Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an Other Transaction Agreement and any related documents for the National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program, and any subsequent amendments, with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to implement and deploy certified canine teams on-site at the Long Beach Airport using Long Beach Police Officers; and to accept the anticipated award, in an estimated amount of $606,000 for a four-year period; and increase appropriations in the Airport Fund (EF 320) in the Airport Department (AP) for $151,500 for the first year of the program in FY 16.  (District 5)
Councilman Price. Councilman Mongo. Motion carries. Item 23. Report from Long Beach Airport and police recommendation to execute another other transportation agreement for the National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to implement and deploy certified canine teams on site at the Long Beach Airport District five. There's a motion in second. Any public comment? Saying non councilman mongo. We are so thankful to get this grant. It is going to be exciting to have this in Long Beach. So thank you to all the hard work from the staff that got this done. We are excited. I see that there's a lot of staff here who stayed a long time. Did you have a report you wanted to stay after that long other item? Go ahead. Well, we're really proud of you guys. Are you going to name the dogs? I don't know if there are any naming rights for the dogs, but we'll we'll hold comment for that. No, I just I just want to thank Drew Schneider, who is our. Who is our manager of security. He really worked diligently to get this done. We were notified on April 16th, and we need to. Get the contract in by June 20th. So it was a. Very quick. Turnaround. But we will have the trained handlers and canine units in place by November 1st. So we thank you for your support for this recommendation. Well, thank you for all the work that you put in. And we're really excited to get these new pups at the airport. Thank you. Next up is 20. So those were withdrawn. 26. No. We need. Oh, I'm sorry. You know what? I'm sorry, Councilman Austin. And then public comment. So we're not done. I just moved on. Councilman Austin. Thank you. Thank you. That was my brain. And I wanted to comment on the naming rights for the dogs. My, my, my. My first dog was named George Washington. My second dog was named Rex, by the way. And I told Councilmember Rex Richardson that all the two really occasions I did have I did have one question regarding the the the duties and responsibilities of the airport officers who will be handling the the canines. Will that change the design of their their work in any way and will require us to to hire more officers or new in any way. Um, just. Just a curiosity. No, sir, not requiring additional staff. We have worked into the daily deployment schedule at the. Airport. Using our rover position. Thank you very much. No pun intended. Okay. Any public comment? Please cast your votes. Thanks so much. Councilman and. Thanks, Marilyn. Motion carries. Next item. 26 is a.