Recommendation to receive and file a presentation of the 2021 Gateway Cities Energy Action Gold Award earned by the City of Long Beach for achievements of excellence in furthering sustainable energy goals.  (Citywide)
One, two. I'm 30. This is our last item, right? Correct. We still have open public comment after this item. Got it. This is the last one was here, I. Report from Public Works recommendation to receive and file a presentation of the 2021 Gateway Cities Energy Action Gold Award earned by the City of Long Beach Citywide. All right. But we have report on them. Yes, we have a brief staff report and a very quick video should be less than three or 4 minutes. Thank you, Tom. We're really proud to present this item today and receive an award. The, uh, the city staff has been working with slightly. What the gateways, cities, councils, government, their energy action committee to meet a series of requirements that are that have made us one of three cities to receive gold status. To present the video and say a few words. Today we have Nancy Pepper, the director of Gateway Cities Council, our government that should be on. And we would like her. We would like to invite her to say a few words and then we can show the video. Sure getting name right. There and council members and Eric, we haven't had the chance to meet but it's nice to meet you this way and thanks for the opportunity to congratulate the city of Long Beach for winning the Gold Energy Action Award for 2021. These awards were developed through the. City's Energy Working Group to help cities become more energy efficient, more sustainable and save money. We hosted the first Gateway Cities Energy Action Awards in December, and Long Beach, as Eric mentioned, was one of only three cities that won a gold level award for their overall efforts. Among other actions, the city was recognized for equitably installing electric vehicle charging stations across the city and for adopting a climate action plan. I believe we have a brief video about. The award, so if we can go ahead to that, let's show that and. Then I'll wrap up very briefly. The Gateway Cities Energy Action Awards, recognize the cities for their actions to improve energy efficiency and sustainability. And we hope they also help motivate. Progress through some. Friendly competition. Congrats to our 2021 bronze tier winner. And congratulations to our 2021 silver tier winners. And introducing our 2021 gold tier public agencies. City of Long Beach. Long Beach is committed to expanding EV charging options equitably across all communities, with 600 new level two ports in order to empower residents to make the switch to electric. City of Lynnwood, the Lucy Avalos Community Center is a shining example of Winwood's commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability a $5 million LEED gold certified facility. City of Paramount. Paramount has begun the process to upgrade to electric vehicles in planning, public works, public safety, community services. And administrative services. I am so proud of all the great cities making strides to become more energy efficient and more sustainable by participating in the Cox Energy Working Group. Congratulations to all the cities that have reached the bronze and silver levels this year, and I especially want to congratulate our three gold levels cities Paramount, Lynnwood and Long Beach, who reached the highest level of energy efficiency and sustainability and are also climate leaders. Congratulations and thank you for your dedication to energy excellence. Okay. Okay. I just also wanted to mention that we did award a plaque to the city in December. I understand that Justin Beck from Public Works has that plaque. I don't know if he's able to hear anyone else from public works are able to show that to the council. But if not, it's really pretty. I hope you stop by to see it. And that that concludes my presentation and thanks so much for the opportunity to congratulate Long Beach in my official capacity from the court. But I'm also proud, as a resident of Long Beach, to see the city doing this. Thank you. Also. Thank you. We have a motion and a second motion by Councilwoman Allen. You want to say anything? Yes. Just real quickly. I love that we are one of only three cities to be awarded this honor. And this just goes to show the great work that we have been doing and just want to congratulate the city staff on their recognition on their recognition and and efforts. And you've done a great job, Eric, and I know that moving forward will continue to lead our region on sustainability. So just great job, everyone. Do come home in sorrow. Yeah. I do want to congratulate Eric and the team at public works for this great recognition as an alternate to the mayor at the Gateway COG. I'm just proud to be able to represent Long Beach as the leader of sustainability. And I have my colleague here, Councilmember Turanga, who also sits on Gateway COG as well. And we're proud to be the goal here. Already. So on the record. Thank you. Have there been any public comment on this? Dave Shuker. Your time starts now. Hello? Can you hear me? Yes. Great. Congratulations on the award. I would love to see where those 600 new stations are supposed to be located. I think we just got an email this evening saying that they're going to equitably take input, to equitably distribute them along the equitable lines that Southern California Edison has already centralized their procurement . I mean, is this stuff we're going to own or not? Are we are we are we hollowed out as a city to the point where we're owned by just like one corporation now? Or. Or do we get to like like own our own stuff and, like, build the Jetsons? Kind of like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What do we get to do? Do we get to keep having a war or for the next ten, 20 years? Well, we're not actually materially reducing our. Our emissions load. I mean, you know, what do you want? You want a livable future. You want more awards. I don't mean to rain on the parade, but I. I just, you know, I, I, I keep wondering where, when we're, we're all going to be shown the wisdom of the path and the way and why we've had to wait so long to participate in these decisions that affect, you know, basic decisions for some of us. Like, should I go to school here? Should I work here? Should I start a family here? Is this place safe for my parents to have a home? And a lot of that information, frankly, you know, it's kind of papered over and I would hope one from the evens that development was development and get. Yeah. Um. So thank you. So, Cal ran for telling the city of beach we're going to apparently do things. We could just divide up and do it ourselves. Lynwood and Paramount make a lot more sense. For instance, being part of some municipal or community service aggregation program, maybe it will be DWP outright at this point might just be faster and easier. But the one thing that I don't know about these awards, but one thing I'm certain about is I got a lot to think about over the next few months with this place. With this place I grew up in. Like being an adult here now, is the 2020s a bit different? Thank you. That concludes public comment. Fantastic. Let's go ahead and have our. District one. K. District, too, right? District three. I. District four. I. District six. I. District seven. I. District eight. All right. District nine. A motion is carried. All right. Thank you. That satisfies the agenda. We have a number of announcements from some folks who have requested to us around the minute memory and the honor of residents. Let's start with Councilwoman. Sorrell. Vice Mayor. We still have open public comment.