* 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. [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FINANCE AND APPEALS COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 2024. UH, CURRENT TIME IS 3:04 PM AND, UH, MAY I CALL TO ORDER? BOB LIVINGSTON PRESENT AND SUSAN REDFIELD PRESENT. UH, BEGIN WITH THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMEND, UH, TO DISCUSS FEE WAIVER REQUESTS RECEIVED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024, DECEMBER 11TH, 2024. UH, DO I HAVE A REPORT? UH, MOTION TO DISCUSS. OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S RIGHT. APPROVE RECOMMENDATION. MOTION TO DISCUSS. THANK YOU. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS. UH, WE HAVE TWO, UH, REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVERS THIS MONTH. THE FIRST IS, UH, COURAGE TO CHANGE AA, UH, NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT. THIS IS A BLANKET PERMIT. SO THIS IS, UH, COVERING, UH, A FULL YEAR USE OF, UH, WORTH OF USE, UH, AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER. UM, THESE ARE FOR WEEKLY AA MEETINGS. UH, THIS ORGANIZATION I SAW IN THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN AT THAT SITE FOR 30 YEARS. WOW. OKAY. SO THERE IS ONE THAT THAT USES LAWN BOWLING. OKAY. THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER ONE. YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER, OKAY. YEAH. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN AT THE SENIOR CENTER FOR 30 YEARS. WOW. UH, THEY USE THE FACILITY ON MONDAYS, UH, WHEN STAFF IS PRESENT. SO THERE ARE NO STAFF CHARGES. UM, BUT THAT IS WHY THE NUMBER LOOKS PRETTY BIG AT 31 SOMETHING, UH, IN TERMS OF A FEE WAIVER. SO IT'S A WHOLE YEAR. SO IT IS A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF, UH, OF, UH, UTILIZATION. UM, AND ON A, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UM, FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, MONDAY EACH WEEK THEY'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 12 PEOPLE. OKAY. UH, THE SECOND ONE WE HAVE, SO THE SECOND ONE WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THIS IS, WELL, THIS IS FOR USA ATHLETICS ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE A SOFTBALL. THEY HOST A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT HERE AT EL DORADO PARK. UM, IT IS NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT. UM, BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE DATE OF THE EVENT WAS LAST WEEKEND. UHHUH, WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO, UM, RETRO FEE WAIVERS. WE ARE BRINGING THIS ONE FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION. 'CAUSE THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE WITH USA ATHLETICS, THIS WAS A STAFF ISSUE. OKAY. THEY HAD SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION IN TIME, UM, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE POLICY, THIS WAS A STAFF MISTAKE. OKAY. AND THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH FOR YEARS. UM, IF YOU RECALL, UH, THEY HOLD A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN DECEMBER AND THEY COLLECT TOYS FROM EVERY PARTICIPANT, UNWRAPPED, NEW TOYS THAT THEY THEN DONATE TO THE, UM, LONG BEACH FIRES, UH, SPARK OF LOVE, UH, EVENT LAST YEAR. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER FOR WHAT THEY GOT THIS PAST WEEKEND LAST YEAR. THEY CONTRIBUTED 370 TWICE. WOW. COOL. UM, SO THAT IS, UH, KIND OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, IF YOU WILL, UH, FOR THE REQUEST FOR UTILIZATION OF, UH, SOFTBALL FIELDS THREE AND FIVE, UH, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE HERE AT AL PARK. THE ATTORNEY'S OKAY. WITH AFTER THE FACT? YES. OKAY. YEAH. THE, THE COMMISSION HAS THE, THEY HAVE DO TO, UH, TO KIND OF GO AGAINST THE POLICY. OKAY. UM, AND SO YES, YOU CERTAINLY CAN, WE WILL MAKE SURE, UH, GLADYS WILL MAKE SURE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN, LIKE I'M EXPLAINING RIGHT NOW OKAY. TO THE FULL COMMISSION. UM, BUT THIS WAS NO FAULT OF USA ATHLETICS. OKAY. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. UH, CAN WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION, UH, PASSES. UH, NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING DAMAGE, LOSS AND THEFT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION LEAD. UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO DISCUSS? THANK YOU. UH, REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO FOR OUR LOSS, UH, REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT IT IS UNDER $4,000. WOW. FOR THE SINGLE MONTH. UM, NOT THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UH, A LOT OF VANDALISM, BUT THEY WERE RELATIVELY MINOR. UM, ISSUES. WE HAVE [00:05:01] A NUMBER OF FENCES BEING CUT THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND REPAIR THE FENCE. UH, A COUPLE OF LOCKS, UH, BEING DAMAGED AT, UH, SOME OF OUR, UH, FACILITIES. I THINK OUR, OUR SINGLE BIGGEST ONE WAS, UH, THE REPLACEMENT OF A SLIDE, UH, AT HUDSON PARK. UH, THAT WAS ABOUT $600, BUT IN TOTAL WE WERE AT 39 48 FOR THE MONTH OF, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. AND IS THERE ANY REASON TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT? LIKE THERE'D BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING PROACTIVELY? YOU KNOW, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY LIKE WITH, WE WERE STARTING TO SEE KIND OF AN UPWARD TREND AGAIN, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR COPPER WIRE. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THIS IS NOT A RECENT THING, BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, TO REALLY KIND OF SECURE AND PROTECT ACCESS TO LIKE OUR LIGHT STANCHIONS. UM, AND SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THOSE THINGS ARE A PART OF IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE NEXT MONTH WE COULD SEE ONE THAT'S $40,000 OR $50,000. THERE WASN'T ANY ARSON. THERE WASN'T ANY, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAJOR, UH, STRUCTURE LOSS OR DAMAGE. I THINK WE HAD A SIGN THAT WAS HIT BY A DRIVER. UM, BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT. BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY DOWN THE ROAD WE MIGHT NOT SEE ANOTHER BIG TICKET ITEM. UM, BUT BETWEEN THE TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, WE'RE ONLY AT ABOUT $17,000. IN TERMS OF LOSS. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. UH, WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR OUR LOSS REPORT, WE WERE JUST UNDER 55,000. WOW. SO, SO FAR, UH, A GOOD, UH, TREND. I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS CONTINUE. YES. YOU NEVER KNOW. SO HAVE WE REPLACED A LOT OF FENCES? I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS STILL HERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT, AT WISHLISTS OF THINGS TO DO ONCE WE GOT MEASURE A AND OTHER THINGS. HAVE WE BEEN REPLACING ANY FENCES THAT YOU KNOW OF? OR IS THIS JUST PEOPLE SIP THINGS AND THEN THEY CUT THROUGH? IT'S THE LATTER. THESE ARE NOT MAJOR LIKE FENCE LOSS. THEY ARE A SECTION, YOU KNOW, ONE PANEL OF A CHAIN LINK FENCE . SO IT'S REPAIRS, NOT REPLACEMENTS. WE DO SEE REPLACEMENTS FOR FENCES IN SITUATIONS, PARTICULARLY WHEN VEHICLES GO THROUGH. YEAH. HIT, UM, YOU SEE WHETHER IT'S DRUNK DRIVING OR NOT. IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY TAKE OUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS OR PANELS, YEAH. YOU MIGHT SEE A REPLACEMENT. BUT, UM, THESE, UH, THE ONES AT LEAST FOR THIS MONTH, ARE JUST LITTLE THIN. BECAUSE WE, I NOTICED PLAYING GOLF AT EL DORADO GOLF COURSE YESTERDAY, RIGHT OVER BACK HERE BY THE BASEBALL. THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER THAT SOMEBODY HAD COME THROUGH AND GONE ON THE TEE BOX, AND THEY LUCKILY DIDN'T GET ANY GREENS, BUT THEY HAD TORN UP SOME OF THE GRASS AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT AMERICAN GOLF IS GONNA MAYBE REQUEST NEW FENCING, WHICH SCARES ME AS ABOUT THE COST. BUT, AND THAT'S A LENGTHY STRETCH. YEAH. AS I KNOW FOR ALL THREE FACILITIES. WELL, AND, AND IF YOU DO, IF YOU DO GO DOWN THE ROAD THAT, REMEMBER AT REC PARK ALONG SANTIAGO? YEAH. THE, THE, THE WOODEN FENCE TWO, THE TWO, WE NEVER FOUND THE, BUT THE, BUT THE ONE LADY, AND SHE IS NOW GONE, BUT SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS AN INJUNCTION AGAINST ANYTHING OVER A THREE FOOT WOOD FENCE. SO IS IT ETHEL SILVERSON? UH, SHE, THERE WAS THE LADY IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, YES. THAT WAS HER DEAR, DEAR FRIEND. MINE YEAH. HUSBAND RECENTLY. AND HER, HER HU HER FATHER, IT WAS HER FATHER. THERE'S A PLAQUE TO HIM ON THE BACK OF THE, THE GOLF COURSE. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THING THERE ON NUMBER 12. YEAH. 'CAUSE WE TOOK THAT OUT AND WE FOUND THE PLAQUE AND SHE WAS ADAMANT THAT THAT GO BACK UP THERE. SO YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. SHE'S A PISTOL. YEAH, SHE WAS A PISTOL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST A REMINDER, WHEN I MENTIONED VEHICLES THAT GET SIGNS OR FENCES, WE TRY TO GET, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE A POLICE REPORT. WE TRY TO, UH, GO AFTER THE INSURANCE, UH, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, IF WE DO GET THE VEHICLE INFORMATION, THE VEHICLE'S STILL THERE. MM-HMM . UM, I JUST SAY THAT AS AN FFY. I, FOR OTHER ONES, MAY I ASK AN OLD QUESTION? UM, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION ABOUT AN OLD REPORT, AND THAT IS, UH, THE STATUTE THAT WAS, UH, DESTROYED OF THE POLICEMEN YES. AND THE CHILDREN. WHAT'S, YES, UH, DARYL BLACK, UM, WE ARE WORKING TO ACTUALLY REPLACE, UH, THOSE, THERE'S A MANUFACTURER I WANNA SAY IN MINNESOTA, UH, THAT DID THE ORIGINAL, THE TWO CHILDREN AND THE POLICE OFFICER. [00:10:01] UH, AND, UH, WE, OUR DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THAT REPLACED. I'M EXCITED. TIMEFRAME? A YEAR, THREE YEARS? OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. PROBABLY I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS ONE. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS JUST COMPLIMENTS TO AZTECA FOR CLEANING OUT THE FLOOD CONTROL EASEMENT BETWEEN EL DORADO GOLF COURSE IN THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER? THEY, UH, DID A REAL NICE JOB. THEY DO THAT QUARTERLY, I THINK. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL CALL THE QUESTION. YEP. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION. RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND MARINE. MOTION TO OPEN DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. ANY REPORT, PLEASE? YEAH. SO, UH, THROUGH THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 16% OF THE YEAR, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT IS, YOU KNOW, DOING VERY WELL, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, EARLY IN A FISCAL YEAR. UM, WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT UNDER 12% OF OUR BUDGET SO FAR. UM, AND, UH, NOT TO BE UNEXPECTED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT UNEXPECTED. WE DO A LOT OF SPENDING IN THE SUMMER, SO THAT'S WHERE WE CATCH UP. UM, BUT EARLY, UH, IN THE FISCAL YEAR, NOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MAJOR PURCHASES. UM, SO DOING WELL THERE. PLEASED TO SAY OUR REVENUES ARE DOING VERY WELL, UH, AGAIN THIS YEAR. THEY DID VERY WELL LAST YEAR. UM, I ALWAYS SAY GOLF IS A HUGE DRIVER OF OUR REVENUES, WHICH NO PUN, NO PUN, IT CONTINUES TO BE YES. VERY GOOD. UM, TRYING TO MAKE A HOT JOKE NOW. YEAH, I KNOW . UM, BUT, UH, DOING, UH, VERY WELL. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A, IT REMINDS ME THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROBABLY QUITE A WHILE, WE EXCEEDED OUR REVENUE COMMITMENT, UM, TO THE CITY, TO THE GENERAL FUND LAST FISCAL YEAR. WOW. AND, UH, HOPEFUL THAT WE, UH, ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME THING FOR THE CURRICULUM. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE PRICE INCREASES THAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR? YES, SURE. WOW. YEP. EXCELLENT. SO WE'RE NOT LOSING USAGE BASED ON SOME INCREASES. YEAH. RIGHT. NO. YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LIKE IF WE RAISE IT TOO MUCH, WHAT IS THAT GONNA DO TO DEMAND? RIGHT. AND, UM, SO WE DO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WHAT IS THAT? THE PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND. MM-HMM . UM, AND SO NO, THOSE THINGS HAVE NOT HURT US. UH, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE RAISE, WE GET CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE THE, UH, REGIONAL PARK ENTRY TO THE REGIONAL PARK. IS THIS GOING TO REDUCE, UH, PEOPLE COMING THROUGH AND IT IT HAS NOT, UH, TO THIS POINT. SO, UH, WE'RE DOING WELL THERE. WATER, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT, UM, BETTER THAN WHERE WE FOUND OURSELVES LAST YEAR. UH, WE HAVE SPENT, OF OUR $3 MILLION BUDGET, WATER BUDGET, UH, WE HAVE SPENT A LITTLE UNDER 400,000, UM, ABOUT 12.7% OF OUR BUDGET, UH, FOR WATER FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES. IS THAT TWO MONTHS OR THREE? TWO MONTHS. TWO MONTHS. OKAY. UH, THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE AT ABOUT 16%, UM, ABOUT $80,000 MORE. SO, UH, THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE HAVE NOT BEEN WET, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF RAIN SO FAR, BUT THE MORNINGS HAVE BEEN COOL AND THERE HAS BEEN THIS MOISTURE IN THE AIR, AND SO IT'S THREADING RIGHT NOW. UM, DID YOU KNOW THAT? I DID NOT KNOW THAT. I SAW IT COMING IN. THEY OUTSIDE , THEY DON'T LET YOU OUTSIDE NOT DURING THE DAY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WHY WE HAVEN'T SPENT AS MUCH ON WATER, UH, AS WE HAD LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON MAY REMEMBER WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS FOR WATER YEARS AGO. WE'RE AT A $3 MILLION BUDGET NOW. WE WERE LUCKY TO GET ONE TWO OR ONE FOUR WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE. IT WAS ONE, TWO AND, UM, NEVER ENOUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT WITH THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. AND I THINK THEY, THEY PROBABLY LIKE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER EVERY YEAR, LIKE, WOW, YOUR PARKS ARE GREEN. THEY'RE NOT DROWNING OUT. SO, UH, VERY PLEASED WITH, WITH THAT. THAT CONCLUDES THE FINANCE REPORT. SO IF, IF YOU MAKE EXTRA REVENUE, DO YOU GET TO THEN SPEND THAT OR ARE YOU STILL LIMITED TO WHAT THE, THE SPENDING BUDGET WAS? YOU, YOUR BUDGET TO SPEND WAS 1.2, [00:15:01] YOUR BUDGET TO GENERATE WAS 1 MILLION AND YOU MAKE 1.1. DO YOU GET TO SPEND THAT OTHER ONE OR DOES THAT GO TO THE GENERAL FUND? SO IT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND. IT DROPS TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE GENERAL FUND. BUT THE THING I LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE IS WE HAVE, LET'S JUST SAY A $40 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET. WE BRING IN, LET'S JUST SAY 15 MILLION IN REVENUE. WE'RE GETTING 25 MILLION SUBSEQUENTLY. SO WE'RE GETTING BACK A LOT MORE OKAY. TO FUND OUR OPERATIONS THAN WE'RE PUTTING IN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS LIKE TO, TO EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL THINK, OH, WELL YOU GUYS AREN'T GETTING WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING INTO THE CITY. WELL, WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE BRING INTO THE CITY PLUS. OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW. AND THEN HAVE WE GONE FULLY ONLINE FOR PAYING AT THE GATE? I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GARCIA WANTED. UH, YOU MEAN UH, CREDIT CARDS? CREDIT CARDS AND STUFF. YEAH. SO THAT'S ALL. OKAY. STILL CASH OPTION. OKAY. SO, OKAY. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING THAT FOR A FEW YEARS. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND THEN WHEN WE PUT IN ALL THE NEW TREES, ARE WE BRINGING, DO YOU, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, DO WE BRING IRRIGATION TO THEM, LIKE WITH BUBBLERS FOR A SHORT TIME? OR ARE WE JUST AT THE WHIM OF WHATEVER THE NORMAL IRRIGATION IS AND HOPING THAT THAT GETS TO THOSE NEW TREES? I, I THINK IT'S THE LATTER. I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING ANY SPECIAL IRRIGATION, EVEN TEMPORARY LINES NOW FOR MAJOR PROJECTS. UH, LIKE THE DEFOREST WETLANDS WE OPENED SIX YEARS AGO, SEVEN YEARS AGO, THERE WERE SOME PLANTING MM-HMM . THAT WE DID IN THE DEFOREST WETLANDS WHERE WE DID, DID HAVE FOR A TEMPORARY BASIS, HAVE SOME EXACTLY DRIP IRRIGATION, UH, FOR, TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH, UH, THEIR ROOTS. AND THEN THAT WAS EVENTUALLY TURNED OFF. OKAY. UM, BUT FOR ONESIE TWOSIES, NO. OKAY. YEP. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE OLYMPICS. ARE YOU GETTING, UH, REQUESTS TO DO ACTIVITY IN THE PARKS RELATED TO THE OLYMPICS IN PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS? SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S GOING TO COME, UM, NOT NECESSARILY YET. UH, IN FACT, UM, A COUPLE OF US IN THE DEPARTMENT ARE SITTING ON, UM, OLYMPIC PLANNING COMMITTEES, UH, THAT ARE REALLY GONNA PICK UP IN JANUARY. IN FACT, I JUST GOT A MEETING INVITATION FOR ONE IN JANUARY. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK OF LIKE, VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, PUT UP THE BIG BLOW UP SCREENS ON THE BEACH AND WATCH. I'M SURE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL OCCUR. UM, JUST, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. AND, UH, I GUESS SAME QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE WORLD CUP SOCCER. WE'RE GONNA BE HOSTING SOME OF THE GAMES HERE AT SOFI. UH, NO, THE WORLD CUP, IT'S GONNA BE ALL OVER, ISN'T IT? UH, YEAH. THE WORLD CUP IS GONNA BE, WE'RE TALKING THE MAIN'S WORLD CUP, THE FIFA WORLD CUP. IT'S GONNA BE HELD IN NORTH AMERICA, SO MEXICO, UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND CANADA. CANADA. OKAY. AND SO WITHIN EACH OF THOSE COUNTRIES, THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE SITES. I SEE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE A FACILITY BIG ENOUGH IN LONG BEACH. ONE OF THE SITES WILL BE SOFI GOT IT. UH, IN LOS ANGELES. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE WILL BENEFIT FROM AN INTERNATIONAL AROUND DRAW, BUT NOT AS A HOST. GOT IT. OF ANYTHING ELSE. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE, UM, THE COMMISSIONER VISITORS BUREAU HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AND, AND I'M SURE OUR HOTELS WILL BE, UH, WILL BE USED. GOT IT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, BUT NOT, WE'RE NOT A HOMES. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING. I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD. AND I GUESS ONE LAST, UH, SORT OF WHAT'S GOING ON, QUESTION. UM, MARINE, UH, STADIUM CONSTRUCTION, UH, ACTIVITY. HOW IS THAT COMING ALONG? OH, THE, THE, THE REBUILD OF, UH, YES. OR THE CONNECTION TO THE COLORADO LAGOON? YOU KNOW, I DON'T, THAT'S A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT. I DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY UPDATES ON THAT. OKAY. UM, SO TO BE HONEST, I DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. JUST CURIOUS REALLY. UM, OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE REGARDING ITEM THREE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. UH, AND NOW WE, UH, ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION FINANCE APPEALS COMMITTEE ON NON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC HERE TODAY? NO. SEEING NONE. UH, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NOTHING FOR ME. OKAY. NORMY? NO. OKAY THEN. UH, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 3 25. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I WILL, [00:20:01] UH. * 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.