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I'LL CALL THE TRANSACTION AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER FOR MARCH 20TH, 2024.
AND CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
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THE ROLE MEMBER CRUZ.WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS
[1. 24-52583 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee meeting of Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF ONE STATE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023.CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM MOVED BY VICE CHAIR ROSS? SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER.
AMY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE.
AND ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AND I'LL DEFER TO MEMBER CRUZ TO BEGIN WITH.
I NEED, DO I DO NEED TO DO A REQUEST ON THIS TO SPEAK? NO, THAT'S OKAY.
WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT INFORMALLY.
UH, REAL QUICK, UM, THIS, THIS IS A QUESTION OF CLARITY AND I, UH, ABOUT THE MINUTES, 'CAUSE I, I DID GO THROUGH THE MINUTES AND I UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES DO MINUTES.
I'VE WORKED FOR CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CITY OF CULVER CITY, UM, LONG BEACH TRANSIT HERE.
UH, BUT ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE ON OUR MINUTES
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REFLECTED IS ANY REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE COMMISSIONERS.AND SO I KNOW SPECIFICALLY I MADE SOME REQUESTS AND I DO SEE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE REQUESTS AND SOME OF THE REPORTS ARE HERE, BUT WITHIN THE MINUTES, THEY DON'T REFLECT THAT WE REQUESTED A COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE SPECIFIC REQUEST WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER REQUEST THAT WE MADE THAT WASN'T RESPONDED TO.
UM, SO HOW DO THE MINUTES REFLECT ANY COMMISSIONER REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GETTING FOLLOW THROUGH AND THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME OLD CONVERSATION? GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMITTEE I, VANESSA IBARRA, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
BEFORE I PROVIDE KIND OF JUST A GENERAL, UH, RESPONSE ABOUT THE MINUTES AND REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ROBERTS, UH, RULES OF ORDER.
I WANNA GIVE THE CITY CLERK KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, UH, IF THERE'S ANY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UH, THAT WERE, THAT ARE FOLLOWED WHEN WE DOCUMENT THE DETAILS OF THE MINUTES FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
SO I'LL, I'LL LET HER, UH, PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AND THEN IF I NEED TO, THEN I'LL PROVIDE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, INFORMATION ON OUR END.
I BELIEVE IF IT'S NOT PROPOSED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, THE ORIGINAL MOTION, THEN I WOULDN'T CAPTURE IT ON MY END AS AN AMENDED MOTION JUST PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
SO I BELIEVE THERE WASN'T, UM, I GUESS A CALL FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION OR AN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
UM, BUT IF YOU DID WANT TO EDIT THESE MINUTES BEFORE WE APPROVE THEM, WE CAN MAKE THOSE, UH, CORRECTIONS PRIOR TO APPROVING THEM.
WE CAN, UH, BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING OR WE CAN APPROVE THEM AMENDED WITH THE CORRECTIONS THAT YOU ARE SEEKING.
AND I GUESS I'LL JUST ADD THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IN OUR OFFICE'S POSITION IN REVIEWING THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS IS THAT THE MINUTES THAT WE'RE, UH, PROVIDED FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PRACTICE THAT THE CITY FOLLOWS, WHICH IS THAT THE MINUTES ONLY REFLECT FORMAL ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CITY CLERK, UH, PROVIDED, WHERE WE HAVE A MOTION AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SECOND, YOU KNOW, THE MOTION, UH, REFLECTING THE MOTION.
AND THE SECOND, UH, BUT THEN OUTSIDE DISCUSSIONS THAT AREN'T RELATED TO THOSE OFFICIAL ITEMS OF THE AGENDA ARE NOT, UH, REQUIRED TO BE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES.
SO IF WE SAY, I'M REQUESTING BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, AND STAFF SAYS, YES, WE WILL GET THAT BACK.
GRANTED IT IS NOT IN REGARDS TO THAT MOTION, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
IS IT BETTER FOR US TO WAIT TO THE END OF THE MEETING AND SAYING, OKAY, WE HAD THOSE THREE REQUESTS, PLEASE RECORD THEM.
BECAUSE AGAIN, I I, I THINK WHAT I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING TOLD IS THAT WHEN I GET THE MINUTES, I NEED TO GO BACK IN AND LOOK AT MY NOTES AND THEN GO EDIT AND SAY, OKAY, CAN YOU PLEASE INCLUDE THE REQUEST THAT I MADE? OR THE REQUEST THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER, SO-AND-SO MADE INSTEAD OF, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY SPECIFIC, I REQUEST THAT CAN THE STAFF LOOK INTO A WAY OF IMPROVING THE TOOLS ON MEASURE A FOR THE OUTSIDERS? AND, AND THERE'S NOTHING REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES AND THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM ON THAT ITEM.
SO I, I KNOW, UM, THAT NADER WANTS TO ALSO PROVIDE A RESPONSE ON SOME OF THAT DIRECTION, BUT I GUESS I'LL JUST PROVIDE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE BROWN ACT AND THE AGENDA AND THE WAY THAT THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTS BUSINESS.
SO THESE ARE JUST, UH, SOME GENERAL INFORMATION, WHICH I THINK WILL HELP CLARIFY, UH, THIS RESPONSE.
NOW COMING FROM THAT LAST MEETING TO THIS FIRST MEETING.
SO THE COMMITTEE, THE ACTION AND THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE HAS TO BE AGENDIZED UNDER THE BROWN ACT.
SO THE DIRECTION THAT YOU PROVIDE, ONE HAS TO BE WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT THEN ALSO IT HAS TO BE REFLECTED WITHIN THE AGENDA SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND COMMENT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THE COMMITTEE CANNOT TAKE ACTIONS THAT ARE NOT AGENDIZED ITEMS. SO DIRECTION THAT YOU PROVIDE, WE ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE AS A DISCUSSION WITH STAFF SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF AND THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO THEN HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH STAFF.
UH, BUT IN ORDER TO GIVE DIRECTION, IT HAS TO BE AN AGENDIZED ITEM.
THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND AND THE COMMITTEE AGREES TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NADER.
'CAUSE I THINK HE ALSO HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE.
UH, THANK YOU VANESSA, AND THANK YOU CLERK.
UH, TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS, WE DO HEAR YOU.
AND I DID WANT TO ADD, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE
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A FEW UPDATES TODAY THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING.WHICH ONE I SEE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE AN ITD RECAP AS REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
ALSO, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WILL HAVE SOME PREVIEWS OF ADDITIONAL TOOLS THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING TO TRY TO GET DEEPER DATA INTO MEASURE A PROJECTS AND ALLOCATIONS.
SO I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EARLY PREVIEW ON THAT, JUST AS A HEADS UP THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHTS TO YOUR COMMENTS FROM LAST MEETING.
UM, IT, IT, YOUR EXPLANATION CERTAINLY HELP.
I, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING WOULD IT BE, UM, FEASIBLE TO, IF THE DISCUSSION WARRANTS, UM, SOME IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE WITH STAFF TO SEE IT ON OUR NEXT AGENDA AS AN ITEM A A AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN, IN OUR REQUEST? YEAH.
THE, THE RESPONSE IS YES, RIGHT.
ITEMS THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.
THOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE AGENDIZED IF IT IS THAT YOU WANNA PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
UH, SO YES, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE'S AUTHORITY IS DICTATED BY THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS, UH, CHOOSING TO DISCUSS IS WITHIN THAT AUTHORITY OF, OF THE COMMITTEE.
UH, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, RIGHT? AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH STAFF, THE IDEAS, UM, OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONFIRMING WHAT IS THE PROPER APPROACH TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA, WHETHER IT IS WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO KEN, I'D LIKE HER IDEA OF SAYING THAT IF WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH AN INTENT TO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK IN AND LISTEN TO THE RECORDING OF THIS MEETING AND RECORD WRITE DOWN THOSE ITEMS OF WHICH I BELIEVE WERE REQUESTS, AND THEN HAVE A CONVERSATION ON HOW CAN THEY BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IN THE FUTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A NEW BUSINESS SECTION OR AN AREA WHERE WE CAN ADD THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND PROCEDURALLY HOW THE CITY, WHAT HOOP I HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THE THOUGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND I HEAR YOU VERY LOUD AND CLEAR.
THE, THE, THE INTENT OF THIS COMMISSION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS TO ENSURE THAT MEASURE A, UH, IS BEING SPENT THE WAY THAT THE CITY, UH, SAID IT WAS GONNA BE SPENT.
AND SO THE ONLY AUTHORITY WE HAVE IS TO REVIEW THOSE EXPENDITURES AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE THOROUGH AND EASILY DIGESTIBLE BY THE PUBLIC AND OURSELVES.
AND SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT.
AND TO THIS DATE, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN, THIS IS MY THIRD MEETING, I'M STILL SOMEWHAT CONFUSED AND DON'T SEE THE SUMMARIES.
AND I'VE GONE ONLINE AND I CAN SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND IF I KNOW HOW TO FIND IT, I CAN FIND IT.
BUT FOR GENERAL JOE BLOW, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET THAT AGENDIZED SOMEHOW BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO GET SOME ACTION WHERE WE CAN START SEEING SOME RESULTS, I JUST WANNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT IT DOWN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A TRUE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
SO CAN, CAN WE AMEND OR ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH AN INTENT FOR AN AMENDMENT? I GUESS YOUR SECOND OPTION THAT YOU LAID THAT WE CAN ADD SOMETHING LATER AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR AMENDING THE MINUTES? OR HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE TO SPECIFY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT CORRECTED AND THEN WE CAN, UM, MAKE THE CORRECTIONS AND THEN ADD THEM TO THE NEXT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
CAN'T WE NOT JUST AMEND THEM RIGHT NOW? YEAH, YOU CAN SPECIFY SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND ON THE MINUTES AND THEN I CAN MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT, UM, MEETING FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THESE MINUTES FROM THIS MEETING, I WANNA GO BACK AND HEAR THE RECORDING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DOCUMENT APPROPRIATELY WHAT I SPEC WHAT WE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE DI WENT BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, AND THEN IN THE END, I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED IT.
MM-HMM,
I WANNA PUT THAT, AND THEN THE CHAIR SUMMARIZED OUR REQUEST AND STAFF AGREED TO DO THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE, UM, UH, UH, ADOPTING THESE MINUTES OR APPROVING THEM BECAUSE I THINK I RECALL THE, THE THREE ITEMS. SO DO YOU, I I DON'T RECALL.
I MEAN, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE YOUR ITEMS, BUT I THINK I RECALL THEM.
UM, THE FIRST WAS FROM INCEPTION TO DATE, UM, A SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.
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SAME THING, BUT DONE BY CATEGORY, INCLUDING, UM, AN AN ADDITIONAL DIMENSION ON EACH CATEGORY THAT IDENTIFIES, UM, WHETHER THAT ITEM IS COMPLETED, WHETHER IT'S ONGOING AND IF IT IS ONGOING, WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE.AND THEN THE THIRD WAS, UM, THIS ONE IS MORE GENERAL.
IT'S TO YOUR LAST POINT, IT WAS IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC ON THESE ITEMS. UM, THE WEBSITE, UM, THE, THE ANNUAL REPORT, UH, PERHAPS THE REPORTING HERE, JUST BEING PERHAPS MORE, UM, I THINK YOU'VE ALL BEEN TRANSPARENT, BUT PERHAPS BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, EL ELEMENTARY IN THE, THE REPORTING OUT OF, OF THE PROGRESS SO THAT IT'S DIGESTIBLE BY THE PUBLIC.
THOSE WERE THE THREE I THAT I REMEMBER.
YEAH, AND I THINK ON THAT THIRD WE SAID, AND TO EXPLORE WAYS OF DOING THAT, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY LOOKING FOR A CONSULTANT THAT COULD DO IT.
SO I, I WANT TO JUST INTERJECT, RIGHT, BECAUSE I, I WANT TO, UM, THINK ABOUT THE MINUTES, RIGHT? THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO APPROVE, UH, OR NOT APPROVE THEM TODAY.
AND THEY CAN BE BROUGHT BACK, UH, IF THE COMMITTEE MEMBER WANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM AND, UH, INPUT THO THAT COMMENTARY.
BUT I, I NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT IT WILL NOT BE TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT I, UH, HAVE ALREADY, UH, EXPLAINED IS THAT WE CAN ONLY PROVIDE, UH, DIRECTION RIGHT THROUGH THE MOTION PROCESS AND ITEMS THAT ARE AGENDA.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE A SUMMARY OF THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH AT THIS POINT ISN'T CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY THAT WE TAKE MINUTES, BUT IF THE COMMITTEE INSISTS THAT THEY'D LIKE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK OR THE COMMITTEE MEMBER WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND PERHAPS, UH, UH, INSERT INFORMATION FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE MINUTES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK THAT MAY BE THE BETTER APPROACH, UH, THAN HERE ON THE FLOOR, UM, PROVIDING THE SUMMARY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE REFLECTIVE OF THE, OF WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS OR WHAT THE COMMENTARY WAS.
I THINK, I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
I AND, UH, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE READ THOSE MATERIALS, WE'VE TAKEN THE OATH, UM, NO ONE'S INSISTING ON DIRECTING ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING.
I THINK ROLANDO JUST WANTS TO KNOW THAT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HE'S MENTIONED, I THINK AT TWO MEETINGS NOW ARE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES.
