Speaker 9: I just do it from here. All right. Madam Clerk was go ahead and call it hearing number one, please.
Speaker 1: Hearing item one is a report from police recommendations received supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing and authorize city manager to execute an amendment to agreement between the City of Long Beach and Deidre Urban to provide as needed supplemental law enforcement and security services at the outlets at the Pike District two.
Speaker 9: Thank you. I see that no oath is required. So, Mr. Monica, you have the floor.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Vice Mayor. Tonight, the Zapp presentation will be given by Brandon Walker, our administrator for the Long Beach Police Department. Good evening, Mayor. Members of the City Council. This agenda item. Before you amends the existing agreement between the police department and our Irvin for a supplemental law enforcement and security services in the Pike Outlets area. In 2016, City Council authorized an agreement for six month terms to reimburse the police department for the costs of one police officer to patrol the area of the Pike outlets on Friday and Saturday evenings. The success of this partnership has resulted in a desire to extend this agreement annually the annual reimbursement revenues estimated at $43,752. DDR and the police department have received positive feedback from tenants and customers and wishes to continue services in the Pike outlets area. So this includes my staff presentation. I'm here for any questions.
Speaker 9: Thank you. As any public comment on this item, now will be the time. Seeing none will close the public. Public comment. Take it back behind the rail. Councilmember Pearce.
Speaker 6: Yes, I fully supportive this. I know we've had a lot of issues down there at the pike. And I'm curious, we have the chief of police here, someone that can talk about how the safety has been at the pike.
Speaker 2: So we've seen a dramatic crime decrease in that area specifically since the contract began in 2016. The way the arrangement works is that calls for service officers are there with their normal deployment, but having one dedicated officer there is more. Therefore a proactive kind of relationship development with with staff and specifically with the business owners there. So the relationships that we've built as a department and these the noticeable decrease in crime in this time period is something that has kind of led us to come forward with this item today.
Speaker 6: Great. So I know that we had some concerns with Cinemark recently, if you could just address those.
Speaker 2: Yes. So Cinemark is an issue that the PD is aware of and has been aware of. I think, again, those relationships we developed with the business owners in the surrounding area has kind of helped us manage that, some of that situation there. This agreement, though, has been in place for over 12 or 18 months now. So it's a it's a work in progress. But I think the PD is is pleased with the progress we've made over the past year and a half.
Speaker 6: Great. Thank you so much. I urge my colleagues to support this item.
Speaker 9: Thank you, Councilwoman Gonzalez. Good. And I'll just I'll just add the pike is so important to the entire city. It's right adjacent to our convention center. I think this is smart that we're able to provide additional supplemental law enforcement there. So it obviously has my complete support. Members, please cast your vote.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Andrews?
Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an amendment to Agreement No. 34573 between the City of Long Beach and DDR Urban, LP, to provide as-needed supplemental law enforcement and security services at The Outlets at the Pike, in an estimated annual amount of $43,752, for a period of one year, with the option to extend for additional one-year periods; and

Increase appropriations in the Tidelands Operating Fund (TF 401) in the Police Department (PD) by $43,752 offset by reimbursement revenue.  (District 2)