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ARE WE AT LONG BEACH ON OUR THING OR WE, UH, IF YOU GO TO SAFARI, THANK YOU.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS TO, UH, THIS MEETING.
THE ORDER, UH, IF I CAN GET A ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER, CHAIR KELLY HERE.
COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR MURRAY? HERE.
COMMISSIONER CARLIN AND COMMISSIONER ATKINS.
MCPHAIL ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO.
WE'LL MOVE ON, UH, TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE GREEN ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, MAY 9TH, 2024.
ANY OF OPPOSED? UH, THAT IS APPROVED.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ENDORSE SUBMISSION TO APPROVE A FEE WAIVER FOR THE SEAL BEACH YACHT CLUB AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $2,160 FOR USE OF 108 PARKING SPACES.
AND AL BAY MARINA FOR THE REGATTA SWAT MEET ON AUGUST 3RD, 2024.
UH, I'LL, UH, OPEN THE FLOOR TO BRIAN PLANT OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
UM, YES, WE ARE ASKING, UH, FOR A FEW WAIVER FOR THE, UH, CHARITY SWAP MEET.
UM, IT DOES BENEFIT THE CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S CLINIC, UM, BEEN GOING ON FOR 36 YEARS.
UM, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE WE'RE GAINING ON THOSE PARKING SPACES IS, UH, PRETTY SMALL COMPARED TO THE THING THAT IT DOES, UH, TO THE ORGANIZATION.
WHERE WAS IT GONNA BE? RIGHT HERE? UH, YEAH, RIGHT HERE AT, UH, AT SEAL BEACH IN THE, IN THE AL BAY, UH, PARKING LOT.
AND IS IT LIKE ANYTHING SWAMPY? I MEAN, PEOPLE BRING STUFF FROM HOME.
IS IT BOATS? IS IT IT'S A, IT IS A, ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE SOME VENDORS COME THIS, HE'S RIGHT, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 36 YEARS.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN THE CLUB, WONDERFUL GAL RUNNING, TWISTING ARMS NAP WAY YOU DO IS YOU RENT THE SPACES.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE MONEY COMES FROM.
AND THEN I THINK SHORELINE, OR NO, ONE OF THE OTHER CLUBS ACTUALLY BORROWS OUR KITCHEN.
SO YOU CAN GET PANCAKES FOR FIVE BUCKS.
SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF A LITTLE COMMUNITY EVENT AND THEY, YOU NEED USED BOAT PARTS FROM THAT.
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THAT THE FISHERMEN AND THE GUYS SELL RODS AND LINE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THEY ALSO TAKE, TAKE A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
SO, SO WE GOT A LOT OF FISHING.
GOOD STUFF GOING ON, BUT THEY'RE JUST RENT PARKING SPOTS.
THAT'S AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? OH, WELL, NOT A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT.
THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM HERE IN MON BEACH, FEDERAL, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.
AND IT HAS, AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE ALMOST MAYBE 13 TO 15 CLINICS NOW.
AND THEY PRIMARILY SERVE LOW INCOME FAMILIES OF ALL AGE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, RIGHT? MM-HMM?
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THIS.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? HEARING NONE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATE EXERT.
WE WILL START WITH SERGEANT SNICK, DIRECTOR.
THAT'S OUR, UH, MARINE PATROL REPORT.
MAY WAS A HUGE MONTH FOR MARINE PATROL.
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CITATIONS, HIGHEST ALL YEAR AND 30% HIGHER THAN LAST MAY.UH, DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS PRETTY MUCH ON PAR WITH THE REST OF THE MONTHS THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITY WAS 31% HIGHER.
THE MARINE PATROL UNITS WERE VERY BUSY.
AND DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE.
OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITY WAS 2,198 INSTANCES.
THERE WERE 41 REPORTS THAT CONSISTED MOSTLY OF IMPOUNDS AND FOUND PROPERTY.
UH, SEVERAL OF THOSE WERE RELATED TO THE SAME SUSPECT.
AND THERE ARE THREE ARRESTS TOTAL RELATED TO BURGLARY.
SO THREE SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY LAST MONTH.
AND THAT SITE COUNT IS 50 HIGHER THAN LAST.
IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT COUNT TO? I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION TOO.
SO YOU HAVE AN OFFICER BACK THAT WAS INJURED? UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER OFFICER THAT IS OFF OF TRAINING AND OUT SPREADING HIS WINGS AND GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE.
AND AS THAT INVOLVES, THEY BECOME MORE PROACTIVE.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE SSOS FROM CITY HALL TO FILL SOME OF OUR OVERTIME POSITIONS TO KIND OF GIVE OUR OTHER OFFICERS SOME REST.
SO I FEEL LIKE THAT REST PLUS THE UTILIZATION OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER AREAS KIND OF HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE INFLUX.
PLUS IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT BUSIER DOWN HERE TOO.
SO IS THAT IN RESPONSE TO IMPROVING SAFETY AT SECOND STREET AND STUFF LIKE THAT? THE ISSUES THAT IT'S HAD SECOND STREET? YEAH.
I MEAN, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S JUST MORE POLICE PRESENCE AROUND HERE IN ADDITION TO PEOPLE COMING BACK WITH THE ISSUES ALONG SECOND STREET, THE BREAK-INS AND THE WHAT, STABBINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
DO YOU JUST THINK ANY MORE RESOURCES FOR THIS PART OF TOWN? SO I KNOW EAST DIVISION, THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN BASED ON SEVERAL INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON SECOND STREET.
SO ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN AMPED UP IN SECOND STREET DISTRICT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT AFFECTS THE MARINA SPECIFICALLY.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ON THE PATROL SIDE OF THINGS.
UH, MARINE PATROL DOESN'T REALLY GO TO THAT AREA TO WALK EXCEPT PASS THROUGH.
WERE MOST OF THESE AROUND MEMORIAL DAY OR SORT OF SPREAD OUT? THEY KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE QUESTION ON, UH, UH, ELECTRIC BIKES, UM, TOOK GREEN, I DON'T KNOW, EXTRA MAN ACROSS THE STREET.
'CAUSE OF THE SIX KIDS WOULD KNOW HOW MUCH RUNNING ELECTRIC BIKES AND JUST NOT STOPPING AND STOP SIGNS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, IS THAT BECOMING AN ISSUE DOWN HERE AT ALL? I MEAN, IT'S, I KNOW THE BIKES WHEN THE BIKES WHEN THEY HAD SECOND STREET, BUT THEY HAD 160 OF THEM, THEY BLOCKED UP SECOND STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN SECOND STREET.
MINI BIKES AND ELECTRIC BIKES.
SO WE HAVE A WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN THEY CATCH 'EM? OR DO THEY CATCH 'EM? IS IT JUST WHEN, WHEN THEY ARE STOPPED? THEY ARE NORMALLY ISSUED CITATIONS DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
UH, THEIR COOPERATIVE AND APOLOGETIC EDUCATION IS ALWAYS IDEAL AS A FIRST AVENUE OF APPROACH.
UM, THOSE MOB SITUATIONS, I KNOW THERE'S INTERAGENCY CONNECTIVITY WHERE WE'RE COMMUNICATING, HEY, THEY'RE COMING THROUGH SEAL BEACH AND THEY'RE HEADING TOWARDS LONG BEACH KIND OF THING.
AND UH, DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY OF, OF THE INCIDENT ITSELF, WE'LL EVEN GET CHP INVOLVED.
UH, WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THOSE HAPPEN.
AND THE RESPONSE IS PRETTY QUICK AS SOON AS IT'S IDENTIFIED AND THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CAN HAVE PC TO STOP FOR AND ISSUE CITATION AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT THAT BEHAVIOR IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
I JUST, YES, I THINK MORE ELECTRIC BIKES CAN GO 40 MILES AN HOUR NOW.
UH, AND KIDS DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED ELECTRIC BIKE AND THEY GO FASTER THAN THE MOTORCYCLES AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE.
UM, SO I MEAN, THERE ARE GONNA BE CHANGES.
'CAUSE I KNOW THE STATE IS LOOKING AT CHANGES RIGHT NOW ON THAT, BUT, UH, WHAT THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO IS THERE AND THEY GET PULLED OVER, LIKE WITH MANY OF THINGS.
WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF LEGISLATION, SO.
WHEN THINGS CHANGE TO WHERE WE CAN TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, AND
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I'M SURE.UH, SO I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA SOME OF OUR STUFF WAS, UM, TAKEN TO BE RECYCLED WOULD IMPACT BOTH OF SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE FOLKS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT
SOME OF THE PLAY COVERS AND THINGS ALONG.
HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH ANY OF THESE RECYCLE GUYS? I HAVEN'T BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THAT INVESTIGATION, SO I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO, I, I, I CAN SAY JUST FOR, FOR KNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, OUR CHURCH GOT THEIR BRA PLA TAKEN OFF IN ST.
UM, AND LA HARBOR POLICE, UM, PULLED OVER A CAR AND THEY HAD, UH, UH, TWO MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS, OUR CHURCH PLAQUE IN IT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE ARREST, UH, UM, AND WE GOT THE PLAQUE BACK.
BUT, UM, BRONZES, BRONZES AND, AND THE SMELTERS ARE JUST, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, ARE PAYING THESE PEOPLE TO BRING IN, ESPECIALLY FROM GRAVEYARDS ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE FLASH.
WE'RE, WE'RE IDENTIFYING THESE PRECIOUS RECYCLED MATERIALS IN AREAS THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE AT BEFORE.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO ARE OUR, UH, UTILITY COVERS LIKE BASIN ONE? UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SCREWED DOWN.
THOSE ARE NOT, OH, HEY, LET ME JUST GRAB THIS AND WALK AWAY.
SO, UH, WE'RE TAKING AN INVENTORY OF A LOT OF THE PRECIOUS RECYCLABLE METALS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, CAN WE USE, CAN WE USE CONCRETE? CAN WE USE, CAN WE USE PLASTIC? WHAT, WHAT OTHER MATERIALS THAT WE CAN WE USE THAT ARE, THAT ARE NON PRECIOUS, UH, METALS TO INCORPORATE IT TO PROTECT OUR EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A PROCESS, BUT AS WE IDENTIFY THESE THINGS, WE'LL BE SWITCHING 'EM OUT.
YEAH, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF LONG BEACH YET? BACKFLOWS ARE AN ISSUE.
OUR BACKFLOWS BACKFLOWS AND THE UTILITY BOXES ALONG AL BAY.
THEY HIT US LAST FRIDAY FOR EIGHT OF THE 10.
UH, NEXT HAT WE HAVE UP MR. BRIAN PLANT FOR, UH, MARINE OPERATIONS.
UM, SO FOR OPERATIONS, WE ARE HOVERING RIGHT THAT 93.62%, 93, 90 4% OCCUPANCY, UM, STAYS.
THE VACANCY STAYS IN THAT 25 TO 35 FOOT RANGE.
UM, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, NICE WEEKEND AND, YOU KNOW, MORE SUNSHINE STARTS TO GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT VOTING AGAIN.
UM, WE DID HAVE A PRETTY ACTIVE, UH, GUEST AND TRANSIENT SLIP, UM, MONTH.
WE HAD 684 NIGHTS OF, OF STAYS, UM, PRO TWO MARINAS.
SO LAST TIME, UM, SOME COMMENTARY CAME UP REGARDING LONG BEACH RACE WEEK, UM, AND WHERE THAT BULL WAS, UH, COMING FROM.
SO AT THE TIME THAT I GOT THE INFORMATION FROM THE CLUB, UM, 49 OF THE 71 REGISTRANTS WERE FROM OUT OF LONG BEACH.
10 OF THOSE 49 ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE GOT PEOPLE FROM HAWAII, FLORIDA, UM, WASHINGTON.
UM, SO THEY ARE, IT IS PULLING, YOU KNOW, BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE IN, UM, SOME QUICK MAINTENANCE ITEMS. I'M NOT GONNA TAKE TOO MANY.
JUST A COUPLE OPERATIONAL ONES OVER AT SHORELINE.
UM, THE AOC PUMP OUTS, UM, HAVE BEEN RESTORED.
UM, SO ALL THAT SEPTIC LINE WAS REPLACED AND FIXED.
UM, AND ACTUALLY PUT UP ON THE APP, SO, YOU KNOW, BOAT IN THE AREA CAN SEE IT.
AND THEN THE RESCUE BOAT SLIP, UH, HAS BEEN FINISHED.
SO THE BRACKET WAS HOLDING IT ON, WAS REPLACED.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING TO PUT THE ELECTRIC IN, BUT THE BOAT SLIP IS USABLE.
SO MUCH FASTER ACCESS FOR, UH, RESCUE OPERATIONS LEAVING THAT AREA.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT LAST MONTH.
YOU REPORTED ON, UM, BOTH INSPECTIONS AND WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POST GUARD AUXILIARY.
AND HOW ARE THOSE PROGRESSING? WE'VE HAD A COUPLE, UM, THAT THE, THAT POLICY'S REALLY BEING INSTITUTED AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
SO I SUSPECT WE'LL SEE IT VERY BIG, UM, SURGEON IN THAT.
UH, BUT THE ONES THAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR HAVE WENT WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHO TO DIRECT THIS QUESTION TO EXACTLY.
BUT THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING TOO.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK ON THE LETTER THE MAX SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE HARBOR LIGHTS ISSUE WITH THE DOCK? SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT GOING ON WITH AFFECTING REMOVAL OF THAT DOCK.
SO THE, THE IMPACT WAS FELT PRIOR TO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND
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THE SCENES WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT SINCE YOU, YOU FIRST BROUGHT IT UP TO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.UH, WITH IT BEING THAT WAVE ATTENUATOR OR PIECE ENDING UP ON THE BEACH FRONT, UH, DURING THE LAST STORM SEASON, THAT REALLY KIND OF, UM, ESCALATED AND ACCELERATED THE PACE.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, UM, EMERGENCY REGULATORY AND PERMITTING TO ACTUALLY REMOVE THOSE ELEMENTS FROM, FROM THEIR, THEIR MARINA.
AND THEN THERE THE MARINA, THE, THE LAND MANAGEMENT GROUP IS WORKING WITH LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO FIND OUT HOW THEY CAN MOVE THE LAST FEW BOATS THAT ARE THERE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT A COMPLETE OVERALL UH, UH, REMOVAL OF DOCKS.
SO IS THAT LIKE A, A JUST ABANDONMENT REMOVAL, YOU KNOW, RESTORE IT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS? OR IS THIS A REPLACEMENT THAT WE'RE WAITING TO GET A NEW VENDOR IN? NO, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A FEW OTHER DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, I'M NOT AT LIBERTY LEAGUE DISCUSSED, BUT, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, RECREATIONAL FEATURES, NOT JUST LIKE RECREATIONAL PLAY FEATURES, NOT JUST RECREATIONAL MARINE.
SO THERE COULD BE, THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF USES FOR THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL EXPLORE ANY, ANY OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN.
BY RECREATIONAL YOU MEAN LIKE BOATING? YEAH, LIKE, WELL, RECREATIONAL WATER ACTIVITIES.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WANTED TO SWIM OUT IN FRONT OF THAT.
THE MOUTH OF THE LA RIVER REALLY
THEY'RE EXPLORING A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
UH, SO, UH, RIGHT NOW THEY DO HAVE, UH, UH, JET SKI TO CATALINA IS A VENDOR AT THAT LOCATION.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO MAINTAIN JET SKI TO, UH, CATALINA AT THE LOCATION FOR THE NEAR AND LONG TERM.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S A LEASE PROPERTY AND IT'S UP TO THE, THE LAND MANAGEMENT GROUP TO REALLY ASSESS HOW THEY WANT TO ACTIVATE.
ARE YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT, LIKE, IF THE MAC CONTINUES TO TRACK THIS GOING FORWARD, ARE, DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD WORK WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT IF IT WAS TO GO TOWARDS A MARINA STYLE ACTIVITY THAT THEY WOULD CONSULT TO MAKE SURE THE STANDARDS ARE COMPARABLE? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.
UH, UH, MARY TORRES, UH, MATTHEW BROOKS, UH, THEY'RE THE LEADS FOR THE REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, UH, GROUP THERE.
AND ANYTIME THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING IN OUR FOOTPRINT, UH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH US.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH PROBLEMS NOW AT HARBOR LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN LONG TERM LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS 20, 30 YEARS.
SO, UH, IT'S TAKEN A BIT OF TIME TO ADDRESS IT, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND SO BECAUSE, UM, LEMME THINK THROUGH THIS.
SO FOR THOSE, EVEN THOUGH THAT HAS BEEN, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG, 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, JURISDICTIONS AND STUFF CAN CHANGE.
AND SO FOR HOW LONG AS HARBOR LIGHTS WAS IN THE JURISDICTION OF YOUR BUREAU, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY MONEY FROM HARBOR LIGHTS? ANY REVENUE FROM HARBOR LIGHTS? IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY IN OUR JURISDICTION.
IT CAN, IT GETS, IT GETS FUZZY.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT A MARINA OPERATING IN THE LONG BEACH CITY, LONG BEACH WOULD BE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MARINE GROVE.
BUT THAT LAND USE ELEMENT AT THAT LOCATION IS ACTUALLY A AUTHORITY SPACE.
LIKE THE WATER ELEMENT AND LIKE REGULATORY OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THEY OVERSEE THE LEASE, BUT LIKE REGULATORY AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT AREA ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THE COURT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF JURISDICTION OVERLAP.
SO IF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES COURT TO OCCUR THAT WERE NON MARINA, SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, JET SKIS OR SABOT OR LASER STORAGE AND RACING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHATEVER, IT'S, WOULD YOU EXPECT THEY WOULD HAVE TO, THE HOPE IS THAT THEY WOULD MEET WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY ON THE AREAS THAT
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ARE, ARE UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION.BUT THE REVENUE WOULDN'T BE GOING TO YOU, IT WOULD REMAIN GOING TO THE PORT IT WELL, NO, NO, NO.
THE REVENUE FOR THAT AREA GOES TO THE THAILANDS.
IN AND OF ITSELF GOES TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, GOES TO THE TIDELANDS FUNDS AND THEREBY IT GOES TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE THINGS IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
AND SO ANY REVENUE FROM THAT AREA HISTORICALLY MAY HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE TIDELANDS FUND.
IT'S JUST NOT MUCH TIDELANDS MONEY WAS BEING PUT BACK INTO THAT AREA.
WELL, COR CORRECT IN A WAY IN THE FACT THAT THAT'S A LEASE PROPERTY.
AND IT'S, UH, THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP.
UPKEEP OF HERE IT IS THE VENDOR'S RESPONSIBILITY.
IT'S THE VENDOR'S RESPONSIBILITY.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK I, THAT YOU KNOW, NO, I, I, YOU KNOW, MORE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT I, THE MORE I WANT TO LOOK AT ALSO RESTROOMS, WHO TAKES CARE OF THE RESTROOMS THEN? 'CAUSE ALL THOSE AREAS CAN HAVE AT RESTROOMS. IT'S UNDER THAT GROUP THAT'S LEASED IT.
MUCH LIKE WE HAVE THE GROUP AT THE END OF THE MARINE, THE MARINE ROAD HERE, THAT STILL LOCKS ALL THEIR BATHROOMS. UH, SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BATHROOMS BECAUSE THE CITY LEASES IT TO THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THE BATHROOMS OPEN.
UM, AND WE HAVE NO POWER OVER THAT.
UM, THAT GETS, THAT JUST GETS CONCERNING, I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THEY HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO YOUR RESTROOM.
THAT ONE, THAT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC RESTROOM, UH, THAT'S REALLY OPEN WHEN A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT CONTROLS A WHOLE PIECE OF LAND OVER THERE DOESN'T OPEN THEIR RESTROOMS FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT'S JUST, I, IT BAFFLES THE IMAGINATION.
AT LEAST TALK TO THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, IF, IF THESE PROPERTY IS LEASED FOR PUBLIC USE AND THE PUBLIC COMES IN, SHOULDN'T THEY HAVE OPERABLE BATHROOMS THAT ARE A DA COMPLIANT THAT PEOPLE CAN USE AND THEY DON'T DO IT? AND THAT THEREIN LIES, THAT'S A LEASE, ANOTHER LEASE PROPERTY THAT, THAT WOULD GO THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT.
AND THAT'S, THOSE, THOSE PROPERTIES ARE, SOME OF THEM ARE COMING UP FOR CONTRACT AND WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE OR OTHER ONES ARE NOT.
AND IF THERE'S NOT LANGUAGE IN THEIR CONTRACT THAT'S REQUIRED THEM TO DO THAT, WE'RE SORT OF IN A LIMBO WHERE WE CAN REQUEST BUT CAN'T REQUIRE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE MAT MAY BE ABLE TO DO GOING FORWARD IS HAVING A LIST THAT IT SENDS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYBE CCS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR WHATEVER WE DID IT THE LAST TIME RIGHT.
OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN JURISDICTION.
AND SO YOUR ISSUE, I THINK A GOOD ONE, AND THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S ON A LIST TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN THIS CONTRACT COMES UP ON THIS DATE, THIS SHOULD BE A TERM, A TERM OF THE CONTRACT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THIS IS THE BUS DRIVER THAT, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND, COMES BY YOUR AREA, BUT CAN ONLY PARK AT THE BEGINNING OF MARINA DRIVE AND THAT AREA AND PARK.
AND THEN SHE WALKS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET, ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO THE RESTROOM AT YOUR AREA BECAUSE SHE CAN'T PARK RIGHT THERE.
SHE HAS TO PARK IN THE DESIGNATED BUS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THROUGH OUR, OUR A BM RESTROOM REBUILD PROJECT.
UH, A TWO, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE AQUALINK.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING THAT ONE.
WE'RE UPGRADING THAT ONE TO BE A BOAT OWNER SLASH PUBLIC RESTROOM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS TO GET THE A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN ON THAT AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET OUT TO CONSTRUCTION BID IN THE, IN THE YEAR AHEAD BID 2025 MM-HMM.
DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THE HILTON IS INTERESTED IN DOING ANYTHING OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR AMENITIES FOR THEIR OWN HOTEL? UH, YEAH.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR, THE MAJOR LEASE SOLD.
SO THERE, THERE'S THE, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, THEY CONTRACT, UH, WITH THE HOTEL AND THEN, THEN THERE'S THE WATER LEASE SIDE.
SO THE HOTEL DOES HAVE A PIER OUT THERE AND THEY, THEY, THEY ACTIVATED IT.
UH, BUT THE OTHER SUBLEASE THAT HAS BEEN CANCELED, UH, WAS A SECONDARY SUBLEASE.
SO WHETHER THEY LOOK TO GO INTO ANOTHER SUBLEASE OR THEY DECIDED TO TAKE IT ON OR PROVIDED TO, TO THE MAYA, IT, IT REALLY REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE.
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TO BE RECOGNIZED.ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW'S THE HARRY BRIDGES PARK STUFF GOING ON? OH, I GUESS WE'LL GET THERE.
ANY, UH, MORE QUESTIONS FOR, UH, BRIAN AND MARINE OPERATIONS? OH YEAH.
UH, WELL, I THINK WE, OH YEAH, WE GO THROUGH, UH, I'LL, UH, GO NEXT TO KELLY ARMSTRONG AND BEACH MANS.
OUR, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM, UM, IS CONTINUING WORK FROM LAST MONTH, UM, WITH THE EAST BEACH PENINSULA, UH, RE NOURISHMENT EFFORT.
UM, WE'RE INCREASING COORDINATION WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR BEACH CLEANUPS THAT ARE, UH, MORE ACTIVE DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
SO, UM, WORKING WITH OUR RESERVATION, UH, OFFICE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TRASH RECEPTACLES AND DUMPSTERS IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
UH, PRIOR TO, UH, SOME OF THOSE, UH, LARGER BEACH CLEANUPS, UH, LAST MONTH WE REMOVED 145 TONS OF DEBRIS, UH, FROM THE BEACH FRONT, UH, BRINGING OUR TOTAL, UH, TO ABOUT 1500 TONS SINCE OCTOBER.
OUR, UH, QUEENSWAY BAY DIVISION, UM, IS REALLY INTO THEIR SPECIAL EVENT SEASON, UM, ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND.
THERE'S DIFFERENT EVENTS AT, AT THE DIFFERENT PARKS DOWN IN, UH, THE RAINBOW HARBOR AREA.
UH, THEY ALSO COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF, UH, 40 TREE LIGHTS IN THE PINE AVENUE, UH, CIRCLE AREA, UH, THAT WAS REMOVING OLD LIGHTS AND, AND UPGRADING TO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS THERE.
UM, UH, THE QUEENSWAY BAY MAINTENANCE ALSO REPAIRED A, A CLOGGED, UH, INLAND PIPE, UM, EIGHT INCH SALT WATER LINE.
UM, THE, THE NEW PUMP WAS INSTALLED IN APRIL.
UM, WE, WE SAW SOME WATER REDUCTIONS FOR OUR RAINBOW LAGOON.
SO OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, UH, COORDINATED, UH, DIVERS TO GO DOWN AND, UM, FIND THE BLOCKAGE AND REPAIR IT.
SO NOW WE HAVE, UH, UH, HIGH FLOW INTO THE LAGOON, WHICH LEADING IT TO THE, THE SUMMER SEASON IS A REALLY BIG BENEFIT FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT WATER AND MAINTAINING THAT WATER QUALITY AND REDUCING ALGAE.
UH, OUR GROUNDS DIVISION, UM, COMPLETED THE LAWN TO GARDEN PROJECT IN THE ALTOS BAY, UH, NEAR THE ALTOS BAY MARINA, UH, JUST LAST MONTH.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE LONG BEACH UTILITIES FOR, UH, FUTURE PROJECTS, UH, IN THE COMING, UH, MONTHS OR OR COMING YEARS.
WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ANY SPECIFIC AREAS YET, BUT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD.
UH, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT, UH, OR, OR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR, UH, BACKFLOW CAGE, UH, INSTALLATION, UM, THAT IS GOING, UM, FORWARD WITH, UH, AREAS IN THE ALVEO BAY, UH, THAT ARE, UM, GONNA BE RECEIVING THE, THE ENCLOSURES TO PROTECT THOSE BACKFLOW, UM, DEVICES AND OUR IRRIGATION CENTRALIZATION THAT, UM, COMPLETED SOME MORE CHECKS AND IS CURRENTLY AT CITY ATTORNEY FOR A CONTRACTOR THAT'S FOR THE IRRIGATION IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
ANYTHING ON THE, UH, THE JETTY? DID YOU GUYS CLEAR OUT THE JETTY AGAIN? SO I'M WEARING SUNGLASSES BECAUSE MY GRANDKID TOOK MY, I CAN'T SEE YOU UNTIL I PUT THESE ON
UM, UH, ANY, UH, THING ON THE JETTY? UH, WE DO ANOTHER CLEANUP ON THE JETTY OR IS THAT STILL? NO, UM, WE DO IT NOW ONCE A WEEK WITH PD.
SO WE WERE MOSTLY, YEAH, WE WERE THERE TUESDAY.
UM, SO WE SENT OUR BEACH CREW OVER THERE DURING OUR, OUR BEACH, UM, TUESDAY CLEANUPS.
UM, AND WE HIT THIS JENNY, RIGHT? THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
WE DO THAT ONE, UH, ON TUESDAY.
SO IS, IT'S STILL GETTING FILLED UP EVERY WEEK.
I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT YOU THEN.
I'M LOOKING AT THE NODDING, SO I'M BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
SO THE FREQUENT CLEANING IS MAYBE DISCOURAGING MORE FOLKS FROM HANGING THERE.
THE MORE WE'RE THERE, THE MORE, UH, WE POST ON FRIDAYS.
SO WE HAVE SOME, UH, SOME PRESENCE THERE.
UH, WE'RE THERE EVERY TUESDAY WITH, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND, AND, UH, MEMBERS FROM THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR OUTREACH IF, IF PEOPLE WANT, UH, SERVICES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, AND THEN OUR MAINTENANCE CREW SHOWS UP WITH A COUPLE OF TRASH TRUCKS AND, AND CLEANS WHAT DEBRIS IS THERE.
BUT IT IS BEEN VERY, UH, LIGHT, UH, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
UH, THEN WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, UH, CHIEF MEDINA, CHIEF MEDINA WITH MARINE SAFETY.
COUPLE UPDATES FOR MARINE SAFETY.
UH, WE JUST FINISHED OUR LIFEGUARD ACADEMY, SO, UH, WE HAD 80 PEOPLE TRY OUT FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS TO BECOME A
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LONG BEACH TION LIFEGUARD.UH, WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 30 OUT THOSE 30.
IT GOT WHITTLED DOWN THROUGH THE ACADEMY SELECTION PROCESS, OUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO 1919, UH, NEW ROOKIE LIFEGUARDS.
ALL OF THEM HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT ALREADY.
FIRST DAY OF SUMMER IS THIS SATURDAY.
WE, WE, WE CELEBRATE THAT EVERY YEAR SINCE IT'S LIKE 1906, UH, BY TRYING TO GET ALL STAFF TOGETHER.
WE'RE DOING THAT AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC FOR, FOR AN ANNUAL PHOTO OF ALL STAFF.
UH, AND THEN WE EXCHANGE A FEW WORDS AND LEAVE THE MAY OR HIS TENDERLY INTENT SCHEDULED TO BE THERE AS WELL, TO TALK TO THE LIVE GUARDS AND THE SAFETY WORDS SO THAT WE KIND OF START FOR SUMMER.
AND, UM, SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
SO STARTING SATURDAY, EVERY TOWER IN THE MEETING BE STAFF AND EVERYBODY'S READY.
AND, UM, UH, WE ALSO WILL COME COMPLETING OUR MARINE SAFETY OFFICER EXAM PROCESS.
WE HAVE BRING ON A NEW SWORN STAFF INTO THE MARINE SAFETY DIVISION.
THAT PROCESS IS COMPLETED WITH STILL SERVICE, SO WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE INTERVIEW TO GO AND WE'LL, WE'LL START TO BRING ON PEOPLE ON THAT LIST AS WELL.
UH, SO PRETTY EXCITING STUFF AND, UH, WE'RE READY TO JUST GET GOING.
UM, WHEN, WHEN ARE THE, UM, SORT OF IN BETWEEN BOTH YOU GUYS? THE WE BITS GOING OUT? YEAH.
THE, WE BITS ARE, TODD CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
HIS, HIS TEAM BEEN SET 'EM ALL UP.
I THINK THERE'S ONE, JUST A FEW MORE TOUCHES ON THAT LAST ONE, RIGHT? NOPE.
UH, SO, UH, THE AL WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET THEM IN, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE L-B-U-S-D CALENDAR.
UH, SO, UH, UH, ALAMEDA BEACH WAS INSTALLATION STARTED ON TUESDAY, WAS COMPLETED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
UH, BAYSHORE STARTED THIS MORNING.
SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF DAY, AND THEY BOTH SHOULD BE READY TO, UH, OPERATE BY 10:00 AM TOMORROW MORNING.
BUT, UH, LIFEGUARDS WILL BE THERE ON SITE STARTING ON SATURDAY.
AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT 'EM ASKING TO, UH, WHEN DO THEY OPEN AND POPULAR BRINGING THE END OF SCHOOL? IS IT? ONE MINUTE.
IT ALREADY HAPPENED IN FREMONT.
ALREADY HAPPENED AT, MAN YESTERDAY.
SO IF WE HAD, AND, AND I, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 19 NEW BRAND NEW FIRE.
HOW, WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LIFEGUARDS ON OUR STAFF? WE HAVE ABOUT 200 OF OUR, UH, TOWER OCEAN LIFEGUARDS ARE UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.
IF YOU'LL, AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE PLENTY FIVE SWORN THAT CORRECT STUFF.
UH, NOT EVERYONE'S ON AT ONE TIME, OBVIOUSLY, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAJOR DIVISION.
AND THIS SATURDAY, I MEAN, WE ALL SHOWED UP JUST TO SUPPORT FROM THE RAIN.
THAT WOULDN'T BE A BROWN ACT PROBLEM.
WE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.
EVERY TIME I GO TO A RESTAURANT, HE'S THERE.
I
SO IT'S, UH, SATURDAY AT WHAT TIME? SATURDAY, SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING ACCORDING TO THE PACIFIC.
PULL A TICKET WALK UP TOWARDS THE LONG LIFEGUARD.
WE'LL, WE'LL VALIDATE PARKING.
UH, BUT BRUCE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED VALIDATION CITY.
WE TO COME IN AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S FUN.
IT'S, IT'S TRADITION FOR US AND WE GREAT.
CHIEF MEDINA, WHY DO YOU, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE, UM, INCIDENTS OF, OF, UM, STINGRAY BITES THIS SUMMER? I SPENT HUNDREDS OF THEM.
I WAS WALKING ON THE PIER COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND THIS GUY CAUGHT ONE.
THIS SEE THE STINGRAY SHUFFLE? THEY'RE HEALTHY.
AND OUR, OUR CURRENT ACADEMY, OUR LIVE PERSON WHERE THE ACADEMY PART OF THEIR TRAINING RIGHT, IS, UH, DOING LINE SEARCHES, WHICH MEANS THEY ALL LOCK OUT IN FORMATION.
AND, AND THEN THEY DIVE DOWN AS IF THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR A VICTIM.
AND THE WAY WE KNOW THEY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMPLETING THE TASK IS THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH SAND RIGHT IN THEIR HANDS.
WELL, TWO OF OUR GUARDS PERFORMING THAT LINE SEARCH GOT STUNG ON THEIR HAND.
WE HAD SEVERAL OF THEM GET STUNG IN THE COURSE OF THE ACADEMY TOGETHER.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE STICK EM IN HOT WATER AND THROW 'EM BACK OUT AND IT'S PART OF THE TRAINING.
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SO, THANK YOUAND THEN WE'LL FINISH UP WITH, UH, MR. CORY FORSTER WITH, UH, MARINE MATES.
UM, SO I MISSED LAST MONTH, SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE UPDATES FOR YOU, UH, TO COVER.
THE LAST TWO MONTHS, UM, WE'VE COMPLETED THE, UH, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF NEW WIND SCREEN AROUND BAYSHORE.
UH, WE DID THE HOCKEY RINK, UH, THE PLAYGROUND AND, UH, UH, THE DRY BOAT STORAGE AREA.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT THE WINDSCREEN FOR THE BELMONT POOL.
UM, WE, UH, REPLACED TWO DOORS FOR THE CHEMICAL ROOM AT THE OLD OUTDOOR POOL FOR BELMONT.
UM, WE RESURFACED THE PLYWOOD ON THE BAYSHORE HANDBALL CORD, RETRIED IT, AND RETAINED THE EMBLEM ON THERE.
IT LOOKS REALLY FRESH AND NEW, GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
UM, BRUCE, WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? OUT OFF TODD'S OFFICE, WE'VE GOT THE NEW MARKER BUOY SAW SPLIT UP.
UM, WE PAINTED A THREE POINT LINE FOR THE BAY SHORE HANDBOOK OR BAY SHORE BASKETBALL COURTS.
UM, FOR SOME REASON, WHEN WE HAD A RE STRIKE LAST YEAR, WE WERE MISSING THAT THREE POINT LINE.
SO THOSE ARE BACK, UM, BAY SHORE PLAY AROUND.
SO LET'S BACK AN OPERATION AND LET'S SEE, ONE APPAREL, WE REPLACED A SLIDE YESTERDAY AND WE'VE GOT THAT SLIDE BACK IN OPERATION.
SO WE'VE GOT THE BLUE AND YELLOW IN OPERATION.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME, UH, SOME ROPE ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE FENCE REMOVED FROM ONE APPAREL.
UM, WE'VE EXPERIENCED TWO BREAK-INS AT THE, UH, MARINE MAINTENANCE YARD.
UH, WE HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME IN SHORTLY AFTER THE STAFF LEFT.
UM, HE MADE HIS WAY THROUGHOUT THE YARD, TRIED TO CHECK ALL THE VEHICLES, MADE HIS WAY INTO ONE VEHICLE THAT WAS UNLOCKED, UM, VANDALIZED THAT VEHICLE, UM, STAYED IN THE YARD ALL NIGHT LONG AND THEN TOOK A FEW KEYS FROM THE KEY BOX, UM, AND MADE OFF WITH A FEW SETS OF KEYS FOR THE VEHICLES.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THOSE KEYS, RE-KEYED THOSE VEHICLES.
UM, PD HAD STOPPED THE INDIVIDUAL THE DAY PRIOR, SO THEY KNOW WHO HE IS, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN 'EM BACK IN THERE YET.
AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER BREAK IN INTO OUR YARD WHERE THEY HOPPED OVER THE FENCE WITH DAVIES AND THEY WERE IN OUR YARD TWO DAYS AGO, UM, FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS FROM THREE TO ABOUT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.
SO, UH, HE LEFT JUST BEFORE OUR GUYS CAME IN.
SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH SMLA ON TRYING TO DO, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INCREASE PATROLS THROUGH THE AREA.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT MAKING SURE ALL VEHICLES ARE LOCKED AND THE LOCK TOOLS AND SUPPLIES ARE OUT OF THE BACK OF THE BED OF THE VEHICLES.
UM, WHAT ELSE? WE HAVE STARTED PLAYING, UM, OPERA MUSIC AT A FEW OF OUR DIFFERENT BEACH LOCATIONS.
UM, WE'VE SEEN IT BE REALLY EFFECTIVE, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S MOVING TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ALONG, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE JUST HANGING OUT IN LOWER GREEN AROUND THERE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AS A SUBJECT TO THAT, WE'VE HAD SOME VANDALISM, TWO, TWO OF OUR RESTROOMS WHERE THEY'RE JUST KNOCKING OFF THE GRAB MARS.
SO THEY, THEY DON'T LIKE THE MUSIC.
UM, SO THEY'RE VANDALIZING IT.
SO I'M GONNA WORK WITH PD ON GETTING SOME MORE RITUALS, AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY UPDATES.
ANY QUESTIONS? LOVE THE MUSIC.
WE ALL WENT ON DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TOURS AND, UH, YEAH, A LOT OF SMILES OF PEOPLE, FIRST OF ALL, GOING IN THERE SMILING.
UH, BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF, UH, UM, TRUE HOMELESS THAT WERE HANGING OUT, HANGING OUT THERE.
AND THEN I DID FORGET ONE OF UPDATE.
UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF NEW DOORS.
EACH NEW DOORS HAS BEEN BIG FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, WE COMPLETED, UH, V FOUR, WHICH IS OUR JUAN APPAREL LOCATION, V FIVE, WHICH IS IN BETWEEN JUAN APPAREL AND THE PIER.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT COMPLETING V SIX, WHICH IS GRANADA, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEDNESDAY OR TUESDAY, I'M SORRY, BEFORE MOVIES IN THE PARK OR MOVIES ON THE BEACH.
AND, AND WE'RE, UH, WE'RE KNOCKING THOSE OUT IN ABOUT 45 DAYS.
UM, ONCE THEY FINISH, WE DO A, A CLEAN PRIME AND PAINT OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE RESTROOMS ALONG WITH THE DOORS, AND THEN PUT NEW BATHROOMS BACK ON.
SO THE NEXT LOCATION AFTER WE FINISH GRANATA WILL BE, UH, B SEVEN CLAREMONT.
AND THEN WE'LL JUMP OVER TO GATE SHORE.
SO WE'RE JUST MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
I, A FEW MONTHS AGO I WENT TO GAUCHO BEACH AND THE LIGHTS AROUND THERE ON THE GROUND LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE HAD EITHER KICKED 'EM OR TRIED TO STEAL 'EM.
I THINK I TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
AND THERE WAS LIKE VANDALISM PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE AROUND THERE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
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A, A LONGER TERM PLAN TO MAYBE REDESIGN THAT? SO YOU PUT LIKE THE LIGHTS UNDER THE, UNDER THE, THOSE LIKE METAL BRACKETS OR SOMETHING THAT'S METAL PLATES THAT SHINE THROUGH OR SOMETHING.SO PEOPLE JUST AREN'T KICKING THOSE THINGS OVER.
DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S NECESSARILY A PLAN, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
'CAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT GAUCHO BEACH'S DEAL.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE CITY STEEL TO MAINTAIN THAT.
THERE THERE'S ELEMENTS, UH, OF THE OVERALL DESIGN THAT JUST WERE NOT VANDAL PROOF.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM AS, AS THEY'RE COMING UP, WE'RE AWARE OF THE LIGHTS WE'RE WORK, THE, THE FINEST SOLUTION.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET SOMETHING OUT THERE.
UH, KIND OF LIKE WHAT, UH, UH, KELLY DID WITH THE, UH, THE TREE RING LIGHTS OVER AT, UH, RAINBOW.
WE'LL DO SOMETHING AKIN TO THAT AT YEAH.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN OTHER PLACES AND THEY HAVE THOSE SAME BRACKETS AROUND THE, OR LIKE LITTLE THINGS UP AROUND THE TREE BASE AND THE LIGHTS ARE UNDER THOSE YEAH.
TO KEEP JERK FROM DOING STUFF.
THE WHOLE SITE LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN QUARTER THE LIGHTS ARE OFF ANYWHERE AT NIGHT, YOU'RE LIKE THAT.
WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS.
UM, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE PROPOSAL FOR, UH, I GUESS IT'S A PILOT PROJECT TO ALLOW, UM, THE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS ON THE BEACH PATH AND WONDERING HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT, UH, BEACH, UH, OPERATIONS.
UM, I HAVE OVER THE YEARS SEEN A NUMBER OF THOSE, UM, SCOOTERS ON THE PATH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE ALLOWED THERE OR NOT.
AND OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLES THAT GET DOWN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE OFF, UM, HAVE SEEN THEM ABANDONED, YOU KNOW, ON THE BEACH, YOU KNOW, SHORE.
UM, WONDERING HOW MARINE BUREAU STAFF MAYBE, UH, WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AND HOW YOU SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THAT MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS, IT IS A, IT'S A CITY COUNCIL, UH, DIRECTED MANDATE FOR, UH, FEASIBILITY STUDY, RIGHT.
UM, AND IT'S ABOUT ALLOWING THE, LIKE THE BIRDS AND LINE LINE, UH, TO OPERATE ON THE BEACH FRONT.
OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE ABANDONMENT.
AND THEN, OKAY, SO YOU, WHO'S GONNA GO OUT THERE TO GET THESE ABANDONED? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IF THEY'RE GONNA BE ABANDONED WHEN AND, AND IN WHAT QUANTITY.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS, ARE WE GONNA HAVE CONTRACTED GROUPS OUT IN VEHICLES ON OUR PEDESTRIAN LIKE THAT? SO WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
WE'VE SHARED THOSE CON UH, CONCERNS WITH DIRECTOR DENNIS.
UH, WE'VE SHARED THOSE CONCERNS FORWARD, UH, INTO, UH, THE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES GOING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, THE RESULT THAT CAME OUT OF THE FIRST ONE WAS BACK IN 20 18, 20 19, I BELIEVE, WAS THAT NO, WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THESE ONTO THE BEACH BIKE PATH.
SO WE'RE KIND OF HOPING WE'RE GONNA FIND THAT SAME CONCLUSION.
UH, WE JUST DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
SO I'M ALSO GONNA, I SUSPECT YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK OF ACCIDENTS AS WELL.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A CRITICAL ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO RESPONSE TIME TO SOMEONE WHO'S ON A BEACH PATH, MIGHT HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, RUN, JUST USE YOUR IMAGINATION AS TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN ON A BEACH PATH, BUT WITHOUT EASY ACCESS, FOR INSTANCE, TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
GETTING SOMEONE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE WHEN YOU'RE UP, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG ON THE BEACH.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO SEE, UH, OR HEAR ABOUT, UH, MARINE BUREAU'S, UM, INVOLVEMENT IN ALL OF THAT AND HOW YOU MAY BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PILOT PROJECT.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE COLLECTION OF DATA, DATA, DATA, UH, AND, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE OUR FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT IT'LL BE A MULTI-DEPARTMENT.
IT'LL BE, UH, UH, CHIEF MEDINA'S GROUP WITH THE EMERGENCY ELEMENT AND THE RESPONSE THERE.
IT'LL BE, UH, UH, COREY'S, UH, GROUP WITH FIXING ELEMENTS THAT MAY BE DAMAGED.
IT'LL BE KELLY'S GROUP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, LIFTING AND MOVING SCOOTERS OFF THE BEACH FRONT.
UH, IT'LL BE BE BRIAN'S GROUP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST OUTREACH, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, UH, OUTREACH.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A, A OVERARCHING FEASIBILITY REPORT.
AND IT'S KIND OF WAIT AND SEE FOR US.
WE, WE RIDE OUR BIKES OUT THERE AND WE DON'T DO IT ANYMORE.
'CAUSE THE ELECTRIC BIKES LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, THREE AND FOUR AT A TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING EIGHT, NINE MILES AN HOUR ENJOYING OUR, OUR LITTLE MOUNTAIN BIKES, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY COME ZOOMING BY AND SIX AND SEVEN OF
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'EM.I, I DON'T SAY IT, THEY DON'T CARE.
THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE IT'S 16-YEAR-OLD KIDS AND 15 AND 13-YEAR-OLD KIDS THAT ARE IN GROUPS ON THEIR LITTLE, IT'S GOT A PEDAL, BUT IT'S STILL GONNA GO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
WELL, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT IT OVERARCHINGLY, AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE OPTIMISTIC POINT OF VIEW ON THINGS, IS IT'S GONNA DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A FEASIBILITY OF ALLOWING CONTRACTED, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, RENTED OUT THERE.
BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE USE OF E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS ON, ON THE BIKE PATH.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BRING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE OVERALL ISSUE OF E-BIKES AND, UH, SCOOTERS ON THE, ON THE BIKE PATH.
SO I, IN FROM THAT RESPECT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.
JUST TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING SAID, THE, THE, THE VENDORS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PICKING UP THE, THE SCOOTS, THE LIMES, THE BIRDS, AND, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER DEAL WITH ANOTHER GRANT.
UM, I HAD A LIME ON MY EASEMENT IN MY FRONT YARD.
SOMEBODY JUST LEFT IT TIPPED OVER.
THEY, THEY WEIGH UPWARD, THEY WEIGH OVER 50 POUNDS.
AND I CALLED THE ONE 800 NUMBER ON IT.
IT WAS ON FRONT OF MY PROPERTY FOR SIX DAYS WHEN THEY PICKED IT UP.
AND, UH, IT, IT WASN'T SAFE, NUMBER ONE.
AND NUMBER TWO, UM, WE HAVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD A SENIOR HOUSING AND THERE'S ALL THESE SENIORS WITH THEIR WALKERS AND THEIR, UM, THEIR, UH, WHEELCHAIRS HAVING TO NAVIGATE AROUND THIS THING.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS AS, UH, KELLY'S, UH, QUEENSWAY GROUP, UH, THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY PULLING SCOOTERS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT OF THE, OUT OF RAINBOW HARBOR RAINBOW MARINA? UH, A HANDFUL A MONTH AT LEAST.
OR WHEN WE REQUEST THAT OTHER PEOPLE SEE THEM AT LOW TIDE, WE GO OUT THERE, MY NEIGHBOR THROW THEM THE TRASH CAN.
WE LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM LONG BEACH STATE, AND LITERALLY THEY LITERAL HIS HOUSE AND HE LOADS THE WHOLE TRASH CAN UP WITH 'EM.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE WITHIN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THEY'RE IN VIOLATION.
AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF IT WHERE IT IS, AND THEN THE DATE AND TIME LOCATION ARE ALL LOCKED.
AND THEY, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNT.
I KNOW THERE'S FINE THAT ARE, AND THAT WAY YOU'VE, THAT'S HOW YOU HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
I DIDN'T, BUT ALL THIS WILL ALL COME THROUGH WITH THAT FEASIBILITY IN THE, IN THE PILOT PROGRAM AND THE TIMELINE.
WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES UP.
WELL, RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT 'EM ON UP ON, UP ON THE BLUFF, THE SCOOTERS, THE BIKES, THE MINI BIKES.
THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL UP ON THE BLUFF.
AND FEEL LIKE THOSE CARTOONS WHERE THOSE OLD MOVIES WHERE PEOPLE WERE FLYING IN THE AIR
UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. FORESTER? OKAY.
UH, I'LL JUST FINISH UP OUR MANAGER'S REPORT FOR A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, UH, CHIEF ADINA TALKED ABOUT THE WEE BIT.
UH, WE ARE ACTIVE, READY TO GO, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW 10:00 AM AND THEN, UH, LIFEGUARDS, UH, SATURDAY.
UM, UH, TIDES, UH, WE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE.
GOT SOME HIGH TIDES IN JULY COMING.
UH, KELLY'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH, UH, MANAGING BERMS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SPECIFICALLY OUR BAYSIDE AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A PILOT PROGRAM WITH OUR BAYSIDE BIRDS TO SEE IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY NOT PUT THEM UP.
AND, UH, WE DID THAT, UH, THE EARLY PART OF THE MONTH, THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH, AND IT WORKED OUT WELL.
UH, ONE THING WE'VE FOUND IS THE, UH, TIDE LOG THAT WE'VE BEEN USING, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN USING IT FOREVER.
UM, IT'S A LA TIDE LOG AND IT SHOWS THE HIGHEST TIDE, BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST TIDE IN LA COUNTY.
SO THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 15, 20 MILES UP THE COAST OR, YOU KNOW, TWO, THREE MILES DOWN THE COAST.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS, UH, WE'RE UTILIZING, UH, UH, TIDAL INFO, TIDAL INFORMATION FROM HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S GONNA HELP US KIND OF DECREASE THE DEPLOYMENT OF BERMS, UH, BECAUSE A SIX NINE IN DOCK WEILER BEACH, IT'S NOT A SIX NINE AT ALAMEDA BAY.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO KELLY AND HIS GROUP FOR KIND OF FIGURING THAT OUT AND, AND, UH, UH, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT'LL BE A GOOD COMMUNITY THING ON THE PENINSULA, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
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JULY 3RD, I KNOW IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR THE PAST WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF.UM, WHETHER THERE'S A FIREWORK SHOW OR ANY SORT OF EVENT ON JULY 3RD OR NOT, UH, THE MARINE BUREAU WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, PRESENT AND PREPARE.
LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A LARGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE ON JULY 3RD, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST BECOME ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE PEOPLE REALLY COME DOWN TO ENJOY THE BEACH FRONT.
UH, SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER JULY 4TH FOR US.
SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, PORTABLE RESTROOMS OUT.
CUSTODIAL WILL BE, WILL BE OUT IN FORCE, RESTROOMS WILL BE OPEN, AND, UH, WE'LL BE TREATING JULY 4TH.
YOU TREATED AT THE LAST 10 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU WANTED A, UH, OLYMPICS UPDATE.
UM, THE CITY'S MADE A LOT OF BIG, UH, BIG DECISIONS OVER THE PAST MONTH.
UH, WE HAD OUR, IN MAY, WE HAD OUR OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, UH, GO INTO PLACE.
AND THAT WAS BASICALLY SAYING, HEY, WE'RE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND THEN, UH, JUST LAST WEEK WE SOLIDIFIED OUR, UH, VENUE, UH, AGREEMENT, WHICH IS, OKAY, WE'RE, THIS EVENT'S GONNA BE IN THIS LOCATION.
THAT EVENT'S GONNA BE IN THAT LOCATION, THIS ONE'S GONNA BE HERE.
UH, THAT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE BEFORE, UH, PARIS.
BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS NBC IS GONNA GO, HEY, UH, YOU LIKE ROWING, UH, NOW, BUT WAIT TILL YOU SEE IT IN 2028 IN LA AND THEY'LL DO A, YOU KNOW, AN AERIAL MARINE STADIUM OR, OR, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHERE OUR TRIATHLON'S GONNA BE.
SO WE'RE FOUR YEARS OUT BEFORE 2028, BUT WE'RE GETTING THE, THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLICITY STARTING THIS SUMMER.
SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT USE AGREEMENT, UH, VIDEO AGREEMENT IN PLACE SO THEY COULD, UH, UH, PROMOTE OUR LOCATIONS DURING THE OLYMPICS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE, UH, ONBOARDED KPMG.
THEY'RE A INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY FIRM.
THEY'RE KIND OF TAKING US THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS OF, OF GETTING, UH, GETTING READY TO MANAGE THIS ENORMOUS INFLUX OF JUST EVERYTHING.
UM, THEIR, THEIR BIG SAYING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SAY, OH YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE SUPER BOWL.
AND KPMG WILL SAY, YEAH, IT'S LIKE FIVE SUPER BOWLS, SIX SUPER BOWLS ALL AT ONCE.
SO, UH, THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER TO WORK WITH.
AND FOR OUR GROUP, FOR US, THE EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN LONG BEACH ARE IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
THEY'RE TIDE TIDELAND, THEY'RE SWIMMING, THEY'RE TRIATHLON, THEY'RE ROWING, THEY'RE SAILING.
EVEN THE BMX IS GONNA BE IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO PREPARE.
UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW STILL REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT ONE THING THAT WE DO NEED IS A OVERARCHING, UH, UH, PERMISSION FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION TO REALLY ENGAGE IN THE USE OF COASTAL SPACE.
SO, UH, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE PRESSING, UH, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO WORK WITH THE LA OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, TO WORK WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION TO GET US THAT OVERARCHING, UH, RELEASE SO THAT WE CAN START MANAGING AND HELPING OUT, UH, UH, FEDERATIONS THAT WANT TO COME HERE BEFORE THE GAMES.
BECAUSE ONCE PARIS ENDS, THAT SPOTLIGHT COMES HERE, UH, SAILING, THEY WANT TO GET AS MUCH TIME ON THE WATER IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF, UH, LOGISTICS, STORAGE, UH, STUFF LIKE THAT IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
THOSE THINGS WILL COME YOUR WAY AND IT'S EXCITING.
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE POOL, UH, BELMONT POOL? UH, THE, THEY'RE GOING BACK TO A CALIFORNIA COAST PERMIT, CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION TO GET APPROVED ON THE NEW DESIGN.
AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, UH, WE'RE READY TO ROLL WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO THE GOAL IS, UH, CONSTRUCTION IN LATE 2025, EARLY 2026 WITH COMPLETION EARLY 2027 IN TIME FOR, TO HELP WITH ANY PART OF THE GAMES.
UH, THE, THE NEW DESIGN IS NOT NECESSARILY BUILT FOR TO, TO HOLD, UH, A WORLD INTERNATIONAL SCALE EVENT, BUT YOU MAY SEE POTENTIALLY WATER POLO, UH, YOU MAY SEE, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF WARMUPS, A LOT OF PRACTICE THERE.
UM, BUT WHAT ITS USE IS THERE'S OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S ALSO A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST.
AND WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING TO COME FOR WHATEVER THE REVISED
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BID PROCESS CALLS FOR.SO I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A, A LONG STANDING POT OF MONEY FOR BELMONT POOL, UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN USED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS TO, TO DO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE, THE DEMOLITION AND THEN DESIGN HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN THERE TO COVER, UH, PART OF WHAT IT'S LOOKING TO BE, 67 TO $74 MILLION.
UH, WHAT'S LEFT TO COVER THAT? WE'LL SEE.
AND IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
I WORK TWO OLYMPICS, UH, UTAH AND ATLANTA.
AND IT'S, UH, LOGISTICS IS, UH, IT'S MONUMENTAL.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST FOR FIVE OR SIX EVENTS HERE.
UM, LOOK WHAT LA'S GONNA HAVE TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE LA 84, THEY HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM THAT'S WORKING NOW, UM, JUST ON LOGISTICS THERE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A, UM, WE DON'T THINK WE HAVE PARKING NOW, BOY.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY I, I CONTINUE TO PUSH WITH OUR CITY MANAGER GROUP IS COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL OF USE OF, OF OUR LOTS AND OUR BEACHFRONT FOR, TO PROVIDE TO THESE, THESE, THESE FEDERATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING, STARTING IN THE FALL, IF NOT SEPTEMBER.
UM, TO UTILIZE OUR, OUR OPEN SPACES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOTTA BE THAT BALANCE.
WE GOTTA KEEP THAT BALANCE BETWEEN PUBLIC USE AND USE FOR, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE USE FOR ATHLETICS.
ARE THOSE ALSO FEE WAIVERS, MAKE FEES FOR THOSE PEOPLE? YOU COME IN, THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE IS OUR, OUR MASTER FEE, UH, SCHEDULE IS IN PLACE, UH, IF THEY WANT TO DO A FEE WAIVER AND THE TITLES HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF IT COMES THROUGH US, IT'LL GO THROUGH YOU GUYS AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO, TO OVERARCH BLANKET, WHATEVER.
UNLESS THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T CHARGE FEES FOR STUFF.
THE, THE, THE COUNTRYS, WHEN THE COUNTRIES COME IN, WHEN WE DID IT IN, UH, WE HAD THE ROWING DOWN IN, UH, UH, SAN MARCOS, UH, THIS IS YEARS AGO.
UH, AND THE COUNTRIES COME IN AND UTILIZE THAT AREA.
REMEMBER ALL THE COUNTRIES PAY ALL THEIR ATHLETES.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T DO THAT.
SO IF FRANCE CAME IN AND ON, ON THE WATER, I MEAN, THE GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR THEM TO BE HERE.
SO IT'LL BE A, UH, I CALL, WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE ASKING ABOUT IN OUR LEASE RENEWALS, IS SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL LEASE HOLDERS HAVE BEEN GETTING PINGED BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
AND THERE, THEREIN LIES ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THEY CAN HAVE COORDINATION AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE FEDERATIONS, BUT ANY AND ALL FINAL DECISIONS ON WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, IN REGARD TO THE OLYMPICS WILL GO THROUGH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, RIGHT.
DO OUR LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF THESE VENDORS LIKE YACHT CLUBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS UN UNLESS THERE'S LIKE AN OLYMPICS THAT ARE HERE AND YOU DON'T GET THE PARKING SPOTS.
MOST, MOST OF OUR LEASE AGREEMENTS HAVE THE BLANKET IS NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
BUT THOSE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
MOST OF OUR, OUR LEASE AGREEMENTS SAY NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF SURROUNDING, UH, PARKING.
WELL, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING.
WHAT, WHAT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TODD? YES.
SOMETHING I ASKED YOU ABOUT EARLIER, UM, THAT NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US, UM, THAT WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF ACTION ON IS OUR MARINA MEMORIAL BENCHES.
AND I THINK WE WERE ALL PRETTY SHOCKED WHEN WE SAW THAT AS A BIG NEWS ITEM.
SO YOU WANNA KIND OF GIVE US THE BACKSTORY AND YES.
SO THE TRIBUTE MEMORIAL BENCH PROGRAM IS NOT IN THE MARINE BUREAU, IT'S IN PARKS RECREATION MARINE.
THERE IS A POLICY THAT IS OVERSEEN BY PARTNERS OF PARKS.
THERE ARE NON-PROFIT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT, UH, ELEMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WORK TO, TO GENERATE FUNDS FOR, FOR OUR, OUR OUR PARKS PROGRAMS HISTORICALLY, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SOLD THESE BENCHES AND
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THE AGREEMENT WAS, IT'S THIS MUCH.THERE WASN'T, THERE'S A NEW POLICY IN PLACE.
THERE'S A NEW, THERE'S A NEW POLICY IN PLACE THAT REQUIRES, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO, TO AGREE TO A 10 YEAR RENEWAL.
THAT RENEWAL IS AT 50% OF THE ORIGINAL FEE.
UH, WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS, IS PROBLEMS WITH, UH, LONG TIME MEMORIAL TRIBUTE BENCH, UH, HOLDERS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PAPERWORK, UH, FROM THEIR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AND NEITHER DOES THE PARKS AND NEITHER DOES PARTNERS THE PARKS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING WORKED OUT BETWEEN PARTNERS OF PARKS AND THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE.
UH, OUR JOB HERE, UM, MY, MY AUTHORITY IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES OR NO TO A BENCH IN ANY CERTAIN LOCATION.
NOW, WHAT THE MARINE BUREAU HAS DONE IS WE'VE ENGAGED THE, UH, MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO HELP THE MANAGER ASSESS THAT, YES OR NO.
SO OUR ROLE IN THE MEMORIAL TRIBUTE BENCH IS NOT THE POLICY, BUT IT'S THE SATURATION AND PLACEMENT WITHIN OUR FOOTPRINT.
SO THAT, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE.
IS, IS, IS WE, WE HAVE CONTROL OVER WHERE BENCHES CAN BE AND HOW MANY THERE CAN BE.
BUT THE POLICY IS BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION MARINE, AND PARTNERS OF PARKS CITY.
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC IS, IS SEEING THAT AND, AND INTERPRETING SOMETIME OUR APPROVAL OF THOSE BENCHES THAT WE HAVE SOME ROLE IN WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
AND IT'S NOT A GOOD REFLECTION UPON OUR COMMISSION.
'CAUSE WE, WE'VE MADE SOME, SOME SERIOUS CALLS ON SOME OF THE BENCHES.
I MEAN, THIS GROUP HAS VOTED ON THINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PARKS.
AND I REMEMBER THE MEETING WHEN THEY WANTED TO UPGRADE.
I SAID, WELL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
BUT YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD'VE PAPERWORK, UM, THAT WOULD GO BACK.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP FILES YEAH.
THEY'VE GIVEN DOLLARS AND THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO HAVE IT.
THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING ON FILE AND TO SAY, WE DON'T HAVE IT ON FILE.
WELL, MY GUESS WOULD, WE WOULD GO TO THAT PERSON AND BELIEVE THEM BECAUSE WE'VE, THEY'VE ALREADY APPROVED ONE OTHER, YOU KNOW, AND IF THEY'VE ALREADY APPROVED ANOTHER ONE AND SOMEBODY ELSE COMES FROM THAT'S BEEN THERE, THAT LONG PRECEDENCE HAS ALREADY PRECEDENCE, HAS ALREADY STATED, YOU KNOW, LET IT GO AND, AND DON'T MAKE A NEGATIVE 'CAUSE A NEGATIVE COME BACK, IT COMES BACK ON US.
I GOT PHONE CALLS, OH, I, I GOT PHONE CALLS AS WELL.
YEAH, NO DOUBT IN MY MIND BECAUSE I GAVE HIM YOUR NUMBER.
UM, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS BODY, YOU GUYS HAVE MADE STRONG DECISIONS AND IN MY OPINION, THE CORRECT DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO PLACEMENT, SATURATION OF TRIBUTE BENCHES IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
YOU, YOU'VE DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
UM, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT, WHAT I'M WORKING, UH, WITH OUR DIRECTOR IS ADVISING HIM, UH, TO HELP KIND OF MANAGE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NEW POLICY THAT'S UNDER HIS OFFICE AND PARTNER PARKS.
NOW THEY'RE GETTING A NEW DIRECTOR.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? THERE'S A NEW DIRECTOR YES.
SO, UH, UH, MAYBE THIS DIRECTOR THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW CAN JUST APPROVE IT AND BE DONE WITH IT.
AND I I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE FAMILY.
ARE THEY NOT? I, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY TO COME TO SOME SORT OF SOLUTION.
WHAT THAT'LL BE, I DO NOT KNOW.
UM, BUT I, I SUPPORT OUR DIRECTOR, UH, I SUPPORT PARTNERS OF PARKS AND, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO WORK OUT SOME KINKS WITH THIS POLICY? YES.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S A GOOD POLICY.
IT'S THE RIGHT POLICY FOR, FOR WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE WITH BENCHES FOR DECADES.
ONE LAST, JUST NOT ON THAT ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT RELEASED, I THINK WAS YESTERDAY ON THE FUND'S GONNA BE BASICALLY DOWN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
HOW DOES THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SURVIVE WITH THE LOSS OF ASSETS? THAT'S WHERE ALL YOUR DOLLARS COME FROM.
UH, AND WITHOUT RAISING RATES AND RAISING, YOU KNOW, RAISING FEES BECAUSE, WELL, WE ARE IN CALIFORNIA, SO EVERYBODY GETS TO RAISE THE FEE, BUT IT'S, IT'S,
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IS THAT A SERIOUS LOOK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING WITH THE CITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS A, UH, AS A DIRECTOR, BECAUSE THAT, THAT FRIGHTENS ME.THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
NOVEMBER IS GONNA BE A BIG TIME FOR, UH, THE TIDELANDS AS A WHOLE JUST DUE TO, UH, THE BALLOT INITIATIVE FOR AB 1137.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO US AND OUR, OUR FINANCIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, STRENGTH AND, AND WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND, AND TALK ABOUT, OKAY, HEY, LET'S FIND OTHER AVENUES OF REVENUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ALREADY HAS A PLAN IN PLACE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA WEAN OURSELVES OFF OF OIL BY THIS TIME.
IT'S JUST PB 1137 IS SAYING, HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT TIME.
AND IT'S JUST WHETHER WE'RE DOING IT IMMEDIATELY OR WE'RE DOING OVER THE SPAN OF 15, 20 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
AND, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE, THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE BOX.
YOU KNOW, AND SO, UH, I WAS TALKING TO KELLY ABOUT SOMETHING TODAY.
COREY'S LOOKING FOR WAYS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT MARINE MAINTENANCE STAYS, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, SAVVY.
IT'S, IT'S JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO RETHINK HOW WE DO OUR THINGS.
MAKE SURE THEY'RE GONNA LOOK QUICKLY TO OUR BOAT OWNERS AND THE FEES THAT THEY'RE PAYING.
AND WE WANNA PROTECT THAT SO THAT THIS WONDERFUL HOBBY AND HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING NOW.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'LL ALWAYS, UH, STRIVE IS TO PROTECT THE, THE MARINA AND THE REVENUE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FEED BACK IN.
IT'S, WE ARE NOT LIKE A LOT OF MARINAS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY HAVE AMENITIES, WHERE THEY HAVE CLUBHOUSES, THEY HAVE POOLS, THEY HAVE RACKET, RACKETBALL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO THEM.
WHAT WE HAVE IS, IS PROXIMITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE JUST AMAZING CITY AROUND US, BUT OUR AMENITIES ARE, ARE OUR DOCKS.
OUR AMENITIES ARE THE ELECTRICAL POWER THAT WE PROVIDE TO PEOPLE AT THOSE DOCKS.
OUR AMENITIES ARE OUR RESTROOMS. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO IS FEED BACK IN AND BUILD THOSE UP.
AND WE CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE GENERATING FROM THOSE STOCKS AND THOSE STORES.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS PROTECT THAT REVENUE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S CITY MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IT'S THE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE CITY MANAGER WHO GETS TO DECIDE.
BUT WE'LL ALWAYS WORK TO SAY, HEY, THESE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
THIS IS OUR NEED, AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS HERE, TO MAINTAIN THIS.
BECAUSE YES, OUR MARINAS GEN ARE REVENUE GENERATING, AND THEY, THEY CAN DO A LOT TO HELP IT ACROSS OUR ENTIRE FOOTPRINT, BUT THEY, WE HAVE TO KEEP FEEDING BACK INTO THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY, THEY KEEP GENERATING THE REVENUE THAT THEY DO.
MY LAST QUESTION, AND NOW WE SHUT UP TIME.
I'D LOVE TO SEE, TO SEE BOTH POLICE AND FIRE WITH THE LIFEGUARDS TO MAYBE HAVE ONE OF THEIR BEST OF THAT MONTH OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, COME IN AND BE RECOGNIZED, UH, BY THE CHAIRMAN, BY THIS BOARD, AND THANK THEM.
AND WE GIVE CERTIFICATES OUT TO THE WORKERS AND STUFF.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A, I THINK THAT'D BE A POSITIVE FOR BOTH YOUR TEAMS TO BRING SOMEONE IN, BE RECOGNIZED BY US TOO, BECAUSE WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S WHAT, INSTEAD OF A GROUP AT A TIME, YOU PICK ONE THAT COMES IN.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT GOT RECOGNIZED IN THIS GROUP ARE MY MARINE BUREAU
I'M LIKE GOING, UH, OH, HERE WE GO.
SO THE MAYOR'S I, UH, IDEA AND PROJECT HE'S PUSHING FORWARD WITH, UH, COASTAL AMPHITHEATER, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD IMAGINE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATOR OVER TIME TO THE TIDELAND FUND AND THAT THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE SEVEN POINTS OF, UH, POTENTIAL REVENUE EDUCATION, UH, TRAVEL, UH, ENTERTAINMENT, AVIATION TECHNOLOGY.
SO ANY, ANY NEW REVENUE GENERATION WITHIN A MILE OF THE COASTLINE IS TITLELESS.
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UM, JUST A REMINDER IT, A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT ELIZABETH LAMB AND I WERE THE COMMITTEE THAT THE, THAT THE BUREAU THE COMMISSION WANTED REGARDING AB 1135.AND, UM, WE SAID THAT WE REALIZED THAT THAILAND'S MONEY WAS GOING TO BE DECREASING AND THAT WE, WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE MAYOR'S PLANS, BUT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR REVENUE WAS PROTECTED AND THAT, THAT, UM, WE WERE PART OF THE SOLUTION TO, UM, AND WE KEPT ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST KNOW ONE MORE THING.
I'VE SAID A COUPLE TIMES, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING IT, BUT JUST TO ALSO RAISE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BRIGHT WORK ON LIKE BULKHEADS AND STUFF OF, YOU KNOW, DON'T JUMP OFF A BULKHEAD KIND OF STUFF IN THE AREAS WHERE THE KIDS ALWAYS JUMP OFF AND THE LIFEGUARDS HAVE TO GO UNTIL THE KIDS STOP, STOP JUMPING OFF OF THAT.
BY THE TIME HE GETS BACK TO HIS CHAIR, HIS OR HER CHAIR, THERE'S A NEW SET OF KIDS THAT ARE THERE JUMPING OFF BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY, DON'T JUMP OFF.
HEY, CORY, CAN WE STENCIL? I GOT IT RIGHT NOW.
AND CORY, YOUR SIGNS UP ON THE MILL FISHING? UH, I MET ONE OF THE YOUNG LITTLE LADIES ON, UH, UM, TREASURE ISLAND, THE LITTLE, LITTLE
I'D ALSO SAY THAT OVER THE WEEKEND I HAD TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE TELL ME THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE THEIR BOATS DOWN.
CALL CHANGE THOSE STATS FOR NEXT MONTH.
SO THEY'RE NOT ALL COMING FROM SHORELINE, RIGHT? WE, NO, I THINK DANA POINT.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
IT SAYS APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS, SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON, OKAY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE THAT.
UH, JUST FYI THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MANAGER'S REPORT, OR DO YOU WANT TO DO AT THE END? I DO BOTH.
THIS IS ON THE MANAGERS REPORT.
THERE ARE TWO RESTROOMS BECAUSE THERE'S A PUBLIC AT THE END ROAD BUS DRIVER THIS WAY, FARTHER AWAY.
AND THEN, UM, MY COMMENT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE SAME, UH, THING THAT IS GOING ON WITH THE REAL ESTATE, UH, DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CITY AGENCY THAT JUST DOES A LOT ON ITS OWN, ESPECIALLY AS WELL.
BUT THERE'S THIS, THERE'S THIS GIVE AND TAKE THAT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN WHERE THEIR, THEIR GOAL, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF REAL ESTATE IS HAVING EVENTS, RIGHT? AND JUST MAKING A LOT OF REVENUE.
EVENTS HAVE CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE A LOT OF 'EM ARE HELD PARK, A LOT OF ARE HELD.
AND SO I, I THOUGHT THE IDEA OF, OF COMING UP WITH A LIST OF ADVICE ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE, LIKE LET US KNOW, WELL, ESPECIALLY ALSO KIND OF INPUT.
SO NEGOTIATED, UH, WITH UM, UH, AN OLD LADY TO HAVE A, A FILM SHOOT OUT IN EL DORADO PARK.
THEY IGNORED ADVICE, PART OF THE NATURALISTS.
AND FOUR GREAT ABANDONED, IT WAS KIND OF BAD.
SO AFTER THAT WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH, UH, BRIDGE AND THE GOAL OF WE, SOMEBODY HELPED US MEETING AND THE GOAL, WE DECIDED, YEAH, WE NEED BETTER COMMUNICATION.
AND I THINK THAT STILL EXISTS.
THE END RESULT WASN'T ALL THAT WIDE REGIONAL, BUT I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT THESE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE AND YOU HAVE THIS SENSE OF THIS IS YOUR, IS TO PROTECT THE MARINES, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC NEWS OR WHETHER IT'S EVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS APPARENT AS YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MAYBE HAVE ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THAN SAY.
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SO I REALLY THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO JUST, WE CONNECTED.DUNNO, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT OFF TIME.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS OR S QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
UH, THE FIRST WAS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EASY? WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE, SO NOTHING TO UPDATE, UH, THAILAND'S CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE.
UM, MY IF FEW NOTES I CAN SHARE.
I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH THE MAIN PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'LL TALK FAST, I PROMISE.
UM, IN APPAR BEACH SPORTS COURT, WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW BASKETBALL COURT AND ROLLER SKATING AREA AND DUNE HABITAT, UH, AREA, UH, THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE WORKING WITH THE COAST COMMISSION ON THAT.
AND THE DESIGN IS BY THE TITLE INFLUENCE OF THE DUNE HABITAT AREA.
AND THEY'RE EXPECTING COMPLETION IN AUGUST OF IS HERE COLORADO LAGOON OPEN CHANNEL.
THEY EXPECTED BE COMPLETED SPRING OF 2025, BUT PARK DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
I ATTENDED THE, UH, PUBLIC MEETING YESTERDAY.
PEOPLE WERE KIND OF BROWSING AND I THINK NOT UNDERSTANDING THE BIG PICTURE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE THIS GREAT, UM, PUBLIC AND NATURAL, UH, RESOURCE AREA AND AN AMENITY, BUT THAT'S HOW PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SLOWED IT UP THAT'S BEEN SLOWED UP IS THE WEATHER, WHICH WAS PRETTY BAD FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND THEN UNEXPECTED UNDERGROUND ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A CITY AS ALL OF OURS THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT, INCLUDING ASBESTOS THAT THEY HAVE TO STUFF TO DEAL WITH DAVIS BOAT RANCH OR LAUNCH NEW LUNCH RAMP PARKING LOT RESTROOM CHARGERS.
UM, THEY HAVE $6 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR THAT AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, NEW BID ON A NEW SCOPE ON THAT.
UM, IF I'VE FORGOTTEN ANYTHING OR GET ANYTHING WRONG, UH, LET KNOW.
UM, GREAT PARKING LOT, UH, WE REHAB THAT'S COMPLETED.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH SOCAL EDISON FOR THE STRUCTURE AND THE WIFI TOWER PLACE MEETING PLACEMAKING THEIR PAINTING TOWER BEGINNING DDA ACCESSIBLE MAT OR RAMP FOR THAT AREA.
AND WORKING WITH THE COAST COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THEIR APPLICATIONS.
THE, UM, AL BAY WATER QUALITY, THE E STANDS FOR PROJECT.
THEY'RE HAVING A SCOPE MEETING TONIGHT, WHICH IS BEGINS TO KICK OFF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH I'M PERSONALLY VERY INTERESTED IN, UH, TO GET SOME GOOD DATA ABOUT THE IMPACTS, UM, UH, FOR, FOR THAT PROPOSED PROJECT.
UM, AND THEY HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR MEASURE A TO WORK ON THE DESIGN.
UM, UH, THEY'RE STILL LOOKING TO FOR FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN IT COMES INTO PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PLANNING.
AND ONE THAT I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH IS, UM, TO DREDGE THE ENTRANCE CHANNEL, UM, UH, WHICH HASN'T BEEN DREDGED IN TWO DECADES.
UM, AND UH, THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE TO WORK ON THAT.
THE SAND WOULD GO TO, UM, SHORING UP THE
NEXT STEPS IS TO GET AN, AN AMENDMENT APPROVED BY THE COAST COMMISSION.
AND THEN I ASKED ABOUT THE PEER, BECAUSE I REMEMBER GOING TO A MEETING ABOUT THE PIER AND US TALKING ABOUT THE PEER.
AND, AND RIGHT NOW THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY FUNDS TO DO MORE THAN REPAIR.
AND JOE, THERE ANYTHING ELSE? COMPROMISE OKAY.
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO.
I'LL, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THAT A SECOND.
OPPOSED AB EXTENSIONS IN PAST, UH,
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ITEM FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AS REQUIRED BY LONG BEACH CODE SECTION 2.1 8.060.THIS WOULD BE LIKE RECOMMENDATION ONE.
IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE VICE CHAIR BECOME THE CHAIR OF JOE AND THEY DO VICE CHAIR BEING GROSS.
IF THEY WOULD ACCEPT IT, I'D BE HONORED.
ARE THERE, ARE THERE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANYTHING? NO.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT
AND THEN YOU ASKED TO ASK, DO YOU, DO, YOU CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT THAT HE BRING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR VOTE? YEAH.
OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ON THE MISSION CAN MAKE A SECONDARY RECOMMENDATION.
BEFORE THAT GOES TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE A SECONDARY NOMINATION? COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SECONDARY RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT JOE MURRAY BE NOMINATED AS THE CHAIR OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, COLIN KELLY BE THE CO-CHAIR.
UM, I CAN'T, UH, A TERM OF A CHAIR IS ONLY FOR ONE TWO YEAR PERIOD.
SO I'M INELIGIBLE TO BE A CHAIR AGAIN, BUT I ALSO AM GONNA BE RESIGNING AFTER THIS.
I HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, UM, THAT DON'T ALLOW ME TO LEAVE IT.
TWO, LIKE MOST PEOPLE HAVE JOBS.
I CAN'T LEAVE IT TWO TO COME TO THIS ANYMORE.
SO, AS POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THESE POSITIONS ARE ELECTED FOR TWO YEAR TERMS, ONE, TWO YEAR TERM MAXIMUM, I THINK.
WHEN THIS ELECTION TAKES PLACE, THE POSITION THAT PERSON TAKE SUE'S OFFICE FOR TWO YEARS.
YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE OPTIONALITY IF YOU CAN HOLD THE POSITIONS FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO YEARS.
HOWEVER, UH, THE COMMISSION, IF IT SEES FIT, CAN HOLD ANOTHER, UH, RECOMMENDATION ELECTION, SO TO SPEAK, IN A YEAR'S TIME A YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, BUT YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM TWO IN THE PAST.
THE MARINE BUREAU HAS STUCK TO THE TWO YEAR, BUT YOU AS THE COMMISSION HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RIGHT TO FIT YOUR BYLAWS TO ELECT NEW CHAIR OF VICE CHAIR OFFICERS EVERY IS.
AND IT IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO NOMINATE A MEMBER OF THE MAR ADVISORY COMMISSION WHO IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAY? ABSOLUTELY.
IF THEY WOULD ACCEPT, WE DUNNO THAT.
SO IF NOT, IF, IF THE PERSON WERE TO WIN AND SHE WERE NOT TO ACCEPT, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE, BUT YES.
KENT, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR SOMEONE? UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR,
UM, I WOULD MAKE A SECOND RECOMMENDATION.
UH, JOE MURRAY FOR CHAIR AND TERESA MARINO AS TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DECLINING THE HONOR OF SERVING THIS CLIENT.
IT'S AN HONOR JUST TO SERVE AS DID YOU WANNA MAKE ANOTHER ONE THERE? NO ONE
IS IT CO-CHAIR OR VICE? VICE? VICE CHAIR.
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OKAY.SO IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ONES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE? THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROPOSAL OR JOE AS CHAIR.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OH, GO AHEAD.
I'M JUST SAYING IT'S A LITTLE WHILE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY EXTENSIONS? ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS.
SO JUST A QUICK COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
UH, WANT TO THANK COLIN AND JOE FOR THEIR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS.
UH, UH, CHAIR KELLY KIND OF LET THE CAT OUT THE BAG A LITTLE BIT WITH RESIGNATION, BUT, UH, UH, WE APPRECIATE HIM TO THE FULLEST.
HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN STEADFAST AND AMAZING.
UH, HE HAS ELEVATED THE ACTIVITY OF THE COMMISSION AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, WE ARE HOPING THAT HE WILL BE WITH US FOR ANOTHER MEETING OR TWO SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE HIM APPROPRIATELY, MAYBE.
AND, UH, WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A NIGHT MEETING.
WE MAY TAKE THAT AS A COMPANY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON RECORD.
THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND HIS CHAIR, HIS LEADER.
AND, AND SOME OF THE LETTERS THAT HE CRAFTED ON OUR BEHALF, UM, WERE SECOND TO NONE, THAT THEY CAPTURED ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AND REALLY CONVEYED THE MESSAGE IN SUCH A, A POSITIVE GOOD WAY.
AND IT'S, UH, I, I, I SAY THAT OPENLY.
THAT LOOKED A LOT FOR ME BECAUSE HE SAT NEXT TO ME NUMEROUS TIMES AND SAID, NO, NO, BUT YOUR LETTERS THAT YOU CRAFTED DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF, UH, MY COMMISSION ON HERE WERE EXTRAORDINARY.
YOU SAVED US AND OBVIOUS YOU SAVED US.
UM, AND I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF A THING THAT'S BOTHERED ME AS MEETINGS DURING THE DAY.
'CAUSE THEY ARE SO BURDENSOME ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK, WHICH IS MOST PEOPLE WE'RE SORT OF SEEING THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S, BUT ALL YOU'RE GREAT
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO UP COMMISSION LAMB'S CONCERN ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND MARINE ADVISORY COMMISS AND, UH, THE NOTION THAT THIS MEETING NEEDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON WHEN OTHER COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ARE, LET'S SAY, MORE ACCOMMODATING WITH LATER IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVEN EVENING MEETINGS.
IS THERE, IS THIS AN OP AN OPPORTUNITY OR, OR AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO, UM, ADDRESS THAT WITH RESPECT TO HOW, UH, THIS COMMISSION CAN REMAIN, UH, UH, FULLY STAFFED WITH VOLUNTEER COMMISSIONERS AND STILL HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN PUBLIC, UH, PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS? SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD EVENING MEETINGS, WHICH WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE, BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MEETINGS ON THIS DAY AT THIS TIME, ACCORDING TO THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHILE IT'S A CONDITION OF YOUR BYLAWS, AND YOU AS A GROUP CAN CHANGE, DISCUSS, CHANGE YOUR BYLAWS.
DO WE NEED A BYLAWS COMMITTEE TO DO THAT? YES.
AND THEN I DON'T, I YOU, YOU MAY HAVE TO GET, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME IN AND TALK.
SO MAY I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, AN AGENDA REQUEST FOR NEXT TWO MONTHS MEETING TO, UM,
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ADVISE THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE MECHANICS OF OUR MEETING TIMES AND DATES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW IT CAN BE CHANGED.UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TALKING IF IT'S LATER IN THE DAY, NOW WE'RE TALKING CHANGING STAFF HOURS.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY THERE ARE ABSOLUTE IMPLICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE TIME OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF THE, THE SORT OF ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS WHAT THIS POTENTIAL CHANGE.
WELL, UH, LET'S JUST GET AN AGENDA ITEM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BYLAWS AND, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT COMMISSION MEMBERS OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR EXECUTIVE FINANCE, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND THAILAND'S COUNTY CAPITAL PROJECT.
I THINK THE EXECUTIVES ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED, BASICALLY.
UH, CHAIR KELLY, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, CAN WE, CAN WE START FROM THE BOTTOM AND WORK UP AND I CAN MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THE EXECUTIVE AT THE END.
SO IF YOU START ON THE, ON THE SHEET.
TIDELANDS, THEN MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS FINANCE, AND THEN WE'LL FINISH WITH THE EXECUTIVE THEN'S.
UH, THIS IS THE CURRENT COMMISSIONERS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
AND PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SERVE ON TWO MORE, OR ONE YOU HAVE TO SERVE ON ONE, AT LEAST ONE.
EVERYBODY HAS TO SERVE ON ONE.
AND WE NEED A MINIMUM OF THREE PER, UH, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE COMMITTEE,
SO THAT IS MY ONE STIPULATION FOR ALL OF YOU, IS SHE GETS TO CHOOSE.
OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WELL, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WHEN WE SET THE AGENDA, IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE YOUR INPUT.
MEANS YOU'D HAVE TO COME TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DOESN'T MEET VERY LONG.
UM, WELL, MY BROTHERS IS EITHER MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS OR THAILAND PROJECT.
I ACTUALLY WAS ON THAILANDS FOR A WHILE WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST, UH, WHEN I WAS FIRST SEATED ON THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN FOR SOME REASON I WAS TAKEN OFF OF THAT, BUT IN FINANCE, SO I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO MENTOR WHOEVER GOES ON FINANCE.
SO LET'S, LET'S JUST FOCUS ON FINANCE, MAINTENANCE AND THE TITLES.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS THE EXECUTIVE AT THE END.
WOULD YOU PREFER MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS OR TITLES? CAPITAL.
UH, COMMISSIONER LAMB, WHAT WOULD YOU COMPARE TO KIND OF SUBCOMMITTEE TO BE ON? YES, MA'AM.
SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE THE TIDE ONES? YES.
AND IF, OH, WELL, I'M JUST SAY I, I'M HAPPY TO CHAIR, BUT IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO SHARE, THAT'S FINE TOO.
YEAH, WE'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE NEW OKAY.
VICE CHAIR MURRAY, UH, EXECUTIVE AT TITLE COMMITTEE TITLES.
AND, UH, UM, I LIKE THE MAINTENANCE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON THE TIDE LANDS CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE, PLEASE.
AND IF THERESA MORENO IS PREPARED TO HELP, UM, I WOULD VOLUNTEER FOR THE CLIENT.
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SETTING YOU UP.OKAY, SO WE HAVE THREE IN, WE HAVE THREE IN TIME.
ONES, UH, WE HAVE TWO SO FAR IN MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.
UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN KIND OF PLACE PEOPLE AND REACH THEM OUT TO THEM TO GET THEM ONTO THE REST OF THE THING.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW S CAPITAL IS, UH, COMPLETE WITH ELIZABETH.
UH, COMMISSIONER LAMB, COMMISSIONER MURRAY, COMMISSIONER CAGER, UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MARINO AND COMMISSIONER MCRAY ON MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CAGER.
UH, BUT IF, UH, UM, I JUST WANT TO, OKAY.
CAN I, CAN I BE AN EX OFFICIO OF THE, OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? THERE'S, WE CAN COME TO MEETINGS ARE TO THE, WE CAN WORK SOMETHING, WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN CHANGES IN HOW, UH, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND HOW OUR MEETINGS ARE RUN.
UH, THE, THE RULE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDERS AND THE BROWN ACT ARE TAKING MORE CENTER STAGE AT BEING, UH, ENFORCED AND IMPLEMENTED TO A STRICTER STANDARD.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE'VE ONLY HAD OUR CHAIR AND OUR VICE CHAIR AT THAT MEETING, BUT THAT PUTS US IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PREDICAMENT.
IF ONE OF THEM IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, WE'D HAVE TO CANCEL.
UH, SO WE NEED A THIRD FOR OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
HOWEVER, WE WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPRESS THEIR INTERESTS.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT, UH, NOMINATION SHOULD BE VIA RECOMMENDATION IN A VOTE, UH, MUCH LIKE THE CHAIR OF VICE CHAIR, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A, UH, AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT IT'S DEMOCRATIC.
ALRIGHT? SO IT'S UP TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR EXECUTIVE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU SIX ARE HERE TODAY.
UH, IT'S THE THREE OF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WE WANT TO PRESENT IT TO YOU VIA THIS RECOMMENDATION.
FIRST, IF NONE OF THE THREE OF YOU WANT OR ACCEPT A POSITION IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE CAN PUSH IT TO THE, UH, THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NOT IN THE TENS TODAY.
AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN NOMINATED.
SO IF YOU PUT THAT IN, IF YOU PUT THAT, THAT IN A RECOMMENDATION, I RECOMMEND TERESA RESET FOR THIRD SLOT ON THE EXECUTIVE.
AND THEN OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN SEEING NONE BACK TO A VOTE.
AND THEN, UH, I THINK YOU FILLED OUT WHAT YOU COULD, UH, WITH THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES TO, TO THE FULL EXTENT WE CAN TODAY.
AND THEN WE WILL ADDRESS THE, AT A LATER DATE.
SHOULD I HAVE PUT THAT TO PUBLIC? WELL, NOW YOU PUT THE OVERALL, UH, SLATE OR SOMETHING.
NOW WE'LL PUT THE OVERALL SLATE OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY PUBLIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? HEARING? NONE.
NOW WE HAVE TO APPROVE EVERYTHING.
SO, SO, APPROVING THE SLATE, I'LL PUT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SLATE AS WE DESCRIBED IT IN THESE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY INTENTIONS? THAT IS APPROVED.
NOW WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTEND QUESTION PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, BOOKER, ALSO IN THE ROAD OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
JUST THANK, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR
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CHALLENGES.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION TO
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IF YOUR NEIGHBOR WANTS TO THROW A BIRD AWAY, UH, THE LITHIUM BATTERY IS TOXIC WASTE.
THE, UH, ELECTRONICS CHRONIC WASTE, THEY SHOULD NOT GO IN THE TRASH.
UH, THE METAL IS RECYCLABLE AND THE TIRES ARE RECYCLABLE, BUT VERY DIFFICULT.
UH, NONETHELESS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TELL THAT PERSON TO TAKE THE PLEASURE OF SLOWLY DISMEMBERING IT SO THAT IT CAN BE PROPERLY DISPOSED.
UH, YEAH, I, I WOULD, IN NOT RESPONDING TO THAT PUBLIC COMMENT AS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF COUNSEL FOR ENFORCEMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO THAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SURVEYING THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I, I JUST, SOMETHING CAME TO MIND.
I WOULD SAY CAPTAIN'S LOCKER TALK, MAYBE THREE.
THEY HAVE A, A FLYER IN THERE ABOUT A, A FLARE RECYCLING OR RECEIVING EVENT.
IT'S NOT GOING ON A CAPTAIN'S LOCKER.
IF I GET OVER THERE, I'LL TAKE A PICTURE.
SO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE MARINE DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER, IF THEY SHIFT THE FOCUS ON THE, OR THINK ABOUT SHIFTING FOCUS, UM, LIVERBOARDS AND HOW THEY'RE LIMITED TO MORE OF A, A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PERSPECTIVE TOOL, A MECHANISM FOR SECURITY.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW THAT LIVERBOARDS LEGAL BOARDS PAY MORE.
I KNOW THERE'S MORE A BURDEN ONTO THE SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S POWER, TOILET PAPER, UTILIZATION OF THE RESTROOM, WHATEVER.
BUT IF WE'RE SHORT STAFFED IN THE SECURITY FORCES AROUND THE ARENA AND WE'RE HAVING AN ELEVATED PRESENCE, SO SHENA SOME CAUSE TROUBLE, MAYBE THERE'S A VALUE TO WHETHER IT'S A ONE YEAR PERMIT OR TWO YEAR PERMIT IN THIS TIME OF TROUBLE WITH HOMELESS OR WHATEVER, THAT WE CAN ISSUE SOME, UH, SLOTS FOR, FOR LIV BOARDS.
JUST TO, I LOVE HAVING MY VOTE NEXT TO A LIVING.
I WAS OVER BY 40 POINT AND RETIRED POLICEMAN RIGHT NEXT TO HIM.
COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.
JUST, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, IT'S VIEWED AS A BURDEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT LET'S, LET'S MAYBE RESHIFT THE TABLE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO USE PEOPLE AS A RESOURCE.
SO THAT'S A REVENUE PROFIT CENTER.
BUT, UM, PROBABLY COME NEXT WEEK TOO, JUST TO KEEP OUR, OUR CONVERSATION GOING ON THE, UH, THE HEALTH OF, OF OUR MARINA WATERS, OUR, AND OUR AIR.
NOT ONLY FOR OUR WILDLIFE, BUT ALSO FOR EVERYBODY AND OUR BEACHES THAT WE, WE DO WORK ON WATER QUALITY, WORK ON QUALITY AS A CITY, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST SOMETHING, THIS IS JUST THE BASIC, JUST THE MOST BASIC HEALTH NOW.
UM, JUST FYI, MY ARTICLE EDITED MORE DRAMATIC AND MY OPINION, MY POINTS, SOME OF THE TEETH ARE OUT, THAT COMMENT THERE.
BUT BASICALLY THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IN THE ARTICLE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL GAMES.
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YOU KNOW, CHINESE FIREWORKS B EPA DOESN'T, THEY'RE SO POPULAR, RIGHT? BUT WHAT, WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT SCIENCE TELLS US IS LIKE, I WAS SHOCKED.WHAT SECONDHAND SMOKES A THING.
OH, THAT CAN'T BE A THING YOU REALLY DON'T WANT.
SO ALL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT BALANCE.
AND I, I REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE UPSET, BUT HONESTLY I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO, THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.
AND YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT DID TO LA DO? FOR SOME REASON THEIR THING FELL APART OVER THE PORT OF LA I DUNNO, IT WAS THE OPERATOR OR SOMETHING, BUT THEY, THEY DIDN'T DRAW THE BEAT.
RIGHT? I'M JUST HOPING THAT THAT, NOT THAT YOU HAVE ALL THIS POWER, I GET IT.
ESPECIALLY ALL THE THINGS, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE CAN STILL HAVE FUN AND OUR KIDS CAN STILL HAVE FUN AND OUR BOYS CLUB CAN STILL MAKE MONEY.
REMEMBER WHEN OVER IN NEWPORT BEACH, NO FIREWORK SALES COSTA MESA, WHO SELLS THE FIREWORKS, BOYS AND GIRLS, RIGHT? BOYS SCOUTS, PEOPLE SAID, WE CAN'T OUT, WE CAN'T, WE HAVE TO KEEP WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE BOY SCOUTS.
RIGHT? SO I THINK, I THINK LIFE WILL GO AND I'M HOPING THAT COOPERATES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.
OKAY, FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING REMINDERS, WE HAVE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, JULY 3RD, NINE 30 IN THE MORNING AT THE 8:00 PM OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM 2 0 5 MARINA DRIVE, LONG BEACH, UM, FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THURSDAY, JULY 11TH, UH, 1 45, 2 15 L YC 62 0 1 LONG BEACH.
AND THE NEXT MEETING IS, UH, OF THE MAC IS THURSDAY, JULY 11TH, TWO 30.
LONG BEACH
OH, I HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY FELLOW, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DOES ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.
NOT NEARLY FOR THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT FOR OTHER, UH, UH, COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT RELY ON THINGS AND THEIR VALUABLE TIMES.
SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE THAT, UM, UH, EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES.
YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, GET PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMISSIONS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW GROUPS LIKE THIS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, ANNOUNCE, I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, WE'RE HAVING A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY MICHAEL BLUM OF SEA OF CLOUDS, WHO WORKED SO DILIGENTLY TO HAVE A HISTORIC POINT OF INTEREST, UH, DESIGNATED HERE.
THIS IS DONE BY THIS, UH, STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT AND PRESERVE THE FACT THAT THE FIRST IN, UH, FIRST SURFING COMPETITION IN CALIFORNIA WAS IN LONG BEACH AT WHAT A SITE THAT WAS NOW PART OF THE SHORELINE MARINA, BUT AT THE TIME WAS AN ACTUAL BEACH AND A SURF BREAK.
SO MICHAEL BLUM IS COMING NEXT MONTH TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION.
THIS IS STARTING OFF SOME OTHER SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WILL BE HAVING LATER THIS SUMMER TO ACTUALLY, I UNDERSTAND, PUT UP A PLAQUE.
BUT MICHAEL WILL HAVE HIS PHOTOGRAPHS AND HIS MAPS AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE HARD WORK THAT HE DID WITH HIS NONPROFIT THAT HE'S DOING UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BY THE WAY, TO BRING AND FOR, YOU KNOW, BRING THESE, UH, HISTORIC SITES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SURFING HISTORY IN CALIFORNIA, FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMISSIONERS OR JUST SEE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF MORE TRAININGS AND MORE TRAININGS COMING OUT OF THE, UM, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FROM THE ETHICS DIVISION.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS A MISTAKE.
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DIDN'T WE DO HARASSMENT AND ETHICS ALREADY? BUT, UM, YEAH, I, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE, I THINK, UM, HEATHER VAN WICK'S IN CHARGE OF IT, SHE SAID, WHO, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE MAKING ME UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THIS AND I'M GOING TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS TO DIFFERENT COMMISSION AND BOARDS SO THAT PEOPLE WON'T BE SHOCKED.DID EVERYBODY TAKE THE, WE ALL, WE A HUNDRED PERCENT ON OUR ETHICS, WE ARE CITY CLERKS.
CRACK DOWN, DON'T, WHICH IS GOOD.
'CAUSE THESE THINGS ACTUALLY COST A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY'S PAYING FOR THESE AND TO UTILIZE ON'S.
REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE THE COURSES ARE PRETTY GOOD.
SO JUST, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF, MORE OF YOUR TIME, IS, UH, UM, THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, YOU GUYS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS RIGHT NOW.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S THIS, THIS WHOLE RESTRUCTURING AND, AND BRINGING COMMISSIONS BACK INTO THE FOLD OF THE BROWN ACT.
IT'S NOT TO ADDRESS YOU AS A COMMISSION.
UH, YOU AND YOUR BODY HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THAT ELEVATED STATUS.
I, I'D JUST SAY THAT THIS IS LIKELY, I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO TALK TO TODD.
THIS IS LIKELY GOING TO BE MY LAST MEETING.
SO I HAVE BEEN ON HERE, I THINK FOR WELL BEFORE COVID, I DUNNO, 2018 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I WAS NOT AWARE, I'M A RESIDENT.
I WANNA BE OBVIOUSLY, BUT WORKING FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTKEEPER, TRYING TO GET THE PERMIT TO DO THE OYSTER RESTORATION PROJECT AND THE JACK DUNSTER MARINE RESERVE, THE CITY MADE US GO THROUGH THE MAC IN ORDER TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, I LEARNED ABOUT WHAT THE MAC WAS, SAW THE MAC AT THE TIME AND SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS INTERESTING STUFF THAT COMING UP, SO I MIGHT AS WELL APPLY FOR IT AND APPLIED FOR IT.
IT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU LIVE.
UM, I'VE REALLY TAKEN THE SORT OF
SO IT, IT SEEMED TO BE, WE'RE IN A YACHT CLUB, RIGHT? MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION HAS LARGELY BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE THEMSELVES BOAT OWNERS.
I I'VE SEEN, UH, BROADENING OF THAT IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE.
WE ARE NOT A, AN EXTENSION OF BOAT OWNERS.
WE ARE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AROUND THE MARINAS AND GET TO GIVE OUR OPINION ON THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A PRETTY BROAD, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE SET OF COMMISSIONERS.
MUCH MORE DIVERSE THAN WHEN I FIRST JOINED.
I, I THINK IT WAS, I THINK ELIZABETH AND THERESA WERE THE ONLY WOMEN ON THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME.
SO I, I THINK THE DIRECTION OF THE MAC IS ONLY POSITIVE.
I THINK IT'S DOING MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN, UM, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE MAC.
UH, I'M GONNA BE ENCOURAGED TO SEE WHAT YOU DO IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
I THINK WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING UP, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY INTERESTING AND THE, THE PUBLIC'S GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE MAT SINCE ALL OF THE EVENTS ARE GONNA BE FOOTPRINT FOR THE MAT TO BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
I MEAN, TYPICALLY WHEN PEOPLE COME TO MEETINGS, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ANGRY, THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T COME TO SAY GREAT JOB CITY.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOME CONTENTIOUS MEETINGS, PROBABLY SOME EVENING MEETINGS.
I WOULD, I WOULD THINK TOO, UM, I THINK THE MAX'S DONE A GREAT JOB IN, IN DEALING WITH THOSE AND WORKING WITH IT.
AND I THINK HITTING PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS, INTRODUCING THEM TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN, IN CITY GOVERNMENT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THAT AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE FANTASTIC.
TWO ARE VERY, EVERYONE ON THE BOARD IS VERY QUALIFIED, VERY DEDICATED.
I THINK THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, TWO OF YOU AND THEN THERESA ARE GONNA BE STELLAR.
SO, UH, IT'S ONLY GONNA GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO FOLLOW, UH, THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND SEE WHAT, UH, SEE WHAT COMES UP.
NOW AGAIN, WE'LL STILL FLOAT IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR YOU, YOU TAKE ETHICS.
I'VE BEEN KICKING ALL THOSE REMINDERS,
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IGNORING IT, BUT UH, NO THANK YOU.AND IT'S BEEN EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THE REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COVERING MEETINGS.
I KNOW ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPRECIATING, YOU KNOW, YOUR DEDICATION TOO.
UM, IT TAKES A LOT TO TAKE HOURS OUT OF THE DAY TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS, TO LISTEN ABOUT APPOINTMENTS AND UH, OTHER ISSUES.
UM, BEFORE WE GET TO ANYTHING THAT HAS A LOT OF NEED.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU STAYING FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.
WE ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE CITY STAFF.
I KNOW THAT, UM, YEAH, CITY STAFF, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS, SERGEANT SMITH IS STILL HERE.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AND UH, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT I'VE HAD ON HERE.
IT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING AND EXCITING.
YEAH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN, BUT THANK YOU.