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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM Mary Zendejas, 1st District Megan Kerr, 5th District Cindy Allen, Vice Mayor, 2nd District Dr. Suely Saro, 6th District Kristina Duggan, 3rd District Roberto Uranga, 7th District Daryl Supernaw, 4th District Al Austin, 8th District Dr. Joni Ricks-Oddie, 9th District Thomas B. Modica, City Manager Monique De La Garza, City Clerk Rex Richardson, Mayor Dawn McIntosh, City Attorney REVISED SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE AFSCME COUNCIL 57 POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE 2295 GATEWAY OAKS DR, SACRAMENTO, CA 95833 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE OPTION TO SUBMIT ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND EMAIL COMMENTS TO CITYCLERK@LONGBEACH.GOV PLEASE VIEW THE MEETING FROM YOUR COMPUTER, TABLET, OR SMARTPHONE VIA: HTTPS://WWW.LONGBEACH.GOV/LBTV OR HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/@LONGBEACHTELEVISION/STREAMS PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO VIEW A MAP OF THE MEETING LOCATION AND PARKING INFORMATION HTTPS://LONGBEACH.GOV/GLOBALASSETS/CITY-CLERK/MEDIA- LIBRARY/DOCUMENTS/LBCC-MAP PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The consent calendar shall be heard immediately after the pledge of allegiance, and prior to 6:30 PM. All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council and will all be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of said items unless the Mayor, City Councilmembers or the City Manager request specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. CONSENT CALENDAR (1 – 10) 1. 24-51824 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $6,000, offset by the First Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to Page 1 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM provide donation to the following: 1. Community Partners to support the Mayor’s Fund of Long Beach, in support of the 2024 Jordan High School Benefit Concert Donation Pledge, in the amount of $1,000; 2. Historical Society of Long Beach, in support of the Sponsorship for Centro de La Raza, in the amount of $5,000; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $6,000 to offset transfers to the City Manager Department. Office or Department: Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 2. 24-51832 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $500, offset by the Seventh Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide a contribution to Friends of the Long Beach Firefighters in support of the Cars and Clippers Cancer Fundraiser; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $500 to offset transfers to the City Manager Department. Office or Department: Roberto Uranga, Councilmember, Seventh District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 3. 24-51810 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Office or Department: City Clerk Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 4. 24-51833 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between January 8, 2024 and January 12, 2024. Office or Department: City Clerk Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 5. 24-51808 Recommendation to use City Prosecutor budget savings from FY 23, increase appropriations in the General Fund Group by $42,000 in the City Prosecutor Department. Page 2 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM Office or Department: City Prosecutor Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 6. 24-51763 Recommendation to receive and file the application of 5205 East 2nd Street LLC, dba Galata Turkish Restaurant & Grill, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 5205 East 2nd Street. (District 3) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Police Department Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 7. 24-51767 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Grupo Nikkei, LLC, dba Sushi Nikkei, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 5020 East 2nd Street. (District 3) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Police Department Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 8. 24-51768 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement and all necessary documents with the Automobile Club of Southern California, of Costa Mesa, CA, to accept a non-monetary donation of three “Mark3- 53 Cat Etcher” dot peen battery powered engraving systems, with an estimated value of $16,633, at no cost to the Long Beach Police Department. (Citywide) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Police Department Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 9. 24-51777 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application, with the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy for the San Gabriel River Trail West Side Enhancement Project (Project); if awarded, accept an amount up to $3,100,000 in State General Fund funding; and execute all documents necessary to accept the funds and administer the Project, including any subsequent amendments. (Districts 3, 4, 5) Page 3 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 10. 24-51769 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any subsequent amendments, with HF&H Consultants, LLC, of Walnut Creek, CA, for providing as- needed consulting services related to the City of Long Beach’s commercial solid waste and recycling programs on the same terms and conditions afforded to the City of San Jose, CA, in an annual amount of $250,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $50,000, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $300,000, until the City of San Jose, CA, contract expires on June 30, 2027, with the option to renew for as long as the San Jose, CA, contract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. CEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CITY CLERK Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is given to the first 10 persons who submit Speaker Cards to the City Clerk beginning at 15 minutes prior to 5:00 p.m. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments. REGULAR AGENDA 11. 24-51822 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all necessary stakeholders to provide a report back to the City Council within 90 days on the feasibility of establishing an educational corridor at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) which would highlight the rich aviation milestones that have been accomplished over the past century. This corridor should include a component that pays homage to individuals who have contributed to this centennial and could include but is not limited to the people listed in the document titled: Long Beach Airport and Southern California: A Brief New Aviation and Aeronautics History (1900s-1980s). The corridor should continue the timeline from the 1980s to present day in recognizing more recent contributors to the airport’s history. Office or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District; Megan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District Page 4 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 12. 24-51759 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Cannabis Tax Relief Plan; and Request City Attorney to prepare ordinance to amend the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) to reduce the cannabis cultivation tax rate and adult-use cannabis retail tax rate, and add the Pilot Tax Credit Program provisions. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Manager Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 13. 24-51760 Recommendation to review the historic landmark nomination, background materials, findings, and recommendations of the Cultural Heritage Commission, and determine whether to designate the former Fire Station No. 9 at 3917 Long Beach Boulevard as a Long Beach Historic Landmark; and, if appropriate request City Attorney to prepare ordinance and resolution to designate the exterior of the structure as a historic landmark. (District 5) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 14. 24-51762 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary with authorized fuel providers at the Long Beach Airport to implement an unleaded aviation fuel subsidy program at the Long Beach Airport to facilitate the transition from leaded to unleaded aviation fuel, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000 through December 31, 2025; and Increase appropriations in the Airport Fund Group in the Airport Department by $200,000 offset by Airport funds available. (Districts 4, 5) Office or Department: Long Beach Airport Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 15. 24-51779 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34856 with Rehrig Pacific Company, of Los Angeles, CA, for the purchase and delivery of refuse and recycling containers on the same terms and conditions afforded to Miami-Dade County, FL, Page 5 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM until the Miami-Dade County, FL, contract expires on October 31, 2026, and to increase the contract amount by $19,359,600, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $23,859,600. (Citywide) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ORDINANCE 16. 24-51774-01 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.73; and amending Sections 3.80.146, 3.80.180, 3.80.253, 5.04.050, Chapters 5.08, 5.66, Title of Chapter 8.44, Sections 8.44.040, 8.44.050, 8.44.061, 8.44.070, Chapters 14.04, 14.14, 16.04, and Sections 16.08.504, and 16.16.060, all relating to sidewalk vendors, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 17. 24-51775-01 Recommendation to declare ordinance adopting Zoning Code Amendment ZCA23- 006, that repeals Long Beach Municipal Code Section 21.45.170.L, deleting regulations pertaining to encroachment permits for vendors located within the right- of-way, and amending Table 35-1, Use in the Parks District, clarifying that sidewalk vending is a permitted use subject to the regulations of Chapter 5.73 of the Long Beach Municipal Code, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 18. 24-51727-01 Recommendation to declare ordinance of the City Council of the City of Long Beach adopting the 2023 Military Equipment Special Order of the Long Beach Police Department creating a policy for the funding, acquisition, use and reporting requirements for military equipment as mandated by Assembly Bill 481, and declaring the urgency thereof, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. NEW BUSINESS 19. 24-51886 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Page 6 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM Manager Department by $30,000, offset by Ninth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to support the 2024 Uptown Jazz Festival; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $30,000 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department. Office or Department: Joni Ricks-Oddie, Councilmember, Ninth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 20. 24-51887 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with the Health and Human Services Department to provide a presentation on the COVID-19 After Action Report on March 19th, 2024. Office or Department: Joni Ricks-Oddie, Councilmember, Ninth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 21. 24-51888 Recommendation to request City Manager to provide cost estimates and identify available funding to support the implementation of the 2024 Long Beach Pride Parade. Office or Department: Cindy Allen, Vice Mayor, Second District; Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District; Megan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 22. 24-51891 WITHDRAWN Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP ER23-246 and execute an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with Bioenergy Devco, LLC (BDC), of Annapolis, MD to design, permit, finance, construct, own, operate, and transfer an organic waste receiving and processing facility on the Southeast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF) site located at 120 Pier S Avenue, Long Beach, CA, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement, including any necessary subsequent amendments or agreements contingent on negotiated terms and conditions. (Citywide) Office or Department: Energy Resources Page 7 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 23. 24-51893 WITHDRAWN Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all additional documents necessary with Covanta Long Beach Renewable Energy Corporation (Covanta), of Long Beach, CA, under the Southeast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF) Operations and Maintenance Agreement No. 23336, for early termination of operations effective January 31, 2024, and to provide decommissioning services in accordance with approved Decommissioning Plan for SERRF on a pass through basis plus 15 percent of the decommissioning costs starting February 1, 2024; and Increase appropriations in the SERRF Fund Group in the Energy Resources Department by $8,000,000 to fund the decommission cost of SERRF, offset by funds available. (Citywide) Office or Department: Energy Resources Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. STANDING COMMITTEE REMINDER Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - Intergovernmental Affairs Committee at 3:00 P.M., Long Beach City College. Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency at 4:45 P.M., Long Beach City College. HEARING REMINDER Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Hearing for the Appeal of Planning Commission’s decision at 335 Pacific Avenue. (District 1) Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Hearing for the Appeal of Planning Commission’s approval of 615 East Ocean Boulevard. (District 1) Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Hearing for Bobby Dee Investments dba The Hideout Bar #2 to Grant a Permit, with Conditions, for Entertainment with Dancing. (District 2) Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Hearing for a Victory/Santa Cruz Park Design Guidelines Update. Tuesday, February 13, 2024 – Hearing to determine a Public Walkways Occupancy Permit for Parklet Dining at 2500 East Anaheim Street. (District 2) Tuesday, February 13, 2024 – Hearing for a Public Walkways Occupancy Permit Application at 5236 Page 8 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM East Second Street. (District 3) Tuesday, February 13, 2024 – Hearing for Proposed Vacation at 712 West Baker Street. Page 9 of 11  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024 4901 E. CARSON STREET LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS, BUILDING T, ROOM 1100, 5:00 PM NOTE: The City Council agenda and supporting documents are available on the Internet at www.longbeach.gov. Agenda items may also be reviewed in the Office of the City Clerk or online at the Main Library and at the Branch Libraries. Persons interested in obtaining an agenda via e-mail should subscribe to the City of Long Beach LinkLB System at www.longbeach.gov/linklb. 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