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WHATEVER TO ORDER.AND, UH, WE'LL DO A, UH, ROLL CALL.
YOU HERE? THERESA? HERE, THERE.
FIRST ALL IS, UH, GOT A ROLL CALL, REGULAR AGENDA RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARINE BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS MEETING AS OF MAY 9TH, 2024.
UH, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? ANY CHANGES? HI, HOW ARE YOU? HI,
MAKE A NOTATION THAT AVIS HAS JOINED US.
UM, UH, MOTION IS, UH, MOVED AND APPROVED TO, UH, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION ON MAY 9TH RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
AND YOU GUYS WILL TELL US YOUR COMMITTEE REPORTS AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
UH, FOR BEACH MAINTENANCE, UH, WE HAD A LARGE SWELL EVENT ON JULY 18TH.
UM, HAD SOME PRETTY SEVERE EROSION ALONG OUR, UH, PENINSULA OCEAN SIDE.
UM, CREATED SOME MINOR FLOODING, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THE BEACH CREW WORKED EXTENSIVELY TO REBUILD THAT BEACH, UH, THE FOLLOWING DAYS, UH, BEACH CREW IS CURRENTLY, UH, RUNNING A LARGE OPERATION TO BUILD THE BEACH AND THE BIRDS SWELL EVENT PREDICTED OR, OR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, EXTENSIVE HOURS WITH, UH, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE LAST, UH, FIVE DAYS OR SO.
HOW MANY HOURS IS THIS? HOW MANY HOURS IS THAT? UH, IS IT EXTRA YOU WORKING EIGHT HOUR DAY OR 10 HOUR DAY? RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING 12 HOUR DAYS.
SO WE ARE, UM, RUNNING, UM, IN, OVER THE LAST, OVER THE NEXT WEEK WE'LL MOVE ABOUT 48,000 TONS OF SAND.
OUR OTHER, OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE, LIKE CLIP WORKS AND, UH, OTHER THAT MAY HAVE TRUCKS AND BULLDOZER SLIP.
ARE THEY ON CALL? UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE HAVE SOME WORKING WITH US DAILY.
UH, IN THE PAST WHEN WE ARE COORDINATING, UH, THESE LARGER SCALE EVENTS, WE'VE DONE, UH, KIND OF AROUND THE CLOCK WORK, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THE WAVES HAVE GONE DOWN IN SIZE, WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO TONED DOWN OUR OPERATIONS.
SO INSTEAD OF A 24 HOUR, WE'RE JUST WORKING A 12 HOUR.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS FROM MARINE MAINTENANCE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, GAS, WATER, AND SEWER, UH, AS WELL AS PART OF LONG BEACH.
YEAH, SOME OF THEM BROUGHT IN THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE UTILIZING OUR BEACH TRUCKS THAT ARE ABLE TO DRIVE ON THE SAND.
UH, SOME OTHER THINGS OF NOTE, UM, JULY, WE HAD 130 TONS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS REMOVED FROM, UH, THE BEACHES.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT UP TO ABOUT 1700 TONS OF DEBRIS, UH, SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE, UM, RECENTLY PURCHASED AND STARTED, UH, DEPLOYING THE NEW TRASH CANS AT VARIOUS SITES.
UM, THE NEW, UH, OCEAN CORE TRASH CANS ARE, UM, ALMOST TWICE THE CAPACITY OF PREVIOUS CANS, AND THEY'RE MADE OF, UH, 40% RECYCLED MATERIALS.
UH, AND 10% OF THOSE MATERIALS ARE OCEAN BOUND PLASTICS.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE STARTING TO BE DEPLOYED AT, UH, I THINK WE STARTED AT COLORADO MOTHERS, SOME OF THE BAY SIDES.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, DEPLOYING, UH, AT OUR MAIN BEACH SITES AS WELL.
ON THE MAIN BEACH SITES RIGHT NOW, THERE'S BIG TRASH TOTERS, THE BIG BROWN ONES.
THOSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THERE TILL THESE OTHERS COME.
UH, THOSE ARE THERE TILL THE OTHER ONES COME.
THE OTHER ONES ARE, ARE VERY SIMILAR AND, UH, SIZE AND LOOK, UH, BUT THEY'RE BLUE INSTEAD OF BLACK.
AND THEY HAVE A NICE CITY LONG BEACH LOGO ON THE SIDE, AND THEY SAY OCEAN, THEY GET DUMPED EVERY COUPLE DAYS, EVERY DAY.
WHAT'S, UH, TYPICALLY IN THE SUMMER, WE'RE RUNNING, UH, SEVEN DAYS, UH, AT MOST SITES.
UM, SOME OF THE AREAS ALONG THE MAIN BEACH, MAYBE EVERY OTHER DAY ON, ON LOWER IMPACT AREAS, BUT, UH, DURING THE SUMMERTIME, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL SITES ARE DONE SEVEN DAYS A
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WEEK.THOSE BIG TRASH CAN TRASH TRUCKS OR ARE WE USING PICKUP TRUCKS? UH, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS MORE OF AN AUTOMATED TRASH ROUTE, SO THAT'S PART OF OUR UPGRADE OF THE TRASH CANS, IS TO MOVE TOWARDS, UH, A MORE AUTOMATED SYSTEM, UM, AND NOT PULLING BAGS.
SO WORKING ON FREQUENCY AND EFFICIENCIES AS WELL.
ARE YOU DONE? UM, MAYBE JUST A COUPLE MORE.
QUEENSWAY BAY, UH, THEY ARE COMPLETED THEIR WORK ON THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL DOCK SIGNAGE, UH, AND LAKE FINDING SIGNS AROUND, UH, RAINBOW HARBOR.
UH, SO THOSE ARE, UH, SIMILAR DESIGN, UM, AS THE CITYWIDE SIGNAGE, UH, TO KIND OF MATCH EVERYTHING, UH, IN THE REST OF THE AREA.
AND OUR GROUNDS OPERATION IS, UM, CONTINUING THEIR WORK, UM, WITH ALL OF THEIR VARIOUS PROJECTS.
BUT, UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO NOTE.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH, UH, THE LONG BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE SURF RIDER TO CONTINUE OUR LAWN TO GARDEN, UM, LAWN TO OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN, UH, PROJECTS, UH, IN THIS COMING FALL AT OTHER SITES AROUND THE ME.
ANY QUESTIONS? S ANYTHING? NO.
UM, SO FOLLOWING ON, UH, THE HEELS OF KELLY'S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, UM, OUR OPERATIONS TEAM JUST WENT THROUGH THE RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE CLEAN MARINA CERTIFIED.
UM, SO THAT'S A FIVE YEAR, UH, CERTIFICATION, UM, ALL AROUND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, UH, FOR OPERATIONS, UH, LESS TOXIC ALTERNATIVES TO, YOU KNOW, COMMONLY USE CODE PRODUCT.
UM, THEN REALLY WITH THE, THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, SELF-REGULATE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE MIGHT HAVE MORE OVERSIGHT FROM, UM, EXTERNAL AGENCIES WANTING TO COME IN AND REGULATE MARINE OPERATIONS.
UM, SO WE PASSED THAT CERTIFICATION FOR ALL THREE OF THE, UH, RENT ENTITIES, UH, JUST THOSE TUESDAY.
UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD THAT BE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE CERTIFIED? UH, IT'S WHAT'S THE, THE WHOLE MARINA? SO THE WHOLE MAR EVERYBODY OUR, OUR OPERATIONS PROGRAM IS CERTIFIED AS, UH, CALIFORNIA CLEAN MARINE.
SO WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD, UH, ITERATION.
UM, SO ABOUT 15 ON 15 YEARS PROBABLY OF CERTIFICATION WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING BETTER STEWARDS OF THE WATER, UM, AND DOING SO IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BODY CAN GOVERN ITSELF, UM, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TMLS UP RAIN ALREADY FOR COPPER BOTTOM PAINT, AND, YOU KNOW, TRASH AND LA HARBOR.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO AS, AS OPERATORS.
UM, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO GET AWAY FROM SO MUCH OF THE OVERSIGHT, UH, THAT CAN COME DOWN THE FIGHT.
UM, WE ARE WORKING A LOT WITH, UH, COREY AND HIS AND THE MAINTENANCE TEAM WITH ABOUT ISSUES.
UM, WE HAVE A BIG PROJECT AT BASIN TWO, UH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RETROFIT, UM, TO GIVE BETTER OPERATION, UM, MORE EFFICIENCY TO OUR CLIENTELE OVER THERE.
UH, THEY LIVE IN HUSTLING AND WE'VE HAD ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH OTHER PUMPS.
UH, THEY GOT ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PUMPS BACK ONLINE AT THE HARBOR MASTER DOCK.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A BIG PUSH AS OF LATE.
AND THEN I HAD MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT WE WERE WORKING ON REFRESHING SIGNAGE FOR LIGHT BULBS AROUND THE MARINA, SO JUST BROUGHT A COUPLE PHOTOS, SORRY, IT'S NOT DIGITAL, BUT THE TOP TWO ARE SOME NEW ONES, AND THEN THE OLD, UH, UNDERNEATH.
SO TRYING TO FRESHEN UP THE LOOK OF LONG BEACH AND, UH, YEAH, JUST MAKE OUR, MAKE OURSELVES PRESENTABLE AS WE HAVE ALL THESE FUN SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, I JUST A QUESTION.
HOW, HOW OFTEN DO WE CLEAN THE GROUND? HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE STREET SWEEPING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE SENSE OF THE TRASH? AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.
DON'T GET ME, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
BUT THE OTHER, I CALL IT THE STICKY ITEMS. SO THINGS THAT ARE JUST STUCK TO THE GROUND.
'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T THROW 'EM AWAY.
AND WE JUST DID OUR, UH, HOW ARE YA? WE JUST DID OUR, UH, UH, THE BLACKTOP IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.
DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT BLESSED TO DO IT, BUT 'EM, ACROSS THE STREET FROM A GRADE SCHOOL POP, THE WHOLE NEIGHBORS JUST, IT JUST POPS.
DO WE, DO WE UPGRADE THOSE PARKING LOTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON A REGULAR BASIS? OR IS IT JUST AS A NEED TO COME APPROVED BY THE CITY? DO YOU THINK IT'S AS, AS NEED AND AS AS STAFFING ALLOWS? SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A BIG PROJECT DOWN AT SHORELINE.
UM, SO THE MARINA GREEN PARKING LOT, UH, BOATERS PARKING, PUBLIC PARKING, THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE RESURFACED.
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RIGHT.AND THAT PROJECT IS GETTING BUILT RIGHT NOW.
HOPEFULLY FOR A START DATE IN OCTOBER.
UH, WRAPPING UP, YOU KNOW, IN FEBRUARY THEY KIND OF BEAT OUR GRAND PRIX SPECIAL EVENTS KICKOFF.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE LIKE GETTING A ROOTS GROUND OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PATCHING, SEALING ALL THAT BACK UP, MAKE IT NICE AND PRESENTABLE.
SO I THINK THAT WILL REALLY HAVE A NICE POP, UH, RETRIP LINES.
UM, SEE THE OTHER ONE, THESE OTHER ONES LIKE, WE NEED TO GET THE STREET SWEEPING KICKED BACK OFF.
YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THAT DOWN THE MOLE ROAD AT SHORELINE.
UM, PUSHING OUR TEAM, UH, WE, WE HIRED UP SOME NEW, UH, NON CAREERS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF.
I'M TRYING TO GET THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE MORE OFTEN.
UH, I BOUGHT TRASH CLAWS FOR EVERYBODY, SO MY, MY PERSONAL THING, I, I CAN'T STAND TO WALK BY TRASH AND NOT PICK IT UP.
I'M TRYING TO CONVEY THAT AND BE A LEADER BY EXAMPLE FOR, UH, FOR MY TEAM.
I CARRY RUBBER GLOVES IN MY TRUCK AND I WAS DOWN AT THE, THE SHORE TODAY AND I'M LIKE, I'M LIKE GOING, GOD, IT'S JUST OTHER PEOPLE THINK I'M A CREEPY GUY BECAUSE I'M JUST, I DON'T WANT TO PICK IT UP IN MY HAND.
BUT, UM, THE THING TOO, I THINK SHARING THAT, AND I KNOW WE DO, WE SHARE THIS WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I'M TRULY AMAZED AT THE, THE MAYOR AND THE STAFF THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE A FULL GRASP OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE OLYMPICS.
EVERYTHING THAT'S UNDER OUR TUTELAGE HERE IS GOING TO BE THE OLYMPICS.
UH, AND KEEPING THAT, YOU KNOW, KEEPING US GOING NOW, MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS IS, IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, WORKING ON GOING OUT TO BID, OR ACTUALLY WE JUST CLOSED THE BID WORKING ON MAKING AN AWARD FOR THE TWO CONCRETE DOCKS AT MARINE MAINTENANCE.
UM, THEY'RE PRETTY OLD AND FALLING APART, SO, UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT IN, UH, NEXT YEAR.
UM, DTM TRASH ENCLOSURE, WE'RE STARTING WITH, UH, D SIX RESTROOM.
WE'RE GONNA ENCLOSE THAT TRASH ENCLOSURE WITH A LID WITH HOPES TO KEEP UNWANTED PEOPLE OUT.
UM, WE WILL BE WORKING ON A LEGACY UPGRADE FOR THE SHORELINE MARINA DOWNTOWN, WHERE WE'RE GONNA UPGRADE THE FOB SYSTEM, AND WE WANT TO INCORPORATE A FOB ACCESS FOR THE BOAT OWNERS AND GUESS USERS FOR THE TRASH ENCLOSURES.
UM, WE JUST COMPLETED THE BASIN ONE HANDRAIL REPAIR, UH, WHERE WE HAD A TREE THAT FELL OVER LAST YEAR ON THE HANDRAIL, CRUSHED IT.
UM, IT HAD BEEN, UH, BOARDED UP FOR A WHILE AND WE FINALLY GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO GO SOLAR ON THE GRANDSTAND MARINE STADIUM AS WELL AS, UM, SOLAR ON THE GROUNDS LANDSCAPE BUILDING THAT'S OVER THERE.
I DID GO, UH, DID DO A WALKABOUT AND IT WAS OUT OF OUR, A FEW OF THE GUESTS LAST TIME WE MET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WAKEBOARDERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WENT.
SO I WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED SURE ENOUGH, I MEAN, THOSE, THEY GENERATE WAVES THAT COME IN AND TAKE AWAY NOW IT'S JUST ROCK.
IT USED TO BE SAND IN PARTS OF IT.
THOSE WAVES COME IN AND TAKE ALL THE SAND AWAY.
UM, AND I HOPE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE, HAVE TO BE PRISTINE FOR THE OLYMPICS.
AND RIGHT NOW IT, IF YOU GO LOOK AT SOME OF IT'S NOT ROCK, IT'S ASPHALT BECAUSE IT'S MANMADE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BRING UP.
UH, UH, I THINK, WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RULES ONLINE FOR MARINE STADIUM, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED.
SO I THINK IT'S NOT A NEW RULE RULE THAT WE NEED FIRST.
I DON'T, IT'S BEING ENFORCED IS ENFORCEMENT.
AND MAYBE THAT'S THE OFFICIAL THING THAT SHOULD COME OUT OF IT, IS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE RULES THAT WE HAVE BE ENFORCED.
AND I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT, UM, CHAIRWOMAN IS THAT IT IS PART OF IT.
NO WAKEBOARDING AND, UH, RIGHT.
AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IS ALLOWED IN RING STADIUM.
SO YEAH, WE'LL BRING THAT UP AT OUR MEETING.
AND SO YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, JUST TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND HOLD SIGNAGE THAT, THAT STOPS.
I MEAN, I WENT OUT THERE AND I, I WATCHED THEM.
I MEAN, I, I MEAN I LIKE TO SURF, BUT NOT ANYMORE.
BUT IT, IT'S, I WAS JUST AMAZED AT THE WAVES THAT IT GENERATED ON BOTH SIDES.
