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WELL, HAPPY, UH, LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, UH, TO EVERYBODY.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING FOR AUGUST 27TH TO ORDER.
UM, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN HERE.
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THANK YOU.UH, COULD WE PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM,
[ROLL CALL]
ITEM ONE.ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2024.
I SEE WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
ANY, UM, CON UH, COMMENTS OR AMENDMENTS FROM, UH, MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS? NO.
SEEING NONE, UH, WE CAN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
[1. 24-54616 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Budget Oversight Committee meeting of Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
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COMMENTS, UH, WE CAN GO FOR IT FOR A VOTE CHAIR.ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OVERVIEW ON THE USE OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT STATUS AND PLANS ELEVATE 28 AND FUTURE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
UH, GONNA, I NEED TO GET A MOTION.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT NOW.
YES, WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER, JONATHAN BOLIN AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT OFFICER NADER KAMO READY TO PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, CHAIR RICK AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT MEETING,
[2. 24-54617 Recommendation to receive and file an overview on the use of Measure A infrastructure project status and plans, Elevate 28, and future financial outlook. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, COMMITTEE.THIS PRESENTATION WILL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MEASURE A INVESTMENT PLAN INCLUSIVE OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 5 YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
THE MEASURE A BALLOT MEASURE APPROVED BY 60% OF LONG BEACH VOTERS ON JUNE 7TH, 2016, ORIGINALLY ADDED A TRANSACTION USED TAX FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.
MEASURE A EFFECTIVELY INCREASED THE SALES AND USED TAX BY 1% FOR THE FIRST SIX YEARS, AND FOR THE REMAINING FOUR YEARS, THE TAX INCREASE WAS GONNA BE REDUCED TO 0.5%.
ALTHOUGH MEASURE A IS A GENERAL TAX TO FUND CITY SERVICES, THE CITY COUNCIL INTENT IS TO PRIORITIZE THE SPENDING OF MEASURE A TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
AN EXTENSION TO MEASURE A WAS APPROVED ON MARCH 3RD, 2020 BALLOT, WHICH ELIMINATED THE 10 YEAR SUNSET, WHICH KEPT MEASURE A AT A 1% RATE AND EXTENDED THE PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
ALTHOUGH THE 10 YEAR SUNSET WAS ELIMINATED, STARTING IN JANUARY 1ST, 2023, MEASURE A DROPPED FROM 1% TO THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT IN ORDER TO STAY WITHIN THE TAX LIMIT DUE TO COUNTY MEASURE H HOMELESSNESS, WHICH WAS PASSED BEFORE THE EXTENSION.
IT'S WORTH NOTING WHILE THE TAX DROPPED FROM THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT, IT'S STILL MORE THAN WHAT IT PREVIOUSLY WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE BEFORE THE MARCH, 2020 VOTE, WHICH WOULD'VE MADE MEASURE A DOWN TO 0.5% TODAY AS PART OF THE PASSING OF MEASURE A IF FIVE MEMBER CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVISING MEASURE A FUNDS ARE BEING USED ACCORDING TO THE PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT MEASURE.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2016, THE COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED UP TO THREE MEETINGS PER YEAR TO REVIEW MATERIALS FROM VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TO DATE, THE COMMITTEE IS REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED THAT ALL THAT THE CITY HAS OF LONG BEACH HAS USED ALL MEASURE A REVENUES APPROPRIATELY, WHICH PRIORITIZES THE USE OF THE TOT REVENUE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN FY 25 MEASURE A REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 65.8 MILLION, WHICH ASSUMES A 3% GROWTH FROM CURRENT FY 24 ESTIMATES.
THIS PROJECTION IS INCLUSIVE OF THE TAX DROPPING FROM THE 1% TO THREE QUARTERS OF THE PERCENT DUE TO THE IMPACTS OF COUNTY MEASURE AGE.
THE FY 25 BUDGET PROPOSES TO USE THESE FUNDS WITH 50.2 MILLION STRUCTURAL USES AND 15.5 MILLION ONE-TIME USES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN ADDITION TO MEASURE A REVENUE THE CITY ANTICIPATES TO ISSUES, ITS SECOND OF THREE BONDS.
AS PART OF THE MEASURE A BACKED BOND PROGRAM INTRODUCED IN THE FY 23 BUDGET TO ACCELERATE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
AND FY 2360 0.525 MILLION BOND PROCEEDS WERE INVESTED IN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE FIVE YEAR PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS ELEVATE 28 WITH AN ADDITIONAL 87.5 MILLION NEW BOND PROCEEDS PLANNED FOR FY 25 INCLUSIVE OF THE 22 MILLION FOR THE FIRE STATION NINE REBUILD PROJECT THAT BROKE AROUND THIS MORNING.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL GO OVER THE DETAILS OF HOW THE FY 25 BOND PROCEEDS WILL BE USED LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT FOR NOW, I'LL GO OVER HOW THE NON BOND MEASURE A REVENUES WILL BE INVESTED IN FY 25.
IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THIS TABLE BY MAJOR CATEGORIES, THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE A HAS PROVEN TO BE A HISTORIC CHOICE BY THE RESIDENTS TO LONG BEACH TO VE TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY.
SINCE 2017, REVENUES HAVE GENERATED FROM MEASURE A HAVE ALLOWED THE CITY TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
APPROXIMATELY 151 SWORN POSITIONS HAVE BEEN
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MAINTAINED THAT MAY OTHERWISE BEEN REDUCED FROM THE BUDGET.AND FY 25 1 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT IS PROPOSED TO, TO THE BUDGET TO CONTINUE TO OFFSET INCREASING DEFICITS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH INCLUDES THE GROWING COST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, MEASURE A HAS ALLOWED THE CITY TO RESTORE AND ENHANCE SERVICES OVER THE YEARS WITH FIRST REESTABLISHED THE POLICE SOUTH DIVISION FIRE STATION EIGHT IN SUPPORT FOR POLICE ACADEMY STAFFING.
MORE RECENTLY, MEASURE A HAS HELPED ESTABLISH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BIKE TEAM SUPPLY STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR ENGINE 17, AND ALSO BROUGHT BACK PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER POSITIONS BACK TO PRE COVID STAFFING LEVELS.
TODAY, MEASURE A IS PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 10.8 MILLION STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RESTORATIONS AND ENHANCEMENT SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES 53 PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS.
THESE SERVICE ARE ALL PLANNED TO CONTINUE INTO FY 25.
MEASURE A HAS ALSO PROVIDED PUBLIC SAFETY CRITICAL COMMUNICATION SUPPORT.
IN 20 20 18, THE CITY LEASED PURCHASED MOTOROLA BASED RADIO DISPATCH, RADIO SIGNALS AND PORTABLE AND MOBILE RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMUNICATIONS.
THE EQUIPMENT WAS FINANCED OVER 10 YEARS WITH THE FIRST PAYMENT IN FY 21, SUPPORTED BY MEASURE A IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF 1.9 MILLION.
MORE RECENTLY ON JANUARY 16TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE EXPANSION TO THE CITY'S COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKED BY AWARDING A CONTRACT TO MOTOROLA TO BUILD OUT A 700 MEGAHERTZ LAND MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM, WHICH WILL ADDRESS SYSTEM GAPS THAT HAVE CAUSED CHALLENGES IN EXISTING IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
THE CITY'S EXISTING MOTOROLA PORTABLE RADIOS PURCHASED IN 2018 CAN BE SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED TO THIS UPGRADED 700 MEGAHERTZ SYSTEM.
THE 13.7 MILLION UH, DOLLARS PROJECT HAS BEEN LEASED, FINANCED FOR A 10 YEAR TERM WITH AN ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE OF 1.7 MILLION.
IN THE FY 25 MEASURE A WILL SUPPORT A PARTIAL PAYMENT DISCOUNTED BY ONE-TIME PAYMENTS FROM OTHER FUNDS, WITH PLANS TO SUPPORT THE FULL 1.7 MILLION DEBT SERVICE IN FY 26 AND BEYOND AS TO PUBLIC.
IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURE A IS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED FOR A FEW ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS, SUCH AS CRITICAL NEEDS RESERVES THAT HISTORICALLY BEEN PART OF THE MEASURE A PLAN TO HELP BUILD FUND BALANCE TO HELP PROPOSE A BRIGHTER INFRASTRUCTURE OUT YOUR PLAN, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN FY 23.
NOW, THE RESERVE HELPS FOR VOLATILITY IN THE FORECAST AND SUPPORT CRITICAL NEEDS AS THEY ARISE WITH A PLAN 2.23 MILLION IN FY 25.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, MEASURE A ALSO PROVIDED 208,000 IN ANNUAL SUPPORT FOR ADMIN SUPPORT TO, UH, ADMINISTER THE, THE MEASURE AND REPORTING IN THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
ALSO, AS PART OF MEASURE THE MEASURE A BALLOT PASSING IN 2017, A BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND WAS ESTABLISHED WITH AN AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT OF 1% OF NEW GENERAL TAX REVENUES TO BE SET ASIDE FOR CITY OPERATIONS AND SERVICES THAT MAY OTHERWISE BE REDUCED IN SCOPE DUE TO UNANTICIPATED SHORTFALL CAUSED BY ECONOMIC RECESSIONS OR OTHER FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS TO THE CITY.
AND FY 25 IN ESTIMATED 658,000 WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE RESERVE FROM MEASURE A ACROSS ALL GENERAL TAX DEPOSITS, WHICH INCLUDES MEASURE MA, MEASURE BTOT MEASURE US.
THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE IS ANTICIPATED TO GROW OF 6 MILLION BY THE END OF FY 25.
AS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT, THE FY 25 PLAN ALSO INCLUDES 820,000 IN ONE-TIME FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE THIRD OF FIVE YEARS CITYWIDE NETWORK CAMERA MODERNIZATION EFFORTS, WHICH STARTED IN THE FY 23 BUDGET.
THERE'S ALSO A 3.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE FIRST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THE MEASURE A BOND FOR THE BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ISSUED IN FY 2312 0.5 MILLION IS INVESTED IN THE DIRECT TRANSFER FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.
ALSO, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, 87.5 MILLION IN BOND PROCEEDS WILL HELP SUPPORT THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN IN FFY 25.
THERE IS NO DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THIS BOND IN FY 25 WITH THE FIRST PAYMENT PLANNED FOR FY 26 AND BEYOND.
THE MEASURE A REVENUE FORECAST ASSUMES A STEADY GROWTH WITH AN AVERAGE OF 3% PER YEAR.
AND FY 28 MEASURE A RETURNS TO THE FULL 1%, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT UNALLOCATED FUNDS TO BE PROGRAMMED IN THE FUTURE YEAR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
ONE CONSIDERATION FOR THE OUT YEAR PROJECTION WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH THE COMMITTEE IS THE IMPACTS OF THE COUNTYWIDE INITIATIVE.
ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH BALLOT FOR THE MEASURE COUNTY MEASURE, A VOTERS WILL BE, WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO APPROVE A MEASURE THAT WILL INCREASE THE SALES TAX IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND SERVICES AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD REPEAL AND REPLACE THE CURRENT COUNTY MEASURE
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H AND IF APPROVED IN LONG BEACH, IT WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE IMPACTS WITH, WITH ON THE CITY AS IT WOULD ALLOW MEASURE A TO RETURN TO THE FULL 1%, TWO AND A HALF YEARS EARLIER AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.A MORE IN DEPTH OVERVIEW OF THE BALLOT MEASURE IS PLANNED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 3RD AS PART OF THE GROW LONG BEACH PRESENTATION.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JONATHAN BOLEN, PUBLIC WORKS, HIS BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER, WHO BRING THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR RICK SODI AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I AM JONATHAN BOLEN, ACTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
I'LL BE BRIEFLY REVIEWING OUR VARIOUS MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FROM INCEPTION TO DATE, AS WELL AS RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE OUTSTANDING PROJECTS FROM THE INITIAL 2016 MEASURE A PLAN, VARIOUS MEASURE, A PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS, AND A REVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN, INCLUDING THE FY 25 PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE PLAN.
THE ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE A PLAN WAS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEVEN YEAR INVESTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
TO DATE OVER $293 MILLION OF MEASURE A HAS BEEN COMMITTED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FY 17 AND FY 24.
OUTLINED HERE SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS SINCE THE INCEPTION IN 2017 INCLUDE 46 PARK PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARK FACILITIES COM.
UH, PARK FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OVER FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED WITH MEASURE A FUNDING.
APPROXIMATELY 284 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN SLURRY SEALED ON TOP OF THE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE NINETEEN 0.5 MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED, OF WHICH, UH, 5.9 MILES WERE FORMERLY DIRT IN FY 24 ALONE.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS, UM, REHABILITATED OVER 6.6 MILES OF ALLEYS.
OVER 1.8 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND OVER 3,500 CURB RAMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND 28 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING SEVEN FIRE STATION PROJECTS, NINE HEALTH AND PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS, AND NINE LIBRARY PROJECTS OF THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN.
OVER 90% OF THE PROJECTS LISTED ON THAT PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING ALL PENDING PROJECTS FROM THAT ORIGINAL PLAN LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
BEFORE DIVING INTO MORE RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS, STAFF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO BRIEFLY REVIEW A FEW SIGNATURE PROJECTS.
AN EXAMPLE OF WORK THAT MERE HAS FUNDED FROM 2017 TO DATE.
HERE'S A FORMER IMPASSABLE ALLEY NEAR 21ST AND HILL STREET THAT HAD A TREE GROWING DIRECTLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, DEBRIS IN THE ALLEY AND OVERGROWTH CROWDING THE LANE.
AND THERE IS THE AFTER PHOTO HERE IS A REHABILITATED DIRT ALLEY EAST OF LEWIS AVENUE.
HERE IS ESTHER STREET BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, THE RE THE RE PAVEMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE WAS IN DESPERATE NEED.
HILL STREET HERE IS REPAVED AND THE LANES AND STOP AREA HAVE BEEN REPAINTED AND CROSSWALKS ARE NOW CLEARLY MARKED HERE AT OLIVE AND SUNRISE.
THERE IS NOW A SIDEWALK AND A DAU CURB RAMPS WHERE NONE PREVIOUSLY EXISTED AT VIA AL ALRO.
THE STREET WAS REPAVED AND RES STRIPPED, THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WIDENED AND A SIDEWALK INSTALLED.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA REVIEW A FEW PARKS PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND FUNDED WITH MEASURE A, UM, SINCE 2017.
HERE IS LOS CERRITOS PARK PLAYGROUND AND DRAKE PARK PLAYGROUND.
HERE'S VETERANS PARK PLAYGROUND AND WHALEY PARK PLAYGROUND.
JENNY RIVERA PARK PLAYGROUND RECREATION PARK PLAYGROUND.
GETTING INTO A FEW OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED WITH MEASURE A.
HERE'S THE DORIS TOPSY ELVER COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH INCLUDED A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER EDITION REALIGNMENT OF THE FRONT LOBBY, ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, NEW IRRIGATION AND CONTROLLERS, OH, SORRY.
THERE'S EL DORADO PARK, ARTIFICIAL FIELD TURF PROJECT, WHICH INSTALLED A NEW ARTIFICIAL FIELD TURF, UH, THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY.
YEAR ROUND FIRE STATION SEVEN PROVIDED CRITICAL REPAIRS TO THE HISTORIC TOWER, WHEREAS THE WEST DIVISION POLICE STATION PROJECT REHABILITATED THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THE LOS STOS BRANCH LIBRARY PROVIDE.
