Oct 30, 2024 Transactions and Use Tax Citizens&#39; Advisory Committee

CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? THE MOVE? OKAY.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY, UH, A MEMBER EMMY AND THEN SECONDED BY OCHOA.

UM, CLERK, UH, CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE AND MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

UH, BEING NONE, CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTED MEASURE A FISCAL YEAR 25 PLAN MADE AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET.

UH, CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM NUMBER TWO

[2. 24-55370 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the City Council’s adopted Measure A FY 25 plan, made as part of the Fiscal Year 25 Budget. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

UH, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER OCHOA AND SECONDED BY MEMBER EMMY, UM, STAFF.

IS THERE A REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? OKAY.

CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR ANY PUBLIC ITEM.

UH, COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.

AND MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, I, I'M GONNA MAKE A QUICK LITTLE COMMENT.

, UH, I MEAN, THIS IS AFTER THE FACT.

A LOT OF US KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST REVIEWING THIS AFTER IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN, IN THE FUTURE.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON, HOW WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT INTO THE PROCESS.

UH, SO I GUESS IF THERE'S NO, UH, OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE BY THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE ON AN UPCOMING REVIEW OF MEASURE A FUNDS SINCE INCEPTION AND HIGHLIGHT OF MEASURE A FUNDED PROJECTS.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT CARRIES, UH, CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE?

[3. 24-55371 Recommendation to receive and file an update by the City Auditor’s Office on an upcoming review of Measure A funds since inception and highlight of Measure A funded projects. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

YAY.

CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? WELL, WE'RE MOVING QUICK.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, MOVED BY MEMBER OCHOA AND SECONDED BY MEMBER EMMY, UH, STAFF.

IS THERE A REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? YES, WE HAVE ALVIN CHU FROM THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF REPORT.

THANK YOU MR. CHU.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS ALVIN CHI.

I'M A DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR IN THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T SEE ME LAST TIME I WAS HERE PRESENTING IN THE AUGUST MEETING.

UM, SO FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY THAT WE HAD SENT OUT SUBSEQUENT TO THE AUGUST MEETING.

THE SURVEY WAS REALLY INTENDED TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE, UM, FEELS HAS BEEN WORKING AND WHAT ARE POTENTIAL AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

UH, WE HAD ALSO SENT THE SURVEY OUT TO PRIOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO, UH, THAT SURVEY HAS SINCE BEEN CLOSED, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN STILL COMPLETING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UH, AND I CAN REOPEN

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THAT SURVEY.

WE RECEIVED A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESPONSES.

UM, ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THIS.

UH, WHILE MY PRESENTATION TODAY MAY BE RATHER BRIEF, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR A STATUS UPDATE.

IT SHOWS TO ME THAT THERE'S DEDICATION ON YOU AND YOUR BEHALF TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS A CITY WITH RESPECT TO THESE MEASURE A FUNDS.

SO, IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR REPORT, UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, OR THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR ENDED, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

IT IS OUR DESIRE TO PRESENT THESE FY 24 NUMBERS AS PART OF OUR REPORT.

OTHERWISE, WE WOULD ONLY BE PRESENTING UP TILL FISCAL YEAR 2023, AND THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH OF A GAP BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STAFF.

OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FISCAL YEAR 24 NUMBERS WILL BE FINALIZED IN DECEMBER, AND WE EXPECT THAT THE REPORT WOULD THEN BE RELEASED A FEW MONTHS THEREAFTER.

UM, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE REPORT ITSELF, BUT REALLY IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION, WE WOULD WANT TO WAIT FOR THE FY 24 NUMBERS.

THAT IS BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS REPORT.

I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE.

UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM FIRST, BEFORE WE, UH, ALLOW THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COMMISSION CLERK, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.

MEMBERS, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? BOB? JAN? NO.

UM, OH, NO, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE, THE CITY AUDITORS, NO.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SINCE I GUESS I'M LAST ON THE LIST, , UM, SO YOU SAID A A COUPLE OF MONTHS, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS.

WILL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GLANCE AT IT AND SEE, UH, I GUESS, 'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SCOPE IS JUST TO REVIEW THE PAST EXPENDITURES THAT CAME THROUGH THAT THEY WERE APPROPRIATELY ALLOCATED AND, AND SPENT PER THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, UH, UM, UH, UH, I GUESS RULE OR LAW.

AND THEN, AND THEN FROM THERE TO JUST MAKE A PRESENTATION IN GENERAL.

UH, THE SCOPE WAS ACTUALLY TO LOOK AT BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.

UM, SO THE, THE REPORT WILL FOCUS ON BOTH OF BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION.

AND WILL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE REPORT BEFORE IT GOES OUT? WE PLAN TO SHARE A DRAFT OF THE REPORT WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I PRE I PROVIDED A COPY OF A SIMILAR STYLE REPORT THAT OUR OFFICE HAD PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED.

UM, AND IT REALLY HAD SOME BASE INFORMATION LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY, HOW MUCH REVENUE WAS GENERATED, OR WHAT THE EXPENDITURE TYPES OF PROJECTS THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE USED ON.

UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE REPORT ITSELF, UM, I WOULDN'T CHARACTERIZE IT AS A STANDARD AUDIT REPORT WHERE IT'S A BUNCH OF TEXT AND IT SAYS, HERE ARE FINDINGS AND HERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS.

IT IS A OVERALL IMPACT REPORT THAT SHOWS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL WHAT MEASURE A HAS BROUGHT IN FOR THE CITY AND HOW THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT.

FUTURE PROJECTIONS THAT W THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR REPORT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DIRECT TOWARDS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND STAFF TO, UM, TO ANSWER.

AND, AND THAT I'M, I MEAN, I'M SURE THAT ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO SEE IT.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN QUESTIONING FOR THE PAST YEAR KIND OF ITS FORMAT AND TRANSPARENCY AS ITS PRESENTATION TO, TO, UM, THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M HOPING THAT WE GET TO SEE IT BEFORE AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT IT COULD BE BECOME PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IN, IN, SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ANTICIPATING AND GOING BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTIONS.

'CAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE FOR THE NEXT FEW FISCAL YEARS.

AND ONCE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO COUNTY MEASURE A, WE WILL KNOW WHAT OUR RESOURCES LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUTURE YEARS.

UM, BUT, BUT THE HOPE IS TO USE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN PROJECT IT OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING.

I, I THINK IN, IN TERMS OF

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WELL, I, I THINK WE'RE FINE.

I THINK ONCE YOU DO IT, THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST OF STAFF TO THEN JUST FORECAST IT IN THE SAME FORMAT SO THAT WE COULD USE IT.

UH, WITH THAT IS THERE, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, CLERK IS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CALL FOR A VOTE.

FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION REGARDING UPCOMING TRANSACTION AND USE TAX CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MEETING DATES, COMMITTEE PURPOSE AND DUTIES.

AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD NOW IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND READ ITEM FOUR.

ITEM NUMBER

[4. 24-55372 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation regarding upcoming Transactions and Use Tax Citizens’ Advisory Committee meeting dates, Committee purpose and duties. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER EMMY AND THEN SECONDED BY MEMBER OCHOA, UH, STAFF.

IS THERE A REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? YES.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS REBECCA BERNSTORFF, BUDGET MANAGER.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF DUTIES FOR CITY OF LONG BEACH COMMITTEES, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS GUIDED BY THE ADOPTED BYLAWS AND A REVIEW OF PROPOSED SCHEDULED TOPICS AND MEETING DATES.

THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S BOARD AND COMMISSION SYSTEM PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMISSIONERS TO INTERACT CREATIVELY WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, INTERESTS AND BACKGROUNDS.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMISSIONS ENSURE THAT A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWPOINTS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY ARE CONSIDERED WHEN COMMISSIONS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

COMMISSIONERS SHOULD TREAT THESE WIDELY VARYING VIEWPOINTS OF OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT, SO THAT ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COMMISSIONS, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND THEREAFTER, AT THEIR DISCRETION, MAKE FORMAL ADOPTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE T-U-T-C-A-C.

ACCORDING TO THE NOTED RESOLUTIONS, UH, BYLAWS, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CAC TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW THE CITY'S USE OF TUT REVENUE AND ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE USE OF TUT REVENUE.

ALL ACTIONS OF THE CAC SHALL BE ADVISORY ONLY EXCEPT FOR THOSE MATTERS WHERE FINAL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN ASSIGNED BY ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE NEXT THREE SLIDES COVER THE DUTIES AS OUTLINED IN THE BYLAWS OF THE CAC.

THE DUTIES OF THE CAC SHALL BE TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW THE CITY'S USE OF TUT REVENUE AND ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE USE OF TUT REVENUE.

THE CAC SHALL ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE USE OF TUT REVENUE AS CONFORMING WITH THE INTENT OF RESOLUTION NUMBER RES DASH 16 DASH DASH 0 0 1 8, PRIORITIZING SPENDING.

AND WITH THE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE BALLOT MEASURE EXPRESSED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER RES DASH 16 DASH ZERO SEVEN, THE CAC WILL PRESENT REPORTS ON THE RESULTS OF ITS ACTIVITIES AT MINIMUM, AN ANNUAL REPORT WRITTEN OF ITS ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BE PRESENTED.

THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REPORT ARE OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 2.18 OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND LISTED IN FURTHER DETAIL ON THIS SLIDE.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE NAME OF THE BODY, ITS OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS, A REFERENCE TO ALL REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, NUMBER OF MEETINGS HELD, ATTENDANCE, RECORDS OF ALL MEMBERS, NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, CONDUCTED AMOUNT OF MONEY, IF ANY, EXPENDED IN SUPPORT OF THAT BODY, A LIST OF CITY PERSONNEL WHO REGULARLY ASSIST THAT BODY.

AND A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER THAT BODY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED, MODIFIED, OR CONTINUED.

ADDITIONALLY, TO ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE, THE CAC MAY ENGAGE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES.

RECEIVE AND REVIEW PERIODIC REPORTS PREPARED BY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF THE TUT REVENUES.

RECEIVE AND REVIEW COPIES OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS AND ANY ASSOCIATED AUDITS.

REVIEW PROJECTS FUNDED WITH TUT REVENUE AND RECEIVE PERIODIC UPDATES FROM CITY STAFF ON THE STATUS OF THOSE PROJECTS AND PROVIDE PERIODIC REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE CITY'S USE OF TUT REVENUES.

WHEN A COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE WISHES TO TRANSMIT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THEY WORK WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT STAFF LIAISONS TO SUBMIT A MEMORANDUM TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE BODY OF THE COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE, AND THE MEMORANDUM TO THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE PLACED ONLINE ONCE TRANSMITTED.

THIS ENSURES TRANSPARENCY AS THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR MAY THEN ADD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE TO A COUNCIL AGENDA IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

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CITY MANAGER CAN ALSO SPONSOR THE ITEM AT HIS DISCRETION.

WITH THAT OVERVIEW OF THE TU UT CACS DUTIES AS OUTLINED BY THE BYLAWS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF COMMITTEE TOPICS AND MEETING DATES FOR 2025.

THE BOLDED BULLETS DENOTE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CAC AS A PART OF BYLAW DUTIES, AND THAT INCLUDES SPECIFICALLY THE ANNUAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORT, THE FISCAL YEAR AND BUDGET REVIEW, REVIEWING THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THEN REVIEW OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

SO THIS SHOWS THAT OUTLINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND FISCAL YEAR 24 YEAR END.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATIONS AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, MS. HOWARD CHAIR? YES.

UM, ON THE SLIDES ON PAGE THREE, THE TOP SLIDE, UM, DUTIES CONTINUED, UH, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OF THE REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? IS THERE A A CERTAIN RECURRING TIME OF YEAR THAT THAT HAPPENS? YES.

COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, USUALLY THAT REPORT COMES IN THE MARCH MEETING, WHICH IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

AND WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO FILE AND POST IT PUBLICLY BY, I BELIEVE, JUNE.

SO IT WORKS OUT TO HAVE THAT, UH, BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE IN THE MARCH MEETING.

BUT, BUT THEN WHEN DOES IT GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL? UH, AFTER APPROVED.

SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE, UH, COMMITTEE, WE SUBMIT IT ONLINE AS A MEMORANDUM.

AND THEN IF THAT IS BEING, UM, IF THAT IS BEING, UM, WHAT IS IT, UM, SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, SHOULD MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION BE AT THAT, UH, OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMISSION BE AT THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS PART OF THAT? UH, GOOD QUESTION.

FOR THE, UH, ACTUAL REPORT, IT IS POSTED ONLINE AS A MEMORANDUM.

IT'S NOT ACTUALLY GENDERIZED ON THE, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA.

IT'S MORE POSTED FOR THE PUBLIC NOTICE.

AND THE, UH, COUNCIL FORWARDED TO THE COUNCIL TO SEE.

OTHER MEMBERS.

CAN I ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS TOO THEN? UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME ON THE DATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS SUPPOSED TO PUT OUT A, A BUDGET TO THE, UH, MAYOR AND THEN WHEN THE MAYOR IS TO ISSUE OUT A BUDGET, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO THE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL? YES.

UH, THE CITY MANAGER IS TO SUBMIT HIS PROPOSED CITY MANAGER BUDGET AND THE CIP BUDGET NO LATER THAN JULY 3RD.

AND THEN THE MAYOR, UH, HAS JULY AND AUGUST, SO NO LATER THAN AUGUST TO PUBLICLY SHARE THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET AND HIS RECOMMENDATIONS ON TOP OF THAT.

AND THEN A BUDGET CANNOT BE ADOPTED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 15TH.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY THEN, SO THE MAYOR BEFORE AUGUST 20TH OR AFTER AUGUST 20TH, WOULD THEY BE SUBMITTING THE BUDGET TO COME? UH, NO LATER THAN AUGUST 2ND, NO LATER THAN AUGUST 2ND.

SO THEN ON AUGUST 20TH, BY THAT TIME, THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY GIVEN SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL.

UH, SO AUGUST 20TH IS NOT A DATE.

IT'S JULY 3RD IS WHEN IT, THE CITY MANAGER WILL SHARE IT WITH THE MAYOR, THEN THE MAYOR WILL SHARE IT PUBLICLY NO LATER THAN AUGUST 2ND.

AND THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET CANNOT BE LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 15TH.

ALRIGHT.

SO THEN, UH, GOING BACK TO OUR DATES.

YOU'VE GOT THEM UP THERE.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THE, THE MARCH 19TH MEETING, OUR INTENT IS AT THAT TIME TO BE LOOKING AT THE FISCAL YEAR, 24 YEAR END INFORMATION, ASSESSING AGAIN WHETHER EVERYTHING WAS CLASSIFIED PROPERLY.

HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE SHOULD ALSO GET THE AUDITOR'S REPORT AND WE CAN KIND OF MERGE THOSE TWO TO KIND OF FORECAST OR PROJECT EVEN THE FUTURE FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COMMISSION TO AT LEAST PRESENT THAT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT WHEN HE PREPARES HIS BUDGET TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE MAYOR, THAT AT LEAST HE SEES VIA OUR EYES, HERE'S THE WAY THE EXPENDITURES ARE, HAVE BEEN SPENT PER THE CITY AUDITOR, HERE'S WHERE, BASED ON THE LAST FORECAST, WHERE WE THINK IT'S GOING, SO THAT AT LEAST HE KNOWS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION

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WITH.

SO WOULD WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL ON THE MARCH 19TH MEETING IN ORDER TO HAVE SOMETHING SO THAT WE OFFICIALLY CAN PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE CITY MANAGER? 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE THAT, RIGHT? YES, YOU CAN SUBMIT SOMETHING ON MARCH 19TH, AND THAT WOULD BE A REVIEW OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR'S, UM, FISCAL YEAR 24 0 IN BUDGET REVIEW.

AND THAT ALSO IS A REPORT FROM US THAT WILL SHOW THE SURPLUS OR DEFICIT THAT WE ENDED THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR IN.

THAT WILL SET THE TONE FOR HOW WE BUDGET INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THEN AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, SINCE THIS IS, UH, BEFORE THAT MEETING, WOULD WE AGENDIZE THAT, UH, TO BE, YOU KNOW, SO AFTER THE CITY, 'CAUSE WE NEED TO SEE THE CITY AUDITORS FIRST AND THEN FORECAST THE REST SO THAT WE CAN THEN SAY, WE WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO SEE THIS AND, AND TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN, UM, UH, HE HE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MAYOR.

AND THEN ON THE AUGUST 20TH, THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY IN BETWEEN SO THAT IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT MEASURE A USE OF FUNDS, WE, BY THAT TIME, WE HAVE A MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, DISCUSS IT, AND SHOULD WE AGREE, WE CAN SAY, YAY, WE AGREE.

AND IF WE DON'T AND WE WANNA SAY SOMETHING ELSE, WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT SOMETHING SWITCH.

PERFECT.

WELL, I LOVE THIS NEW MEETING CALENDAR, .

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, LISTENING TO US AT THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND GIVING US SOMETHING THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS.

UM, WITH THAT, LET ME JUST RETURN BACK TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND IF NOT, OKAY.

A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT USE OF MEASURE A FUNDING AND FISCAL YEAR 2024.

WELL THEN, UH, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

SO, UM, MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND CLERK, WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

IF YOU CAN PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.

YES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS

[5. 24-55373 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Long Beach Fire Department use of Measure A funding in Fiscal Year 24. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER HOWER AND SECONDED BY OCHOA, UM, STAFF.

IS THERE A REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? YES.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF HARDEN AND MARA VENTURA.

OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CRUZ AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

MY NAME IS MARA VENTURA AND I'M THE CHIEF OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I'M CO-PRESENTING TODAY WITH DEPUTY CHIEF JEFF HARDEN, WHO OVERSEES OUR FIRE OPERATIONS BUREAU.

TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL HIGHLIGHT MEASURE A FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF INVESTMENT, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE.

FIRST, WE'LL RE WE WILL, WE WILL REVIEW MEASURE A FUNDS USED TO RESTORE FIRE SERVICES THAT WERE ELIMINATED DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.

SECONDLY, WE WILL COVER MEASURE A FUNDS USED TO MAINTAIN FIRE, STAFFING AND SERVICES.

AND THIRD, WE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

BEFORE WE DISCUSS CURRENT MEASURE A INVESTMENTS, WE DID WANNA TAKE, UM, THE TIME TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE OF VERY HIGH LEVEL AND HISTORIC SUMMARY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES.

ON THE SLIDE, WE HAVE INCLUDED A GRAPH OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S SWORN BUDGETED STAFFING LEVELS STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2009 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2024.

