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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all related documents to implement an agreement with the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency to provide Neighborhood Code Enforcement and Graffiti Abatement services for 10 years. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Approval is recommended to enter into an agreement (Agreement) with the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (Agency) to provide Neighborhood Code Enforcement and Graffiti Abatement services in the Downtown, Central, North and West Long Beach Industrial redevelopment project areas for 10 years, through Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 21).
In recent years, the Agency has increased its focus on strategic partnerships with the City to further basic neighborhood revitalization initiatives in redevelopment project areas, including code enforcement and graffiti abatement efforts that contribute to blight removal and quality of life enhancement.
Since Fiscal Year 2005 (FY 05), the Agency has funded a proactive code enforcement program in the Central, North, and West Long Beach Industrial project areas. Code Enforcement staff has worked in conjunction with Project Area Committees (PACs) , Agency and Neighborhood Services staff, and project area residents to review blighting conditions and determine priority cases. Staff coordinates these aggressive enforcement efforts with Neighborhood Services assistance programs such as Home Improvement Rebates and Home Security Locks and Lights. Program staff provides detailed monthly case reports to allow PACs and Redevelopment Agency Board Members to monitor the program's effectiveness.
Since FY 09, Agency budgets for the Downtown, Central, North and West Long Beach Industrial project areas, which experience significant graffiti, have included a transfer totaling $550,000 to the Department of Public Works for the City's Graffiti Abatement Program (GAP). Section 33420.2 of the California Community Redevelopment Law provides that the Agency may use tax increment revenue to abate graffiti if t...
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