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          WHY 
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ARE YOU DOING, WHY ARE YOU WAY OVER THERE? OKAY. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO CALL 
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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. 
          SO, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE 
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ROLL CALL? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER HAKE. 
          COMMISSIONER MATOYA. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER NOR TECHER? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER NOVIN? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER WON HERE. 
          VICE CHAIR THOMAS. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR SHMI. 
          YAMA. 
          HERE WE HAVE QUORUM. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, AND ALSO I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S A, A NEW PROCESS FOR BEING ABLE TO LET, UH, THE CLERK KNOW WHEN YOU'RE, FOR THE MEETINGS, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE. 
          SO IF YOU COULD JUST FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT, THAT'S REALLY GREAT. 
          SO WE HAVE QUORUM. 
          IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY. 
          UM, SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. 
          ITEM 
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			25-55963
			Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Economic Development Commission meeting of Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
		
		
			 
			 
		
		
			 
			Suggested Action: 
			Approve recommendation.
		
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NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2025. 
          GREAT. 
          COULD I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. 
          IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER, NOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, YOU CAN JUST VOTE ON YOUR SCREEN, RIGHT. 
          . 
          BEFORE WE DO , JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. 
          SEEING NONE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE. 
          VICE CHAIR THOMAS? UH, I VOTE YES. 
          HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE HERE. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          YES, FOR THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE READ OUT ITEM NUMBER TWO? ITEM NUMBER 
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			25-55964
			Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from City of Long Beach Community Development Department on an overview of the entitlement process, current projects, and other departmental initiatives.
		
		
			 
			 
		
		
			 
			Suggested Action: 
			Approve recommendation.
		
	]
TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY OF LONG BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, CURRENT PROJECTS, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTAL INITIATIVES. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANNA WELCOME THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS MEETING WITH YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR, UM, DOING THE PRE-MEETING WITH US. 
          YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER THOMAS HAS BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN LINKING US WITH MANY AGENCIES, AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE RUNNING OF THE CITY. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR LEADING THAT EFFORT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO LET'S, I GUESS WE'LL WAIT FOR THE SLIDE TO QUEUE UP. 
          BUT BEFORE, UM, I GET STARTED. 
          FIRST OFF, UM, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. 
          UH, FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND 
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OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, TO BE HERE, TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHARE WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PERMITTING PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS, UH, THAT WE DO ALONG THE WAY TO HELP SUPPORT BUSINESSES, UH, IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNER, UH, WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, WE DON'T DO ON OUR OWN. 
          WE HAVE TO DO IT IN, UH, CONCERT WITH, UH, MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO GET ANYTHING DONE WITHIN THE CITY. 
          SO, I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND, UH, SUPPORTING US AS WELL. 
          UH, TO START, I WANNA DO, UH, INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          MY NAME IS CHONG WYNN. 
          I AM CURRENTLY THE DE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORRECTION, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, UH, SPENT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 20 YEARS WITH THE CITY, AND IT'S ALL WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT, UM, THROUGH THE THREE DIFFERENT NAME CHANGES THAT IT'S HAD OVER THE YEARS, WHETHER IT BE PLANNING AND BUILDING OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICE OR NOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, WHO KNOWS? AND MAYBE ONE DAY THEY'LL ALSO BE PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          . 
          UH, SO I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. 
          UH, I AM A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL, UH, ENGINEER AND I WOULD SAY ABOUT 28 OR SO YEAR, UH, OF THAT HAS BEEN WITH THE BUILDING AND SAFETY SIDE OF THE FENCE. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY, UH, VERY INVOLVED WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FROM BEGINNING, UH, TO THE MIDDLE, TO THE END. 
          AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE'LL SHARE SOME OF THAT IN OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO JUST TO KIND OF PROVIDE A QUICK LITTLE OVERVIEW OF, UH, WHAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, I, I AM GOING TO FIRST START OFF WITH GIVING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPRISED OF SEVERAL BUREAUS, AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT IS. 
          UH, AND THEN I'LL PIVOT OVER TO, UH, SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, FORMED FROM THE ENTITLEMENT SIDE, ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK END WHEN A PROJECT GETS THEIR OCCUPANCY OR THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE. 
          AND THEN I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY DONE, OR THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE WORKING ON THAT WILL HELP TO IMPROVE, UH, THAT PROCESS AND HOW WE, UH, DO THIS TO SUPPORT BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON JUST A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT STAGES, UH, WITH THE CITY. 
          UH, I THINK THIS PRESENTATION, I HAVEN'T TIMED IT YET, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO. 
          UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY AT THE VERY TAIL END, UH, WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE. 
          ALL RIGHT, UH, SO WE'LL START, UH, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, WHICH IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, AS I MENTIONED AT THE START, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT IS A PRETTY BIG DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S ABOUT 200 OR SO PLUS, UH, STAFF. 
          UH, WE ARE CONSIST OF, UH, FIVE BUREAUS, UH, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. 
          UH, OUR PLANNING BUREAU, OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY BUREAU, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT BUREAU, OUR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUREAU. 
          AND LAST, BUT NOT LEASE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES BUREAU. 
          UH, COLLECTIVELY, UH, THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, DIVISION WITHIN, UNDER, UH, EACH, UH, EACH BUREAU. 
          UM, UH, HIT THE WRONG BUTTON, AND I WILL GO OVER EACH OF THESE BUREAUS, UH, IN A MOMENT. 
          UM, TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          UH, TO START, YOU KNOW, CHRISTOPHER KUNZ IS OUR DIRECTOR. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, MY NAME JOHN GWYNN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND THEN THE NEXT FIVE ARE BUREAU MANAGERS. 
          UH, ALLISON, WHO IS SITTING RIGHT HERE ON MY RIGHT, UH, RON TUCCI, WHO IS, UH, OVERSEES OUR BUILDING SAFETY BUREAU. 
          HE, UNFORTUNATELY WAS, UH, HERE TODAY, BUT IN HIS DEAD FED IS, UH, ONE OF OUR MANAGER OF OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, PHILIP YEN, UH, ANGEL, UH, ARRADONDO WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, MEGAN WITH OUR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUREAU AND APRIL, WHO, UH, UH, LEADS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BUREAU. 
          AND THEN LEASE, BUT BONNET, UH, SHAILA VALMAN, WHO I'LL TOUCH ON, UH, CLOSER TO THE TAIL END. 
          UH, SHE OVERSEES OUR ELM PROJECTS, THAT'S OUR ENTERPRISE LAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT. 
          SO, PRETTY EXCITING STUFF THERE, AND I'LL, I'LL ELABORATE ON THAT AS WE GET TO IT. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I KIND OF GET INTO LIKE WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES, UH, IT, IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR ME TO WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT OUR VISION, WHAT OUR MISSION IS, WHAT OUR VALUE, UH, OF THIS DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO BE THE LEADER IN DELIVERY OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          WHAT DOES THAT BASICALLY MEAN? UH, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, UH, FOR US, A TEAM OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS, AN EXPERT WHO WORKS WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S OUR RESIDENTS, WHETHER THAT'S OUR BUSINESS, UH, UH, REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, DEVELOPERS, UH, IN, UH, BUILD OUT AND 
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SUSTAIN A SAFE, UH, RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE LONG BEACH. 
          UH, NOW THESE SEVEN VALUES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, UH, TEAMWORK ALL RANGING, ALL THE WAY TO LIFELONG LEARNING. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE KIDS. 
          THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY IMPORTANT. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TO PICK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE KID THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST, I, I WOULD SAY FOR US, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE, OUR FOCUS ON PROFESSIONALISM AND JUST AS IMPORTANT OUR ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SAY, WHAT WE DO, WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE, UH, BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS THAT WE SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN, UH, DIVING INTO LIKE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, WE, WE GUIDE AND MANAGE THE GIRLFRIEND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR PLANNING BUREAU. 
          UH, WE PROVIDE TRANSPARENT PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITTING PROCESS. 
          UH, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE YOU GO AND GET ALL YOUR PERMITT ACTIVITY DONE THROUGH THE CITY, AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY BUREAU. 
          UH, WE, WE GO ABOUT ENSURING THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ARE SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE, CLEAN. 
          I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY WE WANT AN, UH, A NICE, CLEAN NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THIS IS SUPPORTED THROUGH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT BUREAU. 
          UH, AND CERTAINLY, UH, PART OF OUR GOAL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS TO PRESERVE AND, UH, SUPPORT AND DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THIS IS DONE THROUGH OUR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUREAU. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T DO ANY OF THIS STUFF WITHOUT OUR ADMINISTRATION, UH, GROUP. 
          THEY HELP US TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT, UH, THE VARIOUS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS, UH, AND DEVELOPERS, UH, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY INVOLVED. 
          UH, AND SO THROUGH THESE FIVE BUREAUS AND COLLECTIVELY THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, FOCUSING ON BUILDING A BETTER LONG BEACH. 
          AND THAT IS REALLY OUR MISSION STATEMENT. 
          WHEN WE, UH, DO ANY WORK, WHEN WE PLAN ANY PROGRAM, WHEN WE, UH, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS REALLY OUR FOCUS. 
          SO, WITH THAT, UH, I'LL START WITH THE FIRST BUREAU. 
          UH, AND, UH, WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE AS I GO THROUGH EACH BUREAU, IT SORT OF FOLLOWS THE NATURAL STATE OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          SO, UH, THE FIRST ONE UP IS OUR PLANNING BUREAU, UH, OUR PLANNING BUREAU, UH, AND OUR TEAM HERE, UH, IT'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF THEIR WORK INTERPRETING, APPLYING LOCAL COUNTY STATE ORDINANCE AND USES. 
          ESSENTIALLY, UH, THEY HELP TO GOVERN HOW LANDS DEVELOP IT, UM, WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN BUILD, AND SOME OF THE VARIOUS RULES AROUND THAT. 
          UH, PART OF THAT IS THROUGH IMPLEMENTING THE CITY SITE PLAN, REVIEW PROCESS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, OTHERWISE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CWA OR NEPA. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FOR US, UH, WHEN WE WORK WITH APPLICANTS, WE GENERALLY REFER TO ALL THIS COLLECTIVELY AS OUR ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. 
          SO THIS WILL BE, UH, WE'LL SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, CERTAINLY ALSO, UH, WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, AS PART OF DOING ANY OF THESE, UM, WORK IN THE CITY, WE ARE LOOKING AT UPDATING PLANS, LOOKING AT LONG RANGE, UH, WAY TO REVITALIZE THE CITY. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT COMES, UH, AS PART OF WHAT OUR PLANNING BUREAU DOES, AND CERTAINLY, UH, HISTORIC ELEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S OUR BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S OUR LAND, UH, THESE ARE IMPORTANT ASSETS TO THE CITY. 
          AND SO, UH, OUR PLANNING BUREAU DOES ADMINISTER THAT. 
          AND THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSION TOO. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS I COULD COULD MENTION HERE. 
          NOW, I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION A LITTLE BIT TO SOME OF OUR METRICS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO ABOUT 268, UH, PROJECT APPLICATIONS A YEAR. 
          UH, AND THESE ARE 20, 24 NUMBERS, BY THE WAY. 
          UH, HELP A LITTLE OVER 7,000, UH, CUSTOMERS. 
          WE ADDRESS 8,400 ZONING INQUIRIES, WHOLE 36 COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND OR EVENT. 
          AND WE DO ALL THIS WITH ESSENTIALLY 38 STAFF. 
          UH, WE'RE ABOUT 18% VACANCY THERE, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IMPROVING THAT NUMBER. 
          BUT THIS GOES TO, UH, SAY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF WORK, UH, WITH, UH, THE AMOUNT OF STAFF WE HAVE. 
          AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY THEY WORK TOWARDS ALL THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. 
          THE NEXT BUREAU, UH, WHICH IS, UH, OUR LARGEST, UH, TEAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY BUREAU. 
          UH, NOW THIS TEAM IS CHARGED OF MAKING SURE THAT, UH, ALL THE BUILDINGS, UH, AND FACILITIES, UH, AND PROJECTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED IN THE CITY, THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND COMPLIANT, WHETHER IT'S SAFE FOR STRUCTURAL REASONS, OR WHETHER IT'S SAFE FOR, UH, EXITING OR FIRE. 
          UH, THESE ARE ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT THE TEAM DOES, UH, THROUGH THEIR PLAN REVIEWS AND THROUGH THEIR INSPECTION, UH, OF PROJECTS. 
          UH, PART OF THE TEAM'S DUTY IS CERTAINLY WORKING WITH DIFFERENT, UH, APPLICANTS, WHETHER THEY'RE HOMEOWNERS, WHETHER THEY'RE BUSINESSES, WHETHER DEVELOPERS, AND TO ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR PROJECT, WHETHER THAT BE TO BUILD YOUR HOUSE, TO 
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EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS, OR TO BUILD A HIGH RISE PROJECT, UH, WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, AND SO THAT'S, UH, PART OF THEIR GOAL. 
          UH, THEY DO THIS BY WORKING AT OUR PUBLIC COUNTER, WHERE WE DO SUPPORT, UH, A LOT OF THOSE, UH, DAILY ACTIVITIES. 
          AND I WOULD SAY, UH, WHEN WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGER AGENCY THAT HAS A LOT OF PUBLIC INTERFACE, UH, WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS, UH, SOME OF THE METRICS HERE, UH, AND THESE ARE MAYBE NOT NECESSARY ALL TIME HIGH, BUT THEY'RE STILL PRETTY CLOSE. 
          UH, WE ISSUE APPROXIMATELY 12,000, UH, PERMITS A YEAR. 
          UH, WE REVIEW APPROXIMATELY 3,600 PROJECTS, UH, PERFORM ABOUT 56,000 INSPECTION. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSE TO HALF A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED ACTIVITY. 
          SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, AND AGAIN, I I, I POINT TO SOME OF OUR, UH, POSITIONS HERE. 
          WE HAVE 77 STAFF OUT OF 97. 
          SO THERE IS A 21% VACANCY. 
          IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING MARKET, BUT THE TEAM, UH, DOES ITS BEST TO KIND OF SERVE THE BUSINESS AND, AND THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A RETEN, UH, RECRUITMENT PROCESS AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO WE HOPE TO APPROVE SOME OF THIS NUMBER. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, A LOT OF THIS WORK CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT, WITHOUT STAFF MEMBERS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, THE THIRD BUREAU HERE IS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT BUREAU. 
          AND, UH, AS THE NAME, UH, INCORRECTLY IMPLIES THEY DO GET INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORT, BUT A LOT OF IT IS CENTERED AROUND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. 
          SO, UH, PART OF THEIR CHARGE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HEALTH SAFE AND VISUALLY APPEALING. 
          UM, SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THINGS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ABANDONED BUILDINGS, VACANT LOTS, UM, WHETHER THERE'S TRASH YOU SEE ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES OR DEBRIS THAT ARE THERE, UM, UM, GRAFFITI, UH, IF YOU WILL, THOSE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM ADDRESSES ON AN EVERYDAY, UH, BASIS. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS THERE, THEY GET INVOLVED WITH AT LEAST 10,000 PLUS CODE RELATED VIOLATIONS. 
          AND A LOT OF THESE ARE DRIVEN BY, UH, UM, COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY. 
          THEY DON'T JUST NORMALLY ROAM OUT THERE LOOKING FOR ISSUES TO TACKLE. 
          A LOT OF THE TIME THEY ARE CHASING THINGS DOWN BASED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, CALLS FROM BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, AND SO THEY, THEY DO INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK. 
          AND I WILL SAY OF, OF ALL OUR, OUR BUREAUS, UM, THIS IS THE ONE BUREAU THAT WE GET CONSTANT, UH, CALLS EITHER FROM OUR BUSINESSES OR OUR RESIDENTS OR OUR COUNCIL OFFICE. 
          UH, SO THEY, THEY DO KEEP PRETTY BUSY. 
          UH, THIS GROUP, UH, FOURTH IN, IN THE GROUP HERE IS OUR HOUSING, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUREAU. 
          UH, THIS IS THE BUREAU THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TO CREATE, CREATE IN BRAZIL, A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND THEY DO THIS BY PARTNERING UP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, DEVELOPERS, UH, OR NONPROFIT, UH, ORGANIZATION, UH, TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. 
          A LOT OF THIS, OF COURSE, IS, IS THROUGH FUNDINGS, UH, THAT IS MIXED OF, UM, OTHER FUNDINGS THAT, UH, DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS MAY RECEIVE. 
          BUT, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF, UH, THEIR WORK HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PROJECT, NOT ONLY IS IT AFFORDABLE, THAT IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 50% OF THE PROJECT. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, 20% OF THE PROJECT. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF PROJECT. 
          AND A LOT OF THOSE PROJECT CAN'T GET DONE WITHOUT OUR, UH, HOUSING, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUREAU'S INVOLVEMENT. 
          UH, THEY DO OTHER THINGS CERTAINLY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP. 
          UH, THEY DO A LOT OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, UH, THAT SUPPORT A LOT OF THE, UH, COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S PROCESS AND BEING LEADERS, UH, TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, GRANT RELATED PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, LOVE YOUR BLOCK GRANT OR GRANT FOR, UH, CERTAIN COMMUNITIES TO HELP, UH, FIX YOUR ROOF OR DO FACADE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, SO THEY DO GET INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. 
          AND, UH, THE ONE THING I DO WANNA, UH, HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE AMOUNT OF CLEANUP EVENTS THAT THEY DO, UH, PER YEAR. 
          UH, THIS PAST YEAR THEY DID ABOUT 108, AND THAT TRANSLATED TO ABOUT 927 TONS OF DEBRIS, TRASH, AND YOU NAME IT. 
          I MEAN, THAT IS A LOT OF, UH, DEBRIS TO GO THROUGH. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR HELP AND WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY INTERACT WITH, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS REMAIN CLEAN AND VIBRANT, UH, THE WAY THEY ARE, UH, THROUGH THAT TEAM. 
          AND THEN LAST, UH, BUT NOT LEAST, BUT, BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE UNLESS YOU HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR THINGS OR STAFF THAT YOU HIRE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, OPERATIONS ACROSS ALL FIVE BUREAUS. 
          SO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BUREAU, THEY PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 
          UH, THEY DEAL WITH ALL THE FINANCE PART, THE FISCAL, THE BUDGET BOOKS. 
          UH, THEY DO 
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ALL THE HR RELATED WORK THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR BUREAU. 
          UH, AND SO IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, THEY DO A LOT OF THIS WORK BEHIND THE SCENE. 
          UH, IN DOING THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST YEAR, THEY, THEY HELPED TO HIRE 50, UH, 53 STAFF. 
          AND SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IF WE'RE A DEPARTMENT OF ABOUT 200, THAT'S ABOUT 25%, UH, OF YOUR WORKFORCE THAT YOU'RE, UH, RECRUITING, HIRING, INTERVIEWING, UH, AND THEN ONBOARDING, UM, THEY PROCESS A LOT OF, UM, UH, PAYMENTS. 
          THEY DO ABOUT 8 MILLION, UM, DOLLARS IN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, WE DO A LOT OF CONTRACT AND VENDORS. 
          THERE'S ABOUT 51 OF THEM IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, SO NEEDLESS IS TO SAY THEY KEEP PRETTY BUSY SUPPORTING US WITH, WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND NOW PIVOT A LITTLE BIT OFF OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES, AND THEN TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT MORE AS TO DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OVERVIEW. 
          SO AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL, UH, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE MILESTONES. 
          AND DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF PROJECT YOU ARE, YOU CAN PROBABLY ELIMINATE ONE OR TWO OF THESE MILESTONES. 
          UH, BUT I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT. 
          BUT AT HIGH LEVEL, YOU HAVE THE ENTITLEMENT, UH, THEN YOU PIVOT INTO PLAN REVIEW, AND THEN YOU GET YOUR PERMIT, YOU GO INTO INSPECTION, AND YOU START BUILDING THIS THING. 
          UH, AT THE END OF ALL THAT, ONCE EVERYTHING'S APPROVED, YOU'RE GETTING OCCUPANCY. 
          AND THEN IF IT'S A BUSINESS, UH, THEN YOUR LAST STEP IS GETTING YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE. 
          SO I'LL WALK, UH, I'LL WALK EVERYONE THROUGH AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT EACH OF THESE, UM, MILESTONE PHASES ARE. 
          ALL RIGHT? AS I KIND OF MENTIONED EARLY ON WITH THE PIVOT ON THE ENTITLEMENT. 
          SO, UH, THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, LET ME START THERE. 
          SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, NOW, UH, THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BY RIGHT DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS, UH, YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING CODE AND ALL THE REGULATIONS YOU GET TO BUILD. 
          THERE IS NO DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL. 
          IT IS PRE MINISTERIAL. 
          UH, THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS, AND USUALLY THESE ARE BIGGER PROJECTS OR PROJECTS OF, UH, SIGNIFICANCE, UH, OR THE USES OF, OF, UM, CRITICAL CONCERN TO THE CITY. 
          UH, THEY ARE PROJECTS THAT WE CALL, UH, DISCRETIONARY, UH, TYPE PROJECT WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE PROJECT AND THE CITY, UH, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT OR HAZARD THAT THAT PROJECT POSE TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO THE CITY, UH, MAY ADD CONDITIONS TO THE PROJECT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA COMPLETELY ELIMINATE STEP, BUT THE KEY HERE IS TO EITHER AVOID IT OR MINIMIZE IT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          THOSE ARE A DISCRETIONARY, UH, UH, PROJECT, AND THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, WHEREAS THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE BY, RIGHT, THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          I'LL TOUCH ON THIS LOW FLOW CHART THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, UH, TO THE RIGHT. 
          UH, THAT BASICALLY APPLIES A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES DISCRETIONARY REVIEW. 
          UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A DISCRETIONARY REVIEW PROJECT, UH, THOSE PROJECT GOES THROUGH A SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. 
          AND DEPENDING ON HOW BIG OR SMALL THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEY MAY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, EITHER WITH OUR PLANNING COMMISSION OR, UH, OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, OR POTENTIALLY WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, BUT THE KEY HERE IS THAT ALL DIFFERENT, UM, UH, CITY AGENCY DURING THIS PROCESS, UH, GETS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT ON THE PROJECT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT WORKS, WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL AREA OF CONCERN, AND HOW CAN SOMETHING BE MITIGATED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, SO, BUT TO START, IF SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, AND IT IS A DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, IT STARTS OFF WITH AN APPLICATION. 
          UH, THE APPLICATION GENERALLY TAKES ONE TO TWO, UH, THREE WEEKS STAFF IS REVIEWING, MAKE SURE THAT ALL INFORMATION THAT IS THERE IN ORDER TO KIND OF PROCESS THAT PROJECT, UH, IS, IS, IS, IS THERE. 
          UH, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT THEN IS STAFF THEN CONDUCTS A REVIEW OF THE PROJECT. 
          THAT USUALLY TAKES A FEW WEEKS. 
          UH, THEY THEN BRING, UH, THEY WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHAT LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THE PROJECT, UH, MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO. 
          IT COULD BE CQA, UH, RELAY REVIEWS, WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO CERTAIN IMPACT REPORTS. 
          HERE. 
          YOU MIGHT, UH, BECAUSE OF A CERTAIN PROJECT, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC WORKS TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          UH, BECAUSE THE PROJECT'S BIG, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACCESS THE SITE. 
          SO MANY OF THOSE DIFFERENT AGENCY INPUTS, UH, OCCUR AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG OR SMALL THAT PROJECT IS, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE THAT'S HANDLED AT THE STAFF LEVEL, OR, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A MUCH LARGER PROJECT WITH MORE POTENTIAL, UH, COMMUNITY IMPACT, UH, THEN YOU'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, AGAIN, EITHER THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR POTENTIALLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, IF THE PROJECT GETS, UH, APPROVED, THERE IS TYPICALLY AN APPEAL PERIOD. 
          UH, IF THERE IS NO APPEAL, THEN THE PROJECT ESSENTIALLY IS, IS DONE FROM AN ATAL STANDPOINT, AND IT MOVES ON TO THE NEXT MILESTONE PROCESS, WHICH IS THE PLAN, REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESS. 
          SO THIS IS THE SECOND LEG IN THE, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS. 
          UH, SO ONCE, ONCE A PROJECT, 
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UH, CLEARS ENTITLEMENT, OR FOR THE PROJECT WHERE ENTITLEMENT WASN'T REQUIRED TO BEGIN WITH, BECAUSE IT WAS A BUY RIGHT PROCESS, THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST, UH, STEP IN THE PROCESS FOR THOSE PROJECT. 
          UH, BUT THE KEY THING HERE IS, UH, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE A PROJECT IS A VIABLE PROJECT. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING TO NOW, UH, ACTUALLY BUILD THIS PROJECT. 
          IT TYPICALLY STARTS WITH CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS. 
          THIS IS HOW SOMEONE PLANS OUT HOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD A PROJECT HERE. 
          STAFF DOES A LOT OF, UH, TECHNICAL REVIEWS, UH, OF THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMPLIES WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. 
          THIS RANGE FROM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS TO ENERGY, CONVERSATION REQUIREMENTS, ACCESSIBILITY, OUR ZONING REGULATIONS, AND SO FORTH. 
          SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UH, CITY AGENCY THAT DOES GET INVOLVED AT THIS POINT, UH, IN THE PROJECT. 
          AND HOW MANY, OR HOW LITTLE OF THAT KIND OF DEPENDS AGAIN ON, UH, HOW BIG OR SMALL THE PROJECT IS. 
          LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE, YOU'RE PROBABLY ONLY GONNA SEE A BUILDING OR A, UM, PLAN REVIEW. 
          IF YOU'RE BUILDING, SAY, A HIGH-RISE PROJECT, YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY LIKELY SEE ALMOST EVERY CITY AGENCY INVOLVED, RANGING FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, TO OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT WITH GAS AND, AND, AND WATER. 
          UM, SO, UH, THAT PART OF THE PROCESS HAPPENS, UH, DURING THIS PHASE. 
          UH, NOW THERE'S MANY WAYS THAT A PROJECT, UH, GETS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AND OR REVIEWED. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE KEYWORD YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY A LOT. 
          IT'LL DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT. 
          UH, IF YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE OR AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO AT OUR PUBLIC COUNTER, SAME DAY SERVICE. 
          IF YOU'RE BUILDING THE HIGH RISE AS THE EXTREME END, THEN UH, YOU ARE SUBMITTING THAT, UH, FOR, UH, REVIEW THROUGH THE FULL CITY PROCESS. 
          UH, BUT EVEN IF IT IS SUBMITTED FULL, FULL REVIEW, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT TIME IS MONEY, UH, WE DO OFFER OTHER SERVICES. 
          LIKE THERE IS AN EXPEDITED SERVICE WHERE YOU PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR FASTER REVIEW. 
          UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT, UH, ALSO RECOGNIZING COSTS. 
          WHEN YOU DO DEVELOPMENTS, WE'VE TRANSITIONED A LOT OF WHAT WE DO, UH, TO BE MORE ELECTRONIC. 
          SO WE'VE DONE AWAY WITH THE PAPER PROCESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AGO, UH, WE, WE TRANSITIONED. 
          AND PRIOR TO THAT, I WOULD SAY 90%, THE VOLUME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAD PEOPLE COME IN, ROLLS A STACK OF, OF PAPERS, AND THEY WOULD SUBMIT THAT. 
          AND WE HAD ALL THESE HUGE CUBICLES TO KIND OF STORE EVERYTHING. 
          AND NOW YOU JUST COME IN WITH YOUR THUMB DRIVE AND YOU PASS THAT OVER, WE COPY THE FILE AND AWAY YOU GO. 
          AND NOW WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE CUBICLES, UH, WHERE ALL THE PLANS USED TO BE. 
          UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO KINDA IMPROVE OUR PROCESS. 
          SO THAT WAY WHEN STAFF REVIEWS, UH, PROJECTS, UH, THEY SEND COMMENTS ELECTRONICALLY, NO LONGER DO YOU HAVE TO COME DOWN TO CITY HALL TO PICK UP THESE PLANS. 
          NO LONGER DO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY HALL TO RESUBMIT THESE PLAN. 
          SO, UH, FROM A HIGH LEVEL, IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS, YOU START THE APPLICATION. 
          OUR, OUR STAFF AT OUR PUBLIC COUNTER, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED ON OUR SECOND FLOOR, THEY RECEIVE EVERYBODY, EVERYONE FROM YOUR MOM, UH, AND POP DOING, UH, THE BUSINESS, OR A HOMEOWNER WHO'S DOING THAT EDITION, OR, UH, DEVELOPERS WHO BRINGS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONSULTING EXPERTISE. 
          THEY MEET WITH OUR STAFF AT OUR PUBLIC CALENDAR. 
          THEY SUBMIT THE PROJECT THERE. 
          IT'S A SAME DAY PROCESS. 
          UH, STAFF, UH, THEN GETS TO SIGN THE PROJECT AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS IN THE QUEUE. 
          THEN STAFF DOES REVIEW. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT STAFF FROM DIFFERENT AGENCY, UH, PERFORM THE REVIEW. 
          UH, THEY MAY HAVE COMMENTS THAT THEY GIVE BACK. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, NO LONGER YOU'RE COMING BACK TO CITY HALL FOR THAT. 
          IT'S JUST EMAIL TO YOU. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF A VIRTUAL MEETING THAT OCCURS BETWEEN THEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO WANNA MEET IN PERSON. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THAT HAPPENS. 
          PROJECT GETS RESUBMITTED, AND THIS MAY OCCUR ONE OR TWO OR THREE SESSION, DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF YOUR PROJECT. 
          AND AT THE END OF ALL THAT, THE PROJECT GETS APPROVED. 
          AND NOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR PERMITS, UH, TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE START WITH OUR THIRD PHASE. 
          ONCE YOU HAVE THAT PERMIT AND YOU'RE STARTING CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT MILESTONE HERE IS INSPECTION. 
          UH, AND THESE INSPECTION IS BASICALLY INSPECTORS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE FROM BUILDING ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, FIRE, HEALTH, POLYWORKS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, DEPENDING AGAIN ON THE SIZE OF YOUR PROJECT, YOU, YOU'LL MAKE A REQUEST FOR INSPECTION. 
          UH, NOW WITHIN OUR CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, UH, MOST OF THE TIME WE GET NEXT DAY INSPECTION. 
          AND I SAY MOST BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS HIT THAT IDEAL TARGET. 
          I THINK ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME WE GET TO THE NEXT DAY. 
          AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'S ONE DAY, SOMETIMES IT'S TWO DAYS. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO CERTAIN HOLIDAY SEASON OR CERTAIN SEASONAL OCCASIONS LIKE CHRISTMAS, THAT'S WHEN WE ARE DEFINITELY CHALLENGED WITH BEING THE SAME TURNAROUND TIME. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO THE NEXT DAY. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF OUR CUSTOMER, WHO MAKES THESE REQUESTS? UH, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, THEY USED TO JUST, 
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UH, PHONE CALL AND HOPE TO GET SOMEBODY AND PUT IN REQUESTS. 
          TODAY, YOU CAN GO ONLINE, YOU CAN ALSO STEAL PHONE CALL. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT YOU CAN USE A DAY TO REQUEST AN INSPECTION. 
          AND, UH, FOR, FOR LIKE, TYPICALLY FOR BIGGER PROJECTS, SOMETIMES OUR INSPECTOR WILL JUST GIVE THE CONTRACTOR OR THEIR SUPERINTENDENT PHONE NUMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA CONSTANTLY GO OUT TO THE SITE. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT FASTER TO KIND OF REACH STAFF DIRECTLY. 
          UH, SO OUR, OUR TEAM DOES THAT SERVICE. 
          UH, WE ARE EXPLORING OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. 
          UH, IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, CONDUCTING INSPECTION VIA YOUR PHONE OR YOUR TABLETS, UH, THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF PROJECT WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT AND EXPLORING THE VIABILITY OF UTILIZING DRONE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S A LOT FASTER TO KIND OF GET TO CERTAIN AREAS, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU, YOU ALSO HAVE TO GET FAA CLEARANCE APPARENTLY. 
          SO, UH, SOME CHALLENGES THERE TO WORK THROUGH, BUT THINGS WE'RE EXPLORING. 
          BUT THE GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY IS FOR OUR INSPECTION TEAM TO BE OUT THERE, HELP THE CONTRACTOR AND THE BUSINESSES, UH, THROUGH THEIR INSPECTION PROCESS. 
          UH, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE GOAL THERE IS TO KIND OF, UH, GRANT APPROVALS ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION SO THAT THEY CAN GET, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN OPEN FOR BUSINESS. 
          SO FOR, FOR THE TEAM, GENERALLY, ONCE EVERY AGENCY, UH, THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT APPROVES IT, THEY'RE GRANTED APPROVAL. 
          AND THE NEXT THING IS TO PURSUE OCCUPANCY. 
          SO THIS, UH, THIS BRINGS US TO THE FOUR MILESTONE, WHICH IS OCCUPANCY. 
          NOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, BUSINESSES OR, OR RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, UM, GET THEIR OCCUPANCY. 
          UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY'RE, THEY'RE PURSUING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          THAT'S BASICALLY, UH, WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT REGULAR RETIREMENT HAS BEEN MET BY ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCY. 
          AND, UM, UH, THEY PAID ALL THEIR OUTSTANDING FEES. 
          THEY GET THE OCCUPANCY, AND THIS IS THE GO AHEAD. 
          YOU CAN NOW OCCUPY THE BUILDING. 
          YOU CAN START YOUR BUSINESS, UH, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          NOW, THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN CERTAIN PROJECTS AREN'T QUITE THERE YET, BUT THEY VERY ADDRESSED MOST OF THE LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT COULD BE THINGS LIKE LANDSCAPING OR PUBLIC WORK IS WAITING FOR THE LAST, UH, SIDEWALK, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO BE DONE, OR THEY NEED TO HAVE CERTAIN SIGNAGE INSTALLED, THINGS IN OUR NECK CONSIDERED LIFE SAFETY. 
          WE DO WORK A LOT WITH THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS TO GRANT WHAT WE CALL TCL OR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          UH, SOMETIMES THEY ONLY NEED IT FOR A MONTH, SOMETIMES THEY MAY NEED IT FOR A FEW MONTHS. 
          BUT THE KEY GOAL HERE IS THAT THE BUILDING IS SAFE TO OCCUPY. 
          AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ALLOW THEM TO, UH, ENTER THE BUILDING, UH, WHETHER IT'S FOR CERTAIN TYPE OF OCCUPANCY, SOMETIMES IT'S FOR LIMITED OCCUPANCY. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING A RETAIL BUSINESS, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT READY TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YET, BUT YOU GOTTA START, YOU KNOW, STOCKING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UH, ROOM. 
          YOU GOTTA START TRAINING THE DIFFERENT, UH, STAFF AND EMPLOYEE THAT'S GONNA OCCUPY THERE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, TCO IS USUALLY THE WAY THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN ORDER TO KIND OF GET THEM OPEN ONCE ALL THE VARIOUS LIFE SAFETY COMPONENTS ARE ADDRESSED. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, BUT OUR GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY IS TO PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO, UH, THE DIFFERENT, UH, DEVELOPMENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING IT. 
          AND WHETHER YOU'RE PURSUING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR WHETHER YOU'RE PURSUING A TEMPORARY, OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH YOU TO GET INTO THE BUILDING, UH, SOONER THAN LATER. 
          AND THEN LAST, UH, BUT NOT LEASE. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS MAY APPLY FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. 
          IF YOU, UH, LIVE IN A HOUSE, UH, WE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU, YOU NEED TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR THAT. 
          BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT DO, THE LAST STEP IN THE PROCESS IS TO, UH, FILE FOR YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE REPRESENTATIVE AT OUR, UH, ONE STOP PERMIT CENTER, UH, ON THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER AGENCY THAT'S THERE. 
          BUT RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE, SOMEONE'S FINISHED WITH A PROJECT, THEIR NEXT STEP IS TO GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE. 
          UH, SO WE DO PARTNER WITH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, TO MY THEME HERE, WHICH IS, WE, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING BY YOURSELF. 
          YOU ALWAYS DO WITH YOUR TEAM. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S FM OR WHETHER IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OR PUBLIC WORKS, WE GOT A LOT OF OTHER TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE AT OUR SECOND FLOOR. 
          AND AGAIN, IS TO HELP, UH, SUPPORT THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE, WHETHER IT'S FOR GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE, OR WHETHER IT'S FOR SOME OF THESE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR, OR SIDEWALK VENDING, UH, CANNABIS, THERE, YOU NAME IT. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT, UH, WE HELP TO SUPPORT, UH, AT OUR SECOND FLOOR. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, A, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THOSE FIVE MILESTONES. 
          SO, UH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, AND CERTAINLY WE'LL  AT THE TAIL END. 
          SO THE NEXT PART HERE I WANTED TO TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT. 
          IT'S ABOUT, UH, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. 
          THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORK. 
          SO THE FIRST, THE FIRST ONE HERE, AND WHY THIS IS FIRST UP AND IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE, IS OUR ENTERPRISE LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
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SO, UH, WE, UH, UH, CALL IT ELM FOR SHORT. 
          BASICALLY, THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA REPLACE THE CITY'S OUTDATED, UH, PERMITTING AND LICENSING SYSTEM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S PERMITTING OR WHETHER IT'S LICENSING, OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY TODAY, WE USE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS TALK TOGETHER. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A BUSINESS OR A DEVELOPER OR A RESIDENT WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON TODAY, YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH. 
          THERE ARE SOME ONLINE TOOL THAT DOES, UH, GIVE YOU SOME VISUALS, BUT THE OLD SYSTEM THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, IT DID NOT, UM, IT WASN'T BUILT FOR THE ONLINE AGE. 
          IT WASN'T BUILT FOR ACCESSING A LOT OF THE INFORMATION. 
          SO, UH, WHAT THIS NEW SYSTEM'S GONNA DO IS HOUSE EVERYTHING UNDER ONE HOUSE. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT WAY IF YOU ARE DOING PERMITTING, IF YOU'RE FILING FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO ENTITLEMENT PROCESSES, IF YOU WANNA PAY YOUR BILL, YOU WANNA REQUEST INSPECTION, WHATEVER THAT IS, YOU CAN GO TO ONE SYSTEM THAT WILL DO ALL THAT, UH, FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT IS SO MUCH EASIER. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONTACT FIVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES. 
          YOU CAN USE ONE SYSTEM FOR EVERYTHING. 
          AND THAT'S OUR GOAL. 
          YOU CAN SUBMIT ONLINE. 
          YOU CAN ALSO EVEN BYPASS COMING TO OUR WONDERFUL SECOND FLOOR. 
          NOT THAT WE DON'T WANNA SEE PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, DRIVING OUT HERE, WAITING IN LINE, UH, AND, AND WORKING WITH OUR STAFF. 
          I MEAN, MANY PEOPLE WILL STILL DO THAT, BUT FOR OTHERS WHO, WHO HAVE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN LIFE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE ONLINE PROCESS, UH, IS, IS, IS THE KEY HERE. 
          SO FOR US, WE BELIEVE THIS NEW SYSTEM, UH, WILL PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, BETTER SERVICE. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA PROVIDE HIGHER VISIBILITY BETWEEN WHAT DIFFERENT AGENCIES ARE DOING. 
          TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? NOW? WE JUST GO ONLINE. 
          OUR HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO GO ONLINE AND BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CITY AGENCY. 
          SO IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH ONE PERSON AND THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING WITH THE OTHER CITY AGENCY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SAY, CONTACT THAT OTHER AGENCY ANYMORE. 
          UM, WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT HERE IS WE, UH, EARLIER PART OF THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL APPROVED IT. 
          UM, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THE, UH, VENDOR, UH, STARTED, UH, KICKSTART AT THAT PROCESS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENT THAT'S INVOLVED. 
          AND, UH, I BELIEVE THIS MONTH AND THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH EVERYONE AND WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO, UH, THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE SPLIT UP INTO THREE PHASES. 
          THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE FOCUSING ON PERMITTING AND, AND INSPECTION RELATED ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT BY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR THAT THIS FIRST PHASE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING. 
          UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO ENGAGE, UH, DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, UH, INCLUDING OUR, OUR BUSINESS AND, AND, UH, DEVELOPERS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE WANNA BE SURE THAT WHEN WE DEV, UM, DEVELOP THE SYSTEM, NOT ONLY WE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT OUR STAFF IS TELLING US, BUT WE ALSO WANNA TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY THAT WE SUPPORT IS TELLING US, WHETHER THAT'S THE RESIDENTS, THAT'S THE BUSINESS OR THE DEVELOPERS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE SECOND PART, UH, AFTER THAT WE'LL DEAL WITH, UH, ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. 
          UH, AND THE THIRD PART WILL BE DEALING WITH LICENSING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES AND OTHER STUFF. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT, UH, TWO TO THREE YEARS. 
          AND SO COSTING OUR FINGERS THAT WE'LL TAKE THIS TO THE FISHING LINE ALL WITHIN THAT SAME TIMEFRAME. 
          UH, THE NEXT PART, UH, OF, UH, THE PROCESS HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE AND ARE WE WORKING THROUGH, IS OUR CQA. 
          NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT CQ STANDS FOR, IT'S OUR CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. 
          UM, THIS ACT ESSENTIALLY, UM, APPLIES TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A DISCRETIONARY REVIEW. 
          SO, IN THE FIRST EARLIER SLIDE, IF YOU WERE A BY RIGHT PROJECT, YOU WOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO THIS. 
          BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT DOES REQUIRE DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          ESSENTIALLY, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S ENSURING THAT, UH, A PROJECT, UM, HIGHLIGHTS OR EVALUATES OR IDENTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, UM, UH, BEFORE IT IS CONSIDERED BY A PUBLIC AGENCY. 
          AND BEFORE WE APPROVE IT, WE WANNA BE, UH, WE WANNA BE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE, SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY APPLY CERTAIN CONDITIONS OR REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL HELP TO EITHER AVOID THEM OR REDUCE THEM OR MITIGATE THEM TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          UH, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING THROUGH IS TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS. 
          YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT CAN BE, UH, VERY, UH, DAUNTING FOR SOME APPLICANTS THAT ARE NOT USED TO IT, MAYBE FOR A LARGER DEVELOPER. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE USED TO THIS PROCESS, THEY DO IT IN MANY OTHER CITY. 
          BUT FOR THOSE WHO THIS MIGHT BE THEIR FIRST TIME, WE CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE THE PROCESS EASIER, FASTER. 
          WE'RE 
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TRYING TO, UH, REDUCE SOME OF THE PROCESS. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. 
          UH, BUT ALSO THERE ARE, UH, CHANGES THAT HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY THIS PAST JULY, THAT FURTHER STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS. 
          AND OUR PLANNING TEAM IS GOING THROUGH THE EVALUATION. 
          AND, UH, IN, IN MANY CASES, THEY'RE APPLYING IT NOW BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'LL SPEED UP OTHER PROJECT, UH, PROJECTS. 
          SO, AND THEN WHERE THERE'S GRAY AREAS, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND IT BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT IT. 
          BUT WHERE IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE. 
          UH, OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, TO KIND OF HELP, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT, UH, GETS APPROVED ON TIME. 
          AND TO MINIMIZE ANY SURPRISES, UH, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE TWO PROCESS. 
          OUR PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN REVIEW, AND THE OTHER ONE BEING PRE-DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROCESS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO, UH, LOOK TO BUILD A PROJECT, UM, DURING THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN, REVIEW PROCESS THAT WAS DEVELOPED. 
          THE KEY THING HERE IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN IDEA, I WANNA DO THIS PROJECT, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO COMMIT TO DOING ALL THESE BIG TICKET ITEMS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT OR THE STATE. 
          I JUST WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BIG THINGS I NEED TO WORRY ABOUT? SO THIS PROCESS, UH, WHICH IS OUR PRE-APP PROCESS WHERE WE PROVIDE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN, IT IS A MUCH FASTER PROCESS FOR A FRACTION OF WHAT THE COST WOULD BE IF YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT. 
          THIS WAY STAFF CAN PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL OF FEEDBACK TO KIND OF GIVE THE DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS MORE CLARITY. 
          OKAY, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE. 
          OKAY, I'M READY TO PURSUE THAT PROCESS. 
          OR, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME THINK ABOUT THE LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          CAUSE LET ME THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          YOU KNOW, SO THIS WAY WE CAN KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZE ANY SURPRISES THAT A PROJECT GETS WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE FULL PROCESS. 
          SIMILARLY, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY ALMOST CLEARED THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, BUT THEY'RE NOW GETTING READY TO ACTUALLY DESIGN A PROJECT, UH, WE ALSO PROVIDE A FREE SERVICE. 
          AND I EMPHASIZE THAT FREE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT APPLICANTS OR BUSINESSES AND TALK ABOUT THEIR PROJECT AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT REGULATORY RULES. 
          OR MAYBE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS LIKE, HEY, IF I BUILD IT THIS WAY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RULES THAT MIGHT APPLY? OR, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A DESIGN CHALLENGE HERE. 
          MY EXITING ISN'T GONNA WORK. 
          WHAT IF I DID IT THIS WAY? OR ARE YOU OPEN TO CONSIDERING OTHER ALTERNATIVES? UH, AND THIS IS WHERE WE MIGHT ENGAGE IN EARLY CONVERSATION ABOUT CODE MODIFICATIONS OR ALTERNATE MEANS OF METHODS. 
          UH, IT'S IN BOTH OUR INTERESTS AND, UH, THE DEVELOPER AND THE BUSINESS INTEREST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE PINCH POINTS ARE, IDENTIFY THEM EARLY AND OUTLINE A PATH BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T WANT THAT PATH TO KIND OF CROSS OUT ONCE YOU FORMALLY GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS. 
          AND NOW, WOW, IF I HADN'T KNOWN THAT, I WOULDN'T HAVE DESIGNED IT THIS WAY. 
          NOW IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO REDESIGN IT, WHEREAS I'M STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES IF I HADN'T KNOWN THAT I CAN MAKE CHANGES. 
          AND SO, ALL THIS TO SAY, WE, WE, WE COLLABORATE, UH, WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OUR GOAL HERE IS TRY TO MINIMIZE WHAT THAT SURPRISE IS AND EVENTUALLY REDUCE THAT COST. 
          AND THE MORE THAT THEY KNEEL UPFRONT, THE BETTER IT IS FOR THEM AND FOR US, BECAUSE THAT'S LESS COMMENTS THAT WE'LL GIVE. 
          UH, SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE REASONS, UH, WHY WE DO SOME OF THESE SERVICES FOR FREE, BECAUSE IT'LL PAY DIVIDEND ON THE BACK END AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          UH, OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT WE WORK AT MACRO LEVEL IS LOOKING AT THE CITY, UM, BROADLY AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF REZONE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          UH, THE GOAL HERE IS OBVIOUSLY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, AND WHERE WE CAN KIND OF MAKE TWEAKS TO HELP SUPPORT CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS OR CERTAIN BUSINESSES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A PLAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU MO CONSTANTLY MONITORING IT, AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF GO BACK TO IT, UH, EVERY SO MANY NUMBERS OF YEARS. 
          SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROJECT, UH, AND I'M, I'M GONNA JUST TRY TO KEEP TO A FEW, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST LIKE DOZENS OUT THERE. 
          BUT, UH, YOU'VE GOT ZONE IN, YOU'VE GOT EVERYONE'S COAST, YOU GOT THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. 
          AND THEN I'LL STOP A LITTLE BIT, UH, ON THE SHORELINE PLAN HERE, BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THIS ONE. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          I THINK WE STILL GOT, UH, SOME WAYS TO GO, BUT THE GOAL HERE IS, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY IS WE WANNA BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT ALONG OUR COASTLINE. 
          THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE TO FIND DIFFERENT ECONOMIC WAYS TO, TO SUPPORT BUSINESS OUT THERE, OR EVEN NEW BUSINESS, UH, OUT THERE. 
          SO, UH, IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF JUST LOOKING BROADLY ACROSS THE STATE AND SEE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE CERTAIN, UH, DEVELOPMENTS IN, IN, UH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
          NOW, OF COURSE, UH, I CAN KIND OF GO ON AND ON, BUT THE GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR US IS CUSTOMER SERVICE FOCUS. 
          UH, AND I'LL RATTLE OFF A FEW. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM IS OUR VIRTUAL MEETING SERVICE, AGAIN, RECOGNIZING 
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME AND MONEY, AND PEOPLE DON'T WANNA ALWAYS DRIVE, UH, HERE TO CITY HALL. 
          UH, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS DIFFERENT VIRTUAL SERVICES. 
          WE STARTED OFF WITH HAVING THE ABILITY TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT VIRTUALLY TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROJECT AND TO ANSWER BUILDING CODE QUESTIONS. 
          AND THEN MORE RECENTLY THAT WE'VE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OUR FIRE TEAM, OUR PERMIT CENTER TEAM, OUR PLANNING TEAM, BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, OUR GOAL HERE IS WE CAN PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE, WHETHER YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON OR WHETHER YOU'RE, UH, ATTENDING VIRTUALLY IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME, IN YOUR OFFICES, OR MAYBE IN THE CAR. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING SOMEWHERE. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH I DO TELL PEOPLE WHEN I FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE IN A CAR, PLEASE PULL OVER. 
