Report to Mayor and City Council
Thursday, November 09, 2017
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 17-1633 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY AND AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item is being continued from the November 6, 2017 Special City Council Meeting.
On October 3, 2017, the City Council heard from staff and Gary Gero, Chief Sustainability Officer with the County of Los Angeles, regarding the benefits and disadvantages of the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy Program. Staff was directed to hold a public workshop on October 9, 2017 to gather public input and to schedule a Public Hearing for consideration of Ordinance No. 17-1633 (Exhibit No. 1) approving the Joint Powers Agreement (Exhibit No. 2) for the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy program, and authorizing the implementation of a Community Choice Aggregation program.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. CONTINUE the public hearing, TAKE public testimony, and CLOSE the public hearing.
2. INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 17-1633, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY AND AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM.
3. CREATE a working group of up to seven members titled, Carson Go Green Working Group, comprised of City staff, Budget and Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Ad-Hoc Council Subcommittee members, IBEW Local Union 11, and members of the public.
4. APPOINT Councilmember Cedric Hicks as the Director to represent the City of Carson on the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy Board of Directors and APPOINT Director of Public Works, Dr. Maria Slaughter and Civil Engineering Assistant, Reata Kulcsar as alternates.
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