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          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST. 
          UM, UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          IT IS CURRENTLY, UH, 9:05 AM AND I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING, UH, I'M SORRY, THE JANUARY 16TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. 
          DIRECTOR. 
          DENNIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL A ROLE? YES, I WILL. 
          AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          BACK TO YOU. 
          UH, CHAIR REDFIELD. 
          CHAIR REDFIELD. 
          HERE. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR TI SMITH. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER SHADA. 
          HERE. 
          PERFECT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER HIGA HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, PRESENT AND COMMISSIONER SHOWN. 
          AND WE HAVE A FULL COMMISSIONS. 
          LOOK AT THAT NEW YEAR. 
          WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR DOING IT. 
          AND ON THAT NOTE, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG? THANK YOU. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD TAKE JUST A MOMENT OF QUIET, UM, REFLECTION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, WITH THESE HORRIBLE WILDFIRES, AND PARTICULARLY TO OUR LONG BEACH CONTINGENCY BOTH POLICE AND FIRE WHO ARE UP, UP IN ALTADENA HELPING THEM. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO ON THAT NOTE, UM, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS MORNING? YES, ACTUALLY WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. 
          ONE, WE ALWAYS LOVE TO BRING ONE OF OUR SELLER STAFF BEFORE OUR COMMISSION. 
          UH, THIS, EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THE ROUTINE NOW, BUT IF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER GUESTS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I USUALLY LIKE TO REMIND THEM, EVEN THOUGH THE PERIAN IS COMMISSION IS PARKS AND RECREATION, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS A BIT BROADER. 
          AND FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW, UM, A MEMBER OF OUR MARINE BUREAU TEAM IS BEING RECOGNIZED. 
          SO, AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UH, JOY WARREN, WHO HAS BEEN LEADING OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST YEAR, DOING A GREAT JOB, SHE'S HANDING THE BATON OFF OF LEADERSHIP TO GLADYS KAISER, WHO'S OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER. 
          BUT JOY, UM, LED THE SURPRISE OF, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN YESTERDAY OUT AT BEACH MAINTENANCE. 
          AND I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO JOY WARREN. 
          GOOD MORNING, JOY. 
          OH, OH, WELL, MAYBE I  ABSOLUTE, ABSOLUTELY. 
          HAVE NO PROBLEM. 
          I LOVE, I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR TEAM, SO THANK YOU. 
          NO, THIS IS GREAT. 
          UM, AS BRENT, ME, SHANE, UM, FIRST OF ALL, IT HAS BEEN ONE OF MY GREATEST HONORS TO LEAD THIS FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE WHOSE, WHOSE JOB IS TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF WHO DO AN AMAZING JOB IN THE FIELD. 
          AND SO I'M, I'M ALWAYS UP FOR TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE PERSON THAT WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE TODAY. 
          AND THAT IS, LIKE BRENT MENTIONED, TWO MONTHS IN A ROW. 
          I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING OVER THERE, TODD, BUT YOU ARE DEFINITELY, UH, NOURISHING SOME KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE ROCK STARS ARE JUST COMING UP AND GETTING THEIR DUE RECOGNITION. 
          SO, UM, I'M GONNA INVITE JEFF, SUPERVISOR TO TALK MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT ROBERTO QUINONE, WHO IS, I BELIEVE GARDNER TWO, RIGHT? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          OUT OF OUR MARINE BUREAU. 
          UM, DETAIL ORIENTED, NOT SATISFIED AND THINK UNLESS THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I THINK RESPONSIBLE FOR A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION WHERE HE IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, THE ENCAMPMENTS ARE, ARE CLEAN. 
          AND HE'S BEEN IN CHARGE OF PROJECTS WHERE, AGAIN, HIS, HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAS BEEN APPRECIATED. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LOVE TO BRING UP MR. ROBERTO QUINONEZ SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR DUE RECOGNITION AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING OUR DECEMBER EMPLOYEE IN THE LAB. 
          I THINK MR. JEFFREY KING, HIS SUPERVISOR WOULD LIKE TO SAY TWO MORE THINGS ABOUT ROBERTO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT BOY, SHE, SHE HIT A LOT OF THE POINTS. 
          UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO JOIN OUR LANDSCAPE CREW. 
          AND AT THE POINT IT WAS JUST ME AND ONE PERSON, AND I WAS KIND OF RUNNING THE EAST SIDE OF LONG BEACH. 
          AND, UH, MY OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING THE QUEENSWAY BAY. 
          UM, ROBBIE CAME ON BOARD WITH US. 
          HE LATERALLY TRANSFERRED OVER FROM PARKS, SO HE BROUGHT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE WITH HIM. 
          UM, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I HANDED OVER OUR EAST SIDE, WHICH IS OF COURSE, LIKE MAPLES ISLAND, BASICALLY. 
          UH, WHAT 
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WE GOT THE MARINAS, UM, COLORADO LAGOON BLUFF PARK, YOU KNOW, A REALLY HIGH IMPACT, UH, HIGHLY SEEN, HIGHLY TRAFFICKED WITH PEOPLE AREAS. 
          UM, RIGHT AWAY ROBERT WAS LIKE, SHE WOULD SAY VERY DETAIL ORIENTED. 
          WE HAD A CONTRACTOR COME OUT AND DO SOME WORK IF SOMETHING WASN'T TRIMMED THE RIGHT WAY OR IF SOMETHING WASN'T DONE RIGHT, HE WOULD GET, GET WITH THEM. 
          AND THEN HE WOULD SIT THERE AND SHOW THEM, OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT. 
          AND HE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WAS DONE RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, WE SAW THE QUALITY OF WORK FROM OUR CONTRACTOR GO UP BECAUSE THEY, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT HE DID IS HE REALLY TOOK, UH, NAPLES ISLAND UNDER HIS WING AND JUST SPENT EXTRA TIME, UH, PUTTING FERTILIZER DOWN, GRASS SEED DOWN, JUST REALLY BEAUTIFYING THAT ISLAND. 
          AND I KNOW THE, THE NAPLES ISLAND GARDEN CLUB AND, UH, THEIR BUSINESS ASSOCIATION JUST REALLY APPRECIATED THE WORK THEY DID. 
          IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. 
          UM, WE HAD A, WE NEEDED A PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH TEAM. 
          UM, WE DON'T REALLY, DID NOT REALLY KIND OF HAVE A FORMAL TEAM. 
          AND ROBERT HAD BEEN DOING THAT WORK WITH, UH, PARKS. 
          AND SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD STEP IN AND HE KIND OF HEADS UP THE, UH, HOMELESS OUTREACH. 
          SO HE WORKS IN  WITH PD AND, UH, FOLLOWING HIS WIFE OFFICERS AND HOMELESS OUTREACH. 
          AND, UH, SO, UH, A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK ON TOP OF DOING LANDSCAPING, HE'S OUT THERE, UH, ADDRESSING OUR HOMELESS ISSUES. 
          SO, UM, HE'S JUST A, A TEAM PLAYER. 
          UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS RELY ON ANYTHING HAPPENS, A PHONE CALL, HE'S THERE AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE. 
          AWESOME. 
          SO, WITHOUT, I'VE HEARD ROBERTO, ROBBIE AND ROBERT, SO I RESCUE ROBERTO YESTERDAY, BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND JEFF, I THINK CAPTURED ALL HIGHLIGHTS OF, UM, ROBERTO'S SERVICE AND VERY WELL DESERVING OF THIS HONOR. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT A MISSION. 
          WELL, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, JOIN US HERE. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER WITH THE LIGHT BEHIND IT. 
          IS THAT THE BEST WAY? OH, THIS HERE. 
          THAT COULD BE A, THAT'S GONNA, IF WE HAD EUROPEAN BIRD CHAT ON THE MARINE BUREAU, ROBERTO WOULD HAVE HIM LOOKING LIKE THAT. 
          CAN YOU GET, SHOULD WE SCOOT A LITTLE BIT DOWN? YES. 
          ARE WE GOOD? YOU FIRST BE IN THE WINDOW. 
          OKAY. 
          MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN SEE ME. 
          WE CAN SEE YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          READY? 1, 2, 3. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          GREAT. 
          I'M WRITING ALL THOSE OTHER LAYERS TO WHAT YOU DO. 
          SO CHAIR REDFIELD, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE THE NEXT PRESENTATION AND THEN I DO NEED TO MAKE A QUICK CALL INTO THE EOC. 
          THEY STARTED AT NINE O'CLOCK. 
          ALSO WENT TO JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WHAT OUR REPORTS ARE. 
          BUT LET ME INTRODUCE, UH, SHE BEATTY. 
          SHE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, SIX MONTH IN THE MAKING FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT LOOKS AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW SKATE PARKS IN MORE OF OUR UNDERSERVED PARTS OF LONG BEACH. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SHERLINE. 
          JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DID DEVELOP WHAT'S KNOWN AS A TFF. 
          IT'S A TWO FOUR FROM, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK. 
          INITIALLY, UM, THERE'S NOT BEEN AN EXPECTATION FOR CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATION, BUT SHERLY, UH, WAS ANTICIPATING THAT. 
          SO SHE'S ALREADY PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION WE THOUGHT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS. 
          'CAUSE THERE WILL BE A BROADER CONVERSATION IN PROBABLY THE MONTHS AHEAD. 
          UH, I KNOW MIKE HERE HE IS, I GIVE YOU, SO ONE OF OUR, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAS JOINED US THIS MORNING FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, THERE'LL BE GREAT THINGS IN THE FUTURE AND I, I HAVE SEEN THIS SO IT'S NOT THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHE AND IT'S 
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NICE TO SEE YOU. 
          THANKS FRAN. 
          AND GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. 
          GOOD. 
          SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, THE TFF FORM THAT HE TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO THIS IS A PRESENTATION THAT'S GONNA REFLECT EVERYTHING THAT YOU WILL FIND IN THERE. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS DETAILED. 
          A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ARE IN THE TFF, BUT I WILL HOPEFULLY COVER A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU SO YOU'LL GET A GOOD FEELING OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT IN THAT MEMO. 
          IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT YET, OUR SETUP IS A LITTLE INTERESTING. 
          SO I MIGHT BE THE VOICE BEHIND THE SCREEN ON CERTAIN PARTS, BUT I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST TO KIND OF BALANCE BOTH AS WE'RE DOING IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS ALL STARTED BECAUSE BACK IN MAY OUR CITY COUNCIL TASKED, UM, REQUESTED THAT THE CITY MANAGER WORKS WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO REPORT BACK ON THE FEASIBILITY OF POTENTIAL NEW SITES OF SKATE PARK HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, BUT THEY HAD AN INTEREST IN LOOKING AT REALLY IMPROVING AND HAVING SKATE PARKS OUT IN LONG BEACH, LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SKATE PARKS AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT. 
          SO WE GOT TO WORK. 
          WE DEVELOPED, RICK KIND OF ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE GOT A STEERING COMMITTEE TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND WHAT WE INITIALLY HAVE DONE TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WANTED AND WARRANTED IN THE CITY OF LAKE BEACH, RTFF. 
          THE MEMO HE SPOKE OUT ABOUT CAME OUT ON DECEMBER 31ST. 
          SO JUST AS THE LAST 2024 ENDED TO WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR. 
          I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT CIF STANDS FOR? TWO FOUR FROM MEMO, SORRY. 
          THANK IT. 
          TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          OKAY, SO WE STARTED HERE. 
          WE STARTED TO LOOK OUT WHERE ARE EXISTING PARKS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          SO I KNOW THIS MAP IS A LITTLE SMALL, BUT I, YOU ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          AND SO WE HAVE 10 EXISTING LOCATIONS I'LL LISTED HERE AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE. 
          UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SEVEN OF THOSE ARE ALL SOUTH OF CCH, SO THEY'RE ALL KIND OF IN THIS LITTLE CLUSTERED AREA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THREE OTHER ONES, NORTH LONG BEACH, EAST LONG BEACH, AND WEST LONG BEACH LOCATED. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LAYOUT OF WHAT OUR SKATE PARKS LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW, UM, AS IT EXISTS. 
          SO I CAN TAKE A LITTLE QUICKER LOOK. 
          SO THESE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT AND SHOW YOU, UM, PICTURES, VISUAL OF WHAT OUR SKATE PARKS CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THEY ARE AND JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. 
          THIS IS WHY I NEED MY NOTES. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA START HERE. 
          BIG SPEED SKATE PARK, ALSO KNOWN AS CHERRY. 
          UM, IT'S A VERY LEGENDARY SKATE PARK AND ONE THAT IS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, IT'S PART OF THE, A MAJOR PART OF THE SKATING SCENE. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF LOW IMPACT ELEMENTS SUCH AS PADS AND LEDGES AND THINGS OF SORTS. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME SIMILARITIES AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE PARTS. 
          I'M NOT A SKATER SO I DON'T HAVE ALL THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION, BUT I HAVE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES AND I KNOW IT'S VERY, VERY WELL USED IN THE LAST. 
          ALRIGHT, AS WE'RE WALKING THROUGH OUR THEME OVER HERE AT DRAKE PARK. 
          SO DRAKE PARK, IT IS GOING TO FIND THREE PREFAB ELEMENTS. 
          UM, THERE'S RAILS ON AND ALL THEIR RAILS AND ELEMENTS THAT WERE HERE AT THIS GATE PARK ARE ON TOP OF THE OLD TENNIS AND BASKETBALL COURTS. 
          AND SO IT'S A PLACE AND SPACE FOR FLAT TRICKS AS WELL. 
          SO LEMME TYPE EL DORADO WEST, THAT'S RIGHT OVER HERE IN OUR LITTLE BACKYARD TO WHERE WE'RE MEETING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, IT OPENED IN 2000. 
