Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application, through the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the 2015 Continuum of Care for Homeless Assistance Program, and execute all necessary documents, subgrants and any amendments changing the amount of the award or extending the grant term upon receipt of HUD funding.  The grant award amount will be between $6.5 million and $8.5 million for a period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.  (Citywide)
Item 18. Report from Health and Human Services. Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 2015 Continuum of Care for Homeless Assistance Program Citywide. There's been a motion in a second council for Austin. I move in urging your full support on this. This is something that we have been involved in for many years. And this grant will help. You know, several homeless folks with services. Councilmember Gringa. Ditto. Counsel a supernova. Clear you. Now you're clear. Okay, so we have a motion and a second. Any public comment on the item? CNN, please cast your votes. Vice mayor. Councilman Price. Motion carries nine zero. Mr. Mayor. Yes? Councilmember Kelly, call if you would like to make a quick introduction. For item 18, the one we just voted on. Yes. Okay. If she wants it, she wants. Just an introduction. She wants to make some comments about item 18. So let me just. Okay, go ahead. Sorry. I just thought I'd just like to make an introduction. Mayor and council members. We have our new homeless services officer here in the audience, Theresa Chandler. So if you see her out and about, please let her know. Please like who say hi, welcome her and know that she's out working in our community. Welcome to Long Beach and welcome. Oh, actually not. You know, you're part of the Long Beach family already, but welcome to your new role. So thank you. Next item. Oh, Councilman Superdome. I was just going to say she's already been out in the community. And thank you for attending our our community meeting last week. And just one other item, that path is involved in this item, and that's people assisting the homeless. The same acronym as the last group that presented it. But they're different groups. Thank you. Let's move on to item number 19. Item 19 Report from Public Works and Financial Management. Recommendation to Award a contract to Sally Miller Contracting Company for the rehabilitation of Bixby Road between Atlantic Avenue and Orange Avenue for a total contract amount not to exceed 819,958 District seven eight.