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HERE.WHAT IS THAT NAME? COUNCILWOMAN THRASH OOK.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH A MOMENT
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
OF SILENCE AND A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.LET'S, UM, LET'S GO INTO A MOMENT OF SILENT, UM, IN CONSIDERATION OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW, LIVING IN FEAR AND ANXIETY.
AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS AS WE STAND FIRM AND STAND, UM, UH, UP FOR AS WE STAND BEHIND THEM.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, PLEASE RISE TO SALUTE OUR FLAG.
PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND BEGIN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WANNA, UH, WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS, UH, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO TO, UH, COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS AND REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION.
THEN WE HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER ONE, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A HEARING, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON THROUGH THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
UH, WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE A LIMIT OF 10 MINUTES PER PRESENTATION.
UH, THE VERY FIRST PRESENTATION
[ GRAND PRIX EDUCATIONAL SERIES]
I'M GONNA TURN TO COUNCIL MEMBER SONO FOR THE GRAND PRIX EDUCATIONAL SERIES.UM, TONIGHT WE'RE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH EDUCATIONAL SERIES THAT INTRODUCES SCHOOL CHILDREN TO THE GRAND PRIX.
THE SERIES WAS CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED BY MIKE ESEN OF ESEN CONSULTING IN 2010, AND MIKE AND HIS WIFE TRACY ARE HERE TONIGHT.
SO ANYTIME YOU'D LIKE TO WAIT, UH, MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM, WE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, THE EDUCATIONAL SERIES, UH, INVOLVED LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOLS HOSTING, UH, RACE, CAR AND DRIVER AT AN OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY, UH, THAT THE, UH, STUDENTS WOULD ATTEND.
AND WE HAVE A SLIDE SHOWING HOW THAT IS SET UP.
UM, THIS IS AT, UH, EMERSON SCHOOL ON APRIL 10TH OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S, UH, TRACY MURCHISON AT THE FRONT OF THE CAR THERE.
SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OF MCING THESE, THIS EVENTS.
AND THAT LEADS, LEADS ME TO ANOTHER POINT THAT I SHOULD MENTION, UM, IN AN ACT OF PURE GENIUS, UH, IT TURNED OUT TO BE, UH, MIKE MURCHISON GAVE THE REINS TO THIS WHOLE EVENT TO HIS WIFE TRACY.
AND, UH, THE EVENT REALLY TOOK OFF AFTER THAT HAPPENED.
AND, UH, WE'VE, UH, WE, SHE'S BEEN, UH, WORKING THE EVENT SINCE 2017.
UM,
UM, THE NEXT PHOTO IS FROM, UM, MINI GANTT SCHOOL IN 2017, AND THIS WAS, I THINK YOUR FIRST YEAR, TRACY.
UM, TRACY ALSO BROUGHT THIS TO THE TABLE, FEMALE DRIVERS, AND THAT DRIVER IS THE DANISH, UH, RACE CAR DRIVER, CHRISTINE NIELSEN, UH, TO THE RIGHT WITH A CREW BAG.
SHE'S ACTUALLY IN THE CROWD HANDING OUT THE GOODIES, AND CHRISTINA WON THE WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES THAT YEAR, DRIVING FOR FERRARI, AND SHE LATER, LATER DROVE FOR PORSCHE.
UM, THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT BIXBY, UM, ELEMENTARY THIS YEAR, AND IT SHOWS THE MEDIA COVERAGE.
THERE'S A, UH, FOX 11, UH, CREW THERE, UH, INTERVIEWING ONE OF THE DRIVERS.
AND, UH, FINALLY WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE, AND THIS IS TRYING TO SHOW HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMBRACES THESE EVENTS.
UH, THAT IS THE PRINCIPAL OF BIXBY ELEMENTARY, MR. VIRA, BETWEEN THE TWO DRIVERS THERE.
AND, UM, I, I THINK HIS QUOTE SAYS IT ALL ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FEEL ABOUT THIS.
AND, UH, I, I'LL READ IT, UH, VERBATIM.
UM, HE SAID THAT SEEING THE STUDENTS FACES LIGHT UP WITH CURIOSITY AND AWE AS THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE CARS, THE EVENT, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT ALL WAS UNFORGETTABLE.
YOU CREATED A MOMENT OF JOY, WONDER, AND CONNECTION THAT WILL STAY WITH
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THEM FOR A LONG TIME.SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'LL, I, I GUESS TRACY'S GONNA SPEAK FIRST.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW MIKE, HE'S GONNA SHY AND RETIRING, BUT WE'LL TRY TO COAX HIM UP TO THE, UH, PODIUM HERE IN A MINUTE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE GRAND PRIX EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
IT WAS 15 YEARS AGO THAT MY HUSBAND MIKE, UM, CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TAKE IT OVER, AS YOU SAID, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UH, WE IMPACT OVER, UM, 120 SCHOOL VISITS IMPACTING MORE THAN 2,500 KIDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR, OVER TWO HALF DAY PERIODS.
I THINK THIS EVENT HAS MADE A BIG SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CHILDREN OF LONG BEACH.
UM, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT I DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, BRINGING THE LAUGHTER AND SMILES AND EDUCATION AND INTRIGUED TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, UM, MAKES ALL THE HARD WORK PAY OFF, AND I THINK IT'S VERY WORTHWHILE.
I HAVE TO THANK, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO GET INVOLVED AND HELP ME CHOOSE THE SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR AND SHOW UP AND SUPPORT THE EVENT.
UM, ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS AND THE TEACHERS AND THE COUNSELORS THAT RALLY TOGETHER AND GET THE STUDENTS ENGAGED.
UM, ALL THE KIDS THAT WRITE THANK YOU NOTES AND DRAW PICTURES THAT WE THEN SEND BACK TO ALL OF THE DRIVERS THAT CAME ABOUT.
AND OF COURSE, THE GRAND PRIX ITSELF, THEY HELP ORGANIZE IT.
THEY FIND THE DRIVERS, THEY GET THE PEOPLE TO DRIVE THE ACTUAL CARS THERE.
AND, UM, SO I JUST, THERE'S A BIG TEAM THAT DOES IT, AND IT'S JUST VERY REWARDING.
UM, IF I HAVE POSITIVELY INFLUENCED A HANDFUL OF KIDS OVER THESE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL, THEN I FEEL LIKE I'VE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD JUST ONLY SAY THAT THE W RIGHT.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS GONNA SAY, WE, WE HAVE A MURCHISON THAT COMES TO OUR MEETING PRETTY OFTEN, BUT NOT THIS, UH, SUPERIOR MURCHISON HERE.
UH, GRAND PRIXS, SUCH A BIG, UH, UH, PART OF, UH, OUR ANNUAL TRADITION, 50 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY, AND THE FACT THAT YOU GET AROUND TO EVERY PART OF TOWN AND MAKE SURE THE KIDS, UH, ARE CONNECTED TO IT AND GET TO TOUCH A COOL CAR AND LEARN ABOUT MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
I'M GONNA COME DOWN TO TAKE A PHOTO.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US, UH, MR. MURCHISON.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL COME DOWN AND, AND DARRYL, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY COME DOWN AND JOIN US.
[ RECOGNITION OF PETER RAMIREZ]
RECOGNIZE THE LIFE OF, UH, PETER RAMIREZ.UH, AND, UH, AS I TALK ABOUT PETER, I WANNA WELCOME UP, UM, PETER'S FAMILY AND SOME OF THE SPEAKERS TO THE PODIUM.
UH, PETER WAS A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN, AN ESTEEMED PROFESSIONAL, AND A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME ON MARCH, ON MAY 4TH, 2025.
PETER WAS A MEMBER OF THE LONG BEACH SISTER CITIES BOARD, UH, WHICH IS, UH, WE ARE VERY INVOLVED AS IT'S A MAYOR TO MAYOR ORGANIZATION.
UH, AND HE WAS A LEADER, UM, IN, IN THE PHIL LOCAL FILIPINO COMMUNITY, SPEARHEADED NUMEROUS EVENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT FOSTERED CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND UNDERSTANDING PETER SUR SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE BARBARA CHILDREN.
SO BEATRICE, ANNA VICTORIA, UH, PETER, PETER III, STEPHANIE ALI, SEBASTIAN STEPSON, SCOTT GRANDCHILDREN, LIZZA AND, AND LELA AND RAMON JR.
AND ETHAN AND HARLEY AND REESE, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILD KING.
SO, UH, WE CERTAINLY WANNA WANNA LIFT UP AND RECOGNIZE PETER FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO LONG BEACH, AND WE HAVE, UH, SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION, OUR FILIPINO COMMUNITY, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME REMARKS.
YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR HONORING THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEMBER, UH, FRIEND TO LONG BEACH.
MY NAME IS SUSAN REDFIELD AND I'M PRESIDENT OF SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1996.
IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD PEOPLE TO PEOPLE FRIENDSHIPS, PEOPLE TO PEOPLE, NOT GOVERNMENT, NOT POLITICS, BUT IT IS, THEY ARE MAYOR TO MAYOR RELATIONSHIPS.
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AND PETER RAMIREZ HAS BEEN VITAL AND IMPORTANT TO THIS ORGANIZATION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.I'M GONNA ASK OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
RICHER, SON, THANK YOU, SUSAN MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE VERY SHORT.
PETER WAS A WONDERFUL COLLEAGUE AND DEAR FRIEND.
WE MET IN 2017 AND WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER EVER SINCE TO PROMOTE C CITY OF LONG BEACH AND OUR INDIVIDUAL C CITY COMMITTEE.
PETER WAS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR FILIPINO COMMUNITY AND PERSONALLY LEAD THE BACCA LOWER COMMITTEE.
HIS ENERGY COMMITMENT, LOVE FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE WERE VISIBLE IN EVERYTHING HE DID.
JUST A DAY BEFORE HE PASSING, PETER AND I SPOKE ABOUT BACCA LOA COMMUNITY.
HE ALSO SHARED WITH ME THAT HE PLANNED TO APPLY FOR SEAT WITH THE NECESSARY INTERNATIONAL PROOF OF HIS ENDURING DEDICATION, BUILDING GLOBAL CONNECTIONS.
PETER, LEGACY OF FRIENDSHIP, SERVICES AND COMMUNITY WILL LIVE ON.
HE HELPS STRENGTHENED THE BOND BETWEEN LONG BEACH AND BAGO AND HIS WORK CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL.
ON BEHALF OF SISTER CITY OF LONG BEACH AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE EXTEND OUR HEART FAILURE CONDOLENCES TO PETER, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES.
PETER, MAY YOU REST IN AND, UH, IN PEACE, MY FRIEND.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.
I'M A FRIEND OF PETER AND I SERVED WITH HIM IN THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS SIX COUNTIES HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND PETER WAS ONE OF MY ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S NOT HERE.
IF YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PICTURES UP THERE, IT'S LIKE HE'S STILL HERE.
HE TOUCHED OUR LIVES, HE TOUCHED THE COMMUNITY.
HE BROUGHT ME AROUND LONG BEACH AND SHOWED ME WHAT HIS VISION WAS ALL ABOUT.
THAT TOUCHING, UH, FEELING FROM PETER, UH, REMINDS ME THAT EVEN IF HE'S NOT HERE IN BODY, HE'S HERE IN MIND AND SOUL AND WE ARE TO CONTINUE IN THE LEGACY THAT HE HELPED US BRING.
AND SO THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION AND FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS, WE PRESENT THIS MEMORIAL RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF PETER TO HIS FAMILY, PETER ALBANO RAMIREZ.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED IN SOLEMN RECOGNITION AND HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO YOU WHOSE UNWAVERING, DEDICATION, VISIONARY, LEADERSHIP, COMPASSIONATE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF NAFA GREATER LOS ANGELES, HAVE LEFT AN ENDURING LEGACY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WITH DEEP RESPECT AND REMEMBRANCE.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED POSTHUMOUSLY TO COMMEMORATE PETER RAMIREZ, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND LASTING IMPRINT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ORGANIZATION.
SIGNED TODAY, NOEL OMEGA FOUNDING CHAIR.
JOIN ME IN REMEMBERING PETER AND MAY OUR LIVES BRING FORTH THE DREAMS THAT HE HAD FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAY YOUR REX RICHARDSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M MARY C. CHANG FROM THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE IN LOS ANGELES, AND THEN HANDLE THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY SECTION.
SO PETER WAS REALLY A LONG TIME SUPPORTER AND PARTNER OF THE CONSULATE, AND MANY OF YOU WILL NOT, UH, WOULD NOT KNOW PROBABLY THAT PETER'S FATHER, PETER SENIOR, WAS THE FIRST CONSULT GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
SO PETER NOT ONLY INHERITED HIS FATHER'S NAME BEING PETER JUNIOR, BUT LIKEWISE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE INHERITED HIS HEART OF SERVICE.
SO, UM, WE'VE KNOWN PETER, PETER IS LIKE A BROTHER TO OUR CURRENT CONS GENERAL, WHO CANNOT BE HERE UNFORTUNATELY TODAY.
UM, PETER'S ALWAYS READY TO OFFER HIS SUPPORT AND, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE NEED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, HE'S THERE READY TO HELP US OUT.
AND HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED, NOT JUST BY THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA AS WELL.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN LOS ANGELES, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO PETER A. RAMIREZ IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TOWARDS BRINGING TOGETHER AND UPLIFTING THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH AND THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, AS WELL AS HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING OUR FILIPINO HERITAGE AND CHAMPIONING OUR FILIPINO CULTURE IN THE WIDER AMERICAN SOCIETY.
GIVEN THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025 IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, USA SIGNED A DELIO, ANGEL CRUZ CONS,
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GENERAL THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ORGANIZING THIS SOLEMN RECOGNITION OF PETER'S LIFE.WELL, WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITION FOR PETER AND THE FAMILY AS WELL.
IS THERE ONE MORE SPEAKER? YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK EVERYONE HERE, UM, UM, TAKING A VERY BUSY DAY OUT OF, UM, TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR VERY BUSY DAY TO COME OVER AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF MY HUSBAND PETER RAMIREZ.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO MALU AND JEFF WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN TODAY, AND MY KIDS WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, AND YOU CAN TELL FROM THE PHOTOS, PETER WAS VERY ACTIVE IN LONG BEACH IN OUR SISTER CITIES ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, WE, WE, UH, ALL EX EXPRESS OUR, OUR DEEP CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND TO THE FAMILY AND TO ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.
WE WANNA INVITE YOU BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
WE HAVE A, A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THIS MOMENT AND PETER'S LIFE.
AND, UH, I'LL JOIN YOU DOWN FRONT.
ANYBODY THAT'D LIKE TO BE IN A PHOTO, COME ON UP.
I'LL GET A PHOTO, I'LL GET IT AND SEND IT TO YOU.
YOU WANNA BE IN THE YOU CAN BE IN THERE.
FOLKS COME A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY.
JULIE, IF YOU WANNA COME UP THERE, YOU GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
EVERYONE LOOK RIGHT HERE PLEASE.
[ LIVE AT THE SHELL]
PRESENTATION LIVE AT THE SHELL.I'M GONNA PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN.
UM, I AM SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT LIVE AT THE SHELL, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS FRIENDS OF REC PARK BAND SHELL.
IT HAS BECOME AN INCREDIBLE FORCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION IN DISTRICT THREE.
STEVE, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP.
UM, LI UH, THE BAND SHELL IS LOCATED AT SEVENTH AND PARK IN REC PARK, AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC PIECE.
YOU CAN RAISE THAT PODIUM UP, STEVE.
SO I WANNA COMMEND STEVE PRUITT AND HIS TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS, PURE VOLUNTEERS, WHO STARTED THIS GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO ACTIVATE A VERY UNDERUSED HISTORIC SITE AND TURN IT INTO AN ASSET THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, LIVE AT THE SHELL HAS ORGANIZED EVENTS THAT BRING HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS TOGETHER FOR FREE, FRIENDLY, FAMILY OUTDOOR CONCERTS AT THE BAND SHELL.
I'VE BEEN TO BATTLE OF THE BANDS WITH KIDS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS LONG BEACH, COME AND, AND BE ABLE TO PLAY AT ON A STAGE THAT WITH GREAT, UH, AUDIO VISUAL BECAUSE OF STEVE.
ONE OF THEIR SIGNATURE EFFORTS THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME IS THE SEVEN SATURDAYS OF SUMMER WITH CONCERT.
IT'S A CONCERT SERIES WITH MUSIC, DANCING, FOOD AND CONNECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER SEASON.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST MUSIC THOUGH.
IT'S A CELEBRATION OF LOCAL TALENT, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND IT SUPPORTS RAISING FUNDS FOR NONPROFITS LIKE LONG BEACH GIVES.
THERE'S A FABULOUS THEATER PROGRAM CALLED SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA THAT COMES AND PRESENTS, I BELIEVE.
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YOU WILL SHARE WHAT WHAT IS THE, UM, SCHEDULE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.YOU'RE GONNA SEE NEIGHBORS CATCHING UP, KIDS PLAYING FAMILIES PICNICKING.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS RUN ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS.
THESE VOLUNTEERS RECENTLY RETIRED.
THEY ARE SPENDING MORE TIME, I FEEL, VOLUNTEERING TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING THAN THEY WERE USING IN THEIR CAREER JOB.
THEY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THEY WANNA CREATE SOMETHING SPECIAL, AND THEY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR EFFORTS IN RESTORING REC PARK BAND SHELL AS A SITE OF CELEBRATION, FUN, MUSIC, VOCALS, THEATER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, UM, FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO DO THIS.
UM, MY FIRST MESSAGE IS SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC IN LONG BEACH.
I'M, I'M SURE WE ALL WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BAND SHELL, AND I'M SURPRISED THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT, UM, WE'VE KIND OF, KIND OF RENAMED THIS THE SHELL TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE APPEAL.
THIS WAS BUILT IN 1929 AND AS A, UH, HISTORIC LANDMARK, UM, IT'S CROSS FROM WILSON HIGH SCHOOL NEXT TO BLAIR FIELD IN REC PARK.
UM, PEOPLE DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY AND DON'T, DON'T EVEN NOTICE IT.
ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT INVOLVED IS I USED TO WALK TO THE, THE BASEBALL GAMES.
I STILL DO THE TUR PEGS GAMES FOR 20 YEARS AND SAW THIS AND JUST WONDERED WHY IT WAS NEVER BEING USED.
UH, THEN WHEN I RETIRED FROM, UH, AND SOLD MY COMPANY AND I BECAME A, UH, AMATEUR SOUND GUY, I SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
AND I REALIZED WHAT THE, WHAT THE SHELL REALLY NEEDED WAS OWNERSHIP.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO BRING, UH, WITH THIS NONPROFIT THAT I STARTED.
SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON IT, UM, IT IS A REALLY NICE FACILITY.
MOST PERFORMERS THAT GO THERE HAVE NEVER PLAYED ON A STAGE THAT, THAT LARGE.
UH, IT'S GOT SEATING FOR OVER 600 IN THE BENCHES, PLUS A THOUSAND PLUS EASY IN THE, UH, IN THE GRASS AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO PICNIC.
UM, AND IT'S STRICTLY BY THE DINOSAUR PLAYGROUND.
ME AS A, WHEN I HAD MY THREE KIDS HAVING A PLAYGROUND NEXT DOOR WHERE I COULD GO WATCH MUSIC IN THE PARK WITH ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
UM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY IDEALLY LOCATED BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE NEVER HAD COMPLAINTS OF SOUND.
WE CAN CRANK UP THE MUSIC, BUT BECAUSE OF SEVENTH STREET AND, AND, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WE JUST DON'T IMPACT THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES FROM A SOUND PERSPECTIVE, UH, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES HERE.
YOU MIGHT NOTICE THE BAND SHELL THERE.
UH, I, I KNEW PETER, UH, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS RECOGNIZED HIM EARLIER.
I ACTUALLY HELPED HIM WITH A COUPLE SHOWS AND YOU NOTICED, UH, THE BANDSHELL IN THE BACKGROUND OF SOME OF THE SHOWS, UH, I HELPED HIM WITH.
UM, SO THE ORGANIZATION I STARTED, WE CALL LIVE AT THE SHELL, AS CHRISTINA MENTIONED, WE, WE STARTED OUT AS FRIENDS OF REC PARK, BANDSHELL, BUT, UH, PART OF PROMOTING THIS FACILITY, UM, I COME FROM A, YOU KNOW, OWNING A BUSINESS AND SALES AND MARKETING BACKGROUND.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO AMP IT UP THIS YEAR AND GIVE IT MORE OF AN APPEAL.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE CREATED THIS LIVE AT THE SHELL CORPORATION.
UM, AND OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO BRING BACK, REACT, REVITALIZE THAT SPACE, BRING BACK THE, YOU KNOW, MUSIC AND THEATER TO THE SHOW.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON LOCAL TALENT.
AND I, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT LONG BEACH HAS ALL THE TALENT THAT WE NEED.
UM, MUSICIANS, THEATER, DANCE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THIS AREA, AND THOSE PEOPLE REALLY NEED THAT SUPPORT.
UM, AND WE, OF COURSE, WE WANNA RAISE FUNDS.
WE, WE ARE COMPLETELY SELF FINANCED.
WE, WE INSIST ON PAYING ALL THE BANDS.
WE EVEN PAY THE STUDENT BANDS DON'T, I WON'T TELL YOU HOW EXACTLY, IT MAY BE A LITTLE OFF THE BOOKS, BUT THESE GUYS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED OUT THERE.
AND SO WE PAY THE BANDS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A NONPROFIT.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE CITY IN THAT WAY.
SO WE HAD KIND OF A, A HALF A SUMMER IN 2023.
WE DID A FULL, UH, SUMMER IN 24, AND THIS IS OUR THIRD SUMMER.
SO TO DATE, WE'VE DONE OVER 30 EVENTS THERE PRODUCED THEM.
WE'VE HAD OVER 15,000 GUESTS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY PEOPLE ENJOYING IN THE PARK.
THESE ARE ALL FREE CONCERTS, OF COURSE, IN THE PARK, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A, A, A, A BIG SUCCESS IN BRINGING SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA.
CHRISTINA, UH, MENTIONED THAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SHAKESPEARE BY THE THREE SEA, THEY'VE BEEN IN SAN PEDRO FOR 26 YEARS.
THEY'RE THE BASICALLY PRE THE PREMIER
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SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, UH, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.AND THEY WANTED TO GO TO A NEW HOME.
THEY HAD SOME ISSUES IN SAN PEDRO AND JANICE HAN'S OFFICE GOT US HOOKED UP WITH THEM, AND WE ARE NOW THEIR HOME THEATER.
IN FACT, THEY'RE OVER AT THE SHELL RIGHT NOW REHEARSING.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, BUT I TOLD THEM I'D BE A LITTLE LATE.
UM, SO THEY'RE REHEARSING FOR THEIR SHOW AND THEY GOT TWO, UH, SHOWS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THIS WEEK AS YOU LIKE IT.
AND THE NEXT WEEK, JULIUS CAESAR, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AGAIN, IT'S ALL FREE OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE STARTED THE LONG BEACH BLUES CROSS FESTIVAL.
THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND YEAR FOR DOING THAT.
IF ANYBODY CAUGHT THAT LAST YEAR, WE HAD 1200 PEOPLE OUT THERE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PICKING AND STRUMMING IN UNDER EVERY TREE.
UM, WE EXPECT IT TO BE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR.
WE GET A LOT OF OUTSIDE PEOPLE TRAVEL.
WE PROBABLY PUT THREE, 400 HOTEL ROOMS IN PLAY LAST YEAR.
I, I CAN SEE US DOING IT THAT THIS YEAR TOO.
THESE GUYS TRAVEL FROM ALL AROUND CALIFORNIA FOR THAT FESTIVAL.
UH, AS CHRISTINA MENTIONED, WE DID HIGH SCHOOL BATTLE BANDS.
THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR WE'VE DONE THAT.
AND WE'VE HAD BANDS FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY, JORDAN, POLLY SATO, EVEN THIS YEAR.
I, I DUNNO WHY I'M SURPRISED THAT ENG, I'M AN ENGINEER, SO I'M NOT SURPRISED WHY ENGINEERS ARE OUT THERE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY WON THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR.
THE, THE BAND FROM SATO, FANTASTIC GROUP, A PUNK GROUP.
UM, WE STARTED THIS SEVEN SATURDAYS, A SUMMER SERIES LAST YEAR.
WE'RE DOING AGAIN THIS YEAR REALLY TO GIVE SOME RHYTHM TO IT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THERE, WE ALWAYS HAVE AN EVENT ON A SATURDAY DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, AND ALSO AS CHRISTINA MENTIONED, WE ARE THE HOST FOR LONG BEACH LIVE.
SO THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WE WILL DO IT.
BASICALLY, I, MOST OF YOU KNOW WHAT LONG BEACH GIVES IS WE REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LIVE EVENTS.
BUT WE PROPOSED SOME YEARS AGO, HEY, LET'S, LET'S MAKE THIS A LIVE EVENT.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 60 NON-PROFITS PUT UP THEIR BOOZE.
WE HAD ALL THE NONPROFIT PERFORMERS COME UP ON STAGE, DO SOME, UH, UH, PERFORMANCES FOR THE GROUP.
WE EXPECT WAY MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR 'CAUSE A LOT, ALL THE NONPROFITS ARE LIKE, TELL US WHEN IT IS.
THEY WANT TO BE THERE, SO PLEASE, PLEASE SEE US FOR THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAD, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET A $50,000 GRANT FROM THE NAVY TRUST.
UM, AND WE JUST HAD OUR STAGE REDONE.
SO THE STAGE, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL NOW.
UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S COMPLETELY GROUND DOWN, COMPLETELY REPAINTED, UH, INFEST FANTASTIC SHAPE.
UH, I DO WANNA MENTION, WE'VE, AS CHRISTINA SAID, THIS IS KIND OF MY FULL-TIME JOB NOW, BUT WE'VE HAD OVER 2,500, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER HOURS INTO THIS SO FAR.
UM, AND ALL THE SOUND EQUIPMENT, IT'S ALL PROFESSIONAL GRADE, IT'S ALL DONATED, UM, FOR ALL THE BANDS AND THE GROUPS THAT COME OUT.
UH, SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR, UM, AGAIN, WE JUST DID THE THIRD ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL BATTLE OF THE BANDS CONTOURS.
UM, WE ALSO WORKED, AND WE LIKE TO PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN LONG BEACH.
AND THIS, IN THIS CASE, WE PARTNERED WITH LONG BEACH YOUTH CHORUS, UH, STAN DE WHIT AND HIS GROUP.
AND IF ANYWHERE YOU HAD THERE LAST WEEK AT WEEKEND, IT WAS FANTASTIC.
WE HAD FOUR OR 500 PEOPLE THERE.
WE HAD PERFORMERS IN AND OUT, UH, ALL DOING SING-ALONGS WITH THE GROUP.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AS AN ANNUAL EVENT.
AGAIN, SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA IS, IS THERE, UH, STARTING THIS FRIDAY.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO OUR SEVEN SATURDAYS OF SUMMER AGAIN.
UH, NIGHT RIDER IS A LOCAL FAVORITE BAND.
WE'RE GONNA DO THE LONG BEACH BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, COMRAD SINGERS, COUNTRY LINE DESKING.
WE REALLY LIKE TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT GENRES.
SO YOUR 10 MINUTES IS CONCLUDED.
IF YOU CAN WRAP UP YOUR PRESENTATION.
I DO WANNA POINT OUT THE LONG BEACH GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL.
IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY GOSPEL GROUPS IN TOWN, PLEASE HAVE THEM CONTACT ME.
AND MAINLY I WANT YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC IN LONG BEACH AND, UH, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.
I ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, SCHEDULES.
WELL, WHAT A GREAT SCHEDULE YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH THE PUBLIC.
USED TO DO FREE SHOWS AT THAT BANDSHELL
I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING, BRINGING MORE LIFE TO IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING FINAL? I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS.
I WANNA GIVE HIM A QUICK CERTIFICATE.
COME DOWN WITH AND GET A PICTURE.
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ALL RIGHT.[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 21.)]
CALENDAR QUICKLY.WE DON'T HAVE, OH, IT'S NOT UP YET.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT SAYING NONE.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
LET'S HAVE OUR REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION.
