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JULY 10TH.UM, IT'S NOW 2:30 PM AND WE ARE IN THE RECREATION PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BREW AND DEN.
AND WE'LL START OUR AGENDA WITH A ROLL CALL.
UH, TODD LEIN, COULD YOU PLEASE DO THAT ON OUR BEHALF? COMMISSIONER CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIRMAN GRAY.
COMMISSIONER CADEN PRESENT, COMMISSIONER, LAND COMMISSIONER MARINO, PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER OF YOU HAVE A COURT.
IN ADDITION FOR THE RECORD, UH, WE DO HAVE THE, UH, FOUR COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE MISSING ARE EXCUSE.
UH, COMMISSIONER BLAIR IS BENCHMARKING ON OUR BEHALF IN MARINAS RIGHT NOW HE'S IN SANTA BARBARA.
UH, COMMISSIONER S HOLIDAY IN SOUTH AMERICA.
UH, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD IS, UH, WORKING ON A NEW HOUSE, TAKING UP HER TIME.
AND COMMISSIONER LAMB IS TRAPPED ON THE FREEWAY AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL JOIN US IN A FEW MINUTES.
UH, THERE'S NO COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE ANY AN EXCUSED ABSENCES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA PROCEED IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
UH, IF WE CAN MOVE ITEM TWO TO THREE, AND I HAVE THREE TO TWO, IT'LL HELP WITH SOME, UH, INDIVIDUALS STILL, UH, NOT PRESENT YET.
FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, YOU WANNA RE UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOVING OF AGENDA ITEMS? NO, MA'AM.
WE'LL PROCEED WITH THOSE CHANGES THEN.
AND WE'LL START WITH AGENDA ITEM ONE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED ON OUR PREVIOUS MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 12TH.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE.
UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE PRESENTATION FROM SHORELINE MARINA MURAL, UH, FOR LAWN TO GARDEN PROJECT.
MOVE, MOVE IN A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
SO WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE REPORT ON THAT.
MR. LULU COMMISSIONERS, I'M GONNA, UH, UH, HAND OVER THE PRESENTATION TO SHER BEATTY FROM OUR PARKS PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIP, AND SHE'LL ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY KELLY ARMSTRONG, OUR BEACH MAINTEN SUPERINTENDENT.
CONTINU COMMISSIONERS SAYS, TODD SAID, I'M RELAND.
I'M OUR PARK PARTNERSHIP OFFICER WORKING IN OUR PARK PLANNING DIVISION, AND WE ARE COMING TO YOU TODAY TO SHARE A, UM, MURAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PLACED DOWN IN THE SHORELINE MARINA.
AND WE'LL BE TAKING THIS OVER TO COUNSEL.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU GIVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND YOUR THUMBS UP FOR THIS TO GET APPROVED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO HELP US EXECUTE A RIGHT ENTRY PERMIT FOR THIS PERMIT, FOR THIS PERMIT, FOR THIS MURAL TO BE INSTALLED.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT BACKGROUND.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU GO TURN OVER TO KELLY HERE.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW BEFORE WE THANK YOU THIS HONOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR LAUNCH OF GARDEN EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE MARINE BUREAU AREAS FOR, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
UM, THIS, UH, THIS, THIS LOCATION HERE WAS OUR FIRST LAUNCH OF GARDEN, UM, LOCATION WHERE, UM, IT REALLY STARTED OFF OUR, UH, MOVEMENT TOWARDS, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, THE ASSEMBLY BUILD.
AND, UM, THIS ALSO STARTED OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LONG BEACH UTILITIES, UM, SURF RIDER FOUNDATION.
UM, AND, AND THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THIS ORIGINAL PROJECT, THAT'S HOW WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH, UM, SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MARINE EUROPE.
UM, APART FROM, UH, THE LAWN TO GARDEN ASPECT OF IT, THIS LOCATION ALSO SHOWCASED, UM, RAIN CAPTURE, UH, DEVICES THAT WERE INSTALLED ON THE FACILITY.
UH, AND, UH, A KIND OF A BIO SWELL SYSTEM TO CAPTURE CHECK, UH, CAPTURE, UH, RAIN WATER.
UM, SO, UH, TO FURTHER KIND OF COMMEMORATE THIS LOCATION AS BEING THE INITIAL, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO, UM, INSTALL A MURAL TO KIND OF SHOWCASE, UM, THE LAWN TO OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDENED ASPECT OF THE PROJECTS.
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ALRIGHT, SO THE ARTIST STAT HAVE TO SHOW CHOSEN AND COMMISSION TO DO THIS ARTWORK.IT'S AN LA BASED, ALL WOMEN OWNED PUBLIC ART STUDIO.
THEY'VE DONE OVER EIGHT, FIVE INSTALLATIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA, REALLY THAT CELEBRATED ON A SITE SPECIFIC TOWARDS NATURE.
SO THEY UTILIZE WHAT IS IN THE NATURAL ATMOSPHERE AND THE NATIVE PLANTS AND THE ECOSYSTEMS AND CREATE THEIR MURAL SPACE ON THEM.
SO WHAT GOES INTO THIS PROJECT? SO IT'S GONNA BE AT ONE 60 SHORELINE DRIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE, ALONG THE GARDEN INSTALLATION.
IT'S TWO WALLS, UM, WHICH WILL BE ROUGHLY 14 BY 14 EACH WALL.
UM, WE RECEIVED INPUT FOR THIS MURAL, SO THEY DID GET FEEDBACK ON WHICH MURAL THEY WOULD WANT AND WHICH ARTISTS.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY TWO, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, PRESENTATIONS FOR, AND THIS ONE WAS CHOSEN.
UM, SO THEY GOT INPUT FROM, FOR PRIDE FOUNDATION, VARIOUS VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WATER INDUSTRY AS WELL.
IT DOES HAVE APPROVAL FROM OUR DIRECTOR AS WELL WHO HAS HIS BACKGROUND IN OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
SO HE GAVE HIS APPROVAL AND THUMBS UP TO THIS AS WELL.
SO, UM, LONG BEACH UTILITIES IS CONTRIBUTING ABOUT $3,000 TO THIS AS WELL AS METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
THEY'VE ALSO COMMITTED $3,000 TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
OUR MARINE WILL BE PREPPING THE WALLS FOR C TWO, AND SO THEY'LL, THE SMOOTH PAINT COATING ON IT.
THE ARTISTS WILL COME IN AND DO THE MURAL, AND THEY'LL USE NONTOXIC WEATHER BASED PAINTS AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT AS WELL AS HAVE A GRAFF.
WE DO REQUIRE COATING ON ALL OF THE MURALS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS A PROPOSAL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS THE NATIVE PLANTS AND SOME THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON THERE.
THIS IS WALL NUMBER TWO, AND THEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING KIND OF AT BOTH WALLS AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEN THE ANGLE OF THAT IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE DOWN THERE.
SO ADDING DUTY DOWN TO THAT BUILDING DOWN IN THE SHORELINE ARENA.
WHAT IS THAT BUILDING? IF I CAN ASK? WHAT IS THE BUILDING ITSELF? UM, IT'S A, JUST A STORAGE, UH, AREA.
IT IS, UH, IT'S GOT A COUPLE GARAGE DOORS ON IT AND, UH, STORAGE FOR MARINE BUREAU.
I BELIEVE MARINE PATROL USES IT FOR SOME STORAGE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO.
UM, WE USED TO, OF COURSE, HAVE A MURAL PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND SOME OF THOSE MURALS HAVE NOT AGED WELL.
AND, UH, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S BECOME A MAINTENANCE ISSUE THEN SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN GRAFFITIED UPON.
AND SO THEN WHEN THEY'VE BEEN PAINTED OVER IN SECTIONS, UM, SO YOU CAN GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY NOW AND IT, IT'S CAUSED MORE BLIGHT THAN IT HAS AN IMPROVEMENT.
UM, SO IS THERE A PLAN TO MAINTAIN THOSE? AND IS THAT A LONG TERM PLAN WHEN FUNDING IS DEPLETED? HOW ARE WE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, IN MY OFFICE, WE'RE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR MURAL PROGRAM FOR THE MURALS IN THE PARK.
SO AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO A MURAL HERE, THERE IS A MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT IS AGREED UPON BY THE ARTIST.
SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COME BACK AND UPDATE THE MURAL.
SO WE REPORT BACK TO THEM THAT, HEY, WE FOUND THE BEAUTY ON YOUR MURAL.
THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND FIX IT.
AND THAT IS AND HOW LONG DOES THAT GO? IT GOES AT LEAST UNTIL FIVE YEARS AND OR THE LIFE OF THE MURAL.
SO WE ALWAYS RESERVE THE RIGHT, IF IT GETS TO A PLACE WHERE EITHER A, THE ARTIST IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE OR NO LONGER DESIRES TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENT TO THAT MURAL AFTER THE INITIAL, INITIAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE IT.
AND IF OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR DIRECTOR LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS, YEAH, THIS IS NOT BEING MAINTAINED TO THE LEVEL THAT IS SATISFACTORY, AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ALSO REMOVE THAT MARROW, THEN WE PAINT OVER IT.
WELL, I KNOW LIKE THE ELECTRICAL BOXES IN BELMONT SHORE, THOSE WERE FUNDED SIMILARLY.
AND NOW MOST OF THEM ARE GRAFFITI AND THE ARTIST IS NO LONGER IN TOWN AND THERE'S NO ONE TO REPAIR THEM.
SO THEY'VE JUST BEEN LEFT WITH GRAFFITI ON THEM.
SO THOSE ONES ARE NOT UNDER OUR
SO WE ONLY DEAL WITH THE ONES THAT ARE ON PARK PROPERTIES.
SO THE ONES OUTSIDE OF PARK PROPERTIES ARE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT FOLKS, BUT WE'VE NOT HAD A GOOD TRACKED HISTORY IN LONG BEACH WITH OUR MURAL.
WE HAVE A LOT THAT ARE IN BAD SHAPE AND, UH, IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT.
THE OTHER SIDE TOO IS, UH, SO WHAT'S THE COST OF THE MURAL? YOU GOT 3000 AND 3000, IS IT A $6,000 COST TO DO THIS? OR WHAT IS THE COST OF THE MURAL? YEAH.
IT WAS SPLIT BETWEEN, UM, IT WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE TWO AGENCIES THAT FUNDED THE PROJECT.
YOU GONNA PUT THEIR NAME ON IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR JUST, UH,
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IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO PAY FOR IT AGAIN? UM, NOT ON THE MURAL ITSELF, BUT, UH, THERE IS SOME SIGNAGE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, UH, AGREED TO PUT UP AT THE, UM, AT THIS SITE THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT WITH LONG BEACH UTILITIES, UM, AND AS WELL AS WORKING WITHIN THAT, UH, COM UH, COMPLIANCE FOR AB ONE FIVE.SO IT'S KIND OF AN INFORMATIVE PLAQUE.
UM, AND THOSE ARE TEMPORARY ALSO IN OTHER LOCATIONS TO KIND OF SHOW WHEN WE'RE WORKING, UH, TO COMPLETE SOMETHING WHERE THE GRASS IS DYING OR WE'RE SEVERAL WEEKS OUT FROM PLANTING, THERE'S SIGNS THAT'LL, UH, BE PUT IN TO KIND OF LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS A LAWN TO GARDEN, UM, FUTURE PROJECT.
THE OTHER IDEA TOO, AND JUST FOR THE PARKS, IS TO INVITE THE AUTHOR OUT.
AND I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JOSH, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE AUTHOR OF THAT BILL WAS, UH, BUT ALWAYS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING THEM AND SENDING SOMETHING TO THEM, UH, THROUGH THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE, AGAIN, GIVES THE KUDOS BACK TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND TO THE PARK.
UM,
AND ROUGHLY 15 TO 18 YEARS AGO, HIS COLLEAGUES WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE LONG GARDEN PROGRAM.
OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN WAS THE TERM USED BY FOUNDATION BACK IN THE DAY.
SO IT'S A MOMENT FOR ME TO SEE HOW THIS CONCEPT HAS MOVED AHEAD AND HAS PERCOLATED INTO, UM, OUR WORLD.
THE NOTION THAT THESE ARE, UH, PIECES OF LANDSCAPING, EITHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, THAT CAN BE, UH, TRANSFORMED.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST ONE IS, IS THIS GONNA BE COATED WITH THE ANTI GRAFFITI YES.
CLEAR COAT THAT THAT'LL HELP, THAT'LL, THAT'LL MAKE DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN IS THIS ON THE MOLE? IS THIS OVER BY THE, UH, LIGHTHOUSE, THE, UM, PARKER'S LIGHTHOUSE, OR IS IT CLOSER TO, OR IS IT CLOSER TO, UM, RIGHT AT THE RIGHT, SORRY.
SO RIGHT AS YOU PASS THROUGH THAT, UH, GATE ARM, IT'S THE FIRST BUILDING ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE, JUST INTO THE ENTRY.
SO P DOCK, I BELIEVE IS WHERE IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCATED NEXT TO, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I, I HEAR THAT AN LA VENDOR, DID YOU PURSUE ANY LONG BEACH VENDORS? YES, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS ANOTHER VENDOR THAT WAS NOT CHOSEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND SURF RIDER, THIS IS WHO THEY LANDED ON AND CHOSEN.
I WAS NOT PERSONALLY, WAS NOT A PART OF THAT PROCESS, BUT I WAS GIVEN THAT INFORMATION.
BUT THERE WAS, AND WE'VE GIVEN EVERY, EVERY LAST CHANCE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S LONG BEACH, BEEN ON THIS PROJECT AND PARTICIPATE AND LONG BEACH.
WE'RE SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE SUCH A, A, A COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TONS OF ARTISTS, UH, IN THE CITY AND IT'S JUST MAKES IT, IT MAKES IT MORE FAMILY.
AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR MURALS, AT LEAST IN THE PARKS, I KNOW MOST OF THEM ARE, DO HAVE LONG BEACH ARTISTS.
WE WORK WITH LONG BEACH ARTISTS, BUT PART OF OUR MURAL PROGRAM, THEY'RE ARTISTS ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS AND PUT IN THEIR OWN PROPOSAL FOR MURALS.
SO WE DON'T TYPICALLY GO OUT AND DO LIKE AN RFP FOR MURALS.
PEOPLE COME TO US AND OFFER PROPOSALS OR PART OF A PROJECT SUCH AS THE LAUNCH OF THE GARDEN, WHERE THEY THEN GO OUT AND SEARCH AND, UM, SELECT THE ARTIST AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT IS HOW THAT'S DONE TO ANSWER.
I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR AND JUST MIND ON THE PAINTING, YOU'RE, UM, MARINO AND YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE CLEAR CODE AND THE GR THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR OUR MURALS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ASK FOR ALL OF OUR ARTISTS TO DO, FOR ALL OF OUR MURALS IN THE PARKS.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE ACTUALLY, IN OUR PARKS, MURALS IN PARTICULAR, HAVE HAD A MUCH BETTER RESPONSE TIME IN GETTING THOSE MURALS FIXED AND ORDER BE.
AND THAT'S MY LAST TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE THAT I'M AWARE WITH
I THROW UP ONE MORE AT ONE MORE QUESTION,
YOU KNOW, I I, YOU GOT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, YOU GOT LONG BEACH STATE, YOU GOT SOME GREAT HIGH SCHOOLS.
YOU ALL HAVE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND OUR PROJECTS IN ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR ANY MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAT WE DO OUT THERE, UH, TO GO TO THOSE SCHOOLS, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE TO COME TO US, BUT BE NICE TO PUT WORD OUT TO THOSE SCHOOLS THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, AT LONG BEACH STATE.
I MEAN, THINK OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS AT SIX GRAND, OR WE CAN PROBABLY GET PEOPLE WITHIN THE
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CITY THAT WOULD DONATE DOLLARS KNOWING THAT IT'S GONNA GO TO ARTISTS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS.PAUL, TO HOPEFULLY MILLIKEN, BUT YOU KNOW, WILSON, ALL OF 'EM, JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL COMP.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE ARTISTS GET TOGETHER THAT ARE ARE STUDENTS THAT COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE CAPABLE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FROM THE CLINICIAN ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR ANYTHING ELSE? UM, THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC'S CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS HAVE ALSO BEEN VOLUNTEERING ON THE OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US ALSO BE A PART OF THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
SO GLAD TO CONTINUE COLLABORATING.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO NOW WE WILL ALL VOTE IN FAVOR OF, UH, COMPLETELY ACCEPTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING WITH US.
GOOD LUCK WITH, WE'RE NOW MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM TWO IN THE, UH, REVISED ORDER THAT IT'S NOW THREE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE OF PRESENTATION FROM THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC, A JELLYFISH BOT AND ELECTRIC, UH, TRASH COLLECTING ROBOT.
SECOND CHAIRMAN, CHAIR MURRAY.
I'M GONNA INTRODUCE BRIAN PLA, SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS CLERICAL SUPPORT, UH, JANICE
UM, SO WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM THE AQUARIUM, UH, IN UTILIZING OUR TRASH COLLECTING TECH, UH, TO DO A COMMITTEE OUTREACH AND RAIN DEBRIS, DATA GATHERING.
UM, BUT EVEN THOUGH I, I KIND OF HELPED LIKE TIP IT OFF, THE REAL STAR OF THIS PROJECT WAS JANICE.
UH, SHE HELPED PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND ORGANIZE WITH THE AQUARIUMS. I'M GONNA LET HER DO THE INTRODUCTION.
SO YA VOLUNTEERS DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US ON THEIR FINDINGS WITH COLLECTING DEGREE.
WE HAVE, I'M JUST GONNA DO LITTLE INTRODUCTION FOR YOU GUYS.
SO WE HAVE THE, WE NEED TO HEAR IT AND IT NEEDS TO BE IT FOR THE RECORD AS WELL.
SO I'M GONNA BE DOING INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE TWO WELCOME TEAMS HERE TODAY.
DO YOU WANNA COMMENT ON THAT? AND WE ALSO HAVE JANET ANI, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AMINA GRADUATED FROM BOTH ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S GOING TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO STUDYING MARINE BIOLOGY AND ENGINEERING BEACH SINCE JANUARY, 2022.
AMINA HAS CONTRIBUTED 383 VOLUNTEERING HOURS AS THIRD.
AND THEN THAT'S, AND JIM GRADUATED FROM THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF MATH SCIENCE IN CARSON, AND SHE'LL BE GOING UC, BERKELEY TO STUDY AEROSPACE, ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS ALONG WITH A MINOR IN PHILOSOPHY.
SINCE JANUARY 23, JANET HAS CONTRIBUTED THREE OF VOLUNTEERING AT THE PROGRAM.
SO PRESENTATION, UM, TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AS WELL.
AND I ARE KIND OF THE, SOME OF THE ADULT ADVISORS THAT HAVE HELPED, UH, TO COORDINATE THIS.
SO, UM, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA SODA.
I AM ONE OF THE YOUTH VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS AT THE AQUA PACIFIC.
SO THAT IS HOW I'VE HAD THE ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
I'VE BEEN TO MEET, UH, JANET AND AMINA AS WELL AS NICOLETTE CANNOT BE HERE TODAY.
SHE CAME DOWN SIXTH AND SHE'S THE THIRD TEAM WHO HELPED TO MAKE THIS WHOLE PROJECT POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DAWN.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, MY NAME IS DAWN MEGAN KER.
I'M THE CONSERVATION VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AT THE AQUARIUM.
UM, SO I'M HELPING, UH, TO COORDINATE REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON.
SO GIVING TEENS AND ADULTS AND EVERYONE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE STEWARDSHIP FOR OUR OWNERSHIP.
SO MOST OF THIS, UH, PRESENTATION WILL BE, UH, TEAMS HERE, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU
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A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BACKGROUND.UH, WE MANAGED TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND GETTING TO COLLABORATE, UH, HOW IT ALL STARTED.
I ACTUALLY LET AMINA TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOR THE EXACT, UH, KIND OF CONFERENCE THAT LED TO THIS.
SO, UM, OUR ORIGINAL PROJECT RULES WAS TO REMOVE, UH, MARINE BEEF FROM THE HARBOR.
AND, UM, IN ORDER TO LIKE TRACK OUR PROGRESS TO REPORT AND DOCUMENT THE DATA ON THE 20 AND TYPE OF TRASH THAT WE COLLECTED, WE ALSO LEARNED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.
YES, WE HAD TWO EVENTS WHERE WE WENT OUT TO THE, AND WE, UM, JELLYFISH BOT BROUGHT IT TO US AND WE GAVE PUBLIC POLLUTION SOURCES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA AROUND.
AND WE ALSO TRIED TO ENGAGE PUBLIC IN THE, UH, CLEANUP EFFORTS DURING OUR EVENTS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE VERY INTERESTED JUST WHEN THEY SAW THE ROBOT AND THEY REALLY LIKED LEARNING AND THEY, UM, INTERACTED A LOT WITH THE TABLE THAT WE HAD.
UM, WE DEMONSTRATED THE USE OF THE JELLYFISH BOT DURING OUR EVENTS.
WE HAD, UH, ONE OF THE THREE MEMBERS, UH, OPERATING ROBOT AND SHOWING THE PUBLIC HOW TO USE IT.
WE ALSO HAD, UM, MULTIPLE SHEETS WHERE WE WOULD, UM, TRACK THE DEBRIS AFTER WE HAD INCIDENT WITH THE STORE.
UM, SO THE GLASS GO THROUGH IT AND MARK THE PRINT.
WE ALSO HAD A TABLE, UM, AND A WHITEBOARD.
WE ASKED THE PUBLIC TO MARK WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE, UM, WHAT THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF TRACK WAS.
THAT WAS ONE WAY WE TRIED TO ENGAGE THEM, TRIED TO GET THEIR OPINION ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEIR COMMUNITY WAS LIKE.
AND WE ALSO ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO USE THE
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE GETTING REALLY INTERESTED AND THEY ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AFTER THEY GOTTA USE THE ROBOT.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, IN ADDITION TO WANTING TO LOOK AT THE KINDS OF DEBRIS THAT WE'RE FINDING AND, AND TAKING THAT KIND OF DATA, WE ALSO WANTED TO, UM, ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, LIKE, UM, UM, SORRY, I COME OVER HERE.
UM, SO LOOKING AT, OH, DO YOU GO BACK? SO LOOKING AT THE KINDS OF DEGREE THAT WE'RE FINDING, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS JUST THE TOP 10.
AND FOR EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY MATERIAL IS PLASTIC, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD THINK BECAUSE IT FLOWS, IT FLOWS DOWN THE WATERSHED.
AND SO TRYING TO CONNECT THOSE PIECES WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THEY'RE WALKING BY WITH THE USE OF THIS REALLY INCREDIBLE AND TOOL, UM, WAS VERY COOL TO SEE.
SO JUST FOR THIS FIRST EVENT BELOW, WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT AND CATEGORIZE 444 INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF DEBRIS.
AND THAT WAS JUST A FEW CAS IN RAINBOW.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO COLLECTING DATA ON THE DEBRIS ITSELF, WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE WHAT KINDS OF ENGAGEMENT ARE WE FINDING.
UM, SO WITH THE JELLY BOT ITSELF, OVER 200 PEOPLE STOPPED TO LOOK AT THE JELLY BOTT AND DROVE IT.
DOZEN PEOPLE WERE TAKING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS AND ENGAGING THAT WAY.
WE ALSO DID HAVE THAT TABLE SET UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT LITERATURE ON WHAT A MARINE DEGREE IS AND WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHAT KINDS OF PEOPLE WERE STOPPING, UM, TO LOOK AT THE TABLE OR WHERE WE'RE CATEGORIZING.
AND SO WE HAD OVER 137 PEOPLE STOP THERE.
WHAT WE FOUND WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS HOW MULTI-GENERATIONAL THAT LEARNING WAS.
SO FAMILIES COMING UP AND WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, MOMS AND DADS AND UNCLES KIDS AND YOUR GRANDPARENTS.
UM, AND SO THE KINDS OF IN THAT WE'RE SEEING, ARE THEY READING THE SIGNS? ARE THEY ASKING QUESTIONS? UM, THAT WHITEBOARD WAS A REALLY COOL ENGAGING TOOL TO GET THEM TO KIND OF THINK THEMSELVES WHAT KINDS OF TRACTORS? SO THAT WAS, UM, A REALLY INTERESTING FOR US TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
YEAH, WE MOVE ON TO OUR, UM, SECOND EVENT.
WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PLASTIC THAT WE WERE, UM, PICKING UP FROM THE HARBOR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SORT 4 56 INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF DEBRIS FROM OUR SECOND EVENT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE LIKE THAT INTERACTIVE, UM, WHITEBOARD THAT'S
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LIKE STAGED RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR LITERATURE AND ALL THOSE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGEMENT.AND FOR THIS EVENT, WE ASK WHERE DOES DEBRIS, UM, COME FROM? SO WE HAD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TALLY AND SEE KIND OF ALL THE PLACES COME FROM.
UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE THE ACTUAL, UM, STATISTICS ON LIKE THE SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE SAW THAT, UM, 70 PEOPLE STOPPED TO VIEW THE
UM, 52 PEOPLE STOPPED TO ENGAGE WITH THAT EDUCATIONAL TABLE.
AND SIMILAR TO THE FIRST EVENT, A LOT OF IT WAS NOT JUST SINGULAR PEOPLE, BUT IT WAS FAMILIES FROM DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
UM, 11 PEOPLE READ SIGNS, SEVEN ASKED QUESTIONS FORWARD OF THE WHITEBOARD SLASH TOUCHED THE TABLES ON MATERIAL AND BASED ON BEHAVIORS THAT WERE NOTICED AS THE FIRST EVENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKED AT THE COLLECTIVE DEGREE AND THAT WAS LIKE ADDED TO THE METRICS.
SO THAT WAS 10 PEOPLE ENGAGING JUST BY
SO, SO SOME OF THE LESSONS WE LEARNED, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS THAT DATA COLLECTION MAY BE TIME CONSUMING, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF BENEFITS EDUCATIONALLY BECAUSE SORTING AND LOGGING THIS DATA ALLOWED THE MONEY GROW, UM, WAS, WAS ADDED TO THEIR TRACK AND THE DATABASE AND ALLOWED US TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLLUTION IN THEIR FREQUENCY.
THE PUBLIC WAS ALSO REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC TO HELP CLEAN THE RIVER, SO THAT LIKE AIDED TO THE HIGHER ENGAGEMENT DURING THESE CLEANUP EFFORTS.
AND WE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION IMPACTED THE RESULTS BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE DAY THERE WAS RAINFALL, SO THAT WAS AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF THE GREEN TRASH IN.
UM, JUST WANTED TO HAVE A QUICK NOTE ON KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS AS WELL.
SO PART OF HOW THIS CAME TOGETHER WAS AS, UM, AMINA, JANET AND NICOLETTE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, WORKING ON A PROJECT TO IMPROVE THEIR CITY, IMPROVE THE, THE AREA AROUND THE AREA.
UM, WE HAD GONE TO A CONFERENCE WHERE A COMMUNITY SURVEY WAS KIND OF THE BASIS TO, TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND LOOK AROUND TO GO OUT AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT PROBLEMS ARE USING AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT AROUND THE AREA.
RAINBOW HARPER IS A BIG ASPECT OF IT.
AND SO IT WAS INCREDIBLY FORTUITOUS THAT I HAD REALLY GONE, HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE MARINE BUREAU, UM, FOR THE JELLYFISH SPOT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS COLLABORATION AND CONTINUE TO BUILD IT.
AND THE GOAL IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH SADLY, UM, ALL OF OUR TEAMS ARE GRADUATING.
SO THEY ARE MOVING ON TO THEIR NEXT STEP.
OUR CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, THE PLAN IS FOR THEM TO KIND OF PICK UP THE TORCH AND CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE OF THESE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE, THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WE'VE HAD A FEW, UM, AFTER SECOND EVENT WENT OUT TO GO AND LOOK AND KIND OF SEE WHAT THEIR, THEIR FUTURE VOLUNTEERING MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND THEY WERE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO, TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE SOME TEAMS WHO, WHO ARE EXCITED TO, TO PICK THAT UP AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE FOR THIS COLLABORATION.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALL FOR MEET DON OR AMINA AND JANET, PLEASE BE SO FREE TO ASK.
YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR DEDICATION.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THE ENGAGEMENT, DID PEOPLE SAY THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR OR TEACH OTHERS OR, OR SAY, UM, THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN CLEANUPS? DID WHAT AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT, WHAT, WHAT WERE THE KIND OF THE IMPACT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
MIGHT HAVE MORE ON THE, UM, ENTRANCE HABITAT RESTORATION ENTRANCE.
UM, WE DID ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR HABITAT RESTORATION INTERNS, UM, AT LAKE ODYSSEY WHO WERE THERE.
THEY WERE THE ONES ACTUALLY TAKING THE DATA ON, UM, THE TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE WOULD TALK TO PEOPLE, UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN EVALUATION TOOL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO USE IN THE FUTURE TO ENGAGE THAT WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT I KNOW OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE THERE, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THINGS LIKE THIS.
UM, AND SO THEN BEING ABLE TO HOPEFULLY COME OUT AND DO MORE REGULAR CLEANUPS LIKE THIS OR, UM, BEING ABLE TO, UM, WE HOST OUR, YOU KNOW, THREE TREATMENTS A YEAR THROUGH THE AQUARIUM.
UM, WE ADOPTED ALITO SPEECH, SO, UM, MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STEWARDSHIP ALSO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I THINK IT'S AWESOME FOR MULTI-GENERATIONAL LEARNING, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO FIND OUT, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
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OR MAYBE THIS WAS A QUESTION THAT SHOULD GO TO LEADERSHIP OF THE AQUARIUM, DOVETAILING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS FOUND OF THE TYPES OF DEBRIS THAT ARE OF JELLYFISH BOTTLE THAT KEPT FINDING IN THE OCEAN.IS THERE ANY APPETITE OR ANY PLAN FROM THE AQUARIUM TO BRING FORWARD ANY POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR, UM, WITH AN APPETITE, UM, THAT MIGHT LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN STYROFOAM DEGRADES, IT CREATES THESE LITTLE MICROPLASTICS THAT MAKE IT REALLY HARD TO CAPTURE FROM THE OCEAN, WHETHER IT'S THE GEL
UM, IS THERE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD, UM, TO DEVELOP ANY KIND OF LIKE POLICY RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON WHAT THE FOUND THAT ONE MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR LEADERSHIP.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE DO HAVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT SAM AND I ARE COLLABORATING ON TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, OUTREACH TEAMS THAT ARE EMPOWERED TO GO OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, WHETHER IT IS, YOU KNOW, BIG GARBAGE BEACH PEANUTS OR ONE OF THE AQUARIUM PEANUTS TO TABLE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY GET, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC, UH, VOLUNTEERS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHERE TRASH COMES FROM BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST BROUGHT BAGS AND LEFT ON THE BEACH, RIGHT? SO THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF THE WATERSHED AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS INLAND, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT OFTEN HOSTS FOR OWN CLEANUPS IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS.
AND THAT HELPS US BECAUSE IT STOPPED THE TRASH RECORDING GETS HERE.
UM, SO DEFINITELY WANNA KEEP GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE AND COLLABORATING, BUT THE POLICY ITSELF IS SOMETHING I PROBABLY HAVE TO CHECK THE LEADERSHIP ABOUT.
I JUST WANNA PUT OUR RECORD REFLECTING THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER LAMB ARRIVED AT 3:00 PM FINALLY TIME.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
AND I DO WONDER, UM, IF THERE IS ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT THE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPMENT YOU'RE WORKING ON IS TO, UH, POTENTIALLY COORDINATE OR OR DOVETAIL WITH THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN, RIGHT? THEY HAVE, YEAH.
THE MOORE INSTITUTE AND THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING AND WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATION AND, UM, THEIR, UM, UH, HISTORY OF, OF, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTING AND EDUCATING ABOUT MARINE DEBRIS, REALLY PLASTIC SAMPLES THEY'RE TAKING THAT WE CAN'T SEE OF THE PLASTIC POWER.
SO ARE YOU, YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM.
AND THE, UH, THE IS THIRD GRADE ACTUALLY, UH, THIRD GRADER JUST POSTED ON THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER BEGINNING OF JUNE, JUNE 1ST.
UM, AND WE REMOVED OVER 3000 POUNDS OF, SO, UM, SO THE IDEA IS TO COORDINATE IDEAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS AT ALL, BUT YOU'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
YOU HAVE, THERE ARE RESOURCES IN TOWN WHO ARE DOING THIS KIND OF WORK AND HAVE EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS.
THEY TEACHER TRAINING, AND THEY HAVE THIS VERY, UH, DEDICATED MISSION TO, UH, PREVENT PLASTICS, UH, IN OUR OCEAN.
JUST, JUST TO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, THIS IS, I'VE SEEN YOU AT THE, THE SWIM EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN BELMONT SHORE.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE SWIMMERS THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD THAT TO GET OUT HOW TO SWIM.
YOU SAID SOMETHING PERFECTLY THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT SINCE I CAME ON THE LA RIVER.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE, UH, THE GUTTER SYSTEMS IN LA COUNTY AND SOME OF THE CITIES, THIS GUTTER GOES RIGHT TO THE OCEAN.
AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE THROW THE TRASH.
WE LOOK AT PEOPLE TRASHING OUR BEACHES.
WHAT'S THE WORST DAY OF TRASH ON OUR BEACHES? ANYBODY? JULY 5TH, AFTER, AFTER 4TH OF JULY, EVERYBODY LEAVES THEIR TRASH ON THE BEACH AND GOES, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S LONG BEACH RESIDENTS THAT DO THIS.
IT'S TOURISTS LIVING IN HAWAII, WHO IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE GROUP THAT WOULD COME INTO THE, OUT OF HAWAII IS TOURISTS.
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HERE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND LEAVE THEIR TRASH.AND I AM SO PROUD OF INVOLVED, UM, TRULY FOR MAKING THIS A REALITY.
BUT I'M GONNA USE WHAT YOU STATED AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH US, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA SEND PERSONALLY, NOT AS A COMMISSIONER, UH, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN LA.
'CAUSE WHEN IT RAINS, MORE TRASH COMES DOWN BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE GUTTER SYSTEMS THAT GO DIRECTLY IN TO THE LA RIVER.
UH, YOU, YOU GAVE US SOME TOOLS THAT WE COULD USE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS WITH AN UPDATE
SO, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION AS PRESENTED.
ANY OPPOSED COMMENTS FROM ANYONE PASSES ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
AND WE'LL PROCEED ON WITH THAT.
TODD LELAND, COULD YOU GIVE US A REPORT ALONG WITH THE ONE FROM YOUR FOLKS? YEAH, JUST ONE MORE TIME.
NO BEARS, RIGHT?
THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING AT THE AQUARIUM, VOLUNTEERING ANYWHERE, GETTING, GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD AND DOING GREAT THINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU AND KEEP BEING YOU AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU FOR THE REST OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN AN AMAZING FUTURE.
UH, AND THEN LET'S JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR MANAGERS REPORT.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR MAINTENANCE REPORT WITH, UH, KELLY ARMSTRONG AND CORY FORSTER.
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO APPLAUD FIRST OR YOU GOT GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN? UH, SO WE HAVE ANOTHER GREAT MAC REPORT PRESENTATION HERE, UH, OUR UPGRADED VERSION AND WE'LL TALKING ABOUT, UM, LAST MONTH, JUNE.
UM, SO I'LL GO THROUGH, UM, MY SECTION FIRST.
I'LL, I'LL, UH, KIND OF SKIP THROUGH THE MARINE MAINTENANCE.
I DON'T WANNA GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH.
COREY'S GOT SOME GREAT DETAILS ON PROJECTS THAT HE'S COMPLETED.
UM, SO STARTING OFF WITH OUR GROUNDS DIVISION FOR BEACH MAINTENANCE.
UM, THEY'VE CURRENTLY BEEN WORKING ON SEVERAL, UH, IRRIGATION REPAIRS.
WE HAD ONE, UH, IN THE ASPHALT IN NEAR THE BELMONT POOL THAT WE, UH, COORDINATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO COME IN AND EXCAVATE, UM, AND REPAIR.
THEY, THEY PERFORM THE EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL, UM, ADDITIONAL REPAIRS, UH, MADE THROUGHOUT, UH, ALAMITOS BAY.
UM, OUR GARDENERS ARE NOT JUST, UH, OVERSEEING THE CONTRACTED REFUGE, BUT THEY'LL LET TO GET OUT THERE AS WELL AND PICK UP THE DEBRIS, REMOVE OR REPEAT THAT ARE ON, UH, TRASH CANS.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE WINDS GO DOWN.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO STAYING BUSY WITH SOME, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
UM, SO WE HAD A VERY LARGE EVENT, UH, LAST MONTH, THE COW EVENT THAT WAS 30,000 PEOPLE OR SO.
UM, OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY.
UH, SO OUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB AT PRE AND POST INSPECTION OF THESE EVENTS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR GROUNDS AND OUR PARKS ARE, UM, LOOKING GOOD FOR THE NEXT EVENT TO MOVE IN.
