Long Beach — 2023-06-20
City Council
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1. 23-0636 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in\nthe City Manager Department by $1,750, offset by the Fifth Council\nDistrict One-Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide\nActivities Department to provide a contribution to:\n· $500 to Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association in support\nof their annual summer concert at Pan American Park;\n· $1,000 to Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association in support of\ntheir two annual summer concerts at Los Cerritos Park;\n· $250 to Camerata Singers of Long Beach in support of\ncommunity concerts; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide\nActivities Department by $1,750 to offset a transfer to the City\nManager Department.\nOffice or Department: COUNCILWOMAN MEGAN KERR, FIFTH\nDISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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10. 23-0648 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Contract No. 36397, with Innovative\nDesign and Sheet Metal Products, Inc., dba Innovative Emergency\nEquipment (Innovative Design), of Riverside, CA, to provide new vehicle\npreparation services, to increase the contract amount by $95,000, for a\nrevised contract amount not to exceed $190,000, and extend the term to\nJuly 30, 2024. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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11. 23-0647 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or\ndesignee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents, including\nany necessary subsequent amendments, with Enterprise FM Trust, dba\nEnterprise Fleet Management, Inc., of St. Louis, MO, to lease vehicles for\nvarious Long Beach Police Department operations, on the same terms and\nconditions afforded to Sourcewell, in an annual amount of $170,000, and\nauthorize a ten percent contingency of $17,000, for a total annual contract\namount not to exceed $187,000, for a period of three years, with the\noption to renew for an additional one-year period, at the discretion of the\nCity Manager. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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12. 23-0649 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB FM-23-239 and award a\ncontract to Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity Truck Centers,\nof Whittier, CA, for the purchase of two CNG powered Ford F-750 slide\nback car carriers, in a total amount not to exceed $517,741, inclusive of\ntaxes and fees; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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13. 23-0650 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB FM-23-238 and award a\ncontract to Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity Truck Centers,\nof Whittier, CA, for the purchase of one CNG powered Freightliner\n1124SD medium-duty tow truck, in a total amount not to exceed $424,856,\ninclusive of taxes and fees; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any\nnecessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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14. 23-0645 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\nnecessary documents and any subsequent amendments, including any\namendments to the award amount, with the California Department of Public\nHealth to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $600,000 for\nlocal cannabis education and youth prevention for a 36-month period\nestimated to begin June 30, 2023 through June 29, 2026, with an option to\nextend the agreement for an additional 36-month period, at the discretion\nof City Manager; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Health Department in the Health Fund\nGroup by $600,000, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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15. 23-0646 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\nnecessary documents and any subsequent amendments, including any\namendments to the award amount, with the State of California Department\nof Public Health, to accept and expend funding in an amount not to exceed\n$30,550, for worker upskilling to improve retention of the existing public\nhealth workforce and help incumbent workers develop their skills to meet\nfuture public health demands, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June\n30, 2023, with the option to extend for an additional one-year period, at the\ndiscretion of the City Manager; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human\nServices Department by $30,550, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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16. 23-0654 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to purchase,\nthrough Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., excess workers’ compensation\ninsurance with Safety National Casualty Corporation, for a total premium\nnot-to-exceed $724,011 for the period of July 1, 2023, through July 1,\n2024. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: HUMAN RESOURCES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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17. 23-0655 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Contract No. 34874 with In-Ter-Space\nServices, Inc., dba Clear Channel Airports of Allentown, PA, for the\ndevelopment and operation of the Long Beach Airport’s advertising\nprogram, to extend the term of the contract through January 31, 2027.\n(Districts 4,5)\nOffice or Department: LONG BEACH AIRPORT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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18. 23-0660 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\nnecessary documents with the LA84 Foundation to accept 2023 Learn to\nSwim grant funds in the amount of $15,000, for summer aquatics\nprograms targeting economically disadvantaged youth at Belmont Plaza\nTemporary Pool, Silverado Pool, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool, during\nthe grant term dates of April 4, 2023 through August 31, 2023, and\nexecute all necessary documents to implement and administer the grant\nincluding any amendments. (Districts 3,6,7)\nOffice or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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19. 23-0661 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with the\nLong Beach Unified School District, to reimburse the City of Long Beach\nin an amount not to exceed $70,000, for the Parks, Recreation and Marine\nDepartment to provide staffing and other services to conduct a 10-week\nsummer swim program at the Belmont Plaza Temporary Pool, Jordan High\nSchool Pool, Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool, and Silverado Pool, from June\n20, 2023 to August 25, 2023; and\nIncrease appropriations in the General Fund Group by $55,017, and in the\nTidelands Operating Fund Group by $14,983, in the Parks, Recreation and\nMarine Department, offset by reimbursement revenue.\n(Districts 3,6,7,9)\nOffice or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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2. 23-0637 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in\nthe City Manager Department by $1,500, offset by the Fifth Council\nDistrict One-Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide\nActivities Department to provide a donation to:\n· $1,000 to Care Closet LBC to support their ongoing operations to\nassist and provide opportunities for people experiencing\nhomelessness;\n· $500 to Wild West Women, Inc., in support of the Women’s Fair;\nand\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide\nActivities Department by $1,500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager\nDepartment.\nOffice or Department: COUNCILWOMAN MEGAN KERR, FIFTH\nDISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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20. 23-0659 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to approve a fee\nwaiver for the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club and the Long Beach Yacht Club, in\nan aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000, for use of dock space in\nAlamitos Bay Marina for visiting/participating vessels during the 2023\nUllman Sails Long Beach Race Week, for the period of June 22 through\nJune 26, 2023. (District 3)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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21. 23-0658 Recommendation to receive and file the application of The Stand LLC, dba\nThe Stand, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control\n(ABC) License, at 7511 Carson Boulevard, submit a Public Notice of\nProtest to ABC, and direct City Manager to withdraw the protest if\nConditional Use Permit Exemption (CUPEX) is granted. (District 4)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: POLICE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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22. 23-0656 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Emmanuel Garduno\nGomez, dba Blue Burro, for an original application of an Alcoholic\nBeverage Control (ABC) License, at 4240 Long Beach Boulevard, Suite\nSH3, submit a Public Notice of Protest to ABC, and direct City Manager to\nwithdraw the protest if a Conditional Use Permit Exemption (CUPEX) is\ngranted. (District 8)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: POLICE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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23. 23-0657 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Contract No. 35515 with Nancy K. Bohl,\nInc., dba The Counseling Team International, of San Bernardino, CA, and\nContract No. 35516 Psychological Consulting Associates, Inc., of\nHuntington Beach, CA, for providing pre-employment psychological\nevaluation services, to expand the scope of work to provide Carry\nConcealed Weapon (CCW) license psychological evaluation services.\n(Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: POLICE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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24. 23-0662 Recommendation to find that all requirements of the final tract map to\nconstruct a 10,000 square foot mixed-use building containing 5 airspace\nlots, 189 residential units, with 257 parking stalls, at 127-135 East\nBroadway have been met; approve the final tract map for Tract Map No.\n82115; authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute subdivision\nagreements; and\nDetermine that the project is within the scope of the previously certified\nDowntown Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (State\nClearinghouse No. 2009071006) and no further environmental review\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 is required. (District 2)\nOffice or Department: PUBLIC WORKS\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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25. 23-0663 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary, and any subsequent amendments with the Union\nPacific Railroad Company, of Omaha, NE, for the purpose of permitting\nmultiple utility crossing construction in railroad Right-of-Way for delivery of\nPlans and Specifications No. R-7191 Artesia Great Boulevard Project.\n(Districts 8,9)\nOffice or Department: PUBLIC WORKS\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS:\nMOVIES IN THE PARK/PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH
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26. 23-0670 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with the Department of\nHealth and Human Services to develop guidelines for the collection and\nreporting of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data by city\ndepartments that provide health care and other social services to better\nunderstand and improve the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ Long Beach\nresidents, and include recommendations in the FY 24 budget.\nOffice or Department: MAYOR REX RICHARDSON;\nCOUNCILWOMAN MEGAN KERR, FIFTH\nDISTRICT, CHAIR; HOUSING AND PUBLIC\nHEALTH COMMITTEE\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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27. 23-0669 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the City of Pico\nRivera on the Rosemead/Lakewood Boulevard Complete Corridor Project\n(the “Project”) and direct City Manager to (1) explore a formal partnership\ndedicated to advancing the Project with relevant agencies and (2) execute\nnon-binding memorandums of understanding and statements of intent in\nconnection with that exploration.\nOffice or Department: COUNCILWOMAN SUELY SARO, SIXTH\nDISTRICT; COUNCILWOMAN MEGAN\nKERR, FIFTH DISTRICT; COUNCILMAN AL\nAUSTIN, EIGHTH DISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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28. 23-0666 Recommendation to adopt resolution recognizing the 22nd of May as\n“Harvey Milk Day”; recognizing the month of June as “LGBTQ+ Pride\nMonth”; recognizing the week of the annual LGBTQ+ Pride Event as “Long\nBeach LGBTQ+ Pride Week”; directing the City Manager to annually raise\nthe LGBTQ+ Progress Pride Flag at Long Beach Civic Center Plaza, and\nlight City assets for certain occurrences, as specified; and repealing\nResolution No. RES-17-0055, which previously declared the third week in\nMay in the City of Long Beach as Long Beach LGBTQ+ Pride Week.\n(Citywide)\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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29. 23-0665 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager, or\ndesignee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents, including\nany necessary subsequent amendments, with 72 Hour, LLC, dba National\nAuto Fleet Group, of Watsonville, CA, for the purchase of four Ford E-450\nAmbulances, with related equipment and accessories, on the same terms\nand conditions afforded to Sourcewell, in a total amount not to exceed\n$1,321,756, inclusive of taxes and fees. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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3. 23-0643 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in\nthe City Manager Department by $500, offset by the Eighth Council\nDistrict One-time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide\nActivities Department, to provide a donation to the Long Beach Public\nLibrary Foundation in support of the 20th Anniversary Grape Expectations\nfundraising gala; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $500, to offset a transfer to City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: COUNCILMAN AL AUSTIN, EIGHTH\nDISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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30. 23-0652 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to purchase,\nthrough Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., the following insurance policies:\n(1) excess municipal liability insurance, at a total premium not to exceed\n$7,390,387, with multiple carriers for a 12-month period, from July 1,\n2023, to July 1, 2024; (2) a buy-down deductible of the self-insured\nretention down to $7.5 million from Safety National, at a premium not to\nexceed $1,545,299; (3) a buy-down deductible of the self-insured retention\ndown to $5 million for the first claim only involving Officer Involved\nShooting, with Lloyd’s of London, at a premium not to exceed $928,011;\n(4) airport liability insurance, at a premium not to exceed $150,085, from\nNational Union Insurance Company; (5) aircraft liability and hull insurance\nfor police helicopters, at a premium not to exceed $74,813, from National\nUnion Insurance Company; (6) storage tank insurance, at a premium not\nto exceed $33,946, from Liberty Surplus Lines; (7) SPILLS pollution\ncoverage, at a premium not to exceed $14,229; (8) drone coverage, at a\npremium not to exceed $10,933, from Starr Indemnity & Liability Co.; (9)\ncrime coverage from National Union Fire Insurance Company of\nPittsburgh, PA and Berkley Insurance Company, at a premium not to\nexceed $44,111; (10) volunteer medical coverage, at a premium not to\nexceed $16,680; (11) marine insurance from International Marine\nUnderwriters (IMU), at a premium not to exceed $433,368; (12) cyber\nexcess coverage, at a premium not to exceed $264,165, from Beazley;\nand, (13) cyber breach response buy-up, for a premium not to exceed\n$9,940. All liability policies will be effective for a 12-month period from July\n1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: HUMAN RESOURCES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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31. 23-0653 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to purchase\nproperty insurance for City of Long Beach buildings, contents, and\nvehicles through the Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., Property Insurance\nProgram (APIP), for a total premium not to exceed $8,516,406, and\npurchase of earthquake (difference in conditions coverage), at a premium\nof $198,300 with the Insurance Company of The West, for the period of\nJuly 1, 2023 to July 1, 2024. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: HUMAN RESOURCES\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nORDINANCE:
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32. 23-0620 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach\nMunicipal Code by amending Chapter 2.57 relating to the Senior Citizen\nAdvisory Commission Name Change to Advisory Commission on Aging,\nread and adopted as read. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: CITY ATTORNEY\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nNEW BUSINESS:\nNew Business items are additions to the City Council Agenda subsequent to the\nposting of the agenda on Monday afternoon.
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4. 23-0667 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in\nthe City Manager Department by $500, offset by the Seventh Council\nDistrict One-time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide\nActivities Department to Conservation Corps of Long Beach to support the\nDine on Pine Event on June 26, 2023; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group by $500 to offset a\ntransfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTO URANGA,\nSEVENTH DISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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5. 23-0668 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in\nthe City Manager Department by $500 offset by the Sixth Council District\nOne-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities\nDepartment, to provide contributions of:\n· $250 to Long Beach Peer Education Community Center to support\nWorkWaves Community Job Expo & Career Empowerment on\nThursday, August 3, 2023;\n· $250 to Wild West Women, Inc, to support the Long Beach\nWomen’s Fair on Tuesday, July 18, 2023; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide\nActivities Department by $500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager\nDepartment.\nOffice or Department: COUNCILWOMAN SUELY SARO, SIXTH\nDISTRICT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM
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7. 23-0671 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received\nbetween June 5, 2023 and June 12, 2023.\nOffice or Department: CITY CLERK\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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8. 23-0644 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or\ndesignee, to submit a grant application to the Strategic Growth Council\nthrough the Transformative Climate Communities Planning Grant Program,\nin an amount not to exceed $300,000, to develop a Climate Action Plan\n(CAP) Implementation Plan; if awarded, accept an amount up to $300,000\nfor the completion of the CAP Implementation Plan; and, execute all\ndocuments and agreements necessary to accept the funds and implement\nthe project. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: CITY MANAGER\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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9. 23-0651 Recommendation to receive and file the Investment Report for Quarter\nEnding March 31, 2023. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM