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[1:47] PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

[53:03] Consent Agenda

[53:33] Regular Agenda

[53:39] HD-23-192 Approve Appropriations for Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck, LLP in the amount of $100,000 for specialized assistance in harbor matters. (City Attorney - C. Gale)

[54:05] HD-23-195 Authorize Executive Director to execute a contract with CALSTART to administer the Clean Truck Fund Rate Zero-Emission Truck Voucher Incentive Program. (Environmental Planning - M. Arms)

[1:09:17] HD-23-196 Authorize Executive Director to execute contracts with Cambridge Systematics, Inc. in the amount of $500,000, Build Momentum in the amount of $700,000, Starcrest Consulting Group, LLC in the amount of $750,000, and Tetra Tech, Inc. in the amount of $700,00 in an amount totaling $2,650,000 for a term of 3 years for Funding Application Assistance and Grant Management Support. (Environmental Planning - M. Arms)

[1:09:58] HD-23-197 Authorize Executive Director to approve a procurement with ePlus, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $427,793 for Pure Storage Area Network equipment. (Information Management - N. Maiko)

[1:10:30] HD-23-201 Authorize Executive Director to execute Fifth Amendment to Contract with Climatec, LLC in the amount of $39,875, for a total contract value not to exceed $194,976 for professional services and software licensing to implement a Building Management System at Fire Station 20. (Information Management - N. Maiko)

[1:11:06] HD-23-209 Approve Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance for the Amendment to the Harbor Department’s Job Order Contracting Policy. (Construction Management - D. Lambrigger)

[1:11:30] HD-23-187 Ratify Change Order No. 4 in the amount of $80,500, Ratify Change Order No. 5 in the amount of $5,947, Authorize Change Order No. 6 in the amount of $191,739 and restore the Executive Director’s authority for change orders to $200,000 for the Gerald Desmond Bridge Demolition Project, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. (Construction Management - D. Lambrigger)

[1:20:11] HD-23-189 Ratify Change Order No. 7 in the amount of $133,157.42, Authorize Change Order No. 8 in the amount of $99,160.69, and restore the Executive Director’s authority for change orders to $200,000 for the Fireboat Station 20 project, Pinner Construction. (Construction Management - D. Lambrigger)

[1:21:02] HD-23-190 Ratify Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $187,071.00, and restore Executive Director’s authority for change orders to $200,000 for the Fourth Track at Ocean Boulevard project, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. (Construction Management - D. Lambrigger)

[1:21:42] HD-23-178 Approve a Baseline Project Budget of $34,320,000 and authorize spending in the amount of $5,200,000 for the Pier B Rail Yard Dominguez Channel Bridge Widening project. (Program Management - T. Higgins)

[1:28:24] HD-23-179 Authorize spending in the amount of $2,350,000 for the Pier B Rail Yard Shoemaker Bridge Ramps Demolition project. (Program Management - T. Higgins)

[1:29:01] HD-23-184 Approve a Baseline Project Budget of $14,800,000 and authorize spending in the amount of $1,295,000 for the Pier E North Gate Expansion Project. (Program Management - T. Higgins)

[1:29:28] HD-23-185 Approve a Baseline Project Budget of $7,800,000 and authorize spending in the amount of $1,750,000 for the Heavy Haul Route Improvement project. (Program Management - T. Higgins)

[1:35:13] HD-23-204 Approve Second Reading of Ordinance to Authorize Executive Director to execute Fourth Amendment to Preferential Assignment Agreement HD-7048 between the Port of Long Beach and International Transportation Service, LLC, located on Pier G for approximately 6,441 square feet of land for a contractor laydown area for the Port’s Critical Valve Replacement Program Phase 3 Project, make the determination that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, the action is categorically exempt, and the Ordinance will take effect immediately. (Real Estate - E. Killeen)

[1:36:14] HD-23-092 Approve Conditional Award and Authorize Executive Director to execute a contract with Activu Corporation in the amount of $893,318.38 for a 1 year term for the Audio Video System Project. (Security - C.Hehr)

[1:36:43] SUPPLEMENTAL

[1:36:48] HD-23-210 Authorize Executive Director to execute First Amendment to contract with Marsh USA Inc. in the amount of $362,000 to purchase contingent liability insurance. (Risk Management - R. Baratta)

[1:37:14] HD-23-211 Authorize Executive Director to execute the Assignment by Ellis Group, Inc. To and Assumption by CBRE, Inc. of the Rights and Obligations of Ellis Group, Inc. Under Contract for Consulting Services between the City of Long Beach and Ellis Group, Inc. Consent Thereto, and First Amendment to Such Contract. (Real Estate - E. Killeen)

[1:38:51] HD-23-214 Approve First Reading of Ordinance and Authorize Executive Director to execute a Lease with FM Harbor, LLC to allow for use of approximately 1.79 acres of land and improvements thereon located at 260 N Pico Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802, make the determination that the action is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. (Real Estate - E. Killeen)

[1:39:31] HD-23-213 Approve First Reading of Ordinance and Authorize Executive Director to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Port and Maria Talieres, Trustee of the Maria Talieres Revocable Trust, dated October 17, 2018, located at 1660 W. 9th Street, Long Beach, and make the determination pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act that the acquisition of the property is necessary for the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Program to reconfigure and expand the existing Pier B Rail Yard, and is a subsequent approval within the scope of the certified Environmental Impact Report for the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Project certified by the Board of Harbor Commissioners on January 22, 2018. (Real Estate - E. Killeen)

[1:40:58] HD-23-218 Authorize Executive Director to execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Long Beach and the Port of Long Beach to transfer control of certain underutilized oil areas to the Harbor Department. (Executive - S. Joumblat)

[1:41:18] HD-23-220 Approve Appointment of Brian Beggs to the position of Civil Engineering Associate. (Human Resources - S. Witz)

[1:41:47] HD-23-223 Discussion and possible approval of changes to salary and/or fringe benefits for the Deputy Executive Director of the Harbor Department. (Executive - M. Cordero)

[1:42:46] REPORTS FROM EX OFFICIO APPOINTEES

[1:42:57] ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS

[1:46:35] CLOSED SESSION

[1:46:41] CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

[1:49:29] Adjournment

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[0:00] i am sharon weissman, PRESIDENT

[0:01] Of the board of harbor

[0:01] commissioners and I would like

[0:02] to welcome you to our meeting.

[0:04] And I want to thank you for

[0:05] joining us today.

[0:08] At this time, I will introduce

[0:12] my colleagues, commissioner

[0:13] bonnie lowenthal, comment --

[0:14] commissioner frank alona.

[0:18] Vice PRESIDENT Bobby olvera and

[0:21] steven neal will not be with us

[0:21] today.

[0:23] Shauna espinoza, our executive

[0:23] officer to the board, I would

[0:26] like to ask you to read the

[0:27] instructions for participation

[0:27] in today'

[0:28] s meeting.

[0:31] >> the agenda and public comment

[0:32] cards can be found at the back

[0:32] of pacific chambers.

[0:36] The agenda and staff report for

[0:38] each item along with archives of

[0:39] our streams can be found on our

[0:41] website.

[0:46] We welcome and encourage public

[0:48] involvement at our meetings.

[0:49] Please, so that we can recognize

[0:51] you at the appropriate time,

[0:53] fill out a speakers card

[0:54] indicating the number of the

[0:55] item on the agenda that you

[0:57] would like to address and sent

[0:58] the card to commission staff.

[1:01] Instructions and additional

[1:03] information can be found online

[1:04] on our website.

[1:08] >> they convey much.

[1:10] I would like to ask you to rise

[1:12] if you are able and follow along

[1:13] with the pledge of allegiance.

[1:17] >> I pledge allegiance to the

[1:19] flag of the united states of

[1:20] america.

[1:24] And to the republic for which it

[1:25] stands, one nation, under GOD,

[1:28] indivisible, with liberty and

[1:28] justice for all.

[1:34] >> thank you.

[1:36] we will not take public comment

[1:37] on non-agenda items at this

[1:37] time.

[1:41] I believe the first speaker is

[1:42] our esteemed mayor, rex

[1:42] richardson.

[1:50] >> hey folks.

[1:53] Obviously welcome to city hall.

[1:55] You'

[1:57] re sitting in my seat right.

[1:59] I'

[2:00] m on the other side now,

[2:01] giving the comment.

[2:03] >> I try to take good care of

[2:03] it.

[2:05] >> good good good.

[2:07] You have a little t-rex of

[2:09] there, right?

[2:11] No, somebody might have moved it

[2:11] for you.

[2:15] There is, fantastic.

[2:16] He'

[2:17] s cup -- helping keep the

[2:18] seat warm for me.

[2:21] Just wanted to come by and speak

[2:23] with our esteemed commission,

[2:24] obviously I have known many of

[2:25] you for years.

[2:29] And I know that we are missing

[2:31] two commissioners, but I go back

[2:31] with those two gentlemen for

[2:33] many years.

[2:36] I was chief of staff when he was

[2:36] a councilmember.

[2:38] I know -- have known many of you

[2:39] for many many years.

[2:41] But our relationship is

[2:41] different now.

[2:43] Since I'

[2:44] m the mayor of the

[2:45] incredible city of long beach.

[2:47] And I have the responsibility to

[2:49] think about the future of our

[2:51] city, to make sure that we are

[2:55] being mindful of our leadership,

[2:57] are responsible de, and our

[2:57] future.

[3:00] And I wanted to come down

[3:02] tomorrow, is mark'

[3:02] s the hundred

[3:05] days since I delivered are 100

[3:07] day plan, our opportunity to

[3:08] beach the agenda at the state of

[3:08] the city.

[3:14] In that plan I talked about our

[3:16] leadership and responsibilities

[3:17] to the poor.

[3:19] We have the greenport, I don'

[3:20] t

[3:22] care what others will say, the

[3:24] second largest port in america.

[3:25] We have a tremendous

[3:25] responsibility to our

[3:28] communities, to our leadership

[3:29] for the region, and to cleanour

[3:30] air.

[3:33] That is what I wanted to come

[3:34] and talk to you briefly about

[3:36] today.

[3:37] I submitted a letter to the

[3:40] board that really talks about

[3:41] some of our expectations and our

[3:43] hopes for the harbor commission

[3:44] and our port of long beach in

[3:45] the future.

[3:48] And I think, based on our

[3:49] conversations, with your team

[3:51] and many of you, you are with

[3:52] much of this.

[3:53] It comes down to three things.

[3:59] Our ability to compete, our

[4:00] competitiveness, veterans one.

[4:05] Clean air, and our commitment to

[4:05] community.

[4:10] Those three values are

[4:11] commitments that long beach has,

[4:14] and I hope to see real action on

[4:15] from our board of harbor

[4:16] commissioners.

[4:18] As it relates to the

[4:24] conversation, we need to be

[4:26] mindful of growth at our port.

[4:31] We have an opportunity over the

[4:33] next decade with the bipartisan

[4:33] infrastructure asked to really

[4:39] invest in the structure that --

[4:43] infrastructure that is greener

[4:45] and cleaner.

[4:45] Let'

[4:46] s work together to

[4:46] prioritize our port of long

[4:51] beach, I am meeting with the

[4:53] administration regularly to

[4:54] advocate for resources, we are

[4:56] proud of the 10 year labor

[4:57] agreement that we have come to

[4:59] with our building trades which

[5:01] allows us to prioritize good

[5:04] jobs and labor peace that allows

[5:05] us to maintain our competitive

[5:05] edge.

[5:08] We also know that how well the

[5:10] port does has a direct

[5:11] relationship to the city'

[5:11] s

[5:11] bottom line.

[5:12] The city'

[5:15] s revenue will be

[5:17] changing over te next decade or

[5:17] so, you'

[5:20] ll see reductions as

[5:20] relates to oil produced in our

[5:21] communities.

[5:23] Let'

[5:23] s see that as an opportunity

[5:25] to grow our revenue.

[5:29] When we invest in things like

[5:32] charging stations at the port

[5:33] and allow shorts to plug-in, not

[5:35] only does it clean our air, but

[5:37] when we plug in, we charge

[5:38] utilities tax.

[5:40] We make money when people

[5:40] plug-in in as a city.

[5:44] We are able to hire

[5:45] firefighters, police officers,

[5:45] build more parks.

[5:48] It is in our strategic interests

[5:52] that we continue to invest in

[5:53] electrification and cleaning

[5:54] infrastructure in our port is

[5:55] tied to our ability to complete.

[5:58] The second part on clean air, we

[5:59] talked a lot about this in our

[5:59] letter.

[6:01] We will have to continue to show

[6:01] leadership.

[6:05] We have a great record in our

[6:07] port and it has been what have

[6:08] you done for us lately.

[6:12] the goal will continue to move

[6:12] forward.

[6:13] Some things we talked about our

[6:17] commitments to 100 publicly

[6:17] available charging stations

[6:18] within three years.

[6:19] This is a call we can achieve

[6:19] together.

[6:23] Her projects in the works now,

[6:26] there have been strides made.

[6:30] There are chucks start --

[6:30] struggling to make this

[6:31] transition in our community.

[6:35] Our local truck drivers need a

[6:36] lot of support in this

[6:38] transition, you'

[6:40] ve done a lot, I

[6:43] have paid attention, I served as

[6:45] the chair of the technology and

[6:48] marine affairs committee --

[6:48] committee.

[6:48] I'

[6:49] ve been on the council for

[6:50] eight years.

[6:51] I know what the challenges are.

[6:54] But we need to make sure we have

[6:57] local funds available and

[6:59] establish a local fund for local

[7:03] smaller haulers to adopt cleaner

[7:06] technologies and zero emission

[7:06] tracks as they come along.

[7:12] And the third thing is, I

[7:15] applaud you for taking a step to

[7:17] create a clean air rate for

[7:19] sharks, thank you for that, but

[7:19] when we established if there was

[7:21] a conversation about you sure

[7:23] that we take steps to make sure

[7:26] that the rate is set where we

[7:27] can make enough money to

[7:29] actually sort of spur the

[7:31] transition in zero emissions.

[7:34] So thank you for the $10 but we

[7:35] have to get the $20 this year.

[7:37] I also note the competitive

[7:38] nature.

[7:41] We just talked about

[7:43] competition, we understand our

[7:44] competition with other court

[7:44] dashboards.

[7:47] we will help you with that.

[7:49] We have two mayors into big

[7:51] cities and we look forward to

[7:52] working with a shared vision to

[7:53] make sure we don'

[7:54] t see ourselves

[7:56] as competition but collaborative

[7:58] partners to make sure that our

[7:59] region thrives and I will

[7:59] continue to have those

[8:01] conversations and keep you

[8:03] updated on how those

[8:05] conversations go.

[8:06] And the last see is community.

[8:10] We have the responsibility to

[8:12] make sure that we leave our

[8:13] communities in a better position

[8:14] than when we found them.

[8:18] That means making a promise to

[8:19] the west side of long beach.

[8:22] This is -- we are already to end

[8:23] his partners in many many ways.

[8:27] But we can think bigger and more

[8:28] collaboratively with the state

[8:28] and the federal government.

[8:31] We have a new assembly member in

[8:35] the state, josh lowenthal,

[8:35] right.

[8:36] He represents the west side.

[8:39] Our federal government, we have

[8:41] on the west side of town, you

[8:43] have robert garcia and paragon.

[8:48] We will be working with these

[8:50] agencies empties into and see --

[8:51] entities to prioritize clean air

[8:54] and infrastructure and implement

[8:54] the westside livability plan and

[8:57] taking a look at the freeway.

[8:59] All of those projects will make

[9:03] a meaningful different --

[9:03] difference for people on the

[9:05] west part of town.

[9:06] What we should do is work

[9:08] together on one collaborative

[9:09] strategy, one westside promise

[9:12] for all levels of government,

[9:12] ports, city, federal and state.

[9:17] As we think in the next 10 years

[9:21] with the inflation reduction

[9:23] act, we should have one

[9:25] coordinated strategy to make a

[9:27] meaningful difference in the

[9:28] lives of those people.

[9:29] We will continue to have

[9:31] conversations with you and

[9:32] conversations as we appoint the

[9:37] new committee -- mitigation

[9:38] committee, we will be developing

[9:41] new commission -- delivering new

[9:43] commissioners and a matter of

[9:47] weeks, and we want to look over

[9:49] our legacy and make the real

[9:49] commitment to leave our

[9:50] communities in better positions

[9:52] than they were when they found

[9:53] them.

[9:54] I took up a lot more time than

[9:56] what the public comment -- ,

[9:57] nobody takes but I thought it

[9:58] was important to come down to

[10:01] you in the first 100 days and

[10:01] address you directly.

[10:02] Thank you so much for hearing me

[10:02] out.

[10:03] Take care.

[10:09] >> thank you MR. Mayor.

[10:12] MS. Espinoza, do we have members

[10:12] of the public who wish to

[10:13] address the board unmonitored

[10:17] items -- on non-agenda items?

[10:19] >> we do.

[10:21] MISS Emily quest.

[10:24] >> thank you.

[10:27] >> high.

[10:29] I'

[10:29] ll take my mask off.

[10:33] I have my three minute counter I

[10:34] can tell when to stop.

[10:41] My name is emily and in 19 501I

[10:43] was born in memorial hospital --

[10:45] in 1971.

[10:48] I lived in upper wrigley with my

[10:50] grandparents and at that point

[10:51] the sandy mercer writing staples

[10:56] had been dismantled -- writing

[11:00] staples had been dismantled.

[11:00] That'

[11:01] s where we learned to do

[11:01] writing.

[11:04] During my childhood operators

[11:05] took all that land and turned it

[11:12] into crude oil breeding sites.

[11:16] I was born with my mother there

[11:17] during that.

[11:18] Of time and I have a leaky valve

[11:18] in my heart.

[11:21] And I'

[11:24] m sorry to dump this on

[11:28] you, you help my friend get a

[11:28] bicycle and bonnie, you used to

[11:29] come to margaret'

[11:29] s house for

[11:32] dinner, and I was the young

[11:32] woman staying upstairs with the

[11:33] baby.

[11:34] So, I'

[11:35] m happy that it'

[11:37] s you that

[11:41] is the face of the people that I

[11:42] know.

[11:45] So might leaky valve causes

[11:45] water to fill up in my lungs.

[11:48] I get more fluid.

[11:53] Also, now I am living in

[11:54] westside long beach near

[11:57] garfield elementary, and when I

[11:59] sit on my front porch and have a

[12:01] nice warm cup of coffee I can

[12:05] watch the sun come up over the

[12:06] 710 wall and see the tops of the

[12:08] diesel chucks going by.

[12:12] And I said I would talk to my

[12:13] neighbors and I make real

[12:14] friends in real life.

[12:18] And we all go through this type

[12:21] of issue, my one neighbor just

[12:23] died from copd, everybody that

[12:26] came to my neighbor --

[12:27] neighbor'

[12:27] s house to say don'

[12:28] t go

[12:31] live with on the look -- auntie

[12:33] lola because it is pierced over

[12:34] there because everyone that came

[12:36] from the south from her family,

[12:39] she was the child of 11, they

[12:39] all passed away at living in the

[12:45] westside from cancer, childhood

[12:48] leukemia, if I could explain to

[12:50] you the cost, I know that you

[12:52] want to have more business in

[12:55] the westside, you want to do all

[12:58] these things and promises and

[13:01] westside livability promises,

[13:01] and we don'

[13:01] t want any of that.

[13:03] We want no diabetes.

[13:05] We want to breathe.

[13:07] We don'

[13:08] t want to walk in

[13:08] wheelchairs.

[13:09] We don'

[13:09] t want to cry.

[13:10] I'

[13:14] m so sad that my life as an

[13:17] artist, I have my mfa from cal

[13:17] state long beach.

[13:20] , that my life has been spent

[13:22] fighting the things that some

[13:23] people think are really

[13:23] important.

[13:28] I had never heard about the

[13:29] westside livability plan sits

[13:31] right now, and is this what I

[13:34] have to do, thank you, I want

[13:35] talk of her like the mayor, I

[13:36] know my time.

[13:40] >> thank you so very much.

[13:42] Please share your goals of zero

[13:42] emissions.

[13:43] Thank you.

[13:45] >> next speaker.

[13:52] -- we share your goals of zero

[13:52] emissions.

[13:53] Thank you.

[13:53] Next speaker.

[14:03] >> height, good afternoon

[14:04] commissioners, happy earth

[14:04] month.

[14:08] I am a national staffer with the

[14:09] my generation campaign.

[14:12] And today we are here amplified

[14:13] the need for more committee

[14:17] engagement and a robust

[14:18] transformational port master

[14:18] plan.

[14:21] I just want to shout out people

[14:23] like emily, many of us took time

[14:24] to be here in the middle of the

[14:26] day to testify and I hope that

[14:29] we can influence staff and all

[14:30] of you to take in our concerns.

[14:34] We do work with staff here and

[14:36] we appreciate all of the

[14:38] collaboration so far on grants

[14:41] and all of the different

[14:42] opportunities that mayor

[14:42] richardson flight for us to

[14:43] collaborate on.

[14:47] So, we are well aware that zero

[14:49] emissions is just not reflected

[14:51] as best as it can be in the 20

[14:53] year plant that is met for the

[14:54] fourth.

[14:55] Some aspects that we would like

[15:00] to see improved arc the cleaning

[15:02] truck front rate, $10 is not

[15:02] equitable.

[15:08] We have been here before, at

[15:14] least a $50 rate, what I believe

[15:16] is equitable, we don'

[15:16] t need any

[15:17] more fossil fuel infrastructure

[15:20] to be grown at the port, and to

[15:21] see that in the plant as far as

[15:24] forecasting for infrastructure

[15:26] and we need, like I mentioned

[15:27] earlier, we need more community

[15:29] engagement.

[15:32] A monumental piece of

[15:32] information has been released by

[15:35] the american lung association, I

[15:39] expect you -- encourage you to

[15:40] check out that report.

[15:41] The report found that california

[15:45] cities and mostly L.A. Cities,

[15:48] L.A. County cities, ranked

[15:50] number one in the nation for six

[15:51] out of 10 most ozone polluted

[15:53] cities.

[15:54] So, let me tell you.

[15:58] L.A. County cities are number

[15:59] one.

[16:00] For ozone.

[16:02] That means small.

[16:06] We cannot afford to let the

[16:08] emissions that come from oil

[16:09] bunkering and ships continuing

[16:11] to harm folks, we know that, the

[16:13] air resources board'

[16:13] s passing

[16:17] monumental regulations for rules

[16:23] for dock procedures, but we need

[16:26] to see more support for zero

[16:26] emissions in your master plan.

[16:28] There needs to be more

[16:28] engagement.

[16:31] This is not enough, us 10 people

[16:34] being here at one of your

[16:35] meetings is not enough.

[16:39] We need to see more meetings to

[16:40] express ideas and collaborate

[16:41] with you all as you have been.

[16:43] They can so much for your time.

[16:46] -- thank you so much for your

[16:47] time.

[16:50] >> next.

[16:57] Allison.

[17:00] >> good afternoon.

[17:05] I am an attorney with the

[17:07] natural resources defense equity

[17:08] and justice center.

[17:11] I am a proud member of the

[17:11] impact project coalition.

[17:15] We believe that everyone has the

[17:16] right to a safe and healthy

[17:18] environment regardless of zip

[17:20] code.

[17:21] For this reason we are deeply

[17:22] concerned that the courts are

[17:23] still dominated by heavy-duty

[17:27] diesel truck -- tracks that

[17:31] pollute the air that children,

[17:32] elderly residents and families

[17:33] are supposed -- forced to

[17:33] breathe.

[17:36] There have been numerous studies

[17:38] released about their short life

[17:40] expectancy.

[17:45] While we approve of the voucher

[17:48] program, mower -- more must be

[17:53] done to reduce emissions by

[17:54] 2035.

[17:54] There are three things that I

[17:55] would like to touch on today.

[17:59] The fleets rule would require

[18:02] that on jenny jack -- JANUARY 1,

[18:06] all new tracks must be zero

[18:07] emissions.

[18:07] The courts must double down.

[18:13] they must incentvize funding in

[18:16] the very near term to

[18:17] accommodate the upcoming

[18:18] regulatory change.

[18:21] The ports must increase the fund

[18:27] raised to $70 per te you to

[18:29] support the shift to one hundred

[18:29] percent zero emissions trucking.

[18:33] It will not be usable for fleets

[18:34] to deploy zero emission truck

[18:36] until funding is secured to

[18:37] cover zero emission

[18:38] infrastructure.

[18:39] We strongly support the

[18:44] direction of the port to focus

[18:44] on zero emission tracks only and

[18:45] asked the ports do not extend

[18:49] any exceptions for natural gas

[18:49] tracks that harm our community.

[18:52] We urge the ports to prioritize

[18:57] public health and safety by

[18:58] rapidly transitioning to zero

[18:58] emission technology.

[18:58] Thank you.

[19:00] >> thank you.

[19:00] Next.

[19:04] >> monica.

[19:13] >> good afternoon.

[19:17] Thank you so much for creating

[19:18] space for us to speak today.

[19:22] My name is monica embree and I

[19:22] am the california director of

[19:26] energy campaigns for the sierra.

[19:29] I am here to urge the port of

[19:30] long beach to take further

[19:31] action on their pending port

[19:34] master plan to really accelerate

[19:34] the turnover 20 emission shifts

[19:35] and tracks.

[19:39] I am deeply -- deeply concerned

[19:39] about the lack of progress to

[19:42] date in large part because of

[19:43] the impacts on committee health

[19:45] and climate.

[19:47] In communities like west long

[19:49] beach where emily lives, which

[19:53] is adjacent to our ports, the

[19:54] average life expectancy falls

[19:57] eight years shorter than the

[19:58] average in the county.

[19:58] that is simply unacceptable.

[20:01] Our peoples lives cannot be at

[20:03] stake for the prophets of the

[20:04] fossil fuel industry.

[20:07] This has a disproportionate

[20:08] impact on communities of color,

[20:10] with black lung -- black long

[20:13] beach residents being

[20:14] hospitalized at rates eight

[20:20] times and hispanic communities

[20:20] at twice the rate as white long

[20:21] beach residents.

[20:27] This disproportionate impact

[20:28] constitutes environmental racism

[20:28] and injustice.

[20:33] Children in long beach have

[20:34] doubled asthma rates of children

[20:34] across L.A. County.

[20:38] We need further action to

[20:45] advance the 100% zero emissions

[20:45] fleet and we are thrilled there

[20:47] is a strong belief in this by

[20:51] 2035, but we need strong interim

[20:51] action.

[20:54] It has been five years since the

[20:55] action plan update and the ports

[21:00] have only deployed 122 grant

[21:01] funded zero emission vehicles

[21:03] and only 60 battery electric

[21:06] tracks in the port race

[21:08] registry.

[21:09] There are over 10,000 tracks

[21:12] that regularly service the ports

[21:12] and must be turned over 20

[21:13] emission engines.

[21:16] To date, we have done less than

[21:17] 1% of the fleet.

[21:19] We urge you to advance action

[21:19] much faster.

[21:22] Especially in light of the

[21:25] recent ipcc report, which shows

[21:32] once again, if you -- critical

[21:35] action must be taken or we will

[21:36] see catastrophic climate change

[21:38] here long beach, and the country

[21:38] and across the war.

[21:42] We know the impacts like sea

[21:44] level rise, flooding and intense

[21:44] heat.

[21:48] We feel is impacts here in long

[21:49] beach and know they will be

[21:51] exacerbated by further delays.

[21:54] We are calling on the port of

[21:56] long beach harbor commissioners

[21:58] to prioritize, health, --

[22:03] climate and safety by an interim

[22:05] target of 25% 2024.

[22:06] Thank you.

[22:08] >> thank you.

[22:09] Next speaker.

[22:12] >> danielle hit ari.

