02-04-2003 - Southern California Association of Governments City Council Liaison Meetingsi
City of West Covina
Memorandum
AGENDA
TO: Andrew G. Pasmant, City Manager ITEM NO. G -1
and City Council
DATE February 4, 2003
FROM: Artie A. Fields, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS CITY
COUNCIL LIAISON MEETINGS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council receive & file this informational report.
DISCUSSION:
Members of the City Council have been appointed to serve as liaisons on various regional
committees and boards. Councilmember Miller attended the Southern California Association of
Governments Solid Waste Force and Energy & Environment Committee meetings.
Attached are the highlights and agendas of these meetings, which Councilmember Miller wishes
to submit to the City Council for their information.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
Prepared by:
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Chris Freeland
Administrative Analyst II
Attachments
Reviewed & approved by:
Artie A. Field
Assistant City /ager
Michael L. Miller
735 East Herring Avenue
West Covina, California 91790
To: City Council Members
City Manager
From: Mike Miller
City Council Member
Subject: Energy & Environment Committee
Southern California Association of Governments
January 28, 2003
I attended this meeting on January 9, 2003. The attached agenda provides an overview.
The highlights are:
A. The Transportation Control Measures (TCM) in previous Air Quality Management plans are
returning. TCM are measures cities are most often required to implement and enforce to
reduce vehicle trips in their cities and reduce emissions to the air. The Draft Air Quality
Management Plan that is to be released this month (January) will include: High occupancy
Vehicle Improvements; Transit/Systems Management; and Information Services. The SCAG
staff report on this subject is attached.
B. A Draft Strategy for Developing TMDLs and Attaining Water Quality Standards in the Los
Angeles Region was released last December. The SCAG Water Policy Task Force, Energy
and Environment Committee and Regional Council will considered at their next meeting On
February 6, 2003 A copy of the Draft was given to City Staff.
In overview of the Draft Air Quality Management Plan was also given to staff. The full draft plan
should be released in late January.
REmaENDATION
It is recommended that this report be received and filed.
Mike Miller
Council Member
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION of
GOVERNMENTS
Main Office
818 West Seventh Street
12th Floor
Los Angeles, California
90017-3435
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Officers: Prendent-. Councilmember Hal
Bernson. Los Nsgela • Firsi Vice President:
Mayor Pro T m Be, Pcrr)t Brea - Second Vic<
President: Supervisor Charles Smith. Orange
County.
Imperial County: Hank Kuiper. Imperial
County • Jo Shields. Brawley
Los Angeles County: Yvonne Brathwatte Burke,
Los Angeles County • Zev Yaroslaysky, Los
1r,les Clarity • Melanie Andrews, Compton
u:y Baldw-in. San Gabriel • Bruce Barrrncs.
_cmtos • George Bass. Bell • Hal Bernson, Los
Angeles Ken Blackwood, Lomita - Robert
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h. Rosemeaen d • Gene Daniels. Puamount
Ruth Galanter. Los Angeles • Mike Dupena.
Palmdale • Judy Dunlap. Inglewood • Eric
Garcetti, Los Angeles • Wendy Greuel. Los
Angeles James Hahn. Los Angeles • Janice
Hahn. Los Angeles • Nate Holden, Los Angela
Sandra Jacobs. El Segundo • Tom LaBonge. Los
Angela • Bonnie Lassen:hal. Long Beach • Keith
McCarthy, Dossrsey • Cindy Miscikosyski. Los
Angeles • Pam O'Connor, Santa Monica • Nick
Pacheco, Los Angeles • Alex Padilla, Los Angeles
• Jan Perry. Los Angeles • Beamm Pico. Pico
Rivera • Ed Reyes. Los Angeles • Karen
Rosenthal. Claremont - Dick Stanford, Azusa -
Tom Sykes, Walnut • Paul Talbot, Alhambra -
Sidney Tyler. Jr.. Pasadem • Dennis Washburn.
Calabasas • Jack Weiss. Los Angeles • Bob
Yousefaan. Glendale • Dennis P. Zine. Los Angeles
Orange County: Chula Smith. Or-ge County
• Ron Bata. Los Alamitos • Art Brown, Buena
Park • Lou Bone. Tustin Cathryn DeYoung.
