Long Beach — 2025-09-02

City Council

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1.\n25-56284\nRecommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $500, offset by the Fourth Council District One-time\nDistrict Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to\nprovide support to the Cooper Steinhauser Foundation for their 2nd annual NICU\nWalk; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $500, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
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10. \n25-56252 \nRecommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Compromise and Release\nfor approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved,\nauthority to pay $100,000 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for\nSongcheak Ier.\nOffice or Department: City Attorney\nSuggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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11. \n25-56253 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit two Stipulations with\nRequest for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board,\nand if so approved, authority to pay 1) $12,252.50, and also 2) separate authority\nto pay $64,380 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Armando Lara.
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12. \n25-56254\nRecommendation to authorize City Attorney to pay sum of $67,500, in full\nsettlement of lawsuit entitled Jaehyun Son, et al. v. City of Long Beach, et al., Los\nAngeles Superior Court Case No. 24LBCV01327.\nRecommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meetings of\nTuesday, August 12 and August 19, 2025.
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13.\n25-56259\nRecommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meetings of\nTuesday, August 12 and August 19, 2025.
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14. \n25-56258 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between\nAugust 11, 2025 and August 25, 2025\nOffice or Department:\nCity Attorney\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.
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15. \n25-56184\nRecommendation to adopt resolution directing the Los Angeles County Auditor-\nController to include on the 2025-2026 County Secured Tax Roll an additional levy\nmade pursuant to the provisions of the Long Beach Municipal Code, for\nSubstandard Building Property in the amount not to exceed $7,189. (District 8)
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16. \n25-56261\nRecommendation to adopt resolution directing the Los Angeles County AuditorController to include on the 2025-2026 County Secured Tax Roll an additional levy\nmade pursuant to the provisions of the Long Beach Municipal Code, for\nSubstandard Building Property in the amount not to exceed $7,189. (District 8)\nOffice or Department:\nFinancial Management; Community Development\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept funds in the\namount of $30,000, from the John Mallinger Charitable Foundation to support Fire\nDepartment wellness and mental health initiatives; and\nIncrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Fire Department by\n$30,000, offset by donation revenue from John Mallinger Charitable Foundation.\n(Citywide)
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17. \n25-56186\nOffice or Department:\nFire Department\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all\ndocuments necessary, including any necessary amendments, for a License\nAgreement with 5000 Spring LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, c/o\nJamison Services, Inc., a California Corporation, for the short-term use of a portion\nof the parking structure located at 4901 Airport Plaza Drive, for the Long Beach\nAirport Festival of Flight; and\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary\nfor Release and Indemnification Agreements with any tenants of the Long Beach\nAirport, granting the City use of their ground service equipment, or other personal\nproperty, in connection with the Festival of Flight. (Districts 4, 5)\nLevine Act: Yes
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18. \n25-56262\nOffice or Department:\nLong Beach Airport\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to receive and file the application of Los Trompos Taqueria\nIncorporated, dba Los Trompos Taqueria, for an original application of an Alcoholic\nBeverage Control (ABC) License, at 421 West Broadway, Suite C-521. (District 1)\nLevine Act: Yes
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19. \n25-56195\nOffice or Department:\nPolice Department\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all\ndocuments necessary to approve a third amendment to the Memoranda of\nUnderstanding with the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water\nManagement Joint Powers Authority for the Watershed Management Programs for\nthe Lower Los Angeles River, Los Cerritos Channel, and Lower San Gabriel River\nWatersheds, and to execute any other necessary documents in support of the\namendments. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department:\nPublic Works\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nCEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS\nTRAUMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM\nRECOGNIZING LB PRIDE BOARD MEMBER WAYNE MANOUS\nCONTINUED BUDGET HEARING
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2.\n25-56256\nOffice or Department:\nDaryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $1,250, offset by the First Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide donations to the following:\n1. Benai Boyd, for their performance during the 2nd Annual Long Beach ADA\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM\nDay Celebration and Reception, in the amount of $250;\n2 Katelyn Jo Banister, for their performance during the 2nd Annual Long\nBeach ADA Day Celebration and Reception, in the amount of $250;
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20. \n25-56187\nRecommendation to conduct a Budget Hearing to receive and discuss an overview\nof the Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget for the departments of Public Works;\nEconomic Development; Parks, Recreation and Marine; Library, Arts, and Culture;\nand Technology and Innovation. (Citywide)\nOffice or Department:\nFinancial Management\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.
