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OF OUR, UH, MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE IS NOW AN ORDER.UM, KELLY, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER ATKINS MCPHAIL.
UH, DOES, UH, THE COMMISSIONER CARLIN, DID SHE CALL IN? SHE WASN'T GONNA BE HERE.
LET'S GET RIGHT INTO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, UM, START WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
THIS IS, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MARINE BEACH MAINTENANCE, UH, DATED THURSDAY MAY 8TH.
CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? OVERRULED OF A SECOND? SECOND.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, THAT AGENDA? IF WE'RE GOOD WITH IT, WE'LL GO WITH, UH, PUBLIC.
ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS? YES, SIR.
OH, UM, COMPLETING HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, SAY AYE.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM STAFF REGARDING MARINE MAINTENANCE, BEACH MAINTENANCE, AND MARINE OPERATIONS.
AND WE WILL ENTERTAIN THOSE GREAT COMMENTS.
RABBI, ARE YOU UP? WHO'S UP? KELLY, ARE YOU DOING IT? YES.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH MINE.
UM, COUPLE OF UPDATES FROM BEACH MAINTENANCE.
OUR SAND CLEANING, UM, HAS BEEN, UM, ADDED FOR HIGHER USE AREAS THROUGH SUMMER.
THOSE AREAS INCLUDE THE JUNIOR, UH, LONG, UH, LIFEGUARD PROGRAM, THE WEST BEACH WEE BIT.
UM, AND OF COURSE OTHER HIGH USE AREAS SUCH AS, UH, ROSIE'S DOG BEACH.
UH, RECENT INCREASES IN, UH, WATERLINE DEBRIS DUE TO HIGH TIDES HAS BEEN A FACTOR IN SOME OF THOSE, UH, BEACH FRONT LOCATIONS.
OUR NEXT HIGH TIDE IS AUGUST 21ST, AROUND A 6.6, AND WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THE KING TIDES RETURNING IN NOVEMBER.
DIDN'T THEY JUST HAVE A KING TIDE IN HAWAII? THAT'S IT CAUSED ALL THE FLOODING.
UM, IS EVERY PLACE DIFFERENT WHEN KING TIDE HITS OR IS IT ALL THE SAME? UH, PACIFIC WIDE? I THINK IT WOULD CHANGE SLIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BUT OKAY.
UM, USUALLY AROUND THE SAME TIME OF YEAR ON THE SAND CLEANING AT, UH, ROSIE'S BEACH.
HOW MUCH IS POOP? UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A NUMBER ON THAT.
WE TAKE OUR DOG DOWN THERE AND WE NOTICE THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T PICK UP THEIR FOOD.
WE DO HAVE THAT SAME ISSUE AT A LOT OF OUR DOG LOCATIONS, INCLUDING PIKE PARK AND, AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
UM, A GOOD THING REGARDING ROSIE'S DOG BEACH IS OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT CLEANS THAT AREA, IS ABLE TO REMOVE THAT, BUT ALSO FILTER OUT THE SAND AND, AND TURN IT OVER TO ADD KIND OF, UH, OXYGEN TO THE SAND.
HELPS TO GET RID OF SOME OF THAT BACTERIA.
JUST LIKE PUTTING YOUR SPIKES IN OVER THE, ON THE GREENS OF THE GOLF COURSE.
IS THERE ANY WAY, AND, UH, I'LL PUT THIS TO YOU.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN MAKE A STATEMENT, UH, ON THAT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OR BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER? PICK UP YOUR POOP.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT, I'M REALLY JUST AMAZED AT WATCHING PEOPLE PICK UP THE POOP AND I'M CALLING 'EM OUT.
PICK UP YOUR POOP AND THEY JUST LOOK AT YOU AND KEEP WALKING.
OR THEY DON'T EVEN CARRY BAGS WITH 'EM.
SO MAYBE A STATEMENT STATING THAT IF YOU'RE ON ROSIE'S DOG BEACH, YOU HAVE TO CARRY BAGS WITH YOU.
I THINK WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE.
MAYBE WE COULD TALK TO OUR FACEBOOK GROUP TO PUT SOMETHING OUT.
