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HERE.AND WITH THE PERMISSION OF MY, UH, FELLOW, UH, COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OUR PRESENTATION, UM, AHEAD OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS FOR TODAY.
AND, UH, MAYBE START A LITTLE BIT WITH, UM, TODD, DO YOU WANNA GIVE SOME BACKSTORY ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TODAY? OR DID YOU WANT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, FIRST THINGS FIRST, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS TO COME AND TAKE TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG SUMMER FOR ALL OF YOU, UH, BUT, UH, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, AND THE COMMISSION WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR GREAT WORK AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
BUT I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO, UH, CHIEF MEDINA, SAY A FEW WORDS FROM, UH, UH, STAFF AND HE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, YEAH, BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE BEST, UH, INSTRUCTORS, UH, IN, IN CALIFORNIA IN TERMS OF RUNNING A JG PROGRAM.
UH, THESE ARE, THESE, THESE INSTRUCTORS REALLY DO SHAPE AND INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE, UH, OUR, OUR YOUNG FUTURE LIFE.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR AMAZING WORK.
AND THEY, THEY TAKE US, THEY REALLY GOOD.
CAN WE ASK, JUST START ON THAT SIDE, YOUR NAME AND MAYBE WHERE YOU WENT TO SCHOOL AND, UH, WHY YOU'RE HERE.
UM, I WILL GO CURRENTLY GO TO SCHOOL TO CAL STATE FULLERTON.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE WORKING WITH KIDS IN THE OFF SEASON, I WORK AS A PARAEDUCATOR, HELPING SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS.
UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION.
UH, A SIXTH YEAR LIFE PRACTICE IS MY FIRST YEAR AS A JG INSTRUCTOR.
I WENT TO UCLA, GRADUATED LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, JUST, I LOVED BEING A JG AS A KID, SO I WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE, HI EVERYONE.
THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR AS A LIFEGUARD.
FIRST YEAR AS A JG INSTRUCTOR.
I GO TO SCHOOL AT MOUNT SAC AND I'M MAJORING TO BE A FIREFIGHTER, WHICH HELPS A LOT.
AND I LOVE WORKING WITH THE KIDS AS WELL.
AND, UH, GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
I'M HERE BEACH, UH, I'M HERE REALLY JUST 'CAUSE IT WAS A NEW OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE BEACH.
AND, UH, AT LAST YEAR, I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH THE KIDS AND DEFINITELY WANTED TO GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT.
FIRST YEAR AS A JG INSTRUCTOR.
GRADUATED FROM UC, BERKELEY, I'M HERE 'CAUSE I LOVE BEING A JG.
I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO GIVE BACK.
UH, THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR AS A LIFEGUARD AND SECOND YEAR AS AN INSTRUCTOR.
I GRADUATED FROM UCLA 2022 AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR, UH, A JG WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
AND ONCE I BECAME A LIFEGUARD, I SAW HOW COOL THE PROGRAM PROGRAM IT WAS AND I WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND GIVE BACK.
THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR AS A LIFEGUARD AND SECOND AS AN INSTRUCTOR.
I NEVER DID JUNIOR GUARD GROWING UP, UH, WORKING IN THE PRIVATE CLASS AND SEEING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TEACH, TEACH THE KIDS, AND THEN HEARING ABOUT FELLOW INSTRUCTORS WHO, UM, WENT TO THE PROGRAM GROWING UP AND KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT LONG BEACH WHEN I WASN'T FROM THE AREA, WAS VERY, UH, EYE-OPENING.
SO I REALLY ENJOYED BEING AN INSTRUCTOR.
UM, I'LL BE GRADUATING FROM CAL POLY SLO WITH A DEGREE IN MARINE BIOLOGY THIS YEAR.
AND I WAS A JUNIOR GUARD AND IT TOTALLY SHAPED WHO I AM TODAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE OTHER YOUTH THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I GOT.
I'M A FOURTH YEAR LIFEGUARD, FIRST YEAR JUNIOR GUARD INSTRUCTOR.
I DECIDED TO BECOME A GEG INSTRUCTOR BECAUSE I SAW HOW MUCH THE PROGRAM HAS IMPACTED THE KIDS, AND I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN IT, SO I DECIDED TO GO INTO IT AND I HAD AN AMAZING TIME AND I'D LOVE TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT SUMMER.
I LOVE THESE KIDS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE GREAT.
I'M A FOURTH YEAR LIFEGUARD AND SECOND YEAR JG INSTRUCTOR.
UM, I WENT TO POLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND I GO TO UC, IRVINE, UM, MAJORING IN NEUROBIOLOGY.
UM, I WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AS A KID AND I JUST WANTED TO
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GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND I REALLY LOVE IT.MY NAME IS BROOKE RE UM, THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR AS A LIFEGUARD, THIRD YEAR AS A JUNIOR LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR.
UM, BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH.
I WENT TO ROGERS WILSON, UH, UCLA AND I GRADUATED, GRADUATED LAST YEAR AS WELL.
I DID THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM FOR SIX YEARS WHEN I WAS A KID.
AND I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE A LIFEGUARD TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF IT AND JUST TO HOPEFULLY WORK BESIDE THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS THAT I'M, I'VE COACHED THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THIS IS MY EIGHTH SUMMER AS A LIFEGUARD, AND SIXTH SUMMER AS A JUNIOR GUARD INSTRUCTOR.
UM, I ALSO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH, JUST IN BELMONT SHORES.
STILL LIVE THERE NOW, AND I LOVE IT.
UM, THEN I MOVED ABROAD, UH, TO FRANCE AND WAS A TEACHER.
SO I JUST LOVE WORKING WITH KIDS.
SO I GET THE SUMMER TO DO THIS IN BEAN AND GO BACK, TEACH THIS.
WHERE'D YOU GO? I WAS LIKE, OHM, JUST LIFEGUARDING.
SO, HI, MY NAME'S ALEX CARROLL.
THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR AS A LIFEGUARD.
THIRD YEAR AS A JG INSTRUCTOR.
BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH.
I WENT TO MILLIKEN, GRADUATED FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE FOR, UH, FIRE SCIENCE, BECOME A FIREFIGHTER.
I DID JUNIOR GUARDS FOR TWO YEARS AND I LOVED IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR AS A LIFEGUARD AND THIRD YEAR AS A JUNIOR LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR.
UM, ALSO BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LONG BEACH.
WENT TO MILLIKEN, UH, JUST RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM UCSB IN THREE YEARS.
AND WE, UH, GETTING MY MASTER'S IN HISTORY AT UCI THIS COMING FALL.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN WITH JUNIOR GUARDS.
I DIDN'T GET TO DO IT MY WHOLE LIFE, LIKE MOST PEOPLE DID.
BUT BEING A PART OF IT GOT ME INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY HELPED ME FIND A GOOD SENSE OF PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY HERE.
AND IF COMMISSIONERS, IF I MAY, UH, THERE'S TWO OTHER VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
UH, THE JG PROGRAM, THEY RUN THE PROGRAM.
UH, UM, MARINE SAFETY OFFICER, SEAN BARNELL.
UM, AND, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER ZOLA, UH, THE ASSISTANT COORDINATOR.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.
SO JUST WANTED TO THINK THAT I CAN SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THEMSELVES TOO.
UM, YEAH, SEAN FARNELL IS MY SECOND YEAR BEING THE JUNIOR GUARD COORDINATOR.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TEAM THAT WE ASSEMBLED THIS YEAR IN FRONT OF YOU, THEY'RE NOT JUST SURFERS AND JUST HANGING OUT.
THEY ARE VERY WELL EDUCATED, WELL-ROUNDED YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE SHAPING 850 OF OUR JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS.
UH, I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THAT U-C-L-A-U-C-L-A, UM, A LOT OF OTHER FOUR YEAR DEGREES, DOCTORATES MASTER, THAT'S VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE TO LONG BEACH.
UM, NOT ONLY ARE WE ABLE TO PROVIDE WATER SAFETY AND PUSH KIDS IN PHYSICAL ABILITIES, BUT THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY REALLY SMART INSTRUCTORS.
AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
UH, BEING THE SECOND YEAR FOR ME, I'VE LEARNED QUITE A LOT, LEARNED THAT 850 JUNIOR GUARDS IS A LOT OF KIDS.
SO THANKFULLY WE HAVE A GREAT, UM, SABRINA IS THE COORDINATOR, UH, ASSISTANT COORDINATOR.
SHE HELPED TREMENDOUSLY ALONG WITH EVERYONE HERE.
I WILL SPEAK ON ONE MORE PERSON THAT'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY, KYLIE YAKI.
WITHOUT HER, THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT EXIST.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT NAME OR HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET HER, BUT SHE IS AMAZING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PAY, UM, COMPLIMENTS TO KYLIE.
UM, YEAH, THIS WAS MY THIRD SUMMER WITH THE JUGAR PROGRAM AND EVERY SUMMER HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND, UH, WHEN I BECAME A LIFEGUARD, I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE ON THE COMPUTER IN THE OFFICE MOST OF THE TIME.
LIKE, THIS WAS NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING WHEN I TOOK THE JOB.
BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN AND A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
I'VE GOTTEN TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM AND GO TO CAREER DAYS AND TALK TO THE KIDS, CONVINCE THEM TO GIVE JGS A TRY.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN, REALLY REWARDING, A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT IT'S TOTALLY WORTH IT GETTING THOSE KIDS ON THE BEACH AND SEEING HOW MUCH THEY GET OFF THE PROGRAM AND HOW MUCH THEY LEARN FROM THESE INSTRUCTORS.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT SUMMER.
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I, OH, GO AHEAD.UM, THANK YOU ALL AND, AND THINK OF ME 50 YEARS AGO, RED CROSS LIFEGUARD, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BOYS, UM, THE BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS IN ORANGE COUNTY FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL AND INTO COLLEGE.
