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WORRIES.I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
UH, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PIECE? I MEAN, IT'S NOT ROLL CALL VOTE.
CAN I GET, UH, THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCILMAN ALLEN.
ITEM ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2026.
[CALL TO ORDER]
COULD I GET A MOTION FIRST AND A SECOND? UH, ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES FROM, UH, MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS? NONE.[ROLL CALL]
SEEING NONE.UH, WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM, SEEING NONE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.
OKAY, THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
[1. 26-55805 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Budget Oversight Committee meeting of Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
MOTION CARRIES.ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION ON MEASURE US.
I CAN, CAN I GET A MOTION FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE? UM, THANK YOU.
UH, AND I BELIEVE, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF, SO PLEASE GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY.
ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, UH,
[2. 26-55806 Recommendation to receive and file an overview presentation on Measure US. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.UM, I'M THERESA CHANDLER, A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I'M HERE WITH, UH, ERICA VALENCIA, ACI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA SHARE ABOUT MEASURE US AND, AND HOW IT'S EVOLVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS FROM A VOTER APPROVED, UM, FUNDING MEASURE INTO A CITYWIDE STRATEGY FOR INVESTING
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IN CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES.WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS WHERE WE GO FROM HERE AS THIS FUNDING SOURCE BEGINS TO SUNSET.
SO, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER OF WHAT MEASURE US IS, SO, UH, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, LONG BEACH VOTERS MADE AN INTENTIONAL DECISION TO INVEST TODAY'S NATURAL RESOURCES INTO TOMORROW'S GENERATION.
SO, MEASURE US DOUBLED THE CITY'S OIL BARREL PRODUCTION TAX, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A CLEAR POLICY DIRECTION FOR HOW THESE RESOURCES SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.
SO THE FOCUS IS, WAS ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHAT MAKES MEASURE US SIGNIFICANT ISN'T SIMPLY THE REVENUE IT GENERATED.
IT GAVE THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK HOW WE INVEST IN UPSTREAM PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
THESE PRIORITIES HAVE GUIDED EVERY MEASURE US INVESTMENT SINCE ADOPTION.
THIS TIMELINE TELLS THE STORY OF MEASURE US' EVOLUTION.
WE STARTED BY PULLING DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO REIMAGINE A VISION FOR TRANSFORMING THESE DOLLARS INTO TRUE RESOURCES THAT COULD SERVE YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
WE BEGAN WITH FOUNDATIONAL INVESTMENTS AND YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, THEN FOCUSED ON BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIPS, STAFFING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM SUCCESS.
THOSE EARLY INVESTMENTS EVENTUALLY GREW INTO STRONG BEACH, A CITYWIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS AROUND A SHARED VISION FOR YOUTH WELLBEING.
TODAY WE'RE ENTERING THE NEXT CHAPTER, PRESERVING WHAT WE'VE BUILT AND IDENTIFYING SUSTAINABLE WAYS TO CONTINUE THIS WORK BEYOND THE LIFE OF MEASURE US.
SINCE MEASURE US, MEASURE US WAS APPROVED FUNDING HAS SUPPORTED INITIATIVES ACROSS ALL THREE PRIORITY AREAS.
THE MAJORITY OF INVESTMENTS HAVE FOCUSED ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE.
THESE INVESTMENTS WEREN'T INTENDED TO CREATE ISOLATED PROGRAMS. THEY HELP DEPARTMENTS BUILD CAPACITY, STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS, AND CREATE SYSTEMS THAT CONTINUE BENEFITING RESIDENTS LONG AFTER INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS HAVE COMPLETED.
IN MANY WAYS, THESE INVESTMENTS BECAME THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE COLLABORATIVE WORK YOU SEE TODAY.
AND ON THE SLIDE IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT PRIORITY AREAS UNDER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAD, UH, OR WE HAVE, UH, THE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS, THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN, OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, STEAM PROGRAMMING AND ENRICHMENT, TEEN MENTAL HEALTH.
AND THE LIST GOES ON FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING IS, UH, TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES, VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES, YOUTH AND FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SUPPORT FOR OLDER ADULTS AND RACIAL EQUITY AND CAPACITY BUILDING.
AND THEN UNDER CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, WE HAVE CLIMATE ACTION INITIATIVES, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, AIR AND WATER QUALITY, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS, UH, SOURCE OF FUNDING.
SO, MEASURE US INVESTMENT INVESTMENTS HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT OVER TIME.
UM, SINCE FISCAL YEAR 22, APPROXIMATELY 70% OF FUNDING HAS SUPPORTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH, NEARLY 20% HAS SUPPORTED COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND THE REMAINDER HAS SUPPORTED CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES.
THOSE PERCENTAGES CLOSELY REFLECT THE POLICY DIRECTION ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN MEASURE US WAS ADOPTED.
AND THE CONSISTENCY, UH, DEMONSTRATES THAT THESE INVESTMENTS WERE INTENTIONAL, ALLOWING DEPARTMENTS TO BUILD PROGRAMS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT LONG BEACH STAYED TRUE, THAT TRUE TO THE PRIORITIES VOTERS ENDORSED IN 2020.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ERICA FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
UM, ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH MEASURE US HAS BEEN OUR YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
AND SO IN THIS PROGRAM, RATHER THAN ASKING ADULTS WHAT YOUTH, UH, WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED, WE ASK YOUNG PEOPLE DIRECTLY HOW THEY WANT TO INVEST IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.
AND SINCE 2022, WE'VE INVESTED MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION IN YOUTH DESIGNED AND YOUTH SELECTED PROJECTS REACHING NEARLY 16,000 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS LONG BEACH.
THE TRUE IMPACT ISN'T MEASURED ONLY BY THE DOLLARS INVESTED OR THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.
IT'S MEASURED BY THE SHIFT IN HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE.
YOUNG PEOPLE MOVED FROM BEING RECIPIENTS OF SERVICES TO BECOMING PARTNERS IN PUBLIC DECISION MAKING.
THEY IDENTIFY PRIORITIES, DEVELOP PROPOSALS, VOTES ON, VOTE ON PROJECTS, AND HELP SHAPE CITY INVESTMENTS.
FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH KAMAYA GIRLS IN ACTION, THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP IN CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO PLAN, PREPARE, OUTREACH, ENGAGE, AND IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.
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AND ROOTS IN COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE FOR THIS PROCESS, ENSURING FIDELITY TO THE MODEL, INTENTION TO COMMUTE, ENGAGEMENT, AND CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THEM.
AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT, AND I WANTED TO THANK, I SEE SOME OF THEM IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROGRAM.
THESE EXPERIENCES CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE NOT ONLY THE PROGRAMS WE FUND TODAY, BUT ALSO THE PRIORITIES THAT GUIDE STRONG BEACH AND OUR BROADER YOUTH INVESTMENT STRATEGY.
AS WE LISTEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE, SOMETHING ELSE BECAME VERY CLEAR.
SUCCESS ISN'T CREATED BY ONE PROGRAM ALONE.
HEALTHY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ONE PLACE.
IN SCHOOLS, IN PARKS, IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND WORKPLACES MEASURE US, ALLOWS US TO INVEST ACROSS THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM.
RATHER THAN FUNDING ISOLATED PROGRAMS. BY LISTENING DIRECTLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WE GAIN A MUCH CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY SPEND THEIR TIME, WHO INFLUENCES THEIR LIVES, AND WHAT SUPPORTS THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
THAT COMMUNITY INFORMED APPROACH GUIDES MANY OF OUR PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND ALSO AS A RESULT OF MEASURE US, WE'VE ALSO BEGUN TO SEE A SHIFT IN HOW CITY DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES WORK TOGETHER.
TODAY, DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER AROUND COMMON GOALS, STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMON UNDERSTANDING THAT IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND THIS REQUIRES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.
WE EVOLVE FROM SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS TO BUILDING A STRONGER COORDINATED CITYWIDE STRATEGY.
THIS IS AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION WITH SHARED VISION, GOALS AND DATA.
AND ALL OF THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE STRONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
STRONG BEACH'S GUIDED IS, IS, UH, GUIDING A BROADER CITYWIDE INVESTMENT STRATEGY CENTERED ON PREVENTION, COLLABORATION, AND SHARED OUTCOMES.
AND THIS IS WHAT GUIDES OUR, MEASURE US INVESTMENTS AND EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET CONTINUES TO REFLECT THE PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN MEASURE US WAS ADOPTED.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO AND NEED HELP PLANNING RESPONSIBLY FOR THE FUTURE.
AS OIL PRODUCTION DECLINES AND MEASURE US REVENUES GRADUALLY DECREASE.
WE WANNA CONTINUE FOCUSING ON STRUCTURAL INVESTMENTS.
EVEN IF MEASURE US CAN NO LONGER BE THE SOURCE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE MAY HAVE TO FOCUS ON STRATEGIC ONE-TIME INVESTMENTS THAT MAXIMIZE THE REMAINING REVENUE.
THIS ALLOWS US TO PRESERVE FLEXIBILITY WHILE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN YOUTH HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES.
DURING THE REMAINING LIFE OF MEASURE US, IT ALSO POSITIONS US TO BEGIN IDENTIFYING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE WORK WE'VE BUILT TOGETHER.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MEASURE US HAS SERVED AS ONE OF THE FEW DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCES FOR YOUTH CENTERED INVESTMENTS.
