[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
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[0:41] website.
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[0:51] you at the appropriate time,
[0:53] fill out a speakers card
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[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.