* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. AND PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] MEMBER [ROLL CALL] CRUZ. MEMBER CRUZ. PRESENT. UM, MEMBER AMY. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT HEARING MEMBER EMMY. UH, YES. PRESENT MEMBER HOWER. PRESENT VICE CHAIR ROSS. PRESENT. CHAIR NEVIN. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE [1. 23-25108 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee meeting held Wednesday, August 23, 2023.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] FIRST ITEM? RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23RD. 2023. AND CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, UH, VICE CHAIR ROSS, AND SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER AMY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MEMBER CRUZ. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM? [2. 23-25109 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Office of Ethics and Transparency regarding the Ethics Program.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE ETHICS PROGRAM. HI EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS HEATHER VAN WICK. I'M YOUR ETHICS OFFICER HOUSED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE JEFF WILLIAMS, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNDER MAYOR RICHARDSON. HE JUST WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WE'RE JUST GONNA DO A MOTION REAL QUICK ON THIS ITEM AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED. UH, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? SO I HAVE A, A MOVE FROM MEMBER CRUZ AND A SECOND FROM MEMBER HOWER. UH, YES, I DO SEE THAT. THANK YOU. IS, AND NOW, UH, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR STAFF REPORT. THANKS SO MUCH. HI EVERYBODY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. UH, ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE HERE. UM, BUT I'VE BEEN GOING WITH HEATHER TO TRY TO VISIT ALL THE COMMISSIONS, UM, AS SHE'S ROLLING OUT THE ETHICS PROGRAM OVERVIEW. UM, AND REALLY JUST WANT TO EXTEND A THANKS ON BEHALF OF MAYOR RICHARDSON IN THE OFFICE FOR, UH, FOR ALL YOU ALL DO. IT'S NICE. WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE SERVED, UH, BEEN APPOINTED THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW THE REST OF YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. UH, BUT WE JUST APPRECIATE, UM, APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE THINGS COMING UP, UH, ALONG WITH THE, UH, UH, ETHICS PROGRAM AND SOME OTHER TRAININGS COMING UP. UM, THE MAYOR IS GOING TO DO HIS, UH, UH, CONTINUE MAYOR GARCIA'S, UH, RECEPTION COMMISSIONER RECEPTION FOR THE TREE LIGHTING. SO WE'LL BE INVITING TO THAT COMING UP IN A COUPLE WEEKS ON NOVEMBER 28TH. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, UM, WE HAD, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE MAYOR DID WAS TO, UH, TRY TO CREATE MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE COMMISSIONS AS TO MAKE, UH, COMPENSATION, UH, A AN OPTION FOR COMMISSIONERS. AND SO I KNOW OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS HAD THAT OPTION THIS YEAR. UH, THEY WERE OFFERED IF THEY COULD CHOOSE TO ACCEPT COMPENSATION OR NOT. SO YOU'LL BE RECEIVING SOMETHING IN YOU FOR YOUR 20, 24 YEAR IF YOU WANT TO, UH, RECEIVE COMPENSATION OR NOT. SO, UH, WE'LL FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT WITH AN EMAIL WITH YOU GUYS, BUT REALLY JUST HERE TO SAY THANKS AND THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ANYTHING WE DO TO BE SUPPORTIVE. UH, GO TEAM . THANKS, JEFF. SO I'M JUST GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. BACK IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2018, YOU, THE VOTERS APPROVED MEASURE CCC, WHICH ESTABLISHED OUR ETHICS COMMISSION. THIS IS AN ADVISORY, UH, RECOMMENDING BODY, WHICH MEANS, UH, IT DOES NOT HAVE INVESTIGATORY OR ENFORCEMENT POWERS YET. THAT COULD CHANGE. IF IT DOES CHANGE, IT WOULD NEED TO HAVE, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VOTERS IN AUGUST OF 2020, UM, OUR CITY AUDITOR RELEASED TWO VERY LARGE REPORTS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE EMPLOYEE ETHICS SURVEY. AND WHAT THAT SURVEY TOLD US WAS THAT, UH, STAFF REALLY WANTED A CLEAR DEFINITION OF ETHICS AND ACCESSIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE, ACCESSIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN ETHICS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, ADVICE AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE, AND ARE REQUIRED IN REGULAR ETHICS TRAINING FOR EVERYONE. AND WE, UM, HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF THAT. UH, THE AUDITOR ALSO RELEASED A PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AUDIT, IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN IN DECEMBER OF 2021, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE, UM, MPA STUDENTS COME IN FROM USC AND DO THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECT, UM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY BUILT OUT OUR FRAMEWORK FOR OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM. [00:05:01] THIS IS OUR ETHICS COMMISSION. UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING A VACANCY, UH, WHICH THEY WILL TALK ABOUT COINCIDENTALLY TODAY AT THEIR MEETING. THIS IS THE CITY STAFF THAT SUPPORTS THE COMMISSION. MYSELF AND JORGE EZ ARE THE TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. APRIL WALKER IS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THAT OVERSEES THE PROGRAM. AND THEN WE GET SUPPORT FROM TAYLOR ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, AND JT NAGAYAMA, OUR CITY CLERK ANALYST. SO BACK IN JUNE OF 2023, UM, MY OFFICE, WE LAUNCHED THE CODE OF CONDUCT ANNUAL TRAINING, UM, THIS LIVES AND LEARN, WHICH IS OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. BY NOW, ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THIS TRAINING FROM LEARN, EVEN POSSIBLY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THIS TRAINING. UH, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN THESE NOTIFICATIONS, UM, UH, YOU SHOULD REACH OUT TO NADER OR SNAM, THEY, AND THEY CAN WORK WITH ME AND WE CAN GET YOU ONTO THAT SYSTEM. IN ADDITION TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS TRAINING, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OTHER, UM, TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON THE LEARN PLATFORM. THAT BEING SAID, WITH OUR TRAINING CURRICULUM, IN ADDITION TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS, WE'RE BUILDING LOTS OF OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. AND WE, WITH THE CURRICULUM, WE REALLY DO TRY TO LEAD WITH OUR VALUES AND THEN, UM, WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT COMPLIANCE WILL NATURALLY FALL INTO PLACE. ALSO, AS A REMINDER, IN MARCH OF 2023, IN AN EFFORT LED BY MAYOR RICHARDSON, UM, THE CITY CLERK WAS REQUESTED TO DEVELOP A NEW TRAINING MODULE FOR COUNCIL APPOINTED MEMBERS OF CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. UH, THIS CURRICULUM, WHAT WE CALL LEARNING PLAN, EXCUSE ME, INCLUDES THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND OTHER ETHICS STANDARDS. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN EQUITY TOOLKIT TRAINING, A 2030 STRATEGIC VISION TRAINING. AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER TRAININGS THAT WE'RE BUILDING, UM, RELATED TO AB 1, 2, 3, 4. OUTSIDE OF THIS CURRICULUM. UH, THIS SHOULD LAUNCH, UH, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, EARLY IN JANUARY. SO, UH, TO BE CONTINUED ON THAT. BUT THIS WILL BE A MANDATORY LEARNING PLAN THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN. WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR ETHICS HELPLINE IN JUNE. UM, THIS PARTICULAR HELPLINE WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. HOWEVER, WE'VE RUN INTO SOME TECH TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT WE JUST CAN'T OVERCOME. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, LAUNCHING A NEW HELPLINE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK WITH A NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER NEXT WEEK. SO I WILL BE, UM, BACKTRACKING A LOT OF WHAT I'VE DONE THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, SO TO BE CONTINUED ON THAT. BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE HELPLINE, UH, CAN BE USED FOR TO REPORT ISSUES LIKE DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT, BUT IT'S ALSO SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS A SAFE SPACE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR RAISE CONCERNS THAT, UM, FOLKS MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE RAISING OTHERWISE. OTHER BENEFITS, ANYONE CAN USE THE HELPLINE. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC FACING HELPLINE. IT'S AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY. YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. AND AGAIN, THERE IS AN ONLINE FORM THAT MAKES IT PRETTY EASY TO DO. THIS IS OUR LIST OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO, UM, BOTH EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, AN UPDATED ETHICS PROGRAM WEBSITE. OUR HELPLINE, UH, THE CITY AUDITOR ALSO HAS HER FRAUD HOTLINE, UH, WHICH YOU CAN REACH, UM, TELEPHONE ONLINE FORM, AND SHE HAS AN APP AS WELL. AND THEN OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS A DISCLOSURE REPORTS AND ETHICS PORTAL ON THEIR PAGE, WHICH HAS ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION AROUND, UM, STATE REQUIREMENTS. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY INTRODUCTION TO OUR PROGRAM. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LIFT UP THAT, UH, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, MY OFFICE MERGED WITH THE PRA TEAM AND WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY, WHICH WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT. THIS IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE SLIDE. BOTH EMAIL ADDRESSES DO COME DIRECTLY TO ME. SO IF YOU'RE EVER IN PUBLIC AND SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION AND YOU THINK THAT I WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, JUST TELL THEM ETHICS@LONGBEACH.GOV. AND THAT COMES RIGHT TO ME. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HEATHER. AND THANK YOU JEFF FOR COMING AND SAYING HI TO SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE PEOPLE. UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO OFFER SOME QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE THEN, IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY, [00:10:03] IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FROM THE MEMBERS? OKAY, THANKS AGAIN. AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? [3. 23-25110 Recommendation to confirm that the City Council’s adopted Measure A FY 24 plan, made as part of the Fiscal Year 24 Budget, conforms with the intent of Resolutions No. RES-16-0018 and RES-19-0127 prioritizing spending and with the language contained in the ballot measures as expressed in Resolution No. RES-16-0017 and RES-19-0173.