WE, WHAT WE'LL DO TOO, UM, WE'LL GET WITH JOE MURRAY SINCE SHE'S A, A WRITER FOR A NUMBER OF THE NEWSPAPERS AND STUFF, AND GET WITH, UH, JUSTIN RUDD.
'CAUSE I KNOW HE HAS HIS DOG BEACH CLEANUP AND, AND GOING OUT THERE AND DOING IT.
I THINK PEOPLE CAN MAKE THOSE STATEMENTS, UH, UH, ONLINE.
AND THIS IS FOLKS, IF YOU'RE GONNA CARRY A BAG OF, IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE BAG ON MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE POOP IN IT, I'LL THROW IT IN MY TRASH.
CAN I TELL THAT TO PEOPLE? I'LL THROW IT IN THE TRASH CAN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CARRY A POOP AROUND WITH YOU.
I HAVE FRONT HOUSE, I PUT TRASH CAN AND I FILLS UP EVERY DAY.
IT'S MOSTLY DOG POOP, BUT A LOT OF TRASH.
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A CAN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND IT FILLS UP EVERY DAY AND LITTER.I'M GLAD IT'S NOT GOING THE YARD, AND I'M GLAD IT DOESN'T.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO THEN WITH, UH, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE MARINE MAINTENANCE.
WE'LL MAKE A STATEMENT, WE'LL PUT IT OUT.
UH, AND SAY, IF YOU'RE WALKING ON THE BEACH WITH YOUR DOG, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A POOP BAG.
UM, OUR NEW BEACH CLEANING EQUIPMENT, AS I, UH, WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
OUR TEAM, UH, CONDUCTED SOME TRAINING, UH, IN JULY ON ALL OF THE NEW MACHINES, AND WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING THOSE ACROSS THE, UH, WATERFRONT AND THE INNER BEACHES.
OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING ON SOME ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT HORN BLOWER, UH, TO ACTIVATE THAT, UM, PARKING LOT AND, AND BRING BACK THE ELECTRICITY OVER THERE.
THEY'RE ALSO KEEPING BUSY WITH SOME SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, THE VANS WARPED TOUR WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BROUGHT IN APPROXIMATELY 82,000, UH, PEOPLE, ALTHOUGH I'VE HEARD THAT NUMBER INCREASE, UM, CLOSER TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
IT WAS A VERY LARGE EVENT IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
UH, PRE AND POST INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED BY OUR GROUNDS TEAM, INCLUDING DAMAGE REPORTS.
UH, UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN AREA INCLUDE THE NEW BLUES FESTIVAL AT SHORELINE PARK, UH, LATER THIS MONTH.
UH, LONG BEACH KITE FESTIVAL AT ADA BEACH AND THE NAPLES ISLAND SWIM.
UH, OUR GROUNDS DIVISION IS MOVING FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL LAWN TO GARDEN PROJECTS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, AN AREA SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH.
THAT'LL BE THE LAST LOCATION IN BASIN THREE, UH, OF ALAMEDOS BAY.
UH, THAT'LL BE AN AREA BETWEEN SAN PEDRO FISH MARKET AND WEST MARINE LOCATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S ADJACENT TO DOCK 20.
UH, AND OUR GROUNDS DIVISION IS ALSO WORKING TO, UH, COMPLETE THE IRRIGATION CENTRALIZATION PART PROJECT.
UH, THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON SOME LONG LEAD TIME MATERIALS ON ONE, UH, ONE AREA IN THE SHORELINE MARINA.
AND THEN THAT'LL BE COMPLETED MOST LIKELY THIS MONTH.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS JUST SOME STAFF CHANGES.
WE'VE, UM, BEEN WORKING WITH OUR HR TEAM, UH, FOR PROMOTIONS.
UH, SO RECENTLY WE PROMOTED THREE OF OUR MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT NON-CAREER, UH, EMPLOYEES TO, UH, FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
WE'VE ALSO PROMOTED TWO SUPERVISORS.
WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING ONE OF THOSE AT, UM, THE MAC COMMISSION, UH, LATER TODAY.
HE'S WITH OUR QUEENSWAY BAY OPERATION.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO PARK MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR.
WE HAD A, UH, SUPERVISOR, JEFF KING THAT RETIRED LAST MONTH.
