Recommendation to conduct a Budget Hearing to receive and discuss an overview of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget for the Capital Improvement Program.  (Citywide)
Thank you. We'll go ahead and I'll go back to the budget hearing. Okay, Eric. Okay. Let's try this again. So let's go through some of our accomplishments and think in the team that worked really hard to deliver our current Y 21 projects and investments. So I just wanted to highlight a few of those projects and, and just pay tribute to our very hardworking team members that make this a reality. So I talked about Grenada and the and our Atlantic Farms Bridge Community Housing Project. Next to that, we have a playground renovation that we did at Eldorado Park, our Golden Grove, and that was one of a couple of improvements below that to them. In the middle of the of the slide, we also have in an improved Golden Shore, Golden Grove outdoor event center that we were able to renovate great space for outdoor events. Then to the bottom left, we have one of our many street improvements and then to the the bottom right hand corner. We have one of many, many curb ramps that we were able to complete this year. Overall, we are proposing a total capital improvement program investment of 146 million. We this consists of a merger of a variety of different sources that are listed on this slide. The investment in our ccap this year is an enhancement from from last year. And we can talk a little bit more about that in future slides. Within our capital improvement program budget. We split it up into different categories and we call these investment categories. And as you can see from the chart, the largest investments this year are being made within our mobility program, our public facilities program and our utilities program. For the airport and for the airport in Fy22 we are proposing an investment in improvements for accessing the terminal and for rehabilitation of the airfield runways. The total proposed budget for this program is 1 million. But in our Beaches and Marinas program, we're proposing an investment of 1.75 million spread about various uses. We're actually going to highlight some of the projects in this program in the later slide. We put out the Tidelands projects together in a slide so we can share some of those proposed projects. The mobility program represents one of the larger investments. We are looking at investing a total of $60 million in our city's roads, alleys, sidewalks and curb ramp improvements. A lot of this funding comes from not just local sources, but also from state and county sources, including gas tax. SB one measure. R measure and property and property. In. But some of the example we just wanted to show an example of of a local street improvement project the before and after the these these projects truly do make an immediate impact within our residential neighborhoods and our just our city overall that we are very proud of. I also wanted to show a before and after of one of our curb ramp improvements. And in our effort to improve accessibility, we've actually been able to implement over 600 curb ramps this year alone. That's on top of thousands of others that we've been able to complete in the last few years. One of my favorites. We've been talking about dirt alleys for a while, and we're getting to the point where we're addressing just about all of our dirt alleys. Here we have a before and after representation of a of an alley that been repaved and just a significant change from from one to the other. Overall in our mobility program, we're looking at add $59.79 million in investments. We laid out the sources on the left chart and the uses on the right. Those are the different categories that represent one or a multitude of projects within those uses. As for our for our local street programs are actually our top three investments are. Let me talk about top four investments this year that are being proposed is for our interior corridor enhancements program, our arterial street rehabilitation, residential street improvements and our ADA curb ramp improvements. Those four major uses represents a majority of the investments as part of the EMOBILITY program within our CHP. Every year we make progress on the infrastructure investment plan that was unveiled an FY17 1718 this year when we started on our plan, or at least the streets and roadways, sections of the plan. This was our red. And every year as we complete segments, we start converting them into green. And as we work on improving those, they start converting. So we made a lot of progress, but there's still a lot of work to do. The remaining red lines are projects that we still need to find complete. And on the right hand chart, I demonstrate the progress we made on our major streets, residential streets and alleys programs . So a lot of good progress, but some work remains that a team is working extremely hard on. Or Residential Streets. Our Residential Streets program is actually one of our one of our more busy and and I'm going to say effective programs. We have a great residential street team that's every year of finishing segments that are consistent with our investment plan. So we continue our work. At this point, a lot of our f y 21 residential streets are already designed and program for construction, and our engineers are focusing on the next set of streets and planning and designing and getting them ready for construction in FY 22. Within our parks program, we're proposing an investment of 1.6 million. Spread out. Spread across three different categories. And for our public facilities program, we're proposing an investment of 21.6 million. And we have a variety of sources that comprise this amount. And two main uses are our facility improvements and our energy efficiency improvements. And I'm actually going to highlight some of these projects. So for public facilities, we have listed we have proposed specific projects for this year, our police department, academy building renovation, our Queen Mary improvements, critical infrastructure reserves, citywide EV charging city on solar energy efficiency retrofits . And the other is listed on this chart. For our utility program. The largest investments are made for water and gas and sewer infrastructure. But we also have measure W and measure W revenue this year for capital improvements. That's going to be $3 million for FY 22. And as you know, the measure W was passed