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COMMISSION A MEETING ON THURSDAY, MAY 8TH TO ORDER AT TODD LILIN.COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER, CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
HERE YOU HAVE A COURT AND, UH, THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES.
UH, ANY OBJECTIONS FROM ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS? ANY? NONE.
THIS OF COURSE IS BOB BLAIR'S FIRST MEETING AND THE NEWEST COMMISSIONER.
NOTICE EVERYBODY TO CLAP FOR YOU.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO A REGULAR AGENDA AND I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC? ALRIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR THAT THEY BE APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED, SAY AYE.
AND BOB, BECAUSE MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, COMMISSIONER BUR, UH, BEFORE WE STEP FULL INTO THE ITEMS, UH, WE DO HAVE A, UH, PRESENTATION.
BRIAN PLANT REOPERATION SUPERINTENDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW US TO, UH, REALLY HONOR, UH, BRING FORWARD CONTEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO YOU.
UM, THIS MONTH WE ARE BRINGING MICHELLE LYNN FORWARD.
UH, SHE IS OUR, UH, MARINE AID AT OUR
SHE HAS WHOLEHEARTEDLY STEPPED INTO UNDER JOIN.
HER ROLE IS VITAL TO OUR OPERATIONS, UM, RUNNING OUR BACKBONE, UH, AS FAR AS REGISTRATION ALSO THAT, THAT COMPONENT OF QUICKBOOKS.
UH, SHE'S GETTING PAYMENTS, SHE'S WORKING THROUGH ANY ISSUES WE HAVE WITHOUT WHICH WE DON'T REALLY FUNCTION.
SO I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.
YOUR EFFORTS, UH, YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
AND, UH, JUST TO TACK ONTO WHAT BRIAN HAD SAID, UH, I WALKED OUTTA MY OFFICE THIS MORNING AND MICHELLE WAS IN THE BULLPEN TALKING TO ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER.
UH, AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT A $30 CHARGE FROM 2021.
AND THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME HOW IMPORTANT SHOWS TO WHAT WE DO WHEN YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT TAKE THE TIME TO GO BACK AND, AND EXPLORE AND LOOK, AND PICK AND FIND THINGS THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL DO.
IT SHOWS THEIR VALUE IN THEIR WORK AND, UH, SHE DOES IT WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE.
SO, UH, MICHELLE, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
MY ONLY CONCERN WITH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SITTING IN THE BACK, PLEASE DON'T LET ON WHAT OF IS
UH, AND SO WE'RE PRESENTING YOU A CERTIFICATE.
UH, MICHELLE WILLIAMS HAS DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY DEDICATION, DETERMINATION, AND SKILL IN COMPLETION OF MARINE.
YOUR WORK ASSIGNMENTS VERY PRACTIC.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, I'M NOT QUESTION MAD.
IF I CAN ASK YOU ANY COMMENTS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN WITH US.
UM, WELL, IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A MONTH SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE MARINAS.
I STARTED WITH A LEARNING THE MARINAS.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN LONG BEACH SINCE I WAS 18, AND I'VE BEEN IN MY FORTIES NOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW AS MUCH AS I'M LEARNING AND IT'S VERY FUN TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN, ESPECIALLY WORKING FOR THE CITY, VERY DIFFERENT.
SO I AM IN A SITUATION NOW WHERE I'M LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME AND HOPING TO CONTINUE TO HELP LONG BEACH
OKAY, NOW I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON OUR ITEM NUMBER
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TWO, THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON REFUNDING OF THE 2015 MARINA REVENUE BONDS AND THE RESULTS OF THE BOND SALE FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.UH, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS KEVIN REER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND AS IN MARCH AND APRIL, I'M JOINED BY JESSE ORTEGA, ASSISTANT CITY TREASURER.
UNLIKE MARCH AND APRIL WHEN WE WERE HERE TELLING YOU ABOUT ALL THESE PLANS AND THINGS THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN OR MAYBE HAPPEN, UM, TODAY, JESSE AND I ARE HERE TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHAT ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN IN THE LAST MONTH.
AND THE, AND THE TAYE FROM CHAIR MURRAY IS APPROPRIATE
SO, UH, I WILL COVER THE FIRST TWO SUBSTANTIVE SLIDES, AND JESSE WILL COVER THE FINAL TWO SUBSTANTIVE SLIDES.
I'LL TAKE YOU UP THROUGH, UM, THE RATING AGENCY PRESENTATIONS AND WHAT HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THE DAY OF SALE OF THE BONDS, WHICH WAS JUST TUESDAY.
AND THEN JESSE WILL DESCRIBE, UH, WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT THE RESULTS WERE ON THE ACTUAL DAY OF SALE.
SO THE RATING AGENCY PRESENTATIONS, UM, THESE TOOK PLACE, UH, IN FRONT OF TWO MUNICIPAL BOND RATING AGENCIES, FITCH AND S AND P, WHICH YOU MAY WELL HAVE HEARD OF IN, UM, THE CONTEXT OF CORPORATE DEBT AS WELL AS MUNICIPAL DEBT LIKE THE CITY AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES.
UM, THE, THE TWO PRESENTATIONS WERE BY CITY STAFF, NOT BY, UH, UNDERWRITERS, NOT BY ATTORNEYS, NOT BY THE INVESTMENT BANKERS, AND NOT BY THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BUT BY CITY STAFF.
UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, UM, VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS FIRST IN THE MORNING WITH, UH, S AND P.
AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON WITH FITCH AND MARINE BUREAU OF PRM AND THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT'S TREASURY BUREAU COMBINES TO GIVE THE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
AND AT, AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATIONS, WE MADE AN EXPLICIT REQUEST OF EACH RATING AGENCY FOR A SPECIFIC RATING.
UH, AND SO THAT ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS LEAD UP TO WHAT'S CALLED AN ASK, WHERE THE ISSUER ASKS THE RATING AGENCY FOR A SPECIFIC RATING BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT'S, THE ISSUER BELIEVES IT'S A STRONG ENOUGH CASE TO GET THAT RATING.
UM, AND THEN WE GOT THOSE RATINGS, UH, THE NEXT WEEK, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ACTUAL PRESENTATIONS.
UM, IT, JESSE AND I EACH HAD A PART IN THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT THE STARS OF THE SHOW WERE CITY TREASURER, HANK KIM, WHO'S ALSO PART OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
HANK GAVE THE, UM, BIG PICTURE OVERVIEW OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, ITS DEMOGRAPHICS AND ITS ECONOMY.
AND HANK CLOSED WITH THE ASK WITH THE SUMMATION OF ALL THE POINTS THAT, UM, STAFF HAD MADE IN THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WITH THE SPECIFIC REQUEST, BUT IN THE MIDDLE, THE OTHER STAR OF THE SHOW WAS YOUR OWN TODD LELAND, BECAUSE THE RATING AGENCIES WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE LAST 10 YEARS OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE.
UM, AS Y'ALL, THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AROUND, REMEMBER FROM 2015, THIS WAS AN UNCERTAIN VENTURE WHEN, UH, THE, THE MARINA FUND SOLD, UM, $114 MILLION OF BONDS.
AND THE RATING AGENCIES ASKED MANY QUESTIONS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT TODD PRESENTED IN THE, IN HIS MAIN PRESENTATION AND FITCH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HOW MANY TIMES, HOW MANY QUESTIONS DID THEY GRILL YOU WITH IN THE AFTERNOON? A FEW.
SO THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS LEAD.
AND THEN IT TAKES THE RADIO AGENCIES ABOUT A WEEK TO ABSORB ALL THIS.
ASK A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT EVEN, UM, THAT EVEN WE, THE STAFF COULDN'T ANSWER RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN THEY, THEY DO THEIR INTERNAL WORK AND THEY COME UP WITH A RATING.
AND THE NEXT PAGE IS, WHAT HAPPENED? OOPS, I WENT TOO FAR.
UM, THIS TABLE ON THE, ON THE LEFT SHOWS ALL OF THE RATINGS THAT BONDS GET, WHETHER IT'S CORPORATE BONDS OR MUNICIPAL BONDS, ALL THE WAY FROM AAA AT THE TOP TO D AT THE BOTTOM.
UH, AND THE ONES THAT, UM, CITIES USUALLY CARE ABOUT ARE THE, UH, THE ONES ABOVE THE GRAY, TRIPLE B MINUS AND ABOVE.
SO BACK IN 2015, FITCH WAS THE ONLY RATING AGENCY TO RATE THE CITY'S MARINA BONDS, AND IT GAVE A TRIPLE B RATING AT THE END OF THE FITCH PRESENTATION.
HANK ASKED FITCH THIS YEAR FOR A TRIPLE B PLUS RATING.
WE ASKED FOR AN UPGRADE BASED ON 10 YEARS OF STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, MUCH LIKE WAS PREDICTED, UM, BACK IN 2015,
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UM, 10 YEARS OF STEADY PAYMENTS FOR SLIP FEES FROM THE BOAT OWNERS, 10 YEARS OF SOLID GOVERNANCE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, THE, THE, UM, MAC, AND OF COURSE 10 YEARS OF GOOD MANAGEMENT BY THE PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE DEPARTMENT.AND LO AND BEHOLD, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, IN THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE DID GET A TRIPLE B PLUS FROM FITCH.
THEY GAVE US THE RATING THAT HANK ASKED FOR S AND P STANDARD CORES DID NOT RATE THE 2015 BONDS.
THIS WAS A BRAND NEW ISSUE FOR THEM.
AND WE ASKED THEM FOR AN A RATING, WHICH IS TWO NOTCHES HIGHER, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, S AND P CAME THROUGH WITH AN A RATING TOO.
SO THE WHOLE TEAM, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THE UNDERWRITERS AND THE MUNICIPAL ADVISOR, THE WHOLE TEAM FELT PRETTY POSITIVE ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT PROVIDED SOME MOMENTUM GOING INTO THE SALE OF THE BONDS, WHICH WAS ONE WEEK LATER, WHICH WAS THIS PAST TUESDAY.
UM, THOSE 10 INVESTMENT GRADE RATINGS FROM TRIPLE A DOWN THROUGH TRIPLE FROM TRIPLE A DOWN TO TRIPLE B MINUS, UH, YOU, YOU OFTEN HEAR THE PHRASE INVESTMENT GRADE, MANY, UM, MANY, UM, INDIVIDUALS AND, UH, UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, UM, BOND FUNDS CAN ONLY BUY INVESTMENT GRADE GRADE SECURITIES.
SO THAT'S TRIPLE B MINUS OR ABOVE.
THOSE LOWER GRADES ARE FOR MORE SPECULATIVE BONDS, KNOWN BY THE FAMOUS TERM JUNGLE BONDS.
SO WE'RE SOLIDLY THE MARINA BONDS ARE SOLIDLY IN THE INVESTMENT GRADE CATEGORY.
THEY'RE BETTER THAN THEY WERE IN 2015.
SO THAT'S THE SETUP TO WHAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY, WHICH WAS THE DAY OF SALE.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JESSE.
SO WITH ALL THIS MOMENTUM THAT WE HAD FROM THE VERY HIGH QUALITY, UH, DAY RATING WE GOT FROM S AND P AND THE UPGRADE AND THE UPGRADE FROM FITCH RATINGS, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST ON THE BONDS.
SO ON THE DAY OF BOND SALE, WE SOLD 87 MILLION IN BONDS AND THAT WAS LED BY THREE INVESTMENT BANKS, MORGAN STANLEY, RBC CAPITAL AND CABRERA CAPITAL.
AND WE DID RECEIVE AN 154 TOTAL ORDERS, AND THAT WAS A MIX OF BOTH RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS.
UM, TOTAL ORDERS RECEIVED WAS 483 MILLION, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE CONSIDERING WE WERE ONLY OFFERING THE 87.
THAT DEAL, UM, AS WE WOULD DESCRIBE, IS CONSIDERED OVERSUBSCRIBED BY 5.5 TIMES.
UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH THE INTEREST RATES A LITTLE BIT LOWER, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHICH WAS GREAT, A GREAT RESULT.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS.
UM, WE SOLD 87,620,000 IN BONDS.
OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS ABOUT 6.9 MILLION, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THAT RESULTS IN ABOUT 570,000 IN SAVINGS EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE MARINE BUREAU AND THE MARINE FUND.
AND THE TRUE INTEREST COST ON THAT AMOUNT ON THE NEW BONDS IS 4.24%.
SO THAT'S A GOOD IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT WE WERE PAYING BEFORE AT THE 5.02 ON THE 2015 BONDS.
AND OVERALL, THAT'S A NET PRESENT VALUE OF 6.7%, WHICH IS, UM, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT OUR CITY'S DEBT POLICY IS AT THE 3%, UM, NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS IN ORDER TO EXECUTE A REFUNDING.
SO WE DID EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WITH THIS REFUNDING.
UM, THE FINAL MATURITY, AS WE NOTED BEFORE IN PRIOR PRESENTATIONS, WILL REMAIN THE SAME IN 2045, AND WE HAVE AN EXPECTED CLOSING DATE ON MAY THE 20TH.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT INTEREST RATE ON A COUPLE THINGS?
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST IN TODAY'S, IN TODAY'S WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY THEY REALLY LOOKED AT, AT YOU AND LOOKED AT THE TEAM AS VIABLE.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIMING GOING ON YEAH.
WITH TARIFFS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH LOS ANGELES AND DEFICITS.
AND IT, IT, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND, AND OUR CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A
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VERY UNIQUE CREDIT IN THE MARKET.UM, THIS IS THE ONLY MARINA RATING THAT FITCH RATES AND THEIR WHOLE PORTFOLIO.
SO IT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT TO TELL THAT STORY, TO BUILD OUT THE METRICS AND HOW WE COMPARE.
SO IT'S A BIG EFFORT BY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PARK AND REC AND MARINE BUREAU.