UM, SO, UH, IT CAME KIND OF AT A GOOD TIME WITH OUR PROCESS OF FILLING POSITIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER THAT POSITION, UH, AND PROMOTE ONE OF OUR GARDENERS, ALBERT ESTRELLA, TO THAT, UH, SUPERVISOR POSITION.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND THAT COMPLETES MY, UM, STATUS REPORT.
WE'LL, IS THERE A, UM, THE WORK TOUR, I KNOW IT WAS BIG.
A LOT OF FRIENDS WENT TO IT AND, UH, SAID IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
AND MAYOR ALEXANDER'S, A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, RAN ALL SECURITY OPERATIONS FOR IT.
WHAT TYPE OF TRASH IS LEFT? CAN WE GET A REPORT, UH, OR SET IT OUT TO THE BOARD? I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS LEFT.
UH, WHAT DID THE MAINTENANCE TEAM HAVE TO GO OUT AND CLEAN UP? BECAUSE WHEN THEY COME IN AND STATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RENT THE PLACE OR BE A PART OF IT, THEY ASSURE US THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE CLEAN.
UH, AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE LIKE HOW MUCH TRASH WE HAD TO PICK UP OR OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM HAD TO PICK UP.
UM, AND TO ASSURE THAT, UH, IT STAYED CLEAN AS WHEN THEY GOT THERE.
ARE THEY AS GOOD TAKING EVERYTHING OUT, OR WAS THERE A LOT OF THAT? UH, THE VAN'S WARP TOUR WAS VERY GOOD.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S A LARGE, UH, EVENT AND THEY HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT ASSIST THEM WITH, UM, THE EVENT FROM BEGINNING TO START.
SO WE HAD NO ISSUES WITH ANY TRASH IN OUR AREAS.
UH, AFTER THE BAND'S WARPED TOUR, UM, WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, EVERY EVENT DOES HAVE, UM, CERTAIN, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERMIT.
UM, TRASH AND RECYCLING OPERATIONS ARE DELIVERED TO SPECIAL EVENTS, TO THE PUBLIC WORKS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE BUREAU FOR REVIEW.
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MOST EVENTS ARE, ARE REALLY GOOD ABOUT CLEANUP.ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS, UM, I THINK IT'S A MORE SO A FOLLOW UP FROM THE, UM, COMMITTEE.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST WHEN YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR REPORTS, THE RUNOFF THAT FROM THE LA RIVER, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A FORMAL LETTER.
WHERE ARE WE TACTICALLY, AND LIKE IF I CAN RAISE AGAIN THE HELP WITH THE LETTER, I, I WILL HAPPILY DO SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE BEEN DOING WORK IN THE BACKGROUNDS AND I MISSED THE LAST ONE.
SO I'D LOVE JUST A QUICK UPDATE.
WELL, I'LL, I'LL ASK, I'LL ASK TODD.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE BROUGHT UP OUR EXECUTIVE MEETING.
ARE WE MOVING FORWARD THAT OR WE MOTION YET? THE MARINE BUREAU, WE'RE YOUR LIAISON.
SO THE IMPETUS, THE LETTER TO THE IS ALL ON THE COMMISSION.
WE'RE YOUR VESSEL OF TRANSPORTING IT TO CITY MANAGER MAYOR.
WELL, COMMISSIONER SINCE, UH, THE, THE CHAIR IS IN HERE.
UM, AND LET'S, LET'S MOVE THAT FORWARD.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK.
THEY STAYED UP TILL 1130 ON TUESDAY.
I GUESS I HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ON THE PROS AND CONS OF BUILDING THAT PARK WE'RE MAKING AT WAREHOUSE.
UM, AND JUST THE CLEANUP, IF IT WAS A PARK, JUST THE CLEANUP THAT WAS STATED WOULD BE IN THE MILLIONS, THE ESTIMATED, THE ESTIMATED TOP FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
DID YOU WATCH IT BY ANY CHANCE? NO.
IT WAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT, 50 MILLION DOGS THAT THE CITY ONCE, IF IT WAS APPROVED AS A PARK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMMIT TO ABSOLUTE CLEANUP AND BUILDING OF THAT PARK.
