>> the mayor is in D.C. Doing
some work, weeding with mayors
addressing homelessness and
affordable housing.
>> we have a quorum.
>> all right.
>> ok.
Please join me in a moment of
silence while you give
preference to that which is
important to you.
Thank you.
Please rise if you are able.
Place your hand over your heart.
Join me in the pledge of
allegiance.
[Reciting pledge of allegiance]
>> already.
We are going to start the
meeting with the presentation
from harvey milk park plaza
selection committee.
>> thank you vice mayor.
I'
m so very proud to live in a
city that celebrates diversity
and leads with the lens of
equity.
That fosters inclusivity and
growth.
Harvey milk left a legacy, a
legacy of pride and resilience.
It'
s with great honor to serve
in a city council that
recognizes the value and
contributions of our lgbtq plus
residents and leaders.
I wanted to thank the harvey
milk equity plaza selection
committee for keeping harvey
milk'
s spirit alive in our city.
Thank you for your service in
selecting great leaders to be
inducted into our harvey milk
equity plaza wall.
At this time, I would like to
invite some of our committee
members to the podium to say a
few words.
Please.
Welcome.
>> good evening counsel.
Glad to be here.
Wanted to thank you on behalf of
the harvey milk plaza for your
support of the harvey milk
plaza.
The park is celebrating its 10th
anniversary this year.
It'
s the first park in long
beach named after an openly gay
person, harvey milk.
Also the for -- first park in
the nation named after harvey
milk.
It'
s become a bit of an
inspiration and space for crowds
in a very urban environment.
This year, we are recognizing
seven incredible leaders who
exemplify the spirit of harvey
milk.
Harvey said, all young people
regardless of their sexual
orientation or identity deserve
a safe and supportive
environment in which to achieve
their full potential.
We continue that today and
strive for the environment that
harvey envisioned.
The equality plaza portion of
the park was created to
recognize the local lgbtq plus
leaders in the community who
have advocated for equal rights,
aids research, historic
preservation, the advancement of
equity and many other issues.
Each recipient that is honored
this year will get a plaque on
the plaza which is the
centerpiece of the park along
with many other local lgbtq
leaders.
The plaza includes a concrete
replica of a soap box on which
harvey milk stood to inspire
crowds when he spoke and a 20
foot pride flag.
The committee reaches out to the
community for nominees.
The committee looks at those,
that'
s those, and chooses the
ones that meet the criteria.
This year, we have seven
honorees and inductees that I
would like to acknowledge.
Our first is tom crow who is
here with us this evening.
Our next is carol hoss.
We have corel belay and andrew
howard.
That'
s you.
The next person is charlotte
cornett.
Her mother is representing her
this afternoon.
Cory allen.
Also deborah, kelly for her work
with the city.
Thank you very much.
We invite you on saturday to
have a formal induction ceremony
at the park between 1:00 and
3:00.
I wanted to thank the council
members and the mayor'
s office
for their support of this.
Thank you.
>> thank you very much.
If we could have the honorees
come forward so that we can take
a picture, that would be nice.
Thank you.
>> incredible leaders being
inducted so congratulations to
everyone of you.
We are so proud of you.
>> color than they were before.
>> ok.
Now we are going to go to --
thank you.
congratulations.
We love you.
All right.
So we are going to go to the
presentation from the historical
society of long beach
programming.
I'
m going to turn this over to
COUNCILMAN Kirk.
>> yes.
Julie is on her way to the
podium to talk about the latest
and greatest happening with the
historical society who hold so
much of our history here in long
beach and tells her stories
incredible ways.
Thank you julie.
>> thank you for your support of
the historical cemetery tour.
OCTOBER 28 is the historical
society of long beach'
s 27th
annual historical cemetery tour.
It'
s held at sunnyside and
municipal server to --
cemeteries.
I encourage everyone to attend.
At the tour, we have eight
gravesites where we have costume
doctors who perform stories of
people buried at those
cemeteries.
Some of the stories this year
include strange details where
captain graves and edmund
griffin will talk about how
embalming whales was first done
in long beach.
Another story called side hustle
, the story of doris nunley and
effie standards.
An african-american family who
found success but we are not
sure if it was through a
boardinghouse business, a
billiard partner -- parler, or
the one from that made them so
popular.
Another story is called lost at
sea.
It'
s the story of charles
bozeman.
In 1932, a car dealer, and
offshore gambling ship was
murdered.
Did he deal a bad hand or was it
the diamonds that they found in
his pocket?
Come to the tour, healed -- hear
these stories and more.
We have 10 other attractions at
the event every year.
This year, five founding
african-american families who
still have family members living
in long beach.
We have a day of the dead
installation.
Daryl supernaw is coming to talk
about his grandparents this
year.
We have the japanese american
stories.
I don'
t know how many people
know that there'
s a japanese
culture center on the west side
of long beach.
There are longtime families who
have been teaching judo and
traditional dance there, keeping
the story alive.
You will learn more about that
at the event.
We will have cambodia memorial
sites marking the entrance to
our municipal cemetery.
All of this and so much more.
Many sponsors to thank.
I'
m going to name some of the
largest.
Vice mayor allen.