UH, THE PROJECT PROVIDED A DA UPGRADES, RESURFACING AND RETRIP OF THE PARKING LOT AND UPDATED SIGNAGE AND THE FIRE STATION.
10 PROJECT REPAIRED THE FIRE STATION ROOF, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITYWIDE FIRE STATION WORKPLACE PRIVACY PROJECT, THE CITY PLACE PARKING STRUCTURE C PROJECT FOCUSED ON SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY, UH, AND INSTALLING A NEW, UH, STAIRCASE, UH, TO HARVEY MILK PROMENADE PARK.
HERE'S THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MAIN HEALTH FACILITY LOBBY IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS INCLUDED LIGHTING, UH, ENHANCEMENTS AND FLOORING, AND NOW GETTING INTO, UH, RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS.
SO MANY MOBILITY PROJECTS ARE ONGOING DUE TO THE SCALE OF WORK, BUT TO DATE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE DIRT
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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 IN THE COMING YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT NOW A FEW MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.
HERE ARE SOME COMPLETED ALLEYS.
UH, THIS IS BEFORE AND AFTER CALIFORNIA TO MARCELLUS.
HERE IS BEFORE AND AFTER TEMPLE TO ORA 10TH STREET TO 11TH STREET BEFORE AND AFTER LADERA DRIVE TO ORANGE, BEFORE AND AFTER SOME COMPLETED CURB RAMPS.
HERE'S CORONADO AVENUE AND SECOND STREET BEFORE AND AFTER ORBA AND SECOND STREET ON THE OTHER END.
BEFORE AND AFTER PALOMA AVENUE AND SECOND STREET, BEFORE AND AFTER GETTING INTO COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
THIS IS FOREMAN AVENUE, CUL-DE-SAC BETWEEN FOREMAN AND MAROR.
BELLIN STREET BEFORE FOREMAN AND LONA 27TH STREET BETWEEN CLARK AND RUTGERS.
29TH STREET BETWEEN CLARK AND GREENBRIER.
AND THEN HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF OUR IN-HOUSE CRACK AND SLURRY SEAL TEAM.
SO THESE ARE ALL CITY PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES.
AND TO DATE THIS PROGRAM, THE KRA AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM HAS COMPLETED OVER 9 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT, UM, REHABILITATION.
THE LOINS DRIVE COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS IN, IN LONG BEACH WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THIS PROJECT ENHANCED ROAD SAFETY AND ACCESS TO PARKS, UM, BY CREATING CLASS FOUR BIKE LANES FROM BELLFLOWER BOULEVARD TO BIXBY VILLAGE DRIVE.
THIS ALSO, UH, INSTALLED A DA COMPLIANT FEATURES AND HIGH CONTRAST CROSSWALKS.
AND THIS PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY RECENTLY AWARDED, UM, THE 2024 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BIKEWAY TRAIL PROJECT IN THE METRO LA AREA.
ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD IS NEARING COMPLETION.
IT IS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A DOLLARS AMONG OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
HERE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER AS WE ARE STILL IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
AND HERE IS ANOTHER BEFORE AND AFTER.
UH, THIS PROJECT REHABILITATES THE ENTIRE 3.2 MILE PROJECT OF ARTESIA BOULEVARD, EXISTING IN THE LONG BEACH CITY LIMITS, UM, CONCRETE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT, CURB REPLACEMENT, MEDIAN AND MEDIAN FENCING IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENHANCEMENTS, INSTALLATION OF AN ITS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, STREET LIGHTING, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, STORMWATER BIORETENTION TREATMENTS, CLASS FOUR BIKE LANES, BULB OUTS, LANDSCAPING, NEW STREET FURNITURE, AND WAY FINDING SIGNAGE.
THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS FALL.
AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, 48 PARKS PROJECTS WITH MERE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.
THIS TOTALS OVER A $38.2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S PARKS.
RECENTLY COMPLETED THE DRAKE CHAVEZ GREEN BELT FOUR ACRE WETLAND EXPANSION PROJECT.
SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF WETLANDS AT THE ADJACENT LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL URBAN STORMWATER TREATMENT FACILITY UNDER THE DRAKE CHAVEZ MASTER PLAN.
RECENTLY, EL DORADO DUCK POND WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND REOPENED TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS PROJECT REPLACED THE EXISTING CONCRETE WALKWAY, IMPROVED LANDSCAPING, DRAINED AND DREDGED THE POND AND UPGRADED UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.
HERE'S SHERA PARK COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT.
THIS IS BEFORE AND AFTER THIS PROJECT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED.
AND, UH, THE, THE PROJECT CONSISTED OF, UH, A NEW ROOF LIGHTING, IMPROVEMENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY WINDOWS, AND A NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HVAC SYSTEM.
UH, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDED UPGRADED ACCESSIBILITY, INTERIOR SPACES AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS. HERE'S A PHOTO OF DAVENPORT PARK, UH, THIS, SORRY, ONE SECOND.
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 WILL INCLUDE A MULTI-USE SPORTS FIELD, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, OUTDOOR SEATING AREA BLEACHERS, SPORTS NETTING, AND ADDITIONAL PARKING.
WE ARE SLATING THIS PROJECT FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
HERE ARE SOME IN PROGRESS PHOTOS.
27 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.
THEY TOTAL OVER A $12 MILLION INVESTMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLETED MEASURE A PROJECTS, WHICH WE JUST REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING MEASURE, A FUNDED PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
THIS INCLUDES 14TH STREET PARK LIGHTING AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, ARTESIA BOULEVARD, MAJOR CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS, BAYSHORE LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS, BLUFF PARK, HISTORIC LAMPS, CITY PLACE PARKING GARAGE, MARYLAND STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, DAVENPORT PARK, DRAKE PARK, RESTROOM REPLACEMENT, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS CENTER FIRE ALARM UPGRADE, THE RESTROOMS AT JOE ROGERS FIELD, THE LONG BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND THE GENERATOR AT MAINE HEALTH FROM THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN.
UH, WE, AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, THE CITY HAS COMPLETED 90% OF THE PROJECTS OUTLINED ON THE PLAN.
THE REMAINING, UH, PROJECTS ARE LISTED HERE.
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OF THE NINE OUTSTANDING PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING DRAKE PARK RESTROOM, FIRE STATION NINE, FIRE STATION 14, AND THE PD ACADEMY BUILDING.NOW SHIFTING OUR FOCUS TO THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN, WHICH OUTLINES THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS PLAN FOR FY 23 TO 27.
THE ORIGINAL FY 23 TO FY 27 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 16TH, 2022 AND TOTALED $532.9 MILLION AS PART OF THE FY 24 BUDGET.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WAS EXPANDED AND REBRANDED THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
UH, DURING THIS PHASE, UH, THE PLAN WAS UPDATED, UH, TO INCLUDE NEW CATEGORIES SUCH AS THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS AND THE GOLD MEDAL PARK REFRESH PROJECT CATEGORIES.
THE UPDATED PLAN IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL $224 MILLION OF PLANNED FUNDING FOR A REVISED TOTAL OF 758 MILLION, INCLUDING 313 OF MEASURE A AND 441 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING ANTICIPATED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN INCLUDES OVER 180 PROJECTS AS WELL AS VARIOUS RIGHT OF WAY AND MOBILITY PROJECTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE PLAN IS FUNDED BY MEASURE A BOND PROCEEDS MEASURE A DIRECT FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING INCLUDING METRO FUNDS GAS TAX AND SB ONE AND ANTICIPATED GRANT FUNDING.
THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN IS A PLANNING AND STRATEGIC VISIONING TOOL.
THE APPROPRIATION OF THE PLANNED OF THE PLANNED FUNDING, UH, OCCURS EACH YEAR AS PART OF THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ANNUAL BUDGET FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, UH, CIP BUDGETS PRIORITIZE ELEVATE 28 IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, UH, AS PART OF FY 20 FIVE'S BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, PUBLIC WORK STAFF HAVE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN AND A PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE PLAN, UH, WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO DATE, UH, IS INCLUDED IN THIS, UM, IN THIS UPDATE.
AND SO THIS EQUATES TO AN OVERALL INCREASE TO THE PLAN TOTALING AN ADDITIONAL $173.4 MILLION OF FUNDING BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS, 151.5 MILLION INCREASE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL NON MEASURE A FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS SINCE THE PLAN WAS LAST UPDATED LAST YEAR.
ALSO INCLUDED IS A $7.2 MILLION DECREASE DUE TO A RECALIBRATION OF THE MEASURE A OUT YEAR PROJECTION REDUCTION FOR FY 26 AND FY 27.
AND LASTLY, A $29.1 MILLION INCREASE TO THE PLAN DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF FOUR NEW ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS BEING ADDED TO THE PLAN IN FY 25.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING SECURED AND IDENTIFIED IN THIS UPDATE, I DO WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE CURRENTLY A BILLION DOLLARS OF PENDING GRANT AWARDS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN.
UM, AND SO AS WE RECEIVE MORE AND MORE GRANT FUNDING, WE ANTICIPATE THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN WILL GROW.
FOUR NEW ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS ARE BEING ADDED TO THE PLAN.
THE PROJECTS OUTLINED ARE OUTLINED HERE WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING IDENTIFIED.
THIS INCLUDES ORANGE AVENUE BACKBONE, BIKEWAY, HORO BEACH SPORTS COURTS, WILLOW STREET FUNDING, UH, WILLOW STREET CORRIDOR, FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN PORTION AND FLEET EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING PLAN AND THE PROPOSED UPDATE, CULMINATING IN A NET $173 MILLION INCREASE TO THE OVERALL PLAN FUNDING.
THE NEXT FEW FEW SLIDES OUTLINE THE REVISED ELEVATE 28 PLAN BROKEN DOWN BY THE INVESTMENT CATEGORY.
THESE SLIDE, THESE SLIDES INCLUDE THE REVISED AND UPDATED ELEVATE 28 PLAN FUNDING, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT STAGE OF EACH PROJECT AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IDENTIFIED FOR EACH PROJECT IF APPLICABLE.
THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY CATEGORY INCLUDES 38.7 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING 169 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF 2 0 7 0.7 MILLION OF PLANNED FUNDING.
THE COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CATEGORY INCLUDES $15.5 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING $1.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF 17 POINT MILLION OF PLANNED FUNDING.
THE GOLD MEDAL PARK REFRESH CATEGORY INCLUDES $18.8 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, $41.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 60.5 MILLION OF PLANNED FUNDING.
THE MOBILITY AND SAFETY CATEGORY INCLUDES $99 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, $323.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF $422.6 MILLION OF PLANNED FUNDING.
THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS CATEGORY INCLUDES $28.7 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING $14.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF 41.1 MILLION OF PLAN FUNDING.
THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CATEGORY INCLUDES $39.3 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING $10.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
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A TOTAL OF 49.8 MILLION OF PLAN FUNDING.THE RIGHT OF WAY WATER QUALITY AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CATEGORY INCLUDES $46.3 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING, $61.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF 1 0 7 0.5 MILLION OF PLAN FUNDING.
AND THE CRITICAL FACILITIES AND FEDERAL GRANT MATCH RESERVE CATEGORY INCLUDES $19.8 MILLION OF MEASURE A FUNDING.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE REVISED ELEVATE 28 PLAN, WHICH NOW, UH, WILL TOTAL AFTER FY 25 PROPOSED, UH, A GRAND TOTAL OF $928 MILLION, UH, TOTALING 306 MILLION IN MEASURE A, UH, 622 OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, FOR THE TOTAL OF 9 28.
VERY BRIEFLY, JUST A REMINDER, THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE IS LIVE AND CAN BE ACCESSED AT LB ELEVATE 20 EIGHT.COM, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE.
THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE SERVES AS A COMMUNICATION HUB FOR ALL ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, INCLUDING UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT INFORMATION PAGES WHICH PROVIDE PROJECT SCOPE, BUDGET, LOCATION, TARGET CONSTRUCTION, START AND COMPLETION DATES, AMOUNTING FUND AMOUNT OF FUNDING SECURED CURRENT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, AND THE PROJECT FUNDING IDENTIFICATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UH, ONCE THE FY 25 BUDGET IS ADOPTED, THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN DATA WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT, UH, THE FY 25 PROPOSED CHANGES.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE FY 25 PROPOSED FUNDING FOR MEASURE A.
SO THIS IS THE MEASURE A FUNDING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FY 25 PROPOSED CIP UH, $78 MILLION OF MEASURE A IS GOING TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUSIVE OF 65.5 MILLION OF MEASURE A BOND FUNDING.
THESE 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.
AND THE FY 25 PROPOSED MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS ARE OUTLINED HERE.
WE'LL REVIEW THE FULL PROPOSED FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SLIDES.
AND AGAIN, ALL MEASURE A PROJECTS IN INCLUDED IN FY 25 ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ELEVATE 28 IIP NEARLY $12.5 MILLION OF MEASURE A NON BOND FUNDING 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.
NEARLY $40 MILLION OF MEASURE A BOND FUNDING IS BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROJECTS OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE.
AND THIS SLIDE TOTALING NEARLY $40 MILLION IN FY 25 FOR PARKS PROJECTS.
OVER $14 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE PROJECTS OUTLINED HERE.
AND LASTLY, PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS AND FY 25 PROPOSED MEASURE A BOND FUNDING TOTAL NEARLY 8.4 MILLION AND NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR BEACHES AND MARINAS AND $1 MILLION FOR PUMP STATION AND STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND FUNDING FOR FY 25 PROPOSED CIP ARE INCLUDED IN THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
AND WITH THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, OVER $393 MILLION OF MEASURE A DOLLARS WILL BE COMMITTED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FY 17 AND FY 25.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE, UH, ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, I DO, DO YOU NEED A DRINK? SIP OF WATER? THAT WAS A LOT OF TALKING
I WILL START WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
UM, EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER WRONG OR COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF WITH SOME QUESTIONS? YES.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING, THIS IS SUCH A BIG PRESENTATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EVERY TIME I GO THROUGH IT, I, IT STICKS WITH ME A LITTLE MORE, BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING MORE.
ALSO, IF WE GO TO PAGE 11, UM, THE OUT YEAR PLAN, I ACTUALLY TOOK THE BUDGET ITEM AND MY QUESTION UM, REALLY RELATES TO, WE'RE USING THE MEASURE A FUNDS, UM, STRUCTURAL EXPENDITURES SO MUCH MORE THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
IN 2017, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER WAS 3.45 MILLION AND NOW WE'RE UP TO 49.6 MILLION 4 20 28.
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49.6 FOR 2025.UM, SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS MORE BECAUSE WE WE'RE LOOKING AT MEASURE A FOR THE BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, UM, BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW THIS REALLY HELPS OUR GENERAL FUND.
UM, SO IT'S NOT IMPLEMENTED FULLY.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
SO WE'RE PROJECTED TO JUMP FROM 65 MILLION A YEAR TO OVER 95 MILLION A YEAR.
AND THIS HAPPENS REALLY IN 2028 WHEN WE SEE A BIG DECLINE IN TIDELANDS.
ARE WE PROJECTING FUTURE BUDGET DEFICITS WITH THIS IN MIND? UM, AS FAR AS THE OUT YEAR PLAN FOR MEASURE A, WE DO TAKE IT YEAR BY YEAR AND WE TRY TO FORECAST A, UM, A NEED FOR THE CITY'S BOUNCING OF THE BUDGET IN THE OUT YEARS.
