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WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE AUGUST 12TH MEETING OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING TO, UM, UH, TO BEAR TO ORDER.UH, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM?
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ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2025.CAN I GET IT FIRST AND A SECOND? LOVELY.
UM, ANY, UM, COMMENTS FROM MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS? NO.
[1. 25-56038 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Budget Oversight Committee meeting of Tuesday, August 5, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SEEING NONE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OVERVIEW OF OLYMPICS PREPARATION AND THE 28 OLYMPIC LEGACY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITHIN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.
[2. 25-56039 Recommendation to receive and file an overview of Olympics preparation and the 28 Olympic Legacy infrastructure projects within the Elevate ’28 Plan. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
OKAY.WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, AND I THINK WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO START OR ARE YOU READY? HAPPY TO, PLEASE DO SO.
UM, I CAN'T SEE IT ON MY SCREEN, BUT YEAH.
UM, WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR PLANNING FOR 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES.
UM, THERE'S ONE SLIDE MAINLY THAT TIES INTO THE BUDGET AND OUR RELATED ASK FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH LA 28 AND, UH, SOME OF THE KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS RELATED TO, UH, THE 2028 GAMES AS WELL.
SO, UM, ONE THING WE JUST WANT TO OBVIOUSLY EMPHASIZE JUST THE SCALE OF THIS EVENT IN RELATION TO SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE HOSTED.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BACKGROUND.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE RESTRUCTURING AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED AND PLANNING FOR 2028.
WE'LL HAVE SOME OPERATIONAL PLANNING UPDATES AND THEN TALK MORE ABOUT LEGACY AND ESPECIALLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE LEGACY FOR 2028 GAMES.
SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT NOW ALL OF THE ANNOUNCED GAMES THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING PLACE HERE IN LONG BEACH BETWEEN THE OLYMPICS AND THE PARALYMPICS, UM, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A WHOLE HOST OF EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, A HEAT MAP OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE REGION.
UM, AND IF YOU NOTICE IN LONG BEACH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY THE SECOND LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS OUTSIDE OF, UM, OR, WELL, WE HAVE THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS OUTSIDE OF LA UM, AND DOWNTOWN LA IN PARTICULAR.
SO WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF EVENTS GIVEN OUR, UH, FOOTPRINT.
AND WE'LL HAVE A HUGE ROLE IN THE REGION FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW EXCITING THIS IS GONNA LOOK DURING 2028.
UH, THIS IS THE CONVENTION CENTER, HOW WE COULD SEE THE, YOU KNOW, BRANDING WITH LA 28 TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ELEPHANT LOT, UM, FOR DIFFERENT SPORTING EVENTS.
AND THEN EVEN ACROSS THE WAY AT EL AMINO BEACH WHERE WE'LL HAVE, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EVENTS.
IT'S JUST JUST ONE OF THE MANY EXCITING, UH, VENUES AND AREAS THAT WILL BE ACTIVATED, UH, DURING 2028.
SO FOR THE 20 FY 26 BUDGET, UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
UH, ONE IS A RENAMING OR REBRANDING, ESSENTIALLY OF WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING ON AND PLUGGED INTO THE 2028 PLANNING EFFORT.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO HOUSE THAT UNDER ONE OFFICE.
SO LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET, UH, YOU MAY RECALL, WE ADDED A OFF A PROTOCOL OFFICER POSITION, AND SO AN OFFICE OF PROTOCOL OF ONE PERSON.
UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING ARE ALSO PART OF THE SAME OFFICE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL.
UM, THAT WOULD BE UNDER MY LEADERSHIP.
UM, BUT WITH JORGE, WHO'S, UM, AN ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, HE SPENDS ABOUT 70%
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OF HIS TIME.AND, UM, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE WEEK AND THE DAY, BUT IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT ON OLYMPICS AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE AN ADMIN ANALYST SPENDS ABOUT HALF OF THEIR TIME, UH, WORKING WITH US, ESPECIALLY THE INTERNAL PLANNING.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROTOCOL OFFICER, AND WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING IN THIS BUDGET TO ADD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER AS PART OF THIS TEAM, KNOWING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM LA 28 ABOUT THE PLANS, UH, WHAT THE POTENTIAL, UM, IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WANTING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER IS REALLY CRITICAL ADDITION TO THE TEAM.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JORGE.
HE'LL GIVE US KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING.
SO AS, AS YOU MAY RECALL, JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE RELEASED OUR, UM, GAME STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
SO THE ROADMAP, UH, REALLY IDENTIFIED A PHASED APPROACH TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PLANNING.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY REALLY CLOSELY FOLLOWS WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AS THEIR PROCESS FOR THE PLANNING OF THE GAMES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME MODEL.
UM, SINCE WE'VE LAST PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UH, WE THINK WE'VE ESTABLISHED KIND OF MORE, A MORE CLEAR TRANSITION FROM THE FOUNDATIONAL PHASE, UH, MORE SO TO THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING PHASE.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED, UH, MORE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS WITH LA 28 WHEN IT COMES TO THE LOGISTICS AND THE OPERATIONAL DETAILS OF THE VENUES.
UM, AND THEN ACTUALLY WE'RE, UM, ALSO EVEN STARTING CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE MORE, UM, MORE IN THE TESTING AND DELIVERY PHASE AS WELL.
JUST RECENTLY WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH, UH, USA CLIMBING USA ROWING US A SWIMMING ABOUT HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY DO SOME TEST EVENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH AND HOW WE COULD KIND OF ACTIVATE THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD EXCITEMENT FOR THE GAMES AROUND THOSE TEST EVENTS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO 2028 AND 2029, ONCE THE GAMES CONCLUDE, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE DISILLUSION PHASE, WHICH IS REALLY JUST SETTLING A LOT OF OUR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH LA 28, BUT THEN ALSO DOCUMENTING, HOPEFULLY ON OUR SUCCESSES AND THEN THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE LEGACY IMPACTS AS WELL.
UM, AND SOME OF THE KEY MILESTONES YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS, UH, TICKET SALES PROBABLY OPENING UP NEXT AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR AFTER THE WINTER OLYMPICS.
UM, AND THEN THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW THAT'S BEEN OF INTEREST TO A LOT OF FOLKS.
WE'RE THINKING THEN THAT LA 20 IS ACTUALLY THINKING THAT'LL OPEN UP.
UM, THEY'LL START TAKING APPLICATIONS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH WILL BE, I THINK THE EARLIEST THAT EDITING GAMES HAS DONE IT, JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE EXCITEMENT AROUND VOLUNTEERING AND GIVEN THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS THEY, THEY THINK THEY'LL NEED, WHICH I THINK IS NOW AT LIKE 75,000.
SO IT'S GONNA BE QUITE, QUITE A LIFT TO, UM, UM, SIGN UP ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND THEN ONCE WE KIND OF HAVE INFORMATION ON THEIR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, IT'LL HELP US DECIDE WHAT KIND OF VOLUNTEERS WE'LL NEED SPECIFIC TO LONG BEACH AS WELL.
AND THEN, SO IN, UM, IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WE EXECUTED THE GAMES AGREEMENT.
SO THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT REALLY ESTABLISHED OUR GOVERNING PRINCIPLES AND OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK WITH LA 28.
UM, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE NEXT MONTH WE EXECUTED THE VENUE USE GUARANTEE.
SO THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT REFOR REAFFIRMED OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING VENUES FOR THE GAMES.
SO NOW WE'RE IN THE, UM, NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY SERVICE PHASE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE THERE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH LA 28 NOW.
WE'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO ESTABLISH WHAT WE CONSIDER NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY SERVICES.
SO BASICALLY A CATALOG OF THE SERVICES THAT WERE TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY IF THE GAMES WEREN'T OCCURRING.
UM, AND SO DEPARTMENTS, WE WORKED WONDERFULLY ON COLLECTING ALL THAT DATA.
I THINK THEY APPRECIATED THE WAY WE PACKAGED IT FOR THEM.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING IT, UM, ASKING QUESTIONS, UM, AND TRYING TO MEET THAT OCTOBER 1ST KIND OF DEADLINE OF SETTING UP BASELINE FOR WHAT OUR SERVICES ARE.
AND THAT WILL LEAD INTO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS ENHANCED CITIES RESOURCES MASTER AGREEMENT, UM, THAT WILL, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE ENHANCED SERVICES THAT THEY'LL REQUIRE DURING THE GAMES, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE REIMBURSEMENT TERMS GONNA BE? AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WILL LOOK AT THE VENUE SERVICE AGREEMENTS, WHICH ARE ALSO RELATED TO THE SERVICES WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, AT THE VENUES THAT WE'LL GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS AT THE, AT THE SPECIFIC VENUE LEVEL.
SO THOSE ARE THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF AGREEMENTS WE'LL BE WORKING ON WITH LA 28.
AND WE'RE BASICALLY A YEAR BEHIND THE CITY OF LA.
SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A BENEFIT BECAUSE WE'RE MONITORING WHAT CITY OF LA IS DOING, AND WE KIND OF GET TO SEE WHERE THEIR NEGOTIATIONS, NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING, WHICH I GUESS, UH, WHICH HELP INFORM WHERE WE'RE GOING AS WELL.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIFFERENT CITY SERVICES THAT WE'LL PROVIDE, HERE'S JUST A, A LISTING OF SOME OF THOSE.
SO MOST IMPORTANTLY, PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SERVICES THAT WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN.
SO THAT'S A FOCUS AREA FOR THE GAMES.
UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS ARE ALREADY IN, UH, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AT THE FEDERAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT AND N-N-S-S-E, UM, THE SECURITY IS BEING COORDINATED AT THE SECRET SERVICE LEVEL.
SO WE'RE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS THE PLANNING PROGRESSES.
UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION WILL BE KEY AT THE VENUES AS WELL, UM, ZONING PERMITS AND LICENSES.
UM, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH LA 28 TO GET THEIR,
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UH, THEIR, UH, VENUES PERMITTED AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION.THEY'LL NEED, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND CROWD MANAGEMENT WILL BE KEY.
SO WE'RE, UM, WE'RE A PARTNER IN THAT PLANNING EFFORT AS WELL.
SO IT'S REALLY THE GAMES MOBILITY EXECUTIVE GROUP THAT'S LEADING THAT, WHICH IS, UM, UH, IT'S A COHORT OF, UH, METRO CALTRAN, CITY OF LA SCAG, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LEADING THE OVERALL PLANNING, BUT WE'RE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF SUBCOMMITTEES INVOLVED.
AND, UH, WE'RE HELPING TO INFORM THE PLAN AT, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AND THEN YOU HAVE PARKING, WHICH IS GONNA BE KEY, OF COURSE.
UM, IT IS A, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S A TRANSIT FIRST, NO LONGER CAR FREE OLYMPICS.
IT'S A TRANSIT FIRST OLYMPICS.
UH, SO THAT'S THE NEW MESSAGING.
UM, SO, UM, THE, THE POINT THERE IS REALLY IS TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE DRIVING DOWN TO LONG BEACH TO PARK SINCE THERE WILL BE NO PARKING.
AND SO WORKING WITH, UH, METRO AND ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES TO UTILIZE PARK AND RIDE AND SHUTTLES TO GET FOLKS TO THE, UH, VENUES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE IN DISCUSSION WITH AS WELL.
AND THEN THE CITY LOOK AND WAY FINDING, THAT'S A REALLY KEY OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE LA 20 EIGHT'S LOOK TO KIND OF HELP SPREAD THAT OLYMPIC SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE WILL, WE CONVERSATION WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN PROTOCOL, THAT'S A NEW AREA FOR US.
WE HAVE A PROTOCOL OFFICER NOW WHO IS SOLELY FOCUSED ON ENGAGING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO BRING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO LONG BEACH DURING THE GAMES.
AND THOSE, THESE ARE, THIS IS MORE RELATED TO THE PERIPHERY ACTIVITIES LIKE INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY HOUSES AND TEAM HOUSES THAT LA 28 WON'T BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN.
UM, OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE MET WITH SEVERAL NATIONS ALREADY, JUST TRYING TO DRUM UP INTEREST AND BEING IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, OF COURSE WILL BE KEY.
SO HOW DO WE KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED ABOUT THE GAMES, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE FUN STUFF THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING, BUT ALSO ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE DIFFERENT AREAS WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO LEGACY, OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP IDENTIFIES THREE CORE THEMES FOR OUR PLANNING AND OUR DELIVERY.
UM, EQUITY IS REALLY ONE OF OUR KEY CORE FOCUSES.
SO IN EQUITY, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO BRING EXCITEMENT, UH, TO, OF THE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S AREAS OF THE CITY THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AN EVENT ITSELF, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF THE GAME.
SO HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN AT THE CITY LEVEL TO KIND OF HELP SPREAD THAT OLYMPIC SPIRIT THROUGHOUT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY, OF COURSE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE, THE WORLD WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT US, THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE AND WELCOMING EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, REALLY MOST IMPORTANTLY IS LEGACY.
HOW DO WE LEAVE LASTING INVESTMENTS IN THE DIFFERENT PRIORITY AREAS WE'VE IDENTIFIED OF SMALL BUSINESSES, ARTS AND CULTURE AND YOUTH.
UM, AND SO WE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LEGACY TWO AND KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT PATHS.
THERE'S THE CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE, IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT.
THERE'S A PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN THAT PUBLIC WORKS WILL TOUCH ON NEXT.
BUT CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY LIKE, HOW DO WE BUILD THOSE COMMUNITY BONDS AND LEVERAGE THE GAMES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, AND TO CREATE A LEGACY MOMENT OF KIND OF REALLY BUILDING OUT THOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, THAT THE MAYOR STATE OF THE CITY THIS YEAR, HE ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT, UH, CO-LEADS IN THE, IN THE DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY ENGAGED WITH THOSE CO-LEADS NOW.
WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE RECURRING MEETINGS AS WELL KINDA HAVE A TIMELINE WITH THEM ON HOW WE CAN GET INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE LEGACY PRIORITIES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ONGOING AS WE, UH, AS ONGOING NOW AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PROBABLY GONNA COME FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS, UM, MAY NEED, MAY REQUIRE RESOURCES.
SO HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE A LEGACY FUND IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE 84 GAMES DID WITH THE 84 FOUNDATION, UM, TO CREATE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO LONG BEACH TO KIND OF HELP FURTHER SOME OF THOSE LEGACY PRIORITIES AND GOALS THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS MAY COME UP WITH.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AS WELL IS HOW DO WE SPREAD THAT OLYMPIC SPIRIT? WE THINK A REALLY KEY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO, IS TO BRING THE GAMES TO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD BY CREATING THESE FESTIVAL SITES AND WATCH PARTIES.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT PARIS DID, UM, THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF SPREADING OUT THE DIFFERENT WATCH SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HOW CAN WE KIND OF REPLICATE A SIMILAR MODEL TO SO THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE AT IN LONG BEACH, CAN ENJOY BEING PART OF IT THROUGH A WATCH PARTY, THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENTS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE FOCUSED ON AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN REALLY IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, I THINK DECIDING WHERE THOSE, UH, SITES ARE GONNA BE AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THE NEEDED RESOURCES TO MAKE THOSE HAPPEN.
BUT REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT TO COME TOGETHER.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR PHYSICAL, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE LEGACY.
UH, JOSHUA HICKMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS, EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO REMIND ALL OF YOU OF OUR FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH OUR FY 23 THROUGH 27 PLAN.
THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY IS JUST ONE CATEGORY OUT OF SEVEN
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THAT ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 180 NAMED PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR ROADWAY NETWORK THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN RED.SO THIS IS, UM, JUST ONE OF THOSE SEVEN CATEGORIES.
SO WITHIN THIS SPECIFIC CATEGORY, WE HAVE 21 DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
MANY OF THE PROJECTS ARE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SOME OF THEM ARE SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAMES THEMSELVES.
SO YOU SEE THE, THE BULLETS HERE, THE CONVENTION ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WILL BE HOSTING SOME OF THE GAMES THERE, AND ADDITION TO THE PARKING LOT AREA ADJACENT TO THE ALAMEDOS BAY IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE THE WATER QUALITY FOR THE AREA.
UH, BELMONT PIERRE WILL BE A FOCAL AREA RIGHT ON THE WATERFRONT AND THE MARINE DEBRIS CAPTURE, AGAIN TO ADDRESS SOME WATER QUALITY.
SO AS NOTED, THERE'S 21 DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THE CATEGORY, AND MANY OF 'EM ARE AIMED AT PREPARING FOR INCREASED VISITORS TO THE AREA AND DEVELOPING LASTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL GO BEYOND THE 2028 GAMES.
SO THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE, UH, FIRE STATION NINE TO HELP ADDRESS WITH, UH, RESPONSE TIME, QUEEN MARY AND OTHER TOURIST TYPE DESTINATIONS.
AND THEN WAYS AND MEANS TO GET AROUND THE CITY.
SO PARKING GARAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WAY, FINDING SIGNAGE.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE AIRPORT COLLEAGUE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR BELMONT POOL PROJECT AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.
SO BEYOND JUST THIS, UH, CATEGORY ITSELF, WE ALSO HAVE OVER 521 MILLION DEDICATED TO STREETS, SAFETY AND MOBILITY TYPE PROJECTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO FROM HERE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STEVEN WITH THE AIRPORT.
