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ALRIGHT, A GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.UM, AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER FOR AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
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PLEASE, UH, CALL FOR THE ROLL.VICE CHAIR WARE AND CHAIR CASTILLO.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER SANTOS AND COMMISSIONER AND VICE CHAIR WARE ARE EXCUSED FOR THE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? MM-HMM.
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HONOR COMMISSIONER? HAPPY TO.WE'LL GO TO, UH, UH, THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE, UH, UH, READ THE FIRST ITEM.
[1. 26-55876 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.MAY I HAVE A MOVE MAKER AND A SECOND? THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER LIM HAS SECONDED.
MICHELLE LEMO, IF YOU CAN USE YOUR MICROPHONE FOR ME, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WHAT HAPPENED? WHICH, WHICH MICROPHONE'S NOT WORKING? OH, JUST WHEN YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA GIVE A VERBAL SECOND, IF WE CAN GET IT WITH A MICROPHONE ON, WE'LL CATCH IT ON THE RECORD.
AND IT WILL BE GREAT FOR ANYBODY WHO'S JOINING US VIA ZOOM.
WHILE WE'RE RESOLVING THE TECHNICAL ITEMS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A QUICK STEP BACK.
UH, LET US, IF YOU COULD ACCEPT THE SECOND AS WELL.
SO THAT WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD.
WE'LL TURN THIS OVER TO STAFF FOR A PRESENTATION.
UH, THIS IS ADVANCED PLANNING OFFICER AT AJ SAN LOPEZ, FILLING IN WITH MY COLLEAGUE MARYANNE CRONIN ON BEHALF OF OUR PLANNING BUREAU MANAGER, ALLISON SPINDLER RUIZ, WHO IS ON A MUCH DESERVED VACATION THIS WEEK.
UH, VERY BRIEF, UH, DIRECTOR'S AGENDA, STARTING WITH, UH, A RECENT SUCCESS THAT DIANE WILL SHARE.
UM, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, OR ACTUALLY, UH, LATE LAST YEAR, THIS COMMISSION HEARD THE ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN, UH, OPERATIONS ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL ALLOW SMALL MICRO BUSINESSES TO OPERATE AS HOME OCCUPATIONS.
SO I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THAT INITIATIVE HAD GONE THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND NOW HAS BEEN APPROVED AS OF LAST WEEK BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.
SO THAT MARKS THE END OF A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS THAT STARTED WITH OUR, UM, DEPARTMENTS IN HEALTH AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND REALLY CONCLUDED HERE WITH, UH, THE PLANNING BUREAU AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S A GREAT SUCCESS THAT WE WANNA JUST ANNOUNCE AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON.
UH, YOUR WORKING THROUGH THOSE ORDINANCES REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT, UM, ARE GONNA HOPEFULLY INVEST AS THEY GROW FROM A HOME OCCUPATION INTO A BRICK AND MORTAR AND OR A FOOD TRUCK.
UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S A BIG CIRCLE, BUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE PROUD OF, VERY MUCH.
UM, SO LOOKING AHEAD FROM THIS PAST EFFORT, UH, OUR NEXT TWO PLANNING COMMISSION SESSIONS, WE'LL EACH HAVE A STUDY SESSION.
UH, SO IT'LL BE AN EDUCATIONAL START TO THE FALL.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT, UM, WHERE THE DEEP DIVE INTO THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF OUR PARKS, REC, AND MARINE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE'LL HAVE A STUDY SESSION ON, UM, OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, INCLUDING RESULTS FROM OUR, UH, MID-CYCLE ANALYSIS AND OUR FORTHCOMING PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION APPLICATION RESUBMITTAL THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THROUGH THIS FALL.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BOTH OF THOSE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
AND I HAVE A, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON, ON THE MAKE A, MAYBE I MISSED IT.
WHAT WAS THE TENTACLE, NO PUN INTENDED, THAT BROUGHT THE COASTAL COMMISSION INTO, INTO SCOPE? SO, WHENEVER WE CHANGE ANYTHING IN TITLE 21 OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS, THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE REGULATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHERE EVERY TIME WE COME TO YOU WITH A TITLE 21 CHANGE, UH, WE HAVE TO GO GET THAT BLESSED BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION BEFORE IT CAN GO EFFECT IN OUR COASTAL ZONE.
UH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A VERY PROCEDURAL THING, BUT USUALLY, UH, IT DOES RESULT IN SOME MEANINGFUL, UH, MODIFICATIONS THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT INCREASES COASTAL ACCESS.
AND THEN IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, SO IT CAN TAKE LONGER.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR GOOD WORK, IT WAS ON THE FIRST TRY, WE GOT IT APPROVED.
SO THAT'S A, A BIG SUCCESS FOR US.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON DIRECTOR'S REPORT? SEEING NONE.
NOW, ANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT?
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SEEING NONE, ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.NOW, IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UH, ANY, UH, OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
UH, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.
[2. 26-55877 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Planning Commission meeting of Thursday, June 4, 2026. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2026.CAN I HAVE A MAKER AND A SECOND? IF POSSIBLE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.
SO FOR THE RECORD, WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM JANE TEMPLAN AND A SECOND FROM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT PLEASE.
OH, COMMISSIONER CLEMON ALREADY DID, AND YOU CAN HAVE THE SECOND IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO THE SECOND WOULD BE FROM COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ARM WRESTLING COMPETITION HERE SOON.
COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN IS THE SECOND.
UM, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IN A SECOND.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, WE NOW TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER LEMOS, I CAN TAKE A ROLE FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, PLEASE READ THE NEXT, SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TIME YOU CAN HANG UP.
[3. 26-55878 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Capital Improvement Program (FY 2027 CIP) and find the projects included in the FY 2027 CIP are in conformity with the General Plan. (Citywide) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND FIND THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE FY 2027 CIP ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN CITYWIDE.MAY I HAVE A MAKER, UH, MOTION, UH, MAKER AND A SECOND PLEASE.
I THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN.
COMMISSIONER LEMI, WE HAVE OUR FIRST AND SECOND.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU CHAIR, UH, PROJECT PLANNER CARLENE HU WILL GIVE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS BEFORE YOU AS THE ANNUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OR SAY, BUT CIP BUDGET FOR SHORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CIP IS TO ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORK WORKS UPDATES THE CCIP AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE AND DIRECT STATEMENT OF HOW THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ITS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE.
IT IS A FINANCIAL TOOL IDENTIFYING FUNDS FOR THE WIDE VARIETY OF MID AND LONGER TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ROLE IN THE PROCESS PURSUANT TO THE LONG BEACH CITY CHARTER SECTION 1 0 0 2 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6 5 4 0 1 IS TO REVIEW THE CIP FOR GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY.
WE REVIEW THE CIP TO ENSURE THE GENERAL PLAN DIRECTS ALL LAND USE DEC DECISIONS AND RESOURCES FOR ANTICIPATED PROJECTS.
THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS A MITIGATION MEASURE OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT, CALLS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET, CAP AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO INTEGRATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIMATE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION INTO PROJECTS.
THE CAP BUDGET IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN THAT PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF BUDGET FUNDING AS THE CITY PREPARES FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
THE ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET AND ESTABLISHES A FIVE FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM TOTALING OVER 533 MILLION ACROSS FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY, COMMUNITY
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AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS, GOLD MEDAL PARK REFRESH PROJECTS, MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, PARK IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, RIGHT OF SLASH WATER QUALITY AND LB CAP AND CRITICAL FACILITIES, GRANT MATCH FUNDING RESERVE, AND OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS.THE FISCAL YEAR 27 CIP PLAN TOTALS 299.6 MILLION AS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH THE HARBOR AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WAS SEPARATE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS REPORTING TO THEIR OWN COMMISSIONS.
THEIR BUDGETS ARE ONLY INCLUDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES WITH THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT.
INCLUDED THE BUDGET TOTALS 877.2 MILLION.
THE CIP IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN SECTIONS, AIRPORT BEACHES AND MARINAS, HARBOR MOBILITY AND SAFETY PARKS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND UTILITIES.
WE WILL DISCUSS PROJECT EXAMPLES FROM THE CIP TODAY TO UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF PROJECTS FUNDED, BUT TODAY'S HEARING IS NOT A REVIEW OF THE DESIGN OR DEVELOPMENT OF EACH PROJECT.
WE'LL ALSO IDENTIFY GENERAL PLAN GOALS AND POLICIES TO DEMONSTRATE CONSISTENCY WITH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS LISTED.
BUT NOT ALL POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE IDENTIFIED PROGRAMS ARE ALSO LISTED.
SO LET'S START WITH THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CIP, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT.
THERE ARE PROJECTS INCLUDE LANDSIDE AND AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE CAN INCLUDE PASSENGER CONCOURSE ENHANCEMENTS, EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON THE AIRFIELD, CONCOURSE, WAYFINDING AND LIGHTING.
THESE TYPES OF REPAIRS FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MOBILITY ELEMENTS.
GOAL TWO, TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE AIR, WATER, AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY AS WELL AS THE LAND U LAND USE ELEMENTS.
GOAL NUMBER SEVEN, TO PROVIDE RELIABLE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT.
FOR THE BEACHES AND FACILITIES SECTION, WE HAVE BEACH AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN INCLUDE THAILAND, THAILAND'S AREA WIFI AND SECURITY CAMERAS, AS WELL AS BEAUTIFICATION THE BELMONT POOL, PIER AND DOCK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE BELMONT PIER IMPROVEMENTS AND QUEEN MARY IMPROVEMENTS.