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTED MEASURE A FISCAL YEAR 2024 PLAN MADE AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24. BUDGET CONFIRMS WITH INTENT OF RESOLUTIONS. NUMBER RES DASH 16 DASH 0 1 8 AND RES DASH 19 DASH 0 1 27. PRIORITIZING SPENDING AND WITH THE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT MEASURE AS EXPRESSED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER RES DASH 16 DASH 0 0 1 7 AND RES DASH 19 DASH 0 1 73. WHAT A MOUTHFUL. CAN WE GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY VICE CHAIR ROSS AND SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER AMY, IS THERE A STAFF REPORT OR PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? UH, YES. CHAIR, UH, NEVIN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THIS IS NADER FROM THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT I DO HAVE A BRIEF STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM. UM, AT THE AUGUST 23RD, CAC MEETING, WHICH WAS OUR LAST MEETING, UH, STAFF PRESENTED A DETAILED SUMMARY OF MEASURE A SOURCES AND USES IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED FY 24 BUDGET. THESE ITEMS ARE OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT A THROUGH D IN THIS ITEM AND WERE APPROVED BY THIS COMMITTEE WITHIN THE, TO BE WITHIN THE PRIORITIZED SPENDING PLAN OF MEASURE A ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FY 24 BUDGET WITH NO CHANGES TO THE MEASURE A SPENDING PLAN BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CHANGES TO THE MEASURE A SPENDING PLAN. THIS ITEM'S MORE OF A TECHNICAL ITEM NOW TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE APPROVED. THE ADOPTED BUDGET CONFIRMS WITH THE INTENT OF THE RELU, UH, RESOLUTION, PRIORITIZING THE SPENDING WITHIN THE, UH, LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT MEASURE, WHICH AGAIN IS THE SAME BUDGET REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE AT THE AUGUST MEETING. THANK. THANK YOU, NADER. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. AND IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND WILL YOU READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM NUMBER [4. 23-25111 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Long Beach Fire Department’s use of Measure A funding in Fiscal Year 23 to support Paramedic Rescue 12, and Engines 8 and 17, and uses of Measure A in FY 23.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF MEASURE A FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO SUPPORT PARAMEDIC RESCUE 12 AND ENGINES EIGHT AND 17 AND USES OF MEASURE A IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. AND CAN WE START WITH A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER AMY AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR ROSS. AND WITH THAT, IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM? UH, YES. CHAIR NEVIN. WE HAVE, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF HARDIN FROM THE LONG BEACH POLICE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION OF THE USE OF MEASURE A IN FY 23. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, NEVIN, VICE CHAIR ROSS COMMITTEE MEMBERS CRUZ EMMY NAU. UH, I AM JEFF HARDEN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS WITH THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, JOINING ME TODAY IS OUR FIRE CHIEF CHIEF DENNIS BUCHANAN AND MAR VENTURA, THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAU MANAGER OF THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASURE A FUNDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THESE FUNDS ARE VITAL FOR APPARAT STAFFING, MUCH NEEDED TRAINING, AS WELL AS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND REPLACEMENT. THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING OUR RESIDENTS IN TIME OF NEED. OUR SERVICE VOLUME IS VERY SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES UP AND DOWN THE STATE. AS OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, OUR PERSONNEL HAVE RESPONDED TO 1,146 STRUCTURE AND OUTDOOR FIRES. OVER 16,000 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT CALLS. AND OVER 27,000 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT CALLS AND PERFORMED OVER 70, UH, 7,600 FIRE INSPECTIONS. IN ADDITION, OUR PERSONNEL HAVE MITIGATED 266 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENTS. FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVE ARRESTED 87 [00:15:01] ARSON SUSPECTS, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO 3,869 CALLS TO ASSIST PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALL WHILE MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR RESPONSE TIMES. THE FOLLOWING SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF MEASURE A STRUCTURAL RESTORATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH FY 24 THROUGH MEASURE A FUNDING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BENEFIT BENEFITS FROM 41 MAINTAINED FIRE POSITIONS AND 18 RESTORED FIRE POSITIONS ASSIGNED TO FIRE ENGINE EIGHT AND PARAMEDIC RESCUE 12. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE ENGINE 17 ON AN OVERTIME SHIFT MODEL THROUGH MEASURE A FUND. AND THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS SUPPORTED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BY FEMA ENGINE EIGHT, WAS RESTORED USING MEASURE A FUNDING DURING FISCAL YEAR 2017. STATION EIGHT IS LOCATED ON SECOND STREET IN THE BELMONT SHORT NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTHEAST LONG BEACH IN, UH, CD THREE'S, UH, DISTRICT, IT IS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK AND HOUSES ONE FIRE ENGINE. DURING FISCAL YEAR 23, ENGINE EIGHT RESPONDED TO 1,964 CALLS, INCLUDING 17 OVER 1700 MEDICAL CALLS, 67 STRUCTURED FIRES AND 152 NON-STRUCTURED FIRES. UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE HAZMAT SWIFT WATER RESCUE CALLS, WIRES DOWN IN, UH, INCIDENTS LIKE THAT BEFORE RETURNING TO SERVICE. THESE CALLS WERE DISSEMINATED TO SURROUNDING ENGINES OR TRUCK COMPANIES. IN FACT, FOR ONE YEAR PERIOD PRIOR TO RESTORATION ENGINES FOUR 14 AND ENGINE TWO RESPONDED INTO STATION EIGHT'S AREA NEARLY 1900 TIMES COMBINED. THE RETURN OF ENGINE EIGHT HAS DECREASED RESPONSE TIMES INTO STATION EIGHT'S AREA BY NEARLY A MINUTE. AND, UH, A SIDE NOTE ON THAT FIRED, UM, DOUBLES IN SIZE EVERY MINUTE AND WITH CARDIAC ARREST INCIDENTS EVERY MINUTE WITHOUT CPR IS CRITICAL DUE TO THE LACK OF OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN STATION 17 HOUSES, AN ENGINE AND TRUCK COMPANY IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO STERNS PARK IN THE LOS ALTOS NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHARES THE PROPERTY WITH THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT. CAPTAIN DAVE ROSE OF REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER AND THE LONG BEACH SEARCH AND RESCUE EXPLORER POST, UH, THIS IS LOCATED IN CD FOUR'S AREA. ENGINE 17 WAS RESTORED TO SERVICE IN OCTOBER OF 2019 USING AN OVERTIME SHIFT MODEL. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, SINCE 2019, A BLEND OF FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDING MEASURE A AND THE FEMA ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTED COST TO OPERATE ENGINE 17 THIS YEAR, ENGINE 17 RESPONDED TO OVER 3,500 CALLS, INCLUDING OVER 3,300 MEDICAL CALLS, 70 STRUCTURE FIRES, AND 143 NON-STRUCTURE. FIRE CALLS BEFORE THE RETURN OF ENGINE 17. THESE CALLS WERE HANDLED BY TRUCK 17 AND SURROUNDING STATIONS AND FY 19 TRUCK 17 RESPONDED TO OVER 3,400 CALLS OF ALL TYPES. THE NEXT THREE CLOSEST COMPANIES, ENGINE FOUR, ENGINE 22 AND 19 RESPONDED INTO SEVENTEENS AREA. A TOTAL OF 1,116 TIMES. THE RETURN OF ENGINE 17 TO SERVICE HAS MEANT A REDUCTION OF 61% AND SURROUNDING COMPANIES RESPONDING INTO THAT AREA. UH, AND JUST A SIDE NOTE ON THAT, WHEN THAT TRUNK COMPANY IS RESPONDING, THEY DO NOT CARRY WATER. AND WHEN THEY'RE ON INCIDENTS OF, UH, EMS NATURE, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO STRUCTURE FIRES, UH, WHERE THEY'RE HIGHLY NEEDED OR CALLS THAT REQUIRE THEIR SPECIAL, UM, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT SUCH AS, UH, VEHICLE EDUCATIONS AND LARGE INCIDENTS. STATION 12 IS LOCATED ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD IN THE HAMILTON NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTH LONG BEACH. THAT'S CD NINE'S AREA STATION 12 HOUSES ENGINE 12, RESCUE 12 ABLS UNIT, WHICH IS A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE, A FOAM RIG, A MULTI CASUALTY APPARATUS, AND A TYPE THREE OES ENGINE THAT IT GETS DEPLOYED ON WILDLAND FIRES. DURING FISCAL YEAR 23, RESCUE 12 RESPONDED TO OVER 3,900 CALLS, INCLUDING, UH, OVER 3,800 CALLS OR MEDICAL CALLS, 51 STRUCTURE FIRES AND 14 NON-STRUCTURAL FIRE CALLS BEFORE THE RETURN OF RESCUE 12. THESE CALLS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SURROUNDING RESCUES DURING THE ONE YEAR PERIOD TO RESTORATION. RESCUE 11 RESPONDED INTO STATION TWELVE'S AREA OVER 1900 TIMES AND RESCUE NINE RESPONDED 635 TIMES. SINCE RESCUE 12 WAS PLACED BACK IN SERVICE, THERE HAS BEEN A 21 SECOND DECREASE IN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIMES FOR ALL RESCUES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. MISERY FUNDS ARE ALSO ALLOCATED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FIRE [00:20:01] STATION NINE. IN JUNE, 2019, THE CREWS OF BOTH ENGINE AND RESCUE NINE WERE DISPLACED TO SURROUNDING STATIONS DUE TO LONG-TERM, LONG-TERM SUBSTANDARD LIVING CONDITIONS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FY 20 BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDED APPROPRIATIONS OF NEARLY $5 MILLION OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD TO HELP WITH THE COST OF BOTH TEMPORARY AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR FIRE STATION NINE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020. ENGINE AND RESCUE NINE WERE CO-LOCATED AT THE FORMER BOEING FITNESS CENTER AT WARDLOW ROAD AND CHERRY AVENUE, WHICH IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THIS TEMPORARY SITUATION HAS BETTER SERVED THE RESIDENTS OF STATION NINE'S AREA. WHILE THE NEW LOCATION AT 41 0 1 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD IS BEING DEVELOPED AS PERMANENT HOUSING THAT IS, THAT WILL ALL ALSO BE LOCATED IN, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AND FY 23 MEASURE A SUPPORTED LEASE AND UTILITY PAYMENTS AT TEMPORARY FIRE STATION NINE TOTALING $165,000 20 MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT AS PART OF THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN TO FULLY FUND THIS PROJECT. THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ALPHA BID, CURRENTLY MEASURE A FUNDS WILL ALSO SUPPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO FIRE STATION 14 LOCATED ON ELLIOT STREET NEAR THE COLORADO LAGOON AND WILL COMMENCE IN 2023, HOPEFULLY THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH. THIS IS IN CD THREE COMPLETED AND OPEN IN 1986. THIS STATION WAS BUILT IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE AT THE TIME, A LARGE DORM WITHOUT DIVIDERS AND A LARGE UNISEX BATHROOM FOR THE CREW. THE BUILDING CURRENTLY HOUSES SEVEN PERSONNEL, BUT CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE. THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL ADDRESS WORKFORCE PRIVACY, MUCH NEEDED, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, ROOF REPLACEMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES, A NEW WEST WEST NET ALARMING ALARM SYSTEM. AND ON AUGUST 22ND, 2023, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE AWARD OF THE BID FOR THIS PROJECT. OF THE 5.494 MILLION ESTIMATE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, 4.695 MILLION IS SUPPORTED BY MEASURE A FUNDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, MEASURE A SUPPORTS MAINTAINING FRONTLINE OPERATIONS, RESTORING SERVICE LAWS DURING PAST DEFICITS AND FUNDING FOR CRITICAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. MEASURE A FUNDING ALSO SUPPORTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR FIRE PERSONNEL AS THEY OBTAIN NEW FIRE OPERATION SKILLS TO FILL VACANCIES AND SWORN FIRE CLASSIFICATIONS. AS AN EXAMPLE, PRIOR TO HOLDING THE FIRE ENGINEER EXAM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFERS AN ENGINEER ACADEMY WHERE CANDIDATES ARE EXPOSED TO EXTENSIVE TRAINING FROM DEPARTMENT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. THIS PROCESS ALLOWS FOR ENHANCED PREPAREDNESS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION PROCESS AND FY 2222 $500,000. IN MEASURE A FUNDS SUPPORTED RUNNING AN ENGINEER ACADEMY ENSURING THE CITY HAD 11 QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO FILL DEPARTMENT VACANCIES. IN ADDITION TO THE ENGINEER ACADEMY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING FIRE RECRUIT ACADEMY 2023. A FIRE RECRUIT ACADEMIES ARE TYPICALLY 14 TO 16 MONTHS LONG AND PREPARE FIRE RECRUITS BECOME CLASSIFIED FIREFIGHTERS. FIRE RECRUIT ACADEMY 2023 A IS THE LARGEST ACADEMY IN THE HISTORY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WILL RELY ON MEASURE A FUNDS OR GENERAL FUND YEAR END SURPLUS FOR ITS OPERATION FIRE RECRUIT ACADEMY 2023 A, STARTED IN AUGUST, 2023 AND WILL GRADUATE BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023. A WILL SUPPLY THE CITY WITH NEW FIREFIGHTERS PERSONNEL WHO WILL FILL EXISTING VACANCIES AND ANTICIPATED RETIREMENT VACAN VACANCIES. IN ADDITION TO THESE INVESTMENTS, THE APPROVED FY 23 5 YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL PROVIDE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS TOTALING NEARLY 8.5 MILLION FOR FIRE STATION FACILITIES. FOR THE LISTED FACILITIES ON THE SLIDE, THESE FIRE STATIONS WILL BENEFIT FROM NEW AND MODERN FACILITY AMENITIES TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF, SUCH AS RENOVATIONS THAT INCLUDE WORKFORCE PRIVACY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS, KITCHEN RENOVATIONS, AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE REPAIR. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK CHAIR NEVIN, VICE CHAIR ROSS, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS CRUZ, EMMY, HOWARD, AND WE ARE HERE, UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. DEPUTY CHIEF HARDEN, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP AT THIS TIME SEEING NONE. AND ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSS THIS ITEM? COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RAISE OUR HANDS THIS TIME AROUND. RIGHT, ? EITHER WAY IT'S FINE. WELL, THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A, A QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE [00:25:01] I'M TRYING TO GET A MORE HANDLE OF, OF HOW, UH, WE'RE REPORTING MEASURE A AND AND THE USES. I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, MEASURE A IS, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF WHY PEOPLE WANTED MEASURE A WAS 'CAUSE IT TO ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH. UH, MY QUESTION TO YOU THOUGH IS ABOUT YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PROJECTS. TWO TWOFOLD QUESTION, WHO MANAGES AND MAINTAINS THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS? IS IT THE FIRE POLICE THAT TAKE CARE OF IT OR DOES PUBLIC WORKS TAKE CARE OF IT? AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS HOW IS THAT MONEY CLASSIFIED, UH, IN THE BUDGETS? IS IT CLASSIFIED UNDER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR IS IT CLASSIFIED UNDER SAFETY AND POLICE PROJECTS? 'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL SUBDIVIDED AND THE WAY I SEE THE BUDGET IS BEING DIVIDED. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON TOP AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE BOTTOM. COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO AS FAR AS, UH, OUR FACILITIES, THEY ARE MANAGED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AND SO I BELIEVE UNDER THEIR CIP BUDGET, WHICH IS, UM, PREPARED, REVIEWED, AND APPROVED ANNUALLY, THEY DO HAVE A SECTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES UNDER WHICH OUR FACILITIES WOULD FALL UNDER THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET. SO, SO THEN WHEN I LOOK AT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST IF I CAN CLOSE OFF REAL QUICK. SO THE FISCAL YEAR 24, THEN WHERE IT HAS THE TOP PORTION, THAT'S PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED HERE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, IT'S IN PUBLIC WORKS NOT IN SAFETY. SO FIRE AND SAFETY IS MORE THAN THE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, USING THE 24 BUDGET, IT'S MORE THAN THE 48 MILLION, IT'S 48 MILLION PLUS INFRASTRUCTURE? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M ALSO TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON IT AND, UM, TO BE, TO, TO GET SOME CLARITY ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY FUNDED BY MEASURE A IN TERMS OF YOUR SLIDES. IT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO YOUR STATISTICS ON WHAT THESE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, ENGINES AND AND STATIONS DO, UM, WHAT IS ALSO FUNDED BY MEASURE A IN TERMS OF BOTH THE FACILITY EN ENHANCEMENT AND ALSO, UM, SUPPORTING THE, UM, ACTUAL POSITIONS. THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THAT QUESTION. SO TYPICALLY WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE IN CHARGE OF OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESTORATIONS OR SUPPORT FOR MEASURE A, WE ARE PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS OR THE FRONTLINE PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES DELIVERING THE SERVICE. UM, WE DID HAVE A SLIDE THAT, THAT SUMMARIZED THOSE AMOUNTS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. SO WHEN YOU SEE THOSE AMOUNTS, WHEN WE RESTORE A PARAMEDIC, UM, UNIT OR AN ENGINE, WE ARE REFERRING TO THE PERSONNEL NEEDED TO OPERATE THAT SERVICE ON THE 24 7 BASIS TO THE CITY. MM-HMM, . MM-HMM. . AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF WE HAVE FLEET COSTS, THAT WOULD BE IN OUR FLEET BUDGET THROUGH OUR, UM, FLEET BUREAU AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. AND THEN FACILITY COSTS WOULD BE WITHIN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, ONE MORE QUESTION IF I MAY. UM, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN FIRE STATION 14 HAPPENS TO BE AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE I LIVE. AND, UM, I, UM, I'M WONDERING WHAT STATIONS ARE GONNA TAKE OVER, UM, THAT AREA WHILE THIS ONE, I ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE CLOSED ENTIRELY DURING ITS, UM, RESTORATION. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT, THAT THE PERSONNEL THERE WILL BE RELOCATED. UH, SOME OF THE PERSONNEL WILL BE RELOCATED TO POSITIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LONG BEACH. THE APPARATUS ITSELF WILL MOST LIKELY BE RELOCATED TO DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. BUT THAT ONE PARTICULAR STATION IS, IS ONE OF OUR ONLY STATIONS THAT'S SURROUNDED BY, UM, ON EACH SIDE BY OTHER STATIONS. SO ENGINE EIGHT, THAT DOWN IN BELMONT SHORE ENGINE FOUR, THAT'S IN THE HEIGHTS AREA, UM, ENGINE 22 COMES RIGHT THROUGH THE COLLEGE TWO STATION FOURTEENS AREA, AND THEN ENGINE 17 AND TRUCK 17 COME UP, UH, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY INTO THAT AREA. WE'VE RAN, UH, DATA STUDIES THROUGH OUR DECKEN SOFTWARE THROUGH A COMPANY WE UTILIZE, AND THEY SHOW WE'RE STILL WITHIN RESPONSE, UH, CRITERIA THROUGH NFPA 1710. SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL STILL RESPOND WITHIN THOSE RESPONSE CRITERIA AND, UH, FORTUNATE ENOUGH WHERE THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY ALL THOSE EXTRA, ALL THOSE OTHER ENGINE COMPANIES. AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO COMPLETE. IS THAT, [00:30:02] I BELIEVE IT WAS A A 18 MONTH PROJECT? UHHUH FROM . OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE VICE CHAIR ROSS. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM FIVE [5. 23-25112 Recommendation to receive and file an update of Measure A infrastructure projects.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY VICE CHAIR ROSS AND SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ. IS THERE A STAFF REPORT OR PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? UH, YES. CHAIR NEVIN. UH, WE HAVE ERIC LOPEZ, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HERE, UH, WORKS HERE TO GIVE A UPDATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A. YOU. THANK YOU. UM, SO, UM, WE, UM, YOU WERE, WE'RE, UH, EXCITED BECAUSE YOU ALREADY STARTED RAISING QUESTIONS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE HAVE A 70 PAGE, UH, PRESENTATION ON INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE'RE WILLING TO GET AS DETAILED AS YOU WANNA GET INTO THIS, UM, OR WE'RE WILLING TO, UH, GO THROUGH IT, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY. AND THEN, UM, UH, GO INTO, UH, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. UH, WE LOVE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE PARTNER WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY TO DELIVER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD WITH PROJECT DELIVERY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FIVE TO SIX YEARS. UM, I WOULD SAY WE'RE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS INDUSTRY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. UM, WE HAD OUR, UH, FINANCE, UH, TEAM SHARE RECENTLY THAT, UH, WE, OUR SPEND RATE HAS BEEN GOING UP YEAR OVER YEAR IN TERMS OF CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, HAS A DIRECT CORRELATION ON OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURE INITIATIVE AND OUR ABILITY AS A DEPARTMENT TO, UH, BETTER LEVERAGE FUNDS AND PARTNER WHERE, UH, WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, ON THE, UH, DELIVERY OF, OF, OF CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE NEEDS CONTINUE TO OUTWEIGH THE, UH, RESOURCES THOUGH. UM, THERE'S LOTS OF NEEDS OUT THERE, BUT, UH, WE ARE DOING, UH, THE BEST THAT WE CAN. UM, I HAVEN'T MET ALL OF YOU YET. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU, UM, THOSE THAT I HAVEN'T MET. AND, UH, AND REALLY, UH, BEING A RESOURCE, UH, FOR YOU, UM, IN THIS, UH, IN YOUR ROLE, UM, AS, AS PART OF THIS, UH, THIS, THIS GROUP. UM, AND SO I'M WILLING TO STAY, UH, OUR, OUR MEET FOR COFFEE OR LUNCH, UM, AS, AS YOU SEE FIT. BUT I'M GONNA ASK, UH, JONATHAN BOLIN. UH, HE IS OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICER, THAT'S ALSO OUR INTERIM BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. UM, AND THEN I HAVE MARILYN REIKIS HERE WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND BUREAU MANAGER THAT MANAGES A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE. UM, SO, UM, I'LL ALSO BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ONCE WE'RE WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. JONATHAN, THANK YOU ERIC. AND GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, NEVIN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'M JONATHAN BOLEN, ACTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. TODAY WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE INVESTMENT MEASURE A HAS MADE IN OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE GOING BACK, UH, TO 2017. UH, AND BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE IN OVER A YEAR, UH, TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, IT WILL BE, UH, A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL UPDATE. FIRST, WE'LL REVIEW RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS SINCE THE LAST TIME PUBLIC WORKS GAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE TO THE COMMITTEE. WE'LL ALSO REVIEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY SPRING 2024, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS UNDERWAY AND IN PROGRESS. WE'LL ALSO REVIEW ALL REMAINING PROJECTS FROM THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN THAT HAVE YET TO BE COMPLETED WITH STATUS UPDATES FOR EACH. AND LASTLY, A BRIEF UPDATE ON PROJECT FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS AND A REVIEW ON HOW TO ACCESS THE VARIOUS MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION TOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. SO THE ORIGINAL, UH, 2016 MEASURE A PLAN WAS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEVEN YEAR INVESTMENT PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO DATE THROUGH FY 20 THREES ADJUSTED BUDGET, OVER $270 MILLION OF MEASURE A DOLLARS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. AND HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WITH MEASURE A DOLLARS 43 PARK PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARK FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. OVER 518 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. OVER 121 MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN SLURRY SEALED WITH A PLAN TO SLURRY SEAL. OVER 482 LANE MILES THROUGH FY 27, NEARLY 13 MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED, [00:35:01] OF WHICH FIVE MILES WERE FORMALLY DIRT. AND IN JUST FY 23 ALONE, NEARLY FOUR MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED. OVER 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING, UH, UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, 3,200 CURB RAMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND 26 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING SIX FIRE STATION PROJECTS, NINE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS, AND NINE LIBRARY PROJECTS. AND WHEN, UH, FOCUSING ON THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN, 90% OF PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FROM THAT PLAN. UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO OVER THE, THE REMAINING, UH, 10% THAT ARE OUTSTANDING LATER IN THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF NEW MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE. UH, I WANTED TO FIRST GO BACK AND REVIEW SOME OF THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS. MEASURE A IS MADE IN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO MORE RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS IN THE PAST YEAR. FIRST, WE HAVE AN ALLEY, UH, NEAR 21ST STREET AND HILL, AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BEFORE THIS ALLEY WAS IMPASSABLE, I THINK THERE'S A MATURE TREE GROWING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY. AND THE AFTER, UH, IS A, IS AN ACTUALLY USABLE ALLEY. HERE'S A REHABILITATED DIRT ALLEY EAST OF LEWIS AVENUE BEFORE AND AFTER. HERE IS A REPAVED AND RES STRIPPED, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREET, UH, ON ESTHER STREET. HERE IS HILL STREET REP PAVED, UM, WITH, UH, THE LANES AND THE STOP AREA AND CROSSWALKS REPAINTED. HERE IS OLIVE AND SUNRISE, UH, BOULEVARD, AN ADA CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENT, UH, WHERE WE ADDED A SIDEWALK AND 80 DA RAMPS. THIS STREET, UH, WAS REPAVED RES STRIPPED. UM, THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WAS WIDENED AND A SIDEWALK WAS INSTALLED ON RO. AND THEN GOING OVER, UH, SOME PARK PLAYGROUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH MEASURE A DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS. HERE'S LOS CERRITOS PARK PLAYGROUND AND DRAKE PARK PLAYGROUND, VETERANS PARK PLAYGROUND AND WHALEY PARK PLAYGROUND. JENNY RIVERA PARK PLAYGROUND, RECREATION PARK PLAYGROUND, UH, THE BRAND NEW COMMUNITY CENTER AT HOUGHTON PARK. UM, THE DOORS, TOPSY ELVER COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, IS A BRAND NEW ADDITION, UM, TO THE HOUGHTON PARK, EL DORADO PARK, ARTIFICIAL FIELD TURF IMPROVEMENTS AT FIRE STATION SEVEN AND WEST DIVISION POLICE STATION IMPROVEMENTS AT LOS RE, LOS ALTOS LIBRARY AND FIRE STATION. 10 IMPROVEMENTS AT CITY PLACE PARKING STRUCTURE C UH, WITH A NEW STAIRWAY AND, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HARVEY MILK PARK AS WELL. IMPROVEMENTS TO MAIN HEALTH FACILITIES CENTER LOBBY. AND NOW GETTING INTO, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, UH, IN THE LAST YEAR SINCE, UH, SINCE WE GAVE, UH, AN INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE TO THE COMMITTEE. UM, THE, THESE ARE ALL THE COMPLETED MOBILITY PROJECTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE, UH, OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN, 98% OF ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, 77% OF ARTERIAL STREETS AND 92% OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS. AND I DO WANT TO ADD THAT IN THE NEW ELEVATE 28 PLAN, UH, THAT WE REVIEWED LAST TIME, ANY PROJECTS, UH, THAT WERE ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN, UH, THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED, HAVE BEEN ROLLED OVER TO THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN AND ARE BEING, AND ARE BEING PRIORITIZED FOR COMPLETION. AND SO NOW REVIEWING, UH, SOME MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED IN THE LAST YEAR. HERE'S A BEFORE AND OUT, BEFORE AND AFTER OF AN ALLEY ON JOHNSON AVENUE. HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, OF AN ALLEY, UH, ALONG PALO VERDE AND SPRING. HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER OF AN ALLEY ON INDIANA TO JOHNSON. HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER OF AN ALLEY ON SAN ANTONIO DRIVE. HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER ON ANAHEIM STREET. HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER OF AN ALLEY ON PARK COURT. AND HERE IS A BEFORE AND ALLEY, UH, UH, ON SOUTH, UH, SOUTH END IN WARDLOW AND REVIEWING A FEW COMPLETED CURB AND RAMP PROJECTS. UM, THIS IS A CURB RAMP, UH, PARK AVENUE IN LIVINGSTON. HERE'S ANOTHER COMPLETED BEFORE, AFTER CURB RAMP AT PARK AND SHAW. UM, ANOTHER CURB RAMP OPPOSITE, UH, AT PARK AND SHAW. AND THEN GETTING INTO SOME NEW SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THE LAST YEAR. UH, THESE FEW PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA REVIEW, UM, REALLY DEMONSTRATE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, NEW SIDEWALKS THAT WE'RE CREATING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, IN THE PAST, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU NEEDED TO USE A SIDEWALK TO, TO GET AROUND, UH, [00:40:01] TOWN, YOU'D HAVE TO WALK IN THE STREET. AND SO THESE DEMONSTRATE, UM, JUST THE WORK OUR TEAM IS DOING, UH, TO INCREASE SIDEWALK ACCESS. HERE'S A NEW SIDEWALK ON EAST ADAMS. HERE'S A NEW SIDEWALK ON FOREHAND STREET. HERE'S A NEW SIDEWALK ON 56TH WAY, A NEW SIDEWALK ALONG THOMPSON STREET, A NEW SIDEWALK ON OLIVE AVENUE, A NEW SIDEWALK AT ORA AVENUE. AND THEN GETTING INTO, UH, SOME MINOR STREETS, RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST YEAR. KILROY AIRPORT WAY WAS COMPLETELY REPAVED. HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, THE STUDEBAKER SERVICE ROAD, UM, UH, HAS BEEN REPAVED BEFORE AND AFTER. HERE IS STEELY AVENUE BETWEEN SPRING STREET AND WARDLOW. HERE IS DEBRA STREET BETWEEN VETA GRAND AND, UH, THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC THERE B STREET. AND THEN, UH, LASTLY IN THE MOBILITY PROGRAM, WE DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE IN-HOUSE KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM. UM, OUR KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK. OVER 5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT HAS BEEN REPAIRED IN THE LAST YEAR. UH, THE KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM IS FUNDED ENTIRELY WITH MEASURE A BOND FUNDING THAT WAS ISSUED IN FY 23. AND HERE'S, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR WORK ALONG KAREN AVENUE BEFORE AND AFTER. AND OH, AND, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR WORK ALONG LINDEN AVENUE BEFORE AND AFTER. AND THEN LASTLY, A COMPLETED STREET, UH, MAJOR COMPLETED STREET PROJECT IN THE LAST YEAR WAS FOURTH STREET. AND, UH, THE STREET WAS COMPLETELY, UH, COMPLETELY REPAVED WITH, UH, SAFETY MARKINGS AS WELL AS, UH, A SHARED BIKE LANE AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE BEFORE AND AFTER, AND GETTING INTO OUR PARKS AND RECS PROJECTS. SO, 42 PARKS AND RECS PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE WITH MEASURE A FUNDING. THIS TOTALS NEARLY $30 MILLION OF AN INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S PARKS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET. UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS COMPLETED FIVE PARKS AND RECS PROJECTS. UH, THE FIRST BEING ADMIRAL KIDD PARK PLAYGROUND, CAL REC MCBRIDE COMMUNITY CENTER ROOFS THE ROOF AT COOLIDGE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, WARDLOW PARK, ADA RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE WARDLOW PARK COMMUNITY CENTER ROOF. AND SO THOSE, THOSE RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS, UH, ARE ALWAYS SHOWN IN BOLD ON OUR REPORT. AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT A FEW OF THOSE PROJECTS, THERE'S ADMIRAL KIDD PARK PLAYGROUND COMPLETED COOLIDGE PARK WITH THE NEW ROOF, WARDLOW PARK, ADA RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE WARDLOW PARK COMMUNITY CENTER ROOF. GETTING INTO OUR PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS. 26 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE. UH, THIS TOTALS, UH, NEAR $12 MILLION INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S FACILITIES. SINCE THE LAST TIME WE'VE MET, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAS COMPLETED FOUR PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS, THE CENTRAL HEALTH, UM, PROJECT, UH, THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION AND OPERAT OPERATION CENTER PROJECT, WHERE WE INSTALLED TWO NEW HVAC UNITS THAT ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT, UH, FIRE STATION ONE ROOF REPAIRS AND FIRE STATION 22 CRITICAL RE CRITICAL CONCRETE REPAIR TO PREVENT WATER INTRUSION INTO THE BUILDING. AND AGAIN, GOING THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE PROJECTS HERE IS CENTRAL HEALTH AFTER, UH, AFTER THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. HERE'S OUR EMERGENCY COMMAND, UH, COMMUNICATION AND OPERATION CENTER BEFORE AND AFTER FIRE STATION ONE ROOF IMPROVEMENTS AND OUR FIRE STATION TWO CONCRETE CRITICAL REPAIR. AND THEN WE DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT MEASURE A PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY SPRING 2024. WE DO HAVE A, A LOT OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE NEARING COMPLETION. UM, AND THEY ARE LISTED HERE, 14TH STREET PARK LIGHTING AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, BAYSHORE LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS, BIXBY PARK, BANDSHELL IMPROVEMENTS, BLUFF PARK, HISTORIC LAMPS, PHASE THREE, DAVENPORT PARK, PHASE ONE, LANDFILL GAS CONTROL, DRAKE PARK, RESTROOM REPLACEMENT FIRE TRAINING CENTER, TOWER REPAIRS, JOE ROGER FIELD, UH, EL DORADO DUCK POND, AND VETERAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL REPORT ON THOSE COMPLETED PROJECTS, UH, AT THE NEXT CAC MEETING. HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS OF, OF THOSE PROJECTS. UM, WE HAVE, UH, A RENDERING OF THE FINAL BAYSHORE LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEN IT'S COMPLETE AND SOME IN PROGRESS PHOTOS OF THE EL DORADO DUCK POND. SO WE DID, UH, ENCOUNTER SOME, SOME UNIQUE, UH, CHALLENGES WITH THE [00:45:01] ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS, UH, THAT WE EXPERIENCED THIS LAST WINTER. WE DID DRAIN THE DUCK POND AND I BELIEVE WE HAD TO RED DRAIN THE DUCK POND, BUT THAT PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY. UM, HERE IS A, HERE'S A, A FEW PHOTOS OF OUR TEAMS, UH, IN, IN PROGRESS THERE. AND THEN I DO WANT TO TAKE A BIT OF TIME AND HIGHLIGHT A FEW MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY CURRENTLY. ONE IS THE ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD PROJECT. SO THIS PROJECT IS, UH, A, A COMPLETE STREET REMODEL OF ARTESIA BOULEVARD, THE 3.2, UH, MILE ROADWAY, UH, ALONG ARTESIA BOULEVARD FROM HARBOR AVENUE TO DOWNEY AVENUE. UH, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES ASPHALT ROADWAY REMOVAL, REPLACEMENT CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, NEW CURBS, NEW MEDIANS AND MEDIAN FENCING, TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENHANCEMENTS, INSTALLATION OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT, STREET LIGHTING, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, STORMWATER, BIO RETENTION TREATMENTS, BIKE LANES, BALL BOUTS, LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS, NEW STREET FURNITURE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE, AND 450 NEW STREET TREES TO BE PLANTED. AND THIS PROJECT IS BUDGETED WITH $2.3 MILLION OF MEASURE A AND $42 MILLION OF OTHER FUNDING. AND HERE'S ANOTHER RENDERING OF OF THOSE COMPLETED, UH, THAT COMPLETED PROJECT, AS WELL AS OUR TEAM, UH, IN INACTIVE UH, CONSTRUCTION THERE. ONE LAST PROJECT, I DO WANT TO TAKE A A BIT OF TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT IS ALSO IN PROGRESS IS OUR DAVENPORT PARK PHASE TWO PARK EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH WILL EXPAND THE EXISTING 5.5 ACRE PARK TO 11.5 ACRES. THIS NEW EXPANDED PORTION OF THE PARK WILL FEATURE A SPORTS FIELD, FITNESS STATIONS, OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, A WALKING TRAIL, AND ADDITIONAL PARKING. AND HERE'S A RENDERING OF THE CURRENT, UH, ONE OF THE CURRENT CORNERS OF, OF, OF THAT FOOTPRINT OF THE NEW DAVENPORT PARK. AND THEN A RENDERING OF THE COMPLETED PROJECT. AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, JUST HOW DRAMATIC, UH, THAT PROJECT IS GONNA, IS GONNA BRING TO THAT PARK. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, THE PROJECTS REMAINING FROM THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, IN PROGRESS. AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE NOW. UM, DAVENPORT PARK, PHASE ONE GAS CONTROL. UH, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THAT PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE IS ACTUALLY THIS MONTH. SO EXCITED TO GET THAT ONE, UH, CHECKED OFF HERE SOON. DRAKE PARK RESTROOM REPLACEMENT, THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER BIDDEN AWARD AND WE'RE ESTIMATING A COMPLETION DATE OF MAY, 2024. DRAKE CHAVEZ GREENBELT FOUR ACRE WETLAND, UH, MEASURE A IS CONTRIBUTING FUNDING TO THE LB MUST PROJECT AND THE MEASURE A FUNDING IS PARTIALLY FUNDING THE WETLANDS AREA THERE. THE WETLANDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. EL DORADO BRANCH LIBRARY AND PRO, UH, LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EL DORADO LIBRARY ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN WITH FURTHER FUNDING, UM, COMING TO THAT PROJECT SHORTLY. FIRE STATION NINE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE ARE, UH, NEARING THE PROJECT BID PHASE AND AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS TBD, BUT WE ARE, UH, WE ARE MOTIVATED TO GET THAT, THAT PROJECT COMPLETED, UH, AS SOON AS, UH, SHORTLY AFTER THE BID FIRE STATION 14. CURRENTLY UNDER BIDDEN AWARD, ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS OCTOBER, 2024. FIRE TRAINING CENTER MEASURE A FUNDING IS CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED TO DESIGN THE PROJECT, THE NAPLES BRIDGE REPAIRS. SO WE DID, WE DID REPAIR NAPLES BRIDGE EAST. UM, THE REMAINING FUNDING IS, UH, BEING USED AS A GRANT MATCH, UM, AND THE MEASURE A FUNDING IS AUGMENTING THAT GRANT AWARD. THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN PD ACADEMY POLICE ACADEMY BUILDING. UH, THAT PROJECT IS, IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY IN CONSTRUCTION. AND THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE FOR THAT PROJECT IS AUGUST, 2025. THE DUCK POND PROJECT, AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF MAY, 2024. RESTORATION WORK AT THE LOS CERRITOS WETLANDS. UM, $500,000 OF MEASURE A IS, UH, IS ACTING AS A, UH, AS A LOCAL FUNDING SOURCE FOR A LARGER PROJECT WITH THE LOS CERRITOS WETLANDS AUTHORITY. AND LASTLY, STORMWATER PROTECTION FOR PUMP STATIONS AND STORM DRAINS. THE MEASURE A FUNDING IS ACTING AS A FEDERAL GRANT MATCH FOR A $9 MILLION, UH, FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE EDA. UM, THOSE PROJECTS ARE IN FINAL DESIGN AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING A BID OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY. AND JUST A FEW PHOTOS OF, OF THOSE PROJECTS. HERE'S THE DRAKE CHAVEZ GREENBELT WETLAND. UM, THAT'S THE DESIGN. THIS IS THE CURRENT, UH, THE CURRENT WORK. AND, UH, AND A FINAL RENDERING OF WHAT THAT WETLAND IS GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN IT IS COMPLETE. HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACADEMY. [00:50:02] AND THEN NEXT, UH, SO EVERY YEAR WE DISCLOSE TO THIS COMMITTEE ANY MEASURE A PROJECT ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST YEAR. SO IN FY 23, THERE WERE A FEW BUDGETARY PROJECT ADJUSTMENTS. THEY'RE LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN. I WILL SHORTLY GO THROUGH THEM. UH, $4 MILLION WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE MEASURE A PROJECT HOME KEY, UH, ALLOCATION TO THE 7 0 2 ANAHEIM PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE OPENING OF A YEAR-ROUND HOMELESS SHELTER. 1.4 MILLION, UH, WAS TRANSFERRED INTO FIRE STATION 14 TO FULLY FUND THE CONSTRUCTION. $35,000 WAS TRANSFERRED FROM OUR CRITICAL RESERVE TO FUND EMERGENCY CONCRETE REPAIRS AT FIRE STATION 22, WHICH WERE COMPLETED AND PRE, UH, PRESENTED ON. PREVIOUSLY IN THIS PRESENTATION, $300,000 WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE CRITICAL RESERVE TO FUND, UH, CRITICAL FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING TOWER CRITICAL REPAIR. AND $110,000 WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE MAIN HEALTH ROOF HVAC PROJECT TO THE RONALD ARIAS HEALTH EQUITY CENTER TO FULLY FUND THAT PROJECT. AND I PROMISE, DON'T WORRY, WE, WE ARE GETTING TO THE END HERE. UM, FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET. UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FY 24 MATCHES WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN AUGUST IN OUR, IN OUR PRESENTATION. SO NOTHING CHANGED ON, UM, PROPOSED TO ADOPTED. UM, THE FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET FOR MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE IS LISTED HERE. AND WITH THAT FY 24 AMOUNT, OUR NEW FY 17 TO FY 24 ADOPTED MEASURE A BUDGET FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOW, UH, $285.87 MILLION. AND AS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST CAC MEETING, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS NOW UTILIZING THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN TO PLAN, MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FROM FY 23 TO FY 27. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE TAKING AN ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY 2024 TO REQUEST, UH, AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL $9.9 MILLION OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. UH, STAFF ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE FUNDING MODEL FOR THE UPCOMING COUNCIL ITEM, AND WE WILL BE HAVING AN UPDATE, UH, AT THIS, UH, AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO BRIEFLY UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON VARIOUS RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. SO FIRST IS ATTACHMENT A, WHICH IS ATTACHED, UM, TO, UH, TO THE REPORT FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION. THIS ATTACHMENT A IS UPDATED QUARTERLY WITH ALL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN UPDATED PROJECT STATUS, AS WELL AS UPTODATE MEASURE A BUDGETS PER PROJECT. WE ALSO, UH, UPDATE QUARTERLY, UH, A MEASURE A SHEET FOR EVERY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, UM, FUNDED WITH MEASURE A. IT INCLUDES A PROJECT PHOTO, A DETAILED SCOPE, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THE CURRENT PROJECT STATUS, THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE, THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DATE, AND AN UP-TO-DATE. MEASURE A BUDGET. EACH PROJECT HAS A UNIQUE SHEET AND ALL SHEETS ARE UPLOADED TO THE PUBLIC FACING MEASURE, A WEBSITE, AND PROVIDED TO CAC MEMBERS. UH, OUR ANNUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CIP BUDGET BOOK ALSO HAS A STANDALONE MEASURE, A CHAPTER THAT OUTLINES, UH, WHAT MEASURE A, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE BEING PROPOSED OR ADOPTED IN EACH FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE A CURRENT MEASURE, A WEBSITE, UH, UPDATED EVERY QUARTER THAT INCLUDES THOSE MEASURE A SHEETS, AS WELL AS AN ARC GIS MAP WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS, UH, WHAT PROJECTS, UH, ARE LOCATED, UH, AROUND TOWN, AS WELL AS, UM, A STATUS OF EACH MERE PROJECT. AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE IN DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. THIS NEW WEBSITE WILL INCLUDE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR EVERY PROJECT IN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN, INCLUDING A, UH, A POWER BI DASHBOARD WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN REALLY DIG INTO THAT ELEVATE 28 PLAN AND PARSE THROUGH THE 750 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE'RE PLANNING A RELEASE IN EARLY 2024 FOR THAT WEBSITE. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, THANK YOU. I I DO, YOU DO DESERVE A CLAP FOR THAT. THAT WAS VERY, THAT WAS GREAT, . THANK YOU JONATHAN. AND ERIC, UH, BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE DISCUSSION, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANNA SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE, PLEASE LINE UP NOW. SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER JONATHAN OR ERIC? MY SCREEN IS STILL, THERE WE GO. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. THAT COMMITTEE MEMBER HOWARD, THAT [00:55:01] WAS QUITE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UM, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE, UH, ARTESIA BOULEVARD PROJECT, WHICH IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT KIND OF MONEY BEING INVESTED IN THAT PART OF TOWN. UM, ENORMOUS PROJECT. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE OVER THERE. AND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF, UM, OF PUBLIC WORKS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMERCIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT AS WELL ALONG THERE AFTER ALL THAT IS DONE. AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS A, IF THEY BUILD IT, IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER PLAN TO, UM, BRING, REVITALIZE IT, UH, FROM A COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT. THANK YOU. UH, GREAT QUESTION. UM, THIS IS, UH, AN AREA WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE WE HAD DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FOR SO MANY YEARS, UH, THAT YOU, UH, YOU LITER LITERALLY HAD CRUMBLING SIDEWALKS AND STREETS AND, UH, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE COMPLETELY OUTDATED. SO WE ARE MODERNIZING EVERYTHING. UH, THAT'S WHY IT'S OVER $40 MILLION OF INVESTMENT GOING INTO THAT CORRIDOR IS ONE OF OUR FOUR CURRENT MAJOR CORRIDOR, UH, UH, PROJECTS. UM, THE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS. UM, WE ARE RUNNING, WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT WOULD HELP WITH THAT. THE, THE, THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, THE PRIVATE PIECE, UM, OF, OF, UH, CONTINUING TO, TO, UH, DEVELOP THAT PART OF THE CITY. WE DID PUT DOWN FIBER. UM, WE DID, UM, WE ARE, WE DID COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, UM, SIGNALS WORK AND COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER. UH, THE STREET WILL BE SAFER, IT WILL BE MORE ACCESSIBLE. IT WILL BE MORE, UM, MORE ACCOMMODATING TO ALL OUR DIFFERENT USERS, NOT JUST THOSE ON CARS WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY PRIORITIZED. UM, SO, UM, WITH, WITH THESE CHANGES, WE ARE EXPECTING THERE TO BE MORE INTEREST IN THAT CORRIDOR. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME OF THE, UH, PRIVATE OWNERS THAT ARE, UH, WORKING WITH OUR TEAM, WITH OUR, UH, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT TEAMS TO, UH, WORK TO REDEVELOP. THERE'S SOME HOUSING, THERE'S SOME, UH, UH, RESTAURANTS. THERE'S SOME PRIVATE BUSINESS, BUT THAT WILL PICK UP, UH, ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH CONSTRUCTION. OUR CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN VERY IMPACTFUL. UM, AND I'M SO SORRY TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE'RE ALMOST DONE. AND ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ. OKAY. SO, UM, I'M GONNA ASK FIRST THE CHAIR, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS? 'CAUSE I, I HAVE A, A REPORTING QUESTION THAT I WANT TO DO, BUT I, I, I HAVE A REPORTING QUESTION, BIG PICTURE FOR MEASURE A AND, AND THEN SOME SPECIFICS TOWARDS JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE PORTION. SO DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST ASK THE INFRASTRUCTURE PORTION OR IS IT BETTER TO ASK THE BIGGER PICTURE WHERE I WANT TO GO WITH THIS AND, AND THEN FRAME? 'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD FRAME THE OVERALL LET'S DO THAT. OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, I GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IN ADVANCE AND, AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW A LOT OF IT. AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD DETAIL. AND YES, I WENT THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND PUNCHED AROUND AND LOOKED AROUND AND I THINK, AGAIN, GOOD INFORMATION. I AM NOT QUESTIONING THE INFO. I'M NOT QUESTIONING A, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT IF, IF I AS AN INDIVIDUAL HAD A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT A PROJECT, IT'S GREAT. THE, THE, THE, THE ABILITY TO GO FIND THE PROJECT AND WHERE IT'S AT, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW COMPLICATED IT IS. AND, AND A QUARTERLY UPDATE, EVEN IF THEY'RE BRIEF, IS BETTER THAN NONE IN THAT, THE ONLY SPECIFIC COMMENTS I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU GUYS IS THAT TBDS ARE NO GOOD. UH, PLEASE DON'T USE THE TBD IF, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN BE SPECIFIC OR EVEN IF YOU'RE SAYING THINGS ARE TWO TO THREE YEARS OUT IS BETTER FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC, UH, TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS OF WHERE IT'S GONNA GO. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, PERFECT OR A QUARTER OR A MONTH OR A DAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE FINISHED. BUT EVEN GIVING THOSE BROAD PICTURES WOULD BE, WOULD BE BETTER. UM, AS FAR AS AS THE, THE BIG PICTURE, WHAT I'M WANTING TO SEE IS HERE WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING INTO ELEVATE 28. WE'VE ALREADY GONE SEVEN YEARS WITH MEASURE A. AND I GUESS MY CONCERNS LIE IS THAT BEFORE I GOT BACK ON ON THIS COMMISSION AND, AND, AND I'VE BEEN HEARING IN THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, WE, WE VOTED FOR MEASURE A AND WE WANNA KNOW HOW'S IT DOING? AND IT'S THERE NOW PERMANENT. AND WE HAVE ABOUT TWO THIRDS GOING TO PUBLIC, RIGHT? UH, FOR, FOR SAFETY. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT A THIRD GOING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS, WE HEARD ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH. AND WE [01:00:01] HEARD ABOUT INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE OUR FACILITY, UH, CONDITION CODES ARE REALLY LOW AND WE NEED TO INVEST MONEY OR OUR, OUR, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE'S GONNA DETERIORATE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT I'M NOT SEEING, AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS, HERE'S ELEVATE 28. I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO STOP AND REFLECT AND RECAP WHAT HAS MEASURE A DONE FOR US. AND THEN YOU CAN REALLY GO ON TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING. AND IT'S GOTTA BE BOTH. IT CANNOT BE JUST INFRASTRUCTURE. TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I, AND, AND AS AS FAR AS THIS COMMISSION, I, I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUEST REPORTING. BUT TO SEE BIG PICTURE OVER THESE SEVEN YEARS THAT HAVE GONE FISCAL YEAR 17 TO 23, HERE'S HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE GOTTEN. BIG PICTURE. HERE'S HOW MUCH HAS GONE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH. HERE'S HOW MUCH HAS GONE TO INFRASTRUCTURE. AND, AND THAT THEN WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE BY FISCAL YEAR, HOW MUCH HAS HAPPENED, BOOM. AND THEN IF YOU WANNA GO SEE, YOU KNOW, BY THE DIFFERENT AREAS, HOW MUCH POLICE, HOW MUCH FIRE, HOW MUCH HEALTH, HOW MANY IS IN, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU CAN DRILL DOWN THAT TO SAY, HOW MANY JOBS HAVE WE MAINTAINED? BECAUSE THAT'S MOST OF WHAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH HAS GONE TOWARDS WAS HEADCOUNT THAT AS THE PUBLIC WE WERE SOLD THAT IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS, WE WERE GONNA LOSE OUR FIRE AND, AND POLICE. SO GOOD, GOOD TO KNOW THAT 60% OF THE MANPOWER OR OR STAFFING IS COMING AS A RESULT OF MEASURE A BY FISCAL YEAR. UNDERSTANDING THAT. AND THEN ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, THE SAME KIND OF THOUGHT, HERE'S AGAIN, ONE THIRD OF THE MONEY'S GOING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. AND YOU'VE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROJECTS THAT WE SAID WE'RE GONNA FALL TO DEATH AND IF WE DIDN'T GET THE MONEY, WE WERE GONNA DETERIORATE. OKAY, WHERE'S ALL THOSE PROJECTS? AND, AND, AND YOU'RE SHOWING THAT THEY'RE ALMOST ALL COMPLETE. GREAT. AND THEN SHOWING THEM BY THE AREA AND BY FISCAL YEAR, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE EASIER TO REFLECT AND SUMMARIZE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IN THE SAME FIVE CATEGORIES. I LOVE YOUR CATEGORIES. YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU PUT MOBILITY 'CAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST AREA THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE ON. BUT THE THEN THE OTHER BUILDINGS AND THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT. PARKS AND THEN, AND THEN THE, THE FIRE AND SAFETY BECAUSE THEN WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL, IT'S MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO FIRE AND SAFETY. 'CAUSE IT'S ALSO GOING FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. SO WHAT I'M REQUESTING IS BEFORE WE MOVE TOO FAST, STOP AND REFLECT THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. WHERE HAVE WE SPENT THE MONEY, CATEGORIZE IT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT BETTER AS A PUBLIC AND KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING AND, AND, AND MAYBE EVEN STOP AND CELEBRATE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE A LOT. UH, I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT, I MEAN IF WE THINK ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AT 70 SOME ODD MILLION PLUS THOSE YEARS WE WERE GETTING EVEN MORE. WE'VE SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND IT'S REALLY THE PUBLIC THAT GAVE THIS. SO STOP AND REFLECT AND CELEBRATE THAT PIECE OF TIME. AND THEN NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO A FUTURE, NOT ONLY ELEVATE 28, BUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE OF MEASURE A. SO IT'S MEASURE A DOLLARS TO WORK THINKING COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ. UM, IF I COULD PARAPHRASE, SORT OF LOOKING FOR AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF YEAR BY YEAR, UH, AND TO DATE, UH, REALLY HIGH LEVEL, UH, OVERVIEW OF, OF WHERE WE STARTED, WHERE WE ARE, UM, TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY FOR US AND FOR THE PUBLIC ON THE DOLLAR SPENT. YEAH. AND, AND, AND I THINK WHAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS SEE TWO DIFFERENT AUDIENCES. IF, IF I'M VERY SPECIFIC TOWARDS A PROJECT, I WANNA SEE MY PROJECT IN MY, MY DISTRICT, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A BLOCK AWAY FROM ME OR WHATEVER, OR WHEN'S MY STREET GONNA GET PAVED. I THINK IF YOU HAVE THAT, THEY CAN FIND IT. BUT FOR, I, I WANT THAT HIGH LEVEL FOR JUST THE AVERAGE JOE BLOW TO SAY, WHERE'S OUR PUBLIC AID MEASURE $8 GOING, AND WHERE HAS IT GONE AND WHERE IS IT GOING? SO YES, VERY GOOD AFTER THAT. UM, I TOTALLY CONCUR WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUE TO THE LEFT HERE. UM, I, I, I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS JUST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC PEOPLE I KNOW, UM, AND ASKING ME EXACTLY THAT. AND A LOT OF MISINFORMATION IS OUT THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S GOING TO THIS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHERE IT'S [01:05:01] SUPPOSED TO BE GOING. AND, UM, I THINK, I THINK A BETTER COMMUNICATION OF EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY HAS GONE AND HOW MUCH AMAZING WORK HAS, HAS, HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UM, THAT SAID, I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, AN ASSESSMENT WAS DONE ON ALL THE STREETS AND ALLEYS AND, UM, ARTERIES AND SO ON IN THE CITY. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT JUDGING FROM YOUR, UM, PERCENTAGES, A LOT OF THAT IS ALMOST COMPLETED THAT FROM THAT ASSESSMENT. SO I LOOK AROUND THE CITY AND I SEE A LOT MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I'M SURE YOU DO TOO. UM, SO IS ANOTHER ASSESSMENT GOING ON AT THIS POINT? AND, UM, THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE. AND QUESTION NUMBER TWO, SORT OF TO THAT POINT, UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS THAT SEEM TO COME TO ME FROM PEOPLE I KNOW, WELL, WHEN IS MY STREET GONNA BE DONE? AND I HAVE DRILLED DOWN HERE AND I COULDN'T FIND IT. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEW WEBSITE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS ROLANDO SAID, UM, IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, MORE USER FRIENDLY. UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF COMMUNICATION. SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD RESOURCES FOR COMMUNICATION. SOME OF THEM ARE NEW, SOME OF THEM ARE BEING, UM, UH, INSTALLED AT AS WE SPEAK, I THINK. BUT, UM, I, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS AMAZING WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UM, AND THROUGH OUR MEASURE A FUNDING, AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, HAVING THOSE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF A A PROJECT IS GREAT, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT QUITE ENOUGH. SO, OKAY. I HAVE, THAT'S A LOT THERE. SO, UH, IF I MAY, UM, I'LL, I'LL TACKLE A PIECE AND THEN JONATHAN WILL, WILL TACKLE THE DIFFERENT PIECE. AND THEN I, I THINK NAD AND THE TEAM, UH, HAVE, UH, HAVE SOME, UH, SOME RESPONSE TO, TO, TO THESE COMMENTS AS WELL. FIRST, THAT'S THE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, WHEN IS MY SPECIFIC STREET GOING TO GET DONE? AND I SAY THE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, BECAUSE TO IMPROVE EVERY STREET AND SIDEWALK AND CURB RAMP IN THIS CITY THAT NEEDS IT, WE NEED $1.5 BILLION, $1.5 BILLION TO GET EVERY STREET IN THIS CITY UP TO A CONDITION OF GOOD OR GREAT. UM, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE $1.5 BILLION IN MEASURE A. AND THEN WE'RE NOT, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, OUR POLICE FACILITIES, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR BRIDGES THAT THE CITY OWNS. WHEN YOU START ADDING ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, WE'RE TALKING IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. UM, THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THAT. WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT, THAT WE HAVE, AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE HERE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE SMALL AREAS, THE COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LOCAL STREETS AND OUR SECONDARY STREETS AND OUR MAJOR STREETS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE GET THOSE DONE. IF WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO MARKET STREET AND ARTESIA STREET AND STUDEBAKER STREET AND ANAHEIM WITHIN FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE TO GET THOSE DONE AND MEET THE, THE, THE, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE SET UP, AND WE BETTER DO A DARN GOOD JOB SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THEN WORKING ON THE NEXT SET. UM, SO WHAT, WHEN I, WHEN I, WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME, ERIC, MY, MY STREET IS NOT ON YOUR PLAN, YOU KNOW, I, I'M CONTRIBUTING TOWARD MEASURE A, WHEN AM I GONNA BE ON YOUR PLAN? I TELL THEM IT'S NOT A, UH, MY RESPONSE IS USUALLY IS NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN. UM, AND, AND KNOW THAT WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL THE STREETS YOU SEE ON THE MAP, AND YOURS MAY NOT BE THERE EVERY YEAR, WE'RE INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO GET MORE DONE. AND WE'RE TRYING OUT NEW APPROACHES TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR STREETS THAN WE EVER HAVE OF, AS A CI AS A CITY. THAT, AND, AND AS PROVED TO THAT IS OUR IN-HOUSE CRACK AND SLURRY TEAMS. AND THEN THIS YEAR THE COUNCIL APPROVED OUR FIRST IN-HOUSE CONCRETE PILOT CREWS, WHICH I'M HOPING TO BE PERMANENT SO THEY CAN DO DRAINAGE REPAIRS OURSELVES, SO WE CAN DO SIDEWALK REPAIRS OURSELVES. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST, UH, UH, LEAN ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND OUR PRIVATE CONTRACTOR PARTNERS, UH, FOR THAT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SO WE TRIED, WE, WE'VE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO STREETS WHERE WE TRIED A NEW, UH, TWO COAT KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL, UM, TREATMENT ON A REALLY [01:10:01] BAD STREET. I MEAN A STREET WITH A RATING OF 15 OUT OF A HUNDRED. AND IT, IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S PROMISING THAT COULD HELP US GET THROUGH AT LEAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS WHILE WE THAT STREET AWAITS FOR ITS TURN ON THE COMPLETE REBUILD. SO IT'S NOT AN EASY ANSWER, IT'S A HARD ONE. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO MORE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE, UM, APPROACHES TO STREET MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST WE GET. AND THE LATEST PLAN SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR MEASURE A DOLLARS ARE GOING TO OUR MOBILITY CAPITAL PROGRAM, UH, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF OUR LOCAL STREETS, ALL OF OUR SECONDARY STREETS, AND ALL OF OUR MAJOR STREETS. SORRY, THAT'S A VERY LONG WINDED ANSWER TO A VERY, WHAT SHOULD BE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. OKAY. JONATHAN, YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD ON. UM, SO WE DO IN PUBLIC WORKS, PERFORM A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX AND PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, THAT IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS. UM, AND THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE INDEX OF, OF EVERY STREET, EVERY ALLEY, THE CONDITION IN, IN THE CITY. UM, AND SO THAT'S TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE PCI OR, OR PMP, UM, WHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THAT? UM, IT'S ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE. THAT WAS THE SECOND ANSWER IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS ALREADY DEVELOPED ALREADY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, AND, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SCATTERED KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE, THE, THE WEBSITES THAT THE CITY OWNS. AND SO WE ARE, UH, ROLLING FORWARD WITH A NEW STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA REBUILD OUR PUBLIC FACING PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THOSE TOOLS. FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE, UH, YOU CAN GO ON AND SEE ALL THE STREETS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET DONE THIS YEAR, UM, THAT WE'RE CERTAIN WE'RE GONNA GET TO THIS YEAR. ALTHOUGH CURRENTLY YOU HAVE TO CLICK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE LAYERS OF THE WEBSITE. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MAP WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE LAST 10 YEARS OF STREET INVESTMENTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. AND THAT MAP IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. IT'S BY FISCAL YEAR AS WELL, UM, BY COLOR CODE. UM, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE REALLY HARD TO FIND FOR THE AVERAGE USER. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON PUSHING ALL THAT INFO FORWARD. UM, OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS, WE DO A LOT. WE, WE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE'RE ALSO, UH, TREE TRIMMING. WE'RE ALSO TRASH COLLECTION, REFUSE RECYCLING, UH, MOBILITY, MOBILITY, UH, MICRO MOBILITY LIKE THE SCOTERS. SO THERE'S A LOT TO PUT ON THAT WEBSITE. UM, AND SO WE ARE RE-LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BUILD A WEBSITE THAT, THAT GETS THAT INFORMATION TO THE FOREFRONT. BUT THE ANSWER OF WORKING, YOU FIND THE SPECIFIC, UH, PAVEMENT CONDITION AND EVERY STREET CONDITION IN THE CITY. IT'S ON@LONGBEACH.GOV SLASH PW. UM, WHEN, UH, LONG BEACH.GOV/PW UNDER THERE, WE HAVE UNDER RESOURCES, THE RESOURCES TAB, THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REPORT. YOU CLICK ON THAT, THAT GIVES YOU AN OVER A COMPLETE OVERVIEW VIA OUR WEBSITE OF OUR PAVEMENT CONDITIONS. AND IT HAS A MAP, UH, INTERACTIVE MAP THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY SINGLE STREET SEGMENT IN THE CITY, AND IT'LL TELL YOU ITS CONDITION, AND I'LL EVEN SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF IT. AND THEN IF IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YEAR IT WAS COMPLETED. BUT THAT IS THE BEST TOOL THAT SHOWS ALL THE GREEN IS GREAT, ALL THIS YELLOW IS NOT, IT'S, IT'S GETTING BAD. ALL THE RED IS HORRIBLE, BUT IT, WHEN, WHEN I TALK ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS OF NEEDS, THAT MAP WILL HELP YOU VISUALIZE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND HOW THAT'S SPREAD OVER THROUGH EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY. BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU ERIC AND JOHNSON. AND, AND, AND SO THE ONE THING THAT IT'S MISSING THOUGH IS THAT, 'CAUSE YOU SAID IF IT'S BEEN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, THAT'S GREAT. AND I LOVE THE CONDITION THING BECAUSE IT, NOT ONLY FOR THE PAVEMENT, BUT WE ALSO NEED THAT FOR FACILITIES. BUT CAN IT NOT HAVE, IF YOU HAVE IT SCHEDULED, THAT IT CAN ALSO SHOW THE FUTURE? DOES IT DO THAT NOW? SO LIKE IF I PUNCH IN MY ADDRESS 21 LANDERO, OR I GO PO POKE AND FIND THE STREET OR MY ALLEY, YOU'RE TELLING ME I CAN SEE MY CONDITION, I CAN SEE MY PAST PROJECTS, BUT WILL IT TELL ME, OH, IT'S GONNA BE DONE IN SPRING OF 25? NO, NOT YET, BECAUSE WE DO PLAN EVERY, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS. SO I CAN TELL YOU FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS WHAT STREETS ARE GONNA BE DONE. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A TENTATIVE PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS. BUT THAT CHANGES A LOT WITH NEW INFORMATION. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT MAY SPEED UP THE PROJECTS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE UTILITY WORK LIKE MAJOR WATER OR SEWER WORK THAT MAY DELAY THE PROJECT. IT, THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES. SO WE SHOW TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE, WE CAN LOOK AT INCORPORATING THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T SHOW IT. AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, UM, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, [01:15:01] THAT WE CAN, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW WHERE WE WILL BE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND THEN WE CAN INCLUDE THIS LIST IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS OR SO. YEAH. AND, AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT QUALIFIER. SO, AND IF THEY SAY, AND IF IT'S GONNA BE SCHEDULED IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, YOU'LL SEE THAT DATE. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, IF, IF IT'S IN THE PLAN, WE, WE SHOULD, WE COULD IDENTIFY THAT IT'S ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE MEASURE A PLAN, WE JUST WON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR THEM OR A TARGET DATE UNTIL IT'S WITHIN TWO YEARS OF DELIVERY. UH, SO YES, THAT I, I THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN THAT AREA. GREAT. AND JUST TO TOUCH ON, UH, THE MEMBER'S QUESTION, MEMBER CREWS, YOUR OVERALL COMMENTS ON THE OVERALL PROJECTION AND REPORTING OF MEASURE A, I JUST WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RECOMMENDATION. IT IS A REALLY GREAT RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WILL LOOK INTO AND BRING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. RIGHT NOW. WE REPORT MEASURE A ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ATTACHMENT IN OUR BUDGET BOOK, AND WE SUPPLIED IT, I BELIEVE IN ITEM THREE TODAY, IN THE ATTACHMENT D THAT SHOWS THE ANNUAL AMOUNTS SINCE INCEPTION. FY 17 ALSO PUSHES IT OUT TO FY 27 PROJECTIONS. SO IT'S A 10 YEAR LOOK AT MEASURE A, INCLUDING ACTUALS AND PROJECTIONS, WHICH WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND BRING IT BACK IN MORE OF A PRESENTATION TO, AS THE MEMBER'S RECOMMENDATION TO STOP AND CELEBRATE AND SHOW AT A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNTS WERE SPENT BY CATEGORIES. AND IT, WE, WE DO THINK THAT'S A, A VERY REASONABLE AND REALLY GREAT IDEA. SO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OVER OVERVIEW COMMENT. THANK YOU. NADER, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK WE COULD HAVE ON OUR MARCH AGENDA? UH, YEAH, DEFINITELY IN MARCH WE'LL LIKELY COME BACK WITH THE FY 23, OR WE WILL COME BACK WITH THE FY 23, UH, PERFORMANCE, AND WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. GREAT. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE MEMBER. HOW, ONE MORE, I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. UM, IT'S NOT A QUESTION. UM, FORTUNATELY IN MY STREET WAS ONE OF THE STREETS THAT WAS COMPLETELY REDONE AND, UH, BEFORE IT WAS REDONE. I MEAN, THERE WERE LARGE CHUNKS OF ASPHALT THAT WOULD JUST KICK UP AND, UM, AND, AND JUST COME LOOSE. AND I, I HAVE TO SAY, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THEY DID IT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT THE BEST PART OF THE WHOLE THING WAS WATCHING THE CURB EXTRUDER. THEY HAVE THIS MACHINE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE KNOWS THIS. THEY HAVE THE, THEY PREPARE THE SECTION FOR THE NEW CURBS ALONG THE STREET, AND THEN THEY HAVE THIS MACHINE THAT JUST RUNS ALONG THERE AND LAYS THE WHOLE CURB, UM, AND DOES IT VERY QUICKLY. IT'S FANTASTIC. , I MEAN, MUCH FASTER AND, AND VERY ENTERTAINING TO WATCH. SO , UM, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL. AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED. SO I HAD ONE FINAL QUESTION REGARDING THE SIDEWALK INSTALLATIONS THAT I THINK JONATHAN MENTIONED. UM, WHEN DOING THAT, AND YOU MENTIONED CHANGING THE DOMAIN, THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. DOES THAT, UM, DOES THAT REQUIRE A NEGOTIATION WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER? AND IF SO, IS THERE MONIES INVOLVED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH? TYPICALLY, WHAT, WHEN YOU SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, THE CURRENT EXISTING WAS THIS BIG AND THEN IT GETS THIS BIG CURRENT, USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S BEEN A, A CREEP ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENTITY. UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EVERY EXAMPLE IS DIFFERENT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE DRAMATIC ONES, IT'S THAT SOMEBODY LIKE BUILT A FENCE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WE'RE RECLAIMING AND YEAH. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE RECLAIMING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY, I MEAN, SOME OF THEM, THERE MAY BE A DEDICATION THAT IS NEEDED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND THOSE ARE ALL APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. VERY GOOD. UM, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? MEMBER MEMBER HOWARD DID NOT. I CAN TAKE A VERBAL. YOU GOT IT? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? [6. 23-25113 Recommendation to receive and file a discussion regarding upcoming Committee meeting dates and topics.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION REGARDING UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETING DATES AND TOPICS. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ AND SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER HOWARD. IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS? UH, YES. CHAIR, NEVIN, UM, ATTACH THIS AGENDA AND UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW ARE, UH, TENTATIVE DATES AND TOPICS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024. AND AS PROPOSED, WE'RE SCHEDULED TO MEET FOR THREE MEETINGS ON MARCH 20TH, [01:20:01] AUGUST 21ST AND OCTOBER 30TH AT 3:00 PM AND I WON'T GO OVER ALL THE TOPICS, BUT JUST STARTING WITH THE FIRST MEETING, WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE ANNUAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORT, WHICH WILL SHOW ACTIVITY OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK, THE FY 23 YEAR END BUDGET PERFORMANCE. AND AS NOTED EARLIER, WE'LL INCLUDE A RECAP OF MEASURE A TO DATE. UM, ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE BE BRINGING A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN ALSO WE'LL HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE. GREAT. AND IT MIGHT BE EMBEDDED IN WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT IN AUGUST, EXCUSE ME, IN MARCH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, UH, GET THE FOLLOW UP ON THAT PRIOR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS ITEM. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX, PLEASE LINE UP NOW SEEING NONE. AND ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ. SORRY, . SO I, I JUST WANNA BE VERY SPECIFIC. UH, AND I WOULD LIKE IT RECORDED ON THE MINUTES, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SUCH SHORTENED OR VERY BRIEF MINUTES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY REQUEST THAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BE, UH, PUT AS A AGENDA ITEM. NUMBER ONE THAT WE, UH, COME UP WITH A WAY TO DO, AND I GUESS WHAT WE WANNA CALL IT, MEASURE A, UM, HIGH LEVEL PAST REPORTING. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT NEEDS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE, WE HIRE A CONSULTANT THAT CAN TAKE IT FROM THE PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE SAY, MEASURE A, YOU GO ON AND YOU SAY, PAST DOLLARS, CURRENT DOLLARS, FUTURE DOLLARS, AND, AND THEY CAN GO ON THERE AND THEN, AND THEN WE CAN BREAK IT AND BE ABLE TO STREAMLINE AND GO LOOK AT, BUT TO SPECIFICALLY SAY THE TOPIC IS MEASURE A REPORTING, UM, AND, AND SAY REFLECTION, CELEBRATION. BUT THEN THE SECOND THING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD HERE TODAY AND AT THE LAST TIME WAS THE ASSESSMENT UPDATES. UM, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE MOBILITY AND THE PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE, WE HEAR, AND I'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM PEOPLE NOW THAT THEY THINK I'M ON, ON MEASURE A, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AUTHORITY TO APPROVE PROJECTS AND LET THINGS GO, BUT THEY'RE ALL TELLING ME ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S FALLING AND CRACKING AND, AND BREAKING DOWN. AND SO, UH, WE, WE WERE TOLD, AGAIN, THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX CODE FOR THE BUILDINGS WAS REALLY LOW. SO WHAT IS IT TODAY? CAN WE HAVE A STORY ABOUT, GET AN UPDATE ON THAT ASSESSMENT BOTH ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND PAVEMENT? WHAT WAS IT BACK THEN? WHAT IS IT TODAY? AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE INVESTMENT INVESTING, WHERE IS IT GOING? I KNOW THAT NOT ALL, UH, THAT MEASURE A IS NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF FUNDING, AND I KNOW IT'S ALL A SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL CAPITAL FUNDING, BUT STILL MEASURE A IS HAVING AN IMPACT. SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO SAY ASSESSMENT UPDATE. WHEN CAN IT HAPPEN AND HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THAT TO THE PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN THE IMPACT OF SEVEN YEARS OF TAKING YOUR MONEY? UM, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND I, I THINK WE WERE, I, I FELT LIKE YOU HEARD US AND WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT ITEM BACK, BUT CAN NADER, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT, UM, WE CAN AGENDIZE THOSE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY AS STATED AND, UM, THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE? UH, YEAH. UM, I BELIEVE AS FAR AS THE, THE AGENDA ITEMS WE CAN SHARE PRIOR TO THE MEETING, THE CHAIR CAN ADD AN AGENDA ITEM AS THEY PLEASE TO AGENDA AS A SPECIFIC TOPIC. UM, OUR THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TOWARDS THE RECAP AND WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR. I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REPORTING CURRENTLY THAT WE CAN TAKE AND ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO A PRESENTATION TO SAY, THIS IS HOW WE CAN LOOK AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY SO IT CAN BE RECAPPED IN MORE OF A TIMEFRAME OF LOOKING, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AND WHAT WE ARE TO DATE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE CAPABLE OF GATHERING AND PRESENTING. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. CAN I JUST, THANKS CHAIR ROSS. UM, I JUST WANNA ALSO ADD TO THAT, UM, NOT ONLY IS IT, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT, BUT TO ME THE MOST IMPORTANT AUDIENCE IS THE PUBLIC. UM, AND HOW ARE WE GONNA BE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE PUBLIC? BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK WE ALL GET QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE IT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, UM, QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL GET. SO, UM, I THINK THAT ALSO COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THAT, UM, AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR ROSS. SO I, I TAKE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY INCLUDE, UH, RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND DIRECTION OF WHERE, UM, THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY FIND THEIR OWN INFORMATION. AND YES, WE CAN SOMEWHAT, UM, SUMMARIZE THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THIS IS [01:25:01] AS CLEAR AS I CAN BE. I WANT ON THE WEBSITE THAT THERE'S MEASURE A DOLLARS DOING WORK FOR YOU, WHAT MEASURE A DOLLARS. AND FROM THAT WEBSITE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT SHOW, THAT GIVES US THAT ABILITY TO GO FROM THERE. THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GO IN AND SAY, HERE'S HOW MANY DOLLARS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN SEVEN YEARS AND HERE'S WHERE IT WENT. SO, PAST PROJECTS, CURRENT PROJECTS, FUTURE PROJECTS, AND YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER HIRING A CONSULTANT THAT CAN TAKE THE BIG PICTURE, PUBLIC RELATIONS, UH, SCOPE OF TRYING, HOW DO WE EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHERE OUR DOLLARS HAVE GONE, NOT JUST REGURGITATE WHAT WE'VE GOT. NOT A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT, THAT WE SLAP ON THE WEBSITE, BUT A TOLL THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GO SEE WHERE THE MEASURE $8 HAVE GONE FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL. AND IF IT TAKES A CONSULTANT TO HIRE, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE'RE INVESTING, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PLUS MILLION DOLLARS ON AVERAGE, AVERAGE A YEAR, WE'VE GOT OVER 600, 700 MILLION THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT SINCE THE INCEPTION AND WE CAN'T SPEND $50,000 ON SOMEBODY TO SUMMARIZE IT AND HELP PRESENT IT IN A WAY THAT'S DIGESTIBLE, UH, ON THE WEB, THEN MAYBE I DON'T, WELL, WE JUST LEAVE IT THERE. , , UH, I'M ONLY HEARING STAFF SAY THAT THEY, THEY CAN PRODUCE IT. I DON'T, UM, I WANNA DICTATE HOW THEY DO IT BY HIRING NEW STAFF OR CONSULTANTS OR WHATNOT. BUT, BUT I'M, I WOULD IMAGINE YOU'LL COME BACK TO US AND TELL US IF YOU THINK THAT'S NEEDED AND, OH, ACTUALLY, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEAT COUNSEL, BUT I THINK WE, I THINK I HEAR YOU. WE HEAR YOU. UM, ERIC, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I DO, I DO, BECAUSE I SPENT ALMOST TWO YEARS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON EVALUATING ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND OUR STRATEGY FOR FINANCING SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT YOU THEN SEE ON THIS LIST, BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE WORK THAT, UH, WENT INTO THAT EFFORT, UH, BEFOREHAND. SO, UM, I, BUT I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. UM, I HEAR THAT THIS COMMITTEE WANTS A, A BETTER FOCUS ON REPORTING, BETTER FOCUS ON, UM, ON, UH, COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC WHERE THEIR MEASURE A DOLLARS, UH, HAVE GONE. I THINK THAT'S NOT THAT, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, UH, WORK ON INTERNALLY AND BRING BACK TO YOU. AND THEN IF, IF YOU HAVE MORE INPUT, THEN WE CAN, UH, WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT. UH, FROM THERE, WHERE I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED IS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF OUR FACILITIES OR THE REST OF OUR STREETS OR THE REST? UH, I DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO SET PRIORITIES AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF NOT YOU, NOT JUST WHERE MEASURE $8 GO, BUT WHERE ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURES DOLLARS GO. UM, AND KIND OF HOW, HOW THAT POLICY IS SET SINCE THEY'RE THE BODY THAT SETS THE POLICY ON OUR INVESTMENTS FROM A CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, STANDPOINT. SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE JUST, WE NEED SOME TIME, UH, LET US, LET US TAKE THIS BACK, UM, UH, PUT IT INTO A PACKAGE THAT WE THINK IS RESPONSIVE TO YOUR REQUESTS AND NEEDS, AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND PRESENT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH AS WE, UH, PREPARE AND PRESENT TO YOU IN THE UPCOMING MEETINGS. THANK YOU FOR THAT, ERIC. YEP. AND NADER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS ABOUT THE UPCOMING MEETINGS, THE DATES, ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS? VERY GOOD. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL, EXCUSE ME. WE WILL ADJOURN. I'M SORRY. BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S CALL FOR NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, YES. UH, JUST AS A FORMALITY, UH, FOR IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON, ON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP NOW. SCENE NONE. THAT CONCLUDES, UM, NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL NOW ADJOURN. THANK YOU [ADJOURNMENT] SO MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.