THIS IS STEFAN LAM WITH THE ENGINEERING OFFICER OF THE AIR LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE OLYMPIC LEGACY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING OVER AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, EVERYONE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINAL AREAS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE TWO, UH, THAT CONSISTED OF A PASSENGER TICKETING FACILITY, UH, A NEW CONSOLIDATED BAGGAGE CLAIM, RENOVATIONS TO OUR HISTORIC TERMINAL, IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR MEET AND GREET PLAZA, AND OUR FINALLY, OUR TERMINAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THOSE OF ALL PROJECTS HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON OUR PASSENGER CONCOURSE ENHANCEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH WE'LL BE BRINGING TO COUNCIL FOR AWARD, UH, IN A FEW WEEKS.
UM, THAT'S GONNA CONSIST PRIMARILY OF MODERNIZING OUR INTERIOR LAYOUT, OUR WAYFINDING TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION, QUEUING, AND SEATING CAPACITY, INCLUDING NEW FURNISHINGS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE REMODELING, UH, OUR RESTROOM FACILITIES AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PASSENGER, UM, AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND SECURITY IT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES PARKING STRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS AND PRE-SECURITY AND POST-SECURITY CONCESSIONS IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SOME OTHER PROJECTS, UH, WE HAVE IN LINE TOO IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THE PARKING STRUCTURES, A AND B EV, CHARGER INSTALLATIONS, PRE-SECURITY CONCESSIONS, UM, FACILITY.
AND LASTLY, OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR SECURITY AND SAFETY CHECKPOINT.
UH, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR DIALOGUE.
UM, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, VICE MAYOR RANGA? IN TERMS OF THE AIRPORT, ARE THERE, UH, GOING TO BE ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE, OF THE COUNTRY? WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T ACCEPT FOREIGN, FOREIGN TRAVEL, OF COURSE, BUT, UH, OTHER CITIES WOULD PROBABLY BE INTERESTED IN CONNECTING WITH LONG BEACH DURING THAT TIME.
IS THERE, ARE THERE PLANS TO INCREASE PLANKS TO OTHER CITIES TO AND FROM? UM, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
WELL, I'LL START OFF AND THEN JUAN CAN FINISH UP, BUT THERE'S NO PLANS.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY FST I'M TALKING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
BUT AS FAR AS LOCAL TRAVEL, JUAN, YOU WANNA I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT THAT IS PLANNING THAT WILL CHANGE.
UM, THE AIRLINES ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT LOCATIONS AND, AND WHERE THEIR NETWORKS ARE, UH, BETWEEN NOW
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AND 28, THOSE NETWORKS COULD CHANGE.UM, THEY MAY INCREASE FREQUENCY.
I COULD SEE, UH, SOME OF OUR AIRLINES THAT SERVE SACRAMENTO, UM, PORTLAND, UM, SEATTLE, UH, WE COULD SEE SOME CHANGES IN ACTIVITY OR ROUTES SPECIFIC.
UM, BUT AT THIS TIME THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT BEEN ANYTHING DISCUSSED, UH, FOR ANY KIND OF PERMANENT CHANGES.
WELL, YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S, COULD BE A, A HIGH DEMAND FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT COME INTO LONG BEACH AS OPPOSED TO LA X OR MM-HMM
ORANGE COUNTY OR BURBANK OR WHATEVER.
WE WE'RE, WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ALL THE TIME.
AND, AND RIGHT NOW WITH THE CHANGES THAT SOUTHWEST IS DOING IN TERMS OF THEIR MODEL, THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ROUTES AND, AND WHAT, UH, UM, WHERE THEY MAY WANT TO FLY NEXT OR, OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS, UM, HAWAIIAN CONTINUES TO DO? WELL, UH, ALASKA HAS ACQUIRED HAWAIIAN, SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THERE TO BE ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS, UM, OR SLOTS UTILIZED AT THAT AT THAT POINT.
BUT, UH, THE AIRLINES ARE, ARE THERE TO MAKE BUSINESS.
AND I THINK THERE, THEY KNOW THAT, UH, I THINK THE NUMBER OF GAMES THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING, UH, WILL BRING A BIG DRAW TO THE CITY.
AND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL PICK LONG BEACH AS THEIR, UH, THEIR DESTINATION POINT TO THE OLYMPICS.
THE REASON THEY BROUGHT THAT UP IS, UH, THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD A, A NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE.
UH, LOOK LIKE THE LEAGUE OF UNITED AMERICAN CITIZENS.
AND IN TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO LAND IN LONG BEACH.
I MEAN, THEY LOVED OUR AIRPORT.
SO I COULD SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE EVENT LIKE THE OLYMPICS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UH, LOOK AT TO NOT ONLY INCREASE ACCESS TO LONG BEACH, BUT GENERATE SOME MORE
WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THAT.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I KNOW, UM, AS A COMMUNITY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN LONG BEACH AND, AND, UH, JUST ALL HOW WE'RE GONNA ENGAGE OUR COASTLINE.
I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE VOLLEYBALL.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING.
SO ALL OF THAT IS REALLY GOOD, UH, FOR THE CITY.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK, UM, ON, UM, WHEN I'M AT MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE CAN GET ENGAGED AND HELP.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF SCAG, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING A LOT ON, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION AND GOODS MOVEMENT.
AND SO AS I, WE DO OUR ADVOCACY WORK BOTH IN DC AND IN SACRAMENTO.
I'D LIKE FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHO ON THE STAFF IS GONNA BE ENGAGED IN OUR SCAG 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T, THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN, UM, MY SCAG RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE CITY.
SO I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO, FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS, UM, WHEN WE'RE IN LA OR WHATEVER, SO THAT WE'RE PART OF THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE, ARE REALLY BUSY, BUT, UM, BUT SCAG IS GONNA PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE WITH THAT TRANSPORTATION AND, UM, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE FROM, UM, OUR STAFF IS AT THAT TABLE.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT, UH, COMMENT YOU MADE AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING A REGIONAL PARTNERS, PARTICULARLY SCAG, RIGHT? AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REGIONAL EVENT.
UH, SO ONE WAS FOR SLIDE FIVE, I KNOW WE'RE CREATING THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOLS AROUND, UH, AND I, I, I HEARD YOU ALL CLEARLY AROUND LIKE JUST THE NEEDS OF THE, OF THE GAMES, RIGHT? THAT ARE UNIQUE AND TYPICALLY KIND OF OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO AS A, UH, AS A CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE EVERY, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS YOU LIKE EVERY FOUR YEARS TO, TO, TO HOST THE OLYMPICS.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE ALL THIS EXPERTISE.
UH,
SO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER POSITION IS TEMPORARY JUST THROUGH THE GAMES.
UH, UTILIZING SAP FUNDING, UM, PROTOCOL OFFICER WAS APPROVED STRUCTURALLY LAST YEAR.
UH, SO I THINK THAT IN PARTICULAR WILL BE A, A CAPACITY THAT WE NEEDED BEFORE THE PAN, UH, BEFORE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, OLYMPICS PREPARATIONS.
UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM LONG TERM AS WELL.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE ADMIN ANALYST, HER CURRENT ROLE RIGHT NOW, UH, HALF OF THE ROLE IS SPECIFICALLY
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FOCUSED ON HELPING TO COORDINATE OUR INTERNAL CITY PLANNING.SO YEAH, HER ROLE HAS SHIFTED TO THAT.
UM, AND THEN WOULD SHIFT AWAY TO OTHER THINGS, UM, I THINK AFTER THE OLYMPICS.
BUT A LOT OF THE FOCUS IS INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION, WHICH COULD BE UTILIZED FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST BIG SPECIAL EVENTS, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, LIKE OUR CITYWIDE GRANTS, UM, APPLICATIONS MM-HMM
UM, YEAH, HIS IS ALWAYS EVOLVING AS WELL.
UM, AND SO I THINK WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE ON WITH OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THE WORK WITH OUR PROTOCOL OFFICER AND OTHER BIG LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE REGION, NOT JUST THE OLYMPICS, BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE HAVE LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING, UM, THAT WE CAN TAP INTO LIKE WORLD CUP.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE, THERE'S MORE POTENTIAL EVEN AFTER WORLD, UH, 2028.
SO IT'S KIND OF FLUID RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE POSITION, BUT IDEALLY WE WILL BUILD CAPACITIES AND RESOURCES THAT WE HADN'T BEFORE.
AND THEN THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE, THE MORE LONG-TERM LEGACIES AS WELL, IS JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CONSULT GENERALS IN THE REGION OR STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCAG AND OTHERS, UM, THROUGH THIS EFFORT AS WELL.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, JORGE, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I JUST, UH, THE ONE THING I THINK ABOUT IS, UH, SO WE DID A DEBRIEF WITH CITY OF PARIS.
I THINK THEY, THEY ENDED UP FORMING A TEAM OF 200 JUST FOR THE GAME.
SO
SO, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A START FOR SURE.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT WAS PARIS.
THEY ALSO FOUND THAT, UH, MOST FOLKS WERE ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO THE GAMES AND THEN KIND OF BE NATURALLY BECAME REALLOCATED AS THE GAMES WINDED DOWN TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND I, UM, TYLER, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AROUND THINKING ABOUT KIND OF LIKE LEGACY AND LIKE WHAT, WHAT THINGS REMAIN IN THE CITY THAT WERE A BENEFIT THAT WE, THAT WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED, MAYBE THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
UH, I WILL MENTION THAT I, WHEN I WORKED AT UCLA, I WAS A VAN POOL, UH, DRIVER AND I WROTE ON A VAN POOL.
AND THE VAN POOL SYSTEM AT UCLA IS ACTUALLY A LEGACY OF THE GAMES.
SO THEY NEEDED STAFF NOT TO UTILIZE PARKING.
AND SO THEY CREATED A VAN POOL SYSTEM THAT NOW TO THIS DAY STILL OPERATES, UH, WITHIN UCLA.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE THOSE TYPES OF LONG-TERM BENEFITS, UH, THAT COME TO THE CITY.
IS THIS BASICALLY ONE GIANT PILOT
UH, AND THEN LAST QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, FOR SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN.
SO I KNOW WE HAD, WE ARE WORKING ON THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH LA 28.
UM, AND I THINK I'VE EMAILED YOU ALL ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH IT, I KNOW THERE'S THE NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY SERVICES, THE ENHANCED CITY RESOURCES MASTER AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENT.
CAN YOU KIND OF TALK JUST BRIEFLY, KIND OF DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE LANGUAGE, WHAT EACH OF THOSE ARE, AND THEN WHAT THINGS ARE, UM, REIMBURSABLE AND THEN WHAT THINGS POTENTIALLY WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSABLE TO THE CITY SO THAT WE KNOW? SURE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TERMINOLOGY AND WE'RE EVEN GETTING USED TO LA 20 EIGHT'S TERMINOLOGY.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT, WHAT THIS NEXT ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS ARE RELATED TO NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY, AND THEN THE ENHANCED CITY RESOURCES IS SETTING THE, THE BASELINE FOR COST RECOVERY TO THE CITY.
THAT'S KIND OF THE ULTIMATE GOAL WITH, WITH THESE TWO AGREEMENTS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY, AND AS JORGE MENTIONED, IT'S REALLY SETTING THAT LINE SAYING, HERE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE IN THE AREAS SURROUNDING WHERE THE EVENTS WILL HAPPEN.
SO LIKE ALONG THE BEACH, WHAT ARE THOSE SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES NOW WITHOUT A BIG SPECIAL EVENT HAPPENING? UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION IS THE ENHANCED CITY RESOURCES.
ANYTHING ABOVE THAT NORMAL LINE, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE ADDING ALL THOSE SERVICES, UM, LIKE ADDITIONAL TRASH PICKUP AT EVENT SITES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, LA 28 REQUESTS, ADDITIONAL STREET SWEEPING THAT ISN'T ALREADY SCHEDULED.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE ENHANCED AND OVER AND ABOVE OUR NORMAL, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICES LINE.
AND THAT WOULD BE REIMBURSED BY LA 28.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE LAST ONE ON HERE, VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE GET MORE AND MORE OF THOSE DETAILS FROM LA 28 ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, VENUE SITES AND LOAD IN LOADOUT AND ALL THE, THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, SAFETY, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND OTHERS.
HOW DO WE PLAN AROUND THAT, UH, FOR EACH SPECIFIC VENUE? BUT MAYBE JORGE, IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE NUANCE TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED AND, AND KIND OF HOW THAT NEGOTIATION'S HAPPENING.
YEAH, SO I KNOW, UM, FROM THE BEGINNING WE'VE KIND OF BEEN VERY DIRECT WITH LA 20 IS THAT OUR DIRECTIVE IS REALLY FULL COST RECOVERY.
SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON DURING THESE NEGOTIATIONS, LIKE ANY OTHER SPECIAL EVENT, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GONNA PAY FOR THEM.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE MADE CLEAR WITH THEM.
I THINK ONE, UH, COST THAT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS SECURITY.
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SECURITY'S GONNA BE, I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR DRIVERS OF COSTS, AND AT LEAST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE'S BEEN SOME ACTIVITY THERE.UM, I KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, BUT THEY KNOW THE WHITE HOUSE RECENTLY LAUNCHED A OLYMPICS TASK FORCE LAST WEEK.
AND, UM, PART OF THAT CHARGE IS REALLY, UM, THEIR CHARGE IS REALLY ONE OF THEIR CHARGES, TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY.
BUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY RECENTLY ALLOCATED, I BELIEVE, $2 BILLION AT, IN THE LATEST BUDGET AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
I THINK A BILLION OF THAT IS FOR SPECIFICALLY THE GAME.
THERE'S SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR THE WORLD CUP TOO.
UH, IT'S STILL KIND OF UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S KIND OF VERY VAGUE IN THE, IN THE LANGUAGE, BUT IT IS, UH, IT IS KIND OF VAGUE IN THAT IT'S, IT'S FOR THE GAMES AND I THINK THE THOUGHT IS A LOT OF THAT IT WILL BE FOR, FOR SECURITY.
AND EVENTUALLY THAT WILL BE, I THINK, PART OF WHAT WE GET REIMBURSED FOR WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, SECURITY WITH THE POLICE SERVICES AND THE FIRE SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, FOR THE GAME.
SO, UM, THAT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THAT MONEY'S GONNA TRICKLE DOWN FROM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL BE OUR MAJOR DRIVER.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, LIKE TYLER MENTIONED THE OTHER, LIKE A LOT OF THE OTHER COSTS ARE GONNA BE REALLY RELATED TO LIKE SANITATION, PUBLIC WORKS TYPE THINGS, PARKS AND REC.
I THINK THOSE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO LIKE, UNDERSTAND AND MAKE SURE WE GET REIMBURSED FOR.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY WE'RE MONITORING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH BEING BEHIND CITY OF LA, WE'RE ABLE TO LIKE MONITOR THE NEWS AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR NEGOTIATIONS AS WELL.
AND AS WELL AS HAVING THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THOSE CITIES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER VENUE CITIES AS WELL, UM, CITY OF LA WHERE WE'VE CREATED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
SO KIND OF STAYING IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER AS WE KIND OF PROGRESS.
'CAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE NEW FOR ALL OF US AND WE'RE KIND OF ALSO LEARNING ALONG THE WAY AS IS I THINK LA 28 AS WELL.
WE'RE KIND OF LIKE LEARNING TOGETHER AS WE GO THROUGH THIS STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS.
BUT REALLY OUR, OUR MAIN MANTRA AT OUR LEVEL IS FULL COST RECOVERY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO BY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN DOCUMENT ALL THOSE THINGS AND WRITE A BOOK AND THEN WE CAN SELL IT AND THAT'LL PAY FOR THE GAMES
UH, LAST QUESTION WOULD BE AROUND THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENT.
SO NOW I MENTIONED, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE VENUES, LIKE OUR CONVENTION CENTER, OUR ARENA, RIGHT? TYPICALLY THEY'RE BOOKING OUT EVENTS LIKE SEVERAL YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
SO HOW DOES THAT CON CONVERSATION THEN HAPPEN WITH THOSE VENUES TO SAY LIKE, ARE WE LIKE BLOCKING OUT TIME AND JUST SAYING, HEY, DON'T BOOK ANYTHING THESE PARTICULAR WEEKS UNTIL WE PUT TOGETHER A VENUE SERVICE AGREEMENT? HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT NEGOTIATION GO? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE, THE LAST ONE, THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENT IS ACTUALLY TIED TO THE SECOND ONE ON THE LIST VENUE USE GUARANTEE, UH, WHICH CAME TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR THAT, UH, WAS OUR STARTING POINT FOR WORKING WITH LA 28 TO IDENTIFY THE VENUES FOR THE GAMES.
SO AT THAT POINT LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ALL OF THE SPORTING EVENTS THAT WERE GONNA BE OCCURRING IN LONG BEACH, BUT THEY DID WANT TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY WOULD OCCUR.
SO, UM, THEY SET OUT ESSENTIALLY FOUR MAIN EVENT AREAS.
WE GOT THE CONVENTION CENTER INCLUDING THE ARENA AND THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN ACROSS SHORELINE WE HAVE ALAMITOS BEACH, UM, AND IN A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION, I KNOW WE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE MAP AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, AND THEN THEY IDENTIFIED FURTHER DOWN BELMONT SHORE AREA AND THEN MARINE STADIUM.
SO THOSE WERE LAST YEAR AT LEAST KIND OF THE STARTING POINT FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE MAIN SCHEDULING QUESTION IS THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, WHICH AS YOU MENTIONED, BOOKS YEARS IN ADVANCE.
WE HAVE OF, OF COURSE THE GRAND PRIX, OTHER KIND OF ANNUAL EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THAT VICINITY AND THAT IMPACT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE AREA.
SO WE'VE EARLY ON STARTED CONVERSATIONS NOT ONLY WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND MEET LONG BEACH, BUT ALSO, UM, COORDINATING BETWEEN LA 28 AND GRAND PRIX AS, UH, SO THEY CAN IDENTIFY KIND OF THE, THE TIMELINES OF WHEN GRAND PRIX IS KIND OF GETTING OUT OF, UH, DOWNTOWN AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIMELINE LA 28 NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO LOAD IN AND START CONSTRUCTING THEIR TEMPORARY FACILITIES AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE AREA WHERE THERE'S MORE OF THAT LOGISTICAL NEGOTIATION BECAUSE THERE'S EXISTING EVENTS.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS LIKE ALAMEDOS BEACH OR BELMONT SHORE, THEY'RE CREATING, UH, TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY THERE.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT AS MUCH COORDINATION BETWEEN COMPETING EVENTS, BUT MORE IN THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
WE'LL GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT, HOW DO THEY ACTUALLY PLAN TO CONSTRUCT AND DEVELOP A TEMPORARY ARENA OR STADIUM ESSENTIALLY FOR LIKE BEACH VOLLEYBALL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, WHAT'S THE SIZE AND WHAT ARE THE INFLOW AND, AND OUTFLOW OF PEOPLE? AND ALL OF THOSE DETAILS WILL KIND OF COME TO, UH, FRUITION THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IS WE KNOW BIG PICTURE THE VENUES, NOW WE KNOW THE, THE SPORTS.
AND THEN LA 28 IS WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILED PLANS OF WHAT SOME OF THE SITES WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW THEY'LL UTILIZE THEM.
AND THEN ACTUALLY LAST I PROMISE, LAST, LAST QUESTION, I'M GONNA GO TO VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO
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THE, LEMME CALL IT THE, THE VENUE USE AGREEMENT, UM, QUIZ MYSELF LATER, UH, THE AGREEMENTS, UM, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, RIGHT? SO I'M THINKING OF LIKE A LONG BEACH SYMPHONY, RIGHT? OR ICT THEATER, RIGHT? SO SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY ORGS THAT LIKE HAVE, LIKE SET TIMES THAT THEY TYPICALLY USE THESE VENUES, DOES THEN THE, LIKE, DOES THE, LIKE SAY CONVENTION CENTER OR THE TERRACE THEATER, DO THEY THEN JUST GO AND TALK TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND TRY TO WORK AROUND THAT VENUE USE AGREEMENT, UM, FOR WHATEVER THEIR PLANNED ACTIVITIES ARE? YEAH, SO, UM, I FORGET THE, THE TERMINOLOGY AT THE MOMENT SO MUCH TERMS, BUT, UM, ULTIMATELY I'M QUIZ YOU TYLER, PLEASE.PART OF THE, UH, THE VENUE USE GUARANTEE WAS ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE, HERE ARE THE DATES WHERE IT'S EXCLUSIVELY LA 20 EIGHTS TIMES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FACILITIES.
AND THEN THERE'S, THIS IS THE TERM I'M FORGETTING, NON-EXCLUSIVE.
UH, NOT VERY COMPLICATED, BUT, UH, IT WAS SLIPPING MY MIND.
SO YEAH, NON-EXCLUSIVE TIMES, LIKE, UM, I MEAN A, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS AS YOU KNOW, THE, UM, GRAND PRIX IS KIND OF UNLOADING AND DECONSTRUCTING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.
LA 28 IS GONNA PARTNER WITH THEM AND UTILIZE SOME SPACES THAT THEY'RE NOT IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SAME WOULD GO FOR BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER DURING THAT NON-EXCLUSIVE PERIOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING A, A SPECIFIC BALLROOM OR THEATER SPACE, UM, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND LA 28 JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ABLE TO WORK AROUND EACH OTHER ESSENTIALLY.
UM, BUT ONCE WE GET INTO THE EXCLUSIVE USE, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL SEE.
OKAY, LA 28 HAS BOOKED IT OUT ESSENTIALLY FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.
UM, SO IT WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PROGRAMMING.
UM, BUT TO THE CITY AT LEAST, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S BOOKED OUT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SPECIAL EVENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE COORDINATE WITH THEM JUST LIKE WE WOULD ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, AND I SEE HERE IT SAYS, UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE VENUE USE AGREEMENT, THAT SHOULD BE EXECUTED BY OCTOBER 1ST, 2027.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT ONCE WE KNOW THOSE EXCLUSIVE AND NON-EXCLUSIVE TIMEFRAMES, AT THAT POINT, ARE WE THEN ENGAGING WITH SOME OF THESE KIND OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO LET THEM KNOW LIKE, HEY, LIKE THIS IS THE TIMELINE AROUND EXCLUSIVE USE.
SO AS WE'RE PLANNING LIKE NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR FOR YOU, LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BLOCK OUT AND KEEP IN MIND? YEAH.
WELL, UM, AT THE MOMENT, AS PART OF THE GUARANTEE LAST YEAR, WE HAD AT LEAST THE INITIAL TIMEFRAMES MAPPED OUT.
SO WE KNOW THOSE TIMES FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE OTHER VENUES.
UM, SO AT THE MOMENT, THE ONE OF THE CAPACITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, OKAY, I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE TIME PERIODS ARE AND, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT, UM, OUR HOPE IS WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER, WE WOULD HAVE MORE, UM, CAPACITY ESSENTIALLY TO DO CITY LED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
NOT ONLY SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET MORE DETAILS FROM LA 28, WHAT THE ROLLOUT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S FOLKS THAT OBVIOUSLY BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT, IN THOSE AREAS, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF SECURITY PERIMETER, ALL THOSE DETAILS AS THEY BECOME MORE CLEAR TO THE CITY THROUGH OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL PLANNING WITH LA 28, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ALSO, LIKE JORGE MENTIONED, WE WANT FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY DO AND COORDINATE AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY, UM, AROUND THE EVENTS? SO BEYOND JUST THE LOGISTICS AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE ACTUAL SPECIAL EVENT, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE ANY OTHER SPECIAL EVENT REALLY THAT WE HOST HERE TO THINK ABOUT AND WORK WITH PARTNER, YOU KNOW, WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS TO, UM, BRING THAT EXCITEMENT OF THE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO IT'S KIND OF THAT TWOFOLD OF SHARING THE INFORMATION AS WE GET IT MORE LOGISTICS OPERATIONS, HERE'S HOW IT'S GONNA WORK, HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A BOAT IN SHORELINE MARINA OR UH, BUSINESS IN, IN AN AREA THAT IS NEAR AN AN EVENT VENUE, WHAT IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED, UM, WHILE ALSO, UM, HOPEFULLY GATHERING SOME INPUT ON HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE THAT COMMUNITY LEGACY IN OUR OWN EFFORTS AS WELL.
UH, AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UM, LIKE DARCO, YOU MENTIONED LONG BEACH SYMPHONY.
AND ANOTHER THING TOO IS I WOULD HOPE EVEN IF THEY CAN'T USE THE TYPICAL SPACE DURING THE GAMES, THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ENGAGED WITH US IN THE MANY ACTIVATION ZONES WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SO THAT THEY'LL BE PART OF THOSE AS WELL.
SO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THOSE ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS WILL JUST KIND OF ROLL INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE GAMES SCREW POINT.
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THANK YOU CHAIR.UM, LOOKING AT THE, UH, PAGES HERE, WE, UH, I SEE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ELEPHANT LOT AS BEING A MENU THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT TEMPORARY.
IS THAT A POOL THAT I SEE THERE? YES, THAT'S A TEMPORARY POOL
AND THEN, OH, LATER ON, ON PAGE, UH, THERE 13, YOU HAVE THE BELMONT POOL AS BEING PART OF THE LEGACY, UH, PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE GOING.
ARE THERE GONNA BE, ARE THERE GONNA BE EVENTS IN THE, ARE THE BELMONT POOL AND THERE IS, WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM POOL READY BY THAT TIME? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
I MEAN, NOTHING LEVEL THAT WE WANT ANYWAY, RIGHT? YEAH, SO I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE, UM, IS THERE'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDED, UH, OR THAT ARE PLANNED FOR AROUND 2028.
SO THERE'S WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE LA 28 FOOTPRINT FOR EACH EVENT.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TEMPORARY BUILDING OF, YOU KNOW, THE POOL AT THE ELEPHANT LOT TEMPORARY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, UH, SOME OF THE EVENTS ALONG THE BEACH AREA.
UM, THAT'S SEPARATE FROM, AND THAT'S LA 20 EIGHT'S RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO DO IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND PAYING FOR IT AND EVERYTHING.
UM, IN TERMS OF OUR ELEVATE 28 PLANS, UM, THE BELMONT POOL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE THIS IS A LONG-TERM LEGACY FOR THE COMMUNITY, ALTHOUGH IT WON'T BE UTILIZED IN THE 2028 GAMES.
SO, UH, IT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS AMONG MANY IN THIS CATEGORY WHERE IT'S HELPING MOVE FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BENEFIT, LONG-TERM LEGACY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WON'T NECESSARILY BE UTILIZED FOR 2028 GAMES.
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF RALLY AROUND FOR 2028 AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY, PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD ESSENTIALLY, UM, IN TERMS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT WILL HAVE A, A MORE LONGSTANDING, UH, IMPACT FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS IN IN LONG BEACH.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, JOSH, IF YOU WANTED TO ELABORATE AT ALL ON THE BELMONT POOL PROJECT OR ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
I I THINK YOU JUST ABOUT COVERED ALL THE, ALL THE DETAILS AND SPECIFICS THERE.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS AS, UH, TYLER HAD NOTED, AND WE ARE STILL TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, DEVELOPING AND FINALIZING THAT FUNDING STRATEGY TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO, TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, COUNCILOR MORALE? SO, UM, SO JUST TO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, SINCE WE'RE NOT USING THE BELMONT POOL FOR NOTHING, I, I GET ASKED THAT A LOT TOO.
WE'RE NOT USING IT FOR THE OLYMPICS, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PRIORITY AS IT, AS WE LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT GOTTA GET DONE GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS.
WELL, UM, I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE, THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AND THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES.
THERE'S, UM, I THINK THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN REALLY DOES OUTLINE NOT JUST IN THIS CATEGORY, BUT ACROSS THE BILLION DOLLAR PLUS INVESTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, SO THE BELMONT POOL ISN'T NECESSARILY, WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE IN ORDER TO HOST EVENTS FOR 2028, BUT IT IS SOMETHING CERTAINLY THAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER YEARS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SAME WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THIS CATEGORY AND IN OTHERS IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO, UM, REALLY MOBILIZE AROUND SOME OF THOSE LONG-TERM LEGACY IMPACTS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO HOSTING AN EVENT ITSELF.
AND THEN, UM, SINCE I'M NEW TO THE, HAVE WE, DO WE HAVE, UM, ARE YOU, HAVE WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THE BELMONT POLL AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT THE FUNDING STRATEGY IS GONNA BE AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS? BECAUSE I KNOW COSTS HAVE CHANGED.
HAVE WE ALREADY, IS THIS COMMITTEE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE AGENDIZED THIS SPECIFIC ITEM RELATED TO THAT, ALTHOUGH MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ALSO DISCUSSING AT COUNCIL AS PART OF THE, THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET HEARING.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY AGENDA AGENDIZED FOR THIS COMMITTEE, UM, OR FOR CITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO PUT TOGETHER MORE DETAILS AND SPECIFICS OF, OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO MUCH, LIKE MANY OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITHIN OUR ELEVATE 28 PROGRAM, WE'VE SEEN SOME COST ESCALATION AND, UM, COST INCREASES KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MARRY UP ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF OUR ELEVATE
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28 PROJECTS AS BEST WE CAN.SO THAT'S BEEN OUR, OUR KIND OF COLLECTIVE EFFORT OVER, OVER THE YEARS, OVER THE FIRST HALF OF THE PROGRAM.
AND WE, WE NOW NEED TO DO THAT FOR THE SECOND HALF OF OUR CIPI.
AND IF I MAY ADD COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL, UM, WE ARE IN THE BIDDING PHASE AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT THE, UH, WE WENT THROUGH IT ONCE, WE KNOW THAT THE BIDS WE GOT BACK WERE HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES.
UH, SO WE ARE WORKING ON A, ON THE FUND FUNDING STRATEGY THAT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR DELIBERATION.
SO I DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED TO REQUEST IT.
UM, AND, UH, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, TO, UH, FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT PROJECT CAN BE VIABLE.
WE ARE REBIDDING IT, WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES AND CLARIFICATIONS IN THE BID PACKAGE THAT WE WILL GET A LOWER COST, BUT WHEN WE GET THAT, WE WILL, UH, WE WILL STRATEGIZE AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND, UH, FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UH, WITH THAT, WITH THAT MAJOR PROJECT.
WELL, THANK YOU, UM, MR. LOPEZ.
'CAUSE I, I DO THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH THE TIDELANDS FUNDS AND IT'S GETTING, UH, HARD, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HARDER TO COME BY THAN THEY USED TO BE.
AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO WATCH THOSE, THOSE, UH, COSTS MORE CAREFULLY THAN I THINK WE DID IN THE PAST.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN.
UM, UH, AND WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND FORM A LINE SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MANY SPEAKERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
ONCE THIS NUMBER IS ESTABLISHED, UH, NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HEARD FOR THIS ITEM.
ALRIGHT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE JUST HAVE YOU, CHRISTOPHER.
HI, FOR THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN, AND ALSO AS WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE OLYMPICS, UH, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE CITY, CITY STAFF AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE A VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN UNDER THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER POSITION.
UM, THERE IS A SAFETY PLAN, IT'S GONNA BE ROBUST.
I KNOW THAT THERE, UM, UH, WHEN THE LIMITS WENT TO PARIS, THERE WAS LOTS OF SAFETY PLANS, UM, BUT THE AREA THAT WAS LACKING IN ALL THOSE PLANS WAS THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, ELEMENT.
UM, SO I ENCOURAGE NOW THAT WE'RE EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND NEGOTIATIONS ARE HAPPENING, UH, THAT WE INCLUDE THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN, UH, IN THE WHOLE SCOPE OF SAFETY.
UM, SO EITHER IT COULD LOOK LIKE HAVE STRONG BEACH BE THE UMBRELLA CONTAINER FOR ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S FUNDING THERE.
UM, THERE IS A CHALLENGE THOUGH WITH VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUNDING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS THE OLYMPICS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS.
INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS CANNOT BE UTILIZED FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE SCAG COMES IN, OR THE LA 28 COMMITTEE WHERE WE CAN ADVOCATE TO SAY, HOW CAN WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO SPECIFICALLY INVEST IN OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION INTERVENTION, UM, MODEL SO THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE, UM, I WOULD SAY LAW AND ORDER IN REGARDS TO SAFETY, BUT A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, PREVENTION MODEL AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE OLYMPICS HAS A COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, SO MAYBE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THERE OR A SPECIFIC POSITION ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE CAN GET CREATED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY BY PREVENTION INTERVENTION PLAN, UH, ELEMENT TO THE OLYMPICS.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, SEEING NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OVERVIEW OF MEASURE A, ELEVATE 28, AND AN UPDATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
WAITING FOR OUR FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE.
UH, ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF HERE IS TO TELL ABOUT THE, THE, THE VERY FEW THINGS
[3. 25-56040 Recommendation to receive and file an overview of Measure A, Elevate ’28 and an update on infrastructure needs. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THAT THEY'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.I KNOW YOU GUYS SIT AND TWI YOUR THUMBS A LOT, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE HARD TO FILL THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU KNOW, DO YOUR BEST.
I'M JONATHAN BOLAND, BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
TODAY, WE'LL REVIEW THE INVESTMENT MEASURE A HAS MADE IN OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE 2017, AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
AND LASTLY, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S UNFUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE LIABILITIES.
HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED
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THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY WITH MEASURE A FUNDING.60 PARK PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARK FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
OVER 612 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
APPROXIMATELY 340 LANE MILES OF STREETS HAVE BEEN SLURRY SEALED TO DATE, INCLUDING 24 LANE MILES THIS YEAR, UH, ALMOST 22 AND THREE QUARTER MILES OF ALLEYS HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED, OF WHICH 5.9 MILES WERE FORMERLY DIRT OVER 1.972 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TO DATE, AS WELL AS 3,700.
UH, CURB RAMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND 37 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING EIGHT FIRE STATIONS, UH, 10 HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS AND 11 LIBRARY PROJECTS.
BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE MORE RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS THIS YEAR, UH, STAFF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO REVIEW A FEW SIGNATURE PROJECTS AND EXAMPLES OF WHICH MEASURE A HAS FUNDED FROM 2017 TO TODAY.
