Speaker 1: Item 12. Communication. Communication from Councilwoman Gonzalez. Vice Mayor Lowenthal. Recommendation to direct City Manager to study downtown public and privately conduct contracted parking lots and structures to include efficiency as it relates to monthly usage and rates. Exploration of smartphone applications. Safety as it relates to unusual high police calls. Maintenance as it relates to who may be responsible for each location.
Speaker 5: Councilwoman Yes.
Speaker 0: Okay. There's a motion and a second.
Speaker 2: Councilwoman Gonzales.
Speaker 5: Thank you. So I wanted to make sure that we all understood this. Exactly. So this was brought about many times from my downtown residence, and I want to thank them. If any of them are here in the audience tonight. But basically, it does address efficiency, exploration, safety, which is most important. There have been many incidents in the downtown parking structures in the surrounding that have resulted in many issues. There's maintenance issues that we want to look forward to. So if there's, you know, any problems that we need to fix, we need to certainly do that with this study. And I direct the city manager to look into that and come back to us with the report so we can see what is possible and potential for us and changing some of those items. So.
Speaker 0: Vice Mayor Lowenthal.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I wanted to thank Councilmember Gonzalez for bringing this item forward and asking me to coauthor it. Parking has been something that we focused on quite a bit in the second District and in the downtown. While we have plenty of parking, I think looking at ways to improve wayfinding or at least know what the status is and ensuring that it is safe and secure, it will help us all. And we've done quite a bit in our parking management in the downtown and certainly the public parking lots have done quite a bit. The debate has done quite a bit. Do we get to see how we can improve our operations? It's certainly a good time to look at it. We see a lot more activity, especially along Pine Avenue, with the different restaurants that have come in in the last 8 to 12 months. And so that certainly warrants a fresh look at how we're managing these assets. So thank you. Councilmember Gonzalez.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And council comment seen any public comment on the item?
Speaker 2: Please give me, Mr. Mayor, members of the city council. My name is Craig Cogen. I serve as the president and CEO of the downtown Long Beach Associates. And I want to thank Councilmember Gonzales and Vice Mayor Lowenthal for bringing this agenda item forward. We are prepared to help with any due diligence that may be conducted in identifying cost efficiencies and certainly elevating the standards to those properties that are being maintained throughout the downtown are consistent with what we're doing with the public right away in our bid. There are many great models nationwide and even in this state that there are districts such as ours and improvement district that do provide these services. So we'll be happy to address those issues and certainly provide some resources as well. Thanks very much.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. See no other public comment? There is emotion on the floor. All those in favor of the motion. Please raise your hand. And motion carries unanimously. Okay. Moving on. We do have a time certain in about seven or 8 minutes. And so I know that item 13, there may be some extensive public comment on. So why don't we go to an item? Number 14.
Speaker 1: Item 14, communication from Councilmember Richardson, Councilman Councilwoman Price, Councilmember Durango. Recommendation to request city attorney to prepare an ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code to establish a citywide Veterans Affairs Commission with representation from all nine Council districts and a minimum of four commissioners must be veterans.
Recommendation to direct City Manager to study downtown public and privately contracted parking lots and structures to include:

	• Efficiency as it relates to monthly usage and rates;
	• Exploration of a smart phone application;
	• Safety as it relates to any unusual high police calls for service
	  at particular locations; and
	• Maintenance as it relates to who may be responsible for each
	  location.