I THINK WE, THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE, WE'LL FINISH UP HERE AND THEN WE'LL GO THE 11.4 MILLION OR THE, THE FIVE 70 TIMES 20 YEARS.
WHERE, WHERE DO YOU SEE THOSE DOLLARS STAYING OR GOING? THE FIVE 70? YEAH, WELL THAT'S 70,000 A YEAR.
YEAH, THAT'S 11.4 MILLION OVER THE LIFE.
WE'RE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCING AND THE REFUNDING.
THAT WOULD BE A BUDGET DECISION GOING FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER PUBLIC INPUT.
THAT STAYS IN PARKS OF RECORD OR MARINA.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT.
AS SOMEONE WHO'S TO WORK ON WALL STREET, OVERSUBSCRIBED ROUNDS ARE VERY, VERY UNIQUE.
SO GOOD JOB AND KUDOS TO THE TEAM.
OVERSUBSCRIBE FIVE TIMES IS RIDICULOUSLY UNHEARD OF.
THERE WAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND A LOT OF INTEREST.
COULD YOU TALK UP WITH THE MICROPHONE? YEAH.
I SAID AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO WORK ON WALL STREET, HAVING AN OVER SUBSCRIBE ROUND, LIKE AT 5.5 TIMES IS TREMENDOUS.
SO I WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO THE TEAM AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT IN.
DO I GET TO ASK MY QUESTION? YES, SIR.
YOU PROMIS YOU, I'M ASSUMING THAT WITH THAT MUCH OVER SUBSCRIPTION, THAT THERE WAS A PREMIUM PAID AND I NEVER KNOW WHAT THE PREMIUM PR COST GOES AND HOW MUCH THE CITY GETS, HOW MUCH THE BROKER GETS.
THESE WERE 5% BONDS, WHICH IS INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR MUNICIPAL BONDS.
UM, AND THESE WERE SOLD AT A PREMIUM.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE COST OF ISSUES DETAILED WITH ME.
UH, I REMEMBER, DO YOU REMEMBER? YEAH, YEAH.
UH, THE UNDERWRITER DISCOUNT WAS, UH, TWO 75 CENTS FOR PERCENT.
WE, BECAUSE THE COUPON RATE IS 5%, WHICH IS WAY HIGHER THAN INTEREST RATES ARE RIGHT NOW.
THAT MEANS THE BOND OWNERS, THE BOND HOLDERS WHO BOUGHT THE BONDS WERE WILLING TO PAY THE PREMIUM SO THAT IN FUTURE THEY COULD GET 5% INTEREST.
UH, AS INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE MADE.
SO THE, THE PREMIUM SEVEN 9 MILLION, UH, LET'S SEE, WE SOLD 87 WE'RE REFUNDING HUNDRED MINUS DEBT SERVICE BOND VERSUS GROUP PAY WAS SIX 7 MILLION.
SO HOW MUCH CASH DID THE CITY PAY WHEN ALL SEVEN DONE, UH, ENOUGH TO REFUND THE 100 THAN THAT? NO, YOU SELL US A SMALLER CAR AMOUNT OF BONDS, YOU ADD THE PREMIUM TO IT AND THEN ALL THAT GOES TO REFUNDABLE BONDS.
SO THE ANSWER TO HOW MUCH DID WE MAKE $570,000 A YEAR FOR 20 YEARS, THAT'S THE ANSWER TO HOW MUCH WE MADE IS THE SAME AS THE OLD BONDS.
SO HOW DOES THAT HELP US? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE SLIP HOLDERS AND FAR AS, UM, WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THE RATE INCREASE IN OUR SLIP FEES AND HOW MUCH? AND ALSO, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, WHAT'S IN THE 20 25, 26 BUDGET, UM, SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION? WELL, LEMME ANSWER THE LAST QUESTION FIRST.
THE 25 26 BUDGET, UM, WILL GO TO THE MAYOR ON AUGUST 3RD AND WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THE 25 26 BUDGET IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING FORMULATED YET.
SO YOU'LL FIND OUT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
WHAT'S THE 25, 26 BUDGET? TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, WHAT'S THIS MEAN FOR THE MARINA FUND? IT'S JUST AS, AS JESSE AND COMMISSIONER MCFAIL SAID, THE MARINA FUND EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD WILL HAVE $570,000,
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MORE OR LESS THAN EXPENSES, LESS COST EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT MONEY? AND THAT'S A LONG TERM OPERATING CAPITAL QUESTION, AND I'M GOING TO DEFINITELY DEFER THAT TO MARINE BUREAU MANAGER.
SO, UH, BASICALLY WE'LL, WE WILL GO INTO WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO ADDRESS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE CONTINUE TO GENERATE REVENUE FROM, UH, THE MARINA FUND, UH, THOSE, THOSE THAT REVENUE WILL BE PLACED IN ACCOUNTS TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL PRODUCTS.
NOW ARE THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS ALL WITHIN THE MARINA FUND? THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED.
UH, LIKE THE, UH, THE COVENANT SAYS, UH, THESE, UH, FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE BY THE CITY, WHICH MEANS LAWFUL PURPOSE, WHICH MEANS THE ENTIRE PILOTS.
SO WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS PRIORITIZATION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS OVER AND IN AND THROUGH THE ENTIRE TITLE OF THIS AREA.
BUT, UH, WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MARINA, MARINA CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE A PRIORITY.
HAVE ANY OF THEM BEEN, ARE THEY ON 20 20 20 BUDGET? THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, BUT AGAIN, LIKE, UH, DIRECTOR ED SAID IS, UH, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMING OUT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE BUDGET IS COMPLETED.
SO BOTTOM LINE, WHAT'S, ALL OF THIS DID SO GOOD, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT GOES TO THE TEAM, BUT ALL OF IT DID GOOD BECAUSE THE SLIP HOLDERS ARE PAYING YOUR BILLS.
RIGHT? SO WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE SLIP HOLDERS? THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE I HAVE TO ANSWER TO.
SO WE'VE LOST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
HAVE WE GAINED ANYTHING OR ARE WE AT LEAST EVEN IN ANYTHING OR 'CAUSE AND, AND FROM WHAT I CAN PUT TOGETHER WITH THE BOND, UM, IS GONNA BE A 3% INCREASE INSTEAD OF A 2% INCREASE.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S IN IT FOR, WHAT DID THE SLIP HOLDERS GAIN? SO THOSE 3% INCREASE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS BOND.
THE 3% INCREASES ARE DUE TO RISING COSTS FOR MATERIALS, STAFFING, AND BASICALLY EVERYDAY OPERATIONS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP OUR REQUIRED ANNUAL FEE INCREASES AT A MINIMUM OF 2% OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
BUT IT'S PUT US IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO HAVE TO CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE STARTING TO OUT OUTSTRIP OUR, OUR GENERATIONAL REVENUE.
SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT, THAT BALANCE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE THAT, THAT REQUIREMENT IS A 2% MINIMUM AND WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO STAY THERE, BUT PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WE ARE GONNA HAVE A MINIMUM OF 3%.
SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY GIVING ANY GOOD NEWS HERE.
IS THERE ANY GOOD NEWS? SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE SAVING $570,000 A YEAR.
SO THAT SAVINGS OF $570,000 A YEAR ENDS UP IN OUR NET SURPLUS REVENUE.
SO THEREBY IT CAN BE APPLIED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THAT WE ALSO HAD $35 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN RESERVES.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT NOW THAT'S GONE TO THE, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE OFF TOPIC.
IT AS, UH, SO I WANNA BRING THAT BACK ON THE, IN INSIDE, CORRECT.
I I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CHAIR.
UH, SO THE, THE MARINA CAPITAL FUND IS STILL FULL.
UH, THE, THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS IN THERE IN EARLIER PRESENTATIONS ARE STILL IN THERE.
UH, AND THEN IT WILL COME DOWN TO PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF TO DICTATE WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT.
NOW, WE'LL AGAIN, WE'LL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MARINAS ARE, ARE A PRIORITY.
UH, BUT THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE AT CITY MANAGER LEVEL AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
JUST, JUST TO REMIND THAT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR WAS ONLY ASKING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE BOND SALE.
SO WE GOT OUT OF SCOPE THERE A LITTLE BIT THAT ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YOU KNOW, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO BRING UP AND NOT SO MUCH ADDING TO THAT TOO WITH TARIFF RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT COMING DOWN.
ALL THE PRICES AND THE COST OF NUMEROUS THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT MOVING FORWARD ARE PROBABLY GONNA COST MORE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SAVINGS OF 500,000,
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IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BENEFIT, UM, THE MARINE, UH, THE MARINE AND THE TITLE FUNDS, UM, MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE EXCESS COSTS THAT COULD BE OR MAYBE NOT BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL STILL IN THE WIND.WE ARE DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU WERE HERE TODAY.
WE'RE DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID THAT I DON'T THINK I WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH THE GUSTO AS MUCH AS YOU DID.
I THINK THAT WAS A PRETTY BRAVE MOVE.
BUT YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK OBVIOUSLY, SO YOU COULD ASK FOR THAT KIND OF RATING.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT THEY COMPLETELY COMPREHENDED MORE THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR
YOU CAME BACK IN AT A TIME WHEN YOU'RE EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY WITH THINGS.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
I THINK NOW WE'LL, UM, GO AHEAD AND, UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS, THANKS AGAIN.
AND TO ITEMS THREE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE VISION PLAN AND THE DRAFT VISION CONCEPT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.
WE, YES, I LIKE INTRODUCE CARA FROM, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND SHE'S HERE TO PRESENT ON THE P SIX DOWNTOWN RELINE.
I WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ALL IN OCTOBER, SO I'M GLAD TO BE BACK TO REALLY REVISIT.
UM, SO WE'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED TO HERE FOR THE JOB VISION PLAN.
I PROBABLY BE ABLE TO LIKE, THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY'S LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AND PROVIDE ANY APPROACH.
SOME OF YOU IT MIGHT BE BRAND NEW.
SO I WANNA GIVE THAT KIND OF CONTEXT FOR HOW WE GOT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE DRAFT VISION PLAN THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT STEPS.
WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COMMUNITY TO REALLY CONTINUE TO CRAFT THIS FOREVER? EVERYONE? SO THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 2023 WITH REALLY ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR NONE OF ALL OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE A PLANNING.
UM, MOST OF PLANNING DOCUMENTS, SPECIFIC PLANS THAT REGULATE LAND USES START WITH A SPECIFIC PLAN WHERE YOU GO RIGHT INTO HOW DO WE DEVELOP AND REGULATE, UM, LAND USES.
BUT WE SAID, LET'S PUT THAT ON THE HEAD.
LET'S ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A SAY AND HAS INPUT ON WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE DOWNTOWN LINE AREA.
SO WE STARTED WITH UNDERSTANDING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW IN OUR THAT CONTROL LINE AREA.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE DEVELOPED A COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE, WHICH REGULARLY GAVE US INPUT ON THE VISION PLAN TO, UH, RESULT IN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO FROM 2023 TO 2025, WE HAVE DONE A GREAT NUMBER OF OUTREACH EVENTS.
UM, AND TODAY WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DRAFT VISION AND WITH ANTICIPATION.
UH, I'M MOVING TO THE FINAL LENGTH OF THIS, UH, PROJECT.
UH, THIS KIND OF GOES THROUGH AGAIN WHAT WE'VE, UH, TALKED ABOUT HOW COMMUNITY INPUT SERVED AS THE FOUNDATION TO DRAFT THIS VISION PLAN BEFORE WE'RE GETTING TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE FINAL CLIP.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A GREAT NUMBER OF POPUPS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE YEARS FROM, UM, DEBATE MOST RECENTLY AS CITY NEEDS ARE CHALLENGED, UH, WHERE WE ENGAGE PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE VISION PLAN AS WELL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS AND THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS DOING ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, UM, AS WELL.
I WANNA POINT TO, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING, UH, OPEN HOUSE THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A FLYER FOR ON JUNE 4TH, WHERE WE AS CITY STAFF WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH ALL OF YOU ON THE JOB PLAN WITH ACTIVITIES, UM, AND EVEN A BOAT RIDE.
SO IF YOU WANNA HAVE A FREE BOAT RIDE TO SEE, UM, WHAT IT'S LIKE IN THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE AREA ALL THE WAY TOWARDS WHEAT MARY ISLAND, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IS THERE TODAY AND WHAT CAN WE IMPROVE ON.
AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE HAS BEEN LEADING AND DEBUT TO THE DRAFT VISION PLAN TO THEM, UM, FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
AND THAT I THINK WENT REALLY WELL.
UH, SO IN THE PAST, OUR C YEAR OUTREACH REALLY STARTED WITH, OKAY, WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE? WHAT ARE OUR COMMUNITY VALUES? WHAT ARE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, THE FOUNDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN? AND WE CAME ACROSS, WE FINALIZED IT TO THESE EIGHT, UH, GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THEM, I'LL GO THROUGH THEM ALL.
BUT THEY TOUCH UPON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE OFTEN HEAR IN COMMISSION MEETINGS ABOUT COMMUNITY VALUES
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OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, YOU KNOW, UH, ECONOMIC, FISCAL, UM, ENSURING THAT THERE'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.SO THERE'S A GOOD RANGE OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THIS DRAFT DIVISION PLAN.
UH, THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF WE DID A LOT OF ROBUST ENGAGEMENT.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND OUR MULTI, WHERE WE ACTUALLY ENGAGED AND DESIGNED WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE POTENTIAL CHANGES ON THE AREA AND REALLY THINK BIG.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW, HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? WE ASSESSED THE LEASES IN THE AREA.
WE ASSESSED PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ASSESSED WHAT IS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL PARAMETERS WE'RE WORKING WITH IN TERMS OF MY TIMELINE.
AND WE HAVE THESE BIG THEMES THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND I KEEP IT ON HERE TO REALLY SAY LIKE, WE HEARD YOU.
HERE ARE THE VERY COMMON IDEAS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT, WHICH IS THE WATERFRONT SHOULD BE UNIQUELY LONG BEACH.
WE CANNOT CONSIDER THIS DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN IN ISOLATION.
THERE ARE OTHER AREAS, UM, THAT ARE REGULATED BY PLANS THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND GROW UPON.
UM, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE SHORT TERM AS WELL AS THE LONG TERM PLAN.
THE SPECIFIC PLAN PLANS FOR, UM, 2035 TO 2075 AND BEYOND.
SO THAT'S A REALLY LONG TIMELINE.
WE WANNA MAKE THE EXPERIENCE OF GETTING HERE EASIER.
UM, A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE.
THE WATER NEEDS TO BE A LOT CLEANER.
PARKING MANAGEMENT NEEDS SEE BETTER WITH DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
HOW DOES THIS GET FUNDED? AND WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIC TRADEOFFS OF THE BIG IDEAS? SO WITH ALL OF THE INPUT WE RECEIVED, WE HAVE THIS DRAFT VISION PLAN TODAY.
AND THERE ARE STRATEGIES IN WHICH YOU'LL SEE THE DRAFT VISION PLAN CARRIED OUT, UM, ACROSS THE AREAS THROUGH VARIOUS PRO UH, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMING THAT HAD BEEN PUT TOGETHER IN A PLAN THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOT HAVE SEEN ALL AT AT ONCE, UM, UNTIL NOW.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FIRST STRATEGY FOR AN ENHANCED WATERFRONT EXPERIENCE, UH, THE VISION PLAN CALLS TO HAVE A CONNECTED PATHWAY, UM, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKING PATHWAY BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE IS NO CONNECTED, UM, OPTION TO GET FROM THE RIVER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TOWARDS THE UNA PASS TO ALAM BEACH.
THE SECOND STRATEGY IS TO HAVE A WATERFRONT THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
SO HOW DO WE ASSESS WHAT IS OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET AROUND? PERHAPS THAT INCLUDES, UM, IMPROVING EXISTING AND PROPOSING NEW INTERSECTIONS.
UM, ENSURING THAT GRADES, UM, ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR A DA, UM, INTEGRATING MULTI MOBILITY OPTIONS AND IMPROVING SIGNAGE IN THE AREA SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
UH, THE THIRD STRATEGY IS TO HAVE A WELCOMING, AFFORDABLE WATERFRONT WITH A VARIETY OF THINGS TO DO AT SEA.
SO ACTIVATING OUR WATERFRONT WITH OPPORTUNITIES LIKE RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
WE WANNA RETAIN AFFORDABLE FOOD OPTIONS WITH WATER BASED ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND WE WANNA CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF EXISTING BOAT OWNERS AND RESIDENTS TO CAREFUL PLANNING.
THE FOURTH STRATEGY IS TO HAVE A CLEANER AND MORE RESILIENT WATERFRONT.
SO ENSURING THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN, WE'RE ADAPTING OUR WATERFRONT EDGES TO POTENTIAL STORMS. FLOODING, SEA LEVEL RISE, WE'RE INCREASING ACCESS TO NATURE, INCLUDING OPEN SPACE, AND WE'RE REDUCING UP RIVER WATER POLLUTION COMING INTO THE BAY.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO FINANCIAL, HAVE A FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC SPACES.
THAT MEANS EXPLORING POTENTIALLY NEW GROUND LEASES, ATTRACTING VISITORS AND USERS USE AND DESIGNS THAT ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO STAY LONGER AND CREATE A LARGER FISCAL DISTRICT THAT IS CONNECTED TO POTENTIALLY THE QUEEN MARY ISLANDS THAT YOU SEE ACROSS LAKE.
AND WE WANNA TALK ABOUT EQUITABLE POLICIES.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS PEOPLE WANT TO SEE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE LOCAL HIRING AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, COMMUNITY BENEFIT POLICIES, LEASES, LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, STREET SPENDING PROGRAM THAT IS A BIT MORE, UM, THAT IS A BIT MORE THOUGHT OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
INCLUSIONARY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LAND USE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UM, PROMOTE AND FACILITATE WATER BASED PUBLIC ACTIVITIES LIKE ISSUE, UM, AND SPORTS AID IMPROVEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY UPGRADES, AND APPROVED SIGNAGE AGAIN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAFT VISION PLAN ITSELF.
I HAVE A VIDEO HERE THAT CAN EXPLAIN IT WAY BETTER THAN I CAN SO WE CAN HIT IT.
ALMOST GAVE UP ON MY DARK CIRCLES.
WRINKLES, ANDS SKIN UNTIL A 15 SECOND ROUTINE CHANGED EVERYTHING NOBODY BELIEVES.
THE DOWNTOWN VISION PLAN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE
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THE FUTURE.OUR DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT TOGETHER THE C'S VISION FOR THE WATER PRACTICE TO CREATE EVERYONE'S SHORT, INCLUSIVE OCEAN PARK DESTINATION FOR OUR VIEW.
ISN'T THAT THE SON OF ONE OF OUR MEMBERS? WE GO, NO.
YOU DIDN'T DO THIS FOR THE BOND PEOPLE THAT WAY, DID YOU?
FIRST UP WEST TODAY THE WEST GATEWAY IS ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF DOWNTOWN BY INFRASTRUCTURE.
MORE THINGS TO DO FOR VISITORS AND THE VIBRANT THAT PEOPLE CLOSER.
LET'S NOW MOVE OVER TO THE CONVENTION AND THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
THIS AREA IS DOMINATED BY LARGE PARKING LOTS AND FEW WAYS TO LAUNCH THE WATER.
THE VISION IMAGINES THE CELEBRATING COMMUNITY, OPEN SPACES AND THRIVING DESTINATION FOR EVENTS AND GUIDE.
LET'S GO TO THE DOWNTOWN TODAY.
THE DOWNTOWN ARENA IS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND I EXPECTED TO RECOMMISSION IN THE THANKS FOR WATCHING TO STAY UP THE DATE ON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE VISIT WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
UH, SO, UH, WHAT YOU SAW ON THE VIDEO WAS QUITE A BIT GOING ON.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EASY TO SEE A PLAN, A PDF, UM, THAT IS EASY TO GO THROUGH.
SO WE CREATED A WEBSITE THAT GOES THROUGH IT GIVES YOU A TOUR, UM, THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, ALL OF THE CHARACTER AREAS.
AND I REALLY RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE FOR ME, THAT WAS THE EASIEST WAY TO BREAK IT DOWN.
UM, AND IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH, UM, THE TIMELINE AND POTENTIAL PHASING OF THESE ITEMS. SO, UM, THEN YOU'RE NOT FLIPPING ACROSS ALL THE PDFS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE PLAN.
UH, THAT IS THE VISION PLAN THAT WE JUST SAW VIDEO ON.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE BEING KIND OF CHARACTERIZED BY THESE FOUR CHARACTER AREAS, WEST GATEWAY, RAINBOW HARBOR CONVENTION, ENTERTAINMENT, THIS BREAK AND DOWNTOWN ARENA.
UH, THEY WERE ALL COURSE HAPPENING IN PHASE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT PROPER PLANNING AND ASSESSMENTS ARE OCCURRING BEFORE WE JUMP STRAIGHT INTO HOW DO WE GET THIS DONE.
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A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT AND ACTUALLY DESIGN OF PROJECTS AND HOW THINGS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.SO AT THIS VISION STAGING LEVEL, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT WE'RE PREPARED TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THIS, THIS PLAN IS 2050 TO 2075.
SO THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOUR TIMELINE STAGES.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO ASK, UM, ALL YOU TO HELP SPREAD THE, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT EFFORT TO REALLY, A SHORT LINE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, WE ARE ACCEPTING INPUT UNTIL JUNE 30TH BEFORE WE GO BACK INTO THE PLAN ITSELF AND MAKE CHANGES.
UM, PLANNING COMMISSION IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO IF YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH HERE, YOU WANNA HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR ME.
UM, MAY 15TH IS OUR NEXT, UH, MEETING WHERE WE'LL ALSO STUDY THE SAME EXACT THING WE TALKED ABOUT HERE.
UM, AND THE JUNE 4TH, 2025, UM, OPEN HOUSE AT SHORELINE AQUA PARK FROM FIVE TO EIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ART PROJECT.
UM, THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT AQUA BUS, WE'LL BE RUNNING FOR THAT PERIOD.
SO, WE'LL, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND HOPE TO, UH, SEE YOU THERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS JOB VISION PLAN.
UM, AND I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL IF THAT'S YOUR PREFERRED MEASURE FOR COMMUNICATION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, HESITATION.
I GUESS MY BIGGEST, UH, MY BIGGEST QUESTION LOOKING AT THAT, AND I SORT OF GIGGLED AND THEY SAYS, OH, AND THE PARKING WILL BE STREET LEVEL AT THIS AREA.
WELL, THAT WAS THE PARK AND THEN IT WENT TO PARKING.
UM, PARKING'S GONNA BE OUR BIGGEST ISSUE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST GONNA DRAW LONG BEACH PEOPLE.
THIS WILL DRAW EVERYBODY FROM LA DOWN.
THIS WILL BRING EVERYBODY FROM, YOU KNOW, I CALL IT PALO VERDES FROM, FROM DOWN SOUTH WILL COME TO WANT TO VISIT THIS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE PARKING'S GONNA BE.
SO THIS IS THE AQUARIUM, UH, PARKING LOT THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE EXPANDED IN THIS DRIVE HERE.
SO THERE WE'RE SEEING MORE PARKING RIGHT HERE.
BRAND NEW PARKING STRUCTURE RIGHT HERE.
AND THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE POTENTIAL, UM, INCOMING CONVENTION ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY RECREATION.
WHERE, WHERE'S THE ELEPHANT GOING? THAT'S DOWN BELOW.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA, THERE WE'RE OKAY.
AND THEN FOR THIS SPACE WHERE YOU SEE THAT THERE'S PARKS, YEAH, THERE'S ALSO PROGRAMMING WHERE, FIRST, IN THE FIRST 20, IN THE NEAREST FUTURE, WE LOOK AT PARKING, UM, A PARKING STUDY TO SEE HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE COVERED PARKING.
SO NOT NECESSARILY LOSING PARKING, BUT CONSIDERING CAN WE MOVE PARKING UNDERNEATH OR UNDERGROUND OR OTHER STRATEGIES WHERE WE CAN CONSOLIDATE PARKING, UM, WHILE ALSO INCREASING OPEN SPACE TO THE PUBLIC IN THAT AREA.
KNOWING, KNOWING THIS ALL HAS TO GO TO THE GROUP UP NORTH, THE COASTAL COMMISSION, UH, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING.
UH, BUT I JUST WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, IT'S LIKE, LIKE, LIKE GOING THROUGH GRANITE WITH A SPOON, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE LONG RUN.
AND I, I LOVE THE IDEA ABOUT PARKING.
I SEE THAT MULTI, UH, THE, THE MULTI-USE CENTER RIGHT THERE WITH THE ELEPHANT LOT WAS, UH, THEY'VE LOOKED AT THAT NUMEROUS TIMES.
REMEMBER THEY WANTED THE ANGELS TO GO THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO BAD WE DIDN'T GET THE RAIDERS THERE.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT FOR ME, BUT IT'S, UH, UM, THAT WORRIES ME.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A SENSE OF WHERE DOES ALL THE TRAFFIC COME TO COME THERE TO GO THROUGH SECOND STREET? DOES IT COME DOWN THE, THE THE FREEWAY AND THE OTHER SIDE OF IT TOO? AND, AND I'LL BRING THIS UP.
I'LL GO TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
BUT THE OTHER SIDE IS WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT CLEAN WATER.
AND WE'VE GOT THE BUOYS UP THERE SAYING IT'S GONNA BE CLEANER WATER AND STUFF COMING IN.
THE LA RIVER CAN DESTROY THE FRONT SIDE OF LONG BEACH IN ONE STORM.
AND THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME WHEN THEY SAY, THAT'S GONNA BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOT.
WELL, IT'S GONNA BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOT IF WE HAVE CLEAN WATER, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES GOING UP THE LA RIVER.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY, MY HOPES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ALL THE OTHER CITY MAYORS THROUGH OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE GOING UP AND TALKING TO THEM.
'CAUSE IT'S GOTTA HAVE A TOTAL BUY-IN FROM EVERYBODY AND NOT JUST THE, THE TICKET PUT ON LONG BEACH.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLEAN WATER, THE STRATEGIES AS IT RELATES TO, UM, A POTENTIAL TRASH BARGE THAT CAN HELP WITH THE CLEANING DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE.
BUT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS PLAN, THAT'S A POTENTIAL STRATEGY WE CAN EMPLOY ALONG WITH EXISTING, UM, UH, WHAT'S IT, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE RELATED TO THE MARINE, UH, JELLY BOX.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW OF.
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EXPANDED WETLAND.UM, WETLANDS HAVE, UH, A LOT OF ECOLOGICAL, UH, BENEFITS IN TERMS OF CLEANING WATER, UM, MAINTAINING WATER, UH, MITIGATING STORMS, UM, AS WELL AS OTHERS, REDUCING POTENTIAL, UH, FINANCIAL COSTS FROM HAVING TO CONTINUOUSLY DREDGE THIS RIVER FOR BOATS.
UM, AND THIS WETLAND PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MITIGATE THE COST, WHICH CAN HELP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BUY-IN FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BODIES, REGULATED BODIES.
FROM YOUR WORDS TO MY PRAYERS WITH THE TRASH THAT COMES DOWN THE LA COUNTY.
UH, I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT GO INTO A WETLANDS AND DESTROY BIRDS AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THE KEY THING, BECAUSE YOU WORK WITH THE CITY, YOU WORK IN THE CITY, UM, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THEM, WE HAVEN'T DRAFTED A LETTER, BUT YOU SHOULD BRING THAT UP TO THEM AS PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS OF WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT IS THE COUNTY, WILL THE COUNTY PUT DOLLARS IN AND SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS? I LOVE IT.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED BUY-IN FROM ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES.
