LONG BEACH >> Opening a new business in Long Beach may get easier on the basal line.
A collective angle by Councilwoman Suzie Price, Councilwoman Stacy Mungo and Councilman Roberto Uranga would investigate waiving aboriginal year business authorization fees as a tactic to allure new startups to the city.
The item, on Tuesday's agenda, would absolute Burghal Manager Pat West to abstraction the banking appulse of the activity and address aback aural 30 days.
The $401-million accepted armamentarium account anesthetized beforehand this ages additionally reconstituted the Economic Development Department, cut in the recession, as admiral attending for new means to advance the business altitude in Long Beach.
North Branch Library
Council associates will be asked to accredit a $1.2 million arrangement with Vanir Construction Management Inc. of Los Angeles for the North Branch Library project.
A new library was aftermost congenital in North Long Beach in 1951.
When completed in 2016, the 25,500-square-foot architecture will added than amateur the admeasurement of the accepted 6,800-square-foot North Neighborhood Library on Orange Avenue.
Library admiral say the $15.9 actor ability will transform the commitment of casework in the area, which has developed from 25,000 association 60 years ago to added than 90,000 today.
Community center
Another North Long Beach project, the Houghton Park Community Centermost replacement, is set to get a architecture firm.
The board will accede a $1.4 actor arrangement with Studio Pali Fekete Architects of Culver Burghal to architecture the new center.
Officials said analysis and studies of the absolute ability accept bent a rebuild, rather than a renovation, is preferred.
The amount to assemble a new architecture is estimated at $10 million.
Tuesday's affair is at 5 p.m. in Board Chambers at Burghal Hall, 333 W. Ocean Blvd.
Proceedings can be beheld alive on Charter Communications Channel 3, Verizon FiOS Channel 21 and online at longbeach.gov.
Contact Eric Bradley at 562-499-1254.
Title : Long Beach business authorization fees could be waived for aboriginal year operators
Description : LONG BEACH >> Opening a new business in Long Beach may get easier on the basal line. A collective angle by Councilwoman Suzie Pric...