AND ALSO HOLDING SOME OF THESE EVENTS, UH, RESPONSIBLE.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS TOO.
UM, JUST SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE THE LOVE LONG BEACH FESTIVAL.
THAT'LL BE AT SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK, THE BAND'S WAR TOUR, WHICH IS GONNA BE A, A FAIRLY LARGE EVENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL CATALINA SKI RACES COMING UP IN, UM, JULY.
MOVING ON TO OUR QUEENSWAY BAY MAINTENANCE TEAM.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UM, A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PAINTING.
I KNOW, UM, CORY BROUGHT IT UP IN THE LAST MONTH'S REPORTS AND THE BRIGHT WORK AND CURB PAINTING AND, AND KIND OF HOW THAT REALLY KIND OF CLEANS UP AN AREA.
SO THEY WERE WORKING IN THE PIERPOINT PARKING LOT, SOME NEW AERATORS AND THE RAINBOW LAGOON WERE INSTALLED.
UH, SEWAGE PUMPS, UH, THE PIERPOINT LIFT STATION WERE, UM, UH, REMOVED AND, UH, CLEANED THE DEBRIS, UH, SO THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND SOME, UH, KIND OF REACTIVE MAINTENANCE THERE WITH THAT SEWER SYSTEM.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON, UH, PILING ROLLERS IN RAINBOW HARBOR,
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UM, CLEANING OUT SOME, UH, HIGH VOLTAGE, UH, ELECTRICAL, UM, BOLTS AND THE RAINBOW HARBOR AS WELL.THOSE SYSTEMS, UH, WE TRY TO GET THOSE IN BEFORE, UH, RAINS, AND THAT WAY IT HAS A CLEAR PATH FOR THE RAINWATER TO EXIT.
AND IT DOESN'T GIVE US ANY ISSUES DURING STORMS AND POWER OUTAGES, UH, GANGWAY FLAPS, TRIP REPAIRS, UM, AND, UH, SOME GRINDING IN, UH, NEAR PARK OF ANOTHER AREA, UH, THAT NEEDED SOME REPAIR.
UH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE MOVING ON TO BEACH MAINTENANCE AND I'LL WRAP IT UP.
OUR BEACH TEAM HAS, UH, BEEN BUSY WITH THE SUMMER SEASON, UH, RELOCATING, UH, LIFEGUARD TOWERS.
THIS IS THE SEASONAL ONE AT 62ND THAT GETS PLACED OUT, UH, ON THE PENINSULA THERE.
UH, PERFORMING OUR REGULAR BEACH CLEANING AS WELL AS OUR ENHANCED BEACH CLEANING FOR LOCATIONS LIKE THE JUNIOR GUARD, UM, PROGRAM AND THE
OH, REGARDING BEACH CLEANUP THAT, UH, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS I SWIM WITH HAVE BEEN INTERACTING WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE CLEANLINESS.
THE TIDE CAME UP AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIRT AND THINGS OUT THERE, AND YOU WERE IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIVE.
UM, SO LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH HOMELESS AND TENTS ALONG THERE AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND THE BEACH IS CLEAN AND THAT YOU'VE GONE THE EXTRA MILE TO RESPOND TO CUSTOMER QUERIES AND GREAT.
UM, AND ALL, UH, THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR OUR BEACH ORGANIZING, UH, OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE.
I'LL JUST ADD IN, UM, JUNE WE HAD 125 TONS OF TRASH REMOVED, UM, AND OUR NEW EQUIPMENT HAS ARRIVED THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY, UH, EXCITED TO GET OUR BEACH OPERATORS TRAINED NEXT WEEK ON ALL OF OUR NEW BEACH CLEANING EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT'LL REALLY GIVE US, UM, YOU KNOW, A CLEANER BEACH IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND, AND ONE MORE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
LIFEGUARD TOWERS, THOSE ARE NOT PERMANENT STRUCTURES.
YOU'RE MOVING 'EM OUT TO THAT LOCATION.
YEAH, THEY'RE MOVABLE, TEMPORARY, NOT PERMANENT BUILDINGS.
LIFEGUARD TOWERS ARE MOVABLE STRUCTURES.
SO AT LEAST WHEN THE BIDS GONE OUT FOR THEM TO DO ADVERTISING ON THOSE, THEY'RE CALLING THEM PERMANENT STRUCTURES, IS WHY THAT DOESN'T NEED TO GO BEFORE A PLANNING COMMISSION OR OTHERS.
I DON'T KNOW THE, UM, ANSWER TO THAT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU.
I DEFINITELY LIKE TO HAVE ON OUR AGENDA, UM, ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL WITH THE LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND ADVERTISING, UM, THAT I, I, I SEE THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR BEACH STAFF IF WE'VE GOT ADVERTISING SIGNS.
I SEE IT AS A BURDEN ON OUR LIFEGUARDS TO PUT THE SIGNAGE OUT EVERY DAY.
AND A CONFUSION FACTOR FOR OUR GENERAL PUBLIC IN IDENTIFYING A LIFEGUARD TOWER VERSUS ADVERTISING.
ALSO, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, UH, JUST THE COST FACTOR, THOSE DOLLARS, ALWAYS DOLLARS COMING BACK FROM RAIN DEPARTMENT.
WHERE DO THOSE DOLLARS GO IF THEY'RE DOING MASSIVE ADVERTISING ON ALL OUR, UM, TEMPORARY LIFEGUARD STATIONS? UM, WHERE DO THE DOLLARS GO? UH, AND IF OUR LIFEGUARDS HAVE TO PUT THE SIGNS UP, THEN TAKE THEM BACK DOWN.
I'M SURE THEY'LL JUST BE DROPPED IN.
DO THEY GET CHARGED? DOES THE LIFEGUARDS GET TO CHARGE BACK, UH, TO THE CITY FOR THAT TIME? OR THE LIFEGUARDS GET CHARGE BACK? DO THE ADVERTISERS FOR THAT TIME? JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS A, AS A COMMISSION.
I'M, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED AS WELL, FURTHER COMMENTS ON THAT SUBJECT OF THE
UM, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE FOR THE CITY? AND PRESUMABLY IT COMES INTO THE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE, THE PARAMETERS OF THAT ADVERTISING PROGRAM.
UM, I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE, UM, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THAT THE CITY AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST ALSO CONSIDERED CONSIDERED TRASH BIN WRAPPING AS A POTENTIAL.
WE DISCUSSED THAT COMMISSION AND, UM, OFFERED THAT AS A PREFERRED OPTION OVER SOMETHING THAT IS IMPACTING LIFE SAVING.
SO JUST, UM, I'D LIKE TO, TO, UM, UH, REITERATE INTEREST.
MY INTEREST IS A COMMISSIONER IN THE SUBJECT OF POTENTIAL REVENUE ADVERTISING.
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AND WHO PICKS THE OTHER THING TOO, AND I, I'LL PUT THIS OUT TO TODD.UH, WHO PICKS THE ADVERTISING GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, KETTLE ONE VODKA? UH, IS IT GOING TO BE COPPERTONE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHO PICKS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC? SO, AND I DON'T THINK THE RFP CALLS OUT THAT THAT SHOULD BE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES, RIGHT.
ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THIS ADVERTISING.
IF OUR LIFEGUARDS ARE BEING ASKED TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE SIGNAGE, THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE THEIR LABOR CONTRACTS WRITTEN.
IF WE'RE ASKING OUR LIFEGUARDS WHO ARE NOT TRAINED TO BE SIGN PLACEMENT TO PLACE SOMETHING ON A MOVABLE, UM, MOVABLE, UH, LIFEGUARD STATION, WHICH IS NOT IN THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT NECESSITATE GOING BACK TO THEIR LABOR PARTNER.
UH, IF THIS CHANGES THE SCOPE OF THEIR WORKS, I THINK, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE VETTING.
UM, AND I, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST AN ADVISORY BOND, BUT BEFORE SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED, I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE SHOULD BE ADVISED ABOUT.
I THINK OUR PROFESSION IS VERY INTERESTED.
INION, YOU HAVE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, I A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OF AGENDA, UH, SCOPE HERE.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COME OUT AND PROVIDE A PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, THEY ARE THE LEAD DEPARTMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR RFP.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, THOUGH.
WE ASKED IT TO BE ON OUR AGENDA THIS TIME AND IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS, AND IT HASN'T BEEN, IT'S GOTTEN SO FAR NOW THAT IT'S GOING OUT FOR BID, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON IT TODAY THEN THROUGH A MOTION OR THAT WE'RE, UM, GONNA SEND A LETTER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT IT'S A CONCERN OF OURS, THAT IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION OR SOME OTHER SESSION BEFORE IT'S GOING STRAIGHT OUT BID.
MADAM CHAIR, I'D, I'D MOVE THAT WE DO A LETTER FROM THE COMMISSION, DRAFT A LETTER AND JUST TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS AS A COMMISSION, UH, TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND DID YOU CAPTURE THAT MOTION? YOU NEED TO VOTE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? I GUESS I'M GONNA SAY THAT I, ME IS A PERSON UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMISSION, BUT THE LETTER SEEMS LIKE A LOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO SORT OF TALK THIS THROUGH OR PERHAPS HAVE MORE EXPERTISE THAN ME THAN IT SEEMS. I DON'T LIKE CITIES, UH, USING, UH, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR ADVERTISING.
BUT, UM, IT SEEMS TO BE THE NORM NOW.
AND THE CITY IS STRUGGLING WITH SOME OF THE REVENUE THAT MIGHT BE LOST DUE TO, UM, LESS RELIANCE ON WORLD DRILLING.
SO I'M NOT THAT CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
I SURE DON'T MIND SENDING A LETTER, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM AS BAD AS SOME OTHER ISSUES.
THAT'S MY 2 CENTS MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE OUR STATEMENT, UH, TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE SINCERE INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING TO COME OUT, MAYBE MAKE ANOTHER STATEMENT AND SAY, OKAY, WELL LOOK AT IT NOW.
THEY HAVE TO COME OUT AND THEY HAVE TO PRESENT TO US.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? WHO IS GOING TO BE THE ADVERTISERS? YOU KNOW, I, I AGREE WITH THE LABOR.
I'M A TEAMSTER
SO THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING COMMISSIONER THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING SIDE, UH, TO BRING UP HERE.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN PUT IN THE LETTER.
WE'RE JUST ADVISORS, BUT I THINK IT ADVISES THEM IN A GOOD WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, AND PROTECT OUR, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES.
WELL, SO THEN I GUESS I JUST WANT CLARITY THAT IT'S MORE OF A LETTER OF INQUIRY THAN A STATEMENT OF POSITION.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO ME.
AND CAN WE HAVE A READ BACK OF THE MOTION AS IT STANDS FOR THAT CLARITY? I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT FROM THE RECORDER THAT YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, OR I'LL REITERATE THAT MOTION SO THAT YEAH, SURE.
I'LL, I'LL REITERATE THE MOTION THAT YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU HAVE IT ON TAPE.
IT HAS TO BE ON, UH, BUT THE COMMISSION, UH, TO THE CHAIRWOMAN AND THE COMMISSION THAT WE WOULD DRAFT A LETTER TO THE, UH, ECONOMIC ADVISORY, UM, PART OF THE CITY IN REGARDS TO THE LIFEGUARD STATIONS AND THE SIGNAGE, UH, BEING A TEMPORARY AMOUNT OF PERMANENT LOCATION TEMPORARY LOCATIONS,
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AND WHAT IS THE COST AND THE SIGNAGE, WHAT TYPE OF SIGNAGE IS GONNA BE PUT UP AND TO THE LABOR GROUP.HAS THAT BEEN NEGOTIATED, UH, WITH THE, UH, LIFEGUARD LABOR SYSTEM? HOW'S THAT SECOND MOTION? YOU SECOND? OKAY.
AND WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE.
UM, SO WE'LL PROCEED WITH THAT.
PROCEED ON WITH THE CORY'S REPORT.
WE HAD SUGAR TODAY, SO
NO MORE SUGAR TESTING AND TESTING.
UH, THE FIRST SLIDE REPRESENTS, UH, A SCOUT GIRL SCOUTS BASE ACROSS FROM, UH, DAVIES'S LAUNCH RAMP.
UH, WE IDENTIFIED IT EARLY JUNE THAT THERE WAS A LARGE UNDERMINE ABOUT A 10 BY 20 FOOT SECTION, 10 BY 20 FOOT SECTION.
