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UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION, UH, FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR ROLL CALL CHAIR, JONATHAN DEMA.
[CALL TO ORDER]
ASHER BACCA.COMMISSIONER WILLIAM PATTERSON.
HERE, COMMISSIONER EMILY WOODMAN NANCE.
[ROLL CALL]
MORGAN WHEELER.ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL BEGIN, UH, TODAY WITH, UH, THE ELECTION OF OUR VICE CHAIR POSITION.
UM, I NOW DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE VICE CHAIR OF THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
[ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR]
EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR VICE CHAIR, INCLUDING YOURSELF.THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE.
A SECOND, UH, NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN.
I NOMINATE MYSELF, COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT I SECOND THAT NOMINATIONS RECEIVED, UM, MOMENT JUST FOR ANY OTHERS THERE BEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS.
I DECLARE THAT THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR VICE CHAIR.
OH, IN THE ORDER NOMINATED, I, I INVITE EACH NOMINEE TO BRIEFLY SHARE WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ELECTED.
WE'LL HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, WOODMAN NUNZ.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE, UM, VICE CHAIR BECAUSE I AM COMMITTED TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION.
I LOVE SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION, AND I FEEL THAT AS VICE CHAIR THAT I COULD ACTUALLY SERVE THIS COMMISSION EVEN MORE.
AND I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE NOMINATED.
AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU VOTE FOR ME.
UH, SEEING AS WE HAVE THE SINGLE NOMINATION AND THE, UH, SINGLE STATEMENT, UH, WILL OPEN, UH, THE CALL FOR VOTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER WOODMAN
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NZ FOR THE VICE CHAIR, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE STILL.I SEE SOME SCREENS ARE STILL LOADING.
I CAN DO A VERBAL IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, COMMISSIONER WHEELER? YES.
CONGRATULATIONS, VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NAZ.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AS OUR NEW VICE CHAIR, PLEASE, UH, IT'S YOUR TIME.
I KNOW I MENTIONED WHY I WANTED TO BE VICE CHAIR, AND NOW I JUST HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR VOTING FOR ME AND VOTING, AND THEN THE FACT THAT YOU VOTED FOR ME TELLS ME THAT YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ME SERVING AS THE VICE CHAIR.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU, UH, ON AND, UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING FOR MARCH 26TH, 2025.
DO WE HAVE MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM? I COULD TAKE A VERBAL IF YOU LIKE.
I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WHEELER.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER ONE SAYING NONE? MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE, WE DON'T HAVE THIS.
[1. 25-55050 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of March 26, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
PATTERSON? YES.OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, RES, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE?
[2. 25-55051 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AND A SECOND WOODMAN NANS SECONDS.YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.
LEAH ERICKSON IS AT A BOARD MEETING FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT SHE IS ON THE BOARD OF.
THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING THIS SPECIAL SESSION.
WE APOLOGIZE ON THE CITY'S BEHALF FOR THE LAST MEETING THAT HAD TO BE COUNSELED.
DUE TO NOTICING ISSUES, WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AGAIN FOR THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.
FIRST WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA, BUT I'D LIKE TO FIRST CONGRATULATE DR.
EXCUSE ME, UM, VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NAZ.
UM, THE MAIN PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR ITEM THREE.
ALSO ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR ITEM FOUR, WE'LL BRIEFLY LOOK AT THE 2025 TOPICS.
AND FOR ITEM FIVE, WE'LL ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND TAKE A VOTE ON APPROVING THE TID STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
FOR ITEM SIX, WE WILL HAVE REPORT OUTS FOR SOME OF OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES.
AND FOR ITEM SEVEN, WE'LL TAKE UP THIS HELD OVER ITEM IF WE HAVE TIME.
LASTLY, FOR ITEM EIGHT, WE'LL USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CHANGES TO MEMBERSHIPS OF ANY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES IF NEEDED, AS A RESULT OF ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS TODAY.
SO FOR ITEM THREE, I WILL TURN, WE'LL DO THAT LATER.
UM, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? SCENE
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NONE.MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO RYAN KURTZMAN,
[3. 25-55052 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation about the 2028 Olympics. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP OFFICER, CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? A SECOND BEFORE PLEASE.UM, SO THE COMMISSION EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A PREVIOUS MEETING AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, UH, THE CITY'S PREPAREDNESS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE THE COMMISSION'S EXPERTISE IN TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO TO THAT END, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JORGE GODINA, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TYLER CURLEY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY.
WELCOME OR THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE OLYMPICS.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY OUR THIRD, MY THIRD PRESENTATION THIS WEEK.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE GAMES AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, SO YES, LIKE, LIKE RYAN MENTIONED, OUR NAME IS JORGE ENA TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND I'M, UH, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, WE'RE CALLING OURSELVES NOW THE COCH, UH, CO-CHAIRS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, LEADING THE CENTRAL COORDINATED EFFORT FOR OUR GAMES PLANNING.
JORGE IS ALSO, UH, NAMED OUR OLYMPICS CZAR.
SO, UH, WE LIKE THAT TITLE, BUT, UM, I'M TYLER BONANO CURLEY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
AND SO, UM, A LOT OF THE 2028 GAMES PLANNING IS WITHIN, UH, MY TEAM AND WITH JORGE AND A FEW OTHERS WE'RE LEADING THE CHARGE AND HOPEFULLY GROWING THAT TEAM OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UM, AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS JUST GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING, AND THEN OF COURSE WOULD LOVE TO GET INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON, UH, SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITIES OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
UM, BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM THE TITLE, UM, WE KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE 2028 IS, UM, GONNA BE THE BIGGEST SPECIAL EVENT OR STRING OF SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE REGION.
UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY HOSTED SUCCESSFUL GAMES IN 2028, BUT HAVE A LASTING IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON.
SO WE WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT VISION LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, LIKE I SAID, GET YOUR INPUT AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT, UM, REGIONAL IMPACT IS GONNA BE, UM, HOW WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES ON THE MAP FOR THIS LARGEST GLOBAL STAGE THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN AND, AND BEEN A PART OF, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE CITY PRIORITIES ARE FOR 2028 AND OUR APPROACH TO PLANNING, UH, FOR THE GAMES.
AND THEN, UM, WE WILL TALK MORE, AND JORGE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR VISION FOR THE LEGACY AND HOW DO WE, UM, REALLY IMPACT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, EN ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A FEW THINGS WE WANT TO COVER TODAY.
SO JUST TAKING A STEP BACK FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT EVERYBODY'S FOCUSED ON IS 2028, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HUGE EVENTS COMING IN THE LEAD UP TO 2028.
AND ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY THE SUPER BOWL.
UM, AND THE SUPER BOWL IS A MASSIVE SPECIAL EVENT AS WELL.
UM, BUT JUST SO YOU CAN SEE SOME COMPARISONS.
THE SUPER BOWL HAS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS OVER FIVE DAYS.
UM, ABOUT 70,000 ROOM NIGHTS THAT ARE CONTRACTED BY THE NFL.
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ONE SUPER BOWL ONE DAY.
UM, BUT COMPARED TO 2028 WHERE THEY'RE ANTICIPATING MORE THAN 5 MILLION VISITORS OVER 28 DAYS WITH THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS OVER 1 MILLION ROOM NIGHTS, UH, CONTRACTED BY LA 28.
AND THEN THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF SEVEN SUPER BOWLS PER DAY FOR 16 DAYS DURING THE OLYMPICS, AND TWO SUPER BOWLS PER DAY, UH, FOR 12 DAYS DURING THE PARALYMPICS.
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT COMPARED TO WHAT IS CONSIDERED A HUGE SPECIAL EVENT, UM, COMPARED TO THE WORLD CUP, WHICH IS ALSO COMING, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR THAT IN QATAR THEY HAD EIGHT COMPETITION VENUES, ONE AND A HALF VIEWERS GLOBALLY, AND ALMOST THREE AND A HALF MILLION TICKETED FANS.
IN 2028, WE'VE GOT OVER 30 COMPETITION VENUES, UM, OVER 3 BILLION VIEWERS GLOBALLY, AND BETWEEN 12 AND 15 MILLION TICKETED FANS, WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER YET ON HOW MANY TICKETS WE'LL HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT WE ANTICIPATE IT'S ALREADY OVER 1 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN ONCE WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARALYMPICS, WE'LL BE EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
SO WE HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF, OF THIS IMPACT AS WELL.
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THAT'S MAYBE HELPFUL CONTEXT IS WHERE WE SIT WITHIN THE LARGER PLANNING OF 2028 AND THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.UM, ULTIMATELY WE ARE A VENUE CITY, SO WE'LL BE HOSTING A NUMBER OF, UH, THE EVENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT LA 28 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY PUTTING ON THE GAME.
SO WE'LL BE COORDINATING CLOSELY WITH LA 28 AS THE SPECIAL EVENT PRODUCER.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY'LL BE DELIVERING, HOSTING THOSE GAMES.
UM, THE CITY OF LA IS THE HOST CITY AND ONE OF THE FINANCIAL GUARANTORS OF THE 2028 GAMES ALONG WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO, UM, WHAT WE DO IS OBVIOUSLY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING LA 28 PUT ON A NUMBER OF THOSE EVENTS AND GAMES HERE IN LONG BEACH.
BUT, UM, HONESTLY, WITHOUT A LOT OF THE, UM, LARGER RISK AND CHALLENGES THAT COME ALONG WITH BEING THE HOST CITY AND WHAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND CITY OF LA UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING, UM, FOR 2028 IS SIMILAR TO OTHER BIG SPECIAL EVENTS PROVIDING KEY MUNICIPAL SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, SECURITY, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.
WE HAVE OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, ONE OF ONLY THREE CITIES IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THOSE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICES WORKING WITH LA 28 ON THE ZONING PERMITS AND LICENSES.
SOME OF THAT WILL BE LOCAL, BUT ALSO, UM, BEING A PARTNER WITH CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION, KNOWING THAT A LOT OF THE, UH, VENUES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT HERE WOULD BE CURRENTLY JUST OPEN PUBLIC BEACHES.
UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT PROCESS.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING ARE GONNA BE BIG, UH, QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE WHOLE REGION.
AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LA METRO IN PARTICULAR, AND THEN LONG BEACH TRANSIT ON WHAT OUR LOCAL, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT PLAN IS TO, ESPECIALLY TO GET PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN WHEN THEY GET OFF THE, A LINE HOPEFULLY, OR VARIOUS SHUTTLE BUSES AND GET THEM OVER TO THE EAST SIDE WHERE WE HAVE OTHER EVENT VENUES.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY LOOK AND WAY FINDING SIGNAGE.
SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK MORE THAN JUST DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THE DIFFERENT VENUES IS DIRECTING THEM TO OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, ARTS AND CULTURAL HUBS OR OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS, AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WE WANNA SHOW OFF.
BUT WITH THE OLYMPICS OR THE 2028 BRANDING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING OUR OWN KIND OF FOCUS TO THAT PROTOCOL IS ANOTHER EXCITING, UM, OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR 2028 IS WE ACTUALLY ADDED A PROTOCOL OFFICER TO OUR TEAM.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE DOING IS INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DIGNITARIES THAT ARE GONNA BE A PART OF 20, 28 FOLKS THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN, UM, PLANNING CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVATIONS IN PLACES LIKE LONG BEACH OR LA.
UM, AND SO WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE MORE CAPACITY IN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
AND WE HAD A, ACTUALLY A BIG MEETING, UM, ON MONDAY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS JORGE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR LA CONSULAR CORE.
SO BRINGING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO LONG BEACH IS GONNA BE A BIG FOCUS FOR US.
