CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2025
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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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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.
CONSENT CALENDAR (1 – 15)
1. 25-54674 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $20,000, offset by the Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to Cambodia Town Inc. to support their 17th Annual Cambodia Town Parade and Culture Festival; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $20,000, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
2. 25-54679 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $100,000, offset by the Seventh Council District One- Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to
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provide support for the 2025 Mariachi Festival; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $100,000, to offset transfers to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Roberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, Seventh District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
3. 25-54682 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $6,335, offset by the Third Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide contributions of:
1. $250 to the Friends of the Long Beach Firefighters for the 2025 Cars and Clippers;
2. $250 to Long Beach BLAST for Breakfast BLAST 2025
3. $500 to Playmakers for the Second Annual Adaptive Sports Fair;
4. $500 to Women’s Shelter of Long Beach for the 2025 Leading with Love Gala;
5. $1,000 to the Conservation Corps of Long Beach for Dine on Pine
6. $1,335 to Jovie Bernardino-Tavares for the Navigating Menopause Maze Through Empowerment Event;
7. $2,500 to the Friends of Belmont Shore for the 2025 Summer Concert; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $6,335, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
4. 25-54661 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
5. 25-54662 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between March 3, 2025 and March 10, 2025.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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6. 25-54599 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35527 with Kardent, a California Corporation, of Long Beach, CA, for providing as-needed space-planning and architectural services, to extend the term of the contract for an additional six months, through September 30, 2025. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Economic Development
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
7. 25-54600 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34107 with Parsons Constructors, Inc., of Pasadena, CA, for providing professional Project Labor Agreement administration services for the Phase II Terminal Area improvements Project at the Long Beach Airport, to extend the term of the contract to March 31, 2026. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Financial Management
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
8. 25-54601 Recommendation to receive and file the Investment Report for Quarter ending December 31, 2024. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Financial Management
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
9. 25-54604 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an amendment to Right-of-Entry Permit No. P-00036 for continued monitoring of vapor sampling wells located in Baker Street Mini-Park and Wrigley Heights Dog Park, and any related documents, with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2027, with two additional two-year options to renew the Permit through April 30, 2031, or until the completion of all investigation activities as determined by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. (District 7)
Office or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
10. 25-54605 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $325,627, for park improvement projects, offset by grant revenue; and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works
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Department by $325,627, for park improvement projects, offset by a transfer of Los Angeles County Measure A grant funds from the Capital Grants Fund. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine; Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
11. 25-54602 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Kiet Hong, dba LBC Markets for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 3200 East Pacific Coast Highway, and determine that the application serves the public convenience and necessity, submit a Public Notice of Protest to ABC and direct City Manager to withdraw the protest if a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is granted. (District 2)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
12. 25-54658 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Exact Agency Incorporated, dba The Cove for an Inter-County Transfer of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 6276 East Pacific Coast Highway, 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 3)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
13. 25-54603 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35524 with NCIC Inmate Communications, of Longview, TX, for providing inmate telephone and video visitation services at the Long Beach City Jail, to extend the term of the contract to April 14, 2026, with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
14. 25-54612 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35590 with Evolutionary Commercial
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Systems, Inc., of Huntington Beach, CA, for providing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition telemetry system maintenance and repair services, to extend the term of the contract to April 14, 2026. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
15. 25-54607 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB PW-24-414 and award contracts to Biltmore Metal Fabricators, of Long Beach, CA, and South Street Inc. dba Fab Metal Shop, of Long Beach, CA, for as-needed metal bin repairs, welding, and refurbishing services, in an annual aggregate amount of $180,000, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $27,000, for a total annual aggregate contract amount not to exceed $207,000, 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.
CEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS
ACS PET ADOPTION
RED CROSS MONTH
WOMENS’S HISTORY MONTH: CELEBRATING WOMEN’S POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
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
16. 25-54676 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with impacted departments and the Arts Council for Long Beach to expand the City’s Percent for the Arts Program to boost support for public art installations and live music, and refer to the Arts, Culture, and Tourism Committee for input and discussion.
Office or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor; Mary Zendejas,
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Councilwoman, First District, Chair, Arts, Culture, and Tourism Committee
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
17. 25-54608 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Annual and Five-Year Reports for the Transportation Improvement, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Fire Facilities Impact, Police Facilities Impact, and Sensitive Coastal Resource Impact Fees. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Financial Management
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
18. 25-54609 WITHDRAWN
Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2025 first departmental and fund budget appropriation adjustments in accordance with existing City Council policy. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Financial Management
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
19. 25-54610 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36289 with Reyes Construction, Inc., of Pomona, CA, for providing construction work on the Colorado Lagoon Open Channel Phase 2A Project, to increase the contract amount by $2,000,000, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $26,564,768; and,
Decrease appropriations in the Tidelands Operating Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $1,500,000, to align the Port of Long Beach’s funding commitment as outlined in the terms of its Memorandum of Understanding in result of the City receiving an equivalent, previously appropriated RMC Grant for the project. (District 3)
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
ORDINANCE
20. 25-54672 Recommendation to declare ordinance adopting Zoning Code Amendment and the proposed findings thereto, to amend Chapter 21.67 of the Zoning Regulations to expand the existing Inclusionary Housing Ordinance applicability beyond the Downtown Plan and Mid-Town Specific Plan submarkets and apply the ordinance
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citywide, including sites within the coastal zone; change the affordability requirements for Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, read for the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; and
25-54673 Adopt resolution directing City Manager, or designee, to submit the Local Coastal Program Amendment and associated materials and findings related to changes to Title 21 of the Long Beach Municipal Code to the California Coastal Commission for its review and certification in compliance with the Certified Local Coastal Program.
Office or Department: City Attorney
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
21. 25-54663 Recommendation to declare ordinance of the City Council of the City of Long Beach (City) amending the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) by amending and restating Section 2.01.210.B; and repealing Section 1.15.020.A, all relating to municipal elections, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
Office or Department: City Attorney
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
NEW BUSINESS
22. 25-54716 Recommendation to request City Attorney to draft resolution officially recognizing March 31st as Transgender Day of Visibility in the City of Long Beach and recognize the City of Long Beach as a safe city for transgender people and members of the LGBTQIA+ community, while also reaffirming the City of Long Beach’s values as a safe and welcoming place for all members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Office or Department: Cindy Allen, Councilwoman, Second District; Roberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, Seventh District; Megan Kerr,
Councilwoman, Fifth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025 – Government Operations and Efficiency Committee (Attorney/Client) at 4:15 P.M., Beach Conference Rm.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 – As the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach at 3:45 P.M., Civic Chambers
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NOTE:
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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.
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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.