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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.WE ARE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
MR. DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLE? YEAH.
PRESENT VICE CHAIR, RICK FIELD HERE.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
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.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL START WITH PRESENTATIONS.
WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
SO, REFLECTING BACK OVER OUR PAST MONTH, ONE OF OUR FUN TRADITIONS TO KIND OF KICK OFF EACH MEETING IS TO HONOR, UM, OUR RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
SO I'M GONNA TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO THE LEADER OF OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE AND JOY WARREN.
AND I THINK SHE'S JOINED BY, UH, WHOLE CREW.
HAPPY POST VALENTINE'S MARDI GRAS, NEW NEW YEAR, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
LOTS TO CELEBRATE AND WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS MORNING.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR, I DON'T WANT SAY
UM, I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO LONG 'CAUSE I ACTUALLY WANT TO INVITE MEGAN O'NEILL, UH, TO READ THE NOMINATION OF THIS VERY SPECIAL PERSON THIS MORNING BEFORE WE BRING HER UP.
UM, HER WORDS WERE VERY TOUCHING AND, AND I HOPE EVERYONE CAN SHARE THIS SENTIMENT THAT IT'S THIS NOMINATION.
YOU NEED TO STAY WITH ME BECAUSE I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE PREFACE HERE.
UM, BUT ACTUALLY THIS NOMINATION WAS MADE BY MY, UH, PARK NATURAL STAFF, UH, ERIN KELLOGG.
AND SO I'M READING IT IN HER STEAD BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S OUT SICK TODAY.
SO THE NOMINATION, THE NOMINATE NOMINEE, YEAH.
SO ERIN KELLEHER AND I FIRST MET SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED RECEIVING EACH OTHER'S EMAILS.
THEIR NAMES ARE LITERALLY JUST A COUPLE OF LETTERS OFF.
SO THEY WERE GETTING, WE QUICKLY LEARNED THAT OUR NAMES WERE NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAD IN COMMON.
AS A LONG BEACH ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR 15 YEARS, AARON CHOSE SEE
AARON SHARES MY DEEP COMMITMENT AND PASSION FOR ALL ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY WILDLIFE.
HAVING A FRIEND IN A-C-S-A-C-S IS AWESOME.
SHE NEVER HESITATES TO TAKE CALLS AND GIVE HER 20 YEARS OF ANIMAL EXPERIENCE ADVICE.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE CARE SHE TAKES IN ACTUAL RESCUES, WHICH IS S SPECIALTY, IS INCREDIBLE.
SHE PROVIDES AN INVALUABLE SERVICE EVERY DAY TO HURT, ORPHANED, NEGLECTED, AND MISUNDERSTOOD ANIMALS.
AND SHE DOES IT WITH SKILL, COMPASSION, AND ALWAYS A BIT OF HUMILITY.
NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD GO AFTER AN INJURED SKUNK TWICE
VERY TRUE, AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN HER.
WHETHER CAP, UH, CAPTURING A RED TAILED HAWK WITH A BROKEN WING OR TALKING ABOUT ORPHANED BABY.
THERE'S AN O THERE SHE PICKED UP, UH, SHE PICKED UP DURING HER COMMON GRAVEYARD SHIFTS.
ERIN MAKES CLEAR THAT SHE'S DEDICATED TO HER JOB AND THAT'S JUST THE WILDLIFE.
NOT TO MENTION THE COUNTLESS DOGS AND CATS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER HER UNWAVERING CARE.
SO NOT ONLY IS ERIN A VALUABLE EMPLOYEE TO HER OUTSTANDING, UH, FOR HER OUTSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COWORKERS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SHE SERVES, BUT ALSO THE MANY MEMBERS OF HER COMMUNITY THAT HAVE NO VOICE.
THE FOUR-LEGGED, THE FLIGHTED, THE SCALE, THE INNOCENT.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HONOR THIS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE MS. MELANIE WAGNER ARE IS THE, UH, YOUR MANAGER, UH, ACS TO COME UP.
AND THEN WE'LL DO OUR PICTURES.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW THAT LETTER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DON'T REALIZE THAT WE DO SO MUCH WILDLIFE WORK.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE MOSTLY JUST PICK UP DEAD WILDLIFE.
UM, AND SO TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST SO PASSIONATE AND WHO CAN MAKE THOSE GET OUT THERE, GET THOSE CALLS, ISN'T
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AFRAID.IT'S NO JOKE TO GET A SCUM TWICE
BUT YEAH, I JUST, I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND YOU ARE JUST ALWAYS READY AND WILLING.
THE SECOND WE GET A DOG WITH PARVO AND IT NEEDS TO GET TRANSPORTED TO EMERGENCY ERRANDS ON, IT'S JUST SUPER WILLING AND IT'S GREAT TEAM PLAYER AND JUST, I'M GONNA CRY, I
BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND FOR YOUR 16 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD A FEW EXTRA COMMENTS AND THEN WE UH, WE DID START A NEW TRADITION LAST MONTH.
WE HAD THE ENTIRE COMMISSION GET A PHOTO WITH YOU.
BUT YEAH, SO ONE OF THE OTHER TRADITIONS IS THAT THE ERC LIKES TO SURPRISE THE RECIPIENT.
SO, UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF ERIN SHIFT YESTERDAY, THEY LURED HER INTO THE BREAK ROOM, WHICH WAS PACKED WITH ALL OF HER COWORKERS AND EVEN A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE NATURE CENTER WITH THE BIG SURPRISE.
SO VERY EMOTIONAL, BUT SHE WAS SO CHEERFUL AND GRACIOUS IN RECEIVING THE HONOR.
UH, SO, UM, WE'RE, CONGRATULATIONS, ERIN.
YOU KNOW, OVER A DECADE AND A HALF OF SERVICE WITH A REAL COMPASSIONATE EMPATHY TOWARDS ALL ANIMALS, UH, BEYOND USUAL DOGS, CATS, AND OCCASIONAL BUNNIES.
BUT, UH, I LOVE THE RED TAIL HAWK IN THE UNK STORY
BUT IF THE COMMISSIONER WOULD JOIN US.
IF I SAW A REIMBURSEMENT FOR A TOMATO JUICE, SOMETHING LOT OF 1, 2, 3.
DID YOU SAY ANYTHING MY WIFE SAYING? I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THE SMILE ON THIS FACE TELLS YOU HOW MUCH SHE LOVES HER JOB AND HOW MUCH ALL THE PARKS AND REC AND ANIMAL CARE.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 2024.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
OVER TO DID YOU, DID YOU ASK FOR
THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE IS MINUTES.
ANY DISCUSSION I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF? ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHOEN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TI SMITH.
NO OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER APPROVE.
RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT A IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEE WAIVER POLICY.
CAN I GET A MOTION? MOVE SECOND.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE NEW TO OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, UM, IT'S VERY COMMON THAT FROM MONTH TO MONTH WE GET A LOT OF, UH, GROUPS THAT REQUEST SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.
THAT GOES BEFORE OUR COMMISSION FOR FEE WAIVERS.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A FEW TODAY, AND OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER GLADYS KAISER, WILL LEAD US TO THAT.
UH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THREE REQUESTS.
THE FIRST IS ON BEHALF OF THE HEART OF IDA.
THIS IS NOT A NEW GROUP, BUT IT IS A NEW EVENT.
THEY WISH TO HOST A RESOURCE FAIR AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER.
UM, THEY EXPECT APPROXIMATELY 120 PEOPLE ON MARCH 20TH.
THEY'RE REQUESTING $260 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES FEE WAIVED, AND THERE'S $120 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES.
THE NEXT ON BEHALF OF GRACE MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH.
THIS IS NOT A NEW EVENT AND NOT A NEW GROUP.
THIS IS EVENT CALLED UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE REQUESTING THE OPEN SPACES AT MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK FOR A COMMUNITY EVENT ON JULY 20TH, 2024,
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$960 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED.ZERO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES AND THEY EXPECT ABOUT 300 IN ATTENDANCE.
AND LASTLY, ON BEHALF OF THE PASADENA SENIOR CENTER, NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT.
ON JUNE 16TH, JUNE 18TH AND JUNE 19TH, THE PASADENA SENIOR CENTER IS HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL, UH, COMMUNITY EVENT.
AND THEY'RE USING THE AREA OF THE EL DORADO EAST AREA THREE $2,812 AND 50 CENTS AND FACILITY PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED.
ZERO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES.
AND THIS WILL BRING A GATE REVENUE AS IN GOING INTO THE REGIONAL PARK FOR ABOUT 90 GUESTS.
TOTAL FEES REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS MONTH ARE $4,052 AND 50 CENTS.
AND COMMISSIONERS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY GROUPS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO ON THESE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS, WE GO DOWN IN THE ORDER THAT THEY'RE PRESENTED TO US HERE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE FROM THE GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE EVENT OR, OR WHY WE SHOULD WAIVE THE FEE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY OPEN TO THOSE REQUESTS.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM HEART OF IDA? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM GRACE MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH? AND IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PASADENA SENIOR CENTER? GIVE US YOUR NAME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE EVENT.
UH, ANNIE LASKEY, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EVENTS IN PA PASADENA SENIOR CENTER,
UH, AND WE'VE BEEN HOLDING OUR ANNUAL CYCLING EVENT AT EL DORADO PARK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND THIS IS AN, AN EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE.
WE ARE THE ONLY SENIOR GANGS OUT OF SEVEN IN THE STATE THAT ARE ABLE TO DO A CLOSED COURSE CYCLING FOR SENIORS.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT SENIORS CAN RACE WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO BE DANGEROUS.
