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CALL TO ORDER A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.SO WE'LL GO ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IT'S RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PRESENTATION.
UH, SO IN, UH, CONTINUING OUR RECOGNITION OF, UH, STAFF AND THEIR FANTASTIC ACTIVITIES IN OUR, UH, FOOTPRINT, UH, WE ARE REC UH, RECOGNIZING OUR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, UH, STAFF TODAY.
UH, THEY ARE UNDER OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM.
UH, THEY ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM.
THEY ARE, UH, THREE MEMBERS TODAY.
UH, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO COREY AND KELLY TO SAY SOME WORDS ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN, UM, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CREWS.
UH, THEY ALL HAVE THE BRIGHTEST OF GREEN THUMBS.
THEY TAKE SUCH CARE AND JUST, THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR WHAT THEY DO, AND IT REALLY SHOWS IN EVERYTHING THEY DO EVERY DAY OUT IN THE FIELD.
UM, THEY'RE NOT JUST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP OF OUR, OUR PLANTINGS.
UH, THEY ARE ALSO THE LEAD STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DEALING WITH OUR, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT TAKES A, A DEATH TOUCH.
AND ALL THREE OF THEM, THEY DO IT WITH A, A SENSE OF DUTY.
THEY DO IT WITH COMPASSION, UH, AND THEY DO IT FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE INVOLVED, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEIR JOB IS NOT JUST, OH, HEY, LET'S JUST MAKE THE CITY LOOK GOOD.
THEY'RE OUT THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE ON A DAILY BA BASIS, WORKING WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS, OUR MARINE SAFETY, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THREE OF THESE MEN.
UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE JUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD GUYS.
SO SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THEM TODAY.
AND THEN, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL HAND THAT OFF TO, UH, COREY AND KELLY FOR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE GUYS.
UH, WELL, IT'S HARD TO BEAT THAT TODD
UM, WHAT I CAN SAY IS, UM, I WORKED CLOSELY WITH EACH OF THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, HE GOES OUT, HE SEES THINGS ALMOST WITH A, A NEW EYE.
SO HE WILL GO OUT BEHIND THESE GUYS AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR ROUNDS, AND HE'LL COME BACK AND HE'LL GIVE 'EM A TO DO LIST OF PROJECTS OR THINGS TO ADDRESS BECAUSE HE'S SEEN IT THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS AND THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY.
UH, IT REALLY GOES A LONG WAYS.
UM, BOTH ROBERT AND UM, ALBERT ARE REALLY GOOD ABOUT IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AND AREAS OF BEAUTIFICATION.
AND SO THEY'VE TAKEN ON PROJECTS, UH, EACH OF THEM AND BEAUTIFY THEIR AREA.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE JUST DYNAMIC.
YOU GUYS REALLY CARE ABOUT THE OPERATION.
THE WAY YOU GUYS APPROACH THE HOMELESSNESS IS SOMETHING TO BE, UH, COMMITTED.
YOU GUYS REALLY DO OPERATE WITH COMPASSION FIRST.
UM, AND YOU'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PICKING UP AFTER THE HOMELESS.
UM, THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR POSTINGS AND THE LOCATIONS WHERE, UM, WE HAVE TROUBLED AREAS AND THEY'RE REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT STAYING ON TOP OF THAT UNTIL THEY ADDRESS THE ISSUE, THE CORE ISSUE.
AND SO THEY'VE MADE SOME REALLY BIG IMPACTS, UM, RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY DOWN AT B ONE RESTROOM.
SO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS ON THE WAY YOU GUYS APPROACH WORK, THE WAY YOU APPROACH THE GUESTS OF LONG BEACH, THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE WITH, UH, STAFF, AND JUST HOW YOU GUYS DO YOUR DAILY DUTIES.
DO THEY STILL HAVE A TEAM? THERE WE GO.
UH, YEAH, JUST, JUST TO ADD ON AGAIN WITH ALL THE KIND WORDS FROM, UH, TODD AND COREY.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, THESE GENTLEMEN FOR MANY YEARS.
AND, UH, THEIR WORKLOAD IS, UH, SIGNIFICANT.
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UM, AND NOT ONLY DO THEY DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE, UH, BEEN HEARING ABOUT, UM, BUT THE DAILY TASKS WITH, UH, OUR, OUR LARGE MAINTENANCE COMPANIES, UM, EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE, UM, MAINTENANCE, UH, PERSONNEL AND LANDSCAPERS UNDERNEATH HIM THAT THEY OVERSEE ON A DAILY BASIS.AND, UM, ANYTIME WE NEED SOMETHING, WE CAN CALL ON ANY ONE OF THEM TO, UH, TO GET EYES ON SOMETHING TO GIVE US, UH, IDEAS.
AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR COURSE, YOU KNOW, SERVICES IS, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFICATION AND, AND, UH, UPDATING AND, UH, THE AREAS THAT WE GO INTO THAT WE SEE THAT ARE GREEN AND LUSH AND, UM, THE, THAT'S JUST DUE TO THESE GENTLEMEN HERE.
UM, AND VERY FORTUNATE TO, UH, WORK WITH HIM.
REAL QUICK, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE TOOK OVER THE QUEEN MARY HARRY BRIDGES PARK.
UM, IT WAS IN A LOT OF DISREPAIR.
UM, THESE GUYS WENT IN THERE AND CHARGED IT, AND WITHIN A YEAR THEY BROUGHT IT BACK.
THEY GREENED UP THE TURF, THEY RESEEDED IT, THEY TRIMMED ALL THE TREES, THEY GOT THE IRRIGATION ALL UP AND RUNNING.
AND IT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT FROM THEN UNTIL NOW.
THAT'S THE PARK IN, IN FRONT OF THE CLEAN AREA WHEN YOU COME AROUND, RIGHT? CORRECT.
WELL, I KNOW WHEN I'M GONNA HAVE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WANNA SAY ANYTHING, BUT, UM, I'LL START.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO JEFF KING.
UM, SECOND, I MEAN, I HAVE FAMILY HERE.
I'M A TRANSPLANT, UH, TO LONG BEACH, BUT I GO TO THE COASTAL AREAS A LOT WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY FAMILY WHO DO COME.
AND MY SISTER CAME FROM DENVER OVER THE WEEKEND AND WAS MENTIONING WHEN WE WENT TO THE
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF BRINGING PEOPLE TO LONG BEACH, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR WALKING AROUND WITH LANDSCAPING ISSUES OR LANDSCAPING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN A PRIVATE PARK, OR YOU'RE AT A MALL, OR YOU'RE AT A COMMERCIAL VENUE INSTEAD OF JUST A, YOU KNOW, A CITY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE, UH, THAT THE CITY TAKES IN IT.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S EVEN MORE OF A STATEMENT FOR THE THREE OF YOU THAT YOU HAVE SUCH A SMALL TEAM OF REALLY DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS AND DOING SUCH AMAZING WORK.
I MEAN, THIS ISN'T A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE GRAND PRIX OR SOMETHING.
IT'S, YOU CAN GO IN MARCH, YOU CAN GO IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.
IT'S GONNA LOOK ATTRACTIVE, IT'S GONNA LOOK SEASONAL.
UM, AND IT'S, I'M GLAD THE CITY PUTS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IT DOES BEHIND IT, AND YOU SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF, OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
THE FACT THAT YOU DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS AN EVEN GREATER TESTAMENT.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT IS A, A JOB IN AND OF ITSELF ABOVE WHAT YOU WERE ORDINARILY ASKED TO DO, I'M SURE.
AND, UM, YOU DESERVE A LOT OF RECOGNITION FOR THAT.
AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION AND TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THESE, THESE AREAS AND TO POTENTIALLY HAVE AND VERY LIKELY HAVE SOMEONE GO IN AND, AND DESTROY IT, AND YOU HAVING TO GO IN AND REBUILD IT AND DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND ANYTHING ELSE, AND GET THESE PEOPLE THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, IS A, A HUGE BURDEN THAT I'M SURE YOU WEREN'T ANTICIPATING WHEN YOU ACCEPTED THIS POSITION,
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS, IT IS GREAT.
UM, YOU DESERVE THIS, UM, RECOGNITION.
WE ONLY WISH THAT WE COULD DO MORE.
WELL, IT, IT, I I CONCUR EVERYTHING YOU STATED.
YOU KNOW, I'M SECOND GENERATION LONG BEACH, SO MY MOM WAS MISS NAPLES IN 1948, SO IT'S, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THIS CITY, UH, AND YOU LOOK AT IT, AND I DON'T PUT ALL THE BLAME ON THE HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO WORK WITH 'EM, BUT IT'S EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU COME INTO OUR CITY AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE, JUST THE TRASH AND THE, THE, THE, IT'S, IT'S SUBT TRUTH, BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE BEACH AREA, YOU SEE WHAT YOU ALL DONE.
THERE'S A SONG OF, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH.
I DON'T KNOW, I FORGOT THE GUY'S NAME AND I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU ONE DAY.
BUT IT, IT'S ALL ABOUT LONG BEACH.
IT'S FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE SOUTH.
IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT LONG BEACH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL REPRESENT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, UH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND WE'VE ALWAYS STATED THAT, AND YOU KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THAT I, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DILIGENCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPASSION AND, AND WHAT YOU DO.
BUT WHEN WE GET OUR REPORTS, WE GET THE, THE MAC, THE MARINE ADVISORY MONTHLY REPORT.
THERE'S ALWAYS PICTURES OF THE NEWLY PLANTED AREAS, THE, THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S BEEN DONE OR HIGHLIGHTED WHAT'S HAPPENING,
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UH, OVER AT THE FOUNTAIN, MAYBE BY THE, UM, THE AQUARIUM.BUT WE ALWAYS SEE IT, WE ALWAYS SEE IT IN PICTURES, BUT WHEN WE GO DOWN TO THE BEACH OR THE MARINAS AND WE SEE IT ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, I WISH THESE GUYS WOULD COME TO MY HOUSE.
BUT, BUT WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU DO IS AN EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY.
BECAUSE THEY CAN LOOK, THEY CAN LOOK AND SAY, WOW, THEY'VE GOT SUCCULENTS PLANTED HERE, OR THERE'S CROCUSES PLANTED OVER HERE, AND THERE'S, UM, THE SPRING FLOWERS ARE OUT.
IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GREAT FEELING.
AND I'VE LIVED IN LONG BEACH 50 YEARS, AND, AND I, I LOVE, I LOVE LONG BEACH, AND YOU'RE PART OF THAT REASON.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY JUST A COUPLE WORDS THAT, UH, OF APPRECIATION OF COURSE, AND THAT I WOULD THINK A COOL THING ABOUT YOUR JOB IS THAT YOU ARE BRIGHTENING OTHER PEOPLE'S DAY, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'LL BE OUT THERE ENJOYING LANDSCAPING OR ENJOYING TIME AT THE COAST, AND YOU'VE MADE THEIR DAY BETTER TIMES A HUNDRED, A THOUSAND, 10,000, YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY COOL ASPECT OF YOUR WORK THAT I WANTED TO APPRECIATE AND, AND SHARE WITH YOU.
I FOUND A SONG, IT'S CALLED TAKE ME HOME.
SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, UH, LOOK AT THAT UP.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL DID.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, SO WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND MOVE TO THE, UH, PRESENTATION PORTION OF THIS AND SO'S GOT CAMERA.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN YOU JUST GO AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN SAY HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY? OH, SIR.
I'M JEFFREY KING, UM, TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM 10 YEARS WITH THE CITY.
UM, I STARTED A PERSONAL LANDSCAPING BUSINESS IN 89.
I WAS IN THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS.
UH, DID EIGHT YEARS WITH THE CITY OF NORWALK IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS WHERE I FIRST KIND OF LEARNED HOW TO WORK, YOU KNOW, FOR A CITY.
AND I THINK I STARTED HERE 2013 AND LONG TIME 2014.
MY NAME IS ALBERT RE UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, WHEN I STARTED, I ACTUALLY STARTED WITH THE CITY OF EL MARADA AND STARTED, UH, MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS TO MAINTAIN THEIR CITY HALL AREA.
AND THEN FROM THAT POINT I WAS GIVEN MY OWN TWO PARKS.
AND LIKE JEFF SAID, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF LEARNED HOW TO WORK THE WAY THE CITY DOES IT.
ROBERT
UH, STARTED WITH PARKS, JOINED THE MARINE BUREAU, UH, OCTOBER, UH, 23.
I USED TO DO LANDSCAPE FOR HOUSES.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT DECISION,
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CALL YOUR NAME.
IF YOU CAN COME UP AND GRAB THIS START, JEFF KING QUICK.
THANK EVERY ES THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? WHEN YOUR LAWN HAS THOSE LITTLE STICKERY THINGS IN IT, HOW DO YOU GET RID OF THOSE THINGS? JUST GOTTA PULL 'EM BY HAND.
THEY ACTUALLY SELL A WEEDING FEED THAT FERTILIZES.
AND THEN, UM, YOU, YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THE BIRD CLOVER.
AND SO IT'S GOT, UH, A CHEMICAL IN THERE THAT'LL TAKE OUT THE CLOVER, BUT IT'LL ACTUALLY FERTILIZE YOUR GRASS.
YOU'RE GONNA OH, REALLY DARK GREEN GRASS AT THE SAME TIME YOU'RE GETTING RID OF YOUR BROLEY WHEAT, SO THANK YOU.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT NEW HOWIE LONG SHOW.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW.
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OH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD.UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE, UH, SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SO VOTE TO RECOMMEND AND RECEIVE A FILED LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PRESENTATION.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FOR THAT SECOND.
UM, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE RE ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH AT, UH, 2023.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
ANYBODY WANTS TO COMMENT ON OUR MEETINGS? NO.
UH, ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
UH, THE THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE SHORELINE MARINA PARKING LOT PROJECT UPDATES FROM ONE THESE PUBLIC WORKS.
YOU GOTTA GOTTA DO YOUR MOTION.
NO, NO, YOU'RE SO EVERYBODY, WE'RE LEARNING A NEW PROCESS.
AND, UH, I'LL MOVE, UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, AND OPEN THE PRESENTATION.
ALL THOSE IN, DO I DO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO VOTE YET.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LEMME INTRODUCE, UH, DAVID KELLY, ALSO KNOWN AS DJ.
UH, HE WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, FOR THE MARINA GREEN SHORELINE PARKING LOT UPDATE PROJECT.
UH, GLAD TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, TODD DESK TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THIS ONE.
I'M A CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, BEEN THERE COMING UP ON FIVE YEARS.
AND, UH, SO I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ONE FOR, UM, PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO, JUST A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO OUR TEAM.
SO WE HAVE MYSELF, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHARLIE AND KO IN PUBLIC WORKS, UM, FOR ON THE TITLE ONE SIDE.
WE HAVE RJM DESIGN GROUP, AND CIV TECH IS ON BOARD TO HANDLE OUR, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK FOR THE PROJECT.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME PLACE.
SO WE'RE RIGHT ALONG SHORELINE, UH, NEAR SHORELINE VILLAGE IN THE MARINA THERE.
SO OUR OVERALL PROJECT SCOPE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON MILL OVERLAY OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT TO GET IT BACK INTO SOME GOOD SHAPE.
IF, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE LATELY, IT'S IN NEED OF SOME TLC.
UM, SO THE PARKING LOT, UH, THE LAYOUT OF IT WILL REMAIN LARGE, LARGELY UNCHANGED.
WE'RE MAINTAINING THE SAME AMOUNT OF, OF SPACES AS PART OF OUR FINAL LOT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING INCORPORATED AS WE REFRESH OUR DRAWINGS FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND EV CHARGING.
AND I'LL, I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE ON SOME OF THE OTHER SLIDES HERE.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT HISTORY.
SO IN 2013, THIS SITE, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BEACH PARKING LOTS THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS, UM, PLANS WERE DEVELOPED TO MODERNIZE THE BEACH PARKING LOTS, UM, NEW PAY STATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER SITES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT.
WE HAVE 2014 PLANS IN OUR FILES FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, AND IT RE WENT TO COASTAL, RECEIVED A PERMIT WAIVER.
UM, BUT THIS PARTICULAR LOT WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED JUST DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING AT THE TIME.
UM, SO LAST YEAR THE PROJECT RECEIVED ANOTHER ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO, TO REALLY KICK THINGS BACK OFF.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE REENGAGED THE DESIGN TEAM.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME CIVIL THAT DID, UH, PLANS 10 YEARS AGO.
SO THAT'S MADE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER HAVING THOSE READY TO GO.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY JUST KNOCK THE DUST OFF, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT CODES AND TRY AND ADD IN THE, THE CHARGERS AS PART OF THAT.
UM, SO IF FOR 2024, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE KIND OF WRAPPED UP OUR DESIGN CONCEPT AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE SOME SNIPPETS OF TODAY.
UH, BUT RJM AND CIV TECH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING TO UPDATE THE FULL DRAWING PACKAGE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE TARGETING THIS FALL TO GET STARTED ON CONSTRUCTION.
SO JUST KIND OF A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE, FROM THE PROJECT DESIGN.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS MAKING SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH OUR PROJECT.
UM, THERE'S SOME SIDEWALKS THAT ARE OUT THERE CURRENTLY.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THEY DON'T HAVE A RAMP.
SO WE'RE EITHER ADDING OR REPLACING DEFICIENT RAMPS AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE A DA WHOOP WRONG BUTTON.
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THESE, UH, A DA PARKING SPACES THAT ARE AT THE, THE FAR END OF THE, UM, THE PARKING LOT AND NOT NECESSARILY AN ACCESSIBLE PATH TO GET OVER TO THE WATER.SO THIS WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THAT, OR WE'LL ADDRESS THAT.
UM, I ALSO MENTIONED THE EV CHARGING.
SO WE HAVE, UH, 12 CHARGING STATIONS THAT WILL BE ADDED THERE NEAR THE LINDEN AVENUE ENTRANCE.
SO KIND OF CENTRAL TO THE LOT AND WE'RE PLANNING TO LOCATE THEM ALONG THE MEDIAN.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WAY SIX SPACES WOULD BE ON THE PUBLIC PARKING SIDE AND SIX WOULD BE ON THE BOAT OWNER, UH, SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT.
DIDN'T NECESSARILY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT AT THE BEGINNING, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, WE'VE, THIS LOT HAS A PUBLIC STRIP ALONG THE TOP.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE OTHER SECTIONS ARE DESIGNATED FOR THE BOAT OWNERS.
UM, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS.
UM, SO OUR PLANS AS PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED AT THIS TURNAROUND AT THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE GATES, I DUNNO IF THIS IS SHOWING UP THERE, BUT WE HAVE THESE GATES HERE AT THE CORNER THAT SEPARATE THE TWO, UM, PARKING AREAS.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A TRICKY TURNAROUND THERE.
ALSO PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE CONVENIENT DROP OFF IF FOLKS ARE GOING OVER TO THE NEW ALAMEDOS, UH, BEACH CONCESSION LOT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS, THIS IS UP IN THE, UH, NORTHEAST CORNER.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT ELIMINATES A FEW PARKING SPACES IN THIS CORNER, BUT WE HAD, UM, ON THE OTHER END OF THE PUBLIC PARKING, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE SOME NEW SPACES TO OFFSET THAT.
SO WE'LL STILL MAINTAIN THE OVERALL COUNT.
SO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL WRAPPING UP OUR CONCEPT AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO GETTING INTO DESIGN, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL FLUSHING OUT, UM, CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT BUDGET, WE'VE GOT JUST OVER 1.8 MILLION IN THE, IN THE PROJECT BUDGET.
ABOUT 300,000 OF THAT IS LEFT OVER FROM THE OLD PROJECT 10 YEARS BACK.
UM, AND THEN THE ONE AND A HALF THAT I MENTIONED THAT WAS MOVED INTO THE PROJECT, UH, RECENTLY TO GET THINGS GOING.
SO STILL WORKING WITH TODD, UM, AND THE MARINE GROUP TO, TO FULLY BUILD OUT OUR BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.
AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS I MENTIONED, WE'RE WORKING ON DESIGN, WE'RE EXPECTING THOSE UPDATED PLANS NEXT MONTH SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE IN FOR PLAN CHECK.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING WITH SC ALONG THE WAY, UH, FOR THE NEW EV CHARGERS AS WELL.
MOST LIKELY WHAT WE'LL DO, WE'LL PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, OR THE CONDUIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE CHARGERS AS PART OF THE PAVING.
AND THEN BRING THE CITY'S, UM, ON CALL VENDOR IN FOR THE ACTUAL CHARGEPOINT STATIONS TO DROP THOSE IN.
IT'LL BE THE SAME CHARGEPOINT, UH, CHARGERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING AT THE OTHER BEACH, PARKING LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE PLANS INTO, UH, PLAN CHECK, WE WILL START REENGAGING THE CONTRACTORS TO GET SOME, UM, GET SOME HARD PRICING FOR THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, WE'RE INTENDING TO USE ONE OF THE CITY'S ON-CALL VENDORS FOR THE PAVING WORK.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, ENGINEERING BUREAU ON, UH, ACCESS TO THAT CONTRACT AS WELL.
UM, ALSO JUST CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH MARINE BUREAU, SPECIAL EVENTS, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
IT'S PART OF WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, LOOKING TOWARDS THIS FALL TO GET STARTED ON CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD TODAY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
DID THIS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE COASTAL COMMISSION? SO OUR PERMIT WAIVER IS STILL VALID.
UM, TODAY WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT.
SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO GO BACK INTO COASTAL, WE'RE, AS LONG AS WE'RE MAINTAINING THE OVERALL INTENT OF THE PROJECT.
SO HOW OLD IS THE EXISTING, LIKE TARMAC ON THERE THEN? IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RENOVATED 10 YEARS AGO? 20 2008, 2000, 2006, 2008.
SO THAT WAS JUST A SLURRY SEAL OVER TOP.
SO, AND THIS IS GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ROAD BASE OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE WILL, WE'LL MILL THE TOP, TOP COUPLE INCHES AND, AND GO BACK WITH BRAND NEW, UH, SURFACE COURSE STATEMENT EVERY TIME.
AND THEN IS THIS ALSO GOING TO, THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES NEW LANDSCAPING PROBABLY FOR THE MEDIANS OR SOMETHING? YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A GOOD PICTURE OF IT HERE, BUT YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE PODS, UM, OF KIND OF INFILTRATION PODS THAT ARE BE THROUGHOUT WITH SOME NEW LANDSCAPING.
UM, THE PREVIOUS PLANS SHOWED, UM, KIND OF PULLING ALL THE TURF AND REPLACING WITH, UH, SOME CROWN COVER.
UM, UH, JEFF HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A HUGE HELP IN COORDINATING ON THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND WITH ALL THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING AT QUEEN MARY, IT'S BEEN A MM-HMM.
AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THIS SITE GETS, UM, DESIRES TO LEAVE IT MORE WITH THE TURF LIKE IT IS NOW, BUT THERE IS OTHER
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LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE SITE THAT'LL BE ADDED AS PART OF THIS.AND THERE IS SOME, ARE WE GONNA HAVE INFILTRATION FOR THE PARKING LOT? SO WE, WE HAVE AT THE MEDIANS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE UM, THEY'RE MORE OF A GEAL INFILTRATION, SIMILAR, UM, KINDA SIMILAR TO THE OTHER LOTS.
UH, SO WE'LL SEE THEM AT THE ISLAND MEDIANS ACROSS THE LOT.
AND THE NUMBER OF SPOTS ARE GONNA BE THE SAME AND YEP.
JUST MOVING SOME STUFF AROUND.
YEAH, SO I WAS INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING.
I MEAN, WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM LAWNS THESE DAYS AND TURF, EXCEPT FOR KIDS NEEDING A PLACE TO PLAY SOCCER.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A MOVEMENT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TOWARDS DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING, BUT REALLY THE HIGHEST AND BEST LANDSCAPING IS ONES THAT AT LEAST INCLUDE SOME NATIVE PLANTS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S FRANKLY CRITICAL HABITAT SINCE NOW WE HUMANS ARE TAKING UP ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IT USES LESS WATER.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOU AND THE CITY ARE LOOKING AT MORE SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LANDSCAPING.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS.
UM, AND SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY, BUT I'M WONDERING HOW THAT FACTORS INTO THE CONVERSATION.
UM, SO I, I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT PLANTS THAT THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE DO, I DO KNOW WE HAVE THE, UM, DROP TOLERANT PLANTS AS PART OF OUR, UH, LANDSCAPING PALLET FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN, WHEN WE MET WITH, UH, JEFF AND, AND ROBERT AND, UM, OUT THERE, WE, UH, TALKED THROUGH THE IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A BIG TOPIC BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S BEEN THEORY THAT THE TREES, YOU'VE SEEN THE ROOTS THAT ARE KIND OF GROWING UP MM-HMM.
PART OF THE CONCERN THERE WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T GETTING OVER WATER.
AND SO WE'VE TALKING WITH THE TEAM, WE'VE SINCE ADDRESSED THAT AND, AND DIALED BACK THE IRRIGATION AND THE PLANTING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THERE WOULD MATCH THE, THE REDUCED IRRIGATION GOALS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND THERE.
SO THERE'S NEW ZONING FOR THIS PART OF LONG BEACH AND IT, SOME PEOPLE LIKE IT, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
BUT IT HAS A REALLY GOOD PLANT AND TREE PALETTE CIP DOES.
SO I'M JUST GONNA URGE YOU TO CAST YOUR EYES ON THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S AN URBANIZED AREA AS WELL.
UM, BUT IT'S GONNA LOOK GOOD AND PROVIDE HABITAT AND NOT REQUIRE A LOT OF WATER.
AND I REALLY THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR LONG BEACH TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S WHERE ALL CITIES ARE HEADED DOWN.
I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THAT IT'S ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE PLANT PALLET USED AT THE CONCESSION THAT'S NEARBY.
BUT I'M NOT SAYING JUST DROUGHT TOLERANT.
CALIFORNIA NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA FRIENDLY, CALIFORNIA NATIVE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT AN ALOE IN THE GROUND AND CALL IT DROP TOLERANCE.
WELL, THERE'LL BE A CHARGE FOR THE CHARGE.
SO WE HAVE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, UH, FOR SPECIAL FUNDING THROUGH THE CHARGER, UM, THE CHARGER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THAT VENDOR AND THAT PROGRAM TO HOPEFULLY GET SOME CREDITS TOWARDS THOSE NEW CHARGES.
WELL, NOT EVEN, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC LAW.
THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
I'M JUST, I'M, I, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE SO MANY FREE CHARGES OVER WHERE UM, THERE SHOULD BE A, THERE SHOULD BE A COST TO IT.
THEY'RE THE SAME PAID CHARGERS.
AND I THINK THE PLAN FOR THIS WAS AFTER GRAND PRIX? YES.
YEAH, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FALL.
SO AFTER GRAND PRIX AND AFTER THE GRAND PRIXS IN APRIL THIS YEAR, AND WE'D HAVE TO BE, GRAND PRIX HAS A, UH, A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT THERE'S A MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA, UH, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE AND AFTER THE GRAND PRIX.
SO WE HAVE A WINDOW OF AFTER THE GRAND PRIX MM-HMM.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A WINDOW THAT, THAT THIS WORK WILL HAVE TO BE DONE AND IN, AND YOU'RE ALSO GONNA PHASE IT.
SO YOU'RE, THE WHOLE LOT'S NOT GONNA BE OUTTA SERVICE.
YOU'RE GONNA DO IT LIKE IN THIRDS OR SOMETHING.
SO THE BOAT OWNERS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS FOR THEIR PAID, BUT IT'S NOT FREE 'CAUSE THEY PART OF THEIR DUES.
SO, UH, BUT THEY'LL BE CONT ABLE TO CONTINUE GOING THERE.
I ACTUALLY WOULD HAD A QUESTION SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHARGING.
UM, HOW DID YOU DECIDE SIX PRIVATE, SIX PUBLIC, UM, WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THE PRESENTATION? I, I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT IT OTHER THAN IT WOULD BE SORT OF UNFORTUNATE IF THE PRIVATE WEREN'T USED VERY MUCH AND THE PUBLIC WERE ALWAYS FULL BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER TREND OR MORE AND MORE ELECTRIC CARS.
SO HOW DID YOU DE DO THE SIX SIX SPLIT? SO WHEN WE HAD, WHEN WE WERE FIRST PICKING
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THIS BACK UP, THE, WE HAD SAID THAT WE WANTED 12 CHARGERS JUST KIND OF BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT.BUT AS FAR AS THE SIX AND SIX, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AROUND AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PLACE 'EM.
HEY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN.
THERE'S, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT THEY COULD BE UNUSED ON THE ONE SIDE.
UM, BUT THE, THE GENERAL THOUGHT THERE WAS TO TRY AND OFFER THAT BENEFIT TO BOTH SIDES.
AND WE, WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLES AMONGST OUR DOWNTOWN BOAT OWNERS.
SO, UH, THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD THE MARINE BUREAU HAD WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND DJ IS SAYING, YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE 12, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE OUR BOAT OWNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THESE AS WELL.
I GET THAT THERE'S JUST GONNA BE A HUGE INCREASE OF ELECTRIC CARS IN CALIFORNIA.
JUST ARE, YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SOLVING THAT PROBLEM, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE MICRO OF THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE US TO A VOTE THEN.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING? AYE.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ALAMEDOS BAY STORMWATER DISCHARGE PUMPHOUSE UPDATE BY LA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, CAN I HAVE A, I'M GONNA MOVE FOR THAT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO, UH, MAKE TIME OUT OF THE DAY TO COME, UH, GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON OUR NAPLES ISLAND AND ALAMEDOS, UH, I WANNA CALL IT JUST, UH, IT'S THE ALAMEDA BAY AREA, BUT LET'S CALL IT RIGHT BY LEEWAY, UH, PUMP STATION.
UH, ALI IS UH, GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS AND HE'LL INTRODUCE THE REST OF HIS TEAM, BUT, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM AND, UH, OUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT A LOT.
THANK YOU TODD, THANK YOU TO COMMITTEE FOR HAVING US TODAY.
AS TODD MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ALI.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY MY COLLEAGUES CODY DUNCAN, UM, KEVIN WOODS AND MERCEDES PASI, AND THE AUDIENCE HERE.
UM, AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR TWO PROJECTS, UH, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS AND THE SCOPE AND THE INS AND OUTS OF THE PROJECTS, CODY'S GONNA GIVE US JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OUR PROGRAM AND WHAT WE DO, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE'LL GET INTO EACH PROJECT INDIVIDUALLY.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, START WITH CODY.
CODY
SO WE REPRESENT THE LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT PROVIDES FLOOD, UH, PROTECTION FOR WATER CONVERSATION AND RECREATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN THE 2,700 UH, SQUARE MILES THAT WE MAINTAIN.
UH, SOME TYPICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE, UH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE ARE THE DAMS, CHANNELS, SPREADING GROUNDS, STORM DRAINS, AND PUMP STATIONS, AND MANY MORE.
UM, THE PUMP STATIONS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR COASTAL AREAS LIKE LONG BEACH 'CAUSE IT HELPS DISPLACE THE WATER FROM THESE LOW AREAS TO DRAIN AWAY AND PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU MAY KNOW THIS FACILITY, THIS AREA ALONG THE CANAL, THIS IS THE, ACTUALLY THE EAST TOLEDO PUMP STATION.
THIS IS ONE OF THREE PUMP STATIONS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS SITE IS ACTUALLY AT THE BRIDGE ABUTMENTS AT THESE BRIDGES.
SO THERE'S NOT MUCH BEAUTIFICATION YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS PROJECT.
IT'S PURELY JUST TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT.
UM, BUT NEEDS ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ON OUR PUMP STATIONS.
AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THREE THAT MY PROJECT IS DOING AND HAYDEN'S PROJECT ARE AMONGST THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO REHABILITATE THEM AFTER 60 CONTINUOUS YEARS OF THE OPERATION.
AND, UH, SEVERAL ELEMENTS HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR LIFE AND IT IS BEYOND THE SERVICE.
SO LET'S GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL NAPLES ISLAND AND THERE ARE THREE PUMP STATIONS.
ONE, UH, TWO OF 'EM ARE ON EACH SIDE OF EAST OF TOLEDO.
UM, AND THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE WEST NEAPOLITAN BRIDGE LEADING INTO TREASURE ISLAND.
UH, ONE REASON WHY WE COMBINED THESE THREE IN ONE IS WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THREE CONTRACTORS WORKING AT THE SAME TIME AND ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
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UM, IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY.AND WE'VE HAD ACTUALLY HAD MEETINGS WITH THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS, WE SENT FLYERS ON IT TO DO OUTREACH.
AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A ONE WAY, ONE WAY IN BRIDGE HERE.
AND I'LL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE MEASURES WE DID TO MITIGATE THAT.
BUT IT'S MAINLY FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE CONTRACTOR TO AVOID HAVING IMPACTS IN MULTIPLE AREAS WHEN, UM, OUR FUNDING WAS FOR NOW, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ALL OUR PROJECTS ARE COMPLETELY FUNDED AND READY FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR, UM, USING LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FUNDS.
SO, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1973 WITH ORIGINAL PARTS STILL IN OPERATION.
SO OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF EXTENDING LIFE AND SAVING COSTS.
UH, NOW'S THE TIME FOR REPLACEMENT AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO PROTECT THE LIFE PROPERTY OF, UH, THE COMMUNITIES AND PARTICULARLY FOR US, THE NAPLES ISLAND COMMUNITY.
SO I'M SHARING THESE TWO PICTURES.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY FROM OUR BID WALK THAT WE HAD WHEN THE CONTRACTORS CAME TO CHECK OUT, LOOK AT THE SITES.
UH, THIS ONE IS ON THE WEST NEW PAUL LANE BRIDGE AND THE SECOND ONE IS ON THE WEST TOLEDO PUMP STATION.
SO THESE ARE WHAT TYPICAL OPERATIONS MAY LOOK LIKE.
NOT EVERY DAY, BUT WHEN KEY ACTIVITIES NEED TO HAPPEN.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH IS WE WILL SEND A FLYER NOTIFICATION TO OUR CONTRACTOR 21 DAYS AND ANOTHER TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THESE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES HAPPENING.
SO, AND THEN PARTICULARLY ON THE WEST NEAPOLITAN LAKE BRIDGE, WE LIMITED THE WORKING HOURS TO, UM, TO BE BETWEEN NINE AND TWO WHEN OUR TYPICAL HOURS ARE SEVEN AND THREE 30 HERE.
WE, SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH LANE FOR ONE LANE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO OUT IN THE MORNING AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK EARLY AFTERNOON.
AND IT'S THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ADVANCED NOTICE TO MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS.
SO WHAT IS IT WE'RE DOING? SO THIS IS A PEAK INSIDE OUR PUMP STATIONS.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE DISCHARGE PIPES THAT GO THROUGH THE BRIDGE ABUTMENT WALL AND DISCHARGE THE WATER, UM, INTO THE CANALS.
UH, SO WE'RE REPLACING ALL THE PIPING, THE PUMPS, UM, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, MECHANICAL UPGRADES, AND THE HATCHES IN THE STREET.
SO THESE HATCHES ARE WHERE WE, WHEN WE REPLACE THESE WE'LL NEED TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD APPROVED FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE'VE HAD CITY OF LONG BEACH APPROVE THE PLANS THROUGH LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE HAD A WAIVER WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION SINCE THIS IS FOR REHABILITATION PROJECT IN NATURE.
SO ONE THING WE DID SINCE THERE'S THREE PROJECTS IS THERE WILL ONLY BE TRAFFIC CONTROL ON ONE SITE AT A TIME.
AND ONE THING WE DID IS WE'RE GONNA DO THE WEST AND EAST TOLEDO PUMP STATIONS FIRST, SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT LESSON LEARNS BEFORE WE GO TO THE WEST NEPAL, WHERE IT'S MORE CRITICAL AND THAT, UM, MAKE THINGS SUCCESS AND LIMIT THE IMPACTS.
SO ALSO ONE THING IS WE ARE REPLACING THESE FLAT GATES, TODD, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO THEN WE DO THIS, UM, WE'RE GOING, THE INTENT IS TO REPLACE ALL THE FLOOD FEEDS FOR EACH SITE RELATIVELY BETWEEN ONE OR TWO DAYS.
AND THAT WILL BE AN ADVANCED NOTICE TO THE BOATING COMMUNITY, TO TODD'S GROUP, TO THE MARINE BUREAU TO KNOW A, OUR CONTRACTOR'S GONNA BE IN THERE AND WE'LL HAVE A WORK PLAN THAT WE SUBMIT TO OUR CONTRACTOR TO S GROUP FOR APPROVAL BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING.
SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WE ARE REPLACING THESE, BUT IT'LL BE A ONE TIME THING.
AND THE ONE THING I WANNA SAY IS THAT WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS, IT'LL BE INTENT IS THAT WE DO IT ONE TIME, WE REHABILITATE THESE THREE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO AT LEAST THESE SITES FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
SO, OR LONGER, HOPEFULLY CAN WE GO ON? AND THEN WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE PASS IT TO ALI.
UM, SO WE WILL GET INTO THE, UH, MEAT AND POTATOES ESSENTIALLY OF THIS PROJECT.
BUT BEFORE I DO, UM, FOR THE ALAMEDO BAY PUMP STATION, I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PUMP STATION ITSELF AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT.
UM, THIS WAS ANOTHER OLD ONE, UH, BUILT IN 1966.
IT'S LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OCEAN AND 54TH PLACE.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE LEEWAY SAILING CENTER, THE CONGO, THE GETAWAY, IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT.
UM, AND ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE FLOOD PROTECTION TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY
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OF ALAMEDOS BAY.UM, THIS IMAGE HERE IS A DRAINAGE MAP.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE MORE SPECIFICALLY WHICH AREAS ARE SERVICED BY THIS PUMP STATION.
UM, THE SHADED AREA AND THE LEFT HERE IS THE BELMONT SHORE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT THERE IS THE PENINSULA COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, DURING A HEAVY STORM OR RAINFALL, UM, THERE ARE MANY COLLECTION POINTS IN THESE COMMUNITIES WHERE STORM WATER IS COLLECTED, UM, ALL GETS FUNNELED DOWN INTO THE PUMP STATION AND, UH, PUSHED OUT INTO THE MARINA.
AGAIN, OUR MO IS THE LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
IT IS TO PRESERVE, UH, LIFE AND PROPERTY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE PUMP STATIONS ARE WELL MAINTAINED AND OPERATIONAL.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF PICTURES YOU'RE GONNA SEE ARE THE CURRENT, UM, STATUSES OF THE, UH, DISCHARGE PIPES AND THE PUMP STATIONS.
THESE ARE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
UM, YOU CAN TELL HERE FROM THIS, THIS PICTURE HERE OF THE DISCHARGE PIPES, UM, THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE WEATHERED.
UM, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, THE NATURAL ELEMENTS THAT IT'S TAKEN, ITS TOLL ON THESE.
AND AS CODY MENTIONED EARLIER, A LOT OF THESE ELEMENTS HAVE REACHED THEIR SURFACE OF A LIFE.
UM, SAME WITH THE TIMBER PILES ON THE, THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT THERE.
UM, THEY'RE DETERIORATED AGAIN, BUILT IN 1966.
SO IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR, FOR REPLACEMENT.
UH, I HEAR A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE INTERIOR OF THE PUMP STATION AS WELL AS THE EXTERIOR OF THE PUMP STATION.
UH, WE GONNA JUST MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE PUMP STATIONS ARE OLD AND THEY ARE DUE, LIKE WE SAID, UH, FOR MAINTENANCE OR REHABILITATION OR EVEN NEW IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW ITEMS. UM, SO GETTING INTO THE SCOPE OF WORK, UH, THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE SCOPE, UH, IS GOING TO BE THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THESE EXISTING DISCHARGE PIPES.
UM, THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITH UNDERGROUND PIPES.
SO THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO GET RID OF THIS EYESORE AND HOPEFULLY BEAUTIFY THE, UH, THE BEACH AREA, UM, HIDE THOSE, THOSE PUMPS AND, AND CONTINUE OPERATIONS, UH, TO THE PUMP STATION.
UH, AMONG THAT, THERE WILL ALSO BE A COUPLE OF STRUCTURAL UPGRADES TO THE PUMP STATION.
UH, THERE WILL BE A NEW ROOF THAT WILL BE INSTALLED TO THE PUMP STATION, UH, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL UPGRADES TO LIGHTING AND SOFTWARE, UH, TO HELP MAINTAIN OPERATIONS OF THAT PUMP STATION.
UM, FORGOT TO MENTION, AS PART OF THE, UH, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF THE NEW PIPING, UH, THERE WILL BE A CAR FOR DAM THAT WILL BE BUILT OUT.
MM-HMM,
UM, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, UH, WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.
SO THESE TWO PICTURES HERE, UH, SHOW THE OVERALL VIEW AND THE FOCUS VIEW OF WHAT THE SITE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE DURING CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THESE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS, UH, REPRESENTED BY THE DASH, ORANGE, AND DASH GLUE ARE THE CONSTRUCTION ZONES AND THE TEMPORARY STAGING AREAS.
UH, THESE AREAS WILL BE OFF LIMITS TO, UH, PEDESTRIANS OR ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE IN THE AREA.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING NOTE THAT THESE, UH, AREAS THAT ARE GONNA BE CLOSED ARE SMALL AREAS.
THE REST OF THE MARINA, THE REST OF THE BAY WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE ZONE, UM, FOR OUR CONTRACTORS TO WORK, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UM, CONSTITUENTS, UH, INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
UM, AS A PART OF OUR, UH, EFFORTS TO KEEP THE ACTIVITIES OF THE LEEWAY SAILING CENTER OPERATIONAL, OUR CONTRACTORS ACTUALLY ACTUALLY GOING TO RELOCATE THE EXISTING BOATYARD THAT YOU SEE HERE TO THE LOCATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LEEWAY SAILING CENTER.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS SO THAT OUR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS CAN BE MOVED FROM OUR TEMPORARY STAGING AREA INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A LITTLE TIGHT SPACE, UH, AS IS ALREADY.
UM, SO WE WILL BE USING THIS AREA HERE, UM, TO MOVE MATERIAL EQUIPMENT BACK AND FORTH.
AND AGAIN, UH, THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS JUST TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS THAT WILL BE CLOSED OFF.
THIS RED AREA HERE IS GOING TO BE EITHER FENCED OFF UP TO A CERTAIN PORTION AND, UH, COVERED BY THE CONFER DAM, UM, THIS AREA AS WELL.
BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER AREAS OF THE BEACH ARE ACCESSIBLE.
I'M AWARE THAT THERE'S A LIFEGUARD STATION HERE THAT'LL STILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE DETOUR ROUTES FOR THEM TO SAFELY GET ACROSS THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, UH, DOCK THERE IF WE NEED TO.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A, UH, COFFER DAM ON ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, ANOTHER LA COUNTY PROJECT.
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PUT THIS UP THERE JUST TO, TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN INSIGHT AS TO WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE, UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION FOR, UH, ALAMITOS PROJECT.THE CFER DAM WON'T BE AS LONG AS THIS ONE IS.
UM, BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, ACTIVITIES WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO USE THIS SAMPLE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS A, A LOOK INTO WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, UH, AND THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, THE, UH, DECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING PIPING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PIPING.
AND WITH THAT, THAT COVERS THE SCOPE OF WORK.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT BACK ONTO CODY TO TALK ABOUT OUR SCHEDULES FOR THIS.
WILL THERE BE NO VISIBLE ABOVE GROUND AND WATER DISCHARGE PIPES THAT ALL GO UNDERGROUND? ALL GO UNDERGROUND, YES.
IN, INTO THE BAY OR TO THE, INTO THE BAY, YES.
HOW FAR OFF THE BEACH WOULD THE DISCHARGE BE? IT WOULD BE ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET OFF.
ARE ARE, ARE YOU GOING BACK TO CODY? YEAH.
LET ME FINISH AND THEN WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, BOTH PROJECTS HAVE SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES.
THEY'RE BOTH SLATED TO START IN MID-APRIL IN THE DRY WEATHER.
AND THEY BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIX MONTHS.
SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ONE IMPACT TO THE SUMMER TO BE OUT OF YOUR HAIR FOR THE NEXT THREE PLUS YEARS.
AND THEN, UH, IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OUTSIDE OF OUR QUESTIONING, BOTH OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS HERE.
UM, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST IS LIZETTE GUZMAN AND SHE IS A BETTER PERSON TO ASK FOR SPECIFIC, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS AND YOU CAN REACH HER INFORMATION THERE.
I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE KEVIN WOODS.
HE REPRESENTS THE LA COUNTY PUBLIC CONDITIONS AS THE OWNER OPERATOR.
AND HE'S HERE TO HELP US ASK MORE QUESTIONS ON THE WHY.
AND WE'RE HERE TO TAKE AT THE PROJECT.
SO YOU HAVE NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR, OH, WE DO.
I HAVE NO, I WANNA OPEN THIS QUESTION.
I HAD A, I HAD A FEW, SO SURE.
LET'S GO ONE OF THE, THE PICTURE OF THE FLAP GATES.
SO THE FLAP GATE, THE FLAP GATES.
WERE GREEN AND I, I MEAN I DON'T THINK I'VE LOOKED AT THEM ALL THAT OFTEN.
IS IT, IS IT METAL PLASTIC? THESE ARE STEEL BRONZES.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXISTING WAS, BUT, UH, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA REPLACE IT WITH? I BELIEVE IT'S STEEL.
I HAVE TO LOOK, LOOK UP INTO THIS AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, ON THE MATERIALS THAT, UM, I, BUT UH, THE INTENT IS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THINGS THAT ARE RUST PROOF.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE RUSTING, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP EXACTLY IF YOU WANT.
MY ONLY THING, I USED TO BE A WATER QUALITY PERSON.
I CAN'T IMAGINE YOU WOULD REPLACE IT WITH COPPER, BUT FOR SURE NOT COPPER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN UNLIMITED BUDGET.
I MEAN, IT'S ALSO NOT GOOD FOR WATER QUALITY.
RIPPED OFF THE, THE OTHER THING, UH, THERE ARE A FEW FOR THE ALAMEDO BAY PROJECT.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAVE ANY IMPACT OR WILL IT HAVE ANY IMPACT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE WE BITS OR THE PLACEMENT OF THE KIDS' WATER EQUIPMENT.
FOR THE, IT'S, I WONDER WHAT THE LIFEGUARD'S POSITION IS.
I MEAN THE COFFER DAM IS GONNA BE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT STATION.
IS IT GONNA OBSTRUCT THE ABILITY TO VIEW THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL OF ALAMEDA BAY.
THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT WAS SHORTENING DOWN THE DISCHARGE PUMPS UHHUH THAT WAS DONE MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO, SIX YEARS AGO, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
UH, AND THIS'LL BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME EXTENT OF INTRUSION, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT INTRUSION INTRUSION, UH, AS IT WAS THEN.
SO, UH, LIFEGUARDS HAVE WORKED TO THAT IN THE PAST.
SO, BUT THE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT SITTING AT A LIFEGUARD STATION.
I CAN LOOK ALL OVER HERE AND THERE'S A BIG COFFER DAM RIGHT HERE AND I, THIS ENTIRE AREA, I CAN'T SEE.
AND ON THIS WE HAVE A SECOND STORY TO OUR LIFEGUARD STATION, WHICH WHERE ONE OF OUR GUARDS SITS ON TOP OF DURING THE SUMMERTIME TO PREVENT THAT AND TO LOOK DOWN TO, UM, THE PENINSULA AREA.
IT'S A DEFINITE CONCERN FOR US.
CAN I ADD TO THAT ONE AND JUST IN THE SENSE OF, I KNOW WE HAVE A LIFEGUARD STATION THEY CAN SEE 'CAUSE I I'VE SEEN THAT.
WELL, THEY HAVE A STATION DOWN, UH, JUST A, I CALL IT A SEAT 'CAUSE HAVING TO RUN AROUND THE COPPER DAM.
UM, SO WE HAVE ONE AT LEEWAY, RIGHT.
WE DO NOT HAVE ONE POSTED IN BETWEEN THERE.
WE, UM, HAVE IT 'CAUSE THEY GOT THE CAMPS IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE DOWN BELOW AND ONE UP TOP TWO TO RUN AROUND, WHICH THERE SHOULD BE ACCESS FOR US TO MAKE ACCESS.
LONG AS THERE'S GONNA BE ACCESS.
AS LONG AS WE CAN GET, GET THERE, UH, WE
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CAN GO BY WATER OR BY BEACH WITH THE SWIMMERS.I MEAN, TALKING ABOUT THE COFFER DAM AND HAVING THE RELEASE WITH THE SWIMMERS, 'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY SWIMMERS IN, IN THE BAY.
UM, AND THAT DOES GET RELEASED.
WHAT DOES THAT DO AND WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT? THE FISH ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE, I MEAN WE'VE GOT, WE GOT EVERYTHING.
WHAT'S THE LITTLE, THE HORSES, WHAT DO YOU CALL HORSES, SEAHORSE HORSES.
WE GOT A WHOLE SEAHORSE FAMILY DOWN THERE.
DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING? I MEAN, DO THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING OR IS IT JUST DUG UP AND GONE? UH, DOES SOMEBODY COME IN AND LOOK WHERE THOSE ARE AND, AND HAVE THE SCUBA DIVERS UNDER THERE TO SEE BEFORE THEY START JUST ARE CHARGING IT? THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT QUESTION.
AGAIN, OUR, OUR MO IS THE LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IS TO PROTECT PROPERTY IN LIFE.
AS FAR AS WILL IT AFFECT ANYTHING? UH, NO, IT WILL NOT.
UM, THESE PUMPS HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED IN THE PAST.
UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MAJOR CONCERNS OF, OF ANYONE BEING INJURED OR ANYTHING OF THAT, THAT SORT.
SO, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE, THE PROPERTY THAT'S OUT HERE, THE COMMUNITY, UM, FROM A MAJOR STORM, UM, IN CASE THERE IS ANY.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS WILDLIFE IS CONCERNED, WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ADDING TO EELGRASS BEDDING WITH THE BURIAL OF THESE DISCHARGE PIPES.
CAN I, I WANNA ALSO JUST INTERJECT THERE AS WELL.
SO TYPICALLY WHEN THESE ARE RUNNING, IT'S DURING, YOU KNOW, MAJOR STORM EVENTS, NO ONE'S SWIMMING RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN, AND THEN AS HE MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR, UM, PERMITTING WITH LIKE THE COASTAL COMMISSION ARMY CORPS, THERE WERE THESE BIOLOGICAL STUDIES THAT ARE PART OF IT, BIOLOGICAL MON MONITORING BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, CHECKING OUT ON THE SEA LIGHTS THAT'S THERE DURING CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN RESTORING, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT EAGLE GRASS TO THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM, SO I WAS OUT THERE THIS MORNING AT THE ALAMEDAS PUMP STATION BECAUSE TODAY'S KING TIDE DAY RIGHT.
JUST, UM, DOING THE, UM, COASTAL COMMISSION'S, UH, KING TIDE PROJECT AND DOCUMENTING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH RESPECT TO SEA LEVEL RISE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS QUESTION GOES.
WHAT DOES THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW DOES THAT RESPOND OR HOW ARE YOU RESPONDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEA LEVEL RISE? WHICH PERSON ING? WELL, YEAH, I AM INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY BOTH PROJECTS.
I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ARE THESE FACTORS, UH, THAT BECOME PART OF YOUR, UH, DESIGN FOR TO POTENTIAL? SO I CAN ANSWER THIS.
SO, UM, ONE THING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THIS PROJECT IS WE DID CONSIDER THAT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING HOW WE GOT OUR LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
THAT WITHOUT THAT CONSIDERATION, THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS IF THE SEA LEVEL WERE TO RISE AND THE, THE WATER LEVEL WAS TO BE ABOVE THE FLAP GATES, WE COULD ALWAYS, UM, WITH THE UPGRADES AND CONFIGURATION OF OUR ROOM, WE COULD CHANGE OUT THE PUMP TO A HIGHER PUMP CAPACITY WHERE THE WATER WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT EVEN IF THE WATER LEVEL WENT ABOVE THE FLAP.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S STUCK AT THE BRIDGE ABUTMENT.
UNLESS THE STREET COMPLETELY CHANGED OR WE RELOCATED TO THIS PUMP STATIONS, THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO.
SO THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS TO, TO INCREASE THE PUMP CAPACITY IN THE EVENT THAT IT WENT THAT HIGH.
BUT THAT IS AT A 50 YEAR, UH, LEVEL AT, UM, GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED.
SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING.
AND THE ALAMEDA BAY, AND I AM SORRY, THE KEVIN? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, FOR THAT ONE, UH, UNDER OUR COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, WE ARE, UM, GOING, GOING TO BE DOING A STUDY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS, UM, GOOD WITH, UH, OUR, YOU KNOW, SEA LEVEL RISE, ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
UM, BUT YEAH, EVERYTHING HAD BEEN LOOKED INTO AS WELL, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST ONE, UH, EXTRA CONDITION THAT BE ENSURING FOR THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE.
AND, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I I I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE ENGINEERS AND, YOU KNOW, KNOW ALL THIS STUFF, BUT FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHAT IF THE CURRENT PUMP FAILS? WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, HOW WOULD SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT SUDDENLY THOSE PUMPS THAT THEY'VE RELIED ON FOR 60 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN OPERATING SO WONDERFULLY, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY STOP OPERATING? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS? I MEAN, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UH, A BIG THING THAT WE, WE DO WITH OUR PUMP STATION IS DEN RIDDEN REDUNDANCY.
SO WE HAVE ELECTRICAL PUMPS AS WELL AS GAS ENGINE PUMPS.
SO THOSE GAS ENGINE PUMPS WOULD BE OUR BACKUP IF SAY THE ELECTRICITY GOES DOWN.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THE WORK, UH, OR SORRY, DO ALL THE PUMPING THAT WE NEED TO, UH, PROTECT THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITH JUST A SMALLER AMOUNT OF PUMPS.
SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS, LET'S JUST SAY UTTER FAILURE, COMPLETE 100% FAILURE, WHAT
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WOULD I KNOW AS A MEMBER OF, OF, I DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA, BUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE? THE PUMP FAILURE HOUSES WOULD FLOODWE'LL HAVE THE FLOODING, BUT, UH, BIG THING THAT OUR, OUR TEAM DOES IS WE WOULD BRING OUT, UM, AUXILIARY PUMPS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, REDUCE THE FLOODING.
TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE, UH, CITIZENS AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND, AND THE LAST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OBSERVATION IS I HAVE GOOD FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN BEAUMONT CHORE WHO ARE REPORTING NOW THAT IN A A RAIN EVENT, A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT AND A HIGH TIDE, THEIR STREETS ARE FLOODING.
UM, AND THIS IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE.
ARE THE PUMPS DESIGNED TO, TO DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF SITUATION? I MEAN, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS HAPPENING THERE.
SO WE ONLY TAKE WICKEDS COLLECTED INTO OUR SYSTEM, INTO OUR PUMP STATION.
'CAUSE THE CITY MAINTAINS THE STREETS AND THE INLET STRUCTURES.
SO IF THERE'S NO INLET STRUCTURES, THERE'S NO WAY FOR THE WATER TO COLLECT INTO OUR PUMP STATIONS TO DISPLACE.
SO IT'S A KIND OF A TWOFOLD ISSUE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED A, A LARGER PLANNING EFFORT BETWEEN THE AGENCIES TO DISCUSS THAT.
I, I WASN'T SURE HOW THAT SORT OF, UH, INTERPLAY OR OVERLAID WITH WHAT THIS PROJECT WAS.
SO WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE, THE, THE PIPES AND THE PUMPS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UH, UNDERGROUND INSTEAD OF ABOVE, AND THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT TO BE DISCHARGED A HUNDRED FEET OUT OR MORE.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE SEDIMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE? IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE, IS IT CONTAMINATED OR IT'S JUST GOING TO BE PUT INTO THE
UM, SO OUR PUMPS ARE DESIGNED TO CONTAIN LARGE SEDIMENTS OR OUR PUMP STATIONS.
UM, SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY LARGE DEBRIS THAT IS ACTUALLY DISCHARGING INTO THE, UM, BAY ITSELF.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE QUALITY IS CONCERNED, UH, I'M AWARE THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS WORKING ON A PROJECT, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE QUALITY AND VERIFICATION OF THE, THE WATER ITSELF.
SO THAT, AGAIN, LIKE CODY MENTIONED, IS A, IS A BIGGER, BIGGER PROJECT THAT, UH, THE CITY'S INVOLVED IN AS FAR AS THE WATER CIRCULATION IS CONCERNED.
UH, BUT ANY LARGE DEBRIS OR ANY TYPE OF TRASH THAT IS ALWAYS COLLECTED PRIOR TO, UM, THE WATER DISCHARGING INTO THE, OKAY.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS, WHEN THEY, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO DREDGE TO PUT THE PIPES UNDER OR THERE'S ALWAYS YES.
SO THAT, SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT? THE DREDGING MATERIAL AND THE SEDIMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, DISTURBED, DISPLACED MATERIAL, DISPLACED MATERIAL.
THE SAND, THE SAND ESSENTIALLY IS GONNA BE REUSED TO COVER THE PIPING ITSELF.
SO WE'RE ALL THE, THE DISPLACED, UH, SEDIMENT OR THE SAND THAT WE'RE DIGGING OUT AND WE'RE GONNA USE IT TO COVER THE, UH, THE PIPING ITSELF.
ARE YOU BEAUTIFYING THE BUILDING? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE DOING A BUNCH OF PAINT, UH, ENHANCEMENTS.
UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE REPLACING THE ROOF, UH, A COUPLE OF NEW DOORS, NEW WINDOWS, AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TRY TO MATCH THE PAINT WITH THE LEEWAY SAILING CENTER SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT ABOUT THE, UH, COMMUNITY.
PUBLIC, WELL, YOU, I BELIEVE BATTALION CHIEF, UH, A QUESTION.
UH, ON THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF IT, WHEN IT GOES OUT INTO THE BAY AND THEN BELS UP
UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AN OUTLET STRUCTURE, AND ON THAT OUTLET STRUCTURE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE FOR ANY TYPE OF BOAT AND SWIMMERS TO BE AWARE.
SO ACTUALLY COME OUT THAT'S, YEAH.
GOD, WAIT, SO THERE'S, SO IT'S A WHOLE YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S A WHOLE, PUT THAT PUT ANOTHER SLIDE.
I KEPT THINKING IT WAS UNDERNEATH AND THERE WAS NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE LITTLE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SEAHORSE AND STUFF.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING OUT AND DISCHARGING, SO IT'LL STILL BE PROTECTED OR STILL HAVE SOMETHING AROUND IT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT'S JUST THE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE LIGHTING AND THE SIGNAGE THAT IS IN, UH, COMING OUT OF THE WATER.
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE INVISIBLE.
THE ONLY THING THAT'LL BE COMING OUT IS JUST THAT OUTLET STRUCTURE SLIGHTLY INTO THE MARINA.
AND HOW BIG IS THAT OUTLET? THERE'S THREE, SIX BY SIX I REMEMBER IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE SURFACE.
JUST COME OUT ABOUT LIKE A COUPLE FEET OUT.
SOME SAME, LIKE SIMILAR SIGNAGE THAT SAYS
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LIKE, YOU KNOW, DANGER WITH LIKE BEACONS.SO THERE IS LIGHTING, THERE'S THOSE SAFETY ELEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF IT AS WELL, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THERE THAN, THAN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT, LIKE, THE A HUNDRED FEET OUT IS A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE FACE OF THE BUILDING, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE TOO MUCH FURTHER OUT.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE KIDS WHO JUMP OFF OF EVERYTHING YES.
I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GONNA KEEP KIDS FROM JUMPING OFF OF THAT THING? BOB WIRE, DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, ALL OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE ARE ACTUALLY IN PLANS.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PHYSICAL EXAMPLES FROM ANY OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, THIS IS A, A UNIQUE PROJECT IN ITS OWN.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE, WE WANTED TO KEEP ANY TYPE OF DETAILED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS OUT OF, OUT OF THE PRESENTATION AND, AND KEEP IT STRICTLY TO, TO IMAGES SO WE CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS A BETTER, SO HOW, HOW, I'M SORRY, THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.
HOW, HOW HIGH OUT OF THE WATER IS THIS GOING TO BE? THE SIX BY SIX AND FOOT? I'LL HAVE TO, TO UH, CONFIRM WITH THE PLANS AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.
BUT, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS ROUGHLY FOUR FEET OUT OF THE WATER.
SO ABOUT THE DISTANCE FROM THE FLOOR TO THE TABLE AT WHAT TIDE? YEAH.
I REMEMBER IT WAS AT LIKE A MEAN, IT WAS A MEAN SEA LEVEL.
AND THEN FOUR FEET WAS THE HIGHEST THAT WE WOULD SEE IT.
WE
THAT COME IN HERE AND, YOU KNOW, THE SIGHTS AND LIGHTS.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET LIGHTS ON THE BUOYS OUT THERE JUST AS A, AS A NIGHTLIGHT WAS PEOPLE GOING BY? UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
UM, GOD WOULD SURE LOVE TO SEE A DRAWING BEFORE WE SIT THERE AND WELL, WE SAY IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH ANYWAY.
IT DOES, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE A DRAWING OF REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WILL COME BACK TO US.
DID YOU APPROVE THIS? UM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IT.
SO WE KNOW BLINKING LIGHTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
BOY, I JUST, THEY'RE GONNA FLIP.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL WORK WITH NATHAN AND HIS TEAM.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING YEAH.
WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE AT THE LOCATION.
UH, SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
SUPER TO GET SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND GO, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, LOOK LIKE MAYBE A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING DURING THE DAY.
A HIGH TIDE, A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING DURING A LOAD TIME.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER EXAMPLES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND ON LIKE GOOGLE IMAGES OR SOMETHING OF WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE IN OTHER PLACES, I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOT ONLY HAVE US RECEIVE THAT IMAGE AND THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING, BUT FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED IN SOMETHING THAT IS PUBLIC.
SO IF IT IS PROVIDED TO US AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT OR SOMETHING THAT IT BE INCLUDED SO WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE POINT THE PUBLIC TO SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SEE IN THE RECORD.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS, IS WE'LL HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AFTER THE MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL LOOK ABOUT MAYBE, UH, UH, CIRCLING BACK IN A MONTH OR TWO.
WE'LL CIRCLE BACK IN A MONTH OR TWO.
MAYBE WITH AGENDA YOU CAN HELP US ON THE LIGHTS IN THE SENSE IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THAT APPROVED BY THE COASTAL, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE FOUR MORE ON THE BUOYS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
YOU GUYS WANT PROVE THAT INTO YOUR PLAN.
THE COAST COMMISSION IS SUPER GUARD, RELAXED ABOUT THAT.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T MIND AT ALL IF YOU TAKE THEIR APPROVALS AND JUST PLAY AROUND WITH THEM.
THANK YOU FOR TIME PUBLIC, PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, UH, THAT A HUNDRED FEET, WHERE DID THAT A HUNDRED FEET START FROM? A HUNDRED FEET OUT FROM THE BUILDING? YES.
SO LIKE AT THE BOTTOM YELLOW DASH LINE? YES.
UP AT THAT'S LIKE EVEN WHAT THE FRONT OF THE LIFEGUARD SHACK.
SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE, PEOPLE COULD JUST WALK OUT ON, THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
IT'S GONNA BE BE SAND BE A DIVING BOARD.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, AREA WHEN WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION? NO, WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S DONE CONSTRUCTED WHEN IT'S DONE.
OH, WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY COMPLETE.
THIS WHOLE AREA WILL HAVE ACCESS FOR YEAH.
ALL OF, BUT THAT SIX FOOT BY SIX FOOT PAD IS ESSENTIALLY THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT.
JUST IMAGINE THAT THE END, THE LAST SIX BY SIX IS A PAD IN THIS LOCATION AND PEOPLE CAN JUMP OFF.
THERE MIGHT BE LIGHTS ON IT OR ANYTHING, BUT IS THAT A SAFETY ISSUE? I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER, UM, AREN'T THERE OTHER STRUCTURES IN ALAMEDA BAY WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN LIKE CLIMB UP AND JUMP OFF? I FEEL LIKE
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A JERKED TELLING ALL THESE KIDS TO GET OFF THE BULKHEADS.THERE'S ALSO A LIFEGUARD RIGHT THERE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, GO OUT TO ABOUT, BASED ON MEASUREMENTS FROM A HUNDRED FEET FROM HERE TO THERE.
SO IT'LL BE SO YOU'RE LOOKING ABOUT, OKAY.
SO SOME KID CAN WALK OUT TO IT OR SOME ADULT WILL WALK OUT TO IT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST WANNA KNOW.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND WE GOTTA BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO 'EM.
IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND A KING TIDE BRINGS IT PRETTY UP HIGH TOO.
SO I'M THINKING THAT BEING OUT THERE WITH A KING TIDE COMING IN.
SO I THINK THE BIG THING WITH THIS RIGHT NOW IS GET A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK, UH, WITH THIS TEAM.
OR, OR, UH, AND AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN IN THE NEXT.
I MEAN IT'S GONNA BE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO SAVE, TO SAVE OUR ISLAND AND, AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN THANK YOU, THE COUNTY AND YOU ALREADY, WELL YOU ALREADY HEARD MY STORY ON ANOTHER THING AND WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT IT HERE.
BUT IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE A COUNTY COMING IN AND PART OF THE COUNTY HELPING OUT A CITY, UM, WITH THAT.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FURTHER? PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TOWARDS, UH, UH, VOTE.
SO, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING SAY AYE.
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PRAY BACK FOR A FINAL, THAT'LL BE IN THE PUBLIC.
UM, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAYYY.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLAP, YOU'RE WITH 'EM, SO YOU'RE GOOD.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATE.
AND, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, I'LL MOVE FOR THAT.
MOVING INTO OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH SERGEANT SMLA.
DECEMBER WAS BELOW MONTHLY AVERAGES FOR TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
HOWEVER, OFFICERS INITIATED A LOT OF, UH, EXCUSE ME, A LOT MORE PARKING CALLS.
AND THE PARKING COUNT WAS DOUBLED THAT OF NOVEMBER AS A RESULT.
UH, LOOKING AT DECEMBER OF 2022, SERVICE DEMAND WAS ABOUT THE SAME THIS YEAR, UH, WITH 48 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND IT WAS 46 LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE KIND OF GETTING INTO THE SLOWER MONTHS WITH THE WEATHER GETTING COLDER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, STATISTICALLY AT 46 DISPATCHES OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITY WAS 1,744 CALLS.
WE ONLY HAD 14 REPORTS, WHICH WAS MOSTLY IMPOUND AND FOUND PROPERTY, WHICH IS DOWN 22 REPORTS FROM LAST MONTH.
AND WE ISSUED 89 PARKING CITATIONS.
UH, AS MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE MARINA READER, UH, MARINE PATROL IS TRANSITIONING OVER TO AN ALL GREEN UNIFORM.
UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IMPLEMENTING THAT TO HAVE, UH, CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT ALL THE SSO DETAILS.
SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, LEMME KNOW.
AND THEY WILL EVENTUALLY ALSO BE DOING ONE OF THEY OUTER BEST GOOD.
UH, MARINE PATROL HAS ALSO UPDATED ITS FLEET OF VEHICLES.
WE HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THE JEEPS AND HAVE TRANSITION TO HIGH GRADE FOUR BY FOUR TRUCKS, WHICH PROVIDE US WITH GREATER UTILITY IN THE FIELD.
AND THEY'RE EQUIPPED WITH REGENERATIVE BRAKING.
SO WHEN WE'RE IDLING THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS AT SLOW SPEED, THE TRUCK IS ACTUALLY THE ZERO RPMS NOW.
SO WE'RE NOT HAVING ALL THAT EXCESS, UH, EXHAUST AND ALL OF THAT THROUGHOUT MARINA'S.
MUCH MORE GREEN, UH, MUCH MORE UTILITY.
WE CAN PICK UP DOCK PARTS THAT WE SEE THAT HAPPEN TO WANDER OFF ON THEIR OWN AND, UH, NOT HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY.
UH, KIND OF SHORT AND SWEET TODAY.
WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH THE JEEPS
I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER I, I LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THE BOARD OVER AT LONG BEACH STATE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PARKING PEOPLE THERE THAT HAVE, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S 1980S.
I MEAN, THEY'LL TAKE ANYTHING.
CONSERVATION CORPS AND OTHER GROUP.
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JUST DON'T, THEY GET TURNED INTO FLEET.THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WHERE STEERING RODS HAVE BROKEN WHILE OFFICERS ARE DRIVING THEM AND THEY ARE LOOKING OKAY TO STOP WITHOUT INCIDENTS.
SO, UH, THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT IS, DOES A DOOZY ON ALL THE METAL UNDERNEATH A JEEP.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CATALYSTS FOR US.
TRANSITIONING TO THE TRUCKS AS WELL.
WALKING OVER ON, UH, TREASURE ISLAND AND DOING A WALK, UH, UH, WITH MY WIFE.
UH, YOU HAD ONE OF YOUR, UH, UH, OFFICERS AND I, I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME AND I APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE I WAS BEING NICE TRYING TO NOT SAY WHO I WAS.
UH, HE WAS VERY COURTEOUS TALKING TO THREE FISHERMEN THAT WERE FISHING ILLEGALLY.
UM, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL.
YOU CAN'T BE HERE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
UM, IF YOU ARE HERE, AND IF I SEE YOU AGAIN, I'LL HAVE TO FIND YOU.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN GET, IT WAS JUST LIKE, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS THREE MINUTES AND THERE WAS NO FIGHT, THERE WAS NO NOTHING.
COME UP, HEY FOLKS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.
UM, AND THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY.
SO GREAT JOB TEAM'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
YEAH, WE, WE DEFINITELY TAKE AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH TO BEGIN WITH.
AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED.
WHAT, WHO PATROLS OR WHO'S IN WHOSE JURISDICTION DO THE, THE VEHICLES THAT GO ON THE BEACH AND DO THE DONUTS AND, AND RACE AND ALL THAT, WHO'S, WHOSE JURISDICTION IS THAT? SO THAT, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY FALL UNDER PATROL, UH, PD PROPER.
SO WE'VE BEEN DIRECTED MARINE PATROL LIVES TO STAY WITHIN THE MARINAS.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL TASK FORCES THAT ARE MULTI-AGENCY INVOLVED WITH, WITH THOSE SITUATIONS.
SO WHEN THEY'RE REPORTED, THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF RESPONDING TO THOSE INCIDENTS.
LIKE, TAKE A WALK IN THE MORNING, SEE
I'M GONNA MOVE INTO OUR NEXT, UH, REPORT FROM MARINE SAFETY BATTALION.
STILL SAYS CAPTAIN HERE FOR RIGHT NOW.
BUT YES, VERY EXCITED ABOUT DUKE.
MY NAME IS, UH, CAPTAIN SCOTT DIXON WITH THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT RESEARCH DIVISION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
I KIND OF HAVE A TWO PART, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR DIVISION AND THEN, UH, TALK ABOUT SOME TRAINING THAT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO BE A PART OF, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE ARENA HERE.
SO, UH, FIRST OFF, WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE WE ARE GOING ELECTRIC ON OUR STATS, UM, ALL TO OUR COMPUTER.
AND, UM, BUT THIS IS THE MONTH THAT WE SWITCHED OVER.
I DO NOT HAVE THE STATS FOR YOU.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT IS A SLOWER DECEMBER'S A SLOWER MONTH FOR US.
UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD OUR SWIFT WATER TEAMS OUT.
UM, I THINK WE'RE ON THREE DEPLOYMENTS THROUGH DECEMBER AND NOW JANUARY ALREADY WITH THE RAINS.
UM, OUR DIVE TEAM IS, WE JUST DID OUR MONTHLY DIVE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE A SIMULATED CAR IN THE WATER.
IT'S REALLY PVC PIPE WITH A CHAIR AND A DUMMY IN IT.
UM, BUT WE SIMULATE A CAR IN THE WATER THAT'S GREAT.
WE PULL, WE PULL UP, UH, EXECUTE A DIVE AND RESCUE THE PASSENGERS.
UH, IF YOU EVER SEE 'EM OUT AT MOTHERS BEACH, UM, THAT'S USUALLY WHERE IT TAKES PLACE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING IT, WE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STOP BY.
UH, SO OUR DIVE TEAM'S BEING ACTIVE, SWIFT WATER TEAM'S BEING ACTIVE, WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT SUMMER.
WE HAVE, UH, THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS AND TALKING TO, UH, KIDS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND COMING TO THE BEACH AND HOW TO BE SAFE AND WHERE TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM TO COME TO THE BEACH.
UM, AND THEN OUR TRAINING CADRE IS ALREADY GETTING READY FOR THE TRAINING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, SEASONAL LIFEGUARD'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIND, UM, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE JUMPSTART.
UH, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE BEACHES ALREADY AHEAD OF US.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME PLAN TO GET GUARDS.
UM, WE NEED THEM, WE'RE LOSING THEM TO, THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL AND GREAT THINGS, RIGHT.
BUT WE HAVE TO RETAIN THOSE NUMBERS TO KEEP OUR BEACHES SAFE.
SO, UM, WE'RE KEEPING UP ON THAT.
UH, WE'VE HAD AN UPTICK IN VESSEL ACCIDENTS IN THE MARINA THROUGHOUT, UM, WORKING WITH, UH, RING TROLL AND PD, UM, WITH THE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN WHAT'S GOING ON.
PEOPLE HAVE HIT PEOPLE'S BOATS AND THEY DON'T REALIZE IT.
OR MAYBE THEY DID AND THEY LEFT AND THAT INDIVIDUAL COMES BACK FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS LATER.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HELP THAT OUT.
UM, SOME WITH THE CAMERAS, SOME WITHOUT, UM, JUST TO THE INVESTIGATION.
BUT THE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LAST TWO VESSEL ACCIDENTS I'VE BEEN ON, SO, OKAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE GETTING DOWN OR OVER HERE TO THE A BM MAYBE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE DIVISION THINGS, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE INJURED
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RIGHT NOW, SO OUR CREWS ARE WORKING A LITTLE EXTRA, WHICH IS FINE.UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER.
I WAS TIRED OF THE HEAT AND IT RAINED A COUPLE TIMES.
NOW I'M READY FOR SUMMER AGAIN.
SO, UM, IT'S COLDER IN HERE THAN IT IS OUTSIDE.
SO,
UM, WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR DIVISION OR WAIT OR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING OUT IN THE BEACH OF THE MARINAS? CAN I GO ON A RIDE? SURE.
GIVE MY CONTACT OR I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
BEFORE I LEAVE, I ALWAYS WATCH BOB BLAIR, YOU KNOW, ON HIS PILOT VOTE.
HE IS NEVER ASKED ME TO GO OUT, SO I LIKE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU HAVE SOME FORMS YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT AND, UH, COME DOWN AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND AN EYE-OPENER FOR WHAT THE CREWS DO.
AND, UM, THAT WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE 2 24 HOUR BOATS AND ONE TOWN 10 HOUR BOAT, WHICH IS OFTEN HARD TO KIND OF EXPLAIN TO, UM, OUR, OUR SCHEDULES.
BUT IF YOU COME OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAVE OUT ON THE BOATS, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE.
OUR RESCUE BOATS ARE, UM, STATE OF THE ART.
IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE OTHER AGENCIES KIND OF COPYING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BEST FORM OF COMPLIMENT FOR US.
UM, YOU KNOW, HUNTINGTON, LA COUNTY CITY HAS COME AND VISIT US.
SAY, HEY, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GOT GOING ON THERE? UH, WE JUST RECENTLY WORKED WITH THE COAST GUARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND REDID OUR SEARCH PATTERN SYSTEMS, AND THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, MISSING SWIMMER OR A, A MISSING BOAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE CAN PLUG IN OUR SEARCH PATTERNS WITHIN ON OUR WAY OUT AND START THE SEARCH WHEN WE GET ON SCENE INSTEAD OF GETTING ON SCENE AND WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
SO DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF LIGHTS ON THE BUOY IN THE BAY?
LATER IN OUR MANAGEMENT REPORT.
I THINK I STOOD HERE LIKE THREE YEARS AGO UNTIL WE GONNA WORK ON THAT.
AND, UH, COREY'S BEEN HARD TO WORK AT THAT WITH, I DON'T WANNA STEAL ANYBODY'S THUNDER WITH THAT.
SO, SO, UM, UH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE US ANY INFORMATION ABOUT NEXT OR THIS YEAR'S JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM AND WHEN THAT KICKS OFF AND HOW THAT'S ORGANIZED? I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT IT.
UM, I CAN BRING YOU THE FLYER.
THE FLYER SHOULD BE COMING OUT AND IT'S GREAT.
I THINK IT CAME OUT THIS WEEK.
DID IT? UM, AND IT HAS ALL THE AGES, THE DATES, THE TIMES, UM, AND, UM, DIFFERENT SWIM CLASSES THAT THERE'S PREP CLASSES TO GET READY FOR JUNIOR GUARDS TOO.
AND, UM, IF IT CAME OUT THIS WEEK, UH, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT, OR I'LL SEND IT TO TODD TO DISTRIBUTE TO YOU GUYS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
AND WHAT OTHER, UH, I KNOW THAT'S A, IT'S A HUGE PROJECT WITHIN THE THIRD DISTRICT, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF THE BELMONT HOUSE POOL AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THAT PLACE IN THE, THE, UM, UM, UM, POOL WHERE THE LIFEGUARDS WERE DOING THEIR WORK, THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM WAS BEING COORDINATED.
BUT ARE, ARE THERE OUTREACH TO, ARE THERE OUTREACH EFFORTS TO OTHER DISTRICTS WITHIN LONG BEACH AND OTHER POOLS, MUNICIPAL POOLS, OR EVEN, I DON'T KNOW, COMMUNITY COLLEGE POOLS WHERE KIDS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE KINDS OF PREP CLASSES IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN JUNIOR? YES.
THERE ARE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T GUARD THE POOLS, WE JUST GUARD THE BEACHES, RIGHT.
BUT THROUGH THE WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW, UM, WE ARE REACHING SPIRE WEBS.
LIKE IT'S REACHING OUT THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH.
UM, NOT ONLY FREE SWIMMING PROGRAMS, BUT, UM, BRINGING THE PARENTS IN AND TALKING TO 'EM, EXPLAINING 'EM WHAT IT IS AND, AND HOW TO GET THERE.
UM, THAT'S OBVIOUS, THAT'S A HUGE THING IS HOW DO, HOW DO WE GET THESE KIDS THERE? AND, UM, WITH THE CITY'S HELP AND THE BUSING SCHEDULES AND ACTUALLY BUS, UH, BUSES COMING AND HELPING WITH THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS FOR US OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO DO YOU, WOULD YOU, IN ANY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, AN INTEREST IN, IN MANAGING THE OUTREACH OF THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM, ARE THERE EFFORTS TO SORT OF, UH, UNDERSTAND WHERE THE KIDS ARE COMING FROM AND KEEPING TRACK OF SORT OF THE STATISTICS, WHICH, WHICH KIDS WOULD NATURALLY COME FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT? RIGHT.
AND SORT OF BE, YOU KNOW, UH, SIBLINGS HAVE BEEN IN THE, THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM, SO THEY'RE GIVEN SOMETIMES SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, PARTICIPATION, UH, BECAUSE OF THEIR OTHER, UM, SIBLINGS INVOLVEMENT, AT LEAST IN THE PAST.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITERIA, BUT TO REACH AND KNOW THAT THERE ARE KIDS COMING FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AND SORT OF THE STATISTICAL, UM, UH, ASSESSMENT OF WHERE THE, WHERE THOSE KIDS ARE COMING FROM IN LOBBY.
THEY, THEY'RE, I DON'T WANNA SAY THEY'RE TRACKED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE MONITORED ON WHO, WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND WHAT AREAS WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE BETTER ON.
IT'S MORE OF A, A PROGRESS OF, ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB HERE OR THERE? OR WHERE DO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN RECRUITING KIDS IN RECRUITING TO PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE.
SO WHEN WE GO TO, UH, A SCHOOL AND ONLY TWO KIDS COME OUT FOR TRYOUTS, DID WE HOLD THE, DID WE HOLD THE SWIM LESSONS ON THE WRONG DAY? DID WE HOLD IT ON A SATURDAY WHEN EVERYBODY'S PLAYING BASEBALL OR SOCCER? SHOULD WE HAVE DONE IT ON A
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THURSDAY NIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A NIGHT WHERE THERE'S NOT SPORTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.SO I KNOW THOSE, THOSE THINGS ARE BEING LOOKED AT AND TRACKED.
UM, TO WHAT DEGREE? I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I KNOW THOSE ARE IMPORTANT CONCEPTS OF ARE WE, ARE WE SUCCEEDING OR ARE WE SPINNING OUR WHEELS AND WE NEED TO EITHER SUCCEED OR SHIFT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S A HUGELY POPULAR PROGRAM.
AND I MEAN, IT'S, SHALL WE JUST SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, OVERSUBSCRIBED, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE IN THE PAST WANTED TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT, UM, MY QUESTION WAS REALLY, UH, TO HOW DOES THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM RECRUIT KIDS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE THIRD DISTRICT? WHICH I THOUGHT, UM, HISTORICALLY HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, KIDS WHO LIVE NEAR THE POOL ARE, ARE SORT OF, UM, WHICH IS EVEN THE, THE PREP CLASSES.
AND THAT'S A BARRIER, IS IF YOU CAN EVEN QUALIFY.
AND THE NUMBER OF THEM THAT ARE AT SILVERADO IS MORE THAN ANY OTHER POOL.
SO, SO THAT SHOWS, WE'RE OUTTA THE AREA WITH THEM OUT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT AREA.
SO COMMISSIONER, UH, CHIEF ONE, CHIEF MEDINA'S GOALS WITH HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS POSITION WAS TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM.
AND, UH, WHEN HE STARTED AS CHIEF, THEY HAD A OCCUPANCY OF ABOUT 500, UH, FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND THEY'VE COORDINATED WITH L-B-U-S-D AND PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE TO REALLY, REALLY FOCUS ON THE INCREASE OUTSIDE OF THE THIRD DISTRICT.
SO THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR TRAININGS, THEIR THEIR PREP CLASSES, SILVERADO POOL, CABRILLO POOL, JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON NORTH LONG BEACH, WEST LONG BEACH, CENTRAL LONG BEACH.
AND THEIR, THEIR NUMBERS ARE PROOF IN THE FACT THAT YEAH, THEY ARE, THEY ARE REALLY DEVELOPING A BROADER CITY APPROACH TO REGISTRATION IN THE, IN THE GROUPS.
AND THAT'S ALSO INCLUDING SCHOLARSHIP BASED, UH, APPLICATION AS WELL.
UM, THEY DO UTILIZE OUR, OUR ACTIVE DEBT REGISTRATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND MARINE, AND WE COULD EXTRAPOLATE ZIP CODE BASED ON THAT.
SO WE COULD PROBABLY WORK WITH THAT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF, WHERE, I THINK KYLIE FOLLOWS THAT PRETTY WELL.
AND, UH, PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION LATER IN THE SEASON AS TO HOW THE LIFE, JUNIOR LIFE, 'CAUSE MY MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROGRAM PROBABLY GOES BACK 10 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS MUCH LESS DIVERSE AND MUCH LESS, UM, UH, IT WAS A THIRD DISTRICT PROGRAM, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
AND IT WAS, UM, THE BELMONT PLAZA POOL, WHICH WAS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE PROGRAM WAS BEING HELD.
SO, UM, TO JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
I'M SORRY TO HAVE PUT YOU ON THE, THE SPOT.
ACTUALLY, UH, JUST LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE THE WEBPAGE IS UP WITH THE DATES OH, GREAT.
AND WHERE THE SWIM LESSONS ARE, AND THE TRYOUTS ARE GREAT.
AND THEY'RE NOT JUST AT THE BELLMONT ANYMORE.
SO MAYBE AT LATER IN THE YEAR, AND THEIR PROGRAM RUNS THROUGH THE END OF JULY.
SO MAYBE AN UPDATE IN AUGUST, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UH, JUST TO SAY, HEY, PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM RECAP, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A LITTLE BIT OF A DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS.
UM, DID YOU WANT TO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON DIVISIONAL OPERATIONAL? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UH, THE SWIFT WATER UHHUH AND THE RESCUES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.
UM, HAVE THEY BEEN PRIMARILY LIKE IN THE RIVERS IN, IN, UH, LA RIVER AND, UM, SAN GABRIEL RIVERS? OR HAVE, HAVE THEY BEEN HOMELESS? HAVE THEY BEEN ANIMALS, DOGS, OR, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WHEN IT RAINS OVER HALF INCH IN 12 HOURS OR A FULL INCH IN 24, WE DEPLOY THREE SWIFT WATER TEAMS OF TWO PEOPLE EACH.
THOSE SWIFT WATER TEAMS, UM, LA RIVER, WE, SAN GABRIEL,
UM, OBVIOUSLY PENINSULA AND NAPLES ON THE SHORE IS A FLOODING AREA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE HAVE LOWER PLANE LEVELS THAT WE PATROL.
UM, YOU'LL SEE OUR CREWS JUST SOME, SOMETIMES, UH, CLEANING OUT STORM DRAINS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IT NEEDS IS THAT PALM FRON TO MOVE.
UM, DOWN HERE ON THE PENINSULA, THOSE PUMPS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ON TRAILERS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MARINE MAINTENANCE TO BRING THOSE PUMPS OUT AND HAVE 'EM READY TO PUMP DIRECTLY INTO THE BAY AND TO SAVE THOSE HOMES OR PREVENT THE, UH, THE FLOODING OF THAT.
SO, UM, THE SW WE RESCUE EVERYTHING FROM DOGS, PEOPLE, CARS IN THE WATER.
UM, I'VE RESCUED PEOPLE AND DIDN'T SEEM LIKE ANYBODY CARED.
I RESCUED A DOG AND WE GOT INTERVIEWED FOR LIKE A MONTH AND A HALF, YOU KNOW,
SO, UM, IT VARIES ON, ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW IT'S GOING, BUT, UM, THERE THE RIVERS ARE FULL OF, UH, PEOPLE BIKING, RUNNING, ENJOYING IT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, PEH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS IN THE, IN THE RIVERS AS WELL.
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RIVERS ARE ACTUALLY A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.LIKE WHEN YOU, THERE'S WILDLIFE, IT'S, IT'S THRIVING.
KINDA GETS A BAD, BAD RAP SOMETIMES.
SO, SO, SO DO YOU COORDINATE WITH, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR LONG BEACH PD AT, AT ALL BEFORE THESE EVENTS? AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD, BUT, UM, 'CAUSE I, I MEAN, I KNOW AT LEAST BY ME, WHERE I LIVE, BY LONG BEACH STATE AREA, THERE ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THOSE CANALS OR IN THE FLOOD, FLOOD CHANNELS.
AND I OFTEN THINK ABOUT, OKAY, WHEN IT RAINS, THERE'S TENTS UNDER THESE THINGS.
AND I MEAN, DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GO OVER AND SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.
IT'S GONNA BE RAINING IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS OR SOMETHING, AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE GONE.
SO YOU GUYS AREN'T HAVING TO RESCUE PEOPLE? UH, ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION.
THE DAY BEFORE WE GET RAINS, OR TWO DAYS BEFORE, WE, WE, WE CALL IT SCOUTING, BUT WE SEND A CREW UP, WE, UH, JOINED FORCES WITH PD.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE TEAM SET UP JUST FOR THAT, JUST TO HELP OUT WITH THAT.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE JUST, UH, ON THE BEACH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THEY'LL TEAM UP WITH US AND WE'LL GO DOWN THE RIVERS AND WE'LL FIND THEM.
WE'LL FIND WHERE EVERYBODY IS, AND THEN WE WILL ASK THEM TO JOIN US SO WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY.
THERE'S THE LOW LYING LEVEL AREAS.
SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO GET 'EM OUT OF THE RIVERS.
MAKE 'EM SAFE FOR THAT TIME SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING ON.
WE HAVE A LARGE AREA TO COVER WITH THREE TEAMS. UM, AND I THINK PD HAS TWO, TWO VEHICLES THAT THEY USE.
AND, UM, IT'S NOT JUST MOVING PEOPLE ALONG.
A GREAT AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WITH THEM.
THERE'S TWO, UH, TWO SIDES OF THAT TO, TO GET THEM.
THAT'S THE QUALITY OF LIFE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME, SPOKE.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE GET READY, HOW CAN WE PREVENT ANYTHING AND THEN MOVE ALONG.
UM, NEXT THING I WANNA JUST LET YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME TRAINING YES.
HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF TURMO BY ANY CHANCE? THE OIL COMPANY? YES.
LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS, DRIVE ON PCH ALL THE TIME.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT OIL FIELD ACROSS FROM GOLDEN SALES IS THE TURMO COMPANY.
THEY HAVE SEVEN UH, WELLS THERE.
THEY, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT 90 GALLONS A DAY OR BARRELS A DAY.
THEY KEEP A LOW PROFILE, VERY LOW PROFILE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE GOT INVITED TO DO SOME TRAINING WITH THEM.
UM, IT WAS A TABLETOP TRAINING THROUGH THE STATE MANDATES THAT THEY DO A QUARTERLY, A YEARLY.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE A MONTHLY CHECK SHEET.
UM, THIS WAS THE QUARTERLY ONE WHERE WE TABLE TOPPED AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A COMPANY COME IN AND SET A DRILL OF A LEAK.
UH, FISH AND WILDLIFE WAS THERE.
UM, THE GALLAGHER IS THE COMPANY THAT, UH, OVERSEES IT, AND THEY CAME IN AND SET UP A LITTLE SCENARIO FOR US.
UM, OF COURSE WE WERE FIRST RESPONDERS, SO, UH, THE SCENARIO WAS THAT WE HAVE A 12 BY 12 SHEEN ON THE WATER, UM, UP BY GOLDEN SAILS.
UM, SO OUR CREWS WOULD RESPOND.
WE PUT BOOM WHILE ALL THE NOTIFICATIONS ARE GOING.
AND THIS, UM, TRAINING WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE YOU JUST, OH YEAH, I DO THIS.
NO, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TELL HIM WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE COMPANIES RESPOND, AND IT WAS ALL DONE.
AND THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR IT.
AND WHEN YOU SET UP THE ICS SYSTEM, YOU SET UP THE UNIFIED COMMAND.
UM, IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THE STATE AND HOW THEY ARE KEEPING REG REGULATORY REGULATIONS ON THESE COMPANIES, AND THE COMPANIES ARE UTILIZING THEM.
UM, THEY HAD THEIR PLAN BOOK OUT.
I WAS CHECKING THEIR NUMBERS, THEIR PLAN BOOKS WERE ALL ONLINE.
IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, UM, TO BE HERE, TO KNOW.
WE'D RESPOND ANYWAY TO ANYTHING ON THE WATER, BUT TO SEE ALL THE BACK CHANNEL OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE BY THE COMPANY, UM, AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND, UH, TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR MARINA.
I'M ON THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE STATE, AND IT'S AMAZING THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE COMPANIES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR, SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENING THAT WE ALL RESPOND, UM, FOR MOVEMENTS OF GOODS.
I MEAN, IT'S, UH, THE STATE'S.
AND, UH, IT WAS A GOOD WORKING, UH, WORK, WORK FOR US AND FOR ME TO BRING BACK TO THE TROOPS AND LET 'EM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, AND, AND HOW WE RESPOND TO THAT.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ANY COOL SLIDES.
KYLE WAS BRIEF HAVING THE SLIDES, UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS NICE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S IN OUR MARINA AND THERE IS, UH, ACTION PLANS IN, IN, WELL, MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE A SLIDE NEXT TIME ON WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT A SIX BY SIX PLATFORM.
WE'RE POSSIBLE WE'RE ALL THINKING THE SAME THING.
WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE OUR QUORUM.
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I CAN WAIT FIVE MINUTES.CAN WE, CAN WE FINISH UP FIVE MINUTES? YEAH.
THERESA ELIZABETH, WILL YOU STAY FOR YEAH, FIVE MINUTES IS OKAY.
I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE GAINED A COMMISSIONER.
WE ARE LOSING A COMMISSIONER AND WE ARE WITH, WELL, THERE, I THINK MY HAS, HUH? THERESA, DO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE OR NO? YEAH, SHE HAS TO LEAVE.
AND SO, SO MAYBE JUST FIVE MINUTES SO YOU CAN WRAP UP FIVE MINUTES.
ONE LAST THING WITH, UH, THANK YOU UHM SAFETY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT, UH, SCOTT DIXON HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS AN AMAZING FEAT OVER THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS, AND WE'RE SUPER, SUPER EXCITED AND PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH HIM.
UH, NOT JUST AS MARINE SAFETY, BUT HERE AT THE LONG BEACH JO CLUB AS THE COMMODORE FOR 2024.
WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WOW.
SO AGAIN, HE'S BEEN WORKING AT IT FOR A LONG TIME.
HE IS A BIG, BIG SERVICE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPER, SUPER EXCITED FOR HIM.
UH, WE ARE GONNA PUSH THE REST OF OUR MANAGEMENT REPORT TO NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD STUFF TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, BUT WE'RE GONNA HOLD ONTO THAT UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU WITH OUR MANAGEMENT REPORT IN FEBRUARY.
UM, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE, SIR? YEAH.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND IS THERE ALL
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE.
AND THEN, UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, HOW ABOUT OUR DOCKS AT THE VETERANS? HERE? LET'S, LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END WHEN WE GET TO THE END.
YOU GOTTA, OH, I GOTTA VOTE AGAIN.
SO YOU, THAT WAS PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MANAGEMENT REPORT, SO YOU'RE GOOD THERE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, OF RECEIVING AND FILING, SAY YAY, RIGHT? YES.
IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND FILED.
WE'RE SKIPPING THROUGH THE OTHER ONES.
AND THEN THERE'S, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK.
HI, BOB BLAIR CHECKING IN ON DOCKS AND RAMPS FOR THE BELMONT VETERANS MEMORIAL PIER AS THEY WERE IN THE PAST.
ANY, ANY PLAN FOR NEW DOCKS OR RAMPS THERE? FLOATING DOCKS? OH, I'M SORRY.
LET ME PREFACE THE PUBLIC COMMENT BY SAYING, IT'S BASICALLY YOU GET TO COMMENT ON US, BUT WE DON'T GET TO RESPOND.
IT'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE, THE MAC ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR.
WE CAN'T ACTUALLY RESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC COMMENT OR THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO MAYBE AT THE END OF THIS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASK PEOPLE AFTER WE'VE CONCLUDED OUR MEETING, AFTER THIS MEETING, AND THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
MEETING ADJOURNED ARE IS PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMENTS PUT INTO THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING? YES.
NO, THEY'RE NOT THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
CAN YOU JUST GO BACK? WE DID THAT.
YOU DID, HE DID CALL IN FIRST, FIRST, SECOND.
WAS IT YOU? AND THEN YOU SECOND.
YOU CAN USE PUBLIC COMMENT TO ASK QUESTION.
WE CAN'T, IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RESPOND.
WE CAN THEN AT A LATER TIME PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S A BROWN ACT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WE ALSO CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
UM, BUT LET'S TALK IN 10 SECONDS.