* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD MORNING. [00:00:01] IT'S EIGHT 30 AND I CALL TO ORDER THE MAR ADVISORY COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. IT'S THURSDAY, AUGUST SEVEN, AND WE ARE LOCATED IN THE ALAMEDA BAY MARINA CONFERENCE ROOM. UH, OUR, THAT WAS OUR CALL TO ORDER. AND, UH, MR. LELAND, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, RIGHT? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER MARIE HERE. COMMISSIONER MCRAY. I AM HERE. COMMISSIONER MORENO, YOU HAVE A QUORUM? ALRIGHT. UH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER MORENO HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. UH, LET'S MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY, UM, BASIC THINGS. WE'LL FIRST START WITH THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. I MOVE, THEY BE APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED. I SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. MADAM, I'M SURE YOU'D HAVE STILL HAD TO LOOK IT. I DIDN'T ASK THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC PRESENT, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT ON THAT COMPUTER. SO JUST, JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC PRESENT AT THIS TIME. THERE YOU GO. UH, ON OUR AGENDAS, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW OUR FUTURE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS, MOVE THE WE APPROVE OR MOVE THE WE, WE. OKAY. AND I'LL SECOND THAT AND THAT WILL LET US MOVE ON TO OUR PROPOSED AGENDA FOR, UH, AUGUST 14, UH, IN THE RECREATION PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AT, UH, 2:30 PM UH, WE'LL HAVE THE TRADITIONAL CALL TO ORDER TRADITIONAL ROLL CALL, OUR MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING. AND THEN AGENDA ITEM TWO, UH, IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE LIFEGUARD TOWER, A ADVERTISING, UH, MR. LEE LINDER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT OR, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ERIC ROMERO, HE IS THE MANAGER OF PIER H ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, UH, COMING IN TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. AND DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT HIS BRIEFING WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A PART OF OUR MAC PACKET TO REVIEW IN ADVANCE? OKAY. MR. LEE, CAN WE ALSO, UH, A PART OF THAT PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE COST OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF, WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING THE CITY, WHAT THE CITY'S CHARGING THEM, HOW MUCH THE CITY GETS, AND WHERE WILL THOSE DOLLARS GO? UM, IS IT GONNA GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND? HOPEFULLY HE'LL REVIEW THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK, OR AT LEAST I'M GONNA ASK AT THE SURE, SURE. THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE BASE REVIEW. OKAY. RIGHT. AND I THINK THERE'LL BE, UM, CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES LIKE THE TRASH CANS INSTEAD OF THE LIFEGUARD TOWERS AND POTENTIALLY, SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HE HAS A HEADS UP SO THAT HE'S PREPARED FOR ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. YES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING ON ITEM TWO? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM THREE TO, UM, HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE BRINGING SAMPLES, UM, FROM OMA LOCATED, UH, IN THE OLD WOODY'S GOODIES SPOT, UH, ADJACENT TO HORNY CORNER THERE. AND, UH, AND WE WILL, UM, WILL THE VENDOR BE PRESENT? YEAH, YEAH. MATT FROM GRILL MALL WILL BE, WILL BE PRESENT TO GIVE THE, GIVE THE PRESENTATION, KINDA THE OVERVIEW OF, OF WHAT HE'S GOT GOING THERE, HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S BEEN. UM, JUST KIND OF FILL US IN ON HOW WE'RE DOING WITH OUR CONCESSIONAIRES. ANY COMMENTS ABOUT, IS IT, IS IT GRILL MALL MALL OR IS IT GRILL EM MALL. GRILL MALL HALL GRILL EM MALL. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AND, AND MAYBE HE CAN EXPLAIN THE BACKSTORY ON, ON HIS NAME AND HIS MENU ITEMS AND HOW THEY ALL RELATE. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS ONE. MATT'S A LOCAL GUY, UH, LIVES LOCALLY, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S, AND HE'S, THEY'RE DOING WELL. SO HE'S BEEN REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT ALL THE SETBACKS HE HAD INITIALLY OPENING, AND THEN THE, UM, VENDOR ISSUES THAT HE STRUGGLED WITH. UM, AND YEAH, HE'S, UH, A GOOD GUY. I THINK THAT'LL BE AN EXCITING PRESENTATION. BEN, CHAIR, I'D, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE AT? WE'RE WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING EVERYBODY ONE, ONE AT A TIME. ONE A MONTH. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE CAN SPOTLIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 SLIP FEE INCREASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON APRIL 15TH RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF MARINE REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2025. YEAH. SO WE WILL BE, WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR, NOT JUST OUR SLIP FEE INCREASES, BUT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR, OUR MASTER MASTER FEE SCHEDULE AS WELL, UH, THAT WERE INCREASED DUE TO THE CITY COST INDEX. UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH LIKE A, A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON THAT, [00:05:01] UM, WITH COMPARISONS TO OTHER HARBORS, UH, THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. OH, GOOD. YEP. SO YOU'VE BEEN BENCHMARKING SOME MORE ON THAT. YEP. YEAH, THERE'S, UH, THE SANTA BARBARA, UM, ANNUAL SURVEY JUST CAME OUT. SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST CAME OUT ACTUALLY THIS MONTH. SO WE HAVE, UH, LIKE A NEW NUMBERS LOOKING AT PLETHORA OF DATA OUT THERE. YEP. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND BE READY TO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I THINK WE'LL HELP PROBABLY HAVE, UM, INCREASED INTEREST FROM GROUPS LIKE THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO THINK WE KIND OF NEED TO ANTICIPATE TIME SPENT ON THAT, UH, AND, AND BE READY, KIND OF ANTICIPATE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. I, YOU KNOW, I, I AGREE, MADAM CHAIR IN THE, IN THE OTHER SENSE TOO IS WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, OR NOT LAST WEEK, BOY. SO A MONTH, UH, LAST MONTH IN REGARD TO THE CITATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE OUT. AND WHEN THE BOAT OWNERS SAY THE SLIPS ARE GONNA BE RISE, WELL, SHOWING THEM THAT THEY'VE CITED PEOPLE FOR FISHING, THEY'VE CITED PEOPLE FOR ILLEGAL PARKING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT'D BE A GOOD PART OF THAT PRESENTATION. UH, NOT SO MUCH TO QUELL THE BOAT OWNERS, BUT LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEIR DOLLARS ARE GOING TO. IT'S NOT JUST TO, TO PUT A BOAT IN A SLIP. THEY'RE ALSO BEING PROTECTED. THEY'RE ALSO BEING WATCHED. SO I THINK IF YOU COULD ADD THAT TO THAT PRESENTATION, UM, I, IT OPENED MY EYES LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE DO RECEIVE, UM, STELLAR POLICING SUPPORT. ABSOLUTELY. UH, AND, AND THAT IS, IT IS ALWAYS EVIDENT, RIGHT, AS ANY OF US THAT GO THROUGH. UM, BUT I KNOW THE B****S AND EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE DEFERMENT OF THE RESTROOM MAKE REMODEL AND SOME OF THOSE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE READY TO ADDRESS, UH, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS. OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TOPIC? NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. UH, NUMBER FIVE, KIND OF OUR, UM, STATUS REPORT AND, AND KIND OF THE JUNK DRAWER OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES THROUGH OUR RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S ORAL, UM, UPDATES. UH, I KNOW BRUCE SENT OUT SOMETHING FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE ABOUT, UM, THEM HIRING CARE CLOSET TO DO CLEANUPS CLEAN UP WITHIN THE MARINE AREAS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT THE CITY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UM, TOOK, TOOK A LOT OF CREDIT. YOU CALLED US. WE, WE DID IT. BUT THESE ARE SOMETHING THAT OUR TEAM DOES EVERY DAY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT SO OUT OF HAND WHERE SOMEONE ELSE TAKES CREDIT FOR YOUR ALL HARD WORK. UM, BUT THEY WENT OUTSIDE, I BELIEVE, AND GOT AN OUTSIDE GROUP FROM WHAT I READ, THE CARE CLOSET, THE HOMELESS FOLKS THAT THEY HIRE. YEAH. OUR OUR POINT OF VIEW ON THAT IS MORE HELP THE MERRIER. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND WE'RE OUT THERE CLEANING, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE IS, IS LARGE. AND SO ANY AND ALL SUPPORT HELP THAT WE CAN GET, GREAT. WHEREVER IT COMES FROM, WE'LL TAKE IT. IT, I WANNA BE CAREFUL THOUGH, AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE THE, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT OUR PEOPLE DO. UH, MAYBE WE COULD TURN IT AROUND ON THE OTHER SIDE AND FOCUS THAT REPORT ON OUR STAFF THAT DOES THAT. AND SOME OF THE HOMELESS CLEANUP ACTIVITY THAT GOES AS A THANKLESS PART OF THEIR JOB FROM THE JETTY, UH, THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS CLEANING THE JETTY, ALL THE OTHER THAT WE SEE AND THAT WE SEE WHAT GOES ON IN SOME OF THOSE RESTROOMS. YES, MA'AM. I, I THINK WE NEED TO COMMEND OUR STAFF. UM, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THINGS, LET'S REALLY COMMEND THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE DIRTY WORK. AND THAT GROUP DID A GREAT JOB ON, UH, IT'S, UH, CLARK STREET BETWEEN ATHERTON AND PCH. THEY CLEANED THE ENTIRE STREET UP. UNBELIEVABLE. I, I DROVE DOWN AND CALLED THE CITY COUNCILMAN AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S BEEN CLEANED. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WALK TO THE SCHOOL. AND THERE'S A BALANCE, THOUGH, THE, THE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, UM, THAT ARE ACTIVE IN COLLECTING MONEY FROM CITIZENS AND PAYING FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEN THE, THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES. RIGHT. UM, AND WE DON'T WANNA UNDERMINE WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE THE CITY'S STANDPOINT AS WE LEAD WITH COMPASSION FIRST, IT'S COMPASSION FIRST. CORRECT. RIGHT. WE, WE, WE GO OUT, WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT SERVICES AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH, YOU KNOW, ENFORCING THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND CLEANUPS. SO YEAH, IT'S IN REGARD TO CARE CLOSET, THEY'LL BE OUT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE, CITY STAFF SUPPORTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE TEAMS, UH, WITH PD SUPPORTING, UH, GREAT, [00:10:01] OUR, OUR, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE STAFF. BUT IT'LL ALL BE A GROUP EFFORT. I, I'D ALMOST LIKE TO SEE IT GO BEYOND SUPPORT AND THE, THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF OUR MARINE BUREAU STAFF THAT, THAT HELPING WITH THE SAFETY MEASURES AND THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT TYPE OF CLEANUP. YEAH. WE MULTIPLE HANDS MAKE THE WORK GO FASTER, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LOSING OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WHERE OUR COMMITMENT IS TO OUR CITIZENS. OH, OF COURSE. AND JUST LIKE JUSTIN RUDD, I MEAN, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A, DIDN'T HAVE SOME TRASH OUT THERE, THE BEACH CLEANUP ON THE WEEKENDS AND HE DOES AN AMAZING JOB. 'CAUSE HE BRINGS THE COMMUNITY OUT. BUT YOUR TEAMS ARE OUT THERE TOO. YEAH. UH, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE. WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE. ABSOLUTELY. UH, WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR REPORT THAT ARE NOTEWORTHY? UM, JUST KIND OF WRAPPING UP SUMMER HERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL REGATTAS OVER THE PAST, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS. UH, THAT BIG SPECIAL EVENTS. EVENTS, BIG SPECIAL EVENTS, THE VANS WARP TOUR. UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME BYE MR. BLAIR . SEE HOW EXCITED IT'S ABOUT IT. UH, BUT YEAH, WE'VE HAD A, WE'VE HAD A, A EVENTFUL, PETER AND HEIDI MADE IT. SO WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE GOOD REPORT IN ON SPECIAL EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, UH, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE, NEW EQUIPMENT. NOW CONCURRENT WITH THE DAY THAT OUR MEETING IS, IS ALSO COASTAL COMMISSION. YES. AND WE HAVE TWO ITEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT ARE DEFINITELY WITHIN OUR FOOTPRINT. YES. UM, AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE DOING A LITTLE REPORT ON THAT? I HOPE SO. UH, I WAS GONNA SAY IS, UH, BRIAN MAY BE LEADING THE MEETING, UH, ON THURSDAY. 'CAUSE I MAY STILL BE AT COASTAL FOR OUR KITEBOARDING UH, PERMIT. UM, BUT, UH, I'M HOPING THAT THAT GETS, UH, PUSHED THROUGH QUICKLY AND, UH, BE AVAILABLE. AND THE DREDGING I GET, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SEAHORSES AND I TOLD THEM THAT I BELIEVE THE SEAHORSES ARE ALL WITHIN MORE THE BAY. YES. AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE ADVERSELY IMPACTING OUR MARINE ENVIRONMENT BY THE DREDGING. AND THAT IT'S OBVIOUSLY VERY NEEDED THAT WE HEAR THAT A LOT FROM BOAT OWNERS. WHERE WILL YOU BE DOING THE DREDGING? THAT THE DREDGING'S GONNA BE IN THE, UH, THE A BM CHANNEL. OKAY. AND THEN MOVING THE DREDGE MATERIAL TO THE PENINSULA. UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT IF THERE WAS A DETRIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HABITAT ECOSYSTEM OR, UH, LIVING ORGANISM ISSUE. SO THAT'S MOVED. SORRY, MAD. SURE. SO THAT'S MOVED FORWARD, UM, OF THE PUMPING THAT'S GONNA GO OVER AND THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE SAND BACK OVER ON THE BEACH TO BUILD UP OUR BEACHES. CORRECT. WE JUST HAD, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION BID, UH, JUST WENT OUT. IT'S CLOSING ON AUGUST 27TH. UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET, GET THE BID PACKETS IN AND THOSE ARE REVIEWED, THE IDEAL TIMELINE WOULD WOULD BE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, UH, MOBILIZATION FOR, UH, CONSTRUCTION. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IDEAL. UH, SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING DECEMBER, JANUARY, THERE'S ONLY ONE, AND I, WE WILL BRING IT UP AT THE MEETING TOO, BUT SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT OF WHEN THIS WAS MONTHS AGO WHEN SOMEBODY HAD BROUGHT IT UP. WHAT ABOUT THE SMELL? UM, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF THAT SOOT AND THINGS ON THE BOTTOM IS DEAD FISH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT SHOULD BE PUMPING UP AND PUTTING ON THE BEACH. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE PEOPLE ARE REALLY ON IT AND MAKING SURE THE, THE BERMS HAVE SAND TO COVER THAT AND MITIGATE THOSE SMELLS. OKAY. SO THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME IMPACTS AND IT'S, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S, I'M NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT IT. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACTS. OKAY. UM, BUT ALL, EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN TESTED AND IT IS VIABLE TO GO FROM THE CHANNEL TO THE PENINSULA BEACH, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. . YEAH. YOU'RE, AND, UM, I, YOU, WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO EXPLORE LONGER TERM FIXES. YES. UH, IS THERE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT? WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND OUTSIDE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT MORE, UH, STRUCTURAL MM-HMM . UH, UM, PLACEMENTS OUT IN THE, THE, THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE PENINSULA. RIGHT. UM, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THOSE ARE LONG TERM GOALS. THOSE COME WITH, UH, LARGE PRICE TAG AND IT'S JUST, IT'S ABOUT, UH, FINDING, IDENTIFYING AND GATHERING. AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER LAMB WOULD FAULT ME [00:15:01] IF I DIDN'T ASK FOR THINGS THAT ARE, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY OH, YEAH. UH, SIMILAR TO YEAH. AND IN SOME AREAS THEY HAVE DONE MORE YEAH. PLANTING OF ITEMS TO KIND OF DO NATURALLY MAINTAIN THAT SAND. SO THE, THE, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WORD. UH, THE EAST SAN PEDRO BAY RESTORATION MM-HMM . UH, WHICH WENT ALL THE WAY TO EIR, WHAT WAS THIS LIKE FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO? THAT IS KIND OF THE MODEL THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOW. NOT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF WHAT THAT PROJECT WAS, BUT TAKING ELEMENTS OF IT, WHICH ARE VERY MUCH, UH, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND ECO FORWARD. UM, AND UTILIZING ELEMENTS OF THAT TO A SMALLER SCALE TO PARADE THOSE LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, UH, BARRIERS TO KEEP SAND ON THE PRINCIPLE. SO WE HAVE 65 YEARS WORTH OF HISTORY OF DOING THIS. MM-HMM . DO WE HAVE KIND OF A HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF ALL THE THINGS WE'VE TRIED? YEAH. YES. UH, THE, THE ENGINEERS ARE, ARE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD. MY BIGGEST THING IS WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD OUT THAT BEACH FRONT ABOUT 200 TO 300 FEET. AND MY BIGGEST THING AS THE MARINE BUREAU MANAGER IS WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE THOSE GAINS. THAT'S, WE NEED TO, ONCE WE GET IT OUT THERE, WE NEED TO KEEP IT. AND SO WHAT WE'VE ASKED IS FOR, UH, THE ENGINEERING TEAM TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO TELL US WHAT IS THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FROM A BEACH MAINTENANCE POINT OF VIEW. ONCE WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETED THIS DREDGE PROJECT ONCE WE'VE BUILT OUT THE PENINSULA BEACH, HOW DO WE KEEP IT AT THAT DISTANCE AS LONG AS WE CAN? IS IT BUILDING BERMS OR IS IT JUST MAINTAINING THE SAND? SAND SHORELINE BACK PASSING WILL NOT GO AWAY. NO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BACK PASS. UH, IT'S JUST GONNA BE FARTHER OUT FROM THE FALLS FROM THAT. UM, AND I CAN REMEMBER WHEN, UH, DOUG DRUMMOND WAS OUR THIRD DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSON, HE TASKED THE MARINE BUREAU, UM, COMMISSION MM-HMM . TO COME UP WITH, UM, OUT OF THE BOX VIABLE SOLUTIONS. MM-HMM . DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT REPORT? I'LL HAVE TO CHECK. I'M NOT AWARE. YEAH, IF YOU COULD DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE JUST FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT TO SEE WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH AND SEE WHAT OF THOSE WE HAD APPLIED AND WHAT WEREN'T VIABLE. WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE A STUDY CIRCA 2008, UH, DRAFT STUDY, UH, FROM THE, UH, ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS. AND THEY KIND OF WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF MODELS OF, OKAY, YOU COULD DO THIS, THIS, OR THIS. AND OF THE MODELS, THEY USE A, A COST BENEFIT FORMULA THAT SAYS, OKAY, IF WE DO THIS, IT COMES OUT AT NUMBER ONE OR TWO OR THREE MM-HMM . AND THROUGH THAT, THAT MODELING PROCESS, THE, THE 2008 DRAFT STUDY FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAID BACK PASSING IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND MOST, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE ANSWER WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IT'S NOT THE ANSWER WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SAID IN 2008. WE KNOW A LONGER TERM SOLUTION NEEDS TO BE APPLIED, AND THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC WORKS IS. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH 'EM TO ENACT, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LONG TERM. THAT'S 5, 10, 15 YEARS OUT. WELL, WE HAVE ENOUGH, ENOUGH BEACH FOR THE, UH, UH, BEACH VOLLEYBALL. OH, THAT'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL ON THE WEST. SO, UM, ON THE OTHER COASTAL COMMISSION, UM, ACTIONS, ANYTHING OF INTEREST ON THE KITING? UH, I THINK IT'S JUST TO GO FOR THE, THE FOURTH PERMIT. UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK IS ON THAT. UM, AND THEN IF THAT CAME BACK AS A, AS A YES, WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO THE, TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR THE RFP, UH, TO FIND AND SELECT A, AN ADDITIONAL VENDOR OUT THERE. HMM. RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF NEWS MM-HMM . COVERAGE. UH, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE THE COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB REBUILD. CORRECT. THAT'S WITH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO IT. IT, IT IS INTERESTING WHAT IT SAYS A LOT OF THINGS WITHIN THE MARINE BUREAU AND ABOUT THE PARKING ASSUMPTIONS. AND THEN IT IS USING THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AT THE GOLDEN SALES. AGAIN, THAT'S MORE OF A, A QUESTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT WILL HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON US AND OUR PARKING [00:20:01] AFTER WE LOOKED AT SECOND AND PCH AND SAW, UH, THE IMPACT OF BOAT OWNERS. UH, SO I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OF INTEREST IF THERE, IF, IF IT'S APPROVED, WHICH I WOULD ANTICIPATE, UM, THE COMMISSION SUGGESTING APPROVAL IF THEY'RE GONNA RUN A SHUTTLE BUS GOING BACK AND FORTH. I, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AS TO THAT YET. UH, WE CAN GET FURTHER INFORMATION ON IT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB FOR DECADES. THAT BASIN FORT PARKING LOT HAS BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SUSTAIN OUR BOAT OWNERS, THE PUBLIC AND LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB. I, I KNOW I PARKED WELL INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST NIGHT. YEAH. NO, WELL, FOR AN EVENT, JUST REGULAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT MM-HMM . BUT YOU WERE GOING TO THE YACHT CLUB. THE YACHT CLUB LOT WAS FULL. THE MARINA LOT WAS FULL. THE BOAT OWNERS' PACES WERE FULL. YEAH. SO I PARKED FOR DOWN, THAT'S LADO NOW. YOU WERE GOING TO THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB. YES. AND I'M A LONG-TERM LOVER OF THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB. YEAH. THAT I WAS THERE BEFORE. IT WAS A BUILDING. YEAH. . AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IF THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB PARKING LOT'S FULL, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE THE PUBLIC SPACES. IF THE PUBLIC SPACES ARE FULL, THEY HAVE TO FIND PARKING ELSEWHERE. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SUSTAINABLE MODEL THAT'S WORKED FOR DECADES, I BELIEVE. EVEN WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, AND THE REMODEL OF THE , IT'LL CONTINUE TO WORK. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WORKING THE PARTNERSHIP, THE PARKING, THE PARKING AT THAT LOCATION IS ADEQUATE FOR WHAT WE HAVE THERE. LARGE SCALE EVENTS BROUGHT BY EITHER THE CSAP BASE OR THE LONG BEACH ALA WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON PARKING ON OCCASION. RIGHT. BUT, UH, SPILLOVER GOES INTO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PARKING. SO, UH, COMMISSION ITEMS THAT ARE, AND YOU'LL ALSO HAVE REPORTS FROM VARIOUS GROUPS, UM, INCLUDING OUR, UH, OUR POLICE AND OUR ENFORCEMENT. WILL THERE BE ANYTHING SPECIAL YOU'LL BE COVERING ON MANAGER'S REPORTS? NOTHING AS OF THIS MOMENT. ANYTHING YOU NEED SPECIFICALLY, I CAN LOOK UP. SURE. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT IT GETS BROUGHT UP EVERY, UH, IS THE, UH, MOTORIZED MINI BIKES, THE ELECTRIC BIKES, UH, THAT GO, UH, MORE THAN 15 MILES AN HOUR MM-HMM . UH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL RIDING THEIR BIKES DOWN THAT BERM. UM, AND THAT HAS, THERE'S NO BLOCK ON THAT ONE. THEY'RE STILL POSTING VIDEOS ON IT AND USING THAT BERM AS A, IT IS A BERM. DO WE KNOW THE EXACT LOCATION MADAM CHAIR? YES, WE DO. YOU CAN GO WATCH SPEED RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION THERE. THE BLUE WALL. YEAH. CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY, THEY LIKE TO RIDE THEIR BIKES DOWN AND IT'S, YEAH. THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT THEY DO. BUT, UH, THAT'S THE OTHER CONCERN IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE, THE, THE TRAILS WHERE THE BIKE, THE BIKE PASS, AND THE WALKING PASS WITH MOTORIZED BIKES. UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE CRAWL OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. WELL, IT'S BEYOND THE CITY. IT'S, YEAH, IT'S STATEWIDE. WE HAVE TWO BILLS THAT RIGHT NOW, WE'LL PROBABLY PUT A STOP TO THAT. WE HOPE, UH, 15 MILES AN HOUR, 16 YEARS OLD TO AT LEAST HAVE TO BE ON IT WITH A HELMET UNDER 15. AND IF IT GOES OVER 15 MILES AN HOUR, IT'D BE CONSIDERED A MOTORCYCLE AND HAVE TO BE, UH, UM, LICENSED ENDORSEMENT ON YOUR LICENSE. YES, MA'AM. JUST REAL QUICK, JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST, SERGEANT MCMA LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE OVERSEES OUR BOAT DETAIL. OH. AND THE MARINE PATROL AT THIS TIME, WE'RE EXTRAORDINARILY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOUR TEAM DOES AND THE ENFORCEMENT THAT TAKES PLACE AND YOUR PRESENCE. UH, AND THE, THE BOAT OWNERS WELCOME YOU. IT'S, WE'RE HAPPY TO COME OUT AND HELP WHEN WE CAN. SO, SO YOU'RE RIGHT AROUND THE BOAT. YEAH. SO I'M ACTUALLY PART OF CONTRACT SERVICES. SO OUR BOAT DETAILS SPECIFICALLY TECHNICALLY CONTRACTED BY THE PORT OF LONG BEACH TO WORK IN THE PORT. BUT LIKE, WE WANNA COME OVER AND HELP OUT WITH THE ISSUE WITH THE BOATS THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH THAT DOCK 10 DOCK. OH YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT I'M HAPPY TO COME OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE WHEN I GOT A LITTLE TIME AND EXTRA MANPOWER TO COME OVER AND HELP HANDLE THOSE THINGS. WHEN I DEFINITELY SOME OF THE CITY SIDE ISSUES, I HAVE TO DEFER TO THOSE DIVISIONS. EAST DIVISION, SOUTH, NORTH, AND WEST. 'CAUSE I'M SPECIFICALLY ON THE WATER. I'M ALSO ON THE DIET TEAM. SO I DO DIVE RECOVERY. I'VE DONE A BUNCH OF DIVING HERE IN THE BAY. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY SEAHORSES. ACTUALLY. I WAS LIKE, WHEN YOU MENTIONED I WAS A SEAHORSE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY DOWN THERE. UM, BUT THE, THE, WHERE HORNY CORNERS IS THAT BEACH FRONT RIGHT THERE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU'LL FIND THEM THERE. OH, VERY COOL. YEAH. YOU'LL FIND THEM THERE. HAVING DOVE OVER THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF BOATS. SO WE TRY TO GO DIVE WHERE THERE'S LESS PEOPLE. RIGHT. BUT WE DO HAVE A THING, UH, THE, UM, [00:25:02] UH, BEACH WATER POLOS COMING UP MM-HMM . AND I KNOW THEN THAT WE, UH, IT'S OUR ONE TIME OF YEAR WE ALLOW BOATS TO, UM, ANCHOR THERE IN THE BAY MM-HMM . AND THEN THEY RAFT TOGETHER. UH, AND SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND SOMETHING I KNOW THAT, THAT FOLKS ON THE WATER ARE AWARE OF. MM-HMM . UM, A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, OPERATING BOATS UNDER THE INFLUENCE. AND THAT, THAT'S HARD TO ENFORCE BECAUSE YOU'RE TECHNICALLY ALLOWED TO DRINK WHILE OPERATING A BOAT. YOU JUST CAN'T BE INTOXICATED. AND IF WE DO, YOU, IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE AT ALL. IT'S ONLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT. SO IT'S, THERE HAVE TO, THAT CAN BE DONE A PERMIT. NOW, ISN'T THERE A PERMIT OR A LICENSE IF ANYBODY THAT'S ON THE WATER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VOTER SAFETY CARD, BUT NOT ANYONE ON THE WATER OPERATE. IF YOU'RE GONNA RENT A DUFFY A DUFFY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YOU DON'T NEED THAT. SO IF YOU RENT A DUFFY AND BRING A 12 PACK ON BOARD, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BRING THE 12 PACK. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO RENT THE DUFFY AND, AND DRINK WHILE YOU'RE THERE. SO IT'S DIFFICULT THEN TO MAKE A JUDGMENT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BOAT UNDERWAY, WHETHER THEY'RE INTOXICATED OR NOT. MM-HMM . IT'S, AND THEN YOU BECOME CONFRONTATIONAL. AND IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE DOING? IS THAT THE BEST USE OF OUR ENFORCEMENT TIME? RIGHT. AND WE'VE HAD ACCIDENTS. WE KNOW WE'VE HAD ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST TOO BECAUSE OF PEOPLE DRINKING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE ON LAST YEAR. OH YEAH. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE ON YOU ALL. BECAUSE HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT CALL? 'CAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, RIDING IN A BOAT, YOU'RE LIKE THIS ANYWAY. THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO RIDE IT IS. AND TECHNICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE BAY IS ALSO SPEED. THE LIFEGUARDS IN TERMS OF EN ENFORCEMENT, WE AS THE BOAT DETAIL, WE WILL COME OVER AND HELP OUT. BUT THEY, THE PORT CASE ON US. SO THEY USUALLY WANT US OVER THERE. NOT OVER HERE. YOU YOU'RE BEER PRESENCE THOUGH. YEAH. YEAH. DEFINITELY. UH, REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, DAVE. UH, YES. THE, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE. WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME THROUGH HERE, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC EVENT LIKE THAT THAT'S GOING ON, YOU COULD ALWAYS SEND ME A DIRECT EMAIL, SAY, HEY, COULD YOU PLEASE HAVE A BOAT HERE FROM THIS HOUR? THIS HOUR? I'D JUST LIKE THEIR PRESENCE TO HELP KEEP THE DRINKING DOWN THE BOAT SPEEDING. LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE BIG EVENTS, HAPPY TO COME OVER AND SEND MY BOAT DETAIL OVER HERE. IT'S GREAT FOR US TO GET, HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE OF SOMETHING WE NEED TO A MISSION SOMETIMES. SO PLEASE HESITATE. THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR. AND AND I THINK THE MERE PRESENCE IS ALL WE NEED IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS. YEAH. IT WILL BE INTERESTING DURING, I KNOW HE, THE DIRECTOR DOESN'T LIKE ME SAYING THIS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHEN THE OLYMPICS COME, UH, WITH THE, THE STAFFING THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE A HARBOR TO PROTECT. YEAH. UM, AND TO BE ACTIVE INVOLVED. SO THAT'S, UH, UM, MADAM CHAIR, THAT STILL FRIGHTENS ME SOMETIMES WHEN I THINK ABOUT, SO YES. SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE GEARING UP. YEAH. IF YOU COULD SWING BY DURING THE BEACH WATER POLO. AND THAT'S JUST FUN TO WATCH ANYWAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. MM-HMM. UH, WHAT TIME WOULD YOU LIKE HIM AROUND THERE? IS IT THIS WEEKEND? YEAH. OH, THAT'S GREAT. , I THINK IT RUNS 10 TO OPEN, OPEN WATER, WATER POLO. IT'S REALLY KIND OF, IT'S REALLY KIND OF COOL TO WATCH. WELL, AND THEN THERE'S A, A LOT OF DRINKING AND UH, A LOT OF PARTYING AND THEN PEOPLE COME IN, ADDITIONAL BOATS WRAPPED UP AND THEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY'RE DUFFIES WITH ADDITIONAL, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ALCOHOL OUT ON THE WATER. BUT I THINK AND A LOT OF WILD, THEY SEE US THERE. THEY SHOULD, I HAVE THAT NEXT, MAYBE I WON'T HAVE THAT NEXT MONDAY. TEND TO BE LITTLE LESS ROWDY A LITTLE BIT. AND I DON'T THINK WE REALLY WANNA ARREST ANYBODY. I DON'T THINK WE REALLY WANNA IN ANY WAY, BUT WE WANNA BE JUST FRIGHTENED ENOUGH INSURANCE. I WOULD RATHER SIT SOMEWHERE AND PEOPLE NOT SPEED AND ME NOT GET ON TICKETS BECAUSE THEY SAW ME THAN ME GIVING A TICKET. WHATEVER GETS THEM TO COMPLY TO THE RULES IS WHAT WE WANT. YES. I THINK WE ALL WANT THAT. WE'RE NOT HERE TO PUNISH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COMPLY. YEAH. WE ALL WANNA ENJOY OUR DAY, ALL DAY EVENTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SO ANYTIME. OKAY. ANYTIME. DAYTIME HOURS. I'LL HAVE THEM COME OUT A BUNCH THIS WEEKEND. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY A, YOU KNOW, NOON TO MIDAFTERNOON PROBABLY. OH YEAH. WHEN THE SUN GETS STUNG AND THE BEVERAGES ARE FLOWING, YOU'D BE REALLY PROUD OF ME. I'M JUST GONNA LET YOU KNOW AFTER THE ALL , UH, ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR REPORT? I BELIEVE THAT'LL DO IT. YEAH. ANYTHING GOING ON WITH ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS OR ANYTHING? UH, WE ARE ABOUT TO ACTIVATE FOR THE MARINE MAINTENANCE DOCK OVER AT STATION THREE, FOUR. GREAT. UH, THE, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT ACTIVATED MID-AUGUST COMPLETED BY [00:30:01] SECOND, THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. MM-HMM . UM, BRIAN IS DOING A GREAT JOB WORKING ON, UM, DESIGN AND, UH, UH, PERMITTING REGULATORY FOR BIRTHS ONE AND TWO. UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE PLANNING, UH, UH, PLANNING, UH, BUREAU TO GET IT APPROVED. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL PUSH IT THROUGH COASTAL AND GO FROM THERE. I THINK THERE'S SOME MEMBERS OF THE MAP THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AND GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK ON THOSE DOCS AND, AND BRUCES PEOPLE THAT ARE USED TO HAVING BIG VOTES AND DOCS LIKE THAT. SO ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES IS, UH, ALWAYS HOW'S THE, UH, THE NEW TOILETS GOING? DID WE BRING THOSE UP? AH, THRONES, UH, THE THRONE RESTROOMS, UH, WERE, WERE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORM OF PILOT. UM, THEY, THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA DO. THEY'RE CLEAN, THEY'RE EFFICIENT, THEY'RE SECURE. UM, THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT, SENTIMENT SURVEY WISE IS OVER OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE. AND I DON'T USE THE O WORD VERY OFTEN. UM, BUT YES, VERY POSITIVE. UP TO 85 TO 90% POSITIVE REVIEWS. UM, BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM HERE. I ALWAYS STATE THAT I MIGHT AS WELL SAY IT NOW 'CAUSE IT'S ON RECORDING, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'D BE WONDERFUL IF IT WORKED OUT THAT WELL, ESPECIALLY DURING THE END OF THE SEASON WITH THE BOATS GOING BACK AND FORTH. YEAH. I'VE SAT OUT THERE AND, AND I'VE SAT OUT THERE IN THE MORNING TIME WHEN WE'RE, WHEN THE BOATHOUSE ISN'T OPEN AND PEOPLE TRY TO OPEN THE DOOR, I JUST WANT TO USE THE RESTROOM. THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY. I JUST WANNA USE THE RESTROOM. NO, WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSED. UM, BECAUSE THERE IS NO RESTROOM OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT'S DOWN HERE. SO VERY FRUSTRATING THAT YOU HAVE SUCH A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT ALL DAY LONG RIDING THEIR BIKES, BRINGING THEIR BIKES ON. AND THERE'S NO RESTROOM FOR THEM TO USE OTHER THAN THIS ONE. THIS ONE. YEAH. UM, AND IT'S ONLY ONE . YEAH. THE, THE, THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVES TO THOSE SMART RESTROOMS. UH, THE COST EFFICIENCY MAY BE A STUMBLING POINT FOR US. UM, I THINK IF I, I CAN HONESTLY SAY WE NEED TO GET THE LIFEGUARD TOWERS SUPPORTED BY . WELL, AND NOT EVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, CHAIR THIS RESTROOM BROUGHT TO YOU BY YEAH. I ASSURE YOU THAT IF YOU WENT TO ALL THE RESTAURANT OWNERS ON THAT THING, THEY WOULD PITCH IN TO PAY FOR IT. SO IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD HAVE A LOCATION TO PUT THOSE RESTROOMS, UM, AND REFER PEOPLE OVER THERE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. RESTROOMS, YOU HAVE TWO RESTROOMS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE LOADING THING THAT'S DOWN AT THE END OF THE THING. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I, I, I THINK WE CAN FIND MONEY, UH, IF IT'S A COST, UH, FOR THE BUDGET, I THINK WE CAN FIND MONEY. 'CAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ALL OF 'EM FROM BALLAST POINT TO ALL OF 'EM. UH, OF, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I'VE ALWAYS STATED THAT THEY'VE JUST OPENED THEIR RESTROOMS THERE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROPERTY. WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THE, UH, OKAY. THE BUDGET OF IT. OKAY. UM, BUT, UH, JUST FROM A USE STANDPOINT, THE, THE RESTROOM, THE SMART THRONE RESTROOM AT THE BELMONT PIER IS THE THIRD MOST UTILIZED THRONE SMART RESTROOM IN THE UNITED STATES. WOW. YEAH. THAT'S, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET TO BE NUMBER ONE. . YEAH. . OH, MADAM CHAIR. THINK OF IT THAT BEFORE THOSE WERE PUT IN, WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE GOING? I KNOW IT'S, WE'RE THE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO. YEAH. ONE AND TWO. I KNEW SOMEONE WAS GONNA GO FOR THAT. GOOD ONE. GOOD ONE, GOOD ONE. UM, SPEAKING OF MR. MORRIS IN THE BOATHOUSE, HIS MOST RECENT HOSTING, UH, IS, UH, EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER THE PARKING SITUATION THAT IMPACTS HIS BUSINESS AND THE AQUALINK. AND HE OF COURSE IS ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE THERE, UM, VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. MM-HMM . AND SO THAT'S GENERATED A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, UH, AND I DUNNO WHETHER WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT DOWN THE ROAD OR ONE-ON-ONE WITH A MEETING WITH MR. MORRIS. IT'S JUST ALL FREE PARKING ON THAT, THAT PENINSULA RIGHT THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY DRIVE OUT, IT'S ALL FREE PARKING. AND SO THE PEOPLE COME IN AND TAKE THE AQUALINK AND ALSO THE UH, UH, SCUBA DIVERS COME IN AND THE FISHERMEN COME IN AND THEN THERE'S NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE DROPPING OFF. MATTER OF FACT, I MET A WOMAN THE OTHER DAY, 98 YEARS OLD. YEAH. AND THEY HAD TO SIT THERE AND DRIVE AROUND, LOOK. AND THEY FINALLY STOPPED. THEY ALL GOT OUTTA THE CAR WHILE THE ONE DAUGHTER SAT IN THE CAR UNTIL SOMEBODY LEFT. UM, IT WAS THAT PACKED. I MEAN, IT WAS A PACKED WEEKEND FOR ALL THE RESTAURANTS. GOOD ON THEM. UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT WERE ALL PARKED ON THAT STRIP WERE AQUALINK. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, DO, DO, WE DO A TWO HOUR PARKING, SO IN OTHER WORDS, TABLE TURNS TWO HOURS, PEOPLE PARK IN. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT CHECKS IT MORE REVENUE COMING IN FOR THE MARINA. UH, YOU KNOW, OR DO WE PUT, UH, COINS? DO WE PUT METERS OUT THERE LIKE [00:35:01] THEY DO, BUT BUT OF COURSE IN THE PAST, THE MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION HAS COME OUT OPPOSED TO METERS. YES. YES. SO THE CITY IS CURRENTLY REACTIVATING OUR PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN TO ADDRESS BASINS ONE, TWO, AND THREE. UM, I BELIEVE THE CALCULUS HAS CHANGED FOR, OR EVERYONE INVOLVED. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT BASIN THREE PARKING, UH, BASED ON SECOND AND PCH, UM, ALL THE PUBLIC PARKING THERE IS BEING UTILIZED BY EMPLOYEES YES. OF SECOND PCH. YES. UH, IF YOU FACTOR IN THE CONGRESSIONAL PLACE CONSTRUCTION, ONCE THAT IS DONE, UM, VISITORS, VISITORS AND HOME, YOU KNOW, APARTMENT RENTERS THERE, LEASE, LEASE, WHATEVER, UM, IT'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF STAY PARKING. SO THE CITY'S AWARE, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO REACTIVATE THAT, UH, THAT PARKING INITIATIVE. UM, I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE IN THE NEXT YEAR. EIGHT, YOU KNOW, 12, 18, 24 MONTHS. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING IN GOD, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING IN FOR THE OLYMPICS. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE, OR WE WILL BE A DEBACLE. YEAH. NO, IT'S, IT CITY MANAGERS VERY MUCH AWARE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TITLE AND CAPITAL PRODUCTS, VERY MUCH AWARE. ECONOMIC, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. VERY MUCH AWARE. AND I BELIEVE THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD A PARKING SOLUTION LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM. NOW WE HAVE A PARKING SOLUTION THAT HAS A PROBLEM TO SOLVE. YEAH. SO, UM, I THINK PEOPLE VERY MUCH DUE TO THE SECOND AND PCH UH, LOAD UP OF CARS OVER THERE, VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NEED PARKING TURNOVER. WE DO NEED A PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA CREATE THAT TURNOVER THAT WILL GENERATE MORE ACCESS TO THE WATER. I'M, I'M SETTING UP. UH, IT'S, UH, YEAH, I AGREE. WHOLEHEARTED WE MIGHT BE THAT AS A FUTURE IDENTITY. I LET'S YES, MA'AM. JUST TAKE NOTE OF THAT. YES, MA'AM. UH, AS, AS THAT ACTIVATES FURTHER, I MEAN, THIS WAS AN, UH, UH, A RESTART THAT JUST STARTED THIS WEEK. ANY OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR REPORT? ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE SEE IN THAT KITCHEN DRAWER OF ITEMS WE HAVE IN YOUR REPORT? I THINK, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, WE'LL BE BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME LIKE GOOD THINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH NEW STAFF COMING ON. WE'VE HAD LIKE, SOME, SOME HIGHER LEVEL POSITIONS LIKE AN ELECTRICIAN THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD A HARD TIME FILLING OVER THE, THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT LOOKING PROMISING TO GET SOMEBODY ON BOARD, UH, FOR THE MARINE BUREAU RE MAINTENANCE. UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, LITTLE MORE, MORE ENDS LIKE THAT, THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING UP SAR. NOTHING, NO CHRISTMAS TREES. LOOKING GOOD. YEAH. YEAH. UH, TREES IN THE BAY. UH, WE'RE ORDERING 10 MORE SOLAR POWERED, UH, UNITS, UH, THAT'LL BRING US UP TO 20 OUT OF 68. SO OUR, OUR SUSTAINABILITY CLIMATE ACTION INITIATIVES ARE STILL, UH, RUNNING STRONG. BUOYS ALL GOOD. UH, YES. WE GOT FIVE IN, BUT UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THE THURSDAY NIGHT, UH, MUNICIPAL BAND, UH, CONCERTS. I SAW YOU BEEN WALKING AROUND WITH A BUCKET COLLECTING MONEY. KIDS MUST BE HAPPY, HUH? UM, BUT, SO I GOTTA GO OUT AND ACTIVATE THE, UH, IT UTILIZES A LITTLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU TOUCH THE TOP AND IT ACTIVATES, SO I GOTTA GO OUT THERE AND ACTIVATE FOUR OF THE FIVE. GREAT. SO IT SHOULD BE ACTIVATED, UH, BEFORE THE WEEKEND. GREAT, THANK YOU. SO WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON AGENDA ITEM FIVE, LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, WHERE WE'LL HAVE SOME COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND I KNOW THAT THE, UH, SURF COMMITTEE'S BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING. YES. UM, DOING SOME COORDINATION WITH THE PENINSULA NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, UM, AND OTHER GROUPS. DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS? WE HAVE, UH, MAINTENANCE. MM-HMM . I THINK WE HAVE MAINTENANCE, UH, WILL BE EARLY FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ALWAYS COVERED UNDER MAINTENANCE, SO YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING UP SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE, UH, THE JETTY STUFF OF THAT NATURE. UM, BUT I, I SEE THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE'LL WE'LL BE COVERING. SO MADAM CHAIR, I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD THERE. OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS ON AGENDA ITEM SIX. OKAY. THAT COMPLETES THE REVIEW OF OUR PROPOSED AGENDA, UM, FOR [00:40:01] THE MEETING ON THE 14TH. ARE THERE OTHER, ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF THE GROUP? MADAM CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM PUT IN THE AGENDA. WE'RE GONNA CLOSE, UH, UM, THE MEETING. I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT IN THE AGENDA INSTEAD OF US JUST STATING IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU. OH, FOR, UM, COMMODORE HOARD. RIGHT. FOR COMMODORE HOARD FROM THE QUEEN MARY THAT PASSED AWAY. UH, WE'LL CLOSE OUR MEETING. UH, UH, WE, WE DO THAT ANYWAY, BUT I THINK HAVING IT A PART OF THE AGENDA THAT IS IN IT, OF WHO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE IN THE MEMORIAL OF, UH, SO THE CAPTAIN OF THE QUEEN MARY PASSED AWAY. NOBODY WE'RE JUST THINKING OF THE PROCESS TO DO THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHIN, ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT? WE, WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN PUT IN AGENDA. OKAY. WE'LL CHECK, WE'LL SEE. SEE WHAT IF WE CAN JUST IN THE CLOSING IN MEMORIAL AND, AND JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. MM-HMM. YOU CAN DO, AND THEN WE CAN PUT A NAME IN. YEAH, YOU CAN DO IT IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. THERE YOU GO. AND THEN IT'LL BE VERBALLY ON. OKAY. WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE CAN ADD IT INTO THE AGENDA. SORRY TO CAUSE YOU TO PANIC ON ME. NO, NO. WE'LL JUST LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN DO IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF MA'AM THE ORDER? NO, MA'AM. UH, WITH THERE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, I ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 9:11 AM WOO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.