          IT HAS AN OPEN BOWL AND A QUARTER PIPE AND ALSO SOME STREET ELEMENTS. 
          ALSO VERY POPULAR FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE SKATEBOARDERS OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE ROLLER SKATERS. 
          A LOT OF FOLKS COME OVER TO THIS SKATE PARK AS WELL. 
          SO WE GO OVER TO GUM PARK AND AT GUMBAR THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. 
          IT'S 2000 SQUARE FEET. 
          UM, IT'S ALL CONCRETE AND IT HAS A COUPLE FLAT ELEMENTS AS WHAT TON PARK. 
          ANOTHER VERY POPULAR DESTINATION. 
          UM, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONLY TRUE BOWLS HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          AND IT'S KNOWN IT HAS THE THREE CLOVER. 
          SO IT HAS THE THREE FULL BOWLS THERE. 
          AND ALSO VERY KNOWN. 
          YOU PROBABLY SEEN THIS PICTURE FOR THE ARTWORK AND THE MURALS ART THAT'S ON THERE. 
          ME AGAIN, ONE OF THE NEWER ONES. 
          YOU'RE DOING GREAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE A, I, I HAVE KNOWN TO ROLL IT ON MY KNEE ON A SKATEBOARD. 
          I WON'T TRY ANY TRICKS BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA DANCE YET. 
          , UM, THE STREET PLAZA, THIS IS A STREET PLAZA RIGHT HERE. 
          AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF OBSTACLES AND LEDGES AND CURVES AND DIFFERENT ELEMENTS FOR SKATERS TO ENJOY MCBRIDE PARK. 
          ALSO KNOWN AS LBC PARK. 
          SO THEY HAVE THE ICONIC AND I THINK IT'S IN, YES, RIGHT HERE IN THIS PHOTO RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE KNOWN AS THE LVC PARK BECAUSE OF THE ICONIC LETTERS THAT ARE RIGHT OVER THERE. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS MODERN STREET PLAZA OVER AT MCBRIDE PARK, MICHAEL KATE GREENS GATE PARK. 
          THIS ONE IS OVER ON 14TH STREET AND IT ACTUALLY WAS NAMED AFTER A NCE GATOR. 
          MICHAEL GREEN LOST 
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HIS LIFE TO GANG VIOLENCE. 
          SO THIS IS, SITS VERY WELL IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S VERY WELL ACCEPTED IN A WARM WELCOME AND HAS A LOT OF MEANING FOR THEM. 
          BUT IT'S IN THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. 
          SO THERE'S A HALF PIPE SECTION, THERE'S STREET, THERE'S STREET SECTION, AND THEN THERE'S OTHER, UM, MIXED CONCRETE AND PREFAB ELEMENTS OVER AT THAT PARTICULAR SKATE PARK. 
          SO THIS ONE'S UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE MEDIAN AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER ONES ARE IN BIG LARGER PARK AREAS. 
          THIS ONE'S ON A ALRIGHT OR AVA SKATE PARK. 
          AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO, ONE THING THAT YOU'LL SEE IN COMMON IS YOU SEE A LOT OF THE CONCRETE ELEMENTS, WHICH IS THE WAY THAT WE'RE MOVING IN TERMS OF DURABILITY OF SKATE PARKS. 
          UM, SO HERE THERE'S BANKS AND LEDGES AND IT'S USED BY LOCAL GROUPS AND IT'S VERY POPULAR AMONGST THE LOCAL COMMUNITY UP IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          SILVERADO SKATE PARK, THE LAST OF OUR 10 SKATE PARKS. 
          UM, YOU MIGHT, THIS ONE MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST CAME ON INTO MY ROLE, THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT WE GOT AND THEY RECENTLY HAD RENOVATIONS OVER AT SILVERADO. 
          SO ORIGINALLY THEY HAD WOOD ELEMENTS THAT WERE ANTS FROM THE MICHAEL K GREENSCAPE PARK. 
          ONCE THAT PART GOT UPDATED WITH CONCRETE OR MOVED OVER HERE. 
          AND THEN JUST RECENTLY THIS WORK WAS REDONE AND PUT IN THE CONCRETE GREEN F ELEMENTS THERE. 
          SO THIS IS THE CURRENT LAYOUT AND ALSO VERY POPULAR. 
          UM, AND EVEN DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          OKAY, SO JUST TAKING YOU THROUGH A WALK OF KIND OF WHAT OUR SKATE PARKS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU'LL FIND MORE DETAILS IN THE ACTUAL MEMO AND THE MEMO CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY MANAGERS, UM, OUTSIDE. 
          SO HOW DID WE DO THIS? WHAT DID WE DO? SO WE, OUR PROCESS, WE CREATED A STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          I KNOW BRENT MENTIONED THAT MIKE IS HERE, BUT OUR STEERING COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT BUREAUS IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, UM, FOR REPRESENTATION AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CONNECTING WITH YOUTH AND GETTING THE YOUTH VOICE AROUND HERE. 
          SO WE DID A COMMUNITY SURVEY, IT WAS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS. 
          WE HAD IT ON OUR WEBSITE, VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIAS, OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT AND SENT IT OUT TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR GROUPS. 
          UM, L-B-U-S-D. 
          WE UTILIZED THEIR SERVICE AND HAD IT SENT OUT THROUGH THE PARENT VIEW AND ALL OF THEIR NETWORKS AND HOW THEY GET FLYERS OUT. 
          SO THAT WAS AVAILABLE. 
          FOLKS WANTED IT AS WELL AS WE INTENDED A COUPLE COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE WE WERE THERE AND A COUPLE OF STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE THERE. 
          AND WE HAD, UM, WELL TALKED TO OUR PHONES ACTUALLY BASICALLY 'CAUSE WE HAD A QR CODE. 
          IT WAS ALL DIDN'T DO QR CODE SO THAT WE CAN TALK TO THE FOLKS THAT WERE OUT THERE AT THE EVENTS AND ACTUALLY OUT AT THE PARKS AND GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK THAT WAY. 
          THAT'S COOL. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY, WHAT DID WE FIND? SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAD ABOUT 650 RESPONDENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY. 
          89.7% OF THEM OVERWHELMINGLY SAID YES, WE HAVE A DESIRE FOR MORE SKATE PARKS IN LONG BEACH. 
          'CAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST PART, RIGHT? WE WANTED TO KNOW DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT THIS? AND THE ANSWER RESOUNDINGLY WAS YES. 
          UM, AND WHEREAS 55% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT BUILDING SKATE PARKS. 
          WHEN WE KIND OF DUG A LITTLE DEEPER AND ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE CONCERNED, 29% OF RESPONDENTS DID MENTION SAFETY AS A TOP CONCERN. 
          WHICH I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE TO ANY G WHEN AS SAFETY IS A CONCERN IN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, BUT THEY STILL WANT IT. 
          ALL RIGHT, LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN SOME OF THE RESULTS. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, SKATEBOARDING THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY FOLKS ARE USING THE SKATEBOARD. 
          'CAUSE WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW AND WHEN ARE FOLKS USING THE SKATE PARKS. 
          ROLLER SKATING WAS ANOTHER POPULAR CHOICE AND REALLY SOCIALIZING IS UP THERE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR THIRD, SECOND ONE, HIGHEST ONE UP THERE. 
          SO IT IS A PLACE FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND THEN HOW WE FOUND FOLKS UTILIZING THE SKATE PARK MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK WAS THE MOST COMMON ANSWER. 
          THAT FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY GOING THERE QUITE A BIT. 
          THOSE WHO UTILIZE OUR SKATE PARKS AND UM, SPENDING ABOUT AN HOUR TO THREE HOURS HOUR PARKS. 
          SO IT'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT THERE IN A WAY FOR THEM TO ENGAGE AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. 
          ALL RIGHT, SOME ADDITIONAL STATISTICS, UM, THAT ARE GOING ON. 
          SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT, AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS, YES WE WANT A SKATE PARK, BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AGES. 
          SO 22 BETWEEN 10 TO 24, 14% BETWEEN 25 TO 29 AND 26% BETWEEN 30 TO 39. 
          SO WE DID MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE OUT THERE TRYING TO GET A CROSS SECTION OF THE POPULATION AND AGE WISE AS WELL. 
          SO GOING ON WITH THE RESULTS, WHERE DID WE LAND? WE TOOK THIS INFORMATION AND THROUGH MEETINGS WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND WE LOOKED AT, PART OF OUR TASK WAS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SITES THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE FIT. 
          SO FROM THE SURVEY RESULTS, I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THERE, BUT THEY ALSO HAD LIKE A LIST OF, THEY WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE A SKATE PARK, WHERE DO YOU NOT WANT A SKATE PARK? AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO AS WE ANALYZE THE DATA WE LANDED HERE, UM, OR LOCATIONS, UM, BEACHFRONT, HARBO PARK, THOSE PARK AND RECREATION PARK WERE THE ONES THAT WE REALLY SPENT OUR TIME KIND OF LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND ANALYZING OTHER LOCATIONS OR KIND OF MENTIONED AND HAVE VARIOUS MEMBERS, 
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UM, REASONINGS BEHIND IT. 
          BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT PROXIMITY TO EXISTING SKATE PARKS AND KIND OF LOOKED AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT AREA, DO THEY HAVE THE SPACE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO DO I, HERE'S JUST PICTURES. 
          THESE ARE CONCEPT PICTURES. 
          THIS IS NOT WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          WE ARE NOT THAT FAR IN THE PROCESS . 
          SO THIS IS JUST WHAT COULD IT BE? WE WANT IT TO VISUALIZE. 
          SO OVER HERE AT HARTWELL PARK THIS UM, A LARGER SPACE, SOMETHING FOR US TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT. 
          HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH THE DESIGN. 
          THIS IS A WAVY KIND OF FUN DESIGN SIMILAR TO WHAT LIKE A PUMP TRACK. 
          SO IT COULD HAVE A VARIETY OF USES HERE AT THIS PARTICULAR ONE. 
          AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER. 
          I ALWAYS HAVE TO WRITE THAT DOWN BECAUSE I'M LIKE WHAT? UM, BUT THAT PARTICULAR ONE THEN YOU SEE DOWN THERE, THE BEACHFRONT, THIS IS NOT OUR SKATE PARK, BUT A NICE VISION. 
          THIS IS DOWN AT VENICE BEACH. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A LARGER, MUCH LARGER DESTINATION SKATE PARK SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT TRY VENICE BEACH. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT IF WE WERE GONNA GO BUILD SOMETHING THERE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE AGAIN, A DESTINATION. 
          SOMETHING THAT CAN REACH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SKATEBOARDING, THE NATIONAL SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU CAN HOST COMPETITIONS, THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          THE OTHER TWO LOCATION LOS CERRITOS PARK. 
          SO THIS LOCATION HERE WOULD BE KIND OF, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LOS CERRITOS PARK NEXT TO THE TENNIS COURTS. 
          THERE'S THAT LITTLE STREET THAT'S RIGHT THERE THAT'S NOT BEING USED, UM, RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE THIS WOULD GO. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO MICHAEL K. GREEN. 
          SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF MICHAEL K, ANOTHER PICTURE OF MICHAEL K. GREEN PARK. 
          BUT THAT DESIGN THERE WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO MICHAEL K. GREEN PARK WHERE IT'S ON THAT SMALL MEDIAN. 
          UM, NOW WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GRADING ISSUES THERE, SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'D HAVE TO KIND OF CONSIDER. 
          AND THEN RECREATION PARK. 
          SO RECREATION PARK THAT WAS CHOSEN, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE TWO REALLY SMALL ELEMENTS THAT ARE THERE. 
          JUST ONE LITTLE RAIL. 
          SO THIS WAY TO REALLY EXPAND IT, BE ACROSS FROM WHERE THAT IS CLOSER TO THE CORNER, RIGHT ACROSS FROM WILSON HIGH SCHOOL OFF SEVENTH STREET. 
          SO KIND OF BEHIND THE RANCH SHELL IF YOU ANOTHER ORIENTATION OF THAT AREA, UM, AS A FEASIBLE LOCATION. 
          AND THIS COULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE AT LY . 
          ALL RIGHT, SO SOME OF THE DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS AND WHY THESE LOCATIONS WERE CHOSEN AS A MATRIX. 
          SO WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. 
          SO YES, IN OUR SURVEY WE FOUND THAT MOST PEOPLE DRIVE THEMSELVES TO SKATE PARKS. 
          HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT THE OPTION FOR EVERYBODY. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S A LOCATION THAT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, IS THERE EXISTING PARKING AND ARE THERE AMENITIES AVAILABLE? SO THINGS THAT WERE HIGHLY D DESIRED, LIKE RESTROOMS BEING NEARBY. 
          UM, IS THERE A PLACE TO SIT? IS THERE SHADE AVAILABLE? THOSE TYPE OF AMENITIES THAT WERE HIGHLY DESIRABLE. 
          UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS. 
          WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THIS. 
          SO THIS BREAKS IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          I KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE DESIRABLE THINGS AND WHAT IT'S CLOSE TO AND THE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. 
          BUT THEN WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THINGS LIKE THE BEACH FRONT. 
          THAT'S A MUCH LARGER PROCESS 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT TO CULTURAL COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. 
          IF THAT DOES COME TO TUITION, IT'S ALSO GONNA BE A HIGH COST BILL. 
          'CAUSE I MENTIONED A LARGE DESTINATION. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF FUNDING THAT WILL BE NEEDED. 
          BUT POSSIBLE HARWELL PARK, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL NEEDING TO DO A NEW RESTROOM OVER THERE ON THAT PARTICULAR QUARTER. 
          AND THINGS LIKE UPBRINGING, THE PARKING LOT. 
