* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] HI, GOOD MORNING. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JANUARY 18TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 9:06 AM MR. DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLE? I WILL. THANK YOU. CHAIR LIVINGSTON. UH, CHAIR LIVINGSTON PRESENT, UH, VICE CHAIR REDFIELD IS ON HER WAY. SO, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ HERE. COMMISSIONER HIGA. SHE IS EXCUSED. EXCUSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SHA PRESENT AND COMMISSIONER DIANTE SMITH PRESENT. ALRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL START OFF WITH PRESENTATIONS. MR. DIRECTOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR LEVITON. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU, I'M GLAD WE HAD EXTRA CHAIRS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE, UH, NEW TO ONE OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT USUALLY IS PART OF THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING IS, UH, THANKS TO OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE, BUT WE ALWAYS, UM, RECOGNIZE AN, AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. SO FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WHEN LAST YEAR SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, , UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH. SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FREQUENT AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU KNOW, LINCOLN PARK IS OUR NEW FLAGSHIP, UH, PARK RIGHT BESIDE, UH, THE VILLAGE, JEAN KING MAIN LIBRARY AND CITY HALL. SO WE'VE WELCOMED COMMISSIONER REDFIELD HERE JUST IN TIME, . UM, SO THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE CHOSE TO RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES TEAM. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM. I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY. SO IF YOU ARE PART OF THE, I THINK THE TEAM OF NINE IS THE TOTAL, AND, UH, HEIDI, UM, IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT OVERSEES THAT PART IN YES. LYNN, IS SHE HERE TOO? OH, SHE'S BEHIND HEIDI. UH, SHE'S KIND OF THE LEAD OVER THAT, THAT TEAM. SO IF, IF THE TEAM IS PRESENT, WE WANT TO COME UP, UH, WE WILL, UH, SAY A FEW WORDS. JOY WARREN IS OUR CHAIR OF OUR EMPLOYEE. OH SURE. RECOGNITION COMMITTEE. I'LL HAVE HEIDI AND YES, LYNN COME UP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. SURE. SO, UM, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE HERE. LAST FALL WE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED, UM, LIN FOR BEING A POINT A MONTH. SO OBVIOUSLY STANDS THE REASON, HAVING SUCH A GOOD LEADER, SHE ENCOURAGES A FANTASTIC ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT HER TEAM IS NOW BEING RECOGNIZED. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE HEIDI TO TALK TO TALK ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. YEAH. SO I'M HEIDI MASAS, THE SUPERINTENDENT OVER, UM, LINCOLN PARK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS, UM, HAM PARK. UM, WE'VE HAD, UM, SOME, UM, DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THERE, BUT WE BASICALLY HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT, UM, ARE THERE EVERY DAY. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE PROGRAM EVERY DAY, UM, FROM 11 TO SIX, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, MONDAY DAY, SORRY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UM, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT GAMES FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY. JUST ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES. UM, WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT WE'VE STARTED. WE HAVE MOVIES AND PARKS. WE HAVE FAMILY FUN NIGHTS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE TONIGHT, UM, WHERE WE'RE DOING OBSTACLE RACES, WHERE WE GET THE FAMILIES OUT TO DO, UM, JUST EVENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. OUR TEAM, UM, ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND, UM, AND DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND JUST INVITE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR, OUR ACTIVITIES. SO, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK THEY'VE DONE AND, UM, JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, HAPPY AND READY TO COME TO WORK AND JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER AND, AND JUST PROVIDING THAT POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO WITH THAT, I WANNA SEND IT TO , WHO'S THEIR SUPERVISOR, BUT WE HAVE FOUR OF THE TEAM MEMBERS HERE TODAY. UM, SO WE HAVE EMILY, JAVIER, HAILEY AND ZACH OVER THERE. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM. THE OTHER FIVE COULDN'T MAKE IT. THEY HAD OTHER ENGAGEMENTS, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THAT. UM, SO THIS IS A, UM, A GROUP OF NINE THAT I WORK WITH EVERY DAY. UM, I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE ONE OF THE TEAM. UM, AND EVERY DAY THEY HAVE THIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE, KNOWING THE SURROUNDINGS OF LINCOLN PARK, THE ELEMENTS THAT WE BUILT THERE. AND THEY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AS, FROM THE DAY I WENT IN, TOOK THE ROLE OF LINCOLN PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER. THEY HAVE SHOWN A STRONG BOND AMONG EACH OTHER OF EVEN HELPING EACH OTHER OUT. UM, THEY HAVE CREATED SOME CODEWORDS AMONG EACH OTHER TO HELP EACH OTHER. UM, AMONG SITUATIONS AS TO THE THINGS THAT WE ENCOUNTER WAS, UM, MISSING TEAMS. UM, THEY, WE AWARE, WERE NOT [00:05:01] AWARE. WE JUST SAW A SITUATION THAT MY STAFF WERE PRETTY MUCH ALERTED. THEY JUST DID NORMAL. THEY CALLED IT IN AND UNFOR. UNFORTUNATELY, THE, THE MESSAGE BACK TO US IS THAT IT WAS A BUSY TEENAGER, THAT IT WAS, PARENTS WERE LOOKING FOR HER. SO GOTTA SAY THEY SAFE, POSSIBLY ALIVE THAT NIGHT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT, UM, ON THIS TEAM, THAT THERE WAS AN ALERT, BUT ALSO ENGAGING. 'CAUSE THEY CREATE SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT VISIT THE LINCOLN PARK. THEY CALL THEM BY THEIR NAME. IF ONE OF THEM IS NOT WORKING AND THEY COME LOOKING FOR THEM, THEY'RE ALL ASKING WHERE, WHERE. AND IF THEY SEE ME, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHY DID THEY WORK TODAY? UNFORTUNATELY, NOT TODAY, BUT THEY'LL BE BACK TOMORROW. UM, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAM I WILL WITH THE ERC, WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FOR THEIR HARD WORK. AND THEY COME EVERY DAY TO LINCOLN PARK AND SHOWING THEM MOTIVATION TO CONTINUE GROWING THAT PROGRAM THERE. I KNOW WE HAVE ALL BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THINGS DOWN AT LINCOLN PARK AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF, OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY IS ASKING YOU TO DO. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. CAN YOU YEAH, I'LL, I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN, UM, WE'RE GONNA ASK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO JOIN THIS RECOGNIZED GROUP FOR A OFFICIAL PHOTO. UH, BUT YEAH, THE, UM, THE FACT THAT OUT OF OUR 166 PARKS, UM, HAVING A TEAM THAT'S SO COHESIVE, UM, THEY ARE VERY, UH, COMMITTED, THEY PERSEVERE. I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST WORD BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF CHALLENGES. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LINCOLN PARK, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, UH, URBAN QUALITIES THAT COME FROM DAY TO DAY, MOTIVATE THEM, BUT ALSO CAN BE DISCOURAGING. BUT I GIVE THEM A WORLD OF CREDIT. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING, UM, SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL INTERACTIVE PRE-PROGRAMMING FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY MAKE THAT PARK AS WELL AS ALL OUR PARKS SAFE, WELCOMING AND, UH, AND ACTIVE. SO IF THE COMMISSIONERS COULD JOIN US, WE'LL, COMMISSIONER SMITH TO SAY SOMETHING, TO SAY SOMETHING. SURE. THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE IN THE HISTORICAL MORE DISTRICT AND I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL FOR YOUR COURAGE. EACH DAY YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU WORK WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. AND FOR ME, LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT MEANS EVERYTHING SAYS YOU ARE SHARING THAT. SOME OF THE FOLKS SAY, WHERE'S THIS STAFFER TODAY? YOU CONSISTENT MESSAGE FOR THEM. AND SO YOUR PRESENCE CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR WELLNESS AND TO THE WELLNESS OF DOWNTOWN. AND FOR THAT, I'M VERY GRATEFUL. NICE TO MEET YOU, VICE CHAIR REDFIELD. I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THAT LIBRARY AND I ECHO WHAT MY, UH, COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, ORGI SMITH SAID, UH, YOU MAKE THAT PLACE AN OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW IT'S SUCH A CHALLENGE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SITTING DOWN THERE EATING THE BACK. THIS MAY BE OUR, OUR GRANDEST GROUP PHOTO, THE NEW YEAR. SO SHE'S HIDING IN THE BACK. IS SOMEBODY HIDING IN THE BACK? THAT'S IT. GET A LITTLE CLOSER HERE. 1, 2, 3. GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYONE. AND WE'RE NOT DONE . SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE, UM, A WEEK AGO TUESDAY, SPENT PART OF YOUR EVENING, UH, TUNED IN TO THE, UH, MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. UM, OUR DEPARTMENT WAS REALLY FORTUNATE. HE, UH, REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE, UH, THE CITY TEAM. AND HE HAD A SEGMENT IN THE PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY, UH, HIGHLIGHTED CITY HEROES AS HE CALLED THEM. AND OUR DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAD TWO STELLAR INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED. SO, UH, OVER AT LONG BEACH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, DR. NATASHA WOOD WAS RECOGNIZED, VERY PROUD OF YOU. UH, SO DR. WOOD, YOU KNOW, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, UH, IF YOU'RE REALLY TALLIED IT, SHE PROBABLY COULD BE ATTRIBUTED IN WAYS GREAT AND SMALL TO SAVING THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS [00:10:01] THAT COME INTO OUR CARE. SO FOR THAT REASON, DEFINITELY, LET'S SEE, HE, RUSSELL, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND THEN ALSO JOINING THE, UM, THE ACCOLADES WAS SOME, AN INDIVIDUAL FROM OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES TEAM. UH, KELLY BOWEN IS OVER HERE. SO AGAIN, KELLY, UM, WAS RECOGNIZED ACTUALLY FOR ONE HEROIC ACT OF, OF, UM, LIFESAVING LEVELS. SO THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL , AN INDIVIDUAL AT OUR FOR STREET SENIOR CENTER WHO WAS DURING THE LUNCH HOUR, PROBABLY HAD JUST SWALLOWED SOMETHING INADVERTENTLY. OR MAYBE HE WAS JUST ENJOYING THE DELICIOUS FOOD, UH, BUT WAS CHOKING AND CHANGING COLORS. SO WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT, KELLY JUST WALKED OVER, GAVE HIM THE HY MANEUVER, THAT WHATEVER THAT WAS, WAS DISLODGED. HE STARTED BREATHING AGAIN, HE CAME BACK BY. SO SAVING AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, IN THAT MATTER, KIND OF NONCHALANT, LIKE IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT SHE DOES, WAS ANOTHER STELLAR EXAMPLE OF WHY KELLY WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE CITY HEROES. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF BOTH OF YOU, I THINK. I THINK THEY TRULY EXEMPLIFY THE CHARACTER AND THE QUALITY. SO MANY OF OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT TEAM, AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE AT THIS COMMISSION MEETING, FIRST TIME, IT IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, BUT WE, UM, LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE MARINE BUREAU, WHICH HAS THEIR OWN ADVISORY COMMISSION AND ALSO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, WHICH IS SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, HOORAY FOR CITY HEROES. SORRY, MELANIE, DO YOU WANNA JOIN US? MELANIE'S OUR, UH, ACTUALLY OUR NEW ANIMAL CARE SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER. AND THEN GLADYS IS HERE TOO. GLADYS IS OUR MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES. OKAY, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, WE WILL GET INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION, OH, EXCUSE ME. UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2023. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVE SECOND. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? ANY CORRECTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? . ALRIGHT, WE HAD A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR REDFIELD, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER T SMITH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. NO OPPOSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT A IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEE WAIVER POLICY. UH, CAN I GET A MOTION? SECOND, UH, OKAY, DIRECTOR? YEP. THANK YOU CHAIR LIVINGTON. SO AGAIN, FOR SOME OF YOU THAT THIS MAY BE YOUR FIRST COMMISSION MEETING. IT'S VERY COMMON EVERY MONTH THAT, UH, THERE'S GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE A PLANNED EVENT IN ONE OF OUR PARKS AND THEY ARE ELIGIBLE, UH, IF IT'S COMMUNITY BENEFITING TO GET A FEE WAIVER. BUT THE ACTION OF APPROVING A FEE WAIVER ALWAYS COMES BEFORE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. AND, UH, GLADYS KAISER, WHO AGAIN IS OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER, BE PRESENTING THOSE ITEMS THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, GLAD. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF REQUESTS, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THEM. ON BEHALF OF PARTNERS OF PARKS WITH THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS, THE REQUESTING, THIS IS A BLANKET REQUEST FROM JANUARY 26TH THROUGH APRIL 26TH. IT'S FOR THEIR EVENT CALLED CLUB SILVER AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER IN THE AUDITORIUM, 900 AND FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. THERE ARE $675 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES ON BEHALF OF THE CAMBODIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER FOR TWO EVENTS ON JANUARY 20TH, AS WELL AS JANUARY 27TH. THEY'RE HOSTING THEIR DANCE SHOW AT THE MACARTHUR PARK OPEN SPACE. THIS IS A COMMUNITY [00:15:01] EVENT, $430 IN FACILITY AND COMMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED IN ZERO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES ON BEHALF OF CAMBODIA TOWN INC. UM, FOR FOUR SIX THROUGH FOUR SEVEN. A COMMUNITY TOWN CULTURAL FESTIVAL AT MACARTHUR PARK, THE THEATER AND THE OPEN SPACE. A COMMUNITY EVENT, $2,550 IN FACILITY, UM, AND PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. AND THERE ARE $3,465 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES ON BEHALF OF THE BLUFF PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO HOST THEIR QUARTERLY MEETINGS. THIS IS A BLANKET REQUEST STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 18TH, 2025, USING THE BIXBY PARK SOCIAL CALL FOR THEIR QUARTERLY, UM, MEETINGS. 900 UM, DOLLARS IN FACILITY IMPROVEMENT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WEIGHED $180 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY. UM, THIS AGAIN IS A BLANKET REQUEST. SO JULY 12TH, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 17TH, 2025. THIS IS FOR THE SENIOR FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION TO TAKE PLACE AT COOLIDGE HUDSON AND MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK IN THE OPEN SPACE. IT IS A COMMUNITY EVENT, 13,500 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT BS. REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. ZERO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES ON BEHALF OF THE BAHATI FOUNDATION. UM, A BLANKET REQUEST FROM MARCH 19TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 7TH. THEIR ANNUAL BIKE RACES AT THE EL DORADO PARK EAST AREA THREE AND THE GOLDEN GROVE AREA COMMUNITY EVENT. $54,335 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. AND $3,000 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES. AND THIS IS AT THE REGIONAL AND DOES PRODUCE GATE REVENUE. AND LASTLY, ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH COAST ORCHID SOCIETY, A BLANKET REQUEST FROM JULY 22ND, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 23RD, 2025 FOR THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS USING LEYS PARK ACTIVITY ROOM AND SOCIAL HALL. $3,080 IN FACILITY PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. THEY HAVE $1,140 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES. TOTAL FEE. WA UH, REQUESTED TO WAIVE FOR THIS A MONTH IS $75,695. COMMISSIONER, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THE AUDIENCE FOR SOME OF THESE GROUPS. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE A DUCK. DO EITHER OF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE GO TO THE, ALRIGHT. SO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO HERE, WE GO DOWN THIS LIST IN THE ORDER THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AND SEE IF ANYBODY IS HERE FROM THAT GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITY. SO, UH, FOR THE GRAY PANTHERS, UH, CLUB SILVER, ANYONE HERE FOR THAT? PARTNERS WITH PARKS. OKAY, PERFECT. STAND UP IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THEN WHATEVER YOUR COMMENTS ARE. HI, I AM TABA. I'M BRAND NEW TO PARTNERS WITH PARKS. IT'S MY SECOND WEEK. WELCOME, BUT WELCOME. I DO KNOW THAT CLUB SILVER IS, UM, A MONTHLY MEETING PUT ON BY THE GRAY PANTHERS AND THAT THEY'RE USING THE SENIOR CENTER FOR IT AND IT'S GETTING PRETTY POPULAR 'CAUSE UH, THEY KEEP HANDING OUT FREE FOOD AND GIVEAWAYS. THE SENIORS ARE REALLY ENJOYING THAT. UH, SO I THOUGHT KAREN RE SIDE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BUT I KNOW SHE USES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND SHE MIGHT BE LATE, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS A PROBLEM TODAY. I HOPE YOU THIS MORNING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? UH, CAMBODIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER. ANYBODY HERE FROM THAT GROUP? OKAY. UH, CAMBODIA TOWN INCORPORATED. ANYBODY? WELL, GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANNA START WITH THE WORD. HAPPY NEW YEAR. WELL, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS SAT SAM AND I AM A CHAIR OF CAMBODIA TOWN. UH, ON BEHALF OF CAMBODIA TOWN, I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT CAMBODIA TOWN WILL HOST THE 16TH ANNUAL CAMBODIA TOWN AND CULTURE FESTIVAL FOOD ON SUNDAY, APRIL 7TH, 2024 ON ANAHEIM'S STREET AND MACARTHUR PARK LONG BEACH FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THE PARADE AND THE FESTIVAL ARE FREE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LAST YEAR, SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE CAME TO THE EVENTS IN PERSON AND THERE WERE OVER 2 MILLION VIEWS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. I