UM, AND SO I RESPECTFULLY HOPE AND I WILL CRY IF YOU SAY YES
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR FACILITY AND FOR YOUR PAST SUPPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE OF ANY OF THESE EVENTS? YES, I'M JUST EXCITED THAT PASADENA'S COMING TO LONG BEACH
YEAH, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES.
WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED THEM AND THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO INVITE LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, SENIORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST, I, I'M SORRY.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE UH, BUDGET FOR, UH, THE FEE WAIVER AMOUNTS.
HOW ARE WE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF FEE WAIVERS WE'VE GIVEN, UH, VERSUS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE BUDGETED? SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, UM, I CAN PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION.
SO WE DON'T BUDGET FOR FEE WAIVERS AS THIS IS NOT A DIRECT EXPENSE TO, UM, THE MY BUREAU AND COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT USING ANY, UM, CITY FUNDS TO APPLY FOR THE FEE WAIVERS 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE THE CITY WOULD BE PAYING ITSELF.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IN THE COLUMN WHERE IF WE ADD, WHERE THERE'S STAFF CHARGES, UM, IS THAT WE DO NOT IN, UH, INCUR THE STAFF CHARGES IF THEY'RE APPLICABLE.
THAT IS, UM, PROVIDED TO US BY THE REQUESTER.
SO THERE IS NO, UM, FUNDS USED FOR THE FEE PAPER.
COMMISSIONER HIGA? YEAH, I HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SO FOR THE PASADENA SENIOR GAMES, UM, I NOTICED IT'S A TWO DAY EVENT FOR THE AMOUNT WAIVED.
IS THAT, UM, IS THAT AMOUNT, LIKE, IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT, IS IT FOR TWO DAYS WORTH OR IS IT ONE AMOUNT FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THEY REQUEST TWO DAYS TO USE THE FACILITY.
SO PER OUR, UH, FEE SCHEDULE THAT YOU GUYS, UH, THE COMMISSION APPROVES, UM, THESE ARE THE FEES THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO USE, UM, THE AREA THAT THEY REQUESTED.
SO, UM, SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ABOUT 1400 PER DAY THEN? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? ALRIGHT, WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTI SMITH.
UH, THERE'S NOBODY HERE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TELL 'EM.
ACTUALLY, YEAH, IF YOU WANNA LEAVE THAT YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERED RUDE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE OR HIS OR HER MANAGEMENT DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND INSTRUCTION AGREEMENTS AND AMEND ATTACHMENT A OF THE AGREEMENTS AS NEEDED.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, GLADYS WILL COVER THIS ITEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONERS, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION
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AND MARINE PARTNERS WITH THE CONTRACT CLASSES, WE PROVIDE OVER 2000 PB BASED CLASSES TO THE PUBLIC EACH YEAR.THESE CLASSES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
CLASS INSTRUCTORS ARE SELECTED AS A RESULT OF AN APPLICATION PROCESS BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND DEPARTMENT REQUIRED WITHOUT SOLICITATION AND QUOTES AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS.
SO WE'RE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL TO RENEW TWO CONTRACTS WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH.
SO WE HAVE
UM, AND THEY'RE USING, UM, HARWELL PARK AS WELL AS RECREATION PARK TO OFFER THEIR CLASSES.
AND THEN WE HAVE MOVIES BY KIDS LLC AND THEY TOO ARE USING HARWELL PARK AND RECREATION PARK TO PROVIDE, UM, CLASSES.
AND THESE TWO, UH, PROVIDERS PROVIDE SPECIALTY CAMPS, UM, DURING OUR SUMMERTIME.
THAT'S WHAT ARE VERY POPULAR AND HIGHEND DEMAND, UM, IN OUR PROGRAMS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I'M GUESSING MED SCIENCE IS VERY POPULAR.
BOTH OF THEM ARE VERY POPULAR.
THEY'RE VERY HANDS ON INSTRUCTION.
UM, AND, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT SPECIALTY CAMP.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS EITHER OF THESE? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS UP HERE? UH, IS THIS A NEW GROUP? ARE THESE NEW PROGRAMS? SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THESE ARE, UM, WITH CONTINUING CONTRACTORS.
SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE BRING THESE, IT'S TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT.
UM, AND THAT MEANS THEY'VE BEEN IN GOOD STANDING WITH US AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND OTHER TIMES WE'LL BRING BRAND NEW INSTRUCTORS TO, TO RECEIVE, UM, APPROVAL TO DO WORK AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER REDFIELD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, AGAIN, JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SO I NOTICED THE TERM STARTS TOMORROW.
SO, UM, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? I MEAN, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE LIKE, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED, I'M ASSUMING, OR THE TERM, SO A LOT OF MAD SCIENTISTS WOULD BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR
UM, THE TERM STARTS TOMORROW WITH THESE TWO SPECIALTY CAMPS ACTUALLY IN INSTRUCTIONS THAT WAS OFFERED IN THE SUMMERTIME.
THERE ARE SUMMER PROGRAMMING AND THAT WOULD KICK OFF TILL JUNE.
SO IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION TO WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTORS, WE WOULD, UM, GO BACK TO JUST GET THOSE QUESTIONS AND COME BACK TO YOU.
WE HAD A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR REDFIELD, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHOWN.
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE TO EXTEND THE RIGHT OF ENTRY.
PERMIT NUMBER P DASH 0 0 2 56 AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO SPAWN RANCH, INCORPORATED A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION TO APPROVE THE ADDITION OF ARTWORK, UH, ON THE CEMENT SKATE ELEMENTS AT AN EXISTING SKATE PARK LOCATED AT SILVERADO PARK.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.
IT'S COME BEFORE YOU, I THINK ON TWO RECENT OCCASIONS IN THE PAST YEAR.
ONE WAS TO EXTEND THE RIGHT OF ENTRY, UH, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
'CAUSE WE WERE, UM, KIND OF BATTLING MOTHER NATURE AND TRYING TO GET THE PROJECT COMPLETED.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE OF A REAL COOL ADDITION TO THE, UM, PROJECT IS, IT'S GONNA BE CELEBRATED A WEEK FROM SATURDAY THE 24TH.
THEY HAVE A KIND OF A GRAND REOPENING EVENT, BUT, UM, THE PROJECT AND I THINK THE ASK FOUNDATION WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO FIELD ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BUT, UM, REALLY ADDING A COOL ELEMENT OF ARTWORK IN THE FORM OF A MURAL TO, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, STRUCTURES, UM, AT THE SKATE PARK.
AND, UH, THIS ITEM ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA MORE FORMALLY ALLOW OUR ACTING PARK PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS BUREAU MANAGER SHELY PD TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS.
SO, AS BRENT WAS MENTIONING, WE ARE COMING BACK FOR A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT FOR IT BOND RANCH.
UM, THEY ARE A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF RENOVATING AN EXISTING SKI THE SKATE PARK OVER AT SILVERADO PARK.
SO BACK IN DEC NO, SEPTEMBER, 2021 IS WHERE WE FIRST STARTED THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE APPROVAL.
WE CAME BACK IN DECEMBER IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EXTEND THE TERM AS MENTIONED BY BRAND DUE TO THE WEATHER, SO THEY CAN COMPLETE, UM, THE BUILDING OF THE CEMENT SKATE ELEMENTS.
NOW THAT WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION, WE'RE COMING BACK TO APPROVE THE ARTWORK THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO GO ON THE THREE SKATE ELEMENTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LARGE ELEMENTS ON THE NORTHWEST AND EAST SIDE OF THE PARK.
SO THE ARTWORK WILL GO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ELEMENTS, NOT ON THE INSIDE OF THE ELEMENTS.
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FOR THE IMAGES WAS GONE CREATED WITH FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL AS THE YOUTH TO COMMUNITY.AS YOU KNOW, FROM WHEN THEY'VE COME BEFORE, THEY'RE VERY, UM, BIG ON GETTING THE YOUTH INPUT FOR THE ARTWORK.
SO THEY DID RECEIVE THAT INPUT AS WELL.
UM, THEY HAVE COMMISSIONED THE ARTIST VAN EGGERS, A LOCAL LONG BEACH ARTIST AND SKATEBOARDER TO DO THE ARTWORK FOR THE SKATE PARK.
UM, HE HAS COMPLETED WORK FOR VARIOUS CLIENTS SUCH AS FOUNDATION SKATEBOARDS, GIRL SKATEBOARDS, DEATH WISH, SKATEBOARDS, GUINEA DIPPER MAGAZINE, AND NO HOPE CLOTHING COMPANIES.
UM, THE ARTWORK DESIGNED FOR THE SKATE PARK, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WAS, UM, FEEDBACK FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE WEST LONG BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE TERM FOR THE SKATE PARK FOR THE ARTWORK, IT WILL GO DECEMBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH, 2024, WITH THREE, THREE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR.
THESE RENEWAL OPTIONS WILL HELP WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ARTWORK THAT'S GOING ON THERE, SO THEY CAN COME BACK IN WITH THE RIGHT OF ENTRY TO MAKE ANY, UM, UPDATES IF THEY NEED, IF THERE'S ANY TAGGING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT MAINTENANCE OF THE MAILS AS WELL.
THE, I FORGOT TO MENTION, THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT THAT HAS THE, UM, THE STATE ELEMENTS ON IT, WHICH ARE THE ACTUAL SKATE ELEMENTS THAT YOU CAN SEE AS WELL AS ARTWORK.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA EDITORIALIZE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE, THE QUESTIONS WE HAD WAS EXACTLY WHAT EVERYTHING MEANT.
THERE WAS, UH, ONE OF THE LONG THIN THAT NOW SAYS SILVERADO SKATE PARK ON WHAT WE GOT TODAY HAD NOUNS AND NOUNS.
