Long Beach — 2024-06-18

1. 24-53845 Recommendation to suspend Council rule contained in Municipal Code Section

10. 24-53749 Recommendation to receive and file the Investment Report for Quarter Ending\nMarch 31, 2024. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Financial Management\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

11. 24-53750 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB FM-24-404 and award contracts\nto Autolift Services, Inc., of Los Alamitos, CA, and Southwest Lift and Equipment,\nInc., of San Bernardino, CA, for providing shop equipment maintenance and repair\nservices, in an annual aggregate amount of $300,000, authorize a 10 percent\ncontingency in the amount of $30,000, for a total annual aggregate contract\namount not to exceed $330,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew\nfor three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and,\nauthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter\ninto the contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments; and\nIncrease appropriation in the Fleet Services Fund Group in the Financial\nManagement Department by $219,300, offset by funds available generated by\nrevenue collected from user departments through the Fleet Memorandum of\nUnderstanding (MOU). (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Financial Management\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

12. 24-53751 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with ODP Business Solutions, of Boca Raton, FL, for\nfurnishing, delivering, and providing furniture, installation, and related services, on\nthe same terms and conditions afforded to the Region 4 Education Service Center\nof Texas (ESC), through Omnia Partners, in an annual amount of $199,252,\nauthorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $19,925, for a total annual\ncontract amount not to exceed $219,177, until the Omnia Partners contract expires\non April 30, 2025, with the option to renew for as long as the Omnia Partners\ncontract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager;\n24-53752 Adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and\nany necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with\nOFS Brands, Inc., of Huntingburg, IN, for furnishing, delivering, and providing\nfurniture, installation, and related services, on the same terms and conditions\nafforded to the Region 4 Education Service Center of Texas (ESC), through Omnia\nPartners, in an annual amount of $48,616, authorize a 10 percent contingency in\nthe amount of $4,862, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $53,478,\nuntil the Omnia Partners contract expires on April 30, 2025, with the option to\nrenew for as long as the Omnia Partners contract is in effect, at the discretion of\nthe City Manager; and

13. 24-53754 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary\ndocuments and any subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award\namount or terms, with the State of California Department of Transportation\n(Caltrans), to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $858,000 to\nsupport implementation of the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Pacific\nAvenue Cycle Track Project’s bike and pedestrian safety efforts and promotion of\nsafe active transportation, for a three-year period estimated to begin on July 1,\n2024, through June 30, 2027; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human\nServices Department by $858,000, offset by grant revenue. (District 1)\nOffice or Department: Health and Human Services\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

14. 24-53738 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary, including any subsequent subgrants or amendments, to\namend Contract No. 36352 with First to Serve, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, to provide\nsupportive services and operate the year-round shelter, Atlantic Bridge\nCommunity, to increase the annual contract amount by $501,875, for a revised\nannual contract amount not to exceed $2,509,375 for the term of July 1, 2024,\nthrough June 30, 2025;\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute grant renewal agreements, and\nall necessary documents and any subsequent amendments, including to the award\namount or terms, to amend Contract Nos. 36018 and 36079 with the Los Angeles\nHomeless Services Authority, to accept and expend grant funding, in an amount\nnot to exceed $2,171,900 for the operation of the year-round shelter, Atlantic

15. 24-53756 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with Everytable, of Los Angeles, CA, for meal delivery\nservices for the Encampment Resolution Fund Motel Voucher Program, in a total\namount not to exceed $268,320, for a period of one year. (Districts 1, 2)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Health and Human Services\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

16. 24-53758 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Contract No. 35612 with Los Angeles Network for\nEnhanced Services (LANES), of Los Angeles, CA, to continue providing an\nelectronic health information data exchange, in an annual contract amount not to\nexceed $2,500, to extend the term of the contract from July 31, 2025, through July\n31, 2030, with the option to renew for an additional five-year period, through July\n31, 2035, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Health and Human Services\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

