Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to provide a response to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Request for Proposals Solicitation No. PS24750 for Transit Law Enforcement Services; and obtain authority for the Long Beach Police Department to submit a responsive proposal to furnish labor, materials, and other related items for the performance of a contract.  (Citywide)
Motion carries. Item 24 Report from Police Recommendation to provide a response to L.A. Metro four RFP Solicitation for transit law enforcement services citywide. Councilman. Councilwoman Gonzales. I'm just thankful for this information. I know it's been a long. Discussion and having PD possibly enforce our metro stations. And I'm glad to see that we're moving in that direction. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Your Honor. It makes sense. Let's go for it. Mr. City Managers or staff report. By senior council members. We don't have a lot of information to share yet tonight, but what we're basically asking tonight is just for permission to respond to the RFP. Commander Rich Conant is here and he'll be in charge of that. Commander Conant has any brief remarks. Good evening, Madam Vice Mayor and City Council. Item 24 is for an RFP for transit law enforcement services for the Metro Blue Line. The police department is currently completing our staffing model and we will be prepared to present the staffing model on May 28th per the schedule for Metro Metro's RFP. We're looking at policing ten stops in the city and it's a great opportunity for the police department to improve the quality of life for our Long Beach residents with our services on the blue line. And I'm available for any questions. Thank you, Commander. I appreciate that. I wanted to congratulate city management and the police department for continuing to pursue this. This has been a long running discussion, as Councilwoman Gonzales points out, probably the entire time that we have had the blue line in the city and. Definitely not in. In any criticism of the county's efforts, but really acknowledging that it is too much to do. The system is very big and it is a lot of work. And for us to be able to have the opportunity to. Patrol and protect the stations that are in Long Beach would be tremendous. And I have to imagine that it can only have a positive impact on our public safety efforts. So thank you for keeping with the goal and I wish us luck. The deadline is May 28th, is that correct? Yes, ma'am. And do you know when they will let us know? I do not at this point. Okay. That's fine. Is there any member of the public that wishes to address the Council on 24? I don't think I can ask questions, but right now the county has the exclusive contract to patrol metro lines and bus metro bus service. And there had been some problems right here in Long Beach that lasted for years with an errant deputy. His name was Deputy X. I can't really tell you his real name because probably I could get sued. But he did racial profiling. And I just wanted to know if the sheriff was still going to be involved in this or was Long Beach going to be pretty much taking over unless it was a back up type of issue because there were some really serious problems that that defied solution for over two years. Okay. So thank you for that. I can answer that briefly and just wanted to share that. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the funding agency for the Law Enforcement Services, and so they provided the exclusive contract to the county. It seems that as of February 2016, they made. They established an opportunity for local law enforcement agencies to provide transit law enforcement services to support bus and rail operations in the entirety of the L.A. Metro Service area. Sorry, that is a mouthful. And so we have the opportunity to bid for that. And so my understanding is that they are interested if local agencies are interested. Is that correct? Commander. Yes, ma'am, it is. Okay. Thank you. Would that members cast your vote? Motion carries.