WE HAD A QUESTION ON WHAT IS NOUNS AND WHETHER IT COULD RUN AFOUL OF A MURAL POLICY THAT WE HAVE THAT TALKS ABOUT BRANDING AND ADVERTISING.
SO WE ASKED THE ARTIST, UH, AND I THINK JEREMIAH DID A LOT OF THIS, UH, AND IT, IT'S GREAT STUFF, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T APPROVE SOMETHING THAT COULD RUN A FOUL OF A POLICY THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE THAT IF WE NEED TO REFER TO THAT.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT APPROVING THE ARTWORK THAT IS HERE.
AND IN THE ITEM THAT WAS HANDED OUT TO US TODAY, THERE IS A LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF NOUNS AND WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS FOR, FOR-PROFIT.
IT APPEARS THAT IT'S NOT A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY.
HOWEVER, UH, IF WE APPROVE THIS, IN MY OPINION, IT WOULD THEN GO TO STAFF TO DECIDE ON THE ACTUAL WHAT IS ACTUALLY PAINTED ON THERE AND WHETHER IT MEETS OUR MURAL POLICY.
SO IF ANYBODY UP HERE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER IT OR SOMEBODY CAN TRY TO CLEAN ME UP.
BUT IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM ASK.
UM, AND I WILL SAY WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T APPROVE SOMETHING THAT THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE DOWN.
YOU SOMETIMES CUT ME OFF
AND, AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY IN THE 40 YEARS I'VE BEEN A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, UH, YOUTH ACTIVIST, I HAVE NEVER KNOWN OF A YOUTH ORGANIZATION THAT HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS TO RAISE THE MONEY TO BUILD A FACILITY THAT'S GONNA LAST THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR DECADES.
THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
AND CAN I CALL YOU BRENT INSTEAD OF DIRECTOR? YES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
BUT LET JUST, I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS TOO MUCH, BUT JUST LET ME GIVE YOU THIS FAST AND FURIOUS PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
UH, AND WHEN WE SHOWED THE RENDERING TO THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR, UH, THERE WAS SOME ARTWORK IN THERE AND IT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT, SO THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED THE ARTWORK.
UM, ON FEBRUARY 5TH, I WAS ADVISED ARTWORK NEEDED TO GO TO THE COMMISSION FOR WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS THE FORMALITY.
AND WE, UH, HAD BEGUN SOME OF THE ARTWORK AND THAT YOU CAN BLAME THAT ON ME.
AND THEN WHEN I FOUND THAT OUT, UH, WE GOT HOLD OF THE VAN TO STOP EVERYTHING.
SO SOME OF THE ARTWORK IS ALREADY THERE AND IT HAS THE NOUNS NAME ON IT.
UM, SO I'VE ASKED HIM TO STOP WORKING UNTIL AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND THEN FEBRUARY 9TH I WORKED WITH SHELENE ON THE STAFF REPORT.
I WAS ADVISED THE CITY DID NOT ALLOW MURALS FOR PROFIT COMPANIES.
UH, NOW IT IS NOT A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY.
IT'S SOMETHING UNIQUE IN THE WORLD OF, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT.
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GET PAID.UH, AND I THINK THAT, UH, UH, IS A, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY DO.
UM, SO WHAT I WANT, THANK HIM FOR STAYING UP WITH ME LATE LAST NIGHT TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAT HOPEFULLY IS, UH, ACCEPTABLE.
BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GRAB MY PHONE.
I'M GONNA READ YOU AN EMAIL REAL QUICK.
I GOT THIS MORNING FROM DOWN AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA COMPLICATE THINGS, BUT, UH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO DAMAGE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TONY HAWKIN IS, UH, HIS, UH, SKATEBOARD PROJECT.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE RAISED MONEY AND DONATED FOR MCBRIDE.
THEY HELPED US RAISE ALL THE MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, THAT RELATIONSHIP TO US IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, JEOPARDIZE THAT.
UH, AND IT'S BEEN LIKE A 15 YEAR RELATIONSHIP.
SO THIS IS FROM A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NOUNS, AND I'M GOING TO, AND I TOLD HIM THAT I'M GONNA ARGUE, UH, BUT AGREED TO MOVE THE NOUNS LETTERING AND ADD SEVERAL PARTS.
AND HE SAID, I'M NOT OKAY WITH THIS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE REASON FOR CHANGES IS NOT ACCURATE.
NAS IS NOT A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY.
AND NONE OF THE MONEY WE COLLECTED IS PAID BACK TO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUNDS SIT IN A POOL THAT IS USED EXCLUSIVELY ON PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES LIKE THIS TO SPREAD AWARENESS.
THE DAO VOTED YES ON THIS PROJECT.
HAVING FAITH IN MY PREVIOUS PROJECTS WITH THE SKATE PARK PROJECT, BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE, DELIVER ON WHAT WE PROMISED, AND THIS WOULD BE A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, BEING FORCED TO HIDE OUR NAME AT THE LAST MINUTE AFTER FUNDING THE PROJECT.
SO WITH, I GOT THAT THIS MORNING.
SO I, I, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WHAT THE PRELIMINARY WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, JUST LEAVE IT.
'CAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE TO RESCHEDULE, UH, VAN TO COME AND, AND REDO SOME OF THAT STUFF.
SO THAT PROBABLY WON'T BE DONE UNTIL AFTER THE GRAND OPENING, BUT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE.
UH, AND THEN, AND THEN WHEN, THIS IS KIND OF A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT REALLY CHEATING, BUT TSP IS GONNA HAVE A FILM CREW OUT THERE, UH, AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEY CAN GET ALL THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS AND STUFF.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN CHANGE IT AND MAYBE PUT A BANNER UP ON THE LAMPPOST.
UH, IT WILL NOT BE PAINTED, BUT TO BE A BANNER THAT WE GET PUT UP ON THE WHITE POST IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S KIND OF UP TO YOU GUYS.
BUT IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN TO WHERE WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO DO ANY OF THIS AND THEY ASKED FOR THE MONEY BACK, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY COULD DO THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO IT WOULD BE A, UH, PUT US IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION.
IT, I MEAN, $134,000 WOULD BURY ASS TRAVIS.
UH, AND I'M NOT CRYING ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN BE BLAMED FOR ANYTHING, BUT IT ALL FALLS BACK ON ME IN THE FOUNDATION.
UM, JEREMIAH, OR DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING OR, I APPRECIATE YOU STAYING UP WITH MIKE.
EACH EMAIL THREAD HAS FIVE TO 10 RECIPIENTS THAT ARE PAID STAFF FOR PARTS AND REC RECS, SKATE PARK PROJECT, LONG BEACH VISITING CONVENTION BUREAU, UH, AS FOUNDATION HAS TWO VOLUNTEERS, ME AND AN 18-YEAR-OLD KID.
UH, SO WE'VE DILIGENTLY TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING, STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING AND WE, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY GOOD AT THIS 'CAUSE THIS IS ALL I DO AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UH, BUT SOMETIMES THINGS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS AND DOESN'T GET DONE IS, AND CHARLENE HAS BEEN AN ANGEL.
I CAN'T BLAME IT ON HER, IT'S ME BECAUSE SHE'S REALLY WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A, WE'VE HAD A ALMOST A 30 YEAR TRACK RECORD WITH PARTS AND REC, UH, AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY SUPPORT OF THESE KIDS, UH, OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE SUPPORT.
UH, THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE GLITCH IN THE PROCESS AND I HOPE WE CAN GET THROUGH AND, UH, HAVE A GREAT GRAND OPENING.
AND I CHECKED THE WEATHER TODAY AND IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO RAIN ON THE 24TH.
UH, SO WE'RE STILL HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THAT HAPPENED.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR THIS BEFORE WE THANK YOU THESE GUYS.
I CAN'T DO WHAT I DO WITHOUT THESE GUYS.
SO, I, I, I'LL JUST, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE RECOMMENDING ARTWORK THAT WOULD THEN FALL TO STAFF TO OVERSEE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH, WITH OUR POLICY.
AND THAT, IN MY OPINION, IS WHAT WE ARE HERE VOTING ON TODAY.
YOU YOU AGREE WITH THAT DIRECTOR? CORRECT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE? COMMISSIONER OTTE SMITH? I MEAN, I THINK NOUNS IS SORT OF A,
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A, IT, IT, IT IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY SPACE.LIKE NO ONE KNOW OWNS THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO IT'S A COMMUNITY SPACE THING AND IT'S THE NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT IN, UM, THE BITCOM SPACE, RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT IS PART OF, UM, YOU KNOW, I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE RELATIVELY IN STEP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I REALIZE THAT I'M OF A CERTAIN AGE.
SO I SEE THIS AS, UM, NORMALIZING THAT SPACE AND I SEE IT AS NO ONE OWNS THAT TERM.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE MY DISCONNECT WAS WHEN I FIRST SAW IT.
AND SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT AS I'VE EVOLVED WITH THIS.
SO AS I'M, AS YOU'RE TEACHING ME, I'M SEEING IT AS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY SPACE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE YOUNG MEN BEHIND YOU ARE LEARNING HOW TO DO.
AND SO IT, IT'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY, IF YOU WILL, THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY LOOK AT AND SEE HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE IT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND SO I DEFINITELY SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT ISN'T THREATENING, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY ALL START NORMALIZING.
SO, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS ARTWORK IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
MY FAVORITE PIECE IS THE YOUNG MAN THAT'S BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS IN ONE OF OUR PARKS.
IT'S, WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT NOUNS IS, I I SAY CRYPTOCURRENCY, IT'S NOT, IT'S LIKE NOT, YOU SAID IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S AN ENTITY, SOMETHING UNIQUE ENTITY.
