Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PR17-042 and authorize City Manager, or designee, to issue a permit, and any amendments, with ABA Enterprises, LLC, of Beverly Hills, CA, and Gateway Enterprises, LLC, of Los Angeles, CA, collectively doing business as Shoreline Village, in Long Beach, CA, for placement and operation of retail merchandizing units along the esplanade in Rainbow Harbor and a portion of the adjacent Shoreline Aquatic Park, for a term of ten years, with the option to renew for one additional five-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager.  (District 2)
Okay. Thank you. Okay. Moving on. I think we have 13 items left. So let's start with item 32. Item 32 is report from Parks, Recreation and Marine and Financial Management. Recommendation to issue a permit to Shoreline Village for placement and operation of retail merchandizing units along in Rainbow Harbor and portion of the adjacent Shoreline Aquatic Park for a term of ten years. District two. Councilman Pierce I'd like to hear a staff report and then public comment, if we could, and then I'll make some awesome comments about how much I appreciate people waiting. Mr. West, Steve Scott, Mayor, members of the City Council, the item before you tonight is to issue a permit to Shoreline. Village for. The operation of retail merchandizing units. Or. Amuse along the Esplanade in Rainbow Harbor. Since 2007, Parks, Recreation and Marine has permitted retail merchandizing units on the Esplanade from the western edge of Shoreline Village to Shoreline Aquatic Park, as is a best practice for commercial enterprises on city property. We went out and did an RFP to kind of beat the bushes to see what was out there and available. We received a couple of proposals our selection committee ultimately recommended. Let's also, if we can, just a little bit less loud for. Thank you very much. Selection committee recommended Shoreline Village for their well-developed vision of the RMU program, a commitment to high operating standards and a commitment to actively pursue Long Beach businesses. I want to mention that in keeping with the city's business friendly environment, current RSU. Operators. Will have the opportunity to apply for and become tenants of Shoreline Village's offerings. In short, this proposed permit is for ten years with an option to extend for an additional five and would include up to 18 reviews use. That concludes my staff report. Thank you. Councilmember Pearce. Public comments at first. It's fine. I can talk and then we'll have Deborah. I just want to say how much I am excited about you all taking over this process. Hopefully the vision that you have implemented of Shoreline Village and that you're working with the full team on, one day this council will get to see and this is a key part of it. And so having a responsible operator that's there and making sure that we're engaging with Long Beach businesses is again, as we saw with the American Life Project, something that is a top priority for me, making sure that we have Long Beach businesses have a chance at being in our tourism zone so that we can highlight all the great things that Long Beach has to offer. And so I do want to hear public comment, but I want my colleagues to know that this is the area if you're driving down Shoreline Village and you see those kiosk there, this is that area. And I think that we've had the same operator for a long time. And so it's really exciting to have some new energy there and to have as many kiosk as we've slotted for this. So I want to say how much I appreciate your guys effort and appreciate you all staying. So I'd love to hear from you guys. If there's any public company, please come forward. Good evening. Hi, I'm Debra Fix in general manager of Shirley Village. And also joining me tonight is Sergio Gonzalez, assistant manager. Tonight, I'm asking you to vote to accept parks, Marine Parks, Recreation, Marine's recommendation to issue the permit to Shoreline Village to manage a Rito carp program at Rainbow Harbor. You should know that you'll be getting much more than an up to 18 unit, up to 18 carts. The permits allows you'll be granting access to a long, standing Long Beach partner that has been successful at managing a shopping center, attracting locals and tourists while creating a positive economic impact in the downtown waterfront. Yes, we will be placing the beautiful carts that you've been shown in the package forwarded to you. But more importantly, we will be activating an underutilized area of our downtown community. The Shoreline Village Management will carefully select cart tenants and schedule activities to make Rainbow Harbor an enjoyable, enjoyable destination for locals and tourists. I met many of you at community events and I believe a few of me, a few of, you know, have firsthand knowledge of my personal commitment to Long Beach and the investment the owners of Shoreline Village make in the community. With our free events and support of many Long Beach nonprofits, we regularly host. We regularly host events that provide both free entertainment for the public and buying opportunities for all price ranges from a hot dog to filet mignon. Creating a great economic development for dozens of small businesses showing their age has already expanded its footprint to the Rainbow Harbor by having permitted events such as zombie walk Mardi Gras hours and coming this summer, the biggest pirate fest on the West Coast. In partnership with local event planners, with the support of showing village ownership. I am active and I'm an active member of the Club DLP, a rotary of Long Beach and serve on local nonprofit boards. Currently, there are about half a dozen card operators at Rainbow Harbor that have in. Most of them have contacted me regarding keeping their business going with the new management. All current operators have first priority in leasing the new carts. They must be in good standing with the past operator and agree to the new management practices. Once it is determined how many carts will be available for new tenants, the next priority will be to pursue local Long Beach businesses. I have spoken with a few and there is tremendous interest. The plan is to showcase the best that Long Beach has to offer while providing goods and services sought out by the tourists and locals . Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. I wasn't sure if the other person was speaking. Perfect. That. Deborah, thank you so much. Councilman Gonzalez. Deborah and Sergio just want to say thank you so much. We were just there over the weekend and it was such a great environment and I can't even imagine what it's going to look like once this is all said and done. But thank you for all your work. Thank you. And I want to, first of all, just congratulate you guys that you're doing great work out there. My one request is going to be, as you're bringing in some of the locals, if there's an opportunity to work with some of our local Long Beach branded retailers, whether it's Long Beach clothing or five, six, two, or any of the folks that are creating Long Beach brand clothing in the city. I love seeing people walk around with Long Beach hats and Lombard shirts and Long Beach sweaters, and I think we need to encourage more of that in particularly areas that are tourist havens and places where visitors go. So I just the be great to have as a as option for folks as well. So with that, please cast your votes. Motion carries. Thank you. And their last request tonight was to move up item 31 and then back to the regular agenda.