* 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. CALL TO ORDER. [00:00:01] HIT MY YOU FIRST HAVE A ROLL CALL. UH, MR. LELAND. COMMISSIONER . I AM HERE. COMMISSIONER MARINA, HAS SHE CALLED? I WILL, UM, CONTACT HER AFTER THE MEETING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY. THEN. COMMISSIONER MURRAY, I'M HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. LELAND. UM, WE HAVE BEFORE US THE, UM, REGULAR AGENDA THAT WE'RE GONNA FIRST APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR OCTOBER 3RD MEETING, MOVE TO APPROVE. UH, I'LL SECOND. AND ALL IN FAVOR? ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? UH, THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED, THEN, UH, NOW WE HAVE THE AGENDA TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED. AND SINCE THIS WILL BE AN EVENING MEETING, UM, I, I KIND OF WANNA REDUCE AS MUCH STUFF THAT'S REQUIRED IN SOME OF THE STAFF REPORTS, IF WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO MAYBE ONE MANAGER REPORT SO THAT THEN, UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WELL, LET'S, LET'S GO THROUGH, LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND GET THERE. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THE MINUTES. YEAH. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE OLYMPIC FOLKS. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT PRESENTATION? UM, IT, IT'S GONNA REALLY DEPEND ON, UH, UH, COMMENTS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. UH, BUT, UM, UH, UH, GEORGE ENA AND TYLER CURLEY, UH, THEY'LL PROBABLY TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10. OH, GOOD. UM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER MARINO HAS JOINED US. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I APOLOGIZE. WELCOME. WE WERE CONCERNED. WE'RE ALMOST DONE. WE STARTED SEVEN 30 TODAY. STANDARD TIME. OKAY. SO, UM, AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, GEORGE AND TYLER AND, UM, HOW LONG THEIR PRESENTATION WILL BE AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. WELL, I'M GONNA THROW A WRENCH IN THE GEARS. I WON'T BE THERE ON NEXT THURSDAY BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY GOT AN EVENING EVENT AT SIX O'CLOCK. SO THAT IS A BUSY NIGHT. THERE IT IS. YEAH. IT, IT, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE UNIVERSE, AFTER I PUSH SO HARD FOR IT TO HAVE AN EVENING MEETING THAT THEN A DOZEN INVITATIONS COME IN . IT HAPPENS. YEAH, IT DOES. SO WE ARE DOWN TO SIX, SIX MM-HMM. . THOSE OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T COME. YEAH. UH, COMMISSIONER CARLIN IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT. AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPEN SPOT. AND I'VE NOT HEARD YET FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ATKINS MCFAIL. I'M THINKING THAT SHE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. AND THAT PUTS US AT FIVE SO THAT WE CAN'T BE, WE CAN'T BE LESS THAN FIVE. OKAY. FOR LESS THAN FIVE. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL OPEN THE BAR. , I'LL PAY FOR THE BAR IF EVERYBODY SHOWS UP. , I'LL PUT 500. I'LL PUT 500 IN THE BAR AND LET PEOPLE DRINK. DO WE HAVE OPTIONS TO HAVE A PUBLIC PRESENTATION AND NOT A COMMISSION MEETING? NO. NO. WE, WE DON'T, THE COMMISSIONERS DON'T SHOW UP. WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING. WELL, WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING, BUT YOU CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'S IF THE CITY, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONE OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS A OLYMPIC PRESENTATION TO HAVE TO BE PART OF OUR MAC MEETING. EXACTLY. LOOK AT YOU. WOOHOO. IMPRESSED BY YOU. I'M MIKE. I'M MIKE'S CHAIR BY YOU, SIR. HE ISN'T STUDYING. HAVE YOU SEEN HIS PICTURES WITH SUPER NON, THEY'RE JUST LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE THIS TWO PEAS AND A POD . UM, BUT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. SO THAT, YEAH. I'M TRYING TO THINK TIMING OF THEIR PRESENTATION. I WOULD IMAGINE THEIR PRESENTATION WILL BE ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES. OKAY. AND THEN COMMENT, QUESTION, COMMENT. I BELIEVE THAT'LL KIND OF TAKE UP THE GOOD CHUNK OF, AND THEN WHERE, KIND OF WHERE, LET'S THINK AS A GROUP WHERE WE WANNA KIND OF MANAGE THAT TO WHAT POINT IS GOING TO BECOME QUESTIONS THEY CAN'T ANSWER, OR QUESTIONS THAT ARE REPETITIVE. SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY HEARD EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO HEAR. WELL, THAT'LL BE REALLY UP TO TYLER AND GEORGE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH REALLY IN THE THICK OF IT AND RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE, THEY'LL, THEY'LL ANSWER EVERY QUESTION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY CAN. YEAH. AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T SPEAK ONTO AT THIS TIME, THEY'LL LET US KNOW. THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT, WELL, WE, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT PARKING. WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT CROWD CONTROL, ESPECIALLY IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. 'CAUSE I'M STILL GETTING CALLS ON THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. YEAH. UM, AND THE SECURITY AND SAFETY AROUND ALL THE DOCKS, UH, PEOPLE THAT'S [00:05:01] COMING DOWN TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF SOMETHING AND COMING DOWN ON THE DOCKS. WELL, WE DID GET, UH, GOOD INFORMATION FROM, UH, THE LA 28 GROUP. THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF COMING AROUND TO LOOK AT, AT THE MENU AND SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO MARINE STADIUM IS THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED THEM WAS, ARE YOU GONNA BE SPILLING OUT INTO THE RESIDENTIAL? ARE YOU GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING OFF ON APPIAN WAY OR OVER PASSED INTO SPINNAKER? AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO. OUR GOAL IS TO STAY WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF LIKE THE EVENT, THE TRUE EVENT, THE, THE STAGING, EVERYTHING IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STADIUM. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE A TRAFFIC IMPACTS. BUT THEIR GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, SHELVES. 'CAUSE THEY WANT THIS TO BE A TRUE KNOWN VEHICLE GAMES KIND OF THING. MM-HMM. . YEAH. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING. ARE WE GLAD WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE OF THAT? WELL, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT KAREN BASS IS DOING. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THEIR GROUP AND STUFF, THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT AN ELECTRIC, UH, YEAH. A PURELY, UH, A ZERO EMISSION OLYMPICS. WE DID IT IN 84. YEAH. SO SOMETHING, I'VE HEARD THE NUMBERS COMING OUT IN LA OR THE CITY OF LA BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING LIKE 4,000 ADDITIONAL BUSES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS. YEAH. YEAH. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I JUST READ THAT IN, I THINK LIKE THE LA TIMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT REQUESTING FROM BAKERSFIELD AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE ELECTRIC BUSES TO BRING THEM IN FOR THAT TIME. YEAH. YEAH. SO, UH, BUT YEAH, THE GOAL IS, AND THAT, THAT HAS BEEN CONVEYED VIA CITY STAFF TO LA 28 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EACH ONE OF OUR, OUR, OUR BUG AREAS, OUR VENUE USE GUARANTEE AREAS IS THAT TO MINUTE THEIR IN, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THEY NEED TO REDUCE OR MINIMIZE THE IMPACT. I'M NOT GONNA SAY SEVERAL, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SURE. , UH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY IN BELMONT SHORE THAT IS WANTING TO GET IN AND OUT BECAUSE THEY LIVE THERE. ARE THEY GONNA BE TOLD THEY CAN'T BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO THE OLY, I'VE BEEN TO THREE OLYMPICS. YEAH. AND WHEN THEY BLOCK OFF STREETS AND LOCK IT DOWN, IT'S LOCKED DOWN. THERE'S NO ONE GETTING IN. YOU CAN'T SHOW A CARD THAT SAY, I LIVE THERE. YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. YEAH. SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO LOOK AT IN THE MARINE STADIUM APPIAN WAY THAT THAT NEW AREA WILL BE OPEN, BUT , OH, THAT'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS ON THAT SIDE OF APPIAN WAY. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY HAD SAID IS THAT WAS THE LA 28 GROUP. WERE SAYING THAT THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA MAKE AS LITTLE IMPACTS ON THE RESIDENTS, BUT THEY WERE QUICK TO REMIND US THAT THIS IS A HOMELAND SECURITY. YES. KIND OF. THEY'LL MAKE ADDITIONAL. RIGHT. WE'LL HEAR A LOT OF THOSE. AND SO YEAH. SECURITY, WE WORK FOR THEM. UM, AND SO WE WANNA HAVE SOME OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR, UM, CONTROL IN CASE THINGS GET NOT HAPPY ON THE MEETING TO THE, UM, ENCOURAGE 'EM TO TALK OFFLINE WITH SOME OF THE CONTACTS WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE SOME, AND THEN, UM, SOME GENERIC STATEMENTS ABOUT IT STILL EARLY IN THE GAME AND, UM, ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT'LL BE AS A PART OF THE IMPACT ON THAT. YEAH. UM, AND THAT KIND OF YEAH. WELL, I, I WANNA THINK ABOUT THOSE IN ADVANCE. YEAH. SO THAT IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S, THAT'S TRULY CAM CAME TO EXPRESS THEIR ANGER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND GIVE THEM THE RIGHT RESOURCES, BUT NOT THAT LET THEM TAKE CONTROL OF THE MEETING. WELL, THE THE BEST PART IS TYLER AND GEORGE ARE THEIR RESOURCE. SO, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, AND THEY HAVE THE WEBSITE THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY UPDATING. THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND, AND I THINK FOR US TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE RESOURCES TO YES, MA'AM. TO REFER PEOPLE ONTO AND LOOK AT WHAT ALL THEY'RE SAYING ON THINGS. YEAH. UM, THE BIG, THE BIG RESOURCE RIGHT NOW IS THAT LA ELEVATE 28, THE PUBLIC WORKS PAGE. UM, THAT, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IS I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT LATE NOVEMBER INTO DECEMBER AS THE CITY REALLY KICKS INTO GEAR WITH LA 28. SO WE'LL PROBABLY SEE MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION START OF 2025 INTO THE SPRING OF 2020. THE QUESTIONS THAT ARISE, I THINK, UH, HAVING YOU REALLY, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ON THE THING. EVERY QUESTION THAT IS BROUGHT UP WILL BE SENT TO THE TEAM. AND WE ASSURE THAT TO THE PEOPLE. EVERY QUESTION YOU BRING UP, THIS IS NOT WHERE IT STOPS. THIS WILL THEN BE PRINTED AND SENT TO THE TEAM AND SENT TO REALLY THE CITY CO THEY'RE GONNA KNOW YOUR QUESTIONS. SO, UH, UH, E EXPECT A RESPON IF WE CAN'T RESPOND HERE. AND I THINK MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S WHAT YOU, IF WE CAN'T RESPOND HERE, [00:10:01] THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE. SO BEAR WITH US, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP. AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KEY. IT'S, IT'S TYLER AND GEORGE. THEY ARE THE POINT PEOPLE, RIGHT. FOR THE CITY'S OLYMPIC ENDEAVOR. SO YEAH. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'LL BE ABSORBING ALL OF THAT CONTENT AND PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, RESOURCE RESPONSE. GREAT. YEAH. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT IT. I MEAN YEAH. AND I THINK THEY'LL DO A GOOD PRESENTATION AND THEY HAVE THE ONE THAT THEY GAVE TO THE HARBOR COMMISSION THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE AND HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I THINK PEOPLE FIND VALUABLE. GREAT. UH, SO, AND THEN, UH, WE MIGHT EVEN TAKE A BRIEF RECESS SO PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT DON'T CARE ABOUT THE REST OF OUR REPORTS WILL GO ON AND THEN HAVE YOUR REPORT OKAY. AND CLOSE OUT WITH OUR STATUS STUFF. OKAY. WELL, I'M KIND OF LEAVING IT TO THAT AND I'M GONNA KIND OF LOOK AT YOU BACK AND FORTH. SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE IN A SPOT THAT I CAN YEAH, YEAH. MAKE GOOGLY EYES AT YOU. ARE WE GONNA ALLOW THE COMMENTS AFTERWARDS ARE, AGAIN, WE, WE CAN'T RESPOND TO YET. IF THEY ASK QUESTIONS DURING THAT PRESENTATION, DURING WE'RE ALLOWED TO RESPOND. RIGHT. 'CAUSE IT'S JUST, IF IT'S NOT ONE OF THE TOPICS, GREAT. OKAY, GREAT. IF IT'S, IF IT'S PERTAINING TO THE OLYMPICS DURING THE OLYMPICS ITEM. NOW, IF THEY GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END AND START TALKING ABOUT OLYMPICS, WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING. IT'S JUST LIKE, SORRY, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. OKAY. BUT WHILE THAT ITEM IS UNDER DISCUSSION, YES. YOU CAN HAVE, UM, SO I DID HEAR FROM SOME CITIZENS THAT OUR AGENDA TODAY WASN'T UPLOADED RIGHT AWAY, OUR AGENDA THAT SHOWED THIS, THE EXECUTIVE, OH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL SPECIAL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA REVIEW? I DON'T DO THAT UNTIL YOU REVIEW IT. OKAY. OKAY. THAT, THAT'S NEVER, AND SOMETIMES OKAY. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT. RIGHT. YOU TO CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE BEFORE. YEAH. THE ONLY THING IS THAT THIS, THIS MEETING, THIS AGENDA HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THIS ATTORNEY ASKED YEAH. PRIOR TO SHOWING IT TO YOU. AND IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH ALL KINDS OF GOOD HOOPS. YES. I GET IT. SURE. PROTECT THE CITIZENS. SO THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY HEAR EVERYTHING AND THAT MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLYING IN ALL WAYS. CAN WE ASK, CAN WE ASK THE CITY, AND I KNOW WE BROUGHT THIS IN. I'M, HEY, WE'RE GETTING THE, THE LIGHTS ON THE, THE BUOYS. SO I FIGURED I, IF I DON'T ASK THIS EVERY MEETING, THAT IT'D BE SILLY FOR ME NOT TO ASK AT EVERY MEETING. WHEN ARE THEY GONNA, I WAS OVER AND WATCHED THE DUFFY BOAT PEOPLE, UM, AND I COUNTED THEM. THE 17 DUFFY BOAT PEOPLE WENT INTO THE BOATHOUSE ON THE BAY TO USE THEIR RESTAURANT. OKAY. SIX OF 'EM WERE KIND OF INEBRIATED. IT WASN'T A PLEASANT TIME IN THAT RESTROOM THAT THE, THE BOATHOUSE PEOPLE HAD TO GO IN AND CLEAN IT ALL UP. WHY? IT'S THE ONLY RESTROOMS THAT PEOPLE CAN USE OTHER THAN COMING DOWN HERE. AND TO USE THIS ONE, THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ON OPENING THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ON THAT THING. BECAUSE I, I TOLD JOHN, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A SECURITY GUARD, OR EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO THE RESTROOM HAS TO GET A BAND OR, OR A TAG TO USE THE RESTROOM BECAUSE IT IS DISGUSTING. AND I WILL STATE IT WAS DISGUSTING. SO THE UM, DOES THAT, BUT IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IN THE PUBLIC THING TOO. YEAH, PROBABLY. BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE WATCHING. AND THERE ARE PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN THAT, IN, IN THE VILLAGE. YES. THERE ARE, THERE ARE RESTROOMS IN THERE. BUT THAT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THEY USE IT, IT'S, THEY'RE LOCKED AND THEY'RE FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY LONDON BOAT RENTALS DOES HAVE A KEY TO THAT RESTROOM THAT THEY CAN GIVE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH LONDON BOAT RENTALS. THAT'D BE GREAT. AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, SOMETIME THEY PUT THINGS ON THEIR AGREEMENT AND MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE THAT, THAT PLEASE USE THE DON'T USE. PLEASE GET THE KEY FROM US TO USE THE, THE RESTROOMS. YEAH. IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE ON THEIR COUNTER. MM-HMM. A NICE LITTLE NOTICE. YEAH. ALL THE REST. THEY ALSO USE SHAHINIAN. AND THEN WHERE, WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE, UM, LONG BEACH TRANSIT AQUA BUS, WHAT ABOUT THEM? YEAH. YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, IS THAT THEY FILLED UP THE PARKING LOT. I MEAN, THAT'S 30, 40 PEOPLE AT A TIME. YEAH. AND IS THE CAN AND, AND CAN WE WORK WITH MAYBE THE FOLKS AT THE VILLAGE TO HAVE THOSE RESTROOMS UNLOCKED MORE SO PEOPLE HAVE AN OPTION? WELL, THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING DISCUSSION FOR MANY YEARS. FOR YEARS. WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO PUT IT TO AN END, BECAUSE IT, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY COOL THAT I POSTED HOW COOL THE MIAMI WRAP WAS ON THAT BATHROOM. I LOVE THAT. UNTIL THE PHONE STARTED TO RING. YEAH. , THEY PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE IT THAT YOU POSTED THAT. OH, WELL THE, THE CONCERNS OVER. OH, WELL THAT'S THAT LOCKED RESTROOM THAT, YEAH. YEAH. SO WE'VE GOTTA [00:15:01] COME BACK AROUND AND, AND GET, I CAN GET YOU TO COUNT ON HOW MANY BOAT OWNERS USE. THAT'S NOT THE FACT THAT I KNOW, I KNOW. WE USE, I KNOW IT'S A OVER A RESTROOM AND WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN OVER A BOAT OVER PUT OVER A RESTROOM TO PUBLIC USE. RIGHT. I GOT IT. IT'S JUST, THAT'S A, THAT'S A NON STAR. OKAY. THAT'S A NON STAR. I HAD TO ASK. I HAD TO ASK PUBLIC USE. I GOT YOUR FACE. HOWEVER, I KNOW , WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. MM-HMM. OF GOING THROUGH AND GETTING THESE RESTROOMS DONE. AND WHEN THAT ONE GETS DONE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC RESTROOM ATTACHMENT. GREAT. IT'LL STILL BE A BOAT OWNER RESTROOM, BUT THERE WILL BE TWO, UH, UH, PUBLIC STALLS. YEAH. PUBLIC STALLS ON ONE SIDE. GREAT. SO NOW IS THAT A YEAR AWAY? TWO YEARS AWAY, THREE YEARS AWAY. IT'S, IT'S STILL WAITING FOR THE DOCK OUT THERE TO GET FIXED. . YEAH. IT'S COMING. THAT'S IN THE HOPPER AS WELL TOO. SO WE'RE IN DESIGN PHASE FOR THAT TOO. GREAT. SO, MADAM CHAIR, THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I GOT, I GOT A, AND I SENT IT TO YOU, UH, UM, FROM, FROM RICK THAT JUST TALKED ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLACK MM-HMM. GOING UP AND DOWN THE DOCKS. NOW MANY OF THEM ARE FISHING AND THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE JUST CRUISING AND LOOKING INSIDE THE BOATS. NOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE MARINE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AT IT. AND HE SAYS, BUT IT'S THE EASIEST DOCKS TO GET TO 'CAUSE YOU JUST REACH OVER AND OPEN THE GATE. UM, HE SAYS, IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING FOR GUYS THAT HAVE THE ANY BOAT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THE BIG BOATS. THESE ARE THE BIG BOAT GUYS. AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AND SEE TWO PEOPLE IN, IN BLACK HOODIES AND BLACK, YOU KNOW, THINGS. AND THEY RUN AWAY. IT'S LIKE GOING, OKAY, DO I ON MY BOAT TONIGHT? JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY DIDN'T SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT. 'CAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BROKEN INTO HIS YEAH. YOU KNOW, ONCE BEFORE. SO THAT'S JUST A, SOMETHING TO BRING UP MAYBE WITH OUR MARINE. WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT. UM, TODAY'S GRAND GAZETTE HAS A PAID OBITUARY FOR THE MAN WHOSE LIFE WAS LOST IN THE JULY 3RD INCIDENT. SO BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT DETAILS OF HIS DEATH, I THINK IT'S NOW GONNA CAUSE MORE QUESTIONS BACK AGAIN ABOUT THAT WHOLE INCIDENT WHERE THINGS STAND. SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT AS WELL. GREAT IDEA. GREAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE A NEW, A PROPOSITION HAS PASSED. A NEW DISTRICT, UH, ATTORNEY IS COMING INTO PLACE. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIVENESS FROM A, A, A LOWER LEVEL CRIME ENFORCEMENT OVER THE NEXT YEAR. OH, I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. I AGREE. ACCOUNTABILITY IS GONNA BE A LOT BETTER YEAH. UH, MOVING FORWARD THAN IT IS NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PROPOSITION IT WENT THROUGH. YEAH. AND I MEAN, YOU, YOU BREAK INTO A BOAT, IT'S BREAKING INTO A HOUSE. YEAH. UM, SO IT'S, UH, UH, THAT'S HOW IT'LL LOOK. SO, YEAH. SO I, I, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH OUR, UM, OUR SURVEILLANCE, UH, CAMERA SYSTEM. UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH TID TO RUN THE FIBER OPTIC. I'M HOPING THAT'S, THAT'S THIS YEAR. UM, SO HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE ONES THAT UPS USES THEM IN ALL OUR FACILITIES? THEY'RE BASED RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, IT'S IN TECH GROUP, BUT YOU KNOW, OH, E CAM. YEAH. YEAH. WE USE THAT IN ALL OUR FACILITIES AND WE'VE REDUCED, GOT 80% OF THEFTS AND VEHICLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WE'VE REDUCED OUR SECURITY COST YEAH. OF, OF PEOPLE HAVING TO PATROL AND STUFF, BECAUSE THOSE ECAS, IT'S LIVE. PEOPLE SEE IT ALL THE TIME AND IT'S LIVE. AND IF IT GOES OFF AND IT SEES SOMETHING, IT'S LIKE YOUR RING. OH MY RING. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING TO HAVE SOMEBODY BE ABLE TO MAKE A RESPONSE IMMEDIATELY YEAH. UH, MOVE ALONG OR, UH, WELL SEE THAT'S THE HARD PART FOR THE C IS THE RESOURCES TO HAVE. IT'S ALL DONE THROUGH THEM. IT'S ALL DONE THROUGH ECAMM. WE DON'T TOUCH IT. OH REALLY? EEC CAMM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH SCREENS. YEAH. NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT SIDE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S PRIVACY, WHAT'S NOT. BUT YOU KNOW, AROUND THE SHIP HOLDERS TO DO SOMETHING, TO TEST SOMETHING MAYBE, UM, I, I, I THINK, THINK THEY DESERVE, I THINK THEY DESERVE TO HAVE US NOT, NOT HEARING THE SAME RHETORIC, UH, BUT SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA TEST A COUPLE THINGS, UM, JUST TO SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T. IT'S DURING NINE O'CLOCK. I WANNA SET UP TODD FOR SUCCESS ON HIS GREETING. YES, MA'AM. SO HE'S, HE'S SENDING THE BEST MESSAGE FROM OUR CITY. SO THERE, UM, UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED, UH, JUST TO TOUCH BASE ON THE, UH, MONTHLY ORAL REPORTS, UH, OR THE MANAGER'S REPORT. UM, OUR, OUR, OUR SUPERINTENDENTS TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN DELIVERING THOSE TO YOU, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE, [00:20:01] BUT PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT HOW OH, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. UM, WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THEIR WORK LIFE BALANCE. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE SITTING THERE THROUGH STUFF THEY KNOW ALREADY. YEAH, I KNOW THAT. BUT, BUT AGAIN, I LIKE THEM TO DO IT AND BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF IT. THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR WORK, AND THEY, THEY, THEY WANT TO AND THEY DESERVE TO PRESENT THAT TO WELL, AND WE ENJOY HEARING IT. YEAH. AND WE ENJOY WITNESSING A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE JUST AS WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE OF STAFF. AND I TAKE A PERSONAL PRIDE THAT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY CITY PEOPLE WORKING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THIS IS MY CITY AND, AND THEY'RE DOING THAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. UM, BUT I DO WANT TWO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CASE WE DO NEED TO HAVE A SHORT RE RECESS IN BETWEEN. AND THAT'S BACK WHERE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER KIND OF TO, TO GAUGE THE AUDIENCE AND LOOK WHERE STAFF IS AND TIMING IS AND WANNA KEEP A CONTROL ON THAT. PERFECT. UH, AND ON THE, SO IF WE COULD HAVE, UM, GIVE A HEADS UP TO CHIEF MEDINA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ON THE, THE ENFORCEMENT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL CASES AND THERE'S LAWSUITS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW THAT HE CAN'T SPEAK IN DETAIL. RIGHT. UM, BUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD WHERE THEY'RE GOING ON SOME OF THAT, UM, I THINK THAT'S A DEFINITE CONCERN. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE ABOUT IT. SO IT'S, IT'S ON THE FRONT BURNER. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON? I, I THINK HEARING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HEARING FROM OUR MARINE BUREAU ON THE THEFTS AND REALLY HOW MANY, HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE BEEN CALLED OUT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT JUST THERE. THERE'S GOTTA BE PLENTY. UH, BECAUSE IF THE BOAT OWNERS ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY'VE TALKED TO 'EM, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IS IT A BOAT OWNER BSING ME OR IS IT, THIS IS REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT FLOWS EITHER WAY. I KNOW SOME OF THE BOAT OWNERS, AND I KNOW THEY LIKE TO EMBELLISH A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, THEY'RE LIKE A LOBBYIST, YOU KNOW, GET EMBELLISH A LITTLE BIT. UH, BUT THERE WAS SINCERE CONCERN WHEN I MET WITH THEM AND I JUST WENT ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, I SAYS, WE WILL BRING IT UP. NO, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK THIS IS GREAT. SOME OF THOSE, AND SOME, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, REPORTS THE PERCENT COMPLETE, COMPLETE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UM, LIKE THE PERCENT COMPLETE OF PAINTING IN HERE SLOWLY MOVES ON THE DIAL. IF THE, YOU LOOK AT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS EACH MONTH IN THAT TEMPLATE THAT SENT OUT. OH, OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN I SAID COMPLETE. I WAS LIKE, AND SO THEY, THEY'LL SAY, OH, PAINTING THE INTERIOR OF THE MARINE OFFICE IS 40% COMPLETE. YEAH. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IT'S 30% COMPLETE. YEAH. THEN IT, SO WE'RE, UM, IT'S, THAT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A PART OF THE TEMPLATE FOR FAR TOO LONG. OKAY. TO HAVE, LET'S EITHER SCHEDULE IT AND NOT MAKE IT TIME AVAILABLE. OKAY. AND HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN WALKING BY THAT WALL THAT'S GOT THE PRIMER LINES ON IT? YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN SEE IT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE YOU WALKED BY IT SO MANY TIMES, BUT LET'S, LET'S GET A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE ON SOME THINGS SO IT, IT FEELS GOOD FOR YOUR END. OKAY. THE BUBBLES IN THE WALL RIGHT THERE, . OH YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS. THERE'S LITTLE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN COMING IN HERE AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT I AGREE MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S, I THINK IT'LL MAKE THE WHOLE STAFF FEEL GOOD THAT IT'S, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE IN HERE WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. WELL, AND I KNOW THEY DO IF THEY, THEY PUT THE CRISIS STUFF FIRST AND THEN WHEN TIME THAT'S AVAILABLE, THEN THEY WORK ON OTHER TASKS. MM-HMM. . AND IT'S THEIR TIME MANAGEMENT AND THEY'RE BEING EFFICIENT. NO, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS AGENDA. OKAY. YES MA'AM. SECOND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY THOUGHTS, ANYTHING ELSE? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. THEN I'M GONNA CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. WE'RE HERE BY ADJOURNED. * 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.