          'CAUSE IT'S FOR YOUR SAFETY. 
          UH, I WANNA HELP YOUR BUSINESSES, I WANNA HELP YOUR DEVELOPMENT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU'RE SAFE, UH, TO BE AROUND FOR THAT. 
          UH, OTHER THINGS LIKE IMPROVING OUR KIOSKS AT OUR PERMIT CENTER, IMPROVING MONITORS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO DO VISIT CITY HALL, UH, AND THEY ARE WAITING, THEY CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE QUEUE. 
          THEY CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT ARE BEING CALLED. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS IS TRY TO DO THINGS ON A MORE FASTER SCALE. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING A LOT OF DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE DO. 
          UH, AS IT RELATES TO OVER THE COUNTER PLAN REVIEW. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE A PROJECT, UH, THAT DID A, A SMALL ADDITION, MAYBE A GARAGE CONVERSION, UM, WE, WE WOULD DO THAT, UH, SAME DAY OVER THE COUNTER. 
          GENERALLY IT'S LIKE AUTHORITY TO ONE HOUR SERVICE. 
          UH, PEOPLE GET THAT VERSUS WEIGHING SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE PROJECT. 
          UH, WE'VE EXPANDED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND NOW WE DO, UH, NOW WE'VE BEEN ENHANCED IT TO DO CERTAIN BUSINESSES, CERTAIN RETAIL, UH, IF YOU'RE JUST LIKE FIXING YOUR, UH, YOUR COUNTER OR YOU'RE RENOVATING, UH, YOUR RETAIL SPACE, BUT IT'S PRETTY MINOR WORK. 
          WE'RE DOING ALL THAT OVER THE COUNTER. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'VE EXPANDED IT TO INCLUDE SUBT TRADE REVIEWS. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, UNLESS YOU'RE IN LIKE REALLY LARGE CITY, YOU DON'T REALLY GET THAT KIND OF SERVICE. 
          AND WHILE I LIKE TO SAY WE'RE A LARGE CITY, I GUESS BY COMPARISON, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT SMALL. 
          SO ADDING THIS SERVICE TO KIND OF HELP WITH MORE SAME DAY SERVICE TO GET, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS, CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN AND OUT THE DOOR IN THE SAME DAY AT, THAT'S SORT OF OUR GOAL. 
          UH, OTHER CHANGES THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING MORE RECENTLY IS, YOU KNOW, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE'VE UPDATED OUR, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO WHERE THIS IS A GAME CHANGER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD AN EXISTING BUSINESS, AND YOU ARE IN CERTAIN AREAS IN CITY WHERE, OKAY, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUT NOW YOU WANNA GO FROM AN OFFICE TO SAY A RESTAURANT OR, OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD NORMALLY TRIGGER MORE PARKING, WELL, UNDER THESE NEW ROLES, YOU'D, YOU ARE GRANDFATHERED IN ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU HAD FIVE PARKING SPACE THERE, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA BECOME A RESTAURANT, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO NOW FIVE PARKING SPACE. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO APPROACH, YOU KNOW, REVITALIZING CERTAIN AREAS AND NOT LETTING PARKING NECESSARILY BE, UH, A HINDRANCE TO THE PROJECT. 
          BECAUSE WE ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, TR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THESE DAYS. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT EVERYONE IS UTILIZING UBER SERVICES AND PRETTY SOON YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE, UH, VEHICLES, SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY KEEPING AN EYE TOWARDS SOME OF THE FUTURE AND RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET AROUND DIFFERENTLY, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          AND SO THE NEED TO HAVE PARKING BEING NOT NECESSARY BE THE MAIN REASON, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE CHANGES WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT TO KIND OF HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THESE BUSINESS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO GO FIND HOW, HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO PARKING. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSIBILITY RELATED REGULATIONS. 
          UH, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO BUILD A PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP SMALL BUSINESS, EITHER THROUGH SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR MAYBE, UH, TO, UH, HELP THEM GET A CAST EXPERT THAT CAN EVALUATE THEIR SPACE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF POTENTIAL DEFICIENCIES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO ALERT THEM IN ADVANCE. 
          BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANNA KNOW IS TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU GET A LAWSUIT, UH, FROM, UH, CERTAIN GROUPS THAT SAYS, YOUR MIRROR IS OFF BY HALF AN INCH, OR YOUR COUNTER, UH, IS TOO HIGH, OR WHATEVER. 
          IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO KNOW IT'S BEFORE THOSE, UH, ISSUES EVER, UH, CROP UP. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED AT THE TOP, UH, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO I IS, IS, IS NOT UNIQUE TO JUST US. 
          IT INVOLVES OTHER C AGENCIES. 
          SO WE DO TAKE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          OUR MOST RECENT ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW DEALS WITH A BUSINESS LICENSING PROCESS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER, UM, MEMBERS FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT, UH, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, HEALTH, FIRE, UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY BUILDING AND PLANNING TO TALK THROUGH, HEY, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? IF EVERYONE DOES ONE LITTLE MINOR CHANGES COLLECTIVELY, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING 
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IMPORTANT, UH, THAT HELPS BUSINESSES. 
          SO, UH, IT'S AN ONGOING THING THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO FOCUS ON. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT JUST DOING THE PROJECT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT PROCESSES BECAUSE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF BUSINESSES COMING INTO OUR CITY. 
          AND CERTAINLY, UH, ALL, AGAIN, NOT LEAST, BUT, UH, IF ALL THESE OTHER STUFF, UH, DOESN'T NECESSARILY HELP, WE ALSO HAVE ADDED, UH, UH, A CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER. 
          UH, HER NAME IS CASSIE. 
          SHE'S BEEN WITH US A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. 
          AND, AND THE GOAL HERE IS, UH, WHILE WE TRY AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND THE DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS, UH, SOMETIMES IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO HAVE JUST ONE PERSON THAT HAS ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY THAT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, WE DO, UH, RELY ON CASSIE A LOT. 
          I KNOW OUR ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM DOES AS WELL AS OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PERMITTING IS NOT THEIR THING. 
          THEY KNOW HOW TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY HOW TO GO THROUGH PERMITING PROCESS. 
          SO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER IN, IN THAT INSTANCE, OR IN OTHER INSTANCES, UH, WILL WORK WITH THE BUSINESSES, CONNECT THEM WITH THE CT MEMBERS SOMETIME, HELP LEAD THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HELP TO EXPLAIN THINGS AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE TO HAVE. 
          WE HOPE TO EXPAND ON THAT. 
          BUT, UH, TODAY IT'S ONE PERSON WE HOPE IN THE FUTURE IT'S MORE THAN ONE. 
          UH, BUT ANOTHER AREA OF IMPROVEMENT IS, IS ADDING THIS CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER. 
          UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, ALL THIS IS TO SAY IS THAT WE, WE HAVE A COMMITMENT WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, WE WANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS THERE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH WHATEVER THOSE SERVICE NEEDS ARE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE KNOW BEFORE IT USED TO BE IN PERSON, AND I KNOW, UH, WE CAN DO IT BY PHONE, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPAND THAT TO CAPTURE TODAY'S TE KNOWLEDGE, WHICH IS TO DO THINGS VIRTUALLY AS WELL. 
          UH, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT. 
          OUR FOCUS WITH OUR TEAM HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE DEVELOP MORE PROCESS FLOWS, TO HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN THINGS, DEVELOP CHECKLISTS. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS EASIER AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM THE END USER'S PERSPECTIVE, WHETHER IT'S OUR DEVELOPER WHO'S GOING THROUGH THE PERMING PROCESS OR OUR BUSINESS OWNER WHO'S TRYING TO START A BUSINESS IN THE CITY. 
          UM, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR US, UH, OUR TEAM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO SATISFY ANY OF THOSE TWO THINGS, WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE SAY WE WOULD DO. 
          WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR TIMEFRAME. 
          AND SO THESE ARE ALL THE MESSAGES THAT WE DROVE WITH OUR STAFF, UH, UH, DAY IN, DAY OUT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN, WE WANT TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND SO, UH, I WILL SAY THAT'S, OUR STAFF WORKS REALLY HARD. 
          THEY REALLY TRY. 
          UM, BUT LIKE EVERYBODY, THEY'RE NOT PERFECT. 
          AND THEY'RE PRONE TO MAKING MISTAKES HERE AND THERE. 
          AND WE WILL OWN UP TO THOSE MISTAKE, AND WE'LL WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES AND THE BUSINESSES TO HELP, UH, CRACK THAT AND TO EXTENT POSSIBLE, MOVE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS FASTER, ESPECIALLY, UH, WHEN WE'VE GIVE WRONG INFORMATION OR WE, WE DIDN'T DO AS EXEMPLARY OF A JOB THAT WAS EXPECTED OF US. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PART AND, AND OUR COMMITMENT, UH, TO THE PROCESS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I AM CLOSING OUT ON THE TAIL END HERE, AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEARING, UH, BEARING WITH ME. 
          UH, I'M TOLD AS AN ENGINEER, I CAN BE PRETTY DRY. 
          UH, MY KID TELLS ME THAT ALL THE TIME, AND I SAY, REALLY, REALLY? BUT MAYBE THAT'S TRUE. 
          SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE, YOU MADE IT THIS FAR. 
          SO THERE'S ONLY THREE MORE SLIDE HERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO FINISH OFF WITH JUST TOUCHING ON THREE PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STATE, UH, OF THE CITY. 
          SO THIS, THIS FIRST PROJECT HERE, IT'S, IT'S A PROJECT THAT WENT THROUGH THE ENDOWMENT PROCESS. 
          IT DID GET APPROVED. 
          UH, THIS PROJECT STARTED WITH US THROUGH A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN REVIEW IN, UH, SOMETIME IN 2022. 
          UH, AND THAT EARLY PRECONCEPTUAL, UM, PROCESS, THEY'VE MADE A DECISION, OKAY, I THINK WE KNOW ENOUGH. 
          I THINK THIS IS A PROJECT WE WANNA PURSUE. 
          UH, AND THEN THE LATTER PART OF THAT YEAR, THEY DID, UH, THEY DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THIS PROJECT HERE, IT'S A 21 STORE HIGH RISE PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO CONSIST OF ABOUT 203 PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WELL OVER 200,000 PLUS PROJECT. 
          NOW, WHAT'S NOT, UH, NOTED HERE IS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS GOING TO INCORPORATE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF AUTOMATED PARKING. 
          UH, SO THERE'S NOT VERY MANY PROJECT IN, IN OUR CITY OR OTHER CITIES THAT DO THAT. 
          I MEAN, UNLESS YOU'RE, AGAIN, IN, IN LARGER CITIES LIKE LA CITY OR SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE YOU WOULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UH, SO THEY GOT THEIR PROJECT IMPROVED, AND NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF AWAY, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE WATCHING THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE TARIFF IS DOING. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL START. 
          THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT WAS THEN GOING INTO PLAN, CHECKING AND PERMITTING 
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THE, UH, THE, UH, OTHER PROJECT THAT DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, AND NOW IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, IT'S A PROJECT PRETTY CLOSE. 
          IF YOU GUYS, UH, GET TO DOWN TO CITY HALL, UH, YOU WOULD LIKELY, UH, TAKE THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY, GET OFF OF BROADWAY. 
          AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT YOU SHOULD BE SEEING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO THIS IS 600 WEST BROADWAY. 
          UH, IT IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT'S GOT, UH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOT THE LARGEST, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THAT I'M AWARE OF TO DATE. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, UH, IT'S CONSISTS ABOUT 750, UH, SIX PLUS UNITS. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME RETAIL SPACES. 
          THERE'S ALSO A EIGHT STORY, UH, PARKING STRUCTURE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING AGAIN, YOU SEE EVERY DAY. 
          I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I CAN THINK OF IN 20 PLUS YEARS IN THIS CITY. 
          AND MAYBE LONGER THAT YOU WOULD SEE A PARKING STRUCTURE THAT BIG. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SUPPORTING A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE BUSINESS IN AND AROUND, UH, THE AREA. 
          SO THIS PROJECT, UH, STARTED, UH, MANY MOONS AGO. 
          UH, LET'S SAY IT STARTED TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF 2018. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WITH COVID HITTING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PROJECT, AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS PROJECT, BUT A LOT OF PROJECT, UH, THEN HAD TO GO THROUGH A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH. 
          NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT PROJECT, UH, DID, UH, GET THROUGH THE ENDOWMENT PROCESS. 
          THEY STARTED THE, UH, PLAN REVIEW PROCESS SOMETIME IN, UH, 2022. 
          UH, THEY GOT THEIR PERMIT, UH, LATE 2023, STARTED CONSTRUCTION EARLY 2024. 
          UH, AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, THEY'RE ABOUT A YEAR IN, UH, I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY CLOSE TO THE TOP LEVEL OF THE PROJECT. 
          UH, BUT THESE TYPE OF PROJECT, TYPICALLY YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT ABOUT TWO OR SO PLUS YEARS. 
          SO, UH, THEY GOT ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF TO GO, UH, BEFORE THEY START ASKING THE NEXT PART, WHICH IS OCCUPANCY. 
          AND THE LAST PROJECT HERE, WHICH IS A COMPLETE PROJECT, THIS IS, UH, THE INKWELL PROJECT, UH, OVER, UH, AT 2 0 1 NORTH PROMENADE. 
          UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, ACTUALLY WAS, UH, FINISHED AND BUILT AND OCCUPY IN MIDDLE OF LA UH, UH, MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR. 
          UM, SO THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 20, UH, 17. 
          UH, THEN IT ENTERED, UH, PLAN REVIEW IN 2019. 
          AND LIKE A LOT OF PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WHEN COVID HIT, THEY HAD TO PURSUE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ALL THEIR, UH, FINANCE IN ORDER, THEY WERE READY TO GO. 
          AND BY 2021, THEY STARTED THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THEN, UH, AS EXPECTED FOR THESE SUMMER PROJECT, TWO TO THREE YEARS LATER, THEY FINISHED IN 2024. 
          SO THIS PROJECT IS A FIVE STORY. 
          IT, IT NOW HAS A HUNDRED, UH, 80, UH, NINE UNITS AND 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL SPACE. 
          AND THAT'S GOING TO COMPLIMENT A LOT OF THE OTHER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, HAPPENING, UH, IN THAT, UH, AREA. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UH, THAT WAS A HIGH OVERVIEW OF WHAT DEPARTMENT DOES OUR PERMITING PROCESS, SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UH, IN AT LEAST THREE PROJECTS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PIPELINE. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, ON THE SLIDE HERE, UH, IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION, ALLISON'S INFORMATION, AND RON. 
          BUT, UH, PHILIP WILL, WILL BE, UH, UM, UH, THE STEWARD AND HIS PLACE. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT, I MEAN, THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE ALL HERE, UH, HAPPY TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHONG. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT, VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, EDNA WAS ENGAGING TOO. 
          SO, . 
          OKAY, SO FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY, COMMISSIONER HAKI. 
          AND COMMISSIONER NORDIC. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VERY IN DEPTH, UM, PRESENTATION. 
          I'M, I DID NOT FIND IT DRY. 
          I'M A BIT OF A POLICY WONK SLASH UM, PROFESSOR OF URBAN PLANNING, SO I LOVE IT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          UH, I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SO PLEASE, UM, BEAR WITH ME, BUT FRIENDLY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ONE IS, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS AS I I TELL FOLKS NOW, UM, PLANNING FOR OLYMPICS, WHICH IS THREE YEARS AWAY, YOU NEEDED TO START LAST WEEK. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IS THAT, ARE YOU LOOKING AT AN EXPEDITED PROCESS ON THAT? UM, JUST GIVEN THAT ALSO THE NEW PARAMETERS OF A DRIVER, YOU KNOW, OF A CARLESS, UM, VENUE TO THE GAMES. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S A STREAMLINED PROCESS, UM, FOR THAT. 
          UM, OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAD IS, UM, IS THAT REGARDING THIS, I JUST LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SQA, THE PROCESS TO BE EXPEDITED, UM, IF AND WHEN, HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND THEN SHIFTING OVER TO, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ONE, BUT A, UM, A PRESENTATION OR A, UM, VIDEO FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THIS IS HOW YOU GO FROM START TO FINISH. 
          SO IT'S A VERY PRACTICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TRACK AND TO FOLLOW. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE, THE 
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ONE-STOP SHOP, BUT I'M, I'M REALLY ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT WHEN ELM IS GONNA TAKE PLACE AS WELL. 
          BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INNOVATION. 