by the voters in November of 2018 and has been identified to be used to construct new stormwater devices that clean water. When one of our primary examples of such projects are eligible for Measure W projects as the Lbps Mast treatment facility, and we show a couple of pictures of that project that were in the slide. I also wanted to note that our Long Beach Energy Resources Department is proposing an $11 million investment through the city's pipeline infrastructure. And the R. And our Long Beach Water Department is proposing a $46.8 million investment through our city's water and sewer infrastructure. One of the highlight of some projects within our Tidelands Cap and Program and just AB32 funding. I wanted to show a recent project on the left hand side of the slide that we recently completed solar installation, solar canopies, that we're doing more solar now than we ever have. And we're and we look to continue that investment to the right Tidelands project that we wanted to highlight is the junior lifeguard facility that we are proposing to rebuild and we are targeting to start construction this coming fiscal year. For our Tidelands funded projects. I listed those projects in the chart to your right. We have a great number of really exciting projects that are being planned, designed or constructed there as as you know, Tidelands Funds is a it's a source that can only be used within a certain geography state defined tidelands areas within our city. So when we have available tidelands funds, we, we investment within those defined tidelands zones. For AB 32. We've been we've been investing on our citywide EV charging infrastructure. That investment is set to continue in fiscal year 22, as is our investments in citywide solar and energy efficiency, improvements at our city facilities, where we're also looking at making some early de upgrades into the Queensway bridge lighting. And we're looking at investing in our partnership with SCC to really encourage more people to transition to green energy sources and to take advantage of a lot of the programs that exist out there that just some people don't know about. AB32 is it's a represents a city of projects that that public works has been focusing on, especially in the last year. And we have a great team that's doing just amazing job at delivering these projects. So thank you to that specific team as well. Now I want to take a moment and highlight a measure A and the investment has allowed in our city's infrastructure. Everyone should be familiar by now with our infrastructure investment plan. And we've been able to to complete just over 70% of all the committed projects. And we're working hard to complete the remaining ones. What the projects that we're looking at completing this, this, this next year include the North Health Facility, the Alamitos Branch Library, our Eldorado Park Artificial Turf Field, and our recreation park playground, just to name a few. And these are major projects are all underway and very exciting to have the opportunity to deliver them. I do want to add a note that we are currently working on the next five year infrastructure investment plan, and we're planning to come back to this body and present some of the details. A big part of that obviously is the anticipated federal funding. And we want to talk about funding strategies to address some of the needs. And I will get into some of our needs in a couple of slides. Major accomplishments. We continue to be able to do a lot with the funding that's approved each year under Measure A, from community centers to street improvements, to park improvements and even stairways and accessible pathways out in the park system. We've also continued to deliver playgrounds and more curb ramps and and facility improvements. The most recent playground that we completed would measure upon this is the cherry part of playground that we were happy to unveil just a couple of weeks ago. The FAA 22 measure a proposed budget or recommend they are recommending to allocate 6.3 million to the mobility program, 1.2 million to the parks program and 14.13 million to the Public Facilities Program, which represents a total measure investment of 21.63 million. Our our investments continue to add various the specific projects we mentioned the PD academy earlier but we're also making investments to fire station nine. Some of our facilities that would needs that have been identified in our facility conditions, assessment curbs and sidewalks, arterial streets, programs alleys and and many, many other more enhancements. Since the inception of Measure eight in 2017, we invested a total, including the FBI 22 proposed budget. We're looking at an overall investment of just under $160 million. And it's truly hard to imagine where we would be at without this funding source and without them. The many projects that Measure A has really allowed us to propose, plan, design and deliver. Total estimated investments. We do have some projects that are that will require additional funding so that we can complete our commitments within the spending plan for our measure. And we're working hard on those. I wanted to spend just a moment on our unfunded needs, and as Tom mentioned earlier, we will be having a study session and we'll get deeper into some of these needs, our funding opportunities and potential strategies for funding. So by bottom line, we have more needs in our city than we have available budget. And every year we try to balance our needs and available budget and and really push forward projects that that are ready. And also, I think we do work really hard to try to bring in additional state and federal funding, and we're excited about the opportunity to be able to continue to do that, to address some of our many, many, many unfunded needs. Challenges and opportunities that we've identified. We do have our our new payment management program. It's been revised. We're working to release the information and the maps with the what the latest and greatest information on our streets. Having that data is going to be key in helping us plan, program and execute the that are the many street improvements that that that are in the works. We do have the ADA settlement agreement that we continue to focus on and we're working really hard to make sure we meet our commitments. We also have the benefit of our facilities, conditions, assessment and and the and the data that allows us to evaluate our investments within our facility that we didn't have before. So we're looking at releasing those final reports later this year and to updating those reports every ten years so that we know exactly what the conditions of our facilities are, and we can use that information wisely. Measure W Investment Plan. Measure W has been a really beneficial funding source as we continue to program the investments to help with stormwater water quality enhancements. And we're working on, on, on our investment plan that we can use to guide us throughout the next few years. And as I mentioned earlier, the next infrastructure investment plan does lean heavily on state and federal funding, which we are expecting and hoping that those funds are significant. So it can truly help us make a impact in addressing some of our many needs. So that concludes our presentation and we're ready to answer any questions. Thank you. Is there any public comment on this? There is one public comments and I can say. There's no more public comment on this item. Thank you. Before I turn this over to the council, I just want a couple of comments. First, I want to thank the public works team and Mr. Lopez for putting together a good CFP presentation. Always does. And I want to just add how I know I say this almost every year that, you know, for me this the CFP and the infrastructure work is some of the most important work that we do every year. And I think there are very few things I'm for. For most of the folks that I talk to that that rank higher oftentimes, then please fix my street or please replace my kids playground, or please take a look at the alley . These are the kind of bread and butter issues that we as a community, as a council should be focused on consistently is how we're producing for our residents as it relates to playgrounds, for the kids street, for the streets that are safe sidewalks, for to walk down in their neighborhood, trees that are trimmed. And I'm just really glad that we're making progress, even though we know the need is is so great. I just also want to just add that once again, I want to just uplift like I try to do every year, just the importance of of measuring. And you see it throughout your presentation. The investment that voters made now twice is transforming the city and has led to more investments in infrastructure than has been has happened in the last generation. So that's something we should be proud and celebrate and would not be possible without the people of this community who now twice have have now have invested back into into their city. One a note. One of the a lot of investments that I appreciate that happen. I'm focused on a few things. The first is that map. I think we've obviously meeting. We made a commitment to the voters to get that map done. And I know we're almost there. And so I look forward. I believe in a month or two or a month or two from now, we're going to have a study session specific to infrastructure and about kind of what's next. I understand. I know the Council Committee on Infrastructure is also, I think, digging in and doing some of this work. And so I look forward to that conversation and I look forward to finishing that map, which is an important commitment we made to the community. Also want to note that there are a few things that I enjoy more than replacing or installing new playgrounds. I believe that in the last few years we have probably replaced or installed close to maybe ten playgrounds using measure funds. They range from smaller playground sets to these just enormous, incredible new playground sets that we put in at places like Los Cerritos Park and Drake. We just opened one at Cherry Park with Country Ranga just a few weeks ago, all measure funded. And I want to encourage you, Mr. Lopez, and your team that as we plan for the future. Beyond the swipe at the next five years to prioritize playgrounds for kids in this community. And there's very few, very, very few things that we do where I get more positive feedback from parents and neighbors. Then we put out a new playground in their park. And so I just I'm hoping that that is a big focus for us moving forward. I also want to just note for the council that we have an enormous opportunity in front of us with this infrastructure bill that is getting bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate and in the House. I've been somewhat involved in it as a advocating on with throughout through the US Conference of Mayors and some of the conversations we're having with the White House and some of the the the infrastructure infrastructure groups I've had a chance to participate with with Secretary Goodridge on some talks, fought for the Port of Long Beach and getting resources there. We're coming up with some some asks as it relates to to road money and street money and playground money. And I think what's really critical is that we have an opportunity to get probably the largest federal investment in infrastructure than we've also had in a generation. And including in that will be also will be infrastructure investments that we've never had at levels around public transit, around broadband. Closing the digital divide around some some climate infrastructure and the very basics that we need in this community around roads, bridges, ports, airports. So. We're going to we're about to see a massive infrastructure investment in Long Beach and across the country. And I plan to be very involved and engaged in ensuring that we get that across the finish line, but then also making sure that we are investing it in where it needs to go in the city. And I would encourage us as a council, there's a lot of. A lot of items that come before us and a lot of interest, I think, on this body for issues. But I would challenge us that we should that this issue around infrastructure, we should spend a lot of time talking about and investing the time that I think our residents are asking of us. This is a huge issue. And so I'm really looking forward to these next few months where it's all going to be about infrastructure and how we spend those resources. So thank you, Mr. Lopez, for for the presentation. And I want to thank you, Mr. Modak, also for for making sure that we're getting these measures put in place. Councilman Austin. Thank you. And I think you guys have almost said all that I wanted to say, but not quite. I do want to thank Mr. Lopez for a great presentation. It's always encouraging to see that we have