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MEETING TO ORDER, AND WHY[ ROLL CALL ]
DON'T WE DO THE ROLL CALLCOMMISSIONER NOR TICKER PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER SMITH PRESENT COMMISSIONER ONE COM.
UH, VICE CHAIR THOMAS PRESENT AND CHAIR SHIMOYAMA PRESENT.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK A TOY WILSON, WHO IS OUR DEPUTY CITY MAYOR, WHO IS, OR A ATTORNEY
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, ATO, FOR YOUR WORK WITH US ON OUR COMMISSION.
UM, SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT OUT, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON? JUST FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER NOVIN IS EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE.
[1. 25-55481 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Economic Development Commission meeting of Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2025.CAN I HAVE A MOTION? CAN SO MOVED.
IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR SCREENS NOW.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, COMMENTS? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, ANY FROM THE PUBLIC.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE.
COULD WE HAVE A VOTE? MOTION IS CARRIED.
LET US MOVE ON TO THEN, UM, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE ORDER FOR THIS AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, I CAN'T MOVE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO WILL BE MOVED.
UM, WE HAVE OUR CITY OFFICIALS THAT ARE FROM, THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.
SO COULD YOU READ THAT ONE OUT? YEAH.
[3. 25-55483 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on City of Long Beach Amphitheater, Queen Mary, and Waterfront updates. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON CITY OF LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER, QUEEN MARY AND WATERFRONT UPDATES.WE HAVE MOVED BY ROBERT SMITH AND COMMISSIONER SMITH AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAWKINS.
UM, AND I WANNA WELCOME, UH, JOHNNY VALLEJO AND ERIC ROMERO, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, ERIC ROMERO AND I WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON SOME KEY ACTIVITIES HAPPENING ON THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE WATERFRONT.
UM, AND JUST TO PREFACE, UH, WHILE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A FOCUS ON TOURISM AND VISITORS, WE ARE WELL AWARE,
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UH, THAT THE SUCCESS SHOULD SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, BUT THEY SHOULD ALSO, UH, PROVIDE AMENITIES AND BE A RESOURCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF.SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO ERIC MERRI TO START TO KICK US OFF WITH, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE EXCITING AMPHITHEATER PROJECT.
GOOD AFTERNOON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON THE AMPHITHEATER AND ALSO THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS WORKING ON.
UH, ALSO JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO SOME COMMISSIONERS, UH, I'VE NOT MET BEFORE.
I'M THE PEER H MANAGER IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I RECENTLY RETURNED TO THE CITY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, UM, AND HAVE ABOUT ALMOST EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY PREVIOUSLY WORKING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL KICK OFF WITH THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY REALLY IS ADVANCING A VISION TO BECOME A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
IT'S A PART OF THE MAYOR'S GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
I THINK IT'S ALSO REFERENCED IN THE REVISED AND AND UPDATED BLUEPRINT THAT YOU ALL WERE VERY INVOLVED IN AS WELL.
THE AMPHITHEATER, UH, PROJECT REALLY DOES TRY TO ACTIVATE THE, THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS, UH, IN THE NEAR TERM AS LONGER TERM PLANNING EFFORTS HAPPEN FOR THAT AREA.
SO THAT AREA HAS MANY DIFFERENT NAMES.
IT'S THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS, PIER H IT'S ALSO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 21 AND PD 21 IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING, UH, REVISED AND OR, OR NEW VISIONS BEING CREATED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE LONG TERM, UH, LAND USE AND ZONING FOR THE AREA AND WHAT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IS FOR THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS.
UH, SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS, IS WORKING ON THAT.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVENT TODAY WHERE THEY'LL, UH, SECURE SOME FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, BUT IN THE NEAR TERM, WE WANT WANT TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO ACTIVATE THAT CAMPUS AND, YOU KNOW, GROW MORE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THAT AREA AS IT HAS BEEN A KEY ASSET FOR THE CITY FOR, FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH A, A LARGE SCALE WATERFRONT MUSIC VENUE, AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD, UH, GENERATING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY.
SO, BEFORE, UH, WE, WE JUMPED INTO THE EFFORT TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, SECURE THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE THIS PROJECT.
UH, CITY STAFF BEFORE I ARRIVED, COMPLETED A MARKET ANALYSIS THAT WAS COMPLETED BY AECOM, UH, TO ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POTENTIAL WAS TO DEVELOP THIS SITE AND, AND POTENTIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT AS WELL.
AND SO WE WON'T GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE REPORT, BUT WE HAVE A FEW BULLET POINTS HERE THAT WE'D LIKE TO COVER.
UM, SO THE ANALYSIS COMPLETED BY ACOM DID, UH, PROJECT STRONG DEMAND FOR AN AMPHITHEATER IN LONG BEACH.
UH, PART OF THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY IS THAT WE ARE IN THE LA METRO AREA, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A TOP, UH, MARKET FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, UH, NATIONALLY.
AND, UH, THE ANALYSIS FOUND THAT THE PRIMARY KIND OF CONSUMER BASED OR AUDIENCE FOR THE AMPHITHEATER IS WITHIN ABOUT A 30 MILE RADIUS OF DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
SO PRIMARILY LA COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY, ALTHOUGH WE DO EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, VISITORS, UH, FROM THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE NATION WILL ULTIMATELY ATTEND, UH, CONCERTS AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
THE MARKET ANALYSIS ALSO INDICATED A GAP IN VENUE SIZES AND AMPHITHEATER, VENUE SIZE BETWEEN 10,000 TO 12,000.
AND THIS WAS A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR LONG BEACH TO JUMP INTO THE AMPHITHEATER BUSINESS, UM, AS THE, THERE WAS A CLOSURE OF THE FIVE POINTS AMPHITHEATER IN IRVINE.
AND SO WE, UH, JUMPED ON THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS WHETHER IT MADE SENSE TO DEVELOP ONE HERE.
AND I MADE A DECISION TO, TO PROCEED WITH DEVELOPING ONE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE MARKET ANALYSIS, UH, CON INCLUDED A SEASONALITY ANALYSIS.
SO I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ANOTHER GREAT KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT ASSET, UH, HERE IN THE CITY, WHICH IS THE LONG BEACH ARENA OVER AT THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS THAT THE SEASONALITY ANALYSIS FOUND IS THAT REALLY THE, THE ARENA AND THE AMPHITHEATER SHOULD COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIND OF THE SHOW SCHEDULE FOR THE ARENA COMPARED TO THE AMPHITHEATERS, GENERALLY, UH, THE ARENA HAS TENDS TO HAVE MORE SHOWS DURING, LIKE THE FALL AND THE WINTER, RIGHT? THE COLDER MONTHS PEOPLE WANNA BE INDOORS, AND THE AMPHITHEATER HAS MORE ACTIVITY THERE IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER SEASONS.
SO TOGETHER, THESE TWO ASSETS SHOULD BE REALLY, UH, CREATE KIND OF A YEAR ROUND SCHEDULE OF GREAT SHOWS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINERS TO COME TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND SHOULD REALLY INCREASE THE VALUE OF, OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT HERE LOCALLY AND, AND CREATE THIS, UH, A STRONGER MARKET HERE.
SO ONCE WE COMPLETED THIS, UH, SEASON, UH, MARKET MARKET ANALYSIS, UH, CITY STAFF DETERMINED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, ISSUING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO IDENTIFY A AMPHITHEATER OPERATOR.
SO AN RFP WAS RELEASED IN AUGUST, 2024 TO SELECT AN OPERATOR FOR THE AMPHITHEATER.
THERE WERE SIX PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED, UH, AND EVALUATED BY SELECTION COMMUNITY.
AND BASED ON THE EVALUATION, THE, THE COMMITTEE SELECTED A SM GLOBAL SLASH LEGENDS, UH, A SM GLOBALS ACQUIRED BY LEGENDS.
SO THEY'RE BOTH REALLY BIG, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
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SPACE, AND THEY WERE SELECTED TO OPERATE THE LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER.ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR SELECTING AN OPERATOR FOR THE AMPHITHEATER WAS THE OPERATIONAL MODEL.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU SEE THE MAP OF THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS CAMPUS.
WE HAVE, OF COURSE, UH, THE QUEEN MARY THERE.
UH, WE HAVE THE WATER TAXIS THAT ARE SERVICED BY LONG BEACH TRANSIT.
WE HAVE THE CARNIVAL CRUISE DOME AND, AND THEIR PARKING GARAGE.
AND THEN THE SPECIAL EVENTS PARK IN THE QUEEN MARY PARKING LOT HAVE A REALLY, YOU KNOW, A LARGE ENTERTAINMENT ASSET AND HOST MAJOR FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS, UH, UH, THERE WITH SOME OF THOSE SHOWS ATTRACTING ABOUT 40,000 ATTENDEES PER PER FESTIVAL.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY GOING ON, WE STAFF WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD GREATER CONTROL OF THE SITE TO ENSURE THAT REALLY ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND, AND THESE ASSETS WORK WELL TOGETHER.
AND THEY, THEY WERE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
AND SO HAVING A, A MANAGEMENT MODEL WHERE WE CON CONTAIN CONTROL OF THE AMPHITHEATER SITE AS OPPOSED TO GIVING THAT UP TO SOMEONE THAT WOULD DEVELOP THE AMPHITHEATER AND THROUGH RELEASE, UM, WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY AND, AND OUR SELECTION PROCESS.
SO A SM GLOBAL IN, IN, UH, THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WE'LL HAVE A SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT INCLUDES, UH, PRE-OPENING.
SO REALLY HELPING US PLAN FOR THE OPENING OF THE AMPHITHEATER, THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE OPERATIONAL AND BUSINESS PLANNING THAT'S REQUIRED, THE SALES AND MARKETING, AND REALLY BEGINNING TO KIND OF BOOK THE ACTS THAT WILL, THAT WILL PLAY AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
ONCE THE AMPHITHEATER IS ACTUALLY OPEN, THEY WILL MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OVER AT THE, AT THE AMPHITHEATER, INCLUDING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, UH, SPONSORSHIPS, EVENT BOOKING, GUEST SERVICES, AND, AND GENERAL FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, UNDER THE AGREEMENT, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED BY SAVER, WHICH IS A, A SISTER COMPANY OF, OF A SM GLOBAL.
AND SO THEY WILL OPERATE THE CONCESSIONS AND, AND PROVIDE CATERING SERVICES AND OVERSEE FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UH, OPERATIONS AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
UH, THIS CONTRACT IS FOR A FIVE YEAR INITIAL TERM WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
UH, HOWEVER, IN THE SECOND, UH, KIND OF FIVE YEAR TERM WE, WE DO AS A CITY HAVE AN OPTION TO, UH, REDUCE THE TERM, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE FULL FIVE YEARS IF, IF WE DECIDE TO, TO DO SO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
AND JUST A, A LITTLE INFORMATION HERE ON A SM GLOBAL AND LEGENDS.
SO THEY, THESE TWO COMPANIES REALLY ARE LEADING GLOBAL VENUE AND LIVE EXPERIENCES COMPANIES.
UH, THEY OPERATE MAJOR STADIUMS AND ARENAS, UH, AND AMPHITHEATERS AND CONVENTION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
UH, THEY CURRENTLY OPERATE, UH, 13 OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATERS, INCLUDING THE GREEK THEATER, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT, UH, AMPHITHEATER IN, IN LOS ANGELES.
AND OF COURSE, A SM GLOBAL HAS A TON OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AS THEY CURRENTLY OPERATE THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.
AND ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE JUST A VERY KIND OF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF, OF THE PROJECT TEAM.
SO FOR THIS PROJECT, THE CITY IS THE VENUE DEVELOPER AND OWNER, A SM GLOBAL IS THE VENUE OPERATOR.
AND THEN WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH WILLAN ENGINEERING TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND COST ESTIMATING.
AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS THAT ARE WELL KNOWN IN THE SPACE LIKE GENSLER, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY WELL DESIGNED, UH, AMPHITHEATER.
SO I'LL JUST WRAP UP THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WITH, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS AND IMPORTANT UPCOMING MILESTONES FOR THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT.
UH, SO WE JUST, UH, ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO, UH, REACHED THE 75% DESIGN STAGE FOR THE SITE PLAN OF THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, UH, IMPORTANT MILESTONE THAT WE'VE MET.
WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY PLANNING TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 17TH, JUST IN A FEW WEEKS HERE, UH, TO PROPOSE A CONTRACT FOR THE GRANDSTANDS AND SEATING AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
UM, SO THAT'S A REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT MILESTONE AS WELL.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGER EXPENSES THAT WE'LL HAVE FOR THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT IN JULY, WE'RE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO, UH, BRING A STAGE CONTRACT.
SO THE STAGE, UH, VENDOR THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, FABRICATE TRANSPORT, INSTALL THE STAGE, UH, UH, FOR THE AMPHITHEATER.
AND THEN WE'RE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO START MAJOR PARKING LOT AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AMPHITHEATER SITE IN JULY OF 2025.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH A SM GLOBAL, UH, TO PROVIDE INPUT ON KIND OF THEIR RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR SOME MAJOR POSITIONS THAT WILL OVERSEE THE AMPHITHEATER AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR THEIR GENERAL MANAGER AND THE BOOKER AS WELL THAT WILL, UH, BE IMPORTANT ROLES FOR, FOR THE AMPHITHEATER.
AND, UH, A SM GLOBAL'S ALSO MADE SOME PROGRESS ON THE BRANDING AND MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE PROJECT AS WELL.
AND WE SHOULD GET SOME INITIAL CONCEPTS PROPOSED TO THE CITY IN THE, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
SHOULD I TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END OR SHOULD WE PAUSE HERE AND TAKE SOME AMPHITHEATER QUESTIONS? TAKE QUESTIONS NOW 'CAUSE IT'S FRESH IN EVERYBODY'S
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MIND.SO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, AND JOHNNY, GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS FOR THE REPORT.
WILL THE PD 21 BE REQUIRED TO BE AMENDED PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION GETTING UNDERWAY FOR THE COASTAL COMMISSION? NO.
SO THE, THIS IS STILL POSITIONED AS A TEMPORARY FACILITY, VERY MINIMAL, UM, SITE, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WILL BE DONE TO THE SITE.
SO, UM, WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTING THE FACILITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN IT IS TIME TO DECOMMISSION, UH, THE AMPHITHEATER, UH, WE WILL HAVE A, A PRIMARILY CLEAR SITE THAT WILL BE OPEN TO WHATEVER THE VISIONING IS FOR, FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONE.
AND AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE LAST MONTH ABOUT THIS, UM, ITEM COMING, THIS AGENDA ITEM COMING TO THE COMMISSION, I GOT A COUPLE OF CALLS FROM FOLKS THAT WANTED TO KNOW IF WHAT THE, WHAT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE LOOKED LIKE, AND, UH, AND WHO WERE, WHO ELSE IF IT COULD BE DISCLOSED, WAS CONSIDERED IN THE, UM, SELECTION PROCESS.
SO, UM, SO THERE WE, UH, WE RECEIVED, UM, SUBMISSION FROM WHO YOU MIGHT EXPECT, UH, SEVERAL, UM, HIGH PROFILE, WELL-KNOWN, UM, UH, COMPANIES THAT OPERATE VENUES LIKE THIS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, WE HAD, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND OF COURSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I'M ASSUMING, UH, THE SELECTION OF, WELL, DAN WENT THROUGH THE SAME SORT OF COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS AND PROCESS BASED ON THEIR BACKGROUND WITH DEVELOPING.
SO WHAT I WAS SPEAKING TO WAS THE, THE, THE SELECTION OF THE OPERATOR FOR THE, THE FACILITY.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE, OF THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WORK.
UM, YEAH, I, I BELIEVE, UH, WILLAN IS AN, UH, A ON-CALL CONTRACTOR.
UH, SO THEY WOULD'VE BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE CITY'S, UM, UH, RFP PROCESS AND THEY WERE AVAILABLE UNDER, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN UTILIZE AN ON-CALL PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS, THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR PREFERENCE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE ELEMENTS, UM, OF AN AMPHITHEATER THAT DON'T FIT WITHIN THE, THE, THE TRADITIONAL, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, CONTRACT PORTFOLIO.
SO WE ARE, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, THROUGH, WITH PURCHASING, UH, THROUGH, UH, SEPARATE RFPS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR THINGS LIKE THE, THE GRANDSTAND SEATING AND STAGE WORK.
AND, UH, I THINK OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GAVE A GOOD RESPONSE LAST MONTH TO A QUESTION ABOUT TEMPORARY GRANDSTANDS INDICATING THAT THOSE GRANDSTANDS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE TYPE THAT THE GRAND PRIX, UH, ERECTS FOR THAT.
THE, THE, THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THESE, THESE FACILITIES ARE THAT OF A, OF A, A, A PERMANENT, UH, A AMPHITHEATER.
UM, THEY ARE UTILIZED IN FACILITIES THAT EXIST FOR FIVE, 10 YEAR, UH, TIMEFRAMES.
SO YEAH, IT, IT WILL FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE.
UM, OUR GUESTS, GUESTS TO THIS FACILITY WILL, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE AND EXPERIENCE HERE AT OUR AMPHITHEATER THEN AT SOMEPLACE LIKE THE GREEK.
AND THANK YOU ERIC, FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE AMPHITHEATER PORTION.
UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT, OR HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION WITH A SM GLOBAL, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, COORDINATE BETWEEN SOME OF THE, I I WOULD ASSUME, LIKE LARGER MUSICAL ACTS AND TALENT THAT THEY'D BE BOOKING IN THIS SPACE VERSUS HOW YOU OFFSET IT WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL TALENT AND FOLKS THAT MAY WANNA UTILIZE THE AMPHITHEATER? I'M THINKING LIKE THE LONG BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL OR THE LONG BEACH SYMPHONY.
HOW HAS THAT BEEN DISCUSSED AND HOW HAS THAT GONNA WORK OUT? YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO ENSURING THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS GET THE BENEFIT FROM THE AMPHITHEATER WAS A PRIORITY IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH A SM GLOBAL AND LEGENDS.
AND THEY'VE COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THEIR, THEIR BEST EFFORT FORWARD TO ACCOMMODATE CITY APPROVED COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PROVIDED SOME ESTIMATED COSTS FOR WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AS WELL.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, SMALLER EVENTS BETWEEN 500 AND 1500 ATTENDEES ARE EXPECTED TO COST APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 7,600.
SO KIND OF AT, AT COST MEDIUM SIZED EVENTS, RANGING FROM 2000 TO 5,000 ATTENDEES HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST OF AROUND 21,000.
AND THEN LARGER EVENTS WITH MORE THAN 5,000 ATTENDEES ARE PROJECTED TO COST, UH, APPROXIMATELY 32,000.
BUT WE'LL BE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO, YOU KNOW, INTAKE ANY REQUESTS FOR, FOR USE OF THE AMPHITHEATER, ENSURE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE SHOWS THAT ARE BOOKED THERE, UH, BUT THAT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS AMPHITHEATER A A COMMUNITY ASSET
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AS WELL.COMMISSIONER THOMAS, DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? I DID.
UM, AND THIS LITTLE APOLOGIES A LITTLE INSIDE SCHOOL HERE, BUT, UM, JUST PARKING TO QUEEN MARY IN GENERAL DURING THE, THE AMPHITHEATER USAGE AND HOW THE PLANS ARE MITIGATED TO KEEP OUR GUESTS ON THE SHIP HAPPY AND COMING BACK TO THE SHIP.
OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN OF, OF OURS IS CONSISTENTLY BEEN, UH, OPERATIONS AT THE QUEEN MARY, AND THAT WE ARE COGNIZANT OF IMPACTS, UH, TO, TO OUR, OUR PARTNERS AT THE QUEEN MARY.
UM, WE'LL BE CARVING OUT AN AREA GENERALLY IN FRONT OF THE, THE QUEEN MARY ALL THE WAY TO THE CARNIVAL GARAGE THAT WILL BE, UM, ESSENTIALLY DEDICATED FOR QUEEN MARY AND QUEEN MARY, UH, OPERATIONS.
THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF TIME THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GET A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE ON HOW WE GET PEOPLE TO, UH, TO AND FROM PROPERTY.
WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE ALSO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PORT TO TRY TO FIND, YOU KNOW, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, INTERIM OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, THE, WE, UH, THE GENERAL OPERATIONS DOES CONTEMPLATE, UH, AN AREA OF, OF DEDICATION FOR THE QUEEN MARY, FOR QUEEN MARY OPERATIONS AND EVENTS.
UM, AND JUST IN GENERAL, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE, THE OPERATIONAL MODEL VERSUS A LEASE MODEL IS, UM, UH, A SM GLOBAL WILL WORK FOR US.
AND SO, YOU KNOW THAT ANYTIME THERE'S ACTIVITY GOING ON AT THE AMPHITHEATER, UH, THE QUEEN MARY OPERATIONS WILL BE AT THE BACK OF MIND.
UH, REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, GOING BACK TO THE TIMELINE, WHEN ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT BEING ONLINE, AND WHEN DO YOU SEE IT BEING DE DECOMMISSIONED? YEAH, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOOTING FOR, UH, THE SPRING 2026 CONCERT SEASON.
SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WE CAN PROJECT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE KIND OF SOME SOFT LAUNCH OR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TYPE EVENTS IN MARCH OF 2026, AND THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A FULL KIND OF CONCERT SEASON STARTING AT AROUND APRIL, 2026.
UM, THAT SAID, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL WORKING WITH A SM GLOBAL TO DEVELOP A KIND OF SHOW SCHEDULE AS THEY'RE JUST BRINGING ON THEIR BOOKER, UH, TO IDENTIFY THE DATES FOR THE DIFFERENT SHOWS THERE.
UM, THE INITIAL TERM IS, AGAIN, FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO WE, AT A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPTION TO HAVE THIS AMPHITHEATER FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS OR MAXIMUM OF 10 YEARS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF TIMELINE THAT'S ANTICIPATED RIGHT NOW, FIVE TO 10.
SO AS FAR AS THIS MAIN CONSTRUCTION, IS IT, UM, IS IT, ARE YOU DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, A GREEN DEVELOPER? UM, SUSTAINABILITY, JUST WANTED TO, IF THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITERIA, LEAD CERTIFIED? YEAH, THERE, SO BECAUSE OF THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF THE FACILITY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OF OPPORTUNITIES TO INTEGRATE A LOT OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY.
UM, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY REDOING THE EXISTING, UM, PAVEMENT AND ASPHALT TO THE STANDARDS TO SUPPORT, UM, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, WE ARE, WE ARE MAKING SOME, UM, SOME, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, YEAH, IN TERMS OF, OF, OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY TO THE EXTENT, UM, THAT WE CAN UTILIZE, UH, L LEDS AND OTHER OTHER ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, UH, IS MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE SENSITIVE TO THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, JUST, IT, IT REALLY, THE, THE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT DOESN'T REALLY LEND ITSELF TO A LOT OF, UH, OF OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE ALSO CONSTRAINED BY OUR BUDGET JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M ASSUMING SINCE IT'S ON THE WATER, IT'S GONNA BE COMPLIANT AS FAR AS YES, FOR SURE.
AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE NOT PRECISELY ON THE WATER.
SO, UM, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE REQUIREMENTS IF WE PLACED THE FACILITY, UM, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO, TO THE WATERFRONT.
SO IT ACTUALLY IS, IS POSITIONED IN A WAY STRATEGICALLY, UM, AT THIS POINT TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT ONLINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S ALSO, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT ALSO LITTER AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS, LIGHT POLLUTION AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND, AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, UM, IS VERY, UM, FAMILIAR WITH OPERATING 30 AND 40,000 PERSON, UH, EVENTS IN THAT SPACE.
AND, UM, WE, THEY, THE OPERATORS ARE RE THE PROMOTERS ARE REQUIRED TO RETURN THAT SPACE INTO THE SAME PRISTINE CONDITION AS WHEN THEY GOT THERE.
AND SO THAT'LL BE SIMILAR, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR, UH, FOR PROMOTERS VISITING THE AMP THEATER.
AND HOW MANY, UM, SEATS ARE AVAILABLE? OKAY.
YEAH, IF WE CURRENTLY WE ESTIMATE AROUND 11,000, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL FINALIZING DESIGN SHOULD BE AROUND 11,000, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
AND A DA COMPLIANT, I'M ASSUMING.
UM, AS FAR AS, YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE A VENDOR FOR THE FOOD.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE SMALL BUSINESS RESTAURANTS, UM, AS
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WELL SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE, KEEP AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.SO SAVOR WILL BE MANAGING THE KIND OF DAY-TO-DAY FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE INDICATED IN KIND OF SOME OF THEIR INITIAL PLANS OF TRYING TO REALLY SUPPORT SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND, UH, THEY'VE DONE THAT ALSO, LIKE AT, AT THE GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH, IF YOU ATTENDED, THEY'VE CONTRACTED WITH SOME LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND WE'LL TRY TO FIND WAYS TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE UNIQUE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO ONE OF THE, THE GREAT THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED WHEN YOU START WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS LIKE THIS IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY CARVE OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPRENTICESHIPS.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR YOUTH TO SOMEHOW BE HIRED FOR THE, THE SECTION, I THINK IT'S SECTION 1 0 8 OR SECTION 1 0 3, WHERE YOU DO GET SPECIAL CREDITS WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING, WHEN YOU HIRE FROM THE REGISTRY, FROM LOCAL? I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, FOR UTILIZING, UH, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACILITY, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS OF, OF THE FACILITY, I THINK THERE IS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY ALREADY.
A SM GLOBAL WORKS WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, FOR, FOR HIRINGS OUT OF DIFFERENT, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND IT'S THE SAME TEAM.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE MANY OF THE SAME, UH, TYPES OF, OF CLASSIFICATIONS, JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.
SO YEAH, OUR EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE, UH, THE, AS M GLOBALS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT TO MAKE SURE WE, WE KEEP THAT LOCAL ABSOLUTELY.
PRESENT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO I AM, SINCE IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED THROUGH, UM, THE TIME OF THE OLYMPICS, HOW IS THAT GONNA BE BROUGHT INTO, COME INTO PLAY? WILL IT BE UTILIZED FOR, YOU KNOW, EXCESS PARKING, OR HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE, UM, CONSIDERED? SO IT'S, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF THE OLYMPIC FOOTPRINT AT, AT, AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT DOES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT, FOR US TO, TO LEASE OUT THE SPACE, TO RENT OUT THE SPACE, UH, FOR, UM, FOR EVENTS THAT SUPPORT.
UM, I DO KNOW, UH, THE, THE HOTEL HAS RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE INTEREST TO, TO, UM, TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, A PLACE TO STAY FOR, FOR, UH, SUP AS A SUPPORT.
SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE OLYMPIC FOOTPRINT, BUT, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST AT THE HOTEL.
I IMAGINE AN AMPHITHEATER SPACE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOST, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SOME OF OUR, UM, OUR SORT OF EVENT SPACES LIKE, UH, THE ARENA, LIKE THE THEATERS ARE IN THE FOOTPRINT, SO THEY CAN'T BE UTILIZED NECESSARILY WHERE WE'RE OUTSIDE.
SO IT DOES PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR US.
AND SO AS FAR AS THE DECOMMISSION, ONCE YOU SAID THAT THE DEVELOPER'S GONNA COME IN AND JUST GONNA BE LIKE, FOR, LIKE, IT'S GONNA GO BACK TO RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS AT THAT POINT? ARE WE LOOKING AT THE CITY, LOOKING AT WHAT'S GONNA BE POTENTIALLY PLA, YOU KNOW, PUT INTO PLACE WHEN THAT TIME COMES? YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN, I THINK IN PART THAT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THE OUTCOME IS OF THE NEW VISION FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 21.
UH, SO WE'RE THE CITY'S IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING INPUT FROM BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THE, THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IS FOR THAT SITE.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS TEMPORARY AMPHITHEATER, WHICH WON'T LOOK AND FEEL TEMPORARY, RIGHT, WE REALLY WANT TO MARKET IT AS A, AS A, AS A GREAT ASSET.
THAT LOOKS GREAT, UH, AS WELL.
UM, ALSO GIVES US SOME TIME TO, TO ASSESS WHAT THE POTENTIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR A MORE PERMANENT AMPHITHEATER, WHICH, WHICH HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED IN PREVIOUS, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS.
AND THEN JUST TO ECHO MY, UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONER SENTIMENTS, WE HAVE SO MUCH TALENT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, I LIVE BY THE UNIVERSITY AND, UH, I HEAR JUST SO MANY OF THE MUSICIANS ALSO AT THE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
YOU SEE A LOT OF, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GREAT, UM, BANDS COME OUT OF LONG BEACH.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE, UM, OUR LOCAL TALENT AB ABSOLUTELY.
AND SHORTLY I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I THINK WE'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
WE DO BATTLE THE BANDS OF LONG BEACH.
NOR, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
JUST A, UH, QUESTION ABOUT CONTEXT.
HAS THERE BEEN ANOTHER INSTANCE IN PARTICULARLY SOME OTHER CITY WHERE THEY HAVE PUT UP A FIVE TO 10 YEAR TEMPORARY FACILITY LIKE THIS AND THEN TRANSITIONED IT AND SEEN WHAT THE KIND OF THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THAT TRANSITION WAS? WELL, WITHOUT TRYING TO USE FIVE POINTS TOO MUCH, UM, NOT A CITY RUN FACILITY, BUT IT WAS A, UH, A TEMPORARY, UH, FACILITY.
UM, MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE WE HAVE PROPOSED HERE.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY IT IS, UM, THE REASON WHY IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE THERE IS BECAUSE IT IS A DEVELOPMENT SITE.
UH, FIVE POINT IS A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, SO THEY SENT THIS UP AS A, THEY SET UP THEIR VENUE AS A TEMPORARY FACILITY IN ORDER TO GENERATE REVENUE WHILE THEY WENT THROUGH ENTITLEMENTS AND, AND GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR
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DEVELOPMENT IN LINE.AND SO THEY, THEY HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THAT, THAT COMMUNITY HAS TRANSITIONED TO THIS WAS WHERE OUR AMPHITHEATER WAS, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP, UH, HOMES AND, AND RETAIL.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S A PROBABLY PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD EXAMPLE.
UH, JUST ANOTHER QUESTION, UM, ON KIND OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, OH, I SEE YOU BOTH SMILING OVER THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE, THE BIG EVENTS THAT HAPPEN ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS SITE WITH THE MUSIC FESTIVALS AND THE AMPHITHEATER, UM, AND KIND OF DOWNTOWN BEING ADJACENT, THE PARKING STRUCTURE OVER THERE, WHAT, WHAT'S KIND OF THE SETUP OR THE PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM? SO IT'S NOT CONGESTED ALONG, UM, THE, THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS THE TWO AREAS? YEAH, THANK YOU.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE SOME PARKING ON SITE FOR THE AMPHITHEATER.
IT'S PRIMARILY KIND OF PREMIUM PARKING, UH, BUT WE EXPECT THAT SIMILAR TO THE LARGE FESTIVALS THAT ALREADY HAPPEN ON THE CAMPUS, THAT IT WILL RELY HEAVILY ON, ON SHUTTLING AND RIDE SHARE OPTIONS.
THERE'S ALSO, IN THE, THE CURRENT SITE PLANS, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SHUTTLES AND RIDESHARE TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF, UH, WITHIN THE AMPHITHEATER FOOTPRINT, BUT ALSO RIGHT OUTSIDE, UH, HARRY BRIDGES, UH, PARK AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT ABOUT THE PASSPORT AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW FOR EASE OF ACCESS INTO THE SITE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE USING THE PASSPORT.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY TOP OF MIND AND A PRIORITY FOR US.
AND THEN IF I CAN JUST ADD TO, UM, THE CONCERT GOERS ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT MODEL.
UM, PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THE GREEK OR HOLLYWOOD BOWL TYPICALLY DON'T PARK AT THE GREEK OR HOLLYWOOD BOWL.
SO THE, THE, THE SHUTTLE MODEL IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, OUR OPERATOR BELIEVES THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC ATTENDING THESE CONCERTS IS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.
COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I DON'T HAVE A DECK, A PRINTED DECK, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NEXT.
BUT I AM GONNA ASK ABOUT, UH, SOME FINANCIAL INFORMATION, UH, AND MAYBE MORE SO ON THE AGREEMENT WITH A SM.
UM, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, AND MAYBE YOU CAN DIVE INTO THIS, UH, IN THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, HOW MUCH IS THE CITY, UH, ESTIMATING AND MAKING IN REVENUE FROM, FROM THIS ENGAGEMENT, THIS CONTRACT? AND, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION AROUND THE, UH, THE, AN IMPACT REPORT, RIGHT? UH, IS A SM REQUIRED TO DELIVER IMPACT REPORTS ON, ON ITS CONTRIBUTIONS AND OR MAYBE JOB CREATION FROM THIS AND HOW IT'S SUPPORTING, UM, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND MAYBE EVEN HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE IN THIS SCENARIO.
