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IT IS 8 31 THIS MORNING AND I AM CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.AND WE WERE REVIEWING THE AGENDA.
MR. LELAND, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL? MR. CHAIR MURRAY? HERE.
DO EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE P PREVIOUS MEETING? YES, MA'AM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.
AND ANN, NOW WE HAVE OUR AGENDA.
LET'S GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THAT BEFORE WE START GOING THROUGH IT.
AND SECONDED TO, UM, LET'S START GOING THROUGH THAT AGENDA THEN.
MR. LELAND, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO START GOING THROUGH SOME OF OUR ITEMS. ALRIGHT.
USUAL, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR NUMBER ONE IS, UH, APPROVAL, UH, PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BE EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT?
UH, THEN WE, THEN WE HOP RIGHT IN NUMBER TWO AND DO, UH, INTO THE MEET OF OUR MEETING, UH, WE HAVE TITLE INFLUENCE COMING TO, UH, PRESENT THE UPDATED BLUFF PARK MAINTENANCE PLAN.
UH, UM, AND WHAT WILL WE'LL BE RECEIVING IN ADVANCE OF THAT, THE ACTUAL PLAN PRESENTATION.
SO THERE'S THE PRESENTATION AND THE, AND THEN DOES THAT HAVE THE, UM, PLANT LISTING? YES.
I KNOW THE PLANT LISTING WAS IMPORTANT.
ANYBODY REMEMBER FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO, WE TALKED ABOUT GENERAL, WHO WAS DOING THE MAINTENANCE AND, AND WHO WAS HIRED TO DO IT.
UH, ARE THEY, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT FALLS UNDER WHAT TITLE INFLUENCE IS PRESENTING.
WHO WERE WE USING TO DO IT? I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
I, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF TOPIC.
I'D LIKE TO STAY ON JUST THE PRESENTATION FROM TITLE INFLUENCE, IF YOU CAN.
SO, LOS CERRITOS WETLAND STEWARDS IS OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
UH, THIS WOULD BE A ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDSCAPE AREA.
UM, SO YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AS TO THE CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF THAT AREA BASED ON THIS PLAN.
I'M JUST THINKING FOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
I KNOW THEY'LL BE ASKING QUESTIONS ON THAT, ON THAT, BECAUSE THEY DID LAST TIME.
WE MAY GO DOWN A ROUTE, I'M NOT SURE RATHER IS OUR CHAIRMAN, I'M GONNA STOP
WELL, IT'S, IT'S THE MAINTENANCE OF THE, THE BLUFF PARK SLOPES.
RIGHT? SO MOST QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE BLUFF PARK SLOPE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE BASED ON WHAT THIS IS.
UH, YEAH, I THINK WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
AND, AND WHO DO WE HAVE COMING FROM TITLE INFLUENCE? OH, GOSH.
MEGAN IS, UH, THE, SHE'S THE LEAD FOR THIS UPDATE.
UM, UH, ERIC'S ON, UM, WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY? CLIFF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND STUFF, AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT IN A WHILE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE BROUGHT UP AT THIS ONE OR IT CAN BE BROUGHT UP, UH, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LAGOON, UM, THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO KNOW.
BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A REVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I KNOW IT'S, THERE'S LAWSUITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO ENHANCE ANYTHING ON THE LAGOON ON WHERE WE STAND? BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE IN THAT AREA,
THERE IS A IN PERSON COMMUNITY MEETING THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE AT REC PARK, THE, THE NDA ON FEBRUARY 19TH.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE PUBLIC WORK STAFF COMING TO PRESENT, UH, IN MARCH ON OUR THAT'S, THAT'S PERFECT FOR THE CHAIRWOMAN.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO STATE THAT IF ANYBODY BRINGS IT UP.
THERE'LL BE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
NOT COVERAGE, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE GONNA COMMUNICATE? AND SHE'LL BE ABLE TO STATE THAT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, FEBRUARY 19TH, REC PARK, UH, COMMUNITY IN PERSON, COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT COLORADO LAGOON, AN UPDATE THEREOF.
AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, IS OUR SUBCOMMITTEE ON TYLER'S CAPITAL PROJECTS,
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UH, WILL BE AT ONE 30.WELL, AND NOW AFTER TUESDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE AUDIT OF THE TIDELANDS FUNDS.
UH, AND I TALKED TO CHRISTINA DUGAN BEFOREHAND ON THAT MM-HMM
AND THEN THAT, THAT WENT LATE INTO THE NIGHT.
'CAUSE SHE TEXTED ME AT 10 30.
LET ME, LET ME, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE AND HOW WE USE OUR REVENUE IN THE TITLES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A GOOD, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE IT COULD BE A FREE FOR ALL WHEN IT COMES TO THE OLYMPICS COMING IN.
AND I THINK THAT'S A FEAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE OF, OKAY, WE WANT IT DONE RIGHT, BUT LET'S NOT DRAIN IT.
LET'S NOT DRAIN EVERYTHING BECAUSE THIS IS COMING.
AND THEN WE START OFF AFTER THE OLYMPICS WITH DID WELL, THE, I WENT TO LOOK SOME OF THE THINGS ON, ON HISTORY AND I THOUGHT, OH, CAROLYN SUTTER, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP ME.
AND, AND THEN I FOUND HER OBITUARY TO YOU.
WELL, UM, I DON'T CARE WHERE SHE IS.
ALSO PRESENTED AT TUESDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WAS THE CITY'S STRATEGIC ROADMAP, UH, FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
AND ONE BIG ELEMENT OF THAT, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LEAD UP AND THE PLANNING, BUT IT'S ALSO THE, THE DE MOBILIZATION AND THE LEGACY, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE AS A CITY, HOW DO WE AS A TIDELANDS AREA, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE 2028 GAMES TO REALLY EXPAND AND ACCELERATE GROWTH OF OUR TIDELANDS PROGRAMS? WELL, AND, AND PROTECT OUR TIDELANDS AREAS TOO.
I KNOW THAT NEW CONTAINER THAT WENT IN THIS WEEK MM-HMM
THAT THEY'RE EXCITED THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GENERATE INCOME OFF OF THAT FOR THE OLYMPICS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT'S CONTAINERS WERE OVER AT LOS LOS, THE YACHT CLUB THING OVER THERE, OR THOSE ARE THE CONTAINERS ALONG THE US SAILING RIGHT.
THAT ARE THE TRAVELING ONES THAT GO FROM OLYMPICS TO OLYMPICS ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A NEW ONE ADDED OVER IN BASIN FOUR.
THAT'S, THAT'S WITHIN THE, THE PROPERTY LINE OF THAT GATED AREA.