the opportunity to invest in our infrastructure. And the city this year was $146 million, and that's going to keep people work working. But also it's going to do a lot of good in our city. You know, I think the mayor here summed it up. I think we all are sitting on the edge of our seats and anxiously awaiting information coming from DC around the infrastructure bill that is matriculating through Congress right now. And obviously how we plan and what we. What we do in the future will be driven by that quite a bit. You know, I do love playgrounds, but I honestly, I think if you talk to too many of the residents in our in our city, you know, the pulse is around residential streets and alleys. That work is is transformational. That work is greatly appreciated. And and obviously, there's still a lot of need in the city. Measure A was a great shot in the arm. And it gave us the ability to to actually be working toward improvement. But it's not enough. And so I'd like to and when we get to that point, have that the conversation and, you know, I'm going to be a hard advocate and going down the gantlet to make sure that, you know, every street, every neighborhood in this the city is is a place where everybody is proud to live no matter where they live. In the city, our neighborhoods are all communities matter. And and I think whenever I can see residential streets, curves, sidewalks, alleys being repaired, I know that I'm doing tangible work that's going to make a difference for the long term interest of our city. So I would make those comments, but understand that that that's where I'm going to be coming from for for the foreseeable future. When it comes to infrastructure dollars. I'm looking forward to, you know, obviously digging into the rest of the budget presentations that we have, but to the the team, the staff, Mr. Lopez and entire public works team, I just want to say on behalf of the residents of the eighth District and I know many, many others, thank you for the aggressive work that you guys are doing. Thank you, Councilman Mongo. Thank you. Great presentation. Eric knows my favorite topic of all time is infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure. I have to agree with Councilmember Austin that the pulse on the street is streets, streets and sidewalks. Streets and sidewalks and playgrounds are great. And I have a two and a half year old and playgrounds are fantastic. And I love meeting all the other moms and dads at the playgrounds. But when I'm at the playgrounds, the complaint I hear from parents is my kid can't bike on the sidewalks because they're so broken in our neighborhoods. And so I think that there's this intermediary and it's interesting to hear the parents because like when a sidewalk is cracked a little bit, it's difficult for a child to walk on and to learn to scooter on and so on. But when the sidewalk is cracked a lot, it's now become a skate ramp. And so while the neighbor kids all love it, the person whose house it's in front of does not. And the fact that I have multiple. Skate ramps in 90808 that are in excess of nine inches from where they initially started is just a testament to why we have $600 million in sidewalk need and sidewalks, our health sidewalks, our seniors sidewalks, our children sidewalks are everybody. During the pandemic, I know we saw people walking more than ever before. And to continue that, we really need to provide an inviting place to walk. I would even say the one thing I miss most about living in the seventh District was the width of the sidewalks. The sidewalks on the seventh district are two squares wide versus one rectangle, and that makes it a more enjoyable family walk at night. And so as we discuss and implement sidewalk repairs, I think that's something important to consider. This report is great. I think it would be interesting to dove into at the Infrastructure Committee the determination on priorities based on now that we have a full understanding of street repair need on residential streets, street repair need on Ontario, arterial sidewalk repair need, and our public facilities. Then we need to say, okay, what's the total cost? What's the percentages where we go from here? How do we make this happen and how do we deliver for the community now? Because people need those things now. And as we've seen during the pandemic, the cost of materials is increasing at a rate so quickly that we would be better off borrowing money and repairing them today, then experiencing continued increased costs over time. So I look forward to bringing an item back on that in a couple of weeks and hearing more from the community on what their priorities are, on how we would make sure that the percentages of funding allocated really meet the needs of what our community needs today and tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Superman. Thanks. Thanks for the presentation. And I just. Want to make a comment on the PowerPoint presentation. We didn't receive the PowerPoint until mid-afternoon. And I just I. Want to refer to the streets and roadways map on page. 12. So if anyone out there sees that we have a few inaccuracies, just rest assured will address those. In fact, the director and I have a briefing scheduled for tomorrow at 2 p.m.. Sounds like we planned it, but I was just looking. And so also on page 30. Of the presentation. References the pavement management system. So there are updates to this map that. You're that you're seeing in the presentation and. We'll get all those straightened out tomorrow. So thank you. Thank you. Councilman. Councilman Sorrell. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. I want to thank Mr. Lopez for the presentation. It's really helpful for me as somebody who's new to council to understand. And I do appreciate the visual images because it's the friendly illustrate. You know, how bad it was before and how much it's changed. I always appreciate being able to share that with residents when changes are, you know, improvements are made in District six. And I also want a distinctive public works team for all their work on all of this. You know, it's you know, it takes it's every day that, you know, we you know, the moment we leave our house , you know, we step on the sidewalk and, you know, so we, you know, have a lot of public works things that are in front of us. And I do want to just add to this conversation about yes, I think in addition to streets and sidewalk, playgrounds are important. I think it's important we really look at improving all of them because there are neighborhoods that are very dense where they have no yard. And the only source of area for young people to have physical activity and even to play is at the playground. So I would just add to that. Yes, playgrounds, too, in addition to the streets and sidewalks. You know, I also want to mention that when I think about streets and sidewalks, I think a lot about concrete. It's just it's a lot of pavement and concrete. And I want us to think about to how do we green these areas, right. And how do we ensure that while we want to create these smooth sidewalks for people to recreate, and that we're also conscious that it does create urban heat and it just gets hotter and hotter. Right, as we're trying to address climate change. So love for us to be able to consider that as we're going through these planning and now ways you can green alleyways and other other you know walkways. So and I'm just a question around the unfunded needs so you have all these streets and road improvement. And so I see $1.77 billion and it has a 2021. Is that just the last time it was calculated as far as the amount of money it would take? It's on page 29. So if you can help me understand these numbers, because it's a lot of money and I just don't know if it's the latest of these state indicate they're the latest estimates. Councilwoman. So the 1.77 billion number is the cost to that. The amount that it would cost us if we were to fix all of our streets within a five year period. So it's just it's just meant to give us an overall sense of the scale. Obviously, the solution is going to be a multi-year effort beyond just five years. But, you know, the study focuses on just, you know, a just a snapshot, a five year snapshot. Okay. As well as these others like the alley way paving, is it within kind of the period of like that's the estimates as well, just wanting to understand this. Yeah. And I had to go back and check the detail. Some of these are five years. Some of them are within a ten year. So I can follow up with the team and give you kind of the the time frame associated with these. But usually it does hover between five and ten. Okay. Thank you. No further question on the item. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Price. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Excellent presentation. There are some wonderful projects on there. I was just commenting to the city manager, the playgrounds that we've put in all throughout the city. The pop of color. It just screams fresh, new. It makes people feel good about their city. And I think that's that's really important. And it to me, like I said, it doesn't matter where in the city we put them in because we're stronger or better together. If we can enhance facilities throughout the city, so any time we put a new playground in, I get really excited regardless of where in the city it is because I think it makes it's a it's a sense of pride that people have about the areas where their kids play. It's just it's just really important to people because every single one of us who have kids, our only goal in life is to give them the best life we can give them. Right? And so when we live in a city that has newer facilities, we feel like we're doing a good job as parents, at least provide those to them. So I think that helps a goes a long way, like the mayor said. The project that I'm most excited about on this list is probably one of the cheapest projects we have and it's the with it that's going to go and Councilwoman Allen's district. I'm so excited about that. I was telling the city manager that has got to be the best return on our investor that we have as a city . It's an inflatable. And anyone who says that the beach doesn't serve the entire city and the entire region has not been out to see the with it the long line of kids waiting to use it. I mean, it's to me that the engagement of the beaches has magnified since we put the first women in and now we're going to put the second one in. So I think it's going to be great. The only concern that I have is I'm excited about the possibility of a federal infrastructure plan. As chair of the Port Transportation and Infrastructure, the Port Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I hope to really dove deep into what that means for the city. But. The streets have got to be a major priority for us. They are a core service. We talk so much about programs that are great to haves, but things like infrastructure. Our need to have roads are need to have. If residents are driving on major arteries in the city and crossing over multiple potholes every day to get to work. They do not feel like their tax dollars are being spent in the right way, even if we have amazing programs that people throughout the city are benefiting from. There's something to be said for the hardscape the infrastructure projects that appear permanent that make people feel like their city is taking care of them. And it goes a long way. It's kind of like the visual of the fire truck at the block party on 4th of July. Residents go out, they see it, they touch it. They feel proud of their city. It's the same thing with infrastructure. People are driving down the road that is paved and they're not driving over potholes. They have a feel good feeling about their city. They feel like they're being taken care of. It's a minor thing, but when they're driving over that pothole, they're reminded of all the things they don't like about their city. It's not just about the pothole, it's about the response times, and it's about the climate issues. And it's about, you know, services not being open and facilities not being open. They're reminded of all the things they don't like about their city when they drive over these potholes. And so I know it's I'm probably preaching here and on a soapbox that that view as our public works director, Mr. Lopez, don't want to hear. But we have, you know, infrastructure and public safety, in my opinion, are must haves for a city. Everything else is a great to have, wonderful to have. But if people are driving over potholes every day and they're paying as much taxes as they are to live in the city, we're not doing our job. And so I think about projects on major arteries. I know Councilman Mongo and I, we're probably just one example. Every council district probably has one. So I'm just using mine because I don't know what I don't know. And I know about my district. Studebaker We've been talking about Studebaker for six years. Thousands of residents drive every day to go to work a new Studebaker, and every day they're reminded of things they don't like about the city. So I really want to try to focus on getting the biggest bang for our buck in terms of infrastructure and where we can make the most impact with the. Limited resources we have. I hope the federal infrastructure. Package comes through, and I hope we can benefit from that in some of these major arteries. But if not, we've got to figure out how to close those funding gaps. Because I know Council Mungo has been involved in other joint use committee meetings where they voted to fund Studebaker. We sued Caltrans. We have some money there. It just seems like we can never make up that that difference. And so I would love to see that happen. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Urunga. Thank you. And I'm really pleased with a lot of the discussion that's taking place today, because obviously it's highlighting a lot of the needs that we have. And I want to thank staff for being straightforward and transparent in bringing what we really are and what we need. Very pleased and very happy that the mayor has brought a focus to playgrounds. As I celebrated the ribbon cutting of a new playground at Cherry Park, I also had the this unfortunate incident that happened at Admiral Kidd Park, where we had a playground just completely destroyed. Devastating to their community doesn't mean it's over. It needs to be replaced. And I would like to see if we can somehow put out a fast track on their playground, because obviously all my clients are members here. Too, too. All nine of us are focusing in on Andy and explaining that we need playgrounds for our communities, where our kids go play. And and it makes for a great neighborhood where there's a there's a park and a playground. And obviously, the devastation that we suffered in National Park in the West Long Beach area is it's just I can't I can't express the the heartbreak and the devastation that I feel for for the loss of that park. So I really want to have an opportunity to fast track a playground for that area as soon as we can. It needs to be replaced. The the the void that that playground made to the West Palm Beach is just just a devastating. That's not to say that the only priority we have. Obviously, there's a lot more. But second to me, and that's very important is about the allies. We I had a lot of very allies in my district. Fortunately, we've gotten to fix quite a few of them. There's still a number that that need to be fixed. And obviously, it's important for this virus to be fixed for one major reason. There's no only reason at all. It's access. Access to our facilities, to our trucks, to pick up trash and to be able to have access to other parts of the streets as they go through the alleys. That's what they're for. And then finally, of course, I would just mention right now down in terms of our our potholes and streets, you know, when any community that you drive into and you see a nice. Nicely paved streets with freshly painted signs and and roadways. It makes you feel good about that city. And if there's anything that talks about what kind of city we have, it's the condition of its streets and sidewalks. And obviously, that's that's something that we were for the most. I mean, every every council member has its issues with streets and sidewalks that we all try to prioritize. But we can't unless we work with you with with the with our city management entirely and trying to prioritize that. And I know you had a difficult job of saying, you know, you got nine, nine bosses here, if you will, and each one of them has its own needs, his own his or her own needs, and wanting you to prioritize that particular project. So I know the difficulty that you're confronted with. However, it's it's about the city as a whole. And we want to make sure that our city is the cleanest, the most mobile that you can use in the region. And that's our goal. Our goal is to make Long Beach a better it could possibly be. And the only way to do that is by prioritizing what we want to do, and that's to keep our our streets paved straight and safe and. With good playgrounds. So that's my that's my emphasis going to be trying to get that, that playground back up and going. And let's let's try to work together and see if we could find something as soon as we can. I appreciate that. Yes, sir. I did want to just get kind of an update to the whole council, and that was a devastating fire. I think a lot of you saw it. It was arson. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what happened there, but it was a total loss. We are moving immediately to just. Clean the site and we need to just find the resources to clean the site and put it back to a sand area. And then we're looking to do some temporary. Fixtures just to give people. Hope that. That is going to be a site, again, you know, very quickly. And then we do need to prioritize finding money for that for that playground so. That we can get it restored to what it was before or. It doesn't need to be exactly restored to what it was before. We're looking at all kinds of different options. Thank you, Mr. Morgan, for that update. Thank you, Councilman Allen. Yes. Thank you, Vice Mayor. And I also want to thank Mr. Eric Lopez for this presentation. I had the privilege of attending last Tuesday's meeting at Mark Twain Library with Councilwoman Sorrow, and I saw a bunch of my residents that were there and very active in the budget process. It was really great to see all the staff see our city manager, Tom Baraka, our budget chair, Councilman Austin, all out in the community just interacting with these residents in the roundtables and really listening to their priorities. So that was just great to see. I also agree with all of my colleagues about the importance of the roads and the alleys and all of the playgrounds. So I don't know if you can see this big smile that I have right now underneath this mask, but it's big. I do. I agree with you, Councilman Price. I love this water playground. I don't know. It looks like it's the size of a football field. And I know that children and kids all over the city are going to enjoy that. And then when I look at the end of the basketball courts and just all of the things that's happening