WE DO ASSUME A SMALL AMOUNT OF INCREASE, ABOUT 3 MILLION IN FY 28, BUT THAT IS OUT YOUR PLAN THAT WE WOULD TAKE YEAR BY YEAR AND EVALUATE ONCE THE BUDGET'S BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL EACH FISCAL YEAR.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, FY 27 TO FY 28, YES WE, WE HAVE A LARGE JUMP IN THE, UH, REVENUE FROM 69, UH, 0.4 MILLION TO 95.3 MILLION, WHICH IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE MEASURE A, UH, RETURNING TO THE 1%.
AS FAR AS THE OUT YEAR PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR MEASURE A, WE DO TRY TO ALLOCATE IT OUT AS FAR AS USES FOR THE OUT YEAR PLAN, WITH THE EXCEPTION EXCEPTION OF FY 28.
IF YOU, WE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE OF MEASURE A, THERE'S ABOUT 19.5 MILLION OF UNALLOCATED MEASURE A THAT'S NOT BEING COMMITTED TO A PROGRAM JUST YET.
THAT'S GONNA BE EVALUATED WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THAT FISCAL YEAR TO SEE HOW IT COULD BE BEST PRIORITIZED TO THE CITY'S NEEDS.
SO 19.5 OF THE 25 MILLION, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, CORRECT? YEAH.
UH, YEAR TO YEAR WE'RE ASSUMING ABOUT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT, I'M SORRY, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABOUT 22.15 MILLION, THAT'S GONNA BE AL UNALLOCATED IN THAT FISCAL YEAR FOR 28, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND AS FAR AS THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE ELEVATE 28, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT PLAN FROM FY 23 TO FY 27, SO LIKELY.
SO A LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL BE DISCUSSED AND BROUGHT BACK OF WHAT COULD BE LOOKED AT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR HOWEVER IT'S DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME.
UM, I HAVE A DEBT SERVICE QUESTION.
UM, IN LOOKING AT OUR DEBT SERVICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE'RE AT 3.54 MILLION, UM, IN 2028.
THIS IS A 30 YEAR BOND OF DEBT SERVICE THAT WE'RE PAYING BACK, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY IT'S INCREASING AND WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR EVEN AFTER 2028 FOR THIS? SO IT'S ONLY 3.54 MILLION FOR FY 26 BECAUSE THAT'S DEBT SERVICE ON THE FIRST 60 AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS OF BONDS THAT WE SOLD IN, UM, MAY OF 2023 THERE.
AS NADER MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, THERE'S ANOTHER BOND SALE OF 87 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SCHEDULED FOR THE SPRING OF 2025.
AND THAT DEBT SERVICE WILL KICK IN IN FY 26 AND THAT WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE THE 3.54 MILLION A BECAUSE 87 AND A HALF MILLION IN FY IN 2025 IS BIGGER THAN 60 AND A QUARTER MILLION THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2023 AND B INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP SINCE WE SOLD IN THE SPRING OF 2023.
AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD TRANCHE OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE ISSUED IN THE SPRING OF 2027, AND THEY'LL START TO HAVE DEBT SERVICE PAID IN FY 28.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE UP ABOVE, DID YOU SAY 12 AND A HALF? 13, 12.9, YEAH.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE UP ABOVE 12.9 IN OUR PROJECTION OF DEBT SERVICE IN FISCAL YEAR 28.
AND FOR 2027, HOW LARGE IS THAT? UM, BOND MEASURE THAT
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WE'RE GONNA BE PASSING? UH, THE 2027 SPRING BOND ISSUE IS EXPECTED TO BE ANOTHER 50 MILLION.AND THEN AS WE GO FORWARD, OF COURSE IT'S ALL BASED ON INTEREST RATES, BUT CAN WE EXPECT IT TO BE AROUND CONSISTENTLY 13 14 MILLION A YEAR OR DOES IT GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY? I MEAN, THIS VICE CHAIR YOU'RE SETTING ME UP FOR MY ALL TIME FAVORITE QUOTE
IF I KNEW WHAT INTEREST RATES WERE GONNA DO, I SURE AS HECK WOULDN'T BE WORKING HERE.
I WAS HOPING FOR LIKE THAT MAGICAL ANSWER, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M I'M GONNA, I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT KEEP GOING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARGA, KEEP GOING.
OH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARGA SAYS GO AHEAD AND KEEP GOING.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE 2.2 MILLION.
UH, THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING TO NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE TEAMS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE STAFFING THEM.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
POLICE IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH TRYING TO STAFF THEM, BUT REALLY IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE BEFORE THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REMAINDER OF THESE FUNDS? BECAUSE WE ARE STRUCTURALLY ADDING 2.2 OVER THE NEXT YEARS.
RIGHT NOW THE, UH, STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BIKE STREETS TEAM RIGHT NOW, THAT'S A PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE, UH, WHOLE PROGRAM AT IN ITSELF.
AND IT IS A BUDGETARY COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE MEASURE A THAT WE FULLY, UH, FUND THE, UH, THE TEAM WITH THE, THE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY UTILIZED EACH FISCAL YEAR AS BUDGETARILY COMMITTED TO WHICH IN, IN EVENT THERE'S ALWAYS YEAR TO YEARS WHERE THERE ARE YEARS WHERE THERE'S, UH, VACANCIES AND CHALLENGES TO ACTUALLY FILL THOSE STAFFS.
BUT WITH THOSE YEARS, THE BUDGET IS ACTUALLY THERE.
FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT EVERY POSITION COULD BE FILLED IN ONE FISCAL YEAR, THAT DOLLARS, THAT FUNDING IS THERE AVAILABLE FOR THE, THE DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY FILL ALL THOSE POSITIONS ANY GIVEN TIME.
I LOVE THE BIKE TEAM, I WANT THERE TO BE 16 OR 20 OF THEM.
ALL I'M ASKING IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THOSE, AND IT'S MORE OF A GENERAL QUESTION TOO.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT 2.2 MILLION IS NOT USED? DOES IT GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE THEY WOULD NOT COMMIT THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING TO THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
BUT IF THERE'S NO, UH, DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THAT, THAT FUNDING CAN BE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED TO IT, THEN YEAH, THEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY REVIEW THAT A YEAR END TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TRANSFER TO MEASURE A.
BUT IN THE, IN THE END, THE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURES FAR EXCEED THE SUPPORT FROM MEASURE A THAT IT'S BEING SUPPLIED.
AND AGAIN, WE WANNA KEEP THAT 2.2 THERE FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN.
I JUST DIDN'T, UH, AND I'LL TALK TO PD ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS.
COUNCILMAN BARANGA? WELL, I'M NOT GOOD WITH NUMBERS, BUT I'M GOOD IN ENGLISH.
UH, I ONLY HAVE ONE CORRECTION.
YOU HAVE A, WHAT DO THEY CALL HOW BAD IN PREPOSITIONS THAT I AM, BUT IN UM, SLIDE FOUR, YOU HAVE MEASURE A YOU THAT LITTLE MOON, THE LITTLE ATRIC YOU HAVE MEASURE A 1% REDUCED TO 1%, IT SHOULD BE BY A QUARTER PERCENT.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN MEANING.
C THAT'S A, UH, A LARGE DIFFERENCE WITH ONE WORD.
WHY CHANGED? THE WHOLE MEANING OF THE WHOLE THING? I MEAN, COME ON
UH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
I HAD TO DOG EAR ALL THESE PAGES,
SO I KNOW THE ORIGINAL, UM, PLAN FOR MEASURE A WAS FISCAL YEAR 23 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27.
AND YOU ALL NICELY LAID OUT THE FACT THAT MANY OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL PLAN.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST ADD A COUPLE PIECES OF CLARIFICATION.
SO ON THAT BOTTOM, UM, THAT BOTTOM TABLE WHERE IT SAYS PROGRAM LANE MILES, SO ITD IS LANES TO DATE, INCEPTION TO DATE, EXCEPT
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INCEPTION TO DATE.SO BEGINNING, SO SINCE FISCAL YEAR 23 ONGOING.
AND THEN, OKAY, AND THEN WE HAVE PERCENT OF ORIGINAL PLAN AGAIN, I'M SORRY, AHEAD.
JUST LIKE CORRECTION 20 17 20.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CLARIFY WAS THE TIMELINE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STARTING AT FISCAL YEAR 7, 20 17 UNTIL NOW.
AND SO WHAT THAT CHART REPRESENTS IS FROM THE ORIGINAL.
SO THERE, THERE'S THE ELEVATE 28 MAP, WHICH WE'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE COME HERE WITH THE BIG POSTER BOARDS.
UH, THOSE, THOSE STREETS ARE THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF MEASURE A.
THIS CHART IS REFERENCING THE ORIGINAL 2016 MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED TO VOTERS.
THIS IS SAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ALLEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON THAT ORIGINAL MAP.
78% OF ARTERIAL STREETS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND 95% HAVE OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PERCENT THAT WASN'T COMPLETED? ALL OF THOSE STREETS HAVE BEEN ROLLED INTO THE ELEVATE 28 MAP.
SO ANYTHING THAT WASN'T COMPLETED IN THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.
UM, AND THEN FOR SLIDE 59, JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, 'CAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN GET CONFUSING TO PEOPLE.
AND SO BULLET POINT, THE SECOND BULLET POINT, SO FISCAL YEAR 25, ELEVATE 28 ANNUAL UPDATE OVERVIEW, 173, MILLION HUNDRED 73.4 MILLION INCREASED TO OVERALL PLAN.
AND SO IN HERE WE HAVE EXTERNAL FUNDING UPDATE INCLUSION OF GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS RECEIVED SINCE ELEVATE 28, INITIAL PLANNING 151 MILLION PLUS.
CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, WHEN YOU SAY INCLUSION OF GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU MEAN? YES, OF COURSE.
SO THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, INCLUDES GRANT AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN SECURED FOR ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS THAT WERE, WELL, THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT INCLUDED IN THE PLAN EITHER BECAUSE WE ROLLED OUT THE PLAN AND WE'VE RECEIVED MORE GRANT FUNDS SINCE THAT TIME.
SO NOW WE'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN MORE FUNDING.
UM, IT INCLUDES GRANT FUNDING, IT ALSO INCLUDES ANY OTHER FUNDING THAT ARE TIED TO THE ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, SUCH THINGS ARE LOCAL FUNDING LIKE PARK IMPACT FEES, BUT ALSO INCLUDES AB 32, WHICH IS A STATE, A STATE FUNDING SOURCE FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION.
IT INCLUDES LA METRO MEASURE R, MEASURE M, PROP A, PROP C FUNDING.
IT INCLUDES THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION PLAN FUNDING.
SO BASICALLY THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING BUCKET IS A WAY TO REPRESENT THE FULL AMOUNT THAT THE CITY IS INVESTING IN THESE PROJECTS, NOT JUST THE MEASURE A PORTION.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE, IN MY LITANY OF PAPERS HERE, UM, WE HAVE A NEW REPORT THAT, UM, ACTUALLY IS, IS THE REPORT WE VERY BRIEFLY SLID THROUGH, BUT THIS REPORT OUTLINES EACH PROJECT AND THEN LISTS OUT IF, IF THE PROJECT DOES INCLUDE OTHER FUNDING ON TOP OF MEASURE A IN THIS COLUMN, IT WILL ACTUALLY SHOW YOU WHAT, UM, WHAT FUNDING THAT IS.
SO, UM, THAT ON THE PRESENTATION, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT TOWARDS THE END, STARTING ON SLIDE 62.
UM, BUT FOR INSTANCE, UM, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THE MARINE DEBRIS AND TRASH CAPTURE SYSTEM PROJECT, UM, TO, TO HAVE THE TRASH AND CEPT BARGE IN THE LA RIVER, UM, THAT IS FUNDED WITH MONSANTO SETTLEMENT FUNDING.
AND SO THAT FUNDING IS LISTED OUT.
SO EVERY PROJECT THAT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING HAS IT OUTLINED ON THE PLAN NOW, WHICH IS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS PLAN.
UH, AND THEN I, I FEEL LIKE YOU JUST KIND OF GLOSSED OVER THIS COMMENT WHERE YOU WERE LIKE, WE HAVE $1 BILLION IN PENDING GRANT AWARDS.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS LIKE THIS LIKE REAL FAST THING AND THEN YOU JUST KIND OF MOVED ON TO THE REST.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE THAT LITTLE DAYLIGHT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT LIKE WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS OF GRANT FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN SECURED, THAT WE'RE WAITING TO GET RIGHT.
TO INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CORRECTION.
SO THE, THE $928 MILLION FULL PLAN, NOW THIS IS SECURED FUNDING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THAT ADDITIONAL BILLION DOLLARS REPRESENTS GRANT AWARDS THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM GOTCHA.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL BILLION DOLLARS, HOPEFULLY.
RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT DIRECTOR LOPEZ SAYS, YES, YES, YES, BUT IT'S, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE ON A CLARIFICATION NOTE.
THAT BILLION DOLLARS IS FUNDING THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM.
SO THIS PLAN, THIS COULD, THIS PLAN MOST LIKELY WILL KEEP GROWING EACH FISCAL YEAR.
SO WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK IN 26, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO UPDATE YOU THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND NOW THE PLAN'S AT 1.1 BILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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GREAT.AND THEN I JUST HAD A COUPLE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
MAYBE I FORGOT TO DOGGY THE PAGE.
CAN I TAG ONTO THAT? SO I'M GONNA TAG ONTO THAT HOPEFUL FUTURE $1 BILLION.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANS FOR, UM, COVERING, YOU KNOW, OUR FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
WHAT, HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE? DO WE HAVE A PLAN? AND DOES THAT MILLION DOLLAR POTENTIAL GRANT FUNDING RELATE TO FUTURE MAINTENANCE? WE HAVEN'T STARTED BUILDING UP, UM, WE HAVEN'T EVEN TACKLED OUR WORST STREET INDEX.
WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THAT? SO THE, THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN DOES INVEST SIGNIFICANTLY IN OUR CITY'S ROADWAYS, WHICH WILL BRING DOWN OUR, OUR PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX.
UM, THE BILLION DOLLARS THAT'S PENDING AWARD, UH, IT'S FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, SHOEMAKER BRIDGE IS A BIG PART OF THAT PENDING AWARD.
UM, WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE ASSESSMENTS.
WE HAVE A SIDEWALK CONDITION ASSESSMENT, A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT, A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT OR PAVEMENT CONDITION, UH, INDEX SCORE.
AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHEN WE GO INTO A FACILITY, WE HAVE A COMPLETED FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT THAT WILL TELL US HERE ARE ALL THE ISSUES WITH THIS FACILITY IN, IN A PRIORITY ORDER.
AND SO WE ARE UTILIZING THOSE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITIES TOTAL IN THE BILLIONS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING RECEIVED ISN'T ENOUGH TO, TO INVEST IN EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT FOR YOUR QUESTION ON THE, ON THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, SO PUBLIC WORKS IS TASKED WITH, IN OUR GENERAL FUND, MAINTAINING THE CITY'S, UH, FACILITIES, HOWEVER, THAT FUNDING IS, IS NOT, UH, NOT ENOUGH TO, TO MAINTAIN THEM AT, AT A, YOU KNOW, AT AT THE PROPER LEVEL.
THAT, UH, HUGE UNFUNDED MAINTENANCE IS, IT'S SITTING OUT THERE, SO, ALRIGHT.
