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JUST ONE MOMENT.UH, WE HAVE A LIGHT AGENDA TODAY.
I THINK THAT THE LONGEST ITEM THAT WE'LL PROBABLY REVIEW IS, UH, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, WHICH, UH, IN ITS BREVITY IS IMPROVED PACKET TODAY.
UM, BUT IN CHURCH REPORT, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION, UH, A COUPLE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED AT
I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE, THE TIME YOU PUT INTO THIS.
AND, UH, THE QUANTITATIVE RESULTS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN PRETTY OH GEEZ.
I WAS LIKE, WHERE'S THAT COMING FROM? IS THAT COMING IN OR GOING OUT? COMING IN.
UH, SO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF THE, THE QUANTITATIVE RESULTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN, IN SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, UH, UNDERTAKEN AND PUSHED FORWARD IN CLEANING, UH, SECURITY, LANDSCAPING, UH, AND SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'RE STILL ENDEAVORING TO GET DONE, UM, UH, I THINK IT GOES TO SAY, WITHOUT SAYING, RATHER GOING TO SAY IT, WHEN WE DO WHAT WE DO AND WE CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE AND WE'RE UNDAUNTED BY, UH, CERTAIN ELEMENTS, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, UH, QUESTIONS.
WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE RECOMMEND, UH, UH, SOUND AND SAFE QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECT TO THE CITY.
AND, UH, WE, UH, THE FACT IS THAT THAT BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS ARE GONNA MAKE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT GOING FORWARD FOR WHAT WE DO.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO CONTINUE, UH, AND TO GROW IS TO LOOK AT INCREASING REVENUE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE ECONOMICS OF THE SITUATION.
UM, BUT IF WE ARE, UH, CURTAILED IN THAT, IN THAT EFFORT, UH, THEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME PRETTY STARK, UH, TESTS, UH, TO WHAT WE CAN OFFER, UH, OR RECOMMEND, UH, WITH THE CITY OFFICE, UH, THROUGH THIS CLINICIAN.
SO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS GONNA BE, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PERSEVERE AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO, UH, 'CAUSE WE ALL FEEL THAT IT'S FOR THE BETTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL GO TO, UH, THE REGULAR AGENDA.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY THIS MORNING.
SO THAT'S THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE MINUTES SHORT PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 16TH.
I AND A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE? UH, APPROVE.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE LONG BEACH PUBLIC COURT'S FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, DISCUSSING REVENUES DURING THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY, 2025.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SECOND, UH, AND A SECOND.
AND DISCUSSION, BRIAN, IF EVERYONE COULD TURN TO THE BELMONT CHO PARKING METER FUND SUMMARY FOR JANUARY.
TITLE IS BELMONT CHO PARKING METER FUND SUMMARY.
AS OF JANUARY 31ST, 2025 FOR JANUARY, 2025, THE REVENUE WAS UP 20 20% COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND OUR YEAR TO DATE REVENUE IS UP 13% FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR, PUTTING US RIGHT NOW AT A FUND BALANCE OF $410,978 AND 82 CENTS.
UH, RYAN, WHO IS THE BOND HAS PAYMENT COME OUT? WHAT KIND PART OF THE YEAR? THE BOND PAYMENT COMES OUT EVERY OCTOBER.
SO FOR THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY PAID IT.
AND THAT EXPENSES AT THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN UNDER DEBT SERVICE.
YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL FOR FY 25, THAT'S THE 200,000 THAT THAT IS IN THERE.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN OCTOBER FOR 200,000.
ANYTHING ELSE, UH, JUMP OUT AT YOU ON, UH, THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, OTHER THAN THE, THE PERFORMANCE BEING UP, WHICH IS VERY GOOD.
REVENUE PERFORMANCE BEING UP, WHICH IS GOOD.
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DON'T KNOW IF THAT ACCOUNTED TO NO RAIN IN JANUARY OR VERY LITTLE RAIN.BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING UP FOR JANUARY, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND THEN I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO GO TO NEXT PAGE, PAGE EIGHT FOR THE BELMONT SHORE PARKING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA ADVISORY COMMISSION BUDGET.
UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE OUR YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, WE HAD 1.164 MILLION IN REVENUE THIS YEAR IN FY 2025, WE ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE 1.3 MILLION IN REVENUE.
UM, AND OUR EXPENSES THIS YEAR ARE LOOKING TO BE 1.3, 1.3 MILLION, PUTTING US AT A PROJECTED SURPLUS OF 11,000.
AND THEN BY THE END OF FY 25, OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE PROJECTED AT $365,769 AND 78 CENTS.
UH, IF I MAY, RYAN INJECT, UH, THAT, UH, CLEARLY NOT SEEN ON THIS BUDGET IS, UH, SECURITY, THE EXPENDITURE FOR SECURITY.
UM, IT IS OMITTED, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THERE IS, UM, SOME THOUGHT THAT SECURITY, UH, WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, UH, FOR THIS COMMISSION, UH, GOING FORWARD.
UM, UH, IT'S BEING REVIEWED, UH, IN DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS OF THE CITY, AND WE WILL FIND OUT MORE.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE REPORT BY THE MARCH MEETING.
UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL CAN SAY AT THE MOMENT.
UM, IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF SECURITY DISAPPEARED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS TIME.
UH, AND, UH, WE CAN GET MORE INVOLVED AND GET DEEPER RENEWAL WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO REVIEW, BUT THAT'S THE REASON THAT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM IS NOT ON THE BUDGET.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE BUDGET.
WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPLUS AND HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF 365 AND THEN 365,000.
AND THAT'LL BE FOR THE REMAINDER OF FY 2025.
AND THEN THAT'S, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, PLEASE.
UM, SO THE, WHAT'S BEING LOOKED AT NOW IS ELIMINATING SECURITY ENTIRELY, OR IS IT LIKE MOVING BELMONT SHORE SECURITY TO LIKE THE, THE LARGER CITY PROJECTS? NO, THE INDICATION IS THAT THAT SECURITY, UH, DOES THE, THE SPECIFIC USE FOR SECURITY, UH, INTERPRETIVELY DOES NOT FALL INTO THE PURVIEW OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMISSION TO CITY COUNCIL.
NOW, HOW IT GOT HERE WAS THE COUNTY COMMISSION OVER SEVERAL MONTHS DISCUSSED IT.
UH, WE, WE, THE COMMISSIONERS AT THE TIME, UH, IT WAS DISCUSSED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, AND ULTIMATELY IT WAS RECOMMENDED, UH, AS AN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET AS A SERVICE THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND BE PROVIDED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND PAID FOR THROUGH REVENUE THAT IS ADJUDICATED THROUGH THIS COMMISSION.
AND RECOMMENDED TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL CITY, UH, UM, COUNCIL WOMAN'S OFFICE AT THE TIME, SUZY PRIZE'S OFFICE REVIEWED IT.
UH, AND THEN IT WAS SENT TO CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT WAS APPROVED AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL.
UH, AND WE ADOPTED IT AS PART OF OUR BUDGET.
AND WE SELECTED A COMPANY THAT WAS VETTED BY THE CITY.
IT'S A COMPANY THAT'S USED IN OTHER AREAS.
UM, THEY'RE LICENSED, THEY'RE BONDED.
UH, THEY PRODUCED A CONTRACT AND IT WAS APPROVED TO GET THE CITY LEVEL.
AND THE REST IS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, AND WE'VE MADE LOTS OF CHANGES TO HOURS, AND WE'VE HAD HOURS AND SUBTRACTED HOURS, UH, AS RECOMMENDED.
AND NOW, UH, THE DECISION IS THAT INTERPRETIVELY, I SAY 'CAUSE IT IS INTERPRETIVE, UH, THAT IT DOESN'T FIT THE PURVIEW.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A FAIR COMPLAINT AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY WE WON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION UNTIL WE GET IT.
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UH, BUT IT'S BEING REVIEWED, UH, AT THE CITY LEVEL, AND ALL WE CAN DO IS WAIT FOR A DECISION AND THEN ACT ON THAT.SO, BUT, UM, I MEAN, BELMONT SHORE ITSELF HAS GOT SECURITY SERVICES, THE, THE POLICE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE A, A SECURITY FREE ZONE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE NO SECURITY.