MARINA IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE MINOS, BAY MARINA, RESTROOM CAMERA AND SECURITY GATES IMPROVEMENTS, RAINBOW HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT INCLUDE BOAT OWNER, REST, RESTROOM RE REHABILITATION, AND NEW ELECTRICAL PEDESTALS, MARINE STADIUM SIGN IMPROVEMENTS AND DOWNTOWN MARINA IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES THE SHORELINE TRANSPORTATION HUB, WHICH, UH, FURTHERS MOBILITY, UM, AND AS PART OF THE VISION OF THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE PLAN, UM, MARINA MOBILE LIGHTING AND CAMERA, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
SO OVERALL, THESE IMPROVEMENTS IMPLEMENT THE LOCAL COAST AND PROGRAM POLICY OF MAXIMIZING SHORELINE ACCESS BY TRANSIT, BICYCLE AND FOOT, AS WELL AS PROTECTING AND ENHANCING RECREATION AND VISITORS SERVING FACILITIES.
THE LAND USE ELEMENT STRATEGY NUMBER 19 TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF PARK FACILITIES, MARINAS, BEACHES, AND WATER BODIES THAT MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS, UH, AND INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO IMPLEMENTS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENTS.
POLICY TO COR COORDINATE SAFETY MATTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND INTRODUCE METHODS OF ENSURING IMPROVED SAFETY.
IN THE BEACHES AND MARINA SECTION, THERE'S ALSO SEA WALL IMPROVEMENTS TO NAPLES ISLANDS, DREDGING AND NOURISHMENT PROJECTS FOR ENTRANCE CHANNEL AND PENINSULA BEACH TO MAINTAIN NAVIGATIONAL DEATH AND PROTECT PHYSICAL STRUCTURES, TIE LIGHT TIDELANDS ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE QUEEN, IMPROVE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, MEDIAN REPAIR, CURB AND GUT REPAIR FOR OCEAN BOULEVARD, QUEEN MARY, UH, WAYFINDING AND BIKE RESURFACING AND REPAIRS.
FOR THE MOBILITY AND SAFETY SECTION, WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF, UH, PROGRAMS. ADDITIONAL PRO, UM, UH, UNDER INITIAL PROJECTS UNDER THE CIP MOBILITY AND SAFETY SECTION INCLUDE CIP, UH, ADMINISTRATION, A DA RAPID RESPONSE, GREEN ALLEYS AND WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD ARTERIAL CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENTS, SINKHOLE REPAIR, CITYWIDE SLURRY, SEAL CITYWIDE STRIPING AND SIGNAGE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND TRAFFIC CALMING.
THESE PROJECTS HELP IMPLEMENT THE MOBILITY ELEMENTS, UH, POLICY ONE DASH SEVEN TO MAINTAIN ALL ROADWAY PATHS AND, UH, SIDEWALKS AND GOOD STATES OF REPAIR, AS WELL AS STRATEGY 1.1 TO EXPAND, IMPROVE AND CONNECT BIKEWAY SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE VIABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, UH, FOR ALL LEVELS OF BICY BICYCLING ABILITIES.
WE ALSO HAVE ARTI CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENTS, UM, LISTED.
WE HAVE, UM, HERE PACIFIC AVENUE PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
THIS IS JUST A RENDERING, UH, PACIFIC AVENUE CYCLE TRACK, SHORELINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT, WHICH IS A PORTION OF THE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE, UH, PROJECT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE ARTERIAL STREET REHABILITATION, UM, BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS, STREET LIGHTING, AND A DA CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENTS.
OVERALL, THESE GENERAL, UM, THESE FACILITATE GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY BY ALIGNING WITH, UM, MO UH, THE MOBILITY ELEMENT POLICY ONE DASH 14 TO USE UNIVERSAL DESIGN TECHNIQUES TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIANS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES
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AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, AS WELL AS THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT.POLICY 17 DASH TWO ENHANCE LINKAGES AND ACCESS POINTS WITH LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE.
THE MOBILITY AND SAFETY SECTION ALSO INCLUDES PROGRAMS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MITIGATION, RESIDENTIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS, A DA SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND MEDIAN AND PARKWAY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ALL HELP IMPLEMENT THE LAND USE ELEMENT POLICY NINE DASH TWO TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES AND CO ENFORCEMENT.
THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENTS POLICY SEVEN DASH TWO TO ACCOMMODATE APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN NEIGHBORHOODS TO SLOW VEHICLE SPEEDS.
AL ALONG STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS ARE, IS ALSO IMPLEMENTED AND MEDIAN AND PARKWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
ALSO IMPLEMENT THE LB CAP BY REDUCING WATERING AND ENERGY NEEDS BY RELANDSCAPING AND USING SOLAR POWERED IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS.
THE FOURTH SECTION OF THE FY 27 CIP IS PARKS, WHICH INCLUDES PROGRAMS FOR, FOR, UM, PARK AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS CAN INCLUDE PLAYGROUND DOG, DOG PARK, COMMUNITY GARDEN, AND PICNIC AREA IMPROVEMENTS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES OPEN SPACE DE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ALSO, UM, AIMS TO ACQUIRE PARKLAND AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THIS CAN INCLUDE THE LA RIVER PARK EXPANSION, TERMINAL ISLAND FREEWAY OPEN SPACE PROJECT MURAL AND PUBLIC ART RESTORATION, LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS, WILLOW SPRING TRAIL, HILL TREAD HEAD TRAILHEAD IMPROVEMENTS AND 10 STREET GREEN BELT IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PARK FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON MINIMIZING STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES WHICH HELP EXTEND THE LIFE OF FACILITIES AND TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
THE FY 27 FY 27 CIP ALLOCATES FUNDING FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT CAESAR CHAVEZ PARK, AT THE JENNY ORAL PAA COMMUNITY CENTER, CITYWIDE RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS AND COLLEGE ESTATE PARK FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE PROJECTS OVERALL HELP THE OPEN SPACE ELEMENTS POLICY FOR 4.1 TO CREATE ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE AND PURSUE ALL APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO ENHANCE RECREATION, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY ALSO HELP IMPLEMENT LAND USE ELEMENTS POLICY 11 DASH FIVE TO ENSURE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO OPEN SPACES, PARKS, TRAILS, AND RECREATION PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WALKABILITY.
THE FIFTH SECTION OF THE FY 27 CIP IS PUBLIC FACILITIES AIMED AT EXTENDING THE USEFUL LIFE OF FACILITIES AND IMPROVING EV ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED AT BRUIT UH, LIBRARIES, EL DORADO AND BURNETT LIBRARIES FIRE STATION 11 AND 13, THE NEW PD CRIME LAB AND THE CITYWIDE COMMUNITY CENTER ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE CIP.
WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL FACILITIES PROJECTS FOR THE WEST SIDE DIGITAL INCLUSIONS, WHICH WILL UPGRADE FIBER TECHNOLOGY TO WEST LONG BEACH TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
THESE FACILITIES PROJECTS, THESE FACILITIES PROJECTS HELP IMPLEMENT THE LAND USE ELEMENTS POLICY TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS THAT PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, INSTITUTIONS, AND REGIONAL SERVING FACILITIES.
THESE PROJECTS ALSO IMPLEMENT THE LB CAP BY IN INCREASING BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
THE SIXTH SECTION OF THE FY 27 CIP IS UTILITIES.
THIS YEAR'S UTILITIES UTILITY PROGRAMMING INCLUDES STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH HELP MEET REQUIREMENTS MANDATED BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
IT ALSO INCLUDES LOW FLOW DIVERSION SYSTEMS TO MANAGE AND TREAT DRY WEATHER URBAN RUNOFF TO MITIGATE STORM WATER POLLUTION AND WATER AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE PROJECTS THAT IMPLEMENT LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND PRIORITIZE NATURE-BASED SOLUTION TO CAP CLEAN AND CAPTURE STORM WATER.
THIS SITE C'S WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LB MUSS PHASE TWO AND SKY LINKS REGIONAL STORM WATER CAPTURE PROJECTS.
THESE UTILITY PROJECTS HELP IMPLEMENT THE LAND USE ELEMENTS POLICY 20 DASH FIVE TO PREVENT STORM WATER, RUNOFFS AND POLLUTANTS FROM ENTERING NATURAL WATER BODIES AS WELL AS THE LB CAPS DROUGHT ACTION THREE, TO EXPAND USAGE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND GREEN STREETS.
HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF, UH, THE SKY LINKS REGIONAL STORM WATER CAPTURE PROGRAM THAT SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY, UH, FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, THAT GIVES AN IDEA OF THE TYPES OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE A LARGE CITY WITH A LOT OF NEEDS.
SO WHILE THE CFY 27 ADVANCES CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS SET OF CITYWIDE, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS THAT ARE UNFUNDED.
THE THESE UNFUNDED NEEDS CONTINUE TO BE MODERATE FOR POTENTIAL INCLUSION IN FUTURE BUDGET CYCLES AND ARE ESTIMATED IN THIS TABLE.
UM, SOME KEY UNFUNDED NEEDS INCLUDE ARTERIAL AND RESIDENTIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS, ALLEY PAVING, STORMWATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, GENERAL CITY BUILDING REFURBISHMENT SIDEWALK, AND A DA CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENTS.
LOOKING AHEAD, THE CITY HAS BEGUN ANALYZING PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PLAN.
UH, RENEWED 32 GIVEN LIMITED AVAIL LIMITED AVAILABLE AND ANTICIPATED FUNDING SOURCES.
PLANNING THUS FAR IS FOCUSED PRI PLANNING FOR
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THIS.UM, RENEWED 32 IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLANNING.
AN INITIAL MAP OF THE PROPOSED REACH TO BE IMPROVED THROUGH, UM, RENEW 32 IS AVAILABLE HERE.
UM, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT IN THE COMING MONTHS, AND THE DRAFT PLAN WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE IT IS CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028, PROPOSED CIP BUDGET.
UM, I ALSO INCLUDE A SNAPSHOT OF, UM, OOPS, SORRY.
OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND THERE'S STILL SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND SOME HEARINGS, PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON, UM, AT THE BUDGET HEARINGS PRIOR TO ADOPTION AS WELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B THREE OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
THIS ACTION IS NOT SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AS THERE IS NO POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.
THE ACTION BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS A CONSISTENCY FINDING ON A BUDGET DOCUMENT, NOT THE DESIGN APPROVAL OR CONSTRUCTION OF ANY PROJECTS LISTED WITHIN THE CIP.
HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS IN THE FY 27 CIP WILL BE ASSESSED IN A SEPARATE ENVIRONMENTAL DOC DOCUMENTS PREPARED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL OR IMPLEMENTATION AS APPROPRIATE.
WHILE THE PROJECTS ARE NOT DESIGNED OR APPROVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HOW THE CITY ALLOCATES MONEY TO MAKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS LIKE OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN IS VERY IMPACTFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
NO NOTICING IS REQUIRED FOR GENERAL PEN CONFORMITY FINDING AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR A FINDING OF GENERAL CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE FY 27 CIP BUDGET.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT AND I DO HAVE CAPITAL, UH, BUDGET OFFICER ANNA DEA, AS WELL AS OTHER PUBLIC STAFF IN PERSON TO HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
I'D ELECTED NOTE FOR THE RECORDS THAT COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS IS PRESENT FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COMES UNDER THIS HEADING, BUT, UM, I WOULD THINK A PUBLIC BUILDING WOULD BE THE BELMONT POOL.
DO YOU MEAN A A PUBLIC BUILDING WITH REGARD TO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES? RIGHT.
SO THAT WAS UNDER ONE OF THE CATEGORIES AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BELMONT POOL.
SO THE BELMONT POOL HAD BEEN APPROVED HERE AT PLANNING COMMISSION QUITE A WHILE AGO AND HAD BEEN WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
SO THEY BROKE GROUND EARLIER THIS YEAR.
OUR COUNTERPARTS FROM UM, PUBLIC WORKS MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE STATUS OF IT AND ITS ANTICIPATED TIMELINE, IF THAT'S THE QUESTION.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
ANNA DENDA PUBLIC, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET OFFICER.
UM, LIKE SHE MENTIONED THERE, IT DID BREAK GROUND AND SO IT'S UNDER THE BEACHES AND MARINA THAT FALLS UNDER THAT CATEGORY, THE BELMONT POOL DOES.
AND, UH, IT WAS AWARDED, UM, BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE FOR YOU, UH, HERE, BUT I CAN GET IT.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG UNDERTAKING TO GO THROUGH AND PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, LINK THOSE WITH THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS, UH, THAT WE USE FOR PLANNING.
UM, I WANT TO, I THINK I WANT TO ASK COUNSEL FOR SOME GUIDANCE HERE ON WHAT DOES ALIGNMENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN MEAN? 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS TO THIS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BUT CAN YOU, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT PLEASE? SURE.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT IS THAT THE GENERAL PLAN HAS MANY GOALS, UM, AND THERE'S MANY WAYS TO ACHIEVE THEM.
AND WE LOOK TO OUR ELECTED POLICY OFFICIALS TO HELP WITH THOSE ACHIEVEMENT OF GENERAL PLAN GOALS.
AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS, IS THE, WHAT'S PUT IN FRONT OF YOU? DOES IT COMPLY WITH OR DOES IT CONFORM TO THE GOALS AS IDENTIFIED INSIDE OF THAT GENERAL PLAN? AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE A NICE JOB OF IDENTIFYING THE FACT THAT AS AN OVERARCHING PLANNING DOCUMENT, THE GENERAL PLAN IS BALANCING A LOT OF DIFFERENT GOALS.
AND SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT INSIDE OF THE CIP THAT'S BEING PUT FORWARD.
AND THEN JUST, I THINK, SORRY, IS THERE, OKAY.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S KIND OF GOING OFF OF THAT.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THINGS THAT COULD EVEN BE CONTRADICTORY
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TERMS OF OPPOSING, YOU KNOW, GOALS THAT, UH, KIND OF ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.UM, THE, THE THING I WANNA FOCUS ON IS THE THING THAT I ALWAYS FOCUS ON WITH THE CIP AND THAT IS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE WAYS THAT WE'RE PLANNING THE, THE, THE, THE STREET REHABILITATIONS IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THE, THE FRUSTRATION I HAVE HERE IS THE, HOW WE'RE MEANT TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GIVEN IN THE CIP AND UNDERSTAND HOW THAT LINKS TO THE GOALS THAT YOU'VE LISTED OUT AS THESE ACHIEVING.
UM, AND SO THE BIG EXAMPLE THERE IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE, THE MOBILITY PLAN, UH, POLICY ONE DASH ONE FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS TO IMPROVE THE, UH, STATE OF LONG BEACH STREETS THROUGH COMPLETE STREETS APPROACH.
UM, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED OUT IN ARTERIAL STREET HIP REHABILITATION ACHIEVE THAT? UM, LOOKING SPECIFICALLY, LET'S SAY AT WILLOW FROM LA RIVER TO ATLANTIC, THAT'S ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THAT PROJECT TO ADDRESS IT BEING ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS MAHARI WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS, THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUREAU OVERSEEING THE CORRIDOR IN THE STREET.
WE APPLIED FOR THREE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANT APPLICATION TO FUND THAT PROJECT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT GET ANY OF THEM.
SO RECENTLY WE APPLIED FOR THE SAFE STREET FOR ALL GRANT, AND WE ARE HOPING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON IT BY, UH, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
SO IF WE GET THE FUNDING THROUGH, WE CAN BUILD THEIR PROJECT.
BUT, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING, WE CANNOT REALLY BUILD IT BEFORE THE OLYMPICS.
THAT WILL HAVE TO DIFFER AFTER THE OLYMPICS.
HOWEVER, THAT PROJECT IS ON THE VERY HIGH INJURY NETWORK, AND IT IS A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
THERE IS, UH, MOBILITY AND, UH, ELEMENT FOR BIKE ON THE STREET, BUT IT IS FROM, UH, MAGNOLIA WEST ACROSS THE RIVER.
SO IT DOES NOT CONNECT, UH, THROUGH, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A MAJOR CORRIDOR FROM THE SEVEN 10 AND ALL OF THAT TO GO THROUGH THERE.
SO IT PREVENTS US FROM DOING THAT.
BUT WE ARE IMPROVING THE MEDIAN.
WE ADD IN LANDSCAPING, WE ADD IN MEDIAN THERE THAT PREVENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE INJURIES AT THE AREAS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HISTORY AT MAGNOLIA AVENUE AT, UH, PINE AND OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAKING LEFT TURNS, YOU KNOW, AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS.
SO THE INTENTION OF THAT, AND WE'RE HOPING TO LINK IT TO THE METRO HUB AT WILLOW STATION.
SO THE METRO IS GOING TO BUILD UP FOR THE OLYMPICS, HOWEVER, IT'LL BE OVERLAPPING A LITTLE BIT OR JUST DELAYED UNTIL THE OLYMPICS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION FOR THAT.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ADDRESSING PART OF THAT, THAT STRETCH AS IT BEING IN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
IT'S REALLY, UH, ADDRESSING SAFETY FIRST AND ALLOWING THE TRAFFIC TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE THIS GOES THROUGH SIGNAL HILL AND CONNECT TO THE AIRPORT TO A LOT OF FACILITIES.
AND IT'S A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION THAT COMES FROM THE TERMINAL ISLAND FREEWAY AND ALL OF THAT FROM THE WEST.
SO IT'S, UH, REALLY HEAVILY TRAVELED AND WE SEEN A LOT OF THE INJURY NETWORK.
WE DO LOOK AT THE INJURY NETWORK AND THE AREAS OF COLLISION, AND WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, TRY TO PREVENT THOSE ACCIDENTS FURTHER.
SO I'M KIND OF PICKING ON THIS STRETCH JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT 15 OR SO SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED OUT IN THIS PLAN THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH AND INDIVIDUALLY ASK, WHAT IS THIS
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DOING TO ADDRESS COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, HOW IS, HOW IS THIS, HOW IS HOW WERE COMPLETE STREETS PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO THIS PROJECT? UH, COMPLETE STREET USUALLY APPLIES TO ALL MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND APPLIES TO BIKE SAFETY, UH, SECURE PATH, PATH, PATH FOR A DA COMPLIANCE AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL OF THAT.THE WILLOW WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.
SO IT DOES ADDRESS ALL OF THAT.
IT DOES ADDRESS THE MOBILITY AND THE BIKE FACILITY FROM MAGNOLIA TO THE WEST.
BUT FROM MAGNOLIA TO THE EAST IS NOT REALLY FEASIBLE TO PLACE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IF YOU DO THAT, YOU ELIMINATE LANES OF TRAVEL AND YOU, IT BECOMES A ROAD DIET AND THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE, AT LEAST DELIVERY AND GOODS FOR THE CITY FOR ECONOMIC, UH, VALUES.
AND I, I DON'T WANNA GET BOGGED DOWN IN THE SPECIFICS OF THIS PROJECT HERE.
THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT AND THERE'S NO WAY FROM THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND ALIGNMENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND I COULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH BEACHES, I COULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH AIRPORTS.
UH, THERE IS THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE SLURRY, THE, UH, THE RE THE RESURFACING, WHICH AGAIN IS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE, UH, UH, WE TOUCH THE STREET.
IT HAS A COMPLETE STREETS REVIEW THAT'S IN THE MOBILITY PLAN.
UM, THE POINT I'M TRYING TO GET AT FOLKS, AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE, IS THAT THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT GIVE US IN ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE UNDERSTANDING WHETHER OR NOT WE, THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT.
