* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO, OH, IT IS CURRENTLY 4 32 ON THURSDAY, JULY 14TH. AUGUST 14TH. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, UH, ACTING DIRECTOR. SCOTT, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER HIGA? HERE. COMMISSIONER REDFIELD? HERE. COMMISSIONER URIARTE SMITH. HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT. UH, AND I WILL GO IMMEDIATELY TO OUR AGENDA. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER ONE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. THIS IS GOING TO BE, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. FROM OUR, UH, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF JULY 10TH. UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. UM, I NEED DISCUSSION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ORIS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER EAGLE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? COMMISSIONER? I'M SORRY. PASSES. UH, NEXT A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCOVER FEE, UH, TO DISCUSS FEE WAIVER REQUESTS BETWEEN JULY 10TH, 2025 AND AUGUST 13TH. 25. 25. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ACTING DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO. GLADYS KAISER FROM COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES. WE'LL GIVE BACK. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THREE REQUESTS. UM, UM, FIRST IS THE REQUEST FROM LATINOS IN ACTIONS, CALIFORNIA. UM, THIS IS NOT A NEW GROUP. THIS IS A NEW EVENT. THEY'RE WISHING TO USE A PEACE PARK OPEN SPACE FOR A HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 13TH. THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND RESOURCE FAIR. THEY'RE REQUESTING 375 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES TO BE WAIVED. UM, THERE IS NO, UM, UH, APPLICABLE REVENUE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. AND ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS $250. IS THAT STILL COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, OR IS IT COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX NOW? I BELIEVE IT IS. COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE 14TH AND ATLANTIC 14TH AND ATLANTIC. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS ON BEHALF THE NEXT TWO ON BEHALF OF A OC SEVEN. UM, NOT A NEW GROUP, BUT THIS IS A NEW EVENT, UM, IN THE EFFORTS TO ACTIVATE, UM, THEIR BRAND NEW, UM, OPEN PARK. THEY'RE HOSTING FROM, UM, SEPTEMBER 7TH THROUGH OCTOBER 26TH. THEIR FIRST SERIES IS WHAT THEY CALL WELLNESS SUNDAYS IN THE PARK. UH, AGAIN, IT'S MACARTHUR OPEN SPACE, UM, WELLNESS ACTIVITIES. UM, THE ENTIRETY OF THE PERMIT ASKING TO BE WAIVED IS $1,404 FOR PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES TO BE WAIVED. AND THEY EXPECT ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 50 IN EACH ATTENDANCE FOR EACH EVENT. AND THE NEXT, AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF A OC SEVEN, THIS IS A ONE DAY EVENT, UM, AT, UM, MACARTHUR OPEN SPACE ON OCTOBER 25TH FOR A HARVEST FEST. THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND RESOURCE FAIR. UM, $215 IN PERMIT, IN SPECIAL USE FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED. THEY EXPECT ABOUT 250 IN ATTENDANCE, TOTAL FEES, UM, COSTS, UM, TO BE REQUESTED TO A ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY IS $2,030. THANK YOU. ARE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A, I GUESS JUST A CURIOSITY, I GUESS. MM-HMM . UM, WHEN IT'S A NEW EVENT LIKE THIS, HOW DO THEY ESTIMATE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ATTENDING? UM, IT IS THEIR GUESSTIMATE BY INTEREST. MM-HMM . UM, YOU KNOW, WE GO BACK WHEN THEY'RE POST REPORTS MM-HMM . UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THEY HAVE A NEW EVENT AND THEY GUESSTIMATE IT A HUNDRED AND, YOU KNOW, STAFF REPORTED THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TWO 50, YOU KNOW, IT FALLS INTO DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION OR REQUIRED DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR A BIGGER EVENT. THAT'S WHY THEY POST EVENT IS SO IMPORTANT. MM-HMM . AS WELL AS OUR STAFF STAFF REPORT CLOSING, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS, IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE IN A SPACE THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE. SAY THEY PICK AN AREA AT THE, THE REGIONAL PARK, THAT'S NOT CONDUCIVE, BUT, SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND A BAKER AREA FOR A MORE SUCCESSFUL EVENT FOR THOSE REASONS. IS THERE EVER AN INSTANCE WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WILDLY UNDERESTIMATED HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING TO ATTEND AND THAT ENDED UP BEING AN ISSUE. IF TOO MANY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RESTROOMS, OR HOW IS THERE, WHAT HAPPENS THERE? UM, THAT IS WHEN WE WORK ALONGSIDE OF THEM. SO FOR EXAMPLE, NOT RELATED TO A FEW, WE WERE, TODAY ONE OF OUR RESERVATIONS RISE ARE CAME TO ME AND, YOU KNOW, WE, THEY HAVE A NEW REQUEST COMING IN FOR A PERMIT, UM, AND IS A NEW EVENT TO THE, TO THE, WE'VE NEVER HOSTED IT BEFORE. AND SO SOMETIMES STAFF DOES A LITTLE RESEARCH IS LIKE, HAVE YOU HOSTED THIS EVENT BEFORE? YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT'VE DONE IT IN ANOTHER PARK AND THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWS UP. LIKE, OH, WHY AREN'T THEY YOUR PARKING ANYMORE? THAT, UM, FOR THIS EVENT, UM, THEY SHARE THAT, OH, WE ESTIMATE TO BE LIKE 300, BUT WE ADVERTISE IT ON THE RADIO MM-HMM . AND WE'RE LIKE, UH, NO. IT KICKS INTO A WHOLE NOTHER BALL OF, UH, UH, OF PERMITTING. IS THAT WE ASKED A LOT MORE QUESTIONS. [00:05:01] WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, YOU KNOW, OF THE EVENT? AND THEN ACTUALLY WE START WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING BECAUSE NOW OPENING IT UP TO ONE THING, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT ANNOUNCING IT ON THE RADIO IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT EVENT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING. IS THIS EVENT EVEN CONDUCIVE TO THE, ANY AREAS IN OUR PARK? MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THE EVENT BECAUSE THE EVENT IS IN CATEGORICAL FEES. MM-HMM . AND SO OUR STAFF PAY REAL CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT. THAT'S, YEAH. THAT, THAT IS WHAT I, AND I, AND I CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK TO A OC SEVEN. I MEAN, THEY ARE, THEY'RE OUR MOST ORGANIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE CITY. AND SO THEIR WHOLE GOAL WITH THE, WITH THE NEW PARK IS TO BASICALLY PROGRAM THE PARK MM-HMM . AND THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO COMPOUND LONG BEACH, ONE OF MY CLIENTS FOR WELLNESS SUNDAYS IN THE PARK. AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE DOING THIS EVENT AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS. AND SO THEY'RE REALLY LIFTING THIS OFF WITH THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE LIKE THEIR, THEIR PILOT. COOL. SO IT'LL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ACTUALLY GET TO THE EVENT. OKAY. UM, SO I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING IT. YEAH. AND ALSO RELATED TO AOC SEVEN, SO THEY HAD REQUESTS TO DO LIKE A WALKING CLUB IN THE PARK, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STARTING AT FIVE PEOPLE AND WE DON'T ASK TO PERMIT WHEN IT'S MORE THAN THEY'RE NOT TAKING NECESSARILY A SPACE MM-HMM . UM, A MEETING SPACE. BUT WHEN THOSE NUMBERS GROW, YOU KNOW, THE 25 PLUS, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR, UM, THEM OR SUCH A OTHER GROUP. BUT GOOD. VERY GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S GOOD. UH, INFORMATION TO KNOW. COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR SHARING. ALRIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? GOOD? HEARING NONE. UH, WE HAVE A, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HIGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ORR SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. SAID WE ARE NOW ON TO ITEM NUMBER, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE AND UPDATE REGARDING DAMAGE, LOSS AND THEFT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND MARINE ACTING DIRECTOR. SCOTT, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES. DO YOU WANT TO GET A MOTION TO START THE CONVERSATION? OH, THANK YOU. ACTING DIRECTOR. MAY I HEAR A MOTION? ? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S YOUR TURN. . GREAT. UM, THANK OUR NEW ACTING, UH, BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER, JANICE MCM WILL GIVE THE REPORT. THANK YOU, JANICE. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, THE DAMAGE LOSS AND THEFT REPORT TOTAL IS 3054 AND 15 CENTS. UH, WHICH IS PRETTY LOW, I THINK COMPARATIVELY. UM, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT. A LOT OF 'EM ARE ONE TO $200, ONEY, TWOSIES, UH, LOCKED TOILETS, BROKEN LOCKS. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT IS PIECES OF THE DOOR, PIECES OF A LOCK. SO, UM, NOTHING VERY SIGNIFICANT. UM, FOR ODD, PROBABLY FOR WHAT YOU'VE HEARD OF BEFORE, , UM, MOST OF THAT, UH, 2,700 OF THAT IS LABOR COSTS. SO THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 300 MATERIALS. SO JUST STAFF THINGS. TERRIFIC. JUST TO FOLLOW UP FOR THAT. THAT IS ACTUALLY VERY LOW, PARTICULARLY FOR A SUMMER MONTH. LONGER, LONGER DAYS, MORE SUNLIGHT. UM, AND SO VERY, VERY ENCOURAGING. SO I FEEL LIKE IN THE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE, I FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, KNOCK ON WOOD, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY REPORT HAS BEEN, AND THAT'S LOW FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. MM-HMM . SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WHEN I'VE ASKED BEFORE THE PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM SEEMS TO BE PART OF IT IS ARE WE STILL THINKING THAT THAT'S THE MAIN PROCESS? IT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MM-HMM . ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE IN PRIOR YEARS WE WOULD SEE A LOT MORE RESTROOM BISM, AND THOSE WERE BIG TICKET ITEMS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TALKING JUST BROKEN LOCKS, WE WERE TALKING SMASHED MM-HMM . UH, TOILETS AND SINKS AND PARTITIONS RIPPED APART. AND SO, UH, LOCKING THOSE OVERNIGHT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THOSE EXPENDITURES. AND, UM, LOOKING AT THE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE PROGRAM, UH, PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND THE TWO YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD IT UP AND RUNNING, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE DROPPED BY OVER 50% AND OUR COSTS HAVE DROPPED BY OVER 50%. WOW. UM, AND SO ALSO AS WE'RE KNOCKING ON WOOD, WE ALSO HAVEN'T SEEN A SIGNIFICANT, UM, PLAYGROUND. UH, RIGHT. THAT'S, YOU [00:10:01] KNOW, EVERY YEAR OR TWO WE'LL SEE A BIG ONE, ADMIRAL KID COMBINE PARK, WHERE THOSE ARE COMPLETE, UH, REDOS MM-HMM . UM, NOT JUST AN AMENITY ON THE, THE PLAYGROUND, UM, NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THEY WERE FULL REPLACEMENT. MM-HMM . SO, UH, VERY LUCKY WITH THAT. WE ALSO USED TO SEE SOME VERY EXPENSIVE, UM, THEFTS, UH, FROM OUR BACKFLOWS. RIGHT. UM, WE'VE STARTED TO CAGE THOSE. RIGHT. UH, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT. I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT THEY CAN'T PENETRATE IT, BUT MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT. UM, AND THEN ALSO TRYING TO SECURE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WHERE WE HAVE LIKE COPPER WIRING MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, WE MIGHT START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT CAR COPPER WIRING. RIGHT. THAT'S JUST AS THE VALUE IS GOING UP, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, MAYBE WE IMPORT A LOT OR DID IMPORT A LOT, PROBABLY WON'T BE EXACTLY AS MUCH STRESS LAST MONTH. YEAH. MM-HMM . SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE. PARK AMBASSADOR IS ABSOLUTELY A DRIVER, BUT THEY, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROACTIVE STEPS ALSO BY THE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS BUREAU TO SECURE THINGS, MAKE 'EM A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. OKAY. THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE PARK AMBASSADOR THAT'S, SORRY. YES. IS YOU ALSO HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THE PARK LATE AT NIGHT. MM-HMM . YOU HAVE THIS CREW GOING OUT AND SOMETIMES EVEN JUST SEEING A PARKED VEHICLE AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT MIGHT DETER SOMEBODY. I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO, BUT IT MIGHT DETER, UM, SOME BAD BEHAVIOR. COULD BE A VARIABLE. YEAH. I WAS GONNA SAY COMPARATIVELY, LAST JULY, UM, OUR TOTAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WAS 350,000. MM-HMM . BUT A BIG PIECE OF THAT I THINK WAS THAT THE FOREST WAS TRUE IS THAT DEFOREST WAS TRUE. COULD BE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT THERE. SO I MEAN, LIKE THE NUMBER IS MUCH, A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLINE. WHAT IS IN COMPARISON, UH, IT WAS TO THIS YEAR, 355,000, TWO 50 3053. THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. SO, AND SO THAT TELLS US THOUGH, THAT'S MORE THAN JUST THE PARK AMBASSADORS AND THE VANDALISM TO THE, UH, TO THE RESTAURANTS COMMISSIONER HEGA. I THINK THAT THAT INFORMATION IS REALLY RELEVANT TO THE FULL GROUP. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ASK THAT QUESTION DURING THE MEETING NEXT WEEK? SURE. AND BRING IT UP AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS ON THE RECORD THAT THE PARK AMBASSADORS IS CERTAINLY A RELEVANT FACTOR, THAT THERE'S OTHER PROACTIVE EFFORTS THAT ARE MAKING QUITE A DIFFERENCE. AND THE 50% COMMENT MM-HMM . IS THAT OKAY? DO YOU THINK, I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU THINK IT'S SAFE IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET SEASON, THE PARK AMBASSADORS? OH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. GOOD. YES. SO YOU DON'T NEED US TO GO BE LIKE, NO. HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, WE DO HAVE A PROPOSAL TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO THE MORNINGS. SO THIS CREW, THE, THE PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, AND THAT HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS, THEY START IN THE AFTERNOON AND WORK LATE INTO THE EVENING AND THEY LOCK THE BATHROOMS AT NIGHT. THAT WAS THE ISSUE BEFORE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY LOCKING THE RESTROOMS. AND THEN IN THE MORNING WE HAD A CONTRACTOR COME OUT AND CLEAN THE BATHROOMS. MM-HMM . WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO NOW, AND IT'S PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IS ACTUALLY CREATE A PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IN THE AM. IN THE AM. OKAY. WHERE NOW WE GET RID OF THAT CONTRACT FOR THE COMPANY THAT COMES OUT AND MAINTAINS, IS THAT AZTECA OR THAT IS, UH, A BM. OKAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT A BM STANDS. THAT'S SOMETHING BUSINESS, UH, BUILDING MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING. THEY COME OUT AND THEY, THEY CLEAN, WELL, RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE BATHROOMS ARE LOCKED, THEY'LL OPEN THE RESTROOM IN THE MORNING AND CLEAN IT. MM-HMM . UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REPLACE THAT CONTRACT, WHICH IS A PRETTY EXPENSIVE CONTRACT, AND IT WAS ESTIMATED TO GO UP BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE NEXT YEAR WITH CITY STAFF DOING THAT. SO CREATING NEW TEAMS TO GO OUT AND DO WHAT A BM WAS DOING, OPEN THE RESTROOMS, DO THE CLEANING. THAT WAY THE EVENING CREWS CAN DO MORE OF THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ALSO KIND OF TIDYING UP. THEY CAN DO THE LOCKING IN MORE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE PARK MM-HMM . UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THE COST OF THE CONTRACT WILL OFFSET THE COST OF THE STAFF. MM-HMM . UH, THAT'S GONNA GIVE US MORE CONTROL IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE FIND OUT, SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS, THIS RESTROOM WAS JUST TRASHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, WE HAVE THE CREW THEN THAT CAN GO OFF TO RESPOND. SO WE'RE REALLY, UH, HOPEFUL THAT, UH, IT GETS APPROVED. I, I THINK, UH, WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENING PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT, UM, [00:15:01] WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, UH, IT GETS ADDED. DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING AT THE BUDGET MEETINGS OR WOULD YOU LIKE US? YOU KNOW, I, I'M NEVER GONNA SAY ANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO SAY OR WHAT NOT TO SAY. I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT, UM, I THINK THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENING AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS GONNA STAND. IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. EXACTLY. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. I MEAN, IT'S JUST NICE TO GIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR SYSTEM WORK. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, WE HAVE UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER OR SMITH SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HUGA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY, ABSTAIN. MOTION CARRIES. NOW ONTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION. RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PO RECREATION. MARINE. DO I HEAR A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, ACTING DIRECTOR SCOTT. YES. UH, JANICE MCFARLAND WILL PROVIDE THIS AS WELL. YES. SO, UM, FOR JULY, UM, YEAR TO DATE, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE ABOUT 75%. CAN'T DO MATH. WE HAVE TWO MONTHS LEFT. SOMEONE DO MATH FOR ME. 10 OUT OF 12, WHATEVER, . SO WE'RE DOING GOOD. AS WE ALWAYS SAY, A LOT OF 80 SOMETHING PERCENT, ALL OF OUR EXPENSES HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER. MM-HMM . SO WE STILL HAVE LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR ALL OF AUGUST AND ALL OF SEPTEMBER TO COME THROUGH, BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE DOING GOOD REVENUE'S, LOOKING GREAT. WE'RE AT LIKE 91%. UM, SO, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. UM, WATER, LET ME SEE, WATER IS UP. WE ARE HAVING A DRYER YEAR. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S HOTTER. MM-HMM. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT. I'VE, WE'RE HAVING A MILD SUMMER'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A SUPER MILD SUMMER. YEAH. SO LET'S FOR IT TO STAY THAT WAY. UM, SO FOR WATER, UM, AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR WE HAD SPENT ABOUT 51% OF OUR BUDGET MM-HMM . AT THIS. UM, AS OF JULY 31ST, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 63 MM-HMM . SO IT IS, WE'RE WATERING MORE. UM, THE LAST YEAR WAS RAINIER, UM, BUT I DO THINK IT WAS MILD, MILD WEATHER LAST YEAR ALSO. UM, SO WE STILL HAVE BUDGET TO GO, BUT, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME LESS HEAT WAVES, . UM, BUT OVERALL EVERYTHING IS TRACKING AS IT WOULD BE EXPECTED. GO . SO FOR WATER, JUST A REMINDER THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR HOTTEST MONTHS ARE TYPICALLY LIKE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, MM-HMM . SO AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE GONNA BE HEAVY WATER MONTHS. UM, AND AS JANICE MENTIONED, WE HAVE NOT BENEFITED FROM A LOT OF RAIN. UM, HOWEVER, WE DID BENEFIT FROM A COOLER AND MORE OVERCAST JULY. UM, AND TYPICALLY THAT JUNE BLOOM HAS WORN OFF BY JULY AND THAT HEATS THINGS UP, PARTICULARLY EARLIER IN THE DAY. BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAD A LOT MORE, UH, CLOUD COVER MM-HMM . UH, IN THOSE EARLY MORNING HOURS, WHICH TOOK, WHICH MEANS IT TOOK LONGER TO WARM UP OR, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T WARM UP AS WE'RE TRADITIONALLY USED TO. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU. I LIKE THE EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT PERCENTAGES 'CAUSE I CAN RELATE RIGHT AWAY. YEAH. 63 51. GOT IT. OKAY. UH, ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER EGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ORI SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA. I, UH, FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING COMING UP ON AUGUST 21ST, 2025. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, DIRECTOR. YES. UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A, A REALLY LONG AGENDA FOR AUGUST, WHICH IS GREAT. UH, WE COVERED A LOT LAST MONTH WHEN IT, WITH RESPECT TO LIKE THE FEE, UH, HEARING, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. UH, WE TOOK THAT ONE A MONTH EARLIER. UH, SO THIS MONTH WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF UH, ITEMS. UH, JUST NOTE THERE ARE GONNA BE A FEW CHANGES. THIS IS A DRAFT AGENDA. THERE ARE GONNA BE A FEW CHANGES. BRETT'S NAME IS GONNA BE, UH, REMOVED. AND THEN THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE FOR JUNE AND JULY, NOT JULY AND AUGUST. WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF A MONTH BEHIND. UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO CHANGES, UH, THAT, UH, YOU'LL SEE NEXT WEEK. [00:20:01] BUT, UM, REALLY WE JUST HAVE TWO, UH, REAL BUSINESS, UH, ITEMS. THE FIRST BEING THE FEE WAIVERS THAT WE ALREADY DISCUSSED EARLIER. AND THE SECOND IS A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE LIBRARY FOUNDATIONS, UH, GREAT EXPECTATIONS GALA AT UH, BJK AND AS IT IMPACTS US. LINCOLN PARK. MM-HMM . UM, SO THIS IS GONNA BE IN LATE SEPTEMBER. UH, THEY HAVE BEEN AT THIS LOCATION, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. UH, NO ISSUES, UH, FROM THE PARKS, UH, PERSPECTIVE. UM, AND SO WE, UH, YEAH, WE WELCOME IT. UH, THE REASON IT COMES TO US, UH, IS JUST TO KIND OF APPROVE THE USE BECAUSE THE USE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PERMITTED USES IN THE PARKS. THERE'S GONNA BE ALCOHOL, UH, AT THIS. AND SO ANYTIME WE NEED TO BRING IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS SPECIAL EVENTS OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, NOT SAYING THAT THOSE WOULD ALL APPLY HERE. THOSE PERMITS ALWAYS GO THROUGH THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENTS IN FILMING OFFICE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. MM-HMM . AND THEY COME TO THIS COMMISSION ASKING FOR, DO YOU GUYS APPROVE OF THE USE OF THE PARK IN THIS MATTER? SO, UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE EXPECTING ABOUT CLOSE TO 600 PEOPLE BETWEEN, UH, THE GUEST STAFF VOLUNTEERS. UM, IT'S ON THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER. IS THAT 28TH? AND SO THEY WILL BE SETTING UP THOUGH AS EARLY AS THE 27TH. AND IT'S, I'M ASSUMING WINE FOCUSED IS WHY IT'S GRAPE EXPECTATIONS. MM-HMM . OKAY. . SO JUST TO COMMENT, SO I DID A SMALL CONTRACT WITH VERONICA, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT ENDED IN, THAT WAS LIKE OVER A MONTH AGO. SO NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THEM ANYMORE IN TERMS OF THAT BRIEF CONTRACT. SHOULD I RECUSE MYSELF? I DON'T THINK SO. UM, OKAY. WAS IT IN RELATION TO THIS YEAR'S EVENT? NO. IT WAS ALL ABOUT GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. NO. OKAY. HAVING SAID THAT, UH, ARE YOU STILL, SO I'M NO LONGER ON THE BOARD. I AM WHAT'S CONSIDERED AN AM MARITIME BOARD MEMBER. OKAY. BUT I AM ON AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF WHETHER OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMMITTEE. THIS IS A FUNDRAISING ORGANIZATION AND I'M ON THE FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE. , SHOULD I LAST YOU? I'LL CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I THINK IT WILL BE SAFEST, UM, TO, UH, RECUSE YOURSELF. YEAH. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE RECUSE MYSELF. RIGHT. UNDERSTANDING THOUGH THAT YOU WERE IN A DIFFERENT ROLE. CORRECT. UH, WITH THE FOUNDATION. CORRECT. I WILL CONFIRM THAT. WOULD YOU? BUT I ALWAYS KIND OF ERR, ERR TOWARDS, UH, LET'S JUST BE SAFE. YEP. UM, BUT I WILL CONFIRM THAT AND YOU WILL KNOW PRIOR TO, UH, THURSDAY. GOOD. IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, RECUSE YOURSELF. JUST A REMINDER. 'CAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. HAVE TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY LEAVE THE ROOM. OH, NOT GO TO THE AUDIENCE. NO. IT USED TO BE YOU WERE ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE AUDIENCE. NO, LAST YEAR I WENT THE AUDIENCE. IT IS ACTUALLY LEAVE THE ROOM AND I CAN'T REMEMBER. I HAD DID, THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE LIKE LIBRARY AREA. THERE'S PUZZLES IN THERE. AND ENTERTAIN YOURSELF FOR A WHILE. YEAH. BUT I WILL CONFIRM WITH THE ATTORNEY. I APPRECIATE IT ON THAT. SO YOU ARE ON A FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE, BUT NOT ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD ANY LONGER? I AM A MEMBER OF THE EMERITI BOARD. OKAY. WHICH IS THE OLD FOLKS BOARD. YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'M SURE YOU, DO YOU TALK ABOUT GRAPES IN THAT COMMITTEE AT ALL? YES. IT, IT WILL LIKELY BE SAME AS LAST YEAR. I GET TO PLAY WITH THE PUZZLES. I WILL CONFIRM THAT. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. AND THAT IS THE AGENDA. COOL. UM, SO BRENT DID PREPARE THE VERY LAST DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS. UM, THAT WAS ONE THING HE REALLY WANTED TO DO. MM-HMM . UH, BEFORE HE LEFT. SO THERE'S A FEW ITEMS AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO COVER THOSE. OKAY. UH, OUT OF RESPECT TO OUR, UH, PREVIOUS, ARE YOU GONNA SIT IN HIS SEAT? YES. OKAY. AND JANICE WILL SIT IN THIS. DENISE WILL SIT IN MINE. UM, BUT, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT. OH, I'M SORRY. UM, BRENT, YOU'RE GONNA READ THE REPORTS, SO WE'LL, I WILL, UH, PROVIDE HIS, UH, LAST DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS AND ANY THE OTHER COMMENTS, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH. AND THAT'S THE MEETING. OKAY. I HOPE, UH, BE A PRETTY QUICK ONE. GOOD. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. ANY SO THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION PENDING? NO, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. FROM THE, UH, UH, OH, AGENDA WE DID? YEAH, WE DO. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. RIGHT. MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO, UH, UH, DISCUSS, DISCUSS THE AGENDA [00:25:01] FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING. AND IT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ORI SMITH. THAT'S SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HEGEL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? GOOD. WE MOVE ON. DONE THAT COMES THERE. UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION AND UH, WE ARE READY TO CLOSE THE MEETING AT 4 57 . THANK YOU. GREAT. * 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.