THAT, UH, HAD UNDERMINE AND WE ENDED UP BRINGING OUT STACKS OF CONCRETE PLACE THE STACKS OF CONCRETE UNDER THERE AND ALLOW THE PIPE TO COME IN AND WET IT, CREATE LIKE A BRICK FOR A FOUNDATION.
WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT COMPLETED JUST BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY.
UH, THE SECOND SLIDE IS REPRESENTATION OF OUR CRANE INVOICE AT STATION 34 MAINTENANCE YARD.
UM, WE ANNUALLY SERVICE IT SO THAT WE CAN LAUNCH OUR CHRISTMAS TREES IN THE BAY AND OUR BOOTHS FOR NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.
THE THIRD SLIDE IS ONE OF OUR WORKERS, JOHNNY, AND HE IS INSTALLING A NEW DOOR OVER AT, UM, BEACH STATEMENTS FOR KELLY ARMSTRONG.
AND THEN THE FOURTH PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PREP WORK OVER AT THE FARMER MASTER DOCK IN OUT HILLS BAY.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, SHOWS THE DOOR INSTALLED.
GIVES A LOT OF SECURITY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS A, UH, REPRESENTATION OF THE BREAK.
LITTLE BREAKWATER THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE STATION 35 HARBOR MASTER OFFICE.
WE REPLACED, UH, BOTH NAV LIGHTS OUT THERE.
AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS, UH, A NEW BRIGHT DEMO VAN THAT WE JUST RECEIVED.
WE'RE THE FIRST DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY TO RECEIVE IT, AND IT IS FULL ELECTRIC.
HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BUILD INTO AND BUILD OUT IN THE FUTURE.
ANN EXTENDS MY REPORTING QUESTIONS.
CRUZ, WHO HANDLES THE LIGHTHOUSE OR THE LIGHT ON OUR JETTY? IS THAT US? IS THAT THROUGH THE MARINE DEPARTMENT? IS THAT JUST THROUGH YOU'RE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AT THE, THE WEST GATE? I WENT OUT TO THE POLICE OR, UH, OUT OF LA YOU CAME BY THE LONG BEACH LIGHTHOUSE, WHATEVER.
AND IT JUST LOOKED, I'M NOT A HUNDRED CERTAIN, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF BY THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.
AS THE, THE PAINTER, IS THAT UNDER YOUR YES.
AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON WITH JOSEPH.
HE HAD 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE, UH, INTERS UNION.
UH, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO CAPTURE HIM WHEN HE CAME OUT TO INTERVIEW WITH US.
UM, HE IS TRAINING SOME OF OUR NEWER NON CAREER STAFF IN AMY, AND WE BUILT TO SEE THAT CARRY ON THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOUR DEPARTMENT'S ALWAYS EXCELLED IN HOW QUICKLY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PAINT THE RED CURBS AND IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, AND NOW TO HAVE THAT JUST LITTLE BIT EXTRA THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS SO POLISHED AND SO GOOD.
I MEAN, THE GUY SITS THERE IN A PAINTBRUSH AND HAS NO MASKING TAPE.
THAT'S SIT A NICE STRAIGHT LINE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARINE MINUTES OF EACH MINUTES? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO MARINE PATROL AND SUPERVISOR DE DO I GOTTA USE THE MIC? IT HELPS THIS US, UM, LATER ON AND THEN IF ANYONE IS LISTENING TO THE RECORDING LATER, SO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU CAN HEAR.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE MARINE PATROL NOW FOR ABOUT 26 AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, IT IS, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
UH, I USED TO ATTEND THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETINGS BACK IN THE DAY, YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN, UH, ALBIDO WAS HERE.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, HECK IS HE DOING HERE? BUT THEY ASK ME TO
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BE HERE.UM, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET ALL OF YOU GUYS.
UM, I I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY OF YOU BEFORE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
UM, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING OR AFTER, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME.
UH, YOU CAN, UH, PICK MY 26 AND A HALF YEAR MIND AND I'LL, I'LL TRY AND ANSWER EVERYTHING I CAN.
IF I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH AND I'LL GET, UH, THE ANSWER BACK TO YOU.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS PARKING CITATIONS ARE CONCERNED, LAST MONTH WE WROTE 103 PARKING CITATIONS.
93 OF THOSE WERE FOR PEOPLE VISITING THE MARINAS THAT PARKED IN LOCATIONS THAT REQUIRE PERMITS.
SO IF SOMEBODY COMES TO THE MARINA, THERE'S A RED CURB, IT SAYS, DON'T PARK HERE.
IGNORE THAT SIGN AND PARK THERE.
ANYWAY, SO 93 OF THE HUNDRED THREE WERE FOR THAT.
AND ARE THOSE PREDOMINANTLY DURING THE, UM, FARMER'S MARKET? NO.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL OVER.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT LOCATIONS ON WHERE THE SITE, THE CITATIONS WERE WRITTEN, BUT THESE STATISTICS ARE FROM BOTH THE ALAMITOS BAY ARENA AND THE DOWNTOWN ARENA.
I KNOW THAT'S A HOTBED FOR TICKETS THAT ARE WRITTEN, UH, AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
I, I KNOW I PARKED AND BOAT OWNER PARKING AND IT, I HOPE WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU A TICKET, DID WE? A DOZEN CITIZENS TOLD ME THEY'LL TAKE IT.
YEAH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL DETAIL.
UM, I I THINK YOU, YOU'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM BY GREAT ENFORCEMENT, SO THAT THANK YOU.
UM, WE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL DETAIL SOMETIMES ON SUNDAYS FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT GOES OUT AND, AND TRIES OUR, OUR GOAL, AND I, I GIVE THE STATISTICS REGARDING CITATIONS.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO GO OUT AND GIVE TICKETS.
WE WORK FOR A GREAT ORGANIZATION AND WE, WE STRIVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TEACH PEOPLE.
I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT TERM, BUT DON'T PARK HERE.
IF NOT, YOU'RE GONNA GET A TICKET.
BUT WE DO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PEOPLE THAT IGNORE, YOU KNOW, OUR DISCRETION AND ISSUE TICKETS.
BUT OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS, HEY, IF YOU CAN EDUCATE AND PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO GET A TICKET, DON'T GIVE 'EM A TICKET.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUOTAS PER SE.
UH, SO SARGE, WHAT'S THE COST OF A TICKET? UH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.
$69 IS THE ONES THAT I JUST DESCRIBED, UH, FOR PARKING IN A SPACE THAT, THAT, UH, REQUIRES A ARENA PER MINUTE.
BUT THEY GO UP TO 360 FOR PARKING IN A DISABLED SPOT.
IT'S ABOUT 200 FOR PARKING IN A BUS ZONE.
UH, THEY'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE MAP, BUT 69 IS THE LEAST, ABOUT 360 IS THE MOST.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION STARTING, UM, ALONG ON STUDEBAKER AND MARINA DRIVE? I KNOW THE BOAT OWNERS ASKS THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE ALL THE PARK IN THE LOT BY THE, UH, SHOPPING CENTER AS OPPOSED TO IN OUR MARINA.
SO YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC IN THERE? I I, I HAVE NOT.
I, I, YOU KNOW, THE SCOOTER BAKER ROAD AND PCH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT BUILDING IS GONE, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
BUT, UH, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY INFORMATION COME TO ME.
I WORK WITH A WATCH THREE SWING SHIFT THAT HAS HAD ANY INFORMATION REGARDING IMPACTS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AT ALL.
UM, WE WROTE FIVE FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION.
YOU CAN GIVE US LIKE A PARKING CITATION FOR THAT NOW.
A COUPLE FOR, UM, DISABLED PERSONS VIOLATIONS, AND THEN ONE FOR PARKING WITHIN THE LINES.
I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A, A ODD, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S, IT'S DESCRIBED IN THE PARKING CITATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS SOMEBODY WITH THE TRAILER PARKS IN THE MARINA LOT AND THEN TAKES UP FIVE SPOTS.
SO WE ONLY, UM, THAT'S THE, THE PARKING CITATIONS.
BUT I KNOW THAT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS ABOUT THE, THE FISHING IN THE BREEZE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE LAST TIME OR LAST MONTH'S MEETING THIS INFORMATION CAME UP.
I DUG UP SOME INFORMATION AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M, I'M READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE FISHING IN THE MARINA.
SO, UH, IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS, WE WROTE 26 MISDEMEANOR SITES FOR FISHING IN THE MARINA.
RECEIVING A MISDEMEANOR SITE FOR FISHING OR OR MISDEMEANOR SITE IN GENERAL IS NOT THE SAME AS RECEIVING A TICKET FOR LIKE A STOP SIGN VIOLATION.
A MISDEMEANOR SITE IN, IN, IN OUR COURT SYSTEM, IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS, UH, AN ARREST.
UH, IT, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECEIVING A MISDEMEANOR CITATION AND PHYSICALLY BEING ARRESTED AND GOING FROM POINT A TO TO JAIL
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IS THAT EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT RECEIVING A MISDEMEANOR CITATION IS THE SAME.YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED BY US AND WE HAVE CHOSEN TO RELEASE YOU HERE INSTEAD OF RELEASING YOU AT 400 WEST BROADWAY, WHICH IS WHERE OUR DOWNTOWN BOOKING FACILITY IS.
UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY SAY, HEY, YOU JUST GAVE THEM A TICKET.
WELL, IT'S REALLY NOT JUST A TICKET.
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LONG BEACH, I'M SORRY, THE LA COUNTY'S SUPERIOR COURT SYSTEM.
THEY MAY BE PUT ON PROBATION, THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY A FINE, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF INVOLVED IN RECEIVING A MISDEMEANOR CITATION.
SO WE WROTE 26 OF THOSE FOR FISHING IN THE MAR MARINA.
MOST OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE BASINS.
I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE IN BASIN FOUR AND THERE WAS A COUPLE DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN MARINA REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A, A HUGE ISSUE WITH, UH, FISHERMEN.
UH, ALAMEDA BAY BASINS ONE, TWO, AND THREE DOES, UM, JUVENILES ARE WE, WE CAN CITE JUVENILES FOR MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS.
UH, AND WE HAVE CITED, UH, JUVENILES FOR THE VIOLATION.
WE ALSO CITED THREE FOR 6 0 2 OF THE CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE, WHICH IS TRESPASS, UH, A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS.
ALTHOUGH IT'S A MISDEMEANOR, IT'S A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS OF A VIOLATION.
WE HAVE CITED THREE OF THOSE, UH, 10 PARKING TICKETS.
UH, OUT OF THE 103 IN THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE, WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO, UH, FISHING.
HOW, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? OUR OFFICERS, UH, LEARN PRETTY QUICKLY THAT PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THE MARINA, THAT OF FISH ILLEGALLY, TEND TO PARK ILLEGALLY.
SO THEY'LL DRIVE THE AREA WHERE WE GET DISPATCHED TO, WILL WRITE THEM A PARKING TICKET.
IF WE HAPPEN NOT TO FIND THEM, AT LEAST THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE 'CAUSE I GOT A PARKING TICKET.
SO 10 OF THOSE TICKETS, UH, ARE TIED IN WITH, UH, FISHERMEN.
SO IS IT YOUR OFFICER THAT'S HERE WRITTEN SOME OF THOSE? I I'M SURE SHE HAS.
I I'VE CAUGHT HER WALKING THE DOCKS LOOKING FOR FISHERMEN.
YEAH, I'VE SEEN YOUR, I'VE SEEN YOUR PICTURE AND YOU GOT A BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE TOO, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
I'M SURE SHE HAS, BUT I'LL TOOT MY OWN HORN.
I GOT, WE, WE SEE YOUR FOLKS OUT THERE.
WE SEE THEM QUICKLY WALKING THE DOCKS AND COVERING A LOT OF TERRITORY, TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND WE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY APPRECIATIVE.
UM, SET SOME, SOME DEMOGRAPHICS.
70% OF THE CITATIONS THAT WE, OH, NOT CITATIONS.
70% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ENCOUNTER ARE JUVENILES DURING THE DAY.
THAT PRETTY MUCH CHANGES INTO ADULTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AT NIGHT, UH, OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DETAINED, UM, I, I KNOW THIS, THIS NUMBER SOUNDS KIND OF EXTRAORDINARY AND IT'S A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER IN THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE.
BUT WE HAVE DETAINED IN THE LAST SIX TO SEVEN WEEKS, OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE OFFICIALLY DETAINED OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN FISHING IN THE ARENAS.