UH, AND I JUST HAD TWO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO ONE WAS ON, UM, PAGE 56, WE HAVE THE SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE REMAINING FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WE STILL HAVE TO COMPLETE.
UM, AND AT THE BOTTOM THERE WAS THE STONE WATER PROTECTION, THE PUMP STATIONS AND STORM DRAINS.
SO IT TALKED ABOUT SAYS MEASURING FUNDING IS ACTING AS A MATCH FOR A FEDERAL $9 MILLION GRANT RECEIPT BY THE CITY PROJECTS ARE OUR FINAL DESIGN AND WILL BE OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY.
MEASURE A FUNDING HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO EMERGENCY CRITICAL REPAIRS TO PUMP STATIONS AND STORM DRAINS.
CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT CONSTITUTES? YES.
SO THAT FUNDING, UM, CURRENTLY TOTALS $5.2 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING FOR STORM WATER, UH, STORM DRAIN AND PUMP STATION MAINTENANCE.
WE, UH, THE, THE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE EDA, UM, IN 2022, UH, FOR I BELIEVE JUST UNDER $10 MILLION.
AND SO WE ARE USING THE MEASURE A DOLLARS AS A MATCH FOR THAT GRANT WHEN WE DO ENTER CONSTRUCTION.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE EDA IS A FEDERAL AGENCY, UH, THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOW FEDERALIZED.
AND SO WE ARE SEEING THE DESIGN PERMITTING PROCESS TAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TIME.
BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, STILL SLATED TO COMPLETE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT IS, UH, I BELIEVE SEVEN PUMP STATIONS AND SEVEN STORM DRAINS AS PART OF THAT EDA GRANT.
WHAT DOES FED, OH, AND I WAS GONNA SAY, WHAT DOES FEDERALIZED MEAN? SO WHEN, WHEN WE RECEIVE A FEDERAL GRANT, IT, IT CREATES MORE, UM, JUST MORE PAPERWORK.
MORE PAPERWORK TO, TO COMPLETE, TO COMPLETE THE, THE, TO, TO COMPLETE EVEN EVEN THE DESIGN AND THEN GO OUT TO BID AND THE PERMITTING IT, IT CREATES THAT NEXT LEVEL OF REVIEW WHERE THE EDA AND DC HAS TO REVIEW OUR PLANS VERSUS THE STATE OR WHEN IT'S LOCAL, YOU KNOW, JUST FOLLOWING OUR OWN PLANNING.
UH, SORRY, DIRECTOR LOPEZ? YES.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD WITH WHAT, UH, JONATHAN STATED ON THE PUMP STATIONS, SOME OF THE, UH, PUMP STATION FUNDING ALSO HELPED US, UH, DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN DECADES.
UM, AND, UH, WE DID INVEST IN PREPARATION ON SOME OF THOSE PUMP STATIONS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR, UH, WE USED SOME OF OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS TO UPGRADE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN A COUPLE OF THE STATIONS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CONNECT THE GENERATOR IN CASE THERE WAS A REGIONAL, UM, A REGIONAL, UH, OUTAGE.
UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP OUR PUMPS WORKING, UH, WE ACTUALLY ALSO RENTED A GENERATOR THAT'S AS BIG AS A BIG RIG THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE JUST IN CASE, UH, THERE WAS A POWER OUTAGE.
UH, BUT THE FUNDING FOR STORM WATER ALLOWED US TO BE PROACTIVE AND MAKE THOSE KINDS OF ADJUSTMENTS AT SOME OF OUR STORM DRAINS,
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UH, TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM WORKED.AND THE SYSTEM THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS WORKED AND IT'S A, A LARGE PART DUE TO SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE PUT IN, BUT OUR STAFF THAT MAINTAINS THOSE SYSTEMS 24 HOURS A DAY.
UH, AND THEN LAST QUESTION IS, UM, I SAW THE SECTION IN HERE THAT TALKED ABOUT CRITICAL FACILITIES AND FEDERAL GRANT MATCH RESERVES.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL GRANT MATCH RESERVE IS? YES.
SO AS WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO LEVERAGE MEASURE A DOLLARS AND THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE RECEIVE A, A GRANT, NOT JUST FEDERAL, BUT JUST A GRANT, THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A FUNDING MATCH REQUIREMENT LOCALLY.
AND SO THIS, THIS, UM, THIS GRANT MATCH RESERVE IS BEING HELD FOR WHEN WE DO NEED TO, TO MATCH GRANTS AND WE WOULD OTHERWISE LOSE OUT ON THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S A RESERVE SET SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW US TO, UH, TO, TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF, OF VARIOUS GRANTS.
AND I HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECEIVED $30 MILLION IN RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES FEDERAL GRANT.
UH, WE'RE REACHING, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS IN METRO TO HELP FUND ANOTHER PART OF, OF THAT COST OF THAT PROJECT.
AND ALSO TO CALTRANS, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THEIR FINANCING CONTRIBUTIONS.
UM, I, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE MAY STILL HAVE A SMALL GAP THERE AFTER WE GET THE ME THE METRO DOLLARS AND THE CALTRANS DOLLARS INTO THE OVERALL PROJECT FOR REALIGNING SHORELINE DRIVE, THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, WE NEED, UH, $800,000 TO FULLY FUND THE $65 MILLION PROJECT.
UM, HERE'S THE SOURCE, THIS IS WHY IT WAS CREATED.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE INTENTION.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE THAT WILL COME TO, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
BUT IT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE EXPECT MORE AS WE GET READY TO START CONSTRUCTION ON SOME OF THESE FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER ARANGA HAD ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
UM, I WAS REMISS IN COMPLIMENTING STAFF ON THIS VERY THOROUGH REPORT AND A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, UH, WHAT WE HAVE HERE BEFORE US TODAY.
SO ALL JOKING OUTSIDE WITH IT.
UM, I ALSO WANNA COMMEND, UH, UH, UH, DIRECTOR LOPEZ FOR LAST YEAR.
WE HAD A BIG ISSUE WITH OUR, ONE OF OUR PUMP STATIONS AND HE WAS ABLE TO MOBILIZE RIGHT AWAY, GET IT REPAIRED.
AND NOW I SEE THAT WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD WITH THIS BUDGET HERE FOR FUTURE, UM, INCIDENTS.
SHOULD THEY HAPPEN TO OCCUR, WE'RE READY OR AT LEAST BETTER REPAIR THAN THIS PAST YEAR REGARDING THE $1 MILLION, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL COME, THERE'S A 928 MILLION THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED.
SO I'M GUESSING THAT, THAT IF THERE'S A OVERAGE, THAT THAT WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS PROJECTS, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO IF IT COMES THROUGH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WINDFALL OF 70 PLUS MILLION FOR OUR DIGITAL PROJECTS, WHICH IS WOULD BE AWESOME FOR, FOR THE CITY.
IS THERE A PLAN CONTINGENCY, IF YOU WILL, FOR THAT OVERAGE? SO THE, THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN IS, IS GROWING TO 928 MILLION.
THAT FUNDING OF 928 MILLION INCLUDES ONLY FUNDING THAT WE ARE CONFIDENT, UH, OR WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED.
SO ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WILL, WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE PROJECTS WE'RE SPECIFICALLY APPLYING FOR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE, NECESSARILY JUST A BILLION DOLLAR ASK OUT THERE.
IT, IT'S FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN ALREADY.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S AWARDED WILL JUST GROW THAT ELEVATE 28 PLAN.
I SEE THE DIRECTOR LITTLE BIT IS JUMPING AT THE BID.
THAT ONE, EVERY TIME I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PITCH A PROJECT, I'M GONNA PITCH IT.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES OF TWO PROJECTS IN THAT OVER BILLION DOLLARS AND HOPEFULLY PENDING GRANT AWARDS.
UH, ONE PROJECT IS SHOEMAKER BRIDGE, OBVIOUSLY UNDER THE FEDERAL LARGE BRIDGE PROGRAM, WE HAVE ASKED FOR, UH, OVER 500 MILLION TO HELP FUND THAT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, UH, PROJECT.
THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, WILLOW STREET, UH, THE MAJOR WILLOW STREET MAJOR CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT FROM, UM, CITY, UM, UH, BOUNDARY TO CITY BOUNDARY.
UH, WE'VE ASKED ALREADY TWO OR THREE TIMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FUND A BIG PART OF THAT.
THEY SAID NO, BUT WE HAVE MORE GRANT APPLICATIONS IN, UH, THE TEAM IS HERE.
UH, SO WE HAVE ONE THAT'S PENDING, BUT THAT WOULD BE A 25, $30 MILLION GRANT THAT WE, UH, HOPE TO GET
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FOR WILLOW STREET TO UPGRADE ALL THE SIGNALS TO, UH, IMPROVE THE SIDEWALKS, IMPROVE THE STREET WAY, IMPROVE OUR FIBER OPTIC THROUGH THE, THROUGH THAT AREA, MAKE IT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT WEVE DONE SINCE WE ARE BASICALLY FINISHING UP GETTING INTO CONSTRUCTION THE ORIGINAL FOUR MAJOR CORRIDOR.AND THAT ONE, I KNOW IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT IT UP.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I WILL OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THAT, UM, SYLLABUS THAT YOU HAVE SO I CAN GO BACK TO, UH, DIFFERENT PAGES.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO JUST GO BY WHAT I JUST SAW ON THERE.
I KNOW HE HAD A LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE AND THAT THIS FEDERAL MONEY AND MR. LOPEZ DID MENTION THAT THEY HAD, UH, UM, INVESTED SOME MONEY IN REPAIR PUMPS AND ALL THIS THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT I, WHERE I'M AT IS PUMP 13 NOW.
THEY DID RENT A GENERATOR LAST YEAR, BUT WHEN WE COME TO FURTHER FOR MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SOME REPORTS THAT I HAVE, IT WASN'T AN ELECTRICITY PROBLEM WITH THAT PUMP BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A POWER OUTAGE.
THE PROBLEM IS THE DESIGN OF THE PUMP BECAUSE THE PUMP IS BUILT IN 1935.
AND I'LL JUST KEEP REITERATING THE SAME THING.
1935, IT HAD A 50 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
WHEN IN 1935, THE DENSITY OF LONG BEACH, CERRITOS, NORWALK, SOUTHGATE, LINWOOD, ALL THE CITIES SURROUNDED UPON 13TH, THAT WAS FARMLAND AND THE DENSITY WASN'T OVER APPROACHING ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE WITH ALL THESE CITIES COMBINED.
AND LONG BEACH IS PROBABLY ABOUT 800,000.
I'M JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING ON THAT.
BUT SO IN ORDER YOU, SO THAT MEANS THAT THE DRAINS IN THAT PIPE, THEY'RE SMALLER 'CAUSE THEY'RE, BECAUSE THE DENSITY WASN'T LISTED TODAY.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS YOU HAVE OVERHEATING.
SO THIS, THE PUMP STATION IS AN INHERENT DEFECT IN THE PUMP STATION.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT FLOODS OVER MY HOUSE BECAUSE THE WAY THEY DESIGNED OVER THERE, I'M IN A CONDO AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO FOUR, FOUR FEET OR SOMETHING IN THE AIR, THEY GO DOWN AND THEN THEY BUILD UP TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR ANY BUILDING.
IF YOU DO A BUILDING OVER HERE, YOU CAN GO RIGHT DOWN ON SECOND STREET.
SO THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN AND THEN THEY GO UP.
SO YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE FLOODING BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED, THE PUMP IS OVERWHELMING.
AND THEN THE STORM WATER REPORT BACK IN 2000 SAYS THAT FOR A 10 YEAR FLOOD, IT HAS TO BE FLOWING AT 850 CUBIC SQUARE FEET.
NOW THIS PUMP HERE, EVEN IF YOU PUT A GENERATOR ON IT, IT'S STILL GOING AROUND 400 AND BELOW.
SO THAT MEAN THAT EVERY TIME THE WATER COME DOWN THERE, IT'S GONNA FLOOD, IT'S GONNA BACK UP.
AND BECAUSE THE WAY THE STREET, THE PUMPS, SO THE WATER COMES BACK TO THE PUMPS BECAUSE IT COMES IN THE PUMP, IT GETS RESTRICTION, IT START BACKING UP AND THEN THEY START ELEVATING AND IT'S GONNA START COMING BACK.
AND THAT'S WHY MY HOUSE HAS COMPLETELY FLOOD, BEEN FLOODING EVERY YEAR.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM AT FIRST, BUT NOW WE DO.
SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ELEVATE 28 AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF THEY BRING NEW HOUSES IN THERE AT 800,000 THAT THEY'RE BRINGING NEW CONDOS IN 800,000 MINES CAN GO FOR 800,000 BECAUSE I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE A BIGGER CONDO, BUT I ALWAYS GOTTA DISCLOSE THAT IT FLOODS OVER THERE.
SO THE NEW PERSON THAT WANTS TO BUY THE CONDO, I HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT I HAVE TO TAKE A $200,000 LOSS BECAUSE IT COSTS, I CALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE OUT THERE TO GET FROM, WITH THE FLOOD BE LAST FLOOD BETWEEN 150,000 TO 200,000 TO GET THAT DONE.
SO YOU CAN PUT UPGRADE ELECTRICITY, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
MY TIME IS UP, BUT I STILL HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT I'LL JUST HAVE TO DO IT AT ANOTHER TIME.
I'M, UH, UH, FROM DISTRICT THREE.
MY NAME'S DAVE SHUKLA, DISTRICT THREE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR COMMENTS AS WELL AS THE STAFF FOR THE VERY DETAILED AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF GENERAL COMMENTS FROM MY VERY KINDA LIMITED VANTAGE POINT.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED, UH, PROJECTS IN SLIDES, UH, 62 THROUGH 71, UH, AS, UH, WE'VE HEARD OVER THE PAST HOUR, UH, MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, IN AS MUCH AS THEY'RE SECURED, UH, FUNDING, AND MANY OF THEM, UH, CAN BE ENHANCED BY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE CITY IS HOPEFUL TO RECEIVE.
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OF THIS EL ELEVATE, UH, KIND OF 28, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN, UH, THIS KIND OF NEW PROPOSAL TO EXTEND MEASURE A, UH, THAT THE INVESTMENT SPECIFICALLY TO RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ARE, OR INADEQUATE, BUT ALSO IN GENERAL TERMS. UH, AND THERE'S TWO QUOTES VERY BRIEFLY.I'D LIKE TO, TO SHARE THIS DECK, DAVE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT IT, IT REALLY KINDA SIMPLIFIES MY JOB HERE.
UH, ONE, UH, AT 1:50 PM THIS PLAN WILL KEEP GROWING EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN AT 1 53, WE HAVE SO MANY UNFUNDED LI UH, LIABILITIES IN THE CITY.
THEY'RE IN THE BILLIONS AND THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE IS NOT ENOUGH NOW.
UM, I THINK THE CITY HAS TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT CAN CONTROL.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, REASSESS A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING OR DESIGN PHASE FOR HOW WELL THEY ACTUALLY NOT ONLY REPRESENT OUR CITY FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, BIG TO-DO OF THE OLYMPICS, BUT FOR AS COUNCILMAN, UH, AS MY COUNCIL PERSON, COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN, UH, UH, TOOK PAINS TO, TO SAY A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO, HOW'S THIS GONNA LEAVE US AFTERWARDS? UH, THE MAINTENANCE COSTS, I MEAN, EVERY SINGLE OLYMPICS HAS GONE, EVEN IN PARIS, THE CHEAPEST ONE HAS GONE 25, 35, 40 5% OVER BUDGET.
AND A LOT OF THAT SECURITY COSTS, A LOT OF THAT'S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM PREVIOUS COMMENT, A LOT OF THAT IS STRUCTURAL.
BUT A LOT OF THAT'S ALSO IN REAL QUESTION WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS PLAN.
WELL, WHAT KIND OF CITY DO WE WANT TO BE THROUGH ALL THAT? AND GIVEN SOME OF THE OTHER TIMELINES WE FACE AS A SPECIES, UH, YOU KNOW, DON'T GET MANY BACKS AT THE APPLE.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAILS.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE A VOTE CHAIR.
ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OVERVIEW, UM, I'M SORRY, WRONG ONE TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
[3. 24-54618 Recommendation to receive and file a report on the Crisis Response Team from Health Department. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I JUST NEED A SECOND.WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
YES, WE HAVE THE, UH, HEALTH TEAM HERE TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT ON THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MY NAME IS ERICA VALENCIA DCI.
I AM THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT BUREAU MANAGER, AND I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, CHRISTINA BOATWRIGHT, THE RESOURCE CONNECTION DIVISION OFFICER.
AND ANTHONY MONTALVO, THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM MANAGER, LAUNCHED IN 2023.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, ALSO KNOWN AS CCR, IS AN INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO 9 1 1 RESPONSE THAT DEPLOYS UNARMED CIVILIAN TEAMS WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ON-SCENE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
TOGETHER, THE TEAM PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION, DEESCALATION AND PEER SUPPORT FOR BASIC NEEDS.
THE PROGRAM MODEL USES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH THAT LEVERAGES THE EXPERTISE OF CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS, A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AND A PEER NAVIGATOR.
LONG BEACH HAS ONE TEAM THAT RESPONDS TO NON-EMERGENCY 9 1 1 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN WEST AND SOUTH LONG BEACH FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING PROGRAM.
IN FISCAL YEAR 25, 1 TIME FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE AMOUNT OF $884,133.
CCR IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE AS IT PRIORITIZES RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY AND ENSURES SERVICES ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED, CULTURALLY AFFIRMING AND RESPONSIVE.
FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED THE FRAMEWORK FOR RECONCILIATION.
AND WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK, ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS WAS TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR ADDRESSING NON-VIOLENT CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND BY FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND MINIMIZING SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE MODELS.
IN OUR CASE, CCR PROVIDES MORE APPROPRIATE CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS
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IN CRISIS, THEREBY REDUCING THE RELIANCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF CCRS DEVELOPMENT.
AS MENTIONED, CCR WAS IDENTIFIED AS A COMMUNITY NEED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK FOR RECONCILIATION, AND WE WENT THROUGH A TWO YEAR PLANNING PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM.
SOON AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS FRAMEWORK, THE CCR ADVISORY WORK GROUP WAS FORMED TO BEGIN DISCUSSING WHAT AN ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE MODEL COULD LOOK LIKE FOR US HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF CCR PROGRESSED INTO REALITY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEGAN PARTICIPATING IN A NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORK GROUP, A GROUP WITHIN HARVARD'S GRADUATE PERFORMANCE LAB, GPL FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
THIS WAS BASED ON BEST PRACTICE MODELS AND SHARED EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING CAHOOTS, OPERATE, OPERATING IN EUGENE, OREGON, THE DENVER STAR TEAM, AND PORTLAND STREET RESPONSE.
THE WORK GROUP THEN TOOK THE RESEARCH AND PLANNING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND LISTENING SESSIONS.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR A COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM AND THAT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND INTERESTS WERE MADE KNOWN.
THE LISTENING SESSIONS WERE ALSO WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE WOULD BECOME COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE.
THIS WAS A DIRECT ASK FROM THE COMMUNITY DURING THE PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, THE CCR WORK GROUP WAS AND IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.
REPRESENTATIVES IN THIS GROUP VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO RECOMMEND, UM, AND RESEARCH MODELS FOR AN EFFECTIVE NON-POLICE CIVILIAN CRISIS TEAM.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CCR PROGRAM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT OF STAFF AND LEADERSHIP FROM ACROSS VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS FROM PARTNERSHIPS FROM LA COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND FROM HARVARD.
GPL HEALTH ALSO CONTINUES TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, POLICE AND FIRE TO ENSURE THE PROGRAMS CONTINUED SUCCESS AND REGULARLY CONVENES THE WORK GROUP TO PROVIDE INPUT, INPUT AND UPDATES.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINA BOATWRIGHT.
I'M THE RESOURCE CONNECTIONS DIVISION OFFICER, AND I'M GONNA TAKE US INTO HOW CCR OPERATES HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS THE STANDARD OPERATING SYSTEM, UH, FOR SOMEONE TO CALL INTO NINE ONE ONE DISPATCH OPERATIONS.
THE DISPATCHERS WILL LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBER CALLING IN AND THEN TRIAGE AND THEN BASED ON THE NEEDS WHILE SEND POLICE OR FIRE IN THE PREVIOUS MODEL.
AND THEN AS OF JULY OF LAST SUMMER, YOU CAN SEE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA THAT THE CCR TEAM WHEN IN OPERATIONS BECAME AN ADDITIVE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE SAME SYSTEM HAPPENS WHERE A COMMUNITY MEMBER WILL CALL INTO NINE ONE ONE OPERATION CENTERS OR THE NON-EMERGENT LINE.
BOTH ARE HANDLED IN THE SAME PLA SAME PLACE WITHIN THE CITY.
THE DISPATCHERS WILL TRIAGE AND THEN DECIDE BE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE CALL, WHO TO SEND OUT WHETHER THE CCR TEAM, THE POLICE, FIRE OR MEDICAL, UH, TEAM.
AS MENTIONED, WE LAUNCHED IN, UH, JULY 23 AND THIS IS OUR, UM, WHAT WE CALL OUR LITTLE BABY, OUR VAN.
UM, IT TOOK SOME TIME TO GET TO US, BUT IT'S HERE AND WE LOVE IT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THE CCR TEAM VERY, UM, NOTICEABLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A TYPO I WANNA JUST CALL ATTENTION THAT FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WERE RESPONDING TO 320 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, THE TEAM CONSISTS OF THREE, UH, STAFF MEMBER WHO GO OUT INTO THE FIELD.
OUR COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, AND OUR PEER NAVIGATOR.
THE TEAM IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY TWO STAFF IN THE OFFICE.
UM, BOTH OUR PROJECT MANAGER WHO IS HERE TODAY, AND WE'LL SPEAK TO YOU SOON.
AND ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE IS DANIEL TRO, WHO IS OUR LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST WHO OPERATES AS OUR TEAM SUPERVISOR.
THIS MAP SHOWS YOU WHERE THE TEAM IS IN SERVICE.
AS MENTIONED, BOTH IN WEST AND SOUTH LONG BEACH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE TEAM IS OPERATIONS FROM 10 TO FIVE.
THE TEAM DOES ARRIVE 9:00 AM AND LEAVES AT 6:00 PM BUT THE HOUR IN THE START OF THE DAY REALLY ALLOWS THE STAFF TO GET PREPARED.
THEY DEBRIEF CALLS AHEAD OF TIME OR FROM THE DAY AHEAD, UM, AND PREPARE FOR CALLS GOING OUT.
THE LAST PART OF THE DAY IS SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, FILL THEIR CASE NOTES AS WELL AS RECONVENE AS A GROUP AND DEBRIEF ANY CALLS THEY MAY HAVE HAD.
ON THE LEFT SIDE SHOWS ALL OF THE CITY LOCATIONS THAT ARE LISTED WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA.
AND JUST WANNA CALL ATTENTION TO THOSE
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AS YOU PROBABLY FIND THEM FAMILIAR, BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE PLACES THAT YOU, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR LOVED ONES, YOUR STAFF MAY VISIT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.AS OF RIGHT NOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CANNOT REQUEST CCR DIRECTLY.
ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT SOMEONE CONNECTING TO SERVICES OR SEEKING REFERRALS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH OR BASIC NEEDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENT LINE, WHICH IS 5 6 2 4 3 5 6 7 1 1.
UM, AND THAT IS ANSWERED AS MENTIONED BEFORE BY THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER.
ANYONE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL 9 1 1 IN BOTH SITUATIONS.
THE COMMUNITY, SORRY, THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER WILL ASSIST THE CALL'S NEEDS AND DETERMINE WHO WILL RESPOND, WHETHER IT BE POLICE, FIRE, OR CCR IF ALL THE, IF THE CALL MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA THAT ARE LISTED HERE, I'M SORRY IF THEY DON'T
IF THE CALL MEETS ALL CRITERIA IS LISTED ABOVE FOR CCR RESPONSE, THE TEAM WILL BE DISPATCHED.
IF NOT, FIRE AND MEDICAL TEAMS WILL GO OUT AND RESPOND TO THAT CALL OF SERVICE.
CCR WILL BE, WILL RESPOND ONLY WHEN THESE EXCLUSION CRITERIA ARE, UH, NOT PRESENT.
SO, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE EXHIBITING VIOLENT, THREATENING, OR AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, COMMUNITY MEMBERS POSSESSING A WEAPON, COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY THREATENED OR IMMINENT RISK OF HURTING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, OR THE COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS COMMITTED A CRIME, CCR WILL NOT BE SENT OUT.
HERE IS THE NUMBER FOR FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET IN CONTACT OR CALL FOR CCR.
WE ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND STAFF, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENT LINE.
IF THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY, THEY SHOULD STILL CALL 9 1 1 CCR WILL ARRIVE IN THE SCENE WITHIN 24 HOUR, UH, 24 MINUTES.
AND WHAT WE SAY WHEN WE GO OUT TO COMMUNITY, UH, MEETINGS TO SHARE ABOUT THE CCR TEAM IS HOW TO, UH, EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO THE CALL TAKERS.
AND WE ASK THEM TO PLEASE USE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE, BUT ALSO NOT TO ESCALATE BY EXAGGERATING POSSIBLY THE SITUATION AT HAND.
SO IF THEY DON'T SEE A WEAPON, PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT YOU SEE A WEAPON SO THAT YOU CAN GET A FASTER RESPONSE.
'CAUSE IF THAT IS SAID, THEN CCR WON'T BE DISPATCHED.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ANTHONY MONTALVO.
I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR OUR COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, AND I'LL BE GOING OVER SOME OF THE DATA AND METRICS THAT WE HAVE REGARDING PROGRAM PERFORMANCE IN OUR FIRST PILOT YEAR.
UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM AND TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS REACHING POSITIVE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE CCR PROGRAM HAS BEEN COLLECTING AND CONTINUES TO COLLECT VARIOUS PIECES OF DATA REGARDING PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.
THE FULL DATA DASHBOARD CAN BE FOUND@LONGBEACH.GOV SLASH CCR.
UM, ANYONE WHO IS HERE TODAY IS ALSO WELCOME TO SCAN AND FOLLOW ALONG.
THE DASHBOARD IS UPDATED WEEKLY, SO SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE'LL BE MENTIONING TODAY MAY HAVE UPDATED.
UM, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING ALONG.
AND THERE ARE FEW ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS THAT AREN'T HERE.
UM, THIS DATA HAS BEEN UPDATED AS OF, I BELIEVE, EIGHT 19.
SO TO START, UH, TO DATE, SO THIS IS A ADDITIONAL FEW CALLS FROM THE DATA THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
UH, WE HAVE 334 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, THIS INCLUDES ABOUT 95% PD DISPATCH CALLS.
THOSE ARE CALLS THAT ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER.
THEY'RE PD CALLS FOR SERVICE AND ADDITIONAL 5% THAT ARE CCR INITIATED.
THOSE ENCOMPASS CALLS THAT THE TEAM ENCOUNTERED WHILE IN SERVICE, UH, OUTREACHING TO THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT DISPATCHED BY EMERGENCY COMMS, BUT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS AT THE SCENE OF ANOTHER CALL WHO WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING CRISIS.
ON AVERAGE, THE TEAM IS ON SCENE FOR ABOUT 24 MINUTES.
UM, THAT HAS GONE UP IN TIME AND IS ACTUALLY BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF ABOUT 30 MINUTES, WHICH IS ON PAR FOR MOST PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE.
UM, IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TIME, IT TAKES JUST UNDER 19 MINUTES FROM THE TEAM TO ARRIVE FROM POINT OF DISPATCH TO POINT OF ARRIVAL ON SCENE.
UM, SO SUB 20 MINUTES, UH, AND THAT'S GOING FROM WEST TO SOUTH, SOUTH TO WEST AND ACROSS, UH, REGIONS.
SINCE EXPANDING TO SOUTH, THE CALL BREAKDOWN BY REGION SPLITS ABOUT 44 TO 55%.
AT THE TIME THIS DATA WAS PULLED THAT AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 96 CALLS IN WEST 120 AND SOUTH.
THIS DATA IS A LITTLE OLDER OF AS OF JULY 12TH.
THAT WAS THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR.
AND WHEN WE CONDUCTED OUR EVALUATION ANALYSIS OF CALLS BY REGION,
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ALTHOUGH THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS THE PROPORTION OF TOTAL CALL VOLUME BY REGION AGAIN FROM JULY 12TH, 2023 TO JULY 12TH, 2024 IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SOUTH REGION, UH, THAT'S THE PART THAT ENCOMPASSES THE AREA WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DOWNTOWN OR EAST VILLAGE.UH, AND EVERYTHING ESSENTIALLY SOUTH OF ANAHEIM AND WEST OF CHERRY, UM, IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN HALF OF THE CALLS DURING THE CCS PILOT PERIOD.
I ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT SOUTH DIVISION WAS ONLY ADDED AS A SERVICE AREA IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, SO FOR HALF THE TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE HALF THE CALLS.
UH, CCR WAS FULLY RESPONDING TO, UM, WHICH IS DISPROPORTIONATE, BUT ALSO INDICATES THE HIGH NEED IN SOUTH BY CALL TYPE.
WE SEE ELEVATED NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH RELATED AND RECOVERY ADDICTION RELATED CALLS IN SOUTH, AS WELL AS A SLIGHT ELEVATION OF WELLNESS CHECKS IN WEST.
UM, ALSO TO NOTE SOUTH IS EVER INCREASING IN PERCENTAGE AND THIS DATA HAS INCREASED, UM, AS WEEKS GO BY.
UM, THIS IS ONLY A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, AGAIN FROM JULY 12TH SPEAKING TO THE PROPORTION OF TIME SPENT SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN SOUTH.
SINCE EXPANDING SERVICES TO INCLUDE DOWNTOWN CCR HAS SEEN NEARLY 140% INCREASE IN ELIGIBLE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY 144.4% INCREASE IN DISPATCH CALLS MONTH OVER MONTH FROM THE END OF JANUARY TO FEBRUARY.
SO ESSENTIALLY OVERNIGHT IN PROGRAM TERMS, WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE THE CALLS FROM MONTH TO MONTH, UM, IN JUST TWO MONTHS.
THAT'S A 94% TOTAL VOLUME INCREASE COMPARED TO THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF OPERATION.
THAT'S JULY 12TH, 2023 TO THE END OF DECEMBER, 2023.
THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS THE TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ABSORB THE ADDITIONAL CALL VOLUME WITH MINIMAL IMPACT TO PILOT PERFORMANCE, WHILE ALSO DOUBLING IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.