YET THE GROUP THAT APPROVED THE EIR TO HAVE BASICALLY WAREHOUSES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GONNA CLEAN IT UP AS PART OF THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A WIN, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LAWMAKERS IN THE SAD PART.
IT'S, WE WON'T HAVE A PARK THERE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THE CLEANUP ON THE RIVER AND SENDING A MESSAGE TO A NUMBER OF OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR, WE HAVE TO GET THE COUNTY INVOLVED.
THE COUNTY HAS TO GIVE US MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOBS THAT YOU ALL DO WANT MAINTENANCE.
UH, BECAUSE EVERYTHING CLOSED DOWN FROM THE COUNTY AND THAT INCLUDES THE PARKS THAT ARE ALL ON, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, I MEAN, ARE, ARE NOT, WHAT'S THE WORD I WANT USE? IT'S NOT HOMELESS.
THE UNHOUSED THAT LIVE, UH, ACROSS AND, AND THROUGH THE RIVER, ALL THAT TRASH GOES IN THE WATER AND IT ALL FLOWS DOWN TO ONE PLACE, LONG BEACH.
UM, SO I THINK GETTING SOME HELP ON THAT.
AND THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A DIRECTIVE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER TO THE SUPERVISORS.
AND COMMISSIONER, I WOULD ASK, UH, TO INCLUDE THAT, UH, IN THE LETTER OF THE DOLLARS, UH, TO SUPPORT, UM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN OUR MAINTENANCE, UH, IN RESULTING OF THE, THE POLLUTION THAT COMES DOWN FROM THE RIVER, LA RIVER.
UM, DO WE, I THINK, UM, PRESS, OH, IT'S ON, MAYBE IT'S NOT IFIED.
I THINK WE HAVE SPECIFIC FIGURES OR WHEN WE USED TO RECEIVE THE MONEY.
COULD SOMEONE PROVIDE THAT TO THIS COMMITTEE? I THINK WE USED TO GET $500,000.
YEAH, BUT WHEN DID WE, SO I PUT THAT STUFF.
DO YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, FROM LAST TIME WE CHECKED.
DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA THAT YOU COULD SAY FROM THE LAST, LAST TIME WE CHECKED? I BELIEVE IT, UH, THEY STOPPED GIVING US DOLLARS TWO YEARS AGO, OR THREE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP.
TAMLIN HAD SENT ONE OF OUR, UH, UH, OUR MEETINGS 'CAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP NOW THEY STOPPED GIVING US, YEAH, TWO YEARS AGO.
I THINK IT'S BEEN AND DO WE REMEMBER WHAT THAT DOLLAR FEE? 500,000.
I THINK NOW THEY HAVE THE BOOM, THE COUNTY MAINTAINS THE BOOM.
AND I THINK THAT'S THEIR ANSWER.
AND ONE LAST, WE'LL TECH, SO I DON'T WANNA LIKE, MESS UP ANY BROWN ACT THINGS.
SO LIKE, IF I'M SENDING THIS LETTER ACROSS FOR REVIEW, IT'S OKAY TO SEND YOU THIS TO THIS COMMITTEE.
YOU'LL SEND OH TO, YOU'LL SEND AND YOU'LL WILL SEND IT OUT TO THE GROUP.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? ANYTHING? NOT OKAY.
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RIGHT? YEAH.WE'RE CONCERNED NOT WE WANT YOU TO DO THIS OR WHY IS THIS DONE? WE'RE CONCERNED.
UM, THIS IS TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND GIVE, HAVE ANY AMMUNITION COMING FROM THE, OUR, OUR BOARD GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT THEY CAN SEND THAT IN OFF TO JAN ON.
AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR SAYS HE WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, PERHAPS I HAVE ONE REQUEST THAT, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH TONS OF DEBRIS FLOWS FROM THAT? LIKE LA RUNOFF THAT I COULD JUST PUT IN THE LETTER? ABSOLUTELY.
WE KEEP TRACK OF, UH, MONTHLY DEBRIS TOTALS, RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT LA COUNTY BOOM REMOVES, BUT ON OUR END, WE KEEP A PRETTY GOOD TRACK OF THAT.
AND THEN YOU CAN GET THOSE FIGURES AND GIVE THEM, OKAY, GREAT.
