Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Amendments to the 2007-2012 Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach City Attorneys Association and the Long Beach City Prosecutors Association.  (Citywide)
Item 19 is a recommendation to adopt a resolution approving amendments to the Memorandum Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach City Attorneys Association and the Long Beach City Prosecutors Association. Look, there's been a motion and a second. Any public comment on the item? CNN. Please cast your vote. Motion carries nine votes. I believe we are moving on to new business. Is that an X or am I missing one? Okay, we're going on to a new business. And to start off, we're going to move on to with Councilmember Andrews. Thank you. And I'm sitting next to me. Thank you. He quickly watches my fingers. I will be hosted in a language advocate of change. Free pancake breakfast this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Martin Luther King's Park. I'll be hosting a six day free food distribution from nine until food is displayed on September 19th at Magpies Park. I will be teaming up with the Cambodian American Business Association to host the fourth annual Cambodian Business Expo. That will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, September 28, at Mark Twain's Library in the parking lot. I would also like to invite everyone to the Long Beach Open studio tour, October 11, 12, from noon to five . I have seven professional artists in the school district that are participating in the tour. I would like to thank them for opening their house and sharing their talents with everyone. For more information on the tours, please visit WW Dot Long Beach Open Studio Tour Icon. Thank you very much. Goodnight, Mack. You the next councilmember you ringa. Ran out was quick on the finger this time and I like to invite the public to the grand opening of the villages. Century villages like a real open urban forest and solar facility. Grand opening tomorrow morning. 2001 River Avenue, Long Beach, California, starting at 9 a.m.. And also, I'd like to invite the public to the 14th annual Long Beach Fuzed Music and Arts Unity Festival on Saturday, September 13th, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Advocate Park, 2125 Santa Fe Avenue in Long Beach. Should be a lot of fun. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Richardson. Thank you. It's going to be a busy weekend in the ninth District. First, I'd like to invite residents out to the 13th annual Lime Avenue Lime Avenue BLOCK Party. This Saturday is the best block party in the city. It's located between 60th Street and Lime Avenue. The party will go on from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Come on out. Meet your neighbors. Enjoy some good food and entertainment all afternoon long. Secondly, I like to encourage Long Beach residents looking for work to join us at the on the spot hiring hiring spree. That's this Saturday, September 13th. It'll be held at church one located at 787th Street in the Hamilton neighborhood from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is being hosted in partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Education. A third event is on Saturday. Is the Health Fair at Light, Light and Life Community Church, the Cherry Campus 6465 Cherry. There will be a healthy eating workshop, cooking classes, Zumba classes, a fun zone for kids and more, all free of charge. The fair will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Also, I'd like to invite ninth District residents out for a new exercise class this fall at the Highland Park Community Center, starting at starting next Wednesday, September 17th through November 26th. Classes will be from 9 to 10 every Wednesday and Friday morning and will offer a variety of exercises. This is in partnership with our Heels on program. Lastly, we have multiple neighborhood associations this week. The Hamilton Neighborhood Association is Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Hamilton Middle School, 1067 eighth Street, and the Grant Neighborhood Association meets Thursday at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall 1215 East 59th Street. Thank you. Have a good night. Thank you. Cotto and Mongo. Tuesday, September 16th, we are going to have a study session regarding the Civic Center from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Long Beach City College boardroom. We're inviting all the members of the fifth District since we're moving the council meeting to the Fifth District to come and be informed. We're very excited to have our council meeting on the on the East Side Thursday, September 18th. Our Lakewood Village community watch come early, perhaps bring a lawn chair. We had over 400 people last year and we will have some sound equipment to make sure that everyone can hear. Even if we're sitting on the lawn, we're very excited about how well Community Watch has taken off, and we're excited to share some interesting and important news related to the decline in residential crimes over on our side of town. Monday, September 22nd at 6:08 p.m.. We're doing our Harbor Boat tour. We have less than ten seats left on the boat. So if you'd like to join the other 80 residents of the East Side who will be out on the harbor learning about the Port of Long Beach, one of our greatest economic engines. Please join us. Make sure you email us immediately to reserve that spot. Food and beverages are provided. Friday, September 26th. We received a request from our partners. Think Cornelius, who are throwing their annual festival. Come spend money in the community and make sure that we're taking care of our kids in their programs. And Saturday, October 4th, I feel this is one of the most important days of the year. It'll be our Community Preparedness Expo. Ready. Long Beach. This is where neighbors and community members can learn more about Paul's point and lots of other programs, including Mapping Your Street of what resources will be available to you on your block should you be stuck there in case of an emergency for a long period of time? So please be sure to join us at Hartwell Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for ready Long Beach. Thank you, Councilman Lowenthal. Vice Mayor Lowenthal. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I would like to extend a very big thank you to all our volunteers, event sponsors and our neighborhood and business associations, such as Friends of Bixby Park, Love Heights, Neighborhood Association, Action Sports, Kids on Broadway Business Association, Alameda Speech, Neighborhood Association, and our very own Parks, Recreation and Marine for their contributions to the Bixby Park Improvement Day this last Saturday. The park looks amazing thanks to everyone's hard work and sweat equity. I look forward to seeing everyone at next year's Bixby Park Improvement Day. There are also some very important meetings coming up in the second District this week. And next among them are the Promenade Square Playground Workshop, being held tomorrow night, September 10th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the community room at 133 Promenade North, Residential Building, Parks, Recreation and Marine. And my office will be meeting with residents to discuss the design of a children's play space in the nearby park. The Alameda Speech Neighborhood Association is meeting on Thursday, September 11th, at 7 p.m. in the Bixby Park Community Center and update on the Bixby Park Bluff Project will be provided at that time. Get your Saturday off to a healthy start with a free and fit boot camp at Lincoln Park at 9 a.m.. It is free and fun for all ages and skill levels. Finally, on Saturday, head down to the beach for 30 minutes and help clean Long Beach, keep our beaches clean and safe. The group meets at the One Apparel Beach lot at 10 a.m.. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own bag to save on waste, but bags and gloves will be provided. Thank you. Thank you. Councilman Gonzalez. I'd like to invite everyone first to our third Friday's Twilight Walk. It's September 19th from 6 to 10 p.m.. The event will be held on Pine Avenue from first to eighth Street and participating historic downtown core businesses will be putting this on. Enjoy. Delicious food, music, live music, wine, art, entertainment and more. Right in the heart of downtown Long Beach. This month, on September 19th, will include a glow in the dark zone at Groundwork Fitness, also roller disco by metalworks and bubble soccer and much more. And then secondly, walk forth, which is also on September 19th, but earlier in the day, from 11 to 6 p.m., the public is invited to be a part of the pedestrian master plan by providing input and discussing ideas with the project team. At Walk Fourth, they'll create temporary urban innovation interventions or pop up installations along fourth street hours in the first District will be at Berlin Bistro between fourth and Fourth Street on Linden from. And this fourth Street will also be from Long Beach Boulevard to Alamitos. This event will help the community envision proposed improvements, concepts that could be implemented at all metro stations. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Price. Thank you. I wanted to take a moment to thank our Parks, Recreation and Marine Public Works, Long Beach Fire Department and Long Beach Police Departments. For all of the work that they did during the recent surf advisories that we had protecting the homes on the bay in Naples and in the peninsula. I'm so grateful for their efforts. I was out there quite a bit and had the opportunity to see them working around the clock, literally on making sure that the berms were built high so that those homes were protected. I'm truly impressed by the work of our city employees and I'm grateful for all of their service. And I know that the peninsula residents are as well. The city staff will be presenting to the Belmont Shore Residents Association a presentation on the smart meters that are being proposed for various parts of the city. That meeting will be on September 11th at 6 p.m. at the Bay Shore Library. Additionally, we will have the Belmont Shore Stroll and Saver event on September 17th and 18th, starting at 5 p.m.. As Councilmember Mongo mentioned, the Civic Center study session will be taking place on the 16th of September at Long Beach City College right before our city council meeting and I encourage all residents to attend. We've received several emails about that proposal. The project and I too will be looking to get educated at that time. The meeting that the city will be hosting to educate the public and seek input. The first meeting regarding the Belmont pool will be on September 18th at Rogers Middle School at 6 p.m.. I hope that you will join me there. Thank you. Thank you. At this time, we're taking the second public comment. Second public comment period. If there's any public comment, please come forward. Good evening, Mayor Garcia. Good evening, City Council. My name is Ruth Lozano and I live at 2302 East Second Street. I'm a resident of Bluff Park Board member of Friends of Bixby Park. I'm also here in support of the 22 neighborhood associations who have recently expressed their serious concerns over public safety at our parks.