Speaker 0: Thank you. There's a motion and a second. Any public comment scene and please cast your votes. Can someone close the door on the top? Thank you. Item 22, please.
Speaker 1: Item 22 Communication from Councilwoman Price Councilmember Peers Recommendation to direct the City Manager to work with economic development and public works to assess the feasibility of funding an electric electric shuttle service or Free Ride program to transport people from Belmont Shore to Second and PCH into Los Alamitos Bay Landing.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Price.
Speaker 6: Thank you. I'm glad to be bringing this item tonight before my colleagues and I ask for your support. East Long Beach has been seeing major investments in business and as a result, we are anticipating major increases in visitors coming to the area to enjoy the businesses and the beautiful corners of the city. Recently, we have seen Ballast Point become a major draw as a brewery and restaurants, bringing more people to Alba Alamitos Bay landing in addition to the existing businesses in the landing like boat house on the bay. We are also seeing San Pedro Fish Market coming to this area in September, which is a huge regional draw that will add to the activity of the crab pot and sooner or later. Not to mention the second PCH project is coming online in October of 2019. So for all of these reasons, it's essential that we develop some creative ways of better managing the movements of people who want to spend time there and transfer to the Belmont Shore and Naples business corridors. All of these areas are constrained by parking and traffic impacts. So what we can do as a city to make it easier to move people through these areas is essential for us to consider and explore. We saw the successful use of the free rides in downtown and we have seen the first Fridays shuttle work well. So looking forward to applying a similar success to other parts of the city, including East Long Beach. So I thank you for your support. And this item formally requests that our economic development team start to explore and hold stakeholder meetings to determine the feasibility of this program. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. There's a motion and a second is your public comment on this. CNN members, please cast your votes. This is very needed. Can attest to every time we go out there.
Recommendation to direct City Manager to work with staff in Economic Development and Public Works to assess the feasibility of developing a public/private partnership to fund an electric shuttle service or free ride program to transport people from 2nd Street (Belmont Shore) to 2nd Street and Pacific Coast Highway (2nd and PCH) and to Alamitos Bay Landing.