JUST REQUEST THOSE FIGURES TO PUT IN THE LETTER AT LEAST.
MAYBE JUST ONE WHAT, ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS AVERAGE.
NO, NO, I KNOW, BUT HOW MUCH FOR THE DEBRIS? LIKE, WE GET X TIMES EVERY YEAR OR I THINK IF WE JUST DO DO ONE YEAR ONE YEAR AND LOOK AT ONE YEAR COME IN, WE CAN USE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE STORMS. YEAH.
UM, AND IT PAY FOR NONE OF IT.
AND WE'RE CONCERNED AND WE'RE CONCERNED, DEEPLY CONCERNED AND LETTER TOGETHER, PUT MISSION BOARD, WE ADVISE ON ISSUES OF POLICY AND IMPORTANCE AND GOT IT.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
I'LL GET IT CAMERA RIGHT? YEAH.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO MARINE OPERATIONS.
UM, SO I'LL KIND OF TOUCH ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS SINCE COREY'S NOT HERE TOO.
UH, SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT HE'S WORKING ON.
SO FIRST, UH, PROBABLY LIKE ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE, UH, WE ARE DEFINITELY LEANING INTO OUR NEW PAINTER THAT'S ON STAFF.
UM, PAINTING IN THE MARINA OFFICE AT A DM, MEANING THE STORAGE, UH, NEED SOME, YOU KNOW, WORK DONE ON THE SIDING.
ITS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS LOOKING MUCH NICER.
UM, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN SECOND STREET ON SHORE, UH, THE RESTROOM, UH, JUST GOT A FRESH COAT OF PAINT, GOT SOME NEW TRIM COLOR REALLY LIVEN UP.
WE'RE WE LOOK LIKE A, LIKE A BEACH TOWNSHIP? UH, I THINK SO.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THOSE, THOSE BIG IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT'S A BIG PART TO JUST HAVING A, A NICE PAINTER ON, ON STAFF.
UM, THE MARINE MAINTENANCE DOCK PROJECT IS STARTING, SO IF YOU GO THAT SAME BRIDGE, YOU LOOK DOWN THE PARKING LOT, THEY'RE STARTING THE STAGE, LIKE THE, UH, GANGWAY RAMP.
UH, THAT NEW DOCK WILL BE GOING IN IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.
UM, SO THAT, THAT PROJECT IS, IS ONGOING.
UH, WE COMPLET A, A NEW PUMP OUT INSTALLATION ON DO 10.
SO THE PUBLIC DOCK DOWNTOWN, UH, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WE WENT AFTER WITH GRANT FUNDING.
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN PRETTY SMOOTH.
WE'RE IN THE, IN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, RECONCILIATION PHASE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SUBMITTING ALL, ALL RECEIPTS, UH, TIME CARDS TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO FAR FROM WHAT THEY'VE SEEN AT, UH, DEPARTMENT OF WOOD WATERWAYS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY OUR PROJECT WENT.
AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING FOR ANOTHER CYCLE, DO A COUPLE MORE PUBLIC PUMPS, UH, IN THE A BM FOOTPRINT, UH, ONE AT DAVIES, AND THEN ONE AT NAVY DOCK IS WHAT THE GOAL IS.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF BIG PROJECTS COMING UP, UH, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTPRINT.
SO ALAMEDAS BAY ENTRANCE CHANNEL DREDGING, UM, LOOKING TOWARDS THIS WINTER, UH, FOR A PROJECT KICKOFF ON THAT.
UM, AND AS WELL DOWNTOWN, THE QUEENS WAY BAY FEDERAL CHANNEL, UH, FROM CAT TERMINAL OUTCAST DO 10, UM, INCLUDING THE SAND TRAP THAT CAPTURES A LOT OF THAT DEBRIS, UH, OR THE, THE SAND RUN OFF TO KEEP THAT CHANNEL DEEP.
WE ANTICIPATE START DATE IS FEBRUARY 26TH, UM, COMPLETION BY AUGUST 26TH.
THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY ACTIVE CHANNEL AND HAVE TO HAVE IT ON, ON SPUDS TO MOVE THE, THE EQUIPMENT AROUND.