Laguna Ni
Gud • Richud Dixon, Lake Forest
Alta Duke. La Palma • Shirley McCsckeu.
Assaheim • Bev Perry. Brea • Tod Ridgeway
Neas•pon Beach
Riverside Couaty- Bob Buster. Riverside County
- Ron Loveridge, Riverside • Greg Petits.
Cathedral zy • Ron Roberts, Temecula • Jan
Rudman. Corona • CharlesWIuse, Moreno Valley
San Bernardino County: Bill Alexander, Rancho
Cucamonga • Lawrence Dale, B—trnv - Lee Ann
Garcia, Grand Terrace Susan Lien. San
Bernardino • Gary Ovitt. Oman. • Deborah
Robertson, Rialto
Ventura County: Judy Mikels, Ventura County -
Glen Berets, Simi Valley • Carl Morehouse. San
B-naventus •Toni Young. Pon Hueneme
Riverside County TIr nsportation Commission:
Robin Lone. Hemet
:mm. County'hansportacion Commission:
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MEETING OF THE
Thursday, January 9, 2003
10:3o a.m. - 12:1.5 p.m.
SCAG Offices
818 W. 7th Street, 12th Floor
Riverside A Conference Room
Los Angeles, California 90017
213/236-1800
Agenda & Map Enclosed
If members of the public wish to review the
attachments or have any questions on any of
the agenda items, please contact Lisa Taylor @
(213) 236-1891.
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PAGE # TIME
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
2.0 INTRODUCTIONS and PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Members of the public desiring to speak on an agenda item or items
not on the agenda, but within the purview of the Committee, must fill
out and present a speaker's card to the Assistant prior to speaking. A
speaker's card must be turned in before the meeting is called to order.
Comments will be limited to three minutes. The chair may limit the
total time for all comments to twenty (20) minutes.
3.0 REVIEW and PRIORITIZE AGENDA ITEMS
4.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
4.1 Approval Item
4.1.1 Action Minutes -December 5, 2002 01
Attachment
4.2 Receive and File
4.2.1 SCAG Legislative Matrix 2001/2002 Session 06
Attachment
4.2.2 Semi -Monthly Intergovernmental Review (IGR) 15
Report: Area -wide Clearinghouse Listings
Environmental Document Listing and Amendments
to Regional Transportation Improvement Program
Attachment
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5.0 ACTION ITEMS
5.1 _Update: Air Quality
Attachment
The Committee will receive a presentation
on the Transportation Control Measure portion
of the South Coast Air Quality Management
Plan.
Recommendation Action: Approve Staff
Recommendations.
6.0 INFORMATION ITEMS
6.1 California Legacy Project
The Committee will receive a presentation
on the effort of the California Resources
Agency to provide better tools and information
to support statewide and local conservation
efforts.
Recommended Action: Receive and file.
6.2 Regional Endangered Species Protection Plan
CVAG staff will demonstrate how they have
combined Geographic Information Systems,
aerial photography, and habitat modeling to
develop a species protection plan.
Recommended Action: Receive and file.
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Molly 39
Hoffman,
Senior Regional
Planner,
SCAG
Madelyn
Glickfeld,
Assistant
Secretary,
California
Resources
Agency
James
Sullivan,
Director,
Environmental
Services,
CVAG
DME
15 minutes
25 minutes
20 minutes
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6.3 Transportation Conformity Issue
Attachment
The Committee will receive an update
the Transportation/Air Quality Conformity
and the implications of funding shortfall.
Recommended Action: Receive and file.
6.4 Draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
Attachment
Staff will present the Committee with the
draft EPA TMDL strategy for discussion
at the next Water Policy Task Force meeting.
Recommended Action: Receive and file.
7.0 WATER POLICY TASK FORCE REPORT
8.0 SOLID WASTE TASK FORCE REPORT
9.0 CHAIRS' REPORT
10.0 STAFF REPORT
11.0 COMMITTEE INFORMATION SHARING
12.0 COMMENT PERIOD
PAGE #
Charles, 44
Keynejad,
Senior Regional
Planner,
SCAG
Dan Griset, 54
Senior Regional
Planner,
SCAG
13.0 ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the Energy and Environment Committee will be
held in the SCAG offices on Thursday, February 6, 2003.