OH, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD WAKE.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST POSTING THE, THE SIGNS ARE WITHOUT ENFORCEMENT OF SOME CONSEQUENCES, BUT IT, WHEN IT DOESN'T HAVE IT ON THE SIGN NOW.
UM, WHAT I, WHAT I SEE IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY UNTIL IT IS POSTED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A, A POLICE OFFICER PULLING OVER AND GOING THROUGH HIS PC BOOK, OKAY, I'M GONNA FIND SOMETHING ON YOU.
UM, AND I WAS CLEAN, BUT IT WAS, UH, UH, IT
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WAS A LOT YOUNGER.BUT I THINK HAVING THAT POSTED GIVES THE HARBOR AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT THE RIGHT TO GO OUT THERE TO STOP.
IF IT'S POSTED, YOU CAN'T DO IT IF IT'S IN A BILL AND IT'S NOT POSTED.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, CHAIRWOMAN I THINK WILL BRING UP AT OUR, OUR MEETING AND HAVE THAT DONE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAVE IS WE'RE MAKING A BIG PUSH TO FILL OUR VACANCIES.
UH, WE'VE HIRED ON, WE'VE PROMOTED TWO MAS TO GENERAL MAINTENANCE ASSISTANTS.
UM, WE'RE HIRING ONE GMA FROM THE OUTSIDE.
HE'S GOING THROUGH BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN, UM, WE JUST HIRED TWO ELECTRICIANS.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BACKGROUND AS WELL.
ANTICIPATE THEY'LL BE ONBOARDED PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
UM, AND THEN I'VE GOT SOME MA POSITIONS AND A SUPERVISOR POSITION THAT I NEED TO FILL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE MY BIG PUSH.
UM, ANYTHING ON MORE ON OUR, UH, UM, THE LIGHTS, THE, UH, UM, BUOY LIGHTS.
I HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD ON ANY, WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD WITH ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTS, UH, FOR THE BUOYS.
UM, WE DID THIS ONE AS A TEST AND I JUST IS GREAT THE TODD AND SEE HOW, HOW HE LIKES IT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ROUND BUOYS WITH SOME LIGHTS TO BE PLACED OVER AT COLORADO LAGOON.
UM, NOT REALLY AN, A INSTANT NAVIGATION THING, BUT KIND OF A DECOR THING.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COST OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
I JUST LOOK AT, AT BEING OUT ON THE WATER IN THE DUFFY AND SEEING THE PEOPLE THAT RENT DUFFYS THAT HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO STEER DUFFY OR HOW TO COME BACK AND RUNNING INTO, I MEAN, THEY RUN INTO THINGS ALL THE TIME, UH, ESPECIALLY ON HIGH TIDES, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE I BET.
UM, BUT IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE BUOYS PUT UP BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, UM, JUST, JUST BECAUSE NOW THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LIGHT 'EM ALL UP, SO THAT'S GREAT.
BUT I THINK, UH, AFTER OCTOBER AFTER HALLOWEEN TYPE THING, WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE OUT LOOKING AT LIGHTS, JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE BUOYS IN THE KEY AREAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DUFFY BOATS ARE COMING IN AND OUT, I, I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED.
I DON'T SEE IT AS THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT LIVE HERE OR HAVE THEIR BOATS OUT.
THEY KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING'S, THEY MATCH IT IN.
I WAS ASKING A GENTLEMAN WHO WENT ON A BOAT AND HE IS WATCH, I'LL SHOW YOU.
THEY GO RIGHT UP TO THE BUOY NEAR IT AND HE PLOTS IT IN HIS MAP.
SO WHEN HE'S, WHEN HE'S ON HIS BOAT AT NIGHT, IT COULD BE PITCH BLACK.
HE KNOWS WHERE EVERY BUOY IS ON HIS LITTLE, UH, ON HIS LITTLE MAP, ON HIS LITTLE RADAR.
AND I JUST WANT, SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT IN REGARDS TO, INSTEAD OF MAKING IT PRETTY OVER IN THE LAGOON, MAYBE WE CAN PUT SOME OUT HERE AND PUT SOME COVERS ON SOME OF THE BUOYS JUST TO BE SAFE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? YEAH.
UM, HOW'S THE IN-HOUSE CLEANUPS GOING? I'LL LEAVE THAT TO KELLY TO ANSWER.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE, UH, POSTINGS, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM THE LA RIVER TO SEAL BEACH ALONG OUR MARINE AREAS.
UM, WE HAVE TWO COORDINATED WEEKLY EVENTS FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND FOR THE, UH, THE BEACHES AND, AND MARINAS.
UM, DOWNTOWN IS THURSDAYS BEACHES AND MARINAS ARE ARE TUESDAYS.
UM, AND SO WE COORDINATE THOSE CLEANUPS WITH, UH, OUR CREW, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE AND REVENUE VEHICLES, UM, WITH ASSISTANCE WITH PD AND, UM, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS FAR AS HOW IS IT GOING? IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IS IT IMPROVING OR DOING BETTER? NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S EITHER.
UM, UM, WE JUST SEE AN INFLUX DURING THE SUMMER, I THINK IN THE BEACHES WHERE IT'S COOLER, UM, WHERE IT'S KIND OF A FUN PLACE TO BE DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
I THINK DURING THE WINTERTIME WE'LL SEE A REDUCTION, UH, ALONG, ESPECIALLY ALONG WITH THE BEACHES.
AND EVEN WITH LIKE THE SIGNAGE AROUND, I THINK THEY'RE CALLED KID ZONES, WHERE GAUCHO BEACHES.
IS THERE ANY IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE OF THAT SIGNAGE OR? I THINK INITIALLY THERE WAS, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, PD CAN CONTINUE TO USE AS ENFORCEMENT, UM, FOR THE PLAYGROUND AREAS.
UM, UM, BUT THAT DID HELP WITH THE LARGE ENCAMPMENT THAT WAS THERE, UH, LAST YEAR.
AND, AND WE'VE, UH, KIND OF CURVED AWAY FROM THAT WITH BOTH SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, UH, ENFORCEMENT FROM PD AND THEN ACTIVATION OF THAT, UH, THAT RENTAL BUSINESS.
UH, THERE ALSO HELPED TO KIND OF PERSUADE PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN THE NEARBY PARK AREAS, UH, SO CLEANUPS AND UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES THEY, THEY JUST MOVE BACK IN FOLLOWING EVENING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO KIND OF SUSTAIN THE CLEANUPS OR IS IT TAKING A LOT OF RESOURCES FROM OTHER, LIKE
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING TONS OF DEBRIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.AND NOW I'M LIKE, YEAH, THIS MAY BE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT FOLKS ARE BEING ASKED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT HAS BEEN ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR, UM, QUITE SOME TIME.
BUT WE'RE, WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, APPROVALS FOR, UH, NEXT YEAR'S, UM, BUDGET TO, UM, INCORPORATE, UH, A NEW, UH, ANOTHER TRASH VEHICLE AND TWO MORE FULL-TIME, UH, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL THAT ARE REALLY GONNA BE GEARED TOWARDS, UM, HOMELESS EFFORTS AND CLEANUP.
IN THE MEANTIME, UM, WE JUST TRY TO MOVE THINGS AROUND TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, UH, WEEKLY EFFORT.
AND THEN WITH THE, YOU TALKED ABOUT NEW DOORS AND UNWANTED NEIGHBORS, LIKE THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT FROM THE KIND OF UNHOUSED.
SO YEAH, THE NEW DOORS ON THE BEACH RESTROOMS ARE, UM, AND THE TRASH CAN, I THINK YOU'VE MENTIONED AND THE TRASH ENCLOSURE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I ALWAYS ASK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD DO TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT SPECIFICALLY? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, WELL, IF THE BUDGET ADDRESSED IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY LIKE UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE BEING HEARD BY THE MAYOR.
BUT I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THIS, ON THE
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT, THOSE TRUCKS GOING OUT AND, AND WORKING.
THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE PUSHED BACK OUT ONTO PATROL.
UH, BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF OFFICERS, WE'RE STILL DOWN, I DON'T KNOW, 400.
