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15. (23-0425) Recommendation
to authorize City Manager, or
designee, to execute all
documents necessary to amend
Contract No. 35480 with Clean
Energy Fuels, Inc., of Newport
Beach, CA, for the purchase of
renewable compressed natural
gas (CNG), for use in City of
Long Beach (City) vehicles and
equipment, to increase annual
contract amount by $500,000,
authorize a 15 percent
contingency of $130,500, for a
new total annual amount not to
exceed $1,000,500, for the
current contract term and for the
remaining five contract renewals
ending on February 13, 2030;
and
Increase appropriations in the
Fleet Services Fund Group in the
Financial Management
Department by $500,000, offset
by funds available generated by
revenue received through the
Fleet Memorandum of
Understanding. (Citywide)
Dave Shukla [email protected]
m
6333 E. Eliot St. Long
Beach, CA 90803
Curious.
Yes, the City is locked into a 10 year contract, and yes, compressed natural gas is somewhat less emitting of pollutants than diesel -- but CNG is not a "clean fuel" or "clean energy" -- it is dirty to extract, process, ship, store, and use.
At what point are City Officials (Hired Staff and Elected Decision Makers) going to be liable for the missed opportunity, and set of opportunity costs, for not converting to Electric or (Green...) Hydrogen? Who would be more at fault -- the Elected Decision Makers, or the Staff who craft the narrow bounds of their 'choices' and 'options' and 'decisions' ? The State of California is breaking from this whole class of "alternative" Fossil Fuels -- CNG, RNG, Hybrid Gasoline, "Renewable" Diesel, Propane, etc. -- in favor of Electric and Hydrogen.
Contracts like *this* have to become part of that transition.
Along with the willful, dedicated, maintenance of ignorance to the immediate and accumulative harms of such "alternatives".
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19. (23-0430) Recommendation
to adopt resolution authorizing
City Manager, or designee, to
execute a contract, and any
necessary documents including
any necessary subsequent
amendments, with Los Angeles
Truck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity
Truck Centers, an authorized
distributor of Crane Carrier
trucks, of Whittier, CA, for the
purchase of three CNG powered
Crane Carrier LET2 trucks, with
New Way front end loader refuse
bodies, on the same terms and
conditions afforded to
Sourcewell, in a total amount not
to exceed $1,321,756, inclusive
of taxes and fees. (Citywide)
Dave Shukla [email protected]
m
6333 E. Eliot St. Long
Beach, CA 90803
Again, at what point is the half-step of RNG and CNG vehicles -- in 2023 -- going to be recognized as false solutions? Bridges to nowhere along the State's Zero Emissions goals? Off-ramps from the transition to *actual* clean energy?
(Transpo metaphors abound...)
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20. (23-0431) Recommendation
to adopt resolution approving an
extension of the current
Revolving Line of Credit with JP
Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. by the
Board of Utilities Commissioners
(successor to the Board of Water
Commissioners), on behalf of
the City of Long Beach (City), for
an additional one-year term and
authorize the execution of all
necessary documents and
amendments in connection
therewith before the existing
Credit Agreement expires on
May 21, 2023. (Citywide)
Dave Shukla [email protected]
m
6333 E. Eliot St. Long
Beach, CA 90803
Interesting 5/2/2023
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28. (23-0420) Recommendation
to request City Manager to work
with City Clerk and City Attorney
to convene the Charter
Amendment Committee for a
study session on the provisions
of the City Charter within 90
days; and
The scope of the study session
should include an overview of
the history of the City Charter,
including substantial
amendments; an overview of the
process required to amend the
City Charter; the powers and
duties of the City Council, Mayor,
and City Manager; a summary of
the Council-Manager form of
government established by the
City Charter.
Dave Shukla [email protected]
m
6333 E. Eliot St. Long
Beach, CA 90803
Curious 5/2/2023
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30. (23-0442) Recommendation
to authorize City Manager, or
designee, to execute a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the City of Long
Beach (City) and the Board of
Harbor Commissioners of the
City of Long Beach, Harbor
Department (Harbor), which will
include the terms for Harbor to
advance the City an amount up
to $12 million, take control of
certain City oil properties, that
can transition to non-oil uses,
split the revenues derived from
leasing of those properties with
the City, and use the City's share
of revenues to pay down the
advance of funds. (Districts 1,7)
Dave Shukla [email protected]
m
6333 E. Eliot St. Long
Beach, CA 90803
Oppose.
"If this approach ultimately does not prove successful, the City will need to evaluate other options and reengage with the Harbor Department about other future partnerships." This is a pretty significant transfer of land and resources, in the hopes of returning the QM to profitability -- at the expense of engaging new clients/tenants and new uses at those sites.
The Staff Report is overly hopeful in the boost this Motion will provide to local tourism and hospitality - - which, even in the post-pandemic rebound, is significantly and forever altered.
It may well be a watershed moment for Mayor Richardson's first term and emblematic of lost opportunities therein -- Ports, like Tourism, face increased competition.
White elephants like the QM may not be in the City's long-term future.
Accept that and plan and act accordingly.
ds
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30. (23-0442) Recommendation
to authorize City Manager, or
designee, to execute a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the City of Long
Beach (City) and the Board of
Harbor Commissioners of the
City of Long Beach, Harbor
Department (Harbor), which will
include the terms for Harbor to
advance the City an amount up
to $12 million, take control of
certain City oil properties, that
can transition to non-oil uses,
split the revenues derived from
leasing of those properties with
the City, and use the City's share
of revenues to pay down the
advance of funds. (Districts 1,7)
Janet West [email protected]
et
2051 Palo Verde Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90815
I'm opposed to the approval of this item because it is based on a DRAFT MOU. City Council members are the voter elected officials and need to be accountable for all the items that are in the final MOU, not the City Manager and not the Harbor Commissioners who are all non-elected officials.
Since Richard F. Anthony Principal Deputy City Attorney's response to me included a Confidentiality label stating it's not for public record, I won't include his exact response but he had non specific language in it such as: customary, major terms and conditions of the agreement (not all terms and conditions), additional terms that are included in the agreements ... I don't want to include the rest of that sentence and risk violating the confidentiality label but those additional terms include important aspects of the MOU.
Janet West
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34. (23-0445) Recommendation
to receive and file an update on
the Fiscal Year 2023 - Fiscal
Year 2027 Infrastructure
Investment Plan; and
Increase appropriations in the
Capital Projects Fund Group in
the Public Works Department by
$52,750,000 to fund the various
projects identified in the Fiscal
Year 2023 Infrastructure
Investment Plan, offset
anticipated bond proceeds from
the Measure A Bond program.
(Citywide)
Dave Shukla [email protected]
m
6333 E. Eliot St. Long
Beach, CA 90803
Very interesting. If only all Agenda Items had this level of specificity and follow-through! 5/2/2023
38. (22-0926) Recommendation
to approve renaming a section of
Channel View Park to Ashlee's
Park in memory of Ashlee
Armond.
Dave Shukla [email protected]
m
6333 E. Eliot St. Long
Beach, CA 90803
Support. 5/2/2023
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