* 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. [00:00:52] GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTION. ALL RIGHT. WE'D LIKE TO CALL THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY FOR THE MEETING TO, TO ORDER FOR JULY 11TH, 2024. HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH. JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE TIME IT IS 1:10 PM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. UH, WILL PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? UH, GOOD MORNING. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY, I'M NOW CORRECTED. HI, I AM GRETCHEN SWANSON, COMMISSIONER SWANSON. UM, I AM, I GO BY, UH, SHE, HER. I AM AN OLDER WHITE WOMAN WITH WHITE HAIR. I WEAR GLASSES. UM, AND TODAY I HAVE CLOTHING THAT IS ALL SORT OF A, A SOFT WHITE OR OFF, OFF WHITE. UM, AND I'LL DEFER TO COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M COMMISSIONER MARISSA GONZALEZ. I AM A WHITE WOMAN WITH BROWN HAIR PULLED BACK INTO A BUN. I HAVE A LONG SLEEVE KIND OF WHITE AND BURGUNDY STRIPED. TOP ON. UH, I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND WILL BE USING MY PHONE AND EARPODS TO READ, UH, MY REPORT. HI, MY NAME IS JULIE DEAN. I'M A CAUCASIAN WOMAN IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER WITH SHE HER PRONOUNS. I HAVE SHORT AUBURN HAIR AND GLASSES, AND I'M WEARING A YELLOW DRESS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHAKA GARBAT. I AM SECRETARY COMMISSIONER, UM, IN THE [ROLL CALL] SECRETARY. UM, I AM WEARING A, UM, WHITE SHIRT, BEIGE BROWN JACKET, BLACK HAIR, AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE. HELLO, ARTHUR ROMO. UM, OLDER HISPANIC MAN. 66. SHOULD I SAY? UM, MOSTLY DARK HAIR, SALT AND PEPPER. MUSTACHE. BLUE SHIRT TODAY, BLUE PANTS. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS, UH, COMMISSIONER NUBIA FLORES. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HERS. I'M A LATINA, BRUNETTE, LONG, CURLY HAIR WEARING GLASSES. AND TODAY I'M WEARING, WEARING, UH, A BLACK AND WHITE PATTERNED BLAZER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. UM, WE HAVE TWO EXCUSED ABSENCES. UH, KOD CHAIR, VONG AND COMMISSIONER JEREMY HILL. UM, AND CAN I, CAN WE APPROVE THESE TWO ABSENCES? YES. THANK YOU. AND I AM COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR STEVE ADAMS. AND MY, UM, I'M AFRICAN AMERICAN. I HAVE, UM, UH, SHORT HAIR WEARING GLASSES, AND ALSO WEARING A GREEN LONG SLEEVE SHIRT. OKAY, JENNIFER, UH, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM? YES. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I SO MOVE. I SECOND MOVE BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL NINE IF CALLING IN COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HOLD ON ONE MOMENT. I'M SORRY. PLEASE. WE HAVE A CALL FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THE, UH, MINUTES FROM JUNE 13TH. SEEING NONE, CARRY ON WITH COMMISSION DISCUSSION. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO HAVE DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER FLORES ABSTAIN. COMMISSIONER ROMO ABSTAIN. SECRETARY GARBE AYE. CHAIR ADAMS [00:05:01] AYE. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON ELEVATE 28 FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS. DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOSHUA HICKMAN, CAN I GET A MOTION? THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? THANKS. NO MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND MOVE BY COMMISSIONER ROMO. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON. I'M NOW PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION. PLEASE. GIMME ONE MOMENT. DEPUTY DIRECTOR HICKMAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, THANK YOU VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, NAME IS JOSHUA HICKMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, WHITE MALE, SALT AND PEPPER HAIR. UH, LITTLE MORE SALT THAN PEPPER THESE DAYS, BUT, UH, WEARING A GRAY SUIT AND WHITE SHIRT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND I'VE ALSO GOT MY COLLEAGUE CHARLENE ANG SUKO HERE WITH ME. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. NICE TO SEE SOME OF YOU AGAIN. UM, MY NAME IS CHARLENE ZUKO. I'M THE TIDELANDS AND PARKS, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER. I AM A MIDDLE AGED FILIPINO ASIAN WOMAN, MID LENGTH BROWN HAIR. UM, I'M WEARING GLASSES AND I HAVE ON A WHITE BLOUSE AND A VERTICALLY STRIPED BLUE JACKET. I'LL TURN IT BACK TO MY COLLEAGUE, JOSH, TO, UH, INTRODUCE THIS PRESENTATION AND THE GREAT WORK, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION, JENNIFER. UH, A QUESTION. IS THERE A WAY TO CREATE A, A LARGER VISUAL, UH, PUT UP TO FULL SCREEN? IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING US TODAY. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT A COUPLE ITEMS TO YOU HERE TODAY. WE HAVE OUR LATEST ELEVATE 28 INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, AS WELL AS SOME UPDATES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR A DA PROGRAM. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE, COUPLE DIFFERENT ITEMS HERE TODAY. IT'S ABOUT 25 OR SO SLIDES, SO BEAR WITH ME. WE'LL TRY TO CRUISE THROUGH 'EM AND, AND PROVIDE ENOUGH TIME FOR, FOR ANY SORT OF Q AND A AT THE END. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FOR THE AGENDA, WE'LL GO OVER THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, HOW WE COME UP WITH THESE DIFFERENT PLANS AND, AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE ACROSS THE CITY. WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN ITSELF, AND THEN WE'LL DIVE INTO SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MOBILITY AND SAFETY TYPE PROJECTS, OUR A DA TYPE PROJECTS, AND THEN SOME UNIVERSAL PLAY PROJECTS. SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU HERE, THESE ARE, UH, THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS A FEW OF THE DATA-DRIVEN EFFORTS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT NEEDS ACROSS CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THESE STUDIES AND ASSESSMENTS ULTIMATELY SUPPORT A MASTER PLANNING TYPE EFFORT, WHICH THEN LEADS TO PRIORITIZATION OF THE DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. SO READING THROUGH THEM, UH, QUICKLY HERE WE HAVE OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN, FACILITIES CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT, OUR UPDATED TRANSITION PLAN FOR PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, OUR VISION ZERO AND SAFE STREETS ACTION PLAN, STORM WATER, GREEN STREETS, MASTER PLAN, STORM DRAIN, MASTER PLAN, AND CLIMATE ACTION, A ADAPTATION PLAN. AND THEN FINALLY, A PARKS WRECK AND MARINE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THIS IS JUST A HANDFUL OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE USE TO HELP PRIORITIZE SOME OF OUR PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO ONE SUCH EXAMPLE, OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE STREET CONDITION IS ACROSS THE CITY. UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT OVER A THOUSAND LANE MILES WITHIN THE CITY. AND CURRENTLY OUR AVERAGE PCI OR PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IS ABOUT 56. SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS IMPROVE THAT OVER TIME. HOW WE DO THAT IS WITH PROGRAMS. UH, ON THE SLIDE, THERE'S AN IMAGE OF A SLURRY SEAL TRUCK AND WORKERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PLACING SLURRY SEAL ON A STREET, WHICH IMPROVES THE, THE QUALITY OF THE STREET AND ULTIMATELY PRESERVES THE, UM, THAT QUALITY OVER TIME, MINIMIZING SOME OF THAT DEGRADATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN SUMMARY. THIS IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THE, THE DATA FROM, UH, OUR LATEST REPORT AS OF 2023. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, OF COURSE, IS MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF LANE MILES [00:10:01] IN THE RED OR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND HAVE MORE LANE MILES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OR ON THE GREEN SECTION OF THE SCREEN. AND WHAT WE DO, AND, AND WHAT YOU SAW ON THE LAST SLIDE ABOUT THE, THE SLURRY SEAL FOR THE FAIR AND GOOD STREETS, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT SLURRY SEAL TYPE PRODUCT TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF STREET SEGMENTS THAT FALL INTO THE LEFT HAND COLUMNS, UH, MEANING THE VERY POOR OR THE POOR SECTIONS OF THE STREETS. THIS SLIDE HERE REPRESENTS THE FACILITIES CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VARIOUS CITY FACILITIES. AND WHAT, WHAT THIS SLIDE IS REPRESENTING IS THAT THERE IS REALLY A NEED ACROSS MULTIPLE FACILITIES, AND THAT NEED IS GROWING OVER TIME. SO IF WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN THESE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, IT DOES OF COURSE, UM, MEAN THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN ADDED INVESTMENT THAT'S NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE TO, TO PRESERVE THOSE FACILITIES. SO REALLY THESE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES ARE, ARE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS, UH, A LARGE NEED ACROSS THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE TYPES AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACILITIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. UH, YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT AND WAS SLIPPED BY ME, BUT WHEN YOU USED THE WORD FACILITIES IN THE LAST SLIDE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CITY OWNED PROPERTY OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE? WHAT, WHAT DOES FACILITIES, UM, ENTAIL? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, IN THE, UH, I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND SLIDE, THE FACILITIES I WAS REFERENCING WAS ALL THE DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S, THAT COULD MEAN, UH, EVERYTHING FROM OUR STORM DRAIN, UH, FACILITIES TO OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR, UH, ACTUAL BUILT VERTICAL ENVIRONMENT. ON THAT LAST SLIDE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE, UM, WHAT WAS IT, SLIDE FOUR, UH, SIX. YEAH, SLIDE SIX. THAT SLIDE IS REFERRING TO OUR VERTICAL CITY OWNED ASSETS, UH, OR FACILITIES LIKE A, LIKE A COMMUNITY CENTER, LET'S SAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE REPRESENTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS OUR BRAND NEW ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE. SO WE JUST ROLLED THIS OUT, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE A SINGLE STOP SHOP FOR ALL DETAILS ON ALL THE ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. UH, WITHIN THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, THERE IS A $758 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT'S SPREAD ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UH, 180, UH, 180 PLUS SPREAD ACROSS SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO REALLY EXCITED. THERE'S A GREAT, GREAT TOOL TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE, DISSECT THE DATA AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEAR YOU, UH, WHAT'S NEAR YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND, UM, GET MORE DETAILS ON TIMING COSTS, ET CETERA. SO DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHECK OUT THAT, THAT BRAND NEW WEBSITE. SO ONE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR MAPS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THIS WEBSITE, AND, AND I REALIZE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO TO READ, SO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT'S, UH, THAT'S TUNING IN TO GO ONTO THAT ELEVATE 28 WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IN MUCH, UH, MUCH BETTER DEPTH IN, IN GRANULARITY. BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ARE THE SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS ALL SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN AND ZOOMED IN. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT STREET SEGMENTS THAT ARE EITHER BEING REPLACED, PAVED, UH, SLURRY SEALED, OR IN THIS CASE THERE'S [2. 24-54126 Recommendation to receive and file a report on Elevate ‘28 from the Public Works Deputy Director, Joshua Hickman.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] A, A LARGE COMPLETE STREET PROJECT ACROSS, UH, ARTESIA BOULEVARD. SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN AND ALL THE INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO THE COLUMNS REPRESENT THE MEASURE A FUNDING SOURCE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT COMPILE THE $758 MILLION PLAN. SO SPECIFIC TO, TO THE CONVERSATION TODAY, WE'VE GOT THE MOBILITY SEGMENT 327 MILLION, UH, OVER THE NEXT, WELL, IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PLAN. WE, WE WERE ALREADY ONE YEAR INTO IT. AND, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. SO, OH YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD. THANKS. THE, SO NOW SHIFTING GEARS A LITTLE BIT, OUR A DA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, UH, I, I THINK MOST FOLKS ARE, ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, SO WE WON'T DIVE INTO ALL THOSE SPECIFICS, BUT THERE WAS A SELF-EVALUATION THAT WAS COMPLETED AND, UH, REALLY PRIORITIZED PROJECTS BASED [00:15:01] ON THE SEVERITY AND ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. SO THAT EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED A COUPLE YEARS BACK, WHICH HELPED, UH, INFLUENCE THE, THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE ACCESS REQUEST PROGRAM HAS CONTINUED AND WILL BE ONGOING, SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT EFFORT. THE INSTALLATION OF 4,500 NEW CURB RAMPS, THE, THE CURB RAMPS HAVE BEEN, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS TO REPLACE THESE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE, WE ARE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AS THE SLIDE SHOWS WE'RE 75% COMPLETE. UH, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AN EXTENSION TO ALLOW US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, UH, TO COMPLETE ALL, ALL THE NECESSARY CURB RAMP SPENDING 50 MILLION ON NON-COMPLIANT CURB RAMP. THIS IS, THIS IS ONGOING NOW THAT WE'VE SHIFTED GEARS FROM THE NEW CURB RAMPS, UH, THE TEAMS ARE RARELY RAMPING UP TO DELIVER, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE NON-COMPLIANT CURB RAMP. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE, THE NEXT BULLET POINT HERE, SPENDING 125 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN, AGAIN, ONGOING. THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, UH, OF NEW SIDEWALKS ADDED AND A SIGNIFICANT DOLLAR AMOUNT SPENT TOWARDS THAT 125 MILLION. AS FAR AS THE LAST BUDGET. FY 24, AN ADDITIONAL 10 AND A QUARTER MILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR THESE EFFORTS. AND AS PART OF THE OVERALL ELEVATE 28 PLAN, THERE'S JUST OVER 37 MILLION, UH, ALLOCATED FOR THE A DA IMPROVEMENTS. THIS SLIDE HERE REPRESENTS THE HEAT MAP OF THE MISSING CURB RAMPS AND THE PRIORITY SIDEWALK AREAS. SO THIS CAME OUT OF THAT, UH, ANALYSIS AND THAT STUDY THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO, UM, PRIOR TO 2019, THAT WAS ALL WRAPPED UP IN IT. AND THE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT ARE THE MISSING CURVE RAMPS. SO THIS IS WHAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK DELIVERING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE GET REPLACED. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, THE HOTSPOT IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN ARE THE PRIORITY SIDEWALK AREAS, UH, MEANING THAT THEY EITHER NEEDED TO BE, BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED. AGAIN, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE, THE HEAT MAP IS SHOWING THERE'S A, THERE'S A NEED IN THE DOWNTOWN, UH, CENTER OF THE CITY TYPE AREA. UM, EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS AWESOME. UM, IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE THIS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE VIDEO ACCESS OR ARE UNABLE TO WA UH, LOOK AT THIS SCREEN. HOW WOULD YOU, COULD YOU CHARACTERIZE WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT AND THEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE RIGHT? THANKS. SURE. YEAH, HAPPY TO DO THAT. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, WHAT, UH, WHAT'S BEING REPRESENTED HERE ARE THE MISSING CURVE RAMPS, AND THERE ARE RED, YELLOW GREEN LINES, UH, ACROSS THE CITY THAT REPRESENT THE HIGH PRIORITY, MID PRIORITY, AND LOW PRIORITY FOR THOSE MISSING CURB RAMPS. THE, UH, CENTER OF THE CITY JUST SOUTH OF SIGNAL HILL IS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, MEANING THAT IT'S A HIGHER PRIORITY AREA, UH, UP NORTH, UH, NORTHERN LONG BEACH. THERE'S A, A FEW OTHER RED HOTSPOTS UP THERE. AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF LONG BEACH, THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN IE MISSING CURB RAMPS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY HIGH PRIORITY ON THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT. UH, IT'S A VERY SIMILAR SETUP. IT, IT HAS AN OUTLINE OF THE CITY WITH RED, GREEN, AND YELLOW, UH, DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, UH, MUCH MORE POPULATED, MEANING THAT THERE ARE MORE SIDEWALKS THAT, UH, WERE, WERE ANALYZED AND ARE IN NEED. THERE IS A, A HOTSPOT ON THE HEAT MAP, IE RED SEGMENTS, UM, REALLY FOCUSED IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN AND KIND OF MIDTOWN AREAS. AND THEY, UM, SLIGHTLY FALL OFF TOWARDS THE NORTH AND TOWARDS THE EAST. UH, AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, THERE'S A LOT MORE GREEN, UH, MEANING THAT THEY ARE IN NEED OR MISSING, BUT NOT AS HIGH PRIORITY. DID, DID THAT, UM, WAS THAT SUFFICIENT? OKAY. THANK YOU. AM I ALLOWED TO ASK A QUESTION? UH, IT'S, WE CAN, IF WE CAN HOLD QUESTIONS TO THE END. OKAY. BUT, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ON THIS SLIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE A BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGE OF A NEW CURB RAMP INSTALLATION. SO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE SHOWS A RAISED CURB, UH, MEANING THERE'S [00:20:01] NO WAY FOR, FOR ANYBODY, UH, THAT HAS ANY SORT OF MOBILITY, UM, UM, IMPAIRMENTS OR DEVICES TO BE ABLE TO GET SAFELY OFF OF THE CURB. UH, THERE'S A STEP DOWN OF, OF AT LEAST A COUPLE OF INCHES. AND THE AFTER SLIDE SHOWS A NEW, UH, TRUNCATED DOME THAT'S BEEN PLACED THERE FOR, UH, WARNING OF THE HAZARD OF, OF STEPPING DOWN INTO THE STREET OR, OR, UM, OR NAVIGATING DOWN INTO THE STREET. AND THE, IT, IT'S NOW A MUCH, UH, SAFER WAY TO DO IT. AND THERE'S, THERE'S A, UM, UH, A RAMP THAT GOES DOWN INTO THE, THE STREET WAY, ALLOWING FOR SAFE NAVIGATION. THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE SHOWS A BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT IS A NEW SIDEWALK INSTALLATION. SO ON THE LEFT SIDE IMAGE, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK, IT'S JUST A GRASSY AREA, SO VERY DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE IMAGE IS A BRAND NEW SIDEWALK, UH, THAT MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UM, UH, GRADE. OKAY. THE STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR PROJECT. THIS IS, UH, SO TO PREFACE THIS, THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF OUR MOBILITY AND PARK PROJECTS AND WHAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, A COUPLE, UH, GREAT UPCOMING PROJECTS FOR, FOR ALL OF YOU. THE STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR PROJECT IS ONE SUCH PROJECT, ONE OF OUR COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS. UH, IT'S GONNA INCLUDE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AROUND, WHETHER IT BE SIDEWALKS, UH, BIKE LANES, AND THEN OF COURSE VEHICLES. UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THE BACKGROUND, WE HAVE A BUS STOP FOR LONG BEACH TRANSIT, SO REALLY A COMPLETE STREET MULTIMODAL TYPE PROJECT. THIS IS A, UH, WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE DESIGN IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, AND WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO BID HERE IN THE FALL OF 2024. SO, OPTIMISTICALLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME GOOD BIDS BACK AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. A COUPLE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE OR FEATURES OF THE STUDEBAKER PROJECT WILL HAVE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, CLASS FOUR, BIKEWAYS BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS, CURB ENHANCEMENTS, LANDSCAPING FIBER OPTICS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND OF COURSE, A DA IMPROVEMENTS. ANOTHER PROJECT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ARE THE DOWNTOWN WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. SO THIS IS GOING TO, UH, EXTEND THE PEDESTRIAN