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21. \n25-56196\nRecommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to\nexecute contracts, and any necessary documents including any necessary\nsubsequent amendments, with 1736 Family Crisis Center, of Los Angeles, CA;\nCatholic Charities of Los Angeles, of Los Angeles, CA; Goodwill, Southern Los\nAngeles County, of Long Beach, CA; Harbor Interfaith Services, Inc., of San Pedro,\nCA; Interval House, of Long Beach, CA; Lutheran Social Services of Southern\nCalifornia, of Orange, CA; Mental Health America of Los Angeles, of Long Beach,\nCA; PATH, of Los Angeles, CA; The Children’s Clinic ‘Serving Children and Their\nFamilies,’ of Long Beach, CA; and United States Veterans Initiative, of Los\nAngeles, CA, for providing operations and supportive services for the Continuum of\nCare funded programs that support adults, youth, and families with minor children\nexperiencing homelessness in the City of Long Beach, in a total annual aggregate\namount not to exceed $7,662,008, from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, with\nthe option to renew for one additional one-year period, at the discretion of City\nManager; and\nIncrease appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human\nServices Department by $10,842,557, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)\nLevine Act: Yes
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22. \n25-56197\nOffice or Department:\nHealth and Human Services\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP-AP-23-287 and award a\ncontract to Paradies - Long Beach II, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, for the operation of presecurity concessions located in the Meeters and Greeters Plaza and the Historic\nTerminal at Long Beach Airport, for a period of 14 years, and authorize City\nManager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the\ncontract, including any necessary subsequent amendments; and\nAuthorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to\namend Contract No. 32791 with Paradies Long Beach II, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, for\nthe operation of post-security food and beverage concessions at the Long Beach\nAirport and Contract No. 32846 with Paradies Long Beach, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, for\nthe operation of post-security gift/news/retail concessions at the Long Beach\nAirport, to extend the terms of the contracts through November 30, 2039. (District\n5)
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23. \n25-56198\nOffice or Department:\nLong Beach Airport\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7213 and award a\ncontract to K.F.Y. United Mechanical Contractors Inc. dba United Mechanical\nContractors of Simi Valley, CA for the Multi Service Center Energy Efficiency\nUpgrade Project, in an amount of $1,858,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency\nin the amount of $371,600, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,229,600;\nand authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to\nenter into the contract, including any necessary amendments. (District 1)\nOffice or Department:\nPublic Works\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.
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24. \n25-56260\nRecommendation to declare ordinance to approve, confirm, and ratify Ordinance\nNo. HD-25-2490 of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long Beach,\nwhich authorizes the Chief Executive Officer of the Long Beach Harbor\nDepartment to execute a Land Exchange Agreement between the City of Long\nBeach and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, for the Pier B On-Dock\nRail Support Facility Program, read and adopted as read. (District 7)\nOffice or Department:\nHarbor\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.
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3. Guadalupe “Lupita” Pineda, for their performance during the 2nd Annual\nLong Beach ADA Day Celebration and Reception, in the amount of $250;
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4. William “Chris” Tan, for their performance during the 2nd Annual Long\nBeach ADA Day Celebration and Reception, in the amount of $250;
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5. Long Beach 908 Marketing Services, LLC, in support of 908 Day in the City\nof Long Beach, in the amount of $250; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $1,250, to offset transfers to the City Manager Department.\n3.\n25-56257\nOffice or Department:\nMary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $2,900, offset by the Third Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide contributions of:\n1. $250 to Wild West Women Inc. for their Third Annual Women's Fair;\n2. $250 to Long Beach 908 Marketing Services, LLC to support the 908 Day;\n3. $300 to the Long Beach City College Foundation for the Discover LBCC\nactivation event on 2nd Street at Stroll, Sip, and Savor;\n4 $350 to the Historical Society of Long Beach for their 29th Annual Historical\nCemetery Tour;\n5. $500 to Camerata Singers of Long Beach for their Camerata Front Porch\nConcert;
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6. $500 to Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children for their 100th Anniversary\nKickoff Celebration;
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7. $750 to the Long Beach Restaurant Association for the 2025 LBRA\nFundraiser - Cruisin' for a Cause; 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.\n4.\n25-56264\nOffice or Department:\nKristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to change the organization receiving payment of $500, as\nauthorized in the August 5, 2025, approved action, from Homes for All to Right to\nthe City Alliance; and\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM\nChange the organization receiving payment of $500, as authorized in the August 5,\n2025 approved action, from MoveLA to Community Partners.\n5.\n25-56268\nOffice or Department:\nTunua Thrash-Ntuk, Councilwoman, Eighth District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $4,650, offset by the Second Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nprovide contributions of:\n• $300 to Friends of the Long Beach Public Library for their Celebrate our\nLibrarians Event on August 22, 2025;\n• $1,000 Wild West Women, Inc. for the Third Annual Long Beach Women’s\nFair on August 26, 2025;\n• $600 to Stargazer Productions of Orange County, Inc. for musical services\nprovided at the Bixby Park Bandshell Renovation; Ribbon Cutting on July\n25, 2025;\n• $250 to the Long Beach Camerata Singers for their 60th Anniversary Gala\n“Cantata” on October 19, 2025;\n• $2,500 to the LGBTQ Center Long Beach for their QFilm Festival from\nSeptember 4 to September 7, 2025; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $4,650, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.\n6.\n25-56269\nOffice or Department:\nCindy Allen, Councilwoman, Second District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $4,777, offset by the Seventh Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to\nsupport the following:\n1. $500 to The LGBTQ Center Long Beach for their 32nd Annual Long Beach\nQFilm Festival;\n2. $1,500 to the Long Beach Public Library Foundation for their Grape\nExpectations Gala;\n3. $1,000 to the Century Villages at Cabrillo in support of their Written in the\nStars Gala;\n4. $500 to CLUE in support of their Revolutionary Nonviolent Activism training;\n5. $500 to Partners of Parks in support of their Sowing the Seed Gala 2025;\n6. $777 to the Century Club for Long Beach in support of the Mayor‘s Golf\nTournament; and\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $4,777, to offset transfers to the City Manager Department.\n7.\n25-56272\nOffice or Department:\nRoberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, Seventh District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City\nManager Department by $3,800, offset by the Fifth Council District One-Time\nDistrict Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to\nprovide a contribution to the following organizations:\n• $1,000 to Long Beach Public Library Foundation to support their Grape\nExpectations Gala;\n• $1,000 to California Conference for Equality and Justice to support their\nHumanitarian Awards Celebration;\n• $750 to Partners of Parks to support their 40th Annual, ‘Sowing the Seeds\nSoiree’;\n• $500 to Bel Canto Books to support their Liwanag Lit Fest;\n• $300 to Long Beach Camerata Singers to support their 60th Anniversary\nGala “Canata”;\n• $250 to Long Beach 908 Marketing Services, LLC to support their ”908 Day”\nevent; and\nDecrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities\nDepartment by $3,800, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
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9.\n25-56250\n25-56251\nOffice or Department:\nMegan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit two Stipulations with\nRequest for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board,\nand if so approved, authority to pay 1) $74,530 and also 2) separate authority to\npay $26,245 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Stephen Barron.\nOffice or Department:\nCity Attorney\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.\nRecommendation 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 $74,530 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for\nMatthew Dougherty.\nCIVIC CHAMBERS, 5:00 PM