[22:36] This

[22:40] >> good afternoon board of

[22:45] commissioners, I am a resident

[22:48] of long beach in district2 and I

[22:50] am the pacific climate campaigns

[22:51] manager for advocacy.

[22:54] I am here today, like my friends

[22:57] and colleagues and community

[23:00] members to comment on the

[23:03] pending port master plan update.

[23:05] The reason that we are so

[23:06] passionate about the port master

[23:07] plan update is that it is a once

[23:09] in a generation land-use stock

[23:13] event that outlines land-use for

[23:17] the -- coming 20 years and those

[23:19] 20 years of the most critical

[23:23] time for climate action in the

[23:24] history of humanity.

[23:24] So that'

[23:25] s why this is so

[23:25] important.

[23:28] We have been very active over

[23:35] the past in engaging community

[23:35] members about the plan update.

[23:39] We knocked on about 5000 doors

[23:45] here in long beach, educating

[23:45] folks on how the port master

[23:50] plan update previously included

[23:51] which about liquefied natural

[23:53] gas anchoring.

[23:54] -- bunkering.

[24:01] We received thousands of

[24:05] signatures certifying that

[24:08] residents did not want any more

[24:11] fossil fuel bunkering on county

[24:11] property.

[24:14] And now I am so grateful that we

[24:17] received that letter from the

[24:18] executive saying that he will

[24:21] strike liquefied natural gas

[24:22] bunkering from the update.

[24:25] I am urging you with the fate of

[24:28] humanity in your hands to take

[24:30] this a step further and to ban

[24:33] any new renewed or expanded

[24:36] fossil fuel productions or

[24:37] bunkering on port property to

[24:39] properly respond to the climate

[24:42] emergency that you currently

[24:42] face.

[24:47] The ipcc of the united nations

[24:50] says we have before 2025 for

[24:51] global climate emissions to peak

[24:56] at 2030 four global climate

[24:57] emissions to be halved from 2019

[24:58] levels.

[25:00] The port master plan update

[25:02] needs to reflect the scientific

[25:04] realities.

[25:08] The port has a responsibility to

[25:11] long beach, to local community,

[25:17] and last SEPTEMBER we experience

[25:18] record shattering heat waves.

[25:20] 109 degrees fahrenheit, the

[25:22] hottest that it has ever been in

[25:24] long beach in recorded history.

[25:24] Why?

[25:28] At climate change.

[25:29] Hot -- human caused global

[25:29] warming.

[25:30] Thank you so much.

[25:33] We need this port master plan

[25:34] update to beatrice rhoda

[25:34] document.

[25:36] >> thank you.

[25:40] -- to be a transformative

[25:40] document.

[25:42] >> thank you.

[25:45] >> nancy wu.

[25:59] >> hello, my name is nancy wu,

[26:01] district three.

[26:03] I am in organizer with the

[26:06] sunrise movement and and -- a

[26:08] poet and a writer.

[26:09] I want to the skin test

[26:11] community members that danielle

[26:13] just mentioned becoming aware of

[26:17] l -- bunkering and what that is.

[26:22] i am here because I am an

[26:25] individual, and I am not really

[26:27] sure what I can do to prevent

[26:28] the worst possible planet

[26:28] catastrophe.

[26:30] I am here because people like

[26:36] you are in a position to make

[26:36] serious and immediate change,

[26:37] which is what you need.

[26:42] As danielle just mentioned, it'

[26:43] s

[26:45] like how are we going to get our

[26:47] traditions down, and I

[26:50] understand that the port master

[26:51] plan update is in review right

[26:53] now.

[26:55] I am urging the port of long

[26:57] beach to updated to remove any

[27:00] land-use designations for a new,

[27:01] renewal or expanded fossil fuel

[27:02] production.

[27:07] I understand this is a once in a

[27:07] generation document, which is

[27:11] why I am here because of, we

[27:13] happened to get these things

[27:14] out.

[27:14] It'

[27:15] s really important

[27:16] opportunity which feels like a

[27:17] really really good opportunity

[27:17] right now to make some serious

[27:20] change, to get closer to zero

[27:21] emissions.

[27:24] Which is reducing pollution,

[27:25] protecting long beach residents,

[27:26] and fighting climate change.

[27:33] So, in addition to removing the

[27:34] land-use designations, I also

[27:36] urge you to increase the clean

[27:37] truck fund rate and put money

[27:38] into zero emission tracks in

[27:40] order to achieve a truck fleet

[27:43] that is putting 5% zero

[27:44] emissions by 2024.

[27:47] And I am looking at that and

[27:48] thinking about the small stuff

[27:48] that can be taken.

[27:51] It feels like a big issue,

[27:52] right.

[27:54] How do we prevent the

[27:55] catastrophes of the world.

[27:58] And I would really like to see

[28:02] that in motion in the port.

[28:04] Small steps leading to the

[28:04] bigger steps.

[28:09] Which is to and fossil fuel

[28:10] production completely.

[28:10] Going forward.

[28:14] Because we know we need to move

[28:17] quickly and reduce emissions as

[28:18] much as possible to mitigate

[28:20] global catastrophe and protect

[28:21] the people of long beach.

[28:24] We need a just transition to

[28:25] clean energy and I would love to

[28:28] see the port of long beach be a

[28:29] global leader in transitioning

[28:29] to clean energy.

[28:30] Thank you.

[28:33] >> thank you very much.

[28:34] Our next speaker.

[28:37] >> kurt canfield.

[28:41] >> high.

[28:45] -- hello.

[28:48] I am a memberof sunrise long

[28:50] beach as well.

[28:51] And the port is a huge economic

[28:53] driver for long beach, and

[28:57] massive engine that turns out

[28:58] lots and lots of goods and jobs

[29:05] and those exhaust fumes of that

[29:07] economic engine are what many

[29:10] residents of long beach and

[29:12] especially the west side have to

[29:13] live with everyday.

[29:19] So, I am glad that the port is

[29:24] taking it seriously, that is

[29:28] your mission is -- zero

[29:29] emissions are important but not

[29:33] only for our planet but the

[29:34] local scale, taking care of the

[29:35] people who work there and live

[29:37] in proximity to that port and

[29:38] everything that he can provide.

[29:43] I think that one of the things

[29:44] that the port should be able to

[29:45] provide is a not reduced

[29:45] lifespan.

[29:52] And so, I'

[29:53] m here with pacific

[29:55] environment to try and urge you

[30:02] to double down on those

[30:05] initiatives that are already

[30:06] taking place, to set interim

[30:07] goals and publicize those

[30:10] interim goals, for moving to a

[30:10] zero emission truck fleet.

[30:13] Because, you know, the fear is

[30:18] that the 2035 will come and go

[30:19] and we are still short

[30:22] significantly of what was

[30:23] promised.

[30:25] We want to avoid that.

[30:31] We just want to make sure that

[30:36] really firm and publicized

[30:36] interim goals for the

[30:37] electrification process would be

[30:39] very important.

[30:43] In addition to that, increasing

[30:50] dte you rate would be beneficial

[30:51] -- the te you rate would be

[30:51] beneficial.

[30:55] We have a lot of tracks coming

[30:56] through, we have alameda

[30:59] corridor -- tracks coming

[31:00] through we have alameda

[31:01] corridor, which could impact

[31:04] those emissions and it is

[31:04] underutilized.

[31:09] I know you are not the alameda

[31:10] corridor transportation

[31:12] authority, what more can be done

[31:13] in terms of trying to

[31:15] incentivize usage.

[31:19] Furthermore land-use

[31:25] designations that allow for

[31:25] increased bunkering, we would

[31:28] like to get those taken out and

[31:29] figure out other ways of

[31:33] electrifying are port and

[31:34] providing for energy needs.

[31:34] Thank you.

[31:39] -- our port and providing for

[31:40] energy needs.

[31:40] Thank you.

[31:43] >> I just want you to know that

[31:45] we have a billion-dollar project

[31:47] to increase rail rather than

[31:48] putting containers on tracks.

[31:48] Thank you for your comments.

[31:51] >> jaclyn moore.

[32:06] >> good afternoon PRESIDENT

[32:07] Wiseman and the commission.

[32:09] I'

[32:10] m with the shipping

[32:10] association.

[32:14] You heard comments today on zero

[32:15] emissions and various fields and

[32:15] I wish to highlight the benefit

[32:18] of lng vessels.

[32:23] They create emission reductions

[32:24] and benefit air quality and

[32:29] climate with 90% reductions in

[32:31] smog, dpm, and a quarter

[32:32] production in carbon dioxide.

[32:36] How do we not desire this

[32:40] technology when our programs are

[32:42] designed to attract cleaner

[32:42] vessels?

[32:46] These are some of the cleanest

[32:46] vessels available.

[32:53] There are a few hundred lng

[32:54] ships in operation, and there

[32:55] are orders going.

[32:58] Over 30% of the vessels still to

[32:58] be built are lng.

[33:02] So in about five years we could

[33:05] have almost 600 vessels, which

[33:06] means greater capacity and

[33:10] greater emissions -- emission

[33:12] losses as the shift grew in

[33:12] size.

[33:16] This does not include other

[33:17] fuels such as ammonia or

[33:19] methanol, which make up 80% of

[33:22] the total order book.

[33:24] An incredible shift from just

[33:25] two years ago.

[33:29] We are investing billions of

[33:29] dollars into the cleanest

[33:30] technologies available today,

[33:36] and zero emissions vessels not

[33:41] exist because -- in general.

[33:42] Until then we must utilize the

[33:45] cleanest fuels as transition

[33:45] area fuels.

[33:49] Demonstrations and research are

[33:52] underway for these technologies,

[33:52] but until these are proven, we

[33:56] must attract those vessels

[34:00] hereto are complex with feeling

[34:01] capabilities and opportunities.

[34:03] Otherwise it is going to be

[34:05] those older, more traditional

[34:05] field vessels.

[34:09] To conclude, the port of long

[34:09] beach is a greenport with

[34:12] incredibly efficient zero

[34:17] emission goals, and should use

[34:17] these vessels in its

[34:17] transformation.

[34:19] >> thank you very much.

[34:22] Can recall two people at a time

[34:24] so the next person can be ready

[34:25] and when that person speaks we

[34:27] call the next person so we can

[34:29] have people ready?

[34:29] Thank you.

[34:34] >> next is janet victor

[34:37] anderson, then pete MARCH.

[34:39] -- marsh.

[34:45] >> hello, good afternoon.

[34:48] Thank you for giving us this

[34:49] time to speak, nice to see you

[34:49] all again.

[34:54] I don'

[34:55] t actually live in long

[34:57] beach anymore, I used to live in

[34:57] west long beach but I do want to

[35:00] share a story and before I

[35:02] continue, I really want to

[35:04] express my gratitude for my

[35:04] community member anna millie and

[35:05] all of the folks that are not

[35:08] here who have shared this and

[35:09] are unable to share this story

[35:09] because this is why we are here.

[35:14] There are human lives bearing

[35:16] the cost and many of us are just

[35:17] try to live our lives.

[35:18] And I share this story which I

[35:20] am about to share, I am an

[35:20] immigrant from the philippines

[35:21] -

[35:25] and when it came to the U.S., my

[35:26] family an my mom could only

[35:27] afford to get a two bedroom to

[35:28] have my grand parents, my mom

[35:31] and dad and three kids.

[35:32] Three generations in a two

[35:33] bedroom apartment right next to

[35:38] the railyard at the refinery.

[35:40] I grew up in west long beach and

[35:41] my brother was born a year later

[35:42] -- later.

[35:48] He was -- needed and nebulizer

[35:49] to break out of the womb.

[35:53] I gear after, I was also

[35:54] diagnosed with asthma.

[35:56] The pollution that is affecting

[35:57] neighborhoods like west long

[36:00] beach and many others have real

[36:00] costs.

[36:01] It affects our daily lives.

[36:06] I left west long beach and got a

[36:07] home in carson, I went to school

[36:08] and came back to work for ecr.

[36:12] In west long beach.

[36:15] After I started working and

[36:18] doorknocking all across the 36,

[36:21] 35,000, 36,000 residents, I had

[36:21] to get an inhaler again.

[36:25] Because of the pollution I was

[36:27] exposed to from my work.

[36:27] Why am I saying that?

[36:32] Because health is why many of us

[36:33] are here.

[36:34] As much as we can talk about

[36:35] their missions technology, the

[36:37] reason why people are asking for

[36:39] clean technology that is truly

[36:40] zero without has -- health

[36:41] impact is because there is a

[36:44] cost that the ports are not

[36:45] paying for, you don'

[36:45] t pay for my

[36:47] medical bill or by inhaler, but

[36:49] we have to bear the cost of

[36:50] breathing in the contaminated

[36:50] air.

[36:53] That is why for me this is not

[36:54] the only place I ask for clean

[36:56] air and push for zero emissions

[36:57] technology.

[36:59] We are doing work everywhere to

[37:02] get all of us to zero emissions,

[37:04] true zero that does not have

[37:05] other impacts that displaces the

[37:07] cost of health to another

[37:07] community and another

[37:09] neighborhood.

[37:11] I also want to uplift that while

[37:16] I no longer am in west beach --

[37:17] long beach as a resident, this

[37:18] pollution affects all regions.

[37:20] When we think about their

[37:20] emissions we are putting down

[37:24] and dashing down payment for the

[37:24] entire region.

[37:27] That is why I am here, to have a

[37:29] plan to get 20 emissions and

[37:32] engage residents, so we can hear

[37:32] more stories.

[37:34] And I hope that you don'

[37:34] t forget

[37:36] that there are people who are at

[37:37] the end of these policy meetings

[37:38] that you do, and that is what

[37:41] the actual costs that we should

[37:42] be wearing about, because we

[37:43] will bury and you won'

[37:43] t cover

[37:45] the bill.

[37:46] Thank you.

[37:47] -- bear it and you won'

[37:47] t cover

[37:48] the bill.

[37:48] Thank you.

[37:49] >> thank you.

[37:54] >> who is our speaker after MR.

[37:55] Marsh?

[37:59] >> greg and thomas.

[38:01] >> MR. Marsh.

[38:05] >> great, good afternoon.

[38:10] I am a second district resident

[38:10] of long beach.

[38:13] I am a 25 year veteran of the

[38:15] coast guard service, and a

[38:18] licensed master freight and

[38:20] towing, and second mate

[38:20] unlimited.

[38:25] I have the pleasure of serving

[38:27] at vessel trash make service --

[38:29] traffic service in san

[38:30] francisco, so I know the port

[38:31] and maritime community pretty

[38:31] well.

[38:34] I'

[38:36] m in my third career now as a

[38:38] solar contractor to work on

[38:40] solving the climate crisis

[38:42] through my professional actions,

[38:43] and I also do quite a bit of pro

[38:45] bono work on climate solutions.

[38:48] I am the coleader of the

[38:49] electrification action team for

[38:50] citizens climate lobby.

[38:54] We advocate nationally for

[38:54] carbon inhibiting and

[38:55] electrified buildings.

[38:57] And I was delighted to hear

[39:02] mayor richardsons encouragement

[39:05] to ask you all to pursue

[39:09] electrification and

[39:09] decarbonization strategies that

[39:10] can address I think 90% of our

[39:12] economy.

[39:13] With technology that is on the

[39:13] shelf.

[39:19] So, that is viewed across the

[39:20] renewable energy and climate

[39:24] industry as really the low

[39:29] hanging fruit, electrifying

[39:30] machines and generating

[39:31] electricity from zero carbon

[39:32] sources.

[39:32] You can all be a huge player in

[39:33] that.

[39:35] A majority of the equipment in

[39:36] the port here, current

[39:41] panhandling -- carbon handling

[39:44] and so on, are easy targets for

[39:44] electrification.

[39:47] People are just getting there to

[39:49] let you purchase those vehicles.

[39:50] But I appreciate the leadership

[39:51] that you have shown for years

[39:55] with starting, not just starting

[39:59] with but also with plug in

[39:59] electric sure ties.

[40:01] I saw that when I was in san

[40:03] francisco and cheered.

[40:03] Anyway.

[40:07] One of the things I want to do

[40:09] is offer the support of the

[40:10] climate community to engage in

[40:13] whatever we can to help with the

[40:13] transition.

[40:17] I know it is -- we are talking

[40:20] about transitioning from the oil

[40:20] and gas industry as our primary

[40:24] source of enters -- energy, it

[40:25] is 10% of global gdp that we

[40:27] will be putting onto the machine

[40:33] that the national academy of

[40:34] sciences says that -- is the

[40:37] most comments machine in

[40:40] existence, the electrode rate.

[40:41] This is a complicated task and

[40:42] I'

[40:43] m grateful for your efforts.

[40:44] Please consider electrification

[40:47] as the primary source of energy

[40:48] everywhere you can.

[40:49] I heard a comment about

[40:51] compressed national -- natural

[40:51] gas.

[40:52] I would think about that as a

[40:53] bridge fuel.

[40:56] I note both of you driving

[40:57] electric vehicles, but not

[40:57] hybrids.

[41:01] And you are already into oh,

[41:02] more than one.

[41:04] So that'

[41:07] s part of the bridge,

[41:07] but let'

[41:08] s not make it

[41:08] longbridge.

[41:12] >> yes, we got another convert

[41:12] appear.

[41:13] Next speaker.

[41:15] >> speaker roesch.

[41:23] >> good afternoon commissioners

[41:25] and staff, my name is greg

[41:27] roesch I am with clean energy

[41:28] and I am here as a concerned

[41:28] citizen.

[41:34] We have a date of great ironies

[41:34] as noted by one of the earlier

[41:37] speakers, the american lung

[41:40] association, has given us a big

[41:40] fat f for our air quality here.

[41:45] But at the same time,

[41:46] ironically, we have advocates

[41:50] coming up and advocating for

[41:50] let'

[41:50] s reduce the clean

[41:53] technologies that we want to

[41:55] deploy.

[41:56] it'

[41:57] s hard for me to reconcile on

[42:01] the one hand we have a bad air

[42:01] pollution problem and on the

[42:02] other hand we want to limit

[42:03] choice.

[42:03] But let'

[42:04] s play this out.

[42:04] Let'

[42:07] s think about what happens

[42:10] if you do pass policies that

[42:11] restrict choices for clean

[42:13] technologies.

[42:14] Number one, the ships that are

[42:15] anchored offshore which is what

[42:17] he is talking about wing a

[42:18] source of pollution, they don'

[42:19] t

[42:19] change.

[42:22] They keep coming here because

[42:23] there are no other choices.

[42:28] The ships that people don'

[42:28] t want

[42:29] to have come here will have to

[42:31] go someplace else and we will

[42:31] get what comes here today.

[42:35] What is it that we want a

[42:35] shipowner to do?

[42:40] Week -- methanol?

[42:44] What color will be perfect

[42:45] enough to make everybody happy?

[42:49] Is it green, pink, blue?

[42:51] We don'

[42:52] t know.

[42:52] How about ammonia?

[42:55] A lot of people talk about

[42:55] ammonia.

[42:56] It'

[42:57] s the same question, what

[42:58] color ammonia will be perfect

[42:59] enough?

[43:01] What about nuclear?

[43:03] That'

[43:05] s a clean fuel.

[43:05] We'

[43:05] ve been using that for

[43:06] generations.

[43:09] The point of all this is that we

[43:10] do not know sitting here with

[43:11] the technology is going to take

[43:12] us.

[43:15] So for a shipowner, that they

[43:16] are being told don'

[43:17] t take a

[43:18] risk, don'

[43:19] t be a leader, or you

[43:20] will be penalized for doing

[43:21] that, they will sit back and

[43:23] they will wait to see how this

[43:25] plays out.

[43:27] And when the coast is clear and

[43:29] everybody has decided what is

[43:30] the perfect analogy, then they

[43:30] will go do it.

[43:36] And finally, if you want --

[43:37] technology, and finally if you

[43:38] want the fastest way to get

[43:40] clean is don'

[43:41] t restrict the

[43:43] competition, don'

[43:43] t restrict

[43:43] innovation.

[43:48] Bring it all, encourage all the

[43:49] clean technologies to fight it

[43:51] out in the marketplace, we all

[43:52] benefit from having clean

[43:54] technologies but we will see

[43:55] where the technologies go.

[44:00] Long beach prides itself on

[44:02] being the port of choice.

[44:04] I urge you to emain true to

[44:07] that and be the choice of where

[44:08] our technologies come in two

[44:11] business in this port.

[44:11] Thank you very much.

[44:17] -- come and do business in this

[44:19] port.

[44:19] Thank you very much.

[44:23] >> good afternoon, PRESIDENT,

[44:25] commissioner, pleasure to see

[44:26] well again.

[44:31] I wanted to talk to about the

[44:31] subject that'

[44:32] s on everyone'

[44:32] s

[44:33] minds today.

[44:36] Back from my days when I was at

[44:39] the port of long beach and I

[44:42] helped develop the clean air act

[44:45] and plan, we recognized early on

[44:47] there was probably no more

[44:49] difficult challenges in reducing

[44:50] emissions from ships.

[44:52] There were no alternative

[44:53] technologies, there were limited

[44:56] -- there was essentially

[44:57] nothing, but we made some very

[44:58] interesting progress.

[45:00] We have the best and speed

[45:02] reduction, which is six --

[45:03] extremely successful in her

[45:05] duchenne -- reducing emissions

[45:05] and ships.

[45:08] The coal reduces emissions.

[45:12] That is technology that is used

[45:13] across the container line

[45:19] industry and tankers as well.

[45:23] That being said, the still

[45:24] remains the most retractable

[45:24] source of ignition.

[45:27] And when we need to look at what

[45:31] we are going to do going

[45:32] forward, I think the information

[45:32] that'

[45:34] s before us, the answer is

[45:36] obvious, we need to embrace the

[45:37] technologies.

[45:39] The reason that this port needs

[45:42] to embrace lng technology is

[45:43] because the technology is

[45:43] available today.

[45:45] I think you'

[45:47] re all aware of

[45:50] vessel builds, vessel

[45:51] deployment, how long it takes

[45:53] technology to cripple -- triple

[45:55] through the system.

[45:57] Things like tier three vessels,

[45:59] the cleanest vessels available.

[46:03] We see single-digit percentages

[46:03] of fleet integration

[46:07] technologies, yet we actually

[46:09] see use of lng ships today and

[46:09] this port.

[46:12] As you heard from my colleague,

[46:15] those ships are being built and

[46:15] are being deployed.

[46:18] When you consider whether or not

[46:21] people use lng ships versus the

[46:23] port lng ship, to say no to lng

[46:26] is to say no to clean air

[46:29] emission cleaner ships.

[46:31] I like to read one line to you

[46:32] from environmental pollution.

[46:33] It'

[46:35] s an international journal

[46:35] that publishes high-quality

[46:38] research on the environmental

[46:38] pollution act.

[46:43] The rescind paper said results

[46:45] show that particulate matter and

[46:48] carbon dioxide were reduced by

[46:53] 93%, 97%, 92% and 18%

[46:54] respectively from switching to

[46:54] diesel to natural gas.

[46:57] Reductions provide a valuable

[46:58] tool for the miniport community

[47:00] struggling with their qualities.

[47:02] If you want to have an immediate

[47:09] impact from ships in terms of

[47:11] reducing emission on local

[47:12] communities, you need to embrace

[47:13] lng.

[47:13] Thank you.

[47:18] >> I am just going to make a

[47:19] couple of statements, and that

[47:23] is that I, our other

[47:25] commissioners and top management

[47:25] lives in long beach.

[47:29] The decisions we make every day,

[47:30] we keep the community in mind.

[47:33] I understand you don'

[47:33] t always

[47:34] agree with us on technology or

[47:36] timeline, but please don'

[47:37] t think

[47:39] for a minute that we don'

[47:39] t care

[47:40] about the community and we don'

[47:40] t

[47:44] make decisions -- and we make

[47:45] decisions with the community in

[47:45] mind.

[47:48] The other thing I said I will

[47:50] expand on just a little, that is

[47:53] we have no plans to build fossil

[47:57] fuel infrastructure.

[47:59] We see lng as a transitional

[48:02] fuel, but that is not what we

[48:04] will invest in.

[48:04] please understand and know that.

[48:09] Having said that, we will go to

[48:11] the consent agenda,

[48:13] commissioners, are there any

[48:14] questions or comments on items

[48:15] one through four?

[48:17] >> can I just comment on this

[48:18] item?

[48:20] >> yes.

[48:23] Quick thank you MADAM PRESIDENT.

[48:24] I want to thank the

[48:25] environmental advocacy for the

[48:28] energy to make this work.

[48:33] There was a study in reference

[48:34] today.

[48:36] Just to keep it in proper

[48:37] perspective, the state of

[48:42] california has 58 counties.

[48:46] Per that report of the 58

[48:51] counties, 55 received a -- , not

[48:51] just L.A. County.

[48:53] There were three counties to the

[48:57] north, yolo being one of them,

[48:57] that did not get an f.

[49:01] They were california counties.

[49:01] The point I'

[49:06] m trying to make is

[49:07] there are 15 million registered

[49:09] heavy duty trucks in the state

[49:10] of california.

[49:13] On any given day there is 1.8

[49:17] million trucks -- heavy-duty

[49:17] trucks on california highways.

[49:25] Percentage of trucks is --

[49:26] compared to that number, which

[49:29] tells us that the environmental

[49:33] advocacy was definitely on point

[49:36] when it comes to transportation

[49:37] being a major factor.

[49:38] Across-the-board.

[49:48] In fact, 40% the point on child

[49:50] -- china make is twofold.

[49:57] The complex includes our

[49:58] colleagues over the bridge.

[50:03] Having been formal CHAIRMAN, I

[50:05] could tell you that the san

[50:09] pedro paper ports are far ahead

[50:12] of any gateway in the country of

[50:17] what the request is that the

[50:18] goal is your emission by 2030.

[50:24] hence, in my view, to make this

[50:26] a better world, and from a

[50:30] domestic one, the usa, that

[50:33] mayor made a statement in regard

[50:34] to our competition.

[50:38] The back of the matter is we are

[50:39] an economic engine not just for

[50:41] the region prefer the state of

[50:42] california and an economic

[50:45] engine that emphasis essential

[50:48] percentage of our revenue to our

[50:50] mental sustainable -- our

[50:50] competitors do not do that.

[50:55] So I would encourage the

[50:56] environmental advocacy not only

[51:01] to continue to -- well intended

[51:03] advocacy, but that advocacy

[51:05] should be directed to other

[51:07] ports in the nation, which are

[51:09] substantial contributor to

[51:10] harmful emissions and do not

[51:12] have the policies that the san

[51:14] pedro reports two.

[51:16] That'

[51:16] s one way to address our

[51:20] competitive edge to get these

[51:21] other ports in the nation to

[51:23] direct their revenue and their

[51:28] interest in reducing harmful

[51:28] emissions for which we have

[51:31] common ground and we are on the

[51:33] same page.

[51:35] The last thing I will say, as it

[51:37] relates to transportation,

[51:40] currently 2% of california

[51:43] vehicles today are zero

[51:45] emission.

[51:47] To the point, I think those of

[51:52] us, in particular this port,

[51:53] will lead by example.

[51:56] As you know we are converting

[51:57] all plates at the time

[51:57] appropriate to zero emission.

[52:03] So it seems to me we need to

[52:06] join on full-court press to have

[52:06] our society transition to zero

[52:09] emission.

[52:10] There'

[52:13] s 55 of the 58 counties

[52:15] that received an f in this air

[52:15] study reference.

[52:19] The more importantly, with

[52:22] regard to heavy-duty trucks, I

[52:23] would encourage, at the national

[52:24] level, for the environmental

[52:28] community to focus at those

[52:30] ports that would strive to

[52:31] receive or obtain their cargo

[52:33] that comes in through the most

[52:37] important gateway to direct

[52:41] those ports to have a green

[52:43] truck plan to reduce their

[52:46] emissions from their operations

[52:49] and to have a -- as we do here

[52:50] to strive for zero emissions.

[52:51] That'

[52:53] s the way that we will be

[52:55] able to not only make this a

[52:56] better world, but have the

[52:59] united states be a leader when

[53:00] it comes to reducing emissions

[53:01] and important gateways.

[53:04] >> thank you.

[53:08] That brings us to our consent

[53:08] agenda.

[53:13] Commissioners, any questions on

[53:13] items one through four?

[53:17] Is there any public comment?

[53:19] >> no, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[53:22] >> is there a motion to approve

[53:23] items one through four?

[53:27] Thank you, moved by commissioner

[53:32] -- all in favor.

[53:32] Of post?

[53:36] I think it was unanimous, that

[53:36] passes.

[53:38] Thank you very much, that brings

[53:41] us to the regular agenda, you

[53:43] pres read item number five.

[53:47] >> approve appropriations for --

[53:48] llp specialize in assistance.

[53:51] >> commissioners, any questions

[53:52] or comments?

[53:54] Is there any public comment on

[53:54] this item?

[54:00] >> a motion by commissioner.

[54:02] All in favor?

[54:05] That motion passes unanimously.

[54:06] Item number six.

[54:10] >> authorized executive director

[54:13] to execute a contract with cow

[54:14] start to administer the clean

[54:15] truck zero emission truck

[54:16] voucher and center program.

[54:21] >> thank you very much, I

[54:23] believe we have a presentation

[54:24] from our director of

[54:25] environmental planning.

[54:33] >> good afternoon PRESIDENT And

[54:34] commissioners.

[54:35] I am the arms director of

[54:36] environmental planning.

[54:38] Today staff is requesting that

[54:40] the board approve entering into

[54:42] a contract with cow start to

[54:44] administer the ports clean show

[54:49] fund raise zero emission truck

[54:49] voucher incentive program.

[54:52] As you will recall, on NOVEMBER

[54:53] 22, 2021 the board approve the

[54:57] chair implementing their claim

[55:00] chuck fund rate of $10 per tpu

[55:01] for the pickup and drop-off of

[55:02] loaded containers by truck.

[55:05] The ctf rate is an important

[55:07] strategy identified in the clean

[55:11] air action plan 2017 update that

[55:12] is generating funds to be used

[55:15] to accelerate the transition to

[55:16] zero emission by 2035.

[55:19] The collection of this etf rate

[55:22] commenced on APRIL 1, 2022,

[55:24] almost 40 million is expected to

[55:25] be collected by the port of long

[55:28] beach the first year with 80

[55:29] million collected between the

[55:30] two ports.

[55:33] We are forecasting as much as

[55:33] 150 million will be collected by

[55:36] both ports by JANUARY 2024.

[55:42] To date, the port has allocated

[55:43] approximately two half-million

[55:44] dollars of those collected

[55:44] funds.

[55:49] Current rate, demand -- the

[55:49] demand for vouchers is low.

[55:53] Last SEPTEMBER they released an

[55:57] initial $5 million voucher with

[56:00] the initial solicitation for $5

[56:01] million with the voucher through

[56:03] the zero in emission truck and

[56:03] bus voucher for h meth.

[56:07] This list -- for a trip.

[56:14] Quest for vouchers being

[56:14] received.

[56:16] Furthermore there was still $79

[56:18] million of unallocated funds for

[56:19] fiscal year 2021 in the program.

[56:23] Next slide.

[56:25] The low demand for truck

[56:28] vouchers is likely due to

[56:30] several factors, including

[56:32] increasing truck costs, the lack

[56:34] of availability and projected at

[56:36] -- and production constraints,

[56:39] concerns over truck performance

[56:39] and range.

[56:43] The lack of zero emission

[56:43] infrastructure and challenges

[56:45] with installation at depots.

[56:47] Due to the low initial demand,

[56:52] port stack -- staff work to

[56:53] modify our original framework of

[56:55] the program from providing more

[56:58] of the standard vouchers to

[56:59] instead provide supplemental

[57:02] vouchers or close ups to carbs

[57:04] standard 150 thousand dollars

[57:04] voucher program.

[57:07] The plus ups for provide an

[57:09] additional $75,000 per truck,

[57:13] small ones of less than 10

[57:14] trucks would receive additional

[57:17] $25,000 incentive per truck.

[57:19] We believe that the additional

[57:22] amounts will help in part to

[57:23] counter react to the increasing

[57:24] cost and increased demand.

[57:27] In addition, the availability of

[57:29] production constraints are some

[57:30] that showing signs of

[57:31] improvement.

[57:33] We have started seeing

[57:34] increasing numbers of zero

[57:35] emission trucks enter.

[57:39] Now up to 82 battery electric

[57:39] trucks and three fuel-cell

[57:39] trucks.

[57:43] The port of long beach has been

[57:45] actively supporting efforts to

[57:47] increase the availability of

[57:48] public ability heavy-duty

[57:50] charging.

[57:53] As you will recall we recently

[57:53] entered into leases for property

[57:59] within the port for providing

[58:00] heavy-duty charging and we are

[58:01] prepared to release two

[58:03] additional charging sites later

[58:03] this year.

[58:08] As a trucks get out on the road

[58:11] and become more familiar, we

[58:12] anticipate increased acceptance

[58:12] and adoption.

[58:17] Staff will continue to closely

[58:19] monitor the proposed program and

[58:20] recommend adjustments as needed.

[58:23] We anticipate returning to the

[58:26] board with our two-year plan,

[58:29] two plus year funding plan,

[58:30] including our recommendations

[58:32] for how to target the funding to

[58:33] report and accelerate the

[58:33] transition to zero mission

[58:36] trucks in the coming board

[58:36] meeting.

[58:39] Finally, I want to know that

[58:43] this contract with cow start

[58:44] merges -- mirrors the contract

[58:49] between them including 100

[58:50] $50,000 limitation of liability

[58:53] provision, none for

[58:54] consequential, indirect,

[58:55] incidental, or except lemon

[59:02] sieve damages provision and in

[59:04] the event of breach of contract,

[59:05] negligence or fraud.

[59:08] That concludes my staff report

[59:10] and I am happy to answer any

[59:10] questions.

[59:13] >> thank you, MR. Arms.

[59:16] Thank you for this report, I

[59:16] have expressed to staff my

[59:19] concern that they are only

[59:22] required to stay in service to

[59:25] the port of long beach and los

[59:28] angeles for three years.

[59:29] So my understanding -- but I

[59:29] don'

[59:31] t want to hold this program

[59:33] up because we are all eager to

[59:34] be able to support the purchase

[59:35] of zero mission trucks.

[59:37] So I have asked staff that at

[59:39] the end of three years, this

[59:40] will have to go back to us

[59:41] because it'

[59:41] s only a three year

[59:44] agreement, but that we track

[59:45] carefully we see a drop off of

[59:48] these calling at the ports of

[59:49] long beach in los angeles.

[59:52] And if we do, to make a change

[59:53] in the program.

[59:54] Obviously we won'

[59:54] t be able to

[59:57] make it retroactively, but I

[59:59] look forward to reports as this

[1:00:01] program rolls out on truck

[1:00:03] purchases and how often they are

[1:00:05] calling at the ports and I thank

[1:00:06] you.

[1:00:07] Are there any other comments?

[1:00:12] >> thank you.

[1:00:13] Thank you for your report.

[1:00:17] One of the things I am hoping we

[1:00:19] can come back at in the near

[1:00:23] future and maybe have a study

[1:00:26] session, the difficulty is we

[1:00:27] are in a conundrum.

[1:00:30] The vehicles are not being made

[1:00:33] and yet, as I mentioned earlier

[1:00:35] in our meeting is we collect

[1:00:37] funds whether it'

[1:00:37] s our

[1:00:39] application to distribute those

[1:00:40] funds.

[1:00:44] Not just look to banking them,

[1:00:44] which is something we don'

[1:00:45] t know

[1:00:47] pa lot about.

[1:00:47] But I do know that there are

[1:00:53] hybrid diesel trucks that are

[1:00:53] available.

[1:00:56] And I think also it would be

[1:01:00] good if we have the opportunity

[1:01:02] to basically get an overview of

[1:01:02] just where we stand for the

[1:01:06] future production of any type of

[1:01:07] heavy-duty vehicle that will

[1:01:10] serve a purpose of the port.

[1:01:16] At this point it'

[1:01:16] s floating

[1:01:17] along without really any

[1:01:21] definitive answers and I'

[1:01:21] m

[1:01:24] amazed there is $75 million

[1:01:25] still available for vouchers.

[1:01:32] And of course the difficulty is

[1:01:37] with electric vehicles, their

[1:01:38] connectivity, their distance,

[1:01:41] where can they recharge?

[1:01:43] Especially one of the things --

[1:01:45] which actually a trucker brought

[1:01:47] up to me not too long ago, but

[1:01:49] if you have an electric vehicle,

[1:01:52] we are in the dead of winter and

[1:01:54] go across the grapevine and he

[1:01:55] ran out of energy and you don'

[1:01:55] t

[1:01:59] have recharging opportunities

[1:02:02] there, you are in a real mess.

[1:02:08] So I would like, if we can,

[1:02:10] mario, if we could just get a

[1:02:13] study session, where is the

[1:02:13] industry right now?

[1:02:14] I think we talked about this

[1:02:16] before where we wanted to have

[1:02:23] some type of a exhibition with

[1:02:24] the products that are available

[1:02:26] so we can all learn what'

[1:02:26] s going

[1:02:26] on.

[1:02:30] At this point, we can overrate

[1:02:32] everything, but what we

[1:02:32] accomplishes very little in the

[1:02:33] process.

[1:02:35] >> that'

[1:02:36] s a good point,

[1:02:37] commissioner.

[1:02:42] Related to that, we are

[1:02:43] scheduling the second component

[1:02:45] of the greek port festival or

[1:02:47] creek port fair.

[1:02:49] As you MAY recall, we had

[1:02:53] communications -- which was

[1:02:54] scary as a last-minute plan to

[1:02:56] have one late last year.

[1:03:01] But this year we will have a

[1:03:05] major quest to have cream port

[1:03:06] fair to mirror what we had years

[1:03:06] ago.

[1:03:09] The to do exactly what you just

[1:03:10] said, to demonstrate the

[1:03:14] progress on whether it'

[1:03:15] s

[1:03:17] vehicles are moving towards a

[1:03:21] mission, or reduced omission.

[1:03:24] With that, one of the things we

[1:03:24] have looked at, and I'

[1:03:25] ve talked

[1:03:28] to staff, there are certain type

[1:03:31] vehicles, as I indicated, our

[1:03:33] priorities to move towards

[1:03:34] during emission, there MAY be

[1:03:36] some vehicles that we will

[1:03:39] continue in the hybrid mode for

[1:03:39] a particular reason.

[1:03:42] One is to make sure we take

[1:03:44] advantage of reducing emissions

[1:03:44] today.

[1:03:49] Second, practically it'

[1:03:49] s

[1:03:50] advantageous to our budget, so

[1:03:52] to speak, at some point.

[1:03:55] With that, we certainly will

[1:03:57] have that discussion, but at the

[1:04:03] fair/festival this year, we will

[1:04:08] have an demonstrating mode, not

[1:04:09] just equipment, but vehicles

[1:04:12] assisting in our quest to reduce

[1:04:13] emissions.

[1:04:16] This will be a very informative

[1:04:18] event we will have for the

[1:04:18] community and neighborhood later

[1:04:19] this year.

[1:04:22] I think it will be OCTOBER.

[1:04:22] I don'

[1:04:23] t know.

[1:04:25] What are we looking to right

[1:04:25] now?

[1:04:28] And maybe you can elaborate a

[1:04:29] little bit more in terms of what

[1:04:30] we have planned.

[1:04:36] >> yes, good afternoon,

[1:04:39] PRESIDENT, commissioners and

[1:04:39] mario.

[1:04:46] We are doing this OCTOBER 5 and

[1:04:48] it will be larger and we are

[1:04:48] working with environmental

[1:04:50] planning at all of our

[1:04:52] colleagues in the various to

[1:04:53] stash divisions to get the

[1:04:56] equipment to tell the story of

[1:04:59] all of our great initiatives and

[1:05:01] to make this a really robust and

[1:05:02] large community event.

[1:05:06] So we are underway with the

[1:05:07] planning, and that'

[1:05:07] s what I can

[1:05:08] share at this time.

[1:05:13] >> OCTOBER 5 is a thursday.

[1:05:17] Thank you.

[1:05:20] >> happy to answer any other

[1:05:20] questions.

[1:05:30] >> such as think that it'

[1:05:31] s so

[1:05:33] difficult right now to but our

[1:05:36] hands around all of those speech

[1:05:36] in the throes of all of what we

[1:05:41] are hearing and how people want

[1:05:44] us to drive a fast pace into the

[1:05:45] zero emissions.

[1:05:50] >> I understand, it is very

[1:05:51] challenging, it absolutely is.

[1:05:55] As I mentioned, one of our

[1:05:56] commitments with the clean truck

[1:05:56] fund rate is to come to the

[1:06:00] board on a yearly basis and

[1:06:04] provide you with an update on

[1:06:05] where we are.

[1:06:07] Where we are in the number of

[1:06:08] zero mission trucks, where we

[1:06:08] aren'

[1:06:11] t spending the money, and

[1:06:13] where we are recommending we

[1:06:17] focus the money on tickets year

[1:06:18] point of making sure we are just

[1:06:18] not collecting that money and

[1:06:19] unable to spend it.

[1:06:23] We want to make sure we are

[1:06:23] targeting our expenditures that

[1:06:25] will advance zero mission

[1:06:26] trucks.

[1:06:31] We are finalizing

[1:06:32] recommendations now, so that

[1:06:33] will be coming to you in the

[1:06:33] very near future.

[1:06:39] So probably won'

[1:06:40] t be able to

[1:06:41] address all of those questions

[1:06:42] that you brought up.

[1:06:47] >> thinks, I think it will be

[1:06:52] very informative if we can get

[1:06:54] the industry to cup up with

[1:06:57] chill solution.

[1:07:01] Kwuex we added a number to

[1:07:04] recognize a following of what I

[1:07:05] said in the prior public

[1:07:08] commentary.

[1:07:11] We have about 20,000 edging up

[1:07:13] to 21,000 trucks.

[1:07:19] We look at that number compared

[1:07:19] to everyday trucks registered in

[1:07:20] the state of california.

[1:07:26] That number is 15 million.

[1:07:27] It'

[1:07:31] s for that reason is that is

[1:07:33] compared to the heavy-duty

[1:07:34] trucks on the road every day

[1:07:34] with the state of california.

[1:07:40] But nevertheless, I think given

[1:07:43] what you are hearing today in

[1:07:46] terms of our quest to do

[1:07:48] everything we can to sent device

[1:07:49] to zero, it is a challenge.

[1:07:53] I think the number right now I

[1:07:56] have is of the 21,000 registered

[1:07:58] trucks in the complex, we have

[1:08:01] 550 trucks that are either low

[1:08:04] locks or zero emission trucks

[1:08:06] and my understanding is of that

[1:08:08] 550, adr zero emission trucks

[1:08:13] and of course most of them and

[1:08:14] demonstration mode.

[1:08:17] But in the years to come, in the

[1:08:18] years to come we are more

[1:08:21] optimistic that we will achieve

[1:08:24] zero emissions before 2035.

[1:08:27] But as this emission has said a

[1:08:30] number of times, whatever we can

[1:08:33] do to reduce emissions today,

[1:08:33] that is certainly a priority for

[1:08:35] us in terms of how we move.

[1:08:37] I gave you the numbers and you

[1:08:38] heard, it'

[1:08:40] s difficult to return

[1:08:41] to think we will have a major

[1:08:46] impact as one port and changing

[1:08:48] the omissions trajectory with

[1:08:52] regards to transportation and

[1:08:54] what that amounts to an terms of

[1:08:57] percentage of harmful emissions

[1:08:58] on california highways.

[1:08:58] >> thank you.

[1:09:03] Is there any public comment on

[1:09:04] this item?

[1:09:05] Like no, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:09:08] >> thank you.

[1:09:10] >> is their motion to approve

[1:09:11] the recommendation.

[1:09:11] >> moved to approve.

[1:09:18] All in favor?

[1:09:22] That motion passes unanimously.

[1:09:28] Will you please read item number

[1:09:28] seven?

[1:09:30] >> authorize executive director

[1:09:32] to execute contracts with

[1:09:34] cambridge systematics inc. Built

[1:09:37] momentum star pressed consulting

[1:09:39] group llc and tetra tech inc.

[1:09:40] For funding application

[1:09:42] assistance and grant management

[1:09:42] support.

[1:09:47] >> thank you, anything on this

[1:09:48] item?

[1:09:50] Do we have any public comment?

[1:09:50] >> we do not.

[1:09:53] >> is there a motion to approve?

[1:10:01] All those in favor?

[1:10:01] That motion passes unanimously.

[1:10:03] Item number eight, please.

[1:10:07] >> authorize executive director

[1:10:10] to approve a procurement for a

[1:10:11] period storage area network

[1:10:11] equipment.

[1:10:17] Any questions or comments?

[1:10:20] Is there any public comment on

[1:10:21] this item?

[1:10:23] >> there is none.

[1:10:27] >> it has been moved and

[1:10:28] seconded.

[1:10:30] All those in favor?

[1:10:31] That motion passes unanimously

[1:10:33] bringing us to adam nine.

[1:10:35] -- item nine.

[1:10:40] >> for professional services and

[1:10:42] software licenses to implement a

[1:10:43] building management system at

[1:10:43] fire station 20.

[1:10:47] >> commissioner, any questions

[1:10:47] or comments?

[1:10:50] Is there anything from the

[1:10:50] public on this item?

[1:10:52] >> there is not.

[1:10:55] >> is there a motion to approve

[1:10:56] the recommendation?

[1:11:01] We have a motion and second.

[1:11:04] All those in favor.

[1:11:05] That motion passes unanimously.

[1:11:06] Item number 10, please.

[1:11:10] >> approve second reading and

[1:11:11] adoption of ordinance for the

[1:11:14] amendment to the job for the

[1:11:15] harper department job for

[1:11:16] contract.

[1:11:20] >> commissioners, any questions

[1:11:21] or comments?

[1:11:25] Is there any public comment on

[1:11:26] item number 10?

[1:11:27] >> there is not.

[1:11:31] >> there is a motion in a

[1:11:33] second, all those in favor?

[1:11:36] That motion passes unanimously

[1:11:37] and that brings us to item

[1:11:38] number 11.

[1:11:40] >> ratify change order number

[1:11:41] four, ratified change order

[1:11:44] number five, authorize change

[1:11:45] order number six and restore the

[1:11:47] executive directors change

[1:11:49] orders to 200,000 for the

[1:11:50] demolition project.

[1:11:54] >> I understand our director of

[1:11:56] construction management has a

[1:11:57] presentation.

[1:12:00] >> good afternoon.

[1:12:09] Thank you for allowing us to,

[1:12:10] and present to you.

[1:12:13] I am the director of the

[1:12:14] construction management division

[1:12:16] and with me as brian wilson, a

[1:12:18] senior civil engineer in our

[1:12:19] division and our senior staff

[1:12:21] member overseeing the demolition

[1:12:22] project.

[1:12:26] Brian will be giving a detailed

[1:12:27] report, status update on the

[1:12:29] project, a project that is

[1:12:31] healthy in terms of schedule and

[1:12:32] budget as well as letting you

[1:12:33] know some of the benefits we

[1:12:36] will secure from this project

[1:12:37] completion, without delay, let

[1:12:37] me turn it over to brian.

[1:12:43] Like thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT

[1:12:45] and commissioners, my name is

[1:12:47] brian wilson and I am a senior

[1:12:47] civil engineer.

[1:12:48] I will give you a status update

[1:12:52] on the demolition project,

[1:12:53] completion of this project will

[1:12:55] improve our critical

[1:12:55] infrastructure by eliminating

[1:12:59] maintenance, increasing the air

[1:13:02] draft, the back channels for the

[1:13:06] 205 he offered by the

[1:13:07] international long beach

[1:13:09] gateway, open the new bixby park

[1:13:12] or the memorial bicycle and

[1:13:17] pedestrian path for public

[1:13:19] access, clearing a last smaller

[1:13:21] area for middle harbour, three

[1:13:23] acres for the gate expansion,

[1:13:27] and then allowing for the yellow

[1:13:28] bridge footprint to be put to

[1:13:28] good use.

[1:13:32] We are glad to report that their

[1:13:33] progress is progressing very

[1:13:33] well under the leadership of our

[1:13:36] port in-house staff.

[1:13:41] Our consultant, wsb and our

[1:13:42] contractor infrastructure west.

[1:13:46] We are currently under budget

[1:13:47] and we are currently on schedule

[1:13:49] for completion by OCTOBER of

[1:13:50] this year.

[1:13:56] Here is a brief video of some of

[1:13:57] the demolition that occurred

[1:14:01] last JULY.

[1:15:17] Next slide.

[1:15:21] As an overview, this project

[1:15:22] concludes dismantling and

[1:15:26] removal of the main steel trust

[1:15:28] bands, the steel plate approach

[1:15:29] girders, advanced columns.

[1:15:33] The embankments, access rents --

[1:15:35] access ramps.

[1:15:39] As a general overview, here are

[1:15:42] some photographs of the things

[1:15:45] that have been demolished or are

[1:15:46] being demolished.

[1:15:50] Here again is the 6.8 million

[1:15:52] center span which during a 48

[1:15:55] hour channel closure has lowered

[1:15:57] onto a barge and moved out where

[1:15:59] it was later dismantled, our

[1:16:01] contractors tony this was

[1:16:02] probably the most complicated

[1:16:04] activity that they had ever

[1:16:04] coordinated in a short amount of

[1:16:08] time, but with the careful

[1:16:09] coordination between the

[1:16:10] contractor, the team and other

[1:16:13] stakeholders in a lot of

[1:16:14] engineering, this section was

[1:16:18] safely lowered in just over 18

[1:16:19] hours and allowing the back

[1:16:22] channels would be open about 30

[1:16:23] hours early.

[1:16:26] Next slide.

[1:16:32] So we then moved on to the

[1:16:36] including the anchor arms, these

[1:16:38] were cut into large sections,

[1:16:40] which were lowered to the ground

[1:16:42] and safely dismantled, next

[1:16:42] slide.

[1:16:48] Next were the deck and approach

[1:16:49] girders, as you can see in the

[1:16:52] upper left-hand corner there, we

[1:16:55] were quite confined by the

[1:16:56] replacement bridge, and

[1:16:56] sometimes our operations being

[1:16:59] only a few feet from that

[1:17:00] restructure, but with all the

[1:17:02] proper sequencing and selection

[1:17:07] of equipment, and most of this

[1:17:08] mile-long structure was lowered

[1:17:09] to the ground in process and

[1:17:10] transport of recycling.

[1:17:13] .

[1:17:19] Next up was the concrete

[1:17:21] substructure including 32 peers

[1:17:22] and their associated columns.

[1:17:24] This work is almost complete

[1:17:29] with only a few column elements

[1:17:30] remaining.

[1:17:34] Finally, the current status, the

[1:17:35] contractors are currently

[1:17:37] working on -- working on some of

[1:17:39] the areas that they have begun

[1:17:42] their final grading, and as you

[1:17:43] can see in the upper right-hand

[1:17:48] corner, the concrete rubble is

[1:17:50] going to be taken to our site

[1:17:52] where it will be processed and

[1:17:53] recycle and it will be there for

[1:17:54] a report projects.

[1:17:58] Thank you and I'

[1:17:59] m happy to

[1:17:59] answer any questions.

[1:18:02] >> thank you very much.

[1:18:04] First of all, congratulations to

[1:18:06] you and communications for a

[1:18:07] cool video.

[1:18:09] I still remain amazed that we

[1:18:11] only had to close the back

[1:18:13] channel for two days to lower

[1:18:15] the main span, that is just

[1:18:15] incredible.

[1:18:18] I just want to point out again,

[1:18:20] even though you said it, that we

[1:18:21] are recycling steel from the

[1:18:25] bridge in the rubble, socon --

[1:18:26] from the bridge and the rubble,

[1:18:29] so congratulations.

[1:18:30] Commissioners, any comments?

[1:18:35] >> it is so easy to predict --

[1:18:36] to forget the amount of work

[1:18:37] that goes into what you'

[1:18:38] ve done

[1:18:39] because we were all just looking

[1:18:41] at the new bridge.

[1:18:45] It was obviously complex and you

[1:18:49] did an amazing job.

[1:18:50] I assume that was part of our

[1:18:53] pla, is that correct?

[1:18:56] Just out of curiosity, where is

[1:18:59] the steel recycled?

[1:19:00] How does that happen?

[1:19:02] >> there'

[1:19:04] s a couple of local

[1:19:04] recyclers that are able to take

[1:19:05] that.

[1:19:10] >> do we keep some of that for

[1:19:11] future projects?

[1:19:14] Do we keep that?

[1:19:18] >> it'

[1:19:18] s on the current change

[1:19:19] order.

[1:19:21] but there are certain elements

[1:19:26] that will be salvaged and we

[1:19:27] will have them for future use.

[1:19:33] >> commissioner, I took a tour

[1:19:35] not that long ago of the

[1:19:36] recycling and there was a big

[1:19:37] pile of green metal that was all

[1:19:40] chopped up and they said that'

[1:19:40] s

[1:19:41] part of the bridge.

[1:19:42] So that was really exciting.

[1:19:45] >> that'

[1:19:45] s where most of it went.

[1:19:47] >> I'

[1:19:50] m glad we have tenants that

[1:19:51] are very involved in sustainable

[1:19:53] activities for the port and our

[1:19:55] communities, so that was

[1:19:55] beautiful.

[1:19:57] Any other questions or comments?

[1:20:00] Do we have any members from the

[1:20:02] public to address us on this

[1:20:02] item?

[1:20:04] >> we do not.

[1:20:09] >> I have a motion to approve,

[1:20:09] is there a second?

[1:20:15] Thank you, all those in favor,

[1:20:16] that passes unanimously,

[1:20:19] bringing us -- again, thank you

[1:20:19] both for the presentation.

[1:20:22] That brings us to item number

[1:20:22] 13.

[1:20:26] >> item 12?

[1:20:26] >> I'

[1:20:29] m sorry, I got ahead of

[1:20:29] myself.

[1:20:30] Thank you.

[1:20:30] Item 12.

[1:20:34] >> authorize change order number

[1:20:35] eight and restore the executive

[1:20:35] director'

[1:20:36] s authority for change

[1:20:40] orders to 200,000 for the

[1:20:40] station 20 project.

[1:20:45] >> thank you.

[1:20:46] Commissioners, any comments on

[1:20:46] this item?

[1:20:54] Thank you, do we have any

[1:20:55] members of the public who wish

[1:20:56] to address us on item 12?

[1:20:58] >> we do not.

[1:21:01] >> thank you.

[1:21:03] We have a motion and a second,

[1:21:05] all those in favor.

[1:21:06] That passes unanimously.

[1:21:09] And now we come to item 13.

[1:21:13] >> ratify change order number

[1:21:13] two and restore executive

[1:21:14] director'

[1:21:14] s authority for change

[1:21:17] orders to 200,000 for the fourth

[1:21:17] track at ocean boulevard

[1:21:18] project.

[1:21:22] >> commissioners, questions or

[1:21:26] comments on items 13 apparently

[1:21:26] that'

[1:21:26] s not so lucky because I

[1:21:28] got it wrong.

[1:21:30] Do we have public comment on

[1:21:30] this item?

[1:21:32] >> we do not.

[1:21:35] >> is there a motion to approve

[1:21:37] the recommendation?

[1:21:41] We have a motion and a second.

[1:21:42] All those in favor?

[1:21:45] That motion passes unanimously.

[1:21:49] Bringing us to item 14.

[1:21:53] >> approve a baseline project

[1:21:55] budget and authorize spending

[1:21:55] for the railyard dominquez

[1:21:57] channel rich whiting project.

[1:22:01] >> thank you, commissioners,

[1:22:02] questions or comments on this

[1:22:02] item.

[1:22:07] Is there any public comments?

[1:22:10] >> yes, we have two speakers.

[1:22:17] >> thank you, MR. Wilson.

[1:22:25] >> I asked earlier if my wife

[1:22:26] could share with me, what was

[1:22:27] the decision on that?

[1:22:30] Bikes unfortunately we don'

[1:22:30] t

[1:22:33] allow people to share their

[1:22:33] time, I'

[1:22:33] m sorry.

[1:22:36] >> ok, you will have one

[1:22:37] speaker, today'

[1:22:38] s an anniversary

[1:22:40] of 13 years and eight months of

[1:22:45] a lengthy process on the project

[1:22:47] , our property has been on that

[1:22:50] cloud since AUGUST of 2009.

[1:22:54] We are close to some event, I'

[1:22:54] m

[1:22:55] not sure exactly what that will

[1:22:58] be yet, but we did receive an

[1:23:04] offer letter from real estate

[1:23:04] stating that the port is

[1:23:08] interested in negotiating a

[1:23:09] purchase of a full free

[1:23:10] acquisition.

[1:23:11] I'

[1:23:15] m ready, willing and able to

[1:23:17] enter into a negotiation.

[1:23:20] It has been fairly stonewalled

[1:23:22] by real estate.

[1:23:25] They have demanded appraisals.

[1:23:29] These properties -- and I asked

[1:23:32] senior staff last week to give

[1:23:32] input, I haven'

[1:23:36] t heard back yet.

[1:23:39] If the port did not give their

[1:23:40] outside consultant the proper

[1:23:42] instructions on how to even

[1:23:45] secure appraisals on 21 pieces

[1:23:51] of property that are unique in

[1:23:52] all of los angeles county, then

[1:23:52] I don'

[1:23:54] t know what the prices

[1:23:54] were really based on.

[1:23:57] Our properties are inside the

[1:24:01] port.

[1:24:04] I floated the balloon.

[1:24:07] How about a tax-free exchange

[1:24:08] for some comparable piece of

[1:24:09] property in the ports?

[1:24:13] That balloon did not gain any

[1:24:13] elevation.

[1:24:14] I'

[1:24:16] m still interested in that, if

[1:24:17] that'

[1:24:17] s a possibility.

[1:24:21] I had a phone call today from a

[1:24:22] broker interested in buying the

[1:24:23] property at an unbelievable

[1:24:24] price.

[1:24:27] But, obviously that'

[1:24:29] s not

[1:24:30] possible where we are.

[1:24:33] One of the issues that i

[1:24:37] requested was, let'

[1:24:37] s take the

[1:24:38] offer letter and the purchase

[1:24:41] and sales agreement and make

[1:24:42] sure they are compatible.

[1:24:45] The offer letter is not an

[1:24:47] executable document, there were

[1:24:47] a lot of verbal representations

[1:24:51] that signed the psa and all of

[1:24:53] this magical stuff will happen

[1:24:54] and disappear.

[1:24:57] That did not float past my

[1:24:59] attorney.

[1:25:03] We did receive, about 0 days

[1:25:06] ago, a revised psa.

[1:25:09] He requested 30 day time from

[1:25:10] that date to be able to not only

[1:25:14] review, but then negotiate, if

[1:25:17] necessary, with the port to have

[1:25:19] a satisfactory purchase and

[1:25:20] sales agreement in place.

[1:25:23] That was denied out of hand, and

[1:25:25] we are rapidly approaching --

[1:25:25] anyway.

[1:25:29] >> MR. Wilson, because we want

[1:25:30] to hear from you, if there is no

[1:25:34] objection, I will allow you

[1:25:34] another minute.

[1:25:38] >> ok, all right, I would still

[1:25:38] request we have that extension

[1:25:41] granted and I would also like to

[1:25:43] find out what instructions were

[1:25:46] given to the appraisals on how

[1:25:50] to identify 21 unique pieces of

[1:25:50] property that cannot be

[1:25:53] duplicated outside the port

[1:25:55] footprint.

[1:25:57] I have visited every comp that

[1:26:00] was included in our appraisal,

[1:26:01] they do not match our property.

[1:26:02] That'

[1:26:04] s like saying I live on the

[1:26:05] beach, I have beachfront

[1:26:06] property, but let'

[1:26:06] s just move

[1:26:09] your building to north long

[1:26:10] beach, it'

[1:26:10] s not comparable, you

[1:26:11] cannot do that.

[1:26:14] Anyway, I stand he'

[1:26:15] ll -- I stand

[1:26:17] here to appeal to the board have

[1:26:18] some kind of common sense.

[1:26:19] I have spoken with two of you in

[1:26:22] the past and also commissioner

[1:26:25] neil.

[1:26:26] I think I have a wonderful

[1:26:30] relationship with senior staff

[1:26:32] and a lot of friends and family

[1:26:34] and neighbors in the audience,

[1:26:36] so thank you for your time, but

[1:26:38] I would like some consideration,

[1:26:39] and I do stand ready to

[1:26:43] negotiate a fair price and ask

[1:26:45] for an extension on the psa,

[1:26:46] thank you.

[1:26:51] >> MAY we have staff follow up

[1:26:51] with MR. Wilson.

[1:26:52] >> yes, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:26:57] I have addressed this issue with

[1:26:57] staff, we'

[1:27:00] ve had a number of

[1:27:01] discussions and we previously

[1:27:03] had that with MR. Wilson, so we

[1:27:06] will continue with our efforts

[1:27:09] to work with MR. Wilson.

[1:27:11] We will say at the end of the

[1:27:13] day it really comes down to

[1:27:18] price and I certainly appreciate

[1:27:18] a property order trying to

[1:27:22] maximize what that is, but I can

[1:27:23] represent to the board in my

[1:27:26] meetings with the staff in real

[1:27:26] estate, they'

[1:27:27] ve been consistent

[1:27:30] with a process that exemplifies

[1:27:33] best practices, so nevertheless,

[1:27:35] we will continue to work with

[1:27:36] MR. Wilson on some of the issues

[1:27:37] he has addressed.

[1:27:40] I will say, some of the items,

[1:27:41] as he'

[1:27:42] s aware, we are not able

[1:27:45] to comply with that some of the

[1:27:47] documents.

[1:27:48] It'

[1:27:49] s a public-sector question in

[1:27:51] terms of what that process is

[1:27:51] and should be.

[1:27:56] Again, I emphasize the fact that

[1:27:58] we will continue with MR. Wilson

[1:27:59] and see how we can come to our

[1:27:59] reliance.

[1:28:02] >> thank you, I would ask if you

[1:28:04] can report back to the board on

[1:28:04] the conversation.

[1:28:05] Thank you.

[1:28:22] >> we do have a motion from the

[1:28:24] commissioner and a second.

[1:28:30] All in favor? That passes

[1:28:30] unanimously.

[1:28:32] And that brings us to item 15.

[1:28:37] >> authorize spending for the

[1:28:38] railyard shoemaker bridge ramps

[1:28:39] demolition project.

[1:28:43] >> commissioners, questions or

[1:28:44] comments?

[1:28:46] Is there any public comment?

[1:28:48] >> there is not.

[1:28:53] >> thank you, we have a motion

[1:28:56] and a second, all in favor.

[1:28:58] That passes unanimously.

[1:28:59] Item 16, please.

[1:29:02] Bikes approve a baseline project

[1:29:05] budget and authorize spending

[1:29:05] for the northgate expansion

[1:29:06] project.

[1:29:10] >> thank you, commissioners,

[1:29:15] questions or comments?

[1:29:17] Is there any public comment on

[1:29:17] this item?

[1:29:19] >> there is not.

[1:29:23] >> we have a motion from the

[1:29:24] commissioner, is there a second?

[1:29:28] All in favor?

[1:29:28] Opposed.

[1:29:28] It'

[1:29:28] s unanimous.

[1:29:32] All right, item 17, please.

[1:29:33] >> approve a baseline project

[1:29:36] budget and authorize spending

[1:29:37] for the heavy call route

[1:29:37] improvement project.

[1:29:43] >> I understand that our

[1:29:44] director of program management

[1:29:45] has a presentation.

[1:29:50] >> good afternoon PRESIDENT And

[1:29:53] commissioners and the director

[1:29:54] of management, this is an

[1:29:55] important project an important

[1:29:58] service that the city of long

[1:30:00] beach provides to the region,

[1:30:02] the transport of approved

[1:30:02] overweight vehicles throughout

[1:30:05] the city.

[1:30:05] I'

[1:30:12] d like to introduce --

[1:30:12] she is our senior program

[1:30:15] management program manager of

[1:30:16] both the heavy haul improvement

[1:30:19] project and the facility

[1:30:19] program.

[1:30:23] She has had an amazing career

[1:30:26] here at the port of long beach

[1:30:28] and has a key role in leading

[1:30:31] he will provide you with an

[1:30:33] overview of the project that is

[1:30:33] before you today.

[1:30:35] >> thank you.

[1:30:39] >> next slide, please.

[1:30:44] Good afternoon.

[1:30:49] To give you a little background

[1:30:53] of the project, shipment and

[1:30:57] transportation of heavy cargo

[1:30:58] continues to be an important

[1:31:02] part of what it is today.

[1:31:03] Imports and exports are in

[1:31:09] extreme cargo, but also provides

[1:31:13] commercial benefits to the port

[1:31:15] of long beach and shipping

[1:31:15] stakeholders.

[1:31:24] To move this cargo it is santa

[1:31:28] fe to reach it as you can see

[1:31:30] from the exhibit colored and

[1:31:30] black.

[1:31:38] In the expansion project under

[1:31:38] the support of the leading

[1:31:43] program, nine straight crossings

[1:31:46] will be permanently closed in

[1:31:50] 2027, eliminating the existing

[1:31:52] hard rock.

[1:31:54] So the improved route is

[1:31:59] proposed and it is there for

[1:31:59] anaheim state.

[1:32:05] As shown in blue in the exhibit,

[1:32:09] they will follow this to anaheim

[1:32:13] way and make a left on anaheim

[1:32:14] street.

[1:32:19] Next slide, please.

[1:32:26] This is the existing lane

[1:32:28] configuration on anaheim street.

[1:32:39] It also shows and I am way to

[1:32:40] the revenue to east and I'

[1:32:40] ll

[1:32:41] street.

[1:32:44] This clearly shows the current

[1:32:48] route and accommodates all the

[1:32:49] trucks in need.

[1:32:55] The project will realign an

[1:32:56] omelette -- anaheim way as shown

[1:32:57] in the area.

[1:33:02] It also includes traffic signal

[1:33:07] modification, dining and

[1:33:09] striping in the insulation of

[1:33:10] the new sidewalk in the

[1:33:10] landscape.

[1:33:20] This shows a typical heart hat.

[1:33:23] Not to talk about the heavy hard

[1:33:28] route that includes

[1:33:31] transformers, compressors and

[1:33:33] weaponizes that are going into

[1:33:34] the badly needed infrastructure

[1:33:38] project, including companies

[1:33:41] like southern california edison

[1:33:43] and noss -- los angeles

[1:33:45] development of water and power.

[1:33:48] In the existing terminal

[1:33:51] operator that would be all

[1:33:55] oversize cargo which would be on

[1:33:55] its business.

[1:33:59] So the root can be visited by

[1:34:03] future construction projects on

[1:34:04] the project sites.

[1:34:07] Similar to what happened on the

[1:34:09] placement.

[1:34:15] Also, the port of long beach is

[1:34:21] a port for potential movement,

[1:34:22] providing this allows the U.S.

[1:34:26] Military with readiness

[1:34:26] capabilities with innovations.

[1:34:32] Lastly, providing the continuous

[1:34:36] source of revenue and they will

[1:34:38] continue to use this out rather

[1:34:39] than going to the port.

[1:34:43] This concludes my report and we

[1:34:44] would be happy to answer any

[1:34:44] questions.

[1:34:48] >> thank you.

[1:34:49] Commissioners, do you have any

[1:34:49] questions?

[1:34:53] there are none, thank you so

[1:34:54] much for that.

[1:34:56] Is there any public comment on

[1:34:57] this item?

[1:34:58] >> there is none.

[1:35:04] >> thank you is there a motion

[1:35:05] to approve the recommendation?

[1:35:09] All those in favor?

[1:35:15] The motion passes unanimously,

[1:35:15] item 18, please.

[1:35:20] >> approve the second reading of

[1:35:20] ordinance to authorize the

[1:35:24] executive director to execute

[1:35:25] fourth amendment to the

[1:35:26] agreement between the port of

[1:35:26] long beach transportation

[1:35:30] service llc located on.

[1:35:33] She for 6400 41 square feet of

[1:35:36] land for a contractor lay down

[1:35:36] area for the ports critical

[1:35:40] power basement for the phase 3

[1:35:41] project, make the determination

[1:35:43] to -- pursuant to the

[1:35:45] environmental quality act and

[1:35:50] the actions categorically -- >>

[1:35:50] commissioners, any questions or

[1:35:51] comments?

[1:35:57] All those in favor?

[1:35:59] Wait, I'

[1:36:01] m sorry, I got ahead of

[1:36:05] myself, thank you, is there any

[1:36:05] public,?

[1:36:06] >> there is not.

[1:36:12] Thank you, she keeps me on

[1:36:14] track, we have a motion on a

[1:36:17] second, all those in favor, that

[1:36:18] passes unanimously, I'

[1:36:20] m just

[1:36:22] excited, I get so eager about

[1:36:24] these, item number 19, please.

[1:36:27] >> authorize executive director

[1:36:29] to execute a contract with the

[1:36:31] corporation for the audio, video

[1:36:31] system projects.

[1:36:37] >> thank you, commissioners, any

[1:36:37] questions or comments?

[1:36:41] Is there any public comment on

[1:36:42] item 19?

[1:36:43] >> there is not.

[1:36:46] >> thank you.

[1:36:47] all those in favor.

[1:36:51] That passes unanimously.

[1:36:52] That brings us to the

[1:36:55] supplemental agenda, will you

[1:36:55] please read item 20?

[1:37:01] >> authorize executive director

[1:37:04] with contract to marsh usa inc.

[1:37:05] To purchase contingent liability

[1:37:05] insurance.

[1:37:09] >> commissioner, questions or

[1:37:12] comments.

[1:37:15] Is there any public comment on

[1:37:15] this item?

[1:37:15] >> there is not.

[1:37:20] >> we have a motion and a

[1:37:21] second, all in favor.

[1:37:22] That passes unanimously.

[1:37:25] Item 21.

[1:37:28] >> authorize executive director

[1:37:29] to execute the assignment by

[1:37:32] ellis group inc. To an

[1:37:35] assumption by cbre inc. That the

[1:37:36] rights and obligations

[1:37:37] incorporated under contract for

[1:37:39] consulting services between the

[1:37:40] city of long beach and ellis

[1:37:43] group inc. Consent thereto and

[1:37:45] first amendment for contract.

[1:37:52] >> thank you, we are on item 21,

[1:37:52] there we go, thank you.

[1:37:57] Yes, thank you very much,

[1:37:58] commissioners, questions or

[1:37:58] comments?

[1:38:02] Thank you, do we have any public

[1:38:02] comment on item 21?

[1:38:07] >> thank you very much, we have

[1:38:09] a motion at a second, all in

[1:38:09] favor.

[1:38:12] That passes unanimously.

[1:38:14] Item 22, please.

[1:38:15] >> approve first reading of

[1:38:18] ordinance and authorize

[1:38:19] executive director to execute

[1:38:20] agreement of purchase and sale

[1:38:23] between the poor and presented

[1:38:25] west coast terminals llc, make

[1:38:25] the determination pursuant to

[1:38:28] the california quality act and

[1:38:29] that the proposed agreement and

[1:38:31] the scope of work is within the

[1:38:34] scope of the gerald desmond

[1:38:35] bridge replacement project

[1:38:38] environmental impact report an

[1:38:38] environmental assessment

[1:38:39] certified by the board of harbor

[1:38:41] commissions on AUGUST 9, 2010.

[1:38:45] >> commissioners, comments or

[1:38:46] questions?

[1:38:47] Is there any public comment?

[1:38:51] >> there is not.

[1:38:53] >> it has been moved and

[1:38:53] seconded.

[1:38:56] All in favor?

[1:38:57] That passes unanimously.

[1:38:59] Item 23.

[1:39:02] >> approve first reading of

[1:39:04] ordinance and authorize

[1:39:05] executive director to execute at

[1:39:07] least with ff harbor llc to

[1:39:09] allow for use of approximately

[1:39:10] 1.71 acres of land and

[1:39:14] improvements located at 260

[1:39:15] north pico avenue, long beach.

[1:39:18] Make that determination that the

[1:39:20] actions categorically with the

[1:39:23] provisions of the california

[1:39:23] quality act.

[1:39:23] >> commissioners.

[1:39:29] Do we have any public comment on

[1:39:30] this item?

[1:39:30] >> we do not.

[1:39:33] >> we have a motion to approve

[1:39:36] the first reading, all in favor?

[1:39:37] Sorry.

[1:39:40] That motion passes unanimously.

[1:39:43] Item 24, please.

[1:39:49] >> approve the first reading of

[1:39:49] ordinance and authorize

[1:39:51] executive director to execute

[1:39:51] the purchase and sale agreement

[1:39:56] between the port and the trustee

[1:39:58] of the revocable trust dated

[1:40:02] OCTOBER 17, 2018, located at

[1:40:04] 1660 west 9th street long beach

[1:40:08] to make the determination

[1:40:08] pursuant to the california

[1:40:09] environmental quality act with

[1:40:10] the acquisition of the property

[1:40:13] is necessary for the rail

[1:40:15] support facility program to

[1:40:15] reconfigure and expand the

[1:40:18] sustained railyard and its

[1:40:20] subsequent approval within the

[1:40:20] scope of the certified

[1:40:22] environmental impact report for

[1:40:26] the on dark was port facility

[1:40:28] project certified by the port of

[1:40:31] harbor commissions on JANUARY

[1:40:32] 22, 2018.

[1:40:32] >> thank you.

[1:40:34] Commissioners, comments or

[1:40:35] questions?

[1:40:41] Is there any public comment on

[1:40:41] item 24?

[1:40:46] Thank you, we have a motion to

[1:40:48] approve the first reading of the

[1:40:49] ordinance and the second, all in

[1:40:51] favor?

[1:40:54] That passes unanimously, item

[1:40:54] 25, please.

[1:40:58] >> authorize executive director

[1:40:59] to execute a memorandum of

[1:40:59] understanding between the city

[1:41:02] of long beach the port of long

[1:41:03] beach to transfer control of

[1:41:06] certain underutilized oil areas

[1:41:07] to the harbor department.

[1:41:13] >> thank you.

[1:41:14] I'

[1:41:15] m going to take it from that

[1:41:17] that there is no questions or

[1:41:18] comments from the commission, do

[1:41:20] we have public comment on this

[1:41:20] item?

[1:41:23] >> we do not, we have a motion

[1:41:25] at a second, all in favor.

[1:41:26] That passes unanimously.

[1:41:30] That brings us to item 26.

[1:41:31] >> approve appointment of brian

[1:41:33] banks to the position of civil

[1:41:35] engineering.

[1:41:38] >> thank you, and we welcome our

[1:41:40] new employee.

[1:41:42] Commissioners, any comments or

[1:41:43] questions?

[1:41:49] Do we have public comment on

[1:41:49] this item?

[1:41:54] >> we do not, we have a motion

[1:41:56] and a second, all in favor.

[1:41:58] That passes unanimously.

[1:41:59] and that brings us to item 27.

[1:42:05] >> discussion and approval to

[1:42:08] salary and/or fringe benefits

[1:42:08] for the director of the harbor

[1:42:09] department.

[1:42:17] >> the board has had previous

[1:42:17] discussions regarding salary

[1:42:18] negotiations for the deputy

[1:42:19] executive director.

[1:42:22] The executive director is

[1:42:23] recommending at the board is

[1:42:27] asked to improve that he receive

[1:42:29] a 4% merit pay increase

[1:42:32] effective DECEMBER 3, 2022 and

[1:42:33] an 8% salary adjustment

[1:42:36] effective APRIL 24, 2023.

[1:42:41] Thank you.

[1:42:45] Do we have any public comment?

[1:42:45] >> we do not.

[1:42:49] Bikes we have a motion at a

[1:42:51] second, all those in favor?

[1:42:53] That passes unanimously.

[1:42:57] That brings us to reports from

[1:42:58] appointees.

[1:42:58] Unless I'

[1:42:59] m missing something in

[1:43:00] an uncharacteristic way, we have

[1:43:04] no reports from our ex

[1:43:05] appointees.

[1:43:07] We are now on announcements and

[1:43:09] comments, I would like to report

[1:43:10] on APRIL 12 I attended the

[1:43:15] sacramento port advocacy trip

[1:43:15] with the commissioner, executive

[1:43:19] director and other support

[1:43:21] staff, our visit to sacramento

[1:43:22] was a significant opportunity to

[1:43:25] discuss critical issues with key

[1:43:26] legislators, our focus was to

[1:43:28] advocate for funding priorities

[1:43:30] that would benefit the goods

[1:43:31] movement industry in the

[1:43:34] community that it served.

[1:43:35] In particular we emphasize the

[1:43:38] importance of investments in

[1:43:41] california ports with historic

[1:43:42] approved one-time funding.

[1:43:44] During our meeting with key

[1:43:44] legislators, we highlighted

[1:43:47] efforts to combat climate change

[1:43:49] like our zero program that will

[1:43:52] guide the ports establishments

[1:43:53] of partnerships and investments

[1:43:55] to ensure we achieve our zero

[1:43:58] emission, clean power and

[1:44:00] decarbonization goals, we

[1:44:01] emphasize the ports excitement

[1:44:03] to support the states goal in

[1:44:06] producing 25 gigawatts of

[1:44:08] offshore wind power by 2045 with

[1:44:13] our proposed floating offshore

[1:44:13] wind staging and integration

[1:44:16] facility.

[1:44:17] The supply chain information

[1:44:21] highway to maximize visibility

[1:44:23] and efficiency in cargo movement

[1:44:24] and the significance of

[1:44:29] investing in the training campus

[1:44:30] address skills shortages and

[1:44:32] provide opportunities for

[1:44:36] workforce advancements across

[1:44:36] the goods movement industry.

[1:44:41] Overall, I think our trip to

[1:44:42] sacramento this extremely

[1:44:43] productive and a valuable

[1:44:43] experience.

[1:44:47] I believe to shape always

[1:44:50] benefit our customers, tenants

[1:44:51] and community.

[1:44:53] Commissioner lowenthal, did you

[1:44:53] have anything you want to add?

[1:45:01] >> I think it was a very

[1:45:02] effective group of meetings with

[1:45:05] the different legislators and

[1:45:06] the secretary.

[1:45:10] You know when you go to

[1:45:13] sacramento you have to divide

[1:45:15] and conquer, so one group,

[1:45:18] PRESIDENT Wiseman, went down to

[1:45:18] the lieutenant governor'

[1:45:21] s office

[1:45:21] while I went to the legislator,

[1:45:24] but it was all very well.

[1:45:29] The people we talked to about it

[1:45:30] was really just as excited as we

[1:45:32] are.

[1:45:33] So we will see what the future

[1:45:33] brings.

[1:45:36] We vote for that money in the

[1:45:37] budget, that was the important

[1:45:37] part.

[1:45:39] >> we did.

[1:45:42] MR. Cordero is there anything

[1:45:42] you want to add?

[1:45:46] >> it has been referenced as

[1:45:50] pretty successful trip, meetings

[1:45:50] and as the commissioner has

[1:45:54] indicated, a lot of excitement

[1:45:54] about our project.

[1:45:56] Obviously it'

[1:46:00] s not going to bec,

[1:46:02] but the good news is the stay in

[1:46:03] legislators we have spoken with

[1:46:03] are very excited about that

[1:46:07] roadmap trying to get the 25

[1:46:09] gigawatts by year 2045 and

[1:46:14] advanced in california.

[1:46:17] With those goals in fun -- in

[1:46:17] mind.

[1:46:18] A lot of support at the state

[1:46:21] level not only to ports overall,

[1:46:21] given what we'

[1:46:22] ve gone through

[1:46:24] and with regard to the vision.

[1:46:31] >> thank you.

[1:46:35] Do we have any other comments or

[1:46:35] announcements from the

[1:46:37] commission or requests.

[1:46:39] Do we have anything else from

[1:46:39] staff.

[1:46:44] Will you read the close session

[1:46:44] item.

[1:46:44] Quick lowe'

[1:46:47] s -- closed session

[1:46:48] with real property negotiators.

[1:46:49] >> thank you.

[1:46:53] Ted a we have the sad task of

[1:46:56] returning this meeting in memory

[1:46:59] of our team meeting david white

[1:47:02] and admin evangelist their

[1:47:03] program management division.

[1:47:05] David started his career with

[1:47:07] the city of long beach in 1993

[1:47:10] as an administrative intern in

[1:47:13] the community development

[1:47:13] department.

[1:47:15] He worked in the department of

[1:47:16] parks, recreation and in

[1:47:18] development services where he

[1:47:19] served in several different

[1:47:19] promotional roles.

[1:47:23] In 2013 he began his career with

[1:47:26] the port in the program

[1:47:27] management division engineering

[1:47:27] bureau.

[1:47:29] David'

[1:47:30] s energy, sense of humor

[1:47:33] and wit lit up the room and

[1:47:33] brought smiles to our faces.

[1:47:37] He is remembered as a strong

[1:47:40] advocate.

[1:47:42] He was confident, caring, GOD

[1:47:46] loving and a friend, overall, a

[1:47:49] great friend to many people.

[1:47:51] He was more than just a

[1:47:51] coworker.

[1:47:52] For this and many reasons he

[1:47:53] will be dearly missed.

[1:47:55] David is survived by his wife.

[1:47:59] I am going to move to adjourn

[1:47:59] this meeting in memory of david

[1:48:03] white, but first, commissioner,

[1:48:04] you have comments.

[1:48:05] >> thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:48:08] David was a friend for many,

[1:48:12] many years, even before I was

[1:48:14] elected to the school board, we

[1:48:16] worked in the community in the

[1:48:18] downtown area in the first

[1:48:18] district.

[1:48:23] He was a pleasure to work with

[1:48:25] for many, many years, and he was

[1:48:28] devoted to the downtown.

[1:48:32] He and his wife bought a condo

[1:48:33] on forest when it was first

[1:48:40] built and he was very involved

[1:48:41] in the east village as it was

[1:48:44] being developed by the people in

[1:48:46] the city and city planning and

[1:48:48] development.

[1:48:48] It'

[1:48:49] s really hard to imagine

[1:48:53] downtown without david fight, he

[1:48:56] was a friend to so many people.

[1:48:58] I have this memory, I hope I'

[1:48:58] m

[1:49:01] right, when I first got to know

[1:49:05] him, he told me that his family

[1:49:08] -- and I think he was originally

[1:49:10] from liberia.

[1:49:15] anyway, very sad to lose david,

[1:49:18] and I know many of you feel the

[1:49:19] same.

[1:49:19] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:49:22] Like thank you, are there any

[1:49:23] other comments on david?

[1:49:26] Without objection, we will

[1:49:29] adjourn in his memory and we

[1:49:30] will resume in closed session in

[1:49:30] five minutes.