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SESSION ADJOURNED. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL .
[4:30 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION - ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING]
COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.
HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.
HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION? NONE FOR CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. THERE'S NO ONE IN THE PUBLIC HERE.
ANYBODY ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS OR NON AGENDA ITEMS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM AND THERE ARE NO ECOMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION.
OKAY. LET'S SEE. CAN YOU READ OFF WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IN CLOSED SESSION? YES. AS AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE IS LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING ITEM WILL BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
ITEM F.1 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR.
THE PROPERTY IS 309 ESPLANADE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THIS IS A SHORT ONE. CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, YOU WILL BE SPEAKING TO THIS ITEM.
YES, YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. MYSELF, CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL PARK, SENIOR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY CHRISTINE SHIN, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR ELIZABETH HOUSE, AND DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR KELLY HUERTA.
OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION.
MOVED TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL FOR. AYE. OKAY. WE ARE RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU. OPEN SESSION FROM CLOSED SESSION. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.
HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC . HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.
HERE. MEMBER BARRON. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE.
THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CLOSED SESSION? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU.
COULD I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OUR REGULAR MEETING? I MOVE, WE ADJOURN TO THE REGULAR MEETING. SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND, ALL FOR? AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL .
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.
HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRETT.
HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. THANK YOU. IF WE HAVE ANY VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR SERVICE.
OKAY. AND LET US ALL STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT.
MOMENT OF SILENCE. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP HUNTER, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
HUNTER. THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS HUNTER. I AM A FIFTH GRADER AT ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL IS SCIENCE. I LOVE THE ROBOTICS PROGRAMS IN REDONDO BEACH.
NOW, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION.
OKAY. PLEASE BE SEATED. HUNTER, COME ON UP AND MEET THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE PLEDGE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
GOOD JOB. HUNTER. THANKS, HUNTER. GREAT JOB.
OKAY, NOW TO PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS]
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, SO WE WILL START WITH THAT.BOATING WEEK. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR MAY 17TH THROUGH 23RD.
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AUXILIARY AND RICK HORNER, PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF OFFICER FOR DIVISION 12, SANTA MONICA, TO JOIN ME UP HERE AT THE PODIUM.THANKS FOR COMING OUT TODAY. WE'RE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCIL, THE US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY AND MANY OTHERS IN RECOGNIZING NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK, WHICH TAKES PLACE MAY 17TH THROUGH MAY 23RD.
SAFETY ON THE WATER TRULY SAVES LIVES. FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR, THE US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY IS THE UNIFORMED VOLUNTEER CIVILIAN BRANCH OF THE US COAST GUARD, ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1939.
ITS PRIMARY MISSION IS TO PROMOTE RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY.
TODAY, NEARLY 32,000 AUXILIARY MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUPPORT THE COAST GUARD'S ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE FORCES IN A WIDE RANGE OF NON-COMBAT ROLES, INCLUDING PUBLIC EDUCATION, SAFETY OUTREACH, AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
HERE IN OUR AREA, FLOTILLA 12-5 BEACH CITIES BASED IN KING HARBOR AND DIVISION 12 SANTA MONICA BAY ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OFFERING BOATING SAFETY COURSES, FREE VESSEL SAFETY CHECKS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL MARINAS AND BUSINESSES.
WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY WITH US TONIGHT.
WOULD EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? THANK YOU, MAYOR LIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER S, AND THANK YOU ALL THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS, FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.
YOUR HONOR, MAYOR LIGHT AND THE REDONDO BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY FLOTILLA 12-5 BEACH CITIES AND DIVISION 12, SANTA MONICA BAY. WE'RE HONORED, HUMBLED, AND GREATLY APPRECIATIVE FOR REDONDO BEACH PRESENTING THESE PROCLAMATIONS.
THE CITY JOINS AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE IN RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF PROCLAIMING MAY 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD, 2025 AS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK. THE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IS AN ANNUAL EVENT LED BY NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MANY ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO REDUCE EASILY PREVENTABLE RECREATIONAL BOATING INJURIES, FATALITIES AND OTHER LOSSES FOR MEMBERS AND VISITORS OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
FOLLOWING OUR 2023 STATISTICS FROM THE COAST GUARD TO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVOCATING FOR SAFE BOATING PRACTICES AND COMPLIMENTARY BOATING EDUCATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES NATIONALLY, THE US COAST GUARD COUNTED ALMOST 44,000 INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVED 564 PREVENTABLE DEATHS, 02,126 INJURIES AND NEARLY $63 MILLION OF DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCIDENTS.
ALCOHOL IS LISTED AS A LEADING FACTOR IN 17% OF THE DEATHS.
WHERE THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS KNOWN, 87% OF THE DROWNING VICTIMS IN RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCIDENTS WERE NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET OR A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE . WHERE INSTRUCTION WAS KNOWN, 75% OF THE DEATHS OCCURRED ON BOATS WHERE THE OPERATOR DID NOT RECEIVE BOATING SAFETY INSTRUCTION.
CONTRASTED BY ONLY 15% OF THE DEATHS OCCURRED ON VESSELS WHERE THE OPERATOR HAD ONLY RECEIVED NATIONALLY APPROVED BOATING SAFETY INSTRUCTION, AND IMPORTANTLY, FOUR OUT OF FIVE VOTERS WHO DROWNED WERE USING VESSELS 21FT IN LENGTH OR LESS.
SO THINK OF PERSONAL WATERCRAFT AS WELL. AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025, THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS DIVISION OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS REQUIRES ALL POWERBOAT OPERATORS, INCLUDING SAILBOATS AND PADDLE CRAFT, THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH MOTORS TO OBTAIN AND CARRY THE CALIFORNIA BOATER CARD WHILE BOATING UNDER THEIR OPERATIONAL CONTROL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS.
THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY FREQUENTLY OFFERS PUBLIC EDUCATION COURSES ON BOATING SAFETY, WHICH PARTICIPANTS CAN EARN A COMPLETION CERTIFICATE THAT IS A MAJOR PART OF THE CALIFORNIA VOTER CARD REQUIREMENTS. LASTLY, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CAPTAIN CURT MAHONEY WITH HIS NEWEST ASSIGNMENT AS HARBOR MASTER FOR KING HARBOR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING HIM AND INCREASE THE SAFETY OF THE HARBOR THROUGH EFFORTS SUCH AS COMPLIMENTARY VESSEL EXAMINATIONS PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY, AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL BOATING, SAFETY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AGAIN, MAYOR LIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER S, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK MY CHIEF SAID IT ALL.
ON BEHALF OF THE ALL THE AUXILIARISTS THAT VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST, TO AUGMENT THE COAST GUARD AND TO PROVIDE BOATER SAFETY CLASSES, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WELL, THANK YOU, AND WE'VE GOT THE ONLY HARBOR BETWEEN THE PORT OF LA
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AND MARINA DEL REY, SO THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE ARE SO CRITICAL TO OUR POPULATION OF BOATERS, SUPS, PADDLERS WHO ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH, THE CITY COUNCIL , AND AS MAYOR OF REDONDO BEACH, I HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE ONE MORE TONIGHT.
THIS IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. ANDY WINJE, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, COULD YOU COME ON UP AND REPRESENT THE PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS OF REDONDO BEACH. THIS WEEK, MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH, WE JOIN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
THE 2025 THEME IS PEOPLE, PURPOSE, PRESENCE, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CORE VALUES THAT INSPIRE PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR DAILY SERVICE. PUBLIC WORKS IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE, THE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES THAT KEEP LIFE RUNNING SMOOTHLY FOR ALL OF US. THAT SERVICE GIVES PUBLIC WORKS ITS PURPOSE, IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND ALTHOUGH THEIR WORK OFTEN HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES, PUBLIC WORKS IS ALWAYS PRESENT.
MAINTAINING ROADS, MANAGING STORMWATER, ENSURING CLEAN WATER, AND SO MUCH MORE.
OFTEN THE BETTER THEY DO THEIR JOB, THE LESS WE GET TO SEE WHAT THEY DO OR NOTICE WHAT THEY DO.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SIMPLY WORKING AS IT SHOULD.
BUT THIS QUIET SUCCESS DOESN'T MEAN THEIR EFFORTS GO UNSEEN OR UNDERAPPRECIATED.
IF YOU SEE ANY OF OUR CREWS WORKING IN OUR PARKS, ON OUR STREETS, ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU, A SMALL GESTURE OF APPRECIATION GOES A LONG WAY.
TONIGHT WE THANK AND CELEBRATE OUR DEDICATED PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOR THEIR EXPERTISE, THEIR COMMITMENT, AND THE VITAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN WELL IN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
LAUREN'S OUR CITY ENGINEER, SHE MANAGES OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION.
AND MIKE OVERSEES ALL OF OUR OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS, THE FIELD WORK THAT WE DO.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE A VITAL PART AS ARE ALL OF OUR CREWS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY LEAD TO PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS RELY ON. A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS IN REDONDO BEACH.
OUR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYS ABOUT A QUARTER, 25% OF THE CITY'S FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 25% OF THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES BUDGETS, WE MANAGE OVER 100 PROJECTS, AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WORTH ABOUT $30 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR, ABOUT 80% OF THAT NEXT YEAR IS COMING FROM GRANT FUNDING.
WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORDS AND FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM THE COUNCIL AND VERY KIND COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM THE DAIS, WE APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE.
PLEASE USE ACCESS REDONDO BEACH. PLEASE USE OUR WEB PAGE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO IT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU ANDY. THOSE ARE GREAT WORDS. SO ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND AS MAYOR, I PROCLAIM THIS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. GOOD JOB, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES.
[INAUDIBLE]THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR..
THANK YOU, MIKE, AND THANK YOU, MIKE. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.
SEE YOU TOMORROW AT NINE. EXACTLY.
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OKAY. NOW, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANY AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORT.COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. YES. I'D LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT THE REDONDO BEACH VETERANS MEMORIAL HONORING OUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE VETERANS. ONE HOUR CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 1 P.M.
OTHERWISE, IT'S A SMALL DONATION AND IT'S A GREAT AFTERNOON.
IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.
JUST A REMINDER THAT ON THE 29TH, WE WILL BE HAVING A JOINT COMMUNITY BOARD.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.
YEAH. JUST TO ADD TO IT, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THE REDONDO BEACH PTA.
ALSO, IN LIGHT OF WATER SAFETY, THEY PUT ON A WATER SAFETY EVENT.
CAPTAIN MAHONEY WAS THERE. LA COUNTY LIFEGUARDS WERE THERE, AND EVEN THE COAST GUARD SHOWED UP.
IT WAS AMAZING. THEY WERE DOING SWIM ASSESSMENTS FOR KIDS, CPR DEMOS, SAFETY SKILLS.
YOU KNOW, OPEN TO EVERYONE. SO YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO'S AN AVID SWIMMER WATER SAFETY IS SUPER IMPORTANT, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO OUR PTA FOR PUTTING THIS ON FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND SHOUT OUT TO THE COAST GUARD AS WELL. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ALL RIGHT. LAST FRIDAY, I WENT WITH MY WIFE TO THE GALA.
I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER THERE, CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD.
I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL MY DAUGHTER WAS ABOUT TO START KINDERGARTEN IN REDONDO HOW MUCH THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION DOES FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUPPORT IT IN TEACHING OUR KIDS, GETTING THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED IN THE SCHOOL.
SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THEM. I ALSO ANNOUNCE MY COMMUNITY MEETING ON JUNE 5TH.
THAT'S A THURSDAY. IT WILL BE AT PERRY PARK SENIOR CENTER AT 6 P.M..
WE'LL DISCUSS STRATEGIC PLANNING, THE RESULTS OF THAT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE BAS PROJECTS BEING HIRED TO DO ART ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD, AND MUCH MORE. SO SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
THANK YOU MAYOR. I DO WANT TO REMIND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE DISTRICT FIVE COMMUNITY MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH, 6 P.M., REDONDO BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR ELECTED CITY ATTORNEY, JOY FORD.
SHE'S HERE TONIGHT. SHE'LL BE AT THE MEETING PUTTING FORWARD HER VISION FOR OUR CITY FROM HER PERSPECTIVE, QUALITY OF LIFE, PROSECUTIONS, KEEPING US SAFE.
AND SHE'LL ALSO BE TAKING QUESTIONS, PROVIDING ANSWERS AND LISTENING TO YOUR INPUT.
SO IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY, ALL DISTRICTS, RESIDENTS AND OTHERS.
SO PLEASE JOIN US. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH, 6 P.M., REDONDO BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. THANK YOU MAYOR.
THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SHE MAY BE VERY TIRED, BECAUSE LAST NIGHT AT, I THINK AFTER MIDNIGHT, YOU WERE STILL SENDING OUT EMAILS RESPONDING TO THINGS WE HAD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I DID ATTEND A CAL RECYCLE HEARING LAST WEEK.
WE WERE APPEALING THE IF YOU'VE BEEN TO DOMINGUEZ PARK, YOU KNOW, WE REDID THE PLAYGROUND THERE, AND IT'S CLOSED, AND THAT'S DUE TO CAL RECYCLE AND THE LOCAL LA COUNTY HEALTH.
WE WERE APPEALING TO OPEN UP THE PARK EARLY. UNFORTUNATELY, MYSELF, DIRECTOR WINJE AND DIRECTOR HOUSE DROVE ALL THE WAY OUT THERE, SAT FOR LIKE, 40 MINUTES. AND THEN THE THIRD BOARD MEMBER OF THE APPEAL HEARING NEVER SHOWED UP.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HAS TO BE RESCHEDULED, SO NO OUTCOME ON THAT YET.
BUT WE'RE FIGHTING TO GET THAT THING OPEN. SO THANK.
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR ATTENDING AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT RESCHEDULED QUICKLY.
[E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]
COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? MAYOR, BEFORE WE DO THAT, ONE REQUEST FROM STAFF, IF WE COULD PULL THE CONTRACT LISTED UNDER ITEM H.5, I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK AS A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NEXT MONTH.OKAY. I MOVE THE AGENDA AS MODIFIED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING ON THE AGENDA.
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ON THE AGENDA AS ORDERED. AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDOUT OR WHAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING ONLINE GOING DOWN TO ITEM G,[G. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]
DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? YES, MAYOR.H.8 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
REVISED AGREEMENT. MINOR UPDATES TO SECTION TWO.
MONTH ADDED TO FEE SCHEDULE. J.1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
N.1, PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE HANDLING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ATHENS.
REVISED POWERPOINT AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO MOVED.
SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR. AYE.
ANYBODY OPPOSED? LOOKS LIKE THE AYES HAVE IT.
OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM H.
[H. CONSENT CALENDAR]
WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS TO DISCUSS UNDER THE EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR.NO. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. NO. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRETT.
NO THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE ARE PULLING NOTHING FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS.
HOWEVER, THE CITY MANAGER DID PULL H.5 TO CONTINUE TO A ANOTHER MEETING.
SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? MOTION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING BUT H.5. SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE.
DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE ITEMS H.1 THROUGH H.12 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF H.5 BEFORE WE VOTE. OKAY. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.
ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO COMMENTS AND NO RAISED HANDS ON ZOOM.
THANK YOU. OKAY, I'LL CALL THE VOTE THEN. ALL FOR.
AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY, THE AYES HAVE IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO READ? NONE TONIGHT.
OKAY. THERE IS NO EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SO NOW WE GO DOWN TO J. THAT IS THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS.
[J. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION TONIGHT.EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE AND WILL START WITH WRITTEN REQUESTS FIRST.
AND I DO HAVE SOME WRITTEN REQUESTS TONIGHT. OKAY.
SO FIRST IS RAY LAWSON AND THE SECOND IS JIM MUELLER.
SO, RAY, WE'RE READY TO HEAR FROM YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER S. HI. MY NAME IS RAY LAWSON AND WE ARE WITH THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, LOCAL 562. WE'RE JUST HERE FOR PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO JUST REMIND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER S, MAYOR AND ALSO CITY MANAGER ABOUT WAGE THEFT ABOUT WHAT WE CALL A SUBCONTRACTOR DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE, AND OTHER CITIES, WE'VE APPROACHED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH CITY COUNCIL IN AGREEMENT WHAT SUBCONTRACTOR DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE DOES IS WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDING GOING ON IN REDONDO BEACH, A LOT OF HOMES BEING BUILT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID, HOW THEY'RE GETTING PAID, AND ARE THEY PAYING TAXES ON THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE? AND DOES THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH MISS OUT ON THAT? BECAUSE NOBODY'S REALLY TRACKING THAT. THEY HAVE RULES AND LAWS PUT INTO EFFECT, CITY ATTORNEY.
BUT IS ANYBODY HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE CASH PAY GOING ON, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE MISCLASSIFICATION OF WORKERS? JUST WAGE THEFT IN GENERAL IS RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA IS THE HIGHEST STATE WHERE THAT OCCURS, WHERE CONTRACTORS MISCLASSIFY WORKERS, THEY BRING THEM IN FROM OUT OF STATE IMMIGRANT WORKERS, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM AND THEY PAY THEM IN CASH, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT THERE ON THEY LIVE RIGHT IN THE JOB SITE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
AND WE AS CARPENTERS, WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THAT WORK IS NOT BEING DONE, THE CITY IS HURT, EVERYONE IS HURT, AND IT'S OUR WORK.
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AND SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND INTRODUCE THAT TO THE CITY.REDONDO BEACH JUST THE ORDINANCE IS IT HAS RULES TO IT WHERE CONTRACTORS WOULD HAVE TO JUST PRETTY MUCH GIVE INFORMATION SAYING, HAVE THEY BEEN VIOLATING THAT LAW? HAVE THEY BEEN CAUGHT DOING THAT, DOING WAGE THEFT, DOING TAX FRAUD? AND THEY HAVE RECORDS OF THAT IN THE STATE AND THE CITY.
AND IF THEY HAVE, IT'S JUST TRANSPARENCY. IT'S JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN KNOW THAT THESE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING IN YOUR CITY, AND THEY HAVE VIOLATED THOSE RULES IN THE PAST.
SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO INTRODUCE THAT, I HAVE INFORMATION ON IT.
I CAN SEND IT TO THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY IN THE CITY WILL KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH THAT IS FAIR, THAT THE TAXES ARE BEING ACCUMULATED FROM THAT AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE, POLICE, FIRE AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE BEING ADDRESSED BY THAT, BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION DRAWS IN BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY. AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE TAXES GO TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME. I CAN EMAIL IT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I'LL HAVE YOUR EMAIL. IF YOU HAD SOMETHING HERE I'D MOVE TO, I'D HAVE THE COUNCIL MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE IT, BUT. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE EMAIL HOWEVER YOU WANT TO GET IT TO US.
THANK YOU. OKAY. JIM MUELLER AND THEN PEDRO HUERTA.
I'M HAVING TROUBLE READING THE WRITING, SO HOPEFULLY I GOT THAT RIGHT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS YOU. AACAP, THE ARTESIA AVIATION CORRIDORS ACTION PLAN.
AS MENTIONED, WHENEVER ARTESIA BOULEVARD DEVELOPMENT OR IMPROVEMENT IS DISCUSSED, AACAP IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HUGE IMPROVEMENT THAT'S GOING TO SET OFF BIG HAPPENINGS ON ARTESIA. WELL, FIRST AACAP IS FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OLD, A DELAY THAT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT A SENSE OF URGENCY.
SECOND, IT NEEDS VOTER APPROVAL. WHEN'S THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? AND THIRD, MANY CHANGES AACAP PROPOSES WILL REQUIRE MONEY, BUT THE AACAP RELIES ON THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND THE GALLERIA IMPACT FEES. THE GENERAL FUND IS TIGHT AS IT IS, AND THE GALLERIA HAS BECOME A PRIVATE EQUITY PING PONG BALL.
