City Council
Regular MeetingLong Beach, NY · May 12, 2020
Minutes
CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM
Mary Zendejas, 1st District Stacy Mungo, 5th District
Jeannine Pearce, 2nd District Dee Andrews, Vice Mayor, 6th District
Suzie A. Price, 3rd District Roberto Uranga, 7th District
Daryl Supernaw, 4th District Al Austin, 8th District
Rex Richardson, 9th District
Thomas B. Modica, City Manager
Monique De La Garza, City Clerk Dr. Robert Garcia, Mayor Charles Parkin, City Attorney
FINISHED AGENDA & MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER
N-29-20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
The City Council minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the City Council
Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting. Please consult the time
stamps to determine the order in which business was addressed.
The Agenda Items were considered in the following order: Consent Calendar, Agenda Item
Nos. 5, 21, 9, 10, 18 - 20, 11, 16, 17, 12 - 15.
ROLL CALL (5:24 PM)
Councilmembers Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews, Uranga,
Present: Austin and Richardson
Also present: Thomas Modica, City Manager; Rebecca Garner, Acting Assistant City
Manager; Charles Parkin, City Attorney; Gary Anderson, Principal Deputy City Attorney; Erin
Weesner-McKinley, Deputy City Attorney; Monique De La Garza, City Clerk; Pablo Rubio,
City Clerk Analyst.
Mayor Garcia presiding.
Invocation: Moment of Silence.
Pledge of Allegiance: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District.
CONSENT CALENDAR (5:29 PM)
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Passed the Consent Calendar.
A motion was made by Councilmember Uranga, seconded by
Councilmember Richardson, to approve Consent Calendar
Items 1 - 8, except for Item 5. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Yes: 6 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Austin and Richardson
Absent: 3 - Mungo, Andrews and Uranga
1. 20-0394 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting
of Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
A motion was made to approve recommendation on the
Consent Calendar.
2. 20-0395 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received
between April 27, 2020 and May 4, 2020.
A motion was made to approve recommendation on the
Consent Calendar.
3. 20-0410 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the application for, and
acceptance of, a Planning Grant from the California Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD), in the amount not to
exceed $750,000; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary
documents with HCD, relating to the grant application and award, for
professional planning services to prepare and adopt planning
documents and process improvements that accelerate housing
production, and facilitate compliance in implementing the sixth cycle of
the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) in the context of
updating the City’s General Plan Housing Element. (Citywide)
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A motion was made to approve recommendation and adopt
Resolution No. RES-20-0059 on the Consent Calendar.
Enactment No: RES-20-0059
4. 20-0396 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
documents necessary to enter into an agreement, including any
subsequent amendments, with the State Water Resources Control
Board to receive and expend grant funding in the amount of $297,675,
to provide beach water quality monitoring, for the period of July 1,
2019 through June 30, 2022. (Citywide)
A motion was made to approve recommendation on the
Consent Calendar.
5. 20-0397 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
documents necessary to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with
the Long Beach Unified School District, to reimburse the City of Long
Beach an amount not to exceed $70,000 for the Parks, Recreation and
Marine Department to provide staffing and other services to conduct an
11-week summer swim program, ensuring appropriate coordination
given COVID-19 restrictions, at the Belmont Plaza Temporary Pool,
Silverado Pool, Cabrillo High School Pool, Jordan High School Pool,
and Martin Luther King, Jr., Pool, from June 15, 2020 through August
28, 2020; and
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group by $40,834, and in
the Tidelands Operations Fund Group by $9,166 in the Parks,
Recreation and Marine Department, offset by reimbursement revenue.
(Districts 3,5,6,7,9)
Vice Mayor Andrews recused himself from Agenda Item No. 5.
A motion was made by Councilmember Richardson, seconded
by Councilmember Uranga, to approve recommendation. The
motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 8 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Uranga, Austin
and Richardson
Recused: 1 - Andrews
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6. 20-0398 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an
easement deed from The Long Beach 4th Street LP, a Delaware limited
partnership, and the owners of the property at 1220 East 4th Street, for
the installation of public utilities; and
Accept Categorical Exemption Number CE-19-158. (District 2)
A motion was made to approve recommendation on the
Consent Calendar.
7. 20-0399 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an
easement deed from Vista Del Puerto, L.P., a California limited
partnership, and the owner of the property at 1836-1852 Locust
Avenue, for the installation of public utilities; and
Accept State Clearinghouse Number 2015031034. (District 6)
A motion was made to approve recommendation on the
Consent Calendar.
8. 20-0400 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34731 with Azteca
Systems, LLC, of Sandy, UT, for providing software licensing,
maintenance, and support, to increase the annual contract amount for
the final year of the three-year term from $52,995 to $68,995, and
authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $6,900, with the
option to renew the contract for two additional one-year periods, for a
revised annual contract amount not to exceed $75,895. (Citywide)
A motion was made to approve recommendation on the
Consent Calendar.
HEARINGS (5:48 PM)
9. 20-0404 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record,
conclude the public hearing, and find the project exempt from the
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California Environmental Quality Act in accordance with Article 5,
Section 15061;
Declare ordinance amending Title 6 of the Long Beach Municipal Code
(“Animals”) to incorporate provisions relating to the number, and
maintenance, of household pets that may be kept by a residential
household, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting
of the City Council for final reading;
Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke.
Councilwoman Mungo spoke.
Councilwoman Zendejas spoke.
Councilmember Pearce spoke.
Staycee Dains, Manager, Animal Care Services, spoke.
Councilmember Pearce spoke.
Councilwoman Mungo spoke.
Mayor Garcia spoke.
Councilman Austin spoke.
Councilmember Pearce spoke.
Staycee Dains, Manager, Animal Care Services, spoke.
Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke.
Mayor Garica spoke.
Councilwoman Zendejas spoke.
Councilwoman Mungo spoke.
Charles Parkin, City Attorney, spoke.
Councilmember Uranga spoke.
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A motion was made by Councilwoman Mungo, seconded by
Councilmember Zendejas, to approve recommendation, as
amended, to allow up to six household pets through a process.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 8 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Austin and Richardson
No: 1 - Uranga
20-0405 Declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code, by
repealing Section 21.51.210 of the Zoning Code to remove the
provisions that currently regulate the number, and maintenance, of
household pets that may be kept by a residential household, read the
first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council
for final reading; and
This Ordinance was received and filed.
20-0406 Adopt resolution directing the Director of Development Services to
submit the Ordinance amending Title 21 to the California Coastal
Commission for a finding of conformance with the Certified Local
Coastal Program. (Citywide)
This Resolution was received and filed.
10. 20-0407 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record,
conclude the public hearing, and adopt Negative Declaration 16-19;
Declare ordinance amending Title 21, Zoning Regulations (Zoning
Code), of the Long Beach Municipal Code to: (1) clarify use
regulations for the remnant CO (Office Commercial) and CH (Highway
Commercial) commercial zones that were phased out in 1992; (2)
clarify in which industrial zones personal storage and commercial
storage/personal storage uses are permitted; (3) allow aerospace
manufacturing uses by-right in certain industrial areas and Planning
Development Districts that are industrial in character and by
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) when proposed in conjunction with
outdoor storage or operations in the Medium Industrial (IM) zone and in
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the General Industrial (IG) zone if the use is in conjunction with outdoor
storage or operations, or is located within or less than 300 feet from a
residential zone; (4) create a process to allow temporary uses for
community benefit projects on vacant lots; (5) eliminate prohibitions on
storage attics within accessory structures in residential zoning districts;
(6) exempt satellite publicly run, post-secondary educational uses from
change of use parking requirements when proposed in existing
buildings on commercially zoned properties located within one-half mile
of public transit; (7) exempt certain non-permanent fabric canopies
covering rooftop usable open space from height limitations in
residential zoning districts; and (8) add Zoning Code provisions that
identify how new uses and unspecified development standards are
applicable in specific plans and Planned Development Districts, read
the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City
Council for final reading;
Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke.
Councilwoman Mungo spoke.
Councilmember Pearce spoke.
A motion was made by Councilwoman Mungo, seconded by
Councilmember Pearce, to declare ordinance read the first time
and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for
final reading; and request staff to provide a report on EV parking
and the changes that need to be made to the code to allow for
more EV stations to be installed citywide. The motion carried
by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: ORD-20-0018
20-0408 Declare ordinance amending and restating the Douglas Park Planned
Development District (PD-32) to allow aerospace manufacturing uses
by-right, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of
the City Council for final reading; and
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A motion was made by Councilwoman Mungo, seconded by
Councilmember Pearce, to declare ordinance read the first time
and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for
final reading. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: ORD-20-0019
20-0409 Adopt resolution directing Director of Development Services to submit
the Ordinance amendments to the California Coastal Commission for a
finding of conformance with the Certified Local Coastal Program.
(Citywide)
A motion was made by Councilwoman Mungo, seconded by
Councilmember Pearce, to approve recommendation and adopt
Resolution No. RES-20-0060. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: RES-20-0060
REGULAR AGENDA (6:58 PM)
11. 20-0411 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ ER19-138 and
award contracts to Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., of
Brea, CA; Corrpro Companies, Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, CA; EDM
Services, Inc., of Simi Valley, CA; Energy Experts International, Inc.,
of Redwood City, CA; Farwest Corrosion Control Company, of
Downey, CA; SPEC Services, Inc., of Fountain Valley, CA; and TRC
Pipeline Services, LLC, of Houston, TX, for as-needed on-call
professional engineering and inspection services, in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $7,000,000, for a period of one year, with the
option to renew for four 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 contracts, including any
necessary amendments. (Citywide)
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A motion was made by Councilmember Zendejas, seconded by
Councilwoman Price, to approve recommendation. The motion
carried by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
12. 20-0412 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to submit a
renewal grant application, through the Long Beach Department of
Health and Human Services, to the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), for the 2020 Continuum of Care for
Homeless Assistance Program; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all
necessary documents, subgrants, and any amendments changing the
amount of the award or extending the grant term, with HUD to accept
and expend grant funding in an estimated amount between $9,000,000
and $11,000,000, for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30,
2022. (Citywide)
Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke.
Teresa Chandler, Deputy City Manager, spoke.
Councilwoman Zendejas spoke.
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
A motion was made by Councilmember Zendejas, seconded by
Councilmember Richardson, to approve recommendation. The
motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
13. 20-0413 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or
designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a contract,
including any necessary amendments, with Anser Advisory, LLC, dba
Simplus Management, LLC, of Cypress, CA, to continue construction
management services for the Phase II Terminal Area Improvements at
the Long Beach Airport, in the amount of $3,947,343, for a period of
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three years, with option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at
the discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriations in the Airport Fund Group in the Airport
Department by $3,947,343, offset by funds available. (District 5)
Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke.
Cynthia Guidry, Airport Director, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
Councilwoman Mungo spoke.
Councilwoman Zendejas spoke.
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
A motion was made by Councilwoman Mungo, seconded by
Councilmember Zendejas, to approve recommendation and
adopt Resolution No. RES-20-0061. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: RES-20-0061
14. 20-0414 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PR19-122 and
award a contract to Parkwood Landscape Maintenance, Inc., of Van
Nuys, CA, to provide landscaping services for Queensway Bay, in an
annual amount of $657,889, with a 15 percent contingency in the
amount of $98,683, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed
$756,572, for a period of three years, with two one-year extension
options, and a subsequent three-year term with two one-year extension
options, 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 amendments; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary
documents to amend interim Munis Contract No. 32000595 with
Greentech Landscape, Inc., of Whittier, CA, to continue providing
grounds and landscape maintenance services for Queensway Bay, to
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increase the contract amount by $160,947, for a revised total amount
not to exceed $260,947, for the current term of the contract to July 30,
2020. (District 2)
A motion was made by Councilmember Zendejas, seconded by
Councilmember Pearce, to approve recommendation. The
motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
15. 20-0415 Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7156 for the
North Health Facility Tenant Improvement Project and award a contract
to Harry H. Joh Construction, Inc., of Paramount, CA, in the amount of
$2,330,605, with a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $233,061,
for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,563,666; and, authorize
City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to
enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments.
(District 9)
Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke.
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
A motion was made by Councilmember Richardson, seconded
by Councilmember Zendejas, to approve recommendation. The
motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
ORDINANCES (6:28 PM)
16. 20-0390 Recommendation to declare ordinance of the City Council of the City
of Long Beach amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding
Chapter 8.120, related to temporary enforcement of Long Beach Health
Orders regarding COVID-19, and declaring the urgency thereof, read
the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City
Council for final reading. (Citywide)
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Councilwoman Price spoke.
A motion was made by Councilmember Zendejas, seconded by
Councilmember Richardson, to approve recommendation to
declare an emergency to exist. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Yes: 8 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Andrews, Uranga,
Austin and Richardson
No: 1 - Mungo
A motion was made by Councilmember Richardson, seconded
by Councilmember Zendejas, to approve recommendation to
declare Emergency Ordinance No. ORD-20-0013, read, and
adopted as read and laid over to the next regular meeting of the
City Council for final reading. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: ORD-20-0013
17. 20-0391 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
municipal Code by amending Chapter 2.78 relating to the sale of
unclaimed property, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
A motion was made by Councilmember Zendejas, seconded by
Councilmember Pearce, to approve recommendation and adopt
Ordinance No. ORD-20-0014. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: ORD-20-0014
18. 20-0427 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.55, relating to COVID-19 worker
recall; declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance effective
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immediately as emergency measure; and read the first time and laid
over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading for
regular ordinance. (Citywide)
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
Charles Parkin, City Attorney, spoke.
Gary Anderson, Principal Deputy City Attorney, spoke.
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
Councilwoman Price spoke.
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
A motion was made by Councilmember Richardson, seconded
by Councilwoman Price, to declare ordinance, as amended, to
clarify that the definition of “hotel employer” includes any
contracted, leased or sublet premises connected to or operated
in conjunction with the building’s purpose, or providing services
at the building; and remove language related to COVID-19
pandemic in the definition of “Laid-off Employee"; read the first
time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City
Council for final reading. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: ORD-20-0015
19. 20-0428 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.53, relating to COVID-19 worker
retention; declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance
effective immediately as an emergency measure; and read the first
time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for
final reading for regular ordinance. (Citywide)
Charles Parkin, City Attorney, spoke.
Gary Anderson, Principal Deputy City Attorney, spoke.
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Councilmember Richardson spoke.
Councilwoman Price spoke.
Charles Parkin, City Attorney, spoke.
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
Councilwoman Zendejas spoke.
Councilmember Pearce spoke.
A motion was made by Councilmember Richardson, seconded
by Councilwoman Price, to declare ordinance, as amended, to
insert clarifying language that the definition of a “Commercial
Property Business” means an owner, operator, manager or
lessee, including a contractor, subcontractor, or sublessee, of a
non-residential property in the City that provides janitorial
services and employs twenty-five (25) or more employees;
clarify under “Transition employment period” that a “business
day” is any day except for Saturday, Sunday or official state
holidays; and replace the word "hospitality" with "hotel" on
Page 2, Line 25 of the ordinance; read the first time and laid
over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final
reading. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: ORD-20-0016
20. 20-0429 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
Municipal Code by adding Chapter 8.110, relating to COVID-19 paid
supplemental sick leave; declaring the urgency thereof to make the
ordinance effective immediately as an emergency measure; and read
the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City
Council for final reading for regular ordinance. (Citywide)
Charles Parkin, City Attorney, spoke.
Erin Weesner-McKinley, Deputy City Attorney, spoke.
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Councilmember Richardson spoke.
Charles Parkin, City Attorney, spoke.
Councilwoman Zendejas spoke.
Councilwoman Price spoke.
Councilmember Pearce spoke.
Councilwoman Mungo spoke.
A motion was made by Councilmember Richardson, seconded
by Councilmember Zendejas, to approve recommendation, as
amended, to clarify that if an Employer has a paid leave or paid
time off policy that provides a minimum of one hundred and
sixty (160) hours of paid leave annually, the Employer is exempt
from any obligation to provide paid supplemental sick leave
pursuant to this Chapter for the Employee that received the
more generous paid leave. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
Enactment No: ORD-20-0017
NEW BUSINESS (5:32 PM)
21. 20-0430 Recommendation to, subject to review and consideration by the
Personnel and Civil Service Committee in accordance with Long Beach
Municipal Code Section 2.03.065, confirm Charter Commission
appointments pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section
2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code; or in the alternative, if for
some reason the Personnel and Civil Service Committee does not meet
prior to or on May 12, 2020 waive the requirement for consideration
and recommendation by the Personnel and Civil Service Committee in
accordance with Section 2.03.0650, and confirm Charter Commission
appointments pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section
2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.
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Mayor Garcia spoke.
Vice Mayor Andrews spoke.
Councilmember Uranga spoke.
Councilmember Richardson spoke.
Councilwoman Mungo spoke.
Councilmember Pearce spoke.
Councilwoman Price spoke.
Councilwoman Zendejas spoke.
Councilman Austin spoke.
Councilman Supernaw spoke.
Bobby Olvera Jr. spoke.
Sharon Weissman spoke.
Councilman Austin spoke.
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Andrews, seconded by
Councilmember Uranga, to approve recommendation. The
motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Pearce, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews,
Uranga, Austin and Richardson
22. Affidavit of Service for special meeting held Tuesday May 12, 2020.
23. 20-0432 Supplemental Memorandum - Corrections and/or additions to the City
Council Agenda as of 12:00 noon, Friday, May 8, 2020.
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This Agenda Item was received and filed.
24. 20-0458 eComments received for the City Council meeting of Tuesday, May 12,
2020.
This Agenda Item was received and filed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (7:23 PM)
Mayor Garcia requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Tom Clark.
Councilmember Uranga extended condolences to the family of Tom Clark.
Councilman Supernaw extended condolences to the family of Tom Clark.
ADJOURNMENT (7:27 PM)
At 7:27 PM, Mayor Garcia adjourned the meeting in memory of Tom Clark.
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Agenda
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Mary Zendejas, 1st District Stacy Mungo, 5th District
Jeannine Pearce, 2nd District Dee Andrews, Vice Mayor, 6th District
Suzie A. Price, 3rd District Roberto Uranga, 7th District
Daryl Supernaw, 4th District Al Austin, 8th District
Rex Richardson, 9th District
Thomas B. Modica, City Manager
Monique De La Garza, City Clerk Dr. Robert Garcia, Mayor Charles Parkin, City Attorney
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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.
CONSENT CALENDAR: (1 - 8)
1. 20-0394 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of
Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
Office or Department: CITY CLERK
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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2. 20-0395 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received
between April 27, 2020 and May 4, 2020.
Office or Department: CITY CLERK
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
3. 20-0410 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the application for, and
acceptance of, a Planning Grant from the California Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD), in the amount not to exceed
$750,000; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents
with HCD, relating to the grant application and award, for professional
planning services to prepare and adopt planning documents and process
improvements that accelerate housing production, and facilitate
compliance in implementing the sixth cycle of the Regional Housing Needs
Assessment (RHNA) in the context of updating the City’s General Plan
Housing Element. (Citywide)
Office or Department: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
4. 20-0396 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
documents necessary to enter into an agreement, including any
subsequent amendments, with the State Water Resources Control Board
to receive and expend grant funding in the amount of $297,675, to provide
beach water quality monitoring, for the period of July 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2022. (Citywide)
Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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5. 20-0397 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
documents necessary to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with the
Long Beach Unified School District, to reimburse the City of Long Beach
an amount not to exceed $70,000 for the Parks, Recreation and Marine
Department to provide staffing and other services to conduct an 11-week
summer swim program, ensuring appropriate coordination given
COVID-19 restrictions, at the Belmont Plaza Temporary Pool, Silverado
Pool, Cabrillo High School Pool, Jordan High School Pool, and Martin
Luther King, Jr., Pool, from June 15, 2020 through August 28, 2020; and
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group by $40,834, and in the
Tidelands Operations Fund Group by $9,166 in the Parks, Recreation and
Marine Department, offset by reimbursement revenue.
