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YEAR IN REVIEW2017 WELCOME MESSAGES Welcome to the 2017 Year in Review, a look back at this Long Beach is on a roll. The past 12 months have been year’s major accomplishments in the City of Long Beach. exciting and productive for the City of Long Beach on The City continues to improve and provide better, so many fronts. We have a renewed sense of optimism, more efficient service to the entire community. Major which has enhanced our ability to provide services, developments, like the new Civic Center, and increased complete projects, and attract private sector invest- resources for public safety and improvements to City ment. I would like to take this opportunity to revisit streets and infrastructure provided through Measure some of the major actions and achievements of 2017 A, are improving lives. This progress is being noticed that resulted from the Mayor and City Council’s policy as recent awards for technology, equality, housing, city direction, as well as the unflagging efforts of our ded- planning, and leisure opportunities clearly show. Please icated and talented City staff. Truly, there is much we take a moment to see how Long Beach moved forward should be proud of as a community. in 2017. Patrick H. West Robert Garcia City Manager Mayor QUICK STATS: 2017 • Average response time to Police Priority Calls is 4.8 • 1.2 million patrons served in libraries, with 1.3 million minutes, one of the fastest for any large city in the USA items checked out • 935 individuals experiencing homelessness were • 452 film permits issued, with a total of 618 provided permanent housing production days • 90 lane miles of streets rehabilitated • 893,000 youth and teen participant days, and 512,000 • 15 miles of sidewalk replaced senior participant days in Parks, Recreation and • 24,000 trees trimmed Marine Department programs • 31,000 potholes filled • 194,000 tons of trash collected • 1.25 million square feet of graffiti abated • 9 billion cubic feet of natural gas delivered to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, • 211,000 calls for service responded to by the Police with 109,000 service orders completed by the Gas & Department (daily average of 578) Oil Department • 71,000 calls for service responded to by the Fire • 31,400 gas and water turn-on orders completed Department (daily average of 195) • 429 homeless encampment cleanups completed in • 50,000 building inspections completed public rights-of-way and City parks/open space • 11,125 tons of debris that would have gone in the • 22 storefronts (in North and West Long Beach) ocean collected by street sweepers received a major face-lift through Community • 58,000 customers served at the Development Development Block Grant funded Façade Services Permit Center Improvement Project • 3.5 million commercial passengers passed through • 11.6 million barrels of oil produced in Long Beach the Long Beach Airport 02 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS • President’s Award for the American Water Works • Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Association’s Partnership for Safe Water Distribution Award for “Sustainable Practices, Communities or 2017 National Medal from the System Operations, for the second consecutive year Facilities” for the Downtown Plan, including successes Institute for Museum and • American Public Gas Association System Operational with the new Civic Center, Mobility Element and LED Library Services Achievement Recognition (SOAR) for Long Beach Gas streetlight conversation and Oil, for the fourth consecutive year • Award of Excellence winner for Parks, Recreation • 2017 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence for the • Four awards from the Los Angeles Section of the and Marine’s Be S.A.F.E (Summer Activities in a Long Beach Junior Beach Runners program from the American Planning Association (APA) in recognition Friendly Environment) program from the California League of California Cities of the City’s work to provide safer and healthier Park & Recreation Society • Top 10 “Digital City” for the seventh consecutive year, communities and places of lasting value: CX3 • Finalist for “Most Business Friendly Large City in recognizing the City’s outstanding efforts in using Communities of Excellence Pedestrian Plan; Safe Long Los Angeles County” from the Los Angeles Economic technology to serve its residents and businesses Beach Plan; BizPort; and Outstanding Young Planner Development Corporation (Fern Nueno) • Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting • Rosie’s Dog Beach named the best dog beach in the from the Government Finance Officers Association • Top 25 “Best Park Systems” in the USA by the Trust country by People.com (GFOA), for the tenth consecutive year for Public Lands 2017 ParkScore® Index • Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award - Received • Perfect score, plus 10 bonus points, on the Human • Nine programming awards for LBTV, the City’s a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for the Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index (MEI) for cable channel City’s innovative approach to Open Data via DataLB Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) • Gained highest-tier fleet sustainability accreditation inclusion in municipal law and policy from the National Association of Fleet Administrators National Government Experience • Top 10 “Leading Fleet Award” for excellence in fleet (NAFA), recognizing Long Beach for its work in Award for the online business management from Government Fleet Magazine alternative and renewable fuels • Number 3 in the “Top 10 Best Airports in America: portal BizPort from the Center • California Association of Public Information Officials Reader’s Choice Awards 2017” Condé Nast Traveler for Digital Government (CAPIO) Excellence in Communications Award of Merit in the External Publications: Annual Reports category • First Place in USA Today/10Best.com Reader’s for its annual report trilogy; Downtown Plan Update; Choice for Best Airport Dining, for the second • Project of the Year (2017) for the Rainbow Bridge at The Planning Commission 2017 Year in Review; consecutive year Seaside Way from the American Public Works and the Cultural Heritage Commission 2017 Year Association Southern California Chapter in Review 2017 HELEN PUTNAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE for the Long Beach Junior Beach Runners program from the League of California Cities 04 PUBLIC SAFETY • 90% of the Emergency Communications Center’s • Seized 5,100 pounds of illegal fireworks from a home 624,000 calls were answered within 10 seconds in North Long Beach • LBPD executed the Metro contract for law 78 new Police Officers graduated enforcement services and began patrolling the Blue Line from the Police Academy, Classes • LBPD’s Mental Evaluation Team assisted in over #90 and #91 1,000 interventions • Surveyed 210 miles of gas main pipelines and 19,000 • 39 new Firefighters graduated from the largest ever service pipelines for leaks Fire Recruit Academy • 207 residents participated in the 10-hour • Conducted 5,600 food safety inspections in over Community Police Academies, and 120 participated 2,000 restaurants, markets, food vehicles, and in two-day sessions of the Community and special events Youth-Police Dialogues • 100 arrests for gang injunction violations • 279 fires investigated and 27 arrests made by the • 5,200 emergency calls for service were responded to Arson Unit by the Gas & Oil Department Approximately 2,500 people attended the 4th Annual • Restored Paramedic Rescue READY Long Beach Community Preparedness Expo to better prepare themselves for an earthquake or Ambulance 12 utilizing other disaster Measure A funding • Fireboat 15, “Vigilance,” a state-of-the-art firefighting vessel, was placed into service in the Port of • Epidemiology/Communicable Disease Control Long Beach Program staff conducted 1,430 case and contact • Launched “Text to 911” for the hearing and investigations (including 14 outbreak investigations) speech-impaired and those in situations where it is including Zika, West Nile Virus, Legionnaire’s Disease, too dangerous to dial 9-1-1 for help and Rotavirus • 265 hazardous materials spills were responded to by • 6,300 fire prevention inspections conducted the Health Department’s Hazardous Materials unit 39 NEW FIREFIGHTERS graduated from the LARGEST EVER Fire Recruit Academy 06 NEW DEVELOPMENT • Issued 11,603 permits with a total construction PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: APPROVED ENTITLEMENTS: valuation of $756 million • Douglas Park: • Staybridge Suites, a six-story hotel with 125 rooms to • Processed 176 discretionary zoning review projects − Pacific Point East, three industrial buildings totaling replace existing two-story hotel with 50 rooms (2640 and/or requests for Planning Entitlements, including 482,838 sq. ft. N. Lakewood Blvd.) Conditional and Administrative Use Permits, Site Plan − The Terminal, four two-story office buildings • Belmont Beach and Aquatics Center, a Reviews, Standards Variances, and Certificates of • Long Beach Exchange, a 26-acre shopping center 125,500-square-foot pool complex, including indoor Appropriateness with 266,049 sq. ft. of commercial floor space (3991 and outdoor pool components (4000 E. Olympic Plaza) • Released a Request for Proposals for 31 acres of land N. Lakewood Blvd.) • Dorado, 40 single-family homes (3655 Norwalk Blvd ) for development for aeronautical purposes at Long • 2nd + PCH, a commercial project consisting of • The Spark at Midtown, 95 residential units reserved Beach Airport 244,000 sq. ft. of retail/restaurant space (6400 E. for formerly homeless individuals and low-income Pacific Coast Hwy.) residents