Energy and Environment Committe

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024 ­ 1:00 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ (Eric Villanueva ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1075 or eric.villanueva@lacity.org) Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be accessed at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are encouraged to use one of the other channels. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 11­1813­S11 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Hutt) relative to the cost and timeline associated to conduct an amortization study related to termination of the Rancho LPG Facility use and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker ­ Hutt)­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky ITEM(S) (1) 11­1813­S11 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Hutt) relative to the cost and timeline associated to conduct an amortization study related to termination of the Rancho LPG Facility use and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker ­ Hutt)­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky (2) 18­0203­S1 Motion (Blumenfield – Hutt) relative to the City’s Oil Well Inspection Program necessitated by the state’s Orphan Well Prevention Act including relevant ordinance changes, and list of oil wells across the City that are likely “orphaned” without a solvent operator to properly plug themand related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield ­ Hutt)­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky (3) 17­0447­S3 Office of Petroleum and Natural Gas Administration and Safety report relative to the status of ongoing oil amortization studies and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Office of Petroleum and Natural Gas Administration and Safety report dated 3­14­24 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Yaroslavsky (4) 20­1616 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 024 135, authorizing Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. 47372B with Oracle America, Incorporated, for Customer Information System support and upgrade services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 27, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MAY 24, 2024) APPROVED Board of Water and Power report dated 3­27­24­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Yaroslavsky  Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 27, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MAY 24, 2024) APPROVED Board of Water and Power report dated 3­27­24­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Yaroslavsky (5) 24­0247 CD 12 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 024 133, which approves a Grant of Right to City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works for Sanitary Sewer and Storm Drain Purposes. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Water and Power report dated 2­28­24­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Yaroslavsky (6) 24­0248 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 024 128, which approves a Building Encroachment Easement Deed and Underground Storm Drain Easement Deed on a portion of Receiving Station H. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Water and Power report dated 2­28­24­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Yaroslavsky (7) 21­1015­S9 City Administrative Officer report relative to authorizing the Bureau of Engineering to apply for the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CCGP) for Fiscal Year 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item is referred to Energy and Environment, Budget, Finance and Innovation and Public Works Committees)  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item is referred to Energy and Environment, Budget, Finance and Innovation and Public Works Committees) APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 3­20­24 ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Yaroslavsky (8) 24­0246 Board of Public Works report relative to a grant application to the U.S. Department of Energy for alternative fuel vehicle programmatic support of the Los Angeles Clean Cities Coalition. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Public Works report dated 2­29­24 AS AMENDED ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Yaroslavsky SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello, this is the relay service…" when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.