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2. (23-0124) Recommendation to receive and file the Proposition H Audit Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.
Dave Shukla [email protected] Hello. This Preparation H report must become a formal non- consent item that required a report to Council and the public. To quote: "In FY 2022, oil operators in Long Beach reported a total of 8,609,253 barrels of oil produced. THUMS Long Beach Company (THUMS), Tidelands Oil Production Company (TOPKO) and
Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. (SHPI) were the City's top oil producers in FY 2022. [...] these three oil operators accounted for approximately 96% of oil produced in FY2022." That should be a considerable amount of resourced funding in the City's direct control -- however, it is hard to see how effectively these monies are being spent by various departments in this Audit Report.
Especially in comparison to other cities with differing funding sources, or compared to the boom years of 2013 and 2014 marked by high output and prices over $100/bbl -- how can we be sure the last monies from these dirty, polluting, dwindling resources are being allocated efficiently, all things considered? ds
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6. (23-0128) Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend
Contract No. 35901 with Southern Counties Oil Co., dba SC Fuels, of Orange, CA, Contract No. 35902 with Patten Energy Enterprises, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, and Contract No. 35910 with Cummins, Inc., dba Cummins Sales and Service, of
Columbus, IN, for the purchase of petroleum products, to increase the annual aggregate contract amount by $100,000, and authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $52,500, for a new total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $402,500; and
Increase appropriations in the Fleet Services Fund Group in the Financial Management Department by $100,000, offset by funds Dave Shukla [email protected] Pork for the City's Barrells! [sic] It would be absolute hilarity to compare these and associated "fleet operations maintenance" costs to a city of comparable land/sea mass and population (Oakland? Atlanta? Baltimore if one includes Signal Hill? Seattle or Boston if one includes Signal Hill and Lakewood?) if and when their fleets are all electric. One could narrow the overall operations costs down to a single variable, say, services performed per gallon of gas equivalent unit of energy (sp/uge), and compare not just maintenance costs such as in this item, but entire fleet costs...and it would be telling, one imagines
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12. (23-0134) Recommendation to approve a new list of City Council Standing Committees and request City Attorney to draft a resolution reflecting the changes as approved by the City Council.
Dave Shukla [email protected] Hello. Generally, it is smart governance that each of the 9 CM's chair one and vice-chair another out of the 9 total committees-- one does hope roles select for strengths. Specifically, the revamped "Climate, Environmental, and Coastal Protection" committee raises concerns in scope, authority, and effectiveness.
Scope: coastal protection activities can be both dependent and independently separable from reducing atmospheric emissions; "climate action" more clearly denotes reducing greenhouse gas emission sources and drivers within the City. The entire City.
Authority: Is this rebranded CECP [seasip?] merely advisory and informational, or, like BOC, Ports, and Governmental committees, are empowered to actually *do* *things* ?? Long Beach still has a sustainable city commission, yes? How does that relate to this CECP? Valentines Day bonus question: If the actions of this new CECP fail to reduce emissions within the City in time, do we blame it for losing the "beach" in Long Beach?
ds
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12. (23-0134) Recommendation to approve a new list of City Council Standing Committees and request City Attorney to draft a resolution reflecting the changes as approved by the City Council.
Patricia Clark [email protected] Thank you for taking up the serious issue of senior abuse. Please vote to allow this process to go forward.
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13. (23-0135) Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all of the appropriate departments to report back within 90 days a report exploring the feasibility of providing a senior safe home for victims of elder abuse who are at greater risk of falling into homelessness in Long Beach and Los Angeles County, including a list of any city owned properties or land in which a senior safe home could be established, and potential external funding sources.
Miles McNeeley [email protected] I am writing in support of Councilwoman Zendejas' and Vice Mayor Allen's Agenda Item to investigate the feasibility of developing a Senior Safe Home.
Our organization, WISE & Healthy Aging (WISE), is deeply embedded in elder and dependent adult abuse prevention and intervention services throughout the County of Los Angeles, including targeted programming within the City of Long Beach.
Through our work providing field-based wraparound services to survivors of elder abuse, we have become well aware of the dearth of emergency shelter services for victims of elder abuse.
In the absence of senior-friendly emergency shelters, our clients are often forced to continue to remain in unsafe, physically and/or emotionally abusive living situations. Older adults experiencing abuse deserve a safe place to stay and recover from trauma.
I urge you to support this item by voting yes on Agenda Item 13 for a Senior Safe Home. - Miles McNeeley, Director of Elder Abuse Prevention, WISE & Healthy Aging
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13. (23-0135) Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all of the appropriate departments to report back within 90 days a report exploring the feasibility of providing a senior safe home for victims of elder abuse who are at greater risk of falling into homelessness in Long Beach and Los Angeles County, including a list of any city owned properties or land in which a senior safe home could be established, and potential external funding sources.
Gretchen
Swanson
gretchen.swanson3@gm
ail.com
Please support Item #13 to research the feasability of a senior safe home for our Long Beach older adults.
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13. (23-0135) Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all of the appropriate departments to report back within 90 days a report exploring the feasibility of providing a senior safe home for victims of elder abuse who are at greater risk of falling into homelessness in Long Beach and Los Angeles County, including a list of any city owned properties or land in which a senior safe home could be established, and potential external funding sources.
Gray Mankey [email protected] Senior citizens are one of the most vulnerable populations in Long Beach. Currently, Long Beach has the highest number of elder abuse cases in LA county, and it's time we do something to protect our seniors. A senior safe home would be an incredible step to take, and as a resident of Long Beach, I fully support the feasibility study. Thank you.
2/13/2023
13. (23-0135) Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all of the appropriate departments to report back within 90 days a report exploring the feasibility of providing a senior safe home for victims of elder abuse who are at greater risk of falling into homelessness in Long Beach and Los Angeles County, including a list of any city owned properties or land in which a senior safe home could be established, and potential external funding sources.
Phyllis Schmidt [email protected] As a Commissioner on the Long Beach Senior Citizen Advisory Commission I ask that you approve this recommendation. The need is great.There is no facility here in Southern California, Only one senior safe home in northern California in Sacramento with 6 beds.Long Beach is a city that cares and now is the time.
Please approve this recommendation and let us start building this much need safe home.
2/8/2023
14. (23-0136) Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend
Contract No. 35863 with The Illumination Foundation, of Orange, CA, for site operations and interim housing services at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard for people experiencing homelessness, to increase the contract amount by $479,600 for a revised total annual contract amount of $2,479,600 for the current contract year, and extend the term of the contract for an additional six months in the amount of $1,252,165 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $5,731,765 for the term ending August 18, 2023, with an option to renew for an additional six month period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (District 6)
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