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THE MAR ADVISORY COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2025.AND WE ARE IN THE LAS, UH, ALAMEDAS BAY MARINA CONFERENCE ROOM AT 2 0 5 MARINA DRIVE.
AND WITH OUR CALL TO ORDER, WE PROCEED ONTO A ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER, CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
COMMISSIONER MORENO, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT OFF.
UH, COMMISSIONER MORENO, UM, HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE THIS MORNING, AND LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA, A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? NO, MA'AM.
ANY INPUT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? THAT'S YOU, JESSICA? NO,
UH, THEN, UH, WE'LL CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
UH, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW THE FUTURE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS SO MOVED.
SO MOVE SECOND, SECOND, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THAT.
UH, MR. LELAND, AS YOU SEE ON OUR, WE'LL HAVE A TRADITIONAL AGENDA THAT WILL START WITH OUR MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
AND THEN WE'RE, UM, GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CONCESSION STAND, UH, REPORTS FROM, UH, MONTY'S DOG BEACH AND BAR.
UH, ANY COMMENT ON THAT, MR. LELAND? EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IGOR IS A GREAT, UH, OPERATOR CONCESSION, UH, UH, PROPRIETOR.
SO, UH, LIKE, UH, LAST MONTH WITH, UH, MATT AND, UH, GROW 'EM ALL.
UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS BEING ABLE TO SEE THE PASSION AND ENERGY THAT OUR CONCESSIONAIRES ARE BRINGING TO OUR BEACHFRONT.
SO, UH, YOU'RE GOING, IGOR'S A GREAT GUY.
HE HAS A LOT OF PASSION FOR WHAT HE DOES AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL THERE AT GRAVA BEACH.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS, UH, GETTING TO MEET HIM AND SEE WHAT HE'S ABOUT WITH OUR, UH, UH, MADAM CHAIR WITH OUR COMMENTS AT GRILL EM ALL.
THE LAST ONE, UH, THE CENTURY CLUB DID THEIR, THEIR MIXER THERE.
THE REGULAR MEETING WAS THERE.
SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE CALLED ME AND SAYS, OH, WELL, I SAYS, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET.
BUT THE GUY WAS GREAT, SO I THINK THEY DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT THEY'RE USING SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS JUST FOR THEIR MEET AND GREETS, SO, YEAH.
YEAH, I WAS, I WAS EXCITED WHEN I SAW THAT CENTURY CLUB WAS MEETING THERE AS WELL.
AND YEAH, HE HAS BEEN A GREAT VENDOR ON WILLEM THAT HE HAD SETBACKS WITH VENDORS AND, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, UM, AND MET ADVERSITY WITH GRACE.
UH, THEN ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM TWO? THAT'S CORRECT.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LONG BEACH E SCOOTER PILOT PROGRAM.
I THINK THE TIMING WITH THAT IS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY SINCE NEAR WHERE WE MEET.
THERE WAS THE DEATH OF THE E SCOOTER RIDER.
OH, I'M SORRY, BUT YOU'RE NOT HERE.
I WAS LIKE, NOT IN THE MAR MARINAS
UH, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S SUPER, SUPER UNFORTUNATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS THROUGH THIS PILOT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION OUT ON THE PATHS, UH, BOTH THE PEDESTRIAN AND THE BIKE PATH.
UM, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE A NEW MOBILITY COORDINATOR, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, HE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL OKAY.
AS THEIR, UH, PROJECT LEAD FOR THIS DEVIN.
SO, UH, YEAH, IT'S, AND WHO WILL BE PRESENTING? UH, I BELIEVE IT'LL BE DEVIN, UH,
I'M HOPING I DIDN'T BUTCHER HER NAME RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN, AND JUST DEVIN OR ANYONE ELSE? UH, THEIR, THEIR NEW MOBILITY COORDINATOR MAY BE TAKING PART AS WELL.
I BELIEVE HIS NAME'S WILLIE WALKER.
CAN I ASK THAT? I KNOW, UH, REVIEWING THAT MADAM CHAIR, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT REALLY DISTURBED ME IN OUR LAST MEETING WAS THE AMOUNT OF E SCOOTERS THAT ARE BEING PULLED OUT OF THE QUEENSWAY BAY AND PULLED OUT OF THE OCEAN THAT ARE BEING DUMPED THERE.
NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE THAT RENT THEM ARE DUMPING THERE, BUT THAT DOES MAKE FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WHEN THOSE BATTERIES OPEN.
I DID DO SOME PERSONAL CALLS AS A PERSONAL RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, AND, AND THOSE ARE CONSIDERED HAZMAT WHEN THEY GO IN THE WATER.
UM, SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO HAVE HIM OR HER BRING THAT UP.
AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO ASSURE, UH, THE CITY GETS PAID WHEN THEY HAVE TO PULL THOSE UP? RIGHT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, UH, ABOUT
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A, A POTENTIAL FEE.UH, WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT, UH, UH, IT'S CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND FISHING THE MOUNT FEE.
UH, AND, AND I THINK WE ALSO WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THAT GO LONG BEACH APP THAT I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS WITH IT.
ANYTIME I, I PUT SOMETHING ON IT AND THAT'S ANYWHERE IN LONG BEACH, THAT'S PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE PARKING AND LEAVING THEIR CAR AND THE FLASHERS ON AND STUFF.
I MEAN, IT'S, DON'T CALL THE POLICE, JUST PUT IT ON THE APP AND THEY SEEM TO DISPATCH PEOPLE PRETTY QUICKLY.
ESPECIALLY PARKING CONTROL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO E SCOOTERS RENTAL THERE OF LIKE, UH, A
SO I I I, I PUT IT AND THEN I START THE CLOCK
SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE, YOU TAKE, YOU PUT IT IN THE GO LONG BEACH APP, AND THEN IT GETS COMMUNICATED TO, TO WHATEVER VENDOR IT IS.
AND THEY, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, MAYBE TWO HOURS TO GET IT.
AND IF IT'S NOT, THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IF IT'S NOT THE SITUATION'S, NOT IF, IF IT'S HAZARDOUS AND IT'S NOT PICKED UP WITHIN TWO HOURS, A THEN THEY, THEY'RE, AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO FIND THEM YEAH.
CONTINGENT UPON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND THEN THAT'S A LOT OF, UM, THE LABOR THEY USE.
THEY JUST PAY PEOPLE ON PIECE WORK.
THEY PAY 'EM SO MUCH TO PICK 'EM UP, OF COURSE.
AND THEY PAY 'EM SO MUCH TO TAKE 'EM HOME AND CHARGE 'EM.
UM, SO THAT, THAT GIVES SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR EXTRA INCOME AND OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO SEATTLE AND SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY, THEY CHARGE 'EM, THEY GET MONEY, BUT THEY'VE BROKEN INTO THE, AND STARTED THEIR OWN CHARGING STATIONS ON PUBLIC
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THOSE ISSUES YET.
UH, AT LEAST IN, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL AWARE AND WE'RE ALL WATCHING THAT.
THE OTHER SIDE, IS THERE A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY PULL THOSE UP TO, UH, CONTACT OSHA TO LET OSHA KNOW THAT THERE'S A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL? BECAUSE, UH, ANY, ANY HAZMAT ANYWHERE HAS TO BE REPORTED TO HAZMAT, THAT'S TRUCKING COMPANIES, WHATEVER.
UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT OR SHOULD BE REPORTED BECAUSE THEN THEY COME IN AND NOT HOLD THE CITY RESPONSIBLE? THEY COME IN AND HOLD THE SCOOTER MANUFACTURERS OR THE RENTERS OF THE SCOOTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT TO DATE.
UH, I'D HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS TO JUST TO SEE, I MEAN, BECAUSE ANY TYPE OF HAZMAT ANYWHERE, UH, HAS TO BE REPORTED.
UM, SO IF THOSE ARE CONSIDERED HAZMAT, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, UM, JUST FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC.
ANY COMMENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING SCOTERS?
UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AN APPROVE TRANSMITTAL OF A LETTER YES.
TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE ESCALATING DEBRIS PROBLEM AFFECTING LONG BEACH'S COASTLINE DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE LOS ANGELES RIVER.
UH, THIS IS MORE AN ITEM FOR THE TWO OF YOU DISCUSSED WHAT WE, WHAT WE'VE DONE.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, AT OUR LAST MEETING, UH, WE HAVE, UM, OUR, UH, I THINK IT WAS WHO DID WE HAVE? AVIS ATKINS MCPHAIL IS DRAFTING LETTERS, UH, FOR OUR REVIEW AT OUR MEETING IN REGARDS TO THOSE LETTERS COMING TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO NO FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, THE $500,000 A YEAR STOPPED ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, UM, FROM THE COUNTY IN REGARDS TO SUPPORTING US ON THE CLEANUPS.
WELL, IT SHOULD BE $500,000 A YEAR.
OUR BELIEFS, IT SHOULD BE $500,000 A MONTH BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TONNAGE OF WASTE THAT WE GET, ESPECIALLY DURING STORM SEASON.
WE HAVE SOME STRONG METRICS ON THAT.
SO IT'S, UH, UM, THAT'LL BE BROUGHT TO YOU AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE, BE ABLE TO REVIEW.
SO CAN WE HAVE THAT LETTER IN ADVANCE? SO IF, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN, HAVE WE HEARD FROM HER ON THAT? YES.
AND IT'LL BE PART OF YOUR MAC PACKET.
UH, OUR NAMES WILL BE ON A REGULAR SIGN, AND I, UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING, BUT I DID LISTEN ONLINE AND, AND IT IS VERY CLEAR ON HEARING.
UM, THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE MICS ON.
UM, THAT I COULD HEAR THE CHAIR.
UM, BUT A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS I MISSED FROM SOME OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR? GENERAL PUBLIC.
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ALL RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
JUST, UH, CLOSING OUT, UH, CLOSING OUT SUMMER.
