKE THAT FORWARD AND, AND VOTE ON IT THAT NIGHT.
OR IT MAY BE SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S DISCUSSION AND IT GOES BACK TO THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE, OR THERE'S FEEDBACK THEY'RE PROVIDED.
AND SO IT COULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND, AND THAT IS DISSOLVED.
AND SO, UM, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE, UH, GREAT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE COMMISSION TO THINK THROUGH WHICH ONES ARE YOUR PRIORITIES.
AND, UM, TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO REVIEW THIS ENTIRE WORK PLAN AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE FORWARD IT TO THE COUNCIL.
SO THIS WOULD BE A SECTION WHERE I ANTICIPATE YOU WOULD HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE ADDING OR REMOVING OR PRIORITIZING THINGS ON THIS LIST DURING YOUR DISCUSSION LATER TODAY.
UM, SO THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RECYCLING IS THE CURRENT
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AD HOC COMMITTEE.PARKWAYS AND MEDIAS IS SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER SERGI BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY.
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AMBASSADORS, PUBLIC ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER, IMPROVING BUS SHADE STRUCTURES, ORGANIC WASTE, LA RIVER LITTER ACCUMULATION AND PHASE OUT OF GAS APPLIANCES AND EXISTING BUILDINGS.
AND SO ALSO WITHIN, IN ALIGNED WITH OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON AND PRESENTING TO THE COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS FOR US TO MONITOR OUR EMISSIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET OUR 20, 30 AND 2045 GOALS.
AND SO EVERY OTHER YEAR WE DO, UM, A COMMUNITY WIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY, AND THEN THE IN BETWEEN YEARS WE DO A MUNICIPAL INVENTORY.
SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE PLAN ON PUBLISHING THE 2022 AND 2024 MUNICIPAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY.
AND THEN AS DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR 2025, WHERE WE, WE WILL BEGIN COLLECTION OF DATA FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY-WIDE INVENTORY, AND THEN WORK WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING DOES, UH, GET UPDATED ON OUR CLIMATE PORTAL.
AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FACILITATE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THEM ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND UPDATING OUR LISTS SO THAT WE HAVE A CURRENT DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AND THE PROGRESS, AND THEN PUBLISHING OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE WORK ON AS AN OFFICE IS, UH, GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT CLIMATE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S GRANT FUNDING FOR OUR OFFICE OR SUPPORTING OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR GRANTS FOR CLIMATE PROJECTS.
AND SO, UM, ONE THING IS APPLYING FOR THE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND, ROUND THREE.
THAT'S THE CLIMATE LB PROGRAM THAT WE'VE PRESENTED ON PREVIOUSLY, WHERE WE, UM, IF AWARDED, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MICROGRANTS TO YOUTH TO DO CLIMATE PROJECTS, AND THEN IDENTIFYING OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT CAP IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, ONE OF THE, UH, ONES AVAILABLE THIS YEAR WILL BE PROPPED FOUR GRANT PROGRAMS. AND SO LOOKING AT THOSE TO SEE WHICH ONES WOULD, WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR OUR CITY TO, TO DO.
AND THEN FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LOOKING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT ALIGN WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN STRATEGIES, EXPLORE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THESE CLIMATE RELATED PROJECTS, AND THEN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR THE REGION.
AND THEN FOR STAFF COMMUNICATIONS AND TRAINING, ENSURING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO, UH, COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT'S IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THEIR ROLE IN SUPPORTING THAT WORK.
AND THEN HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THEM FOR EVENTS AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TOGETHER, SO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY WORK, UM, AS A CITY.
AND THEN THIS NEXT SECTION IS ALL OF THE CLIMATE ACTION, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ACTION ITEMS THAT THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE EITHER A LEADER OR PARTNER ON.
SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THESE THINGS.
UM, ALL OF THEM ARE LISTED HERE, AND WE MAY BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THEM OR STARTING SOME OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE THE BUILDING AND ENERGY SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, UM, EXTREME HEAT, AIR QUALITY, DROUGHT, AND SEA LEVEL RISE FLOODING, CLIMATE STRESSORS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, CHAIR GAINES AND COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS THE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES SECTION OF THE WORK PLAN.
THIS CAPTURES BOTH, UH, LONGSTANDING, UH, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN DELIVERING, UH, FOR YEARS THAT WE WANT TO SUSTAIN AND CONTINUE BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED PUBLIC SERVICE ALSO, UH, THINGS THAT, IDEAS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED, UM, THAT HAVEN'T NECESSARILY BEEN LAUNCHED, BUT WE'VE CONTINUED THEM IN THE WORK PLAN SO THAT AS STAFF CAPACITY BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE CAN TAKE THEM ON.
AND, UH, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE NEW THING IN HERE, UH, THAT'S, UH, AS A RESULT OF, UM, COUNCIL REFERRAL.
SO LEADING OFF IS THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAP INTO FUNDING FROM THE STATE'S, UH, AB 32 CAP AND TRADE FUNDING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WILL BENEFIT, UM, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, THE LANGUAGE HERE IS GENERAL, BUT IT'S THE ONE WHERE WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED WORKING ON A, UH, COOL ROOF, UH, PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THAT THIS YEAR AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT GOING.
