Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing and adopt resolution amending the Master Fee and Charges Schedule.  (Citywide)
Item three Report from Financial Management Report. Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record. Conclude the public hearing and adopt resolution. Amending the master fee and change charge charges scheduled citywide. Because they were competing for the. Okay. I'm going to turn this over to. Time to go. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Members of the council. This hearing, the staff report will be presented by Leah Erickson, our budget management director or manager. Good evening, Mayor, and members of the City Council. City Council's approval is being requested for second quarter changes to the master fee and charges schedule for the second quarter adjustment process. There are minimal changes and six departments have proposed a total of 19 fee changes to the schedule, along with four deletions. The Master fee and charges schedule is updated at least twice a year to allow departments to meet City Council's stated policy on user fees, which calls for full cost recovery whenever appropriate. City Council last approved an amended master fee and charges schedule as part of the 15 budget process. Some examples of the changes in the report include a change to the passport postage fee to reflect increased postage cost. There's also fees related to implementation of the Mills Act to include a change of the application fee to be 1100 per property instead of per unit. And lastly, there's also a reduction in the youth pool swim fee for the Belmont outdoor pool from $3 to $1. Proposed reductions for the remaining city pools will be heard by the City Parks and Recreation Commission on April 16th. Department representatives are here to answer any specific questions on the changes. Councilmember Mongeau If one of my colleagues has a question on changes, I have a question on the next round of this that I thought would be important for the hearing. All yield to another councilmember. Okay. Leah, Miss Erickson, if you could for a quick moment, give us a little background on what the difference is between exhibit A and Exhibit B. I know you and I have talked about the questions I've received from constituents regarding the variance and what the confusions are. Would you be able to speak to that, please? Sure. Councilwoman Mongo Exhibit A is included for reference purposes and includes the entire master fee and charges schedule. Exhibit B includes just the fees that are being changed or deleted or new fees. And so that's what city council would be approving at this point. So I read a fair share of these fees to be supportive of our idea that. We're not increasing fees. We're actually lowering fees when it comes to the pool to empower children to participate in learning how to swim, which is a valuable tool and a valuable skill to have. And then these other fees are new because of other laws and changes that we've made to be more business friendly, specifically in the downtown area. Yes. That is a that's correct. That's an establishment of an exemption process for a noise hearing. Yes. So so just to be clear, these new fees are to support the community and business. And potentially, if we had any other requests for when this comes back to us. And six months would now be the appropriate time to make that request. Yes, you could you could ask the administration to look into things. So as we've discussed, I'd like to make a formal request for the administration to look into the parking permit process. As many are aware, in the fifth District, along with my councilmember, who's missing for a quick second. All of us have been here for quite a while and needed a few bathroom breaks. We have some parking districts and the make up of how parking permits are charged there. We believe a group of constituents and myself believe that there might be a more effective way to make those charges. That would not be as costly to the residents. And I know you and I have kind of talked about that maybe the first car cost a certain amount, but each additional car would be less because the processing costs to the city would actually be substantially lower for those additional cost. And therefore, we would be able to save the taxpayers some funding while still giving them the privilege of the parking district for the areas that are so impacted by the community college, the college and other areas throughout the city. Is that something we could have back in the next iteration in the fall? Councilwoman Mango Yes, the administration can. The staff can look at that and and report back and see if any changes are warranted. My goal is that this is back before the council before we permanently make the areas that are currently temporary, permanent, because we want to make sure that we're doing the best by our citizens to ensure that those prostitution fees are reasonable. So thank you very much for that. I'll be supporting this motion or this hearing. Councilmember Gonzalez. Thank you. I also want to say thank you for I know you heard loud and clear the residents regarding the Mills Act. And I see here there's some adjustments that have been made. And so I just want to make sure that Mills Act application fee is changing per from per unit to per property. That is correct. I just wanted to make sure that was that I was reading that correctly. Councilwoman Gonzales. That is correct. Okay. And I think that's about it. But I just wanted to thank you for all that, because I know that that had been brought up a few meetings before, and you heard them loud and clear. So thank. You. Thank you, Councilwoman. There still is not a motion or a second, but we do. We are doing that. Are you okay? Thank you. Councilmember your anger. Yeah, I see that. There's also an inclusion of marriage license fees of. Does that mean that our city clerk will be administering more marriages? Yes, that is correct. There is a civil marriage ceremony. The. Okay. Is there an estimate as to what that may generate? Just out of curiosity, if you have any kind of numbers that you can work on? Councilmember Durango. We don't have an estimate of the number of couples who would choose to use the city clerk at this time. But once we have more experience, we can report back. That's all. Thank you. Councilmember Alston. Yes. I was just curious regarding the the Long Beach Airport and the commercial use permits, and I see that they have gone up significantly for filming. And how did we reach that conclusion to to almost double those fees? Is anyone? Are we? Okay. So. I don't seem to have a representative here from the Long Beach. We do. Okay. I'm sorry. I'll turn it over to. For the Long Beach Airport. Carolyn Carleton Lowe. Councilman, this councilman, this is. Our effort to. Bring our fees in line with the rest of the city and also to reflect staff time that goes into. These endeavors. Okay. So our filming permits, this is in line with what they are for the rest of the city. That's what I understand. Okay. I was just curious. It just kind of jumped out at me. I know we are making great strides as a state, you know, a local area to to encourage our filming and to continue to do that. I just want to make sure that we're being consistent. Thank you very much. Okay. So we have a motion and a second seeing no further comment. Is there any member of the public that wishes to address the Council? Mr. Goodhew. Very good Hugh Clark, as he does have a serious issue relative to the. Fees that are charged to hold rowing events. In the last six months. Within the last six months. Three events in the for the first time in the history of Long Beach, three rowing events had to be canceled because of the increased fees. Two by the junior program. One by Cal State University. It had to. Moved to another for that event, had to move it to a city that was not the second worst managed city in the country. For those who are not familiar with it, the Marine Stadium was specifically fashioned, specifically fashioned for rowing a 2000 meter course period . And I think it would be a very strong indictment. For this city. To undertake action that would undercut that. I see the city manager smiling. All right. He's clearly a buffoon that doesn't understand. The Marine Stadium was too. Good here. I realize. Oh, no, I don't think you do. You realize if you come to the mic, you will not disparage our staff. Is that clear? Is that clear? Simple. We expect civility. You have a right to speak, but civilly only. Webster defines the conduct if it would fit the category that Mr. West has displayed. Period. Well, you're. Saying that you. Develop. The Fifth Amendment and you want to throw out that one. Final chance. You have one final chance. Okay. Civility. Civility includes buffoonery. And we have that. But the record speaks for itself. I didn't make the wallet report. All right. We've got a very serious issue. This is one manifestation of it in the history of Long Beach. We've never had to do that. We've had intelligent. People that weren't buffoons. Thank you. Any further public comment. CNN members cast your vote. I'm a yes, Madam Clerk. Motion carries seven zero. Okay. We're going to go on to the next item, please, Madam Clerk. I think actually. Is it consent annexed? Yes, it's consent calendar.