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At the 5 p.m. meeting, the council will consider Mayor Bob Foster's request to authorize $28.6 million in financial incentives to attract a new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant to the former Boeing 717 production site at 3860 Lakewood Blvd. north of Long Beach Airport. Long Beach is competing with neighboring Downey as a finalist for the plant, which is expected to create 1,000 to 1,200 jobs.