AND THERE HAS NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN A STABLE REPLACEMENT SOURCE TO SUPPORT THIS WORK.
AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE FUND SUNSETS, WE WILL NEED PARTNERSHIP AND DIRECTION IN IDENTIFYING WHAT COMES NEXT.
UM, SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, RELATIONSHIPS, AND PROGRAMS BUILT THROUGH MEASURE US ARE NOT LOST.
MEASURE US HAS MADE QUITE AN IMPACT, INCLUDING ENABLING ORGANIZATIONS TO LAUNCH, EXPAND, AND STRENGTHEN PROGRAMS DRIVEN BY YOUTH PRIORITIES.
IT FUNDED PROJECTS, UH, PROJECTS REACHED, UH, DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND PARTICIPANTS FROM NIG NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FUNDED PROGRAMS, FOSTER MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG YOUTH PEERS, MENTORS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUTH PARTICIPANTS GAIN ACCESS TO MENTORSHIP, CAREER EXPLORATION, WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS NOT ONLY HOW WE USE THE REMAINING MEASURE US DOLLARS RESPONSIBLY, BUT HOW WE PROTECT THE YOUTH INVESTMENT ECOSYSTEMS. THOSE DOLLARS HELPED BUILD ONCE THE, UH, ONCE THE FUNDS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
MEASURE US DEMONSTRATES SOMETHING INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
INVESTING IN YOUNG PEOPLE WORKS.
WE'VE BUILT PARTNERSHIPS, WE'VE STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH LEADERSHIP.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED A PREVENTION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY EXIST FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
THE TOTAL INVESTMENTS ARE 1.16 MILLION, UH, THAT'S 945,000 INVESTING IN YOUTH, 114,000 FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND 105,000 FOR CLIMATE.
THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US ISN'T WHETHER THIS WORK HAS VALUE.
THE CHALLENGE IS ENSURING THAT THE PARTNERSHIPS, SYSTEMS AND MOMENTUM WE'VE SPENT YEARS BUILDING CONTINUE LONG AFTER MEASURE US SUNSETS.
THAT'S WHY OUR FOCUS MOVING FORWARD IS CONTINUING YOUTH INVESTMENT STRENGTHENING CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS AND IDENTIFYING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING THAT ALLOWS THIS WORK TO CONTINUE MEASURE US, TRANSFORM TODAY'S RESOURCES INTO TOMORROW'S OPPORTUNITIES.
IT ALLOWS LONG BEACH TO TEST A DIFFERENT MODEL.
ONE CENTERED ON PREVENTION RATHER THAN REACTION, COLLABORATION RATHER THAN ISOLATED EFFORTS AND PARTNERSHIP
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RATHER THAN GOVERNMENT WORKING ALONE.THE FUNDING ITSELF WAS ALWAYS TEMPORARY, BUT THE RELATIONSHIPS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE LESSONS WE'VE BUILT TOGETHER HAVE LASTING VALUE.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT SIMPLY REPLACING A FUNDING SOURCE.
IT IS PRESERVING THE VISION THAT LONG BEACH VOTERS APPRO SUPPORTED IN 2020.
AND ENSURING FUTURE GENERATIONS CONTINUE BENEFITING FROM THE FOUNDATIONS WE'VE BUILT TOGETHER.
MEASURE US BECAME A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, FOR CHANGING HOW LONG BEACH INVESTS IN ITS YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION.
ERIC AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, BEFORE I GO TO MY, UH, COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES, UH, I GOT A, A MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT SAYS THAT THE PRESENTATION ISN'T PRESENTING, UH, UH, ONLINE SO THEY CAN SEE THE CHAMBER, BUT THEY CAN'T SEE THE PRESENTATIONS.
THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW WE UH OH, SO YOU DON'T SHOW THE PRESENTATIONS? YEAH.
WELL THEN NOW IF THEY'RE WATCHING, THEY NOW KNOW.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? UH, VICE MAYORGA, VICE CHAIR, CAN YOU, IS THERE, WE, UH, MIGHT, MIGHT SUNSET? YES.
THE SUNSET DATE IS PROJECTED FOR 2030.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE DEFINITELY SEEN THE IMPACT OF, UH, THESE DOLLARS ESPECIALLY, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO WHERE SPACE LIKE THE BLUFF AND, UM, HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED WITH KICKBOXING AND WELLNESS CLASSES, UH, AT THE JUAN APPAREL, UH, ROLLER RINGING AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE'VE DEFINITELY SEEN THAT.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS GOING TO USE SERVICES.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK SEEING THIS FUNDING SOURCE, UH, DECLINE HAS GOTTA BE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST, UM, PRIORITIES.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY, UM, HAS SEEN, UM, THE DECLINE IN, YOU KNOW, THE OIL PRODUCTIONS AND THE TIDELANDS REVENUE, UM, WHICH HELPS SUPPORT A LOT OF THESE SERVICES AND INVESTMENTS.
SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, HAVE, DO WE HAVE, UM, ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH ANYONE, UH, FROM THE STATE, UM, OR IF THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE, UM, ANY KIND OF FUNDING FOR, UM, CITIES LIKE LONG BEACH WHO HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, RELIANT ON, ON OIL PRODUCTION? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO I, I HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM.
WE HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH OUR INTER GOVERNMENTAL TEAM, UM, JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
ALL THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS OUR CITY.
UM, AND THAT DEFINITELY IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, 'CAUSE WE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THESE FUNDING SOURCES.
WE WANNA CONTINUE NOT HAVING TO JUST SEARCH FOR GRANTS THAT SUNSET EVERY, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, WHICH HAS BEEN THE MAJORITY OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS WORK FOR SO LONG, UM, IS THESE GRANTS.
BUT NOW THEY'RE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AND FURTHER BETWEEN.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS NOW.
AND, AND, AND PERHAPS WE COULD EVEN, UM, ASK, UH, THAT COMMITTEE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM, FROM THE BUDGET THAT'S OKAY WITH THE CHAIR, JUST, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THEIR, THEIR RADAR, UM, TO BE ADVOCATING, UM, FOR, UM, THESE FUNDS AND, AND ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET FROM THE STATE.
IF I COULD ADD TO, UH, WHAT THERESA MENTIONED.
SO OUR, THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS WORK INCLUDES, UM, BRINGING BACK THIS PARTICULAR CHALLENGE TO OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO BRAINSTORM HOW WE CAN CONTINUE THE SUCCESS OF THIS WORK NOW THAT WE'RE ENTERING INTO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROACHING 2030 EVEN THOUGH IF IT FEELS DIFFICULT TO SAY.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE PHASE TWO OF THIS WORK IS FIGURING OUT NOW HOW WE PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.
AND SO THAT RECOMMENDATION WILL CERTAINLY BE ADDED.
AND JUST AS I PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN ALLEN SAID, I THINK YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR, UH, THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY OUR AND FOR GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TAKES UP, UM, AND ADDS TO THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR US TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND THEN, UM, JUST, UM, AND THEN JUST ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY, CHAIR.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY, UM, STATE OR OR FEDERAL GRANTS, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE RADAR THAT YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE APPLYING FOR, THIS IS SOMETHING TO HELP US SUSTAIN THIS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE RADAR RIGHT NOW? NOTHING'S ON THE RADAR RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY TIGHT YEAR.
UM, THERE WAS A BIG GRANT FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT, UH, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE ACTUALLY DID NOT RECEIVE, UM, THEY DECIDED NOT TO FUND CITIES AND THEY'RE FUNDING, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A TIGHT TIME RIGHT NOW.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU CHAIR.AND YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME ONES THAT I HAD
UM, SO, UH, UH, I PROMISE WE WEREN'T SHARING NOTES.
AND SO SHE, SHE HAD VERY SIMILAR QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA JUST UPLIFT, UM, AS SOMEBODY WHO, UM, HAS WORKED IN THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES OF WHERE WE ARE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DID THIS PRESENTATION 'CAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO AND I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF WHERE WE'RE AT AS A CITY.
BUT IT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING, RIGHT? TO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO REALLY INVEST IN THESE PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUTH POWER, HEALTH, EQUITY, CLIMATE ACTION, ALL THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A VIBRANT AND EQUITABLE CITY.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR NEXT GENERATION.
UM, AND SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN'S, UH, COMMENTS, RIGHT? REALLY THINKING ABOUT, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOW ARE WE FIGURING OUT HOW TO STRATEGICALLY PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE WHAT GETS FUNDED? UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THERESA AROUND AND MAYBE GETTING GRANTS THAT WE, UM, CURRENTLY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR.
UM, AND THEN HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CREATED THIS REALLY FANTASTIC, I THINK, ECOSYSTEM OF YOUTH AND NONPROFITS IN THE CITY.
SO HOW ARE WE LEVERAGING THEIR SKILL SETS, THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASES, UM, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STRETCH THE DOLLARS THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL MAKING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS, UM, ON MANY OF THESE, UM, OF THESE OUTCOMES AND I KNOW THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT, UM, TO US.
UM, CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE SIX? YES.