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TIME
15 minutes
10 minutes
Doc# 79443vl - EEC Agenda/January 2003
L.Taylor
TO: Energy and Environment Committee (EEC) and Regional Council (RC)
FROM: Molly Hoffman, Senior Regional Planner, Aviation and Environmental Planning, 213-236-
1804, hoffman@scag.ca.gov
DATE: January 9, 2003
SUBJECT: Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) for the 2003 South Coast Air Quality
Management Plan (SCAQMP)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPROVAL
Recommended Action:
Approve Staff Recommendations
Summary:
SCAG is responsible for identifying the Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) in the
2003 South Coast Air Quality Management Plan (SCAQMP). SCAG staff is currently
preparing the Transportation Control Measure (TCM) Appendix for the 2003 SCAQMP,
which is based on the TCMs outlined in the 2001 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), and
includes TCM-related projects from the first two years of the 2002 Regional Transportation
Improvement Program (RTIP). Staff recommends that the EEC and RC approve the
following TCM strategies for incorporation into the 2003 SCAQMP.
1. TCM-01A: High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Improvements
2. TCM-01B: Transit/Systems Management
3. TCM-01C: Information Services
This TCM Appendix will be incorporated into the 2003 SCAQMP.
The Draft 2003 SCAQMP for the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) is tentatively scheduled to
be released the third week in January 2003. Public workshops are expected to be held in
January, and adoption by the SCAQMD Board is expected to occur in the Spring of 2003.
Documents pertaining to the 2003 SCAQMP will be posted at
http://www.agmd.gov/agmp/03agmp.htm, as they are released for discussion. An update on
SCAQMD staff's work on the 2003 SCAQMP is provided after.the TCM section below.
Document Name: Jan 03 EECIRC — TCM and AQMP Update
Document #39593 v1
Author_ID: Hoffman
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Background:
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) held meetings on December
11, 2002 to discuss the development of the 2003 SCAQMP. Several Appendices of the Draft
SCAQMP have been released for discussion and are posted at
http://www.agmd.gov/agmp/03agmpmtg.htm. SCAG staff has prepared a Draft TCM
Appendix for the 2003 SCAQMP, which is based on the TCMs outlined in the 2001 RTP and
further specified in the 2002 RTIP.
Transportation Control Measure (TCMs) — Appendix to the 2003 SCAOMP:
TCMs are defined as strategies which adjust traffic patterns, influence modes of travel, or
modify vehicle use, in ways that, on the whole, reduce air pollutant emissions within the
region. SCAG is responsible for identifying the TCMs, based on the most current RTP and
RTIF, for inclusion in the 2003 SCAQMP.
The Draft TCM Appendix to the SCAQMP outlines three general sets of measures and
provides performance criteria pertaining to the Timely Implementation requirement of the
Transportation Conformity Rule. Staff requests that the EEC and RC approve the following
TCM strategies for incorporation into the 2003 SCAQMP.
1. TCM-01A: HOV Lanes
Program and implement the following actions:
- HOV projects (& pricing alternatives)
- Park and ride lots/intermodal facilities
2. TCM-01B: Transit/Systems Management
Program and implement the following actions:
- Bus, rail and shuttle transit improvements
- Bicycle and pedestrian facilities
- County -/corridor -wide vanpool programs
- Provide seed money for the Transportation Management Associations (IMAs)l
3. TCM-01C: Information Services
Program and implement the following actions:
- Marketing information services for employers and activity centers to encourage
shared rides; transit use and transit pass centers.
- Urban freeway system management improvements
- Smart corridors system management programs
- Railroad consolidation programs
' (TMM) are private, non-profit, member -controlled organizations that provide transportation services in a particular
area, such as a commercial district, mall, medical center or industrial park.
