Energy and Environment Committe — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2024-01-26
Time: 13:00

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)

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 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


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