AND THANK YOU CHAIR AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, AND I REALLY HOPE THIS DOES BECOME HELPFUL TO THE COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE MEETING THAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE, UH, AGENDA PACKAGE AND THE FOLDER SOME CHANGES TO THIS MEETING OF HOW WE'RE REPORTING CERTAIN THINGS.
SO PUBLIC WORKS DID FOLLOW AND LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED AND HOPE YOU, HOPEFULLY YOU FIND THIS AMENDED CHANGE TYPE OF STRUCTURE A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL TO SEE HOW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT PHASE THEY ARE BY, UM, PHASE, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL, THE, UM, UM, ADDED ITEMS TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND THEN THE ELEVATE 28.
ALSO WE UNDERSTOOD THE ELEVATE 28 IS A LARGE PLAN AND THERE'S MANY PROJECTS IN THERE, SO WE TRY TO ISOLATE THE ATTACHMENT STRICTLY TO MEASURE A FUNDED PROJECTS.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE MEETING THERE IS SOME HELPFUL RESOURCES THAT KIND OF GET US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND SATISFY CERTAIN, UM, REQUESTS MADE CERTAINLY EVERYONE UNCOMFORTABLE.
SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, ARE WE LAYING OVER THE MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TILL THE NEXT MEETING? UM, WE ARE RE SENDING THE, WELL I DON'T KNOW IF WE RESCIND THE MOTION IN THE SECOND 'CAUSE WE STILL NEED IT REGARDLESS.
RIGHT? ARE IS THE, IS THE ITEM CHANGED TO NOT APPROVING THE MINUTES OR ARE WE JUST TABLING THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE WE CAN DO A LAY, LAY OVER THE ITEM TO BE APPROVED FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF CITY ATTORNEY HAS A DIFFERENT NO, THAT WORKS.
YEAH, SO WE CAN AMEND THE MOTION TO LAY OVER THIS ITEM TILL THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE IN AUGUST.
AND DOES THAT THE FIRST AND SECONDARY APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT? YES.
THE UH, VICE CHAIR, ROSS AND BING MEMBER AMY? YES.
OKAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE TO LAY OVER THE ITEM.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE OPEN THE VOTE? I THINK JUST MY LAST THING IS, IF APPROPRIATE, I'M HAPPY TO, UM, WRITE OUT WHAT I JUST SUMMARIZED, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS PRETTY ACCURATE IN REFLECTING ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU ALL, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HELP STAFF WITH THAT BEFORE THE MINUTES COME BACK.
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ALRIGHT, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? CAN YOU, DO YOU SEE THE VOTE ON YOUR TABLET? WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE A VOTE TO LAY OVER THE ITEM.SORRY, I WAS ALREADY OVER THAT ITEM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU SEE IT ON YOUR TABLET.
THE ITEM SAYS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA RECOMMENDATION TO, LET ME GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THAT ON YOUR END.
DO YOU SEE IT ON YOUR TABLETS NOW? IT'S, OH, ACTIVE MOTION LAID OVER.
MOTION CARRIES TO LAY OVER THE ITEM.
[2. 24-52584 Recommendation to receive and file a report on the Activities of the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens’ Advisory Committee in calendar year 2023. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023.CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM MOVED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER AMY AND SECONDED BY COM.
UM, COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR ROSS IS THERE A STAFF REPORT FOR THIS PRESENTATION? CHAIR NEMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE EVERY YEAR IN ACTIVITIES REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO THE TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE MEETINGS AND TOPICS HELD IN THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR.
THE REPORT ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM SUMMARIZES THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 MEETINGS IF APPROVED.
THE REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS REQUIRED BY THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE COMMITTEE CONVENED TWO TIMES IN 2023 TO REVIEW REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, PROPOSED SPENDING PLANS AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE USES OF MEASURE A FUNDING TO DATE.
THE COMMITTEE HAS FOUND ALL BUDGETED USES AND ACTUAL SPENDING OF MEASURE A FUNDING TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHING RESOLUTIONS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS? I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I THINK WE CAN CALL FOR A VOTE.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM NUMBER
[3. 24-52585 Recommendation to receive and file an update on Fiscal Year 2023 Measure A expenditures and revenues. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON FISCAL YEAR 2023.MEASURE A EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AND CAN WE GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM PLEASE MOVE BY.
SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER AMY.
AND IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? YES, CHAIR.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FY 23 PERFORMANCE OF MEASURE A, WHICH ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
THE FY 23 BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED DURING THE SPRING SUMMER OF F OF 2022.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS PROJECTED THAT MEASURE A WOULD CONTINUE TO RECOVER AND MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
MEASURE A REVENUES ENDED THE YEAR AT 68.8 MILLION, ABOUT 1.4 MILLION MORE THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET OR ABOUT 2%.
HOWEVER, THE 68.8 MILLION WAS JUST ABOUT 3 MILLION LESS THAN THE FY 23 MID-YEAR PROJECTION THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU IN AUGUST.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN CATEGORIES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS.
MEASURE A REVENUES WAS SUBJECT TO PERFORMANCE LOSS IN AREAS SUCH AS FUEL AND SERVICE STATIONS, AUTO AUTOS AND TRANSPORTATIONS, AND ONE TIME USE TAX GENERATED FROM DEVELOPMENT.
OVERALL, THE MEASURE A PROGRAM AND DID FY 23 WITH A SURPLUS OF ABOUT 522,000 IN CONSIDERATION OF THE REVENUE TRENDS, THE FY 23 SURPLUS WAS NOT PROGRAMMED, BUT INSTEAD WE WILL SUPPORT FUND BALANCE TO ACCUMULATE FOR POSSIBLE UNFORESEEN FUTURE NEEDS.
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THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF FY 23 MEASURE A SOURCES AND USES TO GIVE YOU A BIG PICTURE OF HOW WE GOT TO THAT SURPLUS.IN ADDITION TO THE 68.8 MILLION ACTUAL TAX REVENUE GENERATED IN THE YEAR, THERE WERE A FEW OTHER SOURCES WHICH INCLUDED A PLANNED RELEASE OF 17.7 MILLION FROM CASH SET ASIDE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
THE USE OF 7.5 MILLION FROM FY 22 OPERATING SURPLUS APPROVED AS PART OF THE FY 23 BUDGET.
A 137,000 RELEASE OF RESERVES FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ONE-TIME PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FULLY EXPENDED IN FY 22 AND CARRIED OVER TO FY 23.
AND LASTLY, A 9.8 MILLION RELEASE OF FY 22 SURPLUS THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS IN FY 23.
IN TERMS OF USES, THE EXPENDITURES TOTALED 92.5 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF MID-YEAR BUDGET ACTIONS IN FY 23 MEASURE A ALSO RECOGNIZED NOTABLE SAVINGS FROM PLANNED ALLOCATIONS APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET BUT NOT SPENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH I'LL HIGHLIGHT LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
A TOTAL OF 7.5 MILLION WAS RELEASED INTO FY 23 TO FULLY FUND THE ADOPTED BUDGET, OR I'M SORRY, A TOTAL OF 7.5 MILLION WAS RESERVED IN FY 23 TO FULLY FUND THE ADOPTED FY 24 BUDGET PLAN.
THE MEASURE B RESERVATION SLIGHTLY INCREASED TO 68.8 K THOUSAND, WHICH WAS IN THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE INCREASE OF MEASURE A REVENUE.
AND LASTLY, 2.87 MILLION IS BEING SET ASIDE FOR FY 23 NON CIP ONETIME PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED BUT NOT FULLY EXPENDED IN FY 23 AND WERE CARRIED OVER TO FY 24 AGAIN, ALL THESE ADJUSTMENTS AND USES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF INTENT AND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THIS COMMITTEE.
THE NET IMPACT OF SOURCES AND USES RESULTED TO THE 200 522,000 SURPLUS IN FY 23.
NOW TO GIVE A LITTLE DETAIL ON THE LINE ITEM USES IN FY 23, A TOTAL OF 42 MILLION WAS BUDGETED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT SERVICE IN FY 23 IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.75 MILLION WAS BUDGETED BUT NOT SPENT IN FY 23 AS THE FIRST PAYMENT WILL BE MADE IN FY 24 STRUCTURAL USES TOTALED 39 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AS SHOWN ON THIS TABLE ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN FY 23 TOTALED 5.4 MILLION.
5.4 MILLION OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION WAS NOT FULLY SPENT IN FY 23 AS IT RELATED TO A A PLANNED TWO YEAR INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT OUTREACH AND CLEANUP EFFORTS ALONG THE LA RIVER BEDS.
THESE FUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY EXPENDED IN FY 24.
FOR NON CIP INFRASTRUCTURE ONE TIMES, THERE WERE THREE APPROVED PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FULLY EXPENDED IN FY 23 AND ARE BEING CARRIED OVER TO BE SPENT IN FY 24.
THIS INCLUDES FUNDING FOR PARKS GROUNDS TREE REMOVAL, CRACK SEAL TEAM VEHICLE FUNDING AND FUNDING TO SUPPORT HARDWARE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PARK RESTROOM DOORS IN FY 23.
THERE WERE NO COSTS INCURRED FOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WHICH IS NO LONGER UNDER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT.
ALSO, THE FY 23 PLAN INCLUDED A CONTINGENCY RESERVE WHICH DID NOT HAVE ANY COST IN FFY 23.
YESTERDAY ON MARCH 19TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FFY 24 FIRST CITY, UH, CITYWIDE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REPORT, WHICH INCLUDED 2.8 MILLION EIGHT 7 MILLION OF NON CIP ONE-TIME PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED BUT NOT FULLY EXPENDED IN FY 23 AND ARE BEING CARRIED OVER TO FY 24.
SINCE THERE ARE NO NEW PROJECTS PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED WITH FY 23 MEASURE A SURPLUS AS THE FUNDS WILL ACCUMULATE AS FUND BALANCE FOR POSSIBLE UNFORESEEN FUTURE NEEDS.
THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT NEED TO VOTE ON ANY NEW ITEMS CONFIRMING TO THE USE IS WITHIN THE INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION PRIORITIZED SPENDING PLAN.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM THREE.
AND ANY DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS? VICE CHAIR ROSS, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE CRACK TEAM, CRACK SEAL TEAM VEHICLES, UM, REFER TO? YEAH, I MAY NEED TO DEFER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS TO TALK ABOUT IT IN MORE DETAIL, BUT OVERALL, THE CITY'S TAKING IN THE HOUSE A CRACK SEAL AND SLURRY TEAM, WHICH IS IMPROVING CITY STREETS PATCHING THOSE CRACKS THAT YOU SEE IN THE STREETS.
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FUNDING WAS ACTUALLY TO TAKE IT FROM OUTSOURCE WORK TO IN-HOUSE WORK TO GET DONE FASTER AND THIS FUNDING WAS TO SUPPORT THE VEHICLES NEEDED FOR THAT PROGRAM.HE APPROVES HE HE DID A THUMBS UP FOR THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
OKAY, ONE QUICK OH ONE FROM MEMBER CRUZ.
SO I, I I DO SEE HOW IT RECONCILES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 PERFORMANCE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 23 ADOPTED BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, ON THE THE DETAILED SHEET ON FOUR AND FIVE, YOU ACTUALLY SHOW THE BUDGET TOTAL BEING 102, UM, MILLION, AND ON THE FISCAL YEAR 23 ADOPTED BUDGET, IT SHOWS 92.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE TAKING OUT THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE BUDGETED OR THAT YOU'RE SHOWING IN DETAIL OR WHY ARE, ARE THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE BUDGETED IN DETAIL AND NOT SPENT, I GUESS NOT REFLECTED ON YOUR SUMMARY ON THE BUDGET SIDE? UH, YES.
COMMITTEE MEMBER, THE SUMMARY SHEET SEEN ON, I BELIEVE IT'S SLIDE THREE, SUMMARIZES HOW THE ADOPTED BUDGET LOOKS AGAINST THE, UH, YEAR END PERFORMANCE FROM START OF THE YEAR TO THE FINISH OF THE YEAR.
AS WE GO INTO NEW SLIDES, WHICH GOES ONTO SLIDE FOUR AND FIVE, THAT IS THE CITY'S ADJUSTED BUDGET.
AS MID-YEAR CHANGES HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE, UH, COMMITTEE, WE ADJUST THE ACTUAL BUDGET TO REFLECT THOSE ITEMS. SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS REFLECT INCREASES FOR FY 22 CARRYOVERS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO FY 23 AND THAT FY 22 YEAR END WE HAD A EIGHT 9.8 MILLION SURPLUS.
SO WE PROGRAMMED THAT INTO THE, UH, FY 23 BUDGET AS WELL.
THE FIRST SUMMARY SHOWING THE START TO UH, FINISH, AND THEN THE DETAILS ARE SHOWING THE ADJUSTED BUDGET, WHICH ARE THE LINE ITEMS AND WHAT WERE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE PROJECT.
SO IF I ADD THOSE NUMBERS UP, I CAN SEE WHERE IT ADDS.
MEMBERS AND CLERK PLEASE CALL FOR A VOTE MEMBER HOWARD, I'M DRAWING THERE BOTH.
AND WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM FOUR.
[4. 24-52586 Recommendation to receive and file an update on Measure A inception-to-date expenditures and revenues and accomplishments. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON ME.MEASURE A INCEPTION TO DATE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO START THIS ITEM MOTION IN A SECOND? THE SYSTEM IS GOING A LITTLE SLOW SO I CAN TAKE A VERBAL.
MOVED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR ROSS.
IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM? YES, CHAIR, UH, CHAIR NEVIN.