AM HERE TO REQUEST A FEE WAIVER FOR THE YOUTH OF THE MACARTHUR PARK AND MANZO GAMBLE COMMUNITY THEATER FOR THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR, THE THEME OF THE PARADE AND CULTURE FESTIVAL WILL BE CELEBRATE A CULTURE OF PEACE AND UNITY. GIVE THE RISING NUMBER OF HATE INCIDENT AND CRIME IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN 2023. IT IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THE INTERFAITH [00:20:01] BED ADDICTIONS. WERE START AT 9:00 AM AT THE INTERCEPTION OF EAST ANAHEIM STREET AND CHERRY AVENUE, FOLLOWED BY THE PARADE AT 10:30 AM AND ENDED AT MATER PARK ON EAST ANAHEIM AND NORTH AVENUE. THERE WILL BE, UH, MANY PARADE FORMATION, INCLUDING GROUPS IN AUTHENTIC CLIENT COSTUMES, SIX GRAND MARSHALL AND OTHER GROUP FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITY. THE CULTURE FESTIVAL IS FROM 1:00 PM TO 5:00 PM THE OPEN AIR CYBER WILL FEATURE LOCAL CLIENT ARTISANS AND CULTURE BEERS BY SAY, HANDICRAFT TEXTILE DRESSMAKING WEDDING TEMPLE BOOTH, CHURCH BOOTH REPRESENTATIVE FROM MULTI-ETHNIC NON-PROFIT AND FOOD BOOTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE CULTURE OF FESTIVAL WILL HAVE PERFORMANCE OF MY CLASSICAL AND FOLK, THEN AS WELL AS OTHER ETHNIC COMMUNITY SUCH AS HMONG, FILIPINO, SOUTH ASIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS. THERE WILL BE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, LIVE MUSIC, POPULAR DANCES, AND MARTIAL ART DEMONSTRATION, TRADITIONAL FOLK GAMES, AND THE RE REVITALIZING TRADITION OF ANCIENT UNCLE CERAMIC EXHIBITION. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE THAT WE GOING TO FLY THE MASTER OF CERAMIC FROM THE EAST COAST. REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE STATE AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL WILL BE PRESENT. LAST, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US ON SUNDAY. IF ANYBODY IS HERE, THAT WOULD WILL BE ON APRIL SEVEN. BUT THANK YOU IN ADVANCE OF YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SATIA. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE ON THAT REQUEST? OKAY. UH, THE BLUFF PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, THE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP FOR ORANGE COUNTY. HI, MARCUS. FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, UH, WE PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS USAID FOODS TO LOW INCOME SENIORS WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE. IN 2023, WE PROVIDED 30 POUND FOOD BOXES TO OVER 16,000 LONG BEACH SENIORS AT THREE COMBINED LOCATIONS WOW. FOR FINANCIAL IMPACT OF OVER $800,000. SO YOUR, UM, CONSIDERATION IS VERY MEANINGFUL TO US BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE SENIORS OF LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. AND CAN I GET YOUR NAME AGAIN? I WAS SPEAKING WHEN YOU, SHIRLEY BO. YES, SHIRLEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHIRLEY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, BAHATI FOUNDATION. ALRIGHT, WELCOME. UH, MY NAME'S ELLE BAHATI. I'VE BEEN HERE PLENTY OF TIMES. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE REMEMBERING. YEP. UH, MY PART, UH, THIS IS PART OF HERE CAME, UH, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE EL DORADO RACE SERIES. NOW WE'RE ON FOUR YEARS, BUT AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE EVENTS' BEEN AROUND FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. UH, IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART TO A LOT OF CYCLISTS. UH, AND NOW, SINCE, ACTUALLY I CAN SAY THIS WITH CONFIDENCE, SINCE WE'VE TAKEN IT OVER, WE'VE MADE IT MORE OF A COMMUNITY EVENT, UH, WHERE WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ENGAGE, UH, YOUNGSTERS TO GETTING INVOLVED IN CYCLING. I STARTED AT 11 YEARS OLD. I'M NOW IN MY FORTIES AND I'M STILL RIDING MY FAMILY RIDE. SO, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT EVENT. AND SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO, UH, HAVE YOUR BLESSING AGAIN, TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE OUR EVENT BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING. UH, WE KEEP OUR FEES REALLY LOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE, UH, THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS CAN ACTUALLY COME AND PARTICIPATE ON SUCH AN AWESOME COURSE. IT'S CLOSED, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC. IT'S SAFE. UM, YEAH. AND IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. ANY QUESTIONS? AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING ALONG VERY WELL WITH BAHATI. UM, YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH BAHATI AND VERY THANKFUL FOR THE ORGANIZATION. UM, AS WELL AS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY DEFINITELY HAVE HELD, HAVE HELD THEIR, UM, PART IN ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING OUT THEIR LOVE FOR RECYCLING TO OUR PARKS, UM, AND HAVING OUR INTEREST WITHIN OUR YOUTH AND ESPECIALLY OUR TEENS. THANK YOU. GLADYS. MAY I, VICE CHAIR REDFIELD? YES. MR. BAHATI, HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION SINCE COVID? ABSOLUTELY. UM, RIGHT WHEN COVID HIT IS WHEN WE KIND OF TOOK IT OVER. SO WE DID LOSE A LOT, BUT WE JUST STUCK TRUE TO OUR MISSION, UH, IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND GET MORE PEOPLE ON BIKES, UH, NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM AND WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH ADDING THAT OUR FOUNDATION ADOPTED, UM, A LOCAL SCHOOL IS A SCHOOL PARK, A SCHOOL, A SCHOOL HERE IN LONG BEACH. UH, EVERY [00:25:01] YEAR I HAD A PASSION TO GIVE OUT BIKES TO KIDS EVERY YEAR. UM, WE STARTED OFF WITH 50 AND THROUGH THE YEARS WE'RE UP TO JUST OVER, UH, 200 BIKES AND WE ADOPTED A SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW MORE SCHOOLS AND, AND GIVE 'EM, GIVE 'EM BIKES, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAY SO THEY GET A BIKE, A HELMET A LOT AND SOME OTHER THINGS TO TEACH THEM HOW TO RIDE ON THE ROAD AND USE THE BIKE AS TRANSPORTATION OR JUST FUN LIKE WE USED TO BE. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND I LOVE THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE WHILE YOU'RE TALKING. IT'S ANYBODY ELSE ON THE BAHATI. UH, OKAY. AND THEN LAST, WE HAVE THE SOUTH COAST ORCHID SOCIETY. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS JOHN REYES. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH COAST ORCHID SOCIETY. WE'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES FOR WAIVERS. WE'VE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR ABOUT 75 YEARS, NONE OF THAT. MM-HMM. , WE KIND OF MISSED, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF GOT, UH, MISSED OUT DURING COVID, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T MEET FOR TWO YEARS. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD OUR SOCIETY BACK UP, YOU KNOW, UH, MEMBER WISE. AND SO IT'S REALLY A BENEFIT TO US TO, UH, HAVE A FEE WAIVER BECAUSE, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE, WE MEET THE FOURTH MONDAY OF, UH, EVERY MONTH. AND EXCEPT WHEN THERE'S EXCEPTIONS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, MEMORIAL DAY AND CHRISTMAS AND SUCH. AND WE PRESENT, WE, WE, UH, BRING IN ORCHID SPEAKERS THAT BRING PLANTS AND OUR MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SMALL FEE FOR OUR MEMBERS. I THINK IT'S $20 A YEAR. AND OUR MEMBERSHIP OBVIOUSLY DWINDLED DURING COVID AND WE LOST A FEW AS WELL, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. AND WE JUST, UH, WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP BRINGING THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY. 'CAUSE ANY, ANYONE CAN WALK IN THERE. YOU KNOW, OUR NEXT MEETING IS THIS MONDAY, UH, AND IT'S FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 30. SO IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT BLUE ORCHIDS, UH, THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT IT. SO, THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? UH, UM, OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WITH ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE WAIVERS? VICE CHAIR? REDFIELD HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. YES. UH, TO CAMBODIA TOWN, UM, AS THE LARGEST CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY IN AMERICA, MAYBE EVEN OUTSIDE. I'M SURPRISED THAT YOUR ATTENDANCE IS ONLY 2000. IT SEEMS TO ME WHEN I'VE ATTENDED, IT'S BEEN MORE LIKE 25,000 NOW, UH, HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE SINCE COVID? AND CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE ATTENDANCE? YEAH. WELL, WE, WE KIND OF ESTIMATE, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I COULD BE MORE, BUT WE JUST LIKE CONSERVING NUMBER. YES. BUT YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF CROWDS AND BASICALLY ON THAT DAY, WE PRETTY MIGHT FILL UP THE MATA PARK ITSELF. YEAH. PEOPLE ON THAT DAY. I THINK THE PARADE PROBABLY GETS 20. I THINK THE PARADE PROBABLY GETS 25,000 AND THEY PROBABLY GET THE, THE FESTIVAL GET TO THE, THE FESTIVAL IS SMALL BECAUSE IT'S INSIDE THE PARK. THAT'S SPECIAL. THAT'S SPECIAL EVENTS. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? ALL RIGHT. WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHONE, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER AARTI SMITH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. NO OPPOSED? THAT PASSES. WE ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND IT'S NOT CONSIDERED RUDE IF YOU, IF YOU LEAVE AFTER YOUR ITEM IS DONE. UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE TO EXECUTE PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH DELIAH JOLYNN AL TO PROVIDE FREE LOW COST PUBLIC CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE FACILITIES FROM JANUARY 18TH, 2024 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. UH, DIRECTOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR LEVISON. UM, GLADYS KAISER WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH THIS ITEM. THANKS, COMMISSIONERS, FOR OVER 30 YEARS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, HEALTH CLASSES AT HOMELAND CULTURAL CENTER, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HOMELAND AND KNOWN AS HOMELAND AT MACARTHUR PARK. AND IS COLLABORATING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY CO THAT WE CALL CONTRACTORS TO OFFER FREE OR LOW COST INSTRUCTION, CLASSES, WORKSHOP AND PERFORMANCES. UM, THE PROGRAMS REFLECT THE DIVERSE ETHNIC AND URBAN CONTEMPORARY CULTURES OF LONG BEACH. IT IS LOCATED IN MCC, CARLE PARK HOMELAND IS A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PASS DOWN TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL ARTS THROUGH THEATER PRODUCTION, DANCE, MUSIC, CONSTRUCTION, POETRY, READING, GRAPHIC ARTS AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS. UM, WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH DELILAH JEWELRY REAL, TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY , [00:30:01] UM, AT AT HOMELAND, UM, AND TO ENHANCE THE CLASSES THAT WE HAVE THERE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE? ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO ADDRESS IT? OKAY. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, WE HAD A COM, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY SMITH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY? NONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT LOCATION OF MEMORIAL OR COMMEMORATIVE BENCHES. UH, THIS WOULD BE AT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PARK AS OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT A DISTRICT SIX. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. UH, DIRECTOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR LIVINGSTON. SO, UH, REPRESENTING PARK PLANNING PARTNERSHIPS THIS MORNING, LAURIE, CRAIG'S GONNA BE LEADING YOU THROUGH THIS ITEM. THANKS. THIS IS MORNING, LAURA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER, UH, FOR DEPARTMENT POLICY. UM, ANY REQUEST FOR NEW REPLACEMENT MEMORIAL BENCHES COME TO THIS COMMISSION. UM, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY IS FOR, UM, THE PLACEMENT OF A NEW MEMORIAL BENCH. UM, THIS REQUEST COMES FROM LILLIAN PARKER THROUGH OUR PARTNERS WITH PARKS. UM, THE REQUEST IS TO SPACE A NEW BENCH, UM, AT MARTIN LUTHER AND JUNIOR PARKS JUST OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE MLK COMMUNITY PEACE GARDEN. UM, THE BENCH WE PLACE SOUTH, UH, ACROSS THE OPEN LAWN AREA, UM, FACING 19TH STREET. UM, AND THE BENCH AND THE INSCRIPTION WOULD BE IN TRIBUTE TO DARRYL SCRAPPY SMITH. UM, HE LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE IN LONG BEACH. UM, HE OVERCAME SOME OBSTACLES IN HIS YOUTH TO THEN, UM, AS AN ADULT IN BOTH HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE. UM, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS A REFUSE WORKER, AS A PEER COUNSELOR. UM, DOING A LOT TO, UM, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND MENTORSHIP FOR YOUTH. UM, UH, SO THIS BENCH, UM, AND ITS PLACEMENT IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE, LILLIAN? YES. YOU WANNA SPEAK? UM, YES. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, HAPPY HERE TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REVIEW AND, UM, HOPEFULLY APPROVE THE BENCH. UM, I'M THE LIFE PARTNER FOR UM, SMITH AND, UM, HE WORKED, UM, VIGOROUSLY AND, UM, COMMITTED HIS LIFE TO, UM, BEING A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL TO CHILDREN. UM, HE HELPED PROVIDE SAFE PASSAGE, UH, AT THE GORILLA, UM, HIGH SCHOOL AREA DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. UM, HE FED OVER 1200 PEOPLE FOR, UM, THANKSGIVING AT, UM, MLK PARK. HE WAS A, UM, UH, UM, AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, WELL ACTUALLY IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN FOR NON-PROFIT FOR, UM, SAFE PASSAGES IN, UM, I, I'VE BEEN IN WRITING FOR THE, UM, UM, CONNECT THE AFTER HOURS PART, UH, FOR SAFETY. MM-HMM. , UM, FOR THE CHILDREN, UM, DURING THE YEARS OF 2010 THROUGH 2012. AND, UH, THERE HE REACHED OUT TO YOUTH AND, UM, PROVIDED SOME COUNSELING FOR THEM. UH, WENT TO THEIR SCHOOLS TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR THEM WHEN THEY WERE HAVING DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOL. UM, AND HE ALSO HELPED WITH THE YOUTH FOOTBALL IN MENTORING THEM, UM, PAYING THEIR FEES IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEM. THESE THINGS HE DID OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET. UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, UM, DISENFRANCHISED TRIED TO ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THE PASSAGE THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR, UM, THEM TO REHABILITATE THEMSELVES. AND I JUST THINK THAT IT IS, UM, IT WOULD REACH THE IMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT WE SET POSITIVE EXAMPLES AS TO THE LIMITS THAT YOU CAN PUSH YOURSELF TO IN ORDER TO BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, I'M, I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU APPROVE THIS AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SHOULD SCRAPPY BE CAPITALIZED OR IS IT INTENTIONALLY NOT CAPITALIZED? I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF. OKAY. IN, IN SCRAPPY. THE S IS NOT CAPITALIZED. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE BEFORE THAT GOES TO THE BENCH COMPANY. YES, PLEASE. OKAY. THAT SURE. IT'S SAYS CAPITALIZED. YES, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. I BELIEVE THAT. GOOD CATCH. THAT IS A GOOD CATCH. I'VE, I'VE SEEN THOSE PLAQUES COME BACK, COMMISSIONER DOWN THERE SO SHE CAN LOOK AT IT. SURE. ON THE SECOND PAGE WHERE IT'S, YEAH, IT IS ON THE LAST PAGE WHERE IT SHOWS WHAT THE PLAQUE WOULD BE ON LINE TWO. SECOND LINE. YES. CAPITAL. PERFECT CAPITAL. THANK YOU. SO MR. CHAIR, TO PREFACE MY COMMENTS, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SUPPORT THIS MOTION, UH, BUT I KNOW LAST TIME WE DEDICATED A BENCH THERE WAS [00:35:01] THE UPSET WITH THE CITY'S MANAGER'S OFFICE TO PUT IT MILDLY. UM, DO WE, I I GUESS MAYBE A QUESTION FOR STAFF IS HAVE THERE BEEN ANY SORT OF CHANGES IN THE PROCESS OR ANY SORT OF WAY TO KIND OF PREEMPT ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR, UM, NO. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SAY MY EDITORIALIZING ON THE CONDUCT OF THE SAME MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES IN THE PROCESS? YEAH, I WOULD SAY THIS IS OF A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NATURE. THE SENSITIVITY AROUND, UH, THE MESSAGE THAT WAS PORTRAYED THROUGH MURAL ART, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE, UM, PRESENTATION FOR A MEMORIAL BENCH THAT WAS SOMEWHAT DEROGATORY TOWARDS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHAT SPAWNED A LOT OF THE CONCERN AND I GUESS INDIRECT CRITICISM. SO THIS ONE IS VERY MUCH IN KEEPING WITH OUR TRADITIONAL TRIBUTE BENCH IS A MEMORIAL BENCH IS WHERE IT'S A PLAQUE THAT'S, UH, EMBEDDED INTO THE BENCH. GOT IT. OKAY. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, I WAS AT, UM, KING PARK FOR THE FESTIVAL AFTER THE PARADE ON, UM, SATURDAY. SATURDAY, SATURDAY RECENTLY AND, UM, YESTERDAY IT, IT IS A VERY, UH, PROMINENT LOCATION, UM, BLANKING THE ENTRANCE TO THE, THE PEACE GARDEN. AND FROM EVERYTHING THAT LILLIAN SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT DARRELL AND ALSO RECOGNIZING HE WAS AWARDED IN 2012, THE PEACEMAKER AWARD. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF THINKING KAREN RESIDE MIGHT BE, OR SHE RECEIVED THAT RECOGNITION RECENTLY FOR THE SAME HONOR. SO IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE. AND I THINK AS LILLIAN, YOU KNOW, CAPTURED HER SENTIMENTS VERY NICELY, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A GOOD TRIBUTE TO DARRYL'S LIFE AND LEGACY. YEAH. AND AGAIN, MY, MY CONCERNS WEREN'T NECESSARILY FOR THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST, IT WAS MOSTLY DEPENDING ON, NOT ROUGHLY THE FEATHERS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE POWER TO BE. SO THIS IS, THIS IS ALL GOOD, BUT THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER TI SMITH. HE SOUNDED LIKE SUCH A SPECIAL MAN AND I'M SAD THAT I NEVER GOT TO MEET HIM. SO THIS SOUNDS REALLY LIKE, SUCH A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M SURE THE BENCH WILL BE A BLESSING TOO FOR THOSE THAT LOVED HIM AND REMEMBERED HIM. SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR HIM. I'M GLAD TO SEE BENCHES BACK BEFORE US. MM-HMM. HAVE WE COME TO A DECISION ON LIFETIME 10 YEARS RENEWAL, 10 YEARS, AND THEN THERE'S A, THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY OR COMPANY OR ENTITY THAT BROUGHT THAT FORWARD WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND THIS IS THROUGH PARTNERS OF PARKS YOU COMMUNICATE IN ADVANCE OF THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RENEW THAT. AND, AND IF THEY OPT NOT TO, THEN IT WOULD BE A BENCH AND LOCATION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE FOR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. OKAY. AND I WAS, I JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT ON THE, ON THE REQUEST IT SAYS, UH, 50 PLUS YEARS, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN, HOW LONG HE WAS A RESIDENT. THAT IS NOT THE LIFETIME OF THE BENCH. THANK YOU. SO CLARIFICATION. APPRECIATE THAT. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE? ALRIGHT, WE HAD A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR REDFIELD, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SEAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. NO OPPOSED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEY'LL START WORKING ON THAT. THANKS LILLIAN. THANK YOU IAN. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT. WE CREATE COMMUNITY AND THE DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED SECOND. ANYONE SECOND? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, DIRECTOR . YEAH, HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN. SO, UM, A FEW ADDITIONAL THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. ONE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ADVANCE INTO THE NEW YEAR, I THINK MOST OF YOU WERE AWARE THAT WE HAD, UM, A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF VACANCIES ON OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM LEVEL. SO AS I, I GUESS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING, UH, DR. MELANIE WAGNER IS NOW OUR, UM, BUREAU MANAGER FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. AND WE'LL BE, UM, WORKING WITH STEVE'S TEAM HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, INTERVIEW LEVELS FOR, UH, ONE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ON GLADYS'S TEAM FOR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES. THE VACANCY WHEN TED STEVENS DEPARTED FOR CULVER CITY TO BECOME THEIR DIRECTOR OF PARKS. UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A NEW LEADER IN THAT SUPERINTENDENT CAPACITY. AND THEN ALSO PARK PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS. AS YOU KNOW, UM, SHE BEATTY HAS BEEN SERVING AS ACTING BUREAU MANAGER. UH, SO THAT POSITION, I THINK WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE FINAL BULLETIN REVIEW. UH, AND THEN THAT'LL GET POSTED. SO AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT POSITION. SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN [00:40:01] THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, UH, IT ALWAYS DEPENDS ON IF IT'S INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL CANDIDATE. EXTERNAL CANDIDATES TAKE A LITTLE LONGER. UM, BUT ALSO, UH, IN, WELL IT'S MARINE BUREAU, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVELY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE SUPERINTENDENT POSITIONS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD. ONE IS FOR MARINA OPERATIONS AND WE'VE MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S, UH, PENDING OF FINAL APPROVAL AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. BUT A GENTLEMAN'S COMING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH I THINK WILL BRING SOME GREAT BENEFIT TO THE MARINE BUREAU, UH, MARINAS OPERATIONS. UM, THAT GENTLEMAN WILL BE INTRODUCING TO ONCE IT'S OFFICIAL. AND THEN ALSO, UM, BEACH MAINTENANCE IS ANOTHER KEY SUPERINTENDENT POSITION THAT WILL BE OPEN, UH, AND FILLED HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UH, SO REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, WE, UM, ARE STILL, UM, AWAITING THE FORMAL ACTION FOR, THERE SHOULD BE A SEVENTH PERSON SETTING, WELL ACTUALLY SIXTH AND SEVENTH. UM, BUT TO FINALLY ROUND OUT AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF HAVING A VACANCY ON OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, UH, MAYOR RICHARDSON HAS, UH, FORWARDED THE NAME OF, UH, COREY ALLEN TO BE OUR SEVENTH COMMISSIONER. AND, UM, AGAIN, I THINK IT MAY END UP BEING A SUPPLEMENTAL FOR NEXT TUESDAY'S, UH, COUNCIL MEETING ACTION. UH, IF NOT THEN IT'LL CERTAINLY BE THE FIRST MEETING IN, IN FEBRUARY. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND UPCOMING MEETINGS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, THEY'RE GONNA BE OVER AT, UH, CITY COLLEGE. UH, BECAUSE THEY HAS SOME MAJOR LIGHTING AND SOUND SYSTEM UPGRADES. THEY'LL BE UNDERWAY AT, UH, CIVIC CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL. HOPEFULLY THE SOUND UPGRADE WILL BE THAT WHEN I WATCH IT ON MY LAPTOP, I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR. I THINK THAT'S THE PLAN. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE EMAIL SAID. YEAH, I KNOW THE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE MICROPHONE AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PODIUM. UM, IT'S JUST A BIT CUMBERSOME FOR ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT, UM, ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLE IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR, OR SHORTER. THEY JUST ALWAYS PROBLEMATIC. SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE SOME UPGRADES IN THAT REGARD. UM, SO THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS REALLY GREAT. YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TEAM RECEIVED A LOT OF ACCOLADES FOR JUST HELPING SUPPORT THE PARADE, PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THE CAMBODIAN PROJECTED NUMBERS. THE PARADE ITSELF ATTRACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEN THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO GATHER FOR THE FESTIVAL IN, IN THE PARK IS A, A DIFFERENT NUMBER. BUT IT WAS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE WEATHER CONTRASTING TO THE PAST TWO YEARS AND IT WAS SUNNY AND WARM AND DRY. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. UM, AND THEN ON MONDAY WE HAD THE, THE KING DAY OF SERVICE. SO WE HAD A BIGGER BOAT AT LITTLE SPRINGS PARK. UH, LARRY RICH WAS MORE OR LESS HELPING OVERSEE THOSE. AND THEN OUT PARK, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, WE WERE PLANTING NEW TREES, SO WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS AND THEN ALSO OUR PARTNERS IN CONSERVATION CORPS, PLANTING SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL NEW TREES AT THAT PARK. UM, YOU'LL BE GETTING, UM, A, A GRAND OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. UH, SO THE ASK FOUNDATION, I THINK THE LAST MEETING WHEN MIKE, DONNA GAVE YOU A REALLY GREAT, UH, UPDATE ON ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY'RE ADVANCING. THE SILVERADO SKATE PARK, UH, REHAB IS REALLY MOVING FORWARD NICELY. A LOT OF THE, UM, ELEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN INHERITED AT SILVERADO FROM CHERRY, WELL THE SKATEBOARD COMMUNITY CALLS IT CHERRY PARK, BUT BBY BIXBY PARK, UM, THEY GOT MOVED OVER TO HELP CREATE A SKATE PARK AT SILVERADO. SO NOW EVERYTHING, UH, SPA RANCH HAS BEEN THE DESIGN COMPANY AND CONSTRUCTION. UH, BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE CONCRETE ELEMENTS NOW. SO IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL, PERMANENT AND, UH, VERY WELCOME UPGRADE. SO PROBABLY AFTER LIKE THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH IN FEBRUARY, THEY'LL HAVE SOME TYPE OF GRAND REOPENING, MOST LIKELY TO BE ON THE SATURDAY. SO A LOT OF THE KITS CAN BE THERE. UH, THERE ALSO WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT RECOGNITION AND POSSIBLE ATTENDANCE BY TONY HAWK, WHO HIS FOUNDATION HELP PROVIDE A LOT OF THE FUNDING. WE'RE VERY GUARDED IN MAKING THAT MORE OF A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME HE CAME TO THE CITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD TROUBLE WITH CROWD AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, BIG FAN DAY STUFF. SO, BUT YEAH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS FOUNDATION FOR HELPING AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN ALSO BRINGING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE 14TH STREET SKATE PARK NOW. SO ASK FOUNDATION, GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER, UM, JUST FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. UM, PROBABLY CAN THINK OF A FEW OTHER THINGS, BUT I DON'T WANNA, WE HAVE TO HAVE LUNCH HERE TODAY SOMETIMES , I, I, I ALSO, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE, I'M SORRY, PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. 'CAUSE THIS GROUP YOU'RE VERY REGULAR AND RELIABLE IN ATTENDING. UM, FOR JEN'S BENEFIT, WE ALWAYS ARE WORRIED IF WE HAVE A QUORUM. SO WHEN SHE REACHES OUT TO YOU, IF YOU COULD KINDLY RESPOND BACK IN A TIMELY MANNER, I'M TRYING TO BE POLITE JUST SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR MEETING. 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE ACTION THAT COMES BEFORE YOU IS OF A TIMELY NATURE. BUT ALSO [00:45:01] IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT ONCE WE HAVE OUR SEVENTH COMMISSIONER, 'CAUSE WE'VE KIND OF DELAYED OR DEFERRED OUR ORIENTATION, WHICH WE WANTED TO DO. PARKS TOURING FOR ALL SEVEN OF YOU. UM, WE REALLY WANT TO DELIVER THAT. SO ONCE WE HAVE ALL SEVEN OF YOU, WE'LL WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO FIND A, A DATE AND A BLOCK OF TIME WHERE ALL SEVEN OF YOU CAN'T COMMIT TO BEING THERE. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN WAITING. SO WE HAVE ALL OF YOU. SO IT COULD BE CONSISTENT AND AND THOROUGH AND AND HELPFUL. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING HERE IN THE COMING YEARS THAT WE'LL WE'LL FIND VERY IMPORTANT. SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, WE'RE OFF TO A REALLY GREAT YEAR. UH, LAST YEAR WAS JUST AMAZING. UM, WE GOT A REALLY COMMITTED TEAM AND, UM, JUST EXCITED ABOUT, UM, BEING JUST FOUR YEARS AWAY FROM THE 2028 OLYMPICS. UH, THEY'LL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT, . BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU BRENT. ANYBODY UP HERE? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? WE'RE HAVING THE OLYMPICS . REALLY? YEAH, GENERAL IN THE, IN THE GENERAL AREA. SO 2024, THERE'S A, UH, THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE. PARIS IS HOSTING THE 2024 OLYMPICS. OKAY. AND THEN THEY HAPPEN EVERY FOUR YEARS. IT'S INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE, UM, SPORT IN LIKE, AGAIN, MOUNT OLYMPUS, UM, HE WIKIPEDIA CENTURIES AGO THEY HAVE A TORCH COMING HERE, LA BEACH TO LA BUT WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA BE HOSTING SEVERAL EVENTS IN LONG BEACH. SEVERAL ARE HOSTED BY, SO, SO WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT EVENTS WE WE HAVE EIGHT. YEAH, WE HAVE EIGHT EVENTS. SO SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY PARALYMPIC, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. UH, THE TRIATHLON, UM, THEY HAVE A BMX TRACK THAT, OR OF COURSE THAT'S GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE ELEPHANT LOT BY THE CONVENTION CENTER. A NUMBER OF SAILING AND ROWING UM, EVENTS. AND THEN HANDBALL, WHICH IS A NEW ONE THAT WAS HANDBALL. HANDBALL. SO YEAH. WHERE ARE WE GONNA DO THE HANDBALL BE? I'M NOT SURE , THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE CITY HAS BROUGHT ON A, A OLYMPIC PLANNING CONSULTANT GROUP AND ACTUALLY STEVE AND TODD LELAND ARE OUR DEPARTMENT REPS ON OUR INTERNAL PLANNING. THE MORE THAT WE LEARN ABOUT THE PLANS AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE, I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN ASPECTS MAINLY AROUND SECURITY TYPE ELEMENTS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO, BUT THERE WILL BE, UM, AS LESSONS LEARNED IN PREVIOUS OLYMPICS THAT WERE HOSTED IN PART BY LONG BEACH, THERE'S ALWAYS COMMUNITY RELATIONS ISSUES. PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, WILL BE A BIT INCONVENIENCE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC CHANGES AND CROWDS AND NOISE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT PICKLEBALL IS NOT YET A ELEMENT. I WAS GONNA SAY I KNOW THERE'S FOUR YEARS READY FOR PICKLE BALL TO BE SO, BUT I HAVE TO GET EARLY A SHOT GOING FOREST. MARK , HIS TEAM, HIS TEAM FINALLY DELIVERED. HE, I'M SORRY THIS APPLIED TO HIS REPORT, BUT HE'S GOT THE EIGHT DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURT SITTING TO, FOR US UP ACTIVE 24 7, NOT 24 BUT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I WAS OUT THERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS BUSY. YEAH WE HAVE, THERE'S A GROUP FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH NOW THAT'S COMING HERE REGULARLY. SO WE CAN'T REALLY DO RESIDENT NON-RESIDENTS. I WISH WE COULD. UH, BUT ALSO THEY STARTED TO WORK ON VETERANS, UH, YESTERDAY I THINK. SO THEY EIGHT MORE AND HIS TEAM UPGRADED THE LIGHTING TO LED LIGHTS FOR THE COURT. SO ANOTHER, I MEAN REALLY MOVING THE PICKLEBALL MASTER PLAN FORWARD AND I GUESS I SHOULD BE ADDING ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. SO THE UM, UM, THE MASTER PLAN ALSO IS INCLUDING UH, BILLY BILLIE JEAN KING TENNIS CENTER. THEY'RE ADDING 10 TO 12 NEW DEDICATED COURTS THERE. UH, SILVERADO PARKS NEW, BUT THE COMMUNITY'S BEEN USING TWO OF THE FOUR TENNIS COURTS FOR PICKLEBALL. SO WE'RE GONNA BE RESURFACING THE COURTS AND THEN KEEPING THE TENNIS COURT LINES BUT THEN ADDING YELLOW STRIPES FOR PICKLEBALL. AND THE COMMUNITY'S JUST GOING TO USE THE TENNIS NET. SO I KNOW FOR THE TENNIS PURISTS THAT BRINGS A GRIMACES TO THEIR FACES , BUT ACTUALLY THEY'VE BEEN COHABITATING QUITE WELL AS DUAL SPORTS AT SILVERADO. AND THEN WHALEY PARK, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR IS GONNA FUND ADDING UM, A PICKLEBALL COURT ON THE SPORTS COURT AT WHALEY. AND I'M PROBABLY MISSING ONE OH MARINA VISTA PARK. WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING TWO NEW TENNIS COURTS, TWO BRAND NEW TENNIS COURTS AND THEN CONVERTING THE TWO EXISTING TENNIS COURTS TO EIGHT DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURTS. THAT'S OUR LARGEST NUCLEUS PICKLE BALLERS IS ABOUT 150 PEOPLE THAT USE THAT REGULARLY HEAVILY. SO, UM, [00:50:01] YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY GIVEN YOU TOTAL NUMBER. PICKLEBALL COURTS IS THOUSANDS OF HOURS AVAILABLE? YEAH. ? NO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE UH, EIGHT DEDICATED, BUT THE JUAN APPAREL SPORTS COURTS ARE NEXT FRIDAY. THE DEDICATION I THINK THE 24TH. YEAH. MM-HMM I SENT OUT DOWN AT THE STATION. YEAH, DOWN AT THE BEACH. THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURTS AND THE ABILITY TO PLAY THAT OTHER SPORT THERE TOO. SO YEAH, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BLENDED THAT INTO MY UPDATE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE IT'S SUCH A HUGE UNDERSERVED SPORT WITH BIG DEMANDS. BUT APPRECIATE ALL THE HURLEY'S TEAM. BJK IS NEW COURTS OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, LORI I THINK IS WORKING, OR IS IT ANN ONE OF THE TWO'S WORKING ON THE, IS IT ANN ON THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL? OH THAT'S ANN. YEAH. SO THE MUCH IN KEEPING WITH WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE DONE IN THE PAST DECADE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE KIND OF HYBRIDIZED THEIR TENNIS CENTERS TO BE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTERS. SO OUR NEW RFP WOULD BE GOING OUT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TENNIS CENTER AND KNOW EACH TEAM WILL BE FOR PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS STUFF WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT, BUT THOSE ARE PAID IN PLAY FACILITIES. OKAY. SO I THAT'S AN ADDEND TO MY REPORT PLAN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, SO WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARKI SMITH, A THANKFUL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHONE. SHE'S ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. YOU OPPOSED? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE WILL GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT. OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK STAND? GIVE US YOUR NAME AND I GOT . UM, I APOLOGIZE THAT'S FOR BEING SO LATE. I DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT TO BE VERY ANN THAT IT WAS YOUR REPORT. I'M ENER AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING RENZO WILL SPRINGS PARK. UM, ON MY, UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GATHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET A RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT AND I'M NOT FINDING IT EASILY, YOU KNOW, WHERE I CAN JUST SEE IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR IT, BUT WE, UM, AT ONE POINT WHEN NANCY WAS STILL HERE, UM, WE HAD GOTTEN, UM, THE, A RUDIMENTARY PERMIT IS FOR SOMETHING THAT PERFORMS SOME TYPE OF REGULAR OCCURRING PROGRAMMING OR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. AND WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE DO FALL INTO THAT. IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL STUFF THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PART, BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME HERE EVERY TIME WE WANT TO DO AN EVENT, WHICH ADDS TIME TO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR SCHEDULING AND STUFF. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET ONE. AND I, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF OUR GROUP IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR ONE, BUT, UM, I, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME HELP ON JUST TO SEE IF IT'S AN AVENUE THAT WE CAN TAKE INSTEAD OF DOING THE OTHER, THE OTHER WAY OF DOING IT. OKAY. SO WE WE'RE NOT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T AGENDIZED, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROUP THAT WANTS TO CONTINUALLY USE THE SITE YES. TO DO EVENTS THAT WOULD BE GLADYS, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO GO IN AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR, OR ALTER SOMETHING, THEN YOU WOULD TALK TO LORI PARTNERSHIP PARKS LIKE NANCY WAS LEADING YOU FIRST. RIGHT? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A MIX OF THINGS. SO LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WE'LL GO IN AND LIKE A PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAN WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS YEAR IS UH, MAYBE PLANT SOME NATIVE PLANTS AROUND THE BEE SANCTUARY AND OUR GROUP WOULD GO IN AND DO IT AND HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF LORI. AND THEN WE HAVE THE WILLOW SPRINGS EXPERIENCES AND OUR GROUP MEETINGS. THAT WOULD BE GLADYS. SO IS THERE A WAY TO COMBINE THEM BOTH? WE CAN WORK. UH, I THINK YOU COULD COMBINE THEM BOTH THROUGH LORI. OKAY. SO WE'LL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU. YEAH. OKAY. SO LORI, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER. YEAH. BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FRIENDS OF WILLOW SPRINGS PARK. IT'S ANOTHER GREAT, UH, EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND POSITIVE ACTIVITY IN OUR PARK. SO WE APPRECIATE IT. I HOPE YOU GOT OUR CC UH, OUR CC EMAIL THAT WE SENT TO TOM MOCA REGARDING TIME. YES. I WAS TELLING, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ, I SHARED THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY ALSO 'CAUSE THEY'RE WONDERFUL. THIS WAS ABOUT TINY HOMES. YES. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ANNA. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. AGAIN, I'M SORRY I MISSED MEETING. OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. UH, ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES, UH, MY NAME'S NIKHIL RED. I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES AND I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO, UH, INTRODUCE MYSELF TO SOME PARKS AND REC STAFFERS AFTER THIS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY I [00:55:01] NEVER DO PUBLIC COMMENT MOSTLY 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF NERVE WRACKING FOR ME. , IT'S VERY CLEAR. YOU'RE DOING REALLY WELL BY THE WAY. . I GO TO A LOT OF THESE, UM, EVERY SINGLE, I I HAVE A BIG CALENDAR WHERE I TRY AND GO TO AS MANY IN LOS ANGELES AS I CAN. AND I JUST GOTTA SAY THAT THE ENERGY IS VERY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT I ATTEND COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR. YOU MEAN WE'RE LIKE LOW ENERGY HERE? NO, NO. IT, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CARE IS THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL AND I GO, I GO TO A LOT OF THESE, SO IT'S, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S SOMETHING RARE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'M SAYING A COMMENT. I THINK THERE'S STILL A YOUTUBE. IT HAS 6 MILLION VIEWS, BUT WE HAD ONE MEETING WHERE WE HAD TWO LITTLE SIAMESE KITTENS, , , SCAMPERING AROUND . YOU'RE MISSING A LOT HERE IN LONG BEACH. BUT THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK YOU'RE WELCOME HERE ANYTIME THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MORNING. GOT IT. AND IF I CAN REMIND YOU TO PLEASE SIGN IN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YEAH, THANK YOU. ON THE ROSTER THERE, TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? NO B UPDATE? WELL WE GOT A B UPDATE. GOOD MORNING. JOHN WESLEY FROM LONG BEACH BEEKEEPERS. I JUST COMPLETED MY, UH, SERVICE AS THE SANCTUARY MANAGER AND I'LL BE DOING OTHER THINGS WITH THE GROUP. BUT UH, TO GIVE YOU GUYS A YEARLY END OF THE YEAR UPDATE, UM, I DID 145 PERSONAL RESCUES FOR LAST YEAR. WOW. OF WHICH 57 OF THOSE WERE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. ONE OF 'EM WAS FOR DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH I WAS PAID FOR. ONE OF 'EM WAS FOR PARKS AND REC, WHICH I WAS PAID FOR. UM, 18 OF THEM WERE FOR THE CITY THAT WAS AT FREE GRASS. AND UH, 35 OF 'EM WERE PAID BY RESIDENTS FOR SHEDS AND CUTOUTS AND REMOVALS AND STUFF. AND WE ALSO, THROUGH THAT, UM, DEVELOPED FIVE OR SEVEN ADDITIONAL HIVE HOSTS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO CHANGE THE FEAR NARRATIVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO HOST A BEEHIVE. AND WITH THAT WE GIVE BACK A GIVE BACK OF, UH, A GALLON OF HONEY TO THE HIGH HOST AS BEING A GOOD LANDLORD. AND I'LL DO IT IS A GREAT MEETING FOR HER. THIS PLACE IS AWESOME. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE B RESCUES WORKING FOR CITY PARKS RIGHT NOW. AND THOSE ARE BEING MENTORED FOR STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR BEEKEEPING PROGRAM THAT WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED. AND I HAVE KIND OF RELEASED THE REIGNS TO MENTOR THEM AND ALLOW THEM TO MONITOR AND GO THROUGH THE STEPS ON HOW TO GET BEES OUT OF TREES SO THAT WE CAN SAVE THE TREE AND SAVE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM BEING INVOLVED WITH ENCOUNTERING BEES FROM THE FEAR NARRATIVE STANDPOINT. SO, BUT UH, THAT'S THE YEARLY UPDATE, END OF THE YEAR UPDATE. AND THEN SO FAR THIS YEAR I'VE PERSONALLY DONE NINE RESCUES, WHICH IS BASICALLY, I LAST YEAR WORKED OUT TO ABOUT ONE EVERY THREE DAYS OUT OF 125 OUT OF A HUNDRED, 365 DAYS. THAT WORKED OUT TO ABOUT ONE EVERY THREE DAYS. UM, WE ARE ON THE 18TH OF THE MONTH AND I'VE DONE NINE RESCUES TO DATE AND I HAVE TWO ON THE BOOKS FOR TOMORROW. SO, UM, WE'RE DOING ONE EVERY TWO DAYS SO FAR. UM, SWARMING SEASON NEVER STOPPED FOR US. NORMALLY IT'S A SPRING APRIL TO JULY WHEN THESE NORMALLY SPUR SWARM AND THERE'S BALLS OF THEM. UM, YESTERDAY AT 7:00 AM I TOOK A SOCCER BALL SIZE BEE OFF OF UH, FALCON AND WARDLOW. SO THE BEES ARE NOT KNOWING THAT IT'S WINTERTIME AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HIDING WARM INSIDE THEIR COLONIES. THEY'RE FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES AND ALREADY SWARMING. SO BE PREPARED. I MENTIONED THE ANIMAL CONTROL PARKS AND REC. EVERYBODY THAT I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TREMENDOUS BEE SEASON AND WE KIND OF KNOW THAT BY BEES ARE ALWAYS BUILDING FOR A DROUGHT. SO THEY'RE BUILDING THREE YEARS WORTH OF RESERVE FOR HONEY. THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO HARVEST HUNTING FROM BEES AND NOT EXPLOIT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS MAKING EXTRA RESERVES, BUT JUST SEEING IF THEY'RE FLEXING NOW. AND THERE'S A LOT OF HONEY FLOW AND THERE'S A LOT OF NECTAR FLOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FLOWERS THAT ARE ALREADY BLOOMING PREMATURELY AND THIS IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A FALSE SPRING WHICH IS CAUSING THE BEES TO STIMULATE GROWTH. AND THEY GO FROM THE QUEEN WILL LAY 500 EGGS, THREE TO 500 EGGS A DAY IN THE WINTERTIME TO A THOUSAND TO 1500 A DAY IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER. AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING EIGHT TO A THOUSAND EGGS A DAY BEING, BEING LAID. SO HIDES GO FROM THREE TO FIVE TO EIGHT TO 20 TO 50,000 BEES IN THE MATTER OF MONTHS. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND YOUR HELP WITH US. UM, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY BE REACHING OUT WITH ANOTHER BEE CLUB. IT'S A NON-PROFIT FOR A POSSIBLE SATELLITE FACILITY. UM, TO HAVE BEES AT ANOTHER LOCATION. WE'RE CATCHING [01:00:01] A LOT OF BEES AROUND THE WILLOW SPRINGS LOCATION, WHICH IS WRIGLEY AND CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS AND DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. WE HAVE TO MOVE THE BEES THREE MILES FROM THE LOCATION WE RESCUE THEM, OTHERWISE THEY FLY HOME AND IT MAKES IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR US TO GO TO THE SAME LOCATION IF WE'RE OFF THE RECORD. I PERSONALLY LIVE IN LAKEWOOD. WE'RE NOT A BEE FRIENDLY CITY. I HAVE SEVEN HIVES THAT I'VE CAPTURED OFF OF WRIGLEY AND CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS IN MY BACKYARD DATE THAT I HAVE TO HOUSE FOR 30 TO 45 DAYS TILL THEY FORGET WHERE THEY USED TO LIVE AND THEN I CAN RELOCATE THEM. MM. BUT UH, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO BE REACHING OUT WITH HURLEY AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE, WHOEVER CAN HELP ME. I'M LOOKING FOR A SATELLITE FACILITY MAYBE ON THE EAST SIDE OR MAYBE UP BY THE UH, SIX, THE 4 0 5 AND SEVEN 10 FREEWAY AREA SOMEPLACE FURTHER AWAY FROM WILLOW SPRINGS THAT WE CAN TRY TO HODGEPODGE SOME OF THESE IN. OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY GARDENS IS HELPING US TREMENDOUSLY, BUT THEY'RE SMALL. THEY CAN ONLY HANDLE ONE OR TWO. AND SOME GARDENS CAN'T HANDLE ANY BEES BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND AGAIN, THIS, WE STILL HAVE THE FEAR NARRATIVE IN PLACE, SO THAT'S A HURDLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLIMB. BUT I'M LOOKING FOR A SATELLITE FACILITY TO, TO HOUSE BEES AND BE RELOCATE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHING THE SOUTH 40. WE HAVE, WE HAVE WILLOW SPRINGS AND NOW WE NEED SOMETHING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN IF POSSIBLE. SO HOPING EVERYBODY CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THAT AND WE'LL BE, UM, OPENING UP SOME LINE OF DIALOGUE. SO THANK YOU YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW I EXCEEDED MY THREE MINUTES, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOHN. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC? ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. GLADYS COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON UPCOMING. UM, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR THIRD JOB FAIR. UM, THIS SATURDAY WE WILL BE AT, UM, FOUNTAIN PARK. SO IF YOU KNOW THAT ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN, UM, APPLYING FOR US TO START WORKING IMMEDIATELY OR, UH, FOR FUTURE WHEN THEY GET OUTTA SCHOOL, UM, IN THE SUMMER. UM, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY. UM, NOT IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT ONTO OUR WEBSITE, AND SO THEY CAN, UM, AND FEEL FREE TO GIVE OUT OUR INFORMATION SO WE CAN CONNECT WITH THEM ABOUT BEING A PART OF OUR PRM FAMILY. UM, ALSO WE'LL BE KICKING OFF, UM, OUR NEXT SEASON OF INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUES, UM, WHICH STARTS IN FEBRUARY. REGISTRATION IS ONGOING. UM, AND, UH, THE SUMMER PLANNING HAS ALREADY STARTED. OUR COMMITTEES HAVE RECONVENED, UM, TO START OUR PLANNING FOR, UM, OUR SUMMER. AND IF YOU KNOW THAT FAMILY THAT IS LOOKING TO PUT THEIR KID IN CAMP, IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND SATURDAY IN APRIL. I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL 13TH, 9:00 AM. UM, OUR LINES WILL OPEN, UM, ONLINE FOR REGISTRATION, BUT LOTS GOING ON. OUR, OUR TEAM IS VERY BUSY. UM, AND JUST WANT TO RECAP ON OUR LINCOLN PARK TEAM. I WISH THEY COULD HAVE ALL BEEN THERE HERE TODAY. SOME HAVE SECOND JOBS. UM, NOTICE THAT'S THEIR SECOND JOB. THIS IS THEIR FIRST JOB. MM-HMM. , UM, OR THEY'RE IN SCHOOL SAYING COULDN'T ALL BE HERE TODAY, BUT JUST THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRING, UM, POSITIVE ACTIVITIES AT LINCOLN AND THROUGHOUT. UM, BUT THE MESSAGING OF SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING HAS GONE A LONG WAY. AND OUR, AND OUR STAFF HAS HAVE REALLY CONTINUED TO STEP UP AND BE THAT, UM, THAT ARM TO THE COMMUNITY TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES HERE FOR THEM. AWESOME. WHERE WOULD AN INDOOR SOCCER EXAMPLE BE? UH, INDOOR SOCCER EXAMPLE. AND THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE CITY HERE IN 20, THE 2000, I'M LIKE INDOOR SOCCER . UM, WOW. UM, SO A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS IF YOU USE THE BRIDE AT MC, UM, AT, UH, MCBRIDE PARK THE GYM. MM-HMM. . UM, WHEN IT'S A GYM LIKE THAT, IT CAN BE PLAYED ANYWHERE, BUT THAT IS A PERFECT SETTING FOR INDOOR SOCCER. SO IF YOU WERE TO GO WATCH A GAME AND YOU'RE ON THE SIDELINES, THE WALLS COUNT AS PART OF THE PERIMETER OF THE, THE FIELD. UM, SO THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE INDOOR SOCCER WOULD TAKE PLACE WITH PAN AM. PAN AM WOULD, UM, BUT THE WALLS DON'T, UM, COUNT AS THERE'S LINES THERE. UM, BUT YEAH, WE PLAY, UM, IN INDOOR, YES, FANTASTIC. THE GIGANTIC TENNIS BALL AND , IT'S A FUZZY SOCCER BALL, LIKE A GIGANTIC TENNIS BALL. AND I DID ASK THE QUESTION AS WHY THE CITY OFFERS INDOOR SOCCER BACK THEN. AS YOU KNOW, SOCCER IS VERY POPULAR. UM, IT WAS JUST NOT A SPIN, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TAKE ON SOCCER. SIMILAR TO LIKE FUTSAL, SINCE LONG BEACH WAS ALREADY A VERY STRONG SOCCER COMMUNITY, IT ALLOWED THIS, THE KIDS TO PLAY THE SPORT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IT'S VERY, VERY POPULAR. COOL. THANK YOU. MORE TOUCHES ON THE BALL. YEAH. STEVE, NOTHING JEN, NOTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU, LORI. ALRIGHT, MR. OWENS, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT IN OUR LAST, UH, COUPLE RAINS AND MAJOR WINDSTORM, WE LOST ZERO DOWN TREES AND ZERO MAJOR LIMB FAILURES. AND I CONTRIBUTED THAT TO THE LITTLE BIT UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS OF ONETIME TREE REMOVAL THAT WE, UH, [01:05:01] GOT FROM CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE LAST YEAR THAT ALLOWS US TO REMOVE THE MOST DANGEROUS TREES. AND ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME WE GOT CYCLICAL TREE TRIMMING MONEY TO GET RID OF SOME OF THOSE DANGEROUS LIMBS THAT ARE SITTING UP THERE, THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING UP THERE FOR THE LONGEST TIME, WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION AND, UH, BRENT STOLE A LITTLE BIT OF THE THUNDER ON PICKLEBALL, BUT HE'S SO DEDICATED TO GETTING OUR PICKLEBALL UH, COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING STOOD UP TO WHERE IT'S FINALLY COMING. WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST DEDICATED COURTS, UH, WE GOT SOME, A COUPLE MORE COMING, UH, THAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO PICKLEBALL BEING, UH, UH, THIS WORK . THAT'S ALL. I, SO I DID NOTICE I DID NOT ATTEND THE WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER ON THE BUDGET, BUT I DID READ THE POSTS RECAP AND IT WAS ALARMING TO ME, AND IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN JASON RUIZ THAT THE THREE ITEMS THAT HE MENTIONED, WHAT, UH, WOULD BE, OH, WE WOULD SAVE 11 MILLION IF WE DIDN'T DO PARK MAINTENANCE AND WE WOULD SAVE 1.8 MILLION IF WE DIDN'T DO PARK TREE TRIMMING AND WE WOULD SAVE SOMETHING ELSE IF WE DIDN'T DO PARK THIS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WAS JUST FEAR OR SELECTIVE REPORTING ON HIS PART THAT, THAT, UH, WELL, STEVE AND I CAN PROBABLY COMMENT LAST NIGHT, THEY HOSTED THE FIRST KICKOFF COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING AT MOOLA OR MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE SLIDES IN THE POWERPOINT THAT SAID TO POSSIBLY ADDRESS FUTURE BUDGET REDUCTIONS. THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT COULD, AND THEN THEY HAD A PREDOMINANCE OF THINGS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT WITH NO INPUT FROM US. SOMEBODY MUST HAVE PENCILED OUT SOME HEADLIGHT GRABBING EXAMPLES FOR, I THINK IT'S PROVIDED FOR CONTEXT, JUST, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF REDUCTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD. NOT THAT THESE WOULD BE REDUCTIONS THAT GO FORWARD, JUST, HEY, THESE RESONATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. JUST KNOW THAT THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THINGS MOVING FORWARD THAT MAY HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. RIGHT. THE, THE BUDGET INPUT AREA I WAS WORKING ON LAST NIGHT, UM, HAD THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPORTERS OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT SAME SLIDE SAID THE CLOSURE OF THREE LIBRARIES. THAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT HE MENTIONED. YEAH. THREE LIBRARIES. SO IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, BUT I THINK MAYBE THAT'S JUST THE BEST WAY TO ILLUSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT GRAVITY OR THE SEVERITY THAT SOME OF THE FORECASTED, UH, REDUCTIONS COULD, YOU KNOW, IMPACT. BUT YEAH, MAYBE THE, BECAUSE ARE SO POPULAR AND IT WOULD BE A SAVINGS FOR THE SHORT TERM. RIGHT. BUT IN THE LONG TERM WITH LAWSUITS THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET, I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY REALIZED NOT ONLY THAT INVESTMENT, BUT HOW, HOW MUCH IT'S MEANT TO RESIDENTS. SO, THANK YOU HURLEY, MR. DIRECTOR, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I WAS GLAD, GLAD THAT GLADYS MADE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE LINCOLN PARK TEAM, BUT IT'S, UM, I THINK INDICATIVE OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT PARK IS TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY. BUT CITY MANAGER HAS APPROVED REINSTITUTING THE 24 7 SECURITY THAT WAS PRESENT FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS AFTER THE PARK WAS REOPENED. AND THAT DID SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND ALSO, UM, THE CITY RECEIVED, I THINK IT'S LIKE A TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR SPECIAL GRANT TO DEAL WITH, UH, ENCAMPMENT, UH, IMPACTS ON PUBLIC SPACES. AND THAT'S FOR LINCOLN PARK, BILLY BILL, JEAN KING LIBRARY, AND HARVEY MILL PARK. SO THERE'S, UH, WE HAVE SOME PLANNING MEETINGS, INTERDEPARTMENTAL PLANNING MEETINGS THAT WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN JUST TO HELP DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, A PLAN AND HOW TO BEST USE THE RESOURCES TO HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THE SITUATION. SO, NO, NOTHING ELSE, BUT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SHEEN. EASY AS WELL. YEAH. UM, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT. UM, ACTUALLY THANK HURLEY'S TEAM. SO I HAD A FEW CITIZENS AT LIVE NEAR BIXBY PARK TELL ME THAT THE RESPONSE TIME, UM, IN BROKEN GLASS OR EQUIPMENT OR THE RESTROOMS, UM, REALLY EXCEEDED THEIR EXPECTATIONS. SO REALLY THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM IN SERVICE BIG PROGRAM. YES, EXACTLY. UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS JUST NICE TO HEAR, RIGHT? THEY, THEY DIDN'T THINK ANYONE WOULD CALL, COME WHEN THEY CALLED. UM, AND LIKE THE WINDOW, THEY'D BE THERE AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE SURPRISED IN THE BEST WAY. SO THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. NICE. THANK YOU. VERY NICE. COMMISSIONER TI SMITH. UM, JUST THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PARK STAFF WHO WORK REALLY HARD AND DON'T ALWAYS GET ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR SERVICE, THEIR COURAGE, THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY. AND I AM JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. MS. CHAVEZ, UH, NO UPDATES ON MY END VICE CHAIR REDFIELD. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THE STATE OF THE CITY, OUR MAYOR, UH, MENTIONED IN HIS REMARKS [01:10:01] ALL OF THE, UH, GROWTH AND, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT'S GOING ON. AND OUT OF EVERY OTHER BREATH FROM HIS VOICE WAS A PARK. UH, HE MUST HAVE HAD 75 OF OUR PARKS OUT OF A HUNDRED WHATEVER IN HIS SLIDE. UH, WE'RE GROWING HERE, WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE DOING THAT. AND IT WAS VERY, UH, REWARDING TO HEAR THAT. AND I I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS AWARE OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I SUPPORT WHAT MY, UH, COLLEAGUE SAID ABOUT THE STAFF WHO I KNOW BUST THEIR TAILS TO KEEP THINGS MOVING WELL. AND I WANTED TO COMMENT ON, UM, THE BEES. UH, DOES YOUR INCREASE IN ACTIVITY SUGGEST GOOD THINGS THAT MOST DEFINITELY MORE BEES OR CHANGING THE FEAR NARRATIVE OF PEOPLE GOING OUT AND GOING AFTER 'EM WITH SPECTER SIDE OR A GARDEN HOSE AND REACHING OUT AND CONTACTING A, YOU KNOW, A, A RESCUE FACILITY OR BEES THAT ARE BEING HOUSED PROPERLY. THE MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICES OF GOOD MANAGEMENT OF BEES. THANK YOU. SO THAT PART IS CHANGING. UM, OBVIOUSLY IF WE LIKE FOOD WE HAVE TO LIKE BEES BECAUSE 80% OF THE FOOD WE CONSUME IS POLLINATED. SO, AND WE HAD A BIG DEMISE, THIS IS ALL POLITICS, BUT WE HAD A BIG DEMISE THROUGH 2021. OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT ONE? YEAH. ALRIGHT. AND WAS IT, WAS IT HIL OR HIL? AS HE SAID, YOU CAN TELL THE PASSION. . WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 10 17. OKAY. THANKS EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.