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RIGHT, MADAM CLERK WAS CALLED TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH ROLL CALL PLEASE.[CALL TO ORDER]
VICE MAYOR ALLEN.[ROLL CALL]
UH, WE'LL START WITH THE, THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE LED BY VICE MAYOR ALLEN.THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS
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WORLD, SO JUST, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST REFLECT ON, UH, THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU.IF YOU CAN STAND, IF FABLE FOR THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, CHANGE, JUSTICE PER FLIP.
WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOLKS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE.
WE HAD TWO WEEKS, UH, TWO WEEKS OUT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THE LAST MEETING OF THE, OF THE MONTH IS TYPICALLY DARK.
AND, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS ELECTION DAY AS A HOLIDAY.
SO THE LAST TWO TUESDAYS, WE WEREN'T HERE.
SO, SO WELCOME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WON'T HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER NA, COUNCIL MEMBER URANGA AND COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS OTI, UH, AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN WE'LL GET THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
WE'LL START WITH A PRESENTATION, UH, FROM SANDY LEVI AND THE LONG BEACH HUMAN IT TEAM.
OKAY, WE'LL POSTPONE THAT ONE.
AND WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER KERR FOR THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, A HUNDRED YEARS IS INDEED A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION FOR THE CAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR CAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
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ASSOCIATION FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO.UM, I BELIEVE TARA RIGG IS COMING UP FROM THE ASSOCIATION TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE REMARKS AFTER THAT.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
MY NAME IS TARA RICKY AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE CAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
TODAY I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT, CELEBRATING OUR CENTENNIAL, AND TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO REGARDING OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THIS UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAL HEIGHTS ESTABLISHED IN 1924, DEVELOPED AS PART OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING BOOM, AND ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO THE BIXBY RANCH FAMILY.
THE DISTRICT SAW SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT FALLING WORLD WAR I AND THE 1920S OIL BOOM WITH NEW HOMES CONSTRUCTED ON THIS SUBDIVIDED RANCH LAND.
TODAY, CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS IS LONG BEACH'S LARGEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED IN 1990, AND INCLUDES AROUND 1600 RESIDENCES.
OUR AREA IS KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL SPANISH REVIVAL, TUDOR REVIVAL AND COLONIAL REVIVAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLES LOCATED BETWEEN WARDLOW AND BIXBY AVENUE AND LYME TO GARDENIA AVENUE, WHO WE ARE.
WE ARE THE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE A DEDICATED GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORIC CHARM AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
ESTABLISHED IN THE LATE 1980S, CHNA EMERGED TO PRESERVE OUR ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY, ADDRESS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TO MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY'S OVERALL CHARACTER.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS SIMPLE, YET POWERFUL, EDUCATING THE PRESENT, PRESERVING THE PAST.
WE ADVOCATE FOR HISTORICAL INTEGRITY OF CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS.
CHNAS, CHA ORGANIZES NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS, PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH HISTORICAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTING PROJECTS ALIGNED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORIC CHARACTER.
WE, AS AN ASSOCIATION, ARE ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN EDUCATING RESIDENTS ON PRESERVATION GUIDELINES AND CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES FOR HISTORICALLY APPROPRIATE RENOVATIONS.
SINCE C-C-H-N-A HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT, SOME OF OUR KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE OUR LAMPPOST RESTORATION PROJECT.
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WE'VE RESTORED 233 LAMPPOSTS THAT HAVE NOW GRACED AND ENHANCED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORIC CHARM, THE HISTORIC HOME TOURS.OUR TOURS SHOWCASE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY, DRAWING VISITORS AND FOSTERING PRIDE AMONG OUR RESIDENTS.
THESE TOURS ARE ALSO OUR LARGEST FUNDRAISER, OUR TREE PLANTING AND CLEA CLEAN STREETS INITIATIVES.
WE'VE PLANTED APPROXIMATELY 600 TREES CONTRIBUTING TO A GREEN CANOPY THAT IMPROVES OUR AIR QUALITY AND REDUCES THE HEAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE ALSO REMOVED APPROXIMATELY 13 TONS OF TRASH WITH OUR CLEAN STREETS PROGRAM OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, OUR STREET SIGNS REPLACEMENT.
WORKING WITH THE CITY, WE'VE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED DISTINCTIVE STREET SIGNS THAT HIGHLIGHT OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.
INSPIRED BY OUR WORK, OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THEIR OWN UNIQUE SIGNAGE.
AND LASTLY, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
OUR AWARD-WINNING NEWSLETTER KEEPS RESIDENTS CONNECTED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, HISTORY AND PRESERVATION TIPS.
SO WHY DOES PRESERVATION MATTER? HISTORIC DISTRICTS LIKE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS PROVIDE A TANGIBLE LINK TO THE PAST.
SHOWCASING EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, PRESERVATION HAS BEEN PROVEN TO STRENGTHEN PROPERTY VALUES, ATTRACT TOURISM AND FOSTER COMMUNITY PRIDE.
THEY'RE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE CITY, AND THOSE BENEFITS INCLUDE ECONOMIC IMPACTS.
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS ATTRACT VISITORS AND INVESTORS BOOSTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENHANCING PROPERTY VALUES.
THEY PROVIDE COMMUNITY IDENTITY.
OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS CONTRIBUTE TO LONG BEACH'S UNIQUE CHARACTER, REINFORCING A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE AND IDENTITY.
THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PRESERVATION SUPPORTS ECO-FRIENDLY PRACTICES BY REDUCING THE NEED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THEY CONSERVE RESOURCES AND MINIMIZE WASTE MOVING FORWARD.
OUR CURRENT EFFORTS AND CHALLENGES FOR OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING OUR EFFORTS, OUR RESIDENTS ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CITY PLANNING DISCUSSIONS, ENSURING THAT ANY AND ALL DEVELOPMENT ALIGNS WITH THE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS HISTORIC CHARACTER CHNA CONTINUES TO LEAVE INITIATIVES THAT PROTECT AND ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR ONGOING INITIATIVES INCLUDE A CONTINUATION TO LEAD PRESERVATION AMBITIONS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS HISTORICAL AND COMMUNITY ASSETS.
AND OUR CURRENT CHALLENGES ARE BALANCING PRESERVATION WITH GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WHILE WORKING TO ENSURE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT ALL OF ITS CURRENT RESIDENTS.
OUR COMMITMENT TO PRESERVATION HAS ALLOWED CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS TO RECEIVE SEVERAL AWARDS THAT RECOGNIZE OUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING THE LONG BEACH HERITAGE AWARDS FOR OUR LAMPPOST PROJECT AND NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND BEAUTIFICATION.
IN 2012 AND 2001, WE WON BEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WEST BY SUNSET MAGAZINE IN 2004.
THAT ALONE SAW A VAST INCREASE OF DRIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, MULTIPLE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALITY OF LIFE AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS SUCH AS OUR CLEAN STREETS INITIATIVE AND NEIGHBORHOOD MURALS.
WE ALSO WON THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWA AWARDS FOR BOTH OUR COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER AND OUR HISTORIC HOME TOUR.
THESE AWARDS UNDERSCORE OUR COMMITMENT TO CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY AND ENHANCING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR FUTURE VISION.
LOOKING AHEAD, CHNA REMAINS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS HISTORIC ROOTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS, ADVOCATE FOR PRESERVATION, AND PROTECT THE UNIQUE CHARACTER THAT DEFINES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS AND RECOGNIZING OUR MONUMENTAL CENTENNIAL TODAY.
THANK YOU, UH, TARA, YOU WANNA STAY? STAY UP.
WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE JUST A FEW COMMENTS, THEN WE'LL INVITE THE BOARD UP FOR A PHOTO.
I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF CAL HEIGHTS.
UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE LOCAL, THE LOCAL OIL DISCOVERY IN THE TWENTIES CREATED A BOOM AND GROWTH IN LONG BEACH, AND WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A REALLY SPECIAL PART OF OUR HISTORY.
MANY LONGSTANDING AND ESTABLISHED LOCAL GROUPS.
IN ADDITION TO CAL HEIGHTS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE REACHED OUT WHO ARE OR HAVE REACHED THEIR CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
MARY'S HOSPITAL HAS BEEN SERVING THE SICK AND IN NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
HARBOR CHEVROLET AT CHERRY HAS BEEN SELLING VEHICLES TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL CUSTOMERS FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, AND THEIR TRIPLE DIGITS ARE ALSO, UM, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE ART THEATER AND JOE JOST.
UM, BOTH LEGENDARY LOCAL ATTRACTIONS AND VOLUNTEER GROUPS LIKE THE ISTS OF LONG BEACH, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH EDUCATION.
EVEN ONE OF OUR CITY'S TREES AS COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER NOT NOTED, UH, WAS PLANTED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
UM, SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE CAL HEIGHTS FOR BEING A
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PART OF THOSE ESTEEMED A HUNDRED YEAR OLD OR MORE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY.AND WE KNOW THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION, THOSE SMALL, HAS AN IMPACT, UM, ACROSS OUR CITY.
UH, IT'S A GREAT SLIDESHOW AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID.
I HOPE YOU'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE, UM, PUBLICLY FOR FOLKS TO WATCH AS WELL.
UM, WE'D LOVE TO SHARE THAT IN OUR NEWSLETTER.
UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR CITY'S DIVERSE HISTORY THRIVE AND GROW, WE WANNA CONGRATULATE EVERYONE FROM THE PAST, CURRENT, AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE CAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR PART IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE OF A HUNDRED YEARS.
I AM HONORED TO BE YOUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION, BUT I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE AND THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELD THIS ROLE BEFORE ME, UM, INCLUDING MY CURRENT COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER ORANGA, WHO IS NOT HERE AS WELL.
UM, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR CITY'S GREAT HISTORY COMES THROUGH THE STRONG SENSE OF PRIDE AND DEDICATION TO MAINTAINING THE HERITAGE, CHARM, AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS YOU SO ELOQUENTLY SPOKE, WE KNOW THAT CAL HEIGHTS IS TRULY A SPECIAL COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH, PROSPERITY, AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THIS VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD BRINGS TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AS A WHOLE.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I KNOW THE MAYOR IS GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AS WELL AS ONE FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER O'DONNELL AS WELL.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
WE, WE ARE DOING HISTORY LESSONS THING, SO, UH, TARA, YOU REPRESENT IT ONCE.
SO, UH, TARA, TARA, TARA, TARA AND YOUR BOARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN AND THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING.
UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED IT ALL.
THE HISTORY IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
AND A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, WE WERE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN AMERICA.
EVEN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WAS IN A BIG, UH, PERIOD OF EXPANSION.
IT WAS 1923 THAT, THAT, UH, VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED TO ANNEX.
WE WERE IN A BIG BATTLE WITH LOS ANGELES OVER NORTH LONG BEACH.
THEY VOTED TO ANNEX THE NORTH LONG BEACH COMMUNITY INTO LONG BEACH.
IT WAS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO THAT THE RECREATION PARK BOND LIKE OUR CITY'S, UH, FIRST MUNICIPAL BOND WAS FOR RECREATION PARK.
UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE RESOURCES THERE FOR, FOR RECREATION, OBVIOUSLY RECREATION PARK, RIGHT? UM, IT'S JUST VERY SPECIAL.
EVERYONE KNOWS AND LOVES, UH, CAL HEIGHTS.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN GOING THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME TO LONG BEACH AS A STUDENT, I HAD AN APARTMENT JUST OUTSIDE OF THERE, JUSTIN BIXBY KNOWS ON, UH, BANNER DRIVE.
AND I'VE BEEN GETTING MY HAIR CUT AT FAMILY AFFAIR ON ORANGE AND WARDLOW EVER SINCE I WAS THERE EARLIER TODAY WITH TONY AND ALL.
