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Long Beach mayor and aldermen approve pavilion grant acknowledgement, sidewalk contracts and new 4th Street offer
Summary
At the Oct. 1 Long Beach Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting, members approved a state pavilion award, hired consultants for sidewalk phases, rescinded and reissued a 4th Street property offer, and directed counsel to draft a resolution to vacate an easement — among other routine actions.
The Long Beach Mayor and Board of Aldermen met Oct. 1 and approved a series of routine and project-specific actions, including accepting notice of a state award for the Long Beach Pavilion, authorizing sidewalk consultant engagements and rescinding and replacing an earlier offer on a former fire-department property on 4th Street.
Mayor (role: Mayor) told the board the state made an award related to the Long Beach Pavilion; staff clarified the award is $40,000 and that the larger project is a $4.2 million grant-funded effort that will require additional environmental review. The board voted to proceed with the previously discussed environmental consultant selection and to move the Pineville Road sidewalk Phase 2 and Phase 3 letter engagements forward; members noted the work will be handled using grant funds and existing match requirements.
The board rescinded an earlier accepted offer on the former 4th Street fire station parcel after the city attorney and mayor cited municipal code requirements. "As the mayor, I gave some erroneous advice to the mayor and the board last time we met," the mayor said, and referenced statutory requirements that sales without a competitive bid be priced using averages of appraisals and associated costs. The board approved a new offer of $90,000.01 by motion and recorded roll-call vote.
Other approved items included ratifying dive-team inspections for Hurricane Zander damage, hiring an RSMeans consultant to prepare FEMA-aligned damage estimates for Hurricane Zeta arbitration, and approving personnel step increases and a municipal compliance questionnaire for FY 2024.
What happens next: staff will finalize consultant engagements for the sidewalk work, follow the procurement direction given on the War Memorial Park bathroom bid and bring the easement-vacation resolution for Joel Kosloski to the next meeting for formal action.
