CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025
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CIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:30 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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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 – 14)
1. 25-56144 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $3,000, offset by the Eighth Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide contributions of:
1. $3,000 to Care Closet LBC; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $3,000, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Councilwoman, Eighth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
2. 25-56146 Recommendation to correct the organization’s name receiving payment of $100,
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as authorized in the April 22, 2025 approved action, from The Long Beach Area Peace Network to Veterans for Peace.
Office or Department: Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
3. 25-56148 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $200, offset by the Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to a New Way of Life Reentry Project to support their LaRonda Burton Memorial Recovery Awards on August 6, 2025; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $200, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Office or Department: Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
4. 25-56112 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
5. 25-56113 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between August 4, 2025 and August 11, 2025.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
6. 25-56114 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Office of the City Clerk; and adopt resolution.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
7. 25-56115 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the City Manager Department; and adopt resolution.
Office or Department: City Clerk
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Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
8. 25-56116 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Civil Service Department; and adopt resolution.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
9. 25-56117 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Police Department; and adopt resolution.
Office or Department: City Clerk
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
10. 25-56097 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract and all necessary documents, including any necessary subsequent amendments, with the County of Los Angeles, to receive and expend Department of Homeland Security grant funding for the 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), in an amount not to exceed $65,120, for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications Department by $65,120, offset by grant reimbursement revenue. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
11. 25-56098 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Letter of Agreement, and all necessary documents including any subsequent amendments, with Interval House, from Long Beach, CA, to establish the continuation of coordinated assistance for victims of domestic violence, for a five-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
12. 25-56099 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an Operational Agreement, and all necessary documents including any subsequent
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amendments, with Women Shelter of Long Beach, from Long Beach, CA, to establish the continuation of coordinated assistance for victims of domestic violence and their families, for a five-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Police Department
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
13. 25-56101 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to allocate Public, Education, and Government (PEG) fee revenue equally among the three categories of cable access providers, each receiving one-third of the total available; and
Increase appropriations in the General Services Fund Group in the Technology and Innovation Department by $593,394, offset by PEG fee revenue. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Technology and Innovation
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
14. 25-56102 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36654 with Homeboy Recycling a California Social Purpose Corporation, dba Homeboy Electronics Recycling, of Los Angeles, CA, for providing technology waste services, to increase the contract amount to $50,000, annually with a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $10,000, for a revised annual contract amount not to exceed $60,000. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Technology and Innovation
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
ACS PET ADOPTION
CONTINUED BUDGET HEARING
15. 25-56108 Recommendation to conduct a Budget Hearing to receive and discuss an overview of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget for the departments of Community Development and Health and Human Services and a presentation overview of Tidelands. (Citywide)
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Office or Department: Financial Management
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 the commencement of the meeting. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments.
REGULAR AGENDA
16. 25-56137 Recommendation to request that the City Council approve the application of La Paz, Mexico as the City's newest Sister City, and authorize the Mayor of Long Beach to take necessary actions and execute any and all documents to accomplish the establishment of such a relationship.
Office or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
17. 25-56136 Recommendation to request City Manager to direct the proper departments to implement a Traffic Fatality Victim Memorial Sign Program similar to the one implemented on California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) right-of-ways in homage of traffic fatality victims. Further, this recommendation requests the program be codified into the Long Beach Municipal Code therefore, a draft ordinance for City Council review is requested from the Long Beach City Attorney’s office. The language in Assembly Bill 965, Statutes of 2001 is being provided and recommended for codification draft purposes.
Office or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
18. 25-56147 Recommendation to direct City Manager to work with the Government Affairs Office to revise the City’s Legislative Agenda to support policies, legislation, and funding that help facilitate the City’s responsible and strategic phase-out of local oil extraction operations including, but not limited to, measures that:
• Modernize the State’s “surplus” finding and the associated revenue-sharing formula governing Long Beach’s tidelands oil and gas revenue; • Redirect interest revenues generated from the state’s oil abandonment liability savings or reinvest state oil revenues through direct appropriations back into Long Beach; and
Direct City Manager to work with the Government Affairs Office to develop and
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present additional recommendations to the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee for discussion related to the responsible transition away from oil production and the protection of public trust resources. This discussion should include potential changes to the Legislative Agenda that would support strategies to mitigate budget impacts to core city services, limit employment losses and support the transition of displaced workers, and plan for future decommissioning and site remediation efforts.
Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District; Cindy Allen, Councilwoman, Second District; Joni Ricks-
Oddie, Councilmember, Ninth District
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
19. 25-56103 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP ED-25-602 and award a contract to Brown United, Inc., of Monrovia, CA, for the fabrication, transportation, and installation of the stage for the Long Beach Amphitheater, in a total amount of $1,600,000, authorize a five percent contingency in the amount of $80,000, for a total contract amount of $1,680,000, for a period of one year, at the discretion of the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (District 1)
Office or Department: Economic Development
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
20. 25-56104 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with The Alpha & Omega Group Security Services, Inc., of Inglewood, CA, for providing security guard services, on the same terms and conditions afforded to the County of Orange, CA, in an annual amount of $3,900,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $780,000, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $4,680,000, until the County of Orange, CA contract expires on March 31, 2030, with the option to renew for as long as the County of Orange, CA contract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Financial Management
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
21. 25-56105 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP CE-25-603 and award contracts to Fujitec America, Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, CA, and Specialized Elevator Services, LLC, of Santa Fe Springs, CA, for providing elevator installation, maintenance, repair, and related services, in an annual aggregate amount not to
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exceed $1,100,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $220,000, for a total annual aggregate contract amount not to exceed $1,320,000, 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 contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Financial Management
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
22. 25-56106 Recommendation to receive and file a report on the requirements of Assembly Bill 2561, which mandates local public agencies to present on the status of vacant positions, recruitment, and retention efforts prior to adoption of the City’s annual budget; and direct staff to comply with the provisions of the law. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Human Resources
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
23. 25-56107 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34740 with Utility Solutions Partners, LLC, of Washington, DC, for managed services for providing maintenance and integration support related to the City of Long Beach’s utilities technology support and consultation services, in an annual contract amount of $2,529,916, plus a 5 percent contingency in the amount of $126,496, for a revised annual contract amount of $2,656,412, and extend the term of the contract to September 30, 2026 at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Technology and Innovation
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
ORDINANCE
24. 25-56145 Recommendation to declare ordinance to approve, confirm, and ratify Ordinance No. HD-25-2490 of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long Beach, which authorizes the Chief Executive Officer of the Long Beach Harbor Department to execute a Land Exchange Agreement between the City of Long Beach and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, for the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Program, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (District 7)
Office or Department: Harbor
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Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
NEW BUSINESS
25. 25-56177 Recommendation to adopt ordinance approving a Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA24-002) to Section 21.39.030 of the Zoning Regulations in the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC), and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to allow the Commercial Storage (CS) Zoning District to utilize height overlays pursuant to Chapter 21.39 of the Zoning Regulations, read and adopted as read; and
25-56178 Adopt ordinance approving a Zoning Map Change (ZCHG24-004) request, and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to amend the zoning designation from Light Industrial (IL) to CS, which also includes a high-rise overlay designation of fifty feet/5 stories (HR-50/5) in height, read and adopted as read.
Office or Department: Community Development
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
26. 25-56179 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Sections 18.40.820, 18.40.830,
18.41.300, and 18.41.310 of the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to enhanced drowning prevention measures for private swimming pools, read and adopted as read;
25-56180 Declare ordinance amending Sections 18.40.275, 18.41.280 and 18.41.290 of the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to design requirements considering future sea-level for buildings in coastal flood hazard areas, read and adopted as read; and
25-56181 Declare ordinance amending Section 18.79.020 of the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to clarifying requirements for subgrade electrical work in areas with potential methane gas, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
Office or Department: Community Development
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, August 19, 2025 – Budget Oversight Committee at 1:00 P.M., Civic Chambers.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Government Operations and Efficiency Committee (Attorney/Client) at 4:15 P.M., Beach Conference Rm.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 – Intergovernmental Affairs Committee at 12:00 P.M., Civic Chambers.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 – Budget Oversight Committee at 1:00 P.M., Civic Chambers.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – Budget Oversight Committee at 1:00 P.M., Civic Chambers.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 – Budget Oversight Committee at 1:00 P.M., Civic Chambers.
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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.