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Home My WebLink About02 - Review of Service Levels to Maintain City Beaches - PowerPointMay 25, 2021 Special Meeting City Council and Finance Committee Joint Meeting May 25, 2021 • Requested at the April 27th City Council Meeting by Councilmembers Brenner and Dixon To ensure the City's beaches are safe and enjoyable for residents and visitors in light of the growing number of beachgoers, we request staff review and discuss: (1)The current resources allocated to maintain, manage, and secure our beaches (2)Alternatives and cost information associated with providing a higher level of service at City beaches for trash pickup, boardwalk ambassadors, lifeguard coverage, and code enforcement City of Newport Beach 2 Er • 2020 Estimated Beach Population: 8,261,050 K I -DK DK 1011111 Jamury 1 111.��111� Marsh Mav mi 5 -year average ■ 2020 I July Beach attendance estimates by week Noir mfr City of Newport Beach 3 • 2021 Estimated Beach Population to Date January February March April 5 -Year 2021 Average Change 328,000 291,400 430,000 469,251 305,925 257,530 384,217 494760 135183651 134423432 +5.3% City of Newport Beach 4 • Across the 11 lots located along the coast from Corona Del Mar to West Newport, parking revenues are up approximately 11 % versus the last fiscal year prior to the pandemic (adjusted for parking rate increases) • FY 2018-19 $5.66 million • FY 2019-20 $5.30 million (adjusted) • FY 2020-21 $6.29 million (adjusted and projected based on 10 months of data) Corona Del Mar $ 1.4 M $ 1.5 M $ 1.8 M 28.8% West Ocean Front 1.8 M 1.5 M 1.8 M 0.4% Balboa Pier 2.1 M 1.8 M 2.2 M 0.5% West Newport 0.3 M 0.4 M 0.5 M 63.0% Total $5.7M $5.3M $6.3M 11.2% City of Newport Beach 5 • Beach -related service requests from community and staff 2018 794 2,166 36.7% 2019 808 2,367 34.1% 2020 1,018 2,449 41.6% 2020 (through 5/20/2020) 358 883 40.5% 2021 (through 5/20/2021) 370 935 39.6% 1.8% 26.0% 3.4% City of Newport Beach 6 Total Investigations: 11652 Notices of Violation Sent: 706 Citations Issued: 387 Short Term Lodging 330 101 Water Quality 262 26 Trash Related 240 52 Property Maintenance 161 43 Work w/o Permits 156 88 Illegal Commercial Beach Usage 30 9 City of Newport Beach 7 Full Time Part -Time Contract Total 3.0 0.75 1.5 $123,760 4.50 6:30a — 7:30a — 7:30a — 7:30a — 7:30a — 7:30a — 7:30a — 4:30p 5:30p 5:30p 5:30p 3:00a 3:00a 3:00a * Two contract enforcement officers through labor day and one after labor day City of Newport Beach 8 Full Time 3.0 Part -Time 0.75 =m0o. Contract $227,760 Total 4.50 • Increase contract staffing by 1.0 FTE at an additional cost of $104,000 per year • Duties may include beach enforcement: • Commercial picnics • Unlicensed vendors City of Newport Beach 9 Oceanfront Bayfront Total Full -Time Seasonal Total LIFEGUARD COVERAGE 0 37 98,338 2 39 on City of Newport Beach 2020 Total Lifeguard Patrol Hours Patrol hours are when lifeguards are actively watching the water or capa- ble of responding to an emergency in their assigned division_ Excluded are hours for frog, meetings, ndm m s- trative duties and night-time standby - West 2 6% I — salboa W 22.0% , Tunior 16.89v Liftuardz pita '4 0 . 