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2024-09-13 Environmental Committee AgendaAGENDA CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE CITY HALL -Executive Conference Room 350 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 September 13, 2024 — 12:00 P.M. MEMBERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE Tracey Miller-Zarneke, Chairperson Dennis Falk Shannon O'Toole Kevin Butler Kevin Atmore Heather Sutherland How Can Members of the Public Observe and Provide Public Comments? Members of the Public are welcome to attend the live meeting and speak during the Public Communications agenda item. Members of the Public may provide comments electronically to Daniel Pankau via email at dpan kau(a)elsegundo.org, with a limit of 150 words and accepted up until 30 minutes prior to the meeting. The emails will be read to the Environmental Committee during public communications and are subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. Additional Information The Environmental Committee, with certain statutory exceptions, can only take action upon properly posted and listed agenda items. Unless otherwise noted in the Agenda, the public can only comment on City -related business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Environmental Committee, and items listed on the Agenda during the Public Communications portion of the meeting. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Government Code Section 54953(g), the City Council has adopted a reasonable accommodation policy to swiftly resolve accommodation requests. The policy can also be found on the City's website at https.11www.elsegundo.orp/_government/departmentsicity- clerk. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at (310) 524-2308 to make an accommodation request or to obtain a copy of the policy. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS — (Related to City Business Only and for which the Committee is responsible — 5-minute limit per person, 30-minute limit total) While all comments are welcome, the Brown Act does not allow the Committee to take action on any item not on the agenda. Committee members may respond to comments after Public Communications is closed. 4. REPORTS: PUBLIC WORKS —this portion of the agenda is for City staff to provide brief reports to the Committee. These are "receive and file, "non -action items only. Any actions needed to be taken must be included on an upcoming agenda. a. Hyperion Update b. City Sustainability Update c. Open Committee Seats 5. REPORTS: ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS— this portion of the agenda is for members to discuss various ideas and for subcommittees established by the Committee to provide brief reports on the work being done by the subcommittee. These are "receive and file, " non -action items only. Any actions needed to be taken must be included on an upcoming agenda. a. Environmental Work Plan: Sub -committee Updates i. Liaisons with Local Agencies ii. Blue Butterfly Update iii. City Event Greening Notes: Checklist Draft 6. CONSENT AGENDA: i. Approval of August 2024 Environmental Committee Meeting Minutes (attachment). Recommendation: Approval. 7. ADJOURNMENT �1T Y p� •_ `I, IT/ ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Friday, August 2, 2024, 12:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 12:02pm, held in the Executive Conference Room of City Hall in person. The following Committee Members were present: • Tracey Miller-Zarneke, Local Business, Committee Chair • Shannon O'Toole, Member • Dennis Falk, Member • Kevin Atmore, Resident, Member Kevin Butler, Resident, Vice Chair, was not present. Heather Sutherland, ESUSD Representative, Member, was not present. The following City staff were present: • Elias K. Sassoon, Public Works Director • Daniel Pankau, Environmental Programs Manager Ryan Baldino, Councilmember, was not present. 3. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: Phil Friess, a South Bay resident, attended the commission meeting for a third time and continued to share insights and perspective from his long career working for LASAN (County) in the wastewater realm. Julie Rochefort from the El Segundo Blue Butterfly Conservancy shared concerns and a residential driveway sample of particulate matter collected. She stated that the material started last Thursday and was still coming down with winds from the West. Director Sasson noted that the city took immediate action including requesting additional information from Hyperion along with notification from El Segundo Fire Chief. Ashley and Alexis from Green Infrastructure Design shared a training/conference opportunity on implementing green infrastructure. The conference will take place Oct 29-30t" in Carmel, CA. 4. REPORTS: PUBLIC WORKS Hyperion Update: Environmental Programs Manager, Daniel Pankau- SCAQMD- For the month of July, they received 122 complaints for odors, with a single day high of 11 complaints on July 9t". The district issued two NOV's on July 9t" & July 12t" for public nuisance relating to odors. They held their abatement order hearing on July 315t, this was an update to the initial order given to Hyperion in 2022. The board members unanimously voted to extend the order to January 3rd 2025 and an additional modification hearing on September 5t". Hyperion Status Report Highlights dated July 315t, planned one -mile outfall exercise was completed July 25t", on July 3rd congressmen Ted Lieu's office toured Hyperion facilities and discussed plant improvements with Director Barbara Romero, on Friday July 19t" Hyperion's air monitoring website experienced and outage from July 181" 4pm —July 19t" at 6:30am, AQMD was notified. PW Director, Sasson noted that the city continues to be in communication with City of Los Angeles regarding the hiring status of the new position that will head up the planned organizational changes at Hyperion. b. City Sustainability Update: Environmental Programs Manager, Daniel Pankau stated that staff submitted their annual report to CalRecycle on August 15t. This report detailed all recycling, trash and organic data hauled and processed for the 2023 calendar year. Our per capita disposal rate was well below target at 12.1 Pound Per Person Per Day (PPD). Staff updated our South Bay Cog Energy & Climate Recognition Report to include all sustainability activities and projects. With these updates the City reached the Gold level for 2024. The awards ceremony is usually held in December. c. Open Committee Seats -Chair, Miller Zarneke, requested an update on open environmental committee seats and weather members who seats are expiring have been notified. Staff will request updates from City Mangers office. 5. REPORTS: ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS a. Environmental Work Plan: Subcommittee Updates i. Community Event Greening Update: Member O'Toole reported on research done on reduction of waste at community events. She updated "zero waste" event tentative plan to incentivize participants with a sliding scale of potential discounts base of the number of eco measures they are able to accomplish. She referenced Tacoma Washington as an example. Liaisons with Local Agencies: i. Introduction & Hyperion Tour w/ El Segundo Staff Date: Chair, Miller-Zarneke and Director Sasson confirmed the August 71" date and meeting time of 1:30pm Blue Butterfly Habitat Cleanup tentatively scheduled for the 3ra week of August but may shift to September. 6. CONSENT AGENDA: Approval of Minutes for June 14, 2024, meeting. Member, Dennis Falk, moved to approve. Member, Shannon O'Toole Dennis seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. 7. ADJOURNMENT: Closing announcement: Next meeting will be held in person on September 13, 2024, at noon, in the Executive Conference Room. Meeting was adjourned at 1:08 P.M.