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UH, THIS HERE, UM, I'M GONNA CHAIR THE MEETING UNTIL COMMISSIONER MC MCRAY ARRIVES.
IF, IF I DO SOMETHING WRONG, PLEASE TELL ME.
I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
IT IS 1:36 PM I'M GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL NEXT.
UM, COMMISSIONER UH, ADAMS. UH, MC.
MOVE TO THE AGENDA NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MARINE AND BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2025.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE MOVE TO APPROVE? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND I SECOND, UH, WE'LL TAKE A, A VOTE.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM THEN, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.
NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
TO RECEIVE AND FILE COMMITTEE REPORTS, DO WE NEED TO HEAR COMMITTEE REPORTS? WE DO ALL THANK YOU ALL.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH, UH, MR. KELLY ARMSTRONG BEACH MAINTENANCE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, UH, UPDATES FROM OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE SIDE, UH, FOR THIS MONTH AND, UH, CATCHING ON LAST MONTH, OUR TEAM IS CLEANING THE BEACH IN PREPARATION FOR MEMORIAL DAY, UH, HOLIDAY, UH, COMING UP.
SO WE HAD A RECENT INCREASE IN WATERLINE DEBRIS, UH, DUE TO HIGHER TIDES.
UH, THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IS ON MAY 26TH.
UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM IS PLACING ADDITIONAL TRASH RECEPTACLES AND KEY LOCATIONS PRIOR TO SUMMER CROWDS.
OUR APRIL, UH, DEBRIS TOLL, UH, WAS 192 TONS OF, UH, THAT'S DEBRIS AND TRASH.
AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST ABOUT GETTING BETTER DATA ON, UH, OUR DEBRIS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW TRASH TRUCK THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING.
AND SO THAT'LL ENABLE US TO BETTER SEPARATE OUT OUR TRASH AND STORM.
AND, UH, OUR TEAM, OUR BEACH TEAM, COMPLETED THE ANNUAL, UH, PENINSULA BAYSIDE NOURISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE, UH, IN APRIL.
AND, UM, OUR TEAM'S ALSO STILL WORKING WITH OUR, UH, CLEAN MAINTENANCE, UH, DEPARTMENT ON PROCURING, UH, NEW CLEANING, UH, EQUIPMENT, BEACH CLEANING EQUIPMENT.
THESE ARE THE BIG TRACTOR TOW MACHINES.
SO, UH, WE'RE HOPEFULLY COORDINATING A, A SITE VISIT TO THE MANUFACTURER.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL GET THOSE UNITS, UH, SHIPPED OVER TO LONG BEACH.
WHERE'S THE MANUFACTURER AT? UH, RENO.
YEAH, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE VISITING THEM MAYBE LATE THIS MONTH, EARLY NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN WE CAN COORDINATE GETTING THOSE MACHINES IN AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WITH FLEET.
AND THEN WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME TIME THIS SUMMER.
UH, GOT A NEW POPE AND I, I'M A BIG CATHOLIC FAMILY, AND THAT'S ALL.
EVERYBODY KEPT CALLING ME AND I'M LAUGHING.
I'M LIKE, I GOT, I GOTTA LEAVE GUYS.
OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM, UM, CLEAN, UH, THEY ARE WORKING ON, UH, A COUPLE OF PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT THE HORNBLOWER PARKING LOT.
UH, THAT WORK IS, UH, GETTING SCHEDULED.
UM, THERE'S SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE SCHEDULED WITH, UH, EDISON AHEAD OF TIME.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE, UH, WE'RE IN LINE TO FOLLOW EDISON, SHUT OFF AND, AND DO SOME ELECTRICAL WORK THERE IN THE PARKING LOT, GETTING THAT SYSTEM UP AND GOING.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO COORDINATE REPAIRS TO THE BIRDCAGE ELEVATOR.
UH, SO WE WORKED ON SOME ADDITIONAL REPAIRS PRIOR TO THE GRAND PRIX EVENT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT ELEVATOR WAS WORKING DURING GRAND PRIX.
UH, IT'S STILL IN NEED OF REPAIR, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR ON THAT.
UH, LASTLY, OUR GROUNDS DIVISION.
UH, OUR LAWN GARDEN, UH, PROGRAM IS CONTINUING.
UH, THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT, UH, MAY 17TH
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IN THE BASIN THREE.UM, AND WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING WITH LONG BEACH UTILITIES, SURF RIDER, UH, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF, UH, THAT UH, AREA.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, WRAPPING UP THE PLANTING SEASON, UH, NEXT MONTH, UM, IN JUNE, UH, FOR A FINAL LOCATION IN BASIN THREE.
AND THAT'LL KIND OF COMPLETE BASIN THREE FOR THE YEAR UNTIL OUR NEXT PLANTING SEASON.
NEXT, UH, NEXT YEAR, END OF THIS YEAR, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, THERE, UM, OUR BLUFF PARK POWER WAS RESTORED LAST MONTH.
UM, SO NOW WE HAVE, UH, ALL OF OUR IRRIGATION WORKING FOR OUR BLUFF PARK.
UM, AND OUR GROUND TEAM IS, UH, COORDINATING, UH, THE IRRIGATION REPAIR IN THE GU APPAREL PARKING LOT.
UM, WE'RE COORDINATING THAT WITH COUPLE WORKS THIS WEEK.
THAT'LL, UH, FIX IRRIGATION ISSUE FOR THE, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? JUST HOW MANY TIMES A DAY? IS IT ONCE A DAY, ONCE EVERY OTHER DAY? DO THE TRASH CANS GET CLEANED UP ALONG OUR, UH, IT DEPENDS ON LOCATION AND LIKE, UM, USAGE.
SO WE, WE KIND OF HAVE SOME KEY HOTSPOT AREAS THAT REQUIRE, UM, DAILY, YOU KNOW, UH, DUMPING IN THE, THE BUSY SEASON.
UM, AND THEN OUR OTHER LOCATIONS ARE LIKE THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK, SO MAYBE EVERY OTHER DAY ALONG THE BIKE PATH.
THOSE AREN'T AS USED AS MUCH AS MAYBE BAY SHORE IN THE BUSY SEASON OR FIRST PLACE.
SOME AREAS ARE DAILY, SOME ARE EVERY OTHER, JUST SEEING DOWN BY THE, UH, UM, FOR ALL THE RESTAURANTS HERE BY QUEENS BAY.
I MEAN, DOWN, DOWN ON THAT PART, I KNOW A LOT OF THE BOAT OWNERS, I'VE WATCHED SOME THE OTHER DAY BOAT OWNERS COMING UP AND DUMPING THEIR TRASH INTO, INTO THE RECEPTACLE THAT LOOKED EMPTY.
AND BY THE TIME I DROVE AROUND AND CAME BACK OUT
UM, SO I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT DOESN'T, 'CAUSE IT'S PART OF THE RESTAURANTS RIGHT THERE, BUT I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS OVERFLOWING IN A MATTER OF AN HOUR AND A HALF.
AND THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE OF THE BOAT OWNERS COMING UP WITH ALL THEIR TRASH AND PUTTING IT THERE IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THOSE ONES ARE DONE, UH, TWICE A DAY.
SO THERE'S A DAY CREW AND AN EVENING CREW.
UM, THAT'S PART OF OUR, UH, CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE TRASH CANS, UH, PARTICULARLY THAT ARE UP TOP IN, UH, RAINBOW HARBOR.
THE ONES DOWN ON THE DOCKS, UH, THOSE ONES ARE DONE THREE TIMES A WEEK, UM, BY OUR STAFF.
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE ANTICIPATE COMING ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND? YOU MENTIONED THAT AT THE TOP OF YOUR REPORT.
UM, AND LIKE WHAT PREP SPECIAL, THAT'S A, I DUNNO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ANTICIPATED.
I KNOW MEMORIAL DAY AND, UM, 4TH OF JULY DAY ARE, ARE SOME OF THE BIGGER CROWDS THAT WE SEE AT THE BEACH.
I DUNNO AN ANTICIPATED NUMBER THOUGH.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'VE SEEN THOSE.
AND WHAT PREP IS LIKE, WHAT SPECIAL PREP ARE YOU ALL DOING WHEN
WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR CREWS ARE AHEAD OF THE ANTICIPATED CROWDS.
THAT THE, THE BEACHES ARE CLEAN AND SAFE.
UH, AND THAT SOME OF OUR SUMMER PREP, UH, WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE EXTRA TRASH CANS OR, OR SUMMER, UH, EXTRA TRASH CANS THAT WE PUT OUT IN THOSE HIGH USE AREAS ARE COMPLETED BEFORE THAT CROWD ARRIVES.
AND THEN I THINK I MAYBE READ OR GOT A NOTIFICATION THAT THERE WAS A SEWAGE LEAK AND THAT MAYBE SWIMMING IN THE BEACH WASN'T SAFE MAYBE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
HAS THAT BEEN CLEARED OR ARE YOU ALL, IS THAT HUNTINGTON BEACH OR LONG BEACH? IT WAS LONG BEACH.
THAT WAS LONG BEACH CAME OUT ON OUR NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR.
UM, IT WAS LONG BEACH, BUT I HEAR BEACHES ARE SAFE AGAIN.
WE CAN JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN ON THAT.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I KNOW DURING YOUR REPORT LAST TIME THE COMMITTEE MET, WE TALKED ABOUT PERHAPS SENDING A LETTER ABOUT THE RUNOFF THAT COMES FROM THE LA RIVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE OR IF WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR PUT AS A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.
WE, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT AGENDA ITEM.
IT'S GOT COME FROM CITY COUNCIL.
I'VE ALREADY BEEN, UH, UM, UM, I'M EVEN AS A CITIZEN, UH, I SHOULDN'T BE CALLING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SAYING, THIS IS LUDICROUS THAT YOU USED TO PAY US.
SO THEY THEY ARE, THEY'RE AWARE NOW.
UH, JANICE HAN'S OFFICE IS AWARE AND UH, UH, BAR'S OFFICE IS AWARE.
UM, BUT I DID IT AS A CITIZEN, NOT AS A COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, UH, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE NOT PAYING US ANYMORE.
CRAZY WITH THE TRASH THAT COMES DOWN.
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IS.UH, JUST TO GOING BACK ON, ON MEMORIAL DAY, THAT'S FLEET WEEK, SO THAT'S GONNA BE FLEET WEEK AND THAT'S GONNA BE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN SAN PEDRO AND COMING INTO LONG BEACH AND AROUND OUR BEACH AREA.
'CAUSE PEOPLE COME IN FROM ALL AROUND ON FLEET WEEK.
UH, SO IT IS GONNA BE INTERESTING WITH THE, UH, THE SAILORS ALL IN TOWN AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
JUST A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT I KNOW THEY'LL BE COMING OUT TO BEACHES.
THERE'S NO REALLY BEACHES AROUND FLEET WEEK.
THEY HAVE TO COME OVER TO LONG BEACH, UM, AND ENJOY OUR BEACHES UNLESS THEY GO AROUND, YOU KNOW,
BUT WITH ALL THE ROADS BEING, YOU KNOW, CUT OFF AND STUFF BECAUSE OF THE SLIDES, I ASSURE YOU THEY WILL BE COMING HERE.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE TO RECEIVE, OH, WE HAVE TO GO TO PUBLIC.
OH, WE DIDN'T HEAR ALL THE, UH, YEAH, WE, OH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER, UH OH, SORRY.
YOU WANNA GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION? JUDGE, YOU'RE COREY, YOU WANT JUMP IN.
THE ANCE DID HAVE TO MAKE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CUSTODIAL STAFF FOR THE PREP WORK THAT WENT INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL CUP, GETTING THE P AT THE BAR, MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE.
UM, WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF TWO PUMPS AND BASING TWO PUMP, UH, TWO PUMP OUTS AND BASING TWO, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO ISOLATE EACH DOCK FOR BETTER SUCTION.
WHEREAS BEFORE THEY WERE PUMPING FOUR DOCKS AT A TIME.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH IT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE REPLACED THE TWO PUMP OUTS ON THE HARPER MASTER DOCK AT A DM.
YOU COMPLETED THE SWAP OUT AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SIGNAGE FOR BLACK PARK.
WE'RE WORKING TO PAINT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF B TWO PUBLIC RESTROOM.
UM, WE HAD A FIRE A FEW MONTHS BACK.
UH, IT HAD BEEN CLOSED DOWN WHILE WE, WHILE WE HAD THE QU ON ORDER TO REPLACE AND NOW WE'RE GETTING IT UP TO PAR SO THAT IT'S READY TO OPEN FOR SUMMER.
UM, COMPLETED BRIGHT WORK IN MARINE STADIUM, ALL THE CURBS AND GREEN STADIUM AND THE RED OR THE WHITE BAR THAT GO, OR RED BAR THAT GOES ACROSS THE, THE BEACH AREA HAS BEEN DONE.
UM, OUR NEXT FOCUS WILL BE BASIN EIGHT FOR BRIGHT WORK AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL MOVE OVER TO BASIN ONE AND MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH ONE, TWO, AND THREE AND FOUR.
UM, WE HAD THREE NEW MAINTENANCE STAFF START THIS WEEK.
UM, TWO OF 'EM HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
ONE OF 'EM IS A LITTLE GREENER.
UM, BUT HE'S GOT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE AND HE'S TEACHABLE.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON, UH, GETTING HIM UP APART.
AND THEN, UM, OUR PAINTER WILL BE STARTING HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
WILL THEY GET, UH, HOW ARE WE DOING IN, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
ARE WE OKAY, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
I, I GAVE TODD A COMMITMENT THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WE'LL BE DONE.
IS IT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STAIRS, RIGHT? I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING.
YOU'RE SAYING OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING BRIGHT WORKS.
HOW OFTEN IS THAT DONE? BECAUSE THAT'S IT.
IT IS, WHEN IT IS DONE, IT REALLY MAKES PEOPLE AWARE IT POPS.
I KNOW WHAT A YELLOW ZONE IS, I KNOW WHAT A RED ZONE IS.
AND, AND I THINK OUR, OUR MARINE DEPARTMENT MARINE SAFETY KNOWS WHEN TO TICKET, WHEN NOT TO TAKE IT, WHEN IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY BRIGHT.
SO IS THAT YEARLY? IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE ANNUAL YEAR ANNUALLY? YEAH.
AND THEN I THINK I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE ITEMS. I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT THE, IT'S, I ALREADY THINGS THAT THEY'VE MENTIONED, BUT THE, THE COLLABORATION AND LIKE HOW THE OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, UH, COMES INTO THAT FOLD.
SO WHEN KELLY'S TALKING ABOUT REESTABLISHING POWER TO THE HORNBLOWER LOT, IT'S NOT JUST GETTING POWER BACK UP FOR, YOU KNOW, A RANDOM USE.
IT'S TO GET A, A GATE ARM BACK ESTABLISHED AND GIVING OUR PARTNER, IT HAS ACCESS TO THE LOT, YOU KNOW, A SPOT WHERE HIS, HIS PAYING CUSTOMERS CAN GO AND ACTUALLY FIND A SPOT WHEN THEY'RE COMING DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, PIER POINT TO GO FISHING ON A, ON A CHARTER.
UM, WORKING IN THAT SAME LOT, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH KELLY'S TEAM, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME SIGNS MADE THROUGH LIKE THE SIGN VENDOR FOR, YOU KNOW, NO PUBLIC PARKING.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL SO INTERTWINED.
UM, AND I CAN'T SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE GUYS, UH, AND THEIR TEAMS BECAUSE IT, IT MAKES THE OPERATIONS AND THE USER EXPERIENCE THAT MUCH BETTER.
UM, SO JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT TO THESE GUYS 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB CALLING OUT THEIR TEAMS, BUT LIKE, THESE GUYS ARE INSTRUMENTAL TO LIKE REALLY MAKING IT ALL CLICK.
UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE A, A REALLY SPECIAL THING GOING WITH OUR FEARLESS LEADER BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE MARINE BUREAU MM-HMM
TO MAKE SOME REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL THINGS HAPPEN IN THE COMING YEARS.
QUESTION ON, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RESTROOMS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT RESTROOMS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE BUOYS ALL LIT UP AND I THINK WE'RE DOING WELL ON THAT,
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RIGHT? THE BUOYS ARE ALMOST ALL DONE.UM, DO WE NEED TO DO A PUBLIC REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTRACTS THAT, THAT AREA WHERE ALL THE RESTAURANTS ARE, YOU KNOW, BY THE OFFICE ON THE RESTROOMS? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR THREE YEARS.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE I WAS OVER THERE THE OTHER NIGHT, TOOK THE DUFFY OUT AND CAME BACK AND, UH, ONE OF OUR, OUR, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SAY HOMELESS ANYMORE? I TRYING TO UNHOUSED, UNHOUSED, UH, GENTLEMAN WAS, UH, DOING A NUMBER TWO, UH, RIGHT THERE IN, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE THE, THE BINS MM-HMM
UM, IT WAS RIGHT, RIGHT IN THE SIDE OF ME AND MY WIFE.
AND I'M JUST GOING, REALLY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
UM, AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO 'CAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IS LOCKED UP.
UM, AND, AND IT REALLY IS GETTING KIND OF DISTURBING THAT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE RESTROOMS IN THAT AREA THAT, WELL, IF YOU GO TO THE DUFFY PLACE, THEY'LL GIVE YOU A KEY TO OPEN UP.
IT SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC RESTAURANT.
UM, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT AGAIN.
'CAUSE IT REALLY, IT WAS ALMOST AS I FELT BAD FOR THE GUY.
I MEAN, HE WAS, WHEN MY LIGHTS WENT OUT ON MY TRUCK AND STUFF LIKE THAT, HE WAS JUST HUMBLE.
GAVE HIM SOCKS, GAVE HIM HAND WIPES.
I MEAN, I DID THE RIGHT THING, BUT IT WAS LIKE GOING, HOW SAD ARE WE, UH, THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A FACILITY THAT THEY CAN GO INTO.
I I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, UM, AND NOTHING SEEMS TO COME TO FRUITION, SO I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT TO YOU.
UH, AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT OUR NEXT EXECUTIVE MEETING.
BUT IT IS GETTING SILLY WHEN, WHEN A HUMAN BEING, UH, DOES NOT HAVE A PLACE, UH, TO USE A FACILITY.
CAN I CLARIFY WHAT YOU'RE, SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE RESTROOM? YES, MA'AM.
THIS IS OVER THE RESTAURANTS THAT THEY HAVE RESTROOMS, BUT THEY OPT TO LOCK THEM AND NOT HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY.
UH, I'VE, I'VE NEVER HEARD WHY.
SO WHEN YOU GO INTO A RESTAURANT AND USE A RESTAURANT, THEY CAN SAY NO, IT'S FOR PATRON ZONING, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE, I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR OUTSIDE THAT CAN BE USED AND THEY'RE LOCKED.
AND I JUST FELT, I, I REALLY FELT FOR THAT PERSON.
COMMISSIONER, MAY I ASK, WHAT PART OF OUR FOOTPRINT, WHERE ARE THESE RESTAURANTS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? IT'S AT THE END OF THE MARINA, BUT IT'S THE PRIVATE, UH, BOATHOUSE ON THE BAY, MCCARTON, WHATEVER.
ALL THE RESTAURANTS ARE RIGHT THERE.
OH, THAT'S, THERE'S RESTROOMS. OKAY.
BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RESTROOMS THAT ARE BY LIKE GAUCHO.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER END OF THE BEACH.
I DIDN'T KNOW ACTUALLY THE MARINA.
BUT SEEING SOMEBODY JUST HUMBLED, I'M ALMOST GETTING TODD'S ADDRESS TO GO OVER MY KITCHEN
BUT THEY JUST WANT, AND, AND IF I CAN SHARE THIS, TALKING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE IS I CARRY SOCKS, I CARRY SHIRTS, I CARRY ANY WIPES AT MY TRUCK.
UM, AND THEY ALWAYS LAUGH 'CAUSE THERE'LL BE A STACK OF FOOD NEXT TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT ON THE STREET.
AND I JUST WENT, SAID, EVERYBODY BRINGS ME FOOD.
ANDY WIPES ARE GREAT, SOCKS ARE GREAT.
T-SHIRTS ARE WONDERFUL, UNDERWEAR'S WONDERFUL, UM, AND WATER'S WONDERFUL.
BUT IF YOU GIVE ME FOOD, I HAVE TO USE A FACILITY AND THERE'S NO FACILITY FOR ME TO USE GOD.
BUT NO ONE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LISTEN BUT NOTHING'S BEEN REACTED OVER IN THAT AREA.
AND WITH THAT AND
SO I JOINED THIS COMMISSION FOR THAT SOLE PURPOSE TO JUST SHED LIGHT ON THE UNHOUSED POPULATION ON THE BEACH.
AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON OCEAN, I SAY OFTEN.
UM, AND I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT WE EITHER HAVE A SPECIAL SORT OF PROJECT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS'S THIS COMMITTEE OR IF IT'S EXECUTIVE TO YOUR POINT, BUT WE DID TALK IN THE PAST ABOUT MAYBE WRITING A LETTER TO RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL LOOK INTO IT, HELP SUPPORT.
WE TALKED ABOUT, WE ALREADY DID ADDITIONAL CLEANUPS AND MAYBE WE'RE, UM, CHANGING THOSE.
SO I DON'T KNOW AGAIN IF IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS COMMITTEE OR IF IT'S ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
I THINK WE CAN, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL PUT IT OUT.
I THINK WE CAN BRING THAT UP AS AN AGENDA ITEM IN OUR REGULAR MEETING.
AND I, I WOULD TAKE IT AS A REGULAR.
SO WE ALL VOTE ON IT AND STATE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED ON THIS BY OUR NEXT MEETING AND WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE NEXT GENDER
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OR BRING SOMEONE FROM THE CITY TO DISCUSS.WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING.
YOU GOT, YOU GOT BOATS OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING THE RACES.
WHERE DO PEOPLE USE THE RESTAURANTS OR RESTAURANTS? WELL USUALLY THEY HAVE MONEY.
THEY GO IN AND BUY A DRINK AND THEY CAN USE THE RESTAURANT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT GO DOWN TO ENJOY OUR BEACHES AND THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO UNLESS THEY'RE GONNA WALK A HALF MILE.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO AND IT HITS YOU.
BUT I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE PASTOR'S MEETING TOO AND TOLD EVERYBODY, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE PORTABLE, NICE PORTABLE RESTROOMS IN YOUR PARKING LOTS AT ALL YOUR CHURCHES? 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I'M GETTING, I'LL JUST SHUT UP 'CAUSE I'M JUST GONNA GET, HOW AM WE SUPPOSED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER? NOT, NOT.
I'M, WE SUPPOSED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH YOU WITH THAT.
WE CAN BRING THAT UP AT OUR MEETING, UH, LATER ON TODAY.
UH, AND HAVE OUR CHAIRWOMAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR, UH, OUR NEXT WEEK.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
MAYBE A BROADER, I THINK THERE'S A FEW ISSUES, A BROADER STUDY AROUND PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN JUST LONG BEACH.
AND THAT COULD BE A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR COMMISSION.
'CAUSE WE SEE IT ON THE BEACHES AND THEN ANOTHER SORT OF FOLLOW UP WITH UNHOUSED AND THEN UM, FOLLOW UP WITH, IT'S IN THE PARKS TOO, SO IT WOULD BE A PART OF OUR BIGGER PICTURE.
I MEAN IT'S GO TO LINCOLN PARK.
I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL AROUND.
UH, I WOULD MOVE FOR RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, WE ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
SEEING NONE
IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO STATE, GREAT JOB.
WE'RE DOING ANYTHING, ANYTHING.