CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 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
REVISED
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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 – 17)
1. 25-54872 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,500, offset by the Fourth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to St. Joseph Catholic Church in support of their annual community fair; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,500, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
2. 25-54912 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,500, 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 Office of Special Events and Filming for the 2nd Annual Long Beach Mariachi Festival;
2. $250 to the LGBTQ Center Long Beach for the 4th Annual Trans Day of Visibility Long Beach;
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3. $500 to James Russell Lowell Elementary School PTA for the 2025 Lowell Carnival;
4. $500 to Woodrow Wilson Classical High School for the Wilson High School Grad Nite; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,500, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
3. 25-54853 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between March 24, 2025 and March 31, 2025.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
4. 25-54911 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Police Department; and adopt resolution.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
5. 25-54825 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 Mayor’s Fund for Long Beach, to support an expansion of the Long Beach Early Learning Hub and Childcare Tuition Program, in a total contract amount not to exceed $250,000, for a period of two years, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: City Manager
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
6. 25-54829 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a donation agreement with Care Closet LBC, Inc., of Long Beach, CA, for the donation of a 2009 Ford F-150 half-ton pickup truck, formerly used by the Health and Human Services Department, with an estimated value of $6,500, to assist with cleanup and trash removal efforts at homeless encampment sites. (Citywide)
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Office or Department: Financial Management
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
7. 25-54826 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Medsearch Financial Inc., of Long Beach, CA, for continuing to provide as-needed, temporary, medical staffing, in a total annual amount not to exceed $350,000, for a period of one year, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Health and Human Services
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
8. 25-54827 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents and any subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award amounts or term, with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, of Los Angeles, California, to accept and expend Crisis Housing grant funds, for the Family Crisis Housing Program, in a total amount not to exceed $210,000, for the operational period of January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025, at the discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $210,000, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Health and Human Services
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
9. 25-54828 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Medicalistics, LLC, of Dallas, TX, for providing configuration, implementation and training to supplement and support the NextGen Electronic Health Record platform currently utilized by the Department of Health and Human Services, in an annual amount not to exceed $150,000, for a period of two years. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Health and Human Services
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Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
10. 25-54833 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36893 with JS MD Sigma PLLC, of Kempner, TX, for providing onsite cardiovascular biomarker detection, vascular imaging, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing to identify coronary disease and occupational stressors, to increase the contract amount by $200,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $400,000. (District 1)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
11. 25-54830 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Soulfully Seafood Incorporated, dba Fishbone, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 149 East 4th Street. (District 1)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
12. 25-54831 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Dakin Alan Auret, dba Foot Work Records, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 400 East 3rd Street, and determine that the application serves the public convenience and necessity. (District 1)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
13. 25-54835 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Waffle Boys Incorporated dba & Waffles, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 95 Pine Avenue. (District 1)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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14. 25-54834 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35693 with Vital Medical Services, LLC, of Glendale, CA, for providing jail inmate physician and relief nursing services at the Long Beach City Jail, to increase the annual contract amount by $62,000, for a revised total annual contract amount not to exceed $896,396, and extend the term of the contract to May 31, 2026. (District 2)
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
15. 25-54832 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Bard Associates, LLC., dba Hof’s Hut Restaurant for an Inter-County Transfer of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 2147 Bellflower Boulevard, 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 4)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
16. 25-54837 Recommendation to adopt resolution ordering the summary vacation of five (5) public streets segments within the Port-Related Industrial (IP) Zone District, four (4) are north/south street segments, located south of Ninth Street (9th) from Santa Fe Avenue to Harbor Avenue and West 12th Street South, bearing east/west and adopting findings related thereto. (District 7)
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
17. 25-54836 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for the Second Amendment to Agreement No. 31706 with the City of Seal Beach pursuant, to which the City of Long Beach provides maintenance, repair and collection services for ten parking pay stations by the City of Long Beach. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS
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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
ARTS, CULTURE, AND CREATIVITY MONTH
NATIONAL LIBRARY MONTH
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
18. 25-54910 Recommendation to request City Manager to collaborate with Health & Human Services Department, Business Licensing, and other appropriate departments to develop a more streamlined and overarching event permitting process for established Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Business Improvement Associations (BIAs) and report back to the Council within 90 days.
Office or Department: Megan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District; Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District; Joni Ricks-
Oddie, Councilmember, Ninth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
19. 25-54838 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36266 with the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership, Inc., of Long Beach, CA, for providing organizational and leadership development by engaging the City’s youth and emerging adults and youth-serving organizations, to increase the contract amount by $3,000,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $5,250,000. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Health and Human Services
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
20. 25-54839 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HR-23-352 and award contracts to CPS HR Consulting, of Sacramento, CA, JL Group, LLC, of Laguna Niguel, CA, and Palicon Group, LLC, of Riverside, CA, for providing investigation services, in a total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000, 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
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subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
Office or Department: Human Resources; City Attorney
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
21. 25-54840 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and all necessary amendments including term extensions, with the Department of Homeland Security to receive and expend grant funding for the 2024 Port Security Grant Program, in an amount of $840,001, with a Port of Long Beach cost match of $280,000, for a total amount not to exceed $1,120,001, for a period ending August 31, 2027; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Fire Department by $420,001, and the Police Department by $700,000, offset by federal grant funds and Port of Long Beach cost match funds. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Police Department; Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications; Fire Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
22. 25-54841 Recommendation to adopt Resolution of Intention to establish Underground Utility District 42, for portions of Cherry Avenue;
Set the date of May 6, 2025, for the public hearing on establishing Underground Utility District 42; and
Direct City Clerk to mail notices of the public hearing, together with a district map and letter of information, to all concerned utilities and affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. (Districts 8, 9)
Office or Department: Public Works
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
ORDINANCE
23. 25-54771 WITHDRAWN
Recommendation to adopt ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 16.43 related to Airport Noise Compatibility, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
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Office or Department: City Attorney
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
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – Government Operations and Efficiency Committee (Attorney/Client) at 4:15 P.M., Beach Conference Rm.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – Government Operations and Efficiency Committee at 3:30 P.M., Civic Chambers.
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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 https://longbeach.gov/cityclerk/meetings.
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.