ONE ARTESIA BEAUTIFICATION IS MOVING FORWARD, THREE ART PROJECTS PAID FOR BY JOHN PARSONS.
THESE ARE THREE ART PROJECTS ON A MILE LONG ARTESIA CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS THE AVIATION ONE.
A SMALL GROUP OF CITIZENS TRIED TO EXPLORE THAT, BUT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS CONSULTED AS TO WHAT HELP THE CITY WOULD GIVE US TO DO THAT. NONE. HE SAID, I SURE HOPE THE CITY'S NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE COMES UP WITH SOMETHING.
HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE A COMMITTEE TO KNOW THAT CONSUMER BUSINESSES LOVE A CROWD.
THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL AROUND ARTESIA ARE CROWDED WITH PEOPLE WHO NEED AND BUY GOODS AND SERVICES.
WHY DOESN'T THE CITY TRY SOME SIMPLE THINGS TO GET THAT CROWD TO ARTESIA TO BUY STUFF? FOR EXAMPLE, NRBBA SPONSORS A 1 OR 2 EVENING EVENT CALLED DINE AROUND .
THE LAST DINE AROUND GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT ON THE BOULEVARD.
THE NEXT EVENT IN AUGUST WILL EXPAND THE ACTIVITY TO TWO NIGHTS AND BEYOND RESTAURANTS.
MORE EVENTS LIKE DINE AROUND MIGHT HELP. WHAT ABOUT A PUBLIC MARKET IN THE GREEN SPACE? THOSE MARKETS DRAW CROWDS. SOME KNOWLEDGEABLE FORMER CITY PEOPLE THINK A PUBLIC MARKET IN THAT SPACE COULD BE ARRANGED.
I SUGGEST THAT THE CITY SET SMALL GOALS AND MOVE FORWARD NOW WITH ACTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PEDRO PUERTA. IF I DID, I SAY THAT RIGHT? YEAH, YOU DID ACTUALLY. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE YOU GO, COULD I ASK YOU GUYS TO SIT DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE BLOCKING THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU? I APPRECIATE THAT. WE SEE YOUR ORANGE VEST.
WE KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE. YOU LOOK GOOD. I DO IT IN SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, CARPENTERS. SO I'M PEDRO HUERTA WITH THE CARPENTERS.
WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS. WE'RE 12 STATES WIDE.
PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE WESTERN UNITED STATES. WE COVER OUR LOCAL FROM THE SOUTH BAY, LOCAL COVERS FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH UP TO THE AIRPORT, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE BEACH CITIES. SO THIS IS OUR AREA, OUR JURISDICTIONAL AREA WHERE WE GO AND PRETTY MUCH CHECK OUT ALL THE JOB SITES GOING AROUND. SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH HERE TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE.
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PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS HEARD OF US. IF NOT, I MEAN, WE'RE MAKING A LOUD STATEMENT TODAY, BUT YEAH, PRETTY MUCH IMPLEMENTATION OF PLA ON ALL THE JOBS OUT HERE, RIGHT? PREVENTING WAGES HELP PREVENT WAGE THEFT FROM HAPPENING WITH ALL THESE OTHER COMPANIES COMING IN HERE AND TRYING TO DO CASH PAY WITH.NO, YOU KNOW. NO, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? THEY HAVE NO FOR THEIR PAYROLLS.
RIGHT. NOBODY'S CHECKING THEIR PAYROLLS MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING PAID RIGHT. MAKING SURE THEY GOT GOOD JOBS, GOOD WAGES, GOOD BENEFITS FOR THEIR WORKERS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN.
WE IMPLEMENT ALL THAT WITH OUR WORKERS, HELP HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING'S INFLATED. I MEAN, WHO CAN SURVIVE OFF 15 BUCKS, $16 AN HOUR, RIGHT? LIVING IN THE JOB SITES WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND KIDS.
LITERALLY. FAMILIES LIVING AT THE JOB SITES, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT ALL THAT. GIVE EVERYBODY A FIGHTING FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE JOBS.
AND THEN YOU JOURNEY OUT, YOU BECOME A FULL BLOWN JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER.
JUST SO THAT'S WHAT THE CARPENTERS OFFER. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN ASSIST US AND KIND OF IMPLEMENT LAWS SO FUTURE PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO START HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH GET IMPLEMENTED INTO THEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? THAT'S THE LAST CARD I HAD ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. OH, COME ON UP. HELLO? HELLO. MY NAME IS GERMAN, GERMAN.
I'M ALSO WITH THE CARPENTERS UNION. LITTLE CLOSE RIGHT THERE.
SO PART OF THE SOUTH BAY CARPENTERS AS WELL. I'VE LIVED IN THE SOUTH BAY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS NOW.
AND LIKE MY PARTNER SAID HERE, WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT IT'S DONE TO CHANGE OUR LIVES.
YOU KNOW, WE GET TO MENTOR THE APPRENTICES THAT COME UP, PEOPLE THAT COME BEHIND US.
YOU SEE, THERE'S PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT GOT OFF OF THEIR JOB AND THEY DON'T GET PAID TO DO THIS.
SO WE DID COME AND ASK IF YOU COULD SUPPORT US IN CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT.
BUT WE ALSO COME TO EXTEND HAND, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
WE HAVE, THE CARPENTERS UNION PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.
WE SHOW UP TO EVENTS LIKE THIS. WE GO IN, WE DO NOT NECESSARILY CLEAN UP, BUT WE'LL GO AND WE'LL YOU'RE INTO LITTLE LEAGUE, WE COULD BUILD BACKSTOPS. WE COULD BUILD BENCHES, WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY LIKES.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, LIVE IN THE SOUTH BAY AND WOULD LIKE TO REACH A HAND OUT AND SAY, HERE WE ARE, RAY WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND YOU COULD GET BACK WITH US IF YOU HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD HELP YOU WITH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ECOMMENTS. I HAVE NO ZOOM ALSO.
OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
LET'S SEE WHICH. WITH THAT, WE'RE JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM N, ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION.
[N. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
THE FIRST ONE IS N.1 DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT TO CITY SOLID WASTE HANDLING SERVICES AGREEMENT.WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT? I THINK I'LL BRIEFLY INTRODUCE DIRECTOR WINJE HERE.
TONIGHT'S AN INTRODUCTORY ITEM. WE AREN'T SEEKING ANY SPECIFIC ACTION.
WE ARE SEEKING DIRECTION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO OUR SOLID WASTE HANDLING SERVICES AGREEMENT.
THIS IS OUR LARGEST VENDOR AGREEMENT IN THE CITY.
YEAR OVER YEAR. ATHENS SERVICES HAS BEEN WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR GOING ON I THINK 15 YEARS NOW.
THE INITIAL CONTRACT WAS LET IN 2011. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THEY'VE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING HAULER FOR US, THEY'VE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO SERVICE DEMANDS. AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WELL OVER THE DURATION OF THEIR CONTRACT AND THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT.
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED AND IS REQUIRING US TO BE HERE.
SO I'M GOING TO LET ANDY GO THROUGH WHAT'S HAPPENING.
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THE ISSUES AND THE INDUSTRY CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE OUR LAST AMENDMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE OCCURRED IN 2019.SO WITH THAT, ANDY, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY? THANK YOU MIKE. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. AS MIKE MENTIONED, THIS IS THE CITY'S BIGGEST VENDOR CONTRACT.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS WITH ATHENS SINCE 2011.
IT'S AMAZING HOW COMPLICATED THIS WORK IS. FOR A SIMPLE THING IS THROWING A CUP AWAY IN A TRASH CAN.
THIS TURNS INTO A VERY COMPLICATED AND VERY HIGHLY REGULATED INDUSTRY.
SO I'LL GO THROUGH QUICKLY. OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT.
WE COLLECT MONEY FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, AND WE ARE INVOICED BY ATHENS FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE, AND PAY THAT INVOICE ABOUT TO ABOUT $5.25 MILLION.
HERE YOU SEE A TIMELINE ALSO OF OUR CONTRACT.
WE FIRST ENTERED INTO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN 2011.
IN JULY 2019, AS MIKE MENTIONED, WE WENT THROUGH A FIRST AMENDMENT DISCUSSION AND AGREEMENT THERE.
WE'RE NOW IN YEAR SIX OF NINE YEARS THAT CAME FROM THAT 2019 AGREEMENT.
WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP YEAR SIX. WE HAVE THREE MORE YEARS TO GO UNDER THAT CONTRACT THAT WOULD EXPIRE IF NOT EXTENDED IN 2028, AND THE CURRENT CONTRACT ALSO HAS 24 MONTH EXTENSION IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO EXERCISE THAT.
THIS IS A COMPARISON OF THE WHAT THE CUSTOMER SEES FOR A 96 GALLON TRASH CART, WHICH IS THE BLACK, GREEN AND BLUE CARTS ARE THOSE 96 GALLON SIZE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE OUR COMMERCIAL RATES AGAIN, MIDDLE OF THE PACK, FAIRLY COMPETITIVE WITH THE CITIES RIGHT AROUND US.
THIS IS THE ESTIMATE FOR WHAT WE CALL A THREE YARD BIN, SERVICE ONE TIME PER WEEK.
AND THE DIMENSIONS OF A THREE YARD BIN ARE THERE IN THAT OTHER GRAPHIC.
IN ADDITION TO GOOD RATES AND YOU KNOW, BELOW MARKET RATES IN SOME CASES WE RECEIVE A NUMBER OF INCLUDED SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE PROBABLY AT LEAST UNIQUE IN VOLUME, IF NOT UNIQUE TO THE CITY.
THE NUMBER OF BENEFITS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM ATHENS THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, STREET SWEEPING IS ONE VERY BIG ITEM THAT REMOVED A LOT OF FINANCIAL BURDEN FROM THE CITY HAVING TO MAINTAIN THAT SERVICE THROUGH ITS OWN FORCES.
TYPICALLY WE RECEIVE STAFF REIMBURSEMENT FOR ONE OF OUR POSITIONS TO HELP US MANAGE THE PAPERWORK AND THE INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC ON THEIR SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOTH RECEIVED COLLECTION SERVICES AT NO COST IN UNLIMITED VOLUMES, SO THAT'S A BIG BENEFIT TO US. THE CITY'S OWN PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL IS INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT. THE STATE REQUIRES US TO MEET CERTAIN PROCUREMENT TARGETS OF RECYCLED MATERIAL.
WHICH WAS GETTING HARD FOR US TO DO THINGS LIKE PAPER AND COMPOST AND THAT.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMPOSTING AND SHREDDING EVENTS THAT THEY SERVICE FOR US.
CHRISTMAS TREE REMOVAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND A BULKY ITEM PICKUP.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS ITEMS THAT AROUND, IT'S ALMOST NEARLY UNLIMITED.
NOT QUITE. I WON'T SAY UNLIMITED, 5 ITEMS A WEEK.
YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK, ALL THROUGH THE YEAR WHERE I LIVE, I GET 20 ITEMS A YEAR, ONE TIME PICKUP.
SO JUST FOR COMPARISON, IT'S A PRETTY GENEROUS PROGRAM THERE.
THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR CURRENT PACKAGE. AS MIKE MENTIONED, THE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT SINCE 2011, AND EVEN SINCE 2019, NEW STATE MANDATES CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY, THE SECONDARY MARKET FOR RECYCLED GOODS HAS DROPPED
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PRECIPITOUSLY IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THERE'S JUST NO REAL BUYERS.THAT BUILDING THAT'S ANDREA'S GOT HER CURSOR ON, AND NOW A RED LINE THROUGH IS THE SURF BUILDING, WHICH IS AN ACRONYM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT STANDS FOR ANYMORE.
IT'S LOST SOMEWHERE IN THERE, BUT IT'S A FACILITY THAT WOULD TAKE LANDFILL BOUND WASTE OTHERWISE BOUND FOR THE LANDFILL AND TURN IT INTO ENERGY THAT COUNTED TOWARDS OUR TRANSFORMATION. IT'S CALLED TRANSFORMATION, COUNTED TOWARDS OUR DIVERSION GOALS.
SO CLICK ONE MORE TIME FOR ME, ANDRE. SO THAT 25% TARGET IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACT FOR TRANSFORMATION NOW HAS TO GO BACK TO THE LANDFILL, WHICH IS DRIVING PART OF PARTLY ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR THIS AMENDMENT IS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO RECLASSIFY SOME OF THIS FILL.
WE HAD A DIVERSION TARGET OF 75% BASED ON THE TRANSFORMATION PIECE.
AND THEN THE THINGS YOU'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH LIKE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 50% IS REALLY ABOUT THE BEST WE CAN DO GIVEN THE LOSS OF THE FACILITY. THE OTHER REQUIREMENT IS REQUIREMENT FOR THREE STREAM SERVICE ON THE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE, THERE'S A PICTURE OF A BIN AND A SMALL ORGANICS CART.
THIS IS TYPICAL OF A SMALL MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY WHERE RECYCLING AND TRASH WOULD GO IN THE SAME BIG BIN AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE SORTING FACILITY, THE MULTI WASTE SORTING FACILITY IN THAT PICTURE, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF IT, WHERE RECYCLABLES WERE HARVESTED OUT OF THAT AND DIRECTED IN ONE DIRECTION AND THE LANDFILL PRODUCTS WOULD HEAD OFF TO THE LANDFILL.
THE STATE HAS EFFECTIVELY MADE THAT IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLY WITH ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST NO CERTIFIED SORTING FACILITIES THAT MEET THEIR STANDARDS. I THINK THERE'S ONE IN THE STATE, IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT VERY HIGH STANDARDS THERE.
SO WE CAN'T RELY ON THAT ANYMORE. AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE USING THE TWO BIN SYSTEM TO A THREE BIN SYSTEM, WHERE WE'LL RELY ON THE RESIDENTS, THE CUSTOMERS, TO SORT PRIMARILY AT THE, AT THE SOURCE AND WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE, IN THE MRF ANYMORE. MAY I ASK A QUICK QUESTION, MAYOR? YES. IS THERE ANY PROSPECT OF ADDITIONAL FACILITIES CERTIFIED BY THE STATE COMING ONLINE THAT WOULD DO THAT SORTING IN THE NEXT FIVE OR SO YEARS? THOSE ARE ALL PROPRIETARY BUSINESSES THAT DO THAT, SO I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR.
THE STATE'S NOT PROVIDING ANY, WE WOULD RELY ON THE INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE THAT.
AND ATHENS, BY THE WAY, I SHOULD HAVE SAID ATHENS IS REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL AS OUR WE HAVE A CONSULTANT FOR THIS CONTRACT, HF&H. THEY'RE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
THANK YOU. I N ADDITION TO THE KIND OF THE INDUSTRY AND STATE MANDATES THAT ARE IMPACTING THIS CONTRACT, ATHENS HAS ALSO PROPOSED SEVERAL ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW ON THIS SLIDE, BUT WE HAVE A FULL LIST IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME BACKUP SLIDES IN CASE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER.
BUT ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS RATE STRUCTURE ADJUSTMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, SPECIFICALLY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL OF FIVE UNITS OR MORE.
MOVING THAT FROM, WE HAVE THREE SCHEDULES RIGHT NOW, THREE RATE SCHEDULES, WE HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RATE SCHEDULE, WHICH ACTUALLY INCLUDES PROPERTIES UP TO 300 LOTS.
THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVE LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES NO LONGER USING CARTS, BUT USING BINS INSTEAD FOR COLLECTION. SO THAT'S PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL.
THE OTHER IS BUNDLING SERVICES. AND I'LL LET THEM EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE INTRODUCING AN OPTIONAL SCOUT SERVICE.
RIGHT NOW, SCOUT SERVICES ARE INCLUDED IN OUR RATES AND THEY CAN CLARIFY, THERE'S PROBABLY AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THAT STATEMENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, BUT THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD SEPARATE THAT AND CHARGE ONLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO USE THE SCOUT SERVICES.
THE SB 1383 PROGRAM CHANGES HAS TO DO.
SCOUT SERVICE, I'M SORRY. THE LOWER LEFT PICTURE THERE IS THE SMALL JEEP OR TRUCK THAT GOES INTO A TIGHT GARAGE AND PULLS OUT THE BIN, MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO THE BIG TRUCK THAT DUMPS IT AND HAULS IT OUT OF THE CITY.
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SO. OTHERWISE THE DEVELOPMENT HAS TO ROLL IT OUT THEMSELVES.THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. SB 1383 PROGRAM CHANGES.
AGAIN, ANDRE IS HERE WITH ME. ANDRE IS OUR SPECIALIST IN SOLID WASTE CONTRACT AND CAN GET INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT THIS HAS TO DO WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS, CHANGES RELATED TO CONTAMINATION RATES AND KEEPING MAKING BETTER PRODUCTS IN OUR RECYCLE LINES, IN OUR LANDFILL LINES, KEEPING THOSE ITEMS SEPARATE OUR ORGANICS LINES.
CURRENTLY HOME BUILDERS AND OTHERS USING ROLL OFF SERVICES, THEY STILL NEED TO REGISTER THEIR USE OF THOSE ROLL OFFS WITH THE CITY SO WE CAN COUNT THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT LEAVES THE CITY. BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO USE ATHENS, AND ATHENS HAS AS PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL BRINGING THAT INTO A PART OF THE FRANCHISE. THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES FOR THE CITY, WE DO CHARGE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR TONS, WE WOULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FROM THAT USE.
AND ATHENS, AS PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL, WOULD THEY WOULD TAKE A LIABILITY FOR THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH DIVERSION TARGETS BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE BETTER CONTROL ON ALL THE TRASH LEAVING THE CITY, AND NOT JUST THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PICKUPS.
FINALLY, ANOTHER KEY AMENDMENT HERE IS AN EXTENSION OF THE TERMS. THEY WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU THIS IS NECESSARY TO FINANCE NEW EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THE THREE STREAM SYSTEM.
THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT WE WOULD EXTEND OUR CONTRACT FROM TODAY, TEN YEARS.
ALL AT THE CITY'S OPTION IF WE WANTED TO EXTEND BEYOND THE 2035 DATE.
FINALLY, THIS IS NOT PART OF, NECESSARILY ATHENS REQUEST.
THIS IS STATE LAW. PROP 218 REQUIRES US TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC AND SOME, I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS IN A MINUTE, BUT ANYTIME WE CHANGE THE METHODOLOGY TO OUR RATES, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT. SO FOR THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE AFFECTED, IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS ONLY, NOT THE SINGLE FAMILY ACCOUNTS, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROP 218 PROCESS.
SO LAST YEAR WE DID IT AS OUR FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
AND THIS WOULD BE A NEW PROP 218 EPISODE TO ADJUST THE RATE METHODOLOGY HERE.
PROP 218 IS YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR A LITTLE BIT WITH IT, A MAIL IN BALLOT TO THOSE AFFECTED CUSTOMERS WE WOULD GO THROUGH A MAJORITY PROTEST HEARING. COUNSEL WOULD OVERSEE THAT HEARING AND IF SO CHOOSES, WOULD ADOPT THE NEW RATE STRUCTURE AT THAT TIME, PROVIDED THERE IS NO MAJORITY PROTEST. THE NEW RATES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO INTO EFFECT UPON THE ADOPTION AT THE STATE OR EFFECTIVE DATE.
HOWEVER, IT DOES REQUIRE THAT RATE SCHEDULE TO BE SETTLED.
BEFORE WE GO OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THOSE NEW RATES.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TOPICS, THE KEY ONES WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED, OR ANY OF THEM REALLY, THAT ARE IN THE LIST IN YOUR STAFF REPORT THERE.
YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND DESIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN BEGIN TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM ATHENS AND PERHAPS HF&H.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS, MIKE, IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING ELSE. NO, BUT I DO THINK WE OUGHT TO, AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION, THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION, INVITE ATHENS UP TO PROVIDE ANY INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, AND THEN I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM. SO.