UH, OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION QUESTION.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK MORE ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE PARKING SITES.
IF THOSE WERE, UM, IF Y'ALL HAD DONE A FEE STUDY OR FIGURED OUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA FUND THOSE, IF THOSE ARE GONNA BE CITY PARKING LOTS, WANTED TO, UM, HEAR MORE ABOUT, UH, PARKING AREAS.
YEAH, SO WHERE THEY ARE NOW ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC USES.
SO THAT COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE IN TERMS OF SOME STUDIES THAT WOULD BE, UH, NEXT IN TERMS OF THE FINAL PLAN, SPECIFIC PLAN.
AND THEN PART OF THE, WHEN WE START IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN, UM, WHERE THE, THESE STUDIES AND THOSE PARKING STUDIES COME IN ON HOW WE CAN GET ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED.
SO, UM, IN THE APPENDIX OF THE, UH, PLAN ITSELF, WE STARTED OUTLINING WHERE THE, WHERE THE PROGRAMMING, UH, PROJECTS WILL, WHERE THEY OCCUR ACROSS THE TIMELINE OF THE PLAN.
UM, WHO IS THE PARTNER THAT IS OVERSEEING, WHETHER THAT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION OR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
YEAH, THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSION.
STANLEY, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, COMMEND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THIS PLAN.
I'D BE FEATURED, I DEFINITELY FEATURED ON SLIDE 12.
I'M PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND I GAVE FEEDBACK AND THEY WENT FAR AND WIDE TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ALSO OFFERED TRANSLATION SERVICES TO FOLKS WHO IN THEIR WORKSHOPS AND MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO GET DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO CREATING THIS NEW PLAN, SO I COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN I DO, SINCE PARKING IS TOP OF MIND, THERE WERE TALKS ABOUT MAYBE DOING SHUTTLES, UM, CONNECTING PEOPLE IN THAT WAY.
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT OR IF THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE? YEAH, MICRO MOBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS IS STILL, UM, ON THE TABLE.
UM, HOW WE DO THAT IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO VET OUT.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, WE EXIST, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MICRO MOBILITY TRANSIT THAT IS FREE TO USERS.
UM, AND EXPLORING PROGRAMS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE AN OPTION IF THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN REALLY LAYING INTO, UM, THAT SINGULAR PEDESTRIAN, UH, BIKING WALK, WALKING PATH, UM, CONNECTING EVERYTHING IS KIND OF LIKE A, A REALLY BIG STEP IN HOW WE CAN MOVE AROUND AND THAT KIND OF LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR POTENTIAL, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE PART OF THOSE STEPS.
FIRST, WHEN I SAW THIS, THIS IS, I SAID, WELL, THAT'S REALLY COOL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT.
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A FUN THING TO DO AND I'M GLAD YOU REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S A LOT OF FORWARD THINKING IN THAT THEN THE REAL MUCH, I I HONESTLY KNOW THAT THE HARD, HARD PART IS YET TO COME BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND YOU HAVE TO START AND YOU HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY AND YOU GOTTA GET APPROVED.
AND I ASSUME THAT SOME OF THIS IS, SOME OF THIS ISN'T GONNA BE, ISN'T GONNA BE DONE BEFORE.
I'M PROBABLY NOT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART I WAS GONNA SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS BROADEN YOUR SCOPE AND, AND WAS JUST THERE.
I'M SORRY WE ALL DON'T MENTION IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BELMONT SHARP HERE IS JUST OFF TO THE RIGHT AND THIS CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS TO MAKE THAT A DESTINATION.
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ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THE, BEEN TALKED ABOUT, UM, IN THESE LARGER MEETINGS.LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE USED IT, WE USED IT IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS FOR A VERY IMPORTANT SALINE EVENT.
UH, AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
JOB CLUB HAD TO BASICALLY PUT LIPSTICK ON THE PIG AND EVERYBODY WOULD WALK THE, UH, UNDERSTANDS THE CONDITION OF THAT PEER UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PIG REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
WELL THAT'S A LOT OF KUDOS TO, UM, OUR OWN MARINE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL THAT REALLY THINK THINGS UP AND DID A LOT OF POWER WASHING AND A LOT OF PAINTING AND A LOT OF PREPARATION TO HELP PUT THAT LIPSTICK OUT THERE.
YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT, BUT I AGREE.
I THINK THE COMMENT, JOAN, AND THEN, UM, SO TWO QUESTIONS.
NOTHING THROUGH 2028 OLYMPICS.
SO IN TERMS OF THE OLYMPICS, UM, WE'RE THE CURRENT ELEVATE HAS CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECT PROJECTS, UM, COUPLE WHICH ARE SPRINKLED IN HERE AS IT RELATES TO THAT TRASH BARGE THAT IS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
UM, THIS PLAN WILL NOT BE CERTIFIED BY THE POSTAL COMMISSION BY OLYMPICS BY ANY MEANS.
UM, AND THEN WE, SO A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OLYMPICS, AND I THINK YOU ALL ACTUALLY KNOW MORE THAN ME BECAUSE THE OLYMPIC STAFF CAME TO GIVE YOU ALL PRESENTATION, IS A LOT OF IT IS HAPPENING AT THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE LEVEL.
AND SO OUR COUNTY STAFF IS STILL WAITING TO HEAR, LIKE, HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND ON A PLAN WHEN THEY WERE GONNA REDO THE, UM, WHERE DALLAS LEGENDS IS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THERE FIN A TWO STORY PARKING LOT IN THE VILLAGE AREA.
IS THAT ON THIS PLAN OR DO YOU MEAN SHO GONNA GO PARKING LOT? UH, WE, THERE'S NO PARKING LOT, RIGHT? SO SHORELINE VILLAGE IS RIGHT HERE.
THEY, SO THE, OH, SO COMMISSIONER, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT YES.
CONVERSATION THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS TING.
WELL, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING OUT OF SCOPE FROM THE ACTUAL MOTION AND PRESENTATION ON TABLE.
I'M JUST FOLLOWING UP TO THE QUESTION ABOUT PARKING AND ACCESS AND IF THAT RIGHT.
BUT WE'LL NOTE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OF INTEREST.
SO, UM, AND THE, UH, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE, THE HOUSE SCOPE AREA? WHAT THE IDEAS BEHIND THEM? DEFENDANT? YEAH.
SO IN, IN OUR SLIP THERE ARE, UH, LITTLE BOARDS THAT, UM, HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WANNA BE REPRESENTED FREE.
UM, AND THIS HOUSE COURT AREA IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CONSOLIDATE POTENTIAL LIVING ARRANGEMENTS SO THAT YOU ARE MORE INLAND.
UM, THERE ARE POTENTIAL MORE AMENITIES NEAR SHORELINE AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT IT'S JUST, UH, INCREASED OPPORTUNITY IF, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THE WORDS ARE SOMETHING WE WANT TO ELEVATE ELEVATING, AND YOU'VE SEEN, UM, HOUSEHOLD COMMUNITIES BE SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER CITIES LIKE COPENHAGEN.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY AN IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLORE AND WE'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
DID THAT CHANGE ON THE VISION PLAN? I THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE A COMMERCIAL VOTING AREA ON THE LAST PLAN.
UH, OF THE EIGHT BIG IDEAS, UH, YEAH, THAT THOSE, THIS IS A, A, I CAN'T RECALL IF ONE OF THE BIG IDEAS HAD THIS OR NOT, BUT, UH, OF THE EIGHT BIG IDEAS, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I I COULDN'T TELL YOU IF THIS WAS A RECENT PAGE.
I JUST WANT REITERATE, WE'VE BEEN AT SOME OF YOUR, UH, EVENTS AND THE OUTREACH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
YOU LISTEN, YOU KNOW, WE STILL WANT TO SEE ALL MY VOTING COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE MORE ACCESS FOR US TO BRING DIGGINGS AND SMALL BOATS OVER TO QUEENS ISLAND.
UM, SO WE CAN ATTEND EVENTS AND WE CAN GO TO THINGS OVER THERE AND ENJOY THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, SO AS PART OF ACCESS, WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE SOME WAY TO GET OVER THERE.
WE HAVE NO WAY FOR MORE SLIPS OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, I HEARD THAT AS WELL.
UM, ON THE JUNE 4TH MEETING, WHEN WE DO THAT LONG BEACH TRANSIT OFF OF BUS, THAT'S US TRYING TO EXTEND OURSELVES TO LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO SAY LIKE WE NEED BETTER CONNECTION.
AND THAT'S ON OUR CITY SIDE AS WELL IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE COORDINATE.
UM, AND I'LL ALSO SAY
SO NOW WE'VE EXPANDED OUR SCOPE WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO KIND OF HAVE THIS,
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UM, VISIONING PROCESS TO EXPAND THIS AREA.UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND IN PREPARATION FOR OPEN HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO BETTER TO CONNECT THIS AREA.
SO THAT'S ALSO GREAT FOR ME TO HEAR AS WELL.
I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE THAT WAS KIND OF MY, I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY QUESTION.
IS THAT THE PROJECT THAT I AROUND THE QUEEN MARY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT AREA? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO YEAH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, THIS, UH, TEMPORARY AMPHITHEATER.
I'M NOT TOO INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT.
UM, BUT THAT THIS AREA IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS AREA, THESE TWO SPACES OF OUR CITY ARE CONNECT, BRING IT BACK IN HERE WITH ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER.
I'D LIKE TO, IF IT'S, IF FEASIBLE, I'D LIKE TO DO AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO, UH, PROVING THIS, THAT ASSURED THAT, UH, YOUR GROUP GOES BACK TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT FUNDING FROM THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE UP THE LA RIVER.
UH, AS I THINK IF WE DON'T DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING, THE INITIATION OF THIS, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, IT'S YOUR GIG, DON'T WORRY ABOUT US.
BUT I THINK IF THEY'RE PART OF THE PROCESS, WE CAN GET SOME MONEY TO KEEP THE WATER CLEAN.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST YOUR AMENDMENT.
SO, UH, FOR THEM, UH, TO AMEND, TO ADD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OTHER MAYORS, SO WE'RE IN ENCOURAGING PLANNING TO, TO LOOK AT THOSE PLANNING, PLANNING, DOWNTOWN SHORELINE, VISION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND THE BOARD OF SUITS FOR FUNDING FOR A CLEANER LA RIVER.
TAMELA, DID YOU GET THAT? IT'S ON RECORDING.
DID EVERYONE UNDERSTAND IT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE MAKER OF THE MOTION WAS ALSO THE MAKER OF THE AMENDMENT, SO WE DON'T NEED AN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
UH, SO NOW WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION AND AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.
UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO US EARLY ON.
UM, AND INITIALLY WHEN YOU CAME, AND I KNOW THAT THERE, UM, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'LL BE STARTING VISIONING IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING, UM, PART OF THE, UM, THE PD FOUR.
UH, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE MARINA AND A LOT OF THE BOAT OWNERS THAT ARE INTERESTED.
UM, SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA BE ON THE AGENDA, HAVE YOU A PART OF THAT TO COME EARLY AND OFTEN.
UM, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE FIRST TO THE AMENDMENT.
NOW THE ENTIRE MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT, UH, YOU GOT IT.
WE HAVE CHOCOLATE FOR YOU TOO,
WELL, SHE'S GONNA WALK HOME, SO LET US TAKE THANK YOU FOR BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF A MEMORIAL BENCH TO REPLACE THE EXISTING STANDARD BENCH IN MARINE STADIUM.
ALRIGHT, THAT MOTION A SECOND.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BRING UP ASHLEY JONES, EXECUTIVE, UH, DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS AT PARKS TO INTRODUCE THE, UH, THE BENCH.
AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE AS WELL.
CLOSE FRIENDS REPRESENTING FAMILY.
SO I WANNA EVERYBODY SAYING THAT THIS BENCH HAS BEEN IN PROCESS SINCE BEFORE I WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS OF PARKS.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A LENGTHY, UM, PROCESS JUST TO EVEN GET TO THIS POINT.
SO, UM, THIS BENCH IS IN HONOR OF A LOCAL TEACHER, LAURA MALLOY.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PLACE THIS BENCH AT THE COLORADO LAGOON AREA FOR SOFT TIME.
UM, AND THAT AREA I'VE DISCUSSED WITH THEM, LIKE MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE OLYMPICS AND THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT LA 28.
SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE BENCH MAY BE TEMPORARILY AND ARE PERMANENTLY MOVED DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER THINGS THERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS BENCH OTHER THAN, UM,
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IT HAS BEEN FULLY PAID FOR, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN GETTING THIS PARTICULAR BENCH PLACED.UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UNTIL WE FINISH OUT OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, WHICH HASN'T BEEN RENEGOTIATED IN 35 YEARS, WE RENEW ALL OF OUR MOUS WITH FISCAL PARTNERS.
I'M NOT REALLY ACCEPTING ANY MORE BENCH APPLICATIONS UNTIL OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF WRAP UP WITH THIS BENCH, UM, AND GIVE LAURA THE MEMORIAL THAT SHE DESERVES.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING OR IF YOU WANNA DIRECT THAT PROCESS, I THINK WE DEFINITELY WANNA HEAR FROM HER FRIENDS.
FOR BEST TODAY, I'M LIKE SULLIVAN FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND I AM JOINED BY MY FRIENDS WHITE.
SHE IS A FORMER ING JUNIOR, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER AND GATE COORDINATOR.
AND CATHERINE DOBY, SHE IS A FORMER OR FELLOW ON UNIFIED, UM, PARENT TO MYSELF.
WE ARE ALL CLOSE FRIENDS WITH LAURA DELOY AND THIS IS HER RIGHT HERE.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN HER AROUND, SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME THAT INFORMATION PLEASE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THIS APPROVAL OF, UM, LAURA MARLO WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2019 WITH MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY OR MSA, IT'S A NON-CURABLE, TREATABLE, AGGRESSIVE FORM OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
AFFLICTING 1% OF THE POPULATION AFTER 13 YEARS AS FREEMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE LAB TEACHER, WHICH SHE BY THE WAY STARTED, WHICH WAS A FIRST IN THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED.
