Long Beach — 2024-02-06

1. 24-52039 Recommendation to use Legislative Department budget savings from FY 23,\nincrease appropriations by $242,800 in the General Fund Group in the Legislative\nDepartment, offset by FY 23 operating savings.\nOffice or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

10. 24-51988 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with Request for\nAward for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so\napproved, authority to pay $103,477.50 in compliance with the Appeals Board\nOrder for Daniel Griego.\nOffice or Department: City Attorney\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

11. 24-51989 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with Request for\nAward for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so\napproved, authority to pay $78,662.50 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order\nfor Jack Nunez.\nOffice or Department: City Attorney

12. 24-51990 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with Request for\nAward for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so\napproved, authority to pay $94,902.50 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order\nfor Gerardo Perez.\nOffice or Department: City Attorney\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

13. 24-51992 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meetings of\nTuesday, January 16, 2024; the City Council Study Session of Tuesday, January\n16; and January 23, 2024.\nOffice or Department: City Clerk\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

14. 24-51993 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between\nJanuary 12, 2024 and January 29, 2024.\nOffice or Department: City Clerk\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

15. 24-52011 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Department of\nCommunity Development; and adopt resolution.\nOffice or Department: City Clerk\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

16. 24-51924 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Revocable\nPermit granting the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach permission to occupy\nand use certain areas for parking and hospitality during the staging of the 2024\nGrand Prix of Long Beach. (District 1)\nOffice or Department: City Manager\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

17. 24-51925 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing the temporary closure of certain

18. 24-51991 Recommendation to authorize City Prosecutor to execute all necessary documents\nto receive and expend grant funding awarded by the Center for Justice Research\nat Texas Southern University, to the City Prosecutor as a result of the Prosecutor\nDiversion Benefits Analysis in an amount not to exceed $10,000; and\nIncrease appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the City Prosecutor\nDepartment by $10,000, offset by grant revenue from the Center for Justice\nResearch at Texas Southern University.\nOffice or Department: City Prosecutor\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

19. 24-51926 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Contract No. 33412 with Data Ticket, Inc., of\nNewport Beach, CA, for parking citation processing and collections services, to\nextend the term of the contract to March 31, 2027, with the option to renew for two\nadditional one-year periods, in a total annual amount not to exceed $336,422.\n(Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Financial Management\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

2. 24-51987 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $4,000, offset by the Eighth Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to\nprovide contributions to:\n• $3,000 to Long Beach Community Action Partnership to support Annual LB\nNight Cap event;\n• $1,000 to Speak Up Empowerment Foundation Inc. to support 8th Annual\nMs. Single Mom Empowerment Forum; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $4,000 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

20. 24-51931 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Bernadette Antionet Guidry,\ndba Prestigious Wine, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control\n(ABC) License, at 700 East Ocean Boulevard #2901; determine that the\napplication serves the public convenience and necessity, submit a Public Notice of\nProtest to ABC; and direct the City Manager to withdraw the protest if a Business\nLicense is granted. (District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Police Department\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

21. 24-51932 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Grupo Nikkei, LLC, dba\nSushi Nikkei, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)\nLicense, at 5020 East 2nd Street. (District 3)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Police Department\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

22. 24-51927 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an easement\ndeed from Anaheim & Walnut Housing LP, property owner at 1500 East Anaheim\nStreet for the installation of public utilities; and\nAccept Categorical Exemption No. CE-23-132. (District 6)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Public Works\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

23. 24-51930 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an\nagreement, and any necessary documents, including any necessary subsequent\namendments, with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to\naccept and expend grant funding in the amount of $410,734 to partially offset costs\nto expand the operation of the micro-transit shuttle program, with a term ending\nJanuary 31, 2026;\nIncrease appropriations in the Capital Projects Funds Group in the Public Works\nDepartment by $410,734, offset by SCAQMD grant funds; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works\nDepartment by $410,734, offset by the transfer of SCAQMD grant funds from the\nCapital Grant Fund. (Districts 1, 2, 3)\nOffice or Department: Public Works\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

24. 24-51928 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP TI 23-193 and award contracts\nto Airwave Communications Enterprises, of Commerce, CA, CDCE Inc., of Yorba\nLinda, CA, and Innovative Emergency Equipment, of Riverside, CA, for mobile

25. 24-51936 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude\nthe public hearing and consider a third-party appeal from Lozeau Drury LLP, on\nbehalf of Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (SAFER) (APL23-\n018);\nAdopt resolution determining that the project is consistent with and within the\nscope of the project previously analyzed as part of the Downtown Plan Program\n(PD-30) Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (EIR-04-08) (SCH No. 2009071006)\nand Downtown Plan Program EIR Land Use Equivalency Program and PEIR\nAddendum (EIRA-06-20) (PECC-06-22) and subject to the Downtown Plan\nMitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and making certain findings and\ndeterminations related thereto and warrants no further environmental review\npursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section\n15162 and 15168; and\nDeny the appeal and uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to approve\nthe Site Plan Review (SPR22-135), and adopt the proposed findings and\nconditions of approval related thereto, for a project consisting of the demolition of\nan existing three-story hotel building and the construction of a new eight-story\nmulti-family residential building consisting of 141 dwelling units (16 of which are\naffordable [very-low income]) in a building with 75 vehicular parking spaces in an\nat-grade and subterranean parking structure, 54 bicycle parking spaces, 3,125\nsquare feet of common open space and 2,630 square feet of private open space\narea located at 335 Pacific Avenue in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Planned\nDevelopment District. The locally designated historic landmark sign (Dolly Varden\nRooftop Sign) would be temporarily removed, preserved, and relocated onto the\nproposed building subject to the final Certificate of Appropriateness conditions\n(COAC2212-02). (District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes

26. 24-51937 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude\nthe public hearing, and consider a third-party appeal from Lozeau Drury LLP, on\nbehalf of Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (SAFER) (APL23-\n019);\nAdopt resolution approving and certifying an Addendum (EIRA-04-23) to the\nProgram Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the City of Long Beach\nDowntown Plan (PEIR-SCH# 2009071006) relating to the development project at\n615 East Ocean Blvd (Project) in the Downtown Plan Planned Development\nDistrict (PD-30) Area and pursuant to the approved Downtown Plan Program EIR\nLand Use Equivalency Program (LUEP), in accordance with the provisions of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15164 of the CEQA\nguidelines and making certain CEQA Findings and Determinations relative thereto,\nincluding a finding that the adopted Downtown Plan Mitigation Monitoring and\nReporting Program mitigates, to the extent feasible, impacts associated with LUEP\nprojects, in accordance with those measures as set forth in the Downtown Plan\nPEIR; and that no new or different mitigation measures are required; and\nDeny the appeal and uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to approve\nthe Site Plan Review for the Project, consisting of construction of a new 21-story\nresidential building for 203 residential units, including thirteen affordable units, and\nthree concessions as allowed per the city’s Enhanced Density Bonus Ordinance,\nand a height exception as allowed per the Downtown Plan for a building height of\n257.5 feet instead of not more than 240 feet, located at 615 East Ocean Boulevard\nwithin the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Planned Development District. (District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Community Development\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

27. 24-52032 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude\nthe public hearing, and accept Categorical Exemption CE-23-113;\nAdopt resolution approving a Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA23-002) to\nrepeal the 1989 Victory Park Design Guidelines and adopt Victory Park/Santa Cruz\nPark Design Guidelines and proposed findings thereto, to establish updated design\nguidelines for Victory Park and Santa Cruz Park in the Downtown Shoreline\nPlanned Development (PD-6) District; and

28. 24-52040 Recommendation to receive and approve Commission appointments and\nreappointments for Non-Charter Commissions.\nOffice or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