WE HAVE NO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION.
[23. 25-55513 Recommendation to receive and approve Commission appointments and reappointments for Non-Charter Commissions. Office or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE.COMMUNICATION FOR MAYOR RICHARDSON.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND APPROVE COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS FOR NON-CHARTER COMMISSIONS.
WHAT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR? IT IS SUMMERTIME.
IT IS TIME, UH, TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST COHORT OF CITY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SUMMER.
UH, WE, UH, IN THIS COHORT, WE'VE BROUGHT TOGETHER A DIVERSE GROUP OF EXPERIENCED RESIDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, ALL, ALL AGES, REPRESENTING EVERY PART OF OUR CITY.
WE KNOW THAT DIVERSITY IS A PART OF OUR STRENGTH AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION.
WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE IT TOGETHER, SERVE OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND SUBMIT IT FORWARD TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
BETTER, BETTER OFF THAN IT WAS WHEN WE RECEIVED IT.
SO I'M GONNA, UH, READ THROUGH SOME OF THESE NEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, BRIEFLY.
I'LL GO COMMISSION BY COMMISSION.
UH, AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, HAVE OUR VOTE.
AND THEN AFTERWARD WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THEM.
FIRST ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, WE'RE APPOINTING SYLVIA SALCEDO, A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT.
UH, SYLVIA IS RETIRED AFTER 27 YEARS OF SERVICE, UH, WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA.
SHE'S RETIRING AS SHE, UH, HAS DEVOTED HER LIFE TO VOLUNTEER SUPPORTING LOW-INCOME SENIORS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE HEART OF IDA AND MEALS ON WHEELS, UH, HELPING THEM CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, SYLVIA.
NEXT IS HEATHER HAROLD SUTHERLAND, A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT, RETIRED IN 2017 AFTER 25 YEARS, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
UH, PREVIOUSLY MANAGED A REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION PROJECT TO HELP ASSIST RESCUE REFUGEES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT SOCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS.
MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1976, EARNED A MASTER'S IN DIVINITY FROM BERKELEY, UH, AND FILLS A GROWING NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND SERVICES AND SAFETY FOR OUR AGING POPULATION IN LONG BEACH.
AND HOPES TO HELP THOSE HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT COMMUNITY ON THIS COMMISSION.
NEXT IS THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS APPEALS AND CONDEMNATIONS THE LONGEST TITLE FOR ANY COMMISSION IN THE CITY.
WE ARE APPOINTING, UH, UH, JOE HOWER.
UH, JOE HOWER IS A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT IN LOS CERRITOS.
UH, AND, UM, AND THE SIDEKICK TO JAN HOWER.
UH, HEAD OF LONG BEACH CAMARADERIE SINGERS, A DYNAMIC DUO.
THAT TEAM, UH, JOSEPH HAS BEEN A LONG BEACH RESIDENT FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS.
A GENERAL LICENSED CONTRACTOR, A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN CALIFORNIA AND IN SEVEN OTHER STATES.
UH, HE'S DE HE HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE INTERPRETING VERY COMPLEX AIR QUALITY RES UH, REGULATIONS AND BIG BUILDING CODES.
I KNOW 'CAUSE I SERVED ON A QMD AND HE KNOWS HIS STUFF.
UH, HE ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE SERVING ON BOARDS AS CHAIR OF THE WEST COAST SECTION OF AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
PAST CHAIRMAN OF FUTURE PORTS AND PAST MEMBER OF CLEANTECH, ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, AND AGAIN, HE IS, UH, CURRENTLY MARRIED TO CITY COMMISSIONER JAN HOWARD.
SO WE HAVE A, A, A DYNAMIC DUO OF COMMISSIONERS HERE NEXT ON OUR BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
GABRIELA OROPEZA HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION POSITION.
UH, GABRIELA IS A DEDICATED SOCIAL WORKER WHO BEGAN HER ACADEMIC JOURNEY AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
GO VIKINGS AND WENT ON TO EARN HER MASTERS OF SOCIAL WORK AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH GOLD BEACH.
WHERE'S GABRIELA? SHE'S CHECKING ALL THE BOXES TODAY.
HER COMMITTED, HER COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TOOK ROOT DURING HER SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE PEACE CORPS.
UH, IN ECUADOR, WHERE SHE LED PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGNS, DEVELOPED TOOLS TO ASSESS RURAL HEALTH NEEDS AND IMPLEMENTED COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RED CROSS.
SINCE 20 20 16, SHE SERVED AS A CARE CARE MANAGER AT
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MOLINA HEALTHCARE, FACILITATING ACCESS TO CARE FOR HIGH RISK POPULATIONS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CAL AIM AND OTHER, UH, INITIATIVES.SHE IS A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT, SO SHE IS MY NEIGHBOR IN NORTH LONG BEACH WHERE SHE RESIDES WITH HER HUSBAND.
THREE CATS, ONE DOG, AND ONE HUMAN BOY,
ALRIGHT, NEXT IS THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
HOLLAND BROWN, A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT.
HOLLAND IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE AT GROUND EDUCATION.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR GROUND EDUCATION.
BY THE WAY, A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT CHAMPIONS NATURE ACCESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY IN 30 PLUS LONG BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AS A CO-FOUNDER OF GROUND EDUCATION, HOLLAND'S BEEN A TEACHER, UH, IN OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOL GARDENS SINCE 2008.
SHE HOLDS AN MBA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSION, RAW SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WITH, UH, WITH A CERTIFICATE IN GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY FROM UCLA.
UM, SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING, UH, MANAGEMENT, CONSULTING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, HOLLAND HAS LIVED IN LONG BEACH SINCE 1998 WITH HER HUSBAND NICK AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS.
WHERE'S HOLLAND? WELCOME HOLLAND.
NEXT IS CHARLES MCCULLOCH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT.
ALSO NOW ON THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
UH, HE'S LEAD SUPERVISOR AT CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH SINCE 2016.
HE'S PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF MANY BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS HERE IN LONG BEACH AND ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IF YOU KNOW CONSERVATION CORPS, THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, HE HELPED DEVELOP, UH, THE WRIGLEY GREEN BELT HELPED MAINTAIN THE DEFOREST PARK WETLANDS AND HELP PLANT OVER A THOUSAND TREES BETWEEN LONG BEACH AND COMPTON.
UH, HE ENJOYS WORKING WITH YOUTH AT THE COURT.
HE FINDS IT FULFILLING THE GIVE BACK TO THE COMPANY THAT HELPED HIM BUILD HIS WORK ETHIC.
HE SAYS THAT BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY THAT THE, THAT HE GREW UP IN IS A BLESSING.
THAT IS A SENTIMENT WE WANNA UPLIFT.
NEXT IS CHRISTINA SERGE WITH A FAMOUS LAST NAME IN LONG BEACH.
CHRISTINA SERGE IS A SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGNER, ENTREPRENEUR, AND LONGTIME LONG BEACH RESIDENT WITH A DEEP COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.
AFTER EARNING A BS IN MARKETING FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH, GO BEACH, UH, AND WORKING IN CORPORATE MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND PR, CHRISTINA SHIFTED COURSE TO ALIGN HER WORK WITH HER VALUES, GUIDED BY A SIMPLE, POWERFUL PRINCIPLE.
LEAVE A PLACE BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT.
DID YOU GET THAT FROM ME? I JUST SAID THAT.
UH, AS A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH FOR THREE DECADES, CHRISTINA IS PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT IS HOME TO THREE GENERATIONS OF OUR FAMILY, ALL WHO ARE VERY ACTIVE, UH, INCLUDING HER PARENTS AND TWO ADULT CHILDREN.
NEXT ON OUR COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, WENDY ORTIZ.
WENDY ORTIZ IS A PROUD LATINA ENTREPRENEUR AND LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, WHERE SHE'S BUILT A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY TIES.
OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES AS OWNER AND CEO OF CARVANA FURNITURE, WENDY HAS DEDICATED HERSELF TO PROVIDING QUALITY HOME FURNISHINGS TO FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHILE ALSO EXPANDING SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE AND UNSERVED POPULATIONS.
HAVING IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AS A YOUNG GIRL, WENDY GREW UP UNDER UNDERSTANDING LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES, OFTEN PLACED ON MINORITY WOMEN.
BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF HER FAMILY, SHE DEFIED THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
BECAME A SELF-MADE WOMAN BUSINESSWOMAN, DRIVEN BY A MISSION TO HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME.
WENDY BRINGS A STRONG VOICE FOR EQUITY, RESILIENCE, AND EMPOWERMENT TO THE COMMISSION WITH A HEART ROOTED FIRMLY IN LONG BEACH.
ON THE COMMISSION, YOUTH AND FAMILIES, WE HAVE, UH, EMILY FARER, UH, L-B-U-S-D, REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT.
EMILY IS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE WITH MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, YOUTH MENTORSHIP, AND INCLUSIVE TEACHING PRACTICES.
SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST WITH L-B-U-S-D, SUPPORTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS ACROSS THREE CAMPUSES, RENAISSANCE CAMS AND CLEAR PASSAGE EDUCATIONAL CENTER.
SHE ALSO TEACHES IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH GO BEACH, WHERE SHE MENTORS FUTURE TEACHERS.
ORIGINALLY FROM TEXAS, PUT DOWN ROOTS IN LONG BEACH WITH HER HUSBAND, SETTLING INTO THE GREEN BE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY LOVE RAISING YOUR THREE CHILDREN TO BE CURIOUS, COMPASSIONATE, AND ENGAGED.
YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB ON THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
ALSO, JOINING THIS COMMISSION IS ANGELINA FRANCO FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, ALSO KNOWN AS MAMA CALLIE, A DEDICATED EDUCATOR, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND ADVOCATE WITH MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SUPPORT, SUPPORTING LOCAL YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
IN HER MOST RECENT WORK WITH EMPOWER MINDS COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE, A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ENRICHMENT AND
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ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR HOMESCHOOLING FAMILIES, ANGELICA HAS BROUGHT, HAS BRIDGED THE GAP BETWEEN HOME AND COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION.SHE'S ALSO A RECENT GRADUATE OF LONG BEACH FORWARD'S, LONG BEACH ROOTED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH ENCOURAGED HER TO START THE VENDOR JUSTICE COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS LED ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE SIDEWALK VENDING COMMUNITY.
SHE'S ALSO CO-FOUNDER OF THE CULTURAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT UPLIFTS, UH, AND PROMOTES AND SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES.
CONGRATULATIONS, WELCOME TO WELCOME TO THIS IMPORTANT COMMISSION.
NEXT ON THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
REPRESENTING COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, RICHARD BROWN.
RICHARD BROWN IS A PROUD RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH'S NINTH DISTRICT.
FOR THE PAST 28 YEARS, UH, HE'S BEEN MY CONSTITUENT.
AND NOW HE'S, UH, JOANIE'S CONSTITUENT AND HE'S PROBABLY BOTH ONE OF OUR FAVORITE, UH, CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT NINE.
A GRADUATE OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, GO VIKINGS WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS.
RICHARD BUILT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN RETAIL MANAGEMENT BEFORE FINDING HIS TRUE CALLING AT KEITHLEY YOUNG AND LOGAN.
AS THE FIRM'S SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER, RICHARD IS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING LONG BEACH PRIDE AND THE CAMBODIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE RECEIVED COMMENDATIONS FROM THE HONOR FROM THE OFFICE OF HONORARY CONSUL GENERAL FOR HIS ONGOING REC UH, EFFORTS.
UH, RICHARD LIVES WITH HIS HUSBAND ALI, THEIR SON JEREMY, WHOM HE MET THROUGH THE IMPERIAL COURT SYSTEM AND, AND, AND THEIR TWO RECENTLY RESCUE DOGS.
JOHN AND JACK, WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION.
RICHARD NEXT ON THE HOMELESS SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
LEANNA NOBLE COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT.
AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS AS A COMMUNITY AND UNION ORGANIZER WALKING ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, LEANNA RE RETIRED TO DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
SHE'S VERY ACTIVE, VERY, VERY ACTIVE, UH, TO BE PART OF THE LONG BEACH, UH, REPUTATION AS A TOWN OF ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, ETHNIC AND GENDER AND AGE DIVERSITY, IMMIGRANTS AND A STRONG PRESENCE OF MOVEMENTS FOR JUSTICE.
SHE'S BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING, TENANT PROTECTIONS, ADVOCACY FOR HER UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL ISSUES.
AS A PART OF THE NORTH PINE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
UH, SHE MOVED TO LONG BEACH WITH HER HUSBAND IN 2001 AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE SERVED AS A MODERATOR, UH, OF THE, OF THE CON CONGREGATION, AS WELL AS CHAIR AND A MEMBER OF DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
NEXT UP IS THE PORT OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HILDA DELGADO AT LARGE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
RESIDENT HILDA IS AN AWARD-WINNING PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL AND JOURNALIST WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, CRISIS, AND ISSUES MANAGEMENT.
PRIOR TO HER ROLE AS VICE PRESIDENT ACT, SHE WORKED FOR SEVERAL LARGE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING A A RP, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, COCA-COLA, UH, AND SHE ALSO WORKED WITH LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING THEN GOVERNOR, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND LA MAYOR JAMES HAHN.
UH, SHE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE ON LONG BEACH COMMUNITY INVESTMENT NETWORK COMMISSION.
AND NOW MOVING ON TO THE PORT COMMUNITY GRANTS COMMISSION.
THANK YOU HILDA, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS.
I'M JUST GONNA LIST THE NAME OF, OF, UM, SOME OF OUR, UH, REAPPOINTMENT PORT REAPPOINTMENTS TO THIS COMMITTEE, PORT OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
NATALIE HERNANDEZ IS GETTING A SECOND TERM AND DEVIN POOL IS GETTING A SECOND TERM.
ALRIGHT, NEXT LONG BEACH COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMPANY, RICHARD LEWIS.
25 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, A DEEP COMMITMENT TO BUILDING, UH, COMMUNITIES AS A THOROUGH PLANNING AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECENTLY COMPLETED 10 YEARS OF SERVICE ON OUR LONG BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION, INCLUDING FOUR TERMS AS CHAIR, HELPING THE GUY'S SMART INCLUSIVE GROWTH ACROSS LONG BEACH.
UH, HE IS HUSBAND AND FATHER OF TWO AND, UH, REMAINS DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE CITY'S FUTURE, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND IN VOLUNTEER ROLES.
ON OUR VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER FROM REPRESENTING COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, HERSCHEL HARDIMAN HERSCHEL SIGNED NINE YEAR, SERVED NINE YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AS AN ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNICIAN BEFORE USING HIS GI BILL TO EARN HIS BACHELOR'S IN IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS GOLD TOROS.
WHILE IN SCHOOL, HE WORKED AT THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER WHERE HE DISCOVERED A PASSION FOR SUPPORTING FELLOW VETERANS FOR THE PAST DECADE, HE SERVED AS AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR FOR VETERANS AT COLLEGES AND UNI UNIVERSITIES.
UH, WELCOME HERSCHEL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE'RE SO PROUD THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE HERE AS A COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
NEXT, UH, ON THE VERY SAME COMMISSION, UH, THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION, WE HAVE JERRY JERRY EARL, REPRESENTING COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE.
JERRY'S PUBLIC SERVICE BEGAN IN 1996 WHEN HE VOLUNTEERED AT
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ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM.NOW ACORN IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES.
IMMEDIATELY COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL WITH ACORN, HE HAD HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT SUMMER, HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY COMPLETING SERVICE IN 1999.
AFTER TRANSITIONING AGAIN TO CIVILIAN LIFE, JERRY HONED HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS DEEP IN HIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH, THROUGH VOLUNTEERING IN ANY CAPACITY HE CAN ENGAGE IN.
HE SERVED AS PRINCIPAL EVIDENCE AND PROPERTY OFFICER FOR, FOR LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LONG, IN LONG BEACH.
JERRY COMPLETED THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN 2023.
LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING EVEN MORE IN HIS COMMUNITY GROWTH AND WELLBEING.
A DEDICATED HUSBAND AND FATHER OF FOUR, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN HAVE TAKEN, UH, TAKEN TO THE COMMUNITY OFFERINGS AND HAVE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
CONGRATULATIONS, JERRY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
UH, AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
UH, NEXT IS, UH, WE NOW HAVE A NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS LAUNCHING FROM PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT NETWORK TO THE NEW, UH, LONG BEACH WORK.
LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT NETWORK, LB WIN.
UH, WE'RE PROUD OF THE NEW NAME AND NEW MISSION.
AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW BOARD TO APPOINT, UH, TO HELP LEAD, UH, THIS ORGANIZATION.
FIRST IS JULIE POCOT, BUSINESS AND HOSPITALITY SECTION DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT.
JULIE BEGAN HER CAREER IN HOSPITALITY AS A SERVER AS PULL AT PULLMAN EIFFEL TOWER HOTEL IN PARIS.
THEN SPENT TWO YEARS AT CLIFFS RESORT IN PISMO BEACH, THEN JOINED FAIRMONT HOTELS IN 2014, UH, UH, WHERE SHE GREW THE COMPANY WORKING FROM LEADING HOSPITALITY AND FRONT OFFICE TO WORKING IN SALES AND FINALLY LANDING IN TALENT AND CULTURE, STRONG CONNECTION TO COLLEAGUES IN THE WORKFORCE AND CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO CREATE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES.
NEXT IS COURTNEY RUSSELL, UH, BUSINESS AND HOSPITALITY SEGMENT.
CURRENTLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS AND CLIENT SERVICES AT VISIT AND MEET LONG BEACH, OVERSEEING CLIENT SERVICES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND GROUP MARKETING AND DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UH, BRINGING MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO THE CITY.
HE BRINGS MORE THAN 13 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, AS A GENERAL MANAGER, UH, A HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER, AND IS A FORMER SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OF A MUSIC AND GAMING STORE.
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SERVES ON BOARDS LIKE THE WOMEN'S SHELTER, HUMAN, HUMAN SAVE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UH, AND LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP SUPPORT AT MEET LONG BEACH.
UH, WE, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, COURTNEY, AND WELCOME YOU TO LONG BEACH WIND.
NEXT IS ROBIN GORDON PETERSON, DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT.
A LIFELONG LONG BEACH RESIDENT.
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, GO VIKINGS AND CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS.
ALL LOCALLY EDUCATED, MOST RECENTLY RETURNED TO LBCC DURING THE PANDEMIC.
EARN A SECOND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN HUMAN SERVICES.
I KNOW YOU READ A WHOLE RESUME.
WORKED IN LONG BEACH TRANSIT FOR 25 YEARS.
SERVES IN A NUMBER OF BOARDS FROM LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION, ACTIVE MEMBER OF HELPING THE HOMELESS CARE CLOSET, UH, UH, LONG BEACH DAY NURSERY, UH, AND A PROUD MEMBER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
AND, UH, NAACP, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE PAST TO THE, UH, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND WELCOME YOU NOW TO LONG BEACH WIND.
COUPLE MORE, UH, DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT MANDARA SAVAGE.
UH, DR. SAVAGE IS A SEASONED HIGHER EDUCATION LEADER WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BRIDGING EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATE VICE CHANNEL CHANCELLOR FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMU COMM CONTINUING EDUCATION AT THE CSU OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR, HE LEADS EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CAREER RELEVANT PROGRAMS FOR ADULT LEARNERS.
DR. SAVAGE OWES A PHD IN INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY FROM IOWA STATE IS COMMITTED TO LEVERAGING EDUCATION AS A CA CATALYST FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY AS A COLLEGE TOWN.
WE WELCOME YOU TO LONG BEACH WIND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, NEXT IS KENDRA MA MADRID IN THE EDUCATION SEAT.
UH, KENDRA IS A PROVEN LEADER WITH MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION.
SHE'S THE PREP VICE PRESIDENT OF WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
SHE ALSO CHAMPIONED BOLD INITIATIVES, UH, TO HELP GET STUDENTS AND WORKERS CONNECTED TO JOBS OF TOMORROW.
UH, TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WE WELCOME YOU TO, TO SERVICE ON THIS BOARD.
AND WE ARE REAPPOINTING KARE KUO, GLORIA CARTER WESTON LEBAR.
TE FAY SOCHI COBAR FROM UNITED S UH, STEELWORKERS, TOMMY FVA FROM IBW, KENNETH GOMEZ AND DAPHNE LEAK.
YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF COMMISSIONERS, BUT WE TRY TO BATCH 'EM TOGETHER.
UH, UH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU ALL.
UH, THIS NEW COHORT OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC SERVICE IS A RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A GIFT THAT WE SHOULD SHARE FOR OTHERS.
PLEASE, UH, UH, WE THANK YOU AND WE WELCOME YOUR LEADERSHIP INTO THE CITY.
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TO, UM, UH, THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER ZENDEJAS.VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE, UH, COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS.
YES, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL THE NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER AND THOSE CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY COMMISSIONERS, UM, ALREADY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE AND YOU ARE ADDING MORE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR CITY SO AMAZING.
THE OTHER IS JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE CHARLES MCCULLOUGH FOR, UH, STEPPING UP TO SERVE HIS FIRST TIME, UH, FROM DISTRICT SIX, WHO'S GROWN UP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RAISED IN THE CONSERVATION CORPS AND NOW SERVING HIS CITY.
UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMISSIONERS IN DISTRICT NINE AS THEY'RE ALL BRAND NEW COMMISSIONERS AND SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.
AND THANK YOU JERRY FOR BEING WILLING TO STEP UP AND SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO JUST WANNA SAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE APPOINTED AND RETURN AND ALSO THE RETURNING, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, WE JUST DEEPLY VALUE YOUR WORK AND, UM, YOUR MEANINGFUL WORK AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND YOUR TIME.
UM, I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO DISTRICT TWO COMMISSIONERS, SYLVIA SATO AND ANGELA FRANCO.
YOU KNOW, UM, I SEE, I SEE SYLVIA AT ROSE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALL THE TIME AND I KNOW ALL THE WORK, UM, THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND UM, MAMA CALLIE, I SEE YOU OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND SO I'M, SO I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY.
AND I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS 31 APPOINTMENTS.
EACH ONE NEEDED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND DO APPLICATIONS AND VETTING.
JEFF WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS WE'VE APPOINTED.
I'M EXCITED FOR YOU AND TO YOUR ROLE.
AND ALL OF THESE HAVE TO BE PROCESSED BY OUR, OUR CITY CLERK AS WELL.
MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR FORMS 700 FORMS IN, GET ALL YOUR PAPERWORK IN.
'CAUSE I GET THE PHONE CALLS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY WHEN THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.
UM, UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? I DON'T SEE ANY.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE AND AT THE END OF THE VOTE WE'RE GONNA COME FORWARD AND TAKE A, TAKE A PHOTO.
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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL NOW PROCEED WITH THE MEETING.[ 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. ]
PUBLIC COMMENT ONE.I'M GONNA CALL UP THE LIST OF SPEAKERS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
FIRST IS GINA KIM, LORI LOGAN ESPERANZA, LISA VEST, CAROLYN S SEX, UH, SEAN KENDORF, ASHLEY BRADY, BRANDY DITMARS, UH, LAURA FOY AND SCOTT AMPS.
IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY FORWARD.
FIRST UP IS GINA, THEN LORI, THEN ESPERANZA.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE GINA.
SO FIRST OFF, UM, LAST WEEK I SAID SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVERSTEPPING BOUNDARIES, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO LET MS. KING KNOW THAT, UM, I TOOK CARE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE NEEDED ME TO DO.
AND SHE IS ANOTHER PERSON THAT DID HELP ME.
THAT'S HELPED ME WITH A LOT OF STUFF.
SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE HER AND, AND THAT'S TOWN.
WE'LL MAKE SURE ALLISON KNOWS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS LORI LOGAN AND I LIVE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2025.
AT 6:00 PM WE HAD A COMMUNITY CENTER MEETING.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE HOSTED THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE WASHINGTON COMMUNITY WAS SO DELIGHTED TO HEAR THIS GREAT NEWS.
DURING THE 2024 BUDGET CYCLE, 500,000 WAS PLACED IN THE CITY BUDGET TO ASSESS OR DO A STUDY REGARDING A COMMUNITY CENTER.
BUT NO STUDY TOOK PLACE DURING THE LATEST BUDGET CYCLE OF 2025.
500 K WAS ONCE AGAIN PLACED IN THE CITY BUDGET.
THE PRESENTATION CONTINUED WITH ANOTHER 500,000 SHOWING UP IN THE 2028 BUDGET WHEN THE OLYMPIC FUNDS CAN BE USED.
I QUESTIONED THE SAME 500,000 SHOWING UP 20 24, 20 25, AND 2028 IN THE BUDGET PLAN.
I THEN STATED THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY A FOUR YEAR PLAN AND SHOULD BE DRAFTED ACCORDINGLY IN THE PRESENTATION.
I THEN BECAME ALARMED WHEN THE DECEPTIVE BOOKKEEPING PRACTICES USED IN THE BUDGET WERE USED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THE BUDGET WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE THERE WAS 500,000 WHEN THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY MONEY.
DIRECTOR BRETT OF PARK AND REC THEN ATTEMPTED TO END THE MEETING SO HE COULD DO A TOUR OF THE REMODELED BASKETBALL COURT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVE IN, TREATING US LIKE WE WERE THE ACTUAL VISITORS.
I STATED, IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE.
YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HEAR COMMUNITY INPUT, BUT WHEN IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, YOU SHUT US UP.
HE THEN GRANTED ME PERMISSION TO SPEAK FREELY AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, THEN STORMED OUT OF THE ROOM.
THIS COMMUNITY MEETING WAS PURE THEATER TO ACT LIKE THEY'RE A SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE DON'T WANT ACTORS SENT TO FEED US LIES WITH FUNNY BOOKKEEPING.
WE DESERVE BETTER IN THE WASHINGTON COMMUNITY.
WHERE IS OUR 500,000? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
FIRST I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO LA TACO AND AWARD-WINNING LOCAL NEWS SITE, THERE ARE EIGHT ARMED MILITARY ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY BUILDING ACROSS THE WAY FROM THE PEACEFUL PROCESS OUTSIDE AS WELL AS AT LEAST THREE CONFIRMED ICE SIGHTINGS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH TODAY.
UM, SECOND OF ALL, I AM A STUDENT, UH, WORKER AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER OF LONG BEACH.
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AND I WANT THIS CITY TO TERMINATE THE LEASE WITH SPACEX ON THE BASIS OF THE, UH, COMPANY BREACHING THEIR CONTRACT.EIGHT CALIFORNIA BASED FORMER EMPLOYEES WERE FIRED BY SPACEX IN 2022.
AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM WAS WORKING IN LONG BEACH.
SHORTLY AFTER THEY CIRCULATED AN OPEN LETTER CALLING ELON MUSK'S PUBLIC COMMENT, CONDUCT A DISTRACTION AND EMBARRASSMENT TO THE FIRM, FOLLOWING REPORTS OF A SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATION AGAINST MUSK.
FINALLY, WE GET TO USE ELONGATE AS A SCANDAL NAME.
THE FORMER EMPLOYEES FILED SUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT IN LOS ANGELES IN JUNE OF 2024.
CLAIMS INCLUDING HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT RETALIATION, FAILURE TO PREVENT HARASSMENT, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, WHISTLEBLOWER, 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 QUOTE CRUDE AND DEMEANING NAMES TO PRODUCTS IN AN ATTEMPT AT HUMOR, OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF WOMEN AND LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE NAME OUTSKIRT CAMERA WAS USED FOR A CAMERA ON FIRST STAGE OF THE FALCON ROCKET THAT VIEWS THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND STAGE.
IN TECHNICAL MEETINGS, SENIOR ENGINEERS REFERRED TO MECHANICAL PARTS AS TROS LONGS MUSK IS TREATING WOMEN AS SEXUAL OBJECTS TO BE EVALUATED ON THEIR BRA SIZE, BOMBARDING THE WORKPLACE WITH LEWD SEXUAL BANTER.
FOR THOSE WHO CHALLENGE THE ANIMAL HOUSE ENVIRONMENT.
IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAN SEEK EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE.
