* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS 3 42. I'M SORRY, IT IS 4 32 IN THE AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 2025 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DIRECTOR DENNIS, CAN YOU PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL? YES, I WILL. CHAIR REDFIELD. CHAIR REDFIELD. HERE. VICE CHAIR GERARDO SMITH. HERE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN HERE. COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. WE DO HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FROM COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. UH, COMMISSIONER HIGA HERE. COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. WE DO HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FROM COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. AND COMMISSIONER CHA HERE. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DENNIS. AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON AND COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UH, HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, GO RIGHT TO IT. HERE I'D LIKE TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND MARINE TO EXECUTE A RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH MCCORMICK DIVERS, A CALIFORNIA FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS TO RELOCATE THEIR DRY LAND DIVING EQUIPMENT FROM THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARK POOL TO THE SILVERADO PARK POOL AND RETURN BACK TO THE MLK POOL FOR A SIX MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN JANUARY 27TH, 2025, AND JULY 31ST, 2025 OR UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF THE MLK POOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN DISTRICTS SIX AND SEVEN. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE SECOND. THANK YOU. UM, IS THERE A STAFF REPORT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? YES. CHAIR. UH, REDFIELD. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO UM, SHE BEATTY. WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. SO, UM, THIS IS FOR OUR MCCORMICK DIVERS. SO THEY ARE A SPRINGBOARD AND PLATFORM DIVING TEAM THAT SERVES THE LONG BEACH AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 1968 AND ARE CURRENTLY, UM, COACHED BY DEBBIE MCCORMICK, WHO BEGAN COACHING WITH THEM IN 1976. UM, THEY ORIGINALLY WOULD HOUSE THEIR TRAININGS OVER AT THE BELMONT, THE INDOOR BELMONT PLAZA OLYMPIC POOL, WHICH WE KNOW IS NO LONGER INDOOR AND IT'S NO LONGER THERE. UM, SO SINCE 2014 THEY'VE BEEN OVER AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARKER, MLK POOL. UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN THEIR HOME BASE FOR THEIR, UM, IN WATER TRAINING THEY USED TO DEPLOY AS WELL AS THEIR DRY LAND TRAINING. UM, SO OVER THERE NOW, THE WAY IT EXISTS AT MLK IS THEY HAVE DRY LAND EQUIPMENT THAT IS STORED AT MLK THAT THEY UTILIZE FOR VARIOUS TRAINING THINGS. AND BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S COMING, UM, THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS TO DO SOME UPGRADES OVER AT THE KING POOL, THEY WILL NEED TO MOVE THEIR EQUIPMENT FROM KING POOL OVER TO SILVERADO POOL FOR THAT TEMPORARY TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT WE ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT TO COME IN AND REMOVE THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEING STORED THERE. IT WILL GO OVER STORED AT SILVERADO AS WELL AS THEY'LL HAVE SOME USE, UM, AT THE SILVERADO POOL IN WHICH THEY'LL WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR PERMITTING, FOR THAT USE OF THE POOL. BUT IN TERMS OF THE RIGHT OF ENTRY, IT'S REALLY JUST TO REMOVE THE EQUIPMENT FROM MLK, STORE IT OVER AT SILVERADO AND INSTALL IT AT SILVERADO TEMPORARILY THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, TO REMOVE IT BACK OVER, MOVE IT FROM SILVERADO AND RETURN IT BACK OVER TO KING POOL. AND THAT IS TO BE DONE WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING? , THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT'S ATTENDING. YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. WELL, I HAVEN'T MET EVERYONE. I'M DEBBIE MCCORMICK. UH, MY HUSBAND WAS A FORMER OLYMPIC COACH. WE WERE, I COMPETED, MY FAMILY MOVED TO LONG BEACH, SO I WOULD HAVE A POOL TO TRAIN IN AND I WAS A PLATFORM DIVER AND NOW WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT. BUT, UH, ANYWAYS, MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY. HE PROMISED HE'D NEVER LEAVE ME, BUT HE DIED. SO, UM, I'VE TRIED TO KEEP HIS NAME ALIVE AND HIS LEGACY GOING THROUGH OUR TEAM. AND LIKE I SAID, WE WERE AT BELMONT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THEY DESTROYED THE POOL. SO WE'D BEEN AT THE KING POOL, BEEN GRATEFUL TO BE ANYWHERE. AND I KNOW THAT THE KING POOL DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE FIXED UP. IT'S NOT IN THE GREATEST OF SHAPE, BUT, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF EXPENSE AND BECAUSE OF PLACES TO TRAIN. THE SILVERADO POOL I UNDERSTAND ONLY HAS ONE, ONE OF THE ONE METERS IS IN GOOD SHAPE. THE OTHER ONE'S NOT. UH, WE'RE [00:05:01] NOT GETTING A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO TRAIN THERE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUNT AND DO A LOT OF TRAVELING AND MORE EXPENSE TO GO TO MISSION VIEJO IN IRVINE TO GET PROPER TRAINING. AND THAT'S A PRETTY BIG EXPENSE TOO. SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA TAKE. IT WAS ONE MONTH, THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, AND NOW WE'RE TALKING MAYBE SIX MONTHS, WHICH THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, BUT IT'S JUST A, A REAL STRUGGLE FOR US FINANCIALLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'LL LET US AT LEAST MOVE OUR EQUIPMENT THERE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN A TEAM BECAUSE WE'VE GOT EXCELLENT KIDS. WE'VE HAD TWO KIDS MAKE THE JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GAMES AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. I MEAN, THEY'RE GOOD AND UH, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S TOUGH. THEY'VE BEEN REPRESENTING LONG BEACH AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING LONG BEACH FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND I FOUGHT FOR THAT BELMONT POOL. I WAS AT CITY HALL NINE YEARS IN A ROW FIGHTING, FIGHTING 1 1 1, LOSS LOSS. SO ANYWAYS, UM, NOW I WAS AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT AND THEY'RE GONNA BUILD ANOTHER POOL. NO PLATFORMS, UNFORTUNATELY OUTDOORS, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING DIVING BOARDS IN. AND I HOPE WHEN THAT EVER HAPPENS, IF I'M STILL ALIVE, YOU'LL ALLOW MY TEAM TO HAVE FIRST RIGHTS AT THAT POOL. SO THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. I, WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THIS AS FAR AS COMING BACK, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN PUT OUR STUFF BACK. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT GONNA KILL US ON FEES COMING BACK BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO ONE FUNDRAISER A YEAR. WE'VE BEEN USING CITY COLLEGE. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO USE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, BUT THEY HAVE WATER POLO UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY NIGHT. AND OUR KIDS ARE KIND OF YOUNG AND IT'S KIND OF COLD AND STUFF. AND, AND WHEN THEY BUILT THAT POOL, I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE ARCHITECTS ABOUT THE NEW POOL. OKAY. BUT WHEN THEY BUILT THAT OTHER POOL, THEY DIDN'T PUT HOT SHOWERS IN, SO THE WATER'S COLD. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ALRIGHT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? UM, NO QUESTION. JUST, UM, AS A COMMENT, I'VE KNOWN DEBBIE FOR QUITE A WHILE. WE BOTH BELONG TO THE, UH, LONG BEACH CENTURY CLUB AND I JUST VERY MUCH ADMIRE , VERY MUCH ADMIRE, UH, HER ADVOCACY FOR THE, UM, LONG BEACH AQUATICS COMMUNITY THAT FOR DECADES NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, DEBBIE, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN THANK YOU THIS WORK. MM-HMM . ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. UM, WE HAD A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, SEAN MM-HMM . AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN. UM, UH, AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? UM, ANY EXTENSIONS OR ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL THAT PASSES AND I THINK QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THE MEETING IS, UH, NOW, UM, ADJOURNED AT OH, CAN I ASK QUESTIONS? NO, LIKE WHEN WE CAN WELL, YOU CAN WORK WITH STAFFING QUESTIONS. OH YEAH. OH, YOU'RE JUST, YOU THE COMMISSIONERS DON'T BE HERE ANYMORE. I GET THE COMMISSIONERS. DON'T. COMMISSIONER, JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON VACATION COMMISSIONERS DONT, JUST SO SOMEBODY CAN ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS OUR STAFF WILL WORK WITH GOT IT. ON THAT. YOU I KNOW, BUT THE IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT IS YOU WERE GRANTED THE RIGHT OF, OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I, I DO PERSONALLY WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION SPECIAL MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO BUSY WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ARE SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO SCHEDULE, BUT WE HAVE A QUORUM TODAY AND I THINK THAT IS SHOWS IT REFLECTS THE IMPORTANCE THAT THIS COMMISSION PLACES ON, YOU KNOW, RECREATION AND SPECIAL PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, APPRECIATE IT. ANY COMMENTS FROM, DO WE NEED STAFF? SORRY. OH, WHAT YOU SAYING? GO AHEAD, GO. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF? NOPE. HEARING NONE. WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 4 41. THAT'S PRETTY QUICK. I WISH ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.