Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement with Social Bicycles, Inc., of Brooklyn, NY, and any necessary amendments, for the purchase of bicycles, station racks, and associated parts and equipment for the expansion of the Long Beach Bike Share Program, in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000, for a period of three years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and Increase appropriations in the Transportation Fund (SR 182) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $1,500,000, offset by Proposition A funds available. (Citywide)
Stacey. Motion carries out 28, please. Report from recommendation to adopt resolution to execute an agreement with social. Bicycles. For the purpose purchase of bicycles, station racks and associated parts and equipment for the expansion of the Long Beach bike share program in an amount not to exceed 1,500,000 citywide. Kate, There's a most interesting and I see a couple of folks queued up. So do you want to a quick staff report on this? Craig back. Thank you, Mayor. Members City Council. We're excited to bring this item before you. I think many of you, if you haven't actually ridden one of the blue bikes, are very familiar with our bike share program. It's been a successful program. We have roughly 400 bikes deployed through primarily the downtown and coastline areas of the city. This request before you this evening would allow us to purchase probably in the in the order of 500 more bikes. And our next expansion would essentially take it up through Bixby Knolls in the north Long Beach following our bike boulevard routes. So we view the bike sharing, the Bike Boulevard project and expansion kind of going hand in hand. And so we're asking for council approval tonight to allow us to move forward with purchase from the vendor, which is S.O.B. bicycles. That concludes my staff report. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Mayor Richardson. Bike share shares coming uptown. That's it. Thank you. Councilmember Pierce. Yes. I am excited to see the bike share expanded. I did want to see. Are there any smaller bikes? I'm five one. I'm not even a kid. And it's really hard for me to ride those bikes. Do they have a smaller bike? Councilmember I'd be happy to show you how the seat. I know how the seat adjusts and when I adjusted all the way down, it's a challenge of it's a challenge for me. It might be a challenge for a junior high kid that wants to go on a ride with their parents. You know, all seriousness, we are actually working with a vendor for a couple of things. And what we would like to introduce into the system are tricycles as well. Not I don't want to try. Not not little people off of tricycles, but adult tricycles because some people have asked for something that's more stable and something with a basket. So we're looking at tricycles. We're also looking at e-bikes as well. So electric. Bikes. I will ask him something specific for. You know, people in between, you know. You know, he said tricycles. Yeah, adult tricycles. I like it. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Supernanny. Thank you. I just spotted some e comments here. And I guess for the purpose of telling the audience that we read the comments even at 12:12 a.m.. But there is you know, I'm sorry, but it's the comment was no measure eight funds should be spent on these bicycle. So I think the confusion is Proposition eight versus Measure A. Mr. Beck, could you explain that, please? Yes, Councilmember, thanks for bringing that up. That is correct. We are not asking for approval to utilize Measure $8. Proposition $8 are transportation dollars that the city receives through its partnership with L.A. Metro, and they're targeted specifically for transportation projects . So it's really quite different from Measure A in that is, is it would you call it like a reimbursement or. What would it be called? The city receives a share of the Proposition $8, which again are transit oriented dollars that can only be spent on transit projects. Measure as you're very familiar as a tax the city receives, it is essentially general fund dollars. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much, Councilwoman Gonzalez. Just really quickly, Craig, since we're on the issue of tricycles, thinking of our little ones. Councilmember Price had mentioned maybe a unicycle. I'm kidding. But actually I have thought about. Children or families with children like my own. And we often think of adding the little one and putting I don't know if the the addition for children. I don't know how we incorporate that, but I've seen that in other cities. So I don't know if we're even perusing that, but it'd be a really good one for us to add maybe down the line if we could, just throwing it out there. Thank you. Thank you, Counsel. Actually, Vice Mayor Richardson. But that break does bring up a good a good question. I know. Is it true that people under 18 can't do can't check on a bike? Is that true? So one of the things that we're looking at is modifying both our rules and our rate structure. Okay. We believe it's important in our community to add a rate program for those that are lower income. So that is something we'll we will be bringing back to council. And when we bring forward that rate adjustment, we'll also be talking about who has the opportunity to utilize the bikes, essentially. A vice mayor has to do with being an adult. So if you're 18, you can sign up for a program yourself. If not, you would need an adult. Got it. Understood. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any public comment on this item? None. Please cast your votes. As we move on to the next item, we officially have passed the land use element meeting from last week on time, which which I didn't think was possible, but we always find a way.