AS THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED IN NOVEMBER TO TAKE A PAUSE AND LOOK BACK AT HOW MEASURE A HAS PERFORMED SINCE INCEPTION IN FFY 17.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING YOU A SUMMARY TODAY SUCH AS SUMMARIZE HOW IT'S BEEN PERFORMING THROUGH THESE YEARS.
TO TAKE A LOOK BACK, MEASURE A BALLOT, UH, MEASURE A BALLOT MEASURE APPROVED BY 60% OF LONG BEACH VOTERS IN JUNE 7TH, 2016, WHICH ORIGINALLY ADDED A TRANSACTION IN USED SALES TAX FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, MEASURE EFFECTIVELY INCREASED THE SALES AND USE TAX BY 1% FOR THE FIRST SIX YEARS AND FOR THE REMAINING FOUR YEARS, THE TAX WAS GOING TO REDUCE TO 0.5% AN EXTENSION OF MEASURE A WAS APPROVED ON MARCH 3RD, 2020 BALLOT, WHICH ELIMINATED THE 10 YEAR SUNSET AND KEPT MEASURE A AT THE 1% RATE.
ALTHOUGH THE 10 YEAR SUNSET WAS ELIMINATED, STARTING ON JAN ELIMINATED, STARTING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023, MEASURE A DROPPED FROM 1% TO THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT IN ORDER TO STAY WITHIN THE TAX LIMIT DUE THE COUNTY MEASURE AGE.
IT'S WORTH NOTING WHILE THE TAX RATE DID DROP TO THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT, IT'S STILL MORE THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED PRIOR TO THE MARCH, 2020 VOTE, WHICH WOULD'VE DECREASED MEASURE RATE TO HALF A PERCENT.
MEASURE B WAS A COMPANION MEASURE TO MEASURE A, WHICH ESTABLISHED A BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND THAT RECEIVED 1% DEPOSITS OF ANY NEW GENERAL
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TAX REVENUES GENERATED EACH YEAR.IN FY 20, THE CITY UTILIZED THE STABILIZATION FUND TO HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY WITHDRAWING HALF ITS BALANCE TO PAY FOR CITY OPERATIONS AND SERVICES THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BEEN REDUCED IN SCOPE OR SUSPENDED.
THE RESERVE U RESERVES UTILIZED WERE LATER RESTORED IN FY 21 BY FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT.
THE MEASURE B STABILIZATION FUND NOW HAS GROWN TO A BALANCE OF 4.5 MILLION AS OF FY 23 YEAR END.
IN ADDITION TO MEASURE B STABILIZATION FUND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION RS 16 0 3 3 ESTABLISHED A THIS FIVE MEMBER CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT IS PURPOSE TO ADVISE THE MEASURE A FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT ACCORDING TO THE PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO THE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT MEASURE TO DATE, THE COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS USED ALL MEASURE A REVENUES APPROPRIATELY AND HAS PERMITTED IN THE RESOLUTION WHICH PRIORITIZES THE USE TAX, THE TOT TAX FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2017, APPROXIMATELY 457 MILLION IN MEASURE A TOT REVENUES HAVE BEEN GENERATED.
THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF THE CA TAX RATE DROPPING TO 0.75% ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
OUR OUT YEAR PERFORMANCES, UH, IS ANTICIPATED TO EXPERIENCE STEADY GROWTH WITH AN AVERAGE OF AROUND 67 MILLION PROJECTED THROUGH FY 27 AND AN FY 28 MEASURE A WILL RETURN TO THE FULL 1%.
THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE A IS PROVEN TO BE HISTORIC CHOICE BY THE RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SINCE 2017, THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM MEASURE A HAS ALLOWED THE CITY TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SERVICES.
AN EQUIVALENT OF 143 SWORN POSITIONS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED THAT MAY HAVE OTHERWISE NEEDED TO BE REDUCED FROM THE BUDGET IN ADU.
IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING PUBLIC SERVICE SAFETY SERVICES, MEASURE A HAS ALLOWED THE CITY TO RESTORE AND ENHANCE SERVICES, INCLUDING REESTABLISHING THE POLICE SOUTH DIVISION FIRE STATION EIGHT, ENGINE EIGHT, SUPPORTING POLICE ACADEMY STAFFING AND TWO QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS.
MEASURE A HAS PROVIDED OVER 183 MILLION OF STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SINCE FY 17.
IN ADDITION TO STRUCTURAL SUPPORT, MEASURE A IS ALSO FUNDED A NUMBER OF ONE-TIME PUBLIC SAFETY ALLOCATIONS IN A TOTAL OF 41 MILLION SINCE FY 17.
TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW KEY ITEMS, MEASURE A IS FUNDED ENGINE 17 ON A ONE-TIME BASIS FOR OVERTIME BASIS, I'M SORRY, FROM FY 20 THROUGH FY 22, WHICH IS NOW STRUCTURALLY FUNDED IN FY 24 CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS FUNDED TO PROVIDE NEW RADIOS TO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IS ALSO SUPPORTED IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOOD ST UH, SAFE STREETS IN FY 20 THROUGH FY 22.
MEASURE A HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
AS OF FFY 23, OVER 207 MILLION OF MEASURE A REVENUES HAVE SUPPORTED CITYWIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
IN ADDITION, 60.25 MILLION IN BOND PROCEEDS WERE SECURED BACKED BY MEASURE A FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE NEW INVESTMENT BOND PLAN.
THE CITY HAS ALSO INVESTED IN MEASURE A NON CIP INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS TABLE ON THIS SLIDE, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR TREE TRIMMING AND MODERNIZATION OF THE CITY'S CAMERA NETWORK.
OTHER ITEMS FUNDED BY MEASURE A AS OF FY 23 INCLUDE FUNDING FOR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT RESERVES TO FULLY FUND THE FY 24 BUDGET.
AND LASTLY, RESERVES NEEDED FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BUT NOT COMPLETE OR FULLY SPENT, THAT KIPP WILL CARRY OVER INTO FY 24.
SINCE 2017, MEASURE A HAS MANY NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS EVERY YEAR, KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE REVIEWED AND UPDATED AS PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.
BOOK ON THIS SLIDE ARE A FEW SAMPLES OF PUBLIC SAFETY ITEMS FROM THE FY 24 BUDGET BOOK.
ON THIS SLIDE ARE A FEW MORE SAMPLES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, WHICH INCLUDE ITEMS FROM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, THE PUBLIC WORKS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENT UPDATES IN MORE DETAIL TO THE COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
LATER TODAY, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO THE COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER.
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THE FUTURE OF MEASURE A CONTINUES TO SUPPORT CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.IN FY 24 ENHANCEMENTS WERE WERE APPROVED TO FULLY FUND ENGINE 17 OPERATIONS, RESTORE TWO PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS AND ADDED SUPPORT FOR A JAIL UH, CLINICIAN PROGRAM.
THE CITY ALSO LAUNCHED THE NEW ELEVATE 28 PROGRAM, WHICH IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL 55.7 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO SUPPORT A $758 MILLION INVESTMENT PLAN.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME, COMMITMENT AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THE MEASURE A FUNDS ARE AT WORK FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THANK YOU NADER CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE ARE MANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FOUR AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION FOR THE MEMBERS.
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USING THIS TO, WE'RE GOING INFORMAL TODAY.
OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
OKAY, SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO, UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT, AT SHEET THREE VERSUS SHEET FIVE, AND I GUESS I WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE ENTIRE 457 POINT MILLION THAT YOU SAY WE RECEIVED IN REVENUES FROM MEASURE A AND I LOOK ON SHEET THREE, THERE'S, THERE'S A NUMBER.
IT SAYS 3 89 2 31 VERSUS 38.92.
SO IS, IS THE COMMA WRONG OR WHAT IS THAT? 38.3 38,000,923.
SO I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE THREE, THE MEASURE B UH, SLIDE ON SLIDE THREE IS A SUMMARY OF THE STABILIZATION FUND.
THE MEASURE B STABILIZATION FUND IS COLLECTING 1% DEPOSITS, WHICH IT IS VERY SIMILAR.
I SEE THAT THAT'S A PRETTY CLOSE NUMBER.
SO IN FFY, UH, 17 380 9,000 WAS DEPOSITED.
WHEN LOOKING AT THE REVENUE IN FY 17, THAT'S THE, THE FULL REVENUE IN MILLIONS.
SO FY 17 REVENUE GENERATED BY MEASURE A ON SLIDE FIVE WAS 38.92 MILLION.
SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING 0.1% CAME OUT OF THAT 38 MILLION, SO THAT'S THAT 3 89, 2 31.
SO AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 20, NO MONIES WERE ALLOCATED IN IN THERE.
IN FY 20, THAT WAS WHEN THE CITY WAS OVERCOMING THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
AND BECAUSE THERE WAS, UH, CRITICAL NEEDS FOR FUNDING FY 20 WAS THE ONE YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD TO DRAW DOWN FROM THE FUND.
SO ON THAT TABLE YOU'LL SEE A DRAW DOWN OF HALF THE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE, WHICH IS THE MAX ALLOWED BY THE, UM, STRUCTURE OF THE MEASURE B FUND.
BUT LATER, WHEN THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PUT TOOK PLACE, WE ACTUALLY RESTORED THOSE FUNDS IN FY 21.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? JUST WANNA ADD A BIG THANK YOU TO NADER AND STAFF FOR, UM, RESPONDING TO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LAST MEETING AND, UM, IT WAS VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ON THAT.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND WE'LL, WE WERE HAPPY FOR THE COMMENTS AND WE WERE EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO YOU TODAY.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR A VOTE MEMBER AMY? SPINNING.
I CAN TAKE A VERBAL FOR, UH, MEMBER AMY.
AND PLEASE READ ITEM FIVE FOR US.
[5. 24-52587 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Long Beach Police Department’s use of Measure A funding to structurally support South Patrol Division, the Police Academy and Quality of Life Officers, as well as non-infrastructure related one-time funding in Fiscal Year 2023. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF MEASURE A FUNDING TO STRUCTURALLY SUPPORT SOUTH PATROL DIVISION, THE POLICE ACADEMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS NON INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED ONE-TIME FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? MOVED BY VICE CHAIR ROSS
SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER HOWER.
AND IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? YES.
UH, WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO DEPUTY CHIEF ZABEL FOR AN UPDATE FROM
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THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.GREAT, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON FISCAL YEAR 23.
MEASURE A POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE MAINTENANCE EFFORTS, RESTORATIONS SUCH AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOUTH PATROL DIVISION, OPERATIONS AND ACADEMY OPERATIONS ENHANCEMENTS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE EFFORTS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE SAFETY TEAM AND ONE-TIME USES FOR A COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, AND THE LA RIVER OUTREACH PROGRAM.
MEASURE A FUNDS ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN THE EQUIVALENT OF 102 POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN ELIMINATED DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDING.
SOME NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE FY 23 DEMONSTRATE THE DILIGENCE AND PROACTIVE EFFORTS OF OUR OFFICERS.
IN FY 23, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 358,847 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
OUR PRIORITY ONE RESPONSE TIME AVERAGE IS 5.4 MINUTES, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
756 FIREARMS WERE SEIZED AND 168 PROHIBITED.
FIREARM POSSESSORS WERE REMOVED FROM OUR CITY STREETS.
MEASURE EIGHT FUNDS ALLOW THE CITY TO RESTORE SOUTH DIVISION PATROL OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED BY FUNDING EIGHT SWORN AND TWO CIVILIAN STAFF POSITIONS.
AS A REMINDER, SOUTH DIVISION COVERS THE AREA SOUTH OF ANAHEIM BOULEVARD TO OCEAN AND EAST.
FROM CHERRY TO THE LA RIVER IN FY 23 SOUTH DIVISION OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO FIVE 55,495 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND 74,054 SELF-INITIATED INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A TOTAL OF 129,549 CALLS FOR SERVICE SOUTH DIVISION PERSONNEL ALSO PARTICIPATED IN COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING STANDING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK, MEET AND GREETS COMMANDER FORUMS, SAFETY EVENTS AND COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL EVENTS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR OFFICERS AND THE YOUTH THAT THEY SERVE.
MEASURE A FUNDING ALSO HELPED RESTORE ACADEMY OPERATIONS, WHICH HAD BEEN REDUCED DUE TO FUNDING CONSTRAINTS.
NINE SWORN STAFF POSITIONS CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED.
THESE ACADEMY POSITIONS PROVIDE A DEDICATED TRAINING STAFF FOR NEW RECRUITS AND HELPED TO MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND COMMITMENTS IN FY 23.
ONE AND A HALF POLICE ACADEMIES WERE HELD.
CLASS 96 GRADUATED IN JANUARY WITH 32 NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND CLASS 97 RAN FROM MAY TO OCTOBER AND GRADUATED 29.
POLICE OFFICERS, POLICE OFFICERS FROM CLASS 96 RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR FIELD TRAINING AND ARE OUT ON THE STREETS.
FULLY TRAINED IN CALENDAR OFFICERS FROM CLASS 97 WILL COMPLETE FIELD TRAINING IN FALL OF 2024.
MEASURE A FUNDS ALSO PROVIDE FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
THE FIRST OF THESE ENHANCEMENTS WAS TWO QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS, WHICH WERE ADDED IN FY 19 QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
THEY UTILIZE A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MULTI-SERVICE CENTER TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND COORDINATE SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
IN 2023, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS MADE OVER 9,350 CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ASSISTED IN CONNECTING PEOPLE TO 371 PERMANENT AND 441 TEMPORARY HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN 1068 ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IN FY 23, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZED DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS AND CREATED A NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SERVICE BUREAU FOCUSED ON AN INNOVATIVE GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND ENHANCE COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC SAFETY MODELS AND BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC.