JUST AS A NOTE, UM, FIRE SWORN IS A TERM THAT WE USE TO DESCRIBE ANY EMPLOYEE WHO SERVED AS A FIREFIGHTER AND PROGRESSED THROUGH VARIOUS SPECIALTY SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT RANKS.

SO FIRE SWORN REFERS TO OUR FIRST YEAR ENTRY LEVEL FIREFIGHTERS UP TO THE RANK OF FIRE CHIEF.

IT IS THROUGH THESE RANKS AND CLASSIFICATIONS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DELIVERS ITS CORE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO FOCUSING BACK ON THIS CHART, WE CAN SEE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 2009, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING PEAKED THAT 438 FIRE SWORN NUMBER.

YOU SEE AT THE VERY, UM, LEFT WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE CITY'S RECENT HISTORY.

SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE GREAT RECESSION OCCURRED AND WE SEE CONSECUTIVE CUTS TO FIRE POSITIONS AND SERVICES.

WE DID REACH A LOW IN FISCAL YEAR 13, AND STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 14, WE START TO SEE RECOVERY.

SINCE ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 2019, THE FIRE SWORN STAFFING LEVEL HAS STABILIZED AND HOVERS JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 400 FIRE SWORN POSITIONS.

ANOTHER ITEM TO NOTE DURING THIS TIME IS THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 2009, OUR 9 1 1 FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS NEARLY

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49,000 CALLS FOR THE WHOLE CITY.

AND IN FISCAL YEAR 24, IT CAME IN AT 64,009, ONE CALLS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICE CUTS AGAIN AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION, AS YOU CAN SEE, IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE THROUGH FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS DURING THAT TIME, MULTIPLE RESOURCES INCLUDING A FIRETRUCK, SEVERAL FIRE ENGINES AND AN AMBULANCE WERE ELIMINATED.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGETARY CHANGES YEAR BY YEAR.

AND IN THE VERY RIGHT HAND COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE WHICH SERVICES WERE RESTORED BY MEASURE A AND THE FISCAL YEAR WHEN THE UNIT WENT BACK INTO THE SERVICE TO TO THE COMMITTEE.

WE HOPE THAT THE, THIS OVERVIEW WAS HELPFUL FOR YOU.

AND NOW I WILL, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY CHIEF HARDEN, WHO WILL DISCUSS CURRENT MEASURE A INVESTMENTS.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M IN THE PROCESS OF LOSING MY VOICE, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THROUGH THIS LINE.

UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

SO I'M GONNA DISCUSS RESTORATION OF, UH, CITY AND FIRE SERVICES.

AND A COUPLE OF OUR RESOURCES, UM, ARE OUR, UH, TOP UNITS THAT WE TYPICALLY DISCUSS WITH THE MEASURE A FUNDS.

THE, UM, FIRE ENGINE EIGHT IS, UM, LOCATED DOWN THE BELMONT SHORE AREA AND THEY SERVE THAT COMMUNITY.

UM, THEY'RE, UH, FULLY STAFFED WITH FOUR PERSONNEL, UH, EACH DAY OF THE WEEK.

AND THERE'S THREE PLATOONS.

UH, THIS IS A TOTAL OF 12 PERSONNEL.

THERE'S, UH, THERE'S THREE CAPTAINS, THREE ENGINEERS, THREE FIREFIGHTERS, AND THREE PARAMEDICS IN TOTAL.

AND WE USUALLY, UM, WE IDENTIFY THESE UNITS AS A PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT UNIT, WHICH, UH, JUST REFERS TO IT, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A PARAMEDIC ON THAT ACTUAL, UM, UNIT.

UH, IT WAS ELIMINATED IN FISCAL YEAR 13, AND IT WAS RESTORED BACK TO SERVICE IN FISCAL YEAR 16.

UH, THE CALL VOLUME IS A LITTLE OVER 2,800 CALLS.

UM, IN THE LAST, IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UM, THERE WERE A LITTLE OVER 2200, UM, EMS MEDICAL CALLS AND 378 FIRE RELATED CALLS.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THOSE TWO NUMBERS DO NOT ADD UP TO THE TOTAL IN FISCAL YEAR 24.

THE INCIDENTS THAT ARE LEFT OUT ARE, ARE NON-FIRE RELATED CALLS, WHICH WOULD BE WIRES DOWN HAZMAT CALLS FOR SERVICE AND AND SUCH.

UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 12, THE YEAR PRIOR TO, UM, REMOVAL OF SERVICE, UH, THAT UNIT RESPONDED ON OVER 1900 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY WERE GONE.

THOSE CALLS GET, UH, ABSORBED BY THE SURROUNDING ENGINE COMPANIES, WHICH WOULD BE ENGINE FOUR, ENGINE 14, AND OTHER SURROUNDING UNITS.

THE NEXT, UH, ENGINE COMPANY WE'LL MOVE ON TO IS ENGINE 17, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR THE LAS CODY'S DIAGONAL ON STEARNS AND ARGONNE.

UH, IT'S STAFFED SIMILAR TO ENGINE EIGHT.

IT IS ALSO A PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT UNIT WITH THE SAME COMPLIMENT OF PERSONNEL ON THAT RIG.

UH, IT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN FISCAL YEAR 13, AND IT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE PARTIALLY IN FISCAL YEAR 19.

AND WHEN I SAY PARTIALLY, IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH MEASURE A FUNDS AND PARTIALLY THROUGH THE SAFER GRANT.

UM, AND THIS IS, UH, DELIVERED IN AN OVERTIME MODEL.

UM, THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT'S, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, CHEAPER TO FUND IT IN OVERTIME MODEL THAN TO PAY THE, UM, FULLY LOADED COST OF THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES FOR THAT POSITION.

UM, NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE ALL OVERTIME POSITIONS AT THAT UNIT.

THOSE, UM, POSITIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY WITH THAT UNIT.

UH, IT WAS ELIMINATED IN 2000 OR IN 2013 AND THEN RETURNED TO THE SERVICE AGAIN IN FY 19.

THEIR CALL VOLUME IS, UH, OVER FOUR FOUR, UM, 4,400 CALLS PER YEAR.

2200 OF THOSE ARE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS AND 481 OF FIRE RELATED.

AND AGAIN, UM, ALL OTHER INCIDENTS TO COMPLETE THAT TOTAL ARE NON-FIRE RELATED CALLS.

UM, IN FY 14, UH, JUST, UH, AFTER THE REMOVAL OF THAT UNIT, UM, THAT'S A DUAL HOUSE.

THERE'S A TRUCK COMPANY THAT'S ALSO LOCATED AT THAT STATION THAT TRUCK COMPANY TOOK ON ALL RESPONSES FOR THAT ENGINE COMPANY, WHICH IS RARE FOR TRUCKS.

TRUCKS USUALLY RESPOND ON LARGER INCIDENTS AND FIRES, AND THEY'RE NOT BUILT TO RESPOND ON THAT MANY CALLS.

THEY RESPONDED ON OVER 3,300 CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT YEAR, UH, ALONG WITH ENGINE 22, ENGINE 10 AND ENGINE 19 IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

AND THAT TRUCK DOES NOT CARRY, UM, THE 500 GALLON WATER TANK THAT ALL OF OUR ENGINES CARRY.

IT'S JUST TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT.

AND IN THAT FIRST YEAR, IN FISCAL YEAR 20, UM, 14, WE DID HAVE A STRUCTURE FIRE IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STATION.

UM, WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, RESOURCE, WHICH IS,

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UM, OUR PARAMEDIC RESCUE UNIT IN NORTHTOWN LONG BEACH.

UH, THEY'RE LOCATED, UM, ON ARTESIA IN ORANGE, AND THEY'RE STAFFED WITH SIX FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

UM, THERE'S TWO PER SHIFT, AND LIKE I SAID PRIOR, WE HAVE THREE PLATOONS.

UH, THEY TRANSPORT TO THE ALL THE LOCAL FACILITIES IN, IN AND OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH.

UH, WHETHER THAT'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ST.

MARY'S, LOS AL, UH, CERRITOS MEDICAL, LAKEWOOD REGIONAL AND AND OTHERS, SOMETIMES EVEN INTO SAN PEDRO.

UH, THEY WERE ELIMINATED IN, IN FYI 11 AND RESTORED TO SERVICE IN FISCAL YEAR 17.

UH, THEIR CALL VOLUME IS, UH, VERY HIGH.

IT'S, UH, OVER 4,400 CALLS OF SERVICE EACH YEAR OR IN THIS CURRENT YEAR.

UM, 38 OVER 3,800 WERE HIGH PRIORITY, UH, EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS.

AND OUT OF THOSE, OVER 1600 WERE TRANSPORTED TO THOSE HOSPITALS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN FISCAL YEAR 10, 20 10.

UM, THIS WAS THE YEAR, UM, PRIOR TO THEIR REMOVAL, THAT RESCUE WENT ON OVER 2,500 CALLS OF SERVICE.

AND THOSE CALLS WERE ABSORBED BY THE RESCUE, THE PARAMEDIC UNITS, UH, IN NORTHERN LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR OTHER, UH, RESCUES, UM, WHICH REALLY, UM, HAMPERS THIS SYSTEM WHEN WE HAVE A UNIT OUT LIKE THAT.

AND I'LL PASS THE NEXT SLIDE ON TO MARA.

AS I MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR PRESENTATION, MEASURING INVESTMENTS INCLUDE MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SWORN STAFFING, UM, LEVELS AND SERVICES.

UM, ALLOCATING MEASURE A TOWARDS MAINTAINING EXISTING FIRE DEPARTMENT POSITIONS WAS FIRST DONE IN FISCAL YEAR 2017, WHICH WAS THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF MEASURE A.

THIS ALLOWED THE CITY TO PRESERVE PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS AND SERVICES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD'VE BEEN ELIMINATED.

AS A HYPOTHETICAL ILLUSTRATION ONLY, UM, THE 44 POSITIONS THAT ARE MAINTAINED IN FISCAL YEAR 24 WOULD EQUAL TO THREE FIRE ENGINE COMPANIES AND TWO MERIT PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE RESCUES.

SO FOR ILLUSTRATIVE AND HYPOTHETICAL, UM, USAGE, UM, IF WE WERE TO ELIMINATE THESE POSITIONS, THOSE UNITS WOULD NOT BE IN EXISTENCE.

THIS JUST UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF MEASURE A AND THE BENEFIT THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES FROM FROM THESE FUNDS.

OKAY, THIS NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL DISCUSS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR FY 25.

FIRST OFF, I'LL START WITH FIRE STATION NINE.

UH, THERE'S NO OLD FIRE STATION NINE WAS LOCATED IN THE 3,900 BLOCK OF LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.

UM, WE HAD TO VACATE THAT POSI THAT STATION DUE TO WATER DAMAGE AND SOME SIGNIFICANT MOLD ISSUES.

WE REAL LOCATED OUR PERSONNEL TO FIRE STATION 16 IN, UM, SOME TRAILERS FOR A WHILE, UH, WHILE WE FOUND, UM, BETTER HOUSING FOR THEM.

AND THEN THEY WERE MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE OLD BOEING GYM, UH, OFF OF CHERRY ATLANTIC OR CHERRY ATLANTIC.

UM, THE NEW LOCATION FOR STATION NINE WILL BE ON, UH, 41 0 1 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.

UM, GREAT LOCATION.

TWO STORY WILL BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT LOCATION.

UM, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY BROKEN GROUND ON THAT LOCATION.

UH, STATION 14, UH, STATION 14 SHOULD BE DONE.

UH, THEY SAID TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, UH, A COUPLE THINGS BEING ACCOMPLISHED.

THERE IS THE WORK WORKFORCE PRIVACY RENOVATION.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT IS JUST GENDER ACCOMMODATIONS AND PROVI ACTUALLY PROVIDING MORE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL.

UM, THE TYPICAL DORM AREA OF THE OLD FIRE STATIONS WERE PREDOMINANTLY LIKE, UM, MALE FIREFIGHTER ORIENTED, LARGE OPEN SPACE, AND NOW THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL ROOMS, UH, AND BATHROOM FACILITIES.

UH, THEY ALSO, UM, BUILT A, UH, EXTERIOR GYM.

THEY MOVED THE INTERIOR GYM TO THE OUTSIDE, WHICH PROVIDES US MORE SLEEPING SPACE IN CASE WE HAVE TO REMOVE ANOTHER, UM, UNIT INTO THAT LOCATION.

OR, UH, IF WE STAFFED UP.

UH, IN ADDITION, THERE'S DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WAS OVERDUE.

UH, A COUPLE EXAMPLES WE'RE REPLACING THE, THE OLD AND DAMAGED SEWER LINES, UH, AT THAT STRUCTURE AND REMOVE AN OLD BOILER.

UM, THERE'S MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT UPGRADES SUCH AS SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF, UH, EV VEHICLE CHARGING, UH, AND, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS AND, UH, MANY MORE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT.

UH, LASTLY, THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED, UM, OFF OF STEARNS, WHERE THAT FIRE STATION 17 WAS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

UM, RIGHT NOW THE, THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS DESIGN AND, AND, UM, IMPLEMENTATION TO EXPAND THE TRAINING CENTERS FACILITY, NEW CLASSROOMS, OFFICES, AND ONCE AGAIN, WORKFORCE PRIVACY RENOVATIONS TO THAT FACILITY.

'CAUSE AS OF NOW WE DO, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR, UM, UM, THE DIFFERENT GENDERS.

UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED MOVING

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FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS.

AND THEN FY 25, THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UM, HAVE A TOTAL OF, UH, THREE POINT, UH, $39.4 MILLION.

SO AS A SUMMARY OF THE SLIDE SHOWS FISCAL YEAR 2024 MEASURE A SUPPORT FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S MEASURE A OPERATIONAL INVESTMENT INCLUDES NEARLY 2.3 MILLION FOR THE RESTORATION OF FIRE ENGINE EIGHT 1.1 MILLION FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE PARAMEDIC RESCUE AMBULANCE 12 AND 1.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE RESTORATION OF ENGINE 17 ON AN OVERTIME MODEL.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, 44 SWORN POSITIONS AT 10.1 MILLION ARE ALSO FUNDED BY MEASURE A AND THESE SERVICES TOTAL JUST OVER $15 MILLION OF INVESTMENT FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES IN ADDITION TO THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CIP FUNDING LEVELS.

IN CONCLUSION, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR, UM, THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE, UM, AS WELL AS THE FUNDS BY MEASURE A.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I'M SURE WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I DEFINITELY DO.

BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND FIRST ASK THE CLERK IF SHE CAN CALL FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT, CAN I PLEASE HAVE ANY ONE LINEUP IF THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FIVE MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THIS ITEM? MR. UH, OCHOA? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

UM, QUESTION ABOUT, WELL, BOTH QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT FIRE ENGINE 17.

COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT THE OTHER HALF OF OR WHERE THE OTHER HALF OF THE FUNDING CAME FROM FOR THAT? THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED, UM, A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, SO THAT IS FUNDING APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, OF THAT OVERTIME COSTS.

AND THEN SO MEASURE A IS FUNDING THE OTHER PORTION.

GOT IT.

I, I THOUGHT I HEARD GRANT, BUT I JUST WASN'T SURE.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, IS THAT OVERTIME MODEL SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF SATISFIED WITH IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR THE ENGINE OR, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, AND THIS IS REALLY GETTING AHEAD, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTION IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE MEASURE A FUNDING ONCE IT GOES BACK TO 1%.

WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE MODEL ON, UH, IN YOUR PROPOSAL FOR THE BUDGET? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S IN FISCAL YEAR 27, THAT ENGINE WILL BE FULLY FUNDED BY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

SO WE WILL TRANSITION TO THAT PLAN ONCE THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

AWESOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO? WELL, THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO USE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON EMERGENCY, AND I, THEIR SKILL IS FANTASTIC AND I SURE APPRECIATE THEM.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO I, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR SLIDE, I GUESS IT'S SLIDE 10 OR THE, THE VERY LAST SLIDE BEFORE.

I JUST WANNA KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND BEFORE I ASK THE QUESTION, I I WANNA SAY ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE SUMMARY OF HOW MEASURE A IS SUPPORTING FIRE SERVICES.

I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON POLICE SIDE.

UM, IT, WE, WE UNDERSTAND HOW THE MONIES CAN BE USED, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A BIG PICTURE OF LIKE WHAT YOU PRESENTED THERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU WERE AT WITH STAFFING, WHAT, UH, WHAT, WHAT DIFFERENT ENGINES YOU HAD AND WHAT LOCATIONS.

I MEAN, I WOULD LET LOVE TO SEE A MAP, IF YOU DON'T MIND, OF ALL THE, THE, THE ACTUAL ENGINES AND WHERE THEY WERE AT AND THEN, AND THEN WHICH ONES ARE GONE AND LIKE YOU SAY, WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN RESTORED HERE.

SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ON THE VERY SLIDE NUMBER 10, IT SAYS RESTORATION OF ELIMINATION ELIMINATED SERVICE FIRE ENGINE EIGHT, THAT 2.3 MILLION THERE, IS THAT FOR POSITIONS THEMSELVES? BECAUSE, BECAUSE IN THE SLIDE YOU SAY THAT IN ORDER TO RESTORE FIRE, THAT WAS 12.

SO WAS THAT 12 POSITIONS IN, IN ADDITION TO THE 44 OR IS THAT 12? SURE.

SO THE 44 POSITIONS WOULD'VE BEEN ELIMINATED.

SO THEY WERE SUSTAINED, UM, AND PRESERVED.

AND THEN, SO THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT BACK THAT WERE ELIMINATED, UM, AS PART OF OUR RECESSIONARY CUTS.

THE NEXT ONE, RESTORATION OF ELIMINATED SERVICE FOR 17, THE SAME THING, UH, THERE OR NO, THE PARAMEDIC RESCUE THERE, YOU BROUGHT SIX POSITIONS BACK RESTORED.

SO, SO THAT IS THEN, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT FIRE ENGINE EIGHT, THAT IS FOR PAYING 12 POSITIONS TO KEEP FIRE ENGINE EIGHT OPERATIONAL? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THEN IN

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AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS YOU'RE COVERING IT ON OVERTIME, SO NO NEW POSITIONS, BUT OVERTIME THAT, UH, MEASURE A IS PAYING.

AND I BELIEVE IN FISCAL YEAR 27, IT'LL BE 12 POSITIONS ADDED.

SO IN FISCAL YEAR 27.

SO THEN IN TOTAL, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S 62 POSITIONS? CORRECT.

44 POSITIONS SUSTAINED AND THE REMAINING WERE ADDED BACK INTO THE BUDGET.

SO THEN THE GROWTH FROM AT, AT FISCAL YEAR 13 YEAR LOW NUMBER WAS 3 74.

