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Votes at a glance: Long Beach City Council actions, May 13, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and outcomes recorded at the May 13 Long Beach City Council meeting, including fee schedule changes, plan receipts and approvals.
The Long Beach City Council took several formal actions on May 13. Below is a compact list of motions and recorded outcomes from the meeting transcript. Where the meeting did not record a roll-call tally, the transcript shows that the motion "is carried." For each item listed staff will post official minutes and any ordinances or resolutions once they are finalized.
Votes at a glance
- Consent Calendar: Motion to approve the consent calendar; outcome: motion carried (no roll-call tally provided in transcript). (See transcript: consent taken at 21:26:57; motion carried.)
- Item 19 — Master Fees and Charges schedule (Financial Management): Motion to amend the FY25 Master Fees and Charges schedule citywide, updating rates across Community Development, Health & Human Services, Police, Parks, Recreation & Marine, and Public Works (including phased-in environmental health and traffic fee increases); outcome: motion carried. Staff noted the changes include aligning with external approvals (parking meter increase by Fourth Street Business Improvement Association) and one fee deletion for a discontinued service. (Hearing opened and closed; motion carried.)
- Item 20 — Long Beach Age Friendly Action Plan (Health & Human Services): Motion to receive and file the Age Friendly Action Plan (citywide); outcome: motion carried. Staff emphasized the plan is a roadmap and does not itself appropriate funds.
- Item 22 — Youth & Emerging Adult Strategic Plan 4-year update (Health & Human Services): Motion to receive and file the youth plan update (citywide); outcome: motion carried. Presentation highlighted Measure US youth fund participatory budgeting and reengagement work for opportunity youth.
- Item 21 — GRAMA grant (Health & Human Services): Motion to execute necessary documents for an unspecified GRAMA grant amount referenced in the staff report (transcript cites approximately $13,643,844 but the record included a speaker correction); outcome: motion carried.
- Item 23 — Public Works settlement amendment (Interstate 405 improvement project): Motion to execute a first amendment to a settlement agreement and release of claims regarding the I-405 improvement project with OCTA and Caltrans; outcome: motion carried. (One council member recused for proximity to their home.)
- Item 24 — Public Works repaving/resurfacing list: Staff requested the item be withdrawn and laid over to a future meeting to adjust the state-required resolution format; motion to lay over passed.
- Item 25 — Technology & Innovation contracts amendment: Motion to amend multiple as‑needed professional and technical services contracts to raise the aggregate contract ceiling to support IT projects (revised aggregate contract amount cited in staff report); outcome: motion carried.
- Item 46 — Technology & Innovation IT Strategic Roadmap (TID 28): Motion to approve the TID 28 roadmap to guide IT investments and governance; outcome: motion carried. Staff presented a preliminary four-year estimate of roughly $60,000,000 and described next steps to refine costs and bring year-one funding proposals to the budget process.
Notes on recordkeeping and next steps: For items requiring ordinances, contract documents or resolutions (for example, fee schedule amendments or contract amendments), staff will finalize text and publish formal council actions in the official minutes and packet materials. Several items that were "received and filed" (plans or updates) do not by themselves create binding appropriations; staff said they will return with targeted budget requests and implementation timelines.
