Recommendation to increase appropriations in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $25,000, offset by the $5,000 of the Fourth Council District One­time District Priority Funds and $20,000 of the Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide donations to Cambodia Town Inc. for the 2020 Cambodian New Year Parade; and Decrease appropriations in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $25,000 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Great. Thank you. We're going to go ahead. And I think we have some folks here for item 24. So let's hear item 24. Item 24 is communication from councilmen Sabina and Vice Mayor Andrews recommendation to increase appropriation in the special advertising and promotion fund group in the City Manager Department by 25,000, offset by the 5000 of the fourth Council District one time district priority funds and 20,000 of the sixth Council District one time District Priority Funds to provide donation to Cambodian Town Inc for the 2020 Cambodian New Year parade. Thank you. I got to turn this over to Vice Mayor Andrews. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I want to thank Councilman Superman for our continued support to promote the Cambodian town. Okay. Well, a really exciting to be a sponsor of this event. I am happy to say it's coming back. We have individuals like Richard and Sasha and his team are doing a great job coordinating. And I am really excited for all my peers to join us for this great event. Thank you. And Councilman Super now. Thank you. Just honored to be a part of bringing this event back to Long Beach in the fourth and sixth districts. And very happy to partner with Vice Mayor Andrews on bringing this forward. Thank you. Thank you. There is a motion and a second. I do have public comment. So let me call for members of the public up thorough young citizen, a monogram. Nothing so they can free. Please come forward. Are you? Good to see you. Good to see all of you. Good evening, Mayor Wiseman. Members of the council and other elected official. My name is Carrie Ann, and I am the president of California, Cambodia. Sisters, the. On behalf of California Cambodia sisters say I am here to support the recommendation. Provide. The the one time $25,000 donation to Cambodia accounting for the two thought the 2020 Cambodian town New Year's parade. Thank you, Vice Mayor Andrew and. Councilman Sabino for helping bring back Cambodian. Town New Year Parade to Anaheim Street in. Long Beach on. Sunday, April 15, 2020. California Cambodia is a stake in is. One of the community partner. Helping Cambodian Town Inc to bring back the. Cambodian town New Year to Anaheim Street in Long Beach. We are looking forward to see you join the Cambodian community as we celebrate the rich. Tradition of Cambodia. Thank you. Thank you so much. To to. Severe. Good evening, honorable mayor. Vice Mayor, members of the City Council. Ladies and gentlemen. My name is City Hassan and I'm the chair of the Cambodia town in. On behalf of Cambodia. Town in what director? I'm here to support the item 24. I would like to take this. Opportunity to thank Vice Mayor de. Andrews, Councilman Darryl Spinner and the city of Long Beach for helping to make it possible for us to bring back the Cambodia Town New Year Parade to Anaheim Street in Long Beach, Cambodia town New Year Parade will showcase. The diverse. Culture of Long Beach, including mom Lotion, Samoa, Filipino, African Americans and Hispanic costume. This year, we will honor the spirit of Apsara celestial dancer, commonly depicted in my mythology as seen on the intricate wall carvings and statues by a sea operate marchers dressed head to toe in exquisite, authentic Apsara costume, demonstrating my classical ballet movements involving graceful and mesmerizing hand gesture. Last but not least, I would like to invite. You to join the Cambodian community as we celebrate the rich tradition of Cambodia and bring. In the. Cambodian New Year 2564 year of the Rat. I am looking forward to see every one of you at the plate at the Cambodian New Year Parade on Sunday, April 5th, 2020. Thank you. Thank you so much. Runner. Sir. Sir. Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the City Council. City staff and residents of Long Beach. My name is Mineral Garnet, and I'm. The executive directors of Midtown Business. Improvement District. Midtown Boundary is I'm home street from Richmond Avenue. In the fourth District to allow me Alameda Avenue on a sixth district. I'm here to support the. Item number 24, the recommendation to. Approve the one time 25,000. Donation to the couple in time for. The 2020 120 year parade. The last time something this. Big and. Exciting happened in Midtown on Home Street was on. 2016. The Beach Street. The bringing of the parade will bring thousands of foot traffic and a. Potential customer to the to the diverse businesses in midtown. And over 100 so many businesses will benefit from it. I would like to thank Vice Mayor De Andrew and Councilman. Nelson Pinol for helping to. Bring back the parade