AN ENGINEER IN THE HAWTHORNE SITE SAYS SHE REPORTED A MALE COLLEAGUE TO HR FOR REPEATEDLY BRINGING UP SEXUALLY EXPLICIT TOPICS WITH HER, INCLUDING INVITING HER TO A SEX PARTY.
HR DID NOT TAKE ANY DISCERNIBLE ACTION AND THE MAN WAS PROMOTED.
A FORMER MISSION INTEGRATION ENGINEER WHO WORKED AT THE LONG BEACH.
SPACEX LEFT SPACEX IN NOVEMBER, 2021 AFTER ABOUT FOUR YEARS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED BY THE COMPANY.
QUOTE, SOME OF THE MEN WHO WORK AT SPACEX HUG WOMEN WITHOUT CONSENT, STARE AT WOMEN WHILE THEY WORK AND INTERPRET EVERY SOCIAL ENCOUNTER AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIT ON WOMEN IN THE OFFICE.
ANOTHER PLAINTIFF ENGINEER, REBECCA CLARK, SAID IN THE LAWSUIT THAT SHE HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT BREASTS AT WORK AFTER MUSK MADE A SEXUALLY CHARGED COMMENT ON X.
SHE RAISED HER CONCERNS TO SPACEX MANAGERS AT A MEETING IN 2022 AND WAS TOLD SPACEX IS ELON SPACEX YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.
HEY, AFTER LISA, IT'S CAROLYN.
I'M HERE WITH THE FEMINIST UPRISING.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN LONG BEACH.
GREETINGS, HONORABLE MAYOR, HONORABLE VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH DO NOT WANT SPACEX HERE, BUT WE DO WANT IMMIGRANTS HERE.
WE DO WANT GAY AND QUEER PEOPLE HERE.
WE DO WANT PEOPLE OF COLOR HERE.
YES, WE DO WANT FREE SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY HERE.
YES, IT'S TIME TO DEPORT THE DRAGON, DEPORT SPACEX AND PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICA GREAT.
THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO WHO WE ARE AS LONG BEACHERS.
WHEREAS SPACEX IS BRINGING POLLUTION, NOISE AND HATE.
IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE FEDERAL OCCUPATION OF THE LARGER LOS ANGELES AREA, IT HAS BECOME VERY CLEAR WHAT THE AGENDA IS OF THE TRUMP MUSK REGIME.
THEIR FLAGRANT DISREGARD FOR STATE'S RIGHTS, THEIR DISREGARD FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
THEIR THREATS AGAINST OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE ALL MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY.
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN AMERICA.
WE HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS.
WE HAVE PRO COMMITTED OURSELVES TO PROTECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO CHOOSE.
WE ARE A CITY OF GREAT DIVERSITY.
WE ARE A PROGRESSIVE CITY DEDICATED TO GREEN ENERGY.
SPACEX IS A DOCUMENTED POLLUTION POLLUTER.
SPACEX IS ROCKET RECOVERY PROCESSES, POLLUTE THE AIR AND WATER DISTURB MARINE WILDLIFE, AND ARE PREDICTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT CARBON ADMISSIONS.
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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 HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY MULTIPLE FEMALE EMPLOYEES.
HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HOMOPHOBE, A TRANS PHOBE AND CONDEMNED BY NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE GLSEN, THE HRC AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND MANY OTHER L-G-B-T-Q-I-A ORGANIZATIONS.
FOR HIS OPENLY TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS, HE HAS A DOCUMENTED LINK TO HATE SPEECH AS HAS HIS PARTNER IN CRIME.
DONALD J. TRUMP, YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.
WELL, GOOD EVENING TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND MY FELLOW, UM, NEIGHBORS.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN ESSEX AND I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WHERE MARRIES AND DAD IS OUR COUNCIL PERSON.
I STAND HERE TO SPEAK ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT LONG BEACH RESIDENTS AND VOTERS HAVE BEEN RAISING ABOUT, UH, REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF DRAGON SPACECRAFT RECOVERY, UM, OPERATIONS AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, SPACEX WILL RELOCATE RECOVERY OPERATIONS FOR THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, ESTABLISHING THE SITE AS A DEDICATED RECOVERY HUB.
UH, THE SITE HAS, UM, UM, MOUNTING CONCERNS FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VOTERS.
SPACEX EXPANSION IN LONG BEACH HAS GARNERED STRONG BACKING FROM OUR LEADERSHIP, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JOBS AND SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT SO WOULD REPARATIONS TO THE DESCENDANTS OF SLAVERY.
THE LINCOLN EMANCIPATED AMERICAN FRIEDMAN FAMILIES, I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES TO INCREASE REVENUE, JOBS AND NEW BUSINESSES.
SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF SAID HISTORIC ECONOMICALLY ISOLATED COMMUNITIES OF AMERICAN FRIEDMAN FAMILIES.
I STAND HERE WITH MANY GROUPS TODAY AND RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION THAT SPACEX OPERATION WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO, BUT ALSO THE COMPANY'S BILLIONAIRE OWNER AND OUR UNWANTED TENANT WHO INFLAMES ANTI-BLACK LGBTQA BIAS PLUS AND IMMIGRANT HATRED.
ALTHOUGH THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SPACEX GROWING PRESENT REMAINS TO BE DETERMINED, THE COMPANY HAS A HISTORY OF DISREGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
ALL TENANTS ARE NOT GOOD TENANTS.
AND IF WE ARE TO BE NEIGHBORS AND LOVERS OF OUR CITY AND BE GOOD TENANTS, WE EXPECT THAT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE AND DO BUSINESS.
DO NOT BRING YOUR CONTAMINATION.
I'M REVEREND SEAN AND I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS TYPE OF SPEAKING BEFORE.
UH, SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR ME TO BE DOING TONIGHT.
UM, I'M HERE ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SPACEX ISSUE, THE PROGRAM.
BUT MAINLY THE MAN, ELON MUSK.
HIS NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH FASCISM.
AND I AM FRANKLY TERRIFIED OF THIS MAN'S INFLUENCE AND ENERGY AND OUR BELOVED DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
EVERYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT DIVERSITY.
I WOULD JUST SAY WE ARE DIVERSE.
THIS MAN ISN'T, THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO BE CONCERNED.
OF COURSE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THE PORT, WE TALKED ABOUT DEBRIS IN OUR WATERS, EFFECTS ON THE MILITARY, VETERANS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, ET CETERA.
BUT FOR ME, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THIS.
ONE, I DO NOT TRUST A MAN WHO SPENT TIME IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS AN UNELECTED INDIVIDUAL WEARING THE TITLE OF DOGE WITH A CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION SPEARHEADING THE REMOVAL OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR MANY AMERICANS.
I DO NOT TRUST A MAN WHO WOULD DISOWN HIS OWN TRANSGENDER DAUGHTER.
I DO NOT TRUST A MAN WHO SITS COMFORTABLY WITH HIS BILLIONS.
WHY? PEOPLE ARE BARELY SURVIVING.
I DO NOT TRUST A MAN WHO IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH COMMON FOLK.
AND I FRANKLY AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POWER HE MIGHT WIELD OVER THIS CITY.
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A SPIRITUAL LEADER, AKA MINISTER, AND I HAVE A VERY BRIEF LITTLE, UM, ANALOGY.I'VE BEEN LEADING MY CONGREGATION FOR 23 YEARS.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S DIFFERENT IN SCOPE AND DEGREE, UM, THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME.
OFTEN IN CHURCH LIFE, YOU'LL FIND PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF MONEY THINKING THAT THEY CAN WIELD POWER OVER THE DESTINY OF THE CHURCH.
SOMETIMES BOARDS OF TRUSTEES GIVE INTO THIS BECAUSE, WELL, THEY GIVE A LOT OF MONEY.
WELL, I HAVE TOLD NUMEROUS BOARDS MYSELF THAT WE WILL STAND IN OUR INTEGRITY OF SHARED LEADERSHIP.
MR. MAYOR, I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER TONIGHT, THIS IS OUR CITY SHARED LEADERSHIP.
I'VE TOLD MANY BOARDS THAT WE'RE GONNA STAND IN THAT, THAT WE WILL NOT LET A SMALL HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WIELD POWER JUST BECAUSE OF MONEY.
AND CERTAINLY NOT BECAUSE OF BULLYING.
AND WE WILL NOT STILL SELL OUR SOUL.
I HAVE HEARD THAT THE SPACEX, UM, WILL PROBABLY BRING JOBS, BUT WE HAVE TO ASK, DON'T WE? AT WHAT COST DO WE REALLY WANT A CORRUPT FASCIST THIS INVOLVED IN OUR CITY? I DON'T, I DON'T TRUST HIM.
PLEASE DON'T SELL OUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL.
ALRIGHT, NEXT IS ASHLEY AFTER ASHLEY'S BRANDY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WHY I'M HERE, UM, BUT I AM GOING TO COUNTER WE OFF OF, UM, ALANA'S BECAUSE HARBOR COMMISSION WANTED US, THEY WANTED A BREACH OF CONTRACT IN ORDER TO THINK ABOUT TERMINATING.
AND I NEED, CAN, CAN I HAVE YOUR PHONE PLEASE? I'M IT'S SURE.
IN 2022, INSIDER REPORTED THAT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WORKING FOR SPACEX WAS PAID $250,000 BY THE COMPANY RELATED TO LOST WAGES AFTER REFUSING SEXUAL ADVANCES FROM MUSK DURING A WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE, BUT APPARENTLY COMMON WORKPLACE ENCOUNTER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OF COURSE REQUIRED TO SIGN AN NDNA, BUT WHICH I WILL POINT OUT IN ITSELF IS AN UNFORTUNATE PRACTICE THAT FAVORS WEALTHY ABUSERS, ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE ABUSING.
SO WE ONLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS BECAUSE SOMEONE CLOSE TO THE EMPLOYEE CAME FORWARD.
SHE WAS REQUIRED TO PERFORM MASSAGES AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, AND MUSK EXPOSED THEMSELVES TO HER AND REQUESTED SHE SEXUALLY GRATIFY HIM.
IS THAT ENOUGH FOR A BREACH OF CONTRACT? I THINK IT IS.
I'M HERE ON TWO REASONS AND I THINK I STILL HAVE TIME.
THANK GOD, GET ICE OUT OF LONG BEACH.
I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE SEEN TODAY.
I HAVE SEEN THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENING IN COMPTON.
I HAVE SEEN THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN LA AND I SWEAR TO GOD, IF THEY HAPPEN HERE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT, IN THE JUST SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND SO THAT WE HAVE PROPER FUNDS TO AID OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY, NOT THEIRS.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY TWO THINGS.
THE FIRST THING IS OBVIOUSLY I'M HERE TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT SPACEX IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE WITH NAZI POLLUTION, BUT I THINK MY FRIENDS HAVE ALREADY SAID A LOT ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE SECOND THING.
UH, SO MY SECOND THING WAS I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, LIKE, WHY ARE YOU HERE? LIKE, WHY, WHY ARE YOU, UH, DOING THIS JOB? WHY ARE YOU SITTING IN THOSE BIG FANCY CHAIRS WITH THE BIG PRETTY NAME PLAQUES IN FRONT OF YOU? AND WHO DO YOU REPRESENT? LIKE, WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS JOB? AND I JUST WANT YOU TO LIKE, GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
AND MAYBE I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU THAT WELL, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT LIKE YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
YOU PROBABLY ARE, AND MAYBE YOU'RE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY YOU ARE.
AND I'M, I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL JOIN US SATURDAY AT THE PROTEST.
AND I KEEP HEARING FROM MY FRIENDS THAT YOU KEEP TELLING THEM LIKE YOU'RE JUST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE LIKE A LOT OF AUTHORITY.
YOU'RE NOT THE PRESIDENT OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU ARE SOMEBODY.
YOU ARE SITTING THERE IN THE BIG FANCY CHAIRS AND THE BIG FANCY SUITS WHILE EVERYONE ELSE SITS DOWN HERE.
YOU'RE PHYSICALLY HIGHER THAN US.
YOU HAVE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF AUTHORITY.
THIS IS YOUR CITY AND YOUR PEOPLE ARE
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BEING HAULED AWAY IN THE STREET RIGHT NOW.AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND SO I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WOULD JOIN US AT THE PROTEST ON SATURDAY.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE REALLY HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND YELL AT YOU, AND I'M SURE IT'S NOT PLEASANT
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE, YOU WORK LONG HOURS, YOU DO ANNOYING PAPERWORK, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU DO A LOT FOR OUR CITY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO REPRESENT US, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK PEOPLE SITTING DOWN, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE SPACEX OUT OF LONG BEACH.
JUST SO THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA.
UM, I DON'T KNOW MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE
SO THE HARBOR COMMISSION, YOU GUYS HAD SAID, IF YOU, IF WE WANT THIS ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE THIS TERMINATED, WE NEED TO GO TO THE HARBOR COMMISSION.
THEY SAID THAT IN ORDER TO CONS TO, TO CONSIDER HAVING IT ON THE AGENDA, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A BREACH OF CONTRACT.
WE FOUND MANY, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE THAT WE HAVE FOUND ARE IN RELATION TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX.
THERE IS SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING OF WASTE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE TO GIVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT IN THE YEARS OF 2021 AND 2022.
WE'RE STILL SORTING THROUGH A LOT OF THAT PAPERWORK WE'RE LEARNING ON THE FLY.
UM, SO WE DO, WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR THIS TO PLEASE BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.
WE WENT AGAIN TO HARBOR COMMISSION ON MONDAY AND THEY HAD JUST CANCELED THEIR MEETINGS.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT REQUEST.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT, UM, FROM THE SUBLEASE SUBLEASE AGREES, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE SUBJECT TO DISCRIMINATION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS SUBLEASE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AIDS, HIV STATUS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SUB C SHALL TAKE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT APPLICANTS ARE EMPLOYED AND THAT EMPLOYEES ARE TREATED DURING EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OF THESE BASIS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT UPGRADING, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
UM, INTERN AT THE SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA DURING THE SUMMERS OF 20 15, 20 16 AND 2017.
SO THIS IS JUST THE SHOW, A PATTERN IN THE PROPULSION DEPARTMENT.
WHILE COMPLETING HER STUDIES ONE NIGHT, A BUNCH OF DRUNK TECHNICIANS SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE SHE WAS STAYING IN AT INTERNSHIP HOUSING, PROVIDED BY SPACEX, A DRUNK TECHNICIAN, SHE SAYS REPEATEDLY TRIED TO ENTER HER ROOM, ASKING HER IF SHE WAS NAKED BECAUSE SHE'D JUST GOTTEN OUTTA THE SHOWER.
SHE THEN CAME DOWNSTAIRS WHERE SHE SAYS THE TECHNICIAN TRIED TO HUG HER AND MADE OBSEDIAN COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN AND HER APPEARANCE.
SHE THEN SAYS SHE HID BEHIND HER COUCH TOO, SCARED TO GO BACK TO HER ROOM BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT HE MIGHT FOLLOW HER UP THERE.
AND LATER LEARNED THAT HELSLEY HAD STOPPED HER FROM BEING HIRED.
I'M JUST, UH, HERE AS A CONCERN CITIZEN WONDERING WHY, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT STEPPED UP MORE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ICE AND RESISTANCE AGAINST ICE.
AND WHY ARE THEY USING, UH, MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS AND THEY SEEM TO BE STAYING ALL OVER LONG BEACH.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IS PROBABLY GOOD FOR BUSINESS, BUT, UM, I THINK, YEAH, WE'VE HAD ICE SIGHTINGS ALL OVER LONG BEACH.
I THINK, UH, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE PUSHBACK ACCORDING TO LONG BEACH VALUES ACT THAT WE HAVE AND, AND BE NICE TO SEE CITY COUNCIL THERE AND ACTUALLY WITH, UH, LONG BEACH PD AND MAKING AN EFFORT TO STOP THEM OR AT LEAST, UH, PROTECT ITS CITIZENS.
AND I'M WONDERING WHAT YOU PLAN ON DOING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, WE'VE SEEN, UH, AT LEAST THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SEEM TO BE WORKING WITH, UH, ICE.
I DON'T THINK LAPD IS, BUT, AND I SURELY HOPE LONG BEACH, UH, PD DOESN'T.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF LONG BEACH PD WAS TO WORK AGAINST THEM.
'CAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.
IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE JUST NOT THERE.
AND YEAH, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE AFRAID, AND AS AN EDUCATOR, UH, WE HAVE STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL, NOT IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THEY ARE, UH, DOING, UM, ONLINE SCHOOLING BECAUSE THEY'RE TERRIFIED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND BE TAKEN AWAY.
AND I HOPE AT LEAST LONG BEACH IS DOING THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW UNDER A DIFFERENT REGIME.
AND IT'S TERRIFYING FOR MANY OF OUR CITY AND OUR, OUR
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STATE AND OUR COUNTY.AND IT'S NEEDS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU STEP UP MORE AND AT LEAST MAKE IT A VISUAL, VISUAL PERFORMATIVE, YOU KNOW, ACT TO GO OUT THERE IN FRONT OF ICE AND HELP YOUR, HELP YOUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING.
UH, AND THE, THE COUNCILWOMAN IN HER MOMENT OF SILENCE ACKNOWLEDGED LIKE WE ALL SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR REGION.
UM, WE, WE SEE IT, WE UNDERSTAND IT, WE DON'T SUPPORT IT.
UM, AND IN LONG BEACH, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, UH, WE DO, WE DO FOLLOW THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED IN 2017.
SO WAS COUNCIL MEMBER OR VICE MAYOR URANGA IN 2017, UH, AFTER THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL ELECTION RE REAFFIRMED THAT IN JANUARY THIS CURRENT CITY COUNCIL DID, UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND.
UH, WE ADDED, UH, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN JANUARY ANTICIPATING THAT THERE MAY BE MORE ACTIVITY.
THIS COUNCIL DID, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS UNPROMPTED.
UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY THAT AVAILABLE IN ADDITION TO ABOUT $750,000.
THERE'S ABOUT $950,000 IN THE FUND, UH, IN THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND CURRENTLY, UH, THE DISCUSSION AND REQUEST FOR FUTURE FUNDING THAT'S TAKEN UP AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IN THE CITY THAT COMES TO THE, IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN AUGUST, AND TYPICALLY IS ADOPTED BEFORE OCTOBER ONE OF EVERY YEAR.
SO ABOUT MID-SEPTEMBER, THAT WOULD BE WHATEVER'S ALLOCATED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT JUST SO, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, NOT MANY CITIES IN LA COUNTY HAVE, UH, A JUSTICE FUND.
WE'RE VERY UNIQUE IN THAT WAY, THAT WE, WE HAVE A WELL ESTABLISHED JUSTICE FUND IN LONG BEACH.
AND WHILE MANY CITIES HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO SLICE AND DICE HOW WE ACT AND HOW WE BEHAVE, WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT WE'RE STANDING ON OUR VALUES.
WE REAFFIRM THAT AT THE STATE OF THE CITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL'S VOTED TO REAFFIRM THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN DO.
UH, I WILL ALSO TELL YOU, WE DON'T CONTROL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE DON'T CONTROL THE NATIONAL GUARD.
WE DON'T CONTROL THIS PRESIDENT AND THEY DON'T NOTIFY US WHEN THEY COME INTO TOWN, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND SO THERE, THE REALITY IS, THERE IS AN OPERATION OVER THE NEXT 30 AND 60 WHO KNOWS HOW LONG DAYS AND THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES IN OUR REGION.
UH, SUPPORT AND ENGAGE WITH YOUR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS.
THE OFFICE OF EQUITIES PUT OUT RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS.
WE ALL ATTEND THE SAME SCHOOLS.
WE SHOP AT THE SAME GROCERY STORES.
WE'RE ALL ONE VERY WELL INTEGRATED COMMUNITY.
WE'RE A HISTORY OF REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE, WE WILL DO ALL THAT WE CAN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL SAFE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LIVE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THIS IS HAP THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT SUPPORT, JUST SO WE'RE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, UH, UH, WE SUPPORT THE RIGHT FOR, YOU KNOW, LAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST THIS WHOLE PERIOD YOU JUST HAD IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY WHEN YOU COME TO THIS COUNCIL.
UH, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY, WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT THAT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
WHAT ABOUT EL MUSK? ITEM 22? YEAH, WE DON'T SUPPORT HIM EITHER.
[22. 25-55464 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing and consider three third-party appeals from Joe Bourgeois for the Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance (APL25-001), Dean Wallraff for Advocates for the Environment (APL25-002), and Aidan Marshall for Coalition for Responsible Equitable Economic Development Los Angeles (CREED LA) (APL25-003); Adopt resolution certifying the Intex Corporate Office and Fulfillment Center Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR-03-22, State Clearinghouse [SCH] Number 2023040345), making findings of fact related thereto, and approving a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP); and Deny the appeals and uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to: Find the proposed vacation of Via Alcalde Avenue between Via Plata Street and Carson Street, which will become part of the project site abutting the 710 freeway, in conformance with the adopted goals and policies of the City’s General Plan (Case No. 2203-26, GPC22-005), being a reaffirmation of the Planning Commission’s previous positive finding for the same on August 6, 2020 (previously under Case No. 1805-03, GPC19-002); and Approve Site Plan Review (Case No. 2203-26, SPR22-036), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval thereto, for the construction of a new 60-foot-tall, approximately 560,039-square-foot industrial building consisting of 543,239 square feet of warehouse and 16,800 square feet of corporate headquarters office (517,880-square foot footprint), with 570 auto parking stalls, 66 truck docks, and 174 loading/trailer parking stalls, located on a 26.47-acre site (26.34 acres net) at 4000 Via Oro Avenue in Subarea 1 of the West Long Beach Business Parks (PD-26) Planned Development District. (District 8) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
FOR REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD CAN CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER THREE THIRD PARTY APPEALS FROM JOE BOURGEOIS FOR THE GOLDEN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE.
DEAN RAF FOR ADVOCATES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND AIDEN MARSHALL FOR CREED LA ADOPT RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE INTEX CORPORATE OFFICE AND FOR FULFILLMENT CENTER PROJECT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND APPROVING A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM.
DENY THE APPEALS AND UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO FIND THE PROPOSED VACATION OF VIA ALDE AVENUE, BETWEEN VIA PLATA STREET AND CARSON STREET, AND APPROVE THE SITE PLAN, REVIEW AND ADOPT THEIR PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 60 FOOT TALL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WITH 570 AUTO PARKING STALLS, 66 TRUCK DOCKS AND 174 LOADING TRAILER PARKING STALLS LOCATED AT 4,000 VIA ORO AVENUE DISTRICT EIGHT.
PLEASE STAND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM.
DO YOU AND EACH OF YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE AND THE CAUSE NOW AND PENDING BEFORE THIS BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD, YOU MAY BE SEATED.
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UH, PASSING ON TO STAFF.TONIGHT WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER KOONZ, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ALLISON SPINDLER RUIZ, PLANNING MANAGER, AND SCOTT KINSEY PLANNER.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU NOW IS AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF A RECON, UH, REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW, GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING AND EIR CERTIFICATION FOR A NEW WAREHOUSE IN CORPORATE OFFICE FOR INTEX CORPORATION, UH, TO BE LOCATED AT 4,000 VIA ORO AVENUE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT DATE.
AND WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT UP ON THE SCREEN.
SO, UH, TO START OFF WITH, UH, HERE IS A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, UH, THE PROJECT BUILDINGS LOCATED IN THE CENTER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY AND THE LOS ANGELES RIVER BEYOND.
SO THIS IS LOOKING TO THE EAST FROM THE WEST, UH, THE APPLICANT IN TEXT PROPERTIES CORPORATION, A REQUEST APPROVAL OF A PACKAGE OF ENTITLEMENTS AND CERTIFICATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CORPORATE OFFICE, UH, HEADQUARTERS, AND A WAREHOUSE FULFILLMENT CENTER TO BE LOCATED, UH, HERE AT 4,000 VIA ORO AVENUE.
ON THE SITE, UH, INTEX IS A WORLD LEADER IN ALL THINGS WATER RECREATION.
THEY DISTRIBUTE POOL, SPAS, TOYS, FURNITURE, BOATS, UH, AND MORE, UH, WORLDWIDE.
INTEX HAS AN EXISTING PRESENCE IN THE CITY, AND THAT PRESENCE WOULD GROW, UH, THROUGH THE PROPOSED PROJECT, UM, LOCATED HERE WITHIN AN IN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL SECTION OF THE CITY.
UH, SO THE PROJECT APPROVAL REQUIRES TWO ENTITLEMENT APPROVALS, UH, THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH CERTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT EIR.
UH, THESE ENTITLEMENTS ARE SITE PLAN REVIEW, UH, WHICH IS THE DESIGN REVIEW, UH, FOR THE PROJECT AND A GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING FOR A STREET VACATION.
AND THIS IS FOR THE PROPOSED VACATION OF VIA A CALL DAY AVENUE.
UH, TWO FUTURE PROCEDURAL ACTIONS RELATED TO THE STREET VACATION AND PARCEL CONSOLIDATION FOR THE SITE, UH, ALSO ARE REQUIRED FOLLOWING PROJECT APPROVAL, BUT ARE NOT PART OF TONIGHT'S ENTITLEMENT PACKAGE OR THE APPEALS.
UH, SO ON MAY 1ST, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED ALL THE NECESSARY PROJECT ACTIONS AND THE APPROVAL WOULD'VE BEEN FINAL IF IT HAD NOT BEEN APPEALED SINCE ALL THE REQUIRED ACTIONS WERE WITHIN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION.
UH, HOWEVER, THREE APPEALS WERE FILED AND THE REQUESTED ACTIONS ARE NOW WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION.
UH, COUNCIL ACTION WILL BE FINAL.
STAFF HAS PREPARED WRITTEN RESPONSES TO EACH OF THE APPEALS.
UH, STAFF HAS FOUND EACH OF THE APPEALS TO BE WITHOUT MERIT, AND STAFF IS GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY ALL THE APPEALS AND UPLOAD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.
UH, SO NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE PROJECT ITSELF.
UH, ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE APPROXIMATELY 27 ACRE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE PD 26, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS CALLED WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARKS.
THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION HERE ALSO IS INDUSTRIAL.
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH AN IMPLEMENTED BY THE PD 26 ZONING.
UH, THE PROJECT SITE IS SURROUNDED BY STREETS ON ALL FOUR SIDES, AND ALL ADJACENT USES ALSO ARE INDUSTRIAL USES.
UH, THE PROJECT SITE ALSO INCLUDES A SMALL 9,800 SQUARE FOOT SLIVER PARCEL, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE OF VIA ALDE AVENUE, AS WELL AS THE RIGHT OF WAY OF VIA ALL CALLED A AVENUE ITSELF, WHICH AS I MENTIONED, IS, UH, PROPOSED TO BE VACATED.
UH, THE SITE CURRENTLY IS VACANT.
UH, IT WAS USED FOR AGRICULTURE FROM THE 1920S THROUGH ABOUT THE 1970S.
UH, TODAY ONLY A RADIO CONTROLLED HELICOPTER FLYING CLUB CURRENTLY USES A SITE OCCASIONALLY WITH THE PERMISSION THE OWNER, BUT OTHERWISE, THE SITE IS UNUSED.
THIS AERIAL PHOTO SHOWS THE PROJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE, INCLUDING VIA ALL CALL DAY AND THE SLIVER PARCEL, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT.
UM, THIS IS THE LARGEST REMAINING DEVELOPMENT SITE IN PD 26 AND PROBABLY IN WEST LONG BEACH.
UH, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN HELD BY THE CURRENT OWNER SINCE THE 1980S FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UH, AND IF I CLICK AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GONNA SHOW THE PROPOSED VACATION.
UM, SO NORTH IS TO THE LEFT, UH, EAST IS AT THE TOP.
UH, AND THAT'S THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY AT THE TOP THERE.
UH, THE PROPOSED BUILDING YOU CAN SEE, UH, IS A TOTAL OF 560,000 SQUARE FEET.
WHAT DOES HAVE INTERIOR MEZZANINES? SO ITS OVERALL FOOTPRINT IS SMALLER.
IT'S ABOUT 517,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THE SITE PLAN HERE ALSO SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED AUTO PARKING FIELDS, WHICH ARE ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH, WHICH IS THE LEFT BOTTOM AND THE RIGHT, UM, OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN THERE IS AN APPROXIMATELY 240 FOOT DEEP TRUCK COURT AND TRAILER PARKING THAT'S LOCATED ON THE EAST, WHICH HERE IS ON THE TOP, AND THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE PROPOSED VACATION OF VIA ALL CALL DAY AVENUE IN YELLOW, AND THAT SHOWS HOW IT WILL BECOME PART OF THE SITE PLAN WHEN THAT STREET IS VACATED.
YOU CAN ALSO, MAYBE YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, HOW CARSON STREET AND VIA PLATA, WHICH ARE ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE TERMINATED
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IN NEW CUL-DE-SACS WHEN VIA ALL CUL DAY IS VACATED.SO THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN THERE.
UH, SO GOING INTO MORE DETAIL, AND BEAR WITH ME, THIS IS THE MOST DETAILED, LONGEST SLIDE.
UM, SO THIS BUILDING WILL FUNCTION AS A WAREHOUSE AND A CORPORATE OFFICE FOR INTEX CORPORATION.
UH, THE WAREHOUSE INVENTORY WILL BE SHIPPED TO THE PORTS OF LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.
UH, IT'LL BE TRUCKED DIRECTLY TO THE PROJECT WAREHOUSE.
IT'LL BE SORTED AND STORED ON SITE.
UH, AND IN THE PROJECT, THE PRODUCTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED NATIONALLY FROM THIS WAREHOUSE.
UH, SO WHEN COMPLETED, THIS PROJECT WILL CONSOLIDATE THE OPERATIONS OF SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES CURRENTLY USED BY INTEX LOCALLY, UH, INCLUDING OFFICES AND WAREHOUSES AT 4,001 VIA ORO, WHICH IS ACTUALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THEN 1665 HUGHES WAY, WHICH IS A FEW BLOCKS TO THE SOUTH.
BOTH OF, UH, THESE LOCATIONS ARE WITHIN PD 26.
UH, SO THIS PROPOSED BUILDING, IT WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 16,800 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, AND THE REMAINDER IS GONNA BE 543,000 SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE.
UH, BUILDING ITSELF WILL BE 60 FEET TALL.
IT'LL BE 64 DOCK HIGH TRUCK DOORS AND TWO GRADE LEVEL DOORS.
THE TOTAL OF 174 TRUCK TRAILER STALLS IN THE TRUCK COURT.
UM, AND THERE'LL BE A TOTAL OF 570 AUTO PARKING STALLS ON SITE.
UH, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS COMPLIANT WITH THE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF PD 26, WHICH IS THE GOVERNING ZONING DOCUMENT.
UH, FOR THIS AREA, UH, THE PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE TRIP LIMIT IMPOSED BY PD 26, WHICH PDS 1 26 REGULATES INTENSITY THROUGH TRIP LIMITS.
UM, THE PROJECT, UH, THAT'S PROPOSED ALSO IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE SETTLEMENT, UH, AND OTHER PERTINENT ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THIS PROJECT WAS VESTED IN THE ENTITLEMENT AND THE EIR PROCESS SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S PASSAGE OF AB 98, WHICH, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IS THE, UH, WAREHOUSE, UH, BILL, UH, DEALS WITH WAREHOUSES AND SENSITIVE RECEPTORS.
SO THIS PROJECT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT NEW LAW, AND THAT IS BY AB 90 EIGHT'S OWN PROVISIONS.
I HOPE THE REST OF THIS WILL BE A LITTLE QUICKER.
UM, HERE IS THE PROJECT DESIGN.
UH, SO IT IS A CONCRETE TILT UP INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO TELL IN THIS PICTURE BECAUSE OF THE SCALE, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY 60 FEET.
UM, GEOMETRIC SCROLL LINES, ARCHITECTURAL ACCENT MATERIALS, UH, AND THERE'S A FOUR COLOR PAINT PELLET.
UH, THERE ARE ENHANCED, UH, ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AT THE CORNERS, UH, USING, UH, THESE HIGH VISION GLASS REVEALS THAT YOU SEE IN THE RENDERING HERE.
UH, THAT'S WHERE THE OFFICES AND THE MEZZANINES WILL BE LOCATED.
AND ALL THESE, UM, ELEMENTS ARE, UH, SHOWN IN THIS RENDERING AND THE FOLLOWING RENDERINGS.
SO THIS RENDERING IS, UH, SHOWS THE, UH, PROJECT SITE AS IT MIGHT BE SEEN FROM THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY, UH, INCLUDING, UH, SORT OF THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS YOU CAN SEE HOW THE TRUCK COURT WILL BE SCREENED FROM VIEW BY AN EIGHT FOOT TALL CONCRETE TILT UP WALL AND LANDSCAPING.
AND THEN IF WE GO TO THIS SLIDE, THIS IS SORT OF LIKE AN ELEVATED, LIKE AN AERIAL DRONE VIEW OF THE PROPOSED TRUCK COURT, WHICH KIND OF SHOWS MORE OF HOW IT'S LAID OUT.
NO ONE WILL ACTUALLY SEE THIS VIEW.
UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING SHOWING THE TRUCK COURT FACING THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.
UH, OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REQUESTED STREET VACATION.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT IS FOR VIA ALL CALL DAY AVENUE TO BE VACATED.
UH, IT WILL BECOME PART OF THE PROJECT SITE PLAN.
UH, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 1.85 ACRES OF LAND AREA, AND IT'S CURRENTLY DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, BUT HOWEVER, THIS STREET, UH, DOES NOT SERVE ANY OTHER PROPERTIES OTHER THAN THE PROJECT SITE.
AND IT'S NOT NEEDED FOR CIRCULATION, UH, TO THE PROJECT SITE OR TO ADJACENT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, UH, OR FOR ANY OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSES.
UH, VIA PLATA STREET ON THE NORTH AND CARSON STREET ON THE SOUTH WILL BE TERMINATED, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND NEW CUL-DE-SACS.
UM, AND, UH, IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS VACATION, A GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING IS REQUIRED.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT YOU'LL NEED TO READOPT THAT TONIGHT.
UM, AGAIN, THAT FINDING HAS BEEN MADE IN THE POSITIVE AND THERE WAS DETAILS ARE IN THE ATTACHMENTS TO THE COUNCIL LETTER.
UM, ANOTHER FACTOR IS THE POTENTIAL I SEVEN 10 FREEWAY EXPANSION PROJECT.
UH, THAT PROJECT WAS DISCONTINUED BY CALTRANS AND METRO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UH, HOWEVER, IT WAS REINTRODUCED THIS YEAR WITH A GREATLY REDUCED SCOPE THAT WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
UH, SO PRIOR TO THE DISCONTINUANCE, SO UNDER THE OLD VERSION OF THE PROJECT, UM, CALTRANS METRO CITY AND INTEX ALL CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT ANY AREA OF THIS PROJECT SITE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, UH, FOR THE REVISED SEVEN 10 FREEWAY PROJECT, UM, AFTER VIA ALL CALL DAY, IS VACATED.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, THERE ARE PORTIONS OF VIA ALL CALL DAY AND PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT SITE THAT MAY NEED TO BE TAKEN FOR THAT, UM, SEVEN 10 EXPANSION PROJECT.
IF ANY OF THOSE AREAS ARE NEEDED, THEY
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MUST BE RETRO SEATED, UH, AT NO COST TO THE PUBLIC.AND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WILL BE ENFORCED, UH, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL INSTRUMENT, WHICH WILL BE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY FOLLOWING APPROVAL.
UH, THE PROJECT ITSELF HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT IF A PORTION OF, UH, THIS AFFECTED AREA SHOWN ON THE SLIDE DOES HAVE TO BE RETRO SEATED, IT WILL NOT AFFECT, UH, THE PROJECT WON'T CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT BUILDING, UH, OR IT WON'T RENDER THE PROJECT OR THE SITE PLAN NON-CONFORMING.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE LANDSCAPING.
UM, 39 EXISTING TREES ON SITE WILL BE RETAINED.
THERE WILL BE CLIMBING VINES ON THE CONCRETE TILT UP WALL FACING THE SEVEN 10 TO PREVENT PROBLEMS WITH THE GRAFFITI.
AND THE SITE ALSO WILL COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S, UH, MODEL WATER EFFICIENCY LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE OR ELLO, AND ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT OR LID REQUIREMENTS, WHICH DEAL WITH ONSITE STORMWATER CAPTURE AND RUNOFF TREATMENT.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BUILDING A ROOF PLAN AND SORT OF THE POINT OF THAT IS TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE 487 SKYLIGHTS, UH, THAT ARE PROPOSED, AND THAT WILL PROVIDE NATURAL LIGHT TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
UH, THE PROJECT BUILDING ITSELF ALSO WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY SOLAR READY AND INCLUDES ALL PREREQUISITE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE TIME OF CORE AND SHELL BUILD OUT.
AND THEN AT THE TIME OF TENANT IMPROVEMENT PERMITS, THE ROOFTOP SOLAR BUILD OUT ITSELF.
SO THE SOLAR PANELS WILL HAVE TO BE INSTALLED.
UH, THE PROJECT IS FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR LB CAP, WHICH I'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT THIS SLIDE JUST SORT OF SHOWS THE TITLE 24, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, COMPLIANCE.
SO HERE TO, UH, COMPLY WITH THE LB CAP.
LIKE I SAID, THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A HUNDRED PERCENT OFFSET TO ITS ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION AND CARBON GENERATION.
UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THE ROOF ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR A SOLAR INSTALLATION SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THIS OFFSET, THE OPERATOR IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON'S GREEN RATE PROGRAM, OR ANOTHER CLEAN POWER SOURCING PROGRAM SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM.
UH, THIS PROJECT ALSO WILL MEET, AS I MENTIONED, THE TITLE 24 ENERGY REQUIREMENTS.
IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE COW GRAIN BUILDING CODE AND WILL PRO PROVIDE FOR, UM, ALL REQUIRED ONSITE MATERIALS AND ORGANICS RECYCLING.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED OR VMT REDUCTION MEASURES.
THERE WILL BE EV CHARGING AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKING SPACES.
AND LASTLY, THERE WILL BE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT OR TDM UH, MEASURES INTEGRATED INTO THE SITE PLAN AS WELL.
THOSE INCLUDE VAN POOLS AND, UM, BIKE RACKS AND, UH, SAFE PATHS FOR PEDESTRIANS FROM THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK TO THE BUILDING ENTRANCE, ET CETERA.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE REQUIRED ENTITLEMENTS THEMSELVES.
UM, LIKE I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, UM, ALL THESE REQUIRED FINDINGS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE POSITIVE AND WERE ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MAY 1ST FOR BOTH OF THE REQUESTED ENTITLEMENTS.
THESE FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED AGAIN IN FULL IN THE ATTACHMENT TO THE COUNCIL LETTER.
THESE DO HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE PROJECT REGARDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, HERE'S JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECTS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
UM, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT WILL LIMIT THE APPROVED USE TO WAREHOUSE AS PROPOSED AND WILL PROHIBIT THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS OR SIMILAR USES WITHOUT THE APPLICANT GOING THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS AND TRUCKING.
UM, ALSO CONDITIONS WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL OF ALL TRUCK ROUTES, BOTH FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE, UH, PROPOSED PROJECT.
MOVING ON HERE TO CQA CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
UH, SO A PROJECT EIR WAS PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT FOR CQA COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE PRESCRIBED BY STATE STATE LAW FOR CQA.
UH, THIS INCLUDES PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW PERIODS AS WELL.
UH, THE EIR STUDIED ALL THE SUBJECT AREAS THAT WERE NOT, UH, REMOVED FROM THE SCOPE DURING THE INITIAL STUDY.
AND, UH, THE EIR FOUND THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
AFTER MITIGATION IS INCORPORATED, CE A FINDINGS OF FACT HAVE BEEN PREPARED AS REQUIRED AND A MAYBE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, UH, ALSO HAS BEEN PREPARED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
SO, MOVING ON, UH, NOW TO TONIGHT'S APPEALS, THERE WERE THREE APPEALS FILED, UH, OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION.
UH, SO THE FIRST APPEAL, UH, IS BY GOLDEN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE.
UH, THIS APPEAL ALLEGES THAT THERE ARE FLAWS IN THE EIR METHODOLOGY AND IN THE PROJECT SE QA COMPLIANCE.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, ALL OF, UH, GOLDEN STATE'S COMMENTS AND ACCUSATIONS, UM, WERE ADDRESSED IN THE RESPONSES TO COMMENTS IN THE FINAL EIR AND, UH, THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO THE PUBLIC.
AND GOLDEN STATE HAS NOT INTRODUCED ANY NEW EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OR INADEQUACY OF THE EIR, BUT CONTINUES TO REASSERT THE SAME ARGUMENTS.
UH, STAFF FINDS THIS APPEAL WITHOUT MERIT AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL
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DENY THIS APPEAL.UH, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND APPEAL.
THIS ONE IS BY ADVOCATES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, WHICH ALLEGES SIMILAR FAILURES IN EIR METHODOLOGY AND SQA COMPLIANCE, UM, WITH MORE OF A FOCUS ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CUMULATIVE PROJECT IMPACTS, UH, ADVOCATES PUBLICLY STATED MISSION IS TO LITIGATE WAREHOUSE PROJECTS TO COMPEL PROJECT MODIFICATIONS TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN VISION OF NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GASES.
UH, ADVOCATES INITIAL COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR WERE FULLY RESPONDED TO IN THE RESPONSES TO COMMENTS IN THE FINAL EIR AND ADVOCATES, UM, CONTINUES TO ALLEGE, UH, THAT THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR LB CAP IS NOT A QUALIFIED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IN FACT IT IS.
UH, ADVOCATES DID NOT SUBMIT ANY COMMENTS OR GIVE ANY TESTIMONY AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THIS APPEAL.
SO, UH, STAFF DOES FIND THIS APPEAL TO BE WITHOUT MERIT AND ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL DENY THIS APPEAL.
UH, LASTLY BRINGS US TO THE THIRD APPEAL.
UH, THIS IS BY CREED LA, UH, WHICH ALLEGES VARIOUS FAILURES TO COMPLY WITH CQA, UH, BUT, UH, DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE OR SPECIFICS OF THESE ALLEGED DEFICIENCIES.
UH, CREED LA'S INITIAL COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR WERE FULLY RESPONDED TO, AND THE RESPONSES TO COMMENTS WHICH WERE PROVIDED IN THE FINAL ER, WHICH AGAIN WAS CIRCULATED TO THE PUBLIC AND TO ALL COMMENTERS.
UM, CREED LA DID SUBMIT COMMENTS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, BUT DID NOT OB OBJECT TO THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME.
UM, STAFF ALSO RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT LETTER, UH, FROM THE LAW FIRM, UM, ADAMS BROADWELL, WHICH REPRESENTS CREED LA.
WE RECEIVED THAT TODAY AT 4:05 PM UH, THAT COMMENT LETTER REITERATES THE SAME POINTS AND CONTINUES TO CLAIM THE COMMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY ADDRESSED, UM, FULLY RESPONDED TO WHICH STAFF BELIEVES THEY HAVE BEEN.
UM, OUR POSITION REMAINS THE SAME.
THE COMMENTS, UM, ARE FULLY RESPONDED TO AND CREE HAS NOT INTRODUCED ANY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OR FACTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CLAIM OF INADEQUACY OF THE EIR.
UH, THIS LETTER, WHICH WE RECEIVED TODAY ALSO HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE CITY CLERK.
UM, SO STAFF AGAIN, FILE FINDS THIS THIRD APPEAL ALSO TO BE WITHOUT MERIT AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY IT.
THIS SLIDE, UH, JUST SORT OF RECAPS A FEW OF THE PROJECT BENEFITS, UH, TO THE CITY.
UH, THIS INCLUDES, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THE LARGEST VACANT SITE IN PD 26 AND IN WEST LONG BEACH INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT WITH LONGSTANDING LAND USE PLANNING FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
UH, THERE WILL BE ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY STREET SIDEWALKS, A DA, UH, CURB RAMPS, CURB CURBS, AND GUTTERS CROSSWALKS.
UH, AND THERE ADDITIONALLY WILL BE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND TAX BASE THAT WILL RESULT FROM THE PROJECT.
SO, UH, THIS IS THE CONCLUSION.
STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDS I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS ENTIRE SLIDE.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THE APPEALS, UH, AS LISTED ON THE SLIDE HERE.
UM, UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM MAY 1ST.
UM, APPROVE SITE PLAN REVIEW, APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO CERTIFY THE PROJECT IR UH, SO THAT INCLUDE CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.
UM, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT AND OUR CONSULTANTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I GUESS WE NEED TO RESERVE THE REMAINDER OF OUR ALLOTTED TIME FOR ANY POTENTIAL REBUTTALS.
NOW WE'RE GONNA, UH, BRING UP THE APPELLANT.
UH, EACH APPELLANT HAS 10 MINUTES ARE THE APPELLANTS HERE, WHERE TWO WILL APPELLANT COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR RICHARDSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.
MY NAME IS ARIA SONO AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ADVOCATES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE TWO MINUTES OF MY TIME FOR REBUTTAL, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE ARE URGING YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THE CUMULATIVELY CONSIDERABLE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, EVEN WITH THE PROJECT FEATURES AND THE MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WERE INCORPORATED.
THE CQA ANALYSIS WAS INADEQUATE IN REGARDS TO GREENHOUSE GASES, AND THE LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT DETERMINATION WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
THE EIR DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROJECT'S GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACT AS A SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BECAUSE IT ERRONEOUSLY DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH APPLICABLE PLANS, POLICIES, AND REGULATIONS FOR THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
RATHER THAN DISCUSS ALL APPLICABLE PLANS, POLICIES, AND REGULATIONS, THE EIR PURPORTED TO TIER FROM THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR CAP, WHICH WAS ASSERTED AS A QUALIFIED GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PLAN FOR CE EQUA STREAMLINING UNDER CE QA GUIDELINE, SECTION 1 5 1 8 3 0.5, THE EIR IMPROPERLY USED A CHECKLIST IN THE
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APPENDIX OF THE CAP AS THE SOLE DETERMINATION FOR WHETHER THE PROJECT WOULD CONFORM TO THE CAP ITSELF.AND WHILE CE QA GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 1 8 3 0.5 FACILITATES STREAMLINED CE Q ANALYSIS WHEN USING A PLAN THAT CONFORMS TO THOSE GUIDELINES, IT DOES NOT PER PERMIT A PLAN TO CIRCUMVENT CE QA GUIDELINES BY PRESCRIBING ITS OWN SEPARATE PROCEDURE TO DEMONSTRATE CE QA COMPLIANCE AS THE EIR ATTEMPTED TO DO HERE BY USING THE SEPARATE PROCEDURE IN THE CHECKLIST TO DICTATE WHETHER THE PROJECT WOULD ADHERE TO THE CAP, THERE IS NO BASIS IN LEGAL AUTHORITY AND NO SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE CHECKLIST DEMONSTRATES COMPLIANCE TO THE CAP AND THE PROJECT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CAP.
ADHERING TO THE CAP CHECKLIST DOES NOT ENSURE THAT THE CAP SERVICE POPULATION TARGET OF 1.4 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT IS ACHIEVED.
SO IT DOES NOT ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CAP'S OVERALL GOALS.
AND EVEN IF THE CHECKLIST WAS A VALID SUBSTITUTE FOR ANALYSIS OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE CAP AS A WHOLE, THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS NOT A QUALIFIED REDUCTION PLAN BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIRE TO THE REQUIREMENTS.
IN CQA GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 1 8 3 0.5, OUR COMMENT, LETTER AND APPEAL JUSTIFICATION ADDRESSED THIS THOROUGHLY.
AND WHILE THE CITY RESPONDED TO OUR COMMENTS, THEY PARTICULARLY DID NOT ADDRESS THE COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LEVEL OF CUMULATIVE CONSIDERABLE IMPACT, WHICH THE CAP FAILED TO DO AND MEASURES THAT WOULD ACHIEVE SPECIFIED EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
AND WHILE THE CAP INCLUDES MEASURES, THEY DON'T REQUIRE THAT IT ACHIEVES THE LEVEL OF SPECIFIED EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS THAT THE CAP SPECIFIES, WHICH REQUIRES A TARGET OF 1.4 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE.
THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRIC TONS PER SERVICE POPULATION AND EVEN AFTER MITIGATION, IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONFORM TO THE CAP.
A LEAD AGENCY MUST CONSIDER A PROJECT'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WITH CONSIDERATION TO ONGOING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SHOULD REFLECT CURRENT STATE REGULATORY SCHEMES.
THUS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE THRESHOLDS USED TO ANALYZE THE PROJECT'S GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACTS ACCURATELY REFLECT CURRENT SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDINGS AND THE MOST UPDATED POLICY GOALS.
THE CAP WAS LAST UPDATED IN AUGUST, 2022, AND SINCE THEN, CALIFORNIA HAS INTENSIFIED ITS CLIMATE GOALS.
THE CAP REFERENCED AND BASED ITS ANALYSIS ON INFORMATION FROM THE CARB 2017 SCOPING PLAN UPDATE.
AND THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE, WHICH WAS THE 2022 SCOPING PLAN, WHICH RAISED THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGET TO 48% BELOW 1990 LEVELS BY 2030, WHICH IS 8% HIGHER THAN THE GOAL AT THE TIME THAT THE CAP WAS ANALYZED.
FURTHER, THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE CRISIS ACT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2022, AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE CAP SET, AN AMBITIOUS GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2045, WHERE REMAINING EMISSIONS MUST BE OFFSET BY CARBON REMOVAL MEASURES.
THEREFORE, EVEN IF THE CAP ADEQUATELY INCORPORATED THE STATE'S CLIMATE GOALS AT THE TIME OF ITS DRAFTING, THE CAP DOES NOT REFLECT CURRENT SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDINGS AND CALIFORNIA'S UPDATED CLIMATE GOALS, WHICH HAS, WHICH HAVE CHANGED CONSIDERABLY IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO THE LACK OF CONFORMITY WITH THE CURRENT CLIMATE GOALS.
THE CAP SHOULD NOT BE USED AS AN APPLICABLE PLAN FOR THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES, LET ALONE THE SOLE BENCHMARK FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION UNDER THE STREAMLINED ANALYSIS OF THE EIR, ULTIMATELY TO HAVE A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACT UNDER CQA, THE PROJECT SHOULD SHOW THAT IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RATCHETING GOALS OVER THE PROJECT'S LIFESPAN.
BECAUSE CLIMATE POLICY HAS SET LONG-TERM GOALS THROUGH THE YEAR 2050, THIS PROJECT WOULD CONSTRUCT 517,000 ROUGHLY SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSING, CAUSING MANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY DUTY TRUCK TRIPS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A DEVASTATING CUMULATIVE CLIMATE IMPACT.
THE ONLY MITIGATION MEASURE THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CHECKLIST MEASURES.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE LONG BEACH CAP IS OUTDATED AND DOES NOT REFLECT CALIFORNIA'S MOST RECENT CLIMATE GOALS, ADHERING TO THE CAP MEASURES DOES NOT ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDINGS AND CLIMATE POLICY, WHILE COMMITTING TO MEASURES IN THE CAP IS A GOOD START TO REDUCE THE GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACT OF THE WAREHOUSE BUILDING ITSELF, IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE HEAVY DUTY TRUCK EMISSIONS IMPACT, WHICH IS PART OF THE MOBILE EMISSIONS IMPACT MAKING UP AROUND HALF OF THIS PROJECT'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
THIS PROJECT IMPEDES CALIFORNIA'S NET ZERO GOALS BY FAILING TO IMPOSE MITIGATION, WHICH WOULD ADDRESS THE PROJECT'S HEAVY DUTY TRUCK EMISSIONS.
THE PROJECT SHOULD INCLUDE EV CHARGING STATIONS FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS, NOT JUST EV FOR PASSENGER AND LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES.
THE CITY COULD ALSO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR GRANTS THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE CARL MOYER PROGRAM FOR CLEAN FES, OR ENROLL IN EPA SMARTWAY PROGRAM TO IMPROVE LOGISTICS EFFICIENCY.
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THE CITY CAN IMPOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERCENTAGE OF ELECTRIC HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE AS A MITIGATION MEASURE.UNDER CQ ACE QA REQUIRES CUMULATIVE IMPACT TO BE CONSIDERED AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IMPACT IS INHERENTLY CUMULATIVE AS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS THE ENTIRE GLOBE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PERSIST IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR YEARS AFTER THEY ARE RELEASED.
THE IMPACT THAT WAREHOUSING AND PARTICULARLY THE HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS THAT THEY USE FOR TRANSPORTING GOODS HAS A SEVERE CUMULATIVE IMPACT ON THE CLIMATE.
THE PER CAPITA EMISSIONS OF 12 METRIC TONS PER UH, CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT IS WAY HIGHER THAN THE 2017 SCOPING PLAN TARGET OF SIX METRIC TONS BY 2030 AND ALSO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLANS REQUIREMENT OF 1.4 METRIC TONS PER CAPITA.
WE REQUEST YOU REVERSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION AND DENY THIS PROJECT AS IT'S PROPOSED ON THE BASIS THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE ANALYSIS WAS INADEQUATE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GASES OR AT LEAST REQUIRE MORE MITIGATION MEASURES TO REDUCE THE GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACT OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THE HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE FEASIBLE ONCE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IS RECOGNIZED.
LASTLY, THE EXPECTED VEHICLE TRIPS THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD CAUSE EXCEED THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARKS PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN PD 26.
THIS APPEARS IN ORDINANCE C 6 6 21 ON PAGE FOUR WHERE IT LISTS THE TABLE TWO.
AND THE AREA OF THIS PROJECT THAT IS APPLICABLE IS THE SUB AREA B, WHERE IT SPECIFIES DAILY TRIPS OF 417 BASE LEVEL TRIPS.
AND IF I MAY, YOU HAVE USED EIGHT MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
UM, SO YOU HAVE TWO, TWO LEFT.
CAN I, CAN I CONTINUE AND THEN USE THE REMAINDER FOR MY REBUTTAL? I MEAN, I THINK YOU HAVE TO SAVE THOSE TWO, CORRECT.
SO IF YOU WANT A REBUTTAL, YOU HAVE TO SAVE THE REMAINING TWO MINUTES.
OUR SECOND, UH, APPELLANT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS AIDAN MARSHALL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CRETE LA WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
I WAS ACTUALLY JUST INFORMED THAT CRETE LA AND THE APPLICANT REACHED AN, AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO RESOLVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS RAISED IN OUR COMMENTS.
WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE AGREEMENTS AND WRITING THIS EVENING.
IF, UH, FINALIZED THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE APPEAL, UH, WOULD BE RESOLVED AND CREE DELAY WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO, UH, UH, UH, REBUTTALS.
WE THINK WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTALS.
WE HAVE TO, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM OUR APPLICANT YET, MAYOR.
OH, LET'S HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND THEN WE'LL DO IT.
I'M SORRY, DIDN'T WE HAVE THREE APPEALS? ARE THERE THREE APPEALS? I THOUGHT THERE WERE TWO.
WE HAVE THREE APPEALS WE'RE MISSING.
HE'S, HE'S COMING TO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU'RE THE APPLICANT OR THE APPEAL? THIS IS THE APPLICANT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER APPEALS? OKAY, MR. APPLICANT, MR. MAYOR, FOR THE RECORD, THAT THIRD APPELLANT, UM, WAS NOTICED BUT FAILED TO APPEAR THIS EVENING BUT FAILED TO APPEAR.
ALRIGHT, APPLICANT, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JEFF PEARSON.
I REPRESENT, UH, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, WHICH IS INTEX PROPERTIES SOUTH BAY, WHICH IS, UH, I AM AFFILIATED WITH UNEX MANAGEMENT AND INTEX PROPERTIES.
IT'S PARENT CORPORATION, UH, FOR THE FACT THAT, UH, WE ARE USERS AND NOT DEVELOPERS.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ACQUIRED IN 1987 FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH OF INTECH.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO FACILITIES, UH, AS STAFF HAD MENTIONED, 1665 HUGHES WAY, UH, AND 4 0 0 1 VIA ORO WHERE OUR CORPORATE OFFICES ARE.
IT'S BEEN ENVISIONED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WOULD CONSOLIDATE OUR OPERATIONS AFTER L-A-U-S-D CONDEMNED OUR FORMER, UH, LOCATION, WHICH WAS 41 0 1 SANTA FE.
SO WE HAVE BOUNCED AROUND WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARK FOR A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME.
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APPRECIATE STAFF'S COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION OF THE, OF THE DENIAL OF FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL.UH, WE AGREE WITH STAFF'S POSITION AND THE FINDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND REQUEST THAT COUNSEL DENIES THE APPEALS.
UH, WE ACCEPT THE MITIGATION AGREEMENT, UH, AND MEASURES AND THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STAFF.
UH, SEEN THAT THIS IS A LENGTHY PROCESS TONIGHT.
STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF REPRESENTING IN TECHS.
WE'VE, UH, NOT ONLY OCCUPIED MANY FACILITIES WITHIN WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARK, WE ALSO, UH, WERE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF FOUR, WHAT IS IT? 4 0 1 EAST OCEAN, UH, AT ONE TIME.
AND WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA.
UH, WE ENVISION ONCE THIS FACILITY GETS BUILT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE AND BE, UH, CORPORATE CITIZENS WITHIN LONG BEACH SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE EARLY SEVENTIES, ALMOST 50 YEARS.
UM, AND, AND THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE OUR RESOURCES AND ASSIST OUR DISTRICT EIGHT AND GREATER, UH, LONG BEACH AREA WE'RE WE HAVE THIS YEAR.
UM, WENT AHEAD AND WE'VE DONATED A SIZABLE AMOUNT TO, UH, THE LONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION, UH, TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, ASSIST IN TRAINING AND JOBS.
UH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, EFFORTS, UH, IN OUR DISTRICT AND, UM, MOVE FORWARD IN THAT RESPECT.
UM, AS WAS SAID, THIS PSYCH WAS PURCHASED IN 87.
UH, WE OCCUPY CURRENT LOCATIONS.
UH, WE WERE THE INITIAL PROPONENTS OF CFD NUMBER TWO, UH, WHICH INCREASED THE ACCESSIBILITY INTO WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARK, CREATING THE OFF RAMPS AT HUGHES WAY, UH, SIGNALIZATION WIDENING STREETS AND VARIOUS THINGS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ESSENTIALLY FOR 38 YEARS AND WE SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL DENIES ALL THREE OF THE APPEALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE, UH, OUR UNION BROTHERS HERE THAT, UH, ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
I'VE GOT, UH, THE REST OF OUR TEAM HERE, SO IF THERE'S A NECESSARY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ADDRESS THEM.
OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR APPLICATION.
THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, HERE FROM THE STAFF TABLE, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE USE OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR LB CAP CHECKLIST.
UM, JUST WANT TO REMIND, UH, THE COUNCIL HERE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS, UM, AS, AS A TOOL REALLY IS FOR THIS PURPOSE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SHOW THAT AS A WHOLE WE ARE MEETING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS THROUGH OUR PLAN.
SO, UM, AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE WENT THROUGH A MULTI-YEAR EXTENSIVE PROCESS IN DEVELOPING THE CAP, UM, TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WE WOULD MEET OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS AT A CITYWIDE LEVEL.
SO WE ALSO DID, UM, A GENERAL PLAN EIR FOR THE LAND USE ELEMENT, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2019.
AT THAT TIME, WE RECOGNIZED THAT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UM, COULD BE SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE AND CREATED A, A MITIGATION MEMBER TO ME MEASURE TO CREATE THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS OUR WAY TO REDUCE THOSE EMISSIONS, USING IT AS WHAT'S CALLED A QUALIFIED CAP UNDER CQA.
SO THAT FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN, PARTICULARLY OUR LAND USE ELEMENT, IF THEY DEMONSTRATED THAT CONSISTENCY AND MET ALL THE
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CRITERIA TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE HELPING US TO IMPLEMENT THE CAP IN WHAT'S CALLED A FAIR SHARE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, THEN THEY ARE INDEED HELPING US TO IMPLEMENT OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MEASURES.THAT CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ANY GIVEN PROJECT MAY STILL HAVE CARBON EMISSIONS, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT AS A WHOLE, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING OUR GENERAL PLAN, THE LAND SETTLEMENT, IS TO DESIGNATE WHERE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE AND ENSURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL EMISSIONS FROM THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
YOU'LL SEE IN, UM, WITHIN THE EIR, IT GOES THROUGH A DETAILED CAP CHECKLIST.
THE FIRST STEP IS TO SHOW ARE YOU CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE ELEMENT? THE ANSWER HERE IS YES, AS SCOTT DESCRIBED, THIS IS INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPE WITH INDUSTRIAL ZONING WHERE WE ANTICIPATED THAT JOB GROWTH.
WE WANT JOB GROWTH TO HAPPEN NEAR WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.
SO FROM A STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE IN THE EXACT RIGHT LOCATION, RIGHT? WE WANT JOBS NEAR WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENTS AND WHERE GOODS ARE COMING IN AND OUT.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO, UM, ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT THEN COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MEASURES IN THE CAP THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN WE DID A SUBSEQUENT EIR AS PART OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WE CREATED A 65 PAGE, UM, DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF HOW IF NEW DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CAP CHECKLIST, IT WILL HELP US MEET OUR GHG GOAL.
SO AS OPPOSED TO THE, THE HARD NUMBER THAT THE APPELLANT WAS DESCRIBING, THE THE PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE CHECKLIST.
UM, AND YOU'LL FIND WITHIN YOUR PACKET HERE THAT THE, UM, ATTACHMENT TO THE EIR OF THE CAP CHECKLIST DOES THAT AT EVERY SINGLE STEP TO SHOW THAT IT IS OFFSETTING IT'S BUILDING ENERGY USE, THAT IT'S DOING WHAT IS POSSIBLE ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE, AND THAT WE ARE INDEED CONSISTENT WITH THE CAP.
UM, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING OUR CAP AS DESCRIBED IN THE PLAN.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON, UM, CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN WE'RE APPLYING THE CAP CHECKLIST TO NEW DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EXACT PROCESS YOU SEE HERE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES AS DICTATED IN THE PLAN.
AND YOU'LL RECALL JUST EARLIER THIS SPRING, OUR LATEST INVENTORY WAS RELEASED TO HELP INFORM US AND THE PUBLIC OF WHAT UPDATES TO THE PLAN MAY BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE FULLY COMPLIANT.
UM, IT IS A QUALIFIED CAP UNDER CQA AND REMAINS SUCH AND IT'S ACTUALLY A BEST PRACTICE THAT THE STATE ENCOURAGES SO THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, BUT BEING STRATEGIC AND ENSURING THAT IF WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN AND WE ARE PUTTING NEW DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE AGREED THAT IT SHOULD GO AND IT DOES MEET ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS MINIMIZING ENERGY FOR BUILDING USE, UM, THAT WERE CONSISTENT WITH OUR PLAN.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
I THINK WE GO BACK TO THE TWO REMAINING ME MINUTES FOR APPELLANT.
UM, THE CITY STAFF JUST MENTIONED THAT THE CAP IS USEFUL FOR A TOOL TO AID WITH THE CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DISAGREE WITH, BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT NECESSARILY COMPLIES WITH THE SQL GUIDELINES AS A QUALIFIED CAP UNDER SECTION 1 5 1 8 3 0.5.
IN PARTICULAR, THE CHECKLIST DOESN'T ENSURE THAT ANY PARTICULAR EMISSIONS LEVELS ARE ACHIEVED AND THE EIR DIDN'T QUAL QUANTIFY ANY POST MITIGATION LEVELS.
SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL THE LEVELS OF EMISSION REDUCTIONS THAT THOSE CAP CHECKLIST MEASURES WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.
OVERALL, THE PROJECT IS NOT DOING THE FAIR SHARE OF ITS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TURN MY ATTENTION TO THE, UH, POTENTIAL.
WELL THE, THE BUSINESS PARKS PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN PD 26, THERE WOULD BE 417 BASE LEVEL TRIPS THAT WAS ANTICIPATED BY THIS PLAN ON ITS ADOPTION IN COMPARISON TO 1,100 EXISTING TRIPS IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY ON PAGE 11 OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY INCLUDED IN THE APPENDICES TO THE EIR AND FURTHER, UM, THE EXISTING PLUS THE GENERATED TRIPS WOULD BE THERE.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY ESTIMATED THAT EXISTING TRIPS WERE ABOUT, UH, 1,100 PLUS THE 1,201 GENERATED TRIPS THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD CREATE, WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO 2,301 TRIPS EXISTING PLUS GENERATED, WHICH EXCEEDS THE PD 26 1,323 DAILY VEHICLE TRIPS UNDER TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT PEAK LEVELS.
OVERALL, THE CONCLUSION THAT THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WOULD CONFLICT WITH APPLICABLE PLANS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
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SERTA IS FIRST FOLLOWED BY KAITLYN BOONE, HECTOR CARBAJAL, RAY LAWSON, ZACH STER, VETO BATO AND VICTOR GLENN NIHAR.UH, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, MY NAME IS JASMINE SERTA AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE INTEX PROJECT.
UM, I'M A STAFF MEMBER AT A CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP HOME FOR WOMEN WHERE WE HELP RESCUE WOMEN OFF THE STREETS.
WE INTRODUCE 'EM TO THE LOVE OF JESUS AND WE PREPARE THEM FOR SUCCESS IN FULFILLING THE CALLING ON THEIR LIVES.
UM, FOR SOME THIS INCLUDES THE EMPLOYMENT SUCH AS THE IN INTE PRO PROJECT PROVIDES.
THE DEVELOPER HAS MADE A GREAT JOB, UH, REACHING OUT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PROJECT AND FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE IN SUPPORT.
SO THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR RICHARDSON AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS KAITLYN BOONE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE INTEX PROJECT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ABIDE DISCIPLESHIP HOME BASED IN LONG BEACH, WHERE WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF FAMILY IN OUR CITY THROUGH THE LOVE OF JESUS RESIDENTIAL, DISCIPLESHIP AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPER'S WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN A MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL WAY THROUGH JOB OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION.
NEXT IS HECTOR AND THEN RAY, RAY, GO AHEAD IF YOU'RE THERE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, RAY LAWSON WITH THE CARPENTERS UNION.
UH, LOCAL 5 6 2 RIGHT HERE, UH, LOCALLY IN LONG BEACH.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT YES, UM, WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY SAY ABOUT JOBS, WAGES, BENEFITS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE TOMORROW MORNING, SIX IN THE MORNING, WE'LL BE DOWN DOWNTOWN LONG DOWNTOWN LA BOARDING UP SHOP WINDOWS, STORE WINDOWS FROM THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE FROM THE LOOTERS IN THIS PAST WEEK.
UM, 'CAUSE NO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE HELPED THE COMMUNITY IN 2020, WE WERE DOWN IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, RIGHT ON PINE BOARDING UP WINDOWS THAT WERE DAMAGED FROM THE, UH, DEMONSTRATIONS THEN.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
AND WE'RE HERE TO JUST SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO TO DENY THE APPEALS THAT WERE, UM, PUT AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
AND SO THIS PROJECT CAN GO FORWARD, CAN, CAN PROVIDE A FUTURE, AND CAN PROVIDE FUTURE WORK FOR OUR CARPENTERS THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE.
WE ALWAYS SAY WE LIVE HERE, WE WORK HERE, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPER WHO WILL HIRE RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTORS THAT WILL, UH, INDEED IN FACT HIRE LOCAL RESIDENTS HERE THAT CAN WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND, UH, BE ABLE TO, UM, GAIN THE SKILLS TO MAYBE ONE DAY BUY A HOME AND TO MAYBE, UH, FURTHER THEIR FUTURE RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU, UH, DENY IT APPEALS AND, UH, LET THE PROJECT GO FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR RICHARDSON AND HONORABLE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCILORS.
MY NAME IS GLEN NAJAR AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE INTEX PROJECT.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE ANCHOR CHURCH AT OUR MEMBERS ARE POSITIVELY IMPACTED WHEN PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS MAKE COMMITMENTS TO INCLUDING LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND NOT ONLY THE PERMANENT JOBS, BUT ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
THIS DEVELOPER HAS ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE DESIRE FOR INCLUSION AND FOR THAT REASON, WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
ZACH TROSTER IS CREED LA UM, SO CREED HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THE DIOCESE SEVERAL TIMES.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT PROJECTS ARE A GOOD FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE NEVER RUBBER STAMP ANYTHING, NOR DO WE JUST REJECT ANYTHING OUTRIGHT.
UM, WE LOOK AT PROJECTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WITH THIS PROJECT.
IN PARTICULAR, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PARTICULARLY RECENTLY IS, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU SAW THAT THE COMMUNITY HERE TODAY WAS IN SUPPORT.
SO, AS A RESULT OF THAT, AND I'M JUST ESSENTIALLY REITERATING SOME OF WHAT AIDEN HAD ALREADY SAID, WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SUPPORT, UH, MANIFESTS ITSELF INTO AN APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL FOR CITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION.
I'M GONNA GO TO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION FOR COMMENT.
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TO START OUT, UM, BY, UH, THANKING OUR STAFF.I THINK THE, UH, APPLICANT, UM, SAID IT VERY WELL, AND THAT IS THAT YOU TOOK A VERY, VERY THOROUGH JOB, UM, IN ENSURING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND, UM, TO THE PILLS, AND WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT.
UM, YOU WALKED US THROUGH THAT AS WELL THIS EVENING TO ENSURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTOOD THE MULTIPLE STANDARDS AND OVERLAYS, UM, THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND.
UM, AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE HOW, UM, YOUR RESPONSE CONFIRMS, UM, THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH STATE, UM, AND LOCAL, UM, ORDINANCES, INCLUDING OUR, OUR CITY'S, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR THAT DETAIL.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTS LIKE THIS, I DO WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT THIS IS IN THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
UM, I HAVE BEEN, UH, QUITE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
UM, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE OWNERSHIP OF INTECH'S, UH, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UM, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE BRIEFED SEVERAL TIMES BY OUR CITY STAFF, UH, ON THIS PROJECT FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
UM, AND I'VE PERSONALLY GONE OUT, WALKED THE SITE AND SEEN THE OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY ITSELF.
SO ALL OF THOSE, UH, THINGS I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE WITH, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, PROJECTS LIKE THIS, UM, INTEX HAS GOT A, A BIG SITE, UM, ON A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, LOT IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE A HUGE, UH, MARKET PRESENCE AND POSITIONING, UM, AS A COMPANY THAT INTERNATIONALLY IS KNOWN FOR ITS POOL PRODUCTS.
UM, THAT FROM RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH, UH, WILL BE, UH, BOTH, UH, ASSEMBLING AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, FOR ME, I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT ARE TOP OF MIND, UM, THAT ARE IMPORTANT, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT COMPLIES WITHOUT ALL OF OUR, UH, PLANNING GUIDELINES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A CHECK CHECK THERE.
UM, THE OTHER TOPICS THAT ARE REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT TO ME ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE STRONG CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP AMONG, UH, OF COMPANY THAT HAS A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I EXPECT THEM TO BE PROACTIVE, RESPONSIBLE AND A LONG-TERM PARTNER, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH LONG BEACH WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, IF THEY WOULD, UH, BE SO KIND AS TO COME FORWARD, UM, I CAN GO AHEAD AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, UH, CRITICAL AS FAR AS BEING A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN, I, WHAT I CAN SAY HERE IS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM SEVERAL COMMUNITY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, AND I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO BRING THEM OUT.
UM, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT NORTH LONG BEACH HAS LIMITED ACCESS TO POOLS AND WATER SAFETY SYSTEMS AS WELL AS, UH, EQUIPMENT.
AND THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE AS TO WHETHER IN TECHS WOULD BE OPEN TO EXPLORING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AROUND SWIM SAFETY.
UH, IN TECHS, IT'S ONE OF ITS PRIMARY BUSINESSES IS RELATED TO SWIMMING.
UH, WE FEEL THAT IT IS NECESSARY, YOU KNOW, TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, LOOK AT YMCA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, UH, WHERE WE COULD ASSIST IN GETTING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WITH FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO SWIMMING, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND POOL SAFETY AND SWIMMING SAFETY.
WE, WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EITHER FINANCIALLY OR EVEN WITH PRODUCT THAT WE MAY HAVE TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OR TO RE REGIONAL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD PUT SOME OF OUR OWN POOLS.
SO THE ANSWER IS YES, WE WOULD.
UM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE DEMONSTRATED HERE TODAY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE A SERIES OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS AS WELL AS PERMANENT JOBS.
I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE LOCAL LABOR, UNIONIZED LABOR AS WELL, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, WITH THAT, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UH, BE INVESTING IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT SITE
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WITHIN THE PLANNED AREA THAT WE HAVE THERE, PUTTING THAT TO GOOD USE, ENSURING THAT THERE'S, UH, WORK AND OPPORTUNITY THERE, AND A COMMITMENT TO BEING A GREAT CORPORATE CITIZEN.UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS.
THANK YOU MAYOR RICHARDSON AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI EVERYTHING THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, I AGREE WITH.
COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR URANGA.
UH, YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
UH, ONE IS THAT ONE OF THE APPELLANT GREEN CAME UP AND SAID THEY'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE APPELLANT TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THE, UH, EXCUSE ME, WITH THE, WITH THE EIR.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT OUR VOTE TONIGHT WITH THEM? GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, QUESTION.
SO THE, THE PARTIES HERE, WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE START FAR APART AND THEN THEY TALK AND THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
SO WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OUR APPLICANTS AND, AND THOSE THAT ARE, HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS TO, UH, TALK AND I THINK THEY'RE AT A VERBAL AGREEMENT AND THEY'RE GONNA PAPER THAT AGREEMENT.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO STILL MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE PROJECT OPPONENTS, UM, STRATEGY ADVICE, BUT EVEN AFTER TONIGHT, THEY DO HAVE OPTIONS IF FOR SOME REASON, UH, THAT AGREEMENT WAS NOT CONSUMMATED.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE.
UM, MOVING FORWARD TONIGHT, WE FEEL EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE, UM, REGARDING THE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU HEARD A LOT OF WORDS AND A LOT OF TECHNICAL, BUT TO SUM IT UP IN A, A LESS TECHNICAL WAY, WE SPENT YEARS AND YEARS ON OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
WE SHARED IT WITH THE STATE, WITH CARB, WITH THE LOCAL AIR AGENCY, S-Q-A-M-D.
UM, THEY FOUND IT TO BE ACCEPTABLE.
IT DOESN'T EXPIRE IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE USING IT PROPERLY AND WE'RE USING IT ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, LOCATING THIS WAREHOUSE CLOSE TO THE PORT IS WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
IF THIS PROJECT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WE WOULD STILL HAVE POOLS AND WE WOULD STILL HAVE POOL TOYS AND THIS WAREHOUSE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN SAN BERNARDINO OR RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND THOSE WOULD BE MUCH LONGER TRUCK TRIPS TO THE PORT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE DOCUMENTATION IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD.
YOU ANSWERED MY SECOND QUESTION.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MAYOR WILL BE BREAKING UP THE VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE GOT FOUR VOTES QUEUED UP, FOUR VOTES.
WE'LL JUST KEEP VOTING UNTIL THEY TELL US WE'RE DONE.
SO THE FIRST VOTE IS ON THE RESOLUTION, ADOPTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EIR.
THE SECOND VOTE IS DENYING THE APPEAL.
COUNCILWOMAN O MOTION IS CARRIED.
THE THIRD VOTE IS ON THE VACATION AND THE FINDINGS FOR, UH, VIA LCDE AVENUE TO APPROVE THOSE AND MAKE THE FINDINGS.
AND THE LAST VOTE IS TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN AND MAKE THE REQUISITE FINDINGS IN THE POSITIVE.
WELL, THAT CONCLUDES THAT VOTE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROJECT, UH, AND WE HOPE YOU MAINTAIN ALL THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU MADE TO THE COMMUNITY.
[31. 25-55510 Recommendation to accept Categorical Exemption CE 23-105; Adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7203 and award a contract to All American Asphalt, of Corona, CA, for the Studebaker-Loynes Complete Street Project, in a total amount of $44,624,076, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $6,693,611, for a total contract amount not to exceed $51,317,687; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $6,665,000, offset by Federal Surface Transportation Program - Local (STPL) Funds from California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) (STPL-5108(206); and Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $6,665,000, offset by transfer of Federal STPL Grant Funds from the Capital Projects Grant Fund. (Districts 3, 4, 5) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
REPORT FROM PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND ADOPT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONTRACT TO ALL AMERICAN ASPHALT FOR THE STUDEBAKER LOINS COMPLETE STREET PROJECT FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 51,317,687 AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS, DISTRICT THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER MIGHT HAVE A STATEMENT TO READ HERE.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF AS I LIVE CLOSE TO THIS PROJECT.
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WE DON'T NEED YOU INFLUENCING THIS PRO, THIS VOTEWE'RE FINALLY MOVING BACK, MOVING FORWARD ON THE STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR PROJECT.
I HEAR ABOUT THIS PROJECT SO MUCH, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE.
AND TO FINALLY BE IN A POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS OF ELEVATE 28.
AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS CONNECT TO THIS PROJECT.
UH, TO ME THIS IS LIKE THE ARTESIA BOULEVARD PROJECT WE JUST CELEBRATED, BUT, UH, NORTH, NORTH SOUTH, IN THE EAST LAWN BEACH COMMUNITY.
SO THAT SAID, ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR STAFF PRESENTATION? I DON'T SEE ANYONE OVER THERE YET.
I CAN KEEP TALKING UNTIL THEY'RE READY.
YEAH, WE HAVE, UM, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, EVERYONE.
AND, UM, ALRIGHT, THERE WE ARE.
LET'S HAVE A BRIEF STAFF REPORT ON THE STUDENT BREAKER PROJECT.
YES, WE HAVE, UM, ERIC LOPEZ, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MOSEN HABIB HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
UH, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, UH, PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE COMPLETED, UH, THE, THE LAST OF, UH, UH, FOUR, UH, MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT WE COMMITTED TO AS PART OF OUR, UH, MEASURE A, UH, PLAN AND ELEVATE 28.
UM, AND SO FOR, UH, FOR STUDEBAKER, UH, IT'S, IT'S A COMPLETE, UH, TRANSFORMATION OF THE CORRIDOR.
UH, WE'RE, UH, REFI, RECONFIGURING, UH, MAJOR PARTS OF THE, OF THE TRAFFIC NETWORK.
UM, WE ARE ADDING FIBER, UH, ARE ADDING SMART SIGNALS, UM, AND REPAIRING THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE, UM, UM, PAVEMENTS.
UM, IT, THIS WILL BE THE LONGEST CORRIDOR, UH, THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON.
IT'S OVER FIVE MILES, UH, FROM, UH, CARSON TO, UH, TO SECOND STREET.
UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, TO, UH, ADDRESS, ADDRESS A A LOT OF THE ISSUES, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAIL IN THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, BUT WE, THERE ARE GONNA BE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE ROADWAY.
WE WILL BE ADDING MEDIANS WHERE THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY EXIST.
UH, WE WILL BE, UH, REMOVING ALL THE GREEN BALLARDS THAT, THAT, UM, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, REMOVED AND, UH, AND THEY WON'T BE REPLACED.
AND WE'RE USING A, A DIFFERENT TECHNIQUE TO SEPARATE OUR BICYCLISTS, UH, FROM OUR VEHICLES AND, AND, AND OUR PEDESTRIANS.
UM, WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS TO SHOW OF WHAT, UH, WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS AN ARTISTIC RENDERING, UH, FACING, UM, NORTH, UH, ON, UH, ON SECOND STREET, UH, ONTO STUDEBAKER.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MAJOR CHANGES AT, UH, THE, UH, LOWS, COYOTES DI AGNO AND STUDEBAKER CROSSING.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TEEING IT UP.
UH, WE'RE MAKING IT, UH, THIS INTERSECTION, UH, SAFER, UH, BY RECONFIGURING, RECONFIGURING, UH, THE ROADWAY.
UH, AND THIS SHOULD BENEFIT, UH, THE, THE SCHOOL, UH, THAT'S NEARBY AND REALLY HELP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE AND FAMILIES.
UH, IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS AREA, IT IS A, UM, IT IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR PROJECT.
UH, THE FUNDING STACK TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN IS ACTUALLY QUITE LARGE.
WE HAVE 13 DIFFERENT SOURCES TO COVER THESE COSTS.
UM, SO, UH, UH, THE, UH, CONTRACT AWARD IS PRETTY LARGE.
I WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN 'CAUSE PEOPLE ASK HOW MUCH, UH, GOES TO FUND THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT.
WELL, HERE IT IS ALL BROKEN DOWN, SO YOU CAN GO INTO, INTO THOSE DETAILS.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, UH, UH, DOING THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER.
UH, FIRST THING THAT THE CONTRACTOR WILL WORK ON IS THEIR CRITICAL PATH SCHEDULE AND ALL THEIR SUBMITTALS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PREPARE PRIOR TO, UH, BREAKING GROUND.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR GROUNDBREAKING IN THE FALL.
UM, AND THEN THIS WILL BE UP TO A TWO YEAR PROJECT.
NOW, IF WE GET A CRAZY AMOUNT OF RAIN, A TWO YEAR PROJECT MIGHT GET EXTENDED.
I CANNOT DO, UH, PAVEMENT WORK DURING THE RAIN.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL TAKE THOSE, UH, ANY, ANY, UH, IMPACTS INTO ACCOUNT AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PROJECT.
IT WILL BE IMPACTFUL WHILE WE RECONSTRUCT THIS, UH, MAJOR, UH, ROADWAY NETWORK.
WITH THIS, I WANNA THANK OUR, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UH, BUREAU MANAGER, MUS MU HABIB.
WE PROMOTED HIM A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
ASK, ASKED HIM TO HELP US WITH OUR MAJOR STREET CORRIDORS, OUR LOCAL STREET CORRIDORS, OUR ALLEYS.
UH, AND HE'S REALLY HELPED US, UH, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF STREET WORK WE'RE ABLE TO REPAIR AND DO.
AND HE HAS AN ARMY OF ENGINEERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS BEHIND HIM.
SO JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR HARD WORK AND, UH, THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S UH, PRESENTATION.
WE'LL GO TAKE IT BEHIND THE RAILS.
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COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SOTE.UH, I ACTUALLY WAS, UH, I THINK I QUEUED UP ACCIDENTALLY DOES COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER AL THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERAL SECOND.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MAYOR AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR LOPEZ AND TO THE TEAM TO MUSEN.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING.
YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, A LABOR OF LOVE.
WE KNOW IT'S MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL AS YOU TALKED ABOUT.
THE BRAIDING OF 13 DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES HAS MADE THIS, UM, A COMPLEX AND NECESSARY PROJECT THAT FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICTS, I WOULD THINK ALL THREE OF OUR DISTRICTS ASK US ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, SOME FOLKS ASK ME EVERY SINGLE WEEK WHEN I SEE THEM.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE AN A CONTRACT TO AWARD.
UM, WE KNOW IT ADDS TO THE PROJECT WORK OF MAJOR CORRIDORS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR THE WORK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT COMING TO FRUITION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED IT IN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, BUT YOU, WHEN WE WERE BRIEFED ON IT, YOU DID TALK THAT THE BID CAME IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER BUDGET, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR.
SO I HAVE A SUGGESTION WITH THOSE EXTRA COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET, UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, ST.
STUDEBAKER IN MANY AREAS HAS A SERVICE ROAD.
AND WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO
UH, SO I'M JUST GONNA PUT ON THE RECORD, THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH STUDEBAKER ROAD FROM LOS COYOTES TO KEYNOTE BOTH SIDES OF STUDEBAKER ROAD, FROM KEYNOTE TO WARDLOW AND THE WEST SIDE OF SUDE BAKER ROAD FROM WARDLOW TO SPRING.
OUR SERVICE ROADS, UM, THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME MODIFICATIONS, SOME SLURRY SEALS AND SOME UPGRADES WE KNOW OTHER PARTS OF THE SERVICE ROAD HAD.