That'
s happening.
40 other sponsors and 75
volunteers all coming together
to make this event happen.
Long beach utilities is coming.
Bring your water bottle so that
you can get hydrated and
eliminate the plastic.
Tickets are on sale at our
website.
The stories are different every
year.
We encourage everyone to come.
Buy your tickets in advance.
They go up five dollars on the
day of the event.
Do you have questions?
>> thank you.
COUNCILMAN Supernaw.
>> thank you.
First, I would like to thank you
for referring to my performance
as an attraction.
That'
s a bit of a stretch but I
appreciate speaking at the
event.
This is my eighth year.
Between my grandparents grave
and my aunts grave is where I do
this.
It'
s not a stage name.
Again, thank you for the
opportunity.
It'
s been rough -- great for my
family.
Thank you to the people come to
attend.
>> COUNCILMAN Supernaw is
speaking so we all have to go.
Thank you for your presentation.
>> you'
re welcome.
>> go for the whale embalming
speech.
And then stay for mine.
>> I have some cookies to share
if anybody would like one.
>> thank you.
thank you very much.
[Applause]
All right.
So let'
s go to the consent
calendar.
We are going to pull item for.
We will come back to that.
Let'
s do consent calendar one
through 18 except item for.
All right.
I have a first and a second.
Ok.
Let'
s vote.
Public comment.
Yes.
I forgot about that.
We have no public comment.
Ok.
Now let'
s vote.
>> council member uranga?
Motion is carried.
>> thank you very much.
So item number four.
We go to that item and I will
turn this over to COUNCILMAN
Austin.
>> I would like to motion to
withdraw this item.
I would like to bring it back at
an -- a later time.
>> ok.
There'
s a motion and a second.
Any public comment on this?
Ok.
No public comment.
Let'
s vote.
Motion is carried.
>> thank you very much.
All right.
Let'
s go to general public
comment.
Please come to the podium.
>> good evening.
i don'
t know thorough more
people behindi have to remind you that I came
here originally and I continue
to come back to make a point
about equal protection under the
law for mom and pop businesses.
Mom-and-pop phone number land
lords that are being abused.
That was the main issue I had to
bring.
Then I told you before that the
people abusing me had been here
speaking my name, toxic me in
public.
My name and address.
Thank you very much.
The tenant in my house that
hasn'
t paid rent for 554 days,
costing me over $30,000.
I have to repeat that because
it'
s not personal.
I rented to tiffany because I
trusted her.
Now she'
s accusing me of, you'
ve
heard it before.
Unfortunately violence, lying,
I'
m crazy by the way so don'
t
listen to me.
And I'
m a racist according to
them.
Why did I rent to her?
Tiktok, tiktok.
If I'
m a racist?
In my minute 20 seconds, I will
say that they are working the
system.
In my humble opinion.
These people come here as
activists.
That'
s how we met.
they accuse me of a lot of
things.
I have facts.
I have evidence.
This was done previously.
So I'
m going to do it.
>> [Inaudible]
>> why do you have a penchant
with calvert'
s?
Jim?
>> why do you ask?
>> are you a confidential
informant for the L.A. Sheriff'
s
department?
>> why do you ask?
>> [Laughter]
Excuse me.
That'
s the highlight of my last
three years.
What is this guy up to?
He'
s accusing me of something.
Ok.
I'
ve over use my time in the
past.
I want to support the elder
protections that are being
presented tonight.
I support tenants.
I'
ve been a tenant.
I don'
t support scammers.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
Karen, you are up.
>> thank you everybody.
We don'
t have much of a crowd
tonight.
It'
s always lovely to chat with
you.
I'
m here tonight to represent --
.
I'
m PRESIDENT Of the long beach
-- .
Donna is a senior that is being
affected from her apartment.
Actually, she got a first notice
three days after her husband
died of covid.
She wanted to thank DR. Tyler
curry for helping her last week.
She followed his instructions.
I want to demonstrate to you the
system and how it'
s not working.
For our people that are at risk
of becoming homeless.
Donna has called legal aid, she
had an appointment that was
canceled on her because they
decided sheet -- they didn'
t
have anybody who could handle
her case.
Legal aid refused to see her
because they were so overworked.
She called the L.A. Housing
group.
They told her, they at least
answered the phone, told her
that they could not help her.
They were way overwhelmed with
all of her caseloads.
There was nothing that they
could do for her.
She'
s been going to wherever the
msc tells her to go.
She can'
t get any help.
I got an 83-year-old in law
school to help her with
instructions.
She did file a response to the
eviction notice.
She did it herself because she
couldn'
t get any help.
She'
s not here tonight because
she is so emotionally wrought
over the fact that she thinks
she will be on the streets.
She appreciates the help.
But there was no outcome.
Libre will return phone calls.
Sent them email messages.
She cannot get any help.
Right now, she'
s forced to try
to find a lawyer.
At the last minute.
She'
s going to have to pay which
she cannot really afford to do.
She can'
t go into court without
representation because we know
the chances of losing our 90%.
So I just wanted to update you
and we will keep you posted on
what happens to donna.
She was a professional woman.
She has the degree in
psychology.
I want you to keep aware that
our systems are not working.
There'
s no housing to put these
people into.
There'
s no help for them in the
community.
We shouldn'
t be giving these
people money if they are not
going to help our residents.
>> hi.
[Inaudible]
We thought we would come to the
city for the license.
We got the license.
They didn'
t have a license for
that business.
It'
s a hookah lounge.
After 11 years, we found out the
city issued a hugo lounge
license even though we were not
there.
They offered it to other people,
they didn'
t offer it.
They came to the city, we'
ve
been waiting for the license for
11 years.
We are not a hookah lounge.
We try to find out what happened
and how that happened.
It has one year or two years.
That'
s been for the city for
almost 20 years.
We'
ve been for 11 years, we
didn'
t get nothing.
When I went to the city, they
told me, no.
We don'
t know what happened.
The city of long beach in 2008,
they closed the business for
indoor hookah lounge.
They gave a fine for that
business.
I went to the court.
They said, no indoor hookah
lounge.
I applied for it.
After that, everything going
well, I renewed my license every
year.
I just went to the city and try
to do something.
They told me, no.
We have an indoor hookah lounge.
How did that happen?
You charge me for 11 years.
Didn'
t notify me that, you need
to switch it to do that.
If the city did not notify
people, we are making a new law,
they did it for the dispensary.
They offer licenses for the to
-- the dispensary.
What happened here?
i'
m trying to figure out what'
s
going on.
I'
m following the law.
I'
m not doing it behind you.
I'
m following the law.
There were four hookah lounges
there.
After me, they opened two of
them.
They told them they couldn'
t be
indoor hookah lounge.
We agree with that.
We follow the law.
They changed it.
They didn'
t let us know about
it.
So I'
m closing in winter because
it'
s outdoor.
I'
m closing for four months.
People who came into years got
the license.
How did that happen?
That'
s all.
My business is in district
three.
>> thank you for coming.
Is there someone from your
office you can send over?
Someone will come over to talk
to you.
Thank you.
>> we can connect them to
business licensing.
>> thank you so much.
So we are going to go to item
number 19.
>> report from financial
management.
Recommendation to receive the
supporting documentation and
grant an entertainment permit
with conditions for
entertainment with dancing in
district five.
There'
s an oath required for
this item.
If the witnesses can raise the
right hand.
Do each of you solemnly state
that the testimony you MAY give
shall be the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth
so help you GOD?
Thank you.
You MAY be seated.
>> good evening honorable vice
mayor and members of the city
council.
Before you is an application for
entertainment without dancing,
doing business as b'
s cocktails.
The establishment is located at
5456 east dell oma.
And operates as a bar, tavern,
loud.
It allows for the sale of beer,
wine, and spirits for
consumption on the premises.
All departments have reviewed
the application and have
provided their recommended
conditions as contained in the
hearing packet.
The following recommended
conditions should be noted from
the additional conditions
section.
One entertainment activity shall
be restricted to sunday 4:00 to
11:30 P.M., monday through
thursday, and friday, saturday
4:00 to one of -- 1:30 A.M..
They must provide all renters
with a copy of the approved
permit which shall include a
property -- a copy of the
conditions of operation.
they shan'
t convert any portion
thereof into a public dance
nightclub.
All entertainment activity shall
be restricted to private
gatherings.
The permit he will not allow
anyone to run the hall for a
permit, dance, or disk -- jockey
event.
We are available to answer any
questions that you MAY have.
This concludes my staff report.
>> thank you very much.
>> no questions.
Thank you.
>> are there any public comments
on this?
Seeing no public comments, let'
s
go to a vote.
Motion is carried.
Now we are going to go to the
city attorney and she will do a
report.
>> thank you so much.
I would like to report that we
have no report from close
session.
Thank you.
>> that was a fast report.
Great.
Item number 21 please.
>> report from city manager,
recommendation to file the mayor
and city council workshop final
report and adopt the mayor and
city council norms citywide.
>> already.
We have a staff presentation.
>> yes.
Earlier this year, we have the
first time in our history,
retreat where we got to go
together and work on a number of
different things in the workshop
.
It was a really good experience.
This is the final report we are
presenting back to you.
You were all there.
Good summary of what we
experience together.
I will turn it over to APRIL
walker.
>> good evening vice mayor.
Tonight, I'
m excited to present
on the mayor and city council
workshops final report.
In fiscal year 2023, the city
council allocated $50,000 in
one-time funding to conduct city
council priority process to
better inform future city of
long beach programming.
The city manager'
s office
engaged consultant baker tilly
to facilitate the mayor and city
council workshop which was held
on MARCH 30, 2023.
The prioritization process
included three milestone
activities.
There was individual interviews
with the mayor and members of
the city council to learn about
key accomplishments, challenges,
and priorities over the next
four years.
They also collected background
information from a variety of
sources including the strategic
vision 2030, opportunity beach
agenda, budget forecasts,
publicly available items, and
the city manager'
s executive
team through a questionnaire
about department plans and
initiatives.
The second activity was the
mayor and city council workshop
which withheld cal state --
which was held in cal state long
beach.
This was a meeting where the
city manager, city clerk, and
city attorney were in attendance
overseeing to support the
meeting.
Baker tilly facilitated a
discussion about city council
norms for governing, district
commonalities, identification of
the council'
s top priorities for
the next two years.
Two foundational and three core
priorities were identified which
will be discussed further in
this presentation.
Finally, the third activity was
a city manager executive team
session to discuss the
integration of the mayor and
council priorities into
department work programs and
other aspects of implementation.
So during the individual
meetings with the mayor and
council, they solicited thoughts
and feedbacks about priority
settings.
Mayor provided the following
which include the need to
underline priorities,
recognizing limited staff
capacity, having an authentic
conversation about priorities
and goals, the importance of
consensusbuilding, noting that
existing plans and goals overlap
and being clear about top
priorities.
Baker tilly asked the mayor and
council to choose three words
illustrate the vision for the
city as a whole.
Some words include clean, safe,
thriving, livable, resilient,
and inclusive.
The mayor and council
acknowledge their compliments by
the city team which include
covid response, work on
infrastructure, environmental
sustainability and climate
efforts, financial management,
enhanced department
coordination, promoting equity
and regional justice, affordable
and market rate housing, and
local human rights efforts.
Three additional compliments
were added by council mentors
during the session which include
the city'
s efforts to go green,
policy changes to zoning and
land use currently in progress,
and the many infrastructure
improvements made possible by
measure a.
There are key challenges that we
continue to work through and
find solutions for which include
homelessness, infrastructure
needs, public safety, economy,
economic development, affordable
housing, reduce revenues and the
impact on service levels.
From the interviews with the
mayor and city council, 10
priorities which include
homelessness, fiscal
sustainability, economic
development, neighborhood
livability, parks and
recreation, infrastructure,
public safety, and staffing.
The visits -- facilitators lead
and exercise.
The city manager emphasized that
work is and will continue in all
10 areas.
A small set of top priorities
for city staff to fully
understand what'
s important
above all others as assignments
are given and resources are
allocated.
The mayor and city council
agreed that two of the
categories, fiscal
sustainability and staffing, are
foundational to all that the
city does.
The mayor and council agreed to
combine homelessness and housing
due to their interrelated
nature.
Each mayor and council member
was given three stickers and
asked to place their dots in the
top priorities.
They are as follows.
Homelessness and housing
including mental health and
substance abuse treatment
services, increase of affordable
housing, building more housing
of all types, apply inclusionary
housing incentives, identify
funding sources for affordable
housing production.
Economic development, expand
business opportunity, attraction
and retention, plan for
waterfront development, increase
cruise ships, revitalize
commercial centers, business
friendly and streamlined
permitting, increase large-scale
events, promote business
clusters, development
opportunity for the elephant
lot.
Public safety.
Concerns about rising crime.
Staffing, concerns about
recruitment, and acknowledgment
of staffing capacity.
Fiscal sustainability.
New revenue streams, lots of
reducing follow -- fossil fuel
reserves, managing potential
deficits and impacts on
services.
Expectation of higher level
services.
Facilittors explained that
norms are agreed-upon standards
of behavior and practices that
many city councils have adopted.
Many city councils have adopted
a set of norms.
having exquisite norms can help
the current council as well as
expectation for future councils.
The result of this discussion
was a consensus on a set of
norms.
During the discussion, the mayor
and council agreed to modify a
couple of these to be more
specific to long beach.
After the discussion, the city
at agreed by consensus to a set
of norms which have been
provided for all of you at the
dais.
The order of the norms reflects
the facilitators understanding
of preferences expressed by
members of the mayor and city
council during the discussion.
Tonight, we welcome additional
feedback or adoption of these
norms.
They include good intent, work
together as a body modeling
teamwork, respect, civility,
respect the rules of the mayor,
city council, city manager, and
city attorney and are form of
government.
Share information and avoid
surprises.
Stay focuse on city council
priorities.
Maintain a citywide perspective
while being focused on our
districts.
Disagree agreeably and
professionally.
Keep confidential things
confidential.
Utilize long-range plans to
provide big picture context
that'
s realistic and achievable.
Communicate concerns about staff
to the city manager while
treating staff respectfully.
Tonight'
s recommendation is to
file the mayor and city council
workshop final report and adopt
the mayor and city council
norms.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
All right.
I don'
t see any questions from
the team.
So let'
s go ahead and go to
willful -- to a vote.
Public comment.
Yes.
There'
s no public comment for
this item.
Let'
s go to a vote.
The motion is carried.
>> item 22.
>> recommendation to direct city
attorney to prepare ordinance
amending the provisions of the
housing trust fund citywide.
>> thank you very much.
I do believe we have a staff
presentation.
>> yes we do.
Our community development
department can give the
presentation.
>> good evening.
>> thank you.
Before you tonight, a brief
presentation on the housing
trust fund and recommendation to
adopt the amendments to bring it
into compliant -- compliance.
For some background, the city
council approved the creation of
a housing trust fund in OCTOBER
of 2005 with the goals of
surfing the housing needs of the
city'
s extreme lilo and above
moderate out -- income
households through housing
assistance and homeownership
opportunities.
To qualify for matching funds
from the state, the city must
modify the goal populations of
the housing trust on.
