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CHECK.CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK A LITTLE LOWER TODAY BECAUSE I CAN'T SPEAK TOO LOUD.
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IF YOU'RE IN THE PHOTO.FOR WHAT ITEM IS THIS? FOR WHAT ITEM? DUGGAN'S.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOLKS.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET SET UP FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, LET'S HAVE OUR ROLL CALL PLEASE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
SORROW.WHAT DOES THAT SAY? COUNCILMAN AUSTIN,
[ROLL CALL]
WE HAVE A QUORUM.WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA.
IF THERE'S ANY TIME IN OUR COUNTRY THAT WE NEED A MOMENT OF SILENCE, IT IS TODAY WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENING IN
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
THE SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTH OF OUR COUNTRY.WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR, IN THE MIDDLE EAST? WE NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REFLECT.
PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE AMMO AND JOIN ME IN A BLACKSTONE.
PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
ALLEGIANCE UNITED FOR WHAT YOU STANDS.
UH, THIS MEETING, UH, SHOULD BE A BRIEF ONE.
THERE AREN'T VERY MANY ITEMS AND THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY, SO WE'LL GET RIGHT TO IT.
LET'S TAKE UP THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ITEMS ONE THROUGH 26 MINUS ITEM THREE, PLEASE.
OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, MEMBERS PLEASE CAST
[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 26.)]
YOUR VOTE.[00:10:07]
MOTION IS CARRIED.ALL RIGHT, WELL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE AND I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO THE VICE MAYOR TO MANAGE THIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEVINE ACT.
I RECUSE MYSELF IN THIS ITEM BECAUSE I'VE ACCEPTED A CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $250 FROM JAN HOWER OF THE LONG BEACH CAM SINGERS WHO'S, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE SUBJECT PRECEDING.
[3. 24-55010 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $6,650 offset by the Seventh Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide support for the following: $2,500 to the Office of Special Events and Filming to support the Dia de los Muertos Parade & Festival on November 2, 2024; $2,500 to the Office of Special Events and Filming to support the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade & Festival on January 18, 2025; $650 to the Long Beach Camerata Singers in support of the 2024 Long Beach Camerata Singers Annual Gala; $500 to California Families in Focus in support of Trans Pride Long Beach 2024 on September 28, 2024; $500 to Developing Future Leaders in support of their West Long Beach event, date to be determined; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $6,650 to offset transfers to the City Manager Department. Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Roberto Uranga, Councilmember, Seventh District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA.RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND GROUP IN THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT BY 6,650.
OFFSET BY THE SEVENTH COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE-TIME DISTRICT PRIORITY FUNDS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING, 200, 2,500 TO THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING 2,500 TO THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING 650 TO LONG BEACH CAMARATA SINGERS, 500 TO CALIFORNIA FAMILIES AND 500 TO DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS.
I HAVE A, UH, MOTION A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
AWESOME, MR. MAYOR, YOU MAY COME BACK.
WE'LL NOW GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE, LET'S SEE, THREE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
JOHN BRISCOE, KAREN RE RESIDE, AND ANTHONY HOLMES.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CITY CLERK Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is given to the first 10 persons who submit Speaker Cards to the City Clerk beginning at 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the meeting. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments. ]
READY TO BEGIN.I'M JOHN BRISCOE, YOUR FAMILY MAN AS UN SOROS FOR US CONGRESS, CALIFORNIA 42 TO REPRESENT LONG BEACH, LAKEWOOD, BELLFLOWER DOWNEY, AND THE NORTHERN TIER UP TO COMMERCE.
I GREW UP IN LONG BEACH, WENT TO JEFFERSON AND WILSON, CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
MET MY WIFE THERE 49 YEARS, MY BUSINESSES IN LONG BEACH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
I OWNED RENTALS IN LONG BEACH.
MY MOM AND DAD LIVED IN LONG BEACH UNTIL THEY DIED.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT TWO ITEMS. ONE, I'M JOHN BRISCOE.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS FAILED OUR STUDENTS AND CHILDREN.
I ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FOR 16 YEARS.
THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THE ONLY AGENCY ALLOWED TO GO ONTO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS TO INSPECT FOR HEALTH, SAFETY AND FIRE IN THAT ORDER.
THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS REFUSED, REFUSED TO INSPECT THE LOCKER ROOMS FOR OCCUPANCY USAGE.
MANY OF THEM ARE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE.
THE USAGE ALLOWED UNDER DEPARTMENT STATE ARCHITECT AND THEY'VE REFUSED TO A ACCOUNT TO INSPECT SITE AND ENFORCE FOR THAT.
SAME THING WITH LITTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES WHERE CLASSROOMS TURNED INTO A LIBRARY THEY'VE REFUSED TO INSPECT FOR THE AHA REPORT.
STATE LAW REQUIRES THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT REPORT BE KEPT AT THE FRONT DESK OF EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, AND THEY'VE REFUSED TO INSPECT FOR THAT PRESENCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER DIRECT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO THEIR STATUTORY MINIMUM DUTY FOR SAFETY AND FOR HEALTH IN OUR STUDENTS, IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND CHECK FOR OCCUPANCY USAGE AND THE AHA REPORT.
AND THE MEANWHILE, JOHN BRISCOE FOR US CONGRESS, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
CAREFULLY CAST IT FOR JOHN BRISCOE.
I BELIEVE I'M THE LAST ON THE BOTTOM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME THE LAST.
IN YOUR MIND AND HEARTS, THE THREE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE VOTERS ARE THE INFLATION, THE CRIME, THE HOMELESSNESS, AND THE OPEN BORDERS WE HAVE.
AND THOSE ARE THINGS I'M RUNNING ON.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE 18 MILLION PEOPLE INVADE THE COUNTRY AND WE CAN'T AFFORD 30% INFLATION.
ANYBODY THAT GOT YOU SAID THERE WAS A A SLOW MEETING.
I HAVE SIX MINUTES OR JUST THREE.
THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
SAY FIRST ONE IS THE PAYCHECKS FOR TWO SMALL $6 A DOZEN EGGS, $6 GALLON GASOLINE.
THESE ARE UNTENABLE FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE NOBODY GOT A 30% RAISE, INCLUDING CITY EMPLOYEES.
NOBODY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLATION THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
HOMELESSNESS IS A BIG PROBLEM.
THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS FAILED TO ENFORCE PUBLIC INTOXICATION LAWS ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LAW AND CODE BOOKS AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCES PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY WITH AN OLD ENGLISH 800 CAN NEXT TO 'EM LAYING IN THE PARK, THEY SHOULD BE TESTED FOR ALCOHOL FOR, UH, TO A PUBLIC INTOXICATION LEVEL.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCED FOR SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE, THC AND ALCOHOL.
AND THEN LAST, WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR BORDER AND GET THAT CLOSED.
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CONGRESS REP, JOHN BRISCOE AND CONGRESS, JOHN BRISCOE SAYS, SIR, YOUR TIME, SETH, WE WILL STOP.NEXT SPEAKER, KAREN RE RESIDE.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS AND MAYOR, I WANNA START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN DEALING WITH THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER.
UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING DRUGS ON SITE AND ACTIVELY HAVING, UM, PROSTITUTION ENGAGEMENTS ARE, DO THEY GO AWAY WHEN THE POLICE COME BY AND THEY WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND THEN THEY COME BACK? UM, THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SLEEPING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, HOWEVER, IN THE EVENING THEY'RE GATHERING ON THE PLANTER, SIT OUT IN THE PLANTER, AND THEY'RE OPEN, OPENLY SMOKED CRYSTAL METH.
AND, UM, AS IT'S GETTING DARKER, UM, THE SENIORS, A LOT OF THE SENIORS ARE NOT COMING TO THE SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.
AND I AM NOT FEELING SAFE WITH THE CHANGE IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
UM, IT'S VERY THREATENING ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEY WERE OUT THERE LAST NIGHT TILL 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT AGAINST THE BACK WALL OF THE PARKING LOT DOING DRUGS AND ENGAGING IN PRO PROSTITUTION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME HELP.
AND CINDY, WE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEETING.
'CAUSE THE WHITLEY BAY PEOPLE, THEY'RE BREAKING INTO THEIR GARAGES AND IT'S REALLY PROBLEMATIC AND WE'D LIKE THEM TO GO AWAY SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY'RE NOT DISTURBING PEOPLE.
AND IT'S A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE THE HOUSES THAT FACE ORANGE AVENUE, THREE PEOPLE DEALING DRUGS OUTTA THAT BUILDING.
SO, AND WHITLEY BAY PEOPLE WILL BE HERE PROBABLY NEXT WEEK TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
HOW'S IT GOING EVERYBODY? MEGAN KERR.
HAVE YOU EVER DEALT WITH ANXIETY? WELL, I HAVE.