UH, AND AND WITH A WORLD BEING THE WAY IT IS NOW, IT SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AND RECOGNIZED NOT AS A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY.
PEOPLE DON'T MAKE MONEY AT IT.
UH, AND AND OVER THE PAST YEARS, THEY'VE RAISED $160 MILLION TO FUND PROJECTS LIKE THIS, UH, ALL OVER THE WORLD FROM WATER IN AFRICA TO, I MEAN, JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
UH, SO AGAIN, I, I DON'T, THE NAME ITSELF DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMPANY OR CORPORATION.
SO I DON'T THINK IT FALLS UNDER, UH, THE GUIDELINES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY RULES AND REGULATIONS.
UH, I JUST, AGAIN, I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH TONY AND ITS FOUNDATION.
AND SO MIKE, I WILL ADD IS THAT IT IS BECOMING A NONPROFIT STRATEGY TO RAISE MONEY.
AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET EARLY TRAINING IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR ON HOW TO RAISE MONEY WITH NFTS.
AND SO IF ANYTHING, THAT'S HOW YOU SHOULD BE LEADING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO FOLKS IS THIS IS HOW, THIS IS THE NEW FUNDRAISING STRATEGY FOR NONPROFITS AS WELL.
AND, AND, AND, AND IT IS, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN USE MY CELL PHONE.
SO, AGAIN, IT IS UNIQUE AND DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT JUST THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT OTHER NONPROFITS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO BENEFIT, UH, FROM WHAT THEY DO.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT I WOULD BE, I MEAN TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY WOULD CHANGE THAT RULE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS KIND OF THING IS ALLOWED AND WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT, UH, CROWDSOURCING.
UH, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF GET LOST IN IT.
UH, BUT I THINK THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS GOES WELL AND THEY'RE HAPPY, UH, THEN THEY COULD BE BACK TO DO MORE GOOD THINGS, NOT JUST FOR SKATE PARK, BUT FOR NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN YOUR POWERS, UH, WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO, TO HAVE THE CITY KIND OF STUDY THIS IF IT HAS TO GO FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE HAVING A QR CODE, RIGHT? WHEN YOU HAVE A NONPROFITS QR CODE WHERE YOU SCAN IT, THE LITTLE SQUARE SCAN, THE LITTLE SQUARES WHERE YOU SCAN IT, I'LL JUST GIVE, AND YOU MAKE A DONATION.
NOW THIS IS, IT'S, THAT WHOLE CONCEPT IS VERY SIMILAR IN THAT SPACE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE IF YOU HAD A QR CODE IN A PUBLIC SPACE, THAT'S HOW I SEE IT.
I MEAN, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IT'S, YEAH, I, YOU'RE RIGHT.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE YOUNG MEN BEHIND YOU, YOU KNOW, KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT ARE INTO THE CRYPTO THING AND THEY KNOW WHAT NOUNS IS.
AND UH, I'VE SAT THERE WITH 'EM AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE GONE ONLINE AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ IT, I HAVE TO TAKE WORDS AND THEN GOOGLE THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY MEAN AND THEN TAKE THOSE WORDS.
AND SO IT'S JUST A NEVER ENDING.
BUT I, I THINK IF SOMETHING COULD BE ADDED TO WHERE WE, WE COULD CHANGE THAT.
I MEAN, IF THEY DON'T GET P****D OFF STARTING, IF THEY DON'T GET MAD, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
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FOR, FOR US TO DO OTHER THINGS WITH THE SKATEBOARD PROJECT THROUGH NOUNS AND NOUNS FUNDS A LOT OF PROJECTS THROUGH THE SKATEBOARD PROJECT.AND THAT'S ONE, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ONE RELATIONSHIP I DO NOT WANNA MESS WITH BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SUCH AN ASSET TO US AND THE CITY AND THE KIDS.
UM, THE QUESTION REALLY IS FOR JEREMIAH, IS NOUN SOMETHING THAT IS KNOWN TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE? SO AS SOMEBODY DRIVE, WALK, OR USE IT, WHATEVER, THEY'LL KNOW THAT DANCE IS, I MEAN, NOT REALLY, BUT IT DEPENDS.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME KIDS OUT THERE THAT DO KNOW WHAT IT IS.
SO IT'S, BUT IT'S NOT WIDESPREAD.
SO AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE, NOW IT WAS LIKE SPONSORED BY GOOGLE.
SO THAT, IT WAS, IS IT SPONSORED BY A GOFUND? ME? I THINK SO.
IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO SPONSORED BY A GOFUNDME, WHICH IS, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD ADD THE WORDS SPONSORED BY NOUNS? THEN IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
I, I THINK THE WORD SPONSORS TRIGGERS MORE PROBLEMS. YEAH.
IF WE DID THIS, THE, ON THE THING, IF HE CAN ADD NOUNS BELOW SILVERADO SKATE PARK, I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
AND THIS WHOLE THING WOULD GO AWAY.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, I, YOU KNOW, I, I BREAK OUT IN COLD SWEAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE SKATE PARK PROJECT AND HOW THEY WOULD GET A LEG IN THEIR FACE AND SO FORTH.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN SMALLER LETTERS OR SOMETHING, IF WE COULD PUT IT THERE.
SO I THINK WE SUPPORT YOUR CONCERNS.
I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL ISN'T TO MESS IT UP.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, SO I DON'T HEAR WELL, SO I'M JUST GONNA
SO, YOU KNOW, THE MORE, THE MORE I HEAR ABOUT THIS DISCUSSION, I, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND STAFF ARE STARTING TO LOOK INTO THIS, BECAUSE I MEAN, I, I, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AS THE PERSON WHO, WHO MADE THE MOTION.
I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR, UH, CLARIFYING THE DIRECTION OF STAFF ON IT.
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT THE POLICY IS THERE FOR IS, AND THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT USING A PUBLIC ASSET AS AN ADVERTISER PLATFORM FOR A COMMERCIAL VENTURE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NOUNS DOES NOT DEFINE ITSELF AS A NONPROFIT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY DEFINE THEMSELVES, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRYPTOCURRENCY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NFTS, IT'S INHERENTLY A COMMERCIAL SORT OF THING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT WAY OF TRANSACTING BUSINESS.
UM, SO, AND YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY WHO, I'LL BE HONEST, IS VERY SKEPTICAL OF NFTS IN CRYPTOCURRENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST SPEAKING PERSONALLY, I WOULD HAVE SOME, IT GIVES YOU SOME PAUSE OF THE IDEA OF PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT IS A RISKY, THAT HAS FINANCIAL RISKS TO IT, IS ALL SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ALL SORT OF FINANCIAL, MONETARY TRANSACTIONS DUE, UH, OUT THERE TO A COMMUNITY THAT'S TARGETED TOWARDS THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE.
NOW, WITH THAT SAID, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, HELPING FUND THIS PROJECT.
AND I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, NO CONCERNS TO THEM BEING RECOGNIZED FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT.
ONE THING I WOULD NOTE IS, I KNOW A LOT OF MURALS ACTUALLY DO HAVE LIKE A LITTLE PLACARD OR A LITTLE AREA WHERE IT RECOGNIZES THE, THE PROJECT PARTICIPANTS, PROJECT SPONSORS, PROJECT DONORS.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN OR ISSUES WITH RECOGNIZING THAT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO IT.
I JUST WOULD, UM, I JUST THINK THAT SOME DUE DILIGENCE IS NEEDED ON THE STAFF, ON, UH, ON FROM OUR STAFF.
AND, AND NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVEN'T PUT THAT THERE YET.
YOU CERTAINLY HAVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE POLICY AND THE INTENT OF WHAT THAT POLICY SAYS.
AND THAT WOULD BE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WOULD BE STAFF THAT WOULD, YEAH.
UM, SO I, I BASICALLY WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ JUST SAID, UM, IN BASICALLY EVERY BULLET POINT THERE.
SO, UM, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT, BUT, UM, I, I THINK THE, THE ARTWORK IS BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK THE EXISTENCE OF THE SKATE PARK AND, UM, THE RENOVATIONS, EVERY, ALL OF THAT IS AMAZING.
I APPRECIATE ALSO YOUR CONCERN ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES AND THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE A FRUITFUL THING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE YOUTH THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING SO MUCH WORK TO, TO, UH, HELP.
I AM, I SHARE YOUR CONCERN AROUND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BOTH IN COMPLIANCE AND ALSO THE, THE, UH, IS, IS NOUN DO FOR PROFIT.
IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S FULL OF A LOT OF THESE KINDS OF BUZZWORDS AND, AND COOL IDEAS.
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I NECESSARILY SEE
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HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S DEFINED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE IT IN COMPLIANCE.I THINK, UH, YES, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, CRYPTOCURRENCY, NFTS ARE THE WAVE OF FUTURE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SEEN THE BUBBLE BURST IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS AS WELL.
AND SO I, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THROWING IT BACK TO STAFF.
AND, AND SO OUR JOB HERE JUST SAYING, YES, WE THINK THAT THAT A, A MURAL, A RIGHT TO ENTRY A MURAL WILL BE GOOD IN THIS SPACE AND LEAVE IT TO STAFF TO DECIDE HOW THAT WILL BE DONE IN A WAY THAT MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP.
BECAUSE I SHARE THE SKEPTICISM.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S, UM, EVERYTHING'S CLEAR.
I MEAN, THIS TECH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT, BUT IT IS SO NEW, UH, AND IT'S NOT A CRYPTOCURRENCY COMPANY WHERE PEOPLE MAKE MONEY.
AND I DON'T, TO BE HONEST, I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND.
AND I THINK THE, THE NEWNESS OF IT AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED ARE SAYING, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS, DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN THE, IN THE IDEA THAT IT, IT, IT'S IN ALL THESE COMPLIANCES, RIGHT? LIKE I, I SEE THE VISION HERE.
I ALSO SEE A LOT OF BUZZWORDS.
AND AS A, LIKE AN ENGLISH TEACHER THAT LIKE IT, THE RED FLAGS ARE GOING OFF.
UM, AND SO I, I TRUST THAT OUR STAFF IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, BE IN PARTNERSHIP AND, AND MAKE EVERYTHING WORK.
MR. CHAVEZ, SORRY, JUST ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
I, I'M ASSUMING LIKE A LOT OF THE ARTWORK ON HERE IS NFT ARTWORK.
SOME, SOME OF THE STUFF, UH, WE ADDED IN THERE WITH THE SKATEBOARDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD WAS, THIS IS A SKATE PARK.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE MORE SKATEBOARDING ACTION.
SO YOU SEE A PERSON OBVIOUSLY REFLECTIVE.
EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE G-M-A-R-S IS AND THE C-N-A-R-S, MARS MARS, WHERE DOES THAT, OH, THAT'S FROM THE FORMER ARTWORK AND THE FORMER WORKS.
THAT'S THE OLD ONE WORKS UHHUH.
TAKING THAT OFF, BUT IT DOES REPRESENT SOME CHARACTERS.
I THINK IT'S THE NAME OF THE, THE CHARACTERS.
DOES IT MEAN GNARLY? I DUNNO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS, THE PREVIOUS ONE.
THERE'S, YEAH, IT'S SUPERSEDED BY THE YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS SHORTENED FOR GNARLY.
I MEAN, NOW I'M REALLY DATING MYSELF.
I THINK IT MEANS LIKE RAD OR RADICAL.
WHAT? LIKE OLLI NARLY, ALL THE GEN XERS.
UH, SO I, I'LL TRY TO SUMMARIZE THIS.
I THINK THE FACT THAT, THAT NOUNS IS NOT A, FOR-PROFIT COMPANY IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.
WE CERTAINLY, AND I KNOW THAT NEITHER THIS COMMISSION NOR THE CITY WANTS TO IMPACT IN ANY NEGATIVE WAY, YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TONY HAWK OR WITH ANY OF THESE GROUPS.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT THEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU GOTTA GET RID OF THAT.
SO I THINK THAT THIS WILL START A DISCUSSION AGAIN.
THE CITY HAS FOUGHT WITH ADVERTISING ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY FOR YEARS AND NEVER REALLY GOTTEN A RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE A POLICY THAT I THINK OUR DESIRE AS A COMMISSION IS THAT STAFF AND ASK AND NOW CAN GET TO A, A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE END RESULT.
CERTAINLY, I THINK BANNER AT THE OPENING, AND IF WE WANTED TO DO LIKE A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE ONE LITTLE THING THAT IS LIKE, AS COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ SAID, THE LITTLE NOTATIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF MURALS THAT WOULD, THAT CAN BE ON THERE.
AND THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT SIZE ON JUST THESE ELEMENTS AS OPPOSED TO A WALL WOULD BE A PRETTY RESPECTABLE SIZE.
SO I THINK WHERE, WHERE WE ARE COMING DOWN AS A COMMISSION FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IS WE WANT THIS TO, TO TO STAY WITHIN POLICY, NOT GET US IN TROUBLE DOWN THE ROAD OR BE A BAD PRECEDENT, BUT STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO HARM, ASKS RELATIONSHIP WITH TONY HAWK OR WITH, AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY, WHICH GOES BACK 40 YEARS, UH, AND THIS ISN'T REFLECTION, BUT IF THERE'S A GRAY AREA YEAH.
YOU SAY NO, AND THIS IS A GRAY AREA.
WE'D LIKE TO GET THE USE THAT YOU NEED AN ANSWER TO.
UH, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A YES, THIS IS FINE.
WE CAN DO THIS FOREVER, OR NO, LET'S NOT DO THIS.
'CAUSE IT'S NEW AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE WAY OF THE WORLD IS, I'M GLAD I'M SITTING.
I WOULD EVEN SAY IN THAT PLAQUE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT WE GIVE A DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT NOUNS MEAN TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.
AND CERTAINLY A QR CODE, THE QR CODE.
THAT THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE PLAQUES, AS WE KNOW, PLAQUES HAVE A TENDENCY TO DISAPPEAR.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT THAT INTO THE CEMENT BEFORE YOU GOT IT DONE, LIKE WE DO WITH OUR BENCHES, THAT THAT PLAQUE MAY NOT LAST.
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A CONCEPTUAL THING THAT, THAT, THAT I THINK WE WANT TO DO.UM, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? DAVID? UH, BUT JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN AN ARTIST SIGNING THE MURAL? BECAUSE IT'S A NO MONEY'S EXCHANGED.
I, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS IF, IF YOU READ OUR POLICY IS BRANDING, SO ARE WE BRANDING NOUNS ON A CITY? BUT THIS WILL SHOW THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT MURAL.
JUST AS AN ARTIST SIGN IN, IT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT MURAL, WHICH I THINK IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT END RESULT.
THROUGH, THROUGH WHAT WE PUT ON THE MURAL TO IDENTIFY IT.
BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT THE ARTISTS THOUGH, RIGHT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT THE ARTISTS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF A FUNDER OR A SPONSOR.
THESE TWO, I JUST WANT TO HEAR, ARE YOU GUYS SKATEBOARDERS OR ARE YOU ARTISTS? SKATEBOARDERS.
SO YOU WANNA SEE IT HAPPEN? YES.
THIS MOUSE JUST MAKE YOU SAY YES,
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS ORGANIZATION IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SKATEBOARDING NON IN THE OLDEST SKATEBOARDING NON-PROFIT IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, OUR REPUTATION, THANKS TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND WORLDWIDE AND SUPPORTING KIDS, KEEPING KIDS OUTTA GANGS OFF THE STREETS, MAKING A DIFFERENCE THEIR LIFE.
SKATEBOARDING IS A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS, AND I GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR IT.
BUT IF THESE GUYS BEHIND ME AND THE 300 KIDS THAT ARE PART OF OUR TEAM, WHICH HE IS, THE TEAM CAPTAIN, TEAM MANAGER, HE, HE'S THE LEADER, HE'S VOICE, UH, IT'S, AND HE'S 18 YEARS OLD.
LIKE I SAID, I, I CAN'T REPRESENT THOSE KIDS WITHOUT GUYS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY ALL HAVE INPUT ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT WE, THEY DO.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO OFFER JUST A FEW THINGS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING YOU BEFORE DID MIKE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LESSONS LEARNED FOR OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE DID LEARN ONCE WE SAW THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED ARTWORK WAS WE ASKED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.
IN FACT, STEVE WAS GOING INTO URBAN DICTIONARY TO SEE IF WE COULD TEACH OURSELVES WHAT SOME OF THOSE WORDS MEANT, WHICH WAS PRETTY RAD IN ITS OWN WAY, GNARLY WAY.
BUT, UM, SO, UM, I, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TRUST IN STAFF, YOU KNOW, BEING YOUR DIRECTOR AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND AN ARTIST.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT WE'LL NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH THIS.
UM, I THINK WHAT MIKE'S SUGGESTING IS TO AT LEAST GET THROUGH THE, THE GRAND REOPENING ON THE 24TH WILL BE REALLY APPROPRIATE SO THAT HE DOESN'T BURN ANY BRIDGES, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A VERY NEW, AS AS, UH, COMMISSIONER YORKIE SMITH MENTIONED, IT'S KIND OF A NEW FUNDING MECHANISM THAT'S IN OUR WORLD, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EMBRACE IT.
I KNOW MIKE'S HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH US ABOUT A SIMILAR PROJECT MAYBE FOR THE 14TH STREET PARK SKATE PARK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THE LESSONS WE LEARNED WAS THAT THE AGREEMENT WE HAD WAS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE AS FOUNDATION.
AND THE AS FOUNDATION HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TONY HAWK FOUNDATION, KNOWN AS THE SKATE PARK FOUNDATION.
PRIOR TO THAT WAS WHERE NOUNS, THROUGH THEIR FUNDING STREAM PROVIDED MONIES TO THE TONY HAWK FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWED 'EM TO COME FORWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T REALLY, IN ALL HONESTY, AWARE OF THE ORIGINS UNTIL THE NOUNS THING CAME UP, BUT I THINK WE'VE NAVIGATED OUR WAY THROUGH.
I THINK ONE OPTION THAT'S VERY CREDIBLE, AND AGAIN, I'LL GIVE STEVE SOME CREDIT, HE FOUND THAT, THAT THE PROMENADE, UM, PROJECT DOWNTOWN, THERE WAS A PLAQUE THAT RECOGNIZED SUPPORTERS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN SPONSORS OR, YOU KNOW, AND SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY FORWARD THAT THERE COULD BE A, A PRESENCE, UH, THAT WOULD RECOGNIZE SUPPORTERS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE SKATE PARK PROJECT, EVEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE HAD A LOT OF ENTITIES, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH DAS FOUNDATION.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OPTIONS OUT THERE THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE AND AGAIN, AFFORD US A FUTURE THAT COULD SEE OTHER PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AS FOUNDATION, BE EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL.
AND I LOVE THE ARTWORK, SO JEREMIAH AND WHOEVER, THIS IS SO MUCH IN ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS HOPING THAT THE ARTWORK WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE SPACE.
AND THE, THE NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, WE DID BRING IT BEFORE THEM.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE EXACT PART WORK, BUT THEY WERE, AND I USED TO REPRESENT THAT AREA, WEST SIDE, UH, JUST DO IT.
BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE DIRECTOR SAID MANY TIMES AN ACTIVE PARK OF THE SAFE PARK.