Acd'
s local housing trust fund
program provides matching funds
to local and regional housing
trust funds dedicated to the
creation, rehabilitation, or
preservation of affordable
housing, transitional housing,
and emergency shelters.
Eligible program funds include
construction loans, permanent
financing loans to pay for costs
associated with developing a
rehabilitation of affordable
rental housing projects.
Affordable home buyer or
homeowner projects including
assistance to income eligible
households to purchase for cell
units.
The construction of accessory
dwelling units are junior a b
use.
The city'
s housing trust fund
guidelines state that not less
than 50% of the funds in the
housing trust fund account shall
be expanded to provide housing
assistance and homeownership
opportunities for above moderate
income housing those at
affordable costs.
And not less than 50% shall be
expanded to provide housing
assistance and homeownership
opportunities to extremely low
income households at affordable
housing costs.
To comply with the local housing
trust fund program and qualify
for matching funds, the city
must amend the guidelines for
populations served so at least
30% of the program funds shall
be expended on existence to low
income households, no more than
20% of the program funds shall
be expended on assistance to
moderate income households.
The remaining program funds
shall be expended on assistance
to lower income households.
That brings us to our
recommendation to direct the
city attorney to prepare an
ordinance amending the
provisions of the housing trust
fund to comply with the
regulations of acds local
housing trust fund program.
Thank you.
>> thank you very much for that
presentation.
Do we have any public comments?
We do not.
>> I just have one question.
Thank you for the presentation
by the way.
How much is in the trust fund?
>> currently, there'
s
approximately $352,000 in the
trust fund.
>> and it was started in 2005?
Is that correct?
>> yes.
>> have we used funds over the
years?
Did I MISS Where we'
ve used
funds that have been put in this
trust fund?
>> yes.
I have to correct myself.
There'
s $33,000 in the housing
trust fund but there'
s been
total deposits of $352,000.
Those funds have been used over
the years for a mobile home
repair and grant program and
also some second mortgage
assistance.
>> are there specific plans to
increase this?
Do we have something in our
budget?
>> yes.
It'
s a good line of questioning.
Those numbers MAY seem very
small.
That'
s because most of our funds
go through different affordable
housing accounts.
This particular fund has existed
for a long time.
It hasn'
t been structured in a
way that we can receive state
matching funds.
This year as part of the budget
that was adopted by counsel, he
did appropriate funds to this
account.
We would like to get the best
used out of those funds as
possible so we will be doig
this restructuring and then
depositing those funds so we can
request matching from the state.
We are also looking at what are
called p hla funds, funds we
receive from the state.
If we deposit them, we can
achieve additional matching
funds from the housing trust
fund that the state uprights.
We are trying to be strategic
and make every dollar go as far
as it can.
While it'
s not a fund we'
ve used
in the past, we will be using it
more vigorously in the future.
>> thank you for that.
I think it'
s great to get
matching funds and change the
guidelines.
>> all right.
so there are no public comments.
Let'
s go to a vote.
Motion is carried.
>> thank you item 23.
>> recommendation to adopt
specifications for consulting
services and award a contract to
gartner consulting.
General project management
services for a total contract
amount of 1.9 million.
Award a contract for quality
assurance services for a total
amount of 1.2 million.
An increase of appropriations in
the development services fund
group and the community
development department.
>> these were some pretty big
contracts to get there'
s a staff
presentation.
>> we would like to give a
presentation on this.
This is a big deal.
This is a transformational
investment in our enterprise
land management system which is
the system that governs a lot of
our permit in the city.
We think we can improve the
customer experience as well as
staff efficiency.
I will turn it over to our team
to explain what this is and the
steps that will become after
this.
>> this is a combined effort.
Lisa fall will walk you through
the presentation.
>> good evening.
I'
m very excited to be here
tonight to talk about this
project.
I will make the presentation and
then leah erickson will be here
to help answer some questions as
well as chrissy for koonz, my
director.
All right.
So the enterprise land
management system is the city'
s
backbone for its permitting and
licensing functions, including
inspections.
It'
s large, complex, has about
-- several subsystems.
It'
s used by eight departments
for many different functions and
has approximately 500 internal
users.
Given its multi-departmental use
and its large scale, it'
s known
as an enterprise system.
The current system was installed
in 2007.
Since then, many operations and
needs have changed.
So the current system is not
meeting either customer needs or
expectations for our city
analytical or process needs.
For example, the current elm is
not configured to allow general
online permitting and upcoming
state lottery requirements.
The city cannot require --
retrieve adequate data for
policymaking or management
decisions.
Elm also lacks adequate
integration across functions and
departments, creating and
lowering effectiveness.
So given the current situation,
it'
s a priority project.
It will either overhaul or
replace the current system.
The new system will improve
capabilities and responsiveness
to customers, reduce the need
for customers to visit city hall
licensing needs, simplify
processing, making it as easy as
possible to get a license or
permit, and provide better data
and be more efficient for staff.
So elm is known as an enterprise
resource planning system because
of its size and citywide impact
as I mentioned.
To ensure sufficient time and
resources for a successful elm,
it has been necessary to pause
phase two of lb coast.
This is our other very large erp
project that focuses on payroll,
budget, and hr systems.
Phase one, the financial system,
has been implemented.
Phase two of lb coast has paused
because it'
s unlikely that long
beach or most organizations
could simultaneously implement
two concurrent erp projects with
available resources.
Phase two is not expected to
start until a bit -- lb builds
yemen -- vmm is implemented.
Lb builds is a big project,
beyond city staff resources and
expertise.
Expert assistance from
consultants is needed but will
be temporary.
Throughout the process, city
staff will be decision-makers
and critical to the design and
of limitation.
Key to the project success is
adequately staffing the project
with the best city staff and a
good city decision-making
process.
To help city staff navigate this
project, four scopes of work
were released for consultant
services.
Scopes wants to position the
city for success.
They will provide an assessment
of the city'
s readiness for the
project and identify preliminary
resource needs.
It will help the city defined
what it needs from an upgraded
or completely new in system.
And ensure the city knows what
to expect from the products
available in the marketplace.
During scope too, needs will be
incorporated for the software
and system integrator.
The consultant will assist with
the selection process during the
procurement following the city'
s
processes.
Scope three covers general
project management and begins
with implementation of the
solution, after we select the
software and the system
integrator.
The quality assurance provider
identifies issues with the
vendors or city that MAY impact
the project success and makes
working recommendations to
resolve those issues.
So, we had good response to the
proposal.
Eight vendors responded to the
rp with 14 proposals.
Vendors could propose on scopes
one and two combined, scope
three, scope for, but not both
three and four.
Evaluation committee process
included community development,
financial management and
technology and innovation, the
key departments involved with
elm.
The finalists are gardner
consulting for scopes one and
two and four, and very done for
scope -- be
arry dunne for
three.
It identifies a 2.5 year to
three-your project with likely
quickest time possible and needs
to be reevaluated after software
and system integration and
depends heavily on city
resources and other factors
including staff vacancies and
other city priorities.
This slide shows the potential
cost of the proposed awards.
Scope one and two combined and
scope three and scope forward.
The base costs of all combined
is approximately $3.5 million.
Scope three includes $352,000
for optional organizational
change management known as oh cm
and these are at -- ocm and
are under city discretion.
They are more likely to
encounter issues anticipated at
the outset, as such we are
requesting contingencies for
each totaling $660,000 and $600,
a little less than 20% of the
base cost.
If the implementation timeframe
is significantly longer than the
aggressive timeframe proposed
costs for scopes three and scope
for MAY be exceeded.
-- scope three in scope four MAY
be exceeded.
There will be a one time that
includes software system
integrator and soft and hard
costs for city staffing.
Total cost for the project are
currently unknown, whether net
operating cost will be higher
are lower is also unknown, and
all this depends on the selected
solution.
Much of the cost but not all
will be funded by the
development services fund.
To summarize, lb builds elm will
replace a system and greatly
improve online access and other
customer experiences with city
permitting and licensing.
The project is anticipated to
start DECEMBER 2023 and be
operational in mid-2026.
And again, the cost would
largely be funded from the
development services fund.
So, staff recommends the city
council adopts specifications rf
tt!23-201 for enterprise land
management consulting services
and award a contract to gardner
consulting for scopes one and
two in contracts for scope four
and the amounts of 1,020,001.6
million dollars which includes
contingencies.
In addition, award scope 32
barry dunne including
contingency and $320,000 for
optional oh cm -- ocm management
services.
Finally, the last recommendation
is to increase appropriations in
the development services fund by
$890,000 from funds available
for initial implementation of
the project.
That concludes my presentation
and we are all here to answer
your questions.
>> thank you very much.
Other any public comments on
this?
All right.
There are none.
Council member, do you have
anything?
>> real quick.
Did you state that the project
could start at the end of 2026.
When does it start again?
>> ok, you want to go to the
slides?
>> yeah.
>> yeah, so, what we are
anticipating on our best timing
schedule is we will start this
DECEMBER and then we are
anticipating switching over to a
new or overhauled elm system in
JUNE 2026.
>> that is all I have.
Thank you.
>> yeah, is that three years, is
that normal to take that long?
It is?
Ok.
Council member.
>> I am happy to second the
motion and understand the need
for these contracts and I fully
support it.
>> all right.
Thank you.
Council member?
>> thank you for the
presentation.
You said that we have had our
current system since 2007, which
is 16 years, and so I definitely
appreciate that.
We are looking into a new system
so it is a little bit more I
think, helpful to staff as well
as to businesses as well as
requesting permits and
licensing.
Can you share an example of some
things this new system will do
versus what it can'
t do at the
moment to illustrate why we are
spending so much money to invest
in the new system?
>> sure.
One of the things in that we are
able to accept some minor
permits on line not able to
accept larger general bidding
for permits.
Recent state law changes our
requiring that full-scale
residential projects be
submitted online, so that is one
of the things that we are
looking at being able to
provide.
Also, there is not a lot of good
linkages between the departments
and as many people know who come
to do a project here, you need
to talk to development services,
public works, fire, health,
depending on what your project
is, and the whole process
forward getting permits is not
seamless within that system so
we want to integrate that so
everybody knows exactly where a
project is by looking into the
system and getting answers for
our patrons as quickly as
possible.
>> it would also reduce the time
it would take for people to get
their permitting and license in
order to build their projects a
lot quicker and faster and
reduce errors because everybody
is looking at the same system
from one department to the next.
>> yep.
That is what we are
anticipating.
>> that is exciting because it
makes it easy for our builders
do that as soon as possible as
was business in general, right?
Thank you very much.
>> those are great questions.
Councilmember?
>> yes comment that was a great
line of questioning and answered
my questions and I am fully
supportive of this.
People will really be happy with
the offers.
All right, I don'
t see any more
questions, so let'
s go to a
vote.
>> motion is carried.
>> thank you.
Item 24.
>> financial management
recommendation to authorize city
manager to amend the contract
with the group for providing
custodial services for a total
revise contract amount not to
exceed $11.7 million and extend
the term of the contract to
NOVEMBER 6, 2024, citywide.
>> I need a second?
All right.
Any public comment on this?
All right.
Let'
s vote.
>> motion is carried.
>> thank you.
Item 25.
>> report from public works
recommendation to increase
appropriations in the capital
projects group and public works
department by $556,000 offset by
funds received from the
transportation program for the
orange avenue bikeway and
streets project, district one,
2, 6, 7, 8, and nine.
>> thank you.
Any public comments?
Ok.
No?
Council member?
>> yes I want to express how
exciting it is to move forward
with our vision zero.
Also making sure that we
continue to make long beach a
bike friendly place and ensuring
we are connecting north long
beach all the way down to
downtown.
I think we know that it is
really important we make it as
safe and easy as possible for
people who ride bikes to get
from one side of our town to the
next, which also includes making
it safer to reduce traffic
fatality, related fatalities and
injuries as well, so I am really
glad we are able to move this
forward with the additional
funding so that we can continue
to meet our bike master plan and
adding that done.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
Councilmember.
>> thank you.
I'
m excited about making long
beach and more bike-friendly
city and a safer city with more
connectivity throughout the
city.
I am so happy to see this will
be connecting north long beach
to downtown and vice a versa in
happy to know that there will be
lighting improvements among
other enhancements made as part
of this project.
Thank you to our public works
team for presenting us with this
project, and for the work that
is to come in making this a
reality.
I am so very happy to see this
project come forward.
>> thank you.
Councilmember.
>> thank you so much.
I think I have been consistent
supporting particularly active
transportation projects like
this.
I am a big proponent of bike
infrastructure in our city.
I just want to quickly ask a
question about the scope of the
work that will be done on this
particular project.
I understand that you know,
there will be dedicated lanes,
but only actually dealing with
the street conditions in some of
these areas that MAY not be as
smooth as others.
>> uh, yes, so it is my
understanding this is a 13.3
million dollar project.
We are looking at a protected
bikeway, intersections, bus
islands, safety enhancements,
pavement resurfacing, and
lighting as well, so pretty
comprehensive up-and-down
origin.
Some -- orange.
Some areas have had treatments
and others do not so making sure
we do all those together so it
is seamless and goes all the way
from ocean three signal hill up
to the top of long beach.
>> so we have had the treatments
in the north part, north of
those areas, up to I believe
artesia or past, and we have
dedicated lanes -- I which is as
for as we move forward some
level of consistency all the way
through as much as possible so
that our residents are not
confused or feeling like you
know we are changing up the
program on them, so.
>> understood.
>> all right.
Well, thank you very much for
your thoughtful comments,
everyone.
Let'
s vote.
COUNCILWOMAN?
>> motion is carried.
>> all right.
So, we are just getting through
this agenda very quickly today.
So we are at the general public
comment number two and florence,
you are up.
>> my name is florence.
Yes, I am still homeless.
And my reason is I sat here, I
have been coming here for the
past three years, coming to your
meetings, and you don'
t talk
about real issues.
The real issue is black folks
without jobs, black folks who
are into drugs, black folks who
are being abused by the police.
I met a man who spent 13 years
in prison with something he did
not do because of an officer.
The officer is dead now, but
you are not talking about things
that matter to black folks.
I sit here and watch people from
all cultures, me, me, me, me.
I am a foundational like
american.
I call myself a fba,
foundational black american.
I don'
t know any other
continent.
I know this one, that we don'
t.
I don'
t want to hear it.
My ancestors it.
We are being pushed away come
out, ignored -- away, out,
ignored.
Just talk about it.
It is real.
I watched a young man died on
the long beach pavement of an
overdose.
Black people are not bringing
those drugs in here.
I am sick and tired of it.
I am an american citizen.
I am everyplace.
But you don'
t talk about reality
that will uplift the community,
not down, up certain people and
not other people.
You know, and the thing is we
have the highest ratio of
homelessness.
They won'
t rent to us.
I should say you won'
t rent to
us, whether we can afford it or
whether we can'
t come in so,
fair housing, -- we can'
t come
in so, fair housing -- can'
t
com
, so I'
m a fair housing.
Young girls walk up and down the
street half naked and nobody is
doing a thing about it.
Drugs, drugs are being poured
into this country in this area,
like it is nothing, and black
folks are being affected by it.
Why aren'
t the police doing
something?
Why on the judges, prosecutors,
politicians doing something
about it?
It can be stopped.
Baby boy died, no older than 20,
I guess you say, well, it'
s not
my business.
>> ma'
am, your time has
concluded.
>> florence, thank you for your
comments.
Thank you for coming out today.
All right, we are going to item
13 which is the end of our
agenda announcements and
adjournment.
All right.
Announcements and adjournments.
Council member.
>> thank, colleagues.
It pleases me to mention that
over the weekend that we lost a
beloved neighbor and pillar in
our community, and that was MS.
Carter.
She was a remarkable person who
accomplished so much throughout
her 104 years in life.
Her and her seven siblings were
orphans but despite that
hardship she began her career as
a typist at the pentagon and
world war ii and rose through
the ranks and became a colonel
in the army.
She became a reserve long beach
police officer at age 65 and she
was actually on the same in the
same graduating class as the
sheriff now.
She earned her bachelor'
s degree
in english and communications at
the age of 78.
And most recently she served as
on the scenery -- senior
advisory commission representing
the eighth district but was also
instrumental eight years ago in
developing our senior activities
center at the expo.
And so much more.
She was an amazing neighbor and
matriarch in our community and
city and she will be very very
sorely missed.
I would like to close with a
quote that I believe embodies
her life in spirit, and it is
quote -- I don'
t know where the
quote is attributed to, but
"life is not waiting for the
storm to pass, it is about
learning to dance in the rain,"
and MISS Carter was certainly a
positive influence on us all.
Anyone who knew her in the city,
and I think she should be more
appropriately celebrated at a
later time, but we certainly
want to adjourn in her honor
this evening.
Um, and then I would just move
on to other announcements.
Um, I would also like to
announce this thursday between
6:15 and 8:00 P.M., I invite our
neighbors out to our last public
workshop where we will be
reviewing concept plans and
getting feedback to help th
city develop the final version.
It will be held at the boys and
girls club of long beach between
the clubhouse.
Please contact my office if you
need more information.
And also, we are hosting a blood
drive with the american red
cross monday, OCTOBER 30, from
11:30 A.M. To 6:00 P.M. At the
L.A. Care community resource
center on atlantic avenue.
You and register at red
cross.Org using district eight
to receive a $20 amazon gift
card.
That includes our announcements
for now.
Pthank you.
>> thank you.
COUNCILWOMAN?
>> thank you.
This saturday I'
m hosting my
monthly district six update on
the cambodian-american cultural
center, a forum where we will
provide information on its
status and plans at mcbride park
, and it is saturday from 1:00
to 4:00 P.M.
Then this monday I'
m hosting our
district six aquarium not come
monday, OCTOBER 20 third from
6:30 to 8:30 P.M.
Please rsvp.
We will have a dj and costume is
highly encouraged but we just
want to make sure it is
family-appropriate.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
COUNCILWOMAN?
>> yes, this weekend I invite
all residents to attend the
festival flight at the long
beach airport, saturday, OCTOBER
21 from 10:00 to 4:00 P.M., the
first kickoff of celebrating 100
years of our long beach airport
with aircraft on display, live
music, activities for kids and
more at this free annual event,
so join us.
Sunday, OCTOBER 22, the monthly
bike ride zombie addition is
leaving at 11:00 A.M., so get
there early to have your face
done by a makeup artist and they
will be prizes for best on
the or ugly zombie.
Grab your helmet and join us for
a ride.
>> that sounds like fun.
COUNCILWOMAN?
>> thank you.
Our south division commanders
form is wednesday, OCTOBER 18,
starting at 6:00 P.M. To 8:00
P.M. At headquarters on 400 west
broadway.
For more information, please
email.
Also I would like to invite you
to the wilmore OCTOBER community
meeting wednesday, OCTOBER 18,
at 7:00 P.M. To 8:30 P.M. At 620
san francisco avenue, long
beach, california.
For more information on that,
please contact wilmore city,
email wilmore city.
I also want to invite you to the
wilmore city neighborhood
cleanup this saturday, OCTOBER
21, starting at 9:00 A.M. To
11:30 A.M.
It will take place at 734 main
avenue here in long beach, of
course.
For more information, again,
please elmo
email wilmore city.
Also this saturday, we will be
celebrating harvey milk equality
plaza inductee ceremony at
exactly 1:00 P.M. To 3:00 P.M.
And this event will take place
at 212 east 3rd street here in
long beach.
I would also like to remind you
that the grand parade is coming
up on NOVEMBER 4 at 11:00 A.M.,
and it starts on pine/third.
See you all at these events.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
A lot of stuff happening in
district one.
COUNCILWOMAN?
-- COUNCILMAN?
>> we have a busy saturday in
council district four that
starts at 10:00 A.M. At the t2
triathlon and cycling, a
brand-new store.
Then we head over to the
festival of flight, which the
council member mentioned, then
we back out to the town center
at noon for their halloween
event.
Then we have the nature center
with their halloween event, and
after that, I think we will
rest.
Thank you.
>> all right.
That concludes announcements and
concludes tonight'
s session of
city council.
Please have a good night and get
home safe.