UH, NEXT IS THE LEAD FOR CITIES, UM, PROGRAM THAT STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO, OR IS LAUNCHED BY THE ORGANIZATION THAT THAT DOES LEAD.
LEAD IS NORMALLY ABOUT BUILDINGS.
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WAS A NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPED THAT HELPS CITIES, UH, FIND OUT THEIR STANDING, UH, COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AGAINST A CHECKLIST.AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A FEW YEARS, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY QUITE CLOSE TO SUBMITTING, I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, WE WILL, UH, HAVE FINALLY COLLECTED ENOUGH, UH, DATA TO SUBMIT AND, UM, UH, GET THAT RATING FOR OURSELVES.
SO I BELIEVE WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, WE WILL BRING IT TO BACK TO COMMISSION TO, UH, GO OVER THOSE DETAILS BECAUSE IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORM POLICY BASED ON THE, THE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T ACHIEVING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO CONSIDER, UM, SETTING NEW POLICIES SO THAT WE CAN, UM, INCREASE OUR RANKING OVER TIME.
OOPS, PUSHING THE RIGHT BUTTONS.
AND OF COURSE, OUR MULCH DELIVERY AND PICKUP PROGRAMS ALONG STANDING PROGRAM THAT, UM, IS LIMITED IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY DOING NINE MULCH DELIVERIES A WEEK, WHICH ISN'T A LOT, BUT IT'S AS MUCH AS WE CAN HANDLE BETWEEN OUR IN-HOUSE STAFF AND OUR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S PART OF THIS IS MAINTAINING THE MULCH PICKUP YARD, WHERE ANYBODY CAN GO AT ANY TIME, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO PICK UP THEIR MULCH, UM, UH, AT WILLOW SPRINGS.
BUT WE ARE, UH, STILL WORKING ON GETTING A DEDICATED, UH, YARD THAT WILL GET THE MULCH PICKUP OUT OF OUR, UM, PARKING LOT FOR WILLOW SPRINGS AND, AND PUT IT IN A MORE SECURE LOCATION AND ACTIVATE A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE WILLOW SPRINGS PROPERTY.
AND THEN OUR TREE PLANTING PROGRAM, WHICH YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR A WHILE.
LAST YEAR WE PLANTED 1200 TREES.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE NEED TO SPEND DOWN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THAT PACE.
MAYBE NOT AT 1200, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN 900 AND A THOUSAND.
UM, BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, MANY OF THE TREES THAT WE PLANT, WE THEN HAVE TO FOLLOW ON WITH A WATERING ROUTINE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, UH, AN EXTRA DRAGON ON OUR, ON OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND THIS.
HOWEVER, AS PART OF ALL OF THIS, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR MORE GRANTS, UM, UH, TO HELP PERHAPS ADD STAFF AND CAPACITY, BOTH TO PLANT TREES AND WATER THEM.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO WORK WITH CONSERVATION CORPS ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
THE URBAN AGRICULTURE, UH, INITIATIVES, UH, IS PRIMARILY ABOUT THE URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONE, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE, UH, 2018, BUT HAS ONLY RESULTED IN THREE VACANT LOTS BEING CONVERTED TO, UM, SEMI-PERMANENT URBAN AG USES WERE, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF VACANT LOTS, BUT, UM, HARDLY, UH, ANY VACANT LOT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR LOT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER EFFORT THIS YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT BUREAU TO TRY TO GET MORE PROPERTY OWNERS INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND IF WE GET THERE, IF WE HAVE MORE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, OFFERING THEIR PROPERTIES, WE'LL LOOK AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A MICRO-GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST PROSPECTIVE FARMERS AND GARDENERS FOR THEIR SETUP COSTS.
UH, AND, AND GETTING ONTO A VACANT LOT AND MAKING IT FUNCTIONAL.
OUR WATERSHED AND URBAN FORESTRY INITIATIVES.
UM, THIS KIND OF TOUCHES ON SOME OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, STUFF THAT, THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE STORMWATER PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, THE COMPLETION OF OUR URBAN FOREST PLAN AND THE BIG, THE BEGINNING OF, UH, IMPLEMENTA OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN POLICIES.
UM, WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORK STORMWATER GROUP TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT, UH, STORMWATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE WATERSHEDS ALONG THE LA RIVER IN PARTICULAR THAT INCLUDE, UH, PLANTING OF STREET TREES, BUT OTHER LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
AND ANOTHER IDEA WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE THAT THIS IS, WE THINK A GOOD YEAR TO GET IT GOING IS LAUNCHING A DIRECT INSTALL RAIN GARDEN PILOT PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF RAIN GARDENS AT PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PRIVATE FRONT YARDS.
OUR LONGSTANDING GREEN WORK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS INCLUDE, UH, HOSTING CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOWS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
WE HAVE, UH, THREE OF THEM PLACED WITH OUR OFFICE CURRENTLY WHO ARE USUALLY HERE, BUT THEY'RE AT A RETREAT THIS WEEK AT THE QUEEN MARY.
UM, BUT OTHER NEW PROGRAMS HAVE EMERGED, INCLUDING ONE THROUGH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, THE, UH, VIKING CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS.