Document Name: Jan 03 EEGRC — TCM and AQMP Update 2
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Author_ID: Hoffman
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- Congestion management plan -based demand management strategies
- Telecommunications facilities/satellite work centers
It is also SCAG's responsibility to ensure that TCMs are funded in a manner consistent with
the SCAQMP's implementation schedule. The transportation conformity process is designed
to ensure timely implementation of TCMs, thus reinforcing the link between State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) and the transportation planning process. The enforceable
commitment for this measure is to fund and implement the first two years of the six -year
RTIP.
Update on Draft 2003 SCAOMP
Modeling Update
The SCAQMD is in the process of finalizing its ozone modeling analysis and has decided to
use the August 5, 1997 ozone episode (rather than the July 16, 1998 episode, which is more
extreme) to determine carrying capacity for ozone. SCAQMD is confident that the selection
of this episode is legally defensible. Preliminary carrying capacities for volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) have been determined based on three different photochemical models,
with the Urban Airshed Model (UAM) providing the most stringent carrying capacity of 310
tons of VOC per day. Currently, the SCAQMD's modeling strategy is to use three different
photochemical models, with UAM as a base. In addition, SCAQMD may construct a
strategy based on the average of the three model analyses. (UAM is the model recommended
by EPA, although use of alternate models is allowed.)
The SCAQMD is also in the process of finalizing its particulate matter modeling analysis. In
addition to analyzing particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less (PM10), the
SCAQMD is also assessing the requirements to attain the standard for particulate matter with
diameters of 2.5 microns or less (PM2.5) beyond 2010.
Emissions Inventory Update
The SCAQMD is in the process of finalizing its emissions inventory, which will form the
basis for the 2003 SCAQMP. Preliminary results indicate that on -road and area sources
contribute the majority of ozone precursors (VOC and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions) to
the 2010 emissions inventory. In addition, area sources (mainly fugitive dust) contribute the
majority of PM10 and PM2.5 emissions to the 2006 emissions inventory. Preliminary
analysis of emission reduction targets indicate that there is likely to be a shortfall in emission
reductions within the SCAB region, which will need to be allocated to future (as yet
unspecified) advanced technology commitments —commonly referred to as the "black box"
component. Under the Federal Clean Air Act, the emission reductions allocated to such
future advanced technology measures will be need to be fully specified by 2006.
Document Name: Jan 03 EECfRC — TCM and AQMP Update
Document #:79593 v1
Author ID: Hoffman
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Control Strategies
The SCAQMD is still awaiting the state and federal elements of the mobile source control
plan from the California Air Resources Board (CARB). CARB expects to release the control
strategy in early January, in concert with the 2003 SCAQMP schedule.
The SCAQMD has released a preliminary draft of the Stationary Source Control Measures,
which includes 18 control measures and 3 contingency measures. Control measure
categories include coating and solvents, petroleum operations and fugitive VOC emissions,
combustion sources, fugitive dust sources and miscellaneous sources. The contingency
measures include accelerated implementation of control measures, enhanced oxygenated fuel
content, and miscellaneous sources.
2003 SCAQMP Schedule
The Draft 2003 SCAQMP for the SCAB is tentatively scheduled to be released the third
week in January 2003. Public workshops are expected to be held in the following weeks, and
adoption of the Plan by the SCAQMP Board is expected to occur in the Spring of 2003.
Fiscal Impact:
Approval of these staff recommendations will not have a fiscal impact on SCAG. Stf
work
involved with this task is allocated in the FYO2/03 budget.
Document Name: Jan 03 EECJRC — TCM and AQMP Update
Document#:79593 v1
Author_ID: Hoffman
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Michael L. MiIler 40
735 East Herring Avenue
West Covina, California 91790
To: City Council Members January 28, 2003
City Manager
From: Mike Miller
City Council Member
Subject: Solid Waste Force
Southern California Association of Governments
Attached is the agenda for the January 13, 2003 meeting. The primary discussion at this meeting was the
Brightstar Environmental Gasification Technology.
A Pilot facility is being considered in the Imperial County area. This non -bum technology can take residuals
from a material recovery facility, clean the materials of all non -organic wastes and produce energy. This
technology may allow cities and counties to inprease the percentage of their wastes being diverted from
landfills via recycling and the use of this technology. As we start to use more remote landfills and the costs
increase, this technology may help to control costs by reducing the amount of wastes going to landfills..
