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 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.

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.

24-51810

Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

24-51833

Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between January 8, 2024 and January 12, 2024.

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.

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

24-51767

WITHDRAWN

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

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

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)

Enactment No: RES-24-0009

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)

Enactment No: RES-24-0010

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.

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)

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

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)

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, 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)

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)

Enactment No: ORD-24-0002

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)

Enactment No: ORD-24-0003

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) (Emergency Ordinance No. ORD-24-0001)

Enactment No: ORD-24-0001

24-51886

Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City 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.

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.

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.

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)

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)