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An Integrated Mobility HubMTA Awards Grant to Long Beach

Friday Newsletter Friday

June 25, 2010


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City of Long BeachWorking Together to Serve

Memorandum

Date: June 25, 2010

To: Mayor and Members of the City Council

From:Patrick H. West, City ManagerSuzanne Frick, Assistant City Manager

Subject: Friday Newsletter

Mobility Grant: The Skys the Limit

Yesterday, the Metro Board awarded the City of Los Angeles, in partnershipwith Long Beach, a grant of $8,350,000 to develop three integrated mobilityhubs: one in Downtown Los Angeles, one in Hollywood, and one in LongBeach. The mobility hubs will provide a suite of mobility options including,but not limited to bike sharing, car sharing, folding-bikes, and secure bicycleparking. Matching funds are being provided by six private investors in theamount of $4,950,000, including Avis who will provide and operate any carsharing program and Long Beachs own Bikestation/MOBIS who will provideany secure bike parking. No City funds are required as local match. OurPublic Works Department will manage the implementation in LongBeach..The project stems from Metro's interest in funding the first and lastmile of transit trips, which Long Beach definitely is, being a beach City at thebeginning/end of two freeways and the Blue Line. MTA is supporting theimplementation 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 bigwin!

Gridlock: A Good Problem?

We had a report from our Public Works Department this week that theyhave so many street projects out to bid throughout our 50 square miles rightnow that they actually have to pay attention to gridlock. A lot of planning isgoing into where and when projects start and finish so we do not impact anyone neighborhood too much as we repair our aging infrastructure. This trulyis 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 theirVisitor Center and Arroyo Restoration. This is incredible. We are soblessed to have a private foundation raising dollars for these wonderfulcapitol improvements at our historic sites. If you have not visited eitherRancho 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 thenortheast part. We recently replaced some of them utilizing unique funding

sources. Entry signs into our community are extremely important given weshare our boundaries with eight cities. You only get one chance to make afirst impression!..By the way, we are working to see if one or more of theaquatic groups might want to sponsor an entry sign in our beach areaswhich would highlight the motto adopted by the Council last year, AquaticCapital of America.

10,000 Small Businesses

This is an initiative of Long Beach City College (LBCC) supporting theireconomic development mission. You may recall that we assisted LBCC

secure a designation as a host for a Small Business Development CenterProgram (SBDC) for the three county area of Los Angeles, Ventura, andSanta Barbara. LBCC will serve as the focal point for the Goldman SacsInitiative in the Long Beach area. The Valley Economic DevelopmentCenter will serve as the focal point in Los Angeles City. We have notifiedboth our Long Beach SBE vendors and all other SBEs separatelythroughout BID system of this wonderful program. We are hoping to get asmany 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 onaffordability on www.cheapflights.com. We are the third mostinexpensive airport in the entire United States and number one inCalifornia. We have put this on our social media pages. GreatNews!

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 Directors Report June, 2010 April 2010 Monthly Investment Portfolio Report Responses to Questions from the May 18, 2010 Special City

Council Meeting


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101 Airports Ranked on Affordability

Ever wonder how your hometown ranks on affordability? One thing to consider when bookingyour flight this summer is the convenience of alternative airports. Sometimes, choosing alesser-known departure can help save on airfare. For instance, departing from Bob HopeAirport in California can save you more than if you head out from Los Angeles International.

Weve crunched the numbers and found the cheapest (and priciest) airports to fly out of allover the country, so if yours is on the expensive side, check out neighboring alternatives tocut 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.

Number AirportAverageAirfare

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) $40123 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


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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) $48569 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


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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

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