SO I HAD A QUESTION 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE YOUTH SERVED OVER TIME, RIGHT? AND OBVIOUSLY IT LOOKS LIKE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, UM, HAS CHANGED.
AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, UM, AS A RESIDENT, UM, I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, UM, THAT WE HAD UP IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, YOUTH PB IS A DEAR, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I ABSOLUTELY, UM, AM GOING TO ADVOCATE TO TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I SEE IN 2022 AND 2023, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2022 WE HAD THESE 100 MINI AND MID MID-SIZE GRANTS.
AND THEN IN 2023 WE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD YPPB AND YOUTH ONE, THE YOUTH 100 FUND.
AND I SEE THE NUMBERS OF YOUTH SERVED IN THOSE YEARS WAS HIGHER THAN IN, IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, OR CAN YOU ALL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT H HOW WE WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE THAT MANY YOUTH? LIKE WHAT THE STRUCTURE OF THOSE PROGRAMS CONSTITUTED AND IS THAT SOMETHING POTENTIALLY WE COULD REPLICATE IN THE FUTURE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS? YEAH, OF COURSE.
SO JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, THE MINI GRANTS AND MIDSIZE GRANTS WERE, UM, ALLOWED US TO FUND MORE NONPROFITS AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE MINI SIZED GRANTS WENT UP TO ABOUT $5,000.
AND SO WHEN WE SHIFTED OVER TO YP, UH, YOUTH PART POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, THE GRANTS BECAME MUCH LARGER.
AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE, WE FUNDED, I THINK IN 2024, WE FUNDED FEWER ORGANIZATIONS, MAYBE LIKE BETWEEN SIX TO NINE, BUT THEY HAD MUCH MORE MONEY.
SO THEY HAD, IF I CAN LOOK AND FIND MY NOTES, SO THE YOUTH 100 GRANTS WERE BETWEEN $502,000.
THE MID-SIZE GRANTS WERE BETWEEN 10,020 $5,000.
UM, AND THEN NOW OUR, UM, YPB GRANTS ARE BETWEEN 25,000 AND $50,000, WHICH IS WHY WE KIND OF SEE THIS FLUCTUATION IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED IN ADDITION TO THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE SERVED.
AND SO IT TOOK US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET OUR YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING OFF THE GROUND IN TERMS OF THE DIRECT VOTING.
AND IN FACT, WE'RE STILL ALWAYS CONTINUING TO REFINE THAT PROCESS WITH OUR AMAZING PARTNERS.
AND SO, UH, EVERY YEAR WE GET BETTER AND BETTER AT THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
SO WE LIKE, AS OF NOW, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN THAT PEOPLE ENJOY HAVING THE LARGER POTS OF FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE CENTERED AND FOCUSED SERVICES.
THAT EXACTLY ANSWERS, UH, MY QUESTION.
UNLESS THERESA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO, THAT'S A VERY GOOD RESPONSE,
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES? UH, THAT BEING SAID, THEN WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR SPEAKERS, SO IT'LL BE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS KELLY LIM AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY GIRLS IN ACTION AND THE INVEST IN YOUTH COALITION.
UM, I KINDA JUST WANNA GET RIGHT INTO IT.
I KNOW, I, I RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY IS FACING A DIFFICULT BUDGET
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YEAR AND THE CHALLENGE, THERE'S CHALLENGING DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHERE SO MANY YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL THAT SHAPING THEIR FUTURES OUT OF REACH.
IT'S MORE THAN NECESSARY THAT OUR CITY CONTINUES, UM, SHOWING ITS DEDICATION AND ITS LOVE TO ITS YOUNG PEOPLE AND, UM, ENSURING THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY COULD SHAPE THE CITY OF THEIR OF LONG BEACH THROUGH THEIR OWN IDEAS AND PROCESS.
UM, PERSONALLY, THE YPPB PROCESS HAS ENABLED ME TO GROW MORE INTO MY LEADERSHIP, WHERE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IDEAS THAT SHAPE AND CHANGE THE YOUTH OF THE CITY WHILE HAVING THE ABILITY TO MEET OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT THE SAME THINGS I DO.
IN THIS PROCESS, I WAS ABLE TO DIRECTLY SHAPE A SUMMER PROGRAM WITH OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME WHERE WE COLLABORATED AND I GOT TO SEE THE FIRSTHAND COMMITMENT OF MY PEERS AND LEARN FROM THEIR OWN EXPERTISE AND THEIR DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
UM, THROUGH IT, I GAINED THE INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE OF COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS, UM, WHO THINK TOTALLY DIFFERENT FOR ME, UTILIZING OUR DIFFERENT, UM, VA VALUES AND OUR DIFFERENT, UM, BACKGROUNDS TO SHAPE A VERY WELL-ROUNDED PROGRAM.
AND, UM, FROM THERE I WANT YOU TO, AS YOU GUYS CONSIDER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU PRESERVE THE YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROGRAM BY LIMITING, UM, REDUCTIONS TO YPPB AND PRESERVING WHAT WE'VE BUILT UP.
UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $125,000 TO ENSURE ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO BOTH ENGAGE LONG BEACH YOUTH AND FUND ENOUGH YOUTH SELECTED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, UM, TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF LONG BEACH YOUTH.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THIS INVESTMENT WOULD MAINTAIN A, UH, CLOSE TO $400,000, UM, INVESTMENT FOR OUR PROJECTS.
AND BY MAINTAINING THIS INVESTMENT, WE CAN CONTINUE EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE, STRENGTHENING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND ENSURING THAT YOUTH REMAIN ACTIVE PARTNERS IN BUILDING A STRONGER LONG BEACH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS AND BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS WALTER HORNE AND I'M REPRESENTING SUCCESSION CHALLENGES IN THE INVESTED YOUTH COALITION.
FIRST, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR TAKING THE TIME OFF YOUR DAY TO BE HERE AND LISTEN TO US AND HEAR OUR STORIES AND EXPERIENCES.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR VOICES.
THE YOUTH POWER PARTICIP BUDGETING PROCESS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE.
LAST YEAR WE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS OF PB IN LONG BEACH.
EVEN NOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO LEGACY PARTICIPATING BUDGETING PROCESS THROUGH THE COLLABORATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SHARED DECISION MAKING, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, CONFIDENCE, STRENGTH, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE PUB, THE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES THE VALUE OF GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE AUTHENTIC OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
I FIRSTLY BEEN INVOLVED FOR THE YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AS A YOUTH BUDGET DELEGATE AND AS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH STEERING COMMITTEE.
THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, I'VE GROWN AS BOTH A LEADER AND AN ADVOCATE.
I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY NEEDS, WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS AND HELP BRING YOUTH-DRIVEN PROJECTS TO LIFE.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'VE GAINED THE CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK UP, ENGAGE WITH CITY LEADERS, AND REALIZE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE PLAY A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN LOCAL DECISION MAKING.
THROUGH YO POWER DISCIPLINARY BUDGETING, I'VE WITNESSED YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIFE CHANGE IN WAYS I NEVER COULD IMAGINE.
I'VE SEEN YOU FIND JOBS AND SECURE HOUSING AND BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE WE SHOW UP AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
I PERSONALLY GROWN ON LIFE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
I'VE LEARNED TO FACILITATE AND MAKE MY VOICE HEARD WHEN I'M STEP INTO A ROOM.
BEING A PART OF THIS PROCESS HAS TAUGHT ME THAT OUR VOICE TRULY MATTERS.
WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, SPEAK UP AND STAND TOGETHER, WE HAVE A POWER TO CREATE A REAL CHANGE, NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES BUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
MY EXPERIENCE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE IMPACT THIS PROCESS HAD ON HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS LONG BEACH.
THESE INVESTMENTS DO MORE THAN FUN COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
THEY PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CIVIC LEADERS BY GIVING YOUTH THE TOOLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO TAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY, AS YOU CONSIDER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE INVESTING IN YOUTH POWER ATORY BUDGETING BY ADDING ADDITIONAL $125,000 FOR YOUTH IN 2027.
THIS INVESTMENT EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE TO TURN THEIR IDEAS AND TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE THAT LONG BEACH CONTINUES TO DEVELOP CONFIDENT AND INFORMED COMMUNITY LEADERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUING TO INVEST IN YOUTH OF LONG BEACH.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS HALEY WAGNER AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE INVEST IN YOUTH COALITION AND C SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES WHERE I PARTICIPATE IN THE HYPE PROGRAM.
WALTER SHARED WHY YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO SHARE WHAT THAT INVESTMENT CAN ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WHEN IT REACHES YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME.
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FUNDING WAS, HAS HELPED SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES PROVIDE YET AND NOW HYPE FOR TRANSITION AGE YOUTH IN LONG BEACH.
THROUGH HYPE, WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THINGS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT US AS TRANSITION AGE, YOUTH LIKE HOUSING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, EMPLOYMENT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS, LEADERSHIP, AND BECOMING MORE INDEPENDENT.
THESE ARE THINGS WE ARE EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND AS ADULTS,
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BUT NOT EVERY YOUNG PERSON HAS SOMEONE THAT CAN TEACH THEM THESE THINGS OR A SAFE PLACE TO ASK QUESTIONS.ONE THING THAT HAS STOOD OUT TO ME PERSONALLY IS THE BETTER COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE AROUND YOU TO TEACH AND POOR KNOWLEDGE AND TO YOU WILL SET YOU TO THE RIGHT PATH.
THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, I LEARNED THAT WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU AND HOW OUT OF REACH IT MAY SEEM, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO HAS ALREADY WALKED IN THOSE SHOES AND IS WILLING TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT TO SEE YOU SUCCEED AND LEARN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
BEING PART OF THE INVESTING YOUTH COALITION ALLOWS US TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
BEING PART OF HYPE ALLOWS ME TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT ADVOCACY IS BACKED UP BY ACTUAL INVESTMENT.
YOUTH VOICE IS IMPORTANT, BUT YOU, BUT YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO NEED RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES BEHIND THAT VOICE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU THAT YOU CONTINUE INVESTING IN YOUTH POWER PV BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 125,000 FOR 2027.
WHY PPB CYCLE? SO MORE YOUNG PEOPLE BEING IN LONG BEACH CAN HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THESE.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS RYLAND AND I AM ALSO A PARTICIPANT WITH THE INVEST IN YOUTH COALITION AND SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES HYPE PROGRAM, YOU HEARD ABOUT YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGET AND SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IT HAS CREATED.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO US AS YOUNG PEOPLE.
BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN HYPE SLASH YEAR, I WAS HONESTLY IN A REALLY LOW PLACE EVERY DAY FELT THE SAME, STAYING INSIDE, NOT MOVING TOWARDS ANYTHING, AND NOT HAVING ANYTHING PRODUCTIVE TO DO.
THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, I LEARNED HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE MY MONEY IN A WAY I NEVER KNEW HOW TO BEFORE.
I LEARNED THE BASIC SKILLS OF FINANCIAL LITERACY, THINGS LIKE BUDGETING AND SAVING.
I ALSO LEARNED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SOMETHING I WILL TAKE WITH ME FROM THIS HIGH PROGRAM INTO MY DAILY LIFE IS THE CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS TO ACTUALLY MANAGE MYSELF, MY TIME, MY MONEY, AND MY GOALS.
PROGRAMS LIKE HIV GIVE YOUNG ADULTS MORE THAN SOMEWHERE TO GO.
THEY GIVE US A PLACE TO LEARN THINGS.
WE NEED TO NAVIGATE ADULTHOOD, MEET PEOPLE WHO CAN SUPPORT US, EXPERIENCE NEW OPPORTUNITIES, BUILD LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS, AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR FUTURES.
THROUGH THE INVEST IN YOUTH COALITION, WE'RE ALSO LEARNING HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE LEARNING THE YOUNG PEOPLE, WE WE'RE LEARNING THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE'RE OLDER TO HAVE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LONG BEACH CHOOSES TO INVEST IN ITS YOUTH.
BUT WE DON'T WANT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STOP WITH US.
THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING BEHIND US WHO DESERVES THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, LEAD, ADVOCATE, AND PREPARE FOR THEIR FUTURES.
SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN YOUTH POWER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 125,000 FOR A 2027 YPPB CYCLE.
CONTINUE GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A VOICE, CONTINUE GIVING US OPPORTUNITIES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONTINUE GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE THE RESOURCES TO TURN OUR IDEAS INTO ACTIONS.
INVESTING IN YOUNG PEOPLE ISN'T ONLY ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
WE'RE ALREADY HERE AND WE'RE READY TO BE A BE A PART OF BUILDING LONG BEACH TODAY.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE YOUTH THAT CAME OUT, UM, AND EXPRESS THE IMPACT THAT PB AND OUR PROGRAMMING, UH, HERE IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST A SHOWCASE OF WHY I THINK I CAN SHARE THE SENTIMENT THAT WE AS A COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK WE AS A CITY ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN PRESERVE THAT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ITEM THREE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE FEE STUDY AUDIT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
UH, CAN I GET A FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE? SO, MOVED OR SECOND? COUNCILMAN ALLEN'S, UM, NOT WORKING WHITE, BUT YEAH.
UM, I KNOW STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US.
[3. 26-55807 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Fee Study Audit: Development Impact Fees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, BUDGET CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.UH, APRIL APODACA, OUR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT NAME AND MAKE IT BETTER AT SOME POINT.
UM, IS GOING TO GIVE US, UH, THE MOST EXCITING IMPACT FEE PRESENTATION YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
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ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHRISTOPHER.UH, MEMBERS OF THE BO BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, I'M APRIL APODACA AND I HAVE THE MOUTHFUL OF A TITLE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER.
UM, WE'RE HERE TOGETHER TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE UPDATE.
UM, BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE DETAILS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH A QUICK ROADMAP.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, UH, UP IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS, AND WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, WHAT WE'LL COVER WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND WHAT THEY ARE, A RECAP OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN LAST YEAR'S AUDIT REPORT, AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS THAT'S UNDERWAY, AND AN OVERVIEW OF NEXT STEPS TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO STARTING KIND OF BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR FOUNDATIONALLY, UH, I WANNA DESCRIBE WHAT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE.
THOSE ARE FEES THAT ARE PAID BY DEVELOPERS THAT HELP OFFSET THE COST OF OUR ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT ARE CAUSED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REGULATORY CODES THAT INFORM HOW AND WHEN THOSE FEES CAN BE CHARGED, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA MITIGATION FEE ACT, AB 6 0 2, AND THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CODES THEMSELVES ARE MEANT TO ADD CLARITY AND ENSURE THAT AGENCIES ARE CHARGING THESE FEES.
THE AGENCIES THAT CHARGE THESE FEES ARE DOING SO IN A WAY THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE NEED CREATED BY DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE USED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ADDRESS THE INCREASED DEMAND THAT COMES FROM THOSE PROJECTS.
THE CITY'S IMPACT FEE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE ADOPTION OF VARIOUS FEES THAT FIRST STARTED IN 1990, AND IT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR THE FOLLOWING.
WE HAVE OUR FIRE FACILITY FEES, PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, POLICE FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, SENSITIVE COASTAL RESOURCES, THE UTILITY SEWER CAPACITY, AND THEN LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FEES, WHICH ARE COLLECTED BY THE CITY DURING A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, BUT NOT SET BY US AS AN AGENCY.
UH, NEXT I'LL GO INTO SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'VE USED THESE FEES IN RECENT YEARS.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GENERAL RULES THAT INFORM THE ELIGIBLE USES OF THESE FUNDS.
IMPACT FEES DO NOT GENERALLY DIRECTLY AFFECT MOST RESIDENTS OR HOMEOWNERS AND ARE ONLY ASSESSED ON PROJECTS THAT ARE ADDING RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY OR NEW WORKERS.
THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES COLLECTED HAVE TO BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO GROWTH IN THE RESIDENTS AND WORKERS THAT ARE ADDED.
SO WE HAVE TO USE THEM FOR PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR GROWING COMMUNITY.
IT MEANS WE CAN USE IMPACT FEES FOR THINGS LIKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT THAT EXPAND CAPACITY.
HOWEVER, THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE STAFFING, FIXING ADDRESS, OR ADDRESSING EXISTING DEFICIENCIES OR FOR OUR ROUTINE OPERATING OR MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THE CITY REPORTS ON OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES EVERY YEAR IN MARCH WITH REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION THAT APPROVES ANNUAL AND FIVE YEAR REPORTS, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF EACH FEE, HOW THEY'RE USED AND THE PLAN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH FEE.
IN RECENT YEARS, OUR FOUR PRIMARY IMPACT FEES HAVE HELPED FUND THE FOLLOWING.
OUR PARK FEES HAVE HELPED FUND, UH, PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS LIKE, UH, NEW PLAYGROUNDS, RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENTS, AND SPORTS FIELDS.
UM, EXAMPLES OF THAT INCLUDE THE 10TH STREET GREEN BELT, HARTWELL PARK, ARTIFICIAL TURF, AND HOUGHTON PARK PLAYGROUND AND SPORTS COMPLEX.
THE POLICE FEE HAS FUNDED POLICE DEPARTMENT FACILITY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, UM, MOST NOTABLY FOR THE POLICE ACADEMY, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED TO FACILITATE AGILITY TESTING AND ENHANCE THE TRAINING CAPACITY.
THE FIRE FEE IS ELIGIBLE TO FUND FIRE DEPARTMENT FACILITY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND, UH, RECENT EXAMPLES OF THE DEDICATION OF THOSE FUNDS THAT BANK HAVE GONE TOWARDS NEW PARA, A NEW PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE UNIT, AND ONE-TIME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO EQUIP THAT UNIT.
THE TRANSPORTATION FEE FUNDS, FACILITIES, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MEET OUR INCREASED TRAFFIC RESULTING FROM ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PROGRAM FOR USE IS WITH THROUGH ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD, THE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND SHORELINE DRIVE.
UH, REALIGNMENT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE ONE IMPORTANT TOOL IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT THEY'RE ONLY ONE PIECE OF A COMPLIC COMPLEX PUZZLE.
AND THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THESE FEES.
WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES ARE SUPPLEMENTING OTHER EXISTING FUNDING, THAT THEY'RE SET IN A WAY THAT'S CLEAR THAT FEES ARE PROPORTIONAL TO THE GROWTH RELATED NEED AND IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT BALANCES OUR OTHER PRIORITIES LIKE HOUSING PRODUCTION, INVESTMENT IN THE CITY, AND THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE WORK THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL HELP PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT, BUT THE GOAL WITH THIS SLIDE IS TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR FEES ARE BALANCED AND THAT WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE LAWS THAT LIMIT HOW THEY CAN BE ASSESSED.
UM, ESPECIALLY ON THINGS PROJECTS LIKE ADUS OR CHANGE OF USE IMPACT FEES ARE NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, UH, SOLUTION AND THEY VARY BY
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AGENCIES.SO IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO TRY AND, UH, ASSESS AND COMPARE FEES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES WHERE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS CHARGE MORE, OTHERS CHARGE LESS AND SOME EVEN CHARGE ZERO.
THE 2025 AUDIT, UH, FO REALLY THOSE AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS GET AT THAT COM COMPLEXITY.
THE AUDITOR'S REVIEW FOCUSED ON OUR FOUR PRIMARY IMPACT FEE TYPES, THE FIRE PARKS, POLICE AND TRANSPORTATION.
AND THE PRIMARY FINDINGS OF THAT AUDIT CAN BE THOUGHT OF IN TWO MAJOR SECTIONS.
IT WAS THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO EVALUATE IMPACT FEE AMOUNTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UPDATED AND BETTER ALIGNED WITH OUR CURRENT NEED.
AND THERE'S A NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THE FEES.
IN REVIEWING THE AUDIT STUDY, WE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN KEY POINTS THAT ARE PART OF THE LARGER CONTEXT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHEN COMPREHENSIVELY DISCUSSING THE FEES.
SOME THINGS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ARE IS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL CITIES COLLECT THESE FEES.
SOME OF OUR COMPARISON CITIES DO, BUT OTHERS LIKE LAKEWOOD, COMPTON, DOWNEY NORWALK, AND SANTA FE SPRINGS DO NOT.
AND THEN THE DIFFERENT ADOPTION DATES FOR EACH FEE IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION DO TEND TO CREATE SOME CONFUSION.
THEY WERE WRITTEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND THERE'S A LACK OF CONSISTENCY.
AND SO WE DO NEED TO WORK BETTER ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
A THOROUGH DETAILED NEXUS STUDY IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
IT'LL PROVIDE A DEFENSIBLE FOUNDATION FOR ANY PROPOSED FEE CHANGES AND HELP ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING FROM THE SAME INFORMATION WHEN WE DISCUSS THE COMPONENTS OF THE FEES, WHETHER THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OR HOW TO HANDLE THE NEED FOR, UH, DEALING WITH INFLATION AS WE GO GO FORWARD.
TO THAT END, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARTNERS IN FIRE PARKS, POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON AN IN-DEPTH EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE NEW NEXUS STUDY RIGHT AND IN A WAY THAT COMPLIES WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND DEMONSTRATES THAT FEE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO NEED.
THIS EFFORT FIRST BEGAN WHEN WE IDENTIFIED A CONSULTANT WHO BEGAN THEIR WORK IN 2024 AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON DETAILED ANALYSIS.
THE DRAFT OF THAT ANALYSIS IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC LATER THIS SUMMER OR IN EARLY FALL.
WHEN THAT ACTION IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL, WE'LL ADDRESS THE AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS BY INCLUDING PROPOSED CODE UPDATES THAT BETTER, UH, ADD STANDARDIZATION AND MORE UNIFORMITY ACROSS THE FEE TYPES.
AS PART OF THE NEXUS STUDY, WE'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER A LOT EVERY DAY.
I SEE A LOT OF MY PARTNERS OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, TO TRY AND GET THIS RIGHT.
AND SO WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT LOOKING, UH, AT WAYS TO HAVE SHARED GUIDES AND MORE TIME, UH, STANDARDIZED TIMES TO MEET, TO TALK ABOUT THE USE AND REPORTING OF THE FEES.
WHILE WE DO REPORT ON THESE FEES ANNUALLY, THE UPCOMING COUNCIL REVIEW OF THE NEXUS STUDY WILL ALSO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT FEE CALCULATION WORKS AND HOW THE ANALYSIS WAS DESIGNED.
AND SO WE'LL REC INCLUDE RECOMMENDED FEE ADJUSTMENTS AND CODE AMENDMENTS WHEN WE'RE BACK BEFORE YOU LATER THIS FALL BECAUSE THE NEXUS STUDY ITSELF IS STILL IN DRAFT, WE DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS TO DISCUSS WITH YOU TODAY.
THAT SAID, THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRIKING BALANCE BETWEEN REVENUE GENERATION AND ALSO KEEPING DEVELOPMENT IN LONG BEACH, SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.
THEREFORE, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THAT FEE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL LIKELY BE BASED ON THE TYPE OF FEE THEY'LL INCLUDE PHASING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SMOOTHING THE IMPACT OVER TIME.
IT'LL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDING INFLATIONARY FACTORS SO REVENUES CAN KEEP UP WITH RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND NOW THAT I'VE COVERED SOME OF THE DETAILS ABOUT THE AUDIT ITSELF, I'M GONNA TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER KUNZ, WHO WILL GIVE YOU SOME MORE INSIGHT ON HOW THE FEES FIT INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE.
SO I THINK MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS THE SO WHAT, UM, PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT I'M STRIVING TO DO IS HELP, UM, BOC UNDERSTAND THIS VERY SPECIALTY, UM, REVENUES, SOURCE IMPACT FEES, HOW THAT FITS INTO THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO YEAR ROUND AS PART OF, UM, THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK.
SO IMPACT FEES ARE WITHIN A LARGER, UM, SOURCE OF REVENUE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE PAGE IN THE BUDGET BOOK THAT TALKS ABOUT THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 30 DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES AS A CITY.
UM, THIS IS ONE, UM, INDIVIDUAL, ONE-TIME SOURCE.
UM, SO THE AUDIT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE IMPACT FEES.
RIGHT NOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, COLLECTS THESE FEES, BUT IT'S HARD FOR US TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CUSTOMERS ABOUT WHY THE FEE IS WHAT AND WHAT IT'S USED FOR.
UM, BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEES IS SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, IT'S PARKS, IT'S PUBLIC WORKS, IT'S, UH, THERE'S A LARGE ROLE FOR FM THERE'S A ROLE FOR
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THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.UM, SO I THINK THAT WE CAN FIX THAT INTERNALLY SO THAT, UM, THE CUSTOMER, THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER ALWAYS GETS A POSITIVE, CONSISTENT ANSWER, UM, AND EXPERIENCE, UM, FROM THE CITY WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING A BUILD, BUILDING OR JUST, UM, DOING A BATHROOM ADDITION TO THEIR HOME.
UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS MATTER, UM, TO THE CUSTOMER, RIGHT? UM, AND WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER IN EVALUATING HOW THE, THE FEES ARE COLLECTED AND THEN, UM, UH, ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE FEES SO THAT THEY CAN BE SPENT, UM, AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE TO MEET THE CITY'S NEEDS.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA, IF YOU TAKE NOTHING ELSE FROM THIS PRESENTATION, I WANNA REALLY IMPRESS UPON YOU THE ONE TIME NATURE OF IMPACT FEES.
SO WHEN FEES ARE SET APPROPRIATELY AND ALL OF OUR OTHER TOOLS ARE IN PLACE, WE HAVE ZONING THAT WORKS.
WE HAVE FRIENDLY STAFF, WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES THAT WORK.
IT ALL COMES TOGETHER AND IT CREATES A PROJECT.
SO THAT CREATES ONE-TIME, UM, REVENUES, UM, THAT INCLUDES IMPACT FEES, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, PERMIT FEES THAT HELP PAY, UH, THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND OTHER ONE-TIME, UM, FEES, UH, DEPENDING ON IF THERE'S CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.
UM, BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO THE CITY ARE OUR STRUCTURAL REVENUES, OUR RECURRING REVENUES.
UM, SO WHEN A DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THEY BUILD A THING, WHETHER IT'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING, A HOTEL, UM, AND THEN THEY WILL PAY PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND OTHER TAXES ON, UM, THAT DEVELOPMENT NOT JUST ONE TIME AT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, SO IN 2025, WE WORKED WITH A CONSULTING FIRM, COSMO, TO LOOK AT, UM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES, UH, WERE LOWER, WE WOULD QUOTE UNQUOTE LOSE MONEY ON EVERY SINGLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT CAUSED MORE, UM, TO SERVICE THAT BUILDING, UM, THAN IT GENERATED IN TAX REVENUE.
AND THAT'S WHY, UM, CITIES LOVE, UM, CAR DEALERSHIPS AND SOME CITIES DON'T LOVE, UM, PRODUCING HOUSING.
UM, BUT AS PROPERTY VALUES HAVE CHANGED, THAT WHOLE MATH HAS CHANGED.
UM, SO WE DO BREAK EVEN OR, UM, MODESTLY, UM, SEE REVENUE, UM, ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WE LOOKED AT A HYPOTHETICAL, UM, 48 UNIT, UM, BUILDING, UM, HERE IN DOWNTOWN.
THEY WOULD PAY ABOUT $300,000 IN ONE TIME FEES, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD PAY ABOUT 166,000 EVERY YEAR IN VARIOUS TAXES TO THE CITY.
SO BY YEAR TWO, THOSE RECURRING DOLLARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ONE-TIME DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT IMPACT FEES IN THE AGGREGATE, UM, BUT THE CITY HAS DIFFERENT FEES WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS.
SO, UM, IN OUR FEE UPDATE, WHICH WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN THE FALL, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES.
SO ON THE FIRE FACILITY SIDE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE OTHER THAN JUST GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GRANTS FOR BUILDING FIRE STATIONS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER SOURCES.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A FEE THAT WE'RE GONNA TARGET, UM, TO GO UP CONSIDERABLY PARKS.
WE ALL LOVE PARKS, I LOVE PARKS.
I'M AT CITY PARKS WITH, UH, MY FAMILY ALL THE TIME.
UM, BUT FOR PARKS, FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS.
THOSE INCLUDE GRANT FUNDS, UM, GAS TAX DOLLARS, COUNTY MEASURES, STATE MEASURES, AND THE IMPACT FEE IS PAYING FOR A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE BUILD FOR OUR PARKS AND OUR STREETS.
UM, SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THOSE FEES DON'T NEED TO GO UP, BUT WHAT IT MEANS IS WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE, UM, THAN WE DO ON THE FIRE SIDE.
UM, SO TWO THINGS ARE GOING ON, AND BOTH CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN INCREASING OUR IMPACT FEES, BUT THE STATE HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE BOTH IN THE LEGISLATURE, IN AND IN THE COURTS IN SIGNALING TO CITIES TO DO THE OPPOSITE.
SO THE CITY, THE STATE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY STRENGTHENED RULES REGARDING IMPACT FEES.
UM, THEY'RE DIRECTING CITIES TO LIMIT IMPACT FEES AND THE COURTS HAVE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN LIMITING IMPACT FEES, INCLUDING A CASE THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE US SUPREME COURT.
THAT WAS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUST A GUY THAT WANTED TO PLACE A, UH, MOBILE MANUFACTURED HOME ON A LOT.
UM, AND THE CITY WAS TRYING TO CHARGE HIM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FEES.
UM, AND UNSURPRISINGLY HE WASN'T VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF ALMOST A DECADE, HE PLED HIS CASE THROUGH THE VARIOUS COURTS AND THE US SUPREME COURT AS WELL AS
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WHEN IT CAME BACK TO THE CALIFORNIA COURTS CONCLUDED THAT THAT WAS IMPROPER.UM, SO EACH NEW, UM, IMPROVEMENT LEADS TO CITY MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING IMPORTANT.
SO IMPACT FEES, DON'T BUY POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, LIFEGUARDS, OR PARK STAFF.
BUT WHEN WE BUILD A PARK, WE DEFINITELY NEED PARK STAFF TO MAINTAIN THAT PARK.
UM, WHEN WE BUILD A, UM, NEW FIRE FACILITY, WE FILL IT WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT AND, UH, WE HAVE ONGOING NEEDS.
SO, UH, BOC AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE HAS TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE TRADE-OFFS AND IMPACT FEES CAN ONLY PAY FOR GROWTH.
WE ARE NOT A CITY THAT'S GROWING A LOT.
UM, BUT THIS IS NOT A HIGH, HIGH GROWTH CITY.
THIS IS NOT A PLACE THAT ITS POPULATION IS, IS BOOMING.
UM, SO OUR IMPACT FEE REVENUE IS NEVER GOING TO BE A HUGE SOURCE OF, UM, CAPITAL.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE A MATURE CITY AND MANY OF OUR CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS ARE THE FACT THAT WE'RE A MATURE CITY AND WE HAVE, UH, THESE BEAUTIFUL, UM, BUILDINGS AND WATER PIPES AND SEWER PIPES THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND, AND NEED UPDATING.
UH, THE OTHER THING JUST FOR BOC TO UNDERSTAND IT'S A GREAT REVENUE SOURCE, BUT IMPACT FEES ARE A HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE, UH, REVENUE SOURCE.
YOU COULD HAVE FEES GENERATED IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ONE YEAR AND CLOSE TO ZERO THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, THE CITY THEREFORE HAS TO SET IMPACT FEES APPROPRIATELY, USE THEM EXPEDITIOUSLY AS WE CAN, UM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BUDGET BASED ON LARGE AMOUNTS OF THEM COMING IN.
UM, THEY'RE HIGHLY DEPENDENT, NOT JUST ON THE ECONOMY, BUT ON INTEREST RATES.
AND THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES ARE, THE LESS, UM, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY USUALLY OCCURS AS REAL ESTATE IS A BUSINESS WHERE PEOPLE BUILD THINGS WITH BORROWED MONEY.
AND WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH, THE COST OF DOING THAT IS HIGH.
UM, ALL OF THE ADU THAT YOU SEE GOING UP AROUND THE CITY, ALMOST NONE OF THOSE PAY IMPACT FEES BECAUSE AGAIN, THE STATE, UM, HAS LEGISLATED THAT WE CAN'T, UH, COLLECT IMPACT FEES ON ANY A DU THAT'S UNDER, UH, 750 SQUARE FEET.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS UPDATE 'CAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET, BUT THE ACTUAL UPDATE TO THE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE AND THE FEES THEMSELF, UM, WILL COME IN.
UM, IT, IT SAYS SEPTEMBER 22ND, THAT IS A GOAL, SO PLEASE DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT.
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 22ND.
THAT COULD BECOME THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER OR THE SECOND WEEK OF AN OCTOBER, OR SOMETIMES THE NINE OF, UH, OF YOU AT CITY COUNCIL DON'T ALL AGREE.
AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO COME ONCE OR TWICE OR THREE TIMES, HOPEFULLY WE GET IT THE FIRST TIME.
UM, BUT THAT'S OUR APPROXIMATE DAY.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO AFTER THAT, UH, DO OUR CLOSEOUT PROCESS WITH THE AUDITOR AND THEN REVENUE AC ACCRUES ACCORDINGLY.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IMPACT FEES ARE ASSESSED, UH, WHEN A BUILDER PULLS A BUILDING PERMIT AND THEN THEY GO BUILD A THING, TYPICALLY THAT COULD TAKE UP TO 24 MONTHS AND THEN BEFORE THEY FINALIZE, THEY PAY THOSE ALREADY ACCRUED FEES.
SO IF WE CHANGE THE FEES TOMORROW, IT COULD BE 24 PLUS MONTHS BEFORE THE CITY STARTS TO SEE THAT HIGHER FEE REVENUE, UM, ACTUALLY HIT FROM A CASHFLOW STANDPOINT.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE ARE OUR UPDATES.
WE HOPE THAT THEY WERE HELPFUL AND WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, I WILL GO TO MY, UH, COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES.
UH, DO EITHER OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, LOOKS LIKE VICE MAYOR RANGA HAS ONE.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE, UH, ONE QUESTION.
WELL, IN THE, IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THE BUDGET, HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT OUR IMPACT FEES IN THE, IN THE OVERALL BUDGET, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET? RIGHT BACK UP, WHAT WAS OUR TOTAL REVENUE LAST YEAR? LET ME LOOK IT UP REALLY QUICK.
WE COLLECTED $26 MILLION, UM, IN IMPACT FEES LAST YEAR, UH, WHICH IS A SMALL AMOUNT COMPARED TO THE, UM, DENOMINATOR, BUT THAT MATH I CAN'T DO IN MY HEAD.
SO REBECCA'S GONNA HELP US ALL.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, EXCUSE ME, ANY OTHER IMPACT YOU GONNA BE CONSIDERED FOR THE FUTURE? ANY ADDITIONS? SO THESE ARE THE MAIN IMPACT FEES.
THERE'S SOME SPECIALTY FEES THAT APPLY ONLY IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
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UM, WHERE THE WETLANDS ARE, THERE'S A SPECIAL FEE FOR WETLAND IMPACTS.I THINK THAT ONLY APPLIES TO FIVE OR SO PROPERTIES, BUT THAT IS ON THE BOOK FOR THOSE, UM, PROPERTIES.
UM, WE DID, YOU KNOW, EVALUATE WHETHER ADDITIONAL FEES FOR LIBRARIES OR OTHER FACILITIES SHOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED, BUT BASED ON, UH, KEEPING THE CITY COMPETITIVE, UM, WE DECIDED AGAINST THAT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF WE WERE TO ADD ADDITIONAL FEES, THAT IS GONNA LIMIT HOW MUCH WE CAN CHARGE ON THE FEES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY.
UM, AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND, AND WITH THE CITY MANAGER WAS REALLY SOLVING FOR EVERYTHING BUT PRIORITIZING, IMPROVING REVENUES FOR FIRE FACILITIES.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE WE ARE TODAY.
ARE OUR FEES, UH, RELATED TO TOLLING PARKING AND OTHER, UH, CUSTOMER, CUSTOMERS RESIDENTIAL, UH, IMPACTS ALSO COMMENT IN THIS.
UM, SO THESE ARE NOT RELATED TO TO THOSE, UM, TO THOSE.
AND I THINK, UH, REBECCA GOT THE ANSWER THAT IT'S, UH, IMPACT FEES ARE THREE TO 4% OF GENERAL FUND OR, UM, ABOUT 0.6% OF TOTAL ALL FUNDS.
I THANK YOU, UH, CHRISTOPHER, UH, FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT AS WE'RE FACING SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, DEFICITS, WHETHER IT'S SALES TAX GOING DOWN, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, UM, OIL MONEY DECLINING.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO, TO STRENGTHEN, UM, CITY'S, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVENUE.
SO I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE DEFINITELY A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, TO START THAT CONVERSATION.
AND, UH, I THINK IT CAN PARTICULARLY HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS A CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
BUT NOW AT THE SAME TIME, THE PRESENTATION MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THESE ARE ONE TIME, UH, REVENUES.
UM, SO WHILE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I SUPPORT AND I WISH WE HAD MORE OF IT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN GENERATE THAT, UM, AS YOU, YOU EXPLAINED SO GREAT AT THAT REOCCURRING PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX AND OTHER, UM, REVENUES THAT WE HAVE FOR FUTURE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL AND WE'RE NOT CREATING ADDITIONAL BARRIERS, UM, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MEETING OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION NEEDS.
SO AS YOU KNOW, CHRISTOPHER, I DREW THE SHORT STRAW AT SCAG AND YOU KNOW, I AM ON, UM, ON RINA.
UM, AND SO, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE, IF THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT'S A, IT'S A COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES HOUSING ASSESSMENTS AND DEVELOPS A METHODOLOGY AND ALL OF THIS KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, AS I LOOK AT OUR NEAR AT OUR, UM, CITIES, SO WE HAVE LAKEWOOD, COMPTON, DOWNEY, NORWALK, AND SANTA FE SPRINGS, THEY DON'T COLLECT ANY, UM, ANY, UH, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AT ALL.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL, UM, THAT IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA INTERFERE WITH ANY OF OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION OR HOUSING THAT WE, WE WE REALLY NEED FOR THE FUTURE.
YEAH, I THINK WE SHARE YOUR GOAL COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE MORE TO SHARE ABOUT THAT, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 22ND OR OTHER DATE.
UM, BUT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF GIVE AWAY THE HEADLINE, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH FEES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE TODAY, BUT ARE BELOW WHAT A MAXIMUM FEE WE COULD BE.
UH, WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TO CHARGE THE FEE THAT WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO THE CITY, INCLUDING HOUSING.
UM, AND I THINK YOU CAN'T, EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT, SO YOU CAN'T COMPARE LONG BEACH TO SAN DIEGO, WHICH HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST FEES IN THE STATE, BUT IT'S THE HOTTEST REAL ESTATE MARKET IN THE STATE.
UM, YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO COMPARE US, UM, TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE PRETTY LIMITED FEES.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE AND, AND WE'LL BRING MORE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER ABOUT THAT.
AND JUST AS YOU DO BRING THAT BACK, THAT, UH, PROPOSED FEE INCREASES, JUST, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, SLIDE OR, OR THAT YOU CAN JUST PRESENT TO US ON, I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT IS AND WE WE'RE NOT DECREASING HOUSING PRODUCTION, UM, THAT WE WANT TO PROMOTE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE MY COMMENTS THANK YOU CHRISTOPHER.
I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT A, I KNOW YOU
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DO A GREAT JOB OVER THERE AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE BOTH WANTING, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCREASING OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION, SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY POLICIES THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING, UM, THAT IT'S ENCOURAGING THAT AS WELL.SO I THINK COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN IS SAYING, PLEASE DON'T MAKE MY LIFE HARD.
UM, I DO WANNA THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
I FEEL LIKE I LEARNED SOMETHING AND I'M ALWAYS, I, I ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW OUR CITY WORKS AND HOW OUR FEE STRUCTURE WORKS.
UM, AND I GENUINELY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO BREAKING DOWN WHAT CAN BE A REALLY COMPLEX, AND I THINK OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AREA OF MUNICIPAL FINANCE.
UH, SO THIS PRE HAS GIVEN US MUCH CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IMPACT FEES ARE, UM, AND HOW THEY CAN AND CANNOT BE USED.
UM, AND THAT CLARITY IS INVALUABLE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
UM, WHAT I FOUND PARTICULARLY HELPFUL IS A REMINDER, THE IMPACT FEES ARE ONE-TIME REVENUES MEANT TO OFFSET CAPITAL COSTS CAUSED BY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY'RE NOT FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES.
THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR SALARIES, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, GENERAL OPERATIONS.
SO I, I UNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU SAID, PLEASE FOCUS ON THIS ONE SLIDE IF YOU GET NOTHING FROM IT.
SO I, I I WAS PAYING ATTENTION.
UM, AND I THINK THAT DISTINCTION IS CRITICAL AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO FAIL FAIRLY, ALLOCATE THE COST OF GROWTH, UH, WHILE PROTECTING OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ALL HAVING RIGHT NOW AS WE GO THROUGH BUDGET.
UM, AND I THINK UNDERSTANDING THE ILLEGAL AND FISCAL BOUNDARIES HELPS US BE MORE HONEST, HAVE MORE HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS, RESIDENTS, AND OUR OWN DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THOSE FEES CAN BE REAL REALISTICALLY ACHIEVE.
UM, I THINK IT'S OUR OWN VERSION OF MYTHBUSTERS, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE HEAR LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY AROUND WHY DOESN'T THE CITY JUST DO X, Y, AND Z WITH THESE FUNDS, RIGHT? AND SO HAVING ALL OF US BE ON THE SAME PAGE AROUND THE LIMITATIONS, RIGHT? UM, AND THE FLEXIBILITIES I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THE PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANT CHALLENGES WE NEED TO ADDRESS UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE NEXUS STUDY WILL HELP US IDENTIFY THE DIRECT LINK BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND PROJECT COSTS.
UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL UNDER WHAT YOU MENTIONED WITH THE CALIFORNIA MITIGATION FEE ACT.
RIGHT? SO THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION THAT WE MUST BALANCE COST RECOVERY WITH ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS.
UM, AS COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, UM, APLEY NOTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN NEARBY CITIES, AS YOU NOTED, LAKEWOOD, COMPTON, UH, DOWNEY, ET CETERA, DO NOT COLLECT THESE FEES.
UM, AND I THINK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY FOR MYSELF.
'CAUSE I NEIGHBOR AS THE DISTRICT NINE COUNCILWOMAN, I NEIGHBOR MANY OF THESE CITIES AS WELL.
AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES DON'T COLLECT THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE COLLECT.
UM, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ONGOING WORK ON THAT NEXUS STUDY.
UM, UH, THE CLEAR WE ARE ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT FEES CAN AND CANNOT FUND, UH, I THINK THE BETTER POSITION WE ARE TO EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE THEM, UM, IN THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, SO I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN ONE OF THE SLIDES.
I THINK IT WAS SLIDE SEVEN, YOU, YOU, UM, COMMENTED, UM, ABOUT PROPOSING AUTOMATIC INDEXING, UH, FOR FUTURE INCREASES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BASICALLY KEEP OUR FEES UP WITH, I'M ASSUMING A VERSION OF INFLATION, ESSENTIALLY.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT AUTOMATIC INDEXING, UM, IS AND WHAT WE, UH, POTENTIAL, HOW WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT? YEAH, SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, INFLATION THAT WE EXPERIENCE IN OUR OWN POCKETBOOK.
SO WE MEASURE CPI, WHICH IS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, AND THAT'S WHEN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND I GET ANGRY 'CAUSE BACON COSTS MORE AND BUTTER COSTS MORE AND MILK COSTS MORE AND I JUST BOUGHT MILK AND I HAVE TO BUY IT IN.
UM, BUT SO IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT.
EVERYTHING COSTS MORE EVERY YEAR HERE AT THE CITY.
UM, BUT WE DON'T ME, WE'RE, THE CITY'S NOT A CONSUMER IN THAT WAY.
UM, SO WE MEASURE BASED ON WHAT'S CALLED THE CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX.
UM, SO THAT IS THE COST OF DOING CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE DO THAT FOR TWO REASONS.
WHAT WE ARE CHARGING A FEE ON IS CONSTRUCTION AND THE VALUE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION GOES UP EACH YEAR.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO RECOVER A PORTION OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE USE THESE FUNDS FOR IS BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING FIRE STATIONS, BUILDING ROADS, BUILDING PARKS.
UM, SO WE WOULD ADJUST EACH YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHARGING A PERCENTAGE OF A MAXIMUM FEE.
SO IF YOU THINK OF EVERY YEAR THAT MAXIMUM FEE IS GONNA GO UP BY SOME AMOUNT OF CHANGE IN THE CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX, BE IT THREE YEARS, ONE YEAR IT'S A REALLY HIGH INFLATION YEAR.
THE NEXT YEAR, MAYBE IT'S 7%, MAYBE THE NEXT YEAR IT'S 1%.
SO IT'S GONNA VARY EACH YEAR, BUT THAT'S GONNA CHANGE KIND OF THE BASIS OF, UM, WHAT WE CAN CHARGE.
UM, AND THEN THE FEE ITSELF WILL ALSO ADJUST BASED ON THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGE IN THE INDEX, BUT ALSO BASED ON WHATEVER POLICY ADJUSTMENTS WE'VE MADE.
SO, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE NOT GONNA RECOMMEND CHARGING THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN CHARGE.
