Energy and Environment Committe

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025 - 3:30 PM EDWARD R. ROYBAL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SESSION ROOM ROOM 350, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA (Michael Espinosa - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1064 or michael.espinosa@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 Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person 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) 25-0124 Motion (Raman, Hernandez, Padilla – Soto-Martínez) relative to all current contracts with Los Angeles River maintenance activities.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 23-1105 CD 15 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to status of the Watts Civic Center Serenity Greenway project and an overview of current Measure W projects. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (3) 25-0405 CD 15 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to a lease agreement with Chung H. Lee and Kyung S. Lee Family Trust for continued operation of a Customer Service Center located at 931 North Avalon Boulevard. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 11, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 9. 2025) (4) 22-0947-S1 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Second Status Report on Federal Clean Energy Tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 25-0406  Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney report, and Ordinance relative to the Electrical Substations Physical Security Upgrade Project to establish engineer-procure- construct criteria. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 24-1466 The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with its legal counsel relative to pending litigation in WARREN E&P, INC., ET AL. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ET AL. LASC CASE NO. 23STCP00060 (Lead Case). (7) 24-1580 Motion (Yaroslavsky, McOsker - Soto-Martinez) relative to an interim control ordinance that would halt the practice of oil well acid maintenance, and related matters. (The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2), (e)(5) to confer with its legal counsel relative to a threat of litigation regarding an oil well acid maintenance interim control ordinance.) (On March 25, 2025, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved this Motion) Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council 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., 00-0000) 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 subject-matter 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 agenda-items 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/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure 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) 978-1133. 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) 978-1960 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 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 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, 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.