          AND THEN LOS CREOS PARK, I MENTIONED KIND OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS ABOUT IT BEING ON A SLOPE AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO CONSIDER AS WELL AS RECREATION PARKS, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY HATCH TREES TO BE REMOVED. 
          SO ALL OF THESE HAVE KIND OF IN EVERY LOCATION YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR PROS AND CONS. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE WE STARTED. 
          SO NEXT STEPS MADE IT THROUGH ALL THAT. 
          UM, SO I MENTIONED HERE, IDENTIFY FUNDING. 
          SO FUNDING IS A BIG PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE ARE READY TO ASK AND START SEEKING, UM, THROUGH A VARIETY OF SOURCES, WHICH CAN BEGAN TO BE COMMUNITY, COULD BE PRIVATE DONATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO ENGAGE IN A FORMAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT IMMEDIATE STEP. 
          UM, SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AS OUR STEERING COMMITTEE A LITTLE BIT AT A HIGHER LEVEL, BUT WE NEED THAT FORMAL ANALYSIS TO REALLY GO AND LOOK AT THE SITE TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS A VIABLE LOCATION OR NOT AND TO GET A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN THERE. 
          AND THEN COMES THE ON MORE FUN FOR DESIGN AND ALL OF THAT. 
          SO THAT IS MY QUICK AND WALK THROUGH THE TFO. 
          TAKE A DEEP BREATH. 
          I HOPE THAT WAS GOOD. 
          IT WAS GREAT. 
          TERRIFIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN WE DO HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING MAYOR HERE. 
          SO SOMETHING, BUT WHEN EVERYBODY'S DOWN. 
          OKAY, SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEES, BUT MIKE WAS ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE. 
          AND I'D JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR YOU WORKING ALONGSIDE US AND HELPING US GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND BALANCING EVERYTHING OUT AND WITHOUT EVERYONE, INCLUDING OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS WORKING WITH US AND OFFICER  DEVELOPMENT, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN HERE. 
          SO HERE APPRECI SHOULD HAVE CALLED . 
          IT'S A LOT MORE FUN THIS TIME THAN ONE 30 YEARS. 
           . 
          SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AFTER THE OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I I JUST REALLY QUICK. 
          I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, BUT OKAY. 
          YOU 
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GUYS WANNA GO FOR IT? I'M SORRY. 
          YOU GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A THROWBACK. 
          I LIKE DEJAVU THAT I STARTED THIS IN 1996, ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO. 
          UH, AND I ACTUALLY DID FIND OUR ORIGINAL FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT I ASKED FOR WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 27TH, 1998. 
          SO THERE'S A LONG TRACK RECORD IN HISTORY, THIS AND SHELENE AND EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A LOT MORE FUN BECAUSE WE HAVE A 25 YEAR TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL SKATE PARKS. 
          UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO READ SOMETHING REAL QUICK AND THEN I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. 
          THIS IS FROM OUR BYLAWS, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, ARTICLE 7.2, OUR BYLAWS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          LOBBYING ACTIVITIES, THE CORPORATION ACTIONS, WHICH THIS FOUNDATION SHALL NOT LOBBY, INCLUDING THE PUBLISHING OR DISTRIBUTION OF STATEMENTS OR OTHERWISE ATTEMPT OR TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION. 
          EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY A RESOLUTION DROPPED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE CORPORATION ASKED, SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE OR I INTEGRATING IN ANY END, INCLUDING THE PUBLISHING OR DISTRIBUTION OF STATEMENTS, ANY POLITICAL OR JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATE OF PUBLIC OFFICE . 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT I WILL NOT, NOR WILL OUR FOUNDATION TAKE A POSITION ON THE LOCATION OF THE STATE PARK, UH, THAT WILL BE UP TO THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, UH, HOWEVER WE WILL DO, WE'RE RECOGNIZED BASICALLY IN ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR ONCE YOU GUYS DECIDE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT. 
          AND ONCE YOU HAVE THE FUNDING, UH, WE RALLY THE YOUTH TO GET INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKATE PARK WHERE YOU CAN PUT IT. 
          THAT WILL BE OUR, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN IT. 
          AND OF COURSE, ALMOST 30 YEARS OF EXPERTISE FROM SKATE PARK DEVELOPMENT AND NOT PASSING OURSELVES ON THE BACK. 
          BUT WE ARE THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MIKE GUN. 
          THANK YOU MIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COMMISSIONERS. 
          I SAW SOLICIT COMMISSIONER AART SMITH FIRST. 
          SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND I KNOW WE'VE SHIFTED WITH, UM, REDISTRICTING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW THAT I'M, I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS CORRECTLY, WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICTS DO NOT HAVE A STATE PARK. 
          I KNOW FOR SURE. 
          COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. 
          COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. 
          DISTRICT FOUR. 
          YEAH. 
          4 0 4. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE WE SHIFTED. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO LET ME KNOW WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE STATE PARKS. 
          COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. 
          ALTHOUGH RECREATION PARK IS REAL MINIMAL, THAT QUALIFY AS HAVING STATE PARK. 
          THAT WOULD BE THE DISTRICT. 
          YEAH. 
          THE ONE OH, IT DOES. 
          DISTRICT THREE IS RECREATION PARK. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          RIGHT BY THE DINOSAUR PLAYGROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHICH, WHICH COUNCIL? LIKE THAT'S 3 3, 3. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU GUYS RECREATION PARK IS NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE SKATE PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S JUST TWO ONE LITTLE ELEMENT. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          EIGHT. 
          SO, SO THREE AND 8, 3, 5 AND EIGHT. 
          FIVE AND EIGHT. 
          THREE, FIVE AND EIGHT. 
          FIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS . 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING CONFUSED ABOUT TOO. 
          USED TO HAVE THE, SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE AND, AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          AND THE EQUITY QUESTION IS ALWAYS GONNA, YEAH, THAT WAS ONE THING. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND ME JUST JUMPING IN. 
          I REALIZED I GLOSSED OVER THAT MAP WHEN I WAS ON THE SCREEN AND MOVING AHEAD A BACK PAGE, BUT ON PAGE, I THINK IT'S SLIDE NUMBER 18 HERE. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT MAP. 
          IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER THING, BUT THE RED DOTS ON THAT MAP KIND OF IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS OF THE PATROLS. 
          SO A HEART WILL PART, YOU KIND OF FIND LOCATIONS THERE. 
          SOME, BECAUSE WE WENT OFF OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS ASKING THAT ARE DOWN IN THAT. 
          LIKE THE BEACHFRONT FOR INSTANCE, IS DOWN WHERE THERE ALREADY. 
          BUT WE DID, UM, IDENTIFY SOME OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE NEARBY SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE ACCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          PART OF OUR I LOVE IT SURVEY AND FOLKS THAT TALK ABOUT ONE SKATE PARK WITHIN 10, 15 MINUTES. 
          SO EMAIL TO YOU. 
          UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER COREY ALLEN. 
          SORRY. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. 
          UH, YEAH, JUST, UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          SO ONE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION. 
          APPRECIATE SEEING THIS. 
          I REALLY LOVE THE INTEREST IN THESE SKATE PARKS. 
          UH, A COUPLE THINGS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT. 
          SO WHEN YOU PUT IN LIKE CONCRETE OR JUST BASICALLY ANY SORT OF HARD SURFACE THAT YOU GET WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE CONCRETE WILL ABSORB THE HEAT AND RETAIN IT AND RELEASE IT WELL INTO THE DAY. 
          SO YOU CREATE THESE SORT OF LIKE, AREAS THAT ARE MUCH HOTTER THAN THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE HEALTH, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT EXPOSING PEOPLE TO LIKE, UH, OVERHEATING AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES? LIKE SHADE, SHADE ELEMENTS. 
          I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT, COULD, COULD YOU MAYBE EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? I, I MIGHT USE A REALLY CURRENT EXAMPLE. 
          SO, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A SKATE PARK, BUT THE, THE ROLLER SKATING 
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COMMUNITY, UM, SHOWED EXTREME INTEREST IN THE SKATE PARK FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
          BUT OUT AT MONTE APPAREL BEACH, THE NEW ROLLER SKATING AREA, THAT'S WHAT'S DELAYED. 
          THE OPENING OR GRAND OPENING OF IT IS THE ARRIVAL AND INSTALLATION OF SHADE STRUCTURE. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          YOU BRING UP A VERY VALID POINT. 
          I THINK, UM, THE DESIGNERS OF NEW RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE HARD SKATES OF SIGNIFICANCE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SHAPE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT, YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND THAT WAS DESIRABLE TO OUR SURVEY AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF SHADE AVAILABLE GOTCHA. 
          AT THE NEWER LOCATION. 
          BUT THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED A LOT FARTHER DOWN THE LINE ANALYSIS. 
          THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SO, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING PEOPLE'S HEALTH, UH, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF LIABILITY, AND SINCE THIS, AGAIN, VERY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WHAT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IN, IN BASICALLY PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE USING THE FACILITY? 'CAUSE AGAIN, THERE IS ALWAYS GONNA BE A LEVEL OF RISK WHEN YOU'RE DOING A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LIKE THAT, BUT LIKE, WHAT'S THE, LIKE WHAT'S THE CITY'S LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY? YOU KNOW, I LEARNED THIS FROM MIKE  THAT THERE'S A HISTORY TO ACTION THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TOOK RELATING TO, UM, RECREATIONAL ELEMENTS LIKE SKATE PARKS THAT, UM, DIDN'T PUT LIABILITY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE MUNICIPALITY OR THE, THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. 
          UH, BUT SMART, UM, ORGANIZATIONS DO RECOMMEND THINGS LIKE HELMET, MUCH KNEE PADS, FEDERAL PADS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, BUT YEAH, IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, UM, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S OUT IN THE GREAT RECREATIONAL REALM, UM, IT'S THE CONSCIENTIOUSNESS OF THE PARTICIPANT OR THEIR OWN PERSONAL COMMON SENSE. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN, CAN I JUMP IN ON, I HOPE I DID SPEAK OUT LINE. 
          THAT'S WHAT HE TALKED ME. 
          WELL, I, I HOPE I RECALL WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE STATE. 
          HE, HE MENTIONED THE, THE HEAT FACTOR. 
          UM, IN MY, OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN ALL SKATEBOARD, UM, ON, ON HOT DAYS, UH, SKATEBOARDING AND BIKE RIDING OR SCOOTER OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GO FOR 15 MINUTES, 30 MINUTES, AND THEY TAKE A BREAK UNDER A SHAKE, BUT THERE'S NEVER A CONSISTENT ACTIVITY BY ONE SKATER FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS BECAUSE IT'S TOO HIGH. 
          RIGHT? UM, AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, LIABILITY AND SAFETY ISSUE, WE WENT THROUGH THAT AND MYSELF AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER BETTY ETT ACTUALLY WENT TO SACRAMENTO ON LOCAL STATE LAW THAT ALLOW CITIES TO BUILD. 
          THEY ADDED SKATE PARK TO THE LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUPPORT TO CITIES COULD PROVIDE FOR WITH LIMITED LIABILITY. 
          UH, SO AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT OF PADS AND SO FORTH, UH, THE SCRIPTED STATEMENT THAT WE'VE USED FOR 25 YEARS AS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE PREFER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO FOCUS ON THE MORE BEHAVIORS THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM, BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND NOT SPECIFICALLY SKATE PARKS. 
          AND, UH, JUST AS A , I DID THIS, PUT THIS TOGETHER A WHILE AGO, UH, LONG BEACH USED TO IN SEVEN OF OUR SKATE PARKS, EL DORADO MIGRAINE, MIKE MCBRIDE, OR ZABA, HOW LINCOLN AND SILVERADO, THERE'S BEEN 800,000 VISITS. 
          THAT'S NOT 800,000 DIFFERENT KIDS. 
          THAT'S SEVERAL VISITS. 
          UH, SO APPROXIMATELY 250 VISITS PER DAY AT OUR 10 SKATE PARKS. 
          THAT'S 91,250 VISITS TO YEAR. 
          THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. 
          AND OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE TRACKED SKATEBOARDING, ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS SINCE 2004, WE'VE NEVER HAD A LIABILITY ISSUE, NEVER HAD A LAWSUIT. 
          UH, I'VE SEEN KIDS BREAK THEIR ARMS AND THEIR LEGS AND SO FORTH. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN A HEAD INJURY. 
          UH, SO THE RISK, THE LIABILITY RISK FROM AN INJURY IN THE SKATE PARK IS MINIMAL. 
          85% OF YOUR SKATEBOARDING DEATHS AND INJURIES OCCUR ON THE STREETS, UH, WITH 90% OF PATROL ON THE STREETS. 
          80% OF THOSE ARE BY AUTOMOBILES. 
          SO OUR THEORY IS IF YOU GIVE THESE KIDS A PLACE TO GO, THEY HAVE A CONTROLLED ENTRY. 
          THEY, WHETHER THEY'RE WEARING A HELMET OR NOT, IS A HELL OF A LOT SAFER THAN PUTTING THEM ON THE STREETS WITH ALL THE SKATEBOARD. 
          DE COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I MEAN, I, I'M, I'M AN EXPERT , BUT NO WAITING FOR THAT. 
          I, I DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          I, I THINK THAT THAT CERTAINLY ANSWERS MY QUESTION. 
          THE, THE ONE COMMENT I WOULD SAY IS IN TERMS OF FUNDING, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, PROPOSITION FOUR, THAT JUST PASSING THE STATEWIDE BALLOT, FULL DISCLOSURE, I WOULD, ON THE CAMPAIGN FOR PROPOSITION FOUR, UM, INCLUDES 200 MILLION TO BUILD LOCAL PARKS. 
          SO CERTAINLY I, I WOULD LOOK INTO THAT, BUT AS A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE, OF COURSE, BEING A STATEWIDE MEASURE, THAT WILL HAVE ALSO PROBABLY A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR IT AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
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UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER. 