UM, IN THE FALL WE HOSTED SIX, AND NEXT WEEK WE'RE, UH, STARTING ANOTHER SIX.
AND THESE WORK EXCLUSIVELY AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK.
MANY OF THEM, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK, THEY'RE GONNA BE HOR OR STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE HORTICULTURE PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, PLANTING AND,
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WELL VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WE CALL IT.THAT'S OUR FANCY TERM FOR WEEDING, MULCHING, PLANTING, AND WATERING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MAINTAINING STAFFING LEVELS IN OUR URBAN BREEDING FIELD CREW.
THIS IS, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT SUPPORT OUR, UH, URBAN GREENING SPECIALISTS THAT, THAT DRIVE OUR TRUCKS OUT, PLANTING TREES AND DELIVERING MULCH.
UM, THESE ARE THE CREWS THAT ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF THE LABOR.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO FUND A CREW RIGHT NOW OF APPROXIMATELY, UM, 14 OR 15 CREW MEMBERS, UH, USING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO LOOK FOR OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUSTAIN THAT WITH OUTSIDE MONEY.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE, THE NEW ITEM ON THIS LIST THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE GREEN PARKWAYS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, GOT DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS TO LOOK AT, UH, WELL CLARIFYING STANDARDS, REGULATING PARKWAYS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS AND THE USE OF HAZARDOUS AND PERMEABLE MATERIALS, UH, NAMELY ARTIFICIAL TURF.
UM, AND AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS, WE'LL BE REPORTING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE MIGHT DEVELOP.
AND THEN OUR, UM, SUSTAINABILITY DEMONSTRATION SITE AND EFFORTS AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, UH, WHERE WE PROVIDE, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS, UH, THROUGH EVENTS LIKE THE MLK, UH, DAY OF SERVICE, THE MONARCH DAY OF ACTION, AND THE MONTHLY RESTORATION FRIDAYS WHERE, UM, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE YOUTH FAMILIES AND OLDER ADULTS TO COME OUT AND DO SOME HANDS-ON, UH, SUPPORT, UH, AT, AT THE SITE.
UM, GENERALLY WE'RE, WE ALSO OFFER, UM, PARK SUPPORT AND ARE DEVELOP, CONTINUING TO DEVELOP A NATIVE PLANT NURSERY, UM, AT THE PARK.
SO THIS IS, UH, HELPING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REDUCE THEIR, UM, MAINTENANCE COMMITMENTS THERE BY, UH, USING OUR FIELD CREW TO DO A LOT OF THE RESTORATION SUPPORT WORK WHILE WE STILL PARTNER WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES, THINGS LIKE REPAIRING FENCING AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, THE NATIVE PLANT NURSERY IS, IS TAKING A TURN WHERE WE'RE, UM, WORKING WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH TO OPEN UP A PORTION OF THE YARD THAT THEY HAVE, UH, AT WILLOW SPRINGS TO EXPAND A NURSERY OPERATION THERE.
AND THEN, WELL, ADDITIONAL THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY HEAR ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED YEARS AGO AND HAVE, UH, CONTINUED OUR, OUR SPRINGTIME EVENTS INCLUDE THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, WHICH IS A, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON CITIZEN SCIENCE BY RECORDING, UM, SPECIES OBSERVATIONS THROUGH THE INATURALIST APP IN A, UH, AT A FESTIVE EVENT AT THE END OF APRIL.
AND THEN NEXT MONTH, THE MONARCH DAY OF ACTION, WHICH IS ABOUT, UM, UH, ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO COME AND ASSIST US IN PLANTING POLLINATOR PLANTS, IN PARTICULAR MILKWEED, UH, TO SUPPORT THE NATIVE HABITAT AND THE NATIVE POLLINATORS, UH, THAT ARE ATTRACTED THERE.
AND OF COURSE, RESTORATION FRIDAYS THE, THE MONTHLY, UH, DROP-IN EVENT, UM, TO, FOR ONGOING, UH, RESTORATION SUPPORT WORK.
ALSO THE MONTHLY WILLOW WALKS, UM, THAT ARE USUALLY CONDUCTED BY OUR CALIFORNIA CLI CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOWS AND JUST ARE ANOTHER WAY TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT WITH, WITH, UM, RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.
OUR, AND I THINK THIS IS OUR, OUR LAST SECTION HERE.
UM, JUST ANOTHER WAY TO CAPTURE OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, UM, THROUGH BOTH THE, UM, EVENTS ALREADY MENTIONED AT WILLOW SPRINGS, BUT ALSO, UH, WORKSHOPS THAT WHERE WE PARTNER WITH, UM, THE, OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL AND HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS AT, AT LIBRARIES.
UM, BUT THEN THIS ALSO CAPTURES, UM, OUR EARTH MONTH ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND, AND THEN THE BIG EVENT, UH, THAT WE HOLD LATER IN THE YEAR, WHICH IS A INTERDEPARTMENTAL, UH, EFFORT, UM, TO CONDUCT THE RANCHOS WALK, WHICH IS AN URBAN HIKE, UH, NINE MILES ACROSS LONG BEACH FROM ONE RANCHO TO THE OTHER OVER THE TOP OF SIGNAL HILL AND THREE WILLOW SPRINGS, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY TO GET PEOPLE ACTIVE AND, UM, EXPLORING NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING THE RANCHES THEMSELVES.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO UPDATE OUR WEBSITE AND PRODUCE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CREATE A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE, UH, PEOPLE CAN ENGAGE WITH US AND HOPEFULLY ATTRACT THEM TO OUR IN-PERSON, UM, AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES.
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I THINK THAT'S THE END OF OUR DRAFT WORK PLAN.SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND HAPPY TO CARRY YOUR COMMENTS AND INPUT.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE NATIVE PLANT NURSERY, WELL, ACTUALLY NATIVE PLANTS, UM, ARE WE PLANTING MORE NATIVE PLANTS IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES, PARTICULARLY PARKS, UM, BESIDES WILLOW SPRINGS, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
UM, IN THE RECENT PAST, WE'VE PUT MOST OF OUR FOCUS ON WILLOW SPRINGS, SINCE ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TOTAL ACREAGE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY RESTORED.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF EXPANDING THAT EDGE, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MONARCH DAY OF ACTION DOES, IS WE, YOU KNOW, PUSH OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON THE, ON THE TRAILS TO GET MORE NATIVE PLANTS IN THERE.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH CONSERVATION CORPS ON A TRAIL EXTENSION THAT WILL INCLUDE, UH, ANOTHER 180 NATIVE PLANTS PLANTED IN A NEW SECTION OF THE PARK, UM, MORE ORIENTED TO THE, THE NORTHERN EDGE.
SO THAT'S, UH, REPRESENTS AN OPENING OF AN, OF A NEW AREA THERE.
I DRIVE AROUND THE CITY ALL THE TIME AND NOTICE PLACES
SO, BUT YOU KNOW, IT CREATES A NEW MAINTENANCE COMMITMENT POTENTIALLY.
UM, AND I DUNNO, IT, IT'S AN ASPIRATION OF OURS TO EXPAND OUR, UM, URBAN GREENING TEAM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON, YOU KNOW, THESE MULTIPLE INITIATIVES.
YOU KNOW, SO BEYOND JUST TREE PLANTING, ALSO THE INSTALLATION OF, OF, UH, NATIVE PLANT, UM, EXPANSIONS ALL AROUND THE CITY.
AND SO THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IN TERMS OF PARTNERING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, WHENEVER THEY'RE DOING IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR FACILITIES TO INTRODUCE NATIVE PLANTS.
AND THE, THE EXPANSION OF A NURSERY AT WILLOW SPRINGS MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER WITH THE, UM, THE LOSS OF A REGIONAL, UH, NATIVE PLANT SOURCE OF TREE OF LIFE.
UM, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING MORE LOCAL OPTIONS TO, TO PROVIDE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH LONG BEACH UTILITIES AND THEIR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, UH, IS AN OPPORTUNITY WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PARKWAYS INITIATIVE PERHAPS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE IDEA OR THE IDEA THAT YOU'VE FORWARDED COMMISSIONER ABOUT, UM, BETTER MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SPACES, UM, IF WE CAN GET SOME TRACTION ON THAT, THERE HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MORE NATIVE PLANT MATERIAL IN THOSE PLACES.
UM, I ALSO, THE, THE LOTS THAT THIS, THE PRIVATELY OWNED LOTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER, UH, MORE OF AND PARTICIPATE, UM, WITH FARMERS AND, UM, DO WE HAVE THE INTEREST FROM THE FARMERS AND, YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE, THAT PART OF IT, DO WE HAVE INTEREST? RIGHT.
THAT'S THE BIG DISCONNECT WITH THIS PROGRAM ALL ALONG, IS THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF INTEREST FROM PROSPECTIVE FARMERS AND GARDENERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO FARM OR GARDEN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE INTEREST FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR THE, THE PRIVATE VACANT LOT OWNERS THAT ARE WILLING TO OFFER UP THEIR VACANT LOT FOR THAT SORT OF ACTIVITY BECAUSE THOUGH THEY GET A PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION, WHICH SERVES AT A, AS AN INCENTIVE, THERE'S ALSO A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT THAT MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO BE A LITTLE SHY ABOUT.
UH, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A, A RECENT, UM, UH, THERE'S A LAW THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE, UM, PUBLIC, WELL, LIKE THE FIRES HAVE, UH, HAVE HAPPENED AND THERE ARE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BURNED DOWN AND THEY'RE AN EYESORE.
AND SO THERE'S THIS LEGISLATION THAT HAS HAPPENED TO PREVENT HOMEOWNERS FROM LEAVING EYESORE PROPERTY.
HAVE WE, UH, EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, CREATING A STICK ALONG WITH THE CARROT AS FAR AS PENALIZING PROPERTY OWNERS? I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IN PARTICULAR.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VACANT BUILDING PROPERTIES, RIGHT? IT, RIGHT.
THAT'S THE WELL OR LOTS THAT ARE EYESORE THAT ARE JUST FULL OF WEEDS.
UH, COMMISSIONER, SO MOST OF THE PROPERTIES FOR THE UAIZ PROGRAM THAT, THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT WOULD BE
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THOSE THAT HAVE, THAT ARE VACANT.SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY STRUCTURES TYPICALLY ON THEM.
UM, WHAT OUR CURRENT RULES DO ALLOW FOR, UH, FOR THOSE VACANT LOTS THAT HAVE THINGS LIKE WEED, WEEDS, GRAFFITI, ANY OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, UM, WOULDN'T BE HANDLED THROUGH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE DO HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS FOR THAT.
AND THERE ARE CITATIONS AND, UM, NOTICES THAT ARE GIVEN FOR CLEANUP AND A VARIETY OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO THE, THE STICK DOES EXIST IN OUR CURRENT CODE TODAY THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I'LL JUST ASK MY QUESTION GREATLY, QUICKLY.
ARE, ARE THE LOTS, ARE THEY RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, OR DOES IT, DOES IT MATTER? ARE THOSE BOTH OPEN? IF YOU ANSWER THAT, THE VACANT LOTS ACROSS THE CITY COULD BE IN ANY ZONE.
A COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL, UM, ALL OF THEM ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN UAIZ.
UM, HOWEVER, THE EASE OF PUTTING AN URBAN GARDENER FARM VARIES BY THE ZONE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY EASIER TO PUT THEM IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOTS THAN IT IS ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER BROWN, GO FOR IT.
I WAS GONNA ASK, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN PROP FOUR, UH, AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA MAKE POSSIBLE.
HAS IT TAKEN SHAPE YET? AND DO WE KNOW IF ANY PROP FOUR FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE OF NEW GREEN AND NATIVE SPACES, OR MOSTLY JUST THE CREATION? I SURE HOPE SO.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE DETAILS OF PROP FOUR TODAY, AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM CAL FIRE TO THE, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY AND THERE'S A WHOLE, UM, WHAT WAS IT, $47 MILLION THIS YEAR IN JUST URBAN GREENING FUNDS ALONE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, TO IT, IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THOSE GRANT OFFERINGS ARE COMING ONLINE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR.
AND THE URBAN GREENING ONE IN PARTICULAR, I THINK THE FIRST PROPOSALS ARE DUE IN JUNE.
SO WE DEFINITELY ARE GONNA BE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. THANKS.
UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW, AND, UM, DURING THIS DISCUSSION, THIS IS OUR TIME TO TALK ABOUT AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WE THINK MIGHT, WE MIGHT WANNA FORM IN A, DURING OUR, UM, DISCUSSION IN JANUARY AT OUR RETREAT.
WE HAD A FAIRLY LONG LIST
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR, UM, I THINK IT'S, CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SCREEN? YEAH.
MADAM, ARE WE ABLE, MADAM CHAIR, IS THAT COMMISSIONER MARSH? YES.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, MAY I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION ABOUT OH, THE WORK PLAN PRESENTATION? OH, YES, YES.
UM, I FEEL LIKE I REMEMBER THAT WE HAD ON OUR, UH, SUSTAINABILITY WEBSITE, UH, OUR CALENDAR INCLUDED NOT JUST CITY EARTH MONTH EVENTS, BUT OTHERS.
AND, UM, WHEN I GO LOOK A FEW DAYS AGO AND TODAY, I DON'T SEE ANY EVENTS ON OUR CALENDAR.
IS THAT, UH, AM I MISREMEMBERING OR IS THERE ANOTHER LIST SOMEWHERE? OR, UM, ARE WE JUST HUNTING AROUND TO SEE WHAT, WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE HOSTING EVENTS? WE DO COLLECT INFORMATION FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HOSTING EVENTS AND, AND PUBLICIZE THEM ON OUR PAGE.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ENOUGH ENOUGH YET AND PUT EVERYTHING UP PUBLICLY.
BUT WE WILL, IN ADDITION TO OUR EVENTS, MAKE SURE THAT ANY COMMUNITY EVENTS IN LONG BEACH, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, WILL, WILL PUBLICIZE THOSE ALSO.
I KNOW OF A COUPLE, UH, THAT I WILL FORWARD BY EMAIL.
I THINK WILL THERE BE TIME TO ANNOUNCE THOSE DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS LATER AS WELL? I THINK THOSE, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, PRIORITIES FOR THE, IS IT OKAY IF WE GO TO THE SLIDE THAT MENTIONS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT CAME UP IN JANUARY? YES.
CAN WE PUT THE WORK PLAN PRESENTATION BACK UP ON MM-HMM
NO, NO, THIS IS PART OF THE, YEAH.
IS THAT, YEAH, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THIS.
YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE, YEAH, WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT NOW.
IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHICH AD HOC COMMITTEES YOU WANNA WORK THROUGH IN 2026.
THIS IS LIKE YOU, YOU SAID, CHAIR, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT WHICH ONES YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, PRIORITIZE THEM, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET THROUGH ALL OF THESE IN ONE YEAR.
SO IF YOU WANT TO, UH, PAGE SEVEN.
IF YOU WANT TO, UM, DISCUSS WHICH ONES YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AND, UH, A PRIORITY, UM, THIS IS THE TIME
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TO DO THAT.THE, THE LATER ITEM FOR AD HOCS IS ABOUT PRESENTING ON EXISTING AD HOCS AND, UH, DISSOLVING ANY AD HOCS IF, AND CREATING THEM.
UM, THIS ITEM HERE IS WHERE YOU DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PLAN FOR THE YEAR AND WHICH, WHICH ONES YOU'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON OUR CHECK-INS.
I JUST WANNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RECYCLING.
I FINALLY FINISHED THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THAT ONE, THAT ITEM SHOULD WAIT FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE PRESENTATION.
THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD JUST BE AROUND WHICH TOPICS THE COMMISSION IS INTERESTED IN PURSUING FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO IF THERE ARE TOPICS ON THIS LIST THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO SAY, THIS IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE I'D INTERESTED, BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THIS YEAR, THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
UM, NOT REPORTING ON, ON THE OTHER ONE, SORRY, COMMISSIONER HANKS, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER THAT'S GONNA BE WRAPPING UP OR NOT.
SO THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE WORK PLAN, THAT ITEM SHOULD STAY ON HERE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A COMMITTEE.
SO I WOULD JUST THINK ABOUT ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES YOU'D WANNA FORM STAND YOUR QUESTION NOW.
SO THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO NOW HAVE A MORE OF A DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND, UM, AND WHAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE SO THAT, UM, SO THAT IT CAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR TIME TO HAVE OUR DISCUSSION, UM, AT THE MEETING OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE WANNA FOCUS.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SO LIKE, HOW MANY SHOULD WE REALLY FOCUS ON, DO YOU, IN YOUR OPINION, LIKE THREE, TWO, LIKE, WHAT'S THE NUMBER THAT YOU FEEL WOULD WE, WOULD BE MOST, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT FROM? UH, IN MY OPINION, I, I THINK THREE PER CALENDAR YEAR, INCLUDING THE, THE CURRENT ONE.
UH, JUST BECAUSE AS, AS WE STATED BEFORE, YOU FORM A COMMITTEE, ONE COMMISSION MEETING, AND THEN YOU, YOU MEET IN THE INTERVENING MONTH AND THEN YOU PRESENT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT'S ALREADY TWO OUT OF THE, THE SEVEN MEET, SIX MEETINGS OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND SO I WOULD YOU SAY TO REALLY HAVE TIME TO FOCUS ON THE TOPICS TWO IS PROBABLY TWO TO THREE IS PROBABLY GOOD.
AND THAT'S ALSO IN LINE WITH THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, COMMISSIONERS DON'T SERVE ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES AND THAT THEY DON'T OVERLAP SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS OR, OR OVERCOMMITTING FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF IF, IF WE, UH, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THE IMPROVING THE BUZZ SHADE STRUCTURES.
I, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN HAS, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, AT LEAST TWICE, HE'S COME TO THE MEETINGS TO VOICE HIS CONCERNS.
I, I THINK IT WOULD SHOW, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION HEARD HIS CONCERNS AND WE'RE NOT IGNORING HIM.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT ONE.
YEAH, I'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT AS A AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, ITEM.
I THINK WE CAN ALSO, THIS IS THE TIME ALSO SOLICIT ANY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE COMMITTEES AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH, CORRECT.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE AN IDEA OF, UM, WHICH ONES OF THE PRIORITIES AS AN ENTIRE COMMISSION AND WHO WOULD WANT TO BE ON IT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU WANNA HAVE ABOUT THREE, THREE PEOPLE PER COMMITTEE.
UH, I DO HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR FERN.
SO IN THIS LIST, HOW DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT WORKING ON SOME OF THESE THINGS? 'CAUSE SOME OF THEM FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAP, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, UH, THE BUS SHADE STRUCTURES.
I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY PUBLIC WORKS OR SOMETHING WOULD ALREADY BE WORKING ON IT.
HOW WOULD WE GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT? YES, THANK YOU.
I WOULD SAY ALMOST ALL OF THESE, THERE IS ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WORKING ON THEM ALREADY.
AND SO A BIG PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHEN THE COMMISSION FORMS AND AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL BE FOR CITY STAFF TO, UH, DO THE RESEARCH TO, TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION ON WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE, WHAT'S UNDER OUR PURVIEW, WHAT THIS COMMISSION ACTUALLY HAS, UM, THE ABILITY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, INCLUDING THE SHADE STRUCTURES.
A LOT OF IT IS UNDER PUBLIC WORKS PURVIEW, BUT ALSO, UM, IN IT'S LONG BEACH TRANSIT.
SO PUBLIC WORKS HAS SOME SAY IN, IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IT'S LONG BEACH TRANSIT WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY OF ROBUST SHADES.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, AS THEY'VE PRESENTED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO SPACE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO WHILE THAT IS, UH, IMPROVING SHADE STRUCTURE, BUS SHADE STRUCTURES, AND SHADE IS SOMETHING IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE A LOW CONTROL OVER.
JUST AS A MORE INFORMATION FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT COMMISSIONER MARSH HAS HIS HAND RAISED IN ZOOM.
COMMISSIONER MARSH, PLEASE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
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UM, AND I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING IS VOICING, UM, SUPPORT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THESE, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR.I'D, UH, LIKE TO, UH, ASK FOR SUPPORT FOR THE BOTTOM ONE ON THE LIST, UH, PHASING OUT GAS APPLIANCES FROM BUILDINGS AND, UH, JUST LEAVE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WITH A SHORT, UH, SUMMARY THAT ESSENTIALLY, I FEEL THIS IS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST VALUABLE THINGS THAT CITIES CAN DO.
UH, CITIES HAVE A VERY UNIQUE AUTHORITY, UH, OVER BUILDINGS, UH, THROUGH OUR, UH, LAND USE ELEMENTS OF OUR GENERAL CODE, UH, GENERAL PLAN.
AND, UH, THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S EMERGED REALLY OVER LESS THAN THE LAST HALF DECADE, IS THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO RELY JUST ON MAKING GAS FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS MORE EFFICIENT.
BUT, UH, THEIR ELECTRIC EQUIVALENTS ARE NOW, UH, CAPABLE OF EQUAL AND BETTER PERFORMANCE AND LOWER COST IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF ACTION BY CITIES.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK FOR SUPPORT, UH, TO MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS FOR, UM, COMMITTEES FOR THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANY SURPRISE TO ANY OF YOU, BUT
UM, AND I'M BASICALLY, I'M LOOKING TO SUGGEST TO COUNCIL THAT WE CHANGE OUR BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE CARE OF OUR GREEN SPACES.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S SO IMPACTFUL IN SO MANY WAYS THAT IT'S NOT JUST, UM, CLIMATE ACTION AND, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, TO ME VERY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE THAT OTHER PEOPLE AGREE ON THE COMMITTEE.
CC YEAH, I HAVE IT AS WELL HERE.
UM, I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS JUST TO LET, UM, STAFF KNOW WHAT WE HAVE PRI WHAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS TODAY,
SO THIS IS JUST, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, THE WORK PLAN YOU WANT TO AMEND, BUT THIS WAS ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO THINK THROUGH THE YEAR, BECAUSE THIS IS THE PLAN FOR THE YEAR.
UM, EVERY MEETING WE WILL HAVE THAT ITEM WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT AD HOCS, AND YOU COULD HAVE THE REPORT FROM THE AD HOCS CREATE NEW AND DISSOLVE OLD EXISTING ONES.
UM, BUT IF YOU THI IF YOU TALK AND THINK ABOUT IT NOW, IT'LL HELP THAT AGENDA ITEM, UH, GO SMOOTHER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JUST HAVING A PLAN.
AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NARROW THIS DOWN TO THREE, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE OTHER ONES ON THERE AND PRIORITIZE THEM AND JUST GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE, UH, AS ALWAYS TO WORK WITH THE CHAIR ON SETTING AGENDA ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND WHEN WE HAVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE PRESENT PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THESE ITEMS. UM, BUT THIS IS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT IN THE WORK PLAN, WHAT YOUR TOP PRIORITIES ARE, AND THEN A WAY FOR THE COMMISSION TO TELL STAFF WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF IT'S A PRIORITY THAT GIVES STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME OF THAT BACKGROUND RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT, UH, WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO MAKE ADVISORY POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON, OR WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY DOING OR CAN'T DO.
AND SO KNOWING WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE IS HELPFUL FOR STAFF, SO WE CAN HELP PREPARE THE AGENDAS WITH THE, THE CHAIR FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE MUCH MORE COMMENTS.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE, WE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS, SO, UM, I THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, COMMENTS.
AND THIS IS ALSO TIMED FOR US TO COMMENT ON ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
I SEEING NO OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, WE'LL NOT TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS.
UM, MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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COMMISSIONER BENNETT? YES.UM, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS RECOMMENDATION
[6. 26-54368 Recommendation to receive and file a report from current Ad Hoc Committees; discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to dissolve or create Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES.DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? I'LL MOTION SECOND BY MARSH.
MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER BENNETT.
UM, AND, UH, MAYBE HAVE THE REPORT.
I THINK IT'S, UM, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, JUST FOR A MOMENT BEFORE YOU START THE DISCUSSION, JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, THE, THE PROCESS FOR AD HOC COMMITTEES, YOU'VE DONE THE MOTION AND THE, AND THE SECOND YOU CAN HAVE THE REPORT NOW FROM THE CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES.
AND THEN IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS ANY NEW AD HOC COMMITTEES, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME AND THEN, UH, POTENTIALLY DISSOLVE THE EXISTING IF, UH, IF NECESSARY AFTER THE REPORT FROM THE, THE COMMITTEE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM OUR ONE AND ONLY AD HOC COMMITTEE,
IT'S CAUSING SO MUCH, UH, TIME, BUT, UM, IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
YOU GUYS, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, UM, I WAS TELLING FERN WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED, THIS WAS IN JUNE, I THOUGHT WE'D BE DONE WITH IT, BUT IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AS WELL.
SO SOMETHING TO BE MINDFUL FOR.
I WOULD ALMOST SAY NO MORE THAN ONE, BUT, UM, I WAS ABLE TO GET A LOT MORE OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE IN A POSITION TO, UH, WRITE THAT UP.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO SEND SOMETHING TO PETE, WHO'S THE ONLY OTHER PERSON ON MY COMMITTEE LEFT.
AND SO ONCE WE HAVE THOSE COMMENTS, WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT IT TO YOU GUYS BY APRIL.
AND AT THAT POINT, IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, THEN WE WOULD, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE USED FOR STAFF TO PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL IF THERE ARE COMMENTS, AND WE'LL ADDRESS IT AT THAT TIME.
IF, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR STAFF TO PRESENT IT COUNCIL, AT THAT POINT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DISSOLVE THE COMMITTEE.
DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS ABOUT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, UM, WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT OR FORM AD HOC COMMITTEE AT THE TIME? AT THIS TIME? I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I THINK IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE, THE UPDATE THAT WE GOT FROM THE REPORT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS IN THE ZOOM.
UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS RECOMMENDATION
[7. 26-54369 Recommendation to receive and file announcements and resources from the Office of Climate Action and Sustainability. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES FROM THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM I MOTION? I'LL SECOND THANK YOU.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HANKS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BROWN.
UM, I'LL TAKE TURN THINGS OVER TO THE STAFF FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO TO CLOSE OUT THIS EVENING, UH, OUR USUAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, STARTING WITH A RECAP, THEN UPCOMING EVENTS, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING, AND THEN RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING.
SO IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, UM, OUR STANDARD EVENTS THAT, THAT, UH, HAVE BECOME ROUTINE, UM, TWO MONTHS WORTH OF RESTORATION FRIDAYS, TWO WILLOW WALKS, UM, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OF SERVICE BACK IN JANUARY.
AND THEN FINALLY THE, SO IT GOES AT BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY, WHICH WAS THE FINAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBOR WORKSHOP.
SO YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE, YOU WERE HEARING ABOUT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, UM, EVENTS ALL YEAR LONG.
SO THIS IS THAT, UH, THAT GRANT AND THAT PROGRAM HAS CONCLUDED, UH, FOR US AND IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO MOVE ON TO OTHER THINGS ON OUR WORK PLAN UPCOMING MARCH EVENTS.
AND WE ONLY HAVE MARCH EVENTS, UH, HERE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SO MANY EVENTS IN APRIL.
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THEY'RE GONNA END UP ON OUR CALENDAR, UM, FOR EARTH MONTH.BUT, UM, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IS A, UH, TREE PLANTING IN WEST LONG BEACH WITH LONG BEACH CONTAINER TERMINAL ON ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH, UH, PLANTING 31 TREES ON WEST 25TH STREET.
AND, UM, THAT IT'S GONNA GET US TO A HUNDRED TREES TOTAL PLANTED IN WEST LONG BEACH, WHICH WAS BOTH A GOAL OF THE LONG BEACH CONTAINER TERMINAL, WHICH, UH, UH, CONTRIBUTED FUNDING THROUGH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH TO SEE THIS DONE.
BUT IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE WEST SIDE PROMISE PROGRAM THAT IS AIMING TO PLANT A THOUSAND TREES IN WEST LONG BEACH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO WE'RE HITTING A, A ONE YEAR GOAL, UH, WITH THIS EVENT OF PLANTING 100 TREES IN IN THE YEAR, UM, ANOTHER WEST RESTORATION FRIDAY THAT AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY THE 13TH.
THE VERY NEXT DAY IS THE MONARCH DAY OF ACTION AT WILLOW SPRINGS, UH, WHERE WE'RE BOTH PLANTING MILKWEED, BUT ALSO GIVING IT AWAY TO PARTICIPANTS.
AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, TREE PLANTING AT THE END OF MARCH AS PART OF THE LOVE YOUR BLOCK PROGRAM, WHICH IS A, A PROGRAM THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, UM, WHERE, UM, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ARE HAPPENING ON THIS BLOCK IN WEST LONG BEACH.
BUT, UM, WE'RE CONTRIBUTING 10 TREES TO ADD TO THE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS THERE.
AND THEN, UH, LOOKING AT OUR CALENDAR, UM, IN, IN APRIL, WE'LL HAVE OUR EARTH MONTH CELEBRATION.
AND SO THERE'LL BE MORE DETAILS ON THAT, BUT, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SETUP IN, UH, THE CITY HALL LOBBY THAT DAY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING YOU A SUMMARY OF MANY THINGS, UH, AT THE MEETING AND SKIP OUR, OUR USUAL, UM, FOCUS ON THE, UM, LONG BEACH CAP ITEMS. AND THEN JUST A FEW THINGS, UH, UH, FOR FURTHER LEARNING.
UM, SOME INFORMATION ON STORMWATER.
THIS IS A LINK TO AN LA TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT THE D PAVE LA, UH, REPORT THAT JUST CAME OUT, UM, THAT SAYS THAT ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, ABOUT 44% OF PAVEMENT IN LA COUNTY ISN'T NECESSARY.
AND, UM, COULD BE REMOVED, UM, WHICH WOULD BE A REAL BIG JOB FOR OUR CREW, UM,
SO THIS IS A EXCITING EFFORT THAT'S GONNA TAKE YEARS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
UM, SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
OH, I DIDN'T MISS COMMISSIONER MARSH, DID I? OKAY.
UM, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS.
UH, MME. CLARK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[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.]
WE WILL NOW TAKE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS.ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, ON ANY ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I THINK COMMISSIONER MARSH HAVE A COMMENT.[ADJOURNMENT]
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, UM, I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.