SECURITY SERVICE IS A PRIVATE SERVICE.
UH, UNLIKE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT, THAT HAVE, UH, PRIVATE EFFORTS THAT THEY, THEY CALL DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, AND THERE, THERE'S PRIVATE SECURITY.
UH, I BELIEVE IN CERTAIN SAVINGS DOWNTOWN AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY FESTIVALS THAT HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE, WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED TO DISCUSS IT AT THIS COMMISSION, UM, WE HAD LOTS OF INPUT.
WE HAD LOTS OF COMMUNITY INTERACTION.
UH, THERE WERE STORIES IN MEDIA ABOUT IT.
UH, IT WAS COMPLETELY, UH, UP, UH, AND ABOVE FOR EVERYONE TO CONSIDER AND CONTEMPLATE.
UH, NOT THIS LAST MONDAY, BUT THE MONDAY PREVIOUS, UH, WAS THE MOST RECENT, UH, MEETING THAT I WAS IN WITH, UH, EAST SIDE OF COMMAND, UH, OFFICERS, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THE WOMAN WAS AT THIS MEETING.
UH, SOME STAKEHOLDERS WERE AT THIS MEETING.
THE SBA LEADERSHIP WAS AT THIS MEETING, UH, TO DISCUSS AGAIN, UM, PATROLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY.
AND WITHOUT QUESTION, WITHOUT HESITATION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEES A BENEFIT TO SECURITY.
UH, ANALYTICS ARE DIFFERENT, AND THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY WITH PRIVATE SECURITY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SWORN OFFICERS AND THEY DON'T MAKE THE SAME TYPES OF, UH, REPORTS AND THEY DON'T COLLATE DATA THE SAME WAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES.
UH, BUT THEY DO, UH, KEEP INCIDENT REPORTS AND THEY KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THEY DO.
AND THEN THERE'S LOTS OF, UH, EVIDENCE THAT THEY ENGAGE AND INTERACT AND OPTICALLY IT'S EFFECTIVE.
AND FROM A COMFORT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S EFFECTIVE.
I, I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE QUESTIONS.
AND SO THAT IS, UM, AT LEAST THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, I MEAN, THAT DOES SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SOME PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT THAT WE HAD.
UH, AND THAT'S THE, OF THE PROCESS.
ANY OTHER, IS THE COMMITMENT TO THE SECURITY THROUGH THE END OF THE CURRENT BUDGET OR SECURITY HAS A A OR IS THERE A COMMITMENT? IT IS.
IT'S A MONTH TO MONTH, UH, RELATIONSHIP.
THERE IS A, THERE IS A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT, THERE'S A SCOPE OF WORK.
UM, BUT IT IS, IT IS NOT, THERE'S NOT A, A TERM TO THE CURRENT CONTRACT.
UH, SO GIVEN THAT IT'S MONTH TO MONTH, UH, IT CAN BE, UH, STOPPED, UH, TODAY IF THE DECISION WERE TO BE MADE TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, DEBORAH, JODY WILL, SO WILL THEY CONTINUE TO PATROL UNTIL THEY'RE TOLD OTHERWISE? CORRECT.
THEY'RE ENGAGED, UH, UNTIL, UH, THEY'RE NOT, AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I THINK IT IS, OR IMMINENT RATHER.
I THINK, UH, UH, THERE'S DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, WE'LL LIKELY KNOW SOMETHING MORE, UH, CONCRETE BY.
I JUST THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE SUPPORT IT.
WE LIVE HERE, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE AWARE THAT, BUT I THINK WE WOULD PREFER TO KEEP IT.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, SIR? I MEAN, I THINK SECURITY'S GREAT.
I MEAN, SECURITY'S GREAT FOR EVERYONE, BUT IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, WE WILL TACKLE THAT AS WE KNOW MORE.
IF WE, IF WE HAVE TO GET RID OF IT, WE HAVE TO GET RID OF IT.
IF WE HAVE TO REDUCE IT, WE HAVE TO, WE CAN REDUCE IT.
BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT SECURITY HELPS.
IT'S BETTER TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT IN SOME CAPACITY, WHETHER IT BE LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE OR THAN ZERO.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALL DETERMINED ON WHAT WILL, WHAT WHAT WE HEAR IN THE FUTURE.
SO DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THE BUDGET,
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UH, CONVERSATION? NO, THAT'S IT ON THE BUDGET ASPECT.UH, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, UH, THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING THIS REPORT.
UH, ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE THE FILE ON THESE BOARD BUS PASS PROGRAM STATUS, UH, REPORT FROM JANUARY, 2025.
UH, ON PAGE, NEXT PAGE, PAGE NINE ON PAGE NINE, BSP, BOARDINGS AND RIDER.
UH, MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE, AND THEN A SECOND.
IN JANUARY OF 2025, WE HAVE 5,145 BOARDINGS.
UM, UP FROM PREVIOUS YEARS 2024, WE HAD 3087.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 2000 MORE RIDER THIS MONTH THAN WE DID IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR RIDER, WE HAVE IN JANUARY, WE HAD 161 RIDER.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 86, SO WE ARE STILL DOUBLE, STILL HAVE DOUBLE THE NUMBERS THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
UH, JUST TO PUT THIS, UH, IN EVERYONE'S BRAINS, UH, BECAUSE THEY DO IT EVERY MONTH, UH, WE'RE THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, WHICH DOES NOT COME OUT OF, UH, THE COMMISSION'S BUDGET.
THIS IS A BOND ISSUE FROM, UH, YEARS PAST.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING ROUGHLY 46,000 A MONTH, UH, OF AN ALLOTTED AMOUNT OF $120,000 A YEAR.
UM, SO I MEAN, NOT, NOT 46,000 ANNUAL.
UM, SO WE HAVE QUITE A WAYS, UH, BEFORE WE CUT INTO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW IS WHERE DOES THE, THE, THE BALANCE OF THOSE FUNDS GO? UH, IF THEY'RE NOT USED FOR THIS SPECIFICALLY, UH, ARE THEY, ARE THEY BANK, DO THEY GO SOMEPLACE ELSE? UH, ARE THEY CHANNELS FOR A DIFFERENT PROGRAM? THEY'RE SITTING IN A PROGRAM THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS.
SO IF WE DON'T USE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS, IT WILL STILL REMAIN IN THAT PROJECT.
UM, WHAT'S A PROJECT OUTSIDE OF WHAT THIS DOES? IT'S STRICTLY THE BUS PASS PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT, NO, IT'LL, IT WILL, IT WILL SIT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER? I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.
WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO ASK OUR FINANCE TEAM TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER THAT.
IS THAT, COULD YOU KNOW THAT POTENTIALLY THAT'S A TON OF BILL OVER THE YEARS.
IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE TO KNOW IF IT, UH, SHEETS BACK TO WHERE IT CAME OR MM-HMM
DOES IT ULTIMATELY GET TO BE USED FOR SOME OTHER PUBLIC MM-HMM
UH, PROJECT OR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT? YEAH.
UM, MAYBE WE COULD POSSIBLY LEARN THAT BY MARCH.
UM, IF WE CAN, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW THIS COMMISSION COULD WASTE THOSE DOLLARS.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS REPORT, SIR? NO.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE BUS PASS PROGRAM? THANKS TO HEATHER, TOO, FOR ALL OF THE WORK ON THIS.
THE BSBA A HEATHER'S OFFICE, AND HEATHER PUTS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT INTO THIS, AND IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
ELIMINATES, UH, A LOT OF CARDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING THIS REPORT.
UH, ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE STATUS UPDATES ON CONSERVATION COURT.
LONG BEACH IS WORKING THE BELMONT AREA, INCLUDING RESPONSES TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR JANUARY, 2025.
I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, MICHAEL BRIDGES ON THE CONSERVATION COURT TEAM.
GIVE US UPDATES ON JANUARY, 2025.
UH, READY TO GET MY WEEKEND STARTED.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS JANUARY, 2025, THE THINGS THAT I CAN RECALL IS A FEW, UM, UH, I WANT TO SAY GRAFFITI ISSUES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN REQUESTS FROM THE CITY
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TO DEAL WITH OUT ON THE SHORE.UM, I KNOW THIS BLED INTO FEBRUARY, BUT WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED A REQUEST TO DEAL WITH THE IVY IN THE PARKING LOT BEHIND, UM, RIGHT NEAR GRANADA BEHIND THE POST OFFICE.
