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VICE MAYOR ALLEN.UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN.
UH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A, UH, MOMENT OF SILENCE WHILE YOU REFLECT ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
PLEASE RISE IF YOU ARE ABLE AND, UH, FACE THE FLAG TO MY RIGHT.
UH, TONIGHT'S LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WE ARE HERE AGAIN AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, TO THE TEAM AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE FOR, UH, HOSTING US.
WHILE WE HAVE RENOVATIONS DONE TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, WE HAVE EIGHT OF NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEJAS WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF, UH, HEARINGS, SOME COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS, UM, NO PRESENTATIONS.
UM, AND WE ARE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE, UH, ON THE TAIL END, LET'S HOPE IT'S THE TAIL END OF A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT.
SO WE KNOW, I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THIS SIGNIFICANT TURNOUT, UH, DESPITE THAT WEATHER.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING IT.
WE ALSO WANNA JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO'VE BEEN OUT, YOU KNOW, 60 PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WHO'VE BEEN OUT THERE, UH, REMOTE CLEARANCE STORM DRAINS, AND MAKING SURE THE PUMP STATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING, AND THOSE PUMP STATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING FOR 72 HOURS.
UH, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, CARS STUCK WITH FLOODING AND ALL THOSE IMAGES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR LIFEGUARDS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
UH, IT WAS A VERY HIGH PROFILE RESCUE, UM, 19 FOLKS ON A SAILBOAT IN A STORM.
UH, BUT OUR BE THANKS TO OUR SWIFT BOAT RESCUE TEAMS, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NO ONE LOST THEIR LIFE AND PEOPLE WERE, UH, WERE SAVED.
AND SO, UH, JUST INCREDIBLE WORK'S.
BEEN DONE TOMORROW, WILL GIVE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE AT TWO O'CLOCK, REALLY RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF, UM, OUR INCREDIBLE PUBLIC WORKS TEAMS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR LIFEGUARDS.
UH, BUT IT, THE WEATHER EVENT IS NOT OVER YET, SO DON'T DRIVE IF YOU DON'T NEED TO STAY HOME.
UM, STAY HOME AND LET OUR PROFESSIONALS CONTINUE TO DO THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
FIRST, WE'RE GONNA REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION.
WE HAVE ONE REPORT AND THAT IS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FILING AN APPEAL IN THE MATTER OF BOFSKI VERSUS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UH, WE'RE GONNA QUEUE UP CONSENT CALENDAR, PLEASE.
CONSENT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SEEING NONE, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
NEXT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP, UH, ITEM 28 PLEASE.
ITEM 28, COMMUNICATION FROM MAYOR RICHARDSON.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND APPROVED COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS FOR NON-CHARTER COMMISSIONS.
SO TODAY, UH, WE'RE APPOINTING A COHORT OF 12 NEW CITY COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE GONNA HELP GUIDE OUR CITY ACROSS SEVERAL IMPORTANT, UH, COMMISSIONS AND GOVERNING BODIES, INCLUDING THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
I'M GONNA READ OFF AND INTRODUCE, UH, SOME OF THESE COMMISSIONERS.
LET'S START WITH THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH AND FAMILIES AT LARGE.
WE HAVE KIMBERLY LIM, WHO'S A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT, RAISED MOST OF HER LIFE IN CAMBODIA TOWN, ATTENDED POLY HIGH SCHOOL, AND A YOUTH ORGANIZER WITH KA MY GIRLS IN ACTION.
AND A RECENT CAL STATE LONG BEACH GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE IN SOCIAL SOCIOLOGY.
AND SHE'S ACTIVE IN OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
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WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.UH, AND SHE'S WORKS AT A LOCAL NONPROFIT CALLED LONG BEACH FOR WHERE SHE'S A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
UH, SO LET'S, UH, WELCOME KIMBERLY.
NEXT IS LILIANA MARTINEZ, A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT.
LILIANA IS 16 YEARS OLD AND WILL BE FILLING THE UNDER 19 YOUTH SPOT ON THE COMMISSION, AND SHE WORKS WITH THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.
UH, SHE SUPPORT, SHE, SHE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT'S.
MY BLOCK, MY HOOD, MY CITY PROGRAM, AND SHE'S A MC MCBRIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
SHE PLANS TO FOLLOW IN HER MOTHER'S FOOTSTEPS AND GO TO COLLEGE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION, DISTRICT ONE APPOINTEE, KIMBERLY LEWIS.
AT 15, SHE JOINED THE COMPTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A CADET, UH, AMONG AND GRADUATING AMONGST THE TOP THREE OF HER CLASS OF 426.
UH, HER INDUC INTRODUCTION TO THE CHALLENGES FACED BY HOMELESS COMMUNITY HAPPENED DURING RIDE-ALONGS WITH OFFICERS WORKING INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR.
AND OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS, SHE'S DIRECTED 120 BED HOMELESS WOMEN'S, WOMEN'S HOMELESS SHELTER.
SO SPEARHEADED AB 1 0 9 IN TRANSITION EIGHT YOUTH PROGRAMS AND PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE LA HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY.
AND SO, UH, SHE BELIEVES THAT BEING OF SERVICE TO COMMUNITY IS A TRUE HONOR, AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ITS FOR ITS RESIDENTS IS PRICELESS.
SHE SAID THAT DEDICATION TO LIFE.
SHE IS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THIS MISSION AT THE AGE OF 15 AND HAS NO PLANS TO STOP.
LET'S HEAR FOR KIMBERLY LEWIS, OUR NEW HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSIONER.
DOUG KILLIAN IS A RETIRED FAMILY PHYSICIAN WHO HAS LIVED IN LONG BEACH SINCE 1986.
HE HAD A 30 YEAR CAREER AT KAISER PERMANENTE, SERVING AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR, UH, MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF.
BEFORE BECOMING AN ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HE STILL SUPPORTS THEM AS A PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTANT.
HE'S COMPLETED AN EIGHT YEAR TERM AS A BOARD MEMBER AND RISING TIDE FOR RISING TIDE AT MKEC, A NONPROFIT IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, WHICH PROVIDES DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AT RISK.
UH, HE ALSO ENJOYS VOLUNTEERING AT THE LONG BEACH ANIMAL SHELTER.
HE'S MARRIED TO HIS WIFE KATHY HAS TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE ALSO MARRIED AND LIVE IN LONG BEACH, AND HE'LL BE REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE ON THE HOMELESS SERVICE ADVISORY COM COMMITTEE.
LAWRENCE MOVED TO THE WEST SIDE OF LONG BEACH.
UH, HE'S REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN ON THE HOMELESS SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
UH, HE MOVED TO THE WEST SIDE IN JUNE, 1979 TO ATTEND CAL STATE LONG BEACH WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
PART OF HIS CAREER WAS SPENT WORKING AT MCDONALD DOUGLAS AND IN BOEING AND LONG BEACH BEFORE RETIRING FROM NORTHROP GRUMMAN IN 2018.
AFTER 30 YEARS, HIS CHILDREN WERE ALL RAISED IN THE WEST SIDE, ATTENDING LONG BEACH SCHOOLS, AND ULTIMATELY GRADUATING FROM CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH AS A LONGTIME RESIDENCE OF LONG BEACH'S WEST SIDE.
HE, HE WANTS TO HELP ACHIEVE A COMPASSIONATE SOLUTION FOR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS THAT ALSO RESPECTS ALL RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH.
LET'S HEAR FOR LAWRENCE HILLIARD.
NEXT WE HAVE A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, DIRECTORSHIP NUMBER FIVE, ABIGAIL MEJIA.
ABIGAIL IS CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR STATE SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ.
HAS BEEN A LONG BEACH RESIDENT FOR 12 YEARS, UH, AND SHE, UM, IS RETURNING TO THE BOARD.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, HAVE A NEW APPOINTEE, UH, DISTRICT, UH, DIRECTORSHIP.
NUMBER SIX, CARL KEMP, A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT.
CARL KEMP HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.
HAVING LED PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION, LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND IS CURRENTLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MARKETING RIGHT HERE AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
HE HAS HIS BA, MPA AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, WHERE HE SERVED TWO TERMS AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND BLACK STUDENT UNION PRESIDENT.
HE'S THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF LONG BEACH'S JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, WHICH LAST YEAR HOSTED NEARLY 15,000 GUESTS.
HE BEGAN RIDING PUBLIC TRANSIT WHEN HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
HIS MOM WAS A BUS DRIVER AND A MAINTENANCE WORKER.
HE'S COMMITTED TO ENSURING LONG BEACH TRANSIT LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE.
HE SERVED, SERVED NUMEROUS BOARDS, BUT HIS PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT IS BEING FATHER TO HIS 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE PORT OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, AT LARGE IS DENNIS HUM, A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT.
DENNIS HAS GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS.
HE HAS 19 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR AND 22 YEARS IN LEADERSHIP ROLES.
HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT JP MORGAN CHASE.
UH, HE SERVES AS VICE CHAIR AT THE LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND SERVES ON A SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL WITH THE LONG BEACH AREA CHANGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
DENNIS ALSO SERVES AS ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT DIGITAL
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AMBASSADOR WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH, INCLUDING MENTORING FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS.HE BELIEVES THAT THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE PORT COMMUNITY GRANTS, WE CAN MAKE TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF NEIGHBORS, ENSURING THAT THE BENEFITS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES REACH EVERY CORNER OF OUR DIVERSE AND VIBRANT CITY.
CONNIE CONNIE LOGGINS WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LONG BEACH.
SHE ATTENDS SCHOOLS WITHIN, SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS WITHIN LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AND A MASTER'S OF SCIENCE IN SCHOOL COUNSELING FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
SHE WORKED FOR 28 YEARS IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION AS A COUNSELOR AT LONG BEACH POLY, HER ALMA MATER.
SHE'S A STAFF MEMBER AT FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH, SERVING THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY AS A WEST SIDE COMMUNITY LIAISON.
CONNIE IS AN ACTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF HUMAN SAVE AND ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING NONPROFIT.
SHE'S FOUNDER AND FACILITATOR OF WEST SIDE ADVOCATE ADVOCACY GROUP.
A GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADER LEADERS FOCUSED ON ATTRACTING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO WEST LONG BEACH.
SO GREAT TO SEE WEST LONG BEACH REPRESENTATION ON THE PORT OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK FINALLY, NOPE, NOT FINALLY YET.
ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, UH, COMMISSION AT LARGE, WE HAVE ASHLEY CHITTICK.
ASHLEY HAS MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FACILITATING COLLABORATING ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INDUSTRIES.
SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS DIRECTOR OF DELIVERY, WHERE SHE MANAGES SOFTWARE DELIVERY TEAMS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS WHILE PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY FOCUS ON SOLU FOCUSED SOLUTIONS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
HER PASSION FOR ADVANCING IT MODERNIZATION ACROSS GOVERNMENT, UH, COUPLED WITH HER EXPERIENCE WORKING IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE, CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES AND COMMITTEES, EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT LED HER TO BECOME A TRUSTED PARTNER.
UH, SHE'S PARTNERED WITH THE OBAMA FOUNDATION TO GAIN EXPERT KNOWLEDGE ON STATE'S DATA POLICIES AND REGULATIONS WHILE SUPPORTING SYSTEMS CHANGE THROUGH THEIR KEY PROGRAM.
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, AND WE ARE MY BROTHER'S KEEPER CITY.
THESE EXPERIENCES LED TO THE CREATION OF HER OWN SMALL BUSINESS, CAPITAL A LLC.
UH, A FIRM AIMED AT ASSISTING BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH SECURING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, FUNDING, AND MANAGING PROJECTS.
SHE'S ACTIVE IN THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY WHERE SHE SERVES ON THE DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ALLIANCE BOARD AND IS CHAIR OF THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE.
SHE'S A PROUD HBCU GRADUATE, EARNING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE, MASTER'S DEGREE FROM SOUTHERN AND A AND M COLLEGE, UH, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A AND M COLLEGE.
SHE'S A, A PROUD MEMBER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
UH, ON THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION, WE HAVE JIM GOODEN.
JIM HAS STRONG TIES TO LONG BEACH AND MILITARY VETERANS.
HE WAS BORN IN LONG BEACH, GRADUATED FROM LONG BEACH STATE, WORKED IN LONG BEACH CITY HALL, AND HAS LIVED IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH FOR 27 YEARS.
UH, HE SERVED NINE YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF ORCA, THE ORANGE COUNT, THE, UH, OCEAN RESIDENTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
10 YEARS ON THE BOARD OF THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENCE COUNCIL.
HE WAS A GRADUATE AND BOARD ON GRADUATE.
HE WAS A GRADUATE AND BOARD MEMBER OF LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH.
HE SERVED 25 YEARS IN THE US AIR FORCE AS A NAVIGATOR AND A PROGRAM MANAGER RETIRING.
RETIRING AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
JIM WANTS TO HELP LONG BEACH VETERANS GET THE RESPECT AND HONOR THEY EARNED BY SERVING THEIR COUNTRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, JIM.
NEXT IN DISTRICT FIVE IS VICTOR HILL.
VICTOR, OR VIC IS A RES IS A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY AND CALIFORNIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, SERVING AS A DETACHMENT COMMANDER AND EIGHT YEARS AS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.
VIC HILL IS FOUNDER AND CEO OF MY R INCORPORATED, A FIRST TO MARKET INTEGRATED HR FIRM, LEVERAGING, LEVERAGING HYPER AUTOMATION AND COGNITIVE AI SMART STUFF TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF VETERANS AND MILITARY CONNECTED EMPLOYEES.
LEVERAGING MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF UNIQUE COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE IN BOTH THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SECTORS.
VIC BRINGS A BROAD AND INFORMED PERSPECTIVE IN TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, AND PHILANTHROPY.
VIC IS A LA NATIVE, HAVING ATTENDED LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY AND CURRENTLY AN EXECUTIVE MBA CANDIDATE AT UCLA.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, ALL OF OUR, UM, OUR NOMINEES.
LET ME JUST PULL THIS UP HERE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE COUNCIL.
LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA CLEAR.
I WANT TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK ALL THE APPLICANTS, ALL THE NEW APPOINTEES AND RETURN APPOINTEES FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THE CITY IS BASED ON YOUR SERVICE AND THE, AND THE INPUT THAT YOU GIVE US AS A CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, YOU, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE ON THESE COMMISSIONS.
UH, WHAT A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF
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PEOPLE WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AND SAID YES TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.UM, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO OUR FIFTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS, MR. KILLIAN, MR. HILL, MR. KEMP, MS. MEHI, AND MS. LOGGINS, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR FOREVER.
UM, THE VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES THAT YOU BRING AND EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'LL BE BRINGING INTO THE ROOM, UH, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS AND SPECIALIZED GROUPS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL SAID YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CONGRATULATE DENNIS HUM FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, UH, COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE PART OF THE THIRD DISTRICT COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR GIVING YOUR TIME FOR THIS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, UH, MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
UH, HOMELESS EMERGENCY UPDATE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER.
RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY CAUSED BY CONDITIONS OR THREATENED CONDITIONS OF HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WITH A DATE CERTAIN TERMINATION OF FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024.
AND RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE CITYWIDE.
UH, WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THESE COMMISSIONERS, JUST, THEY JUST FLAGGED IT FOR ME.
SO WE'RE GONNA PAUSE AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE WITH THESE COM, THESE NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS.
UH, ANYBODY WANTS TO JOIN? COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA JOIN ME.
WE HAVE TO TURN OFF YOUR I COULDN'T CONNECT.
SO NOW WE'LL, UH, START WITH OUR STAFF REPORT ON OUR HOMELESS UPDATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, HOMELESSNESS IS ONE OF OUR VERY, VERY TOP PRIORITIES IN, UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UH, THE COUNCIL'S MADE THAT VERY CLEAR THROUGH THE PRIORITY SETTING AND ALSO THROUGH DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, UH, LATE LAST OR LAST YEAR, UH, LAST JANUARY.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS THE 20TH TIME THAT WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU OVER THE, UH, THE PAST YEAR TO COME AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE DONE ON HOMELESSNESS.
UH, AND SO WE ARE GONNA BE GIVING YOU A PRESENTATION, UM, UH, THAT'LL, UH, GO THROUGH SOME OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST YEAR, BUT ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.
UH, WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UH, WE'RE TRANSITIONING INTO, UH, A NEW, UH, EFFORT, UH, RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND TO HELP THOSE WHO, UH, NEED OUR HOPE HELP THE MOST.
UH, AND SO I'LL TURN IT TO OUR TEAM TO GO THROUGH, UH, AND, UH, GIVE A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, PAUL AND I, UH, I'M THERESA CHANDLER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UH, PAUL AND I ARE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SHARE OUR 20TH UPDATE, UNBEL.
UNBELIEVABLY, IT'S 20, UM, IN OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS SINCE WE PROCLAIMED AN EMERGENCY
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LAST JANUARY 10TH, 2023.SO THIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN QUITE THE JOURNEY, AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TEAM FOR ALL WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
THE WORK WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR WAS BUILT ON THE STRONG FOUNDATION, LAID BY BY OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS THROUGH OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO BUILD CAPACITY AND BETTER SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND WHILE WE HAVE CERTAINLY COME A LONG WAY THIS PAST YEAR, WE STILL HAVE QUITE A WAYS TO GO.
PAUL AND I WILL TALK ABOUT, UH, COMING TO THE OFFICIAL END OF THE PROCLAMATION, AND WE'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AS A CITY WILL LOOK LIKE.
IT ABSOLUTELY RE REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY PRIORITY TO ENSURE ALL OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME.
AS WE PRESENT THIS FINAL UPDATE ON THE HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE WHY, TO REAFFIRM THE REASON WHY THIS EMERGENCY WAS PROCLAIMED, AND TO EVALUATE EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT ON DECK FOR 2024, INCLUDING THE UPDATE OF OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, THE STATEMENT OF POSSIBILITY FROM OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH IS RARE AND BRIEF WHEN IT OCCURS, HELPED US FOCUS ON INCREASING AND LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN, UH, BE ACC ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS STATEMENT.
WE HOLD THIS STATEMENT AT THE CORE OF OUR WORK SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE DOES FALL ON HARD TIMES, THERE IS A SAFETY NET WITH MULTIPLE RESOURCES AND OPTIONS TO HELP CATCH THEM OR TO SUPPORT THEIR JOURNEY.
BACK TO PERMANENT HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE.
THE FACT IS, THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHOSE WAGES AREN'T KEEPING PACE WITH THE COST OF HOUSING.
FOR TOO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, ANY LIFE COMPLICATION, AN ILLNESS, A LAYOFF, A FAMILY, OR A FAMILY DISRUPTION CAN START THEM DOWN THE PATH OF HOUSING INSECURITY.
SO WE KNEW WE WEREN'T GONNA SOLVE HOMELESSNESS WHEN WE PROCLAIMED AN EMERGENCY LAST JANUARY.
WE CERTAINLY WEREN'T GONNA SOLVE CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING SHORTAGE IN A YEAR.
AND THERE ARE OTHER HUGE ISSUES CONNECTED TO HOUSING INSECURITIES, SUCH AS SYSTEMIC RACISM, PTSD, SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND POVERTY, AND THE LIST GOES ON.
BUT WE KNEW WE HAD TO FIND WAYS TO BE BETTER, TO BUILD MORE QUICKLY, TO MAKE SURE FOLKS WITH VOUCHERS FOUND APARTMENTS TO REBUILD CONFIDENCE FOR BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TO INCREASE OUTREACH AND BUILD TRUST WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAD TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY ON OUR PREVIOUS PLANS AND FIND NEW STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
GOING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF ADDRESSING THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR CAPACITY AND FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THESE CORE PILLARS OF PREVENTION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOUSING.
SO TIME SEEMS TO BE MOVING AT WARP SPEED AROUND HERE, AND UNBELIEVABLY, IT'S BEEN SIX WEEKS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE PROVIDED YOU WITH AN UPDATE.
UM, SO BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE WE SAW YOU LAST.
WE CONDUCTED THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH.
THE, IN THE INFORMATION GATHERED DURING THE PIT COUNT IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF DATA USED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TRACK THE NUMBER, DEMOGRAPHICS AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
OVER TIME, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THESE NUMBERS ARE ALSO USED TO DETERMINE FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATIONS THAT SUPPORT EACH COC JURISDICTION.
WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COME OUT TO VOLUNTEER.
MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED.
MANY MORE VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTED COUNTS AT SPECIAL LOCATIONS AND SURVEYS WITH OUR SHELTER PARTICIPANTS.
VOLUNTEERS ALSO PUT TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF HYGIENE KITS AND OTHER INCENTIVES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED WHILE VOLUNTEERS WERE CONNECTING WITH OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
WHEN I WALKED INTO THE GRAND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SO EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND SAW SO MANY OF YOU ALL THANK YOU, UM, AND SO MANY COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AND PARTNERS WITH SMILES ON YOUR FACES AND READY TO HEAD OUT, I WAS PROUD OF LONG BEACH AND I'M SUPER GRATEFUL.
UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO SUPPORTED OUR TEAM WITH THIS VERY IMPORTANT EVENT.
THE TEAM IS NOW WORKING THROUGH THE COLLECTED DATA.
THEY'RE CROSS-CHECKING INFORMATION AND GETTING BETTER, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA THAT WE GATHERED.
WE ARE HOPING TO RELEASE THIS DATA IN LATE APRIL.
DURING OUR SIX MONTH UPDATE TO COUNCIL BACK ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, YOU ASKED CITY STAFF TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING SAFE SLEEPING PROGRAMS. MOST RECENTLY, YOU ALL RECEIVED A TFF WITH THE STUDY RESULTS.
SO I WILL JUST SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOW.
THE TEAM REVIEWED EXISTING PROGRAMS BOTH LOCALLY AND FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY ALSO CONDUCTED SOME COMMUNITY SURVEYS TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAND AS WELL AS PROGRAMMING.
IN LOOKING FURTHER INTO PARTNERSHIPS, THE TEAM DID FIND THAT FAITH ORGANIZATIONS SHOWED THE MOST PROMISE FOR POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP SURVEYS WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT WHEN CONSIDERING A PROGRAM LIKE
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THIS MANY SHARED.THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE A PROGRAM IF MADE AVAILABLE.
SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
A SAFE SLEEP PROGRAM IS REALLY COSTLY.
IN FACT, IT CAN BE VERY SIMILAR TO RUNNING AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.
HOWEVER, MANY FUNDING SOURCES CANNOT BE UTILIZED FOR SAFE, A SAFE SLEEP MODEL.
SO ANOTHER THING TO NOTE, UM, IS TENS DO NOT COUNT AS BEDS, WHICH MEANS THIS COULD NOT BE UTILIZED IN REGARDS TO THE MARTIN V BOISE RULINGS AND REQUIREMENTS.
JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER OF MARTIN V BOISE BACK IN 20 2018, THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULE THAT ITS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT TO CRIMINALIZE CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WHEN THE PEOPLE IN QUESTION HAVE NOWHERE ELSE THAT THEY CAN LEGALLY SLEEP, WHICH MEANS A BED MUST BE OFFERED BEFORE ANY ENFORCEMENT CAN TAKE PLACE.
STAFF ARE TRACKING THE CURRENT CASE OF JOHNSON V.
GRANT'S PAST THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL BE HEARING, AND DEPENDING UPON THE SUPREME COURT RULING, THIS COULD LEAD TO MARTIN VERSUS BOISE BEING OVERTURNED AND MODIFIED A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT A PROJECT THAT CAME TOGETHER QUICKLY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
WE MOBILIZED A PARTNER, UH, TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY ON A COUNTY FUNDED ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET 21 PEOPLE OFF THE STREET ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND INTO A SAFE AND STABLE PLACE.
PATHWAY HOME IS AN LA COUNTY HOMELESS INITIATIVE PROGRAM THAT IS CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UM, IN 2023 FOR THIS PROJECT, WE FOCUSED ON THE LA RIVERBED BETWEEN ARTESIA AND THE 91.
THE MOTEL THAT HAS BEEN LEASED TO PROVIDE INTERIM HOUSING IS BEING SUPPORTED BY A NONPROFIT AGENCY CALLED HOP.
THEY OFFER CASE MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY ON SITE.
THE COUNTY HAS A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT FOR THE MOTEL AND WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
NOW, I ACTUALLY WAS GONNA SHOW A VIDEO.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PICTURE IS, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT THAT CLEAR.
BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PLAY IT IN THE CHAMBER.
SO I, YOU CAN GO TO THE PATHWAY HOME, UH, WEBSITE AND VIEW THE VIDEO.
OR ONCE THIS PRESENTATION IS UPLOADED, UM, IT CAN BE SEEN THERE.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON APPLYING FOR AND WINNING FUNDS TO EXPAND PROJECTS.
OUR ANNUAL COC FUNDS HAVE BEEN RENEWED AND EXPANDED A BIT.
UM, THE TEAM IS WORKING ON THE HAP AROUND FIVE APPLICATION, AND WE ARE ALSO MOVING INTO OUR THIRD ROUND OF THE STATE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION AS WELL.
ONE ADDITIONAL THING I'D LIKE TO NOTE, GIVEN WE ARE FOCUSING ON ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOS ANGELES CONTINUUM OF CARE AND THE COUNTY OF LA, WE ARE APPLYING FOR THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT.
UH, NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IF AWARDED FUNDING WOULD BE UTILIZED TO EMPOWER YOUTH VOICE IN WORKING WITH VARIOUS AREAS OF OUR SYSTEMS TO MODIFY AND IMPROVE POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
THE DECISION TO APPLY AND THE CONTENT OF THE APPLICATION ARE BEING DETERMINED BY A BOARD OF YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.
NOW MOVING INTO THE GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE SET OUT TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THE, THESE EMERGENCY EFFORTS.
AS A REMINDER, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR OVERARCHING GOALS TO SERVE AS OUR ROADMAP TO PUT PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES IN PLACE THAT SERVE OUR MISSION.
AS YOU REMEMBER, THE FOUR KEY GOALS INCLUDE INCREASING ACCESS TO SERVICES, INCREASING INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING ACCESS, BUILDING CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS, CRISIS, AND ENGAGING COMMUNITY AND DATA PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE.
AND WE BROKE THESE GOALS OUT BY SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES.
BEFORE DIVING INTO THE GOALS, I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY SHARE THE CHART WITH YOU THAT REFLECTS THE FUNDS WE SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE EMERGENCY EFFORTS.
CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED, UH, ALMOST 13 MILLION OF ONE-TIME FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT THIS EMERGENCY.
SO ABOUT 5.2 IN GENERAL FUNDS ABOUT 5.8 IN MEASURE A FUNDS, AND 2 MILLION IN THAILANDS OPERATING FUNDS.
THIS TABLE SUMMARIZES THE UPDATED BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES TO DATE BY PROGRAM CATEGORY.
UM, ALL UNSPENT FUNDS AS OF FISCAL YEAR 23 AT YEAR END WILL BE UTILIZED TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS OF THE SAME EMERGENCY PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE DECLARATION OF THE EMERGENCY EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS MONTH ON FEBRUARY 29TH.
UNDER INCREASING ACCESS TO SERVICES, WE'VE MET ALL OF THE GOALS WE COMMITTED TO COMPLETING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR, AND THERE ARE OTHERS UNDERWAY.
DURING THE PROCLAMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO GREATLY INCREASE OUR ENGAGEMENT THROUGH ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, EXPANSION OF OUR OUTREACH TEAMS AND THE INNOVATION OF TWO MOBILE ACCESS CENTERS.
WE'VE ALSO FORGED A PARTNERSHIP WITH SHOWERS OF HOPE.
UM, THEY BRING MOBILE SHOWERS TO MACARTHUR PARK WITH SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR MAC.
A MOTION WAS APPROVED BY THE LA METRO BOARD ON THE, ON JANUARY 25TH, UM, TO TRAIN ALL METRO PUBLIC FACING STAFF ON HOW TO PROVIDE REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.
AND IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT LONG BEACH IN THE MOTION.
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ALERTS WE LAUNCHED LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND EVERY MONTH MORE PEOPLE SIGN UP.A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE LAUNCHED A SPANISH TEXT LINE AS WELL.
TO DATE, WE'VE SENT ABOUT OVER 57 TEXT UPDATES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE THE MESSAGES.
I KNOW IT'S OVER 57 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE RAIN.
SO I WROTE THIS THESE POINTS BEFORE THEN.
SO UNDER INCREASING INTERIM AND LONG-TERM HOUSING ACCESS, WE'VE ALSO MET ALL OF THE GOALS.
WE COMMITTED TO COM, UH, COMPLETING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR FROM OPENING A PERMANENT WINTER SHELTER LOCATION TO LEASING OUT ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS.
WE STAYED FOCUSED ON INCREASING OUR HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE ADDED 125 MORE EMERGENCY BEDS TO THE INVENTORY, AND THERE ARE 183 MORE BEDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
WE ARE ALSO EXCITED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, IS NOW UNDERWAY FOR THE YOUTH SHELTER AND NAVIGATION CENTER TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO I'M GONNA PASS THE MIC TO PAUL TO CONTINUE WITH OUR GOALS.
SO OUR NEXT GOAL AREA WAS AROUND, UH, BUILDING CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS CRISIS.
UM, AND THE FOCUSES WERE ON FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKED WITH, UH, WORKED TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO THE COUNTY AND STATE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ALONG WITH, UH, FINDING WAYS TO BRING ON STAFFING QUICKLY TO INCREASE OUR OVERALL EFFORTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
ALL BUT ONE OF OUR IMMEDIATE AND SHORT TERM GOALS WERE COMPLETED, AND THE OTHER IS IN PROGRESS.
UH, THIS HAS IN LED TO INCREASED FUNDING.
UH, ONE IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SLIDE WITH SIX AND A HALF MILLION, UH, COMMITTED FROM THE, UH, COUNTY THROUGH MEASURE H ONE TIME ALLOCATION FOR US TO PURCHASE THE 7 0 2 WEST ANAHEIM SHELTER SITE.
UH, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE COME IN AND ARE IN PROGRESS THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF SHELTERING AND PERMANENT HOUSING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AS WE LOOK AT BUILDING CAPACITY, UH, THROUGH THE PERIOD OF THE PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AND BRING IN FUNDING, UH, THAT WAS OVER 75 MILLION IN TOTAL.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO IDENTIFY NEW FUNDING SOURCES AND BRING IN OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, THIS FUNDING HAS COME FROM ALL LEVELS.
UH, SOME OF THIS, UH, IDENTIFIES THE 13 MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE BY THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY, AS WELL AS FUNDING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THROUGH THE COUNTY, THE STATE, AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
UH, MUCH OF THIS FUNDING COMES IN ONE-TIME FUNDING INCREMENTS.
UH, HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE INCREASES TO ONGOING FUNDING THAT WE'LL SEE RECEIVE YEAR AFTER YEAR TO HAVE ONGOING CAPACITY TO DO THIS WORK.
UH, STAFF CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND IDENTIFY FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT CAPACITY AND EXPAND SERVICES INTO THE FUTURE.
UH, UNDER THE FINAL GOAL OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN DATA, UH, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN DATA PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL EIGHT GOALS AND THAT WE HAD SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR.
UH, WE LAUNCHED, UH, THE REGULAR UPDATE OF THE DASHBOARD FEATURING OUR LOCAL HOMELESSNESS DATA.
SO, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND SEE THE UPDATE.
WE DID HAVE SOME CHANGES IN THE BACKSIDE OF OUR DATA SYSTEM, UH, THAT LED TO A DELAY RECENTLY, BUT, UH, SHOULD BE WORKED OUT AND WE WILL HAVE THAT MONTHLY, UH, GOING FORWARD.
WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE INEFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH PROCESS FOR HOMELESS SERVICES, RELATES RELATED EFFORTS, HOSTING 15 EVENTS WITH MORE THAN 400 ATTENDEES.
UH, WE INCORPORATED THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO SITE SELECTION, UH, INTO THE HOMELESS ACTIVATION, AND HAVE HONORED THOSE COMMITMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR EMERGENCY.
SO, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE LEARNED AND WE'RE ABLE TO INCORPORATE DURING OUR PROCLAMATION RESPONSE.
UH, AND THEN CAPA, THE CAPACITY THAT HAS BEEN CREATED WILL BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS MAINTAIN A RIGHT, A HIGH RATE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AVAILABLE INFORMATION, UH, AS WE GO INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE WANT TO DO TOUCH ON COMMUNICATIONS.
IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A GOAL, BUT THIS IS SOMEWHERE THAT, UH, WE FOCUSED HEAVILY
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ON.ALONG THE WAY, WE FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION AND ENSURING THAT THE PUBLIC HAD ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT EFFORTS OCCURRING.
UH, THAT INCLUDED 33 LIVE STREAMS, FIVE PRESS CONFERENCES, 978, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND 74 PRESS RELEASES.
UH, SO OUR, OUR JOINT INFORMATION COMMAND, UH, AND PEOPLE PROVIDING INFORMATION HAVE BEEN BUSY THROUGHOUT THIS LAST YEAR.
THROUGH THE TEXT LINE, WE HAVE COMMUNICATED OUT IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH OVER 400 PEOPLE NOW SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE TEXT ALERTS.
UH, SO THIS GOES OUT TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, INFORMING THEM OF SERVICES AND AVAILABILITY.
UM, SO ALL OF THIS HAS, HAS GONE TO INCREASE OUR, UM, OVERALL EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED.
UH, ONE OF THE FIRST ACT ACT, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS WITHIN THE PROCLAMATION WAS, UH, LAUNCHING OUR NEW LANDING PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET INFORMATION ON OUR OVERALL HOMELESS RESPONSE.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE OUR EFFORTS AROUND THE PROCLAMATION ITSELF, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO VISIT LONG BEACH.GOV, UH, SLASH HOMELESSNESS AND GO TO OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SECTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS AND ACTIONS TAKEN, UH, THROUGH A TIMELINE.
UH, AS THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION COMES TO AN END.
UH, AS WE'VE MENTIONED ALREADY, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO STOP PRIORITIZING HOW TO ADDRESS, UH, HOW WE ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE SIMPLY MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE, UH, WHICH LOOKS AT UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, CREATING A NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO HELP PRIORITIZE AND COORDINATE THE WORK ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THIS AS A TOP ISSUE, UH, JUST NOT WITHIN THE PROCLAMATION STRUCTURE.
UH, ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS WITHIN MOVING THIS FORWARD IS THE CREATION OF THAT NEW STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, WE HAVE HIRED C FABRIC AS A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WORK THROUGH, UH, THIS PROCESS.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO BRING ON A SECONDARY CONSULTANT THAT BRINGS EXPERTISE AROUND, UH, THE HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS DATA ANALYSIS AND, UH, REALLY CREATING A HOLISTIC EFFECTIVE PLAN.
AND THEN INITIAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THIS BEGAN AT THE HOMELESS COUNT.
WE'LL HAVE FURTHER EFFORTS COMING FORWARD WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENGAGE, UH, AND BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.
