* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD [CALL TO ORDER] AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE TRANSACTION AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ORDER FOR AUGUST 21ST, 2024. [ROLL CALL] CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE ROLE? MEMBER CRUZ? PRESENT. PRESENT MEMBER AMY. PRESENT. MEMBER HOWER. PRESENT. VICE CHAIR ROSS. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I THINK THE FIRST THING [1. 24-54576 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee meetings of Wednesday, November 8, 2023 and March 20, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] WE NEED TO DO IS, UH, APPROVE SOME MINUTES AND, UM, WE ARE APPROVING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 8TH AND MARCH 20TH. UM, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS? SO MOVED. OH, YOU SHOULD SEE IT POP UP ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. LET ME KNOW IF YOU DON'T SEE. OKAY. I HAVE MOVED BY MEMBER CRUZ AND SECONDED BY MEMBER HOWER. OKAY. UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. IS THERE ANY COMMENT ON THIS FROM, FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. CLERK, CAN YOU CALL ROLL FOR THE VOTE? YES. IT SHOULD POP UP ON YOUR SCREEN AS WELL, BUT LET ME KNOW IF IT DOESN'T. MEMBER AMY. PERFECT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM. UM, CAN YOU READ THE, UM, ITEM? YES, MADAM CLERK. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS [2. 24-54577 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation by the City Auditor’s Office on an upcoming review of Measure A funds since inception and highlight of Measure A funded projects.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION BY THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE ON AN UPCOMING REVIEW OF MEASURE A FUNDS SINCE INCEPTION AND HIGHLIGHT OF MEASURE A FUNDED PROJECTS. OKAY. CAN I GET A, A MOTION PLEASE? WE HAVE A FIRST FROM MEMBER AMY AND A SECONDED FROM MEMBER CRUZ. OKAY. THANK YOU. STAFF. IS THERE A REPORT ON THIS ITEM? UH, YES. VICE CHAIR. WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TODAY WE HAVE DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR ALVIN CHU, TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION OF A PROJECT THEY ARE WORKING ON. GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALVIN CH. I'M A DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. UM, THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL PURPOSES. THE FIRST IS TO EXPLAIN A BIT ABOUT THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WHAT WE DO, UM, AND WHO WE ARE. AND THEN THE SECOND IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF A PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO THIS COMMITTEE. SO YOU MAY RECOGNIZE CITY AUDITOR LAURA DOWD. SHE IS, UH, THE CITY AUDITOR FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND SHE WAS ORIGINALLY ELECTED IN THE YEAR 2006. SHE'S CURRENTLY ON HER FIFTH TERM. UM, AS I SAID, SHE IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, SO SHE IS ELECTED BY THE ENTIRE CITY OF LONG BEACH. AND SO THEREFORE, SHE REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE. SHE'S NOT APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, UH, NOR IS SHE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL OR THE CITY MANAGER. SO THE MISSION OF OUR OFFICE IS PRETTY SIMPLE. WE'RE HERE TO MAKE LONG BEACH BETTER. AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS THROUGH INDEPENDENT, UH, AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK TO DO IS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE CITY. UH, AND THAT'S SIMILAR OR TIE INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. UM, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES, UH, THAT WE'VE HELPED INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IS A RECENT IMPACT REPORT ON THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, OIL PRODUCTION ACT. IT WAS, UH, PASSED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN 2007, AND IT WAS CHAMPIONED BY OUR OFFICE. AND SINCE THEN, IT HAS BROUGHT IN AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION IN REVENUE EVERY YEAR TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, MEANING FIRE AND POLICE. UM, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS WE LIKE TO DO AN IMPACT REPORT FOR THAT TO SHOW WHERE THAT MONEY HAS GONE, UM, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN, AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TO HIGHLIGHT THE MEASURE A FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED. [00:05:01] WE ALSO OPERATE A FRAUD WASTED ABUSE HOTLINE, UM, FOR, UH, BOTH THE PUBLIC AND CITY EMPLOYEES TO CONTACT US, UH, REGARDING ALLEGED OR SUSPECTED FRAUD, WASTED ABUSE AGAINST THE CITY. SO WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS ALSO TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR MEASURE A NON-AUDIT, AND I CALL IT A NON-AUDIT, AND IT'S MORE FOR GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARD PURPOSES. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REALLY REVIEW AT A HIGH LEVEL AND TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THE MEASURE A FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED SINCE INCEPTION. SO, AS YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY AWARE, UH, MEASURE A WAS VOTED FOR BY THE RESIDENCE AND HAS BROUGHT IN APPROXIMATELY $461 MILLION SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2016. AND WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $72 MILLION IN REVENUE, UH, FOR THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR. THESE ARE SOME BIG, BIG NUMBERS, AND THESE FUNDS ARE USED TO HELP FUND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS FUNDING THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURE. A HAS CONTRIBUTED TO BUILDING FACILITIES SUCH AS THE POLICE AND FIRE ACADEMY, WHILE ALSO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CITY STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYWAYS, AND MAINTAINING OUR LIBRARIES, PARKS, AND SENIOR CENTERS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT MEASURE A HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY SO THAT CITIZENS IN THE CITY ARE AWARE OF HOW THIS MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO DONE RECENTLY, UM, IS A HARBOR INITIATIVE IMPACT SUMMARY REPORT, SIMILAR TO WHAT I DESCRIBED ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY OIL PRODUCTION ACT. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WAS CHAMPIONED BY CITY AUDITOR LAURA DOWD. AND THAT HAS BROUGHT IN AN ADDITIONAL $259 MILLION IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH SINCE ITS INCEPTION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS REPORT IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD MAYBE THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AN AUDIT REPORT. UH, AND, AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO REALLY INCREASE THE CITY'S AWARENESS OF WHAT THE CITY IS DOING WITH THE MONEY, HOW WE'VE HELPED TO IMPROVE EVERYONE'S EVERYDAY'S LIVES. SO, UM, WHEN YOU THINK OF A TYPICAL AUTO REPORT, YOU GET A VERY FORMAL COVER PAGE WITH SOME TEXT, AND THEN MORE TEXT INSIDE AND MORE TEXT AND MORE TEXT AND MORE TEXT FOLLOWED BY APPENDICES WITH CHARTS AND GRAPHS THAT DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE, BUT LOOK REALLY PROFESSIONAL AND, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THAT TYPE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT IN THIS, UH, PROJECT. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT VISUALLY ENGAGING FOR READERS TO UNDERSTAND. UH, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE AS OUR OFFICE IS AN ELECTED OFFICE, WE'RE PUBLIC FACING AND CITY AUDITOR LAURA DOWD HAS GOTTEN QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT MEASURE A, WANTING TO KNOW WHAT HAS THAT MONEY GONE TOWARDS. SO WE FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE PROJECT GIVEN THE SCOPE AND SIZE OF THE DOLLARS AND THE ANTICIPATED FUTURE DOLLARS TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT. UM, I'LL PASS OUT A COPY OF, UH, THIS, UH, PRIOR REPORT JUST SO YOU GUYS HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT TO EXPECT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A, A VOLUMOUS, UH, AUTO REPORT THAT WILL REQUIRE SEVERAL CUPS OF COFFEE TO GET THROUGH. HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND GET SOME INFORMATION FROM IT AND SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS WE HAVEN'T YET COMPLETED YET. BUT ONCE WE DO COMPLETE THAT REPORT, WE WILL SHARE A COPY WITH YOU ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC. SO ONE OF THE LAST REASONS WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE FOR THIS PROJECT, WE THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE. UM, AND WHAT I'LL BE DOING IS SENDING OUT A SURVEY LINK, UH, LATER THIS EVENING AFTER, UH, THIS MEETING. AND IT WILL HAVE A, A FEW QUESTIONS. UM, THE QUESTIONS ARE, UH, NOT TOO, UM, NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO ANSWER, I HOPE. AND, UH, THE RESPONSES IF YOU CHOOSE TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE, WILL BE CONFIDENTIAL AND ANONYMOUS. WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S PROVIDING THE RESPONSE. UH, IT'S REALLY MORE FOR US TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GETTING THE INFORMATION [00:10:01] THAT YOU, YOU THINK IS NECESSARY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BEING PROCESSED IN A, A MANNER THAT WOULD, UM, BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY. THAT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING. SO, UM, IT IT'S VOLUNTARY, BUT WE, WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONNECT WITH US, UH, OUR CITY AUDITOR, WE HAVE AN APP. IT'S THE MY AUDITOR APP THAT'S AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE AND APPLE APP STORE. AND WE'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO. UM, I'M FREE TO OR HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I THINK WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST AND THEN BRING IT BACK HERE. AND FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM TWO. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, ACTUALLY I HAD JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I, I ABSOLUTELY WELCOME THE REVIEW. UM, 'CAUSE I TOO, I MEAN, I'M NOW ON THE COMMISSION NEW AND, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I'VE BEEN GETTING NUMBERS AND DATA, BUT IT JUST TURNS MORE QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A FLIP OF INFRASTRUCTURE, 75%, UH, TO OPERATIONS 25% VERSUS THE OTHER WAY NOW 25%, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IN 75% OPERATIONS. AND SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT AND BEING ON THE COMMISSION, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT. UH, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT YOU DON'T LIMIT THE SURVEY TO THIS EXISTING COMMISSION, THAT YOU WOULD EXPAND IT TO PAST COMMISSIONERS OF THE MEASURE A, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HISTORY. THEY MAY KNOW MORE THAN WE KNOW AND HOW IT'S BEEN GOING ON AND EVERYTHING. AND I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THE PAST, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO AT LEAST EXTEND IT OUT TO OUR PAST COMMISSIONERS IF I CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU. NOPE. OKAY. CLERK, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? I THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UM, CAN YOU READ THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER THREE? [3. 24-54578 Recommendation to receive and file an update on Fiscal Year 24 Measure A expenditures and revenues.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON FISCAL YEAR 24, MEASURE A EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES. OKAY, I THINK I NEED A MOTION AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE A FIRST FROM MEMBER CRUZ AND A SECOND FROM MEMBER A ME. OKAY. STAFF. IS THERE A REPORT ON THIS ISSUE? YES. VICE CHAIR. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECTIONS OF MEASURE A IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS FY 24. THE FY 24 BUDGET WAS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER, 2023 BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE CAC IN NOVEMBER, 2023. THE ADOPTED FY 24 BUDGET PROJECTED MEASURE A REVENUES AT 68.5 MILLION AND INCLUDED A PLANNED RELEASE OF 7.5 MILLION IN RESERVES SET ASIDE FROM FY 23 OPERATING SURPLUS FOR A TOTAL SOURCES OF 75.9 MILLION TO FUND THE FY 24 ADOPTED PLAN. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE ADOPTED FY 24 BUDGET INCLUDED THE USES OF 75.9 MILLION WITH APPROXIMATELY 49.6 MILLION OF STRUCTURAL USES IN 26.3 MILLION AND ONE TIME PURPOSES. THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS A SUMMARY OF BY CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURES APPROVED AS PART OF THE FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET. ALSO ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKAGES AND POSTED ONLINE IS A FULL LISTING OF THE ADOPTED FY 24 ADOPTED, UM, I'M SORRY, SOURCES AND USES. AND THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, LAST PAGE OF THIS ITEM IN YOUR BINDERS AT FY AT THE END OF FY 23, A TOTAL OF 2.87 MILLION OF THE 102 7 MILLION MILLION FY 23 INDU ADJUSTED BUDGET AND APPROVED PROJECTS WERE NOT FULLY EXPENDED, BUT WERE SET ASIDE AND REAPPROPRIATED IN FY 24. THIS INCLUDES 600,000 [00:15:01] FOR PARK BATHROOM DOOR IMPROVEMENTS, 1.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE PLANNED SECOND YEAR OF HOMELESS LA RIVER RESPONSE EFFORTS, 534,000 TO SUPPORT THE CRACK SEAL TEAM VEHICLES AND 185,000 TO CONTINUE GROUND, UH, PARK GROUND TREE REMOVAL EFFORTS. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THESE RE APPROPRIATIONS AS MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FY 24 MEASURE A PLAN IN THE FIRST CITYWIDE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REPORT ON MARCH 19TH, 2024. SO THESE PROJECTS CAN CONTINUE AS TO MEASURE A REVENUES. THE FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2023 AND IS THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF THE REDUCED MEASURE A RATE FROM 1% TO A 0.75%, WHICH IS IN A RESULT OF MEASURE A 2020 EXTENSION BEING PASSED PASSED AFTER THE COUNTY PROPOSITION H AT THAT TIME OF THE FORECAST, THE ADOPTED BUDGET, THE CITY WAS EXPERIENCING STRONG PERFORMANCE BASED OFF THE MOST RECENT TWO QUARTERS OF ACTIVITIES FROM OCTOBER, 2022 THROUGH MARCH, 2023. CURRENT FY 24 PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON TWO QUARTERS OF ACTIVITIES TOTALING 31.8 MILLION ESTIMATE YEAR END REVENUES IS REFLECTING A DECREASE OR SLOWED GROWTH TRENDS FOR THE, FOR FIRST EXPERIENCE AS OF FY 23 YEAR END AND ANTICIPATES TO END THE YEAR AT 63.9 MILLION IN FY 24, WHICH IS ABOUT 4.5 LESS THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET OR 7% THE KEY CATEGORIES. UH, THE KEY CATEGORIES CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO EXPERIENCE DECLINES OR RELATIVELY FLAT GROWTH FROM PRIOR YEARS INCLUDE AUTOS AND TRANSPORTATIONS AND GENERAL CONSUMER GOODS. HOWEVER, FY 24 DOES INCLUDE HIGH REVENUES FROM CONTINUING IMPROVEMENTS IN RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, AS WELL AS ONE-TIME USE TAX REVENUES FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OCCURRING IN THE CITY. ALTHOUGH THE TRENDS HAVE SLOWED IN COMPARISON TO RECENT YEARS, WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE QUARTERS OF DATA TO LOOK AT, SO THINGS COULD CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE UPDATED REVENUE PROJECTION. THE FY 24 MIDYEAR FORECAST PRO PROJECTS A $2.7 MILLION SHORTFALL. THIS TABLE ON THE SCREEN HELPS ILLUSTRATE EXACTLY HOW WE GOT TO THE SHORTFALL AT THE END OF FY 23. A MEASURE A PLAN ENDED WITH A SURPLUS OF 200 520,000, WHICH WAS NOT PROGRAMMED AND LET FALL TO THE FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT THAT YEARS. THE UPDATED TO THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS IMPACTED MEASURE A PLAN BY 4.5 4.5 MILLION AND IS BEING PARTIALLY ABSORBED BY THE PLANNED CONTINGENCY RESERVED AND FY 24 PLAN OF 1.25 MILLION. ALSO WITH THE UPDATED REVENUE PROJECTION, THE PLAN SET ASIDE TO MEASURE B HAS ADJUSTED DOWN TO ALIGN WITH WHAT 1% OF THE LATEST REVENUE PROJECTION FOR MEASURE A, WHICH JUST GETS US TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF 2.7 MILLION ON THIS TABLE. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE FULL FY 24 MID-YEAR PROJECTION, WHICH WAS REPORTED IN THE MID-YEAR PERFORMANCE REPORT, AND JUST SHOWS THE SAME RESULTS SHOWING TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE $2.7 MILLION SHORTFALL. ALTHOUGH THE PROJECTED SHORT, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A PROJECTED SHORTFALL, THERE'S NO ACTION OR ADJUSTMENTS BEING TAKEN AT THIS TIME. EVEN IF SALES TAX RE REVENUE DOES NOT IMPROVE BY YEAR END, THE REVENUE UNDERPERFORMANCE SHORTFALLS LIKELY TO BE OFFSET BY THE INTEREST EARNINGS ON UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS FROM THE 2023 MEASURE A BOND SOLD IN MAY OF THAT YEAR. WE'LL CONTINUE THE MONITOR PROJECTIONS WITH FINAL UPDATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE FY 24 YEAR END PERFORMANCE REPORT, WHICH ALSO COMES BACK TO THE COMMITTEE IN MARCH OF 2025. LASTLY, PER THE REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE AT THE LAST MEETING, WE'VE RECAPPED THE HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES OF MEASURE A SINCE FY 17. THE TABLE PROVIDED ON THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES ACTUALS BY CATEGORIES WHICH ARE DETAILED IN THE MEASURE A OUT YOUR REPORT, WHICH IS REPORTED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BOOK, AND ALSO AS PART OF YOUR PACKAGE NOTED AS ATTACHMENT D IN ITEM NUMBER FIVE TODAY. PLEASE NOTE THE TABLE EXCLUDES 60.25 MILLION IN BOND PROCEEDS RECEIVED IN FY 23 AS THOSE FUNDS RECEIVED WILL BE SPENT OVER SEVERAL YEARS IN THE CAP, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND ALLOCATIONS OF MEASURE A FUNDING IS DECIDED THROUGH AN ANNUAL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TO THE BEST MEET THE PRIORITIES OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY SET ASIDE BY THE RESIDENTS AND CITY COUNCIL ALL MEASURE A PROPOSED MEASURE SPENDING IS BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL OF THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE SPENDING. THE RECAP ON THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A BREAKOUT OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CATEGORIES FROM FY 17 THROUGH FY 24, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF THE ALLOCATION OF BOND PROCEEDS. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT [00:20:01] WILL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO THIS COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ITEM IN TODAY'S AGENDA PRIORITIZATION IS BASED OFF SEVERAL FACTORS FOR THESE FUNDS AND INCLUDES, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COST-BASED ANALYSIS CON, UH, FACILITY CONDITION AND STREET ASSESSMENTS, WHICH WE'LL HEAR ABOUT NEXT AND FUNDING AVAILABLE. WITH THAT, THIS CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH AN IN-DEPTH, UH, PRESENTATION. UM, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR, UH, A MOTION, WELL CHIP VICE CHAIR, WE HAVE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND THANK YOU, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE. SAME. NONE. IS THERE A COMMENT FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? YES, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT. UM, LOOKING BACK AT THE, UM, UH, THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS ONLINE VERSUS THIS ONE, THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT I COULD NOT TIE THE TOTAL, AND THAT WAS FOR FIRE STATION 14. UM, THE MEETING DOCUMENT SHOWS, UH, 2 290 5,000 PLUS 800,000 AND TOTALS DOWN TO 5.495 MILLION. AND THEN THE LONG BEACH ELEVATE, 28 SHOWS FUNDING OF 3 MILLION. SO THAT DOESN'T TIE, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. I'M NOT SURE IF PUBLIC WORKS HAS THAT ON THE LIST, BUT IF IT'S PART OF THE ELEVATE 28, UH, PROGRAM, I JUST WANNA CALL THEM UP TO DOUBLE CHECK IF THERE'S OTHER GRANT SOURCES INVOLVED WITH THAT TOTAL AMOUNT. OKAY, WELL, EVERYTHING ELSE TIED, BUT, UM, THAT ONE ITEM DIDN'T. SO, UM, AND JUST TO REPEAT, THIS WAS THE FIRE STATION 14 CAPITAL FIRE STATION 14? YEAH, SURE. WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AS PART OF THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. WITH THAT, ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UM, CAN WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER IS ARE WE ON THREE? FOUR FOUR? CAN WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR? READ PLEASE? YES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A [4. 24-54579 Recommendation to receive and file the status of Measure A infrastructure projects and an update on the City’s Facility Condition Assessment.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE STATUS OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM? I HAVE A FIRST FROM MEMBER AMY AND A SECOND FROM MEMBER CRUZ. THANK YOU. IS THERE A STAFF REPORT FOR THIS? YES. VICE CHAIR ROSS. WE HAVE, UH, JONATHAN BOING FROM PUBLIC WORKS, THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION. WONDERFUL. GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE CHAIR ROSS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME'S 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 MARCH, 2024. WE WILL ALSO REVIEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN PROGRESS. IN A SUBSEQUENT PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL OUTLINE THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE A PLAN WAS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEVEN YEAR MEASURE, A INVESTMENT PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO DATE OVER $293 MILLION OF MEASURE A HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FY 17 AND FY 20 FOUR'S ADJUSTED BUDGET. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH MEASURE A'S INVESTMENTS. 46 PARK PLAYGROUNDS COMMUNITY CENTER AND PARK FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE. OVER 553 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY 284 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN SLURRY SEALED, INCLUDING 97 LANE MILES. UH, IN FY 24 THUS FAR, WE PLAN TO SLURRY SEAL OVER 480 [00:25:01] LANE MILES THROUGH FY 27 19 AND A HALF MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REHABILITATED, OF WHICH OF, OF, OF WHICH 5.9 MILES WERE FORMALLY DIRT AND FY 24 ALONE. OVER 6.6 MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED. OVER 1.8 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING 80,000 SQUARE FEET AND FY 24 3,552. CURB RAMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING OVER 330 THIS YEAR. AND LASTLY, 28 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED INCLUSIVE OF SEVEN FIRE STATION PROJECTS, NINE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS, AND NINE LIBRARY PROJECTS, SORRY, OF THE ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE A PLAN. 88% OF PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED INCLUDING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF BEACHES, 89% OF PARKS, AND 80% OF PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS. MANY MOBILITY PROJECTS ARE ONGOING DUE TO THE SCALE OF WORK, BUT TO DATE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE DIRT ALLEYS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL MEASURE, A PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ALONG WITH 78% OF ARTERIAL STREETS AND 95% OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS WITH MANY MORE NEARING COMPLETION. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW MOBILITY PROJECTS COMPLETED WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER OF AN ALLEY, UH, ON CALIFORNIA AVENUE. HERE'S ANOTHER COMPLETED ALLEY, UH, TEMPLE TO ORBA. HERE'S ANOTHER COMPLETED ALLEY, 10TH STREET TO 11TH STREET. HERE'S ANOTHER COMPLETED ALLEY ON LADERA DRIVE TO ORANGE AVENUE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME CURB RAMPS THAT, THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHOWCASE. HERE WE HAVE CORONADO AVENUE AND SECOND STREET BEFORE AND AFTER, BEFORE AND AFTER ON ORA IN SECOND STREET, NORTHEAST PALOMA IN SECOND STREET, AND THEN SOME RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT HAVE RECENTLY, RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED. HERE'S FOREMAN AVENUE, CUL-DE-SAC. HERE'S BELLIN STREET. HERE'S 27TH STREET BETWEEN CLARK AVENUE AND RUTGERS 29TH STREET BETWEEN CLARK AND GREENBRIER, AND THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHTING OUR KRA AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM. THESE ARE IN-HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES. UM, AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF OUR, OF OUR KRA AND SLURRY SEAL TEAM IN ACTION. UM, THE KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL TEAM HAS COMPLETED 9 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF STREET REHAB SINCE FY 23. AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER OF, UH, THE WORK OF THE KRA AND SLURRY SEAL TEAM. HERE IS TWO LANE AVENUE AND THE LOINS DRIVE COMPLETE STREET PROJECT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND IT ENHANCES ROAD SAFETY AND ACCESS TO PARKS BY CREATING A CURB PROTECTED CLASS FOUR BIKE LANE FROM BELLFLOWER BOULEVARD TO BIXBY VILLAGE DRIVE. THIS, UH, SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVE REDUCES SPEEDING, PROMOTES CYCLING, AND IMPROVES INCLUSIVITY WITH 80 DA COMPLIANT FEATURES AND HIGH CONTRAST CROSSWALKS. THE LOINS DRIVE COMPLETE STREET PROJECT WAS RECENTLY THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BIKEWAY TRAIL PROJECTS IN THE METRO LA AREA. THE ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD PROJECT BETWEEN HARBOR AVENUE AND DOWNEY AVENUE IS NEARING COMPLETION. THIS 3.2 MILE PROJECT CONSISTS OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS ASPHALT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT CONCRETE SIDEWALK, CURB REPLACEMENT, MEDIAN AND MEDIAN FENCING, TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENHANCEMENTS, UM, INSTALLATION OF AN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, STREET LIGHTING, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, STORM WATER, BIO RETENTION TREATMENTS, BIKE LANES, BULB BOUTS, LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN WAY FINDING SIGNAGE. THIS PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS FALL AND TOTALS OVER $44 MILLION OF FUNDING, INCLUDING $500,000 OF MEASURE A. AND HERE'S, UH, HERE'S THE NEWLY PAVED ARTESIA BOULEVARD WITH THE NEWLY DESIGNED MEDIANS GETTING TO OUR PARKS PROJECTS. UH, AS STATED, 48 PARKS PROJECTS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE. THEY ARE LISTED HERE. THIS TOTALS OVER $38 MILLION OF INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S PARKS. SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE DRAKE CHAVEZ GREEN BELT WETLAND EXPANSION PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THIS DEVELOPED FOUR ACRES OF WETLANDS, UH, FOR THE ADJACENT, UH, LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL URBAN STORMWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, UH, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE. WE'VE ALSO, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET, COMPLETED THE EL DORADO DUCK PRA PROJECT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS SUMMER. THIS PROJECT REPLACED THE EXISTING CONCRETE WALKWAY, IMPROVED LANDSCAPING, DRAINED AND DREDGED THE POND, AND UPDATED THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A NEW RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM TO TREAT THE WATER FROM THE POND, UH, WHICH WILL THEN IRRIGATE THE NEIGHBORING GOLF COURSE, REDUCING THE NEED FOR POTABLE WATER. NEXT, THE SHARE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT WAS ALSO COMPLETED EARLIER THIS SUMMER. THE SHARE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REPLACED THE EXISTING ROOF, UH, [00:30:01] ENHANCED LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY WINDOWS AND HVAC SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, THE CENTER RECE, UH, RECEIVED UPGRADED ACCESSIBILITY INTERIOR SPACES AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS. PICTURED HERE IS THE DAVENPORT PARK EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH IS STILL CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND THE EXISTING FIVE AND A HALF ACRE PARK TO 11 AND A HALF ACRES. THE EXPANDED NEW PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDES A MULTI-USE SPORTS FIELD, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, UH, OUTDOOR SEATING AREA BLEACHERS, SPORTS NETTING, AND ADDITIONAL PARKING. WE ANTICIPATE THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE 2024 YEAR END. AND HERE ARE MORE PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS AT DAVENPORT PARK. 27 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE. THEY ARE LISTED HERE. THIS TOTAL IS OVER $12 MILLION OF INVESTMENT. UH, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET IN MARCH. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UH, WHICH RESURFACED THE PAVEMENT LEADING TO THE FACILITY, AS WELL AS REPLACED THE EXISTING WAY FINDING SIGNAGE. IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLETED MEASURE A PROJECTS, WHICH WE JUST REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING MEASURE, A FUNDED PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE ON OUR ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THESE INCLUDE FOURTH STREET, 14TH STREET PARK LIGHTING AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, ARTESIA BOULEVARD, MAJOR CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS, BAYSHORE LIBRARY, BLUFF PARK, HISTORIC LAMPS, CITY PLACE PARKING GARAGE, MURAL, MURAL AND STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, DAVENPORT PARK EXPANSION, DRAKE PARK RESTROOM REPLACEMENT, THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS CENTER FIRE ALARM UPGRADE, JOE ROGERS FIELD RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, LONG BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE MAIN HEALTH GENERATOR. AND THEN, UH, A BRIEF REMINDER THAT THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE IS LIVE AND CAN BE ACCESSED AT LB ELEVATE 20 EIGHT.COM. THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITES SERVES AS A COMMUNICATION HUB FOR ALL ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, INCLUDING UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT INFORMATION PAGES, WHICH PROVIDE DETAILS SUCH AS SCOPE, BUDGET, LOCATION, TARGET, CONSTRUCTION, START AND COMPLETION DATES, AMOUNT OF FUNDING SECURED, CURRENT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, AND PROJECT FUNDING IDENTIFICATION. THE WEBSITE ALSO ALLOWS USERS TO SEARCH FOR PROJECTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT PROJECT CATEGORY, AND VIA MAP VIEW. INDIVIDUAL PROJECT INFORMATION SUCH AS STATUS SCHEDULE, ET CETERA, ARE UPDATED QUARTERLY. AND THE LATEST QUARTERLY UPDATE WAS COMPLETED THIS PAST MONTH. ADDITIONALLY, THIS WEBSITE INCLUDES A POWER BI TABLE, WHICH ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO EASILY SORT AND FILTER THE ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS IN GREAT DETAIL. ONCE THE FY 25 BUDGET IS ADOPTED, THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN PLAN DATA WILL BE UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE TO REFLECT FY FY 20 FIVE'S PROPOSED CHANGES. AND LASTLY, NOW THAT THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING, STAFF ARE DEVELOPING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO BETTER COMMUNICATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INVESTMENTS OF THE INITIAL FY 17 TO FY 22 MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING. AND WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING AN UPDATE TO THE NEXT CAC MEETING TO OUTLINE THESE ENHANCED COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES. UM, AND THEN JUST A FINAL CLOSING COMMENT PRIOR TO HANDING OFF THE PRESENTATION TO NANCY VILLASENOR TO GO OVER THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT. UH, THE NEXT CAC INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE FROM PUBLIC WORKS WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL MEASURE A PROJECTS COMPLETED TO DATE, INCLUDING A NEW ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH WILL OUTLINE EACH MEASURE A'S PROJECT'S BUDGET AND INCEPTION TO DATE EXPENDITURES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO NANCY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M NANCY VSAN. I AM A CAPITAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR IN THE FACILITIES DIVISION WITHIN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU. TODAY WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE CITY'S, UH, FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS BASED ON YOUR DISCUSSION FROM YOUR LAST MEETING. OUR GOAL FOR THIS PORTION OF THE ME OF THE PRESENTATION IS TO GIVE A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT ACAS ARE, HOW THEY ARE USED, AND WALK YOU THROUGH AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPLETED PROJECT THAT HAD AN FCA. THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES WILL WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF AN FCA. UH, SO IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS THAT AN FCA HELPS ADDRESS, AN FCA PROVIDES US AN INVENTORY OF ASSETS AND LETS US KNOW THE STATE THAT THEY'RE IN. IT IDENTIFIES FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT UP TO STANDARD OR CODE, FOR EXAMPLE, A DA RULES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, AND ONCE WE START IMPROVING A BUILDING, WE FIND THAT IN MANY CASES WE HAVE TO UPDATE RESTROOMS, PARKING LOTS AND, UH, PATH OF TRAVEL TO MEET CODE. AND FCA PROVIDES US A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF COSTS, ALTHOUGH THIS ALWAYS FEELS LIKE A MOVING TARGET DUE TO CHANGES IN LABOR AND MATERIALS OVER THE YEARS. UH, THE FCAS CAPTURE POINT IN TIME DATA AND LOOKS AT LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENTS RATHER THAN UPGRADES OR ENHANCEMENTS. AND FCA ALSO LETS US KNOW WHAT [00:35:01] YEAR WE CAN EXPECT TO REPLACE CERTAIN AGING SYSTEMS. IT LOOKS LIKE WHERE WE CAN ACHIEVE COST SAVINGS, HOW TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING, AND HOW TO ADDRESS THE GROWING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST AND RISK OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. FCAS ARE MEANT AS A PLANNING TOOL PRIMARILY FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES, BUT WE'VE ALSO USED IT TO INFORM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHEN MAINTENANCE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION BECAUSE AN ITEM HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. UM, I DO WANNA NOTE THAT FCAS ARE LIMITED TO VISUAL INSPECTIONS RATHER THAN INTRUSIVE METHODS THAT MAY INCLUDE OPENING WALLS, STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS AND LAB TESTING FOR, UH, MATERIALS THAT ARE SUSPECT FOR, UH, THINGS SUCH AS LEAD IN ASBESTOS. UH, ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS MAY, UM, IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL NEEDS RELATED TO ABATEMENT AND REMEDIATION FOR A PROJECT. WHAT AN FCA DOES NOT ADDRESS IS, UM, A SYSTEM THAT IS CRITICAL BUT DOESN'T EXIST. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TO PROTECT CRITICAL CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL RESOURCES. SO IF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT IN PLACE YET, IT DOESN'T GET ASSESSED BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT CAPTURED IN IN THESE REPORTS. THE SAME GOES FOR, UH, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WHERE A FACILITY MODIFICATION MAY BE NEEDED TO PROTECT STAFF OR, UM, THE PUBLIC. THAT'S NOT THE FUNCTION OF AN SCA AND FCA REALLY TOUCHES ON MAINTENANCE AND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND NEEDS OF WHAT ALREADY EXISTS. STILL FCAS ARE ONE OF THE MANY PIECES OF INFORMATION IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE USE TO HELP INFORM CAPITAL PROJECTS. EVERY FCA PROVIDES A MEASURE OF NEEDS SPECIFIC TO EACH FACILITY. UH, PRIORITY ONE, UH, CURRENTLY CRITICAL SYSTEM IS ONE THAT HAS FAILED OR NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION DUE TO RISK FOR STAFF OR PUBLIC SAFETY. IT CAN ALSO APPLY TO CODES AND ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUDING A DA ACCESS PRIORITY TWO IS POTENTIALLY CRITICAL AND LETS US KNOW THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS THIS NOW OR IT WILL CONTINUE TO DEGRADE AND POTENTIALLY COST MORE IF WE ADDRESS IT LATER. PRIORITY THREE MEANS SOMETHING IS NECESSARY THOUGH NOT CRITICAL, AND THE FCA PROJECTS WHICH, UH, PROJECTS, WHICH FISCAL YEAR A SYSTEM OR COMPONENT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND FCA ALSO LETS US KNOW THE CATEGORY OF WORK AND WHETHER SOMETHING IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, MEANING MAINTENANCE WAS NOT PERFORMED, RESULTING IN THE NEED, UH, TO REPAIR OR REPLACE IMMEDIATELY IF SOMETHING IS ROUTINE. UM, MAINTENANCE, IF IT'S A CAPITAL RENEWAL, WHICH IS WHEN SOMETHING HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS FUTURE LIFE AND ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. A FACILITY CONDITION NEEDS INDEX IS A MEASURE OF THE TOTAL COST OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND NEEDS, INCLUDING A DA, UH, DIVIDED BY THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE OF THE FACILITY. ONE CAVEAT TO CONSIDER IS, UH, THAT A PUBLIC SPACE MAY HAVE MANY BUILDINGS, UH, SOME IN FAIR CONDITION, OTHERS IN POOR CONDITION. BUT THE FCA REPORT WILL ASSIGN ONE SCORE TO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS OF BUILDINGS. THE TWO GRAPHS REPRESENT POINT IN TIME DATA FROM OUR FCAS, UH, FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS AS WELL AS FUTURE CONDITIONS UP TO 10 YEARS, UH, FROM WHEN THE FCAS WERE PERFORMED ON THE LEFT. WE HAVE CURRENT CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE FCAS WHERE FOUR FACILITIES WERE DEEMED TO BE VERY POOR WITH A-F-C-N-I GREATER THAN 60% 91 WERE POOR WITH THE FCNI, UH, GREATER THAN 10%, 30 WERE FAIR WITH A RATING OF, UH, FIVE TO, UH, 10, 10%. AND, UH, 31 WERE GOOD AT LOWER THAN 5%. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SCORES ARE COMPOUNDED WHEN YOU ADD IN FUTURE YEARS DATA. SO THIS REPRESENTS COSTS, UM, THAT WILL A A ASIDE FROM THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT ARE PROJECTED TO, UH, BE NEEDED FOR FUTURE RE UH, REPAIRS AND, AND REPLACEMENT IN FUTURE YEARS. C CAN I JUST, UH, STOP REAL QUICK? CAN IT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE? I MEAN, I'M, I'M KIND OF A LITTLE, I GOT JUST LOST WHEN YOU, YOU EXPLAINED WHAT THE FCI WAS. ARE YOU SAYING THIS IS THE FCI THAT Y'ALL ALREADY COMPLETED? SO EACH FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT DOES PROVIDE AN FCI. UM, SO THIS IS THE SCORE THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY GIVEN TO, UH, FACILITIES IN EACH REPORT. THAT'S THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT? THIS ONE? YEAH. OH, YEAH. MM-HMM. , YEAH. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. OKAY. UM, SO, [00:40:01] UH, JUST WANNA MENTION THAT THIS DOES NOT CAPTURE REPAIRS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE THE FCAS OR CONDITIONS THAT MAY HAVE WORSENED WITH TIME SINCE THE FCAS WERE COMPLETED. UM, SO NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE FCA REPORT, UH, I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH A CAPITAL PROJECT EXAMPLE AND ALSO SHOW YOU ADDITIONAL DATA THAT'S CONTAINED IN THESE REPORTS. UM, SO WE'RE SHOWING YOU TODAY THE NORTH HEALTH FACILITY, WHICH WAS LATER RENAMED, UH, THE RONAS HEALTH EQUITY CENTER. UH, AND THIS BUILDING WAS REMODELED IN 2020. THE BUILDING WAS INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1975 AND HAD AN FCNI RATING OF 43.7, WHICH MEANT THAT IT WAS IN POOR CONDITION. UM, SO IN THE SLIDE IT DOES SAY VERY POOR, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY IN POOR CONDITION. HERE WE HAVE, UH, BEFORE AND PHOTOS OF THE ENTRY. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE YOU WOULD FIND IN A FCA REPORT. AND THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC TO THE NORTH HEALTH FACILITY. THE FIRST CHART SHOWS THE PRIORITIES FOR THE DIFFERENT BUILDING SYSTEMS, WHICH ARE OUTLINED FOR THIS EXAMPLE, AND THOSE ARE LISTED ON ON THE LEFT. BY THE TIME THIS PROJECT RECEIVED FUNDING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, STAFF HAD RELOCATED TO OTHER FACILITIES BECAUSE THE HVAC SYSTEM WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING AND, UM, THEY COULDN'T MAINTAIN SAFE TEMPERATURES IN THE, UH, WINTER AND SUMMER MONTHS. UM, SO NOT ONLY ARE, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS INFORMED BY FCAS, BUT SOMETIMES THE REAL LIVED EXPERIENCES OF, OF THE PEOPLE USING THE FACILITY, UM, ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, THOSE DECISIONS. AND THE BOTTOM GRAPH SHOWS THAT ALMOST ALL THE NEEDS AT THIS FACILITY WERE DUE TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE COMPARED TO CAPITAL RENEWAL AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. UH, SO THE FCA REPORTS FOR THIS, THE REPORT FOR THIS FACILITY, UH, DETAILS DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING THAT REQUIRED ATTENTION. UH, FOR NO NORTH HEALTH, WE IMPROVE THE BUILDING'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, BY INCLUDING A NEW ROOF, HVAC, WINDOWS, AND DOORS CEILING. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT CEILING TILES AND FLOORING, UH, WERE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AND WE ALSO, UM, PROVIDED NEW FIRE ALARM FOR LIFE SAFETY AND, UM, NEW PHONE AND DATA. WE ALSO PAINTED THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND, AND PROVIDE NEW FURNITURE. UM, SO ONE THING ABOUT THIS BUILDING IS THAT SOME OF THE USES WERE OUTDATED. THE TOP RIGHT AND THE CENTER PHOTOS, UH, TOP CENTER, UH, ARE SPACES WHERE, UM, THE FACILITY WAS IN ONCE USED FOR CHILDCARE SERVICES AND, UH, THAT SERVICE HADN'T BEEN PROVIDED IN YEARS. UH, YOU CAN TELL, ESPECIALLY IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESTROOM, UH, PHOTO, THAT THERE'S A VERY SHORT HEIGHT FOR THE RESTROOM FIXTURE. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT AN ADULT COULD USE. UM, SO FOR THIS BUILDING TO MEET TODAY'S NEEDS, WE HAD TO TEAR DOWN WALLS, BUILD NEW OFFICES, AND WE DID A LOT OF SPACE RECONFIGURATION. YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT HAD SURPASSED THE END OF THEIR LIFE, INCLUDING CARPETING, THE ROOF, THE HVAC SYSTEM, AND KITCHEN CABINETRY. WHILE THE FCA IDENTIFIED SUSPECT MATERIALS, UM, WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO A FULL ASSESSMENT, UH, WITH SAMPLING AND LAB TESTING TO CONFIRM THE VISUAL FINDINGS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR, UM, FOR MANY OF OUR FACILITIES. UM, ESPECIALLY IF THE FCA IDENTIFIES SUSPECT MATERIALS, WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP. UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS WERE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS MENTIONED IN THE FCA. UM, SO ONE NEW USE THAT WAS ADDED TO THIS FACILITY IS AN HIV CLINIC, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE TOP RIGHT. UH, THERE IS ALSO A MULTI-USE SPACE THAT'S USED FOR MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THE FOLDING TABLES WITH WHEELS AND CHAIR RACKS ALLOW FOR FLEXIBLE USE OF THE SPACE. AND THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY MEASURE A AND, UH, AB 32 CAP AND TRADE FUNDS. SO WE MADE SEVERAL ENERGY SAVING IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT, UM, WERE ABOVE WHAT WERE DETAILED IN THE FCA AS MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, WE ALSO ADDED GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS, UH, AND A RESTROOM IN, IN THE NEW CLINIC, [00:45:01] IN ADDITION TO UPGRADING THE EXISTING OLDER MULTI STALL RESTROOMS. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, AND I HOPE YOU'VE FOUND IT VERY INFORMATIVE. WE WILL NOW OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOW. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS WOW. UM, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM, SEEING NONE. OKAY. OKAY. I AM GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. WE'LL HAVE ONE. YEAH, I'LL LET BOB GO FIRST. BOB, YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. I, I HAVE ACTUALLY TWO QUESTIONS AND I HOPE I, I CAN MAKE IT CLEAR ON PAGE FOUR ABOUT THE COMPLETED MOBILITY PROJECTS. THIS IS THE ONE THAT MY WIFE'S GONNA ASK ME ABOUT WHEN I GO HOME, SO I NEED TO HAVE THIS ONE DOWN. SO, ON LANE MILES, WE'VE COMPLETED, UH, 78% OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND 95 ON ONTARIO STREETS AND 95% OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF 95% OF THE STREETS. WHEN ARE WE GONNA UPDATE THAT PLAN? HMM. YEAH. SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THIS COM FROM THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE REPORT ON THE ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE A PLAN. THAT'S WHAT THESE PERCENTAGES ARE BASED ON, RIGHT? SO, NO, WE HAVE NOT REPLACED 95% OF THE STREETS IN THE CITY. UM, WHEN WE WANT TO SHIFT TO LOOKING AT THE NEXT ITERATION OF, OF THE PLAN MAP, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY PRESENT THAT TO YOU AS WELL. BUT IN, IN THE PAST, WHAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO STAFF IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL PERCENTAGE COMPLETED. RIGHT? THAT'S PROBABLY AN ONGOING THING, ISN'T IT? YES. AND THEN ANY, JUST TO, JUST TO REITERATE HERE, ANY STREETS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED IN THAT ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN HAVE BEEN PHASED INTO OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR STREET PLAN, WHICH IS THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN. OKAY, GREAT. SO ALL OF THE ORIGINAL 2016 STREETS HAVE EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED IN THE NEXT ITERATION. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MY, MY QUESTIONS ARE GONNA EVOLVE AROUND THE FCA. OKAY. UM, SO YOU STARTED OFF REALLY WELL, IN MY OPINION. I, I LIKE FCAS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND YOU EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL AS TO WHAT IT IS. UM, BUT THEN I DID GET LOST BECAUSE AFTER YOU COMPLETED ON SLIDE, UH, I GUESS IT'S 37, WHERE IT SAYS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NEEDS INDEX. OKAY, GREAT. UNDERSTAND THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE HIGHER THE SCORE, THE WORSE IT IS. BUT THEN YOU SAID CITYWIDE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROJECT. SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU COMPLETED A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, OR IS THIS AN OLD ASSESSMENT? YES, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO STAFF COMPLETED A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT IN I THINK 2022 IS WHEN THE REPORT WAS FINALIZED. AND THAT WAS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A DOLLARS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, WE'VE, WE'VE ASSESSED ALL 253 CITY OWNED BUILDINGS. AND ON SLIDE 38, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE CURRENT CONDITION OF BUILDINGS. OKAY. SO THEN THE CURRENT, SO THAT'S AS OF 2022, WHAT DID THEY DO WITH MY THING? SO THAT'S 2022 REPORT? UH, YES. OKAY. AND SO THEN YOU'RE SAYING YOUR 10 CONDITION OF BUILDINGS, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF YOU, IF IT EVOLVES OR NOTHING'S DONE, THIS IS WHERE IT'S GONNA GO? OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE SECOND LITTLE GRAPH? SO THE SECOND GRAPH, UM, SO THE FCA PROVIDES, UH, LET'S, UM, LOOK AT IT AS TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA. ONE IS THE CURRENT NEED NEEDS FOR THAT YEAR THAT THE FCA WAS COMPLETED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE CHART ON THE LEFT SHOWS. AND THEN THE CHART ON THE RIGHT ARE, UH, WHERE THE FCA OUTLINES OTHER, UH, BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN FUTURE YEARS. SO THEY'RE NOT QUITE READY TO REPLACE, BUT WE'RE PROJECTING THAT FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE YOUR WATER HEATER OR YOUR HVAC. SO IT'S STILL GOOD. UM, BUT, UM, IN A FEW YEARS IT'S, IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. OKAY. SO THEN LET'S GO BACK TO THE 2022 FCA THAT YOU DID. WHEN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PROJECTS THAT YOU GROUPED THEM DOWN, AND LET'S GO BACK, IT'S TO SLIDE TWO WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT BEACHES MARINA, AND I'M ASSUMING AGAIN, PUBLIC FACILITIES, PARKS AND RECREATION, BEACHES AND MARINAS. IS THIS WHAT THE FCA WAS DONE ON THOSE ITEMS? 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT UTILITIES BEING SEPARATE AND MOBILITY BEING A SEPARATE THING THAT PUBLIC WORKS MANAGES, [00:50:01] BUT DID THE FCA COVER THOSE THREE OTHER CATEGORIES? YES. SO SLIDE TWO IS, IS JUST OUTLINING THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUDGETED IN MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE. IN THOSE CIP CATEGORIES, THAT'S HOW WE CATEGORIZE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. BUT THE FCA WAS CONDUCTED ON ALL CITY OWNED FACILITIES, BUILDING BUILDINGS, SO PARK BUILDINGS, A PARK RESTROOMS INCLUDED THE NORTH HEALTH, THE NORTH HEALTH FACILITY THAT WE REVIEWED IS, IS INCLUDED. UM, ANY BUILDINGS THAT THE CITY OWNS AND OPERATES MAINTAINS THE FCA WAS, WAS, UH, COMPLETED AND AT SOME OF THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, 253 FACILITIES, BUT SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS ON ONE OF THOSE 253. OKAY. SO IT'S MUCH MORE THAN 253 BUILDINGS. IT'S 253 CITY FACILITIES. OKAY. AND SO THE 2022 ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE EXTERNALLY, Y'ALL HAD AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT THAT DID IT? YES. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN YOU SAID IT WAS LIMITED TO INSPECTION, PHYSICAL INSPECTION, DID THEY NOT LOOK AT THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND INTERVIEW, UH, THOSE THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE BUILDING OR THE CARETAKERS? I'M GONNA DEFER TO NANCY ON THAT ONE. UH, YES. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, THEY LOOKED AT MAINTENANCE RECORDS. THEY SHOULD, UH, MAINTENANCE STAFF. SO I, I KNOW THAT THEY INTERVIEWED WHOEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AT EACH OF THE FACILITIES, UM, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FACILITY CONDITIONS ARE THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE VISUALLY. UM, BUT IF YOU KNOW OF, OFTEN WHEN YOU HAVE A TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND YOU START TEARING DOWN WALLS OR START OPENING THINGS, YOU MIGHT FIND THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. SO YES. OH, OKAY. SO THEN LET ME GO BACK AND ASK ONE HIGH LEVEL QUESTION THEN. SO I'M GOING BACK TO UNDERSTANDING PROGRESS. SO WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE WAS ONE DONE IN 2014 OR 2015. IS THAT CORRECT OR NO? SO YOU, THIS WAS THE FIRST FCA EVER DONE OF OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN 2022? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE THERE ARE OLDER, UM, ASSESSMENTS ON FILE, BUT HONESTLY, UM, AS A CAPITAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR, WE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY UTILIZED THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE UPDATED DATA. BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT EXISTED BEFORE. OKAY. 