THERE'S A LIST OF PROJECTS AND IT SAYS ANAHEIM STREET PROJECT.
KEITH HOEY, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
SO, UM, YEAH, ON THE, ON THE WILLOW A PROJECT, UM, THERE ARE LANDSCAPE MEDIANS THAT ADDRESS THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, THE COLLISIONS, THE MEDIANS PROTECT SAFETY AND ENHANCE SAFETY THERE.
BUT THEY ALSO ARE IN CONFORMANCE BECAUSE THEY DO PROVIDE, UM, MORE, UH, IMPERVIOUS AREAS COMPARED TO IMPERIOUS SURFACE AREAS.
SO THEY KIND OF REDUCE HEAT ON EFFECT.
THEY BEAUTIFY THE CORRIDOR, THEY PROVIDE LIKE NATURAL LANDSCAPING AND, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO PLANT TREES AND WHATNOT.
BUT I THINK IF I GET GENERALLY INTO A LOT OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THE BASIC FEATURES THAT I THINK SUPPORT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THESE CORRIDOR PROJECTS, THEY DO HAVE CLASS FOUR SEPARATED BIKEWAYS.
UM, AND SO THOSE BIKEWAYS DO MEAN LESS CARS ON THE STREETS.
UM, I, SORRY, I'M, I I DON'T WANT TO LIKE JUST KEEP GOING DOWN THIS ROAD OF LIKE, WHAT IS A CONS COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT.
UH, AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT HERE.
I'M JUST, THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS, LET'S GO ONTO BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH LA COUNTY, UH, CALTRANS TO INSPECT, UPGRADE, RETROFIT, LONG BEACH OWNED BRIDGE BRIDGES, PERFORM DECK REPAIRS LISTED IN THE 1617 LA COUNTY CONDITION SURVEY.
WERE COMPLETE STREETS ELEMENTS LOOKED AT FOR THAT.
IT, THE POINT IS IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.
AND BRIDGES ARE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, ONE OF THE CRITICAL, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, UH, WE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE NOT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE ABANDONED BECAUSE IT WOULD AFFECT TRANSPORTATION, UH, TRAFFIC TOO MUCH.
WHEN WE DO REPLACE, UM, DECKS, WE DO LOOK AT THE COMPLETE STREETS, UM, REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UM, BEING THAT IT'S AN ARTERY, ONE EXAMPLE IS THE SECOND STREET, DAVIES BRIDGE.
UM, SO ALTHOUGH WHAT'S DRIVING THE PROJECT AND THE FUNDING IS THE BRIDGE DECK REPLACEMENT AS ONE EXAMPLE, UM, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN IN A SEPARATED, UH, BIKEWAY AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY, UM, ON THAT BRIDGE AS WELL, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION.
SO WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE WHEN WE REPLACE A BRIDGE, IF THE FUNDING ALLOWS AND THE FEASIBILITY ALLOWS AND THERE'S ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT INCORPORATING COMPLETE STREETS ELEMENTS.
COMMISSIONER, I ALSO THINK YOU MAKE A POINT ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN GENERAL PLAN POLICIES AND GOALS AND HOW THEY CONNECT WITH THE PROJECTS.
UM, THE PROCESS THAT WAS DONE TO WRITE THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION WAS TO USE THE ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE TO IDENTIFY PROJECT BY PROJECT.
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT, UM, AMENITIES? WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS BEING PROVIDED TO KIND OF MAKE THAT BETTER CONNECTION? IT IS KIND OF A BALANCE, RIGHT? BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN DESIGNED, THE FUNDING IS TO DESIGN.AND SO I HAVE AN IDEA OF BALL BELTS, PROTECTED BIKE LANES, MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE GENERAL PLAN PROGRAMS AND POLICIES, UM, WHICH IS HOW THE FINDINGS CONSISTENCIES WERE FOUND.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, COMMISSIONER, I THINK PART OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT CAN ALSO, UH, LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS IN THE FUTURE.
SO AS CARLENE MENTIONED, WE'LL BE SWITCHING FROM ELEVATE 28 TO RENEW 32.
AND PART OF THE COMMISSION'S ROLE, I THINK CAN BE FURTHER OUTLINED GOING FORWARD BY MAKING THOSE POLICY OUTCOMES EXPLICIT IN THE REVIEW OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, WHICH ULTIMATELY LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRIORITIES THAT WOULD BE, UH, PROVIDED OR LIFTED UP THROUGH PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO RATHER THAN KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WITH A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT'S IN THE WEEDS, IT MIGHT BE AT A CERTAIN STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT ON ANY GIVEN YEAR, HOW THAT CONNECTS TO THE PRIORITIES, FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE, PARTICULARLY WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A CONFLICT ACROSS ELEMENTS, OR WHAT GETS PUT AT THE TOP IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE.
KNOWING THAT FUNDING IS LIMITED, UM, TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT THE FRONT END OF A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
SO THAT IT'S A LOT MORE GOING FORWARD ABOUT HOW THAT PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED ON A GIVEN YEAR.
BUT THE POLICY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BEFOREHAND AT THE TIME OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY GOING INTO A NEW FIVE YEAR CYCLE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE THE OPTION TO DIVE INTO THAT AND DETERMINE IT TO HAVE A MUCH CLEARER ROADMAP SO THAT ON ANY GIVEN YEAR, WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THESE KIND OF GRANULAR QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE WE KNOW AT A HIGH LEVEL, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A PRIORITIZATION FOR, UM, WHEN THERE MIGHT BE TENSION OR OUTRIGHT CONFLICT BETWEEN, UM, X OR Y PRIORITY, UM, ON ANY ONE GIVEN PROJECT.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO BE MUCH MORE, UM, EXPLICIT ON, UM, STARTING WITH THIS UPCOMING FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
THE REASON I'M PUSHING BACK SO HARD ON THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, I'VE BROUGHT UP THESE ISSUES AND LOOKED AT, AT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS THE SAME THING THAT, AND, AND I GOT WORD FROM THE STAFF TABLE THAT WE WERE GONNA GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THESE PROJECTS WERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A BETTER LIST OF PROJECTS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR LIKE GEOGRAPHICAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS.
BUT AGAIN, UH, STUDEBAKER COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
WE CAN'T MAKE A FINDING THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE PROJECTS DO.
I'M NOT ASKING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF DESIGN REVIEW, BUT YOU KNOW, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THESE PROJECTS DO HAVE SCOPES OF WORK THAT HAVE BEEN DEFINED IN A LOT OF CASES A DECADE OR LONGER.
YOU KNOW, THE MOBILITY PLAN IS, IS 15 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE IN THE MOBILITY PLAN, FAIRLY WELL DESIGNED, DEFINED.
WE KNOW WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE BECAUSE WE'VE DEFINED THEM.
DO THEY STILL ALIGN WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN? THE CIP DOESN'T TELL US THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND THE KIND OF SPECIFICITY.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IRONICALLY, THE THING I'M ASKING FOR IS MORE SPECIFICITY, BUT I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS GENERALLY
SO, UH, UH, I FEEL LIKE I'VE MADE MY POINT, SO I, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME WITH THAT.
COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, JUST ON, ON THAT TOPIC, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, UH, I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE, UM, OUR OBJECTIVE HERE IS, IS THAT WE ARE, WE, WE GENERALLY AREN'T GONNA BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS OR ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.
SO, BUT LOOKING AT IT IN A MACRO IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE NEARLY $900 MILLION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER VENUES THAT ARE GONNA ADDRESS THAT.
BUT IN, IN YOUR, YOU KNOW, QUEST FOR, FOR TRANSPARENCY OR, OR, OR MAYBE LINKAGE, I SHOULD, I SHOULD SAY, UM, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MORE KIND OF AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THESE PROJECTS IN THE
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AGGREGATE ARE MOVING US FORWARD AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF A REALLY WELL, SO THE POSITIONING OF THE SAME BUDGET PROPOSALS, SO THE PROJECTS COME TOGETHER TO FORM THE AGGREGATE, RIGHT? AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK IN A LOT OF CASES WE HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH.UM, AND ALSO GIVEN THAT WE WORK IN, THIS IS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE, THE, THE PLANNING AND LEAD TIMES OF THESE THINGS IS STILL LONG MM-HMM
AND TO GO BACK TO THE ANAHEIM PROJECT THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT SINCE AT LEAST 2015, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO, AND IT'S BEEN ON SEVERAL OF THESE CIPS AND SO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDABLY WE HAVE TO MAKE PRIORITIES AND THOSE WHO ARE GONNA GET SOME THINGS ARE GONNA GET PUSHED, PUSHED ASIDE.
UM, BUT ARE THESE PROJECTS MOVING US IN A DIRECTION THAT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SET? TWO THINGS TO, AGAIN, KIND OF HARPING ON, 'CAUSE IT'S MY, MY DEAL HERE HARPING ON, ON TRANSPORTATION, UH, THE COMPLETE STREETS, UH, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, VISION ZERO GOAL 2026 WAS WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ZERO TRAFFIC FATALITIES.
AND I BELIEVE WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT IT BEING, IF NOT RECORD, UH, ABOVE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO RECORD.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE, UM, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED IN, THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING DOWN.
DO ANY OF THESE PROJECTS ACCOMPLISH THOSE TWO GOALS? WHICH I FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE HIGH LEVEL GOALS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, AND, AND MARQUEE GOALS, NOT JUST A THING WHERE WE NEED TO BALANCE, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO BALANCE, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST, WELL, WE NEED TO BALANCE THINGS SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS, YOU KNOW? UM, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BASED ON THIS DOCUMENT, AND I AM HOPING FOLKS WILL CONSIDER THAT WHEN THEY VOTE ON THIS.
UM, AND, AND JUST AS, AS A THOUGHT PROCESS HERE, UM, MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO OR, OR REQUEST OF STAFF AT SOME POINT IS TO REVISIT THIS IN, IN THAT FRAMEWORK, MEANING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT, UH, NOT QUITE
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO, TO SEE IN THAT REGARD? I MEAN, IN TERMS OF COMING TO THE COMMISSION IN, IN KIND OF WHAT FORMAT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE WON'T BE ADDRESSED IN TODAY'S PROJECT OR, OR AGENDA ITEM, BUT FOR FUTURE STATE, AND IF I MAY, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION,
BUT, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT, THERE'S PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S BIKE UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THERE'S ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT IS THAT ACCOMPLISHING THERE IN TERMS OF A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT? AND IF YOU LOOK ON THERE AND HYPOTHETICALLY WE GET A BIG MA, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY, MAYBE NOT BIG MATRIX, BUT A MATRIX OF THOSE HIGHER LEVEL ITEMS AND WE SEE THEY'RE ALL ON THE ROADSIDE, OR THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HIGH INJURY NETWORK, UH, UH, MAP.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T FIND THE EXPLANATION THAT WE JUST STOPPED THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AT MAGNOLIA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO IMPACT TRAFFIC TO BE PARTICULARLY, UM, COMPELLING.
BUT THAT'S A THING WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS NOT IN THIS DOCUMENT.
I, I THINK, I THINK ACTUALLY WHAT, WHAT COMMISSIONER CLEMSON IS LOOKING FOR, AND, AND I WAS THINKING OF THIS AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK PERHAPS IF THE CIP UM, WAS MORE OF A CROSSWALK WITH THE GENERAL PLAN SAYING THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS, UM, COMPLY AND COMPORT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, TO THIS SECTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND KIND OF DO A, A CROSSWALK TYPE OF A, A THING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE KIND OF, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH A TIMELINE WOULD BE EVEN EXTRA HELPFUL.
AND IT REALLY IS LIKE KINDA, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT CONFORMITY.
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UM, GOALS THAT ARE OUTLINED INSIDE OF THAT GENERAL PLAN.AND HERE WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS CONFORM WITH ONE OF THOSE GOALS.
THE BALANCING OF THOSE GOALS, THE PRIORITIZATION OF THOSE GOALS.
THAT'S ALL DONE THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS BY COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS GIVING COUNCIL COMFORT THAT THESE PROJECTS MEET A GOAL WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC GOAL THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON, OR A PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON, WHICH GENERAL PLAN GOALS THOSE ARE AIMED TOWARD OR IN ALIGNMENT WITH STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
SORRY, CAN I, CAN I JUMP IN HERE AND, AND GO AHEAD.
ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION OF THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, I GUESS JUDGMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN GOALS ARE FOCUSED ON VERSUS MAYBE UNDER, UNDER, UNDER CONSIDERED? I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FOCUS IS, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
BUT A BUT BALANCING OF GOALS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SEEN INSIDE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, A BUDGETING PROCESS AND WHAT IS GONNA BE PRIORITIZED FOR PROJECTS WITH THEM.
AND HERE IS AT THIS FOUNDATIONAL POINT, IS GIVING THEM COMFORT THAT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CO COMING FORWARD MEET CERTAIN GOALS STATED WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO HYPOTHETICALLY, IF A PROJECT MEETS ONE GOAL IN THE GENERAL PLAN, THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE THIS.
I THINK THAT IS ALIGNMENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, RIGHT? IF IT'S ALIGNING WITH SOME GOAL WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN, YOU HAVE PLAN ALIGNMENT.
I THINK WHAT, UM, ALEJANDRO ARTICULATED ABOUT HAVING AN EARLIER INVOLVEMENT ALLOWS FOR THERE TO BE GREATER DEVELOPMENT AROUND, IF WE GO THIS WAY, WHAT THINGS ARE PRIORITIZED AND WHAT ARE NOT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS CIP IS MOVING TOWARD A BUDGETARY END WHERE THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THOSE ITEMS AND THEY'LL DO THAT BALANCE NOW BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, BUT THERE WOULD BE GREATER INPUT IN THE PROCESS THAT A SL ALEJANDRO JUST, SORRY, ARTICULATED FOR YOU ALL.
AND IF CERTAIN GOALS ARE COMPLETE, UM, IN MY OPINION NOT ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY OR EVEN IGNORED, HYPOTHETICALLY, NOT GONNA SAY THAT.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF JUDGMENT ON.
I THINK TO TO, TO ERIN'S POINT, THERE'S KIND OF THE DECISION MAKING POWER AROUND POLICY AND POLICY MAKING, AND THEN THERE'S, UM, A POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING FORTH AN ARGUMENT FOR GREATER OR LESSER ALIGNMENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN BASED ON PRIORITIZATION.
UM, AND THAT LENDS ITSELF MUCH MORE TO THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE WHERE WE SAY, LET'S SAY FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS FOR EXAMPLE, THESE ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED FOR THE GENERAL PLAN.
UM, KNOWING THAT THERE'S HUNDREDS OF GOALS WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN ACROSS ALL THE ELEMENTS.
AND SOMETIMES IT MIGHT COME IN CONFLICT OR THERE MIGHT BE, UM, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THEM.
SO WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THEM.
THAT PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE IS MUCH MORE FEASIBLE WITHIN A FIVE YEAR CYCLE BECAUSE YOU'RE LAYING OUT THE FULL ROADMAP.
AND SO THAT IS, IS PART OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON AND THE TIMELINESS, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S INADEQUACIES WITH THE WAY THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED TO BE ABLE TO FIND, TO MAKE THOSE FINDINGS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THE AGGREGATE WHEN YOU'RE GETTING A 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF, OF DOLLARS TO INSTEAD, UM, START TO SHIFT MORE TO THE ROADMAP AROUND, UH, WHAT THE NEXT FIVE YEAR CYCLE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHERE THERE'S A CLEAR SHARED UNDERSTANDING AND IDEALLY A CONSENSUS AROUND TOP PRIORITIES.
SO WE SAY FOR BEACHES, THESE ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES, KNOWING THAT THERE'S HUNDREDS OF POSSIBLE PRIORITIES, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE LAYING OUT THAT WILL DICTATE A MORE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD ALIGNMENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
WHEREAS IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 20% ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
BUT THAT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE CONFORMANCE FINDINGS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO WHAT WE DETERMINE AS A HUNDRED PERCENT ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRIORITIES.
UM, AND THAT'S MY CHARTER TO DO ON A YEAR BY YEAR BASIS.
UM, THAT'S PART OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE, THE, THE FIVE YEAR PROCESS, BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME LEVEL OF CONTINUITY FOR EFFICIENCY SAKE TO HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING BE MADE CLEAR AT THE, AT THE FRONT END IN TERMS OF POLICY MAKING AND PRIORITIZATION TO DICTATE WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT COME, UH, TO MAKE IT EASIER TO SAY, RATHER THAN LOOKING AT ALL SEVEN PLUS ELEMENTS AND A HUNDRED PLUS POLICIES FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE FIVE TO SEVEN POLICIES THAT ARE THE TOP OF THE LINE.
CAN WE MAKE A CLEAR KIND OF CHECKBOX FOR EACH OF THEM MAY OR AT LEAST MOST OF THEM, MUCH MORE EASILY THAN HAVING TO GO INTO THE WEEDS WITH EACH ONE AND LOOK AT A GIANT MATRIX OF POSSIBILITIES.
DOES, DOES THAT HELP TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE OF THE SHIFT THAT CAN BE POSSIBLE?
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UH, YES.I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF, OF PLANNING HORIZONS.
UM, THE, THE PART THAT I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH IS, YOU KNOW, TAKE VISION ZERO AGAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT GOT ESTABLISHED IN 2020.
THE LAST, LET'S SEE, IF IT WAS A, IF IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PLANNING CYCLE, WOULD IT WOULD'VE BEEN 2023 WHEN THE, THE LAST FIVE YEAR GOT ESTABLISHED? YEAH.
FOR ELEVATE 28, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE GOAL PERIOD FOR GOING FROM 2020 TO 2026.
IT IS VERY CLEAR AT THIS POINT THAT WE ARE NOT HITTING ZERO TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN 2026, AND WE ARE VERY FAR BEHIND THAT GOAL.
DO CONDITIONS CHANGING OR AT LEAST YEAH, CONDITIONS CHANGING, NOT REQUIRE US TO HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA OF MAYBE ENCOURAGING OR, OR, OR REEVALUATING THE PRIORITIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, PRIORITIES, UM, TO
UH, YOU KNOW, SAME THING WOULD GO FOR VMT.
WE ARE NOT MAKING PROGRESS ON THOSE GOALS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET 'EM, WE'LL GET 'EM IN 29.
WE GOT ONE YEAR TO HIT WHATEVER THE GOAL IS IN 2030 AT THAT POINT, THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE PLANNING TO ME.
UM, COMMISSIONER, COLONEL TEMPLE OR COMMISSIONER EZ? NO, I DON'T HAVE IT EITHER.
I DO HAVE A LITTLE ADDITION TO THAT IF I MAY.
UH, SINCE WE'RE BROUGHT UP MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND, UM, I'M VERY PROUD TO LIVE IN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS REALLY PUTS ITSELF FORWARD AS A PROGRESSIVE CITY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO TRY AND MAKE IT MORE PROGRESSIVE.
BUT LOOKING AT THE TIME GAPS, PUSHING BICYCLES, UM, NOW WE HAVE THE ADDITION OF MORE SCOOTERS.
SO THEN YOU KINDA SLIDE OVER TO SAFETY AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AREN'T ADDRESSED.