AND I'VE GOT NOTES IN CASE ANYONE'S GOT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR LIGHT, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL . MY NAME IS SHARON SHAPIRO FOX, AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS HERE AT ATHENS SERVICES.
I'M JOINED HERE BY MY COLLEAGUES JOHN BIERLY, OUR AREA PRESIDENT, AS WELL AS JAMES UMETANI,
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OUR DIVISION VICE PRESIDENT, WHO RUNS OUR LOCAL YARD WHERE ALL OF THE TRUCKS RUN OUT OF.AS A BIT OF BACKGROUND, ATHENS SERVICES IS A LOCAL AND FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS.
AND AS NOTED, WE'VE BEEN SERVICING THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH FOR SINCE 2011.
OUR TEAM IS HERE DAILY TO ENSURE THAT SERVICE IS DELIVERED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD AND WE ARE LOCAL, ACCESSIBLE, AND I WOULD HOPE, I'M SORRY THAT YOU WOULD ALL AGREE THAT WE PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE.
IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO SAY UNHEARD OF, BUT CERTAINLY UNPRECEDENTED.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT NEIGHBORING CITIES, RIGHT, MUCH LIKE ANY OF YOU IN THE SOUTH BAY DO, YOU LOOK AT WHO'S GETTING THE BEST RATE AND WHO'S GETTING THE MOST SERVICES? AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE STREET SWEEPING, THE CITY SERVICES, THE INCREASE OF VOLUME THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL RECEIVING AS WELL AS THE VAST COMMUNITY RESOURCES. RIGHT. IN 2025 ALONE, WE COLLECTED NEARLY 26 TONS OF HOLIDAY TREES.
THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AGREEMENT'S INCEPTION, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY, BEGINNING WITH AB 341, AB 1826, CHINA SWORD, THE GREEN FENCE AND MOST RECENTLY, SB 1383.
THESE ARE ALL EXTERNAL AND UNFUNDED MANDATES, AND THEY'RE JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AS NOTED IN 2024, SERRF, WHICH IS THE SOUTHEAST AREA RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY THE ONLY REMAINING TRANSFORMATION FACILITY IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION WAS CLOSED.
WE ARE NOW TRAVELING GREATER DISTANCE AND PAYING MORE TO PROCESS MIXED WASTE PER TON.
NOW, MIXED WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING CERTIFIED BY THE STATE'S REGULATORY ARM, CALRECYCLE IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEW 2025 DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS OF 75%.
THIS IS WHY IT'S NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH SB 1383 TO GO TO A THREE STREAM COLLECTION.
I KNOW THAT AS NOTED, EVERYBODY IN THE SOUTH BAY LOOKS TO THEIR NEIGHBORING CITIES, AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT VOLATILITY IN THE DISPOSAL LANDSCAPE, WITH PROJECTIONS INCREASING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND BEYOND.
IN 2020 AND 2017, ONE OF THE CITIES RIGHT NEXT DOOR WENT TO RFP, AND IN THE END, THE INCUMBENT HAULER WAS SELECTED WITH RATES THAT INCREASED OVERNIGHT UPWARDS OF 60%.
I, ALONG WITH OUR TEAM, ARE HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THIS EVENING AND MOVING FORWARD. AND I BELIEVE, COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT YOU ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LONG RANGE.
EVERYBODY IS REALLY GOING TO THIS THREE STREAM MODEL.
SO EVERYONE IS REALLY KIND OF MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.
THANK YOU MAYOR. QUICK QUESTION. MAYOR. YES. YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY THAT WENT OUT FOR RFP IN THE INCUMBENT WASTE HAULER THAT INCREASED THEIR RATES BY 60% OVERNIGHT. UNDER WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THIS AGREEMENT BY ATHENS, BY WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE YOU PROPOSING TO INCREASE YOUR RATES? WE HAVE PROPOSED SOME BUNDLED SERVICE RATES, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE RATES THAT WERE SHOWN ARE THE CURRENT RATES FOR THOSE NEIGHBORING CITIES. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THOSE DO NOT INCLUDE A BUNDLED RATE.
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE BUNDLED RATE WITH BOTH OF THOSE FACTORS THAT WINDS UP BEING ACTUALLY NOT WHAT WAS SHOWN, BUT RATHER A RATE OF 32632 FOR A ONE CUBIC YARD OR, I'M SORRY, A ONE THREE CUBIC YARD CONTAINER SERVICE AT ONE TIME A WEEK. SO WE HAVE A PROPOSED RATE SHEET. WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG AND I'LL DEFER TO.
YEAH. AND JUST TO REITERATE, THE QUESTION IS BY WHAT PERCENTAGE IS ATHENS PROPOSING TO INCREASE THEIR RATES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT? YES. SO IN PLAIN TERMS, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR ME, TOO, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT EXPERT IN THE AREA, BY WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE YOU PROPOSING TO INCREASE YOUR RATES? SO FOR THE RESIDENTS, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE RATES. FOR THE MULTIFAMILIES, WE'RE PROPOSING TO TAKE
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THEM TO A COMMERCIAL RATE THAT ARE GREATER THAN FIVE UNITS, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE BASED OFF OF USAGE.AND OUR GOAL IS TO RIGHT SIZE THE CUSTOMERS. AND SO WHAT WOULD BE THE NET INCREASE IN ATHENS RATE? THE 131 WILL REMAIN AT THE CURRENT RATE THAT IT'S AT.
AND THEN BASED OFF OF HOW MUCH RECYCLING IS NEEDED, THEN WE'LL DOWNSIZE FROM THERE.
YEAH. SO JUST TO REPEAT THE QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE ONE TONIGHT, THAT'S FINE. BUT THE QUESTION IS BY WHAT PERCENTAGE IS ATHENS PROPOSING TO INCREASE THEIR RATES ON A NET BASIS? I THINK IT WOULD, IT'S TOUGH FOR ME TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S VERY CUSTOMER TO CUSTOMER.
AND PARDON MY INTERRUPT. WHAT'S YOUR ESTIMATE? BASED ON THE STUDIES YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, WHAT'S YOUR PROJECTION BY WHICH OUR RATES WILL INCREASE? SO BASED OFF OF A FEW ITEMS. RIGHT. THE MULTIFAMILIES WILL INCREASE UP TO $35 PER UNIT.
BASED OFF OF THAT. AND THAT'S BASED OFF OF HAVING A BIN SERVICE.
AND I CAN'T PROJECT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM AN ACTUAL RATE INCREASE.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A 196 GALLON RECYCLE AND A 64 ORGANIC AS PART OF THAT SERVICE, AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL INCREASE FROM AS NEEDED.
ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT. DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.
THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW ON THE $35 FOR THE MULTIFAMILY.
THAT'S IF THEY YOU HAVE TO ROLL OUT THEIR BIG TRASH BIN.
RIGHT. BUT THEN IF THEY HAVE A RECYCLING BIN AND A WHAT IS IT, BIO.
YEAH. GREEN WASTE IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE TRASH.
SO THE FEE IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE TRASH. SO WE'RE NOT CHARGING PER COMMODITY ON THAT.
SO YOU WOULD PULL THOSE OUT ESSENTIALLY FOR FREE CORRECT.
CORRECT. AND COMMERCIAL. WHEN YOU SAY RIGHT SIZE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT CONCEPT? YES PLEASE. SO WE HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES AND MEETS WITH EVERY CUSTOMER, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SIT THERE AND DO A TRASH ASSESSMENT AND DETERMINE, OKAY. SO IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A ONE, THREE, ONE, LET'S SAY, AND WE COME OUT AND WE BRING OUT AND WE GO.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THAT'S JARGON. SORRY.
ONE THREE YARD TRASH ONE TIME A WEEK, AND WE GO OUT THERE AND WE SAY, OKAY, OUT OF THAT TRASH, THERE'S ABOUT A YARD OF RECYCLING. WE'LL PROVIDE A YARD AND THEN WE'LL DOWNSIZE YOU TO A TWO YARD FOR TRASH.
THE GOAL IS TO MOVE TRASH TO RECYCLING AND THEN OFFSET THE CUSTOMERS.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID FOR THE ACTUAL RATE INCREASE, IT WILL DETERMINE, BASED OFF THE CUSTOMERS AND THE WASTE CHARACTERIZATION THAT WE'LL DO ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THE VOLUME REMAINS THE SAME, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST DISTRIBUTING THAT AMONGST THREE SEPARATE CONTAINERS.
AND NOTHING'S CHANGING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT ARE LESS THAN FOUR.
CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TOTAL 788 CUSTOMERS OUT OF THE LARGER 1500 GROUPING THAT I MENTIONED, USING 788 UNITS OR 788 BUILDINGS.
OKAY. CORRECT. AND SO, AS JOHN MENTIONED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RATE PER UNIT FOR MULTIFAMILY, THE RATE PROPOSED WOULD BE ABOUT $35 A UNIT. CURRENTLY IT'S WELL UNDER MARKET AT ABOUT $21 PER UNIT WHEN YOU FACTOR THE 21, I'M SORRY, THE FIVE UNITS OR GREATER.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY PAYING LESS THAN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER.
AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE VOLUME THAT THEY ARE GENERATING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TURNOVER OF MULTIFAMILY HOMES, BULKY ITEMS, MOVE OUTS, MOVE INS AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE MONTH YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT COMMISERATE WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WHICH THEY'RE RECEIVING, WHICH ULTIMATELY IS COMMERCIAL SERVICE. WE SELECTED FIVE OR MORE UNITS TO KIND OF MAKE THAT THRESHOLD CHANGE IN CATEGORIZATION, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY RECEIVING COMMERCIAL BIN SERVICE, RIGHT? SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO ARE FOUR UNITS AND LESS HAVE CARTS SIMILAR TO A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO FIVE AND MORE, THERE'S A TENDENCY TO HAVE BIN SERVICE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE, LIKE THE 131 THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO. AND JUST A FOLLOW ON QUESTION.
IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET NEW SERVICE TO FIVE UNITS AND GREATER RIGHT, THAT PREVIOUSLY WASN'T BEING PROVIDED, WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST ADD AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR THAT SERVICE AND THAT FEE, AND KEEP THE SAME TERM AND THEN COME BACK? THE CHALLENGE IS IN ORDER TO RUN THE RECYCLING PROGRAM, RIGHT, TO ADD THAT THIRD STREAM, WE DO HAVE TO ADD SOME CAPITAL, AND AS PART OF SB 1383, THERE IS SOME EXTENSIVE ONGOING REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THAT.
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THIS, THIS OPTION THAT WE'VE KIND OF PROPOSED TO THE CITY WAS ONE OF TWO OPTIONS INITIALLY, AND WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD BE TO RUN THE RECYCLING PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT AND DISTRIBUTE THAT COST BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY.AND THAT KIND OF TELLS THE STORY TO YOUR ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION BEFORE OF WHAT DOES THE INCREASE? WHEN WE TRY TO MIRROR APPLES TO APPLES, WE SAID, OKAY, TO GO TO RECYCLING THREE STREAM WE NEED IT, TO EQUIVALENT WOULD BE 13.5%. NOW THIS IS SPREAD OUT DIFFERENTLY TO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED THAT NEED THAT CHANGE.
SO I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE. JUST TO GET BACK TO PROTOCOL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
YOU DO HAVE YOUR HAND UP. SO, IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS YOU KNOW, THE CLOSING OF THE FACILITY AND OUR PERCENTAGE SPLIT IN THE STREAM, IT LOOKS LIKE BASICALLY THE ENTIRE COST OF THAT IS GOING TO BE BORNE BY 788 CUSTOMERS BETWEEN BIN FEES AND INCREASES IN THEIR RATES, GOING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL AND OTHER RESIDENTS ARE STAYING THE SAME.
WHO ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED ARE YOUR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS AND YOUR MULTI-FAMILIES GREATER THAN FIVE.
OKAY. WHO ARE GOING TO GET THE NOW THE THREE STREAM SERVICE? OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE CHANGE OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL. THERE'S STILL RESIDENTS IN MULTIFAMILY 100%.
SO IT'S SOME RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SEE AN IMPACT.
YEAH CORRECT. BUT NOT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CORRECT.
CORRECT. SINGLE FAMILY IN THE SMALLER R3. RIGHT? CORRECT. AND THOSE CUSTOMERS, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THOSE CUSTOMERS ARE NOT DIRECT BILLED FROM ATHENS SERVICES.
YEP. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? PARTIAL FOR THEM AND PARTIAL FOR STAFF, PERHAPS.
YEAH. PLEASE, PLEASE USE THE SYSTEM, BUT. OKAY.
YOU LOOKED OVER AND SAID, ANYBODY ELSE? SO THE PROP 218 BALLOTS, IS IT THE 788 CUSTOMERS OR IS IT THEM PLUS THE COMMERCIAL? YEAH, YEAH. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS IT WOULD BE THE LATTER BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL BUNDLING IS NEW AND THAT'S A NEW THAT'S A CHANGE IN THE RATE METHODOLOGY.
SO THEY'D BE INCLUDED. BY THE WAY, THE 788 CUSTOMERS IS ABOUT 12,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
SO IT'S. SIGNIFICANT. YEAH. IT'S SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SO IS IT 12,000 VOTERS? UNITSUNITS. VOTERS BALLOTS OR [INAUDIBLE] HOUSEHOLDS.
SO HOUSEHOLDS. SO 1 OR 2 ADULTS MAYBE. MAYBE MORE.
DO WE HAVE THAT? SO AS DIRECTOR WINJE SAID EARLIER, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROP 218 PROCESS LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, SO WE DO HAVE A VERY GOOD ESTIMATE.
LAST YEAR THAT ENDEAVOR COST US $39,000. SO IF YOU REVIEW THE STAFF REPORT IN THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, IT DOES NOTE A $20,000 COST. ATHENS WOULD COVER THAT COST.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, I THINK I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH COUNCIL AND THE CITY ON IS SOME DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, BECOME COMPLIANT WITH SB 1383, AND DO SO AT THE MINIMAL RATE IMPACT TO THE RATEPAYER.
AND WE KNOW THAT COME JULY, THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO KIND OF WORK WITH THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF LOCK THIS IN AND THE PROTECTION OF THE CITY AND THE RATEPAYERS AND AVOID SOME OF THAT VOLATILITY WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD AMORTIZE SOME OF THIS AND REALLY KIND OF PROVIDE SOME STABILITY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS.
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT YOU'RE AMORTIZING? IT'S A VARIETY OF A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, I'M GOING TO NEED TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL VEHICLES TO HANDLE THE RECYCLE BECAUSE I DO HAVE TO SEPARATE THAT COMMODITY AND THAT, THAT TAKING IT THAT DISTANCE TO THE PROCESSING FACILITY, IN ADDITION THAT WE HAVE BINS, WE HAVE CARTS, WE HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO AMORTIZE AS WELL.
JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, ALSO TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE FROM BOTH THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LINES OF BUSINESS IN 2024, ATHENS COLLECTED 52,036 TONS, AND SOME CHANGE.
RIGHT. SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE VOLUME OF MATERIAL THAT WE'RE MOVING.
AND OUR GOAL IS CERTAINLY TO DIVERT AS MUCH AWAY FROM LANDFILL AS POSSIBLE.
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THE OTHER COMPONENT TO GOING TO A THREE STREAM IS THAT THE QUALITY AND CONTENT OF WHAT WE RECEIVE AS PART OF A SOURCE SEPARATED PROGRAM IS FAR HIGHER AND SUPERIOR THAN THAT OF A MIXED WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU IMAGINE YOU'RE TRASHING OR RECYCLING OR TOGETHER.YES, WE CAPTURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THAT MIXED WASTE PROCESSING.
BUT THE OPPORTUNITY FROM A CLEAN STREAM OR A SOURCE SEPARATED PROGRAM IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
OKAY. AND YOU AMORTIZE THAT OVER THE SEVEN YEARS OR THE SEVEN PLUS THE TWO FIVE YEAR OPTIONS.
WE AMORTIZE IT OVER THE SEVEN YEARS OR THE TEN YEARS FROM HERE IS WHAT WE AMORTIZE IT ON, BECAUSE THE OPTION IS OBVIOUSLY AN OPTION FOR THE CITY AND SOMETHING THAT WE AIM TO PLEASE BASED OFF OF OUR SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE HERE IN THE CITY. YEAH. I MEAN, JUST, I MEAN, TO ME AS HAVING COMPETED NOT AS, NOT IN YOUR BUSINESS, BUT IN OTHER BUSINESSES HAVING A CONTRACT THAT GOES FROM 2011 TO 2045 WITHOUT COMPETING IS A PRETTY SWEET DEAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A KNOWN REVENUE STREAM AND KNOWN CUSTOMER, BUT THAT'S JUST AN ANECDOTAL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.
SO CURRENTLY AS PART OF THE PLAN, THERE IS A ESCALATOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
IT'S A IT'S A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF MULTIPLE ITEMS. IT'S A COMBINATION OF INDICES PRE-NEGOTIATED INDICES.
RIGHT. SO THERE'S AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TERM AND THE INITIAL COST FOR THE RATE CHANGE.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED AT SOME POINT IS SOME DIRECTION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TONIGHT. ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH EXPLORING THE SEVEN YEAR TERM EXTENSION UP AGAINST OUR CURRENT THREE YEARS? TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT RATE STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO SEE AN ALTERNATIVE OF THAT? DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ON SHORTER OR A LONGER TERM BASIS THAT MIGHT IMPLEMENT THAT AND INTRODUCE THAT RATE CHANGE MORE SLOWLY OR MORE QUICKLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR COMFORT IS FOR SERVICE AGREEMENT, AND THEN DECIDE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE US TO EXPLORE, OR OPPORTUNITIES YOU'D LIKE US TO EXPLORE FOR HOW WE ULTIMATELY ROLL THIS SERVICE OUT.
AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THE CONSTRUCT HERE IS TO DIRECT THIS RATE CHANGE TO THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SERVICE CHANGE, NOT AGAINST ALL HOUSEHOLDS. THE OTHER OPTION IS THIS IS AMORTIZED AMONG ALL RESIDENTS AND ABSORBED COLLECTIVELY WITH A MORE MODERATE CHANGE TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS. SO YOU HAVE THAT CHOICE.
AND SOME BUSINESSES IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR ARE ALSO COMPLIANT.
SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD PLACE TO START FROM A TALKING PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE YET TO SEE THE FINAL PROPOSED RATE STRUCTURE WITH THE SEVEN YEAR TERM.
IT'S AN EVOLVING NUMBER, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, GIVEN WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE INDUSTRY.
SO FIRST THING WE GOT TO ANSWER IS DO YOU WANT TO SEE IT AT A SEVEN YEAR BASIS.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE IT AT A SHORTER TERM BASIS, OR DO YOU WANT TO SEE IT AMORTIZED IN A DIFFERENT WAY? I THINK THAT'S THE INITIAL POLICY DIRECTION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TONIGHT FOR US TO ADVANCE THAT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE'VE GOT TO GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARENTS QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES? SO WE THEN CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON A HOUSEHOLD BY HOUSEHOLD BASIS.
WHEN WE DO HOME IMPROVEMENTS IN NORTH REDONDO.
YOU PROVIDE A ROLL OFF, GET THEM IN A TIGHT SPOT.
YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN TREMENDOUS, A TREMENDOUS PARTNER, INCLUDING SUPPORTING ICA, WHICH IS AN EDUCATIONAL FORUM FOR ELECTED LEADERS FROM THE SOUTH BAY AND BEYOND. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GREATLY.
AND I'LL TELL YOU IF YOU CAN LIGHT UP 2B PLEASE, MADAM CLERK, I JUST SENT OUT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING TO MY CONSTITUENTS MY NEIGHBORS, AND JUST ASKED, HEY, WHAT'S YOUR IMPRESSION OF ATHENS SERVICE HERE.
ARE YOU SATISFIED? I MEAN, 97% SATISFACTION RATE AMONG, GRANTED, ONLY 172 PEOPLE RESPONDED SO FAR, BUT THAT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD. I HAVEN'T SEEN SATISFACTION THIS HIGH ON ANYTHING.
SO 44% OR, YEAH, NOT EVEN NOT EVEN MYSELF [LAUGHTER].
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44%. HIGHLY SATISFIED. 52.9% SATISFIED. SO I'M CERTAINLY COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH ATHENS WITHOUT LOOKING AROUND. WITH THAT SAID THERE WERE A LOT OF ITEMS IN THIS STAFF AGREEMENT THAT YOU FLAGGED YOU WANTED TO CHANGE IN THIS CONTRACT BEYOND WHAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED RIGHT HERE. AND THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF QUESTIONS.SO AND I'VE FILED THIS A BLUE FOLDER, THIS BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HF&H , IF I MAY IF YOU COULD HF&H TELL US, WHAT YOU DO OR WHAT THE SCOPE OF YOUR RETENTION WAS HERE, AND ALSO WHY WE HAVE NO WORK PRODUCT FROM YOU, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. COUNCILMAN IF I COULD JUST INTRODUCE OUR HF&H CONSULTANTS.
WE HAVE LINDSEY LAGOS, PROJECT MANAGER FROM HF&H, WITH US ON THE LINE, AND HAYLEY KUNERT, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT HF&H WERE BROUGHT ON, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE CONTRACT TO COUNCIL ABOUT 12 MONTHS AGO, THEY WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT A VERY DIFFERENT DRAFT PROPOSAL.
IT WAS REALLY JUST REMOVING DIVERSION FROM THE AGREEMENT.
AND ALSO MOVING, INCLUDING THE ROLL OFF FRANCHISE.
WE DIDN'T AT THAT POINT IN THAT CONTRACT, ASK THEM TO ADDRESS THE RATE STRUCTURES AND THESE ADDITIONAL TERMS. THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO ASSIST US AND VERY HAPPY TO HELP US.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FROM YOU TONIGHT. OKAY.
SO I GUESS YOU'RE NOT. WELL, IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
TELL US WHAT YOU DO. WHY WE NEED A CONSULTANT IN THIS CONTEXT, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
LINDSEY, DO YOU WANT ME TO TACKLE THAT OR DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON IT? HALEY, YOU CAN JUMP IN. ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'RE A SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING CONSULTING FIRM.
WE ONLY WORK FOR MUNICIPAL AGENCIES AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SUPPORT JURISDICTIONS WITH PROCESSES LIKE THIS, WHETHER IT'S AN RFP PROCESS THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE RATE STRUCTURE OR THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, TAKE THEM THROUGH OR TAKE YOU THROUGH A NEGOTIATIONS.
WE DO RATE ANALYSIS RATE IMPACT TO DETERMINE IF THE RATES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY A WASTE HAULER LIKE ATHENS ARE REASONABLE AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE INDUSTRY. SO THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL. WE ALSO SUPPORT CITIES WITH COMPLYING WITH STATE LEGISLATION AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, ANY ONGOING SUPPORT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
BECAUSE AS IT WAS MENTIONED, THESE ARE THE BIGGEST, CONTRACTS IN A JURISDICTION.
AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF QUESTIONS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ALL SAY THAT YOU WANT LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, A CHANGE TO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PROVISIONS. I HAVEN'T READ THE ORIGINAL LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PROVISIONS IN THE 300 PLUS PAGE CONTRACT.
BUT TO ME, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ISSUE, A SMALL ISSUE THAT I DO SEE HAPPEN IS WHEN TRASH GETS DUMPED IN THE WINDY ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN REDONDO BEACH, A COUPLE PIECES FLY OFF. SOMETIMES THEY GET PICKED UP, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO KEEP SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, ESPECIALLY IN A LONG TERM DEAL, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT KIND OF STUFF GETS PICKED UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE HERE MUST HAVE A PURPOSE AT SOME POINT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT.
AND HF&H, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ATHENS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY SEEK IN TERMS OF AN AMENDMENT, AN AMENDED AGREEMENT, AND GIVE US ADVICE AS TO WHETHER IT'S IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
RIGHT. 100%. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD SUPPORT THE CITY TEAM WITH DOING.
OKAY. THAT'S HOW I'D BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD.
100%. WELL, I THINK JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.
FROM THE BEGINNING, WHICH IS THEY'RE WAITING FOR, I THINK, SOME VERY CRITICAL INFORMATION HERE.
WE'RE ON THE PRECIPICE, I THINK, OF RECEIVING THAT THIS PROPOSED RATE STRUCTURE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AS THEIR PRIMARY DATA SET FOR THEM TO REACT TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL DATA. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME JOINT INFORMATION SHARING. I THINK WE HAD A MEETING HERE AT CITY HALL WHILE I WAS THERE. I KNOW WE HAD A MEETING AT CITY HALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK TO SORT OF TALK THAT THROUGH.
SO THAT'S IN MOTION. BUT I DO THINK, IN FAIRNESS, THEY'RE MISSING A VERY CRITICAL PIECE OF DATA, WHICH IS COMING IMMINENTLY. I BELIEVE ATHENS WILL BE GETTING US THE DATA THAT WE NEED.
RIGHT. CORRECT, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO LET ME INTERJECT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR.
OVERWEIGHT AND OVERFLOWING CANS ARE ONE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THOSE DETAILS.
I DO THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO GIVE US SOMETHING TO COMPARE TO.
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AND ALSO, IF WE DISTRIBUTE IT ACROSS EVERYONE VERSUS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE, THAT GIVES US SOME DIRECT COMPARISONS THAT WE CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ON.YEAH. SO I'M NOT FORMING A MOTION HERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD I WOULD ASK TO SEE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. YOU ALL HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. NO, I MEAN, TO BUILD ON THAT JUST TO SEE THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALSO, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE HAD WASN'T COMPLETELY APPLES TO APPLES WITH MANHATTAN BEACH, I BELIEVE IT WAS YOUR COMPARISON.
AND THEN FOR HF&H THEIR CONTRACTED WORK, IS THAT ALREADY COMPLETED AND WE WOULD BE ENGAGING IN A NEW CONTRACT? OR IS THIS. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO, DEPENDING ON HOW DEEP A DIVE WE ASK HF&H TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PROBABLY EXTEND TO NOT TO EXCEED LIMIT ON THAT AGREEMENT.
SOME WE HAVE MONEY IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND TO COVER THAT. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO IT'LL BE A MINOR AMENDMENT, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FAIRLY QUICKLY AND EASILY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. IT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW MANY DIFFERENT RATE STRUCTURES WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COMPARE AND HOW MUCH INDUSTRY BENCHMARKING WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER PROVISIONS. OKAY. AND ONE, I GUESS SMALL DETAILED QUESTION SINCE YOU'RE HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO WE HAVE TO GO TO A THREE STREAM ACROSS THE BOARD.
WHAT ABOUT OUR CITY TRASH CANS NOW? DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THOSE? LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUT HERE ON THE SIDEWALKS? YEAH.
OKAY. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE CITY HALL? AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS? SCHOOL DISTRICT? WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING WITH AS FAR AS THREE STREAM.
AS FAR AS CITY HALL, WE HAVE ROLLED OUT THREE STREAM TO MOST, I THINK OF THE CITY FACILITIES.
SO AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC STREET LITTER CONTAINERS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE SERVICED BY ATHENS BUT MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE. OKAY, PERFECT. THOSE ARE MY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
AND THEN JUST COMMENTS ABOUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT I GUESS A COMPARISON, IF WE WERE GOING TO ROLL THIS OUT ACROSS THE BOARD OVER ALL RESIDENTS AND USERS IN THE CITY, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO DO, BE MORE FOCUSED ON THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING THE CHANGE.
BUT JUST COMMENTS ON THAT, YOU KNOW A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING, FIVE OR MORE, IT'S KIND OF RUN LIKE A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, I REALIZE THEY'RE RESIDENTS, BUT IT IS RUN AS A COMMERCIAL ENTITY AT THAT POINT.
BULKY ITEM PICKUPS ARE MORE FREQUENT. PEOPLE MOVING OUT, LEAVING TRASH.
HAVING MORE THAN ONE PICKUP AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INSTANCES IS, I THINK, ESSENTIAL.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BULKY ITEM DESKS OR WHATEVER.
AND ATHENS IS THERE TO PICK THEM UP. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO IT'S A DISCUSSION WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE, BUT I WOULD BE OPEN TO SEE SPREADING THAT OUT YOU KNOW, IN THE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE DISCUSSED. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARRETT. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEEN SAID UP HERE TONIGHT.
MAYOR'S MADE GOOD POINTS. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI HAS GOT A WHOLE LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT I THINK WERE WELL STATED, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED ANSWERS TO. I MEAN, THE POINT WAS MADE, THIS IS THE BIGGEST CONTRACT WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS THAT I'M SEEING EVERYBODY SHAKING THEIR HEAD. YES. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG INTO.
IT'S A LOT. THE RESIDENTS EXPECT IT. WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR JOB.
CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE INCREASE IN FEES TO CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY.
WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? WHAT ARE THE COMPETITIVE RATES? RIGHT. WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING WITH OTHER HAULERS? PROP 218 TO RFP OR NOT? WE NEED TO GET TO THAT.
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FORTUNATELY, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOMEBODY KIND OF ON OUR SIDE, SO TO SPEAK.THIS IS NOT AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP AT ALL.
YOU'VE DONE GREAT WORK. HF&H, IS THAT ROB HILTON'S GROUP? I MEAN, ROB IS ON THERE, TOO, I THINK. YES HE IS.
OKAY. IF I COULD ASK, WERE THEY INVITED TO BE HERE IN PERSON TODAY? IT WAS A VERY LAST MINUTE REQUEST. OUR OTHER PROJECT LEAD ON THIS IS LAITH.
PARDON ME. LINDSEY, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH LAITH? LAITH EZZET. AND HE'S ACTUALLY IN PORTUGAL AT THE MOMENT.
SO THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO BE AVAILABLE IN PERSON FOR ANY FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SOMETIMES THAT COULD BE MORE PRODUCTIVE TO THE ATHENS FOLKS ARE HERE.
I MEAN, THEY BROUGHT THE WHOLE TEAM, THE A TEAM.
SO WHAT KIND OF WORK PRODUCT CAN WE EXPECT TO GET FROM HF&H THAT WOULD HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS? DO YOU NEED SPECIFIC DIRECTION ON THAT? YOU'RE KIND OF HEARING IT NOW.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ATHENS. YOU GUYS CAN SIT DOWN.
YEAH. I THINK IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF THE QUESTION. IF IT'S BENCHMARKING INFORMATION, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM, PROVIDE THAT THROUGH OUR ADMIN REPORTS.
SOMETIMES THEY WILL PREPARE MEMORANDUMS. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST WORKING WITH THEM TO DISTILL THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROPOSED, WORKING THROUGH THE PROS AND CONS, AND THEN HAVING THEM HERE TO HELP EITHER AFFIRM OR COUNTER WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.
OKAY. AND HF&R, THEY DO THIS, THIS IS THEIR WHEELHOUSE FIRMLY.
DO THEY HAVE A STANDARD PROTOCOL WHERE THEY SAY, HEY, WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I MEAN, HOW. I'LL LET THEM ANSWER THAT. YEAH, PLEASE.
LINDSEY AND COMPANY. YES. HAYLEY KUNERT AGAIN, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FILLING IN FOR LAITH EZZET TODAY, SO APOLOGIES THAT HE COULD NOT BE HERE, BUT ABSOLUTELY WE CUSTOMIZE THE APPROACH BASED ON WORKING WITH CITY STAFF DIRECTLY.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PRIOR AMENDMENT, WHICH I HAD SUPPORTED A COUPLE YEARS BACK IN 2019, AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ATHENS PROPOSES. EITHER, YOU KNOW, SAY THIS LOOKS GOOD OR THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE NEGOTIATED OR FURTHER REVIEWED OR SCRUTINIZED BECAUSE IT'S NOT INDUSTRY STANDARD.
SO IT'S VERY MUCH A TAILORED PROCESS BASED ON HOW WE WORK WITH THE CITY TEAM AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND OF COURSE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THAT BEING SAID, LINDSEY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD BASED ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROJECT? NO THANKS, HAYLEY, THAT WAS HELPFUL. WE ALSO WERE PART OF REVIEWING THE INITIAL AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED AS ANDREA INDICATED IT'S CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE WE REVIEWED IT.
SO THERE'S INTEREST IN US REDLINING IT FOR THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE OR PARTICIPATING IN NEGOTIATIONS.
BUT I THINK MOST THINGS FIT WITHIN OUR WHEELHOUSE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
IT'S JUST CONTINGENT UPON US GETTING THE INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE NEED AND THE ABILITY TO DO IT IN THE TIME FRAME THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE EXPECTING OR ATHENS MIGHT BE PUSHING FOR. ALSO MIGHT FACTOR INTO OUR ABILITY TO GET THE WORK DONE AS REQUESTED, BUT GENERALLY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST. OKAY. WE HAVE A TIME FRAME ON THIS? WELL, ATHENS WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE, I THINK, FAIRLY QUICK.
I THINK THE HOPE IS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER WITH THE ROLLOUT THIS FALL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMEWHAT REALISTIC. AS LONG AS WE MOVE QUICKLY ON GENERATING THAT INFORMATION AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AT THE RIGHT MILESTONE PERIODS. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? A VOTE FOR US TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ON? I'M THINKING PROBABLY SEPTEMBER, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, DO YOU HAVE A DATE? CAN YOU SPEAK JUST FOR THE PUBLIC? SORRY. SO WE COULD WE COULD COME BACK AS QUICKLY AS JULY.
IF THE COUNCIL PROVIDES SOME DIRECTION. I KNOW THAT WE DID RECEIVE THE QUESTIONS EARLIER TODAY, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ADDRESSING MANY OF THEM.
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SOME OF THOSE ARE TERMS AND LANGUAGE THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO SB 1383 AND THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AS OUTLINED AS PART OF THAT LEGISLATION, RIGHT? SO CONTAMINATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT DO HAVE SPECIFICITY AS TO WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRING.SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY.
AND SO THE SOONER THAT WE GET THAT TO THREE STREAM, THE BETTER IT IS.
THANK YOU. SO PLEASE STAY OUT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO A 218 VOTE THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO, SO WHEN DO YOU NEED THE RESULTS OF? WHEN ARE YOU LOOKING FOR RESULTS FROM THAT? SO I WILL LOOK AT THE CITY BECAUSE CERTAINLY I DON'T WANT TO PUSH THEM IN A DIRECTION.
I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FROM A CONTRACTUAL PERSPECTIVE WHEN DO YOU NEED A DECISION? IF WE COULD COME BACK IN JULY WITH A PROPOSAL.
I DON'T CARE WHEN YOU CAN COME BACK. WHAT DO YOU HAVE A DROP DEAD DATE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CHANGE? WELL, 2025 IS THE YEAR THAT WE WOULD REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE BY.
RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE PROP 218 IS 45 DAYS AFTER BASICALLY THE FIRST READING.
SO THAT'S LIKE GREEK TO ME. IS THAT AUGUST? IS THAT SEPTEMBER? IS THAT EARLY SEPTEMBER? YEAH. I THINK THE ACTION THE COUNCIL HAS TO REALLY TAKE IS COALESCE AROUND THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT, IDENTIFY THE RATE STRUCTURE FORMULAICALLY FOR INCLUSION IN THE CONTRACT.
THEN THE PROP 218 PROCESS. THAT'S BASICALLY TWO MONTHS.
SO SO IF THEY NEED IT IN AUGUST, WELL THEY NEED A FALL ROLLOUT, RIGHT.
WE NEED TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED IDEALLY BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY, SOONER IS BETTER FOR ATHENS. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AT THE EARLIEST. RIGHT. EVEN IF WE COME BACK IN JULY WITH CONTRACT TERMS YOU'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH AND WE ACT ON THEM, IT'S GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER FOR ROLLOUT. IT SOUNDS LIKE JULY.
WE HAVE TO BE. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GO TO OCTOBER? ARE WE DEAD? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DEAD, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO ROLL THIS OUT IN THE PROGRAM, AS SHE SAID, 2025 PERIOD. SO IDEALLY WE'RE NOT PUSHING THIS MUCH PAST FALL FOR ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION.
WELL, THAT MEANS JULY, RIGHT? JULY. ARE YOU ARE YOU COUNTING FOR OCTOBER? YEAH. OKAY. SO JULY OR AUGUST OKAY. IS THAT DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? YES. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT'S NEEDED AS FAR AS PROCURING CONTAINERS AND VEHICLES.
RIGHT. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL HAS MADE A DECISION AND THE PROP 218 PERIOD IS CLOSED BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'VE MADE AN INVESTMENT AND LET'S JUST SAY SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO WE DO NEED THAT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT FOR 2025.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'RE JUST HEARING THIS NOW. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DETAILS TO MAKE A DECISION ON, WE'VE GOT BUDGET FOR A MONTH THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE SO THAT JULY IS THE RIGHT, THE JULY IS THE RIGHT MONTH FOR US TO BRING THIS BACK AND START TALKING. AND THE QUESTION IS WOULD WE BE ABLE YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. LET ME GO DOWN THROUGH.
CAN I FINISH IF I COULD. MAYOR I THOUGHT YOU WERE FINISHED.
NO PROBLEM. YEAH. I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL GOOD POINTS.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A TIMELINE INTERNALLY OURSELVES.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO CAP IT OFF FOR MYSELF, AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM OTHERS HERE, WE DON'T YET HAVE AN UNDERSTANDABLE ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND WHAT IS AND IS NOT A GOOD DEAL. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATE INCREASES WILL BE.
FORTUNATELY, ATHENS IS REPRESENTED. THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ANY AND ALL DATA.
AND THEN AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE WORK PRODUCT YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE IN MIND EXACTLY THE FORM THAT HF&H WOULD PROVIDE US, BUT WE I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ENOUGH TO KNOW WE NEED A PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS AND ADVICE ON WHAT IT IS THAT'S IN THIS PROPOSAL, WHAT ARE BEST TERMS, WHAT'S COMPETITIVE, WHAT'S FAIR, WHAT MAY NOT BE? WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN. AND SO THAT ULTIMATELY WE UNDERSTAND AND WE CAN ALL MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
ARE WE DOING RIGHT BY THE CITY, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S ALL. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE EXTENDED TIME.
ARE YOU DONE? YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.
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YEAH. I DIDN'T DO THE SAME SURVEY THE COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI PUT OUT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANECDOTALLY.EMAILS TO ME TODAY, YESTERDAY, LAST, YOU KNOW, LAST COUPLE DAYS WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE SAID.
AND IT'S JUST IT LOOKS LIKE A JUNKYARD ON THE STREET.
IT'S SOME OF THE STUFF IS NICE, BUT I MEAN, HAVING IT BEING, HEY, YOU HAVE TO HOLD EVERYTHING UNTIL ONCE A YEAR AND THEN YOU GET YOUR BULKY ITEMS COMPARED TO SENDING A FORM TO ATHENS. THEY TELL YOU, HEY, WE'LL BE THERE ON THIS DATE.
AS DIRECTION FOR AT LEAST WHAT I PREFER FOR THE WAY YOU MOVE FORWARD, I DO LIKE HAVING A LONGER TERM, BECAUSE THAT COST CERTAINTY IS IMPORTANT. IF INCREASES ARE TIED TO CPI AND WHATEVER THOSE FIGURES ARE, WE CAN KIND OF GUESS THE KIND OF INCREASES WE'RE GOING TO GET AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING IT OUT TO RFP.
WE KNOW THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE. EVERYTHING'S GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.
NOBODY'S COME BACK AND SAID, HEY, I'LL DO THIS FOR LESS.
SO I WOULD REALLY BE WORRIED THAT, OKAY, WE'LL DO THIS IN THREE YEARS AND YOU DO AN RFP AND WE FIND OUT THAT IT IS GOING TO COST 20, 30% MORE INSTEAD OF 5% MORE THAT YEAR. SO I DEFINITELY DO LIKE LONGER TERMS JUST BECAUSE OF THE COST CERTAINTY.
THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS ISSUE OF WHETHER THE COST SHOULD BE PUT ON THE UNITS THAT ARE CAUSING THE COST TO GO UP, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING THE THIRD STREAM OR SPREAD ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY.
HF&H DO YOU HAVE ANY JUST FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHEN THERE'S A THIRD STREAM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO A PORTION OF THE POPULATION, OR A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE POPULATION, IS IT BETTER TO GO, YOU KNOW, APPLY THAT COST TO THE TO THOSE RESIDENTS OR THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NECESSITATING THE COST, OR IS IT BETTER TO SPREAD IT ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY AND CAUSE EVERYBODY TO HAVE A PRICE INCREASE? WELL, I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU ONE ANSWER FOR THAT, BUT IT IS REALLY DEPENDENT ON THE CITY'S PREFERENCE AND WORKING WITH YOUR CITY TEAM, AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THAT ONE.
OKAY. HAVE YOU SEEN IT BE LESS OF AN IMPACT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN LESS OF AN IMPACT ON THE RATES ACROSS THE BOARD.
IF YOU DO THE SPREAD COST, OF COURSE, INSTEAD OF SEEING, YOU KNOW, A 10% INCREASE TO ONE SECTOR, YOU SEE MAYBE A 2% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD TO EVERYONE.
ALL RIGHT. JUST IF $35 IS THE ADDITIONAL COST, I FEEL LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, APPLYING THAT TO THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS OF FIVE, FIVE OR GREATER WOULD BE THE MOST LOGICAL WAY TO PROCEED. BUT IS THAT PER MONTH OR PER YEAR? PER PER MONTH? NO, IT'S PER THAT'S PER THAT'S PER SERVICE.
PER PER PICKUP. YEAH. THAT'S A $35 INCREASE ON A $250 CURRENT COST.
THAT'S MORE THAN 10% JUST FOR THE PICKUP. THEN YOU'RE SWITCHING THE RATE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE THAT 250 BASE TO 300 PLUS.
WELL. THAT'S, THAT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, I THINK PATIENT AND SEE THE DATA, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO REDUCE, IF THE MORE VOLUME THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE BLUE AND GREEN STREAMS, THE LESSER THEIR ACTUAL COST.
THEY'RE ONLY CHARGED BASED ON THEIR TRASH BIN COLLECTION, NOT THEIR RECYCLE ORGANIC BIN COLLECTION.
SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE WAS SOME HESITANCE ON WHAT THAT ACTUAL IMPACT WILL BE.
WE NEED TO SEE THAT DATA. ALL RIGHT. I'M GLAD WE'VE GOT A THIRD PARTY EXPERT INVOLVED.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY TO OUR PARTNERS AT ATHENS IS MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE WHEN THE COUNCIL NEGOTIATES, WE DO IT IN CLOSED SESSION. REGARDING REAL PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IN THOSE SESSIONS, IT USUALLY TAKES US FIVE, SIX, SOMETIMES TEN MEETINGS TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY.
SO I'D SAY GET THAT INFORMATION. WHATEVER YOU'RE PROPOSING TO OUR CITY STAFF ASAP SO WE CAN START WORKING IT UP ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. I'M REMINDED OF GHOSTBUSTERS, WHERE THEY SAY IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP, DON'T CROSS THE STREET.
I KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY. YEAH. IT'S JUST WHAT COMES TO MY MIND.
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YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THAT LIST.START WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI'S LIST AND SEE IF YOU CAN ADD TO IT RATHER THAN REPEAT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY. AND MAYOR, THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION HERE TOO.
SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU ALL THINK ABOUT AS INDIVIDUALS, YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH US.
WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THAT INTO OUR CALCULUS BEFORE WE COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD PRIMER TO START WITH I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ISSUE.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF ATHENS SERVICES PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
I MOVED HERE FROM LA AND I COULD TRULY SEE THE BENEFITS FROM OTHER CITIES WHERE MY MOM STILL STAYS AND I SEE THE INCREASES THAT THEY'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR AND ESPECIALLY NOW HOW THE TRENDS ARE.
ATHENS SERVICES IS A GREAT PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE REDONDO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEY SUPPORT THE SUPER BOWL 10-K.
THEY SUPPORT MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, THEIR PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL BE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY IN REDONDO BEACH, AND IT WILL ALSO PROTECT THE GREATER COMMUNITY FROM INCREASED RATES.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THEIR PROPOSAL, IT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD OPTION FOR US IN REDONDO BEACH TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THEM.
AND ALSO BE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP THE RATES DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? NO STUDENTS CARE TO COMMENT ON TRASH? EXTRA CREDIT.
EXTRA CREDIT. OKAY. ANYONE ONLINE? NO ECOMMENTS AND NO ZOOM.
OKAY. SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO GET UP. NO. JUST HECKLING.
OKAY. DO YOU NEED ANYTHING AS FAR AS A FORMAL ACTION.
WE'VE GOT ENOUGH FOR NOW. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ON THE SUBJECT IN JULY. OKAY.
SO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW MOVING TO ITEM N.2.
YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JANE CHUNG OUR ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY HAS NEEDED FOR SOME TIME.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS INITIAL WORK ON THIS AND REALLY THANK JANE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEWING THE MATERIALS AND WORKING TOWARDS WHAT I THINK IS A FANTASTIC PLAN.
AND REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU, JANE, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT AWAY? CAN CAN I PREFACE IT? YEAH, SURE. THANKS TO JANE FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
AND THE OTHER STAFF THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
THE WAY THIS ALL STARTED WAS WHEN I WAS BRAND NEW AS MAYOR HERE.
WE DID HAVE A COYOTE INCIDENT. THAT, FORTUNATELY DIDN'T REQUIRE EUTHANIZING A COYOTE.
BUT HAD WE HAD THAT BEEN THE PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PLAN AND WE HADN'T DONE THE CEQA ANALYSIS, THE CITY COULD NOT HAVE ACTED TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH IS WHY I TOOK INTEREST IN STARTING THIS UP, BECAUSE WE HAD NO APPROVED COYOTE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE PLAN.
SO THAT'S HOW THIS ALL KICKED OFF. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. GREAT.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
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AND THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S COYOTE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE PLAN.ALL RIGHT. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE COVERED IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, AN OVERVIEW OF THE COYOTE ACTIVITY IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE COYOTE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE PLAN, AND THE PLAN'S RESPONSE MATRIX THAT OUTLINES THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO COYOTE RELATED INCIDENTS. A SUMMARY OF THE CEQA EXEMPTION REPORT.
A DESCRIPTION OF AN ON CALL AS NEEDED TRAPPING SERVICES.
AND THEN WE'LL CONCLUDE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS MAY INCLUDE INCREASED COYOTE POPULATIONS, TERRITORIAL EXPANSIONS, HABITAT DISPLACEMENT DUE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OR A COMBINATION OF THESE. IN 2024, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 120 COYOTE SIGHTINGS REPORTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND 35 YEAR TO DATE IN 2025. ALSO IN 2024, AS THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED, THE CITY BECAME AWARE OF ITS FIRST COYOTE DEN.
COYOTES ARE A HIGHLY ADAPTABLE SPECIES THAT HAVE THRIVED IN THIS REGION, AND DESPITE EFFORTS, NO CITY HAS EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED OR REDUCED COYOTE POPULATIONS.
CERTAIN RESPONSES TO COYOTE HUMAN INTERACTIONS ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW, INCLUDING RELOCATION.
ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, RELOCATED COYOTES OFTEN DO NOT SURVIVE, AND THOSE THAT DO MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS TO HUMANS BEING INVOLVED IN TERRITORIAL DISPUTES OR INTRODUCE DISEASES.
HOWEVER, ONCE CAPTURED, COYOTES MUST BE EITHER RELEASED ON SITE OR EUTHANIZED WITHIN 24 HOURS.
COYOTES HAVE A NATURAL FEAR OF HUMANS, AND ATTACKS ON HUMANS ARE RARE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE A COYOTE ATTACK IS DEFINED AS WHEN HUMAN INJURY OCCURS, SUCH AS A BITE.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO FATAL COYOTE ATTACKS RECORDED, WITH ONE OCCURRING IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1981.
IN THE SOUTH BAY, CITIES LIKE MANHATTAN BEACH, PALOS VERDES ESTATES, AND TORRANCE HAVE DEVELOPED RESPONSE PLANS TO ADDRESS COYOTE ACTIVITY . CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, WE OFFER GUIDANCE ON HOW RESIDENTS CAN SAFELY COEXIST WITH COYOTES AND REPORT INCIDENTS ON THE CITY WEBSITE. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO FURTHER PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS COYOTE RELATED ACTIVITY, STAFF PREPARED THIS COYOTE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE PLAN FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
ITS FOUR PRONGED APPROACH, LISTED UP HERE ON THE SCREEN, FOCUSES ON ENSURING SAFE COMMUNITY SPACES THAT MINIMIZE RISK TO PEOPLE AND PETS, ENHANCING DETERRENCE EFFORTS SUCH AS REMOVING ATTRACTANTS, FOSTERING PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND ACTIVELY MONITORING COYOTE ACTIVITY.
THE PLAN ALSO ENSURES STANDARDIZED RESPONSES TO INCIDENTS, FORCES RELEVANT LAWS IN ALLIANCE WITH BEST PRACTICES AND RESEARCH WHILE COMPLEMENTING EXISTING FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY REGULATIONS.
LIKE MANY OTHER COYOTE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE PLANS, THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH PLAN INCLUDES A COYOTE INCIDENT AND RESPONSE MATRIX, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE HERE, WHICH IS A TIERED RESPONSE FOR CITY TIERED FRAMEWORK FOR CITY RESPONSE.
RESPONSE IS BASED ON A COUNTER TYPE AND ESCALATES THROUGH THREAT LEVELS.
THE DEFINED RESPONSES HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY COYOTE EXPERTS, AND THE GOAL OF RESPONSES IS TO MINIMIZE COYOTE AND HUMAN INTERACTIONS AND ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY. ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, STAFF FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DEVELOPED AND ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING A COYOTE DASHBOARD. THIS DASHBOARD TRACKS INCIDENTS BASED ON THE THREAT LEVEL COLORS CODED HERE ON THE RESPONSE MATRIX.
POLICE STAFF WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS DASHBOARD.
IN ADDITION TO THE PLAN, STAFF DEVELOPED AN INTERNAL RESPONSE WORKFLOW MAP THAT OUTLINES THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH CITY DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN COYOTE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE. THIS AIMS TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY AND CONSISTENCY FOR CLEAR AND COORDINATED RESPONSE FROM THE CITY.
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LAST MONTH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES ON THE CITY'S COYOTE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE PLAN.THE FIRM REVIEWED THE PLAN AND DETERMINED THAT IT IS EXEMPT UNDER CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, OR CEQA, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 15061(B)(3) AND 15308, CONFIRMING THAT THE PLAN DOES NOT POSE A RISK OF CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S PLAN, THE CITY WILL CONSULT WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE WHEN TRAPPING IS DEEMED NECESSARY. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE WILL LEAD INVESTIGATION BUT HAS LIMITED RESOURCES TO TRAP WHEN NECESSARY.
THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT STAFF ENGAGE A CERTIFIED ON CALL TRAPPER.
STAFF ESTIMATES THAT THE AVERAGE COST OF TRAPPING IS APPROXIMATELY $1,500 PER COYOTE.
THEREFORE, TONIGHT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER CC 2505-030 THAT FORMALLY ENACTS THE COYOTE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE PLAN, AND AFFIRMS EXEMPTION FROM CEQA AND DIRECT STAFF TO PROCURE, ON CALL AND AS NEEDED, TRAPPING SERVICES THAT COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NECESSARILY NECESSITATE TRAPPING.
UNDER THIS PLAN, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
TWO FINAL COMMENTS IF I COULD. THANK YOU, JANE.
WITHOUT US CLEARING CEQA, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORMALLY TRAP THESE ANIMALS IF NECESSARY.
IT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR PREREQUISITES, OF COURSE, IS CREATING THE THREAT MATRIX THAT'S PROPOSED THAT ALLOWS US TO TRIAGE THOSE INCIDENTS AND MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. THE CEQA ADOPTION IS CRITICAL IN THIS INCIDENT.
THAT SAID, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN ON CALL ABILITY TO RESPOND BECAUSE IF THE INCIDENT IS TO OCCUR, WE WON'T, WE OBVIOUSLY DO NOT WANT TO WAIT MULTIPLE WEEKS TO PROCURE A VENDOR AND HAVE THEM BE AVAILABLE FOR US TO, TO RESPOND AND REACT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING SOMEBODY ON AND HAVE THEM AT OUR AT OUR READY EFFECTIVELY ON AN AT WILL BASIS.
SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. GREAT PLAN.
IT'S VERY THOROUGH. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I LOVE IT, VERY GOOD JOB WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE A COYOTE, THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS NOT GO TO NEXT DOOR.
THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO HAZE IT. YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT GOOD EDUCATION IS REALLY GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TO REDUCING THE PROBLEMS THAT THE COYOTES CAN PRESENT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, PERHAPS SOME SORT OF SUCCESS METRICS, OVER TIME TRACKING THE NUMBER OF SIGHTINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WILL WE HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, ACTUALLY, THERE'S A GREAT TOOL, AND JOE MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO IT MORE THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE REPORTED SIGHTINGS AND PUT THEM INTO OUR, EFFECTIVELY, OUR CAD DATABASE.
AND IT ACTUALLY WILL MAP THE INCIDENTS AND WILL BEGIN TO TRACK THE DATA.
I KNOW THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL THAT UP, JANE, VISUALLY, BUT IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO REALLY MONITOR THE ACTIVITY OVER TIME, AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO CREATE A DATABASE OF OUR INCIDENT RESPONSE.
SO, JOE, IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JOE HOFFMAN, CHIEF OF POLICE. SO WHEN WE STARTED GETTING FREQUENT REQUESTS OR INQUIRIES ABOUT COYOTE SIGHTINGS, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR US TO TRACK AND RESPOND TO EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
AND ON THE WEB PAGE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE CREATED A COYOTE PORTAL.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT COLORS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COYOTE ACTIVITY, WITH GREEN JUST BEING A SIMPLE SIGHTING, YELLOW BEING COYOTE FOLLOWING SOMETHING, STALKING, ORANGE BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OR INJURY TO A PET, WHICH WE HAD THE FIRST ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF BEING REPORTED THURSDAY, I THINK IT WAS LAST THURSDAY.
AND THEN RED WOULD BE THE MOST SERIOUS CONDITION, WHICH IS BITING OR INJURING A PERSON.
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SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE LOCATIONS FROM THOSE CAD CALLS, PUT THEM ON THIS MAP AND SEARCHABLE BY DATE RANGES SO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN GO ON THERE AT ANY TIME. AND THOSE ARE ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.SO WE'LL PROBABLY END UP MAKING A FEW CHANGES THERE, BUT IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
HOWEVER, IT'S BETTER THAN ANYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD HISTORICALLY. THANK YOU.
AND ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR CITY ATTORNEY. WHAT IS HAVING THIS PLAN DO TO OUR LEGAL LIABILITIES AND RISKS? WELL, AS WITH ANYTHING, THERE IS RISK, BUT THIS DOES ALLOW US TO TAKE ACTION WHEN THERE IS AN INCIDENT. SO IT PROTECTS THE COMMUNITY AND THAT OUTWEIGHS ANY RISK OF SOME LIABILITY.
THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME? YEAH. IF WE HAD IF THE PRUDENT ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN TO EUTHANIZE THE DEN OF COYOTES LAST YEAR, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO THE CEQA ANALYSIS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESPONSE PLAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY ON CALL.
SO THIS GIVES US THE BASIC TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION IF WE HAVE TO.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO DEFINE OUR STANDARD RESPONSE INTERNALLY, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE MACHINATIONS AFTER THAT EVENT HAPPENED.
SO THIS WILL HELP ELIMINATE THAT. CHIEF, YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T STOMP YOUR INSTAGRAM, BUT HE DID SHOW ME BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT AN EDUCATIONAL INSTAGRAM THEY PUT TOGETHER.
IT'S ABOUT SIX MINUTES, SO I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SHOW IT TONIGHT.
BUT IT IS ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO SOMEHOW, IF WE CAN PROMULGATE THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND GET IT OUT, IT'S A GOOD PRIMER AND NOT AS DRY AS READING A PLAN, BUT IT'S ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME.
WHO'S THE NARRATOR. WHO IS. IT'S KYLE? NO, NO.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. OH, NICE.
YOU DIDN'T NEED TO COME DOWN. IT'S OKAY. NO, IT'S A GOOD STORY, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY USED ONE OF THE MSOS THAT IS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER THAT ACTUALLY RESPONDS ON THESE TYPES OF CALLS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, WE, I MEAN, EVERYONE LOVES OFFICER KYLE, BUT IT'S NICE TO ALSO INCORPORATE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
SO WE USED MSO MARCO GARCIA TO DO THE TALK, AND IT WAS GOOD.
BUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE, IT'S ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AND IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
YEAH. GREAT INITIATIVE. I LOVED IT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE COYOTE PLAN.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A FULL TIME MAYOR AND JANE, I WILL SAY JANE AND STAFF.
AND. MARK AND THANK YOU, CHIEF. ALWAYS WITH THE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY.
I MEAN, COYOTE TRACKER. NOW, WE GOT OUR STREET SWEEPERS AND OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT TRACKED, AND NOW OUR COYOTES, TOO. IT'S AWESOME. SO THANK YOU ALL.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2505-030.
SECOND. OKAY, A MOTION, A SECOND. BEFORE WE VOTE, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
MAYOR, IF I COULD AND COMFORT WITH US COMING BACK.
OH, YEAH. WE GOT THE ON CALL TRAFFIC SERVICES.
YES. AWESOME. JUST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, MAKING A DETERMINATION FOR EXEMPTION UNDER CEQA, WELL, THAT'S NOT PURSUANT TO THE PLAN. DIRECT STAFF TO.
YES. TO PROCURE ON CALL TRAFFIC NEEDED TRAPPING SERVICES.
CORRECT? YES. OKAY. NOW, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
COME ON, COYOTES, YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING. OKAY.
ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ECOMMENTS AND NO ONE HAS RAISED THEIR HAND ON ZOOM.
OKAY WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR IT.
AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY.
RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2505-030. A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE COYOTE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE PLAN AND MAKING A DETERMINATION FOR EXEMPT UNDER CEQA.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, PARDON MY INTERRUPTION. IF THIS IS, COULD WE TAKE A VOTE FOR A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? I'LL SECOND THAT. ASSUMING THIS IS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR.
AYE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
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I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A MINUTE ON THAT. SO 8:01.ORDER. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? OH. 30S.
THEY SHOULD KNOW. OKAY, GREAT. FINE. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.
PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.
HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.
YES. FIRE UP THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MIKE WITZANSKY, CITY MANAGER. IT'S MY PLEASURE, THIS TIME OF EACH YEAR TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PROPOSED ANNUAL FISCAL YEAR, OPERATING BUDGET AND FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
JUST ON A HOUSEKEEPING BASIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE DO DISPLAY A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM, ONLY THE FIRST YEAR APPROPRIATIONS ARE ACTUALLY APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY YOU ALL AS PART OF THE BUDGET RESOLUTION SO WHILE THE PLAN MIGHT SHOW FUNDING IN THE OUT YEARS, YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE, YOUR ACTIONS ONLY INCLUDE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THAT FIRST INITIAL FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IN THIS INSTANCE, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE 25-26 FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS HER FIRST BUDGET. WE ARE AND SHE HAD QUITE THE TEAM WORKING WITH HER ON THIS.
OUR ANALYST AARON WAS A BIG PART OF IT, AS WERE, OF COURSE, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEIR VARIOUS SUPPORTING STAFF, ANALYSTS AND THE LIKE, AND WORKING WITH FINANCE TO GET YOU THIS DOCUMENT AS PART OF OUR NORMAL COURSE OF ACTION.
THERE ARE FORMATTING CHANGES THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR.
WE USED OPEN GOV TO TRY TO CREATE A BIT OF A SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR US.
WE FOUND LAST YEAR'S INITIAL VERSION OF OPEN GOV WAS TEDIOUS IN CERTAIN AREAS, HAD SUPERFLUOUS INFORMATION, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TABLES THAT WERE AUTO POPULATED BY THE SYSTEM THAT WE DIDN'T FIND ALL THAT HELPFUL, AND IN SOME CASES ACTUALLY PULLED FROM DATA THAT WASN'T ENTIRELY RELEVANT AND MAYBE, MAYBE LED TO SOME CONFUSING CONCLUSIONS.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO SIFT THAT A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THE PROPOSED DOCUMENT, IT'S SKINNIER THAN LAST YEAR'S.
THERE ARE STILL SOME FORMATTING EDITS I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE OVER THE YEARS.
EXACTLY. YOU KNOW. YEAH, YEAH, WE JUST SAVED OURSELVES A FEW THOUSAND BUCKS.
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NO. SO AS AN EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, AS YOU, AS YOU GO THROUGH IT AND YOU FIND ANYTHING FROM A FORMATTING OR EDITING STANDPOINT OR HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THIS DOCUMENT, BUT WE DO SEE IT AS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT YEAR OVER YEAR FROM LAST YEAR'S VERSION.SO THANK YOU, STEPHANIE AND TEAM FOR HELPING WITH THAT.
TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IS REALLY A PRESENTATION AND INTRODUCTORY CONVERSATION ONLY.
YOUR ACTION TONIGHT IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MATERIAL AND REALLY GET OURSELVES READY TO GO FOR OUR SERIES OF HEARINGS THAT WILL BEGIN IN JUNE, EFFECTIVELY THE FIRST TUESDAY OF JUNE, JUNE 3RD.
SOME OF THOSE THEMES CARRY OVER YEAR TO YEAR.
WE HAVE MULTIYEAR AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS.
AND AND THOSE DO GO UP EACH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERSONNEL CATEGORIES, THAT ISN'T THE ONLY INCREASE PRESSURE THAT OCCURS.
IT'S NOT JUST THE MOU ADJUSTMENTS. IT'S ALSO WHAT LEVEL OF STAFFING IS THE CITY EXPERIENCING.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WHAT LEVEL OF ESTIMATION ARE WE DOING FOR THINGS LIKE OVERTIME PROJECTIONS AND UTILIZATION OF OUR HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS, ETC.? SO I WILL SAY THAT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE TOOK SOME TIME TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND METHODICAL IN FORECASTING ALL EMPLOYEE COSTS IN ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND ENSURING THAT WE WERE CAREFUL THERE.
BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT THIS BUDGET WAS INTENT TO DO.
YOU REFERENCED JUST THE ITEM AGO NEW TECHNOLOGY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO THIS COUNCIL, HOW IMPORTANT IT HAS BEEN TO THE COMMUNITY. ONLINE SERVICE DELIVERY, ONLINE INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY, ETC. ALL VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, AS IS TRAINING, HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND STAFF, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE.
MAKING SURE OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS HAVE ACCESS TO EMOTIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AS NEEDED.
WELLNESS PROGRAMS. WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO DO THAT IN RECENT YEARS, AND IT'S AND WE FIND THAT PAYING DIVIDENDS, BOTH FOR OUR INTERNAL MORALE AS WELL AS HOW WE DELIVER SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE'S AN INVESTMENT IN THOSE THREE CONCEPTS IN THIS BUDGET.
YOU'LL SEE IT IN DECISION PACKAGES AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN OUR CORE BUDGET, OF COURSE, OUR CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS. A BIG PART OF THE DECISION PACKAGE IS BIG PART OF THE CORE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR UTILITY COST INCREASES IN PUBLIC WORKS THAT WE HAVE TO ABSORB.
THINGS LIKE CROSSING GUARD SERVICES AND OTHERS.
SO THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL IN THE WEEKS TO COME.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT ADVANCE SOME RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN COVER THE INITIAL CONSULTING SERVICES AND STAFF RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOWN THE ROAD. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A BIT OF AN ADVANCE, IF YOU WILL, ON FUTURE BOND PROCEEDS THAT WILL BE ISSUED AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, MOST LIKELY SOMETIME NEXT SPRING OR SUMMER. SO THE BUDGET INCORPORATES THAT.
IT'S A NET NEUTRAL ITEM FOR US BECAUSE IT'S ADVANCING A COST THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE REIMBURSED.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE INITIAL ACTIONS WITH MEASURE FP, WE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION EFFECTIVELY STARTING THAT CLOCK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE FOR PROJECT APPROPRIATE EXPENSES. SO ALL OF THAT.
BUT IT WILL HAVE A CORRESPONDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR A NET NEUTRAL IMPACT.
WE REFINANCED THAT NUMBER. FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW PERS, WE PAY A DISCOUNT RATE OF A LITTLE BIT UNDER 7% ON ANY UAL, AS IT'S CALLED. WE WERE ABLE TO PAY OFF THAT DEBT, IF YOU WILL, AT A FIXED RATE OF ROUGHLY 2.7%, SAVING THE CITY OVER $100 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS.
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THE UAL AT THAT POINT WAS EXTINGUISHED UNDER PERS ESTIMATES.IN YEARS WHERE IT INVESTS AND DOES, PERFORMS BETTER THAN THAT 6.75% DISCOUNT RATE, AS IT'S CALLED, WE SEE A ZERO OR WE SEE VERY MODEST ADJUSTMENTS TO IT0 IN YEARS WHERE THEY PERFORM AT LESS THAN THAT RATE, WE EFFECTIVELY GET SENT A BILL. AND RIGHT NOW THAT PAYMENT FOR US ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS AT ROUGHLY $4.3 MILLION.
LAST YEAR, THAT NUMBER WAS AT $3.2 MILLION. NEXT YEAR'S CURRENT ESTIMATE IS FOR IT TO BE WHEN I SAY NEXT YEAR, MEANING THE 26-27 ESTIMATE IS FOR IT TO BE $4.3 MILLION AGAIN.
SO. JUST PARDON THE INTERRUPTION. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO INFLUENCE THAT NUMBER TO BRING IT LOWER FOR US? GREAT QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AT SOME POINT WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT, AND WE'LL GET OUR MOST RECENT ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTION AND ANALYSIS THIS SUMMER, JULY OR AUGUST, TYPICALLY RELEASES THE ANNUAL CIRCULAR.
WE MAY AGAIN WANT TO CONSIDER REFINANCING THAT FIGURE.
THERE IS SOME HOPE THAT THIS YEAR'S NUMBER WON'T SEE QUITE THE INCREASE THAT WE HAVE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THE 23-24 REALIZED GAINS COME ON LINE, FOR PERS, THAT WAS A BETTER THAN NORMAL YEAR FOR PERS.
AND IF 24-25 CAN CONCLUDE THE JUNE 30TH CYCLE ON A POSITIVE NOTE, IT'S POSSIBLE WE'LL HAVE TWO CONSECUTIVE POSITIVE YEARS FOR PERS, WHICH COULD AFFECT IN A POSITIVE WAY OUR TOTAL UAL.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS JUST PREPARING FOR WHAT IS A BIT OF AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC FUTURE.
THERE'S REAL CONCERN. THERE'S THERE'S TREPIDATION IN THE MARKET, THERE'S UNCERTAINTY.
OFTENTIMES THOSE DON'T BRING ABOUT GOOD QUALITY INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT MANIFESTS IN THIS BUDGET HERE IN A BIT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE BUDGET IN SUMMARY.
WE START WITH OUR EXPECTED SAVINGS AT YEAR END.
AND WHEN I SAY YEAR END, I MEAN AT THE END OF THE 24-25 FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S WHERE WE START. THAT'S ALWAYS OUR STARTING POSITION OUR CORE REVENUES AND TRANSFER-IN CALCULATION VERSUS OUR CORE EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFER-OUT ARE ROUGHLY BALANCED. IN FACT, THEY'RE POSITIVE. THAT'S A GOOD THING.
BUT THE CONCERN I HAVE, AND THIS IS WHERE I'VE ALWAYS SHARED SOME TREPIDATION AND HESITANCY WITH YOU ALL, IS THAT THAT FIGURE HAS NOT YET FULLY ABSORBED OR INCORPORATED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SUSTAINED, UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY PAYMENT FOR PERS. WE'VE TREATED THAT AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SO WE CAN TRACK THAT VERY CAREFULLY.
AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL THAT PAYMENT UP TO OUR CORE EXPENDITURE PAYMENT AND TREAT THAT AS AN ONGOING COST, OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IT THROUGH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS, AS I JUST DISCUSSED. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO TO FULLY ABSORB INTO CORE SO WE CAN COME INTO WHAT I WOULD CALL FULL STRUCTURAL BALANCE. WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY LOOKS LIKE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN YOU GET INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR PROPOSED DECISION PACKAGES.
REVENUES AND SAVINGS OFFSET NEW EXPENSES BY 338K, SO IT'S A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
TYPICALLY, THESE DECISION PACKAGES ARE A NEGATIVE EXPENSE FOR US LONGER TERM, SO WE WERE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAYED BALANCED AND IN THIS CASE ACTUALLY HELP US STRUCTURALLY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ONE TIME DECISION PACKAGES REFLECT EFFECTIVELY THE UTILIZATION OF THESE OTHER ONE TIME FUNDS WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.
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MAKE [INAUDIBLE] . YEAH. SO BE JUDICIOUS. BE JUDICIOUS.NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. ON A POSITIVE BASIS LET'S TALK HIGH LEVEL GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
THE UPPER HALF OF THIS CHART REALLY FOCUSES ON OUR MAJOR TAX CATEGORIES.
3.7% GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR. THAT'S POSITIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJOR CATEGORIES THERE.
PROPERTY TAX CONTINUES TO BE A BIG DRIVER FOR US.
AND TOT WHILE THIS LOOKS POSITIVE WE'RE UP TO ROUGHLY 9.17 MILLION, WHAT'S DISAPPOINTING ABOUT THIS NUMBER IS THAT IT'S STILL, IN MY ESTIMATION, ROUGHLY 2 MILLION SHORT OF WHAT IT COULD BE IF THE CITY WAS AT FULL POTENTIAL, AND IF WE HAD A HOPEFUL CALIFORNIA TRAVEL AND TOURISM ESTIMATE NEXT YEAR.
NOT SURE IF THAT ACTUALLY WILL MATRICULATE HERE LOCALLY AT QUITE THE SAME CLIP.
SOMETIMES STAYCATIONS MANIFEST. THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN OCCUR.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S AFFECTING US LOCALLY IS BUSINESS TRAVEL STILL HASN'T FULLY RESTORED.
A LOT OF OUR PROPERTIES ACTUALLY RELY ON THAT, PARTICULARLY THE MARINE AVENUE HOTEL SITE.
SO WE ARE, IN MY ESTIMATION, STILL UNDER-REALIZED ON A TOT BASIS.
IF THINGS WERE HUMMING HERE, THIS NUMBER COULD BE CLOSER TO $11 MILLION.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO HELP OUR HOTELS AND GET THEM MORE REVENUE, MORE VISITORS AND MORE TOT FOR US? AT A MINIMUM, IT YOU KNOW, JUST HELPING THEM.
YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THE MORE WE MARKET OUR COMMUNITY, THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT REDONDO BEACH BEING ON THE MAP, THE MORE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, THE MORE ATTRACTIVE THIS CITY BECOMES.
THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DONE A VERY WISE THING IN HELPING THE HOTELIERS FORM THE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE TID, WHICH ALLOWS THE HOTELS, THE LARGER HOTELS TO ASSESS A INDIVIDUAL FEE ON STAYS.
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO THEN PULL THAT REVENUE IN ROUGHLY 700 K A YEAR FOR LOCAL MARKETING PURPOSES.
YOU GET A PRESENTATION FROM THEM EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
THAT GROUP DOES A GREAT JOB MARKETING REDONDO BEACH PROPERTIES.
ONE THING THAT WILL HELP US IS WHEN LEGADO'S HOTEL PROPERTY COMES ONLINE, WHICH CURRENTLY IS ESTIMATED TO HAPPEN LATE THIS FALL, WE WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE GROWTH, AT LEAST FROM THAT SITE, THAT PROPERTY ITSELF COULD VERY EASILY GENERATE WELL OVER $1 MILLION A YEAR IN TOT ALONE.
YES, SIR. NOT TO THROW YOU OFF TRACK, BUT ON THIS SUBJECT, REBECCA ELDER ASKED US FOR AN INCREASE TO SOME SORT OF FEE, I GUESS, THAT THE TOURISM DISTRICT WAS CHARGING TO THE HOTELS SO THAT THEY COULD PROMOTE OUR HOTELS MORE.
YEAH. SO THE TID CURRENTLY IS ALLOWED TO ASSESS A 1% SURCHARGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF MARKETING.
WE FEEL LIKE 1% IS STILL APPROPRIATE. THE BALANCE TEST ON THAT REQUEST AND IT'S A FAIR ONE ON THEIR PART IS ANY SURCHARGE COULD ALSO BE PERHAPS ARGUED TO BE AN INCREASE TO OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX RATE OF 12%.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE AT 12%. THEY'RE AT 1%. IF WE RAISE THEIR RATE, YOU MIGHT ALSO ASK OURSELVES, SHOULD WE FIRST MAYBE BE CONSIDERING RAISING OUR OWN RATE BEFORE DOING THAT TO MORE DIRECTLY PUT MONEY IN OUR POCKET? SO, BUT A FAIR BUDGET CONSIDERATION IS SOMETHING, CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE OVER THE COMING WEEKS AS PART OF THE HEARING PROCESS AND OR INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE PROJECTING A FLAT PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX FIGURE.
YOU KNOW, THIS NUMBER CAN BE AS MUCH AS FOUR, FOUR TO EVEN $5 MILLION A YEAR, WHEN SALES ARE HUMMING IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE AT LOWS NOW, 2.3 IS ROUGHLY WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
WE'RE KEEPING THAT FLAT. WE DON'T SEE MAJOR REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CHURN NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S FEES FOR SERVICE, OTHER ITEMS, TRANSFERS.
SO THOSE ARE GENERALLY NET NEUTRAL CATEGORIES.
WHAT I WOULD FOCUS ON IS THE TOTAL TAX REVENUE THERE AND THE MAJOR DRIVERS AT BEING ROUGHLY 3.7%.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE. SO I MENTIONED INCREASES TO THE PERSONNEL BUDGET.
THIS IS ALL OF THOSE THINGS I REFERENCED, RIGHT.
THIS IS INCREASES TO WAGES THROUGH OUR MULTIYEAR AGREEMENTS.
THIS IS INCREASED PROJECTIONS ON OVERTIME TO MAKE SURE WE FULLY ACCOUNT FOR THAT COST.
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COMMUNITY. SO 7% GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR. AGAIN, THAT'S AN ESTIMATE.WE TYPICALLY HAVE SAVINGS IN THE PERSONNEL CATEGORY.
WE TRIED TO BE CONSERVATIVE HERE, SO WE DON'T GO UNDER.
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IS DOWN NOT BECAUSE WE'RE CUTTING CORE BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE M&O EACH YEAR INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT CARRYOVER RESOURCES OF A ONE TIME NATURE THAT IN SOME CASES, TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS TO EXPEND OR WILL BE LIQUIDATED AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE CHANGE IN CORE BUDGET IS RELATIVE, IS REALLY NIL, IT'S FLAT.
THIS REFLECTS THE LIQUIDATION OF ONE TIME CARRYOVER EXPENSES FROM PRIOR YEARS.
THE INTERNAL SERVICES FUNDS. NO CHANGE THERE.
WE ADDRESSED THAT AT MID-YEAR. AND THEN YOU SEE THE SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRANSFERS OUT.
NEXT CHART PLEASE. OKAY. TWO CATEGORIES HERE.
I MENTIONED THAT ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS AND SOURCES OF FUNDS. SO THIS IS A REFLECTION OF HOW WE'RE EFFECTIVELY MANAGING THAT UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY PAYMENT, THAT'S JUST UNDER 4.3 MILLION. AND THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE MORE CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF THIS BUDGET IS, FOR US TO BE BALANCED AND TO COVER THAT COST, WE'RE RELYING ON $3.5 MILLION TRANSFER FROM OUR PENSION RESERVE ACCOUNT, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS ROUGHLY $8 MILLION IN IT.
SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT. IF YOU HAD ASKED ME A YEAR AGO HOW MUCH OF THIS MONEY I WAS HOPING TO SPEND, IT WAS GOING TO BE $2 MILLION, NOT 3.5. IF TOT HAD BEEN WHERE WE HAD HOPED IT WOULD BE AT, AT THAT $11 MILLION FIGURE AS OPPOSED TO 9.1, THAT NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THAT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S PRUDENCE AND OUR COMMITMENT TO SAVING AND CREATING THAT PENSION RESERVE FUND. AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT FUND REACHES ZERO? IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US. YEAH. NOW, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN YEARS PAST IS WHEN WE'VE RECEIVED EXCESS FUNDS, WE'VE OFTENTIMES SET THAT ASIDE AND REPLENISHED.
AND THEN AT YEAR END, IF THERE'S EXCESS FUNDS BEYOND THE 2.6, WE ESTIMATE THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REPLENISH IT IN SOME RESPECT, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WE WOULD MAKE. IF WE REFINANCE.
CAN CAN WE LESSEN THAT IMPACT? WE CAN CERTAINLY FOR FUTURE YEARS.
BUT WE WILL EVEN WITH THE REFINANCING WE'LL HAVE SOME ONGOING FISCAL COMMITMENT.
NOW THE OTHER THING THAT I MENTIONED IS WE HAVE SOME UPFRONT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURE FP.
THOSE ARE NETTED OUT THROUGH BOND PROCEEDS ON A FUTURE BASIS.
BUT ONE OF THE IRONIC THINGS ABOUT THE BUDGET IS BECAUSE OF OUR 8.33% ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY RESERVE POLICY, WHENEVER SPENDING GOES UP AND OUR SPENDING IS GOING UP, WE RESERVE MORE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM, SO WHILE WE'RE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE PENSION RESERVE ACCOUNT, WHICH IS MORE OF OUR REVOLVING DOOR RESERVE FIGURE SET ASIDE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IT WE'RE PUTTING SOME MONEY IN, IN THIS INSTANCE, $423,000 INTO THE ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY RESERVE ACCOUNT.
SO WE'RE DRAWING FROM ONE RESERVE TO PUT SOME FRACTION OF THAT IN ANOTHER.
IN MY HISTORY, WE'VE NEVER TOUCHED OR UTILIZED THE ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY RESERVE ACCOUNT.
I'M HOPING THAT CONTINUES FOR MANY, MANY DECADES TO COME.
THE BALANCES ON THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE OVER $9 MILLION AFTER THIS TRANCHE.
WELL, WE SEQUESTER IT AS A RESERVE, AS A STARTING POINT IN OUR FUND BALANCE CALCULATION.
SO IT IS IN CASH, RIGHT? BUT IT IS HELD OUTSIDE OF ALLOCATIONS.
OKAY. YEAH. 8.33% OF TOTAL SPENDING. ONE MONTH TOTAL SPENDING.
SO WHEN YOU FACTOR THAT IN YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE $1.1 MILLION DRAW YOU SAW IN THE EARLIER CHART.
THE OTHER FUNDS SHOW AN ONGOING COST OF 2.1 MILLION.
I SHOULD BE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUT A FINE POINT ON THAT.
A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION OF THAT 2.1 IS FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED TRANSIT OPERATIONS.
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SO THAT IS A THIRD PARTY EXPENSE. SEPARATE FROM THAT, A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT IS FOR A NEW POSITION IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH A MEASURE, A GRANT ALLOCATION.SO THAT'S SEPARATELY FUNDED AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE BEYOND THAT UTILITY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, SO SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL FUND , BUT STRUCTURAL IN THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, IF YOU WILL, AND IN MOST INSTANCES, SUPPORTED BY OTHER THIRD PARTY MONEY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ONE TIME EXPENSES IN THE OTHER FUNDS REALLY FOR THINGS LIKE ANNUAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS REPLACEMENTS, AS PART OF OUR REGULAR CYCLE AND SCHEDULE FOR REPAIR AND REFRESHMENT THERE.
OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE, OF COURSE, ARE ALSO PROPOSING A CAPITAL PLAN AT YOUR JUNE 10TH HEARING.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL NUMBER FOR US. I'LL POINT YOU TO THE TOP FIGURE THERE, 29.7 MILLION OF NEW MONEY.
AND I'M NOT INCLUDING THE SHOOTING RANGE IN THIS FIGURE. THIS IS THROUGH METRO, REGIONAL MEASURE R, FOR MEASURE M MONEY, MAP MONEY. OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB GOING OUT, COMPETING FOR FUNDS AND OBTAINING FUNDS. ALMOST 24 MILLION OF NEW MONIES THROUGH GRANT, COMPETITIVE GRANT ACQUISITIONS.
THAT'S HUGE. THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. SO REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT.
ANOTHER VERY DELIBERATE REALITY IS YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF TOTAL PROJECTS, 104 PROJECTS.
LAST YEAR, CIP HAD 126. WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE RESOURCES INTO SINGLE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN BETTER ACT ON AND PRODUCE FOR YOU. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER OF TOTAL PROJECTS DOWN TO UNDER 100.
AND IF WE'RE HOLDING TRUE TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THAT'S OUR SWEET SPOT.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE MEASURE FP.
AND THEN THEY WILL BECOME A VERY REAL PART OF OUR CIP.
NONETHELESS, WORK ON THOSE EFFORTS CONTINUES.
THE CIP INCLUDES 1.1 MILLION OF DISCRETIONARY SET ASIDE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 17 AND $20 MILLION GRANT REQUEST FOR PROJECT [INAUDIBLE]. THAT IS ONE OF 104 PROJECTS.
CORRECT. AS IS, YOU KNOW, PUT ANOTHER POINT ON IT.
SIX OF OUR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS. SO OF THE 104, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED EACH OF OUR JOHN PARSONS PUBLICLY FUNDED PUBLIC ART FUNDED PROJECTS AS A SEPARATE STANDALONE CIP IN THIS TRACKING MECHANISM.
NOW NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR CALENDAR. THIS IS ALL THIS IS VERY CLEAR TO YOU.
TONIGHT'S INTRODUCTION, THE JUNE 3RD HEARING WILL FOCUS ON OPERATIONS.
AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS THERE FOR YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DECISION PACKAGES OR CORE SERVICES, ETC.. ON JUNE 10TH, YOU'LL PRIMARILY HEAR FROM JESSE AND ANDY WINJE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM ON PROPOSED CAPITAL AND THEN BUDGET FINANCE COMMISSION WILL HAVE ITS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MORE FORMALIZED REVIEW ON JUNE 12TH. AND THEN ON JUNE 17TH, ASSUMING ALL GOES WELL AND YOU CAN COALESCE AROUND A BUDGET MOTION, WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADOPT THE BUDGET AT THAT MEETING.
THERE IS A FOURTH TUESDAY IN THE MONTH IF YOU NEEDED IT.
ALL OF THESE MEETINGS, INCLUDING TONIGHT'S MEETING, WERE ADVERTISED, IF YOU WILL, IN THE BEACH REPORTER AND EASY READER, WE DO A FULL PAGE SPREAD NOW TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF OUR STRUCTURE AND CALENDAR HERE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET GOOD INPUT ALONG THE WAY.
WE'VE GOT 45 CURRENTLY ON THE LIST THAT I LOOKED AT THIS AFTERNOON.
I HOPE WE'VE CAPTURED ALL OF YOUR INTEREST. I'VE RECEIVED A FEW EMAILS HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WE'VE PULLED THAT INFORMATION INTO THE LISTING AS WELL.
AND WE'LL RESPOND TO THOSE RELATED TO THE PERHAPS TO THE DECISION PACKAGES, PERHAPS NOT RELATED, PERHAPS COMPLETELY EXTEMPORANEOUS TO WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE IN THE PROPOSED DOCUMENT.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. WE ARE SOMEWHAT RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
ONCE WE GET TO JUNE 3RD, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET YOU A BRR BY JUNE 17TH.
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I MEAN THAT IT'S HARD FOR US TO TURN THAT AROUND.SO FOR YOU, FOR THAT MATERIAL TO BE, I THINK, ACCRETIVE TO YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS, IDEALLY, WE'RE DEPOSITING THOSE BRRS FOR YOU EFFECTIVELY ON JUNE 10TH AT THE AT THE LAST AND THEN MAYBE WITH A FEW TRICKLING IN YOUR PACKET FOR THE JUNE 17TH MEETING.
SO THAT'S OUR STRUCTURE. ONE OTHER POINT, PROBABLY OF INTEREST, WE HAVE, AS I SAID, 52 DECISION PACKAGES, 35 OF THOSE I BELIEVE ARE GENERAL FUND RELATED.
AND THEY REFLECT REALLY STRONGLY THOSE THEMES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE HAVE SEVEN CATEGORIES HISTORICALLY FOR OUR DECISION PACKAGE CONSIDERATIONS.
I DID THIS LAST YEAR. I ADDED A CATEGORY FOR COMMISSION AND CITIZEN RECOMMENDED BUDGET ACTIONS.
SO IT MADE MORE SENSE FOR THOSE DECISION PACKAGES TO BE REFERENCED THERE.
THE INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION WAS FABULOUS, I LOVE IT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
IT'S HELPFUL TO US AS WE THINK IT THROUGH, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A ZEROED OUT CATEGORY, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWKWARD FOR US TO REFERENCE THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. AND CANDIDLY, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE JUDICIOUSNESS WITH THIS. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACT ON ALL OF THE NICE TO HAVES, IF YOU WILL, IN THE BUDGET, LIKE WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY INITIAL QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS ON BRR THE DEPARTMENT AND TEAM, I LIKE THAT. I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. SO FIRST OFF THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HOLED UP IN YOUR OFFICE QUITE A BIT AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME ON THIS, AND I KNOW I LEFT THE ONE NIGHT AT 10:30 AND STEPHANIE'S CAR WAS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT, SO I KNOW THIS WAS A LOT TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S NOT MUCH DISCRETIONARY BUDGET THIS YEAR, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THIS, BUT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCESS TO 42K.
I'M OPEN TO CREATIVE REVENUE IDEAS. YOU GOT THEM. WE'LL TAKE THEM. SO.
WELL YEAH. THE NET POSITIVE WOULD BE GOOD TO CONSIDER.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. I ONLY GOT RECEIVED THE HARD COPY TODAY AND BARELY HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT.
YOU KNOW, WITH MEASURE FP COMING UP, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MAINTENANCE ITEMS AND INVESTMENTS IN THE FACILITIES THAT WE WOULD PUT OFF NOW SINCE WE'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD. IS THAT REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET? YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S REFLECTED ON OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
IN FACT, YOU ALL GOT IN FRONT OF THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH YOUR MOTION LAST YEAR.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THERE WAS AN IF THEN SCENARIO IF MEASURE FP PASSED A COUPLE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT WERE RELATED TO POLICE AND FIRE FACILITY MAINTENANCE, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE EFFORTS WERE ACTUALLY REDIRECTED TO YOUR SHOOTING RANGE PROJECT.
SO THAT MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED EFFECTIVELY.
YEAH. DEFERRING THOSE THAT WE FELT WERE NOT HELPFUL TO THE FACILITIES.
THAT WERE NOT CRITICAL . OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS.
RIGHT. LIKE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING OUT OF THIS SPACE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO, SO ANY ITEMS THAT WERE HELPFUL FOR THAT TIME FRAME, WE KEPT ANYTHING THAT WAS MORE OF A LONGER TERM DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEM WE ULTIMATELY REALLOCATED. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, CITY STAFF, FOR THIS WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS EASY TO READ, EASY TO FOLLOW.
AND I LIKE THE FORMAT A LOT. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, THE CITY HAS AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO, ROUGHLY $100 MILLION. THOSE FUNDS ARE INVESTED IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
THE CITY ACHIEVES AND RECEIVES A CERTAIN RETURN ON THAT PORTFOLIO.
A YIELD IS THAT, AND THAT COMES OUT TO ROUGHLY A MILLION OR SO A YEAR? MORE? WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? OUR RETURN? SO WE HAVE MONEY PARKED IN LIQUID INVESTMENTS FOR THE MOST PART, IT GETS A RETURN WHETHER IT'S THROUGH TREASURIES, MONEY MARKET, THE NEW VEHICLE THAT WE APPROVED.
WHERE, HOW MUCH IS THAT RETURN CASH AND WHERE IF ANYWHERE, IS IT CAPTURED IN THE BUDGET? I'LL ANSWER THAT ON A HIGH LEVEL BASIS, AND I'LL LET STEPHANIE GIVE YOU THE PARTICULARS. BUT YES, CORRECT. WE HAVE HOLDINGS THAT ACCRUE INTEREST, WE COLLECT THAT INTEREST, AND WE BOOK IT AS REVENUE AND ANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE BUDGET.
BOOKED AS REVENUE. IS BOOKED AS REVENUE, ANTICIPATED ESTIMATED REVENUE.
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I THINK INVESTMENT RETURNS DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY.IT'S ABOUT A MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25, AND WE PROJECTED A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, JUST BASED ON KIND OF THE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE MARKET.
YOU CAN FIND THAT WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND CATEGORIES IN THE USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY CATEGORY.
USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY. YEAH, IT'S CALLED USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY. SO THAT CONTAINS PRIMARILY THE INVESTMENT RETURNS, AND THEN OUR GENERAL FUND LEASE AGREEMENTS, SO THOSE ARE PRIMARILY OUR GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT.
AND THEN A COUPLE GENERAL FUNDED CITY FACILITIES.
OKAY. AND THE INTEREST THAT WE COLLECT FROM OUR INVESTMENTS, THERE'S A FORMULA, I BELIEVE IT'S 50% OF THAT GETS ALLOCATED DIRECTLY INTO THE GENERAL FUND , AND THE OTHER IS KEPT AS SEPARATE AS MONEY THAT THE TREASURER CAN CONTINUE TO INVEST.
OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW FOR THE TREASURER. AND THE TREASURER IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
YEAH. HE'S TRAVELING. HE'S OUT OF TOWN. YEAH.
OKAY. SO MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE TREASURER.
AND SO WE'LL WAIT FOR THE TREASURER WHEN HE'S HERE.
MAYBE HE CAN ANSWER HOW WE CAN MAYBE GET THAT REVENUE UP IF POSSIBLE.
IT'D BE NICE TO BE BOOKING MORE REVENUE TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. YEAH. AND JUST SEPARATELY, WE HAD WORKED ON A STUDY OF OUR CALPERS LIABILITY AND OUR CALPERS ASSETS.
COULD WE GET THAT TABLE FROM THAT ONE PRESENTATION? OR IF IT'S UPDATED, IF WE HAVE THE ACTUARIAL NUMBERS AND THAT SHOWS HOW THAT $4 MILLION IS CREATED EVERY YEAR.
YEAH. WE'LL WE'LL PUT A BRR TOGETHER FOR THAT IF YOU LIKE.
WE CAN JUST ATTACH THE POWERPOINT AND GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT. OKAY.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HERE THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE BUDGET.
AND I WAS WONDERING, HOW DOES THIS GUY KNOW ALL THIS STUFF? BUT FORMER CHAIR OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN OBAGI. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE BUDGET. THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ON THERE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REPAVING TWO BLOCKS OF GRANT AVENUE AND COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY, AT LEAST, TO START TO ACHIEVE PROGRESS ON THAT STREET.
WITH REGARD TO THE ROAD PAVEMENT. THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE GREAT INVESTMENT, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN OUR ROADS AND OUR BIKE LANES USING GRANT MONEY, 85% GRANT MONEY, I THINK I HEARD THAT'S HUGE AND THAT'S PUTTING REDONDO BEACH ON THE MAP IN OUR REGION AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING OUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, BRINGING GREAT PRIDE TO US AND RESIDENTS.
ONE CONCERN I HAD, AS I READ THE NOTE ON PAGE 12 OF THE BUDGET REGARDING HOW WE COULD INCREASE REVENUE SIDE IS, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE A MENTION OF DISCUSSION REGARDING INCREASING THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.
AND SPECIFICALLY, WHEN I LOOK AT THE BUDGET THAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR, PER BRR 50 RETURNED WITH DISCUSSION RE POTENTIALLY RAISING TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX. AND UNLESS MY MEMORY IS THAT TERRIBLE, I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT RAISING THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX IN THE LAST YEAR. WE HAD THE I THINK WE PRESENTED THE BRR, BUT WE DIDN'T PICK UP THE DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE. OKAY. SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION SOMETIME THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT WAS IN THE MOTION, SO THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE POTENTIALLY STARTED DOWN THE ROAD OF INCREASING REVENUE THROUGH ONE AVENUE, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED ON THAT, THAT NOW WE WILL BE MISSING OUT THIS YEAR.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX INCREASE, AS WELL AS A SALES AND USE TAX ARE THE OPTIONS I'VE SORT OF SHADOWED OR FORESHADOWED IN PRIOR BUDGET MESSAGES. I DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE REDUNDANT WITH THAT, BUT THOSE ARE ALWAYS OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL IF THOSE ARE INITIATIVES YOU'D LIKE TO PURSUE.
OKAY. AND THEN THE YOU KNOW THE SHARING WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, I'M SO GLAD THAT WE GOT I SEE HERMOSA BEACH FIRE SERVICE CONTRACT ON HERE, I SEE THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
THE REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAD THAT ON THE BUDGET MOTION LAST YEAR ALSO, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING. AND I DON'T BLAME THEM, I HAD A MEETING WITH DOCTOR WESLEY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE JUST IN A TOUGH SPOT.
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STATE'S NOT GIVING THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO EDUCATE.AND SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN COUNT ON THEM TO RIGHT NOW TO CHIP IN FOR COSTS, CITY COSTS.
SO. ONE THING WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR THAT ACTUALLY.
HOW ARE YOU [INAUDIBLE] WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BEAT, YOU KNOW, BEAT SOME JUICE OUT OF A.
YEAH. YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED ON TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, WE ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASED CONTRACT TO THE PROSECUTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HERMOSA BEACH. WE INCREASED THE ANNUAL REVENUE FROM 200 TO $225,000.
IT HAS A FOUR YEAR ESCALATOR THAT WILL TAKE IT TO $300,000, THREE AND A HALF YEARS FROM NOW, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW AND THEN WITH THE ONGOING EVERGREEN 5% COLA THEREAFTER.
SO AT LEAST WE'VE BROUGHT THAT ONE UP TO MARKET, JOE AND I HAD A MEETING WITH THEIR TEAM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND WE WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST ACHIEVE SOME SUCCESS THERE.
GOOD JOB ON THAT. THANK YOU. I DID SEE THAT. THANK YOU, MISS CITY ATTORNEY.
I WILL SAY, ACTUALLY, I WENT TO ORIENTATION JUST TO INFORM WHY YOU JUST HEARD THAT FROM ME.
I WENT TO AN ORIENTATION FOR KINDERGARTEN FOR MY DAUGHTER LAST WEEK, AND THE PRINCIPAL STOOD UP AT THE FRONT AND SAID, LOOK, YOU NEED TO PLAN YOUR VACATIONS AROUND THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE.
WHY? NOT BECAUSE, LIKE, WE NEED YOUR KID TO GET EDUCATED.
BECAUSE IF YOUR KID MISSES SCHOOL, WE WILL LOSE MONEY FOR EVERY DAY YOUR KID IS OUT OF SCHOOL.
SO. ALL RIGHT. MAYBE YOU JUST PUT THIS DISCUSSION ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER POINT, SINCE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION THAT I WANTED TO MAKE TO COUNCIL, IS THAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION LAST YEAR ABOUT WHETHER TO PUT METERS ON HERONDO. YEAH, THERE'S A PORTION OF HERONDO THAT DOES NOT HAVE METERS ON IT. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO THAT'S ONE OF THREE, ACTUALLY, THAT I HAVE. THAT TO BE. PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
MORNING OR AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU SEE, THIS IS OUR PARKING.
OUR PARKING METERS ARE EMPTY. EMPTY, OKAY? THEN YOU GO UP TO, I'LL FAST FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.
YOU GO UP TO THE OTHER PART OF HERONDO AND YOU SEE IT IS PACKED WHERE THE FREE PARKING IS.
AND SO WHAT THE BUDGET RESPONSE REPORT LAST YEAR TOLD US WAS THAT IF WE PUT PARKING METERS THERE, PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY NOT PARK THERE VERY MUCH AND IT WOULD BE MORE COST THAN WE'D RECOVER.
WHAT I POSIT TO YOU IS THAT BY LEAVING THAT FREE PARKING RIGHT THERE, WE ARE CHEATING OURSELVES.
WE'RE CHEATING THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH OUT OF MONEY FROM THE FROM PARKING METERS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PARKING METERS, THEY'RE PARKING WHERE FREE PARKING EXISTS, WHERE THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THE DURATION THEY CAN PARK, EXCEPT FOR THE STREET CLEANING PERIOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. WE MAY BE JUST SUBSIDIZING HERMOSA BEACH RESIDENTS.
EXACTLY. AND SO IF YOU HAD METERS THERE OR YOU HAD NO PARKING THERE, PEOPLE THEN WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING THE REDONDO RATE, PAYING THE HERMOSA RATE, OR BUYING THE REDONDO BEACH PARKING PERMIT.
AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HERE AND THE CITY MANAGER IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM HAS SUGGESTED ELIMINATING SOME OF THE PARKING AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN LANE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO HAVE CONGESTION AT THE BEACH, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF BACKUP THERE, TRYING TO GET OFF HERONDO. YEAH BUT THE CONSIDERATION IS IF THE TAIL END, IF YOU BACK THAT VIDEO UP A LITTLE BIT, SEE THE SPOTS TOWARDS THE END, THERE'S AN ABILITY FOR US TO REINTRODUCE THE SECOND THROUGH LANE ACROSS PCH ONTO HERONDO. WE HAVE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC EAST OF PCH WERE CONSOLIDATED TO ONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAD TO SQUEEZE THIS PARKING IN.
SO WE'D EITHER HAVE TO REDIRECT OR REALLOCATE THAT PARKING, OR WE'D HAVE TO MAKE A COMPELLING CASE TO COASTAL TO SAY, COASTAL ACCESS IS BETTER SERVED BY TRAFFIC EGRESS IN THIS INSTANCE THAN THE PARKING THAT'S THERE.
SO IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE ELIMINATION OF ALL THE SPACES, BUT WE COULD ELIMINATE SOME OF THE SPACES, I THINK, AND RECAPTURE THAT LANE IN A FRUITFUL WAY.
ALL RIGHT. AND JUST FOR CONSIDERATION, WERE PARKED HERE MULTIPLE DAYS.
ARE YOU MOVING AWAY FROM THAT ISSUE? I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT.
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EVEN CONSIDER STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF THAT TYPE THERE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE LAY OF THAT LAND AND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING IT FOR DISCUSSION AT A MINIMUM.AND I REMEMBER READING LAST YEAR, WASN'T THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING AND PUTTING IN NEW METERS BASICALLY OFFSET BY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO COLLECT? SO NET. AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST YEAR. BUT YEAH, THAT'S THE, AND WE COULD CERTAINLY REWORK THAT BRR FOR YOU, UPDATE IT TO GIVE YOU CURRENT PROJECTIONS BASED ON CURRENT METER EXPENSES.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND I THINK THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI MAKES IS FAIR IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE SEEING A DEPRECIATION IN OUR OTHER LOCATIONS AS A RESULT OF IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO PARK THERE, AS OPPOSED TO CHOOSING TO PARK IN OUR METER SO, THAT PRR DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR SORT OF THE LOSS LEADER, IF YOU WILL, FOR PEOPLE'S PERSONAL CHOICES. SO WE CAN IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN CERTAINLY UPDATE THAT PRR AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
IT WOULDN'T BE THAT HARD TO RETURN WITH. IT'S YOUR CALL.
COULD WE PLEASE BRING BACK ARE YOU IF YOU'RE UP FOR THAT CHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE? THAT AND ALSO OPENING UP THAT SECOND LANE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT HAPPENS, AND I THINK IT'S IN PART DUE TO THE BIKE LANE THERE AND THE, THE SLANTED DIAGONAL PARKING, IS THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, TRAFFIC BACKS UP SO FAR THAT IT TAKES 3 TO 4 CYCLES TO GET THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION FROM THAT DIRECTION, WHERE BEFORE THAT LANE, WHEN IT WAS TWO LANES YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET THROUGH THERE.
AND PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE'S NO RIGHT TURN, JUST GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE INTERSECTION. BUT TAKING IT DOWN TO ONE LANE HAS, YOU KNOW, CREATED SORT OF A ROADBLOCK ON THAT MAJOR ARTERY.
SO WHERE ARE WE GOING [INAUDIBLE] , IS THAT PART OF THE BRR? YEAH. WE'D HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS ON THAT, OR WE'D HAVE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE A CASE TO COASTAL THAT IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S WORTH THE IMPACT. BUT WE'LL IDENTIFY HOW MANY LOST SPACES WOULD BE ACCRETIVE TO TRAFFIC FLOW THERE AND THEN FIGURE OUT IF WE COULD RELOCATE THEM IF THERE'S ANY STRATEGY THERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATED COST ON METERS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT. AWESOME.
THANKS. I JUST ECHO WHAT YOUR VIDEO SHOWS, I PARKED DOWN THERE REGULARLY, AND I PARK AT THE PAY PARKING BECAUSE I GOT A PASS AND IT'S ALWAYS OPEN. I CAN ALWAYS FIND A SPOT. SO, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ARE LOSING REVENUE BY NOT.
BY GIVING THEM THE ESCAPE VALVE EFFECTIVELY. YEAH, BECAUSE NOT THAT FAR TO WALK BECAUSE YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WE ADDED PARKING AS PART OF THAT BRR TO FRANCISCO, METERED PARKING IN PART BECAUSE WE WANTED TURNOVER.
ALSO EMPTY. ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS. YEAH. ALSO.
AND ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE GET IS FROM HERMOSA IRONICALLY, ARE PEOPLE PARKING IN THOSE SPOTS, THE FREE SPOTS BASICALLY WITHOUT ENFORCEMENT AND LEAVING BUSINESS VEHICLES AND OTHER THINGS THERE INDEFINITELY.
YEAH. RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER . BARRETT. WITHDRAWN. WITHDRAWN.
OKAY. I HAVE NO OTHER. OKAY. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A CARD.
MCMORRAN. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? SO CLOSE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER S.
MY NAME IS LAURA MCMORRAN. OH, LAURA. LAURA LOOKS LIKE A V.
SORRY. I'M A RESIDENT OF REDONDO BEACH, AND AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF PCH AND PEAVEY IS A NEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS LEGADO.
THIS DEVELOPMENT POSSESSES 700 LINEAR FEET OF FRONTAGE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT PROVIDED ZERO STREET TREES AND OFFERS 40 OR SO LINEAR FEET OF THE MOST PATHETIC PARKWAY LANDSCAPING EVER PLANTED.
ACROSS PCH AND TORRANCE, A PERSON CAN PLEASANTLY WALK ON THEIR SIDEWALK.
IT HAS PARKWAY TREES, IT HAS LANDSCAPE PARKWAY AND THAT BUFFERS THE RESIDENTS FROM VEHICLES.
IRONICALLY, REDONDO'S PROJECT EXCUSE ME, RENDERINGS SHOW HOW A LOVELY LANDSCAPED PARKWAY AND BIG, BEAUTIFUL STREET TREES. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE GOT.
SO HERE'S THE ASK. I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
I ASK THAT YOU BRING REDONDO'S SIDEWALK ON PAR WITH TORRANCE.
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THIS IS A PROPOSED CIP PROJECT, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF, AS IN OTHER CITIES, THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE PAID FOR AND INSTALLED THESE IMPROVEMENTS. SO AS MENTIONED TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR THE RESIDENTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TOURISTS THERE. LEGADO HOTEL HAVING TOT DOLLARS, NEW REVENUE, BUT A VERY UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE ON PCH. THE BIGGER CONCERN HERE IS THE STATUS QUO WITH TREE ATTRITION, UNRESTRICTED TREE REMOVAL, AND VERY FEW PLANTING REQUIREMENTS.REDONDO HAS TWO FUTURES, SHRINK OUR TREE CANOPY OR USE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO FUND TREE PLANTINGS.
I ASK YOU TO REJECT BOTH FUTURES AS STEWARDS OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
I ASK EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER , OR AT LEAST THREE OF YOU, TO USE OUR SCARCE TAX DOLLARS WISELY AND CHANGE THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE GOING FORWARD. BUT IN THE PRESENT, FIX PV AND PCH AS FRONTAGE AND PROVIDE PARKWAY LANDSCAPING AND STREET TREES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, IF I COULD, IT'S WORTH ADDRESSING, I THINK, BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT AND WE SHARE THE SENTIMENT THAT IS A TEMPORARY CONDITION. THE PARKWAY TREES WILL BE INSTALLED.
CALTRANS ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO HOLD OFF ON THEIR INSTALLATION BECAUSE A PORTION OF THAT SIDEWALK WILL BE PART OF THEIR RIGHT TURN LANE INSTALLATION THAT'S COMING WITH THEIR 25-26 RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT, I BELIEVE. SO CALTRANS ACTUALLY DELAYED THAT INSTALLATION ONCE THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE ON CALTRANS SIDE, THE PARKWAY TREES WILL BE INSTALLED. SO THAT IS COMING.
THAT IS PENDING. WE'VE HEARD THAT CONCERN IN THE PAST.
THAT WAS NOT THAT'S NOT THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME ANYBODY'S DESIRING.
CALTRANS ASKED US TO WAIT ON THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ULTIMATELY GOING TO REQUIRE RELOCATION.
I'D LIKE TO STICK TO THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET. OKAY.
GO AHEAD. IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE ASKED FOR STAFF TO INVENTORY ALL THE TREES IN THE CITY.
AND THEN DEVELOP A GOAL FOR US TO EXPAND THE TREE CANOPY HERE.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT'S PROVIDED FOR IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T TOTALLY READ THROUGH THE BUDGET YET, BUT IN YEARS PAST WE'VE ALLOCATED MONEY TOWARDS THAT CORE BUDGET ANTICIPATES AND SOME OF OUR ONE TIME FUNDS AND TREE TRIMMING SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE DECISION PACKAGE ACTUALLY SUPPORT OVER 200 NEW TREE INSTALLATIONS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THANKS. UNRELATED.
[INAUDIBLE]ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? GOOD EVENING.
AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE REDONDO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LEADERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FEE WAIVERS FOR SUPER BOWL 10-K.
BUT ALSO THE FEES ARE CONTINUING INCREASING FOR US.
AND AS ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES HAVE COME DOWN, WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL FEE WAIVERS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE BUDGET OR THE CIP? ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ECOMMENTS. AND WAIT A MINUTE.
OKAY. YEAH. I HAVE THE TREASURER, EUGENE SOLOMAN, ON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IS APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION.
OF THAT, 60% GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND AND 40% GOES INTO POOLED FUNDS.
WE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF OUR INVESTMENT POLICY STRICTLY ADHERING TO THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS, THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH ARE LIQUIDITY AND SAFETY.
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IS AFFECTED GREATLY BY INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.SO THAT RATE RISK, THAT LONG TERM DURATION RISK ARE AFFECTING OUR OVERALL PORTFOLIO RETURNS.
WE HAD 20 PLUS YEARS OF LOW RATES AND NOW THEY'RE RETURNING TO NORM.
SO WHILE WE LOOK TO MAXIMIZE IN THE MOST CONSERVATIVE WAY, FOCUSING ON SAFETY AND LIQUIDITY AS THE PRIMARY AND MOST IMPORTANT PORTIONS OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, THAT IS THE BENCHMARK, ALONG WITH ADHERENCE TO THE FISCAL POLICIES SET FORTH, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES, WE DO LOOK TO YIELD AS ANOTHER RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR PORTFOLIO AS WE GO FORWARD AND WE BUDGET, WE'LL WORK WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY TREASURER? NOT TONIGHT. OKAY. NOT TONIGHT. GET OFF EASY, EUGENE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S IT. THAT CONCLUDES THE ZOOM.
OKAY. ANY BRRS THAT YOU WANTED TO TOSS UP? YOU WANT BRRS NOW, OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR? WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, WE MIGHT AS WELL. SURE.
AS LONG AS HE INVITED ONE. GOT A BRR FOR LIGHT POLE BANNER HARDWARE REPLACEMENT IN THE RIVIERA VILLAGE. IF MIKE KLEIN WAS HERE, HE WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IS THAT IT? YES. OKAY. NOTHING FOR ME TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. NO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.
NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRETT.
NO. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? I MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND. ALL FOR. AYE.
OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL DONE.
THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE REVIEWED IT YET, THOUGH.
CONSIDER IT APPROVED. OKAY. THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT.
[O. CITY MANAGER ITEMS]
CITY MANAGER ITEMS. NOTHING THIS EVENING THAT THE BUDGET COVERED IT.WE'VE GOT THREE HEARINGS IN JUNE. WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.
THERE IS A CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUESTING A JOINT MEETING AMONG BOTH AGENCIES, YOU MAY BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CALENDARING OFFLINE, BUT JUST FYI AND I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR MAY, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK AT IT IN JUNE FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE TUESDAYS.
OKAY. NOW MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF.
[Q. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF]
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WE TALKED ABOUT THE REVIEW AND THE MILITARY RESERVIST PAY POLICY AND PROCESS IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID, WE DON'T NEED A REFERRAL. YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING. IF THERE'S A THERE'S AN UPDATE, I THINK IN CONSISTENCY WE NEED TO HAVE BETWEEN OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR ORDINANCE SO I'VE TALKED TO MISS FORD ABOUT THAT. WE'LL, LOOK TO RECONCILE THE REFERRAL.AND IT'S. AND THE CLARIFICATION IS NECESSARY.
WE HAVE AN INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN WHAT'S IN THE FAIRLY OLD CODE LANGUAGE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A MATTER OF COURSE, IN PRACTICE IN OUR MOU, IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
SO OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THEN. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.
WELL BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S THE COVID, THERE'S A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT STANDARDS, THERE'S THE DINING DECKS THAT WE APPROVED THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S AFFECTING SOME OF THE ACTIVITY DOWN THERE.
I THINK THE REFERRAL WOULD BE FOR US TO I THINK WE PUT THIS LIKELY IF YOU WERE ALL TO SUPPORT THIS, WE'D PUT THIS INTO THE MIX OF PREFERRED USES AND KIND OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE, DO WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES THAT WOULD, IN A SENSE, PRIORITIZE THE BALANCE THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THERE ON THE RETAIL SIDE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT HAS BEEN A QUICK POPULATION OF RESTAURANTS? SO THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT'S COME UP. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD GET INTO THAT KIND OF NOT GENERAL PLAN,
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PHASE TWO CONSTRUCT, BUT THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT PREFERRED BUSINESS USES AND TYPES AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE WORK. SO IT COULD EASILY BE THROWN INTO THAT MIX. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE A FORMAL ACTION ON IT ANYTIME SOON.IT'S JUST FOR POINT OF DISCUSSION, I THINK. SO.
SO ARE YOU SAYING WE DON'T NEED THE REFERRAL? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEING THROWN INTO THAT CONVERSATION, YEAH, I THINK THE REFERRAL IS FINE IF YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT IT TO BE A MORE SPECIFIC STANDALONE ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING MORE QUICKLY THAN THAT, WE PROBABLY NEED EVERYBODY TO CONSENT TO THAT.
UP TO THE MOTION MAKER. YEAH I'M OKAY DELAYING THIS A LITTLE BIT.
AS LONG AS IT DOES GET CONSIDERED JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A GROWING CONCERN.
WE'RE THROWING THE [INAUDIBLE]. YOU'RE THROWING IT TO THE COMMITTEE INITIALLY OR.
WE MAY THEN DISCUSS IT AND THEN KICK IT TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE THE COUNCIL.
I'LL SECOND IT JUST FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE DO.
CAN I ASK JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS? I ALWAYS ASK THIS.
HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THIS YET WITH THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL PERSON LIKE HAS? OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN. ACTUALLY I HAVE. DISCUSSED WITH BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER? I ALWAYS ASK THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEST THAT WE, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD STUFF LIKE THAT WOULD COME UP AND IT WAS LIKE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANYBODY? AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. NO, PLEASE. I MEAN, AND IT JUST IT IS IN THE RIVIERA VILLAGE.
THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT. IT SOUNDS IMPORTANT TO YOU. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE CITY MANAGER IS, LOGISTICALLY, YOU'RE JUGGLING A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF.
YOU'RE QUARTERBACKING THE ECONOMIC SUBCOMMITTEE.
YOU GOT THESE OTHER THINGS GOING ON. WHAT WORKS BEST.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, WHAT WORKS BEST THAT WILL STILL ACHIEVE WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE, I THINK, TO BE VETTED AGAINST AND PROBABLY ACTUALIZED DURING TEXT AMENDMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. THAT'S WHEN I THINK IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WILL OCCUR.
BUT THE DISCUSSION OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN HAVE THAT KICKOFF DISCUSSION SEPARATE FROM THAT WORK.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET ULTIMATELY THROWN IN FOR IMPLEMENTATION, BECAUSE THAT'S IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE EFFECTIVELY, MARK, WHO'S FINALLY GONE HOME FOR THE NIGHT, I THINK, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE HIS WORK EFFORT, AND AS YOU KNOW, MARK'S PLATE IS QUITE FULL. SO WE CAN HAVE THE INITIAL CONVERSATION SOMETIME THIS SUMMER AS A KICKOFF AND INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE DONE WITH OTHER ITEMS. BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY THE WORK ON IT, THE TEXT AMENDMENT WORK ITSELF IS GOING TO GET THROWN INTO THAT PREFERRED USE DISCUSSION PREFERRED. YEAH. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU OR DO YOU PREFER MORE? OKAY. WELL THEN I'M FINE WITH IT. THANK YOU MAYOR.
SURE. AND THEN I JUST HAD ONE MORE QUESTION FOR MIKE.
IN TERMS OF JUST THE PARKETTES WASN'T THAT ALLOWED SORT OF UNDER THE SHORT TERM APPROVAL FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION? WELL, LET'S NOT TALK THE DETAILS HERE. THAT'S OKAY.
I'LL ANSWER THAT OFFLINE. DO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS AS A REFERRAL TO STAFF, OR DO WE WANT IT IN THE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL? OKAY. YOU STILL WANT US TO VOTE ON WHETHER IT'S A REFERRAL TO STAFF? YES. OKAY. SO I'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR IT.
AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.
COUNCIL MEMBER . OBAGI. YEAH. CAN I MAKE A REFERRAL FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER TO IMPLEMENT THE FEE FOR DOCTOR TO YOUR DOOR THAT WE DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT LAST BUDGET, PLEASE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? TO YOUR DOOR WHEN PEOPLE GET MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT FEE. ASSESSMENT.[LAUGHTER] PARAMEDIC.
PARAMEDIC.ISN'T THAT PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION? YEAH.
[INAUDIBLE] WAS THAT A DECISION PACKET TO. IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT ACTION REQUIRES A CONTRACT, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT CONTRACT STATUS, THAT CONTRACT PREPARATION, THAT CONTRACT AS A STANDALONE ITEM.
THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY GET IMPLEMENTED.
BUT ALSO YOU CAN MASSAGE THAT THE VALUE OF THAT REVENUE ESTIMATE, IF YOU LIKE, THROUGH THE BUDGET.
THERE'S THAT OPTION TOO. BUT YOUR BUDGET ASSUME THAT'S THAT WE'RE CHARGING THOSE FEES ARE NOT.
ZERO IN THAT IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT FEE. BUT WE WERE WE DID WE PASSED IT LAST TIME.
AND NOW DOES AS A STANDALONE ITEM. OKAY, WE GOT IT.
SO IS THIS A REFERRAL TO DO THAT? YEAH. SECOND.
IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTING CONTRACT THAT DISCUSSION WOULD REVOLVE AROUND.
SURE. CAN I JUST SAY, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AS PART OF THIS BUDGET
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AND NOW, ARE YOU MAKING THE REFERRAL TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET? NO, JUST A STANDALONE DISCUSSION ITEM AS TO ARE WE ENTERING INTO IT DIDN'T [INAUDIBLE] HAPPEN. SO ARE WE DIRECTING STAFF TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THAT CONTRACT? AND IF WE ARE IS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND TIME EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THAT IS JUST HAVING THAT DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND GIVING DIRECTION IF THERE'S POLICY BEHIND THAT, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL SOME OTHER X DATE.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? SURE. THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS FOR.
ALL RIGHT. I'M IN FAVOR. OKAY, SO YOU'RE A SECOND.
ALL FOR. AYE. ANYBODY AGAINST. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER . BARRON.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DID HAVE AN ITEM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS A REFERRAL.
MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION. SO WE HAD THIS AMAZING FIREWORKS SHOW LAST YEAR.
AND AT THE END OF THE EVENING, WHEN EVERYONE WANTED TO GO HOME, THINGS KIND OF TURNED.
A LITTLE TRAFFIC WAS SNARLED, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE HEADING NORTH FROM THE PIER, AND IT CREATED A LOT OF ANGST AND KIND OF TURNED A VERY HAPPY EVENT INTO, YOU KNOW, A TRAFFIC ISSUE. SO IS THERE A WAY THAT CITY STAFF CAN MAYBE INTERFACE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND WORK ON A BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, SAFETY FIRST IF THEY CAN'T JUST CUT OFF STREETS? IT MAY BE BETTER COORDINATE WITH US SO WE COULD ALL HAVE SORT OF A HAPPY END TO THE EVENING.
YEAH. WE'LL HAVE TO RESURRECT THAT CONVERSATION WITH IT APPEARS NEW PERSONNEL.
SO IT'S ON MY RADAR. IF IT'S NOT ALREADY, IT'S ON PD'S RADAR.
THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT ISSUE AS WELL. BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK WITH THEIR PERSONNEL TO, WHAT HAPPENED IS FOR MOST EFFECTIVELY CLOSED NORTHBOUND HARBOR DRIVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THEM TO RECONSIDER THAT.
YEAH. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ASKING. OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY. THAT'S IT. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ADJOURN.
SECOND. YOU'RE AHEAD OF ME. AND THAT'S TILL JUNE 3RD.
UNTIL JUNE 3RD. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.
ALL FOUR. AYE. OKAY. RIGHT. THANKS, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. GOOD MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.