Apr 16, 2024 Government Operations and Efficiency Committee

WE'RE

[ROLL CALL]

WAITING.

WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, UH, JONI RICKS FOTI, SECONDED BY MARY ZENDEJAS.

UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER ONE? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

[1. 24-53007 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Government Operations and Efficiency Committee meeting of Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOTION CARRIES.

CAN WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER TWO, READ PLEASE.

ITEM TWO.

OOPS, SORRY.

ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND REFER BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

THE NAMING OF THE THIRD FLOOR DEVELOPMENT TO CONGRESSMAN ALLEN LOWENTHAL GLOBAL TRADE AND EDUCATION CENTER AT THE PORT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

OUR ESTEEMED GUEST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

WE HAVE, UH, MOVED BY MARY ZENDEJAS, SECONDED BY JONI RICK SOTE, AND, UH, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO INVITE

[2. 24-53008 Recommendation to approve and refer back to City Council for consideration and approval, the naming of the Third Floor Development to Congressman Alan Lowenthal Global Trade and Education Center at the Port Administration Building, a process which is in accordance with City of Long Beach Administrative Regulation AR 8-7, Policy and Procedures for the Naming of City-owned Land, Buildings, and Facilities. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation ]

UH, PLEASE COME UP AND, UH, ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, CHAIRMAN SUPERMAN.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR PLACING THIS ON THE AGENDA.

AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE COMMITTEE SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD THE NAMING OF OUR THIRD FLOOR INITIATIVE.

AND I HAVE ALSO WITH ME, JAMILA BOWMAN, WHO'S THE STAFF, UH, PERSON WHO'S KIND OF LED THIS PROJECT ALONG WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, SEAN .

SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INTERACTIVE FLOOR, UH, WHICH SHOWS THE HISTORY OF THE POOR LONG BEACH, AND IT WILL HAVE A, UH, UM, INTERACTIVE TABLE, WHICH COULD POINT TO ALL PLACES OF POINTS OF INTEREST OF THE PORT.

UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THE GRAND OPENING OF THIS, UH, FLOOR.

AND, BUT WHY WE'RE HERE IS TO, UH, SEEK YOUR SUPPORT IN THE NAMING OF THIS FLOOR AFTER CONGRESSMAN ALLEN TAL, GIVEN HIS HISTORY AS A COUNCILPERSON ASSEMBLYMAN, A SENATOR AND A CONGRESSMAN.

AND THROUGHOUT THOSE VARIOUS POSITIONS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, AS YOU KNOW, ALAN WAS VERY MUCH NOT ONLY A SUPPORTER OF THE PORT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, REALLY MOVED THE NEEDLE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE PORT NEEDED TO TAKE.

AND I'M GOING BACK TO THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.

SO GIVEN ALL THAT HISTORY, I THOUGHT IT IT WOULD BE A, UH, UH, PROPER, UH, TO NAME THIS, UH, FLOOR INTERACTIVE CENTER AFTER THE CONGRESSMAN.

SO WITH THAT, I COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS, BUT I THINK, AGAIN, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS NAMING.

UH, AND AGAIN, THE OFFICIAL NAME WOULD BE THE CONGRESSMAN ANNA LENTAL GLOBAL TRADE AND EDUCATION CENTER.

UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, UH, THAT, THAT IS MY SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR SUGGESTIONS.

WELL, UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR CORDERO.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING HERE TODAY.

SO DO WE HAVE, UM, ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM, FROM THE MO, UH, MOVER OF THE, UH, MOTION? I'LL MAKE YOU THE MOTION.

UM, COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER ZENDEJAS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

SUPER.

NOT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR CORDERO, FOR BEING HERE TODAY WITH US AND BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT ITEM FORWARD WITH US.

I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, UM, HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AS WE DO WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

AND IT JUST GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON A, SUPPORTING THE NAMING AFTER OUR CONGRESSMAN ALAN LENTAL, WHO HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR CITY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO, HAVE HIS PRESENCE HERE, BUT AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS, AFTER.

SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THE PORT DOES AND FOR ACTUALLY HAVING A CENTER LIKE THIS, AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER LIKE THIS, AND OPENING IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY.

HOW FITTING IS THAT? ESPECIALLY AFTER, UM, CONGRESSMAN ALLEN ETHAL WAS SO INVOLVED AND ALWAYS HANDS ON WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS, ME BEING ONE OF THEM.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

WELL, THANK YOU.

ACTUALLY SAID IT VERY WELL.

UH, FROM THE SECONDER JOINING REX SODI, UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS

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UM, I'LL JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE SENTIMENT THAT, UM, WE SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY'RE HERE, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY FITTING THAT YOU ALL ARE ACKNOWLEDGING, UH, THE CONGRESSMAN'S WORK, UH, AND REALLY CONTINUED KIND OF ADVOCACY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, IN THIS WAY AND, AND A REFLECTION OF THE WORK THAT HE DID, YOU KNOW, ON AND OFF, UH, THE OFF THE CLOCK.

AND SO I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR ALLOWING US TO HONOR HIM IN THIS WAY.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RICKS ODI, AND I THINK AS BEEN SAID, UM, HISTORY WILL SHOW THAT, UH, THE POOR LONG BEACH CAME OUT WITH THE, UH, CUTTING EDGE GREENPORT POLICY BACK IN 2005.

UH, AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS A ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER WITH REGARD TO SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.

AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR QUEST IS TO MOVE FORWARD TO A ZERO EMISSION PORT COMPLEX.

BUT ALL THAT I WOULD, UH, WOULD REPRESENT TO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED, BUT FOR THE STRONG ADVOCACY AND PUSH THAT, UH, ADAM LENTAL HAD, PARTICULARLY WHEN HE WAS ON THE COUNCIL.

SO I THINK, UH, THOSE PRESSURES, UH, SERVED US WELL AT THE PORT.

AND AGAIN, I THINK TODAY, NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE CUSP OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A ZERO EMISSION, UH, OPERATION, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PORT IES RIGHT NOW, 22% OF OUR CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT IS ZERO EMISSION TO MOST OF ANY PORT IN THE COUNTRY.

UH, 2030 IS OUR GOAL.

THERE'LL BE COMPLETELY ZERO EMISSION.

UH, IT, IT'S A CHALLENGE GIVEN THE FINANCES AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT, UH, SLOWLY COMING INTO PLAY, BUT WE'RE VERY POSITIVE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CROSS THAT FINISH LINE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND, UH, MARIO CORDERO, UH, BEAUTIFULLY, UH, PROVIDED A CHRONICLE OF, UH, ALAN AL'S POLITICAL CAREER AND IS DIS DISTINGUISHED A POLITICAL CAREER.

SO I JUST ADD THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT HE'S GONNA BE, HAVE HIS NAME ON AN EDUCATION CENTER AND HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER INCLUDED, UH, UH, PROFESSORSHIP AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

SO HE'S ALSO AN EDUCATOR, SO I, I THINK THAT'S A NICE FIT.

UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE IN SUPPORT.

AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.

UM, CAN WE GO TO A VOTE PLEASE? I MOTION CARRIES.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, MARIO CORDERO FOR, FOR BEING HERE TO, UH, AND CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

DO WE HAVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON, UH, THINGS NOT AGENDIZED FOR THIS MEETING, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.

AND WE STAND ADJOURNED, UH, FOR THIS SESSION.

AND WE'LL REGROUP ENC CLOSED SESSION AT, UH, FOUR 15.