Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River

JOURNAL – ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND RIVER COMMITTEE Thursday, April 7, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 10:00 AM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O’FARRELL, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KORETZ COUNCILMEMBER GILBERT A. CEDILLO COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN (Eric Villanueva - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1075 or eric.villanueva@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 919 4459 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. 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) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda. Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com Click here for agenda packets Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22-1200-S12 Communication from Council President Pro Tempore relative to the appointment of Ms. Jocelyn Duarte to the Climate Emergency Mobilization Commission. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Review: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 5, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 4, 2022) APPROVED Communication from Council President Pro Tempore dated 03-08-22 - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Koretz, Cedillo (2) 22-0320 City Administrative Officer report relative to authorizing the Board of Public Works to execute the proposed personal services contract with R and G Fanucchi, Incorporated, for the farm management and custom farming operations of the City-owned Green Acres farm, located in Kern County. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 16, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 13, 2022)  APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 03-11-22 - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: De Leon, Cedillo (3) 14-0324-S1 City Administrative Officer report relative to authorizing the Board of Public Works to execute proposed Amendment No. 2 to C-123999 with Electronic Recyclers International, Incorporated, for electric waste disposal services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 16, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 13, 2022) APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 02-24-22 - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: De Leon, Cedillo (4) 21-1208-S1 Motion (Rodriguez – Koretz) relative to the instruction for the Bureau of Sanitation, in coordination with the City Administrative Officer, to report on a needs assessment on the current green waste infrastructure concentrated near multi-family dwelling units, and on a feasibility of a pilot program utilizing underground mechanized waste and recyclable material collection technology on the public right-of-way, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez - Koretze) AS AMENDED - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Koretz, Cedillo; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (5) 22-0376 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to illegal dumping and the need for education, eradication and enforcement.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to both Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare, and Energy, Climate Change, Economic Justice, and River Committees) APPROVED Bureau of Sanitation report dated 03-31-22 AS AMENDED - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Koretz, Cedillo; Amended as detailed in the Committee Report (6) 22-0247 Board of Public Works report relative to the Mitigated Negative Declaration Certification for the Los Angeles River Bikeway and Greenway Project, from Vanalden Avenue to Balboa Boulevard. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 07-0308-S1 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 022 143, which approves Amendment No. 6 to Agreement No. 47443 with Open Access Technology International, Incorporated, for Energy Transaction Scheduling and Settlement services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 30, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 27, 2022) APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated 03-28-22 - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: De Leon, Cedillo (8) 21-0064 Bureau of Sanitation to report on the reduction of single-use plastics, including reusable alternatives, zero-waste events, facilities, and related matters.  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Bureau of Sanitation report dated 03-30-22 AS AMENDED - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Koretz, Cedillo; Amended as detailed in the Committee Report (9) 18-0384 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Measure W - Safe Clean Water Program, and execution of Regional Program Transfer Agreements, Addenda, and necessary actions for Round 2 projects. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 03-30-22 - (3) Yes; (2) Absent: De Leon, Cedillo If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. 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. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer- to-peer and third-party 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 TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English 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/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA 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, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.