UH, THE SKATE PARK NOW IS AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS.
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UH, GET PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDERS, INDUSTRY PEOPLE, THE KIDS.UH, THERE'S BEEN NO NEGATIVES ABOUT THE PARK.
UH, BUT I, I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY THIS, AND I, I, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS FOR MANY, MANY SINCE WE ALL OPENED ELRA, IS THAT THERE WILL BE ISSUES IN THE SKATE PARK.
UH, AND WHAT I TELL PEOPLE IS, YOU CAN'T STOP DRUG, USE RACIAL DISCORD VIOLENCE IN A SCHOOL.
YOU CAN'T MAKE A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT IN A SKATE PARK, UH, WEST LONG BEACH.
THAT AREA CAN BE A PRETTY ROUGH AREA.
UH, BUT WITH THAT MANY HIGHS, THAT MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE, I THINK IT'S GONNA HAVE A HUGE POSITIVE IMPACT, UH, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO FAR, THERE'S NO COMPLAINTS.
AND IT, IT'S A GREAT FACILITY.
UM, CAN WE GET YOUR NAME JUST FOR THE RECORD? CHARLOTTE FRANKLIN.
WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING FROM STAFF OF, OF WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GO.
SO IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
AND, AND WE'LL TRY TO WORK THAT OUT.
I GAVE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE PAID, UM, SPAWN RANCH A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THEY GAVE US THE WARRANTY PACKAGE, WHICH I JUST GAVE TO YOU IN ANOTHER FOLDER.
UM, ACTUALLY YOU HAVE IT BACK.
UH, SO I, I'LL GIVE THAT BACK TO YOU AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH, UH, THEN WE'LL FIND OUT THROUGH THE KIDS IF THERE'S ANY WARRANT ISSUES AND WE CAN BE OVER THAT.
I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE THAT.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ITEM NUMBER SIX AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO VICE CHAIR REDFIELD.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT.
WE CREATE COMMUNITY AND DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER, I, I I'M TAKING THAT ONE OUT OF ORDER.
UM, AND DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY, 2024.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SECOND.
ALRIGHT, UH, MR. DIRECTOR, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO SUSAN.
YEAH, I, I'M NOT GONNA ADD A LOT, OTHER THAN THE YOUNG LADY THAT'S JOINED US THIS MORNING.
CHRISTINA, MAYA IS OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
SHE'S, UH, FILLED THE VACANCY WHEN JEN WAS PROMOTED UP INTO MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION THAT THAT SPOT HAS BEEN OPEN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.
SO WE WERE WELCOMING CHRISTINE, NO ONE'S WHO'S COUNTING MONDAY.
FIRST DAY SHE CAME TO US FROM ANIMAL CARE.
AND THEN IT'S KIND OF LIKE MUSICAL CHAIRS, SON AND BRIT, UM, WHO'S OVER, UM, VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, THE RECREATION TEAM.
SO SHE'S TAKING, UM, CHRISTINE'S PLACE OVER AT ANIMAL CARE.
SO GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH THOSE YOUNG LADIES, BUT WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE AND SHE'LL HAVE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR COMMISSION.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GOT TO KNOW CHRISTINE.
AND, UM, I MENTIONED THE 24TH, SO HOPEFULLY IF IT WORKS ON YOUR SATURDAY SCHEDULE, YOU CAN JOIN US ALL AT SILVERADO.
I THINK THAT'LL BE A REALLY GREAT, UH, CELEBRATION.
YEAH, IT RUNS A PRETTY LONG TIME, LIKE FROM 10 TO PROBABLY DARK, BUT I, I WAS AT THE PARK, UM, TWO SATURDAYS AGO.
MIKE REALIZED THEY SHOULD JUST TAKE THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE DOWN AND LET EVERYBODY ENJOY THE SKATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE'S PROBABLY A HUNDRED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, LITTLE KIDS, OLDER, ACTIVE ADULTS, AND, UH, BUT THE PARK WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE.
OUR PARKS, THEY HAD AN OPENING DAY FOR LITTLE LEAGUE.
THE BASEBALL FIELDS WERE ALL FULL.
THE BASKETBALL COURT WAS FULL, THE TENNIS COURTS WERE FULL.
IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SILVERADO.
AND HOPEFULLY, AS MIKE'S FORECAST SUGGESTS, IT'LL BE A GOOD DAY ON THE 24TH.
UM, IN, UH, COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON'S ABSENCE, I'LL, UH, ASK IF, UH, AT THIS TIME THE, UH, UH, WE'RE SKIPPING OVER ITEM FIVE.
WHEN, WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON RETURNS.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS LESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR.
WHAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON? THE ITEM NUMBER SIX? OH, ITEM NUMBER SIX.
UM, DO, DID WE HAVE A SECOND? YES, BUT HAVE, YES.
COMMISSIONER, UM, CHAVEZ? YES.
I BELIEVE IN A SECOND WITH COMMISSIONER HIGA.
UH, DO, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? THERE NEED TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST ON THE ITEM.
DOES THERE NEED TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT ON YES.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? OKAY.
NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEM FIVE.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION ON MOVING THE START TIME OF FUTURE PARKS
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AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETINGS.CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN OPEN DISCUSSION? MOTION? SECOND.
SO I ASKED, UH, STAFF TO PUT THIS ON.
I JUST WANTED TO, IN A PUBLIC FORUM, SEE IF FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE STILL WORKING, IF MOVING THESE MEETINGS TO A DIFFERENT TIME OF DAY, UH, WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
SO IF ANYBODY BELIEVES THAT, AND WE'VE TALKED TO STAFF AND AFTERNOONS ON THIS DAY, WOULD, WOULD NOT BE THAT DISRUPTIVE TO THEM.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOUGHER FOR, UM, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, RECOGNITION FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO GET HERE IN THE AFTERNOON RATHER THAN THE MORNING.
ALTHOUGH THE DIRECTOR BELIEVES THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO, TO GET THEM HERE.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
IF ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT MOVING THIS TO A DIFFERENT TIME OF THE DAY WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THEIR WORK SCHEDULE.
SO COMMISSIONER HIGA, UH, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL FOR MY WORK SCHEDULE.
UM, AS A TEACHER, I'D HAVE TO GET A SUB FOR, I PREVIOUSLY WAS TAKING THE SUBJECT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
UM, AND THEN THAT WAS STARTING TO, I I WORKED THROUGH ALL MY HOURS
UM, IF IT WERE IN THE AFTERNOON, I WOULD JUST BE MISSING THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY, WHICH WOULD BE A LOT, A LOT EASIER FOR ME.
AND JUST, UM, AS IT IS A CITIZENS COMMISSION, I THINK KEEPING IN MIND THE, THE FACT THAT, UM, MANY OF US HAVE JOBS THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME.
COMMISSIONER SEAN? YEAH, MY, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT TIME WOULD BE PROPOSED FOR THE AFTERNOON THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THREE O'CLOCK.
UH, NO, I DON'T SEE THAT AS AN ISSUE.
IT WOULD, IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD OR BAD OR, I, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M REALLY BLESSED IN THAT I GET TO MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE AND SO AT THIS POINT I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR, REDFIELD, UH, THIS WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST CHOICE.
I FUNCTION MUCH BETTER IN THE MORNINGS
UM, BUT I AM COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION AS OPPOSED TO A LOT OF US OLD FOLKS.
UH, BUT I THINK WE NEED THE BALANCE.
BUT I COULD DO IT, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST CHOICE.
UH, UNLIKE MY ESTEEMED, UH, OR ESTEEMED VICE CHAIR, I DO NOT FUNCTION WELL IN THE MORNING.
UM, TO, LIKE, IF IT WERE TODAY, THERE WOULD BE A CONFLICT WHERE I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ONE MEETING EARLY TO COME TO THIS AT 3:00 PM UH, BUT I COULD, I COULD MAKE EITHER TIME WORK, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.
AND IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM.
WE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON IT, SO WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO PLAN.
UM, WE CAN ADJUST OUR SCHEDULES.
I KNOW, UM, YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE, I HAVE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS CHANGED JOBS AND THE BEST TIME FOR HER WOULD BE ON TOP OF WHAT WE MAY BE CONSIDERING.
BUT I THINK WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT.
SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND CHAIR LIVINGSTON MENTIONED THE POSSIBLE CHALLENGE WITH SEEING OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE.
MAYBE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, OFF AND ON, BUT I THINK ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED, WE CAN BUILD AROUND IT.
SO, SO WHAT I'VE HEARD, IT WOULD DE PROBABLY DEFINITELY HELP.
SO WHAT I WOULD ASK, NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE, BUT IF YOU GUYS WOULD ASK OUR INCOMING COMMISSIONER IF HE GETS APPROVED NEXT WEEK, WHAT HIS, WHAT HIS IMPLICATIONS ARE
WE, BUT I, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK UNTIL HE GETS APPROVED THAT WE CAN DO THAT, BUT TALK WITH HIM.
AND IF, IF I, IF IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON, WE PROBABLY WON'T CHANGE IT.
MY APOLOGY AND I DIDN'T TALK TO HER ABOUT THAT.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AND I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND SO THAT'S HOW WE HAD TO LEGALLY HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? AND
SO WE HAD A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COMMISSIONER HIA SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TI SMITH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE A AYE.
UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, 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 ANYBODY, UH, KAREN HAD HER HAND UP FIRST.
UM, UM, GABE, A LITTLE PEPPERMINT HEART.
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VERY TASTY.THEY LATE AND THEY'RE NOT LEFTOVERS, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ADDRESS WHAT WE DID OVER CHRISTMAS VACATION.
LO, CLAUDIA LOPEZ WAS GONNA COME TODAY AND MAKE COMMENTS, BUT SHE HAS TO ISOLATE HER HOUSEHOLD, COME DOWN WITH COVID.
BUT WE WORKED WITH DR. LOPEZ AND A STATISTICIAN FROM THE UC, SAN FRANCISCO AREA.
THAT'S A FRIEND OF DR. LOPEZ, ANOTHER DOG, DR. LOPEZ, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT RELATED, OR CARLOS LOPEZ.
AND, UH, WE DID OVER 300 INTERVIEWS OF SENIORS FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND THE SHORELINE VILLAGE PLAN.
AND I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE'S BEEN A CON, UH, CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO, UM, CONDUCT WHAT THE FEELINGS ARE OF THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION, INCLUDING A VARIETY OF ETHNICITIES.
WE WENT TO FOUR SENIOR BUILDINGS.
UM, WE INCLUDED VETERANS, WE INCLUDED RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS.
ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN TRANSLATED FOR US.
WE DID A GROUP OF ASIANS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE INCLUDED THE KOREANS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, ON, UH, ANY OF THE SURVEYS THAT I KNOW I'VE WORKED ON.
AND, UM, WHAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY IS THE SENIORS WANT MORE GREEN SPACE.
THEY WANT MORE PARKS, THEY WANT TO BE INCLUDED MORE.
UH, THEY FEEL JUST VERY DISASSOCIATED FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THEY WANT MORE GATHERING SPACES.
SO I WOULD LIKE PARKS TO, UM, TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND CONSIDER, UM, I HAPPEN TO BE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND THE SHORELINE VILLAGE PLAN.
SO BECAUSE, UH, DR. LOPEZ COMPILED THOSE RESULTS, I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM INCLUDED IN THE VISION PLAN FOR SHORELINE VILLAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
WE DID THESE 300 SURVEYS IN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS BECAUSE WE HAD INTERNS WHO HELPED US DO THAT.
AND THE SENIORS THANKS TO PARTNERS FOR CARDS, GOT A $50 GROCERY GIFT CARD OVER THE HOLIDAYS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY FOR WHICH THEY WERE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
SO THIS I THINK, IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SURVEY AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A COPY, I SENT A COPY TO BRENT SO YOU CAN ASK HIM FOR A COPY OF THE SURVEY RESULTS.
OKAY, YOU GUYS, I'M GONNA BOLDLY TRY TO EXPLAIN NOUN
SO, I WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE AQUARIUM, RIGHT? SO THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC, THEY, YOU CAN BUY A STARFISH, RIGHT? YOU BUY A STARFISH, IT'S $25.
THEY GIVE YOU A LITTLE CERTIFICATE THAT SAYS YOU BUY STARFISH.
THE REASON PEOPLE BUY STARFISH IS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SUPPORT WHATEVER THE AQUARIUM IS DOING.
SO THEY'RE SO INVESTED IN THE AQUARIUM, THEY JUST WANNA SUPPORT IT, RIGHT? SO YOU BUY A STARFISH FOR $25, YOU GET A LITTLE CERTIFICATE, YOU NAME THE STARFISH, THE MONEY FROM THE PURCHASE OF THE STARFISH GOES TO PROJECTS.
SO THEN THEY HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE PRESENT A PROJECT FOR THE MARINE, FOR THE AQUARIUM, AND THE PROJECTS GET CHOSEN USING, AND IT'S PAID FOR BY THE STARFISH MONEY.
SO PEOPLE SUPPORT NOUNS, THEY BUY A CHARACTER, RIGHT? SO THEY BUY A CHARACTER, I'M JUST GONNA USE THE SAME THING.
THEY WANNA BUY A CHARACTER TO SUPPORT NOUNS BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOUNS IS, THEY ALREADY ON BOARD ON WHAT NOUNS IS GONNA DO, RIGHT? SO YOU PAY THE $25, YOU GET A CHARACTER, THE MONEY GOES INTO A BANK, A BOX, AND THEN PEOPLE LIKE TONY HAWK, WHOEVER, WHOEVER PITCHES FOR THE MONEY FOR ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS.
SO TONY HAWK PITCHED TO NOUN MONEY FOR THE SKATEBOARD PARK.
SO NOUNS IS JUST A FUNDING SOURCE OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO, THEY TRUST WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO, RIGHT? AND THEN PEOPLE LIKE TONY HAWK OR YOU, ANY OF US CAN GO AND SAY, HEY, I WANT A SKATE PARK.
SO IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR TONY, TONY HAWK TO PITCH TWO NOUNS TO HAVE A SKATEBOARD IN LONG BEACH.
IT IS NOTHING IN THE GRAY AND WE CANNOT PASS UP THIS OPPORTUNITY.
RIGHT? MAKE SENSE? THANK YOU AGAIN.
I'M BEING MENTORED BY THE FINEST HERE.
MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE FRANKLIN, I'M A MEMBER OF THE GREAT PANTHERS, BUT I'M HEARING THE WHOLE THING AND I SAID THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
WHEN, WHEN THE AQUARIUM SELLS STARFISH.
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RIGHT.IT, IT'S ACTUALLY, IN MY OPINION, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT A LOT OF PARTNERS OF PARKS DOES WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.
SO I, I THINK THAT IS IS VERY GOOD INFORMATION FOR OUR STAFF TO HAVE AS THEY APPLY OUR EXISTING, RIGHT NOW WE'RE OPERATING UNDER OUR MURAL POLICY.
I UNDERSTAND OTHER
IT'S NOT A BRAND AND, AND BEING INFORMATION AS A FUNDING SOURCE.
SO NOUNS IS THE FUNDING SOURCE.
I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE WORD FUNDING AND I WOULD CALL IT AN INFORMATION SOURCE THAT PEOPLE INFORMATION SOURCE.
BUT THAT, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT THE STAFF IS FULLY AWARE OF OUR GOAL.
AND, AND THE DISCUSSION THAT CAME UP.
WE CAN PASS THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING NEW.
I BELONG, I BELONG TO THE LONG BEACH GYM AND MINERAL SOCIETY IS NATIONWIDE NOW.
BUT GUESS WHO HAD THE FIRST ONE? LONG BEACH.
NOW IT'S, YOU CAN GO TO ANY CITY AND PUT IN JIM AND MINERAL SOCIETY, BUT LONG BEACH HAS THE FIRST ONE.
WE CAN BE THE FIRST ONE TO DO THIS.
PEOPLE, WE CAN BE THE FIRST ONE TO DO NOUNS.
ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? FORMER CHAIR,
I JUST HAPPENED TO BE HERE 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN WALKING ALL OF OUR PARKS THIS YEAR.
AND UH, I WAS WALKING AROUND THIS PARK.
I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE OR GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE COMMISSION AND MOST IMPORTANT TO STAFF BECAUSE OUR PARKS ARE LOOKING GREAT AND THEY'RE ACTIVATED.
AND STAFF HAS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIZE OF OUR CITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THAT ACCESS AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
OUR CITY, THE ONLY WISH I HAVE IS THAT MORE OF THE PUBLIC WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS COMMISSION DOES BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR LIFESTYLE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC, I THINK MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE UNDERSTOOD HOW IMPORTANT OUR PARKS AND MARINE AND ANIMAL CARE IS TO EACH OF OUR LIVES.
AND ALSO A SHOUT OUT TO PARK PARTNERS OF PARKS ON THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE NONPROFIT.
BECAUSE THE WORK BEING DONE IS JUST EXCELLENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, 'CAUSE I WAS WALKING AROUND AND REALIZED THAT THE COMMISSION WAS HERE TODAY AND THOUGHT I'D COME IN AND SAY THANK YOU.
AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO JOIN THE GREAT PANTHERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SENIOR.
ANYBODY ELSE? JOHN? UH, JOHN OR JOHN? GOOD MORNING.
JOHN BESLEY FROM THE BEEKEEPERS.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT A NAME WITH A FACE AND WHO WE ARE AND LET US KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATION.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO WORKSHOPS OR HAVE A SAFETY MEETING FOR YOUR STAFF, THAT WHAT THEY DO, WE'RE GOING INTO SWARMING SEASON.
UM, NORMALLY DOESN'T START TILL APRIL.
I'VE DONE SEVEN STORMS IN LONG BEACH SO FAR SINCE JANUARY ONE.
THAT'S WORKING OUT TO ABOUT ONE EVERY TWO DAYS ON A RESCUE.
BUT, UM, WE ARE HEADING INTO SWARMING SEASON.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE 20 MINUTE DISCUSSION WITH A GROUP OR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT SAYS, WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE ENCOUNTER A SWARM? HOW DO WE, WHAT DO WE DO? I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO COME OUT AND REPRESENT THE BEEKEEPERS AND HELP WITH, UM, INFORMATION REGARDING THAT.
DO YOU HELP START, UM, DO YOU HELP START BEES? YES.
I DO MENTORSHIP ALL FROM, SO I'M, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO TALK TO HIM AFTER THE MEETING.
I JUST WANTED TO UH, POINT OUT THAT I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THE PARKS, BUT IN THE MARINE AREA ON THE BLUFF, WE'RE HAVING A CHALLENGE WITH, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT WITH VANDALISM OF PLAQUES BEING THE BRONZE PLAQUES BEING STOLEN FROM THE BENCHES ON THE BLUFF.
SO WE HAD TWO AND THEN I BELIEVE TWO MORE.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS BECOMING A TREND AND I THINK WITH THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL TEND TO BE CHANGING THE TYPE OF BENCH THAT WE OFFER THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE A LONG PROP PLAQUE IN THE FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY FOR YEARS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE PUTTING IN THE SAME THING IF THE TREND IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET STOLEN BECAUSE YOU'RE PLACING THEM IS VERY TIMELY AND IT COSTLY.
SO WE SHOULD MOVE TO A DIFFERENT STYLE OF BENCH GOING FORWARD WHERE THE BRONZE PLAQUES CAN'T BE STOLEN SO THAT THERE IS NO BRONZE ON THERE.
AND IF WE HAD TO REPLACE THEM, THAT WOULD BE A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CHANGE THE METAL.
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IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 'CAUSE I DID THE BENCH PROGRAM, I THINK THE NEWER ONES ARE ALUMINUM AND I THINK ALSO WE STARTED EMBEDDING THEM IN THE LIKE, LIKE A CONCRETE NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO USING THAT.I THOUGHT THEY HAD GONE TO LUM CHANGED.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? OKAY.
WE WILL NOW GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF AND COMMISSION.
AND WE WERE INSTRUCTED, I THINK BY SOMEBODY AT THE, EITHER THE ATTORNEY'S OR CLERK'S OFFICE WHO LISTENED TO ONE OF OUR TAPES.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
IT'S NOT BACK AND FORTH OR OPEN DISCUSSION.
UH, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, WE CAN ASK STAFF TO PUT THAT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM LIKE WE HAD ON THE, UH, ON THE TIME OF THE MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
GLADYS, AND THIS WASN'T DIRECTED JUST AT YOU BECAUSE YOU DO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, VERY PROUD, UM, AS STATED WHAT THE STAFF DOES.
UM, WRAPPING UP WITH, UM, HIRING OUR TEAM TO PRODUCE OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND ALL THAT COMES WITH THAT.
UM, WORKING WITH OUR, UM, PARTNERS IN OTHER BUREAUS TO PREPARE AS WELL.
UM, BUT JUST WANT TO REFLECT ON, THAT'S ON TOP OF OUR DAILY WORK THAT WE DO TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, IN THE, WE CREATE COMMUNITY, UM, THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF ONGOING PROGRAMS. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE IN BASKETBALL SEASON, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE IN BASKETBALL SEASON BRINGING SPORTS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT OF INDOOR SOCCER FOR REGISTRATION.
UM, AND IF YOU TURN A COUPLE PAGES, YOU'LL SEE THE ADVERTISING FOR, UM, DAY CAMP REGISTRATION, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR DAY.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND SATURDAY, UM, UH, IN APRIL IS ADVERTISING AS PART AS ACHIEVING THE GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, IS COMMUNICATING, UM, THE, OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY EFFECTIVELY.
SO WORKING WITH, UM, ALL OF OUR TEAMS, ESPECIALLY STEVE'S TEAM, TO GET THAT ADVERTISEMENT AND MARKETING OUT THERE EARLY.
UM, TO YOU, IT'S PRESENTED IN ENGLISH TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S PRESENTED IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
UM, AGAIN, WE WORK HARD, WE PROVIDE EXCELLENT PROGRAMMING, UM, AND DO JUSTICE TO THE MARKETING SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT IT.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HAVE WE SCARED YOU OFF? CHILLING.
HELLO? UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW LITTLE UPDATES FOR YOU ALL.
SO ONCE BACK WE CAME FOR THE GOPHERS.
UM, THAT'S THE RETRACTABLE SOCCER, UM, GOALS OVER AT VETERANS PARK.
SO GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN ON THAT PROJECT AND IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK, UM, OVER AT VETERANS PARK.
SO IF YOU'RE EVER IN THE AREA, YOU CAN TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY NEXT WEEK MAYBE THEY'LL PEEK AT 'EM AND CHECK 'EM OUT.
UM, ALSO WORKS IN UNDERWAY FOR 14TH FEET PARK WITH THE PLAYGROUND INNOVATION AND THE BASKETBALL COURTS DOWN THERE.
SO THAT WILL GO THROUGH, UM, PROBABLY THE START OF SUMMER WORKING ON.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
AND THEN JUST TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT SILVERADO PARK AND THEIR GRAND OPENING ON THE 24TH WITH THE SKATE PARK, THE EVENT ITSELF IS FROM 12 TO FIVE, SO THERE'S FREE SKATE AT THE BEGINNING OF IT FROM 12 TO TWO, IT'S FREE SKATEBOARDING AND SKATEBOARDING LESSONS.
TWO O'CLOCK IS GONNA BE THE PRESENTATION AND RIBBON CUTTING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT FROM THREE TO FIVE, THEY'LL DO THE OPEN FREE SKATE AND SKATEBOARDING LESSONS AGAIN.
FEBRUARY 24TH WEEK FROM SATURDAY.
IS THAT WHERE WE GOT THE, BOUGHT THE TACO STAND? THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN THE, THE PLAYGROUND.
AND IS THAT, AM I CONFUSED? YEAH, THAT'S, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE, THE CLOSEST TO IS THAT ATLANTA BUILDING IS NO LONGER THERE.
THE PLAYGROUND'S ON THE OPPOSITE.
SO, UM, JUST ONE THING, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE LAST THURSDAY I HAD MY ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AT THE CITY MANAGER.
AND UM, THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE CITY HAS A NEW, UH, APPRAISAL TEMPLATE AND, UM, IT WAS IMPORTANT 'CAUSE I'M EVALUATING ALL OF MY DIRECT REPORTS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT.
SO I SHARED WITH THEM MY PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND I'LL HAVE JEN SEND THAT.
I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF YOU JUST TO SEE HOW YOUR DIRECTOR IS EVALUATED AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK.
AND ALSO IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT'S EMBEDDING GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A CONVERSATION WE'RE ALL HAVING.
UM, BECAUSE THE NEW, UM, MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, UM, HAS A MERIT BASED, UM, INCENTIVE.
SO, BUT IT'S, UH, TO BE BASED ON HOW YOU DO WITH YOUR GOALS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ALSO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO I'LL HAVE JEN SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF YOU IN THE DAY SIDE.
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WANTED TO, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE ON STAFF WITH A CRAZY AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE HAD LAST WEEKEND.UM, EVERYTHING STILL LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
UM, SO, UH, I, I JUST SAW ON FACEBOOK THIS MORNING THAT THERE'S SOME TRAIL CLOSURES AT, UM, AT THE NATURE CENTER.
SO I KNOW EVERYONE'S HARD AT WORK.
UM, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S, UH, STILL SAFE AND, AND YOU KNOW, USABLE AND EVERYTHING.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYONE.
UM, I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ECHO, UM, IF I'M DOING IT, I WANNA DO IT LIKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
I HOPE EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. 'CAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO COMMEND THE TEAM FOR JUST THE OPEN COMMUNICATION OF CLOSURES AND REOPENED DURING ALL THE WEATHER.
I, WHILE WE WERE ALL AT HOME STAYING DRY, RIGHT? WE KNEW THEY WERE OUT THERE KEEPING US VERY UPDATED.
SO I WANNA START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING GLADYS AND HER TEAM, GLADYS AND HER TEAM DO SO MUCH FOR THE CITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT NONE OF US WILL EVER SEE HOW MUCH THEY REALLY DO.
HER AND HER STAFF, YOU KNOW, THEY PROTECT OUR CHILDREN BY CREATING PROGRAM FOR THEM.
THEY WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE CITY.
AND I KNOW THAT IS A HARD JOB TO CONSTANTLY INTERFACE ON A DAILY BASIS WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND OR APPRECIATE WHAT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE WHEN IT COMES TO COMPLAINING ABOUT STAFF, WHEN IT COMES TO WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
AND SO I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH GLADYS AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF WAY BACK IN THE DAY.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, WHENEVER I NEEDED SOMETHING GLADYS WOULD ANSWER AND HER STAFF WOULD ANSWER.
SO I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT APPRECIATION.
IT MAY SOUND LIKE IT'S COMING OUTTA NOWHERE, BUT I KNOW HOW HARD THAT DEPARTMENT WORKS.
I SEE THEM WORKING REALLY HARD IN MY LOCAL PARKS AND DOWNTOWN, AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT OUR STAFF DO.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE REGULARS WHO COME EVERY COMMISSION MEETING TO SHARE WHAT THEY'RE UP TO, WHICH, UH, UH, UH, CERTAINLY KAREN AND JOHN AND MIKE
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON.
I, I'LL ALSO THAT I, WHEN I LEFT AS AN EMPLOYEE HERE, I CRIED AT THIS MEETING WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT RECREATION IS TO EVERYBODY IN OUR LIVES.
UM, WHEN WE GET OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, WE WILL PROBABLY BE SENDING OUT A SURVEY TO OUR COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE WILL TRY TO FINALLY DO A RETREAT.
SO THINK ABOUT ANY PARKS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, THAT WE'LL PROBABLY GET A SMALL BUS AND, AND DO A TOUR OF CERTAIN AREAS AND THEN HAVE A MEETING AFTERWARDS, TALK OVER ROBERT'S RULES, UH, DO STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US COVER IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND WE'LL GET A, A SURVEY EITHER FROM THE DIRECTOR OR FROM JEN DIRECTOR.
AND WE'LL PUT TOGETHER, UH, SOME TEMPLATE OR SOME SURVEY, UH, VEHICLE TO KINDA, UM, COLLECT YOUR IDEAS.
BUT WE WANT, WE WANT THE, UH, RETREAT TO BE HIGH PRIORITY FOR ALL OF YOU TO BE THERE AND, UM, AND BENEFICIAL AT ALL LEVELS.
DO WE HAVE AN ETA FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER? UH, THE VOTE IS NEXT TUESDAY.
YEAH, THE CHARTER COMMISSION, UM, APPOINTMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY MAYOR RICHARDSON WILL BE ON TUESDAY'S AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN AT 10 21.