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          WE WILL NOW 
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TRANSITION TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WE WILL PASS IT TO, LET'S START WITH THE ROLL CALL. 
          YEAH. 
          GIVE US ONE SECOND. 
          WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION OVER. 
          OKAY. 
          LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE READY FOR ROLL CALL. 
          COUNCILWOMAN INDE HESS. 
          PRESENT VICE MAYOR ALLEN. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN SUBINA? HERE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN KERR. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN SORROW. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN AUSTIN? HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS OTI. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR RICHARDSON. 
          I AM HERE. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, WELCOME TO THE MEETING, THE JANUARY 20 TH 23RD MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING. 
          WE ARE HERE AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, WELCOMING US AND ALLOW US TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 
          AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ROLL CALL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. 
          PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          READY? BEGIN. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SEE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, LET'S SEE, NOT MANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. 
          LOOKS LIKE 23 OR SO ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL START OFF AND REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION. 
          MADAM CLERK, MADAM ATTORNEY? YES. 
          I'LL TAKE THAT. 
          MAD ATTORNEY. 
          SORRY, . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE NO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSIONS TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA NOW TAKE UP OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10. 
          UH, AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD TO THE SIDE ITEM SEVEN, PLEASE. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY WITHDRAW ITEM SEVEN, SO ONE THROUGH 10 AND WITHDRAW ITEM SEVEN. 
          OKAY, SO WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT? THERE IS ONE. 
          SPEAKER. 
          SHANTI JORDAN. 
          SHANTI. 
          JORDAN. 
          HERE. 
          I'M GOOD. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE BEFORE WE CAST VOTES. 
          IS COUNCILMAN AUSTIN ON THE PHONE? WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE IF HE'S PARTICIPATING. 
          ARE WE DOING ROLL CALL VOTES TODAY? IF HE'S PARTICIPATING VIA TELECONFERENCE? YES, WE DO. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CAN YOU CONFIRM? YES, I'M HERE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
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DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE. 
          ITEM 12 IS A REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE CANNABIS TAX RELIEF PLAN AND REQUEST CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE CANNABIS CULTIVATION TAX RATE AND ADULT USE CANNABIS RETAIL TAX RATE AND ADD THE PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM PROVISIONS CITYWIDE. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SO, UH, AS A PART OF THE FY 24, UH, BUDGET, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS ODIS MOTION, UH, PROPOSED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT A PILOT PROGRAM, UH, TO HELP SORT OF ADDRESS, ADDRESS ADJUST, UH, THE TAXES ON THE BUDDING CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN LONG BEACH TO ENSURE THAT IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS HEADING AND CREATES MORE LOCAL, UH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF JOBS AND THOSE THINGS. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE FOLLOW-UP, UH, STAFF'S PROPOSAL FOR THIS, UH, CANNABIS PILOT PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS, UH, WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF AND THEN CAN THE COUNCIL GETS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN ANY POLICY DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND, UH, ONCE THAT HAPPENS, UH, THAT WILL ESTABLISH, THEY WILL BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE TO FORMALLY ESTABLISH THE PILOT PROGRAM. 
          ORDINANCE TYPICALLY REQUIRES TWO VOTES TO TWO, TWO HEARINGS IN ORDER TO, UH, GO INTO EFFECT. 
          UH, AND SO I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, CITY STAFF. 
          I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER B RICKS OTI FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. 
          AND THAT SAID, WE'LL NOW, UH, START WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL PRESENTATION. 
          GREAT. 
          WE'LL TURN TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, GRACE YON AND VALENCIA MOTA OUR CANNABIS OFFICER. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU TOM. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS PRESENTATION, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED TAX RELIEF PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED FY 24 BUDGET AND OUTLINED IN A MEMO THAT WAS RELEASED THIS PAST NOVEMBER. 
          AS A REMINDER ON BACKGROUND LAST APRIL, COUNCIL REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME TAX RELIEF TO THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY AND ALSO INCORPORATE INCENTIVES THAT WOULD PROMOTE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, LOCAL HIRING, LIVABLE WAGES AND FAIR LABOR STANDARDS. 
          THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE PLAN WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED FY 24 BUDGET, WHICH WAS REVIEWED WITH THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THIS PAST AUGUST. 
          THIS PRESENTATION TO THE BOC FOCUSED ON THE POTENTIAL BUDGETARY IMPACTS OF THE PLAN AND DISCLOSED THE HIGH LEVEL STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN THAT OUTLINED THE TWO TIER APPROACH. 
          ONE TIER BEING A TAX CUT APPLIED TO EVERYONE, AND ANOTHER TIER BEING A PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM APPLIED FOR ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 
          THIS BROAD PLAN AND FRAMEWORK WAS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE FY 24 BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. 
          THEN IN NOVEMBER WE ISSUED A COMPREHENSIVE MEMO THAT DETAILED THE SPECIFICS OF THE PLAN, WHICH WILL BE COVERED AND REVIEWED IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO AS THE MAYOR SAID, TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS NOT THE REQUEST TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE TAX RELIEF PLAN. 
          THE GOAL OF TODAY IS JUST TO REVIEW THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN, RECEIVE CITY COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE WILL RETURN IN THE FUTURE WITH THE NECESSARY ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. 
          SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I'LL TURN IT NOW OVER TO VALENCIA MODA, OUR MANAGER OF CANNABIS OVERSIGHT AND ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER TO GO OVER THE RESEARCH AND PLAN IN DETAIL IS THE CLICKER. 
          RIGHT. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH AND RELEVANT TAX RELIEF EXAMPLES WITH STRUCTURED COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WERE USED AS A GUIDING TOOL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROPOSED PLAN. 
          IN LATE 2019, THE CITY OF OAKLAND DEVELOPED AN EQUITY TAX REBATE PROGRAM WITH FOUR REBATE CATEGORIES AND NINE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT CONDITIONS. 
          THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A REFUND BASED ON TAXES PAID FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR TAX YEAR. 
          THE REBATES AMOUNTS UNDER LOCAL HIRING EQUITY, SUPPLY CHAIN WORKFORCE QUALITY OF LIFE AND INCUBATION RANGE FROM 0.25% TO 1.5% DEPENDING ON THE REBATE CONDITIONS MET. 
          EXAMPLES OF REBATE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IN THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE PAYROLL RECORDS, COMPANY LEDGER, UH, QUARTERLY CONTRIBUTION RETURN, AND REPORT OF WAGES. 
          UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A BUSINESS MAY NOT CLAIM MORE THAN ONE REBATE EACH YEAR AND MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO ANY REBATES. 
          THAT WOULD REDUCE THE OVERALL TAX RATE TO A LESS THE OVERALL TAX RATE TO LESS THAN 2.5% FOR THE TAX YEAR. 
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NOW, IN LATE 20 20 22, THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REDUCED THE GROSS RECEIPTS FOR TAX TAX FOR CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION BUSINESSES FROM 6% TO 1% AND 8% TO 7% FOR RETAIL BUSINESSES. 
          IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL THAT YOUR HONORABLE BODY PASSED A SIMILAR TAX REDUCTION FROM 6% TO 1% FOR MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION AND LAB TESTING BUSINESSES IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. 
          NOW, IN ADDITION TO THE ADDITIONAL ONE, IN ADDITION TO THE 1% TAX REDUCTION, SANTA ANA RETAILERS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2% REDUCTION IF THEY SATISFY AND COMMIT TO SEVEN SOCIAL EQUITY MEASURES. 
          FIVE OUT OF THE SEVEN SOCIAL EQUITY MEASURES ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. 
          THESE INCLUDE FULL-TIME JOBS, WAGES, DELIVERY DRIVERS, HIGH ROAD TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS, AND LOCAL HIRING. 
          OTHER MEASURES INCLUDE SOCIAL EQUITY POLICY AND EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS IN THE LONG BEACH CANNABIS EQUITY PROGRAM. 
          FOR INSTANCE, SANTA ANA'S EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES MEASURE IS LIKE THE EQUITY EMPLOYEE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL LONG BEACH MEDICAL AND ADULT USE BUSINESSES TO EMPLOY EQUITY EMPLOYEES FOR A MINIMUM OF 40% OF THE TOTAL WORK ANNUAL WORK HOURS PERFORMED AT THE BUSINESS TO RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL 2% TAX REDUCTION. 
          SANTA ANA RETAILERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEST THAT THEY MEET ALL SEVEN SOCIAL EQUITY MEASURES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO BY THE CITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO VERIFY THE HESITATION. 
          NOW, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE PROPOSED TAX RELIEF PLAN, I DO WANNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF REFRESHER OF THE CURRENT TAX RATES FOR CANNABIS BUSINESSES. 
          IN THIS TABLE, YOU WILL FIND THE CURRENT TAX RATE BY LICENSE TYPE AS WELL AS THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE ALLOWABLE. 
          UM, THE CULTIVATION TAX WAS INITIALLY SET AT $12 PER SQUARE FOOT AND HAS SINCE EACH INCREASED EACH YEAR DUE TO A CPI CALCULATOR. 
          AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE TAX RATES FOR MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION AND LAB TESTING WERE INITIALLY SET AT 6% AND THEN THEY WERE DROPPED TO 1% IN EARLY 2020. 
          THE TAX RATE, THE TAX RATES FOR RETAILERS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE BEING INITIALLY SET AT 8% FOR ADULT USE RETAIL AND 6% FOR MEDICAL RETAIL. 
          NOW THE CANNABIS TAX RELIEF FUND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT INCLUDES A TWO-TIERED APPROACH WHERE ADULT USE RETAIL AND CULTIVATION BUSINESSES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A COMBINED 4% IN TAX RELIEF. 
          THE COMBINED RELIEF UNDER THIS, UNDER UNDER TIER ONE AND TIER TWO, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A SECOND, UM, MAY NOT RESULT IN A TAX RATE LESS THAN 2% FOR ADULT USE, RETAIL AND CULTIVATION BUSINESSES, THIS TAX RELIEF WILL NOT BE MADE RE RETROACTIVE AND ONCE EFFECTIVE, THE TAX RELIEF MUST BE PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMER. 
          SO TIER ONE IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          IT'S ESSENTIALLY A 1% TAX REDUCTION ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ADULT USE, RETAIL AND CULTIVATION BUSINESSES. 
          THIS REDUCED TAX RATE WOULD BE, WOULD WOULD THE NEW RATES WOULD BE 7% AND $13 AND 9 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR CULTIVATORS. 
          NOW TIER TWO IS THE PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM WHERE A BUSINESS MAY RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT OF 3% UPON MEETING GOOD STANDING REQUIREMENTS AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 
          THE GOOD STANDING REQUIREMENTS FOUND ON THIS SLIDE ARE ESSENTIALLY A PREREQUISITE TO THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 
          BUSINESSES MUST BE MUST BE COMPLIANT WITH LOCAL AND STATE REGULATIONS AND CANNOT HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING TAXES AND FEES UNDER THIS PROGRAM, BUSINESSES ON PAYMENT PLANS WILL NOT BE ON PAYMENT PLANS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS BEING IN GOOD STANDING UNTIL ALL INSTALLMENTS AND OR, AND OR PAST TWO TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL BUSINESSES MUST ALSO BE COMPLIANT WITH LOCAL CANNABIS REGULATIONS AND CANNOT HAVE ANY PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MUST BE FOLLOWING THE GENERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS AS STATED ON IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AND UP TO DATE ON FACILITY PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS. 
          THIS COULD INCLUDE ANNUAL FIRE AND HEALTH PERMITS. 
          LASTLY, A BUSINESS MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE PROVISIONAL OR ANNUAL STATE LICENSE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL. 
          NOW, LEARNING FROM RELEVANT EXAMPLES, THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AS OPPOSED TO REQUIRING BUSINESSES TO MEET A LAUNDRY LIST OF REQUIREMENTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, A BUSINESS WOULD BE, WOULD, WOULD SELECT TWO OUT OF THE THREE WORKFORCE QUALITY OF LIFE CRITERIA THAT BEST MEETS THEIR HIRING PRACTICES AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS. 
          UNDER THE EQUITY BUSINESS SUPPORT CRITERIA, BUSINESS WOULD SELECT ONE OUT OF THE TWO OPTIONS THAT BEST ALIGNS WITH THEIR EXISTING COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT. 
          IN SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATION PLANS AS LISTED ON IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE LONG BEACH CODE DO NOT SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF INCUBATION SUPPORT AND SHELF SPACE ALLOTTED TO EQUITY BUSINESSES BY NON-EQUITY, BY NON-EQUITY BUSINESS. 
          THEREFORE, THE EQUITY BUSINESS SUPPORT CRITERIA IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS GAP AND ENSURE THAT SUPPORT IS ACTIVELY BEING PROVIDED TO EQUITY BUSINESSES. 
          ALL FOUR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA CATEGORIES ALONG WITH THE 
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GOOD STANDING REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET. 
          IN ORDER FOR A BUSINESS TO RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT OF 3% IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE, WILL BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH CURRENT TAX COLLECTION PRACTICES TO ENSURE THAT THE GOOD STANDING REQUIREMENTS AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ARE BEING MET AT THE TIME OF TAX REMITTANCE, WHICH IS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS FOR RETAILERS AND ANNUALLY FOR CULTIVATORS. 
          DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TAX BASE, THE PROJECTED IMPACTS TO THE GENERAL FUND IN FY 24 ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION FOR THE 1% TAX REDUCTION AND 1.9 MILLION FOR THE PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM. 
          APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION IN TOTAL WITH THESE BUDGET IMPACTS WILL BE OFFSET ON A ONE-TIME BASIS WITH PREVIOUSLY SET ASIDE CANNABIS RELATED AND OTHER REVENUES FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. 
          HERE IS A SUMMARY OF MEASURE MA REVENUES FROM FY 18 TO THE PRESENT. 
          REVENUES APPEAR TO HAVE STABILIZED OVER THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS COMPARED TO THE SIGNIFICANT JUMP. 
          ALMOST DOUBLE THAT WE HAD AN FY 19 AND FY 20 WHILE FY 23 ACTUALS LANDED AT 13.3 MILLION. 
          THE PROJECTION FOR FY 24 IS 10.9 MILLION AS IT INCLUDES THE PROJECTED IMPACT OF THE TAX RELIEF PRO PROGRAM. 
          ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF MEASURE MA REVENUES BY LICENSE CATEGORY FOR FY 23. 
          ADULT USE. 
          RETAIL OR DISPENSARY AS IT'S LISTED HERE, ACCOUNTS FOR 66.85% OF MEASURE MA REVENUES WITH MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION FOLLOWING AT 12 POINT 12.59%. 
          NOW ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM FOR MEASURE MA, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTACTS ON TAX DELINQUENCIES COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          MANY CANNABIS BUSINESSES, MOSTLY RETAILERS, ARE BEHIND ON TAX PAYMENTS TOTALING AT LEAST AN ESTIMATED 6.6 MILLION IN UNPAID TAXES. 
          IN GENERAL CANNABIS TAXES, FOR INSTANCE, THE 8% GROSS RECEIPTS, UM, TAX IMPOSED ON ADULT USE. 
          RETAILERS ARE NOT PAID BY THE RETAILERS, BUT PAID BY THE CUSTOMER AND IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DISPENSARY TO COLLECT THE TAX AND PASS IT ON TO THE CITY. 
          AS PART OF ONGOING COLLECTION EFFORTS, BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AT LEAST TWICE OF OUTSTANDING BALANCES WITH PAYMENT PLANS BEING OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COLLECTION. 
          EFFORTS WILL INCREASE IN FEBRUARY, 2024 AND PAYMENT PLANS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OFFERED. 
          IT IS STAFF'S GOAL THAT BETWEEN COLLECTION EFFORTS AND INCENTIVES TO RECEIVE THE TAX CREDITS, ONCE THEY ARE IN GOOD STANDING, THAT TAX COLLECTION WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE. 
          SO, TO CLOSE OUT THIS PRESENTATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE FEEDBACK RECEIVED BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LEADING UP TO THIS PRESENTATION AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POLICY OPTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND NEXT STEPS. 
          AS IT RELATES TO THE PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE LOCAL HIRING CRITERION TO 40% WHILE PROVIDING TWO OPTIONS FOR THE WORKFORCE QUALITY LIFE CRITERION. 
          THESE INCLUDE EITHER A, KEEP WORKFORCE TO 70% FULL-TIME AND REDUCE THE WAGE REQUIREMENT TO EXCEED 15% OF THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE FOR BOTH PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME, OR B, INCREASE WORKFORCE TO 80% FULL-TIME AND REDUCE THE WAGE REQUIREMENT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE FOR PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME. 
          OTHER GENERAL FEEDBACK INCLUDES LENIENCY FOR DELINQUENT BUSINESSES ON EXTENDED PAYMENT PLANS. 
          TWO BE CONSIDERED AS BEING IN GOOD STANDING FOR THE PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS CONCERN ON THE FE CONCERNS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF MEETING EQUITY BUSINESS SUPPORT CRITERION. 
          THE CRUX OF THESE OF THE EQUITY CONCERNS LINES WITHIN THE LIMITED NUMBER OF EQUITY BUSINESSES. 
          HOWEVER, THE DEFINITION OF INEQUITY BUSINESSES AN EQUITY BUSINESS DOES NOT STIPULATE THAT THE BUSINESS NEEDS TO BE LICENSED OR UNDERGOING THE LICENSING PROCESS, BUT MORE SO THE VERIFIED EQUITY APPLICANT MUST HOLD MAJORITY OWNERSHIP, WHICH IS AT LEAST 51% OF THE CANNABIS BUSINESS TO BE CONSIDERED AN EQUITY BUSINESS. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE 165 VERIFIED EQUITY APPLICANTS. 
          WE ACTUALLY JUST VERIFIED A NEW APPLICANT AS OF YESTERDAY, UM, THAT ARE EAGER TO RECEIVE INCUBATION SUPPORT FROM LICENSED CANNABIS BUSINESSES. 
          NOW, POTENTIAL POLICY OPTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT INCLUDE, UM, THE FOLLOWING DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STAFF'S PROPOSAL AS AS WE INITIALLY STATED AT, OR ADJUST THE CRITERIA FOR THE PILOT TAX PRO PROGRAM CATEGORIES AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TONIGHT ON THOSE SPECIFIC CHANGES. 
          OR THREE DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK WITH THE TIERED APPROACH FOR THE PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, WHICH COULD LOOK LIKE 3% TAX CREDIT FOR STAFF'S CURRENT PROPOSAL AND A 2% TAX CREDIT FOR LOWER LEVELS OF LOCAL HIRES AND WAGES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TONIGHT ON THOSE LOWER REQUIREMENTS FOR NEXT STEPS. 
          UPON APPROVAL OF THE PLAN, THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS OVERSIGHT WILL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, 
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FOR AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 3.8 2 6, 1 OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH IS OUR CANNABIS TAX ORDINANCE. 
          NOTE THAT ANY CHANGES UP TO THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT WILL BE INCLUDED, UM, ANY, ANY CHANGES THAT MAY, UM, COME OUT TONIGHT WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FIRST READING TO THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION. 
          STAFF WILL MONITOR OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO ASSESS WHETHER THESE ACTIONS ARE FEASIBLE IN THE FUTURE AND ACHIEVING POLICY OBJECTIVES. 
          UM, YES AND SO I THINK THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL, JUST WANNA I JUST COMMENT ON A FEW THINGS. 
          SO, UH, ONE, THE SLIDE THAT SHOW THE PROGRESS OF LIKE REVENUE COLLECTION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY. 
          I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL GIVEN, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWEST NEWER REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE CITY. 
          AND FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM AND SHOW MORE THAN 13%, LIKE $13 MILLION AS A NEW REVENUE SOURCE IS VERY STRONG, PARTICULARLY AS WE THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM, THE LOSS OF, YOU KNOW, OIL REVENUES AND OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO EXPLORE NEW AND DIVERSE REVENUE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD TO SHOW THAT THIS IS ONE REVENUE STREAM THAT IS PERFORMING WELL. 
          THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          I THINK IN, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA THANK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INDUSTRY FOR SUBMITTING LETTERS ABOUT, UH, HOW THIS COULD WORK AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS AROUND, UM, AROUND LOCAL HIRE REASONABLE, I THINK SOME OF THE REQUESTS AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE WAGE, I THINK THOSE ARE REASONABLE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BUT HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH, UH, COLLECTION, UH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY COLLECT THE SALES TAX, UH, AT POINT OF SALE, BUT THAT HASN'T COME TO THE CITY? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD HAVE SOME HEARTBURN ABOUT GIVING A TAX REBATE TO A COMPANY THAT IS COLLECTING A TAX, BUT NOT PAYING THEIR TAXES. 
