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IF WE CAN HAVE A ROLL CALL COMMISSION.COMMISSION VICE CHAIR MURRAY? HERE.
SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, THE, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING THIS MEETING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, JUST THE PROCEDURALLY DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE.
IT'S COME TO THE MAX ATTENTION THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THESE MEETINGS.
UM, UH, OUT OF ORDER, I GUESS.
SO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING, AND WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HERE.
UM, THEY'RE GOING AROUND TO DIFFERENT, UH, COMMISSIONS AND GETTING THEM ALL CONSISTENT ON RUNNING MEETINGS.
SO FROM NOW ON, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE HAVE TO HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND TO HERE, AN AGENDA ITEM.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT, IT GOES TO THE STAFF TO DO A PRESENTATION.
THEN IT GOES TO THE, UM, PUBLIC, AND THEN AFTER THE PUBLIC IT COMES TO THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN THE PUBLIC CAN MAKE QUESTIONS.
THEY CAN HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEMS, BUT THE STAFF WILL NOT RESPOND.
IF WE WISH TO HAVE A QUESTION THAT CAME FROM THE PUBLIC, WE CAN ASK IT AND THE STAFF CAN RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE QUESTIONING OF THE STAFF BY THE, THE BOARD.
WE DON'T NEED A FIRST OR A SECOND TO MOVE FOR A VOTE.
AND THEN WE WILL GO ON FROM THERE.
SO IT'S TO, AS I THINK MANY OF US KNOW, WE WOULD ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE THEN THE PUBLIC, AND THAT WOULD CREATE A WHOLE NOTHER SET OF QUESTIONS.
SO THIS IS TO STREAMLINE IT AND MAKE IT CONSISTENT AMONG THE COMMISSIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
CAN I HAVE A FIRST ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BEACH MAINTENANCE QUEENSWAY BAY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PRESENTATION? SO MOVED SECOND.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE STAFF FOR THAT, I'M GONNA, UH, INTRODUCE, UH, OUR SUPERINTENDENT COREY FORRESTER, AND HE'S GOING TO, UH, RECOGNIZE OUR QUEENS BAY BAY STAFF.
UH, I AM VERY EXCITED TO SHOWCASE OUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY CREW.
UH, QUEENSWAY BAY IS A DESTINATION SPOT FOR A LOT OF TOURS.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR HUBS IN LONG BEACH THAT WE HIGHLIGHT.
UH, THESE GUYS DO EVERYTHING FROM GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TO DOCK, UH, LOAD REPLACEMENTS, DOCK BOARD REPLACEMENTS, CLEATS, ELECTRICAL PEDESTALS, UH, HOSE BIDS.
THEY DO IT ALL PAVERS ALONG THE ESPIONAGE.
THEY GET UNEVEN BECAUSE OF TREE ROOTS.
THEY'RE PULLING OUT THE ROOTS, RESETTING THE PAVERS.
UM, THEY DO A LOT OF BRIGHT WORK, UM, DOWN THERE.
I LIKE TO REFERENCE IT KIND OF AS OUR LITTLE DISNEYLAND OF LONG BEACH, UM, BECAUSE IT GETS SO MUCH ACTIVATION DOWN THERE.
UM, BUT THESE, THESE GUYS ARE FANTASTIC.
UH, WE HAVE TRASH SKIMMERS DOWN THERE.
UH, MANY OF 'EM ARE OPERATORS ON THE TRASH SKIMMER VESSEL AND OUR OTHER VESSELS, UH, THAT WE USE FOR DEPLOYING, UM, OUR BOOMS AND OUR RAINBOW HARBOR BOOM MECHANISM THAT KEEPS THE TRASH OUT OF THE HARBOR.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, ROOFING JOBS, PARKING LOT PAVING JOBS.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM.
UM, AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION ALBERT, WHO'S KIND OF A QUEENSWAY BAY SLASH THAILAND'S GUY.
HE DOES A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
HE'S ALWAYS, UH, GOT HIS HANDS IN AROUND ALAMITOS BAY, THE BEACHFRONT ON THE PLACES.
UM, AL ALBERT IS OUR GREEN AND GROWING.
HE DOES EVERYTHING THAT'S GREEN AND GROWING WITH OUR FOOTPRINT, AND HE KEEPS IT LOOKING GOOD.
UM, HE'S WORKING ON TREE TRIMMING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FAILURES.
UM, ALL OUR ESTIMATE REPORTS ARE COMING IN AND, UM, HE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
YOU GUYS SHOW UP WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, YOU'RE READY TO WORK AND YOU GUYS MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
UH, JUST TO ECHOING, CORY'S, UH, STATEMENTS IS, THESE ARE OUR JACKS OF ALL TRADES.
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OF WORK ON THE BEACH.THEY WORK IN ON, ON THE DOCKS.
THEY WORK ON THE, THE, IN THE FACILITIES.
THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT KIND OF DO A LOT OF EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTIVITY.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THEIR GROUP AND THE, THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON, ON OUR CITY ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY RAINBOW HARBOR, UH, DOWNTOWN FOOTPRINT.
UM, I WAS DOWN THERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND UH, UH, THE GUYS SHOWED ME THE INNER WORKINGS OF OUR WAVE FOUNTAIN.
AND IT IS LIKE THE INSIDE OF A BRAND NEW SUBMARINE DOWN THERE, RIGHT.
I'M LOOKING AROUND, I'M LIKE GOING, WHO KNOWS HOW TO OPERATE THIS, THIS STUFF? IT'S THESE GUYS.
AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET DOWN THERE BECAUSE FAMILIES AND KIDS WERE PLAYING IN AND AROUND THE FOUNTAIN.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY INDICATIVE OF WHAT THEY DO AND WHO THEY ARE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, MY KUDOS JUST LIKE CO IS TO YOU GUYS.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? HUH? UM, YOU DEAL WITH NEGATIVES EVERY DAY.
'CAUSE WE COME AND WATCH YOU AND, AND I SIT IN MY, MY TRUCK AND USUALLY SMOKE A CIGAR.
BUT IT JUST, IT JUST MAKES ME HAPPY, UH, TO SEE HOW HARD YOU WORK.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEGATIVES THAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED FROM US? SPEAK UP GUYS.
SO I'LL HAVE A SUGGESTION AS YOU PUT A GHOST CARD IN ONE OF THE POLICE CARS AND JUST STATION IT RIGHT THERE.
SOMETIMES I SEE 'EM AROUND THE CITY.
THEY SIT HERE, THEY SIT THERE, THEY SIT THERE, THEY SIT THERE.
IF YOU BLUFF 'EM, YOU CAN BEAT 'EM.
THAT'S A, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
I MEAN, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE RACING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY PUT A GHOST CAR THERE AND IT'S SITTING THERE.
IT'S AN OLD ONE AND IT'S DIRTY.
BUT THEY CLEAN THE WINDOWS EVERY NOW AND THEN.
AND IT, IT, I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
I MEAN, BUT STILL, UM, THEN YOU HAVE PD COME BY EVERY FEW HOURS, LIKE TO GO INTO THE VEHICLE.
BUT IF THEY SEE THAT, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE WHAT LOCATION? UH, AMI BAY.
I MEAN, ACTUALLY THE RIGHT BEHIND THE, WHERE WE CLEAN UP MARINA GREEN.
RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT LAWN RIGHT THERE.
UH, BEFORE WE, UH, HAND OUT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS? ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FROM Y'ALL? HORN BLOWER.
I LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE HORNBLOWER.
OH REALLY? WHAT'S THE HORN BLOWER? IT'S A BUILDING.
IT'S, UH, IT'S BECOME LIKE A HOMELESS GROUND IN THERE TOO.
DO WE NEED THAT PATROL A LITTLE BIT MORE? WE THOUGHT AT ONE TIME MAYBE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF WE COULD GET MARINE PATROL, MAYBE A SUBSTATION DOWN THERE.
UH, IT WAS UTILIZED AT ONE TIME AS AN OFFICE.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE IDEA OF MAYBE MARINE PATROL HAVING THAT AS A, A SUBSTATION AS THEY DO HERE IN BASIN.
ONE IN ALAMITOS BAY, UH, IN THEIR MARINA.
AND THAT WOULD KIND OF KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THAT LOCATION.
WE'RE HAVING QUITE A BIT OF, UH, RY GOING ON.
A LOT OF OUR ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE BEING STOLEN AND THAT HINDERS OUR LIGHTING DOWN THERE NOW.
UM, ACTUALLY TODAY WE JUST CAUGHT ONE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY TRYING TO STEAL COPPER WIRING.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THAT KIND OF IDEA.
LIKE PIERRE SAID SOMETHING THERE TO DISTRACT HIM FROM COMING TO THAT SET LOCATION.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY SEE A LIGHT ON AND SOMEBODY'S GOING IN THERE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS, I DO THAT AT SOME OF MY FACILITIES
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THAT WE OPEN OUR FACILITIES UP TO HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS COME IN, UH, TO UPS FACILITIES TO USE A DESK TO USE SOMETHING.AND WHEN A UNIT PULLS IN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. 'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING OR GOING.
SO, UH, CALL, UH, BEFORE WE START, UH, THE CERTIFICATES, CAN WE FIND OUT EVERYONE HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY, GO DOWN THE LINE, A NAME AND HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN EITHER WITH THE CITY AND WITH THIS, YOU KNOW.
I JUST RECENTLY STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
IS THIS YOUR FIRST JOB IN THE CITY? YES.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY NINE YEARS.
I'VE BEEN WITH MARINE BUREAU FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE I WAS IN THE PARKS.
I STARTED OFF FROM CUSTODIAL, PROMOTED TO WHERE GREAT, GREAT.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SEVEN YEARS.
I FLEW BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN EACH AND, UH, MAURICE LOPEZ.
BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR THREE YEARS.
MY FIRST JOB WITH THE CITY FOR THE MARINE BUREAU.
BEEN WITH THIS CITY FOR FIVE YEARS.
I STARTED AS A LIFEGUARD ACTUALLY AT THE BELMONT POOL
I TRANSFERRED WITH, UH, MAINTENANCE AND I'VE BEEN WITH, UH, THEM FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
DON'T EVER JUMP OFF THE TOP PLATFORM WHEN YOU REALLY CAN'T SWIM.
UH, MY NAME'S ANTONIO RIOS AND I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR 18 YEARS.
MY NAME IS ALBERT RE I'M WITH MARINE BUREAU.
UH, TIDELANDS AREA, THE ABM, BUT QUEENSWAY BAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? NO.
WE'LL CALL ALL YOUR NAMES AND, AND IF YOU COULD COME UP HERE AND THEN GRAB THIS.
UM, I DIDN'T HEAR A KELLY ARMSTRONG.
I GET THESE ALL THE TIME HERE.
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WHAT? I HAVE TO COME BACK.MIGHT WIN THE LOTTERY BY THE END.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GO ON TO THE REGULAR, OH WAIT, THIS PROOF RECOMMENDATION.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE FIRST GUYS, GUYS TAKE CARE.
THEY'RE TAKING YOU TO DINNER NOW.
BUT YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
SO THE FIRST, THE FIRST WAS BRUCE MCRAY AND THE SECOND WAS JOE MURRAY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE TO JUST, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THIS, WE CAN CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM ONE? NO, SEEING NONE.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO A VOTE IF THERE'S NO LONGER DISCUSSION.
WE DON'T NEED THE FIRST AND SECOND.
'CAUSE WE DID AT THE BE, SO, UM, I'LL MOVE TO A VOTE ON THIS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING.
ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NOTHING IS PASSED.
UM, DO I HAVE AND I HAVE TO DO THE FIRST AND SECOND FOR EVERY AGENDA ITEM, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO, UM, CAN I GET A FIRST FOR THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2023.
UM, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS.
I WAS NOT AT THE, THE LAST MEETING.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING THE, UH, MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? SAY AYE.
YOU GOTTA DO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MEETING NOTES FROM LAST MONTH? HEARING NONE.
ANY IN SUPPORT OR I'LL SAY FIVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I NEED TO ABSTAIN.
TWO AB EXTENSIONS AND I'M UNDERSTANDING I WASN'T HERE.
SO THE THIRD ITEM IS A RECOMMENDATION TO UPHOLD THE JUNE 8TH, 2023 MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE REPLACEMENT OF A MEMORIAL BENCH IN BASIN FOUR OF ALAMEDA BAY MARINA TO HONOR CASEY RICHARD CLARK.
THAT IS A FIRST BY BRUCE MCRAY AND A SECOND BY JOE MURRAY.
UH, I WILL MOVE FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, THIS IS A, UH, UH, NEW BENCH REQUEST, UH, FROM PARTNERS OF PARKS ON BEHALF OF THE CLARK FAMILY.
UH, THIS WAS A REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AT ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, FOR BASIN FOUR, JUST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS BUILDING IN JUNE.
UH, OVERLOOK PARK CURRENTLY HAS SEVEN BENCHES IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A NEW BENCH AT THE LOCATION THAT YOU'LL ALSO BE REVIEWING TODAY.
UH, FOR THE REVEAL FAMILY, UH, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU UPHOLD THE BENCH PLACEMENT REQUEST FROM JUNE FOR THE CLARK BENCH AT THE LOCATION HERE IN BASIN FOUR.
SO AS TO MAINTAIN A LIMITED NUMBER OF BENCHES AT OVERLOOK PARK.
UH, WE BELIEVE THE GREEN BUREAU STAFF BELIEVE THAT WE'VE REACHED A SATURATION POINT FOR BENCHES AT OVERLOOK PARK.
UH, WE DO WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL BENCH FOR THE NEW REQUEST THAT YOU WILL HEAR SOON.
HOWEVER, THIS IS A PREVIOUS REQUEST THAT ALREADY BEEN APPROVED ON ANOTHER LOCATION.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TODAY IS TO UPHOLD THAT LOCATION, THE APPROVAL OF THAT LOCATION REQUEST HERE IN BASIN FOUR.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
UH, I CAN SHOW YOU THE MAP AND I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
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DON'T, WE CAN'T HAVE QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW.SO YOU CAN, UH, ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN YEAH.
UH, SO WAS THAT, THAT YOU JUST PUT UP THERE, IS THAT ON THE WEBSITE? UH, THIS IS, UH, A MAP THAT WE UTILIZE NO, NO.
ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, YES.
SO MY NAME IS RINKA ROULO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS PARKS.
SO THE CLARK ACADEMY, WE REACHED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE IN JUNE.
UM, WE PRESENTED THE MAP, OBVIOUSLY AT THE LOCATION THAT WAS APPROVED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY THOUGHT THE MAP THAT WE WERE APPROVING WAS THREE BENCHES ON THIS DIRECTION OF THE YACHT CLUB.
AND IT WAS THREE DIRECT BENCHES ON THIS DIRECTION.
SO SHE KEPT TALKING TO ME AFTER THE APPROVAL ABOUT, OH, THERE'S A SIGN IN TRASH CAN.
I'M LIKE, THERE IS NO SIGN IN TRASH CAN THERE.
SO I WENT OUT AND I STOOD THERE AND I'M LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE APPROVED.
AND SHE'S LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT BECAUSE THIS, THE LOCATION THAT WAS APPROVED BACKS UP TO THE PARKING LOT, RIGHT? THE BACK IS IN THE PARKING LOT AND THE FRONT FACING WITH THE BOATS.
AND THEY THOUGHT WE, IF YOU MAKE LIKE AN L TURN TO THE RIGHT THAT IT WAS THREE BENCHES THIS WAY, WHICH JUST FACES THE WATER.
SO WE HAVE, THE BENCH HAS BEEN IN STORAGE FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.
SO, UM, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA PLACE IT THERE.
THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT LOCATION.
SO THE ONLY REASON THAT WE WERE EVEN AT OVERLOOK PARK IS BECAUSE WE WENT TO NOTICE, REMEMBER HOW WE STARTED WITH THE NEW POLICY? WE'RE NOTICING BENCHES THAT HAVE EXPIRED.
RIGHT? WE TRIED TO NOTICE TWO GROUPS THAT CREATED SIGNIFICANT BACKLASH FROM TWO NON-PROFITS THAT DID NOT.
BUT WE DID HAVE ONE WONDERFUL GRACIOUSLY MAPLES IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION AGREED TO RELOCATE THEIR BENCH SO THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THE REVEAL FAMILY, WHICH YOU'RE ALSO REVIEWING TODAY.
AND SO WE WENT OUT AND DID A SITE VISIT WITH DIRECTOR.
UM, I JUST, THEY SAID, HEY, HELP US FIND A NEW SPACE.
WELL, WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE CONDITION OF THEIR BENCH, WHICH IS 30 YEARS OLD AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT.
SO THE THOUGHT WAS, IF WE TRY TO MOVE IT, IT'S GONNA CRUMBLE.
AND THEN WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR A NEW BENCH, WHICH WE DIDN'T WANT BE.
AND THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD CREATE NEW SPACES HERE? SO WE IDENTIFIED NEW SPACES.
I REACHED OUT TO REEN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG STORY.
AND THEN AS I WENT OUT WITH CONSERVATION CORPS, BECAUSE NEW PADS WILL HAVE TO BE POURED, I WENT OUT WITH CONSERVATION COURT TO MEASURE.
THEN BONNIE CLARK WALKS BY AND I SAID, OH, WE'RE MEASURING FOR NEW SPACES.
'CAUSE SHE LIVES RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
AND SHE'S LIKE, OH, WE'D RATHER HAVE A SPACE OVER HERE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I WILL FIND OUT TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
AND THEN REACHED OUT TO THE MARINE TEAM TO SAY WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS WE NEED TO BE MADE.
UM, DO WE PHYSICALLY HAVE THE SPACE THERE? WE MEASURED IF THERE WAS PHYSICALLY SPACE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S SORT OF HOW WE GOT HERE.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, LOSING A YOUNG 20 SOMETHING SUN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO 'EM.
AND WITH EVERY TRIBUTE BENCH, THERE'S A SENTIMENTAL ATTACHMENT TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO YOU OR NOT.
THEY HAD AN ATTACHMENT TO THE SPOT THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE SPOT WE APPROVED, WHICH WAS NOT.
UM, AND SO THIS BECAME AN OPTION, IT WAS MERELY OF IS, IS IF THIS IS AN OPTION, WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE IT HERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE A COMMUNITY, THEY'RE STARTING A FOUNDATION.
THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN ALL THE NONPROFITS IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND AS A PARENT WANTING TO HAVE IT IN PLACE THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO YOU.
SO I'M HERE AS AN ADVOCATE TO, TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL PROCEED WITH HOWEVER YOU DECIDE.
BUT ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY, UM, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY.
AND IF THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A POSSIBILITY, CAN WE PLEASE FIND HER AN ULTRA APPLICATION THAT THEY DO PREFER THAT THEY WOULDN'T
AND THE THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE A BENCH THAT WAS THERE, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO DO.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD TO REMOVE THAT BENCH.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF THE UPSIDE IN THIS CASE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, I'VE SEEN NO ONE WHO WANTS TO ENGAGE.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I RECALL, UM, WE ALL RECEIVED THE PACKET AND, AND SEVERAL OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF, WENT TO THE LOCATION AND IN THE PACKET WE RECEIVED IT WAS CLEARLY LABELED AS TO THE LOCATION AND WHOSE NAME WAS ON THE BENCH AT THE TIME.
AND PART OF THE EMOTION WAS HE FISHED THERE.
WHEN I WENT TO THAT LOCATION TO YOUNG MEN WERE FISHING RIGHT THERE.
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IT SEEMED LIKE A LOGICAL ONE THAT WENT TO THE LINKAGE.THEY TALKED ABOUT GOING TO THE AREA OF THE BENCH WHEN THEY ADDRESSED US.
UH, SO IT DOESN'T SEEM CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HEARD, THAT THEY HADN'T CHECKED THAT VENUE.
UM, I SUPPORT, UM, UPHOLDING OUR ORIGINAL DECISION PERSONALLY.
WHAT, WHAT, SO CAN I, I'M GONNA JUST CLARIFY REALLY QUICK.
THERE WAS CONFUSION ON THE PART OF THE FAMILY WITH RESPECT TO THE LOCATION THAT WE APPROVED IN JUNE.
THEY HAD A DIFFERENT PLACE IN MIND AND HAD IDENTIFIED, WE WENT THROUGH THE STEPS THROUGH STAFF AND THROUGH PARTNERS PARK TO APPROVE A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
THEY, THEY WERE HERE AND SAW THE SAME PAPERWORK.
UM, SO, UH, SO THAT HELPS ME BETTER UNDERSTAND.
THERE WAS JUST GENERAL CONFUSION.
WHAT, WHAT WORRIES ME IS PRESIDENT SAID, I MEAN, IF ANYBODY DOES IT AND THEY WANT TO CHANGE THEIR MIND, I, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK I SERVE ON TOO MANY BOARDS IN, IN THE SENSE OF IF, SO YOU DO ONE FOR SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE IF IT COMES DOWN THE ROAD.
'CAUSE WE WILL SET PRECEDENCES.
UM, SO I WOULD BE OFF TO GO WITH THE, WITH THE ADVICE.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I HAVE, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
YOU WERE SAYING THERE WAS AN OLD BENCH THAT WAS 30 YEARS OLD AND THEN YOU WERE JUST TELLING US, NOW I'M CONFUSED WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? BECAUSE YOU SAID WE DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE A BENCH AND THAT WASN'T THAT ONE, WAS IT? I MEAN, AM I NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND RIGHT OR AM I YEAH, SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND.
SO I HEARD AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE WAS AN OLD BENCH THAT WAS 30 YEARS OLD AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO CRUMBLE AND FALL APART.
AND THEN WHEN OUR PARTNERS IN PARK DIRECTOR FINISHED HER HER PRESENTATION, SHE SAID THIS WAS GOOD 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE A BENCH.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL BENCHES AT OVERLOOK PARK THAT HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER THAN THE 10 YEAR ALLOTMENT THAT WE'VE STARTED AFRESH ANEW WITH OUR NEW POLICY.
WE PARTNERS PARK REACH OUT TO THE NAPLES ISLAND ASSOCIATION AND THE NAPLES, UH, GARDEN CLUB ABOUT, HEY, YOU NEED TO RE-UP TO GET YOUR BENCHES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK THERE.
AND IN A, A COMPROMISE IN, IN LOOKING TO, TO MEET THEIR NEEDS WHILE TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A, A REQUESTER, UH, UH, TRINKA IS LOOKING TO PLACE A NEW BENCH, ANOTHER A SECOND NEW BENCH.
WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT A FIRST NEW BENCH THERE, BUT SHE WANTS TO, OR PART OF THE PARKS WOULD LIKE TO DO A SECOND NEW BENCH AT OVERLOOK PARK.
NOW WHAT THE MARINE BUREAU FEELS IS THAT WE'RE AT A SATURATION POINT AT OVERLOOK PARK.
WE CAN GET AN EIGHTH BENCH IN THERE.
HOWEVER, WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE CLARK FAMILY TO APPROVE AT A LOCATION THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCATION THEY WERE REQUESTING BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
SO THEREBY OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS THE MARINE BUREAU IS THAT WE WANT TO, WE'RE REQUESTING YOU TO UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE LOCATION MADE IN JUNE, THEREBY SUPPORTING THE, THE SATURATION MAXIMUM AND OVERLOOKED PART AT EIGHT.
SO THESE ULTIMATELY ARE COMMEMORATIVE BENCHES AND IT'S UP TO, IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SPONSOR THESE BENCHES AS TO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
SO IF THESE, IF THIS FAMILY ENDED UP SAYING, THIS IS NOT A LOCATION THAT I WANT THIS COMMEMORATIVE BENCH TO BE, I DON'T WANT IT THERE, THE CITY IS MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE IT GO TO ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE THERE'S AN AVAILABLE ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE APPROVED THE, THE LOCATION AT BASIN FOUR, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU UPHOLD THAT LOCATION FOR THE TIME BEING, WHICH MEANS WE, WE JUST WOULD LIKE THE SATURATION MAXIMUM TO BE EIGHT AT OVERLOOK PARK.
IF THE CLARK FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH RINKA AND PARTNERS PARK TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION THAT'S ON OUR
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MAP, WILL DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY BRING THAT TO YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.SO I'M, I'M OF SORT OF TWO MINDS ON THIS.
SO I DO WANT TO UPHOLD THE, THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION.
I, I ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME, UM, ALLOWANCE FOR THE FAMILY TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER POSITION, ANOTHER FACILITY OR SPOT THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE THIS IF THEY DON'T WANT IT AT THIS LOCATION.
SO, I MEAN, I'D RECOMMEND MAYBE, UM, I'D RECOMMEND MODIFYING THE LANGUAGE ON THE ADOPTION TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, UPHOLDING THE LOCATION, BUT ALLOWING THE FAMILY TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER LOCATION, UM, IF THEY WANT TO CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE THEIR ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO JUST TAKE THE BENCH, TAKE IT HOME.
OR, OR IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE, IT'S JUST GONNA SIT IN A CITY FACILITY IT CHECK OUT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TO PUSH FORWARD A, A MODIFIED APPROVAL.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN JUST APPROVE AS IS NOW.
AND THEN THEY'LL BRING ANOTHER LOCATION TO US AT A LATER DATE AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU WITH A APPROVAL OF LOCATION.
SO IF YOU SEE THAT, THAT'S FINE.
AND SINCE THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FAMILY, I'M SURE THE REPRESENTATIVE COULD RELAY THAT MESSAGE THAT WE'RE OPEN TO ANOTHER LOCATION IF THEY WANT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, BUT NOT A LOCATION WHERE IT'S ALREADY SATURATED.
'CAUSE THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT HOPEFULLY THE FAMILY HAS ANOTHER CONNECTION TO.
UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR RESPONSIBLE, WELL, NOT RESPONDING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID THAT WE COULD DIRECT TOWARDS THIS STEP.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, BUT THE BENCHES THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE THE REASON THAT IT'S SATURATED, BUT DO THEY HAVE ANY SUN SETTING DATE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF OR HAS THAT FACTORED INTO ANY OF THIS CONVERSATION? CAN YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS? YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT ON OUR, OUR OUR MAP AND THE TWO THAT WE'RE IN QUESTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE STILL ONGOING.
WE WILL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THOSE GROUPS, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SEVEN BENCHES CURRENTLY.
WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PLACE AN EIGHTH THERE WITH THE REVEAL FAMILY.
BUT AS WE PLACE NEW BENCHES, UH, THEY'LL BE BEHOLDEN TO THE NEW CONTRACT CONTRACT, WHICH IS 10 YEAR.
THESE OLDER BENCHES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT CAN BE UPWARDS OF 20 TO 30 YEARS OLD.
UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT, THAT BINDING LANGUAGE RIGHT.
IN A CONTRACT, IF WE CAN FIND THE CONTRACT.
SO, UH, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO, TO FIND, FIND A, A POSITIVE SOLUTION ACROSS THE BOARD.
I MEAN I WOULD THINK, AND I, I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THIS, BUT
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG BENCHES LAST.
I MEAN, THESE ARE PROBABLY CONCRETE BENCHES OR SOMETHING, OR PLASTIC BENCHES, I MEAN, OR IF THEY'RE IN A BRITTLE CONDITION, LIKE ONE OF THESE OTHER ONES WHERE I WOULD THINK IT'S UP TO WHATEVER YOUR NORMAL DECOMMISSIONING OF BENCHES RIGHT.
AND IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, YOU COULD PROBABLY DECOMMISSION THAT BENCH AND PUT A NEW ONE IN ITS PLACE.
BUT, AND THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH WITH A COUPLE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR MARINE MAINTENANCE TEAM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR SAFETY OFFICER AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH PARTNERS PARKS TO, TO ADDRESS HOW WE GET THAT MOVEMENT.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU JUST HAVE A, A STORAGE ROOM FULL OF BENCHES WAITING FOR OVERLOOK PARK TO OPEN UP AND THEN PLACE THOSE THERE.
WELL, SO THEN I, YEAH, A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU FIND THAT THERE'S MORE REQUESTS FOR THESE KINDS OF BENCHES THAN THERE WERE 20 YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO? IS IT SOMETHING WHY I'M LOOKING YEAH.
OR I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING OUT LOUD, LET ME JUST PUT IT THAT WAY THERE.
IT'S, IT'S A POPULAR ITEM FOR, FOR A TRIBUTE.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I CAN SEE THAT.
I CAN TOTALLY SEE THAT WE HAVE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BECOME MORE POPULAR AS THEY'VE BECOME MORE PREVALENT IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
SO AS PEOPLE HAVE RECOGNIZED THEM, PEOPLE HAVE BECOME TO ASK FOR THEM ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE.
IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN OPEN SPACE AND THE, THE
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THE WANT AND THE NEED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, RELATIVES.WELL, I MEAN, THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, JUST WONDERING OUT LOUD TO MYSELF IS, UM, IF IN ADDITION TO BENCHES, YOU KNOW, LIKE A MEMORIAL WALL OR MEMORIAL STAFF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC, THEY HAVE THAT DIFFERENT, THERE'S SOME ARE BENCHES, SOME ARE PLAQUES, SOME ARE OTHER THINGS.
AND IT IS A REALLY LOVELY WAY TO HONOR SOMEBODY.
SOME, SOME MIGHT BE TREES IN THE BAY.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY IS SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS GOES AND LOOKS FOR HER LITTLE SQUARE AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC THAT I GOT AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT ONCE
UM, WHEN SOME OF THESE BENCHES WERE BOUGHT 30 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, WHAT WERE THE PRICES BACK THEN? WERE THEY JUST CONSISTENT TO WHAT, WHAT PRICES ARE NOW? THE COSTS NOW? OR WERE THEY, WERE THEY MORE REPRESENTATIVE? UH, NO, I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT FIGURES.
UH, BUT THE COST OF THE BENCH NOW PAYS FOR THE COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF THE BENCH AND A, A QUALITY DONATION TO OUR PARKS PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
AND PART OF THE DUTY TO PLACE IS TO MAINTAIN THE, THE BENCHES AND THE PARKS FOR THIS BENCH INSTALLATION RELOCATION.
SO WE'RE KEEPING IT CLEAN AND KEEPING THEM UP.
AND IF ONE IS DETERIORATING AND THAT GROUP DOESN'T WANT TO RE-UP IT, UH, THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT GETS TO A POINT THAT IT'S UNSAFE, UH, AND THEN WE TAKE IT OUT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? COMMISSIONERS? ANY HEARING? NONE.
UM, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE VOTE ON THIS.
UH, THERE'S NO NEED FOR FIRST OR SECONDS.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING TO UPHOLD THE APPROVAL OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MEMORIAL BENCH IN BASIN FOUR OF ALAMEDA BAY MARINA TO HONOR CASEY, RICHARD CLARK, SAY, AYE.
ALL ENC OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS? UH, IT IS UPHILL.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, PLEASE GIVE YOUR STUFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TO THE FAMILY ABOUT OTHER LOCATIONS, THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY'RE NOT LOCKED INTO THIS ONE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM OF THE AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO IMPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF A NEW MEMORIAL BENCH IN OBOCK PARK TO HONOR THERESA JOHN AND, UH, CORINNE REVELLE.
UM, CAN I HAVE A FIRST ON SOUND? UM, THAT'S JOE MURRAY WITH THE FIRST SECOND AND, UH, BRUCE GRAY WITH A SECOND.
UH, THIS IS, LIKE YOU SAID, A REQUEST FOR A NEW MEMORIAL BENCH AT OVERLOOK PARK.
THIS WILL BE THE EIGHTH, UH, EIGHTH, UH, BENCH AT THE LOCATION.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS A, A GOOD SATURATION POINT FOR THE LOCATION.
UH, WE BELIEVE EIGHT WOULD BE A SOLID MAXIMUM FOR THIS AREA.
UH, THE FAMILY I BELIEVE IS PER, IS THERE A FAMILY MEMBER PRESENT? NO, NO.
UH, BUT THE, UH, YOU HAVE THE PACKET.
IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE, UH, THEES.
UH, THEY WERE, UH, WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND THEY, THEY WERE PILOTS AND IT'S JUST A REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE STORY FOR THE TRIBUTE OF THIS BENCH.
SO, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE NEW, UH, PLACEMENT OF THIS BENCH AT OVERLOOK PARK AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUR SATURATION POINT.
A ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? I, YES, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THE REQUESTER IS, UM, LORRAINE RALE AND SHE'S BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS, UM, EVERY FEW MONTHS AS IF WE WERE LOOKING TO FINALIZE SORT OF THE NEW PLAN AND THE MASTER MAP.
UM, THIS WAS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WAS MEANINGFUL TO HER.
HER FAMILY LIVED ON VISTA DEL GULFO RIGHT IN THAT AREA FOR THEIR ENTIRE TIME IN LONG BEACH.
IT'S FOR HER PARENTS AND HER SISTER WHO PASSED AWAY.
AND SHE CURRENTLY LIVES IN CAMARILLO, SO IT'S UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY.
UM, BUT SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY IT WAS, IT WAS WITH HER IN MIND AND THAT REQUEST IN MIND THAT WE NOTIFIED THOSE TWO, THE ORIGINAL TWO BENCHES WITH THAT WERE 30 YEARS OLD.
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UM, AND SORT OF THIS WAS THE COMPROMISE.UM, LIKE WE SAID THAT THAT WAS TODD MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, AND SO SHE'S JUST FROM THE MOON, LIKE ECSTATIC, BUT THIS IS THE PLACE THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO HER.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? UH, HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO TO THE QUESTION.
SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHAT KIND OF CONTRIBUTION DOES A FAMILY MAKE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH ONE OF THESE VENTURES? A FINANCIAL ONE.
WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL SUM ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THEY'RE $10,000, $12,000.
WELL, IT GOES TO MY IDEA OF GETTING A BENCH, NOT SURE
YES, THERE'S DIFFERENT SIZES OF BENCHES.
SOME ARE JUST BENCHES, SOME ARE, YEAH.
BACK IN THE, IN THE PACKET ON HERE, THERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BENCHES THAT YOU CAN GET, INCLUDING THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF, UM, PLAQUES.
UM, THAT CAN BE PUT ONTO OR MADE INTO, INTO THE BENCH AS WELL AS I THINK PRICING DOES.
HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE TREE ON THE BAY? WHAT DOES THAT WELL, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PART YET.
TREES ON THE BAY, BUT I MEAN THAT DOES, UM, THIS, WHAT THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION IS DOING AND WHAT THE CITY IS DOING NOW IS TRACKING THE AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, HOURS WE'RE SPENDING ON THAT TO FIND OUT HOW LONG OR HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S COSTING.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FUNDED ISSUE.
SO, SO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION CAN TRY TO LEAD IN THE UPCOMING YEAR IN 2024, AN EFFORT TO GET ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND SO IF WE GET ALTERNATIVE FUNDING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE SPONSORSHIPS, WHICH USED TO HAPPEN FOR INDIVIDUAL TREES, THEN THAT MIGHT BE A MORE AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR SOME FAMILIES TO DO FOR A, LIKE A ONE YEAR, ONE SEASON COMMEMORATIVE TREE, PARTICULAR TREE ON THE BAY.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT LEVEL OF MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT HOWEVER THEY'RE GONNA BE PRICED, UM, IT'S GONNA BE PRICED BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT ARE PUT INTO, INTO DOING IT HAS TO BE COST BENEFIT.
AND SO IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ITSELF AND THAT THAT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE MARINE BUREAU WITH LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS OR A MONTH AND A HALF.
SO, UM, THAT OVERLOOK PARK IS A REGULAR PART OF MY WALK AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S SATURATED ALREADY.
