At its Oct. 14 meeting the Long Beach City Council voted on a slate of consent and action items. Highlights: the council approved staff engagement in the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s trash rulemaking (items 16 and 26), authorized a Proposition 1 BCHIP Round 2 application for up to $40 million (item 19), and approved multiple contracts and agreements related to airport improvements, a local aerospace lease extension, homeless services funding and routine personnel and procurement actions.

This roundup lists each formal action recorded in the meeting and the recorded outcome. Where the transcript provided dollar figures or project descriptions, they are included. Vote tallies were not provided in the public audio; the clerk recorded motions as carried.

Votes at a glance:

– Item 10 — Long Beach Airport: authorized extension of the unleaded aviation fuel subsidy program and an extension of the supplemental type certificate reimbursement incentive program through 2027. Council discussion noted average sales of over 500 gallons per month and modest early participation; motion carried.

– Item 16 & 26 — Regional LA River debris: see detailed article elsewhere; motions carried (direction to engage LA Regional Water Quality Control Board and pursue county/technological partnerships).

– Item 17 — Health & Human Services / LAHSA: Execute agreement with Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to accept and expend $1,397,950 for interim housing Atlantic Bridge (ABC municipal shelter) and increase appropriations by $423,400 in the Health Fund Group; motion carried.

– Item 18 — Receive and file presentation: Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Community Health Needs Assessment; motion carried (see separate article).

– Item 19 — Adopt resolution to apply for Proposition 1 BCHIP Round 2, up to $40,000,000 (two projects: OBOT at the Multi Service Center and Enriched Residential Care at 702 Anaheim); motion carried.

– Item 20 — Human Resources: adopt resolution approving a letter of agreement to extend recruitment and retention incentive deadline with the Police Officers Association (MOU 2022–2025); motion carried.

– Item 21 — Long Beach Airport: execute multiple contracts for architectural and engineering planning/design services, total annual aggregate not to exceed $1,500,000; motion carried.

– Item 22 — Long Beach Airport: award contract to PCL Construction for passenger concourse enhancements, contract amount not to exceed $30,228,267; motion carried. Staff said major FAA IIJA funding ($24.3M) and airport cash ($11.3M) support the $35.6M project budget and that construction would proceed in 2026 to be complete before the 2028 Games.

– Item 23 — Long Beach Airport: execute amended and restated lease with JetZero Inc. for city property at 4150 Donald Douglas Drive to extend the ground lease term; public comment noted a planned JetZero capital investment in the property and the company’s intent to use the site as a design and customer center; motion carried.

– Item 24 — Police Department: execute agreement with Long Beach Public Transportation Company to provide law enforcement and security services in an estimated annual amount of $2,206,662; motion carried.

– Item 25 — Public Works: increase appropriations by $6,000,000 offset by federal Surface Transportation Block Grant and congressional community project funds from Caltrans Districts 3, 4, and 5; motion carried.

Additional routine consent items (general consent, other minor contracts and appropriations) were approved as part of the consent calendar; the clerk recorded motions as carried.