UH, RE BITS ARE BEING TAKEN OUT THIS WEEK.
UH, WE HAVE A, ON THE 20TH, WE'LL HAVE AN EXCELLENT, UH, LAWN TO GARDEN, UH, EVENT OVER HERE IN BASIN.
THREE, UH, KELLY'S, UH, UH, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE LANDSCAPE TEAM.
UH, WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH LB UTILITIES AND, UH, UH, SURF RIDER FOUNDATION, UH, ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB TURNING NON RECREATIONAL TURF SPACE INTO, UH, WATER WISE GARDENS.
SO, UH, THAT'S SUPER, SUPER EXCITING.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A, A MEDIA EVENT, SO, AND I'VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF, UM, INPUTS ON THAT.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE WOULD'VE HAD THAT IN ADVANCE, SO WHEN I HAD PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THINGS.
SO IF WE CAN GET AHEAD OF ANY OF THAT, UM, AS A COMMISSION, I THINK WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
UM, ANOTHER THING I'VE BEEN GETTING PHONE CALLS ON WAS THE BLUE PAINT TO THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE AT BAY SHORE AND SECOND.
WHAT IS, UM, I KNOW CITIZENS ARE PRETTY DISPLEASED WITH IT.
IT'S, IT'S A REVITALIZATION OF THE SPACE.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THE OPPOSITE.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF KUDOS IN A LOT OF, UH, UH, CALLS SAYING, HEY, THANK YOU.
UH, THAT I THINK IT'S, THANK YOU THAT IT'S PAINTED, BUT WHAT THE HELL WITH THAT BLUE? UH, AGAIN, THAT IT'S NOT.
AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
AND SO WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT RESPECTING THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THINGS.
AGAIN, WE'VE, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC NEGATIVE.
UH, IF, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ANY OF THOSE, THOSE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, WE WILL REACH OUT AND TOUCH BASE WITH THOSE FOLKS.
BUT FROM WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT POSITIVE FROM ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE LIBRARY HAS REACHED OUT TO US AND THANKED US, LET US KNOW, HEY, UH, GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR WELL, THAT IS, THAT'S KEY FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT RESTROOM AND YEAH.
AND I AM ALWAYS AMAZED WITH A HOMELESS POPULATION THAT USES THAT RESTROOM.
WHENEVER I GO IN THERE, STAFF IS, IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF HAS ALWAYS, AND THAT'S A HARDER POSITION TO GO AND CLEAN.
IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO THAT AREA.
UM, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE REMOVED THOSE, UH, STORAGE LOCKERS ON THE BACKSIDE MM-HMM
UM, IT WAS WELL INTENDED MM-HMM
UM, IN THE APPLICATION OF 'EM.
BUT OVER TIME THEY'VE JUST BECOME UNFORTUNATE STORAGE FOR, FOR PEOPLES AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE.
SO WE REMOVED THOSE, UH, OBVIOUSLY DID A LOT OF BRIGHT WORK ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
UH, I BELIEVE STAFF RIGHT NOW IS ON THE INSIDE TOUCHING UP THE INSIDE.
THE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD CONTACTED ME AND SENT PICTURES REGARDING THE FIRE SUPPRESSION, THE FIRE HOSES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE LITERALLY IN DISREPAIR.
UH, ON, ON, I BELIEVE THOSE WERE ON THE DOCKS.
UM, I DON'T, AGAIN, I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL OF THEM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, WHO LOOKS AT THAT? IS IT OUR MAINTENANCE OR IS IT FIRE, YOU KNOW, HERE AT A BM OR YES, DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN'S ALL ALL.
UH, COULD WE MAYBE DO A DOCK WALK WITH STAFF ONE DAY THAT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DETERIORATION OF EQUIPMENT, LIKE THE FIRE SUPPRESSION STUFF THAT, UM, AND MAYBE TO JUST KIND OF LOOK AT SOME OF THE DOC BOXES THAT YOU CAN TELL HAVE STRANGE STORAGE AND THINGS GOING ON.
AND YOU OPEN IT UP AND THERE'S BEER CANS AND CIGARETTE, YOU KNOW, PACKETS.
SO THAT TELLS ME THAT IT COULD BE A HOMELESS PERSON THAT JUST FINDING A PLACE TO, TO STORE THINGS.
AND WE DO WHAT WE CAN WITH OUR, OUR COMMITTEES.
THEIR COMMITTEES ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR DOCK BOX.
WHILE, WHILE THEIR NOT SO MUCH THE DOCK BOX.
I'M LOOKING AT MORE OF THE FIRE, THE, THE FIRE SUPPRESSION.
YEAH, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND I'LL DIRECT OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF TO GO OUT AND OUR OPERATION STAFF JUST TO KIND OF, UH, CHECK ON 'EM AND, AND JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE SOMETHING THAT WAS ALL OVER.
UM,
I THINK YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT HE WAS DOING.
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WAS A MORE SERIOUS CRIME.AND THAT'S BEEN, BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
NO, YOU MISUNDERSTOOD THE VERBIAGE FROM WHAT HE WAS DOING.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY CONFIDENTIAL MATTER ALL THE NATURE OF IT.