here, it's just it's just really exciting. I do have one question for you with regards to the convention center. Can I get some type of analysis at some point in the future on what the outlook of the maintenance needs are for the convention center and then how that is going to be funded? Because I don't see that here, but it doesn't mean it's not here. So I'm going to ask that. And then one other question. Can you, Mr. Lopez, go into a little bit more detail about, on page 44, the bikeway and pedestrian improvements projects and what they are going to look like. So let me answer the first part and. Then turned to Eric. And yes, we can certainly dove more into the convention center. One of the things that we spent. Measure on is really getting data and. Analysis on all of. Our city facilities prior to measure. We kind. Of had. To estimate or we had to go look at each. One. When it was time to do it. But we didn't have a comprehensive analysis and so we did. That with our streets so we could make database. Decisions on our streets. We did it with sidewalks, we did it with alleys, and now we are finishing up on our facilities. So we have gone through the convention center as one. Of our major facilities. It has in the $55 million range worth of need over the next. Several years for upgrades. Some of. Those are things like HVAC. Systems that haven't been touched since the nineties and need. To be improved so we can get into more of that. That's kind of what our discussion on infrastructure is going to be, is looking at the longer. Term things, not things that are funded this year. But what are our challenges and what are some. Of the opportunities? And Eric, if you can talk about pedestrian. Mobility, please. Absolutely. Thank you, Tom. And so for the bikeway and pedestrian improvements, we have 1.4 or 5 million proposed for FY 22. The this program is intended to help us repair and maintain bike corridors and for and to reduce future infrastructure expenses. So it is a maintenance type of program. We actually our funding for this consist of major measure of county measure R for Metro County Measure M, also from central and some air quality funding that we get. We have a series of locations of focus, including our Orange Avenue backbone bikeway, our Pine Avenue Bike Boulevard, our Pacific Avenue cycle track, our downtown walkable streets, the Atherton Street Bikeway areas, the livability initiatives. And we also use some of these funds for grant matching funds. So it's a multitude of uses. I And it does change year to year depending on some of our grants. So I'd be happy to give you more details on on that category, if you'd like. All right. Thank you, Mr. Lopez. Thank you. Councilman Mongo. Thank you. I really appreciate the comments of my colleagues and thought I would add to a couple of comments. A big thank you to Councilman Price. We talk about Studebaker. Studebaker has been a mishmash of funds and trials and meetings in places I'd never been to before. We've looked at technology that got us a grant to try something new on one piece of Studebaker, but not on other pieces. And so I think that Public Works has been really creative, and the residents are ready for it to be done. So we're very excited to continue to move forward with that. As for Councilman Ciro, she brought up an excellent point when you go to page 29, when you look at this. I noticed it during the presentation, but I'll bring it up. It doesn't have a total and I know why it doesn't have a total because that total is a scary, scary number. But I think it's important that we talk about it. This does not include parks and recreation needs unless it is a facility and the need list is $3.54 billion. And I think it's important for people to recognize that that is a very, very big number. I think the other thing that's interesting is when you compare it and I think this is a philosophical conversation that Councilman Price may want to lead infrastructure and it's up to her. She's the chairwoman. When you flashback to page 27 and you look at mobility, which is 6.3 million of the 21 million, so less than 25. Let's see, I have to use a calculator, but less than 20, 20, just over 20%, maybe 25%. But you look at page 29 of what the mobility need is. Streets and road improvements 50%. Alleys 30%. Sidewalk management, 17%. So 777 0% of our need is mobility. But. Only did that wrong. 66.3 divided by 21.63. Only 30% of our allocation is going towards mobility. And on top of that. Parks and Recreation is 1.2 million. That just seems like one playground. And I know that we've been working really hard to have one all accessible playground in the city, and I think it's current funding levels under 200,000 were a million short. To get to where we need to. And an all accessible playground is going to be more expensive than a typical big playground. And so I just think that from a philosophical standpoint, obviously our commitment to. The five year map was a priority, and maybe I should be making the division out of the final column on the right hand side to see where all that money went over time. And I know that there's a lot of different needs that really pushed Measure A, but if we want to fund things, I think the other thing we need to look at too is. Councilman Price talks about. Pride in your city. We started a signage program, and that program's now been unfunded for two years. It's great that the convention area or the Tidelands areas can get some signs of the airport, but the rest of our city has identity and entrance points. And Councilwoman. Councilman Richardson and I have a lot of entrance points to the city that the community was promised signage and pride, and it just hasn't materialized. And I think we need to make sure that's available. And then my last note is the county of Los Angeles just put out a notice that supplies necessary to make each HVAC repairs are not even available. I mean, the wait lists for what we need. If we plan to do something in March of next year. We should be ordering parts now because there's so many back orders. So I think we really need to get a comprehensive economic overhaul, look into our system. That and what I'm also hearing is overhead door repairs, the cogs and the wheels and the things that we need from certain countries are just not coming in because of backlogs and supply creation during COVID. And so if we can go into that and figure out what the truth is. Postpone some projects that won't have the materials necessary. And then lastly, I want to talk about private funding. We do not lean on our private funding partners enough. We have partners of parks. The moment that that playground burned down. Partners of Parks should have had a nonprofit go fund me up. And the Go Fund Me executive director from the organization. They usually put in 20 grand to get you started. There's a lot of opportunities out there that we're just not capitalizing on. When you bring in or really invest in your Fire Foundation or your Parks Foundation or your library foundation, the Library Foundation's an amazing things, but our Parks Program and Partners of Parks is sitting on a bench list of donors that want to give five grand each. For two, three, five years. And so if we don't give them the opportunities to put in the benches or name a field or name a playground after themselves. Hell, you won't give me $1,000,000. I will make it the Eric Lopez playground. I will make it whoever's playground so that we can give the children what they need and get to 3.54 billion because tax dollars alone are not going to get us there. Thank you. Thank you. So I'll just add my comments here before we go to public comment and wrap it up. So I agree with everything the council members have said. I think everyone has a good understanding of their districts and their needs. I think we all agree on streets and sidewalks. You know, one thing I will say is that, you know, I'm not a big fan of the two year plan. And I remember, you know, and I've got a lot of institutional knowledge. 11 years here. I remember when it was, you know, here's how much every district gets. You go to your community, you make a priority. You pave what it is and you get input on what's in design for next year. So people have some sense of what's going on. The two year plan, I'll tell you, I look at the streets in the city. I don't know any resident who looks at that and says, yeah, that's it. Secondly, I think you just used to go further. It seemed like, you know, the amount of street we will get. You know, I remember when as a half a mile man and went down to like a quarter of a mile, it just seems like it doesn't go as far as it used to be. Maybe as costs have increased, I'm not sure, but I'm not necessarily committed to the system that we have. I think what makes more sense is we've gone through in the last decade two different strategies. And I think we need to just, you know, be very, very clear about when we're starting a new process and when we're stopping . So people don't say the reset button doesn't get set over and over on residents. As I can tell you, we're just now getting to Artesia Boulevard. Steve Neal talked about Artesia Boulevard when he was sworn into office in 2010. And then there's 2021 and we're not breaking ground until Q1 of 2022. That's 12 years waiting on one corridor and South Street is the same story. Market Street is the same story. I mean, it's the same story in these corridors. So something's not not working. And we have to really figure out how we can be serious with the residents about what we can actually deliver. And so, you know, I like you a lot, Mr. Lopez. I'd love to see your thoughts on how we address that. And secondly, you know, you know, we're knocking out a list of things in in North Long Beach because everybody has a different understanding what need is. At one point, we need a library. We focused on that. We got that done. Prior to then, it was the fire station. We had a little one. Then we needed a one that was a decent sized, you know, the community center raining every year, the shelter, it's an emergency every year. The health center finally get in there. But, you know, a lot of those decisions are depend are determined by grown ups, adults who are saying this is the priority. And every time we prioritize what the grown ups need and all that time, it's hard to provide for the youth. I'm excited for all of the playgrounds across the city. They look great. I take my kids to these programs. We're trying to get to every signature program in the city. But again, my district and this is where I get to just got to speak up for my community. My district has more children than any district in the city and still has not built a new playground. And there is plenty of need. There's plenty of opportunity. I don't want to take away from what any other council member said about their needs, but at some point we need to deliver a playground in my community. Halton Park. Ramona Park. Prime candidates surrounded by schools and children. So we certainly need to deliver that. The second thing I would say is we certainly I'm almost done. I'm almost done. The second thing I'll say is the most important thing we can do right now together is advocate the Congress. Because all the hopes and dreams we just heard as of right now, a local street program is not included in the Congressional Congressional infrastructure plan. I'm not sure if you guys know that today it's not included in the program. And unless we get what our members of Congress and advocate, we need to advocate for those things in order to make it a reality. In recent months, you know, through through SAG and through FET ledge, we've had a number of conversations pushing this. Alex Padilla, MAXINE Waters and that. Barragan Lowenthal, Sanchez Schiff. We're pushing that. It's hard to advocate now because we can't go to D.C. It's almost you know, our advice from the lobbyists is don't even come. It's not even working. The the you know, the virtual lobbying is incredibly important. So we have to get creative in how we do that. Our fit led committee is going to continue doing that. We're going to advocate through our advocacy strategy and Dennis and everybody continue to focus on that. But that's the most significant thing we can do. It looks like Cindy is going to take it up very soon. Like in August, the Senate will take it up and then we should have the House take it up and finish it in September. That's the hope. So we have a little bit of a window to get to members of Congress and talk about a local road program, because right now it's not a part of the part of the package. So those are my generally my thoughts on this. And at this point, we're going to open up, see if there's any public comment. There's no public comment. All right. No public comment. So we're done with this. Members, please cast your vote. Motion carries.