* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. TAPE RUNNING. [00:00:01] YES. THIS MEETING IS BEING TAPED. LADIES, GENTLEMEN, . SORRY. CHAIR KELLY. VICE CHAIR MURRAY. HERE. COMMISSIONER ATKINS MCKAY. HERE. COMMISSIONER CARL. HERE. COMMISSIONER CRE. COMMISSIONER LAMB. HERE. COMMISSIONER MC. RED. I AM HERE. COMMISSIONER MARINO HERE. AND COMMISSIONER AVA HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. LOOKING ONTO THE AGENDA, DID EVERYONE RECEIVE THE MINUTES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED? YES, INDEED. THANK YOU. WANNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS DISTRIBUTED? THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD. THE, UH, BLUFF? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. SO HE'S GONNA KICK ME RIGHT HERE. I, OKAY. SO YOU GOTTA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ONE. OKAY. AND THEN VOTE, WHICH IS A, WHICH WE'LL TALK LATER ON. IT'S WEIRD. YEAH. YEAH. SO YOU DO YOUR SEND INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING OUR PREVIOUS MINUTES THAT WERE POSTED. OKAY. NOW WE'LL BRING IT BACK INSIDE THE ROPES. AND, UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED. NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO ABOUT THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MEMORIAL EVENT. UM, MR. LELAND, UH, WE HAVE TRI RUSSELL, UH, HERE TO, UH, PROVIDE A BRIEF, UH, UH, DESCRIPTION OF PRESENTATION ON THE BENCHES IF SHE SO CHOOSES, UH, IF TAKEN AWAY FROM HERE. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS TRI ROUEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTNERS OF PARKS. WE ADMINISTER AND FACILITATE THE MEMORIAL BENCH TRIBUTE PROGRAM, AND I OVERLOOK PARK. AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CLARK BENCH HAS COME BACK. IT'S BEEN AROUND HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO THIS IS THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM AND WE'RE BACK. UM, IT, I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU THAT IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE DIDN'T REPLACE THAT CHRISMAN BENCH 'CAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT THAT FAMILY AND THEY RENEWED THEIR SPOT. SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE DIDN'T RENEW, UH, GOOD. THAT WE DIDN'T RENEW THAT BENCH. WE FOUND SOMEBODY WHO HAD A BENCH IN NAPLES THAT KNEW EVERYBODY THAT HAD BENCHES AND SO SHE GAVE US THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. SO THAT WAS SUPER HELPFUL. WE DID ALSO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY OF THE, THE SURVIVING FAMILY OF THE BENCH THAT IS BEING REPLACED IT OVER THE PARK. THEY NOW LIVE ON THE EAST COAST. UM, THEY WERE HAPPY TO RELEASE THE BENCH AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE, THE SPOT FOR THE CLARK, THE CLARK FAMILY. UM, AND JUST ASK THAT WE TRY TO REMOVE THE PLAQUE, UM, AND ARRANGE TO SEND THAT TO THEM, UM, SINCE THEY NO LONGER LIVE HERE. BUT IT HAD A GOOD, GOOD RUN. SO THAT'S, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A FINAL SPOT FOR THE CLARK FAMILY. THEIR BENCH HAS BEEN IN MARINE MAINTENANCE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. MM-HMM. . SO IT'S ALREADY HERE. SO ONCE THIS IS APPROVED AND THEY GET THE SKID OPERATOR FIXED, I GUESS THAT'S A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S NOT WORKING. THAT WILL BE PLACED, UM, IMMEDIATELY. AND THEN, UM, OH, THAT'S, I HAVE TWO. I WON'T, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ONE? NO, NOT YET. OKAY. WE'RE JUST HERE. THANK YOU. SO DO, AND UH, DO WE START WITH THE MOTION OR WE START WITH DISCUSSION? START WITH THE MOTION. OKAY. DO WE APPROVE SECOND? NO. NOW DISCUSSION? YEAH. ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR COMMISSIONERS COMMISSION OR HE, HE'S GOT THIS DOWN. . WELL, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND, UH, PARTNERS IN PARKS FOR ALL YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND THE COMPASSION THAT YOU'VE SHOWN FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES, THE FAMILY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO FINALLY FIND AND KEEP THAT BENCH THERE OF THE FAMILY THAT RELINQUISHED IT AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET THAT PLAQUE OR SOME REMEMBRANCE. AND THEN THIS FAMILY THAT REALLY WANTS A, A BENCH IN A SPECIFIC PLACE. UM, FAMILIES AS WELL AS BEING CONSIDERATE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO NOT HAVE A TOO MANY BENCHES IN ONE AREA. WHAT A QUAGMIRE WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN. UM, AND IT JUST, IT MAKES ME SMILE INSIDE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF SAD FACES AT THAT TIME. BUT WHAT A QUAGMIRE WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN IF WE HAD, UH, GONE THE OTHER WAY. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT ONE. I SECOND THAT. , ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? THANK YOU. . HI. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIX? HI. PUBLIC'S HERE. YOU ALL REALLY NICE TODAY. YOU, THAT WAS MY COMMENT. OH, OKAY. IT'S ALL LOOKING GOOD HERE. , IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING THAT'S YOUR, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. UH, IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD. IT'S, IT'S ALL LOOKING VERY GOOD. [00:05:01] IT'S ALL LOOKING GOOD. NO, I'M, I'M JUST, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROGRAM GETTING ORGANIZED AND THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS AND THAT THE KIDS CAN GET MORE MONEY. THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN. COOL. WE'RE GONNA DO A KICKOFF AND SHE'LL BE THERE AND KICK OFF MY SON'S FOUNDATION, WHICH IS GONNA GIVE MONEY TO FOSTER KIDS IN LONG BEACH AREA. TRY TO HELP THEM. SO WE'RE GONNA DO IT AT THE BENCH. AND IF YOU CAN, BRUCE, I, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING TOO. UH, BECAUSE WORKING WITH THE, UH, UH, NOT AS PART OF THIS COMMISSION, BUT WORKING WITH THE STATE, UH, LOOKING AT FOR FOSTER YOUTH, UM, AND LOOKING AT LEGISLATION GOING FORWARD THAT FOSTER YOUTH, WHEN THEY GO INTO FOSTER CARE, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WILL GO INTO ACCOUNT FOR THEM WHEN THEY TURN 18. THAT THEY WILL HAVE DOLLARS IN THE ACCOUNT. SO WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY'RE NOT LEFT LONELY AND ON THE STREET WITH A BACK. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. DO THEY DO THAT IN JAIL? YES, THEY DO. SO THEY SHOULD DO THAT. THEY SHOULD DO DO IT FOR OUR YOUTH. AND KAREN BASS LEAD, LEAD THAT, UH, MANY YEARS AGO AS AN ASSEMBLY WOMAN. OH, I'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU ON THAT. WE WILL TALK BECAUSE I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR MY CHURCH WITH FOSTER THE CITY RIGHT NOW AT GARDEN CHURCH AND SUNSET TO HELP FOSTER KID OR PARENTS HAVE PEOPLE HELP THEM WITH BABYSITTING AND DINNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND OF COURSE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE TWO KIDS WITH A FOSTER KID AND, YOU KNOW, TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT THE GATEWAYS IN TO FOSTER KIDS, GETTING PAST THE GATE PERSON. AND THAT'S THE KEY. OKAY. JUST FOR PEOPLE TO BE SMART. SO I'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU. I HAVE, WE WILL, I HAVE YOUR INFORMATION SOMEWHERE. OKAY. THANK ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK WE'RE READY TO CALL FOR THE VOTE THEN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS. GOOD PASSES. THANK ON ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT MEMORIAL BENCH TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE IN COLORADO LAGOON TO HONOR THE HATER FAMILY. DO YOU WANNA TALK ON THAT ONE TOO, US? SURE. UM, THE HATER FAMILY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US, I WANNA SAY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. THIS WAS PRE THE MASTER MAP AND THE PLAN. UM, AND THEY HAD A SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT TO THE LOCATION AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, BUT WE KEPT THEIR BENCH ON FILE. AND SO WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SAY, HEY, ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED IN THIS SPOT? NOW AFTER TALKING TO TODD AND HAVING THE MAP IN PLACE, THEY'RE LIKE, THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, . I SAID, I KNOW, BUT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD NOW. ARE YOU GUYS STILL INTERESTED? AND SHE'S LIKE, LET ME CHAT WITH THE FAMILY AND GET BACK WITH YOU. AND THEY WERE LIKE, YES, OVER THE MOON. SO THAT'S GREAT. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE LIKE UNHAPPY, LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT UNHAPPY, BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH THAT. WE'VE COME FULL CIRCLE AFTER ALL THIS TIME TO BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THAT WORK FOR THIS FAMILY. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION. A MOTION TO APPROVE . SO GO, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR MOTION. I, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. OKAY. I SECOND, SECOND. NOW THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? . OH, HE IS JUST GONNA COACH ALL THE WAY THROUGH . ANY DISCUSSION FURTHER FROM COMMISSIONERS ON THAT? WHAT, WHAT A NEAT THING I GOT. I SHARE THIS TO YOU IN THE SENSE I, I WISH WE HAD THIS WHEN MY MOM AND DAD, UH, WERE ALIVE AND THE FUNDING WAS THERE. 'CAUSE THEY'RE BOTH RAISED IN, IN BELMONT SHORE AND SHERLOCK SISTERS FROM ST. BARO AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHAT A NEAT WAY THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE THAT MOVING AND JUST THE PLAQUE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SENDING OFF TO THE OTHER FAMILY, WHAT AT TRIBUTE TO THAT AND THE STORY THAT THEY WILL HAVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID CONTINUE TO DO. I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S A RELATED QUESTION. UH, ON PARK, THERE ARE THREE BENCHES THAT DO NOT HAVE PLAQUE. MAYBE. HAVE THEY BEEN VANDALIZED AND PULLED OFF? OR DID THEY EXPIRE? YES, THEY EXPIRED. THEY'VE BEEN VANDALIZED. THEY WERE VANDALIZED. WE'RE WORKING TO, TO REPLACE REPAIR, UH, BENCHES. UH, WE'RE SEEING A, A TREND NOT JUST IN LONG BEACH, IT'S ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS FINDING CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IS THE, THE PRECIOUS METAL OR RECYCLABLE VALUE OF, UH, MEMORIAL TRIBUTE, UH, BENCHES, STATUES, EVERYTHING. GRAVEYARDS. YEAH. WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF IT. UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A BIG, UH, NOT A BIG ARTICLE. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE, A NEWSPAPER LAST WEEK ABOUT, UH, UH, IN, UH, SAN PEDRO WITH THE, UH, LA HARBOR POLICE, UH, FOUND A, UH, ARRESTED SOMEBODY AND THEY WENT TO THE WAREHOUSE AND FOUND MORE ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, MY PARISH IN LONG BEACH. IT WAS STOLEN OFF THE WALL AND IT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF THIS PERSON'S [00:10:01] VEHICLE. UH, SO, UH, OF COURSE BEING A PARISH, I TOOK THE ENTIRE DETECTIVE STAFF OUT TO, UH, LUNCH THERE. AND THEY SAYS IT'S AMAZING NOT JUST CHURCHES AND HOSPITALS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUT WHEN THEY GET INTO THE GRAVEYARDS AND THEY'RE LITERALLY, AND SHAME ON THE PEOPLE STEALING THEM. MM-HMM. . BUT SHAME ON THE, THE METAL PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING THOSE AND MELTING THEM DOWN. THOSE ARE THE ONES TOO THAT SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. PUT THAT ON TAPE. THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. SO COMMISSIONER, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS AS NEW BENCHES COME UP, WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS OF PARKS TO, WELL, WE STILL WANT TO HAVE A VALUE AND A BEAUTIFUL AND AN AESTHETIC PLAQUE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GONNA BE READILY, UH, UM, ACQUIRED ILLICITLY AND, AND SOLD OFF. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS OF PARKS AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRANSITIONING TO, TO METALS. THAT COULDN'T BE RECYCLED QUESTION. CAN THEY, THE OLD STONE CUTTERS, CAN THEY, CAN THEY CARVE INTO, UM, THE CEMENT THINGS AND JUST LIKE CARVE INTO THEM WITH THE PLAQUE INSIDE THAT WAY? IT'S JUST, IT'S THERE. THEY'VE PURCHASED BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BENCH. UM, BUT TO CHANGE OUT, WELL, YOU DON'T CHANGE IT OUT. THEY GET THE BENCH. WE HAVE TO GET A NEW BENCH. I MEAN, THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PARKS, BUT IF THEY WANTED, THAT WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, TAKEN AWAY. BUT JUST SAYING WHEN IT'S CARVED INTO THE BENCH. UM, JUST A THOUGHT. NO, YOU CAN'T TALK. NO, I SOME PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THESE TWO PLAQUES RIGHT HERE ARE REPLACEMENTS FOR VANDALIZED BENCHES ON THE BLOCK. YEP. WE WORKED WITH FAMILIES AND ONE OF THE FAMILIES WAS AWARE THAT THEIR BENCH HAD BEEN VANDALIZED AND ONE WASN'T. AND THEY ASKED IF THEY NEEDED, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE MORE MONEY. I'M LIKE, NO, YOU GUYS ARE IN YOUR CURRENT TERM. WE'RE, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE WHOLE REPLACEMENT THING IS AND THE GUARANTEE. SO, UM, AND WE'VE ALSO, I KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR, TEXAS, THE CITY MANAGER, THAT GOING FORWARD, WE WON'T PUT BRONZES PLAQUES ON BENCHES. WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS METHOD, WHICH IS, IT'S A, IT'S AN ALUMINUM, BUT IF YOU FEEL IT, IF YOU PASS 'EM AROUND, THEY'RE VERY HEAVY DUTY AND THEY LOOK ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD GET THAT WERE BRONZE. WE GET THESE LOCALLY AT UNIVERSITY TROPHY. RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE QUICK CREEK DO THE KNOCKOUT FOR THE SIZE THAT WE CAN GET, AND THEN THEY WILL BE ADHERED HERE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALUMINUM. IT'S AN ALUMINUM BACKING, SO IT JUST WON'T BE AS DESIRABLE. UM, BUT WE'RE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO GOING FORWARD, I DON'T WANNA CREATE, 'CAUSE IT'S VERY TRAUMATIC, VERY TRAUMATIC FOR THE FAMILIES, UM, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO ESPECIALLY AFTER IT'S SUCH A PROCESS TO GET THE BENCH IN PLACE, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THEN TO HAVE IT, UM, THE PLAQUES REMOVED. SO GOING FORWARD, I MEAN, YOURS ALREADY HAS THE PLAQUE ON IT, SO I'M HAPPY WITH BRONZE. YES. SO, BUT GOING FORWARD, WE'LL BE DOING THIS METHOD AND NOT THE PROBLEM. THAT'LL, THAT'LL STOP IT. THE OTHER THING TOO, HAVE THEY EVER THOUGHT OF A, UM, AND I JUST SAW THIS AT, AT ROSE HILLS, THE QR CODE. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT LITTLE STAMP AND YOU GO UP WITH YOUR PHONE AND THEN IT HAS THE, THE STORY OF THE PERSON? YEAH. VERY, VERY, VERY COOL. I HEARD THAT. THAT IS COOL. YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET YOUR PHONE, YOU TAKE THE PICTURE AND IT GOES TO A SITE AND IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE PERSON THAT THEIR NAME'S ON IT. AND IT WAS, IT SHOWED PICTURES. IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT. MAYBE, MAYBE IT IS JUST VERY NICE WITH SOMEBODY SAYING, OR THE FAMILY MEMBER SAYING IT THAT, OR STRANGERS. SO THOSE PACKS ARE HERE TO BE GIVEN TO MARINE MAINTENANCE TO RE REINSTALL. GREAT JOB. SO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST HERE TO HELP YOU. THAT'S WAY QUESTION. OKAY, EVAN, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED AND ABSTENTIONS? NO. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS TO LEARN. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, THE STUDY SESSION REGARDING TREASON THE BAY. MR. LELAND, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US. YEAH, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A, UH, VERBAL, UH, REPORT. JUST WANNA KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE ACCOMPLISH, UH, PUSHING THE, UH, TREE TREES IN THE BAY PROGRAM OUT TO THE PUBLIC. UM, UH, YOU WOULD ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT THE, THE BUDGET COST IS TO US, WHAT'S OUR EXPENDITURE OUT? AND, UH, WE WORKED THIS PAST SEASON TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. UM, SO, UH, THIS WILL JUST BE KIND OF THE START OF YOUR CONVERSATION, UH, AMONGST YOURSELVES, A STUDY SESSION FOR YOU. BUT, UH, WHAT WE [00:15:01] DO IS WE START OUR TREES IN THE BAY IMPLEMENTATION IN SEPTEMBER. UH, GET TO GET THEM OUT ON TIME FOR GO ACTIVE ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT. UH, AND THAT'S SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER ALL GO. WE HAVE ABOUT 13 STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE, ARE, UH, DEDICATING TIME TO THE PROGRAM. UH, AND THEN WE GET ACTIVE THANKSGIVING NIGHT AND THEN HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ABOUT 60 DAYS. UH, WELL, ACTUALLY ABOUT 40, 45 DAYS. UH, WE DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES. WE'LL GO OUT AND DO MINOR, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, LIGHT BULBS, IF THERE'S ANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES, WE WILL WE'LL MAINTAIN AND ADDRESS. UH, BUT FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PUSH TOWARDS THE TREES IN THE BAY IMPLEMENTATION. AND THEN IN JANUARY WE HOP RIGHT BACK INTO IT, UH, TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WATER, GET THEM STORED, AND TO GET OUR, OUR OPERATING OUT OF THE WATERWAYS BACK TO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE OFF SEASON. SO OUR BIG MONTHS FOR THE PROGRAM ARE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. THAT SLOWS DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE WE'RE FINISHING UP. AND THEN IT RAMPS UP AGAIN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. SO THIS PAST YEAR WE SPENT A TOTAL OF $127,928 IN STAFF COST TO IMPLEMENT AND DEMOBILIZE THE TREES IN THE BAY PROGRAM. THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 2,387 HOURS STAFF HOURS. UM, AND THAT IN THAT TIMEFRAME, SO THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER TO FEBRUARY, THAT ACCOUNTED FOR JUST UNDER 18% OF OUR TOTAL AVAILABLE WORK HOURS FOR THAT STAFF. SO YOU WOULD JUST TAKE IN THAT SIX MONTHS STAFF IS DEDICATING 18. THOSE 13 STAFF ARE DEDICATING 18% OF THEIR AVAILABLE WORK HOURS TO THE PROGRAM. AND SAY AGAIN ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS, THAT WAS TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS IS 2,387. WOW. AND THEN, AND THEN THAT IS FOR HOW MANY TREES? UH, 68 TREES AT, AT A, AT A STAFF COST OF $127,928. AND AGAIN, THIS IS VERY FRONT LOADED. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 667 AND THEN 689 HOURS EACH MONTH. THEN WE NOVEMBER, WE'RE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE FINISH FINISHING TOUCHES. SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT 136 STAFF HOURS. AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO JANUARY, LET'S GET 'EM OUT. SO 848 HOURS. AND THEN FEBRUARY, JUST THE LAST COUPLE LITTLE ITEMS, 47 HOURS OF, OF, UH, STAFF WORK THERE. SO, UM, AND THEN, UH, WE HAD OUR PILOT, UH, SOLAR, SOLAR POWERED TREE THIS YEAR. UH, IT WAS ALSO, UH, CONFIGURED WITH LED LIGHTING. UH, THAT TREE CAME TO US AT A COST OF, UH, $3,500. UH, SO SOLAR PANELS, FOUR BATTERIES. AND THEN THE, UH, INVERTER TO MOVE THE POWER FROM THE SOLAR PANEL TO THE BATTERIES. AND THEN UP TO THE LIGHTING, UH, 30, I'M GONNA SAY $3,500, IF YOU KNOW. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BALLPARK FIGURE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT NINE MORE TREES THIS OCTOBER, THIS TREE'S IN THE BAY SEASON FOR THE COLORADO LAGOON AREA. UH, WE DID THE ONE, UH, WE DID, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF JUST WORD OF MOUTH PRAISE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE AREA. IT WAS, UH, LOCATED OVER HERE AT SPINNAKER CO. UH, WE GOT A LOT OF PRAISE FOR IT AT THE LOCATION. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UH, COMPLAINTS OR NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE TREE. OUR GOAL IS TO DO PHASE TWO, IS TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND PUT 'EM IN A MORE VISIBLE, LARGER AREA AT COLORADO LAGOON. TO, TO KIND OF GET A MORE BROADER, UH, RESPONSE. WE WANNA SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THINKS. UH, YOU HAVE APPIAN WAY, RIGHT THERE, YOU HAVE PARK. UH, SO WE'LL GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE TREES IN PLACE. AND OUR GOAL IS, UH, TO, TO HAVE THIS PHASE TWO AS OUR TRUE PUBLIC FACING IMPLEMENTATION. SO I'M, I'M SORRY, YOU LOST ME AT ONE POINT. YES, MA'AM. CAN YOU KEEP SAYING MORE OF, DO YOU MEAN MORE OF THE SOLAR POWERED TREES? YES, MA'AM. OR MORE TREES OVERALL? YES, MA'AM. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. UH, WE ARE, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE SOLAR TREES PRO PROCURING NINE, AND WE'LL REPLACE THE NINE THAT WE HAVE, UH, STANDARD, UH, POWER AT COLORADO [00:20:01] LAGOON WITH NINE SOLAR PANEL, UH, TREES. SO, QUESTION, UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TOO. ON THE NINE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE 3,500 A PIECE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOOK CABLES TO 'EM BETWEEN THE TREES. SO THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S THAT SAVINGS THERE. THERE'S, UH, THE SAVINGS TIME OF EMPLOYEES NOT, NOT HAVING TO, UM, UH, HOOK THEM BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND, AND, UH, ELECTRIFY THE TREES. THIS WHAT DOES, IF THIS IS 3,500 FOR THIS TREE, WHAT DOES AN AVERAGE OF ONE OF THE STANDARD TREES THAT'S ON THE CABLES? AND, UH, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THAT THROUGH. UH, THE BIG ITEM WE WANT TO FIND OUT IS HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO ELECTRIFY, UH, ONE TREE. AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. UH, I, I APOLOGIZE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION TODAY. UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY, HOW MANY KILOWATT HOURS A SINGLE TREE TAKES THAT'S RUNNING OFF THE POWER GRID. WHEREAS WE WOULDN'T, UH, WE'D BE OFFSETTING THAT WITH A SOLAR TREE. SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S INFORMATION TO COME AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG STEP FOR US. UH, THE BIG, THE BIG ITEM WE ALSO WANT TO DO IS TO REDUCE, UH, GREENHOUSE GASES, UH, BY GETTING OFF THE GRID. YOU KNOW, WHILE THIS IS A, A INCREMENTAL SMALL ON THE GRAND SCALE OF THINGS, VERY INCREMENTAL. YEAH. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THAT EFFORT. WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE COMMITTED TO. MM-HMM. , UH, BE THIS, THE TREES IN THE BAY PROGRAM. WHILE IT'S NOT A GIANT LEAP FORWARD, IT IS A LEAP FORWARD FOR US AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE MAKING THOSE LEAVES. SO I'M GONNA ADVERTISE THIS COLORADO LAGOON, AND THESE ARE SOLAR TREES. THAT IS THE GOAL. THAT IS THE GOAL. SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS WHEN IT'S MY TURN. UM, SO, AND I MEAN THIS ALL VERY RESPECTFULLY. ABSOLUTELY. UM, UH, SO WHAT KIND OF BULBS HAVE YOU, ARE THEY LED BULBS OR, YES. UH, SO HAVE YOU SEEN THESE ARTICLES? I THINK THIS FEELING THAT I SENT IT TO YOU, BUT MAYBE IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THESE, THIS LED LIGHTING NOW IN COMMUNITIES AND THE HARMFUL IMPACTS IT CAN HAVE ON PEOPLE AND THEN ALSO WILDLIFE. AND IT MAY NOT APPLY IN THIS CASE AT ALL, BUT I'M JUST THE GIRL WHO'S GONNA SAY, IF YOU COULD FIND LIGHTING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, MORE WILDLIFE FRIENDLY, THE BEAUTY OF THE COLORADO LAGOON AND ALL THE RESTORATION IS IT'S BECOME A HAVEN FOR WILDLIFE. THIS TINY LITTLE SLIVER OF WHAT ALL OF THAT PART OF LONG BEACH USED TO BE LIKE. UM, AND I KNOW A REALLY GOOD GUY. HE'S A CONSULTANT THAT WE WORK WITH. REALLY NICE PERSON. YOU MAY JUST WANNA RUN YOUR LIGHTING CHOICES BY HIM. SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN CIP. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT IS. THAT AREA IN SOUTHEAST LONG BEACH, A COUPLE OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE WORKING WITH HIM JUST TO SORT OF AS A SCREEN RIGHT. TO SORT OF RUN IT THROUGH AND SEE IF THEY'RE GETTING THE MOST SORT OF BIRD SAFE LIGHTING THEY CAN DO. AND I JUST, I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN A BUNCH OF NEW LIGHTING WITH LED, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO AT LEAST KNOW THE IMPACTS ON THE YEAR ROUND RESIDENTS THERE THAT AREN'T JUST PEOPLE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I REMEMBER, UH, THAT I ASKED ABOUT THAT I'M ASSUMING IS STILL THE CASE, IS THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF FROM LIKE MIDNIGHT TO FOUR OR SOMETHING. UH, WE DO, WE DO ACTIVATION AT FIVE 30 AND WE DO DEACTIVATION AT MIDNIGHT. OH, OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THAT'S GREAT TOO FOR WILDLIFE TO HAVE A TIME WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THIS ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. I MEAN, I GET THE TREES ARE ONLY OUT THERE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS TOGETHER. RIGHT. WHETHER WE BE PEOPLE, NEIGHBORS OR OTHER KIND OF NEIGHBORS. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST I, I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THE COST OF A REGULAR TREE. MM-HMM. THE COST OF THE, UH, THE OTHER, UH, SOLAR TREE. UM, IS THERE REALLY A COST FACTOR? REALLY? IT'S MORE OF A LABOR FACTOR. YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. UM, AND BEING IN CHARGE OF SUSTAINABILITY, PART OF MY JOB FOR UPS AND THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY IT TAKES TO RUN THOSE TREES IS A NICKEL COMPARED TO WHAT IT'S GONNA COST FOR THE SOLAR BATTERY. AND, AND, AND, AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, UH, IS IT MORE OF A LABOR SAVINGS? IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY TREE WOULD BE SELF-CONTAINED, BASICALLY NOT ATTACHED IN A, IN THE COURSE OF, SAY, 10 YEARS, HOW LONG DOES THE BATTERY LIFE LAST? HOW LONG DOES THE SOLAR LAST? HOW LONG DO THE LIGHTS LAST? WELL, LEDS LAST FOR, I HAVE A LIGHT ON IN MY HOUSE. IT'S BEEN ON FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS ON AN LED THAT THEY GAVE ME TO TEST AND IT, IT IS FOUR YEARS AND STILL RUNNING. I JUST, I ABSOLUTELY CRACK UP. IT, IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT [00:25:01] THEY HAVE. BUT LIKE THE COMMISSIONER STATED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE EFFECT, UM, ON THE LED LIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE NOW, LIKE THESE, THESE WERE LED LIGHTS. THERE'S A SWITCH UP THERE THAT HAS FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BRIGHTNESS, UH, FOR THOSE YEAH. THAT CAN, THAT CAN BRING 'EM DOWN THAT THEY'RE MAKING NOW. SO I THINK I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ON WHAT EACH TREE COSTS. WE ALREADY KNOW WITH THE LED, BUT IF WE MAINTAIN THE REGULAR LIGHTS IN THIS, BECAUSE LED LIGHTS CAN ALSO BE PUT IN A REGULAR TREE. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GOAL. THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR GOAL AS WELL, UH, IS TO CONVERT OUR INCANDESCENT BULBS. RIGHT. ALL OF THEM OVER TO LED. BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY, I'LL SEND YOU THE INFORMATION. I MEAN, I KNOW I'M JUST ONE PERSON SITTING IN A ROOM, BUT IT'S GOOD TO AT LEAST BE AWARE. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. OH, THE, THE, THE IMPACT, THE LIGHT IMPACT IS ON OUR, OUR TOPICS OF CONCERN. YEAH. UH, WITH THE LEDS SPEC SPECIFICALLY. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING YEAH. YEAH. AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF CHOICES OUT THERE AND SOMETIMES SMALL TWEAKS MM-HMM. THAT AREN'T, DON'T COST A LOT, CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COST OF SOMETHING, THERE'S, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE LIGHT'S BURNED OUT AND HOW IT, THEY HAVE TO BE PROCESSED DIFFERENTLY IF THEY'RE LEDS. RIGHT. SO COMING UP WITH A TRUE COST TO SOMETHING, I'M GUESSING YOU MEAN FOR LONG BEACH. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND OUR, OUR, WHILE EFFICIENCIES AND, AND COST SAVINGS ARE SOMETHING WE, WE THINK ABOUT, THIS IS A, THIS IS A, UM, A COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT'S, THAT'S SEEN AND WE WANT TO ELEVATE THE RENEWABLE ENERGY OF THIS PROGRAM TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT IT, IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY IS, HEY, RENEWABLE ENERGY IS FEASIBLE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED ON A GREATER SCALE ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF, OF, OF OPERATIONS. SO WHILE YES, WE ARE ATTUNED AND, AND LOOKING AT COSTS, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT FROM A, A CLIMATE AND A A JUST A, A IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT. COULD, COULD WE USE, AND THIS IS JUST THE THOUGHT OF THE COST FACTOR OF CHANGING BULBS, CHANGING THINGS UP. COULD THAT BE A, A COMMUNITY, UH, UM, AWARENESS OF BRINGING IN BUSINESSES WITH THEIR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND HAVING PEOPLE COME OUT AND DO THAT TOO, AS A COST SAVINGS. YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE TO VOLUNTEER AT UPS. ALL OUR PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER LEAST 50 HOURS A YEAR. MM-HMM. . JUST, JUST, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND LOOKING THAT AS A, A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. MM-HMM. , UM, COMING OUT FOR COMMUNITY HOURS. AND THEN MOST COMPANIES THAT HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ALSO DONATE DOLLARS TOWARD, TOWARDS THAT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. SO, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT, IT'S SELF-SUFFICIENT, BUT IF YOU HAD 500 PEOPLE COMING OUT AND THEY ALL PUT IN 10 HOURS EACH, THAT'S SOME MONEY FROM THE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE DONATED BACK TO IT. SO JUST, JUST A TALK, I MEAN, OF SAVING DOLLARS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY SOMEONE'S PAY NO. UH, FOR DOING THAT. SO, NO, THAT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK, DO. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, QUICK COMMENTS. SO ON THE, LIKE SAVINGS OR THE COST, I'M THINKING ROI, ARE THERE ANY TARGETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS? OR IS IT JUST EXPLORATORY AT THE MOMENT? EXPLORATORY AT THE MOMENT. UH, AGAIN, RETURN ON INVESTMENT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE. SO WHEN WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PULLING PER TREE RIGHT NOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT, WHAT A TREE WILL OFFSET. BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT SO MUCH AS RETURN ON AN INVESTMENT AS IT IS, UH, IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM THAT IS DEMONSTRATING, UH, RESILIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. INNOVATION. INNOVATION. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN HOW, UM, ARE YOU GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY? IS IT LIKE SURVEYS OR LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE LAST. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. OKAY. UM, OUR, OUR INITIAL BETA JUST, WE PUT THE TREE OUT AND, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS OUR TREES IN THE BAY ARE, ARE BELOVED. AND ANY SORT OF TWEAK CHANGE CAN REALLY CREATE AN UPROAR. SO, UH, THAT WAS THE, THE POINT OF OUR, OUR BETA TREE WAS TO, LET'S PUT THIS OUT THERE AND SEE IF IT IS SUCH A CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A, A NEGATIVE, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. AND IT DIDN'T DO THAT. UH, SO WE'RE TAKING THAT AS A POSITIVE AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW ON THAT. SO I CALL THAT PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, COLORADO LAGOON. WE'RE GONNA BE MUCH MORE COMMUNITY FACING ON THIS. UH, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE THROUGHWAY THERE AND APPIAN WAY, UH, PARK AND [00:30:01] WHERE YOU MEET WITH FOURTH STREET, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, VERY VISIBLE EVERY NIGHT. SO I BELIEVE WE'LL GET A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. SO IT'S JUST THROUGH COM, MAYBE AN UP FOR OR LACK THEREOF. MM-HMM. AND NOT LIKE SERVING OR AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS WE IMPLEMENT IN FALL OF 2024. MM-HMM. , UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE WORKING WITH, WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL AS WITH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, WITH OUR CITY, UH, PIO, UH, TO WORK OUT A WAY TO GET C FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. JUST, JUST TO ADD WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU STATED, I LOOK AT THE, THE PARKWAY AND, UH, THAT WHOLE WALK ZONE THAT GOES UP, THE OLD, THE OLD RAILROAD. I REMEMBER WHAT A NEAT THING FOR THE PEOPLE TO WALK DOWN THAT AND TO COME AND SEE THAT INSTEAD OF GOING ALL THE WAY TO NAPLES, IT'S RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK AND VISIT. THAT'S, I HATE, THEY GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS. I'M LIKE GOING, WHAT A NEAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE IT. SO, UH, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW ROAD AND, AND THAT'LL BE DONE. AND SOMETIME 2035. IS THAT ? I THINK. KIDDING, KIDDING. OH. UH, AND THEN ONE MORE ITEM TO, UH, COMMISSIONER MARINA'S. UH, POINT WAS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE, WE, UH, WERE VICTIMS OF A LOT OF VANDALISM AT THE COLORADO LAGOON. UH, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, RUNNING POWER THERE IS WE HAVE TO RUN LONG, UH, STRETCHES OF, UH, UH, UH, POWER CABLE ON THE LAND SIDE. AND WE WERE HIT TWO TIMES, THREE TIMES. UH, IT WAS TWICE THEFT OF THAT POWER CABLE ON NUMEROUS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE'LL BE REMOVING THAT CABLE WITH THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POWER. SO IT'S TWOFOLD. ONE IS WE'RE NO LONGER, UH, PUSHING, UH, POWER CABLE INTO AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. BUT TWO, IT'S ALSO GOING TO, UH, REDUCE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VANDALISM AND THEFT. THAT'S GREAT. GREAT. THAT'S GOOD. KEVIN, WHAT'S UP? ANY COMMENTS ON TREES IN THE BAY? I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT, UH, REPLACING THE COPPER CABLE WITH ALUMINUM. YES. FOR RIGHT NOW. FOR RIGHT NOW. CAN I JUST, TODD, IS THERE WAYS, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S RING CAMERAS AND STUFF. ANAHEIM PD HAS A GREAT SETUP WITH CAMERAS ALL OVER THE CITY. WHY? BECAUSE OF DISNEY, THE ANGEL STADIUM, THE DUCKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT GOES RIGHT TO A SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE LIVE. MM-HMM. . UM, I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF WE'VE LOOKED AT ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE AND IT'S WAY UP ON A POWER POLE AND IT'S SOLAR POWERED, UM, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT THEY SEE THAT'S IMMEDIATE. NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ON A TAPE THAT THEY GO BACK TO, SOMETHING TO, IF THAT'S EVEN FEASIBLE. AND I LOOK AT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ON A MONITOR THAT'S LOOKING AT THESE. UM, AND THERE'S ALSO OUTSIDE UPS USES AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT WE HAVE THOSE MONITORS ALL OVER OUR UPS FACILITIES. BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, 'CAUSE WE, WE ALWAYS SEEM TO GET THEFT AND WE SEE ABOUT IT LATER. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. THEY'RE ALREADY GONE. THEY'RE ALREADY HERE. BUT I MEAN, ACTIVE, ACTIVE LIVE RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. OR THEY SEE IT IN DISPATCH, AN OFFICER, OR IN THE COURSE OF SOME OF THE SECURITY THINGS, IF SOMEBODY ON THE RADIO YOU HAVE NOW BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED, YOUR LICENSE HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED, YOUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED, POLICE HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED AND THEY RUN, UM, I'LL GO IT. WAKE UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. I'LL GO, I'LL GO OFF THAT AREA. UH, THE CITY IS WORKING TO BRING FIBER OPTIC. OKAY. UH, TO, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS WORKING WITH TID TO BRING FIBER OPTIC CABLE ALL THE WAY OUT, UH, THROUGH ALAMEDAS BAY. RIGHT. UH, RIGHT NOW THROUGH OUR MARINAS. SO THE CITY HAS A CITYWIDE FIBER PLAN THAT WILL BE THE BACKBONE FOR THOSE, THOSE SORT OF CAMERAS. AND ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE WANT TO, THAT'S ON OUR RADAR AND MARINE SAFETY AS WELL IS, UH, UH, COLORADO LAGOON STATION, THAT, THAT AREA TO GET A CAMERA THERE, UH, AS SOON AS WE CAN. GREAT. THANK YOU. I SHUT. OKAY. THANK YOU . AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER REPORTS NEXT MONTH ON THAT SUBJECT. THAT NOW BRINGS US OVER TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. AND I THINK WE STILL NEED TO NO VOTE ON THAT. WE DIDN'T TAKE AN ACTION BECAUSE WE, IT'S JUST A STUDY. WE ROLLED IT OVER. THANK YOU. UH, AND SAME IS GOING TO BE WITH THE SUBMISSION OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT. AND THOSE WERE ALL DISTRIBUTED AS [00:35:01] A PART OF YOUR PACKET. YES. AND, UH, SO THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OF ANY AREAS WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THERE, OR ANYTHING THAT YOU FELT WASN'T, UM, ACCURATELY SAYING WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE YEAR. UM, TODD, DO YOU HAVE ANY GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE REPORT ITSELF? UH, GREAT YEAR, EVERYBODY. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMITMENT TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION AND ALL OF YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION HAVE, HAS LED TO IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS OUR ARENA AND IN OUR FOOTPRINT. SO, UH, A, A BIG KUDOS FROM THE MARINE BUREAU TO THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR. I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT. SURE. THIS IS MY TALKING DAY, . UM, I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED BEING ON THIS COMMISSION AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH. I'VE JUST ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SUCH LOW HANGING FRUIT TO TAKE THE PLANT PALATE THAT'S NOW IN CSIP AND MAKE IT THE MARINE ADVISORY OR THE MARINE, UM, AREA, WHATEVER THE RIGHT WORD IS. PLANT PALATE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. I SENT IT TO BLATANTLY, UH, TO, TO KELLY. AND, UM, IT JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT. I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED ON THIS COMMISSION, I WAS ASSURED THAT, UH, UH, THE FOCUS IS DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS, WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S A REALLY GOOD START. BUT IT'S JUST SO EASY THEN TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP AND STEP STEP AND GO TO NATIVES. AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THIS PRE-APPROVED CITY LIST THAT'S FOR THE CSUP AREA MOVING FORWARD. AND IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING THAT. AND I PROMISE I'LL SHUT UP AFTER THIS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S DEVELOPED THESE LITTLE PATCHES OF NATIVE PLANTS SUSTAIN NATIVE WILDLIFE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SMALL. SO THE MORE YOU HAVE OF THAT FOR VERY LITTLE EFFORT ON OUR PART, YOU CAN HAVE A MORE, UM, SUSTAINABLE, UH, CITY. I'LL JUST SAY THAT. AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH SURF RIDER AND STUFF. YEAH. I THINK WE SAW THAT WITH THE BLUFF DISCUSSION, THAT THERE'S SO MANY PLANT PALLETS OUT THERE THAT I THINK GOING TOWARDS A STANDARD, MAYBE DEFINITELY THE WAY WE, WE WANNA PURSUE. UM, AND AT LEAST EVALUATE. YEAH. I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE ALL EVOLVE, RIGHT? AS A, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RECYCLE. THEY DIDN'T USE TO RECYCLE PEOPLE. NOW THERE'S THE LAWN TO GARDEN PROGRAM. IT'S JUST SORT OF A JOURNEY. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. AND SO DROUGHT TOLERANT IS AN IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN TO EVEN TAKE THAT NEXT STEP, WHY NOT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY, MR. MCRAY. YEAH. I JUST HAVE TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE MORE ALTOGETHER IN SMALLER GROUPS AND STUFF, BUT GONE OUT AND LOOKED AT DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE OF, UH, AND I TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE. I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT WAS, UH, THAT'S EYEOPENING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT CAN GO OUT AND SEE THINGS FIRSTHAND INSTEAD OF HEARING ABOUT IT. HERE YOU GO OUT AND WALK AND WALK THE DOCKS AND, AND, UH, I, I THEY HAD A, A LUNCH OR BREAKFAST OVER IN, UH, UH, THE MARKET AND STUFF. AND I HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS BY THREE OF THE BOAT OWNERS THAT KNEW THERE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO PARK THERE. BUT THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE THERE. UM, SO, UH, UH, KUDOS. I THINK WE'LL TALK MORE MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE MANAGEMENT. OKAY. YEAH. BUT, UH, UM, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT AGAIN, STRONG LEADERS, UH, YOU'RE HAVING US DO MORE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO DO MORE. SO. WELL, COMMISSIONER, ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT IS IF YOU WANNA SEE SOMETHING ASK, LET'S GO SEE IT. UH, UH, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS YOU GET ME OUT OF THE OFFICE . SO YEAH. ANYTHING, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO GO SEE, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GET IT ON OUR CALENDAR AND, AND WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. HE TOOK YOUR ELECTRIC CAR THOUGH, SO WE CAN'T USE ELECTRIC CAR . SORRY. OKAY. RECORDING THE, THE ANNUAL REPORT. I THINK I'M MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. SO I'D ENTERTAIN THAT FROM ANYONE. SO, MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CARLIN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LYNN. YES. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? YOU WANNA DO COMMENT? NOT HAVE ON THAT? SEEING NONE. ANY THANK YOU, . NOW WE'LL GO ON OUR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. NEXT QUESTION. OKAY. OUR RECOMMENDATION TO HEAR, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE OUR MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL REPORTS. ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH, UH, CHIEF MEDINA AND OUR MARINE SAFETY GROUP. CHIEF, GOOD AFTERNOON. WOOHOO. CLAP, CLAP FOR YOU. I DO WANT TO THANK TODD AND HIS TEAM FOR BEING SO FORWARD LEANING ON THOSE CAMERAS THAT YOU GUYS WERE JUST REFERENCING. UM, HE'S BEEN REALLY GENEROUS ABOUT JUST, UM, USING THOSE CAMERAS AND PLACING THEM ON TOP OF OUR, UH, FACILITIES. AND WE ARE MONITORING THOSE CAMERAS EVERY SINGLE DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR IN THE DAYTIME. OUR DISPATCHER, OUR LIFEGUARD DISPATCHER [00:40:01] HAS LIKE SIX OR SEVEN SCREENS UP AND NOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE BAYSHORE ONE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ONE COMING TO LAGOON. FROM A LIFEGUARDING KIND OF PERSPECTIVE, IT REALLY HELPS US A LOT. THIS IS A HARD TIME OF THE YEAR FOR US TO GET GUARDS IN. SO FOR US TO KNOW LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE A LARGE CROWD AT BAYSHORE THAT JUST SHOWED UP. WE CAN TAKE THE LIMITED STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND PUT 'EM WHERE WE NEED 'EM. SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL. I WANT THANK TODD AND HIS TEAM FOR DOING THAT. UH, ON OUR END, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR SUMMER. OUR RESCUE BOAT FLEET IS UP AND RUNNING. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. WE'RE JUST GETTING ANOTHER BOAT BACK FROM THE, UH, SHIPYARD. UM, OUR LIFEGUARDS WERE JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHTED, UH, IN A, UH, ESPN PLUS. THE COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT IT ALREADY. NO, NO, NO. WE KNOW ONE OF 'EM, HER COMM WE'RE PROUD OF HER. YOU KIDDING. APPEARED LAST NIGHT ON THE BIG SCREEN OF PACIFIC AQUARIUM SWEET. UH, ON A, ON A SHOW SERIES TRYOUTS. AND IT, AND IT FOCUSES ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME AN OCEAN LIFEGUARD. AND, UM, AND SO THEY SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS HERE FOLLOWING FOUR CANDIDATES. THESE ARE LOCAL, LOCAL YOUTH THAT LAST YEAR IN 2023 THAT ATTEMPTED TO BECOME LIFEGUARDS THAT WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY. UH, AND ULTIMATELY SOME OF THEM DID MAKE IT THROUGH. UH, YES. UH, COMMISSIONER SAVALA WAS FEATURED IN THERE. SHE'S ONE OF OUR, UH, SHE'S A PART OF OUR TRAINING CADRE. THE, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF ACTUALLY TRAINING YOU, UH, LIVE PURCHASE. SO, UH, YEAH, IT WAS WELL RECEIVED, UH, GREAT VIEWING LAST NIGHT AT THE PACIFIC AND THE AQUARIUM. FANTASTIC. 300 SEAT STADIUM SEATING, UH, NEW THEATER. AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED LONG BEACH AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED LONG BEACH LIFEGUARDS AND MARINE SAFETY DIVISION. SO YEAH, WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND SO COOL. COMMISSIONER MURRAY. UH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE ME FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT IT WAS EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS, IT HIGHLIGHTED THAT IT HAD STUDENTS FROM MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, SO MUCH MORE DIVERSITY THAN WE'VE HAD WHEN THE PROGRAM BEGAN. AND THEN THE CALIBER, UM, ATHLETICALLY, ACADEMICALLY, AND, AND HOW WONDERFUL EACH ONE OF THOSE CANDIDATES HANDLED THEMSELVES IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER THAT ANY ONE OF THEM THAT IF I HAD AN EMERGENCY ON THE BEACH, I'D WANT THEM THERE. IT, IT JUST, IT WAS SUCH A GOOD FEELING ABOUT OUR CITY AND OUR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. UH, AND UM, AND THAT ENDS MY REPORT AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A THREE 30 DOWN AT CITY HALL, SO IT'S OKAY. DON'T GO. NO, DON'T GO. CHIEF, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON RECRUITMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? I, I, I SPONSORED THE LONG BEACH STATE, THE WOMEN'S WATER POLO TEAM. UH, DO WE LOOK AT, DO WE, DO WE RECRUIT LIKE AT LONG BEACH MEET? 'CAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO ON TO A NATIONAL TEAM, BUT OH MY LORD. THE, THE ATHLETICISM THAT THEY HAVE, ALL THE LOCAL TEAMS FOR SURE. WE RECRUIT GREAT. WE RECRUIT FAR AND WIDE AND, AND OUT OF, UH, THE MANY, UH, LIFEGUARD DEPARTMENTS, UH, UP AND DOWN THE COAST, WE HAVE SOME OF THE LARGEST TURNOUT NEXT TO LA COUNTY. RIGHT. WHICH IS MASSIVE. UM, BUT WE HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGER, UH, TRYOUTS, WHICH WE JUST HAD, UH, MAYBE, UH, TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, WEEK WEEKS AGO, ON A SUNDAY IN THE MORNING, WHICH THE WHOLE SHOW FOCUSED ON. WE HAD ABOUT, UM, 80 CANDIDATES COME AND TRY OUT. WOW, THAT'S GREAT. AND THEY JUST WENT THROUGH A PHYSICAL PORTION, A THOUSAND YARD SWIM RUNS FROM RUN. THEY JUST COMPLETED INTERVIEWS AND 30 OF THOSE CANDIDATES MOVE ON TO THE LIFEGUARD ACADEMY. BUT YEAH, WE DEFINITELY RECRUIT FROM LONG BEACH STATE, LOCAL COLLEGES, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, AND EVEN OUT IN THE REGION IN LA COUNTY. GREAT. THANKS. CHIEF, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A LINK TO THE PROGRAM THAT WE CAN, WE ABSOLUTELY DO. I CAN FORWARD THAT. COULD YOU SHARE THAT RIGHT. SO HERE WITH US. YEAH. AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT SHOW. IT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AND IT'S ESPN REALLY KNOWS HOW TO FILM. GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC TO HIM? NO, WE GO ALL THANK YOU. THANKS CHIEF. ALRIGHT, WE'LL, UH, MOVE TO KELLY ARMSTRONG AND OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE SUBJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UH, JUST A COUPLE, UH, UPDATES FOR OUR, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE SIDE. UM, THE ANNUAL BAY RENOURISHMENT, UH, IS UNDERWAY, UH, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND WEED ABATEMENTS IN SOME OF OUR INNER BAYS. UH, WE, UH, LAST WEEK WE'RE WORKING ON THE 69TH, UH, BAY SIDE. UH, NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THE BAY SHORE AND LEEWAY AREA. UM, AND THEN THE WEEK AFTER THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON, ON THE 55TH TO 61ST. UM, OUR MARCH DEBRIS TOTALS WERE 175 TONS OF DEBRIS REMOVED OFF OF [00:45:01] THE, UH, WATERWAYS, UH, AND BEACH. UM, THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO JUST OVER 1100 TONS OF DEBRIS. UH, SO FAR THIS, UH, YEAR SINCE OCTOBER, UM, THE, UH, THE CONCRETE DOCK WAS SUCCESSFULLY, UH, DEMOLISHED AND TRANSPORTED AWAY FOR, UH, TO THE REFUSE FACILITY, UH, FOR OUR QUEENSWAY BAY, UH, MAINTENANCE SIDE. THE SECURITY GATES ARE, UM, SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED. WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, COMPLETING THAT AND DOING SOME WORK WITH THE, UH, THE HARDWARE AND THE LOCKS AND THAT SORT OF THING. UM, HOPING FOR, UH, COMPLETION IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE, UH, BRIAN WITH THAT PROJECT TO, TO, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH THE DOCK TENANTS IN THAT AREA. UH, UH, I KNOW I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT LAST MEETING, BUT THE INSTALLATION OF THE MARINA TRASH SKIMMERS ON DOCKS ONE, FOUR AND SEVEN WERE, UH, SUCCESS. UH, THOSE ARE UP AND RUNNING NOW AND WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY TO CONTINUALLY GATHER, UH, WATERBORNE DEBRIS INTO A ENCLOSED AREA. AND THEN WE ARE SERVICING THOSE, UH, ONCE OR TWICE A DAY WITH OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF. THAT'S GREAT. UM, AND THE, THE BIG KIND OF NEWS DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW IS THE GRAND PRIX. AND OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM IS, UH, IS REALLY HARD AT WORK GETTING READY FOR THAT, UH, VERY BUSY WEEKEND UP AHEAD. UM, THE, UH, THE, THE DEBRIS REMOVALS, WE STILL HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME LIGHT DEBRIS IN THE WATER FROM, UH, RECENT, UH, RAINS. UH, SO THAT IS UNDERWAY AND THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD AT A, UH, A LAGOON PUMP REPLACEMENT PROJECT GOING ON. UH, ONE OF THE MAIN, UH, PUMPS AT THE, FOR THE RAINBOW LAGOON FAILED. SO THEY'RE WORKING ON INSTALLING THE, UH, BACKUP PUMP. UH, THE, THE NEXT AREA, THE GROUNDS, UH, WE ARE WORKING, UH, THIS PAST MONTH OR SO OF ALL OF OUR PARK AREAS WERE AERATED AND FERTILIZED, UH, TREES WERE PLANTED IN THE, UH, BLUFF. I'M SORRY. YEAH. BLUFF PARK, BELMONT PLAZA, UH, PLAZA PIER AND LOT. AND, UH, WE HAVE, WE COMPLETED OUR TURF TO, UH, GARDEN PROJECT OVER IN THE DOWNTOWN MARINA. WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN AREA OVER IN THE, UH, ALAMEDOS BAY MARINA. UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THE POWER PLANT OVER OFF OF, UH, UM, STUDEBAKER ROAD OVER THERE. IS THAT COUNTY PROPERTY? THE POWER PLANT? LIKE YEAH, THE POWER POWER PLANT OFF, OFF STUDEBAKER. WHICH ONE A OR THE OTHER ONE OR HAYNES ONE? THERE'S, THERE'S TWO OF THEM RIGHT THERE, BUT THEY BOTH DRAW IN WATER. THE A ES IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. OKAY. THAT'S OWNED BY A ES, UH, AND THEN THE HANS PLANT IS, UH, COUNTY D WP D. IT'S DWP. YEAH. AND I DON'T THINK IT PULLS WATER IN ANYMORE. YEAH. I THINK THEY'VE SWITCHED TO AIR COOLING. DO THEY, DO THEY JUST THE POLLUTANTS THAT ARE ON THAT SIDE OF THE, THE JETTY WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE TEAMS DO THE ROWING AND STUFF OFF, UH, STUDEBAKER. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS FLOATING IN THE WATER AFTER STORMS. YEAH. I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT GOES OVER THERE OR IS THAT COUNTY OUR, OUR JURISDICTION FOR CLEANUP ENDS AT THE BRIDGE. AT THE BRIDGE, YEAH. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEACH CLEANUPS THAT, UM, JUSTIN ROD ORGANIZES THAT ARE ON THE BEACH SIDE. DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, LIKE BEACH CLEANUPS THAT ARE ON THE BAY SIDE THAT ARE DONE BY ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, OR IS, IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT GOES ON THAT INTERFACES WITH THE PUBLIC? UM, I KNOW OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, PARKS, REC AND MARINE ORGANIZES BEACH CLEANUPS AS WELL FOR, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, GROUPS AND OUT AND OUTREACHES THAT WANT TO SCHEDULE, UM, ANY PARTICULAR AREA. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY ANY OF THOSE FOCUS ON THE BAY OR THEY'RE JUST OPEN TO RESERVING THAT THROUGH OUR, OUR RESERVATION OFFICE, I BELIEVE. UM, BUT, UH, I CAN TRY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. THAT GOES, THAT GOES THROUGH OUR, OUR NATURE CENTER. OH, OKAY. THEY, THEY HAVE A PARK NATURALIST THAT OVERSEES A, UH, A LONGSTANDING RESERVATION SYSTEM THAT WORKS WITH NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES. UH, AND THEY COME OUT AND THEY DO CLEANUPS OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY BAY LOCATIONS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY BAY KNOW THAT THERE ISN'T ANY I CAN PROVIDE YOU. I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED. UM, WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITHIN THE LONG BEACH GRON COMMUNITY WITH OUR SWIMMING NONPROFIT ABOUT PERHAPS DOING SOMETHING LIKE KAYAK ASSISTED AS WE THROW SWIM THROUGH THE BAY AREA. SO I'D BE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE INTERESTING, UM, WHAT SUPPORT OR WHAT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THE CITY [00:50:01] HAS. UM, BESIDES JUST US HAVING A KAYAK AND PEOPLE SWIMMING, PICKING THINGS UP, UM, AND DOING SHALLOW DIVING. AND THEN BESIDES GETTING STUFF OFF OF THE SAND AS IT WASHES UP, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL GROUPS THAT JUST COME OUT AND JUST ON THEIR OWN. THEY, THEY, THEY GO OUT OF, UH, THE MARINE STADIUM LAUNCH UHHUH, THEY GO OUT OF THE DAVIES LAUNCH RAMP AND THEY DO KAYAK AND, UH, STANDUP PADDLE BOARD BASED, UH, CLEANUPS. BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF, UH, SCHEDULED AND, UM, DONE ON THEIR OWN. THEY'RE DONE ON THEIR OWN. YEAH. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW THAT LADY MICHELLE HOWARD? EXACTLY. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER MET HER, BUT I'VE SEEN HER REPORT. SHE GOES OUT REGULARLY. SHE STARTED DOING IT DURING COVID AND JUST PICKING UP TRASH WITH HER DAD AND KAYAKS AND SHE DOES A LITTLE REPORT. I CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH HER. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. IT SEEMS LIKE A NICE LADY. HAVE YOU MET HER? I'VE NEVER MET HER. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HER. I'VE HAD HER CONVERSATIONS WITH A COUPLE OTHER GROUPS AND COME OUT AND CLEAN UP. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME SWIMMERS OUT TO TRY TO NEED MORE HELP. THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW. OKAY. WE LOVE THE ASSISTANCE AS, AS LONG AS YOU'RE SAFE, AS LONG AS YOU'RE SAFE, WE'RE GONNA BRING OUR TOW BUOYS AND EVERYTHING. WE'LL BE TOTALLY VISIBLE. ABSOLUTELY. TRUST ME, I HAD A, I HAD A QUESTION, UM, WITH SUMMER COMING UP PRETTY QUICK. I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THOSE TRASH CANS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOWERS. UH, I THINK THAT THE TRUCK THAT WOULD PICK 'EM UP BROKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO YOU GUYS WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT THE TRASH CANS, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE NE YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE SHORE. THEY WERE REALLY FAR BACK BY THE BIKE PATH. THAT CAUSED A LOT OF TRASH TO BE JUST KIND OF, UM, EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE, ALL OVER THE BEACH. FROM LIKE FIRST PLACE DOWN TO 12TH PLACE, THERE WAS THIS TRASH EVERYWHERE. THE LIFEGUARDS, WE WOULD GO EVERY MONDAY MORNING TO DO LIKE A BEACH CLEANUP DOWN THERE. AND THERE WAS THIS, THERE WAS LIKE THE ONE TRASH CAN NEXT TO THAT ACCESSIBLE, UM, WALKWAY, UM, BY FIRST PLACE. AND IT WOULD JUST BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. LIKE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO THROW THE TRASH AWAY, BUT THAT ONE WOULD JUST BE OVERFLOWING 'CAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE AREA. AND I DID NOTICE ON THE EAST SIDE BETWEEN GRANADA AND PROSPECT, THERE WERE MAYBE LIKE 15 TRASH CANS THAT I COUNTED ONE DAY. SO JUST THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE. AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE THAT BROKE. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO, TO GET THAT VEHICLE BACK UP AND RUNNING SO WE CAN GET MORE TRASH CANS CLOSER TO THE WATER LINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PIER. SURE. UM, GREAT, UM, UH, QUESTION THERE. AND, UH, ALL OF THE TRASH CANS WILL BE DEPLOYED, UM, AT EVERY LIFEGUARD STATION PRIOR TO, I BELIEVE WE WERE GIVEN A DATE, UH, OF LIKE JUNE 15TH WHEN ALL OF THE KIND OF THE TOWERS OPEN FOR THE SEASON. SO THEY'LL ALL BE DEPLOYED, UH, BEFORE THEN. AND THEN ADDITIONAL ONES WILL BE PUT IN THOSE, UH, VERY HIGH USE AREAS BETWEEN LIFEGUARD, UH, UH, STATIONS. AND THEN THE VEHICLE YOU WERE MENTIONING IS NOW UP AND RUNNING AND HAS BEEN FOR, UM, A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT, UM, WILL ASSIST US IN IN THE EVENT THAT THAT ONE PARTICULAR, UH, VEHICLE GOES DOWN IN THE FUTURE. UM, WE'LL HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. OKAY. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU'RE STILL ON YOUR REPORT HAD A QUESTION, BUT IT IS OH, CONTINUE. I WAS, UH, MY, MY NEXT THING I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION SOME THINGS FOR MARINE MAINTENANCE BECAUSE, UM, ON BEHALF OF CORY FORSTER, WHILE, WHILE I STILL HAVE A MOMENT WITH YOU, BUT IF YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. WELL, I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BERMS AND WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PENINSULA AND THE STORMS THAT WE HAD. HEAVY, HEAVY RAINS. YEAH. IF WE HAD ANY ISSUES, BREAKTHROUGHS OVERTIME. UH, YEAH. DURING FEBRUARY, UH, WE HAD, UM, A SIGNIFICANT, UH, STORMS COME THROUGH, UH, OUR AREA WITH, UM, UH, NOT SO MUCH LARGE WAVES, BUT WE HAD, UM, A GOOD HIGH TIDE, UM, PERIOD WITH, UM, FAST APPROACHING LOW WAVES AND THAT CAUSED SOME, UH, RAPID, UM, UH, EROSION OF THOSE BERMS. SO WE DID HAVE SOME BERM FAILURES IN FEBRUARY. UH, WE DID RESPOND VERY QUICKLY AND BUILD BACK UP THE BEACH AND THE BERM, UH, BERM FOLLOWING THOSE EVENTS, UM, THE NEXT DAY. UM, AND THEN OUR, OUR SEASONAL BERM ON THE BAY SIDE WAS, UH, REMOVED. UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY HIGH TIDES FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. IT WILL BE REINSTALLED BEFORE THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN THE BAY SIDE. THANK YOU, GREG. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WANTED TO ADD TO THE COMMISSIONER, JUST, I TAKE PICTURES WHEN I SEE SOMETHING. I JUST TEXTED OVER TO HIM. YEAH. UM, AND IT REALLY WORKS BECAUSE IT, IT IS ACTED UPON THE MEDIA OF A TEXT TEAM. I'M OUT ALL THE TIME AND IT'S JUST TYPE OF THING. IF I SEE SOMETHING, BOOP BOOP, BOOP. HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? PERSONAL PERSON TO GO LONG BEACH. HE BLOCKED ME TWICE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S UP WITH NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES. IT IS, IT'S A TEAM OF EYES. YEAH. SO JUST [00:55:01] SEND, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, TAKE A PHOTO, SEND IT OUR WAY. YOU CAN DO IT. EMAIL. I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN. DOES IT WORK NOW FOR ME AGAIN? NO, NO, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TEXT ME PHOTOS OF WHATEVER YOU SEE. UH, AND YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY, WE WILL. IF WE CAN'T, WE'LL TELL YOU. HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS ADDRESSING IT. GREAT. UM, WHILE I STILL HAVE, UM, YOUR ATTENTION, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MENTION A FEW THINGS ON, UH, LIKE I SAID, ON BEHALF OF COREY AND MARINE MAINTENANCE, UM, WITH A FEW UPDATES, UM, FOR HIM IN HIS ABSENCE. UM, BAYSHORE ONE HANDBALL COURT STARTS OFF FIRST WEEK OF MAY. UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE, THE RES STRIPING THERE. UM, AOC IS IN THE APPROVAL SCHEDULING ONCE, UH, THE PURCHASE ORDER, UH, POSTS. UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA TRY TO REFER TO TODD ON SOME OF THESE. I'M JUST READING THROUGH SOME NOTES, SO I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE, THE ANSWERS. UM, AND MAYBE IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, CHIME IN. 'CAUSE THERE'S QUITE A LIST HERE. UM, DOWNTOWN MARINA BIKE PATH, THEY ARE WAITING, UH, WAITING ON KEITH TO GET BACK WITH MARIE SO THEY CAN SET UP A PRECON MEETING. UM, THE TRASH ENCLOSURES FOR THE DOWNTOWN MARINA, UH, ALSO SHOULD BE IN THE APPROVAL PATH, UH, AND SCHEDULING, UH, THAT WORK. UH, MOTHER'S BEACH, UH, THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON AN INSTALL DATE FOR, UH, PARTS TO ARRIVE. PLAYGROUND, PLAYGROUND, PLAYGROUND THERE. TEAMWORK ON THAT. UM, UH, AM POWER IS GONNA BE DOING THE BAYSHORE, UM, ONE, THE THREE POINT LINE STRIPING. UM, THAT'S, UH, COMING IN, UH, FAIRLY SOON ON, ON RECEIVING THE QUOTES. THE B UH, ONE RESTROOM. THE NEW GATE SHOULD BE GOING IN THIS SATURDAY. UM, JUAN APPAREL, BACKBOARDS ARE IN THE YARD, UH, THE MAINTENANCE YARD, SO THEY, UM, SHOULD BE GETTING REPLACED VERY SOON. THOSE ARE THE BASKETBALL COURTS AT JUAN APPAREL. THE BAY SHORE ONE BROKEN RIM IS GONNA BE GETTING QUOTED OUT VERY SOON. UM, RD SYSTEMS HAS STARTED, UH, PULLING LINE FOR THE PROJECT THIS WEEK. THE BB DO YOU KNOW ON THAT? WHICH ONE? IT, IT'S DONE. THEY'RE PULLING NEW LINES. UM, BB GATE IS UP AND WORKING AGAIN. SO WE HAVE FULL RESTART F ACCESS, UH, FOR OUR TENANTS ON THE BB DOCK. GREAT. AND THEN THEY'RE STARTING A STAIR PROJECT, UM, WORKING WITH, UH, CHARLENE ON A SIDEWALK FOR SOME STAIR REPAIRS. UM, ARE THOSE THE BLUFF STAIRS? UH, STAIR ACCESS STAIRS TO THE BEACH FRONT ON THE WEST. UH, WEST BEACH, UH, STARTING, UH, TO, UH, DEGRADE AND WE WANT TO, UH, GET A CAPITAL PROJECT IN PLACE TO, TO REPAIR THOSE STEPS. UH, THE ONE I JUST WANNA TOUCH BASE ON IS THE, UH, BAYSHORE, UH, UH, BASKETBALL COURT, THREE POINT LINE. HAVEN'T HAD A THREE POINT LINE THERE EVER. AND WE'RE PUTTING IN A THREE POINT LINE AT THE BAYSHORE BASKETBALL COURT BECAUSE STEPH CURRY HAS CHANGED THE GAME. EVERYBODY'S A THREE POINT SHOOTER, SO THAT'S FUNNY. THREE POINT LINE IS GOING IN AT THE BAYSHORE BASKETBALL. I KNOW, I KNOW. A WOMAN BASKETBALL PLAYER IS BETTER THAN STEP CURRY. CAITLYN CLARK. CAITLYN CLARK HAS CHANGED THE GAME AS WELL. CAN I, UH, JUST SHARING, I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THE, UH, RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OPEN AND STUFF, IS THERE A RESTAURANT OPEN? FINALLY ON, UH, UM, AT BAYSHORE, UH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH FINAL APPROVALS RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, HEALTH, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT GOR 'EM ALL WILL BE OPEN, ACTIVE, UH, HERE END OF THE MONTH INTO MAY. SO THEY WILL BE OPEN BEFORE SUMMER. UH, UH, GRANADA WILL BE OPEN BEFORE SUMMER, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO HAVE RENTALS OPEN AT , AMI SPEECH, AND, UH, GRANADA GREAT. HOPEFULLY IN JUNE. SO THAT'S THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO OPERATIONS WITH, UH, BRIAN. YEAH. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, SO WE ARE DEFINITELY HITTING STRIDE WITH SEASON. IT'S AMAZING WHAT, UM, HAVING THE SUN OUT AND SOME WARM WEATHER WILL DO FOR THE BOATING POPULATION. UM, SO WE'RE GETTING PLENTY OF CALLS IN FOR GUEST SLIPS. UM, THE TEAM'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO FILL EVERYTHING UP IN SHORELINE AND RAINBOW, UM, AHEAD OF THE GRAND PRIX. UM, WE ARE IN FULL SWING TRYING TO GET OUR STAFFING ALL FILLED. UM, GIVE THE PROPER SUPPORT TO THE BOTH OFFICES, UM, TO HAVE FULL TEAMS IN THERE. SO WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH INTERVIEWING PROCESS, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK. FIRST POSITIONS, UM, BEEN WORKING WITH KELLY AND COREY A LOT, UM, KIND OF AHEAD OF THE GRAND PRIX. IT'S HUGE FOR ME TO PRESENT LONG BEACH [01:00:01] AS A IDEAL DESTINATION FOR BOATERS. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET RAINBOW CLEANED UP, UH, SHORELINE, CLEANED UP AND MAKE IT PRESENTABLE FOR PEOPLE COMING IN, UH, MAKE SURE THEY WANT TO COME BACK, UH, THE NEXT TIME AS WELL. UM, KIND OF ON THAT LINE, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUSHING OUR TEAM, LIKE AS WE'RE GETTING GUEST VOTERS TO MAKE PHYSICAL CONTACT, YOU KNOW, GET OUT THERE LIKE ON OUR BOAT OR A GOLF CART, YOU KNOW, SAYING HI, WELCOMING TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS RAPPORT WITH THE, THE VOTING POPULATION THAT IS VERY, CAN BE VERY TRANSIENT IN NATURE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CRUISING. THEY, THEY'RE COMING UP AND DOWN THE COAST AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A STOP FOR THEM. UM, WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? UM, OCCUPANCY, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT 93.44%. UM, I ANTICIPATE THAT'S GONNA COME UP. UM, SEEMS ARE BEING AMAZING, LIKE CALLING THROUGH THE WAIT LIST, UH, GETTING THINGS FILLED UP. SO THAT'S KIND WHERE WE'RE AT. DO WE, DO WE SEE, UH, LIKE CATALINA HAS THE BOATS THAT GO AROUND, PEOPLE THAT, THAT ANCHOR OFF AND THEY HAVE THE, UH, WHAT'S THE BOAT CALLED THAT GOES AROUND AND PICKS PEOPLE UP? SHORE BOAT, SHORE BOATS. UM, I WAS ONLY BEEN TO MONTE CARLO ONCE AND I WASN'T THERE DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL. UH, BUT THEY HAVE THE SHORE BOATS THERE TOO, FOR THE BIG SHIPS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WANT SOMEBODY, DO WE LOOK AT THAT FOR GRAND PRIX OR THE PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO ANCHOR OUT THERE AND, AND HAVE A SHORE BOAT THAT TAKES 'EM IN? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR DO THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN LITTLE, UH, UM, SO THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE ON A LIST TO GET, KINDA GET WITHIN THE HARBOR. RIGHT. UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S POTENTIALLY SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE IS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE A BIGGER CONTINGENT OF BOATS THAT WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, OUT ON THE HOOK, LIKE IN ANCHORAGE, UM, AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BRING THEM IN, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE PROPER CREDENTIALS TO COME ON IN. YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING IF F1 EVER COMES HERE AND THERE'S ALWAYS THAT RUMOR OF F1 COMING HERE, UM, WHICH WOULD CHANGE THAT WHOLE AREA. BUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE OF HAVING SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM, BE IT CATALINA CREW, WHATEVER, THAT WOULD HAVE SOMETHING THEY CAN BRING PEOPLE IN THAT ANCHOR OUT IN THE HARBOR RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, THE GROUPS THAT ANCHOR OUT THERE, LARGER VESSELS AND RIGHT. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN SHORE BOATS. RIGHT. AND WE ACTUALLY GUESS THEY, THEIR SHORE BOATS. YOU DO? OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO, UH, JERRY JONES WAS HERE ON HIS RIGHT, UH, WAS, UH, SEVERAL YEARS BACK. AND IF I WAS GOING TO BE RICH AND HAVE A BOAT, I'D WANT A SHORE BOAT . OH, THAT'S HOW NICE THE SHORE BOAT WAS. YEAH. UM, BUT YEAH, WE, WE DO GET, UH, LARGER VESSELS THAT'LL COME IN AND THEY'LL WORK WITH THE PORT TO ACTUALLY, UH, OCCUPY SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL ANCHORAGE OUT THERE. AND THEY'LL, AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THEM FROM OPERATIONS TO, TO GUEST STAY RESERVE THEIR SHORE BOAT AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH WAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. WHEN I'VE WALKED THE DOCKS DURING GRAND PRIX, WHAT I'M MOST IMPRESSED WITH IS, UM, HOW DAPPER OUR STAFF LOOK ALL IN MATCHING SHIRTS. SO THEY'RE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AND IT'S ALSO A FEELING OF SAFETY THAT THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE BELONG, THAT ARE COMING ON THE DOCKS. AND YEAH, THEY, THEY ARE ON TOP OF IT A HUNDRED PERCENT . UH, KUDOS TO TAMLIN FOR THAT. TAMLIN IS IN CHARGE OF, UH, REQUISITIONING A LOT OF OUR UNIFORM ITEMS AND SHE'S ALWAYS GOT A KEEN EYE ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING. SO, UH, SHE, UH, SHE MAKES SURE THAT OUR STAFF AND, AND I THINK, THINK THAT THE WATER QUALITY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND THEN OUR STAFF ARE, ARE ALL STELLAR IN APPEARANCE. NO MORE LULULEMONS THOUGH. OKAY. NO KIDDING. ? NO, NOT ALLOWED. AH, UH, AND I BELIEVE YOU JUST, I GAVE YOU THE MANAGER'S REPORT WAS, UH, MOSTLY ABOUT OUR CONCESSIONS. UH, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING GOOD TO ACTIVATE ALL OF OUR CONCESSIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. SO, UH, UH, KNOCK ON WOOD THAT WE DON'T HIT ANY HICCUPS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, BUT THE GOAL IS ALL FIVE OF OUR CONCESSIONS WILL BE ACTIVE FOR SUMMER 2024. GREAT. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR MANAGER'S REPORT, I THINK. OH, UH, AND A MOMENT ON PUBLIC COMMENT, THOUGH WE'RE STILL WITHIN THE COMMISSION AND QUESTIONS. I'LL GIVE HIM A MOMENT ON THAT. I DID WANT FINANCE REPORT, THAT COMMITTEE REPORT I COMMEND YOU FOR, UM, HOW QUICKLY THE, UH, MOB THAT VANDALIZED THE GOON AREA, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND THERE WERE AMAZED HOW QUICKLY THE WORK WAS COMPLETED AND, UH, THE DAMAGE PAINTED. AND IT JUST, UM, I THINK THE WORD MAGICAL YEAH. UH, WAS USED. UM, MR. CHARLES FELDER, YOU GUYS MET HIM. HE WAS IN THE WHITE, UH, WHITE PAINTER'S UNIFORM. UH, BUT HE DID GREAT WORK THAT DAY AND JUST THE MATCHING OF THE COLORS, EVERYTHING. UH, AND THE OTHER AREA WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT MR. MCRAY TALKED [01:05:01] ABOUT THE, UM, THE BRUNCH AND FACILITATING, UM, THAT WE USED SOME OF THE BOAT OWNER PARKING TO SEAT 40 FOLKS WITH THAT FARM TO TABLE BRUNCH. UM, AND I, I ATTENDED SO I COULD BE SURE, SURE THAT NO BOAT OWNERS WERE UPSET, . UH, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL THAT WE, UM, THE WAY THAT IT WAS PLANNED SO THAT IT DIDN'T IMPACT TRAFFIC, IT DIDN'T IMPACT PARKING FOR OUR BOAT OWNERS OR ACCESS TO THEIR BOATS. AND I THINK YOU RECEIVED SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOAT OWNERS AS WELL. ONE WAS NEGATIVE, UM, BUT IT'S BOATS WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO THE BOAT OWNERS THAT WERE THERE WERE, UH, UM, YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S JUST FROM WHAT I HEARD. I PASS OUT TO MY PASS OUT MY PHONE NUMBER TO TOO MANY PEOPLE. BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR THAT. UM, AND I GOTTA CONCUR WITH YOU ON WHAT HAPPENED AT, AT THE LAGOON. UM, IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, BUT THAT REALLY SHOCKED ME. YES. UH, WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE AND THAT THAT TYPE OF, UH, UM, MALICIOUS DAMAGE ON THE STREETS. BUT YEAH. BUT THE NEXT DAY IT WAS ALL, ALL PAINTED OVER. SO, UH, UM, IT'S A GOOD FEELING THAT WE RESPOND THAT QUICKLY. GOOD FEELING CHARLES FELDER. YEAH, CHARLES FELDER. WELL, I PUT IT ALL ON JOE MURRAY. PEOPLE ASK. SO JOE FEL , ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MANAGER'S REPORTS OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR STAFF COMMENT? JUST THANK YOU FOR REMOVING THAT CONCRETE DOC. I THINK HE REPORTED ON IT, SO I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION. I THINK WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL TOO, TOO. SO I JUST, MM-HMM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW I KNOW WE HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THAT. I WANTED TO JUST ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM MARK BYRON, I DO GOT HERE. SO, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE BOAT OWNERS GOT REALLY SPOOLED UP IN WORKING WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT STAFF OF THE CITY AND TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT COMMUNICATION AND, AND, AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE FOCUSED ON PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD. REMEMBER THE BOAT OWNERS THERE AND, AND THE OBLIGATIONS TO MAINTAIN THE ACCESS TO THE BOATS AND DON'T SHUT OUT THE BOAT OWNERS AND KEEP THEM FROM THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE CONTRACTUALLY. THEY'RE PAYING FOR THAT AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE ACCESS. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMUNICATION WENT ON THIS, THIS NEXT GRAND PRIX, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS DOWN THERE AND I NEVER THOUGHT THE GRAND PRIX, THEY, THOSE GUYS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. IT WAS THE OTHER GUYS THAT WAS WORRIED ABOUT. SO AS, AS THE COMMUNICATION GOT PRETTY WELL, IF YOU HAD THE BOAT OWNERS LINE UP B******G AT YOU ABOUT THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, NOT YET. WELL, BUT THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN. SO LIKE IF YOU ASK ME NEXT WEEK, I MAY HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANSWER. WE TRIED. SO WE TRIED, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EVENTS DID RESPOND TO THAT. SO, BUT I, AND I'LL BE THERE. SO MEAN, COME COME FIND ME. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, I'LL BE THERE ALL WEEKEND. AND WAS THERE A, A FAILURE OF THE PUMP OUT ON A DOCK? UH, THERE IS, AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE ALL WRAPPED INTO THIS REPAIR WITH THE RESCUE BOAT. UH, THE SLIP THAT'S OUT AT THE END, UM, THAT BRACKET HAS GIVEN WAY AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO GALVANIZE PIECE OF METAL. UM, WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS TO GET THAT RE REMADE OUT OF STAINLESS. UM, BUT WITH THAT THING SAGGING, UH, IT'S STARTING TO CUT THROUGH THE, UH, SEPTIC LINE FOR THE PUMP OUTS. SO TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SPILL, UH, WE HAD TO UNFORTUNATELY CLOSE THOSE WHILE WE GET THIS REPAIR DONE. THAT'S NEWER THERE AT YOUR BOAT OWNERS TOO. PUMP OUTS. SO WE MM-HMM. , YEAH. THAT WE, WE HAVE MADE SPACE AVAILABLE AT, UH, I KNOW IT'S A BIT OF A TRACK, BUT OVER AT, UH, DOCK NINE AND RAINBOW, UM, PACIFIC SPIRIT IS MOVED, UH, THAT PUMP ABOUT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL. UM, SO THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW TO USE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. MR. HUBBARD? YEAH. THANK YOU JOE. UH, TWO THINGS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THE, A BUOY AT THE ENTRANCE TO ALAMEDA BAY, IS THAT GONNA GO BACK IN SOON? I'M GOING ON FACT FINDING MISSION TOMORROW AFTERNOON, UM, JUST TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS GONE, WHICH I COMPLETELY BELIEVE IT'S BEEN GONE FOR A MONTH OR MORE. SO YEAH, LET ME, LET ME GET OUT THERE TOMORROW AND I AM WORKING WITH, UM, MARINE MAINTENANCE TO GET, GET IT DONE. OKAY. BECAUSE THE, ABOUT THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, THE NIGHT EVENING RACES ARE GONNA START AND THAT BUOYS KIND OF INTO THE ENTRANCE. I'LL, I'LL PUT AN HAND ON MY SHIRT AND I'LL GO, I'LL GO POST UP AT THE GPS LOCATION. OKAY, GREAT. KELLY. AND LEMME SEE IF IT MAY HAVE CAME UP LOOSE WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL. YEAH. CHECK. AND THE SECOND THING, THAT'S KIND OF THE HO PROBLEM OF DOCK CARTS. IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DOCK CARTS? NO UPDATE TO PROVIDE RIGHT NOW. , UH, IT'S THE AGE OLD PROBLEM IS THE AGE OLD PROBLEM. UH, WE'RE LOOKING CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO FIND A FEASIBLE TRACKING MODEL THAT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE. AND IF THEY DO GO OFF OFF OUR LOT, WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK 'EM DOWN, TRACK 'EM DOWN, BUT ALSO [01:10:01] LOCK 'EM LIKE THEY DO WITH TARGET. YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE THE RANGE ON THOSE WITH THE, SO, SO WE'RE RUNNING INTO SOME HICCUPS ON HOW WE CAN GEOFENCE THEM. UH, BUT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR, FOR SOMETHING AS YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM TRYING TO FIND A DOCK CARD TO USE. YEAH. SUMMERTIME WORKS. SUMMERTIME'S ALWAYS THE HARDEST TIME. NOT JUST THAT. PULL OUT A BUNCH. IT'S THE HOMELESS, IT'S GET WORSE. I MEAN, I, I AM, YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESS, UM, AND I'LL SAY THAT OUT LOUD ON THE MICROPHONE THERE. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO SEE THEM WALKING DOWN, UH, SURFSIDE AND SUNSET BEACH WITH OUR, OUR CARTS FROM HERE AND, AND GOING DOWN PCH AND YOU KNOW, IT'S OURS. YEAH. UM, AND THEY PUT 'EM ON THE BACK OF THE BIKES AND THEY, THEY, THEY CONTINUE GOING ON AND, AND IT IS, WE'RE FINDING 'EM HOW MANY WE FIND WHEN WE DID THE JETTY, UH, THERE WAS LIKE SIX OR SEVEN OF 'EM THAT WERE TRASHED THAT ENDED UP GOING IN THE TRASH. AND THEY'RE NOT CHEAP. NO. AND IT'S NOT JUST, WE'RE ALSO, IT'S IT'S VENDORS. IT'S, IT'S IT'S MOTOR TAKING THEM HOME AND IT'S, WE CAN'T PUSH IT DUST JUST TO ONE ELEMENT. OH, I AGREE. WE, WE STOPPED THE ONE WHEN I WAS WITH YOU AND THEY HAD A VENDOR OPENING HIS TRUCK TO MOVE SOME STUFF AND HE WAS DOING THINGS IN THE RESTAURANT, NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE BOATS. YEAH. SO, OH, THEY'RE NICE CARTS. THEY'RE GREAT CART. SO AGAIN, WE WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND A CART THAT IS OURS, A BLACK CART WITH SPRAY PAINT. LONG BEACH MARINAS IS EASILY MODIFIED TO NOT BE LONG BEACH MARINAS. YEAH. UH, WE'VE ETCHED INTO THEM, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR TITLE. UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S HARD FOR A POLICE OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LOOK OVER AND SAY, OH, THAT'S A LONG BEACH MARINAS. SO WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT TRACKING, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT CONSTRUCTION OF IT. CAN WE GET SOMETHING THAT JUST SCREAMS LONG BEACH MARINAS? THAT'S NOBODY ELSE'S. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO TACKLE IT FROM A, UH, A FEW DIFFERENT ANGLES, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PROCESS. NEON YELLOW . THE OTHER THOUGHT IS, AND I I JUST PUT THIS OUT AT THE AIRPORTS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A DOLLAR AND, AND YOU GET YOUR CARD TO PUT YOUR LUGGAGE ON. MM-HMM. . BUT WHY NOT FOR THE BOAT OWNERS THAT THEY'D HAVE A CARD, UM, AND, AND SWIPE THE CARD TO PUT THE CARD ON. SO GOOD. AND THEN IT STAYS ON YOUR CARD UNTIL YOU CLICK IT BACK IN. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE, I'M, AGAIN, THAT'S ALL GONNA COST MONEY. I KNOW IT'S GONNA COST MONEY , BUT IT'S JUST A THOUGHT. 'CAUSE THE BOAT OWNERS ARE THE ONES THAT NEED IT. THE BOAT OWNERS ARE THE ONE THAT WANT IT. AND IF THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM USING A CARD, UH, TO SIT THERE AND CLICK IT SO THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN CART AND GO AHEAD AND USE IT. SO, JUST A THOUGHT. BUT WE WILL WORK TO ORDER MORE. I BELIEVE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ORDERING MORE FOR SUMMER. WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. UH, OUR, OUR USUAL IS WE LOSE 25 EVERY THREE MONTHS. GEEZ. THAT'S WOW. WE LOSE 25 AND THAT'S ON BOTH ENDS. SO 50, WHAT IS HOW JOB? UH, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 304 50. WOW. SO IT'S, THAT'S NOT OKAY. YEAH, IT'S NOT. AND THEY, AND, AND THE SAD THING IS, IS PEOPLE LOOK, WELL, THE, THE COST OF LEASING IT IS, IT IS GONE UP IN PRICE. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO THAT. UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE TIDE LENS DOLLAR IS GOING AWAY TOO. HOW ARE WE GONNA FIND DOLLARS, UH, THAT COME BACK AND, AND FEED, UH, FEED WHAT WE DO WITHOUT DOUBLING THE PRICE OF A, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO HAS A BEAUTIFUL BOAT OUT THERE THAT SAYS, I LOVE IT HERE, BUT IT'S COSTING SO MUCH MONEY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MANAGER'S REPORT? WE MOVE ON TO OUR COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS, THEN WE, YEAH. WE NEED TO VOTE TO RECEIVE. WE'RE GONNA, I, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SECOND, FIRST. YES. I, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY, WELL DONE. NOW WE CAN, CAN MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS. UM, AND WE'LL START OUT WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT, UH, DID YOU WANNA, I RECOMMEND STARTING WITH YOUR FINANCE AND THEN FINISHING. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. BECAUSE, BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN ANXIOUS TO GIVE THE REPORT. SHE DOES A HEY, WELL, UM, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET BEFORE THIS MEETING AND WE MET WITH THE, UH, WITH THE BUREAU ANALYST AND, UM, PORTIA SMITH. AND, UM, I HAVE A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE A REAL, UH, PICTURE OF OUR FINANCE BECAUSE BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN THERE WAS A BREACH AT THE CITY, UM, MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS [01:15:01] WERE, UM, MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY'S COMPUTER SYSTEMS WERE AFFECTED. SO WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BEHIND AND WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION. BUT ON A GOOD NOTE, WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND UM, AS BRIAN HAD SAID, WE HAVE A 94% OCCUPANCY. I'M ROUNDING IT UP A 94% OCCUPANCY. SO OUR REVENUE IS UP. UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WAIT LIST OF OVER 800 PERSONS TO TRY TO GET SLIPS IN, IN BOTH MARINAS. UH, WE HAVE 13 DIFFERENT SIZES THAT THE SLIPS, UM, ENCOMPASS. SO WITH OVER 800 PERSONS, UM, THAT'S ABOUT LIKE, UM, ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO 80 PER PER SIZE OF, OF FOLKS WAITING. UM, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR 1.25 MINIMUM, UH, PERCENTAGE ON THE, UM, ON THE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE. WE HAVE TO RAISE OUR FEES 2% EVERY YEAR TO MEET THIS DEBT SERVICE. 'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT PAID FOR OUR RENEWAL AND REBUILDING OF THE, UH, ALAMEDAS BAY MARINA. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR, WITH OUR PROJECTIONS THAT WE WILL PROBABLY, UM, END THE YEAR WITH, UH, TOTAL TOTAL SLIP REVENUE AND OUR REVENUES AT ABOUT 30,000 OF 30,000, 30 MILLION, OUR EXPENSES ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT 19 MILLION. AND THAT'S GONNA LEAVE US A NET REVENUE OF ABOUT 11 MILLION. AND OUT OF THAT WE'LL PAY OUR DEBT SERVICE OF 7,437,000. AND THAT WILL LEAVE US A NET OF ABOUT 3,900. THAT'S 3,973,000. AND THAT WILL GO JUST RIGHT BACK INTO, UH, THE MARINAS INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS, BATHROOMS, DOORS, GATES. SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. THAT'S REALLY GOOD SHAPE. IT'S MORE THAN 10%. MM-HMM. . YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? UM, COMMISSIONER MORENO WAS RECENTLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UH, FOR A LOT OF HER WORK ON THE, THE CHICANO COMMUNITY AS A TRAILBLAZER. AND SHE LINKS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT SHE DID AS SERVICE TO THE CITY BACK TO THOSE DAYS. HUMBLING. NOW I'M GONNA GO TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. PERFECT. YOU ALL RECEIVED A LETTER IN YOUR PACKET THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE CHUNK OF THE DOCK THAT FLOATED AWAY OUR TEAM HAS. SO, UH, BEAUTIFULLY PROTECTED AND THEN DESTROYED. UH, AND IT'S A GENUINE CONCERN OF OURS AS A COMMISSION. AND WE OUTLINED HOW WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING OF IT FOR, UM, WELL DOCUMENTED FOUR YEARS OF HAVE, HAS EVERYONE RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT LETTER AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY? YES, MA'AM. UM, TO VIEW IT, I THINK WE'LL START WITH, UM, ENTERTAINING A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AND SIGN IT, AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS FROM THERE. SO MOVED. SECOND. UH, IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE LETTER OR ANYTHING ANYONE'S NOT COMFORTABLE WITH? I I, I LOVE THE LETTER. I WISH WE COULD ADD IN ALL THE TRASH THAT WE GET, THE TONS OF TRASH THAT WE GET FROM THE LA UH, RIVER THAT COMES IN TOO AND ADD THAT TO IT BECAUSE, UM, IT SEEMED BLIND EYES, YOU KNOW, LOOK THE OTHER WAY. I CALL IT DEMAND LOYALTY AND WIN IT INFIDELITY. WE HAVE TO DEMAND LOYALTY FROM EVERY, EVERY CITY THAT'S ON THAT, THAT LA COUNTY RESERVOIR GOING ALL THE WAY UP. MM-HMM. BECAUSE HOW MANY TONS IN TOTAL? THIS, THIS YEAR? IT'S 11 TONS SO FAR. OR, OR 1100? 1100. 1100 TONS OF TRASH. AND WHAT DOES IT COST, UH, TO SAY, WHAT DOES IT COST FOR ONE TON TO BE REMOVED? ESTIMATE? JUST ROUGH. $75. $75. I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE WE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS SEPARATELY. WE WILL. AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE, WE WILL. BUT I JUST HAD TO PUT THAT ON, PUT THAT IN THE COMMENT 'CAUSE IT'S BEING DETAINED. SO, UH, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I JUST HAD TO SAY IT. VICE CHAIR HAD COMMENT. YES. YEAH. UM, LAST MONTH, I, I BROUGHT UP CC IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I KNOW TOM MOCA MAY BE THE CITY MANAGER, [01:20:01] BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT DON MCINTOSH OR HER OFFICE AS LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE, THE POINT THAT I RAISED WAS LIKE, THERE'S CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH VENDORS AND SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT FROM LIKE A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AWARE OF MAYBE BREACHING CONTRACT OR MAYBE EDITING OR SOMETHING. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CC THAT OFFICE SPECIFICALLY ON THE LETTER. YES. SO, UM, THIS LETTER WILL GO THROUGH MM-HMM. , UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEFORE IT GOES OUT, IT GETS PUSHED OUT. SO THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL, UH, REVIEW, CITY REVIEW, AND THEN IT GOES OUT TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. SO, OKAY. THEY WILL BE, UH, THEY WILL BE INVOLVED, BUT WE CAN, IS THERE A WAY TO FORMALLY PUT THEM ON THE CC BECAUSE THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH, BECAUSE BS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WENT IN, THEY'RE ALL IN THE CITY. I JUST, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN THE CC. SURE. OKAY. OR I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THEM IN NOW. I DON'T KNOW . YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO. SO THE, I'M ALSO THINKING OF PRACTICALITY OF IF WE SIGN THE DOCUMENT THAT'S HERE NOW THE REASON THE, YOU, WE CAN ADD THE CITY ATTORNEY TO THIS. OKAY. HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT THE INITIAL, THE REASON THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ON THERE IS BECAUSE THEY OVERSEE THE LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR THAT PROPERTY. YEAH. SO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, OF EXPEDIENCY FOR YOU. MM-HMM. , UH, MOVING FORWARD IS, LIKE I SAID, CITY ATTORNEY WILL REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT IT'S GOING THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED TFF TWO, FRONT FOUR MM-HMM. . UH, SO, UH, ONCE YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE APPROVED AND SIGNED THE DOCUMENT, THEN IT GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, AND THEN IT'S REVIEWED BY THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND THEN PUSH OUT TO ITS INTENDED, UH, AUDIENCE. OKAY. SO WE CAN CONTINUE, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW FOR EXPEDIENCY, IT'S UP TO YOU THE PROCESS. MM-HMM. . YEAH, I, I'M JUST BECAUSE IT SAID THAT WE LIKE THIS VENDOR LIKE FOR A WHILE, IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ON LIKE WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WASN'T INVOLVED WITH THAT EARLIER AND ABLE TO SORT OF HOLD THEM TO THE FIRE BUT NOT SORT OF KEEPING UP THEIR SIDE OF THE CONTRACT, WHATEVER THAT CONTRACT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. AND SO I ASSUME THIS PROCESS IS JUST LIKE, OKAY, THE CITY MANAGER WILL JUST REVIEW IT, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IMPLICATED, IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE CC. THAT'S WHAT MY SUGGESTION WAS LAST TIME. I THINK THE CHAIR WAS LIKE, OH WOW, GOOD COMMENT. THAT'S MY FIELD. I DIDN'T NEED TO COME UP WITH THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I, I WANT THEM TO BE IMPLICATED BECAUSE I THINK THEY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK AT THOSE VENDOR CONTRACTS TO SEE IF THERE'S, UM, THINGS THAT FOLKS ARE NOT DOING. THAT'S SORT OF THE SPIRIT OF WHAT MY COMMENT WAS. MM-HMM. , DO YOU WANNA MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? IS IT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE LIKE EXPEDIENCE HOW LONG WITH THAT? YEAH, I JUST, YOU WOULD JUST, YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO SIGN. WELL, LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DELAY ANYWAYS FOR ALL SO WE CAN GET EVERYONE'S SIGNATURE. RIGHT. SO WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER COPY IS JUST, EACH OF YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME BY AND THE OFFICE THE WEEKEND SIGN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT ON THAT. WE CAN JUST DO A FRIENDLY, A FRIENDLY APP. I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. MCRAY. YES. SO IF YOU'LL ACCEPT THAT. YEAH. I, I I LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABILITY IS SO MUCH IN OUR CITY AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS, IS ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT WE CAN FIND THAT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK THIS TURNS A LIGHT ON, UM, RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY COME IN AND TALK WITH US, UM, AND DO IT THAT WAY THEN INSTEAD OF, AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A BAD WAY OF POINTING A FINGER. YOU NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A HARSH, UH, IN THE SENSE OF SHE'S, SHE IS BRAND NEW, UM, AND WASN'T AWARE OF THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL CONTRACTS IN THIS CITY THAT REALLY GO BY THE WAYSIDE. AND I, AND I MEAN THAT, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME OLD CONTRACTS THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE AND PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING AWAY WITH, OH NO, I, I'VE GOT ANOTHER 10 YEAR EXTENSION ON IT. WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO BETTERMENT THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY FROM WHAT YOU HAVE? WELL, THE POTENTIAL CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN WORK. AND I THINK THIS, THIS LETTER AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO GET SOME ATTENTION. UM, AND I THINK, UH, IF WE HAVE TO DRAFT ANOTHER LETTER ON THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, I'M ALL FOR IT. UM, NO, WE CAN DO SO I, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER AS AS THE VICE CHAIR, [01:25:01] I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS LETTER GO IN AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE NEED TO PUSH IT HARDER, WE PUSH IT HARDER. JUST A THOUGHT. WE, WE CAN, BASED ON YOUR, YOUR MOTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF A FRIENDLY, UH, WE CAN EASILY ADD THE, THE ADDITIONAL CC MM-HMM. WITH THE, WITH THE MOTION IN PLACE. GREAT. I LOVE THE ADDITIONAL CC I'M IN. OKAY. OKAY. DO I NEED TO MOVE FOR THAT? NO COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON. YOU'RE SO, NO, I'M KIDDING. WE'RE, OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THE LETTER? WHAT ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC? DID YOU GUYS GO ON A TOUR? DID YOU GO ON A TOUR OF THAT MARINA? I KNOW IT RAINED ON FRIDAY, LAST FRIDAY MORNING. I, I'M IN THAT MARINA OFTEN. OKAY. WELL I DIDN'T GO BECAUSE I WASN'T WELL, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT PEOPLE SAW OR WHATEVER. IT, IT IS DETERIORATED SUBSTANTIALLY AND THERE ARE DOCKS THAT ARE SINKING AND THERE ARE DERELICT VESSELS. UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A REFLECTION OF THE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE SO PROUD OF MAINTAINING IN OUR MUNICIPAL MARINAS. SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND AND WE HAVE HAVE A AND WE, AND ONE MORE CHANCE FOR THE, UH, GERMAN PUBLIC. ANYTHING, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE READY FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR OF SENDING THIS LETTER. AYE, AYE. OPPOSED? CAN I BE THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT? OKAY, WELL YOU CAN'T SECOND DAWN NAME AND THEN, UM, I THINK TAMAL MAYBE SEND AN EMAIL BLAST ABOUT THE PROCESS YOU'D LIKE US TO COME TO THE FRONT DESK TO SIGN OR HOW YOU SHOULD LIKE, SO TAMAL WILL HAVE THIS READY TOMORROW, FRIDAY. UH, WE WANT TO KEEP THIS, UH, EXPEDIENT FOR YOU. SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE ANYTIME AFTER 12 NOON TOMORROW. TOMORROW, COME BY AT ALAMEDA BAY MARINA TILL 5:00 PM YEAH. AND THEN WE'RE OPEN WEEKENDS. OH YEAH. I'LL LEAVE IT ON FRONT AT THE DESK. YEAH. SO ANYTIME BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT FRIDAY DURING OPEN HOURS AT ALTO BAY MARINA, UH, THE DOCUMENT WILL BE PREPARED FOR YOU. GREAT. WE'LL BE THERE TOMORROW. OKAY, GREAT. WHAT ARE THE OFFICE HOURS? I'M GONNA BE IN THAT AREA TOMORROW. 11 SUNDAY YOU HAVE 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM PAYROLL. SUNDAY YOU HAVE EIGHT TO 2:00 PM 10 30. AND WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? I MEAN, LONG DRIVE ANYWAY. MARINA DRIVE 9 0 8 0 3 3 0 3. WE'VE DONE THAT. YOU GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. NOW WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS AND THAT MOVES US ON, UM, TO A PUBLIC COMMENT IN GENERAL, ITEMS THAT DIDN'T APPEAR ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU'D WANT US TO HEAR ABOUT. BUT AS A REMINDER, I'M GOING TO READ THE SENTENCE, UM, SO THAT YOU DON'T FEEL OFFENDED WHEN WE DON'T RESPOND. UM, OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER'S LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES UNLESS THAT TIME IS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. THE BROWN ACT PROHIBITS COMMISSIONERS FROM RESPONDING TO COMMENTS ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS DAVE BOOKER AGAIN. I'M FROM THE BOAT OWNERS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT. UM, UH, I'M CURRENTLY SPENDING A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH'S PIER WIND PROJECT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN AT LEAST IN THE PUBLICATIONS. UM, AS A BOAT OWNER HERE AND THE RACER UP TO THIS TOO, I, I'M VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT A, THE LOSS OF OPEN WATER WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY BUILD THAT THING OVER THERE. 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT PART IS, THAT PART IS USED FOR ODORS, BY THE WAY. AND SO THAT WILL DISAPPEAR. AND I'M ALSO VERY MUCH CONCERNED HAVING REREAD SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THE POST HAD PUBLISHED MONTHS AGO, THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE, UH, COURT PRESIDENT OR COURT CEO WERE TALKING ABOUT CORRECTLY, THE MITIGATION THAT THEY'RE GONNA OFFER TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND BELIEVING THAT, THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO RESURRECT THE EAST SAN PEDRO BAY MARINE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT THAT THE CITY AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS DID A $6 MILLION STUDY, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. MM-HMM. YEARS AGO. AND THE BOAT OWNERS FOUGHT LIKE HELL. THAT PARTICULAR, UM, PROJECT OFTEN WAS PROPOSED TO WRITE, TO PUT THE KELP FIELDS RIGHT OUT HERE ON THE ENTRANCE TO ALAMEDO BAY. AND TO PUT, YOU REMEMBER THAT ALL THE, ALL THE ROCKS BACK INTO THE AREA WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE 28 OLYMPICS, BY THE WAY, EXACTLY THERE, TO, TO ENCOURAGE KELP GROWTH AND ENCOURAGE, UH, BASICALLY, [01:30:01] UH, MARINE GROWTH, ECOSYSTEM GROWTH. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT. IF YOU HAVE CONTACTS IN THE PORT, THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, SINCE NOW WE'RE PLAYING LOCAL POLITICS, IS, IS NEEDS TO REALLY STEP UP ITS GAME AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COURT IS REALLY GONNA DO AND WHAT THE MITIGATION ASPECTS WOULD BE. 'CAUSE FOR THE BOATING COMMUNITY, THIS IS NOT A POSITIVE THING. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS GONNA COME DOWN LIKE AN AVALANCHE AND YOU CAN'T STAND IN THE WAY OF ANYWAY. IT'S GONNA BE A GREEN AVALANCHE AND IT'S GONNA COME DOWN AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. BUT, BUT THE VOTING COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THAT. AND HERE LOCALLY IT COULD VERY WELL BE IF THAT, THAT MARINE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT GETS KICKED OFF AGAIN, IT COULD BE EXTREMELY NEGATIVE FOR THIS ARENA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BROOKE. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, MS. BRENNAN? OKAY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS. SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO YOUR NAME, ME, EXCUSE MEAM STATE YOUR NAME. OH, KAREN BRENNAN. OKAY. HI CON, I KNOW BRENNAN FACE TO FACE. YEAH. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE YACHT CLUB IN ITS EXPANSION, WHICH I WAS AT A MEETING ABOUT WHEN THEY DID THE, THE RENDERING OF IT AND EVERYTHING, MY CONCERN IN, I, I RECENTLY HEARD AND READ AND I'M, I'M KIND OF SPEAK FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORS IN THIS WHOLE SECTION OVER HERE. UM, DOING A PUBLIC ROOM OR A BANQUET TYPE FACILITY TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IS VERY CONCERNING. AND I WANT TO EITHER PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC, PEOPLE TRAFFIC. OUR AREAS ARE GETTING BUSIER, ABLES GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER AND BUSIER THAN IT WASN'T EVEN THANKSGIVING BEFORE. IT WAS CRAZY IN THE CANALS. THE TRASH WAS BAD. WE, WE KIND OF DO IT TO OURSELVES, BUT WE REALLY STARTED DOING IT FOR EACH OTHER. AND IT'S TURNED INTO A GIANT EVENT, PARKING NEON SIGN AS YOU GO OVER THE BRIDGE. AND THE EVENT IS OUR HOMES, WHICH, SO IT'S GETTING CRAZY. PEOPLE ARE SPILLING THINGS. THEY'RE TRASH THAT WE HAD TO BAKE FOR TRASH. MY CONCERN IS MORE PEOPLE FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS AREA AND IMPACTING US, WALKING, BEING AROUND PARKING. UM, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THE YACHT CLUB IS REALLY THE PLACE FOR A PUBLIC VENUE. I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT. I JUST, I KNOW I DID A GIANT PARKING STUDY WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PUTTING METERS POSSIBLY OVER HERE OR A SHUTTLE TO, AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF PARKING. WE, I, I HANDED THE STUDY OFF TO SOMEBODY. IT WAS, UH, HOW MANY PARKING PLACES WE HAVE IN OUR STREETS. I MEASURED, I FOUND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF A CAR. I'M GONNA GO OVER THREE MINUTES IN ABOUT A SECOND HERE. UM, AND THE STREETS, WE'VE BEEN, AND ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT, IT, IT, IT'S JUST, WE'RE REALLY UNIQUE HERE. WE'RE ALSO IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I, AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE NOT ON PCH, WE'RE NOT IN A PUBLIC AREA, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO BRING IT UP FOR THE NEXT TIME. OH, I HAVE 51 SECONDS LEFT. HEY, OKAY. I TALKED FASTER THAN I THOUGHT. ANYWAY. THAT'S JUST, I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT, UM, THAT THE IMPACT OF THAT ON OUR VERY LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY HAS A HUGE IMPACT FOR HALLOWEEN, 3RD OF JULY AND ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, WHICH IS LONGER AND BIGGER THAN EVER. SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU MS. BRENNA. WITH 30 SECONDS TO SPARE, SAY HI. CAN'T BELIEVE IT. . MR. HOVER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE OR WERE YOU JUST SMILING THROUGH ? ALRIGHT, UH, COMING UP WE HAVE SOME, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS. IN THE NEXT MONTH IN MAY, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 2ND, AND WE ALSO HAVE MARINE AND BEACH MAINTENANCE ON THE NINTH. AND THAT'LL BE ALSO, UM, RIGHT BEFORE OUR NEXT MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WILL BE MAY 9TH. SAME BAT PLACE, SAME BAT CHANNEL HERE AT THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB AT TWO 30. WHAT'S THE DATE OF THAT? THE 9TH OF MAY. WHO DID WE ADJOURN? WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU, BOB. SEE I TOOK THE ETHICS TRAINING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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