          SO I WOULD HAVE SOME HEARTBURN ABOUT THAT PART, BUT, UM, BUT I WILL SAY, UH, I THINK, UH, STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AND A THOROUGH PRESENTATION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UH, I CAN SUPPORT. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO TO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI. 
          OH, ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA. 
          YEAH, IT'S OKAY. 
          I'LL DEFER TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TI OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE FRAMING COMMENTS. 
          UM, I THINK YOU, YOU LAID IT OUT WELL, UM, AS WE AS A CITY ARE REALLY EXPLORING, UM, OTHER INDUSTRIES AND ARENAS, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE GROW LONG BEACH AGENDA, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING WAYS IN WHICH OUR CITY CAN RECOVER, UM, YOU KNOW, TAX REVENUE IN, IN A VARIETY OF STREAMS. AND ALSO ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN NEW INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY AND ALLOWING THEM TO FLOURISH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET AND NOT THE RED TAPE, RIGHT? SO IT'S ALL, THIS IS ALL PART AND PARCEL TO THAT. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK STAFF FOR THEIR, UM, VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATED HOW CLEAR YOU ALL WERE ABOUT OUR OPTIONS FOR HOW WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, FOR STAFF, UM, WHERE I, BEFORE I GIVE MY THOUGHTS. 
          UM, AND SO ONE WAS, UH, AND I THINK THE, THE MAYOR A ADDRESSED THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALLOW THE, UH, CITY STAFF TO KIND OF REITERATE THEIR, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS AROUND AND REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE, THE GOOD STANDING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND REALLY WANTING THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TAX CREDIT TO BE, UM, UP TO DATE, UM, OR AT LEAST MOVING TOWARDS BEING UP TO DATE, UH, WITH THEIR TAXES. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ALLOW YOU TO KIND OF REITERATE AND EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          YES. 
          SO, UM, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE 6.6 MILLION THAT'S OUTSTANDING, THAT IS OVER ACROSS SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS. 
          AND SO FOR US AS JUST QUALITY INSURANCE TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM WE ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF ON A CLEAN SLATE COLLECTING TAXES MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE THAT EVERYBODY IS UP TO DATE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE ON PAYMENT PLANS. 
          UM, FOR, FOR OUR, FOR THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM IN JUST GENERAL DELINQUENCIES, LIKE IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF BUSINESSES ARE NOT OPTING TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, WE WOULD STILL BE, YOU KNOW, PROCEEDING WITH REGULAR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. 
          WE WOULD BE PROCEEDING, UM, IN PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY. 
          AGAIN, THE, WE ARE OFFERING PAYMENT PLANS, SO THOSE TWO PROCESSES ARE RUNNING PARALLEL. 
          UM, BUT IT'S ONLY IF YOU WANNA APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT, UM, ONE TAXES ARE BEING COLLECTED. 
          AND THEN SINCE WE ARE ALIGNING IT ALSO WITH THE, UM, JUST GENERAL TAX LIKE COLLECTION EFFORTS, JUST AS PART OF REGULAR BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESSES, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT AT THE TIME THAT THEY APPLY FOR THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, THEY ARE MEETING THOSE GOOD STANDING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE JUST REALLY REGULATIONS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING ANYWAY. 
          AND THEN AS WELL AS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ARE BEING MET AT THE, AT THAT TIME. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF PICK YOUR BRAINS A LITTLE BIT AROUND, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE THAT WE HAD HEARD SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AROUND KIND OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE WORKFORCE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE, UH, THE MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND I KNOW AS PART OF THE, UM, CURRENT PROPOSAL, THERE'S A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME. 
          UH, CAN STAFF KIND OF TALK, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT 
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THAT AND THE REASONING BEHIND THAT? YEAH, SO WE, WE INCLUDED THAT SO THAT THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESSES. 
          'CAUSE NOT EVERY OPERATION IS THE SAME. 
          THEIR WORKFORCE MAY BE SMALLER, BIGGER, UM, IT'S ALSO AS WELL FOR, UM, NOT ONLY FOR RETAILERS, BUT ALSO REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE INCLUDING CULTIVATORS IN THIS. 
          AND SO IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT ABNORMAL FOR THE CULTIVATORS TO HAVE, UM, SEASONAL EMPLOYEES JUST DEPENDING ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE TIME OF THE GROW FOR, FOR THE, FOR CANNABIS. 
          AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY, UM, FOR THE BUSINESSES DEPENDING ON LIKE HOW THEIR, WHAT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL IS. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          YEAH, I THINK, UM, IN READING SOME OF THE LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, I BELIEVE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES PROBABLY SAW THEM AS WELL. 
          I THINK THE, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS, UM, IF WE DO KIND OF TIERED APPROACH WITH A FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME, THERE WERE SOME CONCERN THAT IT MIGHT INCENTIVIZE SOME OF THE OPERATORS TO PREFER PART-TIME STAFF MEMBERS, RIGHT OVER FULL-TIME. 
          UM, AND SOME CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HAVING A POLICY THAT INCENTIVIZES THAT AS A CITY. 
          UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSPECTIVE. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I KNOW THAT THE, THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, UH, ASKED FOR A 50% MINIMUM FOR, UM, LOCAL, LOCAL HIRE, UH, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE RE UH, REQUIRE AS PART OF THE KIND OF THE EQUITY BUSINESS SIDE. 
          UM, AGAIN, CAN STAFF KIND OF TALK, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT, UH, THE DIFFERENTIATION AND WHY? YES. 
          SO THERE IS SOME OVERLAP. 
          UM, FOR ALL MEDICAL AND ADULT USE BUSINESSES, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 40% OF, OF ALL TOTAL ANNUAL WORK HOURS TO BE FROM EQUITY EMPLOYEES. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE 40% OF THEIR WORKFORCE, BUT 40% OF THE TOTAL HOURS. 
          BUT THE DEFINITION OF INEQUITY EMPLOYEE DOES REQUIRE THEM TO BE, UM, AS ONE OF THE THREE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THAT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE A LONG BEACH RESIDENT RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
          SO THERE IS SOME OVERLAP WITHIN THAT REQUIREMENT THAT'S ALREADY A PART OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE. 
          AND THEN THE LOCAL HIRING REQUIREMENT THAT WE ARE SORT OF OVERLAPPING IF BUSINESSES WISH TO, YOU KNOW, OBTAIN THE ADDITIONAL THREE PER THE, THE 3% TAX CREDIT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MAYBE I MISSED IT. 
          AND SO THE REASONING FOR THE 50% WAS, I MAY HAVE JUST MISSED WHAT YOU SAID. 
          SO IT'S JUST A PART. 
          THE OTHER PART OF IT TOO IS ALSO TO BE COMPETITIVE AGAINST OTHER CITIES AS THAT WE MENTIONED IN THE SLIDES AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY AT 40%, BUT TO INCREASE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT, UM, CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR, WE WANTED TO PUSH IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND INCREASE IT BY 10%. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN I HAVE SOME OTHER THOUGHTS, BUT I'LL CUE BACK UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MEMBER RO, RICK, WOODY AND MAYOR FOR THE TIME. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A PROCESS AT THIS POINT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          UH, YESTERDAY I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE UFCW REGARDING THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE, THE, THE ITEM WE HAVE HERE TODAY. 
          SO ARE THOSE, DID YOU RECEIVE THAT LETTER FIRST OF ALL? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT LETTER AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT, WHERE THERE'S CAN BE INCORPORATED WHERE IT CANNOT. 
          YES, AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ON ONE OF THE LAST THREE SLIDES OF THE PRESENTATION, IF I, I'M NOT ABLE TO GO BACK. 
          UM, BUT THOSE, AS PART OF THE, THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION, THAT DOES INCLUDE THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED AS FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. 
          SO THAT'S OUR, THAT'S WHAT WE ADDRESS AS PART OF THAT PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO WE ARE AMENDABLE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, TO CHANGING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VICE MAYOR ALLEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, FOR LEADING ON THIS ITEM, JONI RICKS OTI AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, URANGA. 
          UM, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A, UH, LONG TIME COMING AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY AND WE'RE HAVING, UM, THIS, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN ON RECORD SEVERAL TIMES ON HOW CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS OVERTAXED AND, UH, IS BURDENED BY VARIOUS, UH, REGULATIONS. 
          AND, UH, I INTRODUCED AN ITEM BACK IN 22 ASKING FOR, UM, A LOWER TAX RATE. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE TREATED, UH, FAIRLY. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK, UM, AND YOUR STAFF ON, ON THIS ITEM. 
          I THINK IT'S A SOLID PROPOSAL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UM, MY COLLEAGUES' THOUGHTS AND, UM, AND SUGGESTIONS. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I DO HAVE A, A STRONG BELIEF THAT IF ANY BUSINESSES, UM, WANT TO UTILIZE THE, UH, TAX RELIEF THAT THEY HAVE TO BE, UM, IN GOOD STANDING. 
          SO TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, FIF, I DUNNO, UPWARDS OF, OR SOMEWHERE AROUND 50% OF OUR CANNABIS, UH, BUSINESSES ARE BEHIND ON TAXES, UM, 
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IS REALLY CONCERNING. 
          SO 6.6 AND PROBABLY EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT IS WHAT'S, 'CAUSE THERE'S THOSE THAT HAVEN'T EVEN FILED, SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW. 
          SO, I MEAN, THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REAL NUMBER IS, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND IF WE HAD OTHER INDUSTRIES, WHETHER IT'S CAR DEALERSHIPS, GROCERY STORES, HOTELS, NOT PAYING THEIR TAXES, WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE. 
          SO WE HAVE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT, UM, THAT UNDER CONTROL. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, THAT FOLKS ARE ADVOCATING FOR FLEXIBILITY, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST MY BELIEF THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY FLEXIBILITY UNTIL THE TAXES ARE PAID. 
          SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS, SO THE, THE TAXES, THE RELIEF THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE GETTING GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          UM, SO WHAT, UH, HOW DOES A BUSINESS, UH, WHAT ADVANTAGE DO THEY HAVE? 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY TAX RELIEF. 
          WHAT ADVANTAGE DO THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR, TO GET THEIR TAXES PAID AND BEYOND GOOD STANDING? BECAUSE THE TAX RELIEF IS NOT GOING TO THEM, IT'S GOING TO THE CONSUMER. 
          SO HOW DO WE REALLY, UM, HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THIS? SO IT IS JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION IS LIKE, HOW DOES THE, UM, BECAUSE THE TAX IS NOT GONNA BE PAID BY THE CONSUMER, IT'S GONNA, LIKE THE BENEFIT'S GONNA BE PASSED ON, IS LIKE, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESS? OR JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY. 
          AND, AND, AND THIS MIGHT BE A A TOUGH QUESTION. 
          UM, SO I'M JUST SAYING, BUT IF, IF THE TAX RELIEF IS GOING TO THE CONSUMER, NOT TO THE BUSINESS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD MAKE A BUSINESS WANT TO BE, UH, UP, UP TO DATE ON THEIR TAXES? AND THE REASON THIS QUESTION COMES, I'M NOT SEEING OUR LOCAL CAN CANNABIS COMPANIES ARE DOING THIS, BUT I WAS HAVING A MEETING ON, ON THE STATE, AND A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE NOT PAYING BACK THEIR STATE TAXES BECAUSE THEY HAVE ZERO INTEREST RATE. 
          AND SO THEY'RE USING THIS TAX MONEY TO BUILD THEIR BUSINESSES OR, UM, TO BUY OTHER BUSINESSES OR WHATEVER, AND THEY HAVE A LOW INTEREST. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING ON A LOCAL LEVEL, BUT I JUST, I WONDER WITH ALL OF THIS, WHAT'S INCENTIVIZING A COMPANY TO PAY BACK THEIR, THEIR, THEIR TAXES IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE RELIEF IT'S GOING TO THE CUSTOMER? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, YES. 
          SO ON THAT POINT, THE BENEFIT WOULD BE THAT WE, 'CAUSE IT IS SO THAT JUST FLAT OUT SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR LICENSE. 
          BECAUSE WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS PART OF THE ENFORCEMENT, AND WE'VE HAD A GRADUAL ENFORCEMENT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS STARTING OFF WITH, UM, JUST SERIES OF, OF EMAILS AND LETTERS NOTIFYING THE BUSINESSES, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS THE DELINQUENT BA BALANCE ON YOUR ACCOUNT AND MINE, THAT THERE COULD BE FOR EACH BUSINESS, THEY COULD HAVE SEVERAL LICENSES. 
          SO THERE'S SEVERAL DELINQUENCIES WITHIN THAT. 
          UM, AND SO THE BENEFIT WOULD BE THAT IF ONCE WE START MOVING TO MORE AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, WHICH COULD, YOU KNOW, ON THE MORE AGGRESSIVE SIDE, COULD BE SUSPENSION, COULD BE REVOCATION. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S, I THINK WHAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BUSINESSES DOESN'T, THEY WOULD NOT WANT THEIR LICENSE TO BE REVOKED. 
          'CAUSE IF THEY ARE REVOKED WITH US, OR VICE VERSA, IF THEY GET THEIR LICENSE REVOKED WITH THE STATE, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE WITHIN OUR CITY BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, WE REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE BOTH LICENSES. 
          SO, UM, IT'S TO SAFEGUARD THAT THEIR BUSINESS CAN STAY, CAN STAY OPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I DO HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY AROUND, UM, MORE AROUND THE EXACTLY. 
          HOW DO YOU CALCULATE, UM, THE SHELF SPACE IN A BUSINESS TO DETERMINE LIKE THAT 15% CRITERIA? IS IT, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IN ROOMS YOU DO SQUARE FEET, BUT IS THAT THE SAME BASIS? IF UNDER THIS PROGRAM WE WOULD BASE IT OFF OF LIKE 15% OF LIKE THEIR, SAY IF THEY HAVE JUST A VERY SIMPLE LIKE A HUNDRED PRODUCTS, UM, FROM ON ON THEIR SHELVES, UM, FOR DISPLAY IT WOULD BE 15% OF THAT WOULD BE FROM EQUITY BUSINESSES. 
          SO IT'S REALLY INVENTORY RIGHT. 
          THEN IF YOU'RE BASING IT VERSUS THEN SHELF SPACE. 
          YES. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE MORE CORRECT WAY. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE MM-HMM. 
          , THAT MADE ME A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT MM-HMM. 
           HOW YOU DETERMINE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEJAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AS, AS I'VE BEEN BREEDING UP A LOT ON THIS, ON THIS, UM, I'VE, I'VE REALIZED THAT THERE'S ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR AND THAT IS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY HELPING OUT, AND THIS IS A REAL EQUITABLE PROGRAM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THE BARRIERS THAT ARE THERE, THAT ARE LIMITED AND THAT, UM, ARE MORE LIKE AN INCENTIVE FOR, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO WANT TO BE IN THIS, UM, IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE TAXES 
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NOT BEING PAID. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, UM, I JUST HEARING VICE MAYOR, I JUST REALIZED THAT IT'S NOT JUST UNIQUELY HERE TO LONG BEACH. 
          DO YOU KNOW, UM, HOW OTHER CITIES ARE HANDLING, UM, ARE HANDLING SITUATION, LIKE NOT HAVING OUR CANNABIS BUSINESSES PAY THEIR TAXES? I DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS ON LIKE, UM, SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS JUST, UM, IN CONVERSATION AS PART OF OUR WORK AND AS WELL AS THE STATE. 
          OR EVEN JUST THROUGH REGULAR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, AS WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH THE STATE, UM, WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE IN THIS INDUSTRY, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO LONG BEACH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, YES. 
          WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION? JUST MAKE SURE I, I THINK I ANSWERED HALF, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT THE OTHER PIECE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, BUT, UM, AND SO IT BRINGS ME TO THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS TO, UM, SEE MORE LIKE THE INCENTIVES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PROGRAM TO BE MORE VISIBLE. 
          MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, UM, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF, IF WE CAN CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EXTENDING THE TIME OF THE TAXES THAT, THAT ARE DUE RIGHT NOW WITH, UM, WITH A PROMISE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GONNA BE PAYING TAXES. 
          'CAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? FOR EVERY, EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS OWNER, HOW MUCH TAXES THAT THEY OWE. 
          AND SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, KIND OF THE, IT BEING CONSIDERED WHAT FLEXIBILITY LOOKS LIKE. 
          I KNOW THEY, THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PAY IT WITHIN SIX MONTHS. 
          IS THAT, SO THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT WE'VE DONE, OR ACTUALLY SEE TARA HERE, UM, THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS JUST INCLUDES LIKE THIS, THE INITIAL SET OF NOTIFICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OUT TO THE, TO THE BUSINESSES. 
          UM, BUT I ACTUALLY DO SEE THAT TARA'S RIGHT BEHIND ME SO SHE CAN GIVE US MORE SPECIFICS ON LIKE, MORE OF WHAT'S TO COME. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST ON GENERAL TAX DELINQUENCY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS TARA MORTENSON AND I'M THE BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER. 
          AND BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF, UM, THE PAYING OF THIS TAX. 
          AND SO, UM, THE, UH, PAYMENT PLAN OPTION THAT'S GONNA BE OFFERED TO THE CANNABIS BUSINESSES, IT'S ACTUALLY OFFERED NOW IT'S BEEN OFFERED FOR, UM, EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. 
          UM, BUT THE PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, MAKING THE BUSINESSES AWARE OF THAT IS EL THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR IS TO SET UP A FLEXIBLE PAYMENT PLAN. 
          UM, SO THERE WILL BE WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE A, A PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE BUSINESS LICENSE INSPECTOR CAN DO A NEXT SET WHERE WE CAN HAVE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE OFFICER, THE, THE FIRST RUNG OF THE MANAGEMENT LADDER CAN GO AHEAD AND APPROVE AT, AT THIS AMOUNT. 
          AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT AS WE MOVE UP. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOME BUSINESSES WITH SMALL AMOUNTS AND SOME BUSINESSES WITH EXTREME AMOUNTS, AND SO WE'LL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAILORING THE PAYMENT PLAN TO THEM, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          SO YES, THERE IS A PLAN FOR FLEXIBLE, UH, PAYMENT PLANS AND, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY PUBLICIZED THAT. 
          IT'S ONLY SIX MONTHS OR ONLY THREE MONTHS. 
          SO. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, UH, I THINK I AGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY. 
          UM, REALLY ON THE HEELS OF LAST WEEK'S, UH, BUDGET, UM, FORECAST AND WORKSHOP. 
          I THINK THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY CONCERNING, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVENUE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSS REVENUE AS WELL. 
          UM, I, I'M, I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT, UM, LIKE THE MAYOR 13 OVER $13 MILLION GENERATED, UM, IN A CAN IN THE CANNABIS IN INDUSTRY IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT HOW, WHAT THE, THE TIME PERIOD HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERY SHORT AND THE PROJECTIONS WERE NEVER THAT, UM, THAT MUCH. 
          UH, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE DELINQUENT OVER $6 MILLION IN DELINQUENT TAX FEES ARE, ARE VERY CONCERNING TO ME. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE RECTIFIED. 
          IT HAS TO BE MITIGATED. 
          UM, THE, AND, AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO, TO HEAR FROM CITY MANAGEMENT, I THINK WE, WE NEED TO, TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN THE RECOVERY OF THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS, UM, PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY SORT OF, UH, BREAKS. 
          UM, I'D BE ALSO INTERESTED TO KNOW FROM, FROM STAFF HOW MANY, UH, CANNABIS RETAIL BUSINESSES HAVE FAILED SINCE 2020 IN THE CITY. 
          IF WE KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS NOW AS THE DELINQUENT 
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TAXES ARE ACROSS SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT IS, THE MAJORITY ARE RETAILERS, I BELIEVE SECOND TO THAT, OUR DISTRIBUTORS AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE TAX DELINQUENCY GOES. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS AS FAR AS DATING BACK TO 2020. 
          HAVE ANY, HAVE WE LOST ANY BUSINESSES, CANNABIS, RETAIL, OR, OR DISTRIBUTION BUSINESSES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS FOR RETAIL? NO DISTRIBUTION? I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN SOME BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CLOSED. 
          UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IS BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING OUTTA BUSINESSES, BUT THEY'RE NOT NOTIFYING US. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE SORT OF, KIND OF LIKE THESE GHOST ACCOUNTS WHERE WE'RE NOT SURE LIKE WHEN EXACTLY THE BUSINESS, UM, WENT OUT, WENT UNDER. 
          I, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO, TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAYBE GO BACK THROUGH AND, AND RECONNECT WITH THESE BUSINESSES AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, 50 OR 60 BUSINESSES TOTAL. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY, UM, INFORMATIVE FOR US TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION JUST TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF BUSINESSES ARE, ARE, ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE, UM, AND, AND WHY, IF THERE'S AN EXIT INTERVIEW AS TO WHY THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, RIGHT? IF IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE TAX RATES OR, OR FOR OTHER REASONS, WE, I THINK THAT'S INFORMATION THAT, THAT WE SHOULD, SHOULD KNOW. 
          UH, AND I WOULD JUST GIVE MY COMMENT ON THE, UM, 15%, UM, PROPOSAL FOR, UH, RE RETAIL EQUITY BUSINESS TO HAVE SHELF SPACE. 
          I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, 15% IS, IS MODEST. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD A CONSUMER KNOW THAT A RETAILER IS A, IS AN EQUITY, UM, EQUITY BUSINESS, OR DO WE HAVE AN, AN IDENTIFIER? IS THERE'S LIKE A BLUE RIBBON OR A GREEN RIBBON ON THE, ON THE, ON THE WINDOW TO SHOW THAT THIS IS A, AN EQUITY BUSINESS? OR ARE WE LOOKING AT JUST DOING IT ACROSS THE BOARD AND, AND IMPLEMENTING IN THAT WAY? MM-HMM, , SO WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT AS OF YET, BUT ONE IDEA COULD BE FOR THE, THE SHELF SPACE AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENT, UM, COULD BE JUST LIKE A SIGNAGE REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, WITHIN THE BUSINESS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THE NATURE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, EQUITY, EQUITY, UH, PRODUCTS FROM EQUITY BUSINESSES ARE FEATURED HERE. 
          WE HAVE LIKE A SIGNAGE PROGRAM AS OF RIGHT NOW WHERE, UM, RETAILERS CAN OPT IN TO HAVE A SIGN WHERE THEY, IT'S BASICALLY SAYING WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BUY LEGAL CANNABIS, YOU CAN BUY LEGAL CANNABIS HERE. 
          SO THAT'S JUST MORE OF AN ADVERTISEMENT TO THE CONSUMER. 
          SO SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE A PLACARD, UM, COULD BE DONE IN THIS CASE TO SHOWCASE THAT THERE ARE EQUITY PRODUCTS, UM, IN THIS BUSINESS BEING SOLD. 
          UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S A, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT, UM, I WOULD SAY REQUIREMENT. 
          UM, SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE, SOME SORT OF SOMETHING TO DENOTE AND, UM, CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THIS BUSINESS OR A BUSINESS IS, IS, UM, IS WORKING WITH E EQUITY, UH, SUPPLIERS. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          UH, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH, UH, WITH THE PROCESS AND ONE THAT I, I SUPPORT FOR THE MOST PART. 
          BUT AGAIN, I DO THINK THAT THERE, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE A HEAVY HAND FOR, FOR THOSE, THOSE BUSINESSES THAT, THAT, UM, NOT BEEN COMPLIANT WITH OUR, OUR TAXES. 
          UM, AND OUR, OUR CITY DOES NEED THE REVENUE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? UM, WE, WE, WE GOT A BUDGET FORECAST FOR 24 25, AND THEN WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA NEED THE REVENUE. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I'M ABLE TO ADD, LIKE, TO YOUR COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT LIKE WHY THERE'S BEEN CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE GONE UNDER, UM, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF TAX BURDEN, THERE IS MULTIPLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UM, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. 
          UM, COUPLE YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS ONE OR TWO YEARS AGO, AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, THEY DID ELIMINATE THE CULTIVATION TAX. 
          UM, AND SO PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH CULTIVATORS WERE STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF THEIR SUCH LIMITED RETAIL ACROSS THE STATE. 
          NOT ALL CITIES ALLOW FOR CANNABIS. 
          SOME, WE HAVE 32, UH, RETAILERS IN OUR CITY. 
          SOME CITIES ALLOW FOR ONE OR TWO. 
          AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT DISPARITY OF LICENSING ACROSS THE STATE, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH CANNABIS TO BE SOLD. 
          SO AT THAT TIME, WHEN THAT CULTIVATION TAX CUT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY THE STATE, IT WAS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE CULTIVATORS THAT, UM, WERE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF THE CANNABIS JUST DROPPED SO MUCH. 
          SO THERE WASN'T ANY PROFIT TO BE MADE THERE. 
          UM, OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING THE BUSINESSES ALSO COME FROM THE FACT THAT THEY ARE, UM, PRIMARILY CASH BASED AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, RELIANT HEAVILY 
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ON PRIVATE INVESTORS BECAUSE IT IS STILL, CANNABIS IS STILL A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG, UM, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE, ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S NUMEROUS THINGS. 
          BUT THEN THE LAST THING I THINK THAT IS A COMMON ISSUE THAT WE HEAR FROM BUSINESSES ACROSS THE BOARD, AND ESPECIALLY FROM OUR EQUITY APPLICANTS, IS THAT, UM, THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH REALLY HIGH RENT BURDENS. 
          UM, SOME FOLKS I'VE HEARD, THEY CALL IT THE GREEN TAX, WHERE, UM, LANDLORDS SEEM TO THINK THAT, UM, BASICALLY ANECDOTALLY FROM WHAT I HEAR, THAT THEY, UM, ONCE THEY FIND OUT THAT IT'S A CANNABIS BUSINESS COMING INTO THAT SPACE, THE PRICE SUDDENLY THEN SPIKES. 
          AND SO YOU TAKE ALL OF THOSE LIKE COMPOUNDING FACTORS AND YOU DO FACE THE ISSUE IF IT'S NOT JUST TAX, IT'S NOT JUST HIGH RENT, BUT IT'S ALSO HIGH CAPITAL COST JUST TO GET THE BUSINESS GOING. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FRAMING OF WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY THERE'S CERTAIN BUSINESSES I'VE GONE UNDER AND LIKE SORT OF ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE THEY'RE FACING. 
          THAT'S JUST SOME TO NAME A FEW, UM, BUT THIS COULD BE DEFINITELY MORE. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BRIGG. 
          SODI, UH, I WANNA THANK ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THE THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION WE'VE BEEN HAVING. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THIS MOTION IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THOUGHT THAT REALLY THE GOAL HERE IS FOR US TO ESTABLISH A PROGRESSIVE MINIMUM WAGE, UH, SYSTEM THAT ONLY ENSURES FAIR COMPENSATION, BUT ALSO INCENTIVIZES OUR BUSINESSES THROUGH TAX RELIEF. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING PROPOSAL. 
          UH, SO THE FIRST WOULD BE AROUND THE MINIMUM WAGE STANDARDS. 
          UM, AND SO I'D LIKE TO MOTION THAT A MINIMUM WAGE FLOOR OF 110% OF THE STATE'S ESTABLISHED MINIMUM WAGE, UH, IS SET FOR ALL WORKERS, UH, MAKING NO DISTINCTION IN THE WAGE SCALE BETWEEN THE PART-TIME AND THE FULL-TIME WORKERS. 
          UH, AND THAT FURTHERMORE, UH, AT LEAST 80% OF THE WORKFORCE OF ANY ENTITY SHOULD BE PAID AT A RATE OF 115% OF THE STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE. 
          UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE TAX RELIEF ELIGIBILITY. 
          UM, COMPLIANCE WITH THESE WAGE STANDARDS IS A, BE, IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BUSINESSES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR THE PROPOSED TAX, UH, RELIEF BENEFITS. 
          UM, BUT THE TIMELINE FOR REACHING FULL COMPLIANCE WOULD BE AT THE DISCRETION OF EACH ENTITY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WITH US ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIVERSE CAPACITY AND STARTING POINTS OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. 
          UM, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOTION FOR A PHASED APPLICATION. 
          SO WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT NOT ALL ENTITIES WILL MEET THESE STANDARDS SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          UH, SO SOME MAY QUALIFY IMMEDIATELY, WHILE OTHERS WILL REQUIRE, WILL REQUIRE TIME TO BRING THEIR WAGE, UH, STRUCTURES INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE LOCAL WORKFORCE REQUIREMENT, UM, UM, I BELIEVE A REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST 40% OF THE WORKFORCE OF ANY ENTITY SHOULD BE LOCALLY HIRED. 
          UH, AND THIS MEASURE AIMS TO SUPPORT LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO ANNUAL REVIEW AND TRACKING, UM, I REQUESTED STAFF IMPLEMENT A ONE YEAR REVIEW PERIOD POST IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM, UH, AND THAT DURING THIS PERIOD, STAFF SHALL TRACK COMPLIANCE AND THE IMPACT OF THESE MEASURES AND ANY INDUSTRY RECOMMENDATIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT MOTION. 
          UM, THIS REVIEW WILL HELP US TO ASSESS THE NEEDS FOR ANY REVISIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE. 
          UH, AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE TAX COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, SO I REQUEST THAT STAFF PROVIDE CLARITY, UM, ON THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTITIES TO BE UP TO DATE WITH CITY TAXES AS PART OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY, UM, FOR THE TAX RELIEF, UH, AND MINIMUM WAGE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I SUPPORT THOSE, UH, AMENDMENTS. 
          AND BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL SAY THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN, UH, THIS ACTION AND THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO EXPAND FROM 32 LICENSES TO 40. 
          AND BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE OVER TIME, WE SHOULDN'T SEE, UH, A, A BIG, A BIG SHOCK IN TERMS OF REVENUE BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE OFFSETTING SOME OF THOSE REBATES WITH NEW BUSINESS ACTIVITY, UH, THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY, UM, ACTIVATED. 
          AND SO IT MAY TAKE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR REGULAR CRUISING WEIGHT IS IN TERMS OF REVENUE. 
          BUT THAT'S, UH, THE IDEA HERE IS TO CREATE AND STIMULATE THE LOCAL MARKET BECAUSE, SO WE CAN HAVE LESS TURNOVER AND A MORE STABLE REVENUE SOURCE SO WE CAN BUDGET ON IN YEARS TO COME. 
          SO WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I SEE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          UH, UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA, WANNA VOICE THAT. 
          I, I, I AGREE WITH THE, UH, MOTIONS THAT ON THE FLOOR. 
          OKAY, SO, GREAT. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          MO MOVED AND SECONDED THAT MOTION. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SO NOW WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I SEE FOUR PEOPLE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          SEAN T. JORDAN, CHRISTIAN MARTINEZ, LESLIE GARSON, AND ADAM HIJAZI. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT. 
          COME ON NOW. 
          WHOEVER GETS THERE FIRST IS SPEAKING FIRST. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF A LONG, LONG ROAD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALL SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? UH, UH, CHRISTIAN MARTINEZ. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          CHRISTIAN MARTINEZ. 
          UH, RESEARCHER, POLITICAL ORGANIZER WITH UFCW, LOCAL 3 24. 
          UM, UFCW IS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, THE MOTION PUT FORTH BY COUNCIL 
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MEMBER JONI, RICK ODI. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MANY CANNABIS EMPLOYERS, UH, PARTICULARLY IN ON THE RETAIL SIDE, UH, HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THESE AMENDMENTS, UH, THESE INVESTMENTS AND THEIR WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY OPERATE IN. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INDUSTRY BEING OVERTAXED AND THAT, AND THAT DEFINITELY IS A FACT. 
          UM, AND SO JUST, UH, TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, SOME OF THE CHANGES, UH, THAT WE'RE, UH, UH, RECOMMENDING ON, ON THE WAGES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DO BELIEVE THE WAGE REQUIREMENTS ARE A LITTLE HIGH AS THEY'RE WRITTEN RIGHT NOW. 
          55% ABOVE, UH, MINIMUM FOR PART-TIME WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD GET 24 80 AN HOUR, 125%, UM, ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE FOR FULL-TIMERS WOULD PUT THEM AT $36 AN HOUR. 
          UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE BURDENSOME, UH, UH, FOR, FOR BUSINESSES AND WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO, UH, MEET THOSE, THOSE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND IT COULD CREATE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, UM, TO INCENTIVIZE THE EMPLOYMENT OF FULL-TIME WORKERS. 
          UH, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE AVOID INCENTIVIZING A TWO-TIER WAGE SCALE, UH, 'CAUSE IT CAN LEAD TO LESS FULL-TIME WORKERS BEING EMPLOYED. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, AS WE WENT OVER THE PERCENTAGES, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIX THIS BY INCREASING FULL-TIME STAFF TO 80% FROM THE 70%. 
          AND, UH, SETTING WAGES AT 115% OF THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR FULL-TIMERS. 
          AND, UH, 1 10, 100 10% FOR THE REST. 
          UM, AS FAR AS LOCAL HIRING REQUIREMENTS, UM, SO AGAIN, WE, UH, DO BELIEVE THAT A 50% LOCAL HIRING REQUIREMENT COULD INCENTIVIZE EMPLOYERS TO LAY OFF CURRENT WORKERS WHO DON'T RESIDE IN LONG BEACH. 
          AND SINCE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOCAL HIRING REQUIREMENTS DO NOT NEED TO COME AT THE EXPENSE OF CURRENT EMPLOYEES, UH, THE CITY CAN PREVENT THIS BY STICKING TO THAT 40%, UH, THAT'S ALREADY REQUIRED. 
          AND THEN REASSESSING THIS MEASURE, UH, DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IF NECESSARY. 
          UM, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE INDUSTRY AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO ENSURE WE DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE TAX RELIEF SYSTEM, UH, FOR THE INDUSTRY, FOR WORKERS AND FOR THE CITY. 
          AND AGAIN, BACKING UP THE MOTION PUT FORWARD BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JONI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME'S ADAM HII. 
          I'M ON THE BOARD DIRECTORS OF LONG BEACH COLLECTIVE ASSOCIATION. 
          BEEN AN OPERATOR HERE SINCE 2009. 
          UM, FIRST OFF, I, I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR WORKING ON THIS. 
          UH, IT IS NOT AN EASY LIFT, UH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE AROUND US. 
          UH, ONE THING I DO KNOW, WHEN LONG BEACH TOOK LEADERSHIP ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN IN 2020, WE SAW A DOZEN CITIES GO AFTER THAT. 
          AND, UH, THEY'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF PUSH THEIR, THEIR CITIES. 
          SO LONG BEACH IS DEFINITELY A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE REAL IMPORTANCE IS THAT THIS ACTUALLY BECOMES IMPLEMENTABLE, RIGHT? THIS CAN ACTUALLY COME OUT FROM THE OTHER SIDE AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF. 
          AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING LIKE, YES, THIS IS THE INDUSTRY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S OUR RESIDENTS HERE THAT ARE PAYING FOR THESE TAXES AS, UH, STATED. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE HELP TO BE ABLE TO LESSEN, UH, THE COSTS, NOT ONLY, UH, FOR BUSINESSES IN THE SENSE THAT'S REALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONG RUN. 
          UH, I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'VE HAD OVER 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF CULTIVATION CLOSE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO NON OPERABLE, MAYBE DISPENSARIES HERE IN THE CITY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HAVE KIND OF CLOSED DOWN. 
          AND TO THINK OF THAT YEARS AGO AS A RETAIL TO CLOSE DOWN WAS JUST INSANE TO THINK ABOUT, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, CONSIDER HOW THIS NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO HELP. 
          I ALSO DO, UH, ENCOURAGE AND REALLY ASK AND BEG AND PLEAD THAT YOU ALSO CAN WRITE A, A, A, A LETTER TO THE STATE TO ENCOURAGE 'EM TO DO THE SAME THING. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS ON THE STATE. 
          WE NEED ACTION AND LEADERSHIP ON THE STATE LEVEL THAT WILL KIND OF HELP COMPLETE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND, AND MAKE THIS, UM, INDUSTRY SUSTAINABLE AND PROVIDE SAFE, AFFORDABLE ACCESS. 
          ONE THING IN REGARDS TO THE QUALIFICATIONS, AND, UH, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A FEW YEARS AGO, DURING 2020, ALL OF THE CITY BUSINESSES DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM PAYING THE TAXES. 
          I THINK THERE WAS, UH, THE ABILITY TO HAVE ENOUGH REVENUE AND PEOPLE WERE COMING IN AND THEY HAD NO PROBLEM PAYING $13 MILLION IN TAXES. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, ON THE, ON THE DOWNSIDE, WE'D LIKE TO SUPPORT FOR THOSE BUSINESSES WHEN THEY WERE, WHEN WE WERE DOING GOOD, WE WERE PAYING THE TAXES. 
          BUT WHEN THEY'RE IN A TOUGH SITUATION, WE ALSO WANNA LOOK AT, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAXES, BUT IN A LOT OF CASES, UH, YOU FIND FOLKS THAT ARE BETWEEN WAGES AND TAXES OR SECURITY OR OTHER FACILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO, UM, SIMILAR TO OTHER TAXING AGENCIES, CD C UH, C-D-T-F-A-I-R-S, THEY DO ALLOW PAYMENT PLANS. 
          I BELIEVE THE PAYMENT PLAN RIGHT NOW IS FIVE TO SIX MONTHS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          IF THAT, IF SOMEBODY OWES $150,000, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN POTENTIALLY REALLY MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS. 
          SO WE WANT TO SET THEM UP WHERE THEY CAN AT LEAST GET THAT SUSTAINABILITY TO STAND ON THE OWN THEIR FEET. 
          AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS 
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IN A GOOD STANDING, THE C-D-T-F-A AND OTHER, UH, TAX AGENCY RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          SO WE HOPE THAT WE DON'T POTENTIALLY EXCLUDE 50% OF THE BUSINESSES, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING HERE TODAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SEEING NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL NOW TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL. 
          UH, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE. 
          OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE. 
          DISTRICT ONE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN, AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS, UH, NOW GIVES THE DIRECTION FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE DRAFTED, WHICH HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY CITY COUNCIL TWO TIMES. 
          AND JUST ONE NOTE, UH, THE LAST SPEAKER TALKED ABOUT ADVOCATING TO THE STATE. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD POINT. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE TAX BURDEN IS AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND, AND MR. MOKA, DIDN'T WE ALREADY, UH, EXPRESS OR ADVOCATE FOR, UH, THE STATE TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE? YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY BEEN IN OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE EXPLORED THIS ISSUE. 
          THAT THAT REALLY IS WHERE WE SHOULD START. 
          UM, THEY AFFECT EVERYBODY. 
          AND SO THEN EVERYONE'S ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. 
          I THINK, UH, GIVEN THAT, IN THAT, THAT LACK OF ABSENCE OF MOTION, THE COUNCIL'S DONE ITS PART, BUT IT'S A GREAT POINT TO HAVE THAT DONE FOR ALL CANNABIS INDUSTRIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO WHICH THE STATE CAN SUPPORT THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL NOW, NOW MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, LET'S GO TO ITEM 14. 
          PLEASE REPORT FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY WITH AUTHORIZED FUEL PROVIDERS AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT TO IMPLEMENT AN UNLEADED AVIATION FUEL SUBSIDY PROGRAM AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 200,000 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          ALL THANK YOU. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GO TO THE STAFF REPORT AND, UH, COME BACK TO, UH, TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, UH, JUST WANT TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT, WHAT THIS IS. 
          UH, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THE CITY COUNCIL'S BEEN ENGAGING IN. 
          UH, THE MOST RECENT EFFORT KIND OF BEGAN IN OCTOBER, 2022 TO BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND UNDERSTAND HOW COMPLEX IT IS. 
          AND I THINK THE CITY'S MADE GREAT PROGRESS ON THIS ISSUE. 
          UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT WAS, LET'S SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT INCENTIVES WE CAN PUT FORWARD, UH, REDUCTION IN FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THEN THE STEPS TO ACTUALLY BRING UNLEADED FUEL TO LONG BEACH. 
          AND THE NEXT NATURAL STEP, OBVIOUSLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME PRICE, UM, SOME, UM, EQUITY HERE, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          UH, I THINK THE ISSUE HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF, UM, MOMENTUM HERE RECENTLY WITH, UH, THE EFFORTS OF, UH, BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, KER IN SUPER NA. 
          AND THEN, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY FEDERALLY AND ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT LET'S MAKE, LET'S MAKE, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. 
          WE WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR IN RECENT YEARS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLAN AND STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN, AND THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. 