UH, RUBEN'S CREW WENT OUT THERE AND DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON CUTTING THE IV BACK AND THEY TRIMMED ALL THE HEDGES BACK, SO COMPLETELY LOOKS MUCH BETTER.
UM, ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN GETTING A FEW, UM, FEW THINGS BACK FROM OUR TEAM ABOUT STATUS ON SOME OF THE BIG BELLIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO AN AUDIT OF ALL THE BIG BELLIES AND COULD FILE A REPORT.
UM, WE MAY HAVE TO GET A FEW REPLACEMENT PARTS, UM, I THINK SOME HANDLES THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT, UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF THE LOCKS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME PIECES LEFT OVER FOR SOME OF THE OLDER BIG BELLIES THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY USE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A, TRY TO DO AN AUDIT BETWEEN NOW AND MID MARCH AND PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER AND GIVE A STATUS ON HOW THE BIG BUILDINGS ARE DOING OUT THERE.
YOU WANT ADD ANYTHING? I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT SECURITY.
VERY HELPFUL FOR US, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE IN THE ALLEYS.
SO, YEAH, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT SECURITY.
UH, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US, UH, FOR OUR CREWS.
UM, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE ALLEYS.
IT'S BEEN SOME, UH, A HOMELESS THERE THAT DECIDED TO USE ONE OF THE, UH, TRASH CANS AS THEIR RESTROOM.
UM, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN, DID A, ALL THAT STUFF, BUT, UM, YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT THE SECURITY ISSUE.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY IF YOU GUYS ARE HAVING CHALLENGES WITH, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU WOULD CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, YOU DO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND IF RESPONSE IS A LITTLE SLOWER, UH, FROM THAT AGENCY, YOU CERTAINLY AT THE SAME TIME CALL SECURITY AND THEY RESPOND.
I CALL, UH, WHAT IS THE C SIDE? YEAH, I CALL 'EM AND THEY, AND THAT, THAT HELPS MITIGATE YES.
APPRECIATE IT MRS. QUESTIONS APPRECIATE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS COMMENT, NOT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, REGARDING THE TREES ON SECOND STREET, WE'VE GOT STILL TWO BLANK SPOTS BY GRANDMA JOE'S AND FRIDAY THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY MONTHS AND APPARENTLY OF THE CITY MAY BEEN ASKED TO REPLACE 'EM, BUT THAT, I KNOW THE CONSERVATION CORPS DOES TREES, SO MAYBE WE COULD ASK THEM TO PUT IN, UH, REPLACEMENT TREES BECAUSE IT'S REALLY QUIET AND SIDEWAYS RIGHT BY THE POSTOP ACROSS FROM THE POST OFFICE AND RIGHT BY THE BANKS.
SO, UH, AND FOR SOME REASON, UH, STEPPING BANKS, SOMEBODY HE PUT IN A TREE, WHICH DOESN'T MATCH THE EXISTING ONES.
SO THAT WAS SORT OF A CURIOSITY.
IT'S A CUTE TREE, IT JUST DOESN'T MATCH ANYTHING.
SO
SO ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE A REQUEST.
THERE'S ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, THE WHOLE SIDE PANEL APPARENTLY GOT RUN INTO THAT BAR OR SOMETHING, SO IT'S REALLY BAD.
AND THEN THE TOP GLASS OR PLASTIC ON A LOT OF IT'S BROKEN IN HANDLE.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING CARE OF THAT.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO CONSERVATION COURT? OKAY, THANK YOU GUYS.
UM, CURRENTLY COMMISSIONERS, UM, UH, THE RP PROCESS CONTINUES.
UM, WE KNOW THE INVESTIGATION FOR CONTRACT, UH, COMES TO AN END IN, IS IT MAY OR JUNE, JUNE, JUNE, END OF JUNE.
SO BY, UH, JULY 1ST, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP IN PLACE.
UH, SHOULD, UH, IT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND BY THAT TIME, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ROAD TO EXTEND, UH, CONSERVATION BOARD PASSED JUNE, UM, I CAN I SAY THAT DISTINCT LOGISTICALLY, UH, TEMPORARY CONTRACTOR MONTH TO MONTH IN PLACE IS ONE ASPECT THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, UH, TO GET THROUGH THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN THE COST, UH, I THINK WOULD BE, UH, OVER AND ABOVE WHAT A NORMAL
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MONTH, UH, WOULD BE.SO THAT WOULD BE PROHIBITED AS WELL.
SO THERE MIGHT BE A, A, A MONTH DELTA, WHICH WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT FOR THAT MEETING.
UM, BUT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE ARE IN FEBRUARY, UH, WITH A FEW MONTHS REMAINING WITH A GROUP THAT HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OVER YEARS, UH, FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY AND CONSERVATION WORK WENT AWAY, JUST WHAT THEY, UH, TO, UH, PROJECTS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THAT.
SO, UH, ANYTHING ELSE SIR? NO, UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME MAKING THIS REALLY, UH, MAKING THIS TODAY.
UH, WE ARE AT THE POINT IN THE MEETING NOW WHERE WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ITEM PLEASE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, INITIALLY RAISED BY COMMISSIONER LEE, UM, COURT ISSUE FOR THIS COMMISSION AND, AND ANYBODY FOR THE PUBLIC IS TRUST.
AND, UH, WHAT WE SEE AS THE COMMENTS THAT GO FROM LAST MONTH WERE IN EMAILS.
UM, THERE'S LITTLE TRUST IN THIS BODY BY THE COMMUNITY
UM, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS, BUT THE, UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT DIMINISH THIS TRUST REGULARLY.
ONE, THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION ON THE DISPOSITION OF THE METER REVENUE HOURS TO THE PUBLIC SO FAR IN THE MEETING ITSELF OR ANY OTHER MANNER.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THE BSBA CHAIR DID SHARE IT WITH THOSE PEOPLE AT THAT, THAT GROUP'S MEETING RECENTLY.
AND HEATHER CURRENT, WHO'S A-B-S-B-A ADVOCATE REPRESENTATIVE, DID SO ON FACEBOOK, THOUGH SHE THAT SHE DOES NOT SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION.
UH, THERE'S BEEN NO FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATION REGARDING THAT STATUS SINCE THEN.
UH, WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER, JODY, ME, WHOSE BUSINESS HAS CEASED TO EXIST AS OF OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, BUT STILL SETS, UH, COMMISSION IN THE POSITION THAT SUPPOSEDLY SERVED AS A REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS.
THE 2023 REPORT FOR THIS COMMISSION SHOWED JUST NINE MEETINGS HAVING TAKEN PLACE WITH THREE COMMISSIONERS AND ATTEND FIVE OR FEWER OF THOSE NINE MEETINGS.
THAT'S APPALLING RECORDS OF ENGAGEMENT.
AND YET THIS MEETING'S AGENDA HAD NO SUBSTANTIAL ITEMS, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SO MANY PENDING ISSUES FROM SIGNAGE TO TREES, LOSS OF THE, UH, CONSERVATION COURT, ET CETERA.
ARE THERE SUBCOMMITTEES WORKING ON ANY OF THESE THINGS? IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION TO BE DONE WITH THOSE TO THE PUBLIC IN A TIMELY MANNER? IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, IS THERE INFORMATION AND RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THIS POINT? THE CHAIR MENTIONS ROUTINELY SECURITY FUNDING, BUT DESPITE REPEAT OR REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY SINCE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THERE'S BEEN NO DATA PRESENTED AND NO INFORMATION IS HERE TO JUSTIFY OR RATIONALIZE OR OTHERWISE EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE.
EVEN AS THE COMMISSION LAMENTS THE LOSS OF THAT POTENTIAL.
I'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE STRONGLY FOR MUCH FURTHER COMMUNICATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD THAT TRUST WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
I'M NOT SEEING IT, HAVEN'T SEEN IT FOR THESE MONTHS.
AND THE COMMENTS YOU'VE RECEIVED OVER THESE MONTHS, ECHO THAT ROBUSTLY.
UH, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY FINAL COMMENTS? OKAY.
THANK YOU FOLKS FOR, APPRECIATE IT.