Long Beach — 2023-05-02

1. 23-0415 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund\nGroup in the City Manager Department by $14,604, offset by Second\nCouncil District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the\nCitywide Activities Department, to provide contributions of:\n· $5,000 to the LGBTQ Center Long Beach for their annual Black\nand White Ball on June 24, 2023;\n· $2,500 to the St. Mary Medical Center Foundation for their\nEaster Walk on April 9, 2023;\n· $2,500 to the Long Beach Police Officers Association Charity\nGolf account for the 50th annual Widows and Orphans charity\ngolf tournament on June 14, 2023;\n· $2,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Long Beach to\nsupport their charity golf tournament benefitting the Long Beach\nRonald McDonald House on June 22, 2023;\n· $2,000 to the Long Beach Symphony to support Khmeraspora\non April 29, 2023;\n· $300 to the Salvation Army of Long Beach for their Red Shield\nDay on March 25, 2023;\n· $304 to the Long Beach Public Library Foundation for book\ndonations as part of their Leaders Are Readers program; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide\nActivities Department by $14,604, to offset a transfer to the City\nManager Department.\nOffice or Department: VICE MAYOR CINDY ALLEN, SECOND\nDISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

10. 23-0416 Recommendation to receive and file the Quarterly Report of Cash and\nInvestments for the quarter ending September 30, 2022.\nOffice or Department: CITY AUDITOR\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

12. 23-0418 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received\nbetween April 10, 2023 and April 24, 2023.\nOffice or Department: CITY CLERK\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

13. 23-0432 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a\ncontract and all necessary documents, including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with the County of Los Angeles, to receive\nand expend Department of Homeland Security grant funding for the\n2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant, in an amount not\nto exceed $97,150, for a period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024;\nand\nIncrease appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the\nDisaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications Department\nby $97,150, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND\nEMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

14. 23-0424 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute\nthe First Amendment to Lease Agreement No. 28338 between City of\nLong Beach (City) and the County Sanitation District No. 3 of Los\nAngeles County (County) for the property located at 1173 North Loma\nVista Drive. (District 1)\nOffice or Department: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PARKS,\nRECREATION AND MARINE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

15. 23-0425 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute\nall documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35480 with Clean\nEnergy Fuels, Inc., of Newport Beach, CA, for the purchase of\nrenewable compressed natural gas (CNG), for use in City of Long\nBeach (City) vehicles and equipment, to increase annual contract\namount by $500,000, authorize a 15 percent contingency of $130,500,\nfor a new total annual amount not to exceed $1,000,500, for the\ncurrent contract term and for the remaining five contract renewals\nending on February 13, 2030; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Fleet Services Fund Group in the\nFinancial Management Department by $500,000, offset by funds\navailable generated by revenue received through the Fleet\nMemorandum of Understanding. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

16. 23-0426 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or\ndesignee, to execute a contract with Haaker Equipment Company, of\nLa Verne, CA, for providing Elgin Pelican street sweeper parts and\nrepair services, in an annual amount of $525,000, and authorize a 10\npercent contingency of $52,500, for a total annual amount not to\nexceed $577,500, for a period of two years, with the option to renew\nfor three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City\nManager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to enter into this contract, including any\nnecessary subsequent amendments; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Fleet Services Fund Group in the\nFinancial Management Department by $157,500, offset by funds\navailable generated by the revenue received through the Fleet\nMemorandum of Understanding. (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

17. 23-0427 Recommendation to adopt a resolution authorizing City Manager, or\ndesignee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents\nincluding any necessary subsequent amendments, with Haaker\nEquipment Company, of La Verne, CA, for the purchase of 14\nCNG-fueled Elgin Pelican Street Sweepers, with related equipment\nand accessories, on the same terms and conditions afforded to\nSourcewell, in a total amount not to exceed $7,569,333, inclusive of\ntaxes and fees; and\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a lease-purchase\nagreement, and related financing documents, with Banc of America\nPublic Capital Corp, of San Francisco, CA, for the financing of street\nsweepers, payable over a five-year period at an interest rate to be\ndetermined when the agreement is executed. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

18. 23-0429 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or\ndesignee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents\nincluding any necessary subsequent amendments, with Ray Gaskin\nService, of Fontana, CA, for the purchase of New Way and Perkins\nManufacturing refuse truck parts and repair services, in an annual\namount of $550,000, and authorize a 10 percent contingency of\n$55,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $605,000, for a\nperiod of two years, with the option to renew for three additional\none-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Fleet Services Fund Group in the\nFinancial Management Department by $302,500, offset by funds\navailable generated by the revenue received through the Fleet\nMemorandum of Understanding (MOU). (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

19. 23-0430 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or\ndesignee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents\nincluding any necessary subsequent amendments, with Los Angeles\nTruck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity Truck Centers, an authorized\ndistributor of Crane Carrier trucks, of Whittier, CA, for the purchase of\nthree CNG powered Crane Carrier LET2 trucks, with New Way front\nend loader refuse bodies, on the same terms and conditions afforded\nto Sourcewell, in a total amount not to exceed $1,321,756, inclusive of\ntaxes and fees. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

2. 23-0421 Recommendation to adopt resolution of the City Council of the City of\nLong Beach proclaiming support for the rights of the women and\npeople of Iran to free expression. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

20. 23-0431 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving an extension of the\ncurrent Revolving Line of Credit with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. by\nthe Board of Utilities Commissioners (successor to the Board of Water\nCommissioners), on behalf of the City of Long Beach (City), for an\nadditional one-year term and authorize the execution of all necessary\ndocuments and amendments in connection therewith before the\nexisting Credit Agreement expires on May 21, 2023. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; UTILITIES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

21. 23-0433 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a\ngrant agreement, and any necessary subsequent amendments,\nincluding amendments to the award amount, with California State\nParks Division of Boating and Waterways to accept and expend grant\nfunding in the amount of $25,631, for the purchase of sailing\nequipment for the Leeway Sailing Center Equipment Replacement\nProject; and\nIncrease appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the\nParks, Recreation and Marine Department by $25,631, offset by grant\nrevenue. (District 3)\nOffice or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

22. 23-0434 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to approve a\nfee waiver for the Long Beach Rowing Association, in an amount not to\nexceed $696, for use of Marine Stadium in Alamitos Bay Marina for\nRow the Stadium events in July 2023 and August 2023. (District 3)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

23. 23-0435 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to approve a\nfee waiver for the Little Ships Fleet Yacht Club, in an amount not to\nexceed $5,000, for use of dock space in Alamitos Bay Marina for\nracing and cruise celebrations, for the period of April 29, 2023 through\nAugust 5, 2023. (District 3)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

24. 23-0436 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Moston\nRestaurant Group 2.0 LLC, dba District 4 Pizza, for an original\napplication of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License at 2123\nNorth Bellflower Boulevard, submit a Public Notice of Protest to ABC;\nand, direct City Manager to withdraw the protest if a Conditional Use\nPermit Exemption (CUPEX) is granted. (District 4)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: POLICE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

25. 23-0437 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a\nMemorandum of Understanding, and all necessary documents, with\nthe City of Los Angeles Harbor Department to provide training\nopportunities at the Regional Maritime Law Enforcement Training\nCenter, at no cost to the City of Long Beach, for a term of three years\ncommencing from the date of execution of this agreement. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: POLICE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS:\nONE LEGACY\nACS PET ADOPTION\nMS. WHEELCHAIR CALIFORNIA\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM\nHEARING:

26. 23-0438 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record,\nconclude the public hearing;\nAdopt resolution approving and certifying an Addendum (EIRA-01-23)\nto the Program Environmental Impact Report prepared for the General\nPlan LUE Update and Urban Design Element (PEIR) (EIR 03-16)\nrelating to the implementation of the General Plan Land Use Element\nthrough an amendment to Title 22 and the rezoning of designated\nNeighborhood Serving Corridors or Centers Low (NSC-L) Place Type\nin West Long Beach on Willow Street and Santa Fe Avenue (the\n“Project”), in accordance with the provisions of the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Section 15164 of the CEQA\nguidelines and making certain findings and determinations that the\nadopted Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program mitigates, to the\nextent reasonably feasible, impacts associated with the implementation\nof the Neighborhood Serving Corridors or Centers Low (NSC-L) Place\nTypes as described above, in accordance with those measures set\nforth in the General Plan LUE Update and Urban Design Element EIR\nand that no new or different mitigation measures are required;\n23-0439 Adopt ordinance amending Title 22 of the Municipal Code to establish\na new zoning district to implement the Long Beach General Plan Land\nUse Element Update adopted in 2019; and\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM\n23-0440 Adopt ordinance to implement City-initiated rezoning of areas that are\ndesignated by the 2019 General Plan Land Use Element Update as\nthe Neighborhood Serving Corridors or Centers Low (NSC-L) Place\nType on Willow Street, west of the 710 freeway to the city terminus;\nand Santa Fe Avenue, between Pacific Coast Highway on the south\nand Wardlow Road on the north, to implement the NSC-L PlaceType in\nWest Long Beach and to end the existing moratorium on new\ndevelopment along said corridors. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

27. 23-0446 Recommendation to receive and approve Commission appointments\nand reappointments for Non-Charter Commissions.\nOffice or Department: MAYOR REX RICHARDSON\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

28. 23-0420 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with City Clerk and\nCity Attorney to convene the Charter Amendment Committee for a\nstudy session on the provisions of the City Charter within 90 days; and\nThe scope of the study session should include an overview of the\nhistory of the City Charter, including substantial amendments; an\noverview of the process required to amend the City Charter; the\npowers and duties of the City Council, Mayor, and City Manager; a\nsummary of the Council-Manager form of government established by\nthe City Charter.\nOffice or Department: COUNCILMAN AL AUSTIN, EIGHTH\nDISTRICT; COUNCILMEMBER KRISTINA\nDUGGAN, THIRD DISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

29. 23-0441 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a\ncontract and any necessary subsequent amendments, including term\nextensions, with the City of Los Angeles, to receive and expend\nDepartment of Homeland Security grant funding for the 2022 Urban\nArea Security Initiative Grant to enhance the capability of local\nagencies to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of\nterrorism, in an amount not to exceed $8,321,952, for the period of\nSeptember 1, 2022 through May 31, 2025; and\nIncrease appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the\nDisaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications Department\nby $730,445, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Fire Department\nby $2,664,500, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Health and\nHuman Services Department by $1,850,000, in the General Grants\nFund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by\n$133,000, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Police Department\nby $1,649,007, and in the General Services Fund Group in the\nTechnology and Innovation Department by $1,295,000, offset by grant\nrevenue. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND\nEMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS; FIRE;\nHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; PARKS,\nRECREATION AND MARINE; POLICE;\nTECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

3. 23-0422 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to pay sum of\n$256,076.60, in full settlement of lawsuit entitled Lexington Insurance\nCompany vs. City of Long Beach, Los Angeles Superior Court Case\nNo. 22LBCV00536.\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

30. 23-0442 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a\nMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Long\nBeach (City) and the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of\nLong Beach, Harbor Department (Harbor), which will include the terms\nfor Harbor to advance the City an amount up to $12 million, take\ncontrol of certain City oil properties, that can transition to non-oil uses,\nsplit the revenues derived from leasing of those properties with the\nCity, and use the City’s share of revenues to pay down the advance of\nfunds. (Districts 1,7)\nOffice or Department: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

31. 23-0428 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the proceedings by the\nFinance Authority of Long Beach for the issuance and sale of its Lease\nRevenue Bonds, Series 2023 to finance the acquisition and\nrefurbishment of an existing building for municipal uses and to finance\ncertain capital improvements of the City of Long Beach (City), in an\naggregate not to exceed principal amount of $90,000,000, and\nauthorize the execution of related documents, and approving related\nofficial actions. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

32. 23-0443 Recommendation to receive and file a report from the Health and\nHuman Services Department regarding the feasibility of establishing a\nmore robust local infrastructure for mental health services. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

33. 23-0444 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute\nall documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36235 with All\nAmerican Asphalt of Corona, CA, for completion of the Market Street\nPedestrian and Streetscape Project, to increase the contract amount\nby $3,207,203, and increase contingency on the contract to 20 percent\nin the amount of $2,120,321, for a revised total contract amount of\n$12,721,925.\n(District 8)\nOffice or Department: PUBLIC WORKS\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

34. 23-0445 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Fiscal Year\n2023 - Fiscal Year 2027 Infrastructure Investment Plan; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the\nPublic Works Department by $52,750,000 to fund the various projects\nidentified in the Fiscal Year 2023 Infrastructure Investment Plan, offset\nanticipated bond proceeds from the Measure A Bond program.\n(Citywide)\nOffice or Department: PUBLIC WORKS\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nORDINANCES:

35. 23-0419 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach\nMunicipal Code by amending Section 2.03.065, related to the\nconfirmation procedure for Charter Commission appointments, read\nthe first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City\nCouncil for final reading. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

36. 23-0392 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach\nMunicipal Code by amending and restating Sections 10.12.010,\n10.12.020, and 10.12.030, all relating to speed limits on city streets,\nread and adopted as read. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM\nNEW BUSINESS:\nNew Business items are additions to the City Council Agenda subsequent to the\nposting of the agenda on Monday afternoon.

4. 23-0412 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with\nRequest for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation\nAppeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay $122,742.50 in\ncompliance with the Appeals Board Order for Andre Sanchez.\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

5. 23-0411 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Compromise\nand Release for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals\nBoard, and if so approved, authority to pay $170,000 in compliance\nwith the Appeals Board Order for Anthony Maleta.\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM

6. 23-0413 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with\nRequest for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation\nAppeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay $104,182.50 in\ncompliance with the Appeals Board Order for Chanel Kirk.\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

7. 23-0410 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit two Stipulations\nwith Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation\nAppeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay 1) $72,500, and\nalso\n2) separate authority to pay $30,957.50 in compliance with the Appeals\nBoard Order for Leroy Staes.\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

8. 23-0414 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Compromise\nand Release for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals\nBoard, and if so approved, authority to pay $95,000 in compliance with\nthe Appeals Board Order for Shanda Dinsdale-Kunkle.\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

9. 23-0423 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to pay sum of $95,000, in\nfull settlement of lawsuit entitled Tami Donald v. City of Long Beach,\nLos Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV18966.\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM