CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
Mary Zendejas, 1st District
Cindy Allen, 2nd District
Kristina Duggan, 3rd District
Daryl Supernaw, 4th District
Megan Kerr, 5th District
Dr. Suely Saro, 6th District
Roberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, 7th District
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, 8th District
Dr. Joni Ricks-Oddie, 9th District
Thomas B. Modica, City Manager
Monique De La Garza, City Clerk
Rex Richardson, Mayor
Dawn McIntosh, City Attorney
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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.
CONSENT CALENDAR (1 – 22)
1. 25-54202 Recommendation to receive and file a report for Mayor Richardson’s travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the United States Conference of Mayors Annual Winter Meeting on January 17-19, 2025.
Office or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
2. 25-54184 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,050, offset by the Fifth Council District One-Time Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide contributions of:
• $500 to The Little Lion Foundation in support of their Community Cat Project;
• $550 to the California Conference for Equality and Justice in support of their Roots of Justice event; and
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Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,050, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Megan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
3. 25-54203 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $2,500, offset by the Second Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide contributions of:
• $500 to the United Cambodian Community for the Third Annual Cambodian Restaurant Week from May 18th through May 25th, 2025;
• $1,000 to Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Inc for their Pride Board Installation and Fundraiser on January 25th, 2025;
• $1,000 to the Art Theatre Long Beach Inc. for their Annual Red Carpet Awards and Gala Fundraiser on March 2nd, 2025; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $2,500, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Cindy Allen, Councilwoman, Second District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
4. 25-54204 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,800, offset by the Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution of:
• $300 to Friends of Long Beach Dairy and Creamery Landmark to support Long Beach Christmas’s ‘A Long Beach Christmas Event’ on December 22, 2024;
• $500 to the African American Cultural Center, Long Beach to support their Kwanzaa Celebration on December 30, 2024;
• $1,000 to Leadership Long Beach to support their 16th Annual MLK Day of Service on January 20, 2025; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,800, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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5. 25-54210 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with appropriate staff to identify a Council District 8 field office location and return to City Council with a short-term lease option to utilize the one-time funding of $50,000, allocated in the City’s FY 25 Budget for Council District Field Office support.
Office or Department: Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Councilwoman, Eighth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
6. 25-54177 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) $85,622.50 and also 2) separate authority to pay $27,695, in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Alex Angotti.
Office or Department: City Attorney
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
7. 25-54178 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulation with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay $68,440, in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Brogan Healy.
Office or Department: City Attorney
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
8. 25-54179 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to pay sum of $90,000, in full settlement of lawsuit entitled Amber Heads, et al. v. City of Long Beach, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV17345.
Office or Department: City Attorney
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
9. 25-54181 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meetings of Tuesday, January 14 and January 21, 2025.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
10. 25-54183 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between January 13, 2025 and January 27, 2025.
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Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
11. 25-54185 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the City Manager Department; and adopt resolution.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
12. 25-54166 Recommendation to request City Attorney to amend Resolution No. RES-19-0111 to clarify that City Manager and all approved Hiring Authorities can authorize a critical needs exemption to travel to banned states, if they determine there is a critical City operational need, and to remove language referring to financial sanctions on Georgia. (Citywide)
Office or Department: City Manager
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
13. 24-55998 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing the acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $250,000, awarded by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) through the Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0 Housing Infill on Public and Private Lands (HIPP);
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents and agreements necessary to accept and utilize these funds for eligible activities; and
Increase appropriations in the Development Services Fund Group in the Community Development Department by $250,000, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Community Development
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
14. 25-54148 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents or subsequent amendments, including any amendment to increase the initial grant term or initial award amount, with the James Irvine Foundation, processed through Amalgamated Foundation to accept and expend grant funding in an initial amount of up to $500,000, to support capacity-building efforts to better serve and connect older workers, transgender/gender non-conforming, and Black workers to Workforce Innovation
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Opportunity Act (WIOA) funded career development services, for an initial two-year period upon execution of contract. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Economic Development
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
15. 25-54149 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents, including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Bound Tree Medical, LLC of Dublin, OH, for furnishing and delivering emergency medical supplies, on the same terms and conditions afforded to the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative d/b/a BuyBoard (BuyBoard), in an annual amount of $400,000, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $60,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $460,000, until the BuyBoard Contract No. 704-23 expires on May 31, 2025, with the option to renew for as long as the BuyBoard contract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Fire Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
16. 25-54150 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36934 with Life-Assist, Inc. of Rancho Cordova, CA, for furnishing and delivering emergency medical supplies, to increase the annual contract amount by $100,000, for a revised annual amount of $400,000, and authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $60,000, for a revised total annual amount not to exceed $460,000. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Fire Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
17. 25-54151 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Western Extrication Specialist, Inc., of Simi Valley, CA, for providing Holmatro electric-hydraulic extrication tools and maintenance, in an amount of $650,000, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $97,500, for a total amount not to exceed $747,500 for the first year of the contract, and, for subsequent years, in an annual amount of $200,000, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $30,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $230,000, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
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Office or Department: Fire Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
18. 25-54152 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Community Partners, of Los Angeles, CA, as the fiscal agent for the Mayors Fund for Long Beach, of Long Beach, CA, to expand the efforts of the Early Childhood Education Enrollment Hub Program, aligning with the requirements of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services contract, in a total amount not to exceed $308,626, for a period of eight months, with the option to renew for one additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Health and Human Services
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
19. 25-54153 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a Letter of Agreement to the 2023- 2026 Memorandum of Understanding with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Employee Terms.
Office or Department: Human Resources
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
20. 25-54155 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Bushfire Kitchen LB, LLC, dba Bushfire Kitchen, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 4610 Pacific Coast Highway, and determine that the application serves the public convenience and necessity. (District 3)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
21. 25-54159 Recommendation to accept the Notice of Determination Number 2019100514 prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an easement deed from Duke Realty Orange L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, property owner at 2851
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Orange Avenue, for the installation and maintenance of public utilities. (District 5)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
22. 25-54156 Recommendation to accept Notice of Exemption Number SE20-811 prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an easement deed from Mercy Housing California 95, L.P., a California limited partnership, property owner at 941 East Pacific Coast Highway, for the installation and maintenance of public utilities. (District 6)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
HEARING
23. 25-54160 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt resolution continuing the Fourth Street Parking and Business Improvement Area assessment levy for the period of October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to extend the agreement with the Fourth Street Business Improvement Association for a one- year term. (District 2)
Office or Department: Economic Development
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
24. 25-54161 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt resolution continuing the Long Beach Tourism Business Improvement Area assessment levy for the period of October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025; and, authorize the City Manager, or designee, to extend the agreement with the Long Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for a one-year term. (Districts 1, 2, 4, 5)
Office or Department: Economic Development
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
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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 the commencement of the meeting. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments.
REGULAR AGENDA
25. 25-54180 Recommendation to request City Auditor conduct an audit of the Tidelands Fund Group; and
Request City Manager return to City Council during the Year-End Budget Review, or Mid-Year Budget Adjustment, with a $200,000 allocation from the Tidelands Fund Group to the City Auditor's Office to conduct an audit of the Tidelands Fund Group.
Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
26. 25-54162 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the development of the City’s Strategic Roadmap in preparation for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Citywide)
Office or Department: City Manager
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
27. 25-54164 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ PW24-459 and award a contract to John L. Hunter & Associates, of Buena Park, CA, for providing as- needed Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit professional compliance and support services, in a total amount not to exceed $3,000,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
28. 25-54165 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a lease- purchase agreement and related financing documents with Banc of America Public
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Capital Corp, of San Francisco, CA, for financing the purchase and delivery of refuse and recycling containers, under Contract No. 34856 with Rehrig Pacific Company, a Delaware corporation, payable over a ten-year period at an interest rate to be determined when the agreement is executed and any necessary documents, including any necessary amendments. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
29. 25-54206 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc, of Dallas, TX, for providing noticing and call center services, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for one additional one year period, at the discretion of the City Manager; and
25-54207 Adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Experian plc, of Los Angeles, CA, for providing credit monitoring services, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for one additional one year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Technology and Innovation
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
ORDINANCE
30. 25-54186 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending and restating Chapter 5.77 of the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to short-term rentals, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for a final reading; and
25-54187 Adopt resolution directing City Manager, or designee, to submit the ordinance amendment and associated materials and findings to the California Coastal Commission for review and a finding of conformance with the City’s Certified Coastal Program. (Citywide)
Office or Department: City Attorney
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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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.
STANDING COMMITTEE REMINDER
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 – Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, California at 4:30 P.M., Civic Chambers
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – As the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach at 4:45 P.M., Civic Chambers.
HEARING REMINDER
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 – Hearing for Z Golf Food & Beverage Services LLC dba The Sanctuary by Wedgewood Wedding to Grant a Permit, with Conditions, for Entertainment with Dancing. (District 1)
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 – Hearing for Inclusionary Housing Policy update. (Citywide)
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – Hearing for Bite Catering Couture Dba Bite Catering Couture to Grant a Permit, with Conditions, for Entertainment with Dancing. (District 1)
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – Hearing for Preferential Parking District “U”. (District 4)
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – Hearing for Preferential Parking District “Z”. (District 4)
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – Hearing for the Bixby Knolls Parking and Business Improvement Area, declaring its intention to levy the annual assessment. (Districts 5, 8)
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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 COUNCIL AGENDA
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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.