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AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ ITEM ONE.
ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2025.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THERE ARE NO, UH, NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT FOR THIS MEETING.
FOR THIS ITEM, VOTE AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A VOTE.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND REFER BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
THE NAMING OF THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY AT THE CLAREMONT SMALL BOAT LAUNCH RAMP.
THE PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY.
THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY OF LONG BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, A AR EIGHT SEVEN FACILITY NAMING PROCESS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THIS WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL TO RENAME THE FACILITY, BUT UM, I'M JUST HAPPY TO THAT PAT FLYNN AND DICK MILLER ARE GOING TO SEE THIS MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE THEY REALLY REPRESENT THE RICH HISTORY OF OUR LIFEGUARDS.
WELL, IF YOU KNOW THEM, KNOW THEIR HISTORY.
UM, DICK MILLER WAS, UH, A LIFEGUARD IN THE, STARTED IN THE FIFTIES AND HE WAS THE CHIEF.
UM, THEY JUST HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY AND THEY STARTED THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE WANTING TO NAME THE, UM, JUNIOR LIFEGUARD, UH, HEADQUARTERS FOR THEM AND GET, BE ABLE TO, UH, HONOR THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THIS.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND I'LL STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE FOR THIS ITEM.
COUNCIL WOMAN IN DEHUS, VICE CHAIR RICK SODI.
THIRD ITEM ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE FEEDBACK AND IDENTIFY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL MEETING EFFICIENCY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, STAFF ENGAGEMENT AND FURTHER EXPLORATION TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR POTENTIAL ADVANCEMENT TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
AND THEN QUESTION WAS THIS WAS A SIMILAR ITEM BROUGHT BEFORE? UM, YES.
I THINK THAT WAS THE MEETING THAT I MISSED.
OH, IT WAS JUST BROUGHT FORWARD, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE TWO MEETINGS AGO THAT I HAD FOUR ITEMS. MM-HMM
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER THESE QUICKLY, BUT I FIRST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU BOTH KNOW ABOUT THE SURVEY THAT THE CITY CLERK HAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUSH THAT OUT TO YOUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I'LL CHECK WITH MY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT ISN'T INCLUDED IN OUR NEWSLETTER.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT MUCH RESPONSE, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IT IN EVERY WEEK TO TRY AND PUSHING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS OUR GOAL.
AND WHAT, UM, WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR THE BLACKMAN? WE EXTENDED, WE EXTENDED IT, SO I DON'T KNOW THE DATE.
BUT I'LL HAVE NICK REACH OUT TO YOUR CHIEF AND, UM, LET THEM KNOW.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
UM, BUT YES, I BROUGHT AN ITEM FORWARD MUCH BROADER.
THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC, THESE SIX ITEMS. AND WE CAN, WE CAN REQUEST, WE BOTH COULD SAY, I WANNA DIG INTO THIS DEEPER MM-HMM
UM, MAYBE I WANNA LOOK AT THIS OR NO, DON'T WANNA LOOK AT THIS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE NEXT YEAR OF BRINGING THESE ITEMS BACK.
SO I'M GONNA GO FORWARD THROUGH
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THEM JUST REALLY QUICKLY SO YOU HAVE AN OVERVIEW.UM, BUT REMEMBER, NO DECISIONS TODAY.
CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS. SO THE FIRST PROPOSAL IS TO ESTABLISH TIME, CERTAIN ITEMS PRIMARILY TO GIVE THE PUBLIC MORE PREDICTABILITY AROUND WHEN HIGH INTEREST ITEMS WILL BE HEARD.
TIME, CERTAIN INFERS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AT EXACTLY A TIME.
UM, WHAT WE, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON HIGH INTEREST ITEMS IS NOT, WE COULD DO A TIME CERTAIN ITEM, NEVER HAVING IT BEFORE THAT TIME, BUT AS IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THE MAYOR, THE CHAIR TO HEAR THE ITEM SO PEOPLE AREN'T WAITING FOUR HOURS TO HEAR AN ITEM THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OR THAT WE CAN SEE THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED IN.
UM, SO IF THERE'S A CERTAIN TIME LIKE SIX O'CLOCK, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO START EXACTLY AT SIX, BUT IT WILL NOT START BEFORE SIX O'CLOCK.
SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE AFTER SIX OR SIX 30 ITEMS ACTUALLY HEARD.
IT'S NOT GOING TO APPLY TO EVERY ITEM.
I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME MECHANISM AND ERIN AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS, JUST HOW ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE WE CAN'T HAVE THIS EVERY SINGLE MM-HMM
BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE TIMES WE'VE ALL, WE ALL HAVE ITEMS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE GOING, WHEN IS THIS ITEM GOING TO EVEN BE HEARD? AND I THINK IT GOES BACK TO PARENTS TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS.