AND YOU GO, WELL, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? FISHERMEN NEVER FISH ALONE.
THEY GO, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN TWO AND SIX IS MY EXPERIENCE.
SO WE, WE'VE GOT ONE OFFICER DETAINS SIX, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT, UH, FOR THE PAST SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS.
UM, SOME OF THOSE, UH, JUVENILES THAT WE DETAINED, WE CALL PARENTS, WE EDUCATE PARENTS, WE EDUCATE KIDS SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE, THE JUVENILES THAT WE CONTACT, WE HAVE THE PARENTS COME OUT AND PICK THEM UP IN LIEU OF GIVING A TICKET.
AGAIN, I DON'T THINK A, A CITATION IS WARRANTED IN EVERY SINGLE CONTACT THAT WE TALK TO PEOPLE.
EDUCATION, SOMETIMES TELLING THEM, YOU CAN FISH OVER THERE, BUT YOU CAN'T FISH OVER HERE.
WE HOPE SOMETIMES THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM.
SO OVER A HUNDRED, EASILY, THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE COMPANY.
WE ALSO, UH, PUT OUT A SURVEILLANCE, UH, TRAILER IN BASIN.
WE BORROWED IT FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE PORT.
UM, THE OVERALL GOAL, IT, IT IS LIVE, IT IS RUNNING AND IT IS RECORDING.
YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT'S INVASIVE.
ONE NEAR, UH, I WANNA SAY DOCK ONE AND A HALF-ISH, RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO TWO NEAR THE CRAP BLOCK.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO SURVEIL PEOPLE.
UH, IT IS MORE OF A DETERRENT.
UH, IF WE HAVE TO GO AFTER THE FACT TO TRY AND GATHER SOME EVIDENCE, WE CAN.
UH, BUT THAT PARTICULAR TRAILER SURVEILLANCE TRAILERS IS NOT BEING MONITORED BY ANY ANYONE PER SE.
UH, AND IF WE NEED THE INFORMATION, WE CAN GET IT FOR EVIDENCE.
BUT IT IS MORE OF A DETERRENT.
I WILL SAY, IN MY EXPERIENCE ON SWING SHIFT, IT HAS HELPED.
IT HASN'T SOLVED THE PROBLEM, BUT DEFINITELY HAS HELPED.
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LASTLY, UH, PRIOR TO ALL THIS DID WITH OUR OFFICERS IN THE DETAIL AS FAR AS, UH, THE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION THAT, THAT WE USE TO CITE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ILLEGALLY FISHED IN THE MARINA, JUST TO, AS A REFRESHER, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY ENCOUNTER PEOPLE AND IF THEY FELT THAT A CITATION WAS WARRANTED, THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHICH WAY TO GO.UM, AND, AND JUST TO TAIL BACK ON THE, EXCUSE ME, THE MISDEMEANOR CITATION PROCESS, WE ISSUE THEM A TICKET.
THEY LEAVE WITH A, THEIR YELLOW COPY.
WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THIS, UH, STATION, LOG INTO ONE OF OUR COMPUTERS.
WE HAVE TO GET A DEPART, UH, DR NUMBER, A DEPARTMENTAL RECORD NUMBER.
WE HAVE TO PUT ALL THEIR INFORMATION INTO, UH, A CRIME REPORT.
WE HAVE TO FILE WHAT'S CALLED A NARRATIVE AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES BETWEEN ME DETAINING THIS PERSON FOR, UH, WHATEVER THE REASONS WERE, WHERE THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME MET.
UH, ALL THAT STUFF GOES INTO A MISDEMEANOR CITATION.
AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GOING TO A RECORDS DIVISION AND THEN ULTIMATELY GOING TO A COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
UH, I DID HEAR, UH, LASTLY THAT, UM, ALL THE JUVENILE CITATIONS THAT WE WRITE GO TO VAN NUYS COURT.
UH, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY FAR FROM HERE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE VAN NUS COURT FAR THAT I HAVE THREE KIDS THAT IN AND OF ITSELF WOULD IN RANGE THE, I HAVE TO GO WITH VAN NUYS BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T FOLLOW A, UH, A SIGN.
BUT NEITHER HERE NOR, UM, I, I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
UM, BECAUSE WE GET THE CALLS,
UH, GET THE CALLS FROM BOAT OWNERS, GET CALLS FROM BOAT OWNERS.
AND I WAS OUT THERE, I DON'T KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO HAVING LUNCH.
UM, I JUST LEFT THE LA SHERIFF'S YOUTH FOUNDATION.
I'M JUST A VOLUNTEER, BUT YOU KNOW, I SAYS, GUYS, YOU CAN'T FISH HERE.
THEY LEFT AND WENT DOWN TWO DOGS AND CAME BACK TO THE DOCK.
AND I WALKED UP AND I SAYS, YOU CAN'T FISH HERE.
AND THEY REELED UP AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WALKED AWAY.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DETAINED AND NOT TAKEN IT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST KIDS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU WALK VERY QUICK.
YOU HAVE A, YOU'D BE A GREAT UP SER.
YOU HAVE A GREAT BRISK WALK FACE.
AND, AND IT IS, IT IS GOOD TO SEE BECAUSE THEY SEE IT AND THEY CONTINUE ON.
AND YOUR LARGER BOAT OWNERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN FEAR.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT, A LOT TO LOSE.
UH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LIV BOARDS OUT THERE TOO, UH, THAT GET VERY, VERY CONCERNED OVER IT.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, AND THEN THERE HAD BEEN QUESTIONS THAT THERE'D BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HAVE AS COMMISSIONERS, UM, WITNESS SOME OF IT FIRSTHAND.
NOT WITH HER, 'CAUSE SHE WALKS TOO FAST, BUT NO,
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.
SO YOU'RE, UH, DETAINING THESE MINORS AND WAITING FOR THEIR PARENTS TO COME PICK THEM UP, OR RESPONSIBLE ADULT IS THAT, IF THAT WORKS? PARENTS, PARENTS.
UH, WE DON'T RELEASE THEM TO ANYONE BUT THEIR PARENTS.
DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO THAT.
IT DEPENDS ON THEIR AGE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, HOW ORNERY THEY MIGHT BE.
MAYBE THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND OR WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT.
IT ISN'T IN EVERY CASE OF THE JUVENILES THAT WE DETAIN, THAT WE ACTUALLY CALL PARENTS.
IT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICER.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY RELUCTANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS TO COME PICK UP THEIR MINOR CHILDREN OR NOT REALLY? I HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED THAT AT ALL.
WE'RE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE DON'T GET INVOLVED.
I WAS JUST SORT OF CURIOUS IF IT'S, IT SEEMS TO HAVE IMPACTED JUST EVERY ASPECT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIFE, AND I WAS SORT OF CURIOUS IF IT HAD IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT.
I I HAVEN'T NOTICED THAT AT ALL.
AND DO YOU SEIZE THE FISHING EQUIPMENT? WE, WE HAVE NOT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO TAKE THE FISHING POLES AWAY.
WE'LL HOOK THEM INTO EVIDENCE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY A JUDGE WILL DECIDE, UH, WHEN AND IF THEY GET THE FISHING EQUIPMENT BACK TO 'EM.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY SITUATION UP UNTIL THIS POINT, SUMMER'S EARLY THOUGH, UH, THAT WE HAVE TAKEN PROPERTY AWAY, FISHING POLES AWAY FROM, FROM JUVENILE.
I REALLY NOT OUR GOAL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT KIDS FISH.
I I THINK IT, IT'S AS EFFECTIVE
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AS THE PEOPLE WITH PARKING RIGHT NOW.IF YOU GET A COUPLE OF THOSE CITATIONS OUT THERE NOW, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT AND SELL POLICE.
AND I, I AM THINKING MAYBE THAT A HUNDRED HAS GOT US TO A GOOD SPOT.
I, I, I REALLY HAVE SEEN THE SITUATION IMPROVE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.
I THINK MAYBE IT'S GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
I SEEN IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THE ENFORCEMENT'S GONE UP.
AND, AND I USED TO SEE LOTS OF FISHERMEN.
I, I I THINK FISHING IS GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THEY GO FISH WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, AND WHETHER I, I LIKE THE LAW THAT'S ON THE BOOKS OF FISHING OR NOT FISHING.
AND THAT JOB MEANS THAT I GO OUT FAIRLY INTER COURSELY.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONER ALONG WITH, UH, UH, DE LEON? WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, UH, SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER HERE TODAY.
IF, UH, THE COMMISSION FEELS LIKE RECOGNIZING THEM, PLEASE DO SO.
NO, SHE, SHE CAN TELL ON HERSELF.
LOOK, SHE'S A LITTLE SHY TO BE HERE.
UH, I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT ALL THAT INTIMIDATED ABOUT TALKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, BUT, UM, SHE WAS ONLY TOLD ABOUT THIS A DAY OR TWO OR THREE AGO.
MAYBE YOU WERE A DAY OFF TODAY TOO.
UM, SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE.
SHE GOES OUT AND DOES HER JOB.
I, I, SHE WORKS MY WATCH, WATCH THREE.
UH, I VERY RARELY, IF EVER HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHE'S DOING.
UH, MY MY MAIN INTERACTIONS WITH HER IS MAKE SURE YOU GO EAT AND TAKE IT EASY FOR A WHILE.
GET OUT THERE AND TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD.
BUT, UH, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
BUT CHICKEN TELL, MY NAME IS, I'VE BEEN PATROL FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT ME OR WATCH SPEED.
I'VE CAUGHT HER WALKING THE DOCKS AND ENFORCING ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND SHE'S JUST OUT THERE DOING HER JOB.
AND IT, WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE ON THE TEAM AND, AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT'S MADE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR BOAT OWNERS, THAT THEY FEEL SAFER, THEY FEEL BETTER BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT THERE.
THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION.
BUT I'M GONNA ACCEPT IT IN THE BEHALF OF ALL OF MY DETAIL AND MY
BUT WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE, AND IT, IT DOES TALK ABOUT YOUR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION, DETERMINATION, AND SKILL, AND THE COMPLETION OF YOUR BRAIN PATROL WORK ACTIVITIES AND WHAT ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES.
SO WE'RE ALL GONNA STAND UP AND SHAKE YOUR HAND BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE VERY
SO I'LL, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU TWO OF THE VOTE NUMBERS, UH, AS THEY STATED.
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THREE OF HER DOWN HERE?
DON'T YOU KNOW, SERGEANT, THEY LOVE YOU.
BUT THEY SAID YOU'RE CONCERNED.
YOU LISTEN TO THEM, YOU UNDERSTAND THEM.
AND SHE WALKS LIKE, SHE, SHE WALKS.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY HOW YOU WALK
UH, BUT THEY WERE VERY, VERY, UH, THEY FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU'RE THERE.
AND I THINK WHEN HAVE BOAT OWNERS LIVE ON THEIR BOATS AND THEY FEEL GOOD WHEN THEY SEE YOU, THAT MEANS A LOT.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU, AND IF YOUR BOSS IS WILLING TO COME TO SUIT UP AND I STAY OFF AND COME IN AND PRESENT TO US.
IT'S, IT'S ALL IN APPRECIATION.
YOU, UM, IF I CAN STEAL TWO MINUTES.
IF I MAY, UM, I, SHE'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, WELL, THIS MONTH, END OF TWO I THREE, THREE WEEKS AGO, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK STORY.
I WAS, UH, OUT IN THE AAV M OFFICE, AND SHE PUT HERSELF UP FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
SHE GOT FLAGGED DOWN BY A CITIZEN WANTING HELP BECAUSE
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HIS FRIEND WAS, UH, A LADY WAS, WAS DOWN ON THE GROUND, WASN'T FEELING, SO SHE QUICKLY WENT OVER, UM, TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.IT SEEMED LIKE THE LADY THAT WAS DOWN ON THE GROUND WASN'T FEELING ALL THAT WELL.
SHE REQUESTED FIRE TO RESPOND.
UM, SHE REMAINED, UH, BY THE LADY'S SIDE, UM, WAITING FOR FIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUND HER.
THE LADY WENT UNCONSCIOUS AND THE LADY STOPPED BREATHING.
SHE STARTED, UH, CPR AND I, I WILL TELL YOU, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT I GOT, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO OR WHATEVER, IF SHE DIDN'T START CPR AND DIDN'T DO WHAT SHE DID, THE LADY WOULD'VE DIED.
I, I'M 150% SURE OF THAT HAPPENING.
SO ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, SHE SAVED THE LADY'S LIFE.