SO I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BRING IT UP THEN.
I COULDN'T OPEN IT, BUT IT SAID PHISHING WENT.
WELL THAT REALLY IS, THEY'RE REALLY COMING DOWN HARD ON THE FISHERMAN.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED ME BETTER.
I THOUGHT YOU JUST BASED ON OUR TEXT BACK AND FORTH.
WE'RE VERY PUBLIC ABOUT, WELL, FOR CLARIFICATION, YES.
THERE WAS AN EMPLOYEE ISSUE AND IT'S BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH HUMAN RESEARCH.
SORRY, I'M, UH, GOTTA, THERE HE IS.
WE HAVE AN ADDITION OF, UH, STAFF SCHOOL.
WE ARE ON THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
WILL THERE BE ANYTHING, ANY HIGHLIGHTS YOU'LL BE PRESENTING ON YOUR PRESENTATION? UH, ON OURS, I'LL, I WILL PROBABLY, UH, GO OVER BRIEFLY.
WE'RE, WE'RE PILOTING A NEW ARENA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM.
UH, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN, IN-HOUSE.
AND THEN A BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE ON, ON THE OTHER END.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S A PILOT.
WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IT OUT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SWAPPING ONE, ONE BAD PRODUCT FOR ANOTHER, UM, A HEADACHE FOR ANOTHER.
BUT, UH, IT LOOKS TO BE A GOOD OPTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY EXCITING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHAT ELSE? I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY LIKE, AND WE KIND OF HAD A GOOD SUMMER ON A LOT OF THINGS.
YOU, YOU TALKED BRIEFLY ON THE WEE BIT.
DO YOU THINK WE HAVE ANY METRICS FOR THE, FOR JUST IN GENERAL ON, UM, ON OUR SUMMER? 'CAUSE I THINK WE HAD A LOT MORE EVENTS.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S REALLY BEEN BUSY.
AND IF WE COULD DO MAYBE A COMPARISON TO SHOW, UM, SOME OF OUR JUNIOR GUARD PROGRAM JUST ACROSS THE BOARD OF YOUR FOLKS AND, UM, THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO REALLY SEE WHAT THAT STAFF HAS DONE.
SOMETIME WE LOOK AT THAT ON A MARINE MAINTENANCE AND THEY SHOW US PERCENT COMPLETE.
BUT TO JUST SHOW, HEY, WE'VE HAD A BUSY SUMMER THAT WE HOSTED X NUMBER OF EVENTS.
AND, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD OCR THIS SUMMER, WE HAD A LOT GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN DONE THAT IS IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS, THIS GROUP.
IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
THAT'S, UH, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE WE CAN GET LIKE, DRILLED DOWN INTO I'M LOOKING FOR QUALITY.
I'M LOOKING FOR KIND OF A, A, A HIGH LEVEL THAT WE SPONSORED X NUMBER OF EVENTS AND APPROVED THIS NUMBER OF SOME AN EASY METRIC THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
EVEN FILMING, I'D LOVE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT FILMINGS AND THINGS THAT THEY DO BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS SEEING ROADS BLOCKED FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND YOU GOT THE FILM CREWS OUT JUST TO BE NICE TO SHARE IT.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON 'CAUSE THERE'S NO SIGN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE FOUR LETTERS WITH AN ARROW
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THEIR GAME.
THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS FROM YOUR AREA I WANTED TO ASK ON.
ANY OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU CAN THINK OF THAT HAVE BEEN KEY THAT HAVE I CAN BRING UP? UM, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF FULL STEAM INTO OUR, UH, PROGRAM TO GET LIVERBOARDS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE INSPECTIONS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT NEW REQUIREMENT DUE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE DIFFERENT EVENTS HOSTING, UH, US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY GROUP, UM, ALONG WITH OUR OWN TEAM.
YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE IT A EASY ONE STOP SHOP.
UM, SO I CAN SHARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS ON THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL SEE IF I CAN WORK WITH THE TEAM TO SEE HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE COMPLETE WE ARE, UH, WITH, WITH OUR LITTLE BOARDS.
UM, SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN, UM, THE, THE BIGGER LONGER TERM PLAN THAT TO ROLL THAT OUT TO MORE AND MORE OF OUR LEARNERS.
WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR, OUR FIELD STAFF, UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, DOWNTOWN, UM, TO KIND OF ON OUR BOAT CHECKS BE BE REALLY THOROUGH AND START MAKING NOTATIONS OF ONES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE QUESTIONING, UH, INTEGRITY, SEE WHERE IT IS, UH, SYSTEMS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT A NAVIGATION OR POLLUTION HAZARD THAT WE, YOU
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KNOW, WE HAVE SITTING THERE.AND THEN ULTIMATELY A, YOU KNOW, MONETARY LIABILITY, YOU KNOW, ON THE CITY POTENTIALLY.
I, I THOUGHT OF THAT THIS MORNING WITH THE FIRE IN AVALON AND THOUGHT HOW DEVASTATING IT WOULD BE IF WE HAD A FIRE IN ONE OF OUR BOATS AND HOW THAT WOULD SPREAD.
IT DOESN'T, UH, THAT FIBERGLASS GOES UP AND IT HOPS ACROSS BOATS PRETTY FAST.
AND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND ALL THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON MANAGER REPORTS? YOU KNOW, I, I
WHAT'S MY OTHER FAVORITE THING? BATHROOMS. RESTROOMS. AND I KNOW WE, WE DID A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, TEST ON THE RESTROOMS IS IF THERE BEEN THOUGHT OF, OR SPONSORSHIP, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A SPONSORSHIP TO BRING THOSE RESTROOMS CLOSER HERE.
AND I'M SURE WE CAN, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET, I'M SURE THERE ARE FUNDS OUT THERE THAT WE COULD FIND, UH, MAYBE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR JUST TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, UH, UTILIZING RESTROOMS IN THE RESTAURANTS.
THAT IT'S THERE FOR THE PATRONS OF THE RESTAURANTS AND NOT JUST THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
UH, RIGHT NOW THAT PILOT IS, UH, COMING TO COMPLETION.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, TO POTENTIALLY KEEP ONE OF THE TWO RESTROOMS IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
UM, JUST, UH, AGAIN, A BIG THING ABOUT THOSE IS WHILE THEY'RE AN AMAZING PRODUCT AND THEY'RE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, COST IS RIGHT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM WITHIN A COST EFFECTIVE MODEL.
WE NEED THE ADVERTISING ON THOSE INSTEAD OF THE LIFEGUARD STANDS.
WELL, YOU, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT YOU SAID IT RIGHT? I MEAN, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE GUISE OF PROPER ADVERTISING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHAT DOES IT COST? DO WE HAVE A COST OR COULD YOU LET US KNOW DURING THE, THE MEETING THE, THE COST OF A RESTROOM, LIKE THAT PER MONTH? UM, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT, SO BASICALLY IT'S, IT IS A TEMPORARY RESTAURANT.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUMP OUT EVERY DAY.
AND THEN ALSO CLEANING SERVICE.
SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CLEANING SERVICE.
SO IT STARTS AT ONE TO TWO CLEANINGS A DAY.
TWO TO, UH, THREE TO FOUR, FOUR TO FIVE FIVE.
SO IT, IT REALLY, AND THEN THEIR, THEIR DATA METRICS OF USAGE DETERMINE WHAT, WHERE YOU SIT IN THAT PAYMENT PLAN.
AND SO, UM, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU SIT IN THE, IN THE USAGE OF THE, THE FACILITY.
SO THAT FIRST TIER, THE ONE TO TWO, UH, IT STARTS WITH LIKE 2,500.
AND THEN THE, THE LAST TIER, WHICH IS LIKE THE ULTRA SCRUB, UH, IT'S I THINK LIKE 9,000 A MONTH.
UM, AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF WORK THAT DON'T WORK, UM, THAT STAY IN THOSE AREAS.
I MEAN, I'VE JUST, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BELIEVER IN THAT.
OR LIKE THE ONES IN EUROPE THAT JUST SELF CLEAN.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE WASH, I THINK THEY HAVE A COUPLE IN NEW YORK TOO, THAT JUST AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE, IT JUST WASHES THE WHOLE THING.
IT'S A, IT IS JUST A WATER SPRAY WASHES EVERYTHING DOWN ONE EURO AND YOU'RE
JUST DON'T STAND THERE TOO LONG BECAUSE YOU GET WASHED, WASHED.
'CAUSE I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM RESTAURATEURS THAT, THAT JUST SAY, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT IF WE PAID FOR IT? YEAH.
WHAT IF WE HAD OUR OWN PEOPLE GO OUT AND CLEAN IT? AND I SAID, CAREFUL WHAT YOU HOPE FOR.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT AND YOU GET A WHOLE GROUP AND YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE IF, IF IT WAS HOSTED THEN BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ADJACENT YEAH.
AND MAYBE THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO UNLOCK THEIR RESTROOMS DURING MORE HOURS AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
UH, WELL, THRONE LABS IS THE COMPANY.
UM, AND THEY'RE GREAT PARTNERS THOUGH.
UH, WE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THEM OUT TO, UH, JUST FINDING THE LOCATION.
YOU CAN STAGE THEM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY HERE, YOU WOULD THINK THE TWO THAT ARE DOWN THE WAY, THERE'S A ONE LOADING AREA THAT I'M SURE THEY WOULD FIT RIGHT THERE.
BUT NOW YOU'RE TAKING AWAY A, YOU KNOW, LOADING AREA FOR THE RESTAURATEURS.
SO I, YEAH, WELL, ANYTHING IT'S, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SPACE FOR IT.
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WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IT TAKES UP A SPACE? PROBABLY THIS ROOM 15 BY, YEAH, IT'S GOOD SIZE FIVE 10.I THINK WITH THE RAMP IT'S PROBABLY ROOM SPACE, SIZE OF THIS ROOM.
COUPLE PARKING PLACES, 15 BY 10.
SO YOU'RE WILLING TO GO OUT TWO OF THE SPACES, UH, FOR THE POLICE? NO, I'M KIDDING.
I'M MOVING ON TO A COUPLE OTHER, THE, UM, OUR LIFEGUARDS WERE GOING, WENT THROUGH THE KIND OF THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS WITH THE CANNABIS ON OUR BEACHES AND HAVING EVENTS.
UM, I THINK THAT KIND OF NEEDS TO BE ON OUR RADAR, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING DOWN THE LINE, LOOKING ON THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT IS OF INTEREST.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT'S OF CONCERN TO, UM, COMMISSIONER MCRAY HUGE.
AND, AND ESPECIALLY IF OUR LIFEGUARDS ARE ALL OF A SUDDEN PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN THAT PROCESS.
WELL, IT'S US AS LIFEGUARD WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY POSE A, UM, A GROUP LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE PARAMEDICS INSIDE.
THEY HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF SECONDHAND SMOKE.
IF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, AGAIN, I DON'T PARTAKE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE AROUND PEOPLE THAT DO PARTAKE, YOU'RE PARTAKING.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO TWO WINDS OR BUTTS.
SO IT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME SOMETIMES.
IF SOMEBODY GOES DOWN, IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT, THEN ARE THEY REALLY CHECKING? ARE THEY 18 YEAR OLDS? ARE THEY 16 YEAR OLDS? ARE THE 16 YEAR OLDS ARE ON THE OUTSIDE? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO IN.
THERE'S A PLETHORA OF, OF, OF COMPLICATIONS OF ISSUES.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA KEEP WATCHING.
ESPECIALLY ON ITS IMPACT TO OUR BEACHES.
UH, AND THEN THE, THE RECENT COASTAL COMMISSION MEETING, LONG BEACH HAD SOME THREE WIND.
IT'S THURSDAY
UH, AND MY ONLY, UM, MY ONLY CONCERN WAS WHEN STAFF SAID THAT THEY'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MARINE BUREAU REGARDING PARKING AND BASIN FOUR STAFF AS IN COASTAL COMMISSION STAFF COASTAL.
SAID THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUAL DETAILS.
THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT OPTIONS ON PARKING.
UM, THERE'S COASTAL COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, OUR, THE BIG QUESTION IS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF BOAT OWNER SPACES, BUT WE'RE PRETTY SOLIDIFIED BY THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION TRUST DOCTRINE GOING BACK TO 19, THE 1950S, WHERE WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 0.75 PARKING SPACES FOR EVERY SLIP.
AND THAT CREATES OUR BOAT OWNER PARKING STALLS.
AND THEN WHAT THE CONCERN WAS IS WHY ARE FOUR PASSES BEING GIVEN TO EACH PERMITEE? AND SO OUR, OUR RESPONSE TO THAT IS, IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PASSES WE GIVE TO THE PERMITS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THOSE BOAT OWNER SPACES WHERE THOSE PASSES ARE VALID.
SO THEREBY WE COULD GIVE OUT 50 PASSES TO A PERMIT ONCE ALL THE BOAT OWNER SPACES ARE TAKEN, THEY, ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO PARK, NEEDS TO PARK IN THE PUBLIC SPACE, WHICH IS BEHOLDEN TO THE RULES LAWS OF LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND, AND I THINK WE HAD SOME LESSONS LEARNED IN THE OTHER BASINS WITH SECOND AND PCH MM-HMM
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR BRINGING ME METERED PARKING IN MM-HMM
UM, AND THE, UM, OVERCOMMITMENT OF THE SPOTS, UM, BY INDIVIDUAL NEGOTIATIONS THAT COMES THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER AREAS THAT REALLY AREN'T UNDER, UM, THE JURISDICTION OF THE MARINE BUREAU.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL THERE.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A HUGE ROTC THING A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO THAT USED A LOT OF THE SPACE AROUND THE C SCOUT BASE.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT WEDNESDAYS WHEN LOTS OF CARS PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SO THERE, THERE'S ANOMALIES WHERE WE HAVE OCCASIONS THAT THE LOTS ARE FULL WITH BOAT OWNERS.
THE OPEN PARKING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS FULL AS WELL.
UH, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE ANOTHER RESTAURANT COME IN THERE OR SOMETHING ELSE.
AND, UM, FOR IMPACT AT OVERSATURATION, THIS IS BASIN FOUR, BASIN FOUR AND THAT BECAUSE THEY ACTED LIKE THERE WERE NEGOTIATIONS AND THINGS GOING ON, I SHOULD REPLAY SOME OF THOSE SECTIONS THAT THAT'S, THE COMMISSION VOTED TO APPROVE THAT BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THE MARINE BUREAU WAS TAKING ACTION YEAH.
SO I DON'T WANNA, IF THAT PERCEPTION WAS WRONG, I WANNA MAKE SURE AND CLARIFY IT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE AND UNDERSTAND IT.
IF THE PERCEPTION IS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO PROTECT
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BOAT OWNER PARKING THAT PERCEPTION'S.UH, WE DO HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS PUBLIC PARKING AVAILABLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROTC, YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, EVENTS IN THAT LOCATION.
IF PEOPLE COME AND PARK IN THE PUBLIC PARKING SPACE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE, THE PARKING RULES THAT ARE APPLIED BY THE SIGNAGE, NO PARKING AFTER 10:00 PM YOU KNOW, NO OVERNIGHT.
WELL, I, I KNOW WHEN WE, UM, WE MADE IT A PAY LOT BY MOTHERS BEACH MM-HMM
THEN IT DIVERTED A LOT OF THE PADDLERS INTO THE BASIN FOR LOT MM-HMM
SO YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING ALONG EM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOO, ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, AND SO WE JUST WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S SO SENSITIVE SURE.
AND, UH, AND WE DO WANNA LOOK OUT FOR OUR BOAT OWNERS BECAUSE THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND, UM, I KNOW THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS AN INCREDIBLE TRACK RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE GUEST PARKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CREWING ON BOARD BOATS, PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITORS FOR THE WEEKEND.
UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'LL MARINA BUREAU CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE, AGAIN, IT'S IT'S BASED ON BOAT OWNER PARKING, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
AND I THINK MAYBE TO HELP US WITH THAT IS, UM, TO SHARE THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION ON THAT STATE MANDATE ABOUT HOW MUCH PARKING PER BOAT OWNER.
IS THERE A COPY OF THAT YOU CAN JUST INCLUDE IN YOUR REPORT? UH, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK.
UH, IT'S, IT'S IN OUR, OUR ORIGINAL 1950S DOCUMENTS,
BUT, UH, UH, THAT'D BE, AND I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THE BOAT OWNERS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
AND, AND THEN THAT'S ALL THE BASINS AND WE'RE, AND I THINK THAT'LL ADD THAT CONFIDENCE.
UM, I WAS TALKING, UH, TO ANOTHER STAFF, ME MEMBER EARLIER THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T IN OUR CONTROL WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE FEDERAL OR STATE.
AND IT'S GOOD FOR US TO DOCUMENT THOSE SO THAT WHEN CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING OUT OF OUR HANDS YEAH.
ON THE PARKING MADAM CHAIR TOO, NOT ONLY WE WANTED AT ONE TIME, THEY WERE LOOKING AT DOING COIN OPERATED OR TWO HOUR PARKING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING, UH, WITH THOSE TYPE OF THINGS COMING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOAT OWNERS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA CONTROL, LITERALLY LOOKING THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN NEITHER ONE OF US ARE ON THIS, THIS COMMISSION ANYMORE? YEAH.
HOW ARE WE GONNA CONTROL PARKING DURING THOSE FOUR, THREE TO FOUR WEEKS? UH, OR, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AREA.
I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S GOING TO BE, AGAIN, THAT OUT OF OUR HANDS,
UM, SO A LOT OF THAT IS GOING, A LOT OF PARKING AND A LOT OF ACCESS AROUND THAT AREA WILL BE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
AND, AND AGAIN, I'M GLAD YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA THAT WE'VE HEARD MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO OUR MEETINGS AND THE, THE LONGER IT TAKES TO CLARIFY IT, AND I KNOW THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, THEY'RE WORKING ON ALL THE SPECIFICS ON IT.
UH, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE THREE MONTHS EARLIER BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE'RE GONNA, WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, WELL, THAT'S WORKING ATLANTA, WORKING SALT LAKE CITY AND WORKING TO OLYMPICS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER AND WHAT WE DON'T AND HOW WE CAN PROACTIVELY RIGHT.
SO THOSE ARE EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS GOING ON BETWEEN LA 28 CITY OF LONG BEACH, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS GROUP, OUR PUBLIC WORKS GROUP.
UH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS WITHIN LA 28 THAT ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION OKAY.
AND MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE IN AND OUT AND AROUND THE GAMES.
AND PART OF THAT IS ALSO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN AND AROUND GAMES.
SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT NO, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR IN TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS.
UH, YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS MAY NOT HEAR UNTIL SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE GAMES.
UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH A SECURITY, UH, ELEMENT TO IT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE SECRET SERVICE OVERALL ARE IN CHARGE OF THE SECURITY OF THE GAMES.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MARINE STADIUM AND
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THE, THE PROXIMITY OF RESIDENCE TO THE ACTUAL EVENT SPACE, UM, YEAH.THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONS OF SECURITY.
SO I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FOR YOU NOW.
BUT I THINK EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS ON THAT.
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, JESSICA, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? OKAY.
UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, UM, TIDELANDS? DO WE HAVE A TIDELANDS MEETING? WHEN IS THAT ONE? ONE? THAT'S THAT DAY, MA'AM.
AND I THINK THAT WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST.
FINANCE AND, UH, MAINTENANCE ARE OFF THAT WEEK.
JUST REMEMBER THAT'S A TITLES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS MEETING.
IT'S NOT A, NOT A MEETING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAILAND'S FUNDS.
WELL, WE AND MADAM, I'M SURE, AGAIN, I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT IN A WHILE.
HOW ARE WE DOING IN THE COLORADO LAGOON? UH, REALLY, I, I MEAN, ROGER'S COMING ALONG, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, WE WERE, I WAS JUST ACTUALLY OUT THERE WITH OUR ACTING DIRECTOR STEVEN SCOTT, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
UM, AND THE PROJECT IS FULL STEAM AHEAD, BUT THE INTEREST INTRICACY OF THE WORK TO BUILD THE BRIDGES IS, UM, I MEAN THE ENGINEERING FEE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW OUT THERE TO ACTUALLY BUILD THESE BRIDGES, IT'S TRULY REMARKABLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S TAKING TIME, IS THEY HAVE TO MOVE A SEWER LINE.
THEY HAVE TO MOVE UTILITIES, ELECTRICAL, AND GO UNDERNEATH EXISTING CULVERTS TO MAKE WAY FOR THESE BRIDGES.
SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE IS THEY'RE DIGGING DOWN DEEP.
THEY GOT THE WATER TABLE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH AND JUST TRULY THE, THE ENGINEERING MARBLE THAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE IS, IS IT'S QUITE, AND, AND I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT BEING A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY AND WANTING TO SWIM UNDER THAT
THE, THE, UH, OR A 66-YEAR-OLD GUY
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PAVED, IT'S A CONCRETE WAY, AND THEN IT GIVES WAY INTO YEAH.
THE OPEN CHANNEL BETWEEN THE TWO BRIDGES.
UM, BUT THERE WILL BE A, A GOOD AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON WHAT THE, THE BUOY BARRIER MM-HMM
IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT NO SWIMMING
'CAUSE THE 10-YEAR-OLD KID IN ME WANTS TO DIVE UNDER, UH, THE, THE MANAGEMENT WANTS TO SWIM THROUGH IT.
SO, UM, AND THEN I THOUGHT JOSH HICKMAN WAS ACTING.
IT'S, IT'S STEVEN SCOTT'S ACTING.
STEVEN STEVEN SCOTT IS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.
AND ON THE, UM, OTHER SIDE, JOSHUA HICKMAN WILL BE AS AARON AS, RIGHT.
JOSH HICKMAN WILL BECOME ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THE TIDELANDS CAPITAL REPORT, THE SURF REPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES THROUGH ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
I, I CHECK THAT EVERY MORNING.
NO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT, UH, UH, THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY, UH, COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS WE ANTICIPATE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE? UM, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, LISA, UH, JUST PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, THE ROUGH WATER SWIM IN HAWAII, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AT SOME POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO THAT AFTER ROLL CALL OR WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE END.
UH, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY PHENOMENAL ACCOMPLISHMENT TO EVEN BE A PART OF IT.
WILL WE, MATT, MADAM CHAIR, WILL WE HAVE ANY UH, UH, CERTIFICATES, WE HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, WITHIN A WEEK? 'CAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT SURELY GOES WELL WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES AND IT SURELY GOES WELL WITH, UH, THE PUBLIC.
WHEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENTS AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
WE CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMEBODY, SOMEONE'S ALWAYS, AND ANYTHING CAN GIVE US A HEADS UP ON THAT TOO.
UM, MAYBE INCLUDE THAT IN THE MAC PACKET.
UM, 'CAUSE SOMETIME I, I LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO, TO BEEF UP WHAT WE SAY.
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AND TRULY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.MAYBE WOULD WE THINK OF DOING ONES FOR THE RESTAURANTS, JUST CONGRATULATIONS OR SOMETHING ELSE? LITTLE TIMBERS.
UM, WE REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THAT'S A GIVE AND TAKE AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEGOTIATION.
AND A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF THAT GOES ON AT THAT.
UM, YEAH, WE, WE, WE WANNA DO THAT GENTLY.
THAT, THAT OUR VENDORS DO A GOOD JOB, BUT THEY'RE, THEY ALSO, THEY NEED TO BE POLICED YES.
ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE RULES THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF TAKES CARE OF, BUT WE DON'T WANNA UNDERMINE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
I THINK BRINGING THEM IN FOR HIGHLIGHTS IS A GREAT THING.
AND THAT GIVES US IN, IN THAT'S RECOGNITION.
HE POSTED THE PICTURE OF US, WE SENT IT TO HIM AND I THINK HE POSTED THE PICTURE ON IT, SO WE JUST, GOOD STUFF.
UH, YOU MAY WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT ONE MORE TIME FOR RIGHT.
AND SO DO WE ANTICIPATE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
UH, JESSICA, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE ATTENDED OUR MEETING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR ANY FEEDBACK? FOUR PAGES OF NOTES.
AND DID YOU, ARE YOU, WAS IT WHAT YOU ANTICIPATED? YEAH.
NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS.
WE ADJOURN AT NINE 11 THIS MORNING.