411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Mary Zendejas, 1st District
Cindy Allen, Vice Mayor, 2nd District
Kristina Duggan, 3rd District
Daryl Supernaw, 4th District
Thomas B. Modica, City Manager
Monique De La Garza, City Clerk Rex Richardson, Mayor
Megan Kerr, 5th District
Dr. Suely Saro, 6th District
Roberto Uranga, 7th District
Al Austin, 8th District
Dr. Joni Ricks-Oddie, 9th District
Dawn McIntosh, City Attorney
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The consent calendar shall be heard immediately after the pledge of allegiance, and prior to 6:30 PM. All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council and will all be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of said items unless the Mayor, City Councilmembers or the City Manager request specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CONSENT CALENDAR: (1 - 28)
Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,000, offset by the Third Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide a donation of $1,000 to Happy Sundays; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,000, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
23-08081.
COUNCILMEMBER KRISTINA DUGGAN,
THIRD DISTRICT
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $800, offset by the Third Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide a donation of $800 to the Friends of Belmont Shore to support their Summer Community Concert; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $800, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
23-08092.
COUNCILMEMBER KRISTINA DUGGAN,
THIRD DISTRICT
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $5,500, offset by the Fifth Council District One-Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to:
· $5,000 to Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Inc. to support the 2023 Pride Parade and Festival on August 4 - 6, 2023;
· $500 to California Families in Focus for Trans Pride Long Beach Festival 2023 that was held on July 29, 2023; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $5,500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
23-08103.
COUNCILWOMAN MEGAN KERR, FIFTH
DISTRICT
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $325, offset by the Ninth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to the DeForest Park Neighborhood Association; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $325 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
23-08114.
COUNCILMEMBER JONI RICKS-ODDIE,
NINTH DISTRICT
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $2,000, offset by the Fifth Council District One-Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to the Long Beach City College Foundation in support of the Community Concert held on August 18, 2023; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $2,000 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
23-08335.
COUNCILWOMAN MEGAN KERR, FIFTH
DISTRICT
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to restate the recommendation approved by City Council on July 11th to correct the name of the recipient receiving $1,750 of Third Council District One-time District Priority Funds from Friends of Rec Park Bandshell to Partners of Parks.
23-08346.
COUNCILMEMBER KRISTINA DUGGAN,
THIRD DISTRICT
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay $227,722.50 for Stipulations with Request for Award with a life pension thereafter of $247.38 subject to COLA increases per week in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Robert Bernsen.
23-08127.
CITY ATTORNEYOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit two Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay 1) $27,695 and also 2) separate authority to pay $48,140 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Armand Castellanos.
23-08138.
CITY ATTORNEYOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit two Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay 1) $34,437.50 and also 2) separate authority to pay $27,695 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Johnny Dodson.
23-08149.
CITY ATTORNEYOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay 1) $11,092.50 and 2) separate authority to pay $8,772.50, and 3) separate authority to pay $58,290 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Cleo Lee.
23-081610.
CITY ATTORNEYOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Compromise and Release for approval by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay $250,000 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Sean Parilla.
23-081511.
CITY ATTORNEYOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay $162,762.50 for Stipulations with Request for Award with a life pension thereafter of $139.15 subject to COLA increases per week in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Richard Wharton.
23-081712.
CITY ATTORNEYOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meetings of Tuesday, July 11 and July 18, 2023.
23-081813.
CITY CLERKOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between July 10, 2023 and July 24, 2023.
23-081914.
CITY CLERKOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the City Manager Department; and adopt resolution.
23-082015.
CITY CLERKOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Financial Management Department; and adopt resolution.
23-082116.
CITY CLERKOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Health and Human Services Department; and adopt resolution.
23-082217.
CITY CLERKOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Human Resources Department; and adopt resolution.
23-082318.
CITY CLERKOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Police Department; and adopt resolution.
23-082419.
CITY CLERKOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing the temporary closure of certain streets, alleys, and walkways, as needed in connection with the 2023 Long Beach Pride Parade and Festival, between August 3, 2023 and August 7, 2023. (District 1)
23-082520.
CITY MANAGEROffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for a Second Amendment to Lease No. 34894 with BLANKSPACES, LLC, for City-owned property located at 309 Pine Avenue, commonly known as the Shaun Lumachi Innovation Center. (District 1)
Levine Act: Yes
23-082621.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a Lease with Long Beach Center Loan, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for City-leased office space at 420 Pine Avenue, Suite P-100, for the operation and management of City parking facilities. (District 1)
Levine Act: Yes
23-082722.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC
WORKS
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Munis Contract No. 32300036 with Smart & Final Stores, LLC, for the purchase of grocery items, by increasing the original contract amount of $100,000 by $250,000, and adding an additional 20 percent contingency in the amount of $70,000, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $420,000; and
Adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Smart & Final Stores, LLC, of Commerce, California, for the purchase of grocery items, in an annual amount of $350,000, with an additional 20 percent contingency in the amount of $70,000, not to exceed a total contract amount of $420,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
23-071623.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to adopt resolution directing the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller to include on the 2023-2024 County Secured Tax Roll certain levies made pursuant to the provisions of the Long Beach Municipal Code, for weed removal and long-term boarded or vacant buildings in an amount not to exceed $60,134. (Citywide) 23-082824.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT;
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an Educational Affiliate Agreement, and all necessary documents, including any subsequent amendments, with Long Beach City College, to allow enrolled students to implement a ride-along program for emergency medical service students participating in Emergency Medical Technician coursework, for a period of five years. (Citywide)
23-082925.
FIREOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all necessary subsequent documents or subsequent amendments, including amending the grant award, with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), to accept and expend funding in a total amount not to exceed $30,000 for the 2023 AARP Community Challenge Grant - Transportation Demonstration Grant Program, for a 5-month period, estimated to begin June 28, 2023 through November 30, 2023, with an option to extend for an additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
23-083026.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to receive and file the application of Pequena Enterprises, LLC, dba Tacos La Pequena, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 4915 Long Beach Boulevard, submit a Public Notice of Protest to ABC; and direct City Manager to withdraw the protest if a Conditional Use Permit Exemption (CUPEX) is granted. (District 8)
Levine Act: Yes
23-072227.
POLICEOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with the County of Los Angeles (County), to receive and expend grant funding up to $27,000 from the County Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Program, for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Police Department by $27,000, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide) 23-083128.
POLICEOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
BUDGET HEARING:
Recommendation to conduct a Budget Hearing to receive and discuss an overview of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Budget. (Citywide) 23-083229.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CITY CLERK Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is given to the first 10 persons who submit Speaker Cards to the City Clerk beginning at 15 minutes prior to 3:00 p.m. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments.
ORDINANCES:
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Chapter 2.45 relating to the Commission for Women and Girls, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
23-077230.
CITY ATTORNEYOffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
Recommendation to declare ordinance conferring upon and delegating to the Board of Harbor Commissioners the authority to enforce statutes and ordinances, to arrest and to prepare, issue, and deliver written notices to appear inside the City of Long Beach Harbor District, including at the Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle-Pedestrian Path, at the Port Administration Building and the associated underground parking structure, and at other specific premises outside the Harbor District, read and adopted as read. 23-073431.
HARBOROffice or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
NEW BUSINESS:
New Business items are additions to the City Council Agenda subsequent to the posting of the agenda on Monday afternoon.
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34. PUBLIC COMMENT: IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT
Opportunity is given to those members of the public who have not addressed the City Council on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes unless extended by the City Council.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
STANDING COMMITTEE REMINDERS:
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 - Budget Oversight Committee at 11:30 A.M., Civic Chambers.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 - Public Safety Committee at 3:00 P.M., Expo Arts Center - 4321 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach CA 90807.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - Intergovernmental Affairs Committee at 12:30 P.M., Civic Chambers.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - Budget Oversight Committee at 2:15 P.M., Civic Chambers.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, California at 4:30 P.M., Civic Chambers.
HEARING REMINDER:
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - Hearing for Fortune Hunter Enterprises LLC dba Long Beach Unified Bar and Lounge to Grant a Permit, with Conditions, for Entertainment with Dancing. (District 6)
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CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
NOTE:
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Any supplemental writings or documents regarding an agenda item that are distributed to a majority of the City Council after the posting of this agenda will be available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk during normal business hours and available on the internet at http://longbeach.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.
If oral language interpretation for non-English speaking persons is desired or if a special accommodation is desired pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please make your request by phone to the Office of the City Clerk at (562) 570-6101, 24 business hours prior to the City Council meeting.
Kung humihiling ng pasalitang interpretasyon ng wika ng agenda at minutes ng Konseho ng Lungsod o kung humihiling ng isang natatanging pagtulong ayon sa Americans with Disabilities Act, mangyaring humiling sa pamamagitan ng telepono sa Opisina ng Clerk ng Lungsod sa (562) 570-6101, 24 oras ng negosyo bago isagawa ang pulong ng Konseho ng Lungsod.
Si desea interpretación oral en otro idioma para las personas que no hablan inglés o si desea una adaptación especial en conformidad con la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades, haga su solicitud por teléfono a la oficina del secretario municipal al (562) 570-6101, 24 horas hábiles antes de la reunión del ayuntamiento de la ciudad.
CITY OF LONG BEACH
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
If written language translation of the City Council agenda and minutes for non-English speaking persons is desired, please make your request by phone to the Office of the City Clerk at (562) 570-6101, 72 business hours prior to the City Council meeting.
Kung humihiling ng nakasulat na pagsasalin ng wika ng agenda at minutes ng Konseho ng Lungsod para sa mga taong hindi nagsasalita ng Ingles, mangyaring humiling sa pamamagitan ng telepono sa Opisina ng Clerk ng Lungsod sa (562) 570-6101, 72 oras bago isagawa ang pulong ng Konseho ng Lungsod.
Si desea obtener la traducción escrita en otro idioma de la agenda y las actas del ayuntamiento de la ciudad para las personas que no hablan inglés, haga su solicitud por teléfono a la oficina del secretario municipal al (562) 570-6101, 72 horas hábiles antes de la reunión del ayuntamiento de la ciudad.