17. 24-53764 Recommendation to continue the local emergency regarding an outbreak of\nTuberculosis (TB) pursuant to Section 2.69.060 of the Long Beach Municipal\nCode. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Health and Human Services\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

18. 24-53740 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to purchase, through\nAlliant Insurance Services, Inc., the following insurance policies: excess municipal

19. 24-53741 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to purchase, through\nAlliant Insurance Services, Inc., excess workers’ compensation insurance with\nSafety National Casualty Corporation, for a total premium not-to-exceed $750,363\nfor the period of July 1, 2024, through July 1, 2025. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Human Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

2.03.020 (B) relating to the meeting schedule of the City Council in order to cancel\nthe City Council meetings on July 2nd, July 9th, and July 23rd.\nOffice or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\n2. 24-53854 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $6,000, offset by the Third Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide contributions of:\n1. $5,000 to Shakespeare by the Sea for Shakespeare by the Sea’s 27th\nSeason;\n2. $1,000 to the Conservation Corps of Long Beach for Dine on Pine 2024;\nand

20. 24-53742 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a Letter of Agreement to the 2023-\n2026 Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach Management\nAssociation (LBMA). (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Human Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

21. 24-53743 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to procure property\ninsurance for City buildings, contents, and vehicles via Alliant Insurance Services,

22. 24-53766 Recommendation to adopt Request for Proposal Specifications No. PR-22-181,\nand award permits to Kitesurf Life LLC, of Long Beach, CA; Off the Hook\nKiteboarding Inc., of Huntington Beach, CA; and SoCal Kitesurfing LLC, of\nHuntington Beach, CA, to provide certified kiteboarding instruction on City of Long\nBeach beaches for a period of three years, with the option to renew for one\nadditional three-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize\nCity Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to award permits,\nincluding any necessary subsequent amendments. (District 3)\nOffice or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

23. 24-53765 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute all documents necessary to amend Purchase Order No. 22401356 and\nenter into a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with Spay Neuter Project of Los Angeles, dba\nCommunity Animal Medicine Project (CAMP), of San Pedro, CA, for providing\nspay/neuter veterinary services, to increase the annual contract amount by\n$200,000, for a revised annual contract amount not to exceed $300,000, with the\noption to renew for a period of one-year. (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

24. 24-53767 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Contract No. 35644 with PP-CA LP dba Long\nBeach Animal Emergency, of Long Beach, CA, for providing emergency veterinary\nservices, to increase the annual contract amount by $300,000, with a 15 percent\ncontingency of $45,000, for a revised total annual contract amount not to exceed\n$690,000 and extend the term of the contract to September 30, 2025. (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes

25. 24-53745 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PR-23-284 and award a\ncontract to Quality Fence Co. Inc., of Paramount, CA, to provide replacement and\ninstallation of restroom doors with a magnetic lock system, in a total amount not to\nexceed $950,000 for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three\nadditional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize\nCity Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the\ncontract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

26. 24-53768 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with Security Signal Devices, Inc., of Anaheim, CA, to\nprovide security system services at facilities for the Department of Parks,\nRecreation, and Marine, on the same terms and conditions afforded to the City of\nIrvine, in a total annual amount not to exceed $90,000, until the City of Irvine\ncontract expires on June 30, 2024, with the option to renew for as long as the City\nof Irvine contract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

27. 24-53769 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Full Belly Good Group,\nIncorporated, dba Olive and Rose, for a person to person and premise to premise\napplication of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 255 Atlantic\nAvenue, submit a Public Notice of Protest to ABC, and direct City Manager to\nwithdraw the protest if a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is granted. (District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Police Department\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

28. 24-53770 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Omalicious Corporation, dba\nSumptous African Restaurant, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage\nControl (ABC) License, at 1909 Atlantic Avenue, submit a Public Notice of Protest

29. 24-53771 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Contract No. 36729 with Forensic Nurse\nSpecialists, Inc., of Los Alamitos, CA, for Sexual Assault Response Team services,\nto increase the annual contract amount by $100,000, for a revised contract amount\nnot to exceed $160,000 annually. (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Police Department\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

3. 24-53831 Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with the firm\nSmith Law Offices, LLP, to continue representation of City employees in the matter\nentitled Michael Colbert vs. City of Long Beach, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court\nCase No. 21LBCV00555.\nOffice or Department: City Attorney\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

30. 24-53847 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with UnitedLex Corporation, of Overland Park, KS, and\nMcDonald Hopkins, LLC., of Cleaveland, OH, for data processing services, in an\nannual amount of $424,177, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of\n$84,835, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $509,012, for a period of\none year, with the option to renew for one additional one-year period, at the\ndiscretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Technology and Innovation\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\n45. 24-53895 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an\nagreement with Fischer International Systems, Inc. of Naples, FL, acquirer of the\nassets of, Triangle Systems, Inc., of Chapel Hill, NC, Inc., to move services within\nthe Kyndryl Landscape pursuant to the agreement between the City of Long Beach\nand Kyndryl. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Technology and Innovation\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

31. 24-53746 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude\nthe public hearing, and grant an Entertainment Permit with conditions for\nEntertainment with Dancing to George’s Greek Café Pine Inc, dba George’s Greek\nCafé. (District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Financial Management\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nCONTINUED HEARING

32. 24-53214-01 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude\nthe public hearing, find that the area to be vacated is not needed for present or\nprospective public use, and adopt resolution ordering the vacation of a portion of\nBaker Street between Golden Avenue and the Los Angeles Flood Control Channel\nproperty and portions of the adjacent Wardlow Road right-of-way located at 712\nWest Baker Street. (District 7)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Public Works\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

33. 24-53852 Recommendation to request Public Works Department to initiate a 12-month pilot\nstudy of electric scooters on the Beach Bike Path to determine the long-term\nviability of the safe use and management of this eco-friendly shared mode of\ntransportation on the Path.\nOffice or Department: Cindy Allen, Vice Mayor, Second District; Megan Kerr,\nCouncilwoman, Fifth District; Roberto Uranga,\nCouncilmember, Seventh District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

34. 24-53853 WITHDRAWN\nRecommendation to request City Manager work with relevant departments to\nassess the feasibility of a Quiet Zone on Union Pacific railroad and explore funding\nstrategies.\nOffice or Department: Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

35. 24-53855 WITHDRAWN\nRecommendation to request City Manager to with work relevant departments\ntowards establishing a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Long\nBeach and Union Pacific Railroad.\nOffice or Department: Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

36. 24-53732 Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 Action Plan for the\nexpenditure of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment\nPartnerships Program Grant (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)\nfunds; and\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents with the\nUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other entities,\nto receive these funds and execute agreements necessary to implement and\ncomply with related federal regulations. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Community Development\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

37. 24-53733 Recommendation to adopt resolution declaring City of Long Beach-owned property\nlocated at 620 South Street / 5705-5723 Lime Avenue (APNs 7127-006-916, 917)\n(Subject Property) as "surplus land" as defined in Government Code Section\n54220 et seq.; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to take any actions and\nexecute any documents necessary to ensure compliance with the Surplus Land\nAct and State regulations relating thereto. (District 8)\nOffice or Department: Economic Development\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

38. 24-53735 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to enter into Beach\nConcession Agreements with 1) Monty’s Beach LLC, a California limited liability\ncompany, and 2) Freetime Inc. dba Wheels Fun Rentals, for the operation of an\nequipment rental and ancillary retail concession at various beach locations on the\nstated terms and conditions, including options to renew at the discretion of the City\nManager; and\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to negotiate and execute any necessary\nmodifications to the proposed terms that may be necessary to expedite\nestablishment of the beach concession operations. (Districts 2, 3)\nLevine Act: Yes\nOffice or Department: Economic Development; Parks, Recreation and Marine\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

39. 24-53737 Recommendation to adopt resolution requesting that the Board of Harbor\nCommissioners approve the transfer of five (5) percent of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24)\ngross operating revenue, from the Harbor Fund Group to the Tidelands Operating\nFund Group, with a true-up adjustment, if necessary, to reflect the final gross\nrevenue amount upon issuance of the Harbor Department’s FY 24 audited financial\nstatements. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Financial Management\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

4. 24-53813 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of Tuesday,\nJune 4, 2024.\nOffice or Department: City Clerk\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

40. 24-53772 Recommendation to receive and file the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) Mid-Year\nBudget Performance Report providing an update on the City of Long Beach’s FY\n24 financial status and projections. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Financial Management

41. 24-53739 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HE-24-362 and award a\ncontract to April Parker Foundation Inc., of Long Beach, CA, to expand Long\nBeach Activating Safe Communities Program to North Long Beach, in a total\namount not to exceed $777,939, for a period of two years, with the option to renew\nfor three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and,\nauthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter\ninto the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments; and\nAdopt Specifications No. RFP HE-24-362 and award a contract to Centro CHA\nInc., of Long Beach, CA, to expand Long Beach Activating Safe Communities\nProgram to Central-East Long Beach, in a total amount not to exceed $1,000,207,\nfor a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year\nperiods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or\ndesignee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including\nany necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Health and Human Services\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

42. 24-53848 WITHDRAWN\nRecommendation to authorize a salary for Christopher J. Garner, General\nManager, Long Beach Utilities Department, at an amount equal to $334,813.06,\neffective the pay period inclusive of October 1, 2023, with the subsequent\napplication of economic benefits for all management employees as described by\nthe 2023-2026 Long Beach Management Association (LBMA) Memorandum of\nUnderstanding (MOU), retroactive to the dates of each economic benefit indicated\nin the MOU.\nOffice or Department: Utilities Commission; Utilities\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.\nNEW BUSINESS

43. 24-53903 Recommendation to request City Manager to annually raise the Disability Pride\nFlag at the Long Beach Civic Plaza during the month of July.\nOffice or Department: Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District; Cindy\nAllen, Vice Mayor, Second District; Joni Ricks-Oddie,\nCouncilmember, Ninth District

44. 24-53906 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary\ndocuments and any subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award\namount or terms, with the State of California Department of Transportation\n(Caltrans), to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $514,000 to\nsupport implementation of the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Pine Avenue\nBicycle Boulevard program bike and pedestrian safety efforts and promotion of\nsafe active transportation, for a two-year period estimated to begin on July 1, 2024,\nthrough June 30, 2026; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human\nServices Department by $514,000, offset by grant revenue. (Districts 1, 6, 7)\nOffice or Department: Health and Human Services\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

5. 24-53832 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between June\n3, 2024 and June 10, 2024.\nOffice or Department: City Clerk\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

6. 24-53748 Recommendation to adopt resolution designating City of Long Beach (City) officials\nas the City’s agents with respect to obtaining financial assistance from the State\nand/or Federal government in connection with declared disasters. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Disaster Preparedness and Emergency\nCommunications\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

7. 24-53773 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to amend Agreement No. 35154 with Coldwell Banker\nCommercial Blair WestMac, of Long Beach, CA; Agreement No. 35885 with

8. 24-53734 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all\ndocuments necessary for a Supplemental Agreement to Management Agreement\nNo. 36386 with ASM Global Convention Center Management, LLC, a Delaware\nlimited liability company, doing business as SMG, for capital improvement projects\nat the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, at 300 East Ocean\nBoulevard, in the amount of $24,448,750. (District 1)\nOffice or Department: Economic Development; Public Works\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.

9. 24-53846 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ ER-23-343 and award a\ncontract to Catalyst Environmental Solutions Corporation, of Santa Monica, CA, to\nprovide oil liability assessment study services, in a total contract amount not to\nexceed $200,000, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two\nadditional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize\nCity Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the\nagreement, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department: Energy Resources\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.