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17. (23-0533) Recommendation to request City Auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit on fiscal liabilities and economic impacts to the City of Long Beach stemming from California's transition away from crude oil and natural gas production to assist in the City's transition planning efforts, and refer findings to the Climate, Environment, and Coastal Protection Committee for input and discussion.
Dave Shukla [email protected] Strong support for this item. I commend Mayor Rex Richardson and the Council Members for moving this
item forward.
At this time, note that the last bulleted item in the list of "in-depth analysis" desiderata, "List of programs funded by [oil] revenues [...] and anticipated fiscal impacts
associated with the reduction then loss of these
revenues" ***must*** include Breadth and Depth of
information.
Breadth: full listing of affected programs, scope of
budgetary dependence for each program listing, type of
revenue source relevant to each program listing (i.e.
Tidelands/Uplands/General Fund/Prop.H/etc.);
Depth: how long each affected program has been in
operation, been dependent on oil revenues, how growth
in service or program has been affected by changes in
oil revenues (i.e. did Prop. H really "save" Police and Fire budgets back in 2009?, which programs were
affected by the oil and gas profiteering spikes of 2021- 22? by how much? etc.), alternative funding source
options, etc.
-ds
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17. (23-0533) Recommendation to request City Auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit on fiscal liabilities and economic impacts to the City of Long Beach stemming from California's transition away from crude oil and natural gas production to assist in the City's transition planning efforts, and refer findings to the Climate, Environment, and Coastal Protection Committee for input and discussion.
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17. (23-0533) Recommendation to request City Auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit on fiscal liabilities and economic impacts to the City of Long Beach stemming from California's transition away from crude oil and natural gas production to assist in the City's transition planning efforts, and refer findings to the Climate, Environment, and Coastal Protection Committee for input and discussion.
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As someone who's lived almost 10 years and has family
ties back to the 1950's I am deeply disappointed to see these restrictive recommendations on our local street
vendors. Although SB 946 was designed for local
jurisdictions to implement their own policies regarding street vendors that best suit their communities, these
recommendations do not seem to keep LB's rich history
in mind. On the contrary, they will further disenfranchise even more poor/working-class residents from
participating in our local economy. The firm that created these recs, Lisa Wise Consulting, is based in San Luis Obispo, a predominately white community, and a
majority of its staff are white/white-presenting- thus not centering the most impacted individuals, BIPOC
communities. If the council accepts these
recommendations, as is, it will further perpetuate
systemic racism that will drastically change the
landscape of some of our treasured community spaces
such as our local parks/beaches.
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eComments Report for City Council Meeting Agenda of May 23, 2023 Item Name E-mail Address Comment Received
18. (23-0522) Recommendation to request City Manager direct Public Works to provide a comprehensive update on the status of the Studebaker Road major corridor improvements project at the June 6, 2023 Council meeting.
Dave Shukla [email protected] Support. 5/23/2023
22. (23-0538) Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a list of projects citywide for repaving and resurfacing that are proposed to receive Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funding totaling an estimated $11,500,000 in the Fiscal Year 2024 Paving Program. (Citywide)
Dave Shukla [email protected] Hello.
Generally, it is surprising that there are no streets in Council Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, or 7 identified for this
funding; also, that multi-modal state grant monies are
being allocated primarily for residential road repairs that are *not* part of the bike masterplan - those had better be some resilient sidewalks!
Specifically, the inclusion of 36th Pl. is a bit of a stretch - 190 ft of average PCI of 52 has to be the very tail end of the "SB1 project list [...] revenues [...] used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects" (Resolution
P.1, Lines 20-21).
It would be interesting to see added to the spreadsheet printout a column for when the PCI was determined for
each entry -- i.e. 'date evaluated' or 'date inspected for pavement condition' or somesuch -- so that the public
could evaluate what these PCI values mean relative to
usage in real-time, and whether PCI is determined prior to construction projects.
ds, cd3
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