ARE WE FOLLOWING IT, PUTTING IN MORE ROADS? BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND HOW IS THAT BEING ADDRESSED? IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY TRAINING FOR PEOPLE OPERATING THESE VEHICLES? UH, SOMEBODY RIDING A BIKE, THE MAJORITY, QUITE HONESTLY NEVER STOP AT STOP SIGNS UNLESS THERE'S A CAR COMING RIGHT AT 'EM.
THEY GO SHOOT AND RIGHT THROUGH IT, THEY CONTINUE THAT ON SCOOTERS AND ON THE REST OF THE THINGS AND ON ELECTRIC BICYCLES, I SAW WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY HORRIFIC ACCIDENT IF THE DRIVER OF THE CAR HADN'T BEEN SUPER ALERT AND IT WAS A SIGNAL, AN ELECTRIC SIGNAL, NOT A STOP SIGN.
THIS GUY JUST WENT SHOOTING THROUGH IT ON AN ELECTRIC BIKE AND THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S NO TRAINING, THERE'S NONE OF THIS OTHER ENFORCEMENT.
SO PUTTING UP 20 MILES AN HOUR IN RESIDENCES, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SIGNAGE.
YOU CAN GO
IT'S A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU SEE A 20 MILE.
AND I HAVE RARELY SEEN ANY ENFORCEMENT.
SO PEOPLE IGNORE IT AND IT BECOMES POINTLESS AS SAFETY.
AND I'D KINDA LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE KIND OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE MOVING INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS ADDING MORE STUFF, BUT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING WHAT MIGHT BE PROBLEMS OR BEING NOTIFIED, NOTIFIED OR MADE AWARE OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PROBLEMS TO LOOK FORWARD INTO THAT PROGRESSION SAFELY.
SO IT GIVES ME ALL THESE THINGS TO LOOK AT AND I GO IN A LOT OF PLACES LOOKING FOR 'EM AND I CAN'T PUT 'EM TOGETHER 'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND THAT INFORMATION.
AND UM, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMING UP THAT I THINK FOR US TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY DOING OUR JOB.
I MEAN, I'VE GOTTA TELL WE'VE GOT THE BEST PLANNING DEPARTMENT I HAVE EVER MET.
WE ARE, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU TOO.
LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN I TALK AND I'VE GONE TO OTHER GROUPS AND MEETINGS AND ALL THAT, WE'RE
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PROUD OF YOU.THERE'S NO KEEPING UP WITH US LONG BEACH.
BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'RE KINDA LEFT IN THE DARK.
AND I MEAN, YOU GUYS MIGHT BE WORKING ON IT AND ADJUSTING IT, BUT WE NEVER FIND OUT ABOUT IT.
WE, WE DON'T GET THOSE LITTLE THUMBNAIL UPDATES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
WE DON'T WANNA KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW ENOUGH WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR OUR OPINION.
AND IF SOMETHING'S IN CONFORMITY, IT HELPS TO KNOW WHAT THE POTENTIAL PROJECT PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN AND HOW IT'S BEEN ADJUSTED.
SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2027, WE CAN BUILD ON IT AND MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT STILL HAVING TO ADDRESS THESE YEARS LONG PROBLEMS. I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT, UM, MIKE, UH, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON IS ALSO BRINGING UP, AT LEAST I HEARD THAT.
I I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE WE DON'T, UM, GO BY SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS RELATED TO SAFETY AND AS WE GROW OUR MOBILITY, HOW WE HONE IN ON SAFETY.
SO OUR, OUR OUR CITY ENGINEER IS GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW SAFETY HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, OUR COUNCIL HAD BROUGHT UP IS THIS IS OUR TIME TO, IF YOU FIND THAT ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IN THAT PACKET, YOU DO HAVE THE CONCERNS ON HOW THEY CONNECT BACK TO THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND ON THE SLIDES THAT WAS PRESENTED, THIS IS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW YOU WANT MORE DETAIL, UM, AT THIS TIME WE WANT, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS ON HOW IT CONNECTS AND WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HERE TO ALSO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE TO BRING IT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU HAD ABOUT SAFETY.
SO I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO, UM, KEITH TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND FIRST JUST WANT TO, UM, KIND OF HIGHLIGHT JUST THE GROWTH OF MICRO MOBILITY KIND OF AS YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, THE CITY'S PROJECTED TO FACILITATE OVER 90,000 BIKE SHARE TRIPS AND OVER 1.3 MILLION SCOTER TRIPS BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26.
SO THAT'S THE HIGHEST MICRO MOBILITY RIDERSHIP IN LONG BEACH SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S, AND WITH THE GROWTH OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO THAT'S WHY REGULATIONS, I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE E-BIKES, UH, EVEN A LOT OF REGULATIONS, UM, ARE BEING DISCUSSED AND WORKED ON TO, UH, ENHANCE SAFETY AROUND THE MICRO MOBILITY.
UM, ANOTHER ENDEAVOR I THINK THAT HELPS IS THE, UM, CONCLUDING THAT 12 MONTH E SCOOTER PILOT ON THE BEACH BIKE PATH, UM, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS A REAL SUCCESS.
UM, IT SAW HIGH RATES OF SPEED COMPLIANCE AND CONTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN, UH, A 60% CITYWIDE INCREASE IN SCOOTER RIDERSHIP.
UM, ABOUT ONE IN 10 RIDES SUPPOSEDLY, UH, OCCURRED ALONG THE BEACH PATH.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MUCH MORE DEFINED SAFE SPACE TO ACTUALLY RIDE THE E SCOOTERS AND TAKES PEOPLE OFF OF, UH, STREETS AND OTHER PLACES.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT ENHANCED SAFETY.
UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WORKED WITH POLICE AND HEALTH FOR LIKE, UH, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, UM, WERE DEFINITELY DISCUSSED DURING THAT PILOT OF HOW TO, UM, ENSURE, YOU KNOW, UM, SAFER RIDERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USERS AND ALSO CREATING CERTAIN LIKE FIVE MILE AN HOUR ZONES AROUND WHERE PEDESTRIANS CROSSED THE BEACH PATH.
SO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT THOUGHT WENT INTO THAT, TO THAT PILOT, UH, AROUND SAFETY.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT.
I, I, UM, WANTED TO GET BACK A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO THAT AND I THINK, WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY DO THIS AFTER, AFTER THE CIP CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK THERE'S, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY AN APPETITE HERE AND PROBABLY A NEED TO LOOK AT HOW, UM, WE ARE, UH, ASSESSING AND OR MONITORING THE PROGRESS BETTER.
UM, BESIDES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY TODAY WE'RE DEALING WITH THE BUDGET, UM, BUT FOCUSING ON THOSE PROBLEMS AND HOW THE EXISTING OR IN-FLIGHT PROJECTS ARE ADDRESSING IT, AND THEN THOSE THAT NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED AND BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
NOT THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THEM, BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S OUR, OUR, UM, TASK IS TO, TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
UM, AND MAYBE THAT'S, SINCE WE WILL, UH, MORE THAN LIKELY SEE THIS LESS AND LESS AND THIS PARTICULAR TASK, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OFFSET IS A, A MORE PRIORITIZED LOOK FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.
'CAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, FROM A BUDGET, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT.
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AREAS OF THE CITY THAT, UH, THAT HAS GOTTEN A MAJOR AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION IS A SECOND AND BCH.AND I'VE, AND I'VE VOICED THAT CONCERN QUITE A FEW TIMES NOW AROUND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE TO HANDLE THE VOLUME OF NEW, UM, UH, TENANTS AND, AND UH, AND PEOPLE THAT WILL BE LIVING IN THAT AREA FROM A COMMUTING PERSPECTIVE.
AND LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, I DON'T SEE, OR AT LEAST I DIDN'T CAPTURE ANY DEDICATED RESOURCES TO THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I THINK, UM, THE CLOSEST IS THE, UM, WHERE WAS IT? THE LOINS AND, AND ST.
STUDEBAKER I THINK IS THE CLOSEST MAJOR PROJECT THAT HAD ANYTHING, AND THAT'S RELATED TO STUDEBAKER MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I'M CURIOUS IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE KIND OF RECONCILING THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BOTH FROM A RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS FROM A PLANNING.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S COMING UP REAL QUICK AND, AND SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE COMING LIVE THIS YEAR.
SO, SO IF IT'S WITH REGARD TO THE THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE AT THE CORNER OF, UH, STUDEBAKER, AT THE TERMINUS, STUDEBAKER, AND SECOND STREET.
SO AS YOU RECALL, ALL THREE OF THOSE PROJECTS CAME TO THIS COUNT, TO THIS COMMISSION.
AND EVEN PRIOR TO THAT, UH, WHEN THE SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY, UM, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THIS COMMISSION AND THEN, UH, WENT THROUGH BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION, IT HAD A MOBILITY CHAPTER, WHICH FUNCTIONS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A, A MINI MOBILITY ELEMENT.
IT SETS FORTH THE CROSS SECTIONS AND IT CONTEMPLATED THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THE OVERALL GROWTH.
AND IF YOU RECALL IN CSIP, UM, THE GROWTH WAS THE AREAS OF CHANGE, WHICH WERE ALONG SECOND STREET, WHERE WE WERE GONNA SEE MORE MIXED USE WHERE PREDOMINANTLY WAS COMMERCIAL AND NO RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO THROUGH THE EIR PROCESS, THROUGH THE SPECIFIC PLAN, THERE ARE CROSS SECTIONS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY FOR THROUGHPUT, UH, IN COORDINATION WITH CALTRANS.
'CAUSE REMEMBER THAT SECTION OF SECOND STREET IS, UH, OR SORRY, UM, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, UH, CORRECT ME, SORRY, GET MY CARDINAL DIRECTIONS ALL WRONG.
BUT, UH, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF CALTRANS.
SO EACH THREE, ALL THREE OF THOSE PROJECTS HAD IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THEIR FRONTAGE IS, UH, ADDING THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES AT THEIR SEGMENTS, UM, ENHANCING CROSSWALKS, THOSE KIND OF SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, IF YOU RECALL ON THE SIX SIX ONE FIVE EAST PCH, IT HAD, UH, THAT CONNECTION TO BUILD THAT FULL RIDE OF WAY THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY, UH, TO WHERE IT WOULD CONNECT BACK BEHIND THE BUILDING.
ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE AT THAT PROJECT LEVEL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THEM IN THE CIP PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE BALANCING PUBLIC WORKS' PROJECTS THAT ARE INITIATED BY PUBLIC WORKS WITH ALSO PROJECT LEVEL, UM, IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT ARE DONE WITH US HERE IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION.
SO FOR THE CONCERNS ON SECOND AND PCH, THEY ARE CONCERNS FOR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY LOOK AT THE THROUGHPUT, THEY LOOK AT THE CONGESTION, BUT IT'S ALSO THROUGH THOSE OTHER PLANNING PROCESSES THAT YOU ARE ALL INVOLVED WITH.
WE HAD A REALLY LONG CONVERSATION OVER ALL THOSE THREE PROJECTS ABOUT PARKING AND HOW, UM, PROVIDING TOO MUCH PARKING INDUCES, UM, VEHICULAR TRAVEL AND ENCOURAGES IT AND BALANCING THAT WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE HAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO THEY HAD SOME REDUCTIONS IN PARKING.
IT ALL COMES BACK KIND OF TO THIS COMMISSION AT THE END OF THE DAY IS YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH THOSE SPECIFIC PLANS, YOU'RE ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE ELEMENTS.
SO THAT MOBILITY ELEMENT THAT HAS PRIORITIES LIKE ALEJANDRA WAS MENTIONING, WHEN WE REOPEN THAT FOR ITS UPDATE, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN RESTRUCTURE IT TO BE MORE PRIORITIZATION.
AND THEN ALSO THOSE CROSS SECTIONS, THE MOBILITY ELEMENT HAS CROSS SECTIONS OF WHAT THAT ULTIMATE STREET DESIGN IS.
JUST LIKE THE CIP MOBILITY PLAN HAS THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I DON'T WANT US TO GET, I KNOW WE WANT A LOT OF DETAIL IN THIS EFFORT, BUT AT THIS STRUCTURE IT'S, IT'S MORE OF THAT CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
BUT I DO SEE THE, THE DESIRE TO GET MORE GRANULAR, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S MORE DETERMINING THAT THE SCOPE OF THESE PROJECTS IS IN CONFORMANCE AND AS OUR COUNCIL SAID, WHEN WE GET TO THOSE POINTS WHERE WE'RE APPROVING PROJECTS AND FUNDING PROJECTS AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT PRIORITIZATION AND MAKING SURE THAT COMES THROUGH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A LONG-WINDED ANSWER TO YOUR SECOND AND PCH QUESTION, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES IN WHICH THAT DETAIL DOES COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE PROCESS THAT MAY NOT MANIFEST IN WHAT YOU HAVE AS A ATTACHMENT A TODAY.
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YEAH, YOU DO BRING UP A GOOD POINT TOO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR, UH, ONE OF OUR BLIND SPOTS FROM, FROM A PER COMMISSIONER PERSPECTIVE, FROM A PLANNING COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON ALL OF THESE, UH, OBJECTIVES.I MEAN, THEY, THEY KIND OF BYPASS US IN A SENSE, AND RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY, I'M NOT, I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE DYNAMICS OF THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY ARE THE ACTUATORS OF THIS AND THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND THEY HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES AND THEIR SUBSTANTIAL BUDGET.
AND SOME OF THESE, TO YOUR POINT, WE SEE, AND WE DO APPROVE THEM FROM A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEN IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A, A DARK AREA THAT WE DON'T GET TO SEE HOW THAT, AND, AND, AND I'M NOT SO CERTAIN EVEN OF BEING A RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR TOO MANY YEARS, UM, THAT THERE IS THAT, UM, THAT ENOUGH OF THAT PUBLIC INPUT.
I KNOW IT ULTIMATELY GOES TO COUNCIL.
I, I'M NOT NAIVE ABOUT THAT, BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GETS ANY SCRUTINY FROM, FROM A, FROM THE KIND OF MEASUREMENTS WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF DOES THIS MOVE US FORWARD AS A CITY, UM, IN A DIFFERENT VENUE OTHER THAN THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ENDS UP BEING MORE OF A BUDGET CON, UH, COMMUNICATION RATHER THAN A BIG, UH, PUSH THAT WE'RE DOING NOW AROUND THE BUDGET.
SO I DO WANNA JUST MAKE SURE TO REITERATE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO WHEN YOU GOT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS OR NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS OR MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS, THEY DO HAVE LAND USE SECTIONS.
AND THAT LAND USE SECTION SAYS, IS THIS PROJECT COMPA, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY AN OVERLOOKED SECTION WHEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OR THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS, IRONICALLY.
UM, BUT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT SECTION AND MANY OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS DO COME TO THIS COMMISSION.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DO NEED THAT, THAT HEARING BODY, UM, SOMETIMES THEY GO TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL TOO, AND SOMETIMES YOU TEAR OFF OF THEM AND THEY COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION.
AN EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE YOU, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRAFFIC RELATED, BUT THE SKY LINKS, UM, STORM WATER PROJECT, UM, NORMALLY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE COME TO THIS COMMISSION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF DOCUMENT, IT DID COME HERE AND IT HAD A SPURRING CONVERSATION WITH THIS COMMISSION, BUT IT WAS A FRUITFUL AND IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON HOW WE'RE GONNA BE BETTER AND WE GOT SOME MORE CONDITIONS OUT OF THAT, UM, THAT MAKES THE PROJECT BETTER.
THOSE ARE EXAMPLES AND WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS INCREASES THAT IN TRANSPARENCY, BUT IT ALSO HELPS YOU MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS ON A PROJECT LEVEL.
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS MAY NOT COME HERE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE ON-CALL CONTRACTS LIKE CURB RETURNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY HAPPEN ACROSS THE CITY IN DIFFERENT KIND OF FUNDING.
BUT FOR THE BIG PROJECTS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE THOSE REVIEWS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE DOING A COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT IN THE COASTAL ZONE, YOU WILL NEED TO GET A LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, WHETHER THAT'S BEFORE THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THERE NEEDS TO BE THOSE FINDINGS THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING AT ALL OF YOUR PACKETS.
THOSE FINDINGS ARE MADE, WHETHER THEY COME TO YOU, WHETHER THEY GO TO THE SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE OR WILL THEY GO TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AT ALL POINTS.
TRADITIONALLY ON ALL OUR DISCRETIONARY ACTIONS, THE FIRST FINDING IS HOW ARE YOU COMPLIANT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN? I WOULD PROBABLY GUARANTEE YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS NUMBER ONE.
IT MIGHT BE NUMBER TWO, IT'S DESIGN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S ONE OR TWO.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT DISCRETION AND EVERY TIME PLANNING OR WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS OR SITE PLAN REVIEWS, ALL OF THOSE ARE COMING HERE.
BUT AS YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT, UM, UNLESS YOU'RE IN THE COASTAL ZONE, A LOT OF THOSE ARE IN THE PURVIEW OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WHERE OUR ZONING REGULATIONS ARE REALLY TRIGGERED BY PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO YOU MAY NOT SEE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT COMES IN THAT, THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY IN GENERAL SPEAKING, WHICH PROJECTS ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT? SO WE COULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TODAY SO THAT YOU DO FEEL THAT THAT MASTERY OVER THE APPROVAL.
AND, UH, AND ALSO ANY OTHER COMMISSION SPEAK, WHAT I'LL, WHAT I'LL SAY, UH, AT THIS POINT, JUST TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP A LITTLE BIT, TO MOVE US ALONG, WE CAN, WE'LL TABLE THIS FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT MAYBE IT'S WORTH HAVING A FURTHER CONVERSATION ON IT IN TERMS OF, UM, KIND OF AGAIN, THE VISIBILITY AND, UH, AND MAYBE IT'S THE, THE, THE PULSE CHECKS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THESE OBJECTIVES.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, PLEASE.
UM, I THINK AFTER SITTING HERE AND LISTENING TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON, ON THE WEBSITE THAT ELEVATE 28, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT SITE, AND THE CAPITAL
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IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE WERE SENT IS 107 PAGES.I WOULD IMAGINE ALL THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION TO CREATE THAT WAS PROBABLY MORE THAN 1200 PAGES.
SO THE QUESTION, LOOKING AT, UM, THE EL ELEVATE 28 SITE, WHEN PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, ARE THEY UPDATED ON THAT SITE? IS THERE A POWER BI WEBSITE OR DASHBOARD THAT SAYS THE CLARK STREET, UM, UH, UM, RENOVATION PROJECT IS 87% COMPLETE, OR I WOULD, IMA MAYBE THERE IS.
I REMEMBER SEEING SOMETHING, BUT THERE ISN'T.
SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR SOME FOLKS.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP TO EASE THEIR MINDS AS THEY CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU GO ON THAT SITE, YOU CAN CLICK ON A STREET AND IT'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY MEET THE GOALS, BREAK THIS, CONSIDER BREAKING THIS CIP DOWN INTO SECTIONS AND EACH SECTION IDENTIFY WHAT THE GOALS ARE, GOALS CHANGE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THEIR NATURE.
THINGS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AND PLANNED THREE TO FOUR YEARS AGO, LIKE NO ONE PLANNED FOR COVID HAPPENED, SO THAT CHANGED THE WAY THE WORLD LOOKS AT THINGS.
SO AS THEY GET UPDATED, YOU CAN SHOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN REFRESHED OR UPDATED SINCE.
SO IF SOMEONE SEES SOMETHING ON LIKE THE, A MOBILITY PLAN OR A DA PLAN, UM, UH, YOU CAN HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE TO THAT, OR AT LEAST THEY CAN SEE THE INFORMATION.
SO IT HELPS TO QUELL SOME OF THEIR ANGST AND REGARDING THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT THEY, THAT THEY'D WANT.
I THOUGHT THE PLAN WAS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.
UM, IT'S NOT LIKE A, UM, PRIMETIME READING, BUT IF YOU CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, I THINK THE EASIEST WAY, HAVING DONE THIS A FEW TIMES, IT'S A LARGE PROGRAM AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS WITHIN THAT PROGRAM AND ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT.
IF SOMEONE ZEROES IN ON THAT AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR, I THINK IT COULD BE KIND OF DISCOURAGING IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOCKED IN ON.
IF YOU'RE FOCUSED ON BIKE RACKS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE BIKE RACK SECTION.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP.
YEAH, AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
COMMISSIONER, UM, THE ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, OUT OF TRANSPARENCY, UM, WE DO QUARTERLY UPDATES ONLINE AND PROVIDE THOSE FOR ALL THE ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS.
SO, UH, QUARTERLY UPDATES, YOU CAN LOOK AT PROGRESS BEING MADE AND WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS IS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER KLAUS? UM, TO, TO COUNCIL, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE IN THIS DISCUSSION KIND OF CONCLUDED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO, UH, VOTE YES IN THIS, ARE WE ABLE TO VOTE NO ON THIS OR, UM, OR COULD WE MAYBE, UH, ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO THIS ITEM IS SCHEDULED TO GO IN ADVANCE OF BUDGET.
THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY'S BUDGET IS ADOPT NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 15TH.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE TIME FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, YOU ALWAYS ARE ABLE TO USE AN EXERCISE YOUR VOTE AS YOU SEE FIT.
WE DO HAVE FOLKS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU FEEL ARE LACKING OR YOU HAVE THIS CLARITY ON THE ITEM.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE, BUT YES, YOUR, YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOTE.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF IMPLYING THAT IF WE, IF WE DON'T ADVANCE THIS RIGHT NOW, WE BLOW UP THE BUDGET TIMELINE.
NI NOT NECESSARILY, IT WILL JUST COME FORWARD AS AGAIN.
WE'D HAVE TO SEE, SEE IT AGAIN IF WE, IF WE POSTPONE IT.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO COME FORWARD WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS NOT A CONFORMITY FOUND FINDING FROM THIS GROUP.
AND, AND SORRY, REMIND ME WHEN, WHEN THE, WHEN THE BUDGET NEEDS TO BE ENACTED BY UNDER THE CHARTER, THE BUDGET WILL NEED TO BE ADOPTED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 15TH, RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD, OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE COUNCIL LESS THAN LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF MAYBE, AND THAT'S NO LATER.
SO THEY CAN LOOK AT BUDGET ADOPTION AT ANY MEETING FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST OR SEPTEMBER 8TH OR A SPECIAL, RIGHT? BUT I MEAN, PRESUMABLY IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, THEN DOES IT GO TO THE COUNCIL? IT COULD GO FORWARD WITH TO THE COUNCIL WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS NOT THERE WAS THAT THIS BODY DID NOT MAKE A CONFORMITY FINDING.
IT DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD, BY THE WAY.
IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE GIVEN MEANINGFUL INPUT WITH THIS.
UH, BUT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHAIR CHAMBERS.
I WAS GONNA CALL FOR THE CALL OF QUESTION.
UH, WE CAN'T CALL THE QUESTION YET.
UH, AND, AND ALSO JUST FOR CONTEXT, THE PUBLIC WORK PRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET IS ON SEP IS SCHEDULED, I BELIEVE, COMING FORWARD ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.
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BUT, UM, WE'LL, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT RIGHT AFTER WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, ANY MEMBERS OF ANY MEMBERS OF THE, UH, PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS AT OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE.
ANY, UH, VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF JOINING VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
NOW, IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK AROUND THE RAIL BY ALL MEANS.
OH, UH, IF THERE ARE NO, UH, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE QUESTION.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AROUND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED TODAY.
UM, BUT WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, MADAM CLERK.
[4. 26-55879 Recommendation to receive and file the tenth annual review of the Golden Shore Project Development Agreement (DA) and affirm staff’s finding that the project is in compliance with the DA requirements for the reporting period of July 2025 through June 2026. (District 1) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE 10TH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE GOLDEN SHORE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AFFIRM STAFF'S FINDING THAT THE PROJECT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD OF JULY, 2025 THROUGH JUNE, 2026.DISTRICT ONE, CAN I HAVE A MAKER IN A SECOND PLEASE? COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS AND COMMISSIONER TEMPLATE.
UH, THIS POINT IN TIME I'LL PASS IT TO STAFF FOR PRESENTATION SENIOR PLANNER, AMY HARVIN WILL PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE 10TH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE GOLDEN SHORE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AFFIRM STAFF'S FINDING THAT THE PROJECT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS REQUIRED AND HAS FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD OF 2025 THROUGH 2026.
AS A BIT OF BACKGROUND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT GOVERN LAND USES, WHICH MAY BE ALLOWED IN A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
TYPICALLY, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS SPECIFY THE DURATION OF THE AGREEMENT PERMITTED USES OF THE PROPERTY DENSITY OR INTENSITY OF THE USE, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND PROPOSED BUILDINGS, AND THE PROVISION FOR RESERVATION OR DEDICATION OF LAND FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT IS VALID UNTIL 2035.
SUB AREA ONE A OF PD SIX CURRENTLY INCLUDES TWO MID-RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED GROUND LEVEL AND STRUCTURE PARKING ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF GOLDEN SHORE AND A OFFICE BUILDING AND STRUCTURE PARKING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF GOLDEN SHORE.
PD SIX SUB AREA ONE ALLOWS FOR THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA WITH A MIXTURE OF A VARIETY OF LAND USES WHILE CREATING AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COASTAL RESOURCES CONNECTING THE SHORELINE TO THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN.
ALTHOUGH PRIOR ANNUAL REVIEWS HAVE INCLUDED UPDATES ON PROJECT PROPOSALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THAT LAST WRITTEN COMMUNICATION WAS OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, AND ULTIMATELY THAT PROJECT PROPOSAL WAS AN ACTIVATED.
HOWEVER, DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OWNERSHIP OF THE WEST SIDE OF GOLDEN SHORE HAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH SEVERAL CAPABLE DEVELOPERS.
HOWEVER, NO SUBSEQUENT SUBMITTALS CAME FORWARD SINCE THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF GOLDEN SHORE INTO RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF 75 UNITS ATOP THE PARKING STRUCTURE WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER, 2024.
THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS SUBMITTED FOR PLAN CHECK AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE BUILDING BUREAU ON BRINGING THE PROJECT TO FRUITION.
IN SUMMARY, OVER THE PAST REPORTING PERIOD, THE APPLICANT HAS BEGUN SOFT DEMOLITION OF THE ADAPTIVE REUSE BUILDING AND SUBMITTED BUILDING PLANS FOR PLAN CHECK TO REHABILITATE THE OFFICE BUILDING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF GOLDEN SHORE INTO RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
ADDITIONALLY, STAFF HAS MET WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TEAMS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST SIDE OF GOLDEN SHORE.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, NO APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW.
THE APPLICANT CONTINUES TO SHOW GOOD FAITH TO FULFILL THE TERMS OF THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECEIVE AND FILE THE 10TH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE GOLDEN SHORE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, FINDING THE PROJECT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS REQUIRED AND HAS FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2025 THROUGH 2026 REPORTING PERIODS.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
[01:25:02]
THANK YOU.THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT.
IT WAS A THUMBNAIL AND IT COVERED A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED THAT LATER ON.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR NOTES FROM THE MEETINGS PREVIOUS AND WE'RE ASKED ABOUT FUTURE VOTING, WE'VE GOT GOOD INFORMATION.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT SO VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE? OKAY.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
ANY, UH, VIRTUAL COMMENTS IF JOINING VIRTUALLY? AND WOULD YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS? SO, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
NOW WE'LL TURN TO AN EXCITING TOPIC.
PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Planning Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
I HAVE ONE VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT, LIKE TO WELCOME.
ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF JOINING VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON-AG ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
NOW, IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE NOW, SAY NONE.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
I SOMETIMES FORGET ABOUT ALL THE ZOOMERS OUT THERE.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.I WANTED TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER, UH, MR. HAKEEM CHAMBERS HERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEE THAT
SO, UH, THE, THE MIC IS YOURS.
I LIKE LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH.
HECK DOWN LONG BEACH, BUT, UH, I'M EXCITED TO BE ON THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS, UH, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND TO HAVE YOUR HAND IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT YOU LIVE IN.
AND WHEN YOU TAKE, UH, ACTIVELY TAKE, UM, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, IT'S, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
THIS IS MY, UH, THIS IS MY THIRD COMMISSION.
SO I STARTED WITH THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS, UH, FOR A FEW YEARS.
AND IT WAS JUST ON THE LONG BEACH INVESTMENT COMPANY FOR A FEW YEARS, AND NOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO TO SEE THE PROJECTS FROM FINDING SOMEONE FROM NOT CUTTING THEIR GRASS TO, TO APPROVING, UH, LOW INCOME AND UH, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO LOOKING AT THEIR PROJECTS THAT GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL FOR THAT REALLY IMPACT THE GREATER, UM, UH, COMMUNITIES.
WELL, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR JUMPING RIGHT IN TODAY.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR INPUT AND, UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEE NONE.
[ADJOURNMENT]
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO, UH, ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 6:27 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE.