INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE MINUTES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
THE BEACH CONFERENCE ROOM, 12:00 PM
Roberto Uranga, Chair
Megan Kerr, Vice Chair
Kristina Duggan, Member
FINISHED AGENDA & MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
At 12:09 PM, Chair Uranga called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present: Duggan, Kerr, Uranga
Also present: Sarah Patterson, Manager Government Affairs, City Manager Department, Erin Weesner-McKinley, Principal Deputy City Attorney, Karen Baldwin, City Clerk Analyst.
REGULAR AGENDA
1. 25-56173 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee meeting of May 20, 2025.
A motion was made by Member Duggan, seconded by Vice Chair Kerr, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 3 Duggan, Kerr, Uranga
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
2. 25-56174 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the California FY 26 State Budget.
A motion was made by Vice Chair Kerr, seconded by Member Duggan, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 3 Duggan, Kerr, Uranga
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE MINUTES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
THE BEACH CONFERENCE ROOM, 12:00 PM
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Chair Uranga spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
A dialogue ensued between Chair Uranga and Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke; and continued the PowerPoint presentation.
Member Duggan spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
Vice Chair Kerr spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke; and continued the PowerPoint presentation.
Chair Uranga spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke; and continued the PowerPoint presentation.
3. 25-56175 Recommendation to receive and file a debriefing of the June 4-6, 2025, Washington D.C. Federal Advocacy Trip.
A motion was made by Member Duggan, seconded by Vice Chair Kerr, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 3 Duggan, Kerr, Uranga
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE MINUTES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
THE BEACH CONFERENCE ROOM, 12:00 PM
Vice Chair Kerr spoke.
4. 25-56176 Recommendation to consider proposed changes to the 2025 Legislative Agenda.
A motion was made by Member Duggan, seconded by Vice Chair Kerr, to approve recommendation, as amended, to support policies, legislation, and funding that modernize the State’s “surplus” finding and the associated revenue-sharing formula governing Long Beach’s tidelands oil and gas revenue; support policies, legislation, and funding that redirects interest revenues generated from the state’s oil abandonment liability savings or reinvest state oil revenues through direct appropriations back into Long Beach; and support policies, legislation and grants funding that facilitate comprehensive and strategic planning for the end to oil extraction, including consideration of limiting employment losses, budget impacts, and planning for future decommissioning and site preparation. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 3 Duggan, Kerr, Uranga
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Member Duggan spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
Clayton Heard, Program Specialist, City Manager Department, spoke.
Member Duggan spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
A dialogue ensued between Member Duggan and Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department.
Vice Chair Kerr spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE MINUTES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
THE BEACH CONFERENCE ROOM, 12:00 PM
A dialogue ensued between Vice Chair Kerr and Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department.
Member Duggan spoke.
Vice Chair Kerr spoke.
A dialogue ensued between Vice Chair Kerr and Member Duggan.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
Member Duggan spoke.
A dialogue ensued between Member Duggan and Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department.
Erin Weesner-McKinley, Principal Deputy City Attorney, spoke.
Member Duggan spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
A dialogue ensued between Member Duggan and Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department.
Vice Chair Kerr spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
Member Duggan spoke.
Clayton Heard, Program Specialist, City Manager Department, spoke.
A dialogue ensued between Member Duggan and Clayton Heard, Program Specialist, City Manager Department.
Chair Uranga spoke.
Member Duggan spoke.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE MINUTES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
THE BEACH CONFERENCE ROOM, 12:00 PM
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
Erin Weesner-McKinley, Principal Deputy City Attorney, spoke.
Vice Chair Kerr spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
Erin Weesner-McKinley, Principal Deputy City Attorney, spoke.
A dialogue ensued between Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, and Erin Weesner-McKinley, Principal Deputy City Attorney.
Vice Chair Kerr spoke.
Sarah Patterson, Manager of Government Affairs, City Manager Department, spoke.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no Online Public Comments received and no non-agenda public comment emails received.
ADJOURNMENT
At 1:07 PM, there being no objection, Chair Uranga declared the meeting adjourned.