GOING HOME, CAN'T PLAY WITH MY SON.
JOB ALWAYS ON MY MIND TALKING TO A DOCTOR, TELLING ME THAT YOU SHOULD GO SEE A PSYCH DOCTOR HAVING, DEALING, HAVING, HAVING MY MENTAL HEALTH PLAYED WITH TOM MOCA.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ONE THING, BE POLITICALLY CORRECT WHEN YOU ANSWER THIS AS YOU ALWAYS DO, WOULD YOU SIT AT MY DINNER TABLE? YOU CAN NOD YOUR HEAD YES OR NO.
UM, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY, MALCOLM X, YOU KNOW, HE TURNED 99 THIS YEAR.
I WANNA PAINT THIS PICTURE FOR Y'ALL.
MALCOLM X, TUPAC, SHAKUR, NIPSEY HUSSLE, ALL KILLED BY BLACK PEOPLE.
HAVE YOU EVER SAT AND JUST REALLY THOUGHT, JOANIE JUST REALLY ANALYZED THIS, THAT THE OPPRESSORS, THEY LOOK JUST LIKE YOU AND I AND THEY, THE MOST AGGRESSIVE ONES.
YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE WHITE TO BE A RACIST.
IT COMES IN ALL SHAPE, COLORS AND FORM, EVEN BLACK.
SO NOW I'M GETTING TOLD BY MANAGEMENT IN MY DEPARTMENT, THAT CITY, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY DEPARTMENT IS CALLING DOWN, GIVING A DIRECTIVE NOT TO PROMOTE ANTHONY HOLMES, THAT HE'S UNDER INVESTIGATION.
WE ALL KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE VOTE NO ON MEASURE JB TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS WITH ALL THE CORRUPTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CITY.
AND MAYOR REX, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT I GOT A PROBLEM WITH YOU.
I DON'T HAVE NO ISSUE WITH YOU.
I PRAY FOR ALL YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, Y'ALL FAMILY, EVERY LAST ONE OF Y'ALL.
THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH YOU, REX, IS THAT YOU DON'T ADDRESS ANTI-BLACKNESS IN THIS CITY AS WELL AS THE IN THE WORKPLACE.
I CAN COME UP HERE AND MENTION MULTIPLE DISCRIMINATION CASES THAT Y'ALL HAVE SETTLED WITH.
AND WHEN I'M TALKING TO Y'ALL, Y'ALL TURN Y'ALL HEAD, PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN LIKE YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO EVERY WOMAN UP IN HERE.
EVERY WOMAN IN THIS NATION, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE NEW ALPHAS, MAN, CANNOT LEAD NO MORE.
EVERY, EVERY CORNER THAT I CROSS, EVERY INTERNET, EVERY WEBSITE THAT I THAT I GET ON, I SEE WOMEN FIGHTING.
AND THAT'S WHY KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
UM, VICE MAYOR, I NOTICED THAT YOU RUN FROM ISSUES WHEN PRESSURES COME TO YOU, AS YOU DID IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO VOTE, CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE ON PALESTINE.
UM, WHEN PRESSURE COME, YOU NEVER SHOW UP.
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CAN'T SHOW UP AND TAKE, TAKE ON AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.AND IT'S NO WAY IN HELL, EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE CALLING DOWN TO MY DEPARTMENT TELLING THEM THAT ANTHONY HOLMES CANNOT BE PROMOTED BECAUSE HE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR MENTIONING A PEDOPHILE THAT WORKED FOR THE CITY.
NO ONE MEASURE JB ALRIGHT, WELL THAT SATISFIES PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, SO NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 27, PLEASE.
COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN RECOMMENDATION TO REFER TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION OF NAMING THE NEW JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY, THE PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY.
[27. 24-55015 Recommendation to refer to the Marine Advisory Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, and the Government Operations and Efficiency Committee for consideration of naming the new Junior Lifeguard Facility the Pat Flynn and Dick Miller Junior Lifeguard Facility. Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST OR WOULD YOU PLEASE? OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.CAN YOU READ THE NAMES? THE FIRST SPEAKER IS AARON FLETCHER, HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND THE LONG BEACH LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UH, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE GET TO TALK ABOUT NEW BUILDINGS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NEW JUNIOR LIFEGUARD STATION IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE IN AND OF ITSELF.
NOW, THE JUNIOR LIFE RIDER PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST 50 PLUS YEARS, AND IT HAS TOUCHED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES OF LONG BEACH CHILDREN.
AND THOSE CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP TO PRETTY MUCH JOIN LIFES OF SERVICE, TALK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TALK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TALK TO THE MILITARY, TALK TO THE LONG BEACH LIFEGUARDS.
SCORES OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED THIS COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH THE LONG BEACH JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM AND THEY LEARNED A LIFE OF SERVICE AND THEY LEARNED A LIFE OF GIVING BACK IN ADDITION TO THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE OF, YOU KNOW, BEING ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND LEARNING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT WAS STARTED 50 YEARS AGO BY PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER, UH, PAT FLYNN, WHO WAS HERE WITH US TODAY.
AND DICK MILLER, WHO SENDS HIS REGARD BUT COULDN'T BE WITH US, UH, 50 YEARS AGO WITH THE VISION OF, OF MAKING CHILDREN WATER SAFE AND, AND INCREASING THE ABILITY TO HAVE KIDS SERVE AND GIVE BACK TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND THAT HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY WHERE WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE OVER 800 KIDS ANNUALLY IN THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
AND THAT IS A PHENOMENAL FEAT THAT IS MORE KIDS THAN MOST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE.
AND THEY'RE RUNNING AND THEY'RE SWIMMING AND THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT SAFETY AND ABOUT SERVICE ON THE BEACH HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEY COME FROM EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT.
THE DEPARTMENT'S DONE A REALLY STRONG OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS OF ALL AREAS IN LONG BEACH HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAVE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PREP PROGRAMS THAT HELP KIDS THAT WOULDN'T NORMALLY COME TO THE BEACH OR WOULDN'T NORMALLY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO SWIM, JOIN THE PROGRAM AND SUCCEED PHENOMENALLY.
THAT WAS ALL STARTED BACK IN 1969 WHEN PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER SAW A VISION AND PUSHED FOR IT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN ENTERTAIN THE ABILITY TO NAME THIS THE PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO THE ROOTS OF NOT JUST GREAT MEN WHO, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHO ARE STILL HERE, STILL GIVING BACK.
AND IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS OF SERVICE SINCE THEN THAT THEY'RE STILL HERE.
PAT FLYNN STILL COMES AND TALKS TO THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JUNIOR LIFEGUARD.
ANYBODY IN THIS CITY THAT WANTS TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH CAN CALL UP DICK MILLER AND FIND OUT FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF WHAT SERVICE IN THE CITY WAS.
AND THEY BOTH GIVE BACK CONTINUALLY.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THEM WITH THE DEDICATION OF THIS BUILDING.
ERIN COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIN, YOU JUST SAID IT ALL IN A NUTSHELL.
BUT I AM SO HAPPY, PAT, YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT AND I'M SORRY DICK COULDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, BUT I HAVE GOTTEN TO HEAR SO MANY MORE GREAT STORIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ONCE I HAD PRESENTED THIS ITEM.
TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, JUNIOR LIFEGUARD HEADQUARTERS BEING RENAMED.
YOU'VE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES AND YOU HAVE MADE IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE INNUMERABLE.
UM, I'M JUST SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR YOU.
SO LAST YEAR, UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CELEBRATED THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL FACILITY FROM THE 1930S AND ALSO THE HOME OF THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD SINCE THE 1970S.
SO I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE REFER TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF NAMING THIS NEW JUNIOR LIFEGUARD
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FACILITY, THE PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY.THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS REPRESENT THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF OUR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM'S, RICH HISTORY AND THE FOUNDING OF IT.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HONOR THEIR LEGACY.
UM, THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1971 WITH 63 PARTICIPANTS AND NOW OVER 800 A YEAR.
AND CALCULATING IT OUT, IT'S MORE THAN 20,000 YOUTH ACROSS THE CITY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS AMAZING PROGRAM.
AND I, I WILL SAY BOTH OF MY CHILDREN PARTICIPATED AND, UM, THEY HAVE SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN FOR THEIR, NOW THEY'RE IN COLLEGE.
THE LIFEGUARD PROGRAM TEACHES SKILLS, FIRST AID, OCEAN SPORTS, PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, THEY LEARN ABOUT MARINE ECOLOGY.
THERE'S SO MUCH INVOLVED WITH THIS PROGRAM THAT KIDS ARE LEARNING.
UM, AND I THINK WE ALL CAN REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A PIPELINE FOR OUR FUTURE PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS, LIFEGUARDS, FIREFIGHTERS.