CURVES, PROVIDING SAFETY, PROVIDING ISLAND RESPITES, MEANING THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE, UH, A SPACE IN BETWEEN THE, EITHER EAST AND WESTBOUND OR NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND LANES TO BE ABLE TO STOP, UH, AND BE SAFE FROM TRAFFIC TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH. THE, THE PROJECT AIMS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR, UH, VISION ZERO TYPE ELEMENTS. SO THIS PROJECT IS IN THE, CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE. SO THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN, UM, UP TOP IS, IS JUST A, A OVERVIEW OR A, UM, DRONE TYPE FOOTAGE OF DOWNTOWN. AND THE LOWER IMAGE SHOWS A RENDERING OF WHAT WILL BE A, AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN THE, UH, EAST AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC. NEXT PROJECT WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THE ARTESIA GREAT BOULEVARD PROJECT. AGAIN, ANOTHER COMPLETE STREET PROJECT THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. IT'S GONNA TOUCH ON, ON A NUMBER OF THE DIFFERENT FEATURES THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT FOR STUDEBAKER, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES, THE MEDIAN FENCING, THE BIKE LANES, A DA SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING. IT'S ALSO GOING TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE STORM WATER AND LANDSCAPING IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, AS ANY COMPLETE STREET DOES REPLAY, UM, RE REHAB ALL THE PAVEMENT IN THE AREA. SO THIS PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WE ANTICIPATE IT BEING COMPLETED HERE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. UH, THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN IS A, AGAIN, A, A DRONE FOOTAGE OF ART ARTESIA BOULEVARD. YOU WANNA DO ALRIGHT, FROM HERE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHARLENE. SHE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE PARKS PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT SHE MANAGES. I CAN'T, SORRY, I CAN'T SEE THE SCREEN. SORRY, MY SCREEN DOESN'T WORK. SO, SO WE WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE [00:25:01] UNDERWAY, EITHER IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN PLANNING AND DESIGN. UM, STARTING WITH THE COLORADO LAGOON OPEN CHANNEL PROJECT. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE OPEN CHANNEL PROJECT IS TO RESTORE TITLE CIRCULATION IN THE COLORADO LAGOON. UM, RIGHT NOW OUR HISTORIC CONDITIONS HAD IT ESSENTIALLY SEPARATED FROM ALAMITOS BAY AND WAS GETTING ITS TIDAL WATER, SALT WATER THROUGH AN UNDERGROUND, WE CALL IT A STRAW, BUT IT'S REALLY A CULVERT. SO THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO DAYLIGHT THAT CULVERT AND CREATE HABITAT AND CREATE AMENITIES FOR WILDLIFE FOR PEOPLE. UM, AND THE END PRODUCT, UM, WOULD RESULT IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF TWO NEW VEHICULAR BRIDGES THAT WOULD SPAN AN OPEN WATER INLET. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, IN TERMS OF THE IMAGE IS, UH, RESTORED BALL FIELD IN MARINA VISTA PARK, THE NEW OPEN WATERWAY, UH, RE-VEGETATED LANDSCAPE AND PARK, UM, AND THE ELLIOT STREET BRIDGE WITH VEHICLES ON IT. THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE OF SPRING 2025. SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY ELEVATE 28 PROJECTS, UM, GEARING UP FOR COMPLETION, UH, IN, IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ANOTHER ELEVATE 28 PROJECT, BUT ALSO FUNDED THROUGH, UM, A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THROUGH SENATOR GONZALEZ'S OFFICE, UM, IS THE MACARTHUR PARK REHABILITATION. UH, THE REHABILITATION OF MACARTHUR PARK WAS BASED ON A COMMUNITY VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019. UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS A RENDERING OF THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD. THE PARK PROJECT, UM, SHOWS, UM, NEW LANDSCAPING AND VEGETATION, A BRAND NEW WALKING TRAIL OR LOOP, UM, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, HYDRATION AREAS OR HYDRATION STATIONS, FITNESS STATIONS, AND A MULTITUDE OF PICNIC AND GATHERING AREAS. BOTH, UM, LARGE GROUP SHELTER PICNIC AREAS TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS, BUT ALSO MORE INTIMATE PICNIC AREAS FOR, UM, SMALL FAMILIES, FRIENDS. UM, AND WE WANTED TO CREATE A FLEXIBILITY IN, IN, IN USES AND TYPES OF SPACES. THE, THE GREAT THING ABOUT REHABILITATING AN ENTIRE PARK IS WE CAN, UM, IMPROVE ACCESS, UM, AND REALLY HAVE THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION. UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE, UM, INTENTIONALLY THOUGHT, THOUGHT OUT AREAS THAT ACCOMMODATE GATHERING, UM, AND, UM, EXCUSE ME, AND ALLOWING FOR THAT, UM, ACCESS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT USERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS OF THE MACARTHUR PARK PROJECT SHOWING THE PLAYGROUND. UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLAYGROUND. WE'RE REPURPOSING CERTAIN ELEMENTS, UM, INCLUDING KEEPING ELEMENTS OF THE OLD PLAYGROUND, WHICH ARE FAIRLY, UM, THEY'RE NOT TOO OLD. THEY WERE INSTALLED WITHIN THE LAST 10, 10 YEARS. BUT WE ARE UPGRADING THE SAFETY SERVICING, MAKING THE PLAYGROUND MORE ACCESSIBLE, UM, FOR ANYONE USING A MOBILITY DEVICE. IN ADDITION, WE'RE EXPANDING THE PLAYGROUND, UM, AND ADDING NEW PLAY EQUIPMENT, UM, TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'M LIKE STRETCHING , I'M HURTING. UM, THE NEXT THREE PROJECTS ON THE LIST ARE RAMONA SILVERADO AND HOUGHTON PARK PLAYGROUNDS. UM, THESE ARE REHABILITATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO THREE PLAYGROUNDS. UM, THE SCOPES OF WORK ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR FOR ALL OF THEM. IT'S TO INCLUDE EXPANDED PORT IN PLACE, SAFETY SERVICING TO ENHANCE MOBILITY AND ENSURE PATH OF TRAVEL TO ALL AREAS OF THE PLAYGROUND. UM, ADDING INCLUSIVE PLAY ELEMENTS AND A VARIETY OF SWINGS, INCLUDING A FRIENDSHIP SWINGS AND SOME OF THEM HARNESS AND ADAPTIVE SWINGS. UM, FOR HOUGHTON PARK, WE'VE INCLUDED A WEGO SWING, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE IN THE TOP, WHICH IS, UM, A BRAND NEW, UM, PLAY ELEMENT THAT'S CREATED BY LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES. WE HAVE INCLUDED UNIVERSAL SPINNERS OR CAROUSELS COMMUNICATION BOARDS, INTEGRATED PLAYGROUND RAMPS AS PART OF EQUIPMENT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ROLL OUT THESE NEW CONCEPTS AND, UH, TECHNOLOGIES [00:30:01] THAT ARE BEING, UM, DEVELOPED BY THE PLAYGROUND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE IN THE PLAYGROUND DESIGNS ALSO INCLUDE DEVELOPING SENSORY AND TACTILE PLAY OPPORTUNITIES AND BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE FURNISHINGS PICNIC TABLES AND HYDRATION STATIONS THAT WE'RE PUTTING THROUGHOUT WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, THE QUANTITY OF THEM, AND HOW THEY'RE, UM, THEY, HOW THEY CAN BE USED BY EVERYONE. SO THE STATUS OF THESE PROJECTS ARE RAMONA AND SILVERADO ARE IN THEIR BID PHASE, AND HOUGHTON PLAYGROUND IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE. NEXT SLIDE. FINALLY, UM, AS PART OF ELEVATE 28, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE EL DORADO PARK UNIVERSAL PLAYGROUND AND SOME SEED FUNDING ESSENTIALLY FOR, UM, PLANNING AND DESIGN TO BEGIN. UM, THE PURPOSE AND THE GOALS OF THE EL DORADO UNIVERSAL PLAYGROUND INCLUDE, UM, REBUILDING THE PLAYGROUND, UM, UPGRADING THE EXISTING CHILDREN'S PLAY EQUIPMENT, UM, ADDING INCLUSIVE PLAY ELEMENTS, AND, UM, DEVELOPING NEW ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS, INSTALLING NEW DROUGHT TOLERANT, UM, LANDSCAPING. SO THOSE ARE THE GOALS. UM, WE HAVEN'T STARTED THIS PROJECT YET AND WE ANTICIPATE TO BEGIN. UM, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN. UM, SO WOULD WELCOME COMMENTS AT TODAY'S MEETING FOR HOW, HOW YOU ENVISION THAT MIGHT LOOK. UM, WE STILL NEED TO HIRE OUR TEAMS AND OUR, UM, PROJECT MANAGERS TO HELP WITH THIS, UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO KICKING THIS OFF SOMETIME IN THE FALL. UM, WE DO NEED TO GET OURSELVES ORGANIZED FOR THIS, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. UM, WE HAVE CATHERINE OWEN ON OUR TEAM THAT'S GONNA LEAD THE EFFORT, BUT WE STILL NEED OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TEAM TO COME ON BOARD AND, UH, GET STARTED. BUT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN. SO THIS IS ONE WHERE WE DO NEED TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDINGS, GRANT FUNDING OR RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THIS NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR NEXT STEPS, WE HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN AND THE WEBSITE. ONE THING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ON THE WEBSITE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE ITEMS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY IS THAT WE ARE UTILIZING A POWER BI TYPE FUNCTION SO WE CAN UPDATE ALL OF THE DATA IN REAL TIME. UH, WE UPDATE IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, AND WE PLAN TO DO THAT FROM HERE UNTIL THE END OF THE PROGRAM IN IN 2028. AND WHAT YOU CAN, UM, SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN ARE THE CURRENT PHASES OF THE PROJECT. SO WE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE OR THE DESIGN PHASE AS WE GO OVER TIME, AS WE, UH, BRING ON BOARD THE RESOURCES AS CHARLENE HAD NOTED TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS, YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS SHIFTING OUT OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE AND INTO CONSTRUCTION PHASE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE'LL SEE, UH, A NUMBER OF THOSE PROJECTS ALREADY GETTING TICKED OFF. SO WHAT YOU'RE, UM, WHAT YOU, WHAT'S ON THE SLIDE HERE ARE THAT A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. SO WE HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY ON THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE ALREADY COMING TO FRUITION AND COMING ONLINE. SO AS, UH, AS WE GET THROUGH THESE REGULAR REPORTS, YOU'LL START TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THEM COMING ONLINE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, APOLOGIES. I DID, UH, NEGLECT TO LEAVE OFF CHARLENE ON, ON THE SLIDE, BUT OBVIOUSLY CHARLENE IS HERE AND, AND AVAILABLE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL. UH, COMMISSIONER, DEAN, I'M SO SORRY. UM, CHAIR, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE? THANK YOU. UH, MR. HICKMAN, APPRECIATE THE REPORT. AND CHARLENE, UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL NINE STAR NINE IF CALLING IN AND COMMISSIONERS. SORRY. THANK YOU. HOW YOU DOING? WELCOME. HI, UM, MY NAME IS TERRY KRIEGER. UM, I LIVE AT WEST OCEAN, UH, ACROSS THE STREET. UM, I AM OBVIOUSLY A WHEELCHAIR USER AND, UM, I HAVE, UH, HAD A BUSINESS IN LONG BEACH. I'M RETIRED NOW, BUT I JUST JUST RETIRED. I HAD A BUSINESS IN LONG BEACH FOR 30 YEARS. SO, UH, AND I LIVE, UH, IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. [00:35:01] SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE A DA ISSUES AND THE MOBILITY ISSUES, UH, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. UM, THE, AND I'M ALSO, I, I SHOULD SAY I'M ALSO ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE DOWNTOWN I, THEY CHANGED THE NAME DTLB ALLIANCE, I THINK IS THEIR NEW NAME, DLBA FOR THOSE OF US OLD SCHOOL. UM, AND, AND, UH, UH, SO THE FIRST ISSUE IS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE DO SAFETY WALK AUDITS. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, UH, INFORMATION IN OUR SPREADSHEETS THAT WE SUBMIT. I THINK THEY'RE GOOGLE DOCS, WHATEVER THEY ARE. BUT, BUT WE DO A, A SAFETY WALK AUDITS, AND WE DO THEM, WE TRY TO DO THEM ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE. WE, AND, AND THEY SORT OF, UH, LOOK TO ME TO TELL THEM ABOUT DISABILITY ACCESS ISSUES. AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY USE MY SCOOTER 'CAUSE USING THE WHEELCHAIR IS, IS, IS NOT SUPER EASY FOR LONG DISTANCES. BUT ANYWAY, UM, THE PRIMARY REASON I'M SPEAKING IS BECAUSE THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PINE AND OCEAN, THE CORNER IN FRONT OF WHAT WILL BE THE HARD ROCK, UH, HOTEL, THAT CUTOUT RIGHT THERE IS EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS. I MEAN, WHEN I SAY DANGEROUS, I WENT IN MY WHEELCHAIR ACROSS IT. I LOST ONE WHEEL, UH, WHILE COMING ACROSS IT. BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE ANGLES ARE STEEP. THE, THE, THE IN ADDITION, THE, THE, UH, IT GOES LIKE THIS WAY AND THEN THAT WAY AND THIS WAY AND THAT WAY. I MEAN, IT LITERALLY CHANGES DIRECTIONS. ABOUT FOUR TIMES, ONE OF MY WHEELS CAME OFF OF THE GROUND AND I SPUN OUT AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN PINE AVENUE. UM, I CONSIDERED THAT PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HAZARD THAT I'VE HAD, UH, AS A WHEELCHAIR USER IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. UH, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS SCARY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. UM, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BITE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS IN A WHEELCHAIR. YOU DON'T HAVE BRAKES THAT ARE GONNA STOP YOU. BASIC, BASICALLY, I, I WAS, I GRABBED MY WHEELS AND THROUGH JUST SHEER FORCE STOPPED THE WHEELCHAIR, I WAS ABOUT 15 FEET BELOW. UM, THE LEVEL OF OCEAN AND A GOOD SAMARITAN HELPED GET ME UP TO THE TOP LEVEL. UM, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU, IT COULD BE FIXED. UM, THE CUTOUT NEEDS PROBABLY FOR THE TIME BEING NEEDS JUST MOVE IT. I MEAN, GET IT. SO THE CROSSWALK, I'M SORRY, MR. YOU, YOU'VE EXCEEDED YOUR TIME. IF YOU COULD JUST WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. CAN I KNOW IT'S NOT AADA A COMPLIANT 'CAUSE YOU'RE IN THE STREET, BUT HOW IT IS NOW ALMOST KILLED ME. I MEAN, I, I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BITE IT, UH, GOING BACKWARDS DOWN PINE AVENUE. SO YOU'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT CUTOUTS. I, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. I'D RATHER HAVE NO CUTOUT THAN A CUTOUT THAN MAKES ME LOSE CONTROL OF ONE OF MY, MY WHEELS. SO, UH, I'VE CALLED, I CALLED MARY THE DAY. THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE COMMENTS, SIR. UM, I, I ASKED HER TO, TO, UH, TO HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. SHE'S AWARE OF IT. I ALSO TALKED TO, UH, JENNIFER, UM, UH, THE, I, I'M SORRY, I'M BLANKING, UH, ON HER LAST NAME. YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS? MM-HMM. . UH, YES, YES. I JUST, I'M SORRY MR. KRIEGER, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS THREE MINUTES, SIR, YOU EXCEEDED YOUR TIME. IF YOU COULD JUST WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, CHAIR ADAMS? YES. OKAY. I AM FRANCIS EMILY DAWSON HARRIS AND I LIVE ON MAGNOLIA AND BROADWAY. AND THE PRESENTATION WAS QUITE DETAILED AND INFORMATIVE. UM, THERE'S OVER 53,000 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CITY AND I WAS TRYING TO, WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW YOU MAKE DECISIONS AS TO WHERE YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES. UM, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPE OF MOBILITY DEVICES ARE BEING USED. MY MAIN THING IS THE CHILDREN. AND THERE'S ESCALATION OF CHILDREN THAT ARE DISABLED, UNFORTUNATELY FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND ALL ACCESS IS MADE FOR THEM. ULTIMATELY, IT HELP PEOPLE THAT, THAT DISABLED, UM, ADULTS. AND SO, UM, REACHING OUT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND ALL THESE OTHER [00:40:01] KIND OF THINGS OR THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE COGNITIVE CHALLENGES. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO IT. I THINK ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY USE TO HELP GET THE MESSAGE OUT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR INPUT IS EITHER LIKE WITH FRONTIER TELEPHONE OR LIKE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON TO HAVE SOMETHING PUT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THE CONTACT FOR WHO YOU CAN REACH TO LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND HAVE ACCESS. I, IF I HEARD EVERYTHING, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT PARKING. YOU TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS. OKAY. THERE'S A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH PARKING AND FOR LIKE OVER 10 OR 12 YEARS, THE CITY'S COME OVER WHERE I LIVE AND ACCESS IN DOW HAVE COME TO PICK, PICK ME UP IN OTHER PEOPLE ON THE CORNER ACROSS FROM THE COURTHOUSE. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE ONLY, ONLY BROADWAY AND THE, AND, AND WE HAD KELLY IRVING COMING FROM THE CITY. WE HAD, I THINK SHAKA, YOU WERE THERE. I REPEAT ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE THERE AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE PICKUP WAS GONNA BE IN FRONT OF A FIRE HYDRANT, BUT JET, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABSURD. AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE PARKING STARBUCKSES. SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP PARKING INTO THE FIRE HYDRANT. WE GOTTA DO BETTER THAN THAT. OKAY. AND SO, UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS FOR THE PLAYGROUNDS AND EVERYTHING AND I'M HOPING THAT WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER, YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE ABLE BODIED AND CHILDREN THAT ARE DISABLED PLAYING TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I WAS NOTICING YOU HAVE THE SPECIFIC THINGS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DISABLED OR SOME KIND OF WAY YOU COULD HAVE A CHILD SITTING ABLE BODIED WITH THAT CHILD. AND THE SAME THING THAT THE CHILD IS DISABLED. LIKE BESIDES SOME KIND OF WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE INCLUSIVENESS. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE EQUALITY. AND UM, UM, AND ON FAR AS THE BUS STOPS AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S GREAT TOO. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S AREAS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ARE BEING FIXED AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT FIXING THE CURB RAMPS AND STUFF. WHAT ABOUT SAFETY IN TERMS OF HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS THAT TURN ON? WHAT ABOUT AN ALARM YOU CAN RING OR SOMETHING IF SOMETHING'S HAPPENING THAT SOMEBODY CLOSE BY CAN HEAR YOU. IF YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF MAJOR OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DECIDES TO, UM, CAUSE YOU HARM OR SOMETHING. UM, THE SPOT HE TALKED ABOUT, I'VE BEEN THAT AREA AND I JUST SIT OUT IN THE CURB WHERE I HOPE THE CARS DON'T RUN ME OVER. ACTUALLY GO TO THE OTHER SIDE AND FIND ANOTHER WAY TO TRAVEL. BUT, UM, I THINK MY TIME IS UP. BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FRANCIS. IS THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE OR IN PERSON? SEEING NONE, CHAIR ADAMS COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YES, COMMISSIONER. HI. UM, SO SOMETHING THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT COULD BE FIXED THROUGH ELEVATE 28 IS THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S CALLED WILLOW SPRINGS PARK THAT'S IN BETWEEN SPRING AND WILLOW ON ORANGE. UM, ANYONE TAKING LONG BEACH TRANSIT CANNOT GET TO THAT PARK. THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THAT STREET BETWEEN THE BUS STOPS AND THE PARK. UM, I'M WONDERING WHY THE EAST SIDEWALK AND CURB RAMPS ARE A LOW PRIORITY. SO I, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE, THE HEAT MAP. YEAH. OF, OF, UM, OF, OF WHAT, UH, WAS ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE THERE. SO ON THOSE HEAT MAPS, IT WAS REALLY BASED ON THE, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE. AND THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS BASED ON, UH, SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE AS WELL AS THE ACTIVITY THAT, UH, TAKES PLACE IN THOSE AREAS. SO, UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS ON THE EAST SIDE THERE'S A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THAT MAYBE DON'T, DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN THE AREA TODAY. SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THOSE AREAS AND MAYBE THE SITUATION ISN'T, ISN'T AS SEVERE 'CAUSE THERE'S OTHER MEANS OR WAYS TO GET AROUND VERSUS, UH, THE, THE HEAT MAP, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN MORE, UH, OF THE RED AREAS ON THE MAP, THOSE ARE HIGHER TRAFFICKED AREAS WITH MORE SEVERE ISSUES. HOW DO YOU KNOW? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? HOW DO YOU KNOW THOSE AREAS IN THE EAST ARE NOT HIGHLY TRAFFICKED BY WHEELCHAIRS OR WHATEVER WALKERS. SO YEAH. SO AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE THAT, THAT ALL OF THOSE DATA POINTS WERE GATHERED AND FACTORED INTO THAT ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE, UM, BACK IN 2019. WHAT, WHAT DATA POINTS? WHERE DID YOU GATHER THAT FROM? IF, IF YOU SAY A SURVEY, THEN [00:45:02] THESE WERE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD GONE OUT AND SURVEYED. UH, SO AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT A SURVEY AS IN A MAILED SURVEY THAT PEOPLE COULD COMPLETE UHHUH , BUT MORE INSPECTORS GOING OUT AND SURVEYING THE AREA AND THE, AND THE NEEDS AND THE ACTIVITY. OKAY. UM, SO RECENTLY THERE WAS A CURB MANAGEMENT STUDY DONE FOR BELMONT SHORE. AND THE DAYS AND DATES AND TIMES THAT THEY DID THE SURVEYS DID NOT SHOW AN ACCURATE, IT DID NOT SHOW ACCURATE RESULTS BECAUSE IT, IT WAS SO LIMITED AND, UM, DONE AT FUNKY TIMES THAT ALL OF US WHO LIVE THERE KNOW THAT THE RESULTS WERE COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY INACCURATE AND THEREFORE ME TOTALLY MESSED UP THE FURTHER WORK THAT WAS DONE. SO, FYI , UM, IF I COULD JUST ASK ONE QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION. UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HICKMAN, UM, IS THE ELEVATE 28 PLAN SPECIFICALLY, UM, MEANT TO PREPARE US FOR THE, THE OLYMPICS? OR IS IT, IS IT JUST AN OVERALL PLAN THAT INCLUDES, UM, AREAS THAT, THAT WERE HOSTING THE OLYMPICS IN THE CITY? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THE, THE PLAN ORIGINALLY STARTED, OR, OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PLAN AS PART OF FY 20 THREE'S BUDGET CYCLE. AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS A LITTLE OVER HALF MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, UH, OR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. SO 530 MILLION, SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK. AND AS PART OF FY 24, THE PLAN, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THREE ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN PART THE 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY CATEGORY, UH, PARK IMPROVEMENT, UH, CATEGORY, AND THEN RIGHT OF WAY AND WATER QUALITY. SO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES WERE ADDED TO WHAT WAS ALREADY A PRETTY ROBUST PLAN THAT FOCUSED ON PARKS AND MOBILITY AND, AND OTHER, UH, OTHER FACTORS. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THE STUDY, WHEN THE STUDY WAS DONE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER AREAS, SO YOU'RE COMPARING THE EAST SIDE TO SAY CENTRAL NORTH, SOUTH, UM, LONG BEACH. RIGHT. AND THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR GRADE. SO YEAH, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A COMPARISON WITHIN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE AREA. IT WAS A, A, A NEEDS BASED ANALYSIS OF A SPECIFIC LOCATION AND ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, CURB RAMPS, ALL THE SIDEWALKS, THE, THE HEAT MAPS JUST HAPPEN TO SHOW A GREATER NEED IN PARTICULAR AREAS VERSUS OTHERS. MEANING A LARGER GROUPING OF PARTICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDED TO, TO BE INVESTED IN. I HAVE MORE COMMISSIONER NEE. UM, I HAVE MORE. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. AFTER COMMISSIONER DEAN, COMMISSIONER FLORES. THANK YOU. SORRY. AFTER YOU, YOU SPEAK AS COMMISSIONER FLORES. UM, I'M WONDERING IF YOU GUYS AS PART OF ELEVATE 28 CAN PUT SIGNAGE FOR THE SWITCHBACK RAMP ON OCEAN AT PACIFIC? UM, 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. I HAD NO IDEA IT EXISTED UNTIL JENNIFER TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND IT UM, DO YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE SWITCHBACK? IT'S A SWITCHBACK. MM-HMM. LIKE PACIFIC AFTER OCEAN GOING, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS, UH, TOWARDS SEASIDE WAY. YEAH. MM-HMM. . UM, THERE'S A SWITCHBACK TO HELP YOU GET DOWN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO DOWN ANY OF THE STREETS, RIGHT. THAT I USED TO GO DOWN THE ELEVATOR AT THE CONVENTION CENTER , WHICH IS SCARY AT NIGHT. UM, BUT, UM, THAT SWITCHBACK IS AMAZING AND THERE'S NO SIGNAGE LIKE OUT ON OCEAN OR ANYWHERE REALLY THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. UM, WHICH WOULD BE TOTALLY HELPFUL FOR THE OLYMPICS. UM, UH, OH, AND THEN GOING BACK ON WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID, UM, THERE ARE SOME CRAZY CURB CUTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OCEAN, UH, LINDEN ON OCEAN AT LINDEN ON THE SOUTHEAST AND THE SOUTHWEST. YOU CANNOT CROSS THERE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR A WALKER I IMAGINE, OR A CANE. UM, IT IS SO STEEP ON THAT CORNER. I TRIED TO DO IT ONCE AND THIS LADY SAVED ME. SHE WARNED ME. 'CAUSE SHE, YOU KNOW, GOES THERE A LOT AND I WAS THINKING I COULD DO IT, BUT IT'S CRAZY AND I HAVE NEVER GONE THERE AGAIN. SO IF YOU COULD CHECK OUT ALL OF THOSE CORNERS, THEY'RE JUST, UM, RIDICULOUSLY, THEY, THEY ALREADY START OUT ON THE STEEP PART. SO, UM, IF THEY COULD LIKE BE PUSHED OVER ON THE OCEAN SIDE SOMEHOW. UM, AND THEN MY LAST THING IS I SEE, 'CAUSE I'M ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER, I SEE THINGS ALL THE TIME. LIKE, UM, SIDEWALKS THAT ARE BAD, STREETS THAT ARE BAD. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE [00:50:01] SIDEWALK AND I CAN'T GET AROUND THEM, SO I HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIND A DIFFERENT WAY. UM, PLACES WHERE THERE'S NO CURB CUTS AT ALL AND I HAVE TO GO IN THE STREET. UM, AND I HAVE SENT A LOT OF THOSE TO JENNIFER, BUT I HATE HAVING TO BOTHER HER WITH THE MANY, MANY ONE, MANY, MANY, MANY ONES THAT I GET. SO, UM, OR TAKE PHOTOS OF AND STUFF. SO WHO SHOULD WE BE REPORTING THAT TO? TO ME, YEAH. THAT'S MY JOB. I HATE THE DO THAT DO COMMISSIONER, DEAN AND JENNIFER. OKAY. I KNOW WE, WE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES AND I JUST WANNA JUMP IN 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOPIC AND I THINK THE SUGGESTION AS A COMMISSIONER BOARD, I THINK JUST HEARING MR. REED AND MRS. DAWSON HARRIS, YOU, IF WE JUST A SUGGESTION TO MR. HICKMAN AS A COMMISSION BOARD VERSUS DOING A SILO EMAILS BY EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT, AND IS IT NOT TOO LATE? IT SHOULD NEVER BE TOO LATE, BUT IS IT NOT TOO LATE THROUGH ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON FOR US AS COLLECTIVE BOARD PUT TOGETHER A NICE EMAIL LETTER COMING FROM THE COMMISSION BOARD OF ALL THESE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO BE REVIEWED TO JENNIFER VERSUS SEPARATE. SO ALL OF THOSE, AND I'VE INFORMED YOU ALL OF THIS BEFORE, ALL OF THOSE GO TO ME, THAT IS A PART OF MY JOB. I'M IN CHARGE OF THE ACCESS REQUEST PROGRAM LIST. GREAT. SO WHEN THEY COME TO ME, THEY CAN TAKE UP TO SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, BUT IF YOU DON'T REPORT THEM TO ME, THEY CAN'T GET ON THE LIST. RIGHT. UM, IN MY SPARE TIME, I DO GO OUT AND PUT THINGS ON THE LIST MYSELF, BUT, UM, YOU, YOU NEED TO SEND ME THOSE, THOSE LOCATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM, IT'S MY JOB TO GIVE THEM TO, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS, A DA TEAM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT PUBLIC WORKS OVERSEES. GOT IT. GOT IT. EXCELLENT. COMMISSIONER FLORES AND, OH, I'M SORRY, MR. IF I COULD JUST ADD TOO, SORRY TO, TO JUMP IN, BUT, UM, AS I, I KNOW I GLOSSED OVER THESE SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, GO BACK TO ONE OF THE PREVIOUS ITEMS ON HERE IS THAT THE TEAM HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON AND, AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH JENNIFER ON A LOT OF THOSE ACCESS ITEMS AS WELL AS THE CURB RAMPS THAT WERE NON-EXISTENT NOW. UH, ONE OF THE BIG FOCUSES TO GO IN AND ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CURVE RAMP THAT, UH, NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. SO THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE NEXT BIG PHASES. SO I SUSPECT, UH, WITHOUT HAVING YOUR LIST COMPARED TO OUR LIST, THAT MANY OF THE ITEMS, OR AT LEAST SOME OF 'EM THAT, THAT YOU HAVE CONCERNS WITH OR THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS CONCERNS WITH, WILL BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS NEXT PHASE. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT OUR COMMISSION ACTUALLY HELPED TO ADVOCATE FOR. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION WAS PART OF THE COMMISSION WHEN WE TOOK OUR SHOW ON THE ROAD AND WE DID PUBLIC COMMUNITY, UM, HEARINGS. LIKE WE DID IT, WE HAD A BIG ONE AT THE OBAMA LIBRARY YEARS BACK. AND, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OPENING IT UP TO THE PUBLIC, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR ASK WAS OF THE PUBLIC TO LET US KNOW WHICH, UM, STREETS TO PRIORITIZE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS PART OF, I'M ASSUMING WAS USED TO PRIORITIZE IN THIS. THERE WERE LIKE THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE WE TRAVELED AND WE HELD THEM AND WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC TO HEAR LIKE WHAT WERE THE MOST, UM, HIGH NEED INTERSECTIONS THAT NEEDED CURB CUTS RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UM, I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE, UM, AND THERE WAS, WE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD POCKETS THAT LOOK VERY MUCH TO THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAD. THEY'RE JUST LIKE GRASSY AREAS. UM, BUT IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND I WALK A LOT IN DISTRICT NINE AND I SEE THE ACTUAL, UH, CHANGES, THE UPDATES THAT ARE HAPPENING. UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORTING. UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR THE FUTURE PRESENTATIONS OF THIS, UM, TO TAKE REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, DISCLOSE, AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. UM, IN MANY OF THE SLIDES THAT YOU SHARED WHERE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE PUTTING IN A DA IMPROVEMENTS, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO START GETTING AWAY FROM JUST USING THAT AS A BLANKET STATEMENT OF LIKE, A DA IS BEING UPDATED, LIKE A DA UPDATES BE. CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THE A DA UPDATES ARE? IF IT'S, UM, SIGNALS ON CROSSWALKS, IF IT'S CURB CUTS, UM, IF IT'S THE LENGTHENING OR THE WIDENING OF SIDEWALKS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START KIND OF MOVING TO BEING SPECIFIC SO THAT ALSO THAT FOLKS KNOW ONE, WHAT IS A DA, UM, TWO, WHAT ARE THESE IMPROVEMENT LOOK LIKE? AND THREE, IT'S LIKE THEY SHOULD SEE, UM, HOW IT IMPROVES THE ACCESS FOR EVERYONE. WE'VE SEEN THAT GRAPHIC OF CURB CUTS NOT JUST HELPING WHEELCHAIR USERS AND WALKER USERS LIKE IT'S MOMS WITH STROLLERS, KIDS ON BIKES. SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. UM, SECONDLY, [00:55:01] UM, VERY EXCITING TO SEE ABOUT ALL THE INCLUSIVE PLAY ELEMENTS HAPPENING AT RAMONA SILVERADO AND HOWTON PARK. I'M VERY PARTIAL TO RAMONA AND HOW PARK, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE DISTRICT NINE PARKS. I ALSO KNOW THERE WERE HUGE TURNOUTS FOR THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHEN YOU HELD, OPENED IT UP FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. UM, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU EXPLAINED WHAT THOSE INCLUSIVE ELEMENTS WERE GOING TO BE. UM, ALSO WHEN I'M A MOM OF A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES, UM, WE, WE LEARN WITH OUR CHILDREN WHAT THEY NEED. WE LEARN THE LANGUAGE, WE LEARN WHAT TO ASK FOR, AND WE FOLLOW THEM AS THEY START TO LEARN. LIKE HOW DO THEY PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY? SO I THINK VERY MUCH TO WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT A DA, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHARE WHAT THESE PLAY ELEMENTS ARE. AND THEN I WOULD ALSO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WHEN YOU START DOING LIKE PROMOTING THE, LIKE THESE GREAT PLAY ELEMENTS OR THE PARKS AND THAT YOU HAVE THESE PLAYGROUNDS, THAT YOU ALSO DO IDENTIFIERS AT EACH PARK THAT WHAT ARE THE INCLUSIVE ELEMENTS THAT ARE AT THAT PARK. THAT WAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A FAMILY HAS A CHILD THAT'S A WHEELCHAIR USER, YOU CAN SAY THAT, HEY, WE HAVE WHEELCHAIR USER FRIENDLY SWINGS. WE HAVE IN, WE HAVE COMMUNICATION SOUND BOARDS, WE HAVE SENSORY THINGS. UM, MY CHILD WOULD BE VERY PARTIAL TO THE SENSORY STUFF. UM, AND THEN I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, WHICH I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER, ANSWER THIS. ARE THERE ANY INCLUSIVE PLAY ELEMENTS HAPPENING AT MACARTHUR PARK? UM, THAT'S A QUESTION. I'M GONNA KEEP ROLLING THROUGH THIS. SO IT JUST FINISHED IN ONE SHOT. UM, EL DORADO EXCITING UNIVERSAL DESIGN PROGRAM. UM, I WAS ALSO PART OF THE COMMISSION WHEN THAT WAS FIRST PRESENTED. IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAME AND CAME OUT OF LIKE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. UM, I AM ALWAYS JUST FILLED WITH HOPE AND MOTIVATION, UM, WHEN I SEE MORE PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND ALLIES COMING TO, TO JUST ADVOCATE FOR THESE THINGS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY PARKS. UM, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH OUR, THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT IT JUST URGED US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT PARKING. UM, MACARTHUR PARK, I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF PARKING. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE VISIBLE POINT OF PLACE WHERE SOMEBODY CAN BE DROPPED OFF IN ACCESS IN AN ACCESSIBILITY VAN. UM, AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY ACCESSIBLE PARKING BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE KNOW WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ALSO HAVE CHILDREN, THEY'RE WHEELCHAIR USERS, LIKE WE DON'T WANNA MAKE THEM DO A HUGE TREK TO THE PLAYGROUND AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE PATHWAYS TO THE PLAYGROUND ARE, YOU KNOW, WELL SPACED OUT AND PAVED TO THE PLAYGROUND. UM, AND THEN MY LAST PLEA, I FEEL LIKE I, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY HEARING THE US AND I GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE INCLUSIVE PLAY ELEMENTS INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY AT ALL OF OUR PARKS ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. I KNOW WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH MY COMMISSIONERS ON THE FIRST ROUND, OUR GOAL WAS TO CAN WE JUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE IN EACH DISTRICT? AND I KNOW LIKE HOUGHTON PARK, WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE IT AT TWO PARKS. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND JUST FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT TO REALLY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LISTEN TO FEEDBACK. MR. DICKMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE OUR COMMISSIONER SWANSON TO JUST ADD A LITTLE COMMENT OR WOULD YOU WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FIRST? I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT. WE ALWAYS ARE, UM, INSPIRED, UM, BY THE TYPE OF COMMENTS WE GET AND WE DO LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT HOW DO WE SELECT AND CHOOSE ELEMENTS. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF EXPERTS, UM, ON OUR DESIGN TEAMS. UM, WE WANNA HIRE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE, UM, SOME WHO HAVE THIS SHARED LIVED EXPERIENCES AS WELL. UM, BUT THIS IS A GROWING, UH, BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND LITERATURE AND WE ARE LEARNING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTS THAT HAVE STUDIED THIS THAT ARE ALSO, UH, EMBRACING AND CONTINUING TO LEARN AND THE MARKET IS ALSO RESPONDING. SO, UM, WHEN WE SHOWED SOME OF THOSE RENDERINGS AT THE HOUGHTON PARK PLAYGROUND WITH THE WEGO SWING, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW AS A TEAM THAT EXISTED. WE, WE RESEARCHED IT AND WE FOUND IT. WE HEARD THE COMMENTS OF WANTING TO HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT, UM, WHEELCHAIR, UM, USERS OR KIDS IN WHEELCHAIRS CAN PLAY WITH WITHOUT HAVING TO BE LIFTED ON A SWING. UM, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO USE IT WITH AN ABLE-BODIED FRIEND. AND SO WE, WE SEARCHED AND WE LOOKED AND WE FOUND SOMETHING. UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE LARGER ELEMENTS TAKE UP A BIGGER FOOTPRINT AND SOME OF OUR PARKS ARE VERY SMALL, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE CAREFUL DECISIONS AND BALANCED DECISIONS OF SOMETIMES WHAT ELEMENTS HAVE TO GO AWAY TO MAKE ROOM FOR THESE LARGER, UM, LARGER EQUIPMENT. UM, IN [01:00:01] TERMS OF WHAT'S OF INC OF INCLUSIVE PLAY ELEMENTS, UH, IN, IN THE PLAYGROUND AT MACARTHUR, UH, YES, THERE'S, UM, SOME INCLUSIVE SPINNERS. UM, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE IS STAYING, BUT UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE REPLACING THE SAND SURFACING WITH RUBBER. SO THAT WOULD INCREASE MOBILITY. AND WE HAVE BUILT-IN RAMPS AS PART OF THE ACTUAL PLAY STRUCTURES. SO KIDS, UM, IN WHEELCHAIRS CAN PLAY AND GO UP AND HAVE THE SAME VIEWS AS THEIR, UM, AS THEIR ABLE-BODIED FRIENDS. AS FOR PARKING, WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING THE PARKING STALLS AT MACARTHUR PARK. UM, SO WE'RE SHIFTING, UM, THE A DA BLUE SPOT TO SOMEWHERE MORE CENTRAL SO IT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AREAS, UM, AND IMPROVING THAT CONNECTIVITY ALL THROUGHOUT. MAY I GO CHAIR? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SWANSON. GO AHEAD AND AFTER THIS, UM, THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. YOU DID A LOT. UM, AND IT SHOWS, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS. SO YOU, YOU'VE LISTENED AND NEWBIE HAS BEEN WITH, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE AND I, AND I JUST HAVE TO, UM, REFLECT THAT. UM, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF BALLS UP IN THE AIR IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AND A LOT FOR US TO CONSIDER. IT'S ALMOST TOO MUCH FOR A SINGLE SESSION. I, I LOOK TO OUR EXECUTIVE GROUP TO MAYBE HAVE YOU COME BACK AND DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. SIDEWALKS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN PLAYGROUNDS. UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME REFLECTION, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR HOMEWORK TOO, LISTENING TO FOLKS AND PEOPLE ARE, ARE, UH, GIVING US THAT INFORMATION. SO I JUST WANNA PREFACE THAT, UM, MOST PEOPLE HERE ON THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT I USUALLY HAVE 29,000 QUESTIONS, SO I'M NOT DOING THAT TODAY. AND YOU CAN REST ASSURED, UH, THAT THAT'S OKAY. BUT I WILL SAY NOT ALL RAMPS ARE THE SAME. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ANGLING AS PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND I'VE SEEN MANY DIFFERENT, SO IT'S NOT JUST HAVE THE PLAN FOR IT, BUT HAVE THE TEST IN INSTALLATION. SO THAT MUST PASS THE TEST OR YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT RAMP THERE. UM, SIDEWALKS THE SAME THING. THERE ARE MANY SIDEWALKS THAT ARE NEW THAT ARE ANGLED. I DON'T THINK YOU INTENDED THAT OR WHOEVER, BUT UH, WHOEVER'S DOING THE SIDEWALKS, THEY NEED TO BE, EVEN WITH THE SURFACE OF THE UNIVERSE, UM, THEY CAN'T BE ANGLED. SO SIDEWALKS ARE EVERYTHING FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. SO THAT STANDARD REALLY HAS TO BE SHOWN. AND THERE ARE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS REALLY, REALLY WELL, UM, FROM TAKING YOU FROM THE RAMP, UH, AT THE CURB CUT TO IMPORTANT BUILDINGS. THEY HAVE, UM, MESSAGING IN THE SIDEWALK SO PEOPLE WITH LOW VISION OR BLIND CAN GO FROM THE INTERSECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SO THERE'S, THERE ARE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE AS THIS GOES FORWARD AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'LL COME BACK AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE SOME OF OUR, UH, INSIGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMERS. IS THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS? MAR UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL BE REALLY QUICK. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY'RE AT THE COLORADO LAGOON, UM, PLAYGROUND WITH THE LAGOON. FINGERS CROSSED OPENING NOT TOO FAR FROM NOW. UM, IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGE TO THE PARKING, UM, OR THE PLAYGROUND SIMILAR TO COMMISSIONER FLORES, THIS QUESTION WITH MACARTHUR PARK. THANK YOU. THE PLAYGROUND WAS RECENTLY REDONE, I WANNA SAY IN IT OPENED IN 2022. SO THE PLAYGROUND, THE LAGOON PLAYGROUND BY THE PRESCHOOL, UM, THAT'S BEEN RENOVATED AND COMPLETED. UM, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO PLANS TO IMPROVE THE PARKING LOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT'S, UM, LOCATED ON APPIAN WAY. UM, BUT WE ARE UNDER DISCUSSION FOR LOOKING AT THE PARKING LOT, UM, ACROSS THE STREET WHERE, UM, UM, THAT THE, THE BUILDING THAT, OR THE PARKING LOT THAT SERVES THE BUILDING WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS AND UM, THE DISTRICT OFFICES, UM, THAT'S, UM, WE KNOW THAT'S IN SEVERE DISREPAIR, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE DO TO A PARKING LOT OR AN ASSET, UM, WE WILL, UM, ENSURE THE, UM, ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENTS ARE ADHERED TO AND INSTALLED. SO, UM, BUT CURRENTLY THERE ARE, THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. SO [01:05:01] WE'RE, UM, EVALUATING THE, THE, THE ASSET FOR HOW MUCH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WOULD COST AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE GOT FROM OUR COMMISSION BOARD. UM, SO NOW JENNIFER, PLEASE UH, CALL FOR A VOTE. COMMISSIONER FLORES. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. AYE. SECRETARY GARBIN AYE. COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, CHAIR ADAMS. AYE UH, COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE. COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, UM, CITY STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO SUBMIT A LETTER, UM, TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PROVIDING UPDATES ON THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY. UM, AND REQUEST, UH, AND REQUEST FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 25. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? A MOTION? CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND MOVE BY SECRETARY GAR SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON. JENNIFER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YES. SO THE LETTER HAS BEEN DRAFTED. UM, WE'VE, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE CREATED THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, AND, UH, THE LETTER'S PURPOSE, UM, IS TO REQUEST, UH, A ONE-TIME ALLOCATION OF $60,000 IN THE FY 25 BUDGET. UM, ONCE WE, UM, UH, ONCE THE COMMISSION VOTES ON SUBMITTING THE LETTER, THE LETTER WILL BE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED BY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE IS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND ON THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN. SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. CHAIR ADAMS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO VOTE? UH, I'LL, I'LL CALL THE VOTE. MM-HMM. UHHUH . UM, COMMISSIONER FLORES? AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE. SECRETARY GARBE. AYE. CHAIR ADAMS AYE. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION TO DRAFT AND SEND A LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER REQUESTING THAT THE CITY MAN, CITY MANAGER STAFF ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN CREATING A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE YOUTH ON DISABILITY DISCLOSURE. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? A MOTION? CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. MOVED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FLORES. JENNIFER THE FLORES. YOURS. UM, YES. SO THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR, UH, YOUTH, UM, TO EDUCATE YOUTH ON DISABILITY DISCLOSURE, UM, UH, HAS BEEN MEETING AND, UM, UH, THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST CITY STAFF ASSISTANCE IN, UM, CREATING THIS CAMPAIGN WITH THEM. UM, AND SO THAT THIS LETTER WOULD BE ASKING FOR, UM, THAT ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE IS ANY MEMBER IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALL IN. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO. SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER FLORES AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE. SECRETARY GART AYE. CHAIR ADAMS AYE. [4. 24-54088 Recommendation to draft and send a letter to City Manager requesting the City Manager assist the Commission in creating a social media campaign to educate youth on Disability Disclosure.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. MOTION PASSES. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES 2023 ANNUAL REPORT. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I SO MOVE. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROMO. JENNIFER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YES. THE, UM, CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY 2023 ANNUAL REPORT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED, UM, OF, UM, EACH COMMISSION'S MOVING FORWARD. UM, I HAVE SENT THE REPORT TO EVERYBODY VIA EMAIL AND IT IS IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE PACKET TODAY. UM, WE JUST NEED, UM, TO VOTE, UM, TO APPROVE IT AND IT WILL BE ON ITS WAY TO, UM, THE CITY CLERKS AND THE CITY, UM, MANAGERS, UM, TEAMS. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF CALLING IN. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, [01:10:01] CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING THERE? UH, DISCUSSION ON ITEM COMMISSIONER SWANSON. WELL, I THINK IT'S TERRIFIC. I JUST THINK IT SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED. THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE. YES, IT'S AND IT WAS, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. UM, DOES ANY, MY QUESTION, UH, TO ALL OF YOU IS, IS THIS PRESENTED OTHER THAN IN THIS PAPER FORM? UM, DOES IT GO TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL? UM, CAN WE SHOW IT AROUND TOWN? UM, IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. IT, IT IS JUST A MEMO. UM, I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET PERMISSION TO POST IT ON THE K COD WEBPAGE ON THE, ON THE, UM, CITY ON THE.GOV WEBSITE. COOL. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. UM, COMMISSIONER FLORES AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO AYE. SECRETARY GART AYE. CHAIR ADAMS AYE. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, INCLUDING DISABILITY AND DATA, COMMUNITY SURVEY, AIR TRAVELERS WITH DISABILITIES. PANEL DISCUSSION MENTOR, UH, DISABILITY MENTOR DAY 2024, LONG BEACH HOMELESS SHELTER TOURS 2024 DISABILITY DISCLOSURE, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR YOUTH 2024, AND THE ACCESS MAPPING, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEES. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTIONAL, THIS ITEM MOTION? CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON. I'M SORRY. YEAH, SO, OKAY. UH, I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE CHAIR TO GIVE ME THE FLOOR. SORRY. YES. UM, OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON DISABILITY DISCLOSURE. UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THAT SINCE COMMISSIONER HILL IS NOT HERE TODAY, UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON DISABILITY DISCLOSURE FOR YOUTH MET ON JUNE 18TH, THE COMMITTEE IS REQUESTING TO SEND A LETTER AS WE'VE JUST VOTED ON. UM, THE COMMITTEE HAS IDENTIFIED HELPFUL TERMS TO USE FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT FOR THIS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? NO, THERE'S STILL MORE. UM, YEAH, SORRY. WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE REPORTS DURING THIS TIME. GOTCHA. SO THE NEXT REPORT WOULD BE FOR THE MAPPING AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THAT ONE PLEASE? THANK YOU. THE MAPPING AD HOC COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 26TH. THEY RECEIVED AN INFORMATIVE, PRE INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION FROM GOOD MAPS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, THEIR REPORT. UM, MOVING ON, CAN I PLEASE GET THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT, COMMISSIONER SWANSON? OH, SURE. UM, UH, WE MET YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE, I CAN'T REMEMBER YESTERDAY RECENTLY. UM, AND THAT MEETING INCLUDED, UH, COMMISSIONERS, GARBO AND ADAMS AND MYSELF, UM, AS WELL AS KIM VONG AND OUR A DA COORDINATOR, UM, JENNIFER, AND THEN OUR TWO, UM, FOLKS FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH, DR. HIT AND, UH, WESLEY ROGERS. UM, WE, UH, ARE REQUESTING ONE-TIME FUNDS, AS WAS NOTICED. UM, A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UH, BEFORE, UH, AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED A COMMUNICATION MECHANISM FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE GOING ON. OUR PLAN IS FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS, AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO BE EXACT. AND, UM, JENNIFER HAS REACHED OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, LOOKING AT HOW WE WILL COMMUNICATE, UH, ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UM, OVER THAT TIMEFRAME. UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE, UM, WORKED ON OUR MISSION AND VISION AND, UM, LOOKING AT THE TYPES OF DATA AND HOW WE WILL BUILD THAT DATA SET THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS HERE IN THE, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO JENNIFER HAS CREATED THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN IDENTIFYING, UM, IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND, UH, POTENTIAL PARTNERS. WE HAVE HOMEWORK ON THIS COMMITTEE, AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL REFINE OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS. UM, WE'LL MEET AGAIN ON JULY 24TH, AND THAT'S THE REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SWANSON. MOVING ON TO THE DISABILITY MENTOR DAY REPORT. UM, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MET LAST MONTH AND CONFIRMED THE FOLLOWING FOR THIS EVENT. THE DATE, WHICH IS OCTOBER 3RD FROM 8:30 AM TO 3:30 PM HERE AT CITY HALL. FLYERS ARE CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED AND THEN THEY'LL BE TRANSLATED TO THE SPANISH KAMA AND TAGALOG. THE AGENDA IS ALMOST COMPLETE AND IT'LL BE READY FOR [01:15:01] COMMISSIONER REVIEW BY OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING. UM, I'M, I WILL START PUTTING OUT TO CALL THE COLLEAGUES, UM, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, UM, BACK UP IN SESSION AND SENDING OUT THE INFORMATION TO OUR LOCAL COLLEGES. THIS CONCLUDES THE REPORT FOR THE DISABILITY MENTOR DAY, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, MOVING ON TO THE AIR TRAVELERS WITH DISABILITIES AD HOC COMMITTEE IS COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. THE AIR TRA TRAVELERS, UH, WITH DISABILITIES AD HOC COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 26TH. IN ATTENDANCE WERE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ADAMS, GARBE GONZALEZ, AND A DA COORDINATOR. JENNIFER, HANG ON ONE SEC. CITY STAFF GAVE THE FOLLOWING REPORT. THIS WILL BE A TWO DAY VIRTUAL EVENT THAT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH AT 11:30 AM PST, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION FROM UNITED SPINAL NAVIGATING THE SKIES OVERVIEW, FOLLOWED BY Q AND A THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 1130 PST WILL BE. THE PANEL INVITATIONS TO PANELISTS WENT OUT VIA EMAIL, UH, TO THE UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION. LONG BEACH AIRPORT, TSA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A SL AND CAPTIONING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THESE EVENTS. FLYERS BEING APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF EQUITY LEADERSHIP. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY TO ADD TO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ'S REPORT, UM, CONFIRMED FOR THIS PANEL IS, UM, KELLY BUCKLAND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OFFICE OF SECRETARY, PETE BUTTIGIEG, UM, AND UNITED SPINAL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. UM, AND FINALLY MOVING ON TO THE SHELTER AD HOC TOUR. UH, DID COMMISSIONER DEAN OR GONZALEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE THAT REPORT OR WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO I'M NOT ON THAT ONE. OR DEAN, DEAN OR SWANSON. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. . OKAY. UM, SO THE SHELTER AND AD HOC TOUR COMMITTEE MET ON TUESDAY. UH, THE, UM, THE SHELTER TOUR COMMITTEE. UM, WE'LL MEET WITH CITY STAFF AT THE MSC ON THE 22ND, AND WE ALSO, UM, HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT NEXT STEPS WHEN, UM, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL BE DISSOLVED, SEEING AS HOW THERE ARE VERY FEW, UM, UM, UM, CITY OWNED SHELTERS LEFT ON THE LIST TO VISIT. UM, THE, UH, SHELTER TOUR AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL MEET AFTER THE MEETING OF THE MSC AND, UM, FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THEIR REPORT. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND ON THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE. IF CALLING IN, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO. JENNIFER, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? COMMISSIONER FLORES? AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE. SECRETARY GARBE AYE. CHAIR ADAMS AYE. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE. COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE, UH, CHAIR ADAMS. THE NEXT ITEM, UM, WE DON'T NEED, SINCE WE WON'T HAVE, UH, TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD HOC OR COMMITTEES OR THE DIS UH, DISSOLUTION OF AN EXISTING HOC HOC COMMITTEES, UM, WITH, UM, CAN WE MOTION, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM? YES. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THIS ITEM? I MOTION? CAN I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN. JENNIFER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. UM, PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, UH, CHAIR, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, GREAT, NO PROBLEM. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S ANYBODY, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. OR DO STAR NINE IF CALLING IN SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE I'LL ANY DIS ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. OKAY. SEEING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER, UM, COMMISSIONER FLORES? AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE. SECRETARY GARBE AYE. VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE. SECRETARY SWANSON. AYE. SECRETARY GONZALEZ. AYE. SORRY. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. AND COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. I'M SORRY. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, THANK YOU. MOVING TO MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER LIMITS TO [7. 24-54086 Recommendation to consider the establishment of additional Ad Hoc Committees and/or dissolution of existing Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THREE MINUTES TO MAKE [01:20:01] THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. IF THERE'S ANY, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE. IF CALLING IN CHAIR ADAMS. WE HAVE JOHN KINDRED ON ZOOM. JOHN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. IF YOU NEED TIME AT THE END OF YOUR THREE MINUTES, UM, YOU NEED TO ASK THE CHAIR, UM, TO, UH, TO, UH, FOR AN EXTENSION. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. UH, I'VE COME HERE A NUMBER OF TIMES, UH, ABOUT THIS TOPIC, UH, AS WE EXTEND TO BUILD BIGGER AND TALLER APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND ALSO TO, UH, I WANTED TO ADD IT TO, UH, OUR TALL, UH, OFFICE VILLAINS THAT WE HAVE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING, UH, TO ADDRESS EVACUATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR DISASTER, THE ELEVATORS GOES OUT. AND MANY TIMES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS MAY BE OVERWHELMED AND IT'S UP TO US TO HELP EACH OTHER TO GET TO SAFETY. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON A LOCAL STATE, A DA OR FEDERAL OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REQUIRE BUILDINGS TO HAVE EVAC CHAIRS IN THEM AND TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PROTOCOL WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOTIFIED AND TRAINED ON HOW TO USE THESE AND EVACUATE. AND THERE'S BEEN, UH, DISASTERS AND BUILDINGS AND FIRES AND OTHER THINGS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN KILLED THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO. OUR CITY HALL HAS EVAC CHAIRS, CAL STATE LONG BEACH HAS THEM, OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, OUR LOCAL, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND, UH, OUR SENIOR CENTER ON FOURTH IN, UH, LONG BEACH AND SOME OTHER BUILDINGS. BUT WHY DON'T WE MAKE THIS A POLICY WHERE IT HAS TO BE AND NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY GETS KILLED AND THEN TRY TO BACKTRACK TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE. I'M A PART OF, OF, UH, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE WORKING ON THIS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THE COMM THE COMMISSION TO ALSO START TO ADDRESS THIS. AND THE SECOND THING IS, AS WE ARE HAVING HOTTER SUMMERS, WE HAD THE HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE'LL TOP THAT THE WAY IT'S GOING. AND PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN, HAD DIED ALREADY AND LONG BEACH TRANSIT HAS FAILED AGAIN TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTERS AT OUR BUS STOPS AND HAVE SHELTERS AT OUR BUS STOPS TO PROTECT PEOPLE. AND MOST PEOPLE THAT USE THE BUSES, THEY'RE LOW INCOME, DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN. AND I'M A PERSON WHO IS AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE I AM PHOTO SENSITIVE AND HEAT INTOLERANT. AND A LOT OF TIMES I CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE BUS STOP BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S NO SHADE THERE OR ANYTHING. AND I HAVE TO JUST NOT GO, GO AND TAKE CARE OF MY BUSINESS. AND THAT IS NOT FAIR. I HAVE GONE TO LONG BEACH TRANSIT FOR OVER 12 YEARS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. I SIT ON ONE OF THEIR COMMITTEES AND THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS. SO WHAT'S THIS GONNA TAKE FOR SOMETHING TO BE FIXED THAT'S BEEN KNOWN FOR OVER 12 YEARS? AND MY LAST THING IS ALL THE CORNERS ON OCEAN COMING FROM, UH, FROM, I'M SORRY, FROM, UH, SHORELINE VILLAGE, THE PIKE AND SO ON. THEY'RE ALL GOING UPHILL. OKAY. HOW DO SOMEBODY WITH A WALKER, MR. KINDRED, PLEASE. THE, MR. KINDRED, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY. UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CHAIR FOR WHAT, UH, FOR ONE MINUTE MORE IF, IF POSSIBLE. YES. YOU GOT ONE MORE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. HOW DO PEOPLE GET UP AND DOWN A HILL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A POWER WA UH, WHEELCHAIR OR SCOOTER? THEY CANNOT IN THE ELEVATORS, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT EVEN OPERATED. THE ONE AT THE END, IT'S BEEN DOWN FOR MOST OF THE TIME AND IT STINKS. THE HOMELESS GOES IN THERE AND USES IT FOR A BATHROOM. AND THERE'S TIMES THE ELEVATOR IS NEVER AN OPERATION. AND THEN AT THE, UH, [01:25:02] UH, CENTER THERE WHERE THE TWO ELEVATORS ARE, ONLY ONE IS OPERATOR IS A OPERATION. AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT WHEN THEY EVEN EVEN HAVE EVENTS. AND I USE 'EM ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. KINDRED. SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. CHAIR ADAMS. THANK YOU. UM, THE, NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. FLOOR IS YOURS, JENNIFER. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. UM, LONG BEACH DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH, UH, DISABILITY, UM, CELEBRATION, UM, WILL BE ON FRIDAY, JULY 26TH FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM AT HARVEY MILK PARK. UM, THERE WILL BE FREE FOOD, UM, ENTERTAINMENT DANCERS, UM, AND, UM, MORE IN ADDITION TO THAT THE, UM, SIGNAL, HI. THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL IS HOSTING A SENSORY FRIENDLY LISTENING PARTY. UM, THERE ARE TWO SESSIONS. ONE, THE FIRST ONE IS 12 TO NOON, 12 TO NOON TO 2:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JULY 16TH FOR AGES 18 AND OVER. AND SESSION TWO IS FOR ALL AGES 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM AT THE SIGNAL HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM AT 1800 EAST HILL STREET. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU JENNIFER. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER, DEAN, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. UM, CAN WE GET THE POWERPOINT FROM THE PRESENTATION? THANKS. I'LL [ANNOUNCEMENTS] ALWAYS SEND YOU THE POWERPOINT FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AFTER COMMISSION. THANK YOU. ANY THE COMMISSIONERS? I SEE NONE. JENNIFER, WE'RE AT THE CLOSEOUT FOR ADJOURNING THE MEETING. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS I CAN DE DECLARE THIS MEETING. ADJOURN. YES, I'LL CALL THE TIME. UH, THE TIME IS 2:35 PM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HI GUYS. BYE. * 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.