(Districts 3,5,6,7,9)
Office or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
6. 20-0398 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an
easement deed from The Long Beach 4th Street LP, a Delaware limited
partnership, and the owners of the property at 1220 East 4th Street, for the
installation of public utilities; and
Accept Categorical Exemption Number CE-19-158. (District 2)
Office or Department: PUBLIC WORKS
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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7. 20-0399 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an
easement deed from Vista Del Puerto, L.P., a California limited
partnership, and the owner of the property at 1836-1852 Locust Avenue,
for the installation of public utilities; and
Accept State Clearinghouse Number 2015031034. (District 6)
Office or Department: PUBLIC WORKS
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
8. 20-0400 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all
documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34731 with Azteca Systems,
LLC, of Sandy, UT, for providing software licensing, maintenance, and
support, to increase the annual contract amount for the final year of the
three-year term from $52,995 to $68,995, and authorize a 10 percent
contingency in the amount of $6,900, with the option to renew the contract
for two additional one-year periods, for a revised annual contract amount
not to exceed $75,895. (Citywide)
Office or Department: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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HEARINGS:
9. 20-0404 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record,
conclude the public hearing, and find the project exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act in accordance with Article 5,
Section 15061;
Declare ordinance amending Title 6 of the Long Beach Municipal Code
(“Animals”) to incorporate provisions relating to the number, and
maintenance, of household pets that may be kept by a residential
household, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of
the City Council for final reading;
20-0405 Declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code, by
repealing Section 21.51.210 of the Zoning Code to remove the provisions
that currently regulate the number, and maintenance, of household pets
that may be kept by a residential household, read the first time and laid
over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; and
20-0406 Adopt resolution directing the Director of Development Services to submit
the Ordinance amending Title 21 to the California Coastal Commission for
a finding of conformance with the Certified Local Coastal Program.
(Citywide)
Office or Department: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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10. 20-0407 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record,
conclude the public hearing, and adopt Negative Declaration 16-19;
Declare ordinance amending Title 21, Zoning Regulations (Zoning Code),
of the Long Beach Municipal Code to: (1) clarify use regulations for the
remnant CO (Office Commercial) and CH (Highway Commercial)
commercial zones that were phased out in 1992; (2) clarify in which
industrial zones personal storage and commercial storage/personal
storage uses are permitted; (3) allow aerospace manufacturing uses
by-right in certain industrial areas and Planning Development Districts that
are industrial in character and by Conditional Use Permit (CUP) when
proposed in conjunction with outdoor storage or operations in the Medium
Industrial (IM) zone and in the General Industrial (IG) zone if the use is in
conjunction with outdoor storage or operations, or is located within or less
than 300 feet from a residential zone; (4) create a process to allow
temporary uses for community benefit projects on vacant lots; (5) eliminate
prohibitions on storage attics within accessory structures in residential
zoning districts; (6) exempt satellite publicly run, post-secondary
educational uses from change of use parking requirements when
proposed in existing buildings on commercially zoned properties located
within one-half mile of public transit; (7) exempt certain non-permanent
fabric canopies covering rooftop usable open space from height limitations
in residential zoning districts; and (8) add Zoning Code provisions that
identify how new uses and unspecified development standards are
applicable in specific plans and Planned Development Districts, read the
first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for
final reading;
20-0408 Declare ordinance amending and restating the Douglas Park Planned
Development District (PD-32) to allow aerospace manufacturing uses
by-right, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the
City Council for final reading; and
(Agenda Item No. 10 continued on Page 7.)
