Energy and Environment Committe — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2023-10-13
Time: 13:00

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 ­ 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.


 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 23­1200­S147
 Mayor report relative to the appointment of David Ramirez to the Climate
 Emergency Mobilization Commission, for the term ending June 30, 2025.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending.
 Background Check: Pending.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 9, 2023
(1) 23­1200­S147
 Mayor report relative to the appointment of David Ramirez to the Climate
 Emergency Mobilization Commission, for the term ending June 30, 2025.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending.
 Background Check: Pending.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 9, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 8, 2023)


(2) 23­1069
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 5036 for initial authorization to issue $1.189 billion in Water
 System Revenue Bonds.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)


(3) 23­1065
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 5035 for initial authorization to issue $2.119 billion in Power
 System Revenue Bonds.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)


(4) 15­1093
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 024 048, which approves Amendment No. 2 to Agreement
 No. 47329 with Hazen and Sawyer for Owner’s Agent services, for the San
 Fernando Basin Groundwater Remediation Facilities.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)


(4) 15­1093
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 024 048, which approves Amendment No. 2 to Agreement
 No. 47329 with Hazen and Sawyer for Owner’s Agent services, for the San
 Fernando Basin Groundwater Remediation Facilities.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 27, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 14, 2023)


(5) 23­1067
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 024 044, which approves a License Agreement with
 Southern California Gas Company for a Gas Compressor Station at the
 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Van Norman Lake
 Reservoir.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 30, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)


(6) 23­1048
 CD 6 Motion (Padilla – Blumenfield) relative to the ordinance allowing the Board
 of Public Works to let Progressive­Design­Build contracts for the delivery
 of the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Primary Equalization
 Basin and future Groundwater Replenishment projects, pursuant to a
 competitive, sealed­proposal method.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(7) 21­1039
 Bureau of Engineering report relative to developing a Building
 Decarbonization Work Plan for the City's existing building stock and
 identifying City facilities for near­term installation of Distributed Energy
 Generation Systems.
 competitive, sealed­proposal method.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 (7) 21­1039
 Bureau of Engineering report relative to developing a Building
 Decarbonization Work Plan for the City's existing building stock and
 identifying City facilities for near­term installation of Distributed Energy
 Generation Systems.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Energy and Environment, Personnel, Audits, and
 Hiring, and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees)



 (8) 23­1072
 Motion (Yaroslavsky – Blumenfield) relative to strengthening the City’s
 water conservation efforts for residential, industrial, and commercial uses,
 including recommendations for process and timing of code changes or
 ordinances for adoption by the City Council, and related matters.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 (9) 23­1056
 Motion (Blumenfield – Hutt) relative to the feasibility of an e­bike subsidy
 program with qualifications similar to existing federal, state and local
 rebates for electric vehicles (EVs) and residential EV charging stations,
 with a focus on e­bikes that are likely to be used for utilitarian purposes and
 to replace vehicle trips, rather than for purely recreational purposes.

 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., 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.
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.

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. 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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

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,
hard­of­hearing, 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.

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 JOURNAL – ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 ­ 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.


 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 23­1200­S147
 Mayor report relative to the appointment of David Ramirez to the Climate
 Emergency Mobilization Commission, for the term ending June 30, 2025.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending.
 Background Check: Pending.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 9, 2023
(1) 23­1200­S147
 Mayor report relative to the appointment of David Ramirez to the Climate
 Emergency Mobilization Commission, for the term ending June 30, 2025.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending.
 Background Check: Pending.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 9, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 8, 2023)

 APPROVED Mayor's report dated 09­25­23 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
(2) 23­1069
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 5036 for initial authorization to issue $1.189 billion in Water
 System Revenue Bonds.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)

 APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated 10­13­23 ­ (4)
 Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
(3) 23­1065
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 5035 for initial authorization to issue $2.119 billion in Power
 System Revenue Bonds.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes


 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)

 APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated 10­13­23 ­ (4)
 Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
(4) 15­1093
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 024 048, which approves Amendment No. 2 to Agreement
 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)

 APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated 10­13­23 ­ (4)
 Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
(4) 15­1093
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 024 048, which approves Amendment No. 2 to Agreement
 No. 47329 with Hazen and Sawyer for Owner’s Agent services, for the San
 Fernando Basin Groundwater Remediation Facilities.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 27, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 14, 2023)

 APPROVED Board of Water and Power Commissioners report dated 09­26­23 ­ (4)
 Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
(5) 23­1067
 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board
 Resolution No. 024 044, which approves a License Agreement with
 Southern California Gas Company for a Gas Compressor Station at the
 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Van Norman Lake
 Reservoir.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED
(6) 23­1048
 CD 6 Motion (Padilla – Blumenfield) relative to the ordinance allowing the Board
 of Public Works to let Progressive­Design­Build contracts for the delivery
 of the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Primary Equalization
 Basin and future Groundwater Replenishment projects, pursuant to a
 competitive, sealed­proposal method.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Padilla ­ Blumenfield) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
(7) 21­1039
 Bureau of Engineering report relative to developing a Building
 Decarbonization Work Plan for the City's existing building stock and
 of Public Works to let Progressive­Design­Build contracts for the delivery
 of the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Primary Equalization
 Basin and future Groundwater Replenishment projects, pursuant to a
 competitive, sealed­proposal method.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Padilla ­ Blumenfield) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
 (7) 21­1039
 Bureau of Engineering report relative to developing a Building
 Decarbonization Work Plan for the City's existing building stock and
 identifying City facilities for near­term installation of Distributed Energy
 Generation Systems.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Energy and Environment, Personnel, Audits, and
 Hiring, and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees)


 CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED
 (8) 23­1072
 Motion (Yaroslavsky – Blumenfield) relative to strengthening the City’s
 water conservation efforts for residential, industrial, and commercial uses,
 including recommendations for process and timing of code changes or
 ordinances for adoption by the City Council, and related matters.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky ­ Blumenfield) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent; Blumenfield
 (9) 23­1056
 Motion (Blumenfield – Hutt) relative to the feasibility of an e­bike subsidy
 program with qualifications similar to existing federal, state and local
 rebates for electric vehicles (EVs) and residential EV charging stations,
 with a focus on e­bikes that are likely to be used for utilitarian purposes and
 to replace vehicle trips, rather than for purely recreational purposes.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield ­ Rodriguez) AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent;
 Blumenfield


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
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield ­ Rodriguez) AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent;
 Blumenfield


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.

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. 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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

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,
hard­of­hearing, 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.
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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

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,
hard­of­hearing, 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.