Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $7,500, offset by the Third Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide funding for the installation of speed cushions on Ximeno Avenue between Broadway and 2nd Street; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $7,500 to offset a transfer to the Public Works Department.
We'll do those all as one item. This is here. Any objection from the council? I do not. Madam Clerk, please read 14, 15, 16, 17 and 21. Item 14 is community. Item 14 Communication from Councilman Price. Recommendation to increase appropriation in the Public Works Department by 7500 to provide funding for the installation of speed cushion on Examiner Avenue between Broadway and Second Street. Item 15 is communication from Councilmember So Pinol. Recommendation to increase appropriation in the Public Works Department in the amount of 2500 to install a new street light in the fourth Council District. Item 16 is communication from councilman have been a recommendation to increase appropriation in the city manager department by 500 to provide a donation to Cambodian Town Inc for the 2021 Virtual Cambodian Town Parade and Cultural Festival. Item 20. 17 Item Seventeen's Communication from Councilman Super NA recommendation to increase appropriation in the city manager's department by 500 to provide a donation to CSU LP 49 year foundation for the second annual Wings of Hope virtual event. Item 21 is communication from Councilwoman Mango. Recommendation to increase appropriation in the Public Works Department in the amount of 2500 to support a critical needs. Safety improvement in the Fifth District's. Thank you. I have a motion by Councilmember Supernova to approve the items in a second by Councilman Price. Councilman Supernanny comments. No. Just you, sir. I appreciate everyone's support. We have some charitable contributions here and a street light. So there's the breadth of these motions. Councilwoman Pryce. I just want to acknowledge the residents who are going to be the hopefully the beneficiaries of this traffic mitigation enhancement that we're installing at this location. This was truly such the quintessential democratic process. The residents got together. They had multiple meetings with me and my team and really advocated for this. And then they did their own community outreach. And I'm just really grateful to to them, to the residents for bringing this forward. And I just want to give a huge thanks to Carl Hickman and Elias Garcia from our traffic team, who really have helped us a lot with this issue and everything that they do. We'll see if this works. It's a pilot program, but I'm grateful for the opportunity to be able to fund the pilot and to have the residents support and traffic support to do it. Thank you. Thank you, Counselor. Murray. Ringo. Look, Simon, thanks for the good. Luck and councilmember Mongo. Thank you. This recommendation comes from our police department in partnership with one of our local community groups. And I'm very supportive and I really appreciate the number of comments we receive from the community in support of this item. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes council comment. There is some public comment. I believe we might have a public comment for item 16 and public comment for item 21. Yes. We have Patricia to Pat for item 16. And. Oh, there we go. Patricia to Pat. Cooney. Yeah. Sorry. Good evening. Same console. My name's Patricia, but I'm here to speak on behalf of the youth and which I believe that tobacco should be banned because according to research paper, products are more used in young adults than older adults. Younger adults are more likely to use. Favorite product by 85% compared to older. Adults. Who mostly use 10% to 20%, according to an article. On Truth intuitive Blackhawk youth prefer sweet taste and snuff compared to regular tobacco. This shows how flavor products can be addicting. I urge you to pick this audience as it is. Thank you for your time. I think your next speaker. Sorry. Our next speaker is for item 21. Carol Mayor. Good evening, honorable mayor and council members. My name is Carol Meyer, living in the third district and I am first vice president of the Long Beach Community Garden. And speaking on behalf of our 15 member board and 300 garden members, we are asking for support of an allocation to improve security. In one of the corners of our garden, we unfortunately have experienced theft by people without homes. They come into the garden at night and opportunistically steal vegetables, tool machines and other equipment purchased either by the garden. Or. Personally by the members. This garden is a gem that many Long Beach residents don't even know existed. It is nine acres and likely the largest community garden in Southern California. We work very closely with the city through our Councilperson Stacie Mango and the city department, particularly the Department of Parks and Marine. We have members from every city district. We provide fresh, organic vegetables year round for our family and friends. Further, we do share the garden members contribute over £60,000 of vegetables to the Long Beach Rescue mission on an annual basis. During COVID, we were inundated with requests for membership, and all plots are now assigned with 35 applicants on the waiting list. The garden was an oasis during COVID for its members, some with with us. For nearly 40 years it has been and continues to be that peaceful, productive place. We request your vote to secure critical funding to deter nonmember entry where access is most frequently violated. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker for item 21 is Milton Johnson. Give me a favorite. Sure. There's a comment that says you guys are a good unanimous vote. Mr. Mayor, you're not muted. Oh, thank you. Thank. And that concludes public comment for this item. Mr. Mayor, that concludes some time for all these items. Yeah. Councilman Price is up next. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm sorry, but I didn't realize that we were talking about item 1/2. Item number 29. The flavored tobacco ban. Is that up for a vote right now? Because we had some public comment on it. No, that was not. That comment was was attributed to item 16, which was my item. And the comment did not relate to the item of my. I understand. Okay. Thank you. Then I have nothing. Thank you. Thank you. Please roll call. Vote, please. Councilwoman Sun has. I'm Councilwoman Allen. I'm Councilwoman Pryce. I Councilman Sabina. I Councilwoman Mongo. I. Councilwoman Zahra, Council Member Oranga. By. Councilman Austin. Hi. Vice Mayor Richardson. All right. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Now we're going on to item number 19, please.