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Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024 ­ 1:00 PM VAN NUYS CITY HALL 14410 SYLVAN STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 91401 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ (Conrad Rodriguez, Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1122 or conrad.rodriguez@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. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 23­1200­S166 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Scott Fajack to the Community Forest Advisory Committee as the Council District Thirteen primary representative. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Mayor report dated 12/12/23 – (5) Yes (2) 24­0022 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 024 102, approving the Letter Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company for the purchase of real property located  Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Scott Fajack to the Community Forest Advisory Committee as the Council District Thirteen primary representative. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Mayor report dated 12/12/23 – (5) Yes (2) 24­0022 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 024 102, approving the Letter Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company for the purchase of real property located adjacent to Tinemaha Reservoir near Big Pine, Inyo County. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated 12/20/23 – (5) Yes (3) 24­0012 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to the transfer of surplus money from the Power Revenue Fund of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to the Reserve Fund of the City during Fiscal Year 2023­ 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated 12/21/23 – (5) Yes (4) 21­1015­S6 City Administrative Officer report relative to authority to apply for the California Energy Commission's Clean Transportation Program grant for the Energy Incentive for Zero­Emission Commercial Vehicles (EnergIIZE Commercial Vehicles): Drayage Fleet and Transit Set­Aside Funding Lane Proposal. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item was also referred to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee) APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9/6/23 – (5) Yes (5) 23­1391 Motion (Raman – Yaroslavsky) relative to instructing the Department of Building and Safety to report on updating the Los Angeles Green Building Code to create a framework that sets limits on the embodied carbon  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item was also referred to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee) APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9/6/23 – (5) Yes (5) 23­1391 Motion (Raman – Yaroslavsky) relative to instructing the Department of Building and Safety to report on updating the Los Angeles Green Building Code to create a framework that sets limits on the embodied carbon allowed for new construction and major additions to buildings larger than 50,000 square feet, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council (This item was also referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee) APPROVED Motion (Raman ­ Yaroslavsky) – (5) Yes (6) 23­1428 Motion (Lee – McOsker) relative to instructing the Bureau of Sanitation to report on the Solid Resources Collection Fleet Telematics Pilot Program's findings that includes details regarding the extent to which each participant in the pilot program met the requirements as well as recommendations related to the implementation of a telematics system into the City's Solid Resources Collection fleet, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item was also referred to the Public Works Committee) APPROVED Motion (Lee ­ McOsker) AS AMENDED – (5) Yes; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (7) 22­1461 Bureau of Engineering report relative to a request for authorization to execute grant agreements with, and accept grant funds from, the Wildlife Conservation Board and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for the Los Angeles River Fish Habitat Pilot Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Bureau of Engineering report dated 1/5/24 – (5) Yes (8) 23­1208 CDs 2, 3, 4, 6 Motion (Raman, et al. – Soto­Martinez) relative to identifying funding and an accelerated project completion for the Valley LA River Way.  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Bureau of Engineering report dated 1/5/24 – (5) Yes (8) 23­1208 CDs 2, 3, 4, 6 Motion (Raman, et al. – Soto­Martinez) relative to identifying funding and an accelerated project completion for the Valley LA River Way. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Reseda Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Raman, et al. – Soto­Martinez) – (5) Yes (9) 23­0722 CD 4 Motion (Raman ­ Blumenfield) relative to the LA RiverWay Phase IV optimization of safety by eliminating mixed modal uses, addressing the short­term gap of completing a cycling route from the western terminus of the project, and addressing the long­term gap of having the LA RiverWay off­street facility traverse the CA­134 freeway. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman ­ Blumenfield) – (5) Yes (10) 22­0600­S54 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to amending Sections 64.70.01, 64.72, and 64.72.05 of Article 4.4, Chapter VI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to update processes related to low impact development and stormwater approval for the construction of housing, and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Continued from 8/25/23) APPROVED City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated 6/27/23 AS AMENDED – (5) Yes; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (11) 23­1048 CD 6 City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to authorizing the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation, to use the progressive design­build project delivery method and the competitive sealed proposal selection process consistent with City Charter Section 371 (b) for the construction of the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Primary Equalization Basin and future Groundwater Replenishment projects and related services.  (Continued from 8/25/23) APPROVED City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated 6/27/23 AS AMENDED – (5) Yes; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (11) 23­1048 CD 6 City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to authorizing the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation, to use the progressive design­build project delivery method and the competitive sealed proposal selection process consistent with City Charter Section 371 (b) for the construction of the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Primary Equalization Basin and future Groundwater Replenishment projects and related services. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated 12/4/23 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Raman (12) 23­1161 Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) relative to the City Controller’s 2023 report titled “This lsn't Fine: Hottest Summer on Record Calls for a Reboot of LA’s Climate Action Plan.” Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council (At its meeting held on October 24, 2023, the Personnel, Audits, and Hiring Committee approved this matter as amended) APPROVED Motion (McOsker ­ Yaroslavsky) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Raman (13) 23­0944 Motion (Rodriguez – Yaroslavsky) relative to the instruction for the Bureau of Sanitation to report on the feasibility of requiring that product and food packaging include a visible lifecycle/biodegradable indicator to better inform the public of the decomposition time­period in landfills for packaging materials used in consumer purchases. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez ­ Yaroslavsky) – (5) Yes (14) 23­1237 City Attorney report relative to the request for closed session to discuss pending litigation in the case of Bridgeland Resources, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, et al. The City may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Bridgeland Resources, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, Et Al, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP01217. (This lawsuit seeks a writ of mandate, damages, and injunctive and declaratory relief, related to challenges of the City’s adoption of Ordinance No. 187,709 amending Los  APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez ­ Yaroslavsky) – (5) Yes (14) 23­1237 City Attorney report relative to the request for closed session to discuss pending litigation in the case of Bridgeland Resources, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, et al. The City may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Bridgeland Resources, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, Et Al, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP01217. (This lawsuit seeks a writ of mandate, damages, and injunctive and declaratory relief, related to challenges of the City’s adoption of Ordinance No. 187,709 amending Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 12.03, 12.20, 12.23, 12.24, and 13.01 to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing oil extraction activities a nonconforming use in all zones.) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item was also referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee) The Energy and Environment Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on January 26, 2024 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. 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. 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. 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