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BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT IN, UH, A ROLL CALL IF YOU COULD PLEASE.UH, ARE THOSE COMMISSIONERS, UH, DID THEY MAKE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF NOT BEING HERE? COMMISSIONER ANI LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOT, THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER ME SAID THEY WOULD, UM, THEY MAY BE LATE.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A WORD YET, BUT WE'LL SEE.
NO, I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY COMING IN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMEONE COMING IN THOUGH.
UH, APOLOGIES FOR, UH, LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UH, THE SUDDEN, UH, CANCELLATION OF THAT.
UH, UM, AND I'LL JUST, UH, LET Y'ALL KNOW I WAS, UH, THE DAY BEFORE THAT, UH, I WAS IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, UH, SO I REALLY WASN'T, UH, UH, AWAY TO COME TO A MEETING.
SO, UH, WE DISCUSSED IT, UH, AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
IT WOULD BE BEST TO JUST PUSH, UH, THROUGH TO THIS MONTH, UH, CHAIR'S REPORT KIND OF BRIEFLY.
UM, WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON THE COMMISSION.
UH, AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, JUST BRIEFLY THANK DEBORAH CASTRO AND DAVID LINK FOR, UH, GIVING US YOUR TIME.
UH, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, UH, EASY TO COME TO EVERY MEETING, UH, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY.
UH, I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UH, DEBORAH BEFORE THE MEETING, AND I, I LET HER KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, HI, HOW ARE YOU? SEE YOU, UH, JODI MADE IS IN IT HOUSE.
UM, EARLY ON, IT WAS, UH, UH, IMPRESSED UPON ME THAT, THAT WHAT THIS COMMISSION DOES, UH, WE, WE RECOMMENDED TO CITY COUNCIL.
UH, CERTAIN THINGS AND THE THINGS THAT WE RECOMMEND ARE REALLY QUALITY LIFE PROJECTS AND, AND CONCERN AND ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THINGS THAT I'M SO PROUD THAT THIS COMMISSION DOES, UH, IS SAFETY.
UH, WE PROVIDE SECURITY, UH, WHICH IS AN AUGMENTATION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, THAT HAS PROVEN, UH, OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND WE ALSO PROVIDE, UH, DAILY CLEANING SERVICE.
UH, AND IF THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, UH, THE CITY WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, CLEAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BUT NOT AS INTENTLY AND NOT, UH, AS FOCUSED AS, UH, WE DO WITH CONSERVATION CORPS.
AND THAT SERVICE PROVIDES A WONDERFUL AUGMENTATION, AND IT KEEPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PRETTY CLEAN.
SO THOSE TWO, UH, THOSE TWO SERVICES, UH, MAKE UP ALMOST 60% OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING.
AND THAT IS DIRECTLY QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS SHARE THAT PHILOSOPHY AS WELL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE COMMISSION.
UH, APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, UH, IN TIME.
UH, THE SIGN, THE GATEWAY SIGN, UH, IS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS MONTH.
UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH.
IT, IT'S IN, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN, UH, OFFICES AT THE CITY.
UH, THEY'RE GOING OVER SOME FINAL NUANCES, SO WE'LL GET A REPORT ON THAT.
UH, AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, METER RATES GO UP TO $2 AN HOUR, UH, IN THE DISTRICT.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, KEEPING PACE WITH, UH, INFLATION AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, WHICH, UH, COST MORE QUARTER OVER QUARTER.
UH, SO WE'RE FORCED TO FIND WAYS TO KEEP PACE WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO COST WISE.
SO, OCTOBER 1ST, THE METER RATE IS GOING TO BE TWO HOURS OR $2 AN HOUR FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND, UH, LASTLY, UM, I I'M GOING TO PROPOSE FOR NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA A DISCUSSION, UH, UH, RELATIVE TO INCREASING HOURS OF METERS.
UH, SO INSTEAD OF STOPPING AT 7:00 PM UH, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, UH, A DISCUSSION TO EXPAND METER HOURS TO 9:00 PM UH, WHICH WOULD, UH, UH, ALLOW US TO BRING IN MORE REVENUE, UH, IN WHAT I FEEL IS A PAINLESS WAY.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UH, THINK ABOUT AND, UH, HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION, UH, ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
ITEM ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MINUTES FOR THE BELMONT SHORT PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JULY 18TH.
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AND A SECOND, PLEASE.MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY MEETING.
UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM CHAIR OR, UH, COMMISSION'S? COMMENTS? UH, NEED A VOTE PLEASE TO, YES.
UH, AND WE'RE OFF TO THE REST OF GUYS.
ITEM TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE, UH, THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC WORKS FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, DISCUSSING REVENUES DURING THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST, 2024 IN AUGUST OF 31, 20 24.
WHEN WE GO TO STAFF FOR THAT, CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FINANCIAL REPORT? SECOND, PLEASE.