          I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH BUREAUCRACY, THERE'S ALWAYS THE GOTCHA MOMENT. 
          YOU MISSED ONE PAPER, YOU MISSED ONE IDEA YOU MISSED. 
          SO AGAIN, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOW ADDRESSING THE ISSUE HOLISTICALLY. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO LAST QUESTION IS, UM, AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENTS, ARE YOU WORKING CLOSELY WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, WHO IS NOW DEVELOPING, HAS HEAVILY DEVELOPED AND INVESTED IN THE WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALSO COMING ONLINE WITH NEW, UM, CONDOS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTIONS AND FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          SO AGAIN, I'M ALLISON SPINDLER. 
          I OVERSEE THE PLANNING BUREAU HERE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL START, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE OLYMPICS FIRST. 
          SO YES, WE ARE LESS THAN THREE YEARS OUT. 
          IT'S VERY EXCITING TIME. 
          UM, AND SO THERE IS A CITYWIDE EFFORT FOR ORGANIZING OURSELVES AND, UM, PREPARING FOR THE OLYMPICS. 
          I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS, UM, BRANDED AS WHAT'S CALLED A NO BUILD OLYMPICS. 
          SO THE IDEA IS NOT TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES AND TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES WE HAVE TODAY. 
          THERE WILL BE SOME TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UM, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY ALSO AWARE THAT THE, UM, EVENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE IN TERMS OF WHICH ONES ARE COMING TO LONG BEACH AND WHICH ONES ARE GOING ELSEWHERE. 
          AND SO, UH, OF COURSE I HAVE WANTED TO BE, UH, FURTHER AHEAD AS WELL AT CERTAIN TIMES. 
          BUT THERE ARE KIND OF REQUIREMENTS WITH THE CONTRACT WITH CITY OF LA AND THE GAMES COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF WHEN THAT CAN HAPPEN AND NOT WANTING TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD KNOWING THAT THINGS COULD CHANGE. 
          UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE ARE, UM, IN A CITYWIDE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL PROCESS OF, UM, PLANNING FOR THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, PLANNING FOR MOBILITY. 
          AS A PLANNER, I FIND IT SUPER EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE GET MILLIONS OF VISITORS TO, TO VISIT WITHOUT A CAR. 
          UM, AND SO TRONG MENTIONED WE'VE BEEN DOING A VISIONING EFFORT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS IN THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT AREA. 
          SO, UM, IMAGINING HOW CAN WE IMPROVE MOBILITY FROM A MULTIMODAL PERSPECTIVE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS, UM, AND GET, GET HERE AND GET AROUND TO DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH PARK. 
          ONE STRATEGIES, THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRANSIT, UM, WALK AND BIKING AT OUR, UH, VISIONING EVENT IN JUNE, WE EVEN, UH, PARTNERED WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO CHARTER, ONE OF THE AQUA BUSES AND  TAKE A RIDE AROUND THE WATER. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE TEST CASES WHERE WE'RE PRACTICING HOW TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE SOMEWHERE WITHOUT CARS IS AS WE PREPARE FOR, UM, THE TEMPORARY AMPHITHEATER THAT'S SCHEDULED TO OPEN NEXT TO THE QUEEN MARY, UH, IN 2026. 
          AND SO THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS THE MOST MULTIMODAL SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, LOCATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE'S ONLY ONE BRIDGE TO AND FROM THE ISLAND. 
          SO IT HELPS US TO HAVE THAT CONSTRAINT AND HAVE TO WORK AROUND HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN A WAY THAT'S, UM, POSITIVE AND FUN. 
          UM, SO MAXIMIZING USE OF, UM, ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, PUBLIC TRANSIT, UH, THE AQUA LINK AND AQUA BUS, UM, KIND OF ALL THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, UM, AND, AND WELCOME IDEAS ON THAT. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE OLYMPICS THEMSELVES, YEAH, THERE ARE SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE LED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT ARE PLANNING FOR DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE GAME. 
          SO EVERYTHING FROM HOW WE THINK ABOUT STREET CLOSURES TO HOW WE WOULD PERMIT TEMPORARY STRUCTURES TO HOW WE ENSURE, UM, BUSINESSES, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, AS POSITIVELY IMPACTED AS POSSIBLE, HOW DO WE MAKE IT SO THAT THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO A TICKETED EVENT CAN STILL HAVE A CELEBRATION OR EVENT IN THEIR LOCAL PARK OR PUBLIC SPACE? AND HOW DO WE CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES THROUGH THAT? UM, AND THEN HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE STREET CLOSURES OR OTHER CHANGES TO THE WAY THINGS WORK, WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH BUSINESSES, UM, POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON HOW CONSTRUCTION, UM, MAY BE AFFECTED DURING THE PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE VOLUME OF VISITORS. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON A WIDE ARRAY OF, OF THOSE TOPICS. 
          UM, AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, IS, IS BRINGING ON SOMEONE TO FOCUS SOLELY ON THAT, UH, COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT PART OF IT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF ALIGNED AND, AND HAVING THOSE SAME CONVERSATIONS EVERYWHERE WE GO SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST A COME TALK TO US ABOUT THE OLYMPICS CONVERSATION, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT EVERYWHERE, UM, THAT THE CITY IS ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY. 
          SO THOSE ARE A FEW THINGS ON OLYMPICS. 
          UM, BUT YES, I IMAGINE THERE WILL BE SOME STREAMLINING AND EXPEDITING NEEDED, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE COASTAL COMMISSION. 
          MANY OF THESE VENUES ARE IN THE COASTAL ZONE. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN A, A LONG CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THOSE PARTNERS, UM, WHO ARE PART OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS FOR AREAS, UM, WITHIN THE STATE, UH, CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION JURISDICTION, WHICH MOST OF THE VENUES ARE IN TERMS OF QUA, WE ARE DELIGHTED FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE OR WHEN, WHEN APPROPRIATE WAVE, UH, CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. 
          SO THE CITY'S BEEN A LEADER IN STREAMLINING FOR, UH, ABOUT A DECADE SINCE, UH, OUR LAST DOWNTOWN PLAN WAS UPDATED. 
          WE, UH, HAVE BEEN USING THE PRACTICE OF, OF USING WHAT'S CALLED A PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WHERE WE CLEAR ALL POTENTIAL FUTURE BUILD OUT THROUGH THAT PROGRAMMATIC DOCUMENT, WHICH MAKES FUTURE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, UH, ABLE TO STREAMLINE 
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OFF OF THOSE, UM, DOCUMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S, UH, PART OF HOW YOU SEE, UM, MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENED IN DOWNTOWN OVER THE LAST DECADE. 
          UM, AND THEN NOW, UM, THROUGH OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          AND THEN AS STRONG MENTIONED UNDER THE STATE BUDGET BILL ON JUNE 30TH, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IN, UH, MAJOR REFORMS TO CQA THROUGH WHICH MOST NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE CQA AT ALL IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND SO WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          THE BILL WENT FROM LIKE THREE PAGES TO 44 PAGES THE NIGHT BEFORE IT GOT GOT ADOPTED AND WAS, UM, INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO WE'RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT AS WE GO, BUT WE'RE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY PIVOTED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE THAT REVIEW. 
          FOLKS ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR THAT SEQ NOT ONLY TAKES TIME AND, AND A LOT OF MONEY, UH, AND INVESTMENT, BUT IT ALSO INCREASES RISK BECAUSE, UM, PART OF THE REASON FOR SQL REFORM IS JUST HOW, UM, THE, THE REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN MISUSED FOR, UM, LITIGATION PURPOSES. 
          SO, UM, TAKING AWAY THAT TIME AND RISK IS A HUGE POSITIVE WHEN WE SEE PROJECTS COMING IN THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICIES AND WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN, WHICH ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT CAN BE STREAMLINED. 
          SO BOTH EXCITED TO CONTINUE USING OUR, UM, OUR STRATEGIES OF, OF TIERING AND STREAMLINING WHEN NEEDED, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO WAVE CE QA COMPLETELY UNDER AB ONE 30, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND THEN, YES, WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. 
          IN FACT, OUR HOUSING BUREAU, UM, THROUGH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMPANY HAS FUNDED ALMOST EVERY PROJECT IN THE WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE PARTIAL FUNDING, UM, BUT PART OF THAT MIX, UM, IN HABITAT. 
          AND THEN MY TEAM HAS PARTNERED WITH HABITAT FOR YEARS ON THEIR SORT OF, UM, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          SO WE DO PARK ACTIVATIONS, WE HELP WITH, UM, SAFE ROUTES AND SAFE PASSAGES PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT'S BEEN AN EXCITING AND A TRANSFORMATIVE, UM, INVESTMENT IN THE WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, SO I, I'VE BEEN EXCITED TO SEE THAT OVER TIME. 
          UM, AND YES, IN TERMS OF SMALL BUSINESS, UH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OVERSEES THE BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, WE, WE ARE A STEP IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A BUSINESS LICENSE APPROVAL WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IT MEETS THE ZONING CODE. 
          SO, UM, IT'S, THIS USED EVEN ALLOWED IN THIS LOCATION. 
          UM, AND OFTENTIMES YOU NEED BUILDING PERMITS OR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE FOR THE BUSINESS TO BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT CAN OPEN. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE TRONG WAS MENTIONING. 
          WE ARE COLLABORATING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS ON, ON THOSE PROCESSES AND STREAMLINING AND ELM WILL HELP US WITH THAT. 
          WE EXPECT A FIRST PHASE OF ELM TO BE READY IN A YEAR OR SO. 
          UM, BUT THE BUSINESS LICENSE SIDE WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT, I COULD JUST SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO YOU TALK TOO. 
          SO , UH, BUT, BUT I DID WANNA, UM, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT, UH, ON THAT SMALL, UH, BUSINESS COMPONENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO. 
          WE, WE WORK WITH THE OTHER CITY AGENCY, WHETHER IT'S, UH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OR ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, BUT IN TERMS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, PROCESSES THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T NECESSARILY EXPECT THAT EVERY BUSINESS IS GONNA KNOW THEN. 
          SO WE'RE CERTAINLY USING THESE COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE HAVING, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, HEY, WHAT ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO STREAMLINE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A FLOW CHART, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOW CHARTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FLOW CHART FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPERS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S JUST STARTING A RETAIL BUSINESS. 
          AND SO WE'RE, UH, VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF HANDOUTS AND MATERIALS OUT THERE, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU LET 10 YEARS GO BY AND THINGS CHANGE, YOU GOTTA ALSO CHANGE THOSE PROCESSES. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER CITY PARTNERS TO KIND OF UPDATE THOSE PROCESSES. 
          THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY UNANIMOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED IN A, IN A LOT OF OUR WORKING SESSIONS. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO TRY TO DO MORE OF THAT, UH, SOON. 
          BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, DEVELOPING MORE OF THESE HOW TO PROCESSES THAT WILL HELP BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS. 
          UH, AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR ENTERPRISE LAND MANAGEMENT, UM, LIKE I SAID, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO IMPLEMENT IT, UH, OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS. 
          BUT RECOGNIZING WE DON'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL YEAR TWO OR YEAR THREE TO UNVEIL IT. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE PHASING THE PROJECT. 
          SO, UH, OUR HOPE IS THE PERMITTING PART OF THE PROCESS, UH, GETS LAUNCHED IN SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF STATS BETWEEN NOW AND SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT JUST RECREATING OUR EXISTING PROCESS, BUT LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND NEW WAYS TO DO THE PROCESS A LOT FASTER. 
          UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I, I GUESS I CAN SAY THIS 'CAUSE I'M, I'M, I'M KIND OF, UH, PICKING ON MYSELF. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GOT A LOT OF BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSES AND WHEN YOU ASK YOURSELF, HEY, WHY DO WE DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED 10, 20, 15 YEARS AGO, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT SAME PROCESS. 
          AND SO, UH, THROUGH THIS, UH, LAND MANAGEMENT 
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SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THAT'S THE CHARGE THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH EVERY CITY STAFF AND EVERY DEPARTMENT DO NOT DO IT THE SAME WAY, OTHERWISE, WE'RE RECREATING THE OLD SYSTEM. 
          WE WANT IT TO DO IT A NEWER, MORE EFFICIENT WAY. 
          UH, SO IF YOU ALWAYS SAY, HAD ASKED THE QUESTION, WELL, WHY WE DO THAT? NOW THE QUESTION YOU SAY, WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          UH, SO WE'RE DOING IT IN PHASES, UH, AND BRINGING ON THE PERMING PROCESS UP FIRST. 
          AND, UH, LIKE ANYTHING, UH, WE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY BEFORE ANY OF THESE PROCESS ARE SOLIDIFIED. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEIR INPUT TO THE VENDORS THAT DESIGN THE SYSTEM. 
          BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, MAKING SURE THAT THE ULTIMATE END USER, WHICH ARE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS AND OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY HAVE A SAY IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE AIM OF THE FIRST PHASE IS NEXT YEAR, UH, I SUSPECT IN A COUPLE MONTHS TIME WE'LL BE ENGAGING, UM, UH, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, FOR THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          SO, UH, I CAN THINK AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PERSON ON THE DIOCESE THAT MIGHT BE, UH, CALLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE DOING BROAD OUTREACH AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR INNOVATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, I, I'LL, I'LL SECOND. 
          THIS WAS FASCINATING AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION HERE. 
          SO I'VE GOT, UM, THREE TOPICS OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO COVER. 
          ONE IS KIND OF AROUND CAUSE AND EFFECT FOR IMPROVING PROCESSES AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE SECOND ONE IS AROUND THESE TOOLS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AND HOW CAN WE SUPERCHARGE THOSE? AND THEN THE THIRD IS AROUND THE, THE PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION. 
          SO ON THE CAUSE AND EFFECT, I MEAN, THIS IS PROBABLY 'CAUSE MY, I'M JUST TOO SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND IT YET. 
          UM, IT'S INTUITIVE THAT THESE PROCESSES ARE, ARE GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN AGREE THE HARDER QUESTION MIGHT BE. 
          AND SO WHAT IS THE IMPACT? AND I, I'M, I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND WHEN PROCESSES ARE STREAMLINED, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR NEW, NEW DEVELOPERS? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? UH, THE RATE OF PROGRESS, THE RATE OF GROWTH, KINDA THE SO WHAT BEHIND ALL OF IT? I THINK THAT THAT MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE ACADEMIC, BUT I THINK IT ACTUALLY DRIVES THE STORYTELLING BEHIND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND JUSTIFYING DEEPER RESOURCES INTO WHAT I THINK WILL BE, YOU KNOW, GAME CHANGING TOOLS LIKE THE ONES YOU'RE DEVELOPING. 
          BUT WITHOUT CLOSING THE LOOP ON THE, SO WHAT, LIKE, WHY DOES THIS DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? IT'S HARD TO REALLY TELL THE FULL SCOPE STORY. 
          SO I, UM, THAT, THAT'S THE KIND OF QUESTION NUMBER ONE. 
          UM, AND NUMBER NUMBER TWO, AROUND THESE TOOLS, I, I, I THINK THE ELM SYSTEM IS, IS FANTASTIC. 
          I THINK THAT TOOLS LIKE THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED, AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AS PART OF IT AS YOU'RE INCORPORATING OLDER PROCESSES, UH, THE STAFF ARE EMPOWERED TO ASK WHY, LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND ACTUALLY DELETING UNNECESSARY STEPS IS SUPER IMPORTANT AS FAR AS DRIVING, DRIVING INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN IT, AND THEN IN VISIBILITY, LIKE WHEN YOU ORDER YOUR PIZZA, YOU KNOW, HOW CLOSE IT'S GONNA COME OR DOORDASH OR WHATEVER. 
          I THINK THE ACROSS FUNCTIONAL VISIBILITY AND FOR THE CUSTOMER IS, IS SUPER IMPORTANT HERE. 
          AND, UH, WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, KIND OF WHAT IS THE, THE, THE EXTENT OF THOSE TOOLS. 
          LITERALLY, COULD YOU GO AND SEE THE DASHBOARD OF WHERE SOMETHING IS SITTING? AND, UM, AND THIS KIND OF TIES INTO THAT, HOW TO PROCESS OF THE FLOW FLOW CHARTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          WHEN I HAVE A QUESTION, THE FIRST PLACE I GO NOW IS I, I GO TO MY AI HELPER AND I ASK A COMMON LANGUAGE QUESTION TO A VERY COMPLEX TOPIC, AND THEN I EXPLORE IT. 
          AND IT DOESN'T GIVE ME A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE ANSWER, NOR WOULD A NORMAL HUMAN. 