CCR HAS ALSO PROVEN THAT IN ITS FIRST YEAR, THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO RESOLVE NEARLY 52% OF DISPATCH CALLS ON SCENE, MEANING THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBER AT THE CENTER OF THE CALL FOR SERVICE WAS ABLE TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET RELATED TO THEIR CRISIS THROUGH TEAM ACTIONS ALONE.
UM, THIS INCLUDES ACTIVE RESOURCING, DIRECT REFERRALS, DEESCALATION ASSESSMENTS, AND REALLY THE TALK PORTION OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, SITTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, MEETING 'EM, WHERE THEY'RE ARE, WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND POTENTIALLY PROBLEM SOLVING THE OPTIONS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM DEPENDING ON THEIR SITUATION.
AN ADDITIONAL 22% OF CALLS ARE RESOLVED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF TRANSPORTATION TO SERVICES OR FOLLOW UP BY THE CCR TEAM ON A SUBSEQUENT DATE.
AND WHEN I SAY TRANSPORTATION TO SERVICES, I MEAN THAT THE, THE INDIVIDUAL'S CRISIS NECESSITATED GOING TO A SERVICE PROVIDER, A HOSPITAL, A THERAPIST, A PHARMACY.
THERE WAS SOME ELEMENTS OF THEIR CRISIS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SUPPORTED BY TRANSPORTATION TO AN ADDITIONAL PLACE WITHIN OUR SERVICE REGION.
AND FOLLOW UP ALSO INDICATES THAT THE CALL WAS MORE COMPLICATED THAN WAS POSSIBLE TO RESOLVE IN ONE SITTING AND SOMETIMES REQUIRED ADDITIONAL TIME WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ON A FOLLOWING DAY, SOMETIMES TO CONNECT THAT REFERRAL, SOMETIMES TO FOLLOW UP ON DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, CONVERSATION WAS MADE AND GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE TO WALK AWAY FROM A CONVERSATION WHEN THEY ARE SAFE AND STABLE.
IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, NEARLY 17% OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE CENTER OF CALLS REFU REFUSE SUPPORT FROM THE CCR TEAM.
THE CHIEF REASON FOR WHICH IS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE OFTEN NOT THE CALLING PARTY.
THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS CALLING FOR THEMSELVES AND OFTEN DO NOT WISH TO ENGAGE IN SERVICES.
A THIRD PARTY CALLED ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED.
AND WE RESPECT THE RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO REFUSE SERVICES WHEN THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN CONSENTING TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
LASTLY, 9% OF CALLS ARE UPGRADED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S ABOUT 8% OF ESCALATIONS TO PARAMEDICS DUE TO CONCERN FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
UH, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 1% TO PD, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT THREE CALLS IN OUR FIRST YEAR THAT EXCEEDED THE CAPACITY OF A HEALTH RESPONDING TEAM.
FOR THIS SLIDE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CCR SERVES A DIVERSE POPULATION IN WEST AND SOUTH LONG BEACH.
UM, BY RACE, MORE THAN HALF OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVED IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR LATINO, WHICH IS AN ACTUAL OVERREPRESENTATION OF THE BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPARED TO DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE CITY, WHICH HOVER I BELIEVE JUST ABOVE 20%.
UH, AND THEN THE REST OF THE BREAKDOWN IS AS FOLLOWS, 35% IDENTIFY WHITE, 5% ASIAN, 1% NATIVE HAWAIIAN, NATIVE ALASKAN.
UH, THIS NUMBER HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, BUT DOES STAND RELATIVELY STILL FOR US AT THE CURRENT MOMENTS.
UM, A FEW ADDITIONAL HIGH LEVEL DEMOGRAPHICS.
WE SEE ABOUT A 53 40 7% SPLIT BY GENDER.
THAT CHANGE IS A PERCENT OR TWO WEEK BY WEEK.
UH, BUT WE GENERALLY SEE A CLOSE TO 50 50 SPLIT BY GENDER.
UM, 19% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE IDENTIFY AS ARMED SURFACE
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VETERANS.UM, SO WE DO SUPPORT AND CONNECT FOLKS WITH SERVICES AT THE VA WHERE THEY MAY HAVE DISCONNECTED FROM SERVICES.
UH, ONE IMPORTANT ITEM TO NOTE ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THE CCR TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTS OVER 90% OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH RESOURCES DURING THE CALL, INCLUDING BASIC SURVIVAL ITEMS, AS WELL AS ITEMS TO SUPPORT HEALTH NEEDS IN THAT MOMENT.
UM, THIS CAN BE SOMETHING LIKE FOOD, SNACK, WATER, SOMETIMES CLOTHING, THINGS THAT REALLY SPEAK TO, UM, THE NEED FOR SHELTER GENERAL SURVIVAL.
JUST OVER A THIRD ENGAGE WITH THE TEAM TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
CCR ACTIVELY FACILITATES WARM HANDOFFS TO ENSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ACTIVELY CONNECTED TO CARE DURING THAT CALL FOR SERVICE.
SO WE ARE MAKING PHONE CALLS, WE ARE CONNECTING TO SOCIAL WORKERS.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS SOMEWHERE TO LAND, AND THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT TRANSPORTATION TO SERVICE
AND THIS SLIDE SPEAKS TO THE MOST FREQUENT NEEDS THE TEAM FACES.
THIS IS NOT INDICATIVE OF EVERYTHING, BUT REALLY THE HIGHEST NUMBER, THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
UM, SO IF WE LOOK UNDER MOST FREQUENT RESPONSE, WE SEE THAT OVER 50% OF OUR CALLS ARE WELLNESS CHECKS, SPEAKING TO CONCERN FOR HEALTH STABILITY, UM, FOR NEIGHBORS, FOR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THEN THE SECOND HIGHEST INTOXICATION, AND THIRD HIGHEST JUST MENTAL HEALTH RELATED ALONE.
UH, MOST FREQUENTLY ACCEPTED RESOURCES LIKE I HAD MENTIONED, FOOD, WHICH COMES IN AT ABOUT 26% WATER, ANY TYPE OF NON-WATER DRINK AROUND 46% AND CLOTHING AT ABOUT 14% PER CALL OR AND CALLS GENERALLY.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR MOST FREQUENT SERVICE REFERRALS ARE ACTUALLY HOMELESSNESS RELATED.
WE MAKE A LOT OF REFERRALS TO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER TO SHELTERS, AND WE SUPPORT FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE ALSO SEE A HIGH AMOUNT OF MEDICAL SERVICE NEED, UM, CONNECTING TO MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RECOVERY SERVICES AT 13%.
UM, AGAIN, A MAJORITY OF THE CALLS ARE REALLY WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH RELATED, AND THESE ARE REALLY THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THIS.
UM, BUT TO, TO SAVE TIME AND TO SHOW YOU REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING OUR TIME AND OUR EFFORTS ARE.
THESE ARE, AGAIN, THE MOST COMMON, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, THESE COMMENTS REPRESENT ONLY A SLIVER OF WHAT WE HEAR, BUT THEY ARE A RELATIVELY DECENT SNAPSHOT INTO THE IMPACT THAT THE TEAM MAKES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE THING THAT COMES UP CONSISTENTLY IS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE OFTEN SURPRISED, BUT APPRECIATIVE THAT THE TEAM IS ABLE TO SIT WITH THEM, LISTEN TO WHAT WAS HAPPENED, AND HELP WALK THEM THROUGH OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND AS WE WRAP UP, I WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT THE CCR TEAM'S WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE LOCAL NEWS AND RADIO.
A FEW OF THOSE CLIPPINGS ARE PRESENTED HERE, AND THE TEAM IS ALSO ENGAGED WITH A NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF A CR PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT THIS WORK IS NOT PERFORMED IN A BUBBLE, AND THAT IS INFORMED BY EVER EVOLVING AND EVER IMPROVING PRACTICES NATIONALLY.
THE CCR TEAM HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT WITH THOSE DOLLARS SUNING LOOKING AHEAD TO FISCAL YEAR 25, ONE-TIME FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO COVER THE EXISTING PROGRAM USING A COMBINATION OF UNSPENT LIBRA DOLLARS ALONG WITH ANTICIPATED FISCAL YEAR 24 GENERAL FUND SURPLUS.
WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE CCR PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE SOME GRANT FUNDING BY THE BSCC TO COVER 30% OF ITS COSTS.
THE TIMELINE FOR THE GRANT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY CARRY 30% OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 26.
THERE ARE OTHER PROPOSALS WE HAVE PUT FORTH, AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF ANY OF THEM WILL TRANSPIRE.
WE BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE PROGRAM MAY BE COVERED THROUGH CAL AIM FUNDING AND ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES TO DRAW DOWN THOSE DOLLARS TO EXPAND THE TEAM BEYOND WEST AND SOUTH LONG BEACH.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT EACH ADDITIONAL CCR TEAM REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL 1.2 MILLION CITYWIDE COVERAGE ENCOMPASSING ALL OF LONG BEACH WITHIN THE SAME SERVICE.
HOURS OF 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF THREE TEAMS OR CITYWIDE COVERAGE THAT PROVIDES 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK SUPPORTS WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF NINE TEAMS. THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? RANGA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT IN THE BEGINNING.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE, EXCUSE ME, I DON'T HAVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, BUT, UH, YOU LIST A NUMBER OF THE, WHAT THE TEAM INCLUDES IN THE BEGINNING, RIGHT THERE YOU HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGER, UH, CLINICAL TEAM SUPERVISOR, UH, ACCREDITATION SPECIALIST,
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ANOTHER HEALTH RESPONDER, AND A PEER NAVIGATOR.WHAT IS A PEER NAVIGATOR? AND DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO THROUGH THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, AND YES, OUR PEER NAVIGATOR IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR CORE POSITIONS.
THEY ARE A PERSON WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THEY SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONDER OR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, UM, AS WELL AS OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALIST BY MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE MAKE, UH, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONCERNS FOR, UM, MENTAL HEALTH RELATED SYMPTOMS, UH, RECOVERY RELATED SITUATIONS, THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S ON THE TEAM WHO HAS EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, FROM A LIVE STANDPOINT.
UM, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FOR TO LIVED EXPERIENCE FROM THEIR OWN STORY AS WELL AS THEY'RE A CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST, UM, HAVING GONE THROUGH A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO THERE TO SUPPORT BOTH OTHER STAFF IN MAKING THOSE ACTIVE REFERRALS AND CONNECTIONS SO THAT OUR STAFF CAN FOCUS ON, AGAIN, THE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS ABLE TO JUMP ON THE PHONE, MAKE DOZENS OF PHONE CALLS, SOMETIMES STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL AND GOING TO THE NEXT ONE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND NOT HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE FIELD WAITING WHILE WE'RE KIND OF OUT IN THE CORNER ON THE PHONE NOT TALKING TO THEM.
SO IT HELPS US TO DIVIDE THE RESPONSIBILITIES.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, UH, AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US, AGAIN, TO CONNECT TO THAT EXPERIENCE THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS FIT IN THE PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE THAT OUR OTHER POSITIONS HAVE.
YEAH, IT IS A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME POSITION IS A FULL-TIME POSITION.
UH, MOVING ON DOWN, YOU HAVE, UH, YOUR STATS, YOUR STACK GOT A NUMBER SO I CAN, I CAN'T REFER TO IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT RESOLVED, 52% RESOLVED ON SCENE AND SO ON.
YOU HAVE A, UH, EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE A CATEGORY THERE LISTED AS DECLINED SERVICES.
WHEN YOU HAVE DECLINED SERVICES, 70%, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? WHAT, WHERE DO THEY GO? WHAT DO THEY, DO THEY STAY? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE END RESULT OF YOUR CONTACT WITH THEM? I'M SORRY, I'M BAD.
UH, WHEN WE SAY DECLINE SERVICES, WHAT WE MEAN IS THAT THE TEAM WAS DISPATCHED TO A CALL.
THEY ARRIVED TO THE SCENE OF THE CALL, UM, WHATEVER ADDRESS DISPATCH PROVIDED TO US, AND THEY MADE CONTACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL FITTING THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.
UM, THE TEAM WILL ENGAGE WITH THAT PERSON, WILL ASK QUESTIONS, TRY TO BUILD RAPPORT.
UM, OFTENTIMES FOLKS WILL SAY, I DON'T WANT YOU HERE.
OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TALKING AND ASKING 'EM QUESTIONS, UM, ASKING IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE SUPPORT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON HAND OR COULD TALK ABOUT.
AND IF THE PERSON SAYS NO AGAIN AND CONSISTENTLY SAYS, I, I'M NOT INTERESTED, I DON'T WANT YOU HERE, WHATEVER OTHER RESPONSE, UH, WE KINDLY SAY, HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US.
SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO DROP OFF SOME INFORMATION.
THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS TAKE IT FROM US, DEPENDING ON THE STATE THAT THEY'RE IN WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THEM.
UM, BUT WE DO OFFER IT TO THEM AND WE LET THEM KNOW HOW TO CONTACT US.
UM, ALSO IF THERE IS A CALLING PARTY ON THE CALL, MEANING THAT SOMEBODY WHO CALLED IN WANTED TO BE CALLED BACK, WE'LL CALL BACK THAT CALLING PARTY AND LET THEM KNOW, UH, WHETHER WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT AND GENERALLY WHAT THE RESULT WAS WITHOUT EX, UH, GIVING OUT ANY PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION.
SOMETIMES THOSE CALLERS ARE FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, ROOMMATES, NEIGHBORS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THE CALL WAS.
UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOLKS HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICES, AND WE DO HOPE THAT THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION AND THE RAPPORT WE BUILD WILL HELP US THE NEXT TIME WE'RE ABLE TO COME OUT TO THEM.
AND OFTENTIMES WE DO GET MULTIPLE CALLS FOR THE SAME INDIVIDUAL.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT SECOND, THAT THIRD TIME WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST, UM, OR AT LEAST THEY'LL BE MORE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH ANOTHER HEALTH PROGRAM KNOWING THAT THESE SERVICES EXIST.
SO THIS, UH, THIS WOULD BE A, NOT AN AGGREGATED NUMBER BECAUSE THE INFORMATION THAT I WOULD GET MOSTLY IS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS USUALLY DECLINE SERVICES THE FIRST TIME AND IT TAKES SEVERAL CONTACTS BEFORE THEY RESOLVE.
OR AGAIN, I, I ACCEPT SERVICES.
SO THAT, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT SKEWED IN MY OPINION, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT MAINTAIN THE DATA.
SO I'LL THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD FOR IT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE SKEWED FROM WHAT I CAN TELL ALSO IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, UH, ASK YOU TWO MORE.
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90% VETERAN.THAT NUMBER SEEMS A LITTLE LOW TO ME, THE 90%, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL JERSEY SUPPORT VETERANS.
IS THERE A, A, UH, METHODOLOGY TO ASKING WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL IS A VETERAN OR NOT? OH, SORRY.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE BASED ON THE RESPONSES OF INDIVIDUALS WE'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION.
UM, WE DON'T USUALLY PROVIDE THIS, BUT ABOUT 70 TO 75% OF FOLKS WON'T ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE SELF-REPORTED INFORMATION.
UM, TO SPEAK TO HOW THE TEAM IS ASKING, I WOULD WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO OUR FIELD OR TEAM SUPERVISOR WHO'S ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO OVERSEES OPERATIONS, WHO'S SITTING BEHIND ME.
UM, DANIEL, CAN I INVITE YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION? YES.
UM, SO THE TEAM, THE TEAM ASKS QUESTIONS, UM, REGARDING DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OFTEN AS A WAY TO CONNECT THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES, UM, AND FIND WHAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
SO A LOT OF TIMES THE, UM, SOMEONE'S STATUS AS A VETERAN COMES UP DURING THAT CONVERSATION AS A WAY OF, UH, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
UH, HENRY, IN, UH, ONE OF THESE SLIDES, YOU HAVE A AREA CIRCLED AND TURNS MEETING YOUR SURFACE AREA.
NORMALLY WE, WE KNOW NOW WITH THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH, WITH UH,
IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? SO THE FACILITIES LISTED ARE JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES, PARKS, UM, AND OTHER CITIES, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE LIST WAS LONGER THAN WAS FEASIBLE TO PUT ON ONE SLIDE, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT LISTED, UM, THAT ARE WITHIN OUR WEST AND SOUTH PORTIONS OF LONG BEACH.
IS THERE, MAYBE YOU CAN GIMME, GIVE US AN UPDATE IF YOU HAVE IT.
REGARDING PARK, IT'S BEEN A REAL BIG, UH, ISSUE WITH US IN THE CITY.
SO KNOWING WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE WILL BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR US.
AND WE DO, WE DO SERVE ANY FACILITY WITHIN THAT REGION.
UM, THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE ARE NOT GOING TO THAT PARK AND OFTEN WE ARE LIKELY WE ARE AT THAT PARK.
I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.
DANIEL, WOULD YOU, WHICH PARK WOULD YOU REPEAT? WHICH PARK IT WAS? IT WAS HARD TO HEARER ON MY AL BETO AND SIXTH OR SEVENTH.
YEAH, SO I CAN'T RECALL ANY CALLS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THAT HAVE BEEN AT THAT PARK.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON A LOT OF THE CALLS PERSONALLY, BUT, UH, OFTENTIMES, YEAH, WE'RE ONLY GETTING CALLED TO PLACES WHERE, UM, PEOPLE ARE PLACING CALLS TO THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE.
SO IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT, UM, RANDOM WHICH PARKS WE GO TO.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S A PARK WHERE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE AND, UH, TRYING TO CLEAN UP.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY TOOK OVER, THE OLDEST TOOK OVER THAT PARK, SO I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE YOUR TYPE OF RESPONSE, BUT MORE PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE AND FIRE.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT INITIALLY YOU GUYS WOULD BE SENT OUT AND IT WOULD BE YOUR JOB TO, UH, UPGRADE IT INTO A PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE.
SO JUST, JUST AN OBSERVATION ON MY PART.
THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE, YOU HAVE, UH, 884,000 A LOT FOREIGN DUE UNAID.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S UNAIDS? WE'RE LOOKING INTO FISCAL 20, FISCAL YEAR 25 LOOKING AHEAD.
SO THERE ARE SOME, THERE IS SOME ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MENTIONED WHERE WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING A GRANT THROUGH THE BSEC, UM, THAT WILL COVER 30% OF OUR COSTS INTO FISCAL YEAR, UH, 26 AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE, WE ANTICIPATE.
NOW IN TERMS OF THE TITLE IX, WE'VE ALSO APPLIED TO OTHER GRANTS.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, SENATOR PADILLA HAS THIS PROGRAM EARMARKED AND SO WE'RE WAITING TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WILL VOTE ON IT.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE DEPENDENT UPON THE ELECTION, HOW AND HOW THAT GOES.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE BELIEVE THAT LONG
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TERM WE'D BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN ON CAL AIM DOLLARS.OKAY, SO STILL ONE TIME, ONE TIME FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
SO 26, OH, WE WE'RE AT IT AGAIN.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER IRAN IS ASKING, SO THE, THE, THE PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, CORRECT.
BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WHEN YOU WERE JUST IN ONE DIVISION, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU EXPAND.
UM, FROM WHAT I GATHER, YOUR TEAM IS RESPONDING TO 9 1 1, WHEREAS THE REACH TEAMS ARE REALLY PROACTIVE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD SAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS ARE? SO WE DO RESPOND, UH, DIRECTLY TO THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE REACH HAS ITS OWN LINE.
UM, ALSO IF SOMEONE DOES CALL 9 1 1 AND IT'S IN WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA AND IT DOES MEET THOSE CRITERIA, WE MAY BE DISPATCHED.
SO THERE'S WAYS TO GET TO US BESIDES, UM, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC PHONE NUMBER.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT? SO IF THEY CALLED THE REACH OPERATOR, POTENTIALLY YOU COULD BE DISPATCHED? NO, THE REACH TEAM WILL DISPATCH THEIR OWN TEAM.
SO WE HAVE THE 9 1 1 TEAM, CCR OR NON-EMERGENCY AND 9 1 1.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE REACH TEAMS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN OPERATOR AND THEIR OWN TEAMS. CORRECT.
I'D ALSO LIKE, JUST TO ADD FOR ONE OTHER PIECE, UM, THAT THE CCR TEAM IS ALWAYS PREDICATED ON A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY.
SO SOMETIMES THERE'S CO-OCCURRING, UH, CONDITIONS AS WE KNOW.
UH, BUT IF THE CALL IS FOR SOMEONE IN MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CRISIS OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED, CCR WILL BE DISPATCHED AS LONG AS IT'S IN THAT THE AREA IS THE TIME OF DAY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND IF THE PERSON ALSO HAPPENS TO BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THEN WE ALSO DO WORK WITH REACH FOR, IF THERE'S LONG TERM OTHER KIND OF CASE MANAGEMENT, BUT THE CCR TEAM BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO RESPOND, UM, MORE IMMEDIATELY.
THAT'S HOW KIND OF THE DIFFERENTIATION FOR US IS THAT IT'S ALWAYS PREDICATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN FIRST.
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOU CONNECT WITH REACH FOR THOSE 17% OR WHATEVER DECLINED.
I ASSUME YOU CONNECT THEM? WE DO.
WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT REACH IS INFORMED.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, HAVE BEEN SEEN BY REACH AND SO THEY ARE KNOWN TO THE REACH TEAM.
UM, AND WE DO HAND THEM, YOU KNOW, DO A WARM HANDOFF.
UH, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME TIMES WHERE SERVICES ARE STILL DECLINED ON BOTH BY BOTH TEAMS OR FOR BOTH TEAMS RATHER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
UH, FIRST I WANNA ASK DISPATCH TRAINING IS DONE THROUGH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND IT'S THE SAME OPERATORS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE TRAINED AND UH, ACTUALLY NOW AS OF THIS WEEK, UH, CCR IS BEING, UH, AT THEIR TIME OF SERVICE, SO GOING IN AT 10 O'CLOCK, THEY'RE GOING TO THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER TO START THEIR DAY SO THAT THE DISPATCHERS SEE THEM AND KNOW THEM BY FACE AND KNOW THEM, UH, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GO ON.
SO IF THERE'S ANY NEW DISPATCHERS INTO THE TEAM, UM, THEY'RE REALLY WELL AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE.
IS DISPATCH KEEPING TRACK OUTSIDE OF HOURS OF OPERATION SO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF NEED THERE IS OVERNIGHT? YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, SO THEY, I'VE BEEN TAGGING, UM, IT'S IN THEIR SYSTEM.
THEY TAG HASHTAG A CR FOR ANY CALL, WHETHER WHATEVER TIME OF DAY, WHATEVER SIDE OF TOWN, WHEREVER THAT COULD FIT THE CCR CRITERIA.
THEY'VE BEEN TAGGING 'EM SINCE OUR, UH, BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR AND EVEN BEFORE THAT.
SO THEY DO KNOW WHAT TIMES OF DAYS, UM, MAY HAVE AN INFLUX OF CALLS, AREAS OF TOWN THAT MAY HAVE INFLUX OF CALLS.
AND WE DO MEET, UH, ANTHONY MEETS AND HOLDS A DATA WORK GROUP WITH THE EMERGENCY COMMS OPERATOR, UH, MANAGER PD AND FIRE, WHERE THEY'RE DISCUSSING THAT ACTIVELY.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR CCR TO DISPATCH OUT OF EMERGENCY COMMS CAME OUT OF.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET THAT DATA? I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT DATA.
YEAH, WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOURE REALLY LIKE THE CCR TEAM.
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THINK YOU COME FROM RICK DUGGAN.UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO ONE IS ACTUALLY KIND OF, UM, UH, LEAPING OFF OF WHAT SHE SAID AROUND THE REACH TEAM CCR AND THEN I KNOW THAT PD HAS THE MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TEAM THAT THE MET TEAM.
SO I THINK IN MY BRAIN, I'M TRYING TO LIKE FOLLOW THE FLOW CHART.
SO WHEN YOU CALL LIKE NINE ONE ONE OR YOU CALL A NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, LIKE WHO GOES TO WHERE? SO IF IT'S A, IT'S A, IF IT'S A, A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, HOW DOES THE DISPATCHER DETERMINE WHO IT GOES TO? ANOTHER REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE DO HAVE A FLOW CHART WE HAVE FOR INTERNAL TEAMS, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND THAT TO YOU TO THAT TO STERNS, WHICH TEAM GOES THE CRITERIA FOR EACH TEAM.
UM, AND WHAT THEY KIND OF THEN THE NEED IS THAT THEY MEET, UH, THE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MET AND CCR.
SO THE MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TEAM FROM PD, UH, THEY DEAL WITH THE MOST, UH, SEVERE AND MOST EMERGENT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE.
SO IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL TO PREVENT THEM FROM HURTING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, MEANT WILL ALWAYS BE DISPATCHED BECAUSE WE AREN'T ABLE TO TRANSPORT IF SOMEONE IS NOT WILLING TO GO, UH, ON THEIR OWN ACCORD.
UM, AND THEN DO WE KNOW, UM, SO WHEN CALLS ARE RECEIVED BY DISPATCH AND THEY GO TO EITHER FIRE POLICE OR CCR IN YOUR FLOWCHART, DO WE KNOW WHAT PROPORTION OF CALLS ARE, UM, OF THE TOTAL, SAY OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH OR SIX MONTHS ARE THEN DIVERTED OVER TO CCR AS AS OPPOSED TO POLICE OR FIRE? UH, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, TYPICALLY YOU ALL ARE DISPATCHED THROUGH THE POLICE'S NON, LIKE THE, THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE.
UM, SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF SOMEONE, BECAUSE I, I IMAGINE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST CALL 9 1 1 'CAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT THEY KNOW.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT IN THE VERBIAGE THAT THEY MIGHT, THAT THEY MIGHT SAY IN THE CALL THAT WOULD TRIGGER CCR BEING DISPATCHED VERSUS FIRE PD? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO REFER BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT WE HAD THAT, UH, ALSO SHOWED THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
UH, SO REALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO COMMUNITY AND WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW CCR IS ABLE TO BE DISPATCHED, WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO USE LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT, UH, INFLAMMATORY.
SO SOME THINGS THAT MAY ESCALATE A CALL TO BE A PD RESPONSE IS IF YOU USE TERMS LIKE QUOTE, SUICIDAL QUOTE, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A CONCERN OF LOSS OF LIFE.
IF YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, THIS PERSON'S GOING TO DIE, THAT INDICATES POTENTIALLY A LIGHTS AND SIRENS RESPONSE BECAUSE THERE IS THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCY PIECE.
BUT THE SAME CRISIS IF YOU WERE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND LEARNED, OH, THE PERSON'S HAVING THOUGHTS OF DYING, MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN, UM, DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IS GENERALLY HAVING REALLY CHALLENGING THOUGHTS THAT ARE REALLY INTRUSIVE IN THEIR LIFE.
THAT COULD BE A CCR RESPONSE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE, UM, TO TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL, UM, TO CONNECT THEM EARLY ON BEFORE THEY'RE IN A CRISIS THAT IS MORE HIGH RISK POTENTIALLY FOR IMMINENT DEATH.
UM, THOSE TYPES OF PIECES OF LANGUAGE LIKELY WILL DIFFERENTIATE WHETHER CCR PD COMES OUT.
UH, OTHER EXAMPLES WOULD BE, UM, IF YOU ARE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, UM, SOME THINGS THAT WE SEE IS WHEN FOLKS CALL IN TO DISPATCH, THEY MIGHT SAY, UM, VERY, UH, DEROGATORY OR INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE WHERE THEY SAY, OH, THIS PERSON IS A, FILL IN THE BLANK OF A TERM THAT'S INSULTING FOR FOLKS MAYBE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SUBSTANCE ABUSE, WHO ARE HOMELESS.
AND THOSE MORE INFLAMMATORY WORDS, THOSE, THOSE PEJORATIVE WORDS WILL SOMETIMES HAVE A PD RESPONSE COME OUT TOO.
PEOPLE WILL SAY, OH, THEY'RE VIOLENT.
I THINK, I THINK MY LIFE IS IN DANGER.
LIKE I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE VERY VALID AND EMOTIONALLY RESPONSIVE.
FOLKS FEEL THAT WAY IN THE MOMENT, MAY GET A PD RESPONSE OR A LIGHTS AND SIRENS FIRE RESPONSE, BUT IF THE SAME CALL WERE TO SAY, OH, THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, AT THE PARK, THEY'RE ON THE CORNER, THEY'RE ACTING ERRATICALLY AND I AM CONCERNED, BUT I I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, UM, BUT THERE CHILDREN HERE AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON GETS SEEN, HELPED CONNECTED THOSE TYPES OF VERBIAGES HELP CONNECT FOLKS TO THE CCR TEAM.
ANYTHING THAT AGAIN TRIGGERS KIND OF THE FLIGHT AND FLIGHT RESPONSE, THE, THE FEAR RESPONSE, LIKELY WE'LL SEE A FIRE LIGHT AND SIREN SPEEDY RESPONSE DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, THERE'S NOT LIKE A PERFECT WAY TO GET A CCR RESPONSE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UH, CALL TAKERS, DISPATCHERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SERVE, UM, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A UNIT THAT THEY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE TO THE INCIDENT.
UM, SOMETIMES THAT WILL BE CCR, SOMETIMES CCR IS ON A CALL ALREADY AND IS NOT ABLE TO GO OUT.
UM, OR THERE'S SOME OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE THAT MAKES IT NOT LIKELY THAT WE'LL GET THERE FAST ENOUGH.
AT THAT POINT, DISPATCH MAKES THE DECISION.
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DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW YOU SAY IT, IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THAT MOMENT.SO I THINK THAT ACTUALLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID RELATES TO THE, THE NEXT SLIDE.
'CAUSE I SAW ON THE V THE CCR DASH DATA DASHBOARD, THERE WERE 423 CCR ELIGIBLE CALLS, BUT ONLY 320 OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY DISPATCHED TO YOU.
AND THEN THERE WERE SOME UNDER STATUS TO SAY THEY WERE ACTUALLY REFERRED BACK TO CCR EITHER FROM FIRE OR POLICE.
SO WAS THAT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT HAPPENS? MM-HMM.
SO WE DO SEE CALLS THAT ARE NOT INITIALLY DISPATCHED BECAUSE DISPATCH DECIDED ANOTHER UNIT MAY BE BETTER AT THAT MOMENT, BUT THEY DO GET SENT BACK AFTERWARDS AND PD ARRIVES AND SAYS, OH, THIS CALL, UM, IT DOESN'T NEED ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE THAT ACTUALLY BE BETTER SERVED WITH, UM, HEALTH RESOURCES.
MAYBE THEY THINK THE CONVERSATION WILL GO ALONG AND THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE CAN DO IN TALKING FOR FOUR HOURS.
OUR TEAM WILL STAY FOR FOUR HOURS IF IT'S NECESSARY.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT DOES SHOW SOME OF THE DISCREPANCY.
