* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:02] TAKE. [00:10:53] OKAY. [00:11:41] OKAY. MADAM CLERK, THIS IS THE MEETING OF, UH, JUNE 3RD, 2025. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE OWNER, COUNCILWOMAN INDE? PRESENT? COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER. HERE. COUNCILWOMAN KERR. HERE. COUNCILWOMAN [ROLL CALL] SORROW. VICE MAYOR. URANGA PRESENTE. COUNCILWOMAN THRESH OOK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS ODI. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU FOR , UH, TRANSPARENCY. THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO WASHINGTON DC THIS WEEK. WITHSO AS MY MAYOR. I'LL BE FILLING IN FOR THOSE DUTIES. COUNCIL MEMBER RNA WILL LEAD US INTO THE FLAG SALUD AND MOMENT SILENCE, AND IT WILL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR MEETING GOVERNOR. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] OKAY. PLEASE, UH, JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. UH, PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE, UH, FACE SUPPLY AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED. THANK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, NEXT ORDER. WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS TODAY. I'LL, UH, SIT WITH THE ORDER THAT I GOT UP HERE. WE GOT A GREEN, GREEN BUSINESS RECOGNITION. MR. MONICA? [ GREEN BUSINESSES PROGRAM RECOGNITION] YES. UH OH. HERE WE GO. UH, WE'LL BRING UP COURTNEY CHATTERS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HONOR OUR, UH, AMAZING BUSINESSES. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE AMAZING SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK. UM, NOT ONLY SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, BUT ALSO HELPING TO MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN FOR NOW AND GENERATIONS TO COME. UM, IT'S ESPECIALLY A PLEASURE TO ME BECAUSE I, UH, FIRST LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM UNDER THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY BACK IN 2018. AND THEN NOW, UH, JUST LAST YEAR, WE TOOK THIS PROGRAM OVER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO COMBINE IT WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES. UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO ALEX WAZA, WHO IS CURRENTLY OUR GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM LEAD. THANK YOU, COURTNEY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE ABOUT THE GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM AND RECOGNIZE NEWLY CERTIFIED AND RE-CERTIFIED BUSINESSES. NEXT SLIDE. OH. OH, OKAY. OKAY. UH, [00:15:01] THE LONG BEACH GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM IS A FREE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THE STANDARDS ARE SET BY THE CALIFORNIA GREEN BUSINESS NETWORK, A NONPROFIT THAT SETS STATEWIDE SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS FOR PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE. LOCAL PROGRAMS AND COORDINATORS WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THESE BEST PRACTICES. BUSINESSES THAT COMPLETE ALL MEASURES RECEIVE CERTIFICATION FOR THREE YEARS AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECERTIFY ACCORDING TO UPDATED STANDARDS. WE PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSES IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF SUSTAINABILITY. THESE INCLUDE POLLUTION PREVENTION, WASTE REDUCTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, SAVING WATER, TRANSPORTATION, AND EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS. ALL RECOGNIZED BUSINESSES HAVE IMPROVED OPERATIONS IN ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE 16 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE WORKED HARD TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. THEY ARE PART OF THE 90 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED IN LONG BEACH SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION. THESE 90 ARE PART OF THE 4,000 BUSINESSES STATEWIDE THAT HAVE MADE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY A PRIORITY IN THE WAY THEY OPERATE. HERE ARE SOME STATISTICS ON THE IMPACT THAT THESE BUSINESSES HAVE HAD. ON OUR PLANET STATEWIDE. WE HAVE REDUCED 37,986 TONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES. WE HAVE SAVED 59 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS OF ENERGY. WE HAVE PREVENTED 18,431 TONS OF WASTE FROM ENDING UP IN LANDFILLS, AND WE HAVE SAVED 106 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. I'D NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN CERTIFIED OR RECERTIFIED AND COMMEND THEM FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PLANET. WHILE I READ OFF THEIR NAMES, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT FOR A GROUP PHOTO, ALDER AND SAGE, A MARTE CREATIVE ART EVENTS PEDAL MOVEMENT WITH TWO LOCATIONS, ROOT AND BRANCH LANDSCAPES, URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY. BOWMAN CHANGE, ELEMENTAL MARKETING GEOS, SYNTECH CONSULTANTS, HERITAGE PRIMAL ALCHEMY CATERING, SACRED ROOTS, HOLISTIC HEALING, SOMATIC WISE THERAPY, INSIGHT OUT WHEEL FUND RENTALS. THANK YOU TO ALL THESE BUSINESSES AND ALL GREEN BUSINESSES FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU. TO, DO I HAVE A GROUP PHOTO? SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE YOU WILLING, COME ON. OKAY. STEP FORWARD. [00:20:16] ALRIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. OUR NEXT, UH, PRESENTATION IS FOR, FOR RECOGNITION OF MISS WHEELCHAIR, CALIFORNIA. NICE. [ RECOGNITION FOR MS. WHEELCHAIR CALIFORNIA AND JUSTIN RUDD'S COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM TITLEHOLDERS] VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UM, AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. IF WE COULD GET STARTED ON THAT. OH, I DID FORGET SOMETHING. . OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE ARE SO HONORED TO RECOGNIZE SOME AMAZING TITLE HOLDERS, UM, HERE TODAY. UM, LET ME GO INTO THE PRESENTATION. IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE, UM, SEEING REMARKABLE TITLE HOLDERS FROM TWO VERY IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS, MISS WHEELCHAIR, CALIFORNIA AND JUSTIN RUDDS, MISS AND MSS LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS MISS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES. SO A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM, PLEASE. THANK YOU. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ROOTED IN ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND TOGETHER THEY AMPLIFY THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN. MS. WHEELCHAIR, CALIFORNIA'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF ALL PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND BEING LIFELONG LEARNERS WHO SUPPORT EACH OTHER TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE YOU HAVE SOME OF OUR PAST TITLE HOLDERS, UM, FROM, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. UM, AND HERE IS OUR CURRENT TITLE, HOLDER, MS. WHEELCHAIR, CALIFORNIA 2025. ALLIE CORVIN. UM, SHE WILL REPRESENT, YES, SALLY. A BIG APPLAUSE FOR ALLIE. UM, ALLIE WILL BE REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS SHE COMPETES FOR THE MISS WHEELCHAIR AMERICA, UM, CROWN THIS SUMMER. SO WE WANNA WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. ALLIE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. IS THIS THE VIDEO? LET'S SEE. NOW SINCE I WAS FROM MISS WIL, CALIFORNIA IN MARCH, I HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY. I'VE CHOREOGRAPHED AND PERFORMED, PLAYED RUGBY, PLAYED SOME MORE RUGBY, BROKE MY FINGER PLAYING RUGBY. I ATTENDED A DANCE CLASS HOSTED BY MY OLD COMPANY. MY CAR COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN. BUT THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY, I GOT A COMPLETELY FREE RAMP. FAN ACTED AND PRODUCED FOR THE EASTER SEALS DISABILITY FILM CHALLENGE. ATTENDED GALAS, DROVE ALL THE WAY TO VEGAS WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS, TOOK PROMO PHOTOS FOR A NEW ADAPTED FASHION SHOW, WAS A FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TRIED WCMX FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND LOVED IT. GOT TO GO TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND SIX FLAGS IN ONE WEEK. WENT TO TRIS WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FESTIVAL AT ADAPTIVE ARCHERY. SPOKE WITH THE POODLE PALOOZA, ATTENDED ANOTHER DANCE CLASS, READ SOME LETTERS. STUDENTS WROTE ME, WENT TO THE RENAISSANCE FAIR, DID A SEGMENT ON ABC 30, TOURED ONE OF MY OLD HIGH SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEETINGS. A TON OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS. WENT TO AN ESCAPE ROOM FROM THE PROMO VIDEO THAT FLOPPED, PROMISED WHEELCHAIR TO AN AWARENESS EVENT, MADE A CAKE FOR REACHING 5,000 FOLLOWERS. AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS ONLY HALF OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE SO FAR. EVERYTHING UP UNTIL THIS POINT HAS MOSTLY BEEN FUNDED BY ME, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THINGS LIKE THE BAND. AND I HAVE A REALLY BIG PROJECT COMING UP AND I NEED YOUR GUYS' HELP. SO TOMORROW I'M GOING LIVE AND I'M HOPING WE COULD FILL THIS FUNDRAISER UP. DON'T WORRY, I'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TOMORROW. IT'S SUPER SIMPLE. BUT WHETHER YOU'RE NEW HERE OR YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING MY VIDEOS AND YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT I'M DOING, HAVING YOUR SUPPORT, EVEN JUST ATTENDING THE LIVE WOULD MEAN THE WORLD TO ME. I'LL BE STARTING LIVE AT 4:00 PM TOMORROW. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS THEN. BYE. JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET ABOUT WHAT ALLIE HAS BEEN DOING, AND LET ME REMIND YOU GUYS, SHE JUST STARTED IN MARCH , SO SHE'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS. UM, MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. IT WAS A MEANINGFUL TR UM, [00:25:01] TRADITION FOR MISS WHEELCHAIR CALIFORNIA TITLE HOLDER TO BE CROWNED BY MISS MRS. AND MS. LONG BEACH AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITY QUEENS. UM, AND THAT WAS A TRADITION THAT WE HAD HERE IN LONG BEACH BEFORE IT MOVED TO, UM, TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS I SAID, ELLIE WILL BE GOING TO REPRESENT US IN MISS AT THE MISS WHEELCHAIR AMERICA PAGEANT THIS SUMMER. NEXT, JUSTIN RUDDS, COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM TITLE HOLDERS. I AM SO THANKFUL, UM, TO THEM, UH, THIS PAST MARCH, THEY WERE SO KIND ENOUGH TO COME ALL THE WAY TO THE LA CONVENTION CENTER TO CROWN OUR MISS WHEELCHAIR CALIFORNIA. AND SO I JUST WANNA GIVE THEM A BIG APPLAUSE AND FOR ALWAYS REPRESENTING LONG BEACH. SO WELL, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. SO, TOGETHER, THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN AMAZING. UM, I'M ALSO VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, WHERE WE WENT LAST YEAR WAS AT THE ABILITIES EXPO. WE HAD THE COMPETITION AT THE ABILITIES EXPO IN LA CONVENTION CENTER, AND I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NEXT YEAR, THE ABILITY CENTER ABILITIES EXPO WILL BE COMING HERE TO LONG BEACH AT OUR CONVENTION CENTER IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. AND YES, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM COMING, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR MISS WILCHER CALIFORNIA PAGEANT THERE AS WELL. SO, REALLY EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU BACK INTO LONG BEACH. WELCOME. UM, AND FINALLY, I WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO JUSTIN RED JUSTIN, UH, FOR SUSTAINING THE MISS AND MRS. LONG BEACH AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PAGEANTS FOR OVER 16 YEARS. YOUR DEDICATION HAS GIVEN COUNTLESS, UM, WOMEN THE PLATFORM TO SHINE THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE, BUILDING LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONFIDENCE IN THEIR VOICE TO CREATE REAL CHANGE. YOUR IMPACT ON THIS CITY AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY WOMEN IS IMMEASURABLE. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. IT'S A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR JUSTIN AS WELL, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. BRINGING THESE PROGRAMS TOGETHER AND HOSTING TRANSFORMATIVE EVENTS, UM, LIKE AT THE ABILITIES EXPO REMINDS US OF THE POWERFUL TRUTH. WHEN EMPOWERED WOMEN EMPOWER OTHER WOMEN, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UH, RISES. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND CELEBRATING THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY THAT IS LIES AHEAD FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES, UM, COUNCILWOMAN THRASH INTECH, UM, TO SPEAK AND ALSO COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN. IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE CHAIR, I'LL CONTINUE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS. UM, AND I TOO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS REGARDING JUSTIN RUDD AND THE LEGACY THAT HE CONTINUES THAT STARTED HERE WITH MISS CALIFORNIA IN LONG BEACH. UH, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE TITLE HOLDERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. I PERSONALLY TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION IT TAKES TO HIT SUCH A MILESTONE. I HAD THE HONOR, WHICH IS WHY I'M WEARING MY CROWN TODAY AS SERVING AS MRS. LONG BEACH 2019, AND IT WAS A UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. MYSELF, ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN HAS OUR ALS, OUR FORMER PAGEANT TITLE HOLDERS, AND WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO HAVE MISS WHEELCHAIR, UH, AMERICA PAGEANT HERE WITH OUR MISS CALIFORNIA WHEELCHAIR WINNER HERE. THESE PAGEANTS ARE ABOUT LEADERSHIP SERVICE AND USING YOUR PLATFORM TO UPLIFT OTHERS. UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO ALWAYS SERVE ALONGSIDE OTHER TITLE HOLDERS. SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES TITLE HOLDERS, ALONG WITH MISS WHEELCHAIR, UH, AMERICA AND CALIFORNIA. UH, AS I'VE NOTED FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, UH, PAGEANTS ARE MORE THAN JUST THE CROWN. UH, THERE ARE POWERFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN TO SHOWCASE THEIR CONFIDENCE, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS. UM, AS WE DEVELOP DEEPER CONNECTIONS [00:30:01] WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, IT TAKES REAL COURAGE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND TO BE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING EVEN ABOUT YOURSELF AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. UH, ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING PARTS OF PAGEANTRY IS THE WORK THAT YOU GET TO DO IN COMMUNITY. AND I LOVE THE VIDEO THAT SHOWCASED ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AS MISS WHEELCHAIR CALIFORNIA. UM, YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO ADVOCATE, RAISE AWARENESS, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE ISSUES ARE CLOSE TO YOUR HEART, ARE SHARED WITH OTHERS. SO, ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TITLE. UH, WHILE WIN WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING, UM, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE YOUR PLATFORM TO LEAVE A LEGACY. I JUST WANNA END BY SAYING THAT, UH, EVEN IF YOU WEAR A CROWN, THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD SIT ON THIS DAIS. SO CONTINUE TO BE POWERFUL, UH, IN YOUR JOURNEYS AND ENJOY, UH, YOUR YEAR AS, UH, YOUR TITLE HOLDERS. CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A PHOTO. IS THAT IT? LET ME, I'M GONNA JUST SAY A FEW WORDS. UM, MS. WHEELCHAIR, CALIFORNIA, ALLIE, AMAZING. I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT TO BE HONORED. I SEE THE REST OF THE COURT COME TO SO MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THE PLATFORM THAT YOU HAVE BY, UM, I MEAN, I SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE. IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE COURT AND PART OF COMMUNITY. JUSTIN DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. HE, HE HAS THAT SPECIAL KNACK AND I SEE EVERYONE AT ALL OF HIS EVENTS AND YOU GET TO REPRESENT FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIA AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR COMPETITION FOR, UM, MS. WHEELCHAIR AMERICA. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. UM, IT REALLY DOES SAY A LOT FOR, UM, WOMEN AND WHAT WE CAN DO. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, UM, TITLE HOLDERS FOR BEING HERE. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU JUST TO SAY HI AT THE PODIUM PLEASE, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE RIGHT AFTER. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS HAILEY TEL AND I AM MRS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2025. WOO. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I AM CARMELA ARSAL, AND I AM MS. LONG BEACH, 2025. WOO. HELLO, MY NAME IS ABIGAIL MOLIN AND I AM MRS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2025. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LEAH HALL AND I AM YOUR MS. LONG BEACH 2025. AND REALLY JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM AND JUSTIN RUDD. ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS WE'VE LEARNED AS TITLE HOLDERS IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BEAUTY IS NOT ONLY ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT MAJORLY ON THE INSIDE WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH WE PAY FORWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR AND OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU LADIES. WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO NOT JUST PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CHARITIES, BUT ALSO COMPETE IN FUTURE PAGEANTS SO THEY CAN DO THE SAME AND HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF IMPACT. SO THANK YOU FOR SHINING A LIGHT ON WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LADIES. ALI, THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME FIRST OF ALL. BUT I JUST WANNA SAY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE WHAT'S GOING TO PUSH THIS MISSION FORWARD AS A WHOLE, UH, MISS WHEELCHAIR AMERICA AS OUR OVERHEAD NONPROFIT, AS WELL AS ALL OF THESE STATES AND THEIR PROGRAMS ARE IN DESPERATE DIRE NEED OF ATTENTION AND VIEW. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, MOST PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, AND MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM EXISTED. SO THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE SEVENTIES. AND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EYES ON DISABLED FOLKS IN GENERAL, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EYES ON THIS PROGRAM. AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY LASTING FUNDING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY LASTING SUPPORT. SO I JUST ASK THAT IF ANYONE IS WATCHING THIS OR IF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM IS LOOKING TO SUPPORT SOME KIND OF MISSION THAT YOU LOOK DEEP INSIDE OF YOUR HEART AND CONSIDER THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO SUPPORT. UH, I'M CURRENTLY FUNDRAISING TO GO ON A, UH, GOLDEN COAST TOUR [00:35:01] FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY UP TO SEATTLE AND BACK FOR THREE WEEKS. AND ALL I WILL BE DOING IS SUPPORTING MY PLATFORM, WHICH IS CALLED ACCESS TO ADVENTURE, PROVIDING ACCESS TO THINGS ALL THE WAY FROM SKYDIVING, SCUBA DIVING, OR BEING A COUCH POTATO AND JUST DOING VIDEO GAMES. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER ADVENTURE FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IS WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING. UM, SO I WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE YOU GUYS SUPPORT ME IN DOING THAT, AS WELL AS GOING TO NATIONALS ONLY ONE WEEK AFTER I GET HOME. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. CONGRESS IN THERE. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. I'M JUST LIKE TAKEN BY BACK BY ALL THE GLITZ AND GLAMS . I WOULD LOVE IT. I'D LOVE TO INVITE OUR COUNCIL TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF OUR HONOREES TONIGHT, PLEASE. OKAY. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. ALRIGHT. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANNA MAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, COOL OFF ALL THESE WOMEN RAINS AND BEAUTY JUST OVERWHELMS ME. I KNOW. I MEAN, SHOW ME THIS, HUH? I DON'T LOOK, I LOOK AT WHAT I GOT WITH ME. ALL RIGHT. UH, I THINK OUR NEXT TITLE, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ALRIGHT. NOW OUR NEXT, UH, PRESENTATION IS GUN VIOLENCE OR EVIDENCE NAME STOP THE BLEED. PRESENTATION COUNCIL MEMBER MORALE. [ GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY - STOP THE BLEED] THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. JUNE MARKS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. SO IN JUNE, WE COME TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE A DEVASTATING IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, HONOR THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST, AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH SURVIVORS AND AVO ADVOCATES WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR CHANGE. GUN VIOLENCE IS NOT JUST A STATISTIC, IT'S A DEEPLY PERSONAL AND PREVENTABLE CRISIS THAT AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND LONG BEACH AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. AND WE KNOW THAT THE TOLL IT TAKES, IT'S UTTERLY HEARTBREAKING THIS MONTH AND ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, WHICH IS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. AND WE ARE HERE TO RAISE AWARENESS, PROMOTE EDUCATION, SUPPORT PREVENTION EFFORTS, AND ADVOCATE FOR A SAFE AND PEACEFUL FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO TURN THIS OVER TO, UH, EDNA TRANSITON TRAUMA PROGRAM MANAGER AND, UH, TASHA [00:40:01] TRIN AND SYDNEY, UH, DE LAGO KIRTH TRAUMA COORDINATORS FROM MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL. AND THEY WILL WALK THROUGH A DEMONSTRATION OF STOP THE BLEED AND EXPLAIN HOW TO TAKE ACTION WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT STOP THE BLEED. A LIFESAVING PROGRAM THAT MEMORIAL CARE LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER AND MILLER CHILDREN'S AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL TRAUMA SERVICE OFFERS FOR FREE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE PROVIDED THIS TRAINING AT MULTIPLE LONG BEACH UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOLS, INCLUDING POLLY HIGH SCHOOL, CABRILLO AND JORDAN, AS WELL AS THE SENIOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER LONG BEACH ORGANIZATIONS. THIS SUMMER, WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH LONG BEACH PARKS AND RECS TO PROVIDE THIS TRAINING TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TASIA WILL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND SYDNEY WILL SHOW THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE TRAINING. WE ALSO HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE STOP THE BLEED KITS, UM, WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO POTENTIALLY SAVE A LIFE. TASIA. THANK YOU EDNA. UM, SO BASICALLY STOP THE BLEED IS A NATIONAL AWARENESS, UM, CAMPAIGN AIMING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO CONTROL BLEEDING IN THE EMERGENCIES. UM, IT ENCOURAGES BYSTANDERS TO BECOME TRAINED, EMPOWERED, AND BE ABLE TO ACT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY BECOME THE HEROES. AND HERE IN LONG BEACH, IT TAKES ABOUT SIX MINUTES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO ARRIVE, AND YOU CAN BLEED OUT IN ABOUT THREE TO FIVE. SO WE'RE TEACHING THE BYSTANDERS TO BE ABLE TO ENACT IN THAT MOMENT AND HELP SAVE A LIFE. UM, THE INITIATIVE IS LED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND HOMELAND SECURITY, AND IT IS A NATIONAL WIDE CAMPAIGN AND STOP THE BLEED. KITS ARE BEING PUT IN AREAS NEXT TO AEDS AS WELL, SUCH AS AT OUR AIRPORT HAS 'EM. UM, THIS MOVEMENT WAS LARGELY INSPIRED BY THE UNFORTUNATE EVENTS AT SANDY HOOK IN 2020 AT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM, EXPERTS RECOGNIZE THAT IF THEY HAD TOURNIQUETS AND THESE ME MODALITIES, THAT MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN'S LIVES WOULD'VE BEEN SAVED. SO BECAUSE OF THIS NOW AS A TRAUMA CENTER, WE ARE OBLIGED TO TEACH STOP THE BLEED TO OUR COMMUNITY SYDNEY. OKAY. SO, AS TASIA SAID, AN ADULT CAN BLEED OUT IN AS LITTLE AS FIVE MINUTES, HUH? YEAH. AND, UM, IN LONG BEACH, WE HAVE AN AMAZING RESPONSE TIME OF SIX TO EIGHT MINUTES. UM, BUT STILL THAT'S LESS THAN FIVE. SO, UM, WE NEED TO LEARN THESE SKILLS. UH, QUICK THREE, EASY SKILLS TO LEARN TO, UM, HELP OUR FELLOW, UM, LONG BEACH NATIVES, UH, TO LIVE LONGER IN THESE TRAUMATIC INJURIES. SO, UM, AN AVERAGE ADULT HAS FIVE LITERS, OR, UM, 10 PINTS OF BLOOD. SO THAT'S TWO AND A HALF SODA BOTTLES THAT CAN GO REAL QUICK IN FIVE MINUTES. AND A BABY HAS EVEN LESS THAN THAT, JUST A CUP OF BLOOD. SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA LEARN HOW TO STOP THE BLEEDING. SO OUR FIRST STEP, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR MODELS UP HERE, UM, USING IT. SO OUR FIRST STEP IS WHATEVER WOUND WE FIND, IF IT'S A CAR ACCIDENT, A FALL, UM, A BOATING ACCIDENT, WE'RE GONNA FIRST APPLY PRESSURE WITH WHATEVER ITEM WE HAVE. SO A T-SHIRT LIKE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN HAS, WE'LL APPLY THE PRESSURE OVER THE AREA, KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE DOING CPR, BUT YOU'RE HOLDING, UM, YOUR PALMS OVER. YEAH. LIKE THAT. AS HARD AS YOU CAN. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS, UM, WE WOULD, WELL THAT'S A LITTLE MORE INVASIVE, BUT WE WOULD, THE NEXT STEP IS PACKING. UM, IF IT'S A REALLY DEEP WOUND AND WE WOULD PUSH THE GAUZE OR THE T-SHIRT LIKE EDNA'S DOING DOWN INTO THE WOUND, IT'S GONNA BE VERY PAINFUL. UM, BUT WE'RE ALL GONNA BE CALM 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST HELPING EACH OTHER. OUR NEXT STEP AND LAST STEP IS TO APPLY A TOURNIQUET. SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A REALLY STRONG BELT THAT WON'T MOVE AROUND. UM, AND THEY USE IT IN THE MILITARY POLICE FIRE. SO WE'LL APPLY IT TO ONLY EXTREMITIES, ARMS, OR LEGS AS TIGHT AS WE CAN. AND THEN THAT BLACK BAR, WE'RE GONNA TWIST AS TIGHT AS WE CAN. AND OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY JUST TURN OFF THE BLOOD SUPPLY. SO KIND OF LIKE TURNING DOWN A HOSE, UM, TWIST IT AS TIGHT AS WE CAN AND THEN IT LOCKS DOWN IN THE LITTLE, UM, CLAMPS THERE. AND THEN AS ALWAYS, WE, AS ALWAYS, WE'RE GONNA CALL 9 1 1 AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND APPLY THESE THREE STEPS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAVE SOME MORE LIVES. AND EDNA WILL CLOSE THIS. SORRY. OOPS, THAT'S ME. . [00:45:02] IT'S A GOOD THING. I WORK AT A TRAUMA CENTER. RIGHT. UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE INVITED TO YOUR DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE THIS TRAINING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO, AND EVERYONE HERE TO THE NATIONAL WEAR ORANGE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, RIGHT IN FRONT, UM, THIS FRIDAY FROM 11 TO ONE EIGHT, 1:00 PM SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. AWESOME. AND IF YOU GUYS WILL JUST STAY HERE, UM, BEHIND, UM, THE DIOCESE. WE GAVE ALL OF YOU, UH, STOP THE BLEED KIT. SO IF YOU'LL BRING IT DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE WITH, UM, ALL OF OUR GREAT FRIENDS HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. GOOD. HI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. SHE WAS NICE. SHE DIDN'T LIKE GRAND. SHE COULD THE QUESTION. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EMERGENCY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY WATER. OH NO, I DIDN'T. GOOD, GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. AND, UH, LET'S, UH, LET'S HOPE THAT WE CAN SAVE LIVES IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. MOVING ON WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA. WE WERE CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM 16 FROM THE AGENDA, SO WE CAN PLEASE MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS ITEM 16. THERE IS ONE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER. OKAY. UM, WHAT THEY COMMENT, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. JANIE STALLINGS, UNDERNEATH YOU, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JANINE. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS COUNCIL A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT HOW ITS STATED COMMITMENT TO THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY AND THE PORT SUBLEASE WITH SPACEX ARE INCOMPATIBLE. TODAY YOU'RE PROVING $10,000 FOR THE CENTER. HOWEVER, YOU ARE ALSO IN BED WITH THE WEALTHIEST MAN IN THE WORLD. ELON MUSK, THE HEAD OF SPACEX, WHO IS AN OUTSPOKEN ANTI-TRANS AUTHORITARIAN OLIGARCH, NAZI SYMPATHIZER, WHO HAS USED HIS WEALTH TO BUY THE ABILITY TO DISMANTLE [CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 17.)] OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR HIS OWN GAIN. SPACEX IS CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF AN, OF AN OPEN ONGOING CASE WITH THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, AND [00:50:01] ARGUED THAT THE BOARD STRUCTURE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. HIS BESTIE, DONALD TRUMP, WHOSE ELECTION VICTORY HE PAID FOR THEN PROCLAIMED CHANGES TO THE BOARD STRUCTURE TO FAVOR SPACEX'S ARGUMENT AND FIRED A BOARD MEMBER MUSK BOUGHT THIS MONEY, BOUGHT THIS WITH MONEY HE MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS CITY. SHAME AS A TRANSGENDER PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH THE WORLD PERCEIVED AS A WOMAN, SEX AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION IS A TRANS ISSUE. THE CASE AT THE NLRB IS RELATED TO THE FIRING OF EIGHT CALIFORNIA BASED FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO WERE FIRED BY SPACEX IN 2022, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM WAS WORKING IN LONG BEACH. SHORTLY AFTER THEY CIRCULATED AN OPEN LETTER CALLING MUSK'S PUBLIC, CONDUCT A DISTRACTION AND AN EMBARRASSMENT FOLLOWING REPORTS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MUSK SHAME MUSK'S RESPONSE ON TWITTER. FINALLY, WE, YOU, YOU GET TO USE ELONGATE AS A SCANDAL NAME. HE MADE A PENIS JOKE. THE FORMER EMPLOYEES FILED SUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT IN LOS ANGELES IN JUNE OF 2024. CLAIMS INCLUDE, INCLUDE HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT RETALIATION, FAILURE TO PREVENT HARASSMENT, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, WHISTLEBLOWER RETALIATION, AND WRONGFUL TERMINATION. THE SPACEX SUBLEASE WITH THE PORT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX ALLOWING FOR TERMINATION OF THE SUBLEASE FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. LET ME GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS. ENGINEERS COMMONLY APPLIED CRUDE AND DEMEANING NAMES TO PRODUCTS IN AN ATTEMPT AT HUMOR, OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF WOMEN AND THE LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NAME OUTSKIRT CAMERA DISCUSS YOU OUTTA TIME SO YOU CAN PLEASE WRAP THAT UP. WAS USED ON A FIRST STAGE FALCON ROCKET THAT VIEWS THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND STAGE. MANY OTHER ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. MUSK IS THE WEALTHIEST MAN IN THE WORLD. HE HAS POWER, HE IS THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN OF TECH. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . IT'S NOT GONNA STOP DOING THIS MA'AM. YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NOW CAN WE HAVE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT COUNTER PLEASE? MINUS WE CONSIDER THE MINUS 16 MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE GO TO ITEM 16. ITEM 16, REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACT, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS WITH THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT THROUGH JANUARY 20, 27. DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE. NO, I CAN'T. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL BE, UH, RECUSING MYSELF ON THIS MATTER. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RECORDING EXCUSE ITSELF, IS THERE A REASON TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S HAVE DISCUSSION? HOLD ON A SECOND. UH, CHAIRMAN. SO I'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 16. I HAVE A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER THAT WORKS FOR A QMD. [00:55:01] OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. YOU FOR A FEW MOMENTS. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A ONE BOARD COMMENT. NO POINT TO COMMENT. ALL MA'AM, ARE YOU THERE TO TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING? UM, YEAH, COMMENT. YEAH, IT'S NOT PUBLIC COMMENT. THE COMMENT WE BE AFTER THIS. WE'RE ON ITEM 16. YEAH, IT WAS ON AN AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THE CENTER. I WAS GONNA COMMENT, COULDN'T I APOLOGIZE. YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NO. THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. YES. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE YOUR NAME UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR, CAN YOU COME AND SPEAK TO THE CLERK OVER HERE AND WE CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP? OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, SO WE UH, ARE READY FOR THE VOTE, I GUESS. MOTION SECOND. ALEX DUGGAN, UNLESS YOU WANNA DISCUSS IT. DISCUSS IT. NO, I APPROVE. OKAY. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, THE ITEM PASSES. UH, CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR THE OUTSIDE? YES. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UH, SO WE HAVE A REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT. UM, WE HAVE SETTLED THE MATTER OF MCENANY VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE AMOUNT OF $1.7 MILLION. UH, WE'VE SETTLED THE MATTER IGA VERSUS CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR THE AMOUNT OF $750,000. AND WE HAVE SETTLED THE CLAIM OF CHRISTINE MOORE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $70,312 AND 35 CENTS. UH, THANK YOU STATE ATTORNEY. UH, NEXT WE HAVE GENERAL POLLEN. COMMENT NUMBER ONE. DO WE HAVE GENERAL P*****K COMMENT, MAD CLERK POLLEN? YES. WITH THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GINA KIM, LORI LOGAN, ANNA Y DR. JENNIFER LISA VEST. ASHLEY BRADY, ALAN PAPA YUGI, KAREN RE SIDE, JOHN ENGLISH AND JOSE NAVARRO. GINA, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD. SO I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME I'M HERE. THIRD [ 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. ] TIME I'M SPEAKING. UM, I STAY AT THE A BC SHELTER IN ATLANTIC, UM, THE ATLANTIC BRIDGE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS THERE. UM, STAFF MEMBERS ARE STEALING FROM STAFF. OTHER CLIENTS, STAFF MEMBERS ARE ASSAULTING CLIENTS, ELDERLY CLIENTS, UH, TRY TO SAY THEY'RE GONNA FIX THESE PROBLEMS. AND SO I GAVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, A COUPLE WEEKS. I FIGURED THEY SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF THIS STUFF TAKEN CARE OF. THE PERSON THAT, UM, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ME AT THAT LIVED AT THAT PLACE WAS PUT OUT SEVEN DAYS LATER. HE WAS LET BACK IN. I GET UP, GO OUT TO GO USE BATHROOM, AND THIS PERSON THAT HAS THREATENED ME AND ASSAULTED ME IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE. AGAIN, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF, UM, ACTION POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THANK THEM VERY MUCH BECAUSE THEY DID COME OUT AND THEY DID MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THEY GAVE, YOU KNOW, MY PROBLEM, MY ABUSE WAS IMPORTANT. THEY CAME OUT, DID THE REPORT, TOOK THE MATTER. AND, UH, SERIOUSLY AT THIS POINT, THAT'S THE ONLY ENTITY IN THIS, IN LONG BEACH THAT HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SAID. SERIOUSLY. IT, IT'S NOT EASY BEING HOMELESS. IT DID. BUT I HAVE EPILEPSY AND APLASTIC ANEMIA. I GOT TWO ISSUES THAT CANNOT JUST GO AWAY. THEY'RE BEING TREATED. BUT WITH THE STRESS I'M UNDER NOW, IT'S NOT, I'M NOT GETTING VERY FAR STAFF THERE. THEY REALLY DON'T CARE. THEY TAKE THE, UM, MATERIALS THAT ARE DONATED FOR US AS HOMELESS PEOPLE. THEY TAKE 'EM HOME. THAT'S, THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY WRONG WITH THE FACT THAT I, SOMEONE TOOK MY TOWEL AND I CAN'T GO GET ANOTHER ONE. THERE'S BEEN DONATIONS AND PEOPLE HAVE DONATED FOR US. STAFF TAKES IT BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE CAN GET TO IT. SO I JUST WANNA SEE HELP GET SOMETHING ELSE DONE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE. 'CAUSE THERE WAS TWO ELDERLY MEN KNOCKED OUT WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. OH MY GOD. MAYBE THEY WERE OUTTA LINE WHAT THEY SAID, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE KNOCKED OUT. ONE MAN SPENT FIVE DAYS IN, UM, AT, UM, COLLEGE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. MM-HMM . THREE OR FOUR DAYS AGO. SAME STAFF MEMBER KNOCKED ANOTHER ELDERLY MAN OUT. WHY WAS THAT MAN PUT OUT? WHY WASN'T THE STAFF MEMBER TAKING ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HE DID? THERE'S NO [01:00:01] ACCOUNTABILITY THERE. THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU GUYS REALLY THAT YOU STEPPED IN AND IT MADE ME FEEL A LOT BETTER. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANKS SPEAKING PLEASE. HELLO, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LORI LOGAN. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND VICE MAYOR. I LIVE IN FIRST DISTRICT IN THE WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TOWING DEPARTMENT IN THE WEST DIVISION POLICE DEPARTMENT. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON OF MAY 17TH, 2025, I WENT TO A COFFEE SHOP IN THE WRIGLEY NEIGHBORHOOD. MY CHURCH MET THERE TO MAKE SIGNS FOR THE LONG BEACH PRIDE PARADE. SINCE THE SMALL BUSINESS HAD NO PARKING, I PARKED ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. UPON RETURNING TO MY CAR, IT WAS GONE. I WENT TO THE DOWNTOWN POLICE STATION TO REPORT THE CAR WAS NOT STOLEN. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS TOWED FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, HUH? I RECEIVED A PIECE OF PAPER WITH A PHONE NUMBER, LOCATION FOR PICKUP AND WEBSITE TO SEE IF THEY TOW THE VEHICLE. I CALLED THE NUMBER, I WAS ON HOLD AND STILL NO ANSWER. THE RECORDED INFORMATION STATED THAT THE OFFICE CLOSED AT 4:00 PM AND THERE WAS NO AFTER HOUR. NO. AND THERE WAS AN AFTER HOURS PICKUP FOR A FEE. I HEADED TO THE FACILITY AT WILLOW AROUND FIVE PP PM AND BUS FOR SERVICE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. NEXT I CALLED ANOTHER PHONE NUMBER FOR AFTER HOURS. NO ONE ANSWERED. I WAIT A FEW MINUTES, CALLED AGAIN, A GENTLEMAN ANSWERED SAYING THEY WERE SHORT STAFFED AND FOR ME TO COME BACK AT EIGHT 30 ON MONDAY MORNING. I LOOKED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT MY CAR WASN'T THERE. I THEN CALLED THE FACILITY INQUIRING ABOUT MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY. I COMPLAINED AND TOLD, AND I WAS TOLD IF I DIDN'T LIKE IT TO MOVE OUT OF LONG BEACH. AND THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T LIVE IN LONG BEACH. I WENT BACK TO THE WILLOW FACILITY AND THEN I SPOKE WITH THE SAME GENTLEMAN. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE EVIDENCE OF THE VIOLATION, BUT THE TOW DRIVER ONLY TOOK A PICTURE OF THE CAR ON THE TOW TRUCK. , YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN'T CALL THE POLICE TO TOW CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSES. SO HOW IS THE CITIZEN ABLE TO DO SO? IN ADDITION, THE SWORN OFFICER FROM WEST DIVISION TOOK TIME FROM PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF THEIR DIVISION TO TOW A CAR OF THEIR FRIEND. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE THE MEANS AND OTHER PEOPLE DON'T TO PAY $500 FOR A TOW, 100 FOR A TICKET. THIS CAN BE A DEVASTATING EVENT FOR WORKING PEOPLE BARELY STAYING AFLOAT. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. THIS BEHAVIOR MUST BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY AS SUCH EVENTS AS THIS ARE RUINING THE LONG BEACH ENVIRONMENT. SO IS SPACEX HERE, YOU HERE YOU UH, HERE YOU CAN PLEASE STEP AWAY TO THE SIDE. SO WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT, ABOUT YOUR ISSUE. THEY WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR ISSUE. YOU WANNA STEP OVER HERE, WE A STAFF PERSON AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANNA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. NOT JUST IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE VALUES WE UPHOLD THE COMPANIES WE ALLOWED TO TAKE ROOT HERE AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THOSE DECISIONS ON OUR COMMUNITY. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE DECISION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE, ALLOWING ELON MUSK'S COMPANY SPACEX INTO LONG BEACH. DESPITE THE ONGOING PLEADINGS AND CONCERNS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WE DEMAND THAT THE LEASE IS TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY. AS THE LA TIMES HIGHLIGHTED IN A RECENT ARTICLE, WE AS RESIDENTS ARE TERRIFIED. THE SONIC BOOM ON SATURDAY, MAY 24TH FROM MUSK'S DRAGON CAPSULE SHOOK THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF MY HOME. THIS WASN'T EVEN AN EXPLOSION, THIS WAS JUST THE SOUND OF THE AIRCRAFT REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE. IMAGINE HOW THIS WILL AFFECT OUR VETERAN POPULATIONS. WE HAVE NEARLY 33,000 VETERANS, 47% OF WHICH ARE OVER THE AGE OF 65. TO BE CANDID WITH YOU, WE ARE CURRENTLY FEARING THAT WE MAY BE ON THE BRINK OF A CIVIL WAR. WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING MIMICKING THE SOUND OF ARTILLERY OR BOMBS IN OUR BACKYARD. SHANE? YEAH. SHANK MUSK HAS A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF ERRATIC AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR, NOT JUST AS A CEO, BUT AS A POWERFUL POLITICAL ACTOR WHO HAS USED HIS PLATFORM TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION, HARASS JOURNALISTS, AND PROMOTE EXTREMIST VIEWS. SHAME, SHAME, ALIGNING LONG BEACH WITH HIS BRAND AND BUSINESS RISKS, NORMALIZING THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AND TETHERING [01:05:01] OUR CITY TO SOMEONE WHOSE VALUES ARE IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH DEMOCRACY, EQUITY, AND COMMUNITY. IN WHAT CONSCIENCE DOES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PRIDE ITSELF ON PROTECTING ITS L-G-B-T-Q-I-A CITIZENS, WHILE ALLOWING A TRANSPHOBIC NEO-NAZI INTO OUR CITY? I IMPLORE YOU TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT OUR CITY IS NOT FOR SALE AND TERMINATE SPACEX'S LEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, SINCE WE HAVE MORE THAN 10 SPEAKERS, UH, WE DON'T REALLY GO ONE AND A HALF MINUTES, BUT SINCE THERE ARE A FEW SPEAKERS, I ALREADY HAD THREE MINUTES, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD. SO, BUT PLEASE BE AS QUICK AND PATIENT AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY CAN YOU GOT IT? APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. ALRIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF FAMILIES, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO DESERVE CLEAN AIR, SAFE WATER, SELL HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND A CITY FREE FROM A FASCIST BILLIONAIRE HELL BENT ON DESTROYING WHAT THEY TOUCH. I'M GOING TO READ A QUOTE THAT MUSK ABOUT HIS, UH, ROCKET PROJECT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LAND AND NOBODY AROUND, SO IF IT BLOWS UP, IT'S COOL. THAT'S WHAT MUS SAID AT THE TIME. BUT OF COURSE, THERE WERE PEOPLE AROUND. A ROCKET WAS JUST PLUNGED INTO OUR ATMOS OR WAS JUST PLUNGED INTO AND FELL BACK INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE. IT FELL INTO THE OCEAN OF OUR CALIFORNIA COAST, WHICH PROBABLY HAD VERY, VERY BAD RESULT ENVIRONMENTALLY ON OUR, ON OUR PROTECTED WILDLIFE. THERE. THE RECENT SONIC BOOM HEARD AND WAS ESPECIALLY FELT BY ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THIS IS NOT A ONE-OFF. THERE WILL BE MORE. THAT MEANS MORE VOLATILE ROCKET PROPELLANTS LIKE LIQUID METHANE, LIQUID OXYGEN, HYDROGEN FLUID, SOLVENTS AND ADHESIVES. COHESIVE ENTERING OUR OCEANS, ENTERING OUR CITY. WHILE LONG BEACH'S CONCERNS ON FOCUS IS THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY BECOMING A SAME SANCTUARY IN AN INCRE INCREMENTAL POPULA, UH, POLLUTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE. SPACEX'S ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH TEXAS HAVE ALREADY TRANSFORMED A TINY COMMUNITY INTO A NEAR MONOPOLISTIC COMPANY TOWN WITH DEVASTATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS. IN MAY, 2025, SPACEX ENGINEERS AND EXECUTIVES IS EFFECTIVELY INCORPORATED A NEW MUNICIPALITY STAR BASE BY INSTALLING COMPANY OFFICIALS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROLES. AND REDRAWING ZONING ORDINANCE DOES THIS ALLOWS SPACEX TO CONTROL PROPERTY TAXATION, RESTRICT NON-SPACE X RESIDENCE RIGHTS AND REDRAW LAND USE TO SUIT ITS OPERATIONS. DO WE WANT THAT IN LONG BEACH ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE REFUGE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS? WHERE AM I ON TIME? COOL. MID 2024 SBU, UH, STAR BASE OPERATIONS CAUSED AT LEAST AT LEAST 19 DOCUMENTED. THAT'S JUST DOCUMENTED MISHAPS, FIRES, LEAKS, EXPLOSIONS, AND UNAUTHORIZED ENCROACHMENTS WITHIN THE ADJACENT TO THE LOWER, THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. THAT MEANS THAT THE BIRDS AND THE WILDLIFE OUT THERE, THEY'RE GONE. NOW. DO WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO LONG BEACH? I'M, I'M SO DONE GUYS. LET'S GET THEM OUT. COME ON. WE CAN DO THIS. WE'RE AMAZING. YOU ARE ALL AMAZING. LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER. FIGURE OUT WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. FIGURE OUT WITH US. LET'S DO THIS. I LOVE YOU GUYS, BUT REALLY, LET'S GO. . THANK YOU. AND NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GREETINGS, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH DO NOT WANT SPACEX HERE. WE REPRESENT SEVERAL LARGE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS. OUR MOVEMENT IS GROWING. ANYTIME WE TALK TO A LONG BEACH RESIDENT AND TELL THEM THAT SPACE SPACEX IS HERE, THEY'RE OUTRAGED. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF ITS PRESENCE. WE ARE BUILDING A LARGE MOVEMENT. THE TESLA TAKEDOWN MOVEMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND NOW THE ACTIVISTS WHO ORGANIZED THAT MOVEMENT ARE PIVOTING TO FOCUS ON SPACEX. WHAT TESLA TAKEDOWN DID TO TESLA, WE WILL DO TO SPACEX. LONG BEACH WOULD BE WISE TO CUT TIES AND GET OUT OF THE LEASE NOW BEFORE THE CITY BEGINS LOSING MONEY AND RESPECT THE OPPOSITION TO SPACEX IS BASED ON SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO LIST THEM ALL IN THREE MINUTES, BUT I WILL TRY. SPACEX IS A DOCUMENTED POLLUTER SPACEX'S ROCKET RECOVERY PROCESSES POLLUTE THE AIR AND WATER DISTURB, MARINE AND WILDLIFE, AND ARE PREDICTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT CARBON EMISSIONS. SPACEX AS A COMPANY HAS FACED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS REGARDING WORKER SAFETY AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE. REPORTS INDICATE LONG HOURS, INADEQUATE BREAKS, AND WORKPLACE INJURIES DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE CONDITIONS. THE COMPANY ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF UNION BUSTING EFFORTS. ELON MUSK [01:10:01] HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY MULTIPLE FEMALE EMPLOYEES. HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HOMOPHOBE AND A TRANS PHOBE. HE HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY GLISTEN, HRC, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND MANY OTHER L-G-B-T-Q-I-A ORGANIZATIONS FOR HIS OPENLY TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC POSITIONS, HE HAS A DOCUMENTED LINK TO HATE SPEECH. A STUDY FOUND A PERSISTENT SPIKE IN HATE SPEECH, INCLUDING HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, AND RACISM ON X. AFTER MUSK PURCHASED THE PLATFORM, MUSK HAS OPENLY ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH FAR RIGHT NEO-NAZI GROUPS WORLDWIDE AND HAS OPENLY USED THE NAZI SALUTE. LONG BEACH IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND PROGRESSIVE CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. MUSK, THE OWNER OF SPACEX IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED RACIST, HOMOPHOBE, TRANS, PHOBE, MISOGYNIST, AND ANTI ENVIRONMENTALISTS. WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING BUSINESS WITH SUCH A COMPANY OR SUCH A PERSONAGE. AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO STAND UP AGAINST FASCISM. AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, WE EACH HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY. WILL YOU STEP UP IN YOUR ROLE AS LEADERS? THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. I'D LIKE TO INVITE US ALL TO TAKE A COLLECTIVE BREATH. EVERYTHING'S INVITATION IF YOU FEEL COLD, SO YOU MAY BOW YOUR HEAD, CLOSE YOUR EYES, BRING YOUR HAND TO YOUR HEART. I'D LIKE US TO JUST BREATHE IN DEEPLY INTO THIS MOMENT. AND AS WE EXHALE, WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO DISSIPATE IN THIS MOMENT. WE ARE NOT SEPARATE. WE ARE ONE, WE'RE UNITED. WE ARE COLLECTIVE. WE ARE A COMMUNITY. WE ARE HERE ON THIS LAND OF THE GABRIELINO TVA AND THE CHAMEN CALLING IN THE ANCIENT ANCESTRAL CAL COUNCIL OF THE ELDERS INTO THIS SPACE. NOW, THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS AND KEEPERS OF THIS LAND, THE ONES WHO MADE THE DECISIONS, WHO GRANT THEIR BLESSING, PROTECTION, AND GUIDANCE HERE NOW FOR THE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE THE STEWARDS OF THIS LAND FEELING INTO OUR HEARTS NOW, IN WHAT WAYS ARE WE ACTING? IN WHAT WAYS ARE WE CHOOSING? IN WHAT WAYS ARE WE SHOWING UP IN LOVE AND COMPASSION AND GRATITUDE AND FORGIVENESS? LET THIS BE A REMINDER THAT THIS LAND DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY OF US. LAND IS HERE FOR US. THE LAND IS PROVIDED TO US. OUR DECISION SHOULD BE TO PRESERVE THE LAND AND THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY THAT EXIST ON IT. I INVITE US TO ENVISION A LONG BEACH COMMUNITY WITH CLEAN BEACHES, CLEAR WATERS, CLEAN STREETS, EVERYONE HOUSED RENT FREE, WHERE LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE BEING PROVIDED TO, TO BE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S FARMER MARKETS EVERY DAY. FOR WE COULD HAVE SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC FOOD, A COMMUNITY OF LONG BEACH, I INVITE US TO FILL INTO THIS. NOW HOW DOES THAT FEEL? GOOD? DOES THIS FEEL GOOD? THIS IS THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHO WE ARE. LET US ALIGN EVERY DAY, EVERY SECOND, EVERY MOMENT INTO OUR DECISIONS, ACTIONS, AND CHOICES. SO WE MAY PRESERVE AND CONTINUE TO BE HERE IN LONG BEACH, NOT A COMMUNITY OF LONG BEACH WHERE SPACEX EXISTS. AND WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE GOVERNED BY A BILLIONAIRE BECAUSE WE ARE GOVERNED BY THE EARTH AND WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HER. AND SHE IS ANGRY AND SHE'S HERE TO CLAIM BACK. SO I ASK YOU, COUNSEL, WITH DECISION YOU MAKE REGARDING THIS COMMUNITY, MAY IT ALWAYS BE IN LOVE. AMEN. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS ALAN. I'M 23. I'M A RESIDENT STUDENT, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, AND GOD WILLING FUTURE PARENT AND WORKER IN LONG BEACH. I COME REPRESENTING MY FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND EVERYONE I LOVE LIVING IN THE CITY. PLEASE, I BEG YOU TO TERMINATE THE SPACEX LEASE FROM NBC NEWS. QUOTE, ELON MUSK'S SPACEX VIOLATED ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS BY RELEASING POLLUTANTS INTO OR NEAR BODIES OF WATER IN TEXAS, A STATE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY SAID IN [01:15:01] A NOTICE IN AUGUST, 2024, THE REPORT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CAME FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ALSO NOTIFIED SPACEX THAT IT HAD VIOLATED THE CLEAN WATER ACT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE DAY SPACEX VIOLATES THE CLEAN WATER ACT IN LONG BEACH, WE WILL HAVE NO LEGAL RECOURSE. YOU ARE SELLING US OUT AND LEAVING US AT THE MERCY, AT THE MERCY OF A CORPORATION THAT IS WILLING AND ABLE TO POISON OUR AIR AND WATER. WE HAVE NO FUTURE WITH SPACEX HERE, NOTORIOUS UNION BUSTERS, HISTORIC POLLUTERS. YOU AREN'T BRINGING GOOD JOBS TO LONG BEACH. AND I WOULD DIE OF SHOCK IF THE PROJECTED TAX REVENUE WOULD EXCEED THE COST IN HEALTHCARE IN THE EVENT OF WATER AND AIR CONTAMINATION FROM SPACEX. SPACEX IS A BAD INVESTMENT IF THOSE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES. ADDITIONALLY, IF THESE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES, I LIVE IN FEAR THAT MY FUTURE PREGNANCIES CHILDREN AND THOSE OF MY FRIENDS MAY BE IMPACTED BY YOUR ACTIONS TODAY. PLEASE HELP US. WE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND NEIGHBORS AND WE ARE BEGGING FOR YOUR HELP. HI, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM KAREN RE SIDE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS. I FIRST OF ALL WANNA INVITE YOU TO OUR WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY, WHICH IS JUNE 10TH, UH, AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT 1150 EAST FOURTH STREET. WE ARE GONNA BE DOING A VERY SHORT WALK DOWN ORANGE AVENUE, UM, TO DRAMATIZE THE EFFECT OF ELDER ABUSE ON OUR COMMUNITY LONG BEACH ACCOUNTS FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF ELDER ABUSE CASES REPORTED IN LA COUNTY. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS EVENT. AND AS THE FIRST PEAKER SPOKE, ELDER ABUSE IS EVERYWHERE. UM, I LIKE TO DO EDUCATION IN A WAY THAT'S FUN AND ENCOURAGING. AND, UM, TOM, I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE POLICY, UH, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE FOOD VENDING. UH, I DETERMINED I WAS A CRIMINAL EVERY DAY, THE WAY THE FOOD POLICY IS WRITTEN. UM, WE GOT A CALL FRIDAY, WE DO THIS EVENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WISE AND HEALTHY AGING COMMUNITY. AND BRENT DENNIS, UM, AND SCOTT, STEVE SCOTT, WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED FEES AFTER WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING AND APPLYING FOR FEE WAIVERS WISE AND HEALTHY AGING. STILL RECEIVED A BILL FOR EXTRANEOUS SERVICE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY. AND, UH, SO THESE FOOD POLICIES I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET. I'M NOT A FOOD FACILITY. WE DO, UH, WE SERVICE LOW INCOME SENIORS AND YES, I GIVE THEM YOGURT AND GRANOLA BARS ONCE A MONTH BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY BREAKFAST. AND THAT MAKES ME A CRIMINAL TOO, BECAUSE I'M NOT ADHERING TO THE FOOD RULES. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT PRE-WRAPPED FOOD AND FOOD THAT'S SERVED BY A CATERER. LOOKS LIKE IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT POLICY. AND THE DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION APPLIED TO EASE THOSE REGI RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS. WE WANT NONPROFITS INCLUDED ALSO IN THAT, IN PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PARTNERS WITH THE CITY. THIS IS NOT FAIR. UM, THEY WANNA CHARGE US OVER A HUNDRED FEARS, UM, A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE IN FEES. UM, THANKS TO DANA CLARK. WE THINK WE'VE WORKED OUT A WORKAROUND BY USING THE CAFE AT THE SENIOR CENTER, BUT THIS IS REAL NIGHT APPLICATIONS ABOUT WHAT POOR POLICY CREATES. AND, UM, A WISE WOMAN, ALLISON KING, ONCE TOLD ME THAT THE BEST POLICY COMES WHEN COMMUNITY GROUPS PARTICIPATE IN POLICY DECISIONS. AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT HAPPENED IN THE CHANGES AND I PERHAPS WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. DAVE CUMMINS. MS. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, I DON'T LIKE ELON MUSK EITHER. , HE DOESN'T ALIGN WITH LONG BEACH VALUES. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. JOHN ENGLISH. GO AHEAD. HI, I AM JOHN ENGLISH. THIS IS MY PARTNER MARCO HERNANDEZ. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO OCCUPY AND [01:20:01] PURCHASE A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON BROADWAY IN DISTRICT 2 17 11 EAST BROADWAY. I'M GONNA LET MARCOS START. UH, HI, MY NAME IS MARCOS AGAIN. YOU KNOW, UH, JOHN ENGLISH HERE. UM, WE'VE BEEN LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, IN LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA FOR OVER SIX YEARS. UH, WE CURRENTLY OPERATE GOOD TIMES BILLIARDS. UH, IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY POOL HALL, UH, THAT'S BECOME A HUB FOR TOURNAMENTS, CELEBRATIONS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. UH, NOW I'M HOPING TO BRING SOME OF THAT SAME POSITIVE, UH, ENERGY TO LONG BEACH, UH, WITH, UH, THE EIGHT, UH, IT'S A NEW TYPE OF SPACE THAT BLENDS POOL, COFFEE AND CONNECTION. UM, WE'RE APPLYING FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT TO OPEN UP ON EAST BROADWAY. UH, AND WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS TO ASK FOR YOUR GUYS' SUPPORT. UH, WE'VE BROUGHT BY SOME, UH, LITTLE PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE A LITTLE DEEPER LOOK INTO IT. UM, BUT WHAT I WANNA SAY ABOUT IT'S, THIS ISN'T JUST ANOTHER BUSINESS, UH, IT'S A SOBER INCLUSIVE SPACE DESIGNED TO GIVE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG ADULTS, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE TO BARS. UM, WE'LL OFFER POOL TABLES, UH, CHESS CHECKERS, BOARD GAMES, ALL IN A CHILL, WELCOMING SETTING. IT'S KIND OF THE THIRD SPACE THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEART OF THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR. UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM DOZENS OF RESIDENTS WHO'VE TOLD US THEY'VE BEEN DRIVING 20 PLUS MINUTES OUT OF TOWN, UH, JUST TO FIND A PLACE TO PLAY POOL. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET THAT NEED LOCALLY AND DO IT RESPONSIBLY. UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT. UH, JUST A FAIR SHOT, UH, WITH YOUR SUPPORT. WE'LL BRING SOME NEW JOBS, UH, SOME INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING, UH, IN A SAFE SPACE TO UNWIND, UNPLUG, AND PLAY. UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND UH, JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, JUST NORTH OF THE AIRPORT IS WHERE GOOD TIMES IS AND 46% OF OUR CUSTOMERS ON SATURDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE FROM LONG BEACH. WE HAVE LONG BEACH CITY CO UH, UH, WHAT WAS THE ONE WE JUST DID? UH, WITH A ROBOTS. UH, WE HAVE A LONG BEACH ROBOTICS, UH, SCHOOL, UH, THAT JUST CAME IN AND DID A, A BIG COMMUNITY COMMUNITY, UH, CELEBRATION, WHICH SUCKS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN LONG BEACH AND THEY'RE HAVING TO HAVE, UH, THESE TYPE OF CELEBRATIONS, UH, UH, OUT IN LAKEWOOD. UM, AND SO JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE, UH, WE REALLY THINK, UM, WE'RE MISSING, WE'RE MISSING OUT HERE. SO WE WANT TO DO THE YOUTH PROGRAMS, THE TRAINING PROGRAMS, THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE WANNA DO ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, WE WANNA HAVE PRAYER SERVICE BEFORE WE OPEN ON SUNDAY. THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 200, UH, PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON OUR, UH, YEAH, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP BASICALLY A PETITION TO YEAH. UH, THEIR WORDS ON WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE CONCEPT. AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE HAVE ENOUGH STRAIN FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. UM, BEEN IN BUSINESS SIX YEARS OVER THERE AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST SAY, MAN, I WISH THIS WAS CLOSER. THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE THING. PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, THE BEST POOL PLAYER IN TOWN IS RIGHT HERE. MM-HMM . AMERICAN POOL ASSOCIATION. THE, THE OWNER IS RIGHT UPSTAIRS. LONG BEACH. YEAH. ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND MAKING LONG BEACH BETTER. AND I'M GONNA SAY WHAT'S NEXT? YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY HERE APRIL, TOM, CAN YOU HAVE TO GENERALLY EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF, OF GETTING AN APPLICATION THROUGH THE CITY FOR WE'RE OPENING A BUSINESS. UM, SO, UM, SO COUNSEL, UH, VICE MAYOR, MAYBE WE COULD START. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU GUYS MET WITH MY OFFICE. IT'S IN MY DISTRICT, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK AND JUST, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD. SO I'LL HAVE SOMEONE FROM MY, UM, FROM, UH, RAHUL HERE. YOU CAN COME OVER AND TALK TO YOU AND WE'LL GET THAT SET UP FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE YOU GO. BYE. THANK YOU. UH, MEMO. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. UH, GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. UM, MY NAME IS JEN COHEN AND I AM ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE FEMINIST UPRISING. WE ARE A QUEER INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST NONPROFIT, UH, FOUNDED RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT, UM, DURING PRIDE MONTH. PRIDE MONTH, NOT JUST TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO DEMAND INTEGRITY. UM, AS MOST OF US KNOW, PRIDE WAS BORN OUT OF A PROTEST FROM BLACK AND BROWN TRANS WOMEN WHO LED AN INCREDIBLE MOVEMENT FOR OUR RIGHTS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT CAME WITH SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE AND A LOT OF BRUTALITY. AND WE FOUGHT REALLY HARD TO GET WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND TONIGHT, I NOTICED, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALLOCATING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO THE L-G-B-T-Q CENTERS, BLACK AND WHITE BALL, WHICH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND FABULOUS EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT LET'S BE VERY HONEST, WRITING A CHECK DURING PRIDE MONTH DOESN'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT WHEN YOU ARE STILL GIVING ELON MUSK AND SPACEX A PLATFORM HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, PRIDE ISN'T PERFORMATIVE AND IT'S A POLITICAL DEMAND. AND SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT DEMANDING [01:25:01] THAT THIS BE PUT ON THE AGENDA AND THAT THE TERMINATION OF SPACEX'S LEASE BE SERIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY. THAT'S IT. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR PERFORMATIVE GESTURES. WE ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND A CONVERSATION ROOTED IN WHAT THIS COMMUNITY ACTUALLY NEEDS AND THE VALUES THAT IT HOLDS. YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO SUPPORT LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS AND HAND OVER THE KEYS TO THE CITY TO SOMEBODY WHO IS TRYING TO ENDANGER OUR LIVES. LONG BEACH PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A SANCTUARY CITY, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT IT. BUT YOU CANNOT, SANCTUARIES ARE MORE THAN WORDS. SANCTUARIES ARE ABOUT ACTIONS THAT PROTECT AND UPLIFT AND AFFIRM MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. WITHOUT THAT, IT'S AN EMPTY GESTURE. SANCTUARIES ARE BUILT ON COURAGE AND ACTION AND WILLINGNESS TO SAY NO TO THOSE WHO WOULD HARM US. SO I'M VERY CURIOUS HOW YOU ALL RATIONALIZE, CELEBRATING PRIDE IN LONG BEACH AND CELEBRATING THAT WE'RE A SANCTUARY CITY, WHILE ALSO ENABLING SPACEX AND ELON MUSK. WE ALL KNOW THAT HE'S ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AMPLIFIERS OF LGBTQ PLUS HATE. WE KNOW THAT HE EVEN SAYS HORRIFYING THINGS AGAINST HIS OWN DAUGHTER. THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR OR THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL THAT DESERVES TO BE DOING BUSINESS IN A CITY THAT IS AS INCLUSIVE AS THIS ONE IS. SO, I'M JUST GONNA BE VERY BLUNT. YOU CANNOT WAVE A PRIDE FLAG IN THE MORNING AND SHAKE HANDS WITH THE BILLIONAIRE WHO PROFITS OFF HATE IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU CANNOT HAVE, YOU CANNOT BE AN ALLY JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE RIDDEN ON A FLOAT DOWN, UH, OCEAN AVENUE. LIKE THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. OR BECAUSE YOU DONATED TO THE CENTER TRUE ALLIES ARE GOING TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER EVEN WHEN IT IMPACTS YOU NEGATIVELY, EVEN WHEN IT MESSES WITH YOUR POLITICAL ACUMEN. WE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THERE'S BEEN NO WORD, AND YOUR SILENCE IS DEAFENING. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. STAND WITH US. YOU'RE WAITING AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THANK, THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES. WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE MORE. JOSE NAVARRO. IS JOSE IN THE AUDIENCE I NEED? DID HE SPEAK ALREADY? NO. NO. OKAY. NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMENTS TO COME TO US AND LET 'EM KNOW YOUR ISSUES. UH, NEXT ITEM PLEASE. ITEM 18, REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH THE LOS ANGELES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE [18. 25-55360 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents, including any subsequent amendments, with the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028, of Los Angeles, CA, to accept the donation of a Handover Lifeguard Tower, at no cost to the City. (Citywide)       Office or Department: City Manager         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. 2028 TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF A HANDOVER LIFEGUARD TOWER AT NO COST TO THE CITY CITYWIDE. OKAY, THIS IS, UH, A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER. YEAH. UH, WE DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THIS. UH, AS WE DO ALL OF OUR OLYMPICS PREPARATION, UH, AND WORKING THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. UH, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT'S COME ACROSS IS BEING ABLE TO, UH, ACCEPT A DONATION OF A, UM, OF THE LIFEGUARD TOWER THAT WAS USED DURING THE CEREMONY, THE HANDOVER CEREMONY THAT WAS FILMED HERE IN LONG BEACH. SO, UH, WE WANNA EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT AND WHAT WE CAN USE THAT FOR. AND, UH, IT'LL BE HELPING US OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AS WE PREPARE FOR THE OLYMPICS. SO TURN IT OVER TO TYLER CURLEY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. WE HAVE AN EXCITING ITEM TONIGHT WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT, UH, A LIFEGUARD TOWER THAT I THINK WILL BE PART OF OUR OLYMPIC LEGACY. UM, SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND OF, UM, WHERE THIS ORIGINATED AND HOW, UM, WE WILL ALSO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW WE CAN USE THE LIFEGUARD TOWER MOVING FORWARD. BUT IF YOU WATCHED THE HANDOVER CEREMONY, UM, DURING THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS, AND, UM, AS THEY HANDED OFF TO THE LA 2028 OLYMPICS, THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD A, A FEATURED LONG BEACH, EVEN THOUGH I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS MAYBE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS VENICE BEACH, BUT, UH, LONG BEACH WAS CENTRAL TO THAT HANDOVER CEREMONY AND THE FILMING. UM, AND PART OF THAT WAS WHAT YOU SEE HERE, A LIFEGUARD TOWER, UH, WHERE BILLIE EILISH PERFORMED, UM, WITH THE LA 28 LOGO. AND THIS WAS FILMED ACTUALLY IN ALAMEDO BEACH. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND HIGHLIGHT AS PART OF LONG BEACH'S HISTORY WITH THE 2028 GAMES. UM, BE ABLE TO BUILD EXCITEMENT AND PRIDE EVEN, UM, IN THE LEAD UP TO, AND DURING 2028 AND EVEN AFTER. UM, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR LONG-TERM LEGACY GOALS RELATED TO 2028 PLANNING. AND ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, JUST BUILD EXCITEMENT AROUND THE GAMES FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. UM, SO JUST SOME PARTS OF THE, THE DONATION AND, AND THIS PROCESS. UM, IT IS A FREE TO THE CITY. IT'S AT NO COST. UM, THAT LA 28 IS DONATING THIS. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AS A CITY TO TRANSPORT AND STORE THE LIFEGUARD TOWER, AND THEN THE AGREEMENT, UH, LIMITS OUR USE TO NON-COMMERCIAL USES. SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO ACTIVATE THE COMMUNITY, BRING [01:30:01] THE PUBLIC OUT, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JORGE WILL ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT VISION MIGHT LOOK LIKE, HOW WE COULD ACTUALLY UTILIZE THIS. UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LA 28, UM, FOR THEIR APPROVAL FOR EACH USE. SO, UM, AS WE START PLANNING OUR CITY ACTIVATIONS AND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE LIFEGUARD TOWER, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LA 28 ON THEIR APPROVAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BRANDING RIGHTS OF THE LA 28 LOGO LOGO THAT'S ON THE LIFEGUARD TOWER. UM, SO I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO JORGE GODINEZ, OUR OLYMPIC CZAR, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR VISION AND HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS TOWER. THANK YOU. HI EVERYONE. UM, SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUN PART. SO HOW WE PLAN TO BRING THE TOWER TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO WE SEE THIS, THE TOWER AS, AS A OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, ACTIVATE COMMUNITY SPACES IN THE LEAD UP TO THE GAMES. OUR VISION IS TO ROTATE THE TOWER ACROSS THE CITY AND TRYING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO PAIR IT WITH EXISTING ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS. UM, IT ALSO MAKES FOR A UNIQUE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. SO WE REALIZED THAT, UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD INTEREST FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER TO ALSO POSSIBLY FEATURE IT AT SOME OF THE, UH, MAJOR CONVENTIONS. UM, AND THEN DURING THE GAMES THEMSELVES, UH, WE ENVISIONED THE TOWER SERVING AS A CENTERPIECE FOR FAN ZONE OR FESTIVAL SITE. UH, THESE, THESE IDEAS ALL ALIGN WITH CLOSELY WITH OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP, ESPECIALLY OUR GOAL TO MAKE THE GAMES EXPERIENCE, UH, MORE ACCESSIBLE AND VISIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, AND NOT JUST AT THE COMPETITION VENUES. SO, AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW THE CITY MIGHT ACTIVATE, UH, FAN ZONE FOR THE TOWER, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF NOTE THAT WE'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT WHAT PARIS DID DURING LAST YEAR'S GAMES FOR INSPIRATION. SO THIS IMAGE SHOWS WHAT WAS THEIR MAJOR ACTIVATION SITE AT, UH, AT THEIR CITY HALL IN FRONT OF THEIR CITY HALL. AND THIS INSTANCE, YOU COULD SEE IT WAS ACTIVATED AS A CONCERT SPACE. AND THEN HERE'S THE SAME SPACE, BUT IT'S REIMAGINED FOR A PUBLIC WATCH PARTY. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THEIR PLANNING TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL USES FOR ONE LOCATION. UM, SO THIS IS THE KIND OF FLEXIBLE HIGH IMPACT USE THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR AS WE EXPLORE POTENTIAL FAN ZONE CONCEPTS HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND THIS NEXT EXAMPLE SHOWS AN ACTIVATION ON A SMALLER SCALE. SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S REALLY JUST A SIMPLE SETUP, SOME BASIC STAGING, A SCREEN, A FEW ACTIVITIES, ZONES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, POSSIBLY LOCAL FOOD VENDORS. BUT WHAT REALLY ELEVATES THIS AREA IS A COHESIVE USE OF THE GAME'S BRANDING. SO THIS JUST SHOWS THAT WITH THE RIGHT ELEMENTS OF, UH, BRANDING AND ACTIVATION, EVEN A SMALLER FOOTPRINT CAN FEEL LIKE A MEANINGFUL OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD, WE CAN POTENTIALLY REPLICATE ACROSS THE CITY IN A WAY THAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND SCALABLE. AND THEN THESE ARE THE FINAL EXAMPLES. ACTUALLY. THESE WERE, THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER KUNTZ. SO HE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO VISIT THE SAILING VENUE IN PARIS. UH, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, SAILING VENUE THAT'S ON THE COAST OF MARSAI. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWS THAT HOW THE CITY WAS ABLE TO THOUGHTFULLY ACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACE TO CREATE WELCOMING AREAS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO GATHER. SO WHAT'S KEY ABOUT ALL THESE EXAMPLES IS THAT YOU DIDN'T NEED A TICKET TO AN OFFICIAL EVENT TO BE PART OF THE EXPERIENCE. JUST BEING IN THE SPACE FELT CELEBRATORY AND CONNECTED TO THE GAMES. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF INCLUSIVE SPACES WE HOPE TO CREATE HERE. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, UH, STAFF WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON COORDINATING WITH LA 28 FOR ANY OF THE PLANNED ACTIVATIONS OF THE TOWER, AS REQUIRED BY OUR AGREEMENT. UM, THIS INCLUDES SECURING THE NECESSARY APPROVALS, MANAGING LOGISTICS, AND ENSURING THE TOWER IS SAFELY TRANSPORTED AND WELL MAINTAINED. WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVATE THE TOWERS AND IN WAYS THAT, UM, REFLECT OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP LEGACY GOALS, UH, WITH A KEY FOCUS ON EQUITABLE ACCESS. THAT MEANS PROGRAMMING THAT UPLIFTS YOU, SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESS, UH, AND CELEBRATES LONG BEACH'S ARTS AND CULTURE. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. UH, WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, HOLD ON A SECOND. LET IT COME UP AGAIN. OKAY. UH, CUSTOMER SUK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, VICE MAYOR. I JUST WANNA SAY HOW EXCITED I AM, UH, THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT SUCH A ICONIC PIECE OF HISTORY, UH, WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING TO THE LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH AREAS. UM, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HELPING TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAMMING OF, UM, THIS PARTICULAR ICONIC, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY. UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING IT TO THE NORTH PART OF OUR CITY. I KNOW MY FELLOW COUNCILWOMAN HERE, UH, WE HAVE A MAJOR EVENT COMING UP AS EARLY AS AUGUST, AND WOULD LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A SNEAK PEEK, UM, AS WE CELEBRATE, UH, CULTURE AND ART AND THE UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL LATER THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NUGGET. THIS IS GONNA BE SO FUN TO USE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID A LOT OF WORK FOR JORGE [01:35:01] TO GET THIS DONE. SO THANK YOU. AND ONCE MORE, A GREAT SHOUT OUT FOR YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION AT MY TOWN HALL LAST WEEK. YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT FOR LA 28 AND LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COMES MEMORA. YEAH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS REALLY GREAT NEWS FOR US. UM, SO A BIG THANK YOU TO, TO LA 28 AND EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN, I KNOW COUNCILMAN DUGGAN AND I WERE THERE AND WE GOTTA, UH, WATCH, UM, YOU KNOW, BILLY PERFORM ON THIS. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE REALLY MEMORABLE. AND I ACTUALLY, UM, GOT TO MEET HER FATHER, UM, AND JUST SO WE GOTTA SPEAK DURING THE, UM, THE, UH, DURING HER PERFORMANCE. AND IT REALLY IS, I THINK IT REALLY IS, IS, UH, MEMORABLE AND MEANINGFUL, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROGRAMMING OF THIS AS WELL. AND SO HOPEFULLY, UM, LA 28 IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE, UH, IN HOW WE USE THIS, BUT I THINK THOSE THINGS WILL HAVE TO BE IRONED OUT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER RICK MOONY. UH, YES, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BRING UP THE SAME THING, WHICH IS OUR, UM, UPTOWN, OUR UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING BASICALLY LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST EVERY YEAR. AND SO THIS WILL ALIGN, UM, CLOSELY WITH WHEN THE ACTUAL OLYMPICS WILL BE. SO I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO LEVERAGE THIS, UM, TO GET FOLKS ON THE NORTH SIDE REALLY ENGAGED. I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING AND ADVERTISEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE GAMES AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL AREAS OF THE CITY, UM, FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF IT NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. UM, AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRY OUT CREATIVE WAYS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING FAN ZONES AND ENGAGEMENT ALL OVER THE CITY THAT INVOLVE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. THERE YOU COMES. MEMBER. ANY POINT TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. MARY JUST QUEUED UP. COUNCIL . THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. WHAT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND A GREAT WAY TO PASS ON THE TORCH TO US, UM, BY HAVING THIS LIFEGUARD HERE AND ACCEPTING THIS GRANT. I THINK IT'S SO EXCITING FOR US HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SO AMAZING TO HAVE THIS PIECE OF, OF HISTORY IN, IN HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. AND, UM, WILL ALWAYS REMIND US OF ONE, HOW BEAUTIFUL LONG BEACH IS AND HOW ATTRACTIVE IT IS FOR OTHER, UM, OTHERS THAT ARE NOT FROM LONG BEACH TO WANNA COME TO LONG BEACH. I REMEMBER SEEING, UM, DURING THE, THAT TIME, I REMEMBER SEEING, UM, ALL THE NEWSCASTS AND HOW BEAUTIFUL LONG BEACH, UM, LOOKED, AND IT WAS JUST SO AMAZING TO SEE THAT. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. UM, AND JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON WHAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WERE ASKING OR SAYING, UM, DO WE, I KNOW THIS MAY BE A LITTLE PREMATURE, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ACTIVATION THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR, UM, WITH THE TOWER? UH, NOT SPECIFICALLY, BUT ONE OF THE KEY AREAS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IN PREPARATION FOR 2028 ARE COMMUNITY ACTIVATION. SO, UH, LIKE JORGE MENTIONED, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN FOCUS ON IS KIND OF A CENTRALIZED LOCATION FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIVATIONS WITH ARTS AND CULTURAL, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS IN THE CITY. AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD WANNA WORK WITH, UM, EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OBVIOUSLY, AND THE COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE? HOW DO WE BRING THE GAMES AND THE EXCITEMENT OUT TO THEM? UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE INTERESTED IN FINDING WAYS TO WORK THROUGH THE LOGISTICS AND PLANNING WITH LA 28 ON USE OF THE LIFEGUARD TOWER WHERE IT'S, UH, OF INTEREST AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TYLER. OKAY. SEE THAT THERE'S NO MORE COMMENT. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT ITEM, PLEASE REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR A THIRD AMENDMENT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LOS CERRITOS WETLANDS AUTHORITY TO ALLOW FOR CONTINUED ACCESS OVER AND THROUGH CITY OWNED PROPERTY, LOCATED [19. 25-55362 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for a Third Amendment to License Agreement No. 32052 with Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority, a California Joint Powers Authority, to extend the term through June 30, 2030, with an option to extend for an additional five years, at the discretion of the City Manager, to allow for continued access over and through City-owned property located at 2nd Street and Shopkeeper Road (Subject Property) to conduct occasional bird counts and other non-invasive environmental studies. (District 3) Levine Act: Yes       Office or Department: Economic Development         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] AT SECOND STREET AND SHOPKEEPER ROAD TO CONDUCT OCCASIONAL BIRD COUNTS AND OTHER NON-INVASIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. DISTRICT THREE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, UH, DOES IT OCCUR? NO COUNCIL MEMBER NUGGET. I'M SORRY. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE RESTORATION OF THE WETLANDS, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE MOVING THIS FORWARD. [01:40:01] THANK YOU KER STRONG SUPPORT. UH, PERSONALLY, I, I AM A MEMBER OF THE LOS CTOS WETLANDS AUTHORITY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT. THIS IS, WELL, VERY MUCH SO, BUT I DON'T EVEN SAY MUCH. UM, ANY POINT COMMENT ON THIS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THIS ITEM. YEAH, NO SPEAKERS. OKAY. UH, FAVOR. VOTE PLEASE. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. THANKS, HANNAH. PLEASE REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONTRACTS TO VARIOUS CONTRACTORS FOR PROVIDING LABOR COMPLIANCE MONITORING [20. 25-55363 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP FM24-494 and award contracts to ABBA Project Management, of San Diego, CA; Casamar Group, LLC, of Newhall, CA; Cumming Management Group, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA; Gafcon PM-CM LLC, of San Diego, CA; GCAP Services, Inc., of Costa Mesa, CA; Michael Baker International, Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA; MNS Engineers, Inc, of Riverside, CA; JD Padilla & Associates, Inc., of Santa Ana, CA; Petteway Management Group, LLC, of El Segundo, CA; TSG Enterprises, Inc., of Pasadena, CA; and Willdan Engineering, of Anaheim, CA, for providing labor compliance monitoring services, in an annual aggregate amount of $2,750,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $550,000, for a total annual aggregate contract amount not to exceed $3,300,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)       Office or Department: Financial Management         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SERVICES FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL AGGREGATE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3,300,000 AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS CITYWIDE. OKAY, WE HAVE A, A MOTION. SECOND, UH, CO MEMBER, RICK SOY, UH, NO COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. SUPPORT COMMISSIONER, MAKE , NO COMMENT. NO COMMENT. COMMENT. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. NO PUBLIC COMMENT, VOTE THEN PLEASE. MOTION IS CARRIED. NEXT ITEM, PLEASE REPORT FROM PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR A NEW MASTER JOINT USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LONG BEACH UNIFIED [21. 25-55356 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement for a new Master Joint Use Agreement between Long Beach Unified School District and the City of Long Beach for the reciprocal use of facilities for recreational, educational, and civic activities, and to execute any documents, including any necessary subsequent amendments, for a term of five years, with two, five-year renewal options, at the discretion of the City Manager or designee. (Citywide)       Office or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR THE RECIPROCAL USE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES AND TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS CITYWIDE. THANK YOU. THESE DON'T REQUIRE A PRESENTATION. YES, THIS IS A BIG ITEM. SO, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UH, WE, UH, GET TO, UH, BENEFIT FROM, YOU KNOW, THEIR FACILITIES AND OUR FACILITIES. UH, BUT OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN MORE OF AN INFORMAL ARRANGEMENT. UH, THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PRIORITY OF, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, AND JOE BAKER, THE, UM, UH, THE, UM, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, TO REALLY FORMALIZE THIS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A WHILE. UH, WE WANNA GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE AND, AND HOW WE CAN, UH, TOGETHER WORK, UH, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS BY USING BOTH OF OUR, UH, SHARED FACILITIES. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRENT DENNIS, UH, WHO HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE NEGOTIATION WITH THIS, WITH THIS TEAM. YEAH. THANK YOU TOM. SO HONORABLE VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT AND HOPEFULLY GET YOU UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR AN EXCITING AGREEMENT THAT I THINK SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE TRUE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO I'M JOINED THIS EVENING BY, UH, SHERLYN BEATTY, WHO'S OUR PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER, AND ALSO GLADYS KAISER, WHO'S OUR BUREAU MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES. AND, UH, WE'LL BE HERE AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SHERLYN AND SHE'S GONNA, UH, WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. SO, GOOD EVENING, SHERLYN. THANK YOU, BRYN. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY, SO TO START THE JUST OVERVIEW ON THE JOINT USE AGREEMENTS AND WHAT THEY MEAN. SO THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE ENABLES AND SUPPORTS THE JOINT USE OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, AND CIVIC PURPOSES. THIS ALSO SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A SHARED PARTICIPANT BASE AND OBJECTIVE FOR PROVIDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY BY ENSURING ADEQUATE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE USE OF RECREATIONAL SERVICES. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND HOW WE GOT HERE. SO OUR, THE CURRENT MASTER JOINT USE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, IT PROVIDES FOR THE PERMITTED USES, UM, OF ALL OF OUR FACILITIES. SO THAT INCLUDES OUR FIELDS, OUR GYMS, OPEN SPACES, POOLS, CLASSROOMS, ET CETERA. DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR HIGHLANDS FACILITIES, GOLF COURSES, OR TENNIS CENTERS. UM, THERE'S ALSO, THE WAY IT EXISTS IS THAT THERE'S ALSO SOME STANDALONE SPECIAL USE AGREEMENTS. AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED TRADITIONALLY WITH THE JOINT MASTER JOINT USE AGREEMENT. SO THESE ARE SPECIALTY USES, OR THEY HAD SPECIAL FUNDING, UM, RELATIONSHIPS, THINGS SUCH AS CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY GYMNASIUM, AND THE FIELD OVER AT CHAVEZ PARK, WHERE THERE WAS A JOINT FUNDING TO, UM, FUND THOSE FACILITIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE FACILITIES. AS WELL AS THERE'S JOINT USE THAT WE HAVE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES. AND NAPLES ELEMENTARY TENNIS COURTS IS ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT WHERE IT IS ON L-B-U-S-D PROPERTY. BUT THE CITY PUT IN FUNDING TO BUILD THOSE TENNIS COURTS. SO THE LAST UPDATED AGREEMENT WAS BACK IN 1996, WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD THAT. IT EXPIRED IN 2006, AND IT'S BEEN IN A HOLDOVER PATTERN, WHICH IS A MONTH TO MONTH BASIC AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED UP UNTIL THIS POINT. SO THE [01:45:01] PROCESS TO UPDATE THIS BEGAN ABOUT SEVEN OR MORE YEARS AGO. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY. UM, IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DUE TO VARIOUS, UM, STARTS AND STOPS ALONG THE WAY. THIS INCLUDED THINGS SUCH AS COVID, WHICH WE ALL REMEMBER HAD A LITTLE PAUSE IN WHAT WE WERE DOING. AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF NEW STAFF AND LEADERSHIP ROLES HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED, BOTH HERE WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE DISTRICT. SO, VARIOUS REASONS FOR WHY IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER. UM, AT THE TIME OF THIS JOINT USE AGREEMENT, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS ONE, NEITHER PARTY CHARGED FOR USE OF THE RESPECTIVE FACILITIES. SO ALL THE FACILITIES WERE FREE OF CHARGE. AND THE PRIOR ALREADY USAGE OF THE FACILITIES, THE WAY IT OPERATED WAS FOR OUR CITY FACILITIES, CITY PRM, WE HAD FOR PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY FACILITIES. THEN WE GRANTED L-B-U-S-D SECOND PRIORITY AND THEN FOLLOWED ALL OTHER THIRD PARTIES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT VICE VERSA FOR L-B-U-S-D, THEY HAD FIRST PRIORITY OF USE FOR THEIR FACILITIES. CITY HAD SECOND, THEN 30 PARTIES CAME AFTER WITH THIS. IT WAS WORKING VERY WELL, BUT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY THAT WE DISCOVERED AND THINGS THAT WERE WORKED OUT, AND YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO ALONG. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, THERE WERE SOME LAST MINUTE CANCELLATIONS OF OUR CITY USAGE. SO THERE'S TIMES WHEN WE WOULD HAVE THE RESERVATIONS IN THE OFFICE, AND THEN SOMETIMES THE PRINCIPALS FOR VARIOUS REASONS, VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WOULD COME UP ON THEIR CAMPUSES, WOULD COUNSEL, BUT WE WOULDN'T KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE NOTICE. UM, ALSO THERE WAS NO CLEAR PROCESS FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION. SO IF WE HAD SOME CONCERNS, WHETHER THERE WAS LIMITED OR INCONSISTENT AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES ON EITHER SIDE, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE. UM, ALSO IF THERE WAS USE OF FACILITIES AT ACCORD OUTSIDE OF THE ESTABLISHED RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR EITHER SIDE, UM, THERE WAS NOT A PROCESS THAT WE FOUND THAT WAS IN THE EXISTING AGREEMENT. SO WHERE ARE WE NOW WITH OUR PROPOSED CHANGES? UM, SO AFTER MANY MONTHS IN TIME OF HAVING SOME DISCUSSION AROUND THIS, UM, IT'S BEEN DECIDED THAT THE INTENT OF THE UPDATED MASTER JOINT USE AGREEMENT, IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE EQUITABLE AND EFFICIENT USE OF OUR BOTH L-B-U-S-D AND PRM FACILITIES. UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE CHANGES, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, UM, THE FACILITY SITE. SO THE MASTER JOINT USE IS OUR PERMITTED AND RECIPROCAL USE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL FACILITIES NOW. SO A CHALLENGE THAT THERE WAS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IT TALKED ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES THERE WAS LIMITED USE OF FACILITIES, BUT L-B-U-S-D AND PRM, WE'VE ALL AGREED TO HAVE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AVAILABLE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR GOLF COURSES, OUR TENNIS CENTERS, BLAIR FIELD, AND ET CETERA, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, WE HAVE THIRD PARTY CONTRACTS. SO THE DISTRICT, IF THEY WANNA USE THOSE FACILITIES, WOULD HAVE TO REACH OUT TO OUR THIRD PARTIES. UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ALL OF OUR FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS ALL OF THE FACILITIES AT L-B-U-S-D. UM, THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE THE JOINT USE SITE SPECIFIC. SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I MENTIONED. THERE WERE SPECIAL FUNDING, UM, RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AND MAINTENANCE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE STILL INTO PLAY. NOW. THOSE INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL USE SITE SPECIFIC JOINT USES WILL COME INTO AN EXHIBIT IN THE MASTER JOINT USE AGREEMENT. SO THEY'LL ALL BE HOUSED TOGETHER VERSUS HAVING ALL THESE SEPARATE THINGS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'LL BE AN EXHIBIT ALONG WITH THE MASTER JOINT USE, OTHER PROPOSED CHANGES. SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES TO THE COST AND HOW WE DO THIS. SO NOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO BOTH L-B-U-S-D AND THE CITY WILL BOTH BE CHARGING FOR DIRECT COSTS. SO THIS CAN BE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE OUR RES, OUR RESERVATIONS FEES, WHICH WILL COVER LIKE UTILITIES AND THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COVER AS WELL AS OUR STAFFING COSTS. SO THAT'S WHERE CHARGES WILL BE INCLUDED. THE TERM IS GOING TO BE FIVE YEARS WITH TWO ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR TERMS. WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE IS A PRIORITY USAGE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE. SO AGAIN, THAT STATES THE CITY FACILITIES. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR USAGE, WE WILL HAVE PRIORITY FIRST, THEN L-B-U-S-D, THEN ALL OTHER THIRD PARTIES, L-B-U-S-D FACILITIES, L-B-U-S-D WILL HAVE FIRST PRIORITY, THEN THE CITY, THEN ALL OTHER PARTIES ALSO WITH THIS. AND A VERY IMPORTANT CHANGE THAT WE'VE HAD IS, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OR THE FMC. SO THIS IS THE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO COME TOGETHER. IT'LL BE EQUAL REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT TEAMS. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION. THEY WILL HAVE THE OPERATIONAL COORDINATION OF THIS JOINT USE AGREEMENT AND THE CREATION OF THE MASTER USE SCHEDULE. SO OPENLY THEY'LL BE MAKING SURE AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S EFFICIENT USE OF ALL THE SITES AND EQUITABLE USE OF ALL THE SITES. AND IF THERE IS A CONFLICT THAT COMES ALONG, THE FMC WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT THAT CONFLICT IS AND WORK IT OUT TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND BE ABLE TO COME TO A RESOLUTION. OKAY. THE BENEFITS OF THIS UPDATED MASTER JOINT USE AGREEMENT, IT'S GONNA PROVIDE FOR THE EQUITABLE AND EFFICIENT USE OF L-B-U-S-D AND PRM FACILITIES. IT'S GONNA STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT'S GONNA PROMOTE AND PRESERVE COMMUNITY HEALTH IN GENERAL WELFARE, ALL THINGS THAT BOTH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND L-B-U-S-D ARE VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT. AND [01:50:01] WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE ALSO THANK OUR PARTNERS OVER AT LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO'VE WORKED WITH US ALONG THE WAY TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YES. UM, HUGE THANK YOU TO PARKS RECREATION MARINE STAFF, AND TO CI AND TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN THIS GOT STARTED IN 2018 AND 2017 IN THE DISTRICT, IT WAS AT MY PROMPTING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AT THE TIME, TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FACILITIES. WE KNEW THAT WHEN PEOPLE KNEW EACH OTHER, THEY HAD ACCESS TO FACILITIES, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T, YOU HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THEM USED BOTH ON THE CITY SIDE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SIDE. UM, SO, UM, AND I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ATTEST TO MY VERY FIRST MEETING WITH HER WAS, SO, WHERE DO WE STAND WITH THE JOINT USE AGREEMENT? UM, AND WE KNOW THAT CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP, CHANGES IN REPRESENTATION HAVE HAVE MADE ALL OF THAT HAPPEN WITH COV IN THE MIDDLE AND SLOWED THAT UP. SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING DILIGENT AND TENACIOUS IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN, WHICH WILL BE A BENEFIT, UH, TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS ALL THOSE, UM, IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. UH, AND AS YOU SAID, IT FORMALIZES AND STRENGTHENS THE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE EXISTED, UM, BETWEEN, UH, OUR CITY AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR FACILITIES. SO WE KNOW BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE MOST LAND IN THE CITY. UM, AND THIS OPENS THAT UP FOR USE FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY. SO I WANNA THANK OUR PARTNERS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE TAKING THIS UP NEXT WEEK AT THEIR MEETING AS WELL. UM, AND THANK THEM IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN, UM, THIS MONUMENTAL EFFORT IN TERMS OF EQUITY OF SPACE AND RECREATIONAL SPACE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, YEAH, I TOO WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE STAFF, UM, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT. UM, AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE CITY AND L-B-U-S-D, UH, THROUGH THE JOINT USE AGREEMENT. THIS COLLABORATION IS CRITICAL FOR MAXIMIZING THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FROM OUR SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LIMITED OPEN SPACE AND LIMITED COMMUNITY FACILITIES. I'M A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS. UM, SO THIS COLLABORATION OPENS UP OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR MY COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE IT'LL MEAN, UH, MORE SPACES FOR FAMILIES TO GATHER YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND NEIGHBORS TO ACCESS, UH, OTHER, UH, SPACES WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FELT EQUITABLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, AND SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS IN MIND. UM, SO FIRST, UH, I'M QUITE FASCINATED BY THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THAT YOU, UH, INTEND TO FORM THAT WILL HAVE BOTH CITY AND L-B-U-S-D UH, MEMBERS. I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF HOW THOSE FOLKS WILL BE APPOINTED, UM, FROM WHAT DIVISIONS, UM, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE REGARDING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN OVERSEEING ADMINISTRATING SCHEDULING AND OPERATIONAL COORDINATION? SO THE REPRESENTATION WILL BE, UM, THREE FOLKS CHOSEN FROM OUR PARK AND REC TEAM, THREE UHHUH, AND THEN THREE FROM THE DISTRICT AND THEIR MAINTENANCE FACILITY, MAINTENANCE TEAM THAT THEY'VE ALL BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS GOING ALONG. AND SO IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED. UM, SO THEY'LL WORK TOGETHER IN THAT WHEN IT COMES TO A, AT THE BEGINNING THEY'LL BE IN REGULAR MEETINGS, SO KIND OF HOW THEY'LL WORK TOGETHER. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA ESTABLISH THAT MASTER USE CALENDAR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AMPLE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO RUN THEIR PROGRAMMING THAT THEY ALREADY DO, WHETHER IT'S L-B-U-S-D IN THEIR SPORTS PROGRAMS OR AS IN OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES OR ADULT SPORTS PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO THEY'LL LOOK AT THAT SCHEDULE. THEY'LL ALSO DEAL WITH ANY CONFLICTS THAT COULD ARISE. UM, THEY'LL WORK AROUND MAKING SURE THAT ANY FEES THAT ARE OCCURRED, PEOPLE ARE ADEQUATELY PAYING 'EM, AND THAT'S DONE FAIRLY AND THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING EQUITABLE ACROSS THE DOWN AS WELL AS LOOKING AT WHERE FACILITIES ARE. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, RIGHT NOW, I KNOW I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THOSE SPECIAL USE, UM, AGREEMENTS, THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE UP TO DATE IF ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE HAD, THEY'LL BE THE ONES WHO WILL BE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WORKING OUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL IF NEED BE. UM, AS WELL AS IF THERE'S NEW SITES THAT MAYBE AREN'T COVERED OR NEW THINGS THAT COME UP, THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT FMC WILL BE THE ONES TO DISCUSS THAT AND REALLY LOOK AT THAT. AND SO REALLY THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT USE AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS, IS CONTINUES TO BE EQUITABLE AND FAIR ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU. WILL ALL THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES COME FROM PARKS AND REC AT THIS TIME? OKAY. AND WILL THE COMMUNITY HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVIDE INPUT OR TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE AND THE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY? [01:55:02] YEAH, I, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM, UM, OUR CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THAT WILL BE VERY HEALTHY. UM, BUT WE WOULD MAYBE EXPECT A SIMILAR, UM, ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, REPRESENTATION. SO I THINK, UM, MAKING SURE CITYWIDE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT, UM, APPROACHING EITHER OUR TEAM OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TEAM, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY, INCLUSIVENESS, AND THAT THEIR VOICES WOULD BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED. AND I THINK IT'LL BE THAT INDIRECT, UM, WHERE YOU'LL PROBABLY BE ONE THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM IT, LIKE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MANAGEMENT. SO IF WE'RE HEARING THAT IT'S NOT WORKING AND WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A FACILITY, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE THAT INPUT AS, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THIS IS MORE OF A WORKING OPERATIONAL GROUP THAT FIGURES OUT, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THAT INPUT? AND WE CAN RAISE THOSE AT THAT. IT'S NOT DESIGNED TO BE LIKE A PUBLIC COMMITTEE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET INPUT TO THAT COMMITTEE FOR SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. WILL COMMUNITY GROUPS HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE RESERVATIONS? YES. COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE CONSIDERED THE THIRD PARTY AND WILL WORK WITH US IN THE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE THEIR RESERVATIONS OR ANY, UM, PERMIT NEEDS THAT THEY MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TI AH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, I ALSO WAS JUST GONNA THANK STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. UM, UH, AND, UH, DIRECTOR DENNIS KNOWS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AS SOMEONE WITH A, A PARK DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT JOINT USE AND NEEDS, UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN KIND OF NAVIGATING THAT, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE THIS JOINT USE AGREEMENT. UM, SO NOW THAT WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVE WITH OUR, OUR, OUR SCHOOLS, UH, IN OUR, UH, PROSPECTIVE DISTRICTS. SO THIS IS FANTASTIC. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? NONE. ANY FURTHER COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. OKAY, LET SAY TO A VOTE. COUNCILMAN RICK SODI. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. ITEM 0.2, REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS. RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FEE CREDIT IS DUE FOR THE DEVELOPED DEVELOPMENT [22. 25-55357 Recommendation to declare ordinance finding and determining that a Transportation Improvement Fee (TIF) credit is due for the development project located at 3443 Long Beach Boulevard in the amount of $205,696; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement with 888-5 Partners, LLC providing for a TIF credit in the amount of $205,696 resulting in a payment to 888-5 Partners, LLC for the TIF credit amount, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (District 5) Levine Act: Yes       Office or Department: Public Works         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] PROJECT LOCATED AT 3 4 4 3 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 205,696. AND TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH EIGHT EIGHT DASH 8 88 DASH FIVE PARTNERS, PROVIDING FOR A TIF CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF 205,696, RESULTING IN A PAYMENT TO 8 8 8 DASH FIVE PARTNERS FOR THE TIF CREDIT AMOUNT. READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING, DISTRICT FIVE. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, NO COMMENTS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TI UH, NO COMMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SUPPORT ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO. ANY FURTHER COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. TAKE TO VOTE. COUNCILMAN DUGGAN. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE ARE NOW AT, UH, GENERAL POINT. COMMENT NUMBER TWO. DO WE HAVE ANY VIEW ANYBODY LINED UP? THERE ARE SIX SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL [ 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. ] PUBLIC COMMENT TOO. LOURDES DIXON, SANDY ALVAREZ, MW, ERIC MESA, MARIA AND KHALID, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD, STAND FORWARD PLEASE. YEAH, I'VE BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE SHELTER EVERY, ALMOST EVERY DAY. THEY'RE GIVING ME A HARD TIME. AND ONE OF THE STAFF KEEP YELLING AT US. AND THEN, NO RESPECT FOR THE, NO RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, SOME AREN'T. SOME AREN'T. AND SOME WE JUST GET DISRESPECTED ALL THE TIME. AND DRUGS COMING IN AND OUT. I JUST SEEN THEM HANDING OUT MONEY AND DRUGS IN THE, IN, IN INSIDE THE SHELTER, OUTSIDE THE PARKING LOT. BUT THE LADY DON'T CARE. SHE GOES, I DON'T CARE. AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T COST ME A PENNY. NOW I DON'T CARE. BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW. THAT'S NO RESPECT. THAT'S NOT RESPECTFUL. AND SHE DOESN'T RESPECT THE PEOPLE. SHE DOESN'T RESPECT THE PEOPLE THE WAY SHE WAS TALKING. AND SHE'S YELLING AT ME, SHE HAS NO RESPECT, NONE. AND SHE, AND THEN SHE LETS THE STAFF DOES WHATEVER THEY WANT. [02:00:01] WE GET YELLED AT AND WE GET TREATED LIKE AN ANIMAL. BUT THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL. I'M TIRED OF IT. AND THIS IS NOT THE, I WAS GONNA COME LAST WEEK, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE BUS. I WAS GONNA COME LAST WEEK, BUT THIS IS THE, THIS IS NOT THE, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I'M COMING. BUT THE ONLY THING IS NO RESPECT. DRUG COMING IN, DRUGS COMING OUT. SOMEBODY GOT BEAT UP FOR NO REASON. AND ONE OF THE STAFF BEAT UP, UH, OLD CEDAR, SIT IN A HOME, COME ON NOW. SENIOR, SIT AT A HOME. NO RE THAT'S A SHAME. BEATING UP A LITTLE GUY FOR NO REASON. AND HE SH HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED THE COPS INSTEAD OF BEATING HIM UP FOR NO REASON. I MEAN, COME ON NOW. VIOLENCE IS NOT THE SOLVE. HARASSMENT IS NOT THE SOLVE, BUT I GET TREATED LIKE AN ANIMAL WITH THE, WITH THE STAFF MEMBER AND WITH THE, SOME PEOPLE, NO RESPECT. AND I HAD TO LEAVE MY DOG IN THE CAR, AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THEIR DOG IN INSIDE. AND I, I GET DISRESPECTED ALL THE TIME. I'M JUST TIRED OF IT. NO MATTER WHERE I GO, I JUST GET DISRESPECTED. AND THE SHELTER NEEDS TO BE SAFE. THE SHELTER NEEDS TO BE SAFE. AND THEY NEED, UH, THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO INVESTIGATE THE SHELTER MORE OFTEN. THEY NEED TO INVESTIGATE MORE, THE SHELTER MORE OFTEN. 'CAUSE THIS IS, I MEAN, SHE'S LETTING ALL THE DRUGS COME IN, ALL THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SHAME. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE NO DRUGS. THEY SHOULD HAVE A DRUG TEST AND THEY WANNA WORK. IF THEY WANNA WORK, MAKE SURE THEY DRUG, TAKE A DRUG TEST. AND THAT'S A SHAME. AND I'M GETTING, I'M, I'M SICK OF IT. I'M SICK OF IT. GETTING, UH, THE LADIES YELLING AT ME, COMPLAINING, COMPLAINING EVERY I'M, I'M JUST TIRED OF IT. I'M JUST TIRED OF IT. I'M SICK OF IT. THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANKS SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRESENT TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE PRESENT EARLIER TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT MUSK AND THE HARM THAT HE IS GONNA BRING TO THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT THE MOST UNDERSTANDABLE ASPECT TO SEE THE RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE DISENGAGE WITH THE SPEAKERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY BRING THEIR HOPES AND CONCERNS UP TO THE PODIUM. BUT I AM MW. I AM HERE WITH THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION. THIS IS A QUOTE FROM LIBERATION NEWS. THE BASIS OF MUSK'S CORPORATE SEIZURE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR VIA DOGE IS NOT TO BE SW, IS NOT TO SWEEP UP CORRUPTION OR ELIMINATE WASTE, NOR IS IT TO PRIVATIZE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. HISTORICALLY IN PUBLIC COMMONS, THE CONTRACTED WORK IN MILITARIZATION OF US SPACE EXPLORATION HAS THOROUGHLY CONQUERED THIS CONCEPT. MUSK'S EFFORTS TO COLONIZE SPACE TO PROFIT OFF OF GREENWASHING REFORMS WITH EV DEVELOPMENT, AND TO COMMIT A CRUSADE IN THE PURSUIT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. ALL MASQUERADE, THE TRUE GOAL MUSK, LIKE TRUMP IS AN AVATAR TASKED BY THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS TO UNDO DECADES OF PROGRESS AND BENEFITS SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY, BENEFITS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST HEINOUS BEINGS HAS BEEN WREAKING HAVOC ON THE PEOPLE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION AND DRAINING RESOURCES THAT BELONGED TO US ALL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THE EXISTENCE OF SPACEX IS A WASTE OF ENERGY MEANT FOR THE PEOPLE, A WASTE OF POTABLE WATER MEANT FOR THE PEOPLE, AND A WASTE OF LAND MEANT FOR THE PEOPLE DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, WITH MUSK UNBOUND LIBERATION FOR ALL PEOPLE OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY. FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, THE RIGHT OF THE RETURN WILL COME TO BE BECAUSE IN OUR THOUSANDS, IN OUR MILLIONS, WE ARE ALL PALESTINIANS. FREE. FREE PALESTINE, FREE, FREE. PALESTINE. PALESTINE. FREE, FREE PALESTINE, PALESTINE FROM THE RIVER PALESTINE WILL BE FREE FROM PALESTINE WILL BE FREE. FREE, FREE FREE. WILL THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING, MR. ORANGA AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ERIC MESA. I'VE BEEN COMING A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE REMODELING MORATORIUM THAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING WITH MR. ORANGA. OUR PREVIOUS MEETING EXPLICITLY MENTIONED THAT THE MORATORIUM [02:05:01] WOULD MOVE FORWARD, HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HAPPEN. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR MANY OF US, AND IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS AN IMPLEMENTED AS PROMISED. AND CONTROL REMODELING IS DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE SEEING THAT THE LOSS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND EVEN MORE CRITICALLY, THESE CHANGES ARE FORCING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE HOMELESSNESS. UH, THE MORATORIUM ISN'T JUST AN IDEA, IT IS' A NECESSARY ACTION. AND TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ALLOW TIME TO DEVELOP MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PLANS, WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION TO CURB THIS PROBLEM. I ASK YOU AS LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO RECONSIDER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS MORATORIUM. UH, LET'S DISCUSS THE OBSTACLES AND FIND A SOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU. YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT CUT. SPEAKER PLEASE. HAPPY TUESDAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, MARIA, UH, AUTONOMOUS TENANT ORGANIZER WITH THE LONG BEACH TENANTS UNION DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT AND, UH, SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND. UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE POWER THAT TENANT PROTECTIONS, UH, HAVE TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITIES TO HAVE STABLE HOMES, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, AND HAVE A CHANCE TO CREATE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES WHO CAN ACTUALLY, UH, REACH FOR THEIR DREAMS. OF COURSE, OUR HOMELESSNESS COUNT JUST CAME OUT AND THERE'S AN INCREASE, AN INCREASE. WE ALL KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. UM, BASED OFF THAT REPORT, ABOUT 15% OF THOSE FOLKS, UH, FACED EVICTION. AND SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ITERATE, UM, WHAT I HAVE AS A PERSON WHO HAS EXPERIENCED EVICTION, WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, AND REITERATING THE FACT THAT THE CITY LACKS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TENANTS TO RECEIVE SUPPORT THAT ARE LIFE-CHANGING AND EXPERIENCES LIKE EVICTIONS. UH, WE NEED A RENTAL HOUSING DIVISION. YOU'RE COMING UP ON YOUR BUDGET SEASON. UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MONEY FUNNELING DOWN FOR HOUSING SPECIFICALLY. AND SO OUR BIG ASK IS THAT WE REALLY, UH, FOOT PUT A FOOT FORTH TO BRING RESOURCES TO TENANTS AND HAVE A CENTRALIZED LOCATION. AND SO WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR A RENTAL HOUSING DIVISION. UM, BECAUSE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ONE PERSONNEL HELPING, UH, TENANTS WHO ARE DEALING WITH SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTIONS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. AND THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. AND TO BE HONEST, IT IS REALLY DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR FAMILIES WHO WANT TO PUT FORTH, UH, UH, GIVING TO OUR KIDS A GOOD FUTURE, UM, FOR OURSELVES AS WELL. UM, AND WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT WHEN THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSONNEL GIVING US RESOURCES THAT ARE LIFE CHANGING TO OUR FAMILIES. STRONG TENANT PROTECTIONS ARE THE ONLY WAY AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IN PREVENTING, UH, TENANTS FROM BEING PUSHED OUT OF DE INTO DESTABILIZING COMPLEX, UH, COURT PROCEEDINGS. YOU NEED TO PASS A CODIFIED RIGHT TO COUNSEL. YOU NEED TO REMOVE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL FROM OUR JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE, AND YOU NEED TO WORK TO MAKE THAT UNIVERSAL. DON'T FORGET, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS, AGAIN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR 2025 HOMELESS COUNT, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE SAYING THAT FINANCIALLY THEY'RE BURDENED AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEIR RENTS ARE REALLY HIGH. YOU NEED TO CONTINUE. YOU NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT RENT STABILIZATION. I KNOW YOUR FRIENDS ARE NOT GONNA LIKE IT, BUT COMMUNITY LOVES IT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU NEED TO LIMIT EVICTIONS ON NONPAYMENT. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE GETTING EVICTED FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY $20, $50, A HUNDRED DOLLARS ON THEIR RENT. UM, THIS IS A POLICY THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. PREVENTING ALREADY EVICTIONS IN THE CITY OF LA. STAYING SILENT IN THE FACE OF YOUR PEOPLE TELLING YOU WHAT IS WRONG IS NOT A CHOICE. YOU ALL NEED TO REALLY STEP UP AND TAKE ACTION ON TENANT PROTECTIONS. TENANT PROTECTIONS ARE IMMORAL AND FISCAL EMERGENCY AND A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S FUTURE. YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED. PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS SPEAKER. PLEASE ON BEHALF OF RENTERS IN LONG BEACH, WE WANT ORANGA SPECIFICALLY YOU TO STEP UP. YOU'RE ON THE WAY MAN. YOU'RE ON THE WAY OUT. YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO LOSE IN TERMS OF COZYING UP TO WHATEVER LOBBY, WHATEVER OTHER, YOU KNOW, GROUPS, YOU'RE COZY. UH, THE REST OF Y'ALL ARE COZYING UP WITH CLOSE THE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL LOOPHOLES, HELP STABILIZE HOUSING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN YOUR DISTRICT. ORANGA ARE BEING, ARE ACTIVELY BEING DISPLACED RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE SEEN NOTHING BUT IN ACTION. OUR HOMELESS COUNT JUST CAME IN. AND OF COURSE, AS WE CONTINUE TO FUND MORE COPS, MORE AEROSPACE TAX BREAKS, MORE COZYING UP TO MUSK, [02:10:01] MORE POLICE, MORE OLYMPICS CATERING. THE HOMELESS NUMBERS ARE UP. WE'RE NOT LOOKING, WE'RE NOT LOOKING OUT FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITIES. THE SHELTERS ARE NOT SAFE, AS SOMEBODY ELSE JUST MENTIONED, AND COPS CONTINUE TO TERRORIZE THEM. THE EXPLOITATION OF HOUSING AS A COMMODITY IN LONG BEACH NEEDS TO BE UNDER CONTROL. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS SOME OF THE WORST HOUSING CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY THERE. I SAY THE WORLD AND I QUESTION THE EFFICACY OF COMING HERE AND PLEADING TO THIS MAYOR, PLEADING TO THIS COMMITTEE MADE UP OF MOSTLY LANDLORDS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND LANDLORDS YOURSELVES. BUT HERE I AM TRYING EVERYTHING I CAN FREEZE THE RENT, STOP SHORT TERM RENTALS, CLOSE, CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE AND SHOW US THAT YOU ACTUALLY CARE. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT IS FOR COMMENT NUMBER TWO. WE ARE NOW AT AN ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, [ANNOUNCEMENTS] COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S INAUGURAL STEAM FAIR ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LOCATED AT 6 8 2 2 PARAMOUNT BOULEVARD. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE TOWN HALL ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH FROM 5:30 PM TO 7:30 PM THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE HELD IN MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UH, AND THEN LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO ATTEND OUR COFFEE WITH THE COMMANDER HUGHES AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND AND MYSELF ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE STARBUCKS LOCATED AT 6 9 5 EAST ARTESIA BOULEVARD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE EVENTS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. THANK YOU. VICE SMEAR. I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF OUR FIRST DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO OUR FIRST DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH AT 6:00 PM LOCATED AT MONICA'S. ALSO JOIN US, UM, FOR THE NORTHEAST VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR A CLEANUP ON SATURDAYS, JUNE 7TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 11:00 AM MEETING LOCATION IS AT 9 0 1 LIME AVENUE. ALSO FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FIRST DISTRICT, PLEASE CALL MY OFFICE OR SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. THANK YOU. THERE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER TELL MEMBER CUR YES. THANK YOU, UH, VICE MAYOR THIS WEEKEND I INVITE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES TO JOIN MEMORIAL CARE IN THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT AT LBX FOR A FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SI PUBLIC SIDEWALK CPR TRAINING EVENT ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM YOU CAN JOIN LOCAL LIFE-SAVING EXPERTS TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE A LIFE IN AN EMERGENCY WITH HANDS-ONLY CPR. AND IT CAN GO ALONG WITH YOUR STOP THE BLEED TRAINING AS WELL. UM, ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, I INVITE YOU ALL TO VISIT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF LONG BEACH AT 5:00 PM FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION OF THEIR NEWEST AND EXHIBIT. DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY, THE LEGACY OF THELMA HOUSTON AT THE EXPO ART CENTER. WHILE YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I INVITE YOU TO STICK AROUND AND JOIN, JOIN THE B KBAS FIRST FRIDAY SUMMER KICKOFF CELEBRATION FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 30. YOU CAN ENJOY LOCAL ARTISTS, BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS WHILE ENJOYING MUSIC, FOOD, AND COMMUNITY UP AND DOWN THE ATLANTIC CORRIDOR ON SATURDAY JUNE 6TH. I ENCOURAGE LOCAL TEENS LOOKING FOR SUMMER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT LA RANCHO LOS CERRITOS FOR A TEEN VOLUNTEER OPEN HOUSE BEGINNING AT 10:30 AM YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT AND VOLUNTEER THIS SUMMER. IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, YOU CAN VISIT THEIR VOLUNTEER, UH, COORDINATOR AND EMAIL HER AT LAURA W@RANCHOLOSCERRITOS.ORG TO LEARN MORE. THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH, I INVITE YOU TO SPEND THE MORNING AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK FOR THEIR NEXT EXPERIENCE HISTORY IN THE PARK, BEGINNING AT 10:00 AM JOIN THE WALKING TOUR TO LEARN ABOUT THE SITE'S DEEP HISTORICAL TIES TO THE REGION, AS WELL AS WHAT MAKES WILLOW SPRINGS WHAT IT IS TODAY. AND ALSO, A REMINDER TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THURSDAY THE 26TH FOR OUR NEXT FIFTH DISTRICT COMMUNITY MEETING AT WARDLOW PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AT 6:00 PM WHERE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH WILL BE JOINING US TO SHARE INFORMATION. SO WE'LL SEE YOU OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. SO WE HAD A BUSY WEEK AND WEEKEND IN THE EIGHTH DISTRICT. JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE CLOSED OUT THE MONTH OF MAY WITH OUR CD EIGHT SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP. I WANNA THANK ALL THOSE ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE OUT, UM, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER. AND I WANNA THANK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMS WHO HELP TO CREATE A VERY INFORMATIVE [02:15:01] PRESENTATION, HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE CITY AND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS GROWING THEIR BUSINESS. THE NORTH VILLAGE HOSTED THEIR FIRST COMMUNITY CLEANUP OF THE YEAR, AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. WE HAD DOZENS, DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT HELPING TO BEAUTIFY THE STREETS AND REMOVE DEBRIS. UH, THEY DO LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN HELPING TO KEEP OUR STREETS TIDY. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT CLEANUP. AND WE HAD A GREAT CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND IN THE NORTH, UH, WHERE THE GREAT ARTESIA BOULEVARD, UH, RIBBON CUTTING WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. UM, IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE FINAL RESULTS AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK. UM, THIS PROJECT COMBINED MULTIPLE, UH, BENEFITS INCLUDING TRANSIT, MORE TREES, SMOOTHER, UM, STREET WAYS AND TRAFFIC, UM, WE BELIEVE WILL MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS. UM, THIS, UH, PROJECT FOCUSES ON SUSTAINABILITY AND SAFETY. I WANNA THANK THE HONORABLE STEVE NEIL, MAYOR REX RICHARDSON, COUNCIL MEMBER JONI RICKS OTI, UM, FOR STANDING ALONGSIDE ME, BUT I WAS REALLY ALSO ALSO ALONGSIDE THEM , UM, AND ADVOCATING AND BRINGING THIS, UH, TO FRUITION. UH, OUR CITY MANAGER WAS THERE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ERIC LOPEZ, AND SO MANY OTHER DEDICATED STAFF WERE PART WHO MADE THE, THE, THE, UH, CHECK, CHECK OUT THE LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM IN ORDER TO SEE ALL ABOUT THIS, UH, WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT, UH, ARTESIA BOULEVARD, UM, RIBBON CUTTING. AND MY TEAM WAS AT THE BOSS GALA AWARDS, WHICH IS THE BUSINESS OF STUDENT SUCCESS, A MENTORING PROGRAM THAT POSITIONS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS, UM, FOR SUCCEEDING, UM, THROUGH SIX PILLARS OF MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH. SO THIS WEEK, UH, THIS FRIDAY, COLIN POWELL ACADEMY IS HOLDING THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER DAY. UH, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY COME TO COME OUT. UM, IT'S FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM NINE TO TWO 30, AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME AND INSPIRE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH PART OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU CUSTOMER. YES. UM, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE I KNOW WE DID OUR GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS, BUT UM, ON THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH FROM 11 TO ONE, RIGHT HERE IN THE CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, UM, WILL BE A GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS PRESS CONFERENCE AND EVENT. SO I HOPE YOU ALL CAN ATTEND. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN ATTEND. AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR ORANGE. UM, ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, UM, THAT WE ARE PROUD IN DISTRICT TWO TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH A NEW FARMER'S MARKET AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FOURTH STREET BID. AND, UM, IT WILL BE EVERY THURSDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO NOON. AND THE GRAND OPENING IS NEXT THURSDAY AT 10:00 AM AT FOURTH AND CHERRY PARKING LOT. SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN COME AND, UH, CHECK IT OUT. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER HALL, UH, THANK YOU. UH, THIS WEEKEND ON THE CAMPUS OF CAL STATE LONG BEACH, WE HAVE THE 2025 SPECIAL OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES. SO EVERYONE'S INVITED TO COME OUT AND, UH, CELEBRATE THESE ATHLETES. UM, ONE POINT OF CAUTION THOUGH IS, UM, THE PARKING ON CAMPUS IS REASONABLY PRICED. HOWEVER, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PYRAMID IS ONE HOUR PARKING. SO PLEASE DON'T PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, UH, PARKING ON CAMPUS IS CHEAPER THAN A $70 PARKING TICKET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU. GO RIVER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. GOODNIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.