ADDING A BENCH AND WITH THE EMOTIONAL TIES THAT THAT ONE HAS, I THINK THAT'S MAYBE AN EXCEPTION WE'D WANNA MAKE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT REALLY FEELS LIKE THAT AREA HAS A LOT OF BENCHES.
TRYING TO ONE BIG BENCH AND A AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SLEEPING ON IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMISSIONER KIN? OKAY.
UM, SO WAIT, I THINK AS I CAN UNDERSTAND IT, LIKE THERE'S 10 YEAR CONTRACTS IN HER LETTER IT SAYS A GIFT THAT WOULD LAST A LIFETIME AS I WOULD LOVE TO BE REMEMBERED ONE DAY ON THE MEMORIAL BENCH WITH MY FAMILY.
SO IT, I KNOW WE CAN'T ASK THE PUBLIC, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SHE'S UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT MAYBE HER BENCH WILL BE IN PERPETUITY.
SO YOU HAVE 10 YEAR RENEWAL PERIOD.
RIGHT? SO EACH 10 YEARS YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE AND AN ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TO THE CITY, WHICH WILL, WHICH WILL TAKE CARE OF, OF ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVERY 10 YEARS WE DO THAT CHECK-IN AND IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL IS, IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT OR NO LONGER WISHES TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT, THAT SPACE BECOMES OPEN TO A NEW BENCH PLACEMENT OR A REPLACEMENT.
SO IF SHE WANTS TO BE MEMORIALIZED, SHE'LL HAVE TO ASK, JUST CONTINUE ON, ON, ON A 10 YEAR SCHEDULE.
JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR TO HER.
SO IT'D BE SIX GRAND A YEAR, SIX GRAND THAT WHATEVER COST TO ADD A NAME.
SIX GRAND FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
SO RENEWALS ONLY FIVE YEARS? CORRECT.
SO IT'S 12 GRAND FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.
NOW IS IT UNLIMITED BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE BENCH? YES.
SO IF THEY WANTED, IF THEY WANTED TO RENEW IT AND GET ANOTHER REPLACEMENT BENCH, IT WOULD BE THE FULL DEAL.
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I MIGHT BE PUTTING YOU GUYS ON THE SPOT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO STAFF ABOUT THAT AND COME BACK TO YOU ON A LATER DATE.WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF NAMES THAT THEY CAN PUT ON A BENCH AND DOES IT COST THE SAME FOR 10 NAMES VERSUS ONE? YEAH, IT COSTS, IT'S, IT'S THE PRICE OF THE BENCH AND SO THE PLAQUE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE BENCH.
RIGHT NOW, THE COST OF A BENCH IS 12,000 AND THAT COVERS, AGAIN, THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE PURCHASE AND IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION OR PLACEMENT OF THE BENCH, PLUS A DONATION TO PARKS PROGRAMS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY CHANGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH PRICING AND, AND, AND THOSE THINGS.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, HOW MANY NAMES DO YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE BENCH? YEAH.
OH, IT, IT'S REALLY UP TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.
I MEAN, IF, IF IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE IT'S A LOT OF NAMES, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE PRICE MAY CHANGE BASED ON THE COST OF THE BENCH.
SO, UM, WHILE THERE IS A SET COST, RIGHT NOW, IF YOUR ASK FOR A BENCH IS OUTSIDE THE NORM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT COST WOULD CHANGE BASED ON THE PRICE OF THE VENTURE.
SEEMS IF IT WAS A BRASS PLAQUE ON IT, INSTEAD THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE REMOVED AND SAVING DOLLARS.
I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO RE-UP IT $6,000 FOR EVERY FIVE YEARS.
I MEAN, THAT JUST SEEMS THEY ALREADY BOUGHT THE BENCH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU WANT TO, THE MAINTENANCE, I JUST, THAT'S JUST A LOT OF MONEY AND I THINK IS SOME OF THE IDEA TO GET TURNOVER TO MAKE THOSE BENCHES AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FEAR THAT, THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE FURTHER IN THE FUTURE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IS WE DO HAVE TO FIND THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF BENCHES THAT WE DO HAVE AND THE OPEN SPACE WE HAVE.
SO AT A CERTAIN POINT WE WILL HIT AN OVERALL SATURATION.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE WANT TO AFFECT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TURNOVER.
WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BENCH FOR A LIFETIME.
UH, HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE TO BUY INTO THAT BECAUSE IT DOES COST, COST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND RESOURCES TO MAIN MAINTAIN THESE BENCHES ON A DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, YEARLY BASIS.
WONDER WHAT WE GOOD FOR BRICKS,
I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY THE COMMUNITY I'M ACTIVE IN.
UM, THERE ARE SO MANY BENCHES AND IT'S SO SATURATED AND THIS WAIT LIST IS SO LONG THAT THEY DON'T EVEN ACCEPT NAMES ON THE WAIT LIST.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS BETTER TURNING IT OVER.
I'M JUST THINKING OF OTHER OPTIONS TO MAKE MONEY.
SOMEBODY HAD, HAS A BENCH AND SPENT $12,000 ON A BENCH AND, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW GETS, YOU KNOW, HAS TO RE-UP OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW HAS TO RE-UP ANOTHER THING AND ALSO SAYS, WELL, THAT'S BEEN NICE ON MY BENCH, BUT MAYBE WE CAN PUT A BRICK ON THE GROUND.
I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST THROWING US OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE MONEY.
BUT PEOPLE DON'T KEEP MAKING MONEY AS THEY GET OLDER.
THEY GO ON RETIREMENT, THEY GO ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
THAT BECOMES A BURDEN WHEN THEY'VE ALREADY INVESTED A CHUNK OF MONEY.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE AS STAFF CAN LOOK AT, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARTNERS OF PARKS TO FIND, FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THAT AND OFFER OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TIME WHEN MAYBE PEOPLE CANNOT OR DO NOT WANT TO, UH, MAKE THOSE RENEWAL PAYMENTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE TO, TO ADDRESS AN OPPORTUNITY, AN ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN THAT TRIBUTE TREES IN THE BAY TOO.
I, I, I I THINK IT'S JUST BEING, IT SORT OF SHOCKED ME IT $6,000 AFTER FIVE YEARS I WENT, WOW.
DOES THE APPLICATION HAVE SOMETHING ON IT SOMEWHERE THAT SAYS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO RENEW AND REBUILD OR YEAH.
RENEW AND RENEWAL, UH, PRICE WILL BE AT SUCH AND SUCH OR ANYTHING.
SO THEY KNOW WHAT AT THE GET GO AT THIS TIME IT'S NOT IN THE APPLICATION, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE PURCHASE AND, AND IMPLEMENTATION AND PLACEMENT OF THE BENCH, YES.
THAT IS COMMUNICATED TO THE REQUESTING ARE APPLICATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
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I'LL MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF THE NEW MEMORIAL BENCH IN OVERLOOK PARK TO HONOR THERESA JOHN AND, UH, KARE REVELLE.UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? UH, IT IS APPROVED.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND, AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
UM, CAN I GET A, UH, MOTION OR A SECOND? I'LL MOVE.
ELIZABETH, COMMISSIONER LAMB AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CARLIN.
OKAY, DON, FOR OUR, UH, TO START OFF OUR, UH, MANAGEMENT REPORT, WE'LL START WITH SERGEANT SMIFF FROM MARINE PATROL.
ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS SERGEANT.
OVERALL, OCTOBER WAS AVERAGE FOR TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE AND CITATIONS ISSUED, AND A BIT HIGHER FOR DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND THAT WAS DRIVEN MOSTLY BY AN INCREASE IN CALLS FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS.
THAT'S THIS, WELL, NOT THIS MONTH.
OCTOBER, UH, DISPATCH, WE HAD 75 CALLS, OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITY.
WE HAD 38 REPORTS, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE BASED UPON LAST MONTH'S NUMBERS.
BUT, UM, THAT WAS AN INCREASE IN IMPOUNDS, UH, PROBABLY DRIVEN BY THE BOAT AUCTION.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, FOUND PROPERTY.
WE HAD 80 CITATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED.
62 OF THOSE WERE BOAT OWNER PARKING VIOLATIONS.
UH, SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS WERE THREE ARRESTS.
SO GANGWAY TEETH, THERE WAS A SUBJECT FOUND ABOARD A BOAT.
HE WAS ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY, UH, RAINBOW HARBOR.
THERE WAS A SUBJECT TRESPASSING ON A BOAT, AND SHE RESISTED ARREST WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
AND THEN WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THE LIFEGUARDS DETAINED A VESSEL TO INVESTIGATE A, UH, POSSIBLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT.
THAT SUBJECT WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND BECAME COMBATIVE, SO HE WAS ALSO ARRESTED.
NO INJURIES TO ANY PARTS INVOLVED ON THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE TO GO TO PUBLIC FIRST OR? YES, I WOULD GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SIR? YOU, YOU HEARD WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, UH, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THE BLANK CARS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, IS THAT POSSIBLE YOU COULD, UH, MAYBE LOOK AT THAT? I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN TAKE IT TO THE CHIEF TOO AND JUST SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? SURE.
YOU KNOW, BUT I, IT, THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, HOMELESSNESS AND HAVING SOMEBODY THERE, UH, AT LEAST WITH THE LIGHTS ON AND HAVING A UNIT THERE, MAYBE IF THEY WENT BY, YOU KNOW, TWICE A NIGHT, UH, THE NIGHT CREW, UM, JUST TO HAVE THE LIGHTS ON AND HAVE THEIR VEHICLE OUTSIDE COULD SLOW DOWN, UM, AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT WE CAN'T GO THERE ANYMORE.
SECONDLY, I WAS REAL IMPRESSED WHEN I WENT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AND YOU HAD SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT WAS DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE, THE RED ZONES OF THE OWNERS, UH, AND TICKETING A NUMBER OF CARS.
UM, AND HE WAS BEING NICE ABOUT IT.
AND I'M AMAZED THAT PEOPLE JUST GOT OUTTA THEIR CAR AND JUST LOOKED AT 'EM AND WALKED AWAY.
AND I'M GOING, YOU CAN'T PARK THERE.
RIGHT? UM, AND THEY STILL PARK THERE AND THEY WALKED AWAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO ME.
AND HE JUST PULLED IT OUT AND, UH, WAS WRITING CITATIONS.
THAT IS, THAT IS ACTUALLY A POSITION THAT WE STAFF ON OVERTIME SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND THAT WAS BASED OFF OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT HAD BEEN GENERATED INITIALLY, UH, WHICH HAD GREATLY SUBSIDED.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
SO IT'S, IT'S A FOUR HOUR GATING AND THEY CAN ATTACH IT TO THE END OF THEIR SHIFT AND MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA POCKET.
YOU'RE MAKING SOME MONEY FOR THE CITY, I'M TELLING YOU THAT.
QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR THE CITY.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE DECOY STUFF, DECOY CARS GO, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL 'EM WHEN WE CALL 'EM GHOST CARS.
UM, PERSONALLY I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE IN MY OWN VEHICLE AND WALKED AROUND AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE CONSIDER ARE THERE.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T LOOK AT THAT AS AN OPTION.
UM, JUST THIS PAST WEEK AS FAR AS TAKING EFFECTIVE ACTION, UM, WE PARTNERED WITH SOUTH DIVISION.
SO THE BEACH ITSELF IS OUTSIDE OF MARINE PATROL'S, NORMAL AREA OF OPERATION.
UH, STICK TO THE MARINAS BECAUSE SLIP FEES PAY FOR MARINE PATROL.
SO THE MARINA DESERVES OUR ATTENTION.
UM, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH SOUTH DIVISION PATROL OFFICERS ON GRAVEYARDS, USUALLY BETWEEN THREE AND 4:00 AM UH, WE DID IT TWICE LAST WEEK TO DO KIND OF LIKE A BEACH SWEEP.
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PATROL OFFICERS AREN'T NECESSARILY ALLOWED TO BE PROACTIVE IN THE BEACH.THEY CAN HOWEVER, ASSIST WITH THE FOUR BY FOUR VEHICLES.
SO WE HAVE THE JEEPS THAT PATROL OFFICERS DON'T HAVE.
SO PATROL OFFICER HOPS AND THE JEEP WITH US.
AND WE GO DOWN AND, UM, CONTACT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE BEACH AFTER HOURS ISSUE, CITATIONS, TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTIONS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST RECENTLY STARTED LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT AND HOPEFULLY SEE SOME EFFECT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
CAN I, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, SO IT SOUNDS GREAT, I'M NOT AT ALL BEING CRITICAL, BUT ARE THEY GOING TO A HOMELESS SHELTER OR ARE THEY JUST GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY? OR DO THEY GET SOME SERVICES OR, UH, I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY NICE QUESTION FOR ME TO PROVE YOU
I MEAN, I TOTALLY GET IT THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THEM, BUT JUST MOVING THEM AROUND ISN'T REALLY RIGHT.
NO, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, SO THE, THE QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS HERE THAT WERE HERE LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH, EXCUSE ME, THEY EXPLAINED IT A LOT BETTER THAN I COULD AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO 'EM, AND I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH MY JOB.
SO THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD, THEY HAVE CONTACTS THAT THEY CAN CALL IF SOMEONE DOES WANT SERVICES AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP TO THE LIBERTY OF THE PERSON THEY'RE CONTACTING.
IF THEY WANT IT, FINE, IF NOT, THEN YOU CAN TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR AFTER HOURS ON THE BEACH OR CAMPING ON THE BEACH.
AND WHAT THESE BEACH SWEEPS ARE GENERATED FROM WAS COMPLAINTS BY THE CITIZENS IN THE AREA SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, UH, UH, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO CORY FORSTER FOR OUR, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE REPORT.
AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND GUESTS AND CORY FORSTER WITH BEACH MAINTENANCE.
OUR NEXT IS HIGH TIDE IS NOVEMBER 14TH, WHICH IS A 6.3.
OUR SURF AND SWELL PROJECTIONS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
WE'VE DETAILED THE BERM A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE'VE TOPPED THE TOP OF THE BERM SO IT'S ALL ONE LEVEL HEIGHT AND, UM, GIVES THE RESIDENCE A LITTLE BIT NICER VIEW.
UM, WE HAVE A LARGE STOCKPILE BETWEEN 54TH AND 55TH PLACE SO THAT WE'RE READY FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES UP DOWN ON THE BERM.
UM, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GET OUT ON THE BEACH, YOU'LL SEE IT'S CLEANER THAN IT'S LOOKED IN ALL A LONG TIME.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE FOUR NEW BEACH FIXED SURF RAKE, OR NOT SURF RAKES, BEACH RAKES.
THEY'RE USED FOR OUR DRY SAND, UM, GROOMING AND CLEANING.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK TO SOME OF THOSE CORE SERVICES NOW THAT WE'RE NOT ON WATERLINE CLEANING AND THE BERM WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THIS YEAR, UM, UH, WE'RE EXPECTING RAIN IN THE FORECAST NEXT WEEK, SO WE MAY SEE SOME WATER LINE FREE COMING OUT OF THAT LAKE RIVER.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THE CIVIL SERVICE HAS EXHAUSTED THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR LIST AND THEY'RE GONNA BE RUNNING A NEW LIST.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL THE THREE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE AT BEACH.
AND THAT'S, UH, CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
I WAS AMAZED ON THE AMOUNT OF TRASH, THE A HUNDRED POUND BAGS THAT WERE ON THE LIST THAT YOU SENT US IN, UH, UH, THAT YOU PICK UP.
UH, AND, AND WE HAD TALKED EARLIER AT OUR, OUR MEETING OF HAVING TODD AND GETTING THE CITY INVOLVED TO GET MORE FUNDING FOR YOU ALL.
UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S JUST ONE STORM OR TWO STORMS, UH, LOADS OUR BEACHES UP WITH TRASH AND LOADS THE WATERWAYS UP WITH TRASH AND WE GET VERY, VERY LITTLE FROM THE COUNTY OF LA.
UH, SO WE WILL PUSH ON THAT FOR YOU.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING, WHEN MY WIFE COMES HOME AND SAYS THAT THE WATER WAS AS CLEAR AS SHE'S EVER SEEN IN HER LIFE, I'M LIKE GOING, WOW, I DIDN'T GO DOWN THERE WITH YOU.
THAT WAS, UH, UH, UH, BUT, BUT KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S, UH, UH, IT SHOWS.
SO I, I WAS READING A REPORT, I SHARED IT WITH, UH, WITH TODD, A FEW OTHERS.
UM, THERE WAS A BAY FOUNDATION, UM, STUDY THAT HAPPENED IN LIKE SANTA MONICA AREA WHERE THEY, UH, WELL THE BAY FOUNDATION WITH SOME HELP FROM THE STATE, I THINK IT WAS THE STATE LANDS, MAYBE COASTAL COMMISSION DID SOME RE-VEGETATION OF THE BEACH AND PUT LIKE THE KINDS OF VEGETATION YOU WOULD ORIGINALLY FIND IN, UH, DUNE HABITAT
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AND FOUND THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY GROWING THE BEACH AND KEEPING A LOT OF THE SAND IN PLACE AND THEIR DUNES GREW BY THREE FEET.UM, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR AT LEAST THE CITY EXPLORING SOME MORE NATURAL ALTERNATIVES, UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOT RAKING FOR THAT AREA, BUT FOR THE PENINSULA.
IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A GOOD WAY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE EROSION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, AT LEAST IN A TEST AREA TO SEE IF THAT'S AN EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF DEALING WITH THIS SINCE IT IS COSTING SO MUCH MONEY TO DO BEACH REPLENISHMENT AND RENOURISHMENT.
I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DREDGING AND THERE'S THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DREDGE MATERIAL COULD BE USED TO FORTIFY THE PENINSULA.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE AWARE YOU'RE LOOKING INTO OR CONSIDERING? SO A LOT OF BEACH, UH, CITIES ARE LOOKING INTO LIVING SHORELINES.
AND UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO, UM, HOW THAT COULD BE PLUGGED AND PLAYED IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
UM, BUT IT'S KIND OF PRELIMINARY RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN INTO THE WEEDS OF IT YET, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT TODD AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHO AREN'T WEEDS
IT SEEMS LIKE IF THE CITY IS GOING TO START DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I MEAN, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD VENUE, THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO AT LEAST START HAVING PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BETWEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE PENINSULA WHO HOPEFULLY ARE AWARE OF US AND WE ARE NEAR THE, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE, UH, THE PENINSULA.
BUT, UM, WE THINK WE'D BE OPEN TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND HAVING IT, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO FROM VERY CLEAN MANICURED BEACHES TO EVEN AN ALTERNATIVE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, NATIVE GRASSES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, KEEPING SAND IN PLACE, THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO DO A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH.
SO YOU GUYS AREN'T FIELDING A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN CLEANING MY BEACH, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
UM, I, AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER A COMMENT.
AND THERE WAS A PIECE IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO ON THAT SUBJECT, AND THE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME OUT AT ME WAS THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT RAKE THE BEACH AND THEN STILL WORK A NATURAL SORT OF NATURE BASED SOLUTION TO SAND EROSION.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AT LEAST IN THE RENDERING STAGES OF WHATEVER WILL BE THE BELMONT PLAZA POOL IN THE FUTURE, THAT THE, UH, RENDERINGS, THE ACTUAL DRAWINGS OF THAT FACILITY DOES INCLUDE, UH, DUNES AND VEGETATION ON THE OCEAN SIDE, ON THE VERY SOUTH SIDE OF THAT PROJECT.
SO THAT COULD VERY WELL BE A COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO MAKE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE COASTAL COMMISSION, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORDER FOR, UM, UH, SEA LEVEL RISE MITIGATION.
SO IT IS A CONVERSATION DEFINITELY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, HOW TO START WORKING TOWARDS A, A NATURE-BASED SOLUTION TO THESE THINGS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, HEARING NONE, UH, THANKS.
UH, I'M GONNA GIVE OUR OPERATIONS REPORT.
UH, WE ARE, WE JUST FINISHED UP A BOAT AUCTION ON OCTOBER 28TH.
UH, IT WAS A FANTA FTA FANTASTIC AUCTION.
UH, WE SOLD ABOUT JUST UNDER $40,000 WORTH OF BOAT AND, UH, MARINE EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE HAD 10 VESSELS OF THOSE TEN EIGHT SOLD.
UM, THIS, THIS BOAT AUCTION, I BELIEVE WE HAD SOME OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT, UH, IT WAS VERY, UH, TELLING OF THE QUALITY OF BOAT IN OUR AUCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER WE'VE REALLY, REALLY STARTED TO TURN THE CORNER ON, UH, UH, SAVED OR SURRENDERED AND ABANDONED VESSELS IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
SO, LIKE I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE REMOVED 51, UH, SURRENDERED OR ABANDONED VESSELS OUT OF OUR FOOTPRINT, AND THAT HAS ALLOWED US NOT TO PLACE THEM IN OUR AUCTION.
AND SO IT'S REALLY ELEVATED THE QUALITY OF VESSEL IN OUR AUCTION.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT FOR AUCTIONS TO COME, IS THAT THE QUALITY OF BOAT GOING INTO OUR AUCTION WILL BRING A HIGHER QUALITY OF BOATER.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR END GOAL IS ALWAYS TO BRING A HIGH QUALITY BOATER, WHETHER THEY BE, UH, OF LOWER FINANCIAL MEANS OR THE HIGHEST FINANCIAL MEANS.
WE WANT TO BRING IN FIRST TIME VOTERS.
WE WANT TO BRING IN VOTERS THAT HAVE BEEN VOTING FOR YEARS.
BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO BRING IN THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE OF HIGH QUALITY AND THEY WANTED, THEY WANT TO BE A, A QUALITY PRESENCE IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
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UH, THAT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.UH, VMA HERNANDEZ IS OUR NEW MARINA SUPERVISOR IN SHORELINE MARINA.
UH, SHE IS A LONGTIME, UH, MARINA AGENT, AND WE WERE SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO PROMOTE HER AT THE, UH, END OF SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER.
SHE'S TAKING, UH, TAKING THE REINS AND, UH, SHE'S OFF AND GALLOPING.
UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS DOWN IN SHORELINE.
ERIC SKELLY, LONGTIME MARINA SUPERVISOR AT SHORELINE HAS MOVED OVER TO ALAMEDOS BAY.
SO IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKING FOR ERIC SKELLY FINE IN ALAMEDOS BAY NOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO NEW, UH, MARINE AIDS NON-CAREER STAFF COMING ON, UH, IN THE WEEK AHEAD.
SO, UH, SUPER EXCITED TO GET SOME NEW, UH, NEW FRESH FACES IN OUR OFFICE.
AND THEN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, UH, OUR TREES IN THE BAY WILL GO ACTIVE ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
UH, THAT'LL BE ABOUT 5, 5 30 APPROXIMATE.
THEY GO ON WITH THE, UH, THE STREETLIGHTS.
AND THEN JUST REMEMBER THAT THE ALAMEDAS BAY TREES GO ON.
BUT THE COLORADO LAGOON TREES GO ACTIVE ON THE 24TH.
UH, THAT'S A TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY THAT YOU CAN ATTEND AT 6:30 PM UH, WITH THE ALAMEDO HEIGHTS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, UH, ON THE 24TH AT 6:30 PM UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE OPERATION REPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO.
WHAT, HOW DO PEOPLE JUST LET THEIR BOATS GO AND THEY'RE, THEY BRING IN SO MUCH MONEY AND THEY DON'T CARE.
I GUESS IT'S THE OLD THING, THE HAPPIEST DAY THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A BOAT IS WHEN YOU BUY IT, WHEN YOU SELL IT.
BUT WE'VE HAD THAT MANY THAT ARE JUST, JUST END OF LIFE IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR BOATS.
UH, THE PROCESS OF OF, OF SAFELY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY RETIRING YOUR VESSEL IS, IS DIFFICULT.
UH, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST RUN 'EM INTO THE GROUND AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY RUN THEM INTO THE GROUND.
AND IT'S UP TO, UH, PRIVATE MARINAS, MUNICIPAL MARINAS, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, UH, MARINE PATROLS, MARINE SAFETY UNITS, LIFEGUARDS TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH.
SO, UH, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE STATE TO ALLOW US TO, TO KIND OF, UH, RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING TO HELP US, UH, MITIGATE THE ISSUE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'D BE DOING IT WITHOUT THE STATE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO KEEP OUR MARINAS CLEAN, BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY AND VISUALLY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, KEEP OUR WATERS AND OUR HABITATS SAFE.
DO, DO WE WE KEEP THEIR NAMES IF THEY EVER GET ANOTHER BOAT AND TRY TO COME.
WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE, UH, UH, THE MARINE BUREAU, WE KEEP DOCUMENTATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE A LONG MEMORY WITH SOME OF THESE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE GET PUT THROUGH THE RINGER WITH, WITH GETTING THESE BOATS OUT OF THE WATER.
BUT THAT'S, IT'S A PROCESS WITH SERGEANT SIGLER'S TEAM.
IT'S A PROCESS OF OUR MARINE SAFETY TEAM.
IT'S A PROCESS ON OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM.
IT'S A PROCESS ON OUR OPERATIONS TEAM.
THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO APPLY TO GET ONE BOAT OFF THE WATER THAT JUST IS, IS A NAVIGATION HAZARD.
IT'S ALSO HAZARD TO THE INDIVIDUAL LIVING ON ONBOARDED.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU REMIND US WHERE THE, THE MONEY FROM THE AUCTIONS GO? UH, MONEY FROM THE AUCTION JUST GOES BACK INTO OUR, OUR MARINA FUND.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S GEN, IT'S GENERAL MARINA FUND REVENUE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT JOB.
OH, SEE, SEE IT GET IT IS REALLY, REALLY LIKE BLONDE.
WHAT DO, WHAT ABOUT YOUR BACKFILL? THE PERSON WHO, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE PROMOTED UP LEAVING YOUR AH, YES.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, INTERVIEWS NEXT FRIDAY FOR OUR MARINE OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT.
UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE, UH, INTERVIEWS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT PERSON ON BOARD.
UH, WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY QUALITY CANDIDATES.
I THINK, UH, WHOEVER IS SELECTED FOR THAT POSITION, IT'S GONNA BE A HIGH CALIBER CANDIDATE NOW THAT THEY'LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IT.
ARE THEY LOCALS? ARE THEY WE HAVE TWO INTERNAL ARE, YEAH, WE HAVE TWO INCUR INTERNAL PARKS AND REC CANDIDATES.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOCAL CANDIDATE THAT, UH, HAS WORKED IN SOME OF THE YACHT CLUBS IN THE AREA.
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QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.STILL WORKING ON OUR MANAGEMENT, OH, SORRY.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR, UH, PARKS AND REC FOR HIS, UH, DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
COMMISSIONER SI HAVE TO, OH, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE JACK.
THAT'S SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KINDA LIKE A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION WITH MY BEST OF INTENTIONS.
I REALLY WANTED TO ATTEND ALL OF YOUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PATTERN OF OTHER COMMISSION MEETINGS.
AND ON THESE THURSDAYS, UM, MY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ALWAYS MEETS.
SO, UM, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND THEY HAPPEN TO NOT HAVE A QUORUM ON THAT SIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO AS I'M SETTING HERE, I'M VERY THANKFUL.
AND THIS IS THE MONTH OF THANKFULNESS WITH THANKSGIVING THAT, UM, WE HAVE TODD LELAND THAT HAS ASCENDED TO THE BUREAU MANAGER POSITION.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE, THE, UH, BEACHFRONT, THE MARINAS, BUT THE BROADER COMMUNITY, I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF HIS SERVICE.
HE'S SO PROFESSIONAL, SO KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND HE'S BRINGING ON, I, I CALL IT THE STELLAR STAFF.
SOME OF THE, THE NEW HIRES, UH, ARE JUST THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE ABOUT SERVICE.
AND, UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S A GOOD THING.
SO, UM, I, I ALSO WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ERIC WOODSON.
I KNOW HE, HIS LAST DAY IS TOMORROW OFFICIALLY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF HIS TRADITIONS IN, IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE END OF SUMMER BARBECUE, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A CITY HOLIDAY, YES, LONG BEACH RECOGNIZES ELECTION DAY AS A HOLIDAY.
UH, WE HAD SO MANY OF THE, THE BUREAU TEAM, IT WAS LIKE AN ALL HANDS MEETING.
THEY CAME IN TO, UM, CELEBRATE AND THAT COMRADERY THING.
UH, BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL MOMENT TO REALLY APPRECIATE ERIC AND WISH HIM WELL AS HE GOES OVER.
AND I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL PUBLIC WORKS THE EVIL SIDE 'CAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WITH US, BUT IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAS A LOT OF CLOUT AND A LOT OF BUDGET, A LOT OF STAFF, AND WE'RE SOMETIMES KIND OF ON THEIR COATTAILS ON A LOT OF PROJECTS.
BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF ERIC AND WISH HIM WELL.
AND, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO, EVEN THOUGH COREY GAVE THE REPORT TO GIVE, UH, COREY WHAT, UH, COREY FORSTER A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE AND MY PHONE ON OCCASION GETS, UM, I'LL CALL IT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM FROM THE HOMEOWNERS ALONG THE BURNED PARTS OF OUR BEACH FRONT.
UH, BECAUSE WHILE THEY, WHILE THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS, THE IMMENSE EFFORTS IN BUILDING UP THE BURNS TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES FROM ANY POTENTIAL STORM DAMAGE OR FLOODING, AS SOON AS THEY THINK THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED, THEY WANT THOSE BERMS SHAVED DOWN SO THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR, THEIR VIEWS, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
BUT CORY HANDLES THAT SO PROFESSIONALLY, AND AS HE, AS HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THEY REMOVED I THINK, LIKE 5,000 TONS.
IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL, UH, STORM SEASON.
AND WITH THE FORECAST OF EL NINO PROBABLY BEING, UH, MAYBE EQUALLY IF NOT MORE SEVERE, UM, I HAVE A WORLD OF CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM AND THE RIGHT PLACE TO, TO TAKE GOOD CARE AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'VE HAD A FEW OTHER LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, I KNOW IN, UH, COORDINATION WITH TRINKET, SHE DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH PARTNERS WITH PARKS.
UM, WE HAVE A PARK PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS BUREAU THAT WORKS VERY CLOSELY.
AND NANCY VOR SOME OF YOU KNOW, SHE'S, UM, MADE A VERY IMPORTANT CAREER DECISION.
SHE'S GOING TO BE LEAVING US TOMORROW, IS ACTUALLY HER LAST DAY.
AND, UH, SHE'S FOLLOWING A PASSION OF HERS, AND IT'S REALLY TO, UH, SERVE THE GREATER, I'LL CALL IT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION, UH, NOT NONPROFIT COMMUNITY.
SO SHE'S GONNA BE STARTING A REALLY IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP POSITION WITH, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS BASED IN LOS ANGELES.
AND SHE'LL BE THEIR, UH, GRANTS DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR OVERSEEING ABOUT 180 DIFFERENT, NOT-FOR-PROFITS THAT ALL DO GOOD, WORKS TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER BIG SHOES TOO, YOU KNOW, PHIL.
BUT, UH, SHELY BEATTY, WHO'S HERE TODAY, SHE'S GONNA BE STEPPING FORWARD AS OUR INTERIM BUREAU MANAGER, AND SHE'S CURRENTLY ALSO OUR PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER.
AND TODD KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE INTERIM AND STILL, UM, IT'S VERY EASY.
SO, UM, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT.
AND, UH, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COOPERATION, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL AWARE THAT, UH, GAUCHO BEACH, IT'S A NEW CONCESSION AT ALAMEDAS.
UH, THEY'LL BE DEDICATING THAT WITH A GRAND OPENING TOMORROW AT FIVE.
SO IF YOU CAN JOIN US, EVIDENTLY THERE'S 300 EMPANADAS FOR THE FIRST 300 PEOPLE TO ARRIVE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE MOTIVATION TO GET THERE EARLY ON.
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YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOMELESSNESS AND IT IS SUCH A BIG THING IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, ACTUALLY, WHOLE NATION.BUT, UH, THE, THE CITYWIDE TEAM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED DURING THE PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
UH, THEY GATHERED TOGETHER AT THE POA PARK, AND IT'S KIND OF ON CARSON, I, IT'S BEHIND WALMART, MAYBE YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
WE, WE GATHERED, THERE WAS ABOUT 300 CITY TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT ROLE IN, IN THE WHOLE EMERGENCY, WHICH IS SO ONGOING.
BUT OUR MARINE BUREAU TEAM WAS VERY WELL REPRESENTED, AND IT WAS NICE TO HAVE MARY RICHARDSON AND CITY MANAGER TOM MOCA SPECIFICALLY GIVE A REALLY POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, WORD OF PRAISE FOR OUR TEAM.
UH, IN PARTICULAR, EVERYTHING THAT, THAT OUR MARINE BUREAU AND OUR PARKS, MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING IMPORTANT WORKS, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY HAD A VERY NICE CATERED LUNCHEON, AND IT WAS JUST GOOD MO A GREAT MOMENT TO PAUSE AND EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A LOT OF CHALLENGING WORK.
AND, UM, WELL, I ACTUALLY, TODD'S PROBABLY YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE YOUR REPORT TOO, SO I MAY HAVE JUST SAID EVERYTHING HE WAS GONNA SAY BECAUSE WE WORKED SO CLOSELY, I WORKED SO CLOSE TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE BENCH THING IS, IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE'RE TRANSITIONING FROM A PROGRAM THAT IS REALLY, HAS A DEEP HISTORY OF IMPORTANCE, BUT TRANSITIONING IT INTO A PROGRAM THAT MAKES MORE SENSE IN TERMS OF BEING SUSTAINABLE.
AND ALSO THERE'S AN EQUITY LENS THAT I THINK WE LIKE TO LOOK AT ALSO.
SO, UM, BRUCE RAISED SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND MAYBE SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
UM, I'LL ALWAYS TAKE THE BLAME IN THE HEAT FOR, FOR URGING THAT WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN OF WHERE BENCHES WOULD BE SUITABLE.
UH, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE WE'RE TYING OUR HANDS TO THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHERE THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO HAVE IT, BUT PART OF THAT COMES FROM MY PREVIOUS ROLES IN OVERSEEING, UH, BOTANICAL GARDENS AND IN ARBORETA WHERE WE HAD NOT-FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS, THAT PART OF THEIR, THEIR BUDGET WAS REALLY RELYING ON MEMORIAL GIFTS AND TRIBUTE GIFTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP SUSTAIN THEIR BUDGET.
AND, AND IT SEEMED LIKE QUITE OFTEN, UM, AT LEAST THE GARDENS WERE BECOMING LIKE A GARDEN OF BENCHES RATHER THAN A GARDEN OF FLOWERS AND SUCH.
AND I REALLY DIDN'T WANT OUR BEACHFRONT OR OUR PARKS TO JUST BE OVER.
AND I USED THE WORD OVERSATURATED, BUT I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF AESTHETICS AND ALSO, UH, VISITOR COMFORT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LONG STRETCHES OF RECREATIONAL TRAILS WHERE AFTER YOU'VE EITHER WALKED OR PUSHED A STROLLER OR RIDDEN A BIKE FOR A NUMBER OF MILES, IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO STOP AND CATCH YOUR BREATH OR, OR GET REST.
SO, UM, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD MASTER PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE, BUT IT ISN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT CAST IN STONE.
IT, IT'S STILL GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT IN OUR BEST VIEW WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MASTER PLAN.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO REFLECT BACK AND GIVE OBIE THE HOW AND SOME CREDIT, SHE HAD A REALLY TOUGH PROJECT TO HELP DEVELOP THAT MASTER PLAN ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT SHE WAS DOING AS SHE WAS ALSO PREPARING TO RETIRE.
SO I ALWAYS CONSIDER THAT KIND OF A NICE LEGACY FEATURE THAT, THAT SHE GIFTED FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THE TRIBUTE PROGRAM.
BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, AND I THINK IT REALLY EXPRESSES THE LOVE THAT A COMMUNITY HAS FOR THINGS LIKE THEIR BEACHES AND THEIR MARINAS AND THEIR PARKS WHEN THEY, UH, THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO, UH, SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T CALL IT OUR PARKS FOUNDATION, BUT THE PARTNERS OF PARKS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO GIVE BACK TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUCH, UM, THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT.
SO I DID WANNA, I, I DID FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO INTERCEDE AND MAKE COMMENTS DURING YOUR, UH, AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS OF PARKS AND THE COMMUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN TERMS OF MAKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OTHER THINGS THAT AFTER I SAID I WISH I WOULD'VE SAID, BUT, UM, I ALSO THINK TODD WILL PROBABLY FILL IN THE BLANKS.
SO, BUT IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK IN SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER.
SO, AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING HEARING HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, CLOSE OUT OUR MANAGER'S REPORT TODAY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE FINAL COMMENTS TO, UH, OUR MANAGER'S REPORT TO MR. ERIC WOODSON.
BUT, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT MR. WOODSON AND WHAT HE'S MEANT TO OUR BUREAU.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS WHEN I CAME HERE IN 2019, I LEFT A PLACE WHERE I WAS VERY,
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VERY COMFORTABLE.I ENJOYED, AND I LOVED THE PEOPLE I WORKED WITH.
AND MOVING FOR ME WAS, WAS NOT EASY.
I, I LIKE BEING COMFORTABLE
AND COMING OVER HERE, COREY AND ERIC, THEY, THEY MADE IT VERY, VERY EASY FOR ME TO SAY, I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT TEAM.
AND, UH, WITH ERIC'S MOVE TO PUBLIC WORKS TOMORROW, UM, I'VE ALWAYS FELT WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A TRIUMPHANT WHERE, UH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY TO SIGN THE PAPER, RIGHT? BUT, UH, IT TAKES A TEAM TO GET THAT PAPER IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
MM-HMM,
I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT I WAS JUST THE GUY THAT GOT TO SIGN THE PIECE OF PAPER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS FOR OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND IT, IT REALLY BODES WELL TO ERIC'S CHARACTER AND WHO HE IS, AND JUST, I'M GONNA MISS HIM, MISS HIM ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, UH, I WOULDN'T GIVE THE LAST COMMENTS TO VERY MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE THE LAST WORD.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK DUE TO HIS IMPACT AND JUST HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU AND OUR BUREAU AND OUR BEACHFRONT AND OUR TITLES IN OUR CITY, UH, HE VERY MUCH DESERVES THE LAST WORD.
SO, TO, UH, CLOSE OUT OUR MANAGEMENT REPORT IS MR. ERIC WOODS.
UM, HELLO COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, I WANT TO GIVE MY, UM, PORT FIRST.
UM, SO WE CONTINUED THE TREAT, UM, SIX WEEKS.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WE PUT, WE GAVE 'EM A CHALLENGE, BUT THEY'RE FAR EXCEEDED.
SO THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE DONE SO QUICK THAT WE STARTED TO HEAR A FEW, FEW COMMENTS.
AND SO WE'LL STAY ON PACE AS FAR AS WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTING THE STREETS, BUT WE'LL HOLD OFF ON PLACING THEM INSIDE THE ARENA.
I WANT TO KEEP THAT SYSTEM WE HAD STAY AHEAD OF THE CURB BY FOUR WEEKS.
WE'LL JUST START GRADUALLY PUTTING THEM OUT A LITTLE CLOSER TOWARDS, UH, THANKSGIVING.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A, UH, TREE THAT'S SOLAR POWERED.
UM, I CAN'T SHARE THE LOCATION.
UM, WE CHARGED A TREE LAST NIGHT WITH A TEST.
I COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
I ACTUALLY LIVED THROUGH A FULL, A FEW OF OUR EXISTING GLOVES IN THERE AND SENT A PICTURE TO TODD.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO EXCITED THAT, UH, IT'S A LONG BEACH, UH, COMPANY, AND SO IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR US.
UM, EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP, AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE FLAGS FRIDAY AS WE GET READY FOR VETERANS' DAY.
UH, WE'RE THE PRESSURE WASH ALONG THE SAILOR AS WELL, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE PAY, UH, RESPECT TO THE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY.
MY DAUGHTER'S CURRENTLY IN THE NAVY IN JAPAN, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RESPECT THAT.
WE HAD A FEW, ABOUT TWO YEARS BACK, WE HAD A MISHAP WITH THE FLAGS, AND WE PROMISED TO OURSELF AS A BUREAU THAT WE WOULDN'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RESPECT, UH, OUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN OVERSEAS AND FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM.
AND SO I, WE JUST CHANGED THOSE FLAGS, BUT I TOLD THE STAFF IF WE CHANGE 'EM IN SEPTEMBER AND THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD, I DON'T CARE FOR VETERANS DAY, WE CHANGE 'EM AGAIN TO MAKE SURE WHEN PEOPLE COME AND VISIT, UH, OUR WONDERFUL CITY, THAT THEY SEE HOW MUCH WE RESPECT PEOPLE IN MILITARY.
UM, AS TODD SAID, UH, TOMORROW'S MY LAST DAY.
IT'S, IT IS BITTERSWEET FOR ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, I HAVE A VERY GOOD TEAM, UM, UH, A VERY GOOD TEAM THAT I TRULY CARE FOR, THAT I LOVE, AS I'VE TOLD YOU MANY A TIMES, AND I REALLY MEAN LOVE.
MY FAITH REQUIRES ME TO LOVE PEOPLE.
I DON'T LIKE THE BEHAVIOR SOMETIMES, BUT I LOVE
YOU KNOW, UM, I THANK, I CALLED ON AN ASSIGNMENT FOR ME.
UM, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR CAREER.
AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, I STARTED AS A NON-CAREER CUSTODIAN.
UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN STEADILY CLIMBING AND MOVING UP.
AND SO SOMEONE GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, SOMEONE CHALLENGED ME AND SOMETHING THAT MOTIVATED ME.
AND SO, UM, IN MY TIME THERE, I PROMOTED, I BELIEVE, SEVEN CUSTODIANS INTO THE MAINTENANCE FIELD AS THEY'RE REALLY TAKING OFF AND DOING WELL.
I, I HAD A GREAT LEADER, AND THEY'LL BE, I COME FROM MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TOUGH, WE'RE MACHO.
AND SHE HAD THIS STEADY, SOFT HAND THAT
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I LEARNED HOW TO, I, I ADAPTED AS WELL, SO I WOULDN'T JUST BE SO ALWAYS JUST DROPPING THE HAMMER.AND THEN SHE PASSED THE BATON TO TODD, AND HE'S REALLY EXCEPTIONAL.
UM, THAT MAKES IT JUST AS TOUGH FOR ME TO LEAVE AS WELL, BECAUSE I SEE HIS VISION AND I'M TOTALLY BOUGHT INTO IT.
HE'S A LITTLE YOUNGER THAN ME, SO HE THINKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ME.
I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT GETS STUCK.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT I'M NOT A CITY EMPLOYEE.
I WORK FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
BECAUSE WHEN WE START BECOMING CITY EMPLOYEES, WE BECOME COMPLACENT, WE BECOME ENTITLED, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THINGS START TO FALL APART.
WE HAVE SET OUR STANDARDS, WE HAVE PMS IN PLACE.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT LEADERSHIP TEAM AND C BANKS, WHICH IS OUR, UM, GENERAL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR.
SO SHE'S OUR ACTING, UH, BUILDING SERVICES SUPERVISOR.
AND SO REALLY THANKFUL FOR BRENT.
HE CAME IN, HE BROUGHT THIS ENERGY, AND HE JUST BROUGHT A LIGHTNESS AND A BRIGHTNESS TO OUR DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.
UH, HE COMES DOWN, HE VISITS THE STAFF, AND IT MAKES A BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW, YOUR DIRECTOR COMES DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKS TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN, AS FAR AS THIS COMMISSION, I DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD BE DOING THIS MUCH WHEN I GOT JOB, BUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, EVERYONE HAS EMBRACED ME, UM, HAVE ENCOURAGED ME, UM, HAVE SAID SO MANY NICE THINGS.
I, UM, SPEAKING WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER MURRAY, I WAS LIKE, PAST AND PRESENT, PLEASE DON'T CHANGE.
UM, THIS IS THE GREATEST COMMISSION.
I'VE BEEN AROUND DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS.
I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO NAMES, BUT TELL US, TELL US
SEE MR. MCCRAY COME OUT TO THE JENNY WHILE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, CLEANING UP.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
UM, AND SEE, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS SPEAKING TO THE STAFF.
AND SO I'M TRULY THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, I KNOW I'LL SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN.
UM, LITTLE ASSIGNMENT, UM, NEEDED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MAKE CHANGES AND, UM, CHANGES FOR THE BETTER.
AND SO WE CONTINUE MAKING THESE CHANGES AND THINGS CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.
THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND SO, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND SOMEONE COMMITTED OVER HERE JUST AS, AS I'VE BEEN COMMITTED OVER HERE.
AND I TRULY YOU LOVE YOU GUYS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO, THANK YOU.
WE WORKED TOGETHER ON USING THE BASE STUFF AND THE BENCHES.
I JUST WANT A GROUP SHOT WITH HIM BEFORE HE LEAVES.
I, IT'D BE KIND OF COOL TO HAVE YOU OVER HERE BEHIND US.
AND, UH, OH, YOU GET PHONE PICTURE,
REALLY? YOU WANT GO THERE WITH ME? SHOT? YEAH.
ERIC, I WANT YOU TO KNOW FROM THE GET GO WHEN I CAME ON TO THIS COMMISSION, YOU, YOU WERE GIVING, YOU ALWAYS GAVE YOUR REPORTS WITH, AND YOU ALWAYS KEPT YOUR HUMBLE ROOTS.
AND YOU'D SAY, I STARTED IN MAINTENANCE.
I STARTED IN MAINTENANCE, AND I WORKED MY WAY UP FOR SO MANY TO HEAR THAT IT IS SUCH A POWERFUL MESSAGE.
AND SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND YOU'VE BEEN ON, ON THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, WE CAN JUST LOOK AROUND AND WE SEE YOUR LEGACY.
GO OVER TO THE MARINO OFFICE AND HOW YOU CLEANED UP THAT BUILDING AND, AND BRIGHTENED THAT BUILDING UP AND PAINTED IT AND DOORS INSIDE AND OUT, AND GAVE PEOPLE DIGNITY TO WHERE THEY WORK.
AND PEOPLE COMING TO HAVE BUSINESS AT THE, AT THE MARINE BUREAU OFFICE ALSO FELT DIGNITY IN COMING TO A, A VERY, VERY CLEAN AND, AND A REALLY NICE LOOKING BUILDING THAT JUST GAVE EVERYBODY DIGNITY.
AND YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CREWS EVERYWHERE WORKING.
YOU JUST SEE HOW YOU'VE INSPIRED, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THE TREES GOT DONE SO QUICKLY, ALL THIS, LIKE, YOU HAVE INSPIRED PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE MOTIVATED PEOPLE AND MEN AND WOMEN BOTH IN THE CREWS THAT, THAT, THAT WERE IN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SECTION, YOUR DIVISION THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AS A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE, AS A FORMER BUREAU MANAGER, KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO INSPIRE STAFF AND BUILD MORALE AND ALSO
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GIVE PEOPLE SKILLS AND GIVE PEOPLE PRIDE.I JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I MEAN, I MISSED ONE MEETING AND YOU'RE RETIRING.
LIKE I, YOU'RE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC WORDS.
MY STREET'S MAINTAINING, SO I KNOW IT'LL HAPPEN.
I MEAN, YOU DO I HAVE YOUR NUMBER? I'M EXCITED.
YEAH, I MEAN, I, UM, I'VE TOLD, I TOLD TODD THIS, I THINK, BUT MY, UM, MY DAUGHTER PLAYS ON THE SAME, UH, SOCCER TEAM AS, UH, RICHARDSON'S DAUGHTER, MAYOR'S DAUGHTER.
AND AFTER THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TREES IN THE BAY AND HOW FAST YOU GOT IT DONE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT.
I SAID LIKE, YOU HAVE SOME AMAZING STAFF.
I MEAN, WE, WE WERE HEARING THIS STUFF ABOUT TREES IN THE BAY AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME, AND ERIC DECIDES TO DO IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, AND IT'S DONE IN NO TIME.
I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME SAVED IS INCREDIBLE.
AND SO YOU'VE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE BOTH WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ON THE GROUND, BUT THEN ALSO YOUR PRESENTATIONS HERE IN FRONT OF THE MAC.
SO THE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS WE GET BEFORE AND AFTER SHOTS AND DOING THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE WAY THE DOORS ARE HUNG IS A LITTLE EMBARRASSING.
IT WASN'T HAPPEN BEFORE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS BEFORE.
AND SO I, I THINK IT'S, YOU'RE INNOVATIVE AND YOU'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR STAFF AND IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUS WHEN THE STAFF COMES IN HERE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY MOTIVATED AND THEY LIKE THEIR JOB.
AND SO THAT COMES FROM THE TOP.
SO I THINK YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STAGE OF YOUR, UH, CAREER OF THE CITY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER TOMLINS? I HAVE ONE LAST, YES.
IT SHOOTS DIRT AND DUST EVERYWHERE.
I HATE IT WHEN I SEE IT COMING ON THE STREET.
SO, SO WE'RE ENDING WITH ACTION ITEMS. FIRST JOB, SOMETHING REALLY GOOD.
HAS POWER BEEN GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS? SO IT'S FUNNY, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU SAID THAT THIS MORNING.
I WALKED OUT IN FRONT AND MY NEIGHBOR SAID, THE NEW STREET SWEEPERS AREN'T SWEEPING ANYTHING.
NO, THEY'RE NOT BEATING UP THE STREETS.
WE'LL, WE'LL TALK GUESS OUR NEW LUNCH MEETING'S GONNA BE AT YOUR PLATE, TODD.
OH, ARE WE DONE WITH THIS? YEAH.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA MOVE TO RECOMMEND THIS.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FILING THE RECEIVE AND FILE THIS RECOMMENDATION, THIS SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED HEARING OR ANY ABSTENTIONS HEARING NONE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
UM, I WILL MOVE FOR THIS AND CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER MCRAY.
AND, UM, OKAY, THIS COMES FROM US.
SO, UM, THE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT, UH, WE HAD THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT.
AND, UM, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS MEETING IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, I DON'T, WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE DOING IS HAVING A, UM, IT'S NOT ON HERE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS FOLLOWING, UH, THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT ON TREES IN THE BAY THROUGH THE NEW BILLING CODES TO SEE, UM, WHAT A BASE SHOULD BE FOR THE, UH, TREES.
AND THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, AS WE'VE STATED, THAT COULD BE A MORE COST EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW, SEASONAL REMEMBRANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR A, UM, 10,000 OR $12,000 BENCH.
MAYBE THEY SPONSOR A TREE AND THAT'S RECOGNIZED SOMEWHERE ON THE GIS SYSTEM OR SOMETHING.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE
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THAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PERSON'S NAME TREE.UM, AND IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT YEAR TO YEAR, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY CAN DO THAT.
BUT THAT'LL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO GET SOME SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES FOR THE MARINE BUREAU, WHICH I THINK, UM, EVEN IF NOT NECESSARY WOULD I'M SURE BE GOOD FOR YOU.
UM, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DARK IN DECEMBER AND YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING, UH, A SEPARATE MEETING TO SORT OF ONBOARD SOME OF THE, UH, NEWER COMMISSIONERS, UM, IN DECEMBER.
UM, THAT WILL BE COMING UP, UM, ON, UH, THE MAC ORIENTATION MEETING.
UM, I'LL GET TO THAT IN ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BUT, UH, MAUREEN AND BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE, WE, UH, TALKED TO MR. CHAIR.
ONE THING THAT I WAS, UH, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IS TODD IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT, IS MOVING FORWARD TO GET MORE DOLLARS FROM THE COUNTY AND GET THE CITY TO PUSH THAT.
UH, BECAUSE AS THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STATED, IT NEEDS TO COME, SHE UNDERSTANDS IT, SHE KNOWS IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO COME AS A REQUEST FROM THE CITY, UH, OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, BUT NOW WE REVIEWED ALL THE, THE TREES, WHICH WE WERE MOST IMPRESSED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEDS.
UH, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AMAZING.
THAT'S WHAT WE GO TO IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UH, AND IF WE MOVE TO HAVE SPONSORSHIPS TO HAVE THE SPONSORSHIPS PAY FOR THAT, UM, WE'LL BE A BIG, BIG PLUS, UH MM-HMM.
SO, AGAIN, I'VE GOTTA THANK BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, UH, TO KEEP THINGS GOING.
AND I PUT IT OUT TO OUR BOARD TO GO OUT AND WATCH THEIR CLEANUPS AND ASK 'EM WHEN THEY'RE DOING, DO THE CLEANUP, BECAUSE I'VE GONE OUT TWICE.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, UH, TO HAVE THAT WHOLE CREW CLEAN UP THAT THE JETTY AREA WHERE WE USED TO FISH WHEN WE WERE KIDS, UH, AND THE TRASH THAT'S OUT THERE THAT GATHERS JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH, UM, JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH, IT FILLS BACK UP.
AND, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO CORRECT THAT? UH, WELL THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS TO DO, UH, BECAUSE IT'S ALLOWED AND TO FIND HOW MUCH DOES THE, THE LOAD TOTES COST US, THE, THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE BOAT OWNERS, UH, ABOUT 2 50, 200 $50.
AND YOU SEE TWO OR THREE OF 'EM THAT ARE BROKEN DOWN THERE, UM, THAT JUST GOES TO THE TRASH.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT REVIEW, BUT IT WAS REVIEWED ALREADY IN THE PLACE.
UH, DID THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER CARLIN OR ATKINS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THE MARINE AND BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE? NO.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT.
I THINK I ASKED HOW ARE THE ENCAMPMENTS AND, UM, IT WAS RELAYED THAT THAT'S BECOMING A CORE PART OF THEIR JOB.
UM, AND SO HOW, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO FURTHER ASK LIKE WHAT I, ACTIONS WE CAN DO AS A COMMISSION TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, UM, TO EITHER THE COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR.
IF IT'S SOMETHING TO JUST, UM, BRING LIGHT TO THE CHANGING SORT OF WORK CONDITIONS, UM, AND THINGS SO THEY CAN SORT OF ADDRESS IT AND MAYBE PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES IF POSSIBLE.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT I CAN TALK TO LATER WITH, WITH YOU ALL AND SEE IF THERE'S, UM, UM, MOTIVATION TO SORT OF DO THAT AT A LATER DATE.
UM, MOVING ON TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, THE MAC ORIENTATION MEETING.
IT'S PART OF THE, OH, IT'S PART OF THE STATUS REPORT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
I'M, COME ON, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THIS.
OH, YOU DON'T NEED A SECOND? OH YEAH, SOME TIME WE'LL GET THERE.
UM, NOW I GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? HEARING NONE? I'LL MOVE.
SO AS FAR AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, ABOUT SETTING PRECEDENT FOR LETTING PEOPLE CHANGE THE LOCATION, WE'RE ALSO SETTING A PRECEDENT BY LETTING THOSE TWO GROUPS THAT WE TRIED TO EXPIRE THEIR BENCHES JUST SAY, OH YEAH, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS WELL.
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WE'VE REACHED OUT TO YOU AND SAID, HEY, YOUR BENCHES EXPIRED.IT'S NOT RUNNING ON OPTION TO JUST SAY, OH, SORRY, WE'RE KEEPING OUR BENCH
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.
'CAUSE THAT'S ALSO CREATING A PRECEDENT WHEN WE TRY TO FOLLOW UP WITH OTHERS.
BUT IF THEY GET WIND THAT THESE TWO ASSOCIATIONS DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPIRE THEIR BENCHES, THAT'LL BE AN ISSUE AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT WE'RE TAKING.
NO, I WANTED TO, BUT I STOPPED.
YOU CAN MAKE A STATEMENT, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE BACK AND FORTH.
SO IF SHE'S ALREADY FINISHED WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD COMMENT.
THE MAC ORIENTATION MEETING, WHICH IS A CLOSED SESSION, IS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, TEN TWO AT, UH, RAINBOW OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM AT PEERPOINT LANDING COMMITTEE MEETING REMINDERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
IT'S THURSDAY, UH, JANUARY 4TH, UM, AT NINE 30, THE ABM OFFICE.
AND THEN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 11TH, UH, 2024, UH, 1 45 TO TWO 15 HERE.
AND THE NEXT MEETING OF THE MAC IS JANUARY 11TH AT TWO 30 HERE AS WELL.
NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IS, UH, CLOSED, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A, A MEETING HERE NEXT WEEK.
AND IF I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, UM, BUT I'D FIRST LIKE TO START WITH, UM, A HUGE THANKS TO, UM, STAFF FOR COORDINATING THE, UH, TOUR OF THE COLORADO, UM, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH THAT.
IT WAS AMAZING, VERY EDUCATIONAL, VERY INFORMATIVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND TROUBLE FOR DOING THAT.
I'VE GOT MINUTE FROM IT HUGELY.
UM, SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, A GENERAL INVITATION TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF AND TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THE LOS CERRITO WETLANDS LAND TRUST HAS ARRANGED FOR A BOOK SIGNING AND AUTHOR EVENT ON DECEMBER 7TH AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC FOR THIS BOOK.
AND IT'S CALLED CALIFORNIA AGAINST THE SEA VISIONS FOR OUR VANISHING COASTLINE.
IT'S BY A WOMAN NAMED ROSEANNE CHOP.
SHE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNING TEAM MEMBER ON THE LA TIMES.
AND HER BOOK WAS JUST PUBLISHED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, HAS SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SHE AS A JOURNALIST HAS GATHERED BY TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ESSENTIALLY TALKING TO PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUES.
SO, UH, THE EVENT AGAIN IS DECEMBER 7TH.
IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT AN INVITATION THROUGH, UH, EVENTBRITE AND THE LOS CERRITAS WETLANDS LAND TRUST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY NUMBER OF, UM, A BUNCH OF OTHER ENVIRO GROUPS IN LONG BEACH.
UH, THE LONG BEACH CHAPTER OF SURF RIDER FOUNDATION, THE LONG BEACH AREA GROUP OF SIERRA CLUB.
VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THE CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND POLICY PROGRAM IS A CO-SPONSOR ALONG WITH THE CAL STATE LONG BEACH G UH, GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, UM, AND ALSO THE, UH, AMIGOS DE CHICA NONPROFIT IN HUNTINGTON BEACH.
SO ANY NUMBER OF GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING THIS OUT TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
AND WE'RE, UH, HOPING TO GET A BIG CROWD TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO SANNA SHAW THAT EVENING AND HER INFORMATION AND HER EXPERIENCE IN WRITING THIS BOOK.
IT'S AT SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30 ON THE SEVENTH, AND SHE WILL BE DOING A SMALL PROGRAM.
WE'LL BE HAVING, UM, ALSO A BOOK SIGNING THAT, UH, THAT EVENING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT STILL READ BOOKS AND SMELL THEM IN TASTE BOOKS I DO
UM, SO WE'LL BE, UH, SURE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, UH, I WILL, UH, AJOUR THE MEETING.