* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE IN THIS LOVELY COOL ROOM ON A BEAUTIFUL HOT DAY. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE, UH, MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AT 4:31 PM ON THURSDAY, JULY 10TH, 2025. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? I CERTAINLY WERE CHAIR REDFIELD. SO CHAIR REDFIELD HERE. UH, COMMISSIONER HEGA HERE AND COMMISSIONER ATE SMITH HERE WE'RE FULLY ATTENDED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW I GO TO, UH, I THINK IT'S THE ITEM NUMBER ONE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION GOVERNANCE MEETING OF MAY 8TH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. CAN WE HAVE, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ANY FROM STAFF FOR THE PUBLIC? HEARING NONE. WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TY SMITH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS FEE WAIVER REQUESTS RECEIVED BETWEEN JUNE 12TH, 2025 AND JULY 9TH, 2025. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. AND, UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES, WE DO. CHAIR REDFIELD AND GLADYS KAISER, OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER, WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH THIS ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON, GLADYS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THREE REQUESTS. UM, THE FIRST IS THE HMONG ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO HOST A, A CULTURAL EVENT, UM, ON DECEMBER 13TH AND 14TH AT THE EL EL DORADO PARK, EAST GOLDEN GROVE AREA. AND IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT. THEY'RE REQUESTING $2,520 IN THE FACILITY, PERMIT FEES TO BE WAIVED. UM, AND THEN THE REVENUE IS THE 920, WHICH INCLUDES A SECURITY DEPOSIT AND STAFF FEES. THIS IS, UM, AT THE REGIONAL PARK, THEREFORE THERE IS GATE REVENUE, UM, EXPECTED. THEY EXPECT ABOUT 1500 GUESTS AND THEN THEY'RE HAVING ANOTHER EVENT. UM, THIS IS THE SAME DATE AND TIMEFRAME, UM, CULTURAL EVENT, BUT THIS TIME THEY'LL BE USING RECREATION, UM, HALL, UM, THE SOCIAL HALL RECREATION PARK FOR ANOTHER COMMUNITY EVENT, $440 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. UM, AND THAT THEY WILL BE PAYING $1,005 SECURITY DEPOSIT STAFF FEES AND INCLUDES MAINTENANCE FEES. THIS IS NOT, UM, AT THE REGIONAL PARK, THEREFORE NO GATE REVENUE AND 225 IN, IN ATTENDANCE. AND THEN ON BEHALF OF THE FEMINIST UPRISING, THIS IS A NEW GROUP TO US IN A NEW EVENT. UM, THEY'RE HAVING, UM, A RECREATION. THEY'RE USING THE RECREATION PARK, SOCIAL HALL, OPEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY EVENT, UM, FOR AN ANNUAL WOMEN'S FAIR. SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT EMPTY BOXES FILLED. UM, THE AN IT'S THEIR THIRD ANNUAL WOMEN'S FAIR, UM, ON AUGUST 26TH, $515 IN FACILITY AND PERMIT FEES. WE EXPECTED TO BE WAIVED, REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED, AN $885 SECURITY DEPOSIT, STAFF AND MAINTENANCE FEES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YES. YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE FEMINIST UPRISING. MM-HMM . SO THIS IS WOMEN'S EQUITY DAY AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THIS EVENT, THEY USED TO HAVE THIS EVENT AT CITY HALL RIGHT THERE IN THE COURTYARD. SO THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH, I BELIEVE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BEFORE, UM, I THINK THEY DO THIS EVENT WITH ZOE NICHOLSON. AND SO THIS IS AN EVENT THAT THEY TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE AT CITY HALL. AND SO NOW THEY WANNA HAVE IT IN THE PARK. THEY REALIZED IT'S HARD TO HAVE IT THERE IN THE PLAZA 'CAUSE IT'S SO HOT AND SUNNY. AND SO IT'S JUST EASIER TO HAVE IT IN THE PARKS. MAKES SENSE. SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT NEW TO THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE NEW TO PARKS RAPID. OKAY. GOOD. NEW REQUEST. YES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. IF THIS IS THE THIRD ANNUAL, WHERE DID RIGHT WHEN I READ IT AND THAT, THAT, SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT THE BOXES ARE FOR. SO FORMER COMMISSIONERS THAT ASK LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE ONGOING GROUPS, IS THIS NEW REQUEST? SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL HEAR THAT IT'S A GROUP, BUT IT'S A NEW TYPE OF EVENT MM-HMM . SO THAT'S WHY THE CATEGORIES ARE THERE. THANK YOU. UM, AND ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THE TWO HMONG ASSOCIATION. UM, SO IT IS, IS IT THE SAME EVENT HELD IN TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME? OR BECAUSE IT'S, UM, NO, SO THEY HAVE THE BIG COMMUNITY EVENT THAT THEY HAVE AT THE PARK AND THEY DRAW THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS THEIR CULTURAL FESTIVAL EVENT. UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE A SMALLER COMPONENT THAT LATER IN THAT DAY ONLY THEY BLOCK THE TIME, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE PREPARING, UM, AT THE RECREATION PARK. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO ONE EXPECTS, UH, 1500 ATTENDANCE, SO THAT'S GREAT GATE REVENUE. UM, THEN 2 25 AT RECREATION PARK. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IS THAT TYPICAL OF THEIR ATTENDANCE? THAT'S PRETTY NICE AND HIGH. UM, YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THE POPULARITY AND INVITING THAT. IT'S MUCH MORE, THE CULTURAL WELLNESS GOES BEYOND IF YOU HAVE EVER ATTENDED THE EVENT, GREAT FOOD. UM, IT'S BEYOND THE, AND THE HMONG ASSOCIATION, UM, IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVE GROUP IS THAT [00:05:01] IT'S OPEN TO ALL. THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY LOOKED UP ABOUT THE FEMINIST, UH, MOVEMENT SINCE I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER TY SMITH. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF OR PUBLIC? HEY, HEARING DONE, UM, ACTUALLY I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT IF I CAN SHARE. YES. SORRY. IS THAT, UM, AND THEN OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UM, GROUPS ATTENDING THE EVENT. SO AN EMAIL AS WELL AS A FOLLOW UP PHONE CALL GOES WITH EACH GROUP INVITING THE, TO COME INTO THE EVENT. AND THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTEND, WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR GROUPS MM-HMM . UM, AND SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR GROUP OR ASSOCIATION OR NONPROFIT IS ABOUT. UM, UNFORTUNATELY NOT ALL CAN MAKE IT DUE TO THE, THE TIMEFRAME THEY DO ASK IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER MEETING THEY COULD ATTEND OR DO I GO TO COUNCIL? I'M LIKE, NO, THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAGIC HAPPENS AT A COMMISSION EVENT. UM, BUT WE DO, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY, UM, ACTUALLY IMMEDIATELY FROM THE MEETING, I GO AND DROP THIS OFF AT OUR RESERVATION OFFICE AND THEN THEY WORK WITH THE GROUP TO, YOU KNOW, SOLIDIFY THEIR, UM, THEIR PERMIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, HEARING ONE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, HIGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER OR SMITH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. HEARING NONE. UH, NOW WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING DAMAGE LOSS THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE. DO I HEAR A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. AND, UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES. CHAIR REDFIELD. ACTUALLY JANICE HAS JOINED US TODAY AND SHE'S GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THIS REPORT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, JANICE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, SO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE DAMAGE AND LOSS REPORT. UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, THE TOTAL WAS $8,108. UM, WHICH I'LL NEVER SAY VANDALISM IS GOOD, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY A LOWER NUMBER THAT WE'VE SEEN COMPARED TO OTHER MONTHS. UM, AND I BRING, I THINK THAT BRINGS OUR YEAR TO DATE TOTAL FOR FISCAL YEAR TO ABOUT 50,000, UM, WHICH IS STILL A LOT LOWER THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER YEARS. UM, A LOT OF 'EM WERE SMALL FENCING, BROKEN LIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES FOR THE MONTH WAS A DAMAGE TO THE PLAYGROUND, SURFACING THE RUBBER SURFACE, UM, WHICH IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWO OF THOSE THE SAME PART, OR IT COULD BE THE SAME INCIDENT. AND IT WAS ABOUT $1,600. WHICH PARK ON SOUTH PARK? UM, EL DORADO, I BELIEVE. LET SEE. YES, EL DORADO PARK. SO THIS RIGHT HERE, UM, I THINK THEY RIPPED IT OUT. LET'S SEE. UM, AND IT JUST SAYS THEY RIPPED IT OFF AND IT WAS UNEVEN, SO I THINK THEY RIPPED UP THE RUBBER OFF. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS MORE DETAIL IN HERE. PAGE FOUR OF THAT. MY PAGES ARE MIXED UP. UM, YEAH, THE RUBBER MATTING DUE TO VANDALISM. UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE RIPPED IT OFF AND IT SCATTERED. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. . SO JUST KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO THAT. UM, WE'VE HAD SOME LOW NUMBERS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHICH IS REALLY ENCOURAGING. UH, WE ARE NOT SEEING AS OF RIGHT NOW LIKE THE COPPER EFFECTS THAT WE ARE SEEING. AND SO THOSE ARE WHAT THE REAL DRIVERS WERE FOR THOSE HIGH MONTHLY, UH, COSTS. UM, HAVEN'T SEEN THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, HAVEN'T HAD ANY SORT OF MAJOR ISSUES AT OUR PLAYGROUND. , WE HAD SEEN AT EITHER, YOU KNOW, GUN BINARY OR AGGRO KID A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. THOSE REALLY BIG TICKET ITEMS, IT'S REALLY BEEN FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE. HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK BRENT LEARNED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UH, THIS WEEK ABOUT COPPER AND THE VALUE OF COPPER. YEAH. SO, AND THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO IMPORT AS MUCH OF IT. AND SO THE VALUE OF WHAT WE HAVE UNDERGROUND AND IN OUR LIGHT POLES, UH, IS GOING TO GO UP. AND SO WE MIGHT SEE MORE OF THAT. BUT ERIC AND HIS TEAM AND, AND PRIOR TO THAT HURLEY, UH, THEY HAD BEEN PRETTY PROACTIVE WITH TRYING TO SECURE THE ENTRY POINTS WHERE PEOPLE COULD GRAB THAT COPPER. AND SO BRENT, I JUST KIND OF 30,000 FOOT LEVEL YES. DISCUSS SO, UM, PUBLIC WORKS HAD SHARED THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST THE CAUSE AND EFFECT WITH THE ANNOUNCED 500% TARIFF ON COPPER THAT, UM, IT'S EXPECTED THAT THAT WOULD BE A VERY VALUABLE COMMODITY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT KIND OF USE OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES OR PUBLIC AREAS TO MINE ANY KIND OF METAL. BUT IN PARTICULAR, AS STEVE MENTIONED, UH, WE SEE EXAMPLES WHERE THEY PULL COPPER WIRE OUT OF CONDUITS, COPPER DOWNSPOUTS, UH, ANY, EVEN OUR BRONZE PLAQUES HAVE BEEN VULNERABLE LATELY, BUT ANYTHING COPPER BASED WILL [00:10:01] CERTAINLY HAVE A HIGHER VALUE. SO I HEARD ON THE RADIO COMING OVER HERE THAT MEXICO IS FINDING OTHER PLACES TO EXPORT. THEY WON'T EXPORT TO US ANYMORE. YEAH. OKAY. UM, QUESTION ABOUT, NOT RELATED TO COPPER WIRING, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS IN THE NEWS RECENTLY HAD TO DO WITH E-BIKES AND, YOU KNOW, THE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER, LARGE GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OR YOU KNOW, YOUNGER PEOPLE ON E-BIKES AND, UM, THERE WAS RECENTLY A, A ASSAULT, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN DAMAGE TO PARKS AND STUFF WHEN THEY'RE COMING THROUGH OUR ROADWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? OR, OR NOT YET, OR WITH RESPECT TO THE VANDALISM? IT'S HARD TO SAY WHO'S EVEN PERFORMING THOSE, THOSE, UH, ACTIONS. UH, A LOT OF IT'S OVERNIGHT, SO WE DON'T KNOW. WE DO SEE THE, THE LARGER, YOU KNOW, GROUPS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE NECESSARILY SEEN ANY, UH, DAMAGE DIRECTLY, UH, FROM ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, UH, INCIDENTS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS. BUT WITH RESPECT TO VANDALISM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE NECESSARILY, UH, SEEN ANYTHING WHERE WE COULD TIE WHAT WE SEE IN THE REPORTS TO LARGE GROUPS. I KNOW WHEN, UM, WHEN IT WAS MORE ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE CAR CULTURE VERSUS E-BIKES, SOMETIMES THEY'D BE, THEY'D BE DRIVING ON ON THE GRASS, THE GRASS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH E-BIKES AS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR TEAM HAS SEEN IT OUT IN THE PARKS. I, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF USE EL DORADO MM-HMM . AS A AS AND WHEN I'M OUT ON MY WALKS, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW GLADYS HAS ANY OF YOUR NO, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING REPORTED REGARDING TO ANY OF OUR FIELDS. UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT'S MORE ASSOCIATED WITH WHEN YOU HAVE THE INCLEMENT WEATHER, SO IT MAKES SOGGY FIELD AND PEOPLE DOING THE DONUTS IN THE FIELD MM-HMM . BUT NOT RELATED, NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT IT'S HAPPENED, BUT, UM, NOTHING RELATED TO THE, THE E-BIKES. OKAY. YEAH. THE ONLY TWO INSTANCES I'VE HAD, I SPOKE AT THE DEFOREST, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND DAN BERG AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD MENTIONED THAT ALONG THE LA RIVER CORRIDOR PATHWAY, THERE WERE BIG GROUPS OF THE YOUNGSTERS, AND I'LL USE THE TERM YOUNGSTERS, THEY HAD THEIRS AND THEY WOULD COME DOWN INTO THE PARK. BUT AS GLADYS MENTIONED, DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE ANY RUTS IN THE TURF. BUT THEY'VE BEEN, AS A GANG, BEEN CONCERNING NEIGHBORS IN TERMS OF SAFETY. RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAD FINISHED THE RESURFACING OF THE RECREATION PARK, HISTORIC BANDSHELL, THE STAGE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY SOME KIDS GOT UP THERE AND, YOU KNOW, BURNED SOME DONUTS ON THE NEW SURFACE. IN TERMS OF OTHER VANDALISM. THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO EXAMPLES HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. BUT I KNOW THE POLICE CHIEF AND DEPARTMENT HEADS HAD MENTIONED IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH. YEAH. UM, I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S LUCKY THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MORE LIKE TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. 'CAUSE THEY ZIP IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, OFF OF SIDEWALKS DOWN INTO, YOU KNOW, LANES OF TRAFFIC AND YOU HAVE TO BE ON YOUR GUARD. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. SO WITH, WITH THE LOWER, WITH SAVING MONEY, I'M CURIOUS, LIKE WHERE DO THESE SAVINGS GO? LIKE THE MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING, HOW DO WE ALLOCATE THE, THE MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING? WELL I, THAT'S AN EASY ONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MONEY SAVED BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY WE HAD DEALING WITH THOSE THINGS. SO IT'S MORE DEFICITS. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY SAVE MONIES THAT WE, IT'S REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING OVER BUDGET. THANK. YEAH. THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE OF IT. OKAY. IT WOULD BE NICE TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WOOD OR SOME UTOPIAN CLOUD CAME OVER US THAT WHATEVER MONEY WE HISTORICALLY 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 300,000 A YEAR IS THE HIT WITH VANDALISM, THEFT AND THAT KIND OF RELATED EXPENSE, WHICH GOES REALLY QUICKLY. AND UH, BUT YEAH, SO IF WE SAY THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND AND IT'S ONLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND, THE 200,000 IN SAVINGS AS YOU CITED, WOULD DEFINITELY GO INTO IMPROVEMENTS OF FACILITIES OR, SO IT'S NOT LIKE HOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED IN THOSE ACTIVITIES. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. BUT YOU KNOW, I GUESS IN A SIMILAR, 'CAUSE THAT'S A, THAT POSES A GOOD QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WE DID, DID FINALLY GET A BUDGET FOR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT DEALING WITH THAT MM-HMM . SO SAY HOMELESSNESS WENT AWAY AND SUDDENLY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAP INTO THAT. WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE PRIORITIES THAT WE COULD REDIRECT THE MONEY TO 'CAUSE OUR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NUMBER, WHICH I HEARD WAS A BILLION DOLLARS CITYWIDE, A BIG CHUNK OF THAT PIE IS OUR [00:15:01] FACILITIES WITH ROOF NEEDS AND JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD QUESTION, . THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON STAFF? PUBLIC HEARING? NONE. WE HAVE A, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VIGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER OR SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMME RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. MARINE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. UM, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WELL, THE SPOTLIGHT IS SO JAN, DENISE, SO JAMES. ALRIGHT. UM, WELL, UM, SO WE ARE IN THIS REPORT THROUGH JUNE, SO THAT'S 75% OF THE YEAR. UM, OVERALL IN OUR GENERAL FUND, WE ARE UNDER 75% AROUND, I'M SURE YOU THE RIGHT YEAR. 65% OF EXPENDITURES WHILE WE'RE UP IN REVENUES, ABOUT 77% AS ACTUAL COMPARED TO BUDGET. UM, BUT THAT IS JUST JUNE, WHICH WAS JUST MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO OF SUMMER. SO I'M SURE YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP AS THIS IS OUR PRIME TIME. SO, UM, JUST MAKE SURE. YEAH, SO, AND SPECIFICALLY IN COMMUNITY RECREATION, OUR REVENUE'S DOING VERY WELL. UM, YEAH, CLOSE TO 90% OF THE BUDGET. WHICH UM, SAY THAT AGAIN, I'M SORRY. WE ARE AT CLOSE TO 90% OF ACTUALS TO BUDGET, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD. UM, IF PEOPLE PAY THE BILLS. SO, UM, IN THE GENERAL FUND AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR IT WAS UP CLOSER TO 85. SO I MEAN WE DO TREND HIGHER, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. UM, AS FAR AS THE WATER REPORT, MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBERS. SO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE HAD SPENT ABOUT 42% OF OUR BUDGET, UH, OUR WATER BUDGET, UM, IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND THIS YEAR, UH, THE SAME TIME OF YEAR WE'RE ABOUT ALMOST 53%. SO IT IS A DRIER YEAR. UM, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S WARMER YEAR. IT'S WARM THIS WEEK, BUT, UM, THAT'S TO BE SEEN THIS SUMMER. SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER, UM, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND THAT'S MOSTLY DUE TO RAINFALL. SO, SO 52% DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT WE HAVE OUR THREE HOTTEST MONTHS COMING UP. WE ARE GONNA BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON WATER, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL. YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN RIGHT NOW THE PARKS ARE GREEN AND WE'RE IN JULY. MM-HMM . THERE WERE PERIODS IN THE, IN THE TWO THOUSANDS AND THE TEENS OF THE TWO THOUSANDS WHERE IT WAS BROWNED BY NOW, UH, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER, UH, BUDGET. AND SO, UM, NUMBER OF EFFICIENCY PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SOME BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS IN PRIOR YEARS FOR WATER HAVE ALL HELPED. UM, BUT CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT LINE ITEMS. AND WE ARE DEFINITELY GONNA BE SPENDING ALL OF THAT BUDGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR. SO IT SOUNDS LOW 52%, BUT WE'LL BE SPENDING ALL OF THAT MONEY. YEAH. STEVE, UH, THIS IS A QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSIONERS. SO IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ON A REGULAR BASIS WE WOULD BE INFORMED OF RATE INCREASES, WHETHER IT BE FOR WATER OR ELECTRIC OR WHATEVER. AND IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE THE TIMING OF IT CAME UNFORTUNATELY AFTER WE HAD TO HAVE A, A BUDGET CREATED AND APPROVED. SO MAYBE SLIGHT REFLECTION BACK WITHIN MAYBE A FORECAST FORWARD. HOW DOES THAT DYNAMIC AFFECT THE, LIKE FISCAL YEAR 26? SO WE'RE ALWAYS IN A ONE YEAR CATCH UP. UM, BECAUSE BRENT IS RIGHT WHEN THE WATER DEPARTMENT COMES OUT WITH THEIR PROPOSED RATE INCREASES, IT'S ALWAYS AFTER WE'VE SUBMITTED OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO WE ARE ALWAYS IN A CATCH UP MODE. UM, AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HEARING, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT WE'RE HEARING ANOTHER 12% FOR WATER. THAT WHAT, WHEN WE HEARD IT CAME AFTER WHEN OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS. SO AGAIN, KIND OF ANOTHER CATCH UP SCENARIO. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN IS IF WE AREN'T KEEPING UP WITH GETTING BUDGET FOR EACH OF THOSE INCREASES EACH YEAR, WE'RE JUST GONNA FALL FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND. UM, NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GET AN INCREASE FOR WATER MAYBE ONCE EVERY SIX, SEVEN YEARS. LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, MORE RECENTLY WE HAD BEEN, UH, BETTER. UM, WE DID NOT GET AN INCREASE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. UM, BUT UH, WE SHALL SEE. AND IS THAT, AND WE KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT MOTHER NATURE WILL PROVIDE MM-HMM . IS THAT 12% THE SAME ONE THEY'RE [00:20:01] TALKING ABOUT FOR RESIDENTIAL? YES. CORRECT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER, YOU'RE A CITY DEPARTMENT, THE WATER DEPARTMENT'S A CITY DEPARTMENT. WHY DO YOU GUYS, WHY DO THEY CHARGE YOU? AND THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO. UM, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ESSENTIALLY CHARGE THE RESIDENTS, UH, AND THEN GIVE IT AWAY TO THE CITY. IT'S LIKE THAT'S UNFAIR TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT THEY ARE SUBSIDIZING THE CITY'S USE. YEAH. SO WE PAY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. STEVE, CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR INCREASE WAS? WAS IT 11? SO 11 PLUS 12. 1112 HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. THE PROPOSAL IS 12% FOR OCTOBER 1ST OF 25. AND DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT'LL GO THROUGH OR DO WE IT'S GONNA IMPACT ME PERSONALLY. IT WILL IMPACT EVERYBODY. SO WITHOUT, SO IF YOU DO THE MATH BACKWARDS WITHOUT A STRUCTURAL BUDGET ENHANCEMENT, THAT MEANS WE'RE PUTTING 23% LESS WATER ON OUR PARKS, WHICH WILL PROBABLY NOT SHOW US GREEN OF A LANDSCAPE. I MEAN THAT'S THE CAUSE AND EFFECT. YEAH. UNLESS MOTHER NATURE RAINS UPON US. YEAH. I JUST THOUGHT, THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND. YES. THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER. CONTROL OVER. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS STAFF? THANK YOU. THANK YOU JANICE. THANK YOU. YOU WELCOME. SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER IGA SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARDI SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING PROPOSED FEE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET ADOPTION AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE. OH, I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES. UM, MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE SCOTT'S GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THIS ITEM AND, AND REALLY THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE. WHEN I SPOKE TO EACH OF THE THREE OF YOU LAST MONTH, MAYBE, UM, AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE ALL SPOKE. UM, AND I DID THAT IN ADVANCE JUST BECAUSE THE PUBLIC NOTICING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD'VE GONE OUT BEFORE TODAY. AND SO I DIDN'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO SEE THAT AND SAY I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT. MM-HMM . SO WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THERE ARE NO NEW UPDATES ON THAT. EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO, UM, THE FEES THAT WERE GREATER THAN OR DIFFERENT THAN THE CCI OR CPI INCREASE. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE. THOSE WERE LIKE THE FORFEIT FEES FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SPORTS. UH, SOME LIFEGUARD FEES, UH, SOME FIELD AND COURT MONITORING FEES. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE. NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE WE SPOKE. UM, SO JUST WANTED TO KEEP IT ON HERE. AS A REMINDER, IT WILL BE PART OF THE, UH, COMMISSION MEETING NEXT WEEK. JANICE WILL BE HANDLING THAT, UH, FOR STAFF. UM, BUT NO CHANGES SINCE WE SPOKE. AND UM, WILL THAT REPORT BE THE SAME ONE THAT YOU GAVE US? CORRECT. YEP. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S IT. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS. STAFF COMMENTS. STEVE, THANK YOU FOR MANAGING OF THAT MANNER. THAT WAS VERY GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, ON THAT ITEM WE HAVE A, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TY SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HUGO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, ABSTAINED, PUBLIC, ET CETERA. OKAY. THANK YOU . WE'LL NOW GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE PARKS OF RECREATION PROBATION MEETING OF JULY 17TH, 2025. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. UM, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WELL, I THINK WE JUST HAVE THE AGENDA AS PART OF THE PACKET TO REVIEW IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES. OKAY. I DON'T REALLY HAVE, I MEAN, I WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT OR, UM, I MEAN, I, I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH EVERYONE. I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE. UH, SO JUST FYI, COREY IS GOING TO NOMINATE ME AS VICE CHAIR SINCE I WON'T BE HERE. I'VE ASKED HIM TO DO IT AND HE HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED. OKAY. SO YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS ARE BE WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, AS A CONVENIENCE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW AS WE DO PREVIOUS YEARS. YES. GOOD. UM, OH, AND I REMEMBER LAST MEETING OUR UNFORTUNATE TIMING THAT OUR MAY EMPLOYEE THE MONTH WASN'T ABLE. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE WILL HAVE TWO EMPLOYEE THE MONTH PRESENTATIONS. OKAY. AND THIS OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT UPDATE. OH YEAH. THERE'LL BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE'LL [00:25:01] GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THAT OR AN UPDATE. YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, REMINDING ALL OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO INCLUDE THE SURVEY IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS JUST SO WE GET MUCH MORE INPUT FROM THE CASE. YEAH, I'VE STARTED TO SEE IT IN THE NEWSLETTERS. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE COVERED ALL OF THE, THE ITEMS IN PREPARATION. THERE WILL BE, UH, SOME CONTRACT CLASSES. DO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE ANY POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DOING ANOTHER FIELD TRIP MEETING? YES. YEAH, WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT. SO THE OTHER THING JUST FOR YOUR CALENDARS IS THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE 22ND OF JULY, UM, IT, IT'S A PACKED COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS IS OUR VIDEO FOR, UH, JULY IS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH. IT'S JUST THREE MINUTES. BUT IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATE PARTS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH IN JULY WITH THE REST OF THE NATION. SO WE LIKE DOING THAT. WE ALSO, WE WE'RE KIND OF SUBTLE ABOUT IT, BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF OUR SPONSORS. SO WE HAVE PORT OF LONG BEACH, THE SIGNO PETROLEUM, UM, AIRPORT, LIKE UTILITIES, EVERYBODY THAT HELPS SUPPORT ALL OF OUR EVENTS WITH RESOURCES AT THE CONCERTS AND MOVIES AND THINGS. AND MAYBE SEPARATE FROM THAT, IF YOU HAVE TIME AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, UNLESS IT ALREADY LEFT. WE HAVE A BRAND NEW, UM, MOVIES IN THE PARK TRUCK THAT GOT ARRIVED. SO WE'RE TURNING IN OUR OLD ONE, UH, TO THE FLEET. AND IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL WRAP. I DID HAVE PICTURE IF IT HAPPENS TO BE OUT ON ITS WAY TO A MOVIE TONIGHT. 'CAUSE I KNEW THE STAFF WAS MOVING EQUIPMENT OVER, BUT, UM, I SEE IT. I'LL SEE IF I CAN AT LEAST PASS MY PHONE AROUND. IT'S, IT'S REALLY COOL. OTHER THAN THAT, UM, YEAH, I, OH, I HAVE A QUESTION. OH YEAH, SURE. ABOUT MOVIES IN THE PARK. I'M CURIOUS IF, UM, WITH ALL OF THE ICE RAIDS THAT ARE GOING ON, HOW HAS THE ATTENDANCE BEEN IN OUR HISTORICALLY LATINO COMMUNITY PARKS? MM, FINE. WE, THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONE WEEK THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACT SERVICE EMPLOYEES WERE HESITANT TO SHOW UP, BUT THEY RETURNED BACK TO WORK. OH GOOD. OKAY. SO I, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND CAMPS ARE, YOU KNOW, ALL SIX CYLINDER OR EIGHT CYLINDERS, WHATEVER, ALL THROTTLE . OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. SO IN CASE, IN CASE IT'S NOT OUT THERE, THIS IS WHAT OUR NEW OH, IS THAT SO COOL? YEAH, THE GRAPHIC IS REALLY COOL. IT'S LIKE A MOVIE STREP WITH DIFFERENT FRAMES SHOWCASING DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR PARK. IT'S VERY COLORFUL. OH, IT'S SO FESTIVE. YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT PARK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. IT'S DRIVING AROUND. IN FACT, NEXT THURSDAY THAT'S ADVERTISE, THAT'S IT SHOULD BE HERE NEXT THURSDAY. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE 'EM PULL IT IN FRONT OF THE DR. THOMAS J. CLARK. OH, THAT'LL BE WONDERFUL. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE KIND OF FUN. THAT'S GREAT MARKETING. YEAH, SURE IS. WAS THAT UH, CITY FUNDED OR UHHUH? NO. CITY FUNDED. OKAY. UM, UM, I DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'LL HAVE MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON. I KNOW AT DEPARTMENT HEADS YESTERDAY WHEN I GAVE MY REPORT, UM, IT'S HARD JUST TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THE BEST HIGHLIGHTS, BUT WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON. IT'S BEEN A REALLY BUSY SUMMER. SUMMER SHOULD BE. IT'S GOOD. IT'S VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. UM, WELL FOR, WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WE, UH, HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ORIE SMITH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HEGEL. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. THANK YOU. UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AT OUR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC HERE TODAY? , SEE? NONE. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I I DO WANNA MENTION SOMETHING. SO WE HAVE AN ONGOING LIST OF DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE REQUESTED UPDATES ON. SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS. SO WE WERE GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE, UM, DIRECT ANY TOPIC TO GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE OTHER COMMITTEE AND AS THAT GROUP WOULD MEET AND, AND HEAR THE UPDATE OR THE REPORT OR SUMMARY. AND THEN THEY COULD RECOMMEND, UM, UM, TO, THEY'LL GO THROUGH CHRISTINE TO, UM, BRING IT, TO PUT IT ON AN AGENDA THAT YOU'LL REVIEW. GOT IT. AND THEN THE, THE, UH, CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE WOULD VERBALIZE KIND OF AN UPDATE FOR THE BROADER COMMISSION IF THAT OH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE. GOOD, GOOD PROTOCOL. YEAH. OKAY. BUT THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MENTION THAT. 'CAUSE YOU REVIEW THE COMMISSION, UM, AGENDA MM-HMM . BUT THERE COULD BE A PARALLEL GROUP OF COMMITTEES THAT MIGHT GET ACTIVATED. 'CAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THEM WAS THE REVIEW OF THE ELEVATE 28 CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TITLE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSE MEETING COMMITTEE. [00:30:01] UM, THEY COULD BE, UM, SCHEDULE A MEETING. WE COULD HAVE THAT PRESENTATION AND THEN WHATEVER'S PRESENTED COULD BE, UM, INTRODUCED ON THE AGENDA FOR A PRESENTATION AT THE FOLLOWING. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT WE WANTED TO CHIP AWAY AT THOSE. I THINK THERE'S ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN TOPICS, SO, OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS. AND THEN JUST AS A FUN NOTE. SO AUGUST 8TH IS NATIONAL, UH, SORRY. NATIONAL PICKLEBALL DAY. I KNOW YOU ALWAYS . SO ON AUGUST 6TH, UM, LAST YEAR, I WAS ASKED TO DO KIND OF A FUN LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAM FOR OUR DEPARTMENT ENDS MEETING. SO WE'D MEET OVER AT THE UTILITIES HEADQUARTERS ON SPRING BY THE CADILLAC DEALER. ANYWAY, SO WE CONVERTED THE COURTYARD INTO A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX. SO MOST OF THE, THE CITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS HAD NEVER PLAYED PICKLEBALL AND CITY MANAGER. I MEAN, EVERYBODY GOT OUT THERE. WE HAD THE SENIORS FROM THE FOURTH STREET SENIOR CENTER CAME OVER AND DID SOME DEMONSTRATIONS, AND THEN THEY DID A LITTLE COACHING AND THEN EVERYBODY WAS PLAYING PICKLEBALL. OH MY GOSH. SO THEY ASKED FOR ME TO RETURN THAT PROGRAM ON AUGUST 6TH. SO IT'D BE THE EVE OF THE EVE OF NATIONAL PICKLEBALL DAY. OH, THAT'S FUN. BUT THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S ADORABLE. THE OTHER THING THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY IS I, I WAS INVITED OVER TO THE LAWN BOWLING, UH, CENTER OR CLUB AT RECREATION PARK CLUB. YEAH. SO WE WERE THINKING MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING. 'CAUSE YOU, YOU CAN OH YEAH. HAVE A MEETING IN THEIR CLUBHOUSE. IT WILL HOUSE ABOUT 60 PEOPLE. NOT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC VISIT MM-HMM . BUT, UM, SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A COMMISSION MEETING THERE AND THEN THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO, IF YOU WANNA JUST GIVE A GO AT SOME LAWN BOWLING. BUT IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE FACILITY. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, THE FISHING PLACE? OH, THE FISHING DERBY ON THE SIDE? YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE IN RECREATION PARK FISHING. YEAH. YEAH. WE, WE WERE THERE CELEBRATING THEIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY. NO, WE, DURING THE SUMMER, OR NOT DURING THE SPRING IN RECENT RECENTLY WAS HE GAVE HIS HATS. OH. YEAH. SO ANYWAY, JUST SOME IDEAS ABOUT TAKING THE COMMISSION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE. MIGHT WE CONSIDER THAT FOR SEPTEMBER? WE, WE COULD DO THAT. OH, SEPTEMBER WOULD BE A NICE MONTH. MM-HMM . YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT. I'LL, THE PRESIDENT STOPPED IN MY, UM, OFFICE THE OTHER DAY UNANNOUNCED, BUT HE'S SUCH A NICE PERSON. HE IS. BUT HE SAID THAT THEY HAD THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHAT DO THEY CALL HIM? NOT PLAYOFFS, PLAY PLAY UP OR SOMETHING. BUT ANYWAY, ALL THESE CLUBS AND THEIR CHAMPIONS COME IN AND THE PERSON THAT'S THE NATIONAL CHAMPION OF LAWN BOWLING SINGLES IS ONE OF OUR CLUB MEMBERS. AND HE, HE'S REGAINED THE TITLE TO MOVE TO, I THINK IT'S IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF COOL. IT IS. I DON'T THINK IT'S AN OLYMPIC SPORT. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR BATHROOMS. YES. MY BATHROOMS. YEAH. . OKAY. UM, WELL, YEAH, I WAS, SHOULD WE DO THAT ON THE RECORD OR OFF THE RECORD? WELL, I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA GIVE A A WE CAN DO THAT FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW, I GUESS. OKAY. FOR IT. YEAH. SO I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK, BUT YEAH. UM, THE, IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY OH, RIGHT. THE BATHROOMS. THE BATHROOMS. IT WAS ACTUALLY INCREDIBLE. SO I PICTURE YOUR PHONE. GO AHEAD, . SORRY. UM, SO YEAH, ON, YOU KNOW, THURSDAY WE HAD OUR, OUR COMMISSION MEETING AND, UM, WE HEARD BACK THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY WERE GONNA, UH, START SERVICING THE PORTA-POTTIES MORE FREQUENTLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE, WHERE WE WERE AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND SO I SENT THE INFORMATION OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND I, I, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO'D BEEN, WHO'D BEEN, UH, TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I SHOUTED OUT BRENT FOR HOW, UH, COMMUNICATIVE HE WAS AND, AND ALL OF THAT. AND THE CONVERSATION THAT A REALLY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. IT LOOKS LIKE WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE THEM READY FOR THE TOURNAMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GONNA BE, UM, SERVICING 'EM. AND SO, UM, AND THEN, UH, WE GOT A TEXT MESSAGE ON FRIDAY MORNING FROM ONE OF, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AT LOS ALTAS. TEXTED MY HUSBAND AND SAID, THEY'RE LITERALLY BRINGING, TAKING DOWN THE FENCES RIGHT NOW, . SO OUR, SO OUR TOURNAMENT STARTED FRIDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEY OPENED THE RESTROOM. IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS REALLY AWESOME. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. WERE THEY LIKE FILMING IT AS THEY OPENED? WELL, SO IT WAS FUNNY, WE WERE OUT, MY HUSBAND'S MOM WAS IN TOWN, AND SO WE WERE OUT AT BREAKFAST WHEN HE GOT THE TEXT MESSAGE. AND SO HE WAS LIKE, WELL, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA STOP BY. SO WE HAD TO, OF COURSE WE HAD TO COME OVER AND TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE BATHROOMS, , UM, AND SEND IT OUT WORLDWIDE. BUT IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING AND EVERYONE WAS VERY, VERY GRATEFUL, UM, TO HAVE ACTUAL, ACTUAL RESTROOMS FOR THE TOURNAMENTS. UM, AND EVERYONE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAS THANKING ME FOR THE BATHROOMS. I WAS LIKE, I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY LIKE, OH, IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. LIKE, YOU KNOW, OH, YOUR BATHROOMS ARE. SO I SAID, WELL, OKAY, SO , YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, BUT EVERYONE WAS REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE ACTUAL FACILITIES. [00:35:01] UM, UNFORTUNATELY OUR TEAM DIDN'T WIN, SO WE DIDN'T GET TO, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE HAVING, HAVING IN THE BATHROOMS THIS FALL. I KNOW. YEAH. UM, BUT, BUT IT, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE TO HAVE, UM, CLEAN AND, AND SAFE FACILITIES AS WELL. EVERYONE APPRECIATED THAT. THE DIFFERENT STALLS, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY, INDIVIDUAL, WERE ABLE TO, BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WAS, BESIDES JUST THE, THE, UM, THE PREVIOUS, THE PREVIOUS BATHROOM, BESIDES JUST THE CLEANLINESS, SOMETIMES THERE'D BE PEOPLE IN THERE. THERE'D BE ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT, THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S PRIMARILY USED BY YOUTH, IT MADE IT A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE. SO, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, RIGHT HERE IN ELDA, MY SON HAD HIS, MY SON'S BIRTHDAY IS ON THE 4TH OF JULY. SO WE HAD A, A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN, IN THE PARK. UM, AND MY DAUGHTER SAID, I WANNA USE THE BATHROOM. AND I SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE OVER BY THE SOFTBALL FIELD. AND SHE SAID, NO, I WANNA USE THE, I WANNA USE YOUR BATHROOM . SO I GOT, YOU KNOW, AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE JUST WALKING BY HERSELF, GOING OVER THERE. AND I COULD KIND OF, SHE WAS WEARING A BEANIE. I COULD KIND OF SEE HER. BUT SHE, SHE FELT VERY COMFORTABLE IN A WAY THAT SHE NEVER WAS WITH THE PREVIOUS FACILITIES. SHE KNEW THAT THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL STALL, LIKE IF IT, IF IT WASN'T CLEANING, SHE COULD GO TO THE OTHER ONE. BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE IN THERE OR ANYTHING THAT, SO IT'S A GREAT TESTIMONIAL FROM THE POSITION. HOW OLD IS YOUR DAUGHTER? SHE IS NINE. SHE'LL BE 10 IN OCTOBER. YEAH, THAT'S BEEN BETTER. WOW. YEAH. SO ON MONDAY THE 21ST, WE'RE HAVING OUR ROOM AND CUTTING. WE'RE HAVING, WE SHOULD, YOU NEED TO BE FOR THE ROOM THERE. WE'LL BE OUT OF TOWN, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT, UM, CHRISTINE AND JEN, WE GOT A BUNCH OF THEM COMING UP. THAT ONE. AND THEN YOU SHOULD PASS SOMEBODY FROM THE TEAM, FROM THE, YOUR BASEBALL. THAT'D BE COOL. YEAH, NO, IT WAS, I DIDN'T WANT TO, SO I DIDN'T MENTION IT TO MY FAMILY UNTIL WE WERE ACTUALLY ON OUR WAY HOME FROM VISITING THEM AND SEEING THAT THE FENCES WERE COMING DOWN. BUT I ACTUALLY MANAGED TO MAKE IT THE ENTIRE SEASON WITHOUT USING THE PORT OF BODIES . AND I, I, LIKE, I DIDN'T WANNA JINX IT BECAUSE IT WOULD, IT TOOK A LOT OF INGENUITY. AND SO AT THE END OF, AT THE END OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAME, I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM, BUT I FELT LIKE I, I FELT LIKE I . YEAH. IT'S LIKE, WELL, I GOTTA AT LEAST GO IN THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, ON THE FIRST DAY. UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, JUST LOTS OF, LOTS OF POSITIVE RESPONSES. SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, YEAH, FOR, SO PART OF MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW, IT WILL INCLUDE, 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE FOUR MONTH, THE END OF THE FOUR MONTH PILOT FOR THE THRONE. SMART RESTROOMS. THEY'VE BEEN REALLY POPULAR. SO WE HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS DURING THE FOUR MONTHS, BUT THE ONE OUT AT BELMONT PIER, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY CAN, UM, GET DATA FROM THEM. IT'S THE THIRD HIGHEST UTILIZED THRONE RESTROOM IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY. WOW. OH MY GOSH. WHICH ONE? THE ONE AT BELMONT PIER. BEL MY GOD. IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY. IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY. YEAH. FASCINATING. BUT I WAS AT THE, UM, WE HAD THE MUNI BAND AT, UM, BIXBY. LIKE EVEN AFTER LIKE SOMETHING IN NEW YORK. YEAH. AT BIXBY ANNEX PARK ON, OH MY GOSH. ON UH, TUESDAY. MM-HMM . YEAH. TUESDAY. SO AF AFTER I DID MY WALK, I JUST WAS OVER HANGING OUT BY ALL THE RESOURCE PEOPLE AND I LOOKED DOWN AT THE, THE PATHWAY, THE BEACHFRONT PATHS. IT LOOKED LIKE A MARATHON OF PEOPLE GOING EACH WAY. THERE WAS THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS. SO IT DIDN'T SURPRISE ME THAT, WOW. YEAH, THAT WOULD GET A LOT OF USE DOWN THERE. BUT, SO WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT STRUCTURALLY FUNDED 'CAUSE IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, BUT WE, THE ONES THAT, UM, THE FOREST PARK, BECAUSE WE GOT THE PICKLEBALL, SORRY, PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE SALL SOCCER AND THE BASKETBALL COURT. IT'S JUST A REALLY BUSY PARK. UM, WHICH HAS BEEN GOOD. 'CAUSE WE USED TO HAVE A LOT OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT PROBLEMS. IT'S SO BUSY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT, BUT I DON'T CARE. BUT THAT ONE'S REALLY WELCOME BECAUSE WE LOST OUR FREESTANDING RESTAURANT FROM THE FIRE. IT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. SO THEY'RE REDESIGNING IT BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE DESIGN OF THESE RESTAURANTS. SO, SO THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK THOUGH. YEAH. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE, YOU'LL REPORT THAT AS QUESTION THE PARENTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE SEEING THEM UTILIZE THOSE RESTROOMS MORE SAFELY. SHIRLEY'S TOILETS, HUH? YES. . OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WAS A GOOD MEETING. GOOD GOVERNANCE MEETING. THANK YOU. WE CAN CALL AN ADJOURNMENT AT 5:10 PM GREAT. THANKS EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.