THIS IS A GREAT PATHWAY AND A START FOR OUR YOUTH.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE THE PROGRAM IT IS TODAY WITHOUT YOU PAT AND WITHOUT DICK.
AND THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION SPEAKS SO MUCH TO THE, UM, HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT'S STILL WITH US TODAY AS A PROGRAM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
I WANNA JUST GIVE A QUICK, UM, LEGACY OF BOTH AND, UM, PAT DEDICATED 47 YEARS TO THE LONG BEACH LIFEGUARD SERVING FROM 1951 TO 1998.
HIS CAREER BEGAN ON THE BEACH AND HE LATER BECAME A SKIPPER ON RESCUE BOATS, WHILE ALSO SERVING ON THE LONG BEACH SEARCH AND RECOVERY TEAM.
HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND EXCELLENCE WAS RECOGNIZED WITH HIS INDUCTION INTO THE LIFEGUARD HALL OF FAME IN 2000.
IN 1971, PAT WITH DICK MILLER STARTED THE LONG BEACH JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM.
HIS INITIATIVE HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY SHAPING GENERATIONS OF YOUNG LIFEGUARDS.
PAT ALSO CONDUCTED LIFEGUARD ASSEMBLIES ON WATER SAFETY FOR THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OVER A DECADE EDUCATING COUNTLESS STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER SAFETY.
IN 1972, PAT ALONG WITH GARY DENT, BECAME THE NATIONAL DORY CHAMPION.
AND IN 1994 HE WAS HONORED WITH THE CENTURY CLUB, UM, TOM AND GEORGIE GLEASON AWARD FOR HIS UNWAVERING ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF LONG BEACH YOUTH PROGRAMS. I WAS VERY PLEASED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SEE PAT, UM, RO ADO JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO SEE THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN.
HE PLAYED WATER POLO AND SWAM AT WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, UM, BEFORE MATRICULATING TO SAN JOSE STATE, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF SWIM AND WATER POLO FROM 1950 TO 1974.
CHIEF DICK MILLER WAS A SEASONAL LIFEGUARD FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SWIM AND WATER POLO COACH AT MILLIKEN AND POLY HIGH SCHOOLS.
IN 1974, HE WAS APPOINTED CHIEF OF THE LONG BEACH LIFEGUARDS, A POSITION THAT HE HELD FOR 11 YEARS.
SO DICK WAS RESPONSIBLE WITH PAT FOR DEVELOPING THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM.
AND DURING HIS CAREER AS CHIEF DICK WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY INNOVATIONS, INCLUDING INTRODUCING THE EMT PROGRAM FROM ST.
MARY'S HOSPITAL, STARTING THE DIVE TEAM, DEVELOPING THE LIFEGUARD CODE OF ETHICS AND INITIATING A PROGRAM WHERE RESCUE BOAT OPERATORS COULD WRITE CITATIONS.
IN CLOSING, PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM TO BECOME THE PREMIER PROGRAM HERE IN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THEIR CAREERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, BUT THE COUNTLESS STORIES I KEEP HEARING ARE TRULY REMARKABLE.
I AM ASKING THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN AUTHORITY ON NAMING YET, BUT I DO WANT THEIR INPUT.
AND THEN TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, I'M REMOVING PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION BECAUSE THAT COMMISSION DOES NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE MARINE AREA AND THE PROCESS WILL BE SPED UP.
I MOVE TO REFER THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION OF NAMING THE NEW JUNIOR LIFEGUARD
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FACILITY, THE PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY.ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCILMAN SORROW VERY IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, MOI'S A BIG FAN OF, YOU KNOW, WELL FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE SO MANY FACILITIES AND BUILDING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, NAME AFTER PEOPLE, BUT I'M REALLY A BIG FAN OF NAMING IT AFTER LOCAL HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO VERY MUCH, UM, IN AGREEMENT OF SUPPORTING PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER, UH, JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY NAMING.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM, BUT THE FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE LEARNED FROM THEM AND MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS.
I THINK THIS IS VERY WELL DESERVED.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I AM SO FULL OF GRATITUDE AS A MOM OF A JUNIOR, FORMER JUNIOR GUARD.
UM, THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON HER LIFE WAS TREMENDOUS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS GO THROUGH THE NECESSARY PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY BACK IN FRONT OF US REALLY SOON.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ITEM 28, REPORT FROM PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE AFTERSCHOOL EDUCATION AND SAFETY PROGRAM AT BURBANK EDISON GARFIELD, GRANT, KING LAFAYETTE, AND HERRERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1.7 MILLION DISTRICTS, 1, 2, 7, AND NINE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I DO NOT.