12.7°, Corma Del Mar Resmie S OaCS Bo= `naming - of 2020 patrol hours by division 10 • Option for enhanced service level • June 12 through September 7, 2021 • Seasonal/part-time lifeguards to serve as ambassadors • Lifeguard Officer Friday — Sunday provides deterrence and able to cite for municipal code violations Lido Isle Bridge Newport Island Bridge Oversight and Breaks for Bridge Staff Total 930 Lifeguard 1 288 Lifeguard Cadet 288 Lifeguard Officer OT Rate City of Newport Beach $21,000 5,000 17,000 $ 43,000 11 • Private contractor to educate and ensure compliance with City codes on the boardwalk • Two 2 -person teams, including a supervisor, patrol boardwalk on foot • E Street to 36th Street, including the Balboa and Newport Piers • Saturday &Sunday during daylight hours (10AM —BPM) City of Newport Beach 12 • Ambassadors first deployed Saturday February 13th through pilot program • Through1 st Quarter of 2021, they worked a total of 14 days during 7 weeks of deployment • The ambassadors have generated numerous contacts with residents, business owners, and visitors, and staff have reported generally positive feedback from these interactions • A tally of specific contacts from 02/13/2021 through 03/31/2021 in some notable categories are as follows: • Speeding — 336 • Surreys — 211 • Skateboards — 556 • E -Scooters — 225 • Visitor Assistance (parking, directions, etc.) — 173 • Additionally, the ambassadors have augmented NBPD's presence on the boardwalk and worked closely with the Peninsula Enforcement Team, Area 1 Patrol Officers and NBPD Dispatch to identify, report, and resolve various police -related matters City of Newport Beach 13 • At current rates, it costs approximately $850 per 8 -hour day to staff 4 ambassadors in a "standard" deployment • The pilot program budget of $75,000 equates to approximately 88 days of standard deployments, which does not cover every Saturday and Sunday for a calendar year (104 weekend days) • Enhanced service opportunities include: • Standard deployment coverage every weekend of the year — $88,400 • Standard deployment coverage during the week during high-volume Summer months (June — August) — $56,100 • Extra deployment coverage on weekends during high-volume Summer months (June —August) — $22,100 • Extra deployment coverage on high-volume holiday weekends (e.g., Memorial Day) — $8,500 • Extending service hours by two hours (i.e., longer day coverage, early evening coverage) — $17,680 • More options for joint deployment operations with NBPD focused on boardwalk safety to reinforce ambassador authority — $8,500 • The proposed FY 2021-22 budget of $200,000 provides adequate funding for the program to accomplish the enhanced service opportunities listed above City of Newport Beach 14 • 10 Full -Time PW City Staff Assigned to Beach Area (Monday —Friday year-round) • Weekend Coverage (5 am — 9 am): • 6 Staff (from above 10) Summer Season • 3 Staff (from above 10) Off Season • 7 Temporary Employees • Assigned Duties • Beach Raking and Trash/Debris Clean-up • Beach Sand Management (sand push -out, berms, wind fences, grooming, sweeping, etc.) • Oversee and Manage Contract Area Service (trash pick-up & collection, sweeping, landscaping, janitorial) • Trash Overflow and Removal, Fire Rings Maintenance, Beach Cleaner Operation • Litter Pickup at Beaches, Piers, Plaza, Parking Lots and Streets • Homeless Encampment Cleanup City of Newport Beach 15 Contracted Refuse Services • Street & Plaza Trash Cans (City cans in parking lots, piers, boardwalks, various streets) • 658 Cans (year-round) • Add 10 Cans to Newport Pier and 5 Cans to Balboa Island (Summer Season) • Daily Trash Pickup during Summer Peak Season • Double pickups at Marina Park, 15th St, 19th St (Summer Season) • Adjusted Pickup Schedule during Off Season (lower frequency pickup) • Beach Trash Cans (large cans on beach) • 168 Cans (year-round) • Add 8 Cans to Corona del Mar Beach (Summer season) • Seven Days Trash Pickup during Summer Peak Season • Twice a Week Pickup during Off Season .ity of Newport Beach y : ��• t _ ,%,. 16 General litter picking, Empty Trash cans, and blow out parking lot corners in coordination with street sweeping • Balboa Village and Balboa Pier Parking Lot and Planters • 7 Days a week Memorial Day — Labor Day; 6 Days a week rest of the year. • Newport Pier Plaza Parking Lot and Planters • 7 Days a week Memorial Day — Labor Day; 6 Days a week rest of the year. • CDM Bluffs, State Beach Parking Lot and Planters • 7 Days a week Memorial Day — Labor Day; 5 Days a week rest of the year. • Added one extra weekend day during Covid-19 • Marina Park & Peninsula Park • 7 Days a week Memorial Day — Labor Day; 5 Days a week rest of the year. • Added one extra weekend day during Covid-19 .ity of Newport Beach 17 Litter Picking; Wiping down Benches, Trash Cans, Signs; and Area General Clean-up 1 - Contracted Person (year-round) • M/W/F —Balboa Island T/TH — CDM - Avocado to Poppy 1 - Contracted Person (May — September) 40 hrs./week - Balboa Village (Temporarily added during COVID-19) 1 - Contracted Person (May — September) 40 hrs./week — CDM State Beach and Ocean BL, Buck Gully, Pirates Cove, China Cove (Temporarily added during COVID-19) • Enhanced service level could be continued City of Newport Beach 18 Pre-COVID - Typically 3-4 groups per month volunteering for beach cleanups During COVID - This number dropped off to approximately one a month • Regular Organizations include: Newport Beach Surfrider, Orange County Coastkeeper, Newport Bay Conservancy and Help Your Harbor. • Businesses/Churches (i.e., Boeing, Latter Day Saints, Scouts) will host volunteer (specialty) beach cleanups for their employees City of Newport Beach 19 $229k Total Annual Base Cost West Newport Park Plexiglass $6k Lido Bridge $1.4k V� Q a Newport Pier & $86k McFadden Square N BALD o ""N- PIENIN Balboa Village Balboa Pier( $3.3k Pier Area Supplemental $ 33k Citywide Spot Locations — Spills & Bird Cleanup 0$6kCitywide Outdoor Dining $32k Total Annual Supplemental Marine Ave Supplemental $18k Marine Ave $22k ,,1,inC. Balboa Island & $12k n Little Island Boardwalks $6k loll �,�.,ilboa Pier l y1 NEWPORT CENTER le, rt� o° S00 CdM — Lightpoles�$1.7k CdM Plaza, Bus Canopy & Benches City of Newport Beach c^i, ONA 1t+ MAR sr LIOn Point o 20 • Program Costs have been increasing: • FY 2016 — $192,000 • FY 2017 — $232,000 • FY 2018 — $237,000 • FY 2019 — $268,000 • FY 2020 — $259,000 • FY 2021 — $188,000 to date • FY 2021 — $260,000 projected • FY 2022 — $268,000 proposed Current Cleaning Schedule LOCATION SUMMER FALL - SPRING YEAR ROUND BALBOA & NEWPORT PIER TWICE MONTHLY ONCE MONTHLY BALBOA ISLAND & LITTLE ISLAND BAYWALK ONCE QUARTERLY PIER AREA SUPPLEMENTAL ONCE MONTHLY BALBOA VILLAGE ONCE WEEKLY ONCE MONTHLY CORONA DEL MAR FURNITURE (PLAZA, BUS CANOPY, & BENCHES) ONCE MONTHLY CORONA DEL MAR LIGHT POLES TWICE YEARLY ENDS OF THE OCEAN PIERS ONCE WEEKLY ONCE MONTHLY LIDO BRIDGE ONCE QUARTERLY MARINE AVE TWICE A MONTH MARINE AVE SUPPLEMENTAL TWICE MONTHLY McFADDEN SQUARE ONCE WEEKLY TWICE A MONTH McFADDEN SQUARE (MEMORIAL) TWICE A WEEK SUPPLEMENTAL OUTDOOR DINING ONCE MONTHLY VARIOUS LOCATIONS - BIRD CLEANUP ONCE WEEKLY WEST NEWPORT PARK PLEXIGLASS ONCE QUARTERLY City of Newport Beach 21 Summer Day Crowd Issues with Afternoon Pickup: • Traffic: Delays or Inability in Maneuvering through Summer Crowds • Safety: Truck Operations and Maneuvering in Crowds 0000_. City of Newport Beach Early Morning Collection e WIA • Place Additional Beach Cans in High Use Areas • Add 24 Beach Cans - 19th St to 36 St this Summer • Estimated additional cost of $20,000 — $25,000 • Permanently Continue Both COVID-19 Contracted porter Staff in Balboa Village and CDM Beach Area (May — September) • 2 Contracted Staff • Estimated additional cost of $40,000 • Increase Afternoon Trash/Street Can Pickup Frequency in Summer Season (such as run additional afternoon Porter Service in high use areas) • Estimated additional cost for Afternoon Pickup and Porter Service of $47,000 • Formalize and Work to Increase Volunteer Clean-up Efforts • Estimated additional cost of $29,000 City of Newport Beach 23 1.0 FTE of additional Code Enforcement staffing $ 104,000 Enhanced Lifeguard Services 43,000 Boardwalk Ambassador Program N/A Additional Beach Trash Cans 25,000 Continue COVID-19 Portering Service Enhancement 407000 Increased Afternoon Trash / Street Can Pickup Frequency 47,000 Formalize and Work to Increase Volunteer Clean -Up Efforts 297000 Total $ 288,000 • Potential funding sources • Balboa Village Parking District revenue of $396,000 per year • Surplus operating reserves for FY 2021-22 • Offsetting budget reductions in FY 2021-22 City of Newport Beach 24 Questions? City of Newport Beach 25 I CL Itn 5 etio[ Flw Is R. `� 7e '1Vr.cnu�t •� Street Sweeping Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday & Friday Monday & Wednesday Monday, Wednesday & Friday Monday through Friday (Daily) I= P 44 P It. � JW SFS �Q O root Bacl, Blip ,► T STRTVH"•1'}1 r Hav-Ames Ra, {, �r Lindals]r H.Uboc ;N1°1r, pnrf Harbor 11 �I T� 8 jsl,md City of Newport Beach Ua , 11,11 /001� b"a:! .F �,� L, 10 Mr?�a'-0R•oR � zs • Public Restroom Locations 1. Newport Pier 19. Grant Howald Tennis Courts 2. Marina Park 20. Corona del Mar Beach East 3. 15th Street 21. Corona del Mar Beach West aTtAniA AVE � ,� °i — -7r �°t A 4. Balboa Pier 22. Buck Gully - Little Corona VICT°Ru rr r� �, 5. Washington Street 23. Coastal Peak Park Z HA-ILTQ"AVC K b /•r �. - { ,6. 19th Street 24. San Miguel Park 27 7. 381h Street 25. Buffalo Hills Park North �,,�°' 8. Channel Park 26. Buffalo Hills Park South S� W 14TH SI ®15 g ; g 58th Street 27. Bonita Creek Park eP br 10. Orange Street 28. Civic Center � m° 11. Bob Henry Park 29. Arroyo Park a ` '�• +1-+ r • �r �`` ° =�� 12 ` _ 12. Mariners Park 30. Bonita Canyon Sports Park 29 13. Balboa Yacht Basin (3) 10 14PSr�'•. ®Jz r �, , �, 14. Sunset Ridge Park 31. San Joaquin Hills Park ®r $ A air` 11 �° 30 15. Eastbluff Park 32. 281h Street Fire Station 9 t`+,,,, �° 26 .24 16. Balboa Island Ferry (2022) 7 `��ox s` 2 17. Balboa Island Fire Station ',,18. Irvine Terrace Pa k 32 6 '`$, 13, 18 ®[ 28 piad s I 1 ii i23 Crrper! FI 16 � 31 19 3 , �. 17 5 r• t •. R aT 2021 Parifii 01-1'.Tll 22 �Y City of Newport Beach — Finance Department 27 • 34 Independent City Public Restroom Buildings • 18 Restrooms Facilities within City Parks • 16 Restrooms Facilities on City Beaches • Currently Serviced by Contracted Janitorial Services • Services last reviewed and adjusted at 2019 Council Planning Session • Current Service Level • Daily Cleaning with Extra Cleaning of several High Use Facilities & Additional Paper Product Re - Supply Service • 17 High Usage (Beach Restrooms) Deep Cleaned Minimum Twice Daily Year Round • April — October Roving cleaning crews between 10am & 8pm to clean and restock paper products (3-4 times daily) • 16 Park Restrooms Cleaned Twice Daily Year Round • Annual Cost: $650,000 • Issue at Hand • Continuous, frequent use by public at "high use" facilities • Transient Population affecting Cleaning, Use, Wear & Tear of some Facilities City of Newport Beach 28