Friday Newsletter Friday

An Integrated Mobility Hub

MTA Awards Grant to Long Beach

June 25, 2010

 City of Long Beach Memorandum
Working Together to Serve

Date: June 25, 2010

To: Mayor and Members of the City Council

Patrick H. West, City Manager
From: Suzanne Frick, Assistant City Manager
Subject: Friday Newsletter

Mobility Grant: The Sky’s the Limit

Yesterday, the Metro Board awarded the City of Los Angeles, in partnership
with Long Beach, a grant of $8,350,000 to develop three integrated mobility
hubs: one in Downtown Los Angeles, one in Hollywood, and one in Long
Beach. The mobility hubs will provide a suite of mobility options including,
but not limited to bike sharing, car sharing, folding-bikes, and secure bicycle
parking. Matching funds are being provided by six private investors in the
amount of $4,950,000, including Avis who will provide and operate any car
sharing program and Long Beach’s own Bikestation/MOBIS who will provide
any secure bike parking. No City funds are required as local match. Our
Public Works Department will manage the implementation in Long
Beach…..The project stems from Metro's interest in funding the first and last
mile of transit trips, which Long Beach definitely is, being a beach City at the
beginning/end of two freeways and the Blue Line. MTA is supporting the
implementation of this project, since all three of the hubs are located around
Metro stations. This is a fairly new and exciting concept for all of us - a big
win!

Gridlock: A Good Problem?

We had a report from our Public Works Department this week that they
have so many street projects out to bid throughout our 50 square miles right
now that they actually have to pay attention to “gridlock.” A lot of planning is
going into where and when projects start and finish so we do not impact any
one neighborhood too much as we repair our aging infrastructure. This truly
is a wonderful problem to have given our inability to improve our failing
infrastructure over the past decade.

Rancho Los Cerritos: Restoration

Attached are some pictures of the progress at Rancho Los Cerritos for their
Visitor Center and Arroyo Restoration. This is incredible. We are so
blessed to have a private foundation raising dollars for these wonderful
capitol improvements at our historic sites. If you have not visited either
Rancho Los Alamitos or Rancho Los Cerritos recently, you certainly should.
Great things are happening at both locations.
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Eastside Entry Signs

We have had some very dilapidated entry signs to our City, primarily in the
northeast part. We recently replaced some of them utilizing unique funding
sources. Entry signs into our community are extremely important given we
share our boundaries with eight cities. You only get one chance to make a
first impression!…..By the way, we are working to see if one or more of the
aquatic groups might want to sponsor an entry sign in our beach areas
which would highlight the motto adopted by the Council last year, “Aquatic
Capital of America.”

10,000 Small Businesses

This is an initiative of Long Beach City College (LBCC) supporting their

economic development mission. You may recall that we assisted LBCC
secure a designation as a host for a Small Business Development Center
Program (SBDC) for the three county area of Los Angeles, Ventura, and
Santa Barbara. LBCC will serve as the focal point for the Goldman Sacs
Initiative in the Long Beach area. The Valley Economic Development
Center will serve as the focal point in Los Angeles City. We have notified
both our Long Beach SBE vendors and all other SBEs separately
throughout BID system of this wonderful program. We are hoping to get as
many as possible to apply by the July 6 deadline.

Long Beach Airport: Another Great Win!

Attached is a list of 101 airports throughout the country ranked on

affordability on www.cheapflights.com. We are the third most
“inexpensive” airport in the entire United States and number one in
California. We have put this on our social media pages. Great
News!

Memos to the Mayor and City Council

We sent up the following memos to the Mayor and City Council this week:

• 2010 Summer Reading Program: “Make a Splash – Read!”

and “Make Waves at Your Library”
• Rancho Los Cerritos – Parks & Rec Business Magazine
Article
• Health Department Director’s Report – June, 2010
• April 2010 Monthly Investment Portfolio Report
• Responses to Questions from the May 18, 2010 Special City
Council Meeting
101 Airports Ranked on Affordability
Ever wonder how your hometown ranks on affordability? One thing to consider when booking
your flight this summer is the convenience of alternative airports. Sometimes, choosing a
lesser-known departure can help save on airfare. For instance, departing from Bob Hope
Airport in California can save you more than if you head out from Los Angeles International.

We’ve crunched the numbers and found the cheapest (and priciest) airports to fly out of all
over the country, so if yours is on the expensive side, check out neighboring alternatives to
cut your travel costs and instead spend on the fun.

For the best summer travel savings, being flexible and taking the path less traveled (literally!)
is key.
Average
Number Airport
Airfare
1 Bellingham Intl, WA (BLI) $256
2 White Plains, NY (HPN) $269
3 Long Beach (Daugherty Field), CA (LGB) $286
4 Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl, FL (FLL) $328
5 Bob Hope Airport, CA (BUR) $332
6 Bishop Intl, MI (FNT) $335
7 Akron-Canton Rgnl, OH (CAK) $337
8 John Wayne/Orange County, CA (SNA) $338
9 La Guardia, NY (LGA) $338
10 General Mitchell Intl, WI (MKE) $339
11 Palm Beach Intl, FL (PBI) $346
12 Colorado Springs Municipal, CO (COS) $363
13 Chicago Midway, IL (MDW) $366
14 Greater Rochester Intl, NY (ROC) $368
15 Portland Intl Jetport, ME (PWM) $369
16 Myrtle Beach Jetport, SC (MYR) $372
17 Ontario Intl, CA (ONT) $374
18 San Jose Intl, CA (SJC) $380
19 Metropolitan Oakland Intl, CA (OAK) $381
20 Dallas Love Field, TX (DAL) $383
21 James M. Cox Dayton Intl, OH (DAY) $393
22 Southwest Florida Intl, FL (RSW) $401
23 Reagan National (DCA) $407
24 Birmingham Intl, AL (BHM) $408
25 Pittsburgh Intl, PA (PIT) $410
26 Manchester, NH (MHT) $412
27 Pensacola Rgnl, FL (PNS) $413
28 New Orleans Intl, LA (MSY) $414
29 Fresno Air Terminal, CA (FAT) $416
30 Orlando Intl, FL (MCO) $417
31 Theodore Francis Green State, RI (PVD) $418
32 Kansas City Intl, MO (MCI) $421
33 Syracuse Hancock Intl, NY (SYR) $426
34 William P. Hobby, TX (HOU) $429
35 Gerald R. Ford Intl, MI (GRR) $430
36 Burlington Intl, VT (BTV) $431
37 Richmond Intl, VA (RIC) $435
38 Bradley Intl, CT (BDL) $435
39 Buffalo Niagara International, NY (BUF) $437
40 Tampa Intl, FL (TPA) $437
41 Orlando Executive Airport, FL (ORL) $438
42 McCarran Intl, NV (LAS) $441
43 Memphis Intl, TN (MEM) $442
44 Charlotte/Douglas Intl, NC (CLT) $447
45 Sacramento International Airport, CA (SMF) $449
46 Albuquerque Intl, NM (ABQ) $451
47 Port Columbus Intl, OH (CMH) $452
48 Denver International, CO (DEN) $455
49 Eppley Airfield, NE (OMA) $457
50 San Antonio Intl, TX (SAT) $457
51 Jacksonville Intl, FL (JAX) $458
52 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC (GSP) $458
53 Indianapolis Intl, IN (IND) $461
54 Lambert-St Louis Intl, MO (STL) $465
55 Albany Intl, NY (ALB) $468
56 Washington (US-WAS) $468
57 Tucson Intl, AZ (TUS) $471
58 Jackson Intl, MS (JAN) $474
59 Tulsa Intl, OK (TUL) $474
60 Boise Air Terminal (Gowen Field), ID (BOI) $476
61 Des Moines Intl, IA (DSM) $476
62 Reno-Tahoe Intl, NV (RNO) $478
63 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, MI (DTW) $480
64 Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, AZ (PHX) $484
65 Raleigh-Durham Intl, NC (RDU) $485
66 Philadelphia Intl, PA (PHL) $485
67 Atlanta International, GA (ATL) $485
68 Spokane Intl, WA (GEG) $485
69 San Diego Intl-Lindbergh Field, CA (SAN) $486
70 Wichita Mid-Continent, KS (ICT) $488
71 Minneapolis-St Paul Intl, MN (MSP) $488
72 Nashville Intl, TN (BNA) $490
73 Chicago, IL (US-CHI) $491
74 Baltimore/Washington Intl, MD (BWI) $491
75 Detroit, MI (US-DET) $495
76 Standiford Field, KY (SDF) $499
77 Oklahoma, OK (OKC) $504
78 Dallas/Fort Worth Intl, TX (DFW) $509
79 El Paso Intl, TX (ELP) $509
80 Cleveland-Hopkins Intl, OH (CLE) $511
81 Norfolk Intl, VA (ORF) $515
82 Adams Field, AR (LIT) $518
83 Austin-Bergstrom Intl, TX (AUS) $522
84 Charleston Intl, SC (CHS) $523
85 Miami Intl, FL (MIA) $534
86 Piedmont Triad Intl, NC (GSO) $538
87 Salt Lake City Intl, UT (SLC) $544
88 Portland Intl, OR (PDX) $558
89 Logan Intl, MA (BOS) $560
90 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl, OH (CVG) $563
91 Newark Intl, NJ (EWR) $587
92 Seattle-Tacoma Intl, WA (SEA) $588
93 George Bush Intercontinental, TX (IAH) $590
94 Chicago-O'Hare Intl, IL (ORD) $599
95 McGhee Tyson, TN (TYS) $603
96 Los Angeles Intl, CA (LAX) $619
97 San Francisco Intl, CA (SFO) $663
98 John F. Kennedy Intl, NY (JFK) $687
99 Washington Dulles Intl (IAD) $702
100 Honolulu Intl, HI (HNL) $789
101 Anchorage Intl, AK (ANC) $863