IF IT'S AN ITEM RELATED TO FAMILIES, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR WORKS WITH US ALREADY ON CERTAIN ITEMS AND HE PUSHED THEM FORWARD, BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE PROCESS.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT TO CHANGE HOW THE MAYOR RUNS HIS MEETINGS.
THIS IS STRICTLY FOR EFFICIENCIES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HIM TO, UM, WELL AS WE GO THROUGH THE ITEMS, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE SOME THAT REALLY IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE POTENTIALLY TO OUR MEETINGS EXPANDING EARLY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO CURRENTLY WE ALLOW 10, 10 SPEAKERS BEFORE THE MEETING ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. THEY GET A THREE MINUTE TIME PERIOD.
SO IT'S A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES.
I'M PROPOSING THAT WE INCREASE THAT TO 15 SPEAKERS TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS. AND THEN WE COULD MIRROR THE, UH, SPEAKING FRAMEWORK WE USE FOR OVER 10 AND MOVE THAT TO 90 SECONDS.
THAT MEANS WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE 15 SPEAKERS, OPENS IT UP FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT 90 SECONDS, WHICH WOULD STILL BE A FEW MINUTES LESS THAN THE OVERALL THREE MINUTES TIMES 10 SPEAKERS.
SO, UM, IT JUST GIVES PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITIES SPEAK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BECAUSE IF THEY'RE OVER 10, SOMEONE HAS TO WAIT TILL THE END FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIRD ITEM, ENFORCING CEREMONIAL LIMITS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT MAKING A NEW RULE OR THIS IS ALREADY IN ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
IT'S UPHOLDING WHAT IS ALREADY IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
NO MORE THAN THREE CEREMONY PRESENTATIONS PER MEETING AND EACH ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES.
THAT'S THE TECHNICAL WORDING OF THE OR, UH, THE ORDINANCE.
SO SOMETIMES IT IS CHALLENGING FOR THE MAYOR TO CUT OFF PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE INVITED THREE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THEY'LL GO TO FIVE MINUTES AND IT ENDED UP BEING OVER 10 MINUTES
UM, I THINK THIS MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER AND LESS AWKWARD FOR THE MAYOR TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY.
OR THE CITY CLERK HAS CONTROL OF THAT THREE OR FIVE MINUTE TIMER FOR OUR PRESENTATIONS.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO UPHOLD THE FIVE MINUTE ORDINANCE FOR, FOR PRESENTATIONS.
AND THE MAYOR COULD ALWAYS EXTEND IT.
I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS, UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, UH, RELIGIOUS, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN GOING CEREMONIES ARE DEFINITELY LONGER, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THEM THERE.
THESE ARE JUST GUIDELINES TO MAKE IT, UM, MORE SET REFORMING THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDAS.
SO I'M PERSONALLY NOT A FAN OF SUPPLEMENTALS.
UM, IT MEANS THAT CITY CLERK'S, OFFICE STAFF, UM, THEY OFTEN HAVE TO WORK THE WEEKEND AND ARE SCRAMBLING TO GET THAT SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM IN.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IT DOES SHORTEN UM, THE PUBLIC'S REVIEW
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OF AN ITEM AND THEIR ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT AN ITEM.SO THIS PROPOSAL IS ABOUT DEVELOPING A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT QUALIFIES AS AN URGENT ENOUGH ITEM TO BYPASS OUR USUAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AND RIGHT NOW I THINK WE LACK A CLEAR STANDARD FOR WHAT URGENT MEANS.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S WORTH, WORTH VISITING AND IT ALSO GIVES THE PUBLIC A FAIR SHOT ON ON REALLY KNOWING WHAT THE ITEM IS AND HAVING THE TIME TO REVIEW IT.
FIVE, STREAMLINING LOW DOLLAR AGENDA ITEMS. UM, WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF SMALL DOLLAR ITEMS THAT WE PUT ON CONSENT CALENDAR.
THIS PROPOSAL AIMS AT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MINOR LOW DOLLAR DIVIDE BY NICE, UH, SPONSORSHIPS THAT TAKE UP SPACE ON OUR AGENDA, LIKE A $200 SPONSORSHIP TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND WE PILE THOSE IN IN CONSENT CALENDAR.
UM, AND THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY ALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE IDEA IS TO LOOK AT CREATING A THRESHOLD.
UH, SO SMALL SPONSORSHIPS CAN BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
I KNOW THE PROCESS TAKES A LONG TIME SOMETIMES FOR THEM TO GET THEIR CHECKS AND, BUT WE CAN STILL MAINTAIN WITH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, UH, AND PROCESS TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC.
SO I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THIS ONE.
BUT I'D LOVE TO LOOK AT A PROCESS WHERE MAYBE QUARTERLY WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND DO LIKE, WE HAVE TO DO THAT UP TO OUR, UM, TO THE ATTORNEYS OF OFFICE
I THINK SOMETIMES THEY'RE PUSHED OFF.
SO I JUST WANNA LOOK AT THIS AS AN OPTION.
UM, WE'RE ALL PART-TIME, SO SOMETIMES SCHEDULING ANOTHER STUDY SESSION MIGHT NOT BE WHAT WE ALL WANT TO DO, BUT I'M GONNA PUT IT ON THE TABLE.
UM, SO THIS IS TO CONSIDER PULLING THE BIG ITEMS INTO STUDY SESSIONS WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THEM WITHOUT PRESSURE AND WITHOUT SIDELINING THE REST OF THE MEETING.
UM, THAT'S A LOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THEM OVER BEFORE TODAY AND IF YOU HAVE COMMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE CONSIDERATION AND I WANT US TO DECIDE DO WE WANNA MOVE SOME OF THESE FORWARD? ALL OF THESE FORWARD? I DON'T THINK, UM, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WE ARE THE OPERATIONS INEFFICIENCIES.
SO, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY I POTENTIALLY THINK THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE WORTHY OF DISCUSSION ACTUALLY.
AND WE THINK ABOUT, UM, I THINK YOU HIT ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ALL NOTICE WHEN WE'RE, UM, IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, RIGHT? UM, I PARTICULARLY, UM, WAS INTERESTED IN THE LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT.
ONE WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THOSE ITEMS. WE THINK ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE THE MOST STREAMLINED AGENDA, FOCUSING ON WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, RIGHT? AND THEN REMOVING THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON, ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, I DEFINITELY THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DO DUAL DUTY OF MAKING OUR NEEDS MORE EFFICIENT, BUT ALSO INCREASING, LIKE YOU SAID, VISIBILITY ITEMS THAT WE NEED THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON.
UM, AND THEN ALSO INCREASING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK BROADLY IN THE PUBLIC WE SEE A LOT OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE SEE, WE SEE PUBLIC SENTIMENT, RIGHT? LIKE NOT TRUSTWORTHY OF GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? AND SO ANYTHING THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND INCREASE PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MEETINGS, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTHWHILE.
SO I THINK ALL OF, TO ME, ALL OF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE WORTHY OF FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UM, I THINK THAT ALL OF THE ITEMS THERE, UM, HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WE PROBABLY ALL THOUGHT OF IN THE PAST.
SO THANK YOU, UM, CHAIR FOR BRINGING THOSE UP AND BRINGING THOSE FORWARD.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY, REALLY LIKE IS, UM, THE EXTENDING THE BUCKET COMMENT NUMBER TO 15.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, UM, BECAUSE JUST HAVING 15 PEOPLE OR 10 PEOPLE, IT IS DIFFICULT.
BUT I, I THINK THAT, UM, FURTHER DISCUSSION IS NEEDED.
'CAUSE I WOULD EVEN RECOMMEND 20, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, BUT THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY BE THERE ALL NIGHT.
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KNOW, THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENTUM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S TIMES WHEN PEOPLE GET THERE AND THEY'RE THE 11TH PERSON AND THEY HAVE TO STAY THERE FOR THE WHOLE MONTH.
AND UM, UH, WE, THAT'S OUR JOB TO STAY THERE, BUT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE FAMILY TO ATTEND, WORK TO GET TO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I REALLY, I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE ALONG WITH THE LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO WE COULD JUST TAKE CARE OF THAT, THAT, UM, ADMINISTRATIVELY IT'S GREAT.
UM, THE PRESENTATION ONE, I THINK THAT THERE'S, UM, MORE TO BE SAID BECAUSE I, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS MAYBE WE CAN HAVE STAFF, UM, KIND OF GO BACK IN THE PRESENTATIONS AND ACTUALLY, UM, SEE HOW LONG THE PRESENTATIONS ARE.
BECAUSE I COULD ALMOST GUARANTEE THAT NO PRESENTATION HAS BEEN FIVE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE WE TRY BUT IT HASN'T BEEN FIVE MINUTES.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO THERE TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT? UM, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN I'M BRINGING FORWARD A PRESENTATION, UM, I MYSELF TAKE UP THE WHOLE FIVE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK DEFINITELY THESE ARE, UM, THINGS THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE FURTHER AND THAT WE CAN, UM, BRING BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, KIND OF LIKE A LIST OF WHAT WE ALL SUPPORT GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL AFTER THIS COMMITTEE HAS MADE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK WE HAVE OUR PATH FORWARD.
UM, SO I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.
SO PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND NOW.
AND FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT FOR THIS ITEM.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
THE LAST STEP IS OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO ONE PRESENT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO REMEMBER, I FEEL LIKE THEY WERE LIKE THE SUPER NORMAL.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DUG ROOM.