I HAVE A LITTLE ROUTINE I STOP IN AND GOODS ON, GOODS ON ORANGE, AND IT WAS NAMED SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE THAT.
AND, UH, JUST ALL THOSE UNIQUE BUSINESSES ARE VERY SPECIAL.
WISHING YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY MORE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS PERIOD AND WHAT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FIT GREAT THINGS THAT YOU KNOW HAS HAPPENED IN LONG BEACH HISTORY.
UH, NOW IF WE CONTINUE TO MAKE, MAKE DECISIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT OUR CULTURAL, LIKE PRESERVE OUR CULTURAL SORT OF, UH, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHAT MAKES OUR SPECIAL, OUR UNIQUENESS, UH, LIKE COW HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR AND I, AND WE'RE GONNA INVITE THE BOARD AS WELL, IF YOU'RE HERE TO COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR THIS PHOTO.
ALRIGHT, WELL NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, 100 BLACK MEN OF LONG BEACH MENTORS RECOGNITION.
COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
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HONOR FOR ME TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF A REMARKABLE NONPROFIT IN OUR CITY.UH, THE 100 BLACK MEN OF LONG BEACH.
THIS ORGANIZATION IS COACHED AND NURTURED MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY'S YOUTH TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES.
THEIR WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT OF HELPING OTHERS STRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
THEIR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN
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THE GREATER LONG BEACH COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, AND YOUTH MENTORSHIP.UH, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY MENTORING, UH, OVER 200 YOUNG MEN, AGE 18 TO EIGHT TO 18 YEARS OLD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 100 BLACK MEN'S YOUTH WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL STOCK MARKET COMPETITION, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, WE WILL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR MEMBERS WHO HAVE EARNED SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONOR THE MENTEES THAT HAVE MADE THIS ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE 100 BLACK MEN OF LONG BEACH, AND I KNOW WE HAVE THEIR PRESIDENT, MR. LA UM, LANCE, DR.
LANCE ROBERT, COME UP AND, UM, GIVE A PRESENTATION.
LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SO, UM, THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE BY OUR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CHAIR, UH, BROTHER LIONEL JENKINS.
I'M JUST, UH, I'M JUST HERE TO, TO GET US MOVING AND, AND THEN I'M GONNA GET OUT OF THE WAY.
SO THIS MARKS OUR 15TH YEAR IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AS PIONEERS AND VANGUARDS AND POSITIVE YOUTH, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IN 2022, YOU INVITED US AS CHAPTER OF THE YEAR, UH, AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF CHAPTERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
SO WE BROUGHT THAT TITLE TO LONG BEACH.
AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO GIVE OUT, UH, SCHOLARSHIPS.
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WE'VE EVEN OUT 60,000, OVER $60,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
COUNCILMAN AUSTIN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
IT WAS A GREAT HONOR WHEN YOU SAID, AFTER YOUR FATHER PASSED, THAT YOU WANTED ALL DONATIONS, ANYTHING TO BE SENT TO THE 100 SCHOLARSHIP FUND ON HI IN HIS NAME, AL AUSTIN SR.
SO I WANTED TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THAT TONIGHT WE HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT THAT HAS RECEIVED A FULL RIDE TO CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY ING HILLS PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP.
AND HE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
THIS IS LEBRON DAVIS OTHER SCHOLARSHIP.
HE'S REPRESENTING ALL OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS.
COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING.
ALSO, I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE MY SON IN THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU MAYOR RICHARDSON, FOR INVITING HIM TO BE IN YOUR YOUTH, UH, FORUM.
AND IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY TONIGHT.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT BEFORE I MOVE OUT OF THE WAY TOO.
SO I'M, I'M DONE WITH, UH, MY PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CHAIR, UH, BROTHER LIONEL JENKINS AS HE TAKES YOU THROUGH, UH, THE COMPETITION AND HOW WE BROUGHT THIS TITLE TO LONG BEACH.
SO I REALLY JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE ACTUALLY, BUT I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, MAN, AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, SO WHY ARE WE HERE? I MEAN, I OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS RECOGNIZE JUST THE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS RECOGNIZING US AND JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING.
RIGHT? SO ESSENTIALLY WE WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN OF LONG BEACH, THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
WE ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR RECIPIENTS OF THE WINNINGS OF THE 100 BLACK MEN STOCK MARKET GAME, THE NATIONAL COMPETITION.
WE HAD THREE LEADERS THAT ACTUALLY WON THAT.
UM, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE WANT TO ALSO THANK OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS, THE, THE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE THAT HELPS US MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT? SO LEMME JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET GAME.
SO THE STOCK MARKET GAME BASICALLY IS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DO WITH WELLS FARGO AND THE SMA FOUNDATION.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE GET A GRANT FROM THEM.
AND AS PART OF THAT GRANT, WE TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE THE STOCK MARKET AND HOW TO INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET.
SO WE'VE DEVELOPED A FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM WHERE WE GIVE THEM A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF VIRTUAL MONEY AND THEY TAKE THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY GO THROUGH A 10 WEEK TO 12 WEEK LONG PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET.
THEY CAN INVEST IN STOCKS, THEY CAN INVEST IN BONDS, THEY CAN INVEST IN MUTUAL FUNDS.
SO WEEK OVER WEEK, WE MEET EVERY WEEK AND WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES OF INVESTING.
AND MIND YOU, LET'S REMEMBER THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STARTING AT EIGHT YEARS OLD, RIGHT? IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IF WE HAD THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AT EIGHT YEARS OLD, RIGHT? SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO JUST REALLY RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS OVER THOSE 10 TO 12 WEEKS, WE GIVE THEM A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO ON AND GROW THEIR PORTFOLIO, RIGHT? AND WE DON'T TELL THEM WHAT TO INVEST IN.
WE LET THEM GO AND DO THE HOMEWORK, WE LET THEM DO THE RESEARCH, WE LET THEM THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND ASK THEM, DO THEY THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING GOOD TO BUY IN? AND THEY DO THE HOMEWORK.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT MAYBE 150 TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ALL COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
WE PUT 'EM IN GROUPS OF TWO TO THREE, AND THEN THE TEAMS COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
WELL, ONE OF OUR TEAMS ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE TOP FINALS, AND THEY GO IN AND THEY COMPETE AT THE FINAL LEVEL AND THEY ENDED UP WINNING FIRST PLACE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS HUGE FOR US.
SO JUST OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ONLY STARTED THIS A FEW
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YEARS AGO.SO OVER THE YEARS, THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE JUST GETTING OUR FEET WET.
WE WERE JUST LEARNING ABOUT HOW THIS GAME ACTUALLY WORKS, HOW TO INVEST.
AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT I DON'T, I'M NOT A BIG PERSON IN INVESTING IN THE STOCK MARKET.
SO I'M LEARNING AS WELL WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY'RE TEACHING US.
AND I'M SURE THE MEN HERE CAN ALSO SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN TEACHING THEM AS WELL, RIGHT? BUT THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE REALLY GETTING INVOLVED IN UNDERSTANDING.
THE SECOND YEAR, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE OF OUR TEAMS MAKE IT TO THE TOP FINALS.
AND HE GOT TO THE TOP AND HE PLACED AND HE DID WELL.
AND THEN THE THIRD YEAR, WHICH WAS 2024 OF THIS YEAR, WE MADE IT TO ATLANTA WITH ONE OF OUR TEAMS. AND LO AND BEHOLD, THEY WERE ABLE TO WIN.
NOW, THE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS, THEY DON'T JUST WIN THE COMPETITION AS PART OF THE GRANT.
WE GIVE THEM FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
AND THE GOAL OF THOSE FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE TO HAVE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AT A VERY EARLY AGE START THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA USE REAL MONEY.
SO THEY GO AND START THEIR OWN SAVINGS ACCOUNT, THEY START THEIR OWN CHECKING ACCOUNT, THEY START THEIR OWN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT.
AND REALLY QUICKLY, GENTLEMEN, BY A SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR OWN BROKERAGE ACCOUNT? REAL BROKERAGE ACCOUNT, EXACTLY.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY INVESTING AT VERY EARLY AGES.
WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO INVEST WITH THEM.
SO I WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOP THREE WINNERS.
JALEN BELL, WHO'S, I DON'T THINK YOU MADE IT IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, LANCE ROBERT JR.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SO I ALSO HAVE A SET OF HONORABLE MENTIONS.
THERE WAS A BROTHER AND SISTER GROUP AND THERE WERE THE TWO, THERE WERE THE TWO KIDS THAT 11 YEARS OLD, THEY KEPT US IN THE RUNNINGS FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE GAME.
AND THEY WERE SECOND PLACE THE WHOLE TIME.
AND JUST AT THE VERY END, ON THE LAST DAY, SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE STOCK MARKET AND IT PUSHED THEM A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE, THE FINALS.
I WAS HOPING TO HAVE TWO TEAMS THAT WENT TO THE FINALS ACT.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN A RECORD FOR THE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN OF LONG BEACH.
SO I DID WANNA MENTION COLIN SPERLING AND MALIA SPERLING.
THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF OUR 20, 24 PARTICIPANTS.
WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT MAYBE 150 TO 160 STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY APPLY TO THE PROGRAM, BUT WE ONLY SETTLE WITH ABOUT MAYBE 40 TO 50 SOMETIMES.
UH, I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE OUR TOP THREE WINNERS.
BUT I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE OTHER KIDS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.
SO WE HAVE EZRA, WE HAVE EL ELIJAH, WE HAVE J JAVIN, WE HAVE JULIAN, WE HAVE KILLIAN.
IS THAT EVERYBODY? ALL RIGHT, AWESOME.
YOU GUYS ARE ON YOUR WAY TO SOMETHING AMAZING.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR JUST HELPING US LEARN MORE ABOUT INVESTING IN HOW WE'RE GONNA GROW OUR FUTURES AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS JUST THE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLS FROM LONG BEACH FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS THAT A LOT OF THESE YOUNG LEADERS ARE COMING RIGHT FROM WITHIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, FROM WITHIN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE BASICALLY ABOUT MAYBE 10, 11 SCHOOLS HERE.
AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEY GO FROM SECOND GRADE ALL THE WAY UP TO 12TH GRADE.
SO JUST IMAGINE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SECOND GRADE LEARNING HOW TO INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET.
THIS IS THE LIST OF OUR CURRICULUM.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 13 WEEKS, WE GO THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE INTRO TO INVESTING WITH IS MONEY.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
UM, CONDUCTING THEIR RESEARCH, ASSESSING RISK.
CAN YOU IMAGINE AN 8-YEAR-OLD ASSESSING RISK
WE TALKED TO BANKERS AT WELLS FARGO.
IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TRIP FOR THEM TO JUST GO TO NEW YORK AND REALLY EXPERIENCE THIS AND KIND OF SEE HOW THIS WHOLE THING COMES TOGETHER.
AND LASTLY, I I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO HELP WITH THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO, BROTHER MICHAEL ALBRIGHT, BROTHER JOE GENERAL BURFORD BROTHER ANGELO DICKENS BROTHER PAUL DOZIER BROTHER MAYOR SOPHIA, AND BROTHER RICHARD SPERLING.
YOU GUYS, I COULD NOT, AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU AND ALL OF YOUR HELP.
HERE'S A COUPLE PHOTOS FROM WHEN THE KIDS WON ON THE LEFT AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THIS IS THEM AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
THIS WAS JUST TWO WEEKS, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEY ACTUALLY DID A VIDEO FOR THE, THE LOCAL CNBC NEWS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT PLAY.
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WHAT TO DO HERE TO MAKE IT PLAYWERE ABLE TO BE INTERVIEWED BY CNBC AND TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
I AM, HERE ARE OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT GIVING AWAY $60,000 OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ARE ALL BENEFITING FROM ALL OF THESE GREAT MEN FROM THIS PROGRAM BEING IN THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY JUST RECOGNIZING US AND GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I HAVE ONE LAST THING TO SAY.
EDRA, YOU'RE WHAT, 10 YEARS OLD.
CAN YOU FINISH THIS STATEMENT FOR ME? 11 YEARS OLD.
WELL BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GO, JUST WANT TO JUST ADD SOME COMMENTS AND, UH, AND THEN INVITE YOU BACK TO, TO TAKE A PHOTO.
WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITION FOR, FOR YOU.
BUT I WILL JUST SAY, UH, JUST HOW INCREDIBLE THE PROGRESS IS, HAS, HAS BEEN WITH A HUNDRED BLACK MEN LONG BEACH.
I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST DAYS, UH, BRAND NEW, UH, THE IMPACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE HAS JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE.
UH, THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE MADE.
'CAUSE I'M A, I'M A BROTHER OF THE 102, AND I'LL TELL YOU, JUST SEEING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE GROW UP, I SEE YOU'RE KIND OF TOP HEAVY OVER THERE.
YOU GOT 11TH, GOT LIKE EIGHT 11TH GRADERS, A FEW 12TH GRADERS.
NOW WE GOTTA START RECRUITING INTO PRESCHOOLS.
UH, YOUNG MAN THAT GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP IS YOU, ARE YOU, ARE YOU DENISE DAVIS' SON? MM-HMM,
I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOUR WHOLE FAMILY
SO IT'S JUST SO GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU CONTINUING THIS TRADITION.
IT, IT, IT MAKES ME INCREDIBLY PROUD.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE OUR, OUR STRONG AND UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT.
COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING BEFORE THE PHOTO? NO.
AS A MEMBER OF THE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE ORGANIZATION AND WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO.
UM, AND THE IMPACT THAT WE ARE MAKING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, THE YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU ARE THE FUTURE.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT 100 BLACK MEN COMING TOGETHER TO, UH, PULL RESOURCES AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND POURING BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THROUGH OUR YOUTH, BUT ALSO TO THROUGH, THROUGH MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND CAUSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THESE ARE THE PILLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND KEEP IT UP.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL REACH YOU DOWN FRONT.
CAN UM, LJ HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? 30 SECONDS.
LJ
WELL, NO, THIS PROGRAM HAS JUST HAD AN EXTREMELY HUGE IMPACT ON MY LIFE.
I MEAN, WITHOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE PROGRAM PROVIDED, OF COURSE, I WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO ATLANTA THIS SUMMER.
I NEVER WOULD'VE WITH MY TEAM HERE, WON THE NATIONAL COMPETITION.
NEVER WOULD'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT INVESTING, INVESTING AS A STRATEGY TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
NOW I HAVE MY OWN CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT AND I ACTUALLY AM INVESTING IN STOCKS NOW AND HOPEFULLY GONNA BE MAKING SOME MONEY FROM THAT.
AND IN MY ADULT LIFE,
OKAY, SO WE'LL INVITE YOU, YOU BACK ALL REAL QUICK.
IF, UH, IF PEOPLE WANNA SUPPORT 100 BLACK MEN, HOW DO THEY SUPPORT YOUR WORK? WHERE CAN THEY FIND YOU? LANCE? UH, GO TO 100 BLACK MEN OF LONG BEACH, UH, UH.COM.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND DONATE IT.
OR WE ARE, WE MEET EVERY THIRD SATURDAY.
EVERY THIRD SATURDAY AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
I'M SORRY, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
LONG BEACH, EVERY THIRD SATURDAY.
OKAY, LET'S GO GUYS, LET'S GO GET THIS PICTURE.
YEAH, WE, LET'S GET, OH, SIR, HOW YOU DOING? SEE YOU THOUGHT ON.
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ALL RIGHT.IS HUMAN IT HERE, SANDY, AND, OKAY.
[ HUMAN-I-T DIGITAL EQUITY]
PLEASE COME ON DOWN.SO WE HAVE A PRESENTA, OUR FINAL PRESENTATION.
UH, WE HAVE SANDY AND JOSH FROM HUMAN IT.
WE HAVE JOSH AND EILEEN ARE IS THE VIDEO FIRST OR WE SPEAK FIRST? I'LL SPEAK FIRST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR RICHARDSON.
2023 WAS A MOMENTOUS HERE FOR DIGITAL EQUITY.
AS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES LIKE OURS HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE UNLOCK THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.
SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2012, WE'VE MADE INCREDIBLE STRIDES IN BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE BY DISTRIBUTING OVER 430,000 DEVICES TO PEOPLE IN NEED, CONNECTING OVER 110,000 HOUSEHOLDS TO INTERNET AND EXPANDING OUR REACH BY BRINGING OUR HUMAN CENTERED APPROACH TO NEW YORK CITY.
BUT THESE FACTS ONLY TELL PART OF THE STORY BEHIND EACH DEVICE.
EACH CONNECTION IS A LIFE CHANGE, A STUDENT ABLE TO ATTEND ONLINE CLASSES, A JOB SEEKER SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS, A FAMILY STAYING CONNECTED TO THOSE CONSIDERING JOINING US.
JOIN US IN EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND PROTECTING OUR PLANET.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR RICHARDSON, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JOSH BUTLER, SENIOR POLICY AND ADVOCACY MANAGER AT HUMAN IT.
AND WITH ME IS OUR PHILANTHROPY MANAGER, EILEEN HARRIS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HUMAN IT AND PROCLAIMING E-WASTE DAY HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AS A PROUD C-S-U-L-B ALUMNUS, IT'S MEANINGFUL TO STAND HERE TODAY REPRESENTING OUR ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY A FELLOW ALUM THAT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER A DECADE.
HAVING HAD THREE LOCATIONS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, THE WORK YOU'RE SUPPORTING IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
E-WASTE IS THE FASTEST GROWING WASTE STREAM IN THE WORLD.
EXPECTED TO REACH 76 MILLION METRIC TONS BY 2030.
THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF 200 EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS, OR IN LONG BEACH TERMS, 285 QUEEN MARRIES.
SADLY, 83% OF THIS WASTE ENDS UP IN LANDFILLS OR WORSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
MEANWHILE, OVER 80 MILLION AMERICANS REMAIN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, INCLUDING STUDENTS, LOW INCOME FAMILIES, VETERANS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THANKS TO THE VISION OF THAT ALUMNI NOTED EARLIER, AND IN THAT VIDEO, GABE MIDDLETON AT HUMAN IT.
WE SEE HOW THESE TWO CHALLENGES CAN SOLVE EACH OTHER.
BY REDIRECTING UNWANTED TECHNOLOGY FROM LANDFILLS AND SHREDDERS, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO LAPTOPS AND, AND THE INTERNET AND DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.
THIS WORKS HELPS THIS WORK, HELPS BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND EMPOWERS OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THANK YOU MAYOR RICHARDSON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR HELPING TO AMPLIFY THIS MISSION AND TO CREATE BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL GOOD.
ALRIGHT, JOSHUA, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE, WE WERE BOTH CHIEFS OF STAFF OVER ON THE OLD CITY HALL ON THE 14TH FLOOR TOGETHER.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, UH, CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE HERE.
UH, I'LL TELL YOU, HUMAN, IT IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
IT'S NOT NEW TO ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE WORKED TOGETHER TO SUPPLY, UH, ALL THE STUDENTS AT HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE WORKED WITH HUMAN IT TO GET 'EM ALL LAPTOPS, UH, WHEN I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UH, YOU ALL STEPPED UP DURING THE PANDEMIC AS WELL TO HELP CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
COUNCILMAN CURTIS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, JUST THANK YOU.
UM, FROM MY OLD SCHOOL BOARD DAYS.
I KNOW HUMAN, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SOME REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES.
SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU DO.
I'LL ASK THE SAME QUESTION OF YOU.
UM, HOW CAN PEOPLE SUPPORT THE WORK? WHAT, WHAT
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CAN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHAT CAN RESIDENTS DO, UM, TO FURTHER SUPPORT YOUR WORK SO THAT AS YOU LIFT UP OUR COMMUNITY TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE? WELL, I THINK SUPPORTING MEMBERS OF THE SUCCESS COUNCIL WHO SUPPORTED THINGS LIKE THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM AND THAT JUST SEE THE WISDOM OF HELPING TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, I THINK IS THE NUMBER ONE WAY.YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, UH, HUMAN IT.ORG TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US.
AND FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND CONNECT YOUR PROGRAMS WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OUR LIBRARIES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE FORTHCOMING AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR DIGITAL EQUITY TEAM.
THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM AND ALWAYS, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF OUR WORK AND, UH, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR, SO I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE.
WE HAVE A, A PROCLAMATION, UH, TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
WELL THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS.
UH, WE'LL GET, START WITH, GET STARTED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
WE'LL TAKE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TWO THROUGH 34.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD BACK ITEM NUMBER ONE FOR RECUSAL.
[ NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The consent calendar shall be heard immediately after the pledge of allegiance, and prior to 6:30 PM. All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council and will all be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of said items unless the Mayor, City Councilmembers or the City Manager request specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. ]
[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 34.)]
ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT MEMBERS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ALRIGHT, ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, I'M GONNA PASS TO THE VICE MAYOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH LEVINE ACT.
I'M RECUSING MYSELF FOR THE ITEM BECAUSE I HAVE A CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $250 FROM MICHAEL BOND, WHO'S, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDING.
[1. 24-55513 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $2,115, offset by the First Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide contributions to the following: ZW USA Inc., in support of Doggie Dispenser in Craftsman Village, in the amount of $865; Peer Education Community Center, in support of the Annual AOC7 Turkey Giveaway, in the amount of $750; RDC-S111, Inc., in support of the Downtown Design District Council workshop, in the amount of $500; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $2,115, to offset transfers to the City Manager Department. Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, RIGHT? OKAY.I HAVE A, UH, MOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, ANY, UH, DO I DO, DO I DO A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THERE? SO WAIT TILL ALL CONSENT CALENDAR.
I CAN READ THE ITEM AND THEN WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN INDE HAS RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS BY $2,115 TO PROVIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOLLOWING.
Z-W-U-S-A INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $865 PEER EDUCATION COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE AMOUNT OF $750 AN RDCS ONE 11 INC.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THE MAYOR WILL BE STEPPING BACK SHORTLY.
UM, WE WE'RE GONNA DO ITEM 37 PLEASE.
ITEM 37, REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AND AGGREGATE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME FUNDS NO C 250,000
[37. 24-55385 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments, in an aggregate total amount of one-time funds not to exceed $250,000, for a period of one year, with organizations that contract with the City of Long Beach (City) to manage Business Improvement Districts to deliver programs funded by the General Fund Group in the Economic Development Department. (Citywide) Office or Department: Economic Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO MANAGE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS TO DELIVER PROGRAMS FUNDED CITYWIDE.SO THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, IN THE MAYOR'S RECOMME BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO HELP SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
I WANNA THANK, UH, OUR COUNCIL ON BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS HERE IN LONG BEACH FOR THEIR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY.
THE IDEA IS THAT, UH, THESE RESOURCES TO OUR BIDS WILL HELP THEM TO BOOST SOME OF THEIR CLEAN AND SAFE OPERATIONS, OR SOME DIP BIDS HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS, SO THEY HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
SO, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO PRESENT ON THIS.
THIS IS A HOT TOPIC FOR OUR BIDS.
THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THESE DOLLARS.
UH, LAST YEAR IT TOOK US A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE HAD ALL HOPED TO DO THAT, AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE THIS ONE OF THE FIRST CONTRACTS WE ENTER INTO RIGHT AFTER THE BUDGET WAS DONE WITHIN A MONTH.
UH, AND WANT TO WORK VERY QUICKLY WITH OUR
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BIDS TO BIDS TO GET THAT MONEY TO THEM.SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JULIAN AND DEBO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE'LL NOW PRESENT ON THE, UH, ONE TIMES BID IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT GRANT FOR FY 25.
HERE'S A RECOMMENDATION, UH, RESTATED FOR YOU.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE GRANT FUND USES.
SO VERY SIMILAR TO FY 24 ONETIME GRANT FUND BIDS, UH, BID FUNDS.
SO, UM, RIGHT HERE, SECOND BULLET, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE GRANT FUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE USED FOR ENHANCED AND CLEAN SAFE INITIATIVES.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY HOW THE, YOU KNOW, UH, BID ASSOCIATION WILL BE STEERING THOSE FUNDS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UH, SOMETHING AND THEN ALSO, UM, NEW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT WE'VE ADDED, UH, FLEXIBILITY TO ALSO STEER FUNDS FOR THE GREEN SPACE AND, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STREET CAPE, UM, STREET SCAPE ENHANCEMENTS.
SO THIS CAN INCLUDE ANYTHING LIKE TREE PLANTING, WATER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, EITHER UPGRADE OR REINST INSTALLMENTS OR FIXTURES, UM, AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST ETTE IS SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING, UH, THE FLEXIBILITY USE OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVATION OF CORRIDORS.
SO, YOU KNOW, A WEEKEND TO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC UP IN THE CORRIDORS, UH, TO INCREASE THAT, UH, UM, THE REVENUE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
LOOKING AT THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THE GRANT FUNDS, UH, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST THE, UH, THE BREAKDOWN AMONG THE BIDS AND THE METHODOLOGY.
SO THIS YEAR, UM, YOU SEE THAT THE BASE FUNDING IS $17,000.
THAT GIVES YOU A TOTAL OF 153.
AND THEN THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE THEN SPLIT EVENLY AMONG THE, UM, THE BIDS BASED ON THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
AND THEN THAT IS MULTIPLIED, UM, BY 31 62.
AND 31 62 WAS DERIVED BY LOOKING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, MEANING MEMBERSHIPS AMONG ALL THE BIDS, AND THEN DIVIDED THE DIFFERENCE OF THE 250,000, UH, 1 53 FROM TWO 50.
AND THEN IN THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT THERE, THE LAST COLUMN THAT GIVES YOU, UM, EACH OF THE BIDS, UM, FINAL DISBURSEMENT.
SO, UH, QUICKLY HERE TO WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION IS THE NEXT STEPS IN ANTICIPATED TIMELINE.
UH, SO, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER MENTIONED WE REALLY PRIORITIZE THE EXPEDITED, UM, PROCESS FOR THESE CONTRACTS.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY UCS COMING BACK TO, TO COUNCIL HERE, UM, LATE THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EXPRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO IF APPROVED, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE GONNA, UH, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE GRANT FUND PROPOSED USES, UH, WILL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
SO THIS IS WHEN WE ASK THE BIDS TO PROVIDE, UH, THEIR, THEIR PROPOSAL, THE USE OF FUNDS.
UH, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY, UH, COMMUNICATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND STAFF WILL GET THAT IRONED OUT ON THE USE OF FUNDS.
UM, THEN DECEMBER, JANUARY WE'LL ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH EACH BID.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, EXPECTED FUND DISBURSEMENT SHOULD BE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT LEADS US, UH, TO CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WELL FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING THIS.
WHEN WE DID OUR LAST ROUND OF, UH, MEETINGS WITH COBA AND SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES, ONE OF THEIR KEY PRIORITIES WAS, UH, TO SHORTEN THE TIMETABLE TO GET THESE DOLLARS OUT.
AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST PRIORITY AFTER THE BUDGET WAS TO GET THESE DOLLARS OUT, CERTAINLY HELPFUL.
I ALSO THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU INCLUDED THE SLIDE OF WHAT ADDITIONAL STEPS STILL NEED TO BE TAKEN.
UH, IT HELPS TO MANAGE SOME EXPECTATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH THE BUSINESSES, AND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE SELF-CRITIQUE OF THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR OUR BIDS.
I KNOW THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO HAVE DOLLARS IN HAND AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE DOCUMENTATION IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS WELL.
YEAH, I WANNA ALSO ADD MY THANKS TO THAT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, I THINK IT'S AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR BUSINESSES RESIDENTS TO SPEAK UP AND SHARE ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY LIKE TO SEE BETTER.
AND I THINK THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION OF TAKING THEIR FEEDBACK AND MAKING SURE WE CAN DO BETTER TO GETTING THE THEM THE FUNDS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THEY CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR, THE CORRIDOR CLEAN AND IN ENSURE THERE'S ADDITIONAL SECURITY, WHICH MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR, IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CORRIDOR ITSELF.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, JUST WANNA SHARE THAT I SUPPORT THIS AND APPRECIATE THE PROCESS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BIDS.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE SAYING, NONE? MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
COMMUNICATION FROM VICE MAYOR ALLEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, COUNCILMAN
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SORROW, RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE DEPLOYMENT[35. 24-55530 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a feasibility study on the deployment of all-in-one fentanyl detection devices that can be distributed to residents throughout Long Beach at no cost. The report should include recommendations for a pilot program and a procurement schedule, as well as identify potential funding sources, including, but not limited to dollars received through opioid settlements. Office or Department: Cindy Allen, Vice Mayor, Second District; Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District; Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
OF ALL-IN-ONE FENTANYL DETECTION DEVICES THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH AT NO COST.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR ALLEN.
AND, UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN DUGGAN AND SORROW FOR, UH, JOINING ME ON THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, THE OPIATE IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING.
UM, OUR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE AND LONG BEACH IS ALSO BEING HIT VERY, VERY HARD.
OUR CITY, UH, OP OPIOID, OPIOID, UH, RELATED DEATH RATE STANDS AT 20.6 DEATHS PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
AND THAT IS HIGHER THAN AVERAGES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND IN CALIFORNIA.
WHILE, YOU KNOW, DEATHS ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY, AND 9 0 8 0 2, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE SECOND DISTRICT, UM, WE SEE THE HIGHEST DEATH RATE IN THE CITY AT 102.5 DEATHS PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
AND OTHER ZIP CODES LIKE 9 0 8, 0 4, AND 9 0 8 1 3, WHICH ARE AREAS REPRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN DUGGAN AND COUNCILMAN SORROW, UM, ALSO HAVE EXTE EXCEEDINGLY HIGH, UH, DEATH RATES.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED 'EM TO SIGN ON.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING PART OF THIS.
I THINK THAT, UM, ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH AND THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND TRUST ME, INDEED, THIS IS A HUGE CRISIS.
YOU KNOW, UH, FENTANYL IS A SYNTHETIC OPIOID, OPIOID.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SAYING OPIOID O OPIOID, WHICH IS UP TO, UM, 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN HEROIN AND IS A WHOPPING HUNDRED TIMES STRONGER THAN MORPHINE.
SO JUST A SPECK OF FENTANYL, UM, WHICH COULD BE A MOUNT SMALLER THAN A RAINDROP OR JUST A FEW GRAINS OF SALT COULD LITERALLY KILL YOU.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TECHNOLOGIES AND WE MADE ADVANCEMENTS THAT CAN HELP SAVE LIVES.
SO I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING, UH, SIGNIFICANT STRIDES AND OUR, UM, AND OUR HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM.
AND FOR INDU FOR INTRODUCING THINGS LIKE NARCAN, NARCAN AND, UH, FENTANYL TEST STRIPS.
NARCAN, WHILE CAN, UH, IT IS A LIFESAVING, UH, UH, DRUG.
IT'S REACTIVE AND IT'S ONLY ADMINISTERED AFTER A DRUG.
A DOSE, UH, DRUG OVERDOSE OCCURS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO FENTANYL, UH, TEST STRIPS.
AND BY THE WAY, I THINK THEY'RE GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S ONE TOOL, BUT AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH THEM IS THEY ARE, UH, LESS, LESS EFFECTIVE IF THEY'RE NOT HANDLED, UH, PROPERLY.
SO IN THE FIELD OF HARM REDUCTION IN PREVENTION, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF NEW, UH, TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THESE HANDHELD DEVICES THAT REQUIRE NO TRAINING AND CAN EASILY TEST FOR SUBSTANCES, UH, FOR SUBSTANCES LIKE FENTANYL.
UM, THESE DEVICES WILL PROVIDE A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT OVERDOSES SHOULD THEY OCCUR.
I DO BELIEVE THAT IMPLEMENTING THESE DEVICES, UH, ALONGSIDE WITH OUR HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES, DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO, UM, ABSOLUTELY SAVE COUNTLESS LIVES AND REDUCE THE TRAGIC IMPACT THAT FENTANYL HAS, UM, IN OUR CITY.
I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WANNA BE CLEAR, I'M NOT TAKING A POSITION ON ILLICIT DRUG, ILLICIT DRUG USE.
UM, I BELIEVE FIRMLY THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO USE DRUGS.
AND FENTANYL DEATHS AND OVERDOSES ARE ABSOLUTELY PREVENTABLE.
AND WE SHOULD TAKE MORE PROACTIVE STEPS THAT WILL INFORM AND PROTECT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE, IS ASK, UM, I KNOW ON THIS ITEM I DIDN'T ASK FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, A DAYS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET A REPORT BACK, LIKE WITHIN 60 DAYS, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE IN 60 DAYS.
IF WE CAN COMPLETE IT IN 60 DAYS, BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, LET'S SEE, SECOND OF THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER SORO.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU VICE MAYOR FOR ASKING ME TO SIGN ON
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ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN.YOU KNOW, I, I AS, UH, VICE MAYOR SAID, OPIOID IS THE CRISIS OF OUR TIME AT THIS, UH, MOMENT, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT IN OUR NATION.
AND IT DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE REALLY, IT AFFECTS EVERYONE.
I MEAN, THE ZIP CODE ITSELF TELLS YOU IT AFFECTS PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE IN LONG BEACH.
AND, UM, I THINK I'M, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY MEASURES THAT, UH, EVERY LEVEL TO PREVENT, UH, DEATH.
AND I'M, I'M OBVIOUSLY MORE BIG ON MAKING SURE PREVENTION HAPPENS IN THE FIRST PLACE, THAT PEOPLE DON'T BECOME ADDICTED IF POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT, WE HAVE THESE, UM, TOOLS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAFELY USING.
SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD IN, UM, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS TOOL AND WHERE WE CAN ALSO FIND, UM, SOURCES OF FUNDING TO SU TO FUND IT.
UM, AS WELL AS SEE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT TOO, ONCE WE GET A REPORT BACK, HOW WE CAN SEE IF IT'S WORKING AS WELL AND HOW IT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
SO I WANNA THANK VICE MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND ASKING ME TO SIGN ON WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.
UM, IT DOESN'T TAKE STATISTICS TO PROVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPIOID CRISIS ON OUR STREETS, AND EVERY DAY WE SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE BATTLING ADDICTION.
UM, THE CITY HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THE OPIOID CRISIS WAS IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITIES.
DURING OUR DISCUSSION ON PROP 36, WE SAW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH THAT ARE LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST THEIR ADDICTION BECAUSE OF FENTANYL.
WHILE WE ARE SETTING UP MORE TREATMENT OPTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING THE RECENTLY APPROVED CHANGES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO DO WHAT'S IN OUR POWER TO STEM THE TIDE OF FENTANYL OVERDOSES.
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION AND THEY NEED A FIGHTING CHANCE, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE EVERY TIME THEY TAKE DRUGS BECAUSE IT COULD BE LACED WITH A DEADLY DOSE OF FENTANYL.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, THEY REALLY AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT CHECKING REFERENCES FOR THEIR DRUG DEALER.
THEY JUST WANT THE PAIN TO GO AWAY.
SO I FIND THIS ITEM, UH, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK ON THIS.
UM, I'M HOPE, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM THAT GIVES PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, A FIGHTING CHANCE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AGAIN BEFORE THEY BECOME ANOTHER VICTIM CLAIM BY FENTANYL.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD COUNCIL MEMBER ZENDEJAS.
THE OPIOID CRISIS IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITIES IN A VERY SERIOUS MANNER.
WITH FENTANYL EMERGING AS A NEWER, STRONGER OPIOID WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND MANAGED.
AND I THINK THAT THIS, THIS ITEM DOES EXACTLY THAT.
SO THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VICE MAYOR ALLEN, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW, COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO MORE PREVENTATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR KING FOR THE WORK THAT OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS DONE IN PROVIDING NARCAN, WHICH CAN SAVE A LIFE IN THE TIMES OF EMERGENCIES.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE, BUT LIKE, UM, VICE MAYOR HAD SAID, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON PREVENTATIVE MEASURES.
OFTENTIMES PEOPLE CONSUMING DRUGS ARE UNAWARE OF THE PRESENCE OF FENTANYL, AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND THESE TOOLS WILL HELP US PREVENT AN OVERDOSE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'LL HELP US PREVENT DEATHS.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, WEIGH IN AND OFFER MY SUPPORT.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR ALLEN FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS ITEM.
UH, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A CRISIS OF FACING, UH, OUR, OUR NATION, UM, OUR CITY INCLUDED, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, ALSO TAKEN SOME, SOME EFFORTS ON THIS COUNCIL TO ADDRESS, UH, FENTANYL IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, IF, UH, WHEN THIS ITEM COMES BACK, WE CAN KIND OF OUTLINE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT WE ARE, ARE TAKING TO, TO EDUCATE AND, AND, UH, FIGHT THIS CRISIS THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF, AND I WOULD OFFER THAT AS A FRIENDLY
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ABSOLUTELY.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? I HAVE COMMENT.
UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND TO VICE MAYOR ALLEN FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHEN IT, WHEN THIS COMES BACK AS WELL, OPPORTUNITIES, UH, POTENTIALLY FOR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES, UH, TO WORK WITH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IF THERE'S, UM, AN ONLINE MEETING OR EDUCATION PIECE THAT COULD HAPPEN.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL, BUT WE KNOW THIS DEEPLY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITIES AT A PERSONAL LEVEL AS WELL.
AND MAYBE EXPLORING WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR, UM, HEALTH EDUCATORS TO INTERACT WITH FAMILIES IN WAYS THAT, UM, THEY CAN BE, UH, PART OF THIS AS WELL WOULD BE GREAT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.
UM, I'D SUPPORT THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WE BELIEVE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WE LEAD WITH A HEALTH LENS.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND MAYBE 20 20, 20 21 ON, UH, OPIOIDS AND FENTANYL.
WE TOOK SOME STEPS AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL TO SUPPORT STRONGER PENALTIES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT I THINK, UH, ALWAYS KEEPING AN EYE ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEAD FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH LENS IS CERTAINLY THE WAY, THE WAY TO GO HERE.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE REPORT COMES BACK REPORT MAY COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS A TOOL.
HERE'S SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT IT MAY COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT MIGHT BE A NEW EMERGING BEST PRACTICE.
SO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE, THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM AND TELL US, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SAYING IS WE DON'T WANNA TAKE OFF THE BALL, TAKE OUR EYE OFF THE BALL ON FENTANYL AND OPIOIDS.
AND, UM, WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE OVERDOSING BY FENTANYL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEADING AS A CITY WITH BEST PRACTICES.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I, I I INTERPRET THIS.
UH, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ULTIMATELY WHAT ACTIONS COME OUT OF IT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN STATE OF CALIFORNIA ELIGIBLE TRAINING PROVIDER LISTS, TRAINING AND SERVICE
[36. 24-55411 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with certain State of California Eligible Training Provider List training and service providers, for providing training services to residents, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000, for the period of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. (Citywide) Office or Department: Economic Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
PROVIDERS FOR PROVIDING TRAINING SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN A TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT.NOT TO EXCEED 2,500,000 FOR A PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 CITYWIDE.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
THERE'S NO STAFF REPORT REQUESTED.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT FUNDING
[38. 24-55406 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute agreements, and all necessary documents or subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award amount or terms, with the Department of Health Care Services and its Third-Party Administrator, the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions, along with Heluna Health, to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $1,333,914 for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Evidence-Based Practices and Community-Defined Evidence Practices Grant Program Round Three: Early Childhood Wraparound Services, for the period of January 1, 2025, through January 1, 2027, with the option to extend the agreement for three additional three-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $1,333,914, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,333,914 FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND COMMUNITY DEFINED EVIDENCE PRACTICES GRANT PROGRAM ROUND THREE, EARLY CHILDHOOD WRAPAROUND SERVICES CITYWIDE.UH, THERE IS ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, SARAH SORIANO.
GOOD EVENING COUN, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SARAH SORIANO AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YOUNG HORIZONS AND ALSO HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
AND I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 38 TO BRING THE MUCH WE NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMUNITY.
AS A PROVIDER OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SERVICES, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREDIBLE SPIKE IN MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES WITH CHILDREN.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE VITAL IN SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO CHILDREN.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO DR.
ALEJANDRA MOSES, WHO IS THE CITY'S, UM, ECE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS IN BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND BUILDING COLLABORATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN THE SERVICES THAT OUR CITY CAN PROVIDE TO OUR FAMILIES AND FOR BRINGING THIS FUNDING TO LONG BEACH.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN MOTION IS CARRIED.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
I SEE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
[ 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. ]
ANTHONY HOLMES AND JOEL YIC.[01:05:28]
I AM ANTHONY HOLMES, CITY OF LONG BEACH REFUGE DEPARTMENT.I HAVE A LETTER FOR YOU AND I HAVE A LETTER FOR YOU, REX.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU THIS, THIS IN PUBLIC 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA DO IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BECAUSE NOTHING MIGHT NOT GET DONE.
AS I STATED WITH YOU GUYS BEFORE, THERE'S A LOT OF CORRUPTION GOING ON IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN THE REFUGE DEPARTMENT IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND IT'S A LOT OF CORRUPTION GOING ON IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, ERIC LOPEZ, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AUGUST 30TH, 2024.
HE COMES TALK, HE COMES TO TALK TO THE REFUGE DEPARTMENT.
SAM STATED THAT HE NEVER THOUGHT HE'LL SEE HIMSELF TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN 2025, ALTHOUGH IT'S 2024.
SO I ASKED, I ASKED HIM, HOW, HOW COULD YOU STAND UP THERE AND TELL THESE GUYS AND WOMEN THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN 2025? SO HIS REPLY WAS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WORKPLACE.
WE ARE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WORKPLACE.
SO HIM BEING IN LEADERSHIP, THE HIGHER UPS, RIGHT? LEADERSHIP, HE COMES DOWN THERE AND HE CALLS THE DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEN HE TELLING ALL THE MEN AND THE WOMEN TO GET CLOSE WHO AGREE WITH ANTHONY HOLMES, THAT NOTHING CHANGED IN THIS DEPARTMENT WHO DON'T AGREE.
SO RIGHT THERE, HE CALLS THE DIVISION.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY THAT AGREED WITH ME, THEY LOOKING AT THE GUYS THAT'S ONLY BEEN HERE THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS, THAT DON'T KNOW NOTHING THAT WENT ON IN THIS DEPARTMENT AT ALL.
SO, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A LOT OF CLOWNS THAT YOU GUYS GOT IN LEADERSHIP AND I BELIEVE WE NEED MORE WOMEN, UM, FOR THESE HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS.
'CAUSE THE GUYS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN POWER, THEY MESSING IT ALL UP.
BUT THIS IS THE LETTER I WANT TO GIVE YOU, REX AND ZENDEJAS.
I HOPE YOU GUYS LOOK OVER THIS BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES ON AND GOES ON AND ME COMING DOWN HERE.
IT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
UM, I REFUSE, I REFUSE TO LET SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT ANTHONY JUST DEAL WITH IT.
I MEAN, RACISM BEEN GOING ON OUR WHOLE LIFE.
THE DAY I DEAL WITH WHITE SUPREMACY IS THE DAY I DON'T WANNA LIVE NO MORE.
THE DAY THAT I STOP FIGHTING FOR EVERY BLACK BOY IN EVERY BLACK GIRL IN THIS NATION, I PRAY, I PRAY TO, I PRAY TO GOD THAT HE STRIKE ME WHERE I STAND AND TAKE ME TO HEAVEN.
HI, UH, I THINK I'M HERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK FOR THIS INFORMATION.
THERE'S A BIG BUILDING ON HAVING CONSTRUCTION DONE ON IT, UH, ATLANTIC AND ANAHEIM STREET, AND I GOT A ROOF.
THEY'RE DOING ROOFING AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND I HAVE A, HAD GOTTEN A ROOFING NAIL IN A TIRE.
SO I GUESS I WANTED TO KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT CONSTRUCTION'S GOING ON, WHO I CAN TAKE THE SMALL CLAIMS CORD OR SOMETHING FOR THE NAIL AND THE TIRES THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHO TO ASK.
THAT'S ONE, ONE THING I'M HERE FOR, JUST HAD A LITTLE MAP.
UH, ANOTHER ITEM, I HAD A, AN ASSAULT A FEW MONTHS AGO.
I WAS, UH, I DUNNO IF I SHOULD TELL YOU THE STORY OR NOT.
I WAS JUST TAKING THE BUS AND THEN WALKING TO THE LIBRARY TO USE THE FREE INTERNET.
SO I GUESS I WAS, WELL ANYHOW, UH, HAD AN ASSAULT AND A SUBWAY STORE, HAD A VIDEO TAKEN, AND, UH, THE POLICE PAPER THAT I GOT BACK SAID AXIOM SOMETHING, BUT THEY DIDN'T SAY A PHO, IT HAD BLOCKED OUT A PHONE NUMBER OR WEBSITE OR SOMETHING.
SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE, UH, VIDEO OR WHATEVER.
SO THAT'S JUST A SECOND THING I'M ASKING TO FIND OUT.
SO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SORROWS, CHIEF OF STAFF IS GONNA COME DOWNSTAIRS.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE A SEAT, YOU CAN COME GET YOUR INFORMATION, MAYBE POINT YOU IN THE
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RIGHT DIRECTION.ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT BACK.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 38, PLEASE.
PLEASE REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONTRACTS TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE, ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION AND LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
[39. 24-55407 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HE-24-387 and award contracts to Fair Opportunity For Change, of Carson, CA; Illumination Foundation, of Santa Ana, CA; and Lutheran Social Services of Southern California, of Orange, CA, for providing intensive case management services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the City of Long Beach, in a total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $1,760,000, for a period of one year, 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 necessary documents to enter into the contract, including any necessary subgrants or subsequent amendments. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
FOR PROVIDING INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN A TOTAL ANNUAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT.NOT TO EXCEED 1,760,000 CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS JUST MORE CONTRACTS TO CONTINUE OUR, OUR WORK ON, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND CASEWORK SUPPORT.
UH, I SEE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? NO COMMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 40, REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROPOSITION 47
[40. 24-55408 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, all necessary documents, and any subsequent amendments, including changes to the award amount or terms, with the Board of State and Community Corrections, Proposition 47 Safe Neighborhoods, to accept and expend funding in an amount not to exceed $8,000,000 for the Re-Entry Program for the grant term of October 3, 2024, through June 30, 2028, with the option to extend for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $8,000,000, offset by grant revenues. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 8 MILLION FOR THE REENTRY PROGRAM CITYWIDE.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MOMENT HERE FOR AND DO THE STAFF PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY, A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
UH, WE KNOW, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT PROP 47 AND PROP 36 AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING DIRECTLY TO LONG BEACH THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE BEFORE, UH, TO HELP ADDRESS, UH, A PARTICULAR POPULATION, UH, THE REENTRY COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO, THE CAPACITY REALLY HASN'T BEEN THERE ON THE GROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT CITIES ARE ABLE TO, UH, RECEIVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REENTERING, UH, FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND THIS IS, UH, FINALLY SOME RESOURCES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO REALLY BOOST OUR CAPACITY HERE AND COORDINATE WHAT THAT REENTRY ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE, UH, FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, TO STAFF FOR REPORT.
YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK THIS THROUGH AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND, AND TALK ABOUT THIS NEW LEVEL OF, OF SERVICE.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALISON KING AND HER TEAM.
THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS HAS AWARDED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $8 MILLION TO LAUNCH THE LONG BEACH REENTRY SERVICES AND DIVERSION PROGRAM.
THIS FUNDING IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE PROPOSITION 47 GRANT PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS ACT.
THE GOAL OF THE GRANT IS TO OFFER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, TREATMENT, AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF NONVIOLENT OFFENSES WHO REQUIRE MENTAL HEALTH AND OR SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT.
THE INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL'S JUNE, 2020, ADOPTION OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR RECONCILIATION.
THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION REPORT EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING OUT OF INCARCERATION.
SPECIFICALLY, THE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT A KEY STRATEGY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK TO INCREASE COORDINATED REENTRY NETWORKS TO SUPPORT FORMALLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
I'LL NOW HAND IT OVER TO THERESA GOMEZ AND ALEXIS LLAMA TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS PROGRAM AND FUNDING YA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS PROP 47? PROPOSITION 47.
SO PROPOSITION 47 WAS A VENDOR APPROVED A VOTER APPROVED INITIATIVE ON THE NOVEMBER 20 14TH BALLOT THAT REDUCED SPECIFIC LOW LEVEL DRUG AND PROPERTY CRIMES FROM FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS.
EACH YEAR, THE STATE SAVINGS GENERATED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSITION 47 ARE DEPOSITED INTO SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS FUND.
65% OF THESE SAVINGS ARE SET ASIDE ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF STATE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS TO ADMINISTER A COMP COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
PROPOSITION 47 REQUIRES THAT THESE FUNDS BE AWARDED TO PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT, AND OR DIVERSION PROGRAMS FOR THOSE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
BEFORE I CONTINUE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE COORDINATED SERVICES FOR REENTRY ARE CRUCIAL IN PREVENTING RECIDIVISM AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
REENTRY REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF REINTEGRATING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED BACK INTO SOCIETY.
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TRANSITION CAN BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AS FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS OFTEN FACE NUMEROUS CHALLENGES THAT, IF NOT ADDRESSED, CAN INCREASE THE RE THE RISK OF RECIDIVISM AND FURTHER HARM TO BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY.COORDINATED REENTRY SERVICES HELP TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES COMPREHENSIVELY, AND THIS IS WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
UM, THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT, FIRST OF ALL, I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE SPECIFIC DETAILS, BUT THE PRIMARY GOALS, GOAL ONE, IS TO ENHANCE AND INCREASE COORDINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, TREATMENT, DIVERSION, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS IN LONG BEACH.
OUR OBJECTIVE WITH THIS ONE IS TO ENROLL 200, A MINIMUM OF 200 CLIENTS A YEAR INTO THESE CORE OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
GOAL TWO IS TO INCREASE PROGRAMMING, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH.
WE HOPE TO AT LEAST SERVE 50 JUSTICE IMPACTED YOUTH EACH YEAR.
AND GOAL THREE IS TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTION TO SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, TREATMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED WOMEN.
AND THAT, AND IN THAT GOAL, WE HOPE TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF 25 WOMEN A YEAR IN THIS GENDER SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING, I'LL ADD THAT THE SERVICES WILL PRIMARILY FOCUS ON OUR BLACK AND LATINX COMMUNITIES, SINCE THEY ARE LARGELY AFFECTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE GOALS, WE EXPECT ABOUT THAT 80% OF CLIENTS SERVED WILL NOT RECIDIVATE WE'LL REPORT AN INCREASE OF COPING SKILLS TO MANAGE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES, IMPROVE THEIR LIFE SKILLS AND INCREASE SELF-EFFICACY.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CORE SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE FUNDER.
THE SELECTED, UH, THE SELECTED LEAD ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES EXCEPT FOR THE ADULT DIVERSION, WHICH WE WILL EX WHICH WE EXPECT TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LONG BEACH PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
IN THE SPIRIT OF EQUITY AND CAPACITY BUILDING, WE ARE REQUIRING THAT LEAD COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS SUBCONTRACT OUT 30% OF THEIR FUNDING TO A SMALLER ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR REENTRY COORDINATOR, LEXI LLAMAS YAMAS, TO DISCUSS THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO BE SUBCONTRACTED OUT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
UM, AND I AM THE REENTRY COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, YOU KNOW, OFTEN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM NEED MORE THAN JUST THE CORE SERVICES THAT THE FUNDER, UH, SPECIFIED MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, TREATMENT AND DIVERSION.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
IN THIS GRANT FUNDING WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT, WHICH WITHIN THE CASE MANAGEMENT, WE WILL LOOK FOR PEER SUPPORT NAVIGATORS TO HELP WITH THE, THE SYSTEM NAVIGATION.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING HOME, OFTEN MANY PEOPLE HAVE CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS, UM, FINDING THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, AND THEY NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE AND BEEN KIND OF IN THEIR SHOES TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM.
THE SUPPORT SERVICES WILL ALSO INCLUDE HOUSING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, LEGAL SUPPORT, AND TATTOO REMOVAL.
WHILE THE COURSE SERVICES SPECIFIED BY THE BSCC WERE LIMITED TO MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, TREATMENT AND DIVERSION, WE KNOW FROM THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE THAT WOMEN AND YOUTH SERVICES OFTEN DON'T GET THE SPECIALIZED SUPPORT THEY NEED.
SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD OFF, WE WOULD CONTRACT OUT THESE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AS LEAD CONTRACTORS.
AND SO, AS TERESA MENTIONED EARLIER, THE THE WAY THE CONTRACTING WILL GO IS THERE WILL BE A LEAD AGENCY FOR MENTAL HEALTH, FOR SUBSTANCE USE AND DIVERSION, AND THEY WILL SUBCONTRACT TO SMALLER AGENCIES FOR THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
BUT THE GENDER SPECIFIC SERVICES WILL ALSO BE A LEAD AGENT THAT WILL BE CONTRACTED AND AS WELL AS THE YOUTH SPECIFIC SERVICES.
WHILE STATISTICALLY WOMEN MAKE UP A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, THEY OFTEN NEED SPECIALIZED SUPPORT TO ASSIST WITH THE TRAUMA FROM THINGS SUCH AS PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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AND CHILD WELFARE ISSUES.AND YOUTH AS WELL NEED THAT SPECIALIZED, UH, SUPPORT TO NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES THEY FIND IN TRANSITIONING FROM A YOUTH INTO ADULTHOOD THAT THEY DON'T OFTEN GET IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, SUCH AS UNSTABLE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL AND EMPLOYMENT STRUGGLES AND LIMITED LIFE SKILLS AND MENTORSHIP.
AND SO WE WANT THESE, UH, SPECIFIC SERVICES TO FOCUS MORE IN ON THE SPECIALIZED SUPPORT FOR THEM.
NOW, ALL OF THE PREVIOUS SUPPORTS WE MENTIONED WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO HERE'S OUR ROLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS GRANT.
WE WILL BE HIRING TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS FOR THIS GRANT.
THESE STAFF MEMBERS WILL HELP WITH THE INTAKE AND REFERRAL PROCESS.
THEY WILL CONDUCT OUTREACH, SCREENING, INTAKE AND REFERRALS.
WE WILL HAVE A UNIVERSAL CASE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR ALL OF THE CONTRACTED COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO USE.
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE CLIENTS THAT ARE GETTING THE SERVICES AND ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO MEDIATE THOSE SERVICES.
THE OVERSIGHT OF THE LONG BEACH PROPOSITION 47 ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
WE HAVE BEEN HAD A LONG BEACH REENTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS OR SO, AND WE'VE BEEN BUILDING IT STRONG.
THE FOUR PROP 47 ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF OUR ALREADY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE, AND THEY WILL REPORT BACK TO THE WHOLE GROUP TO SEE WHAT SERVICES, UM, WHAT SUPPORT MAY BE ADDITIONALLY NEEDED.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT OUR REENTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING.
IT'S MADE UP OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES, GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTE, UH, AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT HAVE HELPED US TO HEAR WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR OUR JUSTICE IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.
WE WILL ALSO BE OVERSEEING THE SUBCONTRACTED AGENCIES.
WE WILL MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
AND THEN AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, WE WILL GO TO QUARTERLY MEETINGS TO CHECK IN WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CHALLENGES OR ANY SUPPORT THEY NEED.
AND THEY WILL BE MEETING WITH THEIR SUBCONTRACTED SMALLER AGENCIES AND REPORT THAT BACK TO US.
WITH THE REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO THE ONLINE CASE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY.
IN SOME, THE COORDINATED REENTRY SERVICES ARE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FACE BY ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, SUCH AS HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT.
THESE SERVICES REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF RECIDIVISM AND HELP CREATE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS, THESE ARE WELCOME RESOURCES.
THIS IS CERTAINLY, UH, A POPULATION, UH, THAT HAS BEEN UNDER-RESOURCED.
WHEN PEOPLE, UH, GET A SECOND CHANCE AND THEY COME INTO THE COMMUNITY, IT IS HARD.
IT IS HARD TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET.
YOU NEED INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO, TO A JOB, PUT A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD.
AND WITHOUT THAT, THAT ECOSYSTEM, YOU'RE, THEY'RE SET UP FOR FAILURE AND RECIDIVISM.
I THINK IT'S BETTER OVERALL AS A CITY, AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE THEME OF ALL THE ITEMS TONIGHT HAS BEEN PUBLIC HEALTH, IS THAT WE GET TO PUT A LOCAL, SORT OF A LOCAL FRONT DOOR ON ALL OF THESE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BECAUSE WE ARE A HEALTH JURISDICTION.
AND SO THIS IS CERTAINLY WELCOME.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR GOING AFTER THESE FUNDS.
UH, DID YOU GUYS WRITE FOR THIS GRANT? THANK YOU FOR WRITING FOR THIS GRANT.
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT BUILDS MUCH NEEDED CAPACITY.
AND, AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THIS AND MORE EDUCATION ON THIS SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, UH, SUPPRESSING CRIME OR LOCKING PEOPLE UP IS JUST ONE PART OF IT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE COME BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES? HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY? SO
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, TATIANA TURNER.
PLEASE COME FORWARD BEFORE I GET THREE MINUTES.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? UM, USUALLY I HAVE SOMETHING PREPARED AND I REALLY HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED.
SO SOMETHING I JUST OBSERVED THAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ON, UM, LAST TIME YOU GUYS SAW ME, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROP 36 AND HOW THAT WAS BEING SUPPORTED OR SHOULD IT BE SUPPORTED BY YOU GUYS, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT YOU SEE FROM THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, THIS IS WHAT PROP 47 WAS ABOUT.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS A SMOKE SCREEN, WHAT IT REALLY WAS.
AND WHEN PROP 36 PASSING TOOK THIS TOOK THIS AWAY FROM US.
NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE ANOTHER WAY TO GET THIS FUNDING.
BUT TONIGHT, UM, THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAME UP AND GAVE YOU GUYS LETTERS, WAS HE A CITY EMPLOYEE? IT APPEARED HE WAS RIGHT.
HE SAID HE WORKS IN SOME DEPARTMENT.
WAS HE SAYING HE WORKED FOR THE CITY? YES.