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THAT WE DO CHARGE WOULD STILL ADJUST.UM, EACH YEAR WE, IT'S AUTOMATIC, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT AUTOMATIC BECAUSE WE DO STILL HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO THAT AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT WOULD INSTRUCT STAFF IN HOW WE ADJUST THOSE FEES AND HOW WE REPORT THAT TO COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THERE WOULD STILL BE OVERSIGHT.
THERE'S, UM, IS A HIGHLY REGULATED, UM, AREA OF OUR, OUR LAW AS A CITY.
UM, AND WE WOULD STILL FULFILL THE NEED TO DISCUSS IMPACT FEES WITH THE COUNCIL EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 16? I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, UH, AND THE QUESTION I HAD IS NOW ESCAPING ME.
IT WAS ABOUT THE LAST POINT, BUT NOW I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.
I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT DOWN INSTEAD OF JUST RANKED DOWN THE SLIDE NUMBER.
I'M SURE WHATEVER IT WAS, IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN THAT IMPORTANT OR EITHER THAT, OR YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED IT AND SO THE QUESTION WENT AWAY.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, IT WAS REALLY GREAT, VERY INFORMATIVE, UM, AND I THINK HELPFUL AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO LEVERAGE THESE DOLLARS MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
SO IT'S DIFFERENT CALLED FOR ME TO TALK, BUT I WANNA RE BRING UP SOME THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, OLD PEOPLE LOVE THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
WE SUPPORT GIVING THEM MORE MONEY AND DEVELOPING THEM MORE FULLY.
WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT OLDER ADULTS HAVE ON THEIR FUTURES AND ON THE IMPACT PHASE, I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IS THE OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, THEY CALL 9 1 1, THEY GET AN AMBULANCE, THEY DON'T WANNA BE A PROBLEM, THEY DON'T WANNA BE A BOTHER TO ANYBODY, SO THEY SAY, NO, NO, I DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
UM, I SAW A MAN THAT REFUSED TREATMENT CRAWLING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES TO GET BACK INTO OUR BUILDING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANNA BE TRANSPORTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, MOST OF THE MT CALLS ARE FOR OLDER BUILDINGS.
I KNOW THE EMTS ARE AT MY BUILDING PARK PACIFIC TOWER AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR A LOT OF OLDER ADULT HOUSING.
SO WHEN UM, OLDER ADULTS REFUSE TO GET TRANSPORTED, A LOT OF TIMES THEIR INSURANCE WILL NOT COVER THE COST.
SO THEY GET A BILL FOR LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET TRANSFERRED AND I DUNNO WHAT THE CURRENT RATE IS AND THEY CAN'T PAY IT BECAUSE THEY'RE ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
THIS SEVERELY IMPACTS THEIR INCOME.
SOCIAL SECURITY DOES NOT KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF INFLATION.
UH, WE GOT CLOSE AND THEN, UM, SO THAT CREATES A REAL BURDEN FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS AND THE UM, THEY CAN'T PAY THE BILLS.
SO I'M SURE THAT HAS IMPACT ON THE CITY.
IF WE, UH, CAN GET 'EM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND, THEN MEDI-CAL, MOST OF THEM ARE ON MEDI-CAL, WE'LL COVER THE COST OF THAT TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK THAT COULD SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY.
AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE IMPACT FEES
BUT, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ISSUES WITH OLDER ADULTS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THEIR HOUSE IS PAID OFF, THEY'RE LIVING ON THEIR RETIREMENT AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE PROPERTY TAXES ON THEIR PROPERTY, SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING, THEY'RE LOSING THEIR HOUSING IN LA COUNTY FOR SMALL TAX BILLS THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT THAT.
YOUR TIME HAS LAPSED AND, UH, THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE OUR CAREGIVERS THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THEIR LIVES.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I THINK FOR MOST OF US, WE RECOGNIZE THEY ALREADY ARE.
UM, OKAY, THAT WAS CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT.
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MOTION CARRIES.NEXT ITEM, ITEM FOUR IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE COUNCIL DISTRICT CORRESPONDENCE.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANY, UM, THIS TIME.
UH, FIRST AND SECOND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, THEN UNLESS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAD ANY COMMENTS, WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY DO, UH, WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
[4. 26-55808 Recommendation to receive and file Council District correspondence. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
MOTION CARRIES.ITEM FIVE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A LIST OF FOLLOW-UP ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND OR BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UH, CAN I GET A FIRST AND A SECOND? OH, DID WE HAVE ANY THIS TIME? PROBABLY, PROBABLY FOR NEXT WEEK, MAYBE FROM, UH, LAST WEEK'S MEETING.
WE WILL HAVE ITEMS FOR BOTH, UH, THE STANDING COUNCIL DISTRICT CORRESPONDENCE AND THE FOLLOW UP FOR NEXT WEEK.
UM, THEN WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
[5. 26-55809 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. ]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.UH, THAT ENDS THE REGULAR AGENDA SO WE CAN GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND ASSUME MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND I APPRECIATE THIS PLATFORM.
I GRADUATED FROM UCSB IN 2284 WITH A MAJOR IN ENGLISH.
I'M AN INCOMING LAW STUDENT AND GOLD HONORS SCHOLAR AT USC GOLD.
AND I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH.
I'M PROUDLY FROM LAKEWOOD, BUT AS A CLOSE NEIGHBOR OF THIS CITY, I REALLY DO CONSIDER LONG BEACH.
MY SECOND HOME, THE SCHOOLS I ATTENDED, THE SPORTS TEAMS I PLAYED FOR MY FAMILY'S FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND ALL MY BEST FRIEND'S HOMES ARE LOCATED HERE.
ADDITIONALLY, SOME OF MY FAVORITE LIBRARIES ARE IN LONG BEACH.
BACH WAS MY CHILDHOOD LIBRARY WHERE MY MOM WOULD LET ME CHECK OUT 12 RANDOM HARDCOVERS AND THE LIBRARIANS WOULD SMILE KNOWING I'D PROBABLY ONLY READ ABOUT THREE OF THEM.
BACH IS WHERE I TOOK MY FIRST LSAP PRACTICE TEST AND SQUIRT SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME WANNA PASS OUT.
AND WHERE I STILL GO TO BROWSE TITLES ON DAYS I CRAVE A QUIET MOMENT.
MICHELLE OBAMA HELD A COMMUNITY EVENT I ATTENDED IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH A CLUB I FOUNDED AND HOLDS A FOND PLACE IN MY HEART FOR OFFERING A SPACE FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO EXPLORE VALUABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WHEN I RECENTLY LEARNED OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS TO LIBRARY HOURS AND STAFFING, I KNEW I HAD TO MAKE MY GRATITUDE FOR LONG BEACH LIBRARIES KNOWN.
HOW AMAZING IS IT? HOW PROUD ARE YOU TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS OF A FACILITIES OF A CITY WHOSE FACILITIES ARE THIS DEAR TO MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMMUNITY? IF I FEEL SO PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY THE DOWNSIZING, STRIPPING DOWN OF, AND SHUTTERING OF YOUR LIBRARIES, IMAGINE HOW YOUR RESIDENTS MIGHT FEEL.
HOW THE STUDENTS OF LONG BEACH, WHO MAY NOT HAVE A SAFE AND STABLE PLACE TO START THEIR WEEKS OFF FOCUSED AND HOPEFUL ON MONDAYS MIGHT FEEL WHO RELY ON CONSISTENT ACCESS TO THESE BOOKS, COMPUTERS, TABLES, DESKS, CHAIR, THE AIR CONDITIONING AND OVERALL SAFETY TO CONTINUALLY EMPOWER AND INVEST INTO THEMSELVES AS THEY PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION.
EDUCATION THAT THEY IN TURN WILL EVENTUALLY USE TO POUR BACK INTO THIS CITY OR THE MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY WHO EAGERLY LOOK FORWARD TO MONDAYS TO RECEIVE A SMILE AND HELLO FROM THE FRONT DESK STAFF WHOSE ONLY CONSISTENT SOCIAL INTERACTION MAY COME FROM WHEN THEIR LIBRARIAN ASKS THEM WHAT THEY'RE READING.
AS OUR WORLD CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY CHANGE AND EVERY SPACE THAT SEEMS TO BE SAFE, CLEAN, EXCITING, AND STABLE COMES AT A COST.
LIBRARIES ARE ONE OF, IF NOT THE LAST THIRD SPACE IS STILL ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, WHERE EDUCATIONAL, PERSONAL, AND CREATIVE GROWTH ISN'T LIMITED BY YOUR ZIP CODE, YOUR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, YOUR TAX BRACKET, OR HOW MUCH YOU HAVE IN YOUR WALLET.
LIBRARIES ARE THE PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE DREAMERS, THE WORLDLY LABYRINTHS FOR THE CURIOUS AND THE REST STOPS FOR THE WEARY LONG BEACH.
WHY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR COMMUNITY BY LIMITING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF YOUR LIBRARIES? IN THE TIME BETWEEN THIS MOMENT AND THE UPCOMING BUDGET OR VISION MEETING, I IMPLORE YOU TO KEEP THE DREAMERS, THE CURIOUS, THE WEARY AND ALL THOSE IN BETWEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND WHEN DECIDING THE BEST INTERESTS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SAY NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT.