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OTHER, I SPEAK LOUDLY ALREADY.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND BEING HERE.
UH, MY NAME IS WALTER LARKINS AND YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.
AND I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND AT WHAT TIME IS IT RIGHT NOW? 2 46.
ALRIGHT, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN THROUGH THIS THING.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO GET EVERYTHING KNOCKED OUT BY THE TIME OUR MEETING END IS OVER THERE.
I'M GONNA ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR TIME AND, UH, SO WE CAN CONCLUDE THE MEETING ON TIME AND IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OUT THERE.
IS THERE TODAY? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
SO I'M ASSUMING NO ONE CAN CALL IN.
AND WITH THAT, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING THROUGH THE, UH, FIRST ITEM, MENTION YOUR FIRST ITEM QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
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COMMISSIONER COHEN HERE.ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA START OUT, WE HAVEN'T MET IN A WHILE.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED THAT.
AND ACCORDING TO THE CITY ORDINANCE, THIS IS THE MEETING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITHIN THE, UH, GUIDELINES FOR THE CITY CHARTER, FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR ALL SHOWING UP AND FOR ALSO, UH, ESTABLISHING A QUORUM.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS TODAY IN GENERAL, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC THINGS.
AND I'M GONNA START OUT WITH THE FIRST ITEM.
[1. 24-52707 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Grow Long Beach Initiative. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AND DO YOU WANT TO MENTION THAT ITEM? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.SO, UH, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, LEADER IS BO AND HE'S GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THAT TOPIC.
UH, BEAU MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR PATIENCE AND INVESTMENTS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND SERVING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO WHAT I'LL, I'M GONNA DO IS I'M GONNA START, UM, ON, UH, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING LOOKING FORWARD.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, GOALS FOR US IS HOW ARE WE GONNA GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY? AND BY DOING THIS, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON FIVE TARGETED INDUSTRY SECTORS, AND THAT INCLUDES AEROSPACE AND AVIATION.
SO THINK SPACE SPEECH AND THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT, TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS, AND SUPPLY CHAIN.
SO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AREA OF THIS SECTOR IS THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, THE GATEWAY TO ASIA AND BEYOND.
THE THIRD AREA IS WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS.
SO WE'RE GONNA FOCUS IN ON OUR CURRENT HOSPITAL SYSTEMS AND HOW WE LEVERAGE AND GROW THOSE, AS WELL AS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE FROM LIFE SCIENCES TO BIOSCIENCES.
THE THIRD AREA IS TOURISM, HOSPITALITY, AND ENTERTAINMENT.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS TO, TO GROW THOSE AREAS.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VISIT AND BE LONG BEACH.
WE'LL BE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING MORE CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS AS WELL AS ENTERTAINMENT TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON WHEN IT COMES TO ENTERTAINMENT, THIS COMING YEARS AS, UH, WE'RE WE'RE KNOWN CALLING IT AS A TEMPORARY AMPHITHEATER.
AND I BELIEVE JOHNNY'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DURING HIS QUEEN MARY PRESENTATION.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING EXCITING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF SUMMER 2025.
THE FOURTH AREA WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, I MEAN THE FIFTH AREA WILL BE FOCUSING ON IS EDUCATION.
AND EDUCATION'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY WORKING WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS AROUND EDUCATION AND THE TRADES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE WITH, UH, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH.
IT'S GONNA BE WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TRADES, UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND, AND, AND OUR PARTNERS OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AS WE LOOK TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HOW WE DIVERSIFY OUR CITY OF REVENUE STREAMS, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE LESS AND LESS FUNDING COME FROM THAILANDS AND OUR OIL OPERATIONS.
SO ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES FOR US IS HOW DO WE GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR REVENUE STREAMS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICES AND AMENITIES TO OUR, UH, BUSINESSES, VISITORS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS GOING FORWARD.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THAT ON APRIL 9TH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, GIVING A GROW LONG BEACH ECONOMIC UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL.
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AND MORE INFORMATION WILL COME ON THAT.UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO ALL THIS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DIVIDE IT INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND I DON'T WANNA FORGET ABOUT BLUEPRINT 2.0 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ALL THE INITIATIVES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE, IT'S ALL GONNA BE ABOUT TALENT, RIGHT? TALENT RETENTION, TALENT ATTRACTION, AND GROWING.
OUR OWN AND SUCCESSFUL CITIES OF THE FUTURE ARE REALLY GONNA FOCUS ON HOW DO WE GROW THAT TALENT AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BRINGING NEW JOBS AND INVESTMENT TO THE CITY.
THE SECOND AREA WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON IS BUSINESS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
THINK ABOUT BUSINESS, UH, BUSINESS, UH, RETENTION, GROWING, OUR OWN BUSINESS ATTRACTION AS WELL AS BUSINESS, UH, EXPANSION.
AND SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON.
ANOTHER ONE IS SMALL BUSINESSES, BIG BUSINESS.
WE DON'T WANNA FORGET ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO JOBS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND JUST CREATING A GREAT CULTURE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN AN OTHER AREA THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON IS INVESTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GROW AND DIVERSIFY INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH, WHETHER IT'S A DEVELOPER COMING AND LOOKING TO BUILD A HOTEL, A NEW OFFICE BUILDING, OUR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET WITH NOT THE RED TAPE WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENTS.
THEN, UH, ANOTHER PART OF IT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IS PLACEMAKING.
HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT PLACES WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE, WE'RE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO GREAT PLACES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH DOWNTOWN OR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE PORT.
AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS PARTNERSHIPS.
NONE OF THIS COULD WORK, GETS DONE WITHOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND ALL THE GREAT PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DIS DISTRICTS TO OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISIT, MEET LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP, OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ALL THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH US TO HELP GET OUR WORK DONE.
AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON AS A DEPARTMENT NOW GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TOO IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING READY TO HOST THE INAUGURAL SITE LONG BEACH SITE SELECTION CONFERENCE.
AND THE THEME BEHIND THAT IS ALREADY HERE, AND THAT'S GONNA BE HELD, UM, APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH.
SO WE'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT IS A SITE SELECTION CONFERENCE? WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE INVITING FIVE SITE SELECTORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO REPRESENT FORTUNE 500 AND FAST GROWING COMPANIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE'RE GONNA DO A FAM TOUR WITH THEM AND WE'RE GOING, YOU, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE THEM TO ALL THE DIFFERENT FIVE TARGETED INDUSTRY SECTORS.
WE'RE GONNA DO LOTS OF DIFFERENT SESSIONS.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA HOLD IN AN EVENING EVENT AT THE QUEEN MARY AT RECEPTION THERE.
AND THEN ON FRIDAY IT'S GONNA CALL MONDAY, ALL WITH A SITE SELECTION BREAKFAST WHERE THE SITE SELECTORS WILL GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE STRENGTHS, THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN LONG BEACH, AND HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'VE WORKED WITH.
AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY THERE, IT'S, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY, BRING MORE JOBS AND INVESTMENT TO LONG BEACH GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE, THE LOS ANGELES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS THE MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY IN LA COUNTY.
AND THAT WAS A BIG WIN FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE CITY.
AND IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IS WE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A VERY FRIENDLY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
WE WELCOME BUSINESSES WHERE THEY'RE ALL SIZES FROM SMALL TO BIG TO FORTUNE 500 TO GAZELLE.
AND WHAT WE LIKE TO SAY IN OUR LINE OF BUSINESS IS THAT WE ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET AND NOT THE RED TAPE.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY.
AND, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO, UH, JULIAN, IF YOU, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? MAY WE HAVE A MOTION? I DON'T THINK WE'RE FINISHED WITH THE ITEM YET.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER ITEMS, RIGHT? WE A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE ITEM BEFORE WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING A MOTION FOR? TO DISCUSS THE ITEM.
UH, I NEED A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE ITEM.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, HEY, BO MARTINEZ, UH, NO QUESTIONS, BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM IS PUTTING INTO TO THE SITE SELECTION CONFERENCE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LBEP AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BRINGING, UH, THE, THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ATTENTION TO THE CITY THAT'S REALLY GONNA KIND OF BOLSTER AND, AND AND REALLY FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S REALLY HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT IT CURRENTLY PRESENTS, UM, WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION SITES, UH, THE INITIATIVES COALITIONS BEING FORMED.
UH, JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THE, THE RESULTS, UH, OF THE, OF THAT SITE SELECTION CONFERENCE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT COME OF THAT.
UM, JUST HOW WILL THAT INFORMATION BE SHARED TO THE COMMUNITY, GENERAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ONCE IT'S ALL BEEN, UH, ASSESSED HOW THE RESPONSES FROM THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, ARE, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE SITE SELECTION CONFERENCE? YES.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, ISSUING A PRESS RELEASE AND THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING OUT TODAY, I BELIEVE.
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THAT'S GONNA GO OUT TO THE MEDIA.THEN WE'LL PROBABLY DO A FOLLOW UP PRESS RELEASE TO STATING KIND OF WHAT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE SITE SELECTORS AT THE SITE SELECTION BREAKFAST.
AND SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ONGOING COMMUNICATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PLACE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ON THE MAP AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONS WITH SITE SELECTORS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT THROUGH JOBS AND NEW BUSINESS COME TO THE COMMUNITY.
BLA BRIEFLY, UM, BO ARE YOU SHOWING ALL OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, NORTH OF SEVENTH STREET AS WELL? UM, I HOPE YOU GET UP TO OUR PART OF NORTH OF 4 0 5, UH, SHOW THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, THE WONDERFUL PARTS OF TOWN.
UM, COMMISSIONER, WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, SHOWCASING THE FIVE TARGETED INDUSTRY SECTOR.
SO WE'LL BE GOING FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH ALL THE WAY UP TO SPACE BEACH AND SHOWCASING THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE FAST AND FURIOUS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE THEM FOR, UH, TWO FULL DAYS AND SO THIS WILL BE JUST THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING FORWARD.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO HOLD, UH, FUTURE CONFERENCES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE THE CITY, UM, THROUGHOUT, WE'LL DIVERT SOME OF YOUR BUSES UP A LITTLE FARTHER ON ATLANTIC.
UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY ON GETTING THE LEDC AWARD FOR BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
UM, THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT 'CAUSE THERE ARE MANY CITIES IN LA COUNTY.
UM, ALSO I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH L-A-E-D-C.
SO CAN YOU SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT? UM, NOT ONLY WITH WORLD TRADE, BUT ALSO THE SITE SELECTORS.
UM, WE'VE REALLY MADE A PROACTIVE APPROACH OF REACHING OUT AND BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, STEPHEN CHANG AND THE L-L-E-D-C.
AND SO NOT ONLY RECEIVING THE AWARD, BUT WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON PARTNERING WITH THEM ON THE SITE SELECTION CONFERENCE.
WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, PARTNERING WITH THEM ON THE FUTURE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH LONG BEACH, ANO BEACH PARTNERSHIP, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, AND REALLY JUST LOOKING AT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND PEOPLE THROUGH, THROUGH LEDC AND, AND THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE AND, AND BUILD STRONGER.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT QUICK SUMMARY OF GIRL LONG BEACH.
UM, I HAVE A CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE AWARD.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AWARD.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CRITERIA, UM, FOR THE AWARD AND, AND SEE ALL THE GREAT WAYS THAT, THAT, UM, THIS WAS GIVEN TO THE, TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, COURTNEY TERSON WITH, WITH, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, YEAH, SO WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TON OF INSIGHT INTO EXACTLY HOW THEY SCORED OUR APPLICATION, BUT I DO HAVE THE APPLICATION CONTENT AND WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THEM THAT WE COULD SHARE.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[2. 24-52708 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on upcoming Economic Development Department projects and programs. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON UPCOMING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. I SECOND.MOTION SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE PLEASE.
I NEED A MOTION TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
SO, I GUESS COURT COURTNEY IS UP.
YES, WE HAVE, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICER COURTNEY CHATTERS WILL START US OFF.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT PLANNED THIS YEAR.
UM, THE FIRST UP ON THE SLIDE IS LEVEL UP LB EXTREME SMALL BUSINESS MAKEOVER AND GRANT PROGRAM.
SO THIS, UM, WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE MAYOR AT THE STATE OF THE CITY, AND WE ARE WORKING TO ROLL THIS PROGRAM OUT QUICKLY.
WE'RE USING, UH, LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT FUNDING THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE, UM, TO SUPPORT $10,000 GRANTS.
I I TAKE THE MICRO OUT OF THE GRANT.
THESE ARE, ARE, THEY STARTED OUT SMALLER AND THEY GET, THEY GOT BIGGER, THEY'RE NO LONGER MICRO IN SCALE.
UM, SO THE IDEA IS TO REALLY PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT USING
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ALL OF OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES, OUR BUSINESS NAVIGATORS, OUR LOCAL SBDC, UM, OUR BUSINESS LIAISON, OUR, UM, UH, LOCAL NETWORKS AND PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESSES IN THIS PROGRAM ARE CONNECTED WITH ALL THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES.THEY, UM, GO THROUGH A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS TO ESTABLISH A SOLID FOUNDATION, UM, REESTABLISH THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, MARKETING PLAN, UM, AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THROUGHOUT SO THAT BY THE END, THEY, UM, HAVE A, A PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO INVEST THIS GRANT FUNDING AND MAKE A SOLID IMPACT ON THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING A APPLICATION LAUNCH IN SPRING, AND THEN WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT THE WORKSHOP SERIES IN SUMMER WITH GRANT AWARDS TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER, LIKELY IN AUGUST.
UH, NEXT UP IS THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM.
THIS IS, UM, ANOTHER DIRECTIVE FROM CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR US TO TAKE OVER THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM FROM THE LOCAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON ESTABLISHING A TRANSFER OF THE PROGRAM INTO CITY MANAGEMENT AND ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM FOR THE PROGRAM.
THEY'RE STILL WANTING TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, UM, AND PARTNER ON THINGS LIKE MARKETING AND EVENTS.
UM, SO WE'LL STILL HAVE A, A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION SUPPORT FROM THAT PARTNER, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
UM, WE ARE ALSO HOPING TO ROLL THIS OUT IN SPRING UNDER CITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING, UM, TO HOPEFULLY ROLL IT OUT WITH SMALL BUSINESS WEEK OR CLOSELY AROUND THAT TIME, WHICH IS, UM, END OF APRIL, EARLY MAY.
UM, WE STILL NEED TO PRESENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY, UH, COMMITTEE AND THE ARTS CULTURE AND TOURISM COMMITTEE.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE THAT VERY SOON, UH, AS WE FINALIZE THE PROGRAM DETAILS FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, AS BO ALREADY MENTIONED, WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE FIRST SITE SELECTORS CONFERENCE ALREADY HERE TO SHOWCASE THE FIVE MAJOR INDUSTRIES AND, UH, PUT LONG BEACH ON THE MAP FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION.
UM, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY MUCH MORE SINCE BILL ALREADY GAVE A GREAT, UH, OVERVIEW OF THIS ONE.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED IT'S COMING UP, UH, IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
UH, AND THEN BUSINESS ATTRACTION, UH, THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT, UH, NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO PERFORMANCE BASED INVESTMENT PROGRAM, UM, AIMING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIGH WAGE JOBS IN THE CITY.
SO IF EMPLOYERS ARE COMING IN AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO HIRE, UH, ABOVE A CERTAIN WAGE THRESHOLD, THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR THEM TO LOCATE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND THE PROGRAM FUNDING IS STILL, UM, TO BE DETERMINED.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND, UH, FUTURE PROGRAM DETAILS WILL BE COMING OUT NEXT YEAR.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UM, REALLY STRONG MARKETING AND BRANDING INITIATIVES, FIRST OF ALL TO HIGHLIGHT THE FIVE TARGET INDUSTRY CLUSTERS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, GREAT DATA FROM C-S-U-L-B AND LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP IS, UH, WORKING ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER INTO BEAUTIFUL PACKAGES, UH, SO THAT WE CAN SHOWCASE THESE INDUSTRIES FOR OUR SITE SELECTORS AND FOR, UM, POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO SHOWCASE OUR UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
UM, WE THINK THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DIVERSE AND CREATIVE SPACES WITHIN LONG BEACH THAT EACH NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED FOR, FOR WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER.
UM, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN AN RFP PROCESS FOR THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE A MARKETING FIRM TO CREATE THESE PROFILES.
WE'LL HAVE BOTH DIGITAL AND PRINT CONTENT AND, UM, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SOME ENGAGING VISUAL CONTENT TO SHARE, UH, ABOUT NOT JUST OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, BUT OTHER MAJOR CORRIDORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, FOR, UH, BUSINESSES TO LOCATE IN THE CITY.
UM, SO THIS HAS AN ANTICIPATED PROJECT COMPLETION DATE, Q1 2025, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE PROFILES COMPLETED.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE FIRST ONES COMPLETED IN THE SUMMER AS SORT OF A TEST CASE, UM, AND CREATING THE TEMPLATE FOR THE REST.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CONTENT TO START TO SHARE AND THEN, UH, ROLLING THE REST OUT FOLLOWING.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL PASS IT OVER TO JOHNNY VALLEJO, DEPUTY, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE QUEEN MARY UPDATES.
SO GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
JOHNNY VALLEJO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND, UM, I WEAR A SECOND HAT.
AND MY SECOND HAT IS OVERSEEING PURE H, WHICH INCLUDES THE QUEEN MARY CARNIVAL DOME, THE FORMER LEASEHOLD AREA, UH, THE REEF, THE MAYA, AND THE RESIDENCE INN.
SO, UM, HAVING TAKEN OVER DIRECT CONTROL OF
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THAT, UM, UH, 2022, UH, WE HAD ABOUT A YEAR OF OPENING PROJECTS THAT HAD TO OCCUR.UM, AND THAT WAS A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND OF COURSE OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
SO THE RESULT WAS A SUCCESSFUL RELAUNCH AND REOPENING OF THE QUEEN MARY IN SPRING OF 2023.
AND, UM, WE'RE NOW ESTIMATING TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH AN NET SURPLUS, WHICH IS, HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN, IN PROBABLY DECADES OF, OF OVER $3 MILLION.
SO, AND THAT IS STILL WHILE WE'RE PHASING IN ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF THE SHIP.
SO, UH, SINCE REOPENING, UM, SINCE THAT REOPENING IN THE SPRING, UH, WE HAVE CONTINUED PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HVAC, AND FLOORING REPAIRS.
WE'VE OPENED THE NEW OBSERVATION BAR GAME ROOM, THE PICCADILLY CANDY SHOP, THE STACKS HOTEL STORE, UH, SUNDAY BRUNCH CONTINUES TO SELL OUT AND TOURS AND HOTEL STAYS ARE GENERATING MORE REVENUE THAN WAS EXPECTED.
UH, WE'VE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED FULLY AUTOMATED PARKING, UH, AT THE QUEEN MARY'S SITE, COMPLETED THE FINAL SMOKESTACK PAINTING AND HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE QUEEN MARY.
AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH 2024, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECT AND STRUCTURAL PRIORITIES.
UH, THESE INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING A RECOMMENDED HAUL REPAIR, DEVELOPING A RIDE SHARE AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN, REASSESSING THE SUBMARINE CONDITION AND REMOVAL OPTIONS, UPDATING THE SHIP'S FACILITIES CONDITION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN, COMPLETING A D EIGHT UPGRADES.
AND JOHN WILL APPRECIATE THIS BEGINNING MORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOCUS PROJECTS.
AND WHILE WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS STEWARDSHIP THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AT THIS HISTORIC RESEARCH RESOURCE, WE ALSO HAVE AN OPERATIONAL, UH, FOCUS AS WELL.
AND, UH, THOSE PRIORITIES REALLY ARE ON GENERATING REVENUE AND PROVIDING EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BOTH VISITORS AND RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH.
WE WANNA INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY FREE DAYS.
UH, THIS IS WHERE ACCESS IS PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND FAMILIES FREE OF CHARGE THESE DAYS.
DON'T JUST PROVIDE FREE ADMISSION.
THEY ALSO INCLUDE FREE TOURS, GAMES, MUSIC, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE SEEKING TO ACTIVATE ADDITIONAL DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITS OF THE SHIP'S EXTENSIVE ARTIFACT COLLECTION.
AND WE'RE WORKING TO BUILD UP THE QUEEN MARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION, DEVELOP A MORE ROBUST MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, AND GENERATE MORE INTEREST IN HELPING TO PRESERVE THE QUEEN MARY.
AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALSO WORKING HARD WITH OUR SHIP OPERATOR, EVOLUTION HOSPITALITY AND THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING TO ELEVATE THE SHIP'S HOSTED SPECIAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS.
THESE, UM, THE SUCCESS OF THESE EVENTS HAVE IN TURN CREATED MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE FOOD, ART, AND MUSIC FOCUS EXPERIENCES ON THE SHIP.
WHILE THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON AN OP ON OPERATING THE QUEEN MARY TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND SELF-SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES, THE QUEEN MARY HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE, SUPPORTING OVER 1300 JOBS, GENERATING OVER $42 MILLION IN LABOR INCOME, AND HAVING A DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT IN LONG BEACH, NEARING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A PROPOSED 10 TO 12,000 SEAT TEMPORARY AMPHITHEATER AND BEGINNING THE LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FOR THE QUEEN MARY WATERFRONT.
SO LIKE OUR FABULOUS CONVENTION CENTER ACROSS THE WATER, UH, THE QUEEN MARY'S AN ABSOLUTE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND WE BELIEVE SHE SET ON THE RIGHT PATH FOR SUCCESS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF REPORT.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? AWESOME.
UM, FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS TEAM, UM, BOTH JOHNNY AND COURTNEY.
THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT OR ABOUT TO COME UP ARE REALLY EXCITING AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENED ON THE QUEEN MARY IS INCREDIBLE.
UM, THE PHOTO THAT WE JUST SAW WAS FROM DAY TRIP, WHICH IS AN AMAZING MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK LONG BEACH, UH, HAS LIKE A, A TRUE VALUE IN, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE DESERT AND BE STUCK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, HEAT AND DUST, UH, TO EXPERIENCE AN INCREDIBLE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
YOU CAN JUST COME RIGHT HERE, RIGHT ON THE WATER, LOOK AT THE SKYLINE, AND IT'S AWESOME.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR CHIEF FOR DOING THAT.
UM, COURTNEY, I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE PROGRAM ROLL UP THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, ONE IS ON LEVEL UP LB AND THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETPLACE PROGRAM.
SO ON THE LEVEL UP LB, UM, YOU NOTED, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL BE AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
UM, IT'S ABOUT $10, $10,000 IN GRANTS FOR, FOR, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE SELECTED.
HAVE YOU GUYS DETERMINE HOW THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL GO? WILL IT BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO, UM, THE LBRA FUNDING WHERE IT'S ABOUT BOTH EQUITY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND DIFFERENT ZIP CODES? UM, AND THEN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETPLACE, HOW WILL, UM, KIND OF THE COMMUNICATION WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE BIDS OR DISTRICT HELPING THEM TO KIND OF PULL THAT INFORMATION?
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SO IF YOU PACIFIC, RIGHT, PACIFIC BETWEEN WILLOW AND PCH DOESN'T HAVE A DISTRICT, BUT A LOT OF BUSINESSES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, WHAT'S THE COMMUNICATION LIKE WITH THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS TO KIND OF GET THE COLLECTIVE ASSETS TOGETHER? YEAH, GREAT QUESTIONS.UH, SO FIRST ON LEVEL UP, UM, WE DO HAVE SELECTION CRITERIA LAID OUT.
UM, IT IS GONNA BE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO MEET THESE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND THEN INCLUDED IN OUR SELECTION CRITERIA IS ENSURING DIVERSITY IN LOCATIONS.
SO WE, UM, HAVE BUSINESSES REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY, AND THEN ALSO DIVERSITY OF THE INDUSTRY TYPE.
SO WE WANNA HAVE A, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM.
BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO BE EVALUATING BASED ON, UM, READINESS AND NEED THERE, ARE THEY THE RIGHT FIT AT THE RIGHT POINT IN TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM TO MAKE THE INTENDED IMPACT ON THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, AND THAT, THAT OF COURSE, IS GONNA BE MORE SUBJECTIVE BASED ON THEIR APPLICATION RESPONSES, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A PANEL TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
UM, FOR THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETPLACE PROFILES, WE ARE GONNA BE RELYING ON, UM, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE MOST PART, FOR THOSE CONNECTIONS.
SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, PACIFIC, UH, WE HAVE THE WRIGLEY ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SANTA FE AS ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A BID, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME ORGAN ORGANIZING ALREADY TAKING PLACE.
UM, POTENTIALLY BROADWAY AS WELL.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME ORGANIZING ALONG THERE FOR CULTURAL DISTRICT, SO WE CAN LEAN ON THE EXISTING EFFORTS WHEREVER THOSE EXIST.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO EXISTING EFFORTS, THAT WOULD PRESENT A CHALLENGE FOR SURE IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE GET ALL OF THE CONTENT COORDINATED.
BUT WE ARE, UM, MAINLY TARGETING THE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT ON THE MAP A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, THANK YOU COURTNEY, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, JOHNNY FOR THAT PRESENTATION ON THE QUEEN MARY, UH, FOR THE LEVEL UP, UH, LB PROGRAM, HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO YOU ANTICIPATE SUPPORTING WITH YOUR EXISTING BUDGET? AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS PROGRAM GOING PAST TWO YEARS? UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE 25 BUSINESSES, SO THERE'S A TOTAL GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR 250,000, FOR 25 $10,000 GRANTS.
UM, AND WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR A SECOND YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM IN 2025.
BUT THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION, UH, REGARDING IT WAS SLIDE THREE, UH, AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, ON BUSINESS RETENTION, I BELIEVE, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SLIDE.
WAS IT THE INCENTIVE JOBS INCENTIVE ONE? LET'S SEE.
UH, YES, THE JOB CREATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
SO, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, PROGRAM FUNDING, IS THIS, UH, HAS THERE BEEN FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THIS OR IS IT DETERMINED BASED OFF OF FUNDING, UH, THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED TO OTHER PROGRAMS AND THEN IT'S, AND THEN THIS KIND OF GETS THE REMAINDER OF IT? OR WILL YOU DESIGNATE, UH, SPECIFIC AMOUNTS AND, AND CRITERIA FOR, FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM? UH, THAT'LL BE THE, THE LATTER.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC AMOUNT TO BE GEARED JUST FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONS GO? YEAH.
SO IT SAYS THAT WE GENERATED $3 MILLION FOR THE QUEEN MARY, WHAT IS THE UPKEEP COST OF MAINTAINING THE SHIP, REPAINTING OVERHAUL, HOLE SUBMARINE THINKING ABOUT TO DISMANTLE OR BRING IT BACK UP? WHAT ARE THOSE COSTS COME INTO PLAY? YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONFIDENT NOW THAT, UH, THE LEVEL OF REVENUE GENERATION COMING FROM THE SHIP, UH, FROM RENT FROM THE, THE DOME AND THE, UH, THE CARNIVAL PARKING GARAGE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ONGOING, UH, REPAIR NEEDS, UH, OF THE SHIP.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO REASSESS, UM, THE 2017, UH, MARINE SURVEY THAT WAS PROVIDED.
UM, A LARGE PORTION, PROBABLY 80% OF THAT, UM, ESTIMATED, UH, FUTURE COSTS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH HULL WORK, UH, WORK TO THE HULL OF THE QUEEN MARY.
UM, WE HAVE SINCE THEN, UM, HAD AN INVESTIGATION OF THE HALL, UH, THAT, UM, CONCLUDED THAT GENERALLY THE HULL IS IN GOOD, GOOD CONDITION WITH THE NEED FOR ONE MINOR REPAIR.
SO, UM, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THAT, UM, THAT THAT ESTIMATE, UM, THAT WAS PROVIDED IN 2017 WOULD BE, COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS.
A QUICK COMMENT, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK COURTNEY AND JOHNNY AND, UH, JULIAN.
A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED BACK IN OCTOBER TO LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH ON THEIR BUSINESS DAY.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE EVOLUTION IN JUST A COUPLE MONTHS, UM, COME AND PRESENT PRESENTED TODAY.
UM, JUST A, I GUESS A QUESTION COULD BE AN OPEN QUESTION.
UM, WITH CALIFORNIA BEING SELECTED FOR, UM, ONE OF THE HYDROGEN HUB INVESTMENTS, DO YOU GUYS CATEGORIZE THAT OR MONITOR THAT UNDER THE, I GUESS THE TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN AREA?
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UM, YES.WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AS IT RELATES TO, UM, CLEAN AND RENEWABLE AND GREEN GREEN INITIATIVES THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPOSING AND LOOKING TO BUILD, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT IT FROM A, UH, JOBS PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
AND THEN JUST ONE, ONE OPEN COMMENT MAYBE TO BE CONSIDERED.
UM, WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY RECENTLY BROUGHT IN SOME OF THE, UM, ALLOCATIONS THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WE'VE SEEN, UM, IN THE CONSULTING WORK, UM, SOME SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES APPLY FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS RECENTLY, UM, IF THEY CAN SHOW A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT USAGE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE WORK BEING DONE WITH THE QUEEN MARY AND THE AMPHITHEATER MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THE TEAM'S ON IT, BUT IT'S CHANGED RECENTLY WITH SOME MORE FUND AVAILABILITY FOR THAT.
UM, AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE TEAM IF THAT'S OF INTEREST.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE REPORTS.
SO COURTNEY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ONE ON THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM AND THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETPLACE.
ON THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAMS. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW MANY LEGACY BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY? LIKE WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR A LEGACY BUSINESS AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING THAT THEY NEED AND WHAT IS, HOW IS THE CITY GONNA SERVE THEM? UM, YEAH, SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY, I THINK 36, UH, LEGACY BUSINESSES RECOGNIZED THROUGH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
UM, AND THE CRITERIA WE ARE PLANNING TO SHIFT SLIGHTLY FROM WHAT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN USING.
UM, THERE'S CONCERN AROUND EQUITY AND INCLUSION OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T HAVE AS MANY LONGSTANDING BUSINESSES AND HAVING A PATHWAY FOR THEM TO STILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING THE CRITERIA TO 25 YEARS IN OPERATION AND ONE COMMUNITY SERVING BENEFIT.
THERE'S A LIST OF FOUR POTENTIAL OPTIONS OR 10 YEARS IN OPERATION AND TWO OF THE COMMUNITY SERVING BENEFITS.
UM, AND, UH, I BELIEVE E EVERYONE ON THERE, THERE, THERE WERE MAYBE ONE OR TWO NONPROFITS THAT THEY EXEMPTED FROM THE YEARS, UM, OF, UH, OPERATION IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THEY'LL BE GRANDFATHERED INTO OUR PROGRAM.
UM, I'M SORRY, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR WHOLE QUESTION OR DID I MISS A YEAH, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN MEETING WITH THEM AND THEY SAID ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY NEED THERE NEEDS, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PART YET, BUT IT IS PLANNED ONCE WE TAKE OVER THE PROGRAM.
JULIO, OUR BUSINESS LIAISON, IS GONNA BE DOING TARGETED OUTREACH TO EVERYONE ON THAT LIST AND, UM, ASKING MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SERVICES THEY NEED SO WE CAN CONNECT THEM TO OUR LOAN PROGRAM, OUR BUSINESS NAVIGATORS, OR ADD ADDITIONAL SERVICES, UH, WITH THE FUNDING, THE ONE TIME FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.
I, I MEAN, I THINK THE PROGRAM'S REALLY GREAT.
I KNOW THAT SOME, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THERE HAVE BEEN ALSO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HELPED TO LEGACY BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN RETAIN JOBS AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE TOO.
AND THEN THE, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETPLACE PROFILES, IT SEEMED LIKE THE EMPHASIS WAS ON, UM, MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THEY COULD INVEST OR INVESTORS CAN INVEST IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, ALSO, ARE YOU USING THAT DATA ON ALL THE DIFFERENT PROFILES? UH, SO THAT WE CAN ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH TO KNOW ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND COME TO SPEND TIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS, UH, ON THE MARKETING SIDE BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, THE 2028 OLYMPICS? UM, YEAH, THESE PROFILES ARE MAINLY INVESTOR AND BUSINESS FOCUS, SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THE DATA THAT, THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY INVEST, BEFORE THEY WANNA MOVE HERE.
UM, I MEAN, THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, I THINK ARE ALREADY DOING A WONDERFUL JOB ATTRACTING VISITORS HOSTING EVENTS.
SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT SIDE OF THINGS TO THEM AND TRY TO FORM MORE BIDS IN AREAS THAT COULD USE THEM.
ANOTHER THING TO GO WITH THAT, THINK ABOUT IT AS KIND OF LIKE YOUR, UH, LIKE A BROKER PUSHER, BUT IT'S FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETPLACE, OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, OR YOUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHIC AS WELL AS MARKET INFORMATION, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, UM, THE NUMBER OF POPULATION, NUMBER OF BUSINESSES.
IT'LL INCLUDE A WALKING SCORE, IT'LL TELL A STORY OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE REALLY THINK THAT'S A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN ADDING ON TO THAT IS WE'RE ALSO GETTING READY TO, UM, RELEASE A, WHAT WE'RE, IT'S A REAL ESTATE, UH, DATA SEARCH ENGINE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RELEASING THAT'S GONNA COMPLIMENT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING WITH THE NEIGHBOR MARKETPLACE PROFILE PROJECT.
YEAH, I, I THINK THE DATA IS REALLY GREAT.
UM, IT'D BE GREAT FOR MORE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY LEAD TO KNOW ABOUT THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF IT TOO IS WE ARE GONNA HAVE VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
SO I'M SURE SOME OF THAT DATA THAT YOU CALL WILL BE GOOD FOR, UM, BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM.
SO, UM, YOU'RE WORKING WITH, UM, LONG BEACH HERITAGE FOUNDATION TO, TO ESSENTIALLY ADOPT THE PROGRAM THAT, THAT THEY'VE HAD IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE ONGOING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THEM WITHIN,
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WITHIN THIS PROGRAM AND BUDGET.IS THERE GONNA BE, IS THERE A SCENARIO IN WHICH, UH, LB HERITAGE GETS A PERCENTAGE, UH, TO SUPPORT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ORGANIZATION TO, TO ESSENTIALLY SUPPORT THAT PARTNERSHIP ONGOING SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST THEM, UM, DOING FREE CONSULTING OR ADVISING AND, AND THEN JUST KIND OF RELEASING SOMETHING THAT THEY ULTIMATELY, UM, ORIGINATED? UM, YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING OUT THEIR, THEIR SCOPE OF WORK RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROGRAM, UM, FOR THIS YEAR AND A BUDGET AS PART OF ONE, THE ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT WE HAVE YET.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO WORK WITH US FOR FREE.
AND I'D BE A LITTLE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE OUTSTANDING COOPERATION THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH REGARDING THE QUEEN MARY, UH, THE LEADERSHIP WITH TOM MOCA AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, OUR OUTGOING MAYOR, ROBERT GARCIA AND OUR CURRENT MAYOR, UM, HARDWORKING STAFF, PUBLIC WORKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOHNNY IN PARTICULAR, UM, HAS JUST DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, US UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES WITHIN THE CITY WISELY.
AND I THINK MOST NOTABLY, A LOT PEOPLE FORGET, IT'S FOR MANY YEARS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT STATS MIGHT BE, BUT THE QUEEN MARY WAS PROBABLY THE FIFTH LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CRITICAL JOBS, JOBS FOR, UM, FOLKS THAT REALLY DESERVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, BUT WERE NOT HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TRAINED, BUT COULD COME TO THE QUEEN MARY MOST AND MOST HOSPITALITY VENUES AND SEEK GOOD QUALITY JOBS AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE QUEEN MARY'S PROVIDED THAT, UM, HER BEST YEARS ARE AHEAD OF HER, OF COURSE.
UM, AND WHAT'S REALLY APPRECIATIVE FROM MY STANDPOINT, HAVING BEEN AROUND THE SHIP FOR MANY YEARS, UM, IS THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY POSITIVELY EMBRACED THE SHIP IN TERMS OF OWNERSHIP.
AND IT'S THE GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE, IN THE CITY AT THIS CURRENT TIME.
UM, IT'S THE ABILITY TO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE QUEEN MARY IS A, A COMMUNITY ASSET, UM, FOR MANY REASONS, INCLUDING THIS HISTORIC NATURE.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK AND APPLAUD, UM, THE HARDWORKING STAFF OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND BE VERY INNOVATIVE ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS SOME OF, UM, UM, HER ISSUES AND THE ISSUES MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I ALWAYS SAY TO, UH, REGARDING HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IT'S LIKE PEANUT AN ONION.
SOMETIMES YOU GET INTO IT AND THE MORE YOU DO, THE MORE YOU WANT TO CRY
UH, WE, THE CITY, WE THE QUEEN MARY, WE EVOLUTION.
UM, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CRYING.
WE'RE GONNA BE APPLAUDING AND CELEBRATING.
THERE'LL BE CELEBRATION OF TEARS, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND, UH, I JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, I'M, UM, UH, PRESIDENT AMIT OF LONG BEACH HERITAGE AND HAVE BEEN PART OF THE LEGACY PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS.
IT BEGAN, IT'S A NATIONAL PROGRAM CELEBRATING THE HISTORIC VALUE OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND A HUNDRED FIFTY, SEVENTY FIVE YEARS.
AND I THINK IT WAS SAN FRANCISCO THAT REALLY BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE, THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
COURTNEY, YOU JUST MENTIONED, INCLUSIVENESS, UM, CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND BROADENING THE SPECTRUM OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR FOLKS THAT CAN BE PART OF THE LEGACY BUSINESS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAPPENS THANKS TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION WILL BE TAKING THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION AND EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING TO THESE LEGACY BUSINESSES, TO THESE BUSINESSES.
IT'S BEEN THAT DISCONNECT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT DURING BLUEPRINT.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DISCONNECT.
HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE AWARE OF THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AS THEY ARE, AS THEY'RE ROLLED OUT? AND SO THIS LEGACY, UH, PROGRAM AND THE TRANSITION BETWEEN LONG BEACH HERITAGE AND THE CITY, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WILL, WILL REALLY BENEFIT THAT PROCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST ONE LAST COMMENT ABOUT THE LEGACY PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S SPECTACULAR 'CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT NEW BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS AND RECRUIT, RECRUIT AND WHATNOT.
BUT THERE'S FOLKS, YOU KNOW, THAT'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SO IT'S GREAT TO GIVE 'EM A PAT ON THE BACK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THESE RESOURCES.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT, OBVIOUSLY.
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MOTION CARRIES.[3. 24-52709 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Revolving Loan Fund Program and outreach process to obtain loan paybacks. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM AND OUTREACH PROCESS TO OBTAIN LOAN PAYBACKS.SO I NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS ITEM.
OKAY, SO WHO'S GONNA MAKE THE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? THAT'S, UM, JILLIAN.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WE WANTED TO, SINCE IT'D BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE WE'VE MET, AND ALSO SINCE THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND HAD NOT HAD FUNDS TO PROVIDE LOANS, UH, IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
AND THE FOCUS HAS BEEN MORE ON GRANTS NOW THAT THE GRANT FUNDS HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DRAWING DOWN, UH, THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND HAS KICKED BACK UP.
SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT.
UH, SO HERE IN THE FIRST, UH, SLIDE WE HAVE IS JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM.
SO SINCE 2001, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY COOL NUMBER.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS A PRACTICE NATIONWIDE HYBRID IS NOT OFTEN THE CASE THAT CITIES GET TO RUN A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK CITY OF LONG BEACH IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PROGRAM ADMINISTER IT, UH, FOR BUSINESSES.
SO OVER THE LIFESPAN OF THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM OR RLF, UH, SINCE 2001, WE AWARDED, WE AWARDED, ACTUALLY, NO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 6.3 BECAUSE WE, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE AWARDED, UH, A LOAN RECENTLY, COUPLE LOANS ACTUALLY.
UM, SO IT'S ABOUT, UH, 6.4, UH, TO BE SOON.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HAVE A, WE HAVE ANOTHER $214,000 IN THE CURRENT PIPELINE THAT THE RLF COMMITTEE, UH, WILL BE REVIEWING HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO, TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THERE.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, WE STARTED WITH $650,000 FROM CDPG FUNDING.
UH, AND THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO DISPERSE THAT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE GOT REALLY GOOD NEWS, UH, LAST MONTH FROM THE, UH, EDA, UM, WITH, UH, THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE AWARDING US ANOTHER $750,000, UH, FOR THE LOANS PROGRAM.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HEALTHY RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED AND WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE GOTTA GET OUT THE DOOR, SO PLEASE GET THE WORD OUT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD STEWARDS TO THIS PROGRAM TO, TO CONNECT, UM, BUSINESSES TO, TO OUR STAFF FOR THE LOANS.
