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TODD LELAND, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT OUR ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS COMMISSION.
MR. LELAND, COULD YOU PLEASE PUT THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR AGENDA ON THE SCREEN? THANK YOU.
AND WE CAN ALL SEE THE AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SO MOVED.
SECOND, THE DISCUSSION ON ALL OF AN AGREEMENT.
I SHERIFF THE PUBLIC TO, UH, ANY COMMENTS OR ADDITIONS? UH, FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM TITLE INFLUENCE LLC REGARDING THE BLUFF PARK MAINTENANCE PLAN.
MR. RUMAN, COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER? YES.
I'M GONNA ACTUALLY, UH, BRING KELLY ARMSTRONG UP AND HE'LL INTRODUCE OUR, UH, OUR CITY PARTNERS.
SO, UH, WE SPOKE MANY TIMES ABOUT THE BLUFF, UH, PARK BLUFFS IN THE PAST, AND THERE WAS A REQUEST TO UPDATE, UH, A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF, UH, UM, OUR, OUR OUR RFP AND OUR CONTRACT.
AND THAT'S THE BLOOD PART MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT INTRODUCES SOME BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
UM, SO THE NEW, UH, UH, UPDATED VERSION WAS PUT TOGETHER BY OUR PARTNERS WITH TITLE INFLUENCE.
UM, AND, UH, SO A LOT OF SITE MEETINGS WERE CONDUCTED.
UH, THEY DID A GREAT JOB, SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UH, SO WE'LL BE USING THIS AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, AS WE, UH, CONDUCT MAINTENANCE AND PUT, UH, CONTRACTS OUT, UH, FOR RFP FOR THAT PARTICULAR SENSITIVE AREA.
AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MEGAN WOLF WITH TITLE INFLUENCE, WHO IS INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN PUTTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER.
UH, SO KELLY, MY NAME IS MEGAN WOLF.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE RESTORATION AT TITLE INFLUENCE.
UM, MEGAN, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE LOUDER, CLOSER.
WE HAVE BIG DECISION AS LONG AS, YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
SO, UM, THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF OUTLINE FOR IT.
WE HAVE, UM, THE NEED FOR A PLAN PURPOSE OF A PLAN, UM, MANAGEMENT AREA, LOCATION, CONTENT OF THE PLAN AND SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT AREAS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THE GROWTH PLAN.
SO WE, UM, PRODUCED TWO DIFFERENT PLANS TYLER LISTED, UM, BACK IN 2015.
I WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH THE BIG SPEED BLUFF PLAN IN 2015.
SO IT WAS, UH, GREAT TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS THIS TIME AGAIN.
AND THEN WE ALSO, AND SO THAT'S THIS PLAN HERE, AND IT JUST COVERED THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BLUFF PARK.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE BLUFF PARK PLAN, WHICH, UM, WAS JUST THE NEW SHOP RATE AREAS OF PARK, SO COVER THE FULL BLUFF.
SO NEW AREAS HAVE SINCE BEEN IMPROVED.
UM, THERE'S A WIDE DIVERSITY OF DIFFERENT VEGETATIONS AND SETTINGS.
UM, IT'S HIGHLY VISIBLE AND IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OF PUBLIC USE AND ROAD CONTROL AND FIRE PREVENTION ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE PLAN.
SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT COVERED THE WHOLE AREA, UM, OF THE LEFT PARK, UM, AND OH, YOU KNOW,
UM, SO WE NEED A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LENS.
SO THE PURPOSE OF PLAN, I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF TESTS, UM, I'LL JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE POINTS THOUGH, IS THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN EROSION CONTROL AND BL STABILITY AS A A FINE POINT IN THIS PLAN.
WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE AESTHETIC
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PLANTS EVER NATIVE COVER.UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WANT SEE.
UM, WE ALSO ARE PROMOTING A NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPE THAT WILL WORK WITH LIMITED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO COVER THE FULL AREA.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO ARE KEEPING PUBLIC ACCESS BASED ON, BUT ALSO KEEPING, UM, AUTHORIZED A MINIMUM, WHICH IS, UH, SO IMPORTANT.
SO FROM THE WEST, IT'S BIXIE ANNEX.
SO THAT'S A BLUFF PARK THAT I SHOWED YOU IN THE PREVIOUS LIFE.
AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO 36TH STREET SLOPE.
UH, WE KIND OF NAMED ALL OF THESE AREAS TO HELP US WITH, UM, KIND OF ANALYZING THE SITE.
SO THE 36TH STREET SLOPE GOES ON BOTH SIDES OF THOSE STAIRS, I THINK.
SO WE CALL THE 36TH STREET SLOPE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAIRS.
AND THIS ONE HAS ANOTHER NAME.
SO THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF WHAT IS IN THE PLAN.
SO WE KIND OF START OUT THE PLAN BY JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THESE AREAS AND WHAT ARE THE TECHNIQUES.
SO WE HAVE PLANT CARE, SO PLANT REPLACEMENT, GROOMING, IRRIGATION.
WE HAVE OUTLINES IN THERE LIKE EVEN, UM, HOW TO P WHEN TO P WHAT IS THE SEASON APPROPRIATE FOR THESE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
UH, WE, MANAGEMENT IS A HUGE ONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNIQUES YOU CAN USE SUCH AS MULCHING AREAS WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, THICK LAYERS OF MULCH TO KEEP, UH, SEEDS FROM GERMINATING DANIEL REMOVAL INTO
SOME OF THAT COULD BE APPLICABLE ON THE GLASS.
AND THEN, UM, LIMITED OR BESIDE USE ONLY FOR CERTAIN SPECIES.
AND THEN EROSION CONTROL IS A THEME THAT COMES UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN THROUGH THE PLAN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT, UH, POINT.
UH, SO WE HAVE DOABLE AND HYDRO THE TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE FOR EROSION CONTROL.
UM, I, I THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE FOR THIS LOVE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP WITH THE EROSION CONTROL, BUT IT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY RESULTS IN LIKE PLANT RECRUITMENT AND EVERYTHING TOO.
SO YOU, YOU NEED TO LIKE T FIRES AND UM, LIKE GANS MATERIAL TO KIND OF BUILD UP THE SOIL A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEY HAVE STABILIZERS INCLUDED IN SOME OF THESE MIXES.
SO, UM, WE KIND OF THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE SHINY STAR TECHNIQUES THAT COULD BE USED ON THE BLUFF.
AT THIS SLIDE, UH, WE CREATED IN THE PLAN THAT THERE'S, UM, KIND OF A GUIDE TO ALL OF THE PLANTS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND ON THE BLUFF.
IT JUST HAS A BASIC PICTURE WITH THE, UM, SPECIES NAMES ON IT.
BUT THIS, I WANTED TO SHOW JUST HOW DIVERSE THE TYPES OF PLANTS ARE ON THE BLOCK.
IT'S NOT ALL CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS.
UM, AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.
UM, THE IN PARTICULAR IS NOT A NATIVE CAMP, BUT IT DOES PERFORM A SERVICE ON HELPING WITH EROSION NEAR THE STAIRCASES OF THE BLUFFS.
UM, BUT ALSO IT SHOULDN'T BE PLANTED TOO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF ITS, UH, SPINY NATURE.
SO, BUT THEN WE ALSO SAW BEACH BIRD, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A D SPECIES.
SO THERE IS A WIDE VARIETY OF MAN STONE.
UM, THERE ARE SPECIFIC MAN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE AREAS.
AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF THE PLAN.
SO THIS IS THE BIXIE ANNEX PARK.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT, IT KIND OF IS LIKE A PROFILE FOR EACH AREA.
IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
YOU KNOW, IN 2013 THEY, UM, DEVELOPED THE RAMP THAT IS PART OF THE BIG, AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO TALKING ABOUT THE PLANT SPECIES AND YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF MANAGEMENT
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NEEDS IS NEEDED FOR CERTAIN SPECIES, SUCH AS SOME, OR LIKE, UM, SUN WATER OR, UM, THINGS GET TO BE BROWN.SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE, UM, ONE OF THE ONLY CRITIQUES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS SITE WAS JUST THAT, UM, THINGS NEEDED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO PROMOTE GREEN.
SO I'M GONNA SHOW YOU SOME OF THE AREAS AND OUR NAMES FOR THEM.
SO WE HAVE 50 ANNEX RAMP, UM, WHAT PEARL RAMP MUSEUM STAIRS, UH, SHOCK CREEK, UH, NUMBER ONE AND WALL ONE THAT KIND OF COVERS THIS WHOLE WESTERN SIDE.
AND THEN WE FOUND MOLINA STAIRS SCATTERING, ONE SHOT THREE STAIRS SHOT THREE THREE AND FOUR M1.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE REALLY SEPARATED EACH AREA OUT.
UM, ANOTHER RAMP, ANOTHER TWO.
SO THESE ARE BASED OFF OF THE THREE.
UM, WE HAVE TWO SHOP BEFORE THREE, SIX PICTURES AND FINALLY 36 CASE SLOPE.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE AREAS THAT, UH, REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION SUCH AS GA ONE AND RAMPS AND MR. CASES.
AND SO HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT NOTICE FOR ALL OF THESE IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF UN AREA.
AND SO THAT IS KIND OF THE THEME THROUGHOUT OUR PLAN IS JUST
UM, ULTIMATELY USING THE PLANTS AND HIGH SEEDING AND DUKE NETTING AND ALL OF THOSE EROSION TECHNIQUES, UH, WILL HELP OVERALL WITH STABILIZING THE LOVE, BUT ALSO WITH, UM, SIMPLY PUTTING MORE NATIVE PLANTS OUT, WHICH WILL HELP WITH THE AESTHETICS FOR SUCH A HIGH PROFILE AREA.
UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME AREAS THAT, UM, WERE OVERALL VERY WELL DONE.
SO WE HAVE THE 60 ANNEX RAMP ONE PROGRAM AND SHOP NUMBER FOUR.
WE SELECTED THESE BECAUSE OVERALL WE, THE ANNEX, UM, WELL ATED AND WELL MAINTAINED AND WE SAW SIGNS OF PRUNING OFF THE PATHWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT COULDN'T BE HARD, HARD TO GET TO THAT LEVEL, BUT, UM, IT WAS HIGH ON OUR LIST.
UM, ONE PROGRAM, THIS WAS RECENTLY VEGETATED.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE NEED OF COVER.
UM, ONE THING THAT YOU MIGHT SUGGEST THOUGH IS THAT THE SPACE SUPPLANT PLANTS CLOSER TOGETHER AND THEY WERE REALLY FAR APART, WHICH IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT IN A BLOCK SYSTEM LIKE THIS.
AND SO, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO USE HYDRO COMBINATION OF HYDRO SEED AND CONTAINER PLANTS TO AREA.
THIS ONE HAD, UM, WELL ESTABLISHED, UH, OCEAN PLANTER ON THE VERY TOP AND ALSO ESTABLISHED AND DIVERSE, UH, BLOOD SPREAD SPECIES DOWN BELOW.
AND THEN WE ALSO SEE THE
SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF USE OF SHOCK CREEK.
AND DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE HERBICIDE TO KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN.
YOU USE AN HERBICIDE THAT IS ECO-FRIENDLY AND, AND UM, BE FRIENDLY.
YEAH, SO, UM, TITLE INFLUENCE IS NOT ACTUALLY ING THE BLS, UM, BUT TO USE HERBICIDE YOU NEED TO HAVE AN HERB QUALIFIED APPLICATOR'S LICENSE.
AND SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO USE, UM, CERTAIN TYPES OF, I DUNNO,
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HEAR ME STILL? OKAY.I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW GLYPHOSATE STACKS UP TO, UM, BEING BEEF FRIENDLY.
UM, SO I CAN'T FULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT FOR SOME SPECIES SUCH AS FOR MITO, UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF THOSE POPULATIONS WITHOUT THE USE OF HERBICIDE.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO WHOLE SAIL, SPRAY, HERB, ALL OF THE BLOOD.
UM, ON THE CONTRARY, IT SHOULD BE A FOCUSED EFFORT ON SPECIFIC SPECIES THAT REQUIRE IT.
MEGAN, I THINK IT WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND BETTER IF, UM, YOU EXPLAIN SOMEWHAT OF THE SCOPE OF YOUR CONTRACT SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT PHYSICALLY DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE MENTORING AND COACHING AND ADVISING.
AND THEN HOW LONG, UM, THAT CONTRACT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BLUFF.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M THE BEST PERSON TO FULLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A PATCHWORK BECAUSE WE HAD A CONTRACT IN 2015 TO DO THE INITIAL, UM, BIXIE BL PLAN AND THE BLUFF PLAN THAT JUST INVOLVED THE RE AND THAT WAS MAYBE A YEAR LONG.
UM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS LIKE 10 YEARS AGO, UM,
OF COURSE WE'VE BEEN WATCHING ALL ALONG BECAUSE I LIVE IN LONG BEACH AND I SEE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON THE PUFFS, BUT WE FORMALIZED THINGS AS IN AN ACTUAL SURVEY TO TRY TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE TO HELP UPDATE THIS PLAN.
AND SO THE GOAL OF US BEING INVOLVED THIS ROUND HAS BEEN TO HELP ADVISE, UM, THE CONTRACTOR WHO IS GOING TO BE MAINTAINING THE WHO HAS.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF WHAT WE DID WAS TRY TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE, UM, BIGGER ISSUES.
SO THAT SURVEY WAS TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY BASED UPON NEW CONTRACT.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN CONTRACTED IN NINE YEARS SINCE YOU DID THE PREVIOUS ONE? OTHER THAN PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I ALSO HAVEN'T BEEN WITH TITLE FOR THE WHOLE TIMEFRAME EITHER.
UM, I WORKED IN PAL FOR A YEARS, SO YEAH,
THAT'S THE BEST I CAN ANSWER AT THIS POINT.
BUT I THINK WE WERE, WE WERE CONTRACTED TO HELP, UH, WITH THE CONSULTING FOR THE
SO, UM, THIS, UH, CONTRACT OR US APPROACHING TITLE INFLUENCE IS ONLY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE BLUFF.