29. 24-52034 Recommendation to request City Council to approve a Support position on CA\nProposition 1 - Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure.\nOffice or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

3. 24-51985 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $2,000, offset by the Fourth Council District One-time\nDistrict Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to\nprovide a contribution to Friends of the Long Beach Firefighters in support of the\nCars and Clippers Cancer Fundraiser; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $2,000 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

30. 24-52036 Recommendation to request City Council approval of the 2024 Legislative Agenda\nas recommended by the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.\nOffice or Department: Roberto Uranga, Councilmember, Seventh District,\nChair, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

31. 24-51938 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an\nagreement and any necessary documents including subsequent amendments, with\nthe California Board of State and Community Corrections to accept and expend\ngrant funds for the City’s homelessness emergency activities, the City Prosecutor’s\nReentry Services Program, and Rancho Los Cerritos and Rancho Los Alamitos, in

32. 24-51939 Recommendation to continue the local emergency caused by conditions or\nthreatened conditions of homelessness within the City of Long Beach, which if not\ncorrected, constitutes an imminent and proximate threat to the safety of persons\nand property within the City, with a date certain termination of February 29, 2024;\nand\nReceive and file an update on the emergency proclamation and associated\nactivities and provide any additional direction to City staff regarding the\nemergency. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: City Manager\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

33. 24-51893-01 Recommendation to receive and file an update regarding the operation of the\nSoutheast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF) and the election by Covanta Long\nBeach Renewable Energy Corporation (Covanta), of Long Beach, CA to exercise\nof its right of early termination and decommissioning under the Southeast\nResource Recovery Facility (SERRF) Operations and Maintenance Agreement No.\n23336 effective January 31, 2024; and

34. 24-51891-01 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP ER23-246 and execute an\nExclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with Bioenergy Devco, LLC (BDC), of\nAnnapolis, MD to design, permit, finance, construct, own, operate, and transfer an\norganic waste receiving and processing facility on the Southeast Resource\nRecovery Facility (SERRF) site located at 120 Pier S Avenue, Long Beach, CA, for\na period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods,\nat the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute all documents necessary to enter into the Exclusive Negotiating\nAgreement, including any necessary subsequent amendments or agreements\ncontingent on negotiated terms and conditions. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Energy Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

35. 24-51948 Recommendation to approve and adopt the Long Beach Unit Annual Plan (July 1,\n2024, to June 30, 2025). (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Energy Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

36. 24-51929 Recommendation to receive and file an amendment to Contract No. 35169 with\nGSSI, Inc., dba General Security Services, of Wilmington, CA, for providing\nsecurity guard services, to increase the contract amount by $500,000, made\npursuant to Chapters 2.69 and 2.85 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC)\nand in response to the proclaimed emergencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic\nand people experiencing homelessness; and\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to\namend Contract No. 35169 with GSSI, Inc., dba General Security Services, of\nWilmington, CA, for providing security guard services, to increase the contract\namount by $695,400, plus an additional $500,000 for emergency services related\nto people experiencing homelessness, for a revised contract amount not to exceed\n$7,831,300, and extend the term of the contract to August 21, 2024. (Citywide)

37. 24-51940 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a Letter of Agreement to the 2023-\n2026 Memorandum of Understanding with the International Brotherhood of\nElectrical Workers (IBEW). (Citywide).\nOffice or Department: Human Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

38. 24-51942 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving 2023-2026 Memorandum of\nUnderstanding with the Service Employees International Union, Local 721\n(Citywide).\nOffice or Department: Human Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

39. 24-51933 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Elevate ’28 Infrastructure\nInvestment Plan; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works\nDepartment by $9,903,242 to fund the various projects identified in the Elevate ’28\nInfrastructure Investment Plan, offset by a transfer of Measure A funds in the\nCitywide Activities Department. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Public Works\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

4. 24-51984 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $20,000, offset by the Fourth Council District One-time\nDistrict Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to\nprovide a contribution to Bridge the Gap Tennis Management in support of the\nFree Youth Tennis Play Day events; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $20,000 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

40. 24-51943 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ PW-23-251 and award\ncontracts to AECOM Technical Services, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, Black O’Dowd\nand Associates, Inc. dba BOA Architecture of Long Beach, CA, BrightView\nHoldings Inc. dba Brightview Design of Irvine, CA, Carrier Johnson dba Carrier\nJohnson + Culture of Los Angeles, CA, City Fabrick of Long Beach, CA,\nCommunity Works Design Group LLC of Riverside, CA, David Volz Design\nLandscape Architects, Inc. dba David Volz Design of Costa Mesa, CA, Environ\nArchitecture, Inc. of Long Beach, CA, M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. dba\nGensler of Los Angeles, CA, Hirsch & Associates, Inc. of Anaheim, CA, HKS\nArchitects, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA, HMC Group dba HMC Architects of Los\nAngeles, CA, Johnson Fain, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, Kardent of Long Beach, CA,

41. 24-51944 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PW23-209 and award contracts\nto Arakelian Enterprises, Inc., of City of Industry, CA, Consolidated Disposal\nService, L.L.C., of Long Beach, CA, and EDCO Transport Services, LLC, of Signal\nHill, CA, for municipal solid waste processing and disposal services, in an annual\naggregate amount of $20,000,000; authorize a 20 percent contingency in the\namount of $4,000,000, for a total annual aggregate contract amount not to exceed\n$24,000,000, for a period of three years, with the option to renew for two additional\none-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City\nManager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the\ncontract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Public Works\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nORDINANCE

42. 24-52019 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending and restating Section 2.18.050

43. 24-51941 Recommendation to adopt Resolution of Intention amending the City of Long\nBeach (City) contract with the California Public Employees Retirement System\n(CalPERS) to include a mandatory employee contribution of three (3) percent of\ncompensation earnable toward the City's required employer contribution to\nCalPERS (in addition to the nine (9) percent statutory employee contribution)\npursuant to Government Code Section 20516(a), applicable to the Long Beach\nFirefighter Association (FFA) Classic Public Safety CalPERS Members; and\n24-52021 Declare ordinance to amend the City’s contract with CalPERS to provide the\nmandatory employee contribution of three (3) percent of compensation earnable\ntoward the City's required employer contribution to CalPERS pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 20516(a), applicable to the Long Beach Firefighter\n(FFA) Classic Public Safety CalPERS Members, read the first time and laid over to\nthe next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Human Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nNEW BUSINESS

44. 24-52098 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $500 offset by the Eighth Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to\nprovide a contribution to the National College Resources Foundation to support\ntheir 25th Annual Los Angeles Black College Expo; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

45. 24-52099 Recommendation to receive the supporting documentation into the record,

5. 24-52010 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City

6. 24-51986 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $1,000, offset by $375 of Ninth Council District One-time\nDistrict Priority Funds, $375 of Eighth District One-time District Priority Funds and\n$250 of Seventh Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from\nthe Citywide Activities Department to support the 2024 Black History Month\nCelebration; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $1,000 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Joni Ricks-Oddie, Councilmember, Ninth\nDistrict; Roberto Uranga, Councilmember, Seventh\nDistrict; Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

7. 24-52031 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $1,500, offset by the Fifth Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to\nprovide a contribution to:\n• $1,000 to California Conference for Equality & Justice in support of the 2024\nRoots of Justice Breakfast and Convening;\n• $500 to Lakewood Village Little League in support of their ongoing\nprogramming and support their ongoing mission; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $1,500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Megan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

8. 24-52038 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City

9. 24-52037 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $2,900, offset by $1,450 of Fourth Council District One-\ntime District Priority Funds and $1,450 of Third Council District One-time District\nPriority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a\ncontribution to the Beach Crew Alumni Association in support of their Gruenberg\nCup Challenge event; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $2,900 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District; Kristina\nDuggan, Councilmember, Third District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.