* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON, UH, AT WHAT, 4:36 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 8TH, 2025. UH, DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE? YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR REDFIELD. UM, SO COMMISSIONER HIGA HERE. COMMISSIONER REDFIELD HERE. AND COMMISSIONER SMITH HERE. WE HAVE FULL ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, DO WE GO TO THE AGENDA RIGHT AWAY? UH, WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF PARTS OF RECREATION COMMITTEE, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF APRIL 10TH, 2025. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. UM, DO, OH, I FORGOT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FROM STAFF FOR THE PUBLIC? HEARING NONE. WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ORTI SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HEGEL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. UH, NOW WE HAVE ITEM TWO RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE WAIVER REQUESTS RECEIVED BETWEEN APRIL 10TH, 2025 AND A SEVENTH, 2025. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. AND, UH, A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. UM, HEARING DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES. YEAH. GLADYS KAISER, OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE ABOUT A, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF REQUESTS. UM, THEY'RE ALL RETURNING GROUPS. UM, LOS CERRITOS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL CONCERT IN THE PARK ON AUGUST 6TH AND 13TH IN THE LOS CERRITOS OPEN SPACE. IT IS A COMMUNITY EVENT. THEIR PERMIT REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED AS $710, WHICH INCLUDES THEIR PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEE. THEY EXPECT ABOUT TWO 50 IN THEIR CONCERT, UM, PERFORMANCE ON BEHALF OF PARTNERS OF PARKS. THEY'RE REPRESENTING ALAMITOS BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON OCTOBER 26TH FOR THEIR HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL AT BIXBY PARK IN THE BANDSHELL AREA. IT IS A COMMUNITY, UM, EVENT, $330 IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES REQUESTING TO BE WAIVED. AND THEY HAVE $550 IN APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES. UM, PARTNERS OF PARKS ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF MIRACLE PARK ON FOURTH STREET. UM, NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT ON JULY 19TH IS HAVING AN ENVIRONMENTAL FESTIVAL, A MIRACLE ON FOURTH STREET PARK. IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT, $215 A PERMIT IN SPECIAL USE FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF WILLIS SPRINGS PARK. UM, THIS IS A BLANKET REQUEST TO HOST A VARIETY OF, UM, NATURE WORKSHOPS FROM MAY THROUGH OCTOBER, 2025. UM, AT THE WILLIS READINGS PARK OPEN SPACE. AGAIN, A COMMUNITY EVENT, $1,404 FOR PERMIT AND SPECIAL FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. UM, AND THEN ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATED RADIO AMATEURS OF LONG BEACH, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER EVENT THAT IS UP FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. IT'S JUNE 27TH THROUGH JUNE 29TH. IT'S THEIR AMATEUR RADIO FIELD DAY. THEY USE RECREATION PARK OPEN SPACE, AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOT ON FEDERATION DRIVE. THIS IS THEIR ANNUAL EMERGENCY DRILL. UM, $565 IN PERMIT IN SPECIAL U FEES. UM, REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED ON BEHALF OF THE LONG BEACH TABLE. ACTUALLY, THIS IS A NEW GROUP TO US. UM, THIS IS EVERY SUNDAY, A BLANKET REQUEST FROM FIVE 18 THROUGH 6 28 OF 2026 AND MC PARK, PARK OPEN SPACE. IT IS A DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS. AGAIN, A COMMUNITY EVENT REQUEST TO WAIVE $10,365 FOR THEIR PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES ON BEHALF OF THE WISE AND HEALTHY AGING GROUP. UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO USE THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER AUDITORIUM SPACE ON JUNE 10TH FOR AN ELDER ABUSE RESOURCE FAIR COMMUNITY EVENT, $287 AND 50 CENTS REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. AND THEY HAVE APPLICABLE $795, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF MAINTENANCE FEES AS WELL AS SECURITY. AND THEN LASTLY, ON BEHALF OF THE ROSE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IT'S THEIR ANNUAL PICNIC AT ROSE PARK OPEN SPACE FOR A COMMUNITY EVENT ON JUNE 22ND, REQUESTING $275 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES TO BE WAIVED. TOTAL FEES REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS MONTH IS $14,187 AND 50 CENTS. AND COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE DOING MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXCELLENT REPORT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS? UM, I'M TRYING TO PULL UP AN, UH, SOME OF THE OLD FILES JUST BECAUSE, UH, IS IT, I I IT LOOKS ODD TO ME AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, IS IT USUAL FOR US TO HAVE ALL THESE ZEROS AND THE REVENUE AND FEES PAID COLUMN? I FEEL LIKE OFTENTIMES THERE'S STAFF FEES. UM, [00:05:01] IT'S, IT DEPENDS. OKAY. ON WHAT THEY, UH, THIS TIME THE ZERO APPLICABLE, SO WHEN YOU HAVE OPEN SPACE GOT IT. UM, AT IS, IS THERE'S, UNLESS WE'RE COMING IN TO OPEN REST OR PROVIDE A SPECIAL SERVICE THAT OUR STAFF ISN'T ALREADY THERE TO PROVIDE, UM, THEN IT WOULD BE A ZERO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGE. OKAY. SO IT JUST HAPPENS THAT THIS MONTH THERE'S MORE OF THEM IN LINE? THERE'S MORE OF THOSE, YES. BECAUSE THAT DID LOOK ODD. SO THEY'RE ACTIVATING HARD AND THERE IS, ONCE YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE'S A LOT OF ZEROS. YEAH. OKAY. BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO APPLICABLE STAFF CHARGES BECAUSE THE WEATHER'S GETTING BETTER BECAUSE THE WEATHER'S GETTING BETTER. THEY'RE THERE. THE OPEN SPACE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS A FANTASTIC, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ACTIVATE OUR PARK SPACES IN A POSITIVE MANNER WHEN THE CITY CANNOT. UM, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHY IS IT HEALTHY AGING? COULD BE YOURS TOO. UH, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. IT SAYS YES, IT'S A NEW GROUP, BUT NO, IT'S A NEW EVENT THAT'S CONFUSING TO ME. SO I WILL CHECK WITH STAFF AND I BET YOU IT IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. OH, OKAY. SO IT IS A NEW, NOT A NEW GROUP, BUT A DIFFERENT, BUT I WILL ASK. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES A COMMUNITY GROUP CHANGES THEIR NAME, SO THEY'RE WITHIN THE, UM, WHERE THEY CHANGE THEIR NAME. SO I WILL ASK THAT QUESTION. I'VE NOT HEARD OF THAT WISE IN HOW THE AGING GROUP, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY THE RIGHT, OH NO, THEY'RE GOING INTO JUNE, MAY IS THE AGING MONTH. MM-HMM . OH, WHATEVER THE WISE AND HEALTHY AGING IS IN JUNE. YES. THEY'RE HAVING ELDER ABUSE RESOURCE FAIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UM, YEAH, FOR THE ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE, I NOTICED THAT FOR TWO OF THE DATES IT SAID, YOU KNOW, 250 PER CONCERT, 50 PER DATE. BUT ON THE AM UH, AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATED RADIO AMATEURS, IT JUST SAID 25. I ASSUME THAT WAS ALSO 25 PER YEAH, IT WOULD BE PER DATE. OKAY, GREAT. MAKE THAT CORRECTION. GOT IT. OKAY. FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS STEP? OKAY. UM, UH, ANY PUBLIC HERE? NO. OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE HAD A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER HIA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. OH, HE WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I COMMISSIONER OR SMITH SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HIA. IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. YEAH, YOU WERE RIGHT. THE FIRST YOU READ IT. OH, AND THAT'S WHAT I WROTE DOWN. I APOLOGIZE. UH, COMMISSIONER HIA SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ORTI SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND OPPOSED. OKAY. WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE DAMAGE LAWS AND THEFT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES, WE DO. AND JANICE MCMULLEN HAS JOINED US TO ACTUALLY COVER ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, JANICE. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, SO THE, UH, MONTHLY ASSET LOSS REPORT FOR APRIL IS A TOTAL OF $6,498 AND 12 CENTS TO BE EXACT. UM, SO IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY SMALL IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MONTHS THAT WE MAY HAVE SEEN. UM, IT WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY, BUT NO REAL BIG ITEMS. LITTLE THINGS LIKE, UH, BROKEN WINDOWS, BROKEN LOCKS, UM, SOME STOLEN WIRE, UM, BUT OVERALL PRETTY SMALL. UM, THAT KEEPS MY REPORT. ANY, UH, COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME? YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT I DO KNOW, UM, WE COULD GET THAT, BUT THAT IT IS LOWER. OKAY. UM, AND THAT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW THE EXACT, WE LIKE TO HOPE THAT IT'S CONTRIBUTED BY THE AMBASSADORS. YES. THAT COULD BE A BIG PART OF IT. SO, GOT, BUT I, IF YOU WANT ME TO GET A COMPARISON, I CAN. NOT NECESSARILY, BUT THANK YOU. OKAY. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY COMMENTS? I'LL, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. I DO RECALL LAST MONTH, STEVE, THIS MIGHT BE A POSITIVE TREND THAT WE HAD A SIMILAR VERY, UM, LOW, UH, VALUE OF THAT BISM COST OF. CAN WE KEEP THAT UP? YES. VERY HAPPY. . ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY STAFF? HEARING NONE, UH, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING, SO HEARING NONE. WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HIGA AND CIED BY COMMISSIONER TY SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? GREAT. IT PASSES. NOW WE GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE OF AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND MARINE. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. AND SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. UM, AND DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YEAH, AGAIN, JANICE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU. UH, SO THE, UM, GENERAL PURPOSE FUND, UM, WE'RE UH, THROUGH APRIL, SO SEVEN MONTHS IN, WHICH IS ABOUT 68%. UM, WE ARE DOING GOOD WITH EXPENDITURES. UM, SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR WE'RE IN LIKE 48, 49 PER 49% SPENT LAST [00:10:01] YEAR AT THIS TIME. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 48, SO VERY CLOSE IN COMPARISON. UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH REVENUE, UH, WE'RE AT ABOUT 55%. UM, AND AGAIN, UM, JUST A REMINDER, EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER MM-HMM . SO WHILE IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE'RE UNDER BUDGET OR UNDER COLLECTING, WE ARE NOT, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY. SO . UM, BUT OVERALL EVERYTHING'S TRACKING PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR. UM, I'M DOING REALLY GOOD IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, FOR WATER. I BELIEVE THAT'S ON YOUR LIST. YES. UM, LEMME FIND IT. WE ARE. OKAY. SO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE WERE ABOUT 31% USE OF OUR FULL WATER BUDGET AND THIS YEAR WE ARE HIGHER AROUND 36 AND A HALF. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD LESS RAIN THIS YEAR. UM, AND ALSO NOT TO MENTION, UM, AN UH, RATE INCREASE WAS, UM, ESTABLISHED OCTOBER 1ST OF 24. SO THAT'S ALSO INCREASING OUR BUDGET USE MONTH TO MONTH. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME RAIN. , DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? NO, I KNOW BACK IN, UM, IN MARCH, I GUESS IT WAS MY LAST GOVERNANCE COMING, UM, MEETING, UH, STEVE MENTIONED STEVE WAS EXPLAINING THE BALANCE BETWEEN MORE RAINFALL MEANS LESS GOLF REVENUE. AND SO YEAH, IT CAN YES. WEATHER YES. UM, TO FIND THAT PERFECT SPOT. UM, BUT ALSO THE TEMPERATURE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH, UM, LIKE OUR WATER ABSORPTION. MM-HMM . I'M NOT USING THE CORRECT SCIENTIFIC TERMS, BUT, UH, COOLER WEATHER COULD, UH, ALSO HELP KEEP OUR PARK GREENER, BUT ALSO YOU CAN GOLF RIGHT? NOT TO WEATHER GOLFING AND WATER. THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD. THEY CAN WEAR A WINDBREAKER PRETTY MUCH. YES. YES. OKAY. UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, REVENUES WITH REGARD TO SUMMER AND I GUESS THIS MIGHT BE A GLADYS QUESTION. SURE. UM, ARE THEY, DO YOU TRACK THEM? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH REGARD TO PREVIOUS YEARS? IS IT THE SAME, HIGHER, LOWER IN TERMS OF KIDS SIGNING UP FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS? UM, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DO IS OUR TRACK, OUR DAY CAMP REGISTRATION. SO OUR CAMP SOLD OUT IN A MATTER OF A COUPLE MINUTES. UM, SO WE DO STILL HAVE SPACE, UM, BUT WE HAVE SOME POPULAR CAMPS AS THEY CARRY LIKE THE, THE THEMES OF, YOU KNOW, THEATER CAMP OR SPORTS CAMP. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SPACE FOR OUR CAMPERS. IF NOT, WE WILL FIND SPACE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LOOKING FOR, FOR CAMP. UM, BUT OUR POPULAR ONES ARE, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAMPS AS WELL OF OUR AQUATIC CAMPS, UM, THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND AS FAR AS OTHER REVENUES SUCH AS RESERVATIONS, THAT HAS DEFINITELY PICKED UP. SOMETIMES YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR LOBBY AND YOU WALK IN AND YOU WONDER WHAT ALL THE CHATTER IS, IS BECAUSE THERE'S 15 PEOPLE IN THE LOBBY DIES AT IT'S WEATHER IS WARMER TO, YOU KNOW, GET A PERMIT TO GATHER OR ANY TYPE OF PERMIT TO USE OR OPEN SPACE IN THE PARK. UM, SO WE ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, TRACKING REALLY WELL WITH THOSE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FROM THE STAFF? I, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE. SO, UM, I THINK WE'LL ATTRIBUTE IT TO A LOT OF THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND THE TARIFFS. I THINK YOU PROBABLY SEE THE NEWS WHERE LIKE, UM, BUSINESS AT IS MM-HMM 35% DOWN. SO BECAUSE OF THE DEPRESSED, UM, IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY, UM, ALL THE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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