Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. Motion carries with it. I understand. We're going to go. There's been a request to go back to the hearing. To reopen the hearing. We got a motion.
Speaker 11: First, Mayor, we would need a motion to reopen. Reconsider. And a second on that. And then take a vote on the motion to reconsider. And then it would be as though we're starting the hearing again.
Speaker 0: Correct. So we're going to go ahead and do the motion to reconsider first. Can I get a motion, please?
Speaker 9: Motion to reconsider.
Speaker 0: I need to push the motion, please.
Speaker 9: I was that. But that's not the.
Speaker 0: There's a motion in a second to reconsider the hearing. Is there a public comment on the reconsideration? No.
Speaker 9: Not yet. This isn't the actual hearing yet. Just so you know.
Speaker 0: There's. Okay. So we're. We're okay. So, members, we do a roll call vote on the reconsideration.
Speaker 3: Councilwoman Gonzalez, Councilmember Pierce. Hi, Councilman Price. Councilmember Sabrina High. Councilwoman Mongo.
Speaker 9: I.
Speaker 3: Vice Mayor Andrews. Hi, Councilmember Arango. Councilman Austin. Councilmember Richardson.
Speaker 2: Hi.
Speaker 0: Okay. We're going to reconsider the motion. Councilman Pearce.
Speaker 9: Yes. First, I want to hear from the audience that's here. I don't believe that they heard the call for public comment earlier. And then I have some questions for Craig back after we hear from our constituents.
Speaker 0: Okay. Public comment, please.
Speaker 2: Hi. I'm back.
Speaker 11: I. Good evening, Mayor. Members of City Council. My name is Porter Golberg and I serve as co vice president for the fourth Street Business Improvement Association. We are incredibly thankful to Councilmember Pearce for her leadership in championing the addition of parking meters to our business corridor. We'd also like to thank the Public Works Department for their support in guiding us through this new venture for our association. Fourth Street is one of the most thriving business districts in Long Beach, and the addition of parking meters is a welcome addition to our business district, as it will increase parking availability to the many guests who patronize our businesses, bars, restaurants and nonprofit organizations. Additionally, new parking meters will ensure our business association has a sustainable source of funding to support our efforts to continue to beautify Fourth Street, enhance public safety and increase promotion of our diverse array of businesses and nonprofit organizations in our district. On Fourth Street, we pride ourselves on our diversity and longevity as a small business and organizational hub. In an increasingly corporatized business environment, parking meters will only serve to enhance our ability to get out the message that by shopping, local patrons are not only supporting our thriving poor street community, but investing in the overall prosperity of Long Beach. Thank you again for your support. We are incredibly grateful and look forward to future partnerships with our elected leaders and with city staff. And with that said, the Board of Directors does respectfully request, based on previous conversations we've had with city staff, that the that the City Council consider amending the recommendations so that our meters are available for up to 3 hours for our patrons as a district that has both restaurants and the only single screen movie theater in the city of Long Beach, we want our parking meters to be available for folks to attend a dinner and a movie without having to leave halfway through the movie to refill their meter and also to consider implementation of parking meter fees Monday through Sunday. And in addition to just Monday through Saturday as Sunday is an incredibly vibrant shopping day for our local businesses. So thank you again for your support and we look forward to partnering with you on this new venture for Fourth Street. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. Any other public comment on this? Okay. I do have I do have a question and I'm obviously very supportive of the meters. But in light of that record, I just wanted to understand the three hour. Are we doing it anywhere else in the city currently? Just wanna make sure it's something that we can actually do. I'm assuming there's been some conversations already about that. Mr. Beck.
Speaker 2: Mayor, members of the council? No. Typically the parking meters are set it to our time limit. It's a challenge when we consider whether or not to meter on street parking. Certainly we do our due diligence and make sure that we're in a business corridor, that we're primarily adding metered parking for the business community. And one of the reasons that we do on street metered parking is to create turnover. So customers coming to frequent, those businesses have an opportunity to park and we don't see some of the long term parking that we are experiencing in business corridors that don't have parking meters. So all of our parking districts are currently limited to a two hour time limit. I certainly support the Fourth Street Group and all the wonderful things that they've done over there to promote business and become a thriving business corridor. But it would be somewhat of a challenge for us to extend to 3 hours. I certainly support the addition of Sun, if that's the way they want to go and we can work with them on amending the hours. So if they want to start earlier or go longer, that's certainly an option for us as well. But it would be a challenge to have one parking district that is different from our other parking districts. When you start thinking about it citywide.
Speaker 0: Okay. And I only ask a question because this is a first I've heard of the three hour chain. So I just want to make sure that I understand it because I also absolutely support the requests in front of us and the meters and everything else is because I've actually never seen a three hour common anywhere else. I just want to understand, Mr. Beck, I don't know that I've ever seen three or maybe it is common, but is there are there other beach cities or other areas that have three hour meters?
Speaker 2: I think what we've seen, Mayor, is that off street parking is usually longer, but on street parking is usually more limited. And so when I think about the fourth street corridor, I do believe we there is while it isn't as many parking spaces, there is an off street lot. Maybe that has an opportunity to extend the number of hours for the off street lot versus the on street parking.
Speaker 0: So do we know if there are other other metered parking districts anywhere that have 3 hours? I just I just.
Speaker 2: Don't know my knowledge on street.
Speaker 0: Okay. But this three hour issue was discussed prior to today.
Speaker 2: Not with myself, but possibly with my staff.
Speaker 0: Okay, Count Councilwoman Pryce.
Speaker 8: Well, I'm I'm hearing about this request right now, but I have to say, I want to hear what the rest of my colleagues have to say about this. But I think sometimes we push too hard to have consistency throughout the city. And in the process of doing that, we forget that we have different needs all throughout the city. I know, for example, in Belmont, sure, we wanted to extend our the five minute zone to a ten minute zone because it makes more sense for the types of businesses that we have on that street. And I think sometimes if there's something that's going to work better for one community versus another, we should be willing to, you know, go outside the box. These are smart meters. So unless I'm missing something, I don't know that it's going to be an additional burden on city staff to somehow and perhaps I'm missing it somehow be able to facilitate the three hour request. I think that's probably one of the advantages that was brought to our attention when we were considering smart meters is that we could have different programs in different parts of the city and tailor make them. And so I'd like us to be able to do that, if that's what the community is requesting. There is a movie theater in this stretch. There's no way a person can go in and see their movie and still be able to fall within the two hour time period. So I think allowing us to go outside of the standard parking hours makes sense in this community. And I understand there's a parking structure. I think I just heard someone say that. But I think this is something that's important to the to the businesses. And this is something they've talked about and this is something they're requesting. And we could at least try it as a pilot. And if it doesn't work out, if it becomes too burdensome for the city, then we can go to the two hour. Those are my thoughts.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Pearce.
Speaker 9: Thank you. And thank you guys for coming and speaking on this. I do know that the 3 hours conversation has been a conversation for the last year, back and forth and. I kind of struggled with the idea of wanting consistency across the board. But I do think that this is the first time that we've had a bid this small decide to put meters there and that this is a request to make sure you can have dinner, go shopping and see a movie in 3 hours. Makes sense to me. My the things that I would like to see is that it'd be extended to 3 hours that we add Sunday. I know the time that we talked about was nine or ten. I think it's a residential area. I think it's 10:00 and is it 10:00 and in Belmont and everywhere else. So that would be I think if we went 3 hours, I would want to see us at ten instead of nine to make sure that residents can sleep in like me, who some days I don't have to go to work to 11. Those are the three changes that I would like to see. I respect staff's position on wanting it to be across the board. I think if we could reevaluate this in a year and look at how that has worked out, it would be ideal. I did have one question on the type of meters, are they going to be individual meters? Are they going to be one per ten spaces?
Speaker 2: Councilmember Pearce These will be single style meters, smart meters, similar to what we have in Belmont. Sure. So the programing aspect isn't really a challenge. I think as I mentioned, part of our review of the financial analysis and how much is this area going to generate financially to be able to pay off the capital investment took into consideration certain assumptions about turnover. And so certainly the three hour time limits change that turnover number. So I potentially anticipate that we may need to extend that repayment period for the capital investment, but that's something we can look at and monitor as as you suggest.
Speaker 9: Okay. Thank you very much. So those are my changes. I need to make a formal there.
Speaker 0: Can you make that in the form a motion councilmember?
Speaker 9: Yes, I would formally requested I hate doing these formal things to amend the motion to include extending it to 3 hours. Amend the motion to include Sundays for meter day. And that the start time for the program be 10 a.m.. I don't know if that was in the thing or if it was nine. And thank you.
Speaker 0: 10:00, right, counsel? Yeah. Okay. I think we're just that your second. Okay, great. So and again, I want to just again say I absolutely support this. I just want to understand the the three hour piece. So I appreciate the dialog, too. That was that was helpful. And Councilmember, I do think the idea of a pilot and checking how we're doing a year from now, I think is really smart. And that gives the ability of the of the association to the Business Improvement District to also evaluate. And and I want to thank you guys because not a lot of business districts voluntarily come forward and want to put in meters. And I think you guys get why it's good for the district and good for flow of traffic as well. And so thank you guys for that. There is a motion in a second to for for the motion, please, to a roll call vote.
Speaker 3: Councilwoman Gonzales, Councilmember Pierce, Councilwoman Price, Councilmember Supernanny. Hi, Councilwoman Mongo. Vice Mayor Andrews, I. Councilmember Durango. Councilman Austin. Councilmember Richardson.
Speaker 0: Cancer Council member Wangari there. I thought I heard you motion curious. Thank you very much. That is so. We just finished the hearing, so we will be done with that. So now we're we're moving on to item 31.
Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt resolution in accordance with Section 10.28.130 of the Long Beach Municipal Code to set operating days and hours for Parking Meter Zone 34 to Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays as defined in the Long Beach Municipal Code, during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., for a maximum of two hours and at a rate of $1.00 per hour; 

Request City Attorney to prepare an ordinance amending Section 10.28.130 of the Long Beach Municipal Code, to establish Parking Meter Zone 34 along 4th Street between Hermosa Avenue and Temple Avenue, including side streets intersecting 4th Street; and

Request City Attorney to prepare an Agreement with the Fourth Street Business Improvement Association to equally share the net parking meter revenues generated from parking meters located in Parking Meter Zone 34.  (District 2)