[28. 24-54938 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute agreements, and all necessary documents including any necessary amendments, with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) for the operation of the After School Education and Safety Program at Burbank, Edison, Garfield, Grant, King, Lafayette, and Herrera Elementary school sites, in an amount not to exceed $1,733,993, for the period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, and to include any extension periods approved by LBUSD; and authorize a 15 percent in-kind match of $260,099; and Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $1,733,993, offset by grant revenue. (Districts 1, 2, 7, 9) Office or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NO, JUST, UH, STRONG SUPPORT, UM, AND GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH LA BEACH UNIFIED THAT WE HAVE AT MULTIPLE SCHOOL SITES.MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, HOORAY, THIS IS VERY LONG OVERDUE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE A PARTNERSHIP, UM, A MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP HAPPENING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, AND I THINK THIS FALLS IN LINE WITH MANY OF OUR CONVERSATIONS RELY, UM, UM, REGARDING, UM, UH, SAFE PASSAGES AND, AND JUST SAFETY FOR OUR YOUTH.
SO I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? OKAY.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ITEM 29, REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH PEDAL MOVEMENT INC.
FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 4.9 MILLION CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S
[29. 24-54937 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36734 with Pedal Movement, Inc., of Long Beach, CA, for the operation and maintenance of the BikeShare Program, to extend the term of the contract to March 31, 2025, with the option to increase the amount by up to another $2,493,608 for a total revised contract amount not to exceed $4,987,216 and renew for two additional six-month periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, STAFF.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO STOP IN AND SAY THANKS, UH, AND SAY HELLO.
YOU'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT MORE OF ME RECENTLY.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UH, ON SORT OF, UH, WORKING TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM AND WORKING TO SUPPORT, UM, THE, THE GREAT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
UM, I DON'T SEE, UH, MARY, UH, COUNCILMAN MARY ZENDEJAS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO, UM, CITY STAFF FOR, UM, EXTENDING THIS AND WORKING WITH PEDAL MOVEMENT.
THANK YOU PEDAL MOVEMENT FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE HUGE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
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COMMENTS.MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ITEM 30, REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR AS NEEDED SOLID WASTE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL AGGREGATE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3.6 MILLION FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS CITYWIDE.
UH, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? NO.
[30. 24-54939 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ PW23-348 and award contracts to Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, LLC, of Irvine, CA; Blue Ridge Services Montana, Inc., of Hamilton, MT; The Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc., of Seattle, WA; Go2Zero Strategies, LLC, of Irwindale, CA; Grow2Zero Farms, of Long Beach, CA; HDR Engineering, Inc., of Long Beach, CA; HF&H Consultants, LLC, of Irvine, CA; Recreate Waste Collaborative, LLC, of Long Beach, CA; S. Groner Associates, Inc., of Cerritos, CA; Stearns, Conrad, and Schmidt Consulting Engineers (SCS), Inc., of Long Beach, CA; and Tetra Tech BAS, Inc., of Diamond Bar, CA, for as-needed solid waste consulting services, in an annual aggregate amount of $3,000,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $600,000, for a total annual aggregate contract amount not to exceed $3,600,000, for a period of three years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RIGHT.UM, ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN AUSTIN? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, UH, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ITEM 31, REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE TRANSITIONAL ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN ITS ENTIRETY TO ESTABLISH NEW ZONING DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF THE LONG BEACH GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE ELEMENT, AND OTHER IMPLEMENTING CHANGES RED AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS?
[31. 24-54869 Recommendation to declare ordinance to repeal and replace the Transitional Zoning Code of the City of Long Beach (Title 22 of the Long Beach Municipal Code) in its entirety to establish new zoning district to implement the Neo-Industrial, Multi-Family Residential - Low, and Multi-Family Residential - Moderate Placetypes of the Long Beach General Plan Land Use Element and other implementing changes, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
OH, ALRIGHT.MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ITEM 32, REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT CITY INITIATED REZONING OF SELECT PROPERTIES ON MAJOR CORRIDORS IN NORTH LONG BEACH, RED AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE.
OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[32. 24-54870 Recommendation to declare ordinance to implement City-initiated rezoning of select properties on major corridors in North Long Beach, Green Leaf Boulevard to the north, West Arbor Street to the south, Susana Road to the west, and Downey Avenue to the east, to include Multi-Family Residential - Low (MFR-L), Multi-Family Residential - Moderate (MFR-M), Neo-Industrial 1 (NI-1), and Neo-Industrial 2 (NI-2), read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
MOTION IS CARRIED.DID YOU WANNA SKIP 33 OR OH, SORRY.
