Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River

JOURNAL – ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND RIVER COMMITTEE Thursday, September 1, 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) 978­1075 or eric.villanueva@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, 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) 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 should try one of the other channels. 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) 978­1133. 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 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 ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 06­2072­S2 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 023 026, which approves Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 47880 with URS Corporation Americas for environmental and archaeological services, for the North Haiwee Dam Seismic Improvement Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 10, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 7, 2022) APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated August 10, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (2) 22­0845 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 023 020, which approves the Renewable Energy Resource Reference Rate Agreement with the University of Southern California, for the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated July 19, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (3) 16­1421  Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated July 19, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (3) 16­1421 Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Administrative Officer reports relative to Board Resolution No. 023 008, which approved Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 47415 with Basin Valve Company, for safety pressure relief valve technical consulting and repair services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated July 19, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (4) 22­0966 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 022 201, which approves the Fifth Amendment to Agreement No. 47457­8 with Ellis George Cipollone O'Brien Annaguey LLP, to provide legal services to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 19, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 19, 2022) APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated May 26, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (5) 19­0775 CD 1, CD 2, CD 5, CD 13, CD 14Bureau of Sanitation report relative to the feasibility of reinstituting the Illegal Dumping Reward Program and its inclusion in the LASAN Livability Services efforts to mitigate illegal dumping.  (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 19, 2022) APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated May 26, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (5) 19­0775 CD 1, CD 2, CD 5, CD 13, CD 14Bureau of Sanitation report relative to the feasibility of reinstituting the Illegal Dumping Reward Program and its inclusion in the LASAN Livability Services efforts to mitigate illegal dumping. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Public Works: Bureau of Sanitation report dated July 27, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (6) 22­0797 Motion (Krekorian – O’Farrell) relative to addressing illegal dumping on multi­jurisdictional locations within the City, and the challenges that delay swift responses in addressing sanitation efforts, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Krekorian – O’Farrell) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (7) 22­0650 Motion (Blumenfield – Koretz­ Krekorian – O’Farrell) relative to instructing the Chief Forest Officer to partner with Bureau of Street Services – Urban Forestry Division, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Bureau of Sanitation – Biodiversity Division, the Department of Water and Power related City Departments who engage with trees to report on the best practices for long­term tree maintenance and cost impact analysis due to water scarcity, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Koretz – Krekorian – O’Farrell) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (8) 20­0620 CONTINUED FROM SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Motion (Koretz – Ryu) relative to installed stationary natural gas and and diesel­fueled distributed generation resources in Los Angeles and the feasibility of limiting the addition of such resources. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Koretz – Ryu) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz  APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Koretz – Krekorian – O’Farrell) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (8) 20­0620 CONTINUED FROM SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Motion (Koretz – Ryu) relative to installed stationary natural gas and and diesel­fueled distributed generation resources in Los Angeles and the feasibility of limiting the addition of such resources. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Koretz – Ryu) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (9) 20­1150 Motion (Koretz – Ryu) relative to requesting a report back from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power about the existence of any leaks at its power plants or history of any greenhouse gas or toxic emissions. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Koretz – Ryu) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (10) 21­0268 Motion (Bonin – Buscaino – Koretz – Blumenfield) relative to the feasibility of developing or procuring artificial intelligence technology and services to provide accurate and regular reporting and public disclosure of the City’s organization­wide greenhouse gas footprint, as well as metrics on the City’s progress toward achieving and exceeding the environmental goals presented in the 2019 Green New Deal Pathway. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Bonin – Buscaino – Koretz – Blumenfield), AS AMENDED – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (11) 21­0352 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power report relative to a report card on the Strategic Long Term Resource Plan that achieves 100 percent carbon­free energy by 2035; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTE and FILE Los Angeles Department of Water and Power report dated August 25, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (12) 22­0947 Motion (O’Farrell – Krekorian – Martinez – Price) relative to instructing departments to report back on the Inflation Reduction Act and how to maximize funding opportunities that further Climate Policy goals for the city; and instructing the Department of Water and Power to reprot on an analysis of impacts to current policies and initiatives towards LA100 and all related carbon free initiatives.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTE and FILE Los Angeles Department of Water and Power report dated August 25, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (12) 22­0947 Motion (O’Farrell – Krekorian – Martinez – Price) relative to instructing departments to report back on the Inflation Reduction Act and how to maximize funding opportunities that further Climate Policy goals for the city; and instructing the Department of Water and Power to reprot on an analysis of impacts to current policies and initiatives towards LA100 and all related carbon free initiatives. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (O’Farrell – Krekorian – Martinez – Price) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (13) 21­1277 Emergency Management Department and City Attorney reports and Ordinance relative to the designation of the Director of the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office within the Department of Public Works as the Chief Heat Officer for the City of Los Angeles; and opportunities to improve the network of cooling centers in the city. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Echo Park Neighborhood Council NOTED and FILED the Emergency Management Department report dated July 29, 2022 and APPROVED the City Attorney report and Ordinance both dated August 19, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz 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., 00­0000). 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 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 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 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 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, hard­of­hearing, 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.