Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Sections 8.63.020, 8.63.030, 8.63.050 and 8.63.070; all relating to prohibiting the use and sale of single-use food and beverage containers, packaging and food service ware made of expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam, rigid polystyrene #6, and non-recyclable and non-compostable material for prepared food distribution, and the distribution of plastic for bio-plastic straws, read and adopted as read.   (Citywide)
K. There's a motion. Can I get a second, please? No public comment. Please cast your votes. Motion carries. A 22. Adam, 22, is communication from City Attorney Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to prohibiting the use and sale of single use food and beverage containers read and adopted as read city citywide. Seamus is a First Amendment control. Hello. My name is Seamus Ennis. I live in the art craft manner district within the fourth district. I'm the chairman of Long Beach chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, and our chapter has been working on this polystyrene plastic pollution issue since 2006, about ten years before I started wearing glasses, which has also been a long time ago, but we've been working on it long term. We realized that you guys, the council members and staff are responsible for all these ordinance amendments, and we really appreciate it. We love them. We support them. The the agenda item and the ordinance amendments. You've done a great job. And this sends a great message to other. Cities upstream that can learn from Long Beach. And when we look to them and try and get them to do the right thing, we can say, Hey, look at what we're doing. We're doing our part. Now, you guys, not only other cities. But other states and other countries. We can finally look to China and the Philippines and tell them to do their part. So, goodjob, you guys. Thank you. Thank you very much, Miss Cantrell. Good evening again. And I. And very glad that you're doing this. It's kind of ironic that on the same night that you are banding banning plastic straws, which are. Hazard in the environment that you would approve putting plastic fields in Eldorado Park. As Charlie Moore emailed today, and I'm sure you are aware that he is the person that discovered the plastic gyre in the Pacific Ocean about 25 years ago and is going all around the world telling people about the dangers of plastic. His comment about these plastic fields is that the children are going to be inhaling. Plastic residue. From these fields. Which is much more dangerous to them than eating out of a polystyrene take home package. Both of these are dangers to the environment, but you are adding to it with this. Plastic field. These fields only last 5 to 7 years. I have pictures here of the field. Stick to this topic, which is the poorly staring ban on food products, please. I'm talking about the dangers of plastics and. Disposing of these fields. This is the field in. Hawaiian Gardens, only six years old, and it's already got all this rubber exposed because the plastic shreds. I hope you don't stop with single use food and beverage containers, packaging and plastic straws and get rid of plastic everywhere in Long Beach . Thank you. Thank you so much. And you there don't see any public. Public speakers. Please cast your votes. Ocean cares an exciting place. I think that's. It. I think I had. Okay. Then I do have. Is Gerry Glenn Thomas here? Please, sir, come forward.