SHE GOT TRANSPORTED, THE LADY GOT TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, HER CONDITION, YOU KNOW, AS OF TODAY.
BUT, UH, SHE ACTED QUICKLY AND IN, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, SHE SAVED SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
SARGE, I HOPE, I HOPE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP TO, UH, UH, LONG BEACH PD FOR THE, UH, MEDAL OF, UH, LIFESAVING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UH, UM, DONE, I, I DID IT, UM, 13 HOURS LATER.
IT WAS AT THE END OF MY SHIFT, UH, I HAD WORKED, I THINK, WHAT WAS IT, 16 HOUR SHIFT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE VERY NEXT DAY WHEN I CAME IN, I, UH, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED, SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED A WATCH COMMANDER LOG.
WHEN, WHEN SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS HAPPEN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE ENTER THAT INFORMATION AND IT AMONGST A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE, IT DOES GO STRAIGHT UP TO OUR CHIEF'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR BUYING US DINNER TONIGHT TOO.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, SIR.
UH, WITH THAT, TO CONCLUDE OUR MANAGER REPORT, WE JUST HAD SOME REALLY, UH, GREAT THINGS GOING ON THIS PAST PAST MONTH.
UH, COREY AND KELLY KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT WE HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT IN PLACE THAT IS MORE EFFICIENT, MORE WORK EFFICIENT, MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE.
WE HAVE, UH, A NEW ALL EV UH, MAINTENANCE UTILITY VEHICLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO USE IN THE PAST.
OUR STAFF DRIVE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 40 MILES, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE A DAY, UH, IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTIES.
SO TO TAKE A CARBON BASED FUEL VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, UH, THAT HAULS TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, AND THAT'S EFFICIENT FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOB, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
UH, THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS TRYING TO REMOVE GREENHOUSE GASES, UH, CAUSED BY CARBON BASED, YOU KNOW, EMISSIONS.
SO WE'RE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT.
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THING THAT THE MARINE BUREAU IS LOOKING DO, JUST TO KIND OF TAKE CARE OF OUR CLIMATE.
KUDOS TO KELLY AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR JUST EVERYDAY JUST ATTACK ON, UH, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE MARINE ROOM.
WE DID DO A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE PAST ABOUT THE BLUFF AND THE BLUFF MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND ON TIKTOK, I'VE SEEN THE NEW THING ABOUT DRIVING YOUR BIKE DOWN THE BLUFF.
UM, SO NOW I, I WENT OVER THERE AND, AND THAT TAKES PLACE LIKE ALL DAY LONG.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THANKS TO TIKTOK, I LEARNED, UH, SO ARE, IS THERE A BARRIER OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT TO STOP ALL THOSE BIKES FROM DESTROYING EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE WORKED SO HARD TO PLANT? AND IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST THREE OR FOUR BIKES.
THERE'S, YOU'RE LOOKING IT UP TO 20, 25 BIKES, AND IT'S FROM ROAD RACERS.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A GUY ON THE OTHER THAT, THAT WAS ON A ROAD RACE BIKE.
AND IT IS JUST, UH, IT DESTROYED EVERYTHING THAT, NOT THIS COMMITTEE, BUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE ALL WORKED FOR, AND YOU'VE ALL TO KEPT UP THE MAINTENANCE TO KEEP IT ALL JUST GROWING BEAUTIFULLY.
WE'LL LOOK, UH, WE'LL LOOK TO ADDRESS THAT IN A MONTH AHEAD, AND THEN WE'LL BRING A, BRING AN UPDATE BACK TO YOU GUYS IN AUGUST.
I, I THINK THAT, UM, SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADDRESS RIGHT AWAY BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT, EITHER AT THE BOTTOM, UM, AS A BIKE COMES DOWN AT 'EM, OR ONE OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE ON BIKES.
JUST THE BARRIER, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT THE BARRIERS UP, NOT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, LIKE THE LITTLE FENCE, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE FENCE THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, UP AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM, BECAUSE SOMEBODY WILL GET HURT.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW THIS IS, HI EMMA.
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YOU KNOW, MINI BIKES ON THE BIKE, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING, ANYTHING.AND I WISH I WOULD'VE REMEMBERED THAT WHEN THE SERGEANT WAS HERE.
BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE WITH THESE, OKAY.
ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND ELECTRIC BIKES ARE ALL GOOD.
WHEN I SIT DOWN THERE AND WALK MY DOG, THERE'S NOT AN ELECTRIC BIKE THAT'S ZOOMED BY ME AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING 25, 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND THEY'RE IN GROUPS OF 3, 4, 5 20.
THEY GO DOWN, THERE'S THE RESTAURANTS, AND THEN THEY TAKE OFF.
I KNOW THE POLICE HAS ALREADY STATED THAT THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T WASH THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE STAFFING TO DO IT.
AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE IT.
ANYBODY THAT'S ON THOSE BIKES ON THE BIKE, WHOSE AUTHORITY IS THAT UNDER? SO WHOSE IS IT THAT'S LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT? UH, DEPENDS ON THE AREA OF THE PATH, BUT THAT'S MOSTLY SOUTH DIVISION, I WOULD BELIEVE.
UH, BUT, UH, ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE GOING RIGHT NOW IS THE E SCOOTER PILOT PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUYS ON THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD, STRONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE USE OF E-BIKES AND, AND ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES, UH, ON THE BIKE PATH.
SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT UP AS WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE, UH, THE PILOT.
YOU DIRECTOR? I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T
I DON'T MIND THE ELECTRIC BIKES.
IT'S THE MINI BIKES AND THE, AND THE, AND THE THREE WHEELERS NOW.
I WISH I WAS, I WISH I WAS 12 AGAIN.
AND A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM HAVE ON OUR RED JUNIOR GUARD SHIRTS.
I HAD THREE GIRLS NEARLY RUN ME DOWN ON THE SIDEWALK, AND I VIDEOED 'EM TODAY.
UH, AND THEY WERE OUR JUNIOR GUARDS IN ELECTRIC BIKES ON THE SIDEWALK.
ANYWAYS, WE'VE GOT OUR OWN, OWN ISSUES IN THEIR IN-HOUSE.
WE'VE GOTTA ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS AS ROLE MODELS.
SO THE BIGGEST THE BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THAT IS THE CLASSIFICATION OF THOSE PARTICULAR BIKES BY THE STATE.
THERE'S CLASSES OF E-BIKE CLASS ONE E-BIKE, CLASS TWO E-BIKE CLASS THREE.
UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S LEGISLATION NOW LEGISL GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
ADDRESS, BUT UNTIL THERE'S, THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT CAN DIRECT CODE, UH, ENFORCEMENT CODE.
THEY HAVE TO BE TREATED LIKE LICENSES.
THERE, THERE IS, THERE IS CODE AND THERE IS LAWS ON THE MOTOR.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ILLEGAL PERIOD.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, MAN, SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UM, THEY WERE IMPOUNDING FISHING POLES.
CAN YOU IMPOUND BIKES THAT ARE WHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE? ABSOLUTELY.
IT, IT JUST COMES DOWN TO ENFORCEMENT AND THE RESOURCES.
CHECK, SORRY, AMANDA, READING THE COMMENTS, BACK TO THE INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS REGARDING THE BLUFF AND THE NOTION THAT THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY BEING FILMED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND A GENTLEMAN IN PARTICULAR WHO'S ASSOCIATED WITH A FACEBOOK PAGE, WHO MAY NOT, IN ALL FAIRNESS, UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE BLUFFS ARE SENSITIVE HABITAT.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR, UM, UH, HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO DECIDE TO GO AHEAD LONG DOWN A WALK ON THEIR BICYCLE.
WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS, UM, REACHING OUT TO OTHERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE CLEARLY NOT AFRAID TO DISCLOSE THEMSELVES, UM, AND OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHERE THEY WERE AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO DO IT AGAIN.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REACH THESE INDIVIDUALS, NOT AS MEMBERS, POTENTIALLY AT THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT AS CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGEMENT OF THOSE GLOVES? SO THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION.
CAN WE HELP BETTER EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? AND THIS GENTLEMAN IN PARTICULAR WHO HAD NO INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, SHIELDING HIMSELF OR HIS INFORMATION ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN REACH OUT, UH, IF, IF YOU PROVIDE US THE, THE, THE, THE FACEBOOK, UH, BE YEAH.
WELL ON IF I LEAVE, REACH OUT.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I CAN ASK, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT US? AGAIN, WE'RE ADVISED YOU COMMIT TO, TO DRAFT A LETTER TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE FROM US STATING THAT OUR CONCERNS
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ON THE BIKE TRAILS AND THESE MINI BIKES AND THESE ELECTRIC BIKES DOING 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR RIDING IT BACKS.WOULD THAT BE A BENEFIT? OR SHOULD WE JUST, I LOOKED AT YOU, TODD, MAYBE FOR, UH, UH, DIRECTION.
UH, JUST, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UH, YOUR LETTERS SHOULD BE TO THE COUNCIL.
THEY COULD BE TO THE COUNCIL AFFECTING A A, AN ISSUE.
BUT THEY SHOULD BE TO THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR, THAT'S WHO WE REPORT TO.
AND THEN, AND THEN TO THE COUNCIL WITH THE DIRECTOR OR WITH A, A G LEAD TOWARDS A SPECIFIC GROUP.
SO IT WOULD BE TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT SAFETY UNDER PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT, AND WE'LL PROCEED FROM THERE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE DRAFT A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE SAFETY OF ELECTRIC BIKES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, AND MOTORIZED MINI BIKES AND THREE WHEELS, UH, OF OUR SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT ARE WALKING.
NOW WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK THIS CITY IS ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OR WE AT ALL SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS.
UM, IN GENERAL, IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE LAW HAS TO CATCH UP WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, THAT THERE'LL BE, UM, BETTER LAWS GOVERNING IN THIS THAN THERE ARE NOW.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING, WHAT'S THE POINT OF WHAT'S, I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE POINT OR THE PURPOSE OF THE LETTER UNLESS WE THINK THAT THE COUNCIL'S NOT SUFFICIENTLY AWARE AND I'M, AND I CAN DISRESPECT THAT.
NO, I, AND I, I'LL, I'LL SHARE JUST, JUST ON THE LAW, SINCE I, I KNOW THE LAW WAS HELPING THE AUTHOR, UM, UH, OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GROUPS OF YOUNGSTERS, AND I MEAN THIS JUNIOR HIGH KIDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON MOTORIZED BIKES, UM, UH, MINI BIKES, ELECTRIC BIKES THAT GO WELL OVER, UH, YOU KNOW, 15 MILES AN HOUR, UH, THAT ARE NOW DRIVING IN PACKS.
UH, WE JUST HAD AN INSTANCE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON FOURTH STREET, UH, THAT THE POLICE OFFICER PULLED ONE OVER.
THEY SURROUNDED 'EM AND STARTED PELTING THE POLICE OFFICER WITH WATER BOTTLES, SAINTS OF THAT NATURE.
SOMEBODY CAME UP AND TOOK THAT MINI MIKE OUT OF HIM.
THE POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED THE KID, BUT THEN RELEASED HIM.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, OUR EAST, UH, DIVISION, UH, UH, COMMANDER, AS STATED AS HER OFFICERS WOULD NOT, UH, BE ARRESTING ANYBODY.
'CAUSE IT'S ONLY ONE OFFICER IN GROUPS OF 10, 15, AND 20.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IS, WE HAVE A CONCERN NOW THAT THESE MOTORIZED BIKES, AND NOW THEY'RE THREE WHEELERS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN GO ON INSTAGRAM AND FIND THE GUYS THAT ARE MAKING 'EM AND SELLING 'EM ARE NOW TAKING OVER THE STREETS.
UH, AND IT CONCERNED ME WITH THE ONE THAT WE HAD ON GRANADA AND OCEAN, UH, WHERE THEY CIRCLED THE GENTLEMAN IN THE ELECTRIC CART THAT WAS GOING HOME.
THEY THREW AN MAD, UH, UNDERNEATH HIS ELECTRIC CART.
HE GOT UPSET AND THEY, UH, BASICALLY GOT OUT OF THE CART.
MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN IT, BUT HE GOT OUTTA THE CART, CONFRONTED 'EM, AND THEY BEAT HIM UP.
UH, BUT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM.
HOW WOULD THE LETTER HELP WITH THAT PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING OUT OF NOW THEY'VE STATED THAT THE, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STATED THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
CITY COUNCIL COULD DO AN EDICT RIGHT IN, JUST LIKE HUNTINGTON BEACH DID, JUST LIKE NEWPORT BEACH DID.
THERE'S NO MORE ELECTRIC BIKES ON THE STREET UNLESS YOU'RE OVER 16 YEARS OLD.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME, UH, COUNCIL SOMETHING.
JUST A LITTLE INFORMATION FOR YOU IS WE WORK REGULARLY WITH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, UH, THE BIKE PATH PEDESTRIAN PATH, UH, EAST OF PALOMA TO, TO 54TH IS, UH, CD THREE.
AND THEN WEST OF PALOMA TO ALAMEDA BEACH IS CD TWO.
AND WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE TWO OFFICES ABOUT, UH, JUST THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON TO BRING SAFETY TO THE BIKE PATH IN REGARD TO E-BIKES.
AND DO, DO WE NEED THE SLIDE THEN? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM, WE JUST DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM CITY COUNCIL.
WE HEAR A LOT FROM CITIZENS AND A LOT ABOUT NON-ENFORCEMENT, AND I WOULD FEEL NEGLIGENT AS A COMMISSIONER IF I DIDN'T SPEAK UP ABOUT IT.
AND I FEEL THAT'S PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SAY IT'S A REAL CONCERN OF OURS.
I FEEL RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS KIND OF, UM, LIKE, LIKE THIS, THERE'S, THERE'S A STUDY GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON THE BIKE PATH, RIGHT? AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE NOT ONLY A STUDY, BUT IT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE POLICING IT IN TERMS OF,
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UM, WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND THE SPEED AND ALL OF THAT.SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER LAYER ON TOP OF THAT, OR IF WE'RE ASKING, DO YOUR JOB.
YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS STUDY, BUT, BUT THE STUDY, UH, HAS CONSEQUENCES.
COMMISSIONER, I THINK THAT YOU TOOK, I THINK YOU TAKE THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH, DO YOUR JOB.
AND IF EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT, UH, IT WORRIES ME THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA DIE.
AND AT LEAST WE'VE MADE A STATEMENT AND I THINK A STATEMENT THAT MY, MY MINE WILL BE CLEAR THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS MADE A STATEMENT.
AND I I WILL, I WILL CHANGE IT NOT JUST TO ALL CITY COUNCIL, BUT JUST TO CITY COUNCIL IN THREE AND TWO, SINCE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BASICALLY PASS THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW ELECTRIC BIKES ON THE BIKE PATH.
UH, AND THEY CAN SIT THERE AND DO SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING, UH, REGARDING THE MOTORBIKES, UH, AND THE MINIBIKES THAT ARE ON THAT BIKE PATH.
WELL, AGAIN, JUST REMEMBER THE, UH, THE E SCOOTERS IS A PILOT PROGRAM.
SO, SO THEY VOTED AS A COUNCIL BODY TO ALLOW E SCOOTER RENTALS.
BUT, UH, E-BIKES AND THE, LIKE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED ON THE BIKE PATH BECAUSE THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AS BICYCLES.
UM, AND AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, COMBUSTION BASED, UH, E BIKES, YOU CAN CHANGE AN E-BIKE, UH, MODE BASICALLY.
AND, AND THEY CAN GO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SO IT'S, AND MAYBE THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING FOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS JUST SAYING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? UH, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
ALL WE, ALL WE DO IS GET, GET COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE AND PEOPLE CALLING US.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO ABOUT IT? CALL YOUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
DON'T YOUR COMMISSIONERS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
I THINK IF, UM, WE WANT A REPORT OR SOMEONE TO COME AND TALK AND UPDATE THE COMMISSION, THAT SEEMS REALLY REASONABLE.
BUT TO TELL THE COUNCIL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE THE BUDGET THEY HAVE OR THE STRATEGY THEY HAVE, AND I FEEL LIKE WE WOULD NEED TO BE UPDATED BEFORE, IN MY OPINION, IT WE SHOULD SEND A LETTER.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COME HERE ALL THE TIME TO GIVE REPORTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A REASONABLE THING TO REQUEST, IN MY OPINION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO IF YOU COULD RESTATE THE MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT, UH, OUR ORIGINAL AMENDMENT, BUT RESTATED AS A LETTER, I THINK REQUESTING THEM TO COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING TO REVIEW WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND WHAT THEY PLAN ON DOING WITH THE ELECTRIC E BIKES.
ELECTRIC SCOOTERS THAT THEY'VE APPROVED, BUT ALSO ELECTRIC KEY BIKES AND MOTORIZED BIKES THAT ARE ON OUR BIKE TRUCKS THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE BIKE TRAIL.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM BOTH THE DISTRICTS TO COME IN, UH, AND TALK TO US ON THAT.
CAN YOU DO THAT? OR IT WOULD BE BETTER US TO SEND A LETTER REQUESTING 'EM TO COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, I CAN MAKE A REQUEST TO BOTH DISTRICTS TWO AND THREE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE MEET.
WOULD IT BE MORE POWERFUL HAVING OUR CHAIRWOMAN AND OUR, OUR COMMISSIONERS TO DRAFT THAT LETTER REQUESTING THAT, LET, LET ME REACH OUT AND THEN BASED ON THE RESPONSE, WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT WOULD BE SOMEONE FROM THE COUNCIL DISTRICT? YES.
THE COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE THE TOLL.
I WANT WHAT DEPARTMENT IS OVER THE, THE STUDY RIGHT NOW ALSO.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY GET A, A UPDATE OR JUST A MIDWAY REPORT FROM REQUEST AND UPDATE OR, UH, MID PROGRAM REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC WORKS WAS OVERSEEING THE, UH, THE EASE SCOOTER PILOT.
AND MAY I ALSO RESPECTFULLY KNOW THAT AT THE TIME THE PILOT PROJECT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND WE WERE GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT PROPOSED PILOT, UM, THERE HAD BEEN A REQUEST ON THE PART OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND SORT OF TRACK, UM, ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENT REPORTS TO BETTER HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE USE OF THESE MACHINES ON OUR PATH.
SO I'D LIKE TO MERELY ADD THAT, UH, CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR UPDATES ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THIS USE OF, OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, OTHER THAN I DON'T BELIEVE IT CAME TO, I DON'T BELIEVE IT CAME TO US FIRST, UH, FOR OUR APPROVAL ON, I BELIEVE THERE
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WAS NO QUESTION OF APPROVAL.THIS QUESTION ASKING FOR INFORMATION AS THE PILOT PROJECT WAS.
AND, AND HOW, HOW LONG HAS THE PILOT PROJECT BEEN GOING? THREE MONTHS NOW.
WOULD THERE BE INFORMATION FROM THAT? YOU SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET, UH, AND GET SOMEBODY OUT.
SO WITH NO MORE DISCUSSION, ALL AYE, AYE.
ANYBODY WE'VE CONCLUDED ALL CONCLUDE THE MAYOR'S REPORT.
NO, NO OTHER, UH, DIRECT REPORTS IN THE ROOM HERE.
I'M MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S START OUT WITH THE SERVE.
OH, THE, UM, THE HISTORIC POINT OF INTEREST COMMITTEE AND WE'LL JULY, WE SUCCESSFULLY, UH, ORGANIZED A COUPLE OF FIELD TRIPS.
WE HAVE, UH, CONNECTED A COUPLE OF FIELD TRIPS, POTENTIAL FOR MEMORIAL.
SO AS THEY SAID, WE'LL BE MEETING LATER IN JULY TO SORT FIGURE OUT OUR NEXT.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE? BLESS YOU.
SHE BEEN A STELLARLY COMPREHENSIVE JOB THUS FAR.
I THINK IT WAS BEYOND, UM, ANY OF OUR, UM, EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING SO MANY PEOPLE AND, AND REALLY TAKING THIS TASK ON.
I HAVE TO SOME GREAT PARTNERS.
UH, IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING, WE HAD A BUDGET STATUS AND WE'LL HEAR A SUMMARY ON THAT.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, WE HAD OUR QUARTERLY MEETING, UH, AND REPORT FROM OUR, UH, SORRY, PORSCHE AND I REGRET, UM, I DO NOT KNOW HER POSITION WITHIN THE CITY OR UM, DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND SHE GIVE US A VERY THOROUGH REPORT AS TO WHERE WE'RE WITH RESPECT TO THE, THIS FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE'RE SOLVENT
SO JUST PORSCHE IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST THREE, AND SHE'S ONE OF THE BEST IN THE CITY AND SHE'S NOW, HAS IT BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF? SHE'S BEEN IN THAT POSITION? IT IS.
IT'S BEEN, UM, AND THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY I HAD FROM OBSERVING IT, THE LAST PORTION OF THAT WAS THE, UM, THE MONTHLY COME FROM OUR MARINAS IS AT WHAT VALUE? APPROXIMATELY 2.5, 2.6.
AND THE THIRD COMMITTEE THAT I CAN THINK, AMIT, WAS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
BRUCE, DID YOU HAVE ANY TAKEAWAYS ON THAT? NO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, WE, WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING TODAY ON SOME OF OUR CONCERNS THAT WE HAD, ESPECIALLY WITH SAFETY AND THE FISHING.
UM, I TELL YOU WHAT, THE SERGEANT DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.
JUST, JUST, I THINK WE'VE WANTED THIS TODD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME OF SOMEBODY COMING UP AND TELLING US HOW MANY TICKETS AND AND, AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND, UH, MOST IMPRESSIVE IF WE CAN DO THAT, UH, EVERY YEAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WAS ABOUT THE FAMILY AT, UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE, THE DAUGHTER AND HER DAD WHO WOULD GO TO MOTHER'S BEACH.
HE'D GO OUT THERE AND KAYAK AND PICK UP ALL THE PLASTIC AND THE FLOATING BOYS AND FLOAT AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GET LEFT BEHIND OR DRIFT OUT.
AND I DID GO TO HER HOME BECAUSE SHE WAS AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME AND SHE WASN'T THERE.
BUT I LEFT HER A NOTE TO PLEASE CONTACT ME SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A, UM, PRESENTATION.
CAN I POSSIBLY RECOGNIZE HER AND RECOGNIZE HER DOWN FOR THOSE EFFORTS? ANYBODY THAT'S TAKING CARE OF THAT? ANYTHING ELSE FROM EXECUTIVE? NO, MA'AM.
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BLAIR HAD REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE THE STATUS ON OUR TITLES PROJECT KIND OF LEAD IN ON THE
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AGENDAS.AND I'M HOPING WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN AUGUST THAT WE SHOW THOSE ITEMS, UM, THAT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HAD FROM THE BOND REFUNDING, SO WE KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS ON THE RESTROOMS AND ON THE, UM, THE LARGE DOCKS ADJACENT TO THE MARINA OFFICE AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, ANOTHER THING WE EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER WAS THE LACK OF A, A BIKE PATH ALONG ON MARINA DRIVE WHERE THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON.
COMPRESSION ON BUILDING, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WHICH AS THE SERGEANT MENTIONED, IT WAS SO QUICKLY, UM, TORN DOWN AND I DON'T RECALL ANYTHING ELSE.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES WHAT WE HAD ON OUR EXECUTIVE.
UH, SO IF, UM, FINANCE EXECUTIVE AND SERVE, AND THEN WE HAVE IN OUR ANNOUNCEMENT CATEGORY, OUR NEXT EXECUTIVE MEETING WILL BE ON AUGUST 7TH, OUR NEXT FINANCE, UH, MEETING.
WHY WOULD THAT BE TWO MONTHS IN A ROW? IT WOULDN'T BE ANY SHOULD BE MADE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A MISTAKE ON THAT.
SO IF, UH, IN ADVANCE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN OUR FULL, UH, NEXT, UH, MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING IS, UM, THE 14TH.
AND, UM, AS WE STAND READY TO ADJOURN, WE DO HAVE, UM, OLYMPIC CLASS RACING, UH, TAKING PLACE STARTING, UH, TOMORROW WITH OPENING CEREMONIES.
AND THAT'S THE 65TH YEAR THAT ALAMEDA SPA YACHT CLUB HAS HOSTED THAT EVENT.
UH, PRETTY EXCITING THAT WE'VE BEEN THAT ENGAGED AS A MARINA FROM THE GET GO FROM 1960 ON.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GETTING OF COURSE, INCREASED VISIBILITY WITH THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS.
AND, UM, THEN IT WE'LL ADJOURN IN HONOR OF, UH, STEP COMMODORE DAVID HOOD, WHO RECENTLY PASSED ON, UM, FROM, UH, STAGE FOUR KIDNEY C.