HERE'S AN IMPASSABLE OR FORMER IMPASSABLE ALLEY NEAR 21ST AND HILL STREET WITH A TREE GROWING DIRECTLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, DEBRIS IN THE ALLEY AND OVERGROWTH CROWDING THE LANE.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UH, THE DRAMATIC IMPACT OF OUR ALLEY PAVEMENT PROGRAM.
HERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, OF A STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC BEFORE AND AFTER THERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY POTHOLES ARE ON THE LEFT, BUT IT'S A LOT.
HILL STREET HERE IS REPAVED IN THE LANES AND STOP AREA HAVE BEEN REPAINTED, AND THE CROSSWALKS ARE NOW CLEARLY MARKED.
HERE IS A SIDEWALK AND A DA RAMP WHERE PREVIOUSLY ONE, UH, DID NOT EXIST.
UH, THIS GREATLY CONTRIBUTES TO A DA PATH OF TRAVEL IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS STREET WAS REPAVED AND RETRIED, UH, BUT THE, THE BIG, UH, DRAMATIC PORTION OF THE PROJECT HERE IS A NEW PUBLIC, UH, DOMAIN IN, IN SIDEWALK, AND THEN MERE HAS, UH, FUNDED SOME SIGNATURE PARK PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
HERE'S LOS CERRITOS PARK PLAYGROUND AND DRAKE PARK, VETERANS PARK PLAYGROUND AND WHALEY PARK PLAYGROUND, RECREATION PARK PLAYGROUND, AS WELL AS THE DORIS, UH, TOPSY ELVER COMMUNITY CENTER AT HOUGHTON PARK.
ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, EXCEPT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED WITH MEASURE.
A MANY MOBILITY PROJECTS ARE ONGOING DUE TO THE SCALE OF WORK TO DATE A HUNDRED OF THE DIRT ALLEYS IDENTIFIED IN A HUNDRED PERCENT RATHER OF THE DIRT ALLEYS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE.
A PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ALONG WITH 70, UH, 79% OF THE ARTERIAL STREETS AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, UH, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE PROGRESS OF OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR FY 23 TO FY 27 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN, AS INCLUDED IN THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN TO DATE, OVER 540 LANE MILES OF IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, OR 52% OF THE TOTAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
THIS INCLUDES 68% OF SLURRY SEAL, 57% OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS, 23% OF MAJOR STREETS, AND 98% OF ALLEYS COMPLETED TO DATE FROM THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, AS WE ARE NEARING THE END OF YEAR THREE OF FIVE, STAFF ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THE PLAN AND HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AS OUTLINED HERE IN GREEN.
WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT THE MAP HERE FOR PUBLIC IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
UH, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PAST YEAR, AND I AM GONNA GO THROUGH THESE RATHER QUICKLY.
FIRST, WE HAVE, UH, THESE ARE BEFORE AND AFTERS OF ALLEYS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST IN THE LAST YEAR, AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DRAMATIC IMPACTS SOME OF THESE.
UH, THIS ONE ACTUALLY, UH, LOOKS LIKE DIRT, BUT THERE IS, OR AT ONE TIME, PAVING UNDERNEATH THAT DIRT.
UH, AND NOW ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE IT'S, UH, COMPLETELY REP PAVED.
SIMILARLY WITH THAT ALLEY ON THE LEFT, UM, THAT IS A PAVED TECHNICALLY ALLEY.
AND THEN HERE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER OF COMPLETED CURB RAMPS,
WE WILL NOW SHOWCASE A HANDFUL OF RECENTLY COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL STREET PROJECTS.
AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THESE RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
ALL OF THESE WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
AND I DO JUST WANNA SAY THESE ARE A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES THAT THESE ARE, ARE NOT AT ALL, ALL THIS, ALL THE, UH, WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR.
THE DEPARTMENT'S IN-HOUSE CRACK AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE CITY'S COST-EFFECTIVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE STRATEGY.
SINCE FY 23, OVER 16 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SLURRY SEAL HAS BEEN APPLIED, EXTENDING PAVEMENT LIFE AND DELAYING THE NEED FOR MAJOR REHABILITATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
AND THESE ARE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES SHOWN HERE, APPLYING A LAYER OF SLURRY TO A STREET.
HERE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTERS OF THAT WORK SHOWCASED HERE, UH, ARE A HANDFUL OF RECENTLY COMPLETED MAJOR STREET PROJECTS.
UH, HERE'S VICTORIA STREET BEFORE AND AFTER HARDING STREET NEAR HOUGHTON PARK.
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RECENTLY COMPLETED LOINS DRIVE, UH, WHICH DID, UH, WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BIKEWAY AND TRAIL PROJECT.AND HERE'S THE RECENTLY COMPLETED ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDED A COMPLETE REHABILITATION OF ARTESIA BOULEVARD, THE 3.2 MILES, INCLUDING CLASS FOUR PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND UPDATED WAY FINDING SIGNAGE, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
UH, 19 BUS STOPS, UH, COMPLETED WITH ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, SIX NEW CROSSWALKS, 400 NEW DROUGHT TOLERANT TREES, MEDIAN AND MEDIAN FENCING IMPROVEMENTS, AND, UH, AN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SIGNAL SINK SYSTEM.
HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THAT PROJECT.
AS STATED, 60 PARK PROJECTS FUNDED WITH MEASURE A HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.
THEY TOTAL UP AT ABOUT $46.6 MILLION OF INVE COMPLETED INVESTMENT.
HERE ARE SOME PROJECTS COMPLETED.
IN THE LAST YEAR, DAVENPORT PARK WENT FROM A 5.5 ACRE PARK TO NOW 11.5 ACRES.
THIS NEW EXPANDED PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDES A SPORTS FIELD, FITNESS STATION, OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, AND A WALKING TRAIL.
HERE'S THE RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, EL DORADO DUCK POND, THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE SHARE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, IMPROVEMENTS TO MACARTHUR PARK, WHICH WERE RECENTLY, UH, COMPLETED, UH, LATE LAST MONTH.
AND OUTLINED HERE ARE 37 PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.
UH, AND THAT'S THE 2020 $0.4 MILLION OF MERE INVESTMENT RECENTLY COMPLETED WAS THE BAYSHORE LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT.
THIS RESTORED THE EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, IMPROVED FEATURES, MADE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AND INCREASED THE SITE'S ACCESSIBILITY.
WE GOT, WE GOT A FAN RIGHT THERE.
UH, THE FIRE STATION NINE 14 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, CONVERTED A LARGE DORM AREA TO INDIVIDUAL BEDROOMS, CONVERT A LARGE BATHROOM TO TWO SEPARATE BATHROOMS. ADDITIONAL INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE TO IMPROVE THE LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE COMPLETED MEASURE A PROJECTS, WHICH WE JUST REVIEWED, UM, THE MEASURE A PROJECTS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND FROM THE ORIGINAL 2016 MEASURE A PLAN, JUST SEVEN PROJECTS REMAIN TO BE COMPLETED.
THEY'RE OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE TWO OF THE SEVEN REMAINING ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION, WHILE ANOTHER FOUR ARE IN ACTIVE DESIGN.
TO DATE, OVER 93% OF THE ORIGINAL MEASURE A COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED REGARDING THE FY 26 PROPOSED CIP BUDGET.
12.3 MILLION OF MEASURE A DOLLARS ARE PROPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE.
THESE FY 26 MEASURE A PROJECTS AND FUNDING ON THIS SLIDE HAVE BEEN BUDGETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, AND WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED FY 26 CIP BUDGET, OVER $405 MILLION OF MEASURE A WILL BE COMMITTED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FY 17, WHICH WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF MEASURE A AND FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE'LL NOW BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN, INCLUDING PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 23 TO 27.
SHOWN HERE IS THE ELEVATE 28 MAP, SHOWCASING THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS PLAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THE FY 26 PROPOSED CIP PRIORITIZES ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THE PROJECTS OUTLINED WITHIN THIS PLAN ARE MOVING TOWARDS COMPLETION.
STAFF HAVE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN.
THE PROPOSED ANNUAL PLAN UPDATE INCLUDES ALL GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND SECURED SINCE ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, UH, FOUR ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, RATHER SINCE THE PLAN WAS LAST UPDATED A YEAR AGO.
ELEVATE 28 IS NOW PROJECTED TO TOTAL 1.09 BILLION IN PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FY 23 AND FY 27 PICTURED HERE IS THE RECENTLY COMPLETED BIXBY BAN SHELL, UH, WHICH WAS, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING, UH, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE FY 26 UPDATE TO THE PLAN INCLUDES A TOTAL OF $156.5 MILLION INCREASE TO THE PLAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE INCLUSION OF GRANT AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING RECEIVED SINCE LAST YEAR'S UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE INCLUSION OF SEVEN NEW ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, WHICH WE'LL REVIEW ON THE NEXT SLIDE WITH THE FY 26 ANNUAL UPDATE.
ELEVATE 28 WILL NOW CONTAIN A TOTAL OF $123.9 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING AWARDED TO PROJECTS.
WHILE STAFF DO NOT IN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATE THESE SECURED FUNDS BEING REVOKED, STAFF ARE DILIGENTLY REVIEWING ANY NEW DIRECTIVES COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UPDATE INCLUDES THESE SEVEN PROJECTS BEING ADDED TO THE PLAN FOR A TOTAL OF $38.8 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL ELEVATE 28 PROJECT FUNDING PICTURED HERE IS THE RECENTLY COMPLETED LB MUST FACILITY.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE DIFFERENCE
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BETWEEN THE EXISTING PLAN, UH, THAT TOTALS JUST ABOUT 933 MILLION.AND THE FY 26 UPDATE CULMINATING IN THAT NET $156.5 MILLION INCREASE.
THE NEXT FEW, FEW SLIDES OUTLINED, UH, ARE BROKEN DOWN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN BY THOSE INVESTMENT CATEGORIES.
EARLIER, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, WE DISCUSSED THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY CATEGORY, WHICH IS JUST ONE OF SEVEN, UH, CATEGORIES WITHIN THE PLAN.
THEY'RE OUTLINED HERE, AND EACH PROJECT, UH, IS UPDATED, UH, EACH QUARTER WITH AN CURRENT STAGE OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS AN IDENTIFIER ON, UH, WHAT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS, UH, FOR EACH PROJECT.
THIS LAST SLIDE, UH, CONCERNING ELEVATE 28, REPRESENTS THE FULL REVISED ELEVATE 28 PLAN, TOTALING $306.5 MILLION IN MEASURE A FUNDING, $782.7 MILLION OF PLANNED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT GRAND TOTAL OF 1.09 BILLION IN THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE.
PLAN TO COMMUNICATE THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN TO THE PUBLIC AND SERVE AS A HUB FOR PROJECT INFORMATION, A DEDICATED WEBSITE HAS BEEN CREATED.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SCAN THE QR CODE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THE WEBSITE AND THE PROJECTS.
THIS WEBSITE INCLUDES UNIQUE PROJECT INFORMATION PAGES THAT PROVIDE PROJECT DETAILS SUCH AS SCOPE, BUDGET, LOCATION, TARGET, CONSTRUCTION DATE, TARGET COMPLETION DATE, AMOUNT OF FUNDING CURRENTLY SECURED, AND THE CURRENT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
THE WEBSITE ALLOWS USERS TO SEARCH BY, FOR PROJECTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT PROJECT CATEGORY, AND VIA A MAP VIEW.
INFORMATION IS REGULARLY UPDATED AND IS DE DISPLAYED THROUGH OUR POWER BI TABLE, WHICH IS ALSO HOSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
THIS TABLE ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO, UH, SLICE AND DICE THE PLAN TO REALLY GET, UH, THE INFORMATION, UH, THEY WANT FROM, UH, EACH PROJECT TO DATE.
REGARDING THIS FY 23 TO FY 27 INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, OVER 25% OF THE OVERALL PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING 22 PROJECTS COMPLETED, 19 IN CURRENT CONSTRUCTION, THREE IN THE BID AND AWARD PHASE 40 PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN, AS WELL AS 52% OF THE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED TO DATE AND 18 ONGOING MOBILITY PROJECTS FUNDED IN THE PLAN.
WITH OVER TWO YEARS REMAINING IN THE PLAN AND FURTHER FUNDING BEING DISPERSED IN FY 26 AND 27, THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN DELIVERING THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN WITH MORE PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED EACH MONTH.
THE DEPARTMENT DID WANNA BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING TRENDS THROUGHOUT THE PAST 10 YEARS TO PUT CONTEXT TO MEASURE A AND ELEVATE 20 EIGHT'S INVESTMENT.
IN FY 16, THE CITY'S ENTIRE CIP TOTALED JUST $50.6 MILLION, WHEREAS FY 20 FIVE'S ADOPTED CIP TOTALED $228.8 MILLION OR A 350% INCREASE.
THIS CHART OUTLINES THE INCREASE IN FUNDING DUE TO BOTH THE INCEPTION OF MEASURE A AND FY 17, AS WELL AS THE LARGE INCREASES IN FUNDING BEGINNING IN FY 23 WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN AND THE BONDING OF MEASURE A FUNDING.
AS THE LAST SLIDE SHOWCASED BUDGETED INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES ACTUAL CIP EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE PAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS EXPEND EXPENDED OVER $607 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES IN FY 21 AND 22 WERE DUE TO COVID-19 IMPACTS, WHEREAS THE EXPENDITURE SPIKE IN FY 23 AND ONWARDS IS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN FUNDING FROM ELEVATE 28 AND MEASURE A BOND PROCEEDS.
FY 25 IS SHOWING ANOTHER STRONG YEAR OF CIP EXPENDITURES.
ALTHOUGH THE ANNUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND FIVE YEAR ELEVATE 28 PLAN PROVIDES FOR VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ADDITIONAL HIGH PRIORITY UNFUNDED NEEDS REMAIN PROJECTS IDENTIFIED WHERE NO CURRENT FUNDING EXISTS ARE CATEGORIZED AS UNFUNDED TO DATE.
ASSESSMENTS OF ITS STREETS, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS, PUMP STATIONS, AND CITY OWNED FACILITIES.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE FOR THE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES, WHICH TOTAL CURRENTLY $3.5 BILLION OUTLINED HERE.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE LIST ABOVE IS NOT A COMPLETE LISTING AND IS NOT LISTED IN ANY PRIORITY ORDER.
THIS LISTING DOES NOT INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING NEEDS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, STREETLIGHTS, AND OTHER CRITICAL CITY INFRASTRUCTURE OUTLINED.
HERE ARE VARIOUS ASSESSMENTS THAT INFORM THESE UNFUNDED LIABILITY FIGURES AS WELL AS QUANTIFY THE NEEDS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED.
THIS INCLUDES A CITYWIDE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN FY 22.
THE FCA IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $526 MILLION IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND CRITICAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO BRING ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES UP TO A RATING OF GOOD.
THIS ESTIMATE DOES NOT INCLUDE
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THE COST FOR ANY NEW FACILITIES TO BE CONSTRUCTED DUE TO EXPANDED OPERATIONAL NEED, IE NEW FIRE STATIONS, POLICE SUBSTATIONS, ET CETERA.HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS INVESTED AN AVERAGE OF $15 MILLION ANNUALLY IN FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, WHEREAS THE CITY WOULD NEED TO COMMIT $53 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO BRING ALL OF THE CITY FACILITIES UP TO A GOOD RATING.
LIKEWISE, THE CITY DID COMPLETE A STORMWATER CONVEYANCE, UH, SYSTEM NEED ANALYSIS, WHICH SHOWED, UH, A NEED OF ABOUT A HUNDRED $840 MILLION.
UM, HOWEVER, IN 2018, LA COUNTY RESIDENTS PASSED THE STORMWATER PARCEL TAX MEASURED W WHICH DOES PROVIDE $5 MILLION ANNUALLY TO THE CITY.
HOWEVER, THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO REPLACE OUR AGING PUMP STATIONS OR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE UNFUNDED DEEDS LIE.
AND LASTLY, THE CITY COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IN 2019.
THIS PLAN FOUND A NEED FOR $631 MILLION FOR INVESTMENT IN THE CITY'S SIDEWALKS AND A DA CURB RAMPS.
THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL COVER IN DEPTH THE CITY'S PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IN GREAT DETAIL, WHICH IS WHY THAT INFORMATION IS NOT COVERED AS PART OF THIS UNFUNDED LIABILITY SECTION.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING MEASURE A OR ELEVATE 28.
THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT OVERVIEW OF MEASURE A.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COMMITTEE MEMBERS? OH, COUNCILMAN ALLEN.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU AND ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR MEASURE A.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN
UM, AND I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU KNOW, ALL WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, IN, UM, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST, UH, GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS, BUT JUST PREPARING, YOU KNOW, A, A A FUTURE FOR TOMORROW.
YEAH, I ALSO WANNA, UH, SAY MY APPRECIATION FOR JUST THE, THE, THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A CITY.
UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE KIND OF THE HONESTY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FUNDED AND UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.
I KNOW, UM, I'LL JUST SAY THIS, WE GET A LOT OF COMMENTS, RIGHT, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, RIGHT? UM, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE WHERE WE BEGAN AND WHERE WE ARE NOW, RIGHT? AND ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CITY AND A COUNCIL AND, UH, AND STAFF, UM, THAT WE ARE ULTIMATELY REALLY TRYING TO RESOURCE WELL SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES, RIGHT? WE ADDRESS, ADDRESS THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, TO FIX, YOU KNOW, INVEST IN FOR SO MANY YEARS, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AND, UM, AND IMPROVE, UM, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.
AND SO, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE, THE EXCELLENT WAY THAT YOU MANAGE THOSE FUNDS, UH, TO ACHIEVE THOSE PRIORITIES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, AGAIN, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND FORM A LINE SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MANY SPEAKERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
ONCE THIS NUMBER IS ESTABLISHED, NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HEARD FOR THIS ITEM.
APPARENTLY, YOU ALL DID SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THERE.
UH, SO SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING BACK TO MY VOTE CAST.
ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON STREET AND PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT.
I SEE A FIRST AND A, UH, COUNCILMAN MADAM CAN GET A SECOND.
I SEE THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF IS GETTING VERY COMFORTABLE IN THEIR CHAIRS.
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WE'RE, UH, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE TAG TEAM HERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ONE OF US FOR THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO DIVE INTO THIS.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND SOME OF THE SLIDES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A REPEAT BECAUSE THE DATA OVERLAPS A LITTLE BIT.
UH, MEASURE A HAS SUPPORTED A LOT OF THE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS, SO I'LL TRY NOT TO TO DWELL ON SOME OF THOSE SLIDES THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT JONATHAN PRESENTED.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT TO COVER JUST IN THIS ONE ALONE.
SO WE'LL TRY TO TRY TO MOVE IT FAST, SEE IF I CAN BE AS SUCCINCT.
SO, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT'S THE PROCESS PLANNING, BUDGETING, AND REHABBING OUR CITY PAVEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.
SO AS THE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OPTIMIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TAKE, UH, TAKE AN APPROACH THAT THAT ADDRESSES BOTH THE, UM, UH, THE FUNDING AND THE RESOURCES
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AVAILABLE WITH THE NEEDS WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.SO THE PCI OR THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IS A SCORE FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED THAT REPRESENTS AS A POINT IN TIME WHAT THAT CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT IS.
SO THIS CHART ILLUSTRATES THE PCI SCORES AND THE APPROXIMATE COST TO REPAIR.
AND ONE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE IS, YOU COULD SEE A PCI RANGE FROM 60 TO 70 OR 70 TO 85, AND THE GOOD TO VERY GOOD RANGE COMES AT A, A MUCH LOWER COST TO REPAIR TWO TO $10 OR SO THAN FURTHER DOWN THE CHART.
ONCE YOU GET TO VERY POOR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 10 TIMES MORE COST WITH 25 TO $30 PER, PER SQUARE FOOT, BECAUSE CHARTS ARE ALWAYS EASIER TO, UH, TO INTERPRET DATA.
SOMETIMES THIS CLEARLY SHOWS AND COMMUNICATES THE, THE NEED FOR, UH, INEXPENSIVE SURFACE TREATMENT AND REALLY THAT SWEET SPOT.
SO IF YOU CAN CAPTURE AND ADDRESS WITH SLURRY SEALS OR OTHER SURFACE TYPE TREATMENTS IN THAT SWEET SPOT, THEN YOU CAN ADDRESS IT PRIOR TO THAT REALLY FAST DEGRADATION OF THE PAVEMENT CROSS SECTION.
SO, SINCE 2006, WE'VE CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT HELPS GUIDE AND, UH, ADDRESS AND REALLY RECOMMEND FUNDING SOURCES FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SINCE 2014, THERE'S BEEN AN AUTOMATED PROCESS THAT HELPS TO MORE ACCURATELY AND, UM, CONSISTENTLY GATHER THAT DATA.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO READ UP ON THE, ON THE LATEST UPDATE IN, UH, 2025, JUST, JUST THIS YEAR, WE WENT THROUGH AND ADDRESSED AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THE, THE DIFFERENT STREET SEGMENTS.
WE DID OUR UPDATE AND REALLY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, BOOST OUR PCI SCORE FROM 56 TO 61.
SO THAT'S UP 9%, WHICH IS A, A HUGE MILESTONE AND EXCEEDS OUR, OUR GOAL WITHIN OUR PREVIOUS PMP OF 60.
SO EXCEEDED GOALS, AND UP 9%, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.
50% ARE AN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
38% ARE IN GOOD TO VERY GOOD 26% AND MARGINAL TO FAIR.
HOWEVER, WE DO STILL HAVE 20% IN POOR TO VERY POOR, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY DECREASED.
SO THAT'S THE ONE, UH, ONE POINT IN THIS LATEST REPORT THAT WE SAW A DECREASE IN, UH, THE PCI.
SO DIVING A BIT DEEPER INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE DIFFERENT STREET SEGMENTS AND STREET TYPES, OUR ARTERIAL STREETS, OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, UH, THOSE WERE UP 8%.
OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET NETWORK WAS UP 11% AND OUR ALLEYS WERE DOWN 18%.
SO WHILE NOTABLE INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, INCLUDING PAVING ALL OF OUR DIRT ALLEYS, REALLY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NEEDED TO, UM, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL IF WE WANNA MAINTAIN OUR STREET NETWORK AND ALLEY NETWORK IN GOOD CONDITION.
SO, HISTORICAL CONTEXT, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
30 YEARS AGO, UM, 30 YEARS AGO, ON AVERAGE, WE WERE INVESTING ABOUT 1.7 MILLION IN OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND CLOSE TO 11 MILLION IN OUR ARTERIAL STREETS.
THOSE ARE INGESTED FOR INFLATION NUMBERS, SO SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
SO TODAY WE'RE INVESTING 22 AND 27 RESPECTIVELY, UH, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE DOING BACK 30 YEARS AGO.
AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CROSS, THE, THE LIFE CYCLE OF A, OF A STREET IS REALLY ABOUT 30 YEARS.
SO THAT INVESTMENT OR, OR INEFFICIENT OR LACK OF INVESTMENT 30 YEARS AGO IS, UM, WE'RE SEEING THAT TODAY IN OUR ROAD NETWORK AGAIN, BECAUSE CHARTS ARE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO VISUALIZE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, THE, THE SWING OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE DECADES GOING FROM UNDER 10 MILLION UP TO 20, UH, IN, IN FY 23, UH, TOPPING UP THERE AT 50.
SO I KNOW YOU SAW THIS SLIDE ON THE LAST PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UM, TO INCLUDE THIS HERE.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE FFY 20 FY 17 START OF MEASURE A AT $27 MILLION.
AND THEN THAT INCREASED UP TO $42 MILLION.
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AND THEN IN FY 23, WITH THE ELEVATE 28 OR THE START OF THE ELEVATE 28 PROGRAM, IT CLIMBED TO OVER $60 MILLION.AND THEN IN FY 25, YOU CAN SEE THAT JUMP UP OVER A HUNDRED TO 104 MILLION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WITH, AND THAT WAS WITH THE, UH, THE BOND, THE BOND THAT YEAR.
SO FROM MEASURE A'S INCEPTION IN 2017, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL REPEAT THE STATS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS LIKE TO TOOT OUR OWN HORN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UH, 612 LANE MILES, UH, HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
340 LANE MILES OF SLURRY SEAL OVER 22 MILES OF ALLEYS.
AND, UH, I'M, I'M SURE WE'VE PROBABLY AT THIS POINT SINCE WE PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER, EXCEEDED 2 MILLION IN SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND 3,800 OR SO CURB BRANCH REPLACED.
THIS IS THE, THE MAP SHOWING THE PREVIOUS DECADE LEADING UP TO OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
SO YOU SEE A LOT OF GREEN ON THE MAP.
THESE WERE ALL THE STREETS THAT WERE COMPLETED FROM 2013 TO 2022, AGAIN, JUST PRIOR TO OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
HERE YOU SEE THE PROGRESS OF OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, UH, WITH OVER 540 LANE MILES COMPLETED.
AND WE'RE ROUGHLY RIGHT AROUND 52% OF OUR, OUR PLAN AND, UM, GOING BY LANE MILES OR SO, AND THAT'S THE SLURRY SEAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS, ARTERIAL STREETS, ALL COMBINED INTO ONE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE JUST OVER HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND WE'RE ABOUT 52% COMPLETE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ON ON TRACK TO, UH, TO MAKE A GOOD RUN AT COMPLETING OUR FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ON TIME.
SO OUR GRANTS TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO THE SUCCESS OF THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND THE OVERALL, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS WITHIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY'VE HELPED US TO, UH, TO REALLY SECURE OVER 98 MILLION IN GRANT AWARDS.
AND MOST OF THAT 88 MILLION OR SO, UH, HAS BEEN DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY FOR MOBILITY AND SAFETY TYPE PROJECTS.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SIX GRANTS IN THE APPLICATION PHASE.
AND HO HOPEFULLY IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE LUCKY ON A FEW OF THOSE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO, TO SECURE A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION MORE.
SO OUR, OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
UH, THE, OVER THE, THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE REALLY LOOKED PRETTY HARD INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRUCTURING TEAMS THAT CAN HELP DELIVER CIP PROJECTS EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY, ON TIME, ON BUDGET, WE'VE ADDED POSITIONS TO THE TEAM OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE IN, IN, UH, IN SUMMARY, WE HAD 47 A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE'RE NOW UP TO, TO 64 BUDGETED FTES.
AND PART OF THAT WAS DUE TO OUR CREATION OR THE CREATION OF A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU, WHICH WAS STOOD UP TO REALLY STANDARDIZE OUR PROJECT DELIVERY, HELPED STREAMLINE OUR PROJECT DELIVERY AND ACCELERATE OUR CIP PROGRAM.
GOOD NEWS AS PART OF THE AUDIT, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO SOME MORE OF THE FINDINGS HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
UH, BUT THE AUDIT DID CONFIRM THAT THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE SUFFICIENT TO DELIVER A CIP OF THIS SIZE AND SCALE.
SO THAT WAS ONE, ONE POSITIVE ASPECT.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH OUR, OUR PMP AND AS WE DETERMINE WHICH STREETS MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, WE DO TAKE A COMPLETE STREETS APPROACH TO DESIGNING THE STREETS FOR ALL USERS.
THIS IS IN, IN CONTRAST TO THE TYPICAL OR WHAT, WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, JUST A STRAIGHT GRIND AND OVERLAY.
SO THIS HELPS ADDRESS OTHER ELEMENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE.
UH, SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE BULLETED OUT.
UH, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROJECT, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE, THE PAVEMENT CROSS SECTION ITSELF.
SO A COMPLETE STREETS, UH, APPROACH IS A GREAT AND AND NOVEL APPROACH.
HOWEVER, IT, IT DOES, UH, CREATE ADDITIONAL, UH, INCREASE FOR NEED, ADDITIONAL INCREASE FOR OUTREACH, UH, COORDINATION APPROVALS, AND TYPICALLY REQUIRES AND INVOLVES A LARGER AND MORE COMPLEX FUNDING STACK TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS A REALITY.
THEY ALSO REQUIRE A MULTI-YEAR FUNDING TYPE STRATEGY.
WE CAN'T JUST ALLOCATE ALL FUNDS IN ONE YEAR.
WE USUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROLONGED DESIGN BID AND PLANNING TYPE PROCESS,
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WHICH, UH, JUST ADDS TO THE COMPLEXITY AS JONATHAN HAD NOTED ON THE, IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE DECK, OUR CRACK SEAL SLURRY SEAL TEAM IS AN IN-HOUSE TEAM, AND THEY'VE BEEN JUST INSTRUMENTAL IN PRESERVING THE STREETS AND MAINTAINING AND, AND INCREASING THAT PCI LEVEL, AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE CITYWIDE IMPROVEMENTS ARE, ARE REALLY EFFECTIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE.SO, SOME FUN FUND STATS HERE, IT'S BEEN OVER OVER 16 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SLURRY SEAL HAS BEEN APPLIED SINCE 2023.
DIVING A BIT INTO THE RECENT STREET AUDIT THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN MAY.
UH, THE, UM, THE, THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE AUDIT HAS BEEN RELEASED WITH THE OVERARCHING GOAL TO ENSURE THE CITY IS APPROPRIATELY SPENDING OR USING FUNDS FROM FINANCIAL SOURCES WITHIN THE TIMEFRAMES AND PARAMETERS OF THOSE FUNDING MECHANISMS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT AND HAPPY THAT THE AUDIT CONFIRMED THAT ALL THE FUNDS WERE SPENT HAVE BEEN SPENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY DID COME BACK WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES, ENHANCE OUR CONTROLS, AND COMMUNICATE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS A BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY, WHICH WE'LL DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT.
UH, THE STREET AUDIT AS, AS NOTED, UH, PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE A COUPLE STRENGTHS AND, AND GREAT FINDINGS.
SO THE, THE CURRENT RATE OF EXPENDITURES IS ADEQUATE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEASURE A BOND.
SO REALLY HAPPY TO HIT, HIT THAT MILESTONE AND GET THAT RECOGNITION.
AS PART OF THIS AUDIT, UH, THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO SPEND DOWN ALL THOSE FUNDS AND, UM, EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO MEET THESE, THESE REALLY IMPORTANT MILESTONES.
THE EXPENDITURES OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE ALSO INCREASED, UM, SO KIND OF HAND IN HAND WITH NUMBER ONE, UH, THAT FIRST BULLET, BUT REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO, TO REFLECT THAT.
THEY ALSO NOTED THAT THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE TO MAINTAIN OUR, UH, CIP AND CONTINUE TO DELIVER ON ALL THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT FINDING AND THE PROJECTS ARE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE CITY.
SO A COUPLE KEY, UH, RESPONSES FROM, FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
AS WE, UH, DISTILLED DOWN WHAT WAS WITHIN THAT AUDIT, AS WE HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST IT, WE WANTED TO PUT A COUPLE THOUGHTS AND IMPORTANT POINTS TOGETHER.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, OF COURSE, OPEN TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ADAPTATION, AND WE'RE ALREADY UNDERWAY TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE PROJECT TRACKING, ENHANCE SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATION AND REFINE OUR PRIORITIZATION METHODS.
THE ELEVATE 28 PROGRAM, OF COURSE, YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT A COUPLE TIMES THIS EVENING.
THAT REALLY HELPS US ALIGN OUR AVAILABLE FUNDING WITH OUR LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE MEASURE EIGHT FUNDING AS A MATCH AND BE COMPETITIVE IN CON IN SECURING ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FROM COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL GRANTS, WHICH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US DELIVER SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS.
AND THE, THE MOST RECENT 2025 PCI SCORE VALIDATES WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, WHILE THERE'S STILL A NEED, WE STILL HAVE TO INVEST MORE IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO START TO INCREASE OUR OVERALL, UM, PCI AND THE CONDITION OF OUR PAID PAVEMENT ACROSS THE CITY.
COUPLE IMPORTANT POINTS TO CLARIFY.
UH, THE, THE DEPARTMENT DOES WANNA CLARIFY THE PCI SCORE OF 56 CITED WITHIN THE AUDIT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2023, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THAT DOESN'T REFLECT THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN FFY 23, FY 24 AND FY 25.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THE COMPARISONS, WHAT MAKES IT A LITTLE CONFUSING, SOME OF THE PAR COMPARISONS WITHIN THE AUDIT DO KIND OF MARRY THE TWO.
SO THEY, THEY TALK ABOUT A PCI AT 56, BUT REFERENCE BACK TO THE, THE INVESTMENTS MADE IN 23, 24, 25, WHEN IN REALITY THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE HELPED US GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH OUR PCI OF 61.
SO, SMALL CAVEAT, BUT IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WAS COMPARED TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
SO SIMILAR TO LONG BEACH, A CONSISTENT LEVEL OF INCREASED FUNDING IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE TARGETED GOALS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE ON THE SLIDE.
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UH, SO COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BENCHMARK OURSELVES AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE AT, HOW ARE WE DOING COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES ELSEWHERE.UM, OF COURSE, THOUGH WE NEED TO DO THAT WITH, UM, UH, WITH OPEN EYES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES.
SO, A COUPLE IMPORTANT ITEMS TO NOTE.
MANY AGENCIES DO NOT INCLUDE ALLEYS FROM WITHIN THEIR PCI.
UH, THEY'RE OFTENTIMES THE PCI, AS YOU SAW WITHIN OUR CALCULATIONS, IS LOWER.
AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO INCLUDE OUR ALLE PCI WITHIN OUR OVERALL AVERAGE.
UH, THE, THE, ALSO, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, PARTIALLY DUE TO THAT, PARTIALLY FOR OTHER FACTORS THAT SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE O UH, OTHER BASELINES, AND THEY'RE STARTING FROM A HIGHER BASELINE OR HIGHER PCI, WHICH YOU SAW IS, UH, IT'S EASIER TO SPEND FEWER DOLLARS TO MAINTAIN A HIGHER PCI.
ONCE YOU DIP DOWN TOO FAR BELOW, YOU HAVE TO NOW SPEND EVEN MORE TO REINVEST.
SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE BIG TAKEAWAY HERE? UM, FURTHER FUNDING.
SO WHILE INVESTMENTS INTO INFRASTRUCTURE ARE, ARE AT RECORD LEVELS WHERE WE CONTINUE TO SPEND, UM, ALL THE MONEY THAT WE GET, AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BUT FURTHER FUNDING IS NEEDED IF WE WANNA MAXIMIZE OUR COST EFFECTIVENESS AND EXTEND OUR PAVEMENT LIFE.
SO TO HIGHLIGHT THIS POINT IN 2020, IN FY 23, WE INVESTED 28 MILLION IN OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET, CIP.
HOWEVER, AS OUTLINED WITHIN THE AUDIT AND AS OUTLINED WITHIN OUR PMP, MORE INVESTMENT IS NEEDED.
SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE AUDIT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST DOUBLE.
SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 44 AND AND 72 MILLION IS NEEDED JUST FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
SO, SHIFTING GEARS A LITTLE BIT, UM, THE, THE AUDIT DID HAVE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS AS I HAD, UM, MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
AND A FEW OF THOSE LED TO US, INCLUDING A COUPLE ITEMS WITHIN THE FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, THREE OF THOSE ARE POSITIONS WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ONE BEING THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT TO HELP IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT AND STANDARDIZE OUR REPORTING AND ADMIN ANALYST TO HELP CENTRALIZE, UH, THE CIP PROJECT CONTROLS AND A SENIOR SURVEYOR TO ADDRESS THE BACKLOG AND TO ALLOW US TO STAND UP A SECOND STAFF SURVEY CREW.
SO, CONCLUSION, WE'VE SEEN A NOTABLE JUMP IN OUR PCI FROM 56 TO 61, WHICH IS HISTORICAL, UH, UH, MONUMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE, 9% INCREASE.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY FOR OUR PAVEMENT.
UH, PCI IN GENERAL, THIS, THIS REFLECTS THE TARGET INVESTMENT AND OUR IMPROVED DELIVERY IN OUR CIP PROCESS.
HOWEVER, 20% OF OUR STREETS REMAIN IN NEED OF FULL RECONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION THAT WE HAVE.
AND OUR CURRENT INVESTMENT IS, UH, MUCH LOWER THAN, THAN NEEDED.
ADDITIONALLY, INFLATION REMAINS HIGH AND UNPREDICTABLE, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO PRODUCE ACCURATE COST ESTIMATES AND BUDGETS.
AND THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO PLAN AND DELIVER OUR CIP PROGRAM.
THE RECENT CREATION OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU IS A MAJOR MILESTONE IN OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER PROJECTS EFFECTIVELY UNDER ONE UMBRELLA AND ONE ROOF, HELPING US STANDARDIZE AND CENTRALIZE OUR PROCESS.
AND OUR CRACK SEAL AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO DO, UH, A LOT OF STUFF IN-HOUSE AND DOES ALLOW US TO HELP ADDRESS AND PREDICT SOME OF THOSE INCREASING COSTS AND SOME OF THE INCREASING, UH, NOT ONLY MATERIALS, BUT LABOR COSTS GET, ALLOWS US TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY AND PROACTIVELY.
AND LASTLY, UH, UH, THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DESIGNATED INFRASTRUCTURE AS A TOP PRIORITY.
AND WE ARE POSITIONED TO COLLABORATE CLOSELY AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING UP WITH FUNDING STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT OUR LONG-TERM CAPITAL REINVESTMENT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM, OH, LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ARANKA.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, UH, THE, UH, PCI INDEX CAN BE, UH, RELATED TO EACH AL DISTRICT IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN EACH ONE?
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THAT MAP IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO READ, SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET A, A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, UH, UPDATE ON REPAIR SIDEWALKS CUT OUT? SO THAT SHORT ANSWER, YES, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT CURRENTLY.ALL OF THOSE MAPS AS PART OF THIS EFFORT FOR THIS PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON, WERE UPDATED, UH, AS OF LAST WEEK TO REFLECT ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND OUR, UH, EFFORTS NOW.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SPOILER ALERT, OUR EFFORTS, WERE NOW TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO EACH DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY TO HELP GIVE YOU GUYS ALL AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR SPECIFIC AREAS.
ANYTHING COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.
UM, I JUST HAD A FEW JUST KIND OF CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
UM, SO ON SLIDE THREE, I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO, TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, BUT I REALLY WANT, IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST KIND OF LIKE REITERATE, 'CAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT WE GET AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS WHY DID YOU DO THAT STREET AND NOT MY STREET? MY STREET IS WORSE.
WHY? LIKE, I, I HAVE GIANT POTHOLES AND YOU DID THIS STREET THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS JUST DONE FIVE YEARS AGO.
LIKE, COULD YOU, COULD YOU SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE, ON THE PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX? UM, AND THEN I THINK THIS SLIDE THREE AND SLIDE FOUR I THINK ARE BOTH KIND OF RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER.
SO WE COULD JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT, IT'S EXTRA TIME THERE.
UH, OUR, NOT ONLY ARE YOU GETTING THESE QUESTIONS, BUT OUR TEAMS OUT IN THE FIELD ARE GETTING THESE QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ON THIS, ON THIS GRAPH AND ON THIS CHART.
SO WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT STREETS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION REALLY DON'T NEED A LOT OF, UH, REPAIR.
THEY DON'T NEED A LOT OF, UM, HELP.
AND IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO INVEST TOO MUCH TIME OR ENERGY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
IF WE CAN CAPTURE AND WE CAN SPEND SOME MONEY ON THE STREETS THAT ARE IN GOOD AND VERY GOOD CONDITION BEFORE THEY FALL DOWN TO THAT MARGINAL TO FAIR CATEGORY, THEN THAT BEHOOVES US.
AND IT'S A VERY COST EFFECTIVE WAY, AND IT'S A COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO MAINTAIN OUR STREETS IN THAT GOOD TO VERY GOOD CONDITION AND ADD ABOUT ANOTHER FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS TO THE LIFE OF THE STREET.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, THAT REALLY IS WHAT IT HAS ALLOWED US TO MAINTAIN AND, AND NOW START TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE PCI BECAUSE OUR IN-HOUSE SLURRY TEAM IS DOING JUST THAT.
THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THOSE GOOD AND VERY GOOD STREETS HELPING TO MAINTAIN THEM IN THAT CATEGORY BEFORE THEY FALL TO THAT MARGINAL FAIR.
UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THESE QUESTIONS ARE COMING FROM, UH, AREAS OR REGIONS WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY FALLEN TO MARGINAL FAIR OR POOR, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY REQUIRE THAT FULL RECONSTRUCTION, THAT FULL REINVESTMENT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE IN A, A POOR STREET, LET'S SAY, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE 17 TO $25 PER SQUARE FOOT.
HOWEVER, WE REALIZE WE DO NEED TO GET TO THOSE STREETS.
IT DOES, IT IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO ELEVATE ALL OF OUR ROAD NETWORK TO GET TO THOSE STREETS, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A BALANCED APPROACH.
SO WE'RE TACKLING SOME OF THE GOOD TO VERY GOOD AND WE'RE ALSO TAKING AND AND SPENDING SOME MONEY ON THOSE VERY POOR AND POOR STREETS.
AND JOSH, IF I COULD JUST TO CLARIFY OR, OR EXPAND UPON THAT, UM, WE, WE ARE, AS A DEPARTMENT, AS A CITY, WE ARE STILL INVESTING IN THOSE VERY POOR AND POOR STREETS.
UH, BUT IT, OUR METHOD IS A MIXED MODEL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE SOLELY FOCUSED ON STREETS THAT ARE IN THE VERY POOR CATEGORY, THE AMOUNT OF STREETS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE EACH YEAR WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER.
AND THE STREETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD AND GOOD WOULD BE GETTING NO TREATMENT FURTHER FALLING INTO THAT VERY POOR.
AND SO WE'D BE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR REALLY WHERE WE LOOK BACK 30 YEARS AND THE UNDERINVESTMENT THERE, WE WOULD BE CATCHING UP ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY.
UH, BUT THE STREETS WOULD KEEP FALLING INTO, INTO VERY POOR CONDITIONS.
CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE FOUR REAL QUICK? I JUST WANNA RELATE THIS TO SLIDE FOUR.
SO I SEE X AXIS PAVEMENT, AGE Y AXI IS PAVEMENT CONDITION, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DEMONSTRATING HERE IS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE GOOD AND VERY GOOD, RIGHT? THEY'RE ON THAT KIND OF INITIAL, THAT INITIAL SLOPE.
AND THEN I THINK THE ARGUMENT YOU ARE ARE MAKING IS THAT THAT DEGRADATION AND KIND OF REDUCTION IN THE CONDITION STARTS TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY GET TO THOSE FAIR AND MARGINAL AND IT, AND THAT DROP OFF HAPPENS PRETTY QUICKLY, UM, ONCE YOU GET TO THAT PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX.
UM, AND THEN THAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES OUR COSTS IN ORDER TO FIX THEM.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
YOU WANT A JOB AT PUBLIC WORKS,
YOU, YOU ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT.
SO ON SLIDE SIX, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT UM, OUR CURRENT PCI IS 61 AND THAT EXCEEDS THE TARGET PCI THAT WE HAD OF 60.
SO WHAT IS THE NEW TARGET? YES.
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THAT IS PENDING.UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO COME BACK, UH, WITH A STUDY SESSION TO CITY COUNCIL AND PRESENT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SCENARIOS AND PLANS ON, ON WHERE THAT TARGET COULD BE.
UM, AND THEN, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
APOLOGIES WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE.
I DID JUST WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD.
UM, SO THE, THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH BULLET, THE 20% IN POOR, VERY POOR CONDITION.
SO IN 2023 SCORING, THAT WAS ACTUALLY 33%.
SO A THIRD OF OUR STREETS WERE IN POOR OR VERY POOR.
AND SO NOW IN 2025, 20%, ONLY A FIFTH OF OUR STREETS ARE VERY POOR OR POOR.
AND SO THAT IS A 13% DECREASE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD DECREASE WE'RE GETTING.
I WAS GONNA ASK THAT WE'RE GETTING, BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS PHRASED WE'RE GETTING STREETS OFF THE VERY POOR, POOR, OKAY.
YEAH, THAT I WAS GONNA ASK THAT.
'CAUSE THE WAY THE MAY IT WAS PHRASED INITIALLY, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE WORST STREETS WERE GETTING EXCUSE, EXCUSE MY BAD.
UH, MY, MY BAD GRAMMAR WORSER
UM, AND SO I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA ASK THAT EXACT QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN, UH, FOR SLIDE 10, UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF LIKE A HIGHLIGHT.
SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT A SLIDE LIKE SLIDE 10, RIGHT? AND THEY SEE LIKE, HEY, WE DID, LIKE, WE'RE KIND OF CONTINUING TO SEE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS INCREASE IN INVESTMENT, LIKE THIS BIG INCREASE IN FISCAL YEAR 25 AND THEN KIND OF A DROP OFF.
I THINK THE PERCEPTION FOR PEOPLE IS GONNA BE, OH, THE CITY LIKE DID ALL THIS INVESTMENT AND NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO GO BACK TO LIKE NOT INVESTING.
COULD YOU JUST KIND OF REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID THERE AROUND, LIKE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN FISCAL YEAR 25? YES.
SO THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN IS STRUCTURED AS A FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN WITH THREE BOND TRANCHES PLANNED IN FY 23, 25 AND 27.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SPIKES IN FY 25 BECAUSE THE FY 25 MEASURE A BONDS WERE INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED CIP.
SO WE COULD SEE AN EXPECTED, UH, PROPOSED CIP FOR 27 ALSO GOING UP AS WELL.
'CAUSE THAT IS THE LAST AND THIRD EXPECTED BOND CRUNCH.
BUT THAT'S 26 IS A NON BOND CIP YEAR, WHICH IS WHERE YOU SEE THE DIP.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY ONE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T SKIP OVER THAT SO THAT PEOPLE, THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT.
UH, AND THEN FOR SLIDE 13, UH, JUST TO MARRY WHAT YOU SAID WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT, SO JOSH, I REMEMBER YOU SAID THAT OVERALL WE HAVE ABOUT 50 PER 2% COMPLETE FOR, UM, OUR CURRENT, UM, OUR CURRENT PLAN FOR OUR STREETS.
BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, IT SAYS PERCENT COMPLETE IS 67.46%.
SO THE WAY I READ THAT IS THAT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SLURRY SEALED STREETS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THE 52% IS THE AVERAGE OF THE RESURFACED VERSUS THE SLURRY SEAL.
AND, AND WE REALIZE THAT'S, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING AND, AND JONATHAN AND I WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, BEFOREHAND SAYING, I THINK IN FOR FUTURE SLIDE DECKS, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.
UH, SEE, LOOK, LOOK, I WAS PAYING ATTENTION WHEN YOU WERE TALKING.
UM, AND THEN A COUPLE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO ONE WAS, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT LIKE SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDING THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET.
UM, IS THERE A LIST OR A BREAKDOWN SHOWING WHERE SPECIFIC GRANT FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED TO WHICH PROJECTS? UM, AND WHAT THOSE GRANTS COVER SPECIFICALLY? CERTAINLY WE CAN, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS A FOLLOW UP.
UM, YES, WE, WE TRACK ALL THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I FEEL LIKE, JOSH, YOU DIDN'T GIVE THIS ENOUGH ATTENTION, BUT I KNOW WHEN I WAS READING THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET BOOK AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THE IN-HOUSE, UH, K CRACK AND SUR SEAL.
THERE WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER WAS IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT TALKED SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IT HAS SAVED US TO BRING THAT, UM, THAT SERVICE IN-HOUSE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PATTING PEOPLE ON THE BACK, UM, TO, TO, I MEAN, HONESTLY, I REALLY THINK THAT'S LIKE ONE OF LIKE A MAJOR SUCCESS IN PUBLIC WORKS.
AND SO CAN YOU GUYS JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT LIKE WHAT THAT HAS LOOKED LIKE FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT? YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT, UH, GREAT POINT AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
SO OUR, OUR IN-HOUSE KRA AND SLURRY SEAL TEAM IS FUNDED.
PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING IS JUST ABOUT $10 MILLION, UM, IN FUNDING FOR THE IN-HOUSE CRACK AND SLURRY SEAL TEAM TO DATE.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WORK IN-HOUSE, UM, WHERE WE PURCHASED OUR OWN EQUIPMENT, UH, TO DO THE WORK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT CONTRACTING OUT, THAT WOULD BE A MUCH, MUCH, MUCH HIGHER, HIGHER RATE TO CONTRACT OUT THOSE SERVICES.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC, UH, HOME RUN STAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UH, YES, IT HAS BEEN A, A HUGE HELP.
AND THE KRAKEN SLURRY SEAL TEAM REALLY IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE FOR THE INCREASE IN PCI THAT WE SAW IN OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 61 TO 66, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
AND I'M SURE, UH, ERIC WILL MAKE SURE AFTER THIS PRESENTATION THAT HE WILL DRILL INTO YOUR BRAIN, THOSE STATISTICS.
YOU CAN JUST THINK HE'S ROLL OFF THE MA ALL ROLL OFF
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THE TONGUE.SO AGAIN, DON'T HAVE THE EXACT EXACT SPECIFICS, BUT TO JONATHAN'S POINT, WE HAVE A, THE, THE FUNDING FOR OF 10 MILLION OR SO WITHIN THE BUDGET.
AND AS WE WENT THROUGH IN THE, IN THE SLIDE DECK, YOU COULD SEE IT'S ABOUT TWO TO $3 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR SLURRY.
IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT WITH THE 16 MILLION SQUARE FEET THAT WE'VE DONE, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO ROUGHLY $30 MILLION, 32 MILLION.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A A ROM IDEA OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO IT, IT HAS BEEN, UH, A MONUMENTAL, UH, INCREASE IN, IN OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THE PCI AND TO DELIVER THESE IMPORTANT CORE SERVICES IN-HOUSE WITH, WITH OUR FOLKS.
SO IT'S BEEN, I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TOOT OUR HORN.
OH, YOUR, YOUR BOSS IS BEHIND YOU.
'CAUSE HE'S, HE'S, HE'S REALLY GO TO TOOT IN A MINUTE.
HE WANNA ADD TO IT
UH, WHEN WE CREATED THE PRO FORMA WELL THAT WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL TO CREATE THE KRAKEN L SEAL IN-HOUSE PROGRAM, WE ESTIMATED A SAVINGS OF ABOUT 40%.
UH, WE CAN DO THIS AT A FOUR, IF WE DO IT OURSELVES, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN SAVE 40% BECAUSE, UH, YOU, WE HAVE THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, BEING ABLE TO CONTROL OUR OWN SCHEDULES.
WE DON'T HAVE OTHER PROJECTS IN OTHER CITIES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOWNTIME SCHEDULING FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER.
WE JUST GO, WE PLAN OUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
WE GO FROM ONE, UH, ONE STREET, UH, TO ANOTHER, TO ANOTHER TO ANOTHER.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES THERE THAT WE GET TO BENEFIT FROM, BENEFIT FROM DIRECTLY AS OPPOSED TO THE CONTRACTOR.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THOUGH, AND JUST AT THE HIGH LEVEL, WHAT JOSH JUST REFERENCED, THE BENEFITS IS OVER 40%.
UH, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE WE REALLY DRILL DOWN ON THAT NUMBER AND HAVE THOSE SAVINGS.
UM, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WE'RE NOT WITH THAT PROGRAM.
WE'RE NOT PURSUING PROJECTS THAT ARE 10, 20, 30, $40 MILLION.
OUR, OUR FRIENDS AND, UH, OUR PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FRIENDS, THEY ARE PURSUING THOSE CONTRACTS.
AND WHEN THEY TAKE US SLURRY SEAL PROJECT, SOMETIMES THEY LOSE MONEY WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF THEN GETTING THAT $50 MILLION STUDEBAKER PROJECT AND USING THEIR LABORS TO DO THAT PROJECT INSTEAD OF THE $10 MILLION, UH, SLUR SEAL PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
SO WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
AND WE KNOW OUR PARTNERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE DOING AMAZING, HELPING US REBUILD OUR STREETS, BUT THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE, WE CAN DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
AND I THINK WE'VE PROVEN THAT.
UM, AND PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, YOU'RE WELCOME FOR ME GETTING THAT ON RECORDED SO YOU CAN JUST LIKE LISTEN TO IT, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING AND THEN IT'LL JUST EVENTUALLY IT'LL JUST ROLL OFF YOUR TONGUE.
UM, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO, TO, TO ASK ABOUT, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A PIGGYBACK OFF OF COUNCIL OR VICE MAYOR ORANGS QUESTION AROUND LIKE KNOWING WHAT OUR PCI IS, UM, COUNCIL, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, CAN YOU ALL TALK A LITTLE BIT HOW WE FUND OUR LOCAL STREETS PROGRAM? RIGHT? SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LIKE HOW WE PRIORITIZE THE FUNDS FOR LIKE WHERE THEY GO, UM, PRIORITIZATION OF LIKE BEST STREETS, WAR STREETS, ET CETERA, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THAT? UH, THAT, THAT'S ME.
SO WE USE OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TO HELP US DETERMINE, UH, KIND OF WHAT IS THE BEST BALANCE OF WHICH STREETS GET ADDRESSED WHENEVER WE GO THROUGH THE FIVE YEAR PROCESS.
AND, UH, WE GO TO OUR INTERNAL PROCESS WHERE STAFF PRESENTS ALL THE STREETS AND, UH, COUNCIL DELIBERATES, WE HAVE OUR MAPS AND THEN WE USE OUR MAPS, UH, TO TRACK THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTING OUR AVAILABLE LOCAL STREET DOLLARS.
UH, SAY WE HAVE $20 MILLION IN OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM.
UH, HOW MUCH GOES INTO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT? UM, ACTUALLY WHAT DEPENDS ON A FORMULA THAT WAS, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY, BY COUNCIL, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REVISED, UH, I THINK IT WAS LAST REVISED AROUND 2017.
AND, UH, WE, THERE'S TWO WAYS WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS HISTORICALLY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE USED TO HAVE A, UH, HALF OF OUR FORMULA BASED ON JUST, UM, JUST, UH, EQUAL DISTRIBUTION, A DIVIDE BY NINE, UH, FORMULA, 50% DIVIDE BY NINE, AND THEN 50%, UH, DI BY, DIVIDED BY THE NEED IN EACH COUNCIL'S DISTRICT AS OUTLINED IN THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THEN IT GOT CHANGED AROUND 2017 WHERE IT WENT TO JUST 100% BASED ON THE NEED AS DEFINED BY THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO OUR, OUR DISTRIBUTION OF, OF, UH, FUNDS PER COUNCIL DISTRICT IS BASED A HUNDRED PERCENT BASED ON THE NEED AS OUTLINED IN OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, I THINK I WANNA TACK SOMETHING ONTO THE REPORT BACK THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORANGA IS ASKING FOR AROUND LIKE THE, THE PCI FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
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UM, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR CITY STAFF TO EVALUATE IF THE, THE FORMULA THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER, UM, RESULTS IN A MORE EQUITABLE KIND OF DISTRIBUTION OF THAT INVESTMENT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT VERSUS THE PREVIOUS FORMULA, UM, THAT WE WERE, UM, THAT WE WERE DOING? BECAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ELEVATE 28 BONDS INVESTMENT, RIGHT? I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND MAKING SURE RIGHT, THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL HEAR FROM OUR DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICT STAFF, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS LIKE, OH, WE FEEL LIKE MORE IS GOING TO X, Y, AND Z.AND SO I THINK A, A A A REPORT BACK LIKE THAT, I THINK WILL, WILL ANSWER A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND ALLOW US TO GO CONFIDENTLY BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE.
YEAH, SO A COMPARISON OF LIKE WHAT THINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM VERSUS THE CURRENT SYSTEM I THINK WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, FOR, FOR, FOR US IN EDIFYING, FOR US AS A, AS A COMMITTEE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SO IT ALL OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER WANKA OR VICE, I SHOULD SAY VICE MAYOR.
UH, SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO TO PUBLIC, UH, I'M GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AGAIN, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND FORM A LINE SO WE CAN CONTINUE.
YOU DETERMINE HOW MANY SPEAKERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING ONCE THIS NUMBER IS ESTABLISHED.
NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HEARD FROM THIS ITEM.
APPARENTLY YOU ALSO EX DID A EXCELLENT JOB PUBLIC WORKS 'CAUSE THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL TAKE, UH, A VOTE.
UH, NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE COUNCIL DISTRICT CORRESPONDENCE.
SO I'M GONNA READ THE, THE SAME COMMENTS I READ THE FIRST MEETING JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AGAIN.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO REORIENT US FROM THE BROADER BUDGET CONTEXT.
[5. 25-56042 Recommendation to receive and file Council District correspondence. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
CAN WE GET A MOTION? OH, I'M SORRY.COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN ISN'T SITTING IN HER SEAT.
UH, THE FINAL, THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT RELEASED THE TWO FROM FOUR FROM MEMO TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 1ST, 2025, REGARDING THE BUDGET SUBMISSION PROCESS FOR COUNCIL OFFICES.
AS STATED IN THE MEMO, ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY PROVIDE WRITTEN REQUESTS ON ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR DELETED FROM THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET.
ONCE IT IS MADE PUBLIC, THESE MEMOS SHOULD REFLECT THE BUDGET ALLOCATION, REQUESTED ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING OFFSETS IDENTIFIED, AS WELL AS DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE NOTIFIED OR WORKED WITH AS PART OF DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE REQUEST.
NOTE, THE ASSUMPTION OF THE JULY 1ST, 2025 MEMO FROM THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WAS THAT THESE REQUESTS WOULD BE SUBMITTED AFTER THE BUDGET WAS MADE PUBLIC.
I SAY THIS IS A PRECURSOR TO OUR DISCUSSION AS SOME OF THE ITEMS WE WOULD DISCUSS MAY ALREADY BE REFLECTED IN THE CITY MANAGE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET AND OR THE MAYOR'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
MOREOVER, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL DISCUSS WILL REQUIRE COORDINATION WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY AND ARE NOT READY FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY FLEXIBLE ONE-TIME DOLLARS AVAILABLE WITHOUT SHIFTING MONEY FROM OTHER PRIORITIES.
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL REQUIRE A COMMENSURATE OFFSET FROM ANOTHER FUNDING RECOMMENDATION.
WITH THAT IN MIND, LET US PROCEED WITH THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO, UH, THE FIRST BUDGET REQUEST, UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO IN ORDER.
SO THE FIRST BUDGET REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVED WAS FOR, UM, AN INCREASE, UM, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY CREST BY THE TOTAL OF 52,500.
SO THIS WAS FROM, UM, DISTRICT SIX.
UH, AND SO, UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR A, UM, KIM, UH, FOR A CAMBODIAN SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM.
UM, I BELIEVE THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION.
SO THIS SAID AMOUNTS OF CITY FUNDING REQUESTED IN ADDITION TO THE CITY MAN'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IS 37,500.
UM, THE FUNDING SOURCE IS SUGGESTED TO BE GENERAL FUND OR, UM, I BELIEVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR SENIOR ASSISTANCE.
THIS WOULD BE A ONE-TIME PROGRAM.
UH, AND WITH THE BACKGROUND, THE SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM OFFERS CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MEALS TO SENIORS ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY, UM, AND THE HEALTH AND NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY.
UM, AND SO MY FIRST ACTUAL, IN READING THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST, MY FIRST, UM, QUESTION WAS, UH, WOULD WHAT DEPARTMENT THIS WOULD FALL UNDER, I'M ASSUMING IT'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IS, UH, THIS MAY ALSO FALL UNDER PARKS, RECREATION, MARINES, SO WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHERE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST QUESTION.
UM, MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, IF THIS IS A, A PROGRAM THE CITY HAS FUNDED IN THE PAST, UH, AND IF SO, LIKE WHEN AND WHERE.
SO IS THERE LIKE A KIND OF A HISTORY? I DON'T KNOW.
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AND THEN THE OTHER IS A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE HAVE POTENTIALLY HAVE LIKE, LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A CONTRACT, RIGHT? WITH A PROVIDER FOR, UH, THIS MEAL PROGRAM.SO AS A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, IF WE ALLOCATED FUNDING, WOULD IT THEN NEED TO GO THROUGH LIKE AN RFP PROCESS, RIGHT? TO IDENTIFY A CONTRACTOR? LIKE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE LOOKING AT AN, UM, A PARTICULAR ITEM LIKE THIS.
UM, AND I KNOW, SO I THINK THAT CAN COME BACK AS A, A A, A REPORT BACK EITHER FROM THE THE DISTRICT OFFICE ITSELF OR FROM CITY STAFF.
UM, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VICE MAYOR ARANGA, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
AND THEN, THEN I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO THAT, YEAH, SO IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BACK, I THINK THAT'LL HELP US MAKE A MORE, UM, INFORMED DECISION AROUND, UH, THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET PRIORITY.
UH, THE NEXT REQUEST WAS ALSO FROM DISTRICT ASSIST WAS AROUND THE MICRO ENTERPRISE NEXT LEVEL GRANT.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000.
UM, THE SUGGESTED FUNDING SOURCE WOULD BE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, THE TYPE OF FUNDING IS SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND JUST SORT OF BACKGROUND FOR EVERYONE.
UH, THE MICRO ENTERPRISE GRANT PROGRAM IS A NEW PROPOSED PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND MICROENTERPRISES BY PROVIDING CRITICAL FUNDING TO HELP THEM GROW AND ACHIEVE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
THIS INITIATIVE DIRECTLY SUPPORTS ECONOMIC INCLUSION.
UM, AND SO, UH, I DO KNOW IN LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING REQUEST, UM, THAT THERE IS THROUGH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AS PART OF THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE LEVEL UP LONG BEACH EXTREME SMALL BUSINESS MAKEOVER GRANT FUNDING.
UM, AND SO MY QUESTION I THINK WOULD BE POTENTIALLY, WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD THAT FALL UNDER THAT PARTICULAR FUNDING MECHANISM? UM, AND THEN I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE, UM, BUDGETED BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS FOR $250,000.
SO THIS IS TO ESTABLISH AND CENTRAL, A CENTRALIZED OFFICE TO ASSIST WITH LICENSING AND PERMITTING.
SO I KIND OF LOOKED AT, UH, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN OUR BUDGET, UM, THAT CAN CURRENTLY PERHAPS LIKE FUND AN ALLOCATION LIKE THIS.
UM, AND SO MY QUESTION WAS COULD THIS FALL UNDER THAT OR WOULD THIS HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE, UM, A SEPARATE ALLOCATION? AND SO I THINK MY, I GUESS MY OVERALL QUESTION, UM, TO ALSO TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND TO CITY STAFF WOULD BE, UM, IF THEY COULD SPECIFY WHAT SUPPORT WOULD BE PROVIDED.
SO I THINK WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT THE KIND OF THIS MICRO ENTERPRISE PROGRAM, LIKE WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF INITIATIVES THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THIS? LIKE WHAT WOULD THEY BE DOING? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HOW THE FUNDING WOULD BE, HOW THE FUNDING WOULD BE USED.
I THINK THEY WERE, I, IT SOUNDS LIKE I THINK, UH, CITY STAFF ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THAT ANSWER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT.
YEAH, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THOSE RESPONSES, SO WE'LL GET THAT BACK TO YOU.
UM, AND THEN, UH, NEXT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VICE MAYOR ORRAN, UM, ITEMS SIX A, SIX B, AND SIX D ARE ALL CORRESPONDENCES RELATED TO THE JUSTICE FUNDS WITH BASICALLY THE SAME BUDGET.
ASK, UM, WOULD THE COMMITTEE, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO HEARING THOSE, LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER? YEAH.
UM, SO, UM, I THINK MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE JUSTICE FUND.
UM, AND SO WE'VE, WE HAVE, UH, SEEN, HI, I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ATTACHMENTS THAT ARE FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
THAT WAS FOR REGULAR ITEM NUMBER SIX.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ASKS.
SO, UM, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, COUNCIL, VICE MERANGA.
WELL, UM, OKAY, SO NOTHING FROM VICE MERANGA.
SO THEN WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO, AGAIN, I'LL READ MY LITTLE, HOLD ON.
I CAN READ IT FOR YOU IF YOU LIKE.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP TO THE PODIUM NOW.
THEN WE CAN GO, UH, FORWARD, UH, AND RECEIVE A FILE AND TAKE A VOTE.
AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENCE.
VICE MAYOR ARANKA, ITEM 6 8, 6 B, AND SIX D
DO YOU MIND TAKING THEM ALL TOGETHER?
[6. 25-56043 Recommendation to receive and file community correspondence. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
YEAH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.SO, UM, SO AGAIN, UM, SO WE HAVE GOTTEN, UM, SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AROUND A, UM, A BUDGET ASKED FOR, UM, THE LONG
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BEACH JUSTICE FUND.UM, AND SO I WILL NOTE THAT, UM, JUST A SECOND.
I WILL NOTE THAT, UM, IN PAGE THREE OF THE MAYOR'S BUDGET MESSAGE BOOKLET, UM, ON UNDER DEFENDING OUR LONG BEACH VALUES, THE MAYOR CURRENTLY IS RECOMMENDING ALLOCATING 1.85 MILLION TO THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND.
UM, AND THIS FUND WOULD COM, UM, COMPRISE OF ONE TIME $600,000 ALLEGATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, ALONG WITH SOME, UH, CURRENT BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND SOME ROLLOVER FUNDS.
UM, IN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET ASK THAT WE GOT FROM, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE IMMIGRATION COALITION GROUPS, UM, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD THAT I THINK I COULDN'T QUITE RECONCILE AND I'D LIKE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON IS HOW MUCH IS CURRENTLY IN OUR JUSTICE FUND RIGHT NOW? LIKE, SO I KNOW PART OF THIS WOULD BE ROLLOVER FUNDS, AND SO I WASN'T QUITE CLEAR, UM, WHAT THE ACTUAL LIKE AMOUNT IS THAT'S LEFT IN THE FUND CURRENTLY.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S, THAT WAS, THAT'S ONE OF MY CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
I ACTUALLY DO HAVE THAT ONE RIGHT NOW.
UM, OUR CURRENT, UH, STRUCTURAL FUNDING IS, UH, 300,000 AND OUR ROLLOVER AMOUNT IS 950,000.
SO, SO WE'RE, SO THAT WOULD BE, SO 300,000 WOULD BE WHAT, STRUCTURAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 26? CORRECT.
AND THEN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE FUND RIGHT NOW IS $950,000.
THAT IS ANTICIPATED CARRYOVER FROM FISCAL YEAR 25.
SO, UH, SO THAT IS, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE, SO $1,250,000 OR YEAH.
DID I DO MY MATH RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ORGA OR VICE MAYOR ARANGA, DID YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO SAY AROUND THE JUSTICE FUND? UH, THE, UH, UH, THE RUN OVER FROM, WHAT YEAR IS THAT? THAT'S FROM FISCAL YEAR 25.
UH, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE, SO I KNOW WE ARE GONNA HAVE, I THINK A LOT, UH, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC COMMENT AROUND THIS FOR THE, PROBABLY THE NEXT FEW SESSIONS.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, THE ASK IS FOR THAT AMOUNT PROBABLY PLUS ESSENTIALLY ALMOST ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS, UM, INVESTED INTO THAT, UM, INTO THAT FUND, UH, BASED ON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING HAPPEN, UM, IN OUR CITY, UH, IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR STATE, AND IN OUR NATION.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT WE ARE, UH, RECEPTIVE TO HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, WAYS TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHEN WE HAVE A FULL DIALOGUE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, ANY POTENTIAL KIND OF LIKE CHANGES OR ENHANCEMENTS, UM, THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE POTENTIALLY COULD BRING, UM, AS WELL AS HEARING FROM, UM, RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES, UH, WHO, WHO MAY WANNA COME AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE CAN OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
NO, I NEED TO DO THE OTHER, THE OTHER ONES FIRST AND THEN WE TAKE FULL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE, CORRECT.
YOU SHOULD GO THROUGH ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE FIRST BEFORE WE GET TO, YEAH.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT WAS, SO THAT IS FOR, UH, THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND.