UH, UNDER INCREASING ACCESS TO SERVICES, WE HAVE MULTIPLE AREAS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE TWO AREAS OF MOST IMPORTANCE AND FOCUS FOR THE FUTURE IS WORKING TO GET ADDITIONAL RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS, UH, AND LONG BEACH, AND FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO, UH, THIS INCLUDES INCREASING OUR PREVENTATIVE EFFORTS, UH, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH POLICIES OR ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR OUR GOAL OF INCREASING INTERIM AND LONG-TERM HOUSING.
UH, WE FACE, WE HAVE FACED SEVERAL DELAYS WITHIN, UH, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE, THE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THOSE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, WE WILL, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S MOVING FORWARD ON THE BEST WESTERN, WHICH WILL BE FINISHED LATER THIS SUMMER.
UH, AND THEN THE NAVIGATION CENTER AND, UH, THE PROJECT HOME KEY SITE AT 59 50 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, UH, HAVE JUST ARE JUST STARTING CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
UH, AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AROUND PLANS FOR OUR TINY HOME PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE REDOING THE, UH, SHELTER SITE AT 7 0 2 WEST ANAHEIM, UH, TO BUILD THAT OUT INTO A LONG-TERM PERMANENT, UH, SHELTER LOCATION.
UH, UNDER, UH, IN CONTINUING THAT, THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO THE CHALLENGES WE ARE SEEING AROUND US, UH, AROUND HOMELESSNESS IS ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN LONG BEACH.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO BRING ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS TO LONG BEACH, UH, THAT CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE IN GETTING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND BACK INTO HOUSING, OR MAINTAINING PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK OF FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS, UH, DUE TO, UH, RENT BURDEN.
AS WE LOOK AT, UM, CONTINUED PLANNING, UH, OR
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CONTINUING TO BUILD CAPACITY ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE CONTINUED PLANNING WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, LOS ANGELES CITY, AND THREE OTHER CONTINUUMS OF CARE, UH, TO, UH, CREATE A ACTION PLAN FOR HAP.ROUND FIVE ALLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY THE STATE, SO WE HAVE BEEN, UH, IDENTIFIED TO RECEIVE 15 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHIN THIS NEXT ROUND OF HAP, UH, WHICH WE SHOULD RECEIVE IN THE FUNDING LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, THE LONG BEACH COC WAS APPROACHED BY, UM, THE LOS ANGELES COC, AGAIN, AROUND, UH, APPLYING FOR THE YOUTH HOMELESS SYSTEMS, UH, INNOVATIONS AND LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO POTENTIALLY EXPLORE OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS A, A JOINT EFFORT ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE COCS.
AND THEN STAFF CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WEIGHT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE COUNTY AROUND ENCAMPMENT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND THE ABILITY TO MOVE, PICK PEOPLE QUICKLY FROM ENCAMPMENTS, UH, BOTH TO INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
UH, SO THERE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ABILITY TO DO SIMILAR PROJECTS TO WHAT WE DID AT, UH, THE 91 IN ARTESIA.
AND THEN, UH, ON OUR LAST GOAL AROUND DATA PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE.
UH, THE BIGGEST FUTURE PLANS WITHIN THIS GOAL ARE AROUND UPDATING THE GOAL TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WE'D IDENTIFIED, UH, MANY OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED DURING THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE CONTINUED FORWARD TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ONGOING RESPONSES.
SO, UH, THINGS LIKE THE DONATION DRIVE, UH, AND OTHER WAYS TO ENGAGE AS COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.
AND THEN, UH, PLANNING FOR DATA INTEGRATION WITH THE OTHER HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO SEE DATA, UH, WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING SERVED ACROSS THE COUNTY, NOT JUST HERE IN LONG BEACH, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER COORDINATE CARE, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT WE ARE ENCOUNTERING, UH, THAT MIGHT BE MOVING, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO TERESA.
SO IN DECEMBER, I SHARED, UH, WHAT THE NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS PROPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO BE RECEIVING A MEMO IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT THE, THIS OFFICE WILL ENTAIL.
SO FOR NOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS OFFICE IS NOT A NEW DEPARTMENT, AND THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU IS NOT LEAVING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE ARE CREATING A NEW OFFICE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER, UH, TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE DIRECTLY ADDRESSING HOME HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THEIR PERSPECTIVE AGENCIES.
THIS NEW HOMELESS OFFICE WILL BE STRUCTURED TO MIRROR OTHER CITYWIDE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO COORDINATE THIS PRIORITY EFFORT AND SUPPORT INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION.
AS A REMINDER, UNDER MYSELF AS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE TWO OFFICES.
SO ONE THAT FOCUSES ON HOMELESSNESS AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY UNDER THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP.
UH, SIMILAR TO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, THERE WILL BE ONE HIGH LEVEL MANAGER POSITION WHO WILL OVERSEE TWO TO THREE PROGRAM SPECIALISTS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS STILL A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THERE WILL BE CONNECTIONS TO THE MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE ALSO HAD A BIG HAND IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THE CITY.
THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE MAJORITY OF OUR HOMELESS SERVICES RESPONSE SYSTEM.
THE BUREAU HAS THREE DIVISIONS, TWO OF WHICH ARE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES, UH, FIELD-BASED AND SITE-BASED.
AND THE OTHER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH DIRECT SERVICE PROVISION AND CONTRACTING WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
ALL OF ALL OF THESE FUNCTIONS WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
ALL RIGHT, SO IN A MOMENT, I'M GONNA SHARE A VIDEO WITH YOU.
UH, BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF RECAP OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY.
SO THROUGH THIS IMPORTANT WORK, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BOTH HOUSED AND UNHOUSED AS A CITY TEAM AND AS A COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
WE HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK DURING THE PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO MUCH MORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF PRIORITIZING HOMELESSNESS.
WE PUT MANY GOALS IN PLACE, AND WE ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE EVEN WHEN THERE WERE MULTIPLE BARRIERS TO GET OVER.
AND WE, WE HAVE SOME LONGER TERM GOALS AHEAD OF US THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING IN THIS NEXT PHASE.
AND AFTER THIS YEAR OF FOCUSED EFFORTS, WE ARE MORE
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PREPARED TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO.AND THAT IS CRITICAL IN SUPPORTING OUR PATHWAY FORWARD.
I WANNA GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU, MAYOR, AND TO ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, ALONG THE WAY THROUGH THE JOURNEY AND ONGOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY, SO WE DEFINITELY SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.
UH, WE PREPARED A SHORT VIDEO TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMAZING TEAM WHO SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS OVER, UH, THE PAST YEAR IN PLANNING, COORDINATION, AND PROVIDING EVERYTHING I SHARED WITH YOU, OR WE SHARED WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCOUNT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK IN JUST A SHORT VIDEO.
UH, BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE A GLIMPSE OF THE FOLKS WHO WORK SO HARD TO SET THIS WORK UNDERWAY.
THIS VIDEO CAPTURES A GLIMPSE INTO THE DEDICATION THAT STAFF HAVE PUT INTO THIS EMERGENCY WITH OVER 200 STAFF, UM, AND HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER TO BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING OUT THERE.
WE WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE AREAS AND WAYS THAT PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR RESPONSE.
THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT SUPPORTED WITH HIRING AND ENSURING THAT MONEY WAS GETTING ALLOCATED AND UTILIZED.
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT ARE THERE EVERY DAY, ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND WORKING TO GET PEOPLE CONNECTED.
AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM WHO SUPPORTED US WITH CONNECTING TO OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WHEN WE TOOK PROJECTS INTO ALL AREAS OF THE CITY.
THANK YOU TO PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE LIBRARY SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE POLICE, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT ARE ENGAGING PEOPLE EVERY DAY AS THEY WALK INTO OUR FACILITIES AND WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE FIELD.
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF WHO SUPPORTED DEVELOPING AND GETTING AND FUNDING FOR NEW SERVICES AND PROJECTS.
THANK YOU TO THE TEAMS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT WITH DATA AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS.
JOINT INFORMATION COMMAND FOR HELPING IN IMPROVING EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PRIORITIZING LANGUAGE ACCESS.
SO ALL RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE INFORMATION WE ARE PUTTING OUT, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, AND OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WHO KIND OF PUT US IN ACTION LAST YEAR.
SO AGAIN, I WANNA EXTEND A HUGE THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU, TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND TO OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS WHO PUT FAITH IN ALL OF US TO REALLY LEAN INTO THIS VERY CHALLENGING JOURNEY.
WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORT, AND WE WILL TAKE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED WITH US AS WE CONTINUE FORWARD.
SO I'M GOING TO PLAY THIS VIDEO FOR YOU.
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL HOMELESS EMERGENCY.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO TACKLE THIS CRISIS HEAD ON AND WILL EFFECTIVELY, WITH BOTH COMPASSION AND WITH URGENCY, BE MORE STRATEGIC AND FOCUSED IN OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE AT THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, AND WE ARE REALLY WANTING TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND GETTING THEM TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE NEEDING.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AN ACCURATE COUNT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET OUR RESOURCES OUT THERE.
AND EVERYBODY'S COMING OUT FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF OUR VILLAGE AT THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
I'M LONG BEACH MAYOR REX RICHARDSON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR OUR WEEKLY LIVE STREAM WHERE WE PROVIDE UPDATES ON OUR LOCAL HOMELESS EMERGENCY HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO COME TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING AND WHAT THE CITY IS PROJECTING IN, IN THE AREA.
THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS, BE PRESENT WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
I'VE JUST BEEN SO IMPRESSED HOW EVERYBODY'S MINDSET IS, HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT CAN WE DO? IT'S, UH, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT HAVEN'T WORKED ON HOMELESSNESS BEFORE, AS WELL AS OUR EXPERTS WHO WORK ON HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE GET ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF PEOPLE NEW TO
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THIS AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY, THIS IS THEIR CAREER AND THEIR PASSION.SO IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
WE ARE READY TO FOR QUESTIONS.
LET'S HEAR FOR THERESA CHANDLER, ALL THOSE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS.
JUST A JUST A FEW COMMENTS I HAVE.
THEN WE'LL GO TO, UH, WHATEVER COMMENTS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THIS PAST YEAR WAS A WHOLE LOT OF WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR APPROACH TO DECLARE THIS PROCLAMATION, BUILD OUR CAPACITY TO MANAGE HOMELESSNESS, AND, UM, REALLY COM YOU KNOW, WORKING AGAINST EXPECTATIONS, UH, THAT GOVERNMENT CAN SNAP ITS FINGERS AND, UH, ELIMINATE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOCIAL CHALLENGES THAT HAVE TAKEN DECADES TO, TO GROW.
AND, UM, AND REALLY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THAT THESE THINGS WEREN'T CREATED OVERNIGHT.
THE REGIONAL HOUSING CRISIS, WE DIDN'T GET HERE OVERNIGHT.
IT WAS A BUNCH OF PUBLIC DECISIONS LIKE TAKING AWAY OUR BIGGEST TOOL TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEN THAT LEFT, THAT EXACERBATED THE CRISIS AND LACK OF INVESTING IN HOUSING AND GROWING OUR CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH, AND PUBLIC FINANCE CHALLENGES.
ALL THOSE THINGS EXACERBATE OUR ABILITY OR LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO, TO RESPOND.
BUT TO STEP UP IN ONE YEAR AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA BE SMART ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT DATA, WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR TIME AND, UH, EXPAND, SORT OF INCREASE OUR, OUR, OUR ABILITY, UH, TO RESPOND.
AND THEN FROM THERE, GO INTO A NEXT PHASE.
WE'RE, IT'S LIKE, UH, THE ANALOGY I'LL USE IS LIKE, A LOT OF THE WORK THIS PAST YEAR WAS, UH, DRAFTING A SPORTS TEAM, RIGHT? YOU, YOU DON'T WIN THE WORLD SERIES OR THE SUPER BOWL RIGHT AFTER YOU DRAFT THEM, RIGHT? YOU JUST HAVE TO BUILD THE TEAM.
A LOT OF THIS WORK WAS BUILDING THE TEAM AND GO INTO THIS NEXT PHASE IS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PUT ALL OF THIS NEW CAPACITY TO WORK, UH, TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS NEXT PHASE REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST BROKE GROUND ON THE YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER.
THANKS, COUNCILMAN URANGA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OPENING UP YOUR DOORS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE BREAKING GROUND SOON.
THANKS, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WE WENT THROUGH CONTRACTOR CHALLENGES TO FINALLY GET THERE.
SO WE'RE BREAKING GROUND ON THAT SOON.
UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, BEST WESTERN ISN'T THAT IN YOUR DISTRICT? SELMA MEMBER SORROW, WHERE'S BEST WESTERN? IS THAT IN THE FIRST, FIRST DISTRICT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, AND DEJAS IS DONE, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER MORE THAN HER PART WITH, UH, 7 0 2, UM, WEST ANAHEIM AND WITH THE BEST WESTERN, WHICH, UH, SHOULD BE OPENING THIS SUMMER, WHICH WITH MORE CAPACITY.
UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE KICKING OFF, UH, THE EFFORTS AROUND THE NEW ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION IN DOWNTOWN RESOLVING ENCAMPMENTS AT BILLY JEAN KING LINCOLN PARK, UM, UH, HARVEY MILK PARK, A LOT OF THESE CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS.
SO $5 MILLION DEDICATED TO THAT.
UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE KICKING OFF, UH, THE NEW HOMELESS OFFICE AND WAITING ON THAT, THAT NAME.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MEMO FOR THE NEW HOMELESS OFFERS.
UH, WE KNOW WE'RE KICKING OFF, UH, THE PLANNING AROUND OUR, OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
NOW, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU'VE BUILT THE VEHICLES LIKE YOUR MAX AND YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ADDITIONAL SHELTER CAPACITY, THIS IS THE ROADMAP, RIGHT? YOU HAVE YOUR VEHICLE, NOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING? THAT'S YOUR ROADMAP, RIGHT? AND, AND THEN THE, THE SUB PLAN TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE ON, ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IS GREAT TO SEE, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP, THE INVITATION TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY, UM, TO ADDRESS THIS YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, UM, UH, CHALLENGE.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS NEXT YEAR LOOKS LIKE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A SEEN SOME MOMENTUM.
WE HAVE TO BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM.
AND THE POINT IN TIME HOMELESS COUNT REALLY SHOWED THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT OUR RESIDENTS HAD.
I MEAN, IT, IT WAS PALPABLE IN THE ROOM.
PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS ISSUE TO CONTINUE TO WORK, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, ACROSS OUR STATE, WE'RE SEEING SYNERGY.
UM, THINGS LIKE PROP ONE WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER ON THE AGENDA WITH THE GOVERNOR FOCUSING ON LIKE, LIKE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE NEED, WE NEED TENT.
WE, WE NEED TREATMENT, NOT TENTS.
WE NEED MORE MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.
SO HEARING THE GOVERNOR AND THE BIG CITY MAYORS FOCUSED ON THAT, HEARING THE FOCUS OF THE COUNTY AND LA CASA SAYING, WE NEED REGIONAL CHALLENGES AND NEW SOLUTIONS.
WE CAN'T JUST CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING, REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND THESE POSSIBILITIES ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR.
SO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, YOU AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO THE NEXT PHASE.
UM, IT'S STILL A LOT OF WORK, BUT WE SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT, UM, UH, THE CAPACITY WE'VE BUILT.
UM, WE'RE LASER, LASER FOCUSED CL CLEAR-EYED ON MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE ON THIS ISSUE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE COUNCIL VICE MAYOR ALLEN.
NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.
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YOU, MAYOR.I JUST, UM, CAN'T EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE ENOUGH FOR WHAT AMAZING LEADERSHIP WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, FROM TOM TO, YOU KNOW, THERESA AND PAUL, ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU AS WELL AS THE TEAM HAVE DONE.
JUST, I MEAN, THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT ASKING FOR DATA IN THE LAST YEAR, AND YOU'VE REALLY GIVEN IT TO US.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, THERE ARE A LOT OF MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT THE ONE I REALLY WANNA LIFT OUT IS BUILDING THE CAPACITY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY SETTING US UP FOR A MINUTE AND LONG TERM ISSUES THAT WE STILL ADDRESS.
AND I THINK THAT THE MAYOR MADE IT CLEAR WE WEREN'T GONNA END HOMELESSNESS WITHIN A YEAR, BUT WE CAN, WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT OUR CHALLENGES AND CAN ARTICULATE IT AND CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE NOW.
AND, AND I THINK THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE HAVE SHOWN THAT, UM, I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT DONE IS SO IMPORTANT.
I THINK OUR RESIDENTS TOO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON, ON WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS WELL.
AND IT GOES BACK TO, I THINK WHAT YOU SHARED THERESA, IS A SYSTEMIC SOCIETAL PROBLEM.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY, COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERALLY TO DO THIS TOGETHER.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD IN, UM, RECEIVING REGULAR UPDATES, NOT AS OFTEN AS EVERY WEEK, WHICH I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED IT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING MORE QUARTERLY AS WE HEAR ABOUT THESE LONG-TERM.
BUT ED, IT'S GOING TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HEAR ABOUT OUR, OUR SUCCESSES AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, BUT ALSO INTERSECTING IT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UH, SERVICES TEAM TO WHAT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I KNOW TOO IS ABOUT TO BREAK, UH, OPEN VERY SOON IN MY DISTRICT IS WE'RE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO, UM, ALL OF THESE OTHER ONGOING BROAD PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS REALLY GOING INTO THE NEXT PHASE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
'CAUSE THERE ARE STILL PARTS OF MY DISTRICT WHERE RESIDENTS ARE STILL, UM, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WITH ALL THE RESOURCES AND THE NUMBERS, THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS PUT IN, HOW COME WE'RE STILL HAVING THESE CHRONIC ISSUE? AND I KNOW THAT'S JUST GONNA TAKE A, UM, LONGER TERM WORK.
YOU GET A LOT OF QUESTION ABOUT CHITTICK FIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO THE JENNY RIVERA PARK AREA.
BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON AND, AND EVERY WEEK WE HAVE A TEAM WORKING ON IT.
SO I JUST AGAIN, WANNA CONCLUDE BY JUST EXPRESSING HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
I KNOW YOU'VE ALL GIVEN YOUR HEART, YOUR, YOU KNOW, TIME AND SO MUCH OF YOURSELF TO THIS WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, YOU'VE TAKEN US THROUGH COVID TO START, AND NOW YOU'VE TAKEN US THROUGH THE, THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY.
YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO MUCH WORK.
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT WAS REALLY WELL ORGANIZED, AND I THINK THAT GIVES RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS A TRUE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THOSE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREET.
UM, I THINK THE EMERGENCY ALSO SHOWED US WHERE WE, WE COULD USE SOME, WE COULD MOVE OUR PROCESS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH SERVICES, I THINK LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW SAID, THE MENTAL HEALTH, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, IT, IT'S REALLY HARD LAST NIGHT BEFORE THE RAIN OR SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO MSC AND YOU SAY, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THERE? THE RAIN IS COMING, IT'S GONNA BE HERE FOR 48 HOURS.
AND THERE WASN'T A WAY TO GET THEM THERE.
I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I JUST, IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING AND I THINK I SHARED WITH PAUL AN IDEA THAT I HAD, BUT IT JUST BRINGS IT TO THE FOREFRONT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, UM, ALL THIS WORK IS GOING INTO, INTO THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY TO HELP PEOPLE.
I JUST WANT TO SEE MORE PROGRAMMING.
HOUSING IS IMPORTANT, BUT THAT IS A LONG, LONGER TERM GOAL.
WE NEED THAT INTERIM, WE NEED THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
UM, CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THE, LET'S SEE, IT'S THE 13, 12 MILLION THAT'S LEFT IS MEASURE A, IT'S TIDE LENS AND IT'S GENERAL FUND.
CAN YOU JUST BREAK DOWN HOW MUCH IS IN EACH, UH, OF THOSE THREE CATEGORIES, IF THAT'S CORRECT.
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AND THE, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, ARE WE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THESE FUNDS FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO CLEAN UP THEIR, THEIR, THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE BEACH, ON THE STREETS, ON THE SIDEWALKS, HOPING WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS? WE SHOULD, I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH MONEY GOES TO PARKS, REC, AND MARINE FOR PARKS FOR BEACHES.HOW MUCH GOES TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO? HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? JUST KEEP GOING.
I'LL LET IT SIT IF YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT.
UM, SO THERE WAS 5,188,000 IN GENERAL FUND, 5 MILLION, 800,000 IN MEASURE A FUNDS, UH, THAT SPECIFICALLY GOES TO CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEN 2 MILLION IN TIDE LANDS.
UM, SO WE HAVE GENERAL BUCKETS ON HERE.
UM, SOME OF THIS IS GOING TOWARDS, UH, AS I SAID, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THE LARGEST BUCKET WITHIN THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT, UH, OUR PROJECTS TO INCREASE OUR SHELTER, UH, CAN BE DELIVERED ON TIME, UM, AND WITH A GOOD QUALITY.
UH, AND THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS.
UH, SOME OF THOSE JUST STARTING AND SOME OF THAT, THEM THAT HAVE BEEN GOING SUCH AS THINGS LIKE SAY PARKING, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES.
UH, THAT WAS A PILOT DURING, UH, THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT BREAKOUT BY POT, BUT THERE IS SOME FUNDING THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR, UH, CLEANING EFFORTS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS, RECS AND MARINE.
SO EACH DEPARTMENT GETS A LITTLE BIT, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS 400,000 CLOSE TO THAT.
AND THEN, UM, JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION.
THE INTEGRATION OF THE, IS IT HMIS AND LAA SYSTEM? WHEN I VISITED MSC, I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP SO MUCH WITH PEOPLE BEING CONNECTED.
WORK SHOULD START, UH, A BIT OF A PROCESS OF MATCHING, ENSURING THAT, UH, OUR, OUR DATA ELEMENTS ARE FULLY ALIGNED AND, UH, PLANNED OUT AS THE TRANSITION HAPPENS, BUT IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOMETIME AROUND SEPTEMBER.
COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT? I THINK IT'S A GREAT SURE.
OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USE DIRECTLY ON OUR SERVICES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REQUIRE OF ALL OF OUR FUNDED PROVIDERS, UH, NONPROFITS TO USE, AS WELL AS WE OFFER IT FOR FREE TO OTHER NONPROFITS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WE DON'T FUND AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HOLISTIC DATA.
UH, LA COUNTY DOES THE SAME, THEY USE THE SAME, UH, DATA VENDOR AS WE DO, OR, UH, SOFTWARE VENDOR AS WE DO.
SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT, UM, BRINGING THOSE SYSTEMS TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE DATA.
IF SOMEBODY RECEIVES SERVICES IN SOUTH LA OR EVEN ANTELOPE VALLEY, UH, AND THEY'VE MOVED AROUND, UM, WE'LL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SEE WHO THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH AND RECEIVING CARE FOR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND VICE VERSA.
SO, UH, THIS IS MAJOR IN NOT DUPLICATING AND MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY USING THE, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND I KNOW MY TIME IS ALMOST OUT, BUT I, I WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH THE QUESTION I ASKED AT THE LAST, UH, HOMELESS UPDATE.
WHERE ARE WE WITH KNOWING ALMOST LIFETIME? I UNDERSTAND IT CAN'T BE LIFETIME, WHERE BEDS ARE AVAILABLE.
I I REALLY, I WANNA HAMMER HOME THIS AS WE NEED THIS.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BEST PLATFORM FOR DOING THAT AND NOT CREATING SOMETHING SECONDARILY LIKE ANOTHER DATA SYSTEM OR APP THAT SOMEBODY IS USING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AND ASSESSING ACROSS THE EXISTING APPS THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, ARE RESPONDERS OUT IN THE FIELD HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL ASSESSING THROUGH WHICH WAY AND, UH, THE ABILITY TO PUSH, PUSH OUT INFORMATION THROUGH EXISTING APPS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO LIVE TIME ON WHERE WE ARE AT BED WISE.
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LOOK FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.I HADN'T SEEN IT BEFORE COUNCIL, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T GET IT, SO IT'S GREAT INFORMATION.
UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN STOLE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, WHICH WAS ABOUT THE DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM.
UM, BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT, WHICH IS, I KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR, UM, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS ACROSS LA COUNTY.
IS HUD OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LIKE STATE AGENCY INCENTIVIZING ADJACENT COUNTIES TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL? 'CAUSE I'D WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, US BEING ON THE BORDER WITH LIKE ORANGE COUNTY, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT? IT PROBABLY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO ALSO SEE IF INDIVIDUALS ARE RECEIVING SERVICES THERE AS WELL.
SO THE COUNTY OR THE STATE HAS WHAT'S CALLED THE HOMELESS DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM.
IT WORKS SIMILARLY, BUT IT'S NOT LIVE TIME.
IT IS DATA THAT WE UPLOAD TO THE STATE.
THEY COMPILE, THEY SEE WHO IS RECEIVING SERVICES IN OTHER, UH, JURISDICTIONS, AND THEY SEND THAT BACK.
BUT IT IS A LAG BY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, SIX MONTHS AFTER, YOU KNOW, SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED.
SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
THERE ARE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE DONE SIMPLER, SIMILAR EFFORTS AS WHAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED IN THE PAST.
ORANGE COUNTY USED TO BE A PART OF THE LA HMIS COLLABORATIVE, SO THERE IS PAST PRECEDENT, SO MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE.
UM, AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DASHBOARD.
SO THE DASHBOARD IS REMAINING CORRECT ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES TO HOW OFTEN THE DASHBOARD WILL BE UPDATED? UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WE DID HAVE SOME CHANGES, UH, EACH YEAR HUD PUBLISHES, UH, DATA STANDARDS.
WHEN THAT CHANGES, IT KIND OF CAN REQUIRE US TO GO BACK AND RECHART HOW WE PULL THE DATA.
UH, SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT EFFICIENCY OF PULLING THAT DATA.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN ON A MONTHLY CADENCE.
UH, WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT STILL DOES TAKE A FAIR AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME TO BE ABLE TO PULL AND UPLOAD INTO, UH, THE DATA OF THE DASHBOARD.
BUT IF WE CAN STREAMLINE THAT, WE COULD UPDATE IT MORE FREQUENTLY.
UH, AND THEN LAST QUESTION WAS, UM, I SAW THAT AS WE'RE WORKING TO DO OUR UP UPDATE, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I SAY, YAY, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EMPLOYING A COUPLE OF CONSULTANTS.
CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN ASSISTING THE CITY IN UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? SURE.
SO, UH, CITY FABRIC HAS BEEN ENGAGED.
THEY WILL BE DOING THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RECEIVING INPUT FEEDBACK, AND THEN THEY'LL BE DOING THE WRITING OF THE PLAN.
UH, WE'VE ENGAGED A COUPLE OTHER CONSULTANTS OUT THERE, UH, THAT HAVE EXPERTISE BOTH IN DATA ANALYSIS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, ARE TALKING TO A COUPLE OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY LARGE DATA SETS AROUND OUR SOCIAL SERVICE AND HOUSING SYSTEMS TO TRY TO INCORPORATE, UH, A LARGER VIEW OF OUR DATA BEYOND JUST OUR HOMELESS, UH, RESPONSE DATA.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PIECES THAT TOUCH INTO THIS.
SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN WITH, UH, SOMEBODY THAT HAS ALSO, UH, WORKED ON OTHER STRATEGIC PLANS SO THEY CAN BRING VIEWPOINTS FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT WE CAN ALSO INCORPORATE.
SO IT UNDERSTAND THAT IT JUST, SO WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING OR LEVERAGING SOME INTERNAL DATA THAT WE'RE GONNA COLLECT OURSELVES AS WELL AS KIND OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME ENTITIES THAT HAVE DATA THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL AS WE'RE BUILDING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ASKED ALREADY.
I THINK THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE 20 PRESENTATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK AS A RESULT OF THIS EMERGENCY, WE CERTAINLY HAVE, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE, THE FRAMEWORK TO, UH, BUILD CAPACITY, UM, EXPAND BEDS AND, AND, UH, SERVICES, ACCESS TO SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, MY QUESTION IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JONI.
IT'S REGARDING OUR, OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, I, I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT HOW WE ARE ENGAGING THEM AND, UM, BUILDING WITH THEM.
AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU CASE IN POINT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS WE'RE IN ONE THAT TOUCHES LAKEWOOD.
UM, MY DISTRICT TOUCHES LAKEWOOD.
MY, MY DISTRICT TOUCHES CARSON.
UM, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE UNHOUSED DON'T KNOW THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITIES.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN BOTH CITIES.
UH, THEY ARE, THEY'RE CREATING PROBLEMS OFTENTIMES FOR OUR, OUR, WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS OFTENTIMES FROM
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FROM OUR NEIGHBORS FOR ACTIVITIES HAPPENING IN THE CITY ACROSS THE STREET, UM, JUST ACROSS THE, THE CHERRY OR, OR SANTA FE.UH, POINT BEING, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF COLLABORATION OR ARE WE COLLABORATING WITH OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS TO, TO STRATEGICALLY DEAL WITH SURE.
SOME OF THESE ISSUES? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
SO WE DO HAVE OUR INNER JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATIVE, AS YOU ARE AWARE, UM, WHERE WE DO WORK WITH CALTRANS AND THE, THE RAILROAD AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT CROSS JURISDICTIONS IN LONG BEACH FOR ON THE GROUND CLEANUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S THAT PIECE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE A COORDINATOR THAT SITS IN PAUL SHOP, UM, WHO'S ON THE GROUND COORDINATING THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, WE DID, WE HAVE FOUND IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT SOMETIMES WE, THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN, UH, THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
UM, WE WANNA MOVE FASTER SOMETIMES HERE IN LONG BEACH TO GET THINGS CLEANED UP AND TO MOVE SOME THINGS THAN OUR PARTNERS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL TEAM, UM, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, TO ENHANCE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND AS WE BRING, UH, THIS BUILD THIS OFFICE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THERE'S GONNA BE A VERY TIGHT, UH, CONNECTION AND A PERSON THAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON THOSE EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS WORKING WITH OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS, FOCUSING ON THE COG, WHICH ALSO, UH, CONNECTS TO OUR SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS LIKE LAKEWOOD AND, AND THE OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING US SO THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THE DECISION MAKERS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND, LIKE THEY'RE MOVING VERY FAST AND THEY'RE GETTING CLEANUPS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE POSTING AND DOING THINGS, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVE OUT IN AND OUT OF POSITIONS.
SO WE WANNA HAVE A STRONGER HOLD ON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS EVEN STRONGER.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT FROM THE CITY MANAGER SPACE AS WELL, HELPING ON THE GROUND THAT, THAT'S ENCOURAGING.
I'M GLAD THAT THE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW OFFICE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THAT.
AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES WITH THOSE, THOSE, UH, CITIES WHO DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, BUT THEY, THEY CERTAINLY SHARE OUR, OUR CHALLENGES.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR KEEPING US WELL INFORMED OVER THESE LAST 20 UPDATES.
UH, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANSWERED A LOT OF, UH, ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALREADY, AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE REALITY THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IS THAT WE NEVER WANTED TO PUT OUT THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS JOB WAS GONNA BE FINISHED AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY AND THAT THERE'S ONGOING WORK TO DO.
UM, AND I'M HOPEFUL ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND THE REORGANIZATION, UM, OF THE OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CLOSER EYE ON ALL OF THE PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT ARE DOING WORK.
UM, I AM REALLY CONCERNED THOUGH, ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO STAFF THOSE POSITIONS IN LIGHT OF WHERE THE STATE'S BUDGET IS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE BROUGHT A LOT OF THOSE CASEWORK POSITIONS IN HOUSE, WHICH HAS BEEN TO OUR, TO OUR BENEFIT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON VERY SPECIFIC AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO US AND NOT JUST TO THE COUNTY.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE LONG-TERM FOLKS THAT WE'VE HIRED ON.
AND SO AS I, WE LOOK TO, I SAW THAT ONE OF THE POSITIONS IS GONNA BE, UH, FUNDED OUT OF HAP FUNDING.
I'M JUST DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET AND HOW WE CAN IN THIS NEW OFFICE, AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, LOOK AT STABILIZING THE COSTS OF THE DEEPLY TALENTED HUMAN PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK FOR US EVERY DAY.
UH, SO THAT A YEAR FROM NOW OR 18 MONTHS FROM NOW, OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING POSITIONS THAT WE STILL PROBABLY WILL VERY MUCH NEED.
YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME CONCERN AROUND THAT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN CONSCIOUS OF LOOKING AT OUR ONE-TIME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME IN, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT HALF FIVE.
UH, WHAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, BUILT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW FOR HALF, ROUND FIVE, WE ARE LOOKING AT SUSTAINMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO REALLY THAT IS THE GOAL WITH HALF, ROUND FIVE, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER LOCAL PARTNERS.
THEY'RE IN THE SAME MODE OF TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THROUGH THIS TOUGH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY NEXT TWO, COUPLE BUDGET CYCLES MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING AND WE MAY NOT GET IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT IS OF CONCERN THAT WE BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST UPDATE THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS IS AROUND INCREASING COSTS AROUND THINGS LIKE SHELTER AND HOW THAT ALSO CREATES A SECONDARY, UH, BUDGET CHALLENGE.
UH, AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF OUR ADJUSTMENTS, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, HOWEVER, THERE ARE BUDGETARY CHALLENGES BEYOND THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME PRETTY CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING
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THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE, UM, WE KNOW THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE.SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE AT THE HOMELESS COUNT, WE WERE OUT COUNTING PEOPLE MAYBE WE HADN'T SEEN BEFORE OR THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, CONSISTENTLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO WE KNOW THE WORK NEEDS TO CONTINUE AND WE HAVE A REALLY TALENTED TEAM DOING IT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT US TO BE COGNIZANT OF HOW WE KEEP THOSE FOLKS AROUND.
UM, AND THE SECOND THING, I KNOW AS PART OF THE EMERGENCY LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO DO WAS TO EXPEDITE THE HOMELESS COUNT RESULTS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE AN EXPECTATION ON WHEN YOU THINK WE MIGHT GET SOME NUMBERS BACK FROM THIS YEAR? UH, WE PLAN TO HAVE THE REPORT OUT IN LATE APRIL, SO, UH, SHOULD HAVE SIMILAR DATA.
WE'RE HOPING TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THIS YEAR.
UH, SO TRY TO IMPROVE EVERY YEAR, UH, BUT LATE APRIL.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, FOR SOME JURISDICTIONS THAT LAG IN TIME OF YOU COUNT IN FEBRUARY AND THEN JULY, UH, IT COULD BE A REALLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
SO I APPRECIATE THE TEAM WORKING HARD ON THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, WELL, GREAT REPORT, UH, GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL.
UH, I WILL LIFT UP JUST THAT, UH, IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR, THERE'S NO REDUCTION TO HAP AND WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, SO WE WANT TO ADVOCATE TO KEEP IT.
GOVERNOR, PUT IT IN, UH, IT WAS A PRIORITY OF THE BIG CITY MAYORS PRIORITY OF MANY OF OUR BIG CITIES.
UH, SO IT IS IN THERE, THERE'S NO REDUCTION THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE TO KEEP IT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE TOWARD THE FUTURE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PETER BASSAN.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE TINY HOME PROJECT AND THE SIGNAL HILL OIL FIELD.
