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IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
IF DIALING IN, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.
FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL NUMBER OF 10 SPEAKERS, COMBINING BOTH IN PERSON AND ZOOM PARTICIPANTS
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THANK YOU.ALRIGHT, IF I CAN HAVE MY, UH, COLLEAGUE CALL SOME COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE HAVE A SEAT SO WE CAN START THIS MEETING.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
IF DIALING IN, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN THRASH INTO COUNCIL MEMBER RICK OTI.
[CALL TO ORDER]
PRESENTE.[ROLL CALL]
UH, MAYOR RICHARD HAD A, A MEDICAL ISSUE TODAY WILL NOT BE HERE, BUT HE WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK.UH, I WANNA, FIRST OF ALL BEFORE I BEGIN, UH, CONGRATULATE THE WENATCHEE DIVAS FOR BEING HERE.
THIS IS THEIR 12TH YEAR COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, ENTERTAINING THIS ON HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
AND FOR ME, I WANNA SAY THIS, UH, SORT OF BITTERSWEET IN MY LAST COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE DIVAS HERE.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THIS TIME OF THEM COMING HERE EVERY YEAR FOR ME.
NOW WE CAN START WITH, UH,
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HEALTH ISSUES THAT JUST FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE HEALTH CONDITIONS OR HEALTH ISSUES, AND THAT THEY MAY FIND STRENGTH AND PEACE AND LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM THEIR
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
FAMILIES AND, UM, FROM THEIR LOVED ONES.UM, AT THIS MOMENT, FOR THOSE THAT CAN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RAISE, UM, AND JOIN ME FOR THE FLAG.
AGREE JUST TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH OF STATES, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVIDUAL AND LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OH, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TODAY.
UH, RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE WAS MY, MY, UH, THE LATINO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION.
IF, UH, THEY CAN PLEASE STEP UP IN THE YARD TO THE PODIUM AND START YOUR PRESENTATION.
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GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.MY NAME IS SUSIE GONZALEZ, AND I
[ Hispanic Heritage Month]
CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH LATINO EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION, ALSO KNOWN AS LEO.I ALSO, I ALSO SERVE AS A HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, OVERSEEING THE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
ON BEHALF OF LEO, WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND HIGHLIGHT THE EXCITING WORK THAT LEO HAS DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE DOOR.
NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS OBSERVED EVERY YEAR FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH TO MARK THE INDEPENDENCE OF SEVERAL LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ALSO HIGHLIGHTS COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE NAME OF HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS, HISTORY, PRESERVATIONS, POLITICAL REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP, ARTS AND CULTURE AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
THIS YEAR WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE THIS MONTH IS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED, HISPANIC AND LATINO ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.
AS OUR IDENTITIES ARE SO DIVERSE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, SO IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LATINO.
LEO ACKNOWLEDGES AND EMBRACES HOW PEOPLE CHOOSE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER IT IS HISPANIC, LATINO, LATINA, LATINA, OR LATINX.
NONE OF IT IS WRONG AS THIS MONTH IS REALLY DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, SUCH AS OUR FELLOW AFRO-LATINOS, I, LATINAS, AND OUR LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITIES.
PEOPLE OF LATIN AMERICAN ORIGIN AND DESCENT MAKE UP 43.9% OF LONG BEACH.
AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LEO IS ONE ON HOW WE CAN BEST REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL FROM ITS FOUNDING IN 2010.
TO NOW, LEO EMBRACES CHANGE AND WELCOMES ALL CITY EMPLOYEES TO JOIN NO MATTER THEIR BACKGROUND.
LEO ALSO REGULARLY COLLABORATES WITH OTHER CITY AFFINITY GROUPS TO SUPPORT SHARED EVENTS, INITIATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES.
LEO IS MADE UP OF 15 LEO BOARD MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
PRIORITIES INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS, FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THESE CORE PRIORITIES HAVE HELPED US ACCOMPLISH MANY GOALS THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO REACHING NEW HEIGHTS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR VICE PRESIDENT, JORGE GODES, TO SHARE SOME OF OUR NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO, MY NAME IS JORGE GODES AND I SERVE AS ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO THIS YEAR, LEO WAS PROUD TO ONCE AGAIN PART PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT RETREAT AND NO CHAVE RES AT THE AQUARIUM WHERE WE HOSTED ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR FAMILIES.
WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH UNIDO SOCAL, IT'S A, WHICH IS A NEWLY FORMED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HISPANIC NETWORK FOR A MIXTURE, UH, AROUND THE MEXICO VERSUS SOUTH KOREA MATCH AS PART OF OUR LA GALAXY CELEBRATION.
SO THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT COLLEAGUES FROM THROUGHOUT THE REGION TOGETHER.
HERE IN LONG BEACH, OUR ANNUAL CTO RUN HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO GROW.
AS YOU CAN SEE, FUNDRAISING HAS INCREASED STEADILY FROM JUST OVER 6,000 IN TWO, IN 2021 TO NEARLY 15,000 IN 2024 WITH PROCEEDS SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IN 2025, WE REACHED A NEW RECORD RAISING MORE THAN $15,000.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS BY PARTNERING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION TO MAKE THE CTO RUN PART OF ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE THAN FIF MORE THAN 5,000 GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONALS TO LONG BEACH IN OCTOBER.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANTHONY TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
UH, MY NAME IS ANTHONY LIM AND I SERVE AS A PERSONAL ANALYST WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP CO-CHAIRS FOR LEO IN 2026, THE SCHOLARSHIP.
AS A SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING SCHOLARSHIPS TO 11 IMPRESSIVE LONG BEACH STUDENTS WHO STOOD OUT THROUGH THEIR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED AND SUPPORTED THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
AS THESE CONTRIBUTIONS TRULY MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT, WE ALSO HOSTED OUR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CEREMONY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE, UH, OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP AND HOSTING THIS YEAR'S CEREMONY IN THE COMING WEEKS.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS SUMMER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF MAYOR REX RICHARDSON, THE CITY HOSTED THE LONG BEACH DODGERS NIGHT, WE HAD NEARLY 400 EMPLOYEES ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS CHEERING ON THE DODGERS.
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ALLOW US TO CONNECT, BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS, AND STRENGTHEN OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE VICE MAYOR ROBERT URANGA AS HE PREPARES FOR RETIREMENT, AND THANK HIM FOR ALL HIS SUPPORT TO LEO AND THE MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
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THIS YEAR, LEO'S PLANS ONCE AGAIN TO HOLD TO HOST OUR ANNUAL DIA DE LOS MARTOS, UH, ALTAR AT CITY HALL.THE LEO BOARD IS PROUD TO BRING CULTURAL TRADI TRADITIONS INTO THE WORKPLACE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES TO CONNECT AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER.
EACH YEAR, THE ALTAR RECEIVES A POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS ALIKE.
LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
UH, YOU CAN CATCH US AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC AT OUR ARCH AND CRAFTS TABLE ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.
UM, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL TRUE OH 5K, WHICH IS GONNA BE ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.
UM, WE HOPE TO SURPASS OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW FUNDS RAISE DIRECTLY SUPPORT LEO'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND HELP US CONTINUE INVESTING IN LONG BEACH YOUTH.
WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING LEO'S 16TH ANNUAL, OUR 16 ANNIVERSARY WITH OUR CUMBIA BOAT CRUISE ON OCTOBER 8TH, ALONG WITH OUR ANNUAL, THE LOS ALTER AND THE SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED, THE TRURO RUN AND WALK, TRURO RUN SLASH WALK GREATLY SUPPORTS THE LEO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AND WE ASK THAT YOU SHARE OR JOIN US FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL EVENT.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE, UH, WILL EARN A MEDAL AND A TRURO TO CLOSE.
LEO IS HERE TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK THAT COMES BEFORE US AND IS HERE TO UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYEES FOLLOW US TO BE A PART OF THIS MOVEMENT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I WANNA THANK LEO FOR YOUR PRESENT DAY TONIGHT, AND I HAVE SEAN MURKOFF, CHIEF OF STAFF PRESENTING YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
WE, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE MARY O'NEILL, UH, STREET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME, UH, SINCE WE HAVE A BERNIE OIO ON THE AGENDA AND, UH, IN PLACE ON THE, ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PLEASE.
THAT I HAVE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL, DO YOU HAVE THE MOTION? OKAY.
I JUST GOT NOTICE RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM.
ITEM EIGHT AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE, UH, ITEM EIGHT.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR ITEMS 2, 4, 5, AND SEVEN.
UH, THEY DIALED IN THROUGH ZOOM.
SAM WISE, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF? I GOTTA LET GO.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE AT THE MIDYEAR.
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SAM WISE? YEAH.IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT SUCKS ABOUT GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE PHONE.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK.
YOU JUST GET CUT OFF ALL OF A SUDDEN.
SO THE COUNCIL PROBABLY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE.
MAYBE LIKE SPIT, SPIT BALL, SOME IDEAS, LIKE MAYBE THE CITY CLERK PAUSES THE TIME TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GOT LIKE 30 MORE SECONDS JUST SAYING.
SO IN CASE THAT HAPPENS, UH, F**K ICE, F**K ISRAEL.
I'M FREE PALESTINE FOR ITEM TWO.
IT LOOKS LIKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.
WHAT DOES APPROVE THE MINUTES? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION FOR THAT ONE.
AND THEN NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026.
SO, UH, HERE'S A RECOMMENDATION.
STOP WASTING ALL OF OUR MONEY ON THE POLICE AND ON THESE CORPORATIONS THAT HELP FUND ICE.
AND ALL THESE SWAT CAMERAS THAT ARE JUST PUTTING US ALL UNDER MASS SURVEILLANCE.
NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND FUNDING IN THE ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $150,000 FOR INTER-JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS. SINCE THESE PROGRAMS CAN INCLUDE, UM, HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, I REALLY HOPE THIS ISN'T ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO GIVE POLICE MORE MONEY.
JUST PUBLIC SAFETY DOES NOT MEAN MORE POLICE.
WE HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT SINCE, UH, THEY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW.
THERE'S ALSO AN INCREASE FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HEALTH FUND GROUP IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO 150,000 LIKE THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
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ALL FOR MORE MONEY BEING INVESTED IN HEALTH.IS THAT 150,000 HERE? 150,000 THERE? IT STILL DOES NOT EQUAL TOM MOCA'S ANNUAL SALARY, WHICH IS OVER $380,000 A YEAR CAN'T BE REMINDED ENOUGH.
AND HONESTLY, FIVE AND SIX LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR EXCEPT THAT IT'S INCREASING THE NUMBERS INSTEAD OF 150,000 TO 180,000.
BUT EVEN, EVEN IF YOU HAD 180,000, STILL NOT STILL IS AN EQUAL TIME MOTOR SALARY.
FOR NUMBER SEVEN, WE'RE SEEING TO EXPAND GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,000 SIX OVER $1,387 FOR LIBRARY LITERACY SERVICES.
SO LITTLE, SO LITTLE MONEY FOR THE POOR, LIKE LIBRARY LITERACY PROGRAM.
YOU WOULD NEED TO MULTIPLY THAT NUMBER OVER FIVE TIMES TO EVEN COMPARE TO TOM MARIKA'S SALARY.
YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, FREE PALESTINE.
I'LL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM EIGHT? UH, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A VOTE.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE TO VOTE YES.
CAN YOU SEE THE VOTE? OH, TRYING TO, OKAY.
NOW, COUNCILOR SORO, SECOND ITEM.
REPORT FROM LIBRARY ARTS AND CULTURE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARDED CONTRACT TO JAF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE HISTORICALLY BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT IN A CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER
[8. 26-56019 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP LS-25-665 and award a contract to JAF Creative Solutions, LLC, of Long Beach, CA, for the development of a Feasibility Study for the Historically Black Cultural District, in a contract amount not to exceed $300,000, for a period of two years, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide) Office or Department: Library, Arts, and Culture Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
INTO THE CONTRACT CITYWIDE.CAN I HAVE MOTION A SECOND PLEASE.
MOTION A MY THING IS IN ORDER.
I PULL THIS ITEM BECAUSE I JUST WANNA LIFT UP THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN ENSURING THAT THE VISION OF CREATING A HISTORICALLY BLACK CULTURE DISTRICT IS, UM, WHERE THAT, HOW IMPORTANT THIS NEXT STEP IS.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND MEMBERS SEE SARA D***S JACKSON HERE, UM, WHO'S BEEN PART OF IT AS WELL AS, UH, UH, MANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ADVOCATE AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE REMEMBER.
WE RECOGNIZE AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTION OF THE LONG BEACH BLACK COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT SIX.
THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY IS IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE MAKE THIS A REALITY.
AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY STAFF WHO'VE HELPED MAKE SURE THAT THIS MOVE ALONG TO GET TO THIS POINT.
AND WE'RE AWARDING, UH, THE CONTRACT AND, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT SIX OF MANY DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS HOME, UH, TO A DEEP IMPORTANT BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE.
AND IN PRESERVING THIS CEL THIS HISTORY IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO COLLECTIVELY TELL LONG BEACH HISTORY.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS TO RECEIVING THE RESULTS OF THESE FEASIBILITY STUDY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK FOR MOVE WORK FORWARD, UM, AND MAKING IT A REALITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO.
UH, NOTHING ABOUT, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTERS, LILLIAN PARKER AND SHARON DIGGS JACKSON, CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM? OKAY.
UH, MY NAME IS LILLIAN PARKER, AND, UM, I'M A LONG, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, UM, THE SIXTH DISTRICT, UM, GROWING UP ON ANAHEIM CORRIDOR.
UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DR.
UM, AS OF TODAY, 1:41 PM UH, FRIENDS OF MLK DID RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST OF A MEETING.
AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, YOUR RESPONDING TO OUR, UH, COMMENT AND, UH, OUR SCHEDULES REMAIN OPEN TO MEET WITH YOU.
SO HERE TODAY I AM THE FRIENDS
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OF MLK PARK HAS SENT IN WRITTEN, UH, NOTICE TO, TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS, UH, FEASIBILITY, UH, STUDY.WE'D LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT.
WE'D LIKE TO PROUDLY RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE, UM, RESIDENTS, THE STAFF THAT WORKED ON THIS TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
UM, WE ARE GREATLY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THIS MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE CITY.
UM, THIS BEEN HERE, AS I SAID, ALL OF MY LIFE.
SO THE DIFFERENT STRUGGLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK TO MAKE LONG BEACH WHAT IT IS, UM, WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO BE NOTED IN OUR HISTORY THAT RECOGNIZING ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND THE DEDICATION FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY AND, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND THIS WILL BE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THEIR, YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS VISION.
GOOD EVENING, SHARON DIGGS JACKSON.
AS SOMEONE WHO CAN TRACE THEIR FAMILY ROOTS HERE IN LONG BEACH BACK TO 1939.
I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN US BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT TO CREATE THE HISTORICALLY BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT, UH, TO DR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, WHEN WE MET AT THE COFFEE SHOP RIGHT THERE ON PCH AND WE HAD KIND OF A MAP AND WE WERE DRAWING OUT THINGS ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO, TRULY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, UH, FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE LEGACY FAMILIES WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND THEN TO MAYOR RICHARDSON IN HIS ABSENCE.
HE LISTENED TO US, HE HEARD US MOVED THIS AND INCLUDED IT IN ELEVATE, UH, 2028.
SO THE COMMUNITY IS TRULY EXCITED.
UM, OUR HISTORY, LONG BEACH'S HISTORY IS SO VARIED, BUT THERE'S JUST AMAZING STORIES FROM MUSIC TO, UM, JUST ALL KINDS OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO GET TO WORK TO FORMALIZE THE CULTURAL DISTRICT.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING FOR 2028.
WE WANT IT TO BE A DESTINATION SPOT.
WHEN PEOPLE COME TO LONG BEACH, WE WANT THEM TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN AND AROUND PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AND ANAHEIM.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND, UM, GO LONG BEACH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD, UH, TO SECOND THIS MOTION, UH, HERE TODAY.
I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN SORROW FOR, UH, HER SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT, UM, AND SHARING THAT THIS IS NOT, UH, THIS DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN OVER THREE MONTHS.
THIS HAS TAKEN MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE CRADLE OF THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN LONG BEACH IS IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT, WHILE THE COMMUNITY LIVES ALL THROUGHOUT, UM, THE CITY.
AND WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL ALSO BE CELEBRATED.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THE CULTURE, THE CHURCHES, THE FOOD, THE SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, THAT REALLY MADE BLACK LONG BEACH, WE'RE IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLANNING TOOL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ANCHOR THAT HISTORY WHEN WE ARE IN A POINT AND IN A PLACE AND IN A COUNTRY WHERE SOME WOULD SAY WE SHOULD ERASE SUCH HISTORY.
SO I'M VERY PROUD THAT LONG BEACH IS LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT BLACK PERMANENCY LIVES WITHIN OUR CITY.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON THIS ITEM.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY.
UH, AT THIS POINT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SWITCH POINT AND COMMENT WITH, UH, THE PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, UH, LEWIS DRIVE, UH, CHANGE TO, UH,
AND THEN WE'LL DO MOTION COMING RIGHT AFTER THAT.
SO WE CAN, UH, PLEASE, UH, HAVE A MOTION A SECOND FOR, UH, ITEM 14.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE ITEM.
ITEM 13, COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN KERR, FIFTH DISTRICT VICE MAYOR ANG, RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO COORDINATE WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROVIDE COMMEMORATIVE AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AND EXECUTING STREET NAME CHANGE ON EAST LOU DAVIS STREET FROM CLARK AVENUE TO FACULTY AVENUE
[13. 26-56080 Recommendation to request City Manager to coordinate with the Community Development and Public Works Departments to take necessary actions to provide commemorative and directional signage and execute a street name change on East Lew Davis Street, from Clark Avenue to Faculty Avenue, to “Beverly O’Neill Way”; and Authorize City Manager to direct the Public Works Director to change maps and street signs as necessary and transmit information to all relevant departments. Office or Department: Megan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District; Roberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, Seventh District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
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TO BEVERLY O'NEILL WAY, AND DIRECT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO CHANGE MAPS AND STREET SIGNS AS NECESSARY AND TRANSMIT INFORMATION TO ALL RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS.UH, ANY FURTHER COMMENT? I HAVE A PRESENTATION.
OKAY, THEN WE ARE, SO WE HAVE JOE, I HAVE A PRESENTATION FIRST.
WANT MAKE A PRESENTATION FIRST? OKAY.
UH, THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR.
ALLOW ME FOR, TO BEGIN BY WISHING OUR FORMER MAYOR BEVERLY O'NEILL, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK.
SHE TURNED 96 APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH ON NINE OH EIGHT
SO, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MAYOR O'NEILL.
UM, AND WELCOME TO THE O'NEILL FAMILY AND OUR LBCC FRIENDS JOINING US THIS EVENING.
I'M BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD ALONG WITH VICE MAYOR ARANGA TO PROPOSE A STREET NAME CHANGE ADJACENT TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
IN HONOR OF FORMER MAYOR BEVERLY O'NEILL AND HER IMPACTFUL LEGACY ON LBCC AND OUR CITY AS A WHOLE.
LAST MONTH I VISITED THE OPENING OF THE BEVERLY O'NEILL LEGACY EXHIBIT AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH.
THERE WERE MANY PIECES OF HER LIFE, INCLUDING A LIST OF QUOTES SHE WROTE DOWN, UH, ON THE TITLE SLIDE, WE DO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION.
SHE TOOK IT FROM HARRY TRUMAN, CHANGED A LITTLE BIT TO SAY IT'S SURPRISING HOW MUCH YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN YOU DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE, I HAVE A, I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT, BUT I HAVE A PHOTO OF, SHE WAS TAKING NOTES ONE DAY AND SHE PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF HER FAVORITE LEADERSHIP QUOTES ON IT.
AND, UM, THEY'RE A GREAT REMINDER OF WHY I SERVE MY COMMUNITY THE WAY THAT I DO.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, FORMER MAYOR O'NEILL IS CONSIDERED AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS IN RECENT LONG BEACH HISTORY.
SHE HELD MORE THAN A 30 YEAR CAREER IN SERVICE TO LOCAL STUDENTS AS A FACULTY MEMBER, ADMINISTRATOR, AND ULTIMATELY SUPERINTENDENT PRESIDENT AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
UM, AND SHE WAS THE PRESIDENT WHEN I WAS AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
SHE ALSO, OF COURSE, SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF LONG BEACH FROM 1994 TO 2006, LEADING, STRENGTHENING, AND GUIDING OUR CITY THROUGH THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
SHE'S KNOWN TO HAVE USED HER LIFE EXPERIENCE AND HER LEADERSHIP.
SHE WAS KNOWN AS A CONSENSUS BUILDER, A TEAM PLAYER, AND WAS SOMEONE PROUD OF HER ABILITY TO TURN LEMONS INTO LEMONADE.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE HARD WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY ARE WELL DESERVING OF LASTING RECOGNITION TO PRESERVE HER LEGACY, WHICH WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BY CHANGING THE NAME LOU DAVIS STREET, JUST SOUTH OF LBCC, TO BEVERLY O'NEILL WAY.
AS WE CONSIDERED THIS PROPOSAL, SOME MAY BE WONDERING JUST WHO LOU DAVIS WAS AND WHY IT WAS NAMED THIS WAY.
ORIGINALLY, OUR RESEARCH FOR THIS ITEM TOOK US BOTH ONLINE TO FIND ACTORS IN NEW YORK WITH THE NAME.
UH, WE HAD HEARD A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE COLLEGE AT ONE POINT.
UH, WE WERE EVEN IN THE BASEMENT WITH THE CITY CLERK LOOKING AT PLANNING COMMISSION DOCUMENTS FROM THE EARLY FORTIES TO FIND OUT WHO THIS PERSON WAS THAT WAS DESERVING OF A NAME.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND IS MR. LOU DAVIS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF THE STREET, WHICH WE PRESUME WAS NAMED AFTER HIM WHEN HE MET WITH THEN CITY MANAGER CARL ERICKSON, TO BRING A PROPOSAL OF BUILDING AN ACCESS ROAD TO SUPPORT FELLOW EMPLOYEES AT THE THRIVING AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT CONTINUED TO EXPAND IN THE EARLY FORTIES.
SO THIS WAS THE DOUGLAS COMPANY.
WE KNOW THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING DURING WORLD WAR II, AND THEY KNEW HAVING AN ACCESS ROAD TO GO OUT THE BACK WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL.
HE HELPED RESHAPE THE AREA TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HIS COMMUNITY AT THE TIME, AND WE APPRECIATE HIS IMPACT.
HOWEVER, THE AREA HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST EIGHT DECADES, AND NOW PRIMARILY SERVES THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND VISITORS TO OUR ESTEEMED LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
CURRENTLY LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE IS UNDERWAY WITH EVEN FURTHER TRANSFORMATIONS TO THE AREA TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS BY BUILDING AFFORDABLE ON, ON CAMPUS STUDENT HOUSING ON THE VERY STREET PROPOSED TO BE RENAMED.
AS SUCH, NOW FEELS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO RENAME THIS ROAD, TO UPLIFT THE IMPORTANT WORK OF FORMER MAYOR O'NEILL, TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, AND VISITORS ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND REFLECT UPON HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK THE O'NEILL FAMILY.
THERESA AND TERRANCE ARE HERE, OUR TRUSTEES FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
I SEE VICE PRESIDENT BAXTER MEMBERS, MORTON MULU, AND ZIA IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, AND FOR JOINING US IN THIS HONOR, HOPING THAT THIS ITEM PASSES THIS EVENING, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE INVITES EVERYONE TO A LEGACY EVENT AT LBCC ON OCTOBER 1ST, HONORING MAYOR O'NEILL FOR HER MANY YEARS OF CIVIC SERVICES.
YOU CAN ALSO LEARN MORE AT THE EXHIBIT, AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH UP IN DISTRICT FIVE ON ATLANTIC.
SO COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN RENAMING THE STREET AND PASS THIS ALONG TO VICE MAYOR WANKA.
AS A FORMER COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE, I TOLD HIM 100% BACK, BACK
AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KER FOR ALL HER BACKGROUND AND, AND LOOKING DOWN INTO THE HISTORY OF THAT STREET SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE, UH, PUSH THIS FORWARD, THAT WE'RE NOT HURTING ANYBODY ELSE.
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SO, WITH, UH, WITH THAT, I WANNA SAY THAT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THE SUPPORT OF OUR COLLEAGUES.I THINK I HAVE, UH, THREE BOARD COMMENTERS, BUT DO THAT ARE HERE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, ALTHOUGH I, WE WILL DO, DO THE SPEAKING.
THIS IS VICE PRESIDENT ANNETTE MORTON, TRUSTEE SUNNY ZIA AND VIVIAN ULU, WHO'S MUST BE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE TONIGHT.
UM, BEVERLY O'NEILL HIRED ME IN 1972 TO TEACH AT THE WOMEN'S CENTER.
AND, UM, WE BEGAN A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP THAT GOES EVEN TO TODAY.
IN 1975, SHE HIRED ME AS, UM, A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, UH, DIRECTING WOMEN'S, UM, ACTIVITIES IN LONG BEACH.
AND BEVERLY, UH, WAS A WONDERFUL, UH, BOSS.
AND WHEN SHE RAN FOR MAYOR, PEOPLE SAID TO ME, OH, SHE'S NOT TOUGH ENOUGH TO BE MAYOR.
I SAID, LISTEN, SHE WAS THE TOUGHEST BOSS I EVER HAD.
AND SHE NEVER YELLED, SHE NEVER RAISED HER VOICE.
SHE JUST TOLD YOU WHAT TO DO, AND YOU DID IT, AND YOU NEVER QUESTIONED IT.
AND, UH, I ADMIRE HER TREMENDOUSLY AND FOR HER GIFT OF SERVICE TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND HER GIFT OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.
AND WE ARE THRILLED THAT SHE, UH, IS ALIVE AND WELL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DINNER IN HER HONOR ON OCTOBER 1ST AS COUNCILWOMAN KERR SAID, UH, ON CAMPUS TO UNVEIL THE, THE SIGN FOR BEVERLY O'NEILL WAY.
AND IT WILL BE ON THE SAME STREET AS OUR STUDENT HOUSING.
AND BEVERLY WOULD BE SO THRILLED WITH THIS BECAUSE SHE REALLY CARED, NUMBER ONE ABOUT THE STUDENTS, AND THEN NUMBER TWO, ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COLLEGE.
SO I INVITE THE PUBLIC, IT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, AND YOU CAN JOIN US AT A DINNER AND A PROGRAM HONORING BEVERLY ON OCTOBER 1ST.
UH, I SHOULD SAY, I'M SORRY, AK, UH, JOE UCK IS ON HIS WAY, BUT HE THOUGHT THIS STARTED AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SO I'M SORRY THAT WE HAD TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE HE GOT HERE, BUT HE IS TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR PRESENTATION.
VICE MAYOR URANGA, COUNCILWOMAN KERR, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
I JUST THINK IT IS SO APPROPRIATE, YOU'RE CHAIRING THE MEETING THIS EVENING, HAVING BEEN ONE OF OUR SUCCESSFUL TRUSTEES AT THE COLLEGE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
UH, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS CITY AND ACTUALLY LIVED WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF WHAT IS NOW BEVERLY O'NEILL WAY.
AND I WAS SO FORTUNATE MANY YEARS LATER, AFTER SERVING IN THE UNIFIED DISTRICT FOR EIGHT YEARS, TO HAVE A 33 YEAR CAREER AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
WHAT BLESSED ME EVEN MORE WAS THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW BEVERLY INTO THREE DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
SO I REALLY STAND HERE RIGHT NOW, REPRESENTING NOT ONLY LIKE ADMINISTRATORS, BUT SO MANY FACULTY MEMBERS AND SO MANY STUDENTS WHOSE LIFE SHE TOUCHED.
AND I COULD JUST GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT THE KINDNESS SHE SHOWED.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO YOU WERE, WHERE YOU CAME FROM, YOU WERE ALWAYS TREATED THE SAME BY BEVERLY.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY UP ON THIS DAIS TONIGHT CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
AS INDIVIDUALS WALK DOWN THE STREET, SHE'LL STOP AND TALK TO THEM, STUDENTS ON CAMPUS FLOCKED AROUND HER OFFICE JUST TO SAY HELLO, BECAUSE SHE WAS SO KIND IN EVERY SINGLE WAY.
AND AS MENTIONED, I DO BELIEVE IT IS JUST SO FITTING THAT BEVERLY O'NEILL WAY WILL NOW BE STUDENT HOUSING.
AND I'M JUST ENVISIONING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, OTHER STUDENTS OF NEED WHO WILL BE HOUSED THERE, THEIR PARENTS AND FRIENDS, WRITING THEM LETTERS, AND HAVING BEVERLY O'NEILL WAY ON THAT LETTER.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY SPECIAL.
UM, I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COLLEGE THROUGH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR THE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH HARD FOR WITH PAUL KAMINSKY, THE CEO AND GINA MASCARO, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, IS WITHIN THOSE HOUSING UNITS TO SOME,
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TO GET SOME TYPE OF PLAQUE, SOMETHING DIGITAL THAT WILL DISPLAY NOT ONLY BEVERLY'S PICTURE, BUT PERHAPS DIGITALLY, WHERE WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM.SO HER LEGACY CONTINUES ON AND ON AND ON TO CONTINUE TO TREAT STUDENTS THE SAME WAY SHE TREATED SO MANY.
UH, THERE, THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR.
I, MY MOTHER WOULD BE WELL JUST AMAZED.
UM, SHE LOVES, WELL, OBVIOUSLY SHE LOVES LONG BEACH MORE THAN ANYTHING, BUT LBCC WAS HER HOME.
I MEAN, SHE WAS, SHE WAS FORMED THERE.
SHE LEARNED EVERYTHING AT LBCC AND IT SO MEANINGFUL THAT THEY'RE TOGETHER.
UM, AND SHE'S GONNA, HER NAME WILL BE RIGHT THERE.
AND, AND EVEN SIRI WILL SAY HER NAME.
SO IT'S ALL JUST SO WONDERFUL.
I I I, MY MOM CAN'T BE HERE, BUT THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST, SORRY, FRILLS, FRILLS, FRILLS.
I, I JUST, ANYWAY, I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK.
SO THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, BELIEVE YOU HAD THE REAL, UH, COUNCILMAN MAYOR TO THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
UM, SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT, UH, TRUSTEE PRESIDENT, UH, INTU IS ON DADDY DUTY, UM, AS A COUNCILWOMAN.
SO HE IS, UH, RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE IN GETTING HERE TODAY, BUT LISTENING IN, UH, ON TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION AND JUST EXCITED AND PROUD OF ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT IT TOOK TO GET HERE TODAY.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE TRUSTEE COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO WERE ABLE TO BE HERE TO SHARE THAT MESSAGE.
UM, MAYOR BEVERLY O'NEILL WAS A TRULY REMARKABLE LEADER.
SHE LED WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE GRACE, AND ANY AND EVERYONE I HAVE EVER SPOKEN TO ABOUT HER SHARE WHAT A WONDERFUL LEADER THAT SHE WAS PLACING HER NAME BESIDE THE ESTEEMED INSTITUTION AS LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE IS DEFINITELY A POWERFUL DAILY REMINDER.
EVEN AS YOU SAID, SIRI WILL SAY, UM, THAT HER PATH AND HER TENURE AND LONG BEACH MATTERED HER TIME AS SUPERINTENDENT PRESIDENT OF LBCC, EXPANDED STUDENT ACCESS AND BUILT STRONG ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WHILE HER LEADERSHIP AS MAYOR TRANSFORMED DOWNTOWN AND BROUGHT VITAL NEW INVESTMENTS TO OUR CITY.
THE TIMING OF THIS IS SO FITTING.
WE ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW THE CONSTRUCTION AT LBCC CAMPUS WHERE THERE'LL BE A NEW STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.
AS WE NOTED, UM, THIS MILESTONE WILL ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS WILL KNOW HER LEGACY AND HER WORK HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I WANNA THANK THE FAMILY FOR BEING HERE, THERESA O'NEILL, UM, AND TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY ACCORDINGLY.
AND I WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR.
I KNOW THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD.
AND VICE MAYOR, HAVING WORKED ALONGSIDE HER FOR BRINGING THIS THOUGHTFUL ITEM BEFORE US TODAY TO CELEBRATE MAYOR O'NEILL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT.
OONI RICH, UM, UH, I HAD ALMOST VERY SIMILAR COMMENTS TO MY, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES NEXT TO ME.
SO I WILL NOT REPEAT THOSE EXCEPT FOR TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO VICE MAYOR RANGA, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FACT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY'RE HERE WITH US, RIGHT.
AND SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE VISION AND THE LEADERSHIP TO DO THAT, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO HONOR OUR, OUR FORMER MAYOR, AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE KNOWN HER FOR SO LONG AND HAVE KNOWN THE LEGACY THAT SHE HAS HAD, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CITY.
UM, AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT FROM HER FAMILY FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
UM, AND THEN I JUST WANNA THANK, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESIDENT TU ALSO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL, UM, TRUSTEES THAT ARE HERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL, UM, WERE ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN PUSHING THIS FORWARD ON THE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE SIDE.
AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR WORK.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
I AM SO APPRECIATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOU BRINGING THIS, UM,
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MAYOR O'NEILL DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY.SHE BROUGHT SO MUCH GOOD TO OUR CITY, SUCH A GREAT LEADER.
AND, UM, I'M JUST HAPPY THAT, THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR, FOR THE FAMILY, FOR LBCC.
I, THE ONLY THING I'LL HAVE TO ADD TO IT OBVIOUSLY IS MY GRATITUDE FOR COUNCILWOMAN KERR AND VICE MAYOR URANGA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I ACTUALLY GO TO LBCC, UM, A LOT FOR A VARIOUS MEETING AND PASS BY, UH, LEW DAVIS, UM, STREET QUITE A BIT.
AND SO I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN KER FOR DOING HER DUE DILIGENCE TO RESEARCH WHO THIS WAS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS A PROPER, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE RENAME IT TO BEVERLY O'NEILL.
I THINK THE THING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UPLIFT IS HOW IMPORTANT IT'S, IT, IT CONTINUES TO BE TO UPLIFT WOMEN LEADERSHIP, UH, MORE THAN EVER, AS WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE WOMEN ARE NOT INSPIRED OR ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLE AND TO SPEAK UP AND BE DIRECT ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
AND SO FOR THAT, I THINK THAT SHE'LL CONTINUE TO BE, UH, INSPIRATION FOR MANY YOUNG WOMEN, UH, MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UM, WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL
UM, I ECHO ALL OF THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THANK YOU TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, UM, FOR THINKING OF THIS, HAVING THIS, UM, AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE SUCH AN HONOR TO PASS BY THAT STREET AND, AND REMEMBER HER, UM, HOW SHE USED TO BE AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, WHICH WAS FIERCE AND ACTIVE.
AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, SUPER, SUPER KIND AND WELCOMING.
THANK YOU, LONG BEACH CITY TRUSTEES FOR ALL YOU DID TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR AND VICE MAYOR OGA, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL, HIS HISTORIC MOMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KER, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR KIND COMMENTS.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE TRUSTEES FOR BEING HERE AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE EXHIBIT THAT'S AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TODAY.
I JUST WANNA END WITH A PERSONAL STORY.
SO DURING HER MAYORSHIP, UM, I WAS A, YOU KNOW, 18, 19, 20-YEAR-OLD KID.
AND I RAN A PROGRAM THAT FED THE HOMELESS TWICE A MONTH, UM, OUTSIDE THE MAIN LIBRARY, IN THE OLD MAIN LIBRARY IN THE BOOK RETURN SLOT ACTUALLY.
AND WE WOULD SET UP AND WE WOULD COOK A FRESH BREAKFAST TWICE A MONTH.
AND ON ONE OF THOSE SATURDAYS, I LOOKED DOWN AND I SAW MAYOR O'NEILL STANDING AND WAITING FOR HER CAR, OBVIOUSLY WAS SOMEWHERE TO BE ON A BUSY SATURDAY MORNING.
WE USUALLY START AT ABOUT SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING.
AND I WENT DOWN, I WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO GO DOWN AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AND ASK HER IF SHE HAD A MOMENT TO COME AND SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AND OF COURSE SHE DID BECAUSE SHE WAS GRACIOUS AND GENEROUS WITH HER TIME.
SHE OBVIOUSLY HAD SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE, AND SHE TOOK THE TIME TO WALK AND TO SEE THE VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAD ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO 250 PEOPLE THAT WE WERE FEEDING THAT DAY TO ASK GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING.
UH, SHE DID NOT ASK IF WE HAD HEALTH PERMITS OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS AT THE TIME.
UH, SHE PROBABLY DID WHEN SHE GOT IN HER CAR.
UM, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT AS A YOUNG PERSON TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY CITY, THAT THE MAYOR TOOK THE TIME TO COME AND TALK TO ME, TO TALK TO THE VOLUNTEERS, AND TO BE GRACIOUS AND KIND.
SHE HAD SOME UNHOUSED FOLKS COME UP TO HER AND SAY HELLO, AND SHE WAS EQUALLY GRACIOUS AND KIND.
UM, SO THAT LEFT A MARK ON A YOUNG PERSON WHO WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR CITY.
SO PLEASE GIVE MAYOR O'NEAL AND YOUR MOM OUR BEST TONIGHT, AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUE SUPPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER KER, UH, ON MY BEHALF OF MAYOR OF TRIVIA, UH, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE THAT EVENTUALLY FORWARDED HER NAME TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BACK IN THE DAY WHEN SHE BECAME PRESIDENT SAIN
ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM, UH, MEMBERS? OKAY, THEN GO FOR VOTE.
IF, UH, TAKE, OKAY, WE WANNA TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT.
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OKAY.UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE MAINTAIN YOUR SILENCE WHILE YOU EXIT, EXIT THE, THE CHAMBERS OF BEING APPRECIATED.
WE'LL, TO GENERAL MON COMMENT NUMBER ONE, GO AHEAD.
WE HAVE EIGHT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
I WILL READ THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO'S REQUESTED TO S SPEAK WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
IF JOINING VIA ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION.
IF DIALING IN DIAL STAR NINE, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME.
[PUBLIC COMMENT: Obtain speaker card from the City Clerk Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is available to the first 10 individuals, combined across in-person and remote participation, who submit a request to speak beginning 15 minutes before the meeting starts. Each speaker is allowed up to three minutes to provide comments.]
BE READY TO UNMUTE YOURSELF FOR THOSE DIALING IN.FB, CRYSTAL ANNA, FRANCIS, EMILY, DON HARRIS, SAM WISE, NOAMI, LOURDES, AND DIXON.
BEVERLY O'NEIL AND I GO BACK TO 1968.
SHE GAVE MY DAUGHTER ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2000 WITH MISTY MAY AND TONY AZEVEDO.
I BUILT DALE O'NEILL'S HOME AND SHE RECENTLY PASSED MY DEAR FRIEND.
AND WHAT THEY DID NOT MENTION, BEVERLY O'NEILL WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MAYOR'S ASSOCIATION FOR 30 YEARS, AND I MET HER IN 1968.
THE REASON I'M HERE, I WAS RECENTLY DIRECT, UH, YESTERDAY I SPOKE AT THE HARBOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
THEY'VE DIRECTED ME HERE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, JOSH HAS AN EMAILS NOW TO TODD, KELLY AND JOSH HAS IT.
WE ARE NOW WITH THE BARGES, GONNA BE CREATING A SWELL SHIELD TO BLOCK THE WAVES COMING ASHORE, THE PENINSULA, THROWING OUR MONEY AWAY.
AND THE PORT HAS ASKED ME TO ASK THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO REQUEST THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN THE MATTER.
THEY SHARE THE JURISDICTION AND THEIR ENGINEERING TEAMS, AND EVERYBODY AT THE PORT WOULD LIKE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE.
FROM THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE AT MARINE STADIUM NOW UNDERWATER SOON.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU WASN'T TAKEN THIS LAST WEEK DURING THE STORM.
IT WAS TAKEN TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO.
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JOSH, JAKE, ERIC LOPEZ, WE NEED TO GET HIM BACK.KELLY DIRECTED BY THE HARBOR PLANNING COMMISSION TO WORK WITH US, AND WE BRING IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WATERWAYS MANAGEMENT DIVISION THAT'LL BYPASS CALIFORNIA COAST COMMISSION, WHO HAS DONE NOTHING TO CLEAN THE OIL FIELDS IN OUR WETLANDS.
SOON UNDERWATER, IF WE DON'T ADDRESS MATTERS, WE'RE STARTING AT THE PENINSULA.
YOU GOT THAT PHOTO, YOU HAVE OUR WEBSITE ON THE POSTCARD YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
HAVE A LOOK AT IT, AND YOU'LL SEE BEVERLY O'NEILL GIMME A HUG.
AND LASTLY, WE'RE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH IN A UNIQUE WAY.
THE OTHER DAY ON MY BIKE IN THE ALLEY, I HEAR A LADY SCREAMING AND I PULL MY BIKE AND IT'S A GUY HITTING HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH A STICK.
AND HE GOT ME FIVE TIMES IN MY ARM.
I SPRAYED HIM WITH THE PEPPER SPRAY.
I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED A, UH, OFFICER ON DUTY, WENT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE FIRE STATION THE OTHER DAY, SHARED THAT WITH THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AND HOW THEY CAN GET THEIR PEPPER SPRAY AT ACE.
WHEN I SHARED IT WITH ONE OF OUR GENTLEMEN ON SECOND ONE OF THE BUSINESSMEN, HIS WORDS TO ME WERE, YOU NEED TO THE HAS CONCLUDED.
GOOD EVENING WHITE SUPREMACISTS.
I WILL CONTINUE TO REFER, REFER TO YOU AS SUCH UNTIL YOU START LISTENING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, AND IN HONOR OF, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE.
ICE IS STILL KIDNAPPING, UH, CHILDREN, FAMILIES, YOU'RE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU KEEP SAYING, OH, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT HELPING EITHER.
UH, I WANTED TO READ A FEW QUOTES FROM DOCTORS THAT VISITED GAZA.
HAM HERE IS A BRITISH ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.
HE QUOTE, I QUOTE HIM, NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING JUSTIFIES WHAT WE HAVE WITNESSED HERE TO HEAR DESCRIBED TREATING CHILDREN WHO ARRIVED DEAD AND FAMILIES CARRYING THE REMAINS OF THEIR CHILDREN AWAY IN CARDBOARD BOXES.
AND AS YOU'VE ALSO SEEN, THEY WERE IN PLASTIC BAGS.
IMAGINE HAVING THE REMAINS OF YOUR MANGLED AND, UH, DESTROYED BONES OF YOUR CHILDREN WALKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL OR WHATEVER THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL IS, UH, BONES AND ALL INSIDE OF A GARBAGE BAG.
IF YOU DID THAT, YOU HAD YOUR KIDS HOLDING THEM IN, IN GARBAGE BAGS OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS.
THE REASON I READ THAT QUOTE IS BECAUSE YOU, CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE TO EXTEND CONTRACTS WITH DHS AND ICE, WITH COMPANIES SUCH AS LEXISNEXIS, GENERAL DYNAMICS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT INC.
CONNECTION, CT DO CTW GOVERNMENT WITH MASS SURVEILLANCE, FLOCK AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND DRILL.
YOU CITY COUNCIL ARE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
ONE, TO PREPARE LONG BEACH FOR THE UPCOMING, UM, I, I WOULD SAY ARMAGEDDON.
I CONSIDER YOU ALL AS FASCIST.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, LET ME SEE.
I I JUST NEED TO KEEP SAYING THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, NEED TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THESE COMPANIES THAT YOU'RE EXTENDING THESE CONTRACTS TO.
YOU WANNA SPEAK ABOUT PLEASANTRIES AND GIVE YOURSELVES THANKS FOR NOTHING.
MEANWHILE, THE PUBLIC, UM, IS SUFFERING.
NO ONE CAN PAY THEIR GROCERIES.
AND YOU'RE OVER HERE EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES.
F**K YOU TOM OCA F**K ICE, F**K ISRAEL.
F**K THIS COWARD ASS CITY COUNCIL.
PROTECT BLACK WORKERS AND FREE PALESTINE.
THE TWO, UH, FILMS NEED TO BE SEEN.
AMERICAN DOCTORS AND EARTH'S GREATEST ENEMY.
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I DON'T HAVE A SPEECH THIS TIME BECAUSE I DID THAT ACTUALLY ON MAY 5TH TO NO AVAIL.I, UM, ACTUALLY THIS IS A REFRESHING MEETING.
UM, I ACTUALLY WAS BORN AND RAISED, UH, OR BORN IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT ON 17TH AND LEMON IN THAT THREE STORY HOUSE MY GRANDFATHER OWNED.
SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE IN THIS SPACE AND TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT.
I ACTUALLY CURRENTLY RESIDE IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT, HOPEFULLY A FUTURE OWNER SOON.
I HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT, UM, WE GO TO ALL THE EVENTS.
SHE'S IN SWIMMING, GYMNASTICS, PRIVATE TUTORING, ALL OF THAT.
AND A LOT OF THAT WAS UPROOTED BECAUSE I WAS, UH, DIRECTED TO COME INTO THE OFFICE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE OVER 24 YEARS.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME FOR SIX, UH, FOR THE, SINCE COVID ACTUALLY, SINCE MY BABY WAS SEVEN MONTHS OLD.
I DO NOT UTILIZE, UH, THE HYBRID SCHEDULE TO TAKE CARE OF MY DAUGHTER.
IN FACT, SHE'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF SINCE SHE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD, UH, BY MY SISTER THAT I PAID TO WATCH MY DAUGHTER.
SHE'S BEEN IN PRIVATE SCHOOL AND SHE'S NOW IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SHE'S IN RAP, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ON NOT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET I HAVE HERE.
WE'RE GONNA RESIDE IN FAX THIS EVENING.
I HAVE A HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND IT WAS ONLY GIVEN TO ME OUT OF MY ENTIRE BUREAU.
I DID, I DID SEE JOSH HICKMAN THERE.
I'M NOT INTO DISPARAGING PEOPLE.
I'M NOT A BULLY, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN BULLYING ME FOR NINE MONTHS.
I TOLD MY DAUGHTER TO, AND MY HUSBAND TO HAVE MY DAUGHTER TUNE IN.
I HAVE 10 SIBLINGS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
BEING BORN AND RAISED HERE, WORKING HERE FOR THIS LONG, HAVING A FAMILY TAKING ROOT HERE.
I'VE BEEN EMAILING TO NO AVAIL.
NO ONE HAS TAKEN A LOOK INTO THE NUANCES OF MY SITUATION IF I'VE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME FOR SIX YEARS.
THE, ACCORDING TO MY DIRECTOR, GRAFFITI, HE DIDN'T KNOW GRAFFITI COULD BE A ABATED VIRTUALLY.
HE SPOKE CONDESCENDINGLY IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE BUREAU AND, AND EVERYONE NOTICED IT.
THEY CAME UP TO ME AND THEY TOLD ME THEY SAW, ALL I DID WAS ASK WAS HE GONNA RE REVISIT THE HYBRID POLICY, WHICH HE UTILIZES.
THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT UTILIZES IT.
I'M MID-LEVEL ADMIN, EVEN SOME OF THE CLERK, EVERYONE UTILIZES IT.
AND, UM, I'M COMING TO SOMEONE.
I IMPLORE ANYONE, ANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY.
EVERYONE'S ON THOSE EMAILS THAT I'VE BEEN SENDING.
SO IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND TO ASSIST ME, UM, I'VE EVEN CONTACTED JOSH LOWENTHAL OFFICE.
HE IS ACTUALLY CHAMPIONING THE AB 1 7 2 9 FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE, THE TELEWORK FOR THE STATE WORKERS, WHICH ARE SAVING MONEY, MENTAL HEALTH, EMOTIONAL HEALTH, AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SO IF ANYONE, COULD YOU PLEASE JUST REACH OUT TO ME SO THAT I CAN GET SOME ANSWERS AS TO WHY I AM IN HERE? A HUNDRED PERCENT.
ANNA, YOU'RE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
UM, SHE SAID SHE'S NUMBER THREE.
CAN ANNA TAKE THE PODIUM? THAT'S FINE.
I'M 36, A SINGLE MOTHER OF ONE AND A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH.
I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE WITH MY PARENTS, RAMIRO AND GUADALUPE PADRON, ALONG WITH MY SI FIVE SIBLINGS.
MOST OF US HAVE ALSO CHOSEN TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES HERE.
TO THIS DAY, MY SIBLINGS AND I ALL GREW UP HERE GOING TO SCHOOL, RIDING THE BUSES TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
THEN EVENTUALLY AS WE GREW TO WORK AS WE GREW UP, WE SHOPPED AT ITS SMALL BUSINESSES AND LITTLE BODEGA ON THE CORNER.
NOW MY TIME UP HERE IS SHORT, SO I WON'T BORE YOU WITH EVERY DETAIL, BUT WE HAD MADE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE HERE.
ONE THAT HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF STRUGGLES AND TRAGEDIES, AS I'M SURE MANY IN THE AUDIENCE CAN AGREE.
WE IN MANY WAYS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER FAMILY.
AND FOR AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND, LIKE ANY OTHER FAMILY, WE ARE UNIQUE AND ONLY, AND WE ARE UNIQUE IN THE WAY ALL OF OUR SIMPLE LIVES WE'RE INTERRUPTED, TORN APART BY MASKED MEN, SHELVED ALMOST AS IF THEY'VE BEEN PAUSED.
ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2025, MASKED MEN WITH SMALL HEARTS AND BIG GUNS WERE ALLOWED TO TEAR
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A PILLAR OF OUR FAMILY AWAY.MY FATHER, RAMIRO PADRES, HAS LIVED HERE FOR 40 YEARS, BUT HE BUT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED AND HELD CAPTIVE FOR ALMOST A YEAR, A YEAR, ALMOST A YEAR.
I SAY ALOUD BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POLICE WE COULD CALL TO INTERVENE, TO ASK FOR IDENTIFICATION, TO INQUIRE, TO SEE A WARRANT, NO HELP.
THEIR HANDS TIED BY THE VERY PEOPLE WE'VE ALL PUT IN POWER WITH OUR VOTES.
PEOPLE WHO IGNORE MY ONE WOMAN PROTEST WHILE CELEBRATING A MAN WHO WAS BEING CELEBRATED FOR HAVING A DREAM WHERE WE WERE ALL SEEN AS HUMANS FIRST PRAISED TO THIS DAY FOR SAYING THINGS LIKE, THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
PEOPLE IN POWER WHO IGNORED EMAILS, DEFERRED CALLS ARE FLAT OUT DENIED REQUESTS TO WRITE A SIMPLE LETTER TO HELP.
WE'VE WAITED DAMN NEAR A YEAR AND I STILL CAN'T GET ANYTHING MORE THAN A SIT AND WAIT FROM ANYONE, ANYONE.
TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU DO MORE THAN JUST PUT UP A BORROWED SIGN AND SEND A $590 CHECK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL LIVING IN FEAR.
YOU ALL HAVE POWER, ACCESS AND REACH BECAUSE LITTLE PEOPLE LIKE ME, MY VOTING SIBLINGS AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE PUT YOU THERE TRUSTING THAT YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
STOP LETTING THESE BASTARD ROAM YOUR STREETS.
TELL YOUR COPS, OUR COPS, THEIR TRUE POWER ON THEIR STREETS.
STOP MAKING SPEECHES WITH NO ACTION AND STOP HIDING.
YOU ARE ANY TYPE FOR OTHER SPEAKERS, SUPPORT YOU'RE DIGGING.
THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE WARNING, RIGHT? URGE AND THAT WARNING.
THAT'S ONE WARNING URGE TO SERVE OTHERS AT WHATEVER COST SINCE YOU GUYS ALL LIKE TO QUOTE.
AND IF YOU NEXT SPEAKER IS FRANCIS, EMILY DAWSON.
I AM FRANCIS, EMILY DAWSON HARRIS, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT I CONSIDER MYSELF LIVING IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS AS TO WHY.
UM, I WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN MACKER, MY SISTER NORMA AND DAWSON, WHO WAS A LAWYER THAT LIVED IN YOUR DISTRICT, PASSED AWAY.
AND I CALLED YOUR STAFF AND I SHARED ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION WITH THEM.
YOU HAVE THE MOST AWESOME STAFF.
I WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T DOING THE RIGHT THING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND THEY WOULDN'T DO THE RIGHT THING.
I'LL EVENTUALLY GET THE PAPERWORK TO YOU BECAUSE I'M QUITE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO HER HAVE HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AND, UM, CITY MANAGER, MORDECAI, I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE MY SISTER HAD A BEAUTIFUL DOG AND THEN SHE HAD TWO CATS AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WERE AND THE STATUS OF THEM, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO CONTACT THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND FIND THEM.
AND CHARLOTTE, HER DOG THAT HAD CANCER, THE TOP MEDICAL PERSON TOLD ME THAT THEY TOOK HER OFF THE CHEMO AND SHE WAS FINE.
THE TWO CATS WERE ADOPTED AND A LOVELY FAMILY WITH TWO LITTLE CHILDREN.
UM, BEVERLY O'NEILL IS THE MOST AWESOME PERSON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW MY STORY.
I HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN MASTER'S IN NURSING, AND I GOT THE BACHELOR'S.
I GOT THE, MY BACHELOR'S, UM, FROM PENN STATE.
AND THEN I WENT TO HOWARD AND I WAS LEAVING CHARGE NURSE, UM, AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.
AND THEN, UM, MY SPECIALTY WAS CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN.
I WAS A SICKLY CHILD, BUT I KEPT GOING.
AND THEN I PROGRESSIVELY STARTED GETTING SICK.
SO THEN ULTIMATELY I WENT ON LEAVE A ABSENCE SINCE ULTIMATELY I HAD TO BASICALLY RESIGN, BUT THEN I ENDED UP HAVING LIKE SEVERAL STROKES AND EVERYTHING I HAD TO LEARN.
UM, I ENDED UP IN THE, WH I WENT IN THE HOSPITAL WALKING AND CAME OUT IN THE WHEELCHAIR.
AND, AND THEN I GOT MARRIED AND THAT'S WHAT
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BROUGHT ME TO CALIFORNIA.'CAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS A, UM, GONNA BE AN INTERN AT LONG BEACH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
SO ANYWAY, SO HERE MY LIFE HAD JUST TURNED UP UPSIDE DOWN.
AND, AND THEN I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO TALK AND READ AND WRITE AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN THEY SAID THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR ME.
BUT I WENT TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND I TOOK TWO TESTS AND THEY TOLD ME I'D NEVER PASSED THE TEST, BUT I DIDN'T GIVE UP.
AND SO BEVERLY O'NEILL WAS, AND I WENT FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES AND BEVERLY NEAL WAS THERE.
SO I SPOKE WITH HER AND SHE'D ASKED ME HOW I WAS DOING.
THEN I WAS THE COMMISSIONER FOR C COD AND THEN THEY HAD THE GRAND OPENING OF THE INFORMATION CENTER FOR, UM, PEOPLE DISABILITIES AT THE OLD LIBRARY.
AND THEY HAD THE GRAND OPENING.
AND I WAS THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR WEREN'T ABLE TO SHOW UP.
AND I WAS THE SECRETARY, BUT SHE GAVE ME THE TITLE OF BEING THE CHAIR NOR, AND THE MAYOR ALWAYS SPEAKS FIRST, BUT SHE SAID TODAY, FRANCIS, THE CHAIR OF CAPE COD WILL DO, DO THE KEYNOTE SPEECH.
CAN I GET THIS RAISED OR I'M SORRY, NOEMI.
I GOT ONE SPEAKER BEFORE YOU IN ZOOM.
UM, SAM WISE, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? I CAN SPEAK SAM WISE.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
OKAY, SO FREE PALESTINE, UH, ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE IS OBVIOUS AND ONGOING, AND ANYONE SAYING OTHERWISE IS A DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING.
SUDAN IS ALSO IN TROUBLE FACING THEIR OWN ONGOING GENOCIDE.
PART OF THIS IS DUE TO DESTABILIZATION CAUSED BY THE UAE ARMED FORCES.
THE UAE, ANOTHER ONE OF USA'S CRITICAL ALLIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NOT REALLY DOWN WITH ANY SUPPOSED ALLIES, GENOCIDE, ANYONE BUT SEDONA IS IN TROUBLE.
THE WOMEN OF THE REGION HAVE RESORTED TO TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES TO AVOID SEXUAL ASSAULT.
UH, SINCE THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN GIVING OUR LOCAL VENDORS SUCH A HARD TIME WITH ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS AND RED TAPE FOR OPERATING IN THIS CITY, CONSIDER THE TAMALE ACT IN WHICH COLORADO HAS MADE IT LEGAL TO SELL HOMEMADE TAMALES, BURRITOS, TORTAS SANDWICHES, AND SALADS STRAIGHT TO CUSTOMERS.
AS LONG AS THE FOOD DOES NOT TRAVEL MORE THAN TWO HOURS OR CHANGE HANDS MORE THAN ONCE, THE ACT ALSO RAISED WHAT A HOME COOK CAN EARN FROM $10,000 TO $150,000 A YEAR.
AND IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD SAFETY, I WILL REFER YOU TO THE PHENOMENALLY HIGH NUMBER OF RECALLS ON FOOD COMING FROM LARGE CORPORATIONS.
IMPORTING OUR FOOD FROM ABROAD, LESS REGULATED LOCAL FOOD IS THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE NOURISHING, SAFER FOOD MOVING FORWARD.
SO EVERYTHING THIS COUNCIL IS DOING TO IMPEDE LONG BEACH FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS HAVE ASS BACKWARDS.
THESE VENDORS CAN PROVIDE MORE FOOD TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WOULD BE ABLE TO REAP THE FRUITS OF THEIR OWN LABOR.
IF YOU OPERATED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF SOMETHING LIKE THE SODI ACT AND, UH, HAS ANYONE GOTTEN THEIR MONEY BACK FOR THE CANCELED PRIDE FESTIVAL? IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT, UH, YOU'RE PROMOTING RIGHT WITH THIS VIBE CITY IS THAT WE'RE ALL LGBTQIA PLUS POSITIVE, BUT YOU'RE CAPITALIZING ON IT AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN ACTUALLY, UH, APPRECIATING IT OR CELEBRATING IT.
AND ALSO, ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC KIND OF MENTIONED THAT ALL THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE TECHNICALLY VIOLATING OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, WHICH IS, UH, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SECURE FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.
LIKE, WHY ARE WE ALL BEING INVESTIGATED? WHAT IS OUR CRIME? WE ALSO FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT THESE CAMERAS, UM, ARE PARTIALLY OWNED BY BLACKROCK.
VERA MOBILITY WAS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE AND OPERATE THE CAMERAS, AND A RECENT OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP DATA INDICATES BLACK ROLL BLACKROCK HOLDS ABOUT 29 MILLION SHARES OF THAT COMPANY, REPRESENTING ABOUT 19% OF THEIR MOBILITY.
BLACKROCK FACES SCRUTINY ABOUT THE INFLUENCE.
IT POTENTIALLY WIELDS FROM OWNING SIGNIFICANT STAKES IN SO MANY PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES.
AND THERE'S CONCERNS THAT THE COMPANY IS USING ITS INFLUENCE TO BENEFIT ITS OWN FINANCIAL PRODUCTS THROUGH GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. SO AGAIN, YOU'RE USING OUR MONEY TO KEEP US UNDER MASS SURVEILLANCE, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TO ANOTHER CORPORATION THAT'S DESTROYING THE PLANET.
SO BEFORE I RUN OUTTA TIME, F**K ICE, F**K ISRAEL AND FREE PALESTINE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I AM A LONG BEACH COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A RAPID RESPONSE VOLUNTEER.
UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, UNPAID ON TOP OF MY FULL-TIME JOB.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE BECAUSE ICE ACTIVITY HAS RAMPED UP EXPONENTIALLY.
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UH, THOUSANDS.MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING BRUTALIZED, DETAINED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS OR DEPORTED.
UM, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE AS A MEXICAN, UH, DESCENDANT OF IMMIGRANTS, MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, AND A SISTER OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, I, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THIS CELEBRATION AND SHOW OF OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY, I'D RATHER WE BE CELEBRATING THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR VERY OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY RAMIRO, WHO IS ALSO A MEXICAN NATIONAL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF RAMIRO, HIS FAMILY, ANNA, HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, WHO'S SITTING IN BEHIND ME.
UM, A LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WAS VIOLENTLY KIDNAPPED ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2025.
I WITNESSED THE IMMIGRATION AGENTS THREATEN ME.
UM, I WITNESSED IT AND IMMIGRATION AGENTS THREATENED ME WITH, UH, VIOLENCE THAT DAY.
UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.
RAMIRO CALLED ME FROM ADELANTO TODAY AT 4:00 PM HE CALLS ME ALMOST EVERY DAY.
UH, NEXT MONTH MARKS ONE YEAR.
UM, THE DAY LABORERS ASK ME ABOUT HIM EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
HIS FAMILY HAS FOUGHT THIS ENTIRE TIME TOOTH AND NAIL, AND THEIR POCKETS ARE DRAINED.
YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MORE OUT OF THEM AT THIS POINT.
AND IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN EXTREME AGONY.
UM, GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE CITY FOR RAMIRO AND OTHER FAMILIES IS LIKE PULLING TEETH.
UM, I HAVE PROBABLY GOTTEN SUPPORT MAYBE FOR TWO, AND THAT'S JUST FOR HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS.
HE'S BEEN THERE DETAINED SINCE DECEMBER.
HE'S LOST PART OF HIS HEARING AND HE NEEDS HEARING AIDS.
UM, HE HAS THOSE HEARING AIDS.
HE'S SITTING IN ADELANTO RIGHT NOW.
UM, HE HAS NOW BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE WENT INTO THE DETENTION CENTER WITH.
WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER, ALEJANDRO, WHO WAS KIDNAPPED IN A VIOLENT CAR WASH RAID.
HE'S BEEN THERE OVER A YEAR NOW.
HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CALIFORNIA CITY AND HIS ONLY POINT OF CONTRACT, UM, POINT OF CONTACT WAS THE TWO, UH, NIECES THAT HE LIVED WITH.
THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM FOR 30 DAYS.
AND YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT HE WAS IN CALIFORNIA CITY.
UM, HE'S BEEN DENIED ASYLUM EVEN THOUGH FA HE HAS HAD FAMILY MEMBERS MURDERED, UM, FROM THE SAME TOWN THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE FAMILY AND KNOW THE EXTREME VIOLENCE OF.
UM, THERE'S ALSO KUYA R OF FILIPINO NATIONAL WHO HAS BEEN THERE, BEEN IN THE US FOR 40 YEARS.
UM, HE'S CURRENTLY IN APOSTLE TEXAS.
ALSO, UH, THREE MEMBERS WERE KIDNAPPED IN JUNE.
LONG BEACH MEMBERS, ONE OF THEM HAD BEEN WORKING FOR A COMPANY FOR 30 YEARS IN THE TRAFFIC C CIRCLE.
ONE OF 'EM, A SINGLE MOTHER WHO, UM, WAS MOVED TO EL PASO DETENTION CENTER.
AND I HAVE A HELL OF A LOT MORE, UM, AS OF THIS POINT, OTHER THAN SWELLY, UH, VISITING, UM, ANNA, I HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE ONE OF YOU VISIT ANY OF THESE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.
LOURDES D MAYOR IS NOT HERE, BUT GOOD EVENING MAYOR RICHARD AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY, UH, SISTER PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, AND IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS
THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC, FOOD VENDORS AND SPECIFICALLY THE SIX ICE CREAM TRUCKS, UH, WHO ARE STILL KEEPING, UH, DOING BUSINESS IN THE AQUARIUM WAY, PIER POINT LANDING AND SUCH AREAS, THE PARKING LOT, SHORELAND BUSINESS DRIVE, ALAMITOS BEACH TO NAME A FEW.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE OWNER OF THESE DRUGS, MR. MARIO HERNANDEZ AND WIFE.
FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I MENTIONED TO YOU THE BAD BEHAVIOR OF THESE VENDORS WHO ARE IN CONTROL OF THESE AREAS, LOCATIONS WHICH THEY DECIDE WHERE TO STATION THEMSELVES TO SELL.
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AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ALTERCATIONS IN EXCHANGE FILE LANGUAGE WITH OTHER VENDORS WHO DO POSSESS A PERMIT, LICENSES, UH, INSURANCE, UH, WHICH COVERS OUR CLIENTS, AND WE PAY RENT, SALARIES, UH, TAXES.AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN POSSESS A LICENSE.
THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
I KNOW OF A VENDOR WHO IS ALREADY TAKING THEM TO COURT.
AND THIS, UH, COUPLED SPECIFICALLY THE WOMAN WHO IS THE OWNER OF THESE ICE CREAM TRUCK CONTINUES AFFECTING MY BUSINESS FINANCIALLY AND THESE VENDORS AND OTHERS WHO ARE COMING IN AND PARK THEIR ICE CREAM FOOD TRUCKS IN FRONT OR NEXT TO OUR BUSINESS, UH, NEXT TO OUR BUSINESS.
WHEN WILL THIS PROBLEM BE RESOLVED? I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
THERE'S THINGS THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE.
MY SIDE IS VERY TIRED, AND I MENTIONED TO YOU ABOUT THIS LADY WHO HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE AND THREATENED US THROUGH, UH, THE MEANS OF GANG MEMBERS AND SUCH, AND SO IS THE HUSBAND HAS THE SAME BEHAVIOR.
HOW LONG WILL YOU ALLOW FOR THIS SITUATION TO KEEP GETTING WORSE? I'M NOT AN AGAINST ANYBODY WHO SELLS OR ANY OF THESE VENDORS, UH, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A PERMIT OR, UH, SOME TYPE OF A LICENSE AND SUCH.
UM, I'M BEING, I'M VERY EXHAUSTED ABOUT THE SITUATION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST THE LAST TWO YEARS.
HAVE YOU HAVE WORKED ON OR TRIED TO ESTABLISH A LOT OF RULES STARTING ON, UH, JUNE 8TH? EIGHTH, YOU WOULD ENFORCE THESE LAWS, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY CHANGES SPECIFICALLY ON THESE, UH, ICE, UH, ICE CREAM, FOOD VENDORS,
THEY'RE NEXT TO THE NIKE STORE VILLAGE, BUT AS FAR AS THE ICE CREAM TRUCKS, THEY KEEP AFFECTING, UH, THOSE THAT ARE IN THE SHORE LED VILLAGE AREA.
AND I MENTIONED TO YOU IN THE PAST THAT MY INSURANCE COST IS, UH, 7,000 MILLION OF PER OR RENT OCEAN INSPECTIONS, RIOS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, PLUS INCLUDING, UH, SALARIES AND OTHER COSTS AS WELL.
SO NOW I HAVE TO TAKE MONIES OUT OF MY EMERGENCY, UH, FUNDS TO COVER ALL THESE COSTS.
I HOPE FOR YOUR HELP AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY MORE SPEAKERS, MR. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
GOING BACK TO THE AGENDA, ITEM 14, PLEASE REPORT FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD A CONTRACT TO ALL AMERICAN ASPHALT FOR THE TAXIWAY F REALIGNMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $24,217,443 AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT, ADOPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
[14. 26-56028 Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7299 and award a contract to All American Asphalt, of Corona, CA for the Taxiway F Realignment and Reconstruction Project at the Long Beach Airport, in the amount of $22,015,857, authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $2,201,586, for a total contract amount not to exceed $24,217,443, and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments; Adopt Categorical Exemption CE-26-051; and Increase appropriations in the Airport Fund Group in the Airport Department by $29,878,726, offset by grant revenue and Airport funds available. (District 5) Office or Department: Long Beach Airport Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AND INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS BY 29,878,726, OFFSET BY GRANT REVENUE AND AIRPORT FUNDS AVAILABLE DISTRICT FIVE.[01:35:02]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KER, ANY COMMENTS? NO, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER NY UH, NO COMMENTS.
ANY FURTHER COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DOUG MOTION IS CARRIED.
FINAL 15, PLEASE REPORT FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH DALE'S AIRPORT.
IT AMERICAS FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE, LICENSING, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR LONG BEACH AIRPORT'S COMMON USE PASSENGER PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,813,060 AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO
[15. 26-56029 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36385 with Amadeus Airport IT Americas, Inc., of Orlando, FL, for providing software licensing, maintenance and support services for Long Beach Airport’s Common Use Passenger Processing System, to increase the contract amount by $835,510, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $4,813,060, and extend the term of the contract through September 30, 2027; and Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35082 with Datagear, Inc., of Santa Ana, CA, for providing operation and maintenance of the Flight Information Display System at Long Beach Airport, to increase the contract amount by $150,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $1,017,250, and extend the term of the contract through September 30, 2027. (District 5) Office or Department: Long Beach Airport Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AMEND CONTRACT WITH DATA GEAR FOR PROVIDING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FLIGHT INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,017,250 DISTRICT FIVE.ANY FURTHER COMMENT? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER PHOENIX, IF YOU COULD APPROACH THE PODIUM, HAPPY LATINO HERITAGE MONTH.
HOW FITTING IT IS TO BE CELEBRATING THEIR CULTURE WHEN YOU KNOCKED THE JUSTICE FUND TO ONLY A MILLION WHILE PEOPLE OF COLOR BEING HUNTED IN THE STREETS BY ICE, UM, MOST ARE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.
SHOWING UP TO BIOMETRIC APPOINTMENTS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO OBTAIN CITIZENSHIP.
THESE PEOPLE ARE PURPOSELY BEING TRANSPORTED VIA PLANE AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES, FAMILY AND LAWYERS, AND DETAINED FOR MONTHS ON END, JUST LIKE ROMERO FOR OVER A YEAR LONG BEACH HAD YET ANOTHER KIDNAPPING YESTERDAY AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU FUNDING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION ON IT SOFTWARE AND BIOMETRICS DATA, WHICH ASSISTS ICE KIDNAPPING PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT.
YOU ARE SPENDING OVER $22 MILLION THAT YOU GUYS JUST APPROVED ON PAVEMENT DURING A DEFICIT.
ARE PEOPLE NOT WORTH INVESTING IN SPENDING? ARE ARE WE USE FOR PROFITS THROUGH OUR DATA OR TRAFFIC PARKING TICKETS, OR ARE WE JUST ONLY INVEST INVESTING IN THE UPPER CLASS? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
LAST OCTOBER IN 2025, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A 50 YEAR GROUND LEASE WITH SKY HARBOR, A NEW YORK BASED AVIATION FIRM TO BUILD A $60 MILLION, UH, PRIVATE JET HANGER.
ACCORDING TO THIS INFORMATION, BY MY CALCULATIONS, WE DID NOT PROFIT ON THAT UNTIL YEAR 38 OF THAT 50 YEARS.
AS WONDERFUL AS THAT SOUNDS, WE ONLY MAKE 63 MILLION IN REVENUE WITH ONLY THREE PROMINENT AIRLINES, WHICH BY THAT TIME I'M SURE WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER PAVEMENT.
WE ARE SPENDING $22 MILLION ON PAVEMENT, WHICH I ASSUME IS EITHER TOO BEAUTIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS OR IMPRESS THE NEW PRIVATE JET OWNERS DURING A DEFICIT WE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD.
I ALSO WANNA REMIND YOU THAT YOU JUST GAVE A YACHT CLUB A 60 YEAR LEASE ALONG WITH THEIR RENOVATIONS FOR 200 KA YEAR.
I REMIND YOU, AN AVERAGE A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT IS TH ROUGHLY $36,000 A YEAR.
200 K FOR A 200 SQUARE FOOT OR 200,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, BUILDING.
ALL THESE BEAUTIFY PROJECTS FOR THE OLYMPICS IS DISHEARTENING AND WE ARE AT WAR.
LONG BEACH IS HOME TO MORE THAN THE UPPER CLASS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT NEED YOUR HELP, OUR HELP, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME WE START THINKING ABOUT CONTRACTS AND PUSHING BACK THAT WE NEED TO SAVE FOR OUR CITIZENS FREE PALESTINE, LEBANON, CONGO, AND F**K ISRAEL.
YEAH, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
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COUNCILWOMAN SORO.ITEM 16TH, PLEASE REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS CONTRACTORS FOR PROVIDING AS NEEDED TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SERVICES FOR A REVISED AGGREGATE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $11 MILLION CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER UNI.
[16. 26-56030 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36132 with AGA Engineers Inc., of Fullerton, CA; Contract No. 36118 with Alta Planning + Design, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA; Contract No. 36124 with Chen Ryan Associates, Inc., of San Diego, CA; Contract No. 36125 with Fehr & Peers of Long Beach, CA; Contract No. 36126 with Iteris, Inc., of Santa Ana, CA; Contract No. 36127 with KOA Corporation, of Orange, CA; Contract No. 36128 with LG2WB Engineers, Inc., of Irvine, CA; Contract No. 36129 with Michael Baker International, Inc., of Santa Ana, CA; Contract No. 36130 with STC Traffic, Inc. of Carlsbad, CA; and Contract No. 36131 with TDG Engineering, Inc., of Silver Spring, MD for providing as-needed traffic engineering and transportation planning services, to increase the aggregate contract amount by $1,000,000, for a revised aggregate contract amount not to exceed $11,000,000, and extend the terms of the contracts to May 1, 2027. (Citywide) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
OH, UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.I ACTUALLY JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE ITEM, UM, FOR THE RFPS.
UM, WHEN DO WE PLAN ON HAVING THOSE, UH, THOSE PROPOSALS, UM, REVIEWED AND THEN HAVE THE NEW CONTRACTS COME TO TO COUNCIL? SO WE DID JUST RECEIVE BIDS AND OPENED UP BIDS, UH, IN LATE AUGUST.
SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS NOW AND ANTICIPATE HAVING THE NEW, UH, BENCH OF CONTRACTS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE EXTENSION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED TONIGHT AHEAD OF, UH, MAY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, NO COMMENTS? NO, NO.
ANY FURTHER COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT? NO.
ITEM 17, REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AMEND CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS CONTRACTORS FOR PROVIDING AS NEEDED PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, INSPECTION SERVICES, AND JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR A REVISED AGGREGATE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100 MILLION.
YOU NEED A SECOND? I NEED A SECOND, YOUR HONOR.
[17. 26-56031 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36951 with AKM Consulting Engineers of Irvine, CA, Contract No. 36952 with Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects LLC of Santa Ana, CA, Contract No. 37014 with Arcadis U.S., Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, Contract No. 36941 with Ardurra Group, Inc., of El Segundo, CA, Contract No. 36953 with Cordoba Corp. of Los Angeles, CA, Contract No. 36967 with Cumming Management Group, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, Contract No. 36954 with Ghirardelli Associates, Inc., of Irvine, CA, Contract No. 36925 with Griffin Structures, Inc., of Irvine, CA, Contract No. 36943 with Group Delta Consultants, Inc., of Irvine, CA, Contract No. 36942 with Harati Solutions of Redondo Beach, CA, Contract No. 36926 with Harris & Associates, Inc., of Concord, CA, Contract No. 36927 with Jeff Oviedo & Associates, Inc., of Newport Beach, CA, Contract No. 36947 with Koa Consulting, Inc., of Huntington Beach, CA, Contract No. 36955 with KOA Corporation of Monterey Park, CA, Contract No. 36928 with OCMI, Inc., of Irvine, CA, Contract No. 36929 with Onward Engineering of Long Beach, CA, Contract No. 36956 with PMCS Group, Inc. of Long Beach, CA, Contract No. 36944 with Psomas of Santa Ana, CA, Contract No. 36958 with Quantum Quality Consulting, Inc., of Lomita, CA, Contract No. 36996 with Skanska USA Building Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, and Contract No. 36922 with Willdan Engineering of Anaheim, CA for providing as-needed project management, construction management, public works inspection services, and job order contracting program support, to increase the aggregate contract amount by $55,000,000, for a revised aggregate contract amount not to exceed $100,000,000, and extend the terms of the contracts to June 30, 2029. (Citywide) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THANK YOU.ANY COMMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, NO COMMENTS.
ANY FURTHER COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ITEM 18, REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION ORDINANCE, READ AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RECRUITING, UH, NO COMMENTS, COMMENT OCCUR.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[18. 26-55998 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Departmental Organization Ordinance, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
OKAY.ITEM 19, PLEASE REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE FUND GROUPS OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND APPROPRIATING MONEY TO AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AND SET FUNDS FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE READ AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE.
[19. 26-56008 Recommendation to declare the Appropriations Ordinance for FY 27, creating and establishing the fund groups of the Municipal Government and appropriating money to and authorizing expenditures from said funds and for said fiscal year as an Emergency Ordinance, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) (Emergency Ordinance No. ORD-26-0023) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TI NO COMMENTS.HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET.
ANY FURTHER COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO EXIST, EXIST PURSUANT TO CITY CHARTER SECTION TWO 11.
TO IMPLEMENT THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 BY SETTING THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX FOR ADULT USE CANNABIS RETAILERS AT 8% OF GROSS RECEIPTS FOR CANNABIS CULTIVATORS AT $15 PER SQUARE FOOT UNDER CULTIVATION AND SUNSETTING THE PILOT TAX PROGRAM FOR ALL CANNABIS BUSINESSES TO FUND PUBLIC SERVICES IN FISCAL
[20. 26-56167 Recommendation to declare an emergency to exist pursuant to City Charter Section 211 to implement the appropriations Ordinance for FY 27 by amending subsections 3.80.261.C.2, 3.80.261.C.5, and 3.80.261.F of the Long Beach Municipal Code setting the business license tax for adult use cannabis retailers at 8 percent of gross receipts, for cannabis cultivators at $15 per square foot under cultivation and sunsetting the Pilot Tax Program for all cannabis businesses to fund public services in FY27 that preserve public peace, health and safety; and Declare ordinance of the City Council of the City of Long Beach amending subsections 3.80.261.C.2, 3.80.261.C.5, and 3.80.261.F of the Long Beach Municipal Code setting the business license tax for adult use cannabis retailers at 8 percent of gross receipts, for cannabis cultivators at $15 per square foot under cultivation and sunsetting the Pilot Tax Program for all cannabis businesses; declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance effective immediately as an emergency ordinance; and read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
YEAR 27 THAT PRESERVE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, AND SAFETY, AND DECLARE ORDINANCE DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF TO MAKE THE ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE[01:45:01]
IMMEDIATELY AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AND READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING.SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER TI UH, NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
ANY FURTHER COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT THERE TO VOTE.
AND VICE MAYOR, WE'LL NEED A SECOND VOTE ON THIS ITEM REQUIRES TWO VOTES.
THE FIRST ONE IS MOTION IS CARRIED.
ADAM, UH, WELL, THERE'S NO ITEM NOW.
THERE'S NO, UH, SPEAKERS, NO SPEAKERS.
THIS ONE WE'LL TAKE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, I WANNA TAKE IT TO, UH,
[PUBLIC COMMENT: Immediately prior to adjournment Opportunity is given to those members of the public who have not addressed the City Council on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes unless extended by the City Council.]
I HAVE ASKED THAT[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WE ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE JUDITH LEVY MEYER, WHO PASSED AWAY ON JULY 4TH, 2026.JUDY WAS A LONGTIME DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT WHO CALLED BELMONT SHORE HOME FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
SHE SERVED AT THE LONG BEACH COURTHOUSE FOR 17 YEARS AND WAS A RESPECTED JURIST TEACHER, MENTOR, AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO JUDY.
SHE TAUGHT AT HER ALMA MATER PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY AND WELCOME LOCAL STUDENTS INTO HER COURTROOM TO EXPERIENCE OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM FIRSTHAND UNDERSTANDING THAT A COURTROOM COULD BE INTIMIDATING FOR A CHILD.
SHE EVEN KEPT STUFFED ANIMALS NEARBY TO OFFER COMFORT.
JUDY'S COMMITMENT TO LONG BEACH EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE COURTROOM.
SHE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB WHERE SHE HELPED LAUNCH THE PATRIOT REGATTA FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND THE HEROES REGATTA, HONORING LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
JUDY EMBRACED LIFE WITH CURIOSITY AND ENTHUSIASM.
SHE AUTHORED TWO NONFICTION LEGAL BOOKS AND WEREN'T ONE WORK OF FICTION.
SERVED ON THE SKI PATROL AT MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, WAS A RIVER RAFT GUIDE ON CALIFORNIA'S AMERICAN RIVER IN HER YOUTH, AND WAS AN AVID DIVER WHO LOVED THE OCEAN AND MANTA RAYS.
EVEN AS SHE FACED SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CHALLENGES, JUDY APPROACHED THEM WITH THE SAME OPTIMISM, TENACITY, AND DETERMINATION THAT CHARACTERIZED THE WAY SHE LIVED HER LIFE.
SHE'S SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND STEVEN MEYER, HER PARENTS STAN AND SHARON LEVY, HER BELOVED DOG, JASMINE.
ALONG WITH COUNTLESS FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND FAMILY, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL WHO LOVE JUDY AND ASK THAT WE ADJOURN TONIGHT IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE JUDY LEVY MEYER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.
CUSTOMER AND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, UH, CUSTOMER KERR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE HAD A LIFE FILLED WITH LOVE AND ADVENTURE, SO OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY.
UH, THANK YOU MR. MY VICE MAYOR THIS WEEKEND I INVITE RESIDENTS TO THE HANGAR AT LBX TO ENJOY THEIR NEXT POP-UP SATURDAY MARKET ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.
THE THEME THIS WEEKEND IS YACHT ROCK FROM 12 TO 6:00 PM ACTIVITIES, ENTERTAINMENT VENDORS, AND YOU CAN SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH.
I ALSO ENCOURAGE ALL WHO MAY BE INTERESTED TO IN LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT RANCHO LOS CERRITOS FROM 1230 TO TWO FOR THE NEW VOLUNTEER OPEN HOUSE.
LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL HISTORIC SITE AND SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT THE RANCHO.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO THE THIRD ANNUAL CAL HEIGHTS CENTENNIAL BLOCK PARTY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH.
FROM 11 TO FOUR THERE WILL BE MUSIC GAMES, FOOD YOU CAN MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS.
IT WILL BE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CALIFORNIA AND 37TH IN THE HEART OF CAL HEIGHTS.
THOSE WHO ENJOY LOCAL HISTORY CAN ALSO ATTEND THIS WEEK'S WILLOW SPRINGS EXPERIENCE HISTORY IN THE PARK WITH LARRY RICH AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH AT 11:00 AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR.
[01:50:01]
UM, I'M GONNA START MY COMMENTS TONIGHT BY HIGHLIGHTING AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY.
THIS IS A NATIONWIDE NONPARTISAN CELEBRATION DEDICATED TO CIVIC UNITY AND EMPOWERING EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY.
THIS WAS FIRST ENVISIONED IN 2012 AND THE DAY RELIES ON THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE MISSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE DUE TO AN OUTDATED REGISTRATION OR LACK OF INFORMATION.
TODAY I SPENT TIME ON THE CAMPUS OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY, UM, CAL STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, ENGAGING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, HELPING STUDENTS TO REGISTER AND DISCUSSING THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF MAKING THEIR VOICE HEARD AT THE BALLOT BOX LAST WEEK.
I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT THE LONG BEACH UNITY FESTIVAL FAMILY FUN DAY.
UH, THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF EVENTS LAST YEAR WITH A LONG BEACH UNITY FEST.
IT WAS A FUN FILLED AFTERNOON WITH SPORT, SPORTS, CULTURE, MUSIC, AND A GENUINE COMMUNITY CONNECTION, BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY.
I'D LIKE TO OFFER A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO STEVE AND REVEREND STEPHANIE ADAMS FOR THEIR STAD FEST DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP, ENSURING THAT OUR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN NORTH LONG BEACH HAVE THE SPACES AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
AND WE EVEN HAD A SPECIAL GUEST, UH, TOMMY THE CLOWN.
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, KNOW HOW MUCH FUN THAT IS AS WE LOOK AT UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE IS NEXT WEEK, AND I INVITE EVERYONE IN LONG BEACH TO TAKE PART IN THIS LONG BEACH PEACE WALK.
IT'S A SPECIAL TIME TO CELEBRATE AND FOSTER A CULTURE WHERE RESIDENTS FEEL VALUED, SAFE, AND EMPOWERED TO CONTINUE BUILDING A PEACEFUL AND ENGAGING CITY, THE WALK WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT BIXBY PARK AT ONE 30 CHERRY AVENUE.
IT WILL FEATURE A ONE MILE WALK ALONGSIDE PEACE VILLAGES, WHICH ACT AS MANY A MANY RESOURCE FAIR CENTERED ON HEALTH, WELLNESS, VOLUNTEERISM, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
I WANNA THANK HWPL FOR INVITING ME TO CO-HOST THIS COMMUNITY GATHERING.
AND THEN LATER THIS MONTH, UH, WE'LL BE BACK IN THE DISTRICT TALKING ABOUT D LAMA, THE D LAMA BOULEVARD RENOVATION PROJECT.
UM, THIS CORRIDOR, AS YOU KNOW, IS ESSENTIAL IN OUR DISTRICT AND THERE ARE SOME MAJOR UPGRADES THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING PLACE THAT ENSURE, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND EXPAND OUR TRANSIT OPTIONS.
PLEASE JOIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ALONG WITH MYSELF TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT TIMELINE AND SHARE YOUR INPUT.
THIS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 7:30 PM AT THE SHEAR PARK COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO IN HONOR OF, UM, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN LATINOS IN ACTION THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, UM, AT THEIR CELEBRATING LATINO HEALTH, UH, EVENT.
AND IT'LL BE FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM AT MACARTHUR PARK.
MY TEAM WILL BE THERE TO TABLE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO EDUCATING PEOPLE ON ACCESS TO HEALTH AND HEALTH RESOURCES.
UM, I ASK THAT, UM, I INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO COME AND MAKE THEIR VOICES KNOWN AT THE HOUGHTON PARK, UH, PROJECT COMMUNITY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
SO THAT'S TOMORROW FROM SIX TO SEVEN P 30 PM AT THE HOUGHTON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AT 63 0 1 MYRTLE AVENUE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS ADVANCING SEVERAL COORDINATED PROJECTS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, AND GATHERING SPACES.
OVER THE NEXT YEAR, JOIN US TO REVIEW PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, ASK QUESTIONS, AND HEAR ABOUT UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO RSVP, YOU CAN VISIT LONG BEACH CITY.INFO/HOUGHTON PROJECTS OR CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO JOIN THE DEFOREST PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM AT THE DEFOREST PARK CLUBHOUSE, 6 2 5 5 DEFOREST AVENUE.
LEARN ABOUT UPDATES IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE YOUR VOICE ON ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS WELL.
AGAIN, IT'S 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
COUNCIL MEMBER PROFESS THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK CD ONE RESIDENTS, UM, THAT JOINED ME FOR OUR PORT TOUR THIS PAST THURSDAY.
UM, FOR SOME PEOPLE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR OTHERS IT WAS, UM, THEIR WAY OF COMING BACK TO THE PORT.
UM, EVERY TIME WE GO ON THIS WONDERFUL TRIP, UH, WE ALL LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT, UM, THE PORT.
SO I WANNA THANK THE PORT FOR HOSTING US AND FOR CONTINUOUSLY EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS.
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PROUD TO BE THE HOME OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST PORTS, UM, IN THE NATION.SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TO THE PORT AND TO MY RESIDENTS.
UM, ALSO, UM, WANTED TO SHARE THAT INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATER ENCORE FUNDRAISER WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17TH FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT THE GRAND.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE AT DISTRICT ONE LONG BEACH DUCK.
UM, ALSO, UM, PLEASE JOIN US FOR DRC, WHICH IS THURSDAY THURSDAYS.
DRC PUTS ON THIS EVENT EVERY MONTH FOR RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND UNITE AND JUST BUILD COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST, UH, FUN EVENTS, UM, WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO DRC FOR HOSTING THESE EVENTS EVERY MONTH.
UM, ALSO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR LONG BEACH'S 2026 STATE OF THE ARTS THIS SATURDAY THE 19TH, AND IT WILL BE AT THE PROMENADE IN OUR LOVELY DOWNTOWN.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO NORTH PINE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS AND BUILD COMMUNITY.
AS WE ALWAYS WANT TO INVITE YOU TO PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTERS SO THAT YOU ARE INFORMED OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN DISTRICT ONE AND AROUND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THANK YOU AND SEE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, LETTING COMPLETE OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR WE'RE ATTENDING TONIGHT AND AS WELL AS PLEASE ENJOY HISPANIC HERITAGE MA STUDY HARD, GOODNIGHT.