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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY OF LONG BEACH TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Mary Zendejas, 1st District Stacy Mungo, 5th District Cindy Allen, 2nd District Dr. Suely Saro, 6th District Suzie A. Price, 3rd District Roberto Uranga, 7th District Daryl Supernaw, 4th District Al Austin, 8th District Rex Richardson, Vice Mayor, 9th District Thomas B. Modica, City Manager Monique De La Garza, City Clerk Dr. Robert Garcia, Mayor Charles Parkin, City Attorney REVISED CITY COUNCIL MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE PURSUANT TO AB 361 (GOV. CODE SECTION 54953(e)(1)-(2)) JOIN VIA ZOOM, PLEASE DIAL: (213) 338-8477 / MEETING ID: 957 7439 3769 https://longbeach-gov.zoom.us/j/95774393769 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE ZOOM MEETING RAISE YOUR HAND BY CLICKING THE HAND ICON WHILE THE ITEM IS BEING READ BY THE CITY CLERK. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.LONGBEACH.GOV/CITYCLERK/ MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE OPTION TO USE eCOMMENT TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO CITYCLERK@LONGBEACH.GOV PLEASE VIEW THE MEETING FROM YOUR COMPUTER, TABLET, OR SMARTPHONE VIA: https://longbeach.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=84 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. Page 1 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM REVISED CONSENT CALENDAR: (1 - 8, 27) 1. 22-0167 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Office or Department: CITY CLERK Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 2. 22-0168 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between January 31, 2022 and February 7, 2022. Office or Department: CITY CLERK Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 3. 22-0169 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP CM21-078 and award contracts to Long Beach Immigrants’ Rights Coalition of Long Beach, CA, St. Mary Medical Center of Long Beach, CA, and Centro CHA, of Long Beach, CA, for Community Connector Services under the Long Beach Justice Fund, and to Immigrant Defenders Law Center, of Los Angeles, CA, for Legal Services under the Long Beach Justice Fund, in an annual aggregate amount not to exceed $275,000, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for one additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager, and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY MANAGER Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 2 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 4. 22-0170 Recommendation to authorize the refund of $16,262 to the State of California Department of Health Care Services, for the Targeted Case Management Program (TCM) interim audit reconciliation process, tentative Settlement for Fiscal Year 2019 - 2020. (Citywide) Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 5. 22-0171 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary including any necessary subsequent amendments, for a Lease with Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for the City-owned surface parking lot at the corner of East Wardlow Road and Globemaster Way at the Long Beach Airport. (Districts 5) Office or Department: LONG BEACH AIRPORT Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 6. 22-0172 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Delicatezza, LLC, dba Cheebos, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 245 Pine Avenue, Suite 220. (District 1) Office or Department: POLICE Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 3 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM REVISED 7. 22-0173 Recommendation to receive the application of GVKK Group, Incorporated, dba Epic Wings Long Beach, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 4498 Atlantic Avenue, submit a Public Notice of Protest to ABC, and direct City Manager to withdraw the protest if a Conditional Use Permit Exemption (CUPEX) is granted. (District 8) Office or Department: POLICE Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 27. 22-0188 Recommendation to confirm City Manager’s promulgation of the revised Quarantine Order for the Control of COVID-19, issued on February 10, 2022, by the City of Long Beach Health Officer as a regulation. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY MANAGER Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. CEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS: BLACK HISTORY MONTH MLK JR. GRAND MARSHAL AND PEACE MAKERS AWARD TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PUBLIC COMMENT: Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is given to the first 10 persons who use the raise hand feature in Zoom when Public Comment is called. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments. Page 4 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM REVISED REGULAR AGENDA DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS: 8. 22-0174 Recommendation to receive and approve Commission appointments to Non-Charter Commissions. Office or Department: MAYOR ROBERT GARCIA Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 9. 22-0175 Recommendation to direct City Attorney to amend LBMC Chapters 5.53 and 5.55 to remove their sunset clauses thereby making Chapters 5.53 and 5.55 permanent; and Direct City Attorney to rewrite LBMC sections 5.53.010 and 5.55.010 to reflect that the purpose of the City’s recall and retention ordinances (LBMC 5.53 and 5.55) is to ensure an equitable recovery from COVID-19 for Long Beach hotel and janitorial workers and to protect workers against the dangers posed by future pandemics, including future COVID-19 variants and surges, and to return with the amended ordinance within 7 days. Office or Department: VICE MAYOR REX RICHARDSON, NINTH DISTRICT; COUNCILWOMAN MARY ZENDEJAS, FIRST DISTRICT; COUNCILWOMAN CINDY ALLEN, SECOND DISTRICT Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 5 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 10. 22-0176 Recommendation to respectfully request City Council approval of the 2022 Federal Legislative Agenda as recommended by the Federal Legislation Committee. Office or Department: VICE MAYOR REX RICHARDSON, NINTH DISTRICT, CHAIR; FEDERAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 11. 22-0177 Recommendation to receive and file a report on the evaluation of the City of Long Beach Citizen Police Complaint Commission (CPCC); and Receive general direction from the City Council on the recommendations to begin the process for a Charter Amendment on a new CPCC structure and initiate the meet and confer process with employee labor organizations. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY MANAGER Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 12. 22-0178 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease No. 35432, and necessary documents, with MWN Community Hospital, LLC (Tenant), for modifications to various provisions of such Lease; and Adopt resolution finding that the Community Hospital and surrounding campus remains necessary for the City of Long Beach use as a general healthcare campus with related community-serving uses and authorizing the recordation of amended covenants so restricting use of the Subject Property. (District 3) Office or Department: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 6 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 13. 22-0179 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts, and any necessary documents including any subsequent amendments, with College of Instrument Technology, of Bellflower, CA; Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, of Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles Unified School District, of Los Angeles, CA; Nurses Development Center Inc., of Cypress, CA; and Regents of the University of California, a public nonprofit educational institution, on behalf of University Extension of the University of California, Los Angeles DBA University of California Los Angeles Extension, of Los Angeles, CA, to provide training and employment services to residents, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000, through December 31, 2022, with the option to renew for an additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Office or Department: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 14. 22-0180 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including subsequent amendments, with Office Depot, Inc., of Cincinnati, OH, for furnishing and delivering custodial supplies, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Region 4 Education Service Center (ESC), of Texas, through Omnia Partners, in an annual amount of $2,000,000, with a 10 percent contingency of $200,000, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $2,200,000, until the Omnia Partners contract expires on January, 31, 2025, with the option to renew for as long as the Omnia Partners contract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Office or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 7 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 15. 22-0054 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with the Helen Sanders Cat Protection and Welfare Society, of Boulder, CO, to partner with Long Beach Animal Care Services to take cats and kittens into its care directly from Long Beach Animal Care Services for the purpose of rehoming, providing spay/neuter education to adopters, and arranging for routine and other necessary medical care services to cats and kittens transferred into their care, for an annual contract amount not to exceed $50,000, from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025, with two optional five-year renewals, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Office or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 8 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 16. 22-0181 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept grant funds from the California Department of Parks and Recreation, in an amount not to exceed $12,050,000, for capital improvements at Bixby, El Dorado, MacArthur, and Ramona Parks; Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $305,000, offset by grant revenue; Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $305,000, offset by a transfer of the California Department of Parks and Recreation grant funds from the Capital Grants Fund; Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $11,745,000, offset by grant revenue; and Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $11,745,000, offset by a transfer of the California Department of Parks and Recreation grant funds from the Capital Grants Fund. (Districts 2,5,6,9) Office or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE; PUBLIC WORKS Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 17. 22-0182 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with the Conservation Corps of Long Beach, of Long Beach, CA, to provide public service conservation work for youth on City of Long Beach property, in a total annual amount not to exceed $4,000,000, for a period of five years, with the option to renew for one additional five-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Office or Department: PUBLIC WORKS Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 9 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 18. 22-0183 Recommendation to adopt resolution to authorize City Manager, or designee, to submit a Notice of Intent to Comply with the regulations of Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383) per the Senate Bill 619 (SB 619) Statute. (Citywide) Office or Department: PUBLIC WORKS Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ORDINANCES: 19. 22-0152 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 21.67 relating to Inclusionary Housing, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 20. 22-0153 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 21.11, relating to no net loss of affordable residential housing units in the City, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 10 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM REVISED 21. 22-0155 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 8.99, relating to just cause for termination of tenancies, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 22. 22-0156 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 8.102 to terminate the prohibition on termination of certain lawful residential tenancies, effective as of March 17, 2022, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 23. 22-0157 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Chapter 8.120, temporary enforcement of Long Beach health orders related to COVID-19; declaring the urgency thereof; and declaring that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 11 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM REVISED NEW BUSINESS: New Business items are additions to the City Council Agenda subsequent to the posting of the agenda on Monday afternoon. 24. 22-0189 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $500, offset by the Eighth Council District One-time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide a donation to the African American Heritage Society of Long Beach; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $500, to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department. Office or Department: COUNCILMAN AL AUSTIN, EIGHTH DISTRICT Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. Page 12 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM REVISED 25. 22-0190 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $400, offset by Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to support the African American Heritage Society of Long Beach virtual Black History Month program, “Breaking Barriers: Sports Edition”; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $400 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department. Office or Department: COUNCILWOMAN SUELY SARO, SIXTH DISTRICT Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 26. 22-0165 Recommendation to receive Charter Commission appointments approved by the Government, Personnel and Elections Oversight Committee pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code. Office or Department: COUNCILMAN DARYL SUPERNAW, FOURTH DISTRICT, CHAIR; GOVERNMENT, PERSONNEL AND ELECTIONS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 27. Agenda Item No. 27 is listed under Consent Calendar. 22-0193 Supplemental Memorandum - Corrections and/or additions to the City Council Agenda as of 12:00 noon, Friday, February 11, 2022. Page 13 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM REVISED PUBLIC COMMENT: IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT Opportunity is given to those members of the public who have not addressed the City Council on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes unless extended by the City Council. STANDING COMMITTEE REMINDER: Thursday, February 17, 2022 – State Legislation Committee at 3:00 P.M., Teleconference. HEARING REMINDER: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - California Coastal Commission Modifications to Short Term Rental Ordinance. kb/ks Page 14 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 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. Any supplemental writings or documents regarding an agenda item that are distributed to a majority of the City Council after the posting of this agenda will be available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk during normal business hours and available on the internet at http://longbeach.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. 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Page 15 of 16 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM If written language translation of the City Council agenda and minutes for non-English speaking persons is desired, please make your request by phone to the Office of the City Clerk at (562) 570-6101, 72 business hours prior to the City Council meeting. Kung humihiling ng nakasulat na pagsasalin ng wika ng agenda at minutes ng Konseho ng Lungsod para sa mga taong hindi nagsasalita ng Ingles, mangyaring humiling sa pamamagitan ng telepono sa Opisina ng Clerk ng Lungsod sa (562) 570-6101, 72 oras bago isagawa ang pulong ng Konseho ng Lungsod. Si desea obtener la traducción escrita en otro idioma de la agenda y las actas del ayuntamiento de la ciudad para las personas que no hablan inglés, haga su solicitud por teléfono a la oficina del secretario municipal al (562) 570-6101, 72 horas hábiles antes de la reunión del ayuntamiento de la ciudad. Page 16 of 16