City Attorney Bob Shannon will brief the Long Beach City Council Tuesday on the settlement reached last month between the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations, which sued both the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles in federal court over the two ports' truck concessions plans.

The briefing was requested by three council members - Gerrie Schipske, Tonia Reyes Uranga and Rae Gabelich - in response to criticism of the settlement by groups that favor the Port of Los Angeles model for enforcing the clean truck program and its employee mandate.

The councilwomen requested the report after hearing the criticisms and after some council members indicated that they were uninformed about the settlement. A representative of the Natural Resources Defense Council, which has joined the L.A. port to defend against the ATA lawsuit challenging the entire trucking concession concept, wants the Port of Long Beach to withdraw from the settlement.

Shannon is likely to refer to City Charter language that gives the Harbor Commission "exclusive power" to sue, defend and settle port-related litigation on behalf of the city.

 - The Cunningham Report