* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR MAY 9TH, 2024. MR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLE? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER REDFIELD? HERE. COMMISSIONER URIARTE SMITH IS EXCUSED. ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE A RUM. ALRIGHT. UH, SO ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF MAY 6TH. MAY 16TH, 2024. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. I WILL SECOND. OKAY. UM, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN DONE YET. THAT'LL BE NEXT WEEK THAT THEY'LL CHOOSE THAT. THEY USUALLY CHOOSE THAT. SIR, WHY DID YOU JUST TAKE A MOTION ON THE MOTION TO A, TO A MOTION TO RECOMMEND MOTION TO DISCUSS. OH, GOT IT. GOT IT. SORRY, I THOUGHT I HAD MINUTES. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK I SAID MINUTES. NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD. NO, JUST TO DISCUSS. UM, SO, UH, THE MINUTES, WE WILL GET THOSE AND WE'LL BE OVER TO LOOK OVER THOSE. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF FEE. WE OF REQUEST, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEETING. UH, RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS. WE'LL HAVE THOSE THE DAY OF THE MEETING. WE'LL ACTUALLY, WE'LL ACTUALLY GET THOUGH. THAT'S STANDARD. THE, YEAH, THESE ARE RENEWALS FOR OUR CONTRACT CLASS INSTRUCTORS. THERE ARE FIVE, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE. GOT IT. I REMEMBER THAT FROM, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE RENEWALS. THEY'RE NOT NEW. THEY'RE GONNA COVER THINGS LIKE MARTIAL ARTS, UM, TAI CHI SEWING AND FITNESS. OKAY. OKAY. A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION FOR RAG TRIBE ETHICAL CLOTHING AND PRODUCTIONS, UH, TO DO, UH, NO ALCOHOL, UM, PARAMETERS. OBVIOUSLY WE TRUST SPECIAL EVENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON THAT, STEVE? SO THIS IS, UM, WHAT ARE THEY CALLING IT? TRIBE FEST. IT'S TRIBE FEST. IT'S AGAIN A NEW APPLICANT, NEW EVENT, UH, FORT PARKS REC AND MARINE. UH, IT IS FOR RECREATION PARK AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO, UH, HOLD AN EVENT THAT WILL FEATURE YOGA, UH, LIVE AND RECORDED MUSIC, WELLNESS CLASSES, VEGAN FOOD AND LOCAL ART VENDORS. UH, FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE, I THINK, UH, UH, HEALTH AND WELLBEING. OKAY. AND SO THE, I THINK THERE WILL BE POSSIBLY SOME OF THE ARTISTS WILL BE SELLING THINGS OR THERE WILL BE SOME GROUPS THAT WILL BE SELLING THINGS TO THE PUBLIC, NOT ALCOHOL AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING WOULD COVER THAT AS FAR AS SALES TAX OR, OR COMMERCE IN PARKS. THAT'S RIGHT. THEY ARE THE PERMITTING AGENCY PERMIT. OKAY. WE ARE JUST SAYING THAT THIS IS THIS. WE ARE JUST, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT 'CAUSE IT'S IN A PARK. THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR PARK USE. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, NO. NO, I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE NEW CONCEPTS SUBMITTED BY HONORING OUR FALLEN, UH, FOR THE MEMORIAL WALL AND AUTHORIZED THE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE RIGHT OF ENTRY. SO I THINK WE HAD TWO OF THEIR SEVEN PROPOSED PLAQUES. SO WE JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS WITH, AND I BELIEVE THAT BRENT SPOKE WITH LAURA AND SHE'S AWARE OF OUR CONCERNS. I BELIEVE THERE WERE ACTUALLY THREE. THREE, WAS THERE THREE THAT, UM, THEY HAD LIKE BLUE LINE, THERE WAS THE POLICE, THERE WAS THE FIRE, AND THEN THERE THOSE WERE, UH, THOSE WHO, UM, HAVE FALLEN DUE TO THE HIDDEN, HIDDEN OF, SO THERE WERE THREE, THE ARTWORK, UH, FOR, UH, THE ONE OF CONCERN HAS BEEN UPDATED AND, UH, REMOVED. UH, THE ARTWORK HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED. THE, THE, THE BLUE UH, LINE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND BACK TO JUST TRADITIONAL, UM, COLORED OF THE STRIPES. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, DO YOU KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF THE NEW YES. YEAH, THAT'LL BE PROBABLY IN THE PACKET. PACKET. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PACKET. GOOD. UM, THAT GETS POSTED. GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT AND THE HIGHLIGHTS. WE WILL GET THAT. UM, I'M NOT GONNA STEAL HIS THUNDER HERE, SO . OKAY. UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? UM, NO, EXCEPT TO GO BACK TO THE, UH, THE TRIBE FEST. UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S, UH, IT'S OUT OF ILLINOIS. THE ORGANIZATION IS AN ILLINOIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. IT'S SO, BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT THEY [00:05:01] ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING A, A WELLNESS THING TO LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, WHEREAS THE OTHER ONE, THE MONEY IS GOING TO THE GUATEMALA. SO THIS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS ONE'S NECESSARILY A FUNDRAISER AND IF IT IS, IT WOULD BE, I THINK FOR PROGRAMS OR LOBBY IT'S MOSTLY WE PUT THIS ON, WE DO IT EVERYWHERE. I MEAN THERE'S PROBABLY A LOCAL CHAPTER. THE MAIN ONE IS PROBABLY IN ILLINOIS. BUT IT'S A GOOD QUESTION THAT WE CAN ASK WHEN AND REMEMBER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERMITTING HERE AND FEE WAIVERS ON KIND THE OTHER OH, THE OTHER ONE? YES. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THIS IS NOT A FEE WAIVER REQUEST. OKAY. YEAH, NORMALLY SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING WOULD, JUST LIKE MY QUESTION WAS THERE'S GONNA BE, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SALES THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SELL ARTWORK OR WHATEVER RIGHT CLOSE. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE COMMERCE IN A PARK, WE AS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR THE PARKS COMMISSION WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO APPROVE THAT. HOWEVER, IF SPECIAL EVENTS IN FILMING IS GOING TO BE SETTING PARAMETERS ON IF THEY HAVE TO PAY OR COLLECT SALES TAX OR MM-HMM. HOW THEY REPORT THAT, THAT WOULD BE SPECIAL EVENTS IN FILMING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR SOMEBODY WOULD DO THAT. SO, UM, OKAY. UH, I DO HAVE TO LEAVE BY LIKE 10 20 IT LOOKS LIKE WILL BE CLOSE . SO YOU MAY GET THRUST INTO, UH, GOT IT INTO YOUR, YOUR SOON TO BE ROLE AGAIN. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, ANY AND NO ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, SO I THINK ACTUALLY WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NOT ANY, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING AT 3 44. * 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.