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CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 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 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. 19, 25, 18, 23, 24, Public Comment, Agenda Item No. 26. ROLL CALL (5:18 PM) Councilmembers Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin Present: and Richardson Also present: Thomas Modica, City Manager; Linda Tatum, Assistant City Manager; Charles Parkin, City Attorney; Monique De La Garza, City Clerk; Pablo Rubio, Sr. City Clerk Analyst. Mayor Garcia presiding. Invocation: Moment of Silence. Pledge of Allegiance: Al Austin, Councilman, Eighth District. CONSENT CALENDAR (5:21 PM) Page 1 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM Passed the Consent Calendar. A motion was made by Councilmember Uranga, seconded by Councilman Austin, to approve Consent Calendar Item 1 - 22, except for Items 18 and 19. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 8 - Zendejas, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin and Richardson Absent: 1 - Allen 1. 21-0365 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit two Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay 1) $148,842.50 for Stipulations with Request for Award with a life pension thereafter of $115.96 subject to COLA increases per week 2) separate authority for zero percent Stipulated Award in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Kevin Davis. A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 2. 21-0366 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to submit Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay $104,182.50 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Raul Romero. A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 3. 21-0367 Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to pay sum of $325,000, in full settlement of lawsuit entitled Jackeline Almeida, et al. v. City of Long Beach, et al., United States District Court Case No. 2:19-cv-08391-DDP (Ex). Page 2 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 4. 21-0368 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the City Council meetings of Tuesday, April 13, and April 20, 2021. A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 5. 21-0369 Recommendation to refer to City Attorney damage claims received between April 12, 2021 and April 26, 2021. A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 6. 21-0370 Recommendation to approve the destruction of records for the Civil Service Department; and adopt resolution. A motion was made to approve recommendation and adopt Resolution No. RES-21-0039 on the Consent Calendar. Enactment No: RES-21-0039 7. 21-0371 Recommendation to confirm the City Manager’s promulgation of the revised Safer at Home Health Order, issued on April 16, 2021, by the City of Long Beach Health Officer as a regulation. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 8. 21-0372 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all necessary documents and any subsequent amendments, with U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. (USGBC), to participate in the LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership Program: 2021 National Cohort, for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, with the option to extend the term by up to 12 months, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Page 3 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 9. 21-0373 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract and all necessary amendments, including term extensions, with the City of Los Angeles, to receive and expend Department of Homeland Security grant funding for the 2020 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant, in an amount not to exceed $5,923,124, for the period of September 1, 2020 through May 31, 2023; and Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications Department by $325,000, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Fire Department by $3,120,000, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $372,668, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $105,456, and in the General Grants Fund Group in the Police Department by $2,000,000, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 10. 21-0374 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and all necessary documents and amendments, with Vasquez and Company, LLP, of Los Angeles, CA, for as-needed accounting services, in an amount not to exceed $210,000 for the period ending November 30, 2021. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation and adopt Resolution No. RES-21-0040 on the Consent Calendar. Enactment No: RES-21-0040 11. 21-0375 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 33519 with Walters Wholesale Electric Company, of Long Beach, CA, and Contract No. 33518 with Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, for furnishing and delivering as-needed electrical supplies, to extend the term of the contract to November 30, 2021. Page 4 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 12. 21-0376 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 33664 with Ferguson US Holdings, Inc., formerly Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., of Pomona, CA, for furnishing and delivering as-needed plumbing supplies, to increase the contract amount by $150,000, for a total aggregate amount not to exceed $4,077,500, and extend the term of the contract to October 31, 2021. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 13. 21-0377 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a Temporary License Agreement with GCC Long Beach, LLC, for the use of the parking lot area adjacent to 2019 East Wardlow Road, for fire apparatus driver training and driver testing, from May 10, 2021 through June 25, 2021. (District 5) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 14. 21-0378 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary amendments or subgrants, with Volunteers of America Los Angeles, of Los Angeles, CA, for providing homeless services for the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program, in an amount not to exceed $430,008 for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 15. 21-0379 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents including any necessary Page 5 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM amendments, with the State of California Department of Education, to accept and expend grant funding in an amount not to exceed $5,680, for the provision of health and sanitation inspections for the Summer Food Service Program, for the period of July 1, 2021 through September 14, 2021. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 16. 21-0380 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary amendments, with Laboratory Corporation of America, of Burlington, NC, for patient specimen collection services and laboratory data management, in the amount of $60,000, with a 25 percent contingency in the amount of $15,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $75,000, for a period of one year, effective December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation and adopt Resolution No. RES-21-0041 on the Consent Calendar. Enactment No: RES-21-0041 17. 21-0381 Recommendation to receive and file the Long Beach Airport Advisory Commission Report for the period of January 2019 through December 2020. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 18. 21-0382 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept funds in the amount of $8,300 from Sk8 Dojo, a group under fiscal sponsorship with Habitat for Humanity, to place additional cement pathways at Michael K. Green Skate Park in 14th Street Park; and Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $8,300, offset by donation revenue from Sk8 Dojo. (District 1) Page 6 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM Motion: To reconsider the vote for Agenda Item No. 18. Moved by Councilmember Uranga, seconded by Councilwoman Zendejas. Vote: To reconsider the vote for Agenda Item No. 18.(Carried 9-0) Yes: Councilwoman Zendejas, Councilwoman Allen, Councilwoman Price, Councilman Supernaw, Councilwoman Mungo, Councilwoman Saro, Councilmember Uranga, Councilman Austin, and Vice Mayor Richardson. Councilwoman Zendejas spoke. Vice Mayor Richardson spoke. A motion was made by Councilwoman Zendejas, seconded by Vice Mayor Richardson, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin and Richardson 19. 21-0383 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to terminate Management Agreement No. 3557, effective June 1, 2021, with Conservation Corps of Long Beach, for the management and operation of 340 Nieto Avenue, and execute all documents necessary to enter into a Master Lease with the Conservation Corps of Long Beach, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, for the operation and maintenance of (1) Willow Springs Park Urban Wood Recovery and Utilization Program at 2750 Orange Avenue; (2) the building at 340 Nieto Avenue; and, (3) DeForest Park Environmental Stewardship Center at 6255 DeForest Avenue, from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2041, with one five-year option to renew, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Districts 3,7,9) Councilmember Uranga spoke. A motion was made by Councilmember Uranga, seconded by Vice Mayor Richardson, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Zendejas, Price, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin and Richardson No: 1 - Supernaw Page 7 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM Absent: 1 - Allen 20. 21-0384 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 33364 with Active Network, LLC, of Dallas, TX, to provide continued utilization of the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department’s facility reservation and registration system, to extend the term of the contract to March 31, 2022, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods. (Citywide) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 21. 21-0385 Recommendation to receive the application of Alex Neil Armstrong, dba V Burger, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 420 Cherry 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 2) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. 22. 21-0386 Recommendation to receive the application of Caffé Degli Artisti, LLC, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License, at 4621 Second Street; submit a Public Notice of Protest to ABC; and, direct City Manager to withdraw the protest if a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is granted. (District 3) A motion was made to approve recommendation on the Consent Calendar. PUBLIC COMMENT (6:29 PM) Jose Lagos spoke regarding migrant children at the Long Beach Convention Center. STUDY SESSION (6:33 PM) Page 8 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM 26. 21-0395 Recommendation to conduct a study session to receive and file a presentation on the results of the user fees and cost recovery studies for the Development Services, Health and Human Services, and Parks, Recreation and Marine Departments and associated departmental recommendations. Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke. Grace Yoon, Budget Manager, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation. Geraldine Alejo, Revenue Management Officer; spoke and continued the PowerPoint presentation. Pamela Bright, Manager, Preventive Health, spoke; and continued the PowerPoint presentation. Brent Dennis, Director of Parks, Recreation and Marine, spoke; and continued the PowerPoint presentation. Grace Yoon, Budget Manager, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation. Councilwoman Zendejas spoke. Councilwoman Allen spoke. Councilwoman Price spoke. Councilman Supernaw spoke. Councilwoman Mungo spoke. Councilwoman Saro spoke. Councilmember Uranga spoke. Councilman Austin spoke. Thomas Modica, City Manger, spoke. Councilman Austin spoke Page 9 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM Vice Mayor Richardson spoke. Thomas Modica, City Manager, spoke. Vice Mayor Richardson spoke. Councilwoman Mungo spoke. A motion was made by Councilwoman Zendejas, seconded by Councilmember Uranga, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin and Richardson REGULAR AGENDA (5:48 PM) 23. 21-0387 Recommendation to amend Employment Agreement No. 35514 with Thomas B. Modica, City Manager, to conclude his voluntary participation in a work furlough program on the same terms and conditions as those applied to other City employees through negotiations with represented employee associations effective April 17, 2021. (Citywide) A motion was made by Vice Mayor Richardson, seconded by Councilman Austin, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin and Richardson 24. 21-0388 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation by the Office of Equity on the Long Beach Equity Toolkit, including an overview of case studies and examples on how to apply it citywide. (Citywide) Thomas Modica, City Manger, spoke. Teresa Chandler, Deputy City Manager, spoke; and provided a PowerPoint presentation. Page 10 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM Katie Balderas, Equity Officer, spoke; and continued the PowerPoint presentation. Vice Mayor Richardson spoke. Councilwoman Zendejas spoke. Councilwoman Saro spoke. Councilman Austin spoke. Councilwoman Allen spoke. Councilwoman Mungo spoke. Councilmember Uranga spoke. A motion was made by Vice Mayor Richardson, seconded by Councilwoman Zendejas, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin and Richardson NEW BUSINESS (5:25 PM) 25. 21-0396 Recommendation to request the City Council to recognize and celebrate Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage month. Councilwoman Saro spoke. Councilman Austin spoke. Councilwoman Zendejas spoke. Councilwoman Price spoke. Councilmember Uranga spoke. Vice Mayor Richardson spoke. Page 11 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM Mayor Garcia spoke. Dr. Victor Thompson spoke. Dr. Elaine Villanueva Bernal spoke. Fran Lujan spoke. Ngoc Nguyen spoke. Anthony Tanaka spoke. A motion was made by Councilwoman Saro, seconded by Councilman Austin, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 9 - Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin and Richardson 26. Agenda Item No. 26 is listed under Study Session. 27. Affidavit of Service for special meeting held Tuesday, May 4, 2021. 28. 21-0398 Supplemental Memorandum - Corrections and/or additions to the City Council Agenda as of 12:00 noon, Friday, April 30, 2021. This Agenda Item was received and filed. 29. 21-0421 eComments received for the City Council meeting of Tuesday, May 4, 2021. This Agenda Item was received and filed. ANNOUNCEMENTS (7:32 PM) Councilwoman Saro requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Jose M. Flores Page 12 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM and Daryle Black. Vice Mayor Richardson made community announcements. ADJOURNMENT (7:36 PM) At 7:36 PM, Vice Mayor Richardson adjourned the meeting in memory of Jose M. Flores and Daryle Black. pr Page 13 of 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TELECONFERENCE, 5:00 PM NOTE: 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 14 of 14