UH, WE ALSO, SO CORRESPONDENCE SIX C IS FROM THE LONG BEACH HOUSING JUSTICE COALITION.
UH, AND SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR 2 MILLION FOR TENANT PROTECTION THROUGH RIGHT TO COUNSEL, UM, AND 400,000 FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE HOUSING FOR ALL, UH, COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS, UM, AS WELL AS FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACQUISITION PRESERVATION, AND PRODUCTION BY THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
SO, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS TO, UH, MENTION ABOUT THIS IS THAT I WILL NOTE THAT ON, AGAIN, ON PAGE FOUR, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, UH, MESSAGE BOOKLET FOR UPSTREAM LB, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF 1.5 MILLION FOR THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM.
UM, ADDITIONALLY ON PAGE SIX, THERE'S A RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION OF $200,000 FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND ENGAGEMENT ON POTENTIAL FUTURE RESOURCING AND PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS.
UM, ONE NOTE THAT I DO WANT PEOPLE TO, TO, TO BE AWARE OF WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, UH, FUNDING, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, AND I JUST WANNA GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE.
SO IN 2023, THE RFP THAT WAS CON WAS CONDUCTED IMPROVED, UM, RELATED TO COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
IF YOU LOOK UNDER MILESTONE 2.2, UM, IT
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WAS AGREED THAT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT, PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROJECT MILESTONES WOULD IDENTIFY HOW TO OPERATE AND FUND ITSELF AND PROPERLY MAINTAIN FINANCIAL RECORDS.MOREOVER, WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE CONTRACT EXECUTION, THE CONTRACTOR WAS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS STARTED DEVELOPING OR IS OTHERWISE CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND, AND SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE RFP MILESTONES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, SO I WOULD WANNA KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN FULFILLED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN ASSESSMENT AROUND FUTURE FUNDING, UM, AROUND THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ONE, UH, UM, ADDITIONAL THING THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION AND I HAVE TO JUST READ IT 'CAUSE I READ IT TO MYSELF.
UM, I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, AND THIS IS JUST SO, LIKE I SAID AGAIN, FOR EVERYBODY'S EDIFICATION IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AROUND THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UM, THE CITY DID SAY THAT IT ANTICIPATED THE CITY WOULD NOT HAVE RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE RELATIONSHIP BESIDE, UH, BEYOND THE C PHASE.
SO IE PROVIDING TECHNO ASSISTANCE AFTER COUNCIL, ET CETERA.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT LIKE WHEN WE EMBARKED UPON THIS RFP, LIKE IT WAS FROM THE UNDER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY, THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, TO INVEST, UM, AS WE PROCEED FORWARD.
AND SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING AS WE HAVE A CONVERSATION, UM, AROUND THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET ASK.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LOVE, UH, SOME THOUGHTS FROM OUR, UM, THE REST OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF THEY HAVE ANY.
I DO YOU, DO YOU SAY YOU DID? NO, NO.
UM, I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO, RIGHT? WAS THERE AN ADDITIONAL ONE? OH, AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, REQUEST FROM, UH, A BUDGET REQUEST.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS ONE HAD A, A TITLE.
THIS ONE WAS FOR THE FULLY FUND, THE $5 MILLION VIOLENCE PREVENTION PACKAGE.
UM, AND SO I THINK MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, UH, LAST YEAR, UM, WE HAD A REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION HERE AT BOC AROUND, UH, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, INVESTMENT AND RESOURCES AROUND THINGS LIKE SAFE PASSAGE, COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS, ET CETERA.
RIGHT? UM, AND SO, UM, AND I, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN, UM, SOME DEFINITELY, UH, BENEFITS TO THAT INVESTMENT, UM, IN OUR CITY, UH, RELATED TO A LOT OF THE METRICS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, AND SO THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ASK FOR, TO CONTINUE TO INVEST, UM, IN THAT PROGRAMMING, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, ADMITTEDLY I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO FULLY VET AND READ THROUGH, UM, THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ITEM.
AND SO I'M WILLING TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION OVER THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS TO, TO, TO DISCUSS THIS PARTICULAR ASK.
BUT IF MY, UM, MY COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO, UM, TO, TO DISCUSS AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR ASK, LIKE WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, I AGREE WITH YOUR, UH, ASSESSMENT COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A KIND OF AN, AN AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, TO THE MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I'D LIKE TO LAY THIS OVER TO THE MEETING ON THE 26TH, SO THAT WAY THAT GIVES ALL OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO REALLY READ THROUGH THIS, MAKE ASSESSMENTS, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A MUCH MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION, UM, AROUND WHAT I THINK IS A REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, BUDGET ASK.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A FEW FOLKS HERE, UM, THAT WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.
YOU WANNA READ OUR, CAN YOU READ OUR STATEMENT? YEP.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND FORM A LINE SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MANY SPEAKERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
ONCE THIS NUMBER IS ESTABLISHED, NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD FOR THIS ITEM.
MY NAME IS ROMEO, HE BROWN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH THE FILIPINO MIGRANT CENTER, AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND COALITION, UH, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF MY ORGANIZATION,
UM, WE, I KNOW WE'VE MET WITH MANY OF OUR, UH, DISTRICT OFFICES AND MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE HERE TO, UH, REALLY ADVOCATE, UH, AND PUSH FOR 2.2 MILLION IN STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR THE JUSTICE FUND, UM, AND, AND STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITIES NEED THIS RIGHT NOW.
NOT JUST IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, OF COURSE, THEY ARE THE MOST IMPACTED, BUT ALL OF LONG BEACH NEEDS THIS RIGHT NOW.
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THE JUSTICE FUND, MY ORGANIZATION, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN HELPING WITH, UM, A GROUP OF FILIPINO CAREGIVERS, UM, TWO OF WHOM WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR WORK PERMITS, UM, THROUGH, UH, DEFERRED ACTION.AND, UM, AS A RESULT OF BEING ABLE TO SECURE THEIR WORK PERMITS, IT ALLOWED THEM TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN A CAMPAIGN AGAINST WAGE THEFT AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYER.
UM, IN FEBRUARY, THE BUREAU OF FIELD ENFORCEMENT, AFTER, UM, A YEAR PLUS LONG INVESTIGATION ON THAT EMPLOYER ISSUED A 2.2 OR 2.3 MILLION CITATION DOLLAR CITATION AGAINST THE EMPLOYER.
AND A LARGE PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HELP THAT THEY RECEIVED THROUGH THE JUSTICE FUND AND HAVING THAT SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND IN BEING ABLE TO, UM, IN BEING ABLE TO, UH, FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
UM, SECONDLY, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, A FAMILY MEMBER WHO, UH, IN LONG BEACH, WHOSE, UH, FAMILY MEMBER IS IN DETENTION IN WASHINGTON.
WAS, WAS DETAINED HERE IN LONG BEACH AND, AND TRANSFERRED TO WASHINGTON.
UM, AS OF JUNE 30, SINCE JUNE 30TH, UM, THE LEGAL, UM, SERVICE PROVIDER THROUGH THE JUSTICE FUND, UM, HAS BEEN TRYING TO SECURE A CONFIDENTIAL CALL, UM, TO HAVE THAT LEGAL REPRESENTATION, UM, WITH HER CLIENT IN THE DETENTION CENTER.
UM, WE SUPPOSEDLY HAVE ANOTHER CALL, UM, SCHEDULED LATER THIS WEEK, UM, JUST LIKE WE HAD ONE BEFORE LAST WEEK, BUT THAT WAS ALSO CANCELED BY THE DETENTION CENTER.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, EVEN WITHOUT THIS, UM, JUSTICE, UH, THIS PROVIDER THROUGH THE JUSTICE FUND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALMOST FEEL LOST WITH BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THIS COMPLICATED PROCESS AND TRYING TO HELP, UM, THIS, UM, SISTER HELP HER BROTHER WHO'S IN DETENTION.
AND THEN LASTLY TO, UM, WITH THE LAST FEW MINUTES THAT I HAVE LEFT, OR SECONDS, UM, THE, IN REGARDS TO THE 900 K, UM, THAT'S A ROLLOVER JUST TO ADDRESS THAT, IS THAT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN EXECUTING EMERGENCY CONTRACTS.
THE COALITION HAS BEEN, UM, FIGHTING AND ADVOCATING SINCE JANUARY TO EXECUTE EMERGENCY CONTRACTS TO ADDRESS THE NEED WITH THE PREVIOUS LEGAL PROVIDER.
AND SO THE REASON WHY IT IS UNSPENT IS BECAUSE THAT RFP IS STILL OUT AND STILL HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED EVEN THOUGH THE RFP IS CLOSING SOON.
SO, UM, THE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MADE, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WILL REALLY HAVE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S LIVES OVER THE NEXT, UM, DECADES.
NEXT SPEAKER, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
UH, THANK YOU, UM, CHAIR FOR, UM, IZING THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION CONVERSATION FOR THE 26TH.
UM, THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO, UM, CONFIRM OUR MEETINGS.
UM, OUR TEAM HAS SENT OUT MEETING REQUESTS FOR EACH OF YOUR OFFICES TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING A DATE WITH YOU ALL SO WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE VICE MAYOR FOR SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH US AND MEETING WITH US ALREADY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER AS A COMMITTEE, UM, UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S PRESENTATION, UH, FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY LAND SALES, UH, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $8.7 MILLION THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO THIS, UM, FISCAL YEAR.
UNDER THAT ALLOCATION, THERE WAS $950,000 ALLOCATED FOR RESERVE.
UM, SO IF THAT IS THE CASE AND OF THE SALES MONEY IS GOING INTO OUR RESERVE BUCKET, WHICH IS NEEDED IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES, ET CETERA, I THINK NOW IS THE TIME, UM, TO ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE FUNDS, ESPECIALLY WITH SO MUCH FEDERAL FUNDS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THE CITY.
UM, STAFFING IS TIGHT, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS ARE TIGHT, CONSOLIDATIONS ARE HAPPENING, AND WE'RE MOVING INTO A DIRECTION WHERE WE ARE NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL REVENUE COME IN.
AND WITH THAT, IT'S A, IT'S A EQUATION FOR ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO IF POSSIBLE, MAYBE THIS COMMITTEE CAN REQUEST AN ASSESSMENT OF COULD WE POSSIBLY UTILIZE THOSE RESERVE FUNDS? ARE THERE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY LAND SALES THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH? LIKE, COULD, ARE ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS NEEDED FOR THIS YEAR? COULD WE HOLD OFF UNTIL NEXT YEAR? I THINK THERE WERE SOME FUNDS UTILIZED TO UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NEEDED, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT ARE SAVING LIVES, COULD THOSE PROGRAMS BE MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS A HARD CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE AT THIS POINT WE'RE PUTTING COMMUNITY AGAINST NEEDED, UM, CITY PRIORITIES
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AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING.BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, AS A COMMUNITY RESIDENT AND AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, I DO HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PRIORITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY.
UH, TO CLOSE OUT, THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, CORRESPONDENCE THAT I SENT OUT ON THE BEHALF OF THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
UM, IF I CAN GET A RESPONSE VIA EMAIL, UH, FROM EITHER STAFF, UM, ON LIKE, WHEN THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE AGENDIZED, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO COORDINATE OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS TO SHOW UP.
UM, I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA, CORRECT? EIGHT 19.
AND THEN JUST TO HELP ANYBODY ELSE IF THOSE CORRESPONDENCE CAN BE RESPONDED TO AND BE LIKE, HEY, ON THIS DATE WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT.
THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN BE PREPARED TO SHOW UP AND, AND RESPOND.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UM, BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME FOR THIS.
I WANNA, MY, MY NAME'S GARY HETRICK.
I LIVE IN, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AND ALSO THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION.
UM, AND I'M HERE TODAY AS THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF CFA.
UM, TO GO ON RECORD, MY MEMBERS REALLY DO SUPPORT THE HOUSING JUSTICE ACT FOR THE TWO MORE, UH, $2 MILLION FOR THE RTC RIGHT, UH, TENANT RIGHT, UH, TO COUNCIL PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE $400,000 TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE, UM, THE CLT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO ON, ON BOARD WITH, UH, THE 2.2 MILLION INSTRUCTIONAL FUNDING THAT THE JUSTICE FUND IS ASKING FOR.
I MEAN, I THINK THESE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. OUR MEMBERS THINK THESE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAMS, BOTH IN TERMS OF TRYING TO, UH, PRODUCE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FROM THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, AND WHAT ALL THAT HAS MEANT FOR THE, THE, THE LACK OF SECURITY AND THE TENSION IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I ALSO WANTED TO RAISE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'LL BE ON A, A LATER MEETING, BUT AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THE, THE OUTREACH PART OF IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN THE BEAR, THE, THE, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS, WAS REQUESTED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BUMP THAT UP TO 50,000 TO AN, UH, EXCUSE ME, 150,000 TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THE, UM, THE INVESTING YOUTH COALITION HAS THE RESOURCES TO REALLY DO THE OUTREACH.
IT'S REALLY, UM, A A TIME INTENSIVE AND, UH, RESOURCE INTENSIVE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO REACH OUT TO, UM, UH, YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEY'VE REALLY DONE A, A FANTASTIC JOB.
UM, BUT IT, THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT OUTREACH.
AND THIS IS AN, AN ADDITION, UM, TO THE, THE EXISTING MONEY THAT'S GOING INTO THE, UM, THAT PROJECTS, UM, THAT THE YOUTH WILL DECIDE UPON.
AND ALSO TO SUPPORT THE, THE, UM, THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR POSITION THAT WAS EXTENDED, I BELIEVE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
WE'D LIKE THAT TO BE PERMANENT BECAUSE AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER ON, AND I KNOW THE YOUTH TALKED ABOUT IT, UM, IN THE SPRING, THE PROGRAMMING, THE, UH, THE PB PROCESS THIS YEAR WAS FAR AND BEYOND WHAT EXPECTATIONS WERE IN, IN TERMS OF TURNOUT AND, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUTH, EVEN THE, THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO, AND IN FACT THE, THE TWO YEARS COMBINED.
SO, UM, OID IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE IN THE PB PROJECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, AND THEN JUST AS A RE UH, ASK TO THE, TO STAFF, UM, FOR THE, THE BUDGET ASK RELATED TO PARTICIPATING BUDGETING, IS THAT COMING AT THE NEXT MEETING OR A FUTURE ONE? I BELIEVE ALL OF THE REST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE FOR THAT WILL BE ON THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING.
UM, AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAD CLARIFICATION.
SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE, THE JUSTICE FUND WITHIN $150,000, IT'S GONNA BE THE, THE ROLLOVER.
UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY LIKE MIDYEAR ENHANCEMENTS? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION, I CAN'T REMEMBER RECOMMENDATION LAST YEAR AROUND MIDYEAR ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND, DEPENDING ON IF WE HAD FUNDING, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I CAN LOOK INTO THE SPECIFICITY WITHIN THAT NINE 50 FOR YOU.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST IS, I KNOW THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY DUE TODAY, THERE'S AN RFP, UM, WE PUT OUT AN RFP RELATED TO CONTRACTING FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE JUSTICE FUND.
UM, AND I THINK THAT RFP WAS FOR AROUND 700 K.
SO IS THAT 700 K THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED PART OF THE RFP GONNA COME OUT OF THAT NINE 50 OR IS THAT NINE 50? UM, ONE $50,000 GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I HAVE A HUNCH, BUT I DON'T WANNA
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SAY IT IF IT'S NOT CORRECT.SO I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
UH, THAT WAS JUST, YEAH, THERE'S JUST ONE CLARIFICATION AND THEN JUST, UH, ONE ADDITIONAL ONE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S 300,000, UM, THAT'S STRUCTURAL FOR, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS, THAT'S, THAT WILL BE STRUCTURAL FOR NEXT YEAR, EVERY YEAR FOR THE JUSTICE FUND? THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE COALITION MEMBERS, I THINK WE'RE UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS 270 K.
SO IT'S GOOD TO GET, UM, INFORMATION THAT'S ACTUALLY 300,000.
270,000 OF IT IS, UH, 200,000 IS LEGAL SERVICES, 70,000 OF THAT IS THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR SERVICES.
AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 IS 0.25 OF AN FTE FOR A PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM.
ANY, UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT.
UH, SAYING THAT CHAIR, I'M SORRY.
UM, JUST FOR RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES, CAN I GET VICE CHAIR URANGA TO, UM, STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT HE ACCEPTS YOUR FRIENDLY? YES.
UM, ALRIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE CAN VOTE TO RECEIVE A FILE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.
UM, SO WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO READ IT.
ITEM SEVEN IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A LIST OF FOLLOW-UP ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND OR BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
DO WE HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UPS CURRENTLY? NO.
THAT WAS A VERY SHORT STAFF REPORT.
UM, UH, OH, IF I SMELL WRONG, DO YOU MIND
[7. 25-56044 Recommendation to receive and file a list of follow-up items from the Budget Hearings and/or Budget Oversight Committee meetings. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
JUST DOING A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.UM, CAN WE READ FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR, SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM.
SO THEN WE CAN MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON-AG AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Budget Oversight Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
THEN I WILL STAND US ADJOURNED, UH, 37 MINUTES EARLY.