AND THEN OF COURSE, COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA SHOWING OFF LONG BEACH TO THE WORLD, UH, WILL BE A KEY OPPORTUNITY.
SO JUST SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF, UH, THE CURRENT VENUES AND, UM, EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WERE ANNOUNCED.
UM, THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY FOUR VENUE LOCATIONS, BUT A FEW DIFFERENT FACILITIES WITHIN THOSE LOCATIONS.
WE'VE GOT DOWNTOWN, UH, CONVENTION CENTER AND PARKING LOT ALAMITOS BEACH ACROSS THE SHORELINE DRIVE, AND THEN IF YOU GO EAST OR SOUTHEAST DOWN THE BEACH, BELMONT SHORE AREA, AND THEN MARINE STADIUM.
SO IN THE, UM, DOWNTOWN AREA WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAMITOS BEACH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS, WATER POLO, ARTISTIC SWIMMING, HANDBALL IN THE ARENA.
UM, WE ALSO JUST, THEY ADDED SPORT CLIMBING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
THEY CLIMB UP THIS WALL IN LIKE NINE SECONDS AND THEY, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY LIKE SPIDER-MAN.
UM, I FIND THAT ONE VERY EXCITING.
AND THE COASTAL ROWING IS NEW TO THE OLYMPICS IN 2028.
UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE MARATHON SWIMMING, UM, AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL WAS ADDED RECENTLY.
I KNOW THAT'S VERY EXCITING FOR FOLKS.
AND THAT'LL BE AT A EL ALAMITOS BEACH AND THEN TARGET SHOOTING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THOSE MEMES OF BOTH THE TURKISH SHOOTER AND THE, UH, THE KOREAN SHOOTER, BUT THEY KIND OF BECAME SOCIAL MEDIA PHENOMENON.
AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE SAME ATTENTION DURING THE OLYMPICS IN 2028 SAILING, UH, IN BELMONT SHORE.
UH, OF COURSE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE LONG BEACH, UH, OR PLAN FOR THE OLYMPICS TO BE IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEN MARINE STADIUM WILL HAVE ROWING AND CANOE SPRINT.
ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING FOR ROWING IS THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO CHANGE THE SPORT TO A 1500 METER SPORT INSTEAD OF 2000 METERS IN ORDER TO HOST IT IN MARINE STADIUM.
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EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME HISTORY THERE WITH THE MARINE STADIUM BEING PART OF THE 1932 OLYMPICS AS WELL.SO, UM, JUST OVERALL, AND THAT'S 11 OLYMPIC SPORTS THAT I JUST WALKED THROUGH.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, FOUR PARALYMPIC SPORTS THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, BUT ALSO THEY MAY BE ANNOUNCING MORE.
WE'RE EXPECTING SOME ADDITIONAL PARALYMPIC SPORTS, HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING MONTHS WHEN THEY SOLIDIFY THAT PLANT.
SO AT LEAST 15 SPORTS IS OUR HOPE.
UM, ONCE IT'S, EVERYTHING IS SOLIDIFIED.
AND AS MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING PART OF THE LA UM, OLYMPICS IN 32 AND 84.
WE ALSO HAVE AS INTERESTING FACT, UH, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OLYMPIC, UH, OR OLYMPIANS THAT HAVE GROWN UP AND, AND BEEN RAISED HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO WILSON HIGH SCHOOL HAS ACTUALLY HAD ALUMNI COMPETE IN EVERY SUMMER OLYMPICS SINCE 1952, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
UM, SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS OBVIOUSLY CAPITALIZE ON THAT, UM, LEGACY AND BUILD ON THAT MOVING FORWARD.
NOT ONLY SHINING A LIGHT ON LONG BEACH TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET OUT OF LA'S SHADOW, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, BUT THAT WE ALSO LOOK FOR WAYS TO EXPAND OUR, UM, INTEREST IN ARTS AND CULTURE, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT DURING AND AFTER THE OLYMPICS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOUTH SUPPORTS IS A KEY AREA OF, UH, FOCUS FOR US AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GUIDING OUR EFFORTS FOR 2028 IS WE BROUGHT ON A CONSULTANT, KPMG TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC ROADMAP, UH, WHICH WAS JUST ANNOUNCED DURING THE MAYOR STATE OF THE CITY AND RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
IT'S ABOUT 120 PAGES, UH, IF YOU WANT SOME LIGHT READING ON THE WEEKENDS.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS WAS A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE CITY, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ROLES, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY CHALLENGES OR CONCERNS THAT DIRECTORS AND DEPUTY DIRECTORS OTHER UH, STAFF HAVE.
UM, AS WE PLAN FOR 2028, ALSO REVIEWING A NUMBER OF THE EXISTING PLANS LIKE OUR 2030 STRATEGIC VISION AND OTHERS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADVANCING OUR PREPARATIONS IN LINE WITH OUR EXISTING EFFORTS AND PRIORITIES.
UM, AS PART OF THAT PLAN, WE MAP OUT A PHASED APPROACH, ESSENTIALLY THAT OUT, UM, TALKS ABOUT SOME OF OUR KEY INITIATIVES FOR 2028.
SO ONE OF THOSE IS MAXIMIZING COST RECOVERY, MAKING SURE THAT ANY COSTS ABOVE OUR NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY KIND OF SERVICES ARE RECOVERED THROUGH LA 28.
UH, THINKING ABOUT OUR LEGACY, LIKE MENTIONED IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS, OF COURSE, ENSURING SAFETY AND SECURITY DURING, UM, THE EVENTS AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS A REALLY GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO FIND WAYS TO ATTRACT MORE, UH, FOLKS TO COME TO LONG BEACH AND TO FREQUENT OUR BUSINESSES AND, AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT US.
SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY ARE KEY PRIORITIES FOR US AS WELL.
UH, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LA 28 ON WHAT THOSE INITIATIVES CAN LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT FROM AN EQUITY STANDPOINT, WE AND JORGE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, REALLY WANNA BRING THE GAMES TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO WE KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH AREN'T NECESSARILY GONNA GO TO THESE GAMES.
THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE ALL THAT INTERESTED.
SO HOW DO WE BRING THE GAMES TO THEM AND GET THEM EXCITED AND INTERESTED IN THIS? UH, THAT'S ONE WAY WE'RE THINKING ABOUT EQUITY IS, UH, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE EXCITEMENT AND, UM, LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE SPORTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT PART OF THAT PLAN, BUT ULTIMATELY A PHASED APPROACH TO THAT IMPLEMENTATION.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE NEXT COMING YEARS TO TEST OUT OUR PREPARATIONS, UH, FOR THESE HUGE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AND THEN THE IDEA WOULD BE, WE'D BE OBVIOUSLY READY FOR 2028 AND THEN AFTERWARDS HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME OF THOSE MORE LONG-TERM LEGACIES THAT JORGE WILL WALK US THROUGH, UM, IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, SO LET'S SEE, UM, A FEW OF THOSE KEY THEMES, UM, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE SYNOPSIS OR SYNOPSIS ON THIS SLIDE IS OBVIOUSLY EQUITY, BRINGING THE GAMES TO EVERYBODY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THEN THOSE LASTING LEGACY IMPACTS, UH, FOR SMALL BUSINESS ARTS CULTURE AND YOUTH.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE KEY INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE LEAD UP TO OLYMPICS, UM, FOR THOSE LONG, LONG-TERM LEGACIES IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, UH, PLANNED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES TO SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE LEAD UP TO THE OLYMPICS, LIKE OUR SHOEMAKER BRIDGE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EASY ACCESS TO AND FROM DOWNTOWN, UM, LOOKING AT OUR BELMONT POOL FOR EXAMPLE, OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ALAMEDOS BAY FOR WATER, WATER QUALITY.
A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE REGARDLESS OF THE OLYMPICS.
UM, BUT THAT WILL MAKE SURE WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND HAVE THOSE COMMUNITY
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BENEFITS LONG TERM.AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JORGE.
SO WE'LL, HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS MORE OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, UM, I THINK WHEN EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT THE GAMES, THEY DO THINK ABOUT, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHY THE GAMES CAN SOMETIMES HAVE A BAD RAP.
'CAUSE THEY THINK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GETS BUILT FOR THE GAMES AND THEN GETS DESERTED AFTERWARD.
UH, LUCKILY HERE, I THINK IN LA THE THE GREAT PART IS, UM, IT'S REALLY BUILT ON SUSTAINABILITY AND USING THOSE EXISTING VENUES.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AS FAR AS LEVERAGING THE GAMES LIKE TYLER MENTIONED, TO FURTHER OUR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST A WAY TO GAIN MOMENTUM IN THAT AREA.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS REALLY, UH, THE CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE CAN USE THE GAMES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THAT AREA.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN AREA THAT, AN AREA THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT THROUGH A, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE, UH, FORMING COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS, WHICH I'LL COVER ON A COUPLE SLIDES.
AND THEN A, A LONG BEACH LEGACY FUND.
AND WHAT I'M PERSONALLY MOST EXCITED ABOUT, UM, ARE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FESTIVAL SITES AND WATCH PARTIES THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRING THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST LONG BEACH.
THE COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T CLOSE TO THE VENUES ARE.
UM, HONESTLY, IF I, IF I WAS GROWING UP HERE DURING 84, I DON'T THINK I PROBABLY WOULD'VE WENT TO AN EVENT.
UM, THE WAY I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, PARENTS REALLY FOCUSED ON WORKING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST KNOWING THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT EXPERIENCE AND BRING THAT TO THE YOUTH SO THAT THEY CAN ATTEND AN EVENT, THEY COULD STILL REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE HERE DURING THE, DURING THE GAME.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PERSONALLY, UM, INVESTED IN MYSELF.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY GETTING A LOT OF INSPIRATION, UM, ON HOW TO DO THAT REALLY FROM WHAT PARIS DID.
SO PARIS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF BRINGING THAT OLYMPIC SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEY INVESTED, UM, SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN CREATING THESE FESTIVAL ZONES, UM, AT LEAST 20 OF THEM THAT WERE SPREAD OUT.
AND REALLY, THEY, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME, UM, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PROGRAM THESE ZONES.
UM, AND THEY, THEY ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED THEM, UM, FROM, UM, THE POINT THAT THE OLYMPICS STARTED, EVEN THE TWO WEEKS BETWEEN THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS, WHERE THERE WAS TECHNICALLY NO EVENTS, AND THEN THE PARALYMPICS AS WELL.
SO SIX WEEKS OF ACTIVATION FROM MORNING UNTIL EVENING, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY HOW TO ACTIVATE THEM, BRING IN DIFFERENT THINGS THERE, NOT JUST WATCH, NOT JUST, UH, SPORT FOCUS, BUT THERE WAS ALSO, UH, CULTURE FOCUS, UH, FOCUS ON FOOD, UH, UH, FOCUS ON WORKSHOPS AND SPORTS CLINICS.
UM, SO ON THIS SIDE, IT'LL JUST ACTUALLY SHOW SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT.
UH, SO, UH, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A WEBSITE, WHICH WAS REALLY NEAT.
UH, AND THEN YOU CAN GO AND, UM, I THINK THEY HAD DISTRICTS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND YOU CAN GO TO YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT A MAP AND SEE WHERE YOUR FESTIVAL ZONE WAS.
UM, THEY HAD A SCHEDULE, UM, OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WERE AVAILABLE, WHAT TIME THEY WERE AVAILABLE, WHAT AUDIENCE THEY WERE GEARED TOWARDS.
UM, AND, AND IT WASN'T JUST SPORTS.
SO AS YOU COULD SEE HERE, THEY REALLY, THIS IS REALLY WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO BRING IN, I THINK, A LOT OF THEIR CITY VALUES TO THESE ZONES.
SO YOU SEE, LIKE, OTHER THAN SPORTS AND THE OBVIOUS THINGS LIKE, UH, DJS AND MUSIC AND ARTS AND CULTURE, THEY ALSO HAD THINGS LIKE, UM, LIBRARY, UM, WORKSHOPS, OR THEY HAD SUSTAINABILITY THEMED ACTIVITIES.
UM, ON THE LAST ONE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE INTERESTED IN, UH, VR.
SO BRINGING SOME TECH ASPECT TO IT TOO.
SO REALLY A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK HERE TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THE CITY'S VALUES THROUGH THESE, UH, UH, FESTIVAL ZONES IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
AND HERE'S JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
SO THIS WAS THEIR LARGEST AREA, WHICH WAS RIGHT SIDE OF, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE PARIS, UH, CITY HALL.
UM, SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU COULD SEE THE SPACE IS ACTIVATED FOR A CONCERT.
UM, BUT THIS, IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU COULD SEE THE SAME SPACE IS NOW CONVERTED AT A DIFFERENT TIME TO A WATCH PARTY.
UM, SO I THINK IN OUR, IN OUR MINDS, THIS IS WHAT WE COULD PICTURE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO HERE, TO DOWNTOWN WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST ACTIVATIONS IN SPORTS HAPPENING, MOST OF THE MOST DENSITY.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE I FOUND.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD SEE AS POSSIBLY BEING A, A, A FESTIVAL ZONE THAT COULD BE DONE IN A PART OF THE CITY WHERE MAYBE THE, THERE'S LESS DENSITY, THE EVENTS AREN'T HAPPENING, BUT STILL YOU'RE REALLY BRINGING THAT OLYMPIC, UM, THE GAMES KIND OF LOOK AND FEEL TO THE SITE.
UM, IT'S REALLY JUST HAVING SOME, UM, HAVING SOME STAGING WITH A SCREEN, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN LOCAL FOOD VENDORS AS WELL, UH, HAVE GATHERINGS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE YOUTH WITH SOME SIMPLE SPORT ACTIVATION.
SO IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT, I THINK, BUT IT MAKES THE COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE THE GAMES ARE HAPPENING.
IT KIND OF REALLY BRINGS THAT SPIRIT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO REPLICATE AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, HE ACTUALLY TRAVELED TO PARIS AND WENT TO THE SAILING EVENT, UM, IN PARIS.
SO THIS JUST SHOWS AN, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR COAST AS A WAY TO ACTIVATE AS WELL.
UM, WE ALWAYS JOKE WHERE WE WE'RE A LONG BEACH WITH WHETHER WE REALLY HAVE A LONG BEACH.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ALONG THE COAST, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SPACE THERE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND WE CAN EVEN ENVISION A, UM, AN A WORLD WHERE WE HAVE ALAMEDA'S BEACH ACTIVATED AND,
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AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ACTIVATIONS GOING FROM THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE SAILING'S HAPPENING AND, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST SEEING ACTIVITY THERE THROUGHOUT THE GAMES.SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STRIVING FOR AS WELL.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THE OTHER AREAS WE'RE LOOKING TO, SO COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS.
UM, SO THAT THE MAYOR OF STATE OF THE CITY THIS YEAR, HE ANNOUNCED THE CO-LEADS FOR THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
UM, SO THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND YOUTH SPORTS.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE CO-LEADS NOW.
WE HAVE A, A, A WORKSHOP COMING UP ACTUALLY NEXT MONTH TO REALLY TRY TO GET, UM, JUST REALLY FIGURE OUT OUR, OUR WORKING STRUCTURE AND HOW WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM.
BUT ULTIMATELY THEIR PURPOSE IS TO HELP US, IS TO HELP PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON IN THOSE AREAS, AS WELL AS BEING CONNECTORS, UH, WITH US TO HELP US CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND HELP WITH MESSAGING AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A LEGACY FUND DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE HAVE A GROUP THAT'S WORKING ON THAT AS WELL, SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, L LA DID AFTER THE 84 OLYMPICS, THE LA 84 FOUNDATION, WHICH IS STILL IN EXISTENCE AND STILL PROVIDING, UH, PHIL PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE INSPIRED BY THAT AND HOPING THIS GO AROUND, WE CAN DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, SPECIFIC TO LONG BEACH.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND INFORMED, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECENTLY LAUNCHED OUR 2020 GAMES WEBSITE.
SO THAT'S JUST A HUB FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS, UM, THE DIFFERENT VENUES, OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP CAN BE FOUND THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE A FORM THERE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN GO AND SIGN UP TO GET ON MAILING LISTS.
SO AS WE START TO GET MORE INFORMATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE MAILING LISTS AS WELL.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT EMAIL COMMUNICATION, SO IF, IF PEOPLE WANT TO REACH OUT TO US DIRECTLY, UH, WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WE'LL THAT WE MONITOR AND THEY CAN USE TO, TO REACH US.
AND THEN FOR NEXT STEPS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WHAT WE'LL REALLY BE FOCUSED ON IS CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LA 28, JUST TO FINALIZE ALL OF THE DETAILS FOR THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO FINALIZING ALL OF OUR PARALYMPIC EVENTS.
SO WE'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT EXACTLY WE'LL HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH THIS SUMMER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ALSO STARTING, UM, SOME MORE OPERATIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE OPERATION IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE AROUND VENUES AND HOW THEY'LL GET AROUND DURING GAMES TIME.
UM, THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, ALL OF OUR INTERNAL, UM, PARTNERS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT ALL THE, UM, INITIATIVES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
SO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE REGIONAL COORDINATION.
I KEEP SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE, THEY'RE, THEY'LL KNOW THEY'RE IN LONG BEACH, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GO TO OTHER EVENTS AND THEY'LL BE CROSSING DIFFERENT CITIES AND THEY'LL WANT TO HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF GAMES EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE REGION.
SO I THINK WE'LL NEED BETTER REGIONAL COORDINATION.
UM, LUCKILY THE, THE COUNTY DID LAUNCH A REGIONAL, UH, IT'S CALLED THE 88 4 28, SO BRINGING ALL THE 88 CITIES TOGETHER, THAT WAS LAUNCHED RECENTLY.
WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, SO THOSE SHOULD START HAPPENING QUARTERLY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE HAVE, UM, FOLKS IN THE CITY WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR FED, UH, FEDERAL PARTNERS TO TRY TO JUST ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING OR RESOURCES WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL GAINS AS WELL.
UM, THE, ACTUALLY THE SECRET SERVICE, SO THE FEDERAL, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, GIVEN THE, THE, UM, GIVEN THE, UH, WHAT'S CONSIDERED A, UH, DESIGNATION, I GUESS A, AN EVENT DESIGNATION, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, OVERSEEING ALL OF SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE GAME.
SO IT'S THE SECRET SERVICE WHO'S LEADING THE SECURITY EFFORT.
SO WE'RE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW, OUR PD, BUT IT'S REALLY WORKING WITH, UM, FEDERAL, WITH STATE, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO, UM, REALLY MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GAMES.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK AS WELL.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
TYLER AND JORGE, THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.
IT REALLY BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE, UH, WELL UNDERWAY WITH A VERY, VERY GOOD PLAN TO MAKE THIS AN AWESOME EVENT.
GIVEN THIS THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
WILL, DO YOU PLAN TO, UH, HAVE ANY EXPANDED USE OF THE GO LONG BEACH APP OR WILL THERE BE AN OLYMPICS APP? ANYTHING THAT CAN, ON THE MOST INTIMATE DEVICES WE HAVE DRIVE PEOPLE TO NOT ONLY THE SPORTING EVENTS, BUT OUR OTHER RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES AND CULTURAL EVENTS SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE IN LONG BEACH MAY KNOW WHERE TO GO IN BETWEEN THINGS OR, UM, WHILE THEY'RE WALKING THE STREETS.
YEAH, WE'VE DEFINITELY, WE'VE DEFINITELY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE WANNA LEVERAGE WAY FINDING, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE AND THEY COULD PHYSICALLY, ONCE THEY'RE HERE, THEY'LL KIND OF KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, ALSO USING TECHNOLOGY.
I KNOW THE PARIS GAMES, I BELIEVE THEY USED, THEY HAD AN APP THAT THEY USED FOR THE GAMES THAT PEOPLE COULD USE TO TRY
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TO GET AROUND.SO YEAH, TRYING TO DEFINITELY WANNA LOOK INTO THAT.
I THINK, UM, WHAT I HEARD ABOUT, IN WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IN PARIS AND JUST IN GENERAL WITH SPECIAL EVENTS, ONE ASPECT I KNOW IS, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS LIKE DIFFERENT, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE TRAFFIC FLOW GOES, IT CHANGES, YOU KNOW, FROM DEPENDING ON THE EVENT, WHATEVER'S GOING ON.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALSO HAVE SOME GOOD CONVERSATION WITH OUR, UM, JUST TECH PARTNERS AS FAR AS LIKE, I WAS THINKING LIKE GOOGLE APPLE MAPS, LIKE IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO, UM, WORK WITH THEM TO GIVE THEM THE KIND OF INFORMATION THEY NEED SO THAT IN REAL TIME WE CAN ADJUST LIKE THOSE.
'CAUSE EVERYONE'S GONNA BE USING, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY GOOGLE MAPS OR APPLE MAPS TO GET TO THE AREA.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A KEY THING, LIKE LOOKING FOR THOSE KIND KINDA OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE TECH TO MAKE, MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND OR TO FIND THINGS DURING THE GAMES.
SO YEAH, DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY IS A, IS A BIG COMPONENT AS WELL.
WRITING PIGGYBACK ON GOOGLE MAPS THAT, UM, OR JUST, OR DEVELOPING IT, YOUR ON, ON OUR OWN EXTENSION OF THE GO ALONG BEACH APP.
GOOGLE DOES HAVE A, A, A SPECIFIED PROGRAM AND API THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TAILOR TO THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
I HAVE A CONTACT THERE IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH GOOGLE APPLE.
NOT, UM, I KNOW THEY DO THE SAME, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY OVER THERE, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY CONNECT YOU TO THE FOLKS AT GOOGLE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE ALSO COOL TO SEE THINGS LIKE THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH INCORPORATED INTO THAT TOO.
OR IF, YOU KNOW, THESE BUILDINGS WERE HERE DURING THE 1932 OLYMPICS AND THE 84 KIND OF THING.
QR CODES, LIKE THEY'RE WALKING AROUND, THEY WALKED PAST THE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK BUILDING BUILT IN 1907, RIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN 1932 WHEN, WHEN, UH, UM, THE OLYMPICS WERE HELD HERE BEFORE.
IT'D BE COOL TO SEE LONG BEACH HISTORY INCORPORATED INTO THAT AS WELL, SINCE WE HAVE SUCH A RICH HISTORY.
AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME NOW THAT THE OLYMPICS HAVE BEEN SEEN IN, IN, IN THIS AREA, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS VERY COMMON FOR MOST CITIES.
I I DON'T THINK MOST, MOST VENUES HAVE HAD IT THREE TIMES YET.
SO A PARTICULARLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
UM, DO YOU KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE THE HARD ROCK, UM, ON, UM, PINE AND OCEAN BUILT YET? WILL THAT VENUE BE THERE? YES, THE PLAN IS THAT THE HARD ROCK WOULD BE READY, UM, AND OPEN BEFORE THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
UM, AND JUST REALLY QUICK ON YOUR POINT TO THE HISTORY, UM, I THINK YOU'LL LIKE THAT WE DID HAVE SOME FUNDING IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO WORK WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH TO START SOME OF THAT PROCESS.
'CAUSE NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN WELL, WELL-DOCUMENTED.