          BUT IT HELPS ME UNCOVER THE NUANCES IN A PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK THIS VAST AMOUNT, THIS TREASURE TROVE OF DATA AND PROCESSES AND EXISTING FLOWCHARTS MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE CONVERTED INSTEAD OF INTO NEW FLOWCHARTS, MIGHT BE CONVERTED INTO A, A COMMON LANGUAGE TYPE SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH IN THE NUANCE THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT THIS AMAZING CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICER AND HER STAFF, UH, SOMEDAY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM ASSURE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE WRONG THINGS THAT AI HALLUCINATED WERE ACTUALLY CORRECTED BY, BY THE TIME. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A REALLY EFFICIENT RESOURCE ADD TO, TO A TOOL LIKE THIS THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION AND, AND PROBABLY EVERYBODY WITHIN A FEW YEARS WHO ARE LEANING IN MORE HEAVILY ON SOME OF THESE TOOLS. 
          SORRY, SORRY FOR GOING ON. 
          THE FINAL PART IS ON PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OVER 20% AVERAGE, UM, VACANCY IS, IS ROUGH IN ANY ORGANIZATION, 
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SO KUDOS FOR DOING SO MUCH WITH SO, SO LITTLE. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT AND I LOOK AT LOCAL, YOU KNOW, YOUTH AND TRAINING AND JOBS OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND I OFTENTIMES AM CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE WOULD HAVE VACANCY IN HIGHLY IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS WHEN WE ALSO HAVE LOCAL TALENT WHO'S, WHO'S SEEKING MEANINGFUL WORK, UM, AND HOW TO, THAT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN YOU CONNECT THAT AND GIVE THESE FOLKS HIGH PAYING JOBS LOCALLY. 
          AND SO IT'S SAD TO SEE THE GAPS. 
          I'M, I'M PROUD TO SEE THE PROGRESS. 
          WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT GAP CLOSE IF THERE'S FUNDING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE, UM, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          KIND OF TO YOUR FIRST ONE ABOUT SORT OF CAUSE AND EFFECT WHEN WE STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE PROCESSES. 
          I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THE IMPACTS OF OUR, OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WE LAST UPDATED THAT IN 2012, UM, WE, WE DO ANNUALLY TRACK KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES OUT OF OUR VARIOUS PLANS AND PLAN AREAS, UM, BOTH, UM, AT THE PLAN LEVEL AND CITYWIDE. 
          UM, SO FOR DOWNTOWN, WE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THE 5,000 UNITS THAT WE PROJECTED WOULD COME OUT OF, UM, THE BUILD OUT OF THAT PROJECT. 
          UM, THAT'S 5,000 ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH HELPS US WITH OUR HOUSING GOALS, UM, HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES, OTHER TYPES OF COMMERCIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AS WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN, WHICH WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY WITH AND, AND CLOSE TO COMING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH, WITH THAT UPDATE, WE ALSO TOOK A STEP BACK TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ON WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF THAT PLAN? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK IN PLANNING. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY ENGAGED, UM, A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN WHAT WE CALL THE DATA WORKING GROUP FOR THEM TO ALSO BRING THEIR OWN DATA TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER IMPACTS OF OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN INCLUDED, UM, IN 2012, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER TO REQUIRE, UM, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          AT THE TIME, THE CITY DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WAS A BIG, UH, LOST OPPORTUNITY ACTUALLY. 
          UM, IT WAS DONE IN THE NAME OF, OF STREAMLINING AND TRYING TO GET MORE DEVELOPMENT DONE AND MEET OUR HOUSING GOALS OVERALL. 
          UM, BUT ALTHOUGH WE'RE DOING WELL ON HOUSING OVERALL, WHERE WE PERFORM THE WORST IS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING WE'RE THINKING A LOT ABOUT AS WE UPDATE OUR PLANS AND DOCUMENTS. 
          AND MORE RECENTLY WE HAVE ADOPTED INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN DOWNTOWN AND MIDTOWN. 
          AND WE NOT ONLY DID NOT SEE A SLOWDOWN IN DEVELOPMENT, WE ACTUALLY SAW AN INCREASE IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE FIRST THREE YEARS. 
          WE BROUGHT THAT ANALYSIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR, AND THEY AGREED TO EXPAND THAT REQUIREMENT CITYWIDE. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHEN WE DO, UM, UPDATE OUR PROCESSES, HOW WE EVALUATE, UM, AND PART OF THE REASON WE BELIEVE INCLUSIONARY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE, UM, ALTHOUGH YOU DO HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT PROPORTION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, YOU'RE ALSO GETTING A STREAMLINED AND MORE PREDICTABLE PROCESS. 
          UM, AND WE, UH, CONTINUE TO GET NEW DEVELOPERS THAT COME TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEEING HOW THAT STREAMLINING PREDICTABILITY AND REDUCED, UM, TIME AND, UM, RISK ASSOCIATED, UM, WITH LITIGATION, UM, DOES PAY OFF. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF, UM, ONE EXAMPLE, UM, THERE, AND I THINK, UM, CHONG'S GONNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE SECOND QUESTION RELATED TO KIND OF TOOLS AND, AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT TO, UH, ELM, UH, I, I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO IRE, SO I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION THERE. 
          UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THE TEAM DID GET EXPOSED TO DURING THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS NEW SYSTEM IS, UH, YOU KNOW, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL DASHBOARD, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE JUST KIND OF MENTIONED THERE ABOUT LIKE SEEING A DASHBOARD, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE YOU ARE, SIMILAR TO LIKE ORING OR PIZZA, YOU'LL SEE WHERE YOU ARE IN THAT MILESTONE. 
          THAT IS A FUTURE, UH, THAT IS, UH, PART OF THE NEW, UH, PERMITTING SYSTEM. 
          UH, THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER FEATURES IN THERE, UH, AS WELL. 
          UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE STATUS OF YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SEEING NOT JUST YOUR PROJECT. 
          LET'S SAY YOU'RE A CONTRACTOR AND YOU DO MULTIPLE PROJECTS, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE AND VICE VERSA. 
          YOU CAN ALSO SHARE THAT STATUS WITH YOUR CLIENT, WHETHER IT BE THE BUSINESS OR WHETHER IT BE THE OWNER OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, UH, GREAT NEW TOOLS THAT WE FORESEE, UH, COMING OUT OF THIS, UH, PROJECT. 
          UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ALSO WANNA BE MINDFUL AND COGNITIVE THAT, UH, WE MIGHT THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS WILL LIKE IT AS WELL, BUT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO REACH OUT, UH, TO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE, HEY, WE THINK THIS LOOKS GREAT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT. 
          WE WANNA BE SURE YOU AGREE WITH IT AS WELL. 
          UH, SORRY, UH, SO THAT, THAT IS A, UM, FUTURE AND TOOL THAT'LL BE INCORPORATED THERE. 
          YOU'VE, UH, MENTIONED, UH, AI, UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING 
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THAT WE DID ASK OUR VENDOR WELL ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE SORT OF LIKE A HELP TOOL THAT OBVIOUSLY UTILIZES AI TO KIND OF HELP SOMEONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          THIS AI TOOL WOULD BE TRAINED ON OUR LOCAL REGULATION. 
          SO IT'S NOT GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD TO FIGURE OUT AND TELL YOU THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT LA CITY'S PROCESS IS. 
          NO, IT WILL TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY LONG BEACH'S PROCESS. 
          UM, OUR, OUR TEAM IS ACTUALLY ALSO, UH, INTERNALLY, UH, EXPLORING, UM, A TYPE OF AI TOOL THAT HELPS, UH, ARRIVE AT AN ANSWER FASTER OR RESEARCHING REQUIREMENTS FASTER. 
          UH, AND I WOULD IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE'VE USED IT INTERNALLY AND WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GIVING GOOD ANSWER, IT, IT ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO INCORPORATE THAT, UH, WHETHER IT'S A TIGHT END WITH OUR FUTURE ELM SYSTEM OR IF IT'S A STANDALONE. 
          UH, BUT YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER TOOLS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS THAT WE'RE TRYING OUT, AND THAT INCLUDE ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF OTHER TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW, UH, SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND ANYONE WHO'S MAYBE ANTI-TECHNOLOGY, THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TO TRY TO QUELL WAS, IS THIS GONNA REPLACE ME? IT'S LIKE, NO, IT IS A TOOL TO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB, HELP YOU TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE, HELP US TO HELP OUR, UH, BUSINESS AND OUR COMMUNITY, UH, GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO FASTER. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, THESE ARE ALL FUTURE TROLLS THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, I HOPE, UH, WITHIN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME, WE'LL SEE AT LEAST THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT COME TO FRUITION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN ON THE THIRD QUESTION, UM, I AGREE 20% VACANCY RATE IS HIGH. 
          UH, MY TEAM'S VACANCY RATE TWO YEARS AGO WAS 40%. 
          SO I'M HAPPIER WITH  WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          UM, THE COMMISSION'S PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE MAJOR REFORMS THAT THE CITY, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY PASSED LAST YEAR, UM, TO REFORM OUR CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS THAT IS MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          WE'RE SEEING RECRUITMENT PROCESSES HAPPENING FASTER, MORE NIMBLY, UM, UH, BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE IN CONNECTING MORE WITH OUR LOCAL TALENT AND WORKFORCE. 
          I WAS JUST WITH LONG BEACH WIND THIS MORNING, WE WERE GIVING A TOUR HERE AT CITY HALL TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW YOU CAN GET TO AN ENTRY LEVEL PERMIT TECHNICIAN JOB AT THE PERMIT CENTER, OR COME BE AN INTERN WITH PLANNING. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH, UM, LB WYNN AND A COUPLE OF, UM, LOCAL NONPROFITS TO CREATE A NEW PLANNING AND DESIGN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT LAUNCHED LAST YEAR. 
          WE HAD TWO UNDERGRADS WHO WERE JUST BEGINNING TO EXPLORE PLANNING, SPEND A WHOLE YEAR ON OUR SHORELINE VISIONING PROCESS, AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN THAT, GET THEM EXCITED. 
          AND ACTUALLY, LBCC HAS RECENTLY CREATED A NEW PLANNING PROGRAM, AND WE'RE WORKING TO TIE THAT TO MORE ENTRY LEVEL PROGRAMS, UH, OR OPPORTUNITIES HERE, UM, IN PLANNING. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO TRY TO, TO TIE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND, AND HELP FILL THOSE GAPS. 
          BUT I AM VERY HOPEFUL. 
          WE ARE SEEING THAT THE PROCESS REFORMS THAT WERE APPROVED LAST YEAR ARE LEADING TO FASTER CHANGES IN OUR ABILITY TO, UH, RECRUIT AND HIRE. 
          UM, UH, IT STILL TAKES SOME TIME, QUITE SOME TIME, BUT A LOT LESS TIME THAN IT DID BEFORE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, TO ADD TO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, THEY ARE DEFINITELY, UH, TECHNICAL IN NATURE. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PIVOT FROM THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RETIRING OUT. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S, YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER CITY AS WELL. 
          UH, AND SO THERE'S ONLY A SO MANY PULL OF INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE. 
          WE'VE ALREADY MADE A COMMITMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN PEOPLE, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA TRAIN THEM. 
          UH, I MEAN, PREVIOUSLY YOU JUST BE AT A, PUT A JOB BULLET OUT THERE AND YOU FIND OTHER TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT WILL JUMP FROM CITY TO CITY. 
          UH, YOU DON'T SEE THAT AS MUCH ANYMORE. 
          AND SO WE'VE ALREADY MADE A COMMITMENT, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PROBABLY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 
          WE'RE, UH, BRINGING ON INTERNS. 
          LET'S TRAIN THEM. 
          MAYBE THIS IS A FIELD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO. 
          UH, I THINK WE ARE GETTING READY TO PICK UP SOMEONE FROM, UH, LBCC FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM. 
          UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, THE KEY THING FOR US IS, LOOK, WE, REGARDLESS OF ALL THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE JOB, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE JOB IS ABOUT WORKING WITH PEOPLE. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EASILY TRAIN. 
          YOU GOTTA FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE OF, OF THAT TYPE OF PERSONALITY. 
          SO, UH, WHAT I'VE TOLD OUR TEAM MEMBER, AND ACTUALLY WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION EARLY THIS MORNING, I SAW, WHICH IS WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOOD PEOPLE SKILL, THE TECHNICAL PART. 
          WE CAN TRAIN SOMEONE ON THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, IF IT TAKES US A YEAR TO TWO YEARS TO TRAIN SOMEONE ON THAT, THAT IS AN INVESTMENT WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE BECAUSE WE WANNA GROW PEOPLE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. 
          AND IF YOU TAKE CHANCES ON PEOPLE AND YOU TRAIN THEM ON THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED, THERE'S A HIGHER CHANCE THAT THEY'LL STAY WITH YOU. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE DIRECTION FROM OUR DIRECTOR, AND THAT'S DIRECTION FOR ALL OUR, OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
          AND THAT'S THE FOCUS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE, UH, HR, CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL THOSE GAP. 
          UM, I KNOW EARLIER THIS MORNING WE HAD, UH, I THINK A HANDFUL 
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OF INTERVIEWS WITH OUR, UH, BUILDING TEAM, INSPECTION TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM. 
          AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF GET THAT, UH, GAP, UH, DOWN. 
          BUT, UH, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, IT, WE, WE, WE, WE DEFINITELY WANNA TRAIN PEOPLE, AND THAT'S BEEN THE FOCUS, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS. 
          OH, MADAM CLERK, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          WE'RE JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIME, WE LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND ALSO BE ABLE TO GIVE ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS. 
          CAN WE MOVE THE ITEM NUMBER THREE TO THE NEXT MEETING? DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON THAT, OR CAN WE JUST MOVE IT? UM, EITHER OR IS FINE. 
          SO IF YOU'D LIKE AS CHAIR TO JUST LAY OVER THE ITEM, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE, WE WANT EVERYONE TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT, AND ALSO THE PUBLIC, SO COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL WAS THE NEXT, AND ANYONE ELSE? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          THEN COMMISSIONER NOVIN AND COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          THANK YOU VIVIAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, AND FOR WHAT YOU DO DELIVER EFFECTIVE SERVICES, RIGHT? UH, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. 
          I, MYSELF AM LOOKING INTO BUILDING AN A DU HERE PRETTY SOON, SO I LOVE A GOOD, EASY PROCESS THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PREDICTABLE. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE ABOUT LIKE THE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MODERNIZE THE CITY? HOW DO WE ATTRACT INVESTMENT? HOW DO WE ENHANCE RESIDENT AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE? UM, SO I, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, AND THESE ARE THREE QUESTIONS. 
          EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE MULTIPLE QUESTIONS HERE. 
          UH, SO WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS ARE, IS YOUR DEPARTMENT PRIORITIZING? THAT'S, THAT'S QUESTION ONE. 
          UH, NUMBER TWO IS, UH, IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERING PILOTING ITS OWN PROJECTS? AND I KNOW THIS KIND OF BLENDS IN WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY. 
          UM, AND ARE THERE ANY SMART CITY INITIATIVES OR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUS OR VISION, UM, OR DOES THAT FALL ENTIRELY ONTO THE PROJECT OWNER OR THE, THE DEVELOPER? AND SO WHAT STAND, LIKE, WHAT STANDARDS ARE WE CREATING TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUSH THE CITY FORWARD? UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CREATING TECH HUBS OR REALLY LOOKING TO INNOVATE, UH, AT THE BUSINESS LEVEL. 
          BUT I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, UM, WHAT YOUR APPROACH IS TO THAT. 
          UH, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          I, UH, UH, BEFORE WE STARTED, UH, JULIAN HAD ASKED, HEY, WHEN DO YOU NEED TO LEAVE HERE? I WAS LIKE, WELL, IF WE, I CAN LEAVE HERE BY FOUR 30 'CAUSE I GOTTA GET TO A COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. 
          UH, BUT, UH, ALLISON'S GONNA BE HERE, UH, AND PHILLIPS IS GONNA BE HERE. 
          SO I WANNA ALSO APOLOGIZE, UH, FOR SKIPPING OUT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. 
          BUT I HOPE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE INCAPABLE HAND WITH ALLISON AND, AND PHILIP HERE. 
          SO TURN IT OVER TO THEM. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          YEAH, THANKS TRONG. 
          UM, AND THANKS FOR, UH, ATTENDING OUR COMMITTEE BUDGET MEETING. 
          IT'S THE FIRST OF MANY, SO IF YOU'RE NOT ALL FAMILIAR, IT'S A, A CHANCE TO GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, BEFORE IT GOES FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. 