UM, NOT FOR ANY FURTHER, UH, WORK WITH CONTRACTOR MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S JUST TO UPDATE THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO AN UPDATED VERSION THAT ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE CLUB.
AND SO THEN WHAT DO YOU USE THAT MANAGEMENT PLAN? DO YOU THEN GIVE IT TO THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING THE PRINCIPAL WORK? WHERE'S THE YEAH, SO THIS MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO, UM, ANY NEW RFP THAT WOULD BE GOING OUT TO, UM, PROVIDE LANDSCAPING SERVICES FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO WE CAN PUT IT IN RFP, WE CAN HAVE IT PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED MOVING FORWARD AND REPLACE THE, THE, UH, OLDER VERSION WITH THE NEWER VERSION IN A NEWER CONTRACT WITH THE LANDSCAPE COMPANY, NOT JUST BEES.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT TOO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEES BUTTERFLIES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LITTLE THINGS THAT CHILDREN LIKE TO SEE AND MY GRAND BABIES LIKE TO SEE.
I, I SAW THE, YOU KNOW, THE WEED WHACKING AND YOU KNOW HOW THEY'LL BE OUT THERE.
WE DAD ALWAYS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PULL THE WEED, IT WON'T COME BACK FOR A WHILE.
UM, I GUESS WHAT WORRIES ME SOMETIMES WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE SOME OF THE, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING THE WORK, THEY DON'T LOOK AT EVERY, EVERY PLANT.
THEY ALL COULD LOOK THE SAME AND THEY'RE GONNA GET THE WEEDS OFF HERE AND THEN YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY SOME OF THE PLANTS WE'VE PUT IN.
IS, IS IT, ARE THEY, ARE THEY TRAINED TO LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS? I'VE SEEN IT ALL AROUND THE CITY, SO I KNOW WHAT A WEED WHACKER WILL DO.
UH, AND IT, IT'LL TEAR EVERYTHING UP.
IS IS THERE OTHER WAYS TO DO IT OTHER THAN HERBICIDE TOO OF KILLING THEM OFF AND HAVING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY
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CALL IT IF THE RAINS CAME GOING TO, UH, GOING TO THE SAND AND, AND GO DOWN TO THE OCEAN, I JUST, YEAH.YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I HEARD EVERYONE TO READ THE PLAN AS WELL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE THINGS.
UM, ONE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TWO THINGS THAT WE, UM, DID NOT RECOMMEND AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS LIKE HAND REMOVAL.
SO, UM, YES, YOU CAN USE WE WHACKERS IN SOME CASES, BUT JUST WALKING THE BLUFFS AND MAKING OUR OBSERVATIONS, WE NOTICED THAT, UH, THE WE WHACKING ISN'T REALLY A NECESSITY IN MOST CASES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE LEAVES SEEM PRETTY UNDER CONTROL FOR THE MOST PART, BUT WE WERE ALSO THERE IN AUGUST, NOT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE RAINING SEASON.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE, THEY CAN USE THE WACKERS THAT'S ONE OF THE TOOLS AND THE TOOL BELT, BUT I THINK IT'S, AS YOU MENTIONED, I THINK IT'S THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS USED AND HAVING TRAINED PERSONNEL WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE DESIRED PLANTS OR WHAT ARE THE NATIVE PLANTS SOMETIMES DO THE SAME THING AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO I AVOID? AND THEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND WE WALK AROUND THEM WHILE BEING OBSERVANT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, I HAVE WORKED IN OTHER PLACES, SO WE, UH, ON THE PALS SPRAY PENINSULA, THERE'S CREWS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO, BE WHACKING FOR THESE NATURAL AREAS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UPWARDS OF 20 ACRES PER NATURAL AREA AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE NATIVE PLANTS TO DODGE.
UH, SO PART OF BEING A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IS THE ABILITY TO GO THROUGH AND LEAD WHACK THESE AREAS WITHOUT REMOVING THE PLANTS.
UM, SO COULD YOU TAKE A MINUTE AND HELP MAYBE THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SORT OF UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND MAYBE SCARCITY OF COASTAL BLUFF HABITAT IN CALIFORNIA AND WHY LONG BEACH IS PRETTY SPECIAL WITH THE MILE LONG BLUFF THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT MAYBE NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, PUT THIS IN CONTEXT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF COASTAL BLUFF HABITATS.
YEAH, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.
YEAH, SO WE, WE DO HAVE SUCH A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE SPECIES THAT CAN THRIVE IN THESE BLUFF ECOSYSTEMS. AND SO THERE'S, UM, BUCKWHEAT IS LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SO THEY CAN BE VERY FUNCTIONAL, BUT THEY ALSO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES.
UM, SOME OF THEM BEING LIKE ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN THIS AREA, BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE A NARROW LEAF MILK WHEAT FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
SO THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIES THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED BY, UM, INCLUDING NATIVE BLUFF, COASTAL SCRU, UM, THERE.
BUT IT ALSO CREATES A SENSE OF PLACE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE AMAZING NATURAL AREAS AND IT'S GREAT TO USE THEM TO SHOWCASE THEM WITH THE PLANTS THAT ARE FROM CALIFORNIA.
SO I WOULD AGREE WITH
SO ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN IS TO SLOWLY, UH, CHANGE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ICE PLANT COVERED SITES TO HAVE NATIVE PLANTS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THOSE ICE PLANT COVERED SITES ARE SERVING A PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE VEGETATING THE FLUFF.
SO THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW AS A STARTING PLACE IS THE AREAS THAT ARE UNVEGETATED AND FOCUSING ON GETTING PLANTS IN THE UNVEGETATED AREAS.
DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? SO IF, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE USED PALOS VERDES AS AN EXAMPLE OF WORK WHERE THERE ARE COASTAL BLUFFS THAT ARE IN, IN PROCESS, THEY'RE PROTECTED, BUT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, AND PRESERVED.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S A CONSTANT PROJECT, RIGHT? THERE'S ALWAYS WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO TOWARDS, UM, PROTECTING ENDANGERED, UH, HABITAT, UH, AREAS
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WHERE THERE ARE SPECIES LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EL SEGUNDOUM, THE IDEA THOUGH IS, UM, THE SCARCITY OF THIS KIND OF HABITAT IN CALIFORNIA, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS HABITAT IN GENERAL AND THE FACT THAT LONG BEACH IS ON THE MAP, UM, AS A RESULT IN TERMS OF THIS KIND OF HABITAT BECAUSE OF THIS MILE LONG COASTAL BLUFF, UM, AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS SO SCARCE IN CALIFORNIA, WE'RE LOSING THESE KINDS OF AREAS.
THEY DO REQUIRE MAINTENANCE THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE PROTECTED AND APPRECIATED FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SUSPICIOUS.
AND TO JUST TO ADD TO IT, I I, I GOT A, MY COMMISSIONER, IT IS, I CALL IT THE LEAVE CARE OF OUR BLUFF.
IT'S JUST NOT ANOTHER GOLF COURSE YOU CAN GO AND, AND WEED EAT AND THROW HERBICIDES ON AND BAD STUFF ON.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL TAKING A GREAT PRIDE IN.
AGAIN, A COUPLE MORE YEARS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE OLYMPICS HERE.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE SHOWCASE, IT SHOULD BE THE SHOWCASE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IF WE DO IT RIGHT, UH, THAT'S UP.
THE LORD KNOWS WE'VE MESSED UP A LOT IN THIS CITY ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO IT RIGHT, UH, AND BE CONSISTENT.
UM, SO, UH, I REMEMBER WHEN THE, UH, BLUFF PROJECT AND THE SHOCK GREET WAS, UM, BEING PUT UP THERE, UM, A CONCERN WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE POCKETS FOR PLANTS TO GROW IN THE, I'M GONNA CALL IT CEMENT, IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD GET SO HOT AND GET SO DRY.
I'M WONDERING WHAT THE SUCCESS RATE, I SAW ONE OF THE SLIDES WAS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE PLANTS ARE DOING WELL.
IS THAT TRUE FOR ALL OF THE SHOT CREEK AREAS OR SOME OF THEM, OR WHAT'S THAT STATUS? THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH, WE DIDN'T DO A FULL SURVEY OF, UM, PERCENT SUCCESS COVER OF THE SHOCK CREEKS, BUT JUST FROM A VISUAL, UH, SURVEY OF EVERYTHING AND THE PHOTOS THAT WE'VE TAKEN AND, UM, THOSE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PLAN AND WE, UM, WE NOTICED THAT IT WAS OVERALL PRETTY MUCH SUCCESS.
I WOULD PUT IT PRETTY HIGH, LIKE 80% EVEN ASSIGNMENT.
SO THEY'RE NOT FRYING OUT IN THE SUMMER? NO, I HAVEN'T NOTICED THAT.
AND AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY LOOK OVERGROWN IS KIND OF THE SITUATION, BUT, BUT YOU KIND OF WANT THAT BECAUSE IT COVERS UP THE SHOCK CREEK, RIGHT? SO, UM, YEAH, I NOTICED, UH, IN THE OCEAN BOULEVARD PLANTER, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PLANTERS THAT DIDN'T HAVE VEGETATION AND I THINK I SHOW ONE OF THOSE.
YEAH, LIKE ON
SO YEAH, THERE'S JUST AREA HERE THAT IS JUST NOT VEGETATED.
UM, BUT YOU CAN EVEN SEE PAST THAT.
LOOK AT THE SHOP CREEK, THAT'S LIKE A WALL OF VEGETATION, SO, YEAH.
AND I'M SORRY, AND WHAT KIND OF PLANTS ARE IN THAT, IN THE SHOP CREEK? I THINK THEY USED SOME WATER, SOME BLADDER POD AND, UM, VINES, LIKE THE GRAPE CALIFORNIA GRAPE.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE.
SOME, AND MAYBE JUST LIKE LARGE SHRUBS, IT WAS INTENTIONAL TO MAKE IT, UM, WHERE THEY WOULD JUST GROW OVER THE SHOP, RIGHT? YEAH.
WELL, AND I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH REPEATING BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS NOW BUILT OUT.
SO THESE LITTLE POCKETS WHERE YOU CAN BRING BACK THE NATIVE PLANTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PROPPING UP THE NATIVE SPECIES THAT REMAIN.
SO YOU WANNA HAVE, I GET IT THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE GOALS FOR THAT BLUFF, BUT IT SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON AN ERRING ON THE SIDE OF PROVIDING HABITAT BECAUSE THERE'S NEXT TO NOTHING LEFT.
SO THAT HASN'T BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.
HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING FROM THE COMMISSION'S QUESTION WISE? WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL.
UM, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
AND WHERE WILL THE PLAN BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IF WE WANTED TO READ THE WHOLE THING? YES, COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO INTO THE,
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UH, AGENDAS AND, UH, MEETINGS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY ADD IT TO, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE, UH, THE ONLINE NEO GUIDE.OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE OLYMPIC OYSTER PROJECT AT JEFF DUNSTER MARINE RESERVE THEM.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? ONE SECOND.
AND TODD, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER ON THAT? I'LL HAVE, UH, BRIAN PLANT INTRODUCE OUR CITY PARTNERS.
UM, YEAH, SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CHRISTINE WHITCRAFT WITH CSU LB, UM, TOGETHER A PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT.
WELL, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
I'M A PROFESSOR AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
UM, I ALSO MET SOME WITH MY INVOLVEMENT WITH FRIENDS OF COLORADO AS WELL.
UM, AND WE WERE EXCITED TO, UM, I'M EXCITED THAT KEISHA COULD JOIN ME AT FIRST.
I'M THE MARINE RESTORATION DIRECTOR AT COUNTY COASTKEEPERS.
SO WE'RE ONE OF THE PROJECT PROJECTS FOR
AND SO WE WANTED TO JUST TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A PRETTY STORY BASED, UM, UH, WRAP UP OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING.
SO THIS IS A THREE WAY COLLABORATION AND OUR THIRD COLLABORATOR'S NOT HERE, BUT I DON'T WANNA MOVE ON FROM THE SLIDE WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING HER.
SO DANIELLE, ZACH IS A PROFESSOR IN BIOLOGY AT CAL STATE FULLERTON, AND SHE HAS BEEN IN THE PROJECT THE LONGEST I, IRONICALLY THE THREE OF US.
BUT, UM, HER LAB, MY LAB AT ORANGE COUNTY COASTKEEPERS HAVE BEEN PARTNERS ON THE REGIONAL PLAN TO BRING BACK OUR, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND THEN HOW THE CITY AND JACK DUNSTER HAVE INTO THE, UM, PLAN.
SO I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NONE OF THIS WORK, WE'RE NOT A CONTRACTOR WITH THE CITY ON ANY OF IT, BUT THE, UM, THE WORK HAS BEEN FUNDED BY A SLEW OF PARTNERS FROM STATE TO FEDERAL TO, UM, NONPROFITS.
THEY'RE ALL LISTED THERE, BUT IT ALSO TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF AN ARMY OF WHAT I CALL THE WETLANDS WORKOUT PLAN.
SO, UM, MANY, MANY MASTER'S STUDENTS AS WELL AS UNDERGRADUATES WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN DOING THE WORK WITH US.
UM, AND I KNOW I DON'T REALLY HAVE TO TELL THIS AUDIENCE, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH THE IDEA THAT, UM, THE COASTAL WETLANDS HERE IN CALIFORNIA ARE REFLECTIVE OF A GLOBAL PATTERN.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE IN THE GOOGLE EARTH AND IMAGE IN THE BACK.
AND THEN OVERLAID ON THE TOP OF IT ARE THE HISTORIC EXTENTS OF MANY OF THE WETLANDS YOU'LL SEE HERE.
AND THAT REPRESENTS ALMOST A 90% LOSS OF COASTAL WETLANDS.
AND WITH THAT LOSS OF AREA OF COASTAL WETLANDS, WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS A REAL DECLINE IN THE ORGANISMS THAT RELY ON 'EM, AND ONE OF THOSE REPRESENTED IN MY LITTLE
I'M DOING WRONG HERE, BUT, UM, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH TIME.
