Speaker 1: Motion carries.
Speaker 2: Thank you. Next, we'll take item number 23.
Speaker 1: Communication from Councilwoman Gonzales. Councilwoman Price.
Speaker 7: Councilmember Urunga.
Speaker 1: Recommendation or request of City Manager to return to City Council on August 9th with the plan to encourage the use of the energy efficient mortgage within the city.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Councilwoman Gonzalez.
Speaker 3: Thank you. I want to thank you for your patience to both Stella and Marsha from Green Education. They actually brought this to my attention. I'm very proud to put this on the agenda tonight. I know that through SB 350, which is a bill that was passed and SB 1383, California and the governor, as well as senators and our state legislator, have set very ambitious greenhouse gas, methane, black carbon reduction goals to ensure that we protect our environment. And as this, the second largest city in the county of L.A. and the seventh largest city in California, we must be a leader in meeting these goals, not just as a participant. And that means we have to get really creative on how we are using every available resource to meet the goals. And also doing so through the energy efficient mortgage is certainly a great start. In addition, we've talked last, just last week about affordable housing and how to get more people into homes. And I think this will be a really great incentive for them to do that. But the city should be able to educate. And so that's what we're asking here, is to produce some education and some awareness around these campaigns. So, again, I thank you both for being here and your patience in this and all of your hard work in this in this arena. And I also think Councilmember Muranga and Councilmember Price for for saying yes to this item as well.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Councilwoman Grace.
Speaker 3: Thank you. I want to thank Councilwoman Gonzales for bringing this forward. I think this is a fantastic idea and look forward to reading what the city manager's office comes back with in regards to more information for us. So thank you.
Speaker 2: Thank you. And let's go to public comment. Is there any public comment on this item? Surprise.
Speaker 7: I know. Thank you. Vice Mayor, City Council Members. Councilmember Gonzalez and staff and council members price in Durango for championing this initiative. My name Stella Silver from green education and we are really excited that this has finally made it to city council. Over the past few years, we have met with numerous stakeholders from from folks over at LA, DWP to Long Beach, gas and oil to the California Energy Commission, even. And every time we introduce this to them, they would ask, What has anyone else done this before? And we said, Nope. Another city out there in the United States? No. For California? Nope. Did you come up with this idea yourself? Yeah. And I'm going to, you know, blame the person standing right behind me for this. And then they'd say, that's a great idea. Right. So we're hoping that Long Beach sees the potential and the value in this and that. Through this, we do a brilliant job of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We believe that this could be instrumental in helping to transition to cleaner neighborhoods, healthier neighborhoods, more energy efficient homes. And so we really appreciate the fact that you brought this up to the city council. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Thanks, Stella. Next.
Speaker 7: Hello. My name is Mauricio Tolentino, also known as Pinky Tolentino to many of my friends here. Thank you, Honorable Vice Mayor Richardson, council members and city staff for giving us the opportunity to speak tonight in a special thank you to Mayor Garcia for signing the The Compact of Mayors Agreement, as well as Councilwoman Gonzalez for bringing this item forward. Just a real quick background on why we're even here today. In 2006, former Governor Schwarzenegger signed signed into law the Global Warming Act of 2006. It is a law created to fight climate change by establishing comprehensive programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources throughout the Golden State. Throughout the Golden State, our beautiful state of California. As a result, the color green code was created and came into effect January 1st, 2011. This is part of California Building Standards Code, otherwise known as Title 24. It is the first statewide statewide building standards in the U.S. and it established a mandatory minimum measures for green construction practices . On May 2nd, 2017, Senator Kevin de Leon introduced Senate Bill 100. And once again, California is leading the way to a clean energy and a tougher mandate to accelerate our efforts to renewable to 100% renewable energy by 2045. A crucial component to achieving this very aggressive goal is through energy efficient mortgage programs. Any homebuyer and homeowner interested in refinancing is automatically pre qualified for an additional 5 to 15% of their goal of their loan to do energy efficient repairs without adding to their debt to income ratio. This includes first time homebuyers, including FHA buyers. FHA program. I'm sorry. The Kathleen Plus Grant program allows low and moderate income families for an additional four and a half percent grant to perform an even deeper retrofit. When you couple that with FHA M, that is a total of nine and a half percent on a $400,000 loan. That is a total of 38,000, of which $18,000 is forgiven after three and a half years of living in the home. By supporting this effort, Long Beach will exceed our goal of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. We will create an environment where people are living in a noise free, more comfortable and healthier home. We will create good living wage, green jobs. This initiative will assist Long Beach's revitalization efforts and stabilize the community. Promoting live, work and play local Long Beach will lead the way to net zero neighborhoods by 2045 and be the poster city for California. Lastly, we will we will stand strongly. I'm sorry. Lastly, we will stand in solidarity with Senator Kevin de Leon's protest against climate change. Thank you very much.
Speaker 2: Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is Lisa Reyes. And first come a comment. Um.
Speaker 0: I want to start on a severe.
Speaker 2: Tangent in that I, um. Let's see. I grew up in a very poor situation with a single parent. I lived in the studio for a while, and then I lived in a one bedroom apartment for a long time as well with said parent. And when I was going to graduate colleges or graduate high school, I was really excited. I was like, like I think 18th in my entire class was like a huge class and I was really happy to be so ahead of things. And I got a lot of college invitations and I was really like set on going to a community college and then I'll go to like a university afterwards and stuff like that. But it took a lot of people educating me on saying that I could not only go to university but also get it, you know, paid for through scholarships and government funding and stuff like that. Proper knowledge and education can really help you make the right decisions. I got to go to university for four years. I have like no debt. And now, you know, I actually got to work under Marcio Tolentino or your friend Pinky. And she has advised me on the benefits of homeownership, the possibilities for people who are in low income to get a home, the different programs that are there to assist you with down payment and and more. So with that, I'm now seeking homeownership to beat out any sort of, you know, rent rising that could push me out of my neighborhood. My partner made a decision to buy a home for similar reasons, although his were more financial because he just needed to invest in something and he also did the energy efficient changes in his home. I am looking to do that within the home that I'm going to move into soon. So I just want to say thank you for taking this into consideration because it is important and it is wonderful for people who need to seek out ways to beat out gentrification. And at the same time, it helps, you know, the low income areas and their air quality and stuff like that. So I just my whole thing is proper education to people in Long Beach can really go a long way to people making the right decisions. Otherwise. That's it for me. Thank you. Thank you. Seeing no further public comment, members, please cast your vote.
Speaker 1: Motion carries.
Recommendation to request City Manager to return to City Council on Tuesday, August 9, 2017 with a plan to promote, incentivize and encourage the use of the Energy Efficient Mortgage within the City of Long Beach. This plan should include but not be limited to: 

•	Education campaign to educate/inform homeowners, home 
	sellers and homebuyers about the importance of reducing 
	Green House Gas emission and the various finance programs 
	that can assist Long Beach in reaching our 2020, 2030 and 
	2050 goals; 

•	Identify resources to create collateral brochures and online 
	resources through existing city resources and programs; and 

•	Identify strategies other cities have utilized to support this 
	program.