AND I'M HERE TO SAY, ONCE A LIFEGUARD, ALWAYS A LIFEGUARD, EVEN WITH HAIR LIKE THIS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR THE ENERGY THAT YOU BRING TO THIS PROGRAM AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS THAT YOU ARE MAKING TO CHILDREN.
I KNOW IT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE EVEN FROM 50 YEARS AGO, HONESTLY, WHAT CHILDREN LEARN AND DEVELOP WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR, UH, THEIR OCEAN, THEIR WATER, SWIMMING ABILITY, SAFETY IN THE WATER.
I BRING MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TO THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
SO I WANNA COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND ALSO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DIVERSITY THAT YOU BRING TO THIS, THIS PROGRAM.
THE KIDS GET TO SEE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE FAMILIES.
THEY GET TO SEE PEOPLE WHO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY GET TO SEE YOU AS ROLE MODELS, ALL OF YOU WITH BEING ABLE TO GO ON TO SCHOOL AND THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT YOU'VE GONE TO AND THE DEGREES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE PROGRAM.
SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE LAYER OF SUB CITIES THAT YOU BRING TO THIS PROGRAM.
THESE KIDS ARE FROM ALL OVER LONG BEACH AND THEY GET TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN BE.
ANY OTHER TWO MINUTES FROM ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
LET'S ADJOURN TO THE DECK WHERE WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO.
I CAN MAKE SURE EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE.
WE CAN GET A PHOTO WITH ALL OF YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND YOUR CERTIFICATES.
I'M SORRY, I DID NOT THINK, I'M SO SORRY.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING? OH, GOOD.
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I KNOW.WHERE'S HERE? I, THE DATE JUST CAME OUT FROM ME AS, WAIT, IT CAN'T BE THAT, SO SECOND.
IT IS THE SECOND PICTURE RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR MEETING NOW.
YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO STAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY.
GETS A LITTLE BORING, BUT IT'S, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS MAKE FOR MY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HEY, I'M LIKE, WHY DIDN'T MY KIDS NEVER DO THIS? OH, YOU'RE JUST LIKE FAMILY.
NO, BUT YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND'S A MUSICIAN AND HOW THEY WERE TALKING HERE ABOUT, UM, THE, THE YOUTH AND THE PROGRAM, HE FEELS THAT WAY ABOUT BAND, RIGHT? YOUR BAND TEACHES STRUCTURE AND TO GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO FRONT LOAD.
SUCH A, A GREAT, IMPRESSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO
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THANK OUR JGS AND THAT PROGRAM THAT, UH, AND HOW WELL RUN IT IS.SO WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR AGENDA ITEM.
WE CAN'T FORGET TO RECOGNIZE CHIEF MEDINA, UH, HIM FOR ABSOLUTELY HIS, UH, HIS DIRECTION OVER THE LAST, GOSH, 10 YEARS, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE, HAS REALLY DIVERSIFIED THE PROGRAM AND CREATED IT TO BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.
WE'LL GET A CHANCE, IS A REALLY NICE, DIVERSE GROUP.
DIFFERENT FROM WHEN I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, BETTER.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT HIM IN THERE.
WELL, I GOT HIM IN THERE BEFORE HE SNEAKS OUT.
LET'S GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE? ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE MINUTES THAT WERE PUBLISHED? I'LL CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
I'LL THE, UH, THE APPROVE THE MOTION AS IT STANDS.
UH, ANY ABSTENTIONS OR, UH, DENIES? NO.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I'LL THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF A MEMORIAL BENCH TO REPLACE THE EXISTING STANDARD BENCH AND THE COLORADO LAGOON TO HONOR LORI STEINER FREE.
UH, LET'S START WITH A MOTION AND THEN WE'LL HEAR A REPORT.
SO MOVED WITH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
AND FOR DISCUSSION, UH, MR. LELAND, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME DETAILS ON THAT BENCH? YES.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, A STANDARD APPROVAL FOR ONE OF OUR, UH, MAP LOCATED, UH, UH, TRIBUTE BENCHES.
UH, IT IS FOR THE REED FAMILY.
UH, IT IS LOCATED AT COLORADO LAGOON.
I'LL BRING THAT UP HERE SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THE TWO BENCHES AT THE SIXTH STREET, UH, UH, TRAIL ENTRANCE.
OH, UH, THE, UH, MARINE BUREAU IS IN APPROVAL OF THIS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS OF PAR PARTNERS OF PARKS GROUP, AS WELL AS PARKS PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, TO BRING THIS TO YOU TODAY.
UH, IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE REED FAMILY HERE, UH, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF? NO.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S OUR REPORT.
UH, THE REED FAMILY DID SUPPLY AN EXCELLENT NARRATIVE, UH, THAT TALKED ABOUT WHY THAT LOCATION IS SO IDEAL, UM, FOR THE NATURES THAT THE, THE DEARLY DEPARTED WAS, UH, AND THE WAY SHE ENJOYED WALKING AROUND THAT AREA.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE BENCH PROGRAM IN GENERAL OR ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BENCH? THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS OVER SOME OF THE MEMORIAL BENCH MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT I HAVE OBSERVED ON THE PART, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE, OR HERE, HOW, HOW SHOULD A MAINTENANCE ISSUE BE REPORTED IF IT'S NOT VANDALISM? AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE CITY, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RESPONSE.
UH, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE STANDARD PORTAL OF L BGO.
BUT WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND, JUST GIVE US A CALL, CALL, UH, CALL EITHER OUR SHORELINE OFFICE OR CALL OUR, UH, ALAMI BAY OFFICE STAFF WILL DIRECT YOU TO OUR MAINTENANCE GROUP.
UH, UH, COREY AND KELLY'S STAFF WILL WORK TO ADDRESS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF VANDALISM, UH, IN THE FACT THAT THE PLAQUES OF HISTORICALLY, OF THE PAST ARE VALUABLE RECYCLED MATERIAL.
SO WE'RE GETTING, UH, PLAQUES PRIED OFF.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE BENCH, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE OWNERS, BUT THE TRIBUTE BENCH, UH, UH, FAMILIES TO REPLACE THOSE WITH NON-RECYCLABLE, NON VALUABLE RECYCLABLE MATERIAL.
BUT IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THAT COMMUNICATION OUT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE RIGHT NOW THAT WERE FIVE OR TWO, BUT THE PLAQUES CAME IN THE WRONG SIZE TWO, BUT THE PLAQUES CAME IN THE WRONG SIZE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A PROCESS OF FINDING THAT PERFECT FIT TO REPLACE WHAT'S BEEN EXISTING AND FIT INTO THE RECESSED PORTION OF THE BENCH KNOCK OUT OF THE BENCH.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH IT, BUT WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND TRY LB GO ALWAYS FIRST.
IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, CONTACT US AND WE'LL GET OUT THERE.
IF SPECIFICALLY, IF IT'S GRAFFITI, WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE AFTER IT WITHIN ONE
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TO TWO DAYS WAS TAKEN CARE OF.BUT THE REPLACEMENT OR THE PLAQUE HAD DEFINITELY BEEN REMOVED.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SUCH AN ACTIVE DESTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE REALLY A LOT OF EFFORT DOING THAT.
SO, AND IN CASE, IN THE CASE OF THE FAMILY THAT'S PAID FOR THIS YEP.
YOU THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ONLY GO THERE PERIODICALLY.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME LOCATIONS, UH, LIKE RIGHT HERE AT THE TURNAROUND, THE CIVIL AREA ONE THAT WE HAD PROBLEMS, UM, THAT, THAT REALLY WASN'T THAT GOOD.
JUST DUE TO, TO THE BIRDS AND THE LEAVES, ACTS OF NATURE AND THE YES.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT, THAT'S ONE THING I'M THINKING WE'D LOOK AT THAT PROCESS.
UM, COMMISSIONER MCRAY, YOU HAD ANOTHER NO, I JUST WENT AS COMMISSIONER JORDANA.
IT'S, THEY HAD A RING THAT WAS GOING AROUND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THEY BUSTED THEM OUT IN LA HARBOR AT THE PORT, UH, WHERE THIS GROUP WAS TAKING THE PLAQUES AND THEY TOOK IT OFF OUR CHURCH, ST.
JOSEPH'S, THEY TOOK THE PLAQUE OFF THE CHURCH AND THEY WERE TAKING IT OFF THE GRAVESTONES OVER AT ALL SOULS.
UM, SO THEY DID CATCH ONE RING, BUT UNTIL PEOPLE STOP PAYING FOR IT YEAH.
THAT'S A LOT OF CONVERTERS UNTIL THEY STOPPED PAYING FOR IT.
AND ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS OF CONCERN THAT WE ARE REALLY CLEAR TO THE FAMILIES ABOUT HOW LONG THAT COMMITMENT IS.
SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE A PORTION OF OUR PACKET, UM, THAT PUT SOME CLARITY THERE.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE COPIES OF THAT AGREEMENT.
UH, SO SHOULD IT COME A DAY WHEN NONE OF US ARE HERE, THAT THEY'LL CERTAINLY BE SOMEWHERE TO REFER BACK TO.
SO, AND THAT'S STANDARD LANGUAGE IN ALL, ALL THE AGREEMENTS MOVING FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD IN THAT.
SO IT, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WE'VE IMPROVED OUR PROCESS, UH, THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE BENCHES THEMSELVES, THE SMARTNESS OF THE LOCATION, AND THEN FIRMING UP THE CONTRACT.
SO KUDOS TO BOTH PARTNERS AND PARKS AND MARINE STAFF FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? WHAT ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC? ANYBODY HAVE A THOUGHT OR A COMMENT? OKAY.
WELL THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THE VOTE.
WE, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S UPDATES.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S LET THERE BE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
SORRY, YOU GET ME ON THAT ONE.
MANAGERS OR REPORTS? WE'LL START WITH CHIEF MEDINA AND MARINE SAFETY.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
I THINK I'VE TAKEN UP ENOUGH OF YOUR TIME AND NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATES.
I I DID SEE THE LITTLE LOS ANGELES TIMES HAD A REPORT TODAY ON INCIDENT.
AND, UM, AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU ON THAT QUOTE, IT SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T REMEMBER ANY OTHER FATALITIES IN OUR BAY.
UM, WELL, I DID SPEAK SPECIFICALLY REFERENCE SPRINT NATIONALS, BUT THAT WASN'T WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND, UM, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT HAD GONE ON, UM, ALMOST A YEAR AGO TODAY AT THE FUEL DOCK.
SOMETIMES PRESS GETS THINGS WRONG.
LET'S, AND THEN, UM, THEN ANOTHER QUESTION, CLARIFICATION ON REALIZE, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE, UM, IRON MAN AND ALL OF THAT, AND I NOTICED MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
HAS THAT BEEN NEW? UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE REGULATED IT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULDN'T.
UM, WE HAVEN'T INVITED ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THE FAMILY MEMBERS SOMETIMES RUN WITH THEIR KIDS.
WHERE I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WAS THE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT ENCOURAGED MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SIGN UP.
UM, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT PART WHERE I DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT WAY.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I, I JUST HAVE CONCERN FOR OUR, OUR JGS.
AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW EVERYONE THAT'S OUT THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF WORKING, UH, IN, WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING TO TOWN AND OUR MAYOR'S, UH, BACK IN PARIS RIGHT NOW?
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UM, YOUR THOUGHT ON JUST WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN LONG BEACH, UM, THE STAFFING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE, UH, TO KEEP ALL OUR BEACHES AND ALL THE WATERWAYS THAT WE HAVE GOING RIGHT NOW SAFE? UM, YEAH.YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE AREA MARITIME SECURITY COMMISSION IN THE PORT OF LA AND, UM, THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO THE STAFFING FOR LA COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
80% OF ALL HOTELS IN LA COUNTY DURING THAT BLOCK OF TIME HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONTRACTED OUT.
UM, LA HAS A BIG CONTINGENCY IN PARIS RIGHT NOW OF OFFICERS SUPPORTING THE OLYMPICS AND SECURITY DETAIL UP THERE.
UH, LONG BEACH ITSELF IS PLANNING HEAVILY FOR IT, UH, ALREADY.
SO WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE STAFFING DEMAND.
UH, A SURGE IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THE CITY IN TERMS OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY TO GET US THROUGH THAT TIME IS SO MUCH OF OUR STAFF WILL BE DEDICATED.
UH, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT IN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO, ON THE FIRE SIDE, TO WILDLIFE FIRES, ET CETERA.
'CAUSE EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL HANDS ON DECK HERE.
IT'S BASICALLY FOR 30 DAYS, SEVEN SUPER BOWLS A DAY FOR 30 DAYS.
SO THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF STAFFING THAT WILL BE REQUIRED, THE IMPACT ON THE FOOTPRINT IT'LL HAVE SPECIFICALLY IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE OF THE, UH, SEVEN EVENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UH, IT, IT'LL, IT'LL BE EXTREMELY TIGHT.
THE SECURITY, THE ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND, THE ABILITY TO GO TO A TO B IS GONNA BE VERY LIMITED FOR RESIDENTS OF LONG.
JUST LETS YOU KNOW THERE'S SEVEN NOW THERE'S MORE COMING.
SO YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING.
WE WILL MOVE FROM RAIN SAFETY.
WE'LL GO TO MARINE OPERATIONS.
UM, SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON OCCUPANCY.
UM, WE'RE SITTING RIGHT BELOW 94%.
UH, ALAMEDA BAY, AS WE EXPECT IS COVERING UP 99%.
AND THEN WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OF VACANCY DOWN IN RAIN SHORELINE.
UM, IT DOES SEEM TO BE A TREND THAT IS AFFECTING ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARENAS RIGHT NOW.
UM, R DELREY HAS A SORT OF HIGHER VACANCY THAN THEY HAVE HAD IN, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS IN TALKING WITH SOME OF THOSE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES UP THERE.
UM, ON TUESDAY, UH, WE, WE CAME RE-CERTIFIED IN THE CLEAN ARENA PROGRAMS, UH, FOR CALIFORNIA FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
UM, SO RAINBOW SHORELINE AND ALAMEDA BAY, UM, WENT THROUGH THE INSPECTION, UH, RECOGNIZING UNDER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, UH, VOTER EDUCATION, UM, AND OUR ABILITY TO, TO REGULATE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE ARE, UH, AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND BEING BETTER STEWARDS, UH, OF THE WATER.
UM, ARE WORKING ON A FEW PROJECTS WITH MARINE MAINTENANCE.
UM, PUMP OUT SEEMS TO BE, UH, THE NAME OF THOSE PROJECTS LATELY.
UM, WE DID GET THE HARBORMASTER DOCK, UH, WORKING AGAIN AT A BM.
SO ONE OF THOSE PUMPS IS BACK UP AND RUNNING.
UH, WE HAVE A LARGE PROJECT THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN BASIN TWO, UH, TO MAKE THAT SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENT, UM, FOR EVERYBODY TO USE.
UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AT THIS TIME.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASK IT, BRIAN, BUT, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CIRCULATION WITHIN ALAMEDA BAY? UM, SEEING THAT THE A ES PLANT IS, DOESN'T PUMP OUT LIKE IT USED TO AT THE I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA YEAH.
ROB WHAT'S HAPPEN, LOB IT OVER MY VERY CONFIDENT BOX.
I CAN TELL YOU I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
RIGHT NOW IT'S THE, THE PROGRAM OF THE ON AND OFF OF A A S PUMPS IS ONLY AT PEAK TIMES.
SO WHEN THE, THE GRID NEEDS IT, THOSE PUMPS WILL COME ON.
UH, I DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF HOW OFTEN THEY'VE BEEN ON THIS SUMMER.
UH, BUT, UH, UH, UH, MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONER ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE FOLLOW OUR TESTING.
OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TESTING AND OUR BEACH FRONTS HAVE REMAINED OPEN FOR, FOR THE SUMMER.
UH, BARRING ANY RAINWATER EVENTS, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE'S BEEN ADVISORIES AT LOCATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN THOSE AREAS OF, OF ALAMEDA BAY WHERE YOU'D EXPECT THEM TO BE IF WE WERE HAVING WATER QUALITY ISSUES.
SO, UH, THOSE WERE, UH, SPILL ISSUES.
SO IS THERE AN EASY MECHANISM FOR CITIZENS TO LOOK AT WATER QUALITY? I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE SUBGROUPS IS THINKING OF HIRING A, AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR TO CHECK WATER QUALITY IN THE BAY PEEL BAY PEEL BAY.
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YEAH, YOU COULD LOOK, YOU COULD LOOK AT PEEL THE BAY.UH, THE CITY ALSO HAS ITS, UH, STANDARD HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO.
UH, THERE IS A NUMBER TO CALL, I THINK IT'S 5 7 0 40 99, BUT IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND YOU CAN GET DAILY, DAILY WATER QUALITY REPORTS.
UM, THE WATER QUALITY TESTING THAT THE CITY DOES IS FOR, UH, BACTERIAL PATHOGENS.
UH, THE CIRCULATION OF ALAMITOS BAY AND THE TESTING THAT YOU MAY NEED TO, TO LOOK AT TO SEE THAT BALANCE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THAT TYPE OF TESTING.
UM, AND, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT OXYGEN SATURATION, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THE, THE WATER QUALITY THAT WE HAVE IS BASED ON, UH, PATHOGEN TESTING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAN REPORT TO.
CAN WE PUT THAT, UM, FIVE, SEVEN OH NUMBER IN A FUTURE MARINA READER SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I, I CAN COMMENT TO THE OPERATING OF THOSE PUMPS, WHICH IS, THEY REALLY COME ON ONLY WHEN THERE'S AN, YOU KNOW, AN IMMEDIATE NEED.
IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, THERE IS SORT OF AN, I THINK OF IT AS AN IDOL.
THE PUMPS ARE BRINGING WATER IN AND DISCHARGING INTO THE RIVER, UH, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SHUT DOWN.
IT'S LIKE KEEPING YOUR CAR RUNNING AND IN GOOD SHAPE.
YOU CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, TURN IT OFF AND THEN TRY AND, YOU KNOW, PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SIX MONTHS LATER AND EXPECT IT TO OPERATE CORRECTLY.
SO THE PUMPS ARE, ARE MOVING WATER ALL THE TIME, BUT AT A VERY LOW RATE.
UM, AND ONLY REALLY COME ONLINE.
AND IT TAKES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT TAKES LIKE 48 HOURS FOR THOSE, THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY TO COME BACK ONLINE IN A WAY TO SUPPORT THE GRID.
SO IN, IN REGARDS TO THAT, UH, I KNOW WE HAD A, WAS IT THE SEAHORSE POPULATION WE HAD IN THE BAY? ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT STILL LOOKED AT IN THE, AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE POLLUTION AND THINGS IN THE BAY, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY CHECKING THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY? OR IS IT JUST WE, THE CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT'S, AGAIN, THEY COME OUT AND THEY CHECK THE QUALITY ON THE WATER WHEN IT COMES TO PATHOGENS.
UH, IF, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR, ARE WE LOOKING AT, AT ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISM, YOU KNOW, MARINE MAN, MARINE ORGANISM HEALTH, UH, THAT'S NOT ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT THE CITY DOES HAVE CONSULTANCIES THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY ENGAGING ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
NOW, WHAT THAT FREQUENCY IS, I DON'T KNOW.
