Recommendation to declare ordinance granting to Southern California Gas Company, a corporation, the right, privilege and franchise upon terms and conditions herein set forth to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing gas for the purposes as specified hereinafter under, along, across or upon certain public streets, ways, alleys and places, as the same now or may hereafter exist, within the City of Long Beach, read and adopted as read.  (Citywide)
The second hearing for the evening hearing number two, or I think it was hearing your number. One report from Energy Resources recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record to conclude the public hearing regarding the natural gas franchise with SoCal Gas. Declare an ordinance granting a limited natural gas franchise to SoCal Gas to transmit and distribute natural gas within the city of Long Beach. Read the first time and lead over the next regular meeting of the City Council for Final Reading. I think, you know, I can have everyone in the audience. Please, we're still conducting the meeting. Just please. If we can have the conversations outside, that would be great. Thank you so much, Mr. West. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The staff report will be given by Bob Dow, our director of Gas or of energy resources. Yes. Good evening, honorable mayor, vice mayor and Council Members. On June 12th, 2018, the City Council received supporting documentation into the record, concluded the public hearing regarding the natural gas franchise with Southern California Gas Company or SoCal Gas, and declared the first reading of the ordinance granting a limited natural gas franchise to SoCal Gas to transmit and distribute natural gas within the city of Long Beach. The second reading. The audience was laid over to October 9th, 2018 to allow for CPU sea approval of an additional 1% surcharge of the imputed value of transport gas volumes delivered to the SoCal utility customers under this franchise agreement. CPAC approval was still pending on October 9th. Therefore, the final reading of the ordinance was late over to tonight's council meeting. CPC approval for the additional 1% surcharge was approved on November six, 2018 and became effective January 1st, 2019. And staff has requested the adoption of a second ordinance reading this evening. This concludes my report and I'm available to answer any questions that you may have. Okay. I think I think that we're we can continue chatting but we've we've lost quorum so. Okay. So let's get so we've concluded that let's go into the public comment on this item. Or we can't continue can't. Continue until we. Have a quorum in laws. I was hoping we can interrupt. Okay, we're back. Any public comment on this item? None. Public comment. Close. Actually. Hold on a second. Any. Can I get a second on this motion, Councilman Pierce? Anything now, Councilman Austin. Then with that, we're going to continue to do a roll call vote. Councilmember Pierce Councilwoman Price, Councilmember Supernova. Hi. Vice Mayor Andrews. Councilman Austin. Councilmember Richardson. The emotion carries. We're going to move on to public comment. Mr. Goodhew. And then I have Carole Peterson and Christine Minnelli, and then I have two others. We'll go as we as we go. Mr. Goodhew, please.