AND THERE ARE SOME ARTIFACTS FROM 32 AND 84 OLYMPICS THAT ARE SCATTERED AROUND THE CITY, BUT IT HASN'T REALLY EVER BEEN KIND OF CODIFIED IN, IN A REPORT OR LIKE AN EXHIBIT AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO KIND OF, UM, MAP OUT THAT WHOLE HISTORY.
AND THEN I REALLY LOVE THAT IDEA OF FINDING WAYS TO USE TECHNOLOGY OR GET IT, GET THAT INFORMATION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST LIKE A HERE GO TO THIS ONE PLACE AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXHIBIT, BUT, UM, BRINGING IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
I, I BUILT OUR MOBILE APP AT OUR, I, MY, UH, MY EMPLOYER.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MAYBE THE, TO GET SOMETHING OFF THE GROUND, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO CHAT.
UM, WHAT PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THE HARD ROCK ANY, DO WE ENVISION A HOTEL ZONE DECLARED, UH, SOUTH OF OCEAN TO ALLOW ACTIVITIES TO 4:00 AM BY THAT TIME AND THE STATE JUST PASSED THE LAW ALLOWING THAT.
UM, BUT LOCAL ORDINANCES HAVE TO HAVE TO SEE IT THROUGH.
DO WE ENVISION A HOTEL ZONE SOUTH OF OCEAN BY 2028? NOT SURE ABOUT THE HOTEL ZONE SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UM, I KNOW ACTUALLY JORGE HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE, THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE, UH, LEGISLATION AND WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN LOCALLY.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY STARTING THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO, UM, KIND OF SEE WHERE THAT MIGHT WORK AND MAYBE EVEN PILOT IT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN AREAS SURE.
AND GROW INTO WHAT IT MAY TURN INTO IN 2028.
UM, BUT I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVATION ALL DAY AND INTO THE EVENING, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND ALONG WHERE QUEEN MARY IS AND STUFF.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE, WE DEFINITELY LOOK INTO.
WE HAVEN'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS AT THE MOMENT SPECIFICALLY, BUT SURE J IT'S, THAT'S ONE COMPLAINT I HEAR ABOUT LONG BEACH FROM FOLKS WHO ARE FROM LIKE NEW YORK AND CHICAGO OR INTERNATIONAL, IS THAT EVERYTHING CLOSES AT TWO LAST CALL AT ONE 30 ABROAD AND IN OTHER BIG CITIES THAT IT'S TYPICALLY TOLD FOR OR NEW YORK NEVER.
UM, SO IT'S UH, UM, LIKE THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A ROUGH THING THAT PEOPLE I THINK ARE CONFRONTED WITH 'EM WHEN THEY COME TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND NIGHT LIFE NIGHTLIFE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT IT'S LAST CALL AT BY ONE 30, THAT TENDS A SURPRISE IN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE.
WE'RE USED TO IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BROADER GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE, TO THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
AND, AND I'LL THAT TOO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT, I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME IDEA.
'CAUSE WE DO EXPECT A LOT OF, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THE ACTIVATION ACTIVITY.
UM, I THINK WHAT TYLER MENTIONED WITH A PROTOCOL OFFICER, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LEVERAGE AND CREATE THOSE INTERNATIONAL
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RELATIONSHIPS.SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE A FEW COUNTRIES INTERESTED IN BEING HERE AND, UM, I THINK DENMARK IS PRETTY MUCH, I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY BOOKED UP AND WILL BE HERE DURING THAT TIME.
UM, SO I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY BIG INTO HANDBALL, SO THEY REALLY WANTED TO BE IN LONG BEACH, SO THEY, THEY WERE ALREADY BOOKED BEFORE WE EVEN MET WITH THEM.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE, UM, KIND OF THAT VIBE.
AND WITH THE MEETING WE HAD ON MONDAY, IT WAS REALLY TRY TO PITCH LONG BEACH AS A LOCATION AND TRY TO BRING IN AS MANY NATIONS AS WE CAN TO CREATE THOSE HOSPITALITY HOUSES AND THOSE ACTIVATIONS, UM, DURING THE GAME SO THAT THIS WHOLE AREA WILL BE, UM, REALLY ACTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE YOU WANT TO BE DESTINATION.
AND, AND WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TOO FOR COMMISSIONERS TOO WITH THAT, THE, THE PROTOCOL, UM, AND HOSTING THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, YOU AIN'T GOT ENOUGH CITY STAFF TO, TO, UH, PUT, YOU KNOW, HOSTS ON EVERYBODY, BUT YOU MAY HAVE WITH COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED AND A LOT OF THEM COME FROM LONG BEACH.
SO IF YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL OR PEOPLE OR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP HOST DIGNITARIES OR JUST MAKE SURE THEY DON'T STEP IN A POTHOLE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST ARE GUIDED THROUGH THE CITY, UM, I'M SURE YOU'D HAVE A LOT OF TAKERS ON THE COMMISSION.
AND I, I WILL, UH, I I WILL END WITH THIS LAST ONE.
UM, I, I LOVE THE, THE UNDERTONES OF EQUITY AND, UM, INCLUSIVENESS THROUGH THIS.
THESE TYPES OF EVENTS CAN VERY OFTEN BE JUST FILLED UP WITH TOP DOLLAR TICKET BUYERS.
UM, I'M SURE WE HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT LONG BEACH KIDS, UH, L-B-U-S-D, THE YMCA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB GET MAYBE ACCESS TO SOME OF THESE EVENTS OR SOME TICKETS SET ASIDE SO THAT LONG BEACH KIDS CAN SEE THE LONG BEACH EVENTS.
I'M, I'M, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS IN THE LIST OF CONSIDERATIONS, BUT, UM, OF COURSE WE, WE WOULD WANNA SEE OUR OWN THERE, FRONT AND CENTER.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, WE HAVE THE SAME PRIORITY FOR SURE.
UH, THE CHALLENGE IS WE DON'T HAVE, UM, CONTROL AND ACCESS OVER THE, THE TICKETS SPECIFICALLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE COORDINATE AND ARE PARTNERING WITH LA 28.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN BRING TO THEM TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOW CAN YOU HELP US? AND UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ACTIVATIONS THAT WE'LL BE DOING OUTSIDE THE EVENTS WILL STILL BE JUST ON THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY TO DO, BUT THERE COULD BE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, ANOTHER IDEA THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, A GROUP IN LA THAT HAS FORMER OLYMPIANS AND PARALYMPIANS THAT GO TO DIFFERENT EVENTS AND SCHOOLS AND THINGS.
I MEAN, EVEN IN THE LEAD UP TO THE, UH, IN 2028 GAMES, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BRING THOSE EXPERIENCES I THINK, TO THE YOUTH AND, UM, DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN THE, THE EVENTS WHEN THEY'RE HERE TOO.
UM, I THINK THE OTHER, ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE, UM, ASPECTS OF OUR LOCATION IN THE VENUES, ESPECIALLY THE WATER VENUES, IS THAT, UM, THE TEAMS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT SPORTS LIKE SAILING AND, AND ROWING WANT TO TEST AND TRAIN IN THE WATER THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE COMPETING IN VERY DIFFERENT THAN LIKE A TRACK AND FIELD IS, IS THE SAME PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE, RIGHT? BUT, UM, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SAIL IN LONG BEACH WATERS OR ROW IN MARINE STADIUM AND, UM, THAT MEANS THAT THEY WANT TO SET UP TRAINING FACILITIES AND, AND RESOURCES.
SO ALONGSIDE THAT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, YOUTH SPORTS KIND OF ENGAGEMENT.
SO HOW DO YOU GET MORE INFORMATION TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SAILING OR WHATEVER THESE SPORTS ARE, YOU KNOW, TO GET, UM, THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, I THINK FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE TEAMS BEING HERE POTENTIALLY FOR YEARS IN THE LEAD UP TO 2028.
UM, SO I THINK WE HAVE THE SAME MINDSET AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN GET YOUTH INVOLVED, UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND PUSH, WELL, OBVIOUSLY I CAN HELP YOU WITH THE Y FOLKS.
SO, UH, IS THAT THE READY SET GOLD PROGRAM THAT YOU REFERENCED THERE THAT PAIRS THE OLYMPIC? YEAH, EXACTLY.
YEAH, I, I HELPED DESIGN THAT PROGRAM WHEN I WAS JUST OUTTA COLLEGE.
I WORKED FOR S-C-C-O-G, WHICH WAS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMITTEE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES NOW LA 28.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE JUST MET WITH THE, THE GROUP THAT THAT DOES THAT, SO YEAH, SO WE CONNECTED THEM WITH L-B-U-S-D.
AND THEN ALSO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM.
WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM INTO CITY EVENTS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
THEY, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND IT'S INTIMATE AND HIGH TOUCH AND FOCUSED ON KIDS AND, UH, VERY GENUINE THAT THAT RSG PROGRAM, UH, JORGE AND TYLER BRAVO, THIS, IT'S GONNA BE VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITING.
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LONG BEACH.
COULD YOU ELABORATE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOW PARTICIPANT WOULD GET FROM ONE VINEYARD TO ANOTHER? SURE, YEAH.
UM, SO THIS IS A, I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT, TRANSIT FORWARD OR TRANSIT FIRST OLYMPICS.
I THINK ORIGINALLY THEY WERE SAYING IT WAS A CAR FREE ONE,
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BUT THE REALITY SET IN THAT WE LIVE IN THE LA REGION,SO, UM, REGIONALLY LA METRO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, AND THAT'S BIG QUESTIONS LIKE, WELL, HOW DO WE MOVE FOLKS FROM THE OLYMPIC OR THE ATHLETES VILLAGE AT UCLA AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE BROADCASTERS, THE JOURNALISTS, FOLKS THAT ARE COVERING THE EVENTS OR LA 28 STAFF, HOW DO WE MOVE THEM AROUND THE REGION TO THE DIFFERENT SPORTING AREAS LIKE LONG BEACH? UM, AND SO THEY'LL BE UTILIZING, UM, LOOKING AT WAYS TO DO LIKE AN LA 28 ONLY LANE ON THE 4 0 5, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THEY'LL ALSO BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MOVE SPECTATORS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, ESPECIALLY UTILIZING, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE METRO SYSTEM.
SO FOR US, THAT MEANS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY KIND OF ENDS AT THE END OF THE A LINE.
UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY GOT SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS TO, UM, IMPROVE, UH, THEIR DIFFERENT STATIONS.
SO ONE OF THEM IS WILLOW STREET STATION WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY CREATE MORE OF A MO MOBILITY HUB THERE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO KINDA LIKE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, GETTING TO AND FROM, UH, THE MO, THE WILLOW STATION AND SO ON.
UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT.
HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY TO COME TO LONG BEACH ON THE A LINE OR THROUGH VARIOUS SHUTTLE SERVICES, KIND OF LIKE THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL WHERE WE, YOU CAN GET A SHUTTLE FROM A LAKEWOOD MALL AND THEN GET TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL TRYING TO REDUCE INDIVIDUAL CARS.
BUT ONCE THEY'RE HERE, THEN I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CITY AND LONG BEACH TRANSIT REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT WORKS WELL FOR US.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE A MULTIMODAL SUPER HIGHWAY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND AND THE EAST SIDE.
SO FIND, KIND OF, THINK ABOUT A BEACH STREETS ESSENTIALLY TO GET PEOPLE ON, BUT INCLUDING LIKE SHUTTLE BUSES, NO CARS, BUT UH, SHUTTLE BUSES, SCOOTERS, UH, WALKING, HOWEVER PEOPLE WANT TO GET FROM DOWNTOWN OVER TO THE EAST SIDE, UH, WHERE WE HAVE BELMONT SHORE AND MARINE STADIUM AND HOW DO WE SHOWCASE BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE WAY.
