Sep 22, 2026 Mobility, Ports, and Infrastructure Committee

OKAY, IF, UM, THE CLERK COULD CALL THE FIRST ITEM, PLEASE.

[ROLL CALL]

ITEM ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MOBILITY PORTS INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2026.

I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OUT THERE AS WELL.

COULD WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? LET'S MOVE TO, IN SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

[1. 26-56220 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Mobility, Ports, and Infrastructure Committee meeting of Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SEEING NONE, CHAIR.

SURE.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM MY COLLEAGUES? UH, SEEING NONE, IF WE COULD TAKE THE VOTE, PLEASE.

OH, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A TRY.

NEXT BUTTON.

LET ME, YES.

DID YOU SAY YOU WERE A YES.

ALRIGHT, NOW THAT THE BUSINESS IS ASWAY, WELCOME EVERYONE.

WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE, UM, A ROBUST AGENDA, FULL OF GREAT INFORMATION.

SO, WELCOME TO EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED US FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DIFFERENT CITIES.

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IF WE COULD GET THE CLERK TO CALL ITEM TWO, PLEASE.

OUR SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.

ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON THE CITY'S SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

WELCOME, DIRECTOR HICKMAN.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ITEM.

WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EXCITED FOR A ROBUST AGENDA AS, AS YOU MENTIONED.

SO, TO KICK THINGS OFF, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE.

WE ARE, UH, RESPONDING TO A REQUEST BY

[2. 26-56221 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Public Works Department on the City's Safe Streets Long Beach Initiative. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT ON OUR SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH ACTION PLAN AND THE NECESSARY UPDATES.

SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EXISTING PLAN.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRESS, OUR CURRENT EFFORTS, AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS OVER THE COMING YEARS.

SO, OUR CURRENT PLAN WAS FINALIZED IN JULY OF 2020.

THIS WAS PART OF A GLOBAL VISION ZERO EFFORT.

UH, IT SET THE GOAL TO REDUCE TRAFFIC FATALITIES OR SERIES ROADWAY INJURIES TWO ZERO BY 2026.

AND OUR SAFE, SAFE SYSTEMS PHILOSOPHY IS THAT TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.

UH, NO LOSS OF LIFE DUE TO TRAFFIC COLLISIONS IS ACCEPTABLE AND NO ONE SHOULD DIE BECAUSE OF SIMPLE HUMAN ERROR.

SO WE DO WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, THOUGH TO REFRAME OUR SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH VIS VISION ZERO IS A DIRECTION, IT'S NOT A DEADLINE.

SO WHAT IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT A LITERAL PROMISE THAT ZERO DEATHS WILL OCCUR BY A FIXED CALENDAR DATE, IE 2026, UM, A SINGLE PROGRAM OR PROJECT.

IT IS A CITYWIDE PHILOSOPHY.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING PUBLIC WORKS CAN ACHIEVE ON ITS OWN.

UH, WHAT SAFE STREETS IS, IT'S A GOAL AND PHILOSOPHY PROMOTING A SAFETY CULTURE.

IT IS A PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK THAT GUIDES HOW WE DESIGN STREETS AND WHERE WE INVEST OUR LIMITED RESOURCES.

AND IT IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY ACROSS MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS.

SO, AS MENTIONED, THE THE CURRENT PLAN DOES SET AN AMBITIOUS TARGET, AND WE'VE REALIZED THAT THAT'S NOT REALISTIC AND WE NEED TO UPDATE THE PLAN.

SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADING AND HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

UM, OUR TARGETS AND TIMELINES REALLY NEED TO REFLECT REALITY.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE GRAPH, UH, THE SPIKE IN FATAL CRASHES IN LONG BEACH, UH, IN 2020, UH, PARTLY DUE TO COVID AND SOME PEOPLE WERE, WERE OFF THE STREETS.

UH, WE, WE KIND OF SAW THAT ANECDOTALLY.

AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE OF COURSE SEEING THAT IN THE DATA.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG JUMP IN, IN 2025, UH, WHICH WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT RECENTLY.

SO, SOME OF THE KEY STONE ACTIONS OUTLINED WITHIN OUR CURRENT 2020 SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH PLAN, UH, ARE HIGHLIGHTED.

ON THIS SLIDE.

WE'RE GONNA DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND DO A CLOSER LOOK ON WHAT HAS GONE WELL AND WHERE WE CAN, UH, IMPROVE AND WHERE WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.

SO, FIRST HALF, UH, OF THE PLAN FROM 2020 TO 2023, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HIGHLIGHTS LISTED OUT ON THIS SLIDE.

I DID WANT TO CALL OUT A COUPLE KEY ITEMS, INCLUDING THE $27.8 MILLION IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GRANTS THAT WERE RECEIVED FOR FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

UH, ANOTHER $2 MILLION RECEIVED FOR OTS GRANTS.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOWER SPEED LIMITS.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INSTALL 2.3 MILES OF CURB SEPARATED BIKE LANES, INCLUDING ATLANTIC A, WHICH WAS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

UM, WE'VE ALSO ROLLED OUT COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE YARD SIDE PROGRAM, THE SECOND HALF OF THE PROGRAM FROM 2023 TO CURRENT.

UH, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE PRETTY WELL.

WE'VE SECURED AN ADDITIONAL $17.9 MILLION IN HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS.

UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FURTHER LOWER SPEED LIMITS ON ANOTHER 101 STREET SEGMENTS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OUT THE SPEED SAFETY SYSTEM, WHICH HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED RECENTLY, AND WE'LL BE GOING LIVE HERE IN THE, UM, UH, NEXT MONTH.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO INSTALL CONTINENTAL CROSSWALKS, LEFT, LEFT PHASING, UH, LEFT TURN PHASING, AND OUR RFPS AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THOSE KIND OF QUICK BUILDS AND, AND SMALLER TYPE PROJECTS, WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF WORK ON OUR LARGE SCALE CAPITAL PROGRAM.

WE'VE COMPLETED SEVEN SIGNATURE PROJECTS OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER 10 CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND WILL BE, UH, HITTING SIGNIFICANT

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MILESTONES O OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.

STUDEBAKER IS OF COURSE, UNDERWAY TODAY OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UH, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT ANAHEIM LATER TONIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, WE ARE GONNA BE BREAKING GROUND ON ORANGE AVE HERE SHORTLY.

THE SHORELINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING, UH, SEEN AT THE METRO.

UH, METRO TAC HAS SEEN IT, THE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING TEAM, AND IT WILL BE GOING TO THE FULL BOARD, UH, LATER THIS WEEK.

AND THE PACIFIC AAV BID EVALUATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

SO WE DO CONSTANTLY LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE.

UM, THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS A COUPLE AREAS WHERE WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTINUE ADVANCE.

WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WE WANT TO ADD MORE DEDICATED RESOURCES.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, AS PART OF OUR FY 27 BUDGET THAT CITY COUNCIL JUST RECENTLY PASSED, UH, WE DID ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES DEDICATED TO VISION ZERO AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

UH, WE DO WANT TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL CROSS DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION AND DATA, UM, AGGREGATION.

SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.

UH, THE, AND THEN THE STATE TOOLS, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, THE AUTHORITY AVAILABLE TO ROLL OUT THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, OR WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE SPEED SAFETY SYSTEM.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING LIVE WITH THAT PROGRAM NEXT MONTH, AND THE CITATIONS WILL GO LIVE LATER THIS YEAR.

UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK ON FORMING A TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP CLEAR ACTION PLANS AND STRATEGIES WITH INTERIM TARGETS AND MEASURABLE GOALS.

UH, WE'LL WORK WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO, UM, IN, IN INVOKE THAT AND THEN MOVE IT FORWARD.

SO I DON'T WANNA REPEAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WENT OVER AS PART OF OUR FY 27 BUDGET, UH, PROPOSAL.

BUT DO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE KEY INITIATIVES WITHIN OUR PROPOSAL WAS TO RESTRUCTURE OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BUREAU TO ALLOW US TO IMPLEMENT FUNCTIONS AND, AND REORGANIZE INTO A DEDICATED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BUREAU THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HIGHLIGHT OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY ELEMENTS.

SO A COUPLE KEY COMPONENTS OF THAT NEW PROGRAM.

AND WITHIN THAT BUREAU, THERE'LL BE A BRAND NEW DIVISION CALLED THE TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION.

UM, WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE QUICK FOUR BULLETS HERE ON WHAT THAT DIVISION WILL BE FOCUSED ON.

UH, THEY'LL BE FOCUSED ON NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING.

THEY'LL BE FOCUSED ON THE QUICK BUILD SAFETY INITIATIVES.

THEY'LL BE FOCUSED ON THE VISION ZERO INITIATIVES THAT WE JUST REVIEWED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, UH, AS WELL AS ADMINISTERING THE SPEED SAFETY SYSTEM, UH, AND THE PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL TRANSITION AND THE COORDINATION AND TO MEET THE GOALS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, WE HAVE UNDERTOOK A COMPREHENSIVE WORKFORCE REVIEW STARTING THIS LAST SUMMER.

THE WORKFORCE REVIEW WAS INITIATED, UH, TO INTERVIEW KEY STAFF AND MANAGERS, HEAR FROM LEADERSHIP, HEAR FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVES, UH, DO DO WHAT WE REFER TO AS A CURRENT STATE ANALYSIS, MEANING UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT THAT FROM A QUICK WIN TYPE SCENARIO, MIDTERM, AND THEN LONGER TERM.

SO WHAT CAN WE, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE DO IT? AND WHAT RESOURCES DO WE NEED TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE? SO THAT WORKFORCE REVIEW IS UNDERWAY, AND WE'LL BE DOING A, UH, TOWN HALL TYPE MEETING WITH OUR TEAMS THAT WE'RE IMPACTED BY THAT, UH, HERE LATER.

UM, UH, IN, IN, IN, UH, NEXT MONTH.

ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE A, AN UPDATE ON SOME KEY HIRES THAT ARE UNDERWAY.

OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER IS A BRAND NEW POSITION THAT WAS ADDED AS PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO, UH, DO SOME INTERVIEWS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ONBOARDING AN INDIVIDUAL IN MID-NOVEMBER.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT POSITION HERE FILLED SHORTLY.

WE ALSO HAVE A VACANT CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER POSITION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR, AND INTERVIEWS ARE GOING TO BEGIN LATER THIS WEEK.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL AND OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FILL BOTH OF THESE POSITIONS, UH, BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

SO, MORE SPECIFIC TO UPDATING THE PLAN ITSELF, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT COMPLETING THE WORKFORCE REVIEW.

THAT'S KIND OF PRIORITY NUMBER ONE.

ONBOARDING THOSE, THOSE TWO POSITIONS THAT HAD MENTIONED.

UH, THAT'S REALLY PRIORITY NUMBER TWO.

AND THEN PRIORITY NUMBER THREE IS WORKING THROUGH THESE, THESE STEPS TO UPDATE THE VISION ZERO AND THE SAFE STREETS ACTION PLAN.

SO FIRST WE'LL BE ONBOARDING A CONSULTANT TO HELP WITH THAT SUPPORT.

UH, WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS

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PROCESS OUTREACH.

STARTING NEXT YEAR, WE'LL REFINE THE PLAN AND THEN RETURN, UH, TO THIS BODY AND, AND POTENTIALLY, UH, CITY COUNCIL IN 2028 TO ADOPT THE REVISED PLAN.

THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT AVAILABLE, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUE KEITH, THE CITY ENGINEER, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

UH, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HICKMAN.

UM, COULD WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? IF THERE'S FOLKS HERE, WE WANNA HEAR FROM THEM AS WE HAVE OUR CONVERSATION.

YES.

AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM SEEING VENTURE.

SO WE WILL MOVE ON.

UH, I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE UPDATE.

WE KNOW THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO A COUNCIL REQUESTED ITEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE FOR AS MUCH AS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

I, AND, AND I KNOW YOU PUT IN KIND OF SOME OF THE RESTRUCTURING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENED, BEEN HAPPENING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, JUST BEFORE WE SAT DOWN FOR THIS MEETING.

WE GET YET ANOTHER NOTIFICATION OF A TRAFFIC FATALITY, UM, AND EXPLAINING AND, AND IT'S, IT'S SO CONSISTENT THAT AS WE HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONVERSATION, THIS IS URGENT IN OUR CITY, AND WE KNOW IT ISN'T BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.

YOU WERE VERY CLEAR.

WE KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDIES HAVE GONE OUT AND THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF THOSE.

AND WE'RE PUTTING IN, WE'RE LOWERING TRAFFIC SPEED LIMITS.

THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE SUCH A WILLFUL DISREGARD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BY FOLKS OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES.

NOW THAT IT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN DO WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

UM, AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING FROM SOME OF THESE REPORTS IS THEY WERE DISTRACTED, OR MAYBE THEY WEREN'T TECHNICALLY DISTRACTED BY THE LEGAL DEFINITION, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A PHONE OR A TV OR ANY OF THE THINGS IN THE CAR.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THE CONSEQUENCES PEOPLE ARE GETTING HIT, UM, AND HOW MANY NEAR MISSES WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE.

SO I THINK THERE'S LOTS FOR US TO DIG DEEP INTO.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO ANSWERS TODAY, BUT I DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, SINCE THIS WAS A COUNCIL REQUESTED ITEM TO BE ABLE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND THEN I'LL ASK SOME QUESTIONS AT THE END AS WELL.

I'LL START.

UM, WHO'S INVOLVED, MEANING CARS, PEDESTRIANS, UM, BUT I WONDER, HAVE WE TAKEN THE TIME TO CONSIDER THE AGE OF THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THESE FATALITIES? IS THAT AN INDICATOR THAT IS COLLECTED AS PART OF THE, UM, COLLECTION OF DATA IN THESE INCIDENTS? UH, YEAH.

VICE CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, IZING THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

UM, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS TOP OF MIND, UH, FOR MY COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW, UH, DIRECTOR HICKMAN IS AWARE OF THAT, AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS PART OF MY STATEMENTS.

SO FIRST, UM, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE PRESENTATION ITSELF.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S INSIGHTFUL AND BUILDS UPON OUR RECENT BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

UM, WE'VE GOT TWO PRIORITIES, UM, THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO RAISE OUR PAVEMENT, UM, CONDITION INDEX, BUT WE ALSO WANNA PROTECT ALL WHO ARE USING OUR ROAD, OUR ROADS, INCLUDING DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, UM, AND OTHERS.

AND SO WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT SO SERIOUSLY.

UM, WE'VE SEEN SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN CORRIDORS ALREADY.

UM, WE'RE SEEING THE NEW TRANSPORTATION, UM, CALMING, UM, CAMERAS BEING PUT IN.

AND WE SEE THE, THE SIGNS THAT ARE FLASHING NOW.

UH, WE KNOW THAT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ASKED FOR IT IN MY COMMUNITY, FROM LINDBERGH TO SOUTH AND MARKET STREETS TO DIVORCE AND CROSSROADS, UM, WE'RE SEEING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, UH, YOU'LL BE IN COMMUNITY WITH US TALKING ABOUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ON DEL LAMO, WHICH IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR, UM, THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT.

UM, AND SO STREET QUALITY IS TOP OF MIND FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME, UM, ON SLIDE FOUR TO TALK ABOUT WHAT VISION ZERO ISN'T AND WHAT IT IS.

UM, BECAUSE, SO WHILE WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW FATALITIES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS NOT ONLY A PROCESS, BUT IT'S A PHILOSOPHY AS TO HOW WE INVEST IN OUR ROADWAYS AND NETWORKS IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT I WANT TO HAVE RELATED TO, UM, THIS UPTICK IN FATALITIES THAT WE ARE SEEING.

UM, YOU NOTED IN YOUR SLIDES, UH, WE ARE MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND 2025 WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR OF THOSE, UH, FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, CERTAINLY IN MY VERY OWN COMMUNITY THIS YEAR ALONE, WE LOST A YOUNG PERSON, UM, WHO WAS IN FRONT OF HIS HOME AND NEAR PUBLIC RESOURCES SUCH AS A CITY PARK.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, I IMAGINE THAT WE, UM, CONDUCT ANALYSIS IN DETERMINING WHERE THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW, WHAT,

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THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

UM, SO WE DO COLLECT A LOT OF DATA.

UH, WE COLLECT, UM, NOT ONLY THE LOCATION SPEED, BUT UM, AS FAR AS AGE, SOME OF THAT DATA YES, UM, CAN BE COLLECTED BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A, A PARTNERSHIP AND TEAM EFFORT WITH LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS WELL AS CORONER'S OFFICES.

SO, UM, A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION CAN BE GLEANED, AND THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES THESE RECORDS DO TAKE LONGER TO UPDATE AND TO GET INTO OUR DATABASE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF FOLLOW UP VERIFICATION, UH, WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.

UH, SO YES, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

SO AS WE LOOK AT PUTTING TOGETHER THIS DASHBOARD, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO ME.

UM, THE, THE PERSON WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS A YOUNG 8-YEAR-OLD.

UM, AND SO AS A MOTHER IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THINKING ABOUT OUR KIDS WALKING THE STREETS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, ACUTELY AWARE AS TO HOW THESE KINDS OF INCIDENTS ARE IMPACTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN THEN PUT IN PLACE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THEM SAFE, UM, WITHIN OUR STREETS.

YOU ALSO HIGHLIGHT, UM, IN THE REPORT THAT THERE WILL BE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL, UM, THERE'LL BE A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL DATABASE OR A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.

UM, IT WAS JUST MENTIONED HERE, THE CORONER'S OFFICE PD.

UM, HOW, HOW'S THAT GOING? WHAT'S THE STATUS OF COLLECTING THAT CROSS DEPARTMENT, UH, DATA AND INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE WITH BEING ABLE TO, UM, HAVE SOME REPORTING ON THAT? YEAH, SO A LOT OF OUR COLLISION INFO AND DATABASE, UM, OUR CURRENT HIGH INJURY NETWORK, UM, HAS DATA AND THAT'S POSTED ONLINE, AND THAT COVERS THE YEARS OF 2017 TO 2021.

UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING DATA, GETTING ALL OF OUR COLLISION DATA IN, UM, FOLLOW UP VERIFICATIONS ON DATA FROM 2021 TO 2025.

WHEN WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE? UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT NOW.

UM, WE HOPE THAT MAYBE BY THE, THE END OF THE YEAR, MAYBE EARLY NEXT YEAR, UM, WE CAN UP UPDATE.

UH, WE'D REALLY LOVE FOR, AND THAT'LL BE PART OF THIS VISION ZERO EFFORT.

I THINK THE UPDATE IS, UM, THE FIRST MILESTONE THAT WE KIND OF NOTE IN THE SLIDE IS THE DATA COLLECTION, UM, DATA EVALUATION.

SO WE REALLY HOPE THAT THE, THE NEXT UPDATE ON THE SAFE STREETS ACTION PLAN CAN INCLUDE DATA FROM, YOU KNOW, EITHER 2020 TO 2024 OR 2021 TO 2025.

SO, UM, IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF, THERE'S A COUPLE YEARS OF LAG THERE.

AND THEN, UM, I THINK THE FINAL AREA THAT I WANNA, UM, JUST BRING SOME LIGHT TO BEFORE I HAND IT TO MY NEXT COLLEAGUE IS RELATED TO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR SAFER STREETS, VISION ZERO TRAFFIC, CALMING.

UM, HOW IS THE DEPARTMENT CONNECTING WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS? AND IS THE DEPARTMENT ENGAGED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OR LEADERS ON THIS TOPIC? JUST TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO, UM, HOW THE FIELD IS MOVING AND WHAT SOME OF THE CUTTING EDGE, UM, STRATEGIES ARE IN ORDER TO, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT JUST THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT, UH, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE TO ENGAGE AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S LEVELS OF EDUCATION.

YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND TO, TO ANSWER, UM, SUCCINCTLY, YES, THAT COORDINATION IS HAPPENING NOW WITH PD AND OTHERS.

UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ANOTHER CONTRIBUTOR AND STAKEHOLDER THAT WE WORK WITH ON A LOT OF THIS.

UM, AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD, REALLY ONE OF THE KEY FIRST STEPS IS TO AGGREGATE ALL THAT INFORMATION, AGGREGATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S PART OF WHY WE WANNA ONBOARD A CONSULTANT TO BE ABLE TO LEAD THAT EFFORT AS WELL AS GATHER THAT INFORMATION AND THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE AND SET ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC GOALS, UH, THAT WE CAN MEET OVER THE, THE NEXT, UH, SAFE STREETS LONG BEACH PLAN.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, DIRECTOR HICKMAN, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTED WITH THE NETWORK OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN ALSO BE OUR PARTNERS IN ELEVATING THESE TOPICS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

CHAIR, UH, KERR FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, DR.

SORROW, YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANKS YOU.

THANKS

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UM, ON THE MPI COMMITTEE, I REALLY HAVE JUST ONE OVERALL QUESTION AND, AND KIND OF COMMENT IS THAT, UH, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE UPDATE THAT YOU PROVIDED, AND I, I THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED JUST OUR TROUBLING CONCERN AS THE FATALITY ON STREETS INCREASE.

BUT IT'S ALSO MADE ME CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH REDUCING TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS AND OTHER, UM, AND REDUCE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC, UH, WE HAVE INCREASED THE MODES AND MOD MOBILITY GREATLY, WHICH MEANS THAT DRIVERS DO NOT ONLY HAVE TO CONSIDER PEDESTRIANS, BUT E-BIKES, SCOOTERS, PUTTER BIKES NOW, I MEAN, I MEAN ROLLER BLADERS OR ALL KINDS OF STUFF, WHICH MEANS THERE'S MORE DISTRACTION.

NOT TO SAY THAT DRIVERS ARE, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY DISTRACTED WHAT'S IN THEIR CAR, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE LOOKING OUT FOR BUSES TOO.

SO I JUST WANTED TO STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THE INTERMENTAL INTERDEPARTMENTAL, UH, , UH, PARTNERSHIP IS BECAUSE MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE LONG, THE, OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A PROGRAM AND WHERE THERE'S EDUCATION IN NOT ONLY RIDING BIKES, UM, BUT OFF ALSO PEDESTRIAN, IS, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CONSIDERATION ABOUT WAYS THAT WE NEED TO ALSO EDUCATE ALL OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE UTILIZING THESE MODES OF MOBILITY, BECAUSE THEY SOMETIMES THINK THAT DRIVERS ALSO SEE THEM AND, AND ARE, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE RIDING BY.

BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME LEVEL OF COORDINATION IN THE WAY WE CONSIDER SAFETY IN ALL OF THIS.

SO, UM, AND, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT IS SOMETHING IN, IN THIS PLAN, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FULLY LOOK THROUGH IT, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE IF THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE WAYS THAT WE DO EDUCATION ALL AROUND.

YEAH.

SHORT, SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

UH, THERE'S A, WE, WE CALL IT THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, FOR, FOR JUST THAT REASON.

WE WANT ALL USER GROUPS OF OUR STREETS TO HAVE SAFE MEANS OF DOING SO, AND WE WANNA UPLIFT THAT, THAT MESSAGE, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT EDUCATION IS SPREAD TO THE VARIOUS USER GROUPS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED.

YEAH, AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, SUCCESS TO REALLY UPDATING THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA INVOLVE LIKE, UH, WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH TRANSIT, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, LONG BEACH UNIFIED, RIGHT? OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, AND, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET, UM, EVEN LIKE IN LOOKING AT THE PLAN ITSELF, UH, IT DOES TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, LIKE THE CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE WHO TAKE POLLS IS, UH, DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A MAJOR ONE.

UM, OF COURSE, SPEEDING, RIGHT? THE HIGHER SPEEDS, UH, THE MORE CHANCE OF SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY.

UM, AND THEN, UH, SEPARATED BIKEWAYS, UH, WAS, UM, THE THIRD, I THINK BIGGEST, UH, FEEDBACK, UM, AS PART OF THE PLAN.

SO, UM, DEFINITELY THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUCCESS IS REALLY WORKING WITH ALL THE GROUPS AND, UH, DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE, UH, CITY ORGANIZATION AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

KIDS TO SCHOOL SAFELY ARE SUPREMELY OUTDATED.

UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING UP THOSE POINTS.

AND I THINK DEPUTY DIRECTOR, YOU SPOKE TO IT, UH, TO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

SO ON SLIDE 10, YOU TALK ABOUT THIS JOINT COMMITTEE, UH, AND YOU SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT LONG BEACH TRANSIT, LONG BEACH UNIFIED AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UH, RECENTLY I WAS MEETING, UH, WITH SOME BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT I REMEMBER WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE WALKING TO SCHOOL WERE THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

SO WE PULLED UP THE ONE FROM MY LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE MY KIDS WENT.

AND IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2011.

MANY OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2011.

I THINK WE FOUND ONE FROM 2016.

UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, SIDEWALKS, UM, POTENTIALLY BIKE LANES, NEW CROSSWALKS, NEW LIGHTS, NEW STOP SIGNS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT WE, WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, WE TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AND WE WANT FEWER, UM, CARS ON THE ROAD WHEN WE CAN.

AND WE KNOW A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, PROBABLY UPWARDS OF 80 OR 90,000 PEOPLE ARE COMMUTING TO LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOLS ALONE ON A, ON A FIVE DAY A WEEK BASIS, NINE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.

UM, AND SO I WOULD HOPE I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF RESTRUCTURING, YOU'VE, YOU'VE PUT IN HERE, UM, WHO YOU'RE HIRING AND WHY YOU'RE HIRING AND, AND WANTING TO HAVE A COHESIVE VISION OF MOVING FORWARD.

SO I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, WHICH ARE PUBLISHED AS A WAY FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO GET

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AND SO IS THERE A PLAN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE ROADS NOW, HEARING WHY OR WHY NOT THEY ARE WALKING OR NOT TO SCHOOL? WE KNOW THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT WORK AROUND WALKING SCHOOL BUSES OR BIKE BUSES TO GET CARS OFF THE ROAD AROUND OUR SCHOOL.

SO, UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU MAY BE CHOOSING TO ENGAGE WITH, UH, SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AROUND GETTING THAT VULNERABLE POPULATION, UH, TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN THE FUTURE FOR A GROUP MIND, THINK AROUND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT AND, AND VERY INSIGHTFUL.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW YEARS, AND EVEN MORE SO SINCE 2011.

BUT JUST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE EMBARKED ON A GENERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS ACROSS ALL OF THE CITY, MANY OF OUR ROADWAYS.

WE'VE, UH, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF OUR SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL AUDITS THAT WE'VE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S, UH, LED TO IMPROVEMENTS IN AND AROUND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

SO ALL OF THOSE NEED TO BE FACTORED INTO WHERE ARE WE HEADING INTO THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS HOW ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THESE IMPROVEMENTS? WHEN ARE WE GONNA GO OUT TO A SCHOOL AND WHEN AND HOW DO WE HELP FACILITATE THAT AS WELL? THE, THE RESOURCES THAT WERE APPROVED, UH, AS PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET WILL, WILL HELP US GET THERE AS WELL.

MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT ROUTES, MAKING SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED ONLINE.

UH, WILL WE BE ABLE TO UPDATE ALL OF THE ROUTES FOR, I THINK WE'VE GOT 56 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OUT THERE NOW, UH, THAT, THAT ALL HAVE THE PART OF THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM.

UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO UPDATE THEM ALL OVERNIGHT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY COME UP WITH A, A GAME PLAN TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS IN ON AREAS THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T RECEIVED AS MUCH IMPROVEMENT AND, AND FOCUS AND TARGET SOME OF, UH, OUR LIMITED RESOURCES AND THEN EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DO UPDATE THEM ALL.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE DO WANNA OUTLINE IN OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PLAN.

HOW DO WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS? WHAT'S AN INTERIM MILESTONE? AND THEN WHERE, WHERE CAN WE ACTUALLY GET TO IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME? THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT WE KNOW SOME OF THE SAFE ROUTES IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UH, BACK IN THE DAY.

AND AS YOU RESTRUCTURE, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ARE ENGAGING THE PUBLIC USERS OF THESE STREETS WHO ARE WALKING IN OUR LOCAL BUSINESS CORRIDORS, UM, COMMUTING TO SCHOOL OR WORK USING DIFFERENT MODALITIES.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, UM, BICYCLES, AND I WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT THOSE ARE PEOPLE, HUMANS RIDING THOSE BICYCLES.

AND SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR BICYCLES, WE'RE LOOKING FOR HUMANS WHO MAY BE TRANSPORTING THEMSELVES BY BICYCLE SOMEWHERE.

UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, EVEN AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, IS THE CONCERN OF, UM, BICYCLES AND E-BIKES ON OUR SIDEWALKS, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THERE ISN'T A PLACE FOR THEM ON OUR SIDE, OUR SIDEWALKS, WHERE IS THE SAFE PLACE FOR THEM ON OUR STREETS AS WELL? AND SO IT'S ABOUT BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOLUTION, WHICH IS PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND BIKE LANES, UM, AND WAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MULTIMODAL TO GET TO PLACES SAFETY.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IN THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'RE DOING, WHILE IT NEEDS TO BE INTERDEPARTMENTAL, I THINK THERE IS A HUGE COMMUNITY USER ASPECT THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED.

UM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE A ROBUST OUTREACH PLAN AS, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE NONPROFITS OR, UM, DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER GROUPS THAT ARE DOING THAT WORK, BUT REALLY GETTING ON THE GROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AROUND THESE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST USING, UM, THE TECHNICAL REASONS WE DO THINGS, BUT THE ACTUAL LIVED WALKABILITY EXPERIENCE OR BIKEABILITY EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO, UM, I THINK MY OFFICE FOR SURE, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING YOU DO THAT KIND OF OUTREACH.

UM, WHETHER IT'S FOCUS GROUPS, UH, WITH FOLKS THAT WE KNOW WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT WORK, OR EVEN SOME AREAS AROUND SOME SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW, UM, HAVE NOT HAD MUCH UPGRADES.

WE KNOW THE HEAL ZONE IN NORTH LONG BEACH.

THEY WORKED ON UPGRADING, I THINK, FIVE OR SIX OF THOSE SAFE ROUTES MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO OR FIVE YEARS AGO.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE FIND FRUSTRATING, UM, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, DIRECTOR, IT ISN'T ANYTHING YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ME, IS THAT THERE IS THE TECHNICAL ANSWER AND THERE IS THE TECHNICAL REASON THAT WE DO THINGS, AND THERE IS THE USER EXPERIENCE OF HOW THAT IS LIVED OUT AND EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE.

SO WE CAN SAY WE DROPPED THE SPEED LIMIT, SO IT'S SAFER ON THAT STREET, BUT IF YOU TALK TO PEDESTRIANS WHO USE IT REGULARLY, THEY WILL SAY IT IS STILL TOO FAST.

SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ME AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS YOU WORK ON THIS PLAN,

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IS THAT WE ARE REALLY ENGAGING THE USER EXPERIENCE AND NOT JUST TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE TO, TO CRAFT THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

BECAUSE I THINK PART OF, UM, THE FRUSTRATION WITH VISION ZERO IS IT, IT REALLY, AS YOU SAID, IT, IT SETS SOME DEFINITIVE IDEAS THAT STICK.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT ISN'T WHAT THIS PLAN NEEDS TO BE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

IT IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

IT IS NOT A ZERO SUM GAME, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO, UH, WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOUR ENGINEERS TO CONTINUE TO INTERFACE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THIS EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR NOT, OR STREET SAFETY OR NOT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS PLAN.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THAT OUTREACH PLAN MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES? GREAT.

UH, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.

UH, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THE ITEM, AND I KNOW WE'LL SEE YOU LATER ON TODAY.

ABOUT A HUNDRED CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE HARBOR DISTRICT.

I DON'T HAVE A BUTTON.

UH, THANK YOU PUBLIC WORKS AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

UH, COULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE? ITEM THREE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH ON THE HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE PROJECT.

WONDERFUL.

COULD WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? ALL RIGHT, MOVED AND SECONDED.

UH, WE WELCOME THE PORT AND THE TEAM, UH, TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT TO THEM.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING US.

UM, MY NAME IS MARK ERICKSON.

I AM, UH, WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR, UM, PORT TEAM HERE WITH ME TODAY.

UH, SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AND GET TO SHARE, UM, ONE OF

[3. 26-56222 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Port of Long Beach on the Harbor Scenic Drive project. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UM, WE'VE GOT A $3.3 BILLION CAPITAL PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

AND, UM, THIS IS SOME OF THE TEAM THAT'S, UH, THAT'S DELIVERING THAT FOR, FOR US, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

LONG BEACH IS A KEY PACIFIC TRADE GATEWAY.

UM, OUR HARBOR CONNECTS CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS, BUYERS AND SELLERS THAT KEEPS OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY MOVING.

WE'RE BEST IN CLASS TOGETHER WITH OUR SISTER PORT AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES.

UH, THIS IS THE NATION'S BUSIEST TRADE GATEWAY RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH AND SAN PEDRO BAY.

ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL CONTAINERIZED, UH, TRADE MOVES THROUGH THIS GATEWAY.

WE'VE SET A BOLD NEW 2050 VISION TO DOUBLE CARGO VOLUMES TO 20 MILLION CONTAINER UNITS BY 2050.

20 BY 50.

UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ANOTHER RECORD YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE THE THIRD IN A ROW.

OUR PORT MOVES $300 BILLION IN GOODS ANNUALLY THAT SUPPORTS OVER 2.7 MILLION JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE PORT WORKS HARD TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

UM, WE SPONSOR NONPROFITS ACROSS CITY AND THE REGION.

OUR SEPTEMBER CALL FOR, UM, SPONSORSHIPS IS OUT RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT'S COMING UP IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, WE'D LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SUCCESS.

THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THE PORT SUPPORTS, UH, HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAYS, UM, AT, UH, AT LEAST THREE HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, CABRILLO, JORDAN, AND POLY.

AND WE'RE WORKING TO EXPAND THOSE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS, ALL L-B-U-S-D HIGH SCHOOLS.

UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ROLLED OUT A NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK.

MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN IT.

IT'S CALLED SOLEIL, THE SEA LION.

UH, IT REVEALS TO OUR STUDENTS THAT MARINE MAMMALS AND THE, UM, THE GREAT AQUATIC LIFE THAT WE HAVE THAT'S COMING BACK TO THE HARBOR WHERE, UM, OUR TEAM IS READING THAT TO THIRD GRADERS ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO, JUST SOME OF THE FUN STUFF THAT WE DO.

WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY COLLEGE, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, INCLUDING OUR MARITIME CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

UH, THIS IS DESIGNED TO TRAIN STUDENTS TO BE READY TO JOIN THIS GOODS MOVEMENT.

WORKFORCE'S SUCH A KEY PART OF OUR ECONOMY HERE.

WE OFFER FREE HARBOR TOURS DURING THE SUMMER.

WE'RE JUST CLOSING OUT OUR SUMMER FREE HARBOR TOURS.

UM, REALLY THE PORTA SPECIAL PLACE I THINK OF, OF WHAT MAKES, UM, LONG BEACH UNIQUE HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE IS A CRITICAL ROADWAY.

IT CONNECTS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE HARBOR, UH, WITH THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY AND WITH DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.

IT IS REALLY UNIQUE IF WE THINK ABOUT IT AS A ROADWAY SYSTEM.

IT'S GOT THIS MIX OF TOURISTS WHO ARE LIKE NEW TO THE AREA VISITING, SAY THE QUEEN MARY, OR, UM, THE AMPHITHEATER OR THE CRUISE TERMINAL, WHILE ALSO IT'S THE PRIMARY TRUCK ACCESS POINT FOR FOUR OF THE SIX MAJOR CONTAINER TERMINALS.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF KEY USERS ON THIS.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A KEY FACILITY WITHIN THE PORT.

HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE CONNECTS RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS WORKERS, UM, THAT INCLUDES PORT STAFF.

IT INCLUDES OUR LONGSHORE WORKERS.

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THERE'S TWO FIRE STATIONS THAT ARE SERVED IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVE LONG BEACH ENERGY WITH ITS OIL DRILLING OPERATIONS, INCLUDING TIDELANDS AND THUMBS.

UH, WE'VE GOT AT THE QUEEN MARY AREA, WE'VE GOT THE CARNIVAL CRUISE TERMINAL, THREE HOTELS, THE BOAT LAUNCH, AND THE NEW F AND M BANK AMPHITHEATER.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF USERS THAT ARE USING HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE, THE ROADWAY SURFACE IS AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.

SO THAT WAS THE STIMULUS FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT.

UH, WE HAVE A REAL NEED.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO AT THE PORT, UM, LIKE OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES IN PUBLIC WORK, IS WE'RE REGULARLY ASSESSING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO IDENTIFY, UM, THE NEEDS FOR REPLACEMENT.

AND THAT ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE HARBOR SCENIC MORE EFFECTIVE AND SAFER FOR THE ROADWAY USERS.

SO THE PROJECT INCLUDES A FULL ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION TO MEET BOTH CALTRANS AND THE PORT DESIGN STANDARDS.

THAT INCLUDES GEOMETRIC MODIFICATIONS OR REALIGNMENT, INCLUDING RES STRIPING.

UH, THAT CREATES AN ADDITIONAL SOUTHBOUND LANE TO GET INTO THIS AREA.

UM, UM, AT THE HARBOR SCENIC HARBOR PLAZA INTERSECTION AT THE SOUTH END, WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE THE MERGE LENGTH AT CERTAIN ON AND OFF RAMPS AND RECONFIGURE THE HARBOR PLAZA RAMPS.

UH, FOR SAFETY, WE'RE GONNA ADD INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, MODERNIZE THIS, INCLUDING CLOSED CIRCUIT TVS AND LOOP DETECTORS.

UH, WE'RE ADDING A LOT OF SIGNAGE, INCLUDING DYNAMIC LANE MESSAGE SIGNS.

SO I LIKE THIS, UH, ILLUSTRATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT IS ADDING, UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FROM LAS VEGAS OF SOMETHING WE'LL BE DOING HERE.

BUT WE'LL HAVE, UM, YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS TYPE OF SIGNAGE, UM, UH, HELPING GUIDE IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC AMPHITHEATER EVENT, WE'LL SAY AMPHITHEATER EVENT HERE, OR A PARTICULAR CRUISE TERMINAL DEPARTURE.

AND EQUALLY FOR PARTICULAR TRUCK, UH, GATE, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO ISOLATE THOSE TRAFFIC, UH, STREAMS AND BE CLEAR TO DRIVERS.

THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF SIGNS IN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN AND COASTAL WAY, FINDING SIGNAGE STYLE.

THIS WILL DISTINGUISH AND CONNECT THE VISITOR FOCUS AREAS, UH, FROM THE TYPICAL HIGHWAY SIGNAGE THAT WE'RE ALL USED TO SEEING.

I WANNA THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARTNERS.

UH, THIS WAS SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THE COASTAL WAYFIND WAYFINDING SIGNAGE.

UH, TIMING IS GREAT.

WE'RE IN THE CLOSING STAGES OF THE BID PHASE.

IN 17 MINUTES, WE'RE GONNA OPEN BIDS ON THIS PROJECT.

SO, UM, THIS TEAM IS ON PINS AND NEEDLES LOOKING AT WHAT OUR BIDDING, UH, ENVIRONMENT WILL BE TODAY.

UH, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE THEN TO START CONSTRUCTION IN FEBRUARY.

CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR FINISHING IN MAY, 2028, JUST IN TIME FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS.

UH, THE PROJECT BUDGET IS ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

ABOUT HALF OF THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH TWO GRANTS FROM THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S TRADE CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, AND A FEDERAL CONGESTION MITIGATION AIR QUALITY PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY THE TRIFECTA LA METRO CALTRANS, AND THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.

WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS BETWEEN NOW AND THE STARTUP CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING THE WORD OUT.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DETOURING TRAFFIC AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WHILE WE'RE BUILDING THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE CAN EXPECT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

NORTHBOUND HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE WILL CLOSE TO THROUGH TRAFFIC FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC.

WE ARE THEN GONNA SHIFT ONTO THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION WHILE WE REBUILD THAT SOUTHBOUND, UH, HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE NORTHBOUND VEHICLES THAT ARE LEAVING THIS AREA WILL PRIMARILY DETOUR THAT ARE HEADED TOWARDS THE SEVEN 10 WILL DETOUR VIA PICO, A PICO AVENUE JUST TO THE WEST.

NORTHBOUND VEHICLES CAN STILL EGRESS TO THE QUEENSWAY BRIDGE, UH, VIA THAT ROUTE THAT'S SHOWN IN, IN RED.

QUEENSWAY DRIVE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN FROM DOWNTOWN INTO THIS AREA.

UM, THAT ROUTE IS SHOWN IN GREEN, SO IF WE'RE GOING FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE QUEEN AREA AREA, WE'LL TAKE THAT GREEN ROUTE.

A TEMPORARY NORTHBOUND ACCESS LANE TO EASTBOUND OCEAN BOULEVARD WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE.

SO WE'LL HAVE THIS NICE, UH, ESCAPE, UH, THROUGH ACCESS BACK TO DOWNTOWN ON THAT BLUE ROUTE.

WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR HELPING US ACCOMMODATE THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.

WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF OUTREACH ALREADY.

HERE'S, UM, SOME OF WHO WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, MET WITH.

WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO MORE AS WE HEAD INTO THAT CONSTRUCTION START IN FEBRUARY.

WE HAD A PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING IN LATE 2024, WHICH HELPED INFORM OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE HAD FOCUSED OUTREACH MEETING WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UM, INCLUDING CITY STAFF, UTILITY COMPANIES, AND BUSINESSES.

UH, THOSE INCLUDE PUBLIC WORKS, THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, REAL

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ESTATE PLANNING, ENERGY RESOURCES, FIRE PARKS, REC AND MARINE.

WE'VE ALSO MET WITH, UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING THE REEF AND CARNIVAL CREWS.

YOU CAN EXPECT US TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH, UM, ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.

UM, WE, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICES AS WELL.

YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF CONNECTIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE USING THIS AREA.

SO, UM, IF IT'S OKAY, AS A FOLLOW-UP, WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS OFFICE AS WELL, SINCE THIS IS, UM, RIGHT IN HER DISTRICT.

UM, WE'RE ALSO MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.

SO IF YOU'RE AWARE OF OTHER PARTIES THAT WE COULD WORK WITH OR MEET WITH TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, UM, WANTING TO DO TODAY.

SO WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, AFTER WE OPEN BIDS TODAY, WE'LL EVALUATE THOSE BIDS AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE HARBOR COMMISSION TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.

WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN PERSON ON OUR WEBSITE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL START THIS FEBRUARY, UH, BEYOND HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE.

I WANTED TO SHARE AT LEAST A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE PORT.

UM, ONE OF WHICH WE'RE BUILDING THE PIER B ON DOCK RAIL SUPPORT FACILITY PROGRAM.

WE'RE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IN SIX YEARS, IN 2032.

IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION OF OUR, UH, GOODS MOVEMENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, MORE THAN TRIPLING OUR RAIL CAPACITY AS WHERE THE PORT PUSHES TO SHIFT, UH, FOR A MODE SHIFT FROM TRUCK TO RAIL.

OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE RAIL SHARE FROM ABOUT 25% TODAY TO 35% WITH COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.

PART OF THAT ONGOING CONSTRUCTION YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN, UM, THE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE RAMP DEMOLITION.

THESE RAMPS, UH, RUN OVER THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.

WE CLOSE THEM IN MARCH AND HAVE BEEN REMOVING THEM THE PAST TWO WEEKENDS.

AND WE'LL DO THE THIRD WEEKEND.

UH, THIS COMING WEEKEND, UH, THIS COMING WEEKEND, WE'LL INCLUDE A SOUTHBOUND SEVEN 10 CLOSURE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DEMOLISHING THE PORTION OF THOSE RAMPS ABOVE SOUTHBOUND SEVEN 10.

SO SOUTHBOUND SEVEN 10 BETWEEN ANAHEIM STREET AND OCEAN BOULEVARD WILL BE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND WHILE WE REMOVE THE SECTION ABOVE.

UH, THE DETOURS FOR THAT FOR PORT TRAFFIC WILL BE, UM, UH, VIA THE TERMINAL ISLAND FREEWAY.

AND FOR CARS, THEY'LL COME THROUGH DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, ANAHEIM STREET TO LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, UH, TO OCEAN BOULEVARD.

WE'RE BUILDING THE PORT OF CHOICE INTO THE FIRST, THE WORLD'S FIRST ZERO EMISSION PORT COMPLEX, ALONG WITH OUR SISTER PORT.

THE PORT OF LA IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR HUGE INITIATIVES IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.

TODAY.

WE HAVE OVER 600 TRUCKS SERVING BOTH PORTS THAT ARE ZERO EMISSIONS.

A HUGE, A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT.

UM, BUT IT'S ONLY 4% OF THE ENTIRE TRUCK FLEET.

THAT'S ZERO EMISSION.

TODAY WE'RE USING INCENTIVES TO HELP, UH, STRENGTHEN THAT, THAT SHARE.

AND, AND WE EXPECT THAT TO, TO GROW TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.

UM, AS EARLY AS 2035, WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUR CONTAINER TERMINALS TO ZERO EMISSIONS AS WELL.

TODAY, 21% OF ALL CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT AT OUR CONTAINER TERMINALS ARE ZERO EMISSIONS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH EACH OF THE TERMINAL OPERATORS, UH, TO CONVERT THOSE FULLY TO ZERO EMISSIONS.

WE'RE IN THE FINAL DESIGN AT TWO OF THOSE TERMINALS TO CONSTRUCT THEM TO ZERO EMISSIONS.

AND THOSE, UH, THOSE TWO PROJECTS WILL, WILL FINISH AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

THE DESIGN PHASE WILL BE READY TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES AND THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO DEVELOP ZERO EMISSION TRANSITION PLANS, WHICH WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

AND WE'LL CLEARLY OUTLINE HOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO ZERO EMISSIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT MODES, INCLUDING TRUCKS, CONTAINER TERMINALS, LOCOMOTIVES, HARBOR CRAFT LIKE TUGBOATS, UH, NON-CON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIKE OUR OIL TERMINAL, UM, AND OCEANGOING VESSELS.

OUR GOAL IS TO BOTH DELIVER THE ZERO EMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN LAY OUT THE PLANS IN A PUBLIC WAY, UH, TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.

WE KEEP HEARING FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANT US TO BE ZERO EMISSION NOW.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO RESPOND TO THAT THE FIRST TWO PLANS FOR TRUCKS AND CONTAINER TERMINALS WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT SPRING, 2027.

UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, I THINK WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE IS, AT THIS TIME, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM S CHAIR.

VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IN THE WATERFRONT BY THE PORT, UM, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE REACH OUR ZERO EMISSION GOALS.

UH, DR.

SORO, DO YOU WANNA START WITH US TODAY? YEAH, THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE AMAZING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING, UM, AS WE'RE, UH, IN INCREASING A

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I THINK AS SOMEBODY WHO, EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT DRIVING ON SCENIC HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE, I AM FILLED WITH TERROR , I AM, I, I HAVE TO BRACE MYSELF AND GIVE MYSELF A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE I, I ALWAYS, I'VE BEEN ON IT A LOT, BUT I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE DEPENDING ON, UH, WHERE I NEED TO GO.

AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE NOT ONLY, UH, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, IT'LL REDUCE TRAFFIC, UM, MAKE IT MORE SAFE.

BUT I THINK ALSO REDUCE A LOT OF ANXIETY AMONGST DRIVERS AS WELL WHEN THEY HAVE TO TAKE THIS AND IT ACTUALLY BE SCENIC.

UM, BECAUSE THEN I WANNA LOOK AWAY FROM THE ROAD ACTUALLY FOR A MINUTE.

UM, BUT ALL JOKES ASIDE, I I THINK THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING EVERYBODY WHO COMES INTO OUR CITY, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THIS IS THE ENTRYWAY THAT THEY MAKE INTO OUR CITY, AND I THINK THE, THE EASIER AND MORE ORGANIZED WE CAN GIVE THEM THAT EXPERIENCE, THE BETTER THEY'LL FEEL ABOUT WANTING TO COME BACK TO LONG BEACH.

SO I DID ALSO JUST WANNA, UM, SHARE ABOUT CONCERNS AROUND HOW YOU'RE GONNA GIVE PEOPLE A HEADS UP.

SO, 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME, UH, TO COMMUTE WITH THIS DETOUR ROUTE, RIGHT? IT DEPENDS WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING, BUT YEAH, I WOULD EXPECT WE'RE GONNA NEED THE, THE PUBLIC'S PATIENCE 'CAUSE IT WILL BE, UM, BECAUSE SOME CASES MORE, MORE TIME CONSUMING TO GO THROUGH THE DETOUR ROUTES.

YEAH.

AND I, I HAVEN'T REALLY ALSO HAD A CHANCE, I KNOW THAT THIS IS ALL MAINLY DESIGNED FOR TRUCKS AND VEHICLES.

UM, BUT ARE THERE ANY, UM, CONSIDERATION AROUND A A A BY FIRST, I I JUST HAVE TO ASK LANE THAT FOR OTHER MODES OF, UH, MOBILITY BY ANY CHANCE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, YES IS THE ANSWER.

UM, HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE BECAUSE IT CONNECTS TO THE FREEWAY.

SO IT ITSELF, WE DON'T SEE AS A, UM, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOR OTHER MODES.

HOWEVER, WE DO LOOK AT THE, THE WATERFRONT.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE COMPLETED, UH, JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS A NEW BIKE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BETWEEN THE QUEENSWAY, UH, BRIDGE AND, UH, THE PIER J FISHING PIER.

SO WE DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BUILD ON, IS IMPROVING ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, UM, AT THE WATERFRONT, OF COURSE WITH THE NEW, UM, AMPHITHEATER THAT ONLY ADDS MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, INTEREST IN PEDESTRIAN AND, AND NON-MOTOR VEHICLES.

BUT WE THINK HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE SPECIFICALLY MAY NOT BE THE, THE VEHICLE FOR, UH, FOR THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THAT BECAUSE, UH, THAT IS PART OF ITS CONNECTIVITY FROM THE LOWER LA RIVER AND WHERE IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OF MOBILITY, THEY CAN TAKE THEIR BIKES OR ROLLER SKATE RIGHT UP AND DOWN THE LOWER LA RIVER SHOULD THEY NOT WANNA TAKE THE FREEWAY.

UH, RIGHT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, PART OF WHERE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE, THERE'S, I THINK AN A PHASE TWO, THAT PROJECT WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAYBE ENHANCE A PARK AREA, I BELIEVE THAT CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE RECREATIONAL AS PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES THROUGH THE AREA.

RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH PHASE IT WAS, BUT I THINK I SAW IT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION.

THE SHORELINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT.

THAT'S A KEY PART OF IT.

YEAH.

SO, UH, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE SHORELINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT PROJECT.

THAT IS A CITY LED PROJECT, AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, MORE UPDATES ON THAT PROJECT HERE SHORTLY.

THAT'S GOING THROUGH, UH, METRO NOW.

AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH A, WITH A FULL REPORT ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT IS, WHAT WE CAN DO NOW AS PART OF THE, THE COUPLE DIFFERENT PHASES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS WELL.

SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PORT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AS, AS, UH, HE HAD MENTIONED THE MULTIMODAL PATH COMES UP AND OVER THE BRIDGE AND THEN IS NOT ACTUALLY ON HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE, BUT ADJACENT TO, UM, BUT WE'LL NEED TO COORDINATE CLOSELY 'CAUSE THAT'LL BE IN THE DETOUR SECTION, UH, THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO.

THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE OTHER MULTIMODAL FOLKS, UH, COME TODAY.

SO THERE'LL BE A COORDINATION EFFORT IN THE INTERIM WHILE THE PROJECT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, UM, RAISING THAT AS ANOTHER PROJECT TOO THAT, UH, ADDRESSES THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN COME DOWN TO THE AREA.

WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PORT ONE, AS A CITY, WE ARE LOOKING TO ACTIVATE OUR WATERFRONT AND CREATE AN ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER THRE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK YOU, UM, DIRECTOR MARK ERICKSON FOR COMING BY AND SHARING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.

UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY'S AGENDA AND I JUST WANT ALL OF OUR, UH, PRESENTERS TO KNOW TODAY THAT WE ARE, UM, JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THESE UPDATES AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.

YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY REALLY HIGHLIGHTS TWO REALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

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AND SO PEOPLE GETTING THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHARE THE ROAD WITH ALL OF THOSE TRUCKS AND ALL OF THE LOGISTICS WORK THAT GETS DONE THAT ALSO FUELS OUR CITY, UM, AND OUR, OUR REGION AND OUR COUNTRY.

SO, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT EASY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE USERS, UM, ARE ABLE TO USE, UM, THE, THE HIGHWAYS AND GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GET TO.

UM, I HAVE TO ADMIT, JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, WHEN IT IS TIME TO GET ON HARBOR SCENIC DRIVE, I TOO AM LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, UM, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION.

BECAUSE YOU CHANGE QUITE OFTEN HOW PEOPLE NEED TO GET THROUGH THAT AREA.

AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M A LONG BEACH RESIDENT AND WE ARE WELCOMING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, UM, TO OUR CITY TO ENJOY THE WATERFRONT, THE HOTELS, THE AMPHITHEATER, THE CARNIVAL CREWS, AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, UM, THERE.

AND OFTEN PEOPLE DO SET ASIDE EXTRA 15, 20 MINUTES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO, UH, REDIRECT THEMSELVES SHOULD THEY NEED TO IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS SPACE.

SO IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE US INVESTING, UM, IN CREATING WAY FINDING AND, YOU KNOW, GREAT WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THIS IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY.

UM, I THINK IT SHOULD GO, UH, CERTAINLY WITHOUT AN NOT WITHOUT AN APPLAUSE, UH, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THE LEVEL OF RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES.

UM, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD THINK JUST COULD NOT GET DONE.

BUT SECURING NEARLY HALF OF IT, 48 MILLION IN A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS, UH, SPEAKS TO, UM, I THINK AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE RIGHT SET OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS PLACE.

AND ALSO THE HARD WORK THAT YOUR TEAM MUST HAVE DONE TO, UH, BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THOSE WHO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO PUT THEM RIGHT HERE, UM, IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THAT, KUDOS TO YOU FOR, FOR GETTING THAT DONE.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE STAKEHOLDERS YOU'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS CRITICAL AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS GROUP, THE PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT.

THEY WEREN'T LISTED THERE.

YOU PROBABLY KNEW PUBLIC WORKS WAS GONNA BE HERE 'CAUSE THEY WERE LISTED.

UM, BUT JUST TO SAY THAT THOSE ARE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ARE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

UH, DON'T FORGET THAT THE HARRY BRIDGES PARK IS THERE.

UM, AND PEOPLE OFTEN LOOK TO GET TO THAT SITE FOR EVENTS, UH, AS WELL.

UM, I DO WANT TO IMPLORE US TO CONSIDER WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, OUTREACH AND, UM, MESSAGING REGARDING ALL THESE CHANGES.

I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE UTILIZE THAT, UM, AS A TOOL TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR ACCESS TO ONE OF THOSE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN, UM, THIS AREA.

SO, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH CARNIVAL AND WITH OUR AMPHITHEATER, BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE MAKING SURE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WE'RE PUSHING MESSAGES TO THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO USE THE SPACE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A DETOUR, THAT THERE MAY NEED TO BE MORE TIME AND CONSIDERATION AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY, UM, TO WHAT WE HOPE TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE, UM, THERE IN LONG BEACH.

UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE TAKEN SOME NOTES ON THAT, I THINK YOUR TEAM HAS.

UM, ONE QUESTION.

UH, THE TIMELINE IS FANTASTIC.

YOU WILL BE JUST IN TIME FOR THE OLYMPICS.

IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

UM, IN Q2 OF 2028, GIVEN ALL OF THE PUBLIC, UH, FINANCING THAT YOU HAVE, IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE TIMELINE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HIT FOR ANY OF THOSE RESOURCES? AND HOW DOES YOUR CURRENT TIMELINE UP WITH WHAT THOSE, UH, DEADLINES MIGHT BE FOR THOSE RESOURCES? WELL, I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE HERE.

UM, IT TOOK US OH YES, THANK YOU FOR COMING MINUTES BEFORE YOU OPEN THE RFP .

WELL, I GUESS, UM, IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE PAST YEAR SECURING THE GRANT FUNDING AND THEN DEMONSTRATING TO GRANT FUNDING PARTNERS THAT WE'RE READY.

THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM NOT ONLY HERE AS A LOCAL PROJECT, BUT THEN, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE FEDERAL GRANT AND THE, UH, STATE GRANT EACH HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS THAT WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH.

AND THEN YOU NEED CALTRANS TO THEN ALSO AGREE THAT YOUR PROJECT IS READY.

SO, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'RE HERE, IT WAS A, A HUGE LIFT BY OUR TEAM, UM, TO GET US HERE.

BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT

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AT THIS POINT, UM, THAT AT LEAST FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, THE FUNDING IS SECURE, THE FUNDING IS IN PLACE.

UM, AND SO WE ARE, UH, UH, WE'RE GOOD TO GO ON THE FUNDING SIDE WITH, WITH ANY PROJECT, THERE'S GONNA BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT RISK.

SO I THINK WE ARE CAUTIOUS THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM FOR, UM, ANY KIND OF DELAY THAT MIGHT SLOW US DOWN IF IT TAKES US LONGER TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT SIMILARLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WORK ITSELF.

SO WE'VE GOT A FAIRLY TIGHT WINDOW THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, BUT I THINK WE'RE CONFIDENT, WE ARE CONFIDENT RIGHT NOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO DELIVER IN TIME FOR THE OLYMPICS.

IT'S, IT'S A KEY, UM, MILESTONE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH EVERY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS PARTNERING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED ON VALUES SO THAT, UM, SO THAT THEY RECOGNIZE LIKE WE, THIS IS A PROJECT WE NEED TO DELIVER ON TIME.

AND THAT, UM, WE HAVE THAT COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND A COMMON ALIGNMENT AROUND HOW TO GET THERE.

SO I, I THINK, UM, UH, FAMOUS LAST WORDS, UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IN, IN A VERY GOOD SHAPE TO HIT THE, THE, THE TARGET.

UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE THERE YET.

WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO TO GET TO 2028.

JUST ONE MORE THING, CHAIR.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE DETOUR, I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE SECOND, UM, YEAR FOR THE AMPHITHEATER.

MM-HMM .

UM, I KNOW THAT THE REEF JUST REOPENED FOR, AS A RESTAURANT.

UM, MAYA HAS DONE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, CARNIVALS LOOKING AT EXPANDING.

I'M JUST THINKING THAT 2027, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DETOURS, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MONITORING THE PUBLIC EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE DETOURS.

AND IF YOU HAVE A WAY OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH CLEAR SIGNAGE OUT THERE.

'CAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME BACK IN 2028 AND BEYOND.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

TO GET BETWEEN THE DOWNTOWN PARKING STRUCTURES AND THE AMPHITHEATER SITE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THRE.

AND I THINK, UM, MY COLLEAGUES AND I, UH, SHARE SIMILAR EXCITEMENT.

WE ALL HAVE OUR STORIES OF GOING BY THE PORT BUILDING ALL THE TIME UNNECESSARILY BECAUSE WE GET OFF ONE EXIT TOO EARLY.

MY WEDDING RECEPTION WAS AT THE REEF MORE THAN 31 YEARS AGO, AND I STILL TAKE THE WRONG EXIT SOMETIMES.

SO I AM THRILLED ABOUT THE SIGNAGE OPPORTUNITY.

I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DYNAMIC WAY FINDING AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO ALTER THAT BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SPACE IN THAT MOMENT OR IN THAT WEEKEND.

I THINK WE'LL BE CRITICAL.

UH, WE KNOW AS FOLKS, ESPECIALLY WHO GREW UP IN THE LONG BEACH AREA IN THE PORT AREA, WE GREW UP AROUND THESE TRUCKS.

UM, MOST OF US KNOW TO GIVE THEM A WIDE BER AND TO ALLOW THEM TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND SO, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE STREET WILL BE CRITICAL, UM, FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE GOODS MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE SMOOTHLY.

UM, BUT WE ALL, I THINK, HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS AS, IS THERE A WEBSITE THAT, UM, FOLKS CAN TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT? IF SO, COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH US SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE PEOPLE COULD CHECK IN ON THE PROGRESS OF, UM, THIS PROJECT AND SPECIFICALLY WHERE THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR INQUIRE, IS THERE GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, I'M HEADED TO THE AMPHITHEATER THIS WEEKEND, OR I'M HEADED TO THE QUEEN MARY AND WE SEE THAT THERE'S A CLOSURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEARLY ONLINE DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION, UH, WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, I THINK, FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICES TO HAVE, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY TO AMPLIFY AS WELL.

AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE COME AND GO FROM BOTH THE AMPHITHEATER AND FROM THE QUEEN MARY AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.

AND AS WE LOOK TO STREAMLINE THAT EVEN MORE QUICKLY, UM, AND THIS IS A QUESTION, NOT JUST FOR YOU, BUT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS, UH, IN THE WORKS REGARDING MICRO MOBILITY, BUSES, TRANSPORTATION, RIDE SHARE AS THEY NEED TO ACCESS THIS NEXT SUMMER WHEN YOU'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT I ASSUME WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT YOU'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH BOTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS TO, TO SPEAK TO FOLKS TO GET THERE AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK THE IDEA WAS THAT THIS WAS OUR FIRST SUMMER, WE LEARNED A LOT, AND WHEN YOU GET THERE NEXT SUMMER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT HANDLED AND WE KNOW THAT THIS WILL POTENTIALLY IMPACT THAT.

SO, UM, ARE THERE PLANS OR ARE THERE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS UNDERWAY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS COULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE CAN CONTINUE TO RUN SMOOTHLY.

THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE IN PLACE? UM, AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE, UM, EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT BECAUSE THE AMPHITHEATER HAS JUST OPENED.

SO WE, UM, WE, THEY'RE ONE OF OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE ALIGNED ON WHERE THEY NEED TO GET TO AND WHEN.

AND THAT, UM, THE DETOURS, THE TRAFFIC CONTROL TEAM UNDERSTANDS THAT AND THAT WE CAN FACILITATE THOSE.

BUT WHAT WE KNOW TODAY IS THOSE MOVEMENTS ARE ALL GONNA BE AVAILABLE, UM,

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UM, THOSE EGRESS ROUTES WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE CAN, UM, WE CAN MANAGE THAT AS BEST WE POSSIBLE CAN.

AND I KNOW, UM, THE PIER B PROJECT AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKENDS, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN VERY WELL COMMUNICATED OUT.

THERE ARE SIGNS EVERYWHERE THERE ON THE 4 0 5.

THEY'RE ON THE EAST SIDE OF LONG BEACH AS WELL.

SO I THINK AS PEOPLE KNOW THAT, AGAIN, COMING INTO WORK TODAY, THAT MAGNOLIA WILL BE MY FRIEND AND NOT THE SEVEN 10 AS I COME TO AND FROM CITY HALL, UM, THAT WE KNOW THERE'S A HISTORY OF STRONG COMMUNICATION TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE PORT WORKS REALLY HARD TO KEEP YOUR PROJECTS TIGHT AND TO STAY ON YOUR CONSTRUCTION FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE AND CONTINUING TO MOVE.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UH, CONTINUING.

AND I THINK IF THERE ARE ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUE, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE US OUT WITH, IF NOT, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE FEEDBACK.

WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE AND THEN GET ONTO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

MOTION CARRIES.

IF WE COULD READ THE, THE NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

ITEM FOUR IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION UPDATE ON THE ROSEMEAD LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD COMPLETE CORRIDOR PROJECT.

UH, MOTION.

I WILL SECOND THANK YOU.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MR. JAVIER HERNANDEZ.

HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR FROM THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA, WHO'S JOINING US TODAY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS REALLY EXCITING PROJECT THAT I WAS JUST ACTUALLY ASKING SOMEONE ABOUT THE OTHER DAY.

SO, WELCOME.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW THE PROJECT HAS PROGRESSED SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE.

IT'S CURRENTLY ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED.

MADAM CHAIR,

[4. 26-56223 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation update on the "Rosemead/ Lakewood Blvd. Complete Corridor Project". Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO COME AND PRESENT, UH, SOME OF THE GOOD HARD WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE CITY OF PICO RIVER, REALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REGION, INCLUDING THE CITY HERE OF, UH, LONG BEACH.

I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DIVE RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL CAVEAT BY SIMPLY SAYING THERE WAS A LOT OF MATERIAL THAT WENT INTO THIS, UH, EFFORT OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR SO.

UH, THIS IS VERY MUCH A SUMMARY OF SUMMARY, SO AT ANY POINT YOU WANNA INTERJECT, ASK QUESTIONS, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE DO.

ALRIGHT, SO I'LL START OFF WITH THIS.

WHAT LOOKS APPEARS TO BE A VERY BUSY SLIDE.

UM, I'LL FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THAT NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR THAT IS BLUE AND GREEN THERE.

UH, THAT IS ROSEMEAD LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ROSEWOOD COMBINATION OF THE TWO.

UM, WE KIND OF BROKE IT UP INTO SEGMENTS 'CAUSE IT IS A 28 MILE LONG CORRIDOR FROM HEAD TO TOE FROM THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, UH, DOWN TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HERE, UH, THE NORTHERN SEGMENT YOU HAVE, UH, KIND OF WELL REPRESENTED BY THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COG, UH, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

UH, BUT IT GOES FROM EAST PASADENA SOUTH THROUGH TEMPLE CITY, UH, ALL THE WAY TO SOUTH ELANI AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF WOOD NARROWS FROM THERE, UH, IT TRANSITIONS TO THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT FROM THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND THEN SOUTH THROUGH DOWNEY, LAKEWOOD, AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT, AS WELL AS ALL THE SKINNIER BLACK LINES THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE MAP REPRESENT THE, UH, EXISTING AND GROWING LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, UH, HERE IN THE, UH, LA COUNTY REGION.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA.

WE DO HAVE A NEW LIGHT RAIL THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED.

UM, IT'S A NINE MILE EXTENSION FROM EAST LA AND EVENTUALLY WILL MAKE ITS WAY OUT TO THE CITY OF WHITTIER.

AND WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE, UH, A STATION IN OUR CITY WHERE IT INTERSECTS THERE WITH ROSEMEAD LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD, WHICH INEVITABLY WILL BECOME, UH, A NEW MULTIMODAL HUB FOR US IN THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA.

FURTHER SOUTH, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT ALSO CONNECTS WITH, UH, THE GREEN LINE.

OH, WAIT, UH, I KNOW THEY MOVED TO DIFFERENT NAMING NOW, SO, PARDON ME.

I'M OLD SCHOOL, I GUESS.

UH, BUT IT ALSO INTERSECTS WITH THE SOUTHEAST GATEWAY LINE, UH, THAT COMES RIGHT THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST LA COMMUNITIES AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CONNECTS TO THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT, THE LONG BEACH VA, AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH, WHERE IT WOULD PROPOSE TO BE, UH, THE TERMINUS FOR THE CORRIDOR.

SO ALL IN ALL, IT'S ABOUT 13 CITIES OR COMMUNITIES THAT IT, UH, TRAVERSES THROUGH 13 MAJOR TRANSIT LINES THAT IT CONNECTS TO.

UH, AND ASSUMING 50%, UH, DEDICATED BUS LANES OR UP TO, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT DEDICATED BUS LANES IN A FULL BUILD OUT SCENARIO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIDERSHIP GROWTH UPWARDS OF ABOUT EIGHT TO 12,000, UH, DAILY BOARDINGS, UH, RESPECTIVELY.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE

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ASSOCIATED, UH, VEHICLE MILES, TRAVEL REDUCTIONS AND GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL.

ALRIGHT, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL IS THAT, UH, THE VISION PLAN THAT WE DEVELOPED, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY PRODUCT FROM THE GRANT THAT WAS FUNDED BY CALTRAN, UH, REALLY TOOK A, AN APPROACH TO COMBINE A LOT OF EFFORTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, RIGHT? IT WAS REALLY MORE OF AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SHARED VALUES ARE, UH, ACROSS THESE VARIOUS CITIES.

AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS, UH, TOUCHED ON EARLIER WITH YOUR COMPLETE STREETS, YOUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS. OBVIOUSLY, A SHARED VALUE IN P COR RIVERA IS THAT OF SAFETY ON OUR ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUTH AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE, UH, POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED IS, OF COURSE, MANY OF THE CITIES SHARE THOSE VALUES, AND THEY'RE ALREADY UNDERTAKING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ALIGN AND ADVANCE THOSE VALUES.

SO TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, TEMPLE CITY, WHO INSTALLED THE FIRST PROTECTED, UH, BIKEWAY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

UH, CLASS FOUR BIKEWAY, WHOLE BUNCH OF LANDSCAPING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO NATIVE, UH, I'M SORRY, TO THE, UH, NATIVE HABITAT IN WHITTIER NARROWS, UNINCORPORATED A MORE RECENTLY INSTALLED A CLASS FOUR BIKEWAY THAT CONNECTS TO ONE OF THE LARGEST REGIONAL PARKS, THE WHITTIER NARROWS RECREATION AREA, UH, AND SO ON.

SO ALSO, UH, THE CITY OF SOUTH EL MONTE IS CURRENTLY ADVANCING PLANS TO INSTALL THEIR DEDICATED BUS GUIDEWAYS.

UM, OF COURSE IT'S A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UH, CERTAINLY ON PATH TO DO THAT.

AND THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT, SAME THING.

YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CITIES WHO ARE ALREADY ADVANCING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

UH, YOU HAVE A CITY OF LAKEWOOD WHO HAS BEEN ADVANCING, UH, AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT ALL IN ROSEBY OR LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD.

UH, CITY OF DOWNEY HAS ALREADY INSTALLED THEIR TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW FOR NOT ONLY JUST BUSES, BUT OF COURSE FOR, UH, ALL MODES OF TRANSPORT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AS WELL, UH, ESPECIALLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, CALTRANS ON PCH, THE TRAFFIC CERVICAL, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS.

SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS, OR EXCUSE ME, A LOT OF THE CITIES SHARE A LOT OF COMMON GOALS.

THIS EFFORT WAS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CULMINATE THOSE GOALS AND ESTABLISH A WORKING FRAMEWORK THAT ALLOWS, UH, PHASED IMPLEMENTATION TO A BIGGER GRANDER VISION.

UH, THAT VISION IS OF COURSE, THE ROSEWOOD LAKEWOOD OR ROSEMEAD LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD COMPLETE CORRIDOR VISION.

AND WHEN YOU REDUCE IT DOWN TO THE THREE PRIMARY CATEGORIES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND EXPLORING, OF COURSE THE PRIMARY THING WE WERE LOOKING AT IS TRANSIT.

HOW CAN WE STREAMLINE, IMPROVE, AND ENHANCE TRANSIT SERVICE ALTOGETHER? ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TOO, IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TRANSIT PROVIDERS IN THIS CORRIDOR.

EVERYTHING FROM METRO, LOCAL, METRO REGIONAL, LONG BEACH TRANSIT, AND OF COURSE, MUNICIPAL, UH, TRANSIT OPERATORS AS WELL.

SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE WHERE IT MAY OVERLAP, UH, IMPROVE FREQUENCIES AND, UH, OF COURSE IMPROVE, UH, TRANSFERRING AND TIMED TRANSFERS AS WELL.

AND THEN WITH THAT ALSO IS THE, UH, WRITER EXPERIENCE.

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE WRITER EXPERIENCE, WHETHER THAT'S PROVIDING SHADE SOMEWHERE TO SIT WAY, FINDING SIGNAGE, A DYNAMIC SIGNAGE THAT TELLS YOU WHEN THE NEXT BUS IS COMING, UM, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING, ET CETERA.

THE NEXT MAJOR CATEGORY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS TO THESE TRANSIT STOPS ON THE CORRIDOR.

SO OF COURSE, WITH SAFETY BEING THE PRIMARY DRIVER, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS, UH, AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT TRULY IS CONDUCIVE TO PROMOTING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND FROM, UH, TRANSIT, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO GET TO SOME OF THE LARGER, UH, DESTINATION AREAS ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, ONE OF, UH, THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF RIDERSHIP ON THIS CORRIDOR BEING CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

IN FACT, WE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, WHO WERE PARTICIPATING AS PART OF OUR YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, AND ALSO SERVED AS OUR GUINEA PIGS AS PART OF THE, UH, EXPLORATORY PROCESS.

SO ANYHOW, ALL TO SAY IS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE YOUTH AND OTHERS LIKE THEM, VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, UH, COULD PROVIDE AND LEND THEIR INSIGHTS FOR IMPROVING, UH, THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, OF COURSE, IS TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

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WHERE ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO INFILL DEVELOPMENT? WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE IN HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE ROSEMEAD LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR PROVIDES A RIPE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH IN VERY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO DOVETAIL THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT WE CAN TRULY CREATE THAT PLACE BASED ENVIRONMENT THAT IS COINCIDES WITH, UH, GREATER TRANSIT, UH, FREQUENCIES, AS WELL AS THE MORE WALKABLE PLACED MAKING TYPE ENVIRONMENT.

UH, AND SO WE IDENTIFIED IN THIS PLAN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE THESE THREE THINGS KIND OF COME TOGETHER.

WE DID A DEEPER DIVE IN THE VISION PLAN AND PROVIDED EACH OF THOSE RESPECTIVE CITIES WITH, AGAIN, THAT VERY FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK.

AT NO POINT WAS THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA REALLY TRYING TO POSITION OURSELVES TO, UM, IMPOSE OUR VALUES ON ANY OTHER CITY.

UM, SO WE REALLY CREATED AN OUTREACH FRAMEWORK AS WELL THAT ENABLED ANY AND ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING, UH, THE TRANSIT OPERATORS TO REALLY COME TO THE TABLE AND HELP US ALL FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO WE EN, UH, FROM A SERVICE TRANSIT SERVICE PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES ON THE TOP, UH, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE INCREASE SERVICE, UH, FREQUENCY ALTOGETHER, RIGHT? UH, FROM INCREASING HEADWAYS FROM WHAT COULD BE 15 MINUTE SERVICE ALL THE WAY UP TO TRUE BRT SERVICE THAT COMES A LOT MORE FREQUENT, FIVE MINUTES OR MORE HEADWAYS, RIGHT? UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

THERE'S ALSO THE ASSOCIATED SCALE OF INVESTMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE, UH, SERVICE INCREASES.

SO OF COURSE, ON THE LOW END, WE WERE LOOKING AT 25% DEDICATED LANES.

WE'RE ONLY REALLY LOOKING AT WHERE IT IS FEASIBLE TO DEDICATE THOSE BUS LANES.

BUT AGAIN, FELL SHORT IN SAYING EXACTLY WHERE WE WOULD INTRODUCE THOSE.

'CAUSE AGAIN, PEAK RIVER DIDN'T WANNA NECESSARILY IMPOSE, BUT THEN ALL THE WAY UP TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S FEASIBLE TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT DEDICATED BUS LANES.

I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S SOMEWHAT INFEASIBLE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE WAY, LARGELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHOKE POINTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR WHERE YOU HAVE UNDERPASSES THAT GO UNDER RAILWAYS OR UNDER FREEWAYS.

UH, AND THE NUMBER OF LANES REDUCE ENTIRELY.

SO BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD INTRODUCE MYTH FLOW, UH, TRANSIT SERVICE.

AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE KIND OF, UH, LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES ON A VERY SIMPLE, UH, UM, UH, UH, XY UH, GRAPH HERE.

UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT REALLY ALTERNATIVE FOUR, WHICH INTRODUCES TWO TYPES OF IMPROVED SERVICES.

ONE IS IMPROVING LOCAL SERVICES, SO THOSE MU MUNICIPAL SERVICE OPERATORS PROVIDING MORE SERVICE, CONNECTING TO THE MORE REGIONAL SERVICE, UH, WHICH WOULD BE THAT RAPID SERVICE THAT WOULD THEN TRAVEL LONGER DISTANCES BETWEEN STOPS GETTING YOU TO THE MORE REGIONAL DESTINATION LOCATIONS.

AND WE DETERMINED THAT, UH, ALTERNATIVE FORCE SEEMED TO BE THE MOST IDEAL BECAUSE YOU ARE CAPABLE OF INTRODUCING GREATER LEVELS OF FREQUENCY, UH, AT A MUCH AT A NOMINAL COST.

UH, AND THIS IS, UH, THE OUTCOME OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE, UM, RED OUTLINE THERE, BUT THAT'S ALTERNATIVE FOUR.

UH, YOU SEE THAT THIS IS WHERE YOU KIND OF GET THE GREATEST BANG FOR THE BUCK INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP.

UM, REDU REDUCTION IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, UH, AND OVERALL BOARDINGS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, WITH THIS NOTION OF A FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK AS A VISION PLAN, WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR YEARS, IF NOT DECADES, FOR THE FULL BUILD OUT OF THE VISION.

AND AT THE SAME TIME ALSO ALLOWING FOR AUTONOMY CITY BY CITY, RIGHT? WE MIGHT HAVE A PRIORITY IN PICO RIVERA TO DO BUS SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THE CITY OF DOWNEY MIGHT HAVE A PRIORITY TO DO TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION.

ALL THE WHILE BOTH PROJECTS IMPROVE THE OVERALL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CORRIDOR.

SO FROM A SHORT TERM PERSPECTIVE, KIND OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STATIONS THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED OF IMPROVEMENT.

UH, AGAIN, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THIS NOTION OF IMPROVING THE RIDER EXPERIENCE, UM, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY AS BEING THE SINGLE MOST, UH, REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT LOW HANGING FRUIT, LOW COST INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE IN THE SHORT TERM, UH, THAT REALLY PROVIDES A GREATEST LEVEL OF BENEFITS.

AND THEN IN THE LONG TERM, IT REALLY IS AGAIN, THIS PHASED INCREMENTAL

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IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO BUILD OUT A TRUE BRT IF ONLY ONE CITY IS WILLING TO PROVIDE THOSE DEDICATED LANES.

IT HAS TO BE ALL CITIES COMING TOGETHER IN CONSENSUS.

AND FRANKLY, IT ALSO, WE ALSO NEED THE HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THE REGIONAL AGENCIES.

METRO CALTRANS.

AN INITIATIVE LIKE THIS, FRANKLY, CANNOT BE LED BY A SMALL CITY LIKE PICO RIVERA.

WE ARE NOT BUILT FOR THAT SMALL CITY SMALL BUDGET LIMITED CAPACITY.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ESSENTIALLY SET THE TABLE, WE HAVE SET IT FOR METRO AND OR CALTRANS AND OR THE GATEWAY COG TO REALLY COME TOGETHER, HELP US PLAN AND IDENTIFY THE NECESSARY FUNDING SOURCES IN THE EVENT WE DO HAVE THAT CONSENSUS FOR THAT LONGER TERM VISION TO, FOR IT TO COME TO, TO FRUITION.

SO HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THESE ARE ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WE WORKED WITH WHO REALLY, WE ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED A KIND OF, UH, DEDICATED COMMITTEE JUST WITH THE LONG BEACH FAMILY OF AGENCIES, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH, OF COURSE, AND ITS RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS, LONG BEACH TRANSIT, CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

SO WE DID PRESENTATIONS, WE ENGAGED THEM, WE GOT A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR SHORT AND LONG-TERM PLANS ARE, UH, REALLY, AGAIN, TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT LONG BEACH IS LOOKING TO DO, AND THEN HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT AS PART OF A BIGGER, MORE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFORT.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH CALTRANS AND OCTA RECOGNIZING, UH, CALTRANS OWNS THE RIDERSHIP ON PCH.

SO OBVIOUSLY CRITICAL MEMBER HERE, UH, OCTA WAS ALSO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, RECOGNIZING THAT, UH, LONG CAL STATE LONG BEACH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST TRANSFER POINTS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY, UH, UH, SERVICE AREA.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE LONG BEACH VA.

THAT WAS A HARDER NUT TO CRACK TO BE ENTIRELY HONEST.

BUT ONCE WE DID, THEY WERE INCREDIBLY FORTHCOMING.

THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THE VETERAN COMMUNITY IS AN AGING COMMUNITY AND THEIR MOBILITY NEEDS ARE CHANGING.

AND THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED ONCE WE SHOWED THEM THE DATA, THAT WE HAVE A, UH, HIGH CONCENTRATION OF VETERANS THAT LIVE ALONG THE ROSEMEAD LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO EAST PASADENA, AND THEREFORE REALLY OPEN THE DOORS TO PARTNERING WITH US, UH, IN THE REGION TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

MORE TO A WHOLE LOT MORE ON THAT FRONT AS WELL.

BUT I'LL SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME.

UH, LONG BEACH, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE LAKEWOOD CENTER, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, REPRESENTS A VERY SIGNIFICANT POINT, UH, ON THE CORRIDOR, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE LONG BEACH TRANSIT TRANSFERS TO METRO TO TRAVEL FURTHER NORTH.

AND VICE VERSA, THOSE TRAVELING METRO GOING SOUTHBOUND HAVE TO TRANSFER TO LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO THEN ACCESS ANYTHING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

INTERESTINGLY, WE FOUND THAT THERE IS UPWARDS OF ABOUT A 40 TO 50 MINUTE WAIT TIME FOR THAT TRANSFER.

SO IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS IN PICO RIVERA TRYING TO GET TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, SURE, IT, IT'S, UH, THE TRAVEL TIME TO LAKEWOOD ISN'T SO BAD.

THE WAIT TIME TO TRANSFER TO LONG BEACH TRANSIT IS WHERE IT BECAME MORE OF A CHALLENGE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN RECOGNIZED BY LONG BEACH TRANSIT.

IN FACT, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF DOING A FULL SERVICE ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE, UH, OR IMPROVE THAT TIMED CONNECTION WITH THE METRO REGIONAL SERVICE TO LINE 2 66.

UH, SO THAT ULTIMATELY WILL HOPEFULLY STREAMLINE THAT, THAT, UH, TRANSFER AND ULTIMATE ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE TRAVEL TIME FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, AND VICE VERSA, FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IS THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO THEN SIMPLY INTEGRATE, UH, THE TRANSIT SERVICE, UH, TO BE MORE HOLISTIC WITH THE PLANNED, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TRANSPORT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ON THAT CAMPUS.

UH, BUT REALLY THE INTENT WAS TO KEEP THE BUS SERVICE OFF THE CAMPUS AND ON THE CORRIDOR TO REDUCE THAT, UM, OR TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL SPEEDS, RIGHT? BUT AS IN THEREIN LIES THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S GOOD CONNECTIVITY TO THE TERMINAL ITSELF, RIGHT? AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

UH, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTS A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT SERIES OF IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO BYPASS, UH, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THERE.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY WE, IN THE PLAN, WE NOTED THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRANSIT SERVICE

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AND AMENITIES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, UH, FOR THE CORRIDOR AS A WHOLE, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND THE LONG BEACH VA AS THAT TERMINUS LOCATION, RECOGNIZING IT'S THE LARGEST TRIP GENERATOR ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.

SO BECAUSE THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA WAS AWARDED THE GRANT BY CALTRANS, UH, REALLY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CALTRANS WAS FOR US, THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA, TO APPROVE THE PLAN.

WE WERE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE EACH INDIVIDUAL CITY, UH, TO TAKE IT UP AS A COUNCIL ACTION AND APPROVE THE DOCUMENT.

SO WE APPROVED THAT PLAN IN MAY, UH, OF 2026.

SO SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, UH, WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTS, UM, UH, AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES A LOT MORE DETAIL, MORE SO THAN TODAY.

UM, CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY, UH, BUT IF WE'RE CERTAINLY MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE AT ANY POINT, UH, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, F AS A FOLLOW UP.

UH, BUT ONE OF THE, I GUESS THE LAST THINGS TO LEAVE YOU WITH HERE IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT IS REALLY BUILDING A STRONG COALITION BASED ON CONSENSUS.

UH, THESE ARE ALL THE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS FROM FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL, LOCAL LEVEL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES, UH, DOWN TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN ALL THE SUPPORT, ALL THE DATA, ALL THE FINDINGS, PACKAGED THAT ALL TOGETHER, AND WE MORE RECENTLY SUBMITTED YET ANOTHER GRANT TO CALTRANS AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY AWARDED UPWARDS OF ABOUT $500,000.

SO WE IDENTIFIED THREE STATION LOCATIONS IN PICO RIVERA, UM, ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD, UH, MINES AVENUE, AND ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL'S GOING TO BE.

AND THE GRANT IS ESSENTIALLY HELPING US GET TO 30% DESIGN FOR THAT ENTIRE INTERSECTION THAT, AGAIN, LOOKS AT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSIT RELATED FACILITIES, UH, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE TRAFFIC, UH, SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION AS WELL.

AND THEN WITH THAT, UM, ANOTHER ONGOING EFFORT, WHICH I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE, UM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO AT MINIMUM PARTICIPATE IN INFORMING THE DISCUSSION.

BUT, UH, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COG IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG WITH US, UH, THAN US, UM, IN ADVANCING THEIR TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION INSTEAD OF A CITY BY CITY APPROACH.

THEY'RE TAKING THAT SUB-REGIONAL APPROACH.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE IS, UH, THEY ARE ONE OF THE VERY FEW, UH, UM, COGS THAT ACTUALLY HAS A CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY AS WELL.

AND SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH METRO.

THEY'VE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH US AS PART OF THIS VISION PLAN AS WELL.

THEY'VE OPENED UP THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR THEM TO HELP US IN IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION FROM THE NORTH DOWN TO THE SOUTH.

UH, THAT IS A BROUGHT APPROXIMATELY A TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT OVER ABOUT APPROXIMATELY TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEAR PERIOD.

UM, BUT THAT REALLY SETS THE STAGE FOR INCREASING SERVICE THEREAFTER.

SO HUGE OPPORTUNITY THERE.

AND WITH THAT, UM, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND CERTAINLY HAPPY TO GO BACK TO ANY SLIDE OR OFFER OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, SINCE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL OF THIS.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT.

I THINK YOU HAD JUST BEEN AWARDED THE CALTRANS DOLLARS FOR PLANNING, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE HOW FAR IT HAS COME.

I KNOW IT'S, UM, NEW TO COUNCIL MEMBER THRESH UNT TOOK BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY BEEN AT LEAST THREE YEARS.

AND FOR ME, AS SOMEONE WHO'S JUST, THIS RUNS RIGHT THROUGH, UM, DISTRICT FIVE, LONG BEACH AIRPORT, WHEN YOU, WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, FOR ME, IT MAKES COMPLETE AND TOTAL SENSE THAT WE WOULD WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL QUICKLY, SAFELY, SMOOTHLY, NOT IN A CAR ON THIS ROUTE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, THE TIME IT TAKES FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE ON OR NEAR CAMPUS, RIGHT? TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE UNIVERSITY, UH, FOR VETERANS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS CARE, THAT IT JUST MAKES SENSE.

AND I THINK AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO DRIVE TO PASADENA FOR SCHOOL, THE THOUGHT OF GETTING OFF AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE A RAPID BUS UP TO PASADENA WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE SEVEN 10 OR THE 6 0 5 AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO PASADENA FROM THERE, UM, I'M, I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN THINKING THIS THROUGH, AND THE PARTNERS WHO HAVE JUMPED ON BOARD WITH A VISION OF MAKING OUR REGION ACCESSIBLE THROUGH ALL OF THE CONNECTION POINTS, UM, THAT WILL HAPPEN THROUGH METRO, THROUGH ADDITIONAL BUS LINES.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO MOVE MORE PEOPLE

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MORE QUICKLY, UM, FROM THESE PLACES.

SO I WILL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL MEMBER THRES AND TOOK FOR HER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, YET AGAIN, EXCITED ABOUT TODAY'S CONVERSATION.

UM, I JUST AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR, UH, COMING HERE TODAY, THE PRESENTATION.

UM, JAVIER, I WOULD SAY THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA IS JUST SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, AS SHARED HERE TODAY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE WAS RELATED TO HOW DID THIS PROJECT GET THE NAME THAT IT GOT? UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, SHARING THE CONNECTION WITH ROSEMEAD AND LAKEWOOD.

THUS, UM, ROSEWOOD, I SAID, I GUESS THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD'VE BEEN LAKE MEAD, .

IT COULD HAPPEN.

AND THE COMMITTEE DECIDED AGAINST THAT .

UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL AND I'M, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE, THAT EVERYONE, I FEEL LIKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU'D HAVE TO BRING TOGETHER SHOULD FEEL SOME CONNECTION BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION OF THE STREET NAME WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF OUTLINING, UM, WHO MANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE, UM, AND COULD BE AS PART OF THIS LINE.

ONE AREA I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO ADD, UH, TO THE PRESENTATION IS RELATED TO, UH, WHAT ARE THE JOB CENTERS? SO YOU'VE NAMED THEM OFF, BUT NOT AS JOB CENTERS.

AND CONSIDERING WHAT THOSE WORKERS MIGHT EXPERIENCE, WHO WOULD UTILIZE THIS LINE? SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STUDENTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OLDER POPULATIONS, VULNERABLE, UH, POPULATIONS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT VETERANS GETTING ACCESS TO RESOURCES.

UM, SO THOSE ARE DEFINITELY, UH, CONSUMERS OF THIS LINE THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT, BUT I DON'T WANNA LEAVE OUT AND FORGET OUR JOBS CENTERS, HOW THIS IS CONNECTING AND HOW OUR WORKERS ARE GETTING ACCESS TO THOSE.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE MANY OF THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES YOU'VE ALREADY CONNECTED WITH, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT.

UM, BUT I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT, UM, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS CONNECTIVITY WITH SOME OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS TO THE WEST OF THIS SITE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, CHERRY ARE ALL MAJOR NORTH SOUTH THOROUGHFARES.

AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN SEE ACROSS YOUR MAP, UM, IF YOU HAVE FUN STUDYING MAPS JUST LIKE I DO, PCHD, LAMO, CARSON WILLOW ARE ALL STREETS THAT GO EAST WEST AND COME ACROSS THE LINE AS IT IS GREEN.

UM, WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU PLAN TO PUT IN PLACE AND FOR THE REST OF LONG BEACH, BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST WEST CONNECTIONS ARE MADE WITH THIS LINE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I'M SURE YOU'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO SEE HOW WE CONNECT IN AND MAKE SURE THAT IT, THERE ISN'T TOO MUCH OF A DELAY, OR THERE CAN BE SYNCHRONIZED SCHEDULES TO FIT WITH THE PLAN OF THE NEW LINE.

ACCORDINGLY.

I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT THERE.

UM, I WAS TRYING NOT TO WINCE AT THE IDEA THAT THERE IS NOT A FULL STOP RIGHT THERE WITHIN THE AIRPORT.

THERE MAY BE SOME FAA REGULATIONS THAT MAKE THAT DIFFICULT.

UM, HOWEVER WE WANT TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS A SMOOTH DROP OFF WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE.

UM, THE, THE ROSEWOOD, UM, STOP AND GET INTO THE AIRPORT.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO BE THAT PEOPLE MOVING STRATEGY FOR LONG BEACH AIRPORT? MUCH LIKE WE'VE SEEN FOR LAX, THERE ARE TWO EDUCATIONAL, UM, INSTITUTIONS THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH WHO I DID NOT SEE ON YOUR STAKEHOLDER LIST.

AND THAT WOULD BE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

UM, YOU GO RIGHT, NOT TOO FAR FROM THE CAMPUS, UH, ON, UM, AND REALLY MAYBE BOTH OF THEM, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, THE ONE ON CLARK AND CARSON.

UM, YOU'RE NOT VERY FAR FROM THERE.

AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONNECTIONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL, UM, AS THEY MOVE FROM EITHER OTHER PARTS OF LA COUNTY TO LBCC OR FROM LBCC, MAYBE EVEN OVER TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AND THEN L-B-U-S-D.

UM, AND REALLY JUST SEEING WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, ESPECIALLY OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS, TO GET CONNECTED WITH THE COLLEGE CAMPUS WITH C-S-U-L-B AND ANY OTHER JOB CENTERS ACCORDINGLY.

AND THEN FINALLY, I NOTED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL SIGNATURES AND SEALS, AND YOU DID HAVE LONG BEACH TRANSIT THERE, AND YOU DO HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVES THAT REPRESENT LONG BEACH, BUT AT A LOCAL LEVEL, I CERTAINLY WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EITHER OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY MANAGER, OR DIRECTOR HICKMAN, UM, SOMEONE, UM, WITHIN OUR CITY IS FULLY AWARE AND CAN, UH, PUT THEIR STAMP, UH, ON THIS, UM, PROJECT AS WELL.

I ALSO SAW, UM, OUR DIRECTOR

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OF THE AIRPORT, CYNTHIA GUIDRY, WAS LISTED THERE AS WELL.

BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES I SEE CITY MANAGERS AND, AND MAYORS ACCORDINGLY.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE IN THAT WAY.

SURE.

UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY COMMENTS.

THIS IS, UM, VERY EXCITING.

UM, I WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, AND ENTHUSIASM FOR BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS, NOT JUST FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF OUR ENTIRE REGION.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE JOB CENTERS, WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE SPACE SPEECH INDUSTRY IS THERE, IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE SPACE INDUSTRY THAT HAPPENS IN PASADENA.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT A JPL SPACE BEACH KIND OF CONNECTION, WE KNOW THAT, UM, OFTENTIMES FOLKS IN THAT INDUSTRY MOVE TO DIFFERENT, IN DIFFERENT AGENCIES WITHIN THAT SAME INDUSTRY SOMETIMES.

UM, SO I THINK THAT IS CRITICAL TO NOTE AS WELL.

UH, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I KNOW, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I KNOW, UH, JUSTIN RAMIREZ IS HERE, WHO WORKS OUT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS THE METRO DEPUTY.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO CONNECT WITH HIM.

YEP.

UH, HE'S NEWER TO THE ROLE, UM, AND FILL HIM IN ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US IN HIS ROLE AS OUR METRO DEPUTY, CERTAINLY.

BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

AND WE'LL VOTE ON THIS.

MOTION CARRIES.