UH, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO SEE THESE, YOU KNOW, GOOD DOLLARS STAYING HERE IN LONG BEACH AND COMING TO LONG BEACH AND STAYING HERE.
UM, SO KIND OF, UH, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU OF THE, THE RECENT MORE LOANS SINCE WE STARTED.
SO TWO OF THE LOANS HAVE BEEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000, UH, THEY'VE BEEN TO, TO BODY SHOPS.
THEY GOT REALLY GREAT STORIES, UM, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO COME BACK AND, AND GIVE MORE OF A DEEP DIVE, UH, ON THE RF UH, PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED AS WELL FOR 15,000.
AND THAT IS A PICTURE, UH, THAT WAS, UH, TAKEN LAST WEEK, UH, OF OUR
AND SOMETHING WE STARTED DOING WAS WE BOUGHT THAT BIG CHECK SO THAT YES, IT'S A LOAN, BUT IT'S ALSO A CELEBRATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR BUSINESSES THAT TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FINANCIAL, TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AREN'T LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THEIR CREDIT SCORE IS NOT THEIR SHINIEST, IT'S BEEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO WORK WITH BUSINESSES LIKE THAT AND, AND OUR PATIENT WITH THEM TO WALK 'EM THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND, AND WORK WITH THEM TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT CULMINATES IN THE AWARD OF, OF A GOOD LOAN SO THEY CAN PUT THAT, THAT MONEY TO WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, CURRENT PIPELINE.
SO HERE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE IS JUST, UH, ANOTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL, UH, OF WHAT'S COMING IN.
UM, AND THIS IS, UH, SOME OF THE LOAN LOAN, UH, OR, UH, LOAN AMOUNTS, AND THEN THE COMPANIES THAT ARE GONNA BE LOOKED AT BY THE RLF FUND HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PEEK INTO THAT.
UH, AND AGAIN, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO, TO MEET WITH THE RLF COMMITTEE, UH, HOPEFULLY BY, UH, VERY EARLY APRIL SO THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, UM, PROVIDE STAFF WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR THE LOANS.
THE OTHER PIECE WE WANTED TO TOUCH ON, BECAUSE AS, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF HAS TRA YOU KNOW, THESE PAST COUPLE YEARS BEEN FOCUSING ON, UH, PROVIDING LOANS AND GRANTS.
IT'S JUST BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LOAN OF THE SIZE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIZABLE ONE, IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, IS NOT ABLE TO PAY, UH, THEIR REPAYMENT.
SO I WANTED JUST TO WALK THROUGH YOU GUYS THROUGH THAT SO THAT EVERYONE KNEW, UH, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PER OUR, OUR FINANCIAL, YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN, WHICH ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN IS OUR BASICALLY GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES THE WAY THE RLF LOAN, UH, IS OPERATED.
SO, UH, A PAYMENT BECOMES LATE, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM THE 10TH DAY TO THE
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60TH DAY, UH, AND THEN IT'S CONSIDERED DELINQUENT FROM THE DAY 61 TO DAY 89.AND THEN, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFAULTED, UM, PER THE ADMIN PLAN BY, UH, THE 90TH DAYS AND AND BEYOND.
SO WHAT HAPPENS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE, LET'S ASSUME THAT A, A COMPANY CANNOT, UH, PAY AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PAYMENT IS CONSIDERED LATE DELINQUENT IN DEFAULT.
SO THE NOTICES, UH, FIRST SET OF NOTICES ARE SENT OUT BY OUR LOAN SERVICING AGENCY DIRECTLY TO THE BUSINESS OWNER.
AND WE ARE ALSO ALERTED, UH, THAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS, UH, NOT MAKING PAYMENTS IN TIME.
SO THEN OUR STAFF ALSO REACHES OUT, SENDS AN EMAIL AS WELL, AND THEN MAKES PHONE CALLS, UH, TO, TO GET A HOLD OF, UM, OF THE BUSINESS OWNER THAT, THAT IS CARRYING THAT LOAN.
AND THIS CAN HAPPEN MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES.
IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE FROM THE SERVICING AGENCY AND TWO FROM OUR STAFF OR MORE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON KIND OF THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A, A VERY, UH, PASSIONATE STAFF THAT REALLY DOES WANT TO WORK WITH THEIR BUSINESS OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET 'EM, YOU KNOW, ON A PATH THAT, THAT IS GOOD FOR THEM AND THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, SO PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT IS OUR GOAL, IS THAT JOB CREATION PIECE.
UM, SO, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT AS, UH, THE, THE, THE DELINQUENCY OR THE LATE PAYMENTS, UH, CONTINUE IN THIS SCENARIO, WHAT IS, UH, WAS OFFERED IS A REDUCED MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF 50 TO 75% FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OPTIONS, THAT'S AN OPTION THAT'S PROVIDED.
ALSO, MAYBE, UH, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING INTEREST ONLY PAVEMENTS, SO THAT IS PROVIDED AS WELL FOR THE FOLLOWING SIX TO 12 MONTHS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER THING WE, UH, OFFERED IS TO EXTEND MATURITY OF THE TERM, UH, BY UP TO 12 MONTHS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST OPTION IS ESSENTIALLY, UM, PROVIDING 'EM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF 50 TO 75% OF THE REMAINING LOAN BALANCE.
AND DURING THIS TIME AS WELL, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS, UH, OUR STAFF, UH, HAS CONDUCT, DOES CONDUCT SITES VISITS, SO TRIES TO GO TO THE BUSINESS TO MEET WITH THE OWNER, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THEM IN PERSON AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION BETTER, UH, AND WORK WITH THEM AND, UH, TRY TO ADDRESS WHAT MIGHT BE THE, THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, ON THE LOAN.
SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS FOR THE, THE MICRO, UH, THE MICRO ENTERPRISE LOANS ALSO FOLLOWS A SIMILAR, UH, PATHWAY IN THE BEGINNING.
SO AGAIN, THE NOTICES ARE SENT OUT BY THE LOAN SERVICING AGENCY AND ALSO STAFF VIA EMAILS, TRADITIONAL MAIL, AND, UM, UH, PHONE CALLS MADE BY OUR STAFF.
AND, AND THEN, UM, DEPENDING, THIS IS A MORE OF A CASE BY CASE BECAUSE IT'S GOVERNED BY DIFFERENT GUIDELINES.
UH, SO DEPENDING ON THE LOAN AND THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN IS, UH, WE TRY, WE ALSO WORK WITH EACH BUSINESS, UH, TO SEE HOW WE CAN, AGAIN, BRING 'EM BACK UP TO SPEED, UH, ON THE PAYMENT METHODS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WITH THIS LOAN, IT'S, UH, ALSO MANAGED BY GROW AMERICA, WHICH WAS, UM, IS OUR PARTNER, OUR ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS TO MANAGE, UH, OUR LOANS AND PORTFOLIOS THAT FALLS IN THIS BUCKET HERE TO HELP, UM, DETERMINE THE, AGAIN, THE BEST PATH FORWARD.
AND SITES CONDUCTED, UH, SITE VISITS ARE ALSO CONDUCTED.
UM, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR LAST, UH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE ACTION AND THAT WE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TRY TO NEVER GET TO BY WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
UH, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN, UH, IS THAT DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS, UH, ARE SENT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO THEY CAN ASSIST, UH, WITH, WITH WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS TO, TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, UH, AT THAT POINT.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HOLD AS, AS A, AS A LAST OPTION.
YOU KNOW, THERE ALL THESE SERIES OF STEPS ARE, ARE CONDUCTED TO, TO AVOID THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS A CONTRACT AND IT IS PUBLIC FUNDS.
SO WE WANNA BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THOSE FUNDS.
UM, BECAUSE WHAT WE LET ALL THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, CARLA AND COLTON, UH, REALLY, UM, WORK HARDER, MAKE OUR, OUR BUSINESSES, UH, THAT ARE, UH, IN THE LOANS UNDERSTAND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TURN THIS MONEY BACK OVER TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOAN THEM OUT.
SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT ME, WE MAKE A, A GOOD FAITH ATTEMPT TO, TO HAVE THAT, THAT MONEY, UH, REPAID.
SO I THINK THAT, UH, WILL, UH, CONCLUDES THE RLF KIND OF JUST OVERVIEW.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
AND CARLA IS HERE AS WELL, SOMEWHERE.
JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, NOT ME, IT'S REALLY JUST A COMMENT.
UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY A GREAT JOB TO CARLA AND, AND CON, SORRY, COLTON.
COLTON, YOUR NAME CONFUSES ME.
SORRY,
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE REVOLVING LOAN COMMITTEE WITH, UH, WALTER AND, AND WITH BLAIR, AND YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT IN SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE APPLICANTS.
UM, AND ALSO JUST BEING TRUE TO KIND OF THE IDEA OF THE FUNDS ITSELF, RIGHT? THOSE WHO TRADITIONALLY
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ARE ABLE TO ACCESS FUNDS THROUGH TRADITIONAL LINDY INSTITUTIONS.UM, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM THAT THE CITY'S BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
YEAH, AND JUST SECOND THAT GREAT WORK, CARLA.
AND YOUR TEAM, REALLY EVERYONE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT IS, UM, FACILITATING THIS PROGRAM.
UM, AND MAYBE SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT IT, WITHIN LENDING YOU HAVE, UH, UM, KIND OF A CHART AS TO LIKE, WHO'S BEEN REPAYING IT, WHO HASN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE IMPACTS OF THE REVOLVING LOANS ARE.
IT'D BE REALLY GOOD TO DISTRIBUTE THAT AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONERS TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I KNOW WHAT ARE THE BUSINESSES, THE RETURN RATE ON THOSE LOANS, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT PAYING IT BACK.
AND, UM, IT, THERE ARE, UM, EVEN STORIES CONNECTED TO THAT, HOW THEY'VE ADVANCED, UH, OR HAVE GROWN THEIR BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THE REVOLVING LOAN.
THOSE WOULD REALLY BE GOOD, UH, FOR US TO, TO THOSE DATA POINTS SO THAT WE CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE THAT AND ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, THE OTHER OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE IS, UM, IN TERMS OF UNDERWRITING CRITERIA OR EXPANDING, UM, OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING EXISTING BUSINESSES, UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UM, CONVERSATIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM TO OTHER, A A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES? UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE PAST.
UM, SO THAT IT, IT, SO THAT LONG BEACH IS TRULY BUSINESS FRIENDLY, AND SO THAT THERE, IF THERE IS A LENDING OPTION THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO, TO EVERY BUSINESS AT EVERY STAGE.
CARL, FEEL FREE TO COME OVER AND COMMENT.
UH, BUT I THINK THE TWO PIECES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, SO RIGHT NOW, UH, IS A PERFECT TIME TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING OVER THE RENEWAL OF THE ADMIN PLAN.
UH, THE LAST ONE WAS RENEWED IN BACK IN 2015, I BELIEVE, WHICH IS A VERY LONG TIME AGO.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD THESE DAYS.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SEEN COME THROUGH THE PIPELINE IS THAT PEOPLE WANT, YOU KNOW, MICRO, MICRO LOANS.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYWHERE BETWEEN A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS UP TO 25, UH, UP TO 25,000, SO THEY MIGHT WANNA PURCHASE AN OVEN OR, YOU KNOW, HOOD SYSTEM, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESTAURANTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, INCLUDE IN THE ADMIN PLAN IS A PROCESS FOR THESE SMALLER LOANS, UH, THAT WE'RE SEEING.
THERE IS, THERE'S A NEED FOR, UH, THE SECOND POINT THAT, UH, WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED IS, UM, BRIDGE FUNDING, UH, FOR NONPROFITS, LOOKING AT WHAT THAT VISIBILITY WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, THAT ONE I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING UNDERSTANDING, JUST BECAUSE, UH, THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT NOW, TYPICALLY THE FUNDING THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE TRADITIONAL LENDING SOURCES THAT, THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, IT'S, IT'S STEERED MORE TOWARDS FOR-PROFIT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STILL NEED TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH, TO, TO UNDERSTAND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? GO AHEAD, PIV.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH JULIAN FOR THAT REPORT AND CARLA AND COLTON
UM, SO A QUESTION I HAD, UM, AND HIRO REALLY COVERED IT IS IT'D BE GREAT IF ONCE A YEAR WE COULD GET SOME STATS ON THE FUND.
AND MOSTLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS LOOKING THIS, UH, YOU DID HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DEFAULT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M TRUSTING THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND WOULD LET US KNOW IF THERE WAS A HIGH DEFAULT RATE, UM, AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THAT.
AND SO IF WE GOT THAT ANNUALLY IN A REPORT, SOME STATS, THEN AT LEAST FOR US, WE WOULD COVER OUR KNOWING THE NUMBERS PART OF IT.
SO I, I, I WOULD ECHO WHAT HIRO SAID IS, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOW IT TO US, UM, AND THEN WE CAN, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HEY, GREAT JOB,
AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DURING THE LAST RLF COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, ASKED FOR.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE WORKING TO PROVIDE IS JUST A GENERAL, YOU KNOW, JUST SNAPSHOT UPDATES ON WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, THROUGH THE WHOLE PORTFOLIO.
LIKE WHERE IT'S, ITS HEALTH, WHERE'S IT AT, WHERE'S IT GOING, UH, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THAT, UH, LOAN APPROVALS AND, AND, AND PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE PAST FEW MONTHS.
AND CARLA MIGHT, UM, HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO SHARE.
I, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN THE VOL REVOLVING LOAN FUND,
CARLA, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME DATA I THINK CARLA CAN, CAN SHARE WITH US ON JUST IF YOU'RE, UH, INTERESTED IN LIKE THE, THE, THE DELINQUENT AND LATE LOANS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET INSIGHT ON? YEAH.
THAT, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE IT.
EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOOD.
OH, JUST AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO, UH, COLTON AND CARLIN, BUT, UH, IN THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, WE'VE SEEN MORE SUCCESS THAN NONE, RIGHT? AM I CORRECT? YEAH.
SO THERE'S MOST MORE SUCCESS IN THESE LOANS.
AND SECOND, UH, THE BUSINESSES ARE REALLY VETTED QUITE WELL, UH, THROUGH ADRIANA AND HER TEAM.
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US, UH, I THINK WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF BEING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND REALLY KIND OF POKING HOLES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UM, WE FEEL CONFIDENT AND, AND STRONG AND, AND, UM, APPROVING THE LOANS.SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROCESS AND, UH, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE DOING THIS.
WE ACTUALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE AND THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE COMMITTEE.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO VET THE BUSINESSES FROM WHEN THEY INITIALLY CONTACT US THROUGH MULTIPLE SOURCES, THROUGH OUR BIZ CARE TEAM, THROUGH MANY OF YOU.
AND WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THEN WE, I'M SORRY, I STARTED THE TALK AND TIME
THAT'S ONE WAY OF MAKING IT DORK, SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY MEET THE BUSINESS WHERE THEY ARE, AND THEN WE TAKE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE COM WE ARE JUST COMMITTED TO THEM RECEIVING THAT MONEY.
SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT, AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE STATS FOR YOU, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE FOR THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND COMMITTEE, AND WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION WHENEVER YOU, YOU WANT US TO COME BACK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARLA, FOR THAT.
AND JUST TO ADD, UH, ONE MORE COMMENT, UH, IT'S KIND OF BOUNCING OFF OF VIVIAN'S.
UM, IF, UM, IF THE, THE CURRENT AMOUNT THAT SITS, UH, EITHER WITH GROW AMERICA OR AN ACCOUNT, IF IT'S GROWING INTEREST OR DIVIDENDS, AND IF THAT'S BEING REINVESTED OR BEING PUT BACK INTO THE POOL, I AM JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA INCLUDE IT IN A REPORT, THAT'D BE GREAT TO KNOW.
WE GET, SO WE HAVE TWO POCKETS OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND, AND WE ALSO HAVE GROW AMERICA FUND THAT WE INVESTED IN YEARS AGO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REFER BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR CONSTRUCTION RELATED, UM, USE OF THEIR FUNDS.
WE REFER THEM TO GROW AMERICA, AND THEY CAN GET ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED GRAND ALL THE WAY UP TO $3 MILLION.
AND WE DO GET A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM GROW AMERICA REGARDING THOSE FUNDS.
SO WE COULD ABSOLUTELY SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISSIONERS? OKAY.
UM, WHAT WAS MENTIONED, ONE OF THE LOANS CONCEIVABLY COULD BE FOR AN EXPANSION OR, UM, REGULATORY NEEDS FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION OR A HOOD DUCT SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, OUR INSPECTING AGENCIES, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND FIRE THAT HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THOSE, UM, OPERATIONS.
UM, CAN, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET COLLATERAL OUT TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS UPON INSPECTION? IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH A, A MECHANICAL DEVICE AND FOLKS SAY, WELL, HOW CAN I PAY FOR THIS? HOW CAN I GET ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THOSE AGENCIES COULD CONVEY THAT MESSAGE WITH A FLYER OR WITH A WEBSITE OR SOME OTHER DIRECTION TO CITY STAFF THAT AT LEAST COULD GET THIS, UH, ON THE, ON THE RADAR SCREEN WITH, UM, THOSE AGENCIES.
THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOBS, THEY'RE PROTECTING THE, THE BUSINESSES, THEY'RE PROTECTING THE OCCUPANTS AND THE, AND THE CUSTOMERS.
BUT IT CAN BE A HUGE SHAKEUP IN A SMALL BUSINESS.
SO JUST A, A REQUEST TO CONSIDER IT.
NO, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
SO COURTNEY, UH, MENTIONED BRIEFLY OUR, OUR BUSINESS LIAISON.
SO THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH JULIO, AND JULIO HAS BEEN WORKING HIMSELF TO CREATE THIS BRIDGES WITH OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, UH, PARTICULARLY AROUND LIKE THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UH, JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER.
UH, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT OVER TIME WE'RE GONNA BUILD THAT TRUST AND, YOU KNOW, THAT RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THE, UM, WE CAN LEAN ON THEM AND THEY CAN LEAN ON US TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE THAT, UH, INFORMATION.
AND THE OTHER COOL PIECE, I DON'T KNOW IF BILL WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND SO OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE ACTUALLY RECRUITING OUR F UH, FIRST PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER.
AND SO THAT PERSON WILL COME AND WORK ON COMMUNICATION, MARKETING AND BRANDING AND REALLY JUST TELLING OUR STORY AND DEVELOPING COLLATERAL MATERIALS WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE, UM, BUSINESSES, MAKE, MAKE IT MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND EDUCATE AND COMMUNICATE.
I THINK THIS, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH, UH, THE SMALL LOAN COMMITTEE, A REVOLVING LOAN COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, IT'S, UM, FUNDING IS AMAZING FOR BUSINESSES.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE AREN'T MANY CITIES WITH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
AND I'VE BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR FOR MANY YEARS, AND THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS HERE AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THE HARDEST THING TO DEAL WITH IS BEING REJECTED BY A BANK.
AND SO THESE BUSINESSES ALREADY BEEN REJECTED BY BANKS, SO WE'RE THEIR SOURCE OF, OF, UM, FINAL HOPE IN MANY CASES.
AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, CARLA, TO UH, GET THIS, UH, REALLY ROLLING AND, AND REALLY INVESTING IN THE SUCCESS OF THESE BUSINESSES, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND WE MIGHT NOT FORGET THAT WE DID GO THROUGH COVID FOR TWO YEARS, AND SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, UH, WERE GIVEN
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LOANS DURING THE WORST KIND OF ENVIRONMENT THAT A BUSINESS CAN POSSIBLY OPERATE IN.AND SO SOME OF THE DEFAULTS, UM, HAVE, I'M SURE BECOME AS A RESULT OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THEN CHANGING PERMANENTLY FOR SOME OF THESE, UH, BUSINESSES.
SO WE HAVE TO FACTOR THAT INTO SOME OF THE REPORTING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET BECAUSE WE DID EXPERIENCE, HOPEFULLY AS AN ANOMALY THAT WE WON'T BE DEALING WITH IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I THINK, UH, THE FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO GET MORE MONEY FOR LOANS, THAT IS THE, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO CELEBRATE.
UM, I, THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A GUARANTEE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FUND LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU DID IT, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON DOING IT GIVES HOPE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
UH, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SUCCESS STORIES AS WELL BECAUSE, UH, I THINK WE SAVE SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE STILL AROUND, AND IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT, UH, IN EVEN THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING FOR THE BLUEPRINT MOVING FORWARD, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO PUBLIC AND ASK FOR, UH, CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[4. 24-52710 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Grow Long Beach Blueprint. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM FOUR IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE GROW LONG BEACH BLUEPRINT.SECOND, AND IF I MAY, WHO MADE THE MOTION? THANK YOU.
THE PRESENTATION'S GONNA BE BY JULIAN.
SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS, THIS IS REALLY JUST, UM, MEANT TO BE JUST A QUICK TEASER THERE, I SAY ON, UH, WHAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HERE.
IT'S NOT, THE FOCUS IS CERTAINLY NOT ON CONTENT HERE, BUT MORE OF JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF, OF THE LOOK AND FEEL AND THE BRANDING OF, OF THE BLUEPRINT 2.0.
UH, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO UPDATE IT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKE IT LOOK, UH, PRESENTABLE WITH ALSO HAVE GOOD QUALITY CONTENT IN THERE.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF COUCH THIS WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING ON.
SO COURTNEY MENTIONED THE INDUSTRY PROFILES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETPLACE.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE TOOLKIT THAT WE'RE BUILDING OVER TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST SET OF TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND RETENTION AND GROWTH.
UH, AND REALLY TO PUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ON THE MAP AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE.
THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS, UH, A PEEK INTO, UH, WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE, UM, AND TO SHARE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
UH, SO THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE TITLE TO LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY.
UM, WE'RE, OUR STAFF IS WORKING TO PROVIDE, UH, FINAL FEEDBACK AND, AND, UM, EDITS, UH, TO OUR CONTRACTOR, UH, OUR CONSULTANT COMMUNE, UH, TO KIND OF REFINE THAT AND THEN, AND THEN PRESENT ON THAT.
AND I KNOW THIS IS, I KNOW QUITE THE LABORER, UH, FROM YOU GUYS HAS, WE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO HOPING THAT THIS PUTS, UH, SOME SMALL AND SOME OF YOUR FACES HERE.
UH, SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST, AGAIN, A PEAK.
SO THIS IS WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONTENT, UH, PAGE OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
THESE ARE THE AREAS, UH, THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WILL INCLUDE.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, UH, THE WAY WE'VE KIND OF LAYERED THE, THE BLUEPRINT OUT IS YOU'LL HAVE YOUR FOCUS AREAS AND THEN INTERLACE WITHIN THE, UH, THE BLUEPRINT WILL BE, UH, ALSO THEY, THE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING AND TALKING ABOUT INTRODUCING THE READER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INVESTOR, THE BUSINESS OWNER TO OUR INDUSTRY CLUSTERS THAT BO UH, MENTIONED ORIGINALLY, UH, IN THE, IN THE GROW AS PART OF THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE AS A WHOLE, UH, BOOKLET PER SE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE, UM, PER SE, DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT, UH, SO THAT IF SOMEONE IS JUST LIKE A QUICK FLYER OR BROCHURE VERSUS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BOOKLET.
SO WE'RE LOOK WORKING TO, TO CREATE THOSE VARIATIONS AS WELL, DEPENDING ON, UH, HOW MUCH TIME SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE A LOOK.
UH, THESE ARE THE FOCUS AREAS RIGHT HERE.
SO OBVIOUSLY LEANING A LOT ON THE VISUALS HERE, UH, TO, TO SHOW KIND OF WHAT THE FOCUS AREAS ARE.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VERY BEGINNING OF, OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE, THE GRADIENT OF COLORS, THE BRANDING PIECE, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY USING HIGH QUALITY IMAGES, UH, TO PROMOTE THOSE AREAS OF LONG BEACH.
AND THE, AGAIN, THE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, UH, THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON WITH THE, UH, GROW LONG BEACH.
AND OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THE BLUEPRINT AND GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE WORK HAND IN HAND.
SO WE REALLY SEE THEM AS WORKING, YOU KNOW, REALLY WELL OFF
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OF EACH OTHER.AND THEY'RE IN ALMOST, UM, ONE, ONE DOCUMENT BECAUSE THEY FIT TOGETHER SO WELL, AS YOU'LL SEE.
UM, SO THIS IS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, THE FOCUS AREAS HERE, UM, TRYING TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, VERY EASY TO READ, UH, EASY TO, TO, UM, TO INTERPRET FOR YOU THE VARIOUS AUDIENCES.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR EQUITY AND INCLUSION, FOR EXAMPLE, ECONOMIC INCLUSION, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, NUMBERED, UH, KIND OF THE, THE, HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF ONE OF THE, UM, INDUSTRY CLUSTER IS OBVIOUSLY AVIATION AND AEROSPACE OF KIND OF HOW IT'S BEING PROMOTED.
AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT IT, UM, UH, WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT, WHERE WE'RE AT THE CITY, WHY IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT, UH, INDUSTRY CLUSTER AND GROWTH HERE, AND WHY YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT LONG BEACH, UM, TO GROW HERE.
SO, AGAIN, JUST A PEAK, BUT WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT TO FINALIZE IT.
AND, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, COME BACK WITH, AGAIN, A MORE IN-DEPTH ITEM.
UH, I KNOW WE HAD NOT MET IN A FEW MONTHS, SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GAVE A GOOD, UH, OVERVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE AREAS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON AND, AND WORKING ON.
ANY COMM COMMISSION QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
WILL YOU JUST GO TO THE, UM, TABLE OF CONTENTS REAL QUICK? SURE.
LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, UH, EQUITY ECONOMIC CONCLUSION.
I FIGURED THAT WAS
NO, ACTUALLY I CAUGHT THAT, UH, LAST NIGHT, SO I SENT THAT OVER TO THE CONSULTANT TO FIX.
WE GOT THE TEST, WE PASSED, WE PASSED THE TEST.
OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, NICE AND EASY TO READ, UH, BETTER THAN 1.0.
SO THIS IS A NICE FLOW TO IT, EXCEPT FOR THAT TYPE OF JULIAN, WE TAKE CARE OF THAT, PLEASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YES.
UM, AS WITH COMMISSIONER
UM, THE BRIDGE THAT'S LISTED HERE, THAT'S PRESENTED HERE IS THE GREEN LA BRIDGE.
THERE'S GREAT, UM, PORT, PORT PHOTO, LONG PORT OF LONG BEACH PORT PHOTO, UM, PHOTOS THAT YOU CAN RELATE TO THE DESIGNER THAT CAN BE USED INSTEAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, NOW THIS IS, UH, THIS ITEM IS GOING TO, I THINK, REQUIRE, UH, ONE MORE, UM, STEP, WHICH IS TO DECIDE WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR A WORKSHOP TO REALLY GO OVER THE WEEDS.
WHO WAS HIS, I DON'T THINK ANY COMMISSIONER, ONE COMMISSIONER.
I THINK YOU WERE IN THE FIRST BLUE POINT ONE 0.0.
SO, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY.
UH, THE COMMISSIONER GONNA BE VERY INVOLVED IN BEING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR PUTTING THE WEEDS INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE BLUEPRINT.
SO, UM, ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IMPACT IN THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE INTEREST IN.
STAFF WILL REACH OUT TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO ENTAIL IS TO FINISH THE, THE SORT OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT AND STAFF AND THE COMMISSION ARE BOTH ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC, ON HOW WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH THE REAL DETAILS, THE EXECUTION PLAN THAT'S NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS BLUEPRINT WORK.
AND AS YOU KNOW, SOME WORK IS ALREADY CONTINUING WITH THAT, WITH OUR, UH, WITH THE BLUEPRINT.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S ALREADY APPROVED THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THOSE THINGS.
AND, UH, SO THOSE ARE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHMENTS TECHNICALLY BECAUSE THIS BLUE PEN HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, IN GENERAL IS, UH, THE WHOLE IDEA OF IT BEING, UH, 2.0.
THIS IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR LONG BEACH.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE 2.0 VERSION.
UH, THE, UM, WE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BRING BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE CAN DISCUSS IT DURING OUR STRATEGY SESSION, BUT THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WE ARE THE GROW LONG BEACH BLUEPRINT, WHICH IS REALLY ADDING ONE MORE WORD TO THE THING AND LIMITING A 2.0.
UH, HAVING, UM, GROW LONG BEACH BLUEPRINT SINCE IT IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
IMPENDING ANY UNFORESEEN EVENTS, WE WON'T HAVE TO ADD ANY ONE POINT OHS OR ONE DASH THREE OR WHAT
UH, SO I WANT STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND TO THE COMMISSIONERS A TIME PERIOD WHERE WE CAN DO, UH, A WORKSHOP AND COMPLETE THE WORK THAT WE STARTED BACK IN AUGUST.
I'M NOT GONNA PUT THAT AS A MOTION, I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT AS A, AS
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INFORMATION.ANY, ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[5. 24-52711 Recommendation to discuss planning a Commission Strategy Session for the Commission’s work for 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO DISCUSS PLANNING A COMMISSION STRATEGY STRATEGY SESSION FOR THE COMMISSION'S WORK FOR 2024.WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND? YES.
MOTION ON THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
I SORT OF BRIEFED THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, GOING FORWARD.
DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MUCH MORE TIME.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK AT THIS POINT, UNLESS BO, YOU OR JULIAN HAVE, UH, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, CHAIR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
SO I NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
MOVE, IS THERE, SORRY, THERE, NOW IT'S JUST THE COVID VOTE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER COHEN, EXCUSE ME IF I MAY, SIR, JUST TO CLARIFY.
SO THIS ITEM, UH, THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS ITEM WAS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL ITEMS THAT, UM, THE COMMISSION WANTED TO DISCUSS WHEN WE DID SET A, UH, A STRATEGY SESSION.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE IN THE PAST THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN LOOKING AT, UH, LIKE THE COLLABORATING, UH, MORE CLOSELY WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, OR LOOKING AT THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO LAND AT A, YOU KNOW, AT A SPECIFIC KIND OF, UH, AIR FOCUS AREA OR FOCUS AREAS IF, UH, TODAY, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING IF CASE THE COMMISSION WAS READY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, WE CAN, YEAH, I THINK, UH, I THINK THOSE THINGS WILL COME UP DURING THE STRATEGY SESSION, AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA.
AND EVEN A SUBJECT TOPIC LIKE AI, YOU KNOW, IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A 2.3 VERSION
UH, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, BUILD THAT INTO THE, THE EQUATION AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK, UH, STAFF CAN WORK WITH YOU AND THE VICE CHAIR KIND OF DEVELOPING THAT OUT, AND THEN WE CAN FIND A, A DATE FOR EVERYBODY CAN COME PREPARED FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION OF THE LISTING THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED AS COMMISSIONERS BEFORE, UM, IS THERE A WAY TO REVIVE THAT LIST PROVIDED IN A SURVEY, UH, PRIORITIZED IN SOME WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON OR, OR BEFORE THE MEETING, BEFORE OUR STRATEGY SESSIONS TO REMIND US? YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, I CAN WORK TO LOCATE AND THEN WE CAN CIRCULATE THAT AS WELL.
I'M SURE MAYBE THERE'S MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES OF INTEREST IN THE COMMISSION.
IS THERE, WAS THERE A QUESTION? WELL, JUST TO, JUST TO, UM, AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER AS FAR AS THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT A FEW THINGS ARE ADDED FOR US TO DISCUSS IF WE COULD DO THAT TO THE LIST.
THAT'LL BE, THAT'S A MOTION WE CAN PUT ON THE NEXT, UH, AND WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, THAT WILL BE A COMMISSION MEETING.
IT WILL BE PUBLIC, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO, UM, HAVE SOME MOTIONS APPROVED AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE.
VICE CHAIR SHIMO SHIMOYAMA? YES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS RECOMMENDATION
[6. 24-52722 Recommendation to receive and file Executive Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.I'LL BEGIN WITH JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, HOUSEKEEPING STUFF.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PACKETS, THE GIFTS THAT I, UH, PROVIDED YOU GUYS EARLIER.
I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, I DID PROVIDE JUST LIKE A PACKET OF, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT, UH, NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY COMMISSIONERS.
YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT STAGES, SO I DON'T, THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR NEED TO GO OVER THEM, UH, RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE SOME HAVE, UH, SUBMITTED THE DOCUMENTS AND SOME HAVE NOT.
UH, SO JUST PLEASE, UH, WORK ON THAT.
UM, WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CITY CLERKS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONS ACROSS THE CITY, UH, ARE, ARE, YOU
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KNOW, BASICALLY ABOVE BOARD WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE TURNED IN TO BE FULLY BROUGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, FULLY BROUGHT AS A, AS A COMMISSION, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.UH, I DO, UH, YOU KNOW, STRESS TO, UH, WORK WITH US, UH, ON CREATING, UH, COMPLETING THAT, THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UH, I KNOW RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, YOU CAN COMPLETE THE AB 1, 2, 3, 4 TRAINING.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WAS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO, MAY NOT BE THE MOST EXCITING, UH, TRAINING, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT.
UH, SO AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT, UH, THAT PIECE.
UH, AND THEN THE SECOND, UH, ORDER, UH, IS THAT I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS IN, UM, HAVING SOME BUSINESS CARDS CREATED.
UH, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR NAME, SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, YOUR NAME WITH, UH, YOUR COMMISSIONER TITLE ON THERE, AND THEN AN EMAIL THAT CAN BE DIRECTED, UH, TO STAFF, UH, FOR, UH, FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING THE CITY TO ATTENDING EVENTS, UH, WE BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF THERE INTEREST, UH, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU GUYS, UH, VIA EMAIL AND IF, UH, YOU PREFER THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, UH, ORDER FOR YOU AS, AS, UM, TO HAVE AS A TOOL.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GETTING BACK TO ME ON THE, UH, POLL TO MEET TODAY.
UH, I'LL BE SENDING OUT ANOTHER ONE TODAY JUST TO SOLIDIFY WHAT THE, THE, THE SCHEDULE, THE RECURRING SCHEDULE IS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
UM, I THINK WE'RE, I'M MORE OF A FAN OF SETTING A, A SCHEDULE AND IF THERE'S NO NEED TO MEET THEN EVERYBODY KNOWS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT IF THERE IS A NEED, EVERYBODY CAN PLAN AROUND WHAT THOSE, THAT MEETING SCHEDULE IS.
SO I'LL SEND OUT, UM, A, A POLL FOR THAT TODAY.
THE, THERE ARE SOME POPULAR DAYS IN TIME FROM THE ORIGINAL, UH, THE FIRST POLL THAT I SENT OUT.
SO WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THOSE, UH, TO SEE WHAT THE PREFERENCE IS WITH EVERYONE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S 11, UH, COMMISSIONERS, SO IT'LL BE IF WE REALLY HARD.
BUT, UM, I DO WANT TO GET LAND AT A SPOT THAT WORKS FOR, FOR MOST EVERYONE FROM THE GET GO.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS ONE ON ONE TO, TO GET 'EM TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE OVER WHEN, WHEN WE MEET.
AND I THINK HAVING THAT AHEAD OF TIME FOR MONTHS, THEN THAT COULD REALLY EASE THE PLANNING PIECE AROUND, UH, WHEN EVERYONE'S GONNA MEET.
SO THAT'LL, UH, BE COMING FROM YOU SOON.
UH, JULIAN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS? VIVIAN? UM, JULIAN, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE SENDING OUT THE POLL FOR THE STRATEGY SESSION? UH, I'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR TEAM TO IDENTIFY THE, WHERE THAT LIST IS.
UH, BUT ONCE WE DO, UH, I'LL SEND THAT OUT.
YEAH, WE WANNA GET THE MOST PEOPLE THERE, SO DEFINITELY.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I WILL, UH, ALONG WITH THE BUSINESS CARDS, WILL WE ALSO GET SHINY PINS TO, TO TELL EVERYONE ELSE
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, WELL, UH, THESE TASKS, THESE LAST TASKS, I WILL SAY, UH, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD TACTFUL JOB OF TRYING TO NAIL DOWN COMMISSIONERS.
I WAS VERY VOCAL ABOUT MY NOT BEING EXACTLY HAPPY ABOUT SPENDING TWO HOURS, FRANKLY, ON THIS, UH, ETHICS TEST.
UH, I CAN KNOCK IT OUT IN AN HOUR AND IT'S LIKE A SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING TO GET TO THE OTHER
SO IT'S A THING, BUT, UH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GET DONE, UH, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND SO IF YOU CAN RELEASE THE STAFF FROM THE BURDEN OF CHASING US DOWN, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THESE OTHER THINGS, UM, KNOCKED OUT AND, AND IF, I'M SURE STAFF ALREADY, I MEAN, COMMISSIONERS ALREADY KNOW REGARDING THIS STIPEND, HOW IT WORKS FOR THIS YEAR.
NEXT YEAR YOU CAN OPT OUT, BUT THIS YEAR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GRIND OF GETTING, UH, QUALIFIED AS A TECHNICAL NON-EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, GET THAT KNOCKED OUT AS WELL.
WELL, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THE ETHICS TRAINING IS LESS THAN AN HOUR, BUT HER SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS TWO HOURS OR MORE.
YEAH, DON'T GET ME GOING THERE.
THERE ARE TWO ETHICS TRAINING.
ONE IS LESS THAN AN HOUR FOR THE CITY, AND THEN THERE IS THE AB 1, 2, 3, 4 TRAINING, WHICH IS, UH, THE TWO HOUR TRAINING THAT, UH, CHAIR IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
YEAH, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT MUCH.
I, YEAH, SORRY, ONE, ONE LAST COMMENT.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO BEAU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN, UH, REALLY, YOU KNOW, TO GET US HERE TO THIS POINT.
UH, GETTING THE COMMISSION TO MEET AGAIN AND, AND REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE, UH, VITAL AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR THE COMING YEARS, FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, REALLY.
UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THAT.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION, UH, BECAUSE
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YOU'RE ALL VERY FANTASTIC.I'VE BEEN, UH, VERY FORTUNATE TO BE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS THE REGION WITH DIFFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY WISH WE HAD THIS LEVEL OF, UH, OF KNOWLEDGE, LEVEL OF RESOURCES, LEVEL OF BRAIN TRUST.
SO, UH, EVERYONE YOU SHOULD BE WALK OUTTA HERE, PRETTY PROUD THAT WE ARE THE, THE, THE MODEL, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN THIS REGION.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE FOR JUST CONTINUING TO DO THIS WORK.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UM, RECEIVING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
THERE WILL STILL BE A A TIME FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
COMMISSIONER, JUST WANNA, AGAIN, THANK YOU AS I STATED IN THE BEGINNING FOR YOUR, YOUR PATIENCE AND, UM, YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMISSION.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE PROBABLY WENT ON FOR HOURS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE HAD LIMITED TIME, SO WE'LL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND THE PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL OUR PRESENTATIONS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOVER IN A SECOND? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SO MOVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE A FILE.
THIS IS, UH, I THINK THE LAST SESSION REFERRING TO THIS IS OPEN COMMENT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU GONNA, THIS IS OPEN COMMENT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? YES, CLAIRE? FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, LET'S JUST, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Economic Development Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
PUBLIC HERE THIS TIME FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
TWO THINGS REALLY QUICK, JUST SAY HI TO RICH 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T SAID HIS NAME AT ALL IN THE MEETING.THANKS RICH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
SECOND, DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT AUSTIN IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION? YEAH.
I HATE, ISN'T THAT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR AUSTIN? CONGRATS AUSTIN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M REALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH OUR CLERK'S OFFICE AND FOR SAYING THIS UP TODAY.
AND, UM, UH, FOR FUTURE, UH, MEETINGS, UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO, UH, GET CAPTIONS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I AM, UM, PARTLY DEAF AND SO THAT WOULD HELP ME GREATLY.
BUT I REALLY ENJOYED BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR SETTING US UP HERE.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WELL, MY LAST COMMENT IS GREAT JOB.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME INCOMING, BUT I, I'M GLAD THE COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE'VE GOT A NEW NA MAYOR, WE GOT A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIRECTOR AND STAFF, MANY STAFF HAVE BEEN ADDED ON DURING THAT TIME.
SO, UH, MAJOR REORGANIZATION OF THE, OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT COMES OPPORTUNITY.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN A WONDERFUL SPACE AND I AGREE IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATION TO MAKE THIS A BLUEPRINT THAT WE WORK SO HARD ON AND THE STAFF TO BRING IT TO LIFE.
SO, UH, I WISH THAT, UH, MUCH SUCCESS IN THAT EFFORT.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK, EVERYBODY.
AND UH, I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.
[ADJOURNMENT]
ADJOURNED,