and helping the businesses in. Midtown. Lastly. I would like to invite. Everyone to visit. Shop and dine in Midtown. We have the best authentic Cambodian food and Mexican food in the city. Thank you. Thank you. That is true. So they can be. He's definitely right because hacking and Alzheimer's are both fun and I'm street in and I'm corridor so I couldn't agree with you more and I know that as a resident I am in complete support of. This motion. I think it's a vital opportunity for the city to shine a spotlight on our Cambodian community here in Long Beach , as well as an ample opportunity for increased economic development of the midtown Anaheim corridor, as was just stated. You know, I was at the Beat Street, uh, in 2016, and it was great to have people from outside of our neighborhood come into an area that isn't necessarily frequented in the manner that other business corridors, such as Second Street or Fourth are. But it's it's always a great opportunity where we can balance our cultural emphasis with the financial and simultaneously. So I want to give thanks to the vice mayor injuries and cancer supernova for coming together and supporting this. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes public comment. I just have a couple of questions for Mr. Modica. So I completely support this this motion. I think that one of the great things about our city, of course, is the diversity of of our festivals and parades. And obviously, we have a handful of really active parades that happen throughout the year. Many of those parades obviously are supported by community, by the community or businesses in the city in some cases as well. And I just want to make sure, Mr. Modica, I know that obviously this parade had had been happening for many years and hasn't obviously happened just in the last I think it's been maybe a couple a couple of years. How many years is it then? Is it been. Has it been that long? Wow. It's already been a really five or six years. Five years. Okay. And so I would just ask Mr. Modica and I think hopefully the council supportive as well, that because this parade is really trying to come back and I do believe they need additional support and consideration from the city as it relates to the expenses of putting on a parade like this. And so I just ask that we do everything that we can through look through the public safety costs and other issues that are there to work with the parade organizers just to make sure that we give them the breathing room to be able to restart this parade. And I think that we all know that. All of the parades that happen in the city are difficult to put on and they're costly and there's an expense, and we know that. But restarting a parade kind of from scratch again is even harder. And so I think especially in this first year, I'm just hopeful that the city can can give a Cambodia town mid-town the parade just some additional support to try to get this restarted. I think it's an important part there. There are there are not other large Cambodian parades that happen in the United States. And so this is very unique to Long Beach, and it needs to come back and be successful. Mr. Marker, can you address that? Sure. Yeah, we'll be very sensitive to that. You know, you're absolutely right. When you have a parade that is just starting, there's things that you don't know to plan for. So we recently saw that with the Veterans Day parade. That had been a long standing parade. But this year, the city took it over. And when you make that transition, there are some things that you have to do to make sure that it's successful. So we would be more than happy to look at this. We'd work with both the council officers who are funding it and do what we can out of special events and PD to make sure it's a success. I appreciate that. And I think that the contribution that Councilman Andrews and Councilmember Superman are making from their district funds, I think is really significant and important. But I think, as you know, to put on a parade, it is quite costly, especially to restart one. And so I'm hoping that that you can personally get involved in assisting the Special Events Department in ensuring that this happens and to support the group. So thank you, Mr. Mordecai. Appreciate your support on that. Councilman Mongo. You know, as a person who has participated in a lot of parades in the city in a very short amount of time, the Cambodian parade was and the festival beforehand and the ceremonies were very meaningful to me and learning more about the culture. I got pregnant and then had a baby and I assumed that I just missed them because I was either in the hospital having a baby or after that. And to know that that hasn't been going on just hurts my heart. And so I'm just so thankful that you guys brought this forward and to both Mayor Andrews and Councilmember Suber and offer really financially supporting this and bringing it back. Congratulations and looking forward to it. Thank you. And we look forward to attending. And with that members, please cast your votes. John Kerry.