Speaker 0: Motion carries.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Next item is 18, please.
Speaker 0: 18 is communications from City Attorney Recommendation to Adobe resolution expressing intent to prioritize spending of t u t revenue for specific purposes relating to the ballot measure placed on the March 30, 2020 ballot city.
Speaker 1: Great. Thank you. This you know, I'll just I'll just add before the city attorney weighs in this is the resolution that follows Missouri that's essentially very similar resolution to the one that we did the last time, except we added community hospital. And so it meets the commitments that we have laid out to the community. And you have it in front of you. There's one member of the public signed up to speak, and that is Christine Pettit.
Speaker 4: My name is Christine Pettit. I'm the executive director for Long Beach Forward. And I sent you all a letter on behalf of the budget advocacy work group today, just really articulating that we'd like to see commitments to prevention equity included in this resolution. I also thought it was important to speak because as the support organization for Building Healthy Communities Long Beach, we pulled together community partners who are working on youth development and violence prevention. In 2016, when the mayor was talking to community members about Measure eight at the time, and in that meeting, our partners really emphasized the importance of an emphasis on equitable infrastructure and also a broad definition of public safety that focuses on prevention and is much more comprehensive than is outlined in the current resolution. It's really important that we recognize how land use, including infrastructure investments, are linked to the safety of a community and that we continue to invest in infrastructure. The historic disinvestment in central, west and north Long Beach, as well as other discriminatory policies have created areas of concentrated disadvantage. Sorry, I'm tired. Where residents have not benefited from the same public or private investments, infrastructure, maintenance and other quality of life improvements as people living in other parts of the city. These are the same neighborhoods where people experience fewer opportunities. Have your police seen a lower life expectancy overall? So we encourage you to add language into the resolution that prioritizes and includes a commitment to equitable infrastructure investments, as well as a definition of public safety that emphasizes prevention strategies connected to youth development and other community and public health interventions. Right now, the resolution very narrowly defines what public safety is, and we think it's really important that it is broader. I know that this is a non-binding resolution, and we know that, but it's an important statement of priorities for a forever tax. So let's make our intentions for a healthy, safe and equitable community clear tonight. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you. That you remember the public purse. Marie Andrews, any comments? No, Councilman. Also, any comments? Councilman Pearce.
Speaker 4: Yes, I know it's late. I just. This item is important, and I couldn't have said it better. I think our community member, Christine Perrett, hit it on the head. And I think really as we have these conversations, as we spend our measuring resources for an a forever tax, that we're consistently coming back to the conversation around how we prioritize based on needs first and really making sure that when we talk about public health that it's broad and when we talk about public safety, that it's also broad. And so I, I know that this is a conversation that we can continue to come back to. I look forward to hearing what my other council colleagues have to say on the issue. I know that my my district supports this item, and I know that they also support prioritizing on needs first. So thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Governor Richardson.
Speaker 9: Thanks, Mr. Mayor, and thank you, Ms.. Pettifor, for raising these issues. And so here's what I would say. Last time we passed a resolution, we came back with a plan, and the resolution was the what are we investing in? And the plan was the how. And I would say the issues raised are appropriate. I think I hope that we can address it when we get to what the plan from Israel is. I think it's valid to say the nature of it is different this time. You know, we were talking a finite period of ten years. What can we really realistically accomplish within that period of time? I think now that we're continuing it, I think we can sort of think about things like, you know, how often does the non-binding resolution get updates every five years as parties to allow us to update and think about that? And and we can we can have that conversation. Also, you know, I think it's not a zero sum game and it's okay to talk about what the needs are. And they might be different in different areas of town, but I think they're all valid. So to be able to say, I think council is doing a good job in these last couple of weeks, talking about this conversation about the streets, the worst streets and, you know, prioritizing them. I think it's done a good job. And I think, you know, we've done a good job in a lot of ways, as many council members have done a good job talking about closing the open space space gap or the playground gap. And so when we get to that, how we implement this, I think I think we're going to have to have like a full conversation on what are four or five like performance metrics as we move forward that we know that we're going to be closing. Right as we what's our plan? Are we going to say over the next five years or the next ten years, we're going to try to close the gap in open space in our city. Are we going to try to address some of the worst streets in our city? Are we going to. So sort of what's our plan, our approach? And I think I think it is appropriate for the plan. So so my direction, you know, my my staff, I think we should when we get to the plans, we go out and talk about if that's a part of this. I think we should we should be intentional and be okay with saying yes. The needs are different areas of town, other areas of town. It's okay to say we can address both or all three or all four because we can think a little bit long, more long term with this measure. And so I think that's okay. I'm going to support the resolution that's in front of us tonight. And my hope is that we can talk about what prevention means and what what these different topics are as we get to the plan. Thanks a lot.
Speaker 1: Thank you. And there's a motion in second to approve the resolution. Please cast your votes.
Speaker 0: Wishing. Karis.
Recommendation to adopt resolution Expressing Intent to Prioritize Spending of Transactions and Use Tax (TUT) Revenue for Specific Purposes, relating to the Ballot Measure Placed on the March 3, 2020 ballot.  (Citywide)