JULY REVENUE WAS UP 12% COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WHILE THE YEAR TO DATE REVENUE IS UP 11%.
UH, LET'S ALLOW, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
LET'S ALLOW COMMISSIONERS TO GET TO THAT PAGE IN THE PACKET WE'LL FIND MIDWAY THROUGH.
JULY REVENUE WAS UP 12% COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WHILE YEAR TO DATE, REVENUE IS UP 11% FOR SLASH FISCAL YEAR.
THE FUND BALANCE FOR JULY WAS 732,425 AND 15 CENTS FOR AUGUST REVENUE.
THE AUGUST REVENUE IS UNDERSTATED IN THIS, IN THIS REPORT DUE TO OUR FINANCIAL, UH, MONTH NOT CLOSING IMMEDIATELY.
SO WE HAD A DELAY AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT CAME IN AUGUST.
REVENUE IS NOW 130 OR 103,722 AND 10 CENTS.
THAT IS UP 6% THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WHILE YEAR TO DATE, REVENUE FOR AUGUST IS UP 11% TOTAL FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS NOW $796,970 AND 22 CENTS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THOSE NUMBERS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON BUDGET ITEMS AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE A MOTION.
UH, OR WE NEED VOTE PLEASE FOR ITEM TWO TO RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
A, UH, ITEM THREE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE FILED ALL THESE TRANSIT EMPLOYED BUS PASS PROGRAM STATUS FOR JULY 20, 24 AND AUGUST, UH, 2024.
THOSE ITEMS ARE IN YOUR PACKET JUST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE BUDGET NUMBERS.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT.
AND, UH, SO JULY'S NUMBERS, WE HAD 153 WRITERS AND 4,907 FORTIES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
I'M GONNA BE MOVING OVER TO AUGUST.
IN AUGUST, WE HAD 160 RIDERS AND 5,331 S FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
OH, THAT'S FOR, WE HAVE A YEAR OVER YEAR, BRIAN.
FOR AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD 72 RIDERS, AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 160.
OH, HERE WE'RE, WE'RE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN FOR BOARDINGS AS WELL.
LAST YEAR IN AUGUST, WE HAD 2,502.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE HAVE 5,331.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE JUMPING OUT, UH, A RECAP FOR, UH, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE JOINING US, THIS PROGRAM, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, UH, IT COMES TO US BUDGETED THROUGH A, A SPECIAL, UH, BOND THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED YEARS AGO.
AND THE ANNUAL, WE SPEND UP TO HUNDRED $20,000 A YEAR ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT MONEY, UH, IS USED BY US FOR OTHER THINGS IS SPECIFIC TO THIS.
IF WE DON'T SPEND IT, IT DOES NOT GET SPENT.
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UH, THE MONEY, BUT THE FUNDING IS EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT.UM, WE PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, UH, TO GET THIS INTO THE ETHER TO GET THESE NUMBERS UP.
UH, BECAUSE THE NET RESULT OF THAT IS LESS FAR SHORE, MORE PARKING AVAILABLE FOR VISITORS, UH, MORE PARKING AVAILABLE, OR, UM, RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, VERY FEW COMMUNITIES OFFER, UH, A 100% IF YOU WANNA RIDE THE BUS, IT'S FREE, UH, IF YOU HAVE THIS BUS PASS.
AND, UH, SO IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
WE'RE STRUGGLING TO GET THIS, UH, UH, STILL THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW.
SO TRY TO CONTINUE WITH THAT, UH, MESSAGING THROUGHOUT.
ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THIS? SO DOES LOOK LIKE THE NUMBER SYSTEM ON THAT, IS THERE SIGNIFICANT? IS THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE PUSH? I, I, I THINK IT'S SEASONAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE STORIES AND THE, WE'VE HAD PRESS TELEGRAM STORIES.
UH, WE'VE MENTIONED IT AT BSBA MEETINGS.
IT'S MENTIONED IN FRIENDS BELMONT SHORE.
UM, IT COULD BE MENTIONED MORE PUSH MORE, PUSH IT ELSE.
UM, BUT THE OVERALL TRACTION, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE OF PEOPLE THAT WORK I SHORE, UH, EVEN OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALITY.
UH, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS A, A MERE FRACTION OF WHAT COULD AVAIL THEMSELVES IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND I THINK HERE WE, IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO GET THE MESSAGING OUT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS AND, UH, THOUGHTS ON HOW TO DO THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO IT.
UM, BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO HAVE THOUGHTS.
UM, SO YES, JUST A COMMENT TO, UM, HEATHER FROM THE BSBA FOR, SHE TALKS ABOUT THE PROGRAM A LOT TO GET THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO JUMP IN AND THANKS TO YOU AND ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS FOR DOING IT.
I MEAN, THE TRACTION WE SEE IS, IS, IT IS NICE TO SEE IT, BUT I MEAN, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES IN SHORE.
UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY EVEN RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW, UH, THAT THIS PROGRAM EXISTS.
SO IT'S A, IT IS A CONSTANT, UH, STRUGGLE TO GET THE MESSAGING OUT.
AND IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND, UH, THE NET RESULT IS, IS THE NET RESULT.
IF, IF SOMEBODY RIDES A BUS INSTEAD OF DRIVING THEIR CAR, THAT'S ONE MORE PARKING SPACE.
JUST LOOKING AT WHERE THE PEAKS ARE, YOU KNOW, OF WHICH BUSINESSES TEND TO HAVE MORE, UH, RIDERSHIP.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO A LITTLE MORE ANALYSIS.
AND WHEN YOU BREAK OUT THE, THE TOP ONES TO SEE WHAT ARE THE PATTERNS THERE OR WHY ARE THEY USING MORE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE
UM, POTENTIALLY DO SOME ADVERTISING TOO.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE GRANTED, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT WRITING A PERMANENT AD.
UM, SOME, SOMETIMES SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, PERHAPS WE CAN, WE CAN ASK THE BSBA TO SHOWCASE THE TOP THREE OR FOUR, UH, EACH MONTH AND HAVE THEM REPORT A, BSBA, UH, HOW THEY ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS THAT THEY HAVE WITH IT AND SHARE THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUS PASS PROGRAM? YES.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THERE ARE.
I'M THE SHORE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE, UH, COMMISSION IS AWARE THE BUS COMPANY SCHEDULE IS SUCH THAT THEY START ABOUT SIX IN THE MORNING AND GO UNTIL MAYBE 11, 11 30.
SO THE PLACES THAT ARE OPENING FOR BREAKFAST, EMPLOYEES REALLY CAN'T USE THAT.
AND THEN EMPLOYEES FOR THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT STAY LATE, IT'S TOO LATE FOR THEM.
SO YOU DO HAVE A DISCONNECT THERE BETWEEN AN OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A RELEVANT COMMENT.
AND I, I, I THINK WE, WE CAN PROBABLY START BY ASKING, UH, IF THE CITY HAS THOSE ANALYTICS OR THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S OFFICE HAS THOSE ANALYTICS ON NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES,
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MAYBE WE COULD WORK WITH, UH, TRANSIT, UH, AND SEE IF WE CAN CRAFT A MORE USER FRIENDLY, UH, BUS SCHEDULE, UH, THAT ATTEND TO, UH, EARLY AM SHIFTS AND LATER PM SHIFTS.I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
UH, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, WITH THAT, WE NEED A, A VOTE PLEASE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS REPORT? AYE.
UH, ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE STATUS UPDATE ON CONSERVATION FOR LONG BEACH'S WORK IN THE MONT SHORE AREA, UH, INCLUDING RESPONSES TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR JULY 24 AND AUGUST 24.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
IT'S, UH, UM, WELL, WE'LL NEED A MOTION AND A AND A SECOND.
OH, WE NEED, YES, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
THIS IS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING A LITTLE BIT OF A TWEAKING PROTOCOL, SO YOU HAVE TO HIT ME OVER THE HEAD A COUPLE TIMES.
UH, SO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.
WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S JUST MAINLY FOR, FOR SOMEONE FROM CONSERVATION COURT TO, UM, LET EVERYONE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT HAS, WHAT KIND OF ISSUES HAVE COME UP, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IN TERMS OF JULY AND, AND AUGUST.
IT'S NOT, NOT MEANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY EVERY KIND OF RESPONSE TO REQUEST, BUT JUST MAINLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
IT'S MAINLY MEANT TO BE A STATUS UPDATE.
IS THERE SOMEONE FROM CONSERVATION COURT HERE? YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FROM CONSERVATION COURT TODAY.
UH, WELL, OF COURSE I KNOW HERE, BUT I, I NEED, I NEED TO SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS.
I'VE ALSO INVOLVED INVITED LOU AND POEY, WHO'S ONE OF MY LEAD SUPERVISORS TO GIVE A FIELD PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON THE SHORE.
UM, MY COUNTERPART WAS ABLE, WAS NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE MEETING, SO I'M ALSO GONNA REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE MEETINGS AS WELL, WHERE THE MEETINGS WERE.
UM, DURING JULY AND AUGUST, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE LITTER AND WHEAT ABATEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRIMMING OF THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION OVER THE, UM, THE CURB, UM, THE REMOVAL OF THE, UH, THE FAN PALM SEEDLINGS, AND THEN THE REMOVAL OF THE DEAD PLANTS.
UM, FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, THEY COLLECTED, UM, 15 BAGS OF, UM, OF, UM, GREEN WASTES.
AND THEN DURING AUGUST, THEY COLLECTED 33 BAGS OF, UM, GREEN WASTE AND LITTER, UM, MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR DUTIES, THEY PLAN ON ALSO REPLACING THE MULCH IN THE MEETINGS AND ALSO REPLACING ANY DEAD PLANTS THAT THEY RUN ACROSS.
SO THAT'S SORT OF GONNA BE THE FOCUS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, UM, DURING THE, THE CLEANUP FOR THE MONTH OF, UM, JULY, THAT'S JUST A GENERAL COLLECTION OF THE BAGS ON THE SHORE.
UH, WE ENDED UP COLLECTING 1,352 BAGS IN THE MONTH OF JULY, AND THEN WE COLLECTED 1,415 BAGS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
SO, SO KIND OF JUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST.
UM, BUT WE ALSO, WE WERE CONTINUING TO ASSIST, UH, UM, THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WITH THE EVENT SUPPORT.
WE DID DO THE STROLLING SAVER AND THE CAR SHOWS, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UH, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A BIG BELLY AT OUR, UM, HEADQUARTERS.
UM, DURING THE PREVIOUS INSTALL, ONE IN FRONT OF RANCHES WAS INSTALLED IN INCORRECTLY AT THE, IN, AT THE, AT ONE OF THE, UM, ACTUALLY IN ONE OF THE PARKING SPOTS.
SO WHEN CARS WERE PARKING IN THAT SPOT, YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO QUITE GET OUT, SO I HAD TO REMOVE IT MYSELF.
UM, I'M WORKING WITH, UM, HEATHER TO ACTUALLY GET FOUR HOLES CONCRETE, UH, DRILLED INTO THE GROUND AT MAYBE ONE OF THE RED ZONES, RED ZONES, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PLACE IT IN A MORE SUITABLE LOCATION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UH, RUBEN, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON JUST HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GENERAL GOING ON OUT THERE.
UH, WE JUST DOING, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CREW OUT THERE.
UH, JUST THE BIG BELLIES TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE BIG BELLIES AND THE, UH, GUTTER SIDEWALKS AND THE SIDE STREETS.
ALSO, WE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE, UH, PARKING LOTS, UH, TRASH LITTER AND OVER, OVER
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AWESOME.WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, SO ON THE, THE REMOVAL OF, OF DEAD PLANTS AND THE REPLACING OF NEW MATERIAL, IS IT BALANCE? IS IT ONE THROUGH ONE? I BELIEVE YES.
AND WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH FERTILIZING AND, UH, BROKEN SPRINKLERS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS, UH, PLANTS WILL DIE, BUT IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT.
UH, FERTILIZING IS DONE AND THEN IT'S NEVER DONE AGAIN.
UH, A SPRINKLER WILL BREAK AND THEN IT'S NEVER REPAIRED, AND THAT'S HOW WE SLIDE BACK DOWN TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THE REDO.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE NATURAL QUESTIONS THAT, THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ASK ME.
SO I'M IN TURN ASKING, UH, THE CORE IF, IF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, IF THEY'RE BALANCED AND WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING ON TOP OF IT SO THAT WE DON'T SLIDE INTO DISREPAIR AGAIN.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ANSWER THESE, UH, AND WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RECURRING ISSUE THAT YOU GUYS SEE? SO THE, THE ASK IS, UM, AND WE'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE, OF COURSE, AND THEY CAN ASK THESE QUESTIONS.
UM, IT IS BEEN DOG WASTE, IT'S BEEN, UM, PEOPLE GETTING SICK.
UM, THOSE THINGS ARE ON, UH, THE LIST OF ARE WE, ARE THOSE REALLY DAILY ISSUES OR ARE WE KEEPING ON TOP OF THAT? BUT WHAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUES YOU GUYS RUN INTO? I KNOW FOR ONE, ONE OF THE CONSTANT THINGS WE'VE HAD TO TACKLE HAS BEEN, UM, ILLEGAL POSTINGS.
UM, THOSE WE GET, WE CONSTANTLY SEE, UM, ALSO GRAFFITI, GRAFFITI VALUES, GRAFFITI, THE POLL, UH, THE, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, NOW GRAFFITI.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ATTEND TO, OR, OR DO PEOPLE GO TO THE, TO THE GO LONG BEACH APP FOR THAT AND WAIT FOR, FOR CINDY TO, TO GET ON TOP OF THAT? SO FOR IT, WELL, IT DEPENDS LIKE ON THE, UM, THE LIGHT POSTS AND MAYBE THE NEWSPAPER RACKS, THE SMALLER ITEMS WE TAKE CARE OF.
BUT SAY FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY'RE ON A BUILDING OR IF THEY'RE LIKE A LARGE PIECES OF GRAFFITI, THEN, THEN RESIDENTS HAVE TO GO TO THE LONG BEACH SHOP.
SO, UH, THOSE THINGS POSTINGS AND, UH, THAT'S A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING, BUT THE OTHER THINGS NOT AS MUCH.
YOU, YOU SEE IT OF COURSE, BUT NOT AS FREQUENTLY AS OTHERS.
UH, SO WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL.
UH, HOW ABOUT OVERFLOWING? UH, GARBAGE, UH, OUT OF EITHER BIG DOGS ARE FULL OR, UH, THE FEW REMAINING, UH, RECEPTACLES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT HAPPENS, UH, UH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A, UH, CONCRETE TRASH TANK NEXT TO THE CLEANER WHERE IT WAS THE TRASH ITSELF WAS REMOVED BY, UH, THEIR HOMELESS OR SOMETHING, AND IT JUST STARTED THROWING TRASH WITHOUT A LINER IN IT.
SO, SO NOW IT BECOMES A PROCESS THAT WAS TRYING TO EMPTY THE WHOLE CONCRETE BY HAND.
SO IT'S, THAT'S CONSTANTLY LIKE A ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ELIMINATING THOSE TYPES OF GAR CANS AND GONNA STRICTLY BIG BELLIES.
UM, ANY, ANY OTHER ITEMS STANDING OUT FOR YOU? UM, NOTHING ELSE I CAN THINK OF.
WE'VE GOT SOME COMMISSIONERS WITH SOME, SOME QUESTIONS.
THE OVERFLOWING TRASH CAN, IS THAT, LIKE THE ONE AT THE END OF, UH, ST.
JOSEPH ON OCEAN? THEY DON'T DO, NO.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S CONSTANT PROBLEM, UH, IN MY END, THE WOODS.
SO, AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE IT'S LIKE THE, THE BIG SILVER TRASH CAN AND THEN, UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS OVERFLOWING, SO, BUT THAT IS, IT SEEMS LIKE A PROBLEM THAT COULD BE SOLVED SOMEHOW WITH A NEW DESIGN, BUT, OKAY.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT? ANY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TO, UH, THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE? WE NOTICE THAT SOME BUSINESSES, EITHER LIKE COFFEE PLACES OR YOGURT EVEN, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRASH HANDS INSIDE OR THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR, UH, CUSTOMERS, I DON'T KNOW, TO FILL
I THINK A NUMBER OF THE ONES THAT ARE OVER FULL MIGHT
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BE A PROBLEM.AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD SUGGEST THAT THEY WOULDN'T WEAR THEIR OWN TRASH CANS, BUT MAYBE THEY JUST WANT TO SAVE MONEY AND HAVE THE CITY GET RID OF 'EM.
THERE'S, I FEEL, OR THE YOGURT PLACE, AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST NEAR US, UH, OUR CONSTANTLY FULL.
AND SO THESE FOLKS CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THAT.
UH, THE, THE THOUGHT WOULD BE, UH, PEOPLE TAKE, UH, ITEMS TO GO AND THEY GO FOR A STROLL, WHETHER THEY'RE HAVING THEIR COFFEE OR THEIR, UH, ICE CREAM.
AND, UH, THEY DISPOSE OF IT WHERE THEY ARE INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO WHERE THEY PURCHASED IT, TO DISPOSE OF IT, UH, COMPLICATED, UH, TO SOME LEVEL, UH, LY NOTED.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, HEATHER, UM, HEATHER BELMONT SHORT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
I JUST, I RECOMMEND THAT THE COMMISSION TELL THE NEW COMMISSIONERS ABOUT BOUNDARIES AND DAY, THEIR SCHEDULE AND ALL OF THAT.
GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON THIS PROGRAM.
UH, JULIE NOTED, UM, THE FOOTPRINT FOR, UH, THE COMMISSION, UH, THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE, CORRECT? UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FOOTPRINT, UH, WITH US TODAY.
UH, THE SUGGESTION IS THAT, UH, YOU LOOK AT THAT FOOTPRINT, UH, KNOW WHERE, UM, UH, OUR, UH, CONCERN GOES, UH, UP TO WHAT STREETS, UH, CONSERVATION CORPS DOES, WHAT THEY DO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UH, THEY START AT, UH, OH SIX OH, WE NORMALLY OFFSITE OR WOULD SAY SEVEN 30.
SO SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING, AND IT TAKES 'EM, UH, A COUPLE, TWO, THREE HOURS, UH, TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SHORE.
UM, ATTENDING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL MATTERS OF DAILY ORDER SERVICE GARDENS ON THE STREET, UH, THEY EMPTY THE BIG BELLIES.
THEY DO MAINTENANCE ON THE BIG BELLIES.
THEY DO, UH, SOFT LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
UH, THEY DO BY CONTRACT, UH, DEEPER MAINTENANCE TO THE MEDIAN.
UM, THEY WILL DO LIGHT GRAFFITI REMOVAL, UH, AS STATED, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF LIGHT POSTINGS.
UM, THEY WORK, UH, VERY CLOSELY WITH THE BSBA.
THE BSBA MANAGES THE RELATIONSHIP ON BEHALF OF THE PARKING COMMISSION.
AND THE PARKING COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE FOR THIS PROGRAM, UH, WHICH HAS REMAINED STATIC FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, THE CONSERVATION CORPS, UH, HAS, UH, SEVERAL MEANINGFUL CONTRACTS IN THE CITY.
UH, THE, UH, MONT SHO IS JUST ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS, UH, BUT THEY ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TOTAL CONTRACT EXPOSURE IN THE CITY IS IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
UH, THEY PROVIDE SERVICES FROM NORTH LONG BEACH ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UM, AND IT'S A, IF THEY DIDN'T DO THE DAILY QUARTER SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE HERE, UH, WE'D HAVE TO AVAIL OURSELVES IN PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND, UH, WE DON'T WANT THINK ABOUT THAT.
I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THE BEST PRIORITY IS WHAT YOU DO FOR THE KIDS.
UH, SO THE EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THE, THE PEOPLE THAT COMPRISE OF THE, THE WORKFORCE FOR CONSERVATION CORPS ARE, UH, YOUTH UP TO MID TWENTIES, UH, FROM NOT JUST LONG BEACH, BUT THE REGION, UH, THESE ARE OFTENTIMES FIRST JOBS FOR THEM.
UH, IT'S A STEPPING STONE POSITION.
IT'S NOT COMMUNITY SERVICE, IT'S NOT COURT MANDATED SERVICE.
UH, OFTENTIMES IT'S THEIR FIRST JOB.
AND, UH, LASTLY ON THE CLEANING PORTION, UH, THEY ARE AUGMENTED BY A STEAM CLEANING, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE COMPANY, UH, THAT COMES IN DURING PEAK MONTHS, ALL YEAR LONG.
BUT DURING THE SUMMER, UH, OFTENTIMES IT'S, UH, TWICE WHAT WE DO OFF SEASON, UH, TO STEAM CLEAN SIDEWALKS, GUTTERS, TRASH, ENCLOSURES, ALLEYS.
UH, SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION DOES WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE GENERATE, UH, IN QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE READ A DIRECTION FOR THE CLEANING OF THE SHORE.
SO THAT'S THE OVERVIEW OF THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSERVATION COURT? YES.
I THINK YOU WERE GONNA ADDRESS FOOTPRINT TOO.
UH, THE FOOTPRINT, THE MAP IS, IS ONLINE, UM, AT THE, THE SERVING THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
WHERE'S THE EASIEST WAY TO, UH, ACCESS THE FOOTPRINT BY THE PARKING COMMISSION? IS IT, IT'S MAINLY SECOND STREET, THOUGH.
NO, IT, WELL, IT, IT IS, BUT IT'S ALSO PARKING LOTS.
RIGHT UP TO LIVINGSTON, AND THEN IT SPOKES OUT JUST SO FAR PAST THE PARKING LOTS.
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AND, UH, MEMBERSHIP IS OBLIGATORY FOR, NO, EXCUSE ME.THAT'S BS PA
UM, SO I, I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO SEE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SHORE IS TO GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE.
UH, AND, UM, DOES IT, IT DOES NOT MIRROR THE THIRD DISTRICT BY ANY STRESS OF IMAGINATION? NO, IT'S, IT SHOULD BE, IT'S UNDER THE LONG BEACH WEBSITE, UNDER BOARD'S, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEES.
AND THEN THAT'LL HAVE, LIKE, THEY'LL HAVE THE ORDINANCE AND THE FOOTPRINT OF EVERYTHING ON THERE.
BUT I CAN, I CAN SUPPLY THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENT ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE ASK FOR A VOTE, PLEASE? OKAY.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE CONSERVATION COURT REPORT.
UH, ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION.
YOU RECEIVE UPDATES REGARDING THE HEALTH OF THE TREES ALONG BELLMONT SHORE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
UH, SO SPECIFICALLY THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, TREES THAT ARE ON SECOND STREET, UH, ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT ALSO THE SIDE STREETS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE CITY TO DISCUSS THIS? RIGHT? WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, IT'LL, IT'LL HAPPEN REALLY WELL.
NOW LET'S, UH, DO WE HAVE, THIS IS A, UH, I HAVE A STAFF REPORT THAT I'LL BE READING FROM.
UM, SO THE LONG BEACH CITY ARBORIST FOUND THE FOLLOWING TREES ARE DAMAGED.
WE HAVE ONE ON, UH, 52 17 SECOND STREET.
THAT ONE'S IN POOR HEALTH CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE ONE ON 52 69 EAST SECOND STREET THAT IS IN POOR HEALTH CONDITIONS.
AND WE HAVE ONE ON 53 68 EAST SECOND STREET.
WE HAVE ONE P TREE THAT IS PRESUMED DEAD.
SO CITY ARBORIST HAS PUT IN A REQUEST TO REMOVE THOSE TREES, UM, TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE HEALTH OF THE TREES IN THE AREA.
THE LONG BEACH CITY ARBORIST RECOMMENDED WORKING WITH AN OUTSIDE VENDOR TO PROVIDE A REPORT REGARDING THE TREES AND SITE CONDITIONS IN THAT AREA.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ARBOR AND ENHANCEMENTS, AND THEY'RE GENERATING A REPORT THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE THREE EMPTY SPACES IN NEED OF TREE REPLACEMENT.
CITY STAFF ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO WHAT NECESSARY PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO PLANT IN THAT AREA.
PLANTING IS RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR DUE TO BIRD NESTING.
UM, THESE, THESE TREES FALL WITHIN THE COASTAL COMMISSION, AND SO THERE ARE EXTRA STEPS NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN INSTALL AND, AND DO ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE AND TIME TO PREVENT BIRD NESTING BEING DISRUPTED.
AFTER THE ARBORIST REPORT IS GENERATED AND BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION, THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO REVIEW THE PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED TREE LIST TO SEE WHAT TREES WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR THE AREA.
IF WE DO DECIDE TO REPLACE TREES WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TREE, UM, AFTER A TREE TYPE IS AGREED UPON, STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUREAU TO BEGIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR TREE PLANTING.
AND LASTLY, THE CITY ARBORIST AND PSB PUBLIC SERVICE BUREAU MUST APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND THE CHOICE OF TREE.
SO I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THAT IS ALSO A PART THAT WILL PLACE, READ THAT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.
SO, WHEN WE SUBMIT A PERMIT TO INSTALL A NEW TREE OR REPLACE A TREE, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO SAY WHAT KIND OF TREE WE WANT, AS LONG AS IT'S ON A SPECIFIC LIST THAT IS APPROVED.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, CITY ARBORISTS AND THE PSB AFTER APPROVE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR? AS SPARKED BY RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, THE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT LIST OF TREES EXPAND TO OTHER TREES, OTHER VARIETIES.
AND THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA LEARN THAT WHEN THE ARBORIST COMES TO DISCUSS IT WITH US, WE CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO EXPAND THE, THE TYPE OF TREE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK.
THE CITY ARBORIST ISN'T GOING.
UM, THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC SET OF APPROVED TREES FOR, FOR A REASON.
SO THEY DON'T WANT ANY KIND OF OUTSIDE TREES.
I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS OF WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO GET ANOTHER TYPE OF TREE TO COME IN.
UM, I FEEL LIKE IF WE DO THAT, WE MOST LIKELY WON'T GET APPROVED.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ASK AND GET CLARIFICATION ON AS, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE.
UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
THERE'S, THERE ARE A, A NUMBER OF NATIVE TREES, UH, INDIGENOUS IN THIS REGION SPECIFICALLY THAT AREN'T ON THE LIST.
AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE S, IF NOT ALL OF 'EM, SHOULD BE AT LEAST, UH, STUDIED AND CONSIDERED.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT I'M READING THE LINES OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SITTING HERE.
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A WHOLE LOT OF APPLIED MATERIAL THAT ISN'T BEING CONSIDERED.UH, WHEN THE ARBOR DOES COME, IF THEY CAN, IF THEY CAN PLEASE CONSIDER A PLETHORA OF OTHER NATIVE TREES, UH, THAT WOULD DO VERY, VERY WELL HERE.
'CAUSE THIS IS AN INHERENTLY, UH, DROUGHT DISTRICT REGION.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT FIRST ASK.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT IS THE ARBORIST GONNA COME TO THE MEETING? CAN WE REQUEST THAT HE COME? I CAN ASK THE CITY ARBORIST TO BE HERE.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE SHORT STAFFED.
CAN YOU ASK, START THE CONVERSATION? YES.
WELL, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE CAN, WE CAN FIND A, A SLIVER OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ONE TO COME AND ADDRESS US.
UM, I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PEOPLE THAT BUILD PROPERTY HERE, THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT WORK HERE, UM, I THINK THEY DESERVE, UH, TO HAVE THE ACTUAL ARBORIST COME AND ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT AS, AS WHAT THAT MATERIAL IS GONNA BE.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS TO ME, UM, AND I'M SEEING PERIPHERALLY NODDING GOING ON.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
AND IT'S ON THE LIST FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM GO AHEAD.
UH, YEAH, JUST THE THOUGHT THAT, UM, MAYBE, UM, THE, THE WAY TO PHRASED THE QUESTION IS, UM, SOMEONE DEVELOPED THE LIST ORIGINALLY OF WHAT, WHAT TREES WOULD BE ACCEPTED.
AND MAYBE THE, THE, THE QUESTION IS, UM, DID THEY CONSIDER THESE TREES AND REJECT THEM FOR SOME REASON THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? UM, I MEAN, SOME, SOME KIND OF, OF, YOU KNOW, STARTING THE BASELINE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE WANT AND SEE IF THERE'S, UH, ANYTHING INTERRUPT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THAT CLEAR ANSWER FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN THE A TIME HE NEEDS TO COME.
I THINK HE'S THE ONE THAT KNOWS, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THAT LIST WAS DEVELOPED BEFORE HE TOOK HIS JOB.
UM, UH, MY GRANDFATHER ACTUALLY WROTE A BOOK ON NATIVE TREES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, THAT I KNOW THIS AND, AND I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
UH, SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S JUST A GREAT NUMBER OF, OF VARIETIES THAT ARE, UH, UH, AVAILABLE, UH, AND WOULD THRIVE HERE, THAT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERATE.
UM, SO ANY OTHER, YES, I, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE? I MEAN, BESIDES THE FACT THAT WE WANT TREAT THAT AREN'T DYING OR, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S THE AESTHETIC, RIGHT? FOR SECOND STREET.
SO A BIG PART OF IT TOO IS WHEN WE HAVE WHATEVER OUR, OUR CHOICES ARE, IS IF WE CAN SEE A RENDERING OR GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ONCE IT'S PLANTED.
BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE, IT, IS IT A BIG, IT'S A BIG DECISION.
THE CONSIDERATION IS THE CANOPY.
UH, DOES IT, DOES IT, UH, BLOCK YOU OF, OF BUSINESSES WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD? UH, DO THE ROOT UH, SYSTEMS, UH, LIFT THE SIDEWALKS? UH, ARE THEY DECIDUOUS? UH, DO THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF WATER? ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE, ARE CERTAINLY CONSIDERED.
UM, AND ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT WE, UH, POTENTIALLY EXPAND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SO WE GET THE RIGHT, UH, MATERIAL.
ANY, UH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, PLEASE? I BELIEVE THEY C UH, AND SINCE SEPTEMBER, SO BY OCTOBER WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLANT OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.
NO, I'M
BUT, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, THERE ARE THREE EMPTY SPACES RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF, UH, CATALOG JOSEPH RITE AID.
IT'S JUST BARE EARTH BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE THAT WIPED OUT.
BUT I THINK THE ONE IN FRONT OF
SO ARE WE JUST GOING TO LEAVE SIX SPACES EMPTY, OR CAN'T WE START PLANTING? THE BEAR TREES ARE CONSISTENT.
THE ONES THAT WERE IN FRONT OF PAM MODULES WERE BEAUTIFUL.
THE ONE TREE THAT'S THERE NOW IS IN BRIDGE SHADE.
SO I HOPE WE CAN HAVE A ONGOING TREES ON SECOND STREET BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT.
DO WE NOT BE ASHAMED FOR THESE AIR SPOTS? UNDERSTOOD.
AND IF YOU HAVE A MURDER ENHANCEMENT COMPANY COMING NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH, THEY PROBABLY CAN ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
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SO MUCH.ANY OTHER REPUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A SHORT, UH, AGENDA FOR TODAY.
UH, WE'RE AT THE POINT OF THE, UH, MEETING WHERE WE CAN ASK BOTH ON ANY ITEM, UH, AT ALL THAT IS, UH, OF CONSIDERATION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA COME BACK TO? COMMISSIONERS, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANYTHING AT ALL? AWESOME.
UH, COMMISSIONERS AND FINAL THOUGHTS, JUST IF YOU WANT TO CLEAR ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.
WE NEED, AND I CAN WORK WITH HEATHER, WE NEED TO REORDER MORE BIG VALLEYS, BUT THE DOUBLE, SO WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH COSTS, AND HEATHER CAN FIGURE OUT HOW MANY WE CAN GET.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE BIG VALLEYS THAT TAKE, UH, THOSE SEGMENT.
WE TAKE FRESH AND RECYCLABLES.
UH, AND THE RECYCLABLES, UH, UNITS HAVE HOLES IN 'EM THAT YOU CAN JUST DROP, UH, THE RECYCLE BIN PRETTY EASY WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE PEDAL AND MAKING THE DOOR OPEN.
UM, SO I, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE COMPOSITE, SORRY, THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT, SO WE SHOULD JUST GENERALIZE IT MEETING.
SO LET, LET'S, LET'S IZE THAT FOR NEXT MONTH.
UH, AND WE'LL EXPAND ON THE NUMBERS AND THE, OKAY.
UH, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE TO ADJOURN? UH, FIRST MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOLKS, UH, FOR YOUR, UH, INVOLVEMENT.
UH, NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN.