Energy and Environment Committe

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TUESDAY, MAY 20, 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) 25-0380  Motion (Rodriguez – Blumenfield) relative to the status of the Fats, Oil and Grease Program. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 13-0811-S1 General Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney report, and Ordinance relative to the First Amendment of the Heber-1 Geothermal Energy Project Power Sales Agreement with Southern California Public Power Authority. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (3) 23-0656 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to Safe Clean Water Program citywide department coordination and partnerships with Los Angeles Unified School Districts and Non-Governmental Organizations. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 23-0656-S1 Safe, Clean Water Program Administrative Oversight Committee report relative to updating the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Watershed Investment Strategic Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 24-0916 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) relative to the number, frequency, and effects of power surges and outage incidents at the Port of Los Angeles. (The Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee approved this matter on March 25, 2025)  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 25-0437 Board of Public Works report relative to utilizing Progressive-Design- Build contracts for the delivery of the Hyperion Phase 1A Program. (This item was referred to Energy and Environment Committee and Public Works Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 23-0722 CD 4 Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and Department of Transportation report relative to the Los Angeles Phase IV River Bike Path IS/MND to advance the Los Angeles River Bike Path Phase IV Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 11-0452-S12 Office of Public Accountability Citizens Committee report relative to the selection of Tim O’Connor to serve as the Executive Director of the Office of Public Accountability (OPA). Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted 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.