Long Beach — 2024-04-15

1. 24-52962 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $1,000, offset by the Eighth Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide support for the Mariachi Festival of Long Beach; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $1,000 to offset transfers to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

10. 24-52968 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between April\n1, 2024 and April 8, 2024.\nOffice or Department: City Clerk\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

11. 24-52812 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all\ndocuments necessary for an Event License Agreement (Agreement) with TFEG LB\nEvent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for the production of events at or\nadjacent to the Queen Mary for a period from May 1, 2024, to November 30, 2028.\n(District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Economic Development\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

12. 24-52810 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity\nTruck Centers, of Whittier, CA, for the purchase of Sterling and Autocar heavy-duty\ntruck parts, in an annual amount of $160,000, and authorize a 15 percent\ncontingency of $24,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $184,000, for a\nperiod of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods,\nat the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Financial Management\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

13. 24-52822 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB FM-24-373 and award a contract\nto R.C.A. Investments, Inc., dba Long Beach BMW Motorcycles, of Long Beach,\nCA, for the purchase of four BMW R1250 GS-P and eight BMW R1250 RT-P\nmotorcycles to support Long Beach Police Department daily and emergency\noperations, in a total amount not to exceed $458,551, inclusive of taxes and fees;\nand, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to\nenter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments.\n(Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Financial Management\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

14. 24-52815 Recommendation to adopt resolution amending the City Salary Schedules effective\nFebruary 10, 2024, and April 6, 2024. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Human Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

15. 24-52816 Recommendation to adopt resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2024 Salary\nResolution No. RES-23-0129 to clarify pay for positions assigned to an Executive\nor Professional salary range, align the provisions and pay ranges with the Long\nBeach Management Association and the Unrepresented Management Employee\nTerms, establish new pay provisions for the City Clerk, Director of Police\nOversight, Executive Director – Civil Service, Executive Director – Harbor, and\nGeneral Manager – Utilities, align various classifications across all of the\nMemorandum of Understandings (MOUs) to reflect the most current range, align\nvarious skill pays across all of the MOUs to reflect the most current rates and

16. 24-52819 Recommendation to adopt resolution accepting the Fountain/Wehrle Sustainable\nCommunities Project Exemption (SCPE) pursuant to Chapter 4.2 of the Public\nResources Code, Sections 21155 through 21155.4;\n24-52820 Adopt resolution approving a General Plan Map Amendment (GPA22-001) from\nFounding Contemporary Neighborhood (FCN) to Neighborhood Serving\nCommercial (NSC-M) / 4 Stories; and\n24-52821 Declare ordinance approving a Zone Change (ZCHG22-005) from Two Family\nResidential District (R-2-N) with standard lots to Community R-4-N Commercial\n(CCN), which allows medium density residential development pursuant to R-4-N\ndensities on properties located at 4151 Fountain Street and 4220 Wehrle Court.\n(District 3)\nOffice or Department: Community Development\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

17. 24-52970 Recommendation to request City Attorney to prepare ordinance amending the\nLong Beach Municipal Code with proposed recommendations outlined in the\nFeasibility of Implementing Contractor and Subcontractor Verification for Additional\nWage Protections and Labor Standards, including the disclosure whether\ncontractors allocate any healthcare expenditures to their construction workers, and\nreport back to council in 60 days;\nRequest City Auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit of all labor compliance\nviolations reported by subcontractors over five years from the adoption of the\ncontractor verification ordinance; and\nRequest Intergovernmental Affairs Committee to consider adding language in the\nLegislative Agenda to advocate greater compliance enforcement by the\nDepartment of Industrial Relations.\nOffice or Department: Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District; Suely Saro,\nCouncilwoman, Sixth District; Joni Ricks-Oddie,\nCouncilmember, Ninth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

18. 24-52811 Recommendation to adopt resolution declaring The Long Beach Community\nInvestment Company owned property located at 1131 East Wardlow Road (APNs\n7146-024-025, 028) as “exempt surplus land” as defined in Government Code\nSection 54221(f)(1)(A); and\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to take any actions and execute any\ndocuments necessary to ensure compliance with the Surplus Land Act and State\nregulations relating thereto. (District 5)\nOffice or Department: Community Development\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

19. 24-52813 Recommendation to adopt and approve resolution authorizing the bond issuance\nand sale by the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners, of Senior Water Revenue\nBonds to provide funds to refund and defease all currently outstanding water\nrevenue debt obligations, pay the cost of certain capital improvements to the water\nsystem of the City of Long Beach, and pay the costs of issuance in an aggregate\nprincipal amount not to exceed $98,000,000; authorizing the execution of related\ndocuments; and approving related official actions. The series 2024 Bonds are\nsecured solely by net revenues of the Water Enterprise. (Citywide)

2. 24-52961 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $7,750, offset by the Third Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide contributions of:

20. 24-52814 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the COVID-19 After Action\nReport. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Health and Human Services\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

21. 24-52956 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary\namendments, with JS MD Sigma PLLC (Sigma), of Kempner, TX, for onsite\ncardiovascular biomarker detection, vascular imaging, and cardiopulmonary\nexercise testing to identify coronary disease and occupational stressors, in a total\namount not to exceed $200,000, for a period of two years, at the discretion of the\nCity Manager. (District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Police Department\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nORDINANCE

22. 24-52772-01 Recommendation to approve ordinance amendment to Section 3.80.261 of the\nLong Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) to reduce the cannabis cultivation tax rate\nand adult-use retail tax rate and add provisions for the Pilot Tax Credit Program,\nread and adopted as read. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: City Manager\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

3. $1,250 to Friends of Belmont Shore to support their Annual Summer\nConcert;

4. $5,000 to Community Action Team to support Touch A Truck; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $7,750, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\n3. 24-52963 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $2,500, offset by the Seventh Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide support for the 2024 Uptown Jazz Festival; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $2,500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Roberto Uranga, Councilmember, Seventh District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\n4. 24-52964 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $2,000, offset by the Seventh Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide support for the following:\n1. $1,000 to the Long Beach Filipino Festival in support of the 5th Annual Long\nBeach Filipino Festival to be held on May 4, 2024;\n2. $1,000 to Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) in support of\nthe Annual Women for a New Los Angeles event to be held on May 10,\n2024; 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: Roberto Uranga, Councilmember, Seventh District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

5. 24-52965 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $10,000, offset by the Eighth Council District One-time

6. 24-52966 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $3,600, offset by the First Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide donation to the following:\n1. DreamKreator, in support of the Black History Community Fair, in the\namount of $100;\n2. Centro CHA, in support of the Ceasar Chavez Celebration, in the amount of\n$500;\n3. Partners of Parks, in support of the 2024 LB Juneteenth Celebration, in the\namount of $1,500;\n4. United Cambodian Community, in support of the Saṅkrānta Celebration, in\nthe amount of $1,000;\n5. Long Beach Forward, in support of the North Pine Neighborhood\nAssociation Block Party, in the amount of $500; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $3,600 to offset transfers to the City Manager Department.\nOffice or Department: Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

7. 24-52967 Recommendation to amend First District Funds Transfer Item approved on\nDecember 12th, 2023 to read as follows:\nRecommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $4,000, offset by the First Council District One-Time\nPriority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide\ndonations to the following:\n1. Long Beach Forward, in the amount of $500;\n2. Willmore City Heritage Association, in the amount of $1,500;\n3. Playmakers, in the amount of $2,000;\nIncrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and

8. 24-52960 Recommendation to receive and file the Independent Accountants’ Report on\nAgreed-Upon Procedures Applied to the Appropriations Limit Worksheet of the City\nof Long Beach, California for the year ended September 30, 2023.\nOffice or Department: City Auditor\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

9. 24-52969 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of Tuesday,\nApril 2, 2024.\nOffice or Department: City Clerk\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.