UM, I'M SOMEONE THAT WORKS AND ADVOCATES WITH A HOMELESS, BUT BEFORE THAT, I ACTUALLY WORKED IN THE OIL INDUSTRY.
SO WHEN I HEARD THE CITY WAS PROPOSING TO SPEND FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROCURED BY STATE SENATORS LENA GONZALEZ TO CREATE ESSENTIALLY A HOMELESS GULAG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIGNAL HILL OIL FIELD, I WAS ALARMED.
MY ALARM TURNED TO HORROR WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT SENATOR GONZALEZ IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF SB 1 1 37, WHICH STATES THE FOLLOWING PROXIMITY TO OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION SITES POSES A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISKS.
B STUDIES HAVE SHOWN EVIDENCE AT HAR OF HARM AT DISTANCES OF LESS THAN 3,200 FEET.
C THESE IMPACTS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT PEOPLE OF COLOR.
DESPITE THIS, THE CITY PLANS TO PUT 34 OF THE POOREST BLACK AND BROWN CITIZENS WITH WITHIN A FEW FEET OF AN ACTIVE PUMP JACK.
AND WITHIN 3,200 FEET OF MORE THAN 100 ACTIVE OIL WELLS, THESE RESIDENTS WILL BE EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF METHANE OZONE AND MICROSCOPIC PARTICULATES.
WORSE, THESE PUMP JACKS ARE RELEASING SEVERAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING BENZENE, ETHYL, BENZENE AND FORMALDEHYDE, OR KNOWN COUGH SYNOGEN.
SO WHY PUT THEM THERE? THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS ALMOST ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL ENTITIES LOCATED IN THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL.
FAR FROM THE SCRUTINIZING EYES OF THE DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A CLEARER CASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.
THIS IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT ITS ABSOLUTE WORST IN TRANSITION, WASTEFUL, IGNORANT, AND DISCRIMINATORY AT $170,000 PER UNIT OR SHED AS THEY SHOULD, UH, MORE PROPERLY BE CALLED, THE RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY A WHOPPING 70 SQUARE FEET OF LIVING SPACE.
THIS WORKS OUT THAT AN EYE-POPPING $2,400 PER SQUARE FOOT IN NEARBY KALE HEIGHTS.
YOU CAN BUY A BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR SEVEN OR TO $800 A SQUARE FOOT.
AT A COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK, THERESA CHANDLER CLAIMED THE PROJECT WOULD HOUSE PEOPLE FOR QUOTE UNQUOTE, A FRACTION OF THE COST OF REGULAR HOUSING.
THIS ISN'T A FRACTION, THIS IS A MULTIPLE, IT'S THREE OR FOUR TIMES THE COST OF HOUSING IN SOME OF THE CHOICES AREAS OF THE CITY.
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE RECENTLY ESTIMATED THE STATE IS FACING A $68 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT.
HOW THEN CAN ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL POSSIBLY SANCTION SPENDING $5.6 MILLION ON THIS APPALLING SCHEME? IT'S CYNICAL, IT'S RACIST, AND IT'S AN EGREGIOUS WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.
AND I URGE ALL OF YOU TO RECONSIDER YOUR POSITIONS.
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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.THAT SATISFIES PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
COMMUNICATION FROM MAYOR RICHARDSON.
RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A SUPPORT POSITION ON CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION ONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM AND BOND MEASURE.
SO I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, UH, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE HOMELESS SERVICES UPDATE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH BOTH A CRISIS ON HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
AND WHILE WE BUILT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR OUTREACH AND SHELTER AND ALL OF THAT, WE KNOW WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, UH, SHORTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH BEDS AND RESOURCES LOCALLY TO, UH, ENGAGE MORE SUBSTANTIVELY, UH, ON THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
SO LAST YEAR I JOINED A COALITION OF MAYORS REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA'S 13 LARGEST CITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR CRUCIAL REFORMS TO, TO THE CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, UH, WHICH WAS PASSED 30 YEARS AGO TO REALLY FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.
AND, UH, THE CHALLENGE 30 YEARS AGO IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE CHALLENGE THAT WE SEE TODAY.
UH, OUR A ADVOCACY EFFORTS HELP TO SHAPE PROPOSITION ONE, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM AND BOND MEASURE PROPOSED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM, WHICH WILL COME BEFORE VOTERS FOR THE MARCH 24 PRIMARY ELECTION.
THIS PROPOSITION INVESTS IN ADDITIONAL $6 BILLION INTO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT DOLLARS DEDICATED TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HOUSING, AND CARE.
UH, IT REPRIORITIZES MHSA EXPENDITURES TO FOCUS ON OUR HIGHEST NEED POPULATIONS, VETERANS, YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
UH, IT WOULD TRIPLE THE STATE STATE'S ALLOCATION TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON EXPANDING RECUPERATIVE CARE, WHICH, UH, ALL OF OUR DATA SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGE HERE IN LONG BEACH ON RECUPERATIVE CARE, STEP DOWN TREATMENT FACILITIES, WHICH IS ALSO A PRIORITY FOR LONG BEACH AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, UH, TO HELP SUPPORT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
THIS MEASURE RECOGNIZES SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AS TREATABLE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND FOCUSES ON ADDRESSES, ROOT CAUSES OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGES AFFECTING NOT JUST HERE IN LONG BEACH, UH, BUT CITIES ALL ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
AND THAT'S WHY CITIES AND MAYORS ALL ACROSS CALIFORNIA HAVE COME OUT TO SUPPORT, UH, THIS, WHICH WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, UH, ADVANCEMENTS IN, IN, IN, UH, THE STATE'S, UH, FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WE'VE SEEN IN IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
SO, I'M ASKING OUR COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF THIS COUNCIL ITEM TONIGHT AS A SIGNAL OF OUR SUPPORT FOR THE GOALS OF PROP ONE, WHICH SEEKS TO TRANSFORM CALIFORNIA'S APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SERVICE DELIVERY.
UM, YES, I AM IN SUPPORT OF, UH, YOUR ITEM.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A WHOLE YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE VARIETY OF CHALLENGES AND NEED, UM, THAT OUR CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS RESOURCES GO TO BUILD CAPACITY.
AND I THINK WE ALSO DID A REPORT ON, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN OUR CITY.
AND THE, THE, THE, THE COMPLEXITY IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS SERVICES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF IT.
AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING US REALLY CLOSE THE GAP IN, IN THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR UNHOUSED.
WHAT I WAS, LEMME PHRASE THIS, THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE AGENCY OPENED UP IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
WE DID REDISTRICTING, MOVED TO THE SIXTH, BUT THERE, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THERE'S A LACK OF SERVICES THAT ARE, THAT ARE NEEDED, AND THIS BIBLE WILL BE A GREAT MEASURE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT.
SO, COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OH, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY QUEUED UP.
IT'S NOT SHOWING ON THE, ON THE WHO'S, WHO NEEDS TO SPEAK.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FOR OF SUPPORT FORWARD.
UM, I HAVE REALLY TRIED TO WORK, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THE HOMELESS RESPONSE.
LONG BEACH HAS, MY TEAM AND I HAVE GONE OUT WITH QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS RIDE ALONGS.
UM, WE LIKE TO SEE WHAT AND HOW THE OUTREACH STAFF RELATES AND DEVELOPS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FOLKS LIVING ON THE STREET.
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I THINK ANYBODY WHO WORKS WITH HOMELESSNESS UNDERSTANDS THAT WE NEED MORE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, SORROW TALKED ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY AND THESE SERVICES NEED TO BE AVAILABLE ON DEMAND.
I SPOKE TO THAT IN THE LAST, UH, HOME, THE HOMELESS UPDATE.
IN 20 23, 30 4% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS REPORTED THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
32% WERE STRUGGLING WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES LIKE DRUG USE.
I THINK THERE IS UNDERREPORTING WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
SO THINK OF THOSE NUMBERS EVEN HIGHER.
UM, BUT I THINK WE REALLY HAVE A NEED FOR SERVICES AVAILABLE.
UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE, I HOSTED A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR NATIONAL HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE ADVISORS.
THEY'RE THE NEW TENANTS OF COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, AND I'LL TELL YOU, THEY ARE OFFERING SO MANY GOOD THINGS.
RECUPERATIVE CARE, SOBERING BEDS, TELEHEALTH, UM, OTHER DIFFERENT SERVICES FOCUSED ON PATIENTS WITH MEDI-CAL.
I'M EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THIS BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHY WE WANNA SUPPORT PROP ONE.
SO I JUST THINK WE ARE, WE WANNA DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO PROVIDE MORE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND I, I, I REALLY LIKE THAT THE GOVERNOR.
SO WE ARE SEEING A REAL COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE.
UM, WE'RE NOT IN THIS ALONE, AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T FULLY CONTROL THE LAW AROUND MENTAL HEALTH.
AND IT NEEDED TO BE REFORMED TO REALLY UNLOCK THE ABILITY FOR CITIES TO, TO LOCALIZE THE SUPPORT AND MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.
AND THE REALITY IS, SOME OF OUR HARDEST TO REACH CHRONIC, UM, INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN COMMUNITIES.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLEX ISSUES AND WE NEED SUPPORT AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UH, AND SO FOR THE STATE TO PLACE A REAL FOCUS ON THIS, PARTICULARLY IN A TIME WHERE WE'RE SEEING STATE BUDGET CHALLENGES IS A REAL, IT, IT'S A GOOD THING FOR US.
I, I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT POSITION FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO TAKE, UM, DR.
UM, AND I WAS JUST GONNA, UH, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN SAID, I KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING MY RESEARCH ON PROP ONE AND THE BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO SHARE.
SO IF YOU LOOK IT UP, UM, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE STATE HAD BUDGETED MONEY TO BUILD MORE PLACES FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND TO BUILD MORE PLACES FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING IS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED THROUGH GRANTS.
UM, AND SO IF WE, WE AS A CITY, AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE KNOWN THIS LOOKING AT OUR HOMELESS EMERGENCY, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE FUNDING, UM, AS THE MAYOR AND AND MY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED RIGHT TO PLA TO BUILD PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO FOR SHORT TERM AND SHORT TERM AMOUNT OF TIME IN ORDER TO RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN STAY WHILE THEY TRANSITION FROM INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTHCARE TO LOWER LEVELS OF CARE, RIGHT? THE STEP DOWN BEDS.
WE TALK ABOUT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN RECEIVE THE MOST INTENSIVE TREATMENT AND CARE SUCH AS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, RIGHT? THIS IS THE KIND OF FUNDING THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AND THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED.
UM, AND SO, UM, AGAIN, I ALSO, UM, IN CONCURRENCE WITH OUR MAYOR, UM, AND WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT PROPOSITION ONE.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE COUNCILWOMAN KERR.
UH, I DO NOT HAVE A ARE YOU? YES, AN AYE.
NOW WE'LL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
CHRISTIE EIDS, MICHAEL EIDS, AND SAMANTHA MCFEELY.
AND THANKS FOR I SHAKE, WIGGLE AND PEE WHEN I TALK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
SO, MIC, YOU WANNA BRING THE MIC DOWN? YES.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY OVERWHELMING TO BE AMONG ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WANNA BE OF SERVICE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES MY SITUATION MORE FRUSTRATING.
WE HAVE A PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF HARVEY AND BELLFLOWER AND THE KIDS ARE GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL FROM LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY ARE COMPLETELY INUNDATING THE PROPERTY.
ALL FOUR OF OUR TENANTS SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE CONTACTED MS. KERR'S OFFICE.
WE'VE CONTACTED JOCELYN PADILLA FROM THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT.
WE'VE CONTACTED THE POLICE, WE'VE CONTACTED THE SCHOOL POLICE.
WE'VE CONTACTED THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, THE VICE PRINCIPAL, WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO RESPONSE, EXCEPT FOR, UH, OFFICER OCO OCO KOBI, WHO ACTUALLY WROTE A LETTER FOR US ABOUT THE PROBLEM THERE.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30 TO 60
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STUDENTS, AND IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS ONE BLOCK OVER THAT COME TO WAIT FOR THE BUS.AND THEY'RE WAITING THERE FOR 45 MINUTES AT A TIME.
THEY ARE, UM, SITTING ON THE STOOPS, UM, GRAFFING, THEY'RE LITTERING, THEY'RE SMOKING, UM, AND DRINKING DRUGS.
WE CAN SEE THEM ROLLING MARIJUANA JOINTS IN THE, IN THE CAMERA.
I GET IT THAT IT'S EVERYWHERE.
BUT THIS IS WHERE OUR RESIDENTS LIVE, THAT RENT FROM US.
THEY, UM, THEY ARE, THEY'RE VERY CONFRONTATIONAL.
THEY CAN'T BE ASKED TO LEAVE OR MOVE OR THEY, THEY DO MORE DAMAGE.
UM, THE, THE PAINT ON THE BUILDING HAS COMPLETELY BEEN LIKE, PEELED OFF.
'CAUSE THEY SIT THERE AND PICK AT THE PAINT.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SIT THERE AND PICK AT THE PAINT ON THE, ON THE STOOP COLUMNS.
UM, WHEN I WENT THERE TO TAKE PICTURES THE OTHER DAY, WHICH I BROUGHT, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE THE PICTURES, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK THERE.
THERE'S ONE BUNCH FOR THREE BUTTS.
THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THESE KIDS TO GO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S FRUSTRATING IS WE LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.
HE HAD THE CHIEF OF POLICE CALL US.
HE HAD THE CHIEF OF THE, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL US.
SO I KNOW THAT SOLUTION CAN BE SEEN AND DONE.
I HAVE A LETTER FROM, UM, MR. RE.
UM, ALL AGAIN, ALL OF OUR, UM, TENANTS ARE HERE.
I HAVE A LETTER FROM MR. RE WHO WRITES TO ME THAT HE HAS CONNECTED US WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO HELP US, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WE'VE CONNECTED TO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE MADE THE, UM, ATTEMPT TO CONTACT.
THE, THE, THE SCHOOL POLICE CANNOT EVEN GO AND TELL THE KIDS TO GET UP AND MOVE.
THEY DON'T, UM, WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT IN FEAR OF RETALIATION.
THEY, UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
WE KEEP HAVING TO REPLACE THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE CAN'T ENCLOSE THE PATIOS, WHICH IS NOT EVEN THE PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM IS THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE WITHOUT SIDEWALKS TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO STAND OUT THERE.
I'M BELIEVE THAT LET MY HUSBAND TALK.
I JUST, I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL, BUT THANK YOU.
THAT LET, MICHAEL, YOU WANNA GO NEXT AND AFTERWARD? WE'LL, WE'LL LET, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER KERR.
WE'LL LET COUNCIL MEMBER KERR RESPOND AFTERWARD.
MY NAME'S MICHAEL EEDS, AND I'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY AT 42 55 NORTH BELLFLOWER FOR THE BETTER PART OF 20 YEARS.
YOU'VE, UH, PROVIDED GREAT HELP IN DISTRICT FOUR, MS. KERR.
WE HAVE DONE NOTHING, NOTHING TO DESERVE THE AMOUNT OF DISRESPECT THAT YOU AND ALLARD A HAVE SHOWED US.
NOT ONE TIME, NOT ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN PROMISED FROM THAT MAN HAS BEEN TRUE.
ONLY THING THAT HE HAS DONE IS JUST GIVE ME COUNTLESS SUGGESTION.
AFTER COUNTLESS SUGGESTION OF PUTTING UP FENCES, PUTTING UP BOUNDARIES, POSTING NO TRESPASSING SIGNS, WHICH BY THE WAY, MAKES IT NON INVITING FOR MY TENANTS.
AND I'VE HAD TO PUT UP WITH THIS YEAR, OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR, WHERE FINALLY I, IT'S MANIFESTED ITSELF TO A PROBLEM THAT CAN'T BE SOLVED BY ME.
AND MY TENANTS ARE NOT GONNA BE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA TURN THEIR CHEEK.
IF THIS WAS HAPPENING ON ANY OF YOUR DOORSTEPS, YOU WOULD HAVE SOMETHING BEING DONE RIGHT AWAY.
IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD TOLERATE.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU LET IT TOLERATE THAT YOU HAVE TOLERATED IT THIS LONG, KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IS A DISGRACE.
AND I HOPE YOU HEAR ME WELL, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ME THAT'S STANDING HERE, IT'S THE CITIZENS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND MR. RICHARDSON, I HOPE THAT YOU TOO HEAR IT, BECAUSE THIS KIND OF STUFF IS THE CANCER IN WHICH JUST BREEDS DOWN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE NOT, THIS IS NOT THE QUOTE UNQUOTE GHETTO.
THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE WHERE FINE HOMES ARE.
THIS IS NOT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, THAT, LIKE, THERE NEEDS, THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE LIKE COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST TO, YOU KNOW, HANDLED.
THIS IS A SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED FROM THE TIME THAT WE NOTIFIED THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO THE POLICE THAT COULD HAVE COME AND DISPERSED A LOT OF THIS.
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO COME HERE AS PRETTY MUCH A VICTIM IN ORDER TO GET OUR VOICES HEARD AND TO, AND TO THINK THAT THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GONNA TURN YOUR CHEEK AND ALLOW THINGS TO GO ABOUT IN YOUR DISTRICT.
YOU'RE GONNA END UP HAVING THE WORST DISTRICT AROUND, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T HAPPENING JUST ON MY CORNER.
IT'S HAPPENING ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THE STREET ON BELLFLOWER.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME TO AT LEAST DO SOMETHING TODAY AFTER
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YOU'VE HEARD FROM ME.BECAUSE DOING NOTHING AMOUNTS TO NOTHING.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
UM, I'M ONE OF THE RESIDENTS AND JUST TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO SPEAK ON WHAT THEY SAY, UM, JUST COMING HOME AND KNOWING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOMEONE SITTING ON MY FRONT PORCH, SITTING ON MY BACK PORCH AND HAVING TO BE THE ONE WHEN I COME HOME ALONE AND MAKE THAT CONFRONTATION.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW SOMEONE'S GONNA REACT.
I'M, IT'S JUST NOT SAFE FOR ME.
EVEN WHEN I'M HOME, THEY'LL COME, THEY'LL GO THROUGH MY STUFF.
I'VE ENCLOSED MY SPACE AS BEST AS I CAN, BUT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE, I WATCH THEM, THEY SEE ME AT MY HOUSE, THEY'RE WATCHING ME GOING INTO MY AREA.
LIKE I SEE THEM TAKE OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
I SEE THEM GO THROUGH OUR STUFF AND JUST KNOWING THAT, LIKE, THERE'S JUST NO RESPECT.
SO IF THERE'S NO RESPECT FOR ME, JUST SEEING ME THERE, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE HAVING THAT CONFRONTATION SAYING ANYTHING TO THEM.
I HAVE TO CLOSE MY DOOR WHEN I'M HOME.
I TRY NOT TO COME HOME WHEN I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE.
IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S, I, IT'S JUST NOT SAFE.
I JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THAT SITUATION.
THAT SATISFIES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHAT I, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, UH, ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THESE ARE ISSUES NOT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO TYPICALLY COUNCIL MEMBERS DON'T GET INTO DETAILS ON THE ISSUES, AND IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I WILL OFFER THIS, I WOULD SAY THIS, UM, ONE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
AND THE CITY IS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S ISSUES.
LIKE WE DON'T DIRECTLY CONTROL THE TRANSIT AGENCIES.
WE DON'T DIRECTLY CONTROL THE SCHOOLS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE CONVENERS.
AND, UH, THAT'S THE WAY YOU GET THE BOAST, THE, THE BEST, UH, RESPONSE AND REACTION.
I WILL ALSO SAY, UM, THAT, UM, I KNOW IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING AT TIMES WHEN YOU, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION TO SNAP A FINGER AND SOLVE AN ISSUE THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY UNDER CONTROL.
UH, IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF, OF TERMS LIKE GHETTO.
THERE ARE NO GHETTO DISTRICTS IN LONG BEACH.
THERE ARE NO GHETTO NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE DIGNITY.
WE ALL WANNA WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THE SAME STANDARD IS ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY.
SO WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL ON THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, I THINK, UM, I THINK, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MR. LAR, CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING ASSIST YOU WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TRANSIT AGENCY, UH, TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
WE'LL NOW GO TO, UH, OUR FIRST HEARING, UH, ITEM 25, REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.
CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A THIRD PARTY APPEAL FROM LOZO DURRY, LLP ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS OF ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, ADOPT RESOLUTION, DETERMINING THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED IN MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS RELATED THERETO AND WARRANTS NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO CQA GUIDELINES AND DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN, REVIEW AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED THERE TO DISTRICT ONE.
ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, OATH IS REQUIRED.
SO WILL THOSE TESTIFYING IN THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU AND EACH OF YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE IN THE CAUSE NOW AND PENDING BEFORE THIS BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.
SO, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS HEARING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE SEPARATE VOTES HERE.
SO LET'S START WITH THE REPORT FROM, UH, STAFF.
THIS EVENING WE HAVE MARYANNE CRONIN PLANNER WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ITEM IS A THIRD PARTY APPEAL OF A PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION FOR A SITE PLAN REVIEW APPLICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EIGHT STORY 141 UNIT, UH, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, LOCATED AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE.
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A GENERAL OVERVIEW, WHICH I'LL GIVE A, A SHORT RECAP.
UH, 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE IS THE LOCATION OF THE DALI VARDEN HISTORIC ROOFTOP SIGN.
AS SUCH, WHENEVER YOU REMOVE OR MODIFY A SIGN, UH, THAT HAS A LANDMARK DESIGNATION, YOU DO NEED WHAT IS CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
UM, THAT CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE SIGN AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT SIGN ON A NEW BUILDING WAS HEARD BEFORE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION IN MAY OF 2023.
UH, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION DID ADHERE THIS ITEM AND WANTED ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION
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OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH IS NOT PRESENTLY HISTORICALLY LANDMARKED.AND THROUGH THE STUDY SESSION PROCESS, ULTIMATELY ON JULY 25TH, UH, 2023, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, UH, DID APPROVE THE PROJECT TO REPLACE, UM, TAKE THE SIGN OFF, PUT A NEW BUILDING ON THE SITE, AND REPLACE THAT SIGN, THE EXISTING SIGN BACK ONTO THE ROOFTOP.
UH, THERE WAS A MODIFIED CONDITION THAT WAS THEN APPEALED BY THE APPLICANT BECAUSE OF ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF UNITS INCLUDING AFFORDABLE UNITS ON THE PROJECT.
UH, THEREAFTER, UH, IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IS THE HEARING BODY FOR APPEALS, DID HEAR THIS ITEM AND UPHELD THE APP APPLICANT'S APPEAL AND RESTORED THE APPLICATION SCOPE TO BE THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EIGHT STORY BUILDING.
UH, WITH THE RESTORATION OF THE SIGN TO THE NEW EIGHT STORY BUILDING.
UH, DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS, UM, PROJECT BEING FIF OVER 50 UNITS, PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ALSO THE HEARING BODY.
AND THEREFORE, ON THAT SAME NIGHT, THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT, WHICH IS THE ENTITLEMENT UNDER APPEAL, WAS ALSO HEARD AND APPROVED BY THAT PLANNING COMMISSION.
A THIRD PARTY APPEAL WAS THEN FILED, AND, UH, TODAY'S HEARING IS LIMITED TO THE THIRD PARTY APPEAL OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW AND HAS NO BEARING ON THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, UM, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS THAT HAS BEEN GRANTED.
UM, THIS IS THE FIFTH HEARING UNDER THE, UM, UH, THE PROJECT.
AND THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ALONG 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE IN THE GREEN AREA.
AND THE EXISTING THREE STORY BUILDING IS A NON HISTORIC, UH, BUILDING, BUT ONLY THE SIGN REMAINS A HISTORIC LANDMARK UNDER THE LOCAL ORDINANCES.
UH, THIS IS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN GENERAL PLAN PLACE TYPE, AS WELL AS SUBJECT TO THE DOWNTOWN PLAN OR PD 30 ZONING REGULATIONS.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT, UM, DOES INCLUDE SITE CLEARANCE OF THAT EXISTING BUILDING SHOWN IN RED AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THIS SITE IS LOCATED ON A HOUSING INVENTORY SITE, WHERE A TOTAL OF 29 UNITS ARE INTENDED TO BE HERE, AS OUTLINED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, AS WELL AS IT IS SUBJECT TO THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENT, WHICH BASED ON THE APPLICATION WAS 6%, UM, OF THE UNITS TO BE AT A VERY LOW INCOME.
THIS IS THE EXISTING SITE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EXISTING THREE STORY BUILDING IS FLANKED BY THE HISTORIC ROOFTOP SIGN, UH, THAT IS ORIENTED TOWARDS PACIFIC AVENUE.
AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE, THERE ARE TWO EXISTING MURALS ON THE NORTH ELEVATION THAT WERE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE 2015, UH, LONG BEACH WALLS OR FORMERLY POWWOW INSTALLATIONS.
UH, THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO THE THIRD PARTY APPEAL OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW, UM, APPROVAL ONLY.
AND THE PROJECT THAT'S BEING UNDER APPEAL IS FOR THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF THE SIGN SITE CLEARANCE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF AN EIGHT STORY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT CONSISTS OF 141 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 16 OF WHICH ARE AFFORDABLE AT THE VERY LOW INCOME LEVELS, AS WELL AS 75 PARKING SPACES, 54 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, AND A 129 OF THESE UNITS, UH, NOTABLY ARE WHAT ARE DESIGNATED AS MICRO UNITS, WHICH ARE, THIS IS THE LARGEST COMPOSITION OF MICRO UNITS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN BEFORE THIS, UH, HEARING BODY.
AND ANOTHER NOTE IS THAT THIS PROJECT DOES PROVIDE AN EXCESS OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS REQUIRED UNDER THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE, WHERE 6% IS REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, OFFERED TO DO 11% OF DEED RESTRICTED AT THE VERY LOW INCOME.
AND FINALLY, UPON PROJECT COMPLETION, THE RELOCATION OF THE HISTORIC SIGN WOULD BE IN CONFORMANCE OF THOSE FINAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPROVALS.
UH, THIS SLIDE IS TO SHOW YOU THE DESIGN INTENT AND HOW THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN DESIGN AROUND THE HISTORIC SIGN THAT HAS BEEN THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PROJECT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NEW, THE, UH, NEW AMENITY SPACE ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR WILL BE THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN.
AND THIS EXACT SAME SIGN CONTENT AS WELL AS TREATMENT WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS WOULD BE ADHERED TO.
THERE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY SIX FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG PACIFIC AVENUE, AND THERE WOULD BE TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT THE GROUND FLOOR, UH, WITH E EXIT AND ENTRANCE, UH, FOR VEHICLES OFF OF PARK COURT.
SO THEREFORE THERE WOULD BE NO DRIVEWAY, UH, ONTO PACIFIC AVENUE, WHICH WOULD, UM, ENHANCE THE EXISTING BIKE LANE THAT'S PROPOSED ALONG PACIFIC AVENUE.
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UH, THERE WOULD BE AN EXCESS OF BICYCLE P PARKING PROVIDED, AND THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN AB 2097, SO WHERE NO PARKING IS REQUIRED.UNDER STATE LAW, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE ONSITE RESIDENCE.
UH, THESE FLOOR PLANS SHOW THE CONFIGURATION OF THE FLOORS, UM, WHICH AMOUNT TO EIGHT STORIES, AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE HOW LEVEL EIGHT HAS THE AMENITY SPACE, AS WELL AS LEVEL TWO DOES INCLUDE A COURTYARD FOR OPEN SPACE.
UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE CLASSIFIED AS MICRO UNITS, WHICH HAVE FULL 80 DA ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS WITHIN, UM, EACH UNIT AND ARE DESIGNED TO HAVE ENHANCED CAPACITY FOR STORAGE.
UH, FURTHERMORE, UM, THIS IS A DIAGRAM OF HOW THOSE MICRO UNITS BECOME LIVABLE UNITS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THE MICRO-UNIT ORDINANCE, IT IS A FORM OF NATURAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING DUE TO THE UNIT SIZING.
UH, THESE ARE THE RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE ART, UM, COMPONENTS INSTALLED AS PART OF THE PROJECT, AND THAT IS THROUGH COORDINATION WITH THE EXISTING MURALISTS AND THE TWO MURALS THAT WOULD BE REMOVED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
UM, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FIFTH PUBLIC HEARING UNDER, UM, THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT FOR WHICH THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF FIVE HEARINGS ALLOWED.
AND THIS PROJECT FOLLOWS ALL THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE PD 30 AND DOWNTOWN PLAN, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
AND TO MODIFY IT TO LOSE, UM, UNITS THAT ARE PROPOSED WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A VIOLATION OF THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
UH, THESE ARE THE REQUIRED FINDINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND STAFF HAS MADE ALL REQUIRED FINDINGS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA, AND WOULD INCLUDE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO ENSURE NO NUISANCE WOULD RESULT OF THE PROJECT.
UH, THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW THAT EMPHASIZES THAT THE BUILDING WILL, UM, HAVE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT INCLUDE MEETING LEAD AT THE CERTIFIED LEVEL, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THE 16 DWELLING UNITS, UH, THAT ARE MARKED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND HAVE A VARIETY OF SIZES AND ARE ALSO COVENANTED FOR 55 YEARS.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CON UH, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, THE ONE THIRD PARTY APPEAL THAT WAS FILED WITHIN THE 10 DAY APPEAL PERIOD DID INCLUDE, UM, GENERAL CONCERNS ON THE RELIANCE OF WHAT'S CALLED A PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, UH, WHICH WAS COM PREPARED AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN IN 2012.
UM, IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, THAT GENERAL, UM, PROGRAM EIR AS WELL AS THE LAND USE EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY OF USES IN THE DOWNTOWN, A COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST WAS PREPARED.
THAT COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST LOOKS AT THE PROJECT AND DETERMINES, UH, PROJECT LEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT FALLS WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF THE PROGRAM EIR.
AS SUCH, UH, VARIOUS TECHNICAL STUDIES WERE PREPARED IN COMPLIANCE WITH CQA AND STAFF HAS MADE THE CONCLUSION THAT BASED ON THIS EVIDENCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM OF THAT DOWNTOWN PLAN EIR, NO ADDITIONAL OR UNKNOWN IMPACTS WOULD OCCUR THAT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL, UM, SQL ANALYSIS.
UH, NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT WERE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, TWO NOTICE POSTERS AS WELL AS MAILINGS WERE, UH, DISTRIBUTED.
AND ALL COMMENTING PARTIES FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, HEARINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRST TWO SLIDES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF, OF THIS APPEAL HEARING.
UH, SINCE THE PREPARATION OF THIS PRESENTATION, UH, FIVE COMMENT LETTERS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET HAVE BEEN PREPARED, TWO OF WHICH ARE FROM THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY, AND TWO OF WHICH ARE FROM THE APPELLANT.
UH, ONE NOTABLE LETTER, UH, FROM THE APPELLANT ADDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT RAISED DURING THE APPEAL RELATED TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, ITEMS RELATED TO RELIANCE ON A PROGRAM LEVEL DOCUMENT.
UH, STAFF DOES FIND THAT COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REGULATORY AT THE STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LEVELS, UH, COMPLIES WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING FOR AIR, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, AS WELL AS THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETE, COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CQA AND THEREFORE, UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT YOU RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO CONDITIONALLY APPEAL.
UH, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE AND HAS A PRESENT, A SHORT PRESENTATION TO SHARE WITH YOU.
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ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, UH, MR. MAYOR RICHARDSON, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.I'M WITH STUDIO ONE 11, UH, THE ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, I'M GONNA GIVE JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, OF THE DESIGN AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO, UH, OUR CLIENT'S, UH, LEGAL TEAM TO, TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE, THE LEGAL FINDINGS.
UM, SO, UH, AS MARIANNE MENTIONED, THE PROJECT'S AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC, UH, IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE, WE TOOK ON THIS PROJECT, UM, BECAUSE WE FELT REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT, UH, THE LOCATION OF THE SITE.
UH, WE, WE REALLY ENJOY WORKING ON URBAN INFILL SITES, ESPECIALLY, UM, THAT ARE PROVIDING HOUSING AND IN THIS CASE, UH, DESPERATELY NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, THE PROJECT DOES, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MICRO-UNIT ORDINANCE, UH, IN DOWNTOWN, UM, WITH 121 UNITS, UH, BEING MICRO-UNITS, AND THE OTHERS ARE, I'M SORRY, 129 UNITS THAT ARE MICRO UNITS.
THE OTHERS, UH, WHILE THEY DON'T QUALIFY AS MICRO UNITS, THEY ARE STILL, UH, SMALLER UNITS, UM, THAN WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE, UH, IN, IN A DOWNTOWN SETTING.
UM, SO, UH, BRIEFLY I THINK WE SAW THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
UM, OUR IDEAS REALLY JUST TO HAVE ACTIVE USES THAT, THAT FRONT, UH, PACIFIC AVENUE.
UM, AND THEN MOVING UP, UH, TO THE EIGHTH LEVEL.
AGAIN, THE, THE SIGN IS UP ON THE EIGHTH LEVEL.
UM, WE STEPPED DOWN THE MESS IN THAT AREA SO THAT IT REALLY PUTS THAT SIGN IN LIKE A PROMINENT KIND OF STAGE SETTING SO THAT IT STILL WILL BE REALLY VISIBLE IN THE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT.
UH, AND WE LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING KIND OF A RES AMENITY SPACE.
WHILE THEY CAN'T GO AND TOUCH THE SIGN, IT'S, UM, WE THINK IT'S A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE REALLY ENGAGED WITH A SIGN, UM, AT A REALLY, UH, PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE MICRO UNITS THAT I THINK JUST REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BUILT-IN COMPONENTS WITH THESE MICRO UNITS.
ALL THE PINK AREAS IS ALL, UM, STORAGE PIECES, SO THAT THERE REALLY ARE GONNA BE VERY LIVABLE UNITS.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, QUICK RENDERINGS TO SHOW OUR, OUR DESIGN CONCEPT.
AND THEN A LAST FEW JUST FROM THE STREET, UH, IS LOOKING UP AT THAT SIGN AND HOW THE MASSING STEPS DOWN AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE, THE LOCATION FOR THAT SIGN.
UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SHERRY DALE, UH, AND I, UM, FROM JEFFER MANELS, AND I REPRESENT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND I REPRESENT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, AS WAS JUST, UM, SAID BY THE CITY STAFF.
THE PROP, THE PROJECT IS 141 UNITS, UH, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING WITH 16 UNITS AFFORDABLE TO VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UH, AND IT COMPLIES WITH, WITH OBJECTIVE STANDARDS AND THEREFORE IS PROTECTED BY THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
UNDER THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT DISPROVE THE PROJECT, UM, INCLUDING THE 141 UNITS, UM, AND CANNOT IMPOSE A CONDITION THAT THE PROJECT BE DEVELOPED AT A LOWER DENSITY, UNLESS IT INCLUDES BASED ON A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SO THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU CAN DISPROVE A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UH, THAT'S PROTECTED BY THE A A A, UM, AND THERE'S NO EVIDENCE AT ALL OF ADVERSE IMPACT IN THE RECORD THAT RISES TO THIS CONCLUSION.
UM, I SUBMITTED A LETTER ON FEBRUARY 2ND THAT OUTLINES OF THE REASONS THAT YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND DENIED THE APPEAL.
UM, AND THEN I SUBMITTED A SECOND LETTER, UH, YESTERDAY ON FEBRUARY 5TH, RESPONDING TO A, A DOCUMENT THAT SAFER, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY THAT WAS 64 PAGES LONG.
UM, THIS LATE SUBMITTAL VIOLATES DUE PROCESS BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE THEY HAD THEIR HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
UM, IT ALSO VIOLATES, UH, DUE PROCESS UNDER LOCAL AND STATE LAW BECAUSE IT DEPRIVES THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT OF A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON THE ISSUES SET FORTH IN THE LETTER.
THIS LARGE DOCUMENT INCLUDED TECHNICAL STUDIES, UM, WAS SUBMITTED IN AN UNTIMELY MANNER, SPECIFICALLY TO DENY THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT ADEQUATE TIME TO RESPOND SO THAT SAFER CAN GAIN AN ADVANTAGE WHEN THEY FILE LITIGATION UNDER CQA, WHICH IS BASED SOLELY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.
UH, MANY CITIES HAVE PAGE LIMITS THAT, UH, AVOIDS THIS ISSUE.
UM, AND SAFER COULD HAVE SUBMITTED THIS INFORMATION TO YOU EARLIER.
IT RECEIVED THE AIR QUALITY STUDY ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2023, AND IT RECEIVED ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON JANUARY 23RD.
UM, BUT IT WAITED UNTIL YESTERDAY
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TO SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION TO YOU SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TIME, ADEQUATE TIME TO REVIEW AND RESPOND.UM, BUT WE DO HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO REVIEW.
I SPENT ALL YESTERDAY EVALUATING ALL THESE ISSUES.
I SUBMITTED YOU A VERY DETAILED LETTER EXPLAINING WHY, UH, NONE OF THE STATEMENTS THEY MADE PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THEIR APPEAL.
UM, AND THEN THE CITY DID THE SAME ANALYSIS AND PROVIDED IT TO YOU ALREADY.
UM, SO JUST TO BRIEFLY RECAP, UM, THE SAFER INITIALLY MADE ONLY TWO CLAIMS IN THEIR APPEAL.
UM, THE FIRST WAS THAT THE PROJECT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY ANALYZED IN THE DOWNTOWN PLANS EIR BECAUSE THE PROJECT WAS NOT PROPOSED IN 2012.
UM, THIS IS ABSURD PROGRAM EIRS, UH, EVALUATE FUTURE PROJECTS, NOT EXISTING OR PAST PROJECTS, AND IT FULLY COMPLIES WITH SQA.
UM, THE SECOND IS THE PROJECT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED IN THE EIR, UM, IN THEIR ORIGINAL, UH, LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND IN THEIR ORIGINAL APPEAL, THEY DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY, UM, ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AT ALL.
UM, AND UNDER CASE LAW, IF YOU
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT CE QA COMPLIED IN THE RECENT, UH, SUBMITTAL SUBMITTED YESTERDAY.
UH, SAFE REMAINS MAKES A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL CLAIMS. UM, ONE OF THEM IS THAT, UM, THEY WAIT A SECOND.
SO THEY, THEY MAKE, UM, THEY MAKE TWO ADDITIONAL CLAIMS. ONE IS THAT, UM, THERE ARE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS BECAUSE THERE'S FORMALDEHYDE THAT EXISTS IN CERTAIN MATERIALS, UM, SUCH AS, UH, COMPRESSED WOOD AND THAT THAT KIND OF WOOD IS TYPICALLY USED IN FLOORING, UM, AND IN CARPENTRY IN EVERY PROJECT THAT THAT PROBABLY OCCURS IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THEY CLAIM THAT WE DID NOT ADEQUATELY ANALYZE THOSE IMPACTS, UM, WHICH, UM, IS AS THE CITY STATED IS NOT TRUE.
WE DID ANALYZE THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE BUILDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND, AND TITLE 24 COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL CAUSE THESE NOT TO BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS UNDER CQA.
UM, THEY ALSO CLAIM THAT THERE ARE, UM, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS CAUSED BY LIVING ON A BUSY STREET.
UM, AND SO THE, THE TENANTS OF THE BUILDING, UH, WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE AIR QUALITY OF THE TRAFFIC AROUND THEM.
CQA EVALUATES THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE PROJECT.
UM, SO THAT'S, UM, NOT SUFFICIENT.
AND THEN THEY ALSO CLAIM, UM, THAT THERE'S AIR QUALITY AND, UM, GHG IMPACTS, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS MITIGATION, UM, THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2012 EIR THAT'S AVAILABLE TODAY.
UM, THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD THAT YOU, UM, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ADD, UH, MITIGATION MEASURES, UH, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PRESENTED TO YOU AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ACTUAL, UM, GHG IMPACT OR AIR QUALITY IMPACT IN ORDER TO IMPOSE THOSE MITIGATION MEASURES.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THEY PROVIDE A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE REVIEW OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, UM, TO, TO REQUEST A, A SUBSEQUENT EIR.
UM, ONCE YOU'VE ADOPTED A PROGRAM, EIR, UM, THEY DO, UH, IDENTIFY THE CORRECT LAW, BUT THEY DON'T APPLY THEIR FACTS CORRECTLY.
SO, UM, TO, TO REQUIRE US, UM, A SUBSEQUENT EIR THE NEW PROJECT MUST HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE MAJOR REVISIONS TO THE PREVIOUS EIR OR THEY MUST HAVE NEW INFORMATION OF SUBSTANTIAL IMPORTANCE THAT WAS NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME, UM, OR COULD NOT HAVE BEEN KNOWN AT THE TIME.
UM, AND THAT WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT'S SUBSTANTIALLY MORE SEVERE THAN WHAT WAS STUDIED, UH, BACK IN THE PROGRAM EIR IN 2012.
THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY OF THAT.
THE, THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THERE, THERE ARE STATING TO EITHER DHD OR AIR QUALITY, UM, WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN BACK AT THE TIME IT WAS EVALUATED IN THE PROGRAM EIR.
AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF BEING SIGNIFICANT WHERE IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUBSEQUENT EIR.
UM, AND IN ADDITION, THE, UH, THE STAFF REPORT ALSO IDENTIFIES THAT THIS PROJECT, IT QUALIFIES AS HAVING ALREADY BEEN EVALUATED IN THE PAST PROGRAM EIR FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, BUT IT ALSO QUALIFIES FOR SE QA EXEMPTIONS.
SO THE, UM, LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDES THAT SITE PLAN REVIEW, UM, IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM SE QA, AND THERE'S ALSO THE CLASS 32 INFILL EXEMPTION.
UH, AND AS THE CITY OUTLINES, THIS PROJECT, UH, FULLY QUALIFIES BASED ON THE SITE AND THE TYPE OF THE PROJECT FOR A CLASS 32 INFILL EXEMPTION.
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UM, SO THEREFORE WE REQUEST, UM, THAT SAFERS APPEAL.WE STATE THAT SAFERS APPEAL FAILS TO PROVIDE ANY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD TO SUPPORT THE APPEAL, SAFER FAIL TO EXHAUST ITS ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES TO SUPPORT ANY JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S DENIAL OF THE APPEAL AND APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.
WE REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THE APPEAL, APPROVE THE PROJECT, AND MAKE THE FINDINGS AS SET FORTH IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S STAFF REPORT OUR LETTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION THAT SAFER PROVIDED NO SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD TO SUPPORT ANY FURTHER SECRET REVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE STAFF'S PRESENTATION? I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND THAT ALSO IN, UM, CONCLUDES APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
SO NOW WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
RAY LAWSON, SAM SOLINSKY, AND SAIFE.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE THE WESTERN STATES CARPENTERS UNION.
UH, OUR LOCAL 5 6 2 IS RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH, UH, NOT FAR FROM COLLEGE CAMPUS.
THESE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT COME UP HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD, UM, DRIVE SOMEONE TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN IN THIS DRIVING RAIN? UM, BECAUSE WE'RE COMMITTED.
WE, WE BELIEVE IN, UM, THE FAIRNESS OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
WE BELIEVE THAT LONG BEACH IS A UNION CITY THAT, UH, LONG BEACH GIVES ITS RESIDENTS, UH, A FUTURE AND, AND BUILDING THIS PROJECT.
ALL WE ASK IS THAT WILL THE DEVELOPERS USE A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL PAY A, UH, A LIVABLE WAGE THAT WILL HAVE AN APPRENTICESHIP WHERE, UM, PEOPLE CAN LEARN A CRAFT, LEARN A SKILL, AND, UH, ONE DAY GO ON TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD ONE OF THOSE, UH, MICRO HOMES OR JUST TO AFFORD A, A NICE HOME IN LONG BEACH? UM, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK FOR.
THO THOSE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE ASK.
UM, ARE, ARE THE DEVELOPERS RESPONSIBLE? WE, WE KNOW SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARYS AND DAY HOUSE IS NOT HERE, BUT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT GO UP IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, THE RESPON, THE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE.
THE WE HAVE WAGE THEFT THAT'S RAMPANT.
WE HAVE, UH, TAX FRAUD THAT THAT'S RAMPANT ON THESE PROJECTS.
UM, WE HAVE GONE ON THESE PROJECTS AND, AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF WAGE THEFT WHERE THEY'RE GETTING CASH PAY, WHERE TAXES ARE NOT BEING PAID INTO THE CITY COFFERS TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE FLOOD CONTROL, TO, TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE, UH, TEACHINGS, UH, POLICE AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO ALL THAT WE ASK IS THAT CITY COUNCIL MAYOR, YOU CONSIDER, UM, THE DEVELOPER PUT SOME FORM OF LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT THEY WILL BE USING A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR THAT HAS THESE THINGS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT.
HELLO, UH, MAYOR AND UH, CITY COUNCIL.
I'M A CARPENTER WITH THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO LET YOU GO, LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS, UH, THIS ISSUE IS ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE GONNA BUILD THIS PROPERTY, UM, AND FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, WE REQUEST THAT, UH, THE PROJECT WE BUILT WITH, UM, LOCAL HIRE FOR PREVAIL WAGE AND ALSO USING AN APPRENTICESHIP THAT IS STATE CERTIFIED.
AND THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO ME PERSONALLY, ESPECIALLY THE APPRENTICESHIP, APPRENTICESHIP PART.
UM, I DONATE MY TIME OF VOLUNTEER I SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH TO BRING PEOPLE UP WITHIN MY TRADE.
UM, PEOPLE THAT WILL FRAME HOUSES, YOU KNOW, DO FINISHED WORK, ANYTHING THAT CARPENTERS, UH, WE DO.
AND, UH, JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT, UH, CONSTITUENTS WITHIN LONG BEACH ARE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR, WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT TO, TO GO TO WORK TO.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUMP ON THE FREEWAY AND, YOU KNOW, INCREASE EMISSIONS AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, SFE SIXTH DISTRICT PRESIDENT.
IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, A LONG WAYS FROM, UM, THE DAYS OF SIZZLER RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
UM, I ENJOYED THE CITY STAFF'S, UM, PRESENTATION JUST NOW.
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THINK IT'S IN FULL, UH, EFFECT WITH THE REALITY OF HOUSING TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA SINCE 2012.UM, IN AGREEMENT OF IT, I THINK THAT, UM, MR. LAWSON AND THE SOUTHWEST, UM, CARPENTERS ARE FULLY WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO, UH, ADVOCATE FOR LIVING WAGE OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I HOPE TO SEE SOMETHING COME ABOUT WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, TO THAT EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, AND THE MICRO-UNIT, UH, MODEL.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S A REALITY TOWARDS HOUSING GOING INTO THE AREA.
UM, THE ONLY PUSHBACK THAT I HAD WITH RESPECT TO, UH, MR. KUNEN IS, UH, TEAM, THERE WAS THIS, UH, LANGUAGE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DID US A FAVOR BECAUSE THEY DID 11% INSTEAD OF 6%.
I MEAN, THAT IS THE LAW RIGHT NOW IS THE 11%.
SO CAN'T REALLY DO, UH, THE CITY A FAVOR WHEN YOU'RE GOING ABOUT BY THE LAW.
BUT, UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME DENSITY INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
ONE THING I WOULD SAY, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW MR. KUNZ, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PROBABLY ELABORATE BETTER, BUT THERE IS A TIME, A TIME LIMIT, RIGHT? BEFORE WE HAVE TO KICK BACK THE APPROVAL.
IS IT FOUR YEARS? THREE YEARS? HE, IT IS.
SO ONE THING, SAFER AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION ESQUE, UH, GROUPING OF PEOPLE, IF YOU WANNA GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT SLOWING DOWN THESE THINGS, YOU GOTTA REALLY TIME IT BECAUSE JUST LIKE SIX TO NINE MORE MONTHS, IT, THEY WOULD'VE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PUSH BACK AND GIVE US THE 11% INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ANYWAY.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT MAYBE CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE.
INSTEAD OF THREE YEARS OF BASICALLY HOLDING THIS PERMIT AND NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT, WE CAN SHORTEN IT TO 18 MONTHS MAYBE, BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD SPEED UP THE TIMELINE OF DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
BUT ALL IN ALL, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT USE OF SPACE, AND I KNOW THERE'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN A TWO, THREE BLOCK RADIUS OF THIS.
SO GOOD TO SEE THE PACIFIC CORRIDOR, UH, FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT INTO THE SIXTH DISTRICT, UH, BECOME DEVELOPED.
SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL NOTE TAKE IT BACK, UH, BEHIND THE DAIS.
I'LL JUST SAY, UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, THAT THIS PROJECT TOOK STEPS TO PRESERVE, UM, THE HISTORIC DOLLY VARDEN SIGN SOME OF THE THEMES.
I THINK, I THINK THE DESIGN LOOKS REALLY, REALLY ATTRACTIVE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, THE MASSING SORT OF GR GRADUAL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERM IS, BUT THE MASSING LARGER IN THE BACK, SMALL IN THE FRONT.
I'M NOT A PLANNER, BUT I APPRECIATE, I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO, ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THAT, UH, IS THIS ONE OF THE FIRST TO USE THE FULL SET, 11%, UH, UH, INCLUSIONARY HOUSING? YEAH.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST, IT'S APPROVED UNDER SIX, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST, AND THE SPEAKER KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT, BUT JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THE, UH, PERCENTAGE OF INCLUSIONARY IS BASED ON THE DATE AN APPLICATION IS FILED, NOT THE DATE THAT IT'S APPROVED.
BUT WE USE THE, UM, WE USE THE POWER OF PERSUASION AND EVERYTHING WE CAN ON THE STAFF TABLE TO GET AS MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO A PROJECT AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE FULL 11%, NOT THE SIXTH THAT WAS LEGALLY REQUIRED IN THIS CASE.
SO THAT, SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS, SO HOW MANY WOULD YOU SAY HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNDER THE 11? THE 11% FIRST OF THE FEW.
THIS IS, IT CAN COUNT 'EM ON ONE HAND.
SO THERE'S BEEN FEWER THAN FIVE.
SO, UH, PROJECT IS LOOKS GOOD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, BRINGING MORE HOUSING, UH, INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THE MICRO-UNIT CONCEPT, EVEN THOUGH THESE AREN'T TECHNICALLY UNDER OUR MICRO-UNIT PILOT, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT.
UH, SMALLER UNITS, MORE DENSITY, MORE AFFORDABLE.
UH, SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES RAISED UP BY THE WORKERS, I CERTAINLY, LEGALLY WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T REQUIRE SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, AS THEY SELECT, UM, CONTRACTORS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT THAT THEY DO, UH, CONSIDER THINGS SOME OF THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP, LIKE THEIR TRACK RECORD ON WAGE THEFT AND SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
LOCAL HIRE AND UNION CONSTRUCTION, UH, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PRIORITIZE GOOD QUALITY LOCAL JOBS, UH, ON THESE THINGS.
UH, AND WE ARE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
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SORO, ANYTHING? NO.MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE BROKEN INTO THREE VOTES.
AND IF I CAN CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, FIRST VOTE IS TO CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR, WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE APPELLANT TONIGHT.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE RELYING ON THEIR PREVIOUSLY FILED STATEMENTS.
THE FIRST VOTE IS TO CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING MEMBERS.
LET'S QUEUE UP A MOTION IN A SECOND.
THAT'S THE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND? OKAY.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
YOU NEED A SECOND? SOMEONE PLEASE.
UH, VOICE COUNCIL MEMBER ACKS.
AND THE THIRD VOTE TO DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION.
I SEE A MOTION SECONDED BY KER MEMBERS.
ITEM 26, REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
ITEM 26, REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.
CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED A THIRD PARTY APPEAL FROM LOU'S DRURY, LLP ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND CERTIFYING AN ADDENDUM TO THE PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DOWNTOWN.
PLAN RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT 6 1 5 EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD.
AND DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 6 1 5 EAST OCEAN OCEAN BOULEVARD, DISTRICT ONE.
UM, SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO, IS IT APRIL FOR OUR PRESENTATION? YES.
TONIGHT WE HAVE JONATHAN INIESTA, UH, PLANNER WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE THIRD PARTY APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL FOR A NEW 21 STORY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE SITE PLAN REVIEW AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ADDENDUM FOR THIS PROJECT BACK IN NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023.
ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL WAS APPEALED BY A THIRD PARTY, UH, WHICH WAS A SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY SAFER.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS NORMALLY IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION, BUT IT'S NOW BEFORE YOU AS A APPEAL.
THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 6 1 5 EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD.
UH, IT'S ZONED PD 30 PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 30 AND GENERAL PLACE TYPE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS DOWNTOWN.
HERE IS A PROPOSED PROJECT OVERVIEW.
UH, THE OVERALL PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING VACANT DINER AND PARKING LOT TO MAKE WAY FOR A 21 STORY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF, UH, 257 AND A HALF FEET IN HEIGHT.
13 OF THESE UNITS ARE RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE, UH, AT THE VERY LOW INCOME LEVEL.
AND VEHICLE PARKING PROVIDED FOR THIS PROJECT IS GIVEN BY MEANS OF A FULLY AUTOMATED PARKING FACILITY LOCATED IN LEVELS TWO, THREE, AND ONE BELOW GRADE.
UH, THE PROJECT RENDERING SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, UH, SHOWS SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM VARIOUS ANGLES ALONG OCEAN BOULEVARD THAT DEPICT THE DESIGN THEME, WHICH INCLUDES THESE GEOMETRIC ARTICULATION TREATMENTS ALONG THE FACADE.
THE RENDERING ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE LOWER LEVEL, WHICH INCLUDES A CURTAIN GLASS, UM, GLAZING SYSTEM WITH FRUITY GLAZING THAT PARTIALLY WRAPS THE, UH, PARKING FACILITY BEHIND.
UH, I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THE ABRUPT CUTAWAY LEVELS 14 AND 15 NOT ONLY PROVIDE A UNIQUE VISUAL AESTHETIC BREAK, BUT ALSO A FUNCTIONAL INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AMENITY SPACE.
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THE TECHNICAL ELEVATION SHOW HERE PROVIDE AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE OF THE MASSING HEIGHT AND OVERALL DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL TOWER.IT SHOULD BE NOTED, EXCUSE ME.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN IN THE, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2 0 9 7, WHERE NO PARKING IS REQUIRED, UH, SO FORTH AS A STATE REQUIRES.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT AND DEVELOPER HAVE VOLUNTARILY, UH, PROPOSED THE AFOREMENTIONED AUTOMATED PARKING FACILITY THAT WILL HOUSE 261 VEHICLES AND 41 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, WHICH ARE ALL ACCESSED VIA THREE LOADING BASE.
IF I COULD INTERRUPT FOR A MOMENT, THIS ITEM REQUIRES AN OATH, SO WE NEED TO TAKE AN OATH BEFORE WE CAN TAKE TESTIMONY.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE AND THE CAUSE NOW IMPENDING BEFORE THIS BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA PARAPHRASE WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY GONE OVER.
CAN DO, UH, BEFORE YOU IS A THIRD PARTY APPEAL FOR THE PROJECT AT 6 1 5 EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD.
21 STORY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH 203 UNITS, UM, HEARD AT PLANNING COMMISSION IN BACK IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEN A THIRD PARTY, UH, PO WAS FILED WITHIN THE 10 DAYS AS REQUIRED, UH, RESUMING THE PROJECT.
OVERALL SCOPE, UH, WE LEFT OFF AT THE PUZZLE SYSTEM, THE AUTOMATED PARKING GARAGE, ALL ACCESS VIA THREE LOADING BAYS FROM THE GROUND FLOOR.
THE PROJECT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE.
AS SUCH, HAVING BEEN SUBMITTED IN 2022, THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 6% OF THE TOTAL UNITS AS VERY LOW INCOME AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UH, THIS EQUATES TO THE 13 UNITS, WHICH ARE INCLUDED AND WILL BE DE RESTRICTED WITH ENFORCEMENT BY THE CITY'S HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, BUREAU, EXCUSE ME, THE INCLUDED AFFORDABLE UNITS SUBSEQUENTLY ALSO ALLOW THE PROJECT THREE DEVELOPMENT CONCESSIONS THROUGH THE ADOPTED, UH, ENHANCED DENSITY BONUS.
THE FIRST REQUESTED CONCESSION INCREASES THE FLOOR AREA RATIO OF THE PROJECT BY 40%.
THE SECOND AND THIRD CONCESSIONS ARE COMBINED FROM THE APPLICANT TO PROPOSE A ADDITIONAL 40% INCREASE, UM, FLOOR AREA RATIO.
AS FURTHER DISCUSS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, THE PROJECT REQUIRES APPROVAL OF ONE ENTITLEMENT, THAT BEING THE SAP PLAN REVIEW FOR THE BUILDING DESIGN.
THE PROJECT ALSO REQUIRES CERTIFICATION AND NOT ADOPTION OF AN ER ADDENDUM.
FOR SQL COMPLIANCE, THE SPR ENTITLEMENT WAS APPROVED, AND THE ER ADDENDUM WAS ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN NOVEMBER 2ND.
HOWEVER, THIS WAS APPEALED AS ALREADY MENTIONED ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EIR ADDENDUM WAS PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS ADDENDUM TIERS OFF THE CERTIFIED DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM, EIR, AND THE LAND USE EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM.
EIR, THE LUEP TRADED POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICE, RETAIL AND HOTEL SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
THE EIR ADDENDUM FOR THIS PROJECT FOUND THAT THERE ARE NO POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AND THAT THERE ARE NO NEW GREATER IMPACTS IN THOSE ALREADY STUDIED IN THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED EIR.
THE APPEAL PROVIDED, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT, CLAIMS THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE NOR ANALYZED IN THE PROGRAM EIR.
AND THAT THAT PROJECT WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
THEN THOSE PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED THE APPELLANT FURTHER SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO HIS COUNSEL ON THE LATER DATED FEBRUARY 4TH C STAFF, ALONG WITH THE CQA CONSULTANTS OF THE CITY, FOUND THE APPEAL TO BE WHOLLY WITHOUT MERITS, AND THAT THE EIR ADDENDUM IS ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE.
A DETAILED RESPONSE MEMO WAS ALSO, UH, PROVIDED FOR THIS COUNCIL, UH, WHICH GIVES MORE DETAILED, EXHAUSTIVE RESPONSES TO INTERIOR MATERIALS CHOSEN IMPACTS TO AIR QUALITY ENERGY USES, UH, AMONG OTHERS.
ADDITIONALLY, ANY PORTION OF THE APPEAL THAT RELIES ON THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED CERTIFIED EIR ADDENDUM AND THE LUEP IS UNTIMELY AND THEREFORE TIME BARRED PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THIS PROJECT.
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OPPOSITION, AND ARE THE GENERAL SUBJECT AREAS ARE NOTED ON THIS SLIDE.IT CHANGES, UH, ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WERE RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MATTER, WERE, UH, PREPARED AND GIVEN TO THIS COUNCIL.
THE TIMELY CONCLUSION OF THIS MATTER IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND THE STATE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD, CONCLUDE THE HEARING, CONSIDER THE APPEAL, AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, CERTIFYING THE ER ADDENDUM, DENY THE APPEAL, AND UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU, UH, JONATHAN FOR THAT, UM, PRESENTATION.
UM, NOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO TO, IF THE APPELLANT IS IN THE AUDIENCE, CAN WE HAVE THEM PRESENT AS WELL? UH, SIMILAR TO THE LAST PROJECT, THE APPELLANT IS NOT, UH, HERE TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO TO A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IF I CAN HAVE RAY LAWSON AND SAM SOLINSKI COME TO THE MIC.
LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, RAY LAWSON, WESTERN STATES, CARPENTERS LOCAL 5 6 2 RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS, UH, THE EPITOME OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UH, THE CITY WORKS TOGETHER WITH A RESPONSIBLE, UM, DEVELOPER THAT WILL HIRE LOCALLY, AND THAT THAT ALSO WILL, UM, HAVE IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO A, UH, LIVABLE, DECENT WAGE FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN LONG BEACH.
ONCE AGAIN, OUR MEMBERS ARE OUT HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
UM, THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE.
THEY, UM, HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AND, UH, LET US KNOW THAT THEY WILL, UM, BE USING, UH, LOCAL HIRE.
THEY, THEY WILL BE USING, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND EAT AND SPEND MONEY RIGHT HERE IN LONG, IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, THAT'S A GOOD THING, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR LABOR, IT'S A GOOD THING FOR, UM, SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKERS.
SO WE SUPPORT THIS, UM, PROGRAM.
WE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, AND WE, UH, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPERS AND WE SU WHEN THEY GOING FORWARD WITH USING A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT WILL, UM, TAKE CARE OF ITS WORKERS, THAT WILL PAY A D DECENT WAGE, THAT WILL HAVE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, AND ALSO HEALTHCARE.
SO THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US, IMPORTANT TO, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT WANNA SUCCEED, THAT WANT TO GO FORTH WITH THEIR LIVES, THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROGRESS WITH THEIR LIVES.
SO, UM, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT.
THANK THE DEVELOPERS AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT.
HI, UH, AGAIN, UH, COUNCIL AND, UH, VICE MAYOR.
I'M A CARPENTER WITH THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.
UH, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS, UM, GONNA BENEFIT THE MEN AND WOMEN, UM, OF LONG BEACH, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE HERE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE, UM, OF THE RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH, YOUR CHILDREN AND, UH, GRANDCHILDREN OUT HERE, UM, TO BECOME, UH, HARDWORKING, UH, BUILDERS.
THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PO A PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE IT BEHIND THE RAIL.
UM, I DO NOT SEE, UM, ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
SO, UM, SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO TAKE THREE SEPARATE VOTES.
YEAH, THERE'S A, WE HAVE A MOTION BY SULY AND A SECOND BY MEGAN.
SO THAT FIRST VOTE, UM, I BELIEVE IS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND TO THE RECORD, UM, AND TO CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT THIRD PARTY APPEAL FILED BY LIZ DREWRY AND SAFER.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THREE SEPARATE VOTES, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO, UH, LET'S GO TO, UH, VOTE, UH, NUMBER ONE TO CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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OKAY.MOTION IS CARRIED ON THE FIRST VOTE.
VOTE NUMBER TWO, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
ESTABLISHING NEW DESIGN GUIDELINES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS MY, IF YOU NEED THAT FLESHED OUT MORE, BUT THAT SECOND VOTE IS IN RELATION TO THE CQA APPROVALS ON THE PROJECT PURSUANT TO THE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE FOR THE ITEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
VOTE NUMBER THREE, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUBMISSION TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
SO THE THIRD ITEM, UM, SORRY, THIS ITEM 26.
SO THE THIRD ITEM IS ACTUALLY TO DENY THE APPEAL.
I, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU MIGHT BE ON THE VICTORY PARK ITEM.
TO DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE PLANNING DECISION.
AND THAT'S IN RELATION TO THE SITE PLAN APPROVALS.
WE WILL GO TO, UH, ITEM, UH, 27 REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.
CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ACCEPT CATEGORICAL CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION.
ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO REPEAL THE 1989 VICTORY PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES AND ADOPT VICTORY PARK SANTA CRUZ PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO SUBMIT ALL RELEVANT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION DISTRICT ONE.
AND FOR THIS STAFF PRESENTATION, WE HAVE ALLISON SPIN RUIZ PLANNING BUREAU MANAGER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
I'M DELIGHTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, OUR REQUEST TO HAVE YOU ADOPT UPDATED DESIGN GUIDE GUIDELINES FOR VICTORY IN SANTA CRUZ PARK.
UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING BUREAU HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT TO UPDATE THESE GUIDELINES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 1980S.
UM, YOU MAY KNOW THAT, UH, VICTORY AND SANTA CRUZ PARK ARE THE CITY'S OLDEST DEDICATED PARKS DEDICATED IN 1889.
UM, THEY WERE, UM, BOTH ORIGINALLY DEDICATED IN THAT TIME, AND OUR FIRST, UH, DESIGN GUIDELINES WERE ADOPTED BY THE CITY A HUNDRED YEARS LATER IN 1989.
AND THEN LAST OCTOBER, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU TO BRING FORWARD A SET OF UPDATED GUIDELINES, WHICH I WILL, UM, COVER IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
UH, VICTORY PARK IS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OCEAN BOULEVARD.
AND IT'S THE FIRST 80 LINEAR FEET SOUTH OF THE OCEAN BOULEVARD SIDEWALK, UH, SPANNING BETWEEN QUEENS WAY AND COLLINS WAY, AND BETWEEN HART PLACE AND SHORELINE DRIVE, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP IN BLUE.
ALTHOUGH THE PARKS SPACE DIRECTLY FRONTS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF OCEAN BOULEVARD.
UM, AND THE PARK SPACE IS MAINTAINED BY THE ABUTTING PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE PARK PARCELS ARE PUBLICLY OWNED AND THE ENTIRE VICTORY AND SANTA CRUZ PARK AREAS ARE WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE AND WITHIN THE CITY'S, UH, DOWNTOWN SHORELINE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, OR PD SIX FOR SHORT.
SO THE GOALS FOR THESE UPDATED GUIDELINES ARE SHOWN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE HERE, INCLUDING TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENT DESIGN LANGUAGE, FOSTER AN ATTRACTIVE AND INVITING OPEN SPACE, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE OUTSIDE, CELEBRATE THE CITY'S OLDEST PARK, WHILE PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES, AND ENSURING ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE FOR THE PARK TO FURTHER THESE GOALS.
THE UPDATED GUIDELINES ARE ORGANIZED AROUND FIVE DESIGN PRINCIPLES, AS SUMMARIZED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, WHICH ARE UNIFY VARIETY, RESPECT, ACCESS, AND PROMOTE.
EACH OF THESE PRINCIPLES ARE CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE GUIDELINES AND ESTABLISHES A SOLID PRECEDENCE FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS WHEN DESIGNING FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR PROPORTION OF THE PARK.
THE GUIDELINES FOCUS ON ENSURING MORE CONSISTENT PARK PROGRAMMING AS IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, INCLUDING IMPROVED SIGNAGE AND VISIBILITY.
TO BETTER DISTINGUISH THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK SPACE, UH, MODERNIZED REQUIREMENTS FOR DROUGHT TOLERANT AND NATIVE LANDSCAPING CONSISTENT WITH
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LOCAL AND STATE CLIMATE GOALS, ENSURING BASIC AMENITIES INCLUDING HYDRATION STATIONS, WASTE RECEPTACLES AND SEATING AREAS, AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACE AREAS FOR PASSIVE ENJOYMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR NON PROGRAMMED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THESE GUIDELINES WAS AROUND COMPLIANCE.
UM, SO I WANNA CLARIFY THAT THESE GUIDELINES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BRINGING THIS IN FOR MANY, WHAT ARE CALLED LEGAL NON-CONFORMING CONDITIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE PARK, BECAUSE AS DEVELOPMENT TOOK PLACE OVER TIME, THE DEDICATED PARK SPACE HAS BEEN, UM, A BIT INFRINGED UPON.
UM, AND SO THE UPDATED DESIGN GUIDELINES WERE CRAFTED TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS THE EXISTING NONCONFORMITIES, BUT ALSO TO HELP RESTORE AND IDENTIFY VICTORY IN SANTA CRUZ PARK AS A CLEAR PUBLIC PARK SPACE.
OVER TIME, TRIGGERS ARE PLACED WITHIN THE GUIDELINES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES SO THAT THEIR PIECE OF VICTORY OR SANTA CRUZ PARK CAN BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
THESE COMPLIANCE TRIGGERS INCLUDE NEW ENTITLEMENTS, MAJOR RENOVATIONS, NEW DEVELOPMENT, OR ANY VOLUNTARY CHANGES THAT ARE MADE TO THE PARK ITSELF.
AND COMPLIANCE IS ONLY REQUIRED WHEN TRIGGERED BY ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, ALL REQUIREMENTS WILL ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH NEW, UM, NEWER STATE LAWS AROUND, UH, WATER EFFICIENCY GIVEN, UH, THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN.
UM, AND DESIGN STRATEGIES, UH, AGAIN, THAT ARE TAILORED AROUND, UH, THIS ORDINANCE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
UM, SO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE AREA ZONING DESIGNATION, WHICH AGAIN, IS PD SIX.
AND THAT, AS MENTIONED, IS WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE.
AND THEREFORE, ANY AMENDMENT TO THE GUIDELINES THEMSELVES DOES REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR LOCAL COASTAL PLAN, WHICH DOES HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, THIS BODY AT CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN SENT TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS.
IT'S TECHNICALLY A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT VIA A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO, UM, INCORPORATE THESE UPDATED GUIDELINES.
AS PART OF THE FIVE YEAR PROCESS TO DEVELOP THESE GUIDELINES.
UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, TOOK PLACE, UM, INCLUDING AN OPEN HOUSE THAT WAS HELD AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY IN DECEMBER, 2019, WHICH INCLUDED A WALK AUDIT, UM, AND TOUR OF AREA OF THE PARK.
PUBLIC COMMENTS AND INPUT DURING, UM, OUTREACH EVENTS WERE INCORPORATED INTO DRAFT GUIDELINES THAT WERE RELEASED IN APRIL OF 2023.
WE HELD ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE, A POP-UP IN THE PARK IN MAY, 2023 TO SOLICIT, SOLICIT FURTHER FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS ON THE DRAFT GUIDELINES.
STAFF HAVE ALSO ATTENDED MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE OCEAN RESIDENTS, UH, CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OR ORCA, INCLUDING IN JUNE OF 2023, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE UPDATED GUIDELINES, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK, UH, TO HEAR COMMENTS, UM, AND RESPOND TO THEM.
AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED RELATED TO, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPLIANCE TRIGGERS, UM, IMAGERY, ACTIVE VERSUS PASSIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE PARK AND DESIGN STRATEGIES BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT GUIDELINES, SPECIFIC CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE DOCUMENT, INCLUDING, UM, UH, STAFF REMOVED, UM, THE REFERENCE TO ALLOWING FOR PALM TREES IN, UH, AS PART OF FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, GIVEN OUR CLIMATE CONDITIONS, UM, AS WELL AS UPDATING CERTAIN AERIAL IMAGERY AND OTHER TECHNICAL CHANGES, UH, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE AROUND ACTIVE VERSUS PASSIVE USES OF THE PARK, AND THAT THE PARK WILL GENERALLY BE PASSIVE IN NATURE.
AND AGAIN, CLARIFYING THOSE COMPLIANCE TRIGGERS FOR, UM, ABUTTING PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAD SOME CONCERNS OVER UNDERSTANDING, UM, WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO FULLY, UM, CHANGE OR IMPROVE THE PARK.
THE MOMENT THESE GUIDELINES ARE ADOPTED, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE, AGAIN, COMPLIANCE COMES AT THE TIME OF MAJOR ENTITLEMENT OR PERMIT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, MAKING SOME CHANGES TO ALLOWANCES FOR REQUIRED SIGNAGE TO ALLOW FOR, UM, CONCRETE MATERIAL FOR, UM, UH, SIGNAGE IN THE PARK IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS FROM DESIGNERS AND NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS CATEGOR CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
ALL NOTICING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS WELL AS NOTIFICATION TO INTERESTED PARTIES TO, TO DATE.
UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, COMING TO COUNCIL, ALTHOUGH AGAIN, WE DID LEADING THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THOSE WERE ADDRESSED AS I OUTLINED.
SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE BEFORE HERE, BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY.
AND SHOULD WE GET AN APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY, OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE GOING BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION, BEFORE THE END OF 2024.
WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS, AGAIN, ACCEPTING THE CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, APPROVING THAT LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO REPEAL THE OLD 1989 GUIDELINES AND ADOPT THESE NEW GUIDELINES.
AND THEN TO, UH, TO GIVE, UH, STAFF THE ABILITY TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, ALLISON, FOR YOUR, UH, STAFF, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? ALRIGHT.
I ALSO DON'T SEE, UH, ANY, UH, SPEAKERS BEHIND THE RAILS.
SO, UH, SO WORK THIS ALSO REQUIRES, UM, THREE VOTES
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PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.SO FIRST VOTE IS, UH, TO CONCLUDE PLEAD PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT FIRST VOTE ALSO INCLUDES THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE NUMBER ONE.
UH, NUMBER TWO, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING NEW DESIGN GUIDELINES.
I MAY GUESS IF WE CAN GET A, A SECOND.
JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
DO I NEED COUNCILMAN SUPER NA, COUNCILWOMAN SORROW.
OUR COMPUTERS ARE A LITTLE BIT SLOW TODAY, SO I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE DELAY.
NUMBER THREE, UH, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING, UH, TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO FOR ITEM 45, WE HAVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STAFF, TARA MORTENSON, BUSINESS SERVICE BUREAU MANAGER, AND JUNIE JUNIE CIO, BUSINESS SERVICES OFFICER.
45 IS A REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD, CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GRANT AN ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT WITH CONDITIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT WITH DANCING TO THE HIDEOUT BAR NUMBER TWO AT 1 2 5 3 EAST FOURTH STREET, DISTRICT TWO.
YOU WANNA DO THAT TOO? ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WILL THOSE TESTIFYING IN THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU, AND EACH OF YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT YOU, THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE IN THE CAUSE NOW AND PENDING BEFORE THIS BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, I DO.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU.
TONIGHT IS AN APPLICATION FOR ENTERTAINMENT WITH DANCING FOR BOBBY D INVESTMENTS, DOING BUSINESS AS THE HIDEOUT BAR.
NUMBER TWO, THE ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED AT 1253 EAST FOURTH STREET AND OPERATES AS A BAR, TAVERN, AND LOUNGE.
THE HIDEOUT HAS A VALID TYPE 48 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL, LICENSE ON SALE, GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISE BAR, NIGHTCLUB.
ALL APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, POLICE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND HAVE PROVIDED THEIR RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE HEARING PACKET.
THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS IN ATTACHMENT A SHOULD BE NOTED FROM THE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.
SECTION, UH, ONE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO NO LATER THAN 12:00 AM ON TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 2:00 AM ON SATURDAY, AND 10:00 PM ON SUNDAY.
UH, ENTERTAINMENT CAN BEGIN AT 4:00 PM ON TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 12:00 PM ON SATURDAY, AND 10:00 AM ON SUNDAY.
THERE SHALL BE NO OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
TWO, THE PERMITING MUST PROVIDE ALL RENTERS WITH A COPY OF THE APPROVED PERMIT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE APPROVED CONDITIONS OF OPERATION.
THE PERMIT SHALL NOT CONVERT THE HALL RENTAL OR ANY PORTION THEREOF INTO A PUBLIC DANCE OR NIGHTCLUB.
ALL ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES SHALL BE RESTRICT RESTRICTED TO PRIVATE GATHERINGS.
THE PERMIT SHALL NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO RENT THE HALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING A CONCERT DANCE OR DISC JOCKEY EVENT, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I, ALONG WITH TARA, COMMANDER MICHAEL RICHENS FROM THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, AND THANK YOU, UH, STAFF, UH, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS PERMIT.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THE HIDEOUT FOR, UH, JOINING THE FOURTH STREET, UH, COMMUNITY.
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AND RESTAURANTS ALONG THAT FOURTH STREET CORRIDOR DO A LOT OF BUSINESS.AND SO I DO, UM, WANT TO THANK, UM, THE RESIDENTS WHO SEND IN COMMENTS AND, UH, VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
UM, I JUST WANT THIS TO GO ON RECORD.
I DO EXPECT THAT THE OWNERS OF THE, UM, HIDEOUT COMPLY WITH ALL THE CONDITIONS LISTED AND DO, UM, DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, I WILL SUPPORT THIS ITEM TONIGHT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HIDEOUT WILL BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, UM, TO ALL THE, THE RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, I ALSO REQUEST, UM, THAT STAFF, UH, MONITOR AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, COMPLYING, UM, UH, THEY'RE IN FULL COMPLIANCE.
SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR STAFF PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW, ANYTHING? NO.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO THE HIDEOUT.
SHOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, SHOULD THIS VOTE GO THIS WAY? UH, LIKE THE VICE MAYOR SAID, UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENTS PARTICULARLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT BRING, YOU KNOW, MORE VIBRANCY TO SOME OF OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A TOUGH TIME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WISH, UH, WISH THE HIDEOUT THE BEST.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
IS THIS THREE VOTES TOO? NO, THIS IS JUST ONE VOTE.
ITEM 30, UH, 'CAUSE UH, COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA UH HA HAS ANOTHER COMMITMENT.
COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA CHAIR.
ENTER GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA, OR ACTUALLY WE DO STAFF REPORT FIRST, RIGHT? WELL, LET, LET ME LEMME INTRODUCE THE BEFORE, OKAY.
BEFORE THE STAFF STAFF REPORT.
SO THE COMMITTEE MET ON JANUARY 23RD TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT AGENDA THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING.
UH, DURING THAT MEETING, WE DISCUSSED A FEW ALTERNATIVES, A FEW ADDITIONS THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE.
AND AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TYLER, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE STAFF REPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, SO AS CHAIR ORGA SAID, WE DID HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHERE WE TALKED THROUGH THE DRAFT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND THEN, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
UM, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE WORK WITH STAFF ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS TO GET INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE KEY LEGISLATIVE AND FUNDING PRIORITIES ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS, AND WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR DRAFT AGENDA FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
UH, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS DR.
UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS PLUS AS, UH, CHAIR ORANGA MENTIONED, UH, FOUR ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE FOR THIS YEAR IS SINCE WE COMBINE THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES, WE, UH, AS STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALSO COMBINE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
THERE'S A, WAS A LOT OF OVERLAP IN TERMS OF THEMES AND PRIORITIES IN BOTH OF OUR STATE AND, UH, FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS.
SO, UH, THE LARGEST KIND OF RECOMMENDATION AND CHANGE IS TO TRY TO COMBINE AND CONSOLIDATE THOSE LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS INTO ONE, UM, KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, OVERLAP AND CONSISTENCY ACROSS OUR, UH, LEVELS OF ADVOCACY.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE COMBINED THE TWO WITHOUT REMOVING ANY LANGUAGE.
WE JUST TRIED TO REMOVE ANY DUPLICATION, UM, AS SORT OF THE STARTING POINT.
AND THEN, UM, I WANNA WALK THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ADDITIONS THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AS WELL.
SO, UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN TERMS OF OUR FOCUS STATEMENTS FOR THIS COMING YEARS, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, INCORPORATE SOME OF THE KEY THEMES AND PROGRAMS THAT COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAVE PRIORITIZED OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, SO THERE'S LANGUAGE IN HERE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THE HOUSING PROMISE, UH, THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME OF OUR EFFORTS TO LOCALIZE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, UM, AND SUPPORT OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THROUGH, OR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS PROGRAMS THROUGH THE BLACK INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM.
UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR, UH, A NUMBER OF OUR HEALTH INITIATIVES.
THERE'S LANGUAGE IN HERE AROUND SUPPORTING, UM, TENANTS THAT ARE IN PUBLICLY OWNED AND OPERATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, AS WELL AS AN ITEM I KNOW FOR NORTH LONG BEACH, THAT'S A PRIORITY.
UM, LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADVANCE POLICIES AND LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT LOITERING
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WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION.UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT ITEM, UM, WITH A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS THAT ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN THIS AND SOME, UH, CITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE'RE ALSO, UM, REFRAMING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES THIS YEAR.
I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION LATER TONIGHT, UH, ABOUT OUR ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
SO THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE AROUND SUPPORTING THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS, AS WELL AS, UM, PROJECTS AT THE PORT LIKE PURE WIND.
UM, AND THEN THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA, UM, THERE ARE SPECIFIC UPDATES, UM, ITEMS RELATED TO ADVANCING ZERO EMISSION TECHNOLOGY.
UM, THERE'S AN ITEM RELATED TO OUR, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS A REGIONAL NEED TO, UH, PREVENT UPSTREAM SEWAGE SPILLS, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OUR, UM, COMMITTEE PRESENTATION ON THAT ITEM EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UH, EFFORTS TO EXPAND WIFI AND DIGITAL INCLUSION AT OUR PARKS AND LIBRARIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE LEAD UP TO THE OLYMPICS.
UM, IN THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY SECTION, THERE'S A COUPLE PROPOSALS.
ONE RELATED TO, UM, ALLOWING FOR MORE CITY CONTROL OVER, UM, PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORTS TO, UM, MINIMIZE THE ABILITY FOR CITIES TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, UM, ADMINISTER FINES FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS.
UH, THERE'S ALSO AN ITEM IN HERE AROUND ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR OUR SIDEWALK VENDING PROGRAM TO TRY TO RECOUP SOME OF THE COSTS THAT, UM, WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THROUGH THAT, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS.
THERE'S AN ITEM IN HERE AROUND, UH, NEGOTIATING, SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL, UM, ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICING.
AND IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES THAT ARE REALLY TRYING TO, LIKE I MENTIONED, CONSOLIDATE AND REMOVE ANY DUPLICATION OF THE ITEMS, UM, IN THAT SECTION.
AND THEN FOR TECHNOLOGY, UM, AGAIN, OUR KEY PRIORITIES ARE AROUND DIGITAL INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY ESPECIALLY, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE LEAD UP TO, UM, THE OLYMPICS.
AND WE HAVE ADDED A CYBERSECURITY SECTION AS WELL, JUST EMPHASIZING THE NEED AND PRIORITY FOR, UH, SUPPORT FOR POLICIES AND FUNDING IN THAT AREA.
AND LAST, UM, IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION, THERE'S UM, ANOTHER ADDITIONAL ITEM, UM, AROUND, UM, POLICIES AND LEGISLATION THAT REALLY EXPANDS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OUR SHARED MICRO MOBILITY, UH, PROGRAM.
SO THE LAST THING I JUST WANNA MENTION IS THE INPUT FROM THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
SO, CHAIR ORANGA MENTIONED THERE WAS, UM, A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADD TO THE AGENDA.
SO ONE IS RELATED TO SUPPORTING POLICIES AND LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR CERTIFIED SIMULATION, UH, TRAINING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO FLIGHT, UM, HOURS IN THE AIR, UM, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE, UH, PILOT LICENSES.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT ITEM AND WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT.
UM, ANOTHER IS TO SUPPORT OUR MAC, OUR MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, UM, AND LOOKING OUT FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO EXPAND THOSE SERVICES AND STAFFING.
THIRD IS LOOKING AT WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO DIVERS DIVERSIFY OUR WORKFORCE.
UM, AND THEN LAST WOULD BE STATE SUPPORT FOR, UM, EQUITABLE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES.
SO THOSE ARE, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE'S ADDITIONS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INPUT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUSY YEAR THIS YEAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND THE LEGISLATURE, UH, SO, UH, TO COUNCILMAN BRANKA, UH, AND THE BOTH AND ALL, BOTH THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I KNOW, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN SACRAMENTO AND DC THIS YEAR.
LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING SUPPORT THAT WORK.
ALRIGHT, UH, I SEE NO MEMBERS, NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES, THE CITY PROSECUTORS REENTRY SERVICES PROGRAM, AND RANCHO LOS CERRITOS AND RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS IN THE AMOUNT OF 5.5 MILLION.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE, UH, GET THE STAFF PRESENTATION, COUNCILMAN KER HAS A STATEMENT.
UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 1 0 9 1 0.5 A, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT I'M A MEMBER OF THE RANCHO LOS CERRITOS VOLUNTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND I AM NOT
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COMPENSATED FOR MY PARTICIPATION ON THAT BOARD.SO THIS, UH, CAME TO THE CITY FROM SOME EXCELLENT WORK FROM OUR SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ.
UH, THIS, THESE WERE EARMARKS AND THINGS THAT SHE WANTS TO REALLY INVEST IN LONG BEACH.
UH, WE CAN GIVE A BRIEF STAFF REPORT FROM, UH, MR. CURLEY IF YOU WANT IT, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE BECOMING, UH, THE GRANTEE.
WE ACCEPT THE MONEY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, OUR HOMELESS SERVICES DIVISION, AND THEN THE TWO RANCHOS TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? YES, THERE ARE TWO.
ALLISON AND PAMELA, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
YOU LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CITY TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS.
AND, UM, UH, THE AUTHORIZATION BEFORE YOU AS, UM, MR. MOCA EXPLAINED INCLUDES THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AMONG OTHER THINGS, UH, TO SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO RANCHOS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
THESE FUNDS ARE CRITICAL TO THE RANCHOS ABILITY TO CARRY OUT THEIR MISSIONS AND TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE RANCHOS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY, AND THEY'RE OPERATED BY NONPROFIT FOUNDATIONS THAT EACH RAISE BETWEEN $800,000 AND A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO AUGMENT THE MANAGEMENT FEES PROVIDED BY THE CITY, THE SEVEN AND A HALF ACRE RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS AND THE 4.7 ACRE RANCHO LOS CERRITOS HAVE NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CITY LANDMARK STATUS.
THE RANCHOS PRESERVE AND SHARE THE CITY'S HISTORY, THE MANY STORIES OF HOW, HOW OUR CITY CAME TO BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.
THE RANCHOS HELPED CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY BY SHARING OUR PAST AND ENVISIONING OUR FUTURE.
THE RANCHOS HERITAGE GOES BACK TO THE INDIGENOUS TONGVA PEOPLE AND THE ANCESTRAL VILLAGES OF PAV AND
THE RANCH RANCHO ENCOMPASS DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SPANISH COLON, COLON COLONIZATION, MEXICAN SETTLEMENT, AND THE INFLUENCE OF IMMIGRANTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE DURING THE GOLD RUSH AND THE INFLUX AFTER THE PO POST WORLD WAR II YEARS WHEN THE WORLD RUSHED INTO CALIFORNIA.
TOGETHER, THESE TWO CULTURAL RESOURCES SERVE OVER 40,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR WITH FREE DAILY TOURS, SCHOOL TOURS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND CHILDREN'S SUMMERTIME PROGRAMS. 95% OF LONG BEACH UNIFIED'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS VISIT THE RANCHOS FOR INTERACTIVE SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THE STATE'S CURRICULUM FOR HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
THESE PROGRAMS OFFER STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS EXPERIENCES THAT AUGMENT CLASSROOM LEARNINGFUL LEARNING IN MEANINGFUL AND MEMORABLE WAYS.
SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE.
THE RANCHOS EVEN UNDERWRITE TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE FROM RANCHO LOS CERRITOS WILL NOW TELL YOU, UH, HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO BETTER SERVE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND MAKE OUR VISITORS EXPERIENCES SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND MORE ENJOYABLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SENATOR GONZALEZ FOR THE FUNDS THAT WERE PUT INTO THE STATE BUDGET.
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL FOR INCLUDING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF NOT JUST THE RANCHOS, BUT ALSO PROVIDING THESE FUNDS TO THE RANCHOS.
THE TWO RANCHOS PETITIONED THE SENATOR'S OFFICE FOR THESE FUNDS LAST MARCH, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH HER OFFICE AS WELL AS ASSEMBLY MEMBER AL'S OFFICE ON GETTING THESE ALL TWO IMPORTANT FUNDS FOR THE RANCHOS.
WE'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY FOR THESE FUNDS AND ARE SO GLAD TO SEE THEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
THE FUNDING WILL PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ADVANCING OUR MISSION TO PRESERVE AND SHARE THEIR STORIES IN RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS WILL SERVE TO ADDRESS KEY, SEVERAL KEY ASPECTS, NOTABLY PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT, AND THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC RANCHOS BUILDINGS AND GARDENS.
AS YOU ARE ALL WELL TO AWARE, THE STRUCTURES AND GROUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE NEED, CONTINUAL MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEPING.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE CARING FOR THE BOTH RANCHOS.
EACH RANCHO HAS A LIST OF DEFERRED
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MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT THIS FUNDING WILL ASSIST WITH.IN ADDITION, THIS FUNDING WILL HELP WITH A VARIETY OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH WILL HELP EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF BOTH SITES THROUGH DIGITIZING ARCHIVES, CREATING MORE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC, PROTECTING THE STRUCTURES, AND MUCH MORE.
ONE OF THE CURRENT CRNS, THOUGH, IS HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE FUNDS.
AN ADVANCEMENT OF THE FUNDS WOULD BE IDEAL AND WOULD HELP PROJECT PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, BOTH RANCHERS ARE FULLY AWARE THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS AND IF POSSIBLE WE'D LIKE A MECHANISM FOR INCREMENTALLY ADVANCING THE FUNDS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE FUNDS AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT BOTH HISTORIC RANCHO IN LONG BEACH.
AND I'LL ECHO, UH, MY, MY THANKS TO SENATOR GONZALEZ AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER LENTAL FOR THOSE RESOURCES.
WE OWN OUR RANCHOS AND, UH, THERE IS CERTAINLY A NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND AND SUPPORT THEM.
AND SO THESE FUNDS ARE CERTAINLY, UH, WELCOME AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CITY PROSECUTOR IN THE BACK LOOK FORWARD TO YOU CONTINUING YOUR GREAT WORK, UH, WITH, UH, THESE MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES AS WELL.
UM, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.
THESE SOUND LIKE GREAT PROJECTS.
IF I COULD ASK ABOUT, UM, MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE REENTRY PROGRAM THAT'S BEING FUNDED.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A QUESTION FOR ME.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE LONG BEACH CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF PROSECUTING AGENCIES IN THAT WE TAKE ON, UH, CHALLENGES THAT OTHERS DON'T.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ARE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SUFFERING FROM, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS.
I MEAN, SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUFFERING FROM HOMELESSNESS.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND INTO SERVICES.
WE'RE GONNA FOCUS THIS MONEY, WHICH, UH, AGAIN, IS FROM OUR STATE SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ, ON THE POPULATION THAT IS REENTERING CONSTANTLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
10 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP COMING OUT OF STATE PRISON AFTER LONG TERMS OF INCARCERATION.
WE NOW HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN AND OUT AND IN AND OUT AND IN AND OUT.
AND WE WANNA FOCUS ON THAT POPULATION TO PREVENT THEM FROM, UH, THAT CONTINUING THAT CYCLE OF, UH, INCARCERATION.
AND OUR, OUR FIRST STEP IS GONNA BE A PLANNING PHASE WHERE WE'RE GONNA PLAN HOW THIS MONEY IS GONNA BE USED.
WE'RE TALKING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALREADY AND ALSO OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AS WELL.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK TO FOLLOW.
UH, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE MSC, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF COLLABORATE TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANT US OPERATING IN SILOS SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER ON US ALL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
ALL ORS IN THE WATER ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO SENATOR GONZALEZ AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWENTHAL, UH, FOR CONTINUING TO FUND, UM, DAY-TO-DAY PROJECTS FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR PRO CITY PROSECUTOR WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT TO OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND SEEING THE WIDE SWATH OF WORK THAT WE DO, UM, TO MAKE THIS A WORLD CLASS CITY.
SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE STATE LEVEL SUPPORT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW MORE FUN STUFF.
ITEM 39, REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN AND INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND GROUP IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BY 9.9 MILLION TO FUND THE VARIOUS PROJECTS CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, UH, BEFORE WE HAND THE STAFF, JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS WASTING NO TIME ON, UH, ROLLING OUT AND IMPLEMENTING THE ELEVATE 28 28 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN.
UH, INVESTMENTS ALL ACROSS OUR CITY, NINE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, ALL NINE COUNCIL DISTRICTS PRIOR TO 2028 TO BE.
UH, TODAY WE'LL GET AN OVERVIEW ON THE TIMELINE, UH, THE WAY WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING ABOUT THIS REALLY EXCITING STUFF.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL WEIGHED IN ON THIS PLAN.
YOUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WAITING, WAITING FOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, LONG AWAITED PROJECTS WE'RE
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REALLY PROUD OF.AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THESE PROJECTS A LOT BETWEEN NOW AND 2028.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REFERENCED 2028 BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF A BENCHMARK.
YOU KNOW, THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING IN 2028, BUT THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY OLYMPIC FACILITIES.
UH, THIS IS A BENCHMARK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES, MAKE OUR ENTIRE CITY PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR YOUTH FACILITIES AND OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO THAT SAID, I'LL PASS IT TO MR. MOCA.
UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS, UH, THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE THE COUNCIL HAS EVER DONE.
UH, AND IT'S OVER 700 AND I THINK 30, $40 MILLION.
WE'LL GET THE ACTUAL NUMBER, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE OUT THAT AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS IN THE PLAN.
SO WE HEARD THAT FROM ALL OF YOU, THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING THIS OUT.
UH, WE ALSO HEARD FROM YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASURE A AND ITS ROLE IN THAT AS A MAJOR FUNDING SOURCE, UH, THAT VOTERS HAVE INVESTED IN.
AND THEN ALL THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THEN BRING THAT UNDER THE, THE, THE PLAN THAT WE CALL ELEVATE 28.
'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IS KEY.
YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO SHOW YOUR RESIDENTS WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO THE TEAM TOOK THAT TO HEART.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY BUSY OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE MONTHS.
AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO LAUNCHING A WEBSITE WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY YOURSELVES AND ALL YOUR RESIDENTS.
AND WE WANNA KIND OF PREVIEW THAT TONIGHT, UH, AND WHAT THE, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO, E, ERIC AND JONATHAN, THANK YOU.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN BOLIN, OUR, UH, INTERIM, UH, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, UH, BUREAU MANAGER TO START AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW.
AND THEN I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE, UH, SCREENSHOTS OF THE NEW WEBSITE, UH, THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, UH, GET THAT WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING AND ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS, UH, TO REALLY GO IN DEEP IN THE PLAN AND SEE HOW THIS IS GONNA HELP, UH, TRANSFORM, UH, THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, SO JONATHAN, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE ACTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, LET'S SEE, I THINK I PERFECT.
UH, SO AS PART OF THE FY 23 BUDGET, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE INITIAL FY 23 TO FY 27 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN, WHICH ORIGINALLY TOTALED, UH, $533 MILLION.
DURING THE FY 24 BUDGET PROCESS, STAFF IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND PROJECTS AND REBRANDED, UH, THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AS THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN INCLUDES OVER 180 UNIQUE PROJECTS.
IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS, CITYWIDE TOTALING $758 MILLION OF FUNDING SPREAD ACROSS EIGHT FUNDING CATEGORIES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, THE FUNDING CATEGORIES ARE THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY, WHICH INCLUDES $186 MILLION OF FUNDING COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS, UH, TOTALING $12 MILLION OF FUNDING GOLD MEDAL PARK REFRESH PROJECTS TOTALING JUST UNDER $32 MILLION OF FUNDING MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
CITYWIDE TOTALING $327.6 MILLION PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TOTALING $46.8 MILLION PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS TOTALING $46.7 MILLION RIGHT OF WAY WATER QUALITY AND CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN PROJECTS TOTALING $80.25 MILLION AND CRITICAL FACILITIES.
AND A GRANT MATCH FUNDING RESERVE TOTALING JUST UNDER $26 MILLION.
THE APPROPRIATION OF THIS FUNDING, UH, FOR EACH UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF OUR PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
SO THE PLAN FUNDING FOR FY 25 WILL BE PART OF OUR FY 25 CIP 26, 27, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UH, SUBSEQUENT CIP BUDGETS WILL PRIORITIZE THE ELEVATE 28 IDENTIFIED PROJECTS AND THE FULL PLAN OF ALL PROJECTS, FUNDING TOTALS AND PLANNED YEAR OF FUNDING DISPERSAL IS OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT A IN TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL ITEM.
AND UPDATED MAPS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED VIA ATTACHMENT B.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BRIEFLY LOOK AT THE MAPS AND THE PROJECTS, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
SO FIRST, THIS IS THE ENTIRE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, UH, EACH OF THE FUNDING CATEGORIES ARE COLOR CODED WITH A UNIQUE DOT FOR EACH PROJECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP THAT WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN NORTH LONG BEACH, CENTRAL LONG BEACH, WEST LONG BEACH DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
THE RED LINES ON THE MAP ARE THE STREETS THAT ARE FUNDED FOR REHABILITATION AND REPAIR AS PART OF THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
THE FIRST, UH, AS, AS PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED, THE FIRST UH, CATEGORY FOR THE PLAN IS THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY.
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INCLUDES $38.3 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING, $148 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $186 MILLION.AND THESE ARE THOSE PROJECTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON THEIR OWN CATEGORICAL MAP.
AND THESE MAPS, UH, WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS, UH, THE NEXT COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THAT CATEGORY.
$11.5 MILLION IS COMING FROM PLANNED MEASURE.
A $650,000 IS COMING FROM ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 12.15 MILLION.
AND THOSE ARE THESE PROJECTS PLOTTED ON THE MAP IN BLUE GOLD MEDAL PARK.
REFRESH PROJECTS, $16.7 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING COUPLED WITH $15.14 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $31.84 MILLION IN THE PLAN.
AND THESE PROJECTS PLOTTED ON THE MAP MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, A HUNDRED $0.7 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING COUPLED WITH $227 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $327.6 MILLION OF FUNDING IN THE PLAN.
AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE REPRESENTED AS, UH, RED LINES ON THE MAP, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC LOCATION-BASED, UH, RED DOTS ON THE MAP AS WELL.
PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, $34.4 MILLION OF MEASURE A COUPLED WITH $12.4 MILLION DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 46.825 MILLION.
THOSE PROJECTS PLOTTED ON THE MAP.
$41 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING FOR PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS, ALONG WITH $5.7 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A PLAN TOTAL OF $46.8 MILLION OF FUNDING IN THE ELEVATE PLAN.
AND THOSE DOTS PLOTTED ON THE MAP.
AND LASTLY, RIGHT OF WAY WATER QUALITY AND, UH, CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN IMPROVEMENTS, $46.8 MILLION OF MEASURE A PLANNED, UH, ALONG WITH $33.4 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $80.25 MILLION IN THE PLAN.
AND THOSE PROJECTS PLOTTED ON THE MAP.
TONIGHT'S COUNCIL ITEM ALSO HAS AN APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATION INCREASE REQUESTED.
THIS IS TO APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, $9.9 MILLION OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AS PART OF THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.
THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR APPROPRIATION ARE INCLUDED ON ATTACHMENT C ON TONIGHT'S ITEM.
UM, THIS APPROPRIATION IS OFFSET BY MEASURE A FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THE CITYWIDE ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT EARMARKED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND AGAIN, THIS $9.9 MILLION OF FUNDING IS PART OF THE FY 20 FOURS PLAN FUNDING, AND THE FUNDING IS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE OUTLINE PROJECTS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AGAIN, PROJECTS AND FUNDING TOTALS ARE OUTLINED ON ATTACHMENT C.
AND NOW I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO ERIC.
SO, WHEN, UH, WE'RE NOT MANAGING STORM FLOWS AND, UH, KEEPING OUR CITY, UH, SAFE AND WELL MAINTAINED, WE ARE, UH, MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS AND, UH, DELIVERING THESE, UH, CRITICAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT THE, UH, THE WEBSITE, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON IS, IS REALLY INTENDED TO SERVE AS A HUB OF INFORMATION.
UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A NEW, UM, SITE WITH ALL THE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, LISTED THERE.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA REALLY ALLOW, UM, A LOT MORE, UH, FLEXIBILITY.
UH, IT'S GONNA ALLOW OUR USERS, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS TO SEARCH FOR PROJECTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, BY PROJECT CATEGORY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A MAP AND GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATE ALL THE PROJECTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY.
UM, AND OUR GOAL, OUR PLAN, IS TO REGULARLY UPDATE THE WEBSITE AND HAVE THE LATEST IN INFORMATION DISPLAYED.
UH, JONATHAN BOLAND AND OUR FINANCE AND BUDGETING TEAM AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS HAVE ACTUALLY USED, UH, POWER BI, UH, A REALLY AWESOME DATA TECHNOLOGY TOOL, UH, THAT, UH, CONNECTS ALL OF THE WEBSITE CRITICAL INFORMATION TO A DATABASE AND, AND A DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE, THAT'S GONNA ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT, HOW MUCH IS BEING SPENT ON A GIVEN YEAR, UH, ET CETERA.
UM, SO, UH, HERE IS A, UH, SNAPSHOT OF THE, UH, OF THE OPENING, UH, PAGE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WE WILL SEE AS PART OF OUR, OUR NEW WEBSITE, UM, FOR ELEVATE 28.
IT'S GONNA HAVE THE PROJECTS, MAPS, PROJECT CATEGORIES, PRO UH, PROJECT DISTRICTS, AND OUR OVERALL ELEVATE 28, UH, UH, DASHBOARD, UH, REPORT.
UM, SO, UM, IT'S GONNA INCLUDE ALL THE PROJECTS LISTED BY CATEGORY.
MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WANNA FIND A, UH, A, UH, A GOLD MEDAL PARK REFRESH PROJECT, A PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE A LIBRARY, UH, A, UH, ONE OF OUR 2020 OLYMPIC LEGACIES.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA CAN GO TO EACH CATEGORIES AND SEARCH ALL THE PROJECTS AND CLICK ON THE ONES THAT, UH, THEY
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WANT MORE INFORMATION TO BE EASIER, UH, OR OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALSO TYPE IN AND SEARCH FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT.SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR STUDEBAKER, UH, ROAD MAJOR CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL PUT IN, STUDEBAKER WILL COME UP, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON IT, AND I'LL SEND THEM TO THE PROJECT PAGE WITH ALL THE RELEVANT, UH, INFORMATION.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE FEATURES IS, UH, INTERACTIVE MAP, UH, WHERE ALL THE PROJECTS ARE LISTED, AND YOU CAN CLICK ON AND FIND OUT EVERYTHING THAT'S PLANNED FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FOR YOUR PART OF THE CITY, OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY, UH, THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING.
SO, UH, PRETTY, UH, UH, AWESOME FEATURE.
UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROJECT SHEETS, UH, THAT, UH, THAT EVERY PROJECT WILL HAVE.
UM, THEY'LL BE, UH, UH, OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PRINT THEM OUT, TAKE 'EM WITH THEM, TAKE 'EM TO MEETINGS, ASK THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THEM, ASK ME ABOUT THEM, EVERYBODY, UH, THAT THEY WANT, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS TOO.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO MAKE IT EASIER INSTEAD OF HAVING A STACK OF 180 PROJECT PAGES, UH, QUARTERLY THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE, UH, TO THE MEASURE A CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, IT'S ALL GONNA BE ONLINE NOW, DIGITIZED, AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING ON YOUR PHONE.
UM, SO HERE IS THE, UH, HERE'S THE DASHBOARD, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW SHOWS THE OVERALL, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT BY DISTRICT, BY CATEGORY.
UM, THIS WILL ALSO LINK TO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UH, THE, OUR WEBSITE IS, UH, JUST ABOUT DONE.
IT'S GOING THROUGH ITS FINAL, UH, QUALITY, UH, CONTROL CHECK.
UM, AND, UH, ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT FINAL QUALITY CONTROL, WE WILL SEND OUT A NOTICE FOR WHEN IT BECOMES LIVE, SO YOU CAN ALL SHARE IT WITH YOUR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND, UH, AND WE CAN, UH, AND WE CAN CHECK OFF THIS MA MAJOR MILESTONE.
UM, AND IN, IN TERMS OF OUR ELEVATE 28, UH, COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
SO, UM, ONE OTHER, UM, UH, LINK THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT'S PART OF THIS WEBSITE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE MAPS THAT'S UP, UH, THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT SHOWS ALL OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED, UH, SINCE 2013.
SO SOMETIMES WE GET ACCUSED THAT WE DON'T DO ENOUGH STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
WELL, HERE'S THE MAP THAT SHOWS THAT WE DO DO STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE DO, WE'RE DOING MORE STREET IMPROVEMENTS NOW THAN WE'VE EVER DONE, AND WE'RE PUTTING IT UP ON THIS MAP TO DEMONSTRATE, UH, WHERE THOSE ARE ALL LOCATED.
SO, UH, UH, WE ALSO WANNA, UH, UH, SHOWCASE ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
AND AS MEASURE EIGHT PROJECTS, ELEVATE, 28 PROJECTS GET COMPLETED, STREET PROJECTS GET COMPLETED, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDED, UH, TO THIS, UH, TO THIS MAP.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, WELL, ERIC, I'M BLOWN AWAY BY THIS WEBSITE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE 2010.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS.
YES, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MONEY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE'RE NOT GREAT AT TELLING THE STORY.
ELEVATE 28 ALLOWS US TO PACKAGE IT OVER A FINITE PERIOD OF TIME, SHOW PEOPLE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I LOVE THAT THE PROJECT SHEETS ARE HANDY FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR FIELD REPS, AND ALL THOSE FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT WITH THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND HAVE THE FACTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND THAT'S JUST THE POINT IN TIME TODAY.
EVERY YEAR, THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE IDENTIFY FUNDING REQUESTS, EARMARKS, FEDERAL STATE.
AND SO THIS IS A LIVING WEBSITE, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, INFORMATION, UM, PERIODICALLY TO THIS WEBSITE.
WE'RE AGGRESSIVE WITH FEDERAL, UH, FUNDING RIGHT NOW, LAST YEAR BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, MORE THAN A A BILLION DOLLARS IN AWARDS TO LONG BEACH.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE BEING PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT SHOEMAKER BRIDGE AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND WE'VE GOT A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPLICATION, UH, THAT YOU WORKED ON AND TYLER WORKED ON, UM, UH, ON THAT, UH, PROJECT.
AND THAT ISN'T EVEN REFLECTED HERE, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT STILL TO COME THAT'S NOT REFLECT REFLECTED HERE.
I, WHEN YOU BROUGHT OUT THE DETA DASHBOARD, I WAS LIKE, NO, YOU ADDED THE DATA DASHBOARD TO THIS AS WELL.
SO YOU GOT A WEBSITE, PROJECT SHEETS, MAPS, EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
COLOR CODED MAY NOT HELP COUNCIL MEMBER YANGA, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'LL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO, I'M JUST IMPRESSED BY THIS.
AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT ABOUT, THIS WAS ABOUT TAKING, WE ALREADY DO MEASURE A PROJECTS, RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S MORE THAN JUST MEASURE A.
THIS IS A, THIS IS THE EFFORTS OF OUR CITY TAPPING LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL FUNDS, UM, AIR QUALITY, YOU KNOW, UM, WATER QUALITY FUNDS, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT PRESENTED IT AS A PLAN, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPROVE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EQUITY AND EMPHASIS ON ARTS AND CULTURE AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW OF A CITY, HAVE YOU SEEN A CITY WITH A COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE LIKE THIS? I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE SEEN ONE.
WHEN IS THIS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT? THIS WEBSITE? SO, UH, SHOULD BE OUTWARD IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR
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SO.I'M, I, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THIS WEBSITE AND CLICK AROUND AND, AND PLAY AROUND WITH IT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, PRESENTING THIS TO, TO THE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SODI.
UM, YEAH, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS, DIRECTOR LOPEZ.
UM, AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU AND YOUR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO DEMO THAT AT MY STATE OF THE DISTRICT ON SATURDAY, YOU ARE, WELL, WELCOME TO DO THAT.
I'M SURE WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT, BUT YES, EXCELLENT JOB.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, I LOVE THE WEBSITE.
RESIDENTS WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
AND IT'LL SAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR OUR OFFICE TOO, BECAUSE THEY CAN LOOK AT IT.
ONE QUESTION ON THE MAP, WHAT'S THE BLACK, BLACK LINES? I THINK THERE'S, CAN YOU REMEMBER THAT? IT ISN'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S ON THE, THE GRID.
WE CAN, YOU, WE CAN ASK, I'LL ASK YOU LATER.
YEAH, I, I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONES, THE UPCOMING PROJECTS, THE, THE MAJOR, UH, UPCOMING PROJECTS.
BUT I'LL, I'LL, UH, DOUBLE CHECK AND FOLLOW UP.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO THE ELEVATE 28 OLYMPIC, UM, THE ACTUAL OLYMPIC PROJECTS, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY OR ASK ABOUT.
IT SAYS PEER REPLACEMENT, I BELIEVE AT $1 MILLION.
CAN I SEE THAT SLIDE AGAIN? WHICH ONE IS IT? THE FIRST ONE? OLYMPIC LEGACY.
ALRIGHT, SO BELMONT PEER REPLACEMENT FOR 1 MILLION.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD 200.
UM, IS IT A REPLACEMENT THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON BY 28 OR CITY MANAGER? YEAH.
SO, UM, AS PLANS, UH, GET PUT TOGETHER, PLANS ALSO EVOLVE OVER TIME.
UH, THIS MONEY WAS PUT TOGETHER ON FY 23 WHEN WE WERE, UH, STARTING TO UNVEIL SOME CONCEPTS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT CONCEPTS TO LOOK AT FOR POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT.
SO A LOT OF THIS WAS GONNA BE FUNDED WITH TIDELANDS.
UH, AND SO MEASURE A WAS GONNA GET, UH, KIND OF GOING WITH SOME OF THE DESIGN MONEY AND MATCH TIDELANDS.
SO AT THAT TIME IT WAS A REPLACEMENT PROJECT, UH, SINCE, UH, 1137 IS GONNA AFFECT A LOT OF OUR FUTURE FUNDING.
AND THAILANDS, UH, WE ARE NOW DOING KIND OF A STUDY TO SEE IS THERE A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT CAN COME IN.
SO REPLACEMENT IS STILL AN OPTION, OR DOES IT NEED TO BE MORE MAYBE OF A REBUILD OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UM, OF SCENARIO? SO THIS PROBABLY SHOULD BE, UM, TITLED SOMETHING MORE LIKE BELMONT PEER IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WHICH GIVES A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH EITHER REPLACEMENT IN THE FUTURE OR, UM, OR REPAIR, UH, AS WELL.
AND SO ACTUALLY, UM, WE DON'T CHANGE TITLES, YOU KNOW, BY OURSELVES, SO I'M JUST, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE.
RIGHT NOW IF, UNLESS I HEAR OBJECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, IF WE CAN CALL THAT IMPROVEMENTS RATHER THAN REP REPLACEMENT WHILE WE WORK ON WHAT THAT IS, UH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
I THINK MOST OF US ARE GONNA DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN ON THAT.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A, A TOOL, IT'LL BE A RESOURCE FOR, UH, OUR, OUR STAFF DEALING WITH CONSTITUENTS, UH, BUT ALSO FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO JUST UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW THE CITY WORKS FROM A, UM, TRANSPARENT STANDPOINT.
UM, I THINK THIS, THIS IS A WILL, WILL BE A GREAT TOOL.
THERE IS GONNA BE SOME CONFUSION THOUGH.
AND, AND SO IF I COULD GET YOU TO GO BACK TO SLIDE SIX, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL RED LINES,
RIGHT? UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO, TO TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS GONNA BE DONE BY, OR THIS IS THE 28 PLAN, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE STREETS WERE DONE WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS, RIGHT? UM, THROUGH POP, WELL, MAYBE NOT 10 YEARS, BUT THROUGH MEASURE A.
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PERCENTAGE OF, OF, UH, THIS WORK IS, IS MEASURE A, UM, AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A, A, A MEASURE A KIND OF CIP KIND OF BLEND.IS THAT WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE? YEAH, ACTUALLY WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IS FROM THE LAST PLAN, FROM THE, THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABOUT 90% COMPLETE WITH ALL THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
90% OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP ARE NEW STREETS.
HOWEVER, MY TEAM HAS ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THOSE BECAUSE FY 23 AND FY 24 PROJECTS WERE DONE.
AND IF YOU RECALL, UH, THE DASH LINES, THE DASHED RED, THAT'S THE KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL, UH, PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S BEING, THAT WAS DONE WITH MY STAFF.
AND A LOT OF THOSE, UH, KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WITH KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL.
UH, WE MAY FINISH IN THREE YEARS RATHER THAN FIVE YEARS BECAUSE OF OUR PRODUCTIVITY.
SO, UM, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD SOME MORE STREETS TO THAT.
BUT THAT'LL BE A FUTURE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, A LOT OF THE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER OUR MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, AND YOU LOOK AT, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS, UH, WHERE ARE YOU? CITYWIDE, CITYWIDE FIVE FROM THE BOTTOM.
RESIDENTIAL STREET, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UM, A TOTAL OF 44.6 MILLION FROM MEASURE A, A TOTAL OF 55, UH, 0.3 MILLION FROM ADDITIONAL FUNDS LIKE SB ONE AND GAS TAX AND, AND METRO MEASURE R MEASURED MEASURE.
UM, OTHER MEASURE DOLLARS, UH, MEASURE M EXCUSE ME, FOR A TOTAL OF $100 MILLION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, COUNCILMAN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A COMBINATION OF SOURCES, UH, THAT ARE FUNDING, UH, THE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE MA MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS AT 97 TOTAL, UH, MILLION WITH 14.7 OF THAT BEING MEASURE EIGHT.
SO I THINK YOU CLARIFIED WHAT I, UH, MY, MY CONCERN WAS.
AND UM, A LOT OF THE, THAT RED IS EITHER STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN SLURRY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR WILL BE SLURRY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S CLEAR, THAT NEEDS TO BE DENOTED BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THESE STREETS WERE, WERE MAINTENANCE IN THE LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS ALREADY.
THEY WERE RE RE RECONFIGURED RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
UM, AND, AND THEN I DO FORESEE CONSTITUENTS WHO, WHO MAY LIVE ON STREETS THAT ARE CHALLENGED TODAY, THAT MAY NOT BE ON THE MAP, UM, GIVING THEIR CITY COUNCIL OFFICES EXTRA ATTENTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE WHEN WE TELL OUR SUCCESS STORIES BETTER, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE WAY WE'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT, UM, ON WHAT'S BEEN TOUCHED ON ABOUT MEASURE A.
WE KNOW THAT MEASURE A VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS IN 2016 AND THEN MADE PERMANENT IN 2020 WAS THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT THE CITY HAD SEEN IN DECADES.
AND I JUST WANT US TO NOT LOSE SIGHT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ON THAT PROJECT PAGE THAT YOU SHOWED WHAT THE FUNDING WAS COMING FROM IN TERMS OF THE PORTION THAT'S COMING FROM MEASURE A, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR EVERY DAY, BECAUSE WE MADE REALLY SPECIFIC PROMISES WITH MEASURE A.
I LOVE THAT WE HAVE A GENERALIZED ROADMAP FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE PROJECTS ALL IN ONE PLACE, BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CONTRIBUTION EVERY SINGLE DAY TO BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR HEARING THAT PART ABOUT, AS WE TALK ABOUT ELEVATE 28, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FUNDING FOR THAT COMES FROM MEASURE A AND OTHER PLACES AND MEASURE A AS LEVERAGE FOR SOME OF THAT OTHER FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK VOTERS AGAIN, AND RESIDENTS AND FOLKS WHO SHOP IN LONG BEACH EVERY SINGLE DAY WHO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MEASURE A, THERE WAS ALWAYS A CHART ON A SHEET OF PAPER, AND THEN YOU HAD TO KIND OF LOOK THROUGH MAPS AND YOU HAD TO KEEP GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT FOR A BIT, YOU FORGOT WHERE YOU EVEN FOUND THEM.
SO IT WAS JUST A LOT OF WORK TO JUST GET INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE HERE THAT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
UH, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL WHO MAY EVEN JUST DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW DOES MEASURE A EVEN WORK, RIGHT? SEEING THE DIFFERENT THEME REALLY
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HELPS ILLUSTRATE THAT.UM, DID I HEAR EARLIER THAT YOU MENTIONED IT'S ALSO AN APP, OR WAS IT JUST A WEBSITE? UH, I, I MENTIONED YOU CAN GET IT ON YOUR PHONE TOO, SO THE WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE OR YOUR IPAD IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE, THAT'S AMAZING.
SO I COULD CHECK REGULARLY HOW MUCH THE DASHBOARD IS CHANGING ON MY PHONE.
UM, AND WHERE THE STATUS IS IT, HOW OFTEN WILL IT BE UPDATED? AS FAR AS, UM, QUARTERLY.
IT'LL BE UPDATED QUARTERLY AS WELL AS THE TIMELINING ON THE PROJECTS TOO.
WELL, I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TOOL TO BE ABLE TO JUST COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS AS WE INTERACT SO THAT THEY CAN SEE, OH, WHAT'S COMING UP.
THEY CAN MONITOR IT THEMSELF AS WELL.
'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETIMES THE QUESTIONS WE GET QUITE OFTEN.
AND I'LL SAVE SOME INQUIRY TO YOU TOO, ERIC, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PROJECT.
UH, ERIC, THIS WAS, UH, THIS IS GREAT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
UM, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE SITE THAT COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER, UH, AL AUSTIN WAS TALKING ABOUT, WILL THEY, WILL IT SHOW LIKE WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND THEN WHAT'S, WHAT'S PLANNED? OR IT JUST GONNA BE THE RED LINES? SO, UH, FOR NOW IT'S, IT IS, UH, JUST THE BIG RED LINES.
SO AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT ADDING DIFFERENT FUNCTIONALITY, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A TOOL WHERE YOU CAN, UM, YOU CAN GO THROUGHOUT THE FIVE YEARS AND SEE IN REAL TIME HOW MANY STREETS CONVERT FROM RED TO GREEN TO COMPLETED.
IT'S NOT PART OF THIS VERSION, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT TOO.
SO THAT, UH, DURING THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, IT'S EASIER TO SEE WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN DONE VERSUS WHICH ONES ARE, ARE, ARE STILL PENDING.
UH, UH, WAS WE DO HERE THAT A LOT, LIKE FOR THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
AND THEN, UM, WITH REGARDS TO LIKE THE, THE FUNDING, UM, I KNOW LIKE YOU SEE FUNDED BY MEASURE A AS THESE PROJECTS START, SO WILL, WILL THAT ALSO BE LIKE ELEVATE 28 FUNDED BY MEASURE EIGHT AS THESE PROJECTS GET GOING? THE THE PROJECT SIGN IS YES, YES, YES.
THE PRO THE PROJECT SIGNAGE IS GONNA CLEARLY, UH, UM, IDENTIFY THAT'S AN ELEVATE 28, UH, PROJECT.
UH, WE WANNA PUT THE, THE NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS ON THOSE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND GET MORE INFORMATION, UH, AND FIND OUT ANY OTHER SOURCES THAT ALSO MAY BE FUNDING, UH, FUNDING THE PROJECT.
BUT, UH, OUR BRANDING, UM, WILL INCLUDE ALL THE ONSITE PROJECTS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID BEFORE, JUST WITH THE UPDATED ELEVATE 28 BRANDING.
AND THEN, UM, YOU HAD A SLIDE ABOUT THE, UH, THE, UH, PARKS.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU, UM, BRING THAT, YEAH, SO, AND I'LL ASK THE QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE BRINGING THAT UP.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE JUST HAD A, UH, AN AMAZING, UH, GRAND OPENING WITH THE JUAN APPAREL SPORTS.
AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE LIST, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED IT SOMEWHERE, IF THAT, IS THAT ON THERE? NO, IT IT, YOU DIDN'T MISS IT.
I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS SOME OF THE CITYWIDE, UM, PROJECTS LIKE THE PEDESTRIAN AND AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IS IN HERE SOMEWHERE THAT SUPPORTS MULTIPLE PROJECTS, UH, INCLUDING PROJECTS LIKE, LIKE THE JUNIPER.
UM, SO AS WE, AS WE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ONE IS LIKE CITYWIDE PICKLEBALL, RIGHT? SO AS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS GET, UH, DONE THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT AREAS, WE, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO IDENTIFY THEM THAT THESE GOT FUNDING FROM THE, FROM THE GENERAL POT TO MAKE, TO MAKE THE PROJECT A REALITY.
UM, I HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED THAT ONE OUT YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT JUST TO MAKE IT ALL BE A MORE CO CO COHESIVE.
'CAUSE I MEAN, I VIEW THIS ELEVATE 28, UH, UH, WEBSITE IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE AS A RESOURCE WHEN WE'RE OUT DOING OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND BRINGING THAT UP.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THE TIMELINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU INCORPORATE ALL THAT, BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
COUNCIL'S COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERMAN.
I WILL GET VERY DETAILED HERE ON THIS, UH, MAP.
AND IT, THIS IS FOR OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS IN THE, UH, UMDO PARK SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO ON THE MAP YOU HAVE A HORIZONTAL LINE ACROSS STUDEBAKER.
IT WOULD, THIS WOULD BE ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE, IF YOU CAN SEE A, A, A THICK RED LINE HORIZONTALLY, AND IT'S CROSSING STUDEBAKER AND STOPPING AT THE 4 0 5 FREEWAY.
CAN, CAN YOU IDENTIFY THAT ONE RIGHT THERE? I WISH I HAD A POINTER.
SO AS YOU, YOU SEE WHERE STUDEBAKER IS THE YES.
THE DARK BLUE LINE AS YOU GO UP THE FIRST THICK HORIZONTAL STREET THERE IS ATHERTON.
IT SHOWS IT STOPPING AT THE 4 0 5, AND THAT WOULD NEED
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TO GO UNDER THE 4 0 5 AND CONTINUE MAYBE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS BEYOND THAT.THAT'S THE ENTRYWAY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS EAST OF THE 4 0 5.
SO, UM, THIS WILL SAVE ME A LOT OF EXPLAINING, UH, LATER IF WE PUT IT ON THE RECORD RIGHT TONIGHT.
WELL, BEFORE WE GO TO COM PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE COMMENTS OF SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT SINCE MEASURE A WAS A LOCAL MEASURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHOW VALUE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
I ALSO KNOW THAT I HEAR FROM LEGISLATORS, UH, AND OTHER AGENCY ABOUT FUNDING REQUESTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THIS FUNDING WAS LARGELY FUNDED BY ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE, LET, LET'S SAY HARTWELL PARK MM-HMM,
IT, IT, IT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT WITHOUT GETTING INTO, OKAY, FUNDED BY THIS, BY THIS, BY THIS, BY THAT.
AND BY HAVING ONE BRAND AND PUTTING ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES IN ONE PLACE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SHOW, HEY, WE'RE RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE HEAVILY LEVERAGING MEASURE A TO GET A LOT OF OTHER RESOURCES GOING.
AND SO LET'S BE MINDFUL MEASURE A IS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOCAL, A LOCAL TAX, BUT THERE'S GAS TAX, THERE'S METRO BOARD FUNDING, THERE'S, AND WE HEAR FROM THESE FOLKS THAT THEY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
SO, SO THE MORE WE, WE TALK ABOUT ELEVATE 28 AND, AND WE TELL SORT OF OUR PARTNERS THAT THEY'RE REFLECTED IN THAT AS WELL.
I THINK STRATEGICALLY WE'LL BE IN A GOOD PLACE.
UM, WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, DISTRICT RESIDENT SAIFE, UH, RESPECTFULLY, I, I TAKE NO PLEASURE OF BEING CONTRARIAN.
I'M NOT IAN, I'M NOT ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, RESPECTFULLY, A LOT OF OUR CITY SERVANTS MANDARINS, THEY LIKE TO, UH, WAX POETICALLY ABOUT TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO DATA.
WE LIVE IN A CITY WHERE 65% OF THE KIDS GRADUATING OUTTA SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE NOT MATH PROFICIENT.
AND SO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING AN APP, THIS IS LIKE MUMBO JUMBO TO MOST PEOPLE.
UM, I'M, I'M OF, THERE WAS 101 DOWNLOADS OF THIS.
I, I, I DOWNLOADED ABOUT THREE TIMES.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS WEBPAGE CRASH.
SO 98 DOWNLOADS AND, UH, 182 PROJECTS, PROPORTIONALITY WISE, THAT'S ABOUT 20 PROJECTS A DISTRICT, UH, OF THE DISTRICT THAT I'M A RESIDENT OF.
SO I JUST WANNA START RIGHT THERE AS THE BASELINE.
AND THEN OF THE EIGHT, FOUR OF THEM WERE ALREADY, UH, AS COUNCILMAN AL AUSTIN BRILLIANTLY BROUGHT UP, THEY WERE ALREADY EITHER COMPLETED OR PROPOSED OR ALREADY PROPORTIONED TO WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET.
SO THAT MEANS WE AS THE SIX DISTRICT RESIDENTS, ARE 500% LESS LIKELY TO BE PROPORTIONAL TO THIS ELEVATE.
I DON'T WANT TO DEFLATE THE ELEVATE, I WANT TO ELEVATE WITH YOU.
I JUST HAVE AN ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE KIND OF USE DATA TO SPEAK TOWARDS WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THESE COMMUNITIES.
BUT THAT'S NEEDLESS TO SAY IT ANYTHING.
I APPRECIATE OUR COUNCIL OFFICE FOR FIGHTING FOR US TO BE A PART OF THIS WITH RESPECT TO THE BURNOUT LIBRARY AND WITH RESPECT TO THE POOL IMPROVEMENT AND WITH RESPECT TO CENTRAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENT.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE ALREADY THINGS THAT WERE BUDGETED IN THE LAST TWO, UH, FY 2021, FY 2022, UH, BUDGETS THAT SAYS FY 23 TO FY 27.
SO, UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE.
I'M, I'M SPEAKING TOWARDS THE DISTRICT I LIVED IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PROJECTS, MORE ORIGINAL PROJECTS THAT ALREADY WERE ON THE AGENDA COMING UP.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, FIRE STATION SEVEN.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DEVELOP, UH, AND PUSH FOR SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA IMPACT THE RESIDENTS OF THE SISTER DISTRICT THAT ISN'T ALREADY A PART OF ANY BUDGET MEASURE.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR THE APP.
I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL BE DOWNLOADING THE APP AND INFOGRAPHIC EXPLAIN THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
BUT WITH RESPECT TO THAT, IT'S GREAT.
UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SOME NEW ADDITIONS.
UH, THAT SATISFIES PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
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COUNCILMAN SUPER NOW? YES.ITEM 33, REPORT FROM ENERGY RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE OPERATION OF C AND THE ELECTION BY COVANTA TO EXERCISE OF ITS RIGHT OF EARLY TERMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31ST, 2024, AND INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SURF FUND, THE GROUP, AND THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT BY 8 MILLION TO FUND THE DECOMMISSION COST OF SURF OFFSET BY FUNDS AVAILABLE CITYWIDE.
UM, WE'VE GOT THREE PRESENTATIONS THAT REALLY ARE KIND OF, UH, THE BULK OF THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
UM, AND IT REALLY IS TO TALK ABOUT SURF, UH, ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S COMING NEXT ON THAT SITE.
AND THEN ALSO TO TALK ABOUT, UM, ORGANICS.
AND SO, UH, THE, THIS IS A PRETTY, UH, BIG TOPICS.
THE COUNCIL'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AS WE'VE, UH, TALKED ABOUT SURF.
WE'VE EVEN HAD STUDY SESSIONS, UH, BUT WE'RE KIND OF AT A, A CROSSROADS WITH SURF.
AND SO WE WANNA GIVE YOU FIRST AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, WHAT STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, ONCE WE GOT THE NOTICE FROM COVANTA THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME, THE COUNCIL WAS PROACTIVE AND RELEASED AN RFP, UH, TO SAY, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THAT SITE IF SURF IS NOT FINANCIALLY VIABLE.
UH, AND WE'RE READY TONIGHT TO, UH, BRING YOU A STEP TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
UH, SO WHAT THE, IS THE FUTURE OF SURF THAT'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ABOUT HALF OF OUR, OF OUR GREEN, UH, HALF OF OUR TRASH, WHICH IS GREEN WASTE.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT ORGANICS AND THE STATE MANDATES THAT ARE COMING.
WHERE ARE WE? UH, TONIGHT THERE'S A CONTRACT WHERE YOU'RE INCREASING, UM, UM, SOME OF THE DISPOSAL COSTS, AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ORGANIC.
SO THOSE ARE THREE SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS.
WE'LL START WITH THE SURF AND DECOMMISSIONING.
I WILL TURN TO BOB DOW TO GO THROUGH THAT, UH, FOLLOWED BY, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT ON THAT PROPERTY.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF ERF.
FOR BACKGROUND, THE SOUTHEAST RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, OR AS WE CALL IT, ERF, WAS A WASTE ENERGY OPERATING FACILITY LOCATED IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AREA.
CO-OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE LA COUNTY SAND DISTRICTS UNDER A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY WITH A TWO THIRDS ONE THIRD SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SAND DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY.
SURF WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN THE SERVICE IN JULY OF 1988 AT A COST OF $108 MILLION AS A 30 YEAR OPERATING FACILITY THAT HAS NOW BEEN OPERATING FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
IN 2017, THE CITY COMMISSIONED HDR TO PERFORM A PHYSICAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT OFER, TO IDENTIFY MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE FACILITY OPERATIONAL BEYOND ITS ORIGINAL 30 YEAR DESIGN LIFE.
THE CITY INVESTED 13.7 MILLION CAPITAL AND REFURBISHMENTS INER IN FFY 19 AND FY 20 BASED ON HDR'S RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THE EXPECTATION THAT THE FACILITY WOULD BE CAPABLE OF CONTINUING OPERATING THROUGH THE COVANTA CONTRACT TERM OF JUNE 30TH, 2024.
THE PASSAGE OF AB 1857 AND LATE AUGUST, 2022 REMOVED THE DIVERSION WASTE CREDIT FOR NEARLY THE 147 JURISDICTIONS THAT DELIVERED WASTE TO SURF BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
THE IMPACT OF THIS LEGISLATION RESULTED IN THE REDUCTION OF NEARLY 50% OF THE ANNUAL WASTE TONNAGE PROCESSED AT ER, ALONG WITH ITS CORRESPONDING LOSS OF REVENUE, CREATING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL FINANCIAL RISK TO THE CITY FOR ER'S CONTINUED COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN 2018.
SURF ALSO LOST THE 30 YEAR POWER AGREEMENT WITH SCE THAT EXPIRED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ANNUAL OPERATING LOSS OF $4 MILLION GOING FORWARD.
THOSE THAT WAS OFFSET BY FUNDS AVAILABLE ACCUMULATED FROM PRIOR YEARS OF OPERATIONS.
ADDING TO THIS OPERATING LOSS STAFFED FURTHER ESTIMATED AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE LOSS OF $2 MILLION PER MONTH OR 24 MILLION ANNUALLY.
AS A RESULT OF AB 1857, THIS WOULD ACCELERATE REVENUE SHORTFALLS AND QUICKLY DEPLETE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE, THEREBY NECESSITATING THE CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, 2023.
COVANTA AWARE OF ER'S FINANCIAL SITUATION APPROACHED THE CITY IN LATE 2022 AND PROPOSED AMENDING THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE ER'S OPERATIONS LAST JANUARY.
CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE SURF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, THEREBY AMENDING THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE SUCH THAT COVANTA WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL SURF REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR A CONTRACT PERIOD BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023 AND CONTINUING UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2024.
THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT IN EFFECT OF FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023, ALSO AMENDED THE SURF OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE AND AGREEMENT IN RELATION TO EARLY TERMINATION OF OPERATIONS
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AND DECOMMISSIONING.OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, COVANTA HAS ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL AFFAIRS OF EQUIPMENT THAT WERE AT THE END OF THEIR DESIGN LIFE, CREATING UNPLANNED ALLERGIES WITH SIGNIFICANT FACILITY DOWNTIME THAT IMPACTED THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF ER.
COVANTA AGREED TO THE RISE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE IN THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT LAST YEAR AS A PILOT TO EVALUATE IF ERF WAS FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE.
AND THIS HAS RECENTLY PROVEN NOT TO BE THE CASE.
GTA'S MANAGEMENT CONCLUDED THE FACILITY WAS NOT FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE IN THE CURRENT STATE DUE TO LACK OF CLARITY OF ITS FUTURE, UH, WHICH RESULTED IN DIFFICULTY FOR THEM TO RETAIN THEIR STAFF AND THE AGE OF THE FACILITY.
COVANTA ALSO IDENTIFIED EIGHT TO 17 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE OPERATING SURF FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.
THIS ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT BY THE CITY WOULD DEPLETE MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE SURF FUND, LEAVING NO FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE DECOMMISSIONING AND DEMOLITION OF THE FACILITY.
COVANTA NOTIFIED THE CITY ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2023, THAT IT WAS EXERCISING ITS RIGHTS TO SEAT CEASE OPERATING SERF PURSUANT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT AND PROVIDED THE REQUIRED 90 DAYS ADVANCE WRITTEN NOTICE.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH SERF WAS DUE TO TERMINATE ON JUNE 30TH, 2024.
SINCE KEONTA'S NOTICE TO TERMINATE STAFF HAS BEEN EVALUATING ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR THE CONTINUING OF SURF'S.
OPERATIONS STAFF EVALUATED THE OPTION OF CONTINUING OPERATING SURF BEYOND FEBRUARY, 2024 THAT INCLUDED THE $17 MILLION INVESTMENT NEEDED TO EXTENDER FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.
UNDER THIS OPTION, THE SURF FUND BALANCE WOULD REDUCE TO A NEGATIVE $104 MILLION AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS.
VIEWING THE CURRENT, USING THE CURRENT MARKET RATE TIP FEE OF $80 PER TON.
TO RETAIN THE CURRENT SERVE FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS, TIP FEES WOULD NEED TO BE INCREASED TO $157 A TON, NEARLY TWO TIMES THE MARKET RATE.
UH, TODAY IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE WILL BE NO MOST LIKELY NO WASTE BEING BROUGHT TO SURF BY WASTE HAULERS.
IF WE HAD TO RAISE THE TIP FEES TO THIS AMOUNT.
HDR'S FACILITY ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE RANGE OF 40 TO 66 MILLION TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE SURF THROUGH 2039, STAFF FURTHER EXPLORED THE OPTION OF SECURING BONDING FOR THE 66 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE REVENUE STREAMS AND THE EVOLVING LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AT THE STATE, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT ER'S OPERATIONS COULD NOT DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE BOND DEBT AND WOULD LIKELY NEED THE BACKING OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND TO SECURE THE DEBT.
ADDING THIS POTENTIAL BOND DEBT BURDEN TO THE ALREADY CHALLENGED CITY GENERAL FUND WOULD NOT BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, PARTICULARLY WITH NO ASSURANCE OF FUTURE ER REVENUES.
STAFF DID REACH OUT TO OTHER POTENTIAL OPERATORS FOR ER TO SOLICIT THEIR INTEREST IN REPLACING COVANTA AND OPERATING THE FACILITY AFTER JANUARY 31ST, BUT WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY THAT WERE WILLING TO RELOCATE OR ESTABLISH NEW OPERATIONS IN THE WESTERN US AT THIS TIME.
HAVING FOUND NO FEASIBLE SCENARIOS TO CONTINUE OPERATING ER'S OPERATIONS ERF CONCLUDED THE FISCAL CHALLENGES FACING ERF ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER BE OVERCOME WITHOUT THE INFUSION OF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
THE UNCERTAINTY OF RELIABLE FUTURE REVENUE STREAMS CREATED FROM THE EVOLVING, EVOLVING LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT TO STATE INTRODUCES SIGNIFICANT UNKNOWNS AND RISKS INTO ANY ANY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CONSIDERATION FOR ER.
THE SURF FUND CURRENTLY HAS THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE REMAINING TASKS OF DECOMMISSIONING AND DEMOLITION OF THE FACILITY WITH WITHOUT, WITH ANY FURTHER ACTIONS TO CONTINUE OPERATING ER, IT WOULD LIKELY ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF THE FUND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH COVANTA TO DEVELOP A DECOMMISSIONING PLAN FOR SURF THAT INCLUDES THE SALVAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS TO OFFSET A PORTION OF THE DECOMMISSIONING COSTS.
THE DECOMMISSIONING PLAN WAS COMPLETED AND FINALIZED THIS PAST WEEK.
DECOMMISSIONING OPERATIONS ARE CURRENTLY PLANNED TO COMMENCE BEGINNING THIS WEEK AND ARE ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED IN 12 MONTHS.
IN SUMMARY, SURF WAS INITIALLY CONCEIVED AND DEVELOPED BY THE CITY AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE TOOL FOR ITS WASTE MANAGEMENT.
IT HAS OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY FOR OVER 35 YEARS IN THE MOST REGULATED AIR BASIN IN THE UNITED STATES.
MULTIPLE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT WASTE ENERGY OFFERS SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COMPARED TO THAT OF LANDFILL WASTE.
IT HAS SERVED AS A CRITICAL TOOL TO AVOID LANDFILL WASTE AFTER REDUCTION, REUSE, AND RECYCLING.
WITH EVERY TON OF WASTE PROCESS AT SURF, AVOIDING A TON OF CO2 EQUIVALENT EMISSIONS.
THE PROPOSED NEW ORGANIC WASTE RECEIVING AND PROCESSING FIL FACILITY OFFERS MANY OF THE SAME BENEFITS THAT SURFER DID AT ITS INCEPTION AS THEREFORE THE BEST OPTION FOR THE CITY TO MANAGE ITS ORGANIC WASTE IN THE FUTURE.
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AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.ALRIGHT, MR. MODA, DID YOU SAY WE COULD DO ALL THREE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS BACK TO BACK AND THEN THREE FOLK VOTES? ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? YEAH, I THINK SO.
THEN LET'S GO THROUGH ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND DO THE VOTES.
SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION I'LL INTRODUCE, UH, JANE HERMON.
SHE'S OUR SURF, UH, OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER, SO SHE'LL COME UP AND DO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT.
MY NAME IS JANE HERSON, AGAIN, ELECTRIC GENERATION BUREAU MANAGER WITH THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE ITEM BEFORE YOU STARTING WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
ON SEPTEMBER 7 21, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED HDR ENGINEERING TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND RECYCLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES TO THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
AN INITIAL STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY HDR WITH THE GOAL TO IDENTIFY VIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY SERVE, INCLUDING ORGANIC WASTE PROCESSING IN COMPLIANCE WITH SB 1383.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL STUDY, HDR ASSISTED WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO DESIGN, PERMIT FINANCE, CONSTRUCT, OWN, OPERATE, AND TRANSFER AN ORGANIC WASTE RECEIVING AND PROCESSING FACILITY, WHICH WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 20TH, 2023.
THE RFP INCLUDED THE INTENT TO ENSURE ANY PROPOSED ORGANICS WASTE RECEIVING AND PROCESSING FACILITY WOULD ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM THAT WOULD, THAT'S IMPLEMENTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU.
THREE RESPONSES TO THE RFP WERE RECEIVED BY THE CITY ON AUGUST 31ST LAST YEAR.
AFTER EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF PROPOSALS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS AND A SITE VISIT TO THEIR CURRENT ORGANICS PROCESSING FACILITY AND OPERATION, THE CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT BIOENERGY DEVCO, BDC OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM WITH WHICH TO EXECUTE AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT OR ENA.
THE ENA WILL PROVIDE FOR THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND DUE DILIGENCE ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, APPLICABLE PERMITTING DESIGN, PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND SECURING THE NEEDED FINANCING TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE PROJECT.
IF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND NEGOTIATED TERMS ARE AGREED UPON THE ORGANIC WASTE FLOW AGREEMENT, GROUND LEASE AND ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENTS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE CITY FOR APPROVAL.
SO MANY PEOPLE MAY ASK, WHO IS BIOENERGY DCO AND WHAT IS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION? THE NEXT SLIDES WILL COVER THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
BIOENERGY DCO IS AN INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND FULL SCALE OPERATION OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OR A ED SYSTEMS AND ORGANIC WASTE TO ENERGY SOLUTIONS.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018 TO BRING 80 TECHNOLOGY TO THE US MARKET.
BDC HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF OPERATIONAL AND MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE WITH A PORTFOLIO OF OVER 250 80 FACILITIES CURRENTLY IN OPERATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, UK, ASIA, NORTH AMERICA, AND SOUTH AMERICA.
BDC CURRENTLY HAS A PLANT LOCATED IN JESSUP, MARYLAND THAT PROCESSES A HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS A YEAR OF ORGANIC WASTE.
CITY STAFF AND HDR CONSULTANTS VISITED THE PLAN AS PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL EVALUATION AND FOUND IT TO BE OPERATING VERY WELL.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR BDCS PROGRESS AS IT EXPANDS AND DEVELOPS ADDITIONAL FACILITIES IN THE US HOPEFULLY INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN IN LONG BEACH.
ANA ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IS A SEQUENCE OF PROCESSES BY WHICH ORGANIC MATERIALS ARE BROKEN DOWN NATURALLY BY MICROORGANISMS IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN.
AS QUOTED SO ELOQUENTLY BY THE CEO OF BDC, THINK OF WHAT WE DO AS CREATING AN INDUSTRIALLY SIZED COW STOMACH.
THE A A D PROCESS PRODUCES TWO ENVIRONMENTALLY RICH PRODUCTS, RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, ALSO KNOWN AS RNG, IT CONSISTENT NON-FOSSIL FUEL AND EFFECTIVE SOURCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND DIGESTING AN ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENT LIKE COMPOST WITHOUT THE ODOR, WHICH CAN BE LAND APPLIED OR MIXED TO CREATE NUTRIENT RICH TOP SOILS.
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IS AN ENTIRELY ENCLOSED SYSTEM IN WHICH ORGANICS ARE FERMENTED IN LARGE CYLINDRICAL TANKS.
ENLARGED CYLINDRICAL TANKS, MICROBES INSIDE THE TANKS BREAK DOWN THE MATERIALS AND RELEASE GAS, WHICH IS CAPTURED AND COLLECTED TO BE USED AS RE A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE.
THIS FERMENTATION PROCESS ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR ANY TYPE OF COMBUSTION.
THUS THERE IS NO BURNING OR EMISSIONS, WHICH MEANS NOTHING HARMFUL IS RELEASED INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT.
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80 CAN POTENTIALLY REDUCE 40% OF THE RESIDUALS TRADITIONALLY HELD IN LANDFILLS.THE FOLLOWING SCHEMATIC PROVIDES A GREAT VISUAL OF THE OVERALL ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS AND THEIR INPUTS AND OUTPUTS.
UM, BELOW IS A LINK TO, UM, A CUTE LITTLE VIDEO THAT PROVIDES A SIMPLE OVERVIEW OF WHAT ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IS ALL ABOUT AND WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VIEW AT HOME AS WE'RE UNABLE TO PLAY THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
UM, NEXT WE'LL REVIEW SOME DETAILS ON THE STEPS TO OCCUR, KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS TO OCCUR.
FIRST, AS A REMINDER, UM, SURF HERE IS LOCATED AT 120 PRS AVENUE ON TERMINAL ISLAND IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE IS GENERALLY CHARACTERIZED AS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, TRUCKING AND SHIPPING USES PROPERTIES NEAR THE FACILITY INCLUDE OIL FIELDS, CONTAINER SHIPPING FACILITIES, POWER PLANTS, REFINERIES, AND HARBOR WATERWAYS.
THE NEAREST RESIDENT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILES FROM THE FACILITY.
ON THE LEFT OF THIS SLIDE, WE SHOW WHAT THE APPROXIMATELY LIKE 12 ACRES SURF SITE LOOKS TODAY.
AND THE RIGHT IS A SCHEMATIC RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED ORGANIC PRO PROCESSING FACILITY THAT'S SUPERIMPOSED.
UH, THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME PROPOSED TERMS FROM THE RFP.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS BENEFITS TO THE CITY, INCLUDING A REDUCED PROCESSING FEE FOR THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL ORGANIC WASTE.
WHAT WILL BE COLLECTED IN THE GREEN BIN OF A MINIMUM 50,000 TONS A YEAR.
COMPARABLE REGIONAL ORGANIC WASTE TIP FEES CAN BE DOUBLE THAT PROPOSED FEE.
A REVENUE SHARING MECHANISM ON TIF FEES, RNG DIGEST STATE, AND CO2 CELLS.
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SURPLUS FUNDS AVAILABLE TO TRANSFER TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BDC PROJECTS, UH, PROJECTS THAT 514,600 MMBTU OF CARBON NEGATIVE RNG WOULD BE PRODUCED ANNUALLY.
AND THIS POTENTIALLY MITIGATES ABOUT 47,000 TONS METRIC TONS OF CO2 EQUIVALENTS FROM THE ATMOSPHERE.
BDC IS DEDICATED TO CREATING NEW GREEN SKILLED JOBS ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF ORGANICS MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES.
THE CITY WILL LEASE OR SUBLEASE THE SURF SITE TO BDC, WHICH DEPENDS ON KIND OF THE STATUS OF THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR A 10 OR 20 YEAR TERM.
AT THE END OF THE TERM, OWNERSHIP OF THE ORGANIC WASTE RECEIVING A PROCESSING FACILITY WILL TRANSFER BACK TO THE AUTHORITY OR THE CITY WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO BEDC.
UH, WITH A PROPOSED PROCESSING CAPACITY OF 314,000 TONS, CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE PART OF A REGIONAL SOLUTION FOR THE GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY AREA.
WITH CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TONIGHT, STAFF WILL PREPARE TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH BIO ENERGY DECO AND WORK DILIGENTLY TO REACH COMMERCIAL TERMS THAT WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH PARTIES.
ALONG WITH SETTLING ON THE TERMS, THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE WITH DESIGN PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION BEFORE A NEW FACILITY IS COMMISSIONED FOR OPERATIONS, WHICH STAFF ANTICIPATES WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
SOME OF THIS TIMELINE WILL OVERLAP WITH THE DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SURF FACILITY ESTIMATED TO LAST ABOUT A YEAR, FOLLOWED BY UM, DEMOLITION OPERATIONS.
OH, THIS CONCLUDES THIS A, UM, EVENING'S PRESENTATION AND STAFF'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, UH, IS THERE ANOTHER PRESENTATION, MR. MOCA? IS THERE A THIRD? YEAH.
SO NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE TO, UM, SHOW YOU ABOUT OUR COLLECTION CONTRACTS OR DISPOSAL CONTRACTS AND REALLY FOCUSING ON ORGANIC.
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.
UH, SO, UH, TO DO, UH, THE, UH, FIRST PART OF, OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY, WE HAVE AARON ROLAND, OUR GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU AND PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEN SHE WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY JOSH HICKMAN, OUR ACTING BUREAU MANAGER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, SERVICES BUREAU.
SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY PROUD, UH, TO, UH, PRESENT, UH, AN UPDATE ON, UH, OUR OPERATIONS AT ESB WITH A FOCUS ON ORGANICS WASTE, UH, DISPOSAL.
UH, THIS WORK REALLY DOES BUILD UPON A LOT OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, UH, TO REALLY IMPROVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR, UH, REFUSE AND ORGANICS AND RECYCLING WASTE OPERATIONS.
UH, AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ONCE, ONCE WE'RE DONE.
UH, THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
SO I'LL BE PROVIDING US JUST SOME OF THE INITIAL UPDATES.
UM, TODAY FOR OUR PRESENTATION, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF
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OUR EFFORTS THAT WE'VE HAVE, HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO REACH COMPLIANCE WITH SB 1383, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS ACT.UM, IN ADDITION, WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR STATUS OF OUR, UM, OF OUR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
UM, WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE, AND WE'LL REALLY PROVIDE YOU GUYS A ROADMAP OF WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR ORGANICS MANAGEMENT MOVING FORWARD.
SO, JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, SENATE BILL 1383 WAS PASSED IN 2016 AS PART OF CALIFORNIA'S LARGER STRATEGY TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
THIS LAW IS REALLY FOCUSED IN DESIGN TO REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING, UH, SUPER POLLUTANTS LIKE METHANE.
UM, DURING THE COURSE OF THE FINAL REGULATIONS BEING COMPLETED IN 2020 AND THE REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF 2022, WE SAW THE ENTIRE WORLD CHANGE.
UM, WE FACED A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THAT REALLY IMPACTED ALL LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE.
OUR PRIORITIES SHIFTED TO HELPING PEOPLE AND SAVING LIVES.
UM, AS A RESULT, SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE WERE CHALLENGED TO IMPLEMENT AND REACH COMPLIANCE WITH THIS LAW.
SO IN 2021, SB 6 1 9 WAS PASSED TO GIVE JURISDICTIONS ADDITIONAL TIME TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW AND AVOID FINANCIAL PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES OF LEGISLATION WHERE THE STATE ACTUALLY HAS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE FINANCIAL PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
UM, JURISDICTIONS WERE ALLOWED UNDER SB 6 1 9, UM, TO BE PUT ON A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE THESE FINANCIAL PENALTIES.
UM, AND SO THAT IS REALLY THE EFFORT THAT WE TOOK.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT WE FACED, UM, THERE WERE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WERE FACED ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE TO IMPLEMENT THIS LAW.
IN JUNE OF 2023, THE LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION, WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT CALIFORNIA STATE OVERSIGHT AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATES STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND PROMOTES EFFICIENCY THROUGH REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATION, PROVIDED A PROPOSAL TO ACTUALLY PAUSE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LAW DUE TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT THE, UM, WITH THE LAW AND THE CHALLENGES THAT ALL OF THE JURISDICTIONS OR MANY JURISDICTIONS WERE FACING.
UM, THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED JURISDICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA THAT ARE ON A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
AND JUST AN ADDITIONAL DETAIL, IF JURISDICTIONS ARE ON A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN RIGHT NOW, THAT MEANS THAT THEY CHOSE TO, UH, COM THEY CHOSE TO SELF-REPORT EARLY, THAT THEY WERE NON-COMPLIANT, SO THERE COULD BE MORE JURISDICTIONS NOT COMPLIANT.
THEY JUST DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS PATH TO GO DOWN.
UH, THE 6 1 9 CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT THE CITIES AND JURISDICTIONS ARE FACING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LAW IS THE LACK OF ORGANICS PROCESSING FACILITIES.
UM, THE STATE ESTIMATES, OR THIS REC, THIS COMMISSION EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, UM, STATED THAT THERE'S STILL, UM, 8 MILLION TONS OF ORGANICS THAT IF THE STATE WAS IN FULL COMPLIANCE, THERE WOULD BE NOWHERE TO TAKE THIS MATERIAL TO.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR INITIAL, UM, BIGGEST HURDLES FOR THIS LAW.
SO, UM, MOST FOLKS WHEN THEY, OR MOST RESIDENTS WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT SB 1383, THEY'RE REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE IMPACTS OF WHEN AM I GONNA GET A GREEN BIN? WHEN IS THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM GONNA COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, TO MY STREETS? BUT ACTUALLY SB 1383 IS A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
UM, AND THAT IS MORE OF WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN TODAY.
SO THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE TOUCHED UPON IN OUR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
UM, WE IDENTIFIED 33 AREAS OF THE LAW WHERE WE WERE NOT COMPLIANT, UM, PRIOR TO 2022.
UM, AND THEY, IN COMPLETED, THEY INCLUDED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KIND OF CATEGORIES THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THING TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH 24 OF OUR 33 ACTION ITEMS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE WE COULD FIND SUCCESS AND WHERE WE COULD MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD.
AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO REACH THAT.
UM, WE SAW SOME OF OUR BIGGEST SUCCESSES WORKING WITH OUR PRIVATE HAULERS.
OUR PRIVATE HAULERS DID HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT RECYCLING AND ORGANICS TO ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT'S TO OVER 3,300 CUSTOMERS THAT THEY SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, SO THAT WAS AN AREA WHERE WE SAW A LOT OF SUCCESS.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS IN OUR FOOD RECOVERY REQUIREMENTS OF WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR FOOD RECOVERY AND THAT WE ARE GETTING THE PROGRAMS IN PLACE AS REQUIRED FOR THIS, FOR THIS LAW.
SO IN ADDITION, THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS OUR COMPLIANCE IS REALLY THINKING THROUGH THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE THIS NEW PROGRAM TO OUR RESIDENTS? UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DECIDED INTERNALLY
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WAS THAT WE WANTED TO ROLL OUT THE ORGANICS PROGRAM TO OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.SO HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WE SERVICE OVER, I THINK 3000, UH, COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
SO THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE SERVICE, THEY HAVE IT, THEY HAD THAT AS OF DECEMBER OF 2023.
WE ALSO IDENTIFIED A LOT OF, UM, CUSTOMERS THAT WE SERVICE THAT DON'T NEED IT.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY PRODUCE ORGANICS.
SO WE'RE ABLE, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO ISSUE THEM WAIVERS, WHICH WE THINK IS A REALLY POSITIVE STEP THAT WE TOOK AS WELL.
UM, IN ADDITION, OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR, WE'VE REALLY RECEIVED A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING.
WE RECEIVED EPA GRANT FUNDING, WHICH WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY RECEIVED, BUT IT'S COMING IN MARCH, 2024, WE EXPECT.
BUT WE WERE NOTIFIED AS A, UH, KIND OF A WINNER OF THE, OF, OF THE GRANT PROCESS OVER $1.2 MILLION TO SUPPORT DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH TO BRING THIS PROGRAM TO OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WE WILL BE KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS ACROSS THE CITY TO TELL THEM ABOUT THIS PROGRAM SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE, UM, IN THE PROGRAM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO.
AND NEXT, I'LL PASS IT ON TO JOSH.
HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND REALLY TO CARRY ON THE THEME THAT, UH, ERIN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT PREPARING FOR ORGANIC SETTING THE FOUNDATION.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO PREPARE FOR ALL OF THIS.
AND SO THE FIRST BULLET POINT COMPLETED AN ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT.
WE BROUGHT ON BOARD A THIRD PARTY TO REALLY REVIEW AND EVALUATE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ON OUR OPERATIONS FROM A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FROM MANAGERS AND SUPERVISOR STANDPOINT.
WE CONTINUE TO ROLL THAT OUT ACROSS THE BOARD AT ALL LAYERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE FULLY STAFFED WITH REFUSE OPERATORS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, AND WE'RE ROLLING OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE ROS, WHETHER IT BE SIDE LOADER TRAINING, FIELD INVESTIGATIVE TRAINING, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE'VE ALSO PROCURED 45 NEW VEHICLES AS WELL AS UNDERTAKEN A CART AUDIT AND ASSET INVENTORY, AS WELL AS PILOTING NEW DEVICES TO DEPLOY WITHIN VEHICLES.
SO WHAT DOES ORGANICS PROGRAM LOOK LIKE FOR THE, THE AVERAGE RESIDENT OUT THERE? YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, NEW GREEN CARTS.
SO A THIRD CART WILL BE ROLLED OUT AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, AS ERIN NOTED, THERE'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO, UH, TO REALLY WORK WITH ALL THE CUSTOMERS TO RIGHT SIZE THE CART AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SPACE.
IF YOU HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE THAT GREAT, YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER CART IF YOU DON'T HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE, HOW DO WE DOWNSIZE, UH, OR RIGHT SIZE THE CART SO THAT YOU CAN FIT ALL THREE OF THEM IN THERE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE NEW TRUCKS, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET OUT THERE, DO A SAME DAY DELIVERY SERVICE.
THE GOAL BEING THAT YOU WOULD GET THE, UH, CART SERVICE FOR REFUSE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS ON THE SAME DAY.
AND YOU'LL SEE CONTAMINATION MONITORING AND EDUCATION COMPONENT AS WELL.
SO IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE MANDATES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE MONITORING FOR THE CONTAMINATION, AND THEN EDUCATING ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS ON HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE ALONG THE WAY.
AND THEN FINALLY ON THIS SIDE, ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE DUE SERVICES.
SO WE DO HAVE A COST OF SERVICE STUDY THAT'S UNDERWAY NOW.
UH, WE'RE ANALYZING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, EFFORTS THAT ARE, ARE REQUIRED TO ROLL OUT A NEW PROGRAM.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE OUR OPERATIONS A BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
THAT WAY WE CAN REDUCE THE COSTS AT THE SAME TIME WE ROLL OUT THIS NEW PROGRAM.
SO I WON'T DIVE INTO ALL THE MILESTONES ON THIS SLIDE, BUT REALLY THE INTENT IS TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN.
UH, WE'VE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH, AND THERE'S A STRATEGY TO GET US FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO COMPLETE RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS ROLLOUT, UH, CITYWIDE IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.
SO THAT INCLUDES ALL THE, ALL THE BULLET POINTS YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS PROGRAM, THERE'S ALSO SOME PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE, UH, REQUIRED BY THE LAW.
SO ONE OF THOSE IS THE, UH, THE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT TO PURCHASE EITHER MULCH, COMPOST, BIOFUEL, ELECTRICITY DERIVED FROM ORGANIC WASTE.
AND REALLY THE, THE MESSAGE HERE IS THAT THE, THE WAY THAT THIS IS CALCULATED IS REALLY QUITE DIFFICULT FOR US TO, TO REACH AS A CITY.
SO THE PROCUREMENT TARGETS ARE REALLY UNREALISTICALLY HIGH.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO IS CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE, UH, WITH THE, THE DIFFERENT GROUPS TO REDUCE THAT REQUIREMENT TO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTAINABLE AT THE CITY LEVEL.
AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR VENDORS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE THE USE OF THESE PRODUCTS IN THE,
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IN THE MARKETPLACE.AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE RECYCLED CONTENT REQUIREMENT TO PURCHASE POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT IN OUR PAPER PRODUCTS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING HERE IS REALLY WORKING WITH OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES TO PRIORITIZE THIS EFFORT, CENTRALIZE THE PAPER, PURCHASING AND WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, PAPER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE WITH THIS RECYCLED CONTENT.
AND SO FINALLY, THE NEXT STEPS.
WHERE ARE WE HEADING FROM HERE? UH, FIRST STEP REQUEST, AN EXTENSION OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THAT AARON HAD NOTED PREVIOUSLY.
UH, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE ON THAT PROGRESS.
UH, ROLLING OUT THE ORGANICS PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS OR SO.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN, PROMOTE OUR STAFF.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES UPCOMING, CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE RE THE REGULATIONS, THE EDUCATION, THE OUTREACH, AND THEN ROLLING OUT SOME KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING TECHNOLOGY AND DATA TO, UH, TO BASICALLY PROVIDE INFORMATION BACK TO US FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE FIELD SO WE CAN MAKE OUR OPERATIONS THAT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
AND FINALLY, DETERMINING THE FEES.
WHAT IS IT ACTUALLY GONNA COST TO PROVIDE THIS NEW SERVICE AND THIS NEW PROGRAM TO OUR RESIDENTS? AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL NOW TAKE IT BEHIND THE RAIL, WE'LL DO COUNCIL DISCUSSION, THEN WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND TAKE THREE SEPARATE VOTES.
UM, UH, LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN.
SO, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT SURF OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, AND IT HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WHILE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
BUT EARLY IN MY TERM, I TOURED SURF.
BOB AND JANE TOURED US AROUND AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE OPERATION.
WE WERE REDUCED THE TRASH VOLUME.
WE WERE TAKING LESS TRASH TO LANDFILLS, WHICH WITH 0.0004 EMISSIONS FROM SURF.
WE ARE DEFINITELY INCREASING THAT BY DRIVING TRASH TO LANDFILLS.
UM, SURF ALSO PROVIDED ENERGY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30,000 HOMES IN LONG BEACH.
THAT'S LIKE 28% OF THE HOMES IN LONG BEACH.
UM, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS FACILITY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON IT.
I SHARED IT THROUGH MY NEWSLETTER.
I, UM, I OFFERED TOURS OF SURF.
ONLY ONE PERSON TOOK ME UP ON IT AND HE, HE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO SEE SURF.
I HAD A PRESENTATION AT, UH, CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT COASTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE, OF WHICH I'M A CHAIR.
AND I ARRANGED A PRESENTATION FROM BOB AND JEAN TO TALK ABOUT SURF THERE, ITS BENEFITS AND WHERE IT WAS HEADING.
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, PEOPLE TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THIS.
UM, PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE TRASH AS MUCH AS I LIKED IT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME IN THE LAST 48 HOURS TO TALK ABOUT SURF.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A PLAN GOING, SO I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS GONE THROUGH COUNCIL.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THIS.
IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'S BEEN HEARD, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE HEARD IT UNTIL THEY HEARD IT WAS CLOSING.
SO, UM, NEW LAWS HAVE MADE SURF A BURDEN ON OUR CITY WITH, IN, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, 40 TO $7 MILLION AND $24,000 A YEAR JUST TO KEEP IT OPEN.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT TRYING TO REPEAL DIFFERENT STATE LAWS OR RENEGOTIATE RATES WITH EDISON, BUT THE REAL REALITY IS WE ARE FACED WITH SKYROCKETING CO RATES FOR RESIDENTS.
I WAS SAD THAT COVANTA COULDN'T REALLY, HE, THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK.
IT WAS A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO KEEP SURF OPEN.
UM, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THINK, BUT I KIND OF SEE THAT THERE ISN'T ANY OTHER WAY.
AND YOU'VE KIND OF SHARED THAT WITH, WITH US.
UH, SURF IS A, HAS A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY WITH THE CITY AND, UM,
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THE LA COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, A TWO THIRD, ONE THIRD SPLIT.I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT THE SANITATION DISTRICT SAID WHEN THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING.
WERE THEY SUPPORTIVE? WERE THEY HELPFUL? ANY INPUT? UM, SURE, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WE PARTICIPATED IN, UH, MULTIPLE MEETINGS, UH, WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LA COUNTY SAND DISTRICT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE ANALYSIS.
IN FACT, THEY WERE PART OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE THAT, UH, REVIEWED THE SUBMITTALS, UH, FOR THE SURF RFP AND WERE PART OF THE SELECTION OF BIOENERGY DECO FOR THIS.
SO THEY'RE COMPLETELY ON BOARD.
THEY'RE FULLY AWARE OF THE SITUATION.
RECALL, THEY ALSO OPERATED THEIR OWN FACILITY IN THE CITY OF COMMERCE.
UH, IT WAS A LOT SMALLER FACILITY THAN SURF, BUT IN 2018, WHEN THE DIVERSION CREDITS WENT AWAY AND THEIR POWER AGREEMENT WITH, UH, SE WENT AWAY, THEY WERE FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR FACILITY AS WELL.
SO THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AT THAT.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD THEIR OWN OPERATORS, UH, THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES OPERATING THE FACILITY.
MANY OF 'EM WORKED THERE THROUGH THE ENTIRE 30 YEARS.
SO THEY'RE FULLY AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT WE'RE FACING WITH OUR FACILITY.
PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UH, APPEALS WHEN AB 1857 WAS BEING, UH, UH, PROPOSED.
UH, WROTE SEVERAL, UH, LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, BUT, UH, TO NO AVAIL.
SO YES, THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THIS PROCESS AND ARE FULLY AWARE OF, OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, ANOTHER JPA MEETING, I THINK IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
AND, AND THAT TIME WE'LL BRIEF ALL THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE JPA ON, ON EVERYTHING.
UM, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, WAS THERE AN ANALYSIS PRIOR TO, LIKE, WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS ABOUT WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE TO RATE PAYERS HERE IN, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH? WITH THE INCREASE WITH, NOT EVEN WITH ORGANICS, JUST WITH US HAVING TO TAKE TRASH TO THE TRANSFER STATIONS AND PAY FOR IT TO GO TO LANDFILLS, POSSIBLY FROM ORANGE COUNTY OR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, OR DOWN TO, OUT TO ARIZONA EVENTUALLY? YEAH, I, I THINK JOSH COULD BE, UH, BEST ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE RATES ARE ESTABLISHED IN ESB AND THAT'S HIS, UH, SPECIALTY.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UH, AS FAR AS THE, THE RATES AND WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE HEADED, SO PART OF WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION PREVIOUSLY WAS A COST OF SERVICE STUDY.
THAT COST OF SERVICE STUDY IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROJECTING IT'S GOING TO GO UP.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO OFFSET THAT IS LOOKING AT THOSE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, WHETHER IT BE TECHNOLOGY OR BRINGING, UM, REROUTING AND, AND SOME OTHER AVENUES.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I GOT FROM FOLKS WHO DID NOT WANT SURF TO CLOSE, AGAIN, THIS IS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A $2 MILLION LOSS PER MONTH POTENTIALLY FOR SURF, DID WE, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THE COST INCREASE, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ORGANICS.
WAS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? I KNOW WE HAVE BIG INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, INVESTMENTS, ET CETERA, BUT WAS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? I'LL, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT AS BEST I CAN WITHOUT HAVING FULL UNDERSTANDING, BUT THE, THE, UH, THE TIFF FEES THAT WE CHARGED THE ESB WHEN THEY BROUGHT IT TO SURF, UH, IT WAS ABOUT, UH, 30% LOWER THAN WHAT THEY'RE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE WITH AN ADDITIONAL ITEM BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT.
BUT THEY BROUGHT APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION TIP OF, OF COST TO, TO SURF THAT, THAT, THAT THEY PAID SURF.
THOSE COSTS ARE GONNA GO UP A LITTLE BIT.
HOW THAT FIGURES INTO THE STRUCTURE OF THE OVERALL RATE, UH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, BUT WE DID CONSIDER THAT.
BUT REALLY THERE WAS NO OTHER VIABLE OPTION WITH THE ADVENT OF POTENTIAL LANDFILLS CLOSING, UH, IN ORANGE COUNTY AND EVEN FURTHER HAULING.
THOSE ARE ALL JUST UNKNOWNS AT THIS TIME.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT AS CLEAR OF A PICTURE AS I THINK WE'D LIKE IT TO BE.
BUT CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTOOD THAT GOING FROM THE, THE CURRENT 60, 61 $50 A TON THAT ESB WAS PAYING FOR REFUSE BROUGHT THE SURF TO THESE HIGHER, UH, REGIONAL OR LOCAL TRANSFER STATION FEES.
IT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF WHAT THAT IMMEDIATE COST IS GONNA BE.
THE LOCAL TRANSFER FEES ARE OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS, CORRECT? NO, NO, THOSE ARE GONNA BE PROBABLY MORE ALIGNED TO $80 THAT WAS FOR ORGANIC PROCESSING.
SO ORGANIC MATERIALS THAT ARE BROUGHT OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS ARE CHARGING AT, BUT JUST STRAIGHT TIP FEES TO TRANSFER STATIONS THAT GO RIGHT STRAIGHT TO LANDFILLS, IT'S, IT'S NOT NEARLY THAT COSTLY.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION.
AND SO JUST TO, UH, ADD TO THAT, THE, THE RATE FEES THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO IT'S 80, IT DOES RANGE FROM ABOUT 80 TO ONE 30, UH, BASED ON THE, ON THE NEW FEES THAT
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WE HAVE AS PART OF THE MOST RECENT CONTRACT AWARD.AND THAT FLUCTUATES DEPENDING ON THE WASTE STREAM.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE COMMERCIAL ORGANICS VERSUS THE REFUSE AND THEY KIND OF HANDLED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
UH, BUT IN AGGREGATE THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND $90 OR SO A TON.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATIONS.
BEFORE, BEFORE WE CONTINUE DOWN THE LIST, SO THIS IS A TRICKY ISSUE.
LET'S, AS, LET'S ASSUME, UH, SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SURF IS, UH, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE COMPLEX, UH, LANDSCAPE AROUND WASTE IN OUR CITY.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE BASICS.
SO FIRST, UM, WE KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED AROUND THE WAY THAT, UH, COVANTA, UM, FINANCED ITSELF AND THE WAY THAT CREDITS WERE AWARDED.
UH, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE REAL CHANGE, UM, FROM THE, FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT THAT IMPACTED COVANTA THAT PUT THEM IN A POSITION, UH, TO SAY THAT THIS NO LONGER VIABLE FOR THEIR, FOR THEM TO OPERATE? SURE.
THERE, THERE WERE TWO MAJOR CHANGES.
ONE WAS A LOSS OF OUR, UM, EDISON DEAL.
WE HAD A DEAL FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS WHERE EDISON WOULD BUY THE POWER FROM US AT A SET RATE THAT WENT AWAY IN 2018.
AND THAT TOTALLY CHANGED THE FINANCIAL PICTURE.
AND WE ADAPTED FROM THAT AND, AND WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND IT.
UM, WE, UH, HAD A BILL THAT WAS RUN BY A, SOME MEMBER CHRISTINA GARCIA, WHICH ESSENTIALLY REMOVED ONE OF THE BIG ASSETS FOR SURF, WHICH IS PEOPLE CAN BRING TRASH TO SURF AND IT GET A CREDIT FOR DIVERTING IT FROM A LANDFILL BECAUSE IT WASN'T GOING INTO A LANDFILL.
UH, ALL THE SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THAT IS TRUE, THAT IT HAS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAT WAS REMOVED.
AND SO THIS WAS ALWAYS DESIGNED TO BE A REGIONAL FACILITY, NOT A CITY OF LONG BEACH ONLY.
AND SO WE CAN'T OPERATE IT WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT WE HAVE ALL BY OURSELVES.
WHEN THAT WENT INTO EFFECT, WE LOST, UH, VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WOULD COME TO THIS SITE.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO INCENTIVE ANYMORE TO BRING IT TO, TO SURF.
AND THEN THIRD, UM, UH, BOB MENTIONED THIS, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING TO START PAYING, UH, CAP AND TRADE FEES.
UH, WE ARE NOW GONNA BE CONSIDERED AN EMITTER, HOWEVER, LANDFILLS WHICH EMIT WAY MORE, UM, GREENHOUSE GAS THAN WE DO, UH, AT MUCH HIGHER RATES ARE NOT CONSIDERED EMITTERS.
AND SO THAT TIPS THE SCALE AS WELL.
SO THOSE THREE FACTORS ARE REALLY CHANGING SOME OF THE DECISIONS HERE.
AND SO IF WE WERE TO FIND ANOTHER OPERATOR, THAT OPERATOR WOULD FACE THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT COVANTA FOUND, UH, FACED.
SO NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE FACED WITH A CHALLENGE, CONTINUE TO FIGHT UPSTREAM, UH, FOR A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S NO LONGER WELCOME IN CALIFORNIA, UH, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT OR ADAPT TO A NEW USE FOR THAT SPACE THAT HELPS US TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR NEW REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE DIVERSION OF ORGANIC WASTE, CORRECT? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
SO WHEN SURF WAS PUT IN, IT WAS REALLY SEEN AS THE NEW MODEL.
UH, NO ONE ELSE WAS REALLY DOING THAT.
AND, UM, WHILE WE'RE VERY SAD TO BE AT THIS POINT AND THAT SURF DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES.
THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RISK YOU WOULD TAKE ON IF YOU CONTINUED SURF, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL NOW IS TO TAKE THAT NEXT BIG MOVE AND TURN IT INTO THE, THE NEXT BIG, UM, RESOURCE FOR TRASH, UM, DISPOSAL.
UH, GOING FORWARD, ABOUT HALF OF OUR TRASH IS GREEN WASTE.
AND SO THAT HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE.
AND AS YOU HEARD TODAY, THERE ARE NOT FACILITIES THAT CAN TAKE THAT AMOUNT.
IN CALIFORNIA, WE WOULD BE CONVERTING SURF INTO A, UM, INTO A GREEN WASTE SITE.
THAT COULD TAKE ABOUT HALF OF OUR WASTE, BUT IT COULD ALSO TAKE A, A GREAT NUMBER OF, OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, GREEN WASTE, TURN IT INTO BIOGAS, UH, WITHOUT EMISSIONS.
AND SO, UH, THIS NEW FACILITY, UH, THAT WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS TO GET UP AND GO IN THIS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION, UH, IT IS, UM, UM, GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR DIVERSION.
IT ALSO WILL, THERE'S A DEMAND FOR, UM, JURISDICTIONS IN THE REGION TO ALSO, UH, SEND SOME OF THEIR GREEN WASTE THERE.
AND IT BECOMES A, UM, UH, A FEED STOCK FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND BIOGAS PRODUCTION, WHICH WE IN LONG BEACH ARE INVESTING IN.
AND WE ARE A HYDROGEN HUB, UH, IN CALIFORNIA WE'RE DEVELOPING HYDRO HYDROGEN HUBS.
AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE SAW THREE PRESENTATIONS, AND IT MIGHT BE HARD FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW.
UM, WE'RE AT SORT OF A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT SITE IS.
ANAEROBIC, DIGESTION, GREEN WASTE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN O WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO CREATE A NEW OPPORTUNITY, A NEW FACILITY, UH, THAT WILL HAVE, UH, NEW JOBS IN THAT SPACE WITH CLEAN TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US MEET SOME OF OUR WASTE NEEDS JUST IN TIME FOR THE STATE MANDATE ON GREEN WASTE DIVERSION.
AND LET'S JUST COMPLETE THE, THE THOUGHT HERE, UH, THE TIMETABLE
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OF THE LAST PRESENTATION WAS REALLY WHEN, UH, WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE, UM, THAT DIVERSION, UH, THAT THIRD GREEN BIN FOR FOLKS TO KEEP THEIR YARD TRIMMINGS AND THEIR FOOD WASTE.AND HOPEFULLY, UH, IF THIS ALL WORKS OUT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT LOCALLY INSTEAD OF, UH, CREATING MORE, UH, CO2 AND MORE EMISSIONS BY TRUCKING THAT TO A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY OR TO A LANDFILL.
YES, IN THE INTERIM, UH, WE HAVE TO START NOW.
SO WE HAVE, UM, THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
TONIGHT IS TO START CREATING THOSE CONTRACTS OF WHERE THAT, UH, REFUSE WILL GO, INCLUDING THE GREEN WASTE.
I THINK YOU HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION, IT'LL TAKE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE YEARS TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE SITE.
'CAUSE THIS IS A BIG, BIG INVESTMENT ON THAT SITE.
AND SO WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT THAT INTERIM.
BUT, UH, IN, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, OUR GREEN WASTE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO THIS FACILITY HERE LOCALLY AND NOT HAVE TO BE TRUCKED AND THEN TURNED BACK INTO, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE FUELS.
SO THAT WAS IMPORTANT JUST TO, TO WALK THROUGH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PRESENTATION CAN GET, UH, A LITTLE CONFUSING.
SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI.
I THINK THAT KIND OF LAYS OUT THE, THE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE GONE ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, WITH THE, THE SURF FACILITY.
UM, AND SO I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, KUDOS TO STAFF FOR, UM, BASICALLY MAKING KIND OF LEMONS OR LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS WHEN IT CAME TO, UH, THE SURF FACILITY.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT SLIDE.
SO WE USE, WE NEED ABOUT 500 TONS OR WE PRODUCE ABOUT 500 TONS OF MULCH, BUT THEY WANT US TO PURCHASE BACK SOMEWHERE AROUND 30,000 TONS OF MULCH.
IS THAT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT? YEAH, I, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I SAW THAT SLIDE.
BUT ONE OF THE, THE, THE PRODUCTS THAT'S PRODUCED FROM THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, BIOENERGY DECO, UH, ENDEAVOR IS THEY DO CREATE A DIGEST DATE, WHICH IS THE MULCH MM-HMM.
AND, AND SO THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE, UH, I'M SURE WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH, UH, THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURING TERMS AND SO FORTH, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROCURE SOME OF THAT, HOPEFULLY MAYBE AT A REDUCED RATE TO MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S QUITE A LOT OF DIGESTION.
I THINK IT'S MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO BUY, IF I REMEMBER THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY.
BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE ENA, UH, WITH, UH, B-N-A-B-D-C.
AND JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW MIGHT A, UH, MUNICIPALITY WHO BUYS BACK THAT, HOW WOULD YOU USE THAT AMOUNT OF MULCH? I, AARON
SO THE, UM, CALCULATION IS BASED ON OUR POPULATION.
AND SO BEING LONG BEACH IS A VERY LARGE CITY, AS YOU NOTED, THE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE, ARE MASSIVE.
SO SMALLER CITIES OR NON COASTAL CITIES, THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE SPACE TO PUT ALL OF THAT COMPOST IN MULCH.
WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE THAT IF WE HAD THAT MUCH MULCH, WE'D HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PUT IT.
SO THAT IS WHY I THINK THE LARGER PRIORITY IS TO LOOK AT A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE AND TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, REALLY SETTING AN EXPECTATION THAT IS POSSIBLE, UM, FOR COASTAL CITIES AND LARGER CITIES TO REACH.
BUT I THINK SOME OF THE INSIGHT THAT BOB SHARED IS ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO APPARENTLY WE'RE GONNA NEED THE, UH, GREAT WALL, THE YES.
SO WE NEED THE MIBI, THE MULCH IN MY BACK YES.
WE MIGHT NEED THAT TIMES A FEW.
YEAH, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ER'S UM, TRANSITION AROUND THE EMPLOYEES, LIKE HOW MANY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING AND WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING, UH, TO, TO THEIR TRANSITION AND HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THEM? THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL MASSARO, SO WE'VE GONE AT LANES TO MEET WITH GTA.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 10 VACANCIES, I BELIEVE.
AND OF THE REMAINING EMPLOYEES, UH, THERE WILL, THERE'LL BE EFFECTIVELY 10 LAYOFFS OF EMPLOYEES, THE REMAIN WORLD.
WE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH THE ENTIRE DECOMMISSIONING PERIOD.
UH, AND THEY ARE, UH, ANTICIPATED TO RECEIVE, UH, SOME, UH, RETENTION BONUSES TO DO THAT.
THAT'S GONNA BE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE, IS KEEPING QUALIFIED, KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF THROUGH THE DECOMMISSIONING.
UH, BUT COVANTA HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE ENLISTED THE SUPPORT OF PACIFIC GATEWAY TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND TO MEET WITH, UH, THOSE FOLKS THROUGH COVATA'S HR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TRANSITION FOR THEM.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE TIMING CONSTRAINTS, EVEN IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND HAVE IT DECOMMISSIONED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THE FACILITY WILL BE UP.
AND WHETHER THOSE PEOPLE WOULD EVEN BE QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN POSITIONS WITH, UH, UH, BDC, WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT THERE'LL BE A SEVERAL YEAR, UH, TIME LAG BEFORE THAT OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS.
SO FOR ALL PURPOSES, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THERE WOULD NO LONGER BE ANY, UH, COVANTA EMPLOYEES, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO, UH, INVOLVE THEM WITH, UH, PACIFIC GATEWAY AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING THEM JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT MAY ALIGN WITH SOME VACANCIES THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN ON OUR END.
SO, UH, THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT.
YEAH, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT MAY BE ABLE TO DO TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN TRANSITION THEM.
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YOU FOR THAT.UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'S REALLY SAD, UM, TO HAVE HAD A FACILITY THAT'S DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE TOM WITHOUT, I WAS JOKING, BUT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO HAVE LIKE A FAREWELL SURF LIKE CEREMONY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES AT ONE POINT IT WAS AN AMAZING FACILITY, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY LIKE WISE, IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE.
UM, SO I'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT AND GIVE OUR PROPER FAREWELL TO, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO SERVED THEIR TIME, UM, RUNNING THE FACILITY.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, SORRY, UH, WE'RE ADDING ALL OF THESE THREE THINGS TOGETHER IS ABOUT THE ORGANICS, UM, PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DOING THE ORGANICS PROGRAM, IF WE ARE, WE CAN HAVE SOME, I THINK, PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED TO RECYCLE IN WHEN I WAS PROBABLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MY PARENTS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT OTHER BIN WE GOT WAS FOR.
SO I LEARNED A LOT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE AUDITORIUM BREAK, THEY DID PROGRAMMING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT REDUCED REUSE RECYCLE SONG.
I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING CATCHY, UM, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REALLY GREAT AT ENCOURAGING AND KEEPING UP WITH JUST THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR HOUSEHOLDS.
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT SUGGESTION.
WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, LONG BEACH UTILITIES, SO WITH ENERGY AND OUR WATER TEAM, AND WE ARE, UM, IN THAT PARTNERSHIP IN L-B-U-S-D.
SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER NOW, UM, FOR, UM, LIKE AN ASSEMBLY PROGRAM OR A MORE IN-DEPTH KIND OF CLASSROOM OPPORTUNITY.
AS WE FURTHER, UM, KNOW, KIND OF WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, WE WILL A HUNDRED PERCENT BE LOOKING TO ALIGN MORE IN THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR OPINION IS IF THEY CAN DO IT AT SCHOOL, THEY CAN DO IT AT HOME.
AND THEN THEIR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TEACH THEIR PARENTS AT HOME WHO CAN THEN TEACH THEM HOW TO DO IT WHEN THEY GO TO WORK.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A FULL CYCLE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF DOING MORE OF THE SPECIFIC EDUCATION ONCE WE KNOW THE PROGRAM DETAILS AND KIND OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING TODAY TO KNOW WHAT THAT CURRICULUM LOOKS LIKE.
THE LAST THING IS, I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA COST US A LOT OF MONEY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS PROGRAMMING, BUT I THINK THAT INCENTIVES OR REWARDS ALWAYS IS ENCOURAGING FOR RESIDENTS TO DO THINGS.
SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY IDEAS RIGHT NOW.
I WAS JUST THINKING, WELL, WHAT WOULD GET ME EXCITED WOULD BE TO GET LIKE COMPOST.
YEAH, I THINK, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT REALLY LIKE AN INCENTIVE FOR OTHER PEOPLE 'CAUSE I'M A GARDENER.
SO YEAH, I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOOD COMPETITIONS OR OTHER KIND OF CREATIVE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING OTHER CITIES DO.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WAY TO SPUR ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN A VERY FUN, REWARDING SENSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT THIS TO BE A VERY POSITIVE INTERACTION EVERY TIME THEY DO SOMETHING CORRECTLY.
I HOPE THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE IT'S POSITIVE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE MESSY FOR A BIT.
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DISCUSSION AND I'M GLAD THAT WE COMBINED ALL THREE ITEMS INTO ONE.
UM, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE AND I THINK I'VE BEEN ON THE SURFBOARD FOR MOST OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF SEEN THIS COMING AND THIS IS, UH, BITTERSWEET IN A LOT OF WAYS BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING A, A VERY, UM, INNOVATIVE, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE.
IT IT WAS, AND IT WHAT VERY MUCH THAT, UM, AND DUE TO POLITICS AND STATE LEGISLATION, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO LONGER FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE.
UM, WE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, UM, AS A CITY IN SACRAMENTO YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, UH, TO EXTEND SURF TO, TO EXTOL HIS VIRTUES, TO TRY TO EDUCATE LEGISLATORS AND ANYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN THAT WE HAD A, A REAL RESOURCE HERE IN THE CITY THAT THAT COULD HAVE, I THINK, GONE A LONG WAY TO, TO MEET MANY OF OUR, OUR GOALS, UH, RELATED TO CLIMATE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION.
RIGHT? UM, IT, THE LOGIC DOES STILL DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME HOW WE ARE CLOSING THE SURF
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRADE OFF IS WE WERE PROBABLY EMITTING A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UH, UM, AIR POLLUTANTS, UM, AS A RESULT WITH, WITH SCRUBBERS RIGHT? HIGH HIGH
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TECH SCRUBBER SYSTEM THAT REALLY, UH, PROTECTED OUR ENVIRONMENT IN MANY WAYS THAT THE EFFICIENCY JUST MADE SENSE.THE, THE SWEET PART IS THAT THERE'S THE CITY AND OUR TEAM HAS COME UP WITH A WAY TO PIVOT, RIGHT? UM, TO, TO MAKE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THEY, WHAT DID THEY SAY? THE WHOLE WORLD IS SHINING SOMETHING AND TURN IT INTO, INTO GOLD.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT FAMOUS, THAT FAMOUS THAT, UH, FAMOUS QUOTE FROM THE WIRE.
UM, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GONNA TURN IT INTO GOLD, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL USE THE LAWS AND, AND TURN IT INTO USE, UH, OR TURN IT INTO AN ORGANIC WASTE FACILITY.
UM, I, I THINK, UM, WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD HEAR IF WE HAVEN'T REALLY DEALT, UM, GONE INTO DEPTH WITH THAT, IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TIMELINE FOR DECOMMISSIONING IS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY OR ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
SO, UH, TONIGHT WE'RE OUT, WE'RE SEEKING, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THE APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING PERIOD WITH, UH, A BDC.
SO THERE'LL BE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND KIND OF WALK THROUGH THEIR WANTS, OUR WANTS, AND WE HOPEFULLY CAN REACH AGREEMENT, I WOULD THINK IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME, MAYBE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL IT SHOULDN'T BE LONGER THAN THAT.
UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UH, THEN THEY'LL START ON THEIR PROCESS.
THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR A NEW FACILITY, UH, IS GONNA BE QUITE A CHALLENGE.
UH, UH, SO THIS WILL BE SOMETHING PRETTY SIZABLE.
THERE ARE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIVE, UH, FACILITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT THERE ARE STILL HURDLES OPERATING IN THE A QMD BASIN.
BUT I THINK THEY'RE UP TO THE CHALLENGE.
THEY'VE GOT A GOOD TEAM TOGETHER.
THEY'VE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
THEY KNOW WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL START THE DECOMMISSIONING OF SURF, WHICH BASICALLY JUST GETS IT IN A STATE OF READINESS FOR DEMOLITION.
WE NEED TO REMOVE ALL THE HAZARDS THAT ARE THERE, DE-ENERGIZE THE SYSTEMS, REMOVE AS MUCH OF THE EXISTING MATERIAL THAT'S THERE, AND GET THAT ALL DISPOSED OF PROPERLY, AND THEN HAVE THE FACILITY READY FOR A DEMOLITION, UH, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR THOUGH, WE'LL PROBABLY COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, AND WE'LL PUT OUT AN RFP FOR THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR.
IT'LL BE SOMEBODY THAT'S EXPERIENCED IN DOING THIS.
THERE ARE NUMBERS OF THESE BEING SHUT DOWN AND DEMOLISHED, UH, ACROSS THE US AT TIMES.
SO WE'LL COME BACK FOR APPROVAL TO INITIATE AN RFP AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE MIGHT HAVE A A RESPONDENT TO THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT PIECE SECURED.
SO IN 18 MONTHS, YOU MAY NO LONGER GO DOWN TO THE, THE ONE 20 SOUTH PIER AVENUE AVENUE, UH, LOCATION AND SEE THE FACILITY STANDARD.
IT, IT MAY BE GONE, IT'LL BE A LAND AT THE EXPECTATION IS AT THE, AT THAT TIME, WE WOULD DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, MAKE SURE THE SITE IS COMPLETELY FREE OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM THE PREVIOUS OPERATIONS.
AND ONCE WE ACHIEVE THAT, WE THINK IT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO CONSIDER, UH, RESO DISSOLVING THE JPA, UH, IT WAS FORMED, THE LA COUNTY SAND DISTRICT AND THE CITY.
ALL LIABILITY OF BOTH PARTIES WOULD BE ABSOLVED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER WE WANNA DISCONTINUE THE JPA AT THAT TIME GOING FORWARD WITH BDC.
THEY, LIKE I SAY, THEY HAVE THEIR PROCESS IN PLACE.
THEIR THING, ONCE WE GET THE AGREEMENT, THEY ANTICIPATE BETWEEN 36 AND 48 MONTHS, I THINK, UNTIL THEY'RE OPERATIONAL.
UH, SO YOU, YOU CAN PLAY THAT OUT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT ONE OF THE ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, BUT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN GET IT DONE, UH, IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT ASKING FOR A LOAN, UH, FROM, FROM ERIC TO, TO KIND OF GET SOME OF THE SURF GOING, BUT I, I DON'T, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON ANY OF HIS ITEMS UP THERE.
IT WAS KIND OF DARK OVER IN THE AREA OF THE PORT.
SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THAT PATHWAY, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE ANTICIPATED TIMELINE AT THIS TIME.
SO, SO YOU, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING RELATED TO THE A QMD.
UM, AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO OR DO YOU FORESEE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO PROACTIVELY TO PROBABLY HEAD OFF, UM, POTENTIAL CHALLENGES? WHY WOULDN'T THIS MEET THE SAME, SAME, SAME CHALLENGES AS SURF? WELL, IT, IT, IT IS TECHNICALLY AN EMISSION FREE OPERATION, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR M FUGITIVE EMISSIONS AND THINGS OF THAT.
THOSE WILL ALL HAVE TO BE, UH, PLANS FOR MITIGATION.
AND YOU'LL HAVE TO GO IN THERE, OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGING PERMIT, HOW YOU RE YOU CHANGE THAT OVER TO WHERE THE OPERATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA GO TO ALL ARE STILL KIND OF UNKNOWNS THIS TIME.
BUT, UH, WE'LL TAKE UP ANY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANY SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL, UH, IF WE RUN INTO ANY, UH, ANY HURDLES ON THIS.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CARR? YES.
I WANT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE TO BE READY FOR TODAY.
UM, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN AUSTIN PUT IT PERFECTLY AND TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND, AND THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL, BUT I VISITED SURF AS A PARENT AND PTA MEMBER DOING GREEN TEAMWORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS WAY BACK IN 2011 OR 2012, AND REALLY GETTING THAT EDUCATION ON WHAT
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AN ASSET IT IS TO THE CITY.AND SO THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING IS THAT WE'RE GONNA EMIT MORE EMISSIONS TRYING TO GET RID OF OUR TRASH FROM TRUCKING IT TO STORING IT UNDERGROUND.
AND SO IT'S A TOUGH DAY AND YOU SUM UP THE HISTORY PERFECTLY.
AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN SORO AROUND THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, THE FUTURE.
WE KNOW OUR KIDS ON MANY CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK AND RESEARCH FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
SO WE'LL TAP INTO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
UM, BUT REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THE WORK THAT YOU DID ALLOWED US TO DO THESE THREE PRESENTATIONS AT ONE TIME AND CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK AS WE WORK ON DECOMMISSIONING, GET AN RFP IN PLACE AND, AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE FOR THAT 36 TO 48 MONTHS.
SO A TOUGH NIGHT, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT'S ALL THE COUNCIL SPEAKERS.
SO, UM, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, THANKS FOR REMINDING US ABOUT THE BOARD.
IT, IT FEELS LIKE, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS WORD ISN'T OUT THERE.
'CAUSE I, I, I THINK I'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR LIKE EIGHT YEARS.
I MIGHT EVEN BE THE CURRENT CHAIR, BUT I'LL FIND IT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN WE MEET, I THINK YOU ARE.
UM, BUT, UM, TO, TO A COUNCILMAN DUGGAN'S POINT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTEREST OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO IF IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS, I CAN REMEMBER A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING TWO OF THE MEETINGS AND IT WAS THE SAME GUY.
UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN IT, BUT THE IDEA THAT THIS WAS COMING TO AN END HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, I THINK AS LONG AS YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY.
AND I DO RECALL WHEN AROUND THE TIME YOU, YOU FIRST STARTED THAT WE HAD SOME MAJOR REPAIRS TO DO TO THE FACILITY JUST TO KEEP IT GOING.
UM, AND, BUT WE VOTED AS A BOARD TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF YOU HAD A MAJOR INFUSION OF CASH OR BONDS OR WHATNOT TO KEEP THIS THING GOING, YOU STILL HAVE MAJOR CHALLENGES IN OPERATING IT AS, AS IT STANDS NOW.
SO THERE WOULD BE, UH, ONGOING INVESTMENT IN, IN THAT IS MY GUESS IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, AND THE EPA AND BOTH, UH, EPA AND A QMD ARE LOOKING AT, UH, FURTHER REDUCING THE NOX EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY.
IT'S ALREADY 60% BELOW EPA STANDARDS, BUT THEY WANNA SEE THAT FURTHER.
SO THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS AN SCR UH, UH, EQUIPMENT.
THEY, THEY RUN FOR A FACILITY THAT SIZE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND $60 MILLION.
SO THAT, THAT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE THAT ISN'T CONTEMPLATED IN ANY OF THE NUMBERS AND THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
SO THE, IT'S JUST GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER WHEN YOU HAVE A, A STATIONARY EMISSION SOURCE TO TRY TO MEET SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND CHALLENGES OUT THERE WHEN THEY BELIEVE THAT A, YOU KNOW, A ZERO WASTE, UH, APPROACH IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
BUT IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A, A, A HUGE HURDLE FOR NOT ONLY THE STATE FOR, FOR, FOR THE NATION TO OVERCOME IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO MODEL THE ZERO WASTE.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT WAS THE PREMISE OF A B 1857 WAS A ZERO WASTE THING, WHICH, UH, IS, IS NOT EASILY ACHIEVABLE AND, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T EXIST TODAY.
I THINK SOME OF THIS COMPOSTING AND MULCHING THAT WE ALL WANT THE RESIDENTS TO DO IS, IS THAT'S IN THE SOLUTION FOR ZERO WASTE.
BUT TO THINK THAT EVERY RESIDENT IS GONNA DO THAT, THAT'S WHY ORGANIC SOLUTIONS, UH, SUCH AS THE ONE WE PROPOSE THIS EVENING, UH, UH, GO A LONG WAYS TOWARDS MEETING SOME OF THOSE.
SO COUNCIL, REMEMBER, I THINK YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD, WHICH IS THE UNKNOWN IS THE X FACTOR IS THE RISK.
LIKE WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IS WHAT WE KNOW.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ARE THE RISKS.
AND SO WE HAVE AT LEAST $60 MILLION WE'D HAVE TO INVEST IF WE WANNA KEEP THIS GOING FOR MANY YEARS.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NEW REQUIREMENTS ARE COMING AND NEW TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER THINGS THAT'LL FAIL.
SO THAT REALLY IS THE X FACTOR.
I THINK YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT VERY ADEPTLY.
YEAH, THAT WAS, UM, EXACTLY MY POINT I WANTED TO MAKE.
SO THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP AGAIN, BOB.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, SENATOR I, KIM FEY.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, MS. ROLAND AND MR. UH, IS IT HINKLEMAN? NO, HER.
AND YOU, UH, YOU AS HERB HERBON AND MR. HINKLEMAN BEHIND YOU, UH, ALTOGETHER YOUR TEAM CAME TOGETHER.
AM I CORRECT? THAT WAS THE TEAM.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE WHEN YOU GUYS SAY THE WRONG THINGS, I CAN KNOW WHAT THE NAMES ARE CONNECTED TO, BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOOD.
MR. HINKLEMAN, HICKMAN HICKMAN.
UM, YOU SAID IT WAS $95, UH, PER TON.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO L-A-C-S-D,
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UH, THAT'S FOR SOLID WASTE.UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE AB UH, THIS IS WITH RESPECT TO GREEN WASTE.
SO IF YOU, BY THE TIMELINE THAT MR. BOB HERE GAVE US, UH, DEFINITELY GONNA BE PAST 2028.
YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, OUR, THE, OUR LOCAL, THE COASTAL COMMISSION, THE, WHAT'S THE AIR QUALITY PEOPLE? IT'S GONNA BE 2032 PROBABLY.
UM, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT CO SOMEWHAT OF SIX TO $8 MILLION, UH, A YEAR COMING OUT OF THIS.
UH, IN TERMS OF ADDED COSTS AND AS MR. UH, MOCA HAS BEEN MAKING US AWARE WITH THE COMMUNITY BUDGET, UH, 2028, WE MIGHT HAVE A SHORTFALL AS BIG AS $71 MILLION.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING 6 MILLION TIMES THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, NINE YEARS YOU DO THE MATH.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BDC.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ONE FOR US.
I'M GLAD THAT THE MAYOR REALLY HONED IN ON, UH, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT CAN, WHAT'S THE ISSUE? WHAT CAN BE DONE? UH, I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT CONVENING AND CONVENING ALL THE PARTNERS, UH, MAYBE NOT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, BUT IN THIS CASE IT COULD BE ABOUT, UH, SENDING, UH, OUR GOOD FRIEND TYLER HERE TO SACRAMENTO AND TELLING MS. GARCIA AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE NEED THIS LITTLE EXTENSION OF THE DECOMMISSION.
AND THEN, UH, JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR THE DEAL TO GET SECURED WITH BDC SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THESE ADDED COSTS OF, UH, FOUR TO $5 MILLION A YEAR.
THAT'S CONSERVATIVELY IS PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE, BUT HOPEFULLY WITH OUR REASONABLE PARTNERS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR STATE PARTNERS, WE CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, NOT PUSH TO KEEP SURF OPEN, BUT THE DECOMMISSIONING PERIOD BE PUSHED A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S A FEASIBLE SOLUTION THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE OPEN TO BECAUSE, UH, OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER DIABLO CANYON TYPE OF SITUATION HERE.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON THE FIRST ON ITEM 33.
MOTION IS CARRIED FOR ITEM 33.
AND SECOND, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ IT ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE READ 30, 34 AND 41.
ITEM 34 IS A REPORT FROM ENERGY RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND EXECUTE AN EXCLUSIVE NEGO NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH BIOENERGY DEVCO FOR AN ORGANIC WASTE RECEIVING AND PROCESSING FACILITY ON THE SURF SITE.
LOCATED AT 1 2 0 PRS AVENUE, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER CITYWIDE.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MOTION IS CARRIED AND 41, LET'S READ IT.
AND MOTION AND SECOND REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL AGGREGATE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 24 MILLION FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS CITYWIDE.
OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM 37, REPORT FROM HUMAN RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT TO THE 2023.
2026 MOU WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS CITYWIDE.
OKAY, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO IBW 47.
UH, WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO, UH, HAVE NEGOTIATED A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, UH, THAT, UH, RECOGNIZES THE DIGNITY OF THEIR WORK.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? VICE MAYOR
AND I SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE COUNCILWOMAN RICK SODI.
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REPORT FROM HUMAN RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2023 TO 2026 MOU WITH THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 7 2 1 CITYWIDE.WELL, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE, UH, NEGOTIATED A, A CONTRACT, UH, HISTORIC CONTRACT WITH OUR REFUSE, UH, WORKERS HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT RECOGNIZES THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY, UM, AND, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, ENHANCES THEIR ABILITY TO, TO, TO, UH, MAKE A LIVING WAGE HERE IN OUR CITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEIR WORK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND TO SEIU 7 2 1.
UM, AND, AND, UH, EVERYONE, ALL THE BARGAINING TEAM MEMBERS, UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.
SECONDED, I SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
35 REPORT FROM ENERGY RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE LONG BEACH UNIT ANNUAL PLAN.
JULY 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2025 CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A STAFF REPORT.
UH, JUST SO WE, WE WE'RE CLEAR THERE'S A, THIS ISN'T THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS THE ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE PLAN.
WE ALREADY APPROVED A YEAR AGO.
UH, SO LET'S HAVE A BRIEF STAFF REPORT HERE.
UH, TONIGHT'S STAFF REPORT WILL BE GIVEN BY, UH, SCOTT BEDI, THE OIL OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER.
HELLO, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, SEEKS APPROVAL FOR ADOPTION OF THE LONG BEACH UNIT ANNUAL PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING STATE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025.
APPROVAL OF THE PLAN IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FIVE, CHAPTER 1 38 OF THE STATUTES OF 1964.
FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION AND BY LAW MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION AT LEAST A HUNDRED DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE'S FISCAL YEAR 25, WHICH BEGINS ON JULY 1ST, 2024, MAKING THE DEADLINE MARCH 23RD, 2024.
THIS YEAR'S PLAN WAS DEVELOPED TO ENSURE ITS ALIGNMENT WITH THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 24 TO 28 PROGRAM PLAN THAT WAS EXTENSIVELY REVIEWED AND ADOPTED BY BOTH COUNCIL AND THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION LAST YEAR.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND YEAR OR YEAR TWO CURRENTLY CONTAINED IN THE PROGRAM PLAN AND PROVIDES A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES NECESSARY FOR ACHIEVING THE PROGRAM PLANS OBJECTIVES.
THE ANNUAL PLAN IS PROPOSED IS THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE UNIT FOR THE UPCOMING STATE FISCAL YEAR, AND CONTAINS FIVE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST TWO ARE DEVELOPMENT, DRILLING, AND OPERATING EXPENSE.
THE THIRD CATEGORY IS FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND PLANT.
THE FOURTH IS UNIT FIELD, LABOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE.
THE FINAL CATEGORY IS TAXES, PERMITS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.
PREPARATION OF THIS YEAR'S PLAN IS A JOINT EFFORT BY THE STAFFS OF THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WHO IS THE UNIT OPERATOR? CALIFORNIA RESOURCES, LONG BEACH INCORPORATED, WHO'S THE FIELD CONTRACTOR AND THUMBS LONG BEACH COMP, UH, COMPANY.
THE AGENT FOR THE FIELD CONTRACTOR.
THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION HAS ALREADY CONDUCTED A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 ANNUAL PLAN, PRESENTED THIS EVENING AND FOUND IT TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAM PLAN.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE TOTAL BUDGET EXPENDITURES OF $303.8 MILLION IN THE PLAN IS 3.9% LOWER THAN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET OF 316 MILLION SET FORTH IN THE PROGRAM PLAN.
THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO REDUCED OPERATING EXPENSES.
OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION VOLUMES ARE PREDICTED TO AVERAGE 14.2 UM, THOUSAND BARRELS PER DAY AND 6.7 MILLION STANDARD CUBIC FEET PER DAY, RESPECTIVELY.
PROJECTED NET PROFIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IS PROJECTED TO BE $40.3 MILLION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT THIS EVENING, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, ANYTHING? JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING.
UM, I KNOW HOW MANY OF WELLS WILL ACTUALLY BE ABANDONED IN THIS PLAN.
WE'VE GOT AN ONGOING ABANDONMENT PLAN.
WE THINK WE'RE GONNA ABANDON 20 TO 30 WELLS THIS YEAR, BUT IT COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT, UH, IF FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.
I, I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO, TO, UM, GO ON RECORD THAT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT QUANTIFIED, UM, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW? NO.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ANNUAL UPDATE.
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PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
NOW, 36 REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH GENERAL SECURITY SERVICES MADE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2.69 AND 2.85 OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND IN RESPONSE TO THE PROCLAIMED EMERGENCIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH GENERAL SECURITY SERVICES FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 7.8 MILLION AND EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT TO AUGUST 21ST, 2024 CITYWIDE.
MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE COUNCILWOMAN SORROW.
PLEASE REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONTRACTS TO MULTIPLE COMPANIES FOR AS NEEDED, ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN CONSULTING SERVICES.
AND A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 60 MILLION FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACTS CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, WELL WE NEED THESE CONSULTANTS TO DO A LOT OF THAT GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE WORK WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
UH, I SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS PLEA WAIT, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
UH, NEXT IS 42 REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY.
RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE RELATING TO REGULATIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ESTABLISHED ADVISORY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING.
ALRIGHT, THIS, UH, THIS IS RESPONSE TO THE MOTION THAT WE MADE BACK IN DECEMBER TO HELP MAKE OUR, OUR, OUR COMMISSIONS MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE.
UH, SO IT'S GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND NOW IT'S HERE FOR CONSIDERATION.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
43 REPORT FROM HUMAN RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION AMENDING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CONTRACT WITH THE CALPERS TO INCLUDE A MANDATORY EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION OF 3% OF COMPENSATION HONORABLE TOWARDS THE CITY'S REQUIRED EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO CALPERS, APPLICABLE TO THE LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION.
CLASSIC PUBLIC SAFETY CALPERS MEMBERS AND DECLARE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH CALPERS TO PROVIDE THE MANDATORY EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION OF 3% OF COMPENSATION EARN TOWARDS THE CITY'S REQUIRED EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO CALPERS.
READ THE FIRST TIME AND LATER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING.
ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
44 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILMAN AUSTIN.
RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND GROUP IN THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT BY 500, OFFSET BY THE EIGHTH COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE-TIME FUNDS TO PROVIDE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL COLLEGE RESOURCES FOUNDATION.
MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ALRIGHT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO.
UH, I SEE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP, BUT I DO NOT SEE HIM HERE, SO I'LL CALL THE NAME RAY LAWSON.
ALRIGHT, WELL NOW MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS IN ADJOURNMENT.
UH, WE HAVE A, A COUPLE, UH, ADJOURNMENTS, UM, HERE.
SO, UH, FIRST IS A MEMORY OF CLETUS ANDERSON.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO COUNCILMAN AUSTIN.
UM, IN, UH, HONOR OF, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE, UM, RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THOSE TRAILBLAZERS WHO, UM, WHO, UH, ARE NO LONGER WITH US.
AND, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WE, WE HONOR AND CLOSE IN THE HONOR OF, UH, CLETUS ANDERSON, WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF VIP RECORDS.
UM, HE, UM, SORRY, MR. ANDERSON, UM, PASSED AWAY, UH, AT THE AGE OF, UH, 82 ON JANUARY 28TH.
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RECOGNIZED RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST, BACK IN 2017 BY MAYOR ROBERT GARCIA AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DE ANDREWS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY.UH, HE'S PLAYED A PIVOTAL WHAT ROLE IN WEST COAST RAP, UM, WITH ARTISTS LIKE SNOOP DOGG AND WARREN G RECORDING THEIR EARLY MUSIC AT VIP RECORDS AND MANY OTHER ARTISTS.
UM, HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A FATHER, FATHER FIGURE, NOT ONLY TO HIS FAMILY, BUT TO MANY OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HIS INFLUENCE EXTENDED BEYOND MUSIC.
HE CHANGED THE OPERATIONS OF RECORD STORES AND HELPED NUMEROUS PEOPLE ENTER THE RECORDING BUSINESS.
UM, AND VIP RECORDS BECAME A HUB FOR MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS, CELEBRITIES, AND UP AND COMING ARTISTS UNDER, UM, MR. ANDERSON'S GUIDANCE, HE'LL BE SORELY MISSED.
I'LL JUST, UH, ADD MY CONDOLENCES AS WELL TO THE, TO THE FAMILY.
UH, MR. ANDERSON, UH, IS RECOGNIZED AS PUTTING LONG BEACH ON THE MAP, AND MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW.
UH, HE'S CREDITED FOR PRODUCING THE FIRST EVER RAP RECORD RECORDED ON THE WEST COAST RECORDING ICE TEE'S FIRST SINGLE.
UH, AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT, UH, HIS WORK IN LAUNCHING THE CAREERS OF SNOOP DOGG AND NATE DOGG AND WARREN G.
UH, SO, UH, HE WILL CERTAINLY BE, UH, MISSED AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS.
UM, NEXT I WANT TO, UH, TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SORROW, UH, FOR RECOGNITION OF CARL WEATHERS.
YEAH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY CONDOLENCE TO THE ANDERSON FAMILY.
UM, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CARL WITHERS.
CARL WITHERS WAS BORN ON JANUARY FOURTEEN, NINETEEN, NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT AND PASSED ON, UH, FEBRUARY 1ST.
HE WAS A FORMER NFL RAIDER LINEBACKER, AN EMMY NOMINATED ACTOR, AND AN ALUMNI OF LONG BEACH POLY AS WELL AS LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S TRULY INSPIRING TO SEE A FORMER DISTRICT SIX POLY GRADUATE AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENT ATHLETE TO BE SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL AND INSPIRING HUMAN BEING WHO LIVED AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
YOU KNOW, I GREW UP WATCHING HIM, UH, AS APOLLO CREED AND ROCKY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES, AND EARNED AN EMMY NOMINATION FOR HIS ROLE AS GRIEF GARGA IN THE MANDALORIAN
THROUGH HIS CONTRIBUTION TO FILM, TELEVISION AND SPORTS, HE HAS LEFT AN INDEL LAMO MARK AND HIS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATION IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT AND BEYOND.
AND MY DE CON DEEPEST CONDOLENCE GOES OUT TO THE ENTIRE WITHERS FAMILY IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
AND I'LL ALSO JUST, UM, UH, EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE LOVED ONES OF, OF CARL WITHERS.
UH, HE'S DEFINITELY SHOWS WHAT A KID FROM LONG BEACH CAN DO WHEN THEY REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
UH, NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SODI.
I ALSO WANNA THANK MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THOSE ADJOURNMENTS AND ALSO WANNA SHARE MY CONDOLENCES WITH THOSE FAMILIES.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO THE, UM, STAR, STAR KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.
THAT IS TOMORROW WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH.
SEVENTH FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM IT WILL BE HELD AT 200 EAST 68TH STREET.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY OUT TO THE NAM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, UM, FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM AND THEY WILL BE MEETING AT 42 30 ARTESIA BOULEVARD.
UM, AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS SATURDAY I WILL BE HOSTING MY FIRST DATE OF THE DISTRICT ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
IT WILL BE AT THE DORIS TOPSY ELVER COMMUNITY CENTER AT 63 0 1 MYRTLE AVENUE, UM, FROM 10 TO 12:00 PM WE'LL, TALKING ABOUT SOME REALLY FANTASTIC THINGS THAT ARE BECOMING TO THE NINTH DISTRICT.
SO PLEASE JOIN US IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN EMAIL MY OFFICE AT DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UH, AND AFTER YOU'RE FINISHED WITH COUNCILMAN RICKS OIE STATE OF THE DISTRICT, I'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO CONTINUE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH YEAR AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE FOR THEIR FREE EVENT, PUBLIC HISTORY, PRIVATE MEMORY, THE LEGACY OF ELLEN AND WILLIAM KRAFT.
A DISCUSSION OF HISTORY THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE VIEWPOINT OF AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN, AS WELL AS DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILY PARKING, ADMISSION AND ADMISSION ARE BOTH FREE.
AND THE EVENT BEGINS AT 2:00 PM IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET OUT ONCE THE WEATHER CLEARS UP, I INVITE YOU TO SHOP SMALL AND SUPPORT LOCAL VENDORS THIS WEEKEND AT ONE OF THREE POPUP MARKETS IN 3D FIVE THIS SATURDAY THE 10TH FROM 10 TO TWO, THE FIRST EVER NORSE VILLAGE MARKET AT 4 1 4 5 NORTHWAY FROM 11 TO THREE.
THERE'S PARKVIEW VILLAGE'S SECOND SATURDAY BLOCK PARTY AT 5 4 2 3 EAST VILLAGE ROAD.
AND FROM 12 TO FIVE THERE'S A VALENTINE'S MAKER'S MARKET AT THE LONG BEACH EXCHANGE.
SO COME ON OUT AND GET YOUR VALENTINE'S SHOPPING DONE HERE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
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RIGHT.UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.