          SO THAT SAID, LET'S START WITH OUR STAFF PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, HONOR ROME MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, I'M CERTAINLY PLEASED TO BRING THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU, UH, STAFF HAS LOOKED REALLY HARD AT WHAT TYPE OF INCENTIVES, UH, PER COUNCIL DIRECTION ON WHAT WE COULD DO TO REALLY SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO UNLEADED, UH, AGAS. 
          AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS STEP. 
          AGAIN, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, YOUR APPROVAL OF THE SDC, THE SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE, WHICH IS WHAT IS NEEDED AS A FIRST STEP, WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE LAUNCHED THAT PROGRAM THIS MONTH, UH, AS, AS COUNCIL DIRECTED AND CERTAINLY PLEASED AGAIN TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD TO, TO PROVIDE A SUBSIDY FOR, FOR, UH, FUEL PROVIDERS. 
          CERTAINLY, WE SEE A, A RANGE, WE SEE A TWO TO $4, UH, RANGE IN THE COST OF UNLEADED VERSUS LEADED FUEL. 
          AND SO THIS IS TO, TO US ANOTHER BARRIER THAT IS POTENTIALLY REMOVED, UH, TO REALLY SUPPORT THIS TRANSITION. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KERR? YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND DIRECTOR GUIDRY. 
          UH, I COMMEND THE AIRPORT FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD, AND WE KNOW IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR ALL OF US AND OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVE IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF OUR GENERAL AVIATION PLANES, THAT WE CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THE USE OF LEADED FUEL HERE AT LONG BEACH. 
          WE KNOW THE DANGERS OF LEADED FUEL, AND WE KNOW THAT THE AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO, TO AN UNLEADED OPTION HAS BEEN LIMITED AND CONTINUES TO, UH, BE RESEARCHED AND INVESTIGATED AND IMPROVED EVERY DAY. 
          UM, AND SO IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WE REALLY WANTING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN ON A LOCAL LEVEL, AND THIS SUBSIDY IS THE NEXT RIGHT STEP. 
          UM, I'M SO PROUD THAT OUR AIRPORT IS TAKING MEASURES AT A HYPERLOCAL LEVEL. 
          UM, WE KNOW THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE. 
          WE KNOW THIS IS A REGIONAL ISSUE. 
          UM, BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO, UM, PUTTING OUR RESOURCES IN A PLACE THAT 
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ALLOW US TO BEGIN TO DECREASE, UH, THE USE OF LEADED FUEL. 
          UM, SO THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM KICKED OFF. 
          WE'VE GOT INCENTIVES ON THE WAY, UM, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OUR LOCAL AVIATORS. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO ASK THEM, UM, TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT A LOT OF THEM BELONG TO. 
          AND SO, WHILE THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE, AND THIS PLAN HAS LOTS OF STEPS INTO THE FUTURE, UH, COMMEND THE AIRPORT, OR FOR FINDING THE WAY TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD, UM, AND PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, CAN YOU SAY AGAIN WHAT THE CURRENT PRICE DISCREPANCY IS BETWEEN UNLEADED FUEL AND UNLEADED FUEL? CURRENTLY, AS I MENTIONED, IT RANGES, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT $4 DIFFERENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE KNOW THIS IS A $200,000 ALLOTMENT. 
          WE KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T COVER EVERY GALLON OF GAS GOING INTO EVERY SINGLE GENERAL AVIATION PLANE. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW THE PROJECTED TIMELINE? UM, HOW EXCITED ARE PILOTS, UH, HOW DO WE HELP MAKE PILOTS MORE EXCITED TO USE THIS? SO DO, HOW LONG DO WE THINK THAT THIS BUDGET ALLOTMENT MIGHT, MIGHT LAST? SO, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          UH, WE, WE DO, UH, SUSPECT THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL GET US TO ROUGHLY AROUND MID 2025. 
          UH, SO WE DO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE PILOTS, THEY'RE BEING EDUCATED, THEY'RE BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, ASKED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO THERE, THERE IS THAT, THAT RAMP UP THAT WE SEE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS THEY'RE CONTINUING TO GET EDUCATED ON THE TRANSITION AND THE BENEFITS OF LEAD UNLEADED VERSUS LEAD FUEL. 
          UH, THERE ARE PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT ARE STILL COMPETING, UH, BUT WE HAVE UL 94 AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT. 
          AND SO JUST THAT COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION IS ONGOING. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT MID 2025. 
          WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, AT LEAST MAYBE A 25% CONVERSION. 
          SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DELTA, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WATCHING THAT DELTA IN THE PRICE OVER TIME, BUT IDEALLY, THAT DELTA SHOULD DECREASE AS TIME MOVES FORWARD. 
          UH, CERTAINLY IF IT'S MORE THAN THAT, WE ARE EXCITED AND WE WANT TO, UH, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THE FY 25 BUDGET SHOULD LOOK LIKE AS WELL. 
          IF WE NEED TO ADD MORE MONEY OR NEED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AHEAD OF TIME FOR MORE MONEY, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO LET THE PERFECT GET IN THE WAY OF THE GOOD. 
          AND SO ANY CONVERSION TO UNLEADED FUEL IS A BENEFIT AND A HEALTH BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND I THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING OPEN TO COMING BACK TO US SOONER THAN 2025. 
          UM, SO I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS AND HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT IT AS WELL IN ADDITION TO ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS IF WE RUN OUTTA MONEY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SUBINA. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR FOR, UM, THAT, UH, ASSESSMENT AND THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND, UH, AIRPORT STAFF, UM, WHAT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE ISSUE I KNOW WASN'T, AND IT'S NOT JUST FLIPPING A SWITCH AND WE DO THIS, SO I, I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK WAS PUT INTO THIS AND IT'S GREAT. 
          AND FOR ANY, UM, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES OUT THERE, UH, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT THIS GOES BACK A COUPLE OF, UH, YEARS AND IT STARTED WITH ONE PERSON CONTACTING MY COUNCIL OFFICE AND, UH, HERE WE ARE A COUPLE YEARS LATER AND WE MADE SOME REAL PROGRESS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. 
          YES, I WANNA JUST THANK DIRECTOR REE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, UM, AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN MACKER AS WELL, LEADING ON THIS ITEM. 
          I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ENERGY TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND IT SAYS A LOT THAT WE CAN'T EVEN TRANSITION TO UNLEADED, UM, IN THE AIRPORT. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT STEP THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS MAKING SURE WE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 
          SO I'M HOPING, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE OUTCOME OF THIS, UH, PILOT PROGRAM, UH, AND WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, UH, DIRECTOR GUIDRY, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT TRAJECTORY AND PROGRESS, UH, TO COME OUT AND BEGIN WITH A PLAN IN OCTOBER, 2022, AND THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF, UM, UNDERSTANDING THIS ISSUE, UH, AND MANAGING EXPECTATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SIMPLY THROUGH ONE COUNCIL VOTE, ELIMINATE, UH, LEADED FLIGHTS. 
          AND WE DON'T, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. 
          BUT DESPITE THAT, WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO FIND THE SOLUTION AND ALTERNATIVES. 
          WE'RE BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH THE FAA ON FEDERAL GUIDANCE. 
          WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE ON THOSE STEPS, BUT WE ARE NOT WAITING. 
          WE'VE, WE TOOK THAT INITIAL STEP TO OFFER IT. 
          WE'RE DOING EDUCATION WITH THE, UH, WITH, UH, AVIATION OPERATORS, AND NOW THERE'S NO EXCUSE THAT ONE IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER. 
          WE ARE DOING WHAT NEEDS TO, WHAT NEEDS 
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TO HAPPEN TO MAKE SURE THAT A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE AT THE SAME PRICE IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT. 
          AND VERY FEW AIRPORTS ARE OFTEN THIS, HOW MANY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFER THEIR SUBSIDY? MAYOR, I WOULD SAY THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY THREE OR FOUR IN THE, THE NATION, IN THE NATION THAT IS DOING THIS TYPE OF SUBSTANCE. 
          SO LET'S BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA AND IN AMERICA. 
          IT IS A FEDERAL ISSUE. 
          WE'RE TAKING LOCAL ACTION THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 
          UH, THIS IS A LOT OF FOCUS, UH, FROM, FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY STAFF TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          AND NOW WE NEED THE OPERATORS TO DO THEIR PART. 
          SO ONCE THIS IS AVAILABLE, WE ENCOURAGE ALL THE AIRPORT PARTNERS AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS TO STEP UP FOR OUR CITY. 
          IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER AND A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND A GOOD OPERATOR IN LONG BEACH, SWITCH TO UNLEADED UNLEADED FUEL. 
          NOW, THERE'S NO EXCUSE SWITCH. 
          NOW, UH, IF YOU ARE FUELING IN OTHER AIRPORTS, THAT'S, THAT'S DIFFERENT. 
          BUT HERE IN LONG BEACH, IF YOU FUEL HERE, YOU SHOULD BE FUELING, UH, CLEAN, CLEANER, UH, FUEL. 
          ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO GET TO ZERO EMISSION AVIATION LONG TERM. 
          THAT'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION, RIGHT? BUT FOR NOW, NO MORE EXCUSES. 
          SWITCH TO UNLEADED. 
          UH, THAT SAID, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED TO SPEAK, SEAN T. JORDAN, AND ELIZABETH WILLIS, I FORGOT TO MENTION I'M ELIZABETH. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          WELL, THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          YOU SAID SOME OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA SAY, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE STILL NEED TO HEAR IT. 
          SO, UM, I'D FIRST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOUR EFFORTS TO DATE TO REDUCE THE NOISE AND LEAD POLLUTION THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENDURES EVERY DAY AND NIGHT, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS. 
          I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE AIRPORT IS STARTING TO GIVE A SLAP ON THE WRIST TO OFFENDERS OF THE TIME PARAMETERS WITHIN OUR NOISE, NOISE ORNAMENTS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE PATTERN WORK. 
          AND I HAVE NOTICED A DECREASE IN THE AFTER HOURS CIRCLING. 
          HOWEVER, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE HERE THAT OUR KIDS ARE STILL ABSORBING THIS LEAD INTO THEIR BLOODSTREAM EVERY DAY. 
          BY THE WAY, YOUR KIDS TOO GRANDKIDS, EVERYBODY. 
          I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS SITUATION BECAUSE I READ IT IN YOUR LETTERS, BUT TO BE QUITE HONEST, I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT. 
          I DON'T. 
          KNOWING THAT THE CHILDREN IN YOUR DISTRICTS ARE SUFFERING PERMANENTLY DUE TO THE ALLOWANCE OF CONSTANT FLIGHTS USING UNLEADED FUEL, I'M SORRY, LEADED FUEL. 
          I GET IT. 
          WE NEED BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO LIVE HERE IN ORDER TO HAVE A FLOURISHING CITY. 
          MY UNCLE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AND WAS A COMMERCIAL PILOT FOR 20 YEARS. 
          MY COUSIN FLIES SMALL AIRCRAFT FOR HOBBY AS WELL. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE FUN AND THE HISTORY AND THE NEED FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          BUT AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE FOR THE USE OF LEADED FUEL IN 2024. 
          AND THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THEM CONSTANTLY CIRCLING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THOSE PILOTS ARE POSTING PUBLICLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA MAKING A MOCKERY OF YOU, ME, AND OUR CITY. 
          AND WE NEED CHANGE NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN, AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO I SEE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SHANTI, JORDAN. 
          OKAY, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          LET'S KEEP GOING. 
          NEXT IS ITEM 13, REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE HISTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION AND DETERMINE WHETHER TO DESIGNATE THE FORMER SITE OR FORMER FIRE STATION NUMBER NINE AT 3 9 1 7 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD AS A LONG BEACH HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT FIVE. 
          ALL RIGHT, UH, THANK YOU'S BEEN A LONG, LONG-TERM PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, SO HERE WE'RE GONNA RE RECEIVE A, AN UPDATE FROM, UH, CITY STAFF ON, UH, THE STATUS ON, UH, HISTORIC LANDMARKING OF THE HISTORIC STATION. 
          WAS IT STATION EIGHT? NINE? NINE. 
          STATION NINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S GO TO STAFF. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO GET HERE, SO IT'S A, UH, NOT SHORT PRESENTATION, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND I'LL, I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT GOING. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FORMER FIRE STATION NINE, UM, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1938. 
          SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HISTORY IN 1938? UM, WE WERE IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WE HAD A NATIONAL PROGRAM CALLED THE WPA THAT FINANCED LIBRARIES, FIRE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, 
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ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS A WAY TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL WPA BUILDINGS STILL IN EXISTENCE HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND ONE OF THEM IS THIS FIRE STATION NINE. 
          IN ADDITION TO BEING A-W-A-P-A PROJECT, IT WAS PART OF W HORACE AUSTIN'S WORK WAS FAMOUS NAMED ARCHITECT, UH, HERE IN THE SOUTHLAND. 
          UM, SO FAST FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO 2000. 
          WELL, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HISTORY. 
          WE STARTED, UH, RECEIVING, UM, COMPLAINTS, UM, WORKERS' COMP RISK MANAGEMENT REGARDING THE MOLD AT FIRE STATION NUMBER NINE. 
          UM, THE, UH, FIRE STATION, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE TRIED TO REHABILITATE THE BUILDING, BUT IN 2019, MADE THE HARD DECISION TO VACATE FIRE STATION NINE INITIALLY. 
          UH, STATIONS, UH, 13 AND 16, UM, TOOK UP THE SLACK AND ULTIMATELY A TEMPORARY FIRE STATION NINE WAS ESTABLISHED, UM, AT THE FORMER, UH, BOEING PROPERTY ON WARDLOW ROAD. 
          NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY IN THE RIGHT LOCATION FROM A SERVICE STANDPOINT. 
          2020, WE STARTED THE PROCESS TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY ON LONG BEACH BOULEVARD. 
          THAT WOULD BE RIGHT IN TERMS OF, UH, RESPONSE TIMES AND LOCATION FOR PERMANENT NEW FIRE STATION NINE. 
          IN 2021, WE STARTED GRAPPLING WITH WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE FORMER FIRE STATION. 
          UM, SO WE HELD OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, DERR ON THAT REQUEST AND ASKED STAFF TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO SEE EVEN IF THE CITY COULDN'T REUSE IT, WHAT COULD BE DONE IN TERMS OF REUSING THE BUILDING. 
          SO IN 2022, WE DID EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE ASKED BY THAT COMMISSION. 
          WE SENT OUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, PROPOSALS TO REUSE THE BUILDING, UM, AND TO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OFFERS, BUT, UM, WE DID GO THROUGH THAT EFFORT. 
          SO IN 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW FIRE STATION NINE ON LONG BEACH BOULEVARD. 
          IN, UM, JUNE OF 2023, WE RECEIVED A APPLICATION TO LANDMARK, MEANING TO PRESERVE PERMANENTLY FIRE STATION NINE FROM, UH, NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS THE CITY IN THIS CASE, BUT FROM A THIRD PARTY, THE LOS CERRITOS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          AND THEN IN JULY OF 2023, WE HAD BETTER LUCK THAN 2022. 
          AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF OFFERS, UM, REGARDING REUSE OF THE FIRE STATION AND ACQUISITION OF IT. 
          AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THOSE INDIVIDUAL OFFERS IN CLOSED SESSION COUNSEL. 
          SO TODAY WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORIC QUESTION. 
          SO WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION, AND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION HELD ITS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS MATTER. 
          THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF THAT HEARING, UM, WAS NOT TO LANDMARK. 
          UH, WE DIDN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, WE LEFT IT UP TO THE COMMISSION BECAUSE THERE WERE STRONG ARGUMENTS FOR LANDMARKING. 
          UM, BUT THERE WERE STRONG ARGUMENTS AGAINST, UM, IN THIS CASE, UH, DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING. 
          BUT THE CHC WAS VERY CLEAR. 
          THEY WANTED TO LANDMARK THE BUILDING AND THEY WANTED STAFF TO COME BACK WITH LEGAL FINDINGS AND TO TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THE EXTERIOR, BUT THE INTERIOR. 
          AND IN NOVEMBER, THEY TOOK A FIVE OH VOTE TO LANDMARK, UH, THE BUILDING AND DESIGNATE BOTH THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS HISTORIC. 
          SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PRESERVE ALL THE EXTERIOR FEATURES TO, UM, SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THREE INTERIOR FEATURES, THE RECEPTION ROOM, THE APPARATUS, ENGINE ROOM, TRUSS CEILING, AND THE FIRE HOST TOWER. 
          UM, AND THEN FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IT COULD BE MODIFIED, BUT IT WOULD GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED HABS PHOTOGRAPHY, WHICH IS HIGH LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY, UM, FOR HISTORIC STRUCTURES. 
          AND THERE'S A, THERE WAS A FORMER WPA PLAQUE AND THEY THAT, THAT, UM, BE RESTORED. 
          SO WHERE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS A, A MID-BLOCK, UM, PROPERTY. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A SMALL LOT SMALL PROPERTY. 
          UM, SO ADAPTIVE REUSE IS A GREAT OPTION BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO TEAR THIS BUILDING DOWN AND THEN TRY TO PUT IN A NEW BUILDING, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO FIT BOTH THE BUILDING AND ANY ASSOCIATED PARKING. 
          SO WHEN WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION TO LANDMARK THE BUILDING, NONE OF THIS WAS NEW TO THE STAFF. 
          WE HAD LOOKED AT THE HISTORIC ISSUES ON THIS STRUCTURE BEFORE, BACK IN 2020, AND WE HAD RECEIVED AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT REPORT THAT YES, IT WAS ELIGIBLE AS A HISTORIC BUILDING, BUT THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE POLICY QUESTION OF SHOULD IT BECOME A HISTORIC LANDMARK THAT CAN NEVER BE DEMOLISHED. 
          UM, SO THAT, UM, REVIEW WAS DONE NOT BY STAFF, BY A QUALIFIED OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, QUALIFIED BY THE, UM, US SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
          IT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING. 
          UM, BUT EVEN THAT CRITERIA WAS BASED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 
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UM, SO HERE'S A, A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING, UM, AND THEN THE SUBMITTED APPLICATION ASK THAT WE PRESERVE THE INTERIOR RECEPTION ROOM, THE DOORS, THE LOCKERS, THE STAIRWAY, THE APPARATUS ROOM, THE FIRE HOST TOWER, AND THE VAULT. 
          UM, THIS IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PLANS. 
          THANKFULLY WE HAVE A LOT OF ORIGINALS, UM, HERE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT WE ALSO, UM, HAVE AN AMAZING LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION AT THE, UM, MAIN LIBRARY. 
          AND WE PARTNER WITH THE LONG BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
          AND BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE'RE USUALLY ABLE TO LOCATE ORIGINAL BUILDING PLANS. 
          SO HERE'S, UM, SITE PHOTOGRAPHY. 
          SO NOT A LARGE FIRE STATION AND NOT THE WAY A FIRE STATION, UM, WOULD LOOK, UH, TODAY, BUT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE 1930S. 
          UM, SO HERE SHOWS YOU SOME INTERIOR. 
          UM, SO THIS IS GONNA BE CRITICAL BECAUSE, UM, DEFINITELY OF ITS TIME. 
          UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A FIRE STATION. 
          BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT NEW USES OF THIS BUILDING, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW, HOW THESE INTERIOR FEATURES WOULD WORK UNDER A NEW USE, BE IT A BAKERY, A RESTAURANT, A DENTAL OFFICE, UM, TRYING TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THIS BUILDING. 
          UM, SO AMAZING CRAFTSMANSHIP. 
          UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE, UM, CONTESTED FEATURES. 
          SO THIS IS IN WHAT'S CALLED THE RECEPTION ROOM. 
          THOSE ARE BUILT IN SHELVES AND BUILT IN, UM, FIREPLACE. 
          I DON'T THINK WE PUT FIREPLACES IN, UH, FIRE STATIONS ANYMORE, BUT THEY DID IN 1938. 
          UM, AND, AND DEFINITELY, UM, BEAUTIFUL WORKMANSHIP, BUT OPEN QUESTION ABOUT HOW THAT RELATES TO THE, THE FUTURE OF THIS BUILDING. 
          UH, THESE ARE INTERIOR DOORS, A WORTHY GOAL TO, TO PRESERVE THE INTERIOR DOORS. 
          OBVIOUSLY SOME WORK, UM, TO BE DONE, NO MATTER WHAT THE FUTURE USE IS IN, IN TERMS OF ASSURING, UM, UH, A DA ACCESS. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT LIP THERE AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE, THE DOOR CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. 
