2016 YEAR IN REVIEW WELCOME MESSAGES Welcome to the 2016 Year in Review, a look back at this The past 12 months have been exciting and productive year’s major accomplishments and accolades in the City for the City of Long Beach. With an improving econo- of Long Beach. From the beginning of construction of my and new voter-approved revenue sources, we had the new Civic Center and the opening of the new Mi- increased resources and a renewed sense of optimism, chelle Obama Library, to the restoration of public safety which enhanced our ability to provide services and services and increased resources for streets and infra- complete projects. I would like to take this opportunity structure, as well as awards for technology, equality, city to revisit some of the major actions and achievements planning and more, the City of Long Beach continued of 2016 that resulted from the Mayor and City Council’s to improve and provide better, more efficient service policy direction, as well as the unflagging efforts of our to the entire community. Please take a moment to see dedicated and talented City staff. Truly, there is much how Long Beach moved forward as a great city in 2016. we should be proud of as a community. Robert Garcia Patrick H. West Mayor City Manager QUICK STATS: 2016 • 57.5 lane miles of streets rehabilitated • 1.2 million items checked out from libraries • 14.2 miles of sidewalk replaced • 417 film permits issued, with a total of 585 • 20,529 trees trimmed production days • 32,369 potholes filled • 17,600 responses to illegally dumped items, including • 1,220,000 square feet of graffiti abated 7,800 mattresses • 209,000 calls for service responded to by the Police • 856,000 youth and teen participant days, and 510,000 Department (daily average of 573) senior participant days in Parks, Recreation & Marine Department programs • 71,000 calls for service responded to by the Fire Department (daily average of 195) • 410,000 rounds played on the City’s five golf courses • 60,000 building inspections completed • 186,500 tons of trash collected • 11,400 tons of debris collected by street sweepers • 104,000 service orders completed by the Gas & that would have gone into the ocean Oil Department • 59,400 customers served at the Development • 12 million barrels of oil produced in Long Beach Services Permit Center • 574,000 customer contacts received by the City’s • 2.65 million commercial passengers passed through utilities call center the Long Beach Airport • 8 billion cubic feet of natural gas delivered to residential, commercial, and industrial customers 57.5 LANE MILES of streets rehabilitated 32,369 potholes filled 03 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS • Top 10 “Digital City,” for the sixth consecutive year, • 2016 Helene and Joseph Sherwood Combating recognizing the City’s outstanding efforts in using Crime Prize (Anti-Defamation League) for the Police technology to serve its residents and businesses Department’s efforts to suppress gang-related human • Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting trafficking activity from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), for the ninth consecutive year Top 25 “Best Park Systems” in the Achieved a perfect score, plus 8 bonus points, on • USA by The Trust for Public Lands the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index (MEI) for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender 2016 ParkScore® Index (LGBT) inclusion in municipal law and policy • Rated Number 7 in the “Top 10 Best Airports in • First Place in USA Today/10Best.com Readers Choice America: Reader’s Choice Awards 2016” Condé contest for Best Airport Dining Nast Traveler • President’s Award for the American Water Works Association’s Partnership for Safe Water Distribution System Operations Achieved national accreditation from • American Public Gas Association System Operational the Public Health Accreditation Achievement Recognition (SOAR) for Long Beach Board for the Health and Human Gas & Oil Services Department, one of only • Six awards from the Los Angeles Section of the American Planning Association (APA) in recognition three health departments in of the City’s work to provide safer and healthier California to achieve this distinction communities and places of lasting value: Alcohol Nuisance Abatement Ordinance; Terminal Island (TI) • CIO 100 award for the innovative use of technology Freeway Transition Plan; Billboard Ordinance; Long for creating genuine business value, the only city in Beach Civic Center Project; West Long Beach Livability the nation to be recognized Implementation Plan; and Cabrillo Gateway and Anchor Place, Villages at Cabrillo • 2016 CCEJ Humanitarian Award for the advancement of the CCEJ mission for the Police Department • Four programming awards for LBTV, the City’s cable channel • Peace Officers Association of Los Angeles County’s 2016 Centurion Award for Excellence in Field Operations for the West Division Directed Enforcement Team • Leading Fleet Award for excellence in Fleet Management from Government Fleet Magazine 2016 Digital Government Achievement Award for the “Government-to-Citizen Local Government Category” for Alert Long