City Attorney Bob Shannon reported tonight (July 16) that after a 2 1/2-hour closed session meeting, the Long Beach City Council moved forward on a land exchange to preserve Los Cerritos Wetlands. The council gave the go-ahead for city management to continue negotiating the deal that would exchange at least 33.7 acres of the 175-acre Bixby Ranch portion of the wetlands in southeast Long Beach for the city's 12.1-acre public service yard next to the Los Angeles River.
"In all likelihood" the wetlands deal will go before the council in open session for an official vote in August, Shannon said.
The lengthy closed session wasn't all because of the wetlands. The council also has been in practically non-stop, and by all accounts contentious, discussions over negotiations between the city and the Police Officers Association to get officers to forgo their pay raises to help balance the budget. Shannon said there was no reportable action on that matter, but eventually whatever agreement is reached also will eventually go before the council for an open-session vote.
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