AND, AND WE MAY, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT GATED AREA IS BEING USED PROPERLY? AND THAT'S, WE, RYAN AND I ACTUALLY HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH BOTH BOBBY SHOP CLUB AND THE BOY SCOUTS, UH, C SCOUT, UH, STAFF TO DISCUSS PLACEMENT OF IT AND USE OF IT.
SO, UH, THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLACE IT UNTIL WE BOTH, WE, I THINK WE WANNA KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE CONSTRAINTS ARE ON THAT.
'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S BOATS LISTED FOR SALE BY INDIVIDUALS.
AND THE BOAT IS CLEARLY IN THAT YARD.
AND THAT'S, THEY'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS WHAT'S IN THE YARD.
THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONAL ITEMS AND, AND I'M FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
THE CONTINUED PERSONAL USE OF CITY PROPERTY.
BUT THAT'S, THAT SPACE IS FOR THE USE OF THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB AND THE C SCOUT BASE.
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE IT AS THEY SEE FIT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SAILING AND USE.
BUT FOR SALE, UH, LIKE THE CHAIRWOMAN SAID, TO HAVE PEOPLE PUTTING THERE, IT'S LIKE HAVING A, UM, IT'S LIKE ME HAVING MY A PARKING LOT AT, AT PATTY'S PLACE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR MEMBERS COME IN AND LINE THEIR CARS UP FOR SALE BECAUSE OH, WE, WE GO TO PATTY'S PLACE.
SO THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S WATCHING THE ABUSE.
I THINK WHAT IT IS IS WATCHING THE ABUSE.
'CAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA HEAR FROM IT.
YOU KNOW? HOW COME THAT'S STILL THERE? HOW COME THAT'S STILL THERE AND THAT'S JUST WELL, YEAH.
WHY IS IT STILL THERE? WELL, THEY WERE PART OF THE CCLS OR THE SEA SCOUTS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE WORKING TO REMOVE VESSELS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF SOME OF THESE IS TO CELL THEM.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE KEEP A TRACK IF THERE'S THINGS IN THERE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IF IT'S BEEN THERE FOR THREE MONTHS OR BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS, I TAKE PICTURES REGULARLY OF, AND PEOPLE'S PERSONAL STUFF IN THERE.
AND SO WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB AND THE SEA SCOUTS AS TO, HEY, YOU NEED TO CONTROL IN YOUR SPACE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE HEAR FROM THEM A LOT IS THAT BOAT JUST, YOU KNOW, ARRIVED.
IT BELONGS TO A A CLUB MEMBER WHO JUST
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DROPPED IT OFF AND SO THERE, BUT THAT, THAT GATE IS LOCKED.SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONTROLS ON THERE.
WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF NUDGE 'EM ALONG.
NOTHING VERY OFFICIAL JUST THEN.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING COMING OUT OF BRIAN'S THAT, HEY, WE'RE HERE AND HAVE YOU LOCKED THAT GATE? SO NOBODY SNEAKS THEIR BOATS IN.
AND WE, WE ARE, THERE'S SOME LIKE OLD VESSELS TOO THAT ARE NO LONGER LIKE IN THEIR SAILING PROGRAMS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA LIKE, TAKE ONE OF THOSE TO THE TURNIN PROGRAM AND, AND DESTROY LIKE A SOLELY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, WELL, AND, AND, AND I DON'T LIKE USING UP OUR MONEY DESTROYING VESSELS ON SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN SMARTER ABOUT.
AND, AND I KNOW YOUR CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY ON TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE ON.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE, UH, USE OUR MONEY, OUR PRECIOUS FUNDS FOR THAT.
THESE ONES WE'RE TRYING TO BE LIKE STRATEGIC BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY VERY STRIPPED DOWN.
LIKE US FOR INSTRUCTION IS, IS VERY MINOR AND IT, IT CHECKS A BOX, LIKE WITHIN THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR TURN INS.
'CAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY A LOT OF TIMES TO GET A TURN IN BOAT THAT'S EASY AND FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE TO DESTROY.
UM, BUT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THAT IN THE GRANT GOING FORWARD.
SO I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WE GOTTA REDUCE SOME THIS YEAR WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE TURN IN PORTION OF IT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY VESSELS THAT WE FIND THAT LAUNCH RAMPS LIKE THAT ARE ABANDONED IN, YOU KNOW, ISLAND WHITE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE CONCENTRATING ON, USING THAT FUNDING FOR, UH, TRYING TO GET THESE VERY, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, DANGEROUS MM-HMM
LIKE BOATS OUT OF THERE, BECAUSE THAT 40 FOOT BOAT THAT'S TAKING ON WATER IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAN MM-HMM
BUT PART OF THAT GRANT, THEY REALLY WANNA SEE THAT SECTION BEING UTILIZED, THE TURN IN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BUT AT A VERY, VERY SMALL, LIKE, PRICE POINT.
SO, AND, AND MAYBE LET'S LOOK DOWN THE WAY OR MAYBE A PART OF THE MANAGER'S REPORT TO KIND OF SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE SO THAT, THAT WE SEE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF ANALYSIS AND A LOT OF FIGURING OUT, WHEREAS THAT SMARTEST YEP.
AND IT HELPS ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TOO, WHEN WE GET QUESTIONS SAYS, LORD KNOWS WE GET PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA STRIFE TO SOME OF THE
I'M LIKE, WELL, WELL I
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SPACE TOO, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL, WITHIN A YEAR, THIS WILL CHANGE BECAUSE FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS, OLYMPIC, OLYMPIC, OLYMPIC, SPACE, SPACE, SPACE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BRINGING THEIR BOATS IN FOR SALE BECAUSE THEY CAN, THAT'S ALL SPACE THAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED BY THE CITY AND THE CITY WILL TAKE, WILL TAKE CONTROL.
UM, EVEN THOUGH I THINK THERE'S CONTRACTS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WORKING THREE OLYMPICS.
I KNOW WHAT THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND I KNOW WHAT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO DO IN DIFFERENT AREAS BEING AT THAT TIME UPS AND WHERE WE CAN LOAD AN OFFLOAD, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
NOW WE'RE LIKE GOING, BUT WE HAVE ALL THESE AGREEMENTS IN QUEENS, BUT YEAH, EXACTLY.
WE HAVE MOUS, WE HAVE THIS, AND THEY SAYS, YEAH, NOT RIGHT NOW THIS IS OLYMPICS.
AND, UH, WELL, AND THAT'S, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO BE FLUSHED OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO, THREE YEARS.
BUT IF WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND WE SEE THAT AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THAT, THAT JUST COMES TO PLAY THAT, HEY, WE'RE WORK, THIS IS A CONSTANT.
THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE TIME, THIS IS A CONSTANT OF KEEPING THOSE CITIZENS AND BONE OWNERS AWARE.
I THINK THAT IT'S JUST, IT MAKES YOU, YOU ALREADY LOOK GOOD, BUT IT JUST BRINGS THAT MORE CREDIBILITY TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S DOING.
SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, MISS MADAM CHAIRMAN.
AND AS TO THAT IS THEY'RE OUR PARTNERS, UH, LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB C SCOUT, BASE BOY SCOUTS, UH, OF LONG BEACH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO MAXIMIZE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CITY'S NEEDS.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT THERE IS, IT'S A GOOD THING.
IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CLEANING UP THAT SPACE.
THEY'RE CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STORAGE IN SECURE MANNER WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT.
SO, UH, AS, AS LONG AS THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER, THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB AND THE C SCOUT BASE AND WORKING WITH BRIAN WITH, WITH STILL BEING RESPECTFUL TO THE HOMEOWNERS ALONG THE WAY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE BRIAN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THOSE HOMEOWNERS TESTIFY ON THINGS AND THOSE BOAT OWNERS IN BASIN FOUR.
SO THERE, AND THEN LOSING THAT PARKING WHEN THEY OPENED UP THAT FACILITY FOR, UM, STORAGE, WE LOST THOSE PARKING SPOTS.
WHICH FACILITY? WHEN WE OPENED UP THE AREA TO BE STORAGE.
THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A COASTAL, RIGHT.
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YEAH.AND THAT WAS NOT, NOT, NOT HAPPY WHEN THAT WAS ADDED AS STORAGE.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT THAT STORAGE AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT RESPONSIBLY.
ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE, ON THAT OLYMPIC KIND OF THING THAT WE WENT TO ASIDE? OKAY.
OH, EXCITING NEWS ON THE, UM, UH, OYSTER PROJECT.
AND DO WE HAVE THE, UH, THE WOMAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY COMING OUT? WE DO, WE HAVE KRISTEN FROM, UH, UH, CHRISTINE FROM, UH, WITCHCRAFT FROM C-S-U-L-B.
AND THEN SHE'S BRINGING, UH, UH, THE PARTNER ORGANIZATION, THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTKEEPER.
THERE'S GONNA BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEM AS WELL.
SO, UH, THEY'LL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION AND, AND WELL, WE HAVE THAT IN ADVANCE AS WELL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANNA TOUT.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE THE, THERE WERE SOME MEDIA INTEREST THERE AS WELL.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY POSITIVE THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR BAY.
AND THEN WE'LL BE SERVING OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL.
THE OYSTER PROJECT IS GOING TO BE WHERE IT'S ALL OVER.
IT'S EVERYBODY'S DOCKS HAS A LITTLE STRING.
IT'S, IT'S OVER NEAR THE SO SAING CENTER LITTLE SECTION THERE AND JUMPED ON.
WHAT THEY DO EACH YEAR IS, UH, THEY WORK WITH, UH, THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB AND YA KIND OF BRANCHES OUT INTO THE OTHER CLUBS AND SAYS, HEY, WE'RE DOING OYSTER STRINGS.
AND BASICALLY IT'S JUST THE, THE OYSTER SHELL ON A STRING DURING OYSTER SPAWNING SEASON.
YOU DROP, YOU DROP IT IN THE WATER, LEAVE IT THERE FOR I THINK SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND THEN, UH, ORANGE COUNTY COASTKEEPER REPRESENTATIVES COME BACK OUT AND THEY TAKE ALL OF THESE, THESE OYSTER STRINGS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE, THE OYSTERS SPAWN ONTO THE SHELLS, AND THEN WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE THOSE SHELLS AND THEN THEY PLACE THEM AT, UH, AT THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESERVE ON THE BEACH ON THE, THE, THE SANDY BEACH AREA IN THE TIDAL AREA.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL WAY TO KEEP OUR BAY CLEAN.
BECAUSE THEY'RE EATING ALL THE JUNK.
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND, THE WAY TO DO THINGS.
AND WITH COOPERATION FROM ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH THEIR DOCKS AND, AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RENTING DOCKS.
SO EVERYBODY CAN GET INVOLVED.
IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW, JUST HOW MANY YEAH.
YOU KNOW, JUST HERE, WELL, THEY HAVE PICTURES, WILL THEY SHOW PICTURES AND STUFF.
SHE'S JUST, WHAT SHE DOES IS SO COOL.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE WERE 300 STRIPS STRINGS WERE GIVEN OUT LAST YEAR, OR OKAY.
WE GOT, SO WE DEFINITELY WANT METRICS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.
TWO METRICS WOULD REALLY HELP US TO VISUALIZE THIS.
AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, THIS IS REALLY WELL, AND YOU KNOW, YOU SOMETIMES ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER.
WHAT A NEAT THING FOR THE DOCK OWNERS TO, TO, TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT.
DO THEY ALL DO IT? DO THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO IT? IS IT AUTOMATIC? IT'S VOLUNTEER.
YOU, YOU COME UP AND YOU PICK UP YOUR STRENGTHS.
YOU, SO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE BUYING INTO, INTO IT.
WHAT A GREAT THING ON INSTAGRAM AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
OH, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S FUNKY ON OUR AGENDA TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS AS THE BIG FOCUS.
WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WITH DEVIOUS MINDS GOING LIKE, WOW, LET'S GO DOWN AND DIG UP A FEW AND HAVE 'EM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S HARD TO GET OVER THERE.
BECAUSE WHEN I TRY, I MEAN,
IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE TO GET OUT THERE.
AND OF COURSE, GREAT BIOLOGICAL RESERVE.
SO ANY, UH, DISRUPTION OR OR INTERFERENCE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AT THAT LOCATION GETS AGAINST THE LAW.
EVERYTHING TO DISCOURAGE AND WE CAN SEE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR OUR COMMISSION TO KNOW TOO WHEN WE DO THIS LITTLE SEGMENT.
I THINK IT'S JUST, IT, IT SHOWS YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE AND THAT THEY'RE SAFE.
WELL, AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO ACKNOWLEDGE JACK DUNER FORMER, UM, MACK MEMBER WHO REALLY DEVOTED A LOT OF TIME IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
THEN WE GO ON TO OUR MONTHLY UPDATES.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT OTHER THAN BRUCE AND I COMING TO PAINT OVER HERE THIS WEEK? WELL, MAYBE I TOLD HIM WHEN I WALKED IN.
I GUESS WE'RE GONNA BE HERE SATURDAY WORKING, UH, PRETTY PREVIOUS YEAR.
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TEAM HAS, UH, COMPLETED THE SOLAR INSTALLATION ON THE LANDSCAPE, UH, MAINTENANCE YARD.SO, UH, UM, CITY OPERATED EQUIPMENT ALONG, UH, REINSTATED PARKING LOT IS COMPLETELY SOLAR.
OUR GATE ARM, THE GRANDSTAND AND THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, UH, UH, BUILDING.
SO, UM, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE BUOYS? AH, UH, THEY ARE MORE THAN LIKELY WE GOT THE FOUR.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING OUT THIS WEEKEND, EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO, UH, PURCHASED SOME, UM, LED KIND OF, UH, SOLAR DISKS TO SET A TOP, UH, OUR OTHER, UM, RIGHT.
BOOTIES, JUST TO HAVE IT JUST TO, JUST TO UNTIL WE GET 'EM.
I, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEEING IF THIS IS A MORE, I WANT, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT.
BUT IT'S ALSO, IT'S ALSO, IT'S PROBABLY EASIER THAN, IT'S NICER.
IT'S THE SAME THING WE PUT ON OUR FLAG PULSE.
I MEAN, THEY LAST FOR YEAR MINE'S STILL ON.
AND IT LASTS UNTIL ABOUT TWO 30 IN THE MORNING TIME.
UM, AND THE LIGHT'S ALWAYS ON THE FLAG.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S, IF YOU HAVE A BUOY THAT'S ILLUMINATED, IT LOOKS GOOD IF YOU HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN AREAS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A ROW OF BUOYS ALL LIT UP, IS THAT GOING TO BE A LIGHT POLLUTION? IS THAT GONNA, HOW SOFT IT IS AND HOW SOFT THE LIGHT IS? EXACTLY.
UM, I THINK THIS IS HOW I LOOK AT IT.
WHEN IT'S FOGGY OUT AND YOU HAVE BOATS GOING ON, I REMEMBER BEING OUT IN THE DUFFY HAVING TO CALL INTO YOU GUYS.
AND I SAYS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT.
I REALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT.
AND THEY CAME OUT AND IT WAS, IT WAS, YOU COULDN'T SEE THIS FAR.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE DISC, THE SOLAR DISK, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THE LINE, THE MOTHER'S BEACH SWIM LINE, UH, AND THEN WE WILL LINE THE BAY SHORE BEACH, UH, SWIM LINE, KIND OF TEST OUT AND SEE HOW IT LOOKS AND SEE HOW IT LOOKS.
AND YOU CAN GET AT THAT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES.
SO, AND THAT'S, YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY RESIDENTS ALONG THERE, SO YOU DON'T, WON'T HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
AND I THINK IT'LL JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UH, DELICATE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT WAY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO, CAN WE GET A PICTURE OF IT? MAYBE ONE IN THE, UH, ONE OF IT AT NIGHT, JUST TO SURE.
JUST TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN.
I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL.
JUST NO, YOU CAN GO ON YOUR DUCKY AND TAKE A PICTURE.
I PANIC
YOU HAVE THAT ONE THERE, BUT THERE'S ONE OUT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICE.
THE ONE ISSUE WITH THESE IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT WHY, UH, UH, BASE.
AND SO WHEN WE SET THEM SIT LOW WATER, I DO NOT LIKE THAT.
SO HOW IT'S SET, IT, IT JUST FALLS LOW AND NOT HIGH WHERE YOU GET THAT REALLY, REALLY GOOD ILLUMINATION.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE WE WORKING TO WORK THROUGH, SEE HOW IT WORKS? YEAH.
SO WE'LL SEE ABOUT HOW THE DISCS GO.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE FOUR THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO THE REST OF THE TURNING BASIN HERE.
SO I THINK IT'LL LOOK REALLY, REALLY NICE IN THE TURNING BASIN.
AND THEN DO THE DISCS ON AND THE DISK WORK TOO, BECAUSE THE DISC ARE WATERPROOF AND IT JUST, FOR, I, I CALL IT THE THOUGHT PATTERN.
REMEMBER WHEN YOU PUT THE NET ALL THE WAY AROUND, THERE WAS A NET THAT WENT AROUND, UH, NAPLES ISLAND WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION.
HAVING DISC FLOATING NEXT TO IT WOULD'VE SAVED A LOT OF THE, UH,
'CAUSE I SAW THAT HAPPEN A FEW TIMES, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S COOL.
AND HOW ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS ON YOURS? UH, MONTHLY REPORT.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE YACHT CLUBS AS IT COMES UP.
UH, WE'VE SENT COMMUNICATIONS TO EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE, UH, DOING THEIR BEST TO
WHAT'S THE AIR HORNS MADAM CHAIR? AND WE GET SOME, UM, A SMALL GROUP OF CITIZENS ALONG THE GOLD COAST ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE AIR HORNS AND THE CLUBS HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVE AND LIMITED, BUT THERE'S SOME INSTANCES WHERE THEY STILL NEED AN AIR HORN.
IT'S, AND, UH, SO KIND OF AS A, A COMPROMISE TO PUBLISH A LIST OF ALL THE REGATTAS THAT WOULD
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ANTICIPATE I SEE.AND IF YOU HAD AN ANIMAL THAT WAS UPSET WITH THEM, IF YOU KNEW, OKAY, THIS IS A REGATTA FROM TWO TO FOUR, YOU'D KNOW THAT EITHER MOVE YOUR ANIMAL, SEDATE 'EM, PUT 'EM IN THE CLOSET, DO SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, SO AT LEAST THEY COULD CONTINUE ON DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY ALL WANNA BE GOOD PLAYERS.
UM, SO THE, THE CLUBS HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVE.
IT'S JUST WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S A WIN-WIN.
AND, UH, BRIAN'S BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE YACHT CLUBS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO GATHER THEIR ADA INFORMATION.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THE COMPLETE LIST FROM EVERYBODY, WE WILL POTENTIALLY PUT SOMETHING OUT INTO OUR, OUR
IF YOU LIST EVERYTHING, IT'S A WHOLE LOT.
SO IT'S, I THINK WHAT WE MAY DO IS, IS MAYBE PUT LINK TO THE
AND STRIPING, I GOTTA SAY IT BECAUSE I GOT THREE CALLS, SO I'M, I'M GONNA SAY IT.
UH, THE UPDATED STRIPING ON SOME OF THE, UH, SHIP OWNERS OR, OR THEIR PARKING SPACES, I GUESS ON LONG CRAB, THE WHERE THAT CRAB.
SO WE'RE IN A, UH, IN A BRIGHT WORK SEASON COMING UP.
UH, WE USUALLY DON'T DO IT IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY OKAY.
UH, BUT AS WE START INTO MARCH, UH, USUALLY DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, WHEN THE WEATHER GETS BETTER, UH, THE, THE MARINE MAINTENANCE STAFF WILL START TURNING THEIR FOCUS TO BRIGHT WORK, WHICH IS CURBS GREAT STRIPING SIGNAGE.
I MEAN, WHOEVER DID THE STREET, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WAS DONE AND THAT, THAT TURNED OUT GREAT.
I FIND THAT THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARILY EFFICIENT.
AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A FUN LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON SHOWING HOW FAST, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL DRIVE DOWN SOMEWHERE AND I'LL SEE 'EM STARTING, AND THEN WHEN I'M DRIVING BACK, THEY'RE LIKE, WHOA,
THEY'VE, THEY, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ACQUIRED THE TOOLS THAT MAKE THE JOB EASIER.
WHERE BEFORE IT WAS USED TO JUST, HEY, BRUSH.
AND WHY EVEN WHEN THEY BRUSHED, THEY WERE VERY EFFICIENT.
SO IT'S, UH, LET'S TOUT THAT ON HOW, HOW MUCH THEY CAN COVER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THIS IS BUREAU, THIS IS BUREAU MAINTENANCE FOLKS DOING THIS.
WE'RE NOT, THIS IS NOT PUBLIC WORK.
BECAUSE THE AREA'S AROUND HERE AND, AND LIKE OVER UNDER WHERE THE BAY, UM, UM, THE SCALP CENTER.
AND DRIVING THAT NOW, IT'S LIKE, OH, THIS IS GREAT.
SO JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT MARCH APRIL.
THAT, THAT'S OUR BIG WINDOW OF THE BROOKLYN WORK.
WELL, AND THE PRE GRAND PRIX, ALL THE, THAT IS SO FUN TO WATCH.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE WINDOW FOR CORY'S TEAM TO REALLY SHINE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE BRIGHT RED CURVES, BRIGHT BLUE, A B SURE.
NO, IT'S, YOU'LL SEE THOSE YELLOW SPOTS POP.
UH, OUR LIMIT BARS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, RESTRICTED PARK PARKING START, GET SHINED BACK UP.
SO, AND THEN, UH, THEY'RE ALSO, UH, WORKING ON SIGNAGE ACROSS ALL OF BLUFF PARK.
SO IF YOU WALK ALONG BLUFF PARK RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE A RURAL SIGN THAT'S BEEN JUST BEATEN, UH, UH, STAIR SIGNS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, THEY'VE ORDERED ALL NEW SIGNS FOR THAT WHOLE SPACE RIGHT THERE AS WELL.
THE OTHER DAY, UH, IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO, SO NOT THE OTHER DAY, THREE WEEKS AGO, I HAD TO BRING A PERSON DOWN HERE TO USE THE RESTROOM BECAUSE SHE WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR THERE, UH, TO TRY AND GET IN.
AND SHE HAD, SHE HAD TO GO REALLY BAD.
UM, AND WE GOT HER IN, I ALWAYS STATE THIS, SHE'S PARKED OVER IN THE PARKING LOT OVER THERE, GETS OUT, GONNA TAKE THE BOAT ACROSS.
THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR, THEIR SAID.
UM, AND SHE HAD TO USE THE RESTROOM.
NOW IT TAKE HER INTO THE BOAT HOUSE WITH EVERYBODY SITTING THERE.
I, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT IT'S DONE FROM.
SO WE GOTTA IN, BUT I'M GOING, WHEN, WHEN, AND I SAY THIS AT EVERY MEETING, IS THAT GUY THAT RUNS ALL THE BUSINESSES, GONNA OPEN THE RESTROOMS FOR THE PEOPLE TO USE THEM.
AND IT REALLY, REALLY, IT, IT'S A THORN IN MY FOOT.
THE BUOYS WERE MY FIRST THORN.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT I LOOK AT NOW THAT KEEPING THEM CLEAN YEAH.
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TWEETED TO ME THAT THAT'S THEIR JOB TO DO THAT.SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY CONTRACT, IT'S HIS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OR THEIR CONTRACT, WHATEVER THE GROUP IS.
BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE A CHANGE OF PEOPLE.
A LOT OF THAT COMES UNDER THAT BANK CAP THING.
WELL, AND THEN THERE'S THE PUBLIC RESTROOM HERE BY THE BUREAU.
BUT THAT, THAT'S ON THE REMODEL.
THEN THEY'LL HAVE A PUBLIC FACET.
AND, AND IT'LL BE DONE BEFORE, I GUESS, BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, BECAUSE LORD KNOWS IT'S GONNA BE, WE HAVEN'T, SO THE PRESENT, YOU KNOW, MARCH CALENDAR, OUR MARCH AGENDA ITEM, THERE'LL BE A, UH, UH, A PRESENTATION BY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ABOUT A MARINA BOND REFUNDING, UH, WHICH WILL ADJUST THE CALCULUS ON OUR ABILITY FOR A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO, UM, SORT OF LIKE THE HIGH SPEED RAIL THAT STARTED OUT AT 8 BILLION, AND NOW IT'S 122.
NOT FROM, NOT FROM A A DOLLARS AND CENTS POINT OF VIEW, BUT FROM A AUTHORITY.
PRIORITY POINT OF VIEW WHERE THE, THE, RIGHT NOW OUR MARINA BONDS HAVE A COVENANT THAT REQUIRES ALL SURPLUS NET REVENUE TO STAY IN THE MARINA FUND WITH THIS MARINA BOND REFINANCING THAT CLAUSE GOES AWAY, WILL BE, IT COULD BE MODIFIED, OR IS IT SHE'S SENDING HIM A NOTE TO BE QUIET.
IT'S DUE TO THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE MARINA FUND.
SO, UM, WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT, THAT CREATES THE, THE NET SURPLUS REVENUE THAT STAYED IN THE MARINA FUND WILL BE ACTUALLY UTILIZED THROUGHOUT ALL OF TENANTS.
IT'S IT, BUT IT STAYS IN THE MARINA.
NO, YOU GO TO ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE UNDER THE TIDELANDS ROLE.
SO RIGHT NOW, OUR MARINA FUND IS A SUB FUND OF THE TIDELANDS FUND.
AND THEN WITH THE BOND REFINANCE OR REFUNDING, UH, THE, THE CLAUSE IN PLACE THAT, THAT SEQUESTERS NET SURPLUS REVENUE FOR THE MARINA YEAH.
IN THE MARINA WOULD BE RE MADE.
WHO MAKES THAT DECISION? I'M SORRY.
SO THEN IT STAYS IN THE MARINE BUREAU, UH, TIDELANDS TIDELANDS TITLES.
AND I HATE SAYING IT, IT, WHEN IT'S IN A TIDELANDS FUND, OUTTA THE DIRECTION I BELIEVE OF THE CITY GENERAL FUND, THOSE CAN BE UTILIZED AND BE TAKEN AND PUT WHERE THEY DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
AND YOU, YOU, I'VE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT TAKEN, IT'S USED.
I KNOW THAT THE TRANSPORTATION FUND YEAH.
UH, OUT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT, UH, A GOVERNOR, UH, YEARS AGO TOOK OUT $2.6 BILLION AND SAID, I'LL PAY IT BACK BEFORE I LEAVE, AND IT NEVER GOT PAID BACK.
UM, AND THOSE ARE DOLLARS GONE.
AND WE TALK ABOUT TAX DOLLARS NOW AND WHAT PEOPLE SPEND HERE THAT GO INTO THAT FUND.
UM, I THINK IT GETS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING DOLLARS IN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S GOING SOMEPLACE ELSE.
WAIT A MINUTE, MY DOLLARS WENT THERE.
DO WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THAT? DO YOU FIGHT FOR THAT? DOES THE CITY FIGHT FOR THAT IS AN AUTOMATIC, NO, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT THIS WAY.
WELL, AGAIN, AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE CONTINUE TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OKAY.
IN THE MARINAS TO KEEP THEM FINANCIALLY STABLE.
AND THAT REVENUE CONTINUES TO, TO COME IN AND GROW.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST MAKING YOU ALL AWARE THAT YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION COMING IN MARCH.
AND WHO DO YOU ANTICIPATE WILL BRIEF ON THAT? UH, THAT'LL BE, UH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THAT WE, UH, UH, JESSE ORTEGA, HE'S THE TREASURY OFFICER FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
UH, BUT THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT, CONSULTANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S COMING.
AND THAT WILL CHANGE THE, THE PRIORITY OF OF PROJECTS SURE.
AND THE AUTHORITY TO DO THEM, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
MY, MY LAST QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR ON THIS IS JUST THE TWO DOCS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE YET, UM, THAT ARE OUTSIDE, ARE WE, IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS A PRIORITY THAT WAS ON IT.
UH, TO HAVE THOSE GO BY THE WAYSIDE, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, THAT'S GONNA BE SO CRITICAL, TRULY CRITICAL WITH, I CALL IT MEDIA BOATS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, TO HAVE TWO WORKING DOCKS,
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UM, THAT THEY COULD, UH, PULL UP TO.SO HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL BE IN THE YEAH, THOSE ARE, THOSE WERE STILL IN DESIGN PHASE WITH THAT.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO 90% DESIGN, UM, ON THOSE.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO CITY MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE LIKE, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE.
UH, SAME THING AS OUR, UH, MARINE MAINTENANCE DOCK.
UH, SAME THING WITH THE PLANNING FOR THE, UH, CHANNEL DREDGING.
RIGHT? SO THERE'S CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING GREAT RIGHT NOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, IT'S JUST, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, OTHER MORE BIG TICKET ITEMS LIKE OUR BOAT OWNER, RESTROOMS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE JUST A LONG BRING OF DRIVE.
WE HAVE WHAT, EIGHT, NINE OF THEM.
SO EACH ONE OF 'EM IS GONNA BE, UH, A LARGE CAPITAL EXPENSE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE PRIORITIZED FROM THE GREATER OUTLOOK OF ALL OF TIDES MOVING FORWARD.
SO THE BOAT OWNERS HAVE BEEN, THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THE YACHT CLUBS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD ADVOCATES TO, I THINK, TELL OUR STORY AS FAR AS THEY PAY THE SLIP FEES.
THEIR MONEY IS WHAT IS USUALLY CREATES THE, THE SURPLUS AND THEN IS PLOWED BACK IN MM-HMM
AND I THINK, UM, I, I THINK THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE THE ADVOCATES.
AND THEY'RE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, THAT'S IT'S ADVOCATES NOT ADVERSARIES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY GETTING ONE ON OUR, OUR COMMISSION.
IS THAT BEEN MADE YET, OR ANYTHING? WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, WE'LL BE TOLD THAT FEBRUARY, UH, IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, WE, THE BUDGETING KIND OF TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER OKAY.
THEY HAD BEEN INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES.
BOTH THE MAYOR AND JEFF, SO, OKAY.
SO WE'RE HOPING, WE'RE HOPING WE'LL HEAR SOMETHING HERE IN FEBRUARY.
BEFORE WE LEAVE THE TOPIC OF FINANCE MANAGEMENT, HAS THE FEDERAL ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, UH, IN WASHINGTON DC AFFECTED ANYTHING HERE AS FAR AS FEDERAL FUNDING OR PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T RELY A LOT ON FEDERAL, FEDERAL DOLLARS, IF AT ALL.
UH, FROM THE MARINE BUREAU STANDPOINT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY, OH, HEY, WE RELY ON THIS, THIS FEDERAL GRANT TO DO THIS OR THAT.
UM, NOW WE MIGHT SEE DOWN THE ROAD, SOME, SOME THINGS CHANGE WITH, UH, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR LARGER PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S MORE PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, BRIAN'S TEAM, THEY WORK WITH, UH, CAL, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE
SO NO, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE A, A LARGE EFFECT ON THE MARINE BUREAU.
WELL, OUR SANCTUARY CITY STATUS FOR NOW.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF WORRIES ME AND LOOKING AT WHAT DODGE IS DOING NOW, AND GOD, I MEAN, WATCHING THIS ALL DAY LONG, IT DRIVES ME NOT SO YOU GO BACK TO FAMILY GUY AFTER I WATCHED THAT, BUT IT, IT IS, YOU LOOK AT IT, I THINK WHAT IT IS, IS THE LIGHT'S BEING SHOWN ON THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING SPENT ON SILLY STUFF, NOT THIS ON SILLY STUFF.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF BOTH DEMOCRAT REPUBLICANS ARE ALL, ALL UP AND HONOR, WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL PORK.
BUT NOW IT'S LOOKING AT DOING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOING THE SAME THING.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR TREASURY, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR ARE STATING, WE NEED TO DO THAT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
'CAUSE WHERE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING? UM, SO I, I'M, I'M AN INDEPENDENT
BECAUSE LORD KNOWS THEY TAKE ENOUGH DOLLARS FROM US.
I LIKE SEEING WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND AT LEAST MAKE A CALL ON IT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH, ESPECIALLY THIS COMMISSION AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW, UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO AT LEAST TURN LIGHTS ON HERE.
AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND THIS TEAM HAS DONE, HAS BEEN FOR GOOD THINGS.
UH, FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, YOU WON'T EVEN GO TO A BASKETBALL GAME WITH ME.
SO IT'S, UH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I THINK WE TAKE, IT SHOULD TAKE A LOT OF GRACE IN THAT, UH, THAT WE LISTEN TO OUR, OUR BOAT OWNERS.
AND, AND LORD KNOWS THEY CALL HER MORE THAN THEY CALL ME, BUT NOW THEY'RE GETTING MY NUMBER.
OUR NAME WAS IN THE, THE REC THING.
DID YOU SEE THAT? SOMEBODY CALLED ME.
HEY, YOU'RE IN THE REC MAGAZINE.
I SAYS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER? SO, AND I SAYS, OH, SO LINKEDIN JUST BLEW UP.
AND I, THAT'S KIND OF FUN, I GUESS.
THEY ASK AND I TELL 'EM TO COME TO A MEETING, COME TO, HERE'S OUR BOARD MEETING, COME AND, AND TAKE THE THREE MINUTES AT THE END.
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YOU KNOW, WE TAKE NOTES.SO IT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE CAN'T ASK, WE CAN'T RESPOND TO YOU IMMEDIATELY, BUT LORD KNOWS WE TAKE NOTES AND WE CAN BRING IT UP LATER.
SO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, THE MARINE BUREAU, WE'RE LEAN, WE'RE LEAN, UH, AND, AND THERE'S ONE THING TO BE LEAN AND NOT HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY, BUT WE'RE LEAN AND HEALTHY.
AND SO IT'S JUST CONTINUING TO STAY EFFICIENT AND JUST FIND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO REALLY STRATEGICALLY AND, AND LIKE CONSCIOUSLY USE MONIES TO CREATE AMENITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
BECAUSE NOW AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY GOING OFF OF OIL AND TRYING TO, TRYING TO ELEVATE, ENHANCE, AND FIND ALTERNATIVE REVENUE STREAMS FOR TIDELANDS, WE REALLY HAVE TO BE VERY CONSCIOUS OF HOW WE AMEN.
USE OUR, OUR OUR DOLLARS TO REALLY AMENITIZE AND STRENGTHEN OUR MARINAS.
AND SO YEAH, MOVING FORWARD IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT STAYING LEAN, BEING EFFICIENT, AND FINDING THOSE JUST, JUST REALLY BENEFICIAL WAYS TO SPEND OUR, OUR DOLLARS.
'CAUSE IT, IT CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN'T HAVE A PROJECT NOT HIT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT HAS TO HIT, IT HAS TO BE BENEFICIAL.
IT HAS TO, IT HAS TO REALLY COME THROUGH AND, AND, AND BE WORTH IT.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
AM I ALLOWED TO USE HOME? I DON'T CARE.
UM, ON THE, THE, ON THE, THE JETTIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, DOES IT STAND PRETTY CLEAN? THE JETTY? I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT.
I MEAN, DEFINITELY WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING 'EM, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS DOWNTOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARILY ANNOUNCED.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A BIG SWEEP COMING UP OF LA RIVER, UH, IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE, YOU KNOW, A A MIGRATION OF PEOPLE, LIKE INTO OUR FOOTPRINT.
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT AREA IN THE COUNT FROM THE PIER TO BE UNDER THE JETTY TO FROM THE WATER TO SECOND STREET.
UH, I WAS SURPRISED ABOUT THE FOLKS IN THE BATHROOMS AT 72ND PLACE.
AND, UH, THEN ONE OF THE FELLOWS THAT REFUSED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY US, UM, WAS ON INSTAGRAM LAST NIGHT WITH, UM, HOOKING UP THE TRAILER FOR GONDOLA GETAWAY TO MM-HMM
WHAT? SO, SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT OUT A LOT.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS, WE COUNTED, UH, 65 PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEWED IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN THERE FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN DOING THE COUNT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHRONIC HOMELESS AND I KNOW OUR OUTREACH REACH IS REALLY GOOD.
UH, BUT EVEN YESTERDAY IN THAT AREA AT SECOND AND PCH WHERE THE BIKE TRAIL IS MM-HMM
THERE'S SOME TENTS ALONG THERE.
AND OUR, OUR TEAMS AND OUR OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY COMPASSIONATE.
UM, THEN THE, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ALL COUNTED ARE GOOD, COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AS A COMMUNITY.
AND FIRST YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE.
AND IT, IT'S SCARY BECAUSE I SEE THAT A LOT OF OUR MONEY'S GETTING DIVERTED TO THAT, THAT OUR TEAM IS HAVING TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF THOSE BATHROOMS. UH, AND IT, IT'S A CONSTANT REMINDER HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF ALL OF OUR STAFF.
AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THEY DEAL WITH.
AND REPORTING THAT WE WERE AROUND THE POOL AREA, AND IT WAS EARLY MORNING.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SWIMMERS THERE AT THE POOL, YET THERE'S STILL SOME FOLKS.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, A LOT GOING ON.
YOU HIT, YOU HIT EVERY, EVERY SI I COULDN'T DO YOUR JOB AND YOUR TEAMS AND WALKING INTO A RESTROOM WHEN I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO USE THE RESTROOM.
AND I JUST TURNED RIGHT AROUND WHEN I WALKED INTO THE RESTROOM.
UM, AND YET WE HAD THE RESTROOMS BY ALL THOSE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT ARE ALL AROUND.
UM, AND THOSE RESTROOMS ARE ABUSED, BUT I KNOW THEY GET CLEANED TWICE A DAY.
AND YOUR PEOPLE GO IN AND DO 'EM.
I DON'T, I, THERE'S NO WORD FOR IT OTHER THAN THAT.
IT'S, IT'S THE TRASH ENCLOSURES TOO.
IT'S THE, THE VOTER'S RESTROOMS. I MEAN, THEY, THEY GET, YOU KNOW, COPIED KEY FOBS.
WE ARE, WE ARE IN THE, WE ARE STARTING ON MONDAY.
WE'RE UPGRADE TO THE NEW, LIKE, OFF OF THE OLD SYSTEM.
SO IT'S GONNA HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF, UH, MULTIFACTOR OR DIFFERENT,
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DIFFERENT LIKE READING LIKE CAPABILITY.SO THEY ARE GONNA BE UNABLE TO CLONE KEY FOBS ONCE WE HOPEFULLY.
AND MAYBE THAT CAN BE A PART OF THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU DO THAT YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM AND MORE OF US NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 'EM.
'CAUSE I'M DOING, WE'RE DOING THE, UH, WE HAVE OUR MEETING, UH, THAT DAY BEFORE, UH, MAINTENANCE.
SO WE, WE WILL BRING THAT UP TOO AT THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT IS SO KEY.
AND THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO PUBLICLY YES, MA'AM.
CONGRATULATE OUR STAFF ON ALL THE OUT OF THE BOX THINKING AND THE SOLUTIONS AND BRING THE RESTROOM WE IN.
SO CERTIFICATES AND STUFF WE DO.
I KNOW THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE, BUT THE ONLY SPACES, WELL NOT THE ONLY SPACES, BUT THE PLACES ON THE BEACH FRONT WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE HARDEST HIT DO NOT HAVE SEP 10.
THEY DO NOT HAVE MUSIC PLAYING.
SO, AND THAT'S BEEN THE BEST THING BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE WENT BY THERE AND I TOOK MY WIFE BY YEAH, THERE'S, THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND.
SO WE NEED TO, MAYBE WE SHOULD START PLAYING OZZY, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, THAT'S, WE SING ALONG WITH HER.
OH MY GOD, THAT WOULD BE FUNNY.
SO AGAIN, IT IS, THERE'S, THERE'S NO MAGIC BULLET.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP AT IT.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO APPLY OUR RESOURCES TO CLEANING AND MAINTAINING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND POLICE QUALITY OF LIFE.
DO YOU MEET WITH THEM? DO THEY HAVE A MEETING, A GROUP MEETING BEFORE THEY GO OUT? UPS? WE HAVE A PRE COMMUNICATION MEETING.
I'D LOVE TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE AND JUST THANK 'EM.
UH, WE DO, WE DO TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
AND THEY, THEY MEET UP AT THEIR FIRST LOCATION AND JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THE BRIEF SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
AND THEN THEY GO DO IT, AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR POST.
OKAY, MAYBE NEXT WEEK LET ME KNOW.
AND I'D, I'D LOVE TO DRIVE OUT AND JUST, UH, UH, JUST THANK 'EM BECAUSE IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND IT MEANS A LOT TO MY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT FLY OUT HERE AND COME OUT HERE.
I HEAR THE HORROR STORIES, BUT THEN I HEAR, WOW, THAT WAS, UH, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU MUST HAVE BEEN BY THE YACHT CLUB.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY NICE IS, UH, YOU CAN DO A RIDE ALONG WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOLKS.
THAT USED TO BE PART OF OUR FOUNDATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, CHRISTINE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM A CHRISTINE.
WHICH ONE? BARRY, KELLY AND JEFF.
AND THEN FROM KELLY AND JEFF, WE GET THEM.
AND THEN THE CALENDAR ITEMS I WAS JUST GONNA ASK.
YEAH, MADAM CHAIR, WE NEED DO IT.
I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS TO HAVE THE RESTAURANT OWNERS THAT OWN ALL THOSE RESTAURANTS NOW THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH SO LONG, A REVIEWING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO COME IN AND JUST TELL US HOW'S IT GOING? NOT HEARING IT FROM US.
HAVE THEM COME IN AND, AND EACH DO A, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE, ROUND THESE CONCESSIONS.
SORRY, NOT RESTAURANTS CONCESSIONS.
SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM 'EM AND JUST SEE HOW IS IT GOING, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR ISSUES? AND HAVE THEM LET THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL 20, 25 CALENDAR ITEM.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, YES MA'AM.
SO ANY OTHER THAT, THAT, YEAH.
WELL, I THINK WE WILL, WHAT'S A GOOD WAY TO, UH, BRAINSTORM ON THAT AND KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL? IT'S KIND OF UP TO YOU.
AND I THINK I'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE, DO AN INVITATION LETTER.
SAY WE, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME AND PRESENT AND HIGHLIGHT YOUR CONCESSION STAND.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT OTHER ITEMS FOR 2025.
AND, UM, I GOT LET YOU KNOW WHAT MAYBE, UM, TO GIVE AN ENTRY TO THAT, TO TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE AND THE MISSION OF THE MAP AND REVIEW THAT FIRST.
I WOULD, AND THEN I WOULD, IF, YEAH, THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION IS I WOULD PICK MAYBE THREE OR FOUR TOPICS THAT ARE OVERARCHING MM-HMM
SO MAYBE FINANCE, MAYBE, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE, UM, UH, CULTURAL OUTREACH, WHATEVER.
SOME OF OUR, WELL, AND SOME OF OUR EXISTING COMMITTEES TALKING ABOUT TIDELANDS.
AND THEN WHEN WE'LL GET THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT, THAT'S, IT'LL BE MAYOR WANTS TO COME IN.
THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE DOWN THE ROAD.
THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE A WHILE.
TOLD ME JUST TO INVITE HIM TO SHOW UP.
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE JOB.
I'LL WORK WITH THE CHAIRWOMAN ON THAT.
I WAS TALKING TO REX AND HE SAYS, I'LL COME IN.
I'D LOVE TO COME IN AND WENT IN AND SAYS SERIOUS LIKE THAT.
AND HE GOES, NO, I'LL COME IN.
AND NOW I WENT, WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO MAKE SURE.
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I KNOW HE'S GOT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER.UH, AND THEN ON THE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE SURF FOLKS ARE MEETING LATER THAT SAME DAY, FIVE 30.
AND ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE GOING ON.
I KNOW YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR A BENCH PRESENTATION FROM PARTNERS AND PARKS.
THEY, UH, THEY ARE KIND OF, UH, BUSY TAKING CARE OF UPDATING THEIR OWN, UH, UH, WHO OWNS IT, WHO DOES IT, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO ASHLEY SAID THE DIRECTOR, UH, SAID SHE'D LIKE TO POTENTIALLY BE ON OUR MARCH AGENDA.
IT'S BEEN A, AND THAT ONE BENCH HAS BEEN CLEAN.
THERE WAS A HOMELESS LADY ON THE FIRST BENCH.
THERE WAS TWO OTHER PEOPLE ON THE OTHER BENCH.
SO I'M GOING, I HAD MY DOG OR WALKING.
I GOT MY BAG AND I THREW IT AWAY LIKE THAT AS A, OH WELL THERE'S AN OPEN BENCH.
I WENT, YEAH, NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY TO CLEAR THOSE BRANCHES OVER.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MUCH POO POO ON IT.
ARE THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR NO, MA'AM.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS OF ADJOURN AT 9 22.