C (a —— Eats PEGGY LEMONS ‘Vee Mayer GENE DANIELS Courlimenber TOM HANSEN Cetheiimember DIANE J. MARTINEZ ouaelmonber May 9, 2016 Phillip A. Washington, CEO r Receive METRO i One Gateway Plaza MAY 19 zat Mail Stop 99-25-1 sects Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952 Office of the CEO Re: Green Complete Streets Program — Measure R2 Dear Mr. Washington: A group of mayors and council members from the Los Angeles County Division of the League of Cities and the California Contract Cities Association studied the need for funding urban runoff cleanup programs, after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors tabled the regional stormwater fee program in 2012. The elected officials found that since 2012 funding for the environmental clean-up programs has only grown more urgent. The League and CCCA recognized that no one funding source will resolve the surface water pollution issues and they recommend a “tool box” of funding options. One of the options recommended includes a Green Complete Streets Program in Measure R. This program will greatly assist the cities and the County in implementing the clean-up requirements. The Southern California Association of Governments completed a study in Los Angeles County that illustrates that zine from tire wear is a significant source of water pollution in our region. Zine oxides are included in tires as part of the vulcanization process. As a tire wears, zine oxide is deposited on streets, highways and freeways. The SCAG study shows that tire wear rates are higher in urban areas, where stops, starts and turns increase wear. Over a tire’s life time more than 10% of its mass wears onto road surfaces. Los Angeles has a high volume of truck traffic ‘on local streets and highways, as the region supports the “Goods Movement” industry for a significant part of the nation, Many trucks have multiple tires - up to 18 per trucks and trailers. The SCAG study revealed that tire wear from trucks (13g mg/kg annually) is twice that of cars (68 mg/kg annually), SCAG estimates that vehicles in Los Angeles County drive an average of 75.4 billion miles annually, with truck travel amounting to 24 billion miles annually. This results in 186,000 kilgrams of zine washing onto the streets and highways from cars and 59,000 kilograms of zine from truck tires annually. The SCAG study also examined zine from brake pad wear, which generates 17,000 kilograms annually to Los Angeles County streets and highways. SCAG also documented that over 2.5 tons of zinc wheel weights are disperse into the Los Angeles County streets and highways annually. There is no dispute that zinc from tire wear is a major source of water pollution in Los Angeles County. 16400 Colorado Avenue « Paramount, CA 90723-5012 « Ph: 562-220-2000 + Fax: 562-830-6731 Ejifecebook.com/CityofParamount | paramounteity.com | fi instagram.comvparamaunt_postsren Streets Prog leasure R2 Page 2 It is important to note that a majority of the cities in Los Angeles County, as well as the County itself, rely on a Green Complete Streets program to comply with stringent NPDES permit requirements adopted by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2014. Our City is participating in the Los Cerritos Channel and Lower Los Angeles River watershed plans. Cities will need to invest millions of dollars in storm water compliance programs over the next two decades. The City currently has no funding source, other than General Funds, to implement any of these stormwater programs. Our request that the environmental cleanup and Green Complete Streets program be established at 2% of gross annual revenues outside of the Local Return programs is a prudent and modest request, considering that the tremendous need. The 2% environmental cleanup program revenues should be available to all communities to retrofit existing streets, highways and intersections in order to implement Green Complete Streets and other environmental clean-up programs. It is important to note that the funds for Measure R2, as well as the existing transportation measures are derived from local sales tax override. A portion of these local sales tax revenues should be retumed to local government for use in the environmental cleanup program. We appreciate the consideration of this request by the METRO Board. CITY OF PARAMOUNT. Qu bg— Daryl Hofineyer Mayor 'HAPublic Works\SaraiLetters\Green Complete Stets Met Leer 2016 doe