          I THINK CASEY, WERE YOU FIRST? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER . 
          YEAH, SO I HAD, UM, JUST I GUESS A, A FOLLOW UP COMMENT REALLY FOR COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ OR TO YOUR POINT ABOUT, UM, CONCRETE AND HEATING. 
          I KNOW THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, THAT I'VE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IN TERMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITY PLANNING INCLUDES, UM, THAT AREAS OF CITIES WHERE THERE TENDS TO BE A LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS ALSO TEND TO HAVE FEWER PARKS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT HERE IN LONG BEACH AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THINKING ABOUT REMOVING SOME OF THE GREEN SPACES IN ORDER TO MAKE CONCRETE SPACES, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PUSH AND PULL THERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A RECREATION SPACE IS, IS ESSENTIAL TO, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT'S EQUITABLY, UH, UH, BALANCED AROUND THE CITY. 
          BUT THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT, UM, HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS US, ESPECIALLY IN THESE, IN THESE AREAS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY A CONCERN ABOUT NOT ENOUGH TREES, NOT ENOUGH GREEN SPACE, AND THEN THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, WE HAVE TO REMOVE SOME TREES IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR CONCRETE. 
          SO JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT, AND I'M SURE AS YOU GUYS ARE DOING FEASIBILITY STUDY, I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, MR. CHAVEZ ON THAT, THAT POINT. 
          UM, I ALSO HAD A QUESTION. 
          UM, I, ANYTIME I'M SEEING, UM, UH, THINGS ABOUT SURVEYS, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN WHO'S RESPONDING, RIGHT? UM, AND IN A CITY OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAD 631 PARTICIPANTS, UH, RESPONDENTS IN THE SURVEY. 
          THAT'S, WHILE THAT'S GREAT CONSIDERING HOW, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES THE SURVEYS ARE, WE GET MUCH FEWER PEOPLE RESPONDING, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS. 
          AND THEN I WAS, I NOT SURE THAT I COULD QUITE READ WITH SMALL PRINTS HERE, BUT IT SEEMED AS IF, UM, SO 90% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT ADDITIONAL SKATE PARKS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. 
          LOOKING AT, UM, ON SLIDE 16, IT LOOKS AS IF ABOUT 90% OF RESPONDENTS ALSO USE THE SKATE PARK MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. 
          SO CLEARLY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SELECTION, UH, OR NOT, NOT MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          UH, THEY ARE, THEY USE SKATE PARKS WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM USING IT MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. 
          SO CLEARLY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SELECTION BIAS THERE. 
          IF YOU'RE, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO USES A SKATE PARK, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE, I THINK, MORE INCLINED TO THINK THAT SKATE PARKS ARE A GOOD IDEA. 
          SO WONDERING, UH, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT BEYOND THE SKATING COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF SKATE PARKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, AND MAKING SURE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHERE THOSE SKATE PARKS ARE GOING TO GO, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS? NOT JUST THE CONCERNS FOR THE SKATERS, BUT THE CONCERNS WERE MAYBE NONS SKATERS AS WELL IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT WAS JUST ONE THING THAT I NOTICED HERE IN THAT , THE TINY DATA, I'LL, I GUESS WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET YOU THE TWO FOR A MEMO BECAUSE IT'S, YEAH. 
          , IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE SHER AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE MONITORED SOME OF THE EARLY INPUT. 
          AND I THINK WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED THAT MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS OR PEOPLE THAT CHOSE TO TAKE THE THREE TO FIVE MINUTE SURVEY WERE OLDER WHITE MEN, WHICH WAS QUITE INTERESTING. 
          I TOOK IT, AND REALLY THIS AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS REALIZING THAT, UM, MIKE AND UH, ALSO PATRICK GODDARD WERE REALLY HELPFUL IN, UM, GETTING OUT TO LIKE THE SKATE PARK JAMS AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE THERE WERE MORE YOUTH, WHICH IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY HARD TO GET THEM TO STOP THEIR ENJOYMENT OF THEIR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY AND CONVINCE 'EM IT ONLY TAKES THREE MINUTES. 
          SO THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT, BUT, UH, I WANT TO, PATRICK'S NOT HERE, BUT HE WAS VERY, VERY PROACTIVE IN, NOT COERCING, BUT CONVINCING THE YOUTH TO JUST TAKE A FEW, YOUR, UM, THOUGHTS MATTER. 
          SO THAT REALLY CHANGED THE SOMEWHAT EARLY DEMOGRAPHIC OF WHO PARTICIPATED. 
          BUT WE DID ASK ALL NINE OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO HELP PUSH OUT THE SURVEY. 
          THERE IS MAYBE, UM, SURVEY, UH, WHAT'S THE, THE SURVEY WHEN YOU'RE OVERWHELMED WITH FATIGUE? FATIGUE. 
          FATIGUE. 
          YEAH, FATIGUE, YEAH. 
          UH, AND I THINK SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME, WELL, IF YOU ASK ME ABOUT WHAT MY FAVORITE BEER IS AND I DON'T DRINK BEER, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE TIME TAKING THE SURVEY. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST THE TOPIC OF SKATEBOARDS, WE WERE PLEASED THAT THE ROLLER SKATING COMMUNITY WARMED UP TO IT BECAUSE THEY REALIZED THAT, YEAH, SKATE PARKS, WE USE THOSE. 
          SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN AS WE, AS A CERTAIN COMMITTEE STARTED TO LOOK AT REGIONAL, UM, NEWER REGIONAL, UH, SKATE PARKS THAT MANY OF THEM HAD REALIZED THAT PUMP TRACKS WERE A GOOD APPENDAGE OR A GOOD COMPLIMENT IN THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF 
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THE SKATE PARKS. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE SOME GOOD LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH, UH, SIX MONTHS JOURNEY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IRONY AS A TEACHER OF YOU HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING TEENAGERS TO GET ON THEIR PHONES. 
          , I DO LOVE THAT. 
          I DID ALSO JUST WANNA SAY, AS A, AS A TEACHER, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT, UM, SO MANY OF MY STUDENTS USE SKATE PARKS AND, AND THE IMPORTANCE TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND, AND THE SOCIALIZATION GETTING OUTSIDE BEING LIKE, IT'S, IT'S UNMATCHED. 
          SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A PREVIOUS TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN, UM, TO ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, MIKE, I, I THINK I'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, ANYTIME YOU BRING THE TEENAGERS WITH YOU TO, TO SPEAK, I'M ALWAYS SO PROUD, UM, ON, ON, UH, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHO WORKS WITH TEENAGERS. 
          UM, SO ABSOLUTELY, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A IMPORTANT IDEA. 
          I THINK ALL ALSO LONG BEACH'S HISTORY, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH BMX, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, BIRTHPLACE OF, OF, OF THAT, UH, PARTICULAR SPORT. 
          SO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE ELEMENTS AS WELL, I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE. 
          MAY I HAVE ANYTHING? I, I DID HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO MIKE'S KIND OF SAD COMMENTARY ABOUT WHERE FATALITIES THAT DO OCCUR ARE OUT ON THE STREETS. 
          SO IN MANY OF THE OTHER PARKS DEPARTMENTS THAT I'VE SERVED OVER THE YEARS, UH, MOST OF THE SKATE PARKS THAT HAVE SOMEONE'S NAME ON 'EM, LIKE WHEN I WAS IN ANAHEIM, YOU KNOW, THEIR SKATE PARK WAS DEDICATED TO A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS KILLED ON THE STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF A SAD, YOU KNOW, CONNECTION BETWEEN NAMED PARK SPACES FOR SKATEBOARDING BECAUSE IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING KIDS OFF THE STREET AND IN A DEDICATED SAFER SPACE. 
          SO, AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EQUITY PIECE TOO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS'S GONNA BE IN THE TFF, BUT DO WE KNOW WHAT DISTRICTS THE RESPONDENTS CAME FROM? BECAUSE LIKE FOR ME, I, I LIKE RIGHT OFF THE TOP, I ALREADY NOTICED LIKE A HUGE GAP IN NORTH LONG BEACH. 
          PARTICULARLY THEY'RE NOT, NOT EVEN LOOKING AT A NEW LOCATION IN THERE. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE AGAIN, EVERYTHING REALLY SEEMS, UM, OF THE NEW LOCATION SEEMS FURTHER SOUTHERN, UM, FOR THE CITY. 
          SO I WAS ALSO CURIOUS, DO WE KNOW LIKE WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT AREAS THEY ALL CAME FROM? YES, THAT WAS PART OF THE, ONE OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE DATA. 
          SURE, SURE, SURE. 
          RIGHT HERE WITH ME. 
          UM, BUT I DO KNOW SOME OF OUR COMMENTS THAT I CAN JUST RECALL FROM THE SURVEY FROM THE NORTH PALM BEACH AREA, UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF INTEREST ON IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR ACTUAL EXISTING SKATE PARK THAT'S THERE AT HILTON PARK AS OPPOSED TO, I HAD QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS ACTUALLY OUT AT THE PARK ONE DAY ABOUT, OH YEAH, THIS IS GREAT, THIS IS GREAT, BUT CAN WE LOOK AT SOME IMPROVEMENTS? SO THAT WAS ANOTHER PIECE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND I FOUND TO BE INTERESTING. 
          UM, BUT THEY ALSO WERE LOOKING THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          SO WHEN THEY HAD THE SKATE PARK GYM AT HOUGHTON, AND AGAIN, PATRICK AND SHERLY AND I, WE WERE TRYING TO GET THEM, THEY'RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN IN WHAT THEY CONSIDERED THE BEST SKATE PARK ALREADY AND THEIR PRIVILEGE TO HAVE IT IN MOUNTAIN PARK. 
          UM, THEIR THOUGHTS WERE WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED SHADE AND, AND UH, THOSE KIND OF, UH, CREATURE COMFORT AMENITIES WERE AT THE TOP OF THEIR MINDS. 
          I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATION. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING I, OH, NOTHING, NO. 
          MM-HMM  UM, SO EVEN JUST TO SAY THAT LIKE, LIKE, HEY, THEY, WHEN WE TALK TO THEM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          WERE THEIR BIGGER CONCERN. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS IS IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WERE WE JUST LOOKING AT NEW LOCATIONS OR WERE WE LOOKING AT UPGRADES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING FACILITIES AS WELL? THIS PARTICULAR STUDY WE STARTED WAS REALLY LOOKING AT NEW LOCATIONS AND POTENTIAL NEW LOCATIONS, BUT THAT DID COME UP IN THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN SURE. 
          GOT IT. 
          YEAH, I THINK WHEN, AT THE TIME VICE MAYOR CINDY ALLEN IS COUNCIL ALLEN NOW, UM, AND UM, COUNCILWOMAN MEGAN KERR, THEY WERE WANTING TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE CITY AND WHERE, UM, THOSE AREAS WOULD BE MORE DE OF . 
          DO WE HAVE OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? WELL, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE ROOM QUICK. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          NO, NO WORRIES. 
           I WAS GONNA SAY ON THE PUMP TRACK, THAT WAS ACTUALLY, I WOULD, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A BLUE PARK. 
          I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT, BUT I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT 'CAUSE THAT WAS MY, THE OTHER QUESTION, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM FOLKS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ABOUT THAT. 
          YES, MM-HMM . 
          AND THE, THE EQUITY ASPECT AROUND THAT AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UM, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NOT USE THE KIND OF HARD CONCRETE SURFACE OR THAT MAY NOT BE AS USEFUL FOR THEM. 
          UM, WAS THAT, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I THINK THAT WAS AFTER THIS ALREADY GOT STARTED, SO IS THERE ANY ROOM OR FLEXIBILITY IN IDENTIFYING HOW THAT CAN PLAY INTO SOME OF THESE NEW LOCATIONS OF HAVING THAT PUMP TRACK COMPONENT OR PIECE OR WRAPAROUND OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE? YEAH, I THINK FOR THE FOUR IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, WHEN WE EVER, WHENEVER 
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WE WOULD GET A DESIGNER ON BOARD FOR THAT, THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE THAT MENU OF POSSIBILITIES TO SEE IF THE SPACE WOULD WANT TO ALLOW IT. 
          AND THEN HOW WOULD YOU CREATIVELY DESIGN IT SO IT ALL FILL FITS TOGETHER AND ACCOMMODATES ALL THOSE MULTIPLE, UM, RECREATIONAL NEEDS? GOOD. 
          GOOD QUESTION. 
          THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          SO REALLY GLAD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AND SHARE IT WITH YOU. 
          THIS ONE, COMMISSIONER LEVITON, IT'S VERY QUICKLY, 'CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE A DEADLINE AT 10 30, BUT UM, FOR COMMISSIONER HIGGINS THING, THERE WILL BE OTHER INPUT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          COULD WE SEND THAT TO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT? JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON IT. 
          WHEN THEY SAID SAFETY 29%, DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS THE SAFETY OF THE SKATERS OR IF IT'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE, AND I FOUGHT THIS ONE WITH EL DORADO, PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S JUST A BAD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IT'S NOT, IT IS GREAT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY SAFETY, I'D BE INTERESTED IF, IF THEY THINK IT'S THE SAFETY OF THE SKATERS VERSUS THEY THINK IT'S NOT SAFE TO HAVE A SKATE PARK. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, I, FOR THE SMALL NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE ON THAT TOPIC, COMMISSIONER, IT SEEMED TO BE THE SAFETY OF THE PARK. 
          MEANING IF THERE IS SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES AS YOU KNOW, OR ENCAMPMENTS AND JUST OTHER NEGATIVE ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, IN OR NEARBY THE SKATE PARKS. 
