Meeting
Long Beach City Seal TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024
411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CIVIC CHAMBERS, 3:00 PM
 
Miles Nevin, Chair
Judy Ross, Vice Chair
Rolando Cruz, Member
Long Beach City Seal
Robert Emigh, Member
Jan Hower, Member

 
 
 
 
FINISHED AGENDA & MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
At 3:06 PM, Chair Nevin called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
 
Commissioners Present: Cruz, Emigh, Hower, Ross, Nevin



Also present: Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Sanam Parvizi, Budget Analyst , Vanessa Ibarra, Deputy City Attorney, Alyssa Campos, City Clerk Specialist.
REGULAR AGENDA
1.
24-52583 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee meeting of Wednesday, November 8, 2023.
A motion was made by Vice Chair Ross, seconded by Member Emigh, that the item be laid over to the next Transactions and Use Tax Citizens’ Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.  The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 Cruz, Emigh, Hower, Ross, Nevin
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Abstain: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Member Cruz spoke.

Vanessa Ibarra, Deputy City Attorney, spoke.

Alyssa Campos, City Clerk Specialist, spoke.

A dialogue ensued among Member Cruz, Alyssa Campos, City Clerk Specialist, and Vanessa Ibarra, Deputy City Attorney.

Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke.

Vice Chair Ross spoke.

Vanessa Ibarra, Deputy City Attorney, spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.

Alyssa Campos, City Clerk Specialist, spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.

Chair Nevin spoke.

Vanessa Ibarra, Deputy City Attorney, spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Chair Nevin and Vanessa Ibarra, Deputy City Attorney.

Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke.

Alyssa Campos, City Clerk Specialist, spoke.

Chair Nevin spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Chair Nevin and Alyssa Campos, City Clerk Specialist.

Member Cruz spoke.
2.
24-52584 Recommendation to receive and file a report on the Activities of the Transactions and Use Tax Citizens’ Advisory Committee in calendar year 2023.
A motion was made by Member Emigh, seconded by Vice Chair Ross, to approve recommendation.  The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 Cruz, Emigh, Hower, Ross, Nevin
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Abstain: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Sanam Parvizi, Budget Analyst, Financial Management, spoke.
3.
24-52585 Recommendation to receive and file an update on Fiscal Year 2023 Measure A expenditures and revenues.
A motion was made by Member Cruz, seconded by Member Emigh, to approve recommendation.  The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 Cruz, Emigh, Hower, Ross, Nevin
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Abstain: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation.

Vice Chair Ross spoke.

Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Member Cruz and Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management.
4.
24-52586 Recommendation to receive and file an update on Measure A inception-to-date expenditures and revenues and accomplishments.
A motion was made by Member Cruz, seconded by Vice Chair Ross, to approve recommendation.  The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 Cruz, Emigh, Hower, Ross, Nevin
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Abstain: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation.

Member Cruz spoke.

Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Member Cruz and Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management.

Chair Nevin spoke.
5.
24-52587 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Long Beach Police Department’s use of Measure A funding to structurally support South Patrol Division, the Police Academy and Quality of Life Officers, as well as non-infrastructure related one-time funding in Fiscal Year 2023.
A motion was made by Vice Chair Ross, seconded by Member Hower, to approve recommendation.  The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 Cruz, Emigh, Hower, Ross, Nevin
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Abstain: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Megan Zabel, Deputy Chief, Police Department, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation.

Vice Chair Ross spoke.

Megan Zabel, Deputy Chief, Police Department, spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Member Cruz and Megan Zabel, Deputy Chief, Police Department.

Vice Chair Ross spoke.
6.
24-52588 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the status of Measure A infrastructure projects.
A motion was made by Member Hower, seconded by Member Cruz, to approve recommendation.  The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 Cruz, Emigh, Hower, Ross, Nevin
No: 0 None
Recused: 0 None
Abstain: 0 None
Absent: 0 None
Jonathon Bolin, Acting Business Operations Bureau Manager, Public Works, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation.

Chair Nevin spoke.

Vice Chair Ross spoke.

Jonathon Bolin, Acting Business Operations Bureau Manager, Public Works, spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Vice Chair Ross and Jonathon Bolin, Acting Business Operations Bureau Manager, Public Works.

Eric Lopez, Director of Public Works, spoke.

Vice Chair Ross spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Vice Chair Ross and Eric Lopez, Director of Public Works.

Member Cruz spoke.

Eric Lopez, Director of Public Works, spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Member Cruz and Eric Lopez, Director of Public Works.

Marilyn Surakus, Project Development Manager, Public Works, spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.

Jonathon Bolin, Acting Business Operations Bureau Manager, Public Works, spoke.

A dialogue ensued among Member Cruz, Marilyn Surakus, Project Development Manager, Public Works, and Jonathon Bolin, Acting Business Operations Bureau Manager, Public Works.

Vanessa Ibarra, Deputy City Attorney, spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.

Marilyn Surakus, Project Development Manager, Public Works, spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Member Cruz and Marilyn Surakus, Project Development Manager, Public Works.

Member Hower spoke.

Jonathon Bolin, Acting Business Operations Bureau Manager, Public Works, spoke.

Eric Lopez, Director of Public Works, spoke.

Chair Nevin spoke.

Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Chair Nevin and Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management.

Member Cruz spoke.

Chair Nevin spoke.

Jonathon Bolin, Acting Business Operations Bureau Manager, Public Works, spoke.

Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management, spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.

A dialogue ensued between Member Cruz and Nader Kaamoush, Budget Management Officer, Financial Management.

Chair Nevin spoke.

Member Cruz spoke.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
ADJOURNMENT
At 5:00 PM, there being no objection, Chair Nevin declared the meeting adjourned.