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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/03/93AGENDA SPECIAL MEETING HERMOSA BEACH CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, August 3, 1993 - Council Chambers, City Hall 6:00 p.*. MAYOR Albert Wiemans MAYOR PRO TEM Sam Y. Edgerton COUNCILMEMBERS Robert Benz Robert Essertier Kathleen Midstokke All Council meetings are open CITY CLERK Elaine Doerfling CITY TREASURER John M. Workman INTERIM CITY MANAGER Mary C.. Rooney CITY ATTORNEY Charles S. Vose to the public. PLEASE ATTEND. THIS SPECIAL MEETING IS BEING CALLED BY MAYOR WIEMANS. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE fiattnfl qq�� ,1 ROLL CALL: )EI32 , � CjQ_I �� HT1 �R) i IA-L{0l.rwt FINNS 1. DISCUSSION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' DECISION TO ELIMINATE LIFEGUARD SERVICES IN THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH. CITIZEN COMMENTS Citizens wishing to address the Council on items within the Council's jurisdiction may do so at this time. 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Ci4rta ef scs _ ev2s-u-4,14-4 -4- L4,0 a s„. 5-qcfs-67-erc,), vi/vt, AGENDA SPECIAL MEETING HERMOSA BEACH; CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, August 3, 1993 - Council Chambers, City Hall MAYOR Albert Wiemans MAYOR PRO TEM Sam Y. Edgerton COUNCILMEMBERS Robert Benz Robert Essertier Kathleen Midstokke All Council meetings 6:00 p.m. 0 CITY CLERK Elaine Doerfling CITY TREASURER John M. Workman INTERIM CITY MANAGER Mary C. Rooney CITY ATTORNEY Charles S. Vose are open to the public. PLEASE ATTEND. THIS SPECIAL MEETING IS BEING CALLED BY MAYOR WIEMANS. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: 1. DISCUSSION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' DECISION TO ELIMINATE LIFEGUARD SERVICES IN THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH. CITIZEN COMMENTS Citizens wishing to address the Council on items within the Council's jurisdiction may do so at this time. Please limit comments to three minutes. ADJOURNMENT August 2, 1993 Mayor & Members of the Emergency Meeting of City Council August 3, 1993 COUNTY BEACH LIFEGUARD & MAINTENANCE SERVICES Recommendation It is recommended by staff that Council forward a subsidy plan to the County Board of Supervisors and request a repeal of their motion and vote to withdraw beach maintenance and lifeguard services from Hermosa Beach beginning September 7, 1993. Background Staff presented an agenda item at the July 27, 1993 meeting (Attachment A) requesting that Council consider a variety of subsidy options that could assist the County in bridging their funding gap for FY 93-94. Council voted for option five (status quo) which would keep the City's subsidy at current levels and would not provide the County with any additional funds or in-kind services. At their July 29, 1993 meeting, the Board of Supervisors voted to withdraw services from Hermosa Beach after Labor Day Weekend in light of the City's unwillingness to further assist the County in cost recovery (Attachment B). In response to this motion, the Mayor called an emergency meeting to allow the Council to discuss this critical issue as it has a significant impact on the health and welfare of our beach visitors. Analysis Clearly it is time for the Council to take any means necessary to preserve this vital service in our City. With the assistance of Beaches and Harbors staff (who will be in attendance this evening) a discussion about short and long term revenue solutions that would be both palatable to the City and acceptable to the County should be the focus. pagel While there can be endless speculation and debate over what to do if beach services are indeed pulled from Hermosa Beach, I strongly urge the Council to confine this evening's discussion to a search for a solution with the County. Staff is working on the former issue and will provide the Council with a recommendation should the unfortunate scenario of service withdrawal by County Beaches & Harbors occur. County staff has provided us with an updated funding scenario that shows with the elimination of services in Hermosa Beach, the County would save an estimated $515 thousand this Fiscal Year (Attachment C). This represents some hope for the City in that the scale of the problem appears to be less than originally projected. This number does not include the total cost of service for FY 93-94 in Hermosa Beach which would total over $700 thousand (as the Supervisors have already approved continued service in Hermosa through September 7). To frame the discussion, staff offers the following: I Questions for the County staff: 1) What have other cities/agencies agreed to provide? 