          AND THERE'S SOME STAIRS THAT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. 
          SO SOME WORK TO BE DONE AS, AS THIS BUILDING EVOLVES OVER TIME. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL LOCKERS THAT WAS IN THE REQUEST TO PRESERVE GREAT WORKMANSHIP, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GONNA USE LOCKERS IN A, IN A FUTURE USE. 
          UM, STAIRS GREAT, UH, WORKMANSHIP, NOT A DA COMPLIANT, UH, BEAUTIFUL WOOD TRUSS CEILING. 
          THIS IS PART OF, UH, OUR CONCERN WITH THE CHC RECOMMENDATION. 
          WHILE THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, AN EXPOSED WOOD CEILING, NOT TYPICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN A RESTAURANT OR A BAKERY, UM, FIRE HOST TOWER. 
          THERE IT IS. 
          I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT USES A FIRE HOSE TOWER. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FEATURES ON THE INTERIOR THAT, THAT IS UP FOR DEBATE. 
          UM, THE BUILDING HAS A VAULT. 
          UH, THERE'S WHERE IT IS, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. 
          IT'S A VAULT. 
          UM, SO WHAT IS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT? YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DESIGNATE FIRE STATION NINE AS A CULTURAL LANDMARK. 
          THAT MEANS IT'S PRESERVED AS HISTORIC AND NOT BE DEMOLISHED. 
          AND YOU'RE, THERE'S DIFFERENT CRITERIA. 
          THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT BUILDINGS HAVE TO FALL INTO UNDER OUR CRITERIA. 
          AND THIS WOULD FALL UNDER CRITERIA A, THAT IT'S RELATED TO BROAD PATTERNS OF THE CITY'S HISTORY. 
          SO THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN SOMETHING IS BY A FAMOUS ARCHITECT AND IT'S THEIR BEST WORK. 
          THIS IS MORE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENTS OF THE PAST AND, AND THE BROAD HISTORY OF THE CITY. 
          UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO READ IT, THAT'S THE CRITERIA THAT IT FALLS UNDER THE CIVIC AND GOVERNMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ERA OF THE DEPRESSION AND THE WWPA INVESTMENT. 
          SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AS WE LAID OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE BELIEVE A DESIGNATION SHOULD BE APPROVED, THAT THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHC, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          BUT FROM THE STAFF STANDPOINT, WE REALLY THINK THIS IS A CASE WHERE SOME FLEXIBILITY IS NEEDED. 
          UM, THERE HAS BEEN MOLD, THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES, THERE'S A FLAT ROOF THAT EVEN IF THERE'S NOT MOLD AT THE MOMENT, THIS BUILDING'S GONNA NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY. 
          AND IF WE WANT THE BUILDING TO BE USED, WHICH IS WHAT ADAPTIVE REUSE IS, THERE ARE ITEMS IN THERE SUCH AS THE LOCKERS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE REUSED. 
          AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND, UM, A NEW OPERATOR AND A NEW OWNER FOR THIS BUILDING IF WE'RE OVERLY RESTRICTIVE. 
          UM, BEST PRACTICE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS ADAPTIVE REUSE. 
          THAT MEANS THE USE OF THESE BUILDINGS CHANGES AND EVOLVES OVER TIME. 
          SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDING THAT YOU PRESERVE THE EXTERIOR, BUT PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY ON THE INTERIOR. 
          UM, WE THINK THAT THIS, UM, FURTHERS THE, THE OVERALL GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION, BUT DOES SO WITH SOME TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, 
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THE SUPPORTING STUDIES NEVER FOUND HISTORIC VALUE WITHIN THE INTERIOR FEATURES AND STAFF IS SIMPLY TRYING TO BALANCE ALL THE FACTORS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, THE APPLICATION, UM, THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS THE PRACTICALITY OF THIS BUILDING. 
          SO FORMAL NOTICES, UM, NOT REQUIRED, ALTHOUGH WE DID POST THE SITE AND WE NOTIFIED ANYONE THAT'S, UH, CONTACTED US OVER THE FOUR YEARS THAT IT COULD TOOK TO GET TO, UM, TODAY'S HEARING. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO LANDMARK THE BUILDING, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE EXTERIOR, AND DO WHAT WE CAN ON THE INTERIOR, BUT PROVIDE THE FUTURE OWNER THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. KUNTZ. 
          WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP, OR FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          I'LL READ YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          SEAN T. JORDAN, JEAN WILLIAMS, LESLIE GARSON, MANUEL VALENCIA, AND CATHERINE TOLENTINO. 
          WHOEVER GETS THERE FIRST SPEAKS FIRST. 
          MR. MAYOR, CAN, CAN I HAVE A CORRECTION PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO DEFER MY MOTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. 
          YES. 
          AND IF, UH, I CAN, I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW AND INCLUDE COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN AS A SECONDARY NOTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, I REALLY WISH. 
          I'M JEAN WILLIAMS, 42 28 PINE AVENUE, AND I'M REPRESENTING THE LOS CERRITOS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          I REALLY WISH I HAVE A NICE SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU. 
          AND THEN I HEAR THIS WITH ALL THE LOOPHOLES IN IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE MOLD IN 2000 AND COMPLAINT FOUR OR FIREFIGHTERS ALL DISMISSED IN 2000 BY 2003, WE NEVER WERE ALLOWED IN, WE NEVER SAW ANY MOLD. 
          SO LET'S JUST CUT OUT THE MOLD ISSUE RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT LET'S GO. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE SUPPORT OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE SUPPORT OF LONG BEACH HERITAGE, YOU'VE GOT LOS RITA'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          YOU HAVE THREE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTS, YOU KNOW, SAYING IF IT'S UNDER CRITERIA A, YOU KNOW, AND IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON. 
          IT FITS THE LANDMARK STATUS, BOTTOM LINE. 
          NOW, WHAT I WANTED TO, UH, PROPOSE TO YOUE, DID YOU ALL GET MY, UH, BOOKLET OKAY, THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE? YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT. 
          IT'S GOOD REFERENCE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE HAD. 
          AND AFTER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, MY BOOK WILL COME OUT IN THE FALL AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS. 
          SO, UM, OKAY, SO LET'S GO ON. 
          UH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ANOTHER EMOTION, ANOTHER MOTION EMOTION. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, ANOTHER MOTION TO TONIGHT ABOUT THE INTERIOR. 
          I'M KIND OF HOPING YOU HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE OR WHATEVER AND ENOUGH FACTUAL, UM, PROFESSIONALS BEHIND THE EXTERIOR. 
          SO, UH, IT'S TO PROVE THE INTERIOR ELEMENTS THAT AT THE LAST LONG BEACH CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED IN PAST RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDED THE LCNA NOMINATED MANY MORE AS YOU SAW ELEMENTS IN OUR NOMINATION FORM, WHICH IS THE BOOKLET YOU WERE HANDED. 
          BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE WILLING TO COMPROMISE TO THESE THREE AS SUGGESTED BY THE COMMISSION. 
          THE ENGINE ROOM, YOU'LL HAVE, YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST, UH, PHOTOGRAPH IN THE PAMPHLET THAT I HANDED YOU, THE HANDOUT. 
          UM, AND I'M DOING THIS 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFORMATION YOU'VE GOT. 
          JUST LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT REPORT THE STAFF WAS GOING TO HAVE TONIGHT. 
          THEN WE HAVE THE FIREPLACE AND BUILT-IN SHELVING, UH, SHELVING WITH GLASS DOORS IN THE ORIGINAL RECEPTION ROOM, AND THEN THE HOSE TOWER EXTENDING UPWARD FROM THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION LEFT THE INTERIOR TO INVESTIGATE LATER AFTER THEY COULD SEE DESIGNS FROM THE NEW PROSPECTIVE BUYER OF THE PROPERTY. 
          THIS IS DISTURBING. 
          THE INTERIOR NEEDS TO BE DECIDED BEFORE ANY BUYER IS APPROVED BY THE CITY. 
          CO YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IF NOT DEEMED HISTORICAL. 
          ANY BUYER COULD CONCEIVABLY GUT THE INTERIOR. 
          WHAT MAKES THESE THREE RECOMMENDED INTERIOR ELEMENTS FAVORABLE IS THAT THEY CONNECTED THE OUTSIDE WALLS. 
          WE UNDERSTAND SUCH THINGS AS MAKING A BUSINESS RENOVATED. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, YOUR AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THESE ARE, THESE THREE ELEMENTS WOULD NOT BE A HINDRANCE TO THAT LAW. 
          EXAMPLES OF, UH, DESTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVEN'T PINPOINTED HISTORICAL, UH, LANDMARKS, IT'S LIKE THE OLD, UM, UH, AT THE PIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PIKE, THE CAROUSEL, THE LOFTS, CAROUSEL BUILDING, THE, THE, UH, ROOF WAS TO BE SAVED, BUT IT'S GONE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON DEVELOPERS OF WHAT THEY SAY AND WHAT THEY PROMISE. 
          THE ACRES OF BOOKS WORDING HAS BEEN PAINTED OVER DETAILS ARE NEEDED TO SAVE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS BY GRANTING HIS HISTORICAL LANDMARK STATUS TO THESE THREE ELEMENTS. 
          YOU ALSO PROTECT THEM FOR DECADES AND FUTURE BUYERS AND OWNERS. 
          DOWN THE, YOUR TIMES CONCLUDED. 
          THE LAST PICTURE ON THE HANDOUT WAS THE ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS OF THE WILLIAMS HORA AUSTIN ARCHITECT. 
          WELL, AND CONTINUE THAT. 
          FINISH THAT THOUGHT, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WRAP AT, LET'S CONCLUDE THIS FINAL THOUGHT. 
          WELL, I'VE GOT LIKE, I'VE GOT LIKE TWO MORE SENTENCES. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          AND I HAD TO, I HAD TO ADDRESS THE STAT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A LONG LIST, SO GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE YOUR THOUGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, 
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OKAY. 
          IT ALSO SHOWS ALL THE INTERIOR ELEMENTS THAT THE LCNA WANTED TO PROVE. 
          HISTORICAL LANDMARKS, PICTURES OF THESE COULD BE FOUND IN THE BOOKLET. 
          SO, DO YOU UNDERSTAND MY CONCERN? PLEASE BE SURE IT IS NOT THE BUYER TELLING THE CITY WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FORMER FIREHOUSE WITH THE CITY TELLING THE BUYER THE INTERIOR HAS TO BE MADE HISTORICAL BEFORE THE SALE IS COMPLETE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, I CALLED A LIST OF NAMES. 
          I'M AND ONE MORE. 
          ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE YOU SHOULD COME FORWARD FROM THAT LIST OF NAMES. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          IS THAT CATHERINE? OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO CATHERINE, YOU'LL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER. 
          THANK YOU, MANNY. 
          GO FOR IT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MANUEL VALENZUELA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LONG BEACH HERITAGE, AND JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE REPORT. 
          WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION TO LANDMARK, UH, OLD FIRE STATION NINE. 
          UH, WE DO ASK THOUGH THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT YOU DISCUSS, INCLUDING THOSE THREE INTERIOR FEATURES THAT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED. 
          THEY TOOK A LONG LIST OF FEATURES SUGGESTED BY LOS CERRITOS AND PAIRED IT DOWN TO THREE WHAT THEY FELT WERE MANAGEABLE AND ACHIEVABLE. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE FEDERAL STANDARDS, THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS, IT ALLOWS YOU TO TINKER WITH THOSE THREE ITEMS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, MAYBE THAT FIREPLACE HAS SIGNIFICANT MOLD AND IT NEEDS TO BE RIPPED OUT. 
          IF YOU INCLUDE THE FIREPLACE IN THE, UH, LANDMARK NOMINATION, THEN IT'LL HAVE TO BE PUT BACK AS SIMILARLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED, THE NEW OWNER COULD JUST SAY TOUGH. 
          IT'S JUST GONNA BE A PLAIN WALL. 
          AND I THINK I, I HEARD IT MENTIONED SO ELOQUENTLY THAT DETAILS MATTER, RIGHT? DETAILS MATTER AND DETAILS TRANSLATE INTO DOLLARS. 
          IT'S WHY BUDWEISER FILMED ITS LATEST COMMERCIAL AT JOE JOST, A LONG BEACH LEGACY BUSINESS. 
          IT'S WHY PEOPLE VISIT COFFEE SHOPS, UH, HISTORIC COFFEE SHOPS. 
          LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A A FRIEND TOOK ME TO ONE IN LAGUNA BEACH EARTH CAFE IN A BEAUTIFUL CRAFTSMAN HOME LANDMARKED IN LAGUNA BEACH. 
          AND WHAT WE LOVED ABOUT IT WAS THEY MAINTAINED THE INTERIOR FIREPLACE AND THE DINING ROOM, UH, DINING ROOM CABINET, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN A WEIRD SPOT OF THE RESTAURANT. 
          BUT WHAT WAS GREAT, UH, THAT WE NOTICED WAS IN, IN ALL THE TABLES AND CHAIRS THERE IN THE RESTAURANT, MOST PEOPLE GRAVITATED TOWARDS THE HISTORIC FIREPLACE AND TOWARDS THE HISTORIC DINING ROOM CABINET. 
          SO WE THINK THE DETAILS MATTER, THE AUTHENTICITY MATTERS. 
          I THINK PEOPLE SEE IT AND WANNA STOP AND WANNA SHOP THERE AND WANNA SPEND THEIR DOLLARS. 
          SO AGAIN, WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU DISCUSS, CONSIDER THE THREE INTERIOR FEATURES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL MAYOR, MY NAME IS CATHERINE AND MY MOM AND I OWN JAMAY BAKE SHOP IN WEST LONG BEACH. 
          WE WERE THE ONES CHOSEN TO POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD WITH TAKING OVER THE SPACE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO JUST COME UP TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CREATE A BAKERY RESTAURANT THAT'S SAFE FOR OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE ISSUE WE FACE IS THAT THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION COULD HINDER OUR ABILITY TO CREATE A WELL-PLANNED, FUNCTIONAL, AND INVITING SPACE. 
          UH, THE LIMITATIONS PROPOSED ON BOTH THE IN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR MAY PREVENT US FROM COMPLETELY ADDRESSING ANY MOLD, ASBESTOS, AND LEAD ISSUES. 
          UM, IT COULD ALSO LIMIT US FROM MEETING ANY REQUIREMENTS SET BY BUILDING AND SAFETY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. 
          WE DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING RICH HISTORY, AND WE'RE OPEN TO WORKING WITH THE LOS CERRITOS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION TO FIND A SOLUTION. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR BUSINESS TO OPERATE IN, WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE FIREHOUSE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL. 
          THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UH, I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. 
          UM, AND I THOUGHT SOME, YOU KNOW, WELL FOUGHT OUT, WELL PRESENTED, UH, FEEDBACK. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT IT, I I WAS REALLY PROUD TO HEAR SOME OF THIS FEEDBACK. 
          IT WAS REALLY GOOD. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN MAYBE WORK WITH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, WHO MADE THE MOTION. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND DIRECTOR KOONTZ. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR FRAMING SO ELOQUENTLY THE HISTORY OF HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE SPACE TODAY. 
          WE'RE NOT HERE TO RE-LITIGATE ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, UH, BUT TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD, UM, IN A WAY THAT CAN PRESERVE, UH, THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS BRING A REALLY EXCITING COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESS INTO, UH, THE BIXBY KNOWLES AREA. 
          UH, WE KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID THAT THE BEST WAY TO MAINTAIN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IS BY KEEPING THEM ACTIVE IN THIS WAY. 
          ADAPTIVE REUSE, AS YOU SAID, DIRECTOR KOONTZ IS THE BEST ANSWER WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSFORMING VACANT SPACES INTO SOMETHING ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
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I'M EXCITED AND PROUD THAT A PROPOSED A AWARD TO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO A LONGSTANDING FAMILY AND FEMALE OWNED LOCAL BUSINESS. 
          JAMAY BAKERY ORIGINALLY OPENED IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1979, AND THEY SOUGHT A BETTER LIFE HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND THEY SOUGHT A BETTER LIFE HERE. 
          AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR STORE HERE TO LONG BEACH, THE DOORS TO THE LONG BEACH LOCATION TO OPEN IN 1993. 
          AND CATHERINE NOW MANAGES THE SHOP AS WE JUST MET. 
          AND BOTH WOMEN WORK TOGETHER TO RUN THE BUSINESS. 
          THEY'VE NOW BEEN SERVING THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY BY BRINGING THEIR PASSION, CULTURE, AND DELICIOUS FOOD TO OUR CITY. 
          FOR OVER 30 YEARS, THEIR PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UTILIZED. 
          TRA HAVE UTILIZED TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES AND FAMILY RECIPES FOR ALL OF THE NEARLY 45 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN MAKING IN SELLING FOOD. 
          JAMAY BAKESHOP HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY LONG BEACH HERITAGE AS A LONG BEACH LEGACY BUSINESS, WHICH OFFICIALLY DESIGNS IT AS A LONGTIME ESTABLISHMENT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR CITY'S CULTURE AND IDENTITY. 
          THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORANGA FOR THEIR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE IN WEST LONG BEACH, AND NAMED NOVEMBER, 2023, SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWENTHAL. 
          AS WE SUPPORT ENDEAVORS OF EXPANSION IN THE SMALL WOMAN OWNED AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS. 
          TO SERVE EVEN MORE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE AN EXCITING NEW BUSINESS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. 
          WE KNOW, AS THEY'VE SAID, THAT CATHERINE SAID SHE'S COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AN INVITING AND FUNCTIONAL SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER AND ENJOY WHILE PROVIDING, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THE BUSINESS THAT THEY PROPOSE IN THE SPACE. 
          SHE'S COMMITTED, UH, TO MAKING THE, MAINTAINING THE CONNECTION TO HISTORY AS THEY TOO BRING A VERY STORIED HISTORY WITH THEM. 
          UM, AND THEY HOPE TO SHARE AND EXPAND UPON IN THE BIXBY KNOWLES COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL IMPLICATIONS AND WORK NEEDED IN ORDER TO, TO TRANSFORM AN OLD FIRE STATION INTO A FUNCTIONAL, SUCCESSFUL, SAFE AND HEALTHY SPACE FOR A BUSINESS AND RESTAURANT. 
          AS SUCH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TO HELP CLARIFY AND GIVE ME THE SAME UNDERSTANDING THAT OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, SO DIRECTOR KOONZ, AS WE DISCUSSED THE FORMER FIRE STATION NINE'S LANDMARK NOMINATION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER THE REASONS FOR DOING SO. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE OVERALL GOALS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION? UM, SO HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONNECTS US TO OUR PAST IN A LIVING WAY THROUGH BUILDINGS. 
          SO THE GOAL OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS TO TAKE STRUCTURES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR HISTORY, FIND A WAY FOR THEM TO CONTINUE FORWARD, AND FOR PEOPLE TO GO EXPERIENCE THEM. 
          SO IT'S NOT DR. 
          KUNS, CAN YOU GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE? THANKS. 
          SORRY, I'M GETTING OVER A COLD, BUT I'M, I'M HERE. 
          I'LL BE AS LOUD AS I CAN. 
          SO THE GOAL OF PRESERVATION IS TO CONNECT US TO OUR OWN HISTORY. 
          WE PRESERVE BUILDINGS, NOT FOR THEM TO BE NEGLECTED, BUT FOR THEM TO BE EXPERIENCED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. 
          AND ONE OF THE KEY WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE, MEANING BRINGING A NEW USE ACTIVITY INTO THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE. 
          SO YOU CAN COME TO THAT STRUCTURE AND YOU CAN PHYSICALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN EXPERIENCE CONNECTING YOU TO THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, BRINGING YOU ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH TODAY WITH THE, THE BUSINESS OR RESIDENCE THAT'S, UM, ACTIVATING THE SPACE IN IN TODAY'S TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, SO COULD YOU BRIEFLY JUST REVISIT, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE DRAWBACKS COULD BE TO REQUIRING INTERIORS, UH, TO BE PRESERVED? AND HOW MIGHT LIMITING THAT, UM, IMPACT THAT ADAPTIVE REUSE THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT? SURE. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF, THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND THERE'S LOCAL LANDMARKS. 
          THERE'S STATE LEVEL LANDMARKS, THERE'S NATIONAL LANDMARKS, THERE'S LANDMARKS, UM, RECOGNIZED BY THE UN AS YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CULTURAL, UM, HERITAGE. 
          THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S AT THAT BOTTOM LEVEL. 
          IT'S AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          SO FOR OUR LOCAL LANDMARKS, TYPICALLY WE PRESERVE THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY ON THE INTERIOR SO THAT IT HAS AN ACTIVE USE. 
          THE RISK WHEN BEING OVERLY RESTRICTIVE IS THAT THE BUILDING MAY BE PRESERVED, IT MAY NOT BE DEMOLISHED, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ACTIVE USE, WHICH MEANS THERE'S NO OWNER TAKING CARE OF THE BUILDING. 
          THERE'S NO ACTIVITY HAPPENING, THERE'S NO CONNECTION TO THE BUILDING. 
          WE CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO OPEN A BUSINESS. 
          WE CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO BUY A BUILDING. 
          SO IF WE'RE OVERLY RESTRICTIVE, WE MAY ACTUALLY NOT ACHIEVE THE GOAL THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THE PROTECTIONS. 
          SO IT'S NOT AN ABSTRACT COMMENT. 
          IF YOU, UM, GET A CHANCE, UM, TO VISIT ENGLAND, THERE'S A COMMUNITY BATH, UM, WHICH IS JUST, UM, SOUTH OF LONDON AMAZING, UM, COMMUNITY. 
          BUT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE JOURNEY WHERE THEY HAD THE, THE STRICTEST HISTORIC PRESERVATION RULES IN THE WORLD, AND NONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS WERE BEING USED. 
          AND THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE THEY COULD FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE TO GET USERS IN THERE AND CREATE TOURISM AND HAVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THOSE BUILDINGS THROUGH SOME FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LONG BEACH CONTEXT, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A HUNDRED LANDMARKS. 
          WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION BECAUSE WE'VE STRUCK THE BALANCE BETWEEN PRESERVING WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT AND WHAT'S VERY PUBLIC AND 
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VISIBLE. 
          UM, WHILE ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY ON THE INTERIOR. 
          THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, REGULATE INTERIORS ARE ON SOME OF OUR HIGHEST, UM, MOST VALUABLE, UM, LANDMARKS LIKE OUR TWO RANCHOS, WHERE WE PRESERVE THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR ALIKE BECAUSE IT'S THAT CONNECTION, UM, TO THE, THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE INSIDE. 
          FOR MOST OF OUR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY, WE PRESERVE THE EXTERIOR AND THERE REALLY WAS NOT COMPELLING EVIDENCE OR COMPELLING REASON TO DEVIATE IN THIS CASE AND PRESERVE THE INTERIORS. 
          BUT WHAT WE TRIED TO DO, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT, IS BUILD ON THE CHCS RECOMMENDATION. 
          WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE STAFF LETTER IS THAT THERE WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT TO FIRST MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE THE INTERIOR FEATURE TO PROVE THAT THERE WAS SOME REASON IT COULDN'T BE, BE IT A HEALTH CODE REASON OR AN A DA REASON, AND THEN TO DO PHOTOGRAPHY OF THAT FEATURE, AND THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MODIFY IT. 
          SO IT'S NOT, THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO SOMEONE COMING IN AND GUTTING THE INTERIOR. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT'S RECOMMENDED. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT'S, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDED IN THE COUNCIL. 
          WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIND THAT CORRECT BALANCE BETWEEN STRICT RULES AND HAVING THE BUILDING BE ABLE TO, TO LIVE, UH, ONWARD. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, BUT I KNOW MY TIME'S EXPIRED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND IN THAT SAME VEIN, WE KNOW THAT, UM, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS BUSINESS THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF, OF DEVELOPMENT AND CODES AND ALL OF THAT. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE BUILDING CODES, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES, A DA REQUIREMENTS THAT MIGHT APPLY REALLY SPECIFICALLY FOR AN ADAPTIVE REUSE, UH, IN THIS SITUATION? SURE. 
          SO IN ADAPTIVE REUSE, WE APPLY WHAT'S CALLED THE HISTORIC BUILDING CODES. 
          SO WE TRY TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY WHERE WE CAN. 
          SO THERE MIGHT BE, UM, AN ABILITY TO USE WINDOWS THAT AREN'T, DON'T MEET TODAY'S ENERGY REQUIREMENTS, IF THERE'S AN AESTHETIC RULE THAT MIGHT BE WAIVED, BUT WE HAVE NO ABILITY, NOR WOULD STAFF BE COMFORTABLE WAIVING RULES THAT ARE RELATED TO SAFETY OR ACCESSIBILITY. 
          SO PUBLIC SPACES HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE. 
          YOU HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE A DA, UM, FROM A FIRE SAFETY STANDPOINT. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE KIND OF A LOT OF THAT EXPOSED WOOD AND DIFFERENT FEATURES COMES INTO MIND. 
          COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, YOU DON'T TYPICALLY WANT TO HAVE A COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL DIRECTLY ABOVE YOUR COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, BUT IT MAY BE THAT YOU COULD PUT LIKE A DROP CEILING IN THERE AND STILL PRESERVE THAT WOOD TRUSS, EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T BE VISIBLE, AT LEAST IN, IN THE MEDIUM TERM. 
          UM, SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S ADAPTIVE REUSE AND WE PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY, IT'S NOT TOTAL FLEXIBILITY. 
          THEY HAVE TO MEET STANDARDS SO THAT THE BUILDING IS SAFE IN CASE OF FIRE, SO THAT THE BUILDING CAN BE EVACUATED SO THAT THE BUILDING'S ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH ALL KINDS OF ABILITIES. 
          SO WE APPLY ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS JUST LIKE WE WOULD FOR A BRAND NEW BUILDING. 
          ADAPTIVE REUSE IS A WONDERFUL THING, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY CHALLENGING AND OFTENTIMES FOR A BUILDER ENDS UP COSTING MORE THAN BUILDING A BRAND NEW BUILDING. 
          UM, WHICH I KNOW SOUNDS COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMPLICATION OF WORKING WITH A STRUCTURE THAT'S THAT'S A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 
          MAKE YOUR MOTION. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THIS BUILDING, I GOT MY FIRST BICYCLE LICENSE AT THIS FIRE STATION. 
          I TOURED IT AS A KID. 
          IT, IT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE. 
          UM, AND I KNOW WALKING BY IT AND RIDING BY, IT EVOKES MEMORIES THAT ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR LOTS OF US IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UP THE BUSINESSES IN BIXBY KNOWLES AND WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES INTO THE AREA. 
          UM, AND FOR THAT REASON, I, UH, MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          UH, WE ASK THAT STAFF CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY AND THE NEW BUSINESS TO PRESERVE WHAT CAN BE PRESERVED, UM, AND MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS WHEN THEY CAN BE DONE, EXCEPT IN THOSE INSTANCES THAT YOU JUST TALKED, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BRING A GREAT NEW BUSINESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUE SUPPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN AUSTIN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. 
          I AM, UH, HAPPY TO SECOND THE MOTION, FIRST OF ALL. 
          UM, SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT THERE'S NO RELATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND HORACE AUSTIN, THE, THE ARCHITECT. 
          UM, AND THEN THIRD, I'D LIKE TO JUST, JUST ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REALLY AN UNDERCURRENT OF THIS ENTIRE, UM, THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FIRE STATION NINE. 
          I, I DON'T THINK THE MOLD DAMAGE IN THAT BUILDING SHOULD BE REALLY QUESTIONED. 
          UH, IT'S NO CONSPIRACY. 
          UH, THE CITY WOULD NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN TERMS OF COST, RELOCATING FIREFIGHTERS, AND EVEN PURCHASING A NEW, UM, SITE FOR A NEW FIRE STATION. 
          YOU KNOW, IF THAT BUILDING WERE TO BE ABLE TO BE REUSED AS A FIRE STATION, UH, 
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I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE THE, THE NEIGHBORS FOR THEIR UNRELENTING ADVOCACY, UH, TO, UH, PRESERVE THIS BUILDING AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK. 
          UM, THIS IS A WIN FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND AS A RESULT, THIS BUILDING WILL BE A REMAINING ICONIC STRUCTURE IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I DO SUPPORT THE IDEAL OF, OF LANDMARKING AND REUSING FIRE STATION NINE ALWAYS HAVE. 
          BUT I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS, WHICH INCLUDED POSSIBLY DEMOLISHING THIS BUILDING, RIGHT. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, THE VOTE WE HOPEFULLY WILL TAKE TONIGHT AND OUR COLLEAGUES, I HOPE WILL SUPPORT, WILL BE A VOTE THAT ADVANCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO MEETS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND THAT, IN MY OPINION, IS A WIN-WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE'LL BE VOTING IN IN FAVOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, AND BEFORE WE GO, BEFORE WE GO TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, YAGA, GO AHEAD. 
          I JUST WANNA EXTEND MY GRATITUDE AND THANK YOU TO, UH, CATHERINE AND, AND THE, AND THE, UH, BAKERY SHOP FOR STEPPING UP AND WANTING TO LOCATE THEIR SHOP THERE. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN A LEGACY BUSINESS IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME, AS MENTIONED, AND THEY'VE ALSO SERVED, UH, UH, SOME FOOD IN THE CITY HALL DURING, UH, FILIPINO MONTH. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP US OUT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, KERR FOR, FOR THAT MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND I'M GONNA JUST ASK, UH, BECAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATED THE PUBLIC COMMENT, PARTICULARLY LONG BEACH HERITAGE STATING, UM, AND THE, AND THE NEW TENANT, UH, COMING IN, EXPRESSING THEIR INTEREST AND, UH, REALLY HAVING A MIND, A MIND OF, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET THE SPIRIT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN SAID IT WELL, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL DEMOLITION OF THIS, OF THIS PROPERTY. 
          AND TO FIND A VIABLE SOLUTION WITH A, WITH A TENANT THAT CAN BRING NEW LIFE ONGOING MAINTENANCE TO THE FACILITY IS A GOOD THING. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH THIS WITH FIRE STATION 12, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. 
          WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME EVEN FINDING A DEPARTMENT TO TAKE OVER AND, AND OPERATE IN THAT SPACE. 
          UH, BUT WHEN YOU GIVE NEW, NEW LIFE, AND IT STARTED WITH JUST THE COUNCIL OFFICE MOVING IN AND THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, URBAN AGRICULTURE AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, IT BROUGHT NEW LIFE AND THE BUILDING AND ITS SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AND ALL THAT IS IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE TODAY THAN IT WAS THEN, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES GO THROUGH A FULL RESTORATION, ALL OF THOSE STEPS. 
          AND SO I, I FULLY SUPPORT ADAPTIVE REUSE. 
          I WANT YOU TO JUST SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE, UH, JUST, UH, THOSE THREE ITEMS BROUGHT UP BY LONG BEACH HERITAGE. 
          I KNOW SOME OF THEM MAY BE, MAY BE, UM, CHALLENGING, BUT, UH, WAYS THAT YOU PLAN TO WORK WITH THE, THE, UH, THE POTENTIAL NEW OPERATOR ON, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO THE SPIRIT OF WHAT'S TRYING TO BE A, UH, ACCOMPLISHED HERE WITH THOSE THREE ITEMS. SO I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THE FIREPLACE. 
          I THINK IT WAS THE WOOD TRUSSING YES. 
          AND THE LOCKERS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO OUR PLAN IS TO WORK WITH THE, UM, FUTURE APPLICANT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A OFFER IN, BUT THIS, THIS PROPERTY'S STILL IN THE CITY'S, THE CITY'S STILL ON TITLE AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S, IT'S THE BAKERY OR WHOEVER CLOSES ESCROW, UM, FOR THE RECEPTION AREA, YOU KNOW, THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT THOSE BUILT-INS CAN BE, UM, USED. 
          UM, IF THEY CAN'T BE USED, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY BE OFFERED TO ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE? COULD THEY BE RELOCATED IN OTHER LOCATIONS? UM, IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THE HEALTH LICENSING. 
          AND IF IT'S A FOOD FACILITY, THERE ARE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, UM, REQUIREMENTS AND WOOD ISN'T A, A SURFACE THAT YOU CAN USE FROM A BACTERIA, UH, STANDPOINT. 
          SO IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME MASSAGING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE FLOOR PLAN, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN REUSE IT. 
          AND IF WE CAN'T REUSE IT, THEN IT DOESN'T GO IN THE TRASH. 
          IT'S, IT GOES TO WHAT'S CALLED ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE. 
          THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL, UM, PHOTOGRAPHY THAT'S DONE BEFOREHAND THAT GOES INTO OUR POSSESSION, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S POSSESSION, BUT ALSO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE INFORMING LONG BEACH HERITAGE AND OUR COMMISSION ALL ALONG THE WAY. 
          THE TRUST CEILING, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          I HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE IT. 
          BUT ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN INTERNALLY IS IF IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH SORT OF BAKERY, UM, BACK OF HOUSE, THAT, YOU KNOW, 
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INSTEAD OF REMOVING IT, THERE MAY BE A WAY TO COVER IT. 
          AND THEN IF 20 YEARS FROM NOW THAT USE CHANGES AGAIN, AND IT'S A BALLROOM, THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM WITH HAVING THE EXPOSED TRUSS CEILING AND YOU COULD TAKE THE DROP CEILING OFF, UM, AND EXPOSE IT ONCE AGAIN AT, AT THAT FUTURE DATE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, UM, THAT IS ALL, UM, PART OF OUR APPROACH. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE FIRE SHAFT. 
          I DON'T KNOW ANY COMMERCIAL USE FOR THE FIRE SHAFT OTHER THAN BY A, UM, FIREFIGHTER. 
          UM, SO IT, IT REALLY HAS TO BE, CAN THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE BE BUILT AROUND THAT? UM, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. 
          YOU KNOW, A DA IS THE BIG CHALLENGE WITH THIS BUILDING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UM, DEPENDING ON IF THE UPPER STORY AREA IS PUBLIC, THEN IT NEEDS AN ELEVATOR. 
          UM, IF IT'S EMPLOY ONLY, IT MAY NOT NEED AN ELEVATOR. 
          SO WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS. 
          THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO PRESERVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, BUT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PRESERVE A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND THAT'S WHEN WE GO TO OUR OTHER, UM, POTENTIAL OPTIONS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S FAIR WHERE YOU OUTLINED, RIGHT? LIKE, SO THERE'S GOTTA BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. 
          AND WHEN PATRONS GO AND SUPPORT THIS NEW OPERATION AT A BAKERY, UH, IT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, UH, VERY GOOD TO GO TO A PLACE YOU COUNTED ON AS YOUR LOCAL FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE STATION FOR MANY YEARS, AND GO IN AND GET A CUP OF COFFEE OR A, YOU KNOW, A BAKED GOOD AND STILL SEE SOME ELEMENTS OF WHAT YOU SAW GROWING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT ADAPTIVE REUSE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          UH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, RUN QUICK SECOND. 
          UM, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR'S MOTION, WE ALSO NEED TO ADD, UM, THAT IT BE BROUGHT BACK, UM, THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION ON THAT AS WELL. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          NOTED. 
          ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, YEAH, ADD THAT PART. 
          UH, YEAH, ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN, AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM 21, PLEASE. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE COST ESTIMATES AND IDENTIFY AVAILABLE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2024 LONG BEACH PRIDE PARADE. 
          THANK YOU VICE MAYOR ALLEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THAT MOVED. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, LAST YEAR WE CELEBRATED THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR LONG BEACH PRIDE FEST, UH, PRIDE AND FESTIVAL, WHICH, UH, FOR THOSE THAT YOU ATTENDED, NO, IT WAS, UH, A GREAT SUCCESS. 
          UM, PRIDE IS THE SECOND LARGEST ANNUAL EVENT IN THE CITY, BRINGING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND TO LONG BEACH TO CELEBRATE THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. 
          AS THE THIRD LARGEST, UH, PRIDE PARADE CELEBRATION IN THE STATE. 
          THIS IS A HUGE ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, IT PROMOTES TOURISM, UM, IT HELPS BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE CITY. 
          SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY TO, UH, COUNCILMAN MARY ZENDEJAS AND TO COUNCILWOMAN MEGAN KERR, UH, FOR JOINING ME ON THIS ITEM. 
          UH, LONG BEACH PRIDE IS A LONG BEACH TRADITION, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ELEVATE OUR RESOURCES TO SUPPORT, UM, OUR LONGSTANDING EVENTS AND UPLIFT OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. 
          UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE ORGANIZATION IS STRUCTURING AND, UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING PARADE THIS YEAR. 
          UM, SO LAST YEAR THE PARADE WAS HELD IN, UH, THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. 
          AND, UM, NOW IT'S BEING MOVED, UM, BACK TO MAY, WHICH IS WHAT THE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED. 
          I KNOW THERE'S AN OUT LOT OF OUTREACH THAT WENT INTO THAT, AND SO I KNOW IT'S POPULAR AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED. 
          UM, BUT IT DID PLACE, UH, A HEAVY BURDEN ON THE ORGANIZATION. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO DO, UM, IN A SHORTER TIMEFRAME TO, TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          SO, UM, WHAT, UM, THEY'RE ASKING WHAT I'M ASKING IS MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, UM, FOR STAFF TO HELP WITH THE PRODUCTION JUST FOR THE PARADE, NOT THE FESTIVAL FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT STAFF BRINGS BACK. 
          AND, UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY, UM, THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING, UM, $50,000 TOWARDS, UM, THE, UH, THE PARADE 
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FROM THIS, FROM MY CD TWO, UH, FUNDS. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR VICE MAYOR, UH, FOR HER, FOR HER LEADERSHIP. 
          AND I KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER HAVING A LONGSTANDING PARADE THAT WAS IN PLACE BEFORE YOU WERE THE THE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BUT WHEN YOU'RE THE COUNCIL MEMBER THERE, YOU ARE THE ONE THROUGH ANY TRANSITION NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT LONGSTANDING TRADITION AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO STEP UP AND, AND IDENTIFY AN INITIAL $50,000 TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SHOWS THAT YOU CERTAINLY HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP HERE. 
          UH, AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE HEADING WITH, UH, PRIDE. 
          UH, NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, OR ZENDEJAS, EXCUSE ME. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU VICE MAYOR FOR THE INVITATION TO BE ON THIS ITEM. 
          I SEE THAT OUR LONG BEACH PRIDE PARADE HAS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND WE ARE KNOWN FOR LONG BEACH PRIDE PARADE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT IS EASY FOR US AS A, AS A COUNCIL TO SUPPORT A, A HISTORIC EVENT. 
          A TRADITIONAL EVENT LIKE MAYOR SAID. 
          AGAIN, I HOST THE, UM, DI LOS MUERTOS PARADE, AND I KNOW HOW, UM, HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT PARADE. 
          JUST LIKE I KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE OUR PRIDE PARADE. 
          SO I AM ABSOLUTELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, UM, WHAT THE CITY STAFF CAN COME BACK AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE SUPPORTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, KER NO COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR FOR INVITING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS. 
          WE KNOW, UH, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT, EVENT, UM, FOR FOLKS OF ALL AGES, UM, AND ALL BACKGROUNDS IN THIS CITY, UH, IS ONE PARADE WHERE WE KNOW I SEE PEOPLE FROM EVERY PART OF MY LIFE, EITHER ON A FLOAT OR IN THE, AT THE FESTIVAL OR ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. 
          AND, UM, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF BEING A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH TO PARTICIPATE IN. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF'S REPORT AND SUPPORTING IN ANY WAY WE CAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. 
          I, YOU KNOW, AND AS WELL AS THE CO-SPONSOR, I DO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT, UH, TRADITION IN OUR DISTRICT AS I'VE JUST, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          PARADE AND AND FESTIVAL. 
          UM, SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM ITEM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I, I WONDER IF WE CAN CONSIDER TOO, IS, UM, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK WHEN, UH, EVENTS ARE DONE, UM, EVERY YEAR. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE COULD BE A PIECE WHERE IT COULD LOOK AT, UH, CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, AS WELL FOR LONG BEACH PRIDE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE, UM, INDEPENDENT THE NEXT, THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND TRANSITION HAPPENED WITH LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITY, AND I DO RECOGNIZE THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT MEMBERS THAT HAVE PASSED AS WELL, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALSO SUPPORT IN THAT PROCESS, IN, IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE HAVE, LET'S SEE, 1, 2, 3, 4 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          CHT JORDAN, TANYA MARTIN, UH, DEBORAH KAHU, KAYLI, AND, UH, ELSA MARTINEZ. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO PARTICULAR ORDER. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, VICE MAYOR CINDY ALLEN AND, UH, MARY SUNDAY HAS, AND ALSO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SULI SORO, YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, , I BROKE A WING ON THE WAY HERE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU A, AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF, UH, LONG BEACH PRIDE, I CAN'T TELL YOU, UH, HOW I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING YEAR AND HOW I SEE THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS A COMMUNITY EVENT. 
