* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] . UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND APPEALS COMMITTEE AT 3:05 PM ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024. UH, WOULD YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? OH, SURE. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. JANICE MCMULLEN PRESENT AND, UH, COMMISSIONER REDFIELD? HERE. COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTONE PRESENT AND GLADYS KAISER. YEAH. AND STEVE IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A QUORUM. UH, YES. WE WILL NOW GO TO, UH, THE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PARKS OF RECREATION COMMISSION, FINANCES AND APPEAL COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 8TH, 2024. SO MOVED. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY, WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. UH, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS RECEIVED BETWEEN AUGUST 8TH AND SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. UM, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES, WE DO. COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE FIVE REQUESTS. UM, AND THESE, UM, GROUPS, SOME OF 'EM ARE FAMILIAR TO YOU. AND THE FIRST IS THE HMONG ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH. THEY'RE WISHING TO HOST THEIR HMONG NEW YEAR AT EL DORADO PARK EAST AND THE GOLDEN GROVE AREA, UM, AS WELL AS RECREATION PARK SOCIAL HALL. SO IT'S TWO SEPARATE EVENTS ON DECEMBER 14TH AND 15TH. THESE ARE COMMUNITY EVENTS. THEY'RE REQUESTING $2,960 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES TO BE WAIVED. UM, THERE ARE $900 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES. UM, ONE OF THEIR EVENTS IN THE EL DORADO EAST GOLDEN GROVE AREA IS IN THE REGIONAL PARK. THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE, UM, EXPECTED OR, UM, ESTIMATED GATE REVENUE, EXCUSE ME. UM, AND THEY EXPECT ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE NEXT ONE IS THE BLOCKHEAD BRIGADE ADVOCATES. UH, NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT. THEY'RE HOSTING AN EVENT AT, UM, THE OPEN SPACE IN MARINA VISTA PARK ON OCTOBER 12TH. IT IS PIT BULL APPRECIATION DAY, UM, OPEN COMMUNITY EVENT, $275 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED AND ZERO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES AND ABOUT 155 ESTIMATED IN ATTENDANCE. AND THE NEXT IS THE CHAAA KAMAI CULTURAL HERITAGE GROUP IS THEY'RE HOSTING THEIR, UM, ANNUAL, UM, KAMAI CULTURAL HERITAGE SHOW AT RECREATION PARK IN THE SOCIAL HALL ON OCTOBER 5TH. IT IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND THEIR $290 AND, UH, FACILITY PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED AND $300 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES AND 2 95 IN ATTENDANCE. CAN YOU FIT 2 95 AT, AT LITTLE RARE YOU CAN. IT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGER SOCIAL HALLS. OKAY. YES. UM, IF NOT THE BASE. OH, THEY'VE GOT THE, THE PATIO. YES, THE OUTDOOR. UM, AND THEN ON BEHALF OF ONE IN LONG BEACH, INC. THIS IS AN EVENING TO REMEMBER. IT IS A SENIOR PROM, UM, AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT ON OCTOBER 12TH, $700 OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED AND $720 IN, UM, UM, APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES. AND THEY EXPECT ABOUT 125 IN ATTENDANCE. AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS A NEW GROUP REQUESTING A FREE WAIVER. IT IS FREE TROOP BRAND LLC ON OCTOBER 19TH. THEY WANT TO HAVE A DAY OF WELLNESS COMMUNITY EVENT IN THE MARTIN LUTHER, UM, KING JUNIOR PARK, OPEN SPACE $685 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES TO BE REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. $360 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES AND ABOUT $120 AND EXPECTED ATTENDANCE. UH, COMMISSIONERS TOTAL FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED FOR THIS MONTH IS $5,185 IN TOTAL. DID I MISS SOMETHINGS IN PARK? ACTUALLY, APOLOGIZE. THIS IS WILL BE LOWER 'CAUSE IT'S MINUS 'CAUSE OF THAT. YEAH. SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, UM, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, UM, YOU RECEIVED THE REQUEST FOR PARTNERS OF PARKS TO BE ON THE AGENDA. UM, AND TODAY, UM, WE RECOGNIZE THE STAFF ERROR. UM, AND SO YOU WILL HAVE, UM, AS PART OF THE PACKET THAT GOES OUT TO COMMISSIONERS, THE PARTNERS OF PARK REQUEST WILL BE REMOVED FROM FEE WAIVERS BECAUSE OUR DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE FEE WAIVERS IN THE TIDELANDS AREA. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. SO THIS, UH, WE WILL WORK WITH THE GROUP, UM, AND TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THEIR FEE REQUESTS IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. SO FREE TRUE BRAND, I'M ASSUMING, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S AN LLC, THEY'RE A NON-PROFIT, THEY'RE A NON-PROFIT. THEY'RE, IF THEY WERE A FOR-PROFIT, THEY COULDN'T GET A FEE WAIVER. RIGHT. UM, YEAH, SO THE, UH, THE STAFF CHECKS ON THAT. SO THIS IS A RE UM, THE CREST IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LVP ORGANIZATION AS PART OF THEIR SUMMER ACTIVATION, [00:05:02] UM, INITIATIVE. AWAI PARK FEES WILL ALLOW THEM TO ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCES TO OVERALL EVENT, UM, VERSUS PAYING FOR, UM, STAFF, UM, FEES. OKAY. GOOD PEACE ORGANIZATION THERE. SO THE, THE PERSON REQUESTING THE FEE WAIVER IS FREE AND TRUE BRAND. UM, BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE LB PEACE ORGANIZATION. THEY'RE AN ASSOCIATION WITH THEM TO CONDUCT THIS WELLNESS EVENT. GOT IT. AND UH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT, UH, CAMBODIAN EVENT IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE AT REC PARK? UM, YES. LET ME PULL THEIR INFORMATION. THANK YOU. SO, UM, THE EVENT IS, UM, AT REC PARK THEY REQUESTED THE USE OF THE FACILITY FROM EIGHT TO FIVE. UM, SO I'M GUESSING FOR SETUP AND CLEANUP TO BE INCLUDED. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN ON THE, THE SECONDARY EVENT IS USING THE SOCIAL HALL ON THE 14TH. SO THEY'RE USING THE SOCIAL HALL ON THE 14TH AND THEN THE PARK ON THE 15TH. AND THAT EVENT, THEIR REQUESTED TIME FOR USE IS 4:00 PM TO 12:00 AM AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR SET INCLUDES SETUP AND CLEANUP. THANK YOU. AND I AM HAPPY TO UNDERSTAND THAT TIME, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING ABOUT THE KAME KAMAI CULTURAL HERITAGE AT ONE. OH MY APOLOGIES. THAT'S WHAT DO I ITEM THREE, THE KAMAI CULTURAL EVENT. MM-HMM. IT IS. THEY'VE REQUESTED THE FACILITY TO BE USED BETWEEN 12, I'M SORRY, 2:00 PM AND 7:00 PM AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, INCLUSIVE OF SETUP AND CLEANUP. GOT IT. THANK YOU. OUR CULTURAL AND OUR CULTURAL AND THEY BLENDED IN MY BRAIN. . OKAY. UM, SO LET'S GO HERE. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M GOOD. OKAY. UM, FROM STAFF, PUBLIC. PUBLIC. OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE ADD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. ALL THOSE FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. STAY COOL. AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. ALRIGHT, THANKS. THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. RECOMMENDATION, RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING DAMAGE, LOSS IN THEFT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT'S OF DEPARTMENT EXPECTATION. MARINE. UH, DO I HAVE A, CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED AND I'LL SECOND, UM, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, THE UH, ASSET LOSS REPORT TOTAL IS $22,016 AND 66 CENTS. UM, IT DOES SEEM HIGH. A LARGE PIECE OF THAT IS, UH, 16,000 OF THAT IS FROM ONE, UH, INCIDENT THAT ICK FIELD AND TRYING TO FIND IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS SOME COPPER WIRING THAT WAS STOLEN. UM, SO THAT WAS MOST OF THAT AMOUNT. AND THEN EVEN FOR COPPER WIRE, THAT'S A LOT. DID THEY LIKE KNOCK OVER AN ENTIRE POLE OR SOMETHING, DO YOU KNOW? NO, I THINK THEY BROKE INTO SOMETHING. OH. INTO LIKE A, A BIG, NOT JUST A LITTLE THING ON THE, ON A POLE WITH THE WHOLE, SO IT'S REPAIRING THE DESTRUCTION AS WELL AS REPLACING. REPLACING AND PROBABLY A BIG LIKE HOLDING VAULT OR SOMETHING. FIVE. PAGE ONE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE PRINTED TWO HERE. IT'S ALL RIGHT. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A FEW OTHER, YOU KNOW, SMALLER ITEMS AS WELL, COVERING THE OTHER, UM, ABOUT 4,600, WHICH WERE, UH, MOSTLY LABOR CLOTHS DUE TO REPAIRING THINGS LIKE BOX. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY TRIED TO BREAK INTO THE SENIOR CENTER AND SO THEY HAD TO FIX SOMETHING THERE. UM, DOOR, UH, SOMEBODY'S A SWING WAS MISSING AT A PARK. SO, UM, MOSTLY SMALLER THINGS LIKE THAT. DOES THAT COMPARE WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR? I CAN'T REMEMBER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BUT I KNOW MOST OF THE YEAR WE'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD ALL THE LAST YEAR. I THINK LAST YEAR STILL HAD TECHNICALLY ABNORMAL KIDS. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS WAY OUT OF LINE. PLUS THE STATUTE. YEAH. YEAH. SO, BUT I THINK FOR THIS MONTH THAT THE, THE ONE INCIDENT WAS, THAT'S NOT BAD FOR SUMMER. YEAH, IT MUST HAVE BEEN BEFORE IT GOT POPPED. . SO, UM, THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THE ASSET LOSS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD. OKAY. FROM STAFF, FROM THE PUBLIC. EVERYBODY'S HERE. UH, HAVE A HEARING. NONE. WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. ALTHOUGH I FAVOR [00:10:01] SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE CAN NOW GO UP TO OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. I WILL SECOND. AND DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? YES, WE DO. UM, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE GENERAL FUND REPORT. UM, SO AS OF AUGUST 31ST, THAT'S ABOUT 92% THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. UM, OUR EXPENDITURES RIGHT NOW ARE SITTING ABOUT 83%, WHICH IS VERY GOOD. BUT WE KNOW A LOT OF THINGS HIT AT THAT VERY LAST MONTH. EVERYONE SENDS THEIR BILLS IN, UM, REVENUE'S LOOKING VERY GOOD. WE'RE ALREADY TRENDING AT 99%. WOW. OUR BUDGETED REVENUE, UM, BOTH UP FROM LAST YEAR, BOTH EXPENSE AND REVENUE. UM, SO LET SEE, WATER. UM, WE HAD A NICE YEAR OF RAIN, SO OUR WATER EXPENDITURES ARE ONLY AT 70% OF OUR BUDGET AS OF AUGUST 31ST. SO, AND IF WE DON'T USE ALL OF THAT, APPROPRIATED MONEY ON WATER. MM-HMM, WE COULD USE IT. YOU COULD USE IT ELSEWHERE IN THE DEPARTMENT? UM, YES. IN THEORY. UM, IN THE, IN THE SAME FUND BECAUSE IT IS STRUCTURALLY FUNDED NOW. OKAY. UM, NOT A ONE TIME. AND THEN LBRA, WHICH IS THE RECOVERY ACT MONEY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS USUALLY HEAR ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT 91% OF OUR ALLOCATION. SO, AND THAT CLOSES? ALL OF THAT GOES AWAY. YEAH. SOME PROGRAMS ARE CONTINUING. YEAH, I SAW THAT. BUT I SAW THAT NOT OUR, SO OVERALL WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE BUDGET. YES. WE HAD EVERYTHING WE EXPECTED. AND DID, I THOUGHT I READ THEY ADDED ONE OR TWO YOUTH PROGRAMS. WOULD THAT BE THROUGH US OR THROUGH HEALTH? FOR 25 OR FOR THIS? YEAH, FOR 25. UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM WENT TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. OKAY. UM, THERE WAS AN AD FOR, UM, IT WASN'T BE SAFEMENT, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE. SOME OTHER PROGRAMS NOT BE SAFE. A SAFE PASSAGE. YEAH. AND ANOTHER ONE, UM, SOMETIMES HEALTH WILL WORK WITH US AND ALLOCATE US FUNDS, BUT THE BIG ONE WE GOT ON ADOPTION NIGHT WAS 300,000 FOR, UM, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND ILLEGAL DUMPING. UM, A ONE TIME FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR, FOR OUR PARKS. AND IS GUMBY BACK OPEN? I BELIEVE WE WERE GOING TO COMPLETELY CLOSE THAT DOWN. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. I LAST, I SAW IT WAS STILL FENCED OFF, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF YOU COULD JUST HAVE, I GUESS FROM WHAT BRENT, UH, I'LL ASK HIM TO JUST UPDATE US ON THAT AT THE MEETING. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT. WHAT WAS THE OTHER, OH, THE LOSS REPORT. JUST THE COMPARISON. YEAH. THAT, THAT'S NO PROBLEM. AND THAT'S, UM, CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON THE GENERAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, COURT BEING HEARD. ARE THERE ANY, UH, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD. OKAY. ANY FROM THE STAFF OR FROM THE PUBLIC? HEARING? NONE. UM, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. UH, AND I, UM, HERE, UH, I ALL, ALL IN FAVOR. ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU . AYE. AYE. OKAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FINANCE AND APPEALS COMMITTEE ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER'S LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS ON EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I'M GOOD. OKAY. THEN WE WILL CALL THE MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND APPEALS COMMITTEE COMPLETED AT 3:19 PM VERY EFFICIENT. * 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.