SO WHEN THE YOUNG MAN CAME UP AS A CITY EMPLOYEE AND HE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT HE FELT WAS A BIAS POSITION THAT SOMEBODY OF LEADERSHIP HAD, I FELT THAT THE COUNCIL DIDN'T REALLY GIVE HIM THE RESPECT OF ADDRESSING HIS CONCERN, OR AT LEAST LEAVING HIM WITH A SENSE OF THAT HE WAS HEARD HERE TONIGHT.
WHEN HE WALKED AWAY, HE WALKED AWAY EMPTY WHEN THE MAN CAME, TURNER CAME, YES, WE HAVE TO KEEP IT ON TOPIC OF THE AGENDA NOW.
BUT, BUT, AND, AND SO ABOUT EQUITY.
IT DOES TIE INTO THIS BECAUSE WHEN THE, WHEN THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAME UP AND TALKED ABOUT HIS TIRE, THE NAIL IN HIS TIRE, HE WAS REASSURED THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET, UM, SERVICE FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF A SORROW.
I'M SORRY IF I HOPE I SAID IT RIGHT.
UM, I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
AND SO WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND WHAT WE SEE IS BEING DONE AS OPPOSED TO THE NICE WORDS AND HOW IT SOUNDS AND HOW GLORY, HOW NICE IT'S BEING PUT, WE'RE WATCHING THE ACTIONS, UH, VERSUS THE WORDS OF HOW WE ARE GONNA DO SOMETHING AND WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO.
SO PROP 47 WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON PAPER EVERYBODY SAYS, LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING, LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT THEN WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE ACTIONS OF KEEPING IT ALIVE, I FELT THAT A LOT OF THE COUNCIL WAS AGAINST KEEPING IT ALIVE.
SO ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
I WANNA DEFINITELY THANK OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN BEING SELECTED BY THE BOARD OF, OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS IS A BIG DEAL TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS FUNDING, UM, FOR IT'S 8 MILLION FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S ABOUT 2 MILLION A YEAR.
I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LOT, BUT I THINK THAT THIS, WANTING TO ADD TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID THAT DEFINITELY NEED MORE OF THIS, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE ALWAYS ARE GONNA BE, UH, EXPLORING WELL WHAT'S THE FINE BALANCE IN CREATING A SAFE AND HEALTHY CITY, UM, AROUND ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND I HOPE THAT THE WORK THAT IS DONE IN THIS PROGRAM ADDS TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL, WE'LL NEED A BALANCE AND THAT WE'LL NEED THESE KIND OF SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UPLIFTING COMMUNITIES, THAT THAT NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GO BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THE OUTCOME OF JUST THE DATA THAT WILL BE COLLECTED IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO I'M CURIOUS IF, IF WHAT, WHAT KIND OF SPECIFIC DATA IS THAT OUT? I DIDN'T READ THROUGH THE GRANT REQUIREMENT, BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE SOME DATA WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO LEARN FROM THIS PROGRAM? ONE OF OUR PRIMARY, UM, ISSUE, UH, PIECES OF DATA COLLECTIONS, WE WANT TO SEE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM.
WE WANNA SEE MORE THAN ANYTHING THE SUCCESS RATE OF OUR CLIENTS RECEIVING THE SERVICES.
IF THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE IN NEED OF, UM, WE WILL BE COLLECTING SEVERAL DATA POINTS, UM, WHETHER IT'S EITHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, LOCATION, UM, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE INTENTION HERE IS THAT CLIENT GET THE SERVICES AND WE REDUCE RECIDIVISM THAT THEY DON'T RE-OFFEND.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHETHER, DOES THIS PROGRAM PREVENT
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CRIME AS WELL, RIGHT? TO SOME LEVEL.LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WE'RE REDUCING RECIDIVISM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE MORE CRIMES? RIGHT? SO I THINK IT CHANGES THEIR BEHAVIOR.
ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO ALSO SEE THE OUTCOME OF HEALTHIER BEHAVIORS THAT ULTIMATELY CREATE HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES? MM-HMM.
I MEAN, IT'S PROVEN THAT REDUCING RECIDIVISM DOES REDUCE CRIME IN COMMUNITIES.
I I JUST HAD TO ASK THAT BECAUSE IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE, I THINK THOSE OF WORKING IN THE PREVENTION WORLD AND THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICE WORLD, IT SEEMS OBVIOUS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALSO THE INTENTION, IS THAT IN THE END, IT, BY CREATING HEALTHIER INDIVIDUALS, WE CREATE HEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY AND A CITY.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT POINT.
UM, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BECAUSE I, THE QUESTION WAS ON MY MIND AS WELL, UM, RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, MOST RECENT ELECTION AND, UM, THE PASSAGE OF PROP 36, WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON FUNDING, FUTURE FUNDING FOR LIKE, GRANTS LIKE THIS FROM PROP 47, IF ANY? YES.
UM, PROP 47 IS A COST SAVINGS OF RELEASING, UH, REDUCING CRIMES FROM FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS.
SO THAT COST SAVINGS IS WHAT WE ARE RECEIVING.
PROP 36 WILL ELIMINATE ALL OF THAT.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE FINAL COHORT OF PROP 47.
UM, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE, IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY NICE TO KNOW THAT THIS GRANT WAS FORTHCOMING, YOU KNOW, A MONTH AGO.
UM, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THIS CONVERSATION WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, I WOULD ALSO JUST, JUST, UM, JUST, UH, ASK WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY BEYOND THIS GRANT COMMITTING TO REENTRY PROGRAMS IN THE CITY? UM, WHAT DO WE HAVE BUDGETED OUTSIDE OF THIS? THROUGH OUR RECOVERY ACT FUNDING, WE HAD, WE PUT, UH, $500,000 OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO FUND TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, UM, SOME MENTORING AND CASE MANAGEMENT THAT IT WAS THE COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY.
WE ALSO RECENTLY THE POSITION OF LEXI YAMAS, THAT IS A INVESTMENT ALSO THAT IN REENTRY.
SHE'S OUR RE FIRST REENTRY COORDINATOR THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE AT THAT, AT THIS POINT.
WELL, I, I, I ASKED THAT JUST TO MAKE, MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY BOLSTER OUR YES.
OUR REENTRY SERVICES IN THE CITY.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT ITEM, UM, ONE THAT I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MORE FUNDING LIKE THIS FROM THE STATE IN THE FUTURE.
I JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST CLARIFY ONE THING AND THANKS FOR RAISING THIS COUN COUNCILMAN AUSTIN.
I DON'T, I DON'T, MY UNDERSTANDING OF PROPOSITION 36 WASN'T THAT IT WOULD FULLY ELIMINATE THAT FUNDING MOVING.
IT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT TO IT, BUT I THINK WE NEED A, I NEED THINK WE NEED A MORE CLEAR, MORE CLEAR ANSWER ON THAT, WHAT THE PROJECTED, WHAT THE ACTUAL PROJECTED IMPACT WOULD BE TO FUTURE FUNDS.
UH, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH OF AN IMPACT.
NOW, IDEALLY THE CONCEPT IT WAS COST SAVINGS, RIGHT? UH, BUT IF MORE PEOPLE, IF THEY CHANGE THE THRESHOLD FOR WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, A FELONY VERSUS MISDEMEANOR, IT WILL HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT.
SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME PROJECTIONS WE SHOULD SHARPEN THAT PENCIL AND COME BACK AND FIND OUT.
BUT THAT SHOULDN'T STOP US FROM CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR OTHER RESOURCES FOR REENTRY WORK BECAUSE I KNOW OUR, SOME OF OUR FIRST REENTRY WORK TOOK PLACE AS A PART OF THE RECOVERY PLAN AND WE WERE ALREADY LOOKING FOR OTHER SOURCES TO BUILD OUT THAT, UH, THAT SUPPORT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO.
SO CAN WE SHARPEN THE PENCIL ON THAT, TOM? YEAH.
MR. MAYOR, I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL 'CAUSE I THINK IT DOES IMPACT SOME OF THE FUNDING SOURCE, RIGHT? IT WASN'T MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COMPLETELY ELIMINATED 'CAUSE IT WASN'T A COMPLETE ROLLBACK OF ALL 47, BUT IT CERTAINLY SAID CERTAIN, UM, THINGS THAT WERE COVERED BY 47 ARE NOW NO LONGER COVERED.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL GRANT DOLLARS WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO FOR, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AREA FOR, FOR STAFF AND FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO, UH, LET US SHARPEN THE PENCIL ON THE IMPACTS TO 47.
UH, COUNCILMAN AUSTIN ALSO ABOUT, I MEAN, IF THESE DOLLARS CAME OUT TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, FOUR YEARS AGO, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO SHOW, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, UH, WHILE THE PUBLIC WAS HAVING THAT BROAD CONVERSATION THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE THIS MONEY, WE HAVE $8 MILLION.
AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, TO BUILD THIS CAPACITY IN OUR CITY
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MEMBERS.PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE
RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO J HEAVY CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MARINE MAINTENANCE YARD DOCK REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
[41. 24-55413 Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specification No. R-7235 and award a contract to Jilk Heavy Construction Inc., of Brea, CA for the Marine Maintenance Yard Dock Replacement Project (Project), in an amount of $728,960, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $145,792, for a total contract amount not to exceed $874,752; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; Increase appropriations by $1,113,554 in the Tidelands Operating Fund Group in the Public Works Department for the project, offset by a transfer from the Tidelands Area Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by the same amount; and Increase appropriations by $1,113,554 in the Tidelands Area Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department to transfer to the Tidelands Operating Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by the same amount. (District 3) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 874,752 DISTRICT THREE.ALRIGHT, IT MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
42 REPORT FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH DELL MARKETING FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING MICROSOFT PRODUCT LICENSES AND
[42. 24-55409 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Dell Marketing L.P., of Round Rock, TX, for furnishing and delivering Microsoft product licenses and support services, on the same terms and conditions afforded to the County of Riverside, CA, through the Licensed Support Provider (LSP) Agreement No. ITARC-00934 and Riverside County Master Microsoft Enterprise Agreement No. 8084445, in an annual amount of $4,210,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $842,000, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $5,052,000, until the County of Riverside, CA, contract expires on October 31, 2027, with the option to renew for as long as the County of Riverside, CA, contract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Office or Department: Technology and Innovation Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,052,000 CITYWIDE.UH, IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS PLEASE CASH.
RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION TITLES ASSIGNED TO MARINE OPERATIONS.
READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
[43. 24-55422 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Sections 6.16.210, 16.08.340, and 16.08.341 relating to classification titles assigned to marine operations, 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. ]
FOR FINAL READING.CITYWIDE IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
SO I'M LOOKING DOWN AT THE SCREEN.
JUST SAY YES OR NO AND I CAN HEAR YOU.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 82 REVO ALTO CANAL AS
[44. 24-55423 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Section 16.52.2510, relating to the designation of the property located at 82 Rivo Alto Canal, as a historic landmark, read for the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; Office or Department: Suggested Action: ]
A HISTORIC LANDMARK READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING.ESTABLISHING A HISTORIC RESOURCES DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 82 REVO ALTO CANAL.
DECLARE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 42 10 CALIFORNIA AVENUE AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING.
ADOPT A RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING HISTORIC RESOURCES, DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 42 10 CALIFORNIA AVENUE.
DECLARED THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 4 4 0 1 MYRTLE AVENUE AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A HISTORIC RESOURCES DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 4 0 1 MYRTLE AVENUE.
DO YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THAT POINT OF ORDER? UH, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE MY, MY MOTION.
I THINK THEY WANT COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN AND COUNCIL.
SO DUGGAN IS A MOTION TO KERR IS THE SECONDER.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE PROPOSITION L.
ORDINANCE MAKES FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CONTRACTING OF SECURITY GUARD SERVICES.
READ AND ADOPTED A READ CITYWIDE.
[ 24-55424 Adopt resolution establishing a historic resources designation for the property located at 82 Rivo Alto Canal, as prescribed by Chapter 2.63 of the Long Beach Municipal Code to be recorded pursuant to the authority of Government Code Section 27288.2 and Public Resources Code Section 5029; Office or Department: Suggested Action: ]
OKAY.ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WELL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO.
UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT: IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT Opportunity is given to those members of the public who have not addressed the City Council on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes unless extended by the City Council. ]
LATHA PENNIX.HI, UM, UM, MAYOR, UM, REX, UH, RICHARDSON AND TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE OWNER OF 61 60 ATLANTIC AVENUE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, 9 0 8 0 5.
ABOUT OVER 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS IN THE, UM, I GUESS THIS DEPARTMENT
IT WASN'T HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, REGARDING THE PROPERTY THERE, THE, UH, THE CITY WANTED TO, UM, DECLARE IT, UH, IMMINENT DOMAIN AND TAKE THE PROPERTY AWAY.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT WAS A CHURCH, UM, I'M A MEMBER OF
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THAT CHURCH, UH, MIRACLE FAITH, UH, EPISO HOUSE OF PRAYER.UM, UM, THEY ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE AT THE, YOU KNOW, OUR GROUP CAME, WHATEVER.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, I WANT TO ALLOW THE CITY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THEIR REDEVELOPMENT IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
THEY HAVE A PLAN AT THAT TIME.
THEY HAD A PLAN TO REDEVELOP THAT AREA, ALSO THEIR BUILDING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT AREA.
AND SO I HAVE LOCATED ANOTHER FACILITY THAT I WISH THE, UM, THE, UH, CITY TO ACQUIRE FOR US IS, UH, ON ORANGE AVENUE.
UH, BECAUSE OUR CHURCH WAS FOUNDED IN 1980, UH, WE HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS FAR AS MEALS, UH, HELPING HOMELESS, THE, THE DISTRAUGHT COUNSELING AND DOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF IN THE AREA.
UH, WE WANT TO ACQUIRE THE NEW FACILITY.
IT'S ABOUT THE SAME FOOTAGE AS OUR, UM, CHURCH, OUR PRESIDENT LOCATION, WHICH IS ABOUT OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE OTHER FACILITY HAS OTHER, UH, FAC UH, UH, FACILITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS ON CAMPUS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL AND SO, AND PARKING.
AND SO, UM, THEY WERE USING IN THE DOMAIN, 'CAUSE WE SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE PARKING.
SO THAT FACILITY DOES HAVE PARKING.
IT HAS THE SPACE THAT OUR CHURCH NEED.
UM, AND SO THE BREAKDOWN, WE WOULD LIKE THE CHURCH.
OF COURSE THE NEW CHURCH FACILITY IS A LOT MORE MONEY.
I'M SORRY, I DID HAVE THE LETTERS FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO I GET THIS TO.
BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THE BUDGET OF THE, UM, NEW CHURCH IS 3,995,000.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT HAS, UH, THE YMCC ON CAMPUS.
UM, PRESENTLY MY MORTGAGE, UH, IS, UM, UH, I'M A CLOSING AMOUNT.
IT'S LIKE 133,427 AT THE PRESENT LOCATION THAT WE ARE AT.
UM, SO WE, UM, I WOULD LIKE MY, UM, MORTGAGE PAID OFF, YOU KNOW, PAY OFF THE LIEN HOLDERS WITH COMMUNITY COMMERCE BANK, UM, OF COURSE THE RELOCATION FEES, UH, AND TO ACQUIRE THE CHURCH SO THAT WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND REBUILD, DO THE REDEVELOPMENT, DO WHATEVER THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO DO.
YEAH, I WANT TO RELEASE IT AS A OWNER AND MEMBER OF MIRACLE FAITH CHURCH.
WHERE'S YOUR CURRENT CHURCH? UH, 61 60 ATLANTIC AVENUE.
YOUR, UH, BUILDING, I GUESS WAS SOMETHING DOWN THE STREET.
DO I PASS 61ST IN ATLANTIC? YEAH.
RIGHT NEXT, NEXT TO THE CAR WASH.
YEAH, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN WHO REPRESENTS THAT AREA, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I'M ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF ON THE SIDE TO GET, YOU CAN HAND THOSE DETAILS OVER AND, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU MS. THERESA CHANDLER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, WE'LL MEET YOU AND GET YOU SOME CONTACT INFO.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
I AIN'T SEE YOU SIGNED UP, BUT I MEAN, YOU'RE HERE EVERY WEEK, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
UH, WE'RE OUT EARLY, SO I'LL JUST MAKE IT QUICK.
UM, I KNOW THE, THE MAYOR WAS, UM, UNAWARE OF THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES BUDGET-WISE, THAT WE'VE BEEN USING PROP 47 MONEY, NOT JUST IN THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION.
WE'VE BEEN USING THE MONEY SINCE 2015.
UM, A SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THE MONEY IS OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CITY PROSECUTOR, DOUG HALPERT.
HE HAS A DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT HE HAS HIS PATH PROMISING ADULTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, AND HE HAS A COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKER PROGRAM.
SO SINCE 2015, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS BEEN USING PROP 47 MONEY.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE PAY FOR THE $225 CLASS THAT HUNDREDS, IF NOT OVER A THOUSAND PLUS JUSTICE IMPACTED YOUTH HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIVERT THEIR SENTENCING GOING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM SINCE 2015.
UM, THERE'S EVEN, UH, LOOKING IT UP HERE, IT WAS, WE, WE FIRST STARTED USING PROP 47 MONEY IN JUNE 9TH, 2015.
SO WE'VE PROBABLY USED A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO THE, UH, UH, MS. GOMEZ'S, UH, POINT, UH, YES.
UH, STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA SHARPEN PENCILS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS USE PENCILS STILL, BUT THE, THE
SO WHEN YOU INCREASE THE COST, THERE'S NO MONEY TO BE SAVED AND THAT THERE'S NO MONEY TO BE SAVED.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE LOWERING THE THRESHOLD FOR, UM, UM, THEFT, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS A BIG POINT IN THE, IN, IN THE FOR VOTERS, BUT WE'RE ALSO ESSENTIALLY WIPING AWAY THE, THE, THE
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FINANCING PORTION OF THE BIGGEST DIVERSION PROGRAM, UH, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.SO I HOPE THAT WITH DIMINISH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE GONNA USE SOME OF THIS POWERPOINT POWER PLANT MONEY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A COUPLE OF, UH, NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT, UH, AS IS TO BE SAID, THE CURRENT DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH USES, WHICH IS FUNDED BY PROP 47, UH, IT PROBABLY WILL BE WIPED AWAY IN ITS ENTIRETY.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, AND THE, THE, THE GREAT TEAM THAT WE HAVE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOING OUT TO FIND THE MONEY BECAUSE AS I KNOW, THE MAYOR KNOWS, UH, THE FUNDING'S GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT SHAKY IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THAT AND POINT THAT SINCE 2015 THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS BEEN USING PROP 47 MONEY.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS IN ADJOURNMENT.
UH, I WANNA START JUST BY CLOSING A MEMORY OF FRO FINN.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WEEKEND WE LOST A MEMBER OF OUR CITY FAMILY.FRO WAS, UH, LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT SECURITY SERVICES OFFICER WAS A FRIEND TO MANY IN THE CITY, UH, FRO HAD BEEN WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 19 YEARS, MOST RECENTLY WORKING WITHIN THE JAIL DIVISION.
HE HAS SURPR SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, AND WE'RE KEEPING HIS FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR THOUGHTS, IN OUR PRAYERS AS, UH, THEY WALK, WORK THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
AND NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THE ADJOURNMENT.
UM, MAYOR, MANY ARE IN MOURNING OF RA, UM, AND HIS FAMILY AND KEEPING THEM IN OUR HEARTS.
UM, FOR SOME ANNOUNCEMENT HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND, WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE UPLIFT, THE SIX NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP, UM, FROM EIGHT TO 12 ON ORANGE AVENUE IN ANAHEIM.
SO COME DOWN AND HELP US CLEAN UP.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AN ORANGE AVENUE BIKEWAY PROJECT, COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN, YOU KNOW, UM, SAFETY HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG, UH, ISSUE.
AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE VISION ZERO PLAN, UH, TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITY.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UM, THE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE TO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH FROM TWO TO 3:00 PM AT MCBRIDE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE IT ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH AT THE EXPO ARTS CENTER, UM, WHICH IS IN COUNCIL MEMBER KI DISTRICT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I, I WANNA PUT A PLUG IN EARLY FOR OUR ANNUAL THANKFUL HEART THANKSGIVING DINNER PARTY.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE MAKING IT A SENIOR RESOURCE FESTIVAL WITH COLLABORATION OF ALL OF OUR PARTNER.
WE WANNA JUST REALLY THANK THE WEST END FOR PARTNERING WITH US AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.
UH, YES, JUST WANNA INVITE EVERYONE TO COME DOWN AND JOIN US AT MICKEY'S DOG PARK, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND CHERRY.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, PUTTING MULCH DOWN.
SO IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE TIME, IT ONLY TAKES, YOU KNOW, 30, 45 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME, COME DOWN AND JOIN EVERYONE AS THEY SPREAD MULCH AT THE DOG PARK.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT IN RECOGNITION OF VETERANS DAY ON MONDAY AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, MY OFFICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH AREA VETERANS COLLABORATIVE, WILL BE HOLDING A VETERANS DONATION DRIVE.
NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 27TH, YOU CAN FIND A DONATION BIN AT PARTICIPATING CD FIVE LOCATIONS AND HELP US GIVE BACK TO OUR LOCAL HEROES BY DONATING USEFUL ITEMS SUCH AS NEW CLOTHES, TOILETRIES, AND HOME SUPPLIES TO LONG BEACH VETERANS IN NEED.
YOU CAN VISIT LONG BEACH.GOV/DISTRICT FIVE OR CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR MORE DETAILS ON DONATION LOCATIONS AND THE REQUESTED ITEMS. AS FOR EVENTS IN CD FIVE THIS WEEK, I INVITE RESIDENTS TO JOIN MY OFFICE AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC TOMORROW NIGHT, NOVEMBER 13TH.
FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30, THERE ARE STILL SPOTS AVAILABLE.
YOU CAN CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE TICKETS.
UH, THEN ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, YOU CAN SPEND THE MORNING VISITING RETRO LOS CERRITOS FOR THEIR MONTHLY BIRD WALK EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
JOIN THE FREE GUIDED 90 MINUTE WALKING TOUR AT 8:00 AM TO SEE AND LEARN ABOUT LOCAL NATURE AT THIS HISTORIC SITE.
THIS WEEKEND YOU CAN START SOME HOLIDAY SHOPPING AND CELEBRATIONS EARLY BY ATTENDING LONG BEACH EXCHANGE'S, SECOND ANNUAL MARION BRIGHT TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION ON NOVEMBER 17TH, AND SHOP LOCAL VENDORS THERE AS WELL.
AND LASTLY, ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, YOU CAN KICK OFF A VERY EARLY HOLIDAY SEASON BY EXPLORING BIXBY K KNOWLES ON TWO WA IN TWO WAYS.
YOU CAN JOIN THE BIXBY KNOLLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR FIRST EVER BK 5K FUN RUN, BEGINNING AT 8:00 AM YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS@BKNA.ORG OR YOU CAN EXPLORE ON WHEELS WITH THE BK B'S MONTHLY CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE, UH, WHICH LEAVES FROM BEHIND PIXIE TOYS AT 11:00 AM THIS
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MONTH IS THE HOLIDAY EDITION.SO GET INTO THE SPIRIT AND WEAR YOUR FAVORITE UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATER.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, WE ARE OUT BY SIX 50, I GUESS.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, WE MOVE QUICKLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL THREE OR JUST THE SMALLER SIZE BODY, BUT I COULD WORK, I COULD WORK WITH THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.