I have given the staff information on this technology to share with the Waste Management and
Environmental Quality Commission. I have attached a copy of the SCAG Staff report for you information.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this report be received and filed.
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Mike Miller
Council Member
SOLID WASTE TASK FORCIP
ITEM
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Page #
Members of the public desiring to speak on an agenda item or items not on the agenda,
but within the purview of this committee, must fill out a speaker's card prior to speaking.
Comments will be limited to three minutes. The Chair may limit the total time for
comments to twenty (20) minutes.
3.0 SELF INTRODUCTIONS
4.0 REVIEW and PRIORITIZE AGENDA ITEMS
5.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
5.1 Approval Item
5.1.1 Action Minutes —November 14, 2002
6.0 INFORMATION ITEMS
6.1 Brightstar Environmental Gasification Technology
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W. Rob Bernheimer and Mr. Jim Ferguson
Ferguson & Bernheimer
Law partners Rob Bernheimer and Jim Ferguson, lobbyists for BrightStar
Environmental, will describe the company's technology and its role in recent state
legislation on conversion technologies.
7.0 CHAIR'S REPORT
8.0 STAFF REPORT
Document Name:SWTF Agenda_Jan. 13, 2003
Document #: 79913
SOLID WARTE TASK FORC?"
9.0 COMMITTEE INFORMATION SHARING
10.0 COMMENT PERIOD
Task Force members, staff, or members of the public desiring to comment on items not
covered on the agenda may do so at this time. Comments should be limited to three (3)
minutes.
11.0 ADJOURNMENT
The next Solid Waste Task Force meeting is scheduled for 10 AM, March 13, 2003 at the
SCAG offices.
Document Name:SWTF Agenda_Jan. 13, 2003
Document #: 79913
Author Id: KIRCHNER
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DATE: January 13, 2003
TO: Solid Waste Task Force
FROM: Nancy Pfeffer, Sr. Planner, 213-236-1869, e-mail: pfefferd .go
SUBJECT: Brightstar Environmental Gasification Technology
SUMMARY:
Representatives of Brightstar Environmental will give the Task Force a
presentation on the company's gasification technology, plans to build a facility in
the SCAG region, and the company's involvement in recent state legislation
regarding the definition of waste conversion technologies.
BACKGROUND:
Brightstar Environmental is an environmental services firm headquartered in
Brisbane, Australia. The company's main product is the Solid Waste and Energy
Recycling Facility, or SWERF, a system based on a gasification technology ,that
differs from the older mass bum (incineration) technology used to treat waste and
generate energy. Following a number of processing steps, the SWERF converts
solid waste organics into a synthetic gas that is used to power generators.
Emissions arise from the energy generation, but not from the waste. conversion
process. .
The Coachella Valley has identified the need for new municipal solid waste
handling capacity once its only landfill closes in 2004. The landfill is located on
the San Andreas Fault and cannot be expanded in a way that meets seismic
requirements. As an alternative to building a new transfer station and hauling
several truckloads a day of waste to Riverside County, the Valley is contemplating
the construction of a SWERF system, which will provide both waste handling and
energy.
Up until last year, California law defined transformation to include a variety of
technologies including gasification. This definition was an effective barrier to the
permitting of a new gasification facility, so the project proponents, including
Brightstar and the California Integrated Waste Management Board, sought a
change to the law. AB 2770 (Matthews), passed and signed into law in 2001,
removed gasification from the definition of conversion technologies and directed
further study of other waste conversion methods.
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Representatives of a local law firm who represent Brightstar as lobbyists will give
the Task Force a presentation on the company's technology, the plans for the new
facility, and the company's involvement in the recent legislation, including the
issue of diversion credit for conversion technologies. Further background
information on Brightstar and the SWERF technology is attached.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This informational presentation will have no fiscal impact on SLAG. Staff time in
support of this analysis is included in the current year's Overall Work Program
under Work Element 03-090.
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(Solid Waste and Energy Recycling Facility), which is a unique waste pre-treatment,
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Brightstar Environmental is a subsidiary of Energy Developments Limited (EDL) one of the
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