Beach, the City’s new emergency notification system • Two awards from eRepublic’s Center for Digital Government for improving transparency and community engagement • Attained Type I status from the California Office of Emergency Services for Hazardous Materials, recognizing ability to respond to all hazards at the highest level ACHIEVED A PERFECT SCORE, plus 8 bonus points, on the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index (MEI) for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) inclusion in municipal law and policy 05 PUBLIC SAFETY • Average response time to Police Priority Calls is 4.8 minutes; one of the fastest for any large city in the USA • 93.8% of the Emergency Communications Center’s 619,000 calls were answered within 10 seconds • 37 new Police Officers graduated from the 2016 Police Academy, Class #89 • 180 arrests for gang injunction violations Reinstated the South Division of the Police Department and restored Fire Engine 8 into service • 200 adults and youth were trained through the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program • Fireboat 20, “Protector,” a state-of-the-art firefighting vessel, was placed into service in the Port of Long Beach • 5,933 emergency calls for service were responded to by the Gas & Oil Department • 250 tons of narcotics and drug-related paraphernalia were destroyed at the waste-to-energy plant • Awarded $6.8 million in Homeland Security Grant Funds for the replacement of the City’s Radio Dispatch and microwave system PUBLIC SAFETY • 584 youth received training through the Junior Lifeguard Program • 224 hazardous material spills were responded to by the Health Department’s Hazardous Materials Unit • Conducted 5,300 inspections of licensed food facilities, special events, and farmers’ markets to ensure protection from food-related illnesses Awarded a two-year $600,000 grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to strengthen police-community relations throughout Long Beach Neighborhoods • Approximately 3,000 people attended the READY Long Beach Community Preparedness Expo to better prepare themselves for an earthquake or other disaster • Provided bike safety education to nearly 500 community members and distributed over 400 free bicycle helmets to community members Average response time to POLICE PRIORITY CALLS IS 4.8 MINUTES; one of the fastest for any large city in the USA 07 NEW DEVELOPMENT • Issued building permits valued over $421 million PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: -- 30% residential construction, 70% non-residential • Parc Broadway, 220 new residential units and construction commercial lease space (245 W. Broadway) • Established a vision for the ultimate development of • OceanAire, 216 residential units (150 W. Ocean Blvd.) the Queen Mary site by the new leaseholder through • Healthview Pine Vista, an adaptive reuse building with the Queen Mary Land Development Task Force 105 assisted living units (117 E. 8th St.) PROJECTS COMPLETED: • Anchor Place, a 120-unit supportive housing development for homeless families and veterans • The Current, a 17-story building with 223 residential located within the Century Villages at Cabrillo (CVC) units (707 E. Ocean Blvd.) campus (2000 River Ave.) • Pine Square/Pacific Court, an adaptive reuse building • Weber Metals, Inc., an expansion of the existing with 69 new residential units and commercial lease 21-acre, 19-parcel industrial aircraft components space (245 Ave./250 Pacific Ave.) manufacturing facility in North Long Beach • Edison Lofts, an adaptive reuse building with (6976 Cherry Ave.) 156 new residential units and retail space • Olympix Fitness Center, an adaptive reuse of the (110 Long Beach Blvd.) former Yankee Doodles site into health club and • Newberry Building, adaptive reuse building retail (4100 E. Ocean Blvd.) with 28 new residential units and retail space • Douglas Park: (433 North Pine Ave.) − Pacific Pointe East, three new industrial buildings • Studio 111, a remodel of former retail space to serve totaling 482,838 sq. ft. as a local office for architecture firm (245 W. 3rd St.) − The Terminal, four two-story office buildings • Ballast Point, a remodel of the former Khoury’s − Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites Hotel, a restaurant site into restaurant and beer combined 241 hotel rooms manufacturing (110 Marina Dr.) − United Pacific (Douglas Park), company • Metro Ports (Douglas Park), a new 35,750 square-foot headquarters building office building to serve as corporate headquarters (3806 Worsham Ave.) Issued building permits valued over $421 MILLION — 30% residential construction, 70% nonresidential construction PROJECTS WITH APPROVALS: • The Current East Tower, a 35-story building with 315 residential units and 6,711 sq. ft. of retail/restaurant space (777 Ocean Blvd.) • Beacon Apartments, 120 new affordable senior units and 40 affordable units for veterans at risk of homelessness (1201-1235 Long Beach Blvd.) • New hotel, with 34 guest rooms (107 Long Beach Blvd.) • Mixed-use project, 49 apartment units over ground floor resident amenities and retail space (434 E. 4th St.) • Mixed-use project; 18 apartment units and 230 sq.