UM, THE REASON FOR SUCH A LONG DURATION IS IT ALSO ENCOMPASSING THE LONG BEACH, UH, PORT ENTRANCE.
UM, SO DURING NICE WEATHER, THEY BLOW SHIFT FOCUS AND WORK ON THE PORT ENTRANCE.
UH, AND THEN WHEN THEY NEED BE TUCKED IN, UH, PUT MORE PROTECTIVE, THEY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, HAMMERING OUT OUR DREDGING OF THAT CHANNEL.
UM, WHAT ELSE DO WE, UH, OPERATIONS SIDE? UM, REALLY EXCITED.
UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE GOT APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TESTING OUT A NEW ARENA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, UM, PROGRAM.
MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
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FRIENDLY AND EFFICIENT FOR BRAND STAFF.UH, IT'S GOOD CUT DOWN ON A LOT OF, UH, HUMAN ERROR, UH, CLERICAL ERROR AS WE'RE A LOT OF TIMES MANIPULATING DATA TWO AND THREE TIMES IN OUR CURRENT SETUP.
UH, BUT, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME REALLY BIG REGATTAS OVER THE PAST, LIKE A MONTH OR SO.
UM, OCR, UH, PAST REGATTAS WERE DOWN IN AL BAY.
UH, WE DID SOME COORDINATION WITH ALL THE COACH BOATS, UTILIZE SOME OF OUR DOCK, UH, BEHIND THE OFFICE, YOU KNOW, FINDING NEW WAYS TO, TO DRIVE IN REVENUE, UH, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE GOOD ACCESS TO, TO THEIR BOAT, BUT LIKE, MAKE SOME MONEY AS WELL.
UM, A LOT OF THESE BIGGER EVENTS WILL BE, UM, BETTER COORDINATED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS IN, IN THE, UH, WE, WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, MARINE SAFETY, LIFEGUARDS BEING A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE COMINGS AND, AND BOATS WHERE THEY'RE LANDING.
UM, SO SPECIAL EVENTS WILL BE TRIGGERED ON THESE.
UH, THINK THEY'RE BE REALLY SMOOTH AND EVERYONE'S KIND OF IN THE LOOP ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I'M, I'M SMILING BECAUSE YOU SAID A LEARNING EVENT AND MY OLD CORPORATION THAT WAS WITH 45.
THAT MEANS THERE WAS A COUPLE HICCUPS.
UH, UM, AND ANYTHING BIG YOU WANT TO SHARE OR IT WAS JUST, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, A LEARNING EVENT.
UH, I THINK IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE COORDINATION, GET EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE, UM, AND REALLY KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE SCOPE AND SIZE OF THE EVENT IS.
UM, WHAT RESOURCES ARE REALLY GONNA BE NEEDED.
UH, YO THE LOCAL BA GODS WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY BIG THIS YEAR, AND THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THAT'S GONNA GET SCALED DOWN A BIT NEXT YEAR.
UH, LOSING SOME OF THOSE, THE BOATS DOWN TO LA HARBOR.
UM, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, GETTING EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE, LETTING EM HAVE THEM MAP INPUT BEFORE THE EVENT HAPPENS TO MAKE THE STATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH, UH, NEXT YEAR COMING, I BELIEVE THE 250 YEAR, UH, UH, SALUTE TO AMERICA.
UH, AND THE RUMOR HAS IS THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF THE OLYMPIC EVENTS TO DO A PRE A PRE DRIVE ON SOME OF THOSE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE UTILIZING A LOT OF OUR WATERWAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME IN, IF THAT GOES WELL, REMEMBER IN 2028 IN THE OLYMPICS, BUT THEY WILL START TRAINING HERE, UH, AT THE END OF 26, IN THE BEGINNING OF 27.
SO, UH, BEING READY FOR THAT IS GOING TO BE, HOW I SAY, PUTTING A LOAD ON THE WALL.
IT'S GONNA BE PUTTING A LOAD ON THE WALL, IT REALLY IS.
AND TO PUT A LOAD ON THE CITY.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I GO, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER DAVIS, THAT LETTER'S GONNA BE SO IMPORTANT, UM, GOING FORWARD TO GET THOSE FUNDS IN SO WE CAN ASSURE, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE THAILANDS GOING AWAY.