SO THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF STRATEGIES TO BRING BACK THE WETLAND IN GENERAL, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON ONE OF OUR NATIVE OYSTERS.
IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF ITS NATURAL HISTORY TO HELP US RESTORE IT.
SO THE OLYMPIA OYSTER OYSTER OR AUSTRIA LORETA, UM, IS A UNIQUE PRO UM, ORGANISM BECAUSE THE ADULTS, UM, SEPARATE HOW THEY REPRODUCE.
SO THE MALES RELEASE FIRMS THE WATER COLUMN, IT REQUIRES A NEARBY FEMALE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SPERM MAKE AN INCIDENT MENTAL CAVITY.
ONCE IN THERE THEY DEVELOP BETWEEN SEVEN AND 12 DAYS AND THEY RELEASE THESE LITTLE, UM, SWIMMING LARVA, LARVA OR BELLERS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY IF WE CAN MAKE THEM VERY HUMANOID, SEARCHING FOR A PLACE TO SETTLE.
AND FOR OUR NATIVE OYSTERS, THAT ISN'T AS GREAT ON ROCK WALLS OR PILINGS OR DOCKS.
SO WHILE THERE'S TONS OF THAT SUBSTRATE AVAILABLE IN THE BAY, THAT'S NOT THEIR PREFERRED SUBSTRATE.
ONE IS THAT THEY'RE INCREDIBLY SLOW GROWING, SO THEY LIKE TO TUCK UP UNDERNEATH THINGS WHERE THEY'RE PROTECTED FROM MUD AND ALSO WHERE THEY'RE PROTECTED FROM OTHER ORGANISMS GROWING OVER THEM.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WHAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS ANOTHER OYSTER SHELL THAT HAS A CHEMICAL SIGNATURE OF CALCIUM CARBONATE WHERE THEY CAN SETTLE.
BUT WITHOUT MANY ADULTS IN OUR BAY, IT'S BEEN SORT OF A SUBSTRATE LIMITED, UM, RESTRICTION OF THEIR HABITAT.
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THAT GIVES US A NATURAL HISTORY TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO BRING THEM BACK.BUT THEN ALSO WHY, WHY DO WE WANT TO BRING OYSTERS BACK? SO WHETHER IT'S OUR OYSTERS OR OTHERS INDIVIDUALLY, OYSTERS ARE GREAT WATER FILTERS.
THEY TAKE UP NUTRIENTS, THEY TAKE UP CARBON, POTENTIALLY THEY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MUD THAT'S IN OUR WATER COLUMN THAT MAKING IT MORE CLEAR.
AND THEY CHANGE THE CARBONATE CHEMISTRY OF THE WATER WHEN YOU STICK THEM TOGETHER INTO A BED OR A WREAK DEPENDING ON WHAT COAST YOU'RE ON.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE AN APARTMENT BUILDING FOR OTHER ORGANISMS THAT'S FISH, OTHER INVERTEBRATES, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL.
THEY RETAIN EVEN MORE SEDIMENT, THEY STABILIZE SHORELINES AND THEY CAN EVEN, UM, BUFFER THE SHORE FROM WAVE ENERGY IN BOAT.
AND THEY WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH FIELD GRASS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR SIMILAR AQUATIC VEGETATION SPECIES THEY WOULD CARE A LOT ABOUT.
SO THE WHY RESTORING EM WAS BOTH THAT THEY WERE HERE HISTORICALLY AND THAT WHEN THEY'RE RESTORED IN THE RIGHT NUMBERS AND PLACES, THEY BRING BACK A LOT OF FUNCTION TO OUR COASTAL WEAPONS.
WHAT OUT IN ALAMEDA BAY? SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HERE QUITE SOME TIME.
SO PRIOR TO OUR STARTING THE PROJECT, WHICH WE DID IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY, BUT INCLUDED A RDI ENTRY PERMIT FROM THE CITY, UM, THERE WAS ALWAYS YIELD GRASS IN JACK DUMPSTER RESERVE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE DID WAS ESTABLISH IN 2012, UM, WE WORKED WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO DO SHELVES DURING DEPLOYMENTS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, AND WE USED SHELLS TO CONSTRUCT A ED I'LL ALSO TELL YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I REMEMBER VERY WELL BECAUSE I WAS SO PREGNANT WHEN CARRY THINGS.
SO THE JACK DUMPSTER IS TIMED PERFECTLY WITH MY SON.
SO IT'S ABOUT 12 AND A HALF YEARS OLD AND WAY LESS SASSY.
BUT, UM, IN 2013 WHEN WE WENT OUT AND MONITORED HOW THE BED WAS DOING, WE FOUND THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF SEDIMENTS OR MUD THAT WAS ACCUMULATING ON OUR BEDS AND WE WERE GROWING A LOT OF NON-NATIVE OYSTERS.
SO WE DID ADAPT WITH MANAGEMENT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND SINCE THEN, WE, WE HAVE TWO YEARS OF MONITORING OF WHAT FISH USE IT, UM, HOW THE EELGRASS IS DOING NEXT TO THE BEDS AND WHAT SORT OF INVERTEBRATES ARE THERE, AS WELL AS HOW MANY OYSTERS CAME BACK IN 2020.
JUST BEFORE WE HAD A COVID SHUTDOWN, WE ACTUALLY BUILT THE SAME TYPE OF BED ON THE OTHER END OF THE JACK DUMPSTER NEAR THE OTHER DOCK, UM, USING A LOT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
UM, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF MONITORING OF THE OYSTERS AND AGAIN, USING SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH, CHOOSING OYSTER ST STRAINS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, UM, FROM THE AIR? THIS IS A MAP OF JACK STER AND OUR EXPERIMENTAL SETUP.
SO THESE ARE THE TWO DOCKS AS WELL AS THE PROTECTIVE DOCK.
YOU CAN ACCESS THIS BY COMING NEXT TO THE, UH, ROWING CENTER.
OUR FIRST YEAR, THIS IS WHERE WE BUILT A RESTORED OR BED, AND WE MONITORED THE IMPACT TO EELGRASS FOR NO IMPACTS, EELGRASS AND THESE TWO BEDS.
AND THEN IN 2020 WE BUILT A BED RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND IT SEEMS A LITTLE OBSCURE, WHAT DO I MEAN BY BUILDING A BED? SO WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS WAS IN WORDS THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HABITAT AS WELL AS WHAT BUILDING A BED LOOKS LIKE.
SO THIS IS PRE RESTORATION, STANDING ON THAT, UM, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE EASTERN MO DOCK LOOKING TOWARDS THE ROWING CENTER, YOU CAN SEE YOU JUST HAVE A BARE BLOOD FLAT AT LOW TIDE.
UM, AND WE'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT THIS FROM PATIENT IN A MOMENT, BUT ONE OF THE PRO, ONE OF THE, THE MAIN FACTORS IS GETTING SHELL.
SO WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED SHELL, UM, FOR THIS RESTORATION FROM LOCAL AQUACULTURE FARMS. AND WE ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT KEISHA AND COASTKEEPER ARE LEADING.
BUT ONCE WE GET THAT SHE, WHETHER IT'S PURCHASED OR DONATED, WE HAVE TO CURE IT FOR A YEAR.
SO WE LEAVE IT SITTING OUT SO THAT ALL THE INSECTS AND BOURBON AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS CLEAR OFF THE TISSUE AND ANY SPECIES.
SO WE DON'T SPREAD DISEASE OR NON NATIVE SPECIES ONCE IT'S BEEN CURED FOR A YEAR, WE LOADED THEM INTO THESE, UH, CRATES.
UM, AND WE REALLY DO USE WHAT WE, UH, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SO THAT WE PASS IT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BUCKET SWINGING STYLE DOWN THE LINE AND PLACES A VERY, UM, SPECIFIC ELEVATION RELATIVE TO THE TIDES.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE GREATEST PERCENTAGE OF NATIVE OYSTERS THAT SETTLE.
ONCE WE PLACE IT OUT THERE, WE MAKE WHAT WE CALL OUR OYSTER BURRITOS.
THIS IS BASICALLY ALL OF THAT SHELL MATERIAL CONTAINED IN A BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL KNOWN AS COCONUT BAR, AND IT BREAKS DOWN THROUGH TIME.
SO THE EAST COAST, THE GULF COAST RESTORATIONS USE PLASTIC, BUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH COASTAL PROBLEMS. WE DON'T NEED TO INTRODUCE PLASTIC INTO THE MIX.
SO OUR MATERIAL'S ALL NATURAL AND BIODEGRADES.
UM, AND THEN WE LAY IT OUT AT THAT SPECIFIC ELEVATION.
THIS IS AFTERWARDS OF JACK STER.
UM, AND THROUGH TIME WE WATCH HOW THE OYSTERS AND THE BEDS ARE DOING THEMSELVES IN TOTAL IN THE PROJECT MOVED OVER 22,000 POUNDS OF OYSTER SHELL SET OF THESE BEDS.
THAT'S WHY ALSO WHY I CALL IT THE BED PLAN.
UM, AND WE REALLY SEE IN A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE NATIVE OYSTER DENSITY.
SO AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS HERE AT JACK KESTER, THE NATIVE OYSTER DENSITY WAS 20 TIMES THE PRE RESTORATION LEVEL.
AND WE ESTIMATE, UM, THAT THAT HAS JUST CONTINUED TO
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INCREASE SINCE THOSE TWO YEARS.UM, WHAT CIRCLED IN THAT MIXTURE IS ABOUT ONE OF THE NATIVE OYSTERS LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT INCREDIBLY CHARISMATIC, BUT THEY ARE THERE AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB OF FILTERING AND PROVIDING THE LITTLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS BED IS IT'S A PRETTY COHESIVE BED.
YOU HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE UPRIGHT OYSTERS STICKING THERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE SPONGES, CNN AND THESE SMALL FISH, ET CETERA.
AND WHAT ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT WE GOT FROM THE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, AND I PROMISE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GRAPHS, BUT WAS, DID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OYSTER BED AT ALL INFLUENCE THE EL GRADS BEDS THAT WERE NEXT DOOR? BECAUSE THAT'S ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT PROTECTED BY FEDERAL WALL.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IN MEASURING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY WHEN OUR PHASE ONE OYSTER BED BUILDING, WE MONITORED THROUGH TIME AND THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE TO SHOW YOU THOSE LINES ARE THE ONE ON TOP OF THE ANOTHER.
SO WE DIDN'T SEE A CHANGE IN MUD IN THE WATERFALL AND THAT INFLUENCE LIGHT AVAILABLE TO THE YOGURTS AT ALL.
AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DENSITY GRADS BEDS, WHICH ARE SHOWN HERE, SO THE NUMBER OF CHUTES PER METER SQUARE THROUGH TIME WHILE THEY BOUNCE AROUND SEASONALLY, AS YOU WOULD EXPECTED, WE DON'T SEE ANY STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF SHOOTS THAT ARE NEAR OUR OYSTER BEDS VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE AWAY FROM THEM.
SO WE FELT LIKE THAT REALLY HELPED ANSWER THE PERMITTING QUESTIONS THAT THE STATE COASTAL COMMISSION HAS AND GAVE US THE SORT OF FEELING THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO CONSTRUCT THE OYSTER BEDS THERE WITHOUT IMPACT TO THE GAS.
UM, WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF, UM, INVERTEBRATE BIRDING FROM THE BEDS.
IT'S A PRETTY CONSISTENT SITE TO GO DOWN THERE AND SEE THE BIRDS STANDING ON THEIR BEDS, PICKING OUT ALL SORTS OF THINGS, INCLUDING THE NATIVE OYSTERS.
UM, AND WE FIND THAT IT IS BEEN AN EXCELLENT BOTH OUTREACH AND TRAINING AND MENTORING SITE FOR US BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE BEDS FROM TWO EASILY ACCESSIBLE DOCS DOWN THERE.
WE'VE GOTTEN A TON OF UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED.
UM, AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO USE IT AS A SITE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS WHY I'M HELLO.
SO, UM, POST KEEPER REALLY, UM, LEADS THE OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, UM, A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE CREATED, UM, THIS, AND A LOT OF PLACES DO IT EVEN ON EAST COAST, UM, BUT WE ARE CALLING 'EM SHELTERING.
UM, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY LIKE LITTLE OYSTER CONDOS.
UM, SO WITH HABITAT, UH, WE USE CLEAN DEAD OYSTER SHELL, UM, THAT HAS BEEN CURED.
UM, AND THEN THE NATIVE OYSTERS WILL COME AND SETTLE ONTO THE SHELTERING.
WE GIVE THESE SHELTERING TO LOCAL DOCK OWNERS.
SO WE RIGHT NOW PARTNER WITH, UM, LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB AND THE OYSTERS WILL COME AND SETTLE UNDERNEATH THE SHELL.
IT PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR THEM AND HABITAT.
AND THEN AT THE END OF, UM, OYSTER RECRUITMENT SEASON, WE TAKE THOSE NATIVE OYSTERS AND RETURN THEM BACK TO THE RESTORATIVE OYSTER BEDS IN GENERAL.
SO I THINK INITIALLY THE FIRST ROUND THAT WE DID, IT WAS IN 2012, AND THEN WHEN WE CAME BACK AGAIN IN 2020, WE REALLY STARTED THE SHELTERING OUTREACH EFFORTS FROM 2021.
AND IT'S STILL CURRENTLY GOING.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, WHERE WE ARE SEEING THESE NATIVE RECRUITED, UM, THE RECRUITED NATIVE OYSTERS THROUGHOUT ALTOS BAY, WHERE THE DOCKERS ARE, UH, PLACING OUT THEIR SHELTERING.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE RECRUITING IN THE BAY, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING A NEW PROJECT, UM, A GIS PROJECT WHERE WE WILL MORE ACCURATELY MAP WHERE THE SHELTERING ARE HURTING THROUGHOUT THE WAY AND COMMON.
SO IS THAT A, THAT A GRAPH SHOWING HOW MANY ARE TAKING ON THAT? SO ALONG THE GOLD COAST THERE, ARE THOSE GROWING FASTER OR THERE JUST MORE STRINGS ALONG THERE? UM, SO IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT WITH THE NEW PROJECT, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM 2012.
YES, THEY GOT A, YEAH, IT IS WHERE THE, UM, WHERE THE AMOUNT OF OYSTERS ARE GROWING.
SO THE HIGHER BARS ARE, THEY'RE MORE OYSTERS GROWING IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST, WE, WE DIDN'T, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DIDN'T, UM, FULLY ANALYZE HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXTENT THE OYSTERS ARE GROWING THERE.
SO ALL OF THE FACTORS THAT COULD ATTRIBUTE TO WHY THEY WERE GROWING MORE IN THAT AREA AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO OUR NEED FOR OYSTER SHELLS, UM, IT, UH, LIKE STEIN SAID, UH, WE PURCHASED OYSTER SHELL, UM, FROM AQUACULTURE FARMS, HOWEVER THAT EXPENSE IS QUITE HIGH.
UM, SO WE LOOKED FOR A WAY TO MITIGATE THOSE COSTS.
UM, SO WE CAME UP WITH THESE SHELL'S FOR SHORE LINES PROGRAM IS AN OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING PROGRAM.
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RIGHT NOW, COAST COOPER, UM, JUST PARTNERS WITH THREE LOCAL RESTAURANTS.BUT EVERY WEEK WE GO TO THE RESTAURANT, WE RECYCLE THEIR OYSTER SHELLS, BRING THEM TO OUR OUTDOOR STORAGE WHERE WE CURE THEM, THE SUN, OR BY THE TIME WE USE THEM, IT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO START THIS PROGRAM IN LONG BEACH.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY IN OUR ORANGE COUNTY AREA.
WE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESTAURANTS IN LONG BEACH THAT SERVE.
SO I AM, I AM LOOKING TO START THE PROGRAM IN LONG BEACH.
UM, IT'S MORE ABOUT GETTING FUNDING BACK TO OUR LONG BEACH PROGRAM AT JEFF.
SO ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT THE SHELL PROGRAM HAS BEEN THAT IT'S REALLY KEISHA THAT IS THE PROGRAM.
SO SHE MOTIVATES A TEAM OF PEOPLE AND INTERNS THAT DRIVE AROUND.
SO WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF RESTAURANTS IN LONG BEACH AND OTHER AREAS HERE IN OUTLET AND WANNA SUPPORT US.
WE JUST NEED TO INCREASE, WE NEED TO KEISHA OR GET MORE SUPPORT.
SO, BUT IN CONCLUSION, WE JUST WANTED TO SORT OF, UM, COME AND OPERATE, YOU KNOW, UPDATE EVERYONE BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE IN WHAT THE OYSTER RESTORATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR, UH, BOTH THE HABITATS IN TERMS OF RESTORATION.
BUT WE ALSO ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT HAVING THOSE OYSTER BEDS ALSO CONFERS A LOT OF PROTECTIONS FOR SHORELINE.
UM, IT ALSO OFFERS A REAL, OFFERS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE TRAINING OF NEXT GENERATION SCIENTISTS.
SO THE ABILITY TO DO THIS AT JACK STER AND THEN CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT AND SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT'S HAPPENED DOWN THERE HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING.
IF WE COULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING ON PUTTING BEDS ANYWHERE ELSE, LIKE CREATING THESE OYSTER BEDS IN ANY OTHER LOCATION OR IS IT LIKE FEASIBLE TO DO THAT? YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
SO THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, UM, OYSTER PROJECTS.
WITH OUR FIRST ATTEMPT, WE REALLY LEARNED HERE SO MANY LESSONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE TO PLACE 'EM IN TERMS OF THE TIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE THEN TOOK THE LESSONS FROM ALTO, SO WE EXPORTED IT INTO TWO PILOT PROJECTS IN NEWPORT BAY.
SO THOSE HAVE BEEN RUNNING SINCE ABOUT 2015.
AGAIN, A COMBINATION OF OYSTER EEL GRASS.
UM, AND THEN THE QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY NICE TO DO THESE AS SMALL SCIENCE LEARNING PROJECTS, BUT OUR NEXT DEGREE WORKS TO WRITE A REGIONAL PLAN FOR OYSTER MONITORING AND AND RECREATION.
AND WE'RE TRYING NOW WITH A GRANT THAT JUST CAME THROUGH THE COASTKEEPER TO MODIFY THIS, TO MEET EROSION NEEDS OF THE SEAL BEACH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
SO THE REAL PLAN IS TO TAKE IT FROM THESE PILOT SCALE PROJECTS AND DESIGN A REGIONAL RESTORATION SCHEME.
SO WE CAN DO SEAL BEACH AND ALSO HUNTINGTON BEACH HAS ANOTHER PROJECT GOING IN TOO.
I DIDN'T SEE, UM, FIRST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, UM, COASTKEEPER IN CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND THE INFLUENCES YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALONG OUR COASTAL AREAS TO BE CELEBRATED.
UM, BUT I'M ALSO GONNA SAY LISTENING TO THIS KIND OF MAKES ME A LITTLE HUNGRY.
SO TELL ME ABOUT OYSTERS AND HONESTLY IT'S AN HONEST QUESTION.
CAN THEY BE HARVESTED FOR THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO DO WITH OYSTERS? YOU KNOW, BESIDES GIVING YOU MORE SHELVES AND USING THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, PROPAGATION AND MORE.
HOW CAN WE DO OUR PART TO HELP YOU? JUST MAKING SURE THE VOICE IN MY HEARING JUST SO THAT DID NOT COME DUMPSTER.
IT'S A GREEN BIOLOGICAL RESERVE, UM,
UM, SO I HAVE A CONFESSION AND MAYBE
I DON'T EAT OYSTERS THAT SAID, UM, OLYMPIA OYSTER AS A CULINARY ONE.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD, AND I HAD EATEN ONE BECAUSE I HAD TO FROM RESERVE, UM, IS A VERY DIFFERENT DELICACY.
UM, AND THERE IS A PLAN EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY BRING UP NATURAL POPULATIONS TO MAKE OLYMPIA OYSTERS POTENTIALLY IN AQUACULTURE SPECIES, WHICH IS WHERE THEY COULD SEE.
AND THAT'S HAPPENING MORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
SO CALIFORNIA'S A LITTLE BEHIND OREGON AND WASHINGTON, THE OYSTERS NATIVE FROM WASHINGTON DOWN BAJA, AND THERE IS A PLAN TO DO MORE AQUACULTURE.
SO YES, I DON'T THINK, WE'LL, WELL I DON'T WANNA PEOPLE FROM ONE OF OUR ESTUARIES EITHER, TO BE HONEST.
BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A PLAN TO, ONCE THEY BRING BACK NATIVE POPULATIONS, TO USE THAT EITHER AS LIKE A SUPPLEMENT TO NATIVE POPULATIONS 'CAUSE THEY'LL BE REPRODUCING OR, UM, TO DO IT JUST FOR AQUACULTURE.
AND JUST AS A NOTICE, I, UM, JUST AS A NOTE AS WELL, UH, THE OLYMPIA OYSTER IS THE ONLY NATIVE OYSTER TO THE WEST COAST OF THE STATES ROAD.
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CALIFORNIA, HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN HARVESTED.UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE DO GET THOSE DEPLETION NUMBERS IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER, UM, FACTORS AS WELL.
SO, BUT OVER HARVESTING IS ONE OF THE ISSUES WHERE, UM, THE OLYMPIA OYSTER HAS DECREASED.
SO HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN USED AS A FOOD SOURCE.
YEAH, WELL THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID AS WELL.
SO THE OLYMPIA OYSTERS ABOUT A SILVER DOLLAR SIZE, THEY'RE PRETTY LITTLE COMPARED TO THE OYSTER, THE GIANT ONES THAT YOU SEE IT, YOU SEE GIANT ONES ON DOCKS AND WALLS.
THERE'S THE NON-NATIVE OYSTER KRYSTA JAUS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GIVE TO THAT FOUNDATION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU NEED, UH, BUT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ESPECIALLY REPRESENTING, UH, C-S-U-L-B TO GIVE MAYBE SOME TYPE OF FUNDING THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY.
YEAH, I MEAN I WILL SAY THAT THROUGH THE 49 YEAR FOUNDATION, OUR STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH THE YEAR.
IT DOESN'T GO DIRECTLY TO THE OYSTER PROGRAM OR OUR RESEARCH BECAUSE THEY KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE, BUT IT DOES SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS VERY WELL.
SO A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS GET SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE 49.
YOU CAN DIRECT DOLLARS THOUGH TOO IF YOU NEED DOLLARS.
SO I'M JUST, UH, UM, JUST, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO BACK ONE SLIDE? CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE IT'S SO SMALL UNDERNEATH THE, SORRY.
AND EVEN THE TEXT, I DIDN'T EVEN, I DIDN'T EXPLAIN IT BEFORE, SO THE TEXT, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS A GRAPH, IT'S ACTUALLY SOME OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER NUMBERS, BUT IT TELLS THE SAME STORY UP HERE.
THIS IS THE ESTIMATED ABUNDANCE, UM, AT ABOUT 1850.
SO THEIR ESTIMATE WAS WHATEVER THE POPULATION WAS THEN THAT WAS THEIR A HUNDRED PERCENT NUMBER.
AND IN BOTH THE CHESAPEAKE AND HERE THIS WAS TODAY'S, IT WAS DROPPED DOWN TO 9% OF THE POPULATION LEVEL OVER HARVESTING BOAT DAMAGE, POLLUTION, LOSS OF WETLAND HABITAT AND RESTORATION GOALS REGIONALLY, THIS WAS THE GOAL SET FOR 2010 WAS TO BRING IT BACK TO 15 OF HISTORIC 15% OF HISTORICAL POPULATION LEVELS.
AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF PROJECTS LIKE THE BILLION OYSTER PROJECT IN NEW YORK AND THINGS, A LOT OF THOSE RESTORATIONS GOALS ON THE, UM, EAST COAST WERE VERY SPECIFIC.
OURS WAS JUST TO BRING BACK NATIVE OYSTERS.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? YES.
I LIVE IN SPIN BAY AND I'M PART OF THE, UH, ROWING ASSOCIATION.
SO TO START WITH, IF WE CAN HELP AT THE ROWING ASSOCIATION, I KNOW WE HELPED SPACE AND OYSTERS AND THINGS JUST REACH OUT AND LET ME KNOW FACILITATE.
UH, ONE YEAR WE HAD THESE WASHING HIS HANDS AND THINGS JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS I HAD A HORRIBLE YEAR THIS YEAR WITH MY OYSTERS.
I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED EVERY YEAR.
I WANT TO BE THE WINNER OF PRODUCING, UH, THE, THE OYSTERS.
AND THIS SHOW IS JUST HORRIBLE.
IS THERE A REASON AND HOW CAN WE, UH, MAKE THAT BETTER? YEAH, SO OVERALL, UM, IN 2024 WHEN WE DID THE SHELL DRINK PROGRAM, OUR NUMBERS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.
UM, WE ONLY RECRUITED 12 NATIVE BOOSTERS, UM, ON THE SHELL DRINK PROGRAM.
THERE WERE QUITE A FEW ISSUES.
UM, ONE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WAS, UM, WE HAVE TO PULL THE SHELL STRINGS OUT EVERY TWO WEEKS TO LET THEM HERE IN THE SUN.
THAT REDUCES FOING UH, FOING ORGANISMS, UM, FOULING ORGANISMS, UH, OYSTERS COMPETE FOR SPACE, UH, WHEN THOSE FOULING ORGANISMS ARE THERE.
SO THAT WOULD ONE, REDUCE, UH, THE NUMBER OF NATIVE OYSTER THAT.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD FOULING STRINGS WHEN, UH, THEY WERE RETURNED.
UM, SECONDLY, ONE OF THE REASONS OR ANOTHER ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANNA DO THE GIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE IF, YOU KNOW, OUR IS WHERE IN THE BAY AFFECTING WHERE NATIVE OYSTERS ARE RECRUITING, IS THERE, YOU KNOW, UM, STORMWATER RUNOFF COMING IN THAT'S AFFECTING NATIVE FOREST RECRUITING? IS THERE SOMETHING, UH, IN THE WATER OR HABITAT THAT'S AFFECTING THOSE NATIVE FOREST RECRUITING? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IN 2025 WE ARE GONNA BE STARTING THAT PROJECT TO REALLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO WILL THERE BE A STRICT DISTRIBUTION COMING UP? YES.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, AN OUTREACH EVENT.
UM, WE HAVE AN OUTREACH EVENT NEXT WEDNESDAY AT THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB WHERE I'LL BE ANSWERING ALL OF OUR, EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, SHELTERING AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SHELTERING PARTICIPANT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BE DISTRIBUTING, UH, SHELTER DRINKS ON MARCH 30TH.
SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN THAT, I CAN GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THAT AS WELL.
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THEN THE LAST LITTLE COMMENT OR QUESTION IS IN DUNSTER PARK TOWARDS THE, UH, EAST END, THERE'S A PVC THING STICKING UP.SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT COMMISSION.
UM, SO WE CALL 'EM THE TS IT'S NOT VERY ORIGINAL BECAUSE THEY'RE SHAPED LIKE A T.
UM, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE USE, WE HANG, UH, ADA TILES AND PVC TILES UPSIDE DOWN UNDERNEATH THEM AND EACH YEAR WE COUNT THE NUMBER OF OYSTER THAT RECRUIT TO OUR BEDS.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GET INVOLVED, IT'S, IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
EVERY TWO WEEKS YOU TAKE THEM OUT AND STUDY, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, WE SHOULD RECORD THAT ADVERTISEMENT
WELL, IT REALLY IS KIND OF A FUN PROJECT.
I THINK EVERY SUNDAY MORNING I DO IT WHEREVER OTHER SUNDAY.
AND IT'S, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO SAD THIS YEAR THAT, UH, WE WERE ALL SO SAD.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON A SEAT THAT A LOT OF THE, UH, STRING PIECES WERE IN, UH, OUTSIDE OF, THEY WERE STILL GOVERNED BY THE MARINE SYSTEM, BUT KIND OF MORE ON THE PRIVATE DOCKS THROUGHOUT ALAMEDA BAY.
IS THERE OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE, UH, MARINA SYSTEM INCLUDING SHORELINE, TO HELP GROW THOSE? YEAH, SO, UM, THE REASON WHY THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON, UH, A CREDIT SHOPS IS BECAUSE WE PARTNER WITH LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB.
SO THOSE WHO, THAT'S WHO'S BEEN OUR MAIN UM, UH, PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, I AM LOOKING TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE, UM, AN OUTREACH EVENT COMING UP TO REALLY TARGET PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB.
UM, I FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF ALITA, UM, EVEN A FEW OF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS ARE GONNA BE TAKING SHELL STREAMS FROM US AND HANGING 'EM OFF THE DOCK, UM, WHERE THEIR OFFICE IS LOCATED.
SO I AM LOOKING TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE AREAS THAT YOU SAW ON THE MAP.
UM, AS OF LATE IT'S JUST BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN OUR MAIN PARTICIPANT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I AM LOOKING TO EXPAND, UH, AGAIN, EVEN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, OUR NATIVE RS RECRUITING IN THESE AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN USING CAN DO WE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA MAYBE ADD AL YACHT CLUB TO IT, BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE, OUR MAIN POINT IS JUST TO, WE NEED BUILDING PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WE JUST NEED TO KNOW.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO FOR A VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION.
I KNOW A FORMER MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSIONER, JACK DUNSTER, WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHERE THIS PROGRAM HAS GONE AND WHAT'S UP AT THE DELIVERY RESERVE.
DEFINITELY THANK FOR ALL IN FAVOR OF FILING.
MOVING ON TO OUR RECEIVING AND FILE OF THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATE.
SHALL A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT ONE SECOND.
TODD, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE CHIEF? ALRIGHT, WE'LL, UH, JUMP RIGHT IN.
WE'LL START WITH CHIEF MEDINA AND A MARINE SAFETY UPDATE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS CHIEF, WHAT, HAPPY TO BE HERE.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE A
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION AS THE PUBLIC.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS, IT'S RAINING.
UH, SO WE HAVE SWIFT WATER TEAMS OUT THERE ON THE RIVERS RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY SEVEN FEET RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THE LAST REPORT, UM, LAST MONDAY IN OUR LAST, UH, LITTLE SO FAR EVENT, WE HAD A CAR IN THE WATER AND OUR SO FAR TEAM WENT IN, MADE A CONTACT WITH THE CAR.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD THE FLOODING IN RANCHO S UM, WE GOT HELP OUT WITH THAT.
OUR TEAMS ARE, UM, ALL SUITED UP, READY TO GO RIGHT NOW.
I'M SORRY YOU HAD IT CLOSE TO MY RADIO, BUT THAT'S THEM OUT THERE WORKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT TRAINING RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE SUMMER'S COMING UP.
I KNOW IT'S RAINING, BUT WE ARE GETTING READY FOR SUMMER, UM, IN THEIR JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM.
AND THEN ALSO OUR DIVE TEAM ACTUALLY, UH, GETTING, DOING TRAINING AS WELL.
UH, THE WEATHER IS, WE'RE ALWAYS ADAPTING TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US AND IT'S, UH, HAPPENING TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS REAL IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF, UH, RECRUITS YOU HAVE FOR THIS YEAR'S, UH, ACADEMY.
UM, FOR THE FIRE ACADEMY, IT'S A BIG ONE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL GRADUATE FROM THAT? I MEAN, ALL OF 'EM, HOPEFULLY.
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UH, JUST ONE THING TO NOTE FROM MARINE SAFETY.UH, PUTTING CHIEF MEDINA ON THE SPOT, UH, LAST WEEK WAS HIS FIRST, UH, COMMISSION MEETING FOR, UH, DIVISION OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS FOR THE STATE.
SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS CHIEF MEDINA ON THIS
AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VOTING AND WATER RANGE COMMISSIONS, UH, ARE ARE VERY CENTRIC TO LONG BEACH.
AND SO I CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHERE A LOT OF OUR SERVES ARE GOING TO ALIGN WITH THEIRS, UH, GOING FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO, UH, THE MARINE BUREAU ELEMENT.
UH, LET'S START WITH, UH, BRIAN PLANT MARINE OPERATIONS.
UM, SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO THE, THE DETAILS.
SO OCCUPANCY, CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 93.8% OCCUPIED, UM, 402 NIGHTS OF GUEST DAYS.
SO, YOU KNOW, SEASONALLY THIS IS NOT TYPICALLY VOTING WEATHER, SO DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN THAT, BUT STILL GETTING TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH.
UM, WE HAVE A SAVE GRANT THAT IS, IS FINALLY READY FOR US TO BE USING, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VOTING WATERWAYS.
AND THAT IS THE DISPOSAL OF, UH, VESSELS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OR, UH, HAZARDOUS NAVIGATION.
SO WE HAVE A HUNDRED, A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO USE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, UM, UP THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO REALLY HIT THEIR CHECK BOXES THIS TIME.
UM, SOME OF THE, THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD THIS LAST TIME WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE GRANT APPLICATION WAS THAT THEY WANTED US TO RECEIVE TURN IN BOATS.
UM, SO CONSISTENTLY WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF BOATS IN OUR FOOTPRINT THAT ARE, THAT A DRIFT THAT ARE LEFT WITH US, UH, THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE IMPOUND AND LEAN PROCESS THAT TO HAVE.
UH, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY LARGER VESSELS THAT ARE BIG ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.
WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THEM IN THE PAST.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT MOVE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT FIT US A LITTLE BIT, UH, WITH THEIR GRANT REGULATIONS THIS YEAR.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET VOTES TURNED INTO US, UM, AT LOWER PRICE POINTS.
REALLY CAN TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE, THE DOLLARS AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THROUGH THIS YEAR.
UM, FOCUS ON SOME SMALLER VESSELS, UM, THAT ARE IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
UM, WE ALSO JUST GOT THE VESSEL PUMP OUT GRANT, UH, APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, LAST MONTH.
SO WE WERE BE REPLACING ONE OF OUR OLD PUMP OUT STATIONS AT DO 10, UM, WITH A NEW KIKO PUMP.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY COOL PROGRAM START UTILIZING, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.
UM, THEY PROVIDE 75% OF THE, THE COST OF REPLACEMENT.
UM, ONCE WE KIND OF GET THE FEELERS ON THIS, THERE'S ALSO A, UH, MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE ELEMENT GRANT THAT WE CAN GO OUT FOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE REPLACING NOZZLES, HOSES, UM, STAFF, TIME TO DO REBUILDS, REBUILD PARTS, LIKE THOSE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT WE CAN GO OUT FOR A GRANT, UH, FOR THROUGH
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON IN OUR FOOTPRINT, UM, BASED TWO PUMP OUT.
I'M NOT GOING TOUCH ON IT TOO MUCH, I SUPPOSE HE'S GONNA HIT IT, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE KICKED OFF, UH, IN THE NEAR VERY SHORTLY.
UM, WE HAVE OUR, UH, ACCESS UPGRADE SYSTEM HAPPENING DOWN IN SHORELINE VILLAGE.
SO WE HAVE A VERY OLD SYSTEM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS.
UH, THOSE PARTS ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO COME BY, UH, WHEN IT GOES OUT.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, STUCK WITH GATES THAT ARE INOPERABLE, UM, AND NON-FUNCTION.
SO WE'RE UPGRADING THAT SYSTEM.
UH, ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS THAT SYSTEMS CAN PROVIDE BESIDES JUST HAVING THE PARTS AVAILABLE, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF CLONED KEY FOBS.
SO PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO COPY OUR KEY FOBS ANYMORE, JUST BY GONNA TO THE HARDWARE STORE.
UM, LAST ONE I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS, WE'LL LEAVE THESE GUYS WITH SOME STUFF IS, UH, OUR ENCLOSURE DOWN AT D SIX.
SO WE HAVE A TRASH ENCLOSURE, UH, THAT, UH, CORY'S TEAM PILOTED, UH, NEXT TO LYDEN GATE.
UH, IT'S DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING TRASH ENCLOSED, UH, NOT GOING AROUND, UH, CRATERS OUT OF THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT LOCKING.
WE DON'T HAVE A A SECURE, A WAY TO SECURE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, AS, YOU KNOW, WEATHER AND, YOU KNOW, UH, UNHOUSED PEOPLE MOVING TO THE FOOTPRINT.
UH, CORY'S TEAM HAS, HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN, UM, THAT HAD A MECHANICAL LOCK THERE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THAT THROUGH TO GET IT SECURED AS WELL AS ADD SOLAR, UH, MOTION LIGHTING IN THERE.
SO AS PEOPLE ARE VISITING THOSE FACILITIES THAT NIGHT, UH, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE.
UH, JUST ONE, UH, NOTE FOR BRIAN.
HE'S COMING UP ON HIS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE CITY HERE, AND WHEN YOU COME FROM THE OUTSIDE INTO INTO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WORK, AND IT'S A LOT, IT HITS YOU A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS TO LEARN.
AND SO JUST BY THE BREADTH OF HIS REPORT THERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY HE'S CAUGHT ON.
SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT BRIAN'S BEEN DOING AND WHAT HE CONTINUES TO DO.
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ALRIGHT, BRIAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A NEW CAR AT ONE YEAR.DID THEY TELL YOU THAT WHERE YOU WERE AWARE? IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S ONE OF THE PEDAL CARS.
IT'S, I THINK THEY CALL IT A SERIES OR WHATEVER.
I'M GONNA START RIDING AROUND JUST LIKE THAT.
UH, WE'LL MOVE TO KELLY, KELLY ARMSTRONG AND BEACH MAINTENANCE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, UH, UPDATES FROM BEACH MAINTENANCE.
OUR, UH, TEAM IS EXTENSIVELY WORKING TO CLEAR, UM, UH, THE MAIN STORM DRAINS ON, ON THE BEACH.
THE, UH, THOSE WERE OPENED UP, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM SEASON.
UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO GET RAIN, OUR CREWS JUST MAKE SURE THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE FLOWING PROPERLY.
UM, UH, THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO REMOVE DEBRIS THAT IS COMING, UH, ASHORE FROM, UH, RECENT RAINS.
THAT DEBRIS HASN'T BEEN SIGNIFICANT, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN IN PAST, BUT, UM, LARGER, MORE AMOUNTS OF RAIN, UH, COULD BRING MORE DEBRIS.
UH, THERE IS A, UH, A LARGER WEST SWELL, UH, COMING UP, UH, THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
WE HAVE CREWS, UH, MONITORING THAT AND THAT WILL BE WORKING, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO, UH, REINFORCE THE PENINSULA BURN AND EXPECTATION OF SOME HIGHER, UH, WAVES.
UH, THOSE ARE FROM THE WEST DIRECTION AND, AND KIND OF A LOWER TO MODERATE TIDE.
SO WE DON'T FORESEE, UH, TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON THE BURN.
UH, JANUARY'S TOTALS FOR, UH, TRASH AND DEBRIS OFF THE BEACH IS 102 TONS, UH, UP FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS.
BUT, UH, THAT'S WITH SOME OF THE, THE PAST RAIN THAT WE WERE SEEING COMING IN.
UH, OUR QUEENSWAY BAY DIVISION, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING TO, UH, EXTENDED SHIFTS, UH, DURING, UH, TIMES OF STORMS AND RAIN.
SO, UH, THEY'RE WORKING, UH, ON THE, UM, RAINBOW HARBOR DEBRIS BOOT.
UH, SO THEY'RE WORKING 24 HOUR SHIFTS.
OUR, OUR CREWS WILL DO EXTENDED SHIFTS.
WE WORK WITH LIFEGUARDS, UH, TO, UM, MAN, THE, THE DEBRIS BOOM FOR THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING, UH, TO, UH, RUNNING OUR LARGE DEBRIS SKIMMER BOATS TO CLEAN, UH, ANY DEBRIS OR NAVIGATIONAL HAZARDS FROM THE MARINAS, UH, IN THE BAY.
UM, OUR QUEENSWAY BAY STAFF ALSO COORDINATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, JUST RECENTLY ON A LARGE POWER OUTAGE, UH, THAT OCCURRED IN RAINBOW HARBOR.
UM, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, REPAIR SOME HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL THAT WAS FEEDING DOCK FIVE, UM, THAT WAS COMPLETED YESTERDAY.
UH, SO THAT'S BACKED UP AND RUNNING.
UH, FINALLY OUR GROUNDS DIVISION, UM, WE HAVE A LAWN TWO OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN, UH, EVENT HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY THE 15TH, UH, IN BASIN THREE IN ALAMEDA BAY.
UH, ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE'VE COORDINATED WITH LONG BEACH UTILITIES AND SURF RIDER FOUNDATION.
UM, OUR, OUR PREVIOUS EVENT WAS DOWN IN THE SHORELINE MARINA, SO WE'RE BACK OVER IN ALBI BAY, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, THAT WORK.
UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE BASIN THREE, NEAR DOCKS 24 AND 23.
UM, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, UH, THE NEW UPDATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE BLUFF PARKS WAS, UH, COMPLETED.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE USING THAT MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS FOR LANDSCAPE, UM, AND SOME NICE LITTLE SMALLER PROJECT.
OUR LANDSCAPE CREW, UM, WAS REQUESTED TO PUT IN SOME NEW, UH, PLANTS NEAR THE GRANADA CONCESSION BUILDING.
SO JUST KIND OF A EMPTY BEARING, UH, PLANTER BED THERE.
SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND, UH, IT REALLY ENHANCES THAT VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
UH, AND OF COURSE, GRAND PRIX IS, UH, STARTING TO SET UP NOW, SO OUR GROUNDS CREW IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS WORKING WITH THEM IN PREPARATION FOR GRAND PRIX.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD THE VCAP CONTRACT, IS THAT REMOVABLE ANNUALLY? UM, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH CONTRACT.
THE, THE ONE THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BLUFF PARK.
UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS SET UP WITH, UH, LIKE I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK, BUT MOST CONTRACTS ARE, I THINK IT'S FIVE YEAR ON THAT ONE.
YEAH, IT'S FIVE YEAR, IT'S LIKE THREE YEARS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO ROLL OVER FOR A CONTINUOUS TWO.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S COMING UP FOR RENEWAL, UM, NEXT YEAR I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK, BUT IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
I I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY ONE QUICK THING.
UM, I KNOW I'VE SAID IT BEFORE.
UH, THERE'S A REALLY GOOD PLANT PALLET ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIP ZONING AND I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER IT WHEN YOU ARE DOING ANY PLANTINGS.
'CAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I THINK ABOUT THAT NEW ZONING.
UM, ESPECIALLY THE, THE ALAMEDAS BAY, UM, LAWN GARDENING EVENT USES, UM, A LOT OF THE PLANTS IN THAT, UM, PLANT PALLET OR CIP.
UM, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT TEAM TO USE THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT APPLIES TO, UH, EXISTING, UH, STUFF, BUT NEW CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO USE THOSE PLANTS, SO IT'S
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JUST, THEY'RE JUST, IT'S A GREAT THING.UM, AND THIS COMES OUT OF THE, UH, REPORT THAT'S PART OF OUR ATTACHMENT, UM, TO TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
AND I HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE USE OF OUR QUEENSWAY BASED STAFF AND THE DESCRIPTORS THAT, UH, ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY DETAILED AS TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND WHERE THE WORK IS BEING PERFORMED ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN TERMS OF YOUR STAFF.
SO IN THE MONTHLY REPORT, IT SAYS THAT THE QUEENSWAY BASED STAFF CLEANED ALL OF THE RAINBOW LAGOON BASKET FILTERS, UM, AND, UH, DEALING WITH, UM, ALGAE REMOVAL AND, UM, USING HAND NETS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS MONTH'S REPORT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THE CONTRACT, THAT'S PART OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED, UM, BY THE CITY IN THESE SENSITIVE AREAS, INCLUDING LAGOON.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH ALGAE BLOOMS AND AQUATIC VEGETATION AND TO REMOVE UNWANTED AQUATIC PLANTS.
SO THERE'S, TO ME, A SORT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE DETAIL AND THE SORT OF EFFORT THAT GOES ON, ON THE PART OF QUEENSWAY BASED STAFF AND THE WORK THAT'S DESCRIBED FOR THE SENSITIVE HABITAT, UH, CONTRACTOR, OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS SUPPOSEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SAME WORK.
CAN YOU HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON? SURE, YEAH.
UM, OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM, UM, HAS HISTORICALLY, UM, WORK THE RAINBOW LAGOON IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, UH, LANDSCAPE, UH, CONTRACTS.
SO OUR QUEENS BAY BAY TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, LIKE IT SAYS IN THE REPORT DAILY, UM, CLEANINGS OF THE 60 FILTER BASKETS IN THE RAINBOW LAGOON, RIGHT.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, TRASH AND, AND, UH, ALGAE REMOVAL BEFORE IT ENTERS.
UM, THOSE FILTER BASKETS, WE SPECIFICALLY LEFT IT OFF THE, UM, CONTRACTUAL DUTIES OF A, A SUB OF A, A CONTRACTOR.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF WERE THERE EVERY DAY.
WE NEEDED THEM TO ON, ON A SPECIFIC TIME BEFORE THE PUMP'S TURNED ON, UH, TO FURTHER PREVENT ANY DAMAGES TO OUR, OUR PUMP SYSTEM.
UM, SO THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO THERE.
UM, AGAIN, DAILY, UH, SUMMERTIME WE'LL BE THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK CLEAN.
UM, THE LAGOON RIGHT NOW, IT'S OFF SEASON, SO WE'RE PROBABLY AT FIVE OR SIX DAYS.
UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE CONTRACTOR DOES, UH, IN RELATION TO THE ALGAE, UH, IS REALLY KIND OF ON A BIGGER PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE ALGAE BLOOMS, UH, SO THEY DO SOME DIVING WORK FOR US TO REMOVE ALGAE THAT'S WE CAN'T GET TO.
UH, AND THEN IF WE HAD A LARGER ALGAE TYPE BLOOM, UH, THEY'VE WORKED, UH, TO REMOVE ALL THAT.
FORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE AGAN BLOOMS IN QUITE SOME TIME.
SO WE STILL USE THOSE SERVICES, UH, AT THE RAIN LAGOON FOR OTHER, UM, REQUIRED WORK WITH, UM, UNDERWATER, UH, REPAIRS TO, UH, PUMP SYSTEMS, THE WATER FILL SYSTEM, THAT SORT OF THING COUNTS.
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION BECAUSE THESE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TIME AND RESOURCES ON THE PART OF CITY STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT BODY OF WATER.
UM, AND THE NOTION THAT, UM, THERE IS A CONTRACTOR WHO HAS, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO, IN THE RFQ, AT LEAST FOR SOMEONE JUST READING THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE PART OF THE CONTRACTOR, UM, THE, THE DISTINCTION THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING AND WHAT IS CALLED FOR UNDER THE CONTRACT IS CLEAR.
BUT, UM, IT'S, UH, SORT OF A QUESTION OF QUANTITY AND I GUESS QUALITY WORK, OR NOT QUALITY WORK, BUT THE EXTENT OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH RESPECT TO ALGAE REMOVAL AND DEBRIS REMOVAL, AND NOT JUST MERELY, UM, THE, I GUESS THE PEOPLE WHO, YEAH, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, UH, DEFINITELY STILL RUN BY CITY STAFF AND THEN, UH, CONTRACTORS, UM, FIRST CONTRACT.
JUST TO ADD ON COMMISSIONER'S IDEA TOO, I MEAN, THE COST FACTOR, IF WE WERE GOING OUTSIDE TO DO IT, DO WE LOOK AT THE HOURS OF THAT GROUP OTHER THAN JUST THE RFA, WHAT IT COST US TO DO IT? DO WE LOOK AT THEIR HOURS OF WHAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO DO, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, SAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT AND WE HAD TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
DO YOU INCUR THOSE HOURS AT LEAST OF HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO DO A SET JOB? UH, ACCUR THE HOURS OF CITY STAFF,
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NOT SO MUCH CITY STAFF.I MEAN, JUST HAVING ANOTHER, ANOTHER SHEET OF BEING CRYSTAL CLEAR, OKAY, THEY DID THIS JOB, IT TOOK THEM 227 HOURS IN, IN, IN TWO WEEKS, WHATEVER.
DO WE HAVE THAT, OR IS IT JUST A, IT COST US $56,000 TO HAVE THEM DO IT? ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT THE HOURS? I DON'T KNOW IF WE LOOK AT HOURS SPECIFICALLY.
WE DO RECEIVE MONTHLY REPORTS AND WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.
UM, UH, WE PROVIDE WORK ORDERS TO THEM, UM, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY BRING IT DOWN TO AN HOUR.
I'M JUST SAYING FOR YOUR BENEFIT OF JUST HAVING THAT REPORT OF, OF YOUR LOG IN THE, YOU KNOW, TODD'S LOG OF SAYING, HEY, IF WE HAD TO DO IT OURSELVES, THIS IS THE HOURS IT WOULD'VE COST US, WHAT IT WOULD'VE COST US.
BECAUSE I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE USING AN OUTSIDE VENDOR THAN IT IS USING SOMEBODY IF THEY HAVE TO GO ON OT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, JUST A THOUGHT, JUST AGAIN, JUST A THOUGHT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR KELLY? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE TO CORY AND MARINE MAINS.
UH, WE ARE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR POWER, UH, OVER AT THE MARINE STADIUM GROUND LANDSCAPE BUILDING.
UM, EVERYTHING'S BEEN INSTALLED.
WE ARE WAITING ON WIFI TWO ANTENNAS TO COME IN.
UM, SO I GIVE IT ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE CAN REMOVE THE GENERATOR AND, UH, GET THAT OFF THE GRID.
UM, WE HAD A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OVER AT D SIX WOMEN'S BLOOD OWNER RESTROOM.
UM, WE HAD A SHOWER DRAIN ISSUE IN THE HANDICAP SHOWER.
UPON OPENING THE SHOWER PAN, WE FOUND THAT THE DRAIN SYSTEM ITSELF HAD COLLAPSED ON ITSELF.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO A FULL RESTORATION OF THE DRAIN IN THAT RESTROOM.
UM, WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS OFF FROM STARTING THAT.
WE'RE WAITING ON LABOR COMPLAINTS TO COME THROUGH AND THEN, UM, WE'LL GET STARTED ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, WE WILL BE REPLACING ALL THE SIGNAGE ON THE PL PARK, UH, STAIRS AND PARK ITSELF.
UM, EVERYTHING WAS ORDERED AS OF YESTERDAY, SO GIVE US A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET THAT IN AND GET THAT INSTALLED.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 12 TREES REMAINING IN THE UPPER BAY.
UH, WE NEED A LOW TIDE, A NEGATIVE TIDE TO GET UNDER THERE.
CURRENTLY OUR GROUND WORK BOAT IS DOWN FOR SERVICE.
UH, WE HAVE A STARTER ISSUE ONCE IT COMES ONLINE, WE CAN GET UNDER THERE, UM, AND GET THOSE TREES OUT.
I HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU AN UPDATE YET,
UM, WE DID CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY THAT BROUGHT IN A BARGE TO TRY AND GET THE TREES.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE PENINSULA TREES REMOVED YESTERDAY.
UM, BUT IT'S TOO LARGE TO FIT UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
SO WE'RE BACK LEANING FOR A FRONT, UM, BASIN TWO PUMP OUT ENHANCEMENT.
WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING THE TWO PUMP OUTS THAT ARE ON BASIN, TWO
UM, AND WE'LL BE INSTALLING SEVERAL, UM, UH, SWITCHES THAT'LL ISOLATE FOR ONE DOCK, SO IT'LL IMPROVE THE SUCTION AND, UM, MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR THE BUILDERS THAT ARE USING THE PUMP OUTS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO START THAT MARCH 1ST IS IT'S TENTATIVE PLAN.
WE'RE WAITING ON THE COMPLAINTS ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, I SAW AN EMAIL COME THROUGH THE WEEK BEFORE I LEFT TO THE MEETING, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN, UM, DOCK 10, UH, MOORING DOCK, PUBLIC MOORING DOCK.
WE ARE TIGHTENING SOME TIGHT RODS AND THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW, WEATHER RELATED.
IT'S PAUSED, BUT WE'LL START BACK ON MONDAY WITH THAT, HOPEFULLY COMPLETE NEXT WEEK.
AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? WILL WE TURN THE LIGHTS ON ON THE TREES AND BE HAPPY?
WE, WE HAVE, WE'RE ALMOST ARE GOING FORWARD TOO, ALSO WITH THE, UH, THE BUOYS, CORRECT? YES.
WE WILL BE INSTALLING THOSE ONCE THE GROUND BOATS UP, THAT PROJECT, THAT PROJECTS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR CORY? OKAY.
UM, I PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON FOLLOWING OUR STRATEGIC PLANS.
WE HAVE A CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE HAVE A 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND I PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE THREE OF THESE GUYS TO REALLY INCORPORATE WHAT THEY DO INTO THOSE ELEMENTS AND REALLY, UH, FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE THINGS.
AND OVER THE PAST YEAR, THEY'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO GET A LOT OF PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, ILLUMINATED BUOYS IN THE BAY.
CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IN THE PAST.
IT'S THE THREE OF THESE GENTLEMEN TOGETHER THAT HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND BEEN SOME, UH, ALL THREE OF THEM ARE IN NEW POSITIONS AND THIS PAST YEAR, AND THEY'VE RESPONDED EVERY TIME.
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ONE THING THAT'S A TRUE MEASURE THAT WE HEAR ABOUT, WE GET LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND I'M ALWAYS BRINGING UP THINGS THAT ARE KNITS, BUT WHAT OVERSHADOWS ALL THOSE KNITS ARE, UM, THE FOCUS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ON CUSTOMER SERVICE.WE CONSISTENTLY HEAR ABOUT EACH OF THESE AREAS AND HOW THEY EXCEL IN RESPONDING TO CUSTOMERS AND, AND GOING THE EXTRA MILE AND RETURNING PHONE CALLS.
AND THAT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.
NO, IT'S JUST THE LITTLE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, UH, UM, MONTHS AGO, PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ON, ON, ON NAPLES ISLAND ON, WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE LITTLE SPECIAL ISLAND.
WHAT'S THE ISLAND? TREASURE ISLAND.
UM, AND HAVING THAT ELDERLY, AND SHE WAS 91 YEARS OLD, AND SHE JUST KEPT SAYING, THEY'RE FISHING AND THEY'RE GOING ACROSS MY HUSBAND'S BOAT.
HER HUSBAND HAD DIED, BUT THEY'RE REELING IN THE, THE, THE FISH OVER HER BOAT.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE FISHING THERE, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGNS.
UM, AND WE HAD THREE SIGNS UP.
BUT SHE WAS SO ECSTATIC, HAPPY.
SHE WAS SO ECSTATIC THAT THE SIGNS WENT UP IN A MATTER OF THREE OR FOUR DAYS AND THE FISHING STOPPED.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT THOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS HEAR FROM PEOPLE.
AND WE CAN ABLE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO YOU ALL INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR ANOTHER MONTH TO BRING IT UP IN A MEETING.
SO A COUPLE THINGS, UH, STILL KIND OF ALONG THAT LINE OF STRATEGIC PLANS, UH, JUST THIS OTHER WEEK, THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR THE OLYMPICS, UH, WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MADE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'RE STARTING TO GET A LOT OF MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR, UH, FOR, UH, 2028 NEEDS, WORKING WITH THE SPECIFIC, UH, VENUE LOCATIONS, AND THEN THE IMPACTS AND WELL, THE REQUESTS FOR USE, AND THEN THE IMPACTS OF THAT USE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE PARTICULARS TO PROVIDE YOU JUST YET, BUT, UH, JUST KNOW THAT THOSE ASS ARE COMING IN.
UH, THE CITY'S STARTING TO FIELD THOSE AND, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION TO THIS BODY AND OTHER BODIES WILL BE COMING OUT SOON ON THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE AN EFFORT.
UH, WE ALWAYS SAY, OH, IN 2020 EIGHTS, 2028, IT'S A WAYS AWAY.
BUT JUST THE MEETINGS WE'VE BEEN IN RECENTLY, IT'S LIKE, IT'S TOMORROW.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE WORKING HARD AND, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN MARINE SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, MARINE PATROL, UH, WE WILL GET THE JOB DONE AND, AND MAKE 2028 AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST FOR THE WORLD IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT ALSO FOR ALL BOATERS, OUR PERMITEES AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BEACH GOERS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE HAVE A FOUR MONTH PILOT THAT IS COMING ONLINE, UH, I'M HOPING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
IT'S IN THE EQUIPMENT'S IN PROCUREMENT.
IT'S FOR THRONE SMART RESTROOMS, UH, FROM A COMPANY CALLED THRONE LABS.
UH, THESE RESTROOMS ARE, ARE, UH, TEMPORARY IN NATURE AND IT'S, IT'S A A WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PUT THIS? A UH, SMART RESTROOM.
SMART RESTROOM ACCESS, THOUGH, UH, IT'S FREE TO USE, BUT YOU HAVE TO CODE IN VIA AN APP OR QR CODE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THIS.
AND WE'LL BE PUTTING A COUPLE IN THE, UH, MARINE AREA.
ONE WILL BE AT THE, UH, BASE OF THE BELMONT PIER.
UH, IF YOU'RE CROSSING THE BELMONT PIERRE ON THE BIKE PATH, IT'LL BE ON THE, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE NORTHWEST SIDE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WILL BE ALONG THE BIKE PATH.
NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE JUST YET, BUT IN THE SHORELINE, UH, MARINA COMPLEX AREA ALONG THE BIKE PATH THERE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR PUBLIC RESTROOMS, BUT ALSO ADDRESS IT IN A SAFE, SECURE, AND CLEAN WAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT.
YOU THINK MAYBE YOU CAN PUT ONE OVER WHERE THAT THE, UH, THE DATE BOAT GOES OUT FROM, UH, UH, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE THAT'S LOCKED UP TO THE, THE BOAT OWNERS ONLY.
AND THE ONE GENTLEMAN WON'T OPEN HIS RESTAURANTS OVER.
I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT TO YOU, SIR.
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS FOUR MONTH PILOT WILL REALLY TELL US, UH, THE FEASIBILITY OF IT.
AND IF IT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LOCATION THAT I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'D LOOK AT IT AND YOU LOOK AT THE RESTROOM CAPABILITIES AND YOU LOOK AT THE GRAND PRI CUP, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE TAKING THAT BOAT OVER, GOING BACK AND FORTH.
EVERY 15 MINUTES IS GONNA COME.
UH, THE, THE PARKING LOTS DEFINITELY WILL BE FULL.
UH, WITH ONE RESTROOM, WHICH IS DONE BY YOU.
THAT'S IT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT'LL BE COMING THROUGH THERE.
THERE'S ONE RESTAURANT, ONE THING ABOUT PLACING A
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TEMPORARY RESTAURANT THERE, I HAVE A PERFECT SPOT FOR IT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SPOT GETS RESERVED FOR PARKING FOR SOMEONE A LOT.I'LL CORRECT THAT IF YOU WANT.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR THREE WONDERFUL SUPERVISORS AND COORDINATORS AND, AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
I WILL, YOU'VE BEEN ON IN YEAR TOO.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM BEING ON IN HERE.
I JUST, IT'S YOUR, IT'S BEEN YOUR ANNIVERSARY TOO.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT TAMLIN.
I TEND TO JOKE, UH, THAT TAMLIN IS TRULY THE BOSS OF THE MARINE BUREAU, BUT, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S A JOKE.
SHE IS, SHE IS OUR, SHE IS OUR CONSCIENCE.
UH, SHE IS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT KEEPS US ON THE, ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW AND THE PATH MOVING FORWARD.
SO THERE'S NOT A LOT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS THAT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, PUSHED FORWARD AND MOVE BY YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES, THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
ALL IN FAVOR ALL THAT, BUT I THINK WE, DO WE GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE DURING THE RECORDING? WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYWHERE? OKAY.
UM, WE ARE A LITTLE BRAVE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA IN FUTURE TIMES.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA REMIND ALL OF US A LITTLE BIT OF BROWN ACT THAT IF WE BRAINSTORM WITH SOME ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE ON THE FUTURE CALENDAR ITEMS, UM, WE REALLY CAN'T DISCUSS THE ITEMS THEMSELVES, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE CAPTURED A LIST OF THINGS.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S, AT TIMES WE WANNA DO A DEEPER DIVE AND WE WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE LEAD TIME IF WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS TO GET THE RIGHT SPEAKERS HERE AND TO GET THEM HERE ON A TIMELY ALLOTMENT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS GIVE SOME INPUTS AND THEN WHEN WE TURN THAT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE TEMPTED TO GIVE MORE OF AN EXPLANATION WHY IT'S AN IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM.
BUT IF YOU COULD KEEP IT JUST TO THE TOPIC OF AN AGENDA ITEM YOU'D LIKE US TO INCLUDE IN THE FUTURE, UM, THAT'LL HELP US LOOKING FORWARD THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
SO I'LL START OUT WITH A, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR US TO START TO, UH, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CALENDAR AND AGENDA ITEMS. I MOVE.
UM, I THINK WE'LL START AS, UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS? I'M JUST GONNA DO A RAN LIST ON, ON MY PAPER, BRUCE.
I'D JUST LOVE TO SEE MORE DONE AND, AND WHAT WE COULD DO AT RAINBOW HARBOR AND SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE THERE THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY DO, WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY GET THERE.
UM, AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF, I DON'T LIKE USING POLLUTION.
IT'S NOT POLLUTION, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A HUNDRED JET SKIS GOING OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
HOW LONG IS THAT FOR? HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA BE USED FOR? ARE THE, IS IT REALLY SAFETY? WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DOCKS OVER IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND IT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS NOT SO MUCH SAYING ABOVE BOARD, BUT HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF IT WHERE IT DOESN'T COME AND SURPRISE US BY SOMEBODY SENDING A TEXT OR A, A QUESTION TO COMMISSIONER.
AS A REMINDER, JUST ON, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE GET TEMPTED RAINBOW HARBOR TO THANK HAVE ONE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE, WE HAVE THE CONSERVATION CORPS COME AND TALK ABOUT THE, THE, UH, SHORT AND THE FUNDING THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED TO HAVE AN OCEAN FOR THAT.
UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK MAYBE WITH, WITH, UM,
ANNA? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON A REQUEST FROM A PREVIOUS YEAR ON, UM, DUNE RESTORATION, THE POTENTIAL FOR DUNE RESTORATION ON SULA BEACH, PARTICULARLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DREDGING AND THE WIDENING OF THAT BEACH, FOLLOWING THE, THE DREDGING OF THE, UM, GYMS. OTHER SUGGESTIONS? I'D LIKE TO PERIODICALLY HEAR THINGS, UM, ABOUT THE, THE OLYMPICS AND ABOUT HOW WE'RE HOLDING ON TO THE, UM, THE OLYMPIC SPORTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED AND THAT TO MAINTAIN THAT.
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I WANNA DOVETAIL ON THAT.AND, AND IF THERE'S ANY, UM, PARTICULAR SPORTING, UM, LIKE SO FOR THE ROWING ASSOCIATION IF, UM, HOW, HOW THE CANOEING OR ROWING RELATES TO BEING A MARINE STADIUM ALSO, UH, FROM THE OLYMPICS, BUT ALSO FROM THE SPORTING FEDERATION, IF THERE'S ANYTHING RELEVANT FOR US.
LITTLE MORE CONTEXT ON THAT, PLEASE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I MEAN THE CITY HAS ANNOUNCED, UH, WHAT VENUES OR WHAT SPORTS GONNA BE AND WHAT VENUES.
UM, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE CANOE HERE, IS THERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CANOE USA THAT UM, WOULD LIKE INFORMATION FROM US FOR, WE COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THEM TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THEIR SPORT AS WE CAN EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT MAYBE SPORTS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ARE AQUA.
UM, AND ALSO, COULD WE PARTICIPATE OR NOT PARTICIPATE OR AT WHAT LEVEL DO THEY, WHAT LEVEL OF CROSS PARTICIPATION? SO I'M TRYING TO THINK THIS THROUGH.
SO MAYBE A, MAYBE A GUEST SPEAKER FROM A SPECIFIC SPORT FEDERATION ON THEIR USE IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
WELL, AND, AND MAYBE REVIEWING THE RULES ON RAIN STADIUM.
I WAS AT THE, I WENT TO THE, UH, BELMONT HEIGHTS COMMUNITY AS MEETING, UH, LAST NIGHT.
AND UH, PEOPLE WERE ASKING, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN ABOUT THE PEER, UM, OR THE PROPOSED PEER AND THAT, UM, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT'S JUST, MAYBE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE COMMISSION, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, WITH DECLINING, ANTICIPATED DECLINING THAILAND LANDS FUNDS, IT'S GONNA BE SOMEBODY'S PROBLEM TO TAKE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF THAT FUND, PRIORITIZE THEM, AND THEN FIGURE OUT IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO KEEP FUNDING THEM AT PREVIOUS LEVELS.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT US, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SOMEONE, UM, MAPLE SEA WALL PENINSULA, UM, UH, BERMS, UM, POOLS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REASONABLE OR NOT, BUT EVENTUALLY RIGHT HAND'S GOTTA MEET LEFT HAND SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
COULD, COULD WE DO ONE FOR A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR FUNDING FOR OUR BEACH AND, AND NOT JUST TITANS, BUT OUR MARINE DEPARTMENTS SINCE THEY CANCELED THAT, I BELIEVE THREE YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO.
LAST YEAR WAS 2019, SO THEY CANCELED THEIR 500,000 A YEAR AND IT COST OVER 500,000 FOR ONE MONTH'S CLEANUP WHEN THERE'S NO WEATHER.
UM, SO MAYBE WE CAN DRAFT A LETTER AND HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL REQUEST 5,000,006.
SO WE TALKED TO A DEEPER DIVE ON THE TIDELANDS, MAYBE A DEEPER DIVE ON OUR FINANCE.
UM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUT TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT.
AND I, WE DID TOUCH ON SOME BENCHMARKING WITH OTHER MARINAS, BUT A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT AS WELL.
SO FINANCE AND, UM, AND OTHER MARINAS.
I'M GONNA TAG SORT OF, YOU KNOW, COME IN UNDERNEATH THE SORT OF THE FINANCIAL ISSUE, UM, AND THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE MARINE BUREAU.
UM, THE COMMENT THAT, UH, MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION IS GENERALLY AFTER THE FACT AFTER PROCESS HAS BEEN APPROVED, COULD IT BE, UM, AN AGENDA ITEM MAYBE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT COULD ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME VISIBILITY ON THE BUDGET FOR MARINE EURO AND HOW THINGS ARE MOVING AHEAD, WHAT THE PROJECTED BUDGET MIGHT BE AND WHAT MIGHT, WHAT THE ASPIRATIONS AND GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ON THE CONTRACTS.
I KNOW THEY SAID THAT WE ARE GONNA PUT OUT DAVEY'S LAUNCH RAMP AGAIN DURING WINTER.
SO SOME OF THOSE, UM, STATUS OF, UH, OUT OUTSIDE CONTRACTS.
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INFORMATION ON THE STORM DRINK, HOW THE EFFECT THE BEACH.IS AT THIS POINT WE ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BIPO LIKE LIGHTING
MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW THE POLICE FROM HERE, LONG BEACH HERE, BUT I'D SURE LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH THE, THE MINI BIKES, THE DIRT BIKE THAT, THAT COMES UNDER THE BIKE CABINET.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, I JUST PUT BIKE PATH ALL ENCOMPASSING.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FOLLOW FROM THE QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS ON INDIA AND THE HOUSE ISSUE ON WHAT HOUSE OR, OR UNHOUSED, RIGHT? YEAH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ON OUR, I WOULD LIKE HOW IN THE CURRENT, UH, ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER MARINA.
I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HEAR HOW THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON TO DC UH, WILL AFFECT OUR FUNDING AND OTHER, OTHER PROGRAMS AND THINGS.
ONE THING THAT YOU SHOULD APPRECIATE AND KIND OF GLANCE OVER IS THE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M ALSO JUNIOR STAFF COMMENT ASSOCIATION BAY CLUBS, WHICH IS A CONSOLATION OF ALL THE U CLUBS FROM CAB BEACH.
SO WE GOT A BUNCH OF THEM HERE AND YOU GUYS JUST SO EASY TO WORK WITH AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE LARGE ADAS THAT COME IN AND ALL THE END AND ALL OTHER STUFF.
YOU GUYS WORK THERE EASY TO WORK WITH.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE TALK ABOUT THAT MUCH, BUT TO THE SAILING COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF UPSIDE FOR HAVING NEW PEOPLE COME INTO THE MARINA AND SAY, WELL, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO DROP BACK OR TO COME HOME, BY THE WAY.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A MARKETING ASPECT TO THIS STUFF, BUT IF IT STARTS WITH A COOPERATION, SO MAKE THIS A NICE PLACE TO VISIT AND, AND AGAIN, AS A BOAT OWNER, I, I THINK ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD APPRECIATE WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IS THE MARINAS ARE LIKE A VISUAL HIGHLIGHT FOR BOTH THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE L THIS AREA.
OTHER SUGGESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? ONE LAST.
AS YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONERS, UM, EVERY MONTH WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST THINGS THAT SHOULD GO IN THE AGENDA.
AND AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE ALWAYS WELCOME INPUT AS WELL.
BUT THIS I THINK IS GONNA HELP US LOOK FORWARD IN THE, THE MONTHS AHEAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S, UM, BOOKING SPEAKERS THAT MAY BE A CHALLENGE.
UH, SO LET'S, UH, GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO, UM, TO FILE THAT REPORT ON, UH, DISABILITY CALENDAR ITEMS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WE HAD, UH, SOME COMMITTEE REPORTS.
UH, ONE WAS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, AND WE DISCUSSED, UM, BEING IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS, UM, THAT MEET IN PROPERTIES THAT ARE BOTH OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY.
AND, UM, TO BRING US CONSISTENT WITH THOSE IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TODAY.
AND OF COURSE THEN WE WORKED ON AN AGENDA THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED AND, UM, THAT WAS ABOUT ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THAT.
UM, MARINE AND BEACH MAINTENANCE MET, WE, WE MET TODAY.
UH, AND MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE ISSUES, UH, AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH CONCERNS, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF IT, UH, IS DELAYS.
UM, WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT DELAYS AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN THE CITY OF LA WHEN MAYOR BASS AND EVERYBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY WITHIN A WEEK,
UH, DELAY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
UH, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY IN A HANDICAPPED, UH, SHOWER, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT WE'RE WAITING.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT, UH,
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AS A COMMITTEE.THE OTHER ONE TOO THAT ALWAYS FRUSTRATES ME IS YES, THE DOLLARS, THE TIDE LENS DOLLARS GOING AWAY, UH, AND OTHER CITIES THAT AREN'T PUTTING IN THAT THEIR TRASH, THEIR FIELD COMES DOWN RIGHT TO LONG BEACH.
UH, AND YOU ALL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK AT.
I KNOW IT'S ON OUR AGENDA MOVING FORWARD OF WHAT TYPE OF LETTER THAT WE CAN GET TO OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY CAN TALK WITH, UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO UP AND PRESENT TO 'EM, UM, OF WHY THEY NEED TO SUPPORT US IN LONG BEACH.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING IN.
UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED THEIR DOLLARS.
UM, AND AS, AS COMMISSIONER JONO THAT HAS STATED, IT'S BEING CRYSTAL CLEAR OF OUR FINANCES, WHERE DO THE DOLLARS GO REALLY? WHERE DO THEY GO? UM, AND JUST HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HEARD, UH, ALL THREE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, DOING A GREAT JOB, YOU REALLY, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? UM, I THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CHAIR.
THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CERTIFIED FOUNDATION IN PARTICULAR, UH, WILL BE MOVING AHEAD IN 2025 ON, UM, COMMEMORATING THE, UH, SURFING HISTORY OF LONG BEACH, UH, AND LOOKING AT, UH, METHODS OF FINANCING AND IDEAS TO COMMEMORATE THE HISTORY OF SERVING.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, FEBRUARY 27TH.
SO MORE AT OUR NEXT OPENING, THE AGENDA TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE FOLKS THAT WANTED TO, TO SPEAK TO ISSUES THAT AREN'T ON OUR AGENDA AND AS, AS OUR CONSTANT REMINDER IS ON THE BROWN ACT THAT WE'LL GLEEFULLY LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, BUT WE'LL BE UNABLE TO RESPOND.
SO I'M JOAN LANGO WITH THE, UM, LONG BEACH MARINA BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I'D LIKE TO THANK BRIAN AND TODD AND LIN.
THEY TAKE REALLY GREAT CARE OF US AND BRIAN ALWAYS COMES, BRIAN ALWAYS COMES TO OUR MONTHLY NEEDS AND GIVE US UPDATES OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
SO I'M THE EXECUTIVE RECEIPT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.
SINCE 1960, WE HAVE BEEN THE VOICE OF THE 300 3600 VOICE SLIP HOLDERS.
THERE ARE 750 SLIPS ARE OCCUPIED BY LONG BEACH RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THE NUMBER GROWS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY CONSIDER THE MULTIPLE.
UM, I GOTTA GET MY GLASSES ON, SORRY.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT, THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE RENTERS PER SLIP AND THAT THOSE PEOPLE ALSO OWN PROPERTY, IN ADDITION TO BEING RENTERS IN, UH, IN THE MARINA, THEY ALSO OWN PROPERTY IN LONG BEACH.
AND SO IT'S A STRONG AND ENGAGED, UM, VOTING BLOCK.
IN ADDITION, THERE APPROXIMATELY 2,900 SLIP RENTERS FROM OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH.
AND THE MARINA PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCESS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE AS REQUIRED BY THE COASTAL ACT OF 1976.
ALSO, UM, THOUGH ALSO HAS ADVISORS FROM ALL OF THE YACHT CLUBS WITH NEARLY 4,000 MEMBERS THAT WE MEET.
NOT WITH THE 4,000 MEMBERS, BUT WITH THE ADVISORS ONCE A MONTH.
UM, THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY, UM, AND INVESTMENT IN AN ARENA.
FOR EXAMPLE, LITTLE SHIP YACHT CLUB WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1932 TO SUPPORT, TO SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL OLYMPICS IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEY'RE STILL HERE, STILL AROUND.
SO SLIP HOLDERS GENERATE $28 MILLION ANNUALLY.
THAT'S NEARLY 90% OF THE MARINA REVENUES.
UM, THE BOND PROVIDES FUNDING FOR CRITICAL MARINA IMPROVEMENTS AND REQUIRES THAT THESE MARINE IMPROVEMENTS BE MADE.
YET PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROMISED FOR YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED AND SURPLUSES IN THE MARINA FUND HAVE ACCUMULATED UNSPENT.
THESE PROJECTS MUST BE COMPLETED TO ENSURE ACCESS AND SAFETY WITHIN 2028 OLYMPICS AHEAD.
LONG BEACH HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE LARGEST PUBLICLY OWNED MARINA IN THE UNITED STATES AND BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES.
THERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
THE A DA COMPLIANT VOTER AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS, UM, BURST ONE AND TWO, REPLACING THAT, THE WIFI HIGH SPEED INTERNET WITH SECURITY CAMERAS.
UM, SO WE HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS OF TRAINING 1500 VOLUNTEERS
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THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED JUST TO RUN THE SAILING PART OF THE COMPETITION, THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR PROGRAM, PROGRAM PROGRESS.UM, AND, UM, WE HAVE TO TRAIN, FULLY TRAIN THIS VOLUNTEERS AND IT TAKES A A WHILE TO GET THEM.
AND NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CERTIFIED THROUGH US SAILING, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE ON THE WATER EXPERIENCE IN WITH DIFFERENT REGATTAS BECAUSE, AND SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE TIME AND WE STARTED THAT PROCESS.
BUT WITH ALL THIS DISTRACTIONS OF HAVING A FIGHT, UM, OF WHAT THIS LAWFULLY AND MORALLY OURS, WE RISK FALLING BEHIND.
AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TIDELANDS, UM, WANTING TO MOVE SOME MONEY BETWEEN TIDELANDS AND US.
SO IN 2022, BOA AND THE MAC JOINED FORCES AND STOPPED, UM, A PAID PARKING SCHEME THAT WOULD HAVE FUNNELED MARINA REVENUES INTO TIDELANDS.
TODAY WE ASK WITH THAT, YOU ALSO STAND WITH US AGAIN TO REJECT ANY EFFORT TO CHANGE THE BOND COVENANT, TO PRESERVE THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY OF THE BOND AND LONG BEACH MARINA TO ENSURE MARINA REVENUES REMAIN DEDICATED TO MARINA NEEDS AND TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE IDENTIFICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS BEFORE MAKING ANY MAJOR FINANCIAL UM, CHANGES.
WE ALSO NEED TO GET THE FULL PICTURE COUNCIL MEMBER DOUG DUGIN HAS CALLED FOR AN AUDIT OF THE TIDELANDS BEFORE ANY REALLOCATION IS CONSIDERED.
THIS AUDIT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AND REPORTED.
THE VERDE MARINA FUNDS COULD COMPROMISE THE BOND AND LEAD TO COSTLY CONSEQUENCES.
DEGRADED MARINA FACILITIES AND LACK OF A DA FACILITIES CREATE A LACK OF PUBLIC ACCESS.
THIS IS OUR MARINA, THIS IS THE CITY'S EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE.
THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT, LET'S PROTECT IT.
UM, AND WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER, I MEAN, I, I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER, AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON HOW THIS ALL WORKS WITH THE TIDELANDS AND THE, AND EVERYTHING AND THE MARINA FUND, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD CONSIDER COLLABORATING WITH THE TIDELANDS ON MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PROJECTS.
BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THOSE FUNDS STAY WITHIN THE MARINA SYSTEM AND WITHIN THE GUIDELINES IS THAT UNDER THE BOND.
SO ANYWAY, DAVE BOOKER, UH, IS GONNA BRING UP A COUPLE OF YEAH.
I'M, I'M PEOPLE, I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER FOR THE PHONE OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A DIFFERENT HAT.
I'M PRETTY MUCH IN THE RACING ACROSS.
DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THIS? I'M GIVING IT TO 'EM RIGHT NOW.
SO I WAS TRYING, WE LISTENED TO THE EXECUTIVE MEETING YOU GUYS HAD AND OUR LITTLE YEARS FLIPPED RIGHT UP BECAUSE WE HEARD THAT SOMEBODY IS PROPOSING THAT THE MARINA FUND NOT BE ISOLATED FROM THE CITY.
AND I SAID, WELL, HOW THE HECK DID WE GET HERE? WHAT THE HECK? THIS IS LIKE A STRATEGIC CHANGE THAT IS, THAT IS BEING PROPOSED THAT IMPACTS EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
IT IMPACTS YOUR, THE ROLE THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN AND VOLUNTARY PLAY AS A VOLUNTARY COMMISSIONER COMMISSION.
BUT IF THE MONIES THAT COME IN ARE MIXED IN A LARGER POT, THEN YOU HAVE A DIMINISHED ROLE FOR SURE.
SO I I, I PUT TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND YOU CAN TELL THAT I HAVE SOME OPINIONS IN THERE.
AND I, AND I WANNA MAKE IT REAL CLEAR, THIS IS LIKE AN EASY READ.
IT'S A HALF A CUP OF COFFEE AND I DID A LOT OF EDIT COPY PASTE FROM PUBLIC DOCUMENTS TO EXPLAIN WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO TO ESSENTIALLY REFUND THE REBUILD MARINA BONDS.
NOW THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR ME AND YOU FOR THE FINANCE GUYS DOWNTOWN.
IT'S NOT VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE $110 MILLION FOR THE REBUILD, BUT THE CITY'S GOT $2.3 BILLION IN OUTSTANDING DEBT.
SO THE FINANCE GUYS THAT WILL BE HERE NEXT MONTH DO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND I THINK I MADE A STATEMENT IN THERE, IT'S HARDER TO GET THE COASTAL COMMISSION ON BOARD WITH THE REBUILD THAN TO GET A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOWNTOWN.
OKAY? SO, SO THEY DO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THERE'S A POLITICAL QUESTION HERE.
THEY DECIDED SOMEHOW THAT THEY WANNA SPEND THE MONEY TO REPAY THE BONDS, TO ELIMINATE THE RESTRICTION IN THE BONDS THAT THE MARINA FUND IS SELF-CONTAINED.
THAT THE REVENUES FROM THE MARINA STAY IN THE MARINA.
NOW THAT IS WHAT THE CITY AGREED TO, TO FLOAT THE $110 MILLION BONDS IN 2015.
SO SINCE 2015, THE SURPLUSES IN THE MARINA FRONT HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATING.
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PROBABLY ON AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET, UNDER AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET OR AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.BUT THE CITY AGREED TO DO THAT.
SO I'M SURE THAT SOME ACCOUNTANT DOWNTOWN KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THOSE, SOME OF THOSE SURPLUSES ARE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.
'CAUSE I ALSO SAY IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY AGREED TO DO A PROJECT CALLED REBUILD PROJECT.
AND BLUNTLY IT'S NOT ALL DONE.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN THERE THAT I'VE COPIED THE SECTIONS OF SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE JUST NOT GOTTEN AROUND TO.
BUT IT ALSO SAYS HOW THEY WERE GONNA BE FUNDED AND THEY WERE GONNA BE FUNDED FROM THE SURPLUS OF THE REVENUES MINUS EXPENSES.
OKAY? SO I JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS ME.
THIS IS FOR, I WANT YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT IT.
SO WHEN THE FINANCE GUYS GET HERE NEXT MONTH, YOU'RE PREPARED TO ASK THEM SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS.
HOW MUCH IS THIS GONNA COST? WHAT'S THE INTEREST RATE THERE? DIFFERENTIALS? HOW MUCH, WHERE'S THE 110 MILLION? YOU'RE GONNA BUY THESE? WHERE THE HELL IS THAT COME FROM? HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GONNA PAY TO BORROW THAT MONEY? OR MAYBE WE'VE GOT $110 MILLION IN THE CITY BUDGET, RIGHT? THE BONDS OUT.
I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH.
THEY'D GO, I WANT YOU PREPARED.
SO WHEN THE FINANCE GUYS COME HERE, ASK SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU ELSE COMMENTS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH IS OPEN AND THE RECORDINGS ARE POSTED, WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE MARINA OFFICE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH AT 8:30 AM WE HAVE THE TIDELANDS CAPITAL PROJECT COMMITTEE ON MARCH 13TH, RIGHT HERE IN THE BRUIN DEN.
AND OUR NEXT MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING IS ALSO ON THE 13TH AT TWO 30 HERE IN THE RECREATION PARK COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND AS WE ADJOURN, WE'VE LOST A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE OF THE MARINES, A SERGEANT, UH, JACOB AUM, THAT WAS LOST IN THE PHILIPPINES, WAS ONE OF OUR LOCAL WATERMEN, UM, IN THE NAPLES COMMUNITY AND SWAM AND SURFED AND, UH, PLAYED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND TODAY WAS THE, UH, MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RUTH BLAIR AND HER HUSBAND, FRANK WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE VOTE OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THEIR HONOR.