Energy and Environment Committee

Agenda — 9 items

1. 1 Verbal report from the Department of Water and Power relative to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).
2. 2 Motion (Harris-Dawson - Hutt) relative to applying for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Cleanup Grant to secure funding for the remediation of brownfield sites in Council District Eight.
3. 3 Motion (Padilla – Yaroslavsky) relative to possible uses for the parcels of land beneath and adjacent to transmission lines along Ilex Avenue in the Sun Valley neighborhood.
4. 4 Motion (Yaroslavsky, Raman – Hernandez, Rodriguez) relative to the City's participation in the ShadeLA campaign, assigning department liaisons for a shade-tracking dashboard, streamlining permitting processes related to natural shade, and related matters.
5. 5 Motion (Nazarian – Padilla) relative to a collaboration with ShadeLA on shade expansion, tracking tree-planting efforts, Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program impacts, and related matters. (This item was referred to Energy and Environment Committee, Public Works Committee, and Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games)
6. 6 Motion (Price – Blumenfield) relative to addressing pending public nuisance properties in the City, improving the public nuisance declaration process, and preparing an ordinance to add to the definition of public nuisance. (This item was referred to Energy and Environment Committee, Planning and Land Use Management Committee, and Public Safety Committee)
7. 7 Motion (Blumenfield – Nazarian) relative to ensuring the municipal electrification, solar and battery decarbonization master plan has a focus on opportunities that lower municipal solar bills and generate renewable energy and storage to maximize GreenHouse Gas (GHG) elimination, and related matters.
8. 8 Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney report, and Ordinance relative to amending the Los Angeles Administrative Code approving the Department of Water and Power (DWP) Open Access Transmission Tariff.
9. 9 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Fourth Amendment to the Second Memorandum of Understanding with the Discovery Cube Los Angeles (DCLA) to develop, promote, and assist with Bureau of Sanitation environmental events and programs.