City Council
Regular MeetingLong Beach, NY · September 14, 2010
Agenda
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
CITY OF LONG BEACH
333 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBER, 5:00 PM
Robert Garcia, 1st District Gerrie Schipske, 5th District
Suja Lowenthal, Vice Mayor, 2nd District Dee Andrews, 6th District
Gary DeLong, 3rd District James Johnson, 7th District
Patrick O'Donnell, 4th District Rae Gabelich, 8th District
Steven Neal, 9th District
Patrick H. West, City Manager
Larry G. Herrera, City Clerk Bob Foster, Mayor Robert E. Shannon, City Attorney
REVISED
Ordinance No. C-7594 provides that hearings shall be set for 5:00 P.M. each Tuesday, and
such hearings shall be held at the specified time for which they are set or as soon as practical
regardless of the otherwise order of business of the City Council.
HEARING:
1. 10-1008 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record,
conclude the hearing, declare ordinance relating to the temporary limitation
(moratorium) on the approval of permits for the installation of wireless
telecommunications facilities in the Residential and Institutional zones of the
City; declaring the urgency thereof; and declaring that this ordinance shall take
effect immediately, read, adopted as read and laid over to the next regular
meeting of the City Council for final reading. (Citywide)
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CITY CLERK
10-1069 Floyd Seymour spoke regarding skateboard parks; and submitted
correspondence.
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.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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.
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CONSENT CALENDAR: (2 - 13)
2. 10-1006 Recommendation to adopt resolution declaring October as Filipino-American
History Month in Long Beach.
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
3. 10-1007 Recommendation to authorize City Clerk Department to serve as a Passport
Acceptance Facility (PAF) as designated by the U.S. Department of State,
Bureau of Consular Affairs, effective October 1, 2010, and adopt, by resolution,
the recommended passport acceptance and execution fee of twenty-five ($25)
dollars, a passport photo fee of fifteen dollars ($15), and an express postage
fee of eighteen dollars and thirty cents ($18.30).
Office or Department: CITY CLERK
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
4. 10-1011 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between
August 30, 2010 and September 3, 2010.
Office or Department: CITY CLERK
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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5. 10-0997 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute the
Fourth Amendment to Agreement No. 28384 and any subsequent amendments
or necessary documents between the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health and the City of Long Beach to accept funding in the amount of
$160,467 for the term of July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, to provide
Community Outreach, Enrollment, Utilization and Retention (COEUR) services
for the benefit of low-income families to gain affordable medical insurance.
(Citywide)
Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
6. 10-0998 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
necessary agreements and any subsequent amendments changing the
amounts or extending the terms between the City of Long Beach and the South
Bay Center for Counseling in the amount of $30,720 to provide Family Support
Program Activities. (Citywide)
Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
7. 10-0999 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an
agreement and any subsequent amendments between the City of Long Beach
and The Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation to accept funding in the
amount of $79,000 for the period from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, to
continue and expand childhood obesity prevention health education
programming. (Citywide)
Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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8. 10-1000 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept grant
funding and execute an agreement and all necessary documents between the
City of Long Beach and the State of California Department of Public Health in
an amount not to exceed $76,726 for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness.
(Citywide)
Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
9. 10-1001 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
necessary agreements and any subsequent amendments between the City of
Long Beach and the South Bay Center for Counseling in the amount of
$37,330 to provide Partnership for Families - First 5 Los Angeles activities
and services; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the
Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $37,330. (Citywide)
Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
10. 10-1002 Recommendation to receive and file the application of Tequila Jacks
Incorporated, dba Tequila Jacks, for a fiduciary transfer of an Alcoholic
Beverage Control License, at 407 Shoreline Village Drive, with existing
conditions. (District 2)
Office or Department: POLICE
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
11. 10-1003 Recommendation to receive and file the application of DDRC Pike
Entertainment LLC, dba Gameworks, to drop a partner from an Alcoholic
Beverage Control License, at 10 Aquarium Way. (District 2)
Office or Department: POLICE
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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12. 10-1004 Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement and all
related documents with BMC Software Distribution, Inc. to provide various
enterprise server software licenses and technical support services for a
one-year term with an option to renew for two additional one-year terms,
subject to approval of the City Manager, in an amount not to exceed $111,878
annually. (Citywide)
Office or Department: TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
13. 10-1014 Recommendation to receive and file the minutes for:
Civil Service Commission - August 25, 2010.
Office or Department: VARIOUS
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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REGULAR AGENDA
DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS:
14. 10-1009 Recommendation to receive and file a new list of City Council Standing
Committees.
Office or Department: MAYOR BOB FOSTER
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
15. 10-1010 Recommendation to receive and approve the revised appointments to the City
Council Authorities and Memberships.
Office or Department: MAYOR BOB FOSTER
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
16. 10-1022 Recommendation to request that City Manager direct the Director of the
Airport, Mario Rodriguez, to contact the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
and the U.S. Postal Service Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee concerning
their participation with Long Beach in the 100th Anniversary of the First
Transcontinental Flight that began in Sheepshead Bay, New York and ended in
the surf off Pine Avenue in Long Beach.
Office or Department: COUNCILWOMAN GERRIE SCHIPSKE,
FIFTH DISTRICT
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
ORDINANCES:
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17. 10-0808 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal
Code by amending Section 14.14.010, and Subsections 14.14.020.D and
14.14.045.B; and by adding Section 14.14.110, all relating to public walkways
occupancy permits, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
REVISED
18. 10-0961 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal
Code by amending Sections 2.01.380 and 2.01.1020 relating to officeholder
accounts, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
CONTINUED BUDGET HEARING:
The following Agenda Items (19 – 32) were continued from the September 7, 2010 City Council
Budget Hearing (7:00 P.M.). They appear on this agenda and on the
September 14, 2009 Budget Hearing Agenda (3:30 P.M.). Placement on both agendas allows
the City Council to take action at either meeting.
Agenda Item Nos. 19 - 27 were adopted at the September 14, 2010, 3:30 PM Budget Hearing.
19. 10-0962 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record,
conclude the public hearing and take the actions necessary to adopt the Fiscal
Year 2011 budget as listed in Attachment A. (Citywide)
Office or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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20. 10-0963 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the FY 11 budget for the Long
Beach Harbor Department as adopted by the Board of Harbor Commissioners
on June 28, 2010. (A-1)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
21. 10-0964 Recommendation to declare an emergency to exist. (A-2)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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REVISED
22. 10-0965 Recommendation to declare ordinance approving the Resolution No.
WD-1270 establishing the rates and charges for water and sewer service to all
customers, as adopted by the Board of Water Commissioners on June 24,
2010, as an emergency ordinance, read, and adopted as read and laid over to
the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (A-3)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
23. 10-0966 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the FY 11 budget of the Long
Beach Water Department as adopted by the Board of Water Commissioners
on June 24, 2010. (A-4)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
24. 10-0967 Recommendation to adopt resolution amending the master fee and charges
schedule for specified City services for Citywide fees and charges for the City
of Long Beach. (A-5)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
25. 10-0968 Recommendation to approve the FY 11 one-year Capital Improvement
Program. (A-6)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
26. 10-0973 Recommendation to adopt a motion approving the transfer of $24,847,412
from the Harbor Revenue Fund to the Tidelands Operating Fund. (A-11)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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27. 10-0975 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Departmental
Organization Ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular
meeting of the City Council for final reading. (A-13)
Office or Department: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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REVISED
28. 10-0978 Recommendation to adopt the Mayor’s proposed funding recommendations,
as amended, to the FY 11 Proposed Budget. (A-15)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
29. 10-0980 Recommendation to adopt the Budget Oversight Committee’s proposed
funding recommendations, as amended to the FY 11 Proposed Budget.
(A-16)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
30. 10-0983 Recommendation to adopt a motion amending the proposed budget. (A-17)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
31. 10-0986 Recommendation to declare an emergency to exist. (A-18)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
32. 10-0989 Recommendation to declare the Appropriations Ordinance for FY 11, creating
and establishing the funds of the Municipal Government and appropriating
money to and authorizing expenditures from said funds and for said fiscal year
as an emergency ordinance, read, and adopted as read and laid over to the
next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (A-19)
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
NEW BUSINESS:
New Business items are additions to the City Council Agenda subsequent to the
posting of the agenda on Monday afternoon.
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33. 10-1045 Supplemental Memorandum - Corrections and/or additions to the City Council
Agenda as of 12:00 noon, Friday, September 10, 2010.
34.
35.
REVISED
PUBLIC: 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 REMINDERS:
Monday, September 13, 2010 – Budget Oversight Committee at 3:30 P.M., Council
Chamber.
HEARING REMINDERS:
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 – Budget Hearings at 3:30 P.M. and 5:00 P.M.,
Council Chamber.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 – Hearing for LJB Bishop Enterprises, Inc., dba Shore
Ultra Lounge, for a Permit for Entertainment With Dancing by Patrons, 6200 East 2nd
Street. (District 3)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 – Hearing for consideration of landscaping
amendments to Sections 21.41 and 21.42 of the Zoning Regulations (Application No.
1003-12). (Citywide)
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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
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If oral language interpretation for non-English speaking persons is desired or if a special
accommodation is desired pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please make your
request by phone to the Office of the City Clerk at (562) 570-6101, 24 business hours prior
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Kung humihiling ng pasalitang interpretasyon ng wika ng agenda at minutes ng Konseho ng
Lungsod o kung humihiling ng isang natatanging pagtulong ayon sa Americans with
Disabilities Act, mangyaring humiling sa pamamagitan ng telepono sa Opisina ng Clerk ng
Lungsod sa (562) 570-6101, 24 oras ng negosyo bago isagawa ang pulong ng Konseho ng
Lungsod.
Si desea interpretación oral en otro idioma para las personas que no hablan inglés o si
desea una adaptación especial en conformidad con la Ley de Estadounidenses con
Discapacidades, haga su solicitud por teléfono a la oficina del secretario municipal al (562)
570-6101, 24 horas hábiles antes de la reunión del ayuntamiento de la ciudad.
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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.
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