UM, SHE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE EARLY DUE TO HER INCREASINGLY DEBILITATIVE DISEASE.
UPON RETIREMENT AND THE RESTRICTIONS, LAUREN AND I WOULD WALK THE MARINE STADIUM WHERE SHE LOVED TO FISH WHEN HER HUSBAND AND BOYS, IT WAS HER DYING WISH TO HAVE A MEMORIAL BENCH IN THAT LOCATION FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND STUDENTS TO ENJOY.
GLORIA WAS KNOWN BY, BY MANY PEOPLE AS AN INCREDIBLE DAUGHTER, SISTER, WIFE, MOM, FRIEND, EXPLORER, AND TEACHER.
SHE MOVED TO LONG BEACH IN 1998 WHERE SHE RAISED HER TWO SONS, DYLAN AND JAKE, WHO ATTENDED FREMONT ELEMENTARY, ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ST.
SHE TAUGHT LONG BEACH UNIFIED FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND WE CELEBRATED LAURA'S LIFE AT FREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2024, WHERE WE COLLECTED DONATIONS FOR HER MEMORIAL EVENT.
BY THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD ACHIEVED OUR GOAL OF RAISING 12,000.
SADLY PAST APRIL, HER HUSBAND 10 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR MELANOMA AFTER SURGERY, REMOVING TWO TUMORS FROM HIS BRAIN.
HE'S SLOWLY RECOVERING AT HOME BUT GAIN STRENGTH AND WANTS TO GET BLOCKED.
THIS BENCH WILL BE VISITED BY LAURA'S FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER SONS WHO ARE NOW FACED WITH LOSING THEIR DAD FRIENDS AND FORMER STUDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME.
LAURA LEAVES THE LEGACY OF A LIFETIME OF CURIOSITY, LEARNING AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
PLEASE HELP US HONOR HER AT THAT.
DID ANYTHING, I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK HERE.
UM, I MET LAURA AT THE BEGINNING OF HER TEACHING CAREER IN LONG BEACH UNIFIED WHEN, UM, I HAD LEFT THE CLASSROOM AND WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR.
AND THEN, UM, HER CURRENT ADMINISTRATOR IN WEST COVINA VALLEY CALLED LONG BEACH TO SAY ONE OF OUR GREATEST TEACHERS IS MOVING TO LONG BEACH.
YOU'VE GOTTA HIRE, WHICH WE DID.
AND LAURA REINVENTED HERSELF SO MANY TIMES.
UH, SHE THEN HAD TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM DUE TO HER HEALTH ISSUES AT HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BECAME A TECHNOLOGY COACH.
SHE WAS NEVER AFRAID OF EMBRACING A CHALLENGE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT, AND ALWAYS WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR, A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
THEN SHE REINVENTED HERSELF AFTER THAT TO GO BACK AND GET, START ALL OVER, GET A WHOLE OTHER CREDENTIAL AS A SCIENCE TEACHER, AND MOVED TO FREMONT.
MY THREE KIDS WENT TO FREMONT TOO, BUT I HAD MET LAURA BEFORE THAT WHEN WE HIRED HER.
AND, UM, SHE TAUGHT SHE LOVED THE OCEAN.
SHE TAUGHT ALL THREE OF MY SONS HOW TO SURF BECAUSE IN THE SUMMER SHE WORKED AT CORKY SURF SCHOOL, CHICA, AND SHE COULD DRAG BY LITTLE BOYS DOWN THERE TO TEACH 'EM HOW TO SURF.
AND SHE JUST WAS A CHAMPION FOR ADVENTURE AND HER PASSION FOR ANYTHING SHE DID.
SHE WAS JUST, SHE JUST SO ADMIRABLE.
UM, THIS LAST FALL, I ENDED UP THIS ANECDOTE.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN RENOVATING OUR HOUSE LIKE FOREVER, BUT WE RENTED A LITTLE HOUSE OVER BY MARIN STADIUM AND WE WERE SO ENCHANTED BY THE MARINE AND WE WALKED OUR DOG THERE MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE SINCE WE LEFT.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL PLACE AS EVERYBODY HERE PROBABLY KNOWS, BUT THE FAMILIES THAT ENJOY IT THERE AND HOW IT WOULD JUST BE SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO HONOR LAURA
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BECAUSE SHE LOVED NATURE MORE THAN ANYONE I KNOW, AND IN PARTICULAR THE OCEAN AND MARINE BIOLOGY.SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE HER NAME ON A PLAQUE THERE, WHETHER IT'S MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, THAT WOULD STILL BE OKAY, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE LOVELY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HER? NO, I, I'M, I'M, I THINK I WORKED HER ON CALIFORNIA STATE FRAMEWORK IN THE, AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE PROBABLY.
AND I WOULD SEE KELLY WALKING WITH HER WHEN LAURA, I MEAN, THAT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE TO WALK WITH HER A BIT.
ASHLEY, IF DOWN THE ROAD THEY, THEY WANT ANOTHER BENCH FOR THAT FAMILY OR IS THERE A WAY TO ADD ANOTHER GAMBLING MEMBER NAME ONTO THAT BENCH? LIKE TO ADJUST THE, BECAUSE THE WRITING IS ON PLAQUE, SO WE WOULDN'T ADJUST.
COULD THERE? UM, IF I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF OPTIONS DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, SO I MEAN, WE, THERE WOULD BE A COPY.
SHE WAS THE PERSONALITY THOUGH.
I'M THINKING CLOSER FOR THAT FAMILY, RIGHT? YES.
JUST TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S OPTIONS.
UM, AND MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE TOTALLY CLEAR ON THAT THAT $12,000 THEN IS A 10 YEAR COMMITMENT.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T WANT, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY THOROUGH IN OUR COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD THAT, UM, ON HOW THINGS ARE GONNA WORK AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE MAINTAINED AND THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WITH THE OLYMPICS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE.
I, I CREATED A GOFUNDME AND SO I'VE BEEN UPDATING EVERYBODY ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS, YOU KNOW, AS IN SUBMITTED A CHECK.
AND THEN ASHLEY'S BEEN GREAT COMMUNICATING WITH ME THE FEEDBACK OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE MOVEMENT WHERE THE OLYMPICS AND ALSO THE, UM, COLORADO FOOD PROJECT.
SO THEY, I'VE BEEN UPDATING THOSE AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE BEFORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY.
OH, YEAH, NO, THEY, THEY ALL UNDER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FULLY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S A LEASE FOR 10 YEARS AND ASHLEY'S BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE.
THE ONLY, THE, IF I, IF I RECALL IT WAS WITH THE LEASE THERE WAS THE, THE FAMILY'S OFFER TO RE-UP THE LEASE AT, IS IT 6,000? CORRECT.
AND THEN IF THAT GOFUNDME HAS ENOUGH, IS THERE A MECHANISM THAT THAT COULD BE THEN RENEWED SOMEHOW? OR THE GOFUNDME'S NOT MANAGED TO PARTNERS? NO, BUT IT WOULD ADD, SHOULD THEY RAISE THE OTHER 6,000? CAN THEY PAY IN ADVANCE FOR A LONGER TENURE OF THAT BENCH? THEY COULD, BUT I WOULD BE RE TO ACCEPT IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE HERE IN 10 YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CITY CONTRACT WILL APPLY.
SO IT'S BEST TO KIND OF MAKE, I'VE MADE SOME PROPOSALS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE LARGE CHUNKS OF MONEY, KIND OF I'LL SAY OUT OF NOWHERE, ARE NOT FAVORABLE.
SO COULD IT BE LIKE EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? 6,000 DIVIDED, ALMOST LIKE 10 YEARS AND 600 BUCKS A YEAR.
IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE TABLE TO MAYBE MAKE IT MORE MANAGEABLE.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT AN APPLICATION IS NOT A CONTRACT AND WE DON'T MAKE OUR CONTRACT PUBLIC FACING.
SO IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT AN APPLICATION, ASSUMING THAT THAT'S A BINDING ITEM, LIKE OFF OUR WEBSITE, IT'S NOT.
UM, THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT A BENCH, LIKE THEY SHOULD BE COMING TO US TO HAVE 'EM ANSWER NOT TO OTHER MEMBERS OF IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT ADDRESSED IN OUR CITY CONTRACT IS MEMORIALS.
SO I'M PUSHING THEM TO BE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS THING'S 35 YEARS OLD.
LIKE, IT NEEDS TO SAY WE'RE ALLOWED TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM.
WHAT ARE OUR BOUNDARIES? WHAT ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PRM RESPONSIBLE FOR? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M HOPING SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, UM, AND OTHER THINGS IN THE FUTURE OF CONTRACT FOR A BENCH ARE GOING TO COME DOWN FROM.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT IT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU I DON'T RECEIVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS LIKE IN OUR OFFICE, LIKE ABOUT BENCHES.
WELL BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES AND FRIENDS THAT ARE GRIEVING.
AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ANSWER THOSE UP FRONT EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT ASKED.
SO LIKE, WHAT KIND OF QUESTION? WELL, AND I THINK THAT WE HAD PROBLEMS BEFORE THAT WE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY THAT IT WAS A TENURE GAP.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT BRUCE HAD ADDRESSED ABOUT IF THE BENJAMIN IS RETIRED, THAT IT COULD BE DELIVERED TO SOMEONE'S HOME.
SO THE, THE WAY IT CURRENTLY STANDS AND THE PROGRAM HAS CHANGED, RIGHT? BECAUSE AT ONE POINT IT WAS MANAGED BY KIARA.
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WHAT CONTRACTS LOOK LIKE A WHILE AGO OR WHAT HAS INVOLVED, RIGHT? I COULDN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM, LIKE THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION ON THE PEER WEBSITE, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC, BUT NONETHELESS, RIGHT, IF THE TERMS HAVE CHANGED, THE TERMS HAVE CHANGED.IT'S JUST LIKE A LAW, RIGHT? LIKE THINGS GET UPDATED, LIKE IGNORANCE OF THOSE THINGS BEING UPDATED, LIKE IS JUST THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UM, ESPECIALLY EVEN BEFORE ME, TO FIND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE BENCHES.
ANOTHER THING WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS LIKE NOT JUST HAVING CONTACT LEAST THREE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN REACH, UM, BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT? LIKE PEOPLE OLDER, THEY PASS, THEY MOVE, AND THEN WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THEM.
SO THAT'S BEING BUILT INTO THE FILES.
UM, SOME ARE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PAPER TRYING TO DIGITIZE SOME STUFF.
SO IF FOR SOME REASON I'M NOT THERE, LIKE CAN FIND WHAT THEY NEED TO FIND.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE THE BENCH ITSELF, RIGHT? THE KIND OF LANGUAGE AROUND THAT IS YOU OWN THE BENCH, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE BENCH.
SO AT SOME POINT, IF YOU DON'T WANNA RENEW YOUR LEASE, RIGHT, WE CAN MOVE THE BENCH TO YOUR BACKYARD.
THIS BENCH IS YOUR ITEM, RIGHT? BUT THE SPACE THAT THE BENCH IS ON IS BEING RELEASED.
THERE PROBABLY IS A BETTER WAY WITHIN HOW IT STANDS NOW TO ARTICULATE THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN MADE UNCLEAR TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BENCHES SINCE PARTNERS WITH PARKS GO THE PROGRAM IN LIKE 20 19, 20 20.
SO STARTING NOW WITH THIS BENCH, EVERYTHING'S CRYSTAL CLEAR MOVING FORWARD.
CORRECT? THIS IS MY FIRST BENCH.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WOULD SAY IT'S LIKE FIRST TO DEATH OF ME DOING THIS BENCH, BUT CLOSE
AND SO I DON'T, I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE SAYING RIGHT CRYSTAL CLEAR ON OUR END ALL KNOW WHO THE TENURE LEADS.
I MEAN, I SAY THAT THIS ASHLEY, YOU KNOW, CREATED THE PARADIGM AND TAKE THAT MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH OTHER BENCHES IN THE CITY AND, AND IT WAS CREE ASHLEY, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY DOES THEIR BEST, BUT THINGS WERE NOT REALLY WELL ORGANIZED OR CLEAR, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND, AND JUST ORGANIZATION.
SO THEY'RE GONNA KIND OF BE LIKE, OUR CASE FOR THE FIRST LIKE CONTRACT IS BASICALLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THEN I THINK EVERYTHING ALSO IS WORKING A LOT MORE SMOOTHLY WITH LIKE TODD AND LIKE HIS DEPARTMENT PLACING THINGS ON JUST BENCHES VERSUS OTHER STUFF IN GENERAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE RIGHT AWAY HE WAS LIKE, WELL, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IF THAT BENCH IS GONNA BE THERE RIGHT? BECAUSE OF ALL THESE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING.
SO I HAVEN'T BEEN SURPRISED BY ANYTHING LIKE DEPARTMENTALLY EITHER.
SO THIS FENCE SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY AND THEN ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY, RIGHT? WE WANNA TRY AND REPLICATE THAT PROCESS AND BE REALLY HERE.
YOU ANSWERED IT PERFECTLY AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU WERE PART OF THIS.
MADAM CHAIR, THE QUESTION THERE BEFORE WE HAVE THE QUESTION.
I, I'M SURPRISED THIS DIDN'T COME UP AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW IN THE ANY PART OF CLARITY.
UM, BUT, UH, KIND OF IN THIS BUSINESS.
SO I WANNA BRING UP WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE LIABILITY TO THE CITY OR THE FAMILY OF, WITH REGARDS TO THIS BENCH.
IF, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY, I SAY I SEE THE BENCHES, EVERY OPPORTUNITY'S BEEN MADE TO TRY AND SECURE THE BRONZE PLATE FOR THAT BENCH IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, I RUN A CEMETERY SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT SEE THAT THAT'S VALUABLE OR THINK IT'S VALUABLE AND, AND I HAVE ISSUES IN MY SECRETARY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO OUR BOARD, I GAVE OUR BOARD PRESIDENT YOUR INFORMATION.
AND I THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU BY NOW, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO USE THE BRONZE BOX.
HAVING SAID THAT RIGHT? AS A NONPROFIT WITH ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, IE LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A BUDGET OR A BUCKET.
LIKE I DON'T HAVE A THEFT FUND.
SO, UM, THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE MORE PRIVY TO THE PD AND CAMERAS THAN OTHERS.
RIGHT? I I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SPECIFICALLY PREVENT THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHO'S THIS, WE HAVE A MEMORIAL SUBCOMMITTEE, LIKE WE'RE CREATING A LARGER EMERITUS BOARD THAT'S GONNA FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE THEY KIND OF HAVE THE TIME TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THINGS AND EXPLORE.
BUT I DON'T, UM, BUT LONG TERM, RIGHT? WE NEED TO BE OPEN TO LIKE THE BEST MATERIALS POSSIBLE OR WHATEVER TO
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KIND OF CHANGE AND SHIFT.BUT ALSO WE MAY HAVE RESTRICTIONS WITH THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE AREA OF THE CITY IS, WHAT MAINTENANCE SAYS WE CAN DO WHAT WORKS AS WE CAN DO WHAT THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY SAYS WE CAN DO.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF IT, ANYBODY BROUGHT IT UP.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE LIKE WE CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SCRUBBING GRAFFITI OFF OF BENCHES AND REPLACING, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF PLAQUES LIKE CITYWIDE.
I MEAN, I WOULD IMAGINE TO SOME EXTENT THE CITY PROGRAM, UM, IN, IN THAT.
I DO, I DO KNOW THERE'S TIMES THOUGH WHEN GRAFFITI HAS SAT ON, BUT JUST NO ONE CALLS IT IN.
RIGHT? AND THEN IT COMES HOLIDAY TIME AND I HAVE LIKE VOICEMAILS OF LIKE, THESE SPENCER ARE DESTROYED AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE I'M NOT DOING LAPS AS A CITY, LIKE LOOKING THE SERIES.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO LIKE YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, UM, IF WE KNOW WE'RE HAPPY TO CALL IT IN.
BUT, AND I, AND I'M ALL FOR IT, FOR, I'M A PROBE THESE BENCHES THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL AND HONOR A RESIDENT THAT'S CONTRIBUTED SO FOR SO LONG I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE BRONX WERE NOT FLAG THE SIMPLE OPTION FROM THE CEMETERY IS THAT FLAG, EVEN IF YOU SO COMMISS, UH, JUST FYI, OUR STAFF, UH, THE BENCHES ARE IN OUR PARK AND IN OUR, OUR WALKWAYS, UH, OUR STAFF DOES TAKE CARE OF THE DAILY ROUTINE, CLEANLINESS OF THE BENCHES.
NOW, UH, LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS, UH, DOCUMENT, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DOES NOT WARRANTY PARK BENCHES AGAINST DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.
SO, SO GRAFFITI MORE, MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, OUR STAFF WILL TAKE CARE OF, UH, LONG BEACH GO OUT.
UH, WE HAVE PAINTERS ON OUR STAFF AT THEIR ENTIRE JOB IS GRAFFITI AVAILABLE.
SO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GRAFFITI AND ONLY SO MANY BAKERS MM-HMM
UH, SO, UH, WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE ATTACKING IT EVERY DAY.
AND OUR JOB IS TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS IN A CLEAN, NEAT, ORGANIZED FASHION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THE BENCH IS A PART OF THAT.
AS A FREQUENT APP USER, I AM PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH A QUICK TURNAROUND.
THERE MIGHT, I THINK IT JUST BECAUSE I'M SEEING THIS AS LIKE THINKING IN MY TIME, I THINK IT ALSO MIGHT BE GREAT TO EITHER HAVE AN APPLICATION AND OR BOTH.
LIKE, HERE IS THE LINK TO THE GO APP OR HERE IS THE QR CODE GO APP, SO THEN WE CAN SOLVE THE REPORT.
SHOULD YOU VISIT YOUR BENCH WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING OR VISIT THE BENCH IN YOUR BOND.
IT'S SOMETHING EASY TO INCORPORATE IN.
I'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE DONORS.
AND I'VE ALSO COMMUNICATED TO THEM MATERIAL BE DIFFERENT FOR THE, I THINK LOCATION IS ALSO AN ISSUE.
I SEE A LOT OF MORE, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE TO THE ONES ON OCEAN VERSUS DOWN BY AND WHAT INCREDIBLE FRIENDS TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TO LET US KNOW.
AND THAT, THAT GIVES IT A SPECIAL FEELING FOR ALL OF US TOO.
ALL OF ALL IN FAVOR HAVE THE MOTION AS MADE.
ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE FOR SUBMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, YOU ALL RECEIVED A COPY WITHIN, UH, YOUR PACKET? UM, ONE CHANGE THAT I REQUESTED SO MUCH FROM OUR STAFF IS THAT THE COVER PAGE BE A MORE RECENT PHOTO MM-HMM
AND, UM, AS I WAS RESEARCHING, UM, MAYBE VALIDATING EACH SECTION AND ON PAGE TWO IT TALKED ABOUT WHEN THE, UM, ADVISORY COMMISSION WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED.
AND THEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THE REESTABLISHMENT DATE AND I FOUND A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT WAS KIND OF FUN.
IT WAS FROM 1977 WHEN THEY WERE, UH, FIRST, UH, REESTABLISHED THE, UH, MAR ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND, UM, AT THAT POINT, THAT WAS BEFORE ANY OF THE FUNDING.
UM, ALL OF THE MONEY OF COURSE, TO FUND THE DOWNTOWN MARINA CAME FROM THE, UM, OIL REVENUES, UH, AND WAS ALL IN
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TIDELANDS.AND FOLKS WERE SAYING CONCERNS THAT, GEE, IF THE DOWNTOWN MARINA DIDN'T MAKE MONEY, WHAT A BURDEN THAT'S GOING TO PUT.
THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT WE'LL LOSE ALL OF OUR OIL MONEY BY 1980.
AND SO THE, THE CONCERNS WERE THE MARINA'S NOT GONNA MAKE MONEY, WE'LL LOSE ALL OF OUR OIL MONEY.
UH, AND IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SIMILARITIES ALONG IN THINGS THAT WE SEE.
UH, LET ME GET ANOTHER ONE THAT'S FUN.
SHE COULD, UH, CONSOLIDATE ALL THE CONSOLIDATION OF IDEA OF IMPROVEMENT.
IT COULD DRAG DOWN THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LONG BEACH MARINA.
NOW WE'RE REFER TO AS ALAMEDA PAY MARNEY BY MERGING WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER MONEY LOSING PROJECTS LIKE THE QUEEN MARY PEOPLE WERE TALKING THAT QUEEN MARY'S LOSING MONEY IN 1977.
SO IT IS INTERESTING TO THEN GO THROUGH CONSISTENTLY WHAT TYPES OF REPORTS WERE FILED AND, UM, AND I THINK WE'VE CONTINUALLY IMPROVED AS A COMMISSION, BUT YET MAKE SOME, UM, KEY CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DECADES THAT THE COMMISSION HAS EXISTED.
UH, WERE THERE ANY CHANGES OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE PAGES THAT YOU RECEIVED? I DIDN'T SEE ANY.
JUST FOR MY EDIFICATION, LIKE WHO'S THE AUDIENCE? WHERE DOES THIS POSTED? LIKE WHO USUALLY CONSUMES THIS ANNUAL REPORT? IT COMES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, CORRECT.
AND THEN IT'S PUT AS A FILE AND IT, UM, IT INCLUDES OUR ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND LAST YEAR WE HAD LETTERS FROM CITIZENS CHALLENGING OUR ATTENDANCE ON SOME THINGS.
SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS READING THAT REPORT ABSOLUTELY.
AND IS ABLE TO ACCESS US INDIVIDUALLY.
UH, ANY OTHER INPUT ON THAT? UH, THEN I, UH, CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
UH, I CAN SEE ANY QUESTIONS AND THEY ALL WON'T LET ME KNOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
THAT WAS A LOT OF VERY NICE TEDIOUS THINGS.
AND IT DOES SHOW HOW MANY BENCHES WE APPROVE IN A YEAR, WHICH IS ALWAYS SURPRISING ONTO ITEM SIX, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
ALRIGHT, WELL, JOE BROUGHT IN, WE'LL START WITH BRIAN PLANT AND MARINE OPERATIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, OCCUPANCY, UH, TEAM BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF, UH, GETTING AHEAD OF, OF NOTICES, UH, OUT TO POTENTIAL PEOPLE OFF THE WAIT LIST OR JUST, YOU KNOW, CALCULATING THAT LIST IN GENERAL.
NOW WE'RE 94.5% OCCUPIED, UM, AS THE END OF APRIL.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY STATISTICS THAT WAS SHARED THEN WITH THE BOND REFUND, WAS IT NOT? UH, IT WAS.
SO THAT SHOWS HOW, HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT'S DONE DAILY THEN IMPACTS THE CITY BUDGET.
YEAH, IT'S, UH, DEFINITELY A CONCERTED EFFORT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE BUREAU, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO KEEPING THAT CONSISTENT NUMBER, UH, AND MAKING US AN ATTRACTIVE BRAND.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY ONBOARDING THREE NEW PART-TIME STAFF.
UH, HOPE TO HAVE THEM IN AHEAD OF MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, ONE SHOULD BE STARTING AROUND THE 20TH, HOPING THAT THE OTHER TWO ARE ABOUT THAT SAME TIMEFRAME.
UH, REALLY MADE A BIG EFFORT TO GET THEM IN AND TRAINED UP, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME OUR SEASON KICKS OFF.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO GET PEOPLE IN, BUT IF WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE LIKE TRADE, TRAIN THEM UP, YOU KNOW, DURING THE 4TH OF JULY, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE BEST, UH, BEST PATH, UH, DOWNTOWN FOB UPGRADE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE UPDATING ALL THOSE BOARD DOWN THERE AND BRING THINGS UP TO CURRENT, UH, TECHNOLOGY.
UH, I THINK YOU MENTIONED IN THE PAST, ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS OF THAT SYSTEM BESIDES HAVING READILY AVAILABLE PARTS, UH, WE CAN GET A HOLD OF, IS THAT WE CAN GET AWAY FROM THE ABILITY TO CLONE FOBS.
SO RIGHT NOW PEOPLE CAN TAKE THEIR KEY FOB AND BASICALLY GO AND CLONE IT ANYWHERE THEY WANT, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, FIVE $20 SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.
UM, AND THIS NEW SYSTEM HAS A DIFFERENT AUTHENTICATION PROCESS THAT WILL NOT ALLOW THAT.
UH, THE OTHER, UH, WE ARE MAKING IN
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BIG STRIDES AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO TRY TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC DOCS, UM, FREE OF OVERSTAY GUESTS.UH, SO OUR, I JUST WANT COMMENDMENT TEAM, RAIN SAFETY OPERATIONS TEAM.
EVERYBODY'S GETTING DOWN THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS BASIS, UH, CITING ON APPROPRIATE, UH, GIVING THAT ISSUE ISSUANCE OF A A THREE HOUR NOTICE, UH, AND BEING CONSISTENT ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN ALAMEDA BAY.
UH, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE DOWN DOWNTOWN AGAIN ON ABOUT 10.
UH, BUT THOSE EFFORTS ARE HAPPENING EVERY DAY.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND CITE AND, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THEM TO MOVE ALONG.
WE HAD SOME, UH, BOATS DOWN BY THE, WHAT'S THE BREWERY CALLED? DALLAS POINT.
ARE THOSE STILL THERE? UH, THOSE HAVE CLEARED OUT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE STOPPING BY, UH, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN THE, THE LONG STATE THAT WE IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS.
I HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL CUP AND THERE WERE FIVE KEY CITY EMPLOYEES THAT WERE SELECTED TO GO ON A RIDE ALONG A THREE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, OUR BRAND NEW PROTOCOL OFFICER AND BRIAN, AND BY THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, HE WAS ON THE RIDE ALONG WITH THE WINNING SKIPPER, ERIC RONAN FROM SWITZERLAND.
ON THE FINAL, FINAL, NO, I WAS WITH THE INITIAL.
YOU STARTED OUT ON A GOOD NOTE.
UH, YOU WANTED TO KEEP IT ON THE BOAT BEFORE WE BRIAN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH US NOW? UH, APPROXIMATELY 14 MONTHS.
SIR, YOU HAVE AMAZINGLY GROWN IN YOUR JOB FROM THAT SHY KID THAT CAME IN THAT TOOK HIS ELECTRIC CAR FROM HIM, BUT YOU'VE AMAZINGLY GROWN IN YOUR JOB, SO, UH, UH, IT IS SEEN BY EVERYBODY WHO DEALS WITH YOU.
WELL DONE AGAIN, EVIDENTLY YOU'RE A LUCKY CHARM FOR SOME.
AFTER 11 TIMES, THE GUY FINALLY WINS.
UM, COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES FROM BEACH MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE SUMMER SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING, SO A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS RIGHT NOW ARE, UM, MAKING SURE OUR BEACHES ARE CLEAN AND WELCOMING TO THE, UH, SUMMER CROWDS.
UM, OUR NEXT, UH, HIGH TIDE IS MAY 26TH, WHICH IS, UM, MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREASED, UH, DEBRIS ON OUR WATER LINE WITH RECENT HIGH TIDES.
OUR TEAM, UH, WITH BEACH MAINTENANCE IS, UH, CLEANING THE BEACH AS WELL AS PLACING ADDITIONAL, UH, TRASH CONTAINERS, UH, UP AND DOWN OUR BEACHES AND MAINLY IN OUR HIGH USED BEACH, UH, AREAS.
OUR APRIL, UH, TONNAGE WAS 192 TONS.
UH, FOR APRIL, LET'S SEE HERE.
OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM IS, UH, CURRENTLY WORKING ON ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT THE FORMED BLOWER PARKING LOT, UH, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE PUBLIC ELEVATOR AT THE BIRD CAGE.
AND THAT'S JUST BEEN PROBLEMATIC, THAT ELEVATOR.
YES, YES, I WOULD, YES, IT HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC.
WE, UH, ARE CONSTANTLY, UH, REPAIRING IT, WORKING ON IT, TRYING TO UPGRADE IT, AND JUST STARTING THAT PROCESS OVER AND OVER.
SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF HIGH USE, UM, A LOT OF UNFORTUNATE VANDALISM AS WELL.
ARE THERE WAYS TO, TO DO SOMETHING SMARTER OR A DIFFERENT WAY? SOMETHING, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UH, WHO OVERSEES THE CITYWIDE CONTRACT FOR ALL OF THE ELEVATORS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, OPTION FOR THAT.
IT'S A DA COMPLIANCE FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS AND TRAVEL ACROSS, UH, FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER AND LOOK INTO SOMETHING MORE BUDGET FRIENDLY WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, LASTLY, OUR, UH, OUR GROUNDS DIVISION LAWN GARDEN IS GOING GREAT.
WE'RE, UH, OUR NEXT EVENT, UM, IS IN AGAIN, BASIN THREE, UH, MAY 17TH.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH SURF RIDER AND LONG BEACH UTILITIES.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO ALSO, UH, UH, BRANCH OUT ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH, UH, CORE, UH, CONSERVATION SHORE CORE CONSERVATION CORE HAS A NEW GROUP CALLED SHORE CORE.
UM, SO IT'S A NEW, UM, GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
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THAT HAVE RECEIVED AN ABUNDANCE OF TRAINING AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO TEAM UP WITH THEM ON SELECT PROJECTS AND WORK WITH THEM, UH, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THEM AT OUR PLANTING EVENT.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP THE YEAR, HOPEFULLY OUR PLANTING YEAR IN JUNE WITH THE, UH, LAST SECTION OF BASIN THREE, UH, TURF RENOVATION.
IT'S A LITTLE UNDECIDED RIGHT NOW, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE WEATHER IS IN OUR FAVOR AS IT STARTS TO WARM UP.
OUR, UH, YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR MY, MY PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER, UM, AND, AND MAYBE WORKING A TIME THAT HE CAN COME VISIT.
IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD, ABSOLUTELY.
START OUT AND SEE SOME OF THOSE.
I'D LIKE TO DRIVE THE TRAFFIC, THE QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT COSTS PER TON OF TRASH THAT WE GET? UM, WHAT I I SAY THIS BECAUSE 192 TONS ISN'T FROM THE PUBLIC BRINGING TRASH TO THE BEACH.
THIS IS THINGS THAT WASH UP ONTO THE BEACH, I THINK MORE COMING FROM THE LA RIVER.
HAVE WE EVER BREAK BROKEN THAT DOWN OF WHAT IT COSTS PER TON? UH, COST WISE, WE DO HAVE THAT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A SET, UH, IT'S ABOUT $75 AROUND THAT MIGHT 50 $76, UH, PER TON IS OUR COST, UH, JUST FOR THE TRANSFER STATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR TOTAL COST OF WHEN WE OPERATE THE MACHINERY AND TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.
TRUST ME, WHEN THE MAYOR GOES, OR CITY COUNCIL GOES TO THE OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES, WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT INFORMATION.
IT'S NOT JUST SAYING TRANSFER FUND.
WHAT'S IT COST THEM TO, TO SCRAPE ALL THAT? WHAT'S IT COST TO TO MOVE IT? I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH COST THAT COMES INTO IT.
WE DE WE, WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AND WE CAN GET THOSE, UH, TO YOU.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, UH, OUR, UH, ANCHOR QEAI BELIEVE IS THE, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING INTO, UM, KIND OF TOTAL PAST YEARS, LA RIVER DEBRIS, UM, COST AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
MAYBE A DEEPER DIVE IN NEXT MONTH'S REPORT.
THAT, THAT $76, IS THAT JUST LIKE THE DUMPSTER, PAUL, BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVE, UH, MAN HOURS, PERSON HOURS TO GATHER THAT TRACTION, TRACTOR MAINTENANCE, THAT'S GONNA WHATEVER, HOWEVER THAT TRACTION.
YEAH, THE 76 IS JUST THE COST PER TON, UH, ENDED UP ASSOCIATED WITH 169, BUT YEAH.
UM, OUR OVERALL BUDGET BREAKS DOWN INTO, UH, MUCH MORE SPECIFIC FOR THE FLEET COSTS IN PERSON.
NO, DAVE, I'M SURE IF YOU'RE GONNA BE THE BENEFICIARY OF THE DREDGING PROJECT, I SAW THE DREDGING PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
UH, WASN'T SURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE DREDGING PROJECT WAS.
I CAN'T RECALL, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY READY TO GO TO THE, UH, THE COASTAL COMMISSION, WHICH MEANS IT'S GONE PRETTY FAR DOWN THE PATH AND THE PROJECT AND YOU WERE GONNA BE THE BENEFICIARY.
I THINK MOST OF THAT SAND WOULD BE RELOCATED ON THE PENINSULA.
WASN'T THAT THE IDEA? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA.
SO DREDGING UP THE, UM, THE MARINA, UH, CHANNEL THERE AND THEN ALL OF THAT SAND WOULD BE, UH, REDEPOSITED ON THE PENINSULA, UH, OCEAN SIDE, BEACH FRONT.
SO, UM, WE'RE THE BENEFICIARY OF THE PUBLIX'S, THE BENEFICIARY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PENINSULA.
UM, AND UM, PART OF THAT IS OUR WORK TO MAINTAIN THAT BEACH MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO YEAH, IT DEFINITELY NEEDS IT AND HOPING PUSH THAT PROJECT.
SO BOB AND I MIGHT NEED MOVE MARK.
IT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE, I, I DUNNO IF IT GOING THAT FAR, BUT THE DRAWINGS I SAW, STUFF LOOKED LIKE IT JUST ADJACENT TO WHERE WE PUT JUST UNTIL THE FIRST STORM.
ALRIGHT, FINISHING UP WITH COREY FORER.
ALRIGHT, UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO GETTING THE CONGRESSIONAL CUP UP THE PAR.
GETTING THE P UH, DRESSED UP FACILITY TAILS OFF TO, UH, MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THE WHOLE PIER BEFORE, UH, WE CALL IT QUIT.
UM, WE, I, I MAY HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP LAST MONTH,
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UM, BUT WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF TWO NEW PUMP OUTS IN BASING TWO.I'M BRINGING THAT UP AGAIN BECAUSE, UM, SINCE THE REBUILD, I FEEL LIKE THE PUMPS WERE UNDERSIZED FOR THAT AREA.
AND, UM, AS A RESULT, THEY, THEY, THEY HAD TO PULL SUCTION FROM MULTIPLE DOCKS AT ONE TIME TO PUMP OUT A VESSEL.
UM, WITH THIS REBUILD OR, UH, WITH THE NEW PUMPS INSTALLED, WE ALSO INSTALLED, UM, ELECTRIC CHECK VALVES AND WE CAN ISOLATE EACH DOCK NOW, SO WE'RE GETTING MUCH BETTER SUCTION.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS SINCE THE INSTALLATION, SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL, UM, FOR THE STAFF FOR THAT.
UH, WE ALSO INSTALLED TWO NEW PUMP OUTS FOR THE, UM, A BM BARBER MASTER DOCK.
UM, WE'VE HAD, WE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES FOR A FEW MONTHS WITH THOSE PUMP OUTS.
UH, GREAT TO SEE THOSE IN PLAY NOW.
UM, WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF NEW PARK SIGNAGE FOR BLUFF PARK.
UM, WE'RE WORKING TO COMPLETE THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PAINTING WITH V TWO RESTROOM AFTER A FIRE THAT WE HAD A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UM, IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THIS STARTED, BUT THAT WAS 'CAUSE WE HAD TO ORDER A DOOR.
UM, 'CAUSE THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ENDED UP CUTTING DOWN THE DOOR THAT WAS THERE.
SO, UM, THAT NEW DOOR'S COMING IN NEXT WEEK AND WE SHOULD GET THAT INSTALLED.
UM, WE'VE COMPLETED THE BRIGHT WORK IN MARINE STADIUM AND WE'RE GONNA BE JUMPING OVER TO BASIN EIGHT AND THEN BASIN 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR AFTER THAT.
UM, I HAD THREE NEW MAINTENANCE, UH, NON-CAREER STAFF START THIS WEEK.
REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXTRA SUPPORT WE COULD USE IT COMING INTO SUMMER.
AND THEN I DO HAVE MY PAINTER HOPEFULLY STARTING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WHICH WE'LL GET THE STAIRS PAINTED PROJECTS.
DID YOU SAY BRIGHT WORK WHEN YOU SAID BASIC ONE? YES.
SO WHEN I, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT BRIGHT WORK THAT'S, UH, PAINTING ALL THE CURVES AND, AND ALL THE BRIGHT WORK WITHIN THE PARKING LOTS.
UH, THIS STUDY WITH THE, THE TOILETS CITY'S DOING, WAS THAT OH, THE, OH, YES.
UH, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE UPDATES ON SOME COOL STUFF WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
UH, WE HAVE A FOUR MONTH PILOT PROGRAM WITH, UH, THRONE LABS BRING SMART RESTROOMS INTO OUR FOOTPRINT.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'VE PLACED FOUR RESTROOMS IN, UH, LONG BEACH PARK AREAS.
THERE'S ONE AT DE FOREST PARK, ONE AT HARVEY NORTH PARK, AND THEN THERE'S ONE AT MONT UP HERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE, UH, DOWN IN SHO.
UH, THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY, UH, UH, UH, PORTABLE PUBLIC TEMPORARY RESTROOMS. UH, WHAT THEY DO IS YOU SCAN A QR CODE, SEND A TEXT MESSAGE DOOR OPENS, YOU GO IN, YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR USE.
IT'S ALL HANDS FREE DUE TO MOTION SENSORS, UH, VERY, VERY CLEAN.
UM, IT'S A GIG JOB OF CLEANING THEM, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE AN UBER DRIVEWAY, BUT YOU CLEAN THESE, UH, SMART RESTAURANTS.
AND SO, UH, OUR RESTROOMS ARE GETTING CLEANED THREE, FOUR TIMES A DAY BASED ON USAGE.
AND THAT USAGE IS DICTATED BY, UH, THE DATA FROM, FROM THE SCANS.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN PRELIMINARY DATA BACK OVER THE FIRST, UH, MONTH, ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF USAGE.
OUR BELMONT PIER SITE IS THE SECOND MOST UTILIZED, UH, RESTROOM IN THE NATION FOR, FOR US HAVE THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.
YEAH, WE'RE, I DON'T WANT SAY WE'RE FULL OF, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BEAT GONNA BEAT 'EM.
I THINK CONGRESSIONAL CUP IS GONNA HELP US.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TESTING AND DRINKING, I HOPE, I HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THE RESTROOM DURING, UH, CONGRESSIONAL CUP SO WE CAN WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER ONE SPOT.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
UH, IT, IT IS A BIG PILOT PROGRAM.
THESE ARE, UH, A, UH, A, A COSTLY ENDEAVOR.
I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S, IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT, UH, BUDGET RESOURCES IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE.
UM, BUT ALL COMMUNITY ENDPOINT AT THIS POINT HAS BEEN 99% POSITIVE.
UH, IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO GET MORE PUBLIC RESTAURANTS OUT INTO OUR FOOTPRINT THAT ARE SAFE, CLEAN, AND READY.
QUESTIONS ON THAT QUESTION? YEAH, I I, BEING A LIFEGUARD AND, AND BEING DOWN THE BEACH, HAVE YOU UTILIZED THEM OR LIFEGUARDS UTILIZE THEM OR NO, THE LIFEGUARDS NORMALLY USE LIKE STATION BATHROOMS. OKAY, OKAY.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE BELMONT PIER IS A PLACE WHERE THERE'S NOT VERY MANY BATHROOMS AVAILABLE OR PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING
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TO THEM, OR YEAH.IT'S JUST LIKE THE BATHROOMS ARE LIKE HALFWAY DOWN.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOCKED SOMETIMES.
THEY'RE TRASH, THEY'RE RIGHT, WHATEVER.
SO I THINK THE PLACEMENT OF THAT WAS REALLY SMART.
I MEAN, THE NEXT CLOSEST BATHROOM IS GRANADA, I THINK.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, MAYBE ORBA OR CLARK.
THAT BATHROOM ON THE BELMONT PIERCE.
WE'LL, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, TOUCH BASE WITH, UH, THRONE LAB STAFF AND HAVE A, UH, THEM COME OUT AND PROVIDE THEIR PRESENTATION TO YOU IN JUNIOR.
I BELIEVE HE HAD A QUESTION FOR THE JUMP.
I WONDERED IF WE COULD GET THOSE OVER AT A BM WHEN THERE'S A FARMER'S MARKET AND, UM, FAVORITE AREA OR BY THE, UM, AQUALINK CONNECTION OVER THESE, THESE ARE NOT TEMPORARY WEEKEND USE SETUP.
IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT OUT ONE DAY AND THEN TAKE OUT, THAT'S FOR THE NEXT, UH, UH, THESE ARE TEMPORARY USE THAT YOU SET OUT THERE FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AT PLACE ONE AT EITHER END OF HOUR DAY.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A FOUR MONTH PILOT PROJECT.
IT'S GOING TO, UH, DICTATE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, REVIEW, UH, BUDGET RESOURCES AND THE ABILITY TO PLACE MORE THAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NOW ANOTHER QUESTION OF THAT IS ALSO THAT EQUITY OF WHERE PLACE.
SO, UH, LOT TO DISCUSS A VERY POSITIVE PROGRAM TODAY, UH, WITH, UH, POTENTIAL MOVING FORWARD.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ASK STILL TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, UH, WITH THAT, UM, WE ALSO, UH, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN MARINE PATROL, LONG BEACH PD AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL COME AT OUR LAST MEETING, TALK ABOUT PARKING SPECIFICALLY AT BASIN SEVEN.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO ROLL OUT, UH, MORE ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, UH, UM, PRESENCE AT THAT LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, SPECIFICALLY ON WEEKDAYS WITH A EMPHASIS TO GET OUT THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THE WEEKENDS.
UH, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO BE OUT THERE AT LEAST EVERY THREE HOURS FROM 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM UH, TO, TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE.
AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHERE, WHERE THAT GOES.
BUT, UH, UH, WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT, UH, PARKING ISSUES AT BASIS SEVEN, NOT JUST BASIS SEVEN, BUT AT, AT CRITICAL POINTS ALONG THE BEACH FRONT.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING THOSE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
WELL, WILL WE HEAR, WILL, WILL THE POLICE AND FIRE COME BACK TO OUR MEETINGS, OR IS THERE A REASON THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY? UM, CHIEF MEDINA IS OUT AT, UH, UH, DIVISION OF BOULDER WATERWAY CONDITION.
UH, SO HE WILL BE, UH, PRESENT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, OUR MARINE PATROL, UH, LIAISON WITH LEPD HAS BEEN OUT LONG TERM, UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT INDIVIDUAL BACK HERE SOON.
SO, UH, MY HOPE IS, UH, WE'LL SEE OUR, UH, MARINE PATROL SERGEANT HERE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
I HAD A QUESTION ON, UM, THE FEEDBACK FOR THE SKATING RINK THAT OPENED UP, IF THERE'S BEEN ANY FEEDBACK ON IT AND HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S DOING.
UH, SO, UH,
LOTS AND LOTS OF USAGE, UH, WITH BRAVE REVIEWS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF, LOTS OF USAGE.
IT, UH, PUTS, UH, COREY AND KELLY'S TEAM, UH, AFTER WORK NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF, UH, MOVING SAND OFF OF IT.
AND THEN ALSO KEEPING IT, UH, VANDALISM AND SAFE, UH, VANDALISM FREE AND SAFE.
SO WHILE, YEAH, NOTHING BUT POSITIVE REVIEWS, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, WHICH IS THE USUAL VANDALISM GRAFFITI, UM, AND THEN JUST KEEPING IT CLEAR OF SAND SO THAT, UH, IT CAN BE SAFE.
I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ON, I KNOW GAUCHO STARTED DOING LIKE LATE NIGHT BEACH CLUB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON, ON THOSE EVENTS? YEAH, SO, UH, GOOD QUESTION.
UH, WE ACTUALLY, UH, REACHED OUT TO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR, UH, GOCHO GRILL, UH, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
UH, IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION VIA INSTAGRAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THEY WERE, UH, PLANNING TO DO, UM, UH, LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY FROM AFTER 10:00 PM TO 2:00 AM AND THAT DOES NOT, UH, UH, ALIGN WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR CONCESSION PERMIT OR, UM, WITH THEIR A BC LICENSE.
SO WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP.
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AWARE THAT, UH, THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO.AND IF THEY DO, CAN DO IT, UH, THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR, THEIR A, B, C LICENSE IN GERMANY, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THEY'RE DOING THEIR BUSINESS OPERATION OR SOMEONE FROM READING BUREAU GOING DOWN AT LEAST CHECKING, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT TOO.
IT POPS UP ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, COME ON DOWN TO GO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S PARTY TIME, RIGHT.
WE'VE, UH, WE'VE COORDINATED WITH LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, AS WELL AS OUR MARINE PATROL OFFICERS AND I, I'VE ASKED 'EM TO GO DOWN AND CHECK AFTER 10:10 PM ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD WORK BACK FROM 'EM THAT THERE IS ACTIVITY GOING ON.
AFTER THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH, UH, GOUGING TODD.
I WAS THINKING THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
MADAM CHAIR OF HAVING ALL THOSE RESTAURANTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS COME IN AND PRESENT TO US.
THIS IS WHAT WE VOTED ON YEARS AGO.
UM, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND HAVE 'EM, YOU KNOW, PRESENT TO, UH, THE MARINE COMMISSION.
WE'LL HAVE 'EM, UH, COME THROUGH THROUGH THE SUMMER.
I THINK, UH, MAYBE ONE EACH MONTH THROUGH THE NEXT, WELL BE THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS IF WE DID, UH, ALL THAT.
I HAVE A COMMENT, UM, ABOUT G AS IT RELATES TO WHATEVER THEY'RE, THEY'RE PERMITTED FOR.
AND I GUESS, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS OR IF IT WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, ARE THEY PERMITTED FOR AMPLIFIED SOUND? UM, ARE THEY PERMITTED FOR DANCING? UH, AND ARE THOSE CALLED OUT IN THEIR PERMIT? UM, AND IT BROUGHT IN, ARE THOSE ALLOWED BEFORE? UH, 10:00 PM I WAS AT A, I WAS AT A PERSONAL PARTY ON THAT SECOND FLOOR BEFORE 10:00 PM AND I SAW, SAW DEFINITELY THE D UM, I'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR, EITHER LOOK ONLINE OR THEIR A, B, C.
AS WE'RE HAVING EACH ONE TO MAYBE LOOK AT WHAT THEIR RESTRICTIONS ARE WITH BOTH THEIR A, B, C, UM, LICENSE, AS WELL AS WHAT'S COMING THROUGH RUNNING.
COULD WE GET THEIR, THEIR A, B, C? WE COULD REQUEST THAT THEIR A, B, C, UM, LICENSE BE INCLUDED IN, IF WE DO, YOU COULD GO ONLINE AND LOOK IT FOR IT YOURSELF.
NO, BUT THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMISSION.
BUT YEAH, I'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR, UH, THEIR CONCESSION PERMIT AND THEIR AGENCY LICENSE SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE STATE, UH, WITH AMPLIFIED SOUND.
UH, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ALLOWED IN THEIR REGULAR EVERYDAY OPERAT AND IT REVERBERATES FROM RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO POSITIVE AND SMILING.
AND DID YOU GET ANY TEXTS ABOUT HOW COASTAL IS PHONE? NO, THAT'S NOT START GO TOMORROW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE PARKING.
UH, I DID RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE MARINA READER THAT JUST CAME BACK.
UM, AND SOME FOLKS SUGGESTED REMIND FOLKS ABOUT THEIR VOTER'S CARD AGAIN, VOTER CARD.
UM, IF YOU'RE ON THE WATER, YOU SHUT THE MOTOR.
CRAP
WE'LL PUT IT, UH, IN THE, UH, THAT WOULD BE, WHAT IS IT? DID WE JUST DO JUNE, JULY? WE'LL DO THE JULY RECEIVED ONE AND THAT REMINDED PEOPLE.
UM, AND SO IF WE CAN PUT ON THE LIST OF THE THINGS FOR NEXT TIME, AND IT'S A VERY, VERY EASY THING TO GET.
UH, IT COSTS, UH, $10 AND SOMEPLACE IT'S EVEN FREE.
SO, UH, GO GET YOUR, UH, CALIFORNIA CREDIT CARD.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT THROUGH AYE RIGHT.
UM, OUR, UH, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS THERE.
SECOND, UH, WE HAD OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AND THAT OF COURSE DEVELOPED OUR BUDGET.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING IN ADDITION.
NO, WE DID BRING UP, UH, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BATHROOM SINCE WE ALREADY BROUGHT UP AND, AND TALKING ABOUT, AND MADAM CHAIR THIS, LOOK, IF WE COULD ADD IN, WE DID TALK ABOUT IT AT THE EXECUTIVE OF A LETTER GOING TO, UH, THE MAYOR AND STAFF REGARDING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE CITIES THAT UTILIZE THE A RIVER, UM, OF THE FUNDING.
WE GET ZERO FUNDING FROM THEM ANYMORE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM, UH,
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ESPECIALLY WITH TITLE FUNDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.TODD, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST DO? UM, WITH OUR SUPPORT, NOT $500,000 A YEAR.
I'M LOOKING AT PROBABLY $5 MILLION A YEAR.
ANY, ANY COMMUNICATION THAT THE, THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO SEND TO, TO THE, THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S, THAT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION.
HOW, YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS TO HELP YOU GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
UM, SO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION SEND A LETTER TO MAYOR ETAL, UM, RECOMMENDING THAT WE PURSUE, UM, ANY OF THE, UH, POLLUTION THAT'S COMING THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES RIVER AND THE, AND OUR BAY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE POLLUTION COMING INTO OUR WATER.
POTENTIALLY A AD HOC COMMITTEE TO CREATE AND DISCUSS POTENTIALLY FOR YOU DON'T WANT US TO DO IT.
SO BASICALLY HAVE THAT COMMITTEE AND WE WILL, UM, REPORT BACK WITH THE DRAFT OF NEXT MONTH.
AND, UM, YOU'LL VOLUNTEER TO CHAIR THAT MEETING.
I'LL VOLUNTEER TO CHAIR THE MEETING.
UM, SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
I'M SECONDING IT AND, UM, AND I'LL SERVE ON YOUR COMMITTEE.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO, I HAVE A COMMENT LIKE WHAT IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OPERATIONS.
SO LIKE, DO WE NEED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR COULD THAT JUST BE, I THINK IT JUST OPERATIONS, IT, IT SUPPORTS US GOING FORWARD THAT WE HAD A COMMITTEE AND IT WASN'T JUST BROUGHT UP IN A MEETING HIM THROWING IT TO THE MAYOR.
SO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, SO NEXT MONTH WE CAN, WE CAN MEET TWICE, UH, TALK ABOUT IT, HAVE A DRAFT LETTER, AND NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE A LETTER IN HALF.
SO IT JUST SHOWS THAT IT WENT THROUGH A SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN OFF TO THE MAYOR.
BUT WHY WOULD WE CREATE A NEW COMMITTEE IF THAT CAN BE OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PICKING OH, OH, REFER THAT TO MAINTENANCE.
LIKE, LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FROM THE DEGREE REPORTS THAT THEY'RE GIVING US.
CAN YOU DRAFT A LETTER? CAN YOU, YOU CAN'T.
SO YOUR, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE? YEAH.
IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S HOW YOU WISH TO DO IT, IT WOULD BE THE SUB, THE OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CREATING THE LETTER, BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR, FOR THE REVIEW.
MY OTHER RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PULL YOUR MOTION IN.
JUST ALLOW THE PREVIOUS ACTION, THE STANDARD, PULL THE MOTION, ALLOW THE PREVIOUS ACTION, THE STANDARD, AND WE'LL DRAFT A LETTER ONCE WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM OPERATIONS.
SO YOU WERE OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWING THAT.
THAT'S WHY YOU GET PAID THE BIG BUCKS, RIGHT? DID YOU GET THAT? YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT.
TO BRUCE'S POINT, BONNIE, THERE'S THE LA RIVER REVITALIZATION ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE GONNA ALL BE SURPRISED AT THE, THE SOURCE OF OUR POLLUTION.
HOW FAR UP SHOULD WE, IT'S NOT LAKEWOOD.
SO IT'S ALMOST, IF WE NEED TO GET THIS LIST AND PUT EVERYBODY ON NOTICE.
COMMISSIONER IT, IT IT SURPRISE YOU THAT NOT NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE.
ALL, UH, IT SURPRISED YOU THAT ALL WE GOT AND ALL WE'VE RECEIVED WAS $500,000 A YEAR FROM THE COUNTY TO HELP IT.
UH, SO, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE STORM.
SO GETTING MORE AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, COMING UP AND ASKING, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT ONCE WE GET THE NUMBERS, BUT I THINK FIVE TO $10 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY COMING INTO, UH, TO THAT, THAT WORK GROUP COULD BENEFIT US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GETTING NEW DUMP TRUCKS, WE'RE GETTING NEW TRACTORS, THINGS TO THAT NATURE THAT ONLY BENEFIT.
UH, IT WAS ALREADY COVERED, MA'AM.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED, UH, DURING THE MEETING, UH, FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT STANDPOINT.
UH, JUNE 5TH, WE HAVE A EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND ON JUNE 12TH WE HAVE TIDELANDS CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH WE ALL WANNA WATCH CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE OUR, UM, OUR PROJECTS ARE BEING WORKED.
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FOLLOWED BY OUR JUNE 12TH MEETING RIGHT HERE AT TWO 30.CAN, CAN I ASK, IS IT POSSIBLE, AND TODD, I'LL ASK THIS OF YOU TOO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A REVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE, UH, THE LAGOON? IT MIGHT NOT BE NEXT MONTH, BUT, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, WORK TO GET, UH, UH,
'CAUSE YEAH, REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, THE RESIDENTS THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY GONNA BE THIS AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'D BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND IT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN A LONG TIME.
AND I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MATS IN A, IN A WHILE.
SO
UH, NO, THE COLORADO LAGOON HAS ITS OWN, UH, WEBPAGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF UPDATES ON THAT WEBPAGE, BUT YES, WE CAN GET, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF IN SOMETIME THIS SUMMER FOR AN UPDATE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS WITHIN THE COMMISSION MADE COMMENT THAT, THAT WAS PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SOMETIME I HAVE, UM, ADJOURNED THE MEETING AND SOMEONE'S HONOR.
THIS TIME I'M ASKING YOU FOR GOOD THOUGHTS.
TOM MAYS, WHO'VE BEEN A PAST VICE CHAIRMAN OF OUR COMMITTEE, UM, IS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH, UH, LIVER CANCER AND THE PROGNOSIS IS NOT FAVORABLE.