Recommendation to respectfully request City Council to support Proposition 1 the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014.
Item 17 is communication from Councilman Austin Chair State Legislations Committee Recommendation to request City Council to support Proposition one. The Water Quality Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. Second, Councilmember Austin. Thank you. Yes, the state legislature committee met on October 7th and recommends this particular item for your consideration. I'd like to move to accept the recommendation of the committee, but don't get to say thank you and then get a quick staff report. Mr. West. Diana Tang. Mayor, members of the city council. In November, voters will have the option to vote on Proposition one. This is the statewide ballot measure for $7.5 billion in water bond funding. The city was instrumental in negotiating a couple of pieces of this this bond measure. First, we have 30 million to the arms. See, that is the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, of which Long Beach is the member. There's also 200 million available for stormwater funding through integrated regional water management plans and Long Beach as a member of the Gateway Authority and can apply for that funding. So if this measure does pass, the city will have will as well positioned to apply for funding in the water bond and it is for 7.5 billion. McHugh comes from Boston. Yes. And I want to thank our staff, support Diana Tang for her great work, particularly in supporting the committee and giving us all the great information that we need to make a decision here. The supporters of this measure include the Beach Water Department, as well as the League of California Cities, Governor Jerry Brown, both Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and a host of other responsible organizations. And so I would encourage your support as well. Thank you. Any public comment on the item? CNN members, please cast your vote. Watching Kerry's eight zero. Thank you. Now, I believe we have announcements, so we're going to go ahead. I want to begin by just doing some adjournment in memory of a few folks here. First, I want to honor the passing of someone very close to our City Hall family, and that's Luann Lawanda Reynolds, who was known to all who loved her as