ITEM 33, REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT CITY INITIATED REZONING OF SELECT PROPERTIES ON MAJOR CORRIDORS IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH.
READ AND ADOPTED IS RED DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND SIX.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[33. 24-54867 Recommendation to declare ordinance to implement City-initiated rezoning (ZCHG24-002) of select properties on major corridors in Central Long Beach roughly bounded by, and inclusive of, Magnolia Avenue to the west, Pacific Coast Highway to the north, 10th Street to the south, and Ximeno Avenue to the east, to Residential Mixed-Use 4 (RMU4-A), Mixed-Use 3 (MU-3-A), Multi-Family Residential - Low (MFR-L), and Multi-Family Residential - Moderate (MFR-M), read and adopted as read. (Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I'M FINE.RECUSE FROM 34, I DUNNO IF YOU CALL IT.
ITEM 34, REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY.
RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PERMITEE.
READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING.
UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM.
MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR A SUBCONTRACTOR WHO HAS DONE WORK FOR THE PAYEES.
[34. 24-55043 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Section 18.04.070 relating to the requirement and responsibility of permittee, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ALL RIGHT.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
SEEING NONE MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
UM, UH, NOW LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO.
FIRST SPEAKER IS JESSICA MARTINI, KELLY STRODEL, AND MIKE ROCO.
CAN ALL THREE OF MY SPEAKERS PLEASE LINE UP IN THAT ORDER? JESSICA KELLY AND MIKE.
WHAT? YEAH, THOSE ARE MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE COMING DOWN.
UM, I PUT 'EM IN 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING.
BUT ANYWAYS, UM, WE LIVE, WE ARE AT 1187.
ACTUALLY, I SPOKE TO YOU AT THE BIXBY PARK COMMUNITY MEETING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
SO WE ARE ON THE HOA OF 1187 EAST THIRD STREET.
RIGHT NEXT TO US IS A SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT, WHICH IS, IT'S JUST OUTTA CONTROL, IT'S MADNESS.
WE HAVE, IT SHUTS DOWN AT FOUR 30, THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND THAT IS A CITY PARKING LOT, WHICH IS UNGATED UNGUARDED.
AND WE HAVE NONSTOP DRUG DEALING DRUG USE.
UM, THEY BREAK INTO OUR BUILDING, THEY VANDALIZE OUR PROPERTY, THEY TRESPASS.
THERE'S FIGHTING, THERE'S PUBLIC DEFECATION, IT'S NONSTOP.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO US, 3 3 3 ORANGE, WHERE I SEE THEM PURCHASING DRUGS FROM MY BUILDING AT TWO IN THE MORNING, AT 10:00 AM WE CALL THE POLICE EVERY SINGLE DAY WE'VE BEEN EMAILING
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THE CITY.MY NEIGHBOR KELLY, WHO'S ON HER WAY FOR TWO YEARS, SHE'S EMAILS THIS PERSON AND THAT PERSON.
EVERYBODY PASSES THE, THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
PARKS AND REC SAYS, TALKS TO THE POLICE.
THE POLICE SAYS, TALK TO THE CITY.
THE CITY SAYS, TALKS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND NOTHING GETS DONE.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE MAD MAX DOWN THERE.
IT'S, I HAVE PHOTOS OF LIKE THE SWAT TEAM
3, 3, 3, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, WHAT IS IT GONNA HAVE TO TAKE UNTIL SOMETHING'S DONE LIKE A SENIOR? I KNOW SENIORS THAT ARE AFRAID TO WALK THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING ASSAULTED.
IT'S THE DRUG DEALERS AND THE JUNKIES THAT ARE DOWN THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
EVERY SINGLE, THEY, THEY BLOCK OUR DRIVEWAY.
THEY HARASS OUR RESIDENTS, THEY THREATEN US.
WE HAD, WE HAVE TO KICK 'EM OUT LIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S, AND THE CITY DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S GETTING WORSE.
UM, SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
KAREN OF GREAT WITH THE GREAT PANTHERS, SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THAT'S, I DUNNO WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES, CITY TAXES, STATE TAXES, COUNTY TAXES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE EMAILED THE HEAD OF PARKS AND REC AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS LIKE A MONTH AGO.
WE'VE BEEN EMAILING PARKS AND REC FOR LIKE TWO YEARS AND EVERYBODY'S JUST LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW.
TALK TO THIS PERSON, TALK TO THAT PERSON.
BUT IT'S, OUR BUILDING HAS HAD TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO NEW DOORS.
OUR GARAGE HAS, HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO.
THAT'S NOT COUNTING ALL THE PUBLIC, ALL THE PRIVATE, UH, BELONGINGS THAT ARE STOLEN FROM THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY GET.
THEY BUY DRUGS AT 3, 3, 3 ORANGE, COME TO OUR ALLEY IN THE PARKING LOT, DO THE DRUGS AND BREAK IN TO STEAL THINGS, TO SELL IT, TO BUY MORE DRUGS.
WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, WE WERE HERE LAST MONTH.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'VE, YOU, YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW KELLY SO WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, WE WILL BE SETTING UP A, A MEETING WITH ALL THOSE FOLKS IN THE ROOM, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, MIKE, I THINK.
KELLY'S DRIVING HERE NOW, SO, OKAY.
MIKE AND JESSICA'S ALSO NOT IN THE AUDIENCE, I BELIEVE.
WELL THAT CONCLUDES, UM, OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO.
AND, UM, SO NOW WE ARE AT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, ANY, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? YEAH, I HAVE, HEY, COUNCILMAN, UH, SUPERAL.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UM, MEGAN KERR.
ACTUALLY, I SEE JOANI BEAT ME.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR THIS WEEKEND I INVITE YOU ALL TO CELEBRATE ARTS MONTH
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AT THE B K'S MONTHLY.FIRST FRIDAY'S ART WALK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4TH FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 30, YOU CAN START AT THE EXPO CENTER AND STROLL UP AND DOWN ATLANTIC AND ENJOY ART, LIVE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, RESTAURANTS, BREWERIES, AND MORE.
AND ON SATURDAY, OUR OFFICE IS PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, TO HELP YOU DISPOSE OF LARGE, BULKY, DIFFICULT TO DISPOSE OF ITEMS THAT YOU MAY HAVE CLEANED OUT IN THIS FALL SEASON.
SO COME TO, UH, ONE OF THE THREE DUMPSTERS LOCATED AT THE EXPO, ART CENTER, PAN AM PARK, OR WARDLOW PARK, UH, TO HELP CLEAN UP YOUR HOME AND AREA.
AND LASTLY, ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, I INVITE YOU ALL TO WILLOW SPRINGS PARK FOR THEIR LATEST EXPERIENCE, HISTORY IN THE PARK FROM 10:00 AM TO 12.
TAKE A GUIDED TOUR OF THE PARK WHILE DELVING INTO THE DEEP HISTORY AND THE JOURNEY TO RESTORATION OF ONE OUR CITY'S MOST NATURAL SPACES.
THANK COUNCILWOMAN JONI, RICK ODI.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT, UH, THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3RD FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM TO THE HOUGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, THEY'LL BE HOLDING THIS MEETING AT 63 0 1 MYRTLE AVENUE.
UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO CONTACT MY OFFICE, UH, AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UH, ADDITIONALLY ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU OUT TO THE NAM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.
UH, THEY WILL BE MEETING FROM SIX TO 7:00 PM AT THE TERIYAKI GRILL, LOCATED AT 1230 EAST ARTESIA BOULEVARD, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, EVERYONE OUT TO, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE'S COMMUNITY DAY AT THE QUEEN MARY.
UM, THAT WILL BE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM UM, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY THERE AGAIN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE, UM, AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7, OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
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THANK YOU.I ASK THAT WE CLOSE, UH, TONIGHT'S MEETING IN RECOGNITION OF THE 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH BY CHRIS GARNER.
UH, CHRIS IS A LONGTIME GENERAL MANAGER OF, UH, GAS AND WATER.
ALSO SERVED STINTS AS, UH, INTERIM DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC WORKS OVER THE YEARS.
SO, UM, WE JUST THANK HIM FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND TO CHRIS, PLEASE ENJOY A LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.
UM, AND, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY OCTOBER 1ST IS THE BEGINNING OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
SO JUST REMEMBER TO GET YOURSELF CHECKED, UM, AND WE'RE, THEY'RE STARTING EARLY FOR IN THE FORTIES.
SO, UM, SO PLEASE, UM, YOU CAN, UH, SAVE YOUR LIFE FOR SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO GET SCREENED.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, ALL THE COUNCIL COMMENTS.
AND I, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.