AND YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, LIKE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE OLYMPICS, YOU KNOW, OLYMPICS LIKE TRAINING NOW WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT FEDERATIONS IN TOWN AS WE, YOU KNOW, DOING TRAINING EVENTS.
UH, THOSE CAMPS ARE GONNA CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD.
WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TEAM.
UH, TODD'S, YOU KNOW, KINDA LIKE SPEARHEADING FOR, FOR OUR GROUP.
UM, BUT WE'RE MEETING WITH DELEGATIONS ALMOST ON A, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UM, FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, STORAGE, UH, LAUNCHING, YOU KNOW, LEADING UP TO THE GAMES AND THEN INTO THE GAMES.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT, HOW THAT TRANSFORMS. SO I, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF, OF THIS VERY BIG, BIG EVENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT DO YOU USE FOR, UH, CYCLING? WHAT DO WE USE AS LONG BEACH? THE ONE CELLULAR TEAM THAT WE USE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT YOU ALL USE FOR ING NETWORK? IN OTHER OTHER WORDS, YOUR RADIOS, WOULD THEY BE CONDUCIVE WORKING WITH THE MARINE POLICE, THE LONG BEACH POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? OR IS IT ALL SEPARATE? A LOT OF THOSE, UH, THOSE COMMUNICATION LINES ARE, ARE SEPARATE.
UM, MEAN WE USE STANDARD, STANDARD VHF RADIOS IN, IN OUR OPERATIONS.
UM, AND I HAVE, I HAVE MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE, T-MOBILE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT CITY, CITY WORKS WITH A NUMBER OF CELLULAR PROVIDERS.
UH, A LOT OF OUR, WE HAVE FOR THE MOST PART, MAIN NETWORK.
YOU, WE HAVE STUFF THAT RUNS OFF OUR CITY, BUT BACKBONES FOR THOSE NETWORKS ARE PROVIDED BY MULTIPLE, UH, PROVIDERS.
REMEMBER, WAS IT NEXTEL THAT HAD THE, I CAN TALK TO YOU EARLIER AT TYPE THING.
I THINK THAT SPRINT AND NOW, NOW IT'S BEEN BOUGHT UP BY T-MOBILE OWNS IT ALL.
UM, AND BEING A PART OF THE NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM FOR LA COUNTY AND LA CITY, UH, IT'S JUST LOOKING AT WHAT CITIES DO, UH, TO COMMUNICATE.
BECAUSE IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE OR TSUNAMI OR SOMETHING LIKE
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THAT, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE ON PHONES AND WHO'S GONNA GET TO ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY IF THE POWER GRID GOES OUT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.THAT'S WHERE YOUR VHS, THAT'S WHERE THOSE RADIOS AND SEPARATE RADIOS COME IN HANDY.
OR THERE'S TWO FROM, UH, THE OLD NEXT DALLAS.
YOU KNOW, THAT AT LEAST RESPONSE TIME THAT IF YOU NEED SOMETHING, WE'LL BE THERE.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY OR US TO SAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SHOULD LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY GOING FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE CITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CONNECTED TO EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A ONE I NEED HELP.
UH, AND IF YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE 9 1 1, GOOD LUCK.
YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY, WE SAW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH, WITH THE TSUNAMI, YOU KNOW, ALERT ADVISORY, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW OUR SYSTEM OPERATED, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER RELATIONS, YOU, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO THIS NEW SOFTWARE, RIGHT? THEY HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY, UH, TEXT MESSAGING, EMAILING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING OUT A OUT A PREDETERMINED MESSAGE CAPACITY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SOFTWARE AS WELL.
I NEVER GOT AN ALERT WHEN THE TSUNAMI HAPPENED, MY NEIGHBORS, SO THERE WAS TWO SEPARATE ALERTS THAT WENT OUT.
UH, THERE'S ONE CALLED A, UH, IT'S A WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT, AND THE CITY WILL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYONE THAT'S WITHIN THE, THE SECTOR OR IF THEIR CELL PHONE IS IN THE SECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY.
UH, THAT WAS SENT OUT AND THAT WAS SENT OUT CITYWIDE.
SO THAT, AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND GLASS THAT WENT OUT AT 9:20 PM THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO OUR BOAT OWNERS AND, UH, PERMITTED CUSTOMERS.
AND THAT'S THE ONE BRIAN HAS TALKED ABOUT.
SO WE WORKED WITH THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GROUP TO PROVIDE 'EM THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, WAS SENT OUT.
SO THAT WAS MADE DEPARTMENT DATA.
SO I'M LITERALLY ADVISABLE, AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THEY DO IT, BUT KING TIDE, WHEN KING, KING TIDES COME IN, UH, DO WE SEND A BLAST OUT BECAUSE THAT'S, WE DO, WE LIKE, THROUGH THE NEWSLETTERS WE'RE SENDING OUT, UH, ON A BIMONTHLY, WE ARE ALERTING, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING HIGH TIDE, THERE'S GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, AN EXTREME HIGH TIDE, UH, EVENT.
WE WILL SEND OUT SEPARATE EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS, UH, TO THE PERMIT STAKEHOLDERS ALERTING THAT OF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR, YOU KNOW, WATER INTRUSION AND MAKING SURE THEIR, THEIR ITEMS ARE PROPERLY SECURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I WANT BACK TO THE DREDGING.
SO, SO ON THE DREDGING, YOU SAID WE WERE GONNA DO THINGS BY, THEY WERE DOING
UM, SO, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND GREEN BUREAU ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE ALAMEDA BAY.
UH, THE DREDGING, BECAUSE THAT'S A MORE, A RECREATIONAL, UH, CHANNEL THAT WE ARE DREDGING.
UH, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS THE ONE THAT'S SPEARHEADING THE FEDERAL CHANNEL BAY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE COMMERCIAL USE OF CATALINA EXPRESS TERMINALS, CATALINA ISLAND.
SAY ARE WE, ARE WE DOING THE JET AREA TO THAT CHANNEL OR YOU MORE INSIDE THE BAY ITSELF? UH, IT'S, IT'S GOING FROM, IT'S, IT'S THE CHANNEL.
SO IT'S THE, FROM THE, THE START OF THE ENTRANCE, UH, UP TO BASICALLY POINT, IT'S NOT GETTING INTO THE TURNING BASIN.
THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC ZONE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION FOR US TO DREDGE AT, AT THESE, YEAH.
THAT'S GONNA GO INTO THE END OF THE PEN.
RIGHT? I THAT, UH, THAT MATERIAL WILL BE THEN PUT OVER ON, ON PENINSULA BEACH, UM, TO TRY TO FORTIFY BUILD THAT, THAT GREG, WHERE'S THE MATERIAL FROM? WE, WE HAD HAD A, I THINK A COUNCILMAN DUG HAD CHATTED WITH THEM AND WE HAD HAD SOME TALKS.
FORTUNATELY THERE IS, THERE IS NEED FOR THAT IN THE COURT.
UH, SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET, GET THAT MATERIAL
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DOWN.THES GONNA FILL IN A BIG CHANNEL.
WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY NEED THAT IN THE MARIA ITSELF BECAUSE OF THE SAND THAT HAS GONE AWAY BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE BOATS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR, UH, THE SCHEME BEHIND BOATS THAT HAVE MADE WEIGHTS THAT HAVE COME IN AND TAKEN THAT SAND DEPLETION AWAY.
I'M JUST WONDERING, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE, HAS ANYBODY MADE THAT STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY COUNCILWOMAN THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, I KNOW IT SHOULD GO TO THE PORTS, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S IMPACTFUL NOW, UM, FOR OUR OLYMPICS.
YEAH, I THINK ON, ON SOME OF KELLY'S PROBABLY MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ABLE TO SPEAK ON, ON THAT, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SKI BOAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THE EROSION OF THAT, THAT BEACH AREA, UM, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THAT'S GONNA GET PULLED DOWN MUCH LIKE THE, THE BAY WHERE AT LOW TIDE WE COULD, WE COULD WORK IT BACK THE BEACH.
JUST GETTING OFF THE BEACH STAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? NO, SIR.
SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, I'LL LOOK AGAIN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE, UH, REPORT AND MARINE OPERATIONS ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MOVE SECOND.
AND UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IS AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THE AYE HAVE IT.