2) Is the County interested in long-term revenue programs or short term fixes? 3) Is any level of service reduction viable? * 4) Is the County open to alternative marketing programs that may be more suitable for our beach? 5) What level of subsidy is the County expecting? 6) Have the Supervisors been informed about the prior agreement presented by County staff to the City and adopted by the Council for submission to the Board? Have they been informed about current subsidy provided by the City (i.e., restroom & Pier maintenance, headquarters lease)? page2 II Funding alternatives: Short Term Direct subsidy County marketing program(s) Alternative City marketing program(s) Revenue sharing (i.e., beach film/event permits) In-kind services Volunteer program (supplement professional staff with reserves) Reserve funds 4th District Service reductions: reduced coverage / seasonal / maintenance reductions* *should be explored only with the endorsement of safety personnel Long Term Pier concession (joint venture) Oil revenues Transient Occupancy Tax % Lease agreement for headquarters III Communication with the Board Once a solution(s) or position is approved by the Council, staff will need to forward correspondence to the Board of Supervisors via Beaches & Harbors staff or Deane Dana's office. Depending on the recommendation from Council, we may want to ask Mr. Dana to make a motion on behalf of Hermosa Beach. As the previous motion was made in recognition of the City's unwillingness to assist the County, if that changes, it would seem punitive for the Board not to reverse their previous motion. With the political machinations of the County budget, Hermosa Beach has been twice hit with the potential library closure and the beach maintenance/lifeguard issue. The process has been challenging and confusing and has made decision-making quite difficult at the local level. It is hoped that in the midst of all of this, the legislative bodies will see fit to recognize that what we are talking about here is potential loss of life. page3 Hermosa Beach is one of the County's most dangerous swimming beaches. Bridging a $515 thousand dollar gap to save potentially hundreds of lives means that the City and the County have a moral obligation to work together to resolve this problem. Respectfully Submitted, page4 July 19, 1993 Mayor and Members Regular Meeting of of the City Council July 27, 1993 REQUEST FOR DIRECTION: LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACH MAINTENANCE AND LIFEGUARD SERVICES Recommendation It is recommended that Council provide staff with direction regarding the potential subsidy of County Lifeguard and beach maintenance services. Background The City's beaches have been safeguarded and maintained by the County since 1936. These services have been provided to the City through a contractual agreement with the County in light of the fact our beach is City -owned. A five (5) year contract between the County and City for these services expired in June, 1992. Staff negotiated a one (1) year extension of that agreement (to June, 1993) to allow for continued negotiations with the County. Prior to the scheduled end of the extension, County Beaches and Harbors staff presented the City with a three (3) year contract renewal (through June, 1996) with a two (2) year option to extend at the same terms as the previous contract. City Council approved this agreement at the March 9, 1993 meeting and it was to be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for review and approval. This agreement was held in abeyance pending the County budget review process and the City was extended a month to month agreement under which we are currently operating. Analysis As Council is well aware, the County budget hearings are in progress. In response to severe budget cuts, Beaches and Harbors staff recommended eliminating Lifeguard and Beach maintenance services on all of the non -County beaches (State and City -owned). Hermosa Beach falls into that category. While the Mayor and staff have made appeals to the County Board of Supervisors to retain lifeguard services in our City, the Supervisors continue to direct County staff to meet with the State and cities to attempt to recover direct costs associated with beach services. The County projects that they apportion $1 3 million to take care of Hermosa's Beaches. As you can see from the attachments (which also project budget reduction scenarios), the vast majority of the allocation is dedicated to lifeguard services. It does not appear that Beaches and Harbors staff have obtained significant contributions from cities to date, however, they are still in discussions. Manhattan Beach (a state pagel 1 1 1 beach) reportedly has offered $100 thousand to the County to assist them with cost recovery. In seeking preliminary direction from the Council, staff would request consideration on one or more of the following options: 1) Direct subsidy (make a cash contribution to the County) 2) Reduction in service levels (maintenance or guards) 3) Participation in County marketing programs 4) Create revenue source on beach (i.e, vendors) 5) Status Quo It is difficult to project what the final budget analysis on behalf of beach services will be. If the County abandons State beaches, the responsibility for lifeguard services will shift to the State. Hermosa Beach remains extremely vulnerable in this scenario because we are not a State beach either and as such could not expect the State to cover our beaches. It is hard for any South Bay resident to imagine our beaches without the County services. Hermosa Beach was the very birthplace of regional lifeguard services in IA County as there was an early recognition that the costs for guarding and cleaning these regional recreational areas could not be absorbed by small cities. It is clear that Hermosa Beach cannot go a great distance in providing these services with City funds. In fact, to do so would be virtually impossible. Staff has formed a subcommittee to study this issue fiirther and to prepare for the (hopefully unlikely) potential reduction or elimination of the beach services. !FISCAL IMPACT: DEPENDS ON ALTERNATIVES SELECTED. ATTACHMENTS: 1. County Reduction Schedule: Lifeguard Staffmg 2. County Reduction Schedule: Maintenance Personnel 3. Beach Attendance -1992 4. Minutes from March 9, 1993 City Council meeting Respectfull Submitted, 4tirrAP a C ' 'ney g City Manager Ma Act page2 Department of Beaches and Harbors Hermosa Beach Lifeguard Staffing Annual Tower Staffing 10% 20% 50% Location In Hours Reduction Reduction Reduction Tim Kelly 568 568 568 568 2nd Street 2,088 5th Street 584 584 584 8th Street 576 10th Street 1,116 1,116 13th Street 864 14th Street 232 16th Street 648 648 648 17th Street 576 22nd Street 1,688 1,688 24th Street 568 568 568 568 26th Street 880 880 Longfellow 672 Neptune 168 Reduction -0- 1,136 2,368 6,052 Total Remaining 11,228 10,092 8,860 5,176 DRS:be 7/9/93 Department of Beaches and Harbors Hermosa Beach Maintenance Frequencies and Costs Exhibit 2 Current 10% 20% 50% Season/Function Frequency Reduction Reduction Reduction SUMMER Refuse 5/Week N/A 4/Week 3/Week Pick Up Raking 7/Week 6/Week 5/Week 3/Week Sanitizing 7/Week 6/Week 5/Week 3/Week Restroom 28/Week 25/Week 21/Week 14/Week Cleaning WINTER Refuse 3/Week N/A 2/Week 2/Week Pick Up Raking 7/Week 6/Week 5/Week 3/Week Sanitizing 7/Week 6/Week 5/Week 3/Week Restroom 7/Week 6/Week 5/Week 3/Week Cleaning TOTAL ESTIMATED $149,000 $134,000 $119,000 $75,000 DIRECT COST DRS:be 7/13/93 -4- CALENDAR YEAR 1992 - BEACH ATTENDANCE (000'S) Beaches Attendance L.A. City Dockweiler 2,761 Will Rogers 3,598 Venice 9,817 Cabrillo 1.988 18,164 Santa Monica 15,186 State Pt. Dume 851 Malibu 1,292 Topanga 1,370 Las Tunas 71 Dan Blocker 290 Manhattan 4,928 Redondo (State & City) 2,910 Royal Palms 327* 12,039 Zuma 6,774 Hermosa 2,669 Torrance (County & City) 1,149 Chevron 583 Avalon 447 Marina del Rey 339 White Point 327* Nicholas Canyon 181 57,858 *Lifeguard statistics are maintained for White Point and Royal Palms as a unit. Assumed 50/50 distribution to the two beaches. SW:04/29/93 -5- PAGE.©02 COMPARISON OF ACTIVITY AT SOUTKt V CavurlartiviA bci r'Cj LOS ANGELES COUNTY ft+ :ft tt; ..ftt VISITORS RESCUES MEDICAL AIDS VENTURA COUNTY i4‘1‘ .‘§ 01.0tt\tiltt �!{ VISITORS RESCUES IIS EDICAL AIDS - 1:k t$I.,$ ! ;ii::i yitT:iilifl'a Is k itI , qt 4e, ik11:1#1 t1' It` Ilk'Itot.,m ;1 iIt �It ;it'{ 1 3 '►`, � Ills' i ilr ,.{l1;tit i ii`.Axil. l:�i .4 tt ari1t 'j1 �\ �tl ` 4tl;t;{t� 1.4Xl}Y;1 r ' ' t "' ! i1 1;7 .;1";;;`is,►,t1"i{f�s 1 1��' 1S�i'{ 1tS1y�ll��}��11 { 1 i} ! t5 + 4tt 11}f 1;111! 4�ft� 1f t�t ., to Ilk itttt ctrl!���A. l1�M, ;! • L.A. CO Toad 69,668,069 VISITORS LOS ANGELES 59,668,069 VENTURA 767,700 ORANGE 32,028,380 SAN DIEGO 27,179,599. cup * O OF VIITTOOITHHINCM CALIFORNIA OUCHES t9l2 2Tx ❑ LOS ANEW ■ VENTURA • ORANGE SAM 01E6O 1c:O? FF'_r1 LNli' GE,;'_HEE, Nr;rE-'"= ILL JL ri-:i t;C►+,_1 - SEM BY: (219) 420-0658 : 7-3043 ; 1840 : ALXIL1ARY 9E'1RVICESAIO 821 9348 yY . 110. ,zi (,1/4!ACM. NO. MOTION BT SUPERVISOR EDMUND D. ISD6LMM �NVt.UUL tis This Board of Supervisors just restored 82.2 Killion to Beaches and Harbors to restore Lifeguard and maintenance services at State Beaches. I • TF4EREPOAB, MOVE Tut TN! BOARD or BUP*RVl5OR5 instruct the Acting Director of Beaches and Harbors to provide notice to the City of Hermosa Beach effecting withdrawal of Lifeguard and maintenance services at Hermosa Beach on septambar 7, 1991. l" 4:111 1e I A JUL 30 • 93 15:30 11ol ina ✓ Burke Wns iv Antonovich Edelman TO MAN BEACH PHGE.003 DEPARTMENT OF BEACHES AND HARBORS 1993-94 ESTIMATED COSTS/SAVINGS HERMOSA BEACH 1993-94 Estimated Cost of Lifeguard $1,305,000 and Maintenance Services Less: Fixed Costs (including headquarters (569,000) staffing, 24 hour emergency response team, Baywatch rescue boat, liability costs, etc.), Line Supervision, and Departmental Overhead Potential Savings from Elimination of Services $ 736,000 Cost of Operations from July 7, 1993 through (221,000) September 6, 1993 Cost of Operations from September 7, 1993 $ 515,000 through June 30, 1994 DRS 8/2/93 11. CONTRACT RENEWAL BETWEEN THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEACHES AND HAR- BORS. Memorandum from Community Resources Director Mary Rooney dated March 1, 1993. Community Resources Director Rooney presented the staff report and responded to Council questions, congratulated the County for its help with the contract. Action: To approve the contract amendment to the City's agreement with the County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors that will provide the City with beach lifeguard and maintenance services at no cost to the City through June 30, 1996 with an extension option through June 30, 1998, as recommended by staff. Motion Edgerton, second Benz. The motion carried, noting the dissenting vote of Mayor Wiemans. 12. REQUEST BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO USE THE WAVE VEHICLES TO HELP TRANSPORT PERSONS BETWEEN THE FIESTA DE LAS ARTES AND THE REMOTE PARKING AREAS. Memorandum from Planning Director Michael Schubach dated March 2, 1993. Planning Director Schubach presented the staff report and responded to Council questions. Coming forward to address the Council on this item was: Mark Conte - Fiesta Coordinator, said the issue of beverage service by non-profit groups had been settled. Proposed Action: To approve the request to use the WAVE vehicles to help transport persons between the fiesta and the remote parking areas, for an estimated cost of $4,500 per event, and with the use of Proposition C funds. Motion Edgerton, second Benz. The motion failed due to the dissenting votes of Essertier, Midstokke and Mayor Wiemans. Action: To continue the item to the meeting of March 23, 1993. Motion Essertier, second Midstokke. The motion carried, noting the dissenting votes of Benz and Edgerton. 13. AWARD OF BID FOR 300 FT. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICING SER- VICE. Memorandum from Planning Director Michael Schubach dated March 1, 1993. Supplemental letter from Cathy McDermott dated March 8, 1993. Planning Director Schubach presented the staff report and responded to Council questions. Coming forward to address the Council on --this item was: Patricia Okumura - owner of "Data -Quick", asked the City Council Minutes 03-09-93 Page 8093 ERIC BOURDON DIRECTOR EEr-:r-iE H FE;.r COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF BEACHES AND HARBORS July 30, 1993 JUDITH KENDALL DEPUTY DIRECTOR STAN WISNIEWSK1 DEPUTY DIRECTOR DELIVERED VIA HAND DELIVERY, FACSIMILE, AND U.S. MAIL Ms. Mary Rooney, Acting City Manager City of Hermosa Beach 1315 Valley Drive Hermosa Beach, California 90254 Dear Ms. Rooney: TERMINATION OF COUNTY LIFEGUARD AND BEACH CLEANING SERVICES On June 15, 1993, the Board of Supervisors instructed me to explore with the State and beach cities, all possible revenue sources and contractual arrangements that would continue critical beach lifeguard and maintenance se vices. At its July 27, 1993 meeting, the Hermosa Beach City Council considered the five options which you presented, including: -- provide direct subsidy or cash contribution to the County; explore a reduction in service levels; examine participating in some of the various County marketing programs; could be create any other beach revenue sources that dedicated to lifeguard services; maintain the status quo. The City Council voted to maintain the status quo, showing no willingness to assist the County in reducing its cost of providing beach lifeguard and maintenance services to the City. On July 29, 1993, the Board of Suparvisor_s voted to instruct me to effect termination of lifeguard and beach maintenance services being provided by the County to the City of Hermosa Beach, effective September 7, 1991. This action is necessary because of a County budgetary shortfall and the City's unwillingness to assist the County in reducing its current costs of lifeguard and beach cleaning services. TELECOPIEII (310) 8214345 (310) 305-9503 13837 FIJI WAY. MARINA DEL BEY. CALIfORNIA 90292 rE = i Ms. Mary Rooney July 30, 1993 Page 2 This is notice that the County is terminating lifeguard and beach cleaning services to the City of Hermosa Beach, effective September 7, 1993. This written notice follows the oral notice I gave you this morning in our telephone conversation regarding this matter - If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to call. SW:DRS:cw C: Very truly yours, apt LO ttyvtA04-042,1 Stan Wisniewski Acting Director Each Supervisor City Council Members Chief Administrative Officer County Counsel To: City Council From: Robert Benz Subject: Development of volunteer fire and lifeguard corps. LIFEGUARDS It is evident that the county plans to pull the lifeguard services starting September 7. While it is all agreed that the county is a bastion of waste, the fact remains that we are beholding on the county for professional lifeguard services. If it is the intention of council that we hold the hard line of no compromise with the county then we must be prepared for the possible consequence of no lifeguard service on Hermosa's beach. This memo suggests the formation of a voluntary lifeguard service. This service would draw upon our Citys many resident lifeguards who would be asked to donate time to train volunteers. Our abundant surfer population would serve as a large base for this city to develop our own lifeguard service. There are numerous ways to implement this service. I am suggesting only one method to accomplish the task. One thing is certain, we are going to have to open some dialog with the county pertaining to the our city's lifeguard service. We own the lifeguard center at the pier head. There might be a possibility of negotiating lease in exchange for the county training and selecting the volunteers who would man our lifeguard towers. Indeed, the use of the lifeguard base by the county lifeguards is a strategic value which is certainly worth more than our request of training. Presently, the county has us over the barrel regarding the lifeguard service and Hermosa has few alternatives. This plan would give Hermosa the capability of providing its own lifeguard services which would provide the city not only greater negotiating position with the county but also benefit the citys disaster preparedness. Professional lifeguards would be asked to implement the volunteer lifeguard service. This would be done as soon as possible while Hermosa is being served by the County. If the County is unwilling to provide training then our resident professional lifeguards would be asked to donate some of their time. The following is my suggestion on how this can be accomplished. 1. Professional lifeguards would be asked to donate some of their time. The group of lifeguards who volunteer then form a management structure which adopt rules and regulations similar to the LA county lifeguards. 2. The management in conjunction with the community resources department would then ask for volunteers who would be willing to donate time as a lifeguard. A prospective group would be Hermosa's surfing population. 3. The management would then determine the fitness of each volunteer through the typical test given to lifeguards. 4. The management would then select all the fit applicants for lifeguards and start training. 5. Concurrently, staff would be contacting some of the local auto dealerships for possibility of donating a 4wheel drive for the lifeguards in exchange for pasting their name all over the truck. Other donations from the local establishments would be utilized to fill the typical needs of this type of service(lifeguard buoys, shorts, jackets, paddleboards, ropes, portable radios, telephones, loudspeakers, etc.) 6. The establishment of this service would no doubt require some financial backing from both the city and private donations. I would like to suggest that the city council eliminate bootleg enforcement funding from the 6$1JUT and direct the funding to the lifeguard services. Hermosa should consider the promotional quality of our beach and encourage events which might garner huge financial benefits. 7. The management of lifeguard services would establish communication protocol with the LA county life guards in the event that assistance is required. 8. The lifeguard management would then develop a staffing schedule. The implementation of this service would be complex and time consuming. However, it is my opinion that there is no alternative. If we as a council do nothing under the guise of forcing the county to capitulate, then we are playing Russian Roulette with the lives of the public. I will not go along with a plan which plans to shame the county into providing lifeguard services after a drowning. The establishment of this volunteer corp would bring additional benefit of drawing our community together.