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20-0409 Adopt resolution directing Director of Development Services to submit the
Ordinance amendments to the California Coastal Commission for a finding
of conformance with the Certified Local Coastal Program. (Citywide)
Office or Department: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
REGULAR AGENDA
DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS:
11. 20-0411 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ ER19-138 and award
contracts to Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., of Brea, CA;
Corrpro Companies, Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, CA; EDM Services, Inc.,
of Simi Valley, CA; Energy Experts International, Inc., of Redwood City,
CA; Farwest Corrosion Control Company, of Downey, CA; SPEC
Services, Inc., of Fountain Valley, CA; and TRC Pipeline Services, LLC,
of Houston, TX, for as-needed on-call professional engineering and
inspection services, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7,000,000, for
a period of one year, with the option to renew for four 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
contracts, including any necessary amendments. (Citywide)
Office or Department: ENERGY RESOURCES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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12. 20-0412 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to submit a
renewal grant application, through the Long Beach Department of Health
and Human Services, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), for the 2020 Continuum of Care for Homeless
Assistance Program; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all
necessary documents, subgrants, and any amendments changing the
amount of the award or extending the grant term, with HUD to accept and
expend grant funding in an estimated amount between $9,000,000 and
$11,000,000, for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
(Citywide)
Office or Department: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
13. 20-0413 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or
designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a contract,
including any necessary amendments, with Anser Advisory, LLC, dba
Simplus Management, LLC, of Cypress, CA, to continue construction
management services for the Phase II Terminal Area Improvements at the
Long Beach Airport, in the amount of $3,947,343, for a period of three
years, with option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the
discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriations in the Airport Fund Group in the Airport
Department by $3,947,343, offset by funds available. (District 5)
Office or Department: LONG BEACH AIRPORT
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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14. 20-0414 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PR19-122 and award a
contract to Parkwood Landscape Maintenance, Inc., of Van Nuys, CA, to
provide landscaping services for Queensway Bay, in an annual amount of
$657,889, with a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $98,683, for a
total annual contract amount not to exceed $756,572, for a period of three
years, with two one-year extension options, and a subsequent three-year
term with two one-year extension options, 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
amendments; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents
to amend interim Munis Contract No. 32000595 with Greentech
Landscape, Inc., of Whittier, CA, to continue providing grounds and
landscape maintenance services for Queensway Bay, to increase the
contract amount by $160,947, for a revised total amount not to exceed
$260,947, for the current term of the contract to July 30, 2020. (District 2)
Office or Department: PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
15. 20-0415 Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7156 for the
North Health Facility Tenant Improvement Project and award a contract to
Harry H. Joh Construction, Inc., of Paramount, CA, in the amount of
$2,330,605, with a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $233,061, for
a total contract amount not to exceed $2,563,666; and, authorize City
Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into
the contract, including any necessary amendments. (District 9)
Office or Department: PUBLIC WORKS
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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REVISED
ORDINANCES:
16. 20-0390 Recommendation to declare ordinance of the City Council of the City of
Long Beach amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Chapter
8.120, related to temporary enforcement of Long Beach Health Orders
regarding COVID-19, and declaring the urgency thereof, read the first
time 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.
17. 20-0391 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
municipal Code by amending Chapter 2.78 relating to the sale of
unclaimed property, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
18. 20-0427 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.55, relating to COVID-19 worker
recall; declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance effective
immediately as emergency measure; and read the first time and laid over
to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading for regular
ordinance. (Citywide)
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
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REVISED
19. 20-0428 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.53, relating to COVID-19 worker
retention; declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance effective
immediately as an emergency measure; and read the first time and laid
over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading for
regular ordinance. (Citywide)
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
20. 20-0429 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach
Municipal Code by adding Chapter 8.110, relating to COVID-19 paid
supplemental sick leave; declaring the urgency thereof to make the
ordinance effective immediately as an emergency measure; and read the
first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for
final reading for regular ordinance. (Citywide)
Office or Department: CITY ATTORNEY
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.
18. Agenda Item No. 18 is listed under Ordinances (Page 10).
19. Agenda Item No. 19 is listed under Ordinances.
20. Agenda Item No. 20 is listed under Ordinances.
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REVISED
21. 20-0430 Recommendation to, subject to review and consideration by the Personnel
and Civil Service Committee in accordance with Long Beach Municipal
Code Section 2.03.065, confirm Charter Commission appointments
pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the
Long Beach Municipal Code; or in the alternative, if for some reason the
Personnel and Civil Service Committee does not meet prior to or on May
12, 2020 waive the requirement for consideration and recommendation by
the Personnel and Civil Service Committee in accordance with Section
2.03.0650, and confirm Charter Commission appointments pursuant to
Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach
Municipal Code.
Office or Department: MAYOR ROBERT GARCIA
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.
20-0432 Supplemental Memorandum - Corrections and/or additions to the City
Council Agenda as of 12:00 noon, Friday, May 8, 2020.
STANDING COMMITTEE REMINDERS:
Monday, May 11, 2020 – Personnel and Civil Service Committee at 3:30 P.M.,
Teleconference.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, California at
4:30 P.M., Teleconference.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 – Economic Development and Finance Committee
(Attorney/Client) at 4:45 P.M., Teleconference.
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 – Election Oversight Committee at 4:00 P.M.,
Teleconference.
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HEARING REMINDER:
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 – Hearing for the extension of Planning Entitlements.
(Citywide)
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