AND THEN NOW WE'RE SAYING YOU'RE, YOU'RE AT 4 0 4, SO INSTEAD OF 40 POSITIONS OR 30, THAT'S, UH, 30 POSITIONS THERE.

THE TOTAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 62 POSITIONS.

SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT OF THE 3 74, THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE GONNA BE, WE WERE GONNA GO LOWER THAN 3 74 AND IF IT WASN'T FOR MEASURE A MONIES, YOU WOULD'VE EVEN BEEN AT LOWER POSITIONS? LET ME SEE OUR STAFFING IN 2017 SPECIFICALLY, SO THAT BUDGET WAS, UM, WE HAD 392 FIREFIGHTERS IN THE BUDGET.

SO FISCAL YEAR 20 17, 392, THAT 3 92 INCLUDES, UH, APPROXIMATELY 40 FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE SUSTAINED AND PRESERVED.

SO IT, IT WAS LOWER THAN THE 3 6 74, WHICH YOU'RE SAYING IS YOUR LOWEST 'CAUSE MEASURE A KICKED IN IN FISCAL YEAR 14, CORRECT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS FISCAL YEAR 2016 OR FISCAL YEAR 2017.

THERE WERE SOME RESTORATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, SO SEPARATE FROM RE AS YOU SEE THAT GROWTH CURVE GO UP.

UH, I, I, I, I DO UNDERSTAND IT.

I WOULD PROBABLY LOVE TO JUST SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MEASURE A SUPPORTS OUR SAFETY AND AND SECURITY SO THAT WE THEN CAN BE THE ADVOCATES AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO HOW IT GOES OR BE, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH IT, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IT.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, I SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? I'D LIKE TO, UH, CHAIR CRUZ, IF I MAY.

UM, ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, INSTEAD OF PERSONNEL COUNT, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT IT WITH APPARATUS, UM, OVER THE LAST 15 OR SO YEARS, UM, NOT ONLY ENGINE EIGHT 17 AND RESCUE 12, BUT ENGINE 1 0 1 DOWNTOWN AND ENGINE 18, UH, HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED OVER THE YEARS.

SO WITH MEASURE A AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS PRIOR TO THAT, THAT ON THAT CURVE ON THE CHART, WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL UNITS BACK OUT OF THOSE FIVE.

SO WE HAVE ENGINE 17, ENGINE EIGHT AND RESCUE 12, BUT ENGINE 18 AND ENGINE 1 0 1 DOWNTOWN, WERE NEVER, UM, BROUGHT BACK INTO SERVICE.

SO WE'RE STILL SHORT THOSE POSITIONS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WITH, UH, THAT THEN I THINK, UH, CLERK, DO WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.

SO CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR VOTE? IT'S JUST TO RECEIVE IT, RIGHT? YES.

UH, A VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATE.

IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE OF MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

UH, CLERK, IF YOU CAN PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER.

WHAT ARE WE SIX NOW? YES.

ITEM NUMBER SIX

[6. 24-55374 Recommendation to receive and file an update of Measure A infrastructure projects. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED, UH, BY COMMISSIONER OCHOA AND SECONDED BY EMMY.

UH, LET'S, UH, MOVE ON.

CLERK CAN OH, STAFF.

IS THERE A REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS? OF COURSE THERE IS.

UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN BOLEN WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO PROVIDE THE REPORT.

UH, INVESTMENT TIMELINE TO DATE OVER $393 MILLION OF MEASURE A HAS BEEN COMMITTED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FY 17 AND FY 25.

WELCOME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CRUISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I'M JONATHAN BOLEN, BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

TODAY WE'LL REVIEW THE INVESTMENT MEASURE A HAS MADE IN OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE 2017.

FIRST, WE'LL REVIEW RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS SINCE THE LAST TIME PUBLIC WORKS GAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE, WHICH WAS TWO MONTHS AGO IN AUGUST.

WE WILL ALSO REVIEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

UH, SO THE ORIGINAL MEASURE A 2016 PLAN WAS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE INITIAL SEVEN YEAR,

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UH, THOSE INVESTMENTS, THE BUDGETS ARE LAID OUT ON THIS SLIDE BY CIP PROGRAM, AND WE'VE ALSO BROKEN OUT PUBLIC FACILITIES AS PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS, AND THEN OTHER PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS SUCH AS LIBRARIES AND HEALTH.

EXCUSE ME.

HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.

UH, 51 PARK PLAYGROUNDS COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARK FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

OVER 572 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.

UH, 316 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN SLURRY SEALED, INCLUDING 97 LANE MILES AND FY 24.

WE PLANNED TO SLURRY SEAL OVER 480 LINE LANE MILES THROUGH FY 27 AS PART OF THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.

20 AND A HALF MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED, OF WHICH 5.9 MILES WERE FORMALLY DIRT IN FY 24 ALONE.

OVER 7.6 MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED.

2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 160,000 SQUARE FEET AND FY 24 3,605.

CURB RAMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING 385 AND FY 24 AND 29.

PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING SEVEN FIRE STATION PROJECTS, NINE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS, AND NINE LIBRARY FACILITIES.

OH, AND SORRY.

UH, OF THE ORIGINAL 2016 PLAN TO DATE, 91% OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 10 PROJECTS REMAINING FROM THAT ORIGINAL PLAN, SIX OF WHICH ARE IN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION TODAY.

MANY MOBILITY PROJECTS ARE ONGOING DUE TO THE SCALE OF WORK TO DATE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE DIRT ALLEYS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL MEASURE.

A PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ALONG WITH 78% OF THE ARTERIAL STREETS, AND 97% OF THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH MANY MORE NEARING COMPLETION.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW MOBILITY PROJECTS COMPLETED IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

HERE'S AN ALLEY PAVING PROJECT BEFORE AND AFTER.

THIS IS ON LOMA AVENUE.

HERE IS AN ALLEY PAVING PROJECT BEFORE AND AFTER NEAR LINDEN AVENUE.

HERE'S AN ALLEY PAVING PROJECT BEFORE AND AFTER ON WEST 20TH, UH, TO WEST 21ST STREET.

AND HERE ARE SOME RECENTLY COMPLETED CURB AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS.

HERE'S LOMA AVENUE AND COLORADO STREET.

HERE'S THE SIDEWALK ON 46TH STREET.

HERE'S THE SIDEWALK ON JACKSON STREET BEFORE AND AFTER.

AND WE HAVE COMPLETED QUITE A FEW RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THE RECENT PAST.

HERE, UH, ARE A FEW.

THIS ONE IS CANTEL AVENUE BETWEEN PALO VERDE AND KNOXVILLE.

HERE IS FLINT AVENUE, BETWEEN COLORADO STREET AND PCH.

HERE IS JOSIE AVENUE BEFORE AND AFTER ON EL PROGRESSO AND CANTEL.

HERE'S KIN MOUNT STREET BEFORE AND AFTER ON HAL BRIGHT TO EAST END OF THE STREET.

AND OUR KRA AND SLURRY SEAL TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN VERY BUSY.

UM, THIS IS A RECENTLY COMPLETED KRA AND SLURRY SEAL PO PROJECT ON MONROVIA AVENUE NEAR FOURTH STREET.

AND ALSO OUR MAJOR AND ARTERIAL STREET TEAM HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK.

HERE IS A RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, MAJOR STREET VICTORIA STREET, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NEW HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS, UM, ON THAT HIGH, UH, CORRIDOR.

AND, UH, HERE IS ANOTHER RECENTLY COMPLETED MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET AT HARDING.

UM, ALL ALONG THE HARDING UH, STREET.

THIS ONE IS BY ATLANTIC, UM, NEAR HOUGHTON PARK.

AND AS STATED EARLIER, 51 PARKS PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.

THIS TOTALS OVER A $39 MILLION INVESTMENT OF COMPLETED PROJECTS.

WE DO HAVE TWO NEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY.

THE FIRST IS THE DRAKE RESTROOM REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

UM, AND THE SECOND TWO OR TWO AND THREE ARE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT DEFOREST PARK AND VETERANS PARK.

SO LOOKING AT DRAKE PARK, UH, THIS, UH, RESTROOM REPLACEMENT PROJECT INCLUDED A A BRAND NEW FREESTANDING PREFABRICATED RESTROOM BUILDING AT DRAKE PARK.

AND HERE ARE THE PICKLEBALL PICKLEBALL COURT CONVERSIONS, UH, AT DEFOREST AND VETERANS PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PLAYING SERVICES TO COMPETE AND PLAY IN THIS EXTREMELY POPULAR NEW SPORT.

29 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.

THIS TOTALS, UH, $13 MILLION INVESTMENT.

UM, WE DO HAVE TWO PROJECTS, NEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.

THE FIRST IS THE BLUFF PARK HISTORIC LAMPS PROJECT.

UH, THIS MAINTAINS THE BLUFF PARK HISTORIC LAMPS, UM, AND INSTALLED, UH, THESE HISTORIC STREETLIGHTS.

AND

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THE SECOND PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED IS THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION AND OPERATIONS FIRE ALARM UPGRADE PROJECT, UH, WHICH PERFORMED CRITICAL REPAIRS AT THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS CENTER AND THEIR FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.

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.

THESE INCLUDE 14TH STREET PARK LIGHTING AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, BAYSHORE LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MURAL AT HARVEY MILK PARK NEAR THE CITY PLACE, PARKING STRUCTURE, DAVENPORT PARK, UH, EXPANSION, JOE ROGERS FIELD AND LONG BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

AND, UH, WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR DAVENPORT PARK ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH AT 1:00 PM UH, WE ARE INVITING ALL MEMBERS OF, OF THIS COMMISSION TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.

THIS PROJECT DA DAVENPORT PARK, UH, PARK EXPANSION EXPANDS THE EXISTING FIVE AND A HALF ACRE PARK TO 11 AND A HALF ACRES.

THIS NEWLY EXPANDED PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDES A SPORTS FIELD, FITNESS STATIONS, OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, WALKING TRAIL, AND ADDITIONAL PARKING.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS HERE AND THE NEW SPORTS COURT OR SPORTS FIELD RATHER HERE.

AND LASTLY, UH, ONCE A YEAR DURING THE FALL, CAC MEETING MEASURE A BUDGET TRANSFERS ARE OUTLINED.

LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

STAFF ROUTINELY ARE CLOSING OUT MEASURE A PROJECTS AND ANY BUDGET SURPLUSES ARE REPURPOSED TO OTHER EXISTING PROJECTS IN NEED OF FURTHER BUDGET.

THIS SLIDE INCLUDES TRANSFERS FROM THE CRITICAL RESERVES TO FUND VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TRANSFERS WITHIN CIP PROGRAMS, TRANSFERS FROM RESERVES TO FULLY FUND PROJECTS SUCH AS FIRE STATION NINE, BAYSHORE LIBRARY, BURNETT LIBRARY, EL DORADO, DUCK POND, SILVERADO PARK FIELDS BASKETBALL COURT AND GYM IMPROVEMENTS, RAMONA PARK PLAYGROUND AND SILVERADO PARK PLAYGROUND.

THE UPDATED BUDGETS FOR THESE PROJECTS ARE REFLECTED ON THE MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET MATERIALS THAT WERE PROVIDED FOR THIS MEETING.

AND JUST A FEW, JUST A FEW MORE ITEMS. ONE IS JUST THE REMINDER THAT THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE IS LIVE AND CAN BE ACCESSED AT ELEVATE LB ELEVATE 20 EIGHT.COM.

THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE SERVES AS A COMMUNICATION HUB FOR ALL ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, INCLUDING UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT INFORMATION PAGES WHICH PROVIDE, UH, PROJECT SPECIFIC DETAILS SUCH AS SCOPE, BUDGET, LOCATION, TARGET, CONSTRUCTION DATE, COMPLETION DATE, AMOUNT OF FUNDING SECURED, CURRENT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, AND PROJECT FUNDING IDENTIFICATION.

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT INFORMATION IS UPDATED QUARTERLY AND THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE WILL OCCUR, UH, IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

NEXT, UH, IN A FEW WEEKS.

UM, NOW THAT THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING, UH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF ARE FINALIZING THE PROCESS TO BETTER COMMUNICATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INVESTMENTS OF THE INITIAL FY 17 TO 22 MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING STAFF WILL BE BRINGING AN UPDATE TO THE NEXT CAC MEETING TO OUTLINE THESE ENHANCED COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, INCLUDING A NEW DEDICATED WEBPAGE TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN IN MARCH.

UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE FROM PUBLIC WORKS WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON ALL ORIGINAL MEASURE A PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL PENDING COMPLETION, AS WELL AS A NEW ANNUAL REPORT WHICH WILL OUTLINE, UH, MEASURE A'S PROJECT BUDGET AND INCEPTION TO DATE ACTUALS FOR ALL PROJECTS.

AND THEN FINALLY, FINALLY, LASTLY, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO NEW GIS MAPS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND POSTED ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS WEBPAGE.

THE FIRST ONE SHOWS HERE, UH, SHOWN HERE SHOWS ALL STREET PROJECTS COMPLETED FROM FY 23 TO 22.

SO THE GREEN SHOWN HERE ARE ALL THE STREET PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD.

MORE EXCITING IS THE FY 23 TO 27 MAP.

AND SO WHAT'S SHOWN HERE, AND I ALSO BROUGHT THE POSTER BOARD IF, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH AND FEEL THE MAP AND, AND ACTUALLY SEE THE STREETS IN DETAIL.

UM, THIS, THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.

AND EVERY QUARTER WE'LL BE UPDATING THIS MAP, UH, TO SHOW WHAT STREETS OF THAT PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN THAT IS, THAT ARE, THOSE ARE ALL THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FROM THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.

AND WE'LL BE UPDATING THIS EVERY QUARTER AND, UH, PRESENTING IT TO THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO POSTING IT ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, WE CAN START OFF WITH THE CLERK ASKING FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY, ME IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM SIX, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM SIX.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, I HAVE SOMETHING OF COURSE, .

MEMBERS, ANY

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SO WHY DON'T WE, UH, I GUESS I JUST WANNA GET STARTED 'CAUSE I THINK I, I I'M THAT THE NUMBER, THE 3 93, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT 3 93 NOT ONLY INCLUDES THE CURRENT MEASURE A MONIES WE'RE RECEIVING, BUT DOES IT ALSO SHOW THE BOND MONEY? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THAT NUMBER, THE 3 93 IS ALL MEASURE A INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO IT'S THE MONEY WE'RE BORROWING FROM THE FUTURE TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO CAN YOU SEPARATE THAT AMOUNT OR DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE BOND VERSUS WHAT IS CURRENT FUNDS? OF COURSE.

YEAH.

SO DEPENDING ON WHAT FORMAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN, WE HAVE THAT DATA.

I WOULD, I WOULD AND, AND I THINK IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE CURRENT USE MONIES AND THEN BOND MONIES BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, THINGS IN MY EYES.

'CAUSE WE'RE BORROWING FROM THE FUTURE OF WHICH WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY BACK FOREVER BECAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT THIS MEASURE A ON OUR, OUR THING FOREVER UNLESS IT GETS REPEALED.

BUT WE HAVE ALL THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY BACK.

AND SO I DON'T WANNA CONFUSE CURRENT MEASURE A DOLLARS VERSUS BOND DOLLARS.

UM, UNDERSTOOD.

SO, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, I'M GONNA ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY ON ONE PROJECT, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I SEE THEM, BUT LIKE WHEN YOU SAY YOU RESTORED THE BLUFF PARK HISTORIC LAMPS, I THINK THAT WAS ON REFERENCE TO THREE AND THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED, WHAT DID YOU ACTUALLY DO THERE WITH PHASE THREE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT 550 K, MY UNDERSTANDING IS EACH ONE OF THOSE LAMPS COST ABOUT 10 K AND THEN TO INSTALL 'EM AND EVERYTHING, IT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 5K.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD'VE EITHER PUT IN 35, 40 NEW LAMPS OR YOU DID SOMETHING TO THE EXISTING LAMPS.

YEAH.

SO THAT, THAT 550,000, THAT'S JUST THE MEASURE A, THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE FUNDING THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.

UM, I WILL INTRODUCE MARILYN AKAS, OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU MANAGER, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT.

HELLO, MARILYN REIKIS WITH PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU, UM, COMMITTEE AND CHAIR.

SO THE, THE BLUFF, UH, PARK HISTORICAL LAMP POST PROJECTS IS ONGOING AND WE HAVE BEEN DELIVERING THE LAMPPOSTS IN PHASES.

UM, EACH PHASE THE COST OF THE LAMPPOST AND INSTALLATION DID GO UP.

SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU KIND OF LOOK AT PHASE ONE COMPARED TO PHASE THREE, IT'S NOT EXACTLY APPLES AND ORANGES.

UM, AND IN ADDITION TO JUST INSTALLING THE NEW LAMPPOSTS, WE ALSO DID SOME REPAIRS TO RUST THAT WAS ON THOSE HISTORIC LAMPPOSTS EXISTING AND NON-EXISTING.

SO PAINTING, UM, CHANGING OUT THE ACTUAL LIGHT FIXTURES INSIDE THE LIGHT POST.

AND ALSO A DA IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THERE WAS A FEW SPOTS WHERE WHEN WE WERE, UM, INSTALLING A LAMPPOST, UM, REPLACING AN EXISTING LAMPPOST WITH A NEW LAMPPOST BECAUSE OF, UM, THE LOCATION WE DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE, WE WANTED TO LEAVE IT BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT.

SO IF WE SAW A TRIPPING HAZARD ON THE SIDEWALK OR A CURB RAMP THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, WE DID THAT AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, THERE'S ONGOING WORK HAPPENING THERE, UM, WITH UNION METAL.

SO IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, A TRICKY ONE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY REALLY ONE PLACE TO GET THESE, UM, HISTORIC LAMPPOSTS.

SO AS THEY RAISE THE PRICES BECAUSE OF MATERIALS GOING UP, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO KEEP GOING.

UM, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE REPAINTING, THE A DA CONCRETE HARDSCAPE WORK I MENTIONED, THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME, UM, ADJUSTMENTS ON LIGHTING AND STUDIES, MAKING SURE THAT THE LIGHT IS IDEAL FROM LIKE A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, BUT NOT GLARING INTO THE HOMES.

SO WE ALSO HAVE BEEN INSTALLING SOME LIGHT SHIELDS WERE NEEDED.

UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE LITTLE NUANCES ON THIS ONE, AND I'M HAPPY TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE MORE OF A SUMMARY IF, IF NEEDED.

IF YOU WENT DOWN EACH ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU HAVE LISTED.

UH, I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SEE A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE THERE.

SURE.

AND THEN WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

SO LET ME TAKE THIS BACK UP A LEVEL TO BIG PICTURE AND ASK A QUESTION.

UM, AND, AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO RE-ASK IT, SEE IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY EN AGENDIZE A DISCUSSION OR CONVERSATION ON, UM, WHAT HAVE WE DONE.

SO I APPRECIATE LIKE THE MAP.

THIS IS A GREAT MAP THAT SHOWS, OKAY, HERE'S THE STREETS THAT WE DONE AND HERE'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.

SO MY QUESTION GOES,

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SO MOBILITY IS OBVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT STREETS, ALLEYWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AND RIGHT GUTTER, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

RIGHT.

SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF BIG PICTURE MEASURE THAT YOU TAKE? I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING A PLAN THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU REVISITED EVERY STREET, ALLEY, SIDEWALK, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY, AND THAT Y'ALL WOULD REDO OR FIX THEM, WHETHER THEY WERE SLURRIES OR TOTAL REDOS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF GENERAL MEASUREMENT THAT SHOWS CONDITION IMPROVEMENT OR NOT OF STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS.

IE THE CITY OF, OF LONG BEACH HAS X THOUSANDS OF MILES OF MAIN THOROUGHFARE, X MILES OF THIS THOROUGHFARE, DA DA DA.

HERE'S THE PERCENTAGE WE'VE DONE AND HERE'S THE CONDITION OF THOSE, UH, UH, STREETS, DA DA DA DA.

YES.

SO FOR OUR STREETS, WE HAVE A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE UPDATE EVERY TWO YEARS WITH AN UPDATED INDEX OF THE STREET CONDITION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND IF YOU CLICK ON YOUR STREET, YOU CAN SEE IN 2017 IT WAS A 60.

IN 2019 IT WAS A 55, YOU KNOW, THEN MAYBE IT GOT REPAID SO IT'S GONNA GO UP OR DOWN OR IT DIDN'T GET REPAID.

BUT YEAH, WE, WE HAVE ALL THAT DATA AND THAT, THAT IS AVAILABLE.

SO YOU ACTUALLY THEN WOULD HAVE A MEASURE OF YOUR STREETS AT AS OF PRE MEASURE, A HERE'S WHERE WE WERE AT AND TODAY HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO WE COULD SEE THAT FOR STREETS.

NOW, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR SIDEWALKS AND ALLEYWAYS, UH, FOR ALLEYS? YES.

UH, THAT IS PART OF OUR, OF OUR CONDITION INDEX.

UH, SIDEWALKS, NO.

WE, WE DID AN ASSESSMENT, UM, I BELIEVE IN 2019, BUT THERE IS NO CURRENT PLAN TO REDO THAT ASSESSMENT AS WE FOUND, I THINK $660 MILLION OF SIDEWALK NEED.

SO WE, WE ARE WORKING OFF THAT ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZING BASED ON THAT.

WHAT ABOUT OTHER FUNDS? OKAY.

I GUESS WHAT, WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD IS TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE OF HOW OFTEN WE'RE MEASURING THE STATE AND CONDITION OF ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS, AND THEN I'M ASSUMING PUBLIC FACILITIES, Y'ALL ARE DOING THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX.

RIGHT? AND SO HOW OFTEN ARE WE DOING THAT AND DO WE HAVE PLANS OF DOING AN FCI FOR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES? SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE LATEST FCI THAT YOU HAVE FOR ALL YOUR PUBLIC FACILITIES? YEAH, I, I THINK, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE, BRING AN ITEM SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AND BRING IN ALL THIS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UM, THAT PUT TOGETHER THESE, THESE REPORTS AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM FOR THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT.

THE, WE'RE, WE STILL HAVE, ARE OPERATING OFF OF THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED.

UM, I BELIEVE IN 2019.

2019.

SO WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT DONE ANOTHER ASSESSMENT SINCE THEN ON THE FACILITIES.

AND WHAT'S INDUSTRY STANDARD TO DO AN FCA APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10 YEARS.

EVERY 10 YEARS.

AND SO YOU DID ONE IN 2019 AND THEN THE ONE THAT WAS DONE PRE, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE, WE QUOTED IT A LOT DURING TRYING TO PASS MEASURE A.

WE KEPT ON SAYING, OH, OUR FCI IS TWO POINT SOMETHING AND THAT'S LOWER THAN AVERAGE.

AND, AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, WE'RE GONNA GET LOWER AND LOWER.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WAS WHAT I, 'CAUSE I REMEMBER HEARING THAT.

WE HAVE NO WAY OF MEASURING IT.

IN, IN WHEN I VOTED YES.

AND I VOTED YES AGAIN, BUT, SO, UM, WHEN WAS THAT? THE PRIOR ONE DONE? I BELIEVE THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING.

UM, AND OUR DIRECTOR RESPONDED, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE.

MARILYN, DO YOU KNOW THERE, THERE'S SOME, UM, RIGHT AROUND 20 2008 TO 2009 THAT I'VE SEEN.

BUT THEY WEREN'T, WE DIDN'T, PREVIOUSLY, PREVIOUS, UH, FCAS FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS WEREN'T DONE AT THE SAME COMPREHENSIVE LEVEL AS THE EFFORT WE DID IN 2018 AND 2019.

THEY WERE DONE MORE BY PROGRAM.

LIKE THERE'S QUITE A FEW EXISTING ONES OUT THERE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR FACILITIES, UM, THAT ARE THAT AGE BACK.

AND THOSE INFORMED, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AT THOSE FIRE STATIONS.

SO, UM, I, IT WAS, IT WAS SORT OF DONE BY PROGRAM IN THE PAST.

AND THEN THIS LAST, THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS DONE VERY COMPREHENSIVELY FOR ALL CITY OWNED FACILITIES.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION'S GONNA GO BACK TO STAFF IN GENERAL THEN.

SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET A REPORT ON THE CURRENT CONDITION OF EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES? AND WHAT'S THE, A REPORT THAT SAYS, HERE'S THE WAY WE MEASURE ITS CONDITION.

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WE HAVEN'T EVER MEASURED IT OR WE MEASURED IT HERE, BUT TELLING US, HERE'S THE LAST TIME WE MEASURED IT.

THIS IS, THIS IS INDUSTRY STANDARD.

HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND THEN I PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE A REGULAR ASSESSMENT.

'CAUSE IF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS EVERY 10 YEARS, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

BUT DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO BE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO BE MEASURING AGAIN ON 2029 AND THAT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, WE NEED TO START AT SO AND SO TIME AND YADA YADA YADA.

BUT, BUT A PLAN FOR MEASURING THE EACH CATEGORY, THE CURRENT CONDITION, AND HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE IT, WHETHER IT'S IMPROVING OR NOT, WITH THE USE OF MEASURE EIGHT FUNDS, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT REPORT.

SO WOULD THAT BE A, A UNIQUE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO IZE FOR DISCUSSION? YEAH.

, UH, AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, WHEN WE CALL FOR AGENDA ITEMS, UH, KEVIN WRIGHTER, CFO, UM, THE, THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AGENDAS.

'CAUSE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.

UM, AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA AT THE MARCH 20TH MEETING.

SO I GUESS I'M GONNA ASK THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

I MEAN, WE, WE, THE THREE OF US HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PAST AND DAVID WELCOME AGAIN TO THE CONVERSATION.

BUT AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A CURRENT STATUS CONDITION AND ARE WE BETTER OFF TODAY THAN WE WERE IN 2014? AND IS IT, DO WE HAVE A PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BETTER OFF IN FIVE MORE YEARS, FIVE MORE YEARS AND FIVE MORE YEARS THAT IT'S GETTING BETTER? JUST TO CLARIFY CHAIR, THE, UM, THE REQUEST, THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS HOW DOES PUBLIC WORKS GO ABOUT DOING THE ASSESSMENT? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY ON MARCH 20TH, ARE WE A BETTER OFF IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES? I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT THE MARCH MEETING WOULD JUST BE A PRESENTATION OF, HERE IS THE WAY WE MEASURE OR DON'T MEASURE.

HERE IS WHAT THE LAST TIME WE DID AND HERE ARE OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS OF WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A REGULAR A, A POLICY, A PROCESS, AN SOPI DON'T KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND JUST WHAT, HOW WE'RE DOING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GETTING THIS MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR, HOW ARE WE SPENDING IT TO PROVE THAT IT'S GETTING BETTER OR WORSE? EXACTLY.

CHAIR THAT THE MARCH 20TH DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE OUTLINING WOULD ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO FORMULATE AN OPINION, PERHAPS EVEN A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, OUGHT TO DIRECT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DO FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENTS AND PCI ANALYSES THAT IS MILES AWAY THAT, THAT'S PERFECT.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT FOR NOW TO START WITH .

SO, EXCUSE ME.

WE CAN ALSO IN THAT MARCH MEETING, GO THROUGH HOW THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE FUNDED.

'CAUSE SOME, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN IS FUNDED.

WE HAVE A ACTUAL STANDALONE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT.

SO THAT ONE WE LEGALLY HAVE TO UPDATE THAT EVERY TWO YEARS.

WHEREAS THE FCA WE FUND THROUGH MEASURE A, UM, INITIALLY.

SO PERFECT.

UH, IF, IF WE COULD INCLUDE THEN, SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT TAKE EACH CATEGORY YEP.

WHAT ARE THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS, WHETHER WE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DO IT OR NOT, HOW WE PAID FOR IT.

AND IF WE TRY TO DO IT IN REGULAR, WHAT WOULD IT COST US TO DO ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS? COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD.

UH, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER HOWER, UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOND MEASURES AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS COMMITTEE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

YES, IT IS.

COMMITTEE MEMBER.

UM, ON, SO, UM, ON PAGE ONE THERE WHERE IT SAYS THE, THE TOTAL 393 MILLION AND, UH, YOU SAID THAT THAT INCLUDED BOND, THAT'S ONLY THE PHASE ONE BOND PROCEEDS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS FY 23 BOND AND THE ADOPTED FY 25 BOND.

SO, OKAY.

AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S HOW MANY MORE TRANCHES? THE BOND COMING? UM, UH, THE FY 23 BOND ISSUE THAT HAS ALREADY WENT OUT THE DOOR WAS 60 AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED, YES.

THE BONDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, THE MONEY'S IN THE BANK AND IT'S BEING STEADILY, STEADILY.

I MIGHT ADD SPENT DOWN BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE NEXT TRANCHE IS SCHEDULED FOR THE SPRING OF 2025, AND THAT WOULD BE $87 MILLION.

AND THE FINAL TRANCHE IS SCHEDULED FOR THE SPRING OF 2027, AND THAT WOULD BE A FINAL $50 MILLION.

SO THE NUMBERS THAT JONATHAN WAS DESCRIBING INCLUDE THE FIRST TWO TRANCHES, 60 AND A QUARTER PLUS 87.

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I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOND, BUT I BOND ISSUES AND, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UM, RELEVANT FOR THIS TODAY'S DISCUSSION OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD MAYBE HAVE A LARGER PRESENTATION ON, UM, IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, THEN WE CAN ANSWER THEM.

WE CAN DISPOSE OF IT TODAY OR WE CAN DO A DETAILED PRESENTATION LATER.

UM, OKAY.

THAT'S UP TO THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.

WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AT TIME YET.

UH, UM, SO I'M, I'M ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO ABOUT, UH, HAVING A CONVERSATION OF THE FUNDING AND WHERE IT'S GOING.

AND I THINK IT CAN POTENTIALLY COME FROM OUR MARCH DISCUSSION, UH, IF WE CAN GET THE REPORT FROM THE AUDITOR AS TO WHERE WE SPENT THE MONEY BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL CURRENT DOLLARS, AND THEN HOW WE'RE PRESENTING THE FUTURE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEPARATE AND SHOW THE BOND MONIES AS, AS DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES OR DIFFERENT MONIES.

'CAUSE IT IS BORROWING FROM THE FUTURE.

AND, AND IF WE WANNA GET A PRESENTATION ON BOND, I'M, I'M OPEN TO JUST UNDERSTANDING.

YEAH, I, I'D LOVE TO SEE A, A LARGER PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HAD, AND REBECCA HAS BEEN FANTASTIC ABOUT ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

UM, MY FIRST QUESTION, MY FIRST CONCERN WAS, UM, THE, UH, UM, THE BONDS, AS REBECCA TOLD ME, THE BONDS WERE ISSUED ON THE FULL VALUE OF THE MEASURE A FUNDS, NOT JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE PORTION.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF MEASURE A FUNDS ARE GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT, UM, THE BONDS WERE ISSUED, THE SECURITY WAS BASED ON THE ENTIRE NO, REBECCA, THE BONDS WERE ISSUED AND THEY'RE BACKED BY THE FULL THREE, THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS OF THE GENERAL FUND.

OH, OKAY.

MEASURE AID DOESN'T GENERATE NEARLY ENOUGH MONEY TO SELL BONDS ALL BY ITSELF.

WE HAD TO PUT THE WHOLE GENERAL FUND BEHIND IT.

THE CITY COUNCIL MADE AN INTERNAL POLICY DECISION TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS OKAY.

FROM MEASURE A REVENUE.

BUT THE WHOLE GENERAL FUND STANDS BEHIND THE BOND ISSUE.

VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

UM, AND THEN REBECCA HAD INDICATED THAT THE INTEREST RATE WAS IN EFFECT OF 3.93%.

WAS THAT ON THAT FIRST TRANCHE? YEAH, THE SPRING 2023 TRANCHE, UH, 30 YEAR MATURITY LEVEL, ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, MEANING YOU PAY, WE PAID THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY YEAR FOR 30 YEARS.

3.93% TRUE INTEREST COST.

REBECCA IS CORRECT.

AND THEN WE'RE, I'M SURE WE'RE EXPECTING A HIGHER RATE FOR THE NEXT TRANCHE, .

OH, WOW.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.

LIKE , THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.

SHOULD I GO FOR IT? YES.

UM, MY, MY SEMI HUMOROUS ANSWER IS IF I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, I SURE AS HECK WOULDN'T BE WORKING HERE.

, I'D BE MAKING MY FORTUNE ON WALL STREET.

UM, THAT SAID, BY THE TIME THE BONDS ARE SOLD 6, 9, 12 MONTHS FROM NOW, WHO KNOWS WHERE RATES WILL BE.

UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OUT ON A LIMB AND PREDICT YEAH, THEY, THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE 3.93% THOUGH.

UM, YEAH, ONE NEVER KNOWS.

ONE COULD HOPE, I SUPPOSE.

ONE CAN HOPE ONE COULD, HOPE ONE CAN HELP.

UM, AND THEN, UM, 30 AND THEN REBECCA HAD INDICATED THEY WERE CALLABLE IN 10 YEARS, OBVIOUSLY 3.93%.

THAT'S VERY NICE.

WE PROBABLY DON'T WANNA CALL THAT ANYTIME SOON, BUT, UM, HIGHER INTEREST RATES, IT'S, UM, ALMOST TOO BAD.

IT'S A 10 YEAR CALL.

UM, WE COULDN'T HAVE SOLD THE BONDS IF WE HAD LESS THAN A 10 YEAR CALL.

THE MARKET WILL NOT ACCEPT THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET FOR TAX EXEMPT BONDS.

WON'T ACCEPT, UM, ANYTHING LESS THAN A 10 YEAR CALL.

ESPECIALLY ON A 30 YEAR MATURITY.

UM, AND THEN 30 YEAR, YEAR MATURITY.

THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION.

UM, WHAT HAPPENS IN 30 YEARS? UH, IN 30 YEARS, ASSUMING MEASURE A IS STILL IN PLACE, THEN THE DEBT SERVICE DROPS TO ZERO AND THAT BECOMES PAY AS YOU GO.

UM, CAPITAL OR OPERATING? UM, SUPPORT FOR MEASURE A, I MEANT FOR THE PRINCIPAL.

UH, WE PAY ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE EVERY YEAR.

SO YEAR 30 WILL BE THE LAST YEAR IN WHICH WE PAY DEBT SERVICE AND THE LAST OF THE BONDS WILL BE RETIRED.

THEN IT'S JUST LIKE A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOME.

SO IT'S, IT'S SAME STRUCTURE ADVERTISED DEBT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST DEBT.

ALRIGHT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

UM, I THINK WE NEED TO CALL THIS FOR VOTE CLERK.

TIME WE'LL TAKE ANY NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM, AT THIS

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]

SO IF WE CAN CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES NON-AGENDA,

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PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, JUST FOR CLARITY, IF WE WANT TO OFFICIALLY AGENDIZE, UH, THE CONVERSATION, IS THAT ALREADY RECORDED THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THOSE, THOSE TWO CON CONVERSATIONS? OKAY.

SO IT'S, IT'S THE ONE, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET AN UPDATE FROM CITY AUDITOR AND THE WAY THEY'RE PRESENTING IT AND THEN HOW TO MOVE FORWARD TO FORECAST THE FUTURE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THEN THE SECOND CONVERSATION IS GONNA BE ABOUT, UH, UH, ASSESSMENTS, CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, AND THEN DID WE WANNA ADD A, A BIG PICTURE PRESENTATION ON THE BONDS AND HOW THEY WERE PRESENTED AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR I THINK IT COULD BE USEFUL.

IT, WE CAN AGENDIZE THAT.

THEN AGAIN, JUST THE BIG PICTURE CONVERSATION AS TO WHERE THE BONDS ARE BECAUSE I, I, IT IS GONNA BE A BIG PART.

I SEE THAT IT BECOMES A VERY LARGE FOR DEBT SERVICING ON THE, ON THE FUTURE PROJECTIONS.

AND, AND BY THAT TIME WE'LL KNOW WHETHER COUNTY MEASURE A PASSES AND WE'LL HAVE BETTER INFORMATION AND MORE CLARITY BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA BE THE HIGHEST TAX RATE IN THE NATION IF IT PASSES.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE THE HIGHEST TAX RATE, WE CAN ALSO SAY WE'RE THE SAFEST CITY AND THE MOST WELL-MAINTAINED INFRASTRUCTURE CITY, OTHERWISE WE NEED TO BE FIRED.

UM, WITH THAT, I THINK IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, ADJOURN THE MEETING.

DOES THAT WORK? SO BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING WERE NOT, UH, RECORDED AS PART OF THE MOTION, BUT, UM, AS AUTHORITY OF THE CHAIR YOU CAN ENSURE THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE AGENDIZED FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.

PERFECT.

I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.

ALRIGHT THEN.

IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,

[ADJOURNMENT]

AT WHATEVER TIME IT IS, FOUR 17.

FOUR 17.