SO I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO FORMALLY SAY THAT IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WITH EXTRA FUNDING, THAT WE LOOK, UM, AT BENEFIT, HAVING THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THOSE SERVICE ROADS, UH, BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, AND THE SECOND THING, COULD YOU JUST TALK THROUGH, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE EIGHT, UM, THE TEE REVISION.
AND I KNOW I SAW WHAT YOU DID THERE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE GOLF COURSE SAYING, TEEING IT UP.
I DID, I DID NOTICE THAT YOU SLID THE DAD JOKE IN THERE.
SO COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS, UM, AND WAYS THAT WE, UM, CAN LOOK FORWARD TO INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT WILL BE, UM, A DISRUPTION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, A CHOKE POINT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE HEADING SOUTH ON THE STREET.
YEAH, WE, WE ACTUALLY, UH, MODELED THIS, UH, INTERSECTION AND WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO, UH, MAKE IT FLOW BETTER, MAKE IT SAFER.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY BUSY INTERSECTION.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, UM, AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN, UH, WE DID LAND ON THE T INTERSECTION, UH, DESIGN, IT'S ACTUALLY A DESIGN THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED MORE BY, UH, BY CALTRANS AND, AND, AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES.
UM, WHICH WILL HELP US, UH, BETTER IMPROVE THE FLOW OF PEOPLE, THE FLOW OF CARS, UM, AND, UH, AND, AND SLOW, UH, SLOW PEOPLE DOWN, UH, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SCHOOL THERE.
UH, SO, UH, IT IS GONNA BE A BIG CHANGE.
UH, I, I, WE DID INCLUDE AN OVERLAY, SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ROADWAY CONFIGURATION WITH WHAT THE NEW CON CONFIGURATION IS GONNA BE.
UH, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW THIS INTERSECTION TO FLOW SMOOTHER AND TO BE SAFER.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDING A BIGGER, UH, BIKE SHARE, UM, HUB, UH, RIGHT HERE IN THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S CREATED.
SO WE WILL HAVE A MAJOR BIKE SHARE HUB HERE THAT STUDENTS AND OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT, UH, FROM, UH, FROM, FROM THE ADDITIONAL SPACE AT THIS LOCATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER SUBINA, UH, THANK YOU AS, UH, ONE WHO APPRECIATES BREVITY.
I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT VERY FAST PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS.
UH, ACTUALLY, I, I CAN QUANTIFY THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 10 YEARS AND PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT ME, UH, ASKED, ASKED ME ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE.
UM, THAT INTEREST INTENSIFIED THROUGH THE MAGIC OF REDISTRICTING WHEN THE FOURTH DISTRICT HAD ABOUT A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF STUDEBAKER.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT AND, UH, FOLLOW ME ON THE POINT THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE MADE, UM, IF, IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT OVER, UM, I WAS CURIOUS AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT WE HAVE, UH, SEVENTH STREET OR 22 OFF RAMP THERE THAT, THAT ROAD, SPEAKING OF T INTERSECTIONS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S WHERE CALTRANS WANTS TO GO WITH THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK OR HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY? UM, IF, IF, IF YOU CAN GIVE A REAL BRIEF, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THAT, UH, DOMINIC DOESN'T REALLY GO BACK TO THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FUNDING THAT'S FROM THE CITY.
BUT, UH, KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE DID THE
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ARTESIA, WE HAD, UH, MONEY OVER WITH THE CONTINGENCY IN THERE AND THE CONTINGENCY WAS BLEEDED.SO ALL THE MONEY THAT WE HAD, WE HAD OVER $3 MILLION LEFT IN ARTESIA, IT ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP.
AND ALL THE CHANGES THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, WHEN YOU GO INTO CONSTRUCTION TO FIVE AND A HALF MILE OFF ROAD, YOU'RE GONNA FIND A LOT OF UNACCOUNTED, UH, THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT SEE AS A GEOLOGIST OR A CIVIL ENGINEER OR A STRUCTURAL TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING.
SO DON'T THINK THAT THE $2 MILLION IS GONNA BE JUST OUT.
AND THE SECOND THING, YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS A CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO $2 MILLION LEFT ON THE TABLE SO THEY HAVE THAT IN MIND AS WELL.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND MUAN SAID IT, WE SPEND EVERYBODY ELSE'S MONEY FIRST, SO THERE IS LEFTOVER MONEY, IT'S OUR MONEY THAT'S LEFTOVER.
OKAY, THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? I'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOUR NAME.
WELL, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR THIS OVER A DECADE OF WORK IN THIS PROJECT AND IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.
THANKS TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE ALL SHARE THIS PROJECT AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO ERIC OVER AND OVER ABOUT THIS.
YOU'RE SO KNOWLEDGEABLE, WORK SO HARD, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT.
UM, MY RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HIGHLY TRAVELED.
PROBABLY MOST OF THE RESIDENTS ARE USING THAT ON A WEEKLY, IF NOT DAILY BASIS TO GET TO THAT SEVENTH AND 22, UM, ENTRANCE TO THE FREEWAYS.
SHOCKING THAT THERE, UH, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER, BUT GREAT POINTS BY MY COLLEAGUES ON LOOKING AT THAT AND KNOWING HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT, UM, STARTING WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY FIRST.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT WE'VE CONCLUDED PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[30. 25-55509 Recommendation to receive and file presentation for the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) program from the Health and Human Services Department providing the result of the feasibility study; Request City Attorney to amend the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) to comply with the most recently enacted state legislation regarding the MEHKO; to consolidate, where feasible, Chapters of the LBMC relating to the regulation and enforcement and similar operations; and in consultation with City Manager, or designee, repeal provisions of the LBMC which are in contradiction, no longer applicable, or no longer enforced related to MEHKO and similar operations. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FOR THE MICRO ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATION PROGRAM.PROVIDING THE RESULT OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, AMEND THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO COMPLY WITH THE MOST RECENTLY ENACTED STATE LEGISLATION, CONSOLIDATE CHAPTERS RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS AND REPEAL PROVISIONS WHICH ARE IN CONTRADICTION.
NO LONGER APPLICABLE OR NO LONGER ENFORCED RELATED TO M-E-H-K-O AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS CITYWIDE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, A PRESENTATION WITH THE FOLLOW UP TO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, UH, AT LENGTH AT COUNCIL, AND NOW WE'RE AT, UH, AT A CRITICAL NEW JUNCTURE.
SO WE'LL GO TO STAFF FOR THEIR REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JUDITH LONG AND I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATION.
THIS EVENING, I'LL BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE DEFINITION OF, OF MICRO ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATION IS.
AND FOR SHORT, WE'LL CALL HIM MIKO.
UH, I'LL ALSO PRESENT INFORMATION ON OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY, INCLUDING OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS WITH MI PROGRAMS. LASTLY, I'LL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MIKO PROGRAM FOR THE CITY IF YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT IT.
I'LL START WITH DESCRIBING WHAT IS MIKO.
MIKO ARE HOME-BASED FOOD BUSINESSES THAT PREPARES THE SELLS MEALS DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS TO BE CONSUMED ON SITE, TAKEN TO GO OR DELIVERED LIKE A MINI RESTAURANT.
A HEALTH PERMIT IS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL HEALTH JURISDICTION.
THESE OPERATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL ROUTINE INSPECTION, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS IN RESPONSE TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS OF SUSPECTED ADULTERATED OR OTHERWISE UNSAFE FOODS.
AMIGO MAY BE APPROVED TO SERVICE A COMMISSARY FOR UP TO TWO FOOD CARTS.
THIS ARRANGEMENT ALLOWS MIGOS TO SUPPORT MOBILE FOOD VENDORS BY PROVIDING A PERMITTED LOCATION FOR FOOD PREPARATION.
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AND SANITATION NEEDS TO ENSURE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.ANY MECO FUNCTIONING AS THE COMMISSARY MUST MEET ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS.
MIKO APPLICANTS MUST OBTAIN A HEALTH PERMIT FROM THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THIS PROCESS INCLUDES SUBMITTING AND RECEIVING APPROVAL OF THE COMPLETE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, DETAILING THE TYPES OF FOOD BEING PREPARED AND THE METHODS OF PREPARATION, THE CLEANING AND SANITATION SCHEDULE, AND THE DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION.
THIS REQUIREMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE A SAFE FOOD ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH WHILE SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
MCOS OFFER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO LEGALLY OPERATE SMALL SCALE FOOD BUSINESSES FROM THEIR HOME.
BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL LIMITS AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
AB 6 2 6 WAS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND MECO WAS DEFINED IN THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
IN 2019, ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION WAS APPROVED UNDER AB 3 77 TO UPDATE OPERATING REQUIREMENTS.
IN JUNE, 2022, AB 1 78 WAS APPROVED AND APPROPRIATED FUNDING FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF MIKO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
AND IN JULY, 2023, OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS OF MIKO INCREASED THE LIMIT OF NUMBER OF MEALS SOLD FROM 60 TO 90 MEALS PER WEEK, AND GROSS ANNUAL SALES AMOUNT OF $50,000 UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LAST YEAR.
AB 1 78 APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH JURISDICTIONS TO STUDY MIKO PROGRAM IN THEIR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
IN JUNE, 2024, LAST YEAR, COUNCIL APPROVED THE BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AWARD MORE THAN $88,000 TO SUPPORT THE STUDY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MECO PROGRAM IN OUR CITY TO HELP US BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN UNDERSTANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH ESTABLISHING MECO PROGRAM.
WE APPROACHED THIS STUDY FROM KEY PERSPECTIVES ONE, OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TWO INTERDEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSIONS AND THREE, GATHERING INFORMATION FROM JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE MECO PROGRAMS. OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES REGARDING MIKO.
SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BY CONDUCTING ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS AND ADMINISTERING A COMMUNITY SURVEY.
WE HELD MEETINGS WITH REPS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IMPACTED BY MIKO PROGRAMS. MANY ARE HERE TODAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
LASTLY, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE STATES, UM, SORRY, MY SLIDE'S A LITTLE.
WE ALSO HELD MEETINGS WITH, UM, OUR MECO WORK GROUP WITH THE STATE, AND ENGAGE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED MECO PROGRAMS. WE LEARNED ABOUT THEIR REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, BEST PRACTICES, AS WELL AS THEIR CHANGES IN IMPLEMENTING THEIR, THEIR LOCAL MECO PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES.
IN THE FOLLOWING SECTION, I'LL SHARE WHAT WE LEARNED FROM OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
AN ONLINE SURVEY WAS MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY TO MAY OF THIS YEAR.
THE SURVEY WAS ESTABLISHED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, TAGALOG, KAMAI, AND A TOTAL OF 216 RESPONSES WERE COLLECTED.
THE FIRST QUESTION ASKED, UM, RESPONDENTS TO IDENTIFY THEIR CONNECTION TO LONG BEACH.
OF THE 216 RESPONDENTS, 95% REPORTED THAT THEY LIVE IN LONG BEACH.
10% INDICATED THEY OWN A VISITS IN THE LONG BEACH.
32% ARE PROPERTY OWNERS AND 24% NOTED THEY EITHER WORK OR ATTENDED SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH.
THE SECOND SURVEY QUESTION ASKED RESPONDENTS INDICATE WHICH CITY COUNCIL THEY LIVE IN AND WORK IN OF THE 216 RESPONDENTS, DISTRICTS TWO AND THREE WERE LARGELY REPRESENTED.
UM, WHILE FEWER RESPONDENTS WERE FROM DISTRICT EIGHT AND FIVE, RESPONDENTS DID NOT PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THIS DISTRIBUTION OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE GEOGRAPHIC REACH AND REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN THIS NEXT SURVEY QUESTIONS, OUR FINDINGS REVEALED THAT THERE'S A MODERATE LEVEL OF AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY AND A STRONG MAJORITY IN FAVOR OF MIKO PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.
MORE THAN 38% REPORTED THAT THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH WITH MIKO AND 44% RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE HEARD OF MI MIGOS, BUT HAD LIMITED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEM.
CLOSE TO 74% INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT MIKO PROGRAMS AND BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND SURVEY RESULTS INDICATED THAT MAJORITY RESPONDENTS CEASE VALUE IN THE CITY PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EFFORTS RELATED TO MICKOS, 63% INDICATED STRONG SUPPORT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN HELPING RESIDENTS LAUNCH MICKOS THROUGH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR TRAINING.
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INDICATED THAT POLICY SUPPORTING THE SUCCESS OF MICKOS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.RESPONDENTS WERE ALSO ASKED TO IDENTIFY THEIR MAIN CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING MAKOS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND RESPONDENTS WERE ALLOWED TO SELECT MULTIPLE RESPONSES TO CAPTURE A RANGE OF ISSUES.
HEALTH, SAFETY, IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF GREASE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE THE MAIN CONCERNS.
TRASH, WASTE, TRAFFIC, PARKING AND NOISE WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED.
THE FINAL QUESTION OF THE SURVEY ALLOWED RESPONDENTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT MAY, MAY HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN PREVIOUS RESPONSES.
THESE THEMES EMERGED FROM WRITTEN RESPONSES INCLUDING SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITY, HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, IMPLEMENTATION REGULATION, IMPACT ON EXISTING BUSINESSES AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.
THERE'S SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS, HYGIENE PRACTICES AND INSPECTION PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED AND CAN BE EFFECTIVELY UPHELD IN HOME-BASED SETTINGS.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IMPLEMENTED IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS WERE ALSO CONDUCTED FROM JANUARY TO MAY.
STAFF PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF MIKO ITS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND CONCERNED RAISED BY THE ATTENDEES.
PARTICIPANTS WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FOOD CARTS AND SIDEWALK VENDING COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE MIKO OPERATIONS.
NEXT WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS.
BECAUSE THIS WAS A NEW THIS IS WILL BE A NEW PROGRAM, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE AND HEAR INPUTS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING AMIC A PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
THIS LISTENING SESSIONS WERE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ON LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED.
EACH DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED KEY CONCERNS AND STRONGLY EXPRESSED THAT EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND TRAINING ON BEST PRACTICES ARE DONE TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS.
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER IN DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, TRAINING AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
NEXT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR RESEARCH.
UM, AND THIS IS WE ARE TALKING WITH OTHER, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE APPROVED THEIR MCOS.
THERE ARE TODAY 17 COUNTIES IN ONE CITY THAT HAVE ADOPTED MIKO IN CALIFORNIA WITH LA COUNTY RECENTLY ADOPTING IT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE FORMALLY DECLINED TO ALLOW MIKO, WHILE OTHERS ARE STILL CONSIDERING IT.
FORMALIZING AND REGULATING MICKOS REDUCES THE RISK AND SAFETY BY ENSURING OPERATORS MEET ESTABLISHED FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS.
SUSTAINABILITY IS OPERATING FROM HOME, TYPICALLY CONSUMES FEWER RESOURCES AND LESS ENERGY THAN TRADITIONAL RESTAURANTS.
THIS HELPS CITIES ACHIEVE THEIR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS BY LOWERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FOOD OPERATIONS.
TO ENSURE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND FAIRNESS OF MICA PROGRAM, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE APPLICATION AND PERMIT FEES.
THIS FEES WILL BE SET TO ADEQUATELY COVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS, AND ENFORCING HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.
FEE SCHEDULES WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO APPLICANTS THROUGH OFFICIAL CHANNELS SUCH AS OUR WEBSITE, APPLICATION PACKETS, AND PUBLIC NOTICES TO BUILD TRUST AND AVOID CONFUSION.
THE PROCESS WITH INITIAL INSPECTION, WHICH IS CONDUCTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE KITCHEN MEETS ALL REQUIRED HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
ONCE PERMITTED MCOS ARE SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AND ANNUAL INSPECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO ALSO SCHEDULE PROCEDURES FOR COMPLAINT BASED INSPECTIONS.
AND WHEN THERE, THERE ARE TRIGGERED CONSUMER REPORTS OR CONCERN, THERE'S REASONABLE SUSPICION OF VIOLATION.
IT ALLOWS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND PROMPTLY AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION IF NEEDED.
DEVELOPING STANDARDS, UH, STANDARDIZED INSPECTION REPORT SYSTEM IS CRUCIAL FOR MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
IN THE MECO OVERSIGHT, WE WILL LOOK AT THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION REPORT AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, UM, TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR STORING AND MANAGING THIS INSPECTION REPORTS.
THE DIGITAL APPROACH ALLOWS US FOR EASY ACCESS TRACKING OF INSPECTION HISTORY, AND TIMELY FOLLOW-UP COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
ESTABLISHING A STRONG OPERATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR MIKA PROGRAM REQUIRES STEP, THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND EFFECTIVE DATA MANAGEMENT.
COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IS ALSO ESSENTIAL.
ADDITIONALLY, A ROBUST DATABASE SYSTEM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO TRACK ALL RELEVANT PROGRAM DATA INCLUDED SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS ISSUED PERMITS AND INSPECTION OUTCOMES AND ONGOING COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS CREATE A CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF MIKO PROGRAM.
THIS MATERIALS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT PROSPECTIVE AND CURRENT OPERATORS UNDERSTAND AND COMPLY WITH FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, A STEP-BY-STEP APPLICATION PROCESS
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GUIDE IS NECESSARY TO ASSIST APPLICANTS IN NAVIGATING THE PERMIT PROCESS.DETAILING REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, TIMELINE AND CONTACT INFORMATION, A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION, MATERIALS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO CLARIFY, UH, LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO ENTRY.
APPLYING FOR A ECO DOES REQUIRE A, UM, STRUCTURED APPROACH, WHICH INCLUDES SUBMITTING A ECO PERMIT APPLICATION, UH, INCLUDING A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
ONCE SUBMITTED, APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY A FEE BEFORE REVIEW, APPROVAL, AND INITIAL INSPECTION IS SCHEDULED.
UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE INSPECTION AND MEETING HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, A HEALTH PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED.
THIS PROCESS MAY TAKE BETWEEN FOUR WEEKS TO THREE TO SIX MONTHS.
STARTING AMICA PROGRAM INVOLVES SEVERAL INITIAL COSTS THAT PROSPECTIVE OPERATORS SHOULD PLAN FOR.
THIS INCLUDE OBTAINING A FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATE, WHICH TYPICALLY COSTS $150 AND IS GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S AN APPLICATION, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE REVIEW OF $575.
ONCE APPROVED, OPERATORS MUST ALSO PAY AN ANNUAL HEALTH PERMIT FEE OF $325.
THESE ESTIMATED COSTS ARE BASED ON THE COST TO THE ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AS SHARED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE MIKO PROGRAMS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS VERY AMBITIOUS, BUT WE DO HAVE A NETWORK OF RESOURCES, FRAMEWORK AND GUIDANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND HAVE SUCCESSFUL ME A PROGRAMS MOST PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES WILL FALL UNDER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEGUN PLANNING EFFORTS AND WE ARE READY FOR THIS.
LASTLY, I'LL PROVIDE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR MIKO.
SO TONIGHT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO RECOMMEND THE CITY, THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO UPDATE THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO COMPLY WITH THE MOST RECENTLY ENACT STATE LEGISLATION REGARDING THE MECO TO CONSOLIDATE WERE FEASIBLE CHAPTERS OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE, REPEAL PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, WHICH ARE IN CONTRADICTION, NO LONGER APPLICABLE OR NO LONGER ENFORCED RELATED TO MIC MIKO AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR MICKO PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE 14 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
ARCHIE CHEF, UH, ALEXANDRA RESI, JESSICA, EDITH, GENESIS GONZALEZ, JACQUELINE PEREZ, VALENCIA, MONICA STEWART, ANGELICA FRANCO, UH, RIDER CLUFF, TRACY, LOU, PAX, UH, MARQUEZ AND EDGAR.
SO LET'S START WITH TONY NEXT IS BRO ARCHIE.
THEN CHEF, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, THANKS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR AWESOME WORK IN BUILDING THIS CASE.
AND HONESTLY, I KNOW THEY HAD TO BLAST THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF RICH CONVERSATIONS THAT WENT INTO THIS AND A REALLY GREAT PROCESS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS AND THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAD TO BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, UH, TO HAVE THIS BE A WELL-INFORMED PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE 2019, SO IT'S, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE IT WHERE IT IS TODAY.
UM, WE THINK THAT MICKOS CAN BOAST INCLUSION IN THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY.
THEY CAN CREATE INCUBATION FOR PEOPLE TO TEST OUT THEIR CONCEPTS WITHOUT TAKING THE HEAVY RISK OF GOING STRAIGHT TO BRICK AND MORTAR, WHICH IN CALIFORNIA COSTS YOU A MINIMUM OF $400,000 JUST TO GET STARTED.
AND, UM, MICKOS ALSO CAN GENERATE INNOVATION IN THE LOCAL ECO, IN THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY.
UM, I STARTED LONG BEACH FRESH OVER A DECADE AGO BECAUSE I WAS REALLY INSPIRED TO SEE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE WERE COOKING UP, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN IDEAS IN THE, THE FOOD SYSTEM AND THE ABILITY FOR LOCALS TO ACTUALLY INFLUENCE FOOD TRENDS IS REALLY POWERFUL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BARRIERS HAVE NEVER BEEN REALLY HIGHER THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
UM, I THINK WE ARE SEEING LESS FOLKS ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COALITION THAT WEREN'T COMFORTABLE SPEAKING OUT TODAY OR THEY COULDN'T STAY THIS LONG.
BUT, UM, IN OUR HOME COOKS COALITION, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT 85 INDIVIDUALS JOIN THE COALITION.
A LOT OF THEM WANT TO START HOME FOOD BUSINESSES.
SIR, YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED IF YOU CAN WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS AND YEAH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT BRO ARCHIE, THEN CHEF? YES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL.
UH, I'M BROTHER ARCHIE, BUT MY ACTUAL NAME IS LAWRENCE ARCHIE.
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AND, UH, I'M HERE TO STAND IN FAVOR OF THE MIKO.UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, ESPECIALLY TO SOME MIDDLE AGED, TO ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE GREAT COOKS.
UH, I THINK IT WOULD, WOULD AID AND HELP FAMILIES, UH, IN THE SIXTH, SIXTH DISTRICT, UH, TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT THEY CAN, UH, BENEFIT FROM THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE GOING THROUGH, UH, TRUMP IZATION, UH, PRICES ARE GETTING HIGH AND, UH, THE, UH, JOBS AREN'T INCREASING THE PAY.
SO THIS COULD BE A INROAD INTO GETTING EXTRA FINANCIAL AID.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK, UH, IN PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO START OF MIKO.
HI, IT'S HONOR OF MAYOR AND, UH, ALL THE COUNCIL OF TODAY AND HI, DR.
UM, MY NAME IS CHEF T UM, LONG BEACH, THE CULINARY SCENE.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW OR DO KNOW, I'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF HOW THIS, UM, SCENE HAS BEEN CHANGING AND WHERE IT'S AT NOW.
SO I OPENED UP, UM, LET ME SEE.
I OPENED UP, UH, THE FEDERAL BAR.
I WAS THE EXECUTIVE CHEF OF GLADSTONE, THE EXECUTIVE CHEF OF WATERS EDGE WINERY.
THE EXECUTIVE CHEF RAN TO CHICAGO PIZZA, THE EXECUTIVE CHEF OF CRE, THE EXECUTIVE CHEF OF FAR BARDO.
BUT, UH, I OPENED UP ALSO, UM, MANY RESTAURANTS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, EVEN, EVEN, UH, LITTLE SMALL RESTAURANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I'VE BEEN ON MANY TV SHOWS, BUT I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT.
WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, ABOUT LOVE.
THERE'S NO POLITICS BEHIND IT.
UM, THERE IS NO RACE, THERE IS NO ANYTHING ELSE.
AND FOOD IS THE ONLY ART IN THE WORLD THAT I KNOW THAT ACTUALLY REALLY NOURISHES YOUR SOUL.
AND WITH THAT, WITH LONG BEACH AND THE WHOLE WORLD, ALL STRUGGLING WITH, WITH FINDING JOBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THIS IS A WAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, MOSTLY THE MINORITIES AND MOSTLY PEOPLE THAT'S IMMIGRANTS, TO COME OUT AND ACTUALLY SERVE WHAT THEY LOVE MOST, WHICH IS FOOD, WHICH MY GRANDMA TAUGHT ME THE SAME WAY.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WITH THIS I STRONGLY PUT MY, UH, VOICE TO IT BECAUSE I'VE DONE SO MANY.
I'M THE FOUNDER OF CAMBODIA RESTAURANT WEEK.
I FOUNDED SO MANY, UM, OTHER PROGRAMS AND FOOD PROGRAMS AND I, UM, BOUGHT, SO YOUR TIME CAME INCLUDED COMMISSIONARY AND ALL THAT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I SAY THAT YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
IS ALEXANDRA HERE? OKAY, JESSICA IS NEXT AFTER JESSICA IS EDITH.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JESSICA CORONADO AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ORLE AS THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE COORDINATOR.
I'M HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT, UH, FOR MIKO.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE ECONOMIC LIBERATION PROJECT, UM, WHO DREAM OF HAVING THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
AND, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RESOURCES AND BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY, MANY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO.
UM, AND IT'S BECOME A BIG BARRIER.
PASSING MIKO CAN ONLY CAN, UM, HELP MANY PEOPLE CREATE REAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR SMALL, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL ENTREPRENEURS, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO SAFELY AND LAWFULLY START A BUSINESS.
THESE HOME KITCHENS NOT ONLY BOOST OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, BUT THEY ALL, THEY CAN ALSO BRING CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HELP REPRESENT THE VERY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
UM, LASTLY, IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE, I, LASTLY, I URGE TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND AND ALLOCATE $2.2 MILLION BECAUSE IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS DESERVE ACCESS TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND THE RIGHT TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
LONG BEACH IS THE STRONGEST WHEN WE INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF THE CITY.
SUPPORTING MIKO AND THE JU AND THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND IS ABOUT STANDING UP, UH, STANDING WITH WORKING FAMILIES, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AND THE FUTURE OF LONG BEACH.
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TAKE ALEXANDRA OFF THE LIST.OKAY, EDITH, AND THEN GENESIS.
GOOD EVENING TO EVERYBODY AND CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR RE PETERSON.
MY NAME IS EDITH, RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH.
I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE, UH, COALITION OF COOKS, ALONG WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MIKO, A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS MICRO BUSINESSES.
THESE COOKS OF INFORMAL ECONOMIC, UH, PRECEDENTS ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOULD NOT REMAIN NA NAMELESS.
UH, WITH MIKO SUPPORT, YOU SHOULD SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROTECTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ALSO AN INCREASE IN HEALTHIER AVAILABLE FOOD.
THERE'LL ALSO BE AN ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT, UH, EMPOWERMENT AND EQUALITY FOR NEW AND UPCOMING ENTREPRENEURS.
WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE ACTION TODAY IN ORDER TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THIS IMPORTANT MATTER OF OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC STANCE.
MOREOVER, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT I SUPPORT THE JUSTICE FUND WITH TWO POINT, UH, $2 MILLION IN FUNDING IN PICTURE OF TODAY'S, UH, POLITICAL CLIMATE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE ADVOCATING ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER.
AND THEN JACQUELINE, AND THEN MONICA.
HELLO, MAYOR REX AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS GENESIS AND I'M A STUDENT AT MCBRIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE COALITION OF COOKS AT HOME.
I SEE SEVERAL PARENTS OF MY CLASSMATES THAT THEIR ECONOMY DEPENDS ON THESE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO BE FORMAL.
IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEY ARE INFOR INFORMAL AND SHOULDN'T BE IN SHADOWS WITH MIKO.
THERE WILL BE MORE HEALTHIER FOOD, FRESHER FOOD, AND THE ECONOMY WOULD ALSO GROW WITH E EQUALITY FOR NEW INTERPRETERS.
UM, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SINCE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE COMMUN COMMUNITIES.
ECONOMIC, AGAIN, MICKO IS IMPORTANT FOR COALITION OF HOME COOKS.
I AM ALSO SUPPORTING AND ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND OF 2.2 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR IMMIGRANTS OUTSIDE.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR IMMIGRANTS WHO ONLY WANT TO WORK AND GIVE THEIR KIDS THE BEST THEY CAN.
IMMIGRANTS DON'T ASK FOR NO BENEFITS.
THEY JUST ASK TO HAVE A STABLE LIFE.
I SHOULD NOT BE TAKING THESE HARDWORKING PEOPLE.
DID YOU SAY YOU WERE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT? YEAH.
NOW, I THINK, UM, MY NAME IS JACQUELINE PEREZ VALENCIA.
I GET TO SERVE AS THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE MANAGER AT
UM, I WORK ALONGSIDE JESSICA, WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT, UH, SMALL MICRO ENTREPRENEURS REALLY LOOKING TO FORMALIZE THEIR BUSINESS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND FROM WORKING WITH ALMOST 80 ENTREPRENEURS ALL FROM LONG BEACH HERE, THAT THEY REALLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
THEY REALLY NEED THIS TO BE AN AVENUE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REALLY FORMALIZE THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT THE MANY BARRIERS THAT EXIST.
AGAIN, THEIR, THEIR JOURNEY IS GONNA BE LONG.
UM, BUT THIS WOULD REALLY HELP, AS YOU HEARD FROM PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, IT COST ABOUT $400,000 TO REALLY START A BRICK AND MORTAR.
BUT WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONEY, BUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS A LOT MORE FEASIBLE TO REALLY START THAT PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BE REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, WE REALLY URGE YOU TO, UH, STAND WITH ENTREPRENEURS, SPECIFICALLY MICRO ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE LOOKING TO DO THIS AND DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY AND FORMALIZE IT, UH, BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LONG RUN AND
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REALLY JUST COMMIT TO IMPROVING THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF ALL OF LONG BEACH RESIDENTS.SO AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SERVE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR, UH, OUR FOLKS.
UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TRY A LOT OF THEIR DELICIOUS FOODS.
WE HAVE PERUVIAN FOOD, CUBAN FOOD, UH, CHILEAN FOOD, MEXICAN FOOD FROM DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE JUST REALLY LOOKING TO GET YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT MIKO.
UM, AND ALONG I'LL I'LL END WITH, UH, CONTINUING TO ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE, UH, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS COMMUNITY'S BUILT ON IMMIGRANTS.
I GRADUATED FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AT, UH, WITH A SCIENCE AND AS, AS A CHEF.
BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO ACTUALLY DO A BRICK AND MORTAR.
AND THIS WILL HELP ME TO, AS, AS A, AS A CITIZEN OF LONG BEACH TO HELP ME, UH, PROCEED WITH THE REAL, I MEAN, NOT THE REAL, BUT THE, THE, THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, YOU KNOW? AND THEN THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY IT'S WAITING FOR.
AND, UH, I HOPE YOU GUYS REALLY SUPPORT US AND, UH, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I'M A MIDDLE AGED PERSON ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO IT'S HARD TO START SOMETHING IN A BRICK AND MORTAR.
LIKE EVERYONE SAID, IT'S SO EXPENSIVE AND SO HARD TO DO AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL REALLY HELP ALL OF US TO GO FORWARD IN THE RIGHT WAY.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE NEXT IS ANGELICA AND THEN RYDER.
LET'S SEE IF I ACTUALLY READ MY PHONE TONIGHT.
I'M ANGELICA FRANCO, NOT ANGELINA
A FEW OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I STOOD BEFORE YOU ADVOCATING FOR THE LACK OF COMMISSARY KITCHENS.
UM, MIKO PERMITS PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO SUPPORT A LOT OF, UH, FOOD ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE LACKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE INTO THE SYSTEM.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE.
WORKING WITH JUDITH AND HER TEAM HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
WE'VE BEEN A PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ALONG THE WAY.
AND, UM, TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONAL.
WHY AM I SO A PASSIONATE ABOUT MIKO KITCHENS, FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THINGS LIKE THAT? I'M THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO A HOME CHEF, ALSO A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED CHEF.
SHE FED OUR COMMUNITY, MY FAMILY VERY OFTEN, AND MANY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I HAVE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING THAT NOURISHMENT PROVIDES FOR BODIES AS WELL AS COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND, UM, OH, I LOST MY THOUGHT,
UH, PAX OR EDGAR? UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS PAX MARQUEZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M HERE AS PART OF THE HOME COOKS COALITION, SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT MICRO ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHENS IN LONG BEACH.
UH, HAVING HEARD TODAY'S REPORT, IT'S CLEAR THAT MAKOS ARE NOT ONLY FEASIBLE, BUT LONG OVERDUE.
TAKE ACTION TODAY TO ADVANCE THIS IMPORTANT POLICY.
UM, I AM A PROUD CAL STATE LONG BEACH ALUM, AND FOR YEARS I WANTED TO MOVE BACK TO LONG BEACH.
AND SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE IN 2022, MY SPOUSE AND I, WE MOVED HERE.
AND FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO OPEN UP A MOROCCAN RESTAURANT.
AND THE MAKO PROGRAM IS THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, MAKO NOT ONLY BOOST INCLUSION AS, FOR EXAMPLE, MY SPOUSE AND I, WE CAN'T, UM, PER GO THROUGH THE BRICK AND MORTAR PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO MAKO MAKES IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
THIS OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS US TO REALLY TEST OUR RECIPES AND TO SEE WHAT WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK.
AND LASTLY, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO NOT ONLY SHARE MOROCCAN FOOD IN THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR TRADITIONS AND CULTURE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BECAUSE FOR US, WE BELIEVE FOOD IS A LANGUAGE THAT WE WANNA SHARE.
AND IN FACT, ACTUALLY ONE OF MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS HAS ALREADY SAID THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS.
UH, I WANNA THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR TAKING THE LEAD IN, IN THIS IMPORTANT ITEM.
AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
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SO ONE IS TO KEEP THESE LOW AND TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO OFFSET THEM.POTENTIAL MAKOS HAVE ALREADY MISSED OUT ON INDIVIDUAL GRANTS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COOK ALLIANCE BECAUSE OUR CITY HAS, UM, TAKEN A WHILE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT IT.
STARTUP FUNDS SHOULD BE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
OFFSETTING FEES FOR FIRST YEAR, YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
I'M THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE POLICY MANAGER FOR THE CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, TAKING A POSITION TO IMPLEMENT A MECO PROGRAM FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
ECOS ARE A PROVEN LOW BARRIER, UM, MINIMAL, UM, COST ENTRY, UM, PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY.
AS WAS MENTIONED, THE REPORT, WE'VE SEEN SUCCESSFUL MODELS OF THIS REPLICATED ACROSS 16 COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS ONE CITY.
UH, MCOS STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC INCLUSION, AND CULINARY INCUBATION, WHICH WE WANNA SEE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH REALLY ENGAGE IN AND BE A BENEFICIARY OF IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
DURING THIS CRITICAL MOMENT WHEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE FACING ALL KINDS OF ATTACKS.
UM, AS A RESULT OF WHICH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE, UH, ACROSS THE STATE ARE CURRENTLY MOBILIZING RIGHT NOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CALIFORNIA IS MOVING IN A MORE INCLUSIONARY DIRECTION FOR RIGHT REASON.
WE SEE MOST OF THE DISCUSSION BE DOMINATED AROUND ARREST, DETENTION, DEPORTATION, AND THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
BUT WHAT DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT AS MUCH IS THE HARM THAT THESE ARE CAUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS, WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING LESS AND LESS OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN, QUOTE UNQUOTE TRADITIONAL FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT.
MICKOS PROVIDE A VIABLE ENTRY POINT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE INCOME FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND IT'S ALSO A WAY FOR LONG BEACH TO CONTINUE TO BE A BENEFICIARY OF ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND GROWTH.
WE KNOW THAT IN CALIFORNIA AS A WHOLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I WANNA, UH, THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT AND FOR BEING PATIENT, WE KNOW IT'S A VERY LONG AGENDA AND IT'S A, UH, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY A LOT GOING ON.
I ALSO, YOU GUYS, UH, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON YOUR PRESENTATION AND I KNOW YOU WERE BEING TIMELY.
IT'S A LOT OF CONTENT, UH, AND I KNOW IT'S A BIG AGENDA, SO THANK YOU.
YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON YOUR PRESENTATION.
CITY COUNCIL'S EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT JUST TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF US KNOW AUNTIES, GRANDPARENTS WHO ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT SKILL OF COOKING AND TURNING IT INTO A BUSINESS, WHETHER IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, FEEDING, YOU KNOW, FEEDING FRIENDS OR FEEDING NEIGHBORS, UH, COOKING AND BEING A CHEF.
IT'S A SKILL, MEANING NOBODY CAN EVER TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU.
AND, UH, IN GOOD TIMES OR IN HARD TIMES.
IT'S A, IT'S A TOOL FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
AND WHAT I SEE IS THAT THIS IS LEGITIMIZING IT, IT'S CREATING A REAL PATH FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SKILL, THIS LOVE, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BE ABLE TO COME OUT MORE PUBLICLY AND, AND EMBRACE THIS AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, HOPEFULLY TAKE STEPS TOWARD, UH, UH, MORE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND IT'S ALSO NOT LOST ON ME, AND I WANT TO THANK THE AUDIENCE FOR DRAWING THE CONTRAST.
WHILE, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE ARE EFFORTS NATIONALLY TO DISENFRANCHISE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WE'RE TAKING STEPS IN LONG BEACH AND CONTINUE TO STAY, TAKE STEPS IN LONG BEACH TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO THRIVE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS IS, UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP.
SO I WANNA, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A FEW COMMENTS.
WE ALREADY HAD PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
SO I THINK THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IS COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO WAITED TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT SIDEWALK VENDING ORDINANCE, AND I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, UH, REGULATIONS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.
AND, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT BEEN, IT'S BEEN LIMITED IN, IN THAT SENSE AND NOT THINKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT THE MIKO IS TIMELY IN THINKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS, UH, THE NEED FOR WHY PEOPLE HAVE TO DO SIDEWALK VENDING IS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE, UH, INCOME OR ADDITIONAL INCOME.
AND SO I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP ON OUR MAY 20TH UPDATE THAT WAS GIVEN ON THE SIXTH MONTH WAS THE NEED MORE FOR, FOR MORE COMMISSARY, BUT ALSO THE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, A SPACE, NOT JUST TO MAKE FOOD SO THEY COULD SELL IT ON THE, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK OR VEN, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE YOUR HOME AS A SMALL BUSINESS AS WELL.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOOD-BASED MICROENTERPRISE
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ARE OFTEN THE FIRST STEP TO SELF-EMPLOYMENT.MANY HAVE SHARED THAT AS A COMET, BUT ALSO JUST REALLY THE ONLY MEANS AT TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE INCOMES AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UPWARD MOBILITY, UM, IN COMMUNITIES.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM DOING AS A CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IS WHILE UH, WE ARE ABLE TO MEET THIS HUGE MILESTONE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, REALLY LEGALIZE DOING HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, ENTERPRISE, UH, IS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE COSTS, THE BARRIERS OF COSTS.
THAT'S BEEN A RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, AND THAT'S AN ITEM THAT'S COMING UP LATER ON IS LOOKING AT THAT.
BUT I, I DID WANNA ADDRESS MORE AROUND THINKING ABOUT, YES, ONCE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR LICENSE, BUT WHERE ARE THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT I THINK THE CITY CAN DO MORE TO MAKE SURE WE CREATE, UM, SPACES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO UPLIFT ENTERPRISE, TO SHOWCASE THE DIVERSE, UH, CULINARY, UM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY A REFLECTION OF OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT AND ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED.
IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT IN WHAT WE COULD DO IN LONG BEACH TO SUPPORT OUR MICROENTERPRISE.
UM, SO THE ONE QUESTION I, I DID HAVE WAS, UM, AROUND FEE IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE FEE STRUCTURE IS BASED ON INCOME GENERATED FROM APPLICATIONS.
SO, AND THERE WAS FUNDING TO DO THIS FEASIBILITY REPORT, BUT WHERE IS THE FUNDING COMING FROM TO GET IT STARTED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING ALL OF THESE TIMELINES, UH, TO GETTING IT GOING SO THAT APPLICATIONS COULD START COMING IN? SO WE DO, UM, THE STATE DID EXTEND THE GRANT, AND WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS.
I'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING OR ASKING THE STATE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND TO ALLOW THAT FUNDING TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEE WAIVERS OR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THOSE INITIAL COSTS, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION CALLED COOKS ALLIANCE THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF MECO OPERATORS ACROSS THE STATE, AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO COLLABORATE ON FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GONNA ASK IS IF WE COULD CONSIDER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH SIDEWALK VENDORS FIRST YEAR, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE WAIVING OR, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO SET UP THESE APPLICATION AS WELL AS, UH, CER CERTIFICATION, UM, FOR THE APPLICANTS.
THE OTHER IS, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT, UM, WHEN INSPECTION IS DONE IN, IN HOMES THAT YOU'RE ENSURING THAT THE INSPECTOR IS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN LANGUAGE WITH THE APPLICANTS? YEAH, WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS THAT ARE MULTILINGUAL.
MANY OF OUR, UM, INSPECTORS SPEAK SPANISH.
WE ALSO HAVE KAMAI HEALTH INSPECTORS.
UM, WE ALSO UTILIZE THE LANGUAGE ACCESS, UM, PROGRAM FOR THE CITY TO HELP US WITH DEVELOPING MATERIALS OR PROVIDING INTERPRETATION AT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UM, I'LL SAVE A LOT MORE OF MY FEE QUESTION FOR ITEM, UM, NUMBER 24.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, VICE MAYOR.
UM, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I TOO AM GRATEFUL TO THE PUBLIC FOR REMAINING, UM, THIS EVENING AND PROVIDING A COMMENT.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW, UM, AND HEAR WHAT A WONDERFUL SET OF PARTNERSHIP, RELATIONSHIP AND CONVERSATION THAT OUR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE REGARDING BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UM, SO BOTH ASSEMBLY BILLS THAT YOU MENTIONED, 6 2 6 AND 3 7 7 WERE THE FIRST OF A, OF A KIND IN THE NATION, UM, AND HAVE REALLY MOTIVATED CITIES TO ADAPT AND TO THIS EVOLVING LANDSCAPE.
UM, THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, OUR CULINARY MINDED RESIDENTS CAN TAKE THE SKILLS THEY ALREADY HAVE AND HAS BEEN STATED, CAN GENERATE INCOME, UM, BEFORE MAYBE TAKING THE NEXT STEP OF OPENING A RESTAURANT.
AND IT GIVES HOME-BASED CHEFS A MEANINGFUL LOW BARRIER OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN LIVABLE INCOMES THROUGH SMALL BUSINESSES AND ACTS AND EXPAND ACCESS TO FRESH MEALS.
BUT WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT.
SO LET'S START WITH HEALTH STANDARDS.
UM, IS THERE A LARGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MIKO EXPECT INSPECTION AND THAT OF A REGULAR RESTAURANT INSPECTION?
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UM, IKA TYPICALLY, NO.IT WILL BE, WE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES FOR A MIKO OPERATION.
A RESTAURANT IN INSPECTION CAN VARY, RIGHT? IF WE'RE LOOKING AT LOW RISK RESTAURANTS, LIKE AT DONUT SHOPS, THAT'S NOT GONNA TAKE US A LONG TIME.
BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE THAT'S, UM, LET'S SAY A SUSHI RESTAURANT WHERE THE MENU IS MORE COMPLEX, THAT MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME TO DO SO.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AT, FROM A HOME-BASED KITCHEN OPERATION, THE MENU WILL REALLY MATTER.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE A SIMPLE MENU QUICK IN INSPECTIONS, IF YOU HAVE MORE A MORE OF A COMPLEX MENU, THEN THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LONGER TIME.
AND IT ALSO SHOWS THE RIGOR AS WELL, THAT IS TAKEN EVEN WITH THE MIKO KITCHEN.
UM, WHAT ABOUT HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE, UH, PETS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM? HOW DOES THE CITY ENSURE THAT WE CAN MEET HEALTH STANDARDS? UM, WE DO AN INITIAL INSPECTION SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE THE POTENTIAL OPERATORS ON WHAT, HOW TO DO IT SAFELY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE CAN MODEL FROM OTHER MECO PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD OR SEEN ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING PETS WHEN MANY OF THESE COUNTIES OR CITIES HAVE DONE THEIR ROUTINE INSPECTION.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THE SAME HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY THAT'S GONNA MAKE THAT FOOD SAFETY AND FOOD HANDLING A PRIORITY.
UM, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REGULATION, BECAUSE THESE ARE HOME-BASED, AND I KNOW IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, CERTAINLY IN PARTS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT RE REMAINS RESIDENTIAL.
SO WHAT KIND OF SIGNAGE, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, HOMES, UM, CAN SOMEONE PUT WHO HAS A MIKO KITCHEN JUST SO WE, YOU KNOW, STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN HAVING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF THE, OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A MIKO KITCHEN? YEAH, SO AS WE WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND AS WE LOOK AT THE MODEL ORDINANCES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE STATE, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AT THE, UH, STATE LEVEL AS WELL AS THE LOCAL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT THOSE SIGNAGE AND ZONING REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT, UH, FOOD CONSUMPTION ON SITE? UM, WHAT ARE, DO YOU KNOW, ARE MIKO KITCHENS ALLOWED TO DO THAT? AND IF SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THEY MUST HAVE IN PLACE TO, TO DO THAT? YES.
SO AMIGO IS, DOES ACT LIKE A MINI RESTAURANT, BUT IT IS A SMALLER SCALE FOOD BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
AND THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE THE RESTRICTIONS OF 90 MEALS PER WEEK AND A MEAL.
A MEAL CAN CONSIST OF A MAIN DISH, APPETIZERS, SIDE DISHES, BEVERAGES, BAKED GOODS OR DESSERTS.
AND SO THAT REALLY PROTECTS THAT KITCHEN OPERATION TO BE A, A SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, I THINK MY, MY COLLEAGUE SAID IT WELL.
UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO USE MIKO, UH, I THINK THEY'RE ESPECIALLY, UM, IMPACTFUL IN COMMUNITIES LIKE NORTH LONG BEACH, UH, WORK ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTENTIONALLY CULTIVATED, UH, AND WHERE RESIDENTS OFTEN FACE BARRIERS TO ENTRY INTO THE TRADITIONAL FOOD INDUSTRY.
UM, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL PRESENTED SOME DATA FROM THE SURVEY, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF SURVEY RESPONDERS BELIEVE THAT ECOS WOULD BENEFIT LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND A STRONG MAJORITY BELIEVE THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT ASPIRING MECO OPERATORS WITH RESOURCES AND TRAINING.
SO I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC AND I THINK IT GETS US A STEP CLOSER TO MORE INCLUSIVE LOCAL ECONOMY.
UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO ONE WAS, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, A CLARIFICATION AS WE'RE READING THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, THE RESTRICTION MENTIONS THAT OPERATORS CANNOT BE TEMPORARY FOOD VENDORS.
UM, CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT QUALIFIES AS A TEMPORARY FOOD VENDOR AND THEN WHAT IS A COTTAGE FOOD FACILITY, AND THEN WHY THEY'RE EXCLUDED FROM OPERATING, UM, AS AAMI? SO A TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITY, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, UM, CAN ONLY OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COMMUNITY EVENT.
AND IT'S LIMITED TO 25 CONSECUTIVE OR NON-CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHIN 90 DAYS.
A MIKO OPERATION IS LIKE A MINI RESTAURANT, AND SO YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AT A COMMUNITY EVENT AS A TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITY.
SO CAN SOMEONE POTENTIALLY HA BE BOTH? NO.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY EXCLUSIONARY.
UH, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN FOR THE COTTAGE FOOD FACILITY, IS IT THE SAME ISSUE? SO A COTTAGE FOOD OPERATOR IS, IS LESS COMPLEX, BUT IT'S ALSO LIMITED.
RIGHT? A COTTAGE FOOD OPERATOR AS DEFINED BY THE STATE LAW? IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, NON POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD.
SO IT'S SIMPLE MENU LIKE BAKED GOODS, COOKIES, POPCORN THAT YOU CAN MAKE AT HOME.
AND SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD PROBABLY DO AT, AS PART OF YOUR MINI RESTAURANT
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HOME KITCHEN OPERATION.AND SO AS A CFO, UH, COTTAGE FOOD OPERATOR, YOU CAN OPERATE AT A COMMUNITY EVENT AS A TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITY.
UM, AND THEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE SURVEY RESULTS, I NOTICED FOR LIKE NORTH LONG BEACH, THE, THE RESPONSES WERE KIND OF LOW.
UM, WERE PROMOTIONAL OR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS RELATED TO THE SURVEY DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL OFFICES SO WE COULD ASSIST WITH OUTREACH? UH, NO, WE DID NOT DO THAT, BUT WE DID POST A PRESS RELEASE.
WE ALSO, UM, POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE DID A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES FOR, FOR THIS, UM, FOR THE SURVEY.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU HEARD FROM THIS EVENING, AND THEY HELPED US DISTRIBUTE THAT SURVEY TO THEIR PARTNERS, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE CITY.
UM, YEAH, I NOTICED IT WAS LOW.
SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE, LIKE I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU ALL, DISTRIBUTE THIS TO OUR, YOU KNOW, IN NORTH LONG BEACH, WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT NETWORK OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, SO WE CAN GET THAT, UM, INCREASED REPRESENTATION AS I THINK NORTH LONG BEACH IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT FROM A PROGRAM.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE VOICES ARE HEARD.
UH, AND THE LAST QUESTION WAS, UH, SO THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS PRETTY FAST, RIGHT? FOR IMPLEMENTATION? YES.
UM, AND SO CAN YOU JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THE CITY ADEQUATELY PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM COMPREHENSIVELY? SO, UM, I DID SPEAK WITH OUR CONSULT WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE MODEL ORDINANCES, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE 17 COUNTIES IN ONE CITY IN THE STATE THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THAT, THIS PROGRAM, WE, WE, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN, UM, GET THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORDINANCE, THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR MIKO AS PART OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UM, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THESE SERVICES TO MANY OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
WE DO JUST NEED TO FORMALIZE THE STRUCTURE, SPEAK TO MANY OF OUR PARTNERING DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE MEET WITH THE WAY WE STRUCTURE THE MECO PROGRAM.
UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS.
AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TEAMS FOR YOUR RESEARCH AND DEDICATION TO THIS STUDY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT, UM, TO ENGAGING AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LEARNING FROM THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES.
I APPLAUD THE WAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
MIKO REPRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE FAMILY RECIPES WITH THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT SUPPORTS MICRO FOOD ENTREPRENEURS.
THIS PROGRAM IS INNOVATIVE AND CAN HELP EXPAND ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HOME COOKED MEAL OPTIONS TO OUR RESIDENTS.
THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HAS THE, THE CAPACITY TO COMPLEMENT OTHER PROGRAMS. THIS IS A, THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I REQUESTED THIS STUDY INITIALLY.
I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS CONVERSATION SINCE 2019 AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE THIS COME BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT TIMING IS EVERYTHING AND THE RIGHT TIME FOR MIKO IS NOW.
UH, AS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, MIKO MAY BE APPROVED TO SERVE AS A COMMISSARY AND GREATLY ASSIST COMPACT FOOD, UH, MOBILE FOOD OPERATORS.
I NOTICED THE FEEDBACK WAS BOTH IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM AND ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CITY OVERALL.
I HOPE THAT, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND IMPACTS IN OUR ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE LANGUAGE WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU AND I'M GLAD THAT WE FINALLY MADE IT HERE TO COUNCIL.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[24. 25-55516 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with Bureau of Environmental Health, Business Licensing Division, and other applicable City staff for a Council presentation on health and food related fees and processes under the food safety programs within 120 days; and Request City Manager to work with relevant departments to research and identify options for the City to consider for streamlining and reducing fees for such programs. Office or Department: Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District; Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS, COUNCILWOMAN SORROW RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, BUSINESS LICENSING DIVISION AND OTHER APPLICABLE CITY STAFF FOR A COUNCIL PRESENTATION ON HEALTH AND FOOD RELATED FEES AND PROCESSES UNDER THE FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS WITHIN 120 DAYS.AND REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO RESEARCH AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER
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FOR STREAMLINING AND REDUCING FEES FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEJAS CITY PROCESSES ARE MEANT TO FORMULATE A DESIGN FOR HOW THINGS FUNCTION.
THEY ARE MEANT TO ENSURE THINGS GET DONE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT THINGS GET DONE WELL.
OUR FOOD AND SAFETY PROGRAMS CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH IS PRIORITIZED.
AND AS NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS OF OPERATING FOOD AND BUSINESS EMERGES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REVISIT SOME OF THE CITY PROCESSES.
MANY TIMES DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OVERLAP AND WE FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO REMOVE BARRIERS, MINIMIZE DUPLICATE FEES, AND OVERALL BETTER STREAMLINE PROCESSES.
THIS PRESENTATION AND THE REPORT BACK FROM STAFF CAN IDENTIFY KEY WAYS TO MAKE LONG BEACH A BETTER PLACE TO MAKE CELL AND EAT GOOD FOOD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION TO RETURN TO COUNCIL, AND I WANT TO, UM, THANK COUNCIL MEMBER DR.
SULI SORO FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM.
ALL RIGHT, UH, COUNCILMAN SORO? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
COUNCILWOMAN SENDE HAS, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THIS, GIVEN THE MIKO PRESENTATION THAT WAS JUST GIVEN.
I JUST ALSO WANNA THANK, UM, PARTAKE COLLECTIVE AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ALLIANCE FOR SENDING IN A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A REPORT BACK ON HEALTH AND RELATED FOOD FEES AND PROCESS UNDER THE SAFETY FOOD PROGRAM WITHIN 120 DAYS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LONG BEACH HAS OVER 300, SORRY, NOT 300, BUT 3000 FOOD RELATED BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
AND SOMETIMES THESE FOOD SAFETY RELATED FEES CAN TOTAL FROM ANYWHERE FROM 2000 TO $5,000 OR MORE ANNUALLY, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF MENU THAT IS SERVED.
AND SO, EVEN FOR SMALL OPERATIONS, RIGHT, THAT'S A LOT.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER, GIVEN WHAT WAS SHARED BY A LOT OF OUR, UH, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTERS AROUND, YOU KNOW, THEIR INTEREST IN STARTING UP, UH, YOU KNOW, MCOS AT THEIR HOME, BUT ALSO POSSIBLY EXPANDING FURTHER.
AND ONE OF THE, AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA HELP INCREASE TRANSPARENCY ON THE FEES AND THE PROCESS THAT IT TAKES SO THAT WE'RE REDUCING THE BARRIER.
I THINK THAT GETTING THE PERMITTING IS ONE STEP, BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE AND IT'S WITHIN THE, THE INCOME GENERATED OF THESE ENTREPRENEURS, MICRO ENTREPRENEURS.
SO IT'LL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR BACK AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CITY MANAGER WORK WITH RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO RESEARCH AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER STREAMLINING AND REDUCING FEES FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK, UH, ON THE PRESENTATION AS STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY EXPANDING AND STREAMLINING OPPORTUNITY AND MAKING IT OVERALL EASIER FOR MICRO ENTREPRENEUR TO EVENTUALLY, AS MANY SAID, BECOME BRICK AND MORTAR.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF VACANT BUILDINGS WE WANNA FILL, BUT THEY HAVE TO START FROM SOMEWHERE AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE INCOME AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR BUSINESSES.
WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, ADAM ANGELICA, AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE ADAM AND ANGELICA RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, ADAM, COME FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, ADAM CREO, UH, CEO FOR PARTAKE COLLECTIVE.
OUR PROPERTY'S LOCATED AT 4 56 ELM.
SO BUSINESS OWNER, PROPERTY OWNER, ALSO RESIDENT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER IN SUPPORTING THIS ITEM AS IT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESSES.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON PARTAKE, WE'VE INVESTED MILLIONS ON OUR END TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS OF ENTRY JUST WITHIN THE FACILITIES ITSELF.
AND OUR ASK IS FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO CONSIDER, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR MORE FOOD-BASED BUSINESSES TO OPEN AND LAUNCH THEIR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO, JUST A BACKGROUND IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ALONE, PARTAKE COLLECTIVE IS HOME TO OVER ALMOST 30% OF ALL CATERING, FOOD AND RESTAURANT BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN.
THE REALITY IS IT CAN BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE MIKO PROGRAM BECAUSE AGAIN, IT PROVIDES THAT GATEWAY INTO WHERE YOU CAN BECOME A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, YOU CAN BECOME A FULL SERVICE CATERER, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE THE ACT, YOU CAN PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO NOT ONLY, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN, UH, IN LONG BEACH, BUT ALSO OUR CHEFS ARE SERVING LA COUNTY AND ORANGE
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COUNTY.AND ALSO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH IN NEED THAT WE WILL, WE WILL, UM, HOW MUCH FOOD AND SER AND OTHER EVENTS THAT WE'LL NEED TO SUPPORT AS THE OLYMPICS COME IN, THAT BIRTHPLACE AND THAT HOME IS PARTAKE.
GUESS WHERE THEY'RE, GUESS WHERE THEY'RE SELLING, SELLING THEIR FOOD TO THE PUBLIC AT THE MAJOR EVENTS IN ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR RESTAURATEURS THAT ARE OPERATING GHOST KITCHENS, PREP KITCHENS, AND OUR HOURLY COMMERCIAL KITCHEN RENTALS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UM, HOPEFULLY YOUR SUPPORT AND ANTICIPATION OF THIS ITEM COMING BACK.
MAKE THAT BUSINESS CONNECTION.
SO I'M GLAD I HAVE THREE MINUTES THIS TIME.
UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN.
SOLI SORROW FOR BRINGING THE DECISION TO ITEM FORWARD.
THE VENDOR JUSTICE COMMITTEE AND ME AND MY PARTNER AT THE CULTURAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ARE HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UM, THIS IDEA.
UM, I RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DR.
SORROW'S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THOSE ROADBLOCKS THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, MANY OF THEM THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU GUYS PREVIOUSLY.
UM, SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED OR WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT THIS IS BEING ASKED FOR, UM, TO CREATE A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR OUR FOOD ENTREPRENEURS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND WE REALLY DO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU GUYS TO KEEP US IN THAT CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SOLUTION-BASED, COMMUNITY-BASED, UM, RESOLUTIONS THAT WE THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY MEANINGFUL TO UPLIFT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT ADDRESSES NOT ONLY THE LACK OF COMMISSARY KITCHENS, BUT ALSO WE REALLY WANNA ADVOCATE FOR THE TFF SETUP AND HOW THEY'RE BEING SUPPORTED.
'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL LEFT OUT OF THE SIDEWALK BIDDING ORDINANCE AND THEY'RE STILL LEFT OUT OF THE MECO PERMITS.
WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO CREATE A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR THEM TO ALSO MAINTAIN THEIR BUSINESSES.
THEY HAVE MANY, MANY FEES THAT THEY'RE INCURRING TO PAY WITH THE USE OF PARTAKE AND OR NOT, RIGHT? THEY'RE PAYING FOR THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE EVERY TIME THEY GO TO A FARMER'S MARKET, EVERY TIME THEY DO A FESTIVAL, EVERY TIME THEY GO TO A COMMUNITY EVENT, THEY'RE PAYING A FEE EVERY SINGLE TIME, RIGHT? BUT THEN THEY DON'T HAVE PERMISSION OR PERMITS OR BUSINESS LICENSE TO OFFER THAT SAME FOOD IN A HEALTH PERMITTABLE WAY THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE PREVIOUSLY TO SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGING YOU GUYS AT WHY WE'RE LOOKING INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT PERMITTINGS AND FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DO NOT LEAVE THE TFF FENDERS OUT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, STAYING FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE, ANGELICA.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[27. 25-55468 Recommendation to acknowledge and consent to a change in the proposed scope of improvements outlined in the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease No. 24800 with Gateway Enterprises, LLC, a California limited liability company and ABA Shoreline Village, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company as tenants-in-common for City of Long Beach-owned property located at 429 Shoreline Village Drive, commonly known as Shoreline Village. (District 1) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Economic Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT TO A CHANGE TO CHANGE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE WITH GATEWAY ENTERPRISES AND A BA SHORELINE VILLAGE AS TENANTS IN COMMON FOR CITY OF LONG BEACH OWNED PROPERTY.LOCATED AT 4 2 9 SHORELINE VILLAGE DRIVE, DISTRICT ONE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO TO STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.
YES, STAFF HAVE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW.
UH, CITY COUNCIL BEAU MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU THE NEW VISION AND FUTURE TRANSFORMATION OF SHORELINE VILLAGE, UM, HAS ONE OF LONG BEACH'S MOST ICONIC WATERFRONT DESTINATIONS AND A KEY PART OF OUR EMERGING, GROWING AND VIBRANT DOWNTOWN AND WORLD CLASS WATERFRONT.
THE, UH, REIMAGINED VLY WILL BE A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE, ART INFUSED EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH LOCAL ART, OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE VENUE, BOARDWALK RENOVATIONS, AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE NEW USES.
UM, EVERY ELEMENT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY CULTURE AND COMMERCE CONVERGE.
AND THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE ABOUT THIS, UH, UH, RENOVATION AND REIMAGINATION OF, UH, SHORELINE VILLAGES IS THAT WE, IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE ALLEY 28, 20 28 OLYMPICS, AND IT'LL SHOWCASE OUR BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, WE CAN, UM, SHARE SOME PICTURES.
IF NOT, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALL RIGHT, MARY, YOU WANNA JUMP IN? SO THE, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, UH, THE PICTURES BEFORE YOU ARE JUST SOME OF THE RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF, UH, THIS CONSENT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THEY'RE TAKING SOME OF THE UNDERUTILIZED, UM, MAYBE NOT AS, UH, HIGHLY, UM,
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HIGHLY ACTIVE SPACES.AND THEY'RE, UH, RECONFIGURING THEM, UH, INTO MORE BETTER USED OUTDOOR DINING SPACES, UM, GATHERING AREAS.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES.
THIS IS THE, WHAT'S CALLED THE HUB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF SHORELINE VILLAGE.
UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME DIFFERENT, UH, ANGLES OF THIS.
THERE'S, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FACADE AND ART IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE DOING.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE BOARDWALK AND ON THE WALLS, THEY'RE ADDING ART.
AND, UM, THERE'S SOME WALKWAY AND THERE'S THE OUTDOOR, UH, GATHERING AREA.
I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AT SHORELINE VILLAGE ON, UH, SEEING THIS THROUGH.
I THINK WHAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH, UH, IS, IS A VERY REFRESHING UPDATE, VERY ENGAGING, LOTS OF SPACE, UH, TO ACTIVATE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR INVESTMENT INTO LONG BEACH COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS.
UM, IT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND THEY'RE JUST SUPER EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? OKAY.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[25. 25-55517 Recommendation to request City Council approval of the 2025 Legislative Agenda as recommended by the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Office or Department: Roberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, Seventh District, Chair, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
COMMUNICATION FROM VICE MAYORGA, CHAIR OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMAN ARANGA? ANY COMMENTS? NO, BUT I THINK OUR STAFF IS PREPARED TO, DO WE NEED A REPORT OR NOT? UM, STAFF ARE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF, IF THERE ARE ANY.
COUNCILMAN RAGGA, ANYTHING? ALRIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER KERR? NO, JUST CONFIRMING SOME OF THE CLARIFICATIONS THAT WE ASKED FOR IN COMMITTEE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DRAFT.
ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THEY'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL DRAFT.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA, UM, THANK THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY VICE MAYOR URANGA AND THE MEMBERS ARE COUNCIL MEMBER KERR AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, WHO ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CARRYING OUR MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON, DC AND TO SACRAMENTO ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, UH, AND, UM, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.
THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[26. 25-55465 Recommendation to receive and file the 2024 General Plan Implementation Report. (Citywide) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE 2024 GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CITYWIDE.IS THERE ANYTHING, CHRISTOPHER UH, KUNZ IS HERE FROM, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES? UH, SO MR. MAYOR, UH, GONNA GIVE YOU THE HIGHLY ABBREVIATED, UH, VERSION OF THIS REPORT, UM, DUE THE TIME CONSTRAINT.
UM, BUT ALLISON AND I ARE HERE, UM, TO REPORT, UM, OUR RECORD PROGRESS LAST YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE POWERPOINT IS, BUT, UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE AIR, THE, UM, HOUR.
UM, SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT, UM, TO THE STATE OUR PROGRESS AT IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN.
UH, WE HAVE DONE SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HAVE DONE SO IN RECORD MANNER.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY HIGH, UM, HOUSING NEED AND ALLOCATION, AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY, UH, TO MEETING THAT GOAL.
SO I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE HOUSING WORLD ENTITLEMENTS.
SO THAT'S, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVED SET A RECORD LAST YEAR, 1,788 ACTUAL UNITS STARTED, WHICH WE CALL HOUSING STARTS OR BUILDING PERMITS.
IT'S 1,704, ALSO A RECORD LAST YEAR.
AND THEN CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
SO THESE ARE UNITS THAT FINISHED AND NOW HAVE HOMES IN THEM.
IT REFLECTS THE WORK DONE OVER MULTIPLE YEARS THAT CULMINATED LAST CALENDAR YEAR RECORDS AT 1,204 LAST YEAR.
SO THIS COUNCIL SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF
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OUR PERFORMANCE.UM, WE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARDS OUR, UM, HOUSING NEEDS, UM, BUT NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO BETTER, ESPECIALLY IN MEETING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED.
AND THE RECENT EXPANSION OF INCLUSION AREA HELPS US DO THAT.
UM, THIS CHART JUST SHOWS YOU OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WHILE OTHER CITIES, UM, HAVE STRUGGLED TO PERFORM, WE CONTINUE TO PERFORM VERY WELL, INCLUDING SETTING RECORDS.
WE'RE A STATEWIDE LEADER IN A DUI RECOGNIZE NOT EVERY A DU IS PERFECT AND THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING AND DESIGN.
UM, BUT IN THE AGGREGATE, THIS IS A GREAT WAY THAT WE'RE MEETING HOUSING NEED AND WE'RE SETTING RECORDS WHILE DOING THAT.
WE CONTROL THE CARROTS AND STICKS THAT ALLOW HOUSING TO BE BUILT.
MANY FACTORS ARE OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL, BUT DESPITE THAT, WE'VE MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS FROM DENSITY, BONUS, MICRO-UNIT ZONING, INCLUSIONARY, AND OTHER INCENTIVES.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT OUR GENERAL PLAN.
WE'RE DOING WORK ACROSS ALL OF THE CITY, INCLUDING MODERNIZING, ZONING, YOU SEE ON THE MAP ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE WORKING IN.
FINISHED WORK IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
FINISHED WORK IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH, DOING GOOD WORK IN BIXBY KNOLLS AT THIS TIME.
UH, STARTING WORK NOW IN WRIGLEY AND IN OUR, UM, AREAS BETWEEN 10TH AND BROADWAY.
UM, WORKING ON OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN, UPDATE OUR SHORELINE AND CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND MEET OUR CLIMATE GOALS.
UM, WORKING ON MOBILITY, MAKING THIS A WALKABLE, ENJOYABLE CITY.
UM, UH, MODERNIZING PARKING AND SUPPORTING STOREFRONTS.
AND THAT I THINK WAS PRETTY QUICK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WE GOT THAT IN THERE.
DID YOU SEE THAT HOUSING STARTS? YOU SEE THAT TR THAT TRAJECTORY.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS EVERY YEAR MORE AND MORE.
UH, GREAT WORK ANDA GOT IN, UH, SOME OF OUR OTHER PRIORITIES AND IMPROVED ZONING ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
NORTH CENTRAL, UH, WEST LONG BEACH, EAST LONG BEACH, DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S HOW WE DESIGN A MORE INCLUSIVE, UH, CITY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT DATA WITHOUT IT COMING OFF AS ADVERSARIAL.
UH, I DID READ THE 24 PAGE, UH, GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.
AND YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, DATA HAS A, AS OUR, UH, PHD, ONE OF OUR TWO PHDS, UH,
HOW I INTERPRETED IT IS THAT WE ARE CREATING, UH, WE ARE VASTLY BEHIND OUR ARENA NUMBERS.
UH, WE ARE CREATING ABOUT 74.5 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS A YEAR.
UM, THAT'S 1%
UM, IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE WE'RE GONNA HIT OUR ARENA REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THAT'S, UH, 7,000 AND, UH, 141 UNITS AND SO FAR WE NEED TO DEVELOP ABOUT 6,843 UNITS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, NUMERICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
AND SO THE 33% OF MARKET RATE UNITS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED, THAT IS A GREAT THING.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS DOING WITH RESPECT TO TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN IN THIS CITY, 60% OF THE CHILDREN IN THE CITY, UH, ARE LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY LINE OR NEAR THE POVERTY LINE.
SO THE FUTURE, THE 20, 20 35, THE, THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE HOUSING BEING BUILT FOR THEM RIGHT NOW,
AND IT'S, AND, AND IT'S ACTUALLY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT WITH USING THE CURRENT PARADIGM.
UM, SO SOLUTIONS, UM, LET'S USE THE EXAMPLE OF THE VERY FEW UNITS THAT YOU GUYS OWN, WHICH IS LIKE THE, THE LOWEST AND MAIN, UH, APARTMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE 35 UNITS THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OWNS.
UM, I LOOKED UNDER THE BUDGET THAT YOU GUYS PRESENTED, SO I'M JUST USING THE DATA THAT YOU GUYS PRESENTED.
UH, IT MAKES ABOUT $129,000 A YEAR THAT IS INFINITELY LOW.
SO IT TELLS ME ONE OF TWO THINGS.
EITHER THE UNITS ARE EMPTY OR THERE ARE SOME UNITS IN THE, IN THOSE BUILDINGS THAT ARE EMPTY OR WE'RE SUBSIDIZING TO A DEGREE THAT HUD HAS NOT DONE ITSELF.
I THINK IN SOLUTION, UH, WE SHOULD DO WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, WHICH IS EITHER, UH, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, IT'S, IT'S $590 FOR ONE BUILDING PER UNIT AND $660, UH, A, A UNIT PER THE, PER THE OTHER BUILDING.
UH, THE CASE IN POINT IS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE PRIVATE OPERATORS THAT OPERATE THEIR, UH,
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PORTFOLIOS.MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET INTO RATHER THAN AS THE, AS OUR, UH, DIRECTOR SUGGESTED, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT WE COULD BE A PART OF THE ADAPTIVE REUSE PROCESS.
SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF BUILDINGS.
IN FACT, WE HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE, 3, 3 5 PACIFIC, UH, 72 UNITS.
IF WE BOUGHT IT, WE LITERALLY WOULD KNOCK OUT OUR ARENA NUM ARENA NUMBERS JUST FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS, VERY SUPPORTIVE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SOTE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE BREVITY OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT TAKES AWAY A LITTLE BIT FROM LIKE HOW MUCH WORK
SO JUST GIVE YOU, SO I WAS INVOLVED IN U PLAN, WHICH IS JUST ONE SECTION OF LIKE THE ZONING PROCESS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THOUSANDS OF HOURS I WOULD ARGUABLY SAY OF LIKE STAFF TIME.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE ZONING
AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO I REALLY JUST WANNA GIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THEIR FLOWERS,
I JUST, UH, I JUST, I JUST WANTED, I, I FEEL LIKE I REALLY NEEDED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, RICK OTI ABOUT WHAT AN AMAZING WORK THAT CHRISTOPHER AND ALLISON AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
AND WHERE, WHERE YOU, YOU ALL ARE WINNING AWARDS AND REALLY LEADING THE WAY NATIONALLY AND INCREASING HOUSING.
AND I ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA ADD, I KNOW IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE AND INCREASING GREEN SPACE WITHIN OUR ZONING AND ALL THE WORK.
AGAIN, THE BREVITY, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE NEED FOR IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THE APPRECIATION I HAVE FOR ALL YOU DO.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING THAT'S BEEN ON OUR BIKE RACK, BIKE RACK FROM OUR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR RETREAT IS, I, I DO AGREE.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE HOUSING, BUT PARKING IS STILL AN ONGOING ISSUE.
FIGURING OUT OUR MOBILITY AND TO ENSURING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
AND, BUT THAT'S JUST THE ONE THING THAT I WANNA ALWAYS KEEP BRINGING UP TO REMIND, BECAUSE IT'S AN, IT'S THE, THE OTHER, THE, THE OTHER COMPONENT WHEN WE DO INCREASE HOUSING.
I ECHO MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING THIS MATTER.
I WILL RESERVE, UH, MY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, COULD INCLUDE, UH, A CHANCE FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO DETAIL ON PORTIONS OF THIS PLAN.
UM, AND WE CAN DO THAT AT THAT TIME.
I INVITE THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE TO PLEASE WATCH THAT, UH, WHEN WE DO HOST THAT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.
STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, BUT I KNOW OUR TEAM IS UP TO IT.
UP TO THE, TO THE TASK MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THE REMAINING THREE ITEMS DON'T HAVE STAFF REPORTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[28. 25-55466 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, all necessary documents, and any subsequent amendments, including to the award amount or term, with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, to accept and expend funding in the amount of $2,295,000, for Medical Care Coordination services, Patient Support services, and Ambulatory Outpatient Medical services for a three-year period from March 1, 2025, through February 29, 2028, with the option to extend the agreement for up to three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $2,295,000, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF 2,295,000 FOR MEDICAL CARE COORDINATION SERVICES, PATIENT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND AMBULATORY OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES.THERE'S ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[29. 25-55467 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary subsequent amendments with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to accept a 12-month no-cost extension, through October 13, 2026, for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL PROGRAM.
CITYWIDE, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? I DON'T SEE ANY.
MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
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NEXT IS ITEM 32.[32. 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 and adopted as read. (District 5) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FEE CREDIT IS DUE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 3 4 4 3 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 205,696 AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH 8 88 DASH FIVE PARTNERS PROVIDING FOR A TIF CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF 200,000 5 696 RED AND ADOPTED AS RED DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE COUNCILWOMAN INTO MOTION IS CARRIED.
[33. 25-55603 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36848 with Crowe LLP, of Costa Mesa, CA, for annual audit services, to increase the contract amount by $100,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $2,887,590. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Auditor Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
FROM CITY AUDITOR.RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH CROW FOR AN ANNUAL AUDIT SERVICES FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,887,590 CITYWIDE.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[ 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 NUMBER TWO.I WILL READ THE LIST OF NAMES SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
JOSE NAVARRO, SANDY ALVAREZ, MODS LEE, NOAH, ROSALYN, ZACH, JAY, LIBERATION AND LOOSE.
IS ANY ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HERE PLEASE COME FORWARD.
UM, I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, LAST WEEK, THE DAY BEFORE LAST WEEK.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THE SHELTER THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS.
SOME OF THE STAFF ARE VERY, VERY MEAN.
SOME OF THE STAFF ARE EITHER, I CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE MEAN TO ME ALL THE TIME.
THEY ALWAYS GOTTA CHECK EVERY TIME I COME IN, EVERY TIME I COME OUT.
AND THEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE DOING DRUGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
COCAINE, MARIJUANA AND ALL THAT INSIDE THERE.
THERE SHOULD BE NO DRUGS IN THAT PLACE AT ALL.
OH NO, GUESS WHAT? WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY AS LONG AS THEY'RE, IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO DO DRUGS AND DOING CERTAIN THINGS WITH, UH, OTHER PEOPLE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO.
OTHER STAFF DOING SOMETHING WITH THOSE GIRLS.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA MENTION IT, I'M NOT GONNA BRING THAT UP.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY GOING ON.
YOU BETTER INVESTIGATE THE SHELTER REAL CAREFULLY BECAUSE I CAN SMELL THE MARIJUANA, I CAN SMELL IN THE ROOM AND I'M GETTING INVITED IN MY CAR BY THE STAFF.
I'M GETTING INVITED BY THE CAR AND FOLLOWING ME IN MY CAR BY THE STAFF.
THAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU, BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY FOLLOWING PEOPLE, HARASSING PEOPLE.
YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SHELTER.
GETTING HARASSED AND, AND GETTING HARASSED BY THE STAFF.
THEY THINK, OH, THEY'RE PRESIDENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GETTING DISRESPECTFUL BECAUSE I'M MEXICAN AND MY MY OTHER ONE'S WHITE.
BUT THE SHELTER, YOU GOTTA INVESTIGATE THE SHELTER.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT SHELTER? YOU GOTTA INVESTIGATE MORE INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
BILL ANOTHER SHELTER FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP TO SURVIVE, TO PROVIDE YOUR FAMILY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL COMMUNITY FOR HELP AND HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHERS.
BECAUSE THE, THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT I GET PICKED ON, THEY WANT ME TO GET KICKED OUT.
PEOPLE I GET PICKED ON, I GET KICKED OUT.
OR THEY CALL THE, THEY CALL THE STAFF MEMBER FOR NO REASON.
I'M NOT MIND MY OWN BUSINESS WALKING MY OWN BUSINESS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
I'M THE ONLY ONE GET PICKED OUT AND I AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
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YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM A PROUD DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS AND A CONCERNED LONG BEACH RESIDENT.
GIVEN THE RECENT ICE RAID IN LA AREA, WHICH ARE CAUSING FEAR TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WAS APPALLED TO LEARN THAT LOCAL HOTELS MIGHT BE HOSTING ICE AGENTS.
I ASK ON BEHALF OF OUR BELOVED IMMIGRANTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PASS AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT ALL LONG BEACH HOTELS FROM HOSTING ICE AGENTS OR ANY OTHER AGENCY MEMBERS WHOSE MISSION IS TO ILLEGALLY KIDNAP OR ARE HARDWORKING IMMIGRANTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ALL OVER THE US THIS ORDINANCE WILL MAKE IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT ICE IS NEVER WELCOME IN LONG BEACH AND IT WILL HELP IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SUPPORTED AND PROTECTED.
THE WAY YOU SEE IMMIGRANTS IS HOW THEY SEE YOU.
YOU WILL NEVER BE ONE OF THEM TODAY.
YOU COME FOR INNOCENT IMMIGRANTS TOMORROW.
NO EYES, NO K, KK, NO FASCIST USA.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT.UH, A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE DIVE INTO PARENTING SUPERNOVA SPEECH THERAPY THAT WILL BE IN SPANISH ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH FROM 10 30 TO 11:30 AM LEARN THE TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT, GUIDE AND HELP PO ENCOURAGE POSITIVE BEHAVIORS IN YOUR LITTLE ONE.
THE PROGRAM IS PART OF A COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN HELP ME GROW LA, THE LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE EVENT WILL BE HELD IN MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY LOCATED AT 58 70 ATLANTIC AVENUE.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL, DISTRICT NINE TOWN HALL.
THIS WILL BE HOSTED ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH FROM 5:30 PM TO 7:30 PM THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY, LOCATED AT 6 8 2 2 PARAMOUNT BOULEVARD.
UM, WE WILL HAVE INVITED SPEAKERS FROM OUR LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND LASTLY, I INVITE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO ATTEND A COFFEE WITH THE COMMANDER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM THIS WILL BE HELD AT THE STARBUCKS LOCATED AT 6 9 5 EAST ARTESIA BOULEVARD.
UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7.
OR YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL US AT DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UH, THIS WEEKEND RESIDENTS KEN JOY, ONE OR BOTH OF TWO POP-UP MARXIST MARKETS AT THE LONG BEACH EXCHANGE COMPLEX ON FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH.
FROM FIVE TO NINE, YOU CAN STOP THE SECOND FRIDAY NIGHT'S MARKET FEATURING LIVE MUSIC AND VENDORS AND THEN AGAIN, SATURDAY FROM 11 TO SEVEN FOR THEIR SUMMER LUAU THAT SAME AFTERNOON.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO VISIT THE SHOPS AT PARKVIEW VILLAGE FOR THEIR SECOND SATURDAY BLOCK PARTY.
ANOTHER WAY TO START OFF YOUR SATURDAY, YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO RANCHO LOS CERRITOS AT 10:00 AM ON JUNE 14TH FOR THEIR NEXT ARTIST WORKSHOP SERIES.
JOIN FEATURED ARTIST BROOKLYN SABINO SMITH IN AN EXPRESSION OF CREATIVITY THROUGH BOTH DRAWING AND DANCE.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE@RANCHOLOSCERRITOS.ORG WHILE CHECKING OUT THAT ARTIST WORKSHOP.
YOU CAN SAVE THE DATE FOR RANCHO LOS CERRITO'S UPCOMING COWBOY FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST.
ADDITIONALLY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE BIXBY KNOWLES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION'S 2025 CONCERT IN THE PARKING LOT SERIES, BEGINNING ON MONDAY, JUNE 23RD AT BIXBY JOE ON ATLANTIC.
LEARN MORE@BIXBYKNOWSINFO.COM.
AND LASTLY, I INVITE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN MYSELF, MY TEAM AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AT THE NEXT DISTRICT FIVE COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING AT 6:00 PM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH AT THE WARDLOW PARK COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE EVERYONE A HEADS UP, UM, THAT WE'RE PROUD TO LAUNCH A BRAND NEW FARMER'S MARKET IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOURTH STREET BID.
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THAT TOO.IT'S EVERY THURSDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO NOON AND THE GRAND OPENING IS THIS THURSDAY, 10:00 AM AT FOURTH AND CHERRY PARKING LOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR.
I WANTED TO THANK THE ASSISTANCE LEAGUE, SPECIFICALLY THE LASAS AUXILIARY, UH, WHERE I HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, ADDRESS THEM TODAY TO TALK ABOUT MY FIRST SIX MONTHS IN OFFICE AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IN THE NORTH PART OF OUR CITY.
UH, THE ASSISTANCE LEAGUE IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
WE WANNA INVITE YOU OUT TO THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
IF YOUR TIME PERMITS ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH, UH, WE'LL BE OUT AS YOU KNOW IT, CLEANING UP IN THE RIDGEWOOD TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 8:30 AM WE MEET AT 4 4 4 5 5 5 ORANGE AVENUE NEXT TO THE NORTH, UM, AT 4 4 5 5 5 ORANGE AVENUE.
NEXT, UH, THE NORTH VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS HOSTING THEIR MONTHLY MEETING, UM, THAT'LL START ON AT 10:00 AM ALSO ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH, THE CITY HAS SENT OUT AND THE SUMMER IS, UH, SET UP IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, COME OUT AND SEE MOVIES IN THE PARK.
DAVENPORT PARK IS HOSTING MOVIES IN THE PARK ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH AT 6:00 PM WELL, THEY'LL BE SHOWING THE POPULAR INSIDE OUT TOO.
THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENING OF CONNECTION AND ENTERTAINMENT.
BE SURE TO BLINK YOUR, YOUR BLANKET AND ENJOY THE MOVIE.
AND THEN NEXT WEEK IS JUNETEENTH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CELEBRATING BOTH ON SATURDAY AS WELL.
UM, AT THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION HERE IN LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS AT THE NORTH POINT JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM UM, I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL OUT AND STAY CONNECTED.
MAKE SURE YOU GET CONNECTED TO THE EIGHTH DISTRICT NEWSLETTER.
SO I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LONG BEACH POLY HIGH.
THE LONG BEACH POLY SOFTBALL WON THEIR FIRST CIF SS TITLE ON SATURDAY, MAY 30TH, WINNING THE DIVISION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AND COACH ELIZABETH SANCHEZ MARTIN.
AND THEN THE NEXT GAME ON MAY 31ST, LONG BEACH POLY HIGH SCHOOL TRACK BOYS WON THE FOUR BY 400 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE SECOND FASTEST RECORD IN STATE MEET HISTORY.
SO ONLY OFF BY NEARLY TWO 10TH OF A SECOND.
SO, AND THEN CENAC NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP MEETING IS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND THE 2025 LONG BEACH JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH AT 10:30 AM TO 8:00 PM LOCATED AT RAY RAINBOW LAGOON PARK.
THE FOURTH ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY, VITO'S DOG PARADE WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 28TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:30 PM LOCATED AT LINCOLN PARK.
ALSO, PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR DISTRICT ONE STATE OF THE DISTRICT ON JULY 15TH, 2025 AT 6:30 PM THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THIS CONCLUDES ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THIS ADJOURNED THIS MEETING FOR
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TONIGHT.