Los Angeles
City Council
Agenda Item 3
(3) 23-0656 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a report on methods and approaches to partner, co-develop, and recommend strategic regional projects for inclusion in the 2024 Watershed Investment Strategic Plan annual update for the Safe Clean Water Program (SCWP). Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Yaroslavsky – McOsker): INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), in conjunction with the Bureau of Street Services, the Bureau of Engineering and the Department of Recreation and Parks, to report to the Council within 60 days on methods and approaches to partner, co-develop, and recommend strategic regional projects for inclusion in the 2024 Watershed Investment Strategic Plan annual update for the SCWP that maximize water quality and water supply objectives in a substantial way, including opportunities to leverage additional funding sources. DIRECT the BOS and REQUEST the LADWP, and the above specified departments, to report on the feasibility of initiating partnerships with the Los Angeles Unified School District, and non-governmental organizations, to implement green space projects using SCWP funding and other sources of funding in the schools and communities lacking park space.