YOU CANNOT, YOU KNOW, AND I GO OUT, I HAVE SOCKS, I HAVE SHOES, I HAVE WATER, AND, AND I HAVE HAD FRIENDS ON THE STREET, UH, DECADES AGO.
I WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT I WAS LIVING IN ANOTHER STATE AND I DIDN'T HAVE MY JOB.
FIRST PAYCHECK DIDN'T COME IN.
BUT THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T WANT TO BE, THAT ARE LIVING QUIETLY.
I MEAN, MARKY MARK, I MEAN, MARK'S THE GUY OVER HERE, THE THE TAN GUY THAT, THAT SITS THERE AND HE LIVES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
WELL, MARK, COME ON, LEAVE THE PEOPLE ALONE.
AND THEN IT'S JUST HAVING SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T SCREAM AT HIM, DOESN'T CUSS AT HIM TO MAKE HIS WHOLE LEVEL GO UP.
UM, I'M SAD TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
WE HAVE CHRISTINE, UH, UH, THAT, THAT GOES OUT AND WORKS WITH, UH, THE HOMELESS AND HAS DIRECT ACCESS FOR SOME OF THE OFFICERS.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE HER NAME AND SHE GETS PEOPLE ON BUSES AND SENDS THEM HOME.
I MEAN, SHE HAS A NONPROFIT THAT WE GET PEOPLE GOING HOME THAT WANT TO GO HOME.
BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE A DRUG DEPENDENCY AND ARE CAUSING A GOOD PART OF THE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, FROM STEALING PORCH PIRATES FROM STEALING PACKAGES.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT AMAZON DELIVERS BETWEEN 11 AND FIVE IN THE MORNING.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ALL, EVERYBODY'S STILL SLEEPING.
AND I JUST GOT MY FIRST ONE, IT WAS FOUR IN THE MORNING AND YOU KNOW, MY ALARM GO OR MY, THE RING GOES OFF AND I'M GOING, WHAT THE, AND NOW I MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DURING THE DAY THAT THEY SEND IT TO ME.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN MOST OF THE UNHOUSED ARE WALKING AROUND THE STREETS AND LOOKING AND, AND I CALLED FISHING ON CAR, CAR DOORS.
AT LEAST BY THE, THE STATE AND RDA, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET INTO YOUR CAR AND YOU LEFT IT UNLOCKED, THEY WERE JUST FISHING, YOU SHOULD HAVE LOCKED YOUR CAR.
SO THERE'S THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN WORK ON.
AND I, I, I, I AGREE WITH YOU.
WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR MORE, ESPECIALLY IN THE BEACH AREA.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PRIDE OF LONG BEACH DURING THE OLYMPICS.
YOU CAN'T JUST MOVE THEM OUT LIKE THEY DID IN SEATTLE FOR TWO WEEKS DURING, DURING THIS EVENT OR THAT EVENT.
UM, WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND I, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT MAYOR REX IS, IS WORKING ON IT.
SHE'S GOT SOME HOUSING, HE'S DOING SOME THINGS AND BEING PROACTIVE BEFORE THE GOVERNOR SENT THE EDICT OUT, THAT NOW YOU CAN BASICALLY CLEAN UP YOUR STREETS AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY HE FINALLY STATED.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FACILITIES TO DO THAT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING.
AND HOW DO WE GET FUNDING WHEN THE OIL DOLLARS GO AWAY? UM, UH, IT'S ON TAPE.
IT'LL ALL BE WRITTEN DOWN, BUT I DID TALK TO THE MAYOR, UH, AT MY HOUSE AND I SAYS, ISN'T A TIME WE GET THE COUNTY TO GIVE DOLLARS BACK TO THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE TRASH THAT COMES DOWN TO THE LA THEY GIVE US ENOUGH FOR ONE CLEANUP.
YOU GET ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE LA COUNTY, $500,000 A YEAR.
THAT PAYS FOR PROBABLY TWO DAYS OF CLEANUP.
UH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE CLEANING UP THE BEACHES, YOU KNOW, LET'S ADD SOME MORE ZEROS TO THAT FROM THE COUNTY.
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SORRY.UM, KELLY, IS THAT, ARE THERE TWO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ENOUGH YOU MAY OR MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, JUST LIKE A VENTURE? OR DO WE NEED TO ASK, DO WE EVER GIVE ADVICE ON THE BUDGET? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD I'LL ASK FOR MORE AS A COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, I GUESS, YEAH, IT'S TOUGH TO SAY.
IS IT ENOUGH? RIGHT? UM, WE FEEL THAT ADDING THE TWO WITH WHAT WE ALREADY CAN PROVIDE ON A WEEKLY BASIS WOULD, WOULD ASSIST US IN, YOU KNOW, JUST FULFILLING THAT, UM, OBLIGATION.
UM, AND THAT KIND OF, THAT GOAL.
JUST CONTINUE WITH PROVIDING A, A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY ALSO WITH PROVIDING ANOTHER VEHICLE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A VEHICLE OUT OF OPERATION.
UM, UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR THIS YEAR AND MOVE TOWARDS THAT AND THEN SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS US.
AND MAYBE IF WE NEED TO ASK FOR SOMETHING, UH, IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN DO SO.
BRUCE, ALONG THE LINES WHERE YOU SAID THE CITY'S THE CITY'S BUDGET SHIFTING AWAY FROM OIL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE, WE HAD A AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THIS THAT WE ADDRESSED AND SENT A LETTER ABOUT 80, 11 35, AND THE CITY'S GOALS TO WEAN US OFF OF OUR COIL MONEY, ESPECIALLY PIPELINES MONEY.
AND EXCUSE ME, WE SAID INSTEAD, AS A, AS A COMMITTEE, WE HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF FUNDING TO ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP, KEEP CLEANING THE BEACH AND THE BERMS AND PROTECTING THE PENINSULA AND PROPERTY AND SO ON.
SO WE HAVE THAT ON FILE ALREADY.
WE ARE ON RECORD ON A, A LOT OF THINGS.
AND I, WHAT WORRIES ME IS WHEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HAPPENED, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS GROUP AND THE CHAIRWOMAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOVE BOARD IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
CRYSTAL CLEAR ON EVERYTHING WE DO.
SO THERE'S NO HIDING ANYTHING.
WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD ON OUR QUESTIONING, BUT DOES THE CITY ALL NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN IT AND IT GETS FILED AND RECEIVED, AND THAT'S WHERE IT SITS.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO REACH OUT AS CITIZENS, UM, AND TALK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AS CITIZENS, NOT AS COMMISSIONERS.
UM, BUT AS CITIZENS AND REACH OUT AND SAY, DID YOU KNOW, SHOULD YOU KNOW, UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
I LOVE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST GO, WHAT? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
WELL, YOU, YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, I INVITED THE MAYOR TO COME TODAY TO OUR MEETING.
'CAUSE HE'S, THEY'RE TAKING THE, THE BATON BACK FROM, UH, UH, BUT HE WILL COME OUT TO A MEETING.
I SAYS, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BECAUSE WE GET FRUSTRATED AS A, AS A BOARD, AS A COMMISSION WHEN IT'S A RECEIVING FILE.
AND THEN A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD, SOMEBODY WILL BRING IT UP AGAIN.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY OF OUR MARINE DEPARTMENT LOSER JOBS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
AND WHEN THE OLYMPICS COME, I'M NOT GONNA SAY YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, BELOVING DOUBLING THE POLICE FORCE.
LOOK WHAT PARIS HAD TO DO WITH THEIR POLICE FORCE.
YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT IN AN EXTRA 40,000 OFFICERS FROM THE UNITED STATES THERE.
EVERY DEPARTMENT SEND PEOPLE THERE.
OH GOD, THIS THINK WHAT IT'S GONNA BE HERE WITH ALL THE GREAT THINGS.
BUT WE, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT MORE EVENTS HAPPENING IN LONG BEACH THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE.
BUT THE MAYOR RELEASED THAT UP.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING, MR. MAYOR.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SPECTACULAR HERE.
ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR IN LONG BEACH.
WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, UH, ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
I KNOW WE'LL REVIEW THIS LATER ON IN OUR MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE.
UH, I ASK A, A MOTION TO APPROVE.