Energy and Environment Committe

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 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) 23­1032 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to the status of all recycLA contracts and the recycLA Service Providers’ compliance with contract objectives and performance requirements; options for commercial accounts to mitigate cost increases associated with adding commercial green bin service, and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No ITEM(S) (1) 23­1032 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to the status of all recycLA contracts and the recycLA Service Providers’ compliance with contract objectives and performance requirements; options for commercial accounts to mitigate cost increases associated with adding commercial green bin service, and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Bureau of Sanitation report dated 02­20­24 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: McOsker (2) 23­0852 Bureau of Sanitation, and City Attorney reports, and ordinance relative to amending Section 195.06 of Article 2, Section 195.14 of Article 2.1, and Section 196.04 of Article 3 of Chapter XIX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to align enforcement and appeals procedures with the City of Los Angeles Administrative Citation Enforcement Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED City Attorney report and Ordinance dated 1­19­24 and AMEND Bureau of Sanitation report dated 2­06­24 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: McOsker (3) 24­1200­S4 Mayor’s communication relative to the appointment of Ms. Wilma Pinder to the Board of Water and Power Commissioners. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MARCH 25, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MARCH 22, 2024) APPROVED Mayor's report dated 2­8­24 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 24­0117 Motion (McOsker – Hutt) relative to instructing the City Administrative Officer, with assistance from the Chief Legislative Analyst and the Los Angeles Unified School District to report the City’s eligibility for funding under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Grant Funding to Address Indoor Air  TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MARCH 25, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MARCH 22, 2024) APPROVED Mayor's report dated 2­8­24 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 24­0117 Motion (McOsker – Hutt) relative to instructing the City Administrative Officer, with assistance from the Chief Legislative Analyst and the Los Angeles Unified School District to report the City’s eligibility for funding under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Grant Funding to Address Indoor Air Pollution at Schools and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Motion (McOsker ­ Hutt) AS AMENDED (5) Yes; (0) No (5) 24­0116 Motion (Yaroslavsky – McOsker) relative to a request for the Board of Water and Power Commissioners with the assistance of the Office of the Controller to solicit an independent expert contractor to conduct a comprehensive organizational performance and program evaluation and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky ­ McOsker) ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (6) 23­1276 Motion (Price – Blumenfield) relative to the request for the Board of Public Works to report on all pending public nuisance properties in the City, and City Attorney’s Office to prepare and present an ordinance to amend the Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 58.02, to add to the definition of public nuisance: hazardous materials, biohazards, and fire hazards. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Also referred to the Planning and Land Use Management and Public Safety Committees) CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 18­0384­S10 CD’s 1, 2, 6, City Administrative Officer report relative to a request to authorize the 8, 11, 14,15 Bureau of Sanitation and the Bureau of Street Services to submit Project Modification Requests to the Los Angeles County's Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted.  CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 18­0384­S10 CD’s 1, 2, 6, City Administrative Officer report relative to a request to authorize the 8, 11, 14,15 Bureau of Sanitation and the Bureau of Street Services to submit Project Modification Requests to the Los Angeles County's Safe, Clean Water Regional Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 2­13­24 AS AMENDED ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (8) 23­0309 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Bureau of Sanitation, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s verbal update relative to the progress with the collaboration on regional infrastructure to support the City’s 2035 local water target. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED 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. 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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. 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