May 13, 2025 City Council - Revised

BRENT DENNIS PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE.

[ROLL CALL]

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE STAND UP AND FACE THE FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALRIGHT, JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS AND COUNCILMAN KERR WON'T BE WITH US THIS EVENING.

UH, I ALSO WANNA REMIND YOU, UH, THAT WE ARE IN SPRING CLEANING.

SO AS A PART OF OUR ANNUAL SPRING CLEANING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY, WE'RE ENCOURAGING, UH, YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, LONG BEACH.GOV/SPRING CLEANING.

JOIN US FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP OR HOST YOUR OWN, UH, UH, AND POST ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE WANNA, UH, HAVE A SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM.

UH, THIS, UH, THIS MONTH OF, OF MAY.

UH, WE'RE GONNA START OFF, WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

WE'LL START WITH OLDER AMERICAN.

OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO STAFF FOR A PRESENTATION.

YEAH.

THANK YOU MAYOR RICHARDSON AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

HAPPY OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.

WE WERE REALLY PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE SPACE OUT IN THE CIVIC PLAZA WITH A LITTLE RESOURCE FAIR, AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE DOING

[ OLDER AMERICANS MONTH]

SOME HULA DANCING, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME THINGS.

I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, SO I'M GONNA

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PICTURE IF YOU WILL.

SO EVERY MAY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING LEADS THE NATION'S OBSERVANCE OF OLDER AMERICANS MONTH A TIME TO RECOGNIZE OLDER AMERICANS CONTRIBUTIONS, HIGHLIGHT AGING TRENDS, AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING OLDER ADULTS.

THE 2025 THEME FLIP THE SCRIPT ON AGING FOCUSES ON TRANSFORMING HOW SOCIETY PERCEIVES TALKS ABOUT AND APPROACHES AGING.

IT ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES AND DISPEL MISCONCEPTIONS.

LONG BEACH PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE DEPARTMENT DOES THIS BY CELEBRATING ALL MONTH LONG.

PRM IS CELEBRATING ITS THIRD YEAR OF RECOGNIZING OLDER AMERICANS, MONTH IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND THE SECOND YEAR IN BEING HONORED WITH A PROCLAMATION WHICH WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS EVENING, THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 12 EVENTS THAT INCLUDE A NATURE CENTER WALK PICNIC AT THE GOLDEN GROVE IN EL DORADO PARK, A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT AT DEFOREST PARK, A SENIOR SAFETY SUMMIT, A TALENT SHOW, A CARNIVAL, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.

THE GOAL OF OLDER AMERICANS MONTH IS TO HIGHLIGHT OLDER ADULT PROGRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITIES IN LONG BEACH.

WE DO THIS BY COORDINATING EVENTS ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE INTERACTIVE AND SHOWCASE LOCATIONS AND PROGRAMS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

PRM HAS SIX OLDER ADULT PROGRAMMING CENTERS WITH WHERE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ARE OFFERED UP TO SIX DAYS A WEEK, YEAR ROUND FOR THE 50 PLUS AGE COMMUNITY.

IN 2024, WE HAD OVER 200,000 OLDER ADULT VISITS TO OUR CENTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FITNESS CLASSES, SPECIAL EVENTS, WEIGHT ROOMS, PICKLEBALL, DANCES, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, AND CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAMS. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE ONE-TIME FUNDING TO SEND OUR OLDER ADULTS ON MANY ENGAGING FIELD TRIPS THAT ALLOW FOR PARTICIPANTS TO ENJOY CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIALLY INTERACTIVE LOCATIONS.

IN PRM WE RECOGNIZED WE RECOGNIZE THAT BY 2030 IN FIVE SHORT YEARS, ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE WILL BE OVER THE AGE OF 65.

SO THE NEED FOR PROGRAMMING THAT FLIPS THE SCRIPT ON AGING IS VITAL TO LONG BEACH.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.

THANKS.

THANKS, BRENT.

UH, LET'S HERE FOR BRENT DENNIS, OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS RECREATION MARINE.

AND BRENT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU THAT WILL DELIVER TO YOU.

DO HAVE SLIDES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THIS THING.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE SISTER CITY'S YOUNG AUTHORS AND ARTISTS SHOWCASE AND HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL PEN PAL PROGRAM.

UH, AND TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF SISTER CITIES LONG BEACH, SUSAN REDFIELD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S LOVELY TO BE HERE.

UM, UH, WE'RE HERE FOR A VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY.

[ SISTER CITIES YOUNG AUTHORS AND ARTISTS SHOWCASE & HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL PEN PAL PROGRAM]

UM, THANK YOU, UM, THAT, UH, ALL I'M GONNA DO REAL QUICKLY IS REMIND YOU ALL THAT SISTER CITIES HAS IS A SIX 75-YEAR-OLD ORGANIZATIONS.

LONG BEACH HAS BEEN INVOLVED FOR 60 YEARS.

WE HAVE EIGHT SISTER CITIES AND THE MISSION IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, STUDENTS, UH, EVERYBODY, BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH BETWEEN OUR SISTER CITIES, SO THEY BECOME FRIENDS.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, UH, DIP, UH, CITIZEN DIPLOMACY.

AND, UH, SO TODAY WE, IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1956.

TODAY WE HAVE EIGHT SISTER CITIES IN LONG BEACH, FIVE OF WHICH ARE PORT CITIES IN THE WEST AND THE PACIFIC REGION.

UH, AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS TWO OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, OUR, UH, COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL PEN PAL PROGRAM, AND OUR YOUNG ARTISTS AND AUTHORS SHOWCASE.

I'M GONNA INTRODUCE THE TWO PEOPLE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THESE FOR US AND LET THEM TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

THIS IS, UH, SAMA SAMA EL HABASHI, WHO MANAGED THE HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL PROGRAM, DIGITAL PEN PAL PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ISIS DECO.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE YOUNG AUTHORS AND ARTISTS SHOWCASE.

UH, MY NAME IS SALMA EL HABASHI.

I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL PAYPAL PAL PROGRAM.

AND, UH, THIS PROGRAM IS AN EXTENSION, UH, OF OUR COLLEGE INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS CONNECTED OVER 500 COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

THIS YEAR MARKED THE FIRST EDITION OF OUR, UH, HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL PEN PAL PROGRAM, CONNECTING 47 LONG BEACH STUDENTS WITH 62 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM OUR SISTER CITIES, UM, CHINA, MEXICO,

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AND CAMBODIA.

THE GOAL IS TO FOSTER CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, GLOBAL FRIENDSHIP AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.

AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, SYDNEY, UH, OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER, UM, TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT HER WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE IN THIS PROGRAM.

UM, HELLO EVERYONE.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

UM, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN REALLY AMAZING TO ME.

NOT ONLY DO YOU ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD, I GOTTA MEET TWO AMAZING PEOPLE FROM MEXICO AND CHINA.

WE SHARED MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CELEBRATED WITH EACH OTHER, UM, IN OUR CULTURES.

AND I FEEL LIKE CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS, HELPS US WORK TOGETHER ON THINGS.

AND THIS PROGRAM IS AMAZING BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PROGRAMS OUT THERE AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMMUNICATE IN A SAFE WAY.

BUT THIS PROGRAM IS TRULY AMAZING AND I'M TRULY REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.

MY NAME IS ISIS NOLASCO AND I AM THE YOUNG ARTIST AND AUTHOR SHOWCASE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH.

IT IS A PROGRAM THAT INVITES YOUTH TO EXPLORE AND SHARE THEIR CREATIVE VOICES THROUGH SIX CATEGORIES.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS FRIENDSHIP, THE HEARTBEAT OF GLOBAL PEACE, WHICH EMPHASIZES HOW FRIENDSHIP FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING, COLLABORATION, AND PEACE ACROSS BORDERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SLIDE AS THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY.

THESE TALENTED ARTISTS AND AUTHORS CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE THROUGH THE, THROUGH FRIENDSHIP FROM THEIR REMARKABLE WORK.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ON THE GLOBAL STAGE IN THE SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.

THESE PARTICIPANTS, CREATIVITY AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS PROGRAM, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.

FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SAMANTHA MARTINEZ, THIS YEAR'S FIRST PLACE WINNER IN POETRY AND A RETURNING PARTICIPANT TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ON THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SAMANTHA MARTINEZ AND I'M INCREDIBLY HONORED TO SPEAK WITH ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.

LAST YEAR I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN THE SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH YOUNG ARTISTS AND AUTHORS SHOWCASE.

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, I WAS THRILLED TO TAKE HOME SECOND PLACE IN POETRY.

A MOMENT THAT NOT ONLY SURPRISED ME, BUT DEEPLY ENCOURAGED ME.

IT WAS THE PUSH I NEEDED TO KEEP GOING, TO BELIEVE IN MY VOICE AND TO CONTINUE SHARING MY STORY.

THIS FELT BIG BECAUSE I, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I WAS PAID AS A POET.

AND TO BE COMPENSATED FOR SOMETHING SO PERSONAL AND SO CLOSE TO MY HEART IS A FEELING I CAN'T FULLY DESCRIBE.

IT MADE ME FEEL, SEEN, VALUED AND AFFIRMED NOT JUST AS A STUDENT OR A TEAM, BUT AS AN ARTIST.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE FOR UPLIFTING VOICE, YOUTH VOICES, AND FOR REMINDING US THAT OUR WORDS ARE WORTH LISTENING TO.

WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE MAINTAINED THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

DO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND MIGHT WE CONSIDER HAVING A PHOTOGRAPH? ALRIGHT, WELL, WELL FIRST LET ME JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT SISTER CITIES HAS UNDERTAKEN IN LONG BEACH FOR 62 YEARS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS, THIS IS A VERY LONG, LONGSTANDING PROGRAM IN THE CITY.

I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THE, IN THE LOBBY.

I WON'T GIVE, GIVE THE FULL STORY.

BUT THIS PROGRAM CAME OUT OF, UH, OUR EFFORTS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES TO HELP STITCH THE WORLD BACK TOGETHER AFTER WORLD WAR II WHEN THE PRESIDENT CALLED ON MAYORS TO ESTABLISHED MAYOR TO MAYOR RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH OTHER NATIONS.

OUR FIRST SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WAS YO CHI, UH, YO CHI JAPAN.

AND THAT IS STILL OUR OLDEST SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP.

WE HAVE EIGHT ACTIVE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CITY.

UH, WE ARE EXPANDING OUR RELATIONSHIPS THIS YEAR.

WE CELEBRATE 40 YEARS WITH CHING DAO CHINA, UH, WHICH IS ALSO OUR LARGEST TRADE PARTNER IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

AND IT'S THESE RELATIONSHIPS, CITY TO CITY, MAYOR TO MAYOR, PEN PAL, TO PEN PAL THAT HAVE WITHSTOOD POLITICS AND PRESIDENTS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE AS LONG BEACH IS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, VERY DIVERSE CITY, VERY INTERNATIONAL CITY.

AND AS WE PREPARE TO OPEN UP OUR DOORS AND WELCOME THE WORLD TO LONG

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BEACH IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AS WILL BE A MAJOR HUB FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES.

AND, AND SO, UH, WE, UH, WILL IN MANY WAYS BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

AND WE'RE READY FOR IT BECAUSE OF RELATIONSHIPS.

IF YOU ARE A PEN PAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR AN ARTIST WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ART PROGRAM.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN SISTER CITIES.

JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.

LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL, ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND DO WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THEM? WE DO NOT.

WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE THOUGH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

LET'S, LET'S HANDLE THE ROPES.

I'M HAPPY TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PHOTO.

EVERYBODY RAISE THEIR HAND.

, LET'S GO AHEAD IN THE CENTER.

ALL RIGHT, OUR FINAL PRESENTATION IS REMEMBERING THE USS FRANK E. EVANS AND THE LOSS 74.

AND WE'RE GONNA PASS IT ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

GINA, WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR RICHARDSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M GINA OVERHAUL, THE COORDINATOR FOR THE LONG BEACH VETERANS

[ REMEMBERING THE USS FRANK E. EVANS AND THE LOST 74]

COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF VETERANS SUPPORT.

GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN.

SO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DECLARES JUNE 3RD, 2025 USS FRANK E. EVANS LOST 74 DAY USS FRANKIE EVANS, A DESTROYER IN WORLD WAR II KOREA, VIET AND VIETNAM WAS HOME PORTED HERE IN LONG BEACH AT THE LONG BEACH NAVAL STATION IN THE LATE 1960S.

IN THE UNDATED PHOTO TO MY LEFT, THE USS FRANKIE EVANS IS DEPARTING.

ITS HOME PORT, THE LONG BEACH NAVAL STATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN UNDATED PHOTO.

ON 29 MARCH, 1969, THE EVANS DEPARTED LONG BEACH ON COMBAT OPERATIONS ORDERS DURING THE TIME OF WAR WITH THE NORTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT.

SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE EVANS WAS REDIRECTED, ORDERED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ALLIED NAVAL EXERCISE WITH HMAS MELBOURNE, AN AUSTRALIAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, UNFORTUNATELY ON THREE JUNE, 1969 AND OH AT OH THREE 15, THAT MEANS THREE 15 IN THE MORNING.

THE TWO SHIPS WERE INVOLVED IN A TRAGIC COLLISION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, OFF THE COAST OF VIETNAM.

AND 74 EVANS SAILORS PERISHED.

THE USS FRANKIE EVANS ASSOCIATION FORMED MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC MEMORIALS TO REMEMBER THE EVANS AND THE LOST 74.

HERE WITH US TONIGHT ARE STEVE KRAUS SURVIVOR, HIS WIFE DONNA, AND THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER KIRA, WHO LIVES HERE IN LONG BEACH.

THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL.

THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN THAN 30 MINUTE 30 MONUMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY COMMEMORATING THE USS FRANKIE EVANS IN LOST 74 AND ONE IN AUSTRALIA.

ONE IS HERE AT THE NAVY MEMORIAL IN LONG BEACH, UPON WHICH THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN ARE ETCHED IN STONE.

SPEAKING OF THE EVANS

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ADVOCACY EFFORTS, IN AUGUST OF 2024, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPROVED A RESOLUTION PUT FORTH BY STATE SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ TO RENAME THE STATE HIGHWAY JUNCTION OF ROUTE SEVEN 10 AND STATE HIGHWAY ROUTE ONE, BETTER KNOWN AS PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND THE ADJACENT BRIDGE, BASICALLY ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM HERE, THEY WILL BE RENAMED THE USS FRANKIE EVANS LOST 74 MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.

AND THE USS FRANKIE EVANS LOST 74 MEMORIAL BRIDGE RESPECTIVELY.

SO YOU SEE A FEW PHOTOS FROM PAST COMMEMORATIONS OF THE USS EVANS, I'M SORRY, USS FRANKIE EVANS IN LOSS 74.

AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE A PHOTO OF THE COMMEMORATIVE KEEPSAKE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO DONATE TO THE EVANS ASSOCIATION'S CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF THE HIGHWAY SIGNS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INVITE YOU TO AN EVENT REMEMBERING USS FRANKIE EVANS LOSS 74 ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2025, WHICH IS THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE NAVY MEMORIAL IN SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK AT 10:00 AM THE EVANS ASSOCIATION AND THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT ARE COLLABORATING ON THIS EVENT WHICH HONORS THE LAW 74 COMMEMORATES LONG BEACH NAVAL HISTORY AND OBSERVES MEMORIAL DAY.

AND THIS IS IN LIEU OF THE HONORING OUR HEROES MEMORIAL DAY THAT THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT HAS DONE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHEN YOU PUT IT IN YOUR GPS, MAKE SURE YOU PUT 200 AQUARIUM WAY NAVY MEMORIAL DOESN'T SHOW UP IN ANY OF THE MAP APPS.

SO THIS COMMUNITY CEREMONY BEGINS AT 10:00 AM IT INCLUDES LIVE MUSIC PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE EVANS PR TRAGEDY BY SURVIVORS AND OTHERS, A WREATH LANE CEREMONY, A TRADITIONAL 21 GUN SALUTE, AND THE FIRING OF WATER CANNONS BY A LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREBOAT.

WE WILL ALSO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE HIGHWAY RENAMING PROJECT.

YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR INFORMATION BOOTHS.

OUR EVENTS SPONSOR THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, THE EVANS ASSOCIATION AND THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT WILL HAVE BOOTHS AND FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, ENJOY A FREE LUNCH WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

THAT'S STARTING ABOUT 1130.

AND WHO SAID THERE ISN'T SUCH A THING AS A FREE LUNCH? RIGHT? SO LIMITED FREE AND METER PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT THE NAVY MEMORIAL LOT ADDITIONAL PAID PARKING AT THE AQUARIUM.

QUEENSWAY BAY LOTT, A 99 AQUARIUM WAY.

AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT LONG BEACH.GOV/VETERANS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE EVENT.

ALRIGHT, WELL IF, UH, FOR THOSE OF WHO OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW LONG BEACH IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UH, GINA IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ONE OF ONLY THREE CITIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE WITH ITS OWN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WITHIN THAT PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE AN OFFICE OF VETERANS SUPPORT.

IT'S A FAIRLY NEW OFFICE, PROBABLY.

GINA, HOW MANY YEARS? FIVE, SEVEN YEARS.

TWO GET OUTTA HERE.

IS IT TWO YEARS? IT IS BEEN LONGER THAN THAT.

WELL, THE COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2017.

THAT'S RIGHT.

'CAUSE I CARRIED THE ITEM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO ESTABLISH COMMISSION.

SO THAT WAS MY NEXT POINT.

SO YOU HAVE A OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT.

WE HAVE A VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION OF VETERANS IN OUR CITY TO HELP GUIDE AND INFORM THE CITY ON HOW WE RECOGNIZE OUR VETERANS AND SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISTORY.

'CAUSE LONG BEACH HAS DEEP NAVAL ROOTS.

UH, PEOPLE MAY NOT, MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE SUCH A BIG PORT, HOW WE'VE DEVELOPED OUT.

IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR, OUR, OUR NAVAL ROOTS IN OUR CITY.

AND SO WE, WE OWE A GREAT, UH, DEBT OF SERVICE, UH, TO THE NAVY, TO THE ARMED FORCES AND TO OUR VETERANS.

WE REGULARLY THANK THEM FOR OUR SERVICE AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT TRADITION.

AND IT'S, UH, THE ROLE OF GINA AS OUR, UH, UH, VETERANS OFFICER, UM, AND THE OFFICE OF, UH, VETERAN SUPPORT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MAINTAIN THIS REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY.

SO, UH, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD, UH, UH, JOIN US SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK FOR THE, THE MEMORIAL FOR USS FRANK E VETERANS IN THE LOST 74.

LET'S HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR VETERANS.

ALRIGHT, YOU GUYS READY TO START THE COUNCIL MEETING NOW? YES.

GREAT.

LET'S TAKE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

WE NEED A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT? YES, THERE'S ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SONAI KEN FAYE ON ITEM 15.

ALRIGHT, SONAI, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 18.)]

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UH, SONAI.

KEN FAYE SIX DISTRICT RESIDENT.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL, UH, AS WELL AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR AWARDING THIS, UH, WHAT ITEM 15 IS ABOUT.

UH, IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GO TOWARDS ONE OF THE PROJECT GOALS OF THE MAYOR, WHICH IS FUNCTIONAL ZERO, UM, ELIMINATING SPECIFICALLY THE POPULATION OF YOUTH IN THE CITY THAT ARE UNHOUSED.

AND SO WE THANK THE CITY FOR, UH, PARTNERING WITH US AND, UH, THERE'S UH, SOME EXTRA FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE GONNA LAYER IT UP LIKE A CAKE.

AND THANKFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOUSE PROBABLY EVEN MORE, UH, YOUTH THAN PREVIOUSLY WAS DISCUSSED.

SO, UH, PAUL, I HOPE YOU ARE READY TO AMEND 'CAUSE WE GOT MORE WORK TO DO.

THANK YOU, INDEED.

MORE WORK TO DO.

MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALRIGHT, MAX, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WE'LL NOW GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

TO ADDRESS OUR CITY COUNCIL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

MAX, MARIA AND SANDY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[ 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. ]

COOL, THANK YOU.

IN 1933, UH, NAZIS PASSED LAW AGAINST HABITUAL AND DANGEROUS CRIMINALS THAT JUSTIFIED PLACING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INTO CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

YESTERDAY GOVERNOR NEWSOM TOOK A PAGE OUT OF THE NAZI PLAYBOOK, CALLING ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CRIMINALIZE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN AN UNBELIEVABLY VIOLENT IDEA, CRIMINALIZING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS DOES NOTHING TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS.

UNFORTUNATELY, POLITICIANS LIKE NEWSOM AREN'T INTERESTED IN SOLVING HOMELESSNESS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE GOING AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF DEVELOPERS AND LANDLORDS, SUCH AS THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.

KNOWING THAT FASCISTS HISTORICALLY TARGET UNHOUSED FOLKS, FIRST, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A PROGRESSIVE CITY COUNCIL TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO HOUSE FOLKS, PREVENT FUTURE HOMELESSNESS, AND COMBAT THE RISE OF FASCISM.

INSTEAD, LONG BEACH CHOOSES COMPLICITY IN A STATE INTENT ON CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS.

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU KNOW, HIGH WINDS CAUSE HOMELESSNESS BUT DON'T PASS RENT CONTROL.

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU KNOW EVICTIONS CAUSE HOMELESSNESS AND DON'T PASS COMMON SENSE PROTECTIONS SUCH AS REMOVING THE SUBSTANTIALLY MODEL EVICTION LOOPHOLE AND WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU KNOW THE OLYMPICS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE HOMELESSNESS BUT CONTINUE TO PUSH IT FORWARD? IN OUR CITY HISTORY TELLS US THAT IT'S CALLED NAZI COLLABORATION.

AND YOU CAN TELL YOURSELVES WHATEVER STORIES YOU NEED TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

BUT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT BY FAILING TO PROTECT UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND BY HAPPILY EMBRACING KNOWN NAZIS SUCH AS ELON MUSK, YOUR COLLABORATORS AND FASCISM CANNOT THRIVE WITHOUT COLLABORATION AND COMPLICITY.

AND ALTHOUGH YOU ARE ALREADY GUILTY, YOU CAN STILL CHANGE COURSE, DO NOT COMPLY WITH NEWSOM'S FASCIST POLICIES AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT HOUSES INDIVIDUALS HOUSE THEM NOW IN ONE OF THE MANY VACANT HIGH PRICE UNITS ACROSS THE CITY.

PREVENT FUTURE HOMELESSNESS BY CAPPING THE RENT AND SET RENT CONTROL AND SUBSTANTIALLY MODEL EVICTIONS AND END ALL ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS.

NOW FASCISM MANIFESTS IN MANY FORMS AND NONE OF THEM HAVE A PLACE IN LONG BEACH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

HAPPY TUESDAY.

I'M MARIA, AUTONOMOUS TENANT ORGANIZER WITH THE LONG BEACH TENANTS UNION DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT AND SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND.

ALL OF YOU KNOW BY NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN RESISTING DISPLACEMENT.

I HAVE BEEN A TARGET OF EVICTION MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

THERE WASN'T A DAY IN THE PAST 20 MONTHS THAT I DIDN'T WAKE UP, THINK OF MY HOME, WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY LIFE AND WHO I WAS GOING TO BE THROUGHOUT IT ALL.

IT ALL BEGAN BECAUSE I DIDN'T ACCEPT A 300% RENT INCREASE, AN INCREASE OF OVER 1000, UH, $500, AND THEN CAME SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTIONS, THE GO-TO TACTIC OF TRUE DISPLACERS AT HEART.

I FOUGHT THREE OF THOSE IN AND OUT OF COURT AND WON THEM ALL.

THE MOST RECENT ACTION THE LANDLORD DECIDED TO TAKE WAS NOT ACCEPTING MY RENT.

HE MADE A PLAN, MOVED IT FORWARD IN ATTEMPT TO EVICT ME THROUGH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

WE JUST FINISHED A SIX DAY JURY TRIAL ON

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MONDAY, APRIL 28TH.

I ULTIMATELY WON A UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT AND REMAIN HOUSED DUE TO MY BADASS PUBLIC COUNSEL AT MOVEMENT, LEGAL, MY FEARS, POWERFUL ANCESTORS AND THE UNIVERSE, I'VE LEARNED AND OBSERVED SO MANY THINGS TO BEGIN.

THE CITY LACKS INFRASTRUCTURE TO FOR TENANTS TO RECEIVE SUPPORT AND OUR LIFE AND THAT ARE LIFE CHANGING AND EXPERIENCES LIKE EVICTION.

WE NEED A RENTAL HOUSING.

DIVISION ONE PERSONNEL FOR EVICTIONS IS DISRESPECTFUL.

STRONG TENANT PROTECTIONS ARE THE ONLY WAY AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IN PREVENTING TENANTS FROM BEING PUSHED INTO DESTABILIZING COMPLEX COURT PROCEEDINGS.

PASS A CODIFIED RIGHT TO COUNSEL.

REMOVE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL FROM OUR JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE AND WORK TO MAKE IT UNIVERSAL.

DON'T FORGET RENT STABILIZATION AT TWO TO 3%.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LIMITED EVICTIONS FOR NONPAYMENT.

AGAIN, I ENDED UP IN A SIX DAY JURY TRIAL BECAUSE THE LANDLORD DID NOT ACCEPT MY RENT.

I SHOWED UP WITH FOUR WITNESSES AND HE DID NOT ACCEPT MY RENT, BUT I WAS, BUT HE WAS STILL ALLOWED TO OPEN UP A PROCESS AGAINST ME.

THIS IS WRONG.

AND YOU MUST PROTECT OUR MAJORITY TENANT POPULATION IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

FROM SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON TENANT PROTECTIONS.

TENANT PROTECTIONS ARE THE, ARE MORAL AND ARE A FISCAL EMERGENCY AND A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S FUTURE.

I CALL YOU IN, EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON TENANT REALITIES, ON TENANT PROTECTIONS, AND I SPECIFICALLY CALL YOU IN CINDY ALLEN.

YOU RAN ON COM ON CAMPAIGN MATERIAL STATING FOR YOU YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.

CLOSE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL.

STRONG TENANT PROTECTIONS NOW.

I CALL YOU IN.

THERE'S A BUILDING ON PARADE STREET OVER 10, EIGHT TO 10 FAMILY WHO THERE'S 60 DAY NOTICE JUST EXPIRED.

APRIL 30TH, I CALL YOU INRE.

HOW COULD YOU BE THE LEADER OF THIS AND ALLOW THEM TO IGNORE US? 60% MAJORITY TENANT POPULATION.

I WELCOME YOU ALL IN PASS.

ALL RIGHT, OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON PUBLIC COMMENT IS SANDY.

YEAH, I'M JUST TIRED.

JUST AS, UM, RESPECTING THE, THE SHELTER.

THE SHELTER IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES.

THEY BRING DRUGS, THEY BRING STAFF.

THEY, I DON'T KNOW IF THE STAFF'S BRINGING DRUGS OR THE, THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BRINGING DRUGS IN OUR STAFF.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

IT'S IN THE SHELTER WHERE I STAYED AT.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

NO RESPECT.

AND THEY'RE SMOKING THIS MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP, THEY WERE SMOKING IN THE BATHROOM AND THEY, AND THEY, THE, THE, THE OTHER ONE, THE OTHER LADY SAYS, NO SMOKING IN THE BATHROOM.

WE JUST HAD A MEETING LAST COUPLE DAYS AND THERE WE GO AGAIN.

UH, THERE GOES THAT BOMBING THING AGAIN.

LAST COUPLE DAYS AGAIN.

HERE GOES THAT BOMBING THING AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BRINGING WHAT 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF.

THEY GOT MORE STUFF THAN I DO.

AND NO RESPECT, NO RESPECT, UH, FROM THE STAFF, NO RESPECT FROM THE, UH, SECURITY GUARD.

SOME DO, SOME DON'T.

I DON'T GOT RESPECT FROM THE SECURITY GUARD.

I CAN'T TRUST THE SECURITY GUARD.

TREAT ME LIKE S**T.

ONE OF 'EM TREAT ME LIKE S**T LIKE A DOG.

OKAY, NO RESPECT FOR THE, UH, SECURITY GUARD.

SOME DO, SOME DON'T AND NO RESPECT FROM THE STAFF.

SOME DO, SOME DON'T WITH THEIR ATTITUDE.

I DON'T LIKE THEIR ATTITUDE SOMETIMES EITHER.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I CAN TELL WHEN THEY'RE ON DRUGS, I CAN TELL WHEN THEY'RE ON COCAINE.

I CAN SMELL IT.

I CAN SMELL IT THROUGH MY ROOM AND THEY'RE TAKING PIC.

SOME OF THE GIRLS ARE TAKING PICTURES OF MY ROOM, NO PRIVACY AND WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? NO PRIVACY IN THAT ROOM.

AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BATHROOMS COME ON SMOKING AND, AND NO RESPECT FOR THE SHELTER.

NOBODY RESPECTS THE SHELTER.

THEY DON'T CARE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE LADY SAID? THE ONE, THE THE ONE THE STAFF WHO OWNS THE SHELTER.

YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAYS? OH, IT'S OKAY TO UH, SMOKE OUT THERE.

IT'S OKAY TO SMOKE OUTSIDE, BUT WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO SAY? SMOKE IT IN HERE.

SHE'S TRYING TO GIVE SOMEBODY A SIGN TO SMOKE IT.

IT'S NOT COOL.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON OUR FEET TO GET OUT OF THERE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T RESPECT THE SHELTER OR THE STAFF.

WE GOTTA PUT THIS TOGETHER MAN.

WE GOTTA WORK THIS OUT SOMEHOW OR GET A NEW STAFF MEMBER OR GET A NEW SECURITY GUARD.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

AND I NEED, I NEED A LITTLE, I MEAN NO PRIVACY.

COME ON NOW.

TAKING PICTURES OF OTHER PEOPLE.

MY OWN BUSINESS, NOT DOING NOTHING TO NOBODY.

I HAD IT.

I TRIED TO HANG IN THERE JUST TO GET, PUT A ROOF OVER MY HEAD.

I'M TRYING TO HANG IN THERE JUST TO GET A HOUSING.

I'M TRYING TO HANG IN

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THERE.

I'M TIRED OF IT.

YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THE SHELTER.

YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

RIDICULOUS THIS.

THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.

I'M JUST TIRED OF IT.

NO, DANIELLE, NO, NO.

UH, NO COMMUNICATION.

NO.

WE HAD A MEETING AND GO ON AND ON AND ON AND IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ANYTHING.

I'M, I'M DONE WITH THE, I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET ON MY FEET JUST TO, I'M TRY TO IGNORE PEOPLE BUT, YOU KNOW, IGNORE PEOPLE.

IT'S LIKE, OH YEAH, YOU KNOW, SHE'S DOING THIS, WHAT SHE'S DOING.

I MEAN, I'M NOT DOING NOTHING TO NOBODY.

MY, MY OWN BUSINESS TRY TO GET ON MY KEYS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY MA'AM.

YOUR TIME CONCLUDED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO TESTIFY ON THE ITEM.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

AGAIN, I MEAN IF IT'S ANYONE'S FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AT THE, IT IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

WE OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT THREE MINUTES, UH, AND IT'S PROTECTED BY FREE SPEECH AND, UH, ANYONE CAN WEIGH ANY ISSUE AT THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I SEE THERE'S SOME YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FRONT WANT TO EDUCATE ON WHAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS.

WE ALSO DO IT AGAIN AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

UH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'LL NOW GO TO HEARING ITEM NUMBER 19, PLEASE REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.

CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEE AND CHARGES SCHEDULE CITYWIDE.

THERE IS AN OATH REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.

PLEASE STAND

[19. 25-55195 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt resolution amending the Master Fee and Charges Schedule. (Citywide) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

DO YOU AND EACH OF YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE IN THE CAUSE NOW IMP PENDING BEFORE THIS BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

SO HELP YOU GOD, YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HAND IT OFF TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, APRIL WALKER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

WE HAVE REBECCA BERNSTORFF, MANAGER OF BUDGET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND GERALDINE ALEJO, REVENUE MANAGEMENT OFFICER TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL IS REQUESTED TO AMEND THE FY 25 MASTER FEES AND CHARGES.

SCHEDULE THE MASTER FEES AND CHARGES SCHEDULE IS UPDATED CITYWIDE AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR TO ALLOW DEPARTMENTS TO MEET.

CITY COUNCIL'S STATED POLICY ON USER FEES, WHICH CALLS FOR FULL COST RECOVERY WHENEVER APPROPRIATE.

THE CITY COUNCIL LAST APPROVED AN AMENDED MASTER FEES AND CHARGES SCHEDULE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024 AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET ADOPTION.

THE FY 25 PROPOSED MIDYEAR CHANGES INCLUDES ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS FIVE DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, POLICE PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE AND PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED ESTIMATED THEORETICAL REVENUE CHANGES ARE BASED ON VARIOUS FACTORS, INCLUDING ESTIMATED USAGE AT THE PROPOSED RATES AND IS THE INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCE FROM THE CURRENT YEARS ANTICIPATED.

REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS OF TONIGHT'S PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDE NEW AND INCREASED RATES TO ALIGN WITH FULL COST RECOVERY, INCLUDING THE THIRD YEAR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH'S PLAN PHASED IN RATE INCREASES BASED ON COMPLETED COST OF SERVICE STUDY.

THESE INCREASES WERE PLANNED TO BE PHASED IN OVER A MULTI-YEAR PERIOD TO AVOID A STEEP RATE INCREASE FOR CUSTOMERS.

ALSO FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF A COST OF SERVICE STUDY.

THERE ARE ALSO TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO TITLE AND DESCRIPTIONS TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF RATES BUT WITH NO CHANGE, THE RATE ASSESS OR SERVICES FURTHER A CHANGE, UH, CHANGES INCLUDE UPDATES TO ALIGN RATES APPROVED BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING A PARKING METER INCREASE APPROVED BY THE FORD STREET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.

FINALLY, THERE IS ONE FEE DELETION FOR A SERVICE NO LONGER PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW PUB TAKE IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE HEARING? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COUNCIL MEMBER RICK OTI UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.

I DO NOT EITHER.

THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LONG BEACH AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN CITYWIDE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM 20, REPORT FROM HEALTH

[20. 25-55196 Recommendation to receive and file the Long Beach Age-Friendly Action Plan. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, THE, UH, UH, THE PRESENTATION WE SAW EARLIER, WE'RE NOW GONNA RECEIVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON OUR AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN IN OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

MR. MOCA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.

SO IT'S EXCITING TO BE HERE TODAY AFTER LOTS OF OUTREACH AND PLANNING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TALK, UH, THROUGH, UH, UM, A, A REAL PLAN FOR, UH, WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR OLDER ADULT COMMUNITY.

UH, BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT, UH, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND THEN, UH, LINE THAT UP WITH, UH, WHAT SOME OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS WILL BE AND GIVE US A PLAN AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE BUDGETS AND FUTURE ADVOCACY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO, TO GET SOME RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THOSE.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, ALLISON KING, OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE HONORED TODAY TO PRESENT THE LONG BEACH AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN, A FRAMEWORK TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY ADAPT TO A GROWING AND AGING POPULATION.

THIS WORK COMES AT A CRITICAL MOMENT BY 2034, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN US HISTORY, THERE WILL BE MORE THAN MORE PEOPLE OVER 65 THAN UNDER 18.

WITHOUT INTENTIONAL PLANNING, CITIES RISK FALLING SHORT IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF OLDER RESIDENTS.

HOWEVER, COMMUNITIES THAT EMBRACE AGE FRIENDLY PRACTICES POSITION THEMSELVES AS VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES CAN THRIVE.

HERE WITH ME TO SHARE THIS PLAN IS SOPHIA HOJAT, OUR HEALTHY AGING CENTER MANAGER.

THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL INTERVENTIONS, REFERRALS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND SHORT TERM CASE MANAGEMENT TO LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, 55 PLUS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING AND ACCESSING RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

SOPHIA, THANK YOU ALLISON.

AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU AND DR. EVELYN GONZALEZ, NANCY RIANO, THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER TEAM, AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ACTION PLAN.

AS PART OF MY ROLE AT THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER, I LEAD AN INITIATIVE CALLED AGE-FRIENDLY LONG BEACH, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A GREAT PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE AS THEY AGE.

THE AGE FAMILY MOVEMENT BEGAN AS A GLOBAL EFFORT TO PREPARE FOR LOCAL LEADERS, UM, AND COMMUNITY FOR RAPID DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS INTERNATIONALLY.

THIS BEGAN WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN 2006 AND IN THE UNITED STATES.

THIS EFFORT IS LED BY A A RP TODAY THERE ARE OVER 940 RECOGNIZED AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND IN EARLY 2018, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH JOINED THIS NETWORK MAKING A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS AS THEY AGE.

THAT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A COLLABORATIVE CITY, LED COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT WORKING ACROSS SECTORS TO EXPLORE WHAT TYPES OF FEATURES, SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES ARE NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT IT CAN BETTER SUPPORT OLDER PEOPLE.

AND IN TURN, EVERYONE, BECAUSE THE FACTORS THAT MAKE A COMMUNITY AGE FRIENDLY ARE THE SAME WHETHER IN YOUR SEVENTIES OR YOUR TWENTIES.

BOTH GROUPS WANNA LIVE IN A CITY THAT INCLUDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL PARTICIPATION, BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR SPACES, EXCELLENT HEALTH SERVICES, AS WELL AS HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT FIT THEIR LIFESTYLE.

IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT THE LONG BEACH AGE-FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN IS NOT ONLY MEANT FOR OLDER ADULTS TODAY, BUT FOR OLDER ADULTS OF TOMORROW AS WELL.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR POPULATION IS RAPIDLY GROWING OLDER.

OVER 10,000 AMERICANS TURN 65 EVERY DAY, AND BY 2031 IN FIVE OR 73 MILLION AMERICANS WILL BE 65 AND UP.

AND BY 2060, THAT NUMBER JUMPS TO A WHOPPING ONE IN FOUR.

OVERALL, WE ARE SEEING A CONSISTENT INCREASE IN THE NATION'S OLDER POPULATION SINCE THE YEAR 1900 WHEN THERE WERE JUST 3.1 MILLION AMERICANS, 65 AND OLDER.

IN THE LAST DECADE, OUR COUNTRY SAW A 38% INCREASE IN THOSE 65 AND OLDER, WHILE THE REST OF THE POPULATION ONLY SAW A 2% GROWTH.

AND BY 2060, THAT NUMBER'S PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 70%.

THAT IS 94.7 MILLION OLDER ADULTS.

THIS SHOWS THAT THE PACE OF OUR POPULATION AGING IS MUCH FASTER THAN IN THE PAST.

AND LONG BEACH IS AGING TOO, BUT THIS ISN'T A BURDEN.

THIS IS A CALL TO BUILD A MORE LIVABLE, RESILIENT CITY FOR EVERYONE.

AS A GERONTOLOGIST, I BELIEVE WE MUST FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE VIEW AGING AND SUBSEQUENTLY HOW WE PLAN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR IT.

BECAUSE THIS DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT IMPACTS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE HOLE.

SO THE QUESTION REALLY STANDS, HOW PREPARED IS LONG BEACH FOR THIS ANTICIPATED POPULATION GROWTH? ACCORDING TO AARP'S LIVABILITY INDEX, LAST YEAR, LONG BEACH HAD A LIVABILITY SCORE OF 48 OUT OF 100.

AND WE, WHILE WE RANKED ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN THE CATEGORIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH AND ON AVERAGE

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FOR HOUSING, WE DID FALL BELOW THE CURVE WHEN IT CAME TO TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITY, ENGAGEMENT, AND ENVIRONMENT.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS SCORE ISN'T FIXED.

THIS IS A ROADMAP WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE COLLECTIVELY MOVE FORWARD IN PLANNING THE WAY PUBLIC SERVICES ARE DESIGNED AND DELIVERED.

DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE LONG BEACH AGE-FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN IS JUST ONE WAY WE CAN PRIME OURSELVES FOR AN AGING COMMUNITY.

THIS PLAN WILL SERVE AS OUR COMMUNITY-WIDE BLUEPRINT DESIGNED TO GUIDE AND ALIGN THE EFFORTS OF PRIVATE, PUBLIC, AND INDEPENDENT SECTORS TOWARDS THIS SHARED GOAL OF CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE, SUPPORTIVE, AND LIVABLE CITY FOR OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

SOON AFTER LONG BEACH JOINED THE A RP NETWORK OF AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES.

IN 2018, THE LONG BEACH H FRIENDLY INITIATIVE WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE WORK WAS UNDERWAY.

THE AGE-FRIENDLY STEERING COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, HOSPITALS, HEALTH PLANS, LOCAL NONPROFITS, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND INTER INTERESTED CITIZEN GROUPS, UH, WAS TASKED WITH DEVELOPING AND INFORMING A COMMUNITY-WIDE ACTION PLAN TO BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS BY ENSURING THAT STRUCTURES AND SERVICES ARE APPROPRIATE, ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE WORK GROUPS WERE THEN ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE FIVE THEMES IDENTIFIED IN THE 2005 AND 2016 STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OLDER ADULTS.

RESIDENTS WERE INVITED TO JOIN EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS TO FOCUS ON THE SPECIFIC TOPICS OF HEALTH, SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND HOUSING.

THESE 110 PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED HUNDREDS OF STRATEGIES AND THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT EMERGED FROM THESE WORK GROUPS ARE REFLECTED IN THE NINE DOMAINS, 24 GOALS, AND 108 ACTION ITEMS OF THIS PLAN.

BUT WE WEREN'T DONE THERE .

WE THEN TOOK WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE WORK GROUPS BY THOSE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WAS DRAFTED UP ALIGNS WITH AND ADDRESSES THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AS THEY SEE IT.

OUR TEAM WENT TO PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT OLDER ADULTS LIVE, PLAY, AND LEARN.

WE HEARD INSIGHTS FROM 162 OLDER ADULTS IN LONG BEACH REGARDING WHAT FEATURES, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.

OUR NEXT STEP WAS TO ENGAGE OUR LOCAL NETWORK OF SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS ACROSS VARIOUS INDUSTRIES TO VALIDATE THEIR PRIORITIES IN THE PLAN AND ENSURE THAT IT'S COMPREHENSIVE.

WE PRESENTED TO THE LONG BEACH AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE AND FACILITATED DISCUSSION AMONG 35 ORGANIZATIONS, IDENTIFYING WHERE THEY COULD ASSIST WITH CARRYING THE PLAN FORWARD.

THE FEEDBACK, PERSPECTIVES AND INSIGHTS FROM THIS SESSION AS WELL AS THE 10 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WITH OLDER ADULTS WERE THEN FOLDED INTO THE PLAN THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH TODAY.

IN THIS PLAN, THE NINE DOMAINS OF LIVABILITY ARE ORGANIZED INTO THREE ENVIRONMENTS, THE BUILT SOCIAL AND SERVICE ENVIRONMENT.

THIS STRUCTURE HELPS US SEE HOW EVERYTHING'S INTERCONNECTED IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

WE'RE FOCUSING ON SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, AND THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES, TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, AND PROXIMITY TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS.

IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE ISOLATION, REFRAME AGING, AND PROMOTE INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THIS INCLUDES THE EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PROGRAMMING, VOLUNTEERISM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND LIFELONG LEARNING.

THE SERVICE ENVIRONMENT ENSURES PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES, DIGITAL TOOLS AND COMMUNICATION AROUND RESOURCES, SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS AND TOOLS FOR PROTECTION AND PREPAREDNESS.

THIS PLAN CREATES A FOUNDATION TO HELP GOVERNMENT, NONPROFITS, BUSINESSES, AND INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE TANGIBLE STEPS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL TO GROW UP AND GROW OLD.

HERE ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE A CLOSER LOOK AT ONE OF THE 24 GOALS IN THIS PLAN.

GOAL 5.3 IS TO BUILD A STRONG AGE AWARE WORKFORCE BY ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES AND SERVICES TO ADOPT AGE FRIENDLY PRACTICES.

THIS COMES FROM DOMAIN FIVE FOR RESPECT AND INCLUSION, UH, WITHIN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE PLAN.

UH, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE TO SHOW THAT EACH PLAN IS ACCOMPANIED BY OBJECTIVES, ACTION ITEMS AND PROGRESS INDICATORS.

LONG BEACH, LIKE MANY CITIES, IS EXPERIENCING DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS WITH THE GROWING AGING POPULATION.

HOWEVER, BECOMING AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST ABOUT ACCOMMODATING OLDER RESIDENTS, IT'S ABOUT CREATING A CITY THAT WORKS BETTER FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE IT BENEFITS EVERYONE TO HAVE A MORE LIVABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AGE-FRIENDLY PRACTICES ENHANCE COMMUNITY LIVABILITY FOR ALL AGES THROUGH FEATURES LIKE SAFER SIDEWALKS, ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND WELL-MAINTAINED PARKS THAT BENEFIT OLDER ADULTS.

PARENTS WITH STROLLERS, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND YOUNGER

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RESIDENTS ALIKE AGE FAMILY PRACTICES SUPPORT HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE BY PROMOTING ACTIVE LIVING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION.

IT BOOSTS ECONOMIC GROWTH AS OLDER ADULTS ARE A VITAL PART OF THE ECONOMY.

THEY CONTRIBUTE AS CONSUMERS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AND BUSINESS OWNERS, AGE-FRIENDLY POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENSURE THAT THE CITY REMAINS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND RETIRE.

AGE-FRIENDLY PRACTICES STRENGTHEN SOCIAL CONNECTIONS BY ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FOSTERING INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND STRENGTHENING SOCIAL FABRIC AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH REDUCES LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH.

AND LASTLY, AGE-FRIENDLY PRACTICES PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE AS THE POPULATION AGES.

CITIES THAT PLAN, UH, CITIES THAT PLAN AHEAD WILL BE BETTER POSITIONED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND AVOID CRISES RELATED TO HOUSING, HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND MOBILITY.

INVESTING IN AGE-FRIENDLY INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICIES TODAY ENSURES A MORE SUSTAINABLE RESILIENT FUTURE.

THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES REFLECTS A BROADER SHIFT IN HOW WE THINK ABOUT AGING, NOT AS A CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME, BUT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE, SUPPORTIVE, AND RESILIENT CITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

THE LONG BEACH AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN REFLECTS THIS COMMITMENT, AN INITIATIVE SHAPED BY THE VOICES OF OLDER ADULTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND DEDICATED ADVOCATES WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THE WELLBEING OF OUR AGING POPULATION STRENGTHENS US ALL ACROSS OUR CITY.

THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCREDIBLE STRIDES MADE TOWARDS AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY FROM INSTALLING ACCESSIBILITY MATS AT OUR BEACHES AND SENDING FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH TRAININGS ON AGING SENSITIVITY TO INCREASING CROSSING TIMES FOR PEDESTRIANS AT LARGE AND BUSY INTERSECTIONS, AND OFFERING MOBILE VACCINATIONS FOR HOMEBOUND RESIDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC FROM DRAFTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS THAT ARE AGE AND ABILITY SPECIFIC AND PROVIDING DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING AND DEVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS TO HOSTING MONTH-LONG CELEBRATIONS OF AGING AND THE CITY EVEN RECENTLY BECOMING A CERTIFIED AGE-FRIENDLY EMPLOYER.

TOGETHER WE CAN PREPARE FOR AN AGE-FRIENDLY FUTURE THROUGH CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION.

ACCOMMODATING AN AGING POPULATION ACROSS ALL FACETS OF LIFE IS NOT A PROJECT FOR A SINGLE ENTITY.

RATHER, IS A FRAMEWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE MERGED WITH ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE PLANS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND FROM ALL ENTITIES.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED, LOOK FOR WAYS TO UPLIFT OLDER ADULTS IN ALL SPACES AND CONVERSATIONS YOU ARE IN, AND TO CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS WE ARE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY.

OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS PLAN PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FRAMEWORK AND INSPIRATION TO BETTER SERVE AN AGING POPULATION.

I INVITE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME TO EXPLORE WAYS TO INTEGRATE AGE-FRIENDLY PRACTICES IN YOUR WORK BECAUSE THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THAT IF WE LIVE LONG ENOUGH, WE ALL BECOME OLDER ADULTS.

THEREFORE, INVESTING IN A BETTER FUTURE FOR OLDER ADULTS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF US ALL.

THANK YOU, SOPHIA.

AGING IS A CROSS AGING IS A CROSS-CUTTING ISSUE THAT TOUCHES EVERY PART OF OUR CITY AND SUCCESSFULLY BECOMING AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY REQUIRES A UNITED EFFORT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THEIR CURRENT AND FUTURE PRACTICES AND IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT BY APPLYING A LIFESPAN LENS TO PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND CONSIDERING OLDER ADULT CONCERNS IN ALL AREAS BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL FOCUS.

WHILE THE PLAN DOES NOT COMMIT ANY AGENCY TO ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT ACTION OR INVESTMENT, THIS DETAILED WORKABLE PLAN IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL AGENCY OR BUSINESS TO DOWNLOAD AND TO TAKE ACTIONS TOWARDS IMPROVING LIVABLE LIVABILITY.

WE REMAIN FULLY COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THIS WORK, FACILITATING COLLABORATION AND PROMOTING ALIGNMENT ACROSS SECTORS.

WE ASK THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE PLAN AND CONSIDER INTEGRATING AGE-FRIENDLY PRACTICES INTO EVERY FACET OF THE CITY'S WORK TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN SHAPING THIS INITIATIVE AND WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO UPLIFT THIS PLAN TO REACH ITS FULL TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL THROUGH ADVISORY ROLES, PARTICIPATION IN WORK GROUPS, AND COUNTLESS STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS.

YOUR EFFORTS WILL LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON GENERATIONS TO COME.

WITH THAT, I CLOSE THE PRESENTATION AND WE ARE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR A NICE PRESENTATION.

THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM.

IS THERE ANY YOU WANNA COMMENT? YES.

WE HAVE 15, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED WITH

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THE SPEAK.

THE FIRST FIVE ARE B BILL SIFE, ANNETTE RODRIGUEZ, RENA OLIVER, FRANCIS GREER, AND KAREN .

PLEASE STEP UP.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS.

MY BIGGEST COMMENT REALLY IS TWOFOLD ON THIS AND BILL SI LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF UPDATE TO THIS LIKE EVERY FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF EVERY 10 YEARS, AND I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE ASK, BUT I, I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK WENT INTO THIS AND I KNOW, I MEAN, I WAS CONTRIBUTING TO IT VIA EMAILS AND I ATTENDED THE THINGS.

UM, BUT BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS RAPIDLY MOVING FORWARD FASTER, UM, AND OUR AGING POPULATION IS AGING FASTER AND GETTING SIZABLE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF MODIFICATION MIDYEAR OR LOOK AT IT IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ADVISABLE.

ESPECIALLY AS WE ADVANCE MORE IN TECHNOLOGY, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS WE DEVELOP AI AND HOW DIFFERENT GENERATIONS USE IT AND LOOKING, INCORPORATING THAT IN THE FUTURE OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HI, UM, MY NAME IS ANNETTE RODRIGUEZ AND I AM A GERONTOLOGIST AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CENTER FOR SUCCESSFUL AGING AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT LONG BEACH, WHICH LONG BEACH STATE IS ALSO AN AGE FRIENDLY UNIVERSITY I MIGHT MENTION.

AND I'M JUST WANTING TO KIND OF SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH FOR THIS PLAN.

OUR MISSION AT CSA IS TO BRING TOGETHER FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR DIVERSE AGING POPULATIONS THROUGH BOTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

UM, THE CENTER'S DIRECTOR, DR.

TI MARTINEZ AND I BOTH SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE LONG BEACH AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN AND TOGETHER TONIGHT WE'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT THIS BRINGS OF HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT PROVIDES BOTH GOALS AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO EMPOWER US TO SUPPORT AGING AND AGE FRIENDLY EFFORTS IN LONG BEACH.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN HAS SUCCESSFULLY UNITED KEY PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF AGING, FOSTERING COLLABORATION THAT WILL LEAD TO FUTURE SUCCESSES AND SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT AT CSA, UM, AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, CSA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PLAN BY PROVIDING STUDENT INTERNS TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS INITIATIVES AND WE WILL ALSO COMMIT TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN AND SHARE RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER ADULTS.

LIVING IN LONG BEACH AND IN PARTICULAR, WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED THROUGH THE PLAN AND WE CAN OFFER, UM, RESOURCES, GUIDANCE, AGAIN, STUDENT INTERNS TO HELP OUT WITH HOUSING, SOCIAL PARTICIPATION, RESPECT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION, AND YOUR TIMES INCLUDED, AND HEALTH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.

NEXT SPEAKER.

HI, MY NAME IS FRANCIS GINDER AND I BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE AGE-FRIENDLY PLAN WHEN EARLY CONVERSATIONS BEGAN IN 2018.

AT THAT TIME, I WAS A RECENT GERONTOLOGY GRADUATE FROM C-S-U-L-V AND A RECREATIONAL LEADER AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER.

I'VE SINCE BECAME A PRACTICING GERONTOLOGIST WHO HELPS OLDER ADULTS REMAIN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES OF THEIR CHOICE AND MANY OF THE OLDER ADULTS THAT I ASSIST THROUGH THE INDEPENDENCE AT HOME MSSP PROGRAM LIVE IN LONG BEACH.

MY CLIENTS RELY ON CITY RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND I'M EXCITED THAT LONG BEACH IS PRIORITIZING OLDER ADULTS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING ABOUT THE CITYWIDE ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BENEFIT OLDER ADULTS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THEM WITH THE OLDER ADULTS I SERVE.

YOUR COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS REYNA OLIVER AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT PROGRAMS AT SCAN INDEPENDENCE AT HOME.

THAT'S A REALLY FANCY WAY OF SAYING THAT I SPECIALIZE IN HELPING OLDER ADULTS TO AGE WELL IN THEIR HOMES OF CHOICE.

AGING WELL OF COURSE REQUIRES RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ACTUALLY AGE.

SO REALLY UNDERSTANDING AN OLDER ADULT'S UNIQUE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES.

AND ONE OF THE IMPACTFUL WAYS OF DOING THAT IS BY PARTICIPATING IN SENSITIVITY TRAINING.

INDEPENDENCE AT HOME OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRADE AGES WITH AN OLDER ADULT.

WE ALSO OFFER A NUMBER OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HELP OLDER ADULTS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND FOR MANY OF THE OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE IN THE PROGRAM THAT I OVERSEE, THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO AGE IN LONG BEACH.

SO I AM BEYOND EXCITED THAT THE PLAN IS COMPLETE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY AS WELL AS SEEING THE PLAN'S IMPLEMENTATION LIVE IN ACTION.

IF IT'S OKAY, LOIS WANTED TO

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GO AFTER I DID.

UM, I AM KAREN RE SIDE.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS.

I'M ALSO ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING FOR LONG BEACH AND THROUGH JANICE HAN'S OFFICE.

UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT.

SOPHIA, YOU DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

ALLISON, YOU, YOUR STAFF WAS JUST AMAZING GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THERE WAS SO MANY MEETINGS, SO MUCH DISCUSSION, INTENSE DISCUSSION.

UM, IT COVERS A LOT MORE THAN I HAD EXPECTED IT TO AND, UM, TAKES A FUTURE LOOK.

UM, YOUNG PEOPLE, CAL STATE LONG BEACH, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INTERNS THAT WE HAVE HAD INTERNS HELP PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.

AND THE FIRST THING WE TELL OUR INTERNS IS YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE TO BE 100.

YOU SHOULD LOOK AT LIFE THAT WAY.

YOU NEED TO PLAN AHEAD.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THIS PLAN, THIS FRAMEWORK IS COMING FORWARD.

NOW.

WE THANK YOU TOM FOR MENTIONING RESOURCES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LARGE NUMBER OF RESOURCES THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDED TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE PIECES OF THIS PLAN AND THE PROCESSES THAT ARE GONNA FOLLOW.

SO WE KNOW THE HARD WORK IS JUST BEGINNING AND UM, IN THE GROUPS WHERE I WAS OFTEN THE ONLY LOW INCOME PERSON PARTICIPATING, UH, WE DO WANNA SEE MORE INCLUSION IN THE PROCESS.

I DO NOT PRETEND TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY THAT'S NOT OF MY CULTURE.

AND, UM, WE ARE ARE HAPPY WITH THE PLAN THAT CAME OUT.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS.

SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS, MARK DAVIDSON, DIANA BERG, MILES MCNEELY, LOIS LEDGER.

I'M LOIS LEDGER, I'M WITH THE GRAY PANTHERS.

UM, I CAME TO, I WANT GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES, UH, IN OUR AGENCY.

UM, I ACCIDENTALLY, I RETIRED, I HAD SECRETARIES, SO I DIDN'T MASTER THE COMPUTER AND I ACCIDENTALLY UNSUBSCRIBED A WHOLE LA COUNTY AND A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, AND WORK WITH SOME LADIES THERE, YOUNG LADIES WHO JUST HELPED ME RE RE RE I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT LANGUAGE, REENLIST OR WHATEVER.

I HAD KILLED ALL MY CONTACTS, SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT REAL STUFF'S HAPPENING AND BETTER REAL STUFF WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE 'CAUSE OF THE PLAN.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS MARK DAVIDSON.

I'M 74 YEARS OF AGE RETIRED ARCHITECT AFTER A CAREER 40 YEARS.

LIVED IN LONG BEACH FOR 43 YEARS AND NOW FULLY INVESTED AS A VOLUNTEER IN LONG BEACH.

I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR LONG BEACH AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE OSHA LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

ALI IS WITH BEST KNOWN, I'M PROVIDING COMMENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN OUR CITY.

AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A VOLUNTEER OF OLLIE, THE OSHA LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE OR OLLIE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE CAMPUS OF CAL STATE IN 1969 AS A SENIOR UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR OUT UP 50 AND ABOVE.

IN 1969, IT HAD 118 MEMBERS OF NOTE.

ITS FOUNDING MEMBER SYLVIA MANHEIM TURNS 100 YEARS OF AGE THIS MONTH AND SHE'S STILL CLASSES.

THE SENIOR UNIVERSITY FORMED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION IN 2003 AND BECAME OFFICIALLY OLLIE.

A MOST IMPORTANT POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE TONIGHT IS OUR VOLUNTEERS.

WE ARE SENIOR VOLUNTEERS, A PRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP THAT GIVES BACK TO ITS COMMUNITIES, ITS SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND PASSION, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIVERSE LIFELONG CAREERS.

THE SENIOR POPULATION PROVIDES NOT ONLY VALUED MENTORSHIP, BUT DELIVERS TO THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND CULTURE CENTERS OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.

SUPPORTING AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PROMOTES THIS TREMENDOUS BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND THANK YOU SOPHIA.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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MY NAME IS DINA BERG AND I AM A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HEART OF IDA, A NONPROFIT SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SENIORS, AND THAT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO TONIGHT, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE 2025 LONG BEACH AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN.

THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPED THROUGH EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY INPUT MARKS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN OUR COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS HERE IN LONG BEACH.

ITS RECOMMENDATIONS UNDERSCORE THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP AMONG BUSINESS, NON-PROFITS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND OTHERS, PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SUPPORTING OUR AGING POPULATION.

DURING MY TENURE AT HEART OF IDA, I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND HOW THESE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS MAKE MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SENIORS.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DURING THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC, TURNED TO HEART OF IDA FOR ASSISTANCE.

THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MEALS ON WHEELS, LB CAP, CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND OTHERS, WE NOT ONLY ADDRESSED IMMEDIATE NEEDS, BUT ALSO EMPOWERED THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ONCE AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED IN THE AGE-FRIENDLY REPORT ARE NOT JUST A LIST OF ACTIONS, BUT A COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT EVERY OLDER ADULT IN LONG BEACH HAS THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I URGE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AND, AND, AND IMPLEMENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO CREATING THE AGE FRIENDLY LONG BEACH.

TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY SENIOR CAN LIVE WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND FULL PARTICIPATION.

I CAN HAVE A LAST FEW SPEAKERS LINE UP.

ONE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, THE LAST FEW SPEAKERS, UH, JANE, GRETCHEN, ADA, AND MIKAYLA, IF YOU CAN LINE UP.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS PLAN.

MY NAME IS MILES MCNEELY.

I'M A A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION AT WISE AND HEALTHY AGING.

I'M ALSO A, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT WISE IS A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS IN LONG BEACH.

I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THE AGE-FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN, AS WELL AS AGE-FRIENDLY POLICIES IN GENERAL THROUGH OUR WORK.

AT WISE, WE SEE FIRSTHAND THE GROWING AMOUNTS OF BARRIERS ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY FACE IN ACCESSING BASIC NEEDS LIKE FOOD, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, SOCIAL SUPPORT, SAFETY AND HEALTH SERVICES.

WE SEE THAT WHEN A RESOURCE THAT CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE DOES EXIST, THE PROCESS OF ACCESSING IT CAN BE INSURMOUNTABLE FOR SO MANY DUE TO LACK OF TRANSPORTATION, TECH LITERACY, DIGITAL ACCESS, AGEISM, LIMITED MOBILITY, THE PHASING OUT OF LANDLINE TELEPHONES, INADEQUATE HEALTHCARE, AND THE LIST GOES ON.

THE AGE-FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN HELPS ADDRESS, ADDRESS THE SYSTEMS ISSUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THESE CHALLENGES AND GAPS.

THE PLAN ALSO IDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES TO BEST LEVERAGE THE AGE-FRIENDLY SERVICES THAT ALREADY EXIST.

OUR FEDERAL FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR AGING SERVICES IS ALREADY AT AN ENORMOUS RISK, AND WE LOOK TO LONG BEACH TO SHOW ITS UNWAVERING SOLIDARITY WITH OLDER ADULTS.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS ACTION PLAN AND YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF AGING COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH.

THANK YOU, MAN.

NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JANE.

I AM A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT FIVE, I'M A LOCAL HOSPITAL WORKER, AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE LONG BEACH AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN.

UM, I REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE PLAN FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR, OF OUR DIVERSE AGING COMMUNITY.

AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMING TO THE PROJECT WITH AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS SO AS TO NOT LEAVE ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEHIND AS THE PLANS ROLL OUT.

UM, AT MY WORK, I SEE HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS EVERY YEAR, MANY OF WHOM COME FROM OUR SO-CALLED GERIATRIC POPULATION.

UM, AND A LOT OF MY PATIENTS DESCRIBE TO ME THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THEY FACE IN NAVIGATING OUR COMMUNITY AND IN NAVIGATING OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AS THEY AGE.

UM, WHETHER IT'S A PATIENT WHO IS HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE THEY'VE FALLEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, OR A PATIENT WHO IS HAVING INCREASING TROUBLE ACCESSING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, ACCESSING THEIR MEDICATIONS, UM, AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES SO QUICKLY, NOT ALL OF OUR ELDERS CAN ACCESS TECHNOLOGY THE WAY SOME OF US DO.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THIS TYPE OF ACTION PLAN NOT ONLY WILL BE GREAT TO SUPPORT OUR AGING COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO REDUCE STRAIN ON THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

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AS THE YEARS GO BY.

SO, IN CLOSING, UM, I'M REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PLAN AND SUPPORT IT.

I'M GRETCHEN SWANSON.

I LIVE IN CD TWO.

UM, I FACILITATE THE ADVOCACY WORK GROUP FOR THE AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE THAT'S BEEN, UH, CHATTED ABOUT, AND I'M SPEAKING THIS EVENING, TO ASK THE MAYOR, UH, TO PROVIDE CONTINUING AND DEDICATED LEADERSHIP TO THE NEEDS OUTLINED IN THIS REPORT.

WE NEED CLEARLY STATED AND MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES.

UH, IT'S TAKEN YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT.

I WAS A YOUNG PERSON WHEN THIS STARTED.

JUST KIDDING.

UM, I'VE ATTENDED MANY SESSIONS, UH, DURING WHICH THE SAME NEEDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED OVER AND OVER.

WE'VE MADE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THE AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE, UM, AND THIS HAS BEEN HELPED WITH SEED MONIES FROM THE CITY ITSELF.

HOWEVER, WE MADE A BIG LEAP DURING COVI BECAUSE WE HAD THE CHALLENGE OF, UM, VACCINATING A HIGH PERCENTER, UH, PERCENTAGE FOLDER ADULTS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TOUCHED BEFORE BY THE CITY.

AND WE DID IT.

WE CAME TOGETHER, CITY PARTNERS AND, UH, NOW 300 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE CITY TO HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OUT OUTSTANDING ACTUALLY SUCCESS STORY, UH, COMING TOGETHER AND VACCINATING OLDER ADULTS.

SO WE HAVE THAT TALENT, WE HAVE THOSE ASSETS, AND THIS COLLABORATIVE CONTINUES TODAY AS THIS REPORT SHOWS THE FUTURE IS HERE.

IT'S NOT TOMORROW.

YOUR TIME CONCLUDED, UH, HAS AGED, AND I ASKED THE CITY, UH, MAYOR TO DO THIS.

WE CAN DO THIS, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP HIM.

NOTHING COUNTS EXCEPT IMPLEMENTATION.

MY NAME'S, MY NAME'S NATE TNI, AND I'M A RESIDENT FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS OF DISTRICT THREE.

I'M ALSO A RETIRED, UM, SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHER WHO SPENT HMM 40 TO 50 YEARS STUDYING SOCIAL PROGRAMS. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE FINAL CONCLUSION OF THOSE 40 YEARS.

YOU CAN WRITE ANYTHING YOU WANT.

THERE ARE LAWS.

THERE'S ALSO A WONDERFUL, UM, ARTICLE FROM MANY, MANY YEARS AGO ON THE PROBABILITY OF EVALUATING NON-EVENTS.

THAT MEANS SOMETHING WAS PUT IN THERE AND NOTHING HAPPENED, AND THEN THEY CALL US EVALUATORS IN AND WE DON'T FIND ANYTHING.

SO I'M URGING ATTENTION TO IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, AS GRETCHEN SAID, ATTENTION TO MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES AND BENCHMARKS.

NOT NECESSARILY EVERY YEAR.

THERE.

THERE'S ANOTHER THING OF PULLING THE PLAN OUT TO SEE THE ROOTS BEFORE THE ROOTS REALLY FORM, BUT AT LEAST HAVING BENCHMARKS THAT CAN BE MEASURED.

I READ THROUGH THE THEORY OF ACTION, WHICH IS THE JARGON FOR THAT BIG CHART, UM, AND WHAT IT NEEDS ARE MORE CLEARLY STATED, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS REALLY WELL DONE PLAN IN GENERAL, BUT AGAIN, NOTHING COUNTS, BUT IMPLEMENTATION.

AFFORDABLE OPTIONS ARE DISAPPEARING.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I SECOND EVERYTHING NA SAID.

UH, MY NAME IS MIKAELA AND I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT OF THE FIRST DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN.

THE, THE PLAN IS TRULY AN AMAZING ONE, AND I WANNA THANK SOPHIA AND EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ITS CREATION.

I KNOW IT TOOK MUCH DEDICATED TIME AND COLLABORATION, AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO IT.

HOUSING IS ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS IN THIS PLAN, AND I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS A REAL TOP PRIORITY.

MOST OF THE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN MINE IN DISTRICT ONE, ARE LOW TO VERY LOW INCOME.

MANY LIVE ON FIXED INCOMES, AND THIS YEAR ALONE, I'VE SEEN FOUR OF THEM END UP HOMELESS ALREADY.

THESE ARE OUR ELDERS, AND THEY DESERVE BETTER.

CURRENT HOUSING IS NOT INCLUSIONARY.

RENT CONTINUES TO CLIMB.

LANDLORDS ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO RAISE RENT UP TO 10% EACH YEAR, WHILE SOCIAL SECURITY AND INCOMES FROM JOBS OFTEN SEE ONLY MODEST INCREASES, IF ANY.

THE MATH SIMPLY DOESN'T ADD UP THE CURRENT INCLUSIONARY

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HOUSING PLAN, WHICH REQUIRES ONLY 12% OF NEW RENTAL UNITS TO BE AFFORDABLE BY 2027 LEAVES 88% OUT OF REACH FOR SENIORS WHO NEED IT MOST.

88% NOT AFFORDABLE UNITS.

THIS SCRIPT IS OLD AND IT MUST FLIP.

THE COUNCIL MUST SUPPORT THE AGE-FRIENDLY PLAN, TAKE ACTION STEPS, AS NATA SAID, BUT AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES, YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO MORE FOR OUR ELDERS.

THERE SHOULD BE STRONGER RENTER PROTECTIONS.

THERE SHOULD BE STRONGER REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPERS TO MEET THESE NEEDS.

THE LONG BEACH SENIOR POPULATION IS GROWING.

IF WE WANT THIS TO BE A TRULY AGE-FRIENDLY CITY, MA'AM, YOUR TIME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING MUST BE AT THE CENTER OF THAT VISION.

UH, THE YOUTH, THE VICE MAYOR.

SO WHEN THE MAYOR HAS ANOTHER COMMITMENT TO GO TO, I TAKE HIS PLACE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

USE POLICY PERSPECTIVE TO ENCOURAGE AND INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS TO, UH, HAVE SENIOR HOUSING AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE WOULD BE IMPORTANT.

UH, BRING BEHIND THE RAIL, UH, COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR URANGA.

UM, SO IT IS MY PLEASURE TO SECOND THIS MOTION.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLAN AS BROUGHT FORTH TODAY.

I WANNA THANK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR LEADING ON THIS AND THE COUNTLESS RESIDENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER CITY STAFF AND ENTITIES, UH, MANY OF WHICH ARE HERE TONIGHT, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED, UH, TO THIS PLAN.

IT IS CRUCIAL FOR US TO UPLIFT OUR ELDERS AND PRIORITIZE THE POLICIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES OUR OLDER ADULTS AND RICH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, MENTOR OUR YOUTH, AND KEEP OUR SHARED LEGACY AND HISTORY ALIVE.

UH, ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THIS PLAN IS ABOUT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

SO I'M GONNA GO INTO A FEW THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE THAT I'D LOVE TO SHARE, UH, WITH YOU HERE.

UM, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS ESSENTIAL, UM, AND ENSURING THAT OUR ELDERS CAN THRIVE AND ENHANCING OUR LIVABILITY, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE RECOMMENDED.

AND WE, ME SEEING THAT SCORE, I'M LIKE, WE WANNA DO BETTER, UM, GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, UM, CERTAINLY AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE, I'VE ALREADY PUT FORTH A MOTION, UM, THAT LOOKS AT, UH, SHALLOW SUBSIDY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RENT FOR, UH, SENIORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE FACING THOSE INCREASES THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY METHODS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO MAKE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AN AGE FRIENDLY CITY.

UM, AND NOW WE'VE GOT A COMPREHENSIVE ROADMAP, UM, IN THIS PLAN HERE.

I WANNA THANK SOPHIA AND ALLISON FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.

SO LET ME GET INTO A FEW ITEMS THAT I'D LOVE TO SHARE, UH, REGARDING THE DOMAINS IN THIS PLAN.

SO, ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION ARE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN.

I'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO CONTRIBUTE TO, AS WE MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OLDER ADULTS, UM, HAVE A CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO HOW THAT TRANSIT SYSTEM WORKS AND ENSURING THAT IT WORKS FOR THEM.

IF WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THEM, I'M GONNA URGE US, UM, TO DO THAT.

NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, UM, AND AUTONOMY, UH, FOR OUR ELDERS, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE IDENTIFY AND ROOT OUT ELDER ABUSE, WHICH IS OFTEN PERVASIVE AND HIDDEN, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AFFECTING FOLKS IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE DO THE FIFTH DOMAIN VERY SERIOUSLY REGARDING RESPECT AND INCLUSION AND CREATING WORKPLACES AS WELL THAT ARE AGE FRIENDLY, UH, WITHIN LONG BEACH.

MANY OF OUR OLDER ADULTS ARE OFTEN, AS WE HEARD HERE TODAY, ACQUAINTED WITH INTERACTING WITH THE HEALTHCARE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, UH, ELDER FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND WITHIN OUR CITY HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO DETECT AND PREVENT ELDER ABUSE AND ANY NEGLECT.

SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK AT THOSE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF.

WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE LOOK ACROSS THE ENTIRE, UH, CITY AND CITY FAMILY, UM, I'D LOVE TO CONSIDER OUTDOOR SPACES AND BUILDINGS.

AND, AND AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR ZONING AND ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT PUBLIC PARKS AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS MEET UNIVERSAL DESIGNS THAT ARE, UH, ACCESSIBLE FOR OLDER ADULTS.

I'VE TALKED ALREADY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, BUT IN PARTICULAR, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ON DEMAND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR OLDER ADULTS, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE TRANSIT POOR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUS OPERATIONS, UM, ALLOW FOR LOWERED RAMPS, PRIORITY SEATING, UM, AND REAL TIME ARRIVAL INFORMATION.

WE'VE TALKED, UH, A BIT ABOUT HOUSING, BUT WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN DO AS A CITY FROM A LAND

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AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO, UH, FAST TRACK.

AND I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MAY NOT BE HERE, SO THEY MIGHT, UM, HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

UM, BUT FAST TRACK THE CREATION OF THIRD PLACES WHERE OUR SENIORS GATHER.

SO THOSE SENIOR CENTERS, INTERGENERATIONAL HUBS.

UM, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS ARE ELEVATED AND MOVE FORWARD WITHIN OUR CITY.

UM, YOU'VE HEARD FROM, WE'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS HERE.

UH, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

WE ALSO WANNA ADD FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AS KEY PARTNERS IN OUR ABILITY TO OFFER TAILORED FREE SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMMING FOR OLDER ADULTS AND COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THIS ALL DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE REVIVE THE CONVERSATION AROUND SOCIAL IMPACT BONDS AND OTHER THINGS THAT GIVE US ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO CREATE, UM, THE KINDS OF, UM, PROGRAMMING WE WANT TO SEE, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY.

WE HAVE STRONG ROOFING PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR SENIORS IN, UH, OUR CITY THAT SUPPORT PRIVATE SPACES SO THAT SENIORS CAN AGE, UH, GRATEFULLY AND GRACEFULLY IN PLACE.

HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER MATERIALS SUCH AS GRAB BARS, IMPROVE LIGHTING AND OTHER SECURITY SO THAT THEY CAN REMAIN, UM, IN THEIR HOMES? SO THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SHARE, UM, WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND KEY ISSUES THAT I THINK, UM, WILL HELP US MOVE THE NEEDLE ON WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR AGE-FRIENDLY CITY JOURNEY.

DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS, UH, HEALTH SAFETY, NUTRITION TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS TO SEE WHAT RESOURCES MAY BE LACKING SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO AGE IN PLACE OR AGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT OR IN THE MANNER THAT SERVES THEM BEST.

COUNCIL MEMBER FOR COMMENTS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER RICK.

SO, UH, THAT WAS A DIFFICULT ACT TO FOLLOW THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH TOOK, UM, BUT , UH, I'M GONNA SAY DITTO AND THEN I'LL ADD SOME STUFF TO IT.

UH, YES, I REALLY WANNA THANK THE, UH, THE STAFF.

YOU CAN TELL THAT YOU ALL PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS.

AND SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THINGS IN THIS.

UM, I KNOW THESE ARE SOMETIMES LABORS OF LOVE, THERE'S LOTS OF MEETINGS THAT GO INTO THEM, LOTS OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK BACK AND FORTH.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH THE JOURNEY.

UM, I LOVE THE, THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD TALKING ABOUT THE AGE FRIENDLY LENS, RIGHT? LIKE BAKING THAT INTO THE WORK THAT WE DO.

AND I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT LIKE THE EQUITY LENS, AND SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF USING THAT PHRASE OF THE AGE, THE AGE FRIENDLY LENS.

UM, AND I, I, I, I ENJOYED READING THROUGH THE PROGRESS INDICATORS AND LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, I MAY STEAL A FEW OF YOUR SHORT TERM, UH, GOALS HERE.

'CAUSE I REALLY, UH, I LIKE, I, I LIKE SEVERAL OF THEM.

UM, WE DO AN EVENT CALLED WALK UPTOWN IN MY COMMUNITY WHERE WE TEACH RESIDENTS HOW TO USE THE GO LONG BEACH APP.

AND SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF PROMOTING THAT USE, UM, FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS WITH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING REPORTING ISSUES LIKE POOR LIGHTING, UNEVEN PATHS, THINGS THAT IT COULD BE HAZARDS TO OUR, TO OUR OLDER ADULTS, UM, UNDER RESPECTED INCLUSION, THE IDEA OF PROMOTING AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR OLDER ADULTS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS.

UM, AND THEN UNDER CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT, THE IDEA OF HIGHLIGHT BUSINESSES THAT OBSERVE AGE FRIENDLY HIRING PRACTICES, RIGHT? LIKE, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NECESSARILY THINK OF AS LIKE, UM, AN ASPECT TO THINK ABOUT WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND, AND THEIR WORK.

UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR OLDER ADULTS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES, UM, IN OUR CITY.

UH, SO I LOVED ALL OF THOSE.

AGAIN, MIGHT STEAL A FEW OF THOSE, UH, MYSELF.

UH, AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO JUST, UH, UPLIFT AND HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOPHIA WAS TO ASK YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE MANAGER OF THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER, AND UNTIL RECENTLY I ACTUALLY WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT MYSELF AND ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS GOT THE, UM, THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING YOU IN SOME OF YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR STAFF MEMBERS, UM, AT AN EVENT AT MY DISTRICT.

AND I WAS JUST HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU COULD KIND OF WALK EVERYBODY THROUGH WHAT THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER IS AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE COMMUNITY CAN ENGAGE IN.

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER IS A MAGNIFICENT PROGRAM IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU DO.

NOW, LET'S SEE, .

UH, SO I'M THE COORDINATOR FOR MANAGER FOR THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER.

WE ARE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, BUT WE'RE HOUSED INSIDE OF THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER ON FOURTH AND ORANGE, SO IN ROOM ONE 11.

AND OUR TEAM RIGHT NOW IS MADE UP OF A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, A HEALTH EDUCATOR, A SOCIAL WORKER, AND MYSELF.

SO IT'S A SMALL TEAM, BUT WE SERVE ALL OLDER ADULTS IN LONG BEACH AGE 55 AND UP.

AND, UM, THE CORE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT, SHORT TERM CASE MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE AND REFERRALS, AND DIFFERENT CONNECTION TO SERVICES.

SO WE RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM ALL DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OLDER ADULTS, THEMSELVES CONCERNED, NEIGHBORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED AN OLDER ADULT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR TEAM WILL COME IN, PROVIDE, UM,

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UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE CORE OF WHAT WE PROVIDE.

IT'S FOR, IT'S FREE, IT'S FOR ALL OLDER ADULTS, 55 AND UP, AND WE, UM, ACT AS THE LIAISON TO CONNECT THEM TO THOSE RESOURCES.

LOVELY.

SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION I JUST MAKE THIS CONCRETE FOR, FOR EVERYONE.

SO LET'S SAY I HAVE A, A NEIGHBOR THAT'S AN OLDER ADULT.

THEY'RE ADULT, THEY'RE A RETIREE, TYPICALLY I SEE THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, GARDENING IN THEIR YARD EVERY DAY, AND I NOTICE, OH, FOR THE LAST LIKE WEEK OR SO, I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM.

UM, IF I CALLED YOU ALL, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MIGHT YOU DO? ABSOLUTELY.

WE THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THAT.

THAT'S, UM, A BIG PART OF CREATING AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES IS TAKING A LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORS AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT'S FANTASTIC.

BUT, UM, YOU'D LIKELY SPEAK TO OUR HEALTH EDUCATORS.

SEQUOIA BATTLE, ALMOST EVERY OLDER ADULT IN LONG BEACH HAS PROBABLY MET HER.

UH, AND, UM, SHE WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO DO A BRIEF INTAKE, UM, TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE OLDER ADULT.

WE'D WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, SOCIAL WORKER, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS THE SENIOR POLICE PARTNERS, TO DO A JOINT VISIT TO THIS INDIVIDUAL'S HOME, IF THEY'RE OPEN TO IT, UM, TO A HOME ASSESSMENT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR ENVIRONMENT, WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THEM, AND THEN COME UP WITH AN INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE PLAN WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.

UM, IT'S LOOKING INTO ALL DIFFERENT THINGS, IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS, IS THERE, UM, MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS AND, UM, IS THAT LEADING TO FALLS? IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE TYPE OF SEE WHAT IS THEIR SOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEM AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES.

MAYBE IT'S RE-ENGAGING THEM WITH, UM, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PROGRAMMING, THE FREE LUNCH PROGRAMS OFFERED AT, UH, LOTS OF THE SENIOR CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT WOULD REALLY BE, UM, UH, AN ASSESSMENT, A HOME EVALUATION, A HOME VISIT, AND COMING UP WITH A GAME PLAN WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEM.

EXCELLENT.

AND HEARING WHAT THEY NEED BECAUSE WE DO VERY MUCH HEAR A LOT FROM OUR OLDER ADULTS AROUND VARIOUS NEEDS THAT WERE MENTIONED.

YEAH, THERE, YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GOVERNOR SOL.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

AND I ALSO WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR THEIR GREAT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

UM, JUST WANTED TO, AND ALSO THANK THE TEAM IN PUTTING THIS AMAZING REPORT TOGETHER AND ALL OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED AND GAVE FEEDBACK AND SHARED THEIR EXPERTISE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DO WANNA ADDRESS, UM, JUST SOME QUESTIONS THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

UM, AS FAR AS HAVING THIS DOCUMENTED, UH, DOCUMENT THAT'S EVERYONE WORKS SO HARD TO CREATE IS HOW DO, HOW DOES IT GET UTILIZED? SO I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING.

IT USED TO BE, I THINK THE OLDER ADULT AND SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMISSION.

COULD YOU SHARE HOW, UH, THE COMMISSION COULD PLAY A ROLE IN HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THE PLAN GETS IMPLEMENTED OR WHAT PARTS OF IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN QUITE INVOLVED IN, OR SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN QUITE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTION PLAN.

I BELIEVE, UH, SIX DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS SINCE 2018 TILL NOW HAVE BEEN, UM, A PART OF THE WORK GROUPS OR SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE AS WELL AS WE PROVIDE ANNUAL UPDATES TO THE COMMISSION, UM, ADVISORY COMMISSION ON OLDER ADULTS, WERE REGARDING WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTATION, OUR NEXT STEP IS AT THEIR VERY NEXT MONTHLY MEETING I'LL BE ATTENDING.

AND WE'RE COMING UP WITH JUST THAT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMMISSION TO, UM, SPEARHEAD SOME OF THESE PROJECTS? WHAT, WHAT FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR WORK? YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO PURSUE IN REGARDS TO IMPLEMENTATION? UM, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE UP TO THEM, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN MOTION WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN CHAMPION.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO NEW THINGS, NEW INITIATIVES THAT CAN BE PICKED UP.

UM, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE WORKING WITH THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATIONS COMMISSION ON OLDER ADULTS TO, TO LOOK TO IMPLEMENTATION.

YEAH, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL AND I THINK THAT THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING COMMISSIONERS IS REALLY FOR THEM TO TAKE IT ON.

BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT IT OUT THERE.

I AT LEAST I AM VERY INTERESTED IN PLAYING A ROLE IN HELPING TO ENSURE IT GETS IMPLEMENTED.

SO COULD WE ALSO HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANNA TAKE ON WITH PARTNERS THAT MAY BE ALSO PRESENT AS WELL, WANTING TO LEND A HAND.

I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY, UM, HOW PLAN REALLY GOES THROUGH, UH, FOLLOWS THROUGH, IS THAT THEY ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY VOLUNTEERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

SO I LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AT LEAST I'LL SPEAK ON MY, FOR MYSELF TO BE ENG UH, UPDATED ON THAT PROCESS, TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO INTEGRATE IT IN THE WAYS THAT WE ARE DOING OUR WORK, UM, INTERACTING WITH OUR RESIDENTS

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UM, THAT'S IN THE PLAN.

UH, SO SECOND IS I DID WANNA ASK, UM, HOW, HOW MUCH CAN WE MAKE SURE, OR IF YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO ENSURE THAT THE, UM, AGE FRIENDLY LENS IS PART OF OUR EQUITY LENS AS COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH AND TOOK, IS SAYING THAT, UH, SHE LEFT A BUILT ENVIRONMENT EXAMPLE, BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE IT'S INTEGRATED IN OUR EQUITY LENS AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS IT, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS PART OF OUR CULTURE, OUR SOCIETY, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HELPING, UM, OUR OLDER ADULTS, UM, AGE WITH DIGNITY.

ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.

SO IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, WE CERTAINLY LOOKED AT THE EQUITY TOOLKIT AND MADE SURE, UM, WHAT WE WERE PUTTING FORWARD WAS IN ALIGNMENT, BUT I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT'S ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN ALL, UM, CITY EFFORTS TO APPLY THIS AS A LAYERED LENS TO THAT.

SO INCORPORATING, UH, AN AGING LENS, UM, AS PART OF THE EQUITY LENS, MAKING THAT STANDARDIZED REALLY.

UM, THERE'S SO MANY CONSIDERATIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS THAT DO BENEFIT THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

AND SO THINKING ABOUT IT IN THAT WAY, UM, INTERNALLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE THE RACIAL HEALTH EQUITY TEAM AND A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN THERE AS WELL REGARDING NOT LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT FROM AN INTERGEN OR INTERSECTIONAL LENS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE CAMBODIAN RESIDENTS, WE HAVE CAMBODIAN OLDER ADULTS.

AND SO LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY, WHAT ARE THE UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS? SO I REALLY THINK IT'S, UM, A LAYERED APPROACH TO APPLYING AN EQUITY LENS IS ADDING IN AN AGING AGING LENS TO THAT AS WELL.

I HAVE 30 SECONDS, BUT REALLY QUICK, DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS INTENTIONALLY ADDED THOUGH IN THE EQUITY LENS? SHOULD WE MAKE SURE IT'S A LITTLE CLEAR? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK EXPLICIT IS BETTER.

I THINK, UM, TO, TO OUTRIGHT SAY THIS IS THE EXPECTATION THAT ALL PROGRAMS, ALL SERVICES, ALL SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, HAVE TAKEN OLDER ADULTS INTO CONSIDERATION.

I MEAN, LOOKING AT OLYMPIC PLANNING COMING UP AS WELL, YES, IT'S LIKE, HERE'S A LOT OF INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY WILL BE MAKING TO SERVE THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, BUT WHERE IS, OR PERHAPS THERE IS, I'M NOT IN THIS DISCUSSION, SO I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, BUT ENSURING THAT WE'RE APPLYING AN AGING LENS TO THESE INVESTMENTS, NOT JUST FOR THE MOMENT THAT IT'S GONNA BE, BUT THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK IT, IT OUGHT TO BE, UM, STANDARDIZED AND EXPLICITLY APPLIED.

I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.

UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR AND, UH, THANK YOU DR.

SELI SORO.

UM, I HAD SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THOSE.

UM, ALLISON AND UM, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR AMAZING WORK ON THIS.

UM, I KNOW, UM, I CAN TELL HOW MUCH CARE AND HOW MUCH TIME THAT YOU TOOK IN, UH, CREATING THIS PLAN AND WE JUST, WE SO APPRECIATE, UM, APPRECIATE IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT AGING.

UM, IT'S ABOUT, UH, BUILDING A LONG BEACH, UM, THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE BECAUSE WHEN WE BUILD A CITY THAT CARES ABOUT OLDER ADULTS AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEM THRIVING, WE CREATE A CITY WHERE EVERYONE, UM, THRIVES.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN CLEARLY STATES THAT INCLUSION MUST BE EMBEDDED INTO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND OUR SOCIAL PROGRAMMING AND OTHER SERVICES.

AND, AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE, UH, SAFER SIDEWALKS, ACCESSIBLE HOUSING, LANGUAGE ACCESS, AND JUST A STRONG, UH, COMMITMENT TO EQUITY.

UM, I'M SO PROUD THAT, UM, LONG BEACH CONTINUES TO LEAD WITH, YOU KNOW, COMPASSION AND COLLABORATION AND I KNOW THAT THIS PLAN INCLUDED A LOT OF TIME FROM PEOPLE TOO WHO SHOWED UP AND, AND GAVE THEIR INPUT AND, UM, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EVEN OLDER ADULTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT MADE THIS SO SPECIAL.

UM, LIKE SO MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS ALREADY SAID, UM, TODAY WE HAVE A HUGE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO DO MORE FOR OUR SENIORS AND ESPECIALLY AS OUR POPULATION GROWS.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS ACTION PLAN AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAD SUCH GREAT, UH, QUESTIONS.

GREAT WORK EVERYONE.

TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION EVENTUALLY THE IDEA OF, UH, A, UH, REPORT MAYBE ACCORDINGLY OR WHATEVER, HAVING THE BENCHMARKS, I THINK IT'S A EXCELLENT ONE AND YOU MIGHT WANNA PUSH THROUGH THAT AS WELL FOR THE FUTURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS MADE BY, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CERTAINLY THE AUDIENCE HAD GREAT IDEAS AS WELL AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THIS PLAN.

COMPREHENSIVE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD

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AND THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE AGAIN FOR THE REPORT AND SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.

THIS IS A RECEIVE FINAL ITEMS, SO PLEASE TAKE YOUR VOTE ANYMORE, ANYMORE CALLING BEFORE WE CONTINUE? NO.

I A REQUEST TO, UH, VERY GOOD.

I HAD A REQUEST TO MOVE UP.

ITEM 22, ITEM 22 PLEASE.

ITEM 22, REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN FOUR YEAR UPDATE CITYWIDE, DO YOU HAVE ONE SECOND PLEASE? THANK YOU.

UH, GO AHEAD AND REFER OVER TO STAFF

[22. 25-55198 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation regarding the City of Long Beach Youth and Emerging Adults Strategic Plan four-year update. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

JUST A MINUTE.

WE NEED A STAFF PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH, THEY'RE PART OF THE PRESENTATION VICE MAYOR, THEY ARE PART OF THE STAFF.

OH, THEY'RE PART THAT, OKAY.

UH, GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS EDRICK SALGADO.

I'M A PART OF, UH, DISTRICT ONE AND, UH, I'M HONORED TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE LONG BEACH YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

HUH? I'M SORRY.

ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SAFE YOUTH ZONE AND MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, THE YOUTH, THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES AT THE REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS.

THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO GET STARTED.

I SPENT SOME TIME WITH THEM ON YESTERDAY AND THEY HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS TO SAY TO YOU THAT IS VERY PERSONAL THAT THEY HAVE THEMSELVES LIVED AND EXPERIENCED.

BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING.

UM, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A FOUR YEAR UPDATE ON OUR YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN.

YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THREE OF OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS YANIQUE EDWARDS, OUR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COORDINATOR.

THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT HAS THRIVED OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS.

LONG BEACH HAS MADE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE A PRIORITY.

THE TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS THIS OFFICE HAS ASSEMBLED EMBODIES AN INNOVATIVE AND DRIVEN ROADMAP TOWARDS THE ECOSYSTEM OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN IS DESIGNED FOR YOUTH AGES EIGHT TO 24 WITH THE VISION THAT ALL YOUTH WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP INTO THEIR TRUE AND AUTHENTIC SELVES.

THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WAS CREATED TO ANCHOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE OFFICE SERVES AS A CONVENER, FUNDER, AND CAPACITY BUILDER.

IT EMBRACES A CITYWIDE APPROACH THAT INCORPORATES COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONG ALL YOUTH SERVING ENTITIES IN LONG BEACH.

CURRENTLY THE TEAM CONSISTS OF FOUR FULL-TIME STAFF, THREE YOUTH FELLOWS, AND TWO YOUTH INTERNS, ALL DEDICATED TO ADVANCING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THIS TEAM COLLABORATES WITH ALL YOUTH SERVING CITY DEPARTMENTS, YOUTH CENTRIC NONPROFITS, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, AND YOUTH LEADERS TO WORK ON THE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES AFFECTING YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IS STRUCTURED INTO THREE MAIN BRANCHES, OPERATIONS, WHICH ENTAILS ALL ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES PROGRAMS, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THE OFFICE ANCHORS AND NETWORKS, WHICH INCLUDES THE DIFFERENT COLLABORATIVES THE OFFICE PARTICIPATES IN.

THE PROGRAMS ANCHOR BY THE OFFICE INCLUDE THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN MEASURE US YOUTH FUNDS, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS, YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, COUNCIL FUTURES FIRST, OPPORTUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, DASH DATA DASHBOARD, ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT YOUTH WEEK, THE CITY EMPLOYEES YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM, AN ARM THAT SUPPORTS WITH YOUTH

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THE PURPOSE OF THE OFFICE IS TO ALIGN ALL THE SYSTEMS OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE INTO A COORDINATED EFFORT.

TOTAL FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCLUDES FUNDING FROM THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT MEASURE US GENERAL FUND RELATED TO A RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION, AND A THREE YEAR GRANT FROM THE CONRAD IN HILTON FOUNDATION.

MUCH OF THIS FUNDING IS GIVEN DIRECTLY TO YOUTH SERVING PROVIDERS.

RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION FUNDING SUPPORTS THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE OFFICE.

ONE-TIME GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FUND, A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR POSITION TO SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS AND THE CONRAD HILTON FOUNDATION'S OPPORTUNITY YOUTH GRANT FUNDS THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COORDINATOR THROUGH SPRING 2026.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND YANIQUE, I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU ALLISON.

I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR YOUTH FUND INVESTMENTS BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

YOUTH POWER PB LONG BEACH, THE FIRST CITYWIDE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS, FUNDS, PROJECTS DRAFTED BY YOUNG PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE GOALS OF THE YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN.

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS A DEMOCRATIZATION OF PUBLIC DOLLARS, EMPOWERING YOUNG RESIDENTS TO DELEGATE HOW LOCAL FINANCES ARE SPENT.

MANY TIMES VOTING IN THIS PROCESS MARKS THE FIRST TIME A YOUNG PERSON BECOMES CIVICALLY INVOLVED WITH THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

IN FISCAL YEAR 24, WE AGAIN CONTRACTED WITH A NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP TO DISTRIBUTE $400,000 TOWARDS YOUTH PROGRAMMING.

THIS INCLUDED NINE YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECTS AND 400 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN A MEASURE US FUNDED SUMMER PROGRAM, ENGAGING A DIVERSE YOUTH POPULATION ACROSS AGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER.

I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAN THIS SLIDE GIVEN, UM, CYCLE FOUR OF YPPB HAS CONCLUDED.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, OVER THESE PAST FOUR YEARS, A TOTAL OF $1.25 MILLION OF MEASURE US FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED WITH OVER 82 DIFFERENT YOUTH NONPROFITS FUNDED BASED ON ALL CYCLES OF YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.

THUS FAR, 3,410 VOTES HAVE BEEN CASTED WITH 27 PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED.

THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED NEARLY 2000 VOTES WITH 11 PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED.

PASSING IT OVER TO YOU, EDRICK, CITY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS ED SALGADO AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M HONORED TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE LONG BEACH YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH WHO ARE OFTEN TOO OVERLOOKED, UNHEARD AND MISUNDERSTOOD.

I WAS ONE OF 'EM.

I GREW UP IN A PART OF LONG BEACH WHERE GUNSHOTS AND GANG VIOLENCE WAS A CONSTANT THREAT AND WHERE YOU LEARN QUICKLY THAT JUST MAKING IT HOME WAS SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T TAKE FOR GRANTED.

AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, I LOST MY BROTHER TO SUICIDE.

HE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD.

IT WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE SEEING THAT UP CLOSE.

AND NOT LONG AFTER MY MOM FELL INTO DEPRESSION AND DRUG ADDICTION, LEADING US TO BE LEADING US TO BEING HOMELESS, FROM MOTEL TO MOTEL, CAR TO CAR, AND PLACE TO PLACE, NOT KNOWING WHERE WE LAND NEXT.

THAT'S THE REALITY.

MANY YOUTH IN LONG BEACH ARE QUIETLY CARING.

BUT I'M STANDING HERE TODAY BECAUSE I MADE A CHOICE TO KEEP SHOWING UP, TO KEEP FIGHTING AND TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND TO BE A VOICE FOR THE ONES WHO FEEL LIKE THEIRS DOESN'T MATTER.

DETERMINED TO TURN MY PAIN INTO PURPOSE, DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE NO YOUNG PERSON IN LONG BEACH FEELS INVISIBLE.

THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING HERE TODAY, BECAUSE YOUTH LIKE ME DON'T JUST NEED A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

WE NEED TO BE HEARD, SEEN AND SUPPORTED ACROSS LONG BEACH.

THERE'S A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE READY, READY TO LEAD, READY TO BE HURT AND READY TO BUILD A FUTURE.

WE BELIEVE IN AS LONG AS AS YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AMAZING CITY, LIKE LONG BEACH, WE CARRY BIG DREAMS AND SOMETIMES EVEN BIGGER BURDENS.

MANY OF US ARE NAVIGATING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, STRESS AT HOME OR SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS SEE US FULLY YET.

WE STILL SHOW UP, WE STILL LEAD, AND WE STILL CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR CITY IS FULL OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH POTENTIAL LIKE ARTISTS, ATHLETES, STUDENTS, LEADERS, AND DREAMERS, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE NAVIGATING TRAUMA, POVERTY, VIOLENCE AND INSTABILITY JUST LIKE I DID.

THEY DON'T ALWAYS SHOW IT, BUT THEY CARRY IT.

AND WITHOUT REAL SUPPORTS, WITHOUT REAL SUPPORT

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SYSTEMS, TOO MANY END UP SILENCE OR LEFT BEHIND.

THAT'S WHY YOUTH LED PROGRAMS MATTER.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST AN ORGANIZATION, IT'S A COMMUNITY.

MENTORSHIP AND LOVE IS YOUTH LED, ROOTED IN THE CITY AND GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A SAFE SPACE TO GROW ACADEMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND CREATIVELY.

WE NEED MORE SPACES THAT ARE YOUTH LED.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT JUST IN WORDS, BUT IN REAL RESOURCES.

AS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, I SEE HOW POWERFUL IT IS WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A VOICE, BUT WE DON'T WANNA BE HEARD.

WE WANNA BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

WE HAVE IDEAS, WE HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCES, AND WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY.

SO MY ASS TODAY IS SIMPLE.

LISTEN TO US NOT ONLY JUST INVEST IN US, BUT GET TO KNOW US AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE THE WAY WE ARE, BELIEVE IN US BECAUSE WHEN YOU INVEST IN YOUTH, YOU'RE NOT JUST SHAPING OUR FUTURE, YOU'RE SHAPING THE FUTURE AT LONG BEACH.

FEAR IS WHAT THEY LEARN FIRST, HOW ARE THEY GONNA BELIEVE TO, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BELIEVE THEY'RE SAFE OR THAT THEIR LIFE HAS VALUE? THAT MOMENT CHANGED ME BECAUSE NO MOTHER SHOULD HAVE TO HOLD HER CHILDREN AND WONDER IF THIS IS JUST HOW IT'S GOING TO BE OR IF THEY'LL GROW UP THINKING THAT DANGER IS NORMAL AND THAT HELP IS A MAYBE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS DESTINY RODRIGUEZ AND I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT DISTRICT EIGHT.

I WAS RAISED RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH IN THE CARLITOS HOUSING COMMUNITY.

I MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD.

MY FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH, BUT WE HAD EACH OTHER.

I GREW UP IN A LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WHERE SURVIVAL, STRENGTH AND FAITH WEREN'T OPTIONS.

THEY WERE A WAY OF LIFE.

AT 17, I BECAME A MOM.

THAT WASN'T EASY, BUT IT GAVE ME A REASON TO FIGHT HARDER.

I COULDN'T JUST SURVIVE ANYMORE.

I HAD TO BUILD SOMETHING BETTER, NOT JUST FOR MY KIDS, BUT FOR EVERY KID GROWING UP LIKE I DID.

I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND ME FALL INTO STREET LIFE, NOT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO, BUT BECAUSE THE PAIN THEY WERE CARRYING NEVER GOT DEALT WITH.

INSTEAD OF LETTING THAT TURN ME COLD, I STARTED ASKING MYSELF, HOW CAN I HELP? HOW CAN I BE PART OF THE CHANGE? THAT FIRE PUSHED ME TO GRADUATE EARLY FROM EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S LED ME TO COLLEGE WHERE I'M NOW PURSUING DEGREES IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY AND IT BROUGHT ME TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL WHERE I WORK WITH OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH ACROSS LONG BEACH.

IT ALSO LED ME TO FAITH.

I'M A CHRISTIAN AND I ATTEND PACIFIC BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN LONG BEACH.

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS MY ANCHOR.

IT'S WHAT KEEPS ME GOING AND GIVES ME THE STRENGTH TO KEEP SHOWING UP FOR MY PEOPLE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MY TEAM AND I ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL WERE PROUD TO HELP LEAD THE MEASURE US YOUTH FUND 2025, A YOUTH LED CITY INITIATIVE THAT INVESTED $550,000 INTO PROJECT SUPPORTING HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, YOUTH HEALTH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY CARE.

THESE INVESTMENTS WERE ALIGNED WITH THE LONG BEACH YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN AND EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS WAS LED BY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

WE CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE INVESTING YOUTH COALITION, A NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP ANCHORED BY KIR GIRLS IN ACTION AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO LAUNCH THE THIRD YEAR OF A PARTICIP PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.

THIS WASN'T JUST A MEETING OR A ONE-TIME VOTE, IT WAS A FULL PARTICIPATORY CYCLE FROM COLLECTING IDEAS TO DEVELOPING PROJECTS, TO VOTING AND NOW IMPLEMENTATION.

ALL GUIDED BY YOUTH, YOUNG PEOPLE AGES EVA 26, WHO LIVE, WORK, PRAY, OR PLAY IN LONG BEACH, WERE INVITED TO VOTE ON WHAT PROJECTS THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE SERVED ON THE YOUTH STEERING COMMITTEE AND AS PROJECT DELEGATES SHAPING AND SUPPORTING THE PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END, I PERSONALLY SERVED AS A PROJECT DELEGATE FOR ONE OF THE PROPOSALS, NEXTGEN EXECUTIVES YOUTH NIGHT MARKET, A SUMMER PROGRAM BUILT TO TEACH YOUTH ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MONEY MANAGEMENT, AND BUSINESS BY GIVING THEM A PLATFORM TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN DO AND START SOMETHING REAL.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BUSINESS, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A DYNASTY.

IT'S ABOUT HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH SO THEIR FAMILIES AND THE ONES THAT COME AFTER THEM DON'T HAVE TO KEEP STARTING FROM SCRATCH SO THEY'RE NOT STUCK REPEATING THE SAME CYCLES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

WE DIDN'T JUST TALK ABOUT CHANGE, WE MADE IT HAPPEN AND WE SHOWED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD WITH PURPOSE AND VISION.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE INVEST IN YOUTH, NO MATTER HOW MANY PROGRAMS WE CREATE, IF OUR COMMUNITIES STILL AREN'T SAFE, THEN THE WORK ISN'T DONE BECAUSE YOUTH CAN'T LEAD IF THEY'RE LIVING IN FEAR.

THEY CAN'T DREAM BIG IF THEY'RE TAUGHT EARLY THAT THEIR LIVES DON'T MATTER.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS REMINDED OF IN NOVEMBER, 2024, RIGHT BEHIND MY HOME IN THE CARLITOS HOUSING COMMUNITY.

WHEN BRANDON BOYD, A FATHER IN THE MIDDLE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE.

I WAS IN MY HOME WITH MY KIDS AND MY NEPHEWS ALL UNDER FIVE.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT THEY FELT IT.

THE FEAR, THE CHAOS, THE CONFUSION, THAT KIND OF MOMENT DOESN'T JUST DISAPPEAR.

WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN WHEN SOMEONE CALLS OUT FOR HELP AND GETS BULLETS? INSTEAD, WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US RESPOND WITH VIOLENCE? IF

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NOT JUST TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE, BUT TO CALL FOR REAL CHANGE.

AND I'M ASKING FOR THREE THINGS.

ONE, EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS. WE NEED THEM CITYWIDE 24 7 BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES DON'T WAIT.

TWO, STRENGTHEN DEESCALATION AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

EVERY OFFICER NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND NOT TO REACT OUT OF FEAR.

INVEST IN YOUTH HEALING.

THAT MEANS MENTORSHIP, THERAPY, AND SAFE SPACES, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HIT HARD IS IF WE DON'T POUR INTO THEM NOW, WE'LL KEEP PAYING FOR IT LATER.

IF WE REALLY BELIEVE IN A BETTER LONG BEACH, IT STARTS WITH COMPASSION, WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WITH ACTION.

I'M STANDING HERE WITH LOVE, WITH FAITH AND WITH REAL HOPE BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE CAN BUILD A LONG BEACH WHERE KIDS GROW UP SAFE, SEEN AND SUPPORTED, NOT SCARED.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID WARD.

MY NAME IS DAVID WARD AND I'M A 17-YEAR-OLD JUNIOR THAT ATTENDS LONG BEACH POLY HIGH SCHOOL.

I REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS DISTRICT SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

GROWING UP IN LONG BEACH, IT ALWAYS FELT LIKE A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT THAT PROVIDES HOPE, OPPORTUNITY, AND LOVE.

AS I STARTED TO GET OLDER, I KNEW I WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SHAPED WHO I AM TODAY.

DURING THE SUMMER OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, I PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERNSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION NAMED COLAB YOUTH WHO RECOMMENDED I APPLIED TO BE A PART OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE COUNCIL, I KNEW THAT THIS WAS A PROGRAM I NEEDED TO BE A PART OF.

I WANTED TO JOIN THIS PROGRAM TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, BUT ALL TO ALSO TO THE MINORITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SHOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I STARTED MY JOURNEY WITH THE, OH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

I STARTED MY JOURNEY WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF 2024, WHERE MY FELLOW YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I WERE INTRODUCED TO OUR BIG PROJECT CALLED YOUTH WEEK.

YOUTH WEEK IS A THREE DAY SUMMIT CONSISTING OF A NEW TOPIC EACH DAY.

OUR FIRST DAY FOCUSES ON CAREER READINESS AND INCLUDES RESOURCES FOR YOUTH TO LEARN ABOUT INTERNSHIPS, JOBS, AND CLASSES WHILE BEING OFFERED EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES.

DAY TWO IS FOCUSED ON ALL OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND IMPROVING THEMSELVES.

THERE WILL BE GAMES, COMMUNITY BONDING, FOOD AND RELAXATION THAT WILL IMPACT THE WAY THAT THEY THINK, FEEL, AND SHOW UP EVERY DAY.

OUR THIRD AND LAST DAY WILL BE HELD RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL WHERE YOUTH CAN ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ON ISSUES THAT THEY, THAT THEY THINK NEED TO BE HEARD.

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WITH MY TIME HERE, I HAVE ASSISTED WITH CHOOSING VENUES ACTIVITIES TO OFFER AND THE OVERALL PLANNING OF A LARGE COMMUNITY EVENT.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE COUNCIL AND I HAVE SPENT SEVERAL SESSIONS AND HOURS TOGETHER ASSESSING YOUTH'S NEEDS AND INTERESTS AND PLANNING EVENTS THAT WILL ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO SHOW UP FOR SU FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR LIVES.

I, ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL, WAS ALSO ABLE TO REVIEW OVER 400 SUMMER IDEAS BROUGHT TO US BY YOUTH IN OUR CITY.

THE COUNCIL AND I HAD SPENT MULTIPLE MEETINGS ANALYZING AND EVALUATING EACH IDEA AND HAVING TO SLIM THEM DOWN TO ONLY 25.

THESE 25 IDEAS WOULD THEN BE GIVEN GRANTS TO CREATE SUMMER CAMPS OR PLANS THAT WILL HELP BENEFIT YOUTH IN VARIOUS WAYS.

AS A HIGH SCHOOLER ATTENDING LONG BEACH POLY AND LIVING IN DISTRICT FOUR, I'VE HAD TO MAKE MY COMMUTE TO SCHOOL USING THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT WHILE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP OR BEING PRESENT INSIDE OF MY BUS.

MY SAFETY, ALONG WITH MY PEERS, HAVE NOT FELT LIKE A TOP PRIORITY THERE.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO FEEL SAFE AS A YOUTH MEMBER WHEN I'VE HAD NUMEROUS ENCOUNTER ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE SLEEPING AT THE BUS STOP WITH TRASH EVERYWHERE.

I'VE EVEN SEEN SOMEONE RELIEVING THEMSELVES ON THE BENCHES WHILE I WAIT FOR MY BUS.

ADDITIONALLY, I'VE BOARDED THE BUS TO FIND PEOPLE SMOKING, LEAVING TRASH, SCATTERED EVERYWHERE, AND HOLDING VERY UNSAFE ITEMS. AN INCIDENT THAT I CAN RECALL IS WHEN I GOT HOME OR WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL ON THE BUS AND THE BUS DRIVER AND PASSENGER STARTED ARGUING DURING THEIR HEATED ARGUMENT.

THEY WERE CUSSING EACH OTHER OUT AND THE PASSENGER PUT HIS HAND IN HIS POCKET.

THE BUS DRIVER SAW THIS AND DECIDED TO FLASH THE MAN AND THE WHOLE BUS THAT HE HAD A GUN ON HIS HIP.

SEEING THIS IN PERSON AND VERY CLOSE TO HIM, I FELT BEYOND UNCOMFORTABLE AND SCARED KNOWING THAT THIS MAN HAD A DEADLY WEAPON ON HIM.

ALONG WITH MY SAFETY, THERE IS A LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM AND TIME MANAGEMENT THAT IS PORTRAYED BY THE EMPLOYEES.

SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I'VE BEEN LATE TO WORK BECAUSE THE BUS IS SEVERELY LATE.

THERE ARE ALSO TIMES WHERE A BUS HAS COMPLETELY SKIPPED ME AND I'VE HAD TO WALK MY DESTINATION OR WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE TO COME.

AS A YOUNG STUDENT RIDING ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT PROMOTES SAFETY ON FLYERS INSIDE OF THE BUS, I'VE YET TO FEEL A SENSE OF SAFETY DURING MY DAILY COMMUTE TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND CARE PROVIDED, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WHOSE ONLY WAY OF GETTING AROUND IS THROUGH THE BUS.

THESE FACTORS OF NOT HA FEELING SAFE

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HAVE AFFECTED MY OWN MENTAL HEALTH ALONG WITH OTHER STUDENTS IN MY AREA.

ALSO, BEING IN A GENERATION WHERE MENTAL HEALTH IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE MAJORITY, MYSELF AND OTHERS WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN MAKING US FEEL SAFE, SEEN AND HEARD.

MY IDEA FOR YOU ALL WAS TO OPEN UP A YOUTH LED TRANSIT WHERE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDENT AND COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE DESIGNED PASSES THAT WORK FOR YOUTH ONLY.

ANOTHER TOPIC I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IS OUR EDUCATION.

LONG BEACH DOES A GOOD JOB IN OFFERING DIFFERENT PATHWAYS IN HIGH SCHOOL, YET MANY OF US LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL LACKING BASIC LIFE SKILLS.

BEING IN A PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T FOCUS ON A CAREER PATH WITH COLLEGE PREP, IT FEELS INTIMIDATING TO GO OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD.

AS A STUDENT WHO IS ALWAYS TOLD TO GET GOOD GRADES AND TO DO THEIR WORK, I DON'T FEEL PREPARED FOR LIFE.

A PLAN I HAVE FOR YOU ALL TODAY IS TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO TAKE THIS UP TO THE STATE TO OFFER MORE CLASSES THAT OFFER PRACTICAL LEARNING.

FOR EXAMPLE, CLASSES THAT OFFER YOUTH HOW TO FINANCE AND BUDGET HOLD SIGNIFICANT VALUE AND PREPARE YOUTH FOR WHEN THEY HAVE TO PAY BILLS.

A LOT OF YOUTH FROM AGES 18 TO 24 ARE GOING THROUGH LIFE CONFUSED, SCARED, AND SEVERELY UNPREPARED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR MONEY AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GROW IT.

ALSO, A COMMON TREND WITH OUR GENERATION IS THAT 51% OF GEN Z USED PAY NOW BY NOW PAY LATER SITES LIKE KLARNA AND AFTERPAY THAT IMMEDIATELY PUT THEM INTO DEBT.

ALSO, ACCORDING TO BANK RATE, THERE'S A RECORD BREAKING SPIKE IN YOUTH GETTING INTO SPORTS BETTING.

THE NCAA ALSO PUBLISHED THEIR DATA THAT 60% OF YOUTH AGES 18 TO 22 SPORT BET, AND WE CAN'T LET THOSE NUMBERS AFFECT LONG BEACH ONE DAY.

ON TOP OF THIS, 70% OF YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 18 SPORT BET IN CALIFORNIA SINCE THESE HABITS ARE BEING FORMED FOR YOUTH AND IT WILL ONLY GROW BECAUSE NO ONE'S THERE TO HELP THEM.

ADDITIONALLY, LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK HAS BECOME THE NORM, AND WITH PRICES CONTINUOUSLY INCREASING, KIDS MY AGE WILL HAVE A HARD TIME OWNING PROPERTY AND STABILIZING THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY.

THIS IS THE REALITY OF LIFE.

HOWEVER, IF MULTIPLE CLASSES ARE OFFERED OR EVEN REQUIRED, IT'LL HAVE MORE STUDENTS FOCUSED ON THEIR FUTURE.

COURSES ON PERSONAL FINANCE WILL TRULY SHOW STUDENTS HOW DIFFICULT LIFE CAN BE AND WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE USING THESE SITES THAT ARE GAINING POPULARITY BECAUSE THEY'LL END UP PAYING MORE BECAUSE OF ADD-ONS.

LIKE INTEREST IN FEES, STUDENTS IN MY CLASS AND CLOSE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT ARE OLDER THAN I AM DUNNO HOW TO INVEST THEIR MONEY, BUDGET THEIR MONEY, BUILD THEIR CREDIT, STAY OUT OF DEBT, THE CONCEPT OF TAXES AND HOW THIS COUNTRY WORKS WITH MONEY.

HOWEVER, IF WE ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THESE LESSONS INTO SCHOOLS, WE CAN GIVE OUR YOUTH A HIGHER CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING IN LIFE.

SO I'LL ASK YOU ALL AGAIN IF YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS DECISION OF ADDING FINANCIAL CLASSES INTO SCHOOLS AND OFFERING PROGRAMS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN STUDENTS', YOUTH, OR STRENGTHEN YOUTH'S PERCEPTION ON HOW MONEY WORKS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

I'LL BE PASSING IT BACK TO YANIQUE.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

NOW I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR OTHER WORK IN THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND OUR FUTURE FOCUS.

SINCE 2023, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON PLUGGING YOUNG PEOPLE BACK INTO EDUCATION AND CAREER PATHWAYS, AS WELL AS HOLISTIC SUPPORTS THAT PRIORITIZE THEIR WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE THROUGH OUR FUTURES FIRST PROGRAM.

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COLLABORATIVE, WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN 5,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24 ARE CURRENTLY NOT PLUGGED INTO WORK OR SCHOOL.

THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 24, WHICH IS A CRITICAL TIME FOR BUILDING STABLE FOUNDATIONS INTO ADULTHOOD.

WHILE 62% HAVE EARNED A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED, MANY STILL STRUGGLE WITH THE NEXT STEPS AFTER GRADUATION.

THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE URGENT NEED FOR EARLIER INTERVENTIONS DURING HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ALSO STRONG RE-ENGAGEMENT PATHWAYS AFTERWARDS.

YOUNG PEOPLE FACE COMPLEX CHALLENGES THAT NO SINGLE AGENCY CAN ADDRESS ALONE.

THROUGH CROSS-AGENCY COLLABORATION, WE'RE HELPING PLUG YOUNG PEOPLE BACK INTO HOLISTIC SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT BY CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO THRIVE.

THE LONG BEACH YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS A KEY INITIATIVE UNDER THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MENTORSHIP, CAREER GUIDANCE, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS PROGRAM BUILDS MEANINGFUL MENTORSHIP CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CITY EMPLOYEES AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED BY DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNTS OF VIOLENCE, POVERTY, AND COVID.

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WITH 40 YOUTH ENGAGED IN STRUCTURED MENTORSHIP, WE'VE SEEN STRONG PARTICIPATION FROM STUDENTS ACROSS LONG BEACH.

THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED FOSTER ACADEMIC MOTIVATION, CAREER READINESS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

SURVEY RESULTS INDICATE THAT ALL YOUTH PARTICIPANTS FEEL CONFIDENT IN COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE MAJORITY ARE SETTING THEIR SIGHTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.

THIS DEMONSTRATES THE POSITIVE ROLE MENTORSHIP PLAYS IN SHAPING YOUNG FUTURES THANKS TO BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES SUSTAINING THESE SERVICES.

THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH JULY, 2025 TO ENSURE THAT EVEN MORE YOUNG PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM MENTORSHIP AND CAREER EXPIRATION.

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OUR YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN HAS A PROGRESS REPORT THAT CAN BE FOUND@LONGBEACH.GOV SLASH YOUTH.

THIS WILL ALLOW COMMUNITY TO HAVE A REAL TIME VIEW ON HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES LISTED IN THE PLAN.

EACH OF THE 72 PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ARE GIVEN A STATUS OF NOT STARTED PLANNING, IMPLEMENTING, OR COMPLETED.

THIS PLAN HAS PROVEN TO BE A MASSIVE EFFORT REQUIRING AN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION OF ALL YOUTH SERVING CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNER NONPROFITS.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE FINAL YEAR OF THIS PLAN, WE INTEND ON RECONVENING THE PARTNERS TO PINPOINT A TAILORED APPROACH TO COMPLETING THE FINAL ACTIVITIES IN THIS PLAN.

IN THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, IT CALLS OUT FOR CREATING A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DATA DASHBOARD TO EXHIBIT THE PULSE OF YOUTH IN LONG BEACH, THE FUNDING IN THE MEASURE US YOUTH FUND, AND A PROGRESS INTERFACE FOR THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DASHBOARD FOR THE PAST YEAR, AND IT'S LED BY REBECCA FAN DATA ANALYST FOR OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION.

AND MIGUEL LOPEZ, YOUTH DATA INTERN FROM THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.

THIS DASHBOARD CAN BE FOUND ON LONG BEACH DOT GLOVE GOV SLASH YOUTH.

YOUTH VOICE MUST BE ENGAGED AT EVERY STEP OF CIVIC GOVERNANCE, NOT JUST HEARD, BUT MEANINGFULLY INCLUDED.

THIS YOUTH POWER PYRAMID SHOWS THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT RANGING FROM PARTICIPANT TO YOUTH LED, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE FULL OWNERSHIP OVER THE PROJECTS THEY'RE INVOLVED IN.

TRUE YOUTH POWER REQUIRES BUILDING ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THIS PYRAMID, NOT JUST STOPPING AT THE PERFORATED LINE, WHERE MANY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS UNFORTUNATELY END TO BUILD REAL AGENCY AND LEADERSHIP, WE MUST INVITE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DECISION MAKING TABLES, NOT JUST AS PARTICIPANTS, BUT AS PARTNERS.

WE ENCOURAGE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO CALL ON US IN SUPPORT TO HELP AUTHENTICALLY ENGAGE YOUTH IN SHAPING PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND SERVICES.

EACH YEAR, WE GET CLOSER TO BUILDING THE CITY OUR YOUTH DESERVE.

AND THIS PAST YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION.

WE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER YOUTH CENTERED SYSTEMS. WE STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS.

WE REACHED OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN HARDEST TO REACH.

WE GREW OUR TEAM AND WE SHARPENED HOW WE WORK ACROSS THE CITY.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE LISTENED.

WE STAYED GROUNDED IN WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE TOLD US THEY NEEDED MOST.

AND WHAT MAKES ME MOST PROUD IS NOT HOW WE SHOWED UP FOR YOUTH, BUT HOW YOUTH SHOWED UP FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER WITH POWER, WITH CREATIVITY, AND WITH PURPOSE.

WE KEPT YOUTH VOICE AT THE CENTER, NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT AS LEADERS AND AS PARTNERS IN SHAPING WHAT THIS CITY CAN BE.

YOUTH AREN'T JUST THE FUTURE, THEY'RE THE NOW.

AND THIS PLAN IS MORE THAN A ROADMAP.

IT'S A PROMISE.

A PROMISE SHAPED BY THE VOICES AND THE ADVOCACY OF LONG BEACH YOUTH.

AND EVERY STEP WE'VE TAKEN REFLECTS THAT.

AND NOW OUR FOCUS IS FORWARD.

AS WE ENTER INTO THE FINAL YEAR OF THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'RE FOCUSED ON LAUNCHING A YOUTH PROGRAM'S ONE-STOP SHOP, CREATING SPACES FOR YOUTH TO LEAD, ORGANIZE, AND CONVENE ALIGNING INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON AND ROOTED IN YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION, STRENGTHENING OUR YOUTH SERVICES NETWORK, PARTNERING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO COHOT, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MODELING LONG BEACH AS ONE OF THE SAFEST AND HEALTHIEST PLACES FOR A YOUNG PERSON TO LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY AND PRAY.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE PASSING IT BACK TO YOU, ALLISON.

THANK YOU, YANIQUE, EDRICK, DESTINY, AND DAVID FOR SHARING ABOUT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

UH, THANK YOU AND I THINK YOU DESERVE ANOTHER HAND FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO STAY HERE.

I HOPE YOU GUYS DID YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST.

ALRIGHT.

EXCELLENT THAT YOU'RE HERE.

UH, WHO MADE THE MOTION? I DID.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, WELL THANK YOU FOR THE FOUR YEAR UPDATE.

UH, BUT I ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY, SPENDING THE TIME.

FIRST, THIS IS CIVIC INVOLVEMENT.

BEING HERE IN CHAMBERS AND HEARING HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, UH, AND FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

UM, I HEARD MANY THINGS, UH, THAT WERE SPOKEN, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORIES.

I HOPE YOU ARE ALL PROUD OF YOURSELVES AND UNDERSTAND THAT MANY ADULTS WON'T DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND HAVE DONE HERE TONIGHT.

SO THAT'S

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UM, YOUR CIVIC INVOLVEMENT DOES MAKE CHANGES, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DON'T JUST WANT TO BE HEARD, BUT YOU WANNA BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

AND I HEARD THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND FROM THE STAFF, UH, UPDATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND, UM, KEEP ON WITH YOUR, UH, SOLUTIONS IN GOOD WORK.

AND, AND TRACKING THE UPDATES AS IT RELATES TO THE LAST YEAR.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER RICK, TONY.

UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR PUTTING, UM, TOGETHER.

WELL, WHAT IS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND A GREAT UPDATE FOR US, UM, TO THE, TO THE, THE YOUTH THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO CANDID WITH US, UM, AROUND YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, UM, AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS HAD ON YOU, AND THEN YOUR REASONING FOR BEING PART OF THIS YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

IT'S INCREDIBLY, UM, IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR.

AND I WILL SAY, UM, I'M HEARING MUCH OF THAT WITH ME AND WHEN I THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO MOVING FORWARD.

SO REALLY LEGITIMATELY, THANK YOU.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP.

UM, SO THERE WAS, UH, SEVERAL COMMENTS OR SOME COMMENTS AROUND LIKE THE, THE NEED BASICALLY TO CONNECT WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.

SO THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE LONG BEACH TRANSIT, LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR OF THIS SPECIFIC STRATEGIC PLAN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, HOW DO WE ENGAGE THOSE PARTNERS AS PART OF THIS, UH, THESE NEXT STEPS? UM, I THINK THE, THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE, UM, THIS YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN HAS 72 ACTIVITIES.

UM, IN EACH OF THESE ACTIVITIES, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, AND WE, UH, LAST YEAR CONVENED EACH OF THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE CALLED OUT WITHIN THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, TO ENGAGE THEM WITHIN OUR PROCESS, BUT ALSO, UM, TO ASK FOR UPDATES AND ON THE PROGRESS.

UM, I THINK CONTINUOUS SPACES TO CONVENE FOLKS, IT STARTED WITH, WITH HAVING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE DOING.

UM, AND ALSO WE HAVE OUR AMAZING YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL WHO NOT ONLY HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE, BUT HOLD, UH, THOSE CITY DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE.

LAST YEAR WE HAD ACTION TEAMS OF YOUTH WHO WORKED, UH, THEY REACHED OUT TO CITY DEPARTMENTS, THEY CALLED THEM, THEY ENGAGED WITH THEM, THEY INVITED THEM TO COME OUT TO OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, AND THEY REACHED OUT FOR UPDATES.

SO, UM, I WOULD JUST CONTINUOUSLY OR RECOMMEND CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGING THESE DEPARTMENTS IN DIFFERENT SPACES.

UM, I THINK I'M, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE DO HAVE A GROUP OF YOUTH WHO ARE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING THAT AS WELL.

LOVELY.

UM, AND THEN I, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S INTERNAL.

DO WE HAVE ANY EXTERNAL FACING ENGAGEMENT, UM, WITH ENTITIES THAT AREN'T INSIDE THE CITY? BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE YOUTH WAS MENTIONING ENTITIES THAT, THAT AREN'T IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, LIKE SOME OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS DO WE HAVE ANYTHING EXTERNAL? SO WE, UH, THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, WE PARTNER WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO, UM, YOU'LL HEAR, UH, SOME FOLKS MENTION THAT, UM, OR I DO WANNA INCLUDE, UH, MENTION THAT NOT ONLY DO WE CONVENE CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE ALSO CONVENE THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH.

MM-HMM .

UH, THEY'RE REALLY KEY AND INSTRUMENTAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO IN ADDITION TO THE YOUTH THAT WE SERVE.

UM, SO WE DO AND WILL CONTINUOUSLY CONVENE THOSE NONPROFIT PARTNERS AS WELL.

I DO THINK THAT THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS TO CONTINUOUSLY STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WE DON'T WORK WITH.

UM, I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, YOU HEARD THE YOUTH TALK ABOUT OUR YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.

UH, WITHIN THAT PROCESS ALONE, WE'RE ENGAGING DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, SO YOU'LL SEE NOT ONLY OUR FOLKS FUNDED, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT THERE'S ALSO CONTINUOUS SPACES WHERE THEY'RE ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT, UM, ASPECTS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.

I DO THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR GROWTH AND ROOM TO CONTINUOUSLY STRENGTHEN THESE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.

LOVELY.

YEAH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL.

I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, LIKE A LONG BEACH TRANSIT BOARD.

MM-HMM .

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT, UM, PARTNERSHIPS AND BOARDS, OBVIOUSLY WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, AND MUCH OF WHAT YOU PRESENTED HERE AND, UM, INTERSECT RIGHT.

UM, WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE ENTITIES AS WELL.

AND I THINK, SO I THINK IT KIND OF BEHOOVES US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING OUT AND WE'RE ENGAGING THEM AS WELL AND TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE SHARED, STRENGTHS AND THE THINGS THAT WE ALL NEED TO WORK ON TOGETHER.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, I KNOW IT'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN WE'RE IN GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE LAST, UH, YEAR.

SO ARE THERE PLANS FOR, UH, VERSION 2.0 OF THIS? OR DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS ITEMS LEFT KIND OF ON THE TABLE THAT WE ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IN THE, IN THE CONTINUING YEARS? UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

UM, AS WE'RE ENTERING INTO THE LAST YEAR OF THIS PLAN, WE ARE PRIORITIZING, UM, CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION

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UM, HOWEVER, I DO FORESEE OUR TEAM, UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, UH, ENGAGED INTERNALLY OR TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY, UM, MOTIONING TO UPDATE THE PLAN.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S NOT INCLUDED AS WELL.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURES FIRST PROGRAM AND SERVING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO WORKER SCHOOL, UM, THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THIS PLAN AS WELL TOO.

SO, UM, I'M LOOKING AT MY BOSS OVER TO THE LEFT.

I'M, I'M HOPING THAT AT THE END OF THIS PLAN, UH, WE NOT ONLY CONVENE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND FOLKS WHO WERE, WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE, UM, BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE AND THE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE INVEST IN YOUTH COALITION CAN MY GIRLS IN ACTION, THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP, UM, LBCC, THE DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO WERE IN THE ROOM, UM, TO CONTINUE THIS, THERE ARE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED.

UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN LONG BEACH.

SO TO ADD TO YOUR QUESTION, IT DID.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE, UM, FOR ALL YOU GIVING US, UM, AN UPDATE AND ALSO SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE OF WHAT MADE YOU TAKE, UM, A ROLE IN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, UM, HOW THAT NOT ONLY, UM, IMPACTS YOU BUT YOUR FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WANNA MAKE, AND JUST THE DIFFERENCE YOU WANNA MAKE IN THIS WORLD AND THE IMPRINT YOU HAVE.

I CERTAINLY SEE AND FEEL IT, AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, UM, IN THIS ROLE AND BEYOND AND TAKE WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY REALLY DOES SET THE TONE IN HOW YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LIVE YOUR DREAMS AND, AND WHERE YOU WANNA GO.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP.

UM, FOR ALL OF US, I, YOU KNOW, WANNA LIFT UP A SLIDE THAT GOES INTO, I THINK IT WAS THE FUTURE FOCUS OR IS IT FUTURE FIRST WHERE IT SHOWS, UM, HOW MANY YOUTH THAT WERE MAYBE, UM, NOT CONNECTED TO SCHOOL OR WORK.

UM, CAN YOU SHOW THAT SLIDE AGAIN? UM, I FORGOT WHAT NUMBER IT WAS.

15.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

UH, THIS REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME BECAUSE IT IS WHAT YOU WERE SHARING THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS A NONPROFIT DIRECTOR FOR MY GIRLS IN ACTION BACK IN 2000 AND, UM, OH MY GOODNESS, I'LL JUST SAY THE MID 2000, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE MAYOR FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE AS A CITY INVEST IN THIS YOUTH PROGRAM.

UM, AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT THE WORK HAS A LOT, I KNOW NONPROFIT ARE TRYING TO DO, AND THAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY IS HOW DO WE CLOSE THE GAPS, THE BIG GAPS AND THE CRACKS SO THAT NONE OF OUR YOUTH ARE REALLY FOLLOWING THROUGH.

BECAUSE IN THE END, IT'S ABOUT PREVENTING VIOLENCE, UM, BY UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES AND PATHWAYS IN THESE VARIOUS SUPPORT.

AND IT TAKES A LOT OF INVESTMENT.

AND I, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS TAKEN ON.

SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN ALSO SEEING HOW JUST WITH OUR OLDER ADULTS OR STRATEGIC PLAN IS, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, I DO GET UPDATES FROM OUR PREVIOUS ADVISORY LEADER, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO MORE CONCRETELY? 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL INVESTED IN YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE OUR FUTURE, BUT WHAT COULD WE DO AS A COUNCIL OFFICE WHO ARE ALSO CONNECTED TO THESE VARIOUS NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND FAITH, FAITH, UH, ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

STARTS WITH IDENTIFYING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, AND ALSO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS BEYOND, UM, OUR OWN CAPACITY AS WELL, TOO.

SO, YEAH, THAT WAS A, A QUESTION.

SORRY, IT WAS A LONG ABOUT WAY TO ASKING THAT QUESTION.

BUT WHAT COULD WE DO MORE AS A COUNSELOR TO PARTNER TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS, UM, OR PROVIDE SUPPORT IN, UH, IN THIS? SORRY.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, THE ROOT OF THIS WORK THAT WE DO IS, IS ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSE OF DISCONNECTION.

UM, I THINK THE REALITY IS WE HAVE THESE WONDERFUL SERVICES.

THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK, UM, TO RECONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE BACK INTO WORK IN EDUCATION.

BUT THE REALITY IS, A LOT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, THEY DO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED TO, UM, SERVICES ALREADY.

THEY MIGHT MAY NOT BE CONNECTED TO L-B-U-S-D.

UM, I DO SEE A SENSE OR AN AREA FOR SUPPORT IN THAT AREA.

HOW DO WE CONNECT TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE BEYOND OUR CAPACITY? UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH, UM, WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK AND THE APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION.

UM, A LOT OF THE CROSS COLLABORATION THAT WE DO SUPPORTS IN THAT AREA, BUT I THINK IT

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WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME IN, UM, AND THEY APPLY FOR OUR PROGRAM AND THEY THINK THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR AN INTERNSHIP, BUT REALLY THEY NEED HOUSING.

UM, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY AND, AND I AM SO APPRECIATIVE.

UM, THE NAVIGATION CENTER, THE FOLKS CAME AND SPOKE EARLIER, SAI.

UM, BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BEDS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.

UH, I THINK WE REALLY WANNA LOOK AT, UM, IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT AGENCIES, DIFFERENT SECTORS, DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO ARE IN THIS WORK, WHO CAN PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH.

HOW DO THEY GO TO COLLEGE? HOW DO THEY, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WELLNESS ACTIVITIES IF THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD TO EAT, OR, UM, A BED TO SLEEP IN AT NIGHT? SO I DO DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S AN AREA TO STRENGTHEN, UM, AS IT RELATES TO SUPPORTING WITH THEIR BASIC NEEDS, BUT ALSO IN IDENTIFYING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT OF L-B-U-S-D WHO DIDN'T ATTEND EPHS OR, UM, AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL WHO ARE CONNECTED TO THE L-B-U-S-D, A LOT OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE END UP GOING TO OPTIONS FOR YOUTH, THEIR LONG BEACH SCHOOL OF ADULTS READ, AND MOST OF THEM DROP OUT.

UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SEE.

SO I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S AN AREA TO LOOK AT THE YOUNG, THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DROPPING OUT.

HOW DO WE CONNECT WITH THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE BEYOND OUR INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTS? I THINK WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP AND, AND TO BE DOING THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH FOLKS LIKE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS THROUGH L-V-U-S-D, UM, SITTING ON STUDENT ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARDS.

UM, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S A NEED THERE TO CONNECT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

THERE'S AMAZING SUPPORTS ON CAMPUS ALREADY WITH WELLNESS CENTERS AND, AND PROGRAMMING.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, WHO FALL THROUGH? THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST ADD, I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP THE DASHBOARD.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATE ARE WE, ARE, WE DO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE DOING WHAT, WHERE WE'RE AT, BASICALLY ON THE STATUS.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, HOW IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.

THERE YOU GO.

MEMBER, UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

UM, IF WE COULD HAVE SLIDE 13 BACK, I KNEW WHICH SLIDE IT WAS 'CAUSE IT WAS THE MOST, ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL SLIDES FOR ME.

UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, OUR YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO, UM, SHOWED UP TODAY AND, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL.

UM, I CAN, I, I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT NOT ONLY DID THOSE OF YOU WHO SPOKE, UH, YOU ADDRESSED US, UM, BUT YOU WERE BRAVE IN SHARING YOUR STORIES AND SO MUCH OF YOUR STORIES ARE SO PERSONAL, UM, AND RESONATED WITH ME PERSONALLY AS WELL.

UM, I MIGHT SIT ON THIS DAIS, BUT THERE IS A WHOLE STORY, UH, THAT GOT ME HERE.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT, UM, THAT CONNECT, UH, WITH THAT BACKGROUND AND THAT EXPERIENCE.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE STEP THAT YOU'RE TAKING TODAY AND BEING ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY, UM, IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR HEALING.

BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR POWER IN BEING ABLE TO SHAPE THE FUTURE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE AND BE FOR YOURSELVES, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHILDREN.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO STOOD WITH YOUR FELLOW YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WHILE YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, YOUR PRESENCE HERE MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM.

AND TO ALL OF US WHO ARE SITTING HERE AND KNOW THAT WE SAW YOU, UH, YOU STOOD PATIENTLY, UM, AS EACH OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, UH, SHARED THEIR STORIES, WHICH YOU MIGHT'VE HEARD BEFORE.

UM, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THEM.

UM, AND THE LEVEL OF INTERACTION THAT I SAW BETWEEN YANIQUE AND YOU ALL, UM, I'M JUST SO VERY PROUD, UH, OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AND DEMONSTRATE HERE IN THIS COUNCIL.

UM, IN THE TIME, IN REMAINING, UH, THIS EVENING.

UM, I AM ALSO PLEASED AT THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAD SUCH SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

I SAID, THESE ARE SERIOUS POLICIES, UH, THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, EACH ONE OF THEM MEATY IN ITS OWN, UH, RIGHT.

UH, SO NOT JUST ONE POLICY, BUT YOU HAD THREE AT A TIME AND THEY WERE EACH, UH, PRETTY DETAILED.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT COMES FROM THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SPENT NOT ONLY IN REFLECTING ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, BUT WHAT YOU KNOW IS POSSIBLE, UM, IN OUR CITY.

UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT.

UM, AS SOMEONE SITTING ON THIS DIET, I'M CONSTANTLY CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE DIGNITY AND WORK.

UM, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THIS STATISTICS HERE IS ONE THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN QUANTIFIED.

AND I'M CONSTANTLY TALKING WITH FRIENDS ABOUT THE FACT THAT TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PATHWAY FORWARD.

UM, AND IT'S, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION

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WITH 'CAUSE I'VE, IT'S SUCH A NEBULOUS, UH, CONCEPT.

BUT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE NUMBER HERE TODAY ON THIS SLIDE, UM, IS A REASON TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE ALARM, AS MY COLLEAGUE HERE HAS DONE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO CREATE PATHWAYS, UH, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

BECAUSE THAT REALLY RIPE AGE OF 14 TO 25 IS A CRITICAL TIME, UM, AS YOU STATED IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES AND CHANGES THE TRAJECTORY FOR A LONG TIME GOING FORWARD.

UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL I, I WANNA HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH OUR, UH, C CONNECTED INSTITUTIONS AS THEY TOO TOUCH YOUNG PEOPLE, MAYBE MORE READILY, UM, THAN WE DO AS A COUNCIL.

AND FINALLY, I'LL JUST SAY, UM, MY GOD, MS. KING, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO DO IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

UM, , RIGHT? DON'T DO.

WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ALL THIS FORWARD, UM, THIS EVENING.

AND, UH, TOM AND APRIL SHOOK THEIR HEAD LIKE, YEAH, UHHUH.

UM, SO THAT, WITH THAT, UH, I WILL, UH, YIELD MY TIME, UH, IN MY COMMENTS.

YOUR TESTIMONIES ARE POWERFUL.

AND THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THE YOUTH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT TODAY.

THOSE THAT SPOKE AND THOSE THAT DIDN'T.

IS IT, UM, SAGA, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME ON THE RED JACKET? ED.

ED.

YEAH.

I MEAN, YOU, YOU ESPECIALLY, UM, YOU HAVE A STORY THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, UM, I'M GONNA BE, I WOULD LOVE TO, TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND JUST SEE WHERE, WHERE YOUR PATH LEADS.

I THINK ALL OF YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TURN YOUR PAIN INTO PURPOSE.

AND I BET ALL OF YOU HAVE PAIN AT SOMEWHERE IN YOUR LIFE THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY, WHERE YOU'RE AT AND, AND, AND MAKING YOU, AND EVEN THOSE THAT DIDN'T SPEAK, I KNOW.

'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU'RE ALL HERE FOR A REASON.

SO JUST CONTINUE.

UM, REMEMBER YOU HAVE A VOICE.

I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES YOU TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL AND PROGRAMMING AND TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE, THERE'S A TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO HEAR YOUR STORY ABOUT TRANSIT OR THAT YOU HAVE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GO AND, AND TELL THEM YOU KNOW THE STORY AND LET THEM HEAR IT TOO.

'CAUSE YOUR VOICES ARE POWERFUL.

SO DON'T LET THIS STOP HERE TODAY.

CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICES ARE HEARD.

AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND, UM, JUST SITTING HERE, UM, AND, UH, AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS.

AND, AND I JUST WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SO MUCH SUCCESS.

AND, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THIS IS A RECEIVE FILE ITEM.

GO OVER THE VOTE.

I'M GONNA, AYE, 22 VOTES.

884, EXCUSE ME, CITYWIDE.

ITEM 21, PLEASE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HONOR.

WE IN TODAY REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO MEASURE H GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT FUNDING FOR A TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT OF 13,643,844 OR

[21. 25-55197 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents for an amendment to Measure H grant agreement, Contract No. HI-24-005, from the County of Los Angeles, to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $8,393,336 bringing the total grant amount to $13,643,884, for the period of May 13, 2024, to June 30, 2027, at the discretion of the City Manager; and Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $13,643,884, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, THE MAYOR HAD A FEW COMMENTS HERE THAT HE HAD PREPARED SO THAT WE READ THOSE.

UH, DISCONTINUED FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP WITH LA COUNTY THROUGH THE FORMER RANGER RANCH WILL BE SOON RE CHARGED WITH NEW RESOURCES BY THE NEW MEASURE A, THE HOUSING SAFETY AND ALL THIS PREVENTION NOW INITIATIVE THAT WAS APPROVED BY OTHER COUNTY MOTORS THIS PAST NOVEMBER WITH A 60% SUPPORTING LONG BEACH.

THE MEASURE WILL CONTINUE VITAL FUNDING FOR HOLDING OUTREACH AND SERVICES AND ADDRESSES THE REGIONAL HOUSING CRISIS BY CREATING A NEW STREAM OF FUNDING TO BUILD AND PRESERVE HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE.

LO WILL RECEIVE MILLIONS IN NEW FUNDING EACH YEAR THROUGH MEASURE A TO SUPPORT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT MORE PEOPLE FROM FAILING INTO HOMELESSNESS AND HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE LONG SEARCHABILITY FOR FAMILIES.

MEASURE A WILL BE A GREAT GAME CHANGER FOR OUR CITY

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AND OUR REGION.

UH, GOVERNOR SORROW.

UH, I WILL JUST SAY I AM GRATEFUL FOR OUR MEASURE, THE MEASURE A FUNDING THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SAY.

I AM JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE DOLLARS AND THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM FOR MAKING SURE TO DO ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND THE GREAT WORK TO ENSURING THAT WE ADDRESS, UM, ALL OF OUR UNHOUSED, THE, THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE UNHOUSED.

AND, UM, SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, UH, THANK YOU, UH, VICE MAYOR.

UM, I WOULD JUST SAY DITTO TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW SAID.

UM, I KNOW WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB, UM, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY IN ORDER TO FUND THE DIFFERENT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE DO, UM, TO SUPPORT OUR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK IN THIS AREA, IDENTIFYING THE PRIORITIES, UM, THAT WHERE WE NEED TO, TO PUT THIS FUNDING.

UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, TO CONTINUING THE WORK AND PARTNERING TOGETHER.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? NONE.

NO REPORTS? NO NONE, NO COMMENTS FROM SAME MANAGER.

UH, JUST DO HAVE MY 2 CENTS.

THANK YOU FOR APPLYING FOR THIS AND MUCH NEEDED FOR THE CO TO CONTINUE OUR, OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP IN, UH, HOUSING AND PROVIDING HOUSING FOR HOMELESS.

WE CONTINUE TO BE AT THE, AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF AND THE GREAT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE IT.

SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, CATCH YOUR VOTE.

PLEASE REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS REGARDING INTERSTATE 4 0 5 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CITYWIDE.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? OKAY.

YES, MR. VICE MAYOR, I ACTUALLY HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF.

IS THERE A REPORT ON THIS?

[23. 25-55199 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute First Amendment to the Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims, regarding Interstate 405 Improvement Project, with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and all other documents and amendments related thereto. (Citywide) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UM, THIS HAS TO DO WITH A PROJECT THAT IS, UH, UH, WITHIN DISTANCE OF MY HOME.

SO I WILL BE LEAVING.

A FEW MOMENTS FOR THE VISOR TO WALK OUT.

STAFF, OR CAN PROVIDE A VERBAL UPDATE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN, UM, UH, NO COMMENTS.

I SUPPORT.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

UH, I ALSO DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

UH, VICE MAYOR.

UH, NO.

SEE, NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

THINK VOTE.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

UH, I'M AN I VOTE.

ITEM 24 IS A REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LIST OF PROJECTS CITYWIDE FOR REPAVING AND RESURFACING THAT ARE PROPOSED TO RECEIVE ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION ACCOUNT FUNDING TOTALING AN ESTIMATED 13,300,000 IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PAVING

[24. 25-55200 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a list of projects citywide for repaving and resurfacing that are proposed to receive Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funding totaling an estimated $13,300,000, in the Fiscal Year 2026 Paving Program. (Citywide) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

I HAVE A REQUEST TO, UH, LAY THIS MOTION OVER.

WE'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM AND LAY IT OVER TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, SO, UH, THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE RESOLUTION FORMAT THAT THE STATE REQUIRES THAT, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

SO ALL THE PROJECTS WILL STAY THE SAME.

EVERYTHING'S, UH, THE SAME FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IN ELEVATE 20 EIGHT'S.

JUST THE FORMAT OF THE RESOLUTION NEEDS TO CHANGE.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION TO LAY OVER, UH, TO THE NEXT, ANY COMMENT FROM PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

PLEASE.

I THANK YOUR VOTE.

I'M GONNA, AYE YEAH, TO LAY IT OVER TO THE 20TH.

ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND SYSTEMS FOR A TOTAL REVISED AGGREGATE CONTRACT.

ITEM 25, REPORT FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS CONTRACTORS FOR PROVIDING AS NEEDED PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR SYSTEM

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[25. 25-55202 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35554 with SWS2 (Ryte Pros), of Cypress, CA, Contract No. 35625 with ConvergeOne, of Bloomington, MN, Contract No. 35627 with Cask NX LLC., of San Diego, CA, Contract No. 35854 with Talent & Acquisition (Stand 8), of Long Beach, CA, and Contract No. 36184 with Commercial Programming Systems, Inc., of Studio City, CA, for providing as-needed professional and technical services for system analysis, development, implementation, project management, and technical support for information technology projects and systems, to increase the aggregate contract amount by $9,000,000, for a total revised aggregate contract amount not to exceed $45,360,000, and extend the terms of the contracts by twelve months. (Citywide) Office or Department: Technology and Innovation Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 45,360,000 CITYWIDE.

I HAVE A QUESTION IN A SECOND.

ANY, UH, POINT OF COMMENT ON THIS? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

ADULTS, WE'VE, UH, TALKED ABOUT YOUTH, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, UH, AND ONE OF THE BUSINESS TOOLS IT TAKES FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALE, NO COMMENT.

I SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER , NO COMMENT.

CAN'T HEAR NO FURTHER COMMENT.

UH, THINK IT VOTE.

I'M GONNA COUNCILWOMAN RICK.

SO IS ONE, TWO, SHE WENT TO THE RESTROOM.

UH, ITEM 26, PLEASE REPORT FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO ENSURE A CONNECTED, SECURE AND FUTURE READY LONG BEACH CITYWIDE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, IS THERE PRESENTATION ON THIS? YES, THERE IS.

I KNOW WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PLANS TONIGHT.

SO WE'VE DONE OUR OLDER

[26. 25-55237 Recommendation to approve the Technology and Innovation Department’s Information Technology (IT) Strategic Roadmap (TID28) to ensure a connected, secure, and future-ready Long Beach. (Citywide) Office or Department: Technology and Innovation Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, SO, UH, WE'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE IT, UH, STRATEGIC ROADMAP AND I'VE GOT OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT HERE TO HELP US.

UH, WE'LL BE GOING OVER, UM, SOME OF THE FINDINGS OF WHAT WE CALL TID 28.

SO A LOT OF, UH, GREAT PLANNING HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

WE'VE GOT RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'VE GOT, UH, A ROADMAP OF AN INVESTMENT PLAN.

UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS PLAN, NOT ONLY INTERNAL, UH, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF NEXT STEPS.

SO COUNSEL, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, UM, BUT, UH, UH, THERE REALLY ARE THREE KIND OF, UM, PILLARS TO A WELL-RUN CITY.

AND SO WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING AND FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR THE THINGS, UH, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT WORK AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND THAT THIRD PILLAR IS REALLY THE BUSINESS TOOLS.

SO, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO DO THAT WORK WITH THE FUNDING AND THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO DO THINGS LIKE HAVE EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS THAT CAN HELP US DO OUR JOBS, UH, TO, TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE.

AND SO, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH, UH, TID 28? UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, EMERGENCIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH COVID, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH HOMELESSNESS, WE'VE HAD STORMS. AND SO TECHNOLOGY HELPS US WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND IS IMPORTANT TO OUR, OUR KEY SYSTEMS, SUCH AS WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1 OR WHEN YOU'RE, UH, LETTING THE CITY KNOW THAT THERE'S, UH, THAT THERE'S A, A NEED FOR SERVICE.

UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, UM, USING TAD 28 TO LOOK AT OUR BIG PICTURE PRIORITIES.

WHERE, WHERE IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING? WHAT ARE THE TOOLS WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THE COUNCIL'S GOALS AND THE STRATEGIC VISION? UH, AND THAT WE REALLY NEED AN ENTERPRISE IT PLAN THAT'LL HELP, UH, BENEFIT OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR COMMUNITY AT THE SAME TIME.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALIGNING THIS TO GET, UH, AS MANY OF THE CRITICAL SYSTEMS, UH, DONE AND, AND READY FOR THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF VISITORS COMING TO OUR CITY, UH, DURING, UH, DURING THAT TIME.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM, UH, TO GO A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE PLAN AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TALK AT THE END ABOUT KIND OF NEXT STEPS.

ALRIGHT.

UM, SO TID OR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT LONG HAS HAD A MISSION TO PROVIDE A CUSTOMER-FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT THAT INTEGRATES PEOPLE, PROCESS AND TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CITY SERVICES.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A VISION.

I WANTED ONE TO COME OUT OF THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

AND TID IS BOTH AN INTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDER TO OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO A CONVENER AND COLLABORATOR ON ISSUES OF DIGITAL EQUITY, SMART CITIES, DATA PRIVACY, AND DIGITAL RIGHTS.

WE ARE TRULY INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY.

TID IS THE HEART OF THE CITY PROVIDING DATA AND TECHNOLOGY THAT POWERS THE OPERATIONS AND INITIATIVES OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS.

SO THEREFORE, OUR VISION IS WE ARE THE HEART OF A CONNECTED, SECURE, AND FUTURE READY LONG BEACH.

WE ALSO WANTED PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE OUR WORK AS A TEAM.

WE LISTEN AND RESPOND.

WE SOLVE PROBLEMS. WE ARE OUTCOME DRIVEN.

WE BELIEVE IN OUR PEOPLE, AND WE MAKE GOVERNMENT SIMPLE IN OUR ROADMAP.

YOU CAN SEE EACH OF THESE PRINCIPLES ALONG WITH SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THEY MEAN.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SOLVE PROBLEMS. WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE UNDERLYING NEED AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE,

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NOT THE SYMPTOM, OR WE MAKE GOVERNMENT SIMPLE.

WE FAVOR SOLUTIONS THAT ARE EASY TO USE AND MAINTAIN.

WE SEEK TO AUTOMATE AND DIGITIZE OUR PROCESSES TO ELIMINATE HUMAN ERROR AND FREE OUR TEAM TO FOCUS ON ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE THE MOST VALUE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

THESE PRINCIPLES ARE INTENDED TO GUIDE OUR WORK AS A TEAM AS WE EMBARK ON TID 28 AND BEYOND.

OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP IS INFORMED BY THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE OF OUR CONSULTANT THIRD WAVE, WHO HAS HELPED DEVELOP THIS PLAN.

THIRD WAVE HAS 37 YEARS OF INNOVATION AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND HAS DEVELOPED OVER 200 IT STRATEGIC PLANS FROM CITIES IN 27 STATES IN CANADA.

THIRD WAVE'S PLANS HAVE THE HIGHEST ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION RATE IN THE US AND ROY HERNANDEZ, PRESIDENT OF THIRD WAVE IS HERE TODAY AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END.

ANOTHER KEY MEMBER OF OUR IT STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IS RYAN KURTZMAN, WHO IS THE CITY'S TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER RYAN WILL COVER OUR IT ROADMAP OBJECTIVES AND THE EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND FINDINGS THAT HAVE INFORMED OUR PLAN.

THANK YOU, LEAH.

THE NEXT PART OF OUR PRESENTATION WILL COVER TID 20 EIGHT'S OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS THE PARTICIPATORY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WE CONDUCTED TO INFORM THE INITIATIVES AND THE ROADMAP.

TRUE TO OUR TID PRINCIPLE.

WE SOUGHT TO LISTEN AND RESPOND AND WE ENGAGE OVER 875 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING CITY LEADERS, FRONTLINE STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.

TID 28 IS GROUNDED IN SEVERAL KEY OBJECTIVES.

FIRST, IT WILL ENABLE US TO ACHIEVE HIGH LEVEL STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND EFFICIENTLY SUPPORT THE DAY-TO-DAY IT OPERATIONS THAT POWER THE CITY.

TID 28 WILL POSITION US TO ADVANCE OUR CITY'S 2030 STRATEGIC VISION AND WILL GUIDE OUR CITY IN DELIVERING HUMAN-CENTERED EQUITABLE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES THAT ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES OF OUR STAFF AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY.

AND LASTLY, TID 28 IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT WILL COMMUNICATE OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND ENABLE US TO DEMONSTRATE OUR IMPACT ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

TID 28 IS GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE AND REAL FEEDBACK FROM INTERNAL CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

FOLLOWING THE KICKOFF MEETING IN JANUARY OF 2024, WE BEGAN AN OUTREACH PHASE BY CONVENING A FOCUS GROUP COMPRISED OF TID SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON KEY CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.

DURING THIS FOCUS GROUP, TID STAFF, STAFFING AND TRAINING WERE UNANIMOUSLY CITED AS KEY CHALLENGES.

NEXT, TID CONDUCTED FOUR FOCUS GROUPS WITH OUR OWN IT STAFF.

A TOTAL OF 72 STAFF MEMBERS ATTENDED ONE OR MORE WORKSHOP.

SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED BY OUR STAFF INCLUDE A LACK OF IT GOVERNANCE, STAFF RESOURCES, AND LACK OF PROJECT PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.

THIS ECHOES THE CONCERN SURFACED IN THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOCUS GROUP.

TAD ALSO SOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF LEADERS FROM OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CONDUCTED 19 ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS.

FINDINGS INDICATE THAT DEPARTMENT LEADERS PLACE A HIGH LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE ON CYBERSECURITY, DIGITAL SERVICES AND ENABLEMENT OF DIGITAL WORKPLACE TOOLS.

WE ALSO ASKED KEY LEADERS FOR THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON TID SERVICES.

LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS SCORED THE LOWEST AND INTERVIEWEES FELT THAT TID IS NOT INVESTING IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND THAT TID STAFF CAN IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES TO REACH FRONTLINE STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

FOR THEIR INPUT, WE ISSUED AN ONLINE SURVEY OPEN TO ALL STAFF.

UH, A TOTAL OF 481 INDIVIDUALS REPLIED.

SURVEY DATA SHOWS THAT CITY STAFF HAVE THE HIGHEST SATISFACTION WITH T'S COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES, TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND HARDWARE AND PERIPHERAL TECHNOLOGIES.

SERVICE AREAS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING THE MOST IMPROVEMENT INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY, PROCUREMENT, WIFI, CONNECTIVITY AT CITY FACILITIES PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE.

TO FURTHER INFORM THE ROADMAP, WE BENCHMARKED THREE COMPARABLE CITIES, FRESNO, VIRGINIA BEACH, AND SACRAMENTO.

THESE MUNICIPALITIES WERE SELECTED BASED ON SIMILAR POPULATION SIZE, SIMILAR NUMBER OF IT EMPLOYEES AND THEIR RECOGNITION AS THOUGHT LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY.

DATA FROM BENCHMARKING REVEALS THAT LONG BEACH HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE LONG-TERM COST EFFICIENCIES IN IT.

A NOTABLE FINDING IS THAT LONG BEACH IT STAFF HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER WORKLOAD THAN IT STAFF IN BENCHMARK CITIES.

OUR STAFF IS SUPPORTING TWO TO FIVE TIMES AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS OTHER CITIES AND IS PROCESSING 2.5 TO FIVE TIMES AS MANY SUPPORT TICKETS.

THIS HIGH WORKLOAD IS CORROBORATED BY THE FACT THAT TID IS ACTIVELY SUPPORTING NEARLY 220 PROJECTS AS CATALOGED IN APRIL, 2025 AND SHOWN IN THE TID 28 DOCUMENT APPENDIX.

AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF OUR OUTREACH

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STRATEGY IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

TID ENGAGED LONG BEACH STAKEHOLDERS IN AN EQUITY INFORMED MANNER, CLOSELY WORKING WITH THE RESIDENT LED TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION TO DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND ORGANIZE IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS.

THE 13 QUESTION SURVEY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, KIMAYA AND TAGALOG WAS POSTED FOR FIVE WEEKS AND AVAILABLE ONLINE AND ON PAPER, TID WORKED WITH THE OFFICES OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TRUSTED COMMUNITY INFLUENCERS TO PROMOTE THE SURVEY.

IN ADDITION, FLYERS AND POSTERS WITH QR CODES WERE DISTRIBUTED AT KEY CITY HUBS.

AND OUR TEAM HAD PAPER SURVEYS AVAILABLE DURING IN-PERSON TABLING EVENTS.

TID RECEIVED 272 RESPONSES TO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA SHOW THAT LONG BEACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS BELIEVE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY ACCESSIBLE SERVICES.

OF NOTE, THE TOP THREE MOST USED WEB SERVICES WERE ONLINE BILL PAY, BUSINESS LICENSING, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND THE TOP FOUR PREFERRED METHODS FOR ACCESSING SERVICES ARE EMAIL, CITI MOBILE APP, CITI WEBSITE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND LASTLY, TID 28 TID.

AND THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMISSION HOSTED TWO IN-PERSON COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.

THE WORKSHOPS HELD AFTER WORK HOURS WERE DESIGNED USING THE CITY'S EQUITY TOOLKIT TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

TID PROVIDED PARTICIPANTS WITH FOOD FROM A LOCAL RESTAURANT, BEVERAGES, DOOR PRIZES, LANGUAGE SERVICES, AND A DA ACCOMMODATIONS TO THOSE WHO NEEDED IT.

32 INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED THE TWO WORKSHOPS.

FINDINGS CONFIRMED THOSE IN THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO PROVIDE USER-FRIENDLY SERVICES ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT TECH SAVVY.

SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOCUS ON ENHANCING UTILITY BILL PAYMENT SERVICES AND ENSURING THE CITY'S EVENT CALENDAR IS A COMPREHENSIVE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ALL CITY EVENTS.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO TID 28, UH, AND THE FULL COMMISSION FORMALLY APPROVED TID 28 IN THEIR MEETING MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO ON APRIL 30TH.

IN SUMMARY, TID 28 IS THE PRODUCT OF OUR INTENTIONAL COMMITMENT TO EXHAUSTIVE COLLABORATION AND INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT.

AND I WILL NOW TURN IT BACK OVER TO LEAH ERICKSON, WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE TID 28 INITIATIVES.

THE TID 28 ROADMAP AIMS TO TRANSFORM HOW THE CITY USES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, EMBRACING IT AS A STRATEGIC ENABLER AND ENSURING IT APPLICATIONS ALIGN WITH AND SUPPORT EFFICIENT RESPONSIVE SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR CITY CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING RESIDENTS, WORKERS, BUSINESSES, INTERNAL EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS.

THERE ARE MANY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS IN THE ORGANIZATION.

OVER 120 INTERVENTIONS OR INITIATIVES SURFACED THROUGH THE EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT.

AND WE HAD TO USE A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS TO NARROW THEM DOWN TO THE 31 THAT YOU SEE IN THE IT STRATEGIC ROADMAP.

TO IDENTIFY THE TOP 31 WE USE TO PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA SHOWN HERE, SUCH AS IMPROVED CUSTOMER SERVICE, DIGITAL EQUITY, AND CYBERSECURITY.

IN ADDITION, WE LOOKED AT ALIGNMENT WITH CITY PRIORITIES SUCH AS THOSE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S 2030 STRATEGIC VISION, THE 2028 OLYMPIC PREPAREDNESS IN THE CITY'S RACIAL EQUITY INITIATIVE.

THERE ARE, UM, 31 INITIATIVES CATEGORIZED IN BY TYPE OF INITIATIVE INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, WEBSITE, IT, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT.

THIS SLIDE INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING ONES RELATED TO NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS, AND ALSO HARDWARE INITIATIVES RELATED TO SERVERS, PERSONAL COMPUTERS, LAPTOPS, MOBILE DEVICES, AND PERIPHERALS, AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT SOFTWARE INITIATIVES, WHICH INCLUDES APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROVIDING FUNCTIONALITY NEEDED BY ONE OR MORE DEPARTMENTS.

A FEW I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE INCLUDE DEVELOPING A WIFI INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE SECURITY CAMERA INVENTORY AND UPDATE PLAN, BOTH OF WHICH TIE TO BEING READY FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND WILL HAVE A LEGACY BENEFIT FAR BEYOND THE OLYMPICS TO THE COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER ONE IS THE SOFTWARE DISCOVERY AND PRODUCT ROADMAPS FOR KEY SYSTEMS, WHICH CALLS FOR AN APPLICATION RATIONALIZATION PROCESS, WHICH WILL IDENTIFY DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND SHOULD LEAD TO COST SAVINGS ONCE IDENTIFIED AND IMPLEMENTED.

I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT WHILE JUST ONE ITEM SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT STRENGTHENING THE CYBERSECURITY POSTURE OR PROGRAM, MANY OF THESE ITEMS ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S CYBERSECURITY POSTURE.

THIS NEXT SLIDE INCLUDES ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE INITIATIVES NEEDED BY ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, WEBSITE SERVICE DELIVERY INITIATIVES AND IT OPERATIONS, WHICH ARE INITIATIVES RELATED TO THE ONGOING DUTIES OF THE IT ORGANIZATION.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE THAT MANY OF THE FINDINGS WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE WEBSITE SERVICE DELIVERY ITEM WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED CITI WEBSITE AND OTHER DIGITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY PLANNED.

ANOTHER ITEM I WANTED TO POINT

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OUT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS 2.0 TECHNOLOGY PLAN.

CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY NEEDS ARE DEFINED AS ANY FOUNDATIONAL CITYWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS IN ANY CITY FACILITY THAT MUST BE REPLACED AND OR MODERNIZED OR AT THE END OF LIFE FAILURE TO DO SO MAY INTERRUPT KEY CITY SERVICES AND EXPOSE CITY SYSTEMS TO CYBERSECURITY RISKS.

THESE NEEDS GENERALLY IMPACT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND LASTLY ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE INITIATIVES RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES, STAFF RESOURCES OR INVESTMENTS IN TRAINING AS PART OF DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR HIRING, THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ANALYSIS OF TID STAFFING ALLOCATION IN VARIOUS SERVICE AREAS TO DETERMINE IF NEEDS ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR STAFFING LEVELS.

TWO OTHERS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON ARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FORMAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND AN IT GOVERNANCE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS THAT MEET ESTABL CD PRIORITIES AND MAXIMIZE INVESTMENT OF TAX DOLLARS AND ILLUMINATE AND ELIMINATE DUPLICATE TECHNOLOGIES.

THIS WILL ENABLE TID TO BE MORE FOCUSED AND STRATEGIC WITH WHAT WE TAKE ON EACH YEAR.

ACCOMPLISHING THESE 31 INITIATIVES IS A BIG LIFT AND WE CAN'T GET STARTED WITHOUT THE GOVERNANCE AND RESOURCES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HIGH LEVEL BUDGET ESTIMATES OR INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR A PHASE FOUR YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP.

SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES DO HAVE CURRENT FUNDING, BUT MANY OR MOST DO NOT.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THESE ARE VERY ROUGH COST ESTIMATES AND THEY WILL NEED TO BE REFINED AFTER APPROVAL BEFORE ANY ITEMS THAT IN NEED ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT MOVE FORWARD.

THESE COST CATEGORIES INCLUDE HARDWARE, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICES ONE TIME AND ONGOING SOFTWARE COSTS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO CONDUCT STUDIES OR ASSIST WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INITIATIVES AS WELL AS NEW TID STAFF TO SU SUSTAIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TID 28 INITIATIVES AND BEYOND.

THE FOUR YEAR TOTAL IS $60 MILLION.

THIS ROADMAP ILLUSTRATES THE PRIORITIZED SEQUENCING AND PROJECTED TIMELINES FOR THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS ROADMAP IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

AS A PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENT, THE ROADMAP WILL BE REVIEWED ON A YEARLY BASIS AND ADJUSTED AS THE CITY'S ORGANIZATION NEEDS FINANCIAL POSITION TECHNOLOGIES EMERGE AND THE CITY'S IT PORTFOLIO CHANGES.

SO WHY SHOULD WE IMPLEMENT TID 28? WHILE A NUMBER OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE BENEFITS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE TID 28 ROADMAP INDICATING A CONSIDERABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ENHANCING INTERNAL OPERATIONS AND SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT TYPES OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE ROADMAP.

THE BENEFITS INCLUDE A STRONG FOCUS IN IMPROVING SECURITY EFFICIENCY, USER EXPERIENCE, AND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH MODERNIZED TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES.

OVERALL, THESE CHANGES WILL FOSTER BETTER COLLABORATION, DATA MANAGEMENT, AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ENSURING THAT TID IS THE HEART OF A SECURE, CONNECTED AND FUTURE READY LONG BEACH.

I'LL NOW TURN IT, TURN IT BACK OVER TO CITY MANAGER MOCA TO COVER THE FISCAL IMPACT AND NEXT STEPS RECOMMENDED FOR TID 28.

THANK YOU, LEAH.

SO I THINK LEAH TOUCHED ON SOME OF THIS, BUT THIS IS A STRATEGIC ROADMAP AND, AND A GREAT POLICY DOCUMENT AND IT'S GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND ESTIMATES, UH, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON WHAT, HOW ARE WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

UH, AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE FOUR PLUS YEARS, SO IT'S GONNA BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE USE TO GUIDE US AS WE THEN MAKE, UH, SOME FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS.

UH, THIS REALLY IS AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN, UH, TO, UH, TO BOTH UPGRADE AND MODERNIZE OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, AND IT MAY NEED TO BE BROKEN INTO THOSE KIND OF DISTINCT FOCUS AREAS AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO CREATE SOME ALTERNATIVE TIMELINES, UH, DUE TO FUNDING, AVAILABILITY AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THE COUNCIL IS ASKING US TO DO AS A CITY.

UM, AND SO, UH, JUST THE WAY IT WORKS IS, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY COSTS ARE BUDGETED IN WHAT'S CALLED THE GENERAL SERVICES FUND, AND THAT ACTUALLY SPREADS THE COST OF THOSE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO ALL THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS, BOTH GENERAL FUND AND ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS.

UH, AND IN GENERAL, ABOUT 50% OF THE EXPENSES OF THE FUND WILL HAVE A GENERAL FUND IMPACT.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH, HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THAT AS WE ADDRESS OUR MULTI-YEAR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON.

UH, AND SO RIGHT NOW, AS LEAH MENTIONED, IT'S CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO COST AROUND 60 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, UH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE STAFF, THE SYSTEM COSTS AND MORE.

UH, AND WE ARE, UM, THE, THE CURRENT FISCAL IMPACT, UH, FISCAL IMPACT OF THE PLAN WOULD RESULT IN KIND OF STRUCTURAL COSTS AND THE RANGE OF TWO TO $3 MILLION, UH, AND A TOTAL ANNUAL IMPACT OF ABOUT $10 MILLION, UH, BY FY 29.

AND SO, UH, WE AS STAFF WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUND THIS.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM DEBT FINANCING, UH, WHICH WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO COVER HARDWARE, UH, AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, ASSOCIATED SERVICES, WHICH THEN AS THOSE THINGS THAT WE PAID FOR COME OFF THE BOOKS, WE'RE ABLE TO REUSE THAT MONEY, UH, SINCE THAT'S IN OUR CITY BUDGET.

UH, AND, UH, THEN WE LINE THAT UP WITH THE LIFE CYCLES,

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UH, AS WELL AS THE STAFFING.

SO, UH, THAT'LL BE OUR TASK TO COME TO YOU.

UM, I, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR, UH, PERMISSION TO APPROVE THIS ANYWAY MOVING FORWARD.

UM, WE'LL WORK ON THE FINANCES AND WORK ON ALL THAT AS WE HAVE, BUT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A PLAN AND, AND, UH, JUST FROM THERE.

AND THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, UH, LAYING OUT, UH, WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE AND THEN, UH, WHAT, UH, SUGGESTED APPROACHES.

AND SO OUR FINAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAN.

UH, WE WILL THEN, UH, CREATE A USER-FRIENDLY WEBPAGE TO DISPLAY ALL THIS INFORMATION ON, UH, AND THEN START WORKING ON IMPLEMENTATION PHASE AND YEAR ONE FUNDING IN, IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

UH, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR GREAT TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION TO, UH, DEVELOP A PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY ST UH, STRATEGY SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT TID 28 ON A BIANNUAL BASIS.

SO WE'RE, SO WE GO AHEAD.

YEAH, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

AND IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, RYAN KURTZMAN, ROY HERNANDEZ, I ALSO HAVE ROB CENTENO, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

ANY POINT, COMMENT ON THIS.

THERE'S NO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALE? UH, YES.

UH, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

UM, SO, UM, CITY MANAGER MOCA, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE UPGRADE AND MODERNIZING OF THE SYSTEMS. UM, BUT IF YOU GO TO PAGE, UH, 12, IF SOMEONE GO TO THAT, UM, WHAT ABOUT THE INVESTMENT IN LIKE THE, THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING AND, AND THE DIVISION? THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT, I THINK IT PAGE 12, IF SOMEONE CAN GO TO THAT.

UM, SO, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEVEL OF RESPONSE 10, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE, THE, THE FOLKS IN THAT DEPARTMENT AREN'T DOING A GOOD JOB, OR ARE THEY OVERWORKED? HAVE WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAT WE'RE OFFERING AS A CITY THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE, UH, THE PERSONNEL, UM, TO, TO HANDLE THAT.

UM, OR IS IT TOP HEAVY AND THERE'S TOO MANY MANNER? I, I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST, I, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, IT, I, WHAT, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YEAH, COULD MEAN A NUMBER OF THINGS.

IT, UH, COULD MEAN PERCEPTION VERSUS REALITY.

SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE PERCEPTION AS A, AS A LEADER OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR ORGANIZATION.

UH, AND THE DAY-TO-DAY INTERACTION, UM, FOR CERTAIN FUNCTIONS MIGHT BE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.

AND SO PART OF THIS WAS A SENSE OF FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, KIND OF WHAT ARE THEY HEARING FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR TEAMS. UH, I WILL SAY THAT JUST LIKE, UM, JUST LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE CITY, WE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE MORE RESOURCES EVERYWHERE.

SO WE KNOW THAT IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, WE KNOW THAT IN POLICE AND FIRE AND, AND LIBRARY AND PUB AND PUBLIC WORKS, SAME IN OUR TECHNOLOGY.

UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME REALLY DIFFICULT TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO NOT INVEST OR WE EVEN, UM, HAD TO MAKE CUTS IN, IN, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, UH, BACK, UH, BEFORE COVID.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO RESTORE THAT.

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GROWING A NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN TID, BUT IT'S A BALANCE.

UH, IF WE INVEST HERE, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE, UH, ABILITY TO INVEST IN SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, YEAH, IT IS, THIS PLAN DOESN'T JUST LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS AND THE PARTS.

THIS ALSO LOOKS AT THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT WORK, UH, AND UH, UH, AND BE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

AND WHAT IS THE, UM, IS THERE A, UM, IS THERE A HUGE VACANCY RATE RIGHT, RIGHT NOW IN THE, IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? YEAH, THEY DO HAVE A, A LARGE VACANCY RATE.

THAT'S WHEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY TO TRY TO REDUCE, UH, LEAH, UM, UH, WHAT'S YOUR PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW? YEAH.

SO ACTUALLY WHEN WE DID THIS SURVEY, WE WERE, WE HAD, I THINK OVER A 23% VACANCY RATE.

AND IN, IN ONE OF OUR KEY AREAS, WHICH IS THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT AREA, WE HAD A VACANCY RATE APPROACHING LIKE 40% IN THAT ONE AREA BECAUSE OF A LACK OF A, A CIVIL SERVICE LIST.

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS THOUGH IN HIRING IN THE LAST YEAR.

WE, AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF BID BEING ABLE TO GET THAT LIST.

SO OUR CURRENT VACANCY RATE IS ACTUALLY AT 16%.

AND SO I'M, AND I'M, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS EVERY YEAR FROM HERE ON OUT, AND HOPEFULLY THESE RESULTS WILL GET BETTER.

ONE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS THE PLAN DOES CALL FOR THE ADDITION OF, I BELIEVE, SEVEN OR, YEAH, EIGHT DIFFERENT, UM, ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING STRATEGICALLY INCLUDED TO ADDRESS THE PLAN.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT, THOSE ADDITIONAL STAFF RESOURCES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

HAVE AN OUTSIDE VENDOR THAT HELPS US? IS THAT PART OF THE PLAN? UH, SO FOR OUR CITY WEBSITE, WE ARE PLANNING TO DO AN RFP PROCESS TO SELECT A, A NEW VENDOR TO MODERNIZE AND UPDATE OUR WEBSITE AND REDESIGN IT, AND THAT THAT PROJECT IS FUNDED AND WE ARE GONNA BE DOING THE RFP SOON.

AND SO THAT'S FUNDED THEN THAT THOSE VACANCIES ARE ALREADY FUNDED.

IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

CORRECT.

THE VACANCIES ARE FUNDED, AND SO YEAH, OUR TOP PRIORITIES FILLING OUR CURRENT POSITIONS.

ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE PLAN IS TO DO A STAFFING ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SURE OUR PEOPLE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACES, YOU KNOW, AND ALIGNED WITH THE SERVICE NEEDS.

AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE REAL.

I MEAN, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FIGURING OUT THE HIRING PART.

'CAUSE I MEAN, ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT A LOT OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, THEY SURE WORK HARD AND, AND THAT WE ASK A LOT OF THEM.

SO WE DON'T WANT 'EM TO GET BURNED OUT AND, AND GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY SUPPORTED, UM, IS, IS IMPORTANT.

UM, ALSO, UM, ON OUR, ON OUR, UH, CITY WEBSITE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HANDLING INTERNALLY OR WE

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SO WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT HELPS US CREATE THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH AN RFP, BUT THEN WE HAVE INTERNAL STAFF THAT ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF OUR WEBSITE.

I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

AND THEN ALSO IN HERE, UM, YOU, UM, IT, IT SAYS, UH, AND PART OF THE PLAN, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE LONG BEACH TV.

'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE OLYMPICS AND ALL THE STUFF THEY'RE DOING, AS WE'RE DOING MORE AND MORE EVENTS, IS THAT, ARE THEY PART OF THE PLAN TOO? AND, AND WHAT DOES THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT? UH, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LONG BEACH TELEVISION IS PART OF TID MM-HMM .

AS OUR PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THIS PLAN, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING UPGRADING THEIR, THEIR CAPABILITIES IN TERMS OF THEIR IN-HOUSE STUDIO AND THEIR OFFICES AND UPDATES TO CHAMBERS FOR SOUND AND OTHER QUALITIES.

SO THOSE THINGS ARE IN PROCESS, BUT THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT, UM, IN TERMS OF INCREASED STAFFING OR ANYTHING IN THIS PLAN.

YEAH, WE MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT THAT TOO AS WE, AS WE, UH, WE'RE GROWING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO AS WELL.

BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, WHO'S SECONDED? THE, UH, I DID .

, THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR.

UM, ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.

IT STOPS WORKING AFTER A CERTAIN TIME.

UM, SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, LEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR COMING FORWARD AND SHARING, UH, THIS PLAN.

I THINK THAT, UM, ANY ORGANIZATION, AND CERTAINLY ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY, I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE TAKING THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT A CRITICAL PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, MUCH LIKE OUR BUILDINGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR, UM, TID UH, RESOURCES IN THAT WAY, AND REALLY CREATING A LONG-TERM PLAN, UM, AND STRATEGY FOR THAT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I LOVE THE QUOTE THAT YOU INCLUDED IN HERE.

WE ARE THE HEART OF A CONNECTED, SECURE, AND FUTURE READY LONG BEACH.

UM, I REALLY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE LIFTED UP, UM, AS PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, AT THIS MOMENT.

AND, AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO CONDUCT THE INTERNAL SURVEY.

MM-HMM .

UM, NEARLY 500, UH, RESPONDENTS INTERNALLY I THINK IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

UM, AND IT ALSO OPENS UP THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY THINK ABOUT THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE AND ITS IMPACT WITH THE TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL, HOW THEY USE IT, UM, AND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND NOT ONLY DID YOU GO INTERNAL, BUT YOU WENT EXTERNAL.

UM, SO REALLY PLEASED THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO ASK OUR GENERAL PUBLIC, UM, AND ENGAGE IN WORKSHOPS EVEN, UH, IN PERSON.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, UM, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA REQUIRE THAT WE GET REALLY CREATIVE.

UM, THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER, UM, IN, IN THE MULTI, UH, MILLIONS, UH, IS ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, ON, ON ITS OWN, UM, LOOKS DAUNTING.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE, WE'VE GOTTA TRY AND FIND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A ROADMAP, I THINK THAT, THAT, UM, WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS, UM, REGARDING, UH, SOME OF THE PRUDENT FINANCIAL, UM, STEPS THAT WE WILL TAKE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEEK TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, CREATIVE STRATEGIES, UM, IN ORDER TO TACKLE, UM, THE WORK THAT IS OUTLINED IN THIS PLAN, UM, BUT KEEPING OUR, OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN MIND AS WELL.

SO, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SOMETHING THAT'S STRATEGIC AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION IN THE FUTURE? SO I PERSONALLY THINK THAT'S GREAT.

AND MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK MOONY.

UH, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

UM, YEAH, I WANNA LIFT UP A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS FROM MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY I COULDN'T AGREE WITH MYSELF.

UM, I MEAN, I DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THRES AND DUCK, UM, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL DID, UM, BOTH IN EXTERNAL INTERNAL, UM, SURVEY.

I THINK THAT KIND OF INTROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT IS WHAT WE NEED IN A LOT OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, HONESTLY.

AND IT CREATES A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

UM, WHEN I LOOK AT AN, WHEN I LOOK AT A SLIDE LIKE THIS, UM, WHAT I SEE IS ACCOUNTABILITY, RIGHT? I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO SURVEYS LIKE THIS AND THEY GET OUTCOMES THAT MAY BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE, RIGHT? SHOWING THAT MAYBE THERE'S A LACK OR SOMETHING, THERE'S A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S ALSO, IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING A SOLUTION THAT YOU'RE OKAY LOOKING INTERNALLY AT THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING AND NOT WORKING, AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THEM, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I, I APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS, AND I ALSO APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR BEING LIKE, HEY, THIS, THIS, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF US.

THIS IS THE ASSESSMENT.

AND THEN LIKE, NOW HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER WITH

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I ALSO WANNA LIFT UP WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN SAID ABOUT THE LBTV FOLKS.

I WILL SAY THAT I SEE THE SAME STAFF MEMBERS AT ALL THE EVENTS, AND I LOVE THEM, AND I KNOW THEM BY NAME, BUT MAYBE WE NEED A FEW MORE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CIRCULATE AROUND FROM TIME TO TIME.

SO I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST THROW THAT PART OUT THERE.

UM, BUT THEY ARE, THEY'RE GREAT AND THEY ARE A COMMITTED STAFF, BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY'RE ONE OF THOSE UNITS WE WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT AROUND KIND OF EXPANDING, UH, PARTICULARLY I THINK AS WE AS COUNCIL, AS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, I THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT AROUND COMMUNICATION, RIGHT? UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TELLING THE STORY THAT IS LONG BEACH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS, COULD WE MOVE TO SLIDE 15? I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE 15.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR AROUND THE, THE, THE COLUMN AROUND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESPONDED TO ONLINE SURVEY.

WAS THAT MEANT TO BE LIKE DEMOGRAPHICS AROUND WHO ANSWERED THE QUESTION, OR, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDER, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW THAT, THOSE PERCENTAGES CORRESPONDED TO THE QUESTION AROUND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S FOR THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO PROVIDE ONLINE SERVICES.

YEAH, THOSE, THOSE WERE QUE THOSE WERE SOME OF THE KEY DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY AS WELL AS SOME OF THE, THEIR RESPONSES.

SO LIKE THE LARGEST AGE GROUP THAT PARTICIPATED WAS IN THE 55 TO 64 RANGE.

AND OF THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE SURVEY ENGLISH WAS, WAS A NUM, UM, ACTUALLY THE LANGUAGE, YEAH.

94% IN SPANISH, 12%.

SO IT MEANS LIKE, SO BASICALLY IT'S SAYING THE LARGEST GROUP WAS 55, 64 PARTICULARLY, WE HAD SOME BILINGUAL FOLKS.

THEY DO BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

SO ASSUMING PEOPLE COULD MARK MULTIPLE YEAH, THEY COULD DO MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

YEAH.

COULD MARK MULTIPLE TYPES OF, LIKE WAYS THEY ACCESS THE CITY WEBSITE.

CORRECT.

GOTCHA.

GONNA HAVE TO BE AGILE AND FOCUSED.

UM, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT THE LARGEST AGE GROUP THAT WE GOT WAS 55 TO 64.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO A POTENTIAL LENS TO LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION THROUGH, JUST TO SAY, PARTICULARLY AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WE JUST HAD THE OLDER ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN KIND OF, WE CAN USE BOTH OF THOSE PLANS TOGETHER TO SAY, OKAY, HOW ARE WE ADAPTING OUR WEBSITE AS WE'RE PUTTING OUT THAT RFP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE NEEDS WE HAVE AROUND ACCESSIBILITY.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PART, BUT OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLAN.

IT IS AGGRESSIVE, BUT AGAIN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER TH TOOK MENTIONED, UM, THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES OUR CITY WORK.

UM, SO I THINK WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS, UM, AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, UM, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN DO THE WORK AND YOU CAN SUPPORT US IN THE WORK THAT WE DO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK, AS MY COLLEAGUE HAD MENTIONED IN DOING THE SURVEYS, I AM INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU UTILIZE, OH MY GOSH, I'M GETTING TIRED.

I CAN BARELY SPEAK.

, UTILIZE, UM, THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE FROM THIS FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE, UM, THESE, THE, THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE IN STEPS AND PHASES, AND HOW DO THEY BUILD ON EACH OTHER? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT, I, I'M, I AM TECH LITERATE, I'LL SAY, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WORKINGS BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU START BUILDING SOMETHING AND THEN YOU FIND OUT SOMETHING ELSE, UH, NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR SOMETHING ELSE GOES WRONG.

UM, SO HOW DO YOU DO THEM IN PHASES OR DO YOU DO THEM ALL AT ONCE, WHICH IS WHAT'S SO COSTLY, RIGHT? YEAH, SO COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE, UM, RIGHT HERE ON A SCHEDULE PRIORITIZED BY YEAR 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR AND RELATED, SOME OF THEM ARE FOUNDATIONAL BEFORE THE OTHER ONES CAN HAPPEN.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT GOVERNANCE, WE REALLY NEED IT GOVERNANCE IN PLACE SO WE CAN THEN, UM, HELP, UH, BE MORE STRATEGIC IN FOCUS ON WHICH PROJECTS WE'RE TAKING ON.

UH, AND ALSO CONDUCTING AN IT ASSET INVENTORY IS ANOTHER ONE.

IMPLEMENTING THE CRITICAL NEEDS, UH, PLAN IS ANOTHER KEY ONE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN EARLY ON IN ORDER TO BE READY IN TIME FOR THE OLYMPICS, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE PRIORITIZED THEM AND KIND OF THE TIMING OF THEM, WE, WE, WITH ALL THAT EXTENSIVE OUTREACH THAT WE DID, WE, OUR CONSULTANT WAS I ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW MANY TIMES THESE ITEMS KEPT ON COMING UP, YOU KNOW, AND BEING DISCUSSED.

AND SO IF THEY WERE MORE FREQUENTLY MENTIONED, THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER PRIORITY.

AND THEN WE ALSO DID THAT PRIORITIZATION, A ASPECT WITH THE, HOW DID THEY ALIGN TO CYBERSECURITY, HOW DID THEY ALIGN TO, YOU KNOW, UH, COST SAVINGS, CUSTOMER, IMPROVING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.

AND THEN THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE, WITH THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE CITY WAS ANOTHER FACTOR UH, TO HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THIS ONCE IT'S APPROVED.

AND WE DO ENVISION THAT WE ARE

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AND SO SOME ITEMS MIGHT END UP CHANGING AND SOME THINGS WILL GET MOVED BACK AND SOME THINGS WILL GET MOVED FORWARD BASED ON THE EMERGING NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE IT GOVERNANCE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IT PUT IN PLACE IN YEAR ONE.

UM, I, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S, I, I, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, AS YOU SHARE, WE HAVE FUNDING MAYBE FOR POTENTIALLY YEAR ONE.

UM, AND THAT WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, FUND THE NEXT PHASES.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE CAN'T WRITE WELL, HOW IS THAT GONNA OVERALL IMPACT OUR PLAN? OR ARE WE GONNA TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW? AND KINDA GUESSING THE WAY OUR FUNDING IS GONNA ROLL OUT, RIGHT.

UM, OUR BUDGET AND EVERYTHING.

SO, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND IF WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, REPRIORITIZE.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT IT GOVERNANCE W AN IT GOVERNANCE PROCESS WILL HAVE THAT ABILITY TO LOOK AT IT FROM A HOLISTIC STANDPOINT COMPARED TO CITYWIDE PRIORITIES, THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, AND ANY EMERGING TECHNOLOGY NEEDS.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THIS DOES HAVE A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT SOME OF THE PLANS IN HERE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE APPLICATION RATIONALIZATION PROCESS HOPEFULLY WILL IDENTIFY DUPLICATIONS OR INEFFICIENCIES THAT WE CAN THEN ONCE IMPLEMENTED SAVE MONEY.

MM-HMM.

AND AS THE CITY MANAGER ALSO MENTIONED, UH, WE DID THE FIRST CRITICAL NEEDS PLAN, UH, BACK IN, IT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2017.

AND WE DO HAVE, UM, THE COSTS ROLLING OFF AS THAT DEBT IS PAID OFF.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO REINVEST THAT MONEY INTO THE CRITICAL NEEDS 2.0 PLAN.

SO, I, I, I DON'T WANNA SAY THIS $10 MILLION ANNUAL OR THE 60 MILLION IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO BECAUSE YOU, YOU COULD ALWAYS PUT A LOT MORE MONEY INTO TECHNOLOGY, BUT I ENVISION THAT NOT ALL OF THAT 60 MILLION IS GONNA BE NET NEW.

IT'S JUST GONNA BE, UH, INVOLVE SOME REINVESTMENT AS WELL AS SOME NEW OR SOME NEW RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED.

UH, SEEING NO OTHER REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS, THINK VOTE AN AYE.

COUNCIL MATAR, ARE YOU AN I? YES.

ANYBODY ON LIGHT FOR CUMMINS? YES, THERE'S ONE SPEAKER.

WE ARE NOW AT A SECOND GENERAL VOTE COMMENT.

[ 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. ]

UM, BILL SIV, CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BILL SEGAN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.

UM, JUST, I APOLOGIZE, I'M REPEATING FROM LAST NIGHT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AT THE NURSE RECEPTION, UH, DR.

JONI, I'M SORRY I, WE MISSED EACH OTHER LAST NIGHT.

YOU WERE RUNNING AROUND.

THIS IS GREAT.

UM, BUT I AM HOSTING A PRIDE EVENT AT THE GRACE ON THIRD METHODIST CHURCH ON THIRD WAN APPAREL.

IT'S THE ONLY EDUCATIONAL PIECE FOR LONG BEACH PRIDE.

SO IT'S A REVIEW OF HISTORY WHO OUR, UM, L-G-B-T-Q ELDERS WERE, BUT WHO WERE ACTUALLY OUT AS L-G-B-T-Q IN THEIR LIFETIME.

SO VERY, IT'S FREE, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR GRANDMA, NO BAD WORDS THAT, THAT KIND OF DEAL.

UM, BUT ADDITIONALLY I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LONG BEACH PRIDE.

UM, I'M NOT A MEMBER OF LONG BEACH PRIDE BOARD.

I'M NOT EVEN AN OFFICIAL VOLUNTEER, BUT I'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF INPUT INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN PRIDE IN TERMS OF THEIR SENIOR ZONE.

THEY'RE REALLY SETTING THE BAR HIGH AND I'VE HELPED PUT THAT FRAMEWORK IN.

SO THEY'RE TAKING KIND OF LIKE THE TRANS LAMBS CONCEPT AND PUTTING IT INTO FOR OLDER ADULTS AND MAKING KIND OF LIKE A CHILL ZONE FOR OLDER ADULTS.

PART OF THE FRAMEWORK IS TO LIKE BRING IN MUSIC, ART CULTURE HISTORY THROUGH SOUND SYSTEM AND VIDEO SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THERE.

SO, REALLY EXCITING THAT CITY OF LONG BEACH PRIDE AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE WE'RE JOINING TOGETHER, IS REALLY RAISING THE BAR ON HOW WE WELCOME AND INCLUDE OLDER ADULTS.

BUT LISTENING, UH, TO EVERYTHING GOING ON TONIGHT, I WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME.

I'M ON THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH L-G-B-T-Q SUBCOMMITTEE.

I'M ON THE OLDEST PERSON ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE FOR THE LAST FUNDING CYCLE, I WROTE A CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT FOR L-G-B-T-Q AGING IN PLACE.

UH, IT GOT VOTED

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UP, IT GOT FUNDED.

AN ORGANIZATION IN LOS ANGELES CALLED THE WALLS LOS MEMORIALS PROJECT, WON THE BID TO EXECUTE IT.

AT OUR MEETING THIS MONTH, THEY HAD REPORTED THAT OVER 200 OLDER ADULTS ENROLLED INTO THEIR PROGRAM.

SO THE CORE CONCEPT OF THE PROGRAM WAS AGING IN PLACE.

SO THAT JUST SHOWS US THAT WE AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY, THE NEED IS THERE IF WE HAVE, CAN PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS AND THE FUNDING.

FORTUNATELY, I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN WRITE THE CAPACITY PROGRAMS, BUT HAVE TO RELY ON MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO VOTE IT UP FOR FUNDING.

UM, SO THE NEXT ONE I'M WORKING ON WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS ON L-G-B-T-Q HOMELESSNESS.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IT THIS YEAR, IT GOT TABLED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

IT'S KIND OF GUARANTEED, UH, FOR FUNDING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS TO FIND A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THESE ARE VOTED ON AND APPROVED, THAT YOU, OUR CITY IS AWARE OF IT SO THEY CAN VOTE ON IT TO GET THE FUNDING HERE TO EXECUTE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MARY PORTERFIELD.

I LIVE AT 2056 CHESTNUT AVENUE AND I'VE KIND OF LOST TRACK OF MY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE SINCE THE REDISTRICTING, BUT I DID SEND OUT SOME INFORMATION, HOPEFULLY IT WAS TO THE RIGHT PERSON.

BUT VERY QUICKLY, LET ME THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SENIOR ACTIVITIES THAT YOU ARE, UH, HAVING CARRIED OUT DURING THE MONTH.

I HAVE ATTENDED QUITE A FEW AND I APPRECIATE IT GREATLY.

I'M 74, TURNING 75 IN NOVEMBER, SO I'M DEFINITELY IN THAT AGING POPULATION.

MY PRIMARY REASON FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE I WAS HIT, UH, BY A CAR ON FEBRUARY THE FOURTH AT PACIFIC AT UM, PCH.

AND IT IS NOW WHAT, UH, MAY THE, WHAT ARE WE, THE 13TH AND I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO GET A, UH, POLICE REPORT AND I HAVE, UH, TELEPHONE NUMEROUS TIMES I'VE GONE TO THE WINDOW TO DO THAT.

AND I ALSO SENT OUT INFORMATION TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ALSO TO WHO I THOUGHT WAS THE COUNCIL PERSON.

I SAID IF I MIXED UP SIX AND SEVEN, THEY WOULD PROBABLY RELAY THE INFORMATION, BUT I'VE NOT GOTTEN ANY RESPONSE FROM ANYONE.

AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A POLICE REPORT, IT REALLY INHIBITS BEING ABLE TO GET THE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND THE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF MEDICAL CARE.

SO IT WASN'T AS THOUGH IT WAS A 10 CAR COLLISION OF MASK ALIENS ON THE 4 0 5.

SO A CAR, A PERSON SIX IN THE MORNING, AND I'VE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MATTER OF A DEI HIRE BECAUSE ACCORDING TO, UH, MY ATTORNEY, HE WAS TOLD THAT, UM, THE POLICE, THEY WERE OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID.

SO IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE TO ME, DISINTERESTED OR LETTING THE ISSUE DIE ON THE VINE AND BECOMES NOT, UH, UH, USEFUL IN THE COURTS.

SO MY QUESTION TO THE COUNSEL IS, WHAT IS TO BE DONE? BECAUSE THIS IS AN APPOINTED POSITION, THEY ARE PAID BY THE TAXPAYERS, AND WHOM SHOULD I SEE? WHO, WHAT CAN YOU SUGGEST SO THAT I CAN GET DUE PROCESS? OKAY, ONCE YOU'RE DONE HERE, SENT TO THE LEFT AND SOMEBODY WILL HELP YOU OVER HERE.

OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER RIGHT OVER HERE IN RED, SHE CAN HELP, UH, TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION AT THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND BY THE WAY, DID YOU SAY CHEST DONE? I'M SORRY? DID YOU SAY CHEST DONE? YES.

THE DISTRICT SEVEN.

SEVEN, YES.

YEAH, IT USED TO BE SIX.

AND THEY REDID THE LINES AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE, BUT YES, IT WAS SEVEN OUT.

I'M GLAD TO HELP YOU.

OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES FOR THE COMMENT.

NOW WHERE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT, UH, I, ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE BASICALLY IS THAT, UH, LAST WEEK I COMPLETED MY APPOINTMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.

I WAS THERE FOR A TOTAL OF 10 YEARS.

AND

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SIR.

AND THAT'S, SEE THAT I, UH, AND IT IN A BANG.

YES, , I DID IT IN A BANG.

THERE WAS A, UH, A SCHEDULING ISSUE THAT THE, THE STAFF PUT ON, THEY PUT ON THE LAST SENATOR LAST NIGHT, ON MY LAST DAY ON MY APPOINTMENT TO WORK WITH THE MAG IN THE BAY.

AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CITY ON

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THAT.

WE GOT ONE MORE YEAR, WE GOTTA REPRIEVE ONE MORE YEAR THIS YEAR, AND THEN NEXT YEAR IT'S GOTTA SWITCH OVER TO DRONES.

BUT I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, WORK SOMETHING OUT FOR THE VENDORS AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A, A CONTINUED EVENT, BUT THAN THAT, CONTINUE WITH THE, WITH THE SPEAKERS HERE.

LEMME SEE WHO'S UP.

WELL, MR. VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE COASTAL COMMISSION.

SO I KNOW WE CAN'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT YOU'VE BEEN A FANTASTIC COMMISSIONER FOR US, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS.

IT'S, I KNEW IT WAS A LONG TIME, BUT, WOW.

THAT'S, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF STAFF.

UH, YOU'VE ALWAYS LISTENED TO US, YOU'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, SERIOUSLY AT THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND, AND YOU'VE MADE OUR PROJECTS BETTER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR AND YES, CONGRATULATIONS ON A DECADE ON THE COASTAL COMMISSION.

YOU CERTAINLY COME WITH, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE LEARNED A LOT AND I'M SURE HAVE TONS TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT TECH COMMISSION.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE ON THAT.

UM, A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAVE FROM DISTRICT NINE.

UH, ONE IS, UH, A BIG ONE, WHICH IS SATURDAY, MAY 31ST, WE WERE GONNA HAVE OUR GREAT ARTESIA BOULEVARD RIBBON CUTTING FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:30 AM THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTESIA BOULEVARD AND LYME AVENUE.

UH, WE'LL BE OUT THERE CUTTING THE RIBBON.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RIDING OUR BIKES ALONG OUR NEW BEAUTIFUL BIKE LANES.

UH, SO COME AND JOIN US.

WE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME VENDORS OUT THERE.

UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME COMMUNITY GROUPS, UM, TABLING AND TONS OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THIS REALLY FANTASTIC INVESTMENT IN NORTH LONG BEACH.

UH, SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY IS HAVING THEIR INAUGURAL STEAM FAIR ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM 4:00 PM TO 5:00 PM THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY, LOCATED AT 68 22 PARAMOUNT BOULEVARD.

AGAIN, THAT IS FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM SO COME AND, UH, COME SUPPORT OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

UH, AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO OUR, UH, FIRST, UH, TOWN HALL OF THE YEAR FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE.

THAT WILL BE ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:30 PM THIS WILL ALSO BE HELD AT MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AGAIN AT 68 22 PARAMOUNT BOULEVARD.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.

SORROW, OH, SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.

ALRIGHT, I, LISTEN.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY, UH, I ALSO HAVE TO JOIN IN TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

10 YEARS ON THE COASTAL COMMISSION IS HUGE, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH REPRESENTED.

NO, NO ONE STAYED THAT LONG.

IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S A HUGE COMMITMENT.

AND, UM, I THINK THE CITY OWES YOU A VERY DEEP AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND TRAVEL AND ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY SERVING OUR CITY.

SO, JUST THANK YOU VICE MAYOR FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION, UM, TO THAT.

SO REALLY APPRECIATIVE.

AND, UM, ONE LAST THING, JUST GIVING EVERYONE A REMINDER THAT THIS, UH, THIS, UH, SUNDAY IS PRIDE PARADE.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BRING, UH, IT STARTS, I THINK, UH, WELL, IT STEPS OFF AT 10:00 AM SO BRING YOUR FAMILY AND BRING YOUR FUN AND BRING YOUR PRIDE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BRA.

COUNCIL MEMBER SORO.

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO A OC SEVEN'S NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, 11TH ANNUAL LITERACY FAIR.

UH, SO IT'S GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY, MAY 17TH, UM, FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IT'S A FUN AND FREE EVENT.

I ALWAYS ENJOY, UM, ATTENDING IT WITH MY KIDS AND ALSO ADDING TO THE PRIDE, UM, ON SUNDAY.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

IF, UH, I, I, IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN D SIX WALKING WITH ME IN THE PARADE, I WELCOME YOU.

UM, PLEASE LOOK, REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AND HAPPY PRIDE.

AND I WANNA ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS AND GRATITUDE TO VICE MAYOR URANGA FOR YOUR SERVICE, DEDICATED SERVICE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS ON THE COASTAL COMMISSION AS WELL.