I SEE THE CITIZEN, THE SEAHORSE WHISPERER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WITH, WITH YOUR ORIGINAL? NO.
WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE, KELLY ARMSTRONG.
UH, A FEW UPDATES, UH, FOR YOU, UH, FOR THE BEACH MAINTENANCE.
UH, WE ENCOUNTERED SOME SOUTH SWELL EARLIER, UH, THIS MONTH ON THE OCEAN SIDE OF PENINSULA, UM, THAT, UH, WAS LARGER THAN WE FORECASTED AND CREATED SOME, UH, SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND DETERIORATION OF THE BERM, UH, WHICH RESULTED IN SOME MINOR FLOODING, UH, TO THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, OUR BEACH CREWS RESPONDED AND WORKED, UH, EXTENSIVELY, UH, THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THAT'S TRUE, PREPARED BETTER FOR THE, UH, THE LAST HIGH TIDE WE HAD IN AUGUST 2ND.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A LARGER, UH, SCALE OPERATION TO, UH, MOVE, UH, MORE SAND, UM, TO THAT AREA, UH, AND CREATE SOME, UH, UH, BEACH FRONT AND, UH, AS WELL AS CREATE, UH, A LARGER BURN FOR SOME, UH, AGAIN, SOME BIGGER FORECASTED WAVES.
UH, TOMORROW, UH, THOSE WAVES HAVE SINCE, UH, DIED DOWN FROM EARLIER FORECAST.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD ONTO A LOT OF THE SAND THAT WE'RE MOVING.
UM, UH, ON OTHER NOTES, UM, 132 TONS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BEACHES.
UH, THIS MONTH BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO AROUND 1800 TONS OF DEBRIS, UH, AND TRASH THIS YEAR.
UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE, UH, ALSO PURCHASED AND STARTED THE DEPLOYMENT OF NEW TRASH CANS AT, AT VARIOUS BEACH SITES, UH, ALONG OUR COAST.
UH, THE NEW TRASH CANS ARE, UM, LARGER THAN PREVIOUS, UH, CANS THAT WERE, UH, CURRENTLY
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INSTALLED.UH, THEY'RE CALLED OCEAN CORE, SO THEY'RE MADE OF 40%, UH, POST CONSUMER, UH, RECYCLABLES.
AND, AND 10% OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY OCEAN BOUND PLASTIC.
SO, UM, AS WE WERE LOOKING TO UPDATE AND PURCHASE NEW TRASH CANS, WE, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMPANY AND, AND IDENTIFY, UM, UH, A PRODUCT THAT MEETS SOME OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY NEEDS AS WELL.
UM, THEY'VE COMPLETED SOME WORK IN THE RAINBOW HARBOR TO REPLACE ALL OF THE DOCK SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING SIGNAGES THROUGHOUT RAINBOW HARBOR, UM, AND OUR GROUNDS OPERATION.
UM, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE, UH, LONG BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT AND SURF RIDER WHO IDENTIFY SOME FUTURE PROJECTS ON THE LAWN TO GARDEN, LAWN TO OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN, UM, SET FOR THE FALL OF 2024.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE FOR YOU.
SO, UM, I AM ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TRASH.
UM, AND YOU DO, YOUR TEAM DOES AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM BY THE VAST QUANTITY OF TRASH THAT'S, UH, RECOVERED EVERY MONTH.
UM, MY INTEREST IN UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE BEACH MAINTENANCE GOES TO, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT SECTIONS OF OUR BEACH, FOR INSTANCE, ACCUMULATE THE MOST TRASH.
UM, WHERE IS THE, WHERE IS THE PROBLEM, FOR INSTANCE, IS IT UNIVERSAL ACROSS ALL OF THE BEACHES IN LONG BEACH? UM, DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH EXPOSURE TO SOUTH SWELL OR, YOU KNOW, PROXIMITY TO THE LA RIVER? UM, THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE, TO THE, TO THE WORK THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR TEAM DOES.
UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, I'M INTERESTED, UH, IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE TRASH THAT'S BEING RECOVERED.
I MEAN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, CAL AND THERE'S GONNA BE THE NORMAL SORT OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES UP WITH THE TIDE.
UM, THE WHOLE NOTION OF WHAT THE, THAT TRASH IS DEFINED.
HOW IS TRASH DEFINED AND WHAT THE TEAM IS RECOVERING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THE PUBLIC TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT WORK REPRESENTS? I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO HELP IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE TRASH COMING FROM AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE RECOVERING? UM, AT OUR JANUARY KIND OF RETREAT OR PLANNING MEETING, I WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GUYS LIKE IDENTIFYING STUFF, YOU KNOW, IN THE BACK OF THE RAKE AS IT COMES UP? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE RECOVERING? CAN YOU BETTER IDENTIFY THAT? AND THEN THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE THEN TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE PRIME PARTS OF LONG BEACH THAT PRESUMABLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU UNDER, YOU KNOW, GET SOME SORT OF ANALYSIS GOING IS THAT THESE ARE THE BEACHES THAT NEED THE MOST WORK, OR MAYBE THIS BEACH ISN'T AS CRITICAL, BUT MAYBE THESE OTHER BEACHES ARE.
UM, SO MY OBJECTIVE IS TO SORT OF BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE BEAST AND THE WORK THAT IS PERFORMED.
AND IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BEACH TREATMENTS GROUP TO SORT OF HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING? AND LAST, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SO GREAT TO DO A RIDE ALONG.
I MEAN, CAN, CAN, CAN SOMEBODY COME ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM AND ACTUALLY SEE THE WORK AS IT'S BEING DONE? I MEAN, I, I'D BE THE FIRST PERSON, UM, TO, TO, UH, START A LITTLE BIT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT RIDE ALONG IN THE TRASH TRUCK.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE, THE BEST EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, MANY OTHER, UM, OPERATIONS, UM, THAT WE COULD WORK WITH, UM, POSSIBLY WITH, UM, OUR, OUR BOAT OPERATIONS IN THE WINTERTIME AND THE, THE TRASH REMOVAL EFFORTS THERE.
UM, AND, UH, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR EQUIPMENT THAT CLEAN THE BEACH.
AND, AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID, I SAID, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU'RE RECOVERING ON.
THE SAND BEACHES, I MEAN, ISN'T, IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, YES, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S TRASH BEING ACCUMULATED IN THE PUBLIC TRASH BINS, RIGHT? THAT'S RECOVERED, RIGHT.
UM, BUT TO THE POINT OF WHAT IS IT THAT THE BEACH GROOMING IS ACCUMULATING AND WHAT IS THE, THE RESULT OF THAT WORK? AND IT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT WORK REPRESENT IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING OUR BEACHES, UM, CLEAN AND HEALTHY AND AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE.
SO I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, I'VE DONE IT TWICE.
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ON THE JETTY ONE WHEN WE WENT OUT ON THE JETTY AND WATCHED THE ENTIRE TEAM BE PULLED TO GO OUT AND CLEAN THE JETTY.AND IT WAS FOUR BOAT LOADS FOR THEIR BOAT LOADS JUST TO CLEAN THE JETTY.
AND THAT ONLY BEEN FOUR WEEKS TIME.
UM, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IT ON THE, ON THE TIE, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.
THERE'S GOTTA BE AREAS YOU FIND PEOPLE DUMPING ON OUR BEACH.
'CAUSE THEY DO IT ON OTHER BEACHES.
I MEAN, LITERALLY COME UP WITH A TRUCKLOAD OF STUFF AND, AND DUMP ON OUR BEACH.
DOES THAT HAPPEN AT ALL? OR HAVE YOU SEEN THAT? UM, NOT IN, IN, UH, IN EXCESS OF LIKE A TRUCKLOAD, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF KIND OF UNAUTHORIZED USE OF TRASH CANS WHERE WE SEE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
UM, AND PUBLIC PARKING LOTS, RIGHT.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S BE AN INTERESTING THING THAT TO COME BACK AND MAYBE FOLLOW THAT, IS IT, IS IT CHERRY BEACH THAT YOU'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE MOST OF IT? IS IT THE DOG? IT'S INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO AT LEAST FOCUS IN ON HERE'S THE RED AREAS, HERE'S THE GREEN AREAS.
YOU NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME IN THE RED AREAS BECAUSE THE GREEN AREAS ARE PRETTY CLEAN.
JUST, I KNOW YOU ALREADY DO THAT.
UM, BUT IT'D BE, IT'D BE FUN ENOUGH.
IT'D BE FUN ENOUGH, COMMISSIONER TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
UH, THE HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ORGANICS AND REFUGE, RIGHT? AS, AS WE, WE SEE A LOT OF, NOT JUST KELP AND, AND OCEAN BOUND ORGANICS, BUT WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL COME DOWN THE RIVERS AND CAN BE DEPOSITED ON OUR LARGE, UH, GRASS CLIPPINGS, UH, LOGS, TREES, BRANCHES, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.
BUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE THAT IN OUR ANALYTICS BETWEEN THE REFUSE? THAT'S THE DIFFICULT PART.
UH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER STEP OF, OKAY, HOW DO WE, IT'S, IT'S A SEPARATION STEP.
SO MY BIGGEST RECOMMENDATION IS COME OUT, COME OUT AND SEE, COME OUT, UH, KELLY.
KELLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AND ALL OF THE COMMISSION.
AGAIN, I'M SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT IS BEING RECOVERED FROM THE BEACH, THE BEACHFRONT BROOMING EFFORTS.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL AND, AND BETTER UNDERSTAND, BUT WHERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH RESPECT TO OUR BEACH BROOMING.
UM, AND TO JUST PUT IT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UH, BEACHES UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT DON'T GROOM, RIGHT.
AND THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT, UM, THE AESTHETICS OF IT.
BUT THEN IT'S CONSIDERED HABITAT AND A BEACH, UH, THAT'S GROOMED COULD POTENTIALLY BE A, A LOSS TO, TO, TO HABITAT AND CREATURES.
UH, BUT I AM REALLY VERY CURIOUS AND, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE EFFORT OF THE
SO I'M GONNA, I WILL DEFINITELY, UM, MAKE A POINT OF, OF MAKING A DATE.
UM, AND MY OTHER COMMENT TO, WITH RESPECT TO TODAY'S REPORT IS, UM, WE HAVE ALSO, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD THE NOTION OF, UM, UH, ALTERNATIVE, WELL POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES TO, TO BERMS, RIGHT? THE NOTION OF KEEPING OUR BEACH AND BEACH ACCESS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, UM, THE, UH, PILOT PROJECTS IN LA COUNTY FOR JUNE RESTORATION.
AND WE DID BRING THIS UP IN THE, THE DECEMBER JANUARY MEETING WHERE, UH, WE HAD, UH, HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING DONE IN LA COUNTY WITH RESPECT TO, UH, UH, DUNE RESTORATION.
AND THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT IS TO DEAL WITH, UM, SEA LEVEL RISE AS WELL AS, UM, UH, UH, SAND, YOU KNOW, PREVENT SAND REPLENISHMENT.
RIGHT? IT KEEPS THE WHOLE IDEA OF A DUNE IS THAT IT KEEPS THE SAND IN PLACE RATHER THAN LETTING IT SORT OF, UM, WASH AWAY.
SO WE HAD BROUGHT THAT UP AT A, AT A MEETING AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE MIGHT, UM, YEAH.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN THAT, WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR BEACHFRONT WHERE WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF STARTED POTENTIALLY GROWING A VERY RUDIMENTARY START OF A BE OF A LIVING LANDSCAPE, DO LANDSCAPE.
WELL, THAT'S A
BUT WITH RESPECT TO YOUR ACTUAL OH, OH YEAH.
NOT JUST THERE, BUT OTHER LOCATIONS ON, ON THE PENINSULA, UH, RIGHT AROUND 50, UH, 55TH PLACE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT, SEEING HOW IT'S GONNA MESH WITH US.
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, THE PLACE THAT WE NEED, UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE PREFERRED TO HAVE DUNE RESTORATION WOULD BE BETWEEN 55TH PLACE AND 72ND PLACE.
OUR BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE TO SOLVE IS GETTING SAND, ENOUGH SAND THERE TO ALLOW A DUNE LANDSCAPE TO ESTABLISH.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAD A, A, UM, A PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE WHERE,
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UH, ONE OF THE BIG CONVERSATIONS WAS ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED PITCH, IS THE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE YOU NEED, UH, WIDTH OF YOUR BEACH TO ESTABLISH THAT DOING RESTORATION.SO OUR IMMEDIATE, UH, FUNCTION RIGHT NOW IS BACK PASSING WITH BERMS YES.
AND THEN OUR, OUR SHORT TO MEDIUM IS OUR DREDGING POD PROJECT, RIGHT.
TO, TO BUILD UP THE BERM OR BUILD UP THE BEACH.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT PITCH WITH THE BUILD OUT, IT'S HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY ENTERTAIN AND LOOK AT AND EXPLORE DUNE RESTORATION ALONG THE PENINSULA.
'CAUSE YES, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A EXCELLENT.
AND THEN, AND THE NOTION IS THAT, THAT WE'RE BRINGING OUR BERMS FARTHER, SORRY, UM, WEST, RIGHT? WE'RE REMOVING THE BERMS. THE BERMS ARE ACTUALLY GOING INTO PLACE AND STAYING IN PLACE FARTHER WEST ALONG OUR BEACH.
AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T KNOW THE STREET NUMBER, I'M SORRY, SOUTH EAST, WEST, YES.
THE, I DON'T KNOW THE STREET NUMBERS, BUT BY THE, UM, UH, THE SAILING CENTER DOWN, UH, NEAR THE LEEWAY.
WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? THAT'S 54TH.
AND THERE ARE BURNS CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, BEING INSTALLED ONE OF THE BIG, WE HAD A BIG POND THERE FOLLOWING THE LAST KELLY.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? UM, THAT AREA PARTICULARLY, UM, UH, IS NOT A BURN.
UH, BUT WE, UM, USE THAT AREA TO RECOVER SAND AND, AND PUSH IT UP IN A WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, UH, USE THAT SAND AND TRANSPORT IT.
SO AT SOMETIMES IT, IT MAY LOOK LIKE A, A BERM, BUT WE'RE RECOVERING SAND IN THAT AREA.
UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SAND FROM TO ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, BUT NOT PARTICULARLY A BERM SET UP IN PLACE THERE.
UM, BUT IT DOES LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE GOT IT STAGING AREA.
RIGHT NOW, IT, UH, IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE'RE IN A, A LARGER OPERATION MODE.
UM, AS WE GET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, WE WILL, UM, KIND OF, UH, DOWNSIZE THAT STOCKPILE AND, UH, UTILIZE THAT TO MOVE.
SO JUST TO FINISH UP FOR, UH, KELLY, UH, KELLY'S GROUP, AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF KUDOS, UH, HE JUST KIND OF GLANCED OVER AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD.
UH, THEY'VE MOVED 47,000 TONS OF SAND TO THE PENINSULA TO PREPARE FOR, UH, A HIGH WAVE ENERGY SET COMING THROUGH.
UH, THE BERM IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 12 TO 14 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT EIGHT TO NINE FEET TALL.
AND THAT CONSTITUTES 94 MILLION POUNDS OF SAND.
AND THAT WAS DONE IN NINE DAYS.
SO IT'S, UH, KUDOS TO KELLY AND TO STAFF FOR GETTING OUT THERE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY ON FENCE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KELLY? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE OVER TO CORY FORSTER AND, UH, MARINE MATES.
UH, SO INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS.
THAT'S THE BIG TOPIC FOR MARINE MAINTENANCE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FILL ALL OUR VACANT POSITIONS.
UM, WE RECENTLY, UH, PROMOTED TWO OF OUR MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT, THREES UP TO GENERAL MAINTENANCE ASSISTANTS.
AND WE'RE ONBOARDING ONE EMPLOYEE OR ONE, UH, CANDIDATE FROM THE OUTSIDE AS WELL.
UH, I PROMOTED UP MY, UH, UH, BUILDING SERVICES SUPERVISOR.
SHE HAD BEEN IN AN ACTING POSITION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UH, SHE CAME OUT NUMBER ONE ON THE CANDIDATE LIST AND SHE BLEW EVERYONE AWAY IN INTERVIEW.
SO I'D LOVE TO BRING HER IN AND INTRODUCE TO YOU GUYS NEXT TIME.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE LOOKING TO INSTALL SOLAR FOR THE GRANDSTAND AT GREAT STADIUM, AS WELL AS THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE BUILDING, UM, SHORELINE MARINA FOX SYSTEM UPGRADE FOR THE PARKING LOTS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, I'M SORRY, IS, UH, UPDATE THE, UH, FOG SYSTEM FOR THE DOWNTOWN MARINA PART OF THAT UPGRADE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTALLING, UM, A FOB SYSTEM FOR THE TRASH ENCLOSURES AS WELL, UH, TO HELP GET MORE SAFETY AND, UH, CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE USERS.
UM, BASED ON ONE HAND RAILING, WHICH IS COMPLETED, UH, WE HAD A TREE THAT FELL LAST YEAR AND IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THAT DONE.
WE FINALLY GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF, UH, DTM TRASH ENCLOSURE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT D SIX RESTROOM, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE JUST OUTSIDE OF IT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING A LID ON IT.
IF THAT GOES WELL, WE'LL LOOK AT, UH, DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE PTM ARENA.
AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM I HAVE IS THE MARINE MAINTENANCE DOCK.
UM, WE HAVE TWO OLD CONCRETE DOCKS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE BOTH THOSE AND IT'S INSTALL ONE SMALLER, UH, CONCRETE DOCK THAT'LL FIT IN THE EXISTING
UM, AND THAT SHOULD COME THROUGH IN THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
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SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.I WENT AND WALKED, UH, MARINE STADIUM THE OTHER DAY AND, AND WAS LOOKING AT, I BELIEVE, UH, WE HAD TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE AFTER OUR LAST MEETING REGARDING THE, UH, I THINK IT'S CALLED WAKE SURFING, OR THE BOATS THAT THAT HUNKER DOWN AND, AND CAUSE THEY CAUSE LAKES.
I MEAN, THOSE THINGS, THOSE THINGS ARE WASHING AWAY ALL THE SAND THAT WE HAVE ON THAT BEACH.
AND THAT BEACH IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PRISTINE, HOPEFULLY FOR OUR OLYMPICS.
UM, THERE IS NO SIGN THAT SAYS THEY CAN'T DO IT, BUT I, I BELIEVE MADAM CHAIR, UH, THOSE AREN'T APPROVED IN OUR AREA.
THEY'RE THE PUBLISHED GUIDELINES OF THE RULES OF MARINE STADIUM DO NOT PERMIT THAT TYPE OF, SO WOULD IT, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THOSE SIGNS, UH, TO CEASE AND DISMISS? UH, BECAUSE I WAS THERE, I SAW IT.
I MEAN, IT'S
I MEAN, IT COMES UP, I MEAN, THAT, THAT THING COMES ALL THE WAY UP ON SHORE AND TAKES AWAY THE SAND.
SO, SO COREY, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ANY MAINTENANCE AROUND THE STADIUM THAT MAY BE ISSUES WITH WINGS, GO AHEAD AND THEN I'LL TAKE THE GREAT, THANK YOU SIR.
SO I DO KNOW PERIODICALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE GONE IN AND RENOURISHED THAT BEACH WHERE WE'VE BROUGHT EACH SAND IN AND FILLED IT.
UM, SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE HAD A, A FEW, UH, AREAS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MARINE STADIUM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDERMINING FROM MAYBE THOSE LAKES THAT ARE GETTING UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK.
SO WE'VE HAD THE BACKFILL AND, AND FILL THOSE LOCATIONS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, I'LL FINISH OUR REPORT AGAIN.
I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION TO, TO THE, UH, THE A WEIGHTED BAGS AND THEN JUST WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP.
THERE IS, UH, CONSTRUCTION PLANNED AT, UH, WELL, THERE'S ONGOING CONSTRUCTION AT THE COLORADO LAGOON, OBVIOUSLY THE COLORADO LAGOON PROJECT.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE DOING WORK THAT REQUIRES THE CLOSURE OF THE TITLE GATES TO ALLOW FLOW BACK AND FORTH.
SO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, UH, YOU MAY HEAR, UH, COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT, OH, HEY, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN COLORADO LAGOON, UH, THAT IS PROJECT RELATED.
ALL ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AND, UH, UH, MITIGATION IS IN PLACE.
UH, THEY'RE DOING ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE LAGOON, AND THEY'RE READY TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT ARISE.
SO JUST FOR YOUR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IF YOU DO, IS THERE A BETTER WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY? UH, THAT IS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AND THEIR, UH, CIP PROJECT THAT IT WOULD BE THROUGH THEIR, THEIR PROJECT TEAM.
BUT YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THAILAND'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PAGE.
UM, AND THAT'LL BE THE COLORADO LAGUNA PROJECT.
AND THEN LASTLY YES, ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE BALLAST BAGS IN MARINE STADIUM.
RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY RULE REGULATION THAT RESTRICTS THAT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT VESSELS CANNOT CREATE, WAKE OR UTILIZE MATERIALS ON THEIR BOAT TO CREATE W SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OVER THE NEXT, UH, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS IS WORKING WITH CHIEF MEDINA AND HIS STAFF AND MARINE SAFETY TO LOOK AT A MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGE AND, UH, TO EITHER MITIGATE, RESTRICT, OR PROHIBIT THAT USE.
UM, IT IS A POPULAR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY, AQUA RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.
SO WE DO HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING WHERE WE'LL BE RESEARCHING, EXPLORING WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING AND THEN WORKING WITH MARINE SAFETY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PUSH A MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, TO CREATE A RULE CHANGE FOR MARINE STADIUM.
'CAUSE THAT IS LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
ARE THERE OTHER PLACES IN LONG BEACH WHERE THESE VOTERS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ENJOY THAT NEW O OPEN WATER? RIGHT, BUT AGAIN, MARINE STADIUM IS THAT LOCATION WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE JOY OF THOSE WATER SUPPORTS GENTLEMEN WILL CONCUR WITH ME AS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, THAT NICE CLASS TOP OF OF WATER AND, AND TO SKI AND TO WAKEBOARD AND WAKE SURF AND ALL OTHER
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TOW SPORTS.SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
'CAUSE THE MARINE STADIUM IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THIS.
IS THERE SOME WAY TO THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTION OR SOMETHING SO THAT THAT BODY OF WATER AND THAT THOSE BEACHES AND ON THERE ARE NOT, UM, IZED RIGHT NOW? I'LL SAY NO, BECAUSE IT'S LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IS TO CREATE EITHER A MITIGATION RESTRICTION OR A PROHIBITION.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT COMES DOWN TO, TO EQUAL ACCESS.
SO WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE POSITIVE NEGATIVES.
WE'VE HAD EROSION AND, UH, DEGRADATION OF THE MARINE STADIUM, UH, AREA IN THE PAST, AND WE CANNOT SPECIFICALLY PUT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT ONTO THIS ACTIVITY.
SO, UM, WE CAN'T JUST SAY, OH, HEY, THIS, THIS ACTIVITY IS CREATING, CREATING DAMAGE TO MARINE STADIUM.
WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE, LOOK AND ACTUALLY QUANTIFY THE DAMAGE TO THAT SPECIFICALLY TO CREATE A, A TEMPORARY RESTRICTION COMMISSIONER.
I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS GONNA COME UP WITH COMMITTEES, UM, REGARDING THE OLYMPICS AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE ASPECTS.
SO THAT QUESTION WE ALSO NEED TO BRING IN THE COAST OF COMMISSION WHEN YOU DO ANY MAJOR CHANGES.
WELL THIS, THIS WOULD BE A, A CITY OF LONG BEACH RULE CHANGE.
SO YES, WE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD JUST KIND OF DO A DE FACTO COURTESY CHECK.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE A LOCAL COASTAL PLAN.
SPEAKING OF COASTAL COMMISSION, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE FILMING ALONG THE BEACH THAT'S DENIED SOME FOLKS TO THE BEACH TODAY FROM SPECIAL EVENTS THAT PERMITTED A LARGE SECTION OF OUR BEACH SPECIAL ED EVENTS, HOUSE PERMITTED A LARGE SECTION OF OUR BEACH
TODAY AND TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, I BELIEVE.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE THAT HAS LIMITED ACCESS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS WORKS WITH, YOU KNOW, COASTAL COMMISSION AS WELL AS OUR, OUR BEACH FRONT ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATORY BODIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING ACCESS.
SO WHILE THEY ARE USING A LARGE PORTION OF OUR BEACH FOR A SPECIAL EVENT, UH, UH, ACCESS WILL HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE EVENT? CAN ANYONE SAY IT'S A SECRET? UH, AT THIS TIME IT'S A SECRET.
I'VE ALREADY SIGNED A DOCUMENT SO I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT IT, IT'S UH, UM, HOW ABOUT IT'S DEALING WITH 2028.
HOW'S THAT? THAT DOESN'T GIVE TOO MUCH A LOOK LIKE AN OLYMPIC THING.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THAT REPORT? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
I'VE BEEN THERE QUITE A WHILE.
WELL, I DUNNO, SOMEBODY TOOK IT OR HID IT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HIT IT.
YOU NEED TO SAY YOUR NAME, DAVE.
DAVE MAD SARAH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE UH, UH, CALLING FOR THE QUESTION THEN.
WAS THERE ANOTHER COMMENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE? YES.
MY NAME IS CRAIG BEST, MARK AND I WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND I WAS HERE LAST YEAR SPEAKING ABOUT THE SURF BOATS AND HOW THEY'RE RUINING THE MARINE STADIUM.
NOT ONLY WHAT BRUCE MCCRAY WAS ALLUDING TO ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, IT IS UNSAFE AS ALL GET OUT TO BE OUT THERE AND TRY TO BE WATER SKIING WITH THESE PEOPLE.
UM, WE SKI WATER SKI A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK IN THERE AND THESE KIDS ARE IN THERE EVERY DARN NEAR EVERY AFTERNOON.
AND THE SLAUGHTER BOATS LITERALLY HAVE TO GET OFF THE WATER BECAUSE WE CAN'T NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT.
AND THEY'RE SELFISH AS ALL GET OUT.
AND I'VE TOLD A LOT OF 'EM TO TAKE THAT THING AND GO OUT TO THE BREAKWATER AND
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DO YOUR SERPENT ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE BREAKWATER AND YOU AND OPEN OCEAN NOT TO DESTROY.I MEAN, I WANNA SHARE THE MAIN STADIUM WITH, WITH SKIERS AND WAKEBOARDERS AND WE TEACH KIDS HOW TO SKI ALL THE TIME IN THERE, BUT WE DON'T NEED THESE THREE AND FOUR FOOT WAKES COMING THAT THEY PUT FOUR AND 5,000 POUNDS OF WATER AND THE BLADDERS IN THE STERN OF THESE 23 FOOT SKI BOATS.
AND THEN THEY'VE GOT, UH, WAKE ENHANCERS THAT HYDRAULICALLY, THEY COME OFF THE STERN AND THEY CAN MAKE THE WAKE EVEN BIGGER.
THE BIGGER THE WAKE THE SURFERS ARE ARE HAPPIER AND THEY'RE ROOTING IT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHICH IS LIKE 95% OF THE PEOPLE.
AND THESE SURFBOARD HAVE GOT TO SOMEHOW THEY HAVE GOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE MARINE STADIUM.
THEY SKI BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 FEET BEHIND THE TRANSOM OF THE BOAT.
AND, UH, BRUCE HAD, AND I SHARED SOME OF OUR PICTURES LAST MONTH WITH YOU, BUT IT IS GETTING WORSE AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HEARING YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND WE COULD NOT SPEAK TO IT LAST TIME.
AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE DID, UM, SPEAK TO IT TO BRING IT IN THIS AGENDA ITEM THIS TIME, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT'S DONE AND THAT STAFF HAS TAKEN THAT RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT THEY CAN THEN, UH, DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE AND GET BACK TO US ON A MEETING.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT APPEAR AS AN AGENDA ITEM HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH, NEXT MONTH.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
CONTINGENT UPON SOME FINDINGS FROM STAFF.
DO ANY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THESE ARE A COUPLE OF THE WATER SKIERS THAT WERE WITH US.
PAT MURPHY HERE LIVES ON THE RING STADIUM, SO HE SEES WHAT'S GOING ON EVERY DAY THERE.
HE'S LITERALLY ON PALELY WAY JUST ABOUT 50, 75 YARDS NORTH OF THE LAUNCH RAMP.
HE'S RIGHT ON PALE WAY AND HE SEES IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND I JUST LIVE A BLOCK AWAY AND I'M DOWN THERE ALL THE TIME AND I SEE IT MYSELF.
THAT'S WHY I WENT OUT RIGHT WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST TIME.
THAT'S WHEN I WENT OUT AND SPENT, UH, THREE HOURS.
I MET WITH JAY MOBIUS THE OTHER DAY AND HE JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, AND YOU THE WHAT JAY MOBIUS.
HE HAD THE MOGUL HOUSE, THE THREE STORY HOUSE ON UH, UH, APPIAN WAY.
SO I WENT OUT THERE AND SPENT TWO AND A HALF HOURS WHEN THEY WERE DOING IT.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS WAVES HITTING THE, IT WAS A WEIGHT COMING INTO THE BEACH THAT, I MEAN, MY KIDS COULD SURF THE WAVES COMING INTO THE BEACH, THE BIGGER COMING IN.
SO BE KNOWN, WE ARE HEARING YOU ON THAT AND WE, WE ACTIVELY ARE WORKING THAT ONE.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING STAFF COMMISSIONER MORENO ENCOURAGED STAFF AT THE LAST MEETING AS WELL, SO.
THEN WE HAVE THE, UM, WE HAD A CALL FOR THE QUESTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THAT.
UM, MANAGER'S ORAL MONTHLY REPORTS RECEIVED.
OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY.
ONTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO RECEIVE AND FILE OUR COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT MOVE.
ONE OF THEM WOULD BE OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WHERE COMMISSIONER MORENO WAS VERY PERSISTENT ABOUT, UM, ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF MARINE STADIUM.
UH, AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'RE, UM, ANTICIPATING TO PUT IN FUTURE, UM, AGENDAS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE EXECUTIVE MEETING? NO, I I THINK ONE THING WE BROUGHT UP TOO IS BECAUSE OF THE OLYMPICS COMING HERE AND BEING MORE AWARE AND BEING, UH, MORE COMMUNICATION TO OUR MAYOR, AND OUR MAYOR HAS ASSURED THAT HE IS GOING TO PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER IN REGARDS TO IT BECAUSE THIS IS ALL GONNA BE OCEAN.
UM, I, I WILL BRING UP, UH, AM I ALLOWED TO BRING SOMETHING UP THAT DID THIS? IF IT'S, IF WE, IF NO, IF IT WAS DISCUSSED, I CAN DO IT OPENLY.
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE A BROWNED BY.
UH, WAS ANYTHING ELSE AT OUR EXECUTIVE MEETING THAT YOU'D, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE? UM, THEN ON OTHER COMMITTEES, UM, WE DID HAVE A MARINE MAINTENANCE MEETING, UM, AT ONE 30 WE DID.
AND, UH, THAT WAS EVERYTHING THAT WAS STATED.
UM, SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THAT.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE BLUFF COMMITTEE? NOT AT THIS MOMENT.
AND NOTHING FROM TREES ON THE BAY THIS TIME.
WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER COMMITTEES THAT I'VE OVERLOOKED? NOPE.
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WE CAN MOVE.OH, ANY, ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OF THOSE COMMITTEES? YES, SIR.
UH, MY NAME'S PAT MURPHY DOWN THERE.
THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT HAVE SINCE COVID AND HAS HAPPENED BIG TIME.
I'VE NOTICED THE FISHERMEN HAVE STARTED TO SHOW UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STADIUM.
CLEARLY ON EVERY SIGN IT SAYS NO FISHING IN MARINE STADIUM, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, AND TO DO THIS BOTH, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROCK SIDE TO OUR SIDE ON THE SIDE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO RIGHT NOW IS THOSE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SO THE MARINE STADIUM THINGS, AND THEN IT GOES OUT OF THE, THE CORE OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THE FISHERMEN.
AND THEN THAT'S NOT GIVING EVERYONE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO IT.
AND THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL.
SO I CAN'T LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT I, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING WHEN THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU CAN BRING ANY OF THOSE ITEMS UP.
WE CAN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR SPEAK TO THEM.
BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, MR. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE WE'RE CLOSING OUT COMMITTEE REPORTS.
OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMISSIONER'S AD HOC COMMITTEE LETTER REGARDING ACCESS REPORT TO A POINT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST DESIGNATION IN THE DOWNTOWN TIDELANDS AREA.
AND, UH, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL THOSE WHO PUT THAT LETTER TOGETHER AND I KNOW IT WAS, UH, UH, TODD, OUR DIRECTOR, HAS, UH, SENT IT OUT, UM, AND LOOKED AT IT.
I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT START TO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN THIS CITY.
GORDON, DO YOU WANNA TELL US WHAT, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LETTER AND A LITTLE MORE OF THE BACKSTORY? YES.
AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO MY, UH, APPRECIATION FOR, UH, UH, COMMUNICATING THE PROTOCOLS WITH RESPECT TO AN ADVISORY COMMISSION SUCH AS OURSELVES AND OUR ABILITY TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.
UM, AND, UH, UH, VOLUNTEERING, SHALL WE SAY, FOR MORE OF A ROLE AS IN THIS CASE.
UH, AND, AND PUTTING OURSELVES OUT THERE TO BE INVOLVED WITH, UM, THE, UH, STORE POINT OF INTEREST.
AND FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, UM, LONG BEACH WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST, UH, UH, SURFING AND PADDLEBOARD COMPETITION IN 1938.
IT WAS AT OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BEACH.
UH, AND WITHIN THE PHYSICAL AREA OF THE MARINE BUREAU.
AND A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION BY A NONPROFIT WHO, THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WAS ABLE TO, UH, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON A PROJECT AND OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS A HISTORIC POINT OF INTEREST, UH, FOR THE 1938 SERVING COMPETITION IN LONG BEACH.
WHO KNEW? UM, AND SO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AT THAT TIME DETERMINED THAT WE COULD, UM, THAT WE HAD ENOUGH INTEREST TO WORK WITH THE NONPROFIT SEA OF CLOUDS AND A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT AND OUR CITY STAFF AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO MOVE AHEAD AND, AND WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE MEETING AS A, YOU KNOW, AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE.
BUT WHAT COULD THE FUTURE HOLD WITH RESPECT TO, UH, COMMEMORATING THIS HISTORIC POINT OF INTEREST IN OUR DOWNTOWN MARINA? COULD THAT BE A PLAQUE? COULD THAT BE A MURAL? COULD THAT BE SOME SPECIAL EVENT? UM, UH, AND THE NOTION THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH INTEREST ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSIONERS HERE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS.
SO THIS HAS NOW LED TO THIS LETTER, WHICH THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION WILL BE SENDING OFF TO, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND OTHERS TO EXPRESS OUR INTEREST IN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, UM, AND, AND GETTING INVOLVED.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE TO ADD THE WORD AND SIGN? UM, I
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WOULD, YES.I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AND THEN WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT MOTION HAS NO OBJECTION.
THAT WILL, UM, IN THE LETTER THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN THE PACKET THEN.
UM, SO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE WOULD THEN BE TO RECOMMEND TO RECEIVE FILE AND SIGN THE COMMITTEE LETTER YES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION AND FURTHER TO OUR NEXT STEPS, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE PART OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS THAT WE WOULD BE PLANNING A MEETING OF THAT COMMITTEE SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND, UH, WITH MARINE BUREAU STAFF REACH OUT TO THE APPROPRIATE MEMBERS IN PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHO NOW HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY, HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE THIS WITHIN THE CITY STRUCTURE.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO ALSO, UM, UH, ADVISE YOU ALL THAT.
UH, BRYCE LECY, WHO IS OUR LOCAL HISTORIAN, IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR AD HOC COMMISSION, UH, COMMITTEE FROM THIS COMMISSION TO BRING HIS IDEAS.
HE WAS THE KEY, UH, PRINCIPLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HISTORICAL GREAT.
SO HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN MEETING ALL OF YOU AND HAS A BUNCH OF IDEAS.
HE'S A TECH GUY, YOU KNOW, AND HE KNOWS MEDIA, INTERNET, QR CODES.
UM, HE'S VERY, VERY INVESTED IN THIS.
AND TELL US GREAT INTEREST IN WORKING WITH US.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR? OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR HAVING THAT.
SO READY? DID YOU MOVE? BUT I DON'T WANNA USE A BLUE PEN.
CAN WE ASK ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, OPEN QUESTIONS OR IS THAT, THAT'S A BROWN VIOLATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA AND SOMEBODY THAT WOULD WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM BETTER.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR ACTION ITEMS. UM, OUR EXECUTIVE NEXT EXECUTIVE MEETING IS ON, ON SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE, UM, ALAMEDAS BAY OFFICE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A TIDELAND CAPITAL PROJECTS MEETING ON THE 12TH HERE AT ONE 30.
AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AT TWO 30 AT THE CLUB PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M GETTING ON THAT THROUGH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NOW'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS US ON ANY ITEMS THAT WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA, BUT AS A REMINDER, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND TO THEM BECAUSE OF THE BROWN ACT LIMITATIONS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SIR? UH, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, SHERIFF.
I LIVE IN THE SPIRIT BAY COMMUNITY IN MY BACKYARD FRONTS ON BOATHOUSE LANE AND MARINE STADIUM.
SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN SPIRIT BAY.
BUT I'M HERE AS A HOMEOWNER, BUT ALSO HERE TO REPRESENT A RECENTLY FORMED COALITION THAT WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE MARINE STADIUM OLYMPICS RESIDENTIAL INTEREST COALITION.
I'M HERE AT THE GREEN AT YOUR, AT YOUR MEETING BECAUSE YOU LISTEN AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE HAVE FORMED THIS COALITION OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS, COMMUNITIES, AND HOMEOWNERS.
SO MARINE STADIUM, AS I KIND OF HEARD PERIODICALLY FROM DIFFERENT COURTS IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTED BY THE 2028 EVENTS, GROWING EVENTS IN THE RE STADIUM.
UM, MANY RESIDENTS, I HAVE TO SAY POSITIVELY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHY AS RESIDENTS WE WERE NEVER CONSIDERED OR EVEN CONSULTED, LET ALONE AS TO BEFORE.
THE STADIUM WAS COMMITTED BY THE CITY, UH, TO BE THE ROMAN VENUE IN 2028.
I HAVE READ THROUGH VARIOUS, UH, LETTERS AND ARTICLES ABOUT THAT.
MOON STADIUM WAS PUSHED AS A ROW VENUE FOR 2028 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE, IN 1932 AND THAT WAS VERY NICE.
AND THERE IS A PLAQUE STADIUM WHICH TALKS ABOUT THAT.
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HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT 1932, I'M SORRY.AS I'VE LOOKED AT PICTURES OF THE EVENTS OF 1932 AND THE ONLY THING THAT EXISTED IN THIS ENTIRE AREA WERE OIL FIELDS AND VACANT LAND WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PARKED THEIR 1932 CARS SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THE EVENTS.
THE NUMBERS DIFFER, BUT BASICALLY EVERYBODY HAS AGREED THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE ROWING EVENTS IN 1932.
TODAY, OF COURSE, WE HAVE HOMES SUCH AS MINE AND APPARENTLY OTHERS HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT LITERALLY THESE EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE IN OUR BACKYARDS.
OKAY? WE DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE THE
I MEAN, WE KNOW WHERE THE EVENTS ARE GONNA BE 'CAUSE THERE'S WATER THERE, OF COURSE.
BUT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING RIGHT WHERE WE LIVE.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER HOMES IN THE GENERAL AREA.
UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN AS FAR AS COLORADO AND, UH, ELLIOT AND BELLFLOWER AND ORANGE DRIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE WERE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THESE EVENTS.
NOW OVER THE YEARS, OLYMPICS DEALING WITH ISSUES IS A CHALLENGE.
HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE OLYMPIC EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HELD DURING THE STADIUM ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF ISSUES.
BECAUSE WE ARE HOLDING THESE EVENTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ACCESS TO OUR HOMES, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER SPEED BAY DRIVE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC STREET, WHETHER THERE ARE GONNA BE HUNDREDS OF BUSES GOING RACK AND BACK AND FORTH AND LETTING PEOPLE OFF AND PICKING THEM UP AFTER THE EVENTS ARE GONE.
SO THERE IS A LOT THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON THAT IMPACTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YET WE HAVE UNTIL THIS POINT NEVER BEEN CONTACTED TO HAVE ANY SAY IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AT LEAST BRING THIS ISSUE, THESE ISSUES UP TO YOU SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO US AND WE CAN BE PREPARED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS AND PLANNING THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND AVOID ISSUES LIKE VANDALISM, TRASH, NOISE, AND MANY, MANY OTHER ISSUES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COOPERATING WITH THE CITY, WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TALK TO US, AND SOME WHO WON'T WANT TO TALK TO US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME SAY IN THE PROCESS AND WE CAN MAKE THE OLYMPICS FUN FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOSTING THIS IN OUR BACKYARDS.
UM, BUT ANYHOW, THERE'S BEEN ABUNDANCE OF FISHERMEN COMING IN THERE NOW AND THEY'RE SLING THAT STUFF WAY OUT THERE.
UM, THAT'S A THING I'VE NOTICED.
MOTHER'S BEACH OVERFLOW ON THE HOT WEEKENDS.
WE GET IT UP AND DOWN THROUGH THERE NOW, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY IT POLITELY, BUT THOSE PEOPLE TEND TO LEAVE A LOT OF TRASH.
UH, I SWEPT OFF ONE BEER BOTTLE AND ONE WHISKEY BOTTLE THAT MISSED THE TRASH CAN ALREADY, UM, BACK TO FISHING AT THE WEST END, DOWN WHERE THE COLORADO LAGOONS GONNA ENTER AT THE TURNAROUND CLOSED END.
SOME WEEKENDS, I'VE JUST STARTED IT WATCHING THE GROVE.
THESE GUYS ARE CAMPING ON THE, I SHOULDN'T SAY CAMPING.
THEY'RE SETTING THEIR CHAIRS ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THEIR FISHING POLES AND YOU'VE GOTTA GO AROUND THE PARKING.
THERE ARE PARKED CARS TO MAKE IT AROUND.
IT'S NOT FUN ON A BICYCLE OR WITH YOUR GRANDKIDS.
AND THERE ARE NO FIVE MILE AN HOUR SIGNS PAST THE TOW GATE.
I DROVE IT TWO DAYS AGO ON MY BIKE AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S FOUR AT THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IF THEY COULD PUT A FEW OF THEM IN THERE, THAT KIND OF SLOW SOME OF THESE GUYS DOWN NOW, ESPECIALLY OVERFLOW FROM MOTHERS BEACH, THEY PAY THE 12 BUCKS COME IN AND THEY'RE HAULING BUTT DOWN TO THE OTHER END TO GET A PARKING SPOT.
AND WHILE I'M SPEAKING OF THAT, THE CAMPERS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THERE.
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE SAID SOMETHING TO 'EM, BUT THEY TAKE THE PRIME SPOTS AT THE END CLOSEST TO THAT LITTLE BEACH.
AND THESE GUYS THAT CAN'T BACK UP THE BOAT TRAILER PLAY,
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HELL TRYING TO GET TURNED AROUND THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PAST THE PARKING AREA CAMPING.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MR. I'VE GOT ONE LAST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TO YOU ABOUT THE SURFBOARD BOATS.
THEY ARE GETTING BANNED ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE THE DAMAGES THAT THEY'RE CAUSING, PRIMARILY LIKE DOCKS ON THE COLORADO RIVER, PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BOATS TIED UP IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES.
AND WITH THESE THREE AND FOUR FOOT WAKES ARE APPROACHING THEIR SHORELINE, IT'S JUST RAISING HAVOC.
BUT THESE SURFBOARD BOATS AREN'T BEING WELCOMED.
THEY'RE BEING BANNED FROM MANY, MANY WATER WASTES.
THIS ISN'T THE ONLY PLACE ALONG BETWEEN STADIUM THAT THEY'RE RAISING ALL CANE WITH.
IT'S ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THESE SURFBOARD BOATS ARE BEING BANNED, UH, DAILY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE SOME IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE REATING FOR OUR SAFETY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAIN.
UM, WHEN THE PATROL BOATS COME THROUGH THE TIP, THE SWIMMERS OUT AND THE ELECTRIC BOATS AND THE PADDLE BORDERS AND WHATNOT, I MEAN, THOSE GUYS DRIVING THE LIFEGUARD BOAT SEA, AND IF THEY COULD JUST GET ON THEIR BULLHORN LIKE THEY DO TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE, GET THE SWIMMERS OUT, ELECTRIC BOATS NOT ALLOWED, JUST SAY NO FISHING IN THERE, OR, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN THEIR COOLER CUP, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT NOT JUST OUT THE OPEN LIKE THAT.
AND THEY, THEY HAVE TO SEE IT WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING BY.
I ALWAYS WANT TO TALK, YOU KNOW, THAT.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND IT GIVES BRIAN US SOME SPIN BAY.
AND I'M ALSO BEEN WITH THE ROADING CENTER, SO I'M KIND OF OVER ON THAT SIDE OF THE WORLD AND I'M ON THE WATER.
I'M GONNA BE ON THE WATER IN ABOUT AN HOUR AS SOON AS I'M DONE HERE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT TO, TO LIVE HERE AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SO LUCKY TO LIVE HERE.
SO, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE GO LONG BEACH APP.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, OR LONG BEACH GO, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT I'VE USED THAT AND IT REALLY, REALLY WORKS.
SO WHEN WE SEE A INSTANCE THAT GRAFFITI ON OR ANYTHING GO TO THAT APP FOR SOME REASON THAT APP WORKS.
UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH SOME STREET LIGHTS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A WORTHWHILE THING.
SO I I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYBODY USES IT.
LLOYD, UH, YOU KNOW, TOLD US OF THAT.
THE ONE THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND, AND IT'S GONNA BE IN MY BACKYARD TOO, A LOT OF OUR BACKYARD.
SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
WE WANT THE OLYMPICS TO COME, BUT WE WANT, I READ EVERY DAY ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY OF THE, THE RIVER IN PARIS.
LET'S START WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUMPS EARLIER.
SOMEHOW WE NEED THOSE PUMPS A LOT MORE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED WITH OUR PANTS DOWN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW AND THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWING THAT OUR WATER QUALITY IS NOT, UH, WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
SO LET'S GET, LET'S GET ON IT AND LET'S NOT WAIT FOR, UM, SOMEBODY TO TELL US AND WE READ ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER.
SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK IS VERY, VERY KEEN.
UM, SO LET'S, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ADDRESS THAT AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
UM, HOPEFULLY I'M ENDING IT ON A REAL HAPPY NOTE.
I WANT EVERYBODY BELIEVE SMILING.
I GOT A SMILE OVER HERE, AT LEAST ONE.
ANY LAST COMMENTS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? UH, WE LOST SOMEONE WHO, UM, WOULD ATTEND A LOT OF OUR MEETINGS.
UH, CHRIS MACY, A KEY WATERMAN WHO DID A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, HE WORKED AT THE SEA SCOUT BASE.
UM, HE WORKED A BAR AS A CAPTAIN ON BOARD GRAND ROMANCE, WHO THIS COMMISSION'S HAD A LOT OF INTERACTIONS WITH, UH, THE BALBOA
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FERRY.AND, UH, HE DIED EX UH, UNEXPECTEDLY, UH, LAST FRIDAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO CLOSE IN HIS HONOR.