'CAUSE 'CAUSE MY QUESTION IS GOING BACK TO WHY I KNOW I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE FACILITY CONDITION AND INDEX CODE AND, AND THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE DONE IS WHAT IS THE PROGRESS OF THE CITY BUILDINGS? SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT 2022 FCI THAT YOU LIST THERE, WHEN YOU'RE REFLECTING THAT 95 BUILDINGS OUT OF, I GUESS, 60, A HUNDRED AND 156 BUILDINGS ARE IN POOR OR VERY POOR CONDITION. AND SO THE MONEY'S SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING TO GET THE BUILDINGS BACK INTO GOOD AND FAIR CONDITION. AND, AND WE KNOW THAT THINGS ARE EXCELLENT WHEN THEY'RE BRAND NEW AND, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS FOR 10 YEARS, IT'S GREAT, BUT OUR BUILDINGS ARE OLD AS HECK. RIGHT. SO I GUESS HOW CAN WE SEE PROGRESS? SO, SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THE DOLLARS ARE GOING INTO THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS. IT JUST SEEMS THAT SINCE 20, I MEAN, AND THIS IS JUST ME SPEAKING AS A LAYMAN AND A, AS A RESIDENT 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN A LOT OF OUR BUILDINGS SINCE 2017. AND, AND IT, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE DECLINING AT A FASTER RATE THAN IMPROVEMENT. AND SO I JUST WANNA SEE PROGRESS, HOW, HOW CAN WE SEE PROGRESS? AND I WANNA ASK A RELATED QUESTION. REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUESTION, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE ASKING IT. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION THAT OUR LOCAL STREETS ARE AND OR SOME OF OUR PARK INFRASTRUCTURE IS, UH, WHICH IS, WE HAVE, UH, A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER NEED THAN WE DO, UH, REVENUES AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. UM, I LIKE TO SHARE THE EXAMPLE FOR STREETS, UH, TO FIX EVERY STREET, EVERY RESIDENTIAL STREET TO GET IT INTO A GOOD OR A VERY GOOD CONDITION. I NEED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS. WELL, I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL'S NOT GONNA GIVE ME OVER A BILLION DOLLARS TO FIX STREETS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES. IT DOESN'T SURPASS THE BILLION DOLLAR MARK. I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO THE 500 MILLION MARK, 5 33, OH, I ALMOST GOT IT RIGHT, 533 MILLION TO GET ALL OF OUR FACILITIES IN A GOOD OR VERY GOOD CONDITION. WELL, I'M NOT GONNA GET 533 MILLIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO FIX THE FACILITIES. AND, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE SOURCES FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY'RE NOT FUNDING PUBLIC FACILITIES RIGHT NOW. UH, [00:55:01] THEY'RE THE, THE BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, BILL, UH, IS FUNDING A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS, UH, BUT NOT REALLY, UH, FACILITIES. SO, UH, WE LOOK AT AVAILABLE FUNDS AT THE, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, THEN I LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY CAN DO BILLION DOLLAR BONDS AND THEY DO DO BILLION DOLLAR BONDS TO INVEST IN THEIR BUILDINGS. OUR BUILDINGS ARE OLDER THAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. UM, SO JUST, JUST ADDING SOME CONTEXT, I THINK YOU'RE ASKING SOME REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT, UH, THE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE ASKED, AND WE'VE PRESENTED ON THIS TOPIC OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND FINANCING STRATEGIES. AND SOME, UH, FOR SOME CATEGORY OF PROJECTS, IT'S EASY. UH, FOR OTHERS LIKE PUBLIC FACILITIES, IT'S A LOT HARDER. SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING, UM, OUR ONE FIRE STATION, FIRE STATION NINE OVER A $30 MILLION PROJECT. WE'RE REBUILDING THE POLICE ACADEMY, UH, ANOTHER, UH, 30 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS EFFORT. AND, UM, AND THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES THAT WE'RE FUNDING IN LARGE PART BY MEASURE A, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING, IF NOT OVER 80, 90% IS COMING FROM MEASURE A. UM, SO WHEN YOU ASK, WELL, WHAT, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS? WELL, I'M APPOINTED TO THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE DONE BIXBY PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. WE, WE SPENT SO MUCH, INVESTED A LOT TO GET THAT, UH, RENOVATED HOWTON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. WE REBUILT A LOT OF THOSE WINGS TO PUT AN AMAZING FACILITY IN NORTH LONG BEACH. SILVERADO PARK HAS GOTTEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS, NOT JUST TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT TO THE POOL. AND I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW, TONY RESENDEZ IS WORKING ON THE ROOF AND ON THE GYM FLOOR THAT WAS DAMAGED AFTER SOME OF THE STORMS. UM, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR LIBRARIES, UH, HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING, OBVIOUSLY, MICHELLE OBAMA, WE REBUILT THAT RIGHT BEFORE MEASURE A. UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NEWER LIBRARIES, UM, LIKE THEY'RE ON THE LIST ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT, UH, JONATHAN SHOWED ME. SO WE HAVE THE COMPLETED PROJECTS. ARE THERE, IS IT ENOUGH? NO. CAN I USE MORE MONEY FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES? YES. BUT THE SAME APPLIES TO STREETS, UM, AND TO PARKS AND TO TIDELANDS ASSETS. UM, AND THE LIST GOES ON. OKAY. SO YOU WANNA JUMP IN? I HAVE A QUESTION TOO. OKAY. I THINK OKAY. IF I, YEAH, IF I, DO YOU WANNA FINISH? LEMME ME JUST CLOSE. YEAH, I'LL FINISH UP REAL QUICK. AND, AND, AND AS TO WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE HAD AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AND WHERE, WHERE WE'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA GO, BECAUSE A HUNDRED PERCENT YES, MORE MONEY HAS GONE POSITIVE TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS. NO, IF, AND, AND BUTS, THE PICTURES ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL. BUT WHAT I WAS UNDER, UH, ALWAYS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WAS THAT IN 2014, WE DID A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES. WE DID ASSESSMENTS OF OUR ROADS AND, AND OUR UTILITY SYSTEMS. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WAS USED TO SELL EVERYONE THAT WE NEEDED THE SUPPORT FOR THE 2017 FOR MEASURE A. OKAY. SO WE HAD SOME LEVEL OF CONDITION REPORTS, BUILDINGS, ROADS, AND UTILITIES. SO NOW YOU'RE SHOWING THAT THE 2022 BUILDING WAS DONE. SO WHAT WAS THE PROGRESS FROM THAT ONE ASSESSMENT, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WAS USED FOR THE 17 SALE TO WHAT YOU DID IN 2022? PROGRESS. SO YES, SEVEN OF THE BUILDINGS WENT OUT OF BAD CONDITION. AND, AND, AND INSTEAD OF 96, WE HAD 121, WERE IN BAD CONDITION. THE PROGRESS OF THAT, AND THEN THE PLAN FORWARD WHEN WE SEE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, AND YES, YOU'RE ADVANCING THE MONEY ASKING FOR THIS MONEY TO SELL THESE, THE, THESE BONDS NOW SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MONEY IN AHEAD AND WE'RE GONNA PAY IT. RIGHT. UH, WHAT IS THAT GONNA DO TO THE FCI SO THAT IF WE HAVE THIS MONEY, WE INTEND TO DROP FROM 96 BUILDINGS TO 42 IN, IN YEAR SIX? GREAT QUESTION. AND I WISH IT WAS SIMPLE MATH, BUT IT'S NOT. AS WE IMPROVE BUILDINGS THAT GO FROM BAD TO GOOD, OTHER BUILDINGS ARE GOING FROM GOOD TO BAD. MM-HMM. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS IN THE SYSTEM IN THE CITY, IN, IN THE CITY, UH, IN OUR CITY. A LOT OF OUR BILL, UH, A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. UH, SO THEY CONTINUE TO DEGRADE. AND I THINK THAT THE, UH, THE FCA THAT WE JUST, THAT WE COMPLETED, UM, WHAT IS MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT WE HAD WHEN, UH, WHEN, UH, WE WENT TO VOTERS, UH, FOR, TO JUSTIFY THE, UH, MEASURE A, UM, UH, BALLOT INITIATIVE. AND I, I REMEMBER THE, THE, THE, UH, THE WAY WE USED TO ESTIMATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS [01:00:01] WAS A LOT MORE HIGH LEVEL, A LOT MORE BROAD. WE USED TO DO IT BY PROGRAMS. WE HAD A LIST, I STILL REMEMBER THE LIST IN OUR BUDGETING DOCUMENTS, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND GET THEM, UH, UH, BY CATEGORY WHAT WE, WHAT WE FELT THE NEEDS WERE. AND WE REPORTED THAT, UH, PUBLICLY, BUT THAT WAS NOT BASED ON A FACILITIES CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT. THAT WAS, UM, THAT IS, UH, NOW THAT WE COMPLETED THE FCAS, WE HAVE MUCH BETTER DATA ON A FACILITY BY FACILITY BASIS. AND, UH, THEN WE CAN, UH, USE THAT DATA TO CATEGORIZE AND WE CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH NEEDS ARE IN THE LI IN THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND OUR POLICE, UH, FACILITIES AND OUR FIRE STATIONS. UH, SO, SO THAT DATA HELPS US WITH THAT. BUT THE INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW IS A LOT MORE, UM, A LOT MORE, UH, DOABLE. SO WE CAN GET YOU A, A SENSE OF HOW MANY FACILITIES WE'VE IMPROVED AND HOW MANY HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO, UH, OR TO GOOD. BUT WE WILL ALSO WANNA COME BACK TO YOU AND ALSO TELL YOU, AND THESE ARE THE FACILITIES THAT WE ARE, HAVE CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE, WHICH WE DIDN'T PUT ANY MONEY, BUT THE ASSESSMENT SAID THAT IT, WITHIN FIVE, 10 YEARS, IT WOULD NEED ENOUGH IMPROVEMENTS THAT IT MAY HAVE GOTTEN TO THAT NEXT LEVEL WHERE, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S BAD. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM MY JUST PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, OUR FACILITIES ARE DETERIORATING FASTER AS A WHOLE THAN WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP 'EM UP. AND SO THAT, UH, RAISES, UH, SOME POLICY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE FACILITIES, SHOULD THE COUNCIL, UH, UM, UH, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL LOOK AT, UH, UH, OTHER IDEAS POTENTIALLY CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THESE FACILITIES. UH, LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, MOVING THE SENIOR CENTER FROM FOURTH STREET TO DOWNTOWN. THAT'S A MEASURE, A PROJECT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT ADDRESSES ONE OF OUR WORST FACILITIES IN THE CITY, THE FOURTH STREET COMMUNITIES, UH, CENTER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP INVESTING MONEY AND WE CAN'T QUITE GET IT INTO A GOOD CONDITION JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO, IT'S SO OLD AND IT HAS SO MANY NEEDS. SO, YES. OKAY. JAN, WELL, UM, YOU'VE KIND OF, YOU'VE KIND OF GIVEN AN ENTRYWAY TO MY MY QUESTION THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU SAID. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ON PAGE, UM, ON PAGE 40, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU WERE GIVING YOUR REPORT, YOU SAY THAT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE, OF THE, UM, OF THE NEED FOR THE, UH, THE RENOVATION OF THE FACILITY WAS DUE TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME WAY OF DEVELOPING A METRIC, UM, TO BALANCE MAINTENANCE FUNDING WITH CAPITAL FUNDING TO SORT OF EASE THAT BURDEN OF, OF THESE BIG INVESTMENTS. AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MUST, COULD BE SOME WAY WITH ALL THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE TO, TO MAYBE THERE'S A REALLOCATION THAT COULD BE DONE THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL. I COMPLETELY AGREE. YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, UH, WERE, UM, WERE ELIMINATED THROUGH BUDGET PRO BUDGETING PROCESSES IN THE NINETIES AND TWO THOUSANDS WHEN THE, THE CITY WAS GOING THROUGH A REALLY DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIME. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH A, THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE WE'RE REBUILDING A LOT OF THOSE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. UM, THAT'S WHY WE'VE CREATED, UH, OUR KRA AND SLURRY, UH, SEAL TEAM. WELL, WITH CITY CREWS, WE'VE TOOK ON, UH, STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF, UH, CONTRACTING THAT OUT. WE'RE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY FORMALIZE A CONCRETE CREW THAT CAN DO A LOT MORE, UH, PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE, UH, AND REPAIRS. UM, AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT FACILITIES. UM, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, MAINTENANCE RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEDICATED FOR, UH, FACILITY MAINTENANCE, UM, IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A CITY AND FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE AND COMPLEXITY. BUT I CAN SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT OUR STREETS. I CAN SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT OUR WATERFRONT, THE PUBLIC ASSETS. UM, IT IS NOT JUST PUBLIC FACILITY AND OUR PARK SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OUR BENCHES, LOOK AT OUR RESTROOMS. UH, THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TO BE WEIGHED WHILE WE LOOK AT, UM, UH, MAKING SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS FROM THE MAINTENANCE SIDE. UH, THAT SAID, I THINK MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, WE STARTED ADDING A SECTION AND EVERY STAFF REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE WOULD TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT RELATES TO MAINTENANCE. SO THAT WAS, THAT'S BRAND NEW, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT TEAMS ON, ON REFINING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE APPROPRIATELY THAT YOU BUILD A SHINY, NEW, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. IF YOU DON'T MAINTAIN IT, IT'S GONNA START DETERIORATING WITHIN A FEW YEARS. AND, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL DURING, DURING ITS [01:05:01] BUDGETING PROCESS, I KNOW THEY'VE SET MORE FUNDING FOR THAT FUNCTION, BUT IT'S WEIGHED WITH ALL THE OTHER NEEDS CITYWIDE. AND, UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL TAKE EVERY, EVERY ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT DOLLARS THAT CAN BE PUT INTO HERE, BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED ON MAINTENANCE IS MULTIPLE DOLLARS SAVED IN CAPITAL, UH, REINVESTMENT DOWN THE LINE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE FOURTH STREET SENIOR CENTER, MAYBE THERE'S OTHER SMART CONSOLIDATION PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DONE THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT REALLOCATION, UM, WHERE YOU CAN ELIMINATE SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND THEN, UM, AND AGAIN, USING THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE, FIND A METRIC WHERE THERE'S A KIND OF A SWEET SPOT BETWEEN MAINTENANCE AND, AND, UM, TOTAL ANNIHILATION . AND IF I COULD JUMP IN, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER HOWARD, COULD WE RERA YOUR QUESTION FROM THE FIRST ITEM TO THIS ITEM? BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE HAVE CLARIFICATION. WE JUST WANT TO READDRESS THAT ITEM. AND COULD WE JUST CLARIFY WHICH REPORTS YOU WERE LOOKING AT FOR FIRE STATION 14? OH, YES. THAT WAS THE, THE REPORT THAT WAS ONLINE, YOU HAD TO CLICK THE, THE, IT WAS THE, UM, THE VERY LARGE REPORT THAT WAS ONLINE. I'M NOT SURE I CAN, YEAH, I, I CAN RESPOND TO THAT COMMENT NOW. UM, SO FIRE STATION 14 IS A PROJECT, UH, THAT IS FUNDED IN BOTH THE ELEVATE 28, SO FY 23 TO FY 27 BUCKET OF MEASURE A FUNDING, AND THE ORIGINAL FY 17 TO 22 FUNDING. AND SO FOR OUR REPORTING PURPOSES, UM, ONE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THIS COMMITTEE IS THAT WE'VE GOT A REPORT OUT SEPARATELY ON THIS STUFF, OR ELSE IT JUST BECOMES ONE VERY LONG REPORT. AND SO THAT'S WHY $295,000 OF FIRE STATION 14 WAS FUNDED IN THE ORIGINAL PORTION. AND THEN THE 4.4 MILLION IS FUNDED THROUGH ELEVATE 28 FOR A TOTAL OF 4.65 OR FOUR POINT, UH, SORRY. BUT ELEVATE 4.6953 MILLION, ELEVATE 20, I THINK IT SHOWS 3 MILLION IN, IN ELEVATE 28. GOT IT. YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING. MAYBE I CAN CONNECT WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING. BUT ON, ON OUR REPORT IT'S 4.4, BUT IT COULD BE THAT MAYBE A, A WEBSITE IS, IS, UH, OUTDATED THAT WE'LL HAVE TO UPDATE, BUT THE OFFICIAL REPORTING IS 4.4 MILLION FOR ELEVATE 28 FIRE STATION 14 SOMETHING ELSE. OKAY. PERHAPS A CONVERSATION AFTER TO CLARIFY. OKAY. UM, I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT. AND TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE THE YEOMAN'S JOB OF COMPETING NEEDS WITH A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS. UM, SO HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS DETERMINATION BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES, UM, AND WHERE TO PUT THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH TREMENDOUS NEEDS IN BOTH THOSE AREAS? SO I, I WORK REALLY HARD TO TRY TO BALANCE, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE TWO BUCKETS. AND, UH, I, AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, I MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER. UM, I AM CONSISTENTLY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ON KIND OF THEIR PRIORITIES. UM, AND, UH, AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THE, THE BUDGET PROPOSALS THAT EVERY YEAR ARE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS. UM, SO I, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT YES, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, BUT WHAT THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE ARE MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE EVER HAD, UM, IN A VERY LONG TIME. SO I, I ALWAYS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BAD NEWS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO ALSO BRING IN THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE'RE MAKING MORE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TODAY THAN WE HAVE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. THE VALUE DOLLAR OVERALL, THAT THE, THE FUNDING GOING TO OUR STREETS, TO OUR LIBRARIES, TO OUR POLICE FACILITIES, TO OUR FIRE STATIONS, UH, TO OUR, UM, OUR SENIOR CENTERS, OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, OUR YOUTH CENTERS, OUR HEALTH CENTERS IS MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE EVER HAVE HAD. IS IT ENOUGH? NO. IS IT ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND LET PEOPLE SEE THE DIFFERENCE? OH, YES. UM, IS IT ENOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE MEASURE A AS A SUCCESS? IN MY OPINION, IT'S A RESOUNDING YES. UM, AND WITHOUT MEASURE A, WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS EVERY YEAR. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS, UH, SOMETIMES EVEN HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS, UH, AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THANK YOU THERE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE. [01:10:07] DO YOU ALL SEE THAT ON YOUR SCREEN? NO. CAN I TAKE A VERBAL FROM MEMBER CRUZ? YES. AND VICE CHAIR ROSS? YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. CAN WE READ THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE? I, [5. 24-54580 Recommendation to receive and file a staff presentation on the use of Measure A in the Proposed Fiscal Year 25 Budget, including infrastructure projects; and Confirm that the City Manager’s proposed Measure A spending plan in the Proposed Fiscal Year 25 Budget conforms with the intent of Resolution No. RES-16-0018 and RES-19-0127 prioritizing spending and with the language contained in the ballot measure expressed in Resolution No. RES-16-0017 and RES-19-0173.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THE USE OF MEASURE A IN THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND CONFIRM THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED MEASURE A SPENDING PLAN IN THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET CONFORMS WITH THE INTENT OF RESOLUTION NUMBER RES DASH 16 DASH 18 AND RES DASH 19 DASH 1 27, PRIORITIZING SPENDING, AND WITH THE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT MEASURE EXPRESSED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER RES DASH 16 DASH 17 AND RES DASH 19 DASH 1 73. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION PLEASE? I HAVE A FIRST FROM MEMBER AMY. AND CAN WE GET A VERBAL SECOND AND SECOND FROM MEMBER HOWER? OKAY. IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM? UH, YES. VICE CHAIR ROSS, A MEMBER OF THE, UM, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE. THIS PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF MEASURE A USES IN THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET. ALSO, AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FUNDED BY MEASURE A IN THE FY 25 PLAN. AND THEN AS NOTED IN THE RECOMMENDATION, THIS ITEM WILL END WITH A VOTE TO APPROVE THE USE OF THESE ITEMS. IN FY 25, MEASURE A REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 65.8 MILLION, WHICH ASSUMES A 3% GROWTH FROM THE CURRENT FY 24 ESTIMATES. THE PROJECTION IS INCLUSIVE OF THE TAX DROPPING FROM 1% TO THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT DUE TO THE IMPACTS OF COUNTY'S MEASURE H FOR HOMELESS INITIATIVES. USES OF MEASURE A IN THE FY 25 BUDGET TOTAL 65.8 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 50.26 MILLION OF STRUCTURAL USES AND 15.5 MILLION OF ONE-TIME USES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. SINCE 2017, REVENUES GENERATED FROM MEASURE A HAVE ALLOWED FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SERVICES WITHIN THE EQUIVALENT OF 151. ONE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED THAT MAY HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN NEEDED TO BE ELIMINATED IN FY 25, 1 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SUR UH, PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT IS ADDED TO THE BUDGET TO CONTINUE TO OFFSET INCREASING DEFICITS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH INCLUDES THE GROWING COST OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETARILY. THE COST, THE TOTAL OF 32.3 MILLION IS PLANNED TO CONTINUE MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THROUGH FY 25 MEASURE A CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FY 25. THE PROPOSED PLAN WILL CONTINUE TO FUND ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STRUCTURAL INVESTMENTS TO RESTORATION ENHANCEMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, TOTALING 10.484 MILLION WITH NO CHANGES, A TOTAL OF 53 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN RESTORED AND ENHANCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF MEASURE A FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, WHICH INCLUDES ESTABLISHING POLICE SOUTH DIVISION, RESTORING FIRES TO ASIAN EIGHT, RESTORING PUBLIC, UH, ACADEMY POLICE ACADEMY STAFFING, RESTORING PARAMEDIC RESCUE 12 QUALITY LIFE OFFICERS, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BIKE TEAMS, ENGINE 17 PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS AND PD JAIL CLINICIAN CLINICIAN PROGRAMS. THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 1.9 MILLION FOR THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THE 2018 MOTOROLA PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. ALSO ON JANUARY 16TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS TO EXPAND THE 700 MEGAHERTZ LAND MOBILE RADIO PROJECT, WHICH WE CALL THE LLMR SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE CRITICAL VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS TO ENHANCE RADIO COVERAGES IN THE CITY AND CREATE A ROBUST ENCRYPTED DIGITAL RADIO SYSTEM. THE EXPANSION WILL ADDRESS SYSTEM GAPS THAT HAVE CAUSED CHALLENGES WITH THE EXISTING SYSTEM BY ENHANCING FUNCTIONALITY, REDUNDANCY, RELIABILITY, AND RESILIENCE FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. THE CITY'S EXISTING MOTOROLA, UH, PORTABLE MOBILE MOBILE RAILS CONTINUOUSLY INTEGRATE WITH THE UPGRADED 700 MEGAHERTZ SYSTEM. THE $13.7 MILLION [01:15:01] PROJECT HAS BEEN LEASED, FINANCED WITH 10 YEAR TERM WITH AN ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT OF 1.7 MILLION AND FFY 25, AND THE UPFRONT ONE UP UPFRONT, ONE-TIME TRANSFER FROM DEPARTMENTS OTHER THAT SUPPORT THE SYSTEM WILL BE MADE IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION WITH THE REMAINING 700,000 TO BE INCLUDED IN MEASURE A BUDGET, BRINGING THE TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION DEBT SERVICE TO 2.6 MILLION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND FY 26 AND BEYOND THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEBT SERVICE WILL BE 3.6 MILLION. THE FY 25 BUDGET INCLUDES CRITICAL NEEDS RESERVES OF 2.3 MILLION, WHICH HELPS THE VOLATILITY IN THE FORECAST AND SUPPORTS CRITICAL NEEDS AS THEY ARISE. THE FY 25 PLAN ALSO INCLUDES 208,000 FOR ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT AND AN ESTIMATED SET ASIDE OF 658,000 FOR THE MEASURE B STABILIZATION FUND. THE FY 25 MEASURE B STABILIZATION FUND ENDING BALANCE IS PROJECTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 6.1 MILLION ACROSS ALL GEN, UH, GENERAL TAX DEPOSITS. THE FY 25 PLAN ALSO INCLUDES 820,000 FOR A ONE-TIME FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE THIRD OF THE FIVE YEAR CITYWIDE NETWORK CAMERA MODERNIZATION EFFORTS, WHICH STARTED IN FY 20 THREE'S. BUDGET 3.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE FIRST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THE MEASURE A BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ISSUED IN FY 23. THERE'S ALSO 12 MILLION INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A DIRECT TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS. AND IN FY 25, THE CITY ANTICIPATES TO ISSUE ITS SECOND OF THE THIRD PLANNED BOND FOR A TOTAL OF 87.5 MILLION PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERMANENT SITE FOR FIRE STATION NINE, WHICH HAS BEEN BUD. THE FIRE STATION NINE HAS BEEN BUDGETED AS PART OF THE FY 24 BUDGET AHEAD OF THE BOND PROCEEDS TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THE COMPLETION OF THE CRITICAL PROJECT. THERE'S NO DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THIS BOND IN FY 25 WITH THE FIRST PLAN PAYMENT EXPECTED IN FY 26 BUDGET, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR THE PART OF THE MEASURE A OUT YEAR PLAN. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW MORE ALL THE USES OF THESE FUNDS IN MORE DETAILS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO DETAILS OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE WANTED TO SHARE AN UPDATE OF THE FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF MEASURE A. THE MEASURE A REVENUE FORECAST SYSTEM IS A STEADY GROWTH OF AVERAGE 3% PER YEAR. IN FY 28, MEASURE A RETURNS TO A FULL 1%, WHICH WILL PROVIDE, UM, SIGNIFICANT UNALLOCATED FUNDS TO BE PROGRAMMED IN THE FUTURE YEAR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. ONE CONSIDERATION TO THE OUT YEAR PROJECTION WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE IS THE IMPACT OF A COUNTYWIDE INITIATIVE. ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH BALLOT, VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO APPROVE A MEASURE THAT WILL INCREASE THE SALES TAX IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND SERVICES AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE PROPOSAL BACKED BY UNITED WAY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES AND THE BOARD COALITION AND THE ADVOCATE GROUPS WOULD REPEAL AND REPLACE THE CURRENT COUNTY MEASURE H IF APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, THE LONG IN LONG BEACH, IT WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE IMPACTS ON THE CITY AS IT WOULD REPEAL MEASURE H AND ALLOW FOR THE CITY'S MEASURE EIGHT TO RETURN TO THE FULL 1%, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED MID-YEAR 2025, WHICH COULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL 12 MILLION OF ONE TIMES IN FY 25 AND THE FULL 24 MILLION STRUCTURAL ONGOING IN FY 26. AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO JONATHAN BO AT PUBLIC WORKS TO GO OVER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN FY 25. THANK YOU, NADER. ALRIGHTY. SO IN THE Y 25 PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, $78 MILLION OF MEASURE A IS PROGRAMMED TO GO TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUSIVE OF 65.5 MILLION OF MEASURE A BOND FUNDING. UH, THE, THE ALLOCATIONS PER THE NON BOND AND THE BOND, UH, AND THE CIP CATEGORIES ARE OUTLINED ON THIS SCREEN. UH, THESE FY 25 MEASURE A PROJECTS AND FUNDING HAVE BEEN BUDGETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE FY 25 PROPOSED MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS ARE OUTLINED HERE. UH, WE WILL REVIEW THE FULL PROPOSED FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. SO NEARLY $12.5 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING, UH, NON BOND IS BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE PROJECTS OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE INCLUSIVE OF 2.27 MILLION FOR PARKS PROJECTS, 2.82 MILLION FOR PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS AND 7.4 MILLION FOR MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROJECTS. [01:20:08] OH, SORRY, YES, NEARLY $40 MILLION OF MEASURE A BOND FUNDING IS BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROJECTS IN FY 25. AND THOSE PROJECTS AND FUNDING TOTALS ARE OUTLINED ON THIS SCREEN AND THIS SCREEN FOR A TOTAL OF 39.75 MILLION PARKS PROJECTS AND FY 25 OVER 14 MILLION IN MEASURE A BOND FUNDING IS PROPOSED FOR THE PROJECTS OUTLINED HERE. AND LASTLY, PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS IN FY 25 TOTAL, NEARLY 8.4 MILLION, NEARLY 2 MILLION FOR BEACHES AND MARINA PROJECTS, AND 1 MILLION FOR PUMP STATION AND STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS OUTLINED HERE. AGAIN, ALL OF THESE MEASURE A PROJECTS AND FUNDING FOR FY 25 PROPOSED CIP ARE INCLUDED ON THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN AND TO DATE. UH, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FY 17, UH, AND IF WE INCLUDE THE AMOUNTS IN FY 25 PROPOSED OVER $393 MILLION OF MEASURE A WILL BE COMMITTED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS OVER THE LIFE OF MEASURE A TO DATE SHOWN HERE. WE SHOULD ALL BE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS MAP. NOW, UH, I FEEL LIKE I'VE, I'VE SHOWN IT TO YOU ALL MULTIPLE TIMES. , UH, SHOWN HERE IS THE FY 23 TO 27 ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN. AND THIS MAP SHOWCASES THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS PLAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WELL OVER FY 23 TO 27 DONE SO AS PART OF FY 20 FIVE'S BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, PUBLIC WORK STAFF HAVE CONDUCTED A CO COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN, AND A PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE PLAN, UH, IS INCLUDED IN FY 20 FIVE'S PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS UPDATE INCLUDES ALL GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT HAVE BEEN SECURED AND PLANNED FOR ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS SINCE THE PLAN WAS LAST UPDATED TO GO. SO THIS EQUATES TO AN OVERALL INCREASE TO THE PLAN OF $173.4 MILLION OF FUNDING, UM, BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS, 150 MILLION, UH, IS AN INCREASE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL NON MEASURE A FUNDING RECEIVED FOR ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS SINCE THE LAST, UH, SINCE SINCE THE PLAN WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED, UH, A $7.2 MILLION DECREASE, UH, OF MEASURE A FUNDING IN THE OUT YEARS FOR FY 26 AND 27 IS INCLUDED IN THIS UPDATE DUE TO A RECALIBRATION OF THE OUT YEAR PROJECTION. AND LASTLY, A $29.1 MILLION INCREASE TO THE PLAN IS INCLUDED HERE DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF FOUR NEW ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS BEING ADDED TO THE PLAN IN FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET. IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING SECURED AND IDENTIFIED IN THIS UPDATE, UH, FOR ELEVATE 28, I JUST WANNA LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW WE HAVE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF PENDING GRANT AWARDS, UH, FOR ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS. I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA GET AN ADDITIONAL BILLION, BUT THIS UPDATE IS JUST INCLUSIVE OF THE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE SECURED. UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, A REVISED ELEVATE 28 PROJECT REPORT, UH, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT OUTLINES EACH ELEVATE 28 PROJECT, UH, WHAT OTHER FUNDING IS IN THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT PHASE, AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT IN JUST A FEW SLIDES. THE FOUR NEW PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED TO ADD, TO BE ADDED TO THE PLAN INCLUDE THE ORANGE AVENUE BIKE BACKBONE BIKE WAY, THE JUNIPERO BEACH SPORTS COURTS PROJECT, WILLOW STREET CORRIDOR DESIGN FUNDING, AND, UH, CITY FLEET EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT, THAT INCREASE THE PLAN TO A, AN ADDITIONAL 29.1 MILLION. SO THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING PLAN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY JUST UNDER 755 MILLION, SHOWN AT THE VERY RIGHT, UH, ON THAT TOP LINE. UH, THE REVISED PLAN CULMINATES INTO A GRAND TOTAL OF $928 MILLION FOR THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN. AND SO THESE SLIDES, I'M GONNA CLICK THROUGH THEM PRETTY BRIEFLY, BUT THEY OUTLINE ALL ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, UM, HOW MUCH IS PLANNED IN MEASURE A, HOW MUCH IS PLANNED IN ADDITIONAL NON MEASURE A FUNDING, THE TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN BUDGET FOR EACH PROJECT, THE CURRENT STAGE OF THE PROJECT, AND IF THEY, IF THE PROJECT HAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS INCLUDED. SO FIRST IS THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY CATEGORY. UH, WITH THE 25 PROPOSED UPDATE. THIS NOW INCLUDES 38.7 MILLION IN MEASURE A 169 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF $207.7 MILLION IN PLANNED FUNDING. THE COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CATEGORY INCLUDES $15.5 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, 1.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND 17 MILLION OF PLANNED FUNDING. THE GOLD MEDAL PARK [01:25:01] REFRESH CATEGORY INCLUDES 18.8 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, 41.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF 60.5 MILLION OF ELEVATE 28 FUNDING. THE MOBILITY AND SAFETY CATEGORY INCLUDES $99 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, $323.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $422.6 MILLION IN PLANNED FUNDING. THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS CATEGORY INCLUDES $28.7 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, $14.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 41.1 MILLION PUBLIC FACILITIES. CATEGORY INCLUDES $39.3 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, $10.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER $50 MILLION IN ELEVATE 28 FUNDING. AND OUR RIGHT OF WAY WATER QUALITY AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CATEGORY INCLUDES 46.3 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, $61.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF ONE OH A HUNDRED AND SEVEN $0.5 MILLION OF PLANNED FUNDING. AND LASTLY, THE CRITICAL FACILITIES AND FEDERAL GRANT MATCH GRANT MATCH RESERVE CATEGORY INCLUDES $19.8 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING THAT IS OUTLINED HERE ON A MORE CLEAR TABLE. UH, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE SO FAR TO DATE WITH FY 23 AND FY 24 ADOPTED CIP BUDGETS, $159.1 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED IN MEASURE A TO ELEVATE 28, THE FY 25 PROPOSED AMOUNTS, WHICH WE JUST REVIEWED, TOTAL SE 77.9. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, PLANNED MEASURE A FUNDING IN THE PLAN FOR FY 26 AND FY 27, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND THIS COMMITTEE, UM, DURING THOSE RESPECTIVE BUDGET DEVELOPMENTS. UH, AND SO THAT'S A TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE REVISED PLAN OF $306 MILLION IN MEASURE A AND AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING NON MEASURE A OF 622 MILLION FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 928 IN THE REVISED PLAN. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. MY HEAD'S EXPLODING. . JUST A SECOND. I THINK WE NEED TO GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. OH, SORRY. 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 SAYING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FIVE. OKAY. NOW IT'S TIME FOR QUESTIONS FROM OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, JAN. OKAY. UM, WOW, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN THIS. UM, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, JUST ON ON FY 25, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S $65 MILLION IN MERE FUNDS AND $65 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS IN THE THERE ISN'T THERE FFY 25 YES. 65.5 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS. YES. SO I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT $130 MILLION. SO ON SLIDE, DID I SEE THAT, THAT SOMEWHERE ON SLIDE? YEAH, ON SLIDE 11, UM, IT'S 12.5 MILLION IN TRADITIONAL MEASURE A AND $65.5 MILLION IN BOND FOR A TOTAL OF 77.9. BUT ON SLIDE TWO IT SAYS $65 MILLION PROJECTED REVENUE HERE. YEAH. ISN'T THAT THE, ISN'T THAT THE, OKAY, I COULD ADD TO SOME CLARIFICATION TO THAT. SO THE, UH, FY 25 PLAN IS PROJECTED TO HAVE THE $65 MILLION. THAT $65 MILLION IS DIRECT FROM THE, THE TAX REVENUE DIRECT FROM THE, THE, THE REVENUE ITSELF, THE MEASURE A REVENUE, UM, RIGHT. KIND OF COINCIDENTALLY IT IS 65 MILLION IN BOND PROCEEDS. RIGHT. AND JUST TO, UH, CLARIFY, THE FY 25 ANTICIPATED BOND IS GONNA BE ABOUT 87.5 MILLION. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS 22 MILLION FOR THE FIRE STATION NINE WAS ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED AND BUDGETED IN FY 24. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RAISING A $87 MILLION BOND. BUT PUBLIC WORKS AND FY 25 IS PROGRAMMING 65 OF NEW PROJECTS SINCE THE FIRE STATION NINE HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN UNDERWAY. SO, OKAY. I, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT YES, 65 REVENUE, THE PROCEEDS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND IN ADDITION TO THE 65 REVENUE, AND THOSE ARE ALL IDENTIFIED IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, I, I JUST EXPECTED TO SEE THAT NUMBER SOMEWHERE, THE SUM OF THOSE TWO. BUT THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. YEAH. AND AS FAR AS HOW WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, I THINK I COULD REFERENCE SLIDE 11, WHICH KIND OF GIVES US AN INDICATION OF WHAT MEASURE A IS SUPPORTING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN FY 25, WHICH SHOWS US OF THE 65 REVENUE, 12.5 MILLION WILL BE SUPPORTING THE, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS IN FY 25. AND THEN AS REFERENCED, THERE'S ADDITIONAL BOND PROCEEDS THERE, 65. SO THAT'S WHERE PUBLIC WORKS IS REFERENCING THE, UH, TOTAL OF ABOUT 78 MILLION OF NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE SUPPORTED BY MEASURE A AND BONDS IN FY 25. [01:30:02] AND THEN I WANTED TO GO TO THE REVENUE, UM, PAGE, THE, UM, MEASURE A REVENUE PAGE. I WHICH PAGE WAS THAT? I'M, UH, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT FORECAST OF THE REVENUE, OH, THE FORECAST, OKAY. PAGE EIGHT. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BALLOT MEASURE, IT'D BE PAGE NINE. SO THAT IS ASSUMING THAT THE, THAT IT WILL GO UP TO 1% IN FY 28. YEAH. THE FORECAST ON PAGE EIGHT IS ANTICIPATING THE, THE SUNSET OF PROP, UM, MEASURE H IN, UM, FY 28. SO WE SEE THE JUMP FROM 69.47 IN FY 27 TO THE FULL 1%, WHICH IS NOW GENERATING A LARGER NUMBER OF 95.4. SO IT'S A CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PROJECTING THE, THE EARLIER, UM, RETURN TO THE 1%. RIGHT, RIGHT. THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED. THAT IS UP TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. SO WE ARE NOT PLANNING ANY USES FROM THAT. BUT IF APPROVED, THEN WE REVISIT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS. HOWEVER, UM, HOWEVER, I WOULD THINK IN, IN FY 28, THERE OUGHT TO BE, AND MAYBE THIS IS NOT EXACTLY A CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING, UM, PRACTICE, BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE A, SOME KIND OF A PREMIUM, AN ADDITIONAL BUMP IN HERE FOR OLYMPIC SPENDING, PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, UM, MORE, UH, SERVICES, MORE MEALS, MORE HOTELS AND OTHER THINGS. SO I WOULD THINK THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE A, A, A LITTLE, A RISE IN THERE FOR 28 AND THEN SEEING THAT COME BACK DOWN FOR 29 AND 30. THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GREAT POINT. AND TO, TO YOUR POINT, THE FY 28 PROJECTION DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE BUMP FOR THE OLYMPICS, WHICH COULD BRING IN AND SHOULD BRING IN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE. AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF HOW THAT COULD LOOK, WE'LL ANTICIPATE TO TRY TO BUILD THAT INTO THE PROJECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU, ROLANDO. OKAY. UM, I DON'T WANNA LET GO THE, THE APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 25 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I, I AM A CPA AND AN ACCOUNTANT AND, AND I LIKE TO SEE THINGS TIE THROUGH. AND I AM CONCERNED THAT IF YOU'RE SAYING FISCAL YEAR 25 INCOMING REVENUE IS 65.8 MILLION, AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING I'M SPENDING 32 ON POLICE AND FIRE AND I'M SPENDING 12.4 OF THAT ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THERE IS A GAP THERE. AND SO IT'S ONLY COMING UP TO 45 OF 65. WHERE'S THE OTHER 20 MILLION? BECAUSE IF WE'RE SAYING, 'CAUSE THERE'S TWO PIECES OF THIS BUDGET, WHAT'S COMING IN FISCAL YEAR 25, AND THEN WHAT'S COMING FROM THOSE BONDS TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS PROJECTS FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES? SO NOT EVEN QUESTIONING ELEVATE 28, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. BONDS ALREADY BEEN DONE. THOSE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED, BUT YOU'RE NOT RECONCILING TO THE 65 MILLION AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. YEAH. MEMBER, UH, MEMBER CRUZ, IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO, UH, ATTACHMENT EIGHT OF A, OF THIS ITEM. THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS ITEM OUTSIDE THE POWERPOINT. YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE BACK OF THE PACKAGE. THIS IS A, A SUMMARY THAT SHOWS THE, UH, SOURCES AND USES OF ALL THE ITEMS IN THE FY 25 PLAN ON ONE PAGE. SO IT'S, THIS IS LIKELY A MUCH EASIER DOCUMENT TO SEE AND RECONCILE. WHAT PAGE IS IT? YEAH, I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ON THE PRESENTATION. THIS WILL BE IN ATTACHMENT. SO IF WE GO PAST, IN YOUR, UH, BINDERS, IF YOU GO PAST THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL RUN INTO A STAFF REPORT THAT'S ACTUALLY POSTED ONLINE. AND THEN I WANNA SAY IT'S PROBABLY PAGE THREE OF THAT STAFF REPORT. IT'S A TWO PAGE REPORT FOLLOWED BY ATTACHMENTS. SO WE COULD GET TO ATTACHMENT A. AND IN THAT SUMMARY, THIS IS AN ATTACHMENT THAT SUMMARIZES THE WHOLE PLAN FOR FY 25 FOR THE ACTUAL MEASURE A REVENUE. SO THIS IS SHOWING THE 65.8 MILLION OF ANTICIPATED REVENUE, PROJECTED REVENUE ALONG WITH THE USES, WHICH IS 50 MILLION STRUCTURAL 15.5 MILLION ONE TIME. AND I DO HOPE THAT YOU DO SEE THIS ONE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND IF NOT, I CAN BRING UP A, A REFERENCE OF THIS PAGE. UH, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING ABOUT 12.5 MILLION TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH 32 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS FOR THE, UH, MAINTENANCE. THERE'S ALSO ABOUT 10.8 MILLION OF PUBLIC SAFETY RESTORATION ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH ARE LISTED ON THIS PAGE, A CRITICAL NEEDS RESERVE OF 2.2 MILLION, A MEASURE B STABILIZATION FUND ESTIMATE, AND THE, UH, ADMINISTRATION OF THE TAX. SO I HOPE THIS IS A HELPFUL SUMMARY TO SHOW EXACTLY WHERE ALL THE REVENUE AND THE USES WILL BE FOR THE 65 MILLION. UM, I, I SEE THE NUMBERS NOW AND, [01:35:01] AND YEAH, BUT, UM, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THESE OTHER ITEMS ARE. 'CAUSE YOU, YOU'RE JUST LISTING THEM DOWN WITH WORDS. AND SO IF THE INTENT OF THIS COMMISSION, AND IF MY VOTE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING THAT I UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THAT THE 65.8 MILLION IS, IS BEING ALLOCATED AS PER THE RESOLUTIONS. I, I I'M GONNA, I I'M GONNA SAY I DON'T KNOW, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ABSTAIN. YEAH. AND I CAN ASK IF YOU DO HAVE ANY CLARIFICATION ON THE LINE ITEM ON THIS ATTACHMENT. WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HELP YOU TO CLARIFY WHAT THESE USES ARE PER THAT LINE ITEM. I, I NEED TIME TO LOOK AT IT. 'CAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SEEING IT. OF COURSE. SO, OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? DO YOU WANT SOME MORE TIME? YEAH. UM, NO, I THINK, 'CAUSE I'M NOT GOOD. OKAY. I'M GONNA MY VOTE. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH THE VOTE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF IT DOESN'T POP UP ON YOUR SCREEN. IT DOESN'T POP UP. OH, THERE, IT'S MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM, I JUST WANNA DO [CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTION] A LITTLE PREFACE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO IT. THE NEXT ITEM IS, IS, UM, ENTITLED ELECTIONS. THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES IN OUR, UM, COMMISSION THAT I WANTED OUR COMMISSIONERS, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE AWARE OF. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY LAST MEETING. UM, I HAVE TERMED OUT, UM, AFTER EIGHT YEARS. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, OUR CHAIR, UM, MILES NEVIN IS, UM, TAKING A BREAK AND HE IS NO LONGER PART OF THE COMMISSION EITHER. SO, UM, THE DECISION OF ELECTIONS IS, IS UP, UH, FOR YOUR DISCUSSION. UM, I WOULD LIKE, WE CAN, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I, I'M, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT. UM, ONE IS TO HOLD THE ELECTION WITH THE THREE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING, UM, OR WE CAN LAY IT OVER UNTIL, UM, OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS ARE APPOINTED. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? UH, YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, VICE CHAIR ROSS. ROSS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE ACTUAL COMMITTEE MEMBER APPOINTED THAT'S GOING TO GOING THROUGH THE ONBOARDING PROCESS. MM-HMM. DAVID OCHOA. AND HE LIKELY WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US AT THE OCTOBER MEETING AS WE ONBOARD HIM AND BRING HIM UP TO SPEED ON THE, UH, THE PROCESS. THE SECOND CHAIR, UH, CHAIR IN THE COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY BEING RECRUITED FOR. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AT THIS POINT? UM, IN TERMS OF DO WE WANNA HOLD AN ELECTION, UM, AT THIS POINT OR DO YOU WANNA LAY IT OVER? THOUGHTS? WELL, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, IF, IF WE WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER, WE WON'T HAVE AT THAT POINT A CHAIRMAN OR VICE CHAIRMAN ELECTED. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND, AND MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT SINCE THE THREE OF US ARE NOW, WE'RE A YEAR AND WE'RE THE SENIORS THAT NORMALLY WOULD BE ONE OF THE SENIORS THAT WOULD BE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. SO I, I WOULD JUST SAY WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ELECTIONS. OKAY. I CONCUR WITH THAT. JAM. YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YES. OKAY. DO I TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY? HELLO EVERYONE. UH, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM. SO WE'RE AGREEING TO PROCEED TODAY WITH THE ELECTION, WITH THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, WE HAVE QUORUM. SO IF IT IS THAT THE VICE CHAIR, UH, DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ELECTION, THEN WE ARE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THAT ELECTION. UH, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, RIGHT BEFORE WE BEGIN THE ELECTION, I UNDERSTAND THE VICE CHAIR HAS THE SCRIPT, UH, TO PROCEED WITH THIS ELECTION. UH, SO THE VICE CHAIR WILL CONTINUE AS THE VICE CHAIR THROUGH THE END OF THIS MEETING. THE NEW OFFICERS WILL BEGIN THEIR ROLE, UH, AT THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING, AT THE NEXT MEETING. UH, SO WITH THAT, I THINK YOU CAN OPEN UP. THANK YOU. AND THEN YOU CAN PROCEED. OKAY. I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE CHAIR OF THE TRANSACTION AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR CHAIR, [01:40:02] INCLUDING YOURSELF. THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. OKAY. SO WE'RE OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS AND I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, ROLANDO CRUZ. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. THERE BEING NO. DO WE TAKE A VOTE? UM, BEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR CHAIR. I THIS IS, THIS IS A, UH, YOU'RE NOW, UM, ABLE TO MAKE A COMMENT AS THE NOMINEE. UH, I, I WOULD ACCEPT THE POSITION OF CHAIR FOR THE YEAR CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CHAIR NOMINATION, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW WE CALL FOR A VOTE. YES. MEMBER CRUZ? YES. MEMBER AMY. YES. MEMBER HOWARD? YES. AND VICE CHAIR ROSS? YES. MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS. MEMBER CRUZ ON YOUR CHAIR. MANSHIP. OKAY. I NOW DECLARE NOT THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR VICE CHAIR OF THE TRANSACTION AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR VICE CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF. THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. OKAY. NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN. I NOMINATE DON FOR VICE CHAIR. BOB. BOB, WHY THEY SAY DON. BOB, BOB, ROBERT, EMMY. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. THERE BEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS. I DECLARE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR VICE CHAIR. DO I HAVE TO SAY YES? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I ACCEPT OKAY. CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE VICE CHAIR NOMINEE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE. OKAY. CALL FOR A VOTE. MEMBER CRUZ. YES. MEMBER AMY. YES. MEMBER HOWARD? YES. AND VICE CHAIR ROSS? YES. MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS. MEMBER EMMY ON BEING VICE CHAIR. OKAY. I THINK THIS CONCLUDES OUR, OUR MEETING FOR TODAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY PERSONALLY THAT I'VE ENJOYED BEING PART OF THIS, UM, COMMISSION. UM, IT'S BEEN, UM, A REALLY INTERESTING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME PERSONALLY. AND, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THE MANY, MANY REPORTS THAT, UM, YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDING US WITH. AND, UM, I WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST IN THE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS WHILE YOU, UH, REVIEW ALL OF THESE, THE GREAT WORKS THAT ARE BEING DONE. SO THANK YOU. BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING, CAN WE CALL FOR NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT? OH. IF THERE ARE ANY [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.] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. OOPS. , SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. SORRY. NO WORRIES. AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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