          UM, SO IN TERMS OF, UM, THE QUESTIONS YOU RAISED, UM, YEAH, IN TERMS OF KIND OF PILOTING OUR OWN PROJECTS, WHAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING AND SORT OF SMART, UM, SMART CITY AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES, UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT, THAT PLANNING'S BEEN WORKING ON IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR HELPED TO RESOURCE IN THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH IS THE CREATION OF NEW, OF A NEW SIGNATURE PROJECTS TEAM THAT'S MEANT TO BE ALMOST LIKE A SISTER GROUP TO THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RI RISE DIVISION, WHERE TOGETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CAN THE CITY, UM, POSITION OURSELVES TO, UM, HAVE A RESILIENT, UM, ECONOMY OF THE FUTURE AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM OIL REVENUE RELIANCE. 
          SO WE, UM, HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THAT PATHWAY. 
          UH, A LOT OF OUR WORK IN PLANNING IS ABOUT HOW WE REDUCE OUR FUTURE CARBON EMISSIONS AND BE MORE RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          SO IT ALIGNS A LOT WITH WHAT WE DO IN PLANNING, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW WE POSITION OUR CITY OWNED ASSETS AND RESOURCES TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF WHY THE VISIONING FOR DOWNTOWN SHORELINE AREA HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, 75% OF THAT LAND AREA IS CITY OWNED AND WE ADMINISTER, UM, THAT LAND THROUGH LEASEHOLDS THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO THOSE LEASEHOLDS GET NEGOTIATED IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THERE. 
          SO EVERYTHING FROM WHERE THE CONVENTION CENTER IS TO THE AQUARIUM, TO THE QUEEN MARION MOORE IS ALL CITY OWNED LAND. 
          SO A LOT OF THIS VISIONING IS LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO OVER THE NEXT 50 TO 80 YEARS? WHAT DO WE WANNA BE IN THE LONG TERM, AND HOW DO WE START GETTING THERE THROUGH AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY? UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT WE'RE AT. 
          WE HAVE THIS VISION OUT, IT'S BEEN VETTED WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME BIG IDEAS. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, CREATING A NEW CULTURAL HUB ALONG THE SHORELINE, IMPROVING WALKABILITY AND, AND, UM, BIKEABILITY THERE, UM, UM, ACTIVATING THE QUEEN MARY ISLAND SIDE AND CREATING A NEW OUTDOOR WETLAND NEXT TO THE AQUARIUM THAT WOULD BE THEIR NEXT, UM, SORT OF EXPANSION AREA, WHILE ALSO HELPING WITH US WITH OUR CLIMATE AND RESILIENCE, UM, PRIORITIES. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG, UM, INITIATIVES THAT, UH, PLANNING IS FOCUSED ON IN COLLABORATION WITH, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, 
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AND, AND KIND OF PILOTING THIS NEW, UH, PARTNERSHIP IN A DIFFERENT WAY, UM, BETWEEN OUR TWO DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO HELP HELP US ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE, ECONOMIC AND RESILIENCY GOALS WITH THAT REAL KIND OF TRIPLE E BOTTOM LINE WITH, UM, EQUITY AS, AS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OTHER PROJECTS WE'RE PRIORITIZING OR OTHER, OH, SORRY. 
          YOU ASKED ABOUT SORT OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND YEAH. 
          ON, ON THE PLANNING SIDE, AS A REGULATORY BODY, WE DEVELOP THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND NOW FUTURE. 
          UM, UH, NOW, NOW PROJECTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST PROCESS TO ENSURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CAP IN TERMS OF MINIMIZING USE OF ONSITE, UM, ENERGY ELECTRIFYING, WHERE APPROPRIATE, UM, MINIMIZING, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UM, EMISSIONS AND PREPARING FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AND OTHER CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE WORK ON AND PLANNING. 
          AND THEN OUR PARTNERS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS ARE DOING A LOT AROUND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THIS YEAR IN THE CITY'S BUDGET DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN, IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, A PLANNING COMMISSION, WE APPROVED A NEW, UM, UH, GREEN STORM WATER PROJECT, UM, OVER AT THE SKYLING GOLF COURSE AS WELL. 
          SO TRYING TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT WHERE THE CITY HAS FACED THAT MAYBE IS UNDERUTILIZED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PUBLIC SPACE, UM, THAT CAN BE USED FOR THESE TYPES OF CLIMATE INVESTMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN QUICKLY TOUCH ON A DO PROJECTS. 
          WE ALSO PRIOR PRIORITIZE A DO PROJECT, WE PROMISED TO FINISH OUR FIRST REVIEW WITHIN 30 DAYS. 
          WE HAVE PRE-APPROVED SIX SIX A DU, UH, PROJECT. 
          WE CALL THE PADU. 
          YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT, UH, WHAT YOU NEED IF FITS YOUR NEED, YOU CAN GET IT DONE MAYBE WITHIN A WEEK. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT MAKES US, WE'RE ACTUALLY THE PER CAPITA CAP PER CAPITA LEADER IN A DU DEVELOPMENT IN THE WHOLE STATE. 
          SO WE PERMITTED ABOUT 800 ADUS A YEAR FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF OUR HOUSING GROWTH IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, THROUGH SOME OF THESE REFORMS. IF YOU COULD DO ONE PART QUESTIONS AND COMMENT ONE PART. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I THINK THE AI PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE, IN AND INSIDE OUT, SO GIVING PEOPLE TOOLS TO GET EDUCATED AND GO THROUGH THOSE PROCESS MAPS, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT AGENTIC AI TO EMPOWER THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DO HAVE ON STAFF TO DO MORE WITH, UH, TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND IT BROUGHT UP WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING WITH WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT. 
          I KNOW THESE EMERGENCIES SOMETIMES TRIGGER INNOVATION AND MOVING QUICKLY. 
          SO, UM, IT COULD BE AN OPEN QUESTION, BUT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE AI PERMITTING PROCESS CHANGES THAT THEY'RE DOING FROM THE STATE AND LA LEVEL FOR THE FIRES TO MAYBE APPLY SOME OF THAT KNOWLEDGE HERE? YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT VERY CLOSELY AND, AND COLLABORATING WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, OUR INTERIM BUILDING OFFICIAL, UM, ACTUALLY USED TO WORK WITH PASADENA AND LA COUNTY, SO KNOWS, UH, KNOWS, UH, THOSE PROCESSES VERY WELL AND IS TALKING TO FOLKS. 
          UM, AND THEN INTERNALLY WE'RE, WE'RE PILOTING TWO AI UH, TOOLS. 
          ONE THAT RELATES TO, UM, INTERPRETING CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODES SO THAT IT HELPS OUR OWN STAFF GET, UM, SOME OF THE BACKGROUND RESEARCH DONE, UH, FOR THEM WHERE APPROPRIATE AND VERIFYING WHETHER IT WAS ACCURATE OR NOT, WHEN WE GET THAT ANALYSIS. 
          UM, AND A SIMILAR PILOT ON THE ZONING SIDE, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER ON THE ZONING SIDE 'CAUSE EVERY CITY HAS A DIFFERENT ZONING CODE, SO THE TOOLS JUST AREN'T AS DEVELOPED, UM, YET. 
          UM, SO PHILIP MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE'RE PILOTING RIGHT NOW. 
          SURE. 
          CURRENTLY WE START A PILOT PROGRAM WITH ICHI PLAN. 
          IT CAN HELP US TO SEARCH OUR CODE BASED ON THE DOCUMENT WE ASKED THE ICHI TO SEARCH ON. 
          IT'S NOT JUST SEARCH THE WEBSITE. 
          SO WE GET ALMOST 99% ACCURACY BASED ON THE RESULT WE ARE. 
          WE STARTED, UH, TESTING IT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT ON BOARD SOON. 
          IT TYPICALLY CAN HELP YOU REVIEW PLANS DURING CO SERVE AND ALSO GENERATE THE EMAILS AND ANY OTHER, UH, RESULT YOU WANT IT TO BE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. SMITH. 
          JUST A QUICK ONE. 
          SO NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, WE HAD A PLAN FOR A HARD ROCK HOTEL, AND THEN WE TRANSFERRED OVER TO AN AMPHITHEATER TEMPORARILY FOR 10 YEARS. 
          WHAT WAS THE HOLD UP ON THE HARD ROCK HOTEL AND WHY IS IT NOT HAPPENING? SO I'M LOOKING  AT OUR EV PARTNERS WHO CAN, I CAN ANSWER THIS ONE YES. 
          A LITTLE MORE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO IDENTIFY, UH, IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THE GAP THAT REMAINS FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          SO STILL MOVING FORWARD IS THAT, OH, IT'S STILL MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE MOVING BY THE END OF THE YEAR IS OUR EXPECTATION FOR THE CITY. 
          IF ANYONE HAS A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, THAT PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD PRETTY QUICKLY. 
           
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YEAH, NO PROBLEM. 
          OKAY, THANKS VICE CHAIR, THOMAS. 
          THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR. 
          WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATE YOU, UH, ALL THREE OF YOU COMING OUT. 
          UM, AND JUST FOR OUR LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS PACKAGED AS A LINK SO THAT WE COULD SEND IT OUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE INVESTMENT BROKERAGE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY NEED TO SEE THIS, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING INFORMATION AND UH, I THINK IT'LL HELP BALANCE THE PERCEPTION, UH, OF THE PROCESS. 
          UM, BUILDING FIRE HAS TO ADOPT A MODEL CODE AND THEN THEY, THEY CAN ADDRESS THE UNIQUENESS OF THOSE MODEL CODES AT A LOCAL LEVEL ADOPTION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CODES ARE INTERNALLY CONSISTENT AND THEY BENEFIT THE EXPLANATION OF, OF WHAT THE CODE IS ABOUT AND THE SUBJECT MATTER. 
          UM, SO THIS IS, UM, I THINK IT'S OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS THE CITY BEING OVERLY, UH, CORROSIVE WITH CODE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU READ THE REQUIREMENTS OF, OF THE STATE CODES, THE CITIES HAVE TO ADOPT, YOU'LL SEE LOCAL AMENDMENTS THAT MAKE SENSE, WHETHER IT'S APPARATUS THAT MEETS HIGH RISE FIRE REQUIREMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE TO BUILD UP BALANCE. 
          THAT OF COURSE, WITH THE GENERAL PLAN FROM A PLANNING AND ZONING PERSPECTIVE, UM, I'M INTERESTED WITH THE VACANCY RATE. 
          UM, ARE YOU USING AUGMENTING THAT, THAT VACANCY RATE WITHOUT OUTSOURCING PLAN CHECK AND INSPECTORS TO OFF OFFSET SOME OF THOSE ISSUES? YES, WE DO USE OUR CONSULTANTS DOING INSPECTION AND PLAN CHECK FOR US. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND INTERNALLY, AGAIN, FOR INTERNAL CONSISTENCY TOWARDS THE CODE APPLICATION, UM, YOU ALSO ROUTE PLANS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FIRE PLAN CHECK. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          AND WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOUR PARTNERS AT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY WITH FOOD AND BEVERAGE, IS A VERY COMPLICATED BUSINESS TO MANAGE IN TERMS OF, OF THE STARTUP. 
          UM, I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT YOU, YOU'D CARRY THAT RESPONSIBILITY OF ROUTING AND YOU MAKE THOSE SOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR HEALTH. 
          I THINK STILL YOU HAVE TO STILL GO OUT, UH, TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFF OF GRAND. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. 
          UM, AND YOU ALSO, WITHIN, WITHIN HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE, WITH THE ONE STOP SHOP AND ACCESS TO, UH, PEOPLE IN ON THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU ALSO ALIGN THOSE OTHER RESOURCES IF NEED BE. 
          YOU'LL BRING IN FIRE IF IT'S NECESSARY, PUBLIC WORKS, IF IT'S NECESSARY, UM, AND MAYBE HELP FACILITATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT. 
          AND IT'S INTIMIDATING FROM THE OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A SMALL MOM AND POP IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, BUSINESS RETENTION AND ATTRACTION IS A KEY COMPONENT. 
          AND I, I'M LOVING WHAT I HEAR ABOUT THE ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH PARKING WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CHANGE ONE BUSINESS TO ANOTHER, UH, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIGGIE. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UM, AND SO TO THAT POINT, HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ON, ON, ON THESE MANY, UM, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENTS OR CHANGE OF OCCUPANCIES I SHOULD SAY? HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED SOME WINNERS IN THAT, IN THAT REALM? AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR AT LEAST ONE GEE WHIZ STORY. 
          YEAH, IT'S A GREAT, UH, QUESTION. 
          I'M SMILING BECAUSE, UM, WE JUST BROUGHT THESE, UH, CHANGES FORWARD IN DECEMBER OF 2024, AND ONE OF THE PLANNERS WHO WORKED ON, IT'S BEEN HERE ALMOST 25 YEARS, AND HE SAID, I THINK THIS IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL CODE AMENDMENT I'VE EVER WORKED ON. 
          AND HE'S WORKED ON QUITE A RANGE OF CODE AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHAT, UH, THE VICE CHAIR IS REFERRING TO IS WHEN, UM, A COMMERCIAL SPACE, UH, CHANGES USE OR ANY TYPE OF SPACE CHANGES USE, THEY HAVE TO COME IN, UM, FOR THOSE PERMITS. 
          AND, UM, TYPICAL PRACTICE AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL IN THE PAST HAS BEEN THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET THEN MEET THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENT. 
          WELL, WE, NO LONG BEACH IS, UH, NOT ONLY VERY BUILT OUT, BUT A LOT OF THE STRUCTURES ARE OLDER, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA MEET, UM, TODAY'S, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, AND SAY YOU USED TO HAVE A FURNITURE STORE AND NOW YOU WANNA HAVE A GENERAL RETAIL STORE, RETAIL STORE, UM, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE, YOU REQUIRE FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF ONSITE PARKING ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          UM, BUT WHERE WE SEE IT MOST COMMONLY IS FOR RESTAURANTS. 
          UM, SO SOME, SOMETHING USED TO BE A RETAIL SPACE AND NOW IT WANTS TO BECOME A RESTAURANT. 
          THE RESTAURANT REQUIRES MORE PARKING IN THE OLD CODE, UM, THAN A RETAIL SPACE. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS VERY TRANSFORMATIVE. 
          IT JUST WENT INTO, UM, EFFECT IN, UM, JANUARY. 
          AND, UM, MY STAFF HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY'VE USED IT AT LEAST DOZENS OF TIMES AT THE COUNTER TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO APPROVE, UM, NEW BUSINESSES AND THE ACTIVATION OF, UH, STOREFRONTS, UM, THAT WEREN'T 
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POSSIBLE IN THE PAST. 
          UM, SO I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH LIKE A SPECIFIC STORY, BUT I, I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN USED MANY, MANY TIMES. 
          UM, AND AS THE PERSON THAT HEARS THE COMPLAINTS WHEN SOMEONE CAN'T GET WHAT THEY WANT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT USED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON, UM, ISSUES THAT SOMEONE WOULD BRING TO ME. 
          AND, AND LOGICALLY IT MADE PERFECT SENSE WHY YOU WOULD WANNA BE ABLE TO LET SOMEONE REUSE A SPACE, UM, WHEN IT'S ALREADY BUILT OUT. 
          SO, SO THIS CHANGE, UM, IS, IS PRETTY ENORMOUS AND MOMENTOUS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, UM, YES. 
          I THINK FIRE STATION NINE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY AND UH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, PARKING ACCOMMODATIONS UP THERE TO BALANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEREST AS WELL AS THE NEW OCCUPANCY OF THE FIRE STATION, THE FORMER FIRE STATION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF BUDGET AND, AND FEES, THAT'S A QUESTION AS AN IMPEDIMENT I HEAR A LOT ABOUT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I THINK, AND MAYBE PHIL, YOU GUYS BOTH CAN ATTEST TO THIS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT COST RECOVERY, RIGHT? PLUS YOU'RE RUNNING LIKE AN ENTERPRISE, YOU'RE RUNNING A, ALMOST LIKE A, YOUR OWN LITTLE BUSINESS AND WHAT THE, WHAT THE FOLKS IN, IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TELL YOU STAND ON YOUR OWN. 
          SO AS WE WANT INCREASED SERVICES, THAT MAKES THE PROCESS EASIER. 
          IN TAIWAN PROCESS IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE GOING DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAS TO PAY FOR IT. 
          I THINK THE OFFSET THOUGH, THAT YOU DESCRIBED HERE IN YOUR COMMENTS IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SOME ADDED BENEFITS NOW. 
          UM, ELM IS BEING, IS AN EXAMPLE, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC REALLY NEEDS TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE GETTING A REAL BANG FOR THEIR DOLLAR. 
          UM, AND IT'S PROPERLY MANAGED AND ADEQUATELY STAFFED AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          UM, FINALLY, FIELD INSPECTORS AND THEIR CORRECTION LISTS IS THAT SAME DAY. 
          UM, SO WHEN A FIELD INSPECTOR GOES OUT, PERFORMS AN INSPECTION, CAN THE APPLICANT IN THE QUEUE SEE THOSE CORRECTIONS THAT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY? HOW, HOW SOON DOES THAT TURNAROUND TIME TAKE TO IT TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT? YEAH, IN GENERAL, WHEN THEY WENT OUT, THEY'LL ISSUE IF THERE ARE ANY CORRECTIONS THEY'LL ISSUE ON THE SAME DAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT, UM, HOW IS IT LOGGED IN, IN TERMS OF ONLINE ACCESS OR IS IT ONLINE AT THIS POINT? THE CORRECTIONS? NO, THAT ONE HAS NOT. 
          WE CAN UPLOAD. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE A COPY UPLOAD TO THE SYSTEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST, I, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT IT HERE AND HOW IT RELATES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT REASONS TO COME TO LONG BEACH, BUT I THINK THE FOCUS OF THIS PRESENTATION REALLY CLEARS THE AIR ON THE, ON THE PERCEPTION. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          UH, JUST ONE OF THEM IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THE DISCUSSION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COME HERE, TALK WITH US, AND ALSO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, ALSO PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF IT FOR US IS, IS THE BUSINESS DIRECTION AND RETENTION. 
          SO I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION ON THAT AND I, I AGREE WITH VICE CHAIR THOMAS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS DOCUMENT FOR THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, IS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS IS, WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL AS YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED IS A LOT OF THIS REGULATION HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND SO I, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE ABOUT THE REGULATION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROCESS. 
          UM, BECAUSE, UM, IT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE SAFE. 
          UM, THE DASHBOARDS ARE REALLY, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO GOOD . 
          IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LIKE BENCHMARK NUMBERS AS WELL AS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO INTO AUTOMATION, TO REALLY SEE HOW DOES THAT IMPACT SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE FOLLOW AS COMMISSIONER NORDIC SAID, LIKE, WHAT IS THE IMPACT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE REALLY SEEING? SO, UM, AND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, VIDEO ADVISING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          SO, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY FOR OUR, FROM THE COMMISSION PIECE OF IT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA BE ROLLING OUT OUR BLUEPRINT, THE ECONOMIC GROW, LONG BEACH ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT, MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID IS INCLUDED IN THERE. 
          AND WE WILL DO PUBLIC FORUMS AS WELL AS HAVE THE PUBLIC INVOLVED. 
          AND SO THIS INFORMATION YOU'VE SUPPLIED FOR US AS WELL AS, UM, A WAY FOR US TO GET THAT OUT THERE, UM, JUST PLEASE STAY IN CONVERSATION WITH US, IT'LL BE HELPFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FINAL COMMENT I HAVE IS I WANNA THANK TRONG, ALTHOUGH SHE'S, HE'S NOT HERE. 
          UM, ALLISON, I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE. 
          I MEAN, YOU ARE LIKE IN THE COMMUNITY OUT, YOU KNOW, AT MIDTOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS PARKING ISSUE, YOU KNOW, THE  IS, YOU, YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS, AND YOU'VE BEEN AT EVENING EVENTS. 
          SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SERVING WITHIN THE CITY, IT'S ALSO BEING ABLE TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANKS FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND PHILIP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE. 
          'CAUSE TECHNICALLY WE NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, I THINK 
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AT THIS IS WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON ITEM TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. 
          SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN CAN WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS MOTION? I CAN TAKE VERBALS FROM COMMISSIONER NOVIN. 
          YES. 
          AND VICE CHAIR THOMAS? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE 
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ARE MOVING ITEM NUMBER THREE TO OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          UM, SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          COULD YOU READ OUT THAT MAD MADAM CLERK? ITEM NUMBER FOUR 
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IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAWKINS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, JULIAN? AWESOME. 
          THIS DON'T HAVE TO RUSH TOO MUCH. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD. 
          AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA SAY I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE GOT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HERE TO PRESENT BECAUSE IT REALLY, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY STRESSED US, BUT IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT. 
          AND I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY GOES TO SHOW HOW WE AS A CITY AND INTERDEPARTMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, IT BENEFITS EVERYBODY TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, BO AND, AND OUR STAFF ARE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE LIKE CHRISTOPHER KONZ, ANDRON AND ALLISON AND PHIL AND THAT WHOLE TEAM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ACROSS THE CITY. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT COLLABORATIVE, UM, CULTURE DOES PERMEATE AND IT HELPED US TO DO A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE KIND OF NEXT WEEK, UM, I'LL POINT THAT OUT TO, DURING THE SITE SELECTORS CONFERENCE. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS THAT, THAT THEY SAW WAS THAT THE COLLABORATIVE CULTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS HERE IN THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN ALSO GOES ACROSS, UM, OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT NEXT MONTH. 
          SO FOR UPDATES HERE, UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE SHOULD I BEGIN? I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          UM, UPDATES. 
          SO, UH, OUR CANNABIS EQUITY PROGRAM, UH, HAS RECEIVED $1.2 MILLION IN FUNDS FROM, UH, GO BZ. 
          I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT. 
          UH, ACTUALLY NO, I DON'T THINK WE HAD GOTTEN IT JUST YET. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT, UH, OUR, THE FIRST COUPLE CHECKS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 
          AGAIN, JUST A PROGRAM THAT IS, UH, MEANT TO, YOU KNOW, CORRECT SOME OF THE ISSUES IN, ON THE WAR OR ON DRUGS OVER THE PAST DECADES. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A CANNABIS EQUITY, UM, LICENSE HOLDERS AND THEY'RE BEING SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS GO B FUNDS, UM, THROUGH OUR, OUR LOCAL PROGRAM HERE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY NEAT TO SHARE THERE. 
          UM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS UNVEILED THEIR PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY BIG NEWS THERE. 
          AND AS YOU MENTIONED, STRONG IS GOING OVER TO, UH, THE FIRST OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING. 
          SO I'LL BE OVER THERE, UH, SHORTLY AS WELL. 
          UH, SO THE BUDGET IS A $3.77 BILLION BUDGET. 
          UH, THAT INCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET, ALSO THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN THE PROPOSED FY 26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, QUITE THE BEHEMOTH THERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT TO KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP AN EYE ON, BUT ALSO AS RESIDENTS AS WELL. 
          SO JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION ON THE, UH, BUDGET, UM, THE BUDGET, COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETINGS, LEMME PULL THAT UP SO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING AND I'LL PROVIDE THAT, UH, INFORMATION TO YOU TO, IN CASE YOU, YOU KNOW, WANNA POP BY. 
          UH, THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE, UH, THIS EVENING, IT'S GONNA BE AT THE AMERICAN GOLD STAR MANOR, UH, OVER IN WEST LONG BEACH, THERE'LL BE ONE TOMORROW AS WELL. 
          SORRY, SIX TO SEVEN 30 IS BOTH OF THESE EVENTS. 
          UH, TOMORROW WILL BE ON AUGUST 7TH, UH, SIX TO SEVEN 30 VIRTUAL. 
          SO IF THERE'S ONE THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE OR JUST TO HEAR IN, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND THE LINK OUT THAT TO THE LATER THIS EVENING SO YOU HAVE THAT IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ONE ON THE 13TH, UH, AGAIN, SIX TO 7:30 PM THAT ONE'S GONNA BE IN THE BROWNING HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A WEEKEND ONE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH IN THE MORNING, WARDLOW PARK, MONDAY, UH, AUGUST 18TH IN THE EVENING, UH, SIX O'CLOCK AGAIN, MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST TIME WILL BE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST THE 20TH, 6:00 PM AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING HERE IN DOWNTOWN. 
          SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND THESE OVER. 
          I KNOW THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT TIME SENSITIVE, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, UM, PLEASE DO SO. 
          HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT AS RESIDENTS, AS COMMISSIONERS. 
          I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS TO REALLY STAY INFORMED AND ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS AND PEERS AND, AND FRIENDS TO ATTEND AS WELL. 
          AND THEN, SO AFTER THIS WHAT'LL HAPPEN, THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          AFTER WHAT, AFTER, AFTER THIS, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PASS THE BUDGET, UH, HOPEFULLY LATER THIS MONTH. 
          AND THEN ONCE THAT OCCURS, WHAT WE CAN DO, I KNOW CHAIR HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS, IS WE CAN BRING A PRESENTATION FORWARD 
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TO THE COMMISSIONER SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UM, BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN IT'LL BE INITIATIVES THAT WERE FUNDED. 
          THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN BECOME AMBASSADORS. 
          THAT IS MY ULTIMATE GOAL TO MAKE YOU GUYS AMBASSADORS ON WE CO UH, BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WE'RE GETTING YOU GUYS THERE IF YOU, YOU'RE NOT ALREADY. 
          SO I WOULD SAY, OKAY, SO THERE'S THAT. 
          UM, SOME COOL THINGS THAT HAPPENED, I WOULD SAY COOL AND IMPORTANT. 
          SO A COUPLE, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A, UH, DEMOLITION HAPPENED IN NORTH, UH, IN NORTH LONG BEACH ON THE, ALONG THE ATLANTIC CORRIDOR. 
          SO THERE WAS THE 56 41 THROUGH 56 49 ATLANTIC AVENUE PARCELS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS REALLY, UM, MARKS A, A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR, FOR THE ATLANTIC CORRIDOR FOR REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. 
          WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE AND EXCITING WORK IN, IN THE NORTH CORE ATLANTIC CORRIDOR. 
          SO I THINK THIS WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO JUST START, YOU KNOW, TO BEGIN RIGHT, UH, THIS, UM, THIS PROJECT OF BEGINNING OF READING THE PARCELS FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING THERE. 
          AND JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND ON THAT. 
          SO THE, THAT COME FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. 
          THE CITY HAS A LOT OF PARCELS, UH, PARTICULARLY FOCUSED IN NORTH LONG BEACH RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE TO THE PROCESS. 
          UH, A REAL ESTATE, UM, BUREAU HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THAT DONE. 
          SO THIS IS ALSO LIKE A, FROM INTERNAL PERSPECTIVE, A REALLY BIG HIGHLIGHT TO, TO SEE THAT, UH, HAPPEN. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, NOTEWORTHY GRANT OPENINGS AS WELL. 
          UH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE NEWS VAST SPACE, UH, LOCATED THERE ALONG ORANGE, UM, UH, IS, HAS KIND OF HAD THEIR INDUSTRY SPACE. 
          SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING, UH, TO SEE THEM. 
          UH, I KNOW SOME OF OUR STAFF HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WITH THEM SINCE THE TRADITION, TRADITION, UH, SORRY, TRANSITION FROM EL SEGUNDO, SEE THEM GROW FROM 40 EMPLOYEES NOW TO ALMOST A THOUSAND. 
          WOW. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAS BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SEEN, SEE THEM GROW AND WORK REALLY HARD AS 2026 IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 
          AND IT IS OUR GOAL TO, YOU KNOW, BE THAT, BE THAT SUPPLIER FOR THE, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION STATIONS, UH, UP IN SPACE. 
          SO THAT WAS REALLY NEAT. 
          AND THEN JUST YESTERDAY, UH, FORD HAD A GRAND OPENING AS WELL OVER BY THE AIRPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING THEIR, THEIR GRAND OPENING, UH, I THINK APPROXIMATELY 300,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, OF SPACE. 
          AND THEY'RE GOING, UH, THEY'LL BE DOING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF EV VEHICLES. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING. 
          VERY EXCITING THINGS. 
          UH, SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE AWARE OF THESE, SOMETHING REALLY COOL, ALSO RELATED, BUT, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED TO THE WORKFORCE IS THAT WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE SPACE BEACH CAMP. 
          SO THAT WAS, UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS, UH, FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, IN OUR SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS HERE. 
          AND THEN GO AND EXPLORE WHAT IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT POSSIBILITIES TO, TO, UM, ENTER THE, THE AEROSPACE AND AVIATION, UH, FIELD THERE. 
          AND THEN ALONGSIDE WITH THAT WAS THE YOUTH CAREER EXPLORATION. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LOOKING ALSO, UH, AT OTHER JUST EX, UM, OPPORTUNITIES IN CAREER EXPANSION IN YOUTH, UH, FOCUSED. 
          THIS TIME THEY FOCUSED AROUND HEALTHCARE, RIGHT? AND THEN OUR FINANCIAL, UH, AND FINANCE AS WELL. 
          SO THOSE ARE, AGAIN, TRYING TO TIE EVERYTHING BACK TOWARDS THE BLUEPRINT, THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE. 
          AND THEN WHAT ARE OUR CORE FIVE INDUSTRY, UH, SECTORS WHERE WE LOOK WORKING TO CONNECT YOUTH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, WORKFORCE DIRECTLY, AND REDUCING THOSE, THOSE BARRIERS. 
          SO IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT, BUT WE'RE HERE FOR IT AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US AS WELL. 
          UH, AND THEN LASTLY, ALSO, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, THE VANS WARP TOUR, UH, HAPPENED. 
          YOU KNOW, MY GOODNESS, WHAT AN ORGANIZED, UH, GREAT FUN MESS, I WOULD SAY. 
          UH, I DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE, UH, THE, THE LUXURY TO ATTEND, BUT I HEARD IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. 
          UH, AND THEN I THINK I, IT WAS, UM, IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE, UH, ONE OF THE MOST, UH, HIGHLY ATTENDED, UM, EVENTS THAT WE HAD RECENTLY. 
          AND THEN, I'M GONNA SAY IT THIS WAY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I CHOOSE TO SAY, BUT IT WAS SO GOOD. 
          IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT THERE WERE TURNING IN 2026. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT OBVIOUSLY, UH, BODES WELL FOR, YOU KNOW, ON, ON BOTH INTERNALLY. 
          I KNOW THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM IN ED WORKS REALLY HARD TO PUT THAT ON AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO ATTRACT, UH, YOU KNOW, TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. 
          SO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE AS A, UH, AS A CITY DEPEND ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS ONE OF OUR CORE, UH, INDUSTRY SECTOR. 
          SO I WILL LEAVE IT THERE. 
          UH, UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK WE'RE WRAPPING UP JUST ON TIME, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER HAAS, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. 
          AND ALSO A SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR THE NEW, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, TRASHMEN WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT OUR, OUR . 
          IT WAS A BIG, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE STATE. 
          I KNOW IT'S A HUGE ISSUE BEHIND THAT, SO APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANKS FOR THE, THE GREAT WORK. 
          OH, AND ONE LAST BIT OF, UH, ALSO, UH, COULDN'T, I'M GLAD COMMISSIONER IS NOT HERE 'CAUSE HE WOULD BE STARING AT ME RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT WE DID, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IN COORDINATION WITH DT LB 
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LAUNCHED THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS PAST WEEKEND. 
          SO I THINK THERE WAS SOME REALLY POSITIVE NEWS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT AS WELL. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WILL BE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, IN THIS, IN, IN THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO A COUPLE THINGS IS, IS, UM, WE WILL, ON A FUTURE AGENDA, GET THE 52 PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, WE'LL, THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT A BOW, AND HE'S GONNA BRING THAT AS WELL AS THE BUDGET, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON A FUTURE AGENDA. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH JULIAN, FOR ALL YOUR WORK WITH US AS WELL AS THE WHOLE TEAM, CARLA AND THE WHOLE TEAM THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I THINK AT THIS POINT WE HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED. 
          , I THINK WE DID IT AGAIN. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE REPORT? THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? SEEING NONE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS FILE? ACCEPT, ACCEPT AND FILE IT. 
           VICE CHAIR THOMAS . 
          I VOTE YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL? YES, HE, HE SAID THEY GET THE SPINNING WHEEL. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW. 
           STORY OF MY LIFE MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          SO DELETE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL AS ALWAYS, IT'S BEEN A VERY FULL MEETING. 
          THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR INSIGHT AND ALSO REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          UM, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU WITH THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, AND MEANWHILE, IF THERE'S 
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ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AT, ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, PLEASE, UM, LET ME KNOW. 
          OKAY? OKAY. 
          EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT EVENING. 
          I'M SORRY, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, IS 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT
Opportunity to address the Economic Development Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, SEEING NONE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES, UH, NON-AD AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CLERK. 
          OKAY 
          [ADJOURNMENT]
THEN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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