SO ANY, ANY INFORMATION OR INSIGHTS IN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T COME WITH A WHOLE LOT OF THAT, BUT I'LL LET ERIC, UM, SHARE WHAT, WHAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE.
WE DID PRESENT THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF A, A, A GENERAL, UM, UH, THE, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH, UM, UH, TO COUNCIL.
SO A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IS PERTAINED THERE, SO WE'LL HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL.
BUT THEN, UH, WHATEVER ERIC MIGHT HAVE, UM, AVAILABLE, AND THEN I'LL CHIME IN IF I CAN ADD ANYTHING AFTERWARDS.
SO THROUGH THE AECOM MARKET ANALYSIS, THERE WERE KINDA SOME INITIAL ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS THAT WERE SECURED FOR THE POTENTIAL, UH, UH, NET KIND OF OPERATING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WHAT, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, NOT BROADER ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT I GUESS JUST FOR THE, THE OPERATIONS OF THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO SOME INITIAL, UH, ESTIMATES FOR THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH POTENTIAL PARKING AND ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED, UH, FOR THE PROJECT, THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL $29 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE OVER, UH, THE VENUE'S FIRST FIVE YEARS OF OPERATION, OR OVER $60 MILLION OVER A, A 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME.
SO, I, I ACTUALLY MISSPOKE EARLIER, THAT DOES INCLUDE BROADER ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, AS WELL.
YEAH, I THINK KIND OF WHEN, UH, WHAT WE LOOKED AT TOO IS KIND OF THE, THE, THE PAYBACK PERIOD IS THAT EVEN IN THE, THE KIND OF WORST CASE SCENARIO, UM, I THINK WE DID HAVE 50%, UM, THRESHOLD MODEL.
SO EVEN IF WE ONLY DID ABOUT 50% OF THE, THE, THE BUSINESS THAT WAS ANTICIPATED, THERE'D STILL BE THE ABILITY TO, AT THE VERY LEAST, PAY FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE FELT VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE EVEN WITH THE, THE SENS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THAT WE BUILT OUT, THAT, UM, THAT THEY, THE, THE PROJECT SHOULD, UM, SHOULD BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY COVER ITSELF, BUT, YOU KNOW, GENERATE SOME, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE, AND THAT DOESN'T, UM, OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER WAS VERY DELIBERATE IN MAKING THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO THROW IN, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT IN INTO THAT, BECAUSE THAT CAN JUST BE HARDER TO MEASURE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE BROADER, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, UH, IMPACTS TO OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, IMPACTS TO OUR, OUR HOTELS, UH, AND, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN FACTORED INTO THAT ANALYSIS.
COMMISSIONER HAWKINS, THANK YOU.
UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND IS SAFETY, UNDERSTANDING THE, JUST SEEING THE RECENT
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SHOOTINGS AT SHORELINE VILLAGE.SO WHAT TYPE OF SAFETY PLAN WILL BE IN, IN ENACT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE? YEAH, FOR, FORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF A SM GLOBAL'S EXPERIENCE, UH, AT THE, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND, AND RUNNING EVENTS AND, AND SPACES, UH, SIMILAR TO THE AMPHITHEATER AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND AND FILMING TEAM, THIS IS REALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST.
SO EVEN TO THE FRUSTRATION OF SOME OF OUR, UH, OUR PROMOTERS, IT DOES SOMETIMES SLOW DOWN, UH, ACCESS TO, TO EVENTS, BUT, UM, PARTICULARLY 'CAUSE OF THE, THE, THE SHUTTLING EXPECTATIONS, WE'RE REALLY GONNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE SHOW UP EARLY KIND OF SPACE OUT WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THE SITE, THAT'LL HELP WITH, WITH, WITH SHUTTLING AND THE SORT OF THE, THE TRAFFIC FLOW, BUT ALSO HELP WITH, WITH, UH, WITH SECURITY.
BUT YEAH, THIS, THE A SM GLOBAL RUNS AMPHITHEATER, UM, UH, SPORTS, UH, COMPLEXES.
SO, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MIND.
UM, I GET THE FINAL QUESTION,
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER HAWAS HAD ASKED YOU ABOUT SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH SABRE, AND YOU DID ANSWER IT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DOING THAT.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING IN THEIR AGREEMENT, OR ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING IN ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS, LIKE WITH GENSLER OR THE OTHER CON CON PRIME CONTRACTORS THAT SAYS, UM, THEY WILL LOOK AT CONTRACTING WITH LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, OR LONG BEACH BASED BUSINESSES? WELL UN UNDER THE OPERATIONAL MODEL, THE ONLY REAL OPPORTUNITY IS, IS WITHIN THE, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SPACE.
SO, UM, THAT'S AN OBVIOUS, OBVIOUS SPACE THAT THEY, THEY CAN EXPLORE.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT, UH, IN THE, THE AGREEMENTS TO DO THAT.
UM, AND JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, UM, THERE'S AN EXPENSE WITH THAT.
UH, UM, WHEN, UM, WHEN SAVOR, UH, OPERATES FOOD AND BEVERAGE FOR THE CITY, UH, WE, UM, WE GET A 52% OF GROSS, UM, WHEN THEY HAVE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE HAS TO BE SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL VENDOR.
UM, AND THEN, UH, CITY GETS A, A SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER SHARE OF, OF THOSE, THOSE OPERATIONS.
THAT BEING SAID, PARTICULARLY FOR LARGE SCALE EVENTS WHERE YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THAT LONG BEACH FEEL, UM, AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE CAPACITY TO, TO BUILD OUT THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE FOR, FOR THE, THE LARGER EVENTS, THEY'LL ABSOLUTELY WANT TO WANNA BRING IN, UH, UH, LOCAL VENDORS.
AND WE'VE OFFLINE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT GETS COUNTED, WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS DONE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE WANTING TO REPRESENT THE ECONOMY ABSOLUTELY.
IN OUR CITY AS WELL AS SMALL BUSINESSES, AND I TOTALLY HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT REVENUE TO THE CITY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS IS RUNNING YEAR ROUND, IT'D BE GREAT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BE INVOLVED IN IT.
IT HAS TO HAVE A LONG BEACH FIELD.
AND THEN I HAVE JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY JUST A FOLLOW UP FOR MAYBE FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COME UP ABOUT LIKE, CERTAIN AREAS OF, OF LOOKING AT NOISE CONTROL? I MEAN, NOT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE AMPHITHEATER, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, THE PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE AMPHITHEATER ITSELF FOR, FOR THAT TYPE OF NOISE.
UM, WE'RE DIRECTING THE, THE STAGES DIRECTED OUT TOWARDS THE PORT, UM, IN TERMS OF, OF NOISE FROM THE CROWDS AND THE CROWDS DISSIPATING.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THE, THE CONCERNS THAT EXIST AROUND OUR CONCERTS AND FESTIVALS.
UM, IT'S WHY WE HAVE A 10 O'CLOCK, UH, TIMEFRAME ON, ON, ON THOSE EVENTS.
SO, UM, I, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A 10 O'CLOCK.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST FOR THE, THE CONCERTS THEMSELVES.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST, WHILE WE'RE PRESENTING ON THE AMPHITHEATER, I DO WANT TO JUST, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A, A CITYWIDE EFFORT.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, AND ALSO VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING TEAM, UH, THAT HAVE PROVIDED A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND, AND GUIDANCE IN THIS PROCESS.
I WANNA GIVE THEM A, A SHOUT OUT.
UH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? SURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING, GO AHEAD.
YOUR QUESTION, I'M, I'M SORRY.
IS THIS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? WE WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRESENTATION, SO IF WE CAN WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE CALLED.
IT WAS JUST A COMMENT DEALING WITH THE LAST PRESENTATION.
THIS IS STILL THE, THE SAME PRESENTATION.
UM, SO CHAIR, IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION.
DID YOU WANNA TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON EACH SECTION OR JUST AS THE ITEM AS A WHOLE? YEAH, WHY DON'T WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON EACH SECTION.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES,
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YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.UM, I WAS RE UM, HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE CONTRACT FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE WITH SAVER.
UM, IF THERE'S, UH, TO ENSURE THAT ANY AGREEMENT WITH SAVER AND ANY SUBCONTRACTING AGREEMENTS WITH SAVER, THAT THERE'S A PROVISION WITHIN THE CONTRACT, UH, AGREEMENTS FOR AN AUDIT THAT WE HAVE, THAT THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO AUDIT THEIR BOOKS AND RECORDS TO ENSURE THEY'RE REPORTING ALL GROSS REVENUES TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS RECEIVING ITS, UM, APPROPRIATE AMOUNT.
I KNOW THERE'S A, THAT, THAT PROVISION BROADLY.
UM, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THAT INCLUDES THE, THE SABRE OPERATIONS.
THANKS FOR YOUR, YOUR QUESTION AND COMMENTS THAT THE AUDITOR DOWD.
WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON TO THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN? ALRIGHT.
SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON BIG EXCITING, UH, PROJECTS LIKE THE AMPHITHEATER, THE CITY ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT THERE'S WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY, UH, MAKE LONG BEACH A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT THAT WILL REALLY REQUIRE A CITYWIDE, UH, KIND OF STRATEGY.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC, UH, PLAN COMES IN.
UM, AND THIS ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE MOST RECENT STATE OF THE CITY, UH, BY MAYOR REX RICHARDSON.
SO THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, DOES HAVE A KIND OF INFORMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WILL WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO OVERSEE ITS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR ESTEEMED COMMISSIONERS HERE THAT SITS ON THAT COMMITTEE, UH, AUSTIN MATOYA FROM THE DTLB ALLIANCE.
WE ALSO HAVE R FOSTER, WHO'S A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER OF FINGERPRINT RECORDS IN BIXBY KNOWLES, UH, KELLY ELLO, I APOLOGIZE IF I PUT THAT LAST NAME, UH, FROM THE LONG BEACH SYMPHONY.
WE ALSO HAVE ALEX HERNANDEZ FROM ALEX'S BAR, COREY SMITH, WHO'S A WELL-KNOWN, UH, MUSIC INDUSTRY VETERAN, WORKED WITH REALLY BIG ARTISTS LIKE VINCE STAPLES AND DAVE CHAPPELLE AND OTHERS, AND THEN ALSO VINCE STAPLES, WHO'S KIND OF HOMEGROWN TALENT HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT WILL, WILL ADVISE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, WHILE WE HAVE A KIND OF A SMALL LIST OF FOLKS HERE, I DO JUST WANT TO, UH, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EFFORT AND PROVIDE THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK TO GUIDE ITS DEVELOPMENT AND, AND ITS ULTIMATE IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, THE, THE WAY I'M KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IT IS, UH, IT'S GONNA BE FOCUSED ON WHAT I CALL THE FOUR PS.
SO, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, PLACEMAKING, AND PARTNERS.
SO WE'LL REALLY START WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF POLICY, ENVIRONMENT AND FRAMEWORK DO WE REALLY NEED IN THE CITY TO SUPPORT MORE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT? THAT CAN BE EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITTING PROCESS TO, UH, SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT ZONES THAT ARE NOW ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW THAT ALLOW FOR KIND OF OPEN CONTAINERS IN SPECIAL EVENT DISTRICTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
OR IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL KIND OF FUNDING PRIORITIES TO SUPPORT, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT SPACE.
THAT POLICY FRAMEWORK WILL ULTIMATELY, UH, INFORM PROGRAMS THAT ARE DEVELOPED, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY FRAMEWORK.
THAT COULD BE LIKE CREATING A SPECIAL FUND TO ATTRACT, UH, LARGER MUSIC FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.
COULD BE MORE FUNDING TO SUSTAIN EXISTING VENUE OPERATORS OR ATTRACT, UH, AND SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF, OF NEW ONES.
RIGHT? UM, AND THOSE ARE REALLY KIND OF SMALL BUSINESS ISSUES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SMALLER MUSIC VENUES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND IT COULD BE A, A RANGE OF OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE, UH, BRANDING AND MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AS WELL.
PLACEMAKING IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE KIND OF MUSICAL HISTORY, UH, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THEIR SPECIFIC KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND CORRIDORS AND INTERSECTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS HAVE HAD YOU GREW UP IN OR HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, LEFT THEIR MARK IN.
SO THINKING ABOUT KIND OF 21ST STREET IN LEWIS, OR THINKING ABOUT AREAS WHERE SUBLIME WE'RE PLAYING AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT SHOWS GROWING UP AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE SPECIAL PLACES THROUGH KIND OF LANDMARKS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE KIND OF, I THINK, ORGANIC MUSIC CORRIDORS THAT HAVE STARTED DEVELOPING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY THINK KIND OF RETRO ROW OR ALONG ANAHEIM STREET OR CERTAIN PLACES IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT PLACE ENHANCEMENT IN THOSE PLACES TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO, TO SUPPORT THEIR GROWTH OVER TIME.
SO PLACEMAKING WILL BE A REALLY BIG PART OF THIS.
AND THEN THE LAST P IS, IS PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, THE CITY CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT DO THIS ALL ON ITS OWN, SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE, THE COMMUNITY HERE, OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, FUNDERS, AND, AND DIFFERENT CORPORATIONS THAT REALLY WANNA INVEST IN THE GROWTH OF MORE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST KICKING THIS EFFORT OFF.
SO THE NEXT STEPS ARE, UH, THE MAYOR IS HOSTING A KIND OF KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS HAPPENING THIS COMING MONDAY.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING, UH, AN RFP TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HELP US DEVELOP THIS PLAN.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE THINKING THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL INCLUDE KIND
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OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SO ENGAGING ALL OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND, AND BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PROMOTERS, UH, VENUE OPERATORS IN THE CITY, UH, TO, TO GATHER THEIR INPUT.WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE THEM DO SOME CASE STUDIES OF THREE TO FOUR KIND OF TOP MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATIONS IN THE US TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THEIR POLICIES, PROGRAMS, PLACEMAKING INITIATIVES AND, AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEY'VE HAD THAT ALLOW THEM TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.
UM, WE WILL ALSO HAVE THEM COMPLETE A MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, UH, VENUE INVENTORY AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE TODAY THAT WE WANT TO BUILD ON OVER TIME.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE, WE'LL BE KIND OF PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER IN A, IN A FINAL REPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UH, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE FOR THIS.
WE DO EXPECT THAT A GOOD CHUNK OF THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, BUT IT'LL LIKELY BE FINALIZED, UH, SOMETIME NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.
DO YOU WANNA TAKE QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON? WOULD THAT PLAN NOW, OR, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PART? COMMISSIONER HAWAS, THANK YOU.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE ON THE WHOLE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER, UM, PARTNERSHIPS.
SO IN RESPECT TO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, HOW WILL THAT, UM, UNVEIL ITSELF? WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO COME IN? HOW DOES THAT, OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HOW, HOW DO FOLKS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE BEFORE THIS? IS, THIS IS, UM, FINALLY, UM, ROLLED OUT.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE WE'RE JUST KICKING THIS EFFORT OFF.
SO BEFORE THE CONSULTANT COMES ON BOARD, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ENGAGED WITH SOME BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND THAT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
THEY CAN CERTAINLY CONTACT ME AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED TO DATE AND WHAT THE PROCESS AND, AND WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT CAN LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY GONNA KICK OFF KIND OF THE, THE MAJOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUB, UH, PRIVATE AND, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO, TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
SO DEFINITELY ENGAGING WITH THE CHAMBER, LONG BEACH ECONOMIC.
SO, UM, P THREES ARE POWERFUL, SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT, THAT THAT'S A BIG FOCUS.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE SALES TAX.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MAYBE KIND OF THE CITY'S POSITION OR MAYBE A SM, UH, TO TAKE A POSITION IN WHERE SOME OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE CREATED THROUGH THE SALES TAX TO MAYBE DEVELOP SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS FOR ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, UH, HOSPITALITY SPECIFICALLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN EXPECTED, UH, AN ECONOMIC INDIRECT, DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACT, UH, REGARDING MULTIMILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT COULD BE MADE FROM, FROM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, PAYING THE LEASE OR PAYING THE RENT, BUT FROM SALES OF THE, OF THE VENUE ITSELF, FOR THE, THE TENURE TERM, THAT COULD BE A HUGE RETURN.
