Sustainable City Commission

CITY OF LONG BEACH THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 SUSTAINABLE CITY CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER COMMISSION MINUTES 333 W. OCEAN BLVD., LONG BEACH, 4:00 PM Coby Skye, Chair Rey Gonzales, Commissioner Sona Coffee, Vice Chair Nicholas Lind, Commissioner Donna Bergeron-Birge, Commissioner Eric Rock, Commissioner Carla Dillon, Commissioner Alan Tolkoff, Commissioner Elliot Gonzales, Commissioner Morgan Wheeler, Commissioner FINISHED AGENDA AND DRAFT MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chair Skye called the meeting to order at 4:08 pm. ROLL CALL Commissioners Donna Bergeron-Birge, Carla Dillon, Rey Gonzales, Morgan Present: Wheeler and Coby Skye Commissioners Elliot Gonzales, Nicholas Lind, Eric Rock, Alan Tolkoff and Sona Absent: Coffee PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There was no public participation. NEW BUSINESS 1 18-005SC Recommendation to receive and file the minutes of the Sustainable City Commission meeting of Wednesday, January 25, 2018. Page 1 of 3 CITY OF LONG BEACH THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 SUSTAINABLE CITY CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER COMMISSION MINUTES 333 W. OCEAN BLVD., LONG BEACH, 4:00 PM 2 18-006SC Recommendation to receive a presentation from Aquarium of the Pacific on their Community Resilience Outreach and Lessons Learned. Attachments: AoP - LBSustainabilityCommission_March2018.pdf Presentation from Emily Yam with the Aquarium of the Pacific on their Community Resilience Outreach and lessons learned. Commissission Rey Gonzales spoke. Commissioner Carla Dillon spoke. Emily shared story about program. Chair Skye spoke. Page 2 of 3 CITY OF LONG BEACH THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 SUSTAINABLE CITY CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER COMMISSION MINUTES 333 W. OCEAN BLVD., LONG BEACH, 4:00 PM 3 18-007SC Recommendation to receive a presentation from the Trust for Public Land on the Green Alleys Program Attachments: TPL - LBSC final.pdf Presentation by Melissa Guerro, Project Manager, from the Trust for Public Land on the Green Alleys Program. Chair Skye spoke. Commissioner Bergeron-Birge Spoke. Commissioner Rey Gonazales spoke and asked questions. Melissa Guerro answered Commissioner Rey Gonazales questions. Chair Skye asked staff if they had questions and concerns with Green Alley Projects. Larry Rich, Sustainability Coordinator, replied to Chair Skye questions and concerns. Kristen with Sustainable past out flyers for Sustainable Programs Calendars. Commissioner Donna Bergeron-Birge asked Mike Letteriello speak about open house for Prisk Native Garden's on April 8 and 15th. 5:05 ADJORNMENT NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 4:00 PM Page 3 of 3