          SO I THINK THAT SEEMS TO BE MAYBE A TOP CONCERN ON ANY TOPIC IN OUR PARKS. 
          BUT IN PARTICULAR, WHEN THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY, IT SEEMED TO BE MORE IN THAT LINE. 
          IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO IT AT ANY TIME. 
          UM, AT REC PARK, WOULD THAT ONE BE NEXT TO BLAIR OR WHERE THE 10, WHERE'S THAT LITTLE VOLLEYBALL COURT OR ON THE GOLF COURSE SIDE OF THE GOLF? IT'S ON THE GOLF COURSE SIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'LL HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT, BUT I PERSONALLY THINK REC IS THE BEST PLACE. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW WHERE ON THE BEACH OR WOULD THAT BE IF WE DECIDE IT'S GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING, WE WOULD THEN DETERMINE THROUGH A FEASIBILITY WHERE I THINK THE EXACT LOCATION WILL BE DETERMINED FOR THE MORE FORMAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 
          BUT WE DID, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WHEN WE WALKED OUT AND LOOKED, WE LOOKED KIND OF THE ALAMI BEACH AREA AND THAT KIND OF SPACE RIGHT OVER THERE. 
          BUT THE FORMAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES ANALYSIS WILL ACTUALLY HONE IN ON THE EXACT LOCATION, SO, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UM, TOPICS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU PROPOSE, THERE'LL BE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT JUST ARE RESISTANT TO CHANGE REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY DISLIKE THE WAY THAT IS NOW AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, MORE SUPPORT DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU ENGAGE THE QUESTION. 
          AND MY LAST COMMENT, I, YOU WON'T FIND SOMEBODY THAT SUPPORTS THE SKATE PARKS MORE IN HIS HEART THAN I DO HAVING DEALT WITH MIKE. 
          AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I DID. 
          I DO THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS, IF WE GET A LOT OF MONEY, SHOULD WE ENHANCE WHAT WE'VE GOT OR SHOULD WE BUILD A NEW ONE? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT, THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY, CAN I MAKE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QUICK COMMENTS FIRST. 
          WHY COULD YOU STAND UP? AND I'M SORRY. 
          SO WE CAN HEAR YOU GOOD. 
          WOULD YOU STAND UP? I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE SAID. 
          STAND UP. 
          CAN YOU STAND UP? A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, UH, WE WERE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE, UH, GOING AROUND THE COMMUNITY, THE FIRST PEOPLE I OUTREACH WHERE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY AND CANTRELL, UH, UH, AND SHE WAS PARTS OF FOR KIDS, SO THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO IT, BUT WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE. 
          WE DID NOT REMOVE TREES. 
          THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SO WE WOULD PUT IN LOCATION, IT'S AS SENSITIVE AS POSSIBLE TO THE YOU, THE ENVIRONMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          WE ALWAYS HAVE DONE THAT. 
          UH, THE SURVEY, UH, YOU'VE HEARD THE SAYING YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER , UH, THE, THE PEOPLE WILL COME OUT WHEN YOU IDENTIFY A LOCATION, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT IN A HARDWELL PARK. 
          THAT'S WHEN THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA STAND UP AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HEAR, UH, MISLEADING STATEMENTS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT CRIME AND SO FORTH. 
          UH, UPGRADES TO THE EXISTING PARTS IS, IS REALLY, I MEAN, OUR EXISTING PARTS ARE WHAT THEY ARE AND THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO LIKE I'VE HEARD, LET'S MAKE EL DORADO PARK BIGGER. 
          UH, THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          ONCE YOU HAVE AN EXISTING SKATE PARK TO ADD ON TO IT, UH, IS REALLY EXPENSIVE AND IT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY BANG FOR YOUR BUTT. 
          UH, AND AS FAR AS CHANGING ELEMENTS INSIDE OF A PARK, ONCE THEY'RE IN CONCRETE, UH, IT'S DONE. 
          YOU CAN MOVE RAILS AROUND OR SO FORTH, BUT THAT DOESN'T, UH, DO ANYTHING TO THE, UH, TO THE USAGE OF THE PARK. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO 
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EXPAND EL DORADO OR THEY WANT TO EXPAND OUT IN PARK THAT'S JUST COST PROHIBITED AND YOU JUST DON'T GET ANY GOOD. 
          YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING OUTTA IT. 
          UH, AND THE INTENT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR, IS TO PUT SKATE PARTS IN AREAS THAT DON'T HAPPEN. 
          UH, SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO, TO ALL OF YOU GUYS. 
          UH, AND AS FAR AS THE UH, UH, ADAPTIVE SPORTS, WE WORKED WITH THE ADAPTIVE SPORTS LEAGUE FOR 20 YEARS. 
          UH, THEY, UH, IF THEY'VE, WE'VE GROWN AND THEY'VE GROWN, UH, WHAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO DO AS ONCE WE GET INTO THE DESIGN IS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE ON THE ADAPTIVE SPORTS LEAGUE. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT WE CALL SKATE, THEY SKATE BOATS AND WHEELCHAIRS, AND I'VE KNOWN 'EM ALL FOR YEARS. 
          I HAVE A FRIEND WHO SPONSORED BY TONY HAWK THAT SKATES WITH NO LEGS. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THAT ADAPTIVE SPORTS COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE INPUT ON A SKATE PARK. 
          AND THERE ARE WAYS TO BUILD A SKATEBOARD TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          UH, MY FRIEND TRACY FROM VENICE, UH, SKATE PARK, UH, SHE IN A WHEELCHAIR, SHE SKATES BOWLS AND SHE JUST DROPS IN THERE AND SHE PULLED HERSELF OUT AND I MADE THE STUPID MISTAKE ONE DAY, BUT HELPING YOU NEED SOME HELP, IT'S LIKE, NO. 
          SO THOSE GUYS ARE VERY USED TO SKATING, SKATE PARKS THAT ARE JUST, I MEAN, NO MATTER WHAT THEY, THEY CAN GET IN AND GET OUT. 
          BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE DO A LARGE SKATE PARK THAT WE'D BE VERY SENSITIVE TO AND INVITE PEOPLE FROM THE ADAPTIVE SPORTS COMMUNITY TO, UH, TO BE A PART OF THE DESIGN. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND THE HOMELESS ISSUE, SKATE PARKS, WE'VE PROVEN OVER 25 YEARS THAT THEY REDUCE CRIME. 
          THEY DO NOT INCREASE CRIME. 
          HOMELESS PEOPLE DO NOT HANG OUT IN THE SKATE PARK. 
          THEY HANG OUT AROUND THE SKATE PARKS. 
          UH, SO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO A BUNCH OF STUFF, BUT EVERY SKATE PARK WE BUILD, THEY RIDE A CRIME. 
          THE MEDIA BY 25%, UH, 14TH STREET SKATE PARK, I MEAN, IT, IT'S ALWAYS HAPPENED THAT WE CRIME DON'T OCCUR IN THE SKATE PARK. 
          THEY MAY OCCUR AROUND IT, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE SKATE PARK. 
          THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS KILLED AT, UH, SILVERADO IN THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT NEXT TO THE SKATE PARK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SKATE PARK. 
          UH, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I'M OUT THERE A LOT, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CRIME THAT'S OCCURRED IN THE STATE PARK THAT SOMEBODY GAVE A PHONE STOLEN OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND AS FAR AS SAFETY AND CRIME AND SO FORTH, I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU, US, ME, UH, CAN STOP THE DRUG, DEMON DRUG USE, UH, GANG ACTIVITY, VIOLENT CRIMES, DEATH IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SKATE PARK OF THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT. 
          IT'S JUST, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 
          YOU CAN'T STOP. 
          YOU CAN'T GET 120 CRIME. 
          UH, THE, YOU MENTIONED BEACH PARK. 
          THE ONLY PLACE, AND I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THIS, BUT THE ONLY PLACE ON THE BEACH FOR THE SKATE PARK IS ALTOS IT BECAUSE WIND CONDITION, THE PARKING AND SO FORTH. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A LOCATION, UH, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED. 
          BUT THAT IS A HUGE 5 MILLION LIFT. 
          UH, THAT WOULD'VE TO COME FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE, IT WOULD BE A HUGE, UH, ANOTHER FEASIBILITY STUDY VIEWS. 
          UH, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY PLACE ON THE BEACH THAT YOU CAN PUT ONE, THEY WOULD MEET ALL THE CRITERIA. 
          VENICE BEACH, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF CONNECTED TO THE COMMAND GOING SKATE PARK, BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU MIKE. 
          I ASK MIKE A QUESTION. 
          YES, CERTAINLY. 
          MIKE, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SILVERADO SKATE PARK FOR OH, THE SILVERADO SKATE PARK? UH, WHEN WE REBUILD, LEAVING, LEAVING AT 10 40, WE HAD THE WHOLE ORIGINAL, UM, AND THE CITY SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT DO WITH THEM? I SAID, LET'S REFURBISH 'EM. 
          SO WE REFERRED THEM FOR THE SILVERADO. 
          UH, UH, I DONATED THE ORIGINAL ELEMENTS FOR THE BIG FEET PARK. 
          UH, AND WHEN WE HAD WORKED WITH VANCE AND PRO SKATER JEFF RALLY TO REBUILD THAT PART, WE PUT THOSE ELEMENTS THERE. 
          AND THEN DUE, THIS IS TAKING ELEMENTS USED AND WE DID A LOT OF WORK. 
          SO WORKING WITH, UH, TONY HAWK AND HIS GROUP TO RAISE THE MONEY TO BUILD THAT. 
          UH, SO THAT SILVERADO AND  SKATE PARK ARE TWO SKATE PARKS THAT WE FUNDED, THAT WE ARRANGE FUNDING FOR. 
          WE ALSO ARRANGED $62,000 IN MONEY FOR THE MCBRIDE SKATE PARK, WHICH GOT THE LBC LETTERS AND STUFF. 
          SO WE'VE DONE OUR PART, BUT AS FAR AS THE FUNDING AND WHERE IT GOES, THAT'S UP TO YOU. 
          I'M GONNA MAKE A QUICK RECOMMENDATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I MAKE A QUICK RECOMMENDATION? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED LIKE, DEEPER EDUCATION FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE FAIRLY NEW, SO MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR ORIENTATION TOPICS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          OKAY, LET'S, UH, MOVE ON. 
          THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION WITH AN EXCELLENT 
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DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU, CHARLENE. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          AND, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR, UM, AGENDA ITEMS AND WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 
          19TH, 2024. 
          I I WILL MAKE THE MOTION WITH ONE CORRECTION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          COMMISSIONER SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND. 
          I'M DONE, RIGHT? YEP. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          THERE THERE WAS NO PALACE COUP. 
          AND IN THE UPPER LEFT IT SHOULD SAY SUSAN REDFIELD CHAIR IN THE MINUTES. 
          GOD. 
          THANK YOU . 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE CLERK BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS, OUTLINE, AND ATTACHMENT A IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEE WAIVER POLICY. 
          SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION YOU SECOND? THANK YOU. 
          AND IS THERE, UM, UH, DISCUSSION OR REPORT? DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? YES. 
          DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          SO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER, GLASS KAISER, ALWAYS WALKS YOU THROUGH THOSE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GLADYS. 
          MORNING. 
          GLAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THREE REQUESTS FOR LABOR THIS MONTH. 
          UM, THE FIRST IS THE MY PARENTS ASSOCIATION. 
          THIS IS THEIR 10TH ANNUAL. 
          YOU CAN BELIEVE IT'S BEEN THAT LONG. 
          UM, UH, HAPPY FOR THEM TO CONTINUE. 
          UM, THE REQUEST OF, UM, THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH THEIR MOTHER DAUGHTER CONFERENCE AT MCBRIDE PARK ON FEBRUARY 22ND, $365 IN FACILITY PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. 
          $915 IN STAFF AND MAINTENANCE FEES AND SECURITY DEPOSIT THAT THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          UM, ABOUT 125 IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, ON BEHALF OF THE BLUFF PARK NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE ASSOCIATION, THIS IS WHAT WE CONSIDER A BLANKET FEE, UH, REQUEST, UM, TO START IN SEPTEMBER, 2025, AND YES, ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE OF 2026. 
          THIS IS FOR THEIR MONTHLY COMMUNITY COMMITTEES FOR THE BPNA COMMUNITY MEETING AT BAKER PARK. 
          USING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, $940 IN FACILITY PERMIT FEES TO BE WAIVED, 300 DO $360 IN, UM, APPLICABLE STAFF FEES ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY. 
          UM, THIS IS AGAIN, ANOTHER BLANKET FEE WAIVER REQUEST ON THE C ON BEHALF OF THE C-S-F-P-U-S-D-A FOOD DISTRIBUTION. 
          THESE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS WILL BE AT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 
          PARK, COOLIDGE AND HUDSON PARKS ONCE A MONTH, UM, PER LOCATION FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS. 
          THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOR ALL THREE PARKS, UH, THE ENTIRETY OF THE FULL LENGTH REQUEST IS 13,500 ZERO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES. 
          UM, THEY ESTIMATE 200 TO A THOUSAND PER LOCATION. 
          TOTAL FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED THIS MONTH ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY REQUEST OF $14,805. 
          COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COM COMMISSIONERS. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, UH, ANY FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE. 
          UH, WE WILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, ALLEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTI SMITH. 
          MAY WE, UH, TAKE A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE WILL NOW GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION OF MARINE TO EXTEND RIGHT PERMIT NUMBER P DASH 0 0 412 FOR PROOF OF TO FIELDS TB ONE, BB TWO, AND BB 12 AT HARTWELL PARK WITH LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, LITTLE LEAGUE, CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION FROM DECEMBER, 2022 TO NOVEMBER, 2026, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITIONAL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS TO FIELD BB 12 AT HARTWELL PARK WITH, UH, LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, LITTLE LEAGUE, CALIFORNIA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION AND DISTRICT FIVE. 
          DO I HEAR A MOTION? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR? OH YEAH. 
          A REPORT. 
          YES. 
          CHAIR ELL. 
          I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER AGAIN OVER TO SHARON TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIQUID. 
          THE LAKEWOOD VILLAGE LOW LEAGUE. 
          THEY'VE BEEN PROUDLY OFFERING BOYS AND GIRLS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY BASEBALL FOR OVER 70 YEARS. 
          SO EACH YEAR THEY BRING ABOUT 500 PLAYERS, AGES FOUR TO 13 TO SWING THEIR BATTS, THROW THEIR BALLS, MAKE FRIENDS, AND THEN ENJOY THE GAME OF BASEBALL. 
          A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT. 
          UM, SO BACK ON DECEMBER 15TH IN 2022, THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED, UM, OUR DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO THE RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AS THE MENTIONED FIELDS. 
          SO DUE TO SOME ANTICIPATED COST INCREASES FOR MATERIALS AND A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT RAISING OUTCOMES, NOT ALL OF THE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED. 
          UM, PRIOR TO THAT RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT BEING EXPIRED, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE HERE ASKING FOR IT TO BE EXTENDED. 
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UM, HERE IS THE LIST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED AND COMPLETED. 
          SO THEY DID THE REPLACEMENT OF A TEMPORARY CHAIN LINK FENCE ON TV, ONE WITH A PERMANENT FENCE. 
          THERE IS THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SCOREBOARD ON DB 12, THE REPLACEMENT OF DUGOUTS ON DB TWO WITH CINDER BLOCK AND THE REPLACEMENT OF WOOD BOARDS ALONG THE BACKSTOP AND  WITH CINDER BLOCK AND THE  VERY LEVELING OF DB TWO. 
          SO THIS NEWER PROJECT, UM, THIS DOCUMENTATION IS APPROVED. 
          THEY WILL BE ON TO COMPLETE THE LAST IMPROVEMENT FROM THAT 2022 ORIGINAL ONE, UM, WHICH WOULD BE THE CONCRETE SLAB REMOVAL AND PLACEMENT OF THE WALKWAY AROUND BB 12. 
          AND THAT SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES REMOVING UNSAFE OR UNREPAIRABLE CONCRETE GRADING AND POURING OF NEW CONCRETE. 
          ALONG WITH THAT, THEY WOULD ALSO DO SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW PERIMETER, OF NEW PERIMETER 15 AND BACKSTOP. 
          ON BB 12, THE INSTALLATION OF A 20 FOOT SHIPPING CONTAINER LOCATED BEHIND THE BACKSTOP OF BB 12 AND THE BACKSTOP AND INFIELD WILL BE MOVED IN TOWARDS THE OUTFIELD TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONTAINER. 
          AND THE PERIMETER OF THE OUTFIELD AND FENCE WILL BE MADE THE SAME. 
          THE REGRADE IN OF THE INFIELD OF BB 12 WILL ALSO BE DONE WITH THIS LONG BEACH VILLAGE. 
          LITTLE LEAGUE WILL HAUL AWAY ANY DIRTY DEBRIS AT ITS OWN COST AND EXPENSE. 
          SO THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BB 12 WILL BE LIMITED TO UPGRADES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DESIGNED OR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THE INSURANCE FOR CONTRACTED VENDORS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDED BY LAKEWOOD VILLAGE LILY TO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THE LAKEWOOD VILLAGE LILLY. 
          THEY MET WITH OUR PARK MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT IN THE COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES SPORTS OFFICE. 
          THE BILL PERMITS AND VOLUNTEER STAFF ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2024. 
          SO THEY'VE ALREADY MET WITH THE TEAM TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          OUR IMPACT TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PARTS USERS, SO THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMMING OR FIELD RESERVATIONS. 
          AND LAKEWOOD VILLAGE WILL COORDINATE WITH THE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS BUREAU TO ENSURE IRRIGATION LINES ARE NOT, NOT AFFECTED. 
          UM, THE LEAK WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM CAUSED BY EITHER THE LEAK OR THEIR CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS WORK. 
          SO THAT'S AFTER FULL O'CLOCK. 
          AND THEN THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE AGAIN FOR REMOVING ALL DEBRIS AND ANY OF LEFT. 
          SO CLEARING THAT AREA. 
          AND THERE'S NO ANTICIPATED PHYSICAL IMPACT FROM THE RECOMMENDED ACTION BEYOND THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND STAFF COSTS. 
          AND ALL THE MATERIALS AND WORK ARE GONNA BE PROVIDED TO YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 
          UM, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THIS IS BASICALLY THEY'RE EXTENDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR TERM DUE NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026. 
          THERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERM OPTION FOR RENEWAL ON THIS. 
          AND THIS GOES ALONG WITH OUR PRM STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO CHILDREN AND PROMOTE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO, YES. 
          COMMISSIONER, SHE C UM, FOR ON THE MAP AND ATTACHMENT A, THE INSTALLATION, THE SHIPPING CONTAINER, I JUST CAN'T TELL. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THE COLORING OF LIKE THE PHOTO, CAN YOU MAYBE POINT OUT WHERE IT'S RIGHT BEHIND HOME PLATE? IT WILL ACTUALLY BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE. 
          THERE'S A LITTLE BLUE RECTANGLE. 
          YOU'LL SEE. 
          WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE TWO PEOPLE WITH SHADOWS AT HOME PLATE. 
          OH, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE FENCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YES. 
          IF I WAS A LEFTY, I'D BE UPSET WITH THE BIAS AGAINST, UH, LEFTHANDERS FOR PULLING IT DOWN THE FIRST CASE. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS? GOOD. 
          HEARING NONE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT. 
          WE CREATE COMMUNITY AND THE DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY, 2025. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SECOND, I'LL SECOND. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION DIRECTOR? I JUST HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN MY HIGHLIGHTS ARE ALWAYS, UM, A SNAPSHOT OF TIME, BUT I KNOW I THINK CHRISTINE OR JEN DISTRIBUTED THE REALLY IMPORTANT SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS ON PRIORITIES FOR BUDGET. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE THINGS WE DO ARE SO RELIANT ON THE RESOURCES WE'RE ENTRU WITH. 
          SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF IT. 
          I THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT. 
          JUST AS A BEGINNING POINT, I THINK, I THINK THE CITY WAS INTENTIONAL ABOUT, UM, TRYING TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE. 
          SO THEY DID ADD ONE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING HERE IN THE FIRST PHASE, AND THERE'LL BE, UM, MORE IN DEPTH MEETINGS IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
          BUT THIS IS REALLY, UH, AN IMPORTANT STARTING POINT. 
          SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE FIRST MEETING, WHICH IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, 
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STEVE AND I ARE GONNA BE AT THE BELMONT POOL COMMUNITY UPDATE MEETING, WHICH IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, UH, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE THAT. 
          BUT I THINK BECAUSE THERE'S SIX MEETINGS, UM, OUR, ALL OF OUR BUREAU MANAGERS ARE GONNA TRY TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THOSE. 
          SO OUR TEAM WILL BE WELL VERSED IN THAT. 
          SO I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          UM, SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS IT IS GONNA BE A VERY, VERY BUSY YEAR AHEAD. 
          WE HAVE THE THREE SIGNATURE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE GONNA BE BREAKING GROUND AND EVENTUALLY DEDICATED, UH, THAT IT HELPS. 
          SO WE'RE OUT ON RAMONA PARK, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, PROBABLY THE ONE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT, IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT INTO THINGS THAT ARE PROMPTING NEXT WEEK'S SPECIAL MEETING. 
          AND THAT'S THE UPGRADE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK, UH, WITH THE CITY CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LIFE AND LEGACY THIS WEEKEND WITH THE DAY OF SERVICE FOR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM, AS WELL AS THE PARADE, WHICH IS STILL ON. 
          I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF AIR QUALITY WE'RE RAISING THE QUESTION, WILL THE PARADE STILL ON AND MISS IT WILL, UH, UNLESS SOMETHING VERY, VERY DRAMATIC CHANGES FOR NOW THE WEEKEND. 
          BUT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT. 
          SO ERIC'S TEAM HAS BEEN OUT FOR THIS WEEK, IS DOING SOME ADDITIONAL PARK UPGRADES AND SOME SUCH UP PAINTING. 
          UM, JUST CLEANING. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT USING ANY LEAF BLOWERS. 
          THAT WAS ANOTHER MANDATE FOR AIR QUALITY. 
          SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF OUR CONTRACT SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR LANDSCAPING IN PARTICULAR, UH, TO ASK THEM TO REFERRING FROM STIRRING UP MORE OF THE, THE, UH, WILDFIRE DESK. 
          SO, UM, ALL THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED FOR MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE. 
          WE'RE REALLY THOUGHTFULLY EVALUATING IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          UH, THE LOS ANGELES PARKS RECREATION, UM, DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS STOOD UP WHAT THEY CALL CARE CAMPS AT A LOT OF THE, LIKE WISCONSIN GARDENS AND ARBOREUM PLACES WHERE AFFECTED FAMILIES, YOUTH, BUT HAVE A SAFE AND POSITIVE EXPERIENCES SETTING. 
          SO, UM, GLADYS AND HER TEAM ARE EVALUATING TO WHAT EXTENT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO SUPPORT THEM, BUT THAT APPEALS GONE OUT TO ABOUT 60 OTHER PARK AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, IN LA COUNTY. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'LL HOPEFULLY DO OUR PART. 
          BUT THE, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MARK LUTHER KING THAT I STARTED TALKING ABOUT ARE ALL ABOUT THE POOL. 
          THERE'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF UPGRADES. 
          SO THEY WILL BE TRAINING THE POOL. 
          IT'S ABOUT A FOUR MONTH RENOVATION PROJECT THAT PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE LEADING, BUT THEY'LL BE REPLASTERING THE POOL, PUTTING NEW, UH, COPING AROUND THE EDGES, UPGRADING THE LIGHTING, REPAINTING, UH, AND SUCH. 
          BUT ONE OF THE ELEMENTS, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT. 
          THERE'S A GROUP OF ELEMENTS THAT HAVE FACILITATED WHAT'S CALLED DRY LAND, UH, DIVING TRAINING. 
          UM, THAT'S IN THE WAY. 
          AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT RELOCATED AND, UH, INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH IS TO SEE IF WE COULD SAFELY RELOCATE THAT FOR THE FOUR MONTHS OVER TO A DECK AREA AT SILVERADO PARK. 
          SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO HAVE OUR COMMISSION REVIEW AND IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE, UH, APPROVE A RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR THE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BE RELOCATING THAT WORK OR THAT EQUIPMENT FROM KING POOL OVER TO SILVERADO POOL. 
          UH, AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS IS NOT ABLE TO START THAT PROJECT UNTIL WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, MCCORMICK DIVERS IS A FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS HAD A LONGSTANDING PERMIT TO HAVE THAT TRAINING EQUIPMENT AT KING. 
          UH, THEY HAVE SOME UPCOMING COMPETITIVE THINGS THAT LEAD TOWARDS EVENTUAL OLYMPIC TRIALS THAT THEY REALLY WERE TRYING NOT TO DISRUPT THE TRAINING OF THE YOUTH. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, I SHOULD SAY, TO SEE IF WE COULD FACILITATE THAT MOVE. 
          SO I WANTED TO REALLY EXPLAIN THAT WHOLE CONTEXT PERSONALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS NECESSITATING. 
          I KNOW WE SELDOM HAVE THE NEED FOR A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT, UH, WAITING ANOTHER WHOLE MONTH CYCLE TO, TO DO THAT JUST DELAYS THE UPGRADES OF THE KING POOL. 
          AND WHEN YOU ADD FOUR MONTHS ONTO WHAT I'LL SAY FEBRUARY 1ST, IT PUSHES US RIGHT UP TO THE END OF SCHOOL. 
          AND THAT WAS OUR GOAL, IS TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING POOL IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE SCHOOL'S OUT. 
          SO, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH SAFETY RECENTLY AND OVER AT ELDORADO REGIONAL PARK. 
          UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          UH, WE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE ROBBERY BY GUNPOINT TO ONE OF OUR YOUTH THAT WAS, UH, SERVICING THE TICKET BOOTH. 
          AND FOR THAT REASON, UM, THIS MORNING, A LOT OF OUR LEADERSHIP REALLY NEEDED TO, UH, 
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REGROUP WITH THE AFFECTED STAFF AND JUST, UH, ASSURE THEM THAT WE HAVE AN OPERATIONAL PLAN TO KEEP THEM SAFE. 
          BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO, UH, THE YOUNG, UH, STAFF PERSON THAT WAS VERY TRAUMATIZED BY THIS. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, IT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. 
          THERE WAS ANOTHER, UH, GUNPOINT ROBBERY AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT WITHIN THAT HOUR. 
          WE'RE THINKING THAT IT WAS ALL CONNECTED, BUT VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN. 
          BUT WE'RE REALIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WELCOME THEM INTO OUR PARKS FROM TIME TO TIME, WE DO FIND OURSELVES VULNERABLE TO SOME NEGATIVE THINGS LIKE THIS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO I THOUGHT, SINCE YOU'RE ALL COMMISSIONERS AND YOU MAY HEAR OF THIS, UM, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE RESPONDING. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, AGAIN, THE BEST OF INTENTIONS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS SAFE, BUT ALSO IT'S A BIG WEEKEND. 
          MOST OF OUR WEEKENDS ARE VERY HIGH TRAFFIC IN ATTENDANCE BY BOTH THE SEASON PASSOVER, AS WELL AS ONE TIME VISITORS. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO DISRUPT THAT. 
          BUT FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY JUST ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO COME FREELY INTO THE PARK SO WE COULD REGROUP, LET THINGS SETTLE DOWN, AND ALLOW THE INVESTIGATORS SOME LATITUDE TO, TO KIND OF DIG INTO THAT. 
          THERE WAS A CAMERA, SO I SHOULD ASSURE YOU THAT THESE AREAS WHERE WE DO, UM, HANDLE THOSE MONETARY EXCHANGES, THERE WAS CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THIS. 
          SO THAT'S IMPORTANT PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. 
          BUT WE ARE, UH, WE ARE GOING CASHLESS FOR PROBABLY THIS NEXT FEW WEEKS, POSSIBLY MOVING FORWARD. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN TO VENUES OR OTHER, UM, KIND OF SPORTING EVENTS OR ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES THAT THE TREND IS JUST GOING CASHLESS. 
          BUT WE ALSO KEEP IN MIND EQUITY AND FAIRNESS. 
          SO IF THE OPTION FOR PEOPLE THAT DO COME TO OUR FACILITY AND REALIZE THAT IT'S CASHLESS, WE ARE FACILITATING THEM AT THE OLD GREENER STATION AS WELL AS THE NATURE CENTER WITHOUT BEING POLITELY DIRECTED. 
          SO THEY CAN, UH, DO THE TICKET PURCHASES WHERE YOU CAN ALSO GET SOME PASSES. 
          BUT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE MANAGEMENT OF ACTUAL HANDLING CASH AT THE TICKET BOOTH, UM, OUT OF THAT PUBLIC REALM. 
          SORRY FOR THE LONG EXPLANATION. 
          THIS WAS REALLY SERIOUS. 
          AND AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S A A GROWING COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, I JUST DIDN'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO BE SURPRISED OR CAUGHT OR NOT REALLY KNOWING KIND OF WHAT THAT BACKSTORY WAS. 
          SO ON, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT 2025. 
          I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN TERMS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          UM, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT, UM, ARE BEING RAPIDLY PRESCRIBED, THE REGISTRATIONS. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW COUNCILWOMAN IN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT A AND SHE'S A VERY, UH, EARLY ON, HUGE ADVOCATE. 
          UM, SO UA AND TUCK, FRACTION TUCK WILL BE A VERY HELPFUL SUPPORTER ON THE DIOCESE FOR EVERYTHING PARKS, RECREATION. 
          BUT SHE ALSO LOOKS AT THINGS VERY SERIOUSLY THROUGH THE EQUITY LENS, AND WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, I KNOW THE CITY'S KICKING OFF OR RE RESTARTING THEIR OLYMPICS TEAM. 
          WE HAVE AN INTERNAL TEAM. 
          IT'S STEVE SCOTT AND TODD LELAND ARE OUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES, UH, ON DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMITTEES. 
          SO IT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF. 
          SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL THAT ALL SEVEN OF YOU ARE SERVING AND SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE THINGS WE DO. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 
          UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO THE DIRECTOR? THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER OR SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SEAN. 
          UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEES, I, I WILL MAKE THE INITIAL MOTION AND THEN AMEND IT. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON MAKES A MOTION TO, UH, DISCUSS. 
          DISCUSS AS THERE A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER ORT SMITH. 
          AND, UH, WHAT IS YOUR AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER? WELL, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND. 
          WE DID HAVE TWO OF OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE NOT HERE LAST MONTH. 
          SO AGAIN, UM, WITH DIRECTION FROM THE CLERK AND FROM THE ATTORNEY TO ALL COMMISSIONS, THE COUNSEL AND OTHER BODIES TRYING TO STREAMLINE HOW THINGS OPERATE AND TO BEST UTILIZE STAFF, UM, EFFECTIVELY IN THEIR TIME, THEY HAVE ENCOURAGED EVERYBODY TO ELIMINATE AS MANY STANDING COMMITTEES AS POSSIBLE AND TO CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES WHEN 
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ITEMS COME UP. 
          SO, UH, IN OUR PACKETS LAST MONTH, THERE WAS A LIST OF OUR COMMITTEES AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH. 
          AND SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS IN YOUR, UH, PACKET, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UH, BASICALLY ELIMINATE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND FINANCE AND APPEALS COMMITTEE AND RECREATE A NEW COMMITTEE CALLED THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. 
          SO THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THOSE TWO COMMITTEES WOULD JUST BE ONE MEETING, ONE POSTING, ONE START TIME. 
          UH, IT JUST, IT'S MORE EFFICIENT. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD CALL IT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE SO THAT IT COULD HANDLE A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT COULD COME UP. 
          UH, WE WOULD DISSOLVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARKS USAGE COMMITTEE. 
          AND BASED ON THE REPORT THAT WE JUST HAD, CERTAINLY IF SOMETHING CAME UP ALONG THE LINES OF SAFETY, WE COULD CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BETTER, UH, ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY, DISSOLVE THE MARKETING AND RECREATION COMMITTEE. 
          WE WOULD CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE TO MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING SO THAT THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE A, A STANDING COMMITTEE THAT COULD MEET WITH STAFF ON UPCOMING PLAYGROUNDS, UPCOMING UH, OLYMPICS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN TO ELIMINATE THE JOINT USE COMMITTEE AS IT IS NOW, BUT ALSO TO CREATE AN AD HOC JOINT USE COMMITTEE. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW STAFF IS WORKING WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED AND IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE WILL BE COMING TO US WITH SOME IDEAS THAT I'M NOT SURE. 
          I THINK WE WOULD JUST RECOMMEND A JOINT USE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL TO EVENTUALLY APPROVE. 
          SO MY AMENDED MOTION WOULD BE TO DO THE FIVE BULLET POINTS THAT ARE ON THIS ATTACHMENT. 
          SO I WOULD, UH, ASK IF THE SECOND WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT AMENDMENT. 
          I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER 'EM. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. 
          ANY FROM THE STAFF OR PUBLIC? OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO DISCUSS ON THE FLOOR. 
          IT'S AN AMENDED MOTION TO, IT'S AN AMENDED MOTION TO MAKE THESE CHANGES. 
          TO MAKE THESE CHANGES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN JUST TO FOLLOW UP, UM, ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN, IN ANY OF THOSE COMMITTEES SHOULD LET BRENT OR CHRISTINE KNOW, AND PREFERABLY SOON, SO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING WE COULD MAKE APPOINTMENTS PARTICULARLY TO THE JOINT USE, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE COMING UP. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THAT, LET CHRISTINE OR BRENT KNOW AND THEY'LL TALK TO SUZANNE, SUSAN TO MAKE OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT NEXT MONTH. 
          AND THEN CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? SURE. 
          SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS PUSHING THAT ME THAT MEETING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON SO THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HAS WORK OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS OR FAMILY COMMITMENTS CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE TO BE A PART OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IS THERE A A HAVE WE VOTED ON THIS? NO. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          NO, WE DID VOTE. 
          I FOLLOWED UP. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET. 
          UM, I THINK WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM SIX, THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE PARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          UM, WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS ONE. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IS THERE A DISCUSSION, UH, COMMISSION? YEAH. 
          SO THIS WAS ANOTHER, UH, SUGGESTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE'VE SEEN THIS ON SOME OTHER, UM, AGENDAS FOR OTHER COMMISSIONS. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, IF SOMETHING COMES UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT OR SOMEBODY HAS CONTACTED US, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO SIMPLY SAY AT THE END OF THE MEETING, HEY STAFF, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. 
          COULD WE HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO THIS? THE ATTORNEY SAID WE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN ASK IF STAFF WOULD THEN HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM RELATIVE TO THAT. 
          SIMILAR TO WHAT COMMISSIONER HIA HAD, UH, YOU HAD ONE TODAY, I THINK, UM, OF FOR FUTURE. 
          NO, THAT WAS, IT WAS ABOUT LIKE THE PIECE ABOUT LIKE HAVING OH YEAH. 
          LIKE HAVING LIKE A DEEPER EDUCATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE SKATE PARK. 
          SO THAT COMMUN SO THAT WHEN WE'RE, THEY'RE DOING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ALL HAVE THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ASK INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKE ALL THE, REALLY APPRECIATE THE HISTORY, BUT ALSO TO BE EDUCATED. 
          SO WE PROBABLY WON'T DO EVERYTHING IN MUCH EACH MONTH, BUT WE HAVE THAT OPTION. 
          BUT I THINK WHEN YOU USE THE WORD SIMPLY STATE, THAT WAS IMPORTANT. 
          SO YOU CAN'T REALLY DRILL DOWN AND GIVE A LOT OF IN DEPTH DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT YOU DISCUSSED OR APPLY THAT AGENDA 
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ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY TOO, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, RATHER THAN DOING A RETREAT USING THE AGENDA TO START BUILDING OUT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE YET, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS OR DO WE NEED TO USE THIS PLATFORM IN ORDER TO DO THAT? YEAH, THAT'S, IF I MAY, SO IF, IF, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. 
          I THINK WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS ACTION THAT YOU JUST TOOK FIRST SO THAT THE REFORMATION OF THE COMMITTEES AND THEIR ROLES ARE DEFINED. 
          AND THEN THIS NEW ITEM IS REAL IMPORTANT. 
          'CAUSE EACH OF YOU COULD ADD UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF ORIENTATION TOPICS BECAUSE I THINK WE REALIZE THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO TRY TO INCORPORATE A SEGMENT OF EACH MONTHLY AGENDA TO KIND OF TACKLE THAT RATHER THAN TRYING TO HAVE EVERYBODY, WELL SEVEN OF YOU COME FOR A BLOCK OF TIME ON A WEEKEND OR EXTENDED THURSDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN I GUESS I'LL JUST ADD THE ONE THING I'D LOVE TO SEE, I GUESS AT A FUTURE MEETING ORIENTATION, HOWEVER IT'S CATEGORIZED, UM, IS AN UPDATE ON THE PARK EQUITY REPORT, UM, AND HOW WE'RE DOING ON THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          THANK YOU MR. CHAVA. 
          UH, THREE IDEAS. 
          AND I, I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THESE IN THE PAST, SO THESE ARE ALREADY ON THE AGENDA OR YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN THIS FUTURE, I THINK THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, DISABILITY ACCESS, LIKE WHAT, HOW THE PARK IS FROM BOTH THE INFRASTRUCTURE VIEW AS WELL AS A PROGRAMMATIC VIEW. 
          UH, EMPLOYING BEST PRACTICES FOR DISABILITY ACCESS. 
          UH, WATER CONSERVATION ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE WE'RE ENTERING A NEW, ANOTHER DROUGHT YEAR. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT. 
          UH, AND OBVIOUSLY WE SAW PREVIOUSLY, UH, HAD MAJOR IMPACTS ON, UH, THE FOLIAGE AND PLANTS AND PARTS. 
          UH, SO LIKE HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH THAT? UH, AND THEN, UH, I THINK MORE FROM A BOARD PARTICIPATION PERSPECTIVE, LIKE HOW TO IT MOTIONS, HOW TO LIKE WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR BOARD MEMBERS SERVE, UH, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS, UH, TO, TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THESE BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE ASK QUESTIONS, WE DO, YOU KNOW, DO THAT PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH LIKE A FORMAL WALKTHROUGH OF WHAT COMMISSION GOVERNANCE LOOKS LIKE. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? OKAY, THEN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARIACHI SMITH. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT IS NOW TIME FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UH, WHERE WE OP WE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PARKS OF OUR RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. 
          ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING FOR , COULD YOU STAND UP AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, AND MS.  THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE AND I WAS JUST FOR DISTRICT A, LIKE PRIOR, UM, DIVORCE, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH MAINTENANCE GOING ON THERE, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IS THERE ANY OTHER PLANS FOR THAT? CAN SOMEONE HEAR HER? I COULD NOT HEAR HER. 
          MAINTENANCE OF DIVORCE PARK. 
          WE CAN'T RESPOND. 
          RESPOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE WILL HAVE TO DEFER THAT TO STAFF. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, HAS DEFOREST WETLANDS. 
          IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT YOU'RE TALKING? YEAH. 
          DEFOREST PARK AND WETLANDS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONTAMINATION, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          SO WE'VE HAD, UH, REQUESTS FROM THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN, AND WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING WITH THE NEW COUNCILWOMAN AND WE PLAN TO DISCUSS OUR ATTENTION TO THAT AND, AND ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING OF THEIR RESIDENTS JUST TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICE. 
          AND, UM, UNDER ERIC'S LEADERSHIP, WE'RE REALLY SUPER RESPONSIVE TO THAT. 
          BUT AS I'VE ALWAYS MENTIONED TO EVERYONE, WE CAN'T BE AT ALL PLACES AT ALL TIMES, AT ALL HUNDRED 66 PARK, GRABBING THE COMMUNITY COMFORTABLE RECORDING AS YOU JUST OUR ATTENTION. 
          THAT'S THE BEST PART AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AFTER THE MEETING, YOU MIGHT WANT GO TALK WITH DIRECTOR DENNIS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LIKE TO ADDRESS. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION ANNOUNCE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF AND COMMISSION. 
          UH, AND I TEND TO BEGIN OVER WITH OUR WONDERFUL FINANCE PERSON, UH, 
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VICE DIRECTOR, WHATEVER, VICE DIRECTOR SCOTT, VICE DIRECTOR, VICE SCOTT, STEVE, SCOTT. 
          THANK YOU CHRISTINE. 
          THANK YOU JENNY FOR ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, CHARLENE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND I WAS JUST WANTING TO INTRODUCE FATIMA ALREADY SPOKE WITH, GONZALEZ IS ONE OF TWO PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWS THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITH OUR PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HERE. 
          UM, AND HER, SOME OF HER RESPONSIBILITIES, SHE'S BEEN HELPING US A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE TECH SIDE. 
          SO WITH JUST MAPPING, SHE ACTUALLY FOR THE PRESENTATION, THOSE LOVELY INFOGRAPHICS SHE PUT TOGETHER FOR ME BASED ON THE DATA. 
          SO, UM, LOOKING ALONG WITH SOME OF THAT AND HELPING US LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, DATA SOURCES AND HOW WE, UM, GET INFORMATION AND USING, UM, OUR AUTOMATE TO DO SOME OF WORK THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH HERE FOR EFFICIENCIES. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE JASMINE, UM, PERRY, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY. 
          WE DO A PREVIOUS COMMITMENT, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET HER OUTTA A FUTURE MEETING, BUT SHE'S WORKING WITH OUR GARDEN NETWORK AND HELPING TO CREATE A LOVELY, UM, NEWSLETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN NETWORK AND KIND OF OUR FIRST INTEREST ASSIST US WITH ALL THESE GARDEN RELATED. 
          SO JUST LETTING KNOW. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING COMMERS. 
          HAVE A FEW ITEMS, UM, PROACTIVE. 
          I JUST WANNA KIND OF LIKE HIGHLIGHT SOME THE FACILITY SECTION AND THEN CUT LINES FROM THE GROUND SECTION AND OF COURSE OUR AMBASSADORS. 
          AND SO THE FACILITY SECTION, AS BRENT STATED EARLIER THIS MORNING, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UM, AT END K PARK PREPPING, UM, WHICH CONSIST OF PRESSURE WASHING, UH, PAINTING ALL THE BENCHES IN THAT AREA. 
          I TOLD I THINK 12 BENCHES. 
          UM, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO, UH, THE LANDSCAPING ASPECT OF THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN OVER AT, UH, A GUM BYER PARK, WE PLACED DAMAGED BENCHES OVER THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN FOR OUR GROUNDS TEAM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN EITHER TRIMMING AT THE PRESENT MOMENT OR ALREADY TRIMMED TREES IN  PARK, MARINA VISTA PARK CHANNEL VIEW, AND HAL PARK. 
          UM, THAT'S A ROSE TEAM IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THIS TEAM. 
          SO, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, OVER AT SHERIFF SHERIFF PARK, UM, WE INSTALLED THE RECIRCULATION CLUB THAT HAS BEEN IN OPERA FOR FIVE MONTHS. 
          SO NOW THE WATER'S GOING THERE VERY WELL AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN FOR OUR AMBASSADORS, UH, FOR THE LAST I, I'VE BEEN IN FOR LITTLE LESS THAN 30 DAYS. 
          I WANTED TO GO BACK 30 DAYS JUST TO KIND OF GET A SNAP VIEW. 
          AND SO FOR THE LAST, OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS, OUR AMBASSADORS WHO WORK FROM 3:00 PM TO 11:00 AM I MEAN TO, TO 11:00 PM THEY HAVE REPLACED 14 SIGNS. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE SIGNS THAT WERE REPLACED AT EL ROBERT WEST PARK AND SHEAR PARK, UH, JACK NIEL PARK, UH, KAGE PARK, AS WELL AS, UH, SHEAR PARK AS WELL IN CHERRY PARK. 
          SO WE CAN JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU, GET WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND I, UH, MOVING FORWARD, I LIKE TO PROVIDE THESE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          UM, YOU GUYS, UH, UPDATE. 
          SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED BRIGHT WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE STARTED SEEING, UH, PRIOR TO THE SUMMERS. 
          I CALL BRIGHT WORK IS PAINTING ON CURBS MAKES IT DIFFERENT. 
          OUR RED, BLUE, YELLOW CURVES. 
          AND SO WE'LL GET US A PROGRAM GOING AS FAR AS PUTTING MAINTENANCE AND JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, LITTLE SMALL DETAILS. 
          THOSE THINGS REALLY GO ALONG WITH LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR EYES ON THESE THINGS AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          THOSE ARE, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, DIRECTOR, I ONLY THOUGHT ONE MORE THING. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SANTA ANA WINDS WERE UNUSUALLY STRONG. 
          I MEAN, THEY CALLED 'EM LIKE HURRICANE LEVEL, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO TIE THAT COMMENT INTO THE BUDGETING, UM, HIGHLIGHT THAT I SAID EARLIER. 
          SO IF NOT FOR SOME RECENT INVESTMENT IN OUR BUDGET FOR TREE TRIMMING AND DEAD TREE REMOVAL, UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR WIND EVENT THAT WE HAD NO TREE FAILURES, WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING CONSIDERING THE IMPACT THAT OUR WHOLE PARK SYSTEM HAD. 
          SO, UM, I SHARED THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER. 
          IT'S GOOD FOR HIM TO BE MINDFUL THAT THERE IS SOME BENEFIT. 
          I MEAN THE, A FALLEN TREE HAS PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, IMPLICATIONS, UH, OR DAMAGING TO OUR FACILITIES. 
          BUT, UM, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO GET THE REPORTS FROM ERIC AND TODD THAT AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY TOUGH WINDY EVENT THAT CAUSED SO MUCH DAMAGE IN THE COUNTY THAT OUR, OUR PARKS WASN'T STORM QUITE WELL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          I HAVE NOTHING ELSE BEFORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU DIRECTOR. 
          AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO START WITH COMMISSIONER T SMITH 'CAUSE I KNOW SHE HAS TO LEAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          UM, JUST, UH, JUST EVERYBODY TAKE CARE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          IT CAN BE AN EMOTIONAL TALK TO YOUR HEART TO SEE PEOPLE SUFFER, UM, WITH THIS DEVASTATION. 
          SO JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES 
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TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES SO YOU CAN HELP CARE FOR OTHERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. SEAN. 
          UH, YES. 
          ALONG THAT RIGHT, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO, I WAS AT WHALEY PARK OVER THE WEEKEND. 
          UM, MY FRIENDS AND I HAD USED IT AS KIND OF A MEETING SPOT TO COLLECT, UM, PUT DONATIONS IN LIKE ONE CAR. 
          AND, UH, I JUST HAD TO SHARE 'CAUSE RIGHT FINDING THE JOY AND, AND SELF CARE. 
          UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I WANNA SAY SHE WAS FIVE OR SIX, AND HER MOM SAID IT WAS TIME TO GO. 
          AND SHE WAS BEYOND DEVASTATED TO LEAVE . 
          AND IF THAT'S NOT A REMINDER OF WHAT WE DO AND THE SPACES WE CREATE AND FINDING A MOMENT OF JOY, THAT'S AWESOME. 
          HER MOM PROMISED HER SHE'D BE BACK. 
          SO I AM SURE THAT'S WHAT DID IT, BUT IT WAS JUST RIGHT. 
          WE'RE, WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THAT DAY-TODAY, JOY IN OUR PARKS. 
          AWESOME. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          MSGA. 
          UM, YES, OF COURSE. 
          I THINK THE FIRES ARE ON ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND MINDS. 
          UM, I THINK THE, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR ME, THE DEVASTATION ALTADENA. 
          UM, IT'S A HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN, UM, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN, PEOPLE HAVE PUT DOWN ROOTS FOR GENERATIONS. 
          UM, 'CAUSE IT WAS WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO BUY HOMES. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUSIN WHO HAD TO EVACUATE AND, AND SHE'S NOT SURE HOW MUCH, UM, SHE HAS LOST. 
          UM, AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO NOW, UM, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS NOW, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE PARKS AND RECREATION, THINKING ABOUT THESE SPACES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, NUMBER ONE, BEING GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THOSE SPACES FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          BUT THEN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAYBE REACH OUT, ESPECIALLY AS, YOU KNOW, SUMMERS OR JUST AROUND THE BEND. 
          AND, UM, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE SPACES WHERE THEY CAN PLAY AND THEY CAN GATHER UP THERE TO THE NORTH, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO EXTEND, UM, EXTEND, UH, SOME BRIDGES THERE. 
          SO JUST, JUST THAT THOUGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          MR. CHAVEZ. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          I JUST, YOU KNOW, AGREED WITH ALL, ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT THE WILDFIRES. 
          UNFORTUNATELY KNOW THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST THEIR HOMES AND THAT, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE FIRES AND CERTAINLY IT'S, UH, THE, THE, THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS FROM THE SMOKE. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN ON CALLS WHERE PEOPLE WITH SEVERE ASTHMA ARE STILL BARELY ABLE TO BREATHE JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE FIRE AND SMOKE IN THE FIRES. 
          UH, SO IT IS GOING BE VERY CONSEQUENTIAL IN, IN LA UH, CERTAINLY WOULD ENCOURAGE TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE THAT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MUTUAL AID EFFORTS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S, UH, THERE'S A STAFF IMPACT. 
          THERE'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT AVOID IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE IT ON, UH, MORE POSITIVE NEWS. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A MOTION COMING UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPLY FOR SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR THE PARKS. 
          UH, SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN ROSE SPRINGS PARKS. 
          THE LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE VERY HAPPY IN SEEING THAT. 
          UH, AND, UH, GLAD TO SEE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN OUR PARK SYSTEM, UH, GIVEN THE QUARTER ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND JUST IN GENERAL, I MEAN, GIVEN WITH HOW NEGATIVE AND HOW DIFFICULT THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING, I KNOW IT'S JUST ON THE WAY OVER HERE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, UH, SOME WORK ISSUES, BUT THEN HEARING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HAS BEEN KIND OF A LITTLE THERAPEUTIC AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MADE YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE POSITIVE. 
          SO APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR WORK HERE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND, AND REALLY THE POSITIVE PRESENCE THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND LASTLY, JUST WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A LITTLE LATE. 
          I MISHEARD SOMETHING THAT ENDED UP AT A STAFF MEETING AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RUN OVER HERE. 
          UH, SO MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY ALMOST ON TIME INITIALLY, SO IT'S PERFECT TIMING, . 
          PERFECT TIMING. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          SO THANK YOU MR. COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO BRENT AND THE MAINTENANCE TEAM. 
          UH, I STARTED THE YEAR OFF, UH, WITH THE LOSS OF A FRIEND, UH, IN OUR LGBT COMMUNITY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND WE DID, UH, WE HAD, UH, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE HIS VIGIL AT, UM, HARVEY MILL PARK AND IT WAS STILL FENCED OFF. 
          UH, AND BRENT AND THE MAINTENANCE TEAM AND PUBLIC WORKS REALLY RALLIED AROUND THE FAMILY AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS ORGANIZING THAT AND WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE FENCE BACK AND DO POWER WASHING AND VIRTUALLY ALMOST OVERNIGHT, UM, WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
          SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A BEAUTIFUL, UH, CEREMONY. 
          AND SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, UH, TOUCHING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY CITY FAMILY AND MY LGBT FAMILY KIND OF ALL TOGETHER IN THAT MOMENT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND WANT TO OBVIOUSLY ECHO THE SENTIMENTS AROUND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO AS A PARKS FAMILY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, UH, BY THOSE FIRES. 
          UM, 
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I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO HELP AND, UH, WOULD LOVE TO, TO SEE US AT THAT, AT THAT BOOK TABLE. 
          COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ERIC. 
          I LIKE THAT WHEN STUFF LOOKS LIKE CRAP, PEOPLE GO REALLY NASTY AND WHEN IT LOOKS GOOD, THEY, THEY DO NOTICE IT. 
          SO THAT IS GREAT. 
          SO KUDOS ON THAT. 
          AND I, I HAVE A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT. 
          I DON'T THINK I CAN GET BACK FOR THE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING, BUT I DO SUPPORT THAT STUFF IN GETTING MCC BEFORE MCIVER SOMEWHERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S NEXT THURSDAY AT FOUR 30. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MAY I JUST MAKE A COUPLE COUNTS? I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE, BUT I DID, UH, THIS MORNING I HAD AN EARLY MORNING MEETING. 
          I WAS GOING UP LAKEWOOD JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, UH, TOWARD CARSON. 
          AND, UH, 15, UH, POLICE CARS CAME ZOOMING OUT, JU NOISY AND REALLY SCARY TRUCKS THEREAFTER. 
          AND I WAS REALLY WORRIED. 
          I THOUGHT OF THE MOST AWFUL POTENTIAL THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN LONG BEACH. 
          IT JUST SCARED ME. 
          I GOT TO MY MEETING, THERE HAPPENED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER THERE. 
          THEY WERE ALL ON THEIR WAY TO ALSINA TO HELP. 
          AND WE ARE REALLY RALLYING AND DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO HELP OUR FRIENDS. 
          IT MAKES, JUST BRINGS, I DID ALSO FIND OUT AT THAT EARLY MORNING MEETING THAT DUKE GIBBONS, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, DUKE IS HOSTING OF FAMILIES AND HE HAS A LIST OF FAMILIES FROM THE SNA AREA IF YOU WANTED TO ADOPT A PARTICULAR FAMILY FOR THREE MONTHS. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S A FINANCIAL THING. 
          I THINK IT'S HELPING WALK THEM THROUGH LISTENING, BEING THERE, FINDING RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DUKE YOURSELF TO ASK HIM, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME AND I CAN GET YOU THE INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND LAST I DID COMMENT AT THE STATE OF THE CITY, THE MAYOR, STATE OF THE CITY, HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE PARKS AND ABOUT THE OLYMPICS. 
          AND I THOUGHT HE DID A GREAT JOB IN RECOGNIZING WHAT YOU, YOUR, THE DIRECTOR DENNIS, THE TEAM, UH, ARE DOING TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. 
          THANK YOU WITH THAT. 
          UH, ANYTHING ELSE? NO. 
          WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:42 AM THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS EVERYONE.
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