UM, WE CAN ALSO UTILIZE HOPEFULLY THE, THE BEACH PATHS, UH, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSIT.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN WORKING WITH PUBLIC OR LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO INCREASE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED BASED ON THE DEMAND.
I DUNNO, JORGE, IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER CONTEXT YOU WANTED TO ADD ON TRANSPORTATION? YEAH, SO LIKE TODD MENTIONED, THOSE ARE ALL GONNA BE KEY BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY, AS PART OF OUR VENUE AGREEMENTS WITH LA 28, WE LOOK AT ALL OUR VENUES, UH, ADJACENT PARKING LOTS ARE ALL GONNA BE TAKEN UP FOR LOGISTICAL PURPOSES OR FOR LIKELY SHUTTLE PURPOSES.
SO THERE, THERE REALLY WON'T BE ANY PARKING AVAILABLE AT THE VENUES THEMSELVES.
SO NO ONE CAN REALLY EXPECT TO DRIVE DOWN AND TRY TO FIND A PARKING SPOT.
THEY'LL HAVE TO DEFINITELY, UM, AT LEAST WALK A WHILE TO GET THERE OR TAKE SOME KIND OF MICRO MOBILITY, UM, OR IF, YOU KNOW, FIND A SHUTTLE.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO.
AND I THINK AS THEY START CONTINUING THEIR PLANNING, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE FIGURING OUT WHERE THOSE SHUTTLE LOCATIONS ARE FOR EVENT HOLDERS AND WHERE THEY PROBABLY NEED TO GO AND PARK SOMEWHERE THEN, THEN SHUTTLE IN.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO IF THEY'RE NOT TAKING THE METRO.
BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY NO PARKING AT THE, AT THE VENUES AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE REALLY BEEN COMMUNICATING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE REGION FOR ANY OF THE OLYMPIC VENUES.
ONE THING I'LL JUST ADD ON THAT TO JORGE'S EARLIER POINT ON THE REGIONAL COORDINATION, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK A LOT OF THE OTHER CITIES MAY COME IN WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE EVENTS NECESSARILY, BUT THEY WANT TO HOST MAYBE VIEWING PARTIES AND OTHER ACTIVATIONS INCLUDING LIKE ESSENTIALLY A PARK AND RIDE TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE BRINGING TRAFFIC INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
HOW DO THEY CAPITALIZE ON THAT AS WELL, UM, FOR THESE SHUTTLE SYSTEMS. SO THAT I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING CITIES AS WELL.
I CAN ALSO SEE THAT IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY CHALLENGING.
UM, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT AND UH, UH, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ONE OTHER THING, UM, THAT I'M NOT SURE I GOT TOUCHED ON EXACTLY.
I KNOW THAT, UM, HERE IN LONG BEACH WE HAVE SOME BIG EVENTS ALREADY WITH OUR, UH, GRAND PRIX WE JUST HAD, AND IN A COUPLE WEEKENDS, THREE WEEKENDS FROM NOW, WE HAVE LONG BEACH PRIDE.
WHEN I ATTEND THESE EVENTS, I KNOW FROM A TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDPOINT IT'S NOT THE CITY'S FAULT NECESSARILY, BUT UH, CELL PHONE ACCESS, UH, WIFI, THINGS LIKE THIS, THESE KIND OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURES GET BOGGED DOWN ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE IN HERE IN TOWN TODAY.
UM, HAVE WE HAD ANY THOUGHT YET OR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TELECOM PROVIDERS FOR WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE? YEAH, ACTUALLY, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW ROB HAS
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BEEN CONNECTED WITH.UH, WE WE'RE WORKING WITH LA 28 RIGHT NOW TO ASSESS KIND OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UM, AND WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY VERSUS WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE HOPING TO SEE DURING THE GAMES.
BUT I DON'T KNOW JORGE OR ROB IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING.
I CAN ADD, ADD A LITTLE COLOR TO THAT.
UM, WITH OUR FIBER MASTER PROJECT, WE'RE LAYING ABOUT 40 MILES OF FIBER THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE PLAN ON HAVING THAT DONE IN 2027.
THE INITIAL FOCUS WITH THAT PROJECT WILL BE THE VENUE SITES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, FIBER LIT UP IN THOSE AREAS AND WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, FREE WIFI AND OTHER CAPABILITIES FOR THE TELCO PROVIDERS TO LEVERAGE AS WELL.
I KNOW LA 28 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US AS WELL, ARE WORKING WITH THE CELLULAR PROVIDERS TO BOOST CELLULAR DAS COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE AREA PRIOR TO THOSE GAMES TOO, HOPEFULLY LONG BEFORE THOSE GAMES SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR OTHER EVENTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, I CONCUR WITH EVERYONE ELSE AND THAT I'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S COMING.
UM, ONE QUESTION I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, WITH KIND OF SEEING WHAT WAS DONE IN PARIS, UM, I LIKE, I LOVE THE ZONING IDEAS, BUT UM, WERE YOU GUYS ABLE TO CAP CAPTURE ANY LESSONS LEARNED OF THINGS THAT DIDN'T GO WELL IN PARIS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER FOR LONG BEACH? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, ACTUALLY PARIS HAS BEEN PRETTY, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
UM, IT'S BEEN SOME PRETTY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER UM, THE PARALYMPICS, UM, MAYOR BASS OUT IN LA, SHE HAD LIKE AN AFTER ACTION SUMMIT, WHICH THEY ACTUALLY FLEW IN A LOT OF THE CITY OF PARIS FOLKS, UM, TO COME TO LA AND WE WENT OUT THERE AND THEY ACTUALLY DID PANELS FOR LIKE TWO STRAIGHT DAYS AND THEY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THEIR EXPERIENCES.
SO TOOK DOWN A LOT OF NOTES, UM, FOR THAT.
UM, I DUNNO ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED, BUT LIKE WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THE FESTIVAL ZONES, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CONVINCE THEIR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GIVE THEM I THINK LIKE $20 MILLION TO FUND THOSE AREAS.
UM, SO I, WHICH I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE CASE FOR US.
SO THAT'S WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S EXCITING TO TALK ABOUT, I'M JUST REALLY HOPING WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE FUNDING.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED THE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE AT THE SCALE THEY WERE AT AS FAR AS LIKE THE 20 DIFFERENT ZONES.
UM, BUT FUNDING IS GONNA BE A CONSIDERATION FOR SURE.
UM, LESSONS LEARNED, I MEAN WHAT I, WHAT THEY DID REALLY WELL, UM, AGAIN, LIKE THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, ASKED FOR, UM, SOLICITATION, THEY SOLICITATED THE COMMUNITY TO ASK FOR LIKE IDEAS FOR ACTIVATIONS.
AND IT WAS LIKE REALLY THE CITY, THE WAY THEY EXPLAINED IT, THEY USED THEIR RESOURCES, UM, ALSO UNDERSTAND THEIR LIMITATIONS.
THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN A PRIVATE, UH, VENDOR WHO ACTUALLY HELPED SET UP THE SITES.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THE MONEY TO BRING IN SOMEONE WHO KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO SET UP AND, AND STAGE THOSE SITES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INGRESS, EGRESS, STAFFING, ALL THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE CITY, THEIR PART WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, LET'S GET THOSE IDEAS, UM, BACK FROM EVERYONE AND THEN REALLY THEN JUST COORDINATE ALL THE PROGRAMMING.
SO THEY REALLY DID THAT REALLY WELL.
UM, THEY REALLY DID THEIR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, UM, REALLY WELL AS WELL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG THING.
THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S GONNA BE ABOUT 50,000 VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDED FOR, FOR THE 2028 GAMES.
UM, THEY HAD AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT.
SO IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY COLLABORATED WITH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE THERE.
SO IT WAS THE CITY AND THEN THEY WERE KIND OF LIKE, THE WAY WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S CITY OF LA AND THEN THERE'S LA 28.
UM, SO THE CITY ACTUALLY, THEY COLLABORATED WITH OG THE OG PUT OUT THE, THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PUT OUT THE CALL FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY GOT BACK I THINK LIKE 300,000 APPLICATIONS, I THINK IS WHAT THEY SAID, UM, THAT THEY HAD TO WEED THROUGH AND THEY NARROWED IT DOWN TO LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHATEVER IT WAS, THE 50,000 OR SO.
UM, AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 10% THAT WERE ACTUALLY CITY VOLUNTEERS.
SO THEY UM, THEY ACTUALLY, THE, THE, THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS, THEY GET, YOU KNOW, THEIR UNIFORM AS PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
UM, THE CITY, LIKE THEY KIND OF RAN THEIR OWN VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE, THEIR OWN VOLUNTEERS, LIKE KIND OF OUTSIDE THE VENUES, WHICH I ANTICIPATE WE, WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO DO IT TO SOME DEGREE.
UM, BUT THEN THEY REALLY MADE A, AN EMPHASIS TO LIKE GIVE THEM THE SAME UNIFORM, GIVE THEM THE SAME KIND OF EXPERIENCE, UM, SO THAT THEY FELT LIKE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE A CITY VOLUNTEER, THEY WERE STILL KIND OF GETTING THAT OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE.
SO THEY TOOK, THEY WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT AND HOW THEY ENGAGED WITH VOLUNTEERS.
AGAIN, THEY ALSO HAD FUNDING FOR THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS THE FUNDING FOR THAT ASPECT.
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE WAY LA 28 IS DOING IT, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS BASED ON RECENT UPDATES, THEY MIGHT START LIKE AN INITIAL CALL FOR VOL FOR VOLUNTEERS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT LIKE WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITH JUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE LOOKING AT LIKE, CAN WE DO THAT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AND START TO ENGAGE THEM BEFORE THE GAME? SO THAT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM UM, COMES TO LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE IN
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TOUCH WITH 'EM ASKING 'EM ABOUT THAT.BUT, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS I THINK IS GONNA BE KEY FOR GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THOSE FESTIVAL ZONES FOR SURE.
THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF PARIS.
AND JUST ONE THING I WOULD ADD, I GUESS IN TERMS OF A LESSON LEARNED OR A CHALLENGE THAT THEY FACED, UM, IS AROUND ACCESSIBILITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I THINK WE HEARD DURING THAT AFTER ACTION SUMMIT AND I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GO TO PARIS AND SEE IT FIRSTHAND.
I MEAN FROM A PUBLIC TRANSIT STANDPOINT, WONDERFUL, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ELEVATORS IN THEIR, UH, METRO STATION OR IN ALL OF THEM, OR IT'S NOT ALL ACCESSIBLE IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD EXPECT HERE.
UM, SO THEY HAD TO, THEY HAD THAT UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF FIGURING OUT WELL IN A, SURE WE HAVE A GREAT PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM, BUT IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF THE POPULATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARALYMPICS AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FOLKS TRYING TO COME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO VARIOUS EVENTS OR VENUES.
AND SO THEY HAD KIND OF THAT CHALLENGE OF FIGURING OUT ESSENTIALLY A, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, SHUTTLE SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
UM, I THINK FOR US, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A KIND OF A DIFFERENT BASELINE FOR ACCESSIBILITY, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO BUILD ON THAT AND DO EVEN MORE, ESPECIALLY IN THE LEAD UP TO PARALYMPICS.
'CAUSE WE'LL BE A HUB FOR THE PARALYMPIC GAMES.
WE WANT TO PUT A LIGHT ON THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE, ESPECIALLY ON EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THAT THE EXPERIENCE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT FOR EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME.
BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS I REMEMBER HEARING THAT IT'S LIKE, THAT WAS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY OF PARIS TO FIGURE OUT.
'CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SAME BASELINE THAT WE DO.
UM, I WILL SAY JUST AS A RESIDENT, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M ALWAYS CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CITY, THAT WE PUT EQUITY FIRST.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT IS AT THE FOREFRONT.
AND THEN I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS SAID IT, BUT THE YOUTH.
UM, SO I, I CONCUR AND AGREE THAT ANY WAY THAT WE CAN INCLUDE OUR YOUTH IS GONNA BE TREMENDOUSLY VALUABLE FOR THEM, BUT ALSO US.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST POINT, ANYTHING THAT THE COMMISSION CAN DO, UM, TO HELP EITHER GET THE VOLUNTEERS UP, UM, AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT WAY, OR FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT, I THINK WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
YEAH, I WOULD ADD ON OUR, AGAIN, ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE THAT, UM, HAVE YOU EVER, UM, TALKED TO ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED? WE HAVE THAT FORM THAT THEY COULD SUBMIT.
UM, SO I THINK WE JUST, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO FUNNEL PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED JUST SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR EMAIL SOMEWHERE.
AND THEN AS WE GET THOSE DETAILS FROM LA 28 MM-HMM
UM, WE, WE KNOW WE WILL, THEY'LL BE KINDA THE FIRST ONES TO KNOW IS JUST TO REALLY GET THAT DIRECT WORD OUT TO THEM.
THEY SIGN UP FOR OUR LIST, WHATEVER INFORMATION WE CAN SHARE WHEN WE GET IT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU TYLER AND JORGE, I I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
WHAT REALLY SPARKED MY INTEREST IS WHEN, UM, IT WAS YOU, UM, TYLER, YOU HAD STATED THAT, UM, 1 BILLION IS BEING SLATED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF THE OLYMPICS.
AND THEN I STARTED, UM, THINKING ABOUT, YOU ALSO SAID THAT, UM, LIKE THE STATE AND THE CITY OF LA ARE THE FINANCIAL ERS.
AND THEN, UM, JORGE, I THINK YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LIKE SECRET SERVICE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ALL THIS FITS.
I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, IF THERE'S 1 BILLION THAT'S PLANNED FOR ALL THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND I KNOW A A A PORTION OF THAT IS FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
SO IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S THAT PORTION, WHAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE, UM, GUARANTEED BY THE CITY OR THE STATE? AND THEN I KNOW YOU HAVE THE FEDERAL FUNDING, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD LIKE BREAK THAT DOWN 'CAUSE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK, UM, FIRST POINT THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT OUR GOAL IS COST RECOVERY FOR THE OLYMPICS.
SO, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN OVER AND ABOVE OUR NORMAL SERVICES, SO LIKE PD, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL THE CITY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PUTTING OR SUPPORTING A SPECIAL EVENT, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THOSE RECOVERED BY LA 28.
SO THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE ESSENTIALLY FOR THOSE SPECIAL EVENT COSTS.
UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE ANY OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, STAFFING AND SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO HELP SUPPORT THAT EVENT.
BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES LA 28 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING THE, IN OUR CASE, THIS WOULD BE TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IN THE EVENTS THAT ARE HOSTED IN LONG BEACH.
SO LA 28 STRATEGY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE COSTS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN LIKE THE ATHENS OLYMPICS OR RIO OR WHEREVER, WHERE THEY BUILD NEW STADIUMS TO HOST EVENTS AND THINGS.
HERE THEY'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SOFI OR,
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YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WAS IT STUBHUB IN, UH, CARSON OR WHATEVER IT IS.UM, AND HERE IN LONG BEACH, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE USING LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, MARINE STADIUM WHERE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE AS BIG OF A BUILD OUT, BUT ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE THE TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE OR LA 28.
UM, SO THEN, SO THAT'S KIND OF LA 20 EIGHT'S ROLE FOR THE CITY.
UM, OUR ELEVATE 28 PLAN, IT'S, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT, UM, WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO INVEST IN.
UM, SO THINK ABOUT LIKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IMPROVING OUR PARK SPACES, DOING, UH, DIFFERENT PUBLIC SIGNAGE, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WERE, WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED.
SO NONE OF THAT IS NECESSARILY, UH, GONNA BE REIMBURSED OR PAID FOR BY LA 28 BECAUSE THESE ARE PROJECTS THE CITY WAS GONNA DO ANYWAY.
BUT THO THAT'S A COMBINATION OF FUNDING FROM LOCAL.
WE HAVE, UM, LIKE MEASURE A OR SALE EXTRA SALES TAX.
UH, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF THAT GOES TO THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
WE ALSO BOND ON, ON OUR REVENUES FROM MEASURE A AND OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR BIGGER PROJECTS OVER TIME.
UM, WE, WE GET GRANTS AS WELL FOR SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS FROM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY, THE STATE, EVEN, UH, LIKE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT SOURCES TO BRING TOGETHER THAT BILLION OR SO AND INVESTMENTS OVER FIVE YEARS.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JORGE, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY ON LIKE WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES IN AND, AND WHERE WE EXPECT MORE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
YEAH, SO, AND THEN GOING BACK TO LIKE THE CITY OF LA BEING A FINANCIAL GUARANTOR IN THE STATE.
SO I GUESS IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS, UM, LA 28 AS A ENTITY WITH A BUDGET, SO I BELIEVE THEIR BUDGET IS LIKE $6 BILLION TO DELIVER THE GAMES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CHARGED WITH.
A LOT OF THE REVENUES ARE COMING FROM LIKE, PRETTY MUCH, SO ALL OF THE REVENUES COMING FROM SPONSORSHIP.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO LOCK DOWN A LOT OF THE REVENUE THROUGH THOSE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS.
UM, AND THEN PART OF THEIR COST, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEIR BUDGET SHEET, UM, SO AN ALIGNED SOMEWHERE WILL BE LIKE THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE AS PART OF THEIR COSTS, RIGHT? AND, UM, ULTIMATELY, UM, AS AN ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE HOPING, SO IN 80, 84, RIGHT, THEY DELIVERED THE GAMES AND THEY ENDED UP WITH A PROFIT AT THE END.
UM, THAT'S IN THEIR AGREEMENT AND THAT, THAT'S A GOAL LIKE AT THE END OF THESE GAMES TO, TO UM, DEVELOP ANOTHER SIMILAR LEGACY FOUNDATION AS WELL FOR THESE GAMES.
UM, SO THEY'RE HOPING THEY'LL HAVE, UM, THEY'LL HAVE SOME PROFIT AT THE END, BUT IF THEY DON'T, THAT'S WHERE THIS CITY OF LA'S GUARANTEE COMES IN AS FAR AS COVERING THOSE COSTS.
SO ANYTHING THAT GOES OVER, UM, OR IF THEY GO IN THE RED, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE CITY OF LA STARTS HAVING TO HELP, HELP COVER, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING IN THE RED.
SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE ON THE HOOK FOR FINANCIALLY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THEIR, THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE EVENT THEMSELVES.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEDERAL COSTS, SO I THINK IN 2017 IT WAS THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, I BELIEVE HE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT AT THE TIME TO, UM, PROVIDE, TO, UH, COMMIT TO PROVIDING SECURITY.
SO I DUNNO IF IT WAS CLEAR ON LIKE, AS FAR AS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GONNA PROVIDE WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY COSTS.
I DUNNO IF THAT'S FULLY CLEAR YET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY COMMITTED TO PRETTY EARLY ON.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LIKE WHERE THAT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP GOES, LIKE WHETHER IT'S THOSE FUNDS GOING DIRECTLY TO LIKE 20, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THAT WORKS YET, BUT THAT'S THE COMMITMENT THEY MADE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF SEPARATE.
THE, THE WHOLE SECURITY EFFORT IS KIND OF SEPARATE, UM, THROUGH FEDERAL SUPPORT.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, LIKE TYLER MENTIONED WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERAL DOLLARS, LIKE, UM, OUR ELEVATE 28, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS A, UM, MY PREVIOUS ROLE WAS IN PUBLIC WORKS.
I WAS, UM, AT, I WAS A, I WORKED ON GRANTS, SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR THOSE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY THERE WAS A BIDEN, UH, BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET $30 MILLION, UM, FOR SHORTLINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT.
WE ARE ALSO IN OUR DEPARTMENTS, WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH GRANT APPLICATIONS TO TRY TO GET INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH OTHER PROGRAMS. THEY'RE NOT REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE OLYMPICS.
SO YEAH, THERE'S DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES GOING ON FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
'CAUSE I COULD SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, UM, BROKEN DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
I THINK I
I JUST WANTED YOU TO UNPACK THAT 'CAUSE I CAN GO DIFFERENT WAYS WITH THAT.
AND I CIRCLED, AND I BOXED AND ALL THAT.
THE WORD INFORMED, YOU SAY INFORMED BY INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES FROM PAST GAMES.
WHAT, WHAT, CAN YOU UNPACK THAT? SURE.
UM, AND I DON'T EVEN THINK I SAID IT WHEN I WAS ON THAT SLIDE, BUT, UH, SO THANKS FOR CATCHING THAT.
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ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM PARIS AND OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS GAMES THAT WE CAN BRING TO LONG BEACH? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LEARNING A LOT OF LESSONS FROM PARIS.UM, OBVIOUSLY IN TERMS OF WHAT JORGE TALKED ABOUT, THE, THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THE ACTIVATIONS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS INFORM OUR PLANNING EFFORTS BY THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING AN EVEN BETTER JOB THAN, UM, WE'D SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS GAMES.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN LEARN, UM, GOOD AND BAD LESSONS THAT WE'RE HOPING WILL, UH, SHAPE OUR PLANNING EFFORTS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT HERE.
AND PART OF IT, UM, I SHOULD SAY IS FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE CONSULTING TEAM THAT WE WORKED WITH AT KPMG, WERE PART OF PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS AT OTHER, UM, GAMES AS WELL.
SO THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THIS TO SAY, WELL, HERE'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND, THESE ARE THINGS YOU'RE REALLY GONNA WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR, PREPARE FOR.
UM, AND THEY HELPED GUIDE KIND OF THAT PHASED APPROACH THAT I TALKED ABOUT BASED PARTLY IN, IN THEIR EXPERIENCE, BUT THEN ALSO THEIR OWN RESEARCH OF, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS GAMES AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
WE NEED TO CAST YOUR VOTES, PLEASE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION 2025 TOPICS.
UM, SO WE'LL HAND THAT OVER TO, UH, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO RYAN CHRISMAN, TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS
[4. 25-55053 Recommendation to review and discuss the Technology and Innovation Commission 2025 topics. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
OFFICER TO REVIEW THE HANDOUT.SO I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH A FEW UPDATES TO THE COMMISSION'S 2025 TOPICS ON THE, UH, THE COMMISSION PLANNING MATRIX THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, SO FIRST THE COMMISSION'S 2024 ANNUAL REPORT IS, UH, ACTIVELY IN PROGRESS AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY BY MAY 20, 25.
SECOND FOR THE CITY WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY ITEM.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THE TID DIGITAL SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER TO OUR MEETING NEXT MONTH TO INTRODUCE THE CITI WEBSITE PROJECT, UH, AND CONVENE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BETTER CONDUCT USER RESEARCH AND ACCESSIBILITY STRATEGIES.
AND THEN FINALLY, FOR THE, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ITEM, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SECOND PAGE NOW.
THE, UM, DIGITAL INCLUSION STAKEHOLDER MEETING IS, UH, TOMORROW ACTUALLY AT 2:30 PM IT'S GONNA BE HELD VIRTUALLY.
UM, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ON THAT STAKEHOLDER MEETING INVITE.
UM, AND IF OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LET ME KNOW.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR UPDATES.
CAN I BE A FLY ON THE WALL ON THAT MEETING? THANK YOU.
DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? SCENE NONE.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, TID 28, IT STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
UM, MOVING, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND.
[5. 25-55054 Recommendation to approve the City of Long Beach TID 28 IT Strategic Roadmap. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ALRIGHT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO RYAN KURTZMAN, TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER TO GIVE AN ORAL REPORT.
UM, SO TO START, I JUST WANNA THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THE ROBUST, TIMELY, AND THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK
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AT THE MARCH COMMISSION MEETING.THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION.
UM, SO IN THE MEANTIME, TID AND OUR CONSULTANT THIRD WAVE HAVE MADE SEVERAL UPDATES TO THE TID 28 IT STRATEGIC ROADMAP AS A RESULT OF YOUR VALUABLE FEEDBACK.
AND TODAY WE'RE BRINGING THE ITEM BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
UM, THESE UPDATES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.
SO THE TIMELINE WAS PUSHED BACK UNTIL JUNE PER COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.
UH, WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
UM, THAT IS NOT IN THE ROADMAP DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND USED INTERNALLY.
UH, NEXT, THE LIST OF TID PROJECTS AT THE END IN THE APPENDIX HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
UM, AND FINALLY, UPDATES, MINOR UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE, UM, TO ENSURE THE LONG BEACH POPULATION FIGURES AND EMPLOYEE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE IN THE FINDING SECTION, WE DID REMOVE THE, UH, PORT OF LONG BEACH OR THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT AND THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FROM THE STAFF SUPPORTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, IN-HOUSE IT TEAMS. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS THAT CAME UP AT THE MARCH MEETING, UH, THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE PLAN AS THEY, UH, WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE OF TID 28.
THE FIRST ITEM THAT CAME UP WAS AROUND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OR SUCCESS METRICS.
A FEW COMMISSIONERS MENTION THAT, UH, ACTUALLY TO HELP US DEVELOP THOSE SUCCESS METRICS.
UH, TID WOULD LIKE TO ACT RESURRECT THE TID 28 AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, FOR SUPPORT ON THAT BECAUSE WE DO, UM, NEED SOME, SOME HELP WITH THAT.
AND IN ADDITION, OUR CIO LEAH ERICKSON IS ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE OF CIVIC INNOVATION TO DEVELOP KPIS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF, UH, OUR INTERNAL PERFORMANCE METRICS AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TID 28 INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON IT GOVERNANCE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS.
THE SECOND TOPIC THAT CAME UP IN DISCUSSION WAS AROUND DEPENDENCIES OF THE VARIOUS INITIATIVES.
UM, SO TID IS PLANNING TO PUT TOGETHER A MORE DETAILED PROJECT PLAN FOR TID 28 ONCE IT IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED, WHICH WILL INCLUDE DEPENDENCIES CLEARLY MARKED.
UM, WE ALSO EXPECT THAT SOME INITIATIVES WILL GET MOVED UP OR MOVED BACK AS WE BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION, UH, BETTER UNDERSTAND RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND UNDERSTAND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT PRIORITIZATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, AND THE FEEDBACK WAS WELL RECEIVED, UH, AND WAS DISCUSSED AFTERWARDS.
UM, MUCH OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE RATIONALIZATION PROCESS THAT TAD IS DRAFTING FOR ACQUISITION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AS PART OF THE IT GOVERNANCE, UH, INITIATIVE THAT'S IN THE, THE ROADMAP.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT IN ADDITION TO THESE UPDATES, TAD HAS INITIATED INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM ON ACCOUNTABILITY, IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THE ROADMAP IS SUCCESSFULLY ROLLED OUT, AND THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THE IMMENSE AND NECESSARY CHANGE THAT THE ROADMAP PROPOSES, UM, SO THAT THAT WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM, UH, VICE CHAIR WOOD MINAN VIA EMAIL, UM, YESTERDAY IN RESPONSE TO, UH, LEAH SENDING OUT THE DOCUMENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UM, TAD IS PREPARING A RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND THOSE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE FULL COMMISSION AND FOR TRANSPARENCY.
UM, AND WE WILL ALSO BE FACTORING IN, UM, THE VICE CHAIR'S EXPERTISE AS WE MOVE FROM THE PLANNING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, AS MANY OF THE COMMENTS ARE FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, AND LASTLY, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN REVIVING THE TID 28 AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT STAFF IMPLEMENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY STRATEGIES.
SO FOR NEXT STEPS, UM, AGAIN, TODAY WE ARE SEEKING THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF THE ROADMAP TO PROCEED.
UH, TAD IS ALSO WORKING AGAIN WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO DEVELOP ACCOUNTABILITY STRATEGIES, UNDERSTAND ROADBLOCKS AND UNDERSTAND RESOURCES REQUIRED.
THE ROADMAP HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND, UH, HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO BRING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
WE ANTICIPATE PRESENTING THIS ON MAY 13TH FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
SO IN A COUPLE WEEKS, UH, AFTER THAT, IF WE DO RECEIVE APPROVAL, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO INTRODUCE TID 28 TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS AROUND 180 PEOPLE OR SO AT OUR ANNUAL RETREAT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR, UH, MAY 21ST.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION IN A TIMELY FASHION AND GET STARTED ON THESE CRITICAL INITIATIVES.
UM, AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
I KNOW ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
UM, ROADMAPS AND STRATEGIC PLANS ARE MY LOVE LANGUAGE.
SO I THINK THAT THIS LOOKS EXCELLENT.
UM, BUT I, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW ALL OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
AND SO I, I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF THIS WORK AND I'M HAPPY TO REVIVE
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THE GROUPUM, AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVING IT AND US PUTTING IT INTO ACTION.
UH, I, I'M GONNA AGREE WITH THAT, AND I THINK YOU GUYS SAW THAT IN MY EMAIL THAT IT WAS LIKE VER VERY THOROUGH AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE.
I ACTUALLY LOOKED THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING.
IT TOOK ME A WHILE, LIKE A WEEK OR SO TO LIKE REALLY GO THROUGH IT.
SO I TOOK MY TIME TO ACTUALLY LOOK THROUGH IT.
'CAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVE DONE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED AND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT IT.
I AGREE WITH WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAY, UH, IT WAS WELL PREPARED AND WELL PUT TOGETHER AND I THINK IT WAS OUTSTANDING.
DOCUMENT WILL TAKE ME A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
UM, BUT IT, IT SURE, SURE LOOKS AWESOME.
AND I COULD, THE UNDERTONES OF, UH, IT GOVERNANCE THROUGHOUT ARE, ARE PROBABLY PAST DUE AND VERY WARRANTED.
UM, AND A TALL ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT OVER, UM, AN IT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS EVOLVED IN SO IN SUCH A SEGREGATED AND ORGANIC MANNER OVER THE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THAT OVER MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, STARTING WITH YOUR ASSET INVENTORY AND APPLICATION INVENTORY IS GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE WILLING PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY THAT WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
BUT BRAVO, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY WELL DEVELOPED DOCUMENT.
ECHOING THE COMMENTS FROM, UH, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THE, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVEN OUR, OUR SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, FROM FROM OUR POSITIONS HERE ARE REFLECTED BACK AND, UH, ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, VOTING ON THIS HERE.
AND, UH, SEEING IT COME UP, UH, IN CITY COUNCIL LATER.
WELL, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE KUDOS AND IT'S BEEN A, A TEAM EFFORT.
UM, I THINK I SAID 870 SOMETHING STAKEHOLDERS WERE INVOLVED, INCLUDING, UM, THE FIVE OF YOU AND THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO AREN'T PRESENT TODAY.
SO JUST A BIG THANK YOU FROM THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK WHEN WE GET TO ITEM NUMBER, UH, EIGHT, WE CAN DISCUSS, UM, THE REVIVAL OF THE TID 28 AD HOC COMMITTEE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE DO WANNA CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE YOUR EXPERTISE AS WE MOVE FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION.
WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO REVIVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH THIS MOTION? UH, WE HAVE A SEPARATE, WE DO.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE PLACE ON THE, UH, AGENDA FOR SUCH.
ANY OTHER, ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE DATE OF PRIVACY AND THE, UH, GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEES.
[6. 25-55055 Recommendation to receive and file a report from the Data Privacy and Generative AI Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AND THEN, UM, WOULD THE, MAY I INVITE SOMEBODY FROM DATA PRIVACY TO BEGIN? I, I WANNA START OUT FIRST OF ALL BY SAYING THAT I'M THANKFUL TO GET TO SERVE ON THIS DATA PRIVACY SUBCOMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.IT'S, IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE.
UM, AND WE HAVE A FEW UPDATES TO SHARE TODAY.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND IN INNOVATION DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE DATA PRIVACY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WITH THE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.
TWO KEY INITIATIVES ARE CURRENTLY IN MOTION HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND CREATING SHORT EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS.
BOTH EFFORTS ARE AIMED TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS WITH PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PROTECTING THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WHILE ALSO INTRODUCING CITY TWOS LIKE THE DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM THAT SUPPORT STR STRONGER DATA PRIVACY
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AND DIGITAL RIGHTS.AS FAR AS THE EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS, THE SERIES IS FRAMED AS A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, EXPLORING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND HIGHLIGHTING HOW LONG BEACH IS WORKING TO PROMOTE DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECT DIGITAL RIGHTS.
THE END, THE INTRODUCTION VIDEO SETS THE STAGE IN UPCOMING EPISODES WITH FEATURE PROJECTS LIKE THE SMART LAMPPOST COLAB, GIVING RESIDENTS A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT DATA IS COLLECTED AND HOW IT'S BEING USED RESPONSIBLY.
THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING FOR PROMOTION AND RELEASE.
THAT MEANS TEASERS WILL BE HEADING OUT SOON.
SO STAY TUNED NOW FOR A QUICK UPDATE ON THE DATA PRIVACY POLICY.
IT IS GETTING CLOSER TO BEING FINALIZED WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF UPDATES CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS.
WRAPPING UP WITH AN UPDATE ON COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AS MENTIONED LAST MONTH, THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT IS BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR'S EVENTS BY EXPLORING WAYS TO OFFER ONGOING DATA PRIVACY LITERACY WORKSHOPS.
AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, A COMMUNITY SURVEY WAS DEVELOPED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RESIDENTS INTERESTS AND NEEDS AROUND GENERATIVE AI.
AND IT HAS BEEN RELEASED, AND I HAVE SOME UPDATES, SOME STATS FOR YOU, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE.
SO FAR, WE HAVE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 58 RESPONSES, SO VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
AND THE SURVEY WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH MAY THE 12TH.
SO THERE IS TIME, THERE STILL IS TIME TO PARTICIPATE.
IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
THE WORD IS DEFINITELY GETTING OUT.
I KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS LOVE TO HEAR THAT THE SURVEY IS BEING SHARED THROUGH MULTIPLE DIGITAL CHANNELS, INCLUDING NEWSLETTERS, THE CITY'S OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, AND EVEN SOME LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NI NIWAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN GREAT PANTHERS.
AND A PRINTED VERSION OF THE SERVICE SURVEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHITTICK FOR TELLING US ABOUT THAT TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR LIBRARIES IN OUR PARKS AND COMMISSIONERS.
JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, YOU'LL BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM ME ABOUT PUSHING THIS OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WANNA GET AS MANY RESPONSIBLE RESPONSES AS POSSIBLE SO WE KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE.
QUICK QUESTION, UM, I WAS JUST GONNA FOLLOW UP.
SO THE, UM, PRINTED HANDOUTS, WHERE CAN WE PICK THOSE UP TO HELP DISTRIBUTE? OH, YOU WANNA PRINT 'EM UP? 'CAUSE THEY WERE GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE LIBRARIES AND THE, AND THE PARKS, BUT YOU, WHAT YOU WANTED SOME YOURSELF, IF, IF YOU NEEDED THE HELP.
I BELIEVE OUR, UH, DATA PRIVACY ANALYST, OMAR MACCA HAS SOME.
HE HAS, HE HAS SOME THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED AFTERWARDS.
UM, SO FOR THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC, UM, COMMITTEE, I, I GUESS I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE THERE,
UH, SO, UH, WE MET WITH, UM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, SO MEL GAJA AND, UM, OMAR.
AND, UM, UH, WE, WE MOST RECENTLY WERE LOOKING AT THE OUTCOME FROM OUR PREVIOUS COUPLE MEETINGS WAS A NORTH STAR TO GUIDE OUR, UM, STRATEGY TOWARD, UM, GOALS FOR POLICY AND, AND GOALS FOR, UM, WHAT SORT OF OUTCOMES, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR, UH, GENERATIVE AI POLICY OR AI POLICY FOR THE CITY.
UM, IN THE LAST MEETING, UM, WE, WE DOVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO TARGET OUTCOMES AND ACTION STRATEGIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY A LITTLE MORE BRAINSTORMING.
UM, WE DID NOT COME UP WITH A FINAL SUMMARY DOCUMENT OF THAT, UH, CONVERSATION.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME, UH, DIGGING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND THEN, UM, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICIES AS OUR PRIMARY, UH, TOPIC IN THE COMMITTEE.
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YEAH, AND I'LL JUST QUICKLY ADD THAT THE WORK THAT THE CHAIR SPOKE ABOUT IS LEADING TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AI STRATEGY DOCUMENT.UM, SO OUR, UH, DATA GOVERNANCE AND AI PROGRAM MANAGER IS WORKING ON THAT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THE AI COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE WE ARE LIKELY GOING TO EXTEND THAT DEADLINE BEYOND MAY 12TH, BECAUSE THAT IS COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
UM, SO WE CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE AND GET ADDITIONAL, UH, SURVEY RESPONSES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE IN-PERSON SURVEYS AS WELL FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS CONNECTED TO THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA OR NEWSLETTER OR OTHER ONLINE CHANNELS.
UM, AND ONE OF US, I THINK CAN PROVIDE, UH, THE CONTENT TO THE COMMISSION AFTERWARDS.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE PAPER SURVEYS.
WE HAVE, UM, PROMOTIONAL LANGUAGE LINKS AND ALSO PDFS AS WELL.
YOU GUYS MADE ME THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE TIME.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TABLE UP, UH, AN EVENT, UH, SENIOR SAFETY EVENT ON MAY THE SEVENTH.
SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I GET ADEQUATE NUMBER OF COPIES AND, AND PAPER COPIES AND TAKE IT THERE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE CITY COMMISSIONS, A LIST OF CITY COMMISSIONS, AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL OUTREACH FOR COLLABORATION.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? WE HAVE IT.
[7. 25-55056 Recommendation to review the City’s Commissions and discuss potential outreach for collaboration. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AS, UM, THIS WAS A LAID OVER ITEM FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW EXISTING COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN POTENTIAL COLLABORATION ISSUES.I KNOW THAT WE, UH, AS A COMMISSION REQUESTED THIS A FEW MEETINGS BACK.
UH, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME INPUT ON A PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT, UM, WHAT THESE COMMISSIONS ARE.
I'VE HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
UH, HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT OF ANY QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, OR IDEAS ABOUT, UH, FURTHERING THIS TOPIC, UH, IN THAT TIME? I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK, UM, THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION WAS AROUND WITH, UM, THE OLYMPICS, UM, AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE, UH, THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND WORK TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT STILL MIGHT BE OUTSTANDING.
UM, AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE LARGER OLYMPICS COMMITTEE COMES BACK WITH AND HOW TO LEVERAGE US.
BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS.
MAY I, YEAH, THIS WAS A, A POPULAR TOPIC AT OUR, THE LAST COUPLE MEETINGS ON THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION I WAS ON AS WELL, WHICH ISN'T LISTED HERE.
IT'S THE, UH, SUSTAINABLE CITY, THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
IT'LL BE TOUGH TO KEEP THAT IN MY HEAD.
I'LL STILL CALL IT SUSTAINABILITY.
BUT SUSTAINABILITY WAS NOTED IN THE TID 28.
UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR, OUR TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS ARE, ARE JUST AS YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT AS THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR GAS AND OIL OPERATIONS.
UM, THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE LESS OF A FOOTPRINT AND LESS OF AN IMPACT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, DEVELOP SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS WE, WE, UH, CHOOSE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP THAT THOSE, THOSE DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY EXECUTE.
UM, THAT THOSE ARE TOPICS OF, OF CONCERN FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
AGAIN, FOR, PARDON ME, THAT'S THE OLD NAME.
UM, BUT I KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE COMMISSION ON THE LIST THAT IS GAME HAS THE SAME AGENDA, WANTS TO INTERACT WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
THEY, I THINK THAT THAT REPRESENTS A, AN EXPANSION OF INFLUENCE OF THE COMMISSIONS AS WELL.
AND, AND A, UM, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF THE MATURITY OF THE COMMISSIONS.
SO, UM, I WAS TOYING WITH THE, WE, WE WERE AT, IN THE SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION.
WE WERE TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF JOINT COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT HAD, THAT HAD SHARED TOPICS.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK SUSTAINABILITY AND TI AND UH, TIC OVERLAP QUITE A BIT.
UM, AND, AND SOME OF OUR AREAS OF FOCUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING OF THE
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CAP, THE CLIMATE, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, UM, UH, CLIMATE A, WHAT'S THE OTHER, A, I FORGET, UM, THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN, HOW LONG BEACH IS GONNA DEAL WITH WITH, UH, UM, CLIMATE CHANGE.UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS TO THAT AS WELL.
UH, SO A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE.
IF, UH, I WAS JUST TALKING TO FE NNU ABOUT ONE OF THE, THE STAFF TO THAT COMMISSION, UM, IF WE WANTED TO PERHAPS PUT FORWARD AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TWO COMMISSIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER, THAT MIGHT BE A FIRST STEP.
UH, I KNOW THEY'RE OPEN FOR IT, SO JUST A THOUGHT LOT.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, 2028 OLYMPICS.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT IT HAS ME GO BACK TO IS WHAT TYLER AND JORGE PRESENTED FOR US.
AND THEY, UM, THEY JUST SHOWED US LIKE THE KEY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE GAMES.
AND MAYBE IT'S SOME OF THOSE COMMISSIONS THAT WE WOULD WANNA TALK TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO DO WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, LONG BEACH TRANSIT, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING THIS BACK NEXT MONTH SINCE WE, WE JUST GOT THIS NEW INFORMATION FROM TYLER AND JORGE ABOUT THE KEY MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS LIST OF ALL THE COMMISSION AND BOARDS AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF REACH OUT THAT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY DO.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE TECHNOLOGY, UM, ALL THROUGHOUT THOSE SERVICES.
I AGREE WITH, UH, EMILY AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I, UH, THINK THAT WE PROBABLY COULD BRING THIS BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE COULD GET, UH, HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ANALYZE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WITH THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE DID HAVE BROUGHT ABOARD.
BUT I THINK THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
UH, I, I, I CONCUR WITH
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I WAS GONNA SAY ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE, PLEASE.
UM, I WAS ALSO JUST THINKING, UM, SINCE NOW WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP, IT ALSO MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE THINGS WE SHOULD LEVERAGE IN THAT AS WELL FOR PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UM, NOT JUST THE OLYMPICS, BUT ALSO OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH.
MR, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO FARE IT OUT? ANY IDEAS FROM THAT OTHER COMMISSION? I'M FRESH OFF OF IT SO I, I KNOW THE WHOLE DECK.
SOME IDEAS THAT THEY, WHAT, WHAT DOES COMMISSION, COMMISSION CROSS COLLABORATION LOOK LIKE? IT'S KIND OF A NEW THING, SO WHO KNOWS, BUT I CAN GET SOME.
COMMISSIONER WHEELER, CAN YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC ON? SORRY.
UH, BUT I CAN SEE WHAT THEIR VIBE IS ON IT AND SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AND GET, GET SOME MORE PERSPECTIVE.
UH, WE RECEIVED SOME, UH, TRAINING IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT, UH, THE CROSS COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE ALL, UH, IN LINE WITH ALL THAT, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND AMEND THE ITEM TO, UM, LAY THE ITEM OVER TO NEXT MONTH.
CONTINUE DISCUSSION TO NEXT MONTH.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? SCENE NONE.
MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON THE AMENDED ITEM.
MOTION CARRIES OUR, UM, FINAL ITEM, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND OR DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UM, WE HAVE A SUGGESTION ALREADY FOR THIS ONE.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY.
[8. 25-55057 Recommendation to consider the establishment of additional Ad Hoc Committees and/or dissolution of existing Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I KNOW THAT I HAD ALREADY HEARD ABOUT, UM, RE[01:35:01]
STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE.UM, I BELIEVE THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF THAT ONE BEFORE.
AND SO IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JOIN IN THAT, UH, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE THE PLACE THAT I HAD HELD AND I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK IN
YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK ON IT.
IT'S ON THE FIRST PAGE FOR THOSE OF US, UH, FOLLOWING ALONG.
IT'S HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST PAGE.
ONE, TWO, THIRD ONE DOWN FROM THE TOP.
OUR TOTAL FOR THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEES IS THREE, I BELIEVE.
AND CURRENTLY, UH, VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NANCE AND COMMISSIONER CHITTICK, WOULD YOU REMAIN ON THE COMMITTEE? YES, YES, YES.
ANY OBJECTION TO ME STEPPING OFF? MM-HMM
UH, SO WE'LL BRING THIS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT BRINGING THIS ONE BACK AS PART OF OUR MOTION.
UM, ANY OTHER AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS AND, AND BRING INTO THIS ACTION.
UM, I WAS JUST GONNA INQUIRE ABOUT THE, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND REQUIREMENTS GATHERING.
THAT ONE HASN'T STARTED YET, BUT DID WE HAVE KIND OF A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN TO EXPECT THAT ONE? YES.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THE QUESTION.
AND ROB, PLEASE, UM, ADD TO ANYTHING, IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING.
I THINK OUR INTENTION WAS TO, UH, HAVE OUR DIGITAL SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER PRESENT ON THE CITY WEBSITE REDESIGN EFFORT, UH, AT OUR MAY MEETING.
AND AT THAT POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CONVENE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
WILL THERE BE ANY DISSOLUTION OF ANY AD HOC COMMITTEES AT THIS TIME? SEE NONE.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FOR THIS ITEM? WE ARE REESTABLISHING THE TID 28 AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS? DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND OR THE PUBLIC?
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Technology and Innovation Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
WHEN A SMALL ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, AS WE HEAD INTO, UH, THE MONTH OF MAY, UH, IT HAPPENS TO BE THE 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAY.UH, THAT IS THE THIRD THURSDAY EVERY MAY,
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
UH, FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS, IT CELEBRATES, UM, THE PURPOSE OF GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAY IS TO GET EVERYBODY TALKING, THINKING, AND LEARNING ABOUT DIGITAL ACCESS INCLUSION AND THE MORE THAN 1 BILLION PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND IMPAIRMENTS.SO THIS, UH, INITIATIVE STARTED SOME TIME AGO.
IT'S A GLOBAL NONPROFIT, UH, COMMUNITY LED, UH, ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, YOU CAN GO TO ACCESSIBILITY DAY, UM, TO SEE LIST OF EVENTS AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS AROUND YOU TO, UH, TALK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND EVERYBODY UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR DIGITAL PRODUCTS.
SO JUST WANT TO RAISE THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S A NEAR AND DEAR ONE AND, UH, IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE CAN ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING AT 5:10 PM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.