THE FY 23 BUDGET INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF A NEW STRATEGIC OUTREACH AND PREVENTION DETAIL.
THAT DETAIL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RENAMED THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BIKE TEAM OR NSBT FOR SHORT.
IT IS COMPRISED OF 16 POLICE OFFICERS FOR PER PATROL DIVISION ASSIGNED TO DIVISIONAL AREAS SUCH AS OPEN SPACES, PARKS AND CORRIDORS, OR ANY AREA IN THE DIVISION WITH IMMEDIATE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.
11 OF THESE NSBT OFFICERS ARE FUNDED BY 2.2 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED
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TO OVERTIME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE STREETS INITIATIVES.THE ADDITIONAL FIVE OFFICERS ARE FUNDED BY OPERATIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET MEASURE A ALSO PROVIDED 2.9 MILLION IN ONE-TIME FUNDS TO ENHANCE RESPONSE TO CRIME AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.
1 MILLION WAS USED FOR THE COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH RESPONDED TO AN INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVE FIREARM ASSAULT INCIDENTS AND USE CRIME ANALYSTS AND INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES TO GET GUNS OFF THE STREETS.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM INCLUDES A TOTAL OF 67 ARRESTS, 122 FELONY AND 30 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES WERE FILED.
43 GUNS CONFISCATED OF WHICH NINE WERE GHOST GUNS AND 11 PROHIBITED POSSESSOR ARRESTS MEASURE A CONTRIBUTED 1.9 MILLION TO SUPPORT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR MOTOROLA PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, WHICH ENHANCES OFFICER SAFETY AND PROVIDES OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS WITH OTHER STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE AGENCIES.
LASTLY, MEASURE A SUPPORTED ONE TIME FUNDING OF 2.1 MILLION FOR A TWO YEAR OUTREACH INITIATIVE WORKING WITH THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES CLEAN, CLEAN TEAM AND PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT ONGOING OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT AND CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES ALONG THE CITY'S RIVERBEDS.
MEASURE A PROVIDED FUNDS EQUIVALENT TO ONE ADDITIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM FOR FULL-TIME, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND ONE POLICE SERGEANT AND FOUR BY FOUR VEHICLES TO BETTER ACCESS THE RIVERBEDS.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE VITAL SERVICES THAT MEASURE A FUNDS ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR REPORT AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FIVE AND MEMBERS VICE CHAIR ROSS, I NEED PRESS MY BUTTON.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR SUCH A THOROUGH REPORT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DOING AMAZING WORK.
UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF, UH, POLICE PERSONNEL, UM, BOTH SWORN AND AND CIVILIAN, UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE BEING FUNDED BY MEASURE A FUNDS? SAME QUESTION.
I CAN DO SOME QUICK MATH UNLESS THE BUDGET OFFICE KNOWS, BUT WE HAVE 824 SWORN OFFICERS AND A LET ME THINK, 102 ARE MAINTAINED AND I BELIEVE, UH, IF WE ASK ANOTHER QUESTION, I CAN DO SOME QUICK MATH AND GET BACK TO YOU.
OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT COMMITTEE.
MEMBER CREWS HAD THE SAME QUESTION INCIDENTALLY, BUT HE'LL HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION PROBABLY.
JUST TO CLARIFY AND I GUESS BECAUSE, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU
'CAUSE A HUNDRED PERCENT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED IT.
WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT AND WE KNOW IT'S A STRUGGLE JUST TO MAINTAIN FULLY STAFFED.
AND SO IN CLARITY FOR THAT QUESTION, I'M ALSO IN THAT SAME BOAT OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I'M HOPING WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS KIND OF LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE WAS NO MEASURE, A THIS IS HOW MANY OFFICERS WOULD NOT BE PRESENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTION OF, AND IT'S NOT BUDGETED POSITIONS, I WOULD SAY TO THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THE BUDGETED IS REAL BIG AND THEY'RE NOT FILLED.
AND SO FOR ME, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING 'CAUSE THAT THAT MORE THOROUGH REPORT THAT THEY SHOWED THE HISTORY, IT SHOWS HOW THE SWORN OFFICERS WERE VERY NOMINALLY USED IN FISCAL YEAR 17.
AND THEN IT SLOWLY GREW AND NOW IT'S THIS A HUNDRED PLUS FTE.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT PERCENTAGE WILL HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SEE THOSE BIG BUCKETS.
AND THIS IS, IS IS A GOOD REPORT.
IT, IT EXPLAINS, YOU KNOW, ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF POLICE WHERE YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY NOW, PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET ACROSS THE BOARD.
YOU KNOW, EVEN AS YOU GO THROUGH THE OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH
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DIVISION, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT EIGHT AND THE TWO RESTORED POSITIONS, THAT'S PART OF THE 1 0 2? YES.OH, UH, THERE IS A DOCUMENT IN THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE PUTS TOGETHER CALLED THE SUMMARY OF SOURCES AND USES FOR EACH YEAR.
AND IN THERE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE 102 OFFICERS, UH, IS THOSE POSITIONS IN TO THAT ARE JUST MAINTAINED.
AND THEN WE SEPARATE OUT WHAT WAS RESTORED, WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTH DIVISION STAFF AND THE ACADEMY STAFF.
SO WE ADD THOSE, THE 102 PLUS EIGHT, UH, FOR SOUTH DIVISION PLUS NINE FOR THE ACADEMY.
UH, AND THEN WHAT WAS ENHANCED, WHICH WERE, UH, OFFICERS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE IN THE PAST, THE TWO QUALITY OF LIFE PLUS THE 11, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BIKE TEAM FOR A TOTAL OF 132 AND TO, UH, OUR COM COMMITTEE MEMBER ROSS'S QUESTION, UH, IT IS 16% OF SWORN STAFF IS, UH, FUNDED BY MEASURE A.
GREAT THAT, THAT, THAT, SO YOU'RE SAYING IN TOTAL WITH THE 1 0 2 THAT YOU'RE MAINTAINING ALL THESE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS AND THAT NOW I'M ASSUMING NEXT YEAR THEY'RE GONNA BE SHOWING 130 SOME ODD POSITIONS BECAUSE, BECAUSE THESE WOULD BE THE SOUTH DIVISION AND THE OTHER ONES WOULD CONTINUE BE ONGOING NOW.
SO THE, THESE ARE STRUCTURAL FUNDS MEASURE A ONGOING FUNDS ARE USED FOR STAFFING.
SO, UH, IT IS, WE SEPARATED SO THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT EACH OF THE SORT OF POTS OF MONEY ARE, UH, ARE BEING USED FOR.
AND THE TOTAL IS 132 FTE SWORN, FTE AND THE DEPARTMENT.
AND NEXT YEAR THAT WILL BE, AGAIN, UNLESS WE HAVE TO TAKE REDUCTIONS, WHICH WE DO NOT, UM, UH, WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WE HAVE TO DO.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL CHANGE BECAUSE COSTS GO UP, BUT THE TOTAL NUMBER IS 132 UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST WERE GETTING THE FUNDS, WE WERE, WE WERE CONCERNED.
I KNOW I VOICED MY CONCERN ABOUT, UM, BRINGING, UM, STAFF, POLICE STAFF ON WHEN IT WASN'T SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE THIS MONEY WAS GONNA GO AWAY.
UM, NOW THAT IT'S, UM, IT, IT, IT'S THERE, UM, UNTIL I GUESS OUR CITIZENS VOTED OUT.
UM, IT'S, IT IS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE MONEY, BUT I THINK IT ALSO HAS TO BE KNOWN TO THE CITIZENS.
I GET THOSE QUESTIONS, WELL WHAT IS THE MONEY BEING SPENT FOR? WHY AREN'T THEY SPENDING IT ON POLICE? WE NEED POLICE.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY UNDERLINE THAT FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
OKAY, CLERK, I THINK WE CAN CALL FOR A VOTE.
DOES EVERYONE SEE IT ON THEIR TABLET? NO.
UH, I'LL TAKE A VERBAL FOR MEMBER CRUZ.
AND WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM SIX? YES.
[6. 24-52588 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the status of Measure A infrastructure projects. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO START? THIS ITEM MOVED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER HOWER.
SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER CRUZ.
AND I SEE STAFF READY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM TOO.
UH, TODAY WE HAVE JONATHAN BOEN FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FUNDED BY MEASURE.
A GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, NEVIN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M JONATHAN BOLEN, ACTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
TODAY WE'LL REVIEW THE INVESTMENT MEASURE A HAS MADE IN OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE 2017.
FIRST, WE'LL REVIEW RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS SINCE THE LAST TIME PUBLIC WORKS GAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE, WHICH WAS, UH, THIS PREVIOUS NOVEMBER, 2023.
WE'LL ALSO REVIEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY 20, UH, BY SUMMER 2024, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON.
LASTLY, A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON FY 24 MIDYEAR APPROPRIATION
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THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.AND AN UPDATE ON VARIOUS MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION TOOLS WILL BE GIVEN THE ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE.
A INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WAS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEVEN YEAR MEASURE.
A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN TO DATE OVER $293 MILLION OF MEASURE A UH, DOLLARS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FY 17 AND FY 20 FOURS ADJUSTED BUDGET.
HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH MEASURE AID, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS 45 PARK PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARK FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
OVER 527 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
OVER 120 MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN SLURRY SEALED, UH, WITH A PLAN TO SLURRY SEAL OVER 450 LANE MILES THROUGH FY 27 17 AND A HALF MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED, OF WHICH 5.23 MILES WERE FORMERLY DIRT.
IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF FY 24 ALONE, NEARLY FOUR AND A HALF MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED WITH MEASURE A FUNDING.
1.8 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING 65,000 SQUARE FEET IN FY 24 AND NEARLY 3,500.
CURB RAMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED INCLUDING 250 IN FY 24 SO FAR AND 26 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING SIX FIRE STATION PROJECTS, NINE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS, AND NINE LIBRARY PROJECTS OF THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN.
88% OF PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH MORE PROJECTS FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN, SLATED TO BE APPROVED OR SLATED TO BE COMPLETED RATHER IN 2024, INCLUDING DAVENPORT PARK, DRAKE PARK RESTROOM, DRAKE CHAVEZ WETLAND, EL DORADO PARK, DUCK POND, AND FIRE STATION.
MINI MOBILITY PROJECTS ARE ONGOING DUE TO THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF THE WORK, BUT TO DATE OVER 98% OF THE DIRT ALLEYS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL MEASURE, A PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ALONG WITH 77% OF ARTERIAL STREETS AND 92% OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS WITH MANY MORE NEARING COMPLETION IN THE COMING YEAR.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW MOBILITY PROJECTS COMPLETED SINCE THE LAST TIME TIME PUBLIC WORKS GAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE TO THIS COMMITTEE.
HERE'S AN ALLEY PAVING PROJECT THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED ON SECOND STREET'S ALLEY BETWEEN ESPERANZA AND FALCON AVENUE.
HERE'S AN ALLEY PAVING PROJECT BEFORE AND AFTER ON AIR PA AIRPORT LANE.
HERE'S AN ALLEY PAVING PROJECT BEFORE AND AFTER NEAR CLARK AVENUE BETWEEN GREENBRIER GREENBRIER ROAD AND HARKO STREET.
HERE'S AN ALLEY PAVING PROJECT BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, EAST OF CEDAR ON WARDLOW ROAD, NORTH SERVICE ROAD TO THE NORTH END.
AND UH, WE ALSO HAVE COMPLETED MULTIPLE CURB, UH, CURB RAMP PROJECTS.
HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER OF, UH, CURB RAMP AT FASHION AVENUE AND WILLOW STREET.
HERE IS A CURB RAMP BETWEEN FASHION AVENUE AND SPRING STREET.
HERE IS A RECENTLY COMPLETED SIDEWALK ON THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST SEVENTH STREET.
HERE IS A NEW SIDEWALK ON THE 3000 BLOCK OF EAST FIRST STREET.
HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER OF A NEW SIDEWALK ON THE 1500 BLOCK OF GARDENIA AVENUE AND INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM.
HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER OF DEFOREST AVENUE, BETWEEN 32ND STREET AND 34TH STREET.
HERE IS GALE AVENUE BETWEEN DELTA AVENUE AND EASY AVENUE BEFORE AND AFTER.
HERE'S A RESIDENTIAL STREET MAIN AVENUE BETWEEN 31ST STREET AND WARDLOW ROAD.
HERE'S ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL STREET, UH, PINE AVENUE BETWEEN 14TH STREET AND PCH AND NOW MOVING INTO THE PARKS, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS.
45 PARKS PROJECTS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.
THEY ARE LISTED ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.
UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET ARE IN BOLD, THE FIRST ONE BEING DAVENPORT PARK GAS CONTROL.
PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND IMP AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE VETERANS PARK COMMUNITY CENTER ROOF HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE DAVENPORT PARK GAS CONTROL PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY, 2024.
UH, THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE A PLAN PROJECT.
THE DAVENPORT PARK GAS CONTROL PROJECT INSTALLED A LANDFILL GAS CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE EXISTING PARK.
AND THIS SYSTEM MITIGATES THE METHANE GASES, UH, EMANATING FROM THE FORMER LANDFILL.
IT ALSO ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH
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REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.THIS GAS CONTROL PROJECT IS THE FIRST PHASE OF BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE THE LARGER DAVENPORT PARK PARK EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND ALSO FUNDED WITH MEASURE A AND IT WILL EXPAND THE EXISTING 5.5 ACRE PARK TO 11.5 ACRES.
THIS NEW PARK INCLUDES SPORTS FIELDS, FITNESS STATIONS, OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, A WALKING TRAIL, AND ADDITIONAL PARKING.
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR POOL IMPROVEMENTS.
PHASE ONE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF 2023.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDED POOL FACILITY REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING PLUMBING REPAIRS, PAINTING, NEW BENCH INSTALLATION AND DRYWALL REPAIRS.
AND LASTLY, THE VETERANS PARK COMMUNITY CENTER ROOF PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER, 2023.
IT REHABILITATED THE ROOF TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASE THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE FACILITY AND IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE PHOTOS HERE.
26 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.
THIS TOTALS A NEARLY $12 MILLION INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLETED MEASURE A PROJECTS, WHICH WE JUST REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING MEASURE, A FUNDED PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY SUMMER 2024.
THESE INCLUDE 14TH STREET PARK LIGHTING AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, ANIMAL CARE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, BLUFF PARK, HISTORIC LAMPS, CITY PLACE PARKING, GARAGE, MURAL AND STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, DRAKE CHAVEZ GREEN BELT WETLAND EXPANSION, DRAKE PARK RESTROOM REPLACEMENT, JOE ROGERS FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE EL DORADO DUCK POND PROJECT, ROSE PARK GAZEBO PAINTING AND LANDSCAPING, AND THE SHARE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
AND NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE DUCK POND.
SO HERE ARE SOME BRAND NEW PHOTOS FROM THAT PROJECT'S, UH, THAT, THAT PROJECT'S, UH, PENDING COMPLETION.
THE DUCK POND IS NEARING COMPLETION.
THIS IS ALSO AN ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE A PROJECT.
IT INCLUDES OVER 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, INCLUDING OVER 4.3 MILLION OF MEASURE A.
THIS PROJECT WHEN COMPLETED, WILL IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE DUCK POND, ENHANCE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION AND THE POND'S HABITAT BY RESTORING THE POND LINER, ENLARGING THE WETLANDS IN THE FOUR BAY, REMOVING INVASIVE, INVASIVE SPECIES AND PLANTING CALIFORNIA NATIVE LANDSCAPING.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO, UH, UPGRADE CONDITIONS OF THE WALKWAY SURRENDERING SURROUNDING THE POND TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY.
HERE'S SOME MORE PHOTOS OF THE RECENT PLANTINGS AT THE DUCK POND.
UM, WE ARE PLANNING FOR A GRAND OPENING AND WE WILL INVITE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
UM, WE ARE IN, UH, CLOSING OUT CONSTRUCTION AT THE MOMENT AND WE WILL SEND YOU AN INVITE WHEN WE HAVE THAT DATE.
THE NEXT PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'D LIKE TO UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON IS THE STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR COMPLETE STREET PROJECT.
UH, THIS COMPLETE STREET PROJECT IMPLEMENTS CORRIDOR WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG STUDEBAKER ROAD UM, FROM SECOND STREET ALL THE WAY TO LOS COYOTE DIAGONAL.
UM, THE PROJECT SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL MOBILITY, SAFETY, AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY ALONG THE APPROXIMATE FIVE MILE CORRIDOR.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES $8.5 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING.
THE STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR COMPLETE STREET PROJECT WILL DELIVER A MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING UPGRADED TRAFFIC SIGNALS, A DA COMPLIANT PATH OF TRAVEL, PROTECTED INTERSECTION TREATMENTS, PAVEMENT REPAIR AND RESURFACING.
CLASS FOUR, SEPARATED AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES, FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION FOR OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND STREET BEAUTIFICATION AND LANDSCAPING.
HERE'S THE LATEST PROJECT SCHEDULE.
UH, WE ARE TARGETING A CONSTRUCTION START DATE OF LATE SUMMER 2024 WITH A CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE SOMETIME IN 2026.
THE STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR PROJECT INCLUDES LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, BIKEWAY LIGHTING, AND NEWLY PLANTED TREES.
UM, THE BIKEWAY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE AN UPGRADE OF EXISTING BIKE LANES AND NEW BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE TO CREATE A CONTINUOUS AND COMFORTABLE BIKEWAY FROM THE LOS COYOTES DIAGONAL TO SECOND STREET, SEPARATED FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
UH, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES SCHOOL ADJACENT IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR STO ACADEMY COVER LEAGUE K THROUGH EIGHT, KELLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, MCBRIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND TINCTURE PREP SCHOOL.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES TRAFFIC AND SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING NEW FIBER AND FLASHING BEACONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOS COYOTES DIAGONAL OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE.
WE ARE LOOKING TO GET THIS PROJECT OUT TO BID IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE LATER THIS YEAR
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AS PART OF THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.AN ADDITIONAL $9.9 MILLION OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING WAS BROUGHT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY, 2024.
THIS 9.9 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
UH, THE PLANNED USES OF THIS 9.9 MILLION ARE INCLUDED ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.
SO THERE'S $800,000 GOING TOWARDS 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY PROJECTS, $950,000 GOING TOWARDS COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS.
A MILLION DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS PUBLIC FACILITY INVESTMENTS, 7.15 MILLION GOING TOWARDS GOLD MEDAL PARK REFRESH PROJECTS, AND $3,242,000 GOING TOWARDS OUR CRITICAL FACILITY RESERVE FOR A TOTAL MIDYEAR APPROPRIATION OF 9,000,903 $242.
ALRIGHT, AS DISCUSSED IN PRIOR, UH, MEASURE A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETINGS, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS US, IS UTILIZING THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN TO PLAN, MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FROM FY 23 TO FY 27 CITY COUNCIL.
REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
THE FULL ELEVATE 28, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE MEASURE A CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IN PRIOR MEETINGS, THE FULL ELEVATE 28 PLAN, INCLUDING A SCOPE INCLUDING ALL PROJECTS, SCOPE SCHEDULES, AND FUNDING AMOUNTS, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW VIA THE UPCOMING ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE TO COMMUNICATE THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN TO THE PUBLIC AND SERVE AS A HUB FOR PROJECT INFORMATION.
A DEDICATED WEBSITE HAS BEEN CREATED.
THE WEBSITE INCLUDES UNIQUE PROJECT INFORMATION PAGES THAT PROVIDE DETAILED BUDGETS SUCH AS SCOPE, BUDGET, LOCATION, TARGET, CONSTRUCTION, AND COMPLETION DATES.
AMOUNT OF FUNDING CURRENTLY SECURED IN THE CURRENT PHASE OF EACH PROJECT.
THE WEBSITE WILL ALLOW USERS TO SEARCH PROJECTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT PROJECT CATEGORY VIA MAP VIEW, KEYWORDS, ET CETERA.
INFORMATION WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED AND WILL BE DISPLAYED, UH, THROUGH THE WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THROUGH A UNIQUE POWER BI TABLE, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO EASILY SORT AND FILTER THE ELEVATE 28 IN INFORMATION IN GREATER DETAIL.
AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO PREVIEW THE UPCOMING 28 ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE FOR THE COMMITTEE.
WE ANTICIPATE THIS WEBSITE BEING LIVE IN THE COMING, UH, WEEKS, UM, OR COMING MONTH.
SO THIS FIRST, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE LANDING PAGE WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE, FOR THE WEBSITE.
THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN FIND PROJECTS.
SO YOU, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEARCH PROJECTS BY THE LARGER PROJECT CATEGORIES SUCH AS 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS, GOLD MEDAL PARK REFRESH.
AND THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE LISTED HERE.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS EACH PROJECT HAS A UNIQUE PROJECT PAGE.
SO YOU COULD CLICK ON THAT AND IT WILL BRING YOU TO THE SPECIFIC PROJECT PAGE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH, UH, SPECIFIC PROJECTS BY USING KEYWORDS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, HERE, YOU COULD TYPE IN PLAYGROUND AND IT WOULD SHOW YOU EVERY ELEVATE 28 PLAY, UH, PROJECT THAT HAS A PLAYGROUND IN THE SCOPE.
YOU COULD ALSO SEARCH BY SPECIFIC LOCATION.
FOR INSTANCE, YOU COULD SEARCH EL DORADO PARK AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD GIVE YOU ALL THE PROJECTS IN EL DORADO PARK, OR IF YOU KNOW A SPECIFIC PROJECT, YOU COULD TYPE IT IN THERE AS WELL.
THE WEBSITE WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH PROJECTS BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.
AND WHEN YOU FIND THE PROJECT THAT YOU WANT MORE INFO ON, YOU CLICK THE PIN AND IT CAN, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PROJECT PAGE.
THE PROJECT PAGES LOOK LIKE THIS.
SO EVERY PROJECT IN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN WILL HAVE A STANDALONE PROJECT PAGE THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH, UM, THOSE THREE METHODS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
UM, THIS PROJECT PAGE WILL HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THAT PROJECT, INCLUDING SCOPE, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, LOCATION, PHOTOS, CURRENT PROJECT STATUS, ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE, ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DATE, AND THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, INCLUDING HOW MUCH MEASURE A IS FUNDING THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUTSIDE OF MEASURE A.
THIS DATA FOR EACH PROJECT WILL BE UPDATED QUARTERLY.
AND LASTLY, THE WEBSITE ALSO INCLUDES A POWER BI TABLE, WHICH ALLOWS THE PUBLIC MORE INFORMATION AND REALLY THE ABILITY TO DIG INTO THE DEEP PROJECT DATA.
SO THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SEARCH AND FILTER DATA FOR ALL ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, YOU COULD EASILY FILTER TO SEE HOW MANY PARK PARKS PROJECTS ARE IN CONSTRUCTION VERSUS COMPLETED, HOW MUCH FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES OR PHASES.
UM, AND THIS, THIS DATA WILL BE UPDATED QUARTERLY AS WELL.
LASTLY, THE WEBSITE WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN INTERACTIVE GIS MAP THAT OUTLINES THE PAST 10 YEARS OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED, INCLUDING A DIFFERENT COLOR FOR EACH YEAR COMPLETED.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN ZOOM IN USING THIS GIS MAP AND
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SEE WHAT STREETS, UH, HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AND WHAT YEAR THAT STREET WAS COMPLETED.UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON VARIOUS RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S MEASURE A, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, OUR ATTACHMENT A TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE.
WE DID REFORMAT BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UM, THE NEW REPORT STRUCTURE NOW INCLUDES A GROUPING BY MEASURE, A ORIGINAL PROJECTS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE 2016 PLAN MEASURE A PROJECTS THAT WERE A ADDED AFTER THE 2016 PLAN, UH, AND FUNDED FROM FY 17 TO FY 22.
WE'RE CALLING THAT OUR SUPPLEMENTAL MEASURE A AND MEASURE A PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN AND CURRENTLY FUNDED FROM FY 23 TO FY 27, THE NEW REPORT STRUCTURE.
ALSO GROUPS MEASURE A PROJECTS BY CURRENT PROJECT STATUS AND INCLUDES ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATES AND A CURRENT MEASURE, A BUDGET ALLOCATED TO EACH PROJECT.
UM, NEXT WE ALSO, UH, ARE STILL PROVIDING THE MEASURE A SHEETS.
AND SO THERE IS A UNIQUE SHEET FOR EVERY MEASURE A PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY FUNDED.
AND SO THESE ARE UPDATED EVERY QUARTER WITH UPTODATE DATA.
UM, THERE ARE OVER 200 SHEETS, AND THOSE ARE PROVIDED BOTH ON THE WEBSITE AND TO EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER.
OH, NO, I DON'T THINK I CAN GO BACK.
UM, THE CURRENT MEASURE A WEBSITE IS WHERE, UH, THOSE SHEETS ARE, ARE, UM, UPDATED EVERY QUARTER.
THERE'S ALSO AN ARC GIS MAP THERE WHERE YOU CAN, UM, GO INTO THAT WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
UM, AS REVIEWED, THERE IS AN UPCOMING ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND THEN ONCE THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE, UM, IS RELEASED AND LIVE, UH, THE NEXT BIG INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNICATING OUT, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, DATA IS WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THAT FY 17 TO FY 22, MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, INVESTMENT, AND BUILD A SIMILAR WEBSITE, UH, THAT HAS ALL THE, THAT HAS ALL THE FEATURES OF THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE.
SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE VERY EASILY, EASILY SEARCHABLE AND, AND NAVIGABLE.
UM, AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SEND OUT A 200 PAGE PDF DOCUMENT.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT IS, THAT IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT REPORT.
UH, WE DO HAVE MARILYN AKA HERE, WHO'S OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU MANAGER, PAUL VAN D**E, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, ERIC LOPEZ, IS HERE AS WELL FOR QUESTIONS.
THAT'S SOME TERRIFIC UPDATES IN THERE.
AND TO MY EARLIER POINT THAT ESPECIALLY THAT THOSE LAST COUPLE SLIDES VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST TIME.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE POINT.
I WANTED TO NOTE, UM, ONE COMMENT AND THEN TAKE, UH, OH, DO WE NEED TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? SORRY, I'LL SHUT UP AND WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX.
JUST MY COMMENT WAS ON THE ELEVATE.
I, I'VE BEEN, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN KIND OF CONFUSED BY THE ELEVATE 28 MONIKER AND KIND OF ADDITIONAL LAYER ON TOP OF MEASURE A AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I, I THINK I'M BETTER UNDERSTANDING IT NOW.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND SOME OF THE MATERIALS YOU SHOWED, THAT IT'S REFLECTING THE MEASURE A INVESTMENTS THAT ARE GOING IN THERE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA LOSE THE IDENTITY OF MEASURE, MEASURE A AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE GREAT, UH, INVESTMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALL DONE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? VICE CHAIR ROSS, THANK YOU.
UM, YEAH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND, AND AGAIN, I, THIS IS GREAT WORK AND IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SINCE, UH, 2017 TO TODAY.
UM, IT SEEMS I'VE HAVE SOME CONFUSION WITH THE ELEVATE 28, UM, UH, PLAN AS WELL.
IT SEEMS THAT, UH, MEASURE A MONIES ARE INCLUDED IN ELEVATE 28, BUT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEASURE EIGHT MONEY.
HOWEVER, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL MEASURE A MONIES THAT ARE NOT IN THE, IN THE ELEVATE 28? SO FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS PLAN FROM FY 23 TO FY 27, ALL MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.
I WOULD SAY, AND I DON'T HAVE THIS EXACT NUMBER, BUT THERE MAY, THERE MAY BE A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS IN THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN THAT ARE NOT FUNDED BY MEASURE A, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY, I WOULD SAY 95%, 98% OF THE ELEVATE
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28 PROJECTS ARE FUNDED AT LEAST PARTIALLY BY MEASURE A.UM, I, OH, I, A QUESTION I HAVE IS, I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING YOU, IN I GUESS 2017, THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT DONE ON ALL THE STREETS, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, ALLEYS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND IN THE REPORT THAT YOU GAVE, I BELIEVE YOU SAID 92% OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS HAVE BEEN ATTENDED TO, THAT WAS THE OLD ASSESSMENT.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT A NEW ASSESSMENT BEING DONE, AND I KNOW THERE'S MANY STREETS THAT HAVE YET TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, SO THAT 92% IS WHEN WE TOOK, UH, THE MEASURE A PLAN TO THE, TO THE VOTERS.
UM, WE OUTLINED STREETS THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED WITH THE INITIAL INVESTMENT OF THAT INITIAL STREET AMOUNT.
WE'VE COMPLETED 92% OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN REGARDS TO THE PAVEMENT, UH, MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR THE, UM, THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT INDEX OR PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX.
WE UPDATE THAT REPORT EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO EVERY TWO YEARS WE GO AND WE'LL ASSESS HOW, WHAT THE, UM, PCI PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IS FOR EVERY STREET IN THE CITY.
AND, AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION TOO, BECAUSE, UM, EVERY TWO YEARS WE GET REMINDED HOW MUCH INVESTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE INTO OUR ROADWAY NETWORK IN ORDER TO TRULY IMPROVE IT AND BRING IT INTO A CONDITION THAT'S, UH, GOOD OR BETTER.
UM, RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY MAYBE 30, 40% OF OUR STREETS ARE CONSIDERED IN POOR CONDITION OR VERY POOR CONDITION, BUT THE DATA IS NOW UP IN THE WEBSITE.
SO WHAT WE DID IN 20 22, 20 23, INSTEAD OF HAVING A 300 400 PAGE REPORT ON THE PDF, WE ASKED OUR CONSULTANT TEAM TO MAKE IT ALL WEBSITE BASED.
IT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WEBPAGE, UH, LONG BEACH.GOV DASH PW.
UM, AND, AND OUR, THE PUBLIC CAN GO IN THERE AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY ZOOM IN ON AN INTERACTIVE MAP AND CLICK ON ANY STREET SEGMENT IN THIS CITY AND SEE THE CONDITION, UH, OR WHEN IT WAS LAST REPAVED.
AND IT INCLUDES A PICTURE OF THAT STREET, UH, SEGMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS WHEN I GET ASKED, UH, OUT IN MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WHY HASN'T MY STREET BEEN DONE? EXACTLY.
THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE $1.5 BILLION THAT I NEED TO BRING EVERY STREET IN LONG BEACH INTO A GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING THE, THE, UH, THE PAVEMENT CONDITION, UH, REPORT AGAIN THIS NEXT, THIS COMING YEAR.
UH, SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE HIGHER THAN THAT NOW.
IT'S JUST, WE HAVE A LOT OF STREETS FOR MANY DECADES.
UH, WE COULDN'T INVEST THE, UH, MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
THE ECONOMY, THE NAVY LEAVING, THE, THE, ALL THE ISSUES, THE, THE ECONOMIC, UM, UM, CLIMATE, ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE, THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE, WELL AWARE OF.
AND I, WE HAVE A HOPE TO DIG OURSELVES OUT OUT OF.
UM, I, I, FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT KNOW THAT I'M ON THIS COMMISSION, THE FIRST QUESTION I'M ASKED, WHEN IS MY STREET GONNA BE PAVED?
ANYWAY, UM, WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED IS WHEN, WHEN STREETS ARE GOING, WHAT STREETS ARE ON THE DOCKET TO BE, UM, UH, ATTENDED TO.
UM, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? YES.
UH, SO, UH, WE IDENTIFIED THE ALL THE STREETS THAT ARE GONNA GET, UH, IMPROVED TO THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, RIGHT? THERE'S THE, IN-HOUSE, KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL THAT HAPPENS.
NOW, A LOT OF OUR STREETS THAT NEVER GOT THAT MAINTENANCE ARE NOW GETTING THAT MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF THAT NEW PROGRAM THAT PUBLIC WORKS CREATED.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE ALL THE STREETS THAT ARE GONNA GET THE FULL REBUILD, THE, THE GRIND TO 2, 3, 4 INCHES, WHATEVER IT REQUIRES.
AND THE OVERLAY OF A BRAND NEW COAT OF ASPHALT, PLUS ALL THE SIDEWALKS REPAIRED IN THAT, IN THAT STREET, UH, SEGMENT, ALL THE TREES TRIMMED.
UM, ALL WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, OF STREETS THAT ARE IN THE, IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WILL GET DONE.
WE DID BREAK DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS WHAT STREETS ARE GONNA GET DONE.
BOTH THE IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IT.
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WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE UP IS OF THOSE STREETS THAT ARE LISTED ON THOSE MAPS, WHAT'S GONNA GET DONE IN WHAT FISCAL YEAR? I HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOW.I JUST, I'M ALMOST DONE BRIEFING ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THEY GET THAT, THEY GET THAT, UH, THAT, UM, UM, WE, WE GIVE THEM THAT BRIEFING AND THEN, UM, WE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO POST THAT ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
UH, BUT WE'VE, WE FOCUSED OBVIOUSLY ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE EASIER TO, UM, BECAUSE, UM, COMMUNICATE AND THEY ARE VERY PREDICTABLE YEAR TO YEAR, THE MAJOR CORRIDORS ARE NOT AS PREDICTABLE.
YOU'VE SEEN HOW LONG ARTESIA TOOK MARKET STREET.
STUDEBAKER'S FINALLY GONNA BREAK GROUND THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WAS A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT.
THOSE CORRIDORS ARE A LOT HARDER TO IDENTIFY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA HAPPEN.
UH, BUT THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE A LOT EASIER AND MOST PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THOSE.
SO IN A COUPLE WEEKS, A RESIDENT COULD GO ON THE WEBSITE AND FIND WHEN THEIR STREET IS GONNA BE, IF THEIR STREET IS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT NOW.
SO THEY WILL SEE, UH, THE QUESTION THEY THAT WILL TAKE, UH, MAYBE ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS WILL BE WELL BETWEEN NOW AND 27.
WHAT YEAR WILL THEY GET DONE? OH, OKAY.
THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE YET, BUT THE MAPS ARE UP NOW FOR, FOR THE STREETS.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE THE QUESTIONS, THEY GO UP, THEY LOOK AT THE MAP, THEY SEE THAT THERE'S STREETS IN THERE, THEY ARE HAPPY.
IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T SEE THEIR STREETS, UH, BLOCKS THERE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.
UH, THE QUESTION OF WHEN AM MY STREET, WHEN IS MY STREET GONNA GET DONE? NOW, UM, IF I MAY, I DO WANNA CLARIFY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS HUGE HOLE, UH, THAT WERE DIGGING OURSELVES OUT, LITERALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, IT IS, I I ALWAYS REMIND PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES, WE ARE DOING MORE STREET IMPROVEMENTS NOW THAN WE EVER HAVE IN THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH.
WE ARE DOING MORE CRACK AND SLURRY SEAL.
WE ARE DOING MORE CONCRETE WORK, MORE, UH, AND OVERLAYS THAN WE EVER HAVE.
AND WE GET COMPLAINTS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
BUT, UH, THE WORK IS HAPPENING.
WILL IT EVER BE ENOUGH? MAYBE IF WE CAN DEDICATE, FIND ENOUGH MONEY AND DEDICATE IT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, IT'S JUST A BIG PROBLEM.
AND, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION TOO, BECAUSE IT'S NOW GETTING A LOT MORE DETAILED AND MAKING A LOT MORE SENSE.
AND I, AND I'M, I'M IN THE SAME, UH, BOAT AS, AS, AS JUDY, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THIS, SO I'M GONNA STICK WITH MOBILITY.
AND, AND YOU MENTIONED ON THE MOBILITY SIDE FOR PAVE THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX.
YOU'RE DOING IT EVERY TWO YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND NOW WHERE IT'S GOING.
I SEE ON THE WEBSITE ELEVATE 28, HOW AND WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER MOBILITY AREAS, ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE CURBS AND SIDEWALKS, AND THEN THE SMART STREET WHEN, TWO QUESTIONS ON THAT PART.
WHEN DO YOU DO AN INDEX OR A, UM, A CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THOSE? AND WHERE ARE THOSE GONNA BE? IS THERE GONNA BE AN ELEVATE 28 THAT SAYS CURBS AND SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS, STREETLIGHTS? IF YOU GIMME MORE MONEY, THERE WILL BE.
SO IF THE COUNCIL DEDICATES MORE FUNDING FOR IT, UM, IT'S, THERE'S ANOTHER PLAN FOR A ALLEYS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PMP.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK IN THAT MAP ON OUR WEBSITE AT EVERY ALLEY AND SEE US CONDITION.
UH, AS WELL, WE JUST STARTED INVESTING IN ALLEYS AS PART OF THIS LATEST ROUND OF FIVE-YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
UH, BEFORE, IF YOU RECALL, WE WERE ONLY FOCUSED ON DIRT ALLEYS.
DIRT ALLEYS WAS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.
AND WE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON GETTING RID OF EVERY DIRT ALLEY THAT REMAINED IN THE CITY.
UM, THE, UH, NOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON OTHER ALLEYS AS JONATHAN SHOWED SOME OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES WHERE THEY'RE PRETTY DETERIORATED.
THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED DIRT, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE PATCHES OF ASPHALT.
WE DIDN'T INVEST, I THINK FOR ALLEYS, A NUMBER IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO $400 MILLION TO BRING EVERY ALLEY THAT'S IN DISRESPECT INTO A GOOD OR, OR BETTER, UH, CONDITION.
I THINK THE COUNCIL SET ASIDE, I THINK IN THE MILLIONS, UH, FOR ALLEY REPAIRS.
SO EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT GETS A CERTAIN NUMBER BASED ON THE FORMULA THAT THEY, UH, CRAFTED AND APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC FORMULA FOR, FOR, UH, LOCAL STREET INVESTMENTS IN, IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UM, AND, AND THEN THE, THE SECOND QUESTION ABOUT, UH, SIDEWALKS, UM, THERE IS A DIFFERENT PLAN CALLED THE, UH, TRANSITION PLAN THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AS A RESULT OF THE A DA LAWSUIT THAT THE CITY FACED A FEW YEARS AGO AND, AND SETTLED ON.
WE WERE REQUIRED TO GO OUT AND EVALUATE EVERY SINGLE SIDEWALK IN THE CITY.
AND WE WERE, WE HAD TO IDENTIFY, UM, PRIORITIES
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BASED ON CONDITIONS OF THOSE SIDEWALKS AND, AND THE NEEDS TO IT.UM, AND NOW WE'VE HAD THAT DATA THAT, THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALL OF THE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SIDEWALK HAS WENT FIRST TO CURB RAMPS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE WANTED, THEY WANTED THE CITY TO FOCUS, UH, THE, UH, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON CURB BRANDS FIRST AND THEN COME BACK TO SIDEWALK.
SO WE'VE PRETTY MUCH GOTTEN THE MAJORITY OF THE CURRENT CURRENT RAMP THAT WE COULD DO DONE.
WE'RE NOW STARTING TO DO SIDEWALK REPAIR, BUT IT'S IS FAIRLY NEW, UH, AS A STANDALONE PROGRAM.
UH, THAT DATA'S NOT ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE YET.
IT'S ON A 300 PAGE PDF REPORT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT CONVERTING TO A SIMILAR, UM, A SIMILAR FORMAT THAT'S MORE EASY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
'CAUSE PE FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN THAT EVALUATED A EVERY SIDEWALK IN OUR CITY AND STREET LIGHTING.
UH, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT AS FAR AS, AGAIN, HAVE YOU DONE A, A, A CITYWIDE ASSESSMENT? AND IF SO, HOW OFTEN DO YOU UPDATE THAT? STREET LIGHTING IS A, IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
OUR STREETLIGHT SYSTEM USED TO BE AS OF TWO YEARS AGO, IT USED TO BE MANAGED BY AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR, CITY LIGHT AND POWER.
UH, WE, UH, PROPOSE AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS TO BRING THAT OPERATION IN-HOUSE.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT THAT OPERATION IN-HOUSE, SAVING THE CITY'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO PLAN OTHER THAN MAINTENANCE TO EXPAND THE, THE LIGHTING SYSTEM.
THERE ARE PROPOSALS, UH, WE MAY GET REQUESTS FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL TO EVALUATE CERTAIN AREAS, UM, AND TO ADD NEW LIGHTING IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT THAT'S TAKEN ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL WHAT IT COSTS TO PUT IN A NEW STREETLIGHT, WHETHER IT'S A, A NEW COMPLETELY SITTING OWNED, UH, POOL, OR WHETHER IT'S AN ATTACHMENT INTO A, A EDISON, UH, WOODEN, UH, UTILITY POOL.
UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT WE TAKE THOSE REQUESTS ON, ON AN, UH, ON, ON A, UM, CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THERE IS NO COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ON STREET LIGHTING.
SO NOW IN THE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE AS WE DEAL WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT, AGAIN, MEASURE A WAS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS IN WHEN WE PASSED IT, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES, THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, UH, CONSTANT.
I MEAN, EVERY PERSON THAT EVEN I, I CAME HERE, A POLICE OFFICER WOULD TELL ME, OUR BUILDING UNIT DA DA IS BAD.
OR SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD SAY, THE, THE, THIS BUILDING IS BAD.
WHEN WAS THE LAST FACILITY CONDITION INDEX DONE FOR THE BOTH THE PARKS AND RECS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES? AND WHEN WILL IT CONTINUE TO BE? WHEN, WHEN'S THE NEXT TIME IT GONNA BE DONE? HELLO? MARILYN REIKIS WITH PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU.
SO, UM, THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT WAS STARTED IN 2017.
UM, TOOK TILL 2018, AND I THINK THERE WAS A FEW LINGERING ONES THAT WE COMPLETED IN 2019.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE UPGRADES NEEDED AT THOSE FACILITIES.
UM, WE HAVE, I THINK YOU ALL WERE IN TOWN FOR THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER.
UM, SO DURING THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, IT SPED UP SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE SAW.
I THINK WE COUNTED NEARLY A HUNDRED ROOF LEAKS, UM, FROM THAT TIME.
SO WE, WE KIND OF HAVE BEEN TRIAGING OUR APPROACH TO THE REPAIRS WITH ROOFS BEING A TOP PRIORITY, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BUDGET, UM, WHEN WE DO AN INDIVIDUAL FACILITY, WE ALWAYS ADDRESS ANY ROOF ISSUES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SET ASIDES JUST FOR ROOFS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A CRITICAL NEED WHEN THEY'RE START TO LEAK.
SO, UM, WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE REPORT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND WE HAVE NOT SET A DATE FOR DOING A NEW FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE STILL SO FAR TO GO, UM, TO COMPLETE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CURRENT FACILITY ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF.
AND THE EXISTING REPORT LIKE THAT, YOU SAY YOU'RE WORKING OFF OF, WHERE IS THAT ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IE UM, YOU KNOW, BIXBY PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, THE FCI WAS DONE ON THIS DATE.
AND THESE ARE THE PROJECTS LISTED TO BE DONE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION INTERNALLY.
WE HAVE, UM, TALKED ABOUT MAKING IT LIVE.
PART OF THE CONCERN WITH MAKING IT LIVE IS THE COST TO DO REPAIRS.
SO WHEN YOU DO A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT, UM, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT LIKED FOR LIKE REPLACEMENTS.
SO THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OPERATIONS FROM AN A DA PERSPECTIVE, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, LINE OF SIGHT SECURITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
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MISLEADING TO PUT THAT DATA OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, OH, THEY COULD SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY AND FIX MY, UM, FACILITY, BUT IT'S MORE LIKE MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE AN HVAC UNIT AND YOU NEED TO DO, UM, MAINTENANCE ON THAT.IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THAT UNIT.
SO WE ARE MIKE'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TEAM.
WE USE THE FACILITY CONTEST, FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS FOR EACH FACILITY THAT WE'RE EVALUATING, UM, AND WORK WITH OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE TEAM, THE GROUP'S OPERATING THE CENTER TO IDENTIFY THE PRIORITIES.
UM, LIKE I SAID, LIKE VERY EASILY WE PUT ROOFS FIRST AND ANY SORT OF SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FIRST, WHETHER THAT'S A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, A TRIP HAZARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE ALSO FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC FACING SIDES OF THE BUILDING AND THEN THE STAFF FACING PARTS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, IT GOES DOWN TO, UM, EVERY SPACE IN THE BUILDING, BUT THE FUNDS AVAILABLE DON'T ALLOW US TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE SPACE IN THAT BUILDING.
SO WE PRIORITIZE IT BASED ON THE, UM, JUST LIKE IT SHOWS IN THE MEASURE A SHEETS, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
SO WE HAVE SORT OF STANDARD COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE OUR TARGETS FOR EVERY FACILITY.
UM, AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE AT THE FACILITY, WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE.
SO WHETHER THAT'S IMPROVEMENT, IMPROVEMENTS FROM AN ACCESS POINT OF VIEW, OPERATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, UM, LANGUAGE ACCESS, SIGNAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, ARE SORT OF OPERATIONS AT EACH FACILITIES ARE FLUID.
SO IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT IT FROM A CIP, WE ALSO, WE MARRY THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT WITH OUR SCOPING PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET TO A FINAL SCOPE.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE WAY A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT IS DONE, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THEY SCORE IT A ONE THROUGH FIVE, THAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO SAY WHAT CONDITION IS IT IN? AND, UH, WHEN IT, WHAT'S NEEDED TO AT LEAST KEEP IT TO BE SAFE AND SOUND.
THAT'S, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY LIGHTING AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT IN, AGAIN, WHEN THIS WHOLE THING PASSED, YOU CAME AND SAID, WE DID A FULL, UH, CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR MOBILITY PARKS AND WRECKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND THIS IS THE CONDITION AND THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED TO FIX THIS.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO PASS MEASURE A.
AND SO I GUESS MY POINT IS IF WE'RE STILL OPERATING OFF THE OLD FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND WE HAVEN'T, WE'RE NOT USING IT AND NOT MAKING IT PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, IS IT DETERIORATING OR IS IT IMPROVING? AND, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE CAN'T SEE THAT.
AND IF IT'S GROWING, AT LEAST I HEARD ON THE MOBILITY SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS ON GROWING, GROWING, GROWING.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IT'S THE SAME FOR THE FACILITIES.
UM, YEAH, IT'S THE SAME FOR THE FACILITIES.
THE NEEDS JUST CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, I I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T BRING THE, THE SUMMARY REPORT WITH ME, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT I BELIEVE, UM, THE OVERALL NEED FOR OUR FACILITIES WHEN WE DID THIS STUDY WAS 700,000,007.
IN THE, I WAS GONNA SAY IN THE ORDER OF BASICALLY A BILLION DOLLARS, BUT AROUND $750 MILLION.
UM, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ONLY GETS WORSE, RIGHT? IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS IT.
SO, UM, THE FACILITIES DO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AND THAT'S WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS WITH THE MEASURE A DOLLARS, IT WILL, UM, IT, WE CAN START REASSESSING BUILDINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, BUT THAT WILL GIVE A BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, INDICATION TO WHAT THE SCORES AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES ARE.
BUT THERE ARE MANY FACILITIES THAT WERE ASSESSED THAT STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AT ALL.
AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT MARILYN'S POINT, SO THE FCA BACK IN 2019 CONCLUDED THAT A $750 MILLION NEED IN OUR FACILITIES, AGAIN, THOSE ARE LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENTS.
AND THAT WAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED IS THAT THAT WAS AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY NEED TO DATE.
WE HAVE ALLOCATED 78 MILLION OF MEASURE A TO FACILITIES THAT INCLUDES BUDGET, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST APPROPRIATED.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FCA DUE TO FUNDING LIMITATIONS.
AND, AND, AND I HEAR YOU AND I, AND I JUST WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR, IS I'M, I'M INTENDING TO TRY TO SEE A SUMMARY OF IT SO THAT I CAN HELP, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'M SEEING AND WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IS WE'RE GETTING ALL THIS MONEY AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO CAPITAL.
AND I SEE IT DETERIORATING HOW MUCH IS GOING TOWARDS THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? LESS AND LESS AND LESS.
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MEAN, IN TOTAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG QUOTE UNQUOTE TOTAL, BUT IT'S ONLY 10% OF THE NEED.RIGHT? AND THEN THIS OTHER PART AND OTHER OPERATIONAL STUFF, IT'S GOING HIGHER, HIGHER, HIGHER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING MORE TOWARDS OPERATION AND NOT INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER SO THAT I CAN STOP THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT I HEAR.
MY STREETS ARE FALLING APART, THIS BUILDING'S GOT HOLES, WHAT DIDN'T WE PASS? MEASURE A ISN'T MEASURE A SUPPOSED TO FIX THAT.
AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT IS ALSO FIRE AND SAFETY AND IT'S ONGOING AND IT'S OTHER STUFF.
SO I JUST WANT TO, TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.
SO I WILL MAKE A REQUEST LATER FOR AN AGENDA ITEM TO BE ADDED THAT'S GOING TO, UH, UH, ASK FOR A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT WHEN WE CAN DO IT APPROPRIATELY SO THAT IT COULD BE AGENDIZED SO WE COULD DISCUSS IT OFFICIALLY.
UM, BUT LET ME GO BACK TO THE REPORT IF I CAN HAVE ONE OTHER QUICK EVENING.
UM, I LOVE THE ELEVATE 21 1, 1 MOMENT.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT REQUEST, BUT COMMITTEE MEMBER, WE'RE HAVING A DIALOGUE HERE ABOUT, UH, THE COMMENTARY THAT WAS MADE ABOUT DIRECTING FOR THE STUDY TO BE PERFORMED OR AN ASSESSMENT TO BE PERFORMED.
AND WE'RE, UH, DELIBERATING ON THE ROLE THAT, THAT, THAT DIRECTION MUST COME FROM THE COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF TALKED EARLY ON ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN AGENDA CERTAIN ITEMS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, AND THE COMMITTEE, UH, UNDERSTOOD KIND OF ACTING WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE RESOLUTION AND WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY.
UH, SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE IDEAS WITH THE CHAIR, WHETHER THE COMMITTEE HAS CERTAIN IDEAS OF ITEMS TO AGENDIZE AND HOW IT IS THAT THOSE GOALS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE AUTHORITY, BUT PROVIDING DIRECTION FOR STAFF OR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO PERFORM CERTAIN ASSESSMENT IS NOT WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, MY INTENT THOUGH IS TO AGENDA SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION AS TO WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
IF IT IS TO MAKE A REQUEST TO COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, THEN MAYBE WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT GOES TO COUNSEL SAYING THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS TO HAPPEN AND THIS IS WHY.
AND SINCE WE CAN'T OFFICIALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT UNTIL IT'S AGENDIZED, I'M SAYING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO AGENDIZE A CONVERSATION ON WHAT WE CAN DO, HOW TO MOVE IT FORWARD, A A REASSESSMENT OF THE FACILITY CONDITION OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, MAY I RECOMMEND THAT BEFORE WE REASSESS, WE, WE GO THROUGH AND MAYBE IN THIS GROUP HERE, THE PAST, UM, ASSESSMENT IN THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE, THE EFFORT IN 20 $17 WAS $2 MILLION TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT.
RIGHT? AND JUST IN THE PERSON THAT'S BEEN JUGGLING THE NEEDS, UM, I JUST WANNA BE REALLY CAREFUL THAT I AM ABLE TO KEEP, KEEP A, KEEP THE STOP THE BLEEDING, SO TO SPEAK, OF WHAT I ALREADY KNOW IS, UM, BLEEDING AND LEAKING AND, AND, AND DISREPAIR, RIGHT? RATHER THAN, UM, TAKING THE STAFF TIME AND MORE DOLLARS AWAY FROM ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS.
SO JUST, JUST AS SOME PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE AS A FIRST STEP, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN SHARE MORE OF THE DETAILS OF THE FCA WITH YOU AND, AND HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS AND OVERALL CONDITIONS.
WE WOULD LEAD INTO A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND THEN, SO THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, WITH INFORMATION MAKE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I JUST, AND, AND I'M JUST GONNA DO ANOTHER QUICK LITTLE COMMENT, AND IT'S NOT A A, A NEGATIVE ONE, IT'S A POSITIVE ONE.
BUT ON ELEVATE 28, I DO LIKE THE WEBSITES.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK HIM FROM WHAT I WAS JUST SEEING REAL QUICK IS YOU, WHEN YOU SHOW THOSE REPORTS, I DON'T SEE, YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA UPDATE 'EM QUARTERLY, AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT SAYING AS OF, SO YOU DON'T SEE THE DATE THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT IS 50% COMPLETE AS OF 9 30 23 OR 12 31 23.
UH, THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT, UM, EASIER TO RE UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBER HOWARD.
UM, BACK TO STREETS, UM, AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THE STREETS, IT'S WONDERFUL AND THERE'S MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE IT.
BUT, UM, THE, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH STREETS, IT'S KIND OF A SELF-RENEWING, NEED TO GO BACK AND, AND DO THESE PROJECTS.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A METRIC SOMEHOW BUILT INTO THE CALCULATIONS THAT FORECAST OUT SEVERAL YEARS WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO THE WORK THAT WE'VE JUST DONE, OR THE WORK THAT WE DID TWO OR THREE OR FIVE YEARS AGO, BECAUSE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE, THE HOLE IN THE GROUND, SO TO SPEAK.
CERTAINLY I'M GONNA LET, UH, ERIC LOPEZ, OUR DIRECTOR, TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN WE GO IN SLURRY SEAL THAT GIVES US
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A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME VERSUS A COMPLETE GRANITE OVERLAY.UH, A STREET LIFESPAN, UH, PROBABLY RANGES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, UH, 15 TO 25 YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW WELL IT'S MAINTAINED.
UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE, UH, WORST ENEMY OF STREETS IS WATER.
UH, ONCE IT STARTS CRACKING FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
IT COULD BE EARTHQUAKE, IT COULD BE ALL MORE TOO MUCH HEAT.
IT COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL KINDS OF, OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
AND WATER STARTS INTRUDING THROUGH THOSE CRACKS, THEN YOU END UP WITH POTHOLES, WITH ALLIGATOR CRACKS AND THE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE ALL SEE AND EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO THE KEY IS FILLING THOSE CRACKS AND SEALING THOSE STREETS.
UH, THERE IS A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AFTER, UM, AFTER SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND, AND EIGHT YEARS IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE BECAUSE DIFFERENT STREETS HAVE DIFFERENT VOLUMES OF VE VEHICLES, OF DIFFERENT WEIGHTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, THAT ALL GOES INTO ACCOUNT OF WHEN IT NEEDS THAT MAINTENANCE.
BUT I WOULD SAY RULE OF THUMB, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN YEAR FIVE AND EIGHT, YOU SHOULD BE GOING IN THERE CRACK SEALING IT, AND THEN SLURRY SEALING IT.
UH, BEFORE LAST YEAR, THE CITY DID NOT HAVE THE IN-HOUSE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.
NOW WE DO, WE'VE BUILT UP AN INTERNAL CREW OF CITY STAFF MEMBERS THAT ALL THEY DO ALL DAY EVERY DAY, EXCEPT WHEN IT'S RAINING.
WHEN IT'S RAINING, THEY GO TO STORM WATCH, UM, AND HELP US WITH OUR, OUR DRAINAGE CLEANUPS AND RESPONDING TO FLOODING ISSUES.
UH, BUT WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING AND IT'S ABOUT OVER SE 70 DEGREES, THEY ARE CRACK SEALING AND SLURRY SEALING.
AND SO THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE STREETS THAT WERE, UH, THAT WERE REPAVED, UH, AS PART OF MEASURE A THAT'S GONNA ENSURE THAT OUR STREETS INSTEAD OF LASTING 15 YEARS, UH, WE CAN PUSH IT TO, UH, 25.
THERE'S MORE TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE NOW, A, A THICKER, UH, SLURRY SEAL THAT CAN GET YOU AN ADDITIONAL FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
WE ARE ABLE TO PILOT THAT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR OWN CREWS THAT CAN DO IT, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY OR REDIRECT FROM OUR CONTRACTORS OUT THERE.
UH, SO, SO YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE IS MAINTENANCE NOW, AT LEAST FOR STREETS AS PART OF OUR REGULAR PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL TOLD US THAT WAS A PRIORITY.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY INVESTED THE LARGE MAJORITY OF, OF, UH, MEASURE A, THE FIVE YEAR REVENUES INTO THE MOBILITY PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES THE STREETS AND THE SIDEWALKS.
UH, SO, SO YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU INVEST, THEN YOU GET BETTER RESULTS.
AN EXCELLENT, AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO TO CONFIRM, UH, NADER, THIS IS A STANDING ITEM AT EACH MEETING, RIGHT? THIS UPDATE? YEAH.
THE PUBLIC WORKS IS, UH, SCHEDULED TO GIVE AN UPDATE WITH EVERY, UH, SCHEDULED CAC MEETING.
UM, DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF THE PRESENTATION AND DEFERRING TO PUBLIC WORKS ON WHAT THIS MAY BE, WE MAY ADVISE MAYBE TO TAKE IT TO THE OCTOBER VERSUS AUGUST, BECAUSE AUGUST DOES PROPOSE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON NEW COMING BUDGET.
BUT WE CAN EVALUATE HOW THAT PRESENTATION COULD BE.
AND SO AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED UPDATE, UM, WE COULD INCLUDE AS PART OF THAT UPDATE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX AND THE PIECES THAT WERE JUST REFERENCED BY PUBLIC WORKS AS AN INITIAL CONVERSATION.
AND THEN WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE CHAIR JUST FOR THAT SOUNDS SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS TO SOUNDS.
AND ONE FINAL COMMENT, CHAIR, CHAIR TO A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR.
SO ARE WE SAYING THAT IT'S GONNA BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION OR WILL IT BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM? I, UH, BECAUSE I THINK I HEARD THE ATTORNEY SAY THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR AND SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A CITYWIDE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT UPDATE.
JUST A CONVERSATION OR WHATEVER.
I, I, I HEARD HER COMMENT DIFFERENTLY.
I, I HEARD THAT IF WE WERE DI IF WE WERE DIRECTING THEM TO DO SOMETHING, WE HAD TO THEN HAVE COUNSEL APPROVAL TO AGENDIZE IT.
BUT I'M, SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN QUICKLY.
AND SO I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE COULD, UM, INCLUDE IT IN THIS REGULAR UPDATE AS A BULLET POINT, YOU KNOW, AS A SUB, YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS ITEM, THIS IS NUMBER C ON THAT ITEM OR LETTER C, BUT I JUST, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AND ALSO WHAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH A STANDALONE ITEM IF, IF THAT'S THE WISHES OF THE COMMITTEE OR, OR WE CAN INCLUDE IN OUR NORMAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE.
SO NA AND I CAN WORK THAT OUT WHEN WE DEAL WITH THE AGENDA.
AND WE'LL WORK OUT THE FORMAL PROCESSES.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF REQUESTS TO JUST FIND OUT BETTER INFORMATION OR JUST SHAPE IT OUT.
AND AS WE FIGURE OUT THE FORMAL PROCESS, WE ARE LISTENING AND WE, UH, DEFINITELY ARE RESPONDING WITH SOME UPDATES.
SO JUST LIKE INDEED TODAY, WE'LL FORMAT AND BE IN TOUCH WITH WHAT WE COULD BRING FOR AUGUST AND CHAIR.
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I GUESS, 'CAUSE WE, IN OUR AGENDA WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL NEW BUSINESS, BUT I, I THINK ONE THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND IT'S GETTING CLOSER, BUT, UM, KIND OF PROGRESS ON A SUMMARY REPORT FROM THAT FISCAL YEAR 17 TO 23 OF ALL MEASURE A EXPENDITURES.WE, WE'VE SEEN SOMETHING HERE ALREADY WHERE IT STARTED, BUT IN, IN MY OPINION, IT'S STILL NOT BREAKING IT DOWN IN THOSE CATEGORIES THAT WE TALKED TO.
YES, HERE'S ALL THE REVENUE, HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO, UH, UH, POLICE ONGOING, UH, FIRE ONGOING, YOU KNOW, FOR STAFFING PERSONNEL AND THEN POLICE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACIL, UH, UH, UH, FIRE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS MOBILITY, DA DA DA.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING THAT BIG PICTURE.
AND I THINK UNTIL WE SEE IT, THERE'S NO WAY I THINK WE CAN APPROPRIATELY SAY, YOU KNOW, MEASURE A IS GOING WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
BECAUSE I, IN MY MIND, JUST FROM MY, I'M SEEING THROUGH NUMBERS, IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE WE'RE SHIFTING MORE OF THOSE MONIES THAT WERE INTENDED IN CAPITAL DOLLARS MORE TOWARDS ONGOING OPERATING DOLLARS.
AND IT'S NOT WHAT THE INTENT WAS IN MEASURE A WHEN I VOTED ON IT.
IT WAS TO KEEP FIRE AND SAFETY STRONG, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BIG PICTURE.
SO, SO COULD, DOES THAT HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM? UM, TO RESPOND TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBER'S QUESTION EACH FISCAL YEAR WHEN WE ACTUALLY PROPOSE A BUDGET, WE BRING A SCHEDULE OF EVERY LINE ITEM USE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PROPOSED AS PART OF THAT BUDGET AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE.
THIS SCHEDULE IS OUTLINING ALL THE USES PER DOLLAR AMOUNTS, LINE ITEMS PER PUBLIC SAFETY, ALSO TRANSFERS PER BUDGET FOR, UM, CIP PROJECTS.
AND ALTHOUGH WE DO TALK ABOUT OUT YEARS, MANY, MANY IN MANY, MANY PRESENTATIONS, EACH BUDGET IS APPROVED PER YEAR.
SO WE DO HAVE AN OUT YEAR PLAN, WHICH TRY TO GET, TRY TO, WE TRY TO USE AS A ROADMAP, BUT EACH FISCAL YEAR IS BROUGHT FOR APPROVAL AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT DOCUMENT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN BRINGING TO THE COMMITTEE AND WILL BE BRINGING AGAIN IN AUGUST TO OUTLINE WHAT EXACT USES ARE IN THE FY 25 BUDGET PLAN.
AND IT WILL SHOW THE DETAILS OF WHAT IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO SEEING THE SUMMARY, AGAIN, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT WE SEE 17, 18, 19, 20, SO WE CAN SEE THE PROGRESS BY EACH AREA.
HERE'S THE REVENUE AS IT'S GROWN, HERE'S THIS AREA THAT IT'S GROWING, HERE'S THIS AREA THAT'S GETTING SMALLER IN A PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL BUDGET BECAUSE, 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA SEE BIG PICTURE WHERE MEASURE A FUNDS WENT AND WHERE THEY'RE SHIFTING BETWEEN THE THREE AREAS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S FIRE SAFETY AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE SAFETY AND, AND, AND PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS HOW CAN WE SEE THAT? AND SO DO WE HAVE TO AGENDIZE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO SEE IT IN THOSE BUCKETS? UH, YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
ALTHOUGH WE'RE BRINGING EACH BUDGETED YEAR FOR REVIEW, OUR BUDGET BOOK AND ANNUAL BUDGET BOOK INCLUDES A DOCUMENT WHICH SHOWS THE TENURE, UM, OUTLOOK FOR MEASURE A, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, FY 17 THROUGH FY 27 AT THE MOMENT.
SO THAT WAS A DOCUMENT WE USED, WHICH IS PUBLIC AND WE KIND OF JUST SUMMARIZED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FRIENDLY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEEN, UH, INVESTED SO FAR AND BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY FOR THE INCEPTION DATE, UH, REVIEW.
SO THE ACTUAL UPDATES OF WHAT'S BEEN SPENT VERSUS WHAT'S CURRENTLY, UH, BEING PROPOSED AND WHAT IS IN THE OUT YEAR IS AN AVAILABLE DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE AS FAR AS AN AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM, I DO ADVISE TO, UH, CONSIDER TIMING CONSIDERATIONS OF ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT BECAUSE WE WILL BE BRINGING A, UH, PROPOSAL OF THE FY 25 BUDGET.
WE WILL BE BRINGING UPDATED FORECAST OF THE FY 24 PERFORMANCE, AND IT IS LOOKING LIKE WE'LL BE BRINGING TWO INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PRESENTATIONS IN AUGUST.
SO WITH TIMING CONSIDERATIONS, WE WOULD TRY TO FIND, UH, A WAY TO GIVE YOU A REPORT THAT SHOWS THE INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL DEFER TO THE CHAIR OF HOW MUCH DETAILS NEED TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE, UH, THE ACTUAL FLOOR OR IN THE PRESENTATION, OR IF WE'D LIKE TO JUST BRING IT AS A FEW, UH, BULLETS.
WELL, I THINK INCLUDING THAT HISTORY, THAT CONTEXT IN THAT ITEM SOUNDS REASONABLE TO ME.
BUT I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA JUST, IF, IF IT'S PUBLIC OUT THERE, IF YOU CAN JUST, I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT AND THEN LET, LET ME TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN WITH MY LAPTOP AND, AND IF YOU COULD PUT IT IN, UH, WELL THAT IT'S DROPPED DOWN INTO AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET, THAT'LL BE A LOT EASIER.
'CAUSE I JUST WANNA SEE THOSE BUCKETS AND I THINK IT'LL MAKE IT ME A LITTLE MORE INFORMED,
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UH, BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE FISCAL YEAR 25 IN PERSPECTIVE OF HOW MEASURE A ALL STARTED AND HOW, HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO HERE EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SEE AND I WANNA SEE THE TREND, SO.
I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THAT ITEM, RIGHT? UH, YEAH.
UM, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR A VOTE? DO YOU STILL NOT SEE IT ON YOUR END? IT'S JUST SPINNING FOR SOME OF US.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
COMMENT ON ANY NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS. IF THERE ARE MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.THAT CONCLUDES NON-AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO JUST ANOTHER BIG THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TO STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR, YOUR HELP IN HELPING US SERVE.
UM, AND, UM, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TODAY FOR THE HEALTHY BANTER WITH US ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS. WE APPRECIATE IT.
[ADJOURNMENT]
ADJOURNS OUR MEETING OR THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING, RATHER.OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST AT 3:00 PM RIGHT HERE IN THE CIVIC CHAMBERS.
AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.