WE SEE ABOUT 70 ISH PERCENT OF CALLS, I THINK THAT SAYS LIKE 75, UM, CALLS THAT ARE ACTIVELY DISPATCHED.
AND THEN THE REMAINING 25% ARE KIND OF IN FLUX DURING THE WEEK.
IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT I THINK AMONG OUR, KIND OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUUM, THERE'S A RECOGNITION OF A MORE LIKE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND BENEFICIAL USE OF OUR RESOURCES.
UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO TO FLAG, UH, IN THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, A DEEPER DIVE INTO DATA, SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT RESOLVED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY POIGNANT THAT OF THAT 9% OF CALLS THAT WERE UPGRADED TO FIRE POLICE, YOU KNOW, 8% WAS FIRE AND THEN THERE WAS 1% YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE ONLY REALLY ONLY THREE CALLS THAT ACTUALLY NEEDED A PD RESPONSE.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE FIRST INITIATING THIS CONVERSATION DURING THE FRAME OF RACE RECONCILIATION, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT LIKE, OH, FOR SENDING AN UNARMED RESPONSE, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMETHING CRITICAL HAPPENS? YOU NEED PD THERE, ET CETERA.
AND THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE THEIR HARM.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA IS THAT THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS TYPE OF RESPONSE, UM, AND IT'S WORKING.
AND THEN I THINK, OH, AND THEN I, I JUST HAD TWO CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
UM, ON ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUNDING, CAN YOU JUST SAY WHAT CAL AIM IS? A IME? WHAT IS THAT? SURE.
SO THAT IS, UH, KIND OF THE REBRAND OF, UM, MEDI-CAL.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE HAD, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2021, WAS MOVING TOWARDS CAL AIM.
AND SO WITHIN THIS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED ACROSS KIND OF THE CONTINUUM OF HEALTH, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, UM, RECUPERATIVE SERVICES, YOUR STANDARD ME MEDICAL SERVICES, BUT NOW EVEN THINGS, UH, LIKE RESOURCE NAVIGATION, UM, HOUSING NAVIGATION, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT BASED ON DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.
UM, SO WE HAVE, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW ACTIVE ARE ADULTS, UM, FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND I BELIEVE CHILDREN ARE COMING.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REALLY POSITIONING THEMSELVES SO THAT WE CAN GET A LOT OF OUR SERVICES REIMBURSED.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE AS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, UH, CCR TEAM TO GET THAT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE DOING ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THEN JUST FINAL QUESTION.
I KNOW ON THAT SAME SLIDE YOU HAD CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXPANSION.
SO IT TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL CCR TEAMS. UM, CITYWIDE COVERAGE WITHIN THE SAME SERVICE HOURS REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF THREE TEAMS CITYWIDE COVERAGE THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT 24 DAY, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF NINE TEAMS. I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT LIKE FUNDING CONCERNS, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE WHAT A COUPLE OF LIKE MAYBE INTERIM MODELS MIGHT BE.
SO WHAT WOULD IT BE TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT WOULD WE, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO HAVE 24 HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK? WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE LIKE A 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? RIGHT? I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE A COUPLE OF THOSE OTHER KIND OF FUNDING MODELS.
SO LET'S TO DETERMINE, UM, DETERMINE OUR PATH FORWARD AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, MOVING AND MOVING FORWARD.
UH, AND THEN I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER WRONG, I HAD ONE FINAL, UM, COMMENT A ALONG ALONG THE SAME TOPIC OF BUDGET.
UM, YOU'RE ENDING IN 2026 OR 2025, YOUR STAFF, YOU HAVE FIELD REPS, FIELD RESPONDERS AND SUPPORT TEAM, WHICH ARE FULL-TIME CITY EMPLOYEES AND WHICH ARE CONTRACTED.
THEY'RE ALL CITY EMPLOYEES ALL WITH HEALTH.
SO WHEN THE MONEY GOES AWAY, THESE, THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE PLACES TO GO.
MAYBE WE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL ALWAYS WORK TO REASSIGN PEOPLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL WORK
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TO REASSIGN PEOPLE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.BECAUSE YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT 30% PROBABLY YOU'LL BE GETTING, UH, THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, SO THAT MEANS 70% OF YOUR PROGRAM GOES AWAY OR AT LEAST GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UH, WE ARE ALSO ALWAYS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR GRANTS.
WE'VE APPLIED TO SEVERAL, AS I MENTIONED.
AND SO, UM, FISCAL YEAR, THE FIRST, THE ONE TIME FUNDING THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025 WILL REALLY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SEEKING OUT FUNDING SOURCES.
AND WE FEEL VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM AND WE FEEL VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN ADDITIONAL GRANT DOLLARS.
I GET ON MY SOAPBOX, UH, THIS ANSWER THE STORY OF WHY WE NEED INSTITUTIONALIZED FUNDING FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS ONE HOLD.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE INCREASING AND THEREFORE WE NEED PROGRAMS LIKE THIS TO BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
SO PUT ANOTHER ASTERISK ON THE STORY TO TELL.
UM, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
MY NAME IS JOANNA AND I'M HERE SPEAKING AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER THIS AFTERNOON.
I NEED TO SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING LIFE-AFFIRMING RESOURCES LIKE THIS COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
INSTEAD OF PROVIDING A BLANK CHECK TO POLICE DEPARTMENT YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH NO REAL INCREASE, UM, BENEFIT TO COMMUNITY AND THEIR SAFETY, WE NEED TO STEP AWAY FROM YOUR CURRENT APPROACH OF EXCESSIVELY FUNDING AND EMBOLDENING POLICE TO RESPOND TO THREATS BY OFTENTIMES EXACERBATING THOSE THREATS THAT OUR COM, THAT OUR NEIGHBORS FACE, UM, AFTER THE FACT, RIGHT AFTER THE THREATS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED, AND INSTEAD ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES FACE.
CONNECTING COMMUNITY TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND SAFE PROVIDERS THAT WON'T PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK IS A POWERFUL WAY THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND OVERALL HEALTH, GIVEN THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SO MUCH FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE AT LEAST $2.2 MILLION THAT WILL BE LEFT UNUSED.
AS DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO REALLOCATE THOSE $2.2 MILLION AND ANY OTHER UNUSED POLICE DOLLARS, AND INSTEAD INVEST IN ACTUAL PUBLIC FUNDING MEASURES.
PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES LIKE GROWING THE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM BY ADDING STAFF AND OR EXPANDING THEIR QUALIFYING REGIONS.
I ALSO WANNA HIGHLY RECOMMEND WORKING WITH TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP DO THE NECESSARY PUBLIC EDUCATION, UM, ON THIS RESOURCE AND HOW TO CALL THE TEAM SO THAT THEY RESPOND, SO THAT THEY RESPOND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE POLICE DISPATCHED PROPERLY.
EQUIPPING THIS PILOT PROGRAM WITH AN INCREASED INVESTMENT WILL BE PITI PIVOTAL IN THEIR SUCCESS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR Y'ALL'S ENTHUSIASM TODAY FOR THIS PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT WE SEE THAT IN INCREASED FUNDING FOR THEM.
ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTERS? SEEING NONE, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO FOR A VOTE CHAIR.
NEXT ITEM, ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A LIST OF FOLLOW-UP ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND OUR BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, NO PRESENTATION, RIGHT? JUST, UH, RECEIVING FILE.
WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES RELATED TO THE RESPONSES THAT WE GOT FROM CITY STAFF? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, UM, WE CAN RECEIVE AND FILE, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
I'M SORRY TO DO PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
UH, DAVE SHUKLA THIRD DISTRICT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO NOT ONLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE INVENTORY OF, UH, WELLS THAT ARE SCAN SCHEDULED TO, UH, BE CAPPED AND, UH, COMPLETED, BUT ALSO, UH, ALL OF THE ONES THAT ARE DECLINING IN, IN PROFITABILITY AND TAKE CARE OF THEM RIGHT AWAY.
UM, IT SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IT CAN RIGHT NOW TO IMPLEMENT SB 1137.
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ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.GENERAL COMMENTS NOW? NOT YET.
UH, WE'RE, UM, RESPONDING TO RES TO RESPONSES FROM STAFF FROM QUESTIONS FROM BOC, BUT WE'LL BE DOING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT.
UH, SO YOU NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE TO RECEIVING FILE VICE CHAIR.
UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETED OUR REGULAR AGENDA, I WILL OPEN IT TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANY NON-AG AGENDAS ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON-AG AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Budget Oversight Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
YOUR TIME BEGINS.MY NAME IS CINDY SAG AND I AM, UM, A RESIDENT HERE IN LONG BEACH, BORN AND RAISED.
I AM A COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM SPECIALIST AT CENTRO CHA, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ONE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE.
I'M HERE TO ASK, CAN A VALUE BE PLACED ON THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OF THAT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD? MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE TRUE VALUE TO THE COST OF A LIFE OF A YOUTH YOUNG ADULT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF LONG BEACH? THE, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS PROBABLY WE CAN'T PUT A VALUE TO, TO THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT WE CAN PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS. UM, NEWBORNS BETWEEN NEWBORNS TO THE AGE OF AGE OF 29 REPRESENTS 40% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION.
A BUDGET OF 300,000, UM, ALLOCATE ALLOCATED TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING IS INADEQUATE.
WHAT IS PROPOSED IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH.
WHEN WE DO THE PROPORTIONS TO THE, TO THE LIVES OF OUR YOUNG ADULTS AND YOUTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR HOTSPOT NEIGHBORHOODS OF 9 0 8 0 2, 9 0 8 0 4 9 0 8 0 5 9 0 0 6 9 0 8 10 AND 9 0 8 13, THE ONE LONG BEACH COLLABORATIVE, UM, ONE LONG BEACH C-V-I-P-I.
COLLABORATIVE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE REQUESTING A BUDGET OF $15 MILLION FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING.
AND THIS WOULD BE REASONABLE AND ADEQUATE THAT, UH, WOULD TAKE TO SAVE AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH.
WE ARE ASKING THAT THIS, UM, FUNDING IS EVIDENCE-BASED DATA-DRIVEN, CULTURALLY CENTERED STRATEGIES THAT TARGET OUR HOTSPOTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ZIP CODES THAT I LISTED.
WE ASK THAT IT ENGAGES CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT INCLUDES AGENCIES THAT POSSESSES A MINIMUM OF THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF CVI EXPERIENCE AND A TRACK RECORD THAT DEMONSTRATES EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES.
WE ASK THAT WE ENGAGE TRUSTED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THOSE WITHIN THE ONE LONG BEACH COLLABORATIVE TO MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS OF PROGRAMMINGS THAT HAVE BEEN EVIDENCE-BASED DATA-DRIVEN THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
$300,000 IS, IS APPRECIATED, BUT NOT ENOUGH WHEN WE HAVE 40% OF A POPULATION, UM, TO SEE THE LONG BEACH THAT IS YOUTH AND YOUNG, YOUNG ADULTS, WE ASK THAT THERE IS A, UH, WE ASK FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF A $15 MILLION BECAUSE THAT IS REASONABLE AND ADEQUATE, UM, WITH PROGRAMMING THAT IS FOR THE PEOPLE BECAUSE COMMUNITY SAFETY IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOANNA AND HERE I'M REPRESENTING THE, UM, LONG BEACH LANGUAGE JUSTICE COALITION, UM, IN ADVOCATING AND THANKING, UM, THE COUNCIL FOR PRESENTING A BUDGET THAT DOES HAVE, UM, SOME FUNDINGS TOWARDS LANGUAGE JUSTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO COME OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND SHARE, UM, SOME MORE OF SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO TRULY IMPLEMENT THE LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CURRENTLY HAS.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IS TO DEDICATE AND PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF PERMANENT STAFF TO FULLY IMPLEMENT, MONITOR, AND ENFORCE THE LANGUAGE, THE CITY'S LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY IN ADDITION TO EXISTING STRUCTURAL FUNDS, THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT FUNDING AND THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET.
THE LONG BEACH LANGUAGE JUSTICE COALITION IS DEMANDING THE FOLLOWING.
ONE IS TO ADD A FULL-TIME TAGALOG SLASH
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FILIPINO LANGUAGE SPECIALIST, SUCH AS AN INTERPRETER AND TRANSLATOR TWO IS TO ADD A FULL-TIME LANGUAGE ACCESS STAFF, UM, TO OVERSEE THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENTAL LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS FOR ALL PUBLIC FACING DEPARTMENTS.A FOR LARGER CITY DEPARTMENTS APPOINT A FULL-TIME LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR, AND B, DEDICATE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT.
AND THREE, TO ADD FULL-TIME LANGUAGE ACCESS STAFF TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT AN EFFECTIVE PROCESS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES, UM, CAN FILE COMPLAINTS, UM, WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY RELATED TO LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN ACCESSING CITY OF LONG BEACH PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES PROCESSES SHOULD BE EXPLAINED IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES WITH REASONABLE TIMEFRAMES AND CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR NOTICES, RESPONSES, INVESTIGATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
RESOLUTIONS SHOULD BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
THIS COMES AFTER YEARS OF WORKING AND BEING PART OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MULTILINGUAL, UH, POPULATIONS.
AND SO WE REALLY JUST WANNA UPHOLD AND UPLIFT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THESE RESOURCES.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THE GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.
WE SEE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND.
WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE INCREASED SUPPORT FROM YOU ALL AS A BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN INCREASE THROUGH ONE OF YOUR OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS YEAR YOU ALL CAN CONTINUE THAT ADVOCACY.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONS FOR LANGUAGE JUSTICE OVER THE YEARS, AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS ON THAT.
AND SO WE REALLY WANNA CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT, UM, TRADITION TO REALLY INCREASE THE INVESTMENT IN THESE RESOURCES.
WE'VE SEEN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC, UM, HOW MUCH THOSE NEEDS HAVE INCREASED.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES THAT YOU ALL, YOU ALL ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE BY NOT HAVING THESE RESOURCES READILY AVAILABLE.
THERE'S A BARRIER THAT'S CREATED.
SO BY HAVING LANGUAGE JUSTICE RESOURCES, WE'RE MINIMIZING THAT BARRIER AND WE'RE MAKING THOSE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WAS, UH, DID YOU RECEIVE THE HANDOUT I'VE JUST GIVEN OUT? UH, IS THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OR ARE YOU HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL? THIS IS NOT FOR CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE ARE DOING, UM, UH, WE ARE DOING, WE'RE STILL IN THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SO YOU WILL DO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, VERY BRIEFLY, UH, SINCE THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE THIS MONTH AND, AND THIS BUDGETARY CYCLE, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO REITERATE AGAIN THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, WITH A LOT OF OUR FIVE YEAR PLANS AS THEY'RE BEING CONCRETIZED, UH, THROUGH THE OLYMPICS NOW, TO NOT ONLY CREATE THE KIND OF JOBS PROGRAMS, BUT THE KIND OF LEGACY OF, UH, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, AN ADEQUATE TRANSITION TO, UH, THE STATE'S COMMITMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BE PROUD OF AND, AND LIVE IN, UH, IN FUTURE DECADES.
UM, GIVEN AGAIN, AND IT CAN'T BE SAID ENOUGH, AND IF IT'S MY ROLE, I GUESS IT'S GONNA BE MY ROLE, BUT THE TREMENDOUS HISTORICAL, ATTRIBUTABLE HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY THIS CITY HAS FOR THE PROBLEM OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING.