Recommendation to adopt resolution pursuant to California Government Code Section 3505.4, authorizing the implementation of the terms of the City's Last, Best and Final Offer, described in the October 24, 2018 correspondence to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), detailing the Scope of Service on the Airport Security Division and Long Beach Police Department Integration.  (Citywide)
Thank you. We're all here. So we have two items not on the agenda. We're going to go back to the item that we were on and then we will be moving on to the last item which had a time certain at sometime after 630. And so, Madam Clerk, can you please read the last item that we were on? Item 22 Report from Human Resources. Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing the implementation of the terms of the city's last, best and final offer described in the October 24th, 2018 correspondence to the IAM detailing the scope of service on the airport security divisions and the Long Beach Police Department integration citywide. Okay, so I think, Mr. City Attorney, we're back on the item 22. So we actually believe we completed public comment. Yes. Okay. And the staff report is all complete, correct? Yes. Okay. So there's a there's a recommendation by staff. It's on the agenda. Is there a motion on this item? We had to wait for council. Okay. If there's there's a motion or a second on this item. I don't think we need, chef. I think some people are asking, do we need a staff report again or no? No, you don't. Legally, you've had the staff report and public comment and then you continue to till later in the meeting so you can proceed with council discussion. Okay, well, let's go to those. Go to that. Go to any council discussion then. I'm sorry. I just got to. I got to follow the city attorney's rules, and I believe that they're we already had a public comment and the staff report. And unless there is a request from counsel to do to have the staff report again, I know we're short. We can do that. So why don't we do the staff for one more time? Right. Thanks, Dana. Alex Vasquez. Good evening, Mayor and City Council. This item is regarding the airport security and the Long Beach Police Department. Integration is a brief overview on this item and the city is proposing that we implement this integration between airport security and Long Beach Police Department. This item was presented to Council on April 23rd, 2019. The council at that time requested to postpone this decision point until May in order to implement the City Council. A city council action is required. We'd like to give you a brief background about the airport security and police department integration and result in the 911 attacks, there was a nationwide emphasis on airport security. The city first proposed integrating airport security in the police department in early 2002. The rationale for this integration. Was because post-9-11, federal oversight drastically expanded airport security requirements. And although state law requires security positions at the airport to be granted peace officer status, their core duties continue to be continue to focus on regulatory compliance. Part of the rationale is also to ensure the city addresses inconsistent and non standardized training and creates a single chain of command with law enforcement oversight and supervision. We also look towards best practice. And what we found is that other California public regional airports have an integrated airport security with law enforcement divisions. For example, Sacramento International, San Jose International, the city of Los Angeles. World Airports. Oakland International. John Wayne and San Diego International. Some of the expected benefits we hope to gain with the integration of the airport police, airport security and police department function again, a single structure, chain of command, better coordination of both resources and personnel, including supervision , training and deployment of staff, consistent and appropriate training standards and continued safety and security of passengers and other airport stakeholders at the Long Beach Airport. I wanted to give you a briefing about the reorganization process. The city is required to complete a meeting, confer process with the impacted bargaining units. The results of the meeting confer a process that we conducted are as follows. We met with Poppy, who represents the police officers, and that process was completed and they agreed with this reorganization. We also met with IAM as they represent the special security officers or CISOs, however, that meet and confer process resulted in an impasse. And we also completed the fact finding process. On April 23rd, the City Council received and filed a fact finders report. However, action is required in order to implement the integration on the IAM because our meet and confer process resulted in the impasse. I just want to quickly recap that the IAM meet and confer process. The city and I am did meet and we had approximately we had ten meetings that were held over months. The parties were unable to reach an agreement in October and on and on October 24, 2018, the city declared impasse and provided Iam with our last , best, final offer. On November 21st, 2018, the IAM requested the fact finding process and the fact finding hearing was held on February 8th. The fact finder issued an advisory recommendation on March 5th and on March 15. This. The Fact Finder report was made public. The City Council has the option to consider the Fact Finder recommendations, and the City Council, by resolution can impose the last, best final offer. I also want to recap some of the impacts on the employees. There are no changes to the employees salary or seniority as a result of this proposed action. There is no change to their bargaining unit and the SOS will retain peace officer status. The CEOs will also receive the necessary training to carry out their duties. In addition to the core curriculum proposed, the CISOs will also be eligible to request the following post certified courses that are listed. In summary, the Fact-Finding Fact-Finding Panel recommendations. I'm sorry. The Fact-Finding Panel consisted of three panelists. The IAM represented, the city represented and a neutral representative. After hearing both the IAM and the city's position, the panel found in favor of the city with a vote of 2 to 1. The panel's recommendation was that the city was within its rights to implement the final proposal. Staff recommendation is to adopt by resolution a resolution pursuant to California government code 3505.4 authorizing the implementation of the terms of the city's last best final offer described in the October 24, 2018 correspondence to the IAM detailing the scope of services on airport security division and Long Beach Police Department integration. We'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. And Mr. City Attorney, I know there was a request to hear those. Again, I I'm inclined to allow the three public comments that were made to go again, if that's okay with you. Mayor, if the public comment has been open and closed, if you if you reopen the public comment, you can't limit it just to those three people. You can reopen the public comment, period. Okay. Well, I'm going to just to ensure that everyone's hearing the same information, I'm going to reopen the public comment period. I want to begin by inviting the three folks, if they would like to, to speak again. So honorable, mayor. City council members. Those. I just showed up. Good to see you. First off, my name's Salvador Vasquez, 55 West. Well, I'm the president of the. I nine for seven. I just wanted to make one point that's very important here is city management and H.R. are representing the airport that they just presented. Those are international airports. By no means is at Long Beach Airport. That has also been currently performing that duty for decades. And as Brother Suarez has indicated before. Per the city the city meeting confer to give them post certify training. Now they want to take it away. So our concern is you're going to have an airport that our officers are going to have to train Long Beach PD and to the public. Speaker that you guys have missed the concern we have that people or the PD is already stressed in regards to the support they have for the streets, yet they want to pull resources from them and put it in the airport. They already have people there in the capacity. As a matter of fact, the airport has been underfunded. There's 27 allocated budget, a position. There's only 11 to 12 officers there. They they misrepresented that last time we're here. It's just concerning to me that they would fast track this, put it on an agenda on Friday, not even give us enough time to have subject matter experts here to actually properly represent the interests of your constituents, the people that elect and vote for you guys, as well as all those that serve and fly into Long Beach. That's a concern to us. Now, this unit is standing before you to ask the city council not only to think about the workers that are being harmed, but also the fact that these workers, these as a source, prefer as a place where the same uniformed do the same job at a lower cost to the city. Just just let that sink in at a lower cost to the city. Now, one more. The thing that's more important than anything else is the fact that these officers are going to have to train their replacements, do their job. Imagine the issue that's going to have with transportation, those people flying in there when RC has always had to train the people that are going to replace them, do their duties. Think about that. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker Wayne Zimmerman, resident at Long Beach. I'd be interested in knowing what the issues of impasse were. Can the city respond? What were the issues that caused the impasse? Mr. West. I know those. I know. I'm saying. Mr. West, you want to respond to that? Because it's a negotiation. We met approximately ten times over a year. And I think the big impasse was the union did not want to work under the police department. Well, I think. Okay. Alex, you want to respond? I think I think well, Mr.. Mr. West, I think part of the question is we we reached through the impasse process, through the through the negotiation process that that your staff went through. Ms.. It's Alex didn't comment on that. So the two primary issues of disagreement were the training for CISOs and the continued ability for the CISOs to make red light stops. Thank you. And thanks to. Our honorable mayor and city council. So I just wanted to put emphasis on the issues that we're concerned about, that the training of our special service officers in Long Beach will go down from 660 hours down to 30 or 60. I like how they they play around with the truth that they're going to still get training. The key word is that they got a request to see if there's budget available. For training. I want to put I want to put a spotlight on that. And I want I want you all to realize when you guys. What's the word? Motion to put it after to wait for the recess. I want you to look at all the city employees that came after work on their own time and how respectful that is to us. Good day. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I'd be curious to to know if it's public information. The homeland security and federal money from TSA that is really up for mistakes because for many people in the community, this isn't a security issue as there's never been any attack on a on or on the premises of the airport. For many people in the community, this seems like a money grab, you know, in an area where crime rates are going down. It seems like this is an opportunity to integrate a otherwise independent division of security in relation to the airport, to a the police department that wants extra police officers. That's great. However, you shouldn't be using the airport as an opportunity to do that. You know, you should maybe police the the high schools that are being attacked right now, you know, poorly high Cabrillo High, where students are being attacked while they're moving around the streets. Maybe you can dedicate those 20 extra officers that you want these special details that are just sitting around instead of going out to the unions, you can go after the real criminals, which are the people on the streets, the gangs, the gangs who are using this opportunity, you know, to burglarize our homes. And with the opioid crisis going on right now, that's not at the airport. I wish we had an airport in the Wrigley area. I wish because then maybe you guys would dedicate some extra officers and extra substation that way to police instead of trying to use this as an opportunity to, you know, I know the airports increase in Long Beach Airport is a great airport to fly through. Never had no problems, never had any problems with the CSO moving in or moving out of that airport. However, I know that as it's an increase in airport and there's increasing traffic, what is now, what is it? 15 is a 17. 12 what's now 12? You guys take it over. I know in a decade or two they'll be 30 and in another decade or two they'll be 50. So I see the game. I see it's the same thing you guys are doing at the harbor. It's the same thing you guys are doing it the blue line. You guys are trying to take opportunities to to use security as opportunities for job security. And that's not what your job is. Your job is to police the streets and make sure our communities are safe. Now, making sure that 20, 30 extra of you cops, police officers will have the opportunity to have a job at the expense of union members. So city council people, you know, you know what the truth is? They're going after the unions and they're going after, you know, ample opportunities to take federal money and homeland security money. That's not security has nothing to do with this. Thank you. Thank you. And last speaker, please. Good evening, Mayor and City Council Robert Fox, executive director of the Council of Neighborhood Organizations. I oppose the merger of the airport security with our police department on some practical grounds. Number one, if it's not broke, don't fix it. Number two, every time we do this kind of a takeover like we did with the blue line, we supposedly added 51 officers to the force when in fact, they were dedicated only to the blue line. And we're still 200 officers short. So our budget of the city of Long Beach has never been police specific as it should be. I think that's a real critical issue here. We're adding on a responsibility to the police department, which is already understaffed, and all you're doing is changing out really qualified security people who are specifically trained for the airport with people who are not specifically trained for the airport. And I believe that that is a dangerous combination for this city. We have a wonderful airport that we spent a lot of money on modernizing, and it's wonderful to fly out of. I've never had a problem and we've never had a security problem in the city of Long Beach, on our airport, on our streets. We do. So I'm suggesting that we. Rethink this. Besides which, I think it's insulting to the citizens of Long Beach to have such short notice on such an important issue. We had to go around, grumble around trying to figure out, you know, what this was all about. And, you know, if we as neighborhood activists and leaders of our communities have to scramble to find the information. How much more difficult is it for regular citizens to get this information? These are the people we serve. So I'm wishing that you will reconsider this idea, postpone it, perhaps do some more research on it. I personally would support the airport and saying precisely the way it is. They have a good grip on it. Their training is impeccable. We've had no problems in personnel whatsoever, whereas in our police department we have. I hate to tell you that. So I would suggest I'm not trying to bash the police department that you've got a 100% sterling record versus. Hmm, I don't think this is a good idea. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. That that concludes. That concludes public comments. Let me go to close public comment. Mr. West, you have something? Just one thing, sir. I just want to make it clear that there's nobody's been replaced. I just want to make that clear. Okay. Okay. So let me let me go back guy who was trying to get through through the process here. So there is a motion proposed by staff on the floor. Is there a second on this motion? Okay. If there's no if there's no second if there's no second on this motion, then then the motion will not move forward. You need a second for the special. Said there's no second on the motion so. So I'm just I'm just want to say there is no second on the motion. So slow motion. We're moving on to the next item. There's no second on the motion. Okay. Our next item is. 710.