          AND, UH, YOU STEPPING UP LIKE THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO US, THE DIVERSITY, AND IT REMINDS US AGAIN, THAT WE BELONG AND THAT WE'RE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IMPORTANT. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          JUST THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE GET WELL SOON. 
          TANYA. 
          HI. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I HAD A WHOLE SPEECH, UH, WRITTEN OUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I DIDN'T WANNA REPEAT EVERYTHING 
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EVERYBODY SAID, BUT, UH, HEARING WHAT YOU GUYS HAD SAID, AND CINDY ALLEN, THANK YOU MARY ZENDAY HOUSE AND KER AND ALL THE REST OF YOU TOO. 
          UH, I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE LONG BEACH PRIDE PARADE AND FESTIVAL ARE NOT JUST ONE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EVENT OR PARADE. 
          IT'S THE CITIES, IT'S THE COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR, IS THAT WE'RE HERE, UH, NEEDING HELP AND YOU GUYS ARE UNDERSTANDING AND, AND VISUALIZING THAT. 
          AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS ALL BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST FOR ONE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES FROM ALL OVER. 
          COME HERE AND IT, THIS, THIS IS AN ICON FOR THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
          I'M, SO, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE, AND I'M JUST SO GLAD TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, HELPING US WITH THE PARADE. 
          THE, THE PARADE IS SO, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY, UH, AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I JUST, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA BE SO HAPPY TO SEE IT BACK IN MAY AND BACK WITH ALL THE CROWDS. 
          AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE ALL OF YOU SEE US AT THE, HOPEFULLY AT THE MUSEUM AND WATCHING ALL THE CROWDS COME AND, AND JUST ENJOY, UH, AN AMAZING TIME. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          WE, WE, WE TRY TO BRING THAT JOY AND THAT HAPPINESS AND, UH, TO EVERYBODY, EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, ELSA, AND ALL OF, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK PUBLICLY. 
          I WANNA ASK CITY STAFF TO JUST, UH, PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS, A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, CONTEXT ON NEXT STEPS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UH, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE GET THESE REPORTS, WE, UH, WORK ON 'EM OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND BRING YOU BACK A SOLUTION. 
          THIS ONE NEEDS TO GO VERY, VERY QUICKLY. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT ON, AND WE'VE GOTTA START CONTRACTING RIGHT AWAY TO GET THE, THE BARRICADES AND OTHERS. 
          SO, UM, UH, WE HAVE HAD SOME, UH, GOOD, FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, WITH THE PRIDE, UH, GROUP AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE. 
          IT WOULD BE WHEN THE CITY COMES IN FOR A YEAR. 
          UH, SO I'M JUST LETTING THE COUNCIL KNOW. 
          I DO NEED TO KIND OF HEAR TONIGHT WHETHER YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE VOTING FOR THIS, THIS IS REALLY FOR US TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP. 
          AND I WILL IDENTIFY THE BUDGET SOLUTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE VICE MAYOR. 
          THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE, UH, PUTTING SOME DIVIDE BY NINE AT THAT LEVEL TOWARDS IT. 
          AND WE'LL COME BACK VERY QUICKLY WITH SOME SOLUTIONS AND START WORKING ON THE CONTRACTING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, UH, WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE TRANSITION THAT'S HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UH, WITH LONG BEACH PRIDE. 
          UH, WE KNOW THIS IS A BIG CITYWIDE PRIORITY, UH, LANDMARK SORT OF EVENT. 
          UH, THE VICE MAYOR HAS PUT FORWARD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HER ONE TIMES, BUT THAT WILL NOT DO IT ALL. 
          WE'RE GONNA NEED SPECIAL EVENTS TO PLACE A REAL FOCUS ON MAKING THE EVENT SUCCESSFUL. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE ALSO MINDFUL OF PREPARING FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM GAME PLAN HERE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT IN THE EMERGENCY STATUS NEXT YEAR. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. 
          SO I, SO WE SHOULD ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR. 
          WE WE'RE, WE'RE STEPPING UP. 
          IT'S BEEN HISTORICALLY, UH, RUN BY LONG BEACH PRIDE, UH, BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE STEPPING UP TO MANAGE THE PARADE AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LONG-TERM PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD. 
          THAT SAID, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          DISTRICT ONE A. 
          OH, YEAH, ROLL CALL. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          DISTRICT TWO. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN, AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ON TO ITEM 11, PLEASE. 
          COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILMAN OCK, COUNCILWOMAN KERR. 
          RECOMMENDATION REQUEST, CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH ALL NECESSARY STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE A REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATIONAL CORRIDOR AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER. 
          AND MAKE SURE YOU PUSH THE MOTION BUTTON ON YOUR LAPTOP. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY RIGHT NOW. 
          SO MOVE BY SUPER NA SECOND BY KIRK, PLEASE PROCEED. 
          OKAY. 
          AIRPORT DIRECTOR IS ALL READY TO GO. 
          AND, AND WE MADE THIS A VERY SPECIAL MEETING FOR OUR, OUR AIRPORT STAFF. 
          UM, NOT ONLY DID WE PUT TWO ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA RELATED TO THE AIRPORT FOR EFFICIENCY, WE ALSO MOVED THE MEETING CLOSER TO YOUR, UH, OFFICE. 
          SO , WE HOPE YOU APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, SO THIS ITEM IS NOT NEW, AND IT'S NOT MY ORIGINAL ITEM, BUT IT IS A GREAT ITEM. 
          AND SOMETHING, UM, THAT WAS, UH, ASKED, UH, A WHILE BACK, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY IT NEVER GOT TRACTION, BECAUSE IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SUCH A GREAT IDEA, BUT THE DELAY ACTUALLY HAS THE BENEFIT. 
          AND THAT 
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IS WHEN THIS ORIGINAL, WHEN THIS IDEA WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT THE A HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY. 
          NOW, THE AIRPORT HAS DONE SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THE HISTORICAL PIECE ON THERE IN THE PRESENTATION, AND I THINK YOU HAVE, UH, A MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT AT, AT BJK, UH, LIBRARY. 
          AND, UM, I'LL TELL YOU, I, I THOUGHT I KNEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AIRPORT, BUT TO READ ALL THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT, THAT, UH, AIRPORT STAFF CAME UP WITH WAS, WAS AMAZING. 
          SO, WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS IS, UM, IT'S A MUCH BETTER PROJECT WHEN IT DOVETAILS WITH THE HISTORICAL PIECE, AND THIS WOULD BRING IT UP TO DATE WITH, UM, VERY IMPORTANT, UM, PEOPLE, STAKEHOLDERS, UH, AROUND THE AIRPORT, UM, UP TO CURRENT TIME. 
          SO, UM, WHAT I'M PROPOSING, MY MY VISION FOR THIS IS THAT IT MIGHT SOMEDAY BE, UM, PRIVATELY FUNDED OR, UH, NONPROFITS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, THE CREATION AND THE MAINTENANCE, BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE ANY CHANCES. 
          SO I'M PUTTING UP, UH, $5,000 TO KICKSTART THIS. 
          AND, UM, ACTUALLY, UM, THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC MONEY, BUT IT'S COMING FROM MY OFFICE. 
          BUT I DO HAVE A HISTORICAL PRECEDENT FOR DOING THIS. 
          AND THAT IS IN 1956, UH, DONALD DOUGLAS, AND MAYBE SOMEDAY HE'LL BE IN THIS EDUCATIONAL CORRIDOR, UM, BUT I WOULD HOPE THIS STORY WOULD GO WITH IT. 
          UM, HE WANTED TO BUILD HIS NEW JETLINER HERE, THE DC EIGHT IN LONG BEACH, BUT IT REQUIRED A LONGER RUNWAY. 
          SO THE TAXPAYERS CAME UP WITH A BOND, SO IT WAS PUBLICLY FUNDED TO EXTEND THEIR RUNWAY FROM, UM, LAKEWOOD AND SPRING TO WILLOW AND CLARK TO MAKE IT A 10,000 FOOT RUNWAY, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEW JETLINER. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS A 5.5, UM, MILLION DOLLARS CONTRIBUTION, UH, BY THE TAXPAYERS. 
          DONALD DOUGLAS IN TURN BUILT A 1 MILLION DOLL, UH, I'M SORRY, A 1 MILLION SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, WHICH STILL STANDS TODAY FOR $20 MILLION. 
          UM, SO A COMBINED, UM, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UH, OF $25.5 MILLION ON THE, BY THE TIME THE JET LINER ROLLED OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, UM, DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT HAD ORDERS FOR 138 AIRCRAFT WORTH $700 MILLION, A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY. 
          AND, AND BOY DID THAT MEAN A LOT OF JOBS FOR THE, FOR THE REGION. 
          AND SO LET'S HOPE THAT, UH, WITH THIS INITIAL SEED MONEY, UH, FROM OUR OFFICE, WE CAN SEE GREAT THINGS WITH THIS EDUCATIONAL CORRIDOR. 
          AND I, AND I THANK, UM, AIRPORT STAFF FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF OUR, UM, AIRPORT ADVISORY, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS, WAYNE CHENEY. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SUBINA. 
          UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT HAS A STORIED HISTORY DATING BACK TO ITS INCEPTION WITH FABRIC COVERED BY PLANES GRACING THE SHORES. 
          DURING THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO, UM, OUR AVIATION HISTORY AND THEIR STORIES MUST BE TOLD, WE THINK IT'S A STORY FOR THE CENTURY AS, AS THE, THE AIRPORT STAFF HAS SHOWN US TODAY. 
          LGB SERVES AS A TRANSPORTATION GATEWAY TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND IT'S KNOWN FOR ITS CONVENIENCE, ITS COAST PROXIMITY, AND EASE OF TRAVEL THAT WE ALL LOVE. 
          I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF THE AIRPORT AND, UH, THE TERMINAL AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS THURSDAY'S AIRPORT HISTORY TALK, WHERE WE'LL LISTEN TO THE STORIES OF SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES THROUGHOUT OUR AIRPORT'S, A HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE, AND INVITE YOU TO THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY AT FIVE 30 ON THURSDAY, PLEASE. 
          UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE, THE AIRPORT STAFF IS, IS WORKING ON A LOT OF THINGS AS WE'VE, AS COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN NOTED, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ITEM EVEN TONIGHT, AND WE'VE SEEN YOU LOTS OF TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          AND SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER, I'M ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          IF WE COULD EXTEND THE TIMEFRAME FROM THE REPORT BACK. 
          WE KNOW WE'RE STILL IN THAT A HUNDRED YEARS. 
          UM, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE STAFF THE ABILITY FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'VE GOT A LOT ON THEIR PLATE FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, TO REPORT BACK MAYBE IN JUNE TO US. 
          UH, SO THEY HAVE THE TIME THAT THEY NEED TO, TO CONTINUE TO DO THE HARD WORK AROUND TECHNICAL WORK AND ALSO GIVE US A REALLY IN-DEPTH HISTORICAL RESPONSE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET, LEMME JUST CLARIFY THIS. 
          I THINK IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE MOTION IS TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, UM, TO, TO GO HERE. 
          SO, UM, IF THAT IS WORKS FOR, UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE TIMEFRAME, AND, UM, BUT IT'S A CITY MANAGER, I BELIEVE, UH, DIRECTED, UM, PIECE. 
          TOM, YOU THINK SIX MONTHS GIVES YOU ENOUGH TIME TO RESPOND TO THIS? YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          UM, SO WE ARE ASKING OUR, UH, AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO DO A LOT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY ON ALL OF THE FUEL PROGRAMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND ALL THE, UH, RESPONSES WITH FLIGHTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AS WELL AS MANAGING THE PHASE TWO. 
          SO SOME ADDITIONAL TIME, IT 
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MIGHT BE IN BETWEEN THAT 90 TO 60, UM, DAYS. 
          IF WE, IF WE DON'T NEED THE FULL SIX MONTHS, WE'LL COME A LITTLE EARLY, BUT HAVING A LITTLE GRACE WOULD BE, UH, MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THAT. 
          FRIENDLY. 
          AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, BECAUSE I MENTIONED, UM, UH, DONALD DOUGLAS, WHICH IS PROBABLY A NO-BRAINER , BUT MY VISION IS, IS TO BRING IT UP TO DATE. 
          UM, AND I'LL JUST, THIS IS NOT MY DECISION, BUT JUST THROW A FEW NAMES OUT THERE. 
          UH, WE, WE HAD A MAYOR, ERNIE KEL, WHO ACTUALLY WAS A PILOT AND HAD A PLANE CALLED SPIRIT OF LONG BEACH. 
          UH, TO ME, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. 
          I THINK OF DON TEMPLE, WHO WAS, UH, AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION CHAIR WHEN ALL THE MAJOR RENOVATIONS, UH, TO THE AIRPORT, UH, WERE, WERE SCHEDULED. 
          UM, AND THEN THIS, A LITTLE DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT, BUT I THINK OF JOHN HOWARD, WHO'S A FOURTH DISTRICT BUSINESSMAN, UH, RETIRED, UH, AIR FORCE CAPTAIN, WHO WAS THE ONLY PILOT TO FLY ON NINE 11 WHEN HE HAD, UM, HE HAD A, A TRANSPLANT, ACTUALLY A LIVER TRANSPLANT FOR AN INFANT. 
          UM, AND ALL, UH, COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS WERE, WERE GROUNDED. 
          AND SO THAT NORMALLY WOULD'VE GONE ON A, A SMALL JET, BUT HE, UH, FLEW HIS AIR FORCE, UH, PLANE TO, UH, DELIVER THAT. 
          THOSE ARE KIND OF, UM, STORIES THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY HEAR, BUT IT, THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT VENUE FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER OCK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS OTE. 
          I DIDN'T QUEUE QUEUED UP ON MY LIST. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ACTUALLY, YEAH, IT'S OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I SEE MEMBER ONE, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SEAN T. JORDAN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER NA AND COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. 
          UH, THIS IS A GREAT MOTION AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE, THIS PAST 100 YEARS. 
          AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY, UH, DIRECTOR GUIDRY, UH, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. 
          I SAW YOU SITTING UP THERE JUST IN CASE WE HAD ANY QUESTIONS. 
          BUT, UH, IT'S A REAL, REAL HONOR, UH, TO SEE YOU, YOU LEAD OUR LEAD, LEAD OUR AIRPORT AT THIS HISTORIC, UH, MILESTONE. 
          UH, AND WE'RE REALLY, AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK THIS PAST YEAR COULD HAVE GONE VERY, VERY DIFFERENTLY. 
          UH, BUT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR AIRPORT WITH, WITH CLASS, AND WITH, WITH, UH, DIGNITY. 
          AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOUR AIRPORT CONFERENCE, WHATEVER THAT CONFERENCE WAS CALLED. 
          AND EVERYONE RESPECTS OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR. 
          I'M NIGHT NATIONWIDE. 
          AND SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS ENTIRE 100 YEARS, CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY WHILE CHARTING A, A, A CLEAN AND A HEALTHY FUTURE, AND LOOKING AHEAD TO SPACE AND EXCITING NEW TENANTS LIKE JET ZERO AND ALL THOSE THINGS, I THINK, UH, I, I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. 
          SO I LOVE THIS ITEM. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER KERR FOR COLLABORATING TOGETHER, MEMBERS. 
          WELL, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN, AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          REAL QUICK BEFORE WE MOVE ON. 
          I JUST SAW, UH, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          IT'S HARD TO TELL IN THIS SYSTEM, VIRTUALLY. 
          COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, DID YOU WANNA ADD A COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? YEAH, I JUST WANTED, I, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE AND, AND OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM. 
          THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SOFF FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD, BUT ALSO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT THE, UM, DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT, THE HISTORY THERE, UH, REALLY IS, IS RICH IN OUR CITY AND, AND, AND SHOULD BE PRESERVED AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE WENT THROUGH THE WORKFORCE THERE. 
          UH, YOURS TRULY, UH, I WORKED THERE FOR 15 YEARS. 
          MY FATHER WORKED THERE. 
          WE, WE CAME TO LONG BEACH FROM DETROIT BECAUSE OF GREAT JOBS IN LONG BEACH AS A RESULT OF, UH, THE, UH, AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY HERE IN, IN LONG BEACH. 
          AND SO, UH, I REALLY LIKE THIS ITEM, UH, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING, UM, THE HISTORY THAT OUR, OUR CITY HAS. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL NOW MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM 20, PLEASE RECOMMENDATION REQUEST, CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON THE COVID-19 AFTER ACTION REPORT ON MARCH 19TH, 2024. 
          COUNCILMAN RICK SOTE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, UH, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO STATE HOW INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED I WAS WITH THE CITY'S, UH, COVID AFTER ACTION REPORT. 
          UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS HONEST, TRANSPARENT, AND THOROUGH. 
          UM, AND SO THE GOAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, IS REALLY JUST TO CREATE SPACE FOR US TO TAKE A BREATHER AS A CITY AND TALK ABOUT THE AMAZING WORK OF OUR CITY STAFF, IN PARTICULAR, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, WHEN IN DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO THE USE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY AND DASHBOARDS AS WELL AS OUR VACCINE ROLLOUT. 
          I REALLY THINK LONG BEACH REALLY WAS A MODEL. 
          UM, AND, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT EVERY TIME WE KIND OF TURN AROUND, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING 
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WITH SO MANY UNPRECEDENTED THINGS THAT, AND KIND OF THE SUCCESS OF STATES OF EMERGENCY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY SIT, REVIEW OUR CITY PROCESSES. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE TO DO THAT NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE EMERGENCIES AND ALSO FOR A TEMPLATE FOR OTHER CITIES THAT WANNA USE THE MODEL THAT, UH, LONG BEACH PUT FORWARD AS BEST PRACTICES. 
          AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY HEAR FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF, HEAR FROM OUR SOUTH CITY STAFF, UM, WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL, RIGHT? AND WHAT ARE THE LESSONS LEARNED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, URANGA, NO COMMENTS. 
          SUPPORT ITEM. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT FOR US TO DO THESE AFTER OUR AFTER ACTION REPORTS, 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING OUT OF EMERGENCIES LEFT AND RIGHT HERE. 
          SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, REPORT OUT. 
          I KNOW WE DID A COUNCIL PRESENTATION THOUGH ON THE COVID EMERGENCY. 
          DIDN'T WE DO THAT? AND HOW IS THIS, HOW'S THIS DIFFERENT AFTER ACTION REPORT? YEAH, SO THE COUNCIL WAS, GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT COVID AND THE, AND THE ACTIONS THAT WE DID. 
          UM, WHAT WE DO AFTER ANY, UH, MAJOR DISASTER ACTIVATION IS, IT'S A FORMAL PROCESS TO CLOSE OUT THE EMERGENCY. 
          BUT THEN WE GAVE YOU A WRITTEN REPORT, UH, THAT WAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, UH, TO GO THROUGH AND, AND DOCUMENT WHAT WENT WELL AND, BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE WE HAD SOME SHORTCOMINGS OR WHERE WE HAD INFORMATION THAT WAS MISSING OR THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER FOR NEXT TIME. 
          AND SO THAT REPORT IS ALL READY TO GO. 
          WE JUST NEED TO PUT IT IN A FORMAT WE CAN MEET THIS. 
          SO, UH, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT COVID AS THE COUNCIL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON THE, THE FULL AFTER ACTION, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, USING A, A REAR VIEW MIRROR TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS OUR RESPONSE AND WHERE DID WE DO WELL, BUT ALSO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED OUT OF IT. 
          AND, AND I THINK JUST GIVEN THE HISTORIC MAGNITUDE OF THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY, MORE LOSS OF LIFE THAN, THAN ANY OTHER, UH, CRISIS HAS FACED OUR CITY, I THINK FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THAT AFTER OUR AFTER ACTION REPORT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SHANTI JORDAN. 
          OKAY. 
          ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE, AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE, AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          15. 
          PLEASE REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH RAHI PACIFIC COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF REFUSE AND RECYCLING CONTAINERS FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 23,859,600 CITYWIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I SEE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SEAN T. JORDAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR ORDINANCES. 
          ITEM 16, PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING AND AMENDING SECTIONS ALL RELATING TO SIDEWALK VENDORS RED AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE. 
          ALRIGHT, I SEE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SEAN T. JORDAN, AND FRANCESCA C ARE EITHER OF YOU HERE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF STREET VENDORS IN SUPPORT OF OUR STREET VENDORS HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          UM, I AM CONCERNED THAT WHILE THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT WELCOMING STREET VENDORS, THIS ORDINANCE APPEARS TO DO THE OPPOSITE AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS DID NOT REALLY SEEM TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF THE CONCERNS VOICED BY RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHICH INCLUDED STREET VENDORS AS WELL. 
          MANY VOICED THE FEELING OF THE LACK OF FOLLOW-UP TO CONCERNS LED TO THEM FEELING, UM, FEELING DISMISSED. 
          UH, THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS COST. 
          THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SAW THE IMPACT OF HIGH COSTS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING STREET VENDOR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND REDUCED COSTS WAS SOMETHING THAT RESULTED IN MORE STREET VENDORS HAVING ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO I'M WONDERING WHY LONG BEACH HAS NOT REALLY ADDRESSED THE CONSISTENT CONCERN OVER COST. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CALL FOR SUPPORTING STREET VENDORS THROUGH A GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED, BUT IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. 
          UM, ALSO THE COMPLIANCE TIMELINE IS VERY UNCLEAR AND POT POTENTIALLY OPENS THE DOOR TO CRIMINALIZING VENDORS. 
          I KNOW THAT IT WAS SAID LAST WEEK THAT THE INTENT IS NOT TO CRIMINALIZE STREET VENDORS, BUT IT STILL OPENS THAT DOOR FOR OVERSIGHT OVER POLICING. 
          AND OVERALL ALSO INCREASES THE MISTRUST FROM STREET VENDORS AND DETERS THEM FROM FULFILLING THE NEEDS 
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THAT ARE REQUIRED FROM THE C FROM THE CITY. 
          UM, ALSO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION REVOLVING AROUND, YOU KNOW, RESISTANCE TOWARDS PERMITS AND REGULATION, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO CONVERSATION OF WHY THAT MISTRUST EXISTS. 
          AND A LOT OF THAT MISTRUST IS JUST, UM, AGAIN, A NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICING OF STREET VENDORS AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, STREET VENDORS HELP COMMUNITIES THRIVE, AS WE ALL HAVE SAID EACH WEEK THAT WE'VE COME TO SUPPORT OUR STREET VENDORS, AS WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THEY SERVE TO AS A WAY OF PROTECTION. 
          THEY SUPPORT AS THE EYES AND EARS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THEY HELP STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO ALSO WE ASK THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED IN THE PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS WITH CLEAR GUIDANCE THAT WAS ALSO NOT ADDRESSED EVEN THOUGH MULTIPLE, UM, MEMBERS SPOKE UP ON THAT, INCLUDING LENA GONZALEZ AS WELL. 
          UM, I WANNA END WITH A QUOTE BY AN URBAN, URBAN PLANNING SCHOLAR, VERONICA RASA, WHICH SAYS SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED ARE, HOW ARE DISCOURSES AROUND CHAOS AND ORDER CONSTRUCTED AND REPRODUCED IN EVERYDAY LIFE? HOW IS THE NATION, HOW IS THE NOTION OF ORDER SYMBOLICALLY AND MORALLY CONSTRUCTED? AND WHAT ROLE DO STREET VENDORS PLAY IN THESE CONSTRUCTIONS? SO AS WE TALK ABOUT ORDINANCE, I SAY THAT WE ASK THE CITY TO REFLECT IF THESE POLICIES ARE TRULY ABOUT HELPING OUR CITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEGITIMACY OF STREET VENDING. 
          OR IS IT TO REINFORCE A CONSTRUCTED IDEA OF ORDER BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RHETORIC THAT SEEMS TO CRIMINALIZE AND PAINT OUR STREET VENDORS IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          17. 
          PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT THAT REPEALS LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 21.4 5.70 L RED AND ADOPTED IS RED CITYWIDE. 
          ALRIGHT, ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SHANTI JORDAN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FIRST GIVING HONOR TO GOD AND TO ALL OF YOU, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M NOT REALLY, UM, FOR THIS ZONING AND THIS, UM, THE VENDOR SITUATION BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY HOMELESS THAT'S ALREADY ON THE STREETS, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SUPPORT VENDORS AND THE HOMELESS ARE ON THE STREETS? I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          SO I, UM, I JUST, I'M JUST NOT APO, I, I JUST OPPOSE, I JUST OPPOSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. 
          I, DISTRICT ONE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          18. 
          PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY. 
          RECOMMENDATION. 
          DECLARE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, ADOPTING THE 2023 MILITARY EQUIPMENT SPECIAL ORDER OF THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, CREATING A POLICY FOR THE FUNDING ACQUISITION USE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT AS MANDATED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 4 8 1 AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. 
          READ AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND READING. 
          I SEE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGN UP. 
          PUBLIC SPEAK. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SHANTI JORDAN. 
          ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX? AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT? AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM 19, PLEASE. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND GROUP IN THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT BY $30,000 OFFSET BY NINTH COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE-TIME DISTRICT, UH, PRIORITY FUNDS TRANSFERRED FROM THE CITYWIDE ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE 2024 UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL AND DECREASE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND BY 30,000 TO OFFSET THE TRANSFER TO THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I SEE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          SEAN T. JORDAN. 
          ALL RIGHT, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. 
          DISTRICT ONE, MARY AYE. 
          DISTRICT TWO AYE. 
          DISTRICT THREE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT FOUR? 
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AYE. 
          DISTRICT FIVE? AYE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT SEVEN AYE. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          AYE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE 13TH ANNUAL UPTOWN JASPER. 
          IT WILL BE SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD. 
          SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD. 
          ALL RIGHT, MARK YOUR CALENDARS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEMS. WELL, ITEMS 22 AND 23 ARE ACTUALLY WITHDRAWN. 
          SO NOW WE'RE AT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO. 
          IT IS THE END OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I SEE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          EDGAR CRUZ, YOU'RE NOT ON THIS LIST. 
          I, WELL, YOU CAN SPEAK IF YOU WANNA SPEAK. 
          YOU CAN COME ON DOWN. 
          EDGAR. 
          IS THIS YOU? EDGAR? ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, LONG BEACH CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS EDGAR CRUZ, AN EQUITY ENTREPRENEUR IN THE, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          UH, I COMMEND THE EFFORTS, UH, PUT FORTH IN THE PROPOSED CANNABIS TAX RELIEF PLAN IN ITEM 12 TO OFFER, UH, RELIEF FOR ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLANS, EQUITY PROVISIONS, THE PAST YEAR'S DEDICATION TO CANNABIS ORDINANCES SEEM TO FAVOR EXISTING BUSINESSES, UH, LEAVING EQUITY ENTREPRENEURS WITH MINIMAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, WITHIN THE PROGRAM. 
          THESE AGENDAS, UH, ARE BIG WINS, RESPECTIVELY, TO THOSE LIKE ADAM ELLIOT AND OTHER EXISTING OPERATORS WITH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. 
          UH, THE PILOT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM IN TIER TWO IS COMMENDABLE, BUT, UH, A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF ITS CRITERIA IS ESSENTIAL TO ASSURE THAT THEY ARE REALISTIC FOR EQUITY ENTREPRENEURS. 
          UH, CREATING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IS CRUCIAL FOR MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE, UH, FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          FURTHERMORE, IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, EXISTING NON-EQUITY BUSINESSES WITH AN ALREADY EXISTING MUNICIPAL CODE OR WATERED DOWN INCUBATION PLAN, WHICH ALREADY LACKED ROBUST ENFORCEMENT MAY NOT CARRY SUFFICIENT WEIGHT IN ENFORCEMENT. 
          THIS APPROACH COULD INADVERTENTLY PROVIDE UNWARRANTED BENEFITS TO COMPANIES CLAIMING TO SUPPORT EQUITY WITHOUT MAKING TANGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS, MERELY ASSISTING ENTREPRENEURS IN AN OVER-SATURATED AND COSTLY INDUSTRY. 
          CANNABIS THOUGH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SURPRISING, UH, SURPRISINGLY HIGH PERFORMING PERFORMING AREAS IN THE CITY'S TAX REVENUE STREAMS GENERATING 13 MILLION IN THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR. 
          IT'S ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT, UH, WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN AWARDED UPWARDS OF $9 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND CREATE EQUITY BUSINESSES. 
          HOWEVER, SINCE THE PROGRAM'S CREATION IN 2018, THERE HAS BEEN NO TRUE EQUITY BUSINESSES ESTABLISHED WITHIN LONG BEACH. 
          DESPITE THE CI, UH, CITY'S SIGNIFICANT REVENUE FROM CANNABIS AND GRANTS PROVIDED BY GO BZ, UH, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RESTRUCTURING OUR AGENDA INITIATIVES, ORDINANCES AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR EQUITY. 
          UH, FOR THE EQUITY PROGRAM, THE DELAYS, LACK OF LICENSING OPPORTUNITIES, TRANSPARENCY AND OTHER ISSUES HAVE CREATED BARRIERS OR ABSOLUTELY HINDERED POTENTIAL EQUITY ENTREPRENEURS FROM SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY. 
          UM, AS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES ARISE NATIONALLY, STAYING CURRENT AND THE EVOLVING CANNABIS INDUSTRY LANDSCAPE IS CRUCIAL. 
          I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO STRIVE FOR INITIATIVES THAT ENSURE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS, NOT JUST EXISTING BUSINESSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SHANTI. 
          OH LORD. 
          AGAIN, GIVING HONOR TO GOD. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          'CAUSE I'M STILL LEARNING. 
          I'M BRAND NEW. 
          I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK AT CITY HALL. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST HAVE CONCERNS FOR WHERE I LIVE. 
          I'M STILL WAITING FOR A JOB. 
          I'M IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. 
          I HAVE NO INCOME. 
          I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT BEING ABLE TO WORK HERE IN THE CITY. 
          I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT OFF RAMP AT SIXTH STREET, RIGHT AT MY, MY BLOCK AT DAISY. 
          THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING BAND-AIDS THERE FOR LIKE OVER A DECADE. 
          NO ONE HAS FIXED THAT RAMP. 
          THIS THE, UM, OFF RAMP TO GET ON AND OFF THE FREEWAY RIGHT AT DAISY AND SEVENTH STREET. 
          IS IT? AND THEN I GOT A CONCERN ABOUT ALL THESE GYMS. WHY ARE WE HAVING SO MANY GYMS PUT UP ALL AROUND DOWNTOWN? THE GYM THAT WAS ON FOURTH AND PINE HAS CHANGED ITS NAME AND PUT A GYM TWO BLOCKS UP AT THE OLD CHUCK E. 
          CHEESE. 
          THEY THREW A GYM UP AT THE BACK OF THE NIKE OUTLET AND NOW ONE COMING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POLICE STATION NEXT DOOR TO MO VITA. 
          NOT TO MENTION THIS ONE UP THE STREET FROM ME ON OCEAN AND MAGNOLIA. 
          LIKE, WHY AND WHY CAN WE PLEASE GET LIKE A TRAITOR, JOE'S AND THE STATER BROTHERS? AND WHAT ELSE DID I HAVE OVER HERE? I HEARD A TALK ABOUT THE PARK OVER AT UM, MACARTHUR, 
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AND I'M WONDERING, I SENT THE PICTURE TO DISTRICT ONE AND TO THE MAYOR TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA IF YOU GUYS COULD SEE THAT PARK. 
          I COULD SEE A BILLION DOLLARS GOING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I MEAN, THEY HAVE A TENNIS COURT, THEY HAVE A BASEBALL DIAMOND, THEY HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, THEY HAVE THE GRILLS. 
          YOU CAN HAVE EVENTS. 
          THERE'S STILL THE PLAYGROUND IN THE SAND. 
          AND ALSO IF WE COULD LIGHT UP THAT, UH, RAMP, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TOO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME DOWN OFF OF ALICIA AND SANTA MARGARITA AND SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY AROUND MISSION VIEJO, THEY HAVE THE LIGHTING THAT WHEN YOU SEE THAT RAIL RIGHT THERE, IT'S JUST LIKE TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA. 
          IF I HAD SOME MONEY, I'LL DO IT, BUT AGAIN, I'M WAITING FOR MY JOB. 
          SO I'M HEARING CONCERNS FOR ALL THESE THINGS FOR WHERE I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD, GOOD NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL NOW GO TO, UH, CLOSING AND, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT. 
          UM, LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SUBINA. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE SOME GREAT EVENTS COMING UP IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT FOR YOUTH ON SUNDAY. 
          IT'S THE RUN, LIKE IT'S RECESS EVENT. 
          WE'RE A PROUD SPONSOR WITH, UH, NEWCOMB ACADEMY, AND THAT'S AT, UH, EL DORADO PARK, AREA THREE ON SUNDAY. 
          YOU CAN CHECK OUR NEWSLETTER ON FRIDAY FOR DETAILS OR CONTACT OUR OFFICE. 
          AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE SPECIAL TENNIS EVENTS, A FREE YOUTH TENNIS PLAY DAY AT EL DORADO PARK. 
          AND THAT IS ON FEBRUARY 3RD FROM NOON TO THREE. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET, UH, FREE, UH, TENNIS INSTRUCTION, UH, LUNCH AND UM, FOR KIDS AND JUST, UH, CONTACT OUR OFFICE OR SIGN UP VIA THE NEWSLETTER. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, NEXT TUESDAY WE'RE BACK TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE ON OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          LOS SOUTHWEST LIBRARY, JANUARY 30TH, 5:30 PM TO 6:45 PM THANK YOU. 
          HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. 
          GO FORTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. 
          YES. 
          UH, WELCOME TO D FIVE, EVERYBODY. 
          UM, SO WHILE WE'RE HERE, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A LOSS THAT, UH, LAKEWOOD VILLAGE IN D FIVE ARE EXPERIENCING. 
          UH, JERRY PRYOR WAS AN UNHOUSED RESIDENT, UH, WHO SPENT MANY YEARS WALKING UP AND DOWN CARSON AND AROUND THIS CAMPUS, PICKING UP TREE, UH, TRIMMING TREES, PICKING UP TRASH AND THEIR COM. 
          THE COMMUNITY HERE AND IN LAKEWOOD VILLAGE REALLY WRAPPED THEIR ARMS AROUND HIM. 
          UH, HE PASSED AWAY, UH, COMPLICATIONS FROM PARKINSON'S, BUT TO, UM, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS OF HIS LIFE, HE WAS ABLE TO LIVE IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, UH, DUE IN LARGE PART TO TWO RESIDENTS, CORDLESS LEE AND GLORIA CORDERO. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WRAPPED THEIR ARMS AROUND JERRY. 
          HE WAS A WILSON GRAD, UM, WHO I, WHO AS I SAID, SPENT A LOT OF YEARS UNHOUSED, BUT CARED FOR DEEPLY BY FOLKS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, SO MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, HIS GOOD FRIENDS CORLESS AND GLORIA, AND TO THE ENTIRE LAKEWOOD VILLAGE COMMUNITY WHO CARED SO WONDERFULLY FOR HIM ALL THOSE YEARS. 
          SO, UM, A HOT TIP TO JERRY. 
          WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SOME EVENTS COMING UP IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, THIS WEEKEND YOU'RE INVITED TO THE KID-CENTRIC MAKER'S MARKET AT LONG BEACH EXCHANGE, RIGHT UP THE ROAD HERE, UH, JANUARY 27TH FROM 12 TO FIVE. 
          BRING YOUR LITTLE ONES FOR KID FRIENDLY SHOPPING, MUSIC, AND MEET AND GREET WITH BLUEY THE DOG. 
          UH, I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND LONG BEACH SHAKESPEARE'S COMPANY PRODUCTION OF LOVE'S LABOR. 
          LOST OPENING FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH AT 8:00 PM AT THE HELEN BORGER THEATER AT 42 50 ATLANTIC AVENUE. 
          AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THIS WEEKEND, DON'T WORRY. 
          UH, THEIR CLASSIC ROMANTIC COMEDY WILL SHOW ON FIR FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, UH, THROUGH, UH, FEBRUARY 17TH NEXT WEEKEND, INVITE ALL OF YOU TO CELEBRATE BRAC HISTORY MONTH AT FIRST FRIDAYS IN BIXBY KNOWLES AT THE EXPO ART CENTER, AND ALL UP AND DOWN ATLANTIC AND UP INTO STEEL CRAFT FEBRUARY 2ND FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 30. 
          EXPERIENCE ART, MUSIC, EDUCATION AND MORE WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. 
          YEAH. 
          SO SUNNY CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS HAVING THEIR FIRST MEETING OF 2024 THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH AT BURNETT LIBRARY. 
          UM, AND WHILE YOU'RE AT BURNETT LIBRARY, IT'S GONNA BE, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS COMING AROUND. 
          MAKE SURE YOU VISIT THE NEWLY RENOVATED AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE AREA AT THE NE BURNETT NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JOIN US. 
          JOIN THEM. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          VICE MAYOR ALLEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING IN THE SECOND, UM, FOURTH FRIDAY'S RETRO ROW. 
          IT'S POPPING. 
          IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, COME OUT AND CHECK IT OUT. 
          IT'S FROM A SIX TO NINE. 
          UM, AND THEN ON SATURDAY WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AT, UH, THE FRIENDS OF DR. 
          MICKEY'S DOG PARK IS, THEY'RE GONNA BE SPREADING THOSE WOOD CHIPS. 
          SO, UH, COME OUT AND HELP IF YOU SO, UH, FEEL INCLINED TO DO SO. 
          THAT'S AT 9:00 AM ALSO, OR ZABA HEIGHTS 
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NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS HOSTING ITS MONTHLY CLEANUP AT, OR ZABA PARK AT 9:00 AM AND, UH, WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN LAST, UM, WE, UH, LONG BEACH PRIDE IS HOSTING A, UH, DEI JOB FAIR AT THEIR FOURTH AND ABISPO, UM, UH, LOCATION. 
          AND I KNOW FIRE IS GONNA BE THERE, SO A LOT OF GOOD JOBS. 
          UM, SO COME OUT AND, UH, CHECK OUT ALL THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, AT, AT FOURTH AND ABISPO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN RICK SODI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, MY OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO ATTEND THE NEXT COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING. 
          UM, THIS ONE WILL BE VIRTUAL ON JANUARY 31ST, UM, FROM SIX TO 7:30 PM UH, IF YOU'D LIKE INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS THAT MEETING, YOU CAN EMAIL MY OFFICE AT DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE, UM, COMMUNITY TO INVITE COMMUNITY OUT TO ATTEND THE HOUGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING ON FEBRUARY 1ST. 
          THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE DORIS TOPSY ELVER COMMUNITY CENTER AT 63 0 1 MYRTLE AVENUE, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT. 
          UH, AGAIN, FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU COULD PLEASE EMAIL MY OFFICE. 
          UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO, UM, ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, MY OFFICE WILL BE HOSTING OUR FIRST STATE OF THE DISTRICT ON FEBRUARY 10TH. 
          UH, WE AGAIN, WILL BE MEETING AT THE DORIS TOPSY OVER COMMUNITY CENTER FROM SEVEN OH, UH, THAT IS FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM FROM INFORMATION, PLEASE EMAIL MY OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          SO, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZENDEJAS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO DISTRICT ONE QUARTERLY CLEANUP OF THIS, THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH FROM 8:30 AM TO 10:30 PM AM UM, AT ST. 
          LUKE'S CHURCH, 5 25 EAST SEVENTH STREET. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE EMAIL DISTRICT1@LONGBEACH.GOV. 
          ALSO WANNA INVITE YOU TO OUR AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC'S 21ST ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF HUMAN ABILITIES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 27TH AND 28TH. 
          THERE'S A BIG OLD LINEUP FOR THAT YOU DON'T WANNA MISS ON THOSE DAYS. 
          AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THANK YOU TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND ALL OF YOU JOINED US. 
          MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT OUT SO EARLY TONIGHT. 
          MAYBE IT'S GOOD JUJU HERE AT THE, AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. 
          OH, IT'S DISTRICT. 
          IT'S A DISTRICT FIVE THING. 
          SO WE'RE, WE RUN EFFICIENT MEETINGS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND WE'LL BE BACK, UM, IN TWO WEEKS. 
          THANK YOU.
* 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.