1% OF THAT COULD BE A HUGE RETURN TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, MAYBE IN ADDITION TO THAT, WOULD THERE BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO, FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP PROMOTE AND MARKET THE CITY? UM, I, I ALWAYS THINK OF LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AS THEIR SOLE PURPOSE IS TO WORK WITH THE CITY, TO MARKET THE CITY, UH, AS A, AS A, AS A LOCATION FOR INVESTMENT TO DO BUSINESS IN.
UH, AND SIMILAR TO A SM THAT OPERATES THE CONVENTION CENTER, THEY HAVE A TOT DEAL THERE, WHICH ALLOWS SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO GO INTO MARKETING SUPPORT AND BUS AND ASSISTANCE, BUT IT'S MORE FOR TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY.
SOME OF IT, I GUESS, IS HOSPITALITY TOO, BUT IT, UH, I THINK THERE'S A MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW ENVIRONMENT IN WHERE GRANTS CAN BE CREATED, UM, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MAYBE GET A PIECE OF THAT PIE AS WELL TO NOT ONLY HELP THEM SUSTAIN THEIR OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO EXPAND LONG BEACH IN BIGGER, BETTER WAYS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING? YEAH, I MEAN, ULTIMATELY THIS, THIS PLAN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A PLAN THAT LIVES ON A SHELF.
SO IT'S REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACTION ORIENTED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE, THE FINAL REPORT.
AND THAT WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL FINANCING STRATEGIES TO HELP KIND OF BRING THIS PLAN TO LIFE, RIGHT? SO IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY CREATIVE MECHANISMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING A A PORTION OF SALES TAX.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT YET.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY AS WE DO THE RESEARCH WITH A CONSULTANT, IF THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE HAVE EXPORT SIMILAR, WE'D BE HAPPY TO LEARN FROM THEM.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, RIGHT? IF THERE ARE CERTAIN PROMOTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING ON FESTIVALS OR EVENTS IN THE CITY, OR WANT TO DO MORE OF THAT AND THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN OVER TIME, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE CERTAIN LOOKING, EXPLORING ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE A, A PROCESS RELATED QUESTION
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IN TERMS OF THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AND, UH, I ULTIMATE APPROVAL.SO IT, DOES THIS LIE WITH CITY STAFF OR WHEN THE STRATEGY IS DONE AND DEVELOPED, DOES IT COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A FINAL REPORT OR APPROVAL SIMILAR TO THE ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT? AND I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET OUT HERE IS HOW DO WE KEEP THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR A STRATEGY THAT THEY PAY AND IMPLEMENT OR DEVELOP AND THEN PUSH FORWARD WITH? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT COME OUT OF IT LIKELY WILL NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL AS WELL.
YEAH, I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK ULTIMATELY THE PROCESS WOULD RESULT IN A FINAL REPORT AND PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE NEED THEM TO KIND OF ENDORSE THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRIORITIZE AND FUNDING AND, AND PROGRAMS AND FUNDING THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRIORITIZE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
WE WOULD NEED THAT DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT I COULD ENVISION A, A PROCESS WHERE WE KIND OF KICK OFF THIS EFFORT OR WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, PROVIDE KIND OF DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO THIS COMMISSION, UM, TO REFINE SOME OF THE, THAT PLAN AND THE, THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP THAT'S IDENTIFIED BEFORE WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
I COULD ALSO, UH, SEE POTENTIALLY, UH, UPDATES AND, AND ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BEING PROVIDED BY COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS WELL.
UM, SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND PLEASE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK, WE CAN BE A RESOURCE, UM, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU MOVE THAT FORWARD.
YOU HAVE THE QUEEN MARY NOW WAS, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR SECTION? OKAY, QUEEN MARY.
UM, SO CITI HAS NOW BEEN SORT OF IN DIRECT CONTROL, UH, OF THE QUEEN MARY FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS NOW.
SO, UM, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR CONTRACTED OPERATOR.
UM, THAT MANAGEMENT MODEL I THINK REALLY WORKS FOR US.
IT GIVES US MORE CONTROL OVER THE ASSET.
UM, STEVE KKA AND HIS TEAM, IF I HAVE MET HIM, ARE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB, UM, STEWARDING, UH, THE SHIP, UH, TAKING CARE OF HER.
AND, UM, THEY'VE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY GOOD PARTNERS WITH US.
SO, UM, WE'VE NOT ONLY HAD THE SUCCESSFUL RELAUNCH OF THE SHIP, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE YEARS IN NOW WE'RE OPERATING A PROFIT AND GUESTS ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW UP.
SO, UH, VERY PROUD OF THE SUCCESS WE'VE HAD AT THE, AND SO ONE OF THE LARGER PROJECTS, UH, ON THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS IS THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE OLD ENGLISH VILLAGE.
SO THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY 11,000 SQUARE FEET OF DILAPIDATED OLD RETAIL SPACE THAT HAD NOT BEEN MAINTAINED WELL BY PREVIOUS LESSEES, WAS NOT USABLE AND HAD BECOME A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
SO DEMOLITION BEGAN ON APRIL 1ST.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK, KNOCK ON WOOD.
AND, UH, THIS WILL PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES IN SUPPORT OF THE QUEEN MARY AND, UH, AND SPECIAL EVENTS AT THIS, AT THE QUEEN MARY.
SO, UH, VERY PROUD THAT THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO, TO STAY ON BUDGET AND STAY ON SCHEDULE.
SO MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SHIP ARE, ARE REALLY CRITICAL, OBVIOUSLY, FOR BOTH PRESERVATION PURPOSES AND TO REALLY CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
PORT PARTNERSHIP FUNDS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS, INCLUDING LIGHTING UPGRADES, A DA UPGRADES, FIRE LIFE SAFETY UPGRADES, AND OTHER STRUCTURAL WORK.
UM, SOME CAPEX HIGHLIGHTS, UH, INCLUDE A NEW A DA LIFT THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SUN DECK, WHICH HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT ACTIVATION SPACE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROVIDES AMAZING AND, UH, ACCESSIBLE VIEWS NOW.
SO WE'LL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTING ELEVATOR UPGRADES TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE VERANDA GRILL SPACE.
AND IN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY INTO THE FUTURE, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SHIP'S TEAM AND PUBLIC WORKS TO PLAN FOR UPCOMING CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR PRESERVATION PARTNERS LIKE QMI AND QUEEN MARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO HERE TO IMPLEMENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS LIKE THE RECENTLY RESTORED UNICORNS IN BATTLE AT THE QUEEN SALON TO ENHANCE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER, WE'LL ALSO BE CREATING A NEW ICE CREAM SNACK AND COFFEE SHOP, UH, COMBO ON THE STARBOARD, UH, SIDE OF THE SHIP.
THIS AGAIN, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INCREDIBLE OCEAN DOWNTOWN VIEWS.
THE CURRENT COFFEE SHOP WILL THEN BE REPOSITIONED TO PROVIDE QUICK BITES AND SANDWICHES FOR A FASTER FOOD OPTION.
SO THERE'S A TON OF STUFF GOING ON ON THE SHIP ITSELF.
THE ON SHIP TEAM FROM EVOLUTION HOSPITALITY HAS ALSO DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF INTEGRATING THE QUEEN MARY INTO THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE ESTABLISHED TWO PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY AT THE QUEEN MARY, QUEEN MARY CARES, AND THE QUEEN MARY CULTURAL EVENTS SERIES.
QUEEN MARY CARES PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SHIP TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY, UH, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFORTS SUCH AS COMMUNITY FREE DAYS, EITHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COUNCIL OFFICES OR PLANNED AROUND OBSERVANCES.
LIKE VETERANS DAY, QM CARES HAS ALSO SUPPORTED TOY DRIVES BEACH CLEANUPS, AND THIS YEAR HOSTED ITS FIRST EVER QUEENS IN THE MAKING WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT.
THE SHIP HAS ALSO PUT TOGETHER A GROWING CULTURAL EVENT SERIES
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THAT INCLUDES MLK CELEBRATIONS, PRIDE EVENTS, LUNAR NEW YEAR, CINCO DE MAYO, 4TH OF JULY, AND A SIGNATURE EVENT CALLED ROOTS AND RHYTHM FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS CULTURAL EVENT SERIES THAT THE SHIP HAS PUT TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT THAT THE SHIP'S, BONES AND SOUL ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT HOW IS THAT, UH, HOW IS THAT TRANS TRANSLATING TO VISITORS, UH, INTEREST AT THE QUEEN MARY? WELL, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE QUEEN MARY CONTINUES TO BE STRONG.
YEAR OVER YEAR ATTENDANCE IS UP 7%.
SO AGAIN, GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR OUT OF THE, THE PANDEMIC ATTENDANCE AND INTEREST IS GROWING.
UM, VISITOR STAYS HAS SORT OF PEAKED AND, AND PLATEAUED FOR NOW, UH, FOR PEOPLE, UH, STAYING OVER, UH, ON, ON THE SHIP.
BUT WE THINK, UH, IMPLEMENTING THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT WILL OBVIOUSLY CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT PEOPLE ARE VISITING THE, THE SHIP AND INCREASED NUMBERS.
SO THE TEAM IS FOCUSED ON CREATING NEW AND INTERESTING REASONS TO VISIT THE SHIP, INCLUDING UPDATING AND CREATING NEW TOURS, INTRODUCING MULTI-LANGUAGE TOUR OPPORTUNITIES, AND CREATING EXCITING ACTIVITIES LIKE THE SUMMER NIGHT MARKETS, THE NUMBER THREE SPEAKEASY, ART NIGHTS, KARAOKE AND MOVIE NIGHTS.
THE SHIP HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN MEETING AND EVENTS.
HOTEL OCCUPANCY REMAINS HIGH, AND THE QUEEN MARY'S AVERAGE DAILY RATE IS ON PAR WITH PEER HOTELS DOWNTOWN.
MOST IMPRESSIVE MIGHT BE THAT EVEN AS A HISTORICAL AS HELL WITH ALL THESE CONSTRUCTION, UH, PROJECTS GOING ON, OUR GUEST SERVICE SCORES REMAIN REALLY, REALLY HIGH, UH, IN THE MIDDAY TO HIGH EIGHTS ON A 10 POINT SCALE.
SO THAT'S, UM, IN THE PAST THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.
UH, PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN HOTELS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DRAFTY, UM, THAT HAVE THIN WALLS, UH, THAT HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS A BIT AGED BECAUSE IT IS A HISTORIC ASSET.
BUT THE TEAM IS REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB IN THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING THE, THE QUEEN MARY ARE GIVING REALLY HIGH, UM, VISITOR SCORES.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS ALSO A STRONG POINT FOR THE SHIP.
CHELSEA'S WAS RECENTLY HONORED WITH A 2025 DINERS CHOICE AWARD FROM OPENTABLE.
THE OBSERVATION BAR HAS HAD AN INCREASE OF 100% IN FOOD SALES OVER, UH, ITS OPENING.
AND SUNDAY BRUNCH IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
OVER A THOUSAND BRUNCH GUESTS WERE SERVED ON EASTER SUNDAY AND OVER 1200 ON MOTHER'S DAY.
SO, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF THE SHIP HAS US ON PACE FOR YET ANOTHER NET POSITIVE YEAR END FOR FY 25, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OPERATING PROFIT JUST OVER 1.5 MILLION.
THIS IS NOT INCLUDED OTHER SITE REVENUES SUCH AS RENT FOR CARNIVAL OPERATIONS AND OTHER ONSITE SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE.
OF COURSE, WHILE WE'RE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE MADE THE SHIP AND AND PROPERTY, WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SITE TO PROPERLY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS TONIGHT, THE NEW AMPHITHEATER WILL PRESENT SOME CHALLENGES INCLUDING PARKING IMPACTS AND CROWD AND TRAFFIC FLOW, BUT IT WILL BE, UH, WE, IT WILL INTRODUCE THOUSANDS OF NEW GUESTS TO THE SITE.
CARNIVALS CONTINUE SUCCESS AS A STRONG ECONOMIC IMPACT AND PROVIDES A STRONG REVENUE STREAM, BUT ALSO FURTHER EXACERBATES PARK PARKING STRAINS.
SIMILARLY, DARK HARBOR AND THE INSOMNIAC MUSIC FESTIVAL PROVIDE UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES, PROVIDE STRONG FINANCIAL BENEFIT, AND ALSO CHALLENGE OUR PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONSTRAINTS.
SO REALLY, OUR, OUR PRIME EFFORT AS PART OF THE, THE PLANNING FOR EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON, ON SITE IS REALLY TO WORK, UH, CLOSELY WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC WORKS, THE PORT AND LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO REALLY DEVELOP A ROBUST, UH, TRAFFIC AND AND PARKING PLAN INTO THE FUTURE.
WE'RE ALSO CONTEMPLATING THE NEEDS AND IMPACTS FROM LARGE SCALE EVENTS LIKE LA 28, UH, PARALYMPICS, AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THOSE CREATE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN MORE, UH, LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT INTEGRATE THE NEW AMPHITHEATER.
AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE SHIP AND LOOKING TO ACTIVATE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE REOPENING SIR WINSTON'S OR ACTIVATING OTHER AREAS OF THE SHIP THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THE ON SHIP TEAM AND SEEKING TO CREATE NEW EXPERIENCE ON THE SHIP TO PEOPLE TO KEEP PEOPLE CONSTANTLY INTERESTED IN COMING BACK.
SO REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER HUCK.
WHEN WILL YOU, UM, ANTICIPATE FOR ALL THE DEMOLITION TO BE COMPLETELY DONE AND, AND THAT AREA TO BE, UM, OPEN FOR UTILIZATION? SO THE, THE DEMOLITION OF THE VILLAGE, UH, WILL BE DONE THIS WEEK, BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE BROADER, UH, DEMO AND, AND REBUILD THAT HAS TO OCCUR TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE FESTIVAL, THE AMPHITHEATER, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
OH, COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL, WILL THE CITY BE IMPORTING MORE GHOSTS OR TAKE ARE EVICTING THE CURRENT GHOSTS FROM THE SHIP? WE, WE HAVE ENCOURAGED THE OPERATOR TO CAPITALIZE ON THE INTERESTING GHOSTS,
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COMMISSIONER SANDO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I WANNA THANK JOHNNY VALLEJO AND ERIC ROMERO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS AROUND THIS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND WE'LL INVITE YOU BACK, OF COURSE, TO GIVE US MORE UPDATES ON THIS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT LAST ITEM? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
BEFORE WE DO, WE'LL JUST TAKE A QUICK VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE YOU'RE RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL, I CAN TAKE A VERBAL, OH, RECEIVED.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM NOW.
[2. 25-55482 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on an overview of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and City of Long Beach involvement in the Games. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AND CITY OF LONG BEACH INVOLVEMENT IN THE GAMES.I WANT TO WELCOME JORGE, JORGE, GO GODINA, TYLER CURLEY AND BERYL UMER, AND THEY'LL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION ON LONG BEACH'S ROLE IN LA 2028.
I'M TYLER BONANO CURLEY, A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND WORKING WITH A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM TO START THE PLANNING FOR 2028.
SO I'LL LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS WELL.
I'M THE NEW PROTOCOL OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE FOR THREE MONTHS, UH, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
I LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU AND PRESENTING ON WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
I AM ASSISTANT TO CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
I'M ONE OF THE CO-LEADS FOR THE OLYMPICS PLANNING EFFORT, UH, GAMES PLANNING EFFORT.
ALSO KNOWN AS OUR OLYMPIC CZAR, UH, WHICH WE LOVE EVERY SINGLE TIME.
UH, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OBVIOUSLY OUR PREPARATION FOR 2028.
UM, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THEN ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TITLE, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LONG LASTING IMPACT FROM THESE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE COMING.
IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, OF COURSE, TO BE A PART OF THE 2028 GAMES.
UH, BUT IT IS A SPECIAL EVENT, IT COMES AND GOES, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY AND WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE PLANNING FOR THOSE LASTING IMPACTS.
SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT FOR WITH YOU TODAY.
UM, SO WE'LL GO OVER HOW WE'RE PREPARING, UM, FOR BEING ON THE, THE LARGEST GLOBAL STAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN A PART OF, UM, WITH THESE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS, AND THEN ALSO, UM, SOME OF OUR CITY PRIORITIES AND PLANNING EFFORTS, OUR PHASED APPROACH TO 2028.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL PASS IT OVER TO JORGE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR LEGACY PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN BERYL WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER POSITION PROTOCOL AND, AND KIND OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDING OUR INTERNATIONAL REACH AND PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL GIVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN STAY ENGAGED AND, UH, HOW WE'RE SHARING INFORMATION WITH, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, SOME POTENTIAL BUSINESS SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN 2028 TO BE A CENTRAL PART OF THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF HUGE SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE REGION IN THE LEAD UP TO 2028.
WE'VE GOT, UM, THIS YEAR THE CONCACAF GOLD CUP FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP.
UM, NEXT YEAR WE'VE GOT THE NBA ALLSTAR WEEKEND, LPGA, UH, US OPEN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, AND OF COURSE, THE WORLD CUP.
I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
UH, AND THEN 2027, WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL COMING AND THEN ALSO MARCH MADNESS.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL IN THE LEAD UP TO 2028.
SO LET'S PUT 28 INTO PERSPECTIVE.
UM, IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THIS TO A SUPER BOWL THAT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS OVER F FIVE DAYS, UH, 70,000 OR SO ROOM NIGHTS, AND OF COURSE, ONE SUPER BOWL ONE DAY, UH, 2028, WE'RE ANTICIPATING OVER 5 MILLION VISITORS OVER ABOUT A MONTH IN THE REGION, UH, OVER A MILLION ROOM NIGHTS.
AND THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT SEVEN SUPER BOWLS PER DAY, UH, DURING THE OLYMPICS, WHICH IS SET, UH, 16 DAYS, AND THEN TWO SUPER BOWLS PER DAY FOR 12 DAYS DURING THE PARALYMPICS.
SO JUST TO THINK ABOUT THE SCALE OF ALL THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND
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THINGS DURING THE OLYMPICS JUST COMPARED TO, UH, THE SUPER BOWL.UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WORLD CUP, UH, EIGHT COMPETITION VENUES IN THE LAST WORLD CUP, UH, ONE AND A HALF VIEWERS GLOBALLY, AND ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION TICKETED FANS HERE IN THE REGION.
WE'LL HAVE OVER 30 COMPETITION VENUES, OVER 3 BILLION VIEWERS GLOBALLY, AND 12 TO 15 MILLION TICKETED FANS.
UM, WE HAD SOME EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS THE OTHER DAY ABOUT OUR ROLE WITH THE PARALYMPICS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT AND WE KNOW WE'RE OVER A MILLION FANS.
UM, AND TICKETS JUST FOR THE OLYMPIC RELATED EVENTS, SO PROBABLY CLOSER TO ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF TICKETED FANS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I WISH WE DID A COMPARISON TO, UH, THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERTS
BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO WHAT IS OUR ROLE? WE ARE A VENUE CITY, UM, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY THE LARGEST VENUE CITY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LA.
UM, AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE BETWEEN THE HOST CITY, UH, CITY OF LA AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING.
SO CITY OF LA AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARE THE FINANCIAL GUARANTORS OF THE GAMES.
SO IF LA 28 ISN'T ABLE TO, UM, FUNDRAISE AND GET ENOUGH SPONSORS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THEIR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO HOST, UH, SUCCESSFUL GAMES, THE CITY OF LA AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAVE, UM, SIGNED UP ESSENTIALLY TO BE FINANCIAL GUARANTORS TO BE A BACKSTOP FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEY HAVE PERKS, UH, ALONG WITH THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT COMES IN THE CITY OF LA, UM, WILL BE HELPING TO ESTABLISH, UM, ESSENTIALLY AN LA 84, BUT FOR 2028 ADDITIONAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS A VENUE CITY.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY, OF COURSE, WITH LA 28 AS THE EVENT PRODUCER.
UM, AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SERVICES I'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE OTHER SLIDE.
UM, BUT FRANKLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE UPSIDE AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES WITH HOSTING, UM, THIS MANY EVENTS.
UM, BUT WITHOUT BEING A FINANCIAL GUARANTOR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT WE WILL, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, SEEKING FULL COST RECOVERY, SO ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE NORMALLY PROVIDE.
UM, SO ANYTHING FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS THEMSELVES, UM, WILL BE COVERED BY LA 28.
SO WHAT ARE THOSE SERVICES? UM, OF COURSE, PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THE TOP, UH, THINGS THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING AS A CITY AND COORDINATING WITH NOT ONLY THE REGION, BUT ALSO A FEDERAL LEVEL, SECURITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION, UM, ZONING AND PERMITS.
UH, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO PERMIT THE SPECIFIC VENUES, BUT ALSO BEING A PARTNER WITH THEM AS THEY APPLY TO, UH, GET PERMITS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.
UM, WE'LL BE A PARTNER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO, UM, NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALSO LONG BEACH TRANSIT, BEING INVOLVED IN THESE REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS, FINDING WAYS TO GET PEOPLE ESSENTIALLY FROM THE A LINE, UM, OVER TO THE VARIOUS VENUES AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SHOW OFF DURING THE OLYMPICS.
UM, PARKING IS GONNA BE ANOTHER KEY AREA AS PART OF THAT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S RESOURCES AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO SHUTTLE PEOPLE IN AND OUT, SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY CARS COMING.
UM, AND THIS IS A TRANSIT FIRST OR TRANSIT FORWARD, UH, OLYMPICS.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT REGIONAL PLAN TO HAVE ESSENTIALLY LIKE SHUTTLES AND PARK AND RIDES THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO GET PEOPLE, UM, TO AND FROM LONG BEACH.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, WITH THE CITY LOOK AND WAYFINDING SIGN SIGNAGE TO NOT ONLY HELP DIRECT PEOPLE TO WHERE THE VENUES ARE GONNA BE, BUT ALSO FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO THESE BUSINESS CORRIDORS THAT WE WANT TO SHOW OFF.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING PEOPLE TO, UM, PROTOCOL IS ANOTHER ONE, UM, THAT OBVIOUSLY BERYL WILL TALK MORE ABOUT, BUT AGAIN, ESTABLISHING STRONGER INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT MAY HAVE A MORE LONG LASTING, UM, IMPACT ON THE CITY.
AND THEN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA, FINDING WAYS OF COURSE, TO SHOW, UM, ALL WHAT LONG BEACH IS ALL ABOUT DURING THE OLYMPICS.
AND ONE THING THAT'S VERY EXCITING, KIND OF DIFFERENT, UM, COMPARED TO SOME OTHER VENUES, INSTEAD OF ALL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE VENUES WHERE IT'S INSIDE A SPECIFIC, UH, STRUCTURE, WE HAVE A LOT OF VENUES, OF COURSE, THAT ARE GONNA BE ON OUR BEACHFRONT AND THEY'RE GONNA BE OUTDOORS.
AND SO A LOT OF THE MEDIA ATTENTION ON LONG BEACH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES IS GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASING OUR ENTIRE CITY.
SO, UM, AND WE ACTUALLY DID THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE OTHER DAY, BUT, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 11 OLYMPIC SPORTS, AND THEN, UM, LA 28 ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY MORNING, UM, THAT WE HAVE NOW SEVEN PARALYMPIC EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE HOSTED HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 RIGHT NOW, UM, BETWEEN OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC, UM, EVENTS.
WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A HISTORY OF HOSTING EVENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH, UH, WITH THE 32 AND 84 OLYMPICS.
AND WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF OLYMPIANS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
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SO WILSON HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY HAS HAD ALUMNI COMPETE IN EVERY SUMMER OLYMPICS SINCE 1952, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO, UM, CAPITALIZE AND, AND REALLY BUILD ON THAT REPUTATION AND LEGACY.
SO NOT ONLY SHOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH OFF, UH, DURING THE, THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS AND BEING A PART OF THAT GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT, BUT ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO, UM, PROVIDE AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY DURING THE GAMES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILD ON OUR ARTS CULTURE, BUSINESS SUPPORT, AND YOUTH SPORTS AS A, A RESULT OF OUR ROLE IN THE GAMES.
SO THIS IS A FOOTPRINT OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT VENUES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH AND WANT TO SHOW AT LEAST THE OLYMPIC, UM, GAMES THAT WE'RE HOSTING.
SO IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAMITOS BEACH, WE HAVE WATER POLO, ARTISTIC SWIMMING, HANDBALL, SPORT CLIMBING, COASTAL ROWING, WHICH IS NEW FOR 2028 MARATHON SWIMMING.
UM, AND THEN MORE RECENTLY THEY ADDED BEACH VOLLEYBALL, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
THAT'LL BE FOR 15 OUT OF THE 16 DAYS.
WE'LL HAVE, UM, ACTIVATIONS AT THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL STADIUM.
AND THEN TARGET SHOOTING WAS ALSO ADDED MORE RECENTLY, THAT'LL BE INSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER DOWN THE BEACH, IN THE BELMONT SHORE AREA.
SO THIS WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BID PACKAGE WITH, UM, LA TO BE IN LONG BEACH.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ONE.
UM, AND WE HAVE A HISTORY OF COURSE, WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, IN MARINE STADIUM WE HAVE ROWING AND CANOE SPRINT.
SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED OF COURSE, TO HOST ROWING AGAIN.
UH, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE 32 OLYMPICS HERE IN MARINE STADIUM.
SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY IS WE HAVE PREPARED, UH, WE BROUGHT ON A CONSULTANT, KPMG, TO HELP US DEVELOP A STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR OUR PREPARATIONS FOR 2028, HELP US GET SOME INSIGHTS INTO WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON, WHAT SHOULD BE THE, THE SORT OF PHASING OF WHAT WE SHOULD PREPARE AND PLAN FOR.
UM, THEY INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE CITY DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THEY ALSO CONSULTED OUR, UM, EXISTING PLANS.
SO THINKING ABOUT LIKE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT, OUR GROW LONG BEACH STRATEGIES, UM, OUR 2030 STRATEGIC VISION AND OTHERS.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE PLANNING, UH, FOR PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES.
SO THEY BROUGHT ALL THAT WITH US, UM, IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT REALLY OUTLINES OUR PHASED APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF TRANSITIONING RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE FOUNDATIONAL PHASE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHING THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, REALLY SETTING UP SOME OF OUR INTERNAL PLANNING STRUCTURES.
AND WE'RE MOVING CLOSER INTO THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING PHASE, EVEN IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
WE'LL START SOME OF THE MORE DETAILED PLANNING, UH, FOR EACH OF THE VENUE SITES WITH LA 28.
AND THAT WILL CONTINUE, OF COURSE.
UM, AND THEN IN THE LEAD UP TO, WE'LL ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TESTING AND HAVING DIFFERENT TEST EVENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO ANOTHER ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT, UH, THE EVENT VENUES AND, AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH IS, YOU KNOW, A A TRACK IS ESSENTIALLY A TRACK ANYWHERE YOU CAN RUN, UH, ON ANY TRACK.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ROWING OR YOU'RE SAILING DOING SOME OF THESE OPEN WATER SPORTS, THEY REALLY WANT TO TEST AND PRACTICE IN THE WATERS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE COMPETING.
SO WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK, HERE IN LONG BEACH TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE TEST EVENTS IN THE LEAD UP TO 2028 THAN EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER VENUES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE THE DELIVERY OF THE GAMES.
UM, AND THEN AFTERWARDS IS THE DISSOLUTION WORKING WITH LA 28, FINDING WAYS TO POTENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, FIND, UH, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND, UH, THE BALLS OR NETS OR WHATEVER THEY MAY, UH, LEAVE BEHIND.
WHAT CAN WE MAYBE, UH, TAKE, YOU KNOW, FROM LA 28 AFTER THE OLYMPICS, AND THEN PROVIDE TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN THAT DISSOLUTION PERIOD TO THINK ABOUT THAT LEGACY IMPACT AND, AND WHAT CAN BE LEFT BEHIND.
UM, AND SO IN, IN TERMS OF OUR LEGACY, JUST HIGH LEVEL, UM, EQUITY IS ONE OF THE CORE PILLARS OF OUR PLAN.
FINDING WAYS TO BRING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GAMES TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO WE KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYBODY IN LONG BEACH IS GONNA GO TO THE GAMES.
UM, MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO, UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THOSE ACTIVATIONS AND EXCITEMENT OF THE GAMES AND BRING THAT TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE CAN ALSO SHOWCASE A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND BRING THEM OUT, UM, IN SOME OF OUR ACTIVATIONS THAT JORGE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS OF COURSE ONE OF OUR CORE PILLARS OF PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL GAMES AND THEN LEGACY AND THOSE LONG-TERM, UM, INVESTMENTS AND PRIORITY AREAS.
SO I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO JORGE'S, HE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OUR LEGACY IMPACTS AS WELL.
UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO LEGACY, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE OLYMPICS LEAVE BEHIND.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION OR BUILDINGS THAT ARE REPURPOSED FOR FUTURE USES.
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BENEFIT WE THINK OF, OF THE GAMES HERE IS THAT WE'RE USING ALL EITHER EXISTING VENUES OR TEMPORARY VENUES.SO RATHER THAN, UM, HAVING TO BUILD ANYTHING NEW FOR THE OLYMPICS, UM, WE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE CAN USE MOMENTUM FOR THE GAMES TO MOVE SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FORWARD THAT'LL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN THE LONG TERM, NOT JUST BY THE VENUES, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WITH THAT, UM, REALLY THIS IS AN EFFORT LED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
UM, IT'S THE ELEVATE 20 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN.
UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT PROGRAM OF PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE A FULL WEBSITE NOW DEDICATED TO THIS THAT'S TRACKING ALL THE PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT BUDGETS, UM, AND THEY'VE CATEGORIZED THE DIFFERENT, UM, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THE CATEGORIES YOU SEE HERE, THIS ACTUALLY EQUALS UP TO CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS IN INVESTMENTS.
AND SO WITHIN THIS, UH, PROJECT, THIS SECTION OF CATEGORY OF PROJECTS, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A 2028 OLYMPIC LEGACY SECTION.
SO THERE IS SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE DEDICATED MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE OLYMPICS EFFORT.
REALLY, THOSE ARE LIKE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, UH, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS BY THE VENUES, UM, OR IT'S, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, THE VENUES THAT ARE GONNA BE USED, LIKE THE ARENA, AND THEN ALSO THE AIRPORT WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE KIND OF COMING THROUGH TO GET TO LONG BEACH.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENTS OVER AT MILLS BAY THAT ARE PART OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO YEAH, SO REALLY LEVERAGING MOMENTUM OF THE GAMES FOR SOME OF THESE LONGER TERM INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
THEN WE'RE ALSO, UM, THINKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE.
AND, AND LIKE, WE'RE CALLING CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SO USING THE GAMES TO BETTER CONNECT THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, SO THAT THE MAYOR STATE OF THE CITY THIS YEAR, HE ANNOUNCED ACTUALLY THE, UH, CO-LEADS FOR SEVERAL, UM, COMMUNITY LED, UH, ADVISORY GROUPS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, GROUPS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON YOUTH SPORTS, UH, LOCAL BUSINESS ARTS AND CULTURE AND WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, ENGAGING WITH THEM, JUST ENGAGED WITH 'EM LAST WEEK, UM, ON A WORKSHOP TO TRY TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE'RE GONNA BEST WORK WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, REALLY WORKING WITH 'EM TO GET TO HELP THEM GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND HELP DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, HOW WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT LEGACY WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SPECIFIC EXPERT EXPERTISE AREAS.
AND THEN WITH THAT, WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MAY REQUIRE SOME RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE ALSO ENVISIONING WHAT WE'RE CALLING A LONG BEACH LEGACY FUND.
SO SIMILAR TO WHAT, UM, THE, THEY DID AFTER THE 84 OLYMPICS WHERE THEY DEVELOPED A, A FUND WITH, UH, ALL THE LEFTOVER REVENUES.
UM, THAT FUND ACTUALLY, OR THAT ORGANIZATION IS STILL AROUND TODAY.
WE JUST, WE JUST, I THINK RECENTLY GOT, UH, FUNDS FROM THEM FOR A SUMMER PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE ENVISIONING SOMETHING SIMILAR, UM, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO LONG BEACH.
SO WE HAVE CO-LEADS THAT ARE WORKING ON THAT EFFORT AS WELL.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENGAGE AND ACTIVATE THE COMMUNITY IN THE LEAD UP TOO.
SO DURING THE GAMES, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM OF EITHER FESTIVAL SITES AND WATCH PARTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE COMMUNITY OUT, BRING THE GAMES TO THE, THE WHOLE CITY RATHER THAN JUST THE AREAS BY THE VENUES.
AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, AND ARTS AND CULTURES TO GET ACTIVATED AND PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE CITY TO BE ENGAGED.
AND FOR, FOR THAT ASPECT OF OUR PLANNING, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AND GETTING INSPIRATION FROM WHAT PARIS DID IN, IN, UH, THE 2024 GAME.
SO THEY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF SPREADING OUT THESE FAN ZONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THERE WAS 20 DIFFERENT ZONES, AND A LOT OF THEM WEREN'T BY THE VENUES, AND I THINK A LOT OF THEM WERE GEARED MORE TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THESE ZONES, THEY HAD, UM, EITHER WATCH PARTIES OR LIVE MUSIC.
UM, THEY HAD LOCAL FOOD AND CULTURAL SHOWCASES, OR THEY HAD SPORTS CLINIC AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
UM, SO THEY DID A LOT OF, UM, ENGAGEMENT, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVATION.
THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH ACTIVE ALL DAY THROUGHOUT THE OLYMPICS, EVEN THE TWO WEEKS IN BETWEEN THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS, AND THEN THROUGH THE PARALYMPICS.
SO SPENT A LOT OF TIME, UM, ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS REALLY A COMMUNITY WHO CAME OUT AND KEPT THESE, UH, ZONES ACTIVATED THROUGHOUT.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE, SO THIS IS THE, THIS WAS THEIR LARGEST, UM, CITY RUN SITE THAT WAS, UM, RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR CITY HALL.
SO IN THIS CASE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WAS ACTIVATED FOR A CONCERT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE MAYBE A ZONE WHERE WE WOULD BE ENVISIONING LIKE KIND OF HERE IN DOWNTOWN IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF WHERE ALL THE, UH, ACTUAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITY WILL BE GOING ON.
AND THEN HERE YOU SEE THE SAME SITE IS, UH, ACTIVATED FOR A WATCH PARTY.
SO THEY REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THEY CAN USE THEIR ZONES IN MULTI-PURPOSE WAYS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT AS WELL.
AND THEN HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A SMALLER ACTIVATION.
SO REALLY IT'S JUST, UM, SOME KIND OF SIMPLE STAGING, A SCREEN, SOME, UH, ACTIVITIES FOR, FOR KIDS, AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES PROBABLY FOR LOCAL VENDORS THEY HAD THERE AS WELL.
SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A MORE OF A SIMPLE SETUP, SOMETHING WE CAN ENVISION REALLY SCALING OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN REALLY WHAT PRI WHAT BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER IS LIKE THAT USE OF THE COHESIVE BRANDS LOOK AND BRANDING, THAT'S WHAT REALLY MAKES IT FEEL SPECIAL.
UM, SO THIS IS LIKE A MODEL WE, WE THINK WE COULD LOOK AT FOR, UM, AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF WHERE THE VENUES ARE, BUT WHERE WE CAN STILL BRING THAT OLYMPIC SPIRIT TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
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ARE PICTURES THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TOOK.SO HE ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE SAILING VENUE OVER IN MARSE.
UM, SO THAT WAS ON THE COAST OF MARSAI.
UH, AND THEN YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA, UM, THAT WAS ACTIVATED ON THE COAST.
UH, THIS WAS OUTSIDE OF THE TICKETED AREA.
AND SO REALLY IT'S JUST THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, AGAIN, FOR VENDORS, SOME ACTIVITIES GOING ON, SOME PHOTO OP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THIS FOR INSPIRATION FOR HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY ACTIVATE OUR COAST OUTSIDE OF THE LA 28 VENUE AREAS.
WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF SPACE IN BETWEEN WHERE THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL VENUE IS AND OVER TO SAILING.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, MIMIC A LOT OF WHAT THEY DID AS WELL, JUST TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND BE A PART OF IT.
AND I THINK WITH ALL OF THESE EXAMPLES, UM, IT JUST REALLY ILLUSTRATES THAT YOU CAN CREATE THESE EXPERIENCES.
I DON'T NECESSARILY, UH, TAKE A, A, A TICKET TO THE ACTUAL EVENT AND STILL FEEL LIKE YOU WERE A PART OF, OF THE OLYMPICS.
AND THEN THIS IS, UH, JUST AN, THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED INTERNALLY.
SO TYLER, MYSELF AND BARRELL WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THE, AT THE VERY TOP IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, KIND OF LEADING THE CENTRAL COORDINATION OF THE GAMES PLANNING.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CITYWIDE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE HAVE WORK GROUPS THAT ARE FOCUSED IN SPECIFIC, UH, SUB SUBJECT MATTER AREAS.
SO IN TOTAL, I THINK WE HAVE OVER 60 DIFFERENT PLANNING MEMBERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT JUST THIS YEAR ACTUALLY IS WHEN WE BROUGHT BARRELL ON BOARD, BECAUSE WE FELT THE NEED TO HAVE MORE, UH, TO PREPARE THE CITY FOR BETTER INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHY SHE WAS BROUGHT ON TO HELP US, UH, CULTIVATE AND DEVELOP THOSE CONNECTIONS.
SO I'M GONNA ACTUALLY PASS IT OVER TO HER, LET HER TALK ABOUT HER A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO MY BACKGROUND, SO, YOU KNOW, I, UH, PRIOR TO COMING HERE, I WORKED FOR 10 YEARS FOR THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IN DOWNTOWN LA WHICH MEANS I RODE THAT ALINE FOR 12 YEARS.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO WALK FROM DOWNTOWN TO CITY HALL TO DO WORK.
UM, I, UH, SO I KNOW THE SIDE, THE CONSULAR SIDE OF THINGS AND HOW IMPORTANT THE CONSULAR CORPS IS.
AND SO ONE OF MY FIRST THINGS THAT I DID WAS TO INVITE THE LA CONSULAR CORPS TO OUR CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UH, THE LA CONSULAR CORPS IS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
THERE'S 91 COUNTRIES THAT ARE PART OF IT.
AND OUT OF 91, WE GOT 53, UM, AND REALLY BIG COUNTRIES INCLUDED, AND I WAS TOLD BY THE LACC, THAT'S THEIR, THAT WAS THEIR LARGEST ATTENDANCE OF ANY OF THEIR EVENTS, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, SO THERE WAS THIS, THERE'S THIS EXCITEMENT ABOUT LONG BEACH, BUT, UM, UNTIL NOW, WE HAVEN'T PROACTIVELY BEEN SEEKING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT OR, UM, DELEGATIONS OR TO TRAVEL ABROAD.
WE HAVE SISTER CITIES, WHICH IS MORE ON THE CULTURAL SIDE, BUT WE HAVE GREAT CAPACITY TO REALLY BUILD UP OUR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UH, SO YEAH, SO WHILE THE OLYMPICS ARE OUR NORTH STAR, RIGHT, MY GOAL, MY JOB HAS BEEN AND WILL BE TO BUILD UP OUR GLOBAL PROFILE.
SO ON THE WAY TO THE OLYMPICS, PAST THE OLYMPICS IN THE LEGACY, UM, LONG BEACH IS LIKE THIS BEST KEPT SECRET FOR SOME REASON.
IT'S, AND EVERYONE WHO COMES HERE UNDERSTANDS HOW AMAZING IT IS ONCE THEY'VE COME.
SO TODAY WE HAD A CANADIAN DELEGATION BRING 40 COMPANIES FOR THREE DIFFERENT COHORTS ALONG WITH THE CONSULATE GENERAL.
THEY LOOKED AT THE OLYMPIC VENUES, THEY SPOKE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SPECIAL EVENTS AND CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND WE ARE NOW IN TALKS, UH, TO HAVE A TEAM CANADA HOUSE.
SO CANADA WOULD BE A BIG NATIONAL HOUSE.
TO HAVE THAT IN LONG BEACH WOULD BE AMAZING.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE DENMARK, FOR EXAMPLE, AND DENMARK IS PLANNING TO HAVE A GALLEON, THIS HUGE SHIP IN OUR HARBOR, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL, AND THEIR KING AND QUEEN WILL BE HERE FOR ACTIVATIONS.
SO WE'RE ON REALLY GOOD TRACK.
UM, WE HAVE TALKS IN PROCESS WITH MANY, MANY MORE COUNTRIES.
LIKE I SAID, 53 CAME TO LACC, THAT EVENT, IT WAS AT THE AQUARIUM.
AND I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN FOLLOW UP, BUT I'M A PROTOCOL OFFICER OF ONE OR OFFICE OF ONE.
SO I'VE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
BUT, UM, WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
I'M THE LIAISON, ESSENTIALLY FOR ALL THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT I'M ALSO HELPING BRING, LIKE, VISIT LONG BEACH, MEET LONG BEACH, CLOSER TO US, UM, AND WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS, WORLD TRADE CENTER, LONG BEACH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PATH TO INCREASING OUR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN VERY, IT'S BEEN VERY FRUITFUL SO FAR.
WE'VE HAD VISITS FROM THE IRISH PARALYMPIC TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE LACC EVENTS, WE'VE MET WITH FRENCH DELEGATION, CANADIAN DE, THIS IS ALL IN THREE MONTHS, MIND YOU.
SO WE'RE ON A, WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK.
UM, AND THE, I THINK THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE JOB IS TO BE ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY ADVISE ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.
SO ON SENSITIVITIES, ON BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, THE PROTOCOL PART IS THE CULTURAL CUSTOMS, RIGHT, AND HOSPITALITY THAT WE NEED TO SHOW AND BE COGNIZANT OF, UM, BUT ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EVER ACTIVE.
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I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO INDIVIDUALLY REACH OUT TO EVERY OTHER COUNTRY, WHICH I'VE STARTED IT, BUT WITH HELP FROM WORLD SHADE CENTER, LONG BEACH, AND SOME CONSULTANTS, SORRY, I HAVE TO DO THAT, RIGHT.SORRY, THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE LACC EVENT.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, WE WERE TOLD THAT LONG BEACH IS WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
UM, AND THAT'S DUE TO JORGE AND TYLER'S WORK.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE OLYMPICS, SOMETHING WE PRESENTED THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF HERE, UM, ON THE BIG STAGE IN THE AQUARIUM WAS A MAP.
SO IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE VENUE MAP THAT JORGE SHOWED AND TYLER TALKED ABOUT WHERE SUPERIMPOSING, UH, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT CAN BE TURNED INTO NATIONAL HOUSES OR FAN ZONES AROUND DOWNTOWN, AND THAT EVERYONE LOVED THAT.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH VISIT LONG BEACH TO HAVE THEM HOUSE IT ON A MICRO SITE SO PEOPLE CAN GO.
AND I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THAT KIND OF MARKETING OUT THERE, WE'LL GET SOME EVEN HIGHER INTEREST IN, UH, IN BEING IN LONG BEACH FOR THE OLYMPICS.
UH, AS, SO REPRESENTATIVES WERE 53, NOT 34, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, OVER 120 GUESTS AND JUST A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FOLLOW UP.
AND, UM, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND I CAN'T WORK WITH A BETTER TEAM.
UM, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, THAT ARE, THAT, THAT COMES WITH THE GAME.
SO WE KNEW EARLY ON WE REALLY NEEDED TO CENTRALIZE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
SO WITH THE, THIS YEAR ACTUALLY WHEN WE RELEASED OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP, WE ALSO RELEASED A, UM, GAME SPECIFIC WEBSITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, WE'RE USING IT REALLY AS A CENTRAL HUB TO PUT ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS WITH LA 28, ALL OF OUR VENUE INFORMATION, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, LEGACY FOCUS AREAS WE, WE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION REALLY IS ON THIS DEDICATED WEBSITE.
NOW, UM, ON THE WEBSITE YOU ALSO FIND A, A MAILING LIST SIGN UP.
SO THERE'S A, A FORM YOU CAN GO TO AND YOU CAN CHECK OFF THE DIFFERENT AREAS YOU MIGHT BE, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, WHETHER IT'S, UM, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, OR YOU JUST WANNA KNOW, LIKE RESIDENT IMPACT.
SO WE HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TRYING TO BUILD UP OUR MAILING LIST RIGHT NOW.
AND AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, UM, HAVING A, A CENTRAL LIST THAT WE CAN USE TO SHARE THAT OUT TO.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DIRECT EMAIL, UM, AS WELL.
SO JUST 20, 28 GAMES@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UM, PEOPLE CAN EMAIL THAT, UM, THAT EMAIL ADDRESS DIRECTLY AND REACH OUT TO OUR TEAM AS WELL.
WE MONITOR THAT, UM, EMAIL INBOX.
AND THEN, UM, WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THEY CAN GET ENGAGED WITH BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THE MAIN THING IS A LOT OF THE ACTUAL PROCUREMENTS RELATED TO THE EVENTS THEMSELVES, THAT'S ALL GONNA BE MANAGED THROUGH LA 28.
UM, SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS THEY'RE USING, LEVERAGING THE CITY OF LA'S, IT'S CALLED RAMP LA, THEIR WEBSITE THAT THEY USE FOR THEIR PROCUREMENTS.
SO THEY'VE BUILT OUT WHAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE FRONT PAGE.
THERE'S AN LA 28 ANNOUNCEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY SECTION, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE POSTING THEIR, THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL BE POSTING THEIR PROCUREMENTS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
UM, ONE THING THAT, UM, THAT I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO REALIZE IS, I KNOW THEY DO HAVE SOME LOCAL BUSINESS GOALS THAT ARE DICTATED THROUGH THEIR HOST CITY AGREEMENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE JUST BASED ON THE SCALE OF WHAT THE KIND OF PROCUREMENTS THEY'LL NEED TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, THEY'LL LIKELY BE WORKING WITH LIKE LARGER VENDORS ON A LOT OF THINGS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE RELYING ON THE SUBCONTRACTORS THROUGHOUT THE AREAS, THOSE LARGER VENDORS TO WORK WITH SUBCONTRACTORS TO KIND OF LIKE MEET SOME OF THOSE LOCAL BUSINESS GOALS.
AND THEN A LOT OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE HOSPITALITY AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WILL PROBABLY BE, UM, POSTED CLOSER TO THE EVENTS THEMSELVES.
SO THAT'S LIKE PROBABLY ON A 2027 TIMEFRAME.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THEY CAN PROCURE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, A YEAR OR, OR, UH, LESS IN ADVANCE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, I THINK SOME OF THE, THEY'VE ONLY POSTED REALLY I THINK LIKE SIX PROCUREMENTS SO FAR, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TRACKING THEM.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY JUST MOSTLY LIKE ENGINEERING SUPPORT OR THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, UM, A PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT COULD HELP THEM WITH, UH, START PLANNING FOR THE OPENING, CLOSING CEREMONY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO REALLY HIGH LEVEL, UM, ITEMS, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN TO MUCH GRANULAR THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN.
AND THEN ALSO I THINK BECAUSE OF THEM BEING A, UH, MORE PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, THERE'S ALSO PROCUREMENTS I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT AREN'T GONNA BE EXACTLY THROUGH RAMP LA.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE CORPORATE SPONSORS THAT THEY'LL NEED TO PROCURE WITH JUST AS, AS FAR AS, UH, THOSE SPONSORSHIPS GO.
UM, SO YEAH, IT, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT VARIED WHEN IT COMES TO LA 28.
UM, AND THEN ON OUR END, UM, WE, ANY PROCUREMENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THROUGH THE GAMES, UM, WE'LL, OF COURSE WE'LL BE POSTING THOSE THROUGH LB BUYS.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UM, IF WE NEED ANYTHING RELATED TO THE FAN ZONES OR WAYFINDING OR BRANDING.
AND AGAIN, THAT'LL ALSO PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO THE GAMES, LIKE 27 TIMEFRAME PROBABLY.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, OF COURSE, ALL THE ELEVATE 28, ALL THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THOSE PROCUREMENTS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS ARE OF COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH LB BUYS AS WELL OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW YEARS LEADING UP TO 2028.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING BUSINESSES IS REALLY JUST TO GET YOURSELF READY AND MONITOR THESE SITES.
UM, WE'VE ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO GET ON RAMP LA REGISTER, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
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AN ACCOUNT.UM, AND THEN SAME THING WITH LB BUYS.
UM, WE, AND WE HAVE A GREAT PURCHASING TEAM THAT IS ALWAYS ENGAGED WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO KINDA HELP THEM, UM, DO THAT AS WELL.
ANOTHER THING WE'VE BEEN TELLING, UM, BUSINESSES IS LIKE, YEAH, YES, THE OLYMPICS ARE GONNA BE COMING, BUT THERE'S ALSO ALL THESE OTHER MAJOR EVENTS THAT TYLER TALKED ABOUT.
SO JUST BEING AWARE OF THESE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND MONITORING WHAT PROCUREMENTS COULD BE COMING FROM THOSE EVENTS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE COMING MUCH SOONER THAN THE OLYMPICS, THAT'S ALREADY NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, AS WE, AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ON THESE OPPORTUNITIES, WE ARE COMMITTED TO, UM, LETTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES KNOW.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED ALREADY WITH SOME OF THE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO GO OUT AND PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO THEM.
ALSO BUILDING UP THAT MAILING LIST.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, SOME OF OUR, UM, SOME OF THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS TALKING TO SOME OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ABOUT LIKE, WAYS TO ENGAGE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY OR HELP THEM, HELP THEM PREPARE.
SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR, OUR LOCAL BUSINESS, UM, COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP THAT WILL BE HELPING US DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
SO REALLY LOOKING FOR INPUT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY AND COMMUNITY AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST SUPPORT, UH, BUSINESS AND, OH, YEAH, SO THEN LOOKING AHEAD, UM, SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS REALLY IS JUST CONTINUING TO, OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH LA 28 TO FINALIZE OUR AGREEMENTS, OUR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IS REALLY A, IT'S LIKE A THREE STEP PROCESS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UM, WE'RE, UM, GOING THROUGH THOSE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS.
UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE OUR PLANNING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, CONTINUING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ROADMAP.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WORK WORKING WITH THE REGION, OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, UM, AND, UH, UM, TRYING TO, UM, ALSO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING TO, UM, FURTHER SOME OF OUR ELEVATE 28 PRIORITIES AND THEN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS FOR THE GAMES AS WELL.
AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A QR CODE THERE IF YOU WANT TO VISIT THE, THE WEBSITE.
UM, SO THERE WAS A MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY, OH, SORRY, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND COMMISSIONER HAKI.
AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAWAS.
I JUST FORGOT TO GET THAT IN THERE.
UM, SO WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMERS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER HUCKS, DO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, RIGHT? YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, QUESTION WE FAR AS THE OLYMPIC PLANNING, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS, UM, AS FAR AS FUNDING IS FEDERAL THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING? SO ACTUALLY, UM, WE WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY KIND OF DIRECT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PLANNING.
SO THE WAY THE GAMES WORK, IT'S, THEY'RE, IT IS, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
SO AT THAT POINT, THE SECRET SERVICE ACTUALLY TAKES CONTROL OF THE SECURITY PLANNING EFFORTS.
SO BACK, I BELIEVE IN 2017, UM, PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE TIME HAD SIGNED A, AN LIKE, BASICALLY LIKE AN MOU, UM, AGREEING TO FUND THE SECURITY EFFORT.
I THINK NOW THAT THEY'RE BACK IN OFFICE, UM, I THINK THEY, I THINK I SAW THAT CONGRESS ADVANCED A BILL I THINK A FEW WEEKS AGO ASKING FOR LIKE, I THINK TWO OR $3 BILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BILLIONS IN, IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SECURITY.
BUT THAT WILL ALL, ALL REALLY BE FUNNELED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE SECRET SERVICE, UM, AS LIKE THE MAIN AGENCY COORDINATING THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE JUST A PART OF THAT, UM, EFFORT AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LA 28 TO THEN GET REIMBURSED FOR WHATEVER SERVICES WE DO PROVIDE.
ONE IS KIND OF RELATED TO THE SECURITY, UH, RELATED PIECE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO TO SHARE THAT NOW, BUT I THINK THE QUESTIONS I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS LIKE, WHERE THE OFFICIAL GAMES HAPPEN, WHERE THE SECURITY LINE IS GOING TO BE, AND THE IMPACTS THERE MAY BE TO EXISTING RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS, WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT.
I KNOW IN PARIS THERE WAS QUITE A SECURITY PERIMETER AND ONLY FOLKS THAT LIVED IN THE AREA COULD GET INSIDE OF IT.
IT WAS QUITE FAR BACK FROM EVEN WHERE THE OFFICIAL GAMES WERE HAPPENING.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS JUST ON THE TIMEFRAME, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE TALK ABOUT THE OLYMPICS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE GAMES, THE PARALYMPICS AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TERMS OF SAY MID-JUNE TO JULY OR MAYBE AUGUST.
BUT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALL GONNA START COMING IN, WHICH MAY BE LIKE MAY, APRIL, HOPEFULLY.
AND SO, UM, HOW DO YOU GUYS SEE THAT TIMEFRAME? AND I KNOW YOU HAD KIND OF A PHASED APPROACH UP THERE, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA START? IS IT, SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF LIKE MAYBE FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS, OR IS THIS REALLY MORE OF A THREE MONTH THING? THAT'S ALL.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECURITY PERIMETER, UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE DICTATED BY THE SECRET SERVICE.
I THINK LA 28 DOESN'T EVEN REALLY TRULY HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT IS YET.
UM, I DID HEAR THEY HAD A REPRESENTATIVE IN ANOTHER MEETING RECENTLY THAT I WAS TUNING INTO, AND HE, UM, MENTIONED THAT I THINK A LOT OF THOSE IMPACTS, LIKE RESIDENT BUSINESS IMPACTS THAT, UM, THEY'RE AWARE OF, ESPECIALLY LIKE AT SOME OF OUR VENUES LIKE MARINE STADIUM, IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO HOUSING, UM, TO, YEAH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
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THAT SHOULD KIND OF START REALLY BEING DISCUSSED MORE FULLY IN THESE, UM, EVENT OPERATIONAL PLANNING SESSIONS THAT WE'RE STARTING THIS MONTH.SO, UM, I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, LIKE TYLER MENTIONED, WE'LL BE KIND OF LIKE IN FULL DAY SESSIONS WITH LA 28 LOOKING OUT LIKE SPECIFIC VENUES AND GOING THROUGH LIKE MORE OF THOSE DETAILS.
SO I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE SESSIONS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET MORE ANSWERS AND BE ABLE TO LIKE FIGURE OUT AND CLARIFY WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS YET, BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN YOUR SECOND QUESTION, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE VENUES THEMSELVES, SO OUR VENUE USE, WE HAVE A VENUES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT WITH LA 28, AND IN THAT AGREEMENT THERE'S SPECIFIC, UH, DATE RANGES.
AND SO FOR THE VENUES, THEY TAKE, UM, WHAT WE ARE CALLING EXCLUSIVE USE, STARTING AT THE, IT'S REALLY LIKE THE BEGINNING OF MAY, LATE APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY.
SO REALLY, I THINK ONCE THAT GRAND PRIX WRAPS UP.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I GUESS WE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE WHEN PEOPLE WILL START COMING IN, MAYBE LIKE MORE OF THE SUPPORT TEAMS AND, AND LIKE ATHLETES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL PROBABLY BE COMING IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
UM, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF THE VISITORS, AND MAYBE TYLER COULD SPEAK TO THIS BECAUSE HE WENT TO PARIS, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE ACTUAL VISITORS FOR THE EVENTS WILL PROBABLY BE COMING IN CLOSER TO LIKE, WHEN THE EVENTS START.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE MIGHT SEE SOME SUPPORT STAFF, UM, COMING IN AND BEFORE, UM, I MEAN, THAT IS GONNA BE DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE WHEN THEY TAKE OVER THE EXCLUSIVE USE, UM, OF THOSE VENUES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WE'RE, WE RECOGNIZE LIKE WE WON'T HAVE CONFERENCES GOING ON DURING THOSE TIMES, BUT I KNOW LA 20 DOES ALSO HAVE THEIR AGREEMENTS WITH THE HOTELS, UM, TO START, UM, BOOKING OUT ALL THE, THE HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS.
SO THEY'LL KIND OF TAKE CONTROL LIKE OF THOSE SPACES.
WELL, SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA VARY I THINK BASED ON WHOEVER IT IS THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE AREA, WHETHER IT'S LIKE THE BROADCAST PARTNERS, THE ATHLETES COMING AND SUPPORT STAFF COMING IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT I THINK MOST OF THE VISITORS WILL PROBABLY COME IN CLOSER TO THE EVENTS THEMSELVES.
COMMISSIONER NORDIC COURT, AND THEN VICE CHAIR THOMAS, CAN I BORROW YOURS? OH, IT'S ON.
UH, I'M FINE TALKING INTO A RED LIGHT.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER HIDDEN GEMS IN OUR CITY IN A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION AROUND MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND OF PEOPLE COMING IN, WHEN ARE THE PEOPLE COMING IN? UM, THERE MIGHT BE A QUESTION ON WHERE ARE THEY COMING IN AND THE, THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS GENERALLY UNKNOWN AND I THINK IS ONE OF THE AMAZING, UH, RESOURCES THAT OUR CITY HAS TO OFFER.
AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WILL REALLY THINK TO FLY INTO THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT FIRST.
I WONDER HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE RESIDUAL EFFECT OF INCREASED AWARENESS, THE IMMENSE CONVENIENCE OF THAT AIRPORT, UM, AS PART OF THIS, UH, THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANS THAT BRING PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF COUNTRY.
IF THERE'S MAYBE SOMETHING TO BE DONE THERE.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS THE COOLEST AIRPORT.
UM, AND YEAH, I MEAN, I, WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE, UM, JUST BASED ON THE SHEER VOLUME OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS REGION.
WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT THAT MAYBE WEREN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT BEFORE.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY AS WE KIND OF SHOWCASE LONG BEACH MORE AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE LONG RUN, MORE PEOPLE WILL START TO THINK, WELL, MAYBE LONG BEACH IS A DESTINATION IN ITSELF, AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY GO THROUGH OUR AIRPORT.
AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR, UH, KEY PARTNER DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK FROM A MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT, THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH THEM TO SHOWCASE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GET MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE AIRPORT ITSELF.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS OUR CITY MANAGER IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, I KNOW HE, HE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT THE BARCELONA STORY, WHICH IS THAT ESSENTIALLY BEFORE THEIR OLYMPICS, THEY HAD ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF, UM, VISITORS EACH YEAR.
AND NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 15 PLUS MILLION THAT GO TO BARCELONA.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE RESIDUAL EFFECTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HOPEFULLY, UH, MORE PEOPLE WILL KNOW ABOUT LONG BEACH AND WANT TO COME HERE.
AND THEN THE AIRPORT, OF COURSE, IS ONE OF OUR KEY ASSETS TO GET PEOPLE, UH, TO COME THROUGH THE AIRPORT HERE, UM, AS WELL AS THE, THE QUEEN MARY, WHICH I KNOW JOHNNY WAS JUST
VICE CHAIR THOMAS, AND THEN COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL.
I THINK YOU HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT ON PAGE 15 UNDER YOUR GAMES LEGACY, UM, DECK THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CLUSTERS, SEVEN OR EIGHT DIFFERENT CLUSTERS.
I'M ASSUMING THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ACTIVITY TO OVERLAY ANTICIPATED PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL PROJECTS
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IN THESE SAME AREAS SO THAT OUR MONEY LONG BEACH MONEY WILL NOT BE SPENT IN AN AREA THAT COULD BE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF BY THE OLYMPICS UPGRADES, IF THERE'S ANY TO BE HAD IN THESE CLUSTER AREAS THAT WOULD SAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SOME MONIES, UM, GOING INTO THAT, IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.AND NUMBER TWO, WILL OUR ISP ISSUES IN THE CITY BE ADDRESSED DURING THIS TIME WITH THAT, WITH LONG LEGACY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES POST OLYMPICS? UM, WELL, SO THE, FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, YEAH, ANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VENUES THEMSELVES IS ARE GONNA BE LA 28 COSTS.
UM, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH LA 28 IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON PROJECTS THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM, LIKE, UM, ESPECIALLY AROUND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OUR FIBER MASTER PLAN AND THINGS, UH, OR THE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE LOCATION OR PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN, UH, PROJECTS THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL, YOU KNOW, TO DO EARLIER TO PREPARE FOR 2028.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT'S NOT, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN PARTNER AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON OUR FIBER, FIBER MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD PHASE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE CAN LAY THE FIBER IN THE AREAS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR 2028 THAT WE'RE ALREADY ON OUR LIST ESSENTIALLY.
UM, BUT THAT WILL HELP THEM PREPARE, UM, BUT THEN ALSO HELP THE CITY IN THE LONG RUN.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, TO BE HONEST, IF WE'RE, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, FIXED THE ISP PROBLEM MORE GENERALLY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE KEY AREAS THAT THE CITY IS FOCUSED ON IS, UH, AROUND LAYING THAT FIBER MASTER PLAN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL HELP US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO FREE PUBLIC WIFI AND, AND CITY FACILITIES AND PARK SPACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE A, A LOT OF THOSE LEGACY IMPROVEMENTS, AND FRANKLY, THEY WOULD BE HAPPENING REGARDLESS OF THE OLYMPICS.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT WHAT JORGE WAS TALKING ABOUT, IS WE HAVE THAT BILLION OR SO IN INVESTMENTS OVER FIVE YEARS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAPPEN WITH, WITH OR WITHOUT THE OLYMPICS.
UM, BUT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM IF THERE'S AREAS OF OVERLAP WHERE THERE COULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL KIND OF PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
I THINK THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE.
I, I THINK A, UM, A CASE IN POINT JUST WITH THE P THE PRIOR PRESENTATION ABOUT THE AMPHITHEATER WOULD BE PERMANENT MO, PERMANENT MOBILE, OR ADJUSTABLE WAY FINDING TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC TO OUR PARK OFFSITE FROM THE QUEEN MARY PARKING, UM, AND HAVE THOSE INSTALLED WHERE, WHERE POSSIBLE, SO THERE, THERE ARE FIXTURES AND CAN BE PROGRAMMED FOR THE FUTURE FOR ANY USE ON THE QUEEN MARY PROPERTY OR WHARF H UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE NOW IN 2028 TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE OLYMPICS AND WAY FINDINGS.
UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, YOU SAID, I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD THE NO BUILD OLYMPICS FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO CHOOSE FROM.
UM, BUT, UM, I IMAGINE THERE'S, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE MIGHT BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, SOME RETROFITS OR SOME UPGRADES POTENTIALLY, AND ALL THAT IS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AND REALLY SUSTAINING THE ENERGY DEMANDS AND, AND POTENTIALLY THE, THE, YOU KNOW, TO HOLD THE CAPACITY OF X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING INTO TOWN, RIGHT.
FOR, FOR THE, THE 16 DAYS IN LONG BEACH.
UM, I'LL PAUSE THERE AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
WELL, UM, I KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, UH, CONNECTED SOCAL EDISON WITH LA 28.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY ENERGY DEMANDS AND ELECTRICITY NEEDS.
UM, NOT ONLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE PARTNERING MORE DIRECTLY WITH IS ON THE TEMPORARY VENUE SITES.
SO ALONG THE BEACH AREA WHERE THERE ISN'T CURRENTLY LIKE ACCESS TO POWER VERY EASILY WE'LL BE ONE OF THE PARTNERS TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT THE PLAN, HOW DO WE GET ELECTRICITY OUT TO THOSE SITES? BUT MORE GENERALLY, I THINK TO YOUR QUESTION, YEAH, THEY ARE, LA 28 IS COORDINATING WITH SOCAL EDISON TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE LARGER SCALE KIND OF GRID RESILIENCY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE PRIORITIZING.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PARTNERING ON THE MORE LOCALIZED, YOU KNOW, VENUE SPECIFIC PLANS AS WELL.
AND THEN THIS IS MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THINKING OF ALL OF IT, RIGHT? WHICH IT'S DEFINITELY ARE AND, UH, AND THE GREATER VISION OF THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES ARE, ARE GONNA POP UP FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, JUST ACROSS THE BOARD.
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AND I'M THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF BUSINESS ATTRACTION.UH, AND I KNOW, UM, UH, BERYL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KIND OF MAYBE HAVE THAT FOCUS AS WELL WORKING WITH DELEGATES AND, AND, AND INTERNATIONAL, UH, UM, PARTNERS AS WELL.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT, UM, WAYS TO FIND THIS OPPORTUNITY LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS TO ATTRACT COMPANIES, TO RELOCATE POTENTIALLY TECH COMPANIES? I, I'VE BEEN SEEING WAYMO IN TOWN.
DO WE HAVE MORE TYPES OF WAYMO'S ON THE WAY POTENTIALLY TO HELP WITH, WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE, UM, MORE EV INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE WE WORKING WITH COMPANIES NOW TO, TO MAYBE FOCUS ON THAT OR, OR ARE WE FOSTERING, UM, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH NEW AND EXISTING COMPANIES THAT CAN COME AND HELP BUILD THAT OUT, BUT ALSO STAY IN LONG BEACH AND, AND RELOCATE HERE, UH, TO IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE CREATIVE ECONOMY TOO? I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT SPACE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THAT ALSO, UM, ALIGNS WITH SOME OF YOUR FOCUS IN ATTRACTING INVESTMENT.
HOW DO WE RETAIN THAT INVESTMENT? HOW DO WE CAPTURE THAT? RIGHT.
AND YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN LONG BEACH, I THINK WITH FELIPE, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND, AND THAT DEFINITELY, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO RAMP THAT UP.
UM, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED PARTNERS, UM, IS THAT MORE, UM, LIKE BIDS OR YOU WORKING WITH LIKE THE LBEP, WHICH IS ALSO HAS THAT FOCUS, UM, TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO THE CITY? AND SO IS THAT KIND OF A PART OF A GREATER PLAN? AND, AND UL ULTIMATELY, HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH THE GROVE LONG BEACH INITIATIVE RIGHT.
THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL? UM, THANK YOU.
UH, SO WHEN I TALK PARTNERS, I'M TALKING ABOUT, UM, OUR KIND OF INTERNAL PARTNERS LIKE WORLD TRADE CENTER, LONG BEACH VISIT, LONG BEACH, MEET LONG BEACH.
I'M WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WELL.
UH, BUT ALSO WE HAVE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEEN COMING TO US, LIKE THE AQUARIUM HAS COME TO US.
WE HAVE INTER TREND AND THE EDISON THEATER, UM, HAVE ALREADY APPROACHED US TO SAY, PLEASE USE OUR SPACES.
UH, SO THESE KIND OF ACTIVATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FAN ZONES, BUT AS WELL AS THOSE NATIONAL HOUSES, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TEAM DENMARK HOUSE, HOPEFULLY A CANADA HOUSE, ET CETERA.
UH, THOSE CAN BE POPUPS IN EXISTING BUILDINGS OR THEY CAN BE BUILT ON THE BEACH.
THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE, BUT WE WOULD BE PARTNERING THEN ON WITH COMPANIES MAYBE TO SPONSOR THAT AND THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS PARTNERSHIPS GO, UM, I THINK EVERY BUSINESS IS WORRIED ABOUT THE LOCAL TOURISTS NOT COMING DURING THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, PUSHING IT AWAY.
I KNOW THE AQUARIUM RELIES ON LOCAL TOURISTS.
SO SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY DOING IS A KIND OF A TEST ZONE IS, UH, WE'RE POSSIBLY GOING TO BE A FAN ZONE, OFFICIAL FAN ZONE FOR FIFA NEXT SUMMER.
UM, WE'RE IN TALKS WITH, UM, LA SPORTS AND, UH, WE HAVE A HOLES ON A JULY WEEKEND AROUND WHEN ONE OF THE GAMES IS HAPPENING AT SOFI.
UH, SO WE WOULD BE ATTRACTING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AQUARIUM SPACE IN THE ADJACENT PARKING LOT, SO THEY'RE ALREADY, UH, WE HAVE A POTENTIAL BIG DRAW OF PEOPLE.
SO, UM, SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED TO THE AQUARIUM AND OTHER BUSINESSES POTENTIALLY HAVING LIKE A COUPON BOOKLET FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR DISCOUNTED ENTRANCE FEES OR, UM, MARKETING TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE AROUND TOWN, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE BUSINESSES ARE AROUND HERE.
UM, WHEN WE MET WITH THE IRISH PARALYMPIC TEAM, THEY SAID THEY WANNA LIKE FILL EVERY PUB WHILE THEY'RE HERE FOR THE OLYMPICS.
UM, BUT THEY WERE, I THINK THE THING THAT REALLY STRIKES EVERYONE IS HOW WARM AND WELCOMING ALL THE LONG BEACH BUSINESSES ARE AND HOW THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND THE IDEA OF HAVING EVEN A POPUP LIKE THEY DO AT THE ORDINARY WITH MIRACLE BAR FOR TWO WEEKS TO GAIN SOME SORT OF LIKE REVENUE THAT WAY.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK CREATIVELY.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I THINK, UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING, BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO HAD, I THINK WE HAD LIKE, LIKE BURL MENTIONED, WE HAD THE CANADIAN DELEGATION TODAY, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD A, A BUSINESS FRANCE DELEGATION COME.
UM, WE ACTUALLY PARTNER CLOSELY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE I THINK LIKE, IT'S LIKE JULIAN'S CHARGE IS BRINGING IN THOSE COMPANIES.
SO JUST DOING OUR PART, I THINK, AS, UH, THE OLYMPIC PLANNING TEAM TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE OLYMPICS AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING, AND THEN REALLY RELYING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS OUR PARTNERS AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR SCOPE AND WHAT THEY DO THEN WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS FAR AS LIKE BRINGING THEM IN, TRYING TO NURTURE THAT INVESTMENT.
SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH ON THAT JUST TO, UM, PROVIDE ALL THE OLYMPIC CONTEXT.
UM, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS IS ONE IS JUST SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IS SEVERAL OF US ON THE COMMISSION ARE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER MATOYER, MYSELF, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONER COHEN AND COMMISSIONER SWARTZ.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR YOU NEED TO, UM, CHECK IN AS FAR AS HOW YOU COULD BE INVOLVED AND LET US KNOW.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE TO LOOK AT
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HOW DO WE NOT ONLY, UM, LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING THE OLYMPICS, BUT IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE OLYMPICS.SO IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS VISITORS COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO LA HOW DO WE GET THEM TO COME BACK TO LONG BEACH? SO, IF YOU COULD GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT AND APPRECIATE, UM, COMM OR VICE CHAIR THOMAS, TALKING ABOUT IPS, UM, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO BE DONE IN THAT AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET ACCESS NOT ONLY TO THE INTERNET
UM, AND ALSO THAT'S NEEDED IN OUR CITY.
SO IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT.
UM, SO WE'LL PROBABLY BRING THAT UP AGAIN.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR TIME.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING SOME OF THE FOLKS FROM LA 2028.
SO WE WILL SCHEDULE THAT AGAIN AS A FOLLOW UP, UM, AT ANOTHER TIME.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM TWO.
CAN WE TAKE A VOTE ON RECEIVE AND FILE? YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO JORGE BARRELL AND TYLER, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
NOW, ONCE AGAIN,
SO WE HAVE, HOW DO WE READ THAT OUT? YEAH.
[4. 25-55484 Recommendation to receive and file Executive Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
FOUR IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, AND THEN I'LL CALL FOR MOVERS.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NOTER, AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL.
UH, IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE MONTH, SO WE'RE SLOWER THIS TIME.
UM, AND I, I DO JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY MANAGER OLYMPICS TEAM IS REALLY GREAT.
THEY'RE REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S JUST A NATURAL CONNECTION BETWEEN BOTH DEPARTMENTS AND THEN BOTH, BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND THEN HOW DO WE CAPITALIZE ON THE OLYMPICS COMING OVER, YOU KNOW? UM, WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY, BUT THEN MAYBE FOR US IT MIGHT BE A ONCE IN LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES UP FOR SUCCESS.
SO JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT.
AND THEN TWO, THE CHAIR OFFERED YOU GUYS, WE GOT OFFERED BODIES UP TO HELP WITH THE OLYMPICS, SO JUST KNOW THAT WE WILL BE KNOCKING ON THOSE DOORS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAW, BARREL IS A, A STRONG TEAM OF ONE.
SO YOU KNOW, THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU GUYS HOLD THOSE CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, LEANING ON YOU GUYS TO ASSIST US WITH BUILDING THE BEST FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL OLYMPIC GAMES.
BUT THEN BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LEGACY AND SETTING UP A, YOU KNOW, A JOURNEY OF SUCCESS FOR OUR BUSINESSES, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY HERE AND THE ONES THAT ARE YET TO COME THAT DON'T, NO LONG BEACH BE HERE AT HOME.
UH, SO QUICKLY, UH, HERE SEMI QUICKLY ON UPDATES, UM, THE YOUTH WORK EXPERIENCE, UM, JUST, UH, WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE LAUNCHING INTO THE SUMMER, UH, FOR THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION, UM, UH, BOARD HERE.
UH, IT'S IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP SKILL, BASICALLY SKILL OUR NEXT GENERATION OF WORKFORCE.
AND IT'S PROMOTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
I'LL MAKE SURE I, I SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS IN A FOLLOW UP EMAIL JUST IN CASE YOU KNOW OF YOURSELVES OR ANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THAT PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT EXTRA HELPING, UH, SET OF HANDS THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, UPSKILL THE, OUR YOUTH WHILE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UM, THAT ASSISTANCE THERE, UH, FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.
AND, UH, IN THAT EMAIL, I WILL SEND OVER THE WORK SITE INTEREST FORM, WHICH IS BASICALLY A PRELIMINARY FORM, JUST REQUIRING BASIC INFORMATION FROM THE BUSINESSES, SIGNALING THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN THAT.
AND THEN OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP.
OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO BECOME A A WORK SITE.
UH, NUMBER TWO, I MENTIONED THIS LAST MONTH, BUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, OUR YOUNG LADS HERE THAT PRESENTED LA UH, LAST MONTH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PRESENTED THEIR FINAL PRESENTATION TO THEIR, UM, THEIR, UM, MANAGERS AND, AND THE TEAM, THEY DID REALLY WELL JUST AS WELL AS THEY DID, UH, LAST MONTH HERE BEFORE YOU.
SO, UH, THEY'RE, THE 2025 AND 2026 APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN.
SO AGAIN, I'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, THE DEADLINE IS MONDAY, JUNE 30TH, 2025 AT 11:59 PM AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR, UM, STUDENTS AND YOUTH THAT ARE IN OUR EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HERE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, UH, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SERVICE, THEY CAN BE PLACED IN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE
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OFFICES, WHICH IS SOMETHING REALLY NEAT.AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, MOVING ON TO, UH, MY THIRD UPDATE, UH, LAST NIGHT WE HAD THE CERTIFIED GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM RECOGNITION, UH, BY COUNCIL.
SO WE HAD AN, UH, 16 BUSINESSES THAT RECEIVED CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS, UM, HAPPY TO COME IN AND JUST PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU KIND OF HEAR DURING MY UPDATES OR, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, SEND THEM MY WAY AND I CAN SLOT THOSE IN, IN THE, IN THE AGENDA FOR THE COMING MONTHS OR SO.
UH, BUT THIS IS, UH, THIS PROGRAM STARTED IN 2018 AND WAS BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WENT, UM, WENT TO SLEEP DURING, DURING COVID, AND THEN WE BRING, WE BROUGHT IT BACK, UH, IN ADDITION WITH, WITH SOME PERMANENT STAFF.
UM, OUR BIZ CARE TEAM IS, IS HELPING TO RUN THAT ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POINT OF THAT PROGRAM IS REALLY TO, TO SHOW THAT GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND, UM, ECONOMIC GROWTH, YOU KNOW, CAN GO HAND IN HAND, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE STARTING SMALL WITH THAT, WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO JUST WANTED TO JUST LET YOU MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS AND THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF BUILD UP, UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BIS CARE PERMANENT STAFF ON THAT, AND JUST GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BUSINESSES THAT, AGAIN, JUST MAY BE INTERESTED IN GETTING THAT CERTIFICATION.
AND MY LAST UPDATE IS ON THE LEVEL UP SMALL BUSINESS BOOTCAMP PROGRAM.
SO THAT HAS BEEN KICKED OFF, UH, EARLIER IN, EARLY, EARLY MAY.
UH, AND THAT'S INCLUDING, THAT'S 20 SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS.
YOU KNOW, JUST AS A REMINDER, ANYTHING FROM FI, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THEIR FINANCES OR PROFIT AND LOSS SHEET, THEIR BUSINESS PLAN LOOKING ACCESS TO CAPITAL MARKETING AND BRANDING.
SO IT'S A CRASH COURSE SERIES OF WORKSHOPS.
AND AT THE END OF THE COMPLETION, UH, THESE 10 BUSINESSES, UH, THEY'LL GET A $10,000 GRANT THAT THEN GOES TOWARDS, UH, IMPROVING THEIR BUSINESSES.
UM, AND THEN THAT WERE THE, UH, THE GAPS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT, UM, WORKSHOP.
UH, I WENT TO THE FIRST ONE YESTERDAY AND IT WAS JUST SO COOL TO SEE SCORE WAS PRESENTING, UH, ON KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BUILDING YOUR, UM, YOUR BUSINESS PLAN, MARKETING AND BRANDING, HAVING YOUR MISSION AND VISION, YOU KNOW, THE, THOSE CLEAR, UH, A, UH, AREAS TO KIND OF GUIDE THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES TOWARDS.
AND IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE EVER INTERESTED IN, IN JUST ATTENDING A WORKSHOP, UH, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
IT WAS SO COOL JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUSINESS OWNERS JUST GOING AT IT AND IT COVERS A REALLY NEAT PAD.
IT COVERS, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY THE CITY AND THEN ALSO INDUSTRIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FROM, I THINK WE HAVE A LOCKSMITH PERSON TO LASHES, UH, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, BEAUTY.
SO IT RUNS THE GAMUT, WHICH IS REALLY NEAT TOO.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN KIND OF CHECKING THAT OUT, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE NEXT ONE THAT'S COMING UP JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS FIND IT REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT.
AND THEN THERE ARE JUST AS AN FYI, THERE ARE ALTERNATES TO THAT.
SO IF ONE OF THE BUSINESSES, THE 10 BUSINESSES, UM, DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR ELIGIBILITY OF THE $10,000 GRANT, WE DO HAVE FIVE BACKUP BUSINESSES THAT CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE, THEY STEP UP TO RECEIVE THAT GRANT.
AND I WANNA SAY THOSE ARE ALL MY UPDATES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN ANY OF THE UPDATES THAT, THAT I PROVIDED.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST ONE QUICK ONE.
UM, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMING IN FOR CONVERSATION? GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS, I, UM, REACHING OUT TO SEE, UH, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, WE CAN ONCE THAT'S, UH, MAKE SURE WHAT, ONCE I GOT THE MONTH ON THAT, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION, UH, KNOWS.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO BRING BEFORE YOU GUYS.
AND THEN WE, AND I'VE FORGOTTEN, I PROMISE GOD, THIS YEAR, AND WE, WE, WE WERE GONNA RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE SITE LOCATORS FORM.
WE'RE STILL, UH, LBP HAS NOT, UM, FINALIZED THE, THAT REPORT JUST YET.
COULD YOU, WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT, UH, WE'LL SHARE THAT.
AND I THINK WE WANTED TO BRING THEM BACK AS WELL, RIGHT? YES, WE DID.
AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT ON THAT IS THAT, UM, SORRY, NOT ON THAT PIECE, BUT JUST UPDATE IS ON JULY, UH, COUNCIL IS GOING DARK.
THEY'VE KIND OF, THIS IS LIKE THEIR SECOND OR THIRD YEAR THAT THEY'VE PRACTICED ON GOING DARK.
SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER ALSO GOING DARK AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SUMMER AND THEN OURS FIRST WEDNESDAY ALSO LANDS ON JULY 4TH WEEKEND.
SO IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UH, WE'LL BE GOING DARK AS WELL IN JULY, SO MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, DON'T BE TOO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE'LL BE BACK BECAUSE YOU SAW THAT THE WORK ACCUMULATES.
SO WE'RE BACK IN, IN AUGUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A, A GOOD AGENDA FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.
WAS IT RECESS? WASN'T A RECESS.
SO WE HAVE DARK TUESDAYS AS THE FOURTH, UH, THE FOURTH TUESDAY, UH, FOR COUNCIL.
AND SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE SAY THAT OKAY.
THANKS FOR SHARING THAT BECAUSE WE DID WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW.
JULY 3RD WOULD'VE BEEN OUR NEXT MEETING.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA BE CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL IS RECESSING THAT MONTH.
SO WE WILL TAKE A RECESS ON IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
WE'LL BE BACK IN AUGUST, YOU KNOW, UM, FROM VICE CHAIR THOMAS' COMMENT ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET THEM ON FOR AUGUST.
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WILL ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET THE LA 2028 PEOPLE IN AUGUST.UM, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE LIKE AN ONGOING KIND OF A, A CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE WANT ADDED ON, THEN LET US KNOW.
'CAUSE WE MEET REGULARLY WITH JULIAN TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE CALENDAR.
SEEING ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? OKAY.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS REPORT? OKAY.
MOTION'S CARRIED